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A NAVAL
BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIOIAUY:
COMPRISING
THE LIFE AND SERVICES OF
EYERY LIYING OFFICER IN HER MAJESTY'S NAYY,
TROM THE HANK OF
ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET TO THAT OF LIEUTENANT,
INCLUSIVE.
CompilcTt from ^uti^enttt anK dFatnil^ JSocumenU.
BY WILLIAM E. O'BYRNE, ESQ.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET,
PUBLISHER TO THE ADMIRALTY.
1849.
Lonilon : Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street.
TO
HER MOST GEACIOUS MAJESTY
THE QUEEN,
Wbi^ 35tograpgtcaI Btctionars
OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY
IS,
BY HER MAJESTY'S AUTHORITY,
MOST DUTIFULLF DEDICATED,
BY HEE majesty's LOYAL AND DEYOTED SERVANT AND SUBJECT,
WILLIAM R. O'BYRNE.
PREFACE.
At length, after six years of unremitting toil, mental and physical, I have
succeeded, to the entire exclusion of every other pursuit, in accomplishing
an undertaking deemed by all most arduous, by many impracticable;
disheartening truly in the perspective, but in the retrospect, a source to
me of sincere gratification and, I hope I may add, of honourable pride.
That any apology ■will be considered necessary for the publication of
the present work I cannot believe : it was due to the Service — it was
due also to the country. To the country, it was due that it should
be made acquainted with the merits, individually, of men to whose col-
lective eiforts it is, in the main, indebted for its proud pre-eminence in
the scale of nations ; and upon whom it must, in days to come, rely in a
great measure for its permanent security. To the Profession, it was due
that some exertion should be made to furnish a public memorial of the
services performed, the dangers braved, the honours attained, and the
disappointments suffered, by those who have fought and bled in support
of England's greatness, and who, during a long period of peace, have
equally maintained her dignity, afforded protection to her commerce,
and in every way guarded her interests.
Should any explanation, however, be looked for of the causes which
have induced a civilian, previously unconnected with the Service, to
embark in such an undertaking, the only excuse I have to offer is, that I
perceived the necessity that existed for a book of the kind, and that I
determined to attempt to supply it. The degree of success I may have
achieved in the performance of my self-imposed task, it is not for me to
estimate ; but I can venture to claim credit for the most earnest zeal,
the most unwearied industry, and the most undeviating impartiality in
the prosecution of my labours.
b 2
VI PREFACE.
The following pages will be found to comprise an account, more or
less detailed, of nearly five thousand oflJcers, including all those now de-
ceased, (in. number upwards of six hundred,) whose names are contained in
the 'Navy List' for January, 1845. I have not the presumption to anti-
cipate that I have, in every case, afforded satisfaction. He would, indeed,
be over confident, and possess but a slight knowledge of human nature, who
could for a moment believe that it was in his power to please so vast a
number of persons as those who must of necessity be more or less interested
in these records. All I can fairly hope, is that the result of my labours
may be received with general favour, and that the desire I have felt to do
entire justice to my subject may have proved successful to as great an extent
as I could be warranted in expecting. A work of this character could
not have been compiled without an extensive intercourse with the indi-
viduals to whose professional biography it is devoted ; and it is with pride
I confess my belief that no public writer was ever more honoured with
the confidence of a profession than I have been with that of the Navy.
With many, however, especially of the younger members, owing to their
absence on foreign service, I have not been able -to communicate ; and
some there are who, from a too fastidious feeling of modesty, or from
accidental causes, have left me to my own resources. Whenever such
difficulties have arisen, I have endeavoured, I trust not unsuccessfully,
to overcome them so far as increased activity and perseverance could
enable me so to do ; and to obtain, from sources hardly less authentic,
the materials of which fortuitous circumstances had deprived me. In all
cases I have endeavoured to be as correct in my statements and as copious
in my details as circumstances would permit.
For whatever errors may have crept, unconsciously on my part, into
the memoirs of those who have afforded me information, I can only
express my regret, and suggest as an excuse the impossibility, in a work
embracing so immense a body of facts, of guarding against occasional
inaccuracies. But these I trust and believe will be found to be of rare
occurrence. I shall be equally sorry if faults of commission (and
faults there must also be of omission) should present themselves in the
histories of those who have disregarded the applications which I felt
nlyself bound to make, in duty to them as well as to myself. In the
PREFACE.
prosecution of my task I have avoided adulation, and I hope that I have
in no case rendered myself liable to the charge of having bestowed un-
merited praise. I have, indeed, as a general rule, confined myself, in
awarding commendation, to the language adopted in public despatches or
other official documents ; and in accordance with this principle, as well as
with a view to rigid accuracy, I have, at no small pains, carefully ex-
amined the ' London Gazettes ;' affixing in every instance to a memoir,
by way of note, the date and page of the Gazette in which the officer's
name stands recorded ; with the single exception of occasions on which the
captain of a comparatively large ship has obtained mention through the
capture of privateers and letters-of-marque. With regard to Courts-
martial, I have, whenever I have found it possible to do so, avoided any
reference to them ; the advantage to be derived from reviving the details
of inquiries of this nature appearing to me anything but obvious ; and I
hope, for the credit of the Service, there are few, if any, of its members
who would desire to enhance their reputation by recalling the errors,
often trivial, of their brother officers.
Important as have been the communications I have received from
members of the Naval Service, the work would have fallen far short of its
present dimensions and completeness had it not been for the cordial sup-
port and countenance with which I have been honoured by the Board of
Admiralty, who have most obligingly afibrded me access to every record
in their possession which appeared at all likely to facilitate its progress.
I have but little more to add : few besides myself can conceive the
anxiety I feel for the success of an undertaking that has absorbed so many
years of labour, and upon which so large an amount of capital has been
expended ; but I commit it with confidence to the leniency and considera-
tion of the Service, trusting that my readers, mindful of the pains I have
taken to satisfy all reasonable expectations in regard to it, and of my
earnest endeavour to perform my task conscientiously and correctly, will
rather give me credit for ,what I have achieved than censure me for what
I have not.
I cannot conclude this notice without offering, in the most unequi-
vocal terms, my acknowledgments to the present estimable Secretary
of the Admiralty, Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, for the public-spirited
viii PREFACE.
manner in which he entered, from the date of my earliest application to
him, into my views ; and for the kindness with which he made known my
intentions to his venerable predecessor Sir John Barrow, and after his
own accession to office extended to me every facility for acquiring informa-
tion. The memory of Sir John Barrow, too, I must ever revere, for the
attention I experienced from him during the latter part of his official
life, and for the sympathy he expressed, and the interest he appeared
personally to take, in my labours. To my valued friend John Barrow,
Esq., Keeper of the Kecords of the Admiralty, I owe more than I can
well express. I could indeed scarcely find words adequate to convey my
sense of the indefatigable assistance I have received at his hands through-
out the progress of the work, and of the benefits I have at all times
derived from his experience and his highly-prized advice.
Independently of the Admiralty, I have reason to feel gratified by
the courtesy which has been exhibited towards me by members of other
departments of the public service ; and to no one am I more bound by
obligation, and it is with heartfelt pride and pleasure I record it, than
I am to William George Anderson, Esq., the Assistant Paymaster-Gene-
ral, both for the aid which his official position has enabled him to render
me, and for the acts of personal kindness by which they have been accom-
panied.
It would be unjust to terminate this series of grateful acknowledg-
ments without mentioning the aid I have received from a member of my
own family, my brother, Eobert Henry O'Byrne, author of the ' Repre-
sentative History of Great Britain and Ireland ;' to whose affectionate
zeal and energetic exertions I am indebted not only for the compilation
of the greater part of the Appendix, but for the collection of a large
portion of the details on which the work is founded.
ABBREVIATIONS, ETC.
G.C.B.
K.C.B.
C.B. .
G.C.M.G.
K.C.M.G.
G.C.H. .
K.C.H. .
K.H. . .
Fst.-Cl. Vol
Sec-Cl. Vol
A.B. .
Ordinary
L.M. .
F.P. .
H.P. .
R. M. .
ffaytain
Denotes the officer to be a Knight Grand Cross of the most Honourable Order of the Bath.
,, ,, Knight Commander of the most Honourable Order of the Bath.
,, J, Companion of the most Honourable Order of the Bath.
,, „ Knight Grand Cross of the most distinguished Order of St.
Michael and St. George.
„ ,, Knight Commander of the most distinguished Order of St.
Michael and St. George.
,, ,, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal HanoTerian Guelphic Order.
„ „ Knight Commander of the Royal HanoTerian Guelphic Order.
,, ,, Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order.
• First and Second Class Volunteer.
Able Seaman.
Ordinary Seaman.
Landman.
Full pay, or time actually seiTed.
Half pay, or time unemployed.
Royal Marines.
Denotes that the Officer has accepted the Retirement.
*jf* The signification of the other abbrcTiations used at the head of a memoir will be found in
I detailed in the body of the memoir itself.
The ratings of A.B., Ordinary, L.M., Captain's SeiTant, Lieutenant's Servant, &c., were often
during the war nominally given to young gentlemen on entering the service, owing to there not
being at the time vacancies for them among the Volunteers and Midshipmen.
The Full-pay and Half-pay are computed up to the year 1847.
BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
ALL LIVING NAVAL OFFICERS.
ABBOTT— ABSOLON—ACHMUTY.
ABBOTT. (CoMMAN&ER, 1841. r-p., 21 ; H-p., 7.)
Jonas Archek Abbott is son of the late Al-
derman Abbott, of Dublin ;. and nephew, mater-
nally, of Vice- Admiral of the Ked Sir Edw. Griffith
Colpoys, K.CB., who died Commander-in-Chief on
the North America and West India station, 11
Nov. 1832.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 March, 1819, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on l)oard the Newcastle 60, Capt.
Arthur Fanshawe, bearing the flag of his uncle, the
late Sir E. G. Colpoys, on the North America sta-
tion, where he successively removed, as Midship-
man, to the NiEMEjj 28, Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly,
and Bellette 18, Capt. Geo. Rich. Pechell.
After an attachment of two years, in that capa-
city, to the VicTOKT 104, flag-ship at Portsmouth
of Sir Geo. Martin, and Blonde 46, Capt. Lord
Byron, under whom he escorted from this coun-
try the remains of the late King and Queen of
the_ Sandwich Islands, Mr. Abbott passed his ex-
amination in April, 1826 ; between which period
and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, 1 Oct. 1830, he further served, as Mate, on
hoard the Melville 74, Capt. Henry HiU, guard-
ship at Portsmouth, and Maidstone 42, bearing
the broad pendant at the Cape of Good Hope of
Commodore Wm. Skipsey, and afterwards com-
manded by Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg. His
subsequent appointments were, on the North Ame-
rica and West India, Mediterranean, Lisbon, and
Home stations — on the date of his promotion, as
above, to the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole — 28
Sept. 1831, to the Spabrowhawk 18, Capt. Thos.
Maitland— for a short time in 1833, to the Winches-
ter 52, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley— 15 Oct. in the
same year, to the THnNDERER 84, Capt. Wm. Fur-
long Wise— 8 May, 1838, to the Trinculo 16, Capt.
Henl'y Edw. Cofln— and, 7 Sept. 1841, to the Dido
18, Capt. Hon. Wm. Keppel. Since his advance-
ment to his present rank,- which took place on 23
Nov. in the latter yeax, Commander Abbott has
been on half-pay.
He married, 20 Feb. 1844, Mary EIUs, eldest
daughter of Commander Jas. Agnew Stevens, R.N.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
ABSOLON. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 36 ; h-p., 8.)
William Absolon was bom 17 July, 1789, at
Yarmouth, co. Norfolk.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 Oct. 1803, as
Ordinary, on board the BoMOLrs 36, Capts. Wood-
ley Losack and Thos. Burton, of which ship, sta-
tioned off Harwich, he soon became Master's Mate.
Removing, in Jan. 1805, to the Circe 32, com-
manded successively by Capts. Jonas Rose, Joseph
Spear, and Hugh Pigot, he assisted at the reduction
of the Danish West India islands in Dec. 1807, and
was the first to hoist the British colours on the fort
at the capture of Marie-galante, 2 March, 1808. , On
26 Nov. in the latter year, Mr. Absolon was trans-
ferred with Capt. Pigot to the Latona 38 ; and in
Feb. 1809, having chased the French frigate La
Ju-non into the Salutes, was placed in command of
the pinnace, with 10 men, for the purpose of re-
connoitering the enemy. Finding it impossible, in
fulfilment of his instructions, to avoid landing, he
fell in, when on the point of re-embarking, with a
strong body of militia, and after a sharp engage-
ment, in which one man was killed, and a midship-
man and three men wounded, was forced to surren-
der, and was sent a prisoner to Guadeloupe. In the
ensuing May^ however, having been exchanged, he
rejoined the Latona \ and on the occasion of the
capture, on 18 June, of La Felicite French fri-
gate, pierced for 42 guns, but laden with colonial
produce, was made second in command of the prize..
After a subsequent attachment of three months to
the Thisbe 28, and Barflehr 98, flag-ships in the
rivers Thames and Tagus of Hon. Sir Henry Edwin
Stanhope and Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, he ob-
tained an Acting-Lieutenancy, 5 Feb. 1810, in the
MvRTLE 24, Capt. Thos. Innes, to which vessel,
commanded afterwards by Capts. Clement Sneyd
and Henry Bourchier, he was confirmed by com-
mission, dated 9 June. in the same year. He con-
tinued to serve oflT the coast of Portugal, in the
Mtktle, until Nov. 1813 ; and being then ap-
pointed under Capt. Bourchier to the First Lieu-
tenancy of the Medina 20, sailed for Newfound-
land, whence he returned in Jan. 1815. From 15
March, 1821, until the early part of 1845, he offi-
ciated as an officer of the Coast Guard. He has
since been unemployed.
Lieut. Absolon married, first, in 1819, Anne Han-
sen, daughter of H. H. Dearsley, Esq., of Essex ;
and, secoiidly, 24 March, 1824, Isabella, daughter of
P. Webster, Esq., of Craig, in the co. of Forfar,
N. B., by whom he had issue seven children. He is
again a widower.
ACHMUTY. (LnscT., 1819. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 20.)
Robert Ross Achmuty died 30 Dec. 1844. He
was son of Robt. Achmuty, Esq., of Dublin ; grand-
son of the late Thos. Achmuty, Esq., of Brianstown,
00. Longford ; and a near relative of Lieut.-General
the gallant Sir Sam. Achmuty, G.C.B.
B
ACKERLEY— ACKLAND-A'COURT.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Jan. 1808, as
Third-ol. Boy, on board the Dictatok 64, Capt.
Donald Campbell ; attained the rating of Midship-
man 6 March following ; and continued to serve in
the Baltic until transferred in March, 1809, with the
same Captain, to the AnDACions 74, one of the
ships employed in the ensuing expedition against
Flushing. After further participating in the co-
operations with the British army in the Tagus,
Mr. Achmuty, in Nov. 1811, joined the Wahkior
74, Capts. Hon. Geo. Byng and John Tremayne
Rodd, under the former of whom we .find him
escorting the Prince of Orange to Holland in Nov.
1813 ; and, in the year following, a fleet of mer-
chantmen to the West Indies. He next served,
between July, 1815, and March, 1817, as Acting-
Lieutenant, on the latter station, of the Sabine 16,
Capts. Wm. Hall and A. Campbell, and Bbiseis
10, Capt. Geo. Domett ; then returned home in the
Lady Hamii/ton transport ; and was subsequently
attached, for short periods, as Admiralty-Midship-
man, to the BiiOSSOM 20, Capt. Tred. Hickey, and
Hyacinth 20, Capt. Alex. Ren ton Sharpe, on the
Brazilian station ; and, again as Acting-Lieutenant,
to the Salisbury 58, flag-ship in the "West Indies
of Rear-Admiral Donald Campbell, where he was
officially promoted to the Raleigh 18, Capts. "Wm.
Augustus Baumgardt and Geo. Blackman, 13 July,
1S19. Mr. Achmuty returned to England, and was
paid off' towards the close of 1821 ; from which
period he remained on half-pay until appointed, 27
Dec. 1841, Admiralty-Agent in a Contract Mail
Steam-vessel. In this capacity he appears to have
been employed until the date of his death.
He married, 27 Aug. 1822, Alicia Jane, eldest
daughter of Arthur Auchmuty, Esq., M.D., of Kil-
more House, Roscommon, a magistrate for that
county, by whom he has left issue. Agests — Hal-
lett and Robinson.
ACKERLEY. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 19 ; H-p., 18.)
Charles Henry Ackerley is second son of the
late John Hawkesley Ackerley, Esq., barrister-at-
law, by Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John Cham-
berlayne, of Maugersbury House, co. Gloucester ;
younger brother of Joseph Chamberlayne Cham-
berlayne, Esq., of Maugersbury House, who assumed
that name on inheriting the large estates of his ma-
ternal uncle, Edmund John Chamberlayne, Esq. ;
and cousin of Commander John Chamberlayne, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sheldrake 16, Capt.
John Thicknesse. In Sept. following he became
Midshipman of the Adamant 50, bearing the flag
at Leith of Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway, and
in that ship and the Daphne 23, commanded in the
Baltic by Capt. Jas. Green, he continued to serve,
until the conclusion of hostihties in 1814. During
the first three years of the peace he appears to have
been employed in the East Indies on board the
Iphigenia 36, Capts. Andrew King and John Han-
cock ; after which (with the exception of an attach-
ment of three months as Acting-Lieutenant, during
the year 1821, to the Drake sloop, Capt. Baker)
he served, until March, 1823, on board the Sir
Francis Drake, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Sir
Chas. Hamilton. Having been promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant on 20 of the previous Nov.
Mr. Ackerley afterwards joined — 21June, 1824, the
Wellesley 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, em-
ployed on particular service— 23 Dec. 1825, the
Spartiate 76, Capt. Fred. Warren— and, 23 March,
1827, the Ocean 80, Capt. Patrick Campbdl, guard-
ship at Plymouth, but afterwards charged with the
conveyance of the British forces to Portugal, and
finally attached to the squadron in the Mediterra-
nean. He was placed on half-pay in May, 1830, and
has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Ackerley was presented, 2 June, 1828, with
the large silver medal of the " Society for the En-
couragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Com-
merce," for his safety rods for ships' boats.
ACKLAND. (Lieut., 1815. ^-p-'J^; =-p-, 26.)
Edward Ackland entered the Navy, 22 July,
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Obestes 16,
Capt Hon. Geo. Poulett, under whose successor,
Capt. John Richards Lapenotiere, he took part m
the expedition against Copenhagen m Aug. and Sept.
1807, and was subsequently employed in the blockade
of Elsineur, as likewise in affording protection to
the trade passing through the Sound. In Dec. 1807,
he joined the Thalia 36, Capts. Thos. Manby
and Jas. Giles Vashon, with the former of whom he
proceeded in supposed pursuit of two French fri-
gates to Davis Strait ; and then, aifter a fruitless
exposure of several weeks to many^severe hardships,
and a prolonged stay on the coast of Labrador, re-
turned to Europe. Continuing to serve in the
Thalia, Mr. Ackland took part in the expedition
to Flushing in 1809, and eventually visited the West
Indies, whence we find him, in May 1812, escorting
home a very numerous convoy. In the following
August, immediately on passing his examination, he
joined the Impeegnable 98, successive flag-ship on
the Home station of Admiral Wm. Young, and
of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, under the latter
of whom he brought over to England the Emperor
of Russia and the King of Prussia. While next
serving in the Insolent 14, Capt. Wm. KeUy, he
was promoted to the rank he now holds, by commis-
sion dated 17 Feb. 1815. Since that period, with
two intervals, from 15 June, 1820, to 19 Oct. 1821,
and from 15 Jan. 1831 to 1834, when he held a com-
mand in the Coast Guard, he has been on half-pay.
A'COURT. (Captain, 1811. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 34.)
Edward Henry A'Court, born 10 Dec. 1783^
is second son of the late Col. Sir Wm. Pierce Ashe
A'Court, Bart., M.P., by his second wife, Letitia,
daughter of Henry Wyndham, Esq., of Salisbury ;
brother of Lord Heytesbury, late Viceroy of Ire-
land, and of Col. Chas. Ashe A'Court, K.H., one of
the Poor-law Commissioners ; brother-in-law of the
Earl of St. Germans, and of the Hon. Philip Pley-
dell Bouverie, the brother of the Earl of Radnor and
of Rear-Admiral Bouverie ; and uncle of the Hon.
W. H. A. A. Holmes, M.P. for the Isle of Wight.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in,
Jan. 1796, and embarked, in Jan. 1800, as Midship-
man, on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Chas. Cuiiing-
ham. After serving for some time in the Channel
and off the Western Islands, he became successively
attached to the Endymion 40, Capt. Henry Gar-
rett, lying at Portsmouth — Falcon sloop, Capt.
Henry Manaton Ommanney, off Newfoundland —
and Pluto, Capt. Henry Barwell, on the same sta^
tion. In Jan. 1803, he was appointed Master's Mate
of the Isis 50, Capt. Wm. GrenviUe Lobb, in tJie
North Sea.— then, of the Britannia 100, Capt.
Lord Northesk, at Portsmouth — and, in June of
the same year, of the Blanche 36, Capt. Zachary
Mudge. In Nov. following he acquired great dis-
tinction by a gallant exploit off St. Domingo, where,
in command of a boat with only five hands, he suc-
ceeded, after a severe struggle, in capturing a
French schooner, with a detachment on board, be-
sides other passengers, of between thirty and forty
soldiers. Being shortly after that event appointed
Acting-Lieutenant of the Theseus 74, Capts. John
Bligh and Edw. Hawker, the subject of tliis me-
moir, in conjunction with Lieut. Rich. Henry
Muddle, took command, 31 Jan. 1804, of a body of
seamen who were landed at Cui'a9oa, and partici-
pated in the gallant but unsuccessful attack on that
island. His promotion meeting with official sanc-
tion 13 Feb. following, he subsequently joined,
9 Oct. 1805, 15 July, 1806, and 21 Jan. 1808, the
Mediator 44, Capts. John Seaton and Wm. Fur-
long Wise, Veteran 64, flag-ship of Vice-Adtoiral
Jas. Rich. Daeres, and,* as Lieut.-Commauder,
the Sandwich schooner— all on the Jamaica star-
tion, where he was confirmed in the command, 10
June, 1808, of the Shark sloop. In Oct. of the
same year he removed to the Pelican 18 ; and in
Oct. 1810, he next joined the Harpy 18, at the
ADAM.
3
Cape of Good Hope ; whence, on his advancement
to Post-rank, 29 March, 1811, he returned home in
temporary command of the Owen Glendoweh 36.
He afterwards ofdciated as Captain, from Feb. 1813
to Sept. 1815, of the Perseus 22^ on the Mediterra^
nean, Newfoundland,, and Halifax stations. Since the
latter date,, wiih the exception of a brief command,
in 1835, of the Jupiter 38, he has been unemployed.
Capt. A'Court, in 182Q, was returned to Parlia-
ment as member for Heytesbury, which he con-
tinued to represent until 1831. He has sat, since
1837, for the borough of Tamworth, in conjunction
with Sir Robert Peel. On 30 Nov. 1841, he was
appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.
ADAM, K.C;B. (Vige-Admirai. of the Ked,
1837. F-P., 33 ; H.P., 24.)
Sir Charles Adam, bom 6 Oct. 1780, is eldest
surviving son of the late Right Hon. Wm. Adam, of
Blair Adam, co. Kinross, Lord Chief Commissioner
of the Scotch Jury Court, by Eleanor, second
daughter of Charles, tenth Lord Elphinstone ;
brother of General Sir Fred. Adam, G.C.B.,
G.C.M.G., Colonel of the 21st foot, Governor of
the Ionian Islands, and late Governor of Madras ;
and nephew of Admiral Lord Keith.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Dec. 1790, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Rovai. Charlotte
yacht, Capt. Sir Hyde Parker, lying at Deptford ;
and on removing, in 1793, to the Robust 74, com-
manded by his uncle, the Hon. Geo. Keith Elphin-
stone, was present, as Midshipman, at the invest-
ment and subsequent evacuation of Toulon. In the
Glory 98, Capt. John Elphinstone, which ship he
next joined, Mr, Adam bore a warm part in Lord
Howe's action,. 1 June, 1794. He appears to have
been then successively transferred to the Barflebb
98, and Monarch 74, bearing each the flag of his
relative^ the Hon. Sir G. K. Elphinstone, whose of-
ficial approbation he elicited for his signal services
as Acting-Lieutenant in command of the Squib gun-
brig, at the carrying of the important pass of May-
senbergh, during the operations which led to the
surrender of the Cape of Good Hope in 1795.* In
Oct. of the latter, year, being appointed Acting-
Lieutenant of the Victorious 74, Capt. "Wm.
Clark, he proceeded to the East Indies, and on 9
Sept. 1796, participated, in company with the Ar-
rogant 74, in a long conflict of nearly four hours
with six heavy French frigates under M. Sercey,
which terminated in. the separation of the combat-
ants, after each had been much crippled, and the
Victorious occasioned a loss of 17 men killed, and
57, including her Captain, wounded. Mr. Adam,
whom we subsequently find officiating as Acting-
Commander and Captain, from Aug. 1796 to Aug.
1797, of the Swipt sloop, and Cabtsfort frigate,
was at length, on his return to England in the
Polyphemus 64, Capt. Geo. Lumsdaine, confirmed
to a Lieutenancy, 8 Feb. 1798, in his old ship, the
Barpleur, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres. On 16 May
following, he obtained official command of the
Falcon fire-ship, but was soon afterwards trans-
ferred to the Albatross 18, and ordered with
despatches to the Cape of Good Hope, whence he
ultimately accompanied an expedition sent to the
' Red Sea for the purpose of intercepting the French
in their meditated descent upon India. Being ad-
vanced to the command, 12 June, 1799. of La Sr-
BILLE, of 48 guns and 300 men, Capt. Adam, while
in that ship, assisted at the capture and destruction,
23 Aug. 1800, of 5 Dutch armed vessels and 22
merchantmen, in Batavla Roads— made prize, in
Oct. following, of 24 Dutch proas, four of which
motmted 6 guns each— and on 19 Aug. 1801, off
Mahe, the principal of the Seychelle islands, took,
with the loss only of two men killed and a midship-
man slightly wounded, after a gallant action of
20 minutes, amidst rocks and shoals, and under
fire from a battery on shore, the French frigate La
Chiffonne, of 42 guns and 296 men, of whom 23 were
killed and 30 wounded, f On arriving with his tro-
phy at Madras, he was presented by the Insurance
* yidf Gat. 1795, p. 1113. f ^. Gaz. 1802, p. 165.
Company at that place with an elegant sword,
valued at 200 guineas, and the merchants at Cal-
cutta also subscribed to him a sword and piece of
plate. Having at length returned to England, and
been appointed to the command, 23 May, 1803, of
La Chifponne, which had been added to the navy
as a 36-gun frigate, Capt. Adam cruized with success
in the North Sea and Channel until the summer of
1805, and on 10 June in that year, with the Falcon
sloop. Clinker gun-brig, and Frances armed
cutter, under his orders, after a cha.se of nine hours,
during which the British suffered some loss from
the incessant fire of the forts along shore, drove
under the batteries of Fecamp a division of the
French flotilla, consisting of 2 corvettes and 15 gun-
vessels, carrying in all 51 guns, 4 eight-inch mortars,
and 3 field-pieces, accompanied by 14 transports.
While jiext in command, from 27 Aug. 1805, to 6
Apr. 1810, of the Resistance 38, he witnessed Sir
John Warren's capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Ma-
rengo 80, flag-ship of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun
frigate Belle Poule — ^brought a considerable quan-
tity of freight home from Vera Cruz in Feb. 1807 —
took, 27 Dec. following, L'Aigle privateer, of 14
guns and 66 men— conveyed a large body of general
officers to the coast of Portugal in 1808 — after-
wards bore the present king of the French from
Port Mahon to Palermo — and was otherwise actively
and usefully employed, On, removing from the
Resistance to the Invincible 74, Capt. Adam com-
menced a series, of very effectual co-operations with
the patriots on. the coast of Catalonia, where, and
on other parts of the coast of Spain, he carried on
for a considerable time the duties of Senior Officer,
and greatly annoyed the enemy.* In particular, at
the defence of Tarragona, in May and June, 1811,
he highly distinguished himself under Sir Edw.
Codrington; and in May, 1812, he directed with
characteristic zeal and ability the operations which
led to the capture of the town of Almeria, where the
castle of San Elmo, situated upon an almost inac-
cessible rock, and all the sea defences and batteries
which protected the anchorage of the place, were
blown up.f In June, ,1813, after a siege of five days,
Capt. Adam took,, .with the assistance of Lieut.-Col.
Prevost of the 67th;regiment, the fort of St. Philippe,
in the Col de Balaguer, near Tortosa, armed with 12
pieces of ordnance, i^luding 2 ten-inch mortars and
2 howitzers, with a garrison of 101 officers and men.f
He likewise, while in the same ship, acquired the
approval of Sir Edw. Pellew, the Commander-in-
Chief, and of the Board of Admiralty, for the suc-
cessful manner in which he conducted an important
negociation with the Dey. of Algiers, having for its
object a cessation of the depredations which had
been for some time carried on by that potentate on
the subjects of the Spanish government. Shortly
after the paying off of the Invincible, Capt. Adam,
on 16 May, 1814, assumed the special and temporary
command of the Impregnable 98, bearing the flag
of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, in which ship he
landed the Emperor of Russia and the King ot
Prussia at Dover on the evening of the 6 June, and
was afterwards present at the grand naval review
held at Spithead. He left the Impregnable on the
29th of the latter month, but was nominated, 15
Dec. following, Acting-Captain of the Royal Sove-
reign yacht, in which he continued until 7 Feb.
1816. Being re-appointed to that vessel, 20 July,
1821, he accompanied George IV. in his visits to
Ireland and Scotland, and was occasionally engaged
in attendance on other Royal personages. He was
superseded in the Royal Sovereign on his promo-
tion to Flag-rank, 27 May, 1825 ; and, attaining the
rank of Vice-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837, was subse-
quently employed as Commander-in-Chief in North
America and the West Indies, with his flag on
board the Illustrious 72, from 17 Aug. 1841, until
May, 1845. He has since been on half-pay.
Sir Charles Adam was nominated a K.C.B. 10
Jan. 1835. He represented in parliament from 1831
to 1841 the conjoined counties of Clackmannan and
* Vide Gaz. IRll, p. 1587 ; Gaz. ISIS, p. 663.
t V. Gaz. 1812, p. 1277. J V. Gai. 1813, pp. 1S61-U06.
B 2
ADAMS.
Kinross ; was First Naval Lord of the Admiralty
from April, 1835, until Aug. 1841 ; * obtained the
Lord Lieutenancy of Kinross 1 April, 1839 ; was
appointed in 1840 one of the Elder Brethren of
the Trinity House ; and since July, 1846, has been
again employed as First Sea Lord of the Ad-
miralty. He married, 14 Oct. 1822, Elizabeth,
daughter of the late Patrick Brydone, Esq., and sis-
ter of the Countess of Minto. Agent — John P.
Muspratt.
ADAMS. (Lieut., 1815. b-p., 7; h-b., 33.)
Charles James Adams is cousin of Capt. John
Adams, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 8 May, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol. on board the Porcopine 24, Capt.
Hon. Henry Duncan, with whom he contii^ued to
serve in the Mercury 28, and Imperieuse 38, on
the Mediterranean station, until the conclusion of
hostilities in 1814. During his attachment to the Por-
cupine, Mr. Adams was instrumental to the cutting
out, on the night of 10 July, 1808, of a large polacre
ship of 8 guns and upwards of 20 men, moored close
to the beach on the coast of Romania, within pistol-
shot distance of two batteries and a tower, and of
three heavy gun-boats, to whose conjoined fire, as
well as that of a body of troops, he was for a con-
siderable time exposed.f He subsequently, whenin
the Mercury, in the spring .of 1809, assisted at the
capture of Capo d'lstria, a town near Trieste, and
in an attack made in company with the Spartan
38, on Pesaro and Ceseratico, where the fortifica-
tions were destroyed, and 25 sail of merchantmen
taken. "While in the Imperieuse, Mr. Adams fur-
ther participated in the gallant capture and de-
struction, 2 Nov. 1811, in conjunction with the
Thames 32, of 10 gun-boats and 22 richly-laden
feluccas, defended by a strong tower and two bat-
teries in the harbour of Palinuro, on the coast of
Calabria, at which place the British were opposed
by a land force of 700 men. He next contributed,
27 June, 1812, to the destruction of a French con-
voy, and of the batteries at Languelia and Alassio —
was also present, on 17 Aug. in the same year, in a
spirited skirmish with a powerful Neapolitan squad-
ron in the Bay of Naples— and, in 1813-14, wit-
nessed the capture of Port D'Anzo, and the opera-
tions against Leghorn and Genoa. He then re-
turned home on board the Apollo 38, Capt. Ed-
wards Lloyd Graham, and since his promotion,
6 March, 1815, has been unemployed. Agent — Jo-
seph Woodhead.
ADAMS. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
George Curtis Adams, born in 1807, is second
son of the late Henry Cadwallader Adams Esq.,
of Anstey Hall, co. Warwick, by Emma, eldest
daughter of the late Alderman Sir Wm. Curtis,
Bart., M.P. ; brother of Henry Wm. Adams, now
of Anstey, Lieut.-Colonel of the 49th foot, and of
Capt. Frank Adams of the 28th; nephew of the
present Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart. ; and cousin of Lieut.
A. J. Curtis, R.N.
This officer passed his examination in 1830, and
obtained his commission 21 Feb. 1837. His ap-
pointments have since been— 16 April, 1838, to the
Madagascar 44, Capt. Prove Wm. IParry Wallis
on the North America and West India station— 24
Feb. 1840, to the Magicienne 24, Capts. Wm. Bur-
nett, Fred. Thos. Michell, and Rich. Laird War-
ren, in the Mediterranean— 9 Nov. 1843, to the
Albion 90, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, employed for
some time off Lisbon— and, 2 Feb. 1846, to the St.
Vincent 120, bearing the broad pendant in the
Channel of Sir Francis Augustus CoUier. Agents
Hallett and Robinson.
* Sir Chaa. Adam was appointed a Commissioner of the
Admiralty in Oct. 1834, but was prevented by illness from
taking his seat.
f rWetiaz, 1808, p. 1439.
ADAMS, (Captain, 1843. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 9.)
John Adams is cousin of Lieut. Chas. Jas.
Adams, R.N. ,^ „ ,. -.ana „„
This officer entered the Navy, 8 June, 1806, as
a Volunteer, on board the Scout 18, Capt. Wm.
Raitt, under whom, during a period of three years
and a half, he saw much active service, bore a pa,rt
in many gun-boat actions, and, among other vessels,
assisted in destroying. After a sharp engagement, a
notorious privateer, the Fort cf_ Gibraltar. He was
also present, as Midshipman, in a very gallant en-
counter off Genoa between the boats of the Scout
and a French squadron, consisting of a brig of 20
guns, one of 18, and seven gun-boats, protected by
a heavy fire from several batteries on shore, in face
of which the largest of the enemy's vessels was sunk,
and the remainder beaten off, with a loss, however,
to the British of the Master And 11 men killed, and
upwards of 30 wounded. On the night of 31 Oct.
1809, Mr. Adams further served in the boats of the
Scout, and of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour,
at the capture and destruction, after a fearful
struggle and a loss to the Assailants of 15 men killed
and 55 wounded, of the Armed store-ship Lamproie,
of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and
Grimdeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a con-
voy of seven merchantmen, defended by numerous
strong batteries, in the Bay of Rosas. Removing
next in succession to the Volontaire and Cam-
brian frigates, both commanded by Capt. Chas.
Bullen, heipined in various other cutting-ont affairs ;
witnessed the reduction of the island of Pomegue,
near Marseilles ; and co-operated in the defence of
Tarragona in May and June, 1811. TJntil the re-
ceipt of his first commission, dated 16 Feb. 1815,
Mr. Adams afterwards served in the Channel and
Mediterranean, on board the Bulwark 74, Capts.
Sir Rich. King and Thos. Browne, Christian VII.
80, Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, and Grasshopper,
18, Capts. Henry Bobt. Battersby and Sir Chas. Bur-
rard. .His subsequent appointments were — 31 May,
1815, to the Ajax 74, Capt. Geo. Mundy — 17 April,
1819, to the Hind 20, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard—
24 Sept. 1822, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capt.
Chas. Dashwood, of the tender belonging to which
ship he was for some time intrusted with the com-
mand— 12 Jau. 1824, AS First Lieutenant, to the
Grasshopper 18, Capt. John Geo. Aplin — 3 Nov.
1824, to the command, on the Newfoundland station,
of the Pelter gun-brig — 1 March, 1826, to the Ea-
MiLLiES 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, by whom he was
also invested with the charge of a tender — 20 Oct.
1826, and 17 Sept. 1828, as Senior, to the Harrier
and Childers sloops, both commanded by Capt.
Wm. Morier, for his exertions in saving the latter
of which, when nearly wrecked in a violent gale off
Yarmouth, he received the approbation of the Ad-
mirality— 4 May, 1829, in a similar capacity, to the
Atholl 28, Capt. Alex. Gordon, on the coast of
Africa — 6 Jan. 1830, to the command of the
Plumper 12, on the same station, where, in a small
gig with only five men, he gallantly effected the
capture, 7 Nov. foUomng, of the Maria, of 6 guns
and 44 men, having on board 512 slaves, and was
otherwise very successful— 23 July, 1831, as First,
to the Alfred 50, Capt. Eobt. Maunsell, in the
Mediterranean— and, 17 Nov. 1834, to the com-
mand of the Waterwitch 10, in which vessel he
served under the orders of Lord John Hay on the
north coast of Spain, and was again successful in his
anti-slavery exertions on the African station. At-
taining the rank of Commander, 10 Jan. 1837, Capt.
Adams was next, on 19 Jan. 1839, appointed to the
Acorn 16, destined for the same service as was
latterly the Waterwitch. Returning, therefore,
to the coast of Africa, he renewed his operations
against the negro traffic, and during a prolonged
servitude of four years and eight months, during
part of which period he had charge of the station
and squadron at Mozambique, cruized with won-
derful activity and good fortune. Among the pro-
digious number of prizes made by the Acorn we
may instance the capture, 6 July, 1841, after a
running fight, of the Gahriel, a piratical slave brig
ADAMS— ADAMSON—ADDERLEY—ADDINGTON.
notorious for its injury to commerce and the fre-
quency of its insults to the British flag. Capt.
Adams' long, arduous, and highly useful services
were at length rewarded, on his return to England,
with a Post-commission, dated 18 Dec. 1843. He
has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Adams at present holds the civil appoint-
ment of Slave Commissioner at Loango. Having lost
his first wife in Sept. 1843, he married, secondly, in
1846, Elizabeth Hurst, daughterof Henry EUis, Esq.,
of the city of Dublin. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
ADAMS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 31.)
John Adams (a) was born 26 Dec. 1781.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1803, as a
Volunteer, on board the Salvador .del Mundo,
Capt. John Dilkes, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admi-
rals John Colpoys and w m. Young. From Dec. 1805,
until May, 1811, he served as Midshipman and
Master's Mate, on the Charmel, Mediterranean, and
Baltic stations, of the Formidable 98, Capts. Fras.
Fayerman and Jas. Niooll Morris ; and he then suc-
cessively joined the Queen Charlotte 100, Im-
pregnable 98, and Tigre 74. Of the latter ship,
commanded in the West Indies by Capt. John Hal-
liday, he was confirmed a Lieutenant 2 Feb. 1815.
He was placed on half-pay 26 Aug. following, and
has not, since been employed. .,
ADAMS. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
"WrLLiAM Adams (b) entered the Navy 6 March
1810 ; passed his examination in 1817 ; and obtained
his commission 25 April, 1829. He has since been
on half-pay.
ADAMSON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 23; h-p., 21.)
John Adamson entered the Navy, 21 June, 1803,
as Midshipman, on board the Britannia 100, Cap-
tain, afterwards Rear- Admiral, the Earl of Northesk,
under whom he fought as Master's Mate at Tra-
falgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and on the completion of the
victory was sent to assist in navigating the Serwick,
one of the captured 74's. While next attached, from
1806 until 1809, to the Lavinia 40, Capt. Lord Wm.
Stuart, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations,
he witnessed the surrender of a frigate and store-ship
— assisted on different occasions in cutting seven
merchantmen from under the enemy's batteries —
was once sent to Malta in combined charge of two
prizes — and for upwards of two years had charge of
a watch. Being invested with the command, in July,
1809, of a gun-boat mounting a long 24-pounder
forward and a carronade abaft, with a complement
of 37 men, Mr. Adamson, who did not pass his ex-
amination until some months afterwards, took an
active part in all the operations connected with the
expedition to the Walcheren, and was particularly
praised by the present Sir Geo. Cockburn for the
precision of his fire during the bombardment of
Flushing. After a further servitude in the Formid-
able 98, Capt. Jas. NicoU Morris, and Victory
100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez (to a
Lieutenancy in which ship he was confirmed 6 July,
1811), he joined, early in 1812, the Hannibal 74,
bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral Philip Chas.
Durham, with whom he continued actively to serve,
in the Christian VII. 80, and Bulwark 74, on
the Home station, until Nov. 1813. He was then
successively appointed Senior of the Elk 20, Capt.
John Curran, lying at Portsmouth, and Favorite
18, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, in which latter
vessel we find him returning home from America
with the ratification of the treaty concluded at
Ghent between Great Britain and the United
States, and subsequently employed in the East
Indies in co-operation with the army against the
province of Cutch. The Favorite being paid
off' in June, 1817, Mr. Adamson remained un-
employed until Nov. 1825, when he obtained an
appointment as Agent for Transports afloat. He
continued in that service, commanding successively
the ViBiLiA, Hope, Cato, and Neva transports, in
every quarter of the globe, until again placed on
half-pay, 22 May, 1832, on which occasion he "re-
ceived a very flattering, unsolicited letter of appro-
bation from the Commissioner at the head of the
Transport department. He has not been since able
to procure employment.
ADDEKLEY. (CToptatn, 1814. F-p., 15; h-p.,
36.)
"' Arden Adderlet, whose family is of great an-
tiquity in the co. of Stafford, is third son of the
late Ralph Adderley, Esq., of Coton, by Dorothy,
daughterof Thos. Kynnersley, Esq., of Loxley Park,
and widow of Thos. Byrche Savage, Esq., of Elmley
Castle, CO. Worcester. He is next brother of the
present Ralph Adderley, Esq., of Barlaston and Co-
ton Halls ; and uncle of Chas. Bowyer Adderley,
Esq., M.P. for North Staffordshire.
This officer entered the Navy 4 June, 1796, and
afterwards served as Midshipman, on the Irish, West
India, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the
Rdssell 74, Capts. 'Sir Henry TroUope and Herbert
Sawyer, Juste 80, Capts. Sir H. TroUope, Rich.
Dacres, and Sir Edm. Nagle, Culloden 74, Capt.
Henry Lane, Tonnant 80, Capt. Edw. Pellew,
and ViCTOET 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson. Being
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 April, 1804, in
the Madras 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, he
next, in that capacity, joined the Superb 74, Capt.
Rich. Goodwin Keats, and had an opportunity of
sharing in the action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806.
While afterwards serving in the Hibernia 110,
flag-ship in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent, he was
advanced to the rank of Commander, by commis-
sion dated 4 Aug. in the latter year. His subse-
quent appointments appear to have been — 24 Aug.
1809, to the Goldfinch sloop, on the north coast
of Spain— 22 Oct. 1810, to the Echo 18, on the
Downs station, where, on 21 Feb. 1811, he took La
Confiancej French privateer, of 16 guns and 62 men
— and 14 Aug. 1814, to the Crocus 14, in which
vessel he further captured, in the Mediterranean,
4 Sept. 1812, the Formica settee, of 2 guns and 25
men. Capt. Adderley, who was posted, 19 July,
1814, into the Swiptsure 74, bearing the flag in the
Mediterranean of Vice-Admiral John Laughame,
left that ship on her return home in the following
October, and did not again go afloat. He took the
retired half-pay 1 Oct. 1846.
He married Anne, only daughter of W. R. Bish-
ton, Esq., of Shakerley House, co. Salop. Agents —
Coplands and Burnett.
ADDINGTON. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 16;
H-p., 32.)
William Silvester Addington entered the
Navy, 27 Jan. 1799, as A.B., on board the Pene-
lope 36, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, with whom, and
at intervals with Capts. Hon. Philip Wodehouse,
Geo. Mundy, and Edw. Durnford King, he
continued to serve, as Midshipman and Master's
Mate of the Brilliant, Hydra, Endymion, and
Egyptienne frigates, until Feb. 1807; during which
period he was very activelj^ employed off Newfound-
land, and in the Channel and Mediterranean, in
cruizing against the enemy, from whom he assisted
in taking a large number of privateers and other
armed vessels, and, on one occasion, several richly
laden Spanish merchantmen. On 12 March, 1807,
he was promoted (from the Hibernia 110, flag-ship
in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent) to a Lieute-
nancy in the Maida 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee,
part of the force employed in the ensuing expedi-
tion against Copenhagen. In the course of 1808,
Mr. Addington joined the Leviathan and Re-
venge 74'3, both commanded by his old Captain,
Hon. C. Paget, under whom we find him witnessing,
in the Revenge, the destruction of the French
shipping in Basque Roads, and also attending the
expedition to the Walcheren in 1809. In Oct. 1810,
he sailed in command of the Orion transport, with
combustibles intended for the destruction of the
Toulon fleet ; and from April to Sept. 1811, he next
had charge of the Delfine fire-brig, in the Adriatic.
From the latter date he remained unemployed until
ADDINGTON— ADDIS— AGASSIZ— AGNEW— AINSLIE.
at length appointed, 2 Aug. 1827, to the Pbince
Regent 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Hon.
Sir Henry Blackwood, in which ship he continued
until shortly previous to his advancement to the
rank of Commander, 22 July, 1830. He has since
been on half-pay, Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
ADDINGTON. (LiEnTENAUT, 1846.)
The Honourable Wilmam Wells Addington,
horn 25 March, 1824, is second son of the present
Viscount Sidmouth, by Maiy, daughter of the Rev.
John Young ; and grandson of the Right Hon. Henry
Addington, who, on resigning the office of Prime
Minister, was elevated to the peerage as first Vis-
count Sidmouth.
This officer passed his examination 20 July, 1843 ;
was appointed Mate, 4 July, 1845, of the Hibeknia
110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Wm.
Parker ; and obtained his commission 8 June, 1846.
He has not since been employed.
ADDIS. (Lieut., 1811. f.p., 19; h-p., 2,5.)
Edwakd Brown Addis entered the Navy, 13
Aug, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent
74, Capt. Frank Sotheron, employed in the defence
of the Bay of Naples ; removed as Midshipman, in
July, 1806, to the Zealods 74, Capt. John Okes
Hardy ; and on next joining the Athenienne 64,
Capt. Robt. Raynsford, was wrecked, on the Es-
querques Rocks, near Sicily, 8 Oct. following, on
which occasion the Commander and 396 of the crew
were lost. He then became attached to the Saturn
74, Capt. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, oft" Cadiz, and
on his return to England in the Rotal George,
flag-ship of Sir John Duckworth, joined, in Oct.
1807, the Barracoota, Capt. Geo. Harris, under
whom (with the exception of a brief attachment,
during the summer of 1810, to the Russell 74, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury) he con-
tinued principally to serve, both in the Barracotjta
and in the Sir Francis Drake frigate, the last
two years as Lieutenant (commission dated 9 Aug.
1811), until June, 1813. In Aug. 1810, Mr. Addis
ably assisted, as Acting Lieutenant, at the destruc-
tion by the boats of the Sir Francis Drake and
of the Belliqueux 64, under the immediate orders
of Lieut. Joseph Prior, of a French privateer and
two gun-vessels, beneath a continued Are from the
batteries of Bantam, in Java ;* and on 23 May, 1811,
he again served in the boats, and contributed, in a
most undaunted gallant manner, to the capture, off
Rembang, of a fiercely defended flotilla of Dutch
gun-vessels and armed proas. f Being next appointed,
11 Aug. 1813, to the Dasher sloop, Capt. "Wm.
Henderson, he served on the West India station,
-whither he accompanied the outward-bound trade,
until placed on half-pay in Nov. 1814 ; after which,
from Sept. 1824 until 1830, he appears to have been
employed on the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Ramillies and Hyperion, Capts.
Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. Since the
latter date he has again been on half-pay. -
Lieut. Addis received in 1842, and still holds, the
appointment of Crown Commissioner at Port Philip.
He married, 9 March, 1826, Elizabeth, daughter of
the late Lieu;. Mc Arthur, of Haslar.
50, Cai>t. Hon. John Gordon, with whom lie returned
home from the Pacific in the summer ol lS4b.
AGASSIZ, (Lieutenant, 1829.)
James David Agassiz is son of Capt. J. J. C.
Agassiz, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 7 May, 1815;
passed his examination in 1823 ; and was promoted
to a Lieutenancy, 20 March, 1829, in the Primrose
18, Capt. Thos. S. Griffinhoofe, on the coast of
Africa, whence he returned to England in Jan.
1830. His appointments have since been— 28 Feb
1838, to the Donegal 78, Capt. John Drake, on the
Lisbon station— 25 May, 1838, to the Pembroke 72
Capt. Fairfax Moresby, in the Mediterranean— and
6 April, 1844, as First Lieutenant, to the America
* Fide Gaz. 1811, p. 1195. f V. Gaz. 1811, p. S409.
AGASSIZ. (Ret. Capt., 1840. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 50.)
James John Charles Agassiz entered the Wavy,
30 Deo. 1780, as Captain's Servant on boaid the
Lizard, Capt. Edm. Dod, whom, m Oct. 1787, alter
an interval of five years, he rejoined, as Midslup-
man, in the Lowestoft frigate. Quitting that ship
in Sept. 1790, he next, in Aug. 1793, became at-
tached to the Mentor, Lieut.-Commander Rich.
Welland. On 23 Sept. 1795, he was promoted from
the Atlas 98, Capt. E. Dod, to a Lieutenancy in
the Trident 64, Capt. Edw. Oliver Osbom, and
while in that ship was present at the surrender of
the Dutch squadron inSaldanha Bay, 17 Aug. 1796.
He afterwards in succession joined the Trident
64, Capt. Edw. Oliver Osbom, Doktrecht 64,
Capt. Gardner, Tromp, Capt. Billy Douglas,
Triumph 74, Capt. Wm. Essington, Kite sloop,
Capt. Chas. Lydiard, Resolution 74, Capt. Wm.
Mitchell, and Hound, Capt. Geo. Sarradine. On
21 Aug. 1801, we find him, in conjunction with
Lieut. Henry Le Vescomte, commanding the boats
of the latter sloop and of a squadron, and acquir-
ing the praise of Lord Nelson for his gallantry and
zeal at the capture and destruction, with but trifling
loss to the British, of six flat-bottomed gtm-vessels,
which had been driven on shore near St. Valery,
and were protected by the fire of a body of military*
and five field-pieces. After eight months' command
of the Bold gun-brig, in the Downs and off Bou-
logne, Mr. Agassiz was promoted to the rank of
Commander, by commission dated 29 April, 1802.
His next and last appointments were, 6 Sept. 1804,
and 22 Jan. 1806, to the Anacreon defence-ship,
and Rattler sloop, in which latter vessel he ap-
pears to have been employed in escorting convoys
to and from Newfoundland and the Western Islands
until placed on half-pay in Oct. 1809. He retired
with the rank of Captain 10 Sept. 1840.
Capt. Agassiz is married and has issue. One of
his sons, James David, is a Lieutenant, R.N., and
another, Lewis, a Second Lieutenant, R.M.
AGNEW. (Lieutenant, 1843. f-p.,12; h-p., 1.)
John De Coukct Andrew Agnew, born 11 Oct.
1819, is second son of Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., of
LSchnaw, co. Wigtoun, by Madalene, daughter of
Sir David Carnegie, Bart., of Southesk.
This officer entered the Navy 15 Aug. 1834;
passed his examination 21 Dec. 1839 ; and served as
Mate, on the East India and Nortti America and
West India stations, of the Melville 72, Capt. Hon.
Rich. Saunders Dundas, Winchester 50, Capt.
Thos. Wren Carter, and Illustrious 72, flag-ship
of Sir Chas. Adam. He obtained a Lieutenancy,
28 April, 1843, in the Sctlla 16, Capt. Robt. Sharpe,
on the station last mentioned, where he was after-
wards appointed, 18 Oct. following, and 23 Feb.
1844, to the PiauE 36, andEuRY»iCE26, Capts. Hon.
Montagu Stopford and Geo. Elliot. Since his re-
turn to England, in 1846, Mr. Agnew has been on
half-pay.
AINSLIE. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Henry Ainslie, born in 1813, is third son of Sir
Robt. Sharpe Ainslie, Bart., of Great Torrington,
CO. Lincoln ; and nephew of Lieut. Geo. Ralph Ain-
slie, R.N ., who was lost on board the Coubagedx 74,
in Deo. 1796.
This officer entered the Navy 20 Oct. 1826 ; passed
his examination in 1833 ; served as Gunnery Mate,
in 1837-8, of the North Star 28, Capt. Lord John
Hay ; and obtained, his commission 30 June, 1838.
His appointments have since been — 16 Jan. 1839, to
the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt.
Sir Thos. Hastings— 1 Feb. 1840, to the Cambridge
78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, under whom he bore a
part in the ensuing operations on the coast of Syria
— 10 Feb. 1844, again to the Excellent— and 28
* f. Gaz. 1801, p. 1036.
AIRD-AIREY-AITCHISON-AITKIN.
Aug. 1844, as First Lieutenant, to the Stromboli
Bteam-sloop, Capt. Thos. Fisher, now employed on
particular service. Agests— Messrs. Stilwell.
AIRD. (LlEDTENANT, 1845.)
David Aird passed his examination 5 April,
1839 ; and was appointed Hate, towards the close of
1841, of the Fly surveying-vessel, Capt. Francis
Price Blackwood, on the East India station. He
was promoted to the rank he now holds 9 Dec. 1845 ;
rejoined the Fly, which he had but recently left,
23 Jan. 1846; and is at present employed in her
tender, the Bramble schooner, Lieut.-Commander
Chas. Bampfield Yule.
AIHEY. (Lieutenant, 1830. f-p., 13; h-p., 12.)
George Shebbrooke Aieey entered the Navy
4 April, 1823 ; passed his examination in 1823 ; and
obtained his commission 10 Feb. 1830. His sub-
sequent appointments were — 22 Aug. 1831, to the
Isis 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-
Admiral Fred. Warren — 16 Dec. 1834, to the Soylla
16, Capt. Edw. John Carpenter, on the North Ame-
rica and West India station — and, 23 Feb. 1836, to
the Howe 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Hon.
Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming. He has been on half-
pay since the early part of 1837.
Lieut. Airey at present holds the appointment of
Crown Commissioner at Port Philip.
AIREY. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
George Taylor Airey entered the Navy, 12
June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Donegal
74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, and on removing to the
HussAH 3d, Capts. Bobt. Lloyd and Alex. Skeene,
sailed, after attending Lord Gambler's expedition of
1807 to Copenhagen, for Halifax and the West In-
dies. From June, 1810, two years previously to
which period he had attained the rating of Midship-
man, he served, until the receipt of his commission,
dated 17 Feb. 1813, latterly as Master's Mate, in the
Berwick 74, Capt. Jas. Macnamara, Colossus 74,
Capt. Thos. Alexander, Bristol troop-ship, Capt.
Geo. Wyndham, and Podargus 14, Capt. Jas. Wal-
lis, all on the Home station. He has not since been
officially employed.
He now commands the Hon. E.I.C.'s steam-ship
Pldto.
AIREY. (Lieutenant, 1829. f-p., 16 ; h-p,, 10.)
John Moore Cole Airey entered the Navy 1 Jan.
1821, and passed his examination in 1827. Being
made Lieutenant, 13 May, 1829, into the Medina 20,
Capt. Edw. Webb, on the African station, he after-
wards joined, in that capacity, 25 June, 1831, and
28 Oct. 1833, the Piulomel 10, and Edinburgh
74, Capts. Wm. Smith and Jas. Kich. Dacres, both
in the Mediterranean. Since his return to England,
in 1837, he has been on half-pay. Agents — Goode
and Lawrence.
AITCHISON. (Liect., 1816. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 24.)
Edward Aitchison was born 15 Oct. 1794.
This ofiioer entered the Royal Naval College 16
Feb. 1803; and embarked, 21 Dec. 1810, as a Volun-
teer, on board the Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam,
vrith whom he continued to serve, as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, on the Baltic, Newfoundland,
and West India stations, until April, 1815. During
that period he saw a good deal of boat service, was
often in collision with the enemy's batteries, and
assisted at the capture, 16 Sept. 1813, of the El-
bredge Gerry, American privateer, of 14 guns and
66 men. He afterwards joined the Tigke 74, Capt.
John Halliday, and Ville de Paris and Leander,
IJearing the respective flags of Admirals Lord Keith
and David Milne. On his return, in the latter ship,
from Algiers, where, during the bombardment, he
had been intrusted with the charge of a boat, for
the purpose of burning one of the enemy's frigates,
and had been wounded, Mr. Aitchison was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission
dated 16 Sept. 1816. His next appointment appears
to have been, 13 Sept. 1819, to the Brisk 10, Capts.
John Wm. Montagu and Edw. Stewart ; in which
sloop, of whose boats he had command on the river
Tyne during a serious dispute between the colhers
and the civil authorities, he remained until trans-
ferred, 22 Sept. 1321, to the Coast Blockade, as Su-
pernumerary-Lieutenant of the Severn 40, Capt.
Wm. McCulloch. With his name afterwards on the
books of the Ramillies 74, and Hyperion 42,Capts.
Wm. McCulloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, he con-
tinued to be employed on the Coast Blockade until
Aug. 1326 ; but since that period he has not held
any further appointment.
Lieut. Aitchison married in March, 1825.
AITCHISON. (Capt., 1827. f-p., 19; h-p., 20.)
Robert Aitchison is son of Wm. Aitchison,Esq.,
of Drummore, East Lothian.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1308, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Lively 38, Capt. Geo.
McKinley, in which frigate he was wrecked, off the
Island of Malta, 10 Aug. 1810. Until confirmed in
the rank of Lieutenant, 6 May, 1815, he afterwards
served, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Acting-
Lieutenant, in the Unite 36, and Leviathan 74,
both commanded by Capt. Patrick Campbell, Con-
queror 74, Capt. Edw. Fellowes, Impetueux, Dub-
lin, Venerable, and Bulwark 74's, Capt. David
Mane, Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Coch-
rane, and Vengedr 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Rick-
etts. While in the Bulwark, we find Mr. Aitchi-
son commanding her tender for the annoyance of
the enemy's trade off Boston, and also witnessing
(during a boat expedition up the Penobscot) the
attack on Bangor and the destruction of the John
Adams frigate. He was subsequently employed for
six weeks in the boats of the Tonnaht during the
operations against New Orleans ; and further com-
manded the small-arm men landed from the Ven-
geur to assist in the reduction of Fort Bowyer in
Feb. 1815. Being appointed, 1 May, 1816, to the
Leander 60, Capt. Edw. Chetham, Mr. Aitchison
served at the ensuing bombardment of Algiers, and
on that occasion commanded the forecastle and
gangway guns. After a subsequent servitude of
nearly three years as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir David
Milne on the North America station, he was pro-
moted to the rank of Commander, by commission,
dated 17 July, 1819 ; and on 3 April, 1826, was next
appointed to the Clio 18, in the North Sea. Since
his Post-promotion, which took place 30 April, 1827,
Capt, Aitchison has been on half-pay.
He married, first, 13 Deo. 1321, Eliza, daughter
of the late Matthew Munro, Esq., of the island of
Granada ; and, secondly, 23 April, 1838, Catherine,
daughter of Henry Combe Compton, Esq., M.P. for
South Hampshire. Agents— Messrs. Halford and
Co.
AITKIN. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.)
Alexander Aitkin entered the Navy, 10 Dec.
1804, on board the Roebuck 44, Capt. Geo. M'Kin-
ley, bearing the flag in Yarmouth Roads of Admiral
Billy Douglas. He afterwards served for nine
years (including a short period as Acting-Lieute-
nant), in the Nassau 64, Obion 74, Tremendous 74,
Orlando 36, and Tremendous again, flag-ships, in
the North Sea, Baltic, and Mediterranean, of Ad-
mirals Thos. Macnamara Russell, Sir Jas. Saumarez,
Sir Edw. Pellew, Sir John Gore, and Sir Chas. Vini-
combe Penrose. In the Nassau, commanded at the
time by Capt. Robt. Campbell, he attended the ex-
E edition to Copenhagen in 1807 ; and (on that ship's
ard-wrought extrication from a mass of ice in which
she had been blocked up during the whole winter)
was present, in company with the Stately 64, at
the capture and destruction, 22 March, 1808, of the
Danish 74-gun ship Prindts Christian Frederic, after
a running fight of great length and obstinacy, in
which the Nassau sustained a loss of two men killed
and 16 wounded. He obtained his commission 11
Feb. 1815, and has not since been employed.
8 AKERS-ALCOCK-ALDHAM-ALDRICH-ALJDRIDGE-ALDWOBTH.
AKEES. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., U ; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Akers was born 29 June, 1784. One of
his brothers, James, served in Nelson's attack on
the Boulogne flotilla in 1801, and was in the Nokth-
UMBERLAND, oflF St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806 ; another,
Henry, was with Sir Home Popham in the Diadem,
at the capture of Buenos Ayres in 1806 ; and a third,
William, served in the Bover andCAROLiNE frigates,
at the reduction of Amboyna and Banda, in 1810.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1803, as
A. B., on hoard the Loire 36, Capt. Fred. Lewis
Maitland, employed on the Irish station. On re-
moving, in 1805, to the Prikce 98, Capt. Rich.
Grindall, he took part in the battle of Trafalgar ;
and, while next in the Goliath 74, Capt. Peter
Puget, he co-operated in the reduction of Copen-
hagen in Sept. 1807. After serving for a few months
as Midshipman of the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Cod-
rington, he joined, in April, 1809, the Rolla brig,
Capts. Sam. Clarke and Wm. Hill, under whom he
appears to have accompanied the expedition to
the "Walcheren, and to have been severely wounded
in different parts of the body while skirmishing in
the Downs, where, in an open boat, he was very
successful in his exertions against the smugglers.
On his subsequent arrival at the Brazils in the In-
defatigable 44, Capt. John Fyffe, Mr. Akers was
promoted (having passed his examination in 1810)
to a Lieutenancy, 16 July, 1813, in the Montagc
74, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Manley Dixon.
He returned home with convoy in the Nisus 38,
Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and was paid off in
April, 1814.
He married, 1 Oct. 1816, and has issue three sons.
ALCOCK. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Robert "William Henrt Alcock entered the
Navy in 1831 ; passed his examination 9 Feb. 1839 ;
and after serving for some time as Mate on board
the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt.
Sir Thos. Hastings, and Caledonia 120, bearing
the flag at Devonport of Sir David Milne, was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 11 Oct. 1844. His
appointments have since been — 11 Dec. 1844, to the
Caledonia again — 4 March, 1845, to the Canopds
84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, at Plymouth — and 6 Jan.
1846, to the Scoot 14, Capt. Wm. Loring, now em-
ployed in the East Indies.
ALDHAM. (Commander, 1844.)
William Cornwallis Aldham entered the Navy
4 April, 1822 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; and
obtained his first commission 10 July, 1832. His
subsequent appointments were — 20 Aug. 1834, to,Jthe
CANOpns 84, Capt. Hon. Josceline Perry, in the
Mediterranean — 28 Feb. 1836, as Senior, to the
ScYLLA 16, Capt. Hon. Joseph Denman, off Lisbon —
12 July, 1838, in a similar capacity, to the Jaseur
16, Capts. Fred. Moore Boultbee and Wm. Alex.
Willis, on the Mediterranean station — and, 7 March,
1842, again as First, to the Winchester 50, flag-
ship at the Cape of Good Hope of the Hon. Josce-
line Percy. Since his last promotion, which took
place 5 April, 1844, Commander Aldham has been
unemployed. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
ALDEICH. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Robert Dawes Aldkich entered the Navy 22
Jan. 1824 ; passed his examination 1 Sept. 1830; and
served for some time, as Mate, on board the Buz-
zard and Wizard, Lieut.-Commanders Chas. Fitz-
gerald and Thos. Fred. Birch, employed in the sup-
pression of the slave-trade on the coast of Africa.
He was promoted (from the Caledonia 120, flag-
ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore) to the rank
of Lieutenant, 7 March, 1842. His appointments
have since been— on the 9th of the latter month, to
the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Hon. Josceline
PerCT, at the Cape of Good Hope — 1 Aug. 1842, to
the Bittern 16, Capt. Edm. Peel, on the same sta-
tion—and, 6 April, 1846, as First, to the Apollo
troop-ship, Capt. AVm. Radcliffe, with whom he is at
present serving.
ALDRIDGE. (Capt., 1841. ^^-f ■' ^f : f^^ ^O.)
John Williams Aldbidge «°tf„«„^ /^j^/^^'
27 Sept. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board ^e Are-
THOsI 38, Capts. Sir Chas. Brisbane and Robt
Mends, and in that ship, when m company with the
Anson Hte assisted, £ Midshipman, at the captme
and destruction, 23 Aug. 1806, after a iard-fought
action of 35 minutes, in which the Arethusa had
2 men killed and 32 wounded, ol a Spanish frigate,
the romona, of 38 guns and 347 men, a flotiUa of
10 gun-boats, carrying each a long 24-pounder, with
60 or 70 men, and a battery, mounting 11 long 36-
pounders, within pistol-shot distance on the island
of Cuba. The subject of this memoir, who also co-
operated in the memorable reduction of CuraMa in
1807, afterwards served, from Oct. 1808, to May,
1813, in the Blake 74, Capts. Sir C. Brisbane and
Edw. Codrington, imder the latter of whom we find
him attending the expedition to Flushing, employed
for two years in the gun-boat service at the defence
of Cadiz, and participating in all the operations on
the coast of Catalonia. On next joining the Rippon
74, Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, he contributed, as
Master's Mate, to the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of Le
Weser, French frigate, of 44 guns and 340 men.
While afterwards serving in the Prince 98, flag-
ship of Sir Rich. Bickerton at Spithead, Mr. Ald-
ridge obtained a commission, dated 4 Feb. 1815. His
subsequent appointments, in'the capacity of Lieu-
tenant, were — in the course of the latter year, to the
RoTAL Sovereign 100, and Tonnant 80, flag-ships
on the Channel and Irish stations of Sir R. Bick-
erton and Sir Benj. Hallowell— 29 June, 1821, to the
Bulwark 74, as Flag Lieutenant to the last-named
officer at the Nore— 3 Oct. 1821, to the Genoa 74,
Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, stationed at Sheemess
—9 Dec. 1822, to the Prince Regent 120, fitting
at Chatham for the flag of Sir B. Hallowell-
and 6 June, 1831, as Senior, to the Rattlesnake
28, Capt. Chas. Graham, on the South America
station. Attaining the rank of Commander, 18
Nov. 1833, he next officiated, from 26 March, 1836,
until 1840, as Second Captain of the Pembroke 74,
Capt. Fairfax Moresby, on the Mediterranean sta-
tion. He was advanced to Post-rank 23 Nov. 1841,
but has not since been afloat.
Capt. Aldridge married, 5 Jan. 1841, Ann,
daughter of the late C. Knight, Esq.
ALDWORTH. (Lieut., 1831. f-p., 16; h-p., 12.)
St. Leger Aldworth, bom 4 Sept. 1806, is third
son of the late Robt. Rogers Aldworth, Esq., by
Elizabeth, daughter of Archdeacon John Oliver;
brother of Rich. Oliver Aldworth, Esq., of New-
market, High Sheriff of the co. of Cork ; and a near
relative of Viscount Doneraile.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 Dec. 1819, as
a Volunteer on board the Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm.
Augustus Montagu, on the Halifax station — re-
moved as Midshipman, in April, 1822, to the Active
46, Capts. Andrew King and Hon. Robt. Rodney,
employed on particular service — and from Nov.
1825, until June, 1829, served, the last three years
as Mate, in the Dryad 42, commanded by the Hon.
Capt. Rodney in the Mediterranean. He then suc-
cessively joined, for short periods, on the Cork and
West India stations, the Semiramis and Win-
chester, flag-ships, Bariiam 50, Capt. Sir John
Louis, Arachne 18, Capt. Chas. Deare, Galatea
42, Capt. Chas. Napier, and Racehorse 18, Capt.
Chas. Hamlyn Williams. On 3 Jan. 1831, he was
promoted to a First-Lieutenancy in the Mersey 26,
Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay; and, being
paid off from that frigate in the following August,
afterwards joined — 27 July, 1837, the Edinburgh 74,
Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, off Lisbon — 20 July,
1838, as Senior, the Rhadamanthus steamer, Capt.
Arthur Wakefield, in the Mediterranean — and, 29
Jan. 1839, and 16 April, 1842, the Asia 84, and
Rodney 92, Capts. Wm. Fisher and Robt. Maunsell,
both on the latter station. He was paid off from
the Rodney towards the close of 1843, and has
since been unemployed.
ALEXANDER— ALLDRIDGE.
9
Mr. Aldworth, who is Senior Lieutenant of 1831,
is a magistrate for the co. of Cork. He married,
20 Oct. 1836, Alicia Susan, fourth daughter of the
late Chas. Deane Oliver, Esq., of Rook Mill Lodge,
in that county, and has issue a son. Agents —
Messrs. Chard.
ALEXANDER. (Retiked Captain, 1840. f-p.,
11; H-p., 36.)
John Alexander entered the Navy, 5 May,
1800, as Ordinary, on board the Fairy 18, Capts.
Fred. Warren and Rich. Bailing Dunn. If we
except a brief attachment in 1804, and again in
1806, to the JEoLHS 32, Capt. Lord Wm. Fitzroy,
and Hbrcule and Veteran, Capts. Barrington Da-
cres and Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, he afterwards,
from Nov. 1801, until the early part of 1807, served
uninterruptedly with Capt. Dunn, and nearly the
whole time also with Admiral Sir John Thos. Duck-
worth, in the Sodthampton, Leviathan, Hercule,
Acasta, and Royal George, on the West India
and Mediterranean stations. While in the latter
ship, he took part in a desperate skirmish with a
body of Turks on the island of Prota, 27 Feb. 1807,
and was severely wounded at the re-passage of the
DardaneUs.* Being promoted to a Lieutenancy (by
commission dated 28 Feb. 1807) in the Standard
64, Capt. Thos. Harvey, he subsequently, on 26
June, 1808, succeeded, with the yawl belonging to
that ship under his orders, in capturing a French
despatch-boat, Le Leger^ although exposed to a
sharp fire of musketry from the island of Corfu. f
In the course of 1809-10 we next find Mr. Alex-
ander successively joining the Glommen 18, Capt.
Chas. Pickford, Moselle, Capt. Henry Boys,
Hebe 38, Capt. John Fyfie, and, as Acting-Flag-
Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam.
Rowley, the Polyphemds 64, all on the Jamaica
station ; where he lost the Flbur dela Mer, 8 Jan.
1811, then assumed command of the Dbcouverte,
and was promoted, by commission dated 14 March
in the same year, to that of the Shark sloop. He
invalided home in the following May, and has not
been since employed. He retired with the rank of
Captain 16 Sept. 1840.
Capt. Alexander, in consideration of the wound
we have alluded to, was at the time presented with
a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. He married,
22 Aug. 1819, Anna Maria, second daughter of the
Rev. J. Price, late vicar of Merriott, co. Somerset.
Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
ALEXANDER. (Commandek, 1815. p-p., 16;
H-p., 32.)
Nicholas Alexander has lost three brothers
high in the Naval and Military service of their
country — one of whom, the late gallant Capt. Thos.
Alexander, C.B., died Senior Oificer in command of
the Naval Squadron before Rangoon, in Nov. 1825.
This o^cer entered the Navy, early in 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Haerlem 64, Capt.
Geo. Burlton, and after an attachment to the Ser-
pent, Capt. Thos. Roberts, joined the Desibee 36,
Capt. Henry Inman, one of Lord Nelson's frigates
in the action off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. In the
course of 1802 he successively removed, as Midship-
man, to the Nereide 36, Capt. Robt. Mends, and
Port Mahon 18, Capts. Walter Grossett and Martin
Neville. After witnessing the reduction, in 1803, of
Ste. Lucie and Tobago, Mr. Alexander further served
for two years with Capt. Edw. Hawker in the
Mignonne, and with liear-Admiral Jas. Rich.
Dacres in, successively, the Theseds 74, and, as
Sub-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commissions dated
26 Feb. and 16 May, 1806), in the Shark sloop, and
Hercule 74. His subsequent appointments were,
—in 1808-9, to the Trent, Venerable, and St.
Domingo, flag-ships of Admirals Jas. Hawkins
WhitshedjSir Rich. John Strachan, and Sir John Bor-
lase Warren— and, on 22 Dec. 1812, to the Dragon
74, Capts. Fras. Augustus Collier and Robt. Barrie.
While in the St. Domingo, under Sir R. Strachan,
with whom he served for three years, Mr. Aley-
ander joined in the attack upon Flushing in
Aug. 1809 — frequently took part in gun-boat en-
gagements—and was twice wounded. In April and
May, 1813, during the period of his attachment to
the Dragon, he was the Senior Lieutenant em-
ployed in the operations against the American towns,
flotillas, and military stations in the Chesapeake ;
and for his conduct on all occasions, but particularly
in the attack upon French Town, was honoured with
the public thanks of Rear- Admiral Cockburn.* In
the summer of 1814 he commanded a division of
boats under Capt. Barrie in the several attacks on
Commodore Barney's flotilla in the Patuxent — re-
pelled, when on shore at Parker's Point, with only
38 marines and a few seamen, an assault made by
120 of the United States regular cavalry, supported
by 500 infantry with field-pieces— had charge of a
division of boats at the capture of Forts St. Peter
and St. Mary— and was eventually employed at Cum-
berland Island. Mr. Alexander, whose services dur- .
ing the whole of this period drew forth the warm ap-
probation of Capt. Barrie, attained the rank of Com-
mander 13 June, 1815. He was afterwards employed
in raising men at Cork, from Sejjt. 1815 to Feb. 1816 ;
but since the latter date has been on half-pay.
He married, in 1815, Susannah, daughter of Wm.
Legrand, Esq., of Cork, and has two sons, Robert
Barrie and William Thomas, both Assistant-Sur-
geons in the Navy. Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
■• VideGia. 1607, p. 537.
+ V. Gai. 1S09, p. t.
ALEXANDER. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Norton Butler Alexander entered the Navy 3
April, 1808 ; passed his examination in 1815 ; ob-
tained his commission 28 AprU, 1827 ; and since 21
July following has been in the Coast Guard.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
ALEXANDER. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
William Charles Alexander died 18 April,
1846.
This officer entered the Navy 23 Dec. 1831 ;
passed his examination 8 March, 1836 ; and served
latterly, as Mate, in the President 50, flag-ship in
the Pacific of Rear-Admirals Chas. Bayne Hodgson
Ross and Rich. Thomas. He was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 16 May, 1842, and from 19 July
following until the period of his death was em-
ployed at the Cape of Good Hope on board the
Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christ. Wyvill. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
ALLDRIDGE. (Lieut., 1844. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 0.)
George Manley Alldridge is brother of Lieut.
T. A. Alldridge, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1829, as
Second-cl. Vol., on board the Hyperion 42, Capt.
Wm. Jas. Mingaye, employed on the Coast Blockade.
He next, from Nov. 1830 until Dec. 1840, served,
the last four years as Mate, in the Meteor and
Beacon, Capts. Rich. Copeland and Thos. Graves,
on the Mediterranean station, where he took a very
active part in the survey of the Grecian Archipe-
lago, without receiving any remuneration, and was
present at the capture of 144 pirates off the island
of Thasos. On leaving the Beacon, he served for
three years as Assistant-Surveyor to Capt.Fred.Wm.
Beechey in the Lucifer, on the Irish Sea ; where
since his promotion, 17 Feb. 1844, he has been simi
larly employed under the same officer in the Firefly.
ALLDRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Thomas Adye Alldridge is brother of Lieut.
G. M. Alldridge, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 15 May, 1823 ; passed
his examination 6 Dec. 1831 ;. was for some time
Mate of the Pembroke 72, Capt. Fairfax Moresby,
on the Mediterranean station ; obtained an appoint-
ment in the Coast Guard 24 Feb. 1840 ; and for a
brief period previous to his advancement to the
rank he now holds, which took place 23 Sov. 1841,
« VideGaz. 1813, p. 1331.
10
ALLEN.
officiated as Senior Mate of the Impregnable 104,
flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore. His
appointments have since been — i March, 1842, to
the Indus 72, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, in the Mediter-
ranean—20 March, 1843, to the Sappho 16, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Hope, off the coast of Africa — and,13I>ec.
1845, as First, to the Sampson steam-frigate, Capt.
Thos. Henderson, now employed in the Paciflc.
ALLEN. (Eet. Capt., 1840. f-p., 15; h-p., 39.)
Chakles Allen, born 22 July, 1779, at Black-
heath, 00. Kent, is son of the late Wm. Allen, Esq.,
of the Stamp Office, a Commissioner of Greenwich
Hospital.
This officer entered th« Navy, 7 May, 1793, as
Captain's Seryant, on boaid the Diomede 44, Capt.
Matthew Smith, and was in that ship when she
struck on a sunken rock and was lost, off Trinco-
malee, 2 Aug. 1795. Joining, then, the Heroine 32,
Capt. Alan Hyde Gardner, he co-operated in the
ensuing reduction of the Dutch settlements in the
island of Ceylon. He was ultimately promoted, from
the Suffolk 74, bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral
Peter Kainier, to a Lieutenancy, 18 June, 1799, in
the Victorious 74, Capts. Wm. Clark and Pulteney
Malcolm ; after which, on his return from the East
Indies, he joined, 29 July, 1803, the Spencer 74,
Capt. Hon. Kobt. Stopford, obtained command, in
Nov. 1804, of the Signal station at Selsea, and was
next appointed, 26 July, 1805, and 2 June, 1808, to
the Thetis 38, Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, and Belle-
ROPHON 74, Capt. Sam. Warren. On 7 July, 1809,
in consequence of the death of the gaUant Lieut.
Joseph Hawkey, who fell early in the action, Mr.
Allen succeeded to the command of the boats of the
latter ship, and of the Implacable 74, Melpomene
38, and Prometheus 18, seventeen in number, con-
taining about 270 officers and men, in the course of
a dashing attack op a Russian flotilla of 8 gun-
boats and 12 merchantmen, carrying altogether
double the complement of men, lying at anchor
under Porcola Point, on the coast of Finland, and
centred between two rooks, from the summits of
which they were protected by a shower of grape.*
Notwithstanding all this, six of the gun-boats were
irresistibly boarded and carried, another was sunk,
and the whole convoy, with a large armed ship, cap-
tured. The loss of the British amounted to 17 men
killed and 37 wounded : that of the Russians is re-
ported to have been at least 63 killed, and a propor-
tionate number wounded. For this daring and most
important achievement, Lieut. Allen received the
sincere thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, and
a Commander's commission bearing date the day
of the action. Unable, however, to procure further
employment, he at length retired with the rank of
Captain, 10 Sept. 1840.
ALLEN. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 22; h-p., 3.)
Henrt Murray Edward Allen is next brother
of Capt. John Jas. Allen, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 1 Aug. 1822. Be-
coming Midshipman, in 1823, of the S ybille 48, Capt.
Sam. John Brooke Pechell, he proceeded to the
Mediterranean, and was there employed in the boats
during a hard-fought and sanguinary contest with
the pirates of Candia, 18 June, 1826. Obtaining his
first commission, 24 Feb. 1829, he was afterwards
appointed, on the former and North America and
West India stations— 25 Feb. 1830, to the Actjeon
26, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey— 9 July, 1834, as
First, to the Favorite 18, Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy
—and, 14 Feb. 1837, in a similar capacity, to
the Seringafatam 46, Capt. John Leith. Capt.
Allen, who attained the rank of Commander 23
Nov. 1841, and had been employed, since 4 June,
1844, in the Imahm 72, bearing the broad pendants
at Jamaica of Commodores Alex. Renton Sharpe
and Dan. Pring, acquired the rank he now holds
9 Nov. 1846.
He married, 30 Dec. 1841, Mary, daughter of the
late John Eversley, Esq.
* Fids GdZ. 1800, p. 1210.
ALLEN. (Vicb-Admibai. of the Bi-nE, 1846.
John Allen («)''e'nleri<?ihe N^vy, 12 Feb. 1787,
JOHN f^/''" w >=" Rich. Bickerton, on the
on board the Sybil, Capt. ^''="1 " , ji, q'. ,703
West India station; and from 1790 unHl Uct. UMa,
.rved S the Bo™e98, Capt. Geo Bowyer, and
Impregnable and Assistance, flag-ships at Ply-
mouth and Newfoundland of Sir Rich. Bickerton
and Sir Rich. King. Removing then to the Pene-
lope 32, be assisted, in company with the Iphigenia
32, at the capture, off St. Domingo, 25 Nov. foUow-
ing, of the French 36-gun frigate L Inconstante,
after a close action of half an hour, in which the
Penelope had one man killed and seven, including
himself, wounded.'* Mr. Allen, who obtained a Lieu-
tenancy, on 10 Dec. in the same year, in the Con-
vert 36, Capt. John Lawford, was unfortunately
wrecked, in the West Indies, 8 March, 1794; after
which event he became successively attached to the
Iris 32, Capt. Wm. Hargood, on the North Ame-
rica and Africa stations, and London , 98, flag-
ship in the Channel of Sir John Colpoys. Assuming
the rank of Commander, 6 Deo. 1796, he next, be-
tween Feb. 1798 and Nov. 1799, served in the
Childebs, Alecto, and Echo sloops, in the latter
of which, on the Jamaica station, he captured, 3
July, 1799, L' Amazon, French letter of marque, of
10 guns and fiO men. He was posted 29 Aprili 1802,
but did not again go afloat until 17 Jan. 1810, when
he joined the Franchise 36. After visiting New-
foundland, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and
was there transferred, 1 Aug. 1811, to the Rodney
74. He returned to England in April, 1812, as
Captain of the Perlen 38, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Chas. Boyles. During the last two years
of the war, Capt. Allen officiated as Agent for Pri-
soners of War at Newfoundland. This was his last
employment. His promotion to the rank of Rear-
Admiral took place 17 Aug. 1840; and to that he
now holds 9 Nov. 1846.
The Vice-Admiral is in the receipt of a pension
for wounds of 2502. He is married and has issue.
ALLEN, (Cajtaill, 1815. r-P„ 16 ; H-P., 31.)
John Allen (6), born 23 Feb. 1789, in London, is
second son of the late Thos. Allen, Esq., F.A.S.,
F.L.S., F.S.A., of Crane Hall, co. Suffolk, by Jane,
youngest daughter of the late Wm. Watts, Esq., and
sister of the late David Pike Watts, Esq., of Port-
land Place, and of Capt. John Watts, R.N. His
elder brother, the late Lieut. Thos. Allen, an officer
in the Army, served throughout the whole of the
Peninsular War, and, in the 1st Line Battalion of
the German Legion, shared in the glories of Water-
loo ; his next brother, David, a Captain in the 2nd
Madras Cavalry, died Commandant of Nelloor, in
1832 ; and his youngest brother, James, is a retired
Major of the 7th Bengal Cavalry.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1800, as
Midshipman, on board the Osprey 18, commanded
by his uncle, Capt. John Watts, and afterwards by
Capts. Geo. Irvine, Rich. Dalling Dunn, and Geo.
Tounghusband, on the Africa and West India
stations. While under the latter officer, he com-
manded the Osprey's launch at the reduction of
Ste. Lucie, 22 Oct. 1803— was also present at the
ensuing surrender of Tobago— and, on 23 March,
1804, took part in a gallant action of an hour and a
half, in which, with a loss to herself of one man
killed and 16 wounded, the Osprey beat off the
French frigate-built privateer L' Egyptieane, of 36
guns and 248 men, 8 of whom were killed and 19
wounded. Removing next, with Capt. Tounghus-
band, to the Hedredx 24, Mr. Alien, as Master's
Mate, contributed, diuring a servitude of nearly two
years m that ship, to the capture, on the same sta-
tion, of, among numerous other vessels, the French
privateers Buron, of 20, and Jmne Adik, of 14
f?°^ T®^ returned home in the Wolverene
18, Capt. Eras. Aug. Collier, and after an inter-
mediate attachment to the Zealand 6^ and North-
umberland 74, flag-ships at the Nore, and again in
* VideGnz. 1794, p. 189.
ALLEN.
n
the West Indies, of Admirals Bartholomew Sam.
Rowley and Sir Alex. Cochrane, was promoted
to an Acting-Lieutenancy, 9 April, 1807, in the
Prince Geokge 98, Capt. Geo. Losack. On 14 Sept.
following, Mr. Allen was confirmed into the Cruizer
18, in which sloop, under the successive commands,
in the North Sea and Baltic, of Capts. Fringle'
Stoddart, Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, Thos. 'Wells, and
Thos. Bich. Toker, he continued to serve, until ap-
pointed Senior Lieutenant, 13 March, 1812, of the
VoLAQE 22, Capts. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay and
Sam. Leslie, on the East India station ;. where, in
June and Sept. 1813, he assisted at the capture of
the piratical settlement of Sambas, in Borneo, and
commanded a division of boats during the operations
which led to the restoration of the Sultan of Palam-
hang. After officiating for a few weeks as Acting-
Captain of the VoLAGE, he was promoted to ihe
command, 4 Feb. 1814, of the Hecate 18. On 19
June, 1815, ho removed,, by order of Rear- Admiral
Sir Geo. Burlton, to the Tyne 22 ; but was obliged
from ill health to invalid, 30 April, 1816. On his
arrival in England, Capt. Allen found that he had
been officially posted in the Volage, by commission
dated 20 Sept. -1815; which ship, however, for the
reason assigned, he never joined. He accepted the
Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Allen married, 24 Sept. 1822, Mary, youngest
daughter of Dan. Shirley, Esq., merchant, of Lime-
street. Agent — J. Hinxman.
ALLEN. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
John Aixen entered the Navy (from, we believe,
the B.N. College) 23 Aug. 1824 ; passed his exa-
mination in 1828 1 became Mate, in 1838, of the Ca-
melion 10, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Martin Hunter,
on the South America station ; and was promoted,
while serving in the Coast Guard, 15 Jan. 1841. His
appointments have since been — 13 July, 1841, to the
■Wanderer 16, Capt. Geo. Henry Seymour, in the
East Indies— 6 July, 1844, to the Coast Guard— and,
18 June, 1845, to the command of the Tartar Re-
venue-vessel, in which he is now serving.
Lieut. Allen is Senior of 1841.
ALLEN. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 15; h-p., 14.)
John James Allen, born 15 May, 1806, is eldest
son of John Lee Allen, Esq., of Errol Park, co.
Perth ; and brother of Capt. H. M. E. Allen, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5
Feb. 1818; and embarked, in April, 1819, on board
the Active 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon. After
an intermediate and uninterrupted servitude on the
America, West India, and Mediterranean stations,
he was promoted (having passed his examination in
1824) to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission
dated 5 April, 1827. His subsequent appointments
in that capacity were— on 28 of the same month, to
the Chanticleer 10, Capt. Wynne Baird — 21 July,
1828, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot —
28 April, 1829, and 17 March, 1831, to the Spar-
ROWHAWK 18, and Falcon 10, Capts. Thos. Gill and
Thos. Metcalfe Currie, both on the Jamaica station
—and, 30 Sept. 1831, to the Pallas 42, Capt. Man-
ley Hall Dixon, also in the West Indies. He ob-
tained the rank of Commander 6 Oct. 1832, but re-
mained thenceforward unemployed until appointed,
27 Aug. 1840, to the Lily 16. After officiating for
some months as Senior Officer on the east coast of
Africa and in the Indian Ocean, Capt. Allen was ad-
vanced to Post-rank 23 Nov. 1841. He has not
since been afloat.
He married, 28 Aug. 1832, Lady Henrietta Dundas
Duncan, eldest daughter of the Earl of Camper-
down, granddaughter of the celebrated Admiral
Lord Duncan, and sister of Viscount Duncan, M.P.
for Bath, by whom he has issue two sons and two
daughters. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
ALLEN. (Ltect. 1807. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 31.)
Samuel Allen was born, 5 Nov. 1781, at New
Ross, CO. Wexford.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1796, as
A. B., on board the Savage 16, commanded on the
Home station by his uncle, Capt. Grosvenor Wink-
worth. In Dec. following, he became Midshipman
of the OvERYSSEL 64, bearing the flag in the Dowtqs
of Admiral Joseph Peyton ; on afterwards removing
from which ship to the Romney 50, Capt. Joseph
Peyton, he accompanied the expedition to Holland
in 1799. In Oct. 1802, Mr. Allen obtained an Acting-
Lieutenancy in the Sbeerness, Capts. John Surman
Garden, Sir Jas. Llnd, and Lord Geo. Stuart, on the
East India station, where he was wrecked in a gale
of wind, off Trincomalee, 7 Jan. 1805. After offici-
ating for a short period as Lieutenant of the Naval
Hospital atMadra^, he next, in July following, joined,
again as Acting-Lieutenant, the Fox 32, Capt. Hon.
Archibald Cochrane ; while under whom he assisted
at the destruction of a Dutch brig-of-war under
the batteries of Batavia — commanded one of two
boats at the cutting out of a brig of 4 guns, and six
sail of coasters, from beneath another battery on
the Java shore — and witnessed the annihilation at
Griessee, 11 Dec. 1807, of the dockyard and stores,
and of all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in
the East Indies. Mr. Allen, whose promotion was
at length confirmed by commission dated on 19 of
the latter month, removed, in July, 1808, to the
Caroline 36, Capts. Chas. Gordon and Christ.
Cole, in which frigate he continued until Jan.
1812. In Nov. 1809, we find him attending an ex-
pedition; against the pirates of the Persian Gulf,
where he commanded a boat at the destruction of
the town of Kas-al-Khyma, their principal strong-
hold.* At the celebrated capture, in August, 1810,
of the island of Banda Neira, Lieut. Allen was
among the foremost to escalade the walls of the
Castle of Belgica, and for his conduct on that oc-
casion was mentioned by Capt. Cole in his de-
spatches.! While yet in the Caroline, he contri-
buted, as her Senior Lieutenant, to the reduction of
Java, in Aug. 1811. In Dec. 1813, having been
transferred to the Horatio 38, Capt. Lord Geo.
Stuart, he assisted at the capture of the Dutch
islands of Schouwen and Tholen. He afterwards
served, from Feb. 1814, to Jan. 1816, in the New-
castle 50", commanded by the last-mentioned officer
on the North America and West India station;
but he has not been since employed.
Lieut. Allen married, 4 Dec. 1839, and has issue
three sons and one daughter.
ALLEN. (Retibeb Commander, 1845.)
Saonderson Allen was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 5 Feb. 1808 ; and became a Retired
Commander, 3 Feb. 1845.
ALLEN. (Captain, 1842, f-p., 14 ; h-p., 28.)
William Allen entered the Navy, 2 Oct. 1805,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Standard 64, Capt.
Thos. Harvey, with whom he continued to serve, in
the same ship and the Majestic 74, on the Medi-
terranean and Baltic stations, until Feb. 1810. He
was present as Midshipman, while in the Standard,
at the passage of the Dardanells, in Feb. 1807, and
on 26 March, 1808, assisted at the capture, in the
Adriatic, of the Italian brig of war Priedland, of 16
guns. On leaving the Majestic, Mr. Allen sailed
in theliEDA 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer, for the East In-
dies, where he co-operated in the reduction of Java
in Aug. 1811, and took part in a vigorous and suc-
cessful attack on the piratical settlement of Sambas,
in Borneo, 28 June, 1813. He obtained his first
commission 2 March, 1815, and after intermediately
officiating as Lieutenant pro tern, of the Hesper 18,
Capt. Wm. Everard, returned to England in the
following September. Being next appointed, 12
Nov. 1834, to the William and Mary yacht, Capt.
Sir Sam. Warren, he served in that vessel until
promoted to the rank of Commander, 20 June, 1836.
Joining, 10 Oct. 1840, the Wilrerforce steamer,
Capt. Allen subsequently attended a disastrous ex-
• Viie Gai, IRIO, p. 108.1.
+ r.Oaj. 1811, p. 1196.
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ALLEN- ALLEYN— ALSTON— AMBROSE-AMHERST.
pedition to the Niger, whence he returned towards
the close of 1842. He has since been on half-pay.
His Post-commission bears date 31 Jan. 1842.
ALLEN. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 23 ; h-P-, 24.)
William Edtakd Hughes Allen, born 6 Feb.
1787, is son of William Allen, Esq., Admiral of the
Bed, who died in Oct. 1804; and grand-nephew of
Sir Thoa. Allen, also an officer in the Navy. An
account of these gentlemen's services will be found
in the 1st and 6th volumes of Charnock's Biographia
JVavalis.
This officer entered the Eoyal Naval College about
the year 1800; and embarked, in Oct. 1802, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dkyad 36, Capt. Bobt.
Williams, bearing the broad pendant afterwards of
Commodore Wm. Domett, on the Irish station. In
June, 1804, he became Midshipman of the Teme-
KAiRE 98, Capt. Eliab Harvey, from which ship,
after bearing a warm part in the battle of Trafalgar,
he removed, in Dec. 1805, to the Addacious 74,
Capt. John Larmour. Early in the following year
he rejoined Captain, then Bear-Admiral, Harvey, on
board the Tonnant 80, oif the coast of Spain, where,
during a subsequent attachment, as Acting-Lieute-
nant, to the Confiance 18, Capt. Jas. Lucas Yeo,
he saw some good service. Being confirmed, 25
March, 1807, into the Hercule 74, Capt. Hon. John
Colville, Lieut. Allen, in the course of the same and
of the following years, accompanied the expedition
to Copenhagen (where he commanded an armed
boat in several rencounters with the enemy's flo-
tilla) and escorted home from Lisbon the surren-
dered Bussian fleet. Proceeding to the East Indies
towards the close of 1808, as Lieutenant of the Clo-
KiNDE 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, he there became Se-
nior, 24 Aug. 1810, of the Cornwallis alias Akear
44, Capts. Edw. Wallis Hoare, Thos. Gordon Caul-
field, Wm. Fisher, and Henry Drury, and was pre-
sent in that ship at the reduction both of the Mau-
ritius and of the island of Java. He afterwards,
when in command of the Akbar's boats, captured a
French schooner, carrying 12 brass six-pounders
and 25 men, with two French Colonels on board,
charged with despatches from Java. His next ap-
pointment, we find, was to the Cygnet 18, Capt.
Bobt. Bussell, in which sloop he served, as First
Lieutenant, from 13 Nov. 1812, until wrecked, oif
the mouth of the Courantine Kiver, 8 March, 1815.
He subsequently obtained command, in Oct. 1822,
and Dec. 1824, of the Castle Coote and Badger,
Revenue-vessels ; and, acquiring his present rank
28 Aug. 1828, was employed from 31 March, 1831,
until April, 1834, as an Inspecting-Commander in
the Coast Guard. He has not since held any official
appointment.
Commander Allen married, 5 Nov. 1815, Miss
Ellen Bernie Kirk, and has issue two sons and three
daughters.
ALLEYN. (Retiked Commander, 1835. f-p.,
18 ; HP., 34.)
KiCHARD Israel Alleyn entered the Navy, in
Oct. 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Marlbo-
BODGH 74, Capts. Henry Nichols and Joseph Ellison,
on the Channel station, where, and in the Mediter-
ranean and West Indies, he afterwards served, as
Midshipman, in the Boadicea 38, Captf Bich.
Goodwin Keats, Cormorant 24, Capt. Hon. Courte-
nay Boyle, Haerlem and Africaine, both com-
manded by Capt. Geo. Burlton, Texel 64, Capt.
Bich. Incledon, and Temerairb 98, flag-ship of
Bear- Admiral Geo. Campbell. While in the Cor-
morant, he was wrecked, we believe, ofi' Damietta,
on the Egyptian coast, 20 May, 1800. On 23 June,
1802, he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Syren
frigate, Capt. John Wentworth Loring ; and, on the
paymg ofi' of that vessel, was confirmed, by commis-
sion dated 13 Oct. in the same year. His subse-
quent appointments were, on the Home and North
America stations, to L'Egyptienne 44, Capts. Hon.
Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming and Hon. Chas. Paget
Crescent 36, Capt. Jas. Carthew, Endymion 4o'
Capts. Hon. Thos. Bladen C'lpel^nd Sir Wm.
Bolton, Abeecrombv 74, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie
and Hotspdr 36 Capt. Hon. Joscehne Percy. In
the ENOYZNa^JdHLpDR Mr. Alleyn served for
several years as First Lieutenant; previously to
which, on the evening of 8 March, 1806, he had
commknded the boats of L'Egyptienne mconjimc-
tion with Lieut. Philip Cosby Haridfield, at the
outtmg out, under an incessant fire from two batte-
ries, of the French frigate-built privateer l-Alcide,
pierced for 34 guns, and moored to the beach an the
harbour of Muros, in Spain. Having been unem-
ployed since June, 1814, at which period he inva-
lided from the Hotspcr, Mr. Alleyn at length ac-
cepted the rank he now holds, 20 Apnl, 1835.
Agents— Case and Loudonsack.
ALSTON. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Edward Hughes Alston entered the Navy, 26
Deo. 1826; passed his examination 15 Sept. 1835;
obtained a commission 28 July, 1841 ; and from 6
Aug. following until the close of 1842, served in
the Mediterranean on board the Cambridge 78,
Capt. Edw. Barnard. He next joined, on 11 Dec.
1844, the Hydra steam-sloop, Capt. "Horatio Beau-
man Young, stationed off the coast of Africa, where
he became First Lieutenant, 2 April, 1845, of the
Banger 6, Capt. Jas. Anderson. Since 1846 he
has been serving on the same station as Acting-
Commander of the Pantaloon.
AMBEOSE. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 30 ; h-p., 21.)
Prosper Ambrose entered the Navy, 15 June,
1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Meleager .32,
Capts. Geo. Cockburn and Chas. Ogle, and after
serving for some time in the Centurion 50, bearing
the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Horatio Nelson,
became Midshipman, in 1797, of the Ht.i;na 24,
Capts. Hon. Courtenay Boyle and David Lloyd.
After attending (in the Siieerness 44, Capt. John
Surraan Garden) the expedition to Holland under
Sir Andrew Mitchell, he next successively joined the
Gutllaeme Tell 80, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, San
Josef 110, flag-ship of Lords Nelson and St. Vin-
cent, Phcebe and. Endymion frigates, both com-
manded by Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, and
Neptuxe 98, flag-ship in the West Indies of Hon.
Sir Alex. Cochrane. He fought, while in the
Phcebe, at Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and was present,
in the Endymion, at the passage of the Dardanells,
in Feb. 1807. Being appointed Acting-Lieutenant,
9 Feb. 1809, of the Port d'EspagneIS, Capts. Sam.
Geo. Pechell, and Colin and Donald Campbell, he
assisted in that sloop at the proximate reduction of
Martinique. His appointment to the Port D'Es-
PAGNE being confirmed by commission dated 10
Feb. 1810, Mr. Ambrose, who appears to have offi-
ciated for some time as her Acting-Captain, subse-
quently became Lieutenant, in Dee. 1810. Feb. 1812,
and Aug. 1813, of the Tweed 18, Capt. Thos. Edw.
Symonds, Egjiont 74, bearing the flag of Sir Geo.
Hope, and Guildpokd prison-ship, Lieut.-Com-
mander Wm. Coett— all on the Home station. From
28 Feb. 1814, to 8 June, 1816, he was next employed
as an Agent for Transports afloat ; after which he
served in the Coast Guard for a short time during
the year 1822, and was in charge, from 14 May,
1831, to 1 July, 1834, of the Platform Semaphore at
Portsmouth. He has been occupied, since 2 Nov.
1840, as Admiralty- Agent in a Contract Mail Steam-
vessel.
During the late war Lieut Ambrose was also em-
ployed in the gun-boat service at Gibraltar.
AMHEEST. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 29.)
Jefpeey Eeid Amherst is son of the late Gen.
Amherst.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1809, on
board the Temeraiue 98, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay,
bearing the flag of Bear-Admiral Manley Dixon.
With that officer (if we except a brief attachment,
towards the conclusion of the war, to the Nereus
32, Inconstant 36, and Albacore 18, Capts. Man-
AMIEL—AMPHLETT—AMSINCK— ANDERSON.
13
ley Hall Dixon, Sir Edw. Tucker, and Joseph
Patey) he continued to serve, in the Robt 64, and
Vigo, Montagu, Achille, and Valiant 74'a, on
the Baltic and Brazilian staitions,, until presented by
him with a hauling-down commission, 3 May, 1815.
During the term of his servitude in the Baltic, Mr.
Amherst was much employed in escorting large con-
voys through the Baltic and protecting them against
the repeated attacks of the enemy's flotilla. His
appointments, subsequent to the peace, appear to
have been — 1 May, 1830, to the Caledonia 120,
bearing the flag, latterly in the Channel, of Sir
Manley Dixon and Sir Edw. Codrington — and, 26
Nov. 1831, to the San Josef 110, flag-ship of the
former officer at Plymouth. He has been on half-
pay since May, 1833.
AMIEL. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 26.)
William Eaudley Amiel was born, 5 March,
1792, at Cheltenham.
This offtcer entered the Navy, 17 Aug. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Romdlhs, Capt. Woodley
Losaok, on removing with whom to the Helena 18, he
assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, 5 June, 1805,
of the Santa Leocadia, Spanish privateer, of 14 guns
and 114 men. Proceeding subsequently to the "West
Indies in the Pkince George 98, Capt. Geo. Losack,
he there served, from 1808 to 1810, in the Pkanchise
36, commanded by Capt. Chas. Dashwood, and while
on that station was intrusted with the charge of a
boat at the reduction, in Dec. of the former year, of
the Fort of Samana, St. Domingo. After a further
servitude with Capt. Dashwood in the Pykamus 38,
on the Baltic and Mediterranean stations, Mr. Amiel
was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 21 March, 1812,
in the Illustkiobs 74, bearing the flag in the East
Indies of Sir Samuel Hood. His subsequent ap-
pointments afloat were, on his return home in the
ISccEPHALUs 32, Capt. Barrington Keynolds — 25
Oct. 1813, as Senior, to the Liohtning 18, Capt.
Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, under whom he partici-
pated in the operations of 1814 on the river
Gironde— and, 12 Nov. 1815, to the President 50,
Capt. Arch. Duff, which ship he left in Sept. 1816.
With the exception of the command, from 5 March,
1832, to 5 March, 1837, of the Semaphore station at
Kingston, in Surrey, he has not since been employed.
He married, first, 18 Aug. 1818, Martha, only
daughter of T. Moore, Esq., of Park Place, St.
James's, by whom he had, with two daughters, three
sons, of whom the eldest is a Lieutenant in H.M.
55th Regiment; and secondly, 11 Oct. 1838, Mar-
garet Anne, third daughter of the Rev. Wm. Morgan,
D.D., Rector of Aston Clinton, Bucks, and grand-
daughter of the late Wm. MinshuU, Esq., of Boreton
House and Aston Clinton.
AMPHLETT. (Lieut., 1844. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 0.)
William Ampi-ilett entered the Navy in 1835 ;
passed his examination 25 July, 1842 ; and after in-
termediately serving as Mate, on the Mediterranean
and Home stations, of the Inconstant 36, Capt.
Ered. Thos. Michell, and Excellent gunnery-ship,
Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant, 23 Dec. 1844, and at once appointed
to the Actjeon 26. Capt. Geo. Mansel, now employed
on the coast of Africa.
AMSINCK. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 13; h-p., 23.)
Henry Amsinck entered the Navy, 6 Sept. 1811,
at Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Niemen 38, Capt. Sir
Michael Seymour, under whom, on being transferred
to the Hannibal 74, he assisted, as Midshipman, at
the capture, 26 March, 1814, of La Sultane French
frigate, of 44 guns and 330 men. Until officially
promoted, 20 Jan. 1824, he afterwards served, latterly
as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Bedford 74, Capt.
Jas. Walker, Pomone 38, Capt. John Rich. Lumley,
Albion, Qoeen, and Northumberland 74's, Capts.
Jas. Walker, Sir M. Seymour, and Thos. Harvey,
Severn, Coast-Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'Cul-
loch, Northumberland and Albion again, Capts.
T. Harvey, Thos. Jas. Maling, and Sir Wm. Hoste,
Owen Glendower 42, bearing the broad pendant of
Sir Robt. Mends, and Bann 20, Capts. Geo. Wm.
Conway Courtenay and Geo. Woolcombe. The two
last-mentioned ships were employed on the coast of
Africa — the others chiefly on the Home station.
Lieut. Amsinck, who returned to England in May,
1824, has since been on half-pay.
He married, 4 Jan. 1827, Charlotte Elizabeth, only
daughter of the Rev. Geo. Wilson, of Kirby Hall,
CO. Norfolk. Agent — Frederick Dufaur.
ANDEKSON. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 14; h-p., 1.)
Alexander Anderson entered the Navy 18 July,
1832 ; passed his examination 17 Sept. 1838 ; and, as
Mate of the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier,
was afterwards most actively employed on the coast
of China. During the hostilities in that quarter he
served in the boats at the capture of several rafts,
and of the last fort protecting the approaches to
Canton, 13 March, 1841 ; took a similar part in the
ensuing capture of that city ; was officially men-
tioned by Capt. Bourchier, on the occasion of the
capture of Amoy, 26 Aug. following, as a " young
officer of much promise ;" and on 10 Ociif commanded
a gun-boat at the reduction of Chinghae.* In 1842
he assisted on shore, under Capt. Bourchier, in the
operations at Tze-kee, the storming of Chapoo, and
the attack on the batteries of Woosung.f In acknow-
ledgment of these services, Mr. Anderson was
awarded a commission dated 23 Dec. 1842. J His ap-
pointments have since been — 26 Jan. 1844, to the
CoRNWALLis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker — and,
29 July following, as First Lieutenant, to the Sama-
KANG 26, surveying-vessel, Capt. Sir Edw. Belcher,
both employed on the East India station, whence he
is now on his return.
ANDERSON. (Commander, 1823. f-p., 15;
H-p., 31.)
James Anderson (a) entered the Navy, in Jan.
1801, as A.B., on board the Blenheim 74, Capt. Peter
Turner Bover, bearing the flag in the North Sea of
Sir Arch. Dickson. From June, 1802, until March,
1807, he served as Midshipman, on the East India
station, of La Concorde and Photon frigates, both
commanded by Capt. John Wood. He then be-
came Acting-Lieutenant of the Sceptre 74, Capt.
Joseph Bingham ; and on being confirmed, 24 June,
1808, was appointed to the Christian VII. 80, Capts.
Joseph Sydney Yorke, John Hancock, and Woodley
Losack, flag-ship for some time of Sir Edw. Pellew,
off Flushing. Following the last-mentioned officer,
in May, 1811, into the Caledonia 120, Mr. Ander-
son, who continued in that ship until the conclusion
of the war, served in the two partial actions with
the French fleet, off Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13
Feb. 1814. His subsequent appointments were — 1
June, 1822, as First Lieutenant, to the Albion 74,
Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, guard-ship at Portsmouth —
and, 30 April, 1823, in a similar capacity, to the Re-
venge 74, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of
Sir Harry Burrard Neale. He was promoted to
the rank he now holds 25 Nov. following, but has
not since been afloat.
Commander Anderson became a widower 31 Mav,
1845. ''
ANDERSON. (Commandek, 1842. f-p., 30 ;
H-p., 9.)
James Anderson (6) is brother , of Wm. Geo.
Anderson, Esq., Assistant-Paymaster-General, and
of Chas. Henry Anderson, Esq., Cashier in the
General Register Office.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Sept. 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William, Capt.
Hon. Courtenay Boyle, flag-ship at Spithead of Ad-
miral Geo. Montagu ; and while afterwards serving
in the Myrtle 18, Capts. Thos. Innes and Clement
Sneyd, contributed to the capture of two slave-
* r«eGa2.l841,pp. 1503,1505 ; and Gaz. 1842, pp. 84,397.
t r. Gaz. 1842, pp. 2391, 3694, 3399.
t r. Gaz. 1842, p. 3821.
11
ANDERSON— ANDOE— ANDREW.
vessels on the coast of Africa. In May, 1812, he
became Midshipman of the Bakfiede 98, Capt. Sir
Thos. Masterman Hardy, bearing the flag off Lisbon
of Hon. Geo. Cranficid Berkeley, -with the former
of whom he removed, towards the close of the same
year, to the HamilIiIes 74. In that ship Mr. Ander-
son toolc an active part in the chief operations of
the American war, including the blockade of Com-
modore Decatur's squadron in New London, the
attacks upon Washington, Baltimore, and New Or-
leans, and the bombardment of Stonington. He
also, among other detached services, assisted, in the
boats of the Kamii.i.ies and of a squadron, at the
capture, 14 Dec. 1814, on Lake Borgne, of five Ame-
rican gun-boats under Commodore Jones, which did
not surrender until the British, after a fierce con-
test, had been occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and
77 wounded. Between Nov. 1815, and 1817, in
which year he passed his examination, Mr. Ander-
son was next employed in the Malta 80, and RivoLi
74, commanded at Plymouth and Portsmouth by
Capts. Sir Chas. Ogle and AiskewPaffard Hollis. Un-
til March, 1822, he afterwards served as Admiralty
Midshipman, chiefly on the South America station,
in the Cherokee 10, Capt. Theobald Jones, Owen
Glendower 42, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish
Spencer, and Superb 74, and Creole 42, bearing
each the broad pendant of his old Commander, Sir
T. M. Hardy. He then in succession joined, as Act-
ing-Lieutenant, the Alacrity 10, Capt. Hon. Fred.
Spencer, Doris 42, Capt. Fred. Edw. Venables
Vernon, and Beaver 10, Capts. Thos. Bourchier
and Wm. Towushend Dance. Quitting the latter
vessel in Oct. 1823, Mr. Anderson (who had been
ofiioially promoted on 1 of the previous March) was
subsequently appointed — 10 March, 1826, as First
Lieutenant, to the Cadmds 10, Capts. Chas. Hallo-
well and Chas. Gordon— 23 June,1827, to the Ganges
84, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Waller Otway, on the Bra-
zilian station — in 1830-1, as Senior, to the Bkito-
mart and Savage sloops, both commanded by Lord
Edw. Russell, on the coast of Ireland — 18 July,
1833, to the Coast Guard— and, 3 Feb. 1837, to the
Howe 120, in which ship, under the successive flags
of Sir R. W. Otway and Sir Fras. Mason, he served
for five years as First Lieutenant, at the Nore, and
in the Mediterranean. He was at length advanced
to his present rank 25 Feb. 1842; and, since 14 Dec.
1844, has been in command of the Ranger sloop, on
the coast of Africa.
ANDERSON. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 31.)
James Anderson (d) entered the Navy, 14 Sept.
1803, as a Volunteer, oh board the Ulysses 44, Capt.
Edw. Henry Columbine, on the West India station.
He there became Midshipman, in April, 1804, of the
Express, Lieut.-Commanders Glanville, Swiney,
Spearing, and Senhouse ; and, in Jan. 1809, Master's
Mate of the Savage 16, Capts. Wm. Robilliard and
Wm. Ferrie. After a further servitude of two years
and four months in the Favorite and Recruit
sloops, Capts. Benj. Clement and Humphrey Fleming
Senhouse (by the latter of whom he appears to have
been constituted Prize Master of a captured vessel),
and in the Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship of Sir
Robt. Calder, all on the Home station, Mr. Ander-
son was appointed Master's Mate, 3 Sept. 18fe, of
the Landrail cutter, of 4 twelve-pounder car-
ronades and 19 men, Lieut.-Commanders John Hill
and Robt. Dan. Lancaster. On 12 July, 1814, the
latter vessel, after two hours of hard fighting, in
which seven of her men were wounded, was unfor-
tunately taken by the American privateer schooner
Syren, mounting 7 comparatively heavy guns,
with a complement of 75 men, 3 of whom were
killed and 15 wounded. During the remainder of
the war, Mr. Anderson was in consequence confined
in an American prison. Being then released, he
became successively attached to the Tonnant 80,
bearing the flag at Bermuda of Hon. Sir Alex.
Cochrane, and Prince, Queen Charlotte, and
Bulwark, flag-ships on the Home station of Sir.
Edw. Thornbrough and Sir Chas. Rowley. Since
his promotion, which took place 1 May, 1816, he
has been on half-pay. Agent— J. Hinxman.
ANDERSON. (Retired Commander, 1 81 7.)
William Anderson (a) was made a Lieutenant,
24 April, 1782; and retired with the rank of Com-
mander, 12 July, 1817.
He is third on the list.
ANDOE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 32.)
James Hilary Andoe entered the Navy, 12 Dee.
1804, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the Greyhound
32, Capt. Chas. Elphinstone, ofl^ Havre de Grace ;
proceeded to the East Indies towards the close of
1806, as Midshipman of the Macassar 36, Capt. Wm.
Wilbraham; there served, from Sept. 1807, until
July, 1812, the last three yeaxs as Master's Mate,
on board the Russel and Minden 74's, flag-ships
of Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury ; was then succes-
sively appointed, in a similar capacity, to the Mul-
GKAVE and SwirrsuRE 74's, Capts. Thos. Jas. Maling
and Wm. Henry Webley, on the Home, Mediter-
ranean, and West India stations ; and on 4 Feb.
1815, was promoted to his present rank. He has
not since been employed.
ANDREW, C.B. (Reak-Admirai,, 1846. F-p., 16 ;
H-P., 33.)
John William Andrew is the son of a clergy-
man.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1798, as
A.B., on board the Foddroyast 80, Capt. Sir Thos.
Byard. After vritnessing the capture, in the follow-
ing October, of a squadron of French ships under
Commodore Bompart, destined for the invasion of
Ireland, he removed, as Midshipman, to the Royal
George 100, bearing the flag of Lord Bridport in
the Channel, where, and on the Mediterranean and
East and West India stations, he subsequently
served in the SeAhorse 38, Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote,
Blanche 36, Capt. Zachary Mudge, and Conqueror,
Leopard, and Canopus, Capt. (afterwards Rear-
Admiral Sir Thos.) Louis. While under the latter
ofiicer, he served in the Leopard's boats in the
celebrated catamaran attack of 1804 on the Bou-
logne flotilla, and was present in the Canopds in
Sir John Duckworth's action off St. Domingo, 6
Feb. 1806. Being advanced to the rank of Lieute-
nant 2 April following, Mr. Andrew next joined, on
24 July in the same year, the London 98, Capt.
Thos. Western, under whom he subsequently es-
corted the royal family of Portugal to the shores of
South America. In July, 1809, he was appointed to
the Ajax 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, and during
the two years that followed he saw a good deal of
active boat-service in the Mediterranean. After
acting for six weeks as Captain of the Rainbow
frigate, he assumed oificial command, 26 Sept. 1811,
of the Weazle 18, and on 21 Feb. 1812, was in
company with the Victorious 74, in the Gulf of
Venice, when that ship encountered an enemy's
squadron, consisting of the RivoU 74, Mercure and
Jena, of 18 guns each, and Mamehuck 8. During
the operations that ensued, Capt. Andrew, whose
exertions were extremely creditable, was for 40
minutes engaged in close action with the Mercure,
which eventually blew up ; then chased and put (o
flight the Vena, by whom he had also been opposed;
and, having likewise driven ofi'the Mamelouci, bore
up to the assistance of the Victorious, stood across
the bows of the Rivoli, and twice poured in a broad-
side—shortly after which the latter ship surren-
dered."" For his gallant and exemplary conduct
he was presented, on completing his time, with a
Post commission, dated 26 Sept. 1812. He lastly
officiated as Captain, from 1 Oct. 1814, to 24 Jam.
1816, of the Dee 24, and during that period visited
Hudson's Bay. He accepted his present rank 1
Oct. 1846.
Rear- Admiral Andrew was nominated a C.B.
4 June, 1815.
Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 851.
ANDREW— ANDREWS-ANDROS-ANLEY.
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ANDREW. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Zaccheus Andrew was bom 25 Jtine, 1811.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 April, 1826, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gloucester 74, Capt.
Joshua Sydney Horton, and served the whole of
his time in that ship, the Sdrlt 10, Capt. Joseph
Chappel Woolnough, Sappho 28, Capt. Henry Dun-
das, Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Duncombe PleydcU
Bouverie, and San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Manley
Dixon, on the Baltic, Lisbon, South America, and
Home stations. Having passed his examination, 8
Dec. 1832, he next officiated as Mate, in the "West In-
dies and oiff Lisbon, of the Bhabamanthus steamer,
Capt. Geo. Evans, and Hastings 74, bearing the
flag of Sir "Wm. Hall Gage. As Lieutenant, a rank
he attained 28 June, 1838, Mr. Andrew's appoint-
ments were on the South America and Mediter-
ranean stations— 28 Nov. in that year, to the Gre-
cian 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth, and, 8 June, 1841, to
the Veenon 90, Capt. Wm. Walpole. He has not
since been employed. He married, 3 Oct. 1840,
Jane, only daughter of Jas. Harvey, Esq., and has
issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
ANDREWS. (Lieut., 1814. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.)
Benjamin Andrews was born, 28 Deo. 1794, in
London.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Oct. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Savage 16, Capts. Jas.
Wilkes Maurice, Wm. KobiUiard, and Wm. Perrie.
During a servitude of more than five years in that
sloop he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, in
1808, of the Spanish privateer Don Quixote, and was
present at the reduction, in 1809-10, of the islands
of Martinique and Guadeloupe. After a further at-
tachment to the Cdrieux 16, and Theseus 74, Capts.
Colin Campbell and Wm. Prowse, in the latter of
which ships we find him employed in escorting the
East India trade, Mr. Andrews, about the end of
1813, became Master's Mate of the Hebbus, of 42
guns and 284 men, Capt. Edm. Pahner, under whom,
on 27 March, 1814, he commanded the forecastle
guns, and received three severe contusions at the
capture of the French frigate L'Etoile, of 44 guns
and 315 men, which surrendered after a close and
obstinate combat of two hours and a quarter, that
cost the British a loss of 13 men killed and 25
wounded, and the enemy of 40 killed and 73 wounded.
He afterwards, while in the same ship, assisted in
landing a body of troops up the Patuxent, witnessed
the destruction of Commodore Barney's flotilla, and
was further present at the re-embarkation of the
army after the capture of Washington. In Nov.
1814, having been promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant on 27 of the previous May, Mr. Andrews
joined the Wasp 18, Capt. John Fisher, on the
Halifax station, where he continued until Sept. 1815.
He next, from 7 Nov. 1818, to 4 Feb. 1819, served in
the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant
of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUooh, but since
the latter date has been on half-pay.
He married 28 Aug. 1826. Agents — Goode and
Lawrence.
ANDREWS. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.)
Edward Andrews (4) was born in 1782.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Oct. 1803, as
Midshipman, on board the Musette 12, Lieut.-
Commanders Bevan, Dundas, and Simpson, on the
Home station, where, in June, 1805, he joined the
Beagle 18, Capts. Geo. Digby, Fras. Newoombe,
and Wm. Brooking Dolling. While under Capt.
Newcombe he assisted at the capture of the Hazard,
Vengeur, and Fortune, privateers, carrying alto-
gether 44 guns and 155 men; bore a warm part in
the destruction of the French shipping in Basque
Roads, 11 April, 1809 ; and accompanied the ensuing
expedition to Flushing. In the early part of 1811
he was thrice recommended for promotion by his
Captain for his gallant conduct on as many different
occasions: the first time, in consideration of his
having with a detached party captured three smug-
gling-boats, after he had landed and had desperately
fought their crews, although supported by a body
of French soldiers ; secondly, for the spirited man-
ner in which, with a single boat, he had compelled
two sloops to run on shore near Boulogne ; and next,
for having in a similar manner chased and put to
flight an enemy's privateer. On another occasion
Mr. Andrews, with but one boat again under his
orders, and within sight of the French shore, effected
the capture, in the handsomest manner, of two other
smuggling-vessels. His exertions were at length
rewarded with a commission, dated 20 July, 1811 ;
after which he appears to have served, from Jan.
1812, to Jan. 1815, on board the Comet sloop, Capts.
Wm. Shepheard and Geo. Wm. Blainey, on the
NewfouncQand, West India, and Mediterranean sta-
tions. He has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Andrews married, in 1815, Miss Mary Rowse
Brooking, by whom he has issue ten children.
ANDROS. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 29.)
Charles Andros entered the Navy, 19 Atlg.
1806, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the Casopus 80,
Capt. Thos. Geo. SbortJand, bearing the flags in
succession of Kear-Admirals Sir Thos. Louis and
Geo. Martin, under the former of whom he wit-
nessed the capture, 27 Sept. 1806, of Le President,
French frigate of 44 guns, and was present in the
Constantinople and Egyptian expeditions of 1807.
During a subsequent attachment of two years with
Capt. Jahleel Brenton to the Spartan, of 46 guns
and 258 men, he assisted in an attack made in com-
pany with the Mercury 28, on Pesaro and Cese-
ratrio, where the fortifications were destroyed and
25 sail of merchantmen captured; witnessed the
ensuing surrender of the garrison of the island of
Lossini ; and co-operated in the reduction of Zante,
Cephalonia, 'and Cerigo. On 3 May, 1810, Mr.
Andros further participated in a brilliant victory
gained by the Spartan in the Bay of Naples over
a Franco-Neapolitan squadron, carrying in the whole
95 guns and about 1400 men, on which occasion the
British lost 10 men killed and 22 wounded, and the
enemy about 41 killed and 90 wounded. After that
event he successively Joined the Inconstant 36,
Capt. John QuUliam, Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir
Jas. Saumarez, Dictator 64, Capt. John Patti-
son Stewart, and Scarborough 74, bearing the
flag of Sear- Admiral John Ferrier. While in the
Dictator, on the Baltic station, we find Mr. An-
dros serving in the boats of that ship at the cutting
out of a Danish lugger ; and, on 6 July, 1812, as-
sisting, in company with the Calypso 18, at the
capture and destruction, within the rocks of Mar-
doe, on the coast of Norway, of an entire Danish
squadron, consisting of the Nayaden, of 48 guns, the
Laland, Samsoe, and Kiel sloops, and several gun-
boats, after a long conflict, which cost the Dictator
a loss of 5 men killed and 24 w^ounded, and the
enemy of 300 killed and wounded. He was ulti-
mately confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 9 Aug. 1814, in
the RiUN 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, on the West
India station, and was afterwards appointed in suc-
cession to the Bustard, Capt. Lord John Hay, and
Perseus 22, Capts. Edw. Henry A'Court, Thos.
Huskisson, and Thos. Rich. Toker, employed on the
Home station. With the exception of a three years'
attachment, from April, 1824, to April, 1827, to the
Britannia 120, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Jas.
Saumarez, Mr. Andros has been on half-pay since
11 July, 1816.
He married, 28 Oct. 1830, Mary, second daughter
of Thos. Godfrey Dobree, Esq.
ANLEY. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.)
William Anlet entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 1807,
as Midshipman, on board the Neptune 98, Capts.
Sir Thos. Williams and Chas. Dilkes, flag-ship after-
wards of Sir Alex. Cochrane, in which he assisted
at the capture, in Feb. and April, 1809, of the
island of Martinique, and of the French 74-gun
sWp D'ffaupoult. After serving for some time
with Sir Alex. Cochrane in the Pompee 74, and
Statira 38, and co-operating in the reduction of
16
ANNESLEY— ANSON-ANTHONY.
Guadeloupe, ne Joined the Dkagon 74, bearing ths
flag of Sir Fras. Laforey, on leaving whom, in Feb.
1811, he appears to have been employed for two
years with Capt. Dilkee, in the Castok 32, on the
Jamaica and Mediterranean stations. He then be-
came successively attached to the Biake 74, Capt.
Edw. Codrington, Forth 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton,
and ToNNANT 80, bearing the flag of Sir A. Coch-
rane ; and, in Sept. 1814, was appointed Acting-
Lieutenant of the BoYAL Oak 74. In that ship he
served under Sir Pulteney Malcolm in the ensuing
attack upon New Orleans. Since his official pro-
motion, which took place 13 June, 1815, he has
been on half-pay. Agents— Halle tt and Robinson.
ANNESLEY. (Commander, 1814- f-p., 18;
H-P., 30.)
FrawciS Charles Annesley died, 30 Jan. 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1798, as a
Volunteer, on board the Greyhound 32, Capt. Rich.
Let, on the "West India station ; became Midship-
man, in Feb. 1799, of the America 64, Capt. John
Smith, in the North Sea ; served, during a subse-
quent attachment of four years to the Thames 32,
Capts. Wm. Lukin and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, in Sir
Jas. Saumarez' action vrith the combined squadrons
in the Gut of Gibraltar, 13 July, 1801 ; and after
a further employment of 18 months with Capt.
Stephen Thos. Uigby in the Vestal and Abgo
frigates, on the Home and Africa stations, was ap-
pointed Acting-Lieutenant, in Oct. 1806, of the
Arab 22, Capt. Keith Maxwell. Being officially
promoted while in the West Indies, by commission
dated 14 Jan. 1808, he next served as Lieutenant,
from April following until March, 1812, of the Pilot
18, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, on the Mediterranean
station. During that period Mr. Annesley bore a
distinguished share in many gallant and important
enterprizes, particularly on 8 July, 1810, when, in
conjunction with Lieut. Geo. Penruddocke, he
brought out two gun-boats well fastened to a small
island on the coast of Naples, and thence defended
by a heavy fire of musketry — on 25 of the same
month, when he similarly shared in the capture and
destruction of 31 transports, laden with stores and
provisions for Murat's army at Scylla, together with
seven large gun-boats and five armed scampavias* —
in April, 1811, when he was especially noticed for
his zeal and exertions in getting oif three vessels
hauled high on the beach under the town of Monas-
teracci, and protected by a party of soldiers and
armed peasantry — and on 26 May following, when
the boats of the Pilot, under the orders of Lieut.
Alex. Campbell and himself, took and destroyed,
on the beach close to the town of Strongoli, four
settees, laden with commissariat stores, and guarded
by a tower within half musket-shot distance, as well
as by a detachment of at least 140 troops. Until
advanced to the rank of Commander, 30 Jnly, 1814,
Mr. Annesley afterwards served in the Grampus,
Vestal, and Venerable, flag-ships in the "West
Indies of Rear- Admirals Sir Fras. Laforey and Philip
Chas. Durham. He then successively joined the
Satellite, Spider, and Heron sloops, the latter of
which he paid off about Sept. 1815. Commander
Annesley was not afterwards employed.
ANSON. (Captaik, 1841. p-p., 17; h-p., 6.)
Talavera Vernon Anson, born 26 Nov. 1809, is
second son of Gen. Sir Geo. Anson, G.C.B. (Gover-
nor of Chelsea Hospital, Colonel of the 4th Dragoon
Guards, Equerry to the Duchess of Kent, and Groom
of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert), by Frances,
daughter of the late John Hamilton, Esq., and sister
of Sir Fred. Hamilton, Bart. Capt. Anson, a col-
lateral descendant of Vice-Admiral Lord Anson,
is nephew of Gen. Sir "Wm. Anson, Bart., G.C.B.,
also of the late Viscount Anson, and first cousin
(vrith Lieut. Thos. Anson, R.N.) of the Earl of
Lichfield, formerly Postmaster-General. His sister,
Mary Anne, married Robert Plumer "Ward, Esq.,
the distinguished novelist, and is consequently
* rWuGa^ 181(1, p. 1850.
step-mother of H. G. Ward, Esq., the present Se-
cretary to the Admiralty.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 June, 1824, on
board the Britomart 10, Capt. Octavius Venablea
Vernon, with whom, and Capts. Hon. C^. Or-
lando Bridgeman and Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas,
he afterwards served in the Primrose 18, Rattle-
snake 28, and Belvidera 42, on the West India
and Mediterranean stations, until advanced to the
rank of Lieutenant, 12 March, 1823. His appoint-
ments in the latter capacity were, 3 Sept. 1831, to
the Spartiate 76, Capt. Kobt. Tait, 12 June, 1834,
to the Blonde 46, Capt. Fras. Mason, and 14 Feb.
1837, to the Sebingapatam 46, Capt. John Leith,
in which ships he appears to have been employed
both in South America and in the West Indies. Ob-
taining a second commission, 30 June, 1838, Capt.
Anson, on 12 Dec. 1839, assumed command of the
Pylades 18. For his subsequent services in China,
where he took an able and indefatigable part in the
operations against Canton, and witnessed the fall of
Amoy, he was elevated to Post-rank, 8 June, 1841.*
He returned to England in 1842, and now com-
mands the Eurydice 22.
Capt. Anson married, 13 June, 1843, Sarah Ann,
daughter of the late Rich. Potter, Esq., of Manches-
ter, by whom (who died 5 May, 1846) he had issue.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
ANSON. (Lieutenant, 1843. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 3.)
Thomas Anson was bom 24 May, 1820, and died
in 1845. He was fourth son of the Hon. and Rev.
Fred. Anson, Prebendary of Southwell, by Mary
Anne, only daughter of the Rev. Rich. Levett, of
Milford, CO. Stafford ; and^first cousin of Capt. Tala-
vera Vernon Anson, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 June, 1833, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Asia 84, Capt. Peter
Richards, off Lisbon. The whole of his time ap-
pears to have been served in that ship, and in the
Pique 36, Hercules 74, and Fly 18, Capts. Hon.
Henry John Rous, Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge
Berkeley, Russell Eliott, and Granville Gower Loch
— the last four years on the South America station.
Passing his examination 8 Aug. 1840, he next be-
came Mate in succession of the Indus 78, Capt. Sir
Jas. Stirling, and Cobnwallis 72, bearing the flag
of Sir Wm. Parker. While in the latter ship, on
the China station, he was present, in the course of
1842, at the capture of Chapoo, the attack on the
batteries of Woosung, the reduction of Shanghae,
the storming of Chin-Keang-Foo, and the pacifica^
tion of Nanldn. He obtained his commission 17
Feb. 1843, and from 13 April following imtil 18
July, 1844, served on the South America and Me-
diterranean stations in the Cormorant steam-ves-
sel, Capt. Geo. Thos. Gordon, Queen 110, flag-ship
of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Aigle 24, Capt.
Lord Clarence Edw. Paget. During the few
months that preceded his death Mr. Anson was
unemployed. Agent — J. Chippendale.
ANTHONY. (Commander, 1813. p-p., 21;
H-p., 33.)
Charles Anthony entered the Navy, 6 March,
1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Russel 74,
Capts. John Willet Payne and Thos. Larcom, the
former of whom, after participating in the actions
of Howe and Bridport, he rejoined, in Otet. 1796, on
board the Impetuehx 74. During the three follow-
ing years he served, as Midshipman and Master's
Mate, under Sir Thos. Livingstone, Sir Home Pop-
ham, and other officers, in the Expedition arme'e en
flute, on the Home station, subsequently to which he
sailed for the Mediterranean as Acting-Lieutenant
of the Alkmaar 54, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, and
was there confirmed, from the Minotaur 74, bear-
ing the flag of Lord Keith, into the Blonde, Capt.
John Burn, 29 Aug. 1800. For his services, as First
of that ship, in the expedition of 1801 to Egypt,
where he assisted at the disembarkation of tlie
troops in Aboukir Bay, commanded a gun-boat up
* Fide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503, 1604, S506 ; and Gaz. 1842, p. S3.
ANTHONY— ANTRAM-APLIN.
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the Nile and on Lake Mareotis, and was present at
the capture of Alexandria, Mr. Anthony received
the Turkish gold medal. Being next appointed, 20
July, 1804, to, the Britannia 100, bearing the flag
of Lord Northesk, he took part in the battle of
Trafalgar, and on the overthrow of the combined
fleets was placed in charge of oue of the prizes, the
Siviftsure 74, wliich ship, however, in conseq_uence
of the injuries she had received, be was soon com-
pelled to abandon. From 19 June, 1806, until pro-
moted to the rank of Commander, 29 Dec. 1813,
Mr. Anthony was next employed, as First Lieute-
nant, on the Home, West India, and Canada sta-
tions, of the EoYAii George 100, flag-ship of Sir
John Duckworth, Acasta 40, Capt. Philip Beaver,
HippoMENES 16, Capt. Edw. Woolcombe, HAKPr 14,
Capt. Geo. Wm. Blainey, St. Domingo 74, flag-ship
of Sir Kich. Strachan, and Wolfe 18, bearing the
broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo. While Acting-
Captain of the Hakpy, he covered the landing of
the troops on the island of Walcheren, in Aug. 1809,
and assisted at the ensuing reduction of Flushing.
When afterwards with Sir Jas. Yeo on Lake On-
tario, we find the subject of this memoir, in June,
1813, commanding a division of gun-boats in a very
gallant and successful encounter vrith the Ameri-
cans at Forty-Mile Creek, and also assisting at the
capture of two of their schooners, of a depot of pro-
visions at Genesee Kiver, and of other supplies irom
Great Sodus.* He subsequently took part in three
actions with Commodore Chaunoey's squadron, viz.
on 10 Aug., when the British took two of his vessels
— in a partial action fought on 11 Sept. off Genesee
River — and in another which took place on 28 of
the same month. Being appointed, on the day of
his promotion, to the command of the Star brig,
he further co-operated with Sir Jas. Yeo, and be-
haved much to the satisfaction of that gallant ofi&cer,
at the capture of Fort Oswego, on which occasion,
6 May, 1814, he united with the Charwell in
covering the boats containing the troops. t Since
his return to England, in Deo. 1814, Commander
Anthony has been on half-pay.
ANTHONY. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 29 jk-p., 17.)
Mark Anthony is son of the late Joseph Anthony,
Esq., by his second wife, Miss Lambert, of Camagh,
00. Wexford ; and grandson of Peter Anthony, Esq.,
of Carrig Castle, co. Waterford, who served as Cap-
tain in one of the Irish regiments under Louis XV.,
and fought at Fontenoy.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1801, as
Midshipman, on board the Hunter 18, Capts. Geo.
Jones and Sam. Hood Inglefield, and served in the
boats of that vessel when they sustained a loss of 15
men killed in an inefiectual attempt made, towards
the close of 1803, to bring out several armed mer-
chantmen fastened in a secure manner to the beach
in a small harbour, on the west side of the island of
Cuba. After the latter event he became Master's
Mate of the Ci.obinde frigate, Capts. Cathcart and
M'Donald, and, in Sept. 1804, joined the Naiad 38,
Capts. Jas. Wallis and Thos. Dundas, one of Lord
Nelson's repeaters in the action ofi' Trafalgar, 21
Oct. 1805, on which occasion he assisted in towing
the BeIiLeisle 74, from her perilous position near
the shoals, and had the good fortune to rescue, in a
boat, 56 of the officers and crew of the French ship
Achille before she blew up. The Naiad, who had
previously effected a very gallant escape from a
powerful French squadron, appears to have been also
much engaged with Spanish gun-boats and batteries.
Shortly after his junction of the Theseus 74, Capt.
John Poo Beresford, Mr. Anthony was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant by commission, dated 22
April, 1808, and appointed to the Fury bomb, Capt.
John Sanderson Gibson, on the Baltic station, where
he received a severe injury in the thigh by the re-
coiling of a gun, which he was in the act of point-
ing at a Danish gun-boat. On removing with Capt.
Gibson to the Sarpen IS, he accompanied, as First
Lieutenant of that sloop, the expedition to the Wal-
* Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 2081. f ^- ^"- 18'<. P- '369.
cheren, and did good service to several of the trans-
ports. On 12 April, 1811, he was appointed to the
Stately 64, Capts. Kobt. Campbell and Edw. Stir-
ling Dickson, under whom he was actively em-
ployed, on boat duty and otherwise, at the defence
of Cadiz and Tarifa, until 20 Nov. following, when
he was compelled to invalid, owing to a fracture of
the leg and dislocation of the ankle-joint. From
Oct. 1814, until 1818, Mr. Anthony further served,
in the Obestes 16, Capt, Wm. Robt. Smith, and in
the BoYNE and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships of Sir
Edw. Thombrough, on the Irish and Portsmouth
stations. He was then appointed Harbour-Master
of Dunmore East, of which situation, on its abolition
in 1832, he was deprived without the slightest com-
pensation, although he had originally obtained it
under the idea of its being a life-appointment, and
had been thereby prevented from otherwise working
his promotion. He has not since been employed.
ANTRAM. (Lieut., 1802. r-P., 16 ; h-p., 38.)
George Antbam is son of Simon Antram, Esq.,
Purser and Paymaster, K.N. ; brother of the late
Lieut. Chas. Aubrey Antram, R.N. (1810) ; and
also of the present Lieut. S. E. Antram, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Oct. 1793, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Inflexible 64, Capt.
Solomon Ferris; removed as Midshipman, 1 Jan.
1794, to the Enterprise receiving-ship in the river
Thames, Lieut.-Commanders Edw. Howarth and
John Yetts ; and from 10 March, 1798, until 22 July,
1799, served in the Vanguard 74, and Foudroy-
ANT 80, bearing each the flag of Lord Nelson, under
whom, in the former ship, he was wounded at the
battle of the Nile, 1 Aug. 1 798. * H e then served for
three years as Acting-Lieutenant of the Mutine 18,
Capts. Wm. Hoste and Lord Wm. Fitzroy, on the
Mediterranean station, and, being confirmed 14 Dec.
1802, was afterwards employed on the Impress ser-
vice for a few months in 1803, and in command, from
11 Nov. in that year until 25 Nov. 1809, of the Dept-
FORD tender, on the rivers Thames and Medway. He
has since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
ANTRAM. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 33.)
Simon Edward Antram, born 28 Feb. 1786, is
brother of Lieut. Geo. Antram, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 March, 1801, as
A.B., on board the St. George 98, Capts. Thos.
Masterman Hardy, Lenox Thompson, and Wm.
Grenville Lobb, successive flag-ship of Lord Nelson
and Sir Chas. Morice Pole. In March, 1803, after
serving in the Baltic, off Cadiz, and in the West In-
dies, he became Master's Mate of the Enterprise
receiving-ship off the Tower, Lieut.-Commander
Wm. Somerville ; and while subsequently attached,
from Jan. 1804, to Jan. 1810, to the Illustrious 74,
Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton, Mich. Seymour, Wm.
Shield, and Wm. Robt. Broughton, he witnessed the
destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads,
and commanded a gun-vessel during the operations
against Flushing. Until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 14 June, 1811, Mr. Antram served, on
the West India station, in the Sparrow, Sappho,
and Pelorus sloops, Capts. Josh. Ricketts Rowley
and Hayes O'Grady. He then rejoined the Sappho,
commanded by the latter officer, and, on 26 May,
1815, was next appointed to the Censor 10, Capt.
Josh. Kneeshaw. He was placed on half-pay 10 Oct.
following, and has not since been afloat.
APLIN. (Lieutenant, 1811.)
Benjamin Aplin is brother of Capt. J. G. Aplin
R.N. '
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1805 as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Weymouth, Capt. John
Draper. Joining, on his return from a voyage to
the East Indies, the Maes 74, Capts. Robt. Dudley
Oliver and Wm. Lukin, he assisted, as Midship-
man, we believe, at the capture of the French frigate
Le Rhin, of 44 guns, 28 July, 1806 ; was also pre-
sent at the capture, by a squadron under Sir Sam.
* nde Gaz. 1798, p. 917.
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APLIN— APPLEBY.
Hood, of four other of the enemy's frigates, two of
which. La Gloire 46, and L' Infatigdble 44, struck
to the Mars, off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806 ; and ac-
companied the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug.
and Sept. 1807. After a subsequent attachment of
three years to the Volontaire 38, Capt. Chas. Bul-
len, Atlas 98, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral John Child
Purvis, and Goldfinch and Pheasant sloops,
Capts. Arden Adderley and John Palmer, in the
Mediterranean and off the coast of Spain, Mr. ApUn
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 16 May,
1811. His succeeding appointments were, on the
North America, West India, and Home stations —
5 Sept. ISll, to the Reindeer 18, Capts. Peter John
Douglas, John Geo. Boss, and Wm. Manners— 15
Aug. 1814, to the Armide 38, Capts. Fras. Temple
and Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge— 15 Aug. 1814, to
the Redwing 16, Capt. Thos. Young— 20 Jan. 1816,
to the RivoLi 71, Capt. Chas. Ogle— 17 April, 1819,
to the Hind, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard — 26 July,
1821, to the Coast Guard— and, 25 Oct. 1822, 11 Jan.
1827, and 24 May, 1830, to the command of the
Swan cutter. Skylark brig, and Messenger
steamer, which latter vessel he left in 1832. Mr.
Aplin, since 3 Dec. 1842, has been in command of
the Acheron steam-sloop, on the Mediterranean
station. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
APLIN. (fliaptain, 1826. f-p., 13; h-p., 33.)
John George Aplin, born 23 April, 1790, at Ber-
wick-upon-Tweed, is second son of the late Peter
Aplin, Esq., Admiral of the White ; brother of
Lieut. Benj. Aplin, R.N. ; grand-nephew of Christ.
D'Oyly, Esq., M.P., Comptroller-General of Ac-
counts during Lord North's administration ; and
brother-in-law of Lieut. Orlando Orlebar, R.N.
This ofacer entered the Navy, 9 March, 1801, as a
Volunteer, on board the Eurydice 24, Capt. Walter
Bathurst, with whom, on arriving with the ratifica-
tion of the Peace of Amiens in the East Indies, he
removed, as Midshipman, to the Terpsichore 32,
and there, on the renewal of hostilities, came into
frequent collision with the enemy. On 15 Aug. 1805,
being off St. Denis, Isle of Bourbon, he assisted in
one of three boats sent into that port for the purpose
of cutting out the French corvette La Turhurette^
a service which was completely effected, although,
fully prepared for the attack, the enemy had shel-
tered their vessel within pistol-shot distance of seve-
ral heavy batteries, whose fire, as well as that of a
neighbouring ship, played on the British with de-
structive effect. In the execution of this very spi-
rited affair, one boat was sunk, another cut down to
the water's edge, and the tow-rope. of the remaining
one cut three times. Mr. Aplin, in common with
the other officers employed on the occasion, received
the personal thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir
Edw. Pellew, whom, after a further servitude -with
Capt. Bathurst in the Pitt 36, he joined, in Aug.
1807, on board the Culloden 74. He had not been
many days, however, in the latter ship before he was
appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Psyche frigate,
from which he appears to have been transferred in
a similar capacity to the Arrogant 74, Capt. Hon.
Henry Dawson. B^ing compelled to invalid, from
the effects of long employment in the East Indies,
soon after his official promotion, which took place
13 Feb. 1808, Mr. Aplin remained on half-pay until
1810, in the course of which year, and the following,
he successively joined the San Josef 110, flag-ship
of Sir Chas. Cotton, and Armide 33, Capt. Rich.
Dalling Dunn, on the Mediterranean and Home
stations. In May, 1813, he assumed command of
the Arrow scliooner, of 12 guns, in which vessel he
shortly afterwards attacked a convoy under the pro-
tection of two batteries near Quimper, where he
drove a brig and several other vessels on shore.
He also perforqied a similar service under the bat-
teries of Quiberon, at which place he captured the
Marie Antoinette and Vierge Marie, and succeeded
in destroying a third vessel. Anchoring subse-
quently under the batteries close to the harbour of
Mer de Fife, in the He de Re, Mr. Aplin skilfully
managed, under the guise of an American privateer,
so thoroughly to deceive the authorities, that his
boats were enabled during the night to ef er the
port and, without creating the slightest suspicion or
alarm, to bring out the largest of the enemy s ves-
sels, Le Bon Samaritan. In the course of the same
year he was actively employed on sl>OTe>^"'ier Sir
&eo. Ralph Corner, at the siege of St. Sebastian;
and he next conducted the blockade of Santona in a
manner so efficient, that, although the enemy pos-
sessed in that port a corvette, a schooner, and two
gun-hoats, they were unable to capture any ot the
numerous British vessels constantly passing. From
the period of his advancement to the rank of Com-
mander, 12 March, 1814, Capt. Aplin remained on
half-pay until 13 Dec. 1823, when he at length suc-
ceeded in obtaining an appointment to the Grass-
hopper 18. Proceeding in that sloop to Newfound-
land, he there assumed command of a small squadron,
and acquired the high approbation of Sir Willough-
by Thos. Lake, the Commander-in-Chief, and of the
Board of Admiralty, for the able and zealous ma,n-
ner in which he discharged several extrarofflcial
duties which afterwards devolved upon him in con-
sequence of the ahoUtion of the civil departments of
the Navy, and of the absence of the governor of the
island. He was promoted to Post-rank 28 Jan.
1826, and, not being able to procure further em-
ployment, accepted the Retirement, 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Aplin married, in 1816, Anne Elizabeth,
youngest daughter of the late Vice-Admiral D'Au-
vergne, Duke of Bouillon, and sister-in-law of Capt.
Henry Presoott, R.N., C.B. By that lady he has
issue three sons, of whom the eldest is a Lieutenant
in H.M. 28th regiment, and the second a Midship-
man, R.N. Agents— Collier and Snee.
APPLEBY. (Capt., 1838. f-p., 284 h-p., U.)
John Frederick Appleby, bom 18 Nov. 1795,
belongs to the family of Appleby of Soberton, in
Hampshire (formerly of Thirsk, or Blaik Hamilton),
and is son of John Appleby, Esq., an agriculturist
of that place.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., ,on board the Queen 98, Capt. Fras.
Pender, bearing the flag, off Cadiz, of Hear- Admiral
John Knight, with whom he continued to serve, in
the same ship, and the Gderrier, until April, 1806.
During the latter part of that period he saw a good
deal of boat service, and was much employed, as
Midshipman, in affording protection to the numerous
convoys passing through the Gut of Gibraltar. Until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 10 Feb. 1815,
he was subsequently employed, chiefly on the Home
and Mediterranean stations, in the San Josef 110,
successive flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton and Sir Jas.
Saumarez, Minstrel 18, Capts. John Hollinworth,
Ralph Randolph Wormeley, and John Campbell,
Wizard 16, Capt. John Bowker, San Josef again,
beajipg the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton, Derweht 18,
Capt. Geo. Manners Sutton, Dromedary store-ship,
Master-Commander Sam. Perkins Pritcbard, Bris-
tol arme'e en flute, Capt. Geo. Wyndham, Akbar 60,
Capts. Archibald Dickson and Chas. BuUen, and
Puissant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page. While in the
Minstrel, Mr. Appleby assisted at the capture, in
the Adriatic, of the national schooner Ortenzia,
pierced for 16, but carrying only 10 guns, 16 July,
1808 ; and, on 10 Deo. 1813, served with the boats
of a squadron under Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, at the
destruction of a large convoy, protected by two bat-
teries in the mole of Palamos, where, out of 600
British officers and men, upwards of 200 were killed,
wounded, and taken prisoners. As Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Bristol, we find him serving in the boats
at the capture of La Petite Louise privateer, and
also present at the siege of Tarragona, in June, 1813.
His appointments, subsequently to his promotion,
were— 3 May, 1815, to the Nimrod 18, Capt. Geo.
Hilton, employed for the purpose of intercepting
Napoleon Buonaparte after the battle of Waterloo —
and, in July, 1817, and Jan. 1824, to the Queen
Charlotte and Victory, bearing the flags, at Ports-
mouth, of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, Sir Geo. Camp-
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bell, Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, Sir Geo. Martin,
and Sir Kobt. Stopford. During the whole period
of his being borne on the books of those two ships,
a term of eleven years and one month, Mr. Appleby
commanded the Linnet and Scorpion tenders, and
rendered much valuable service to the Revenue.
Being advanced to the rank of Commander 28 Aug.
1828, he afterwards, from 1 March, 18.31, until April,
1836, and from 29 March, 1837, untiljpromoted to
Post-rank, 29 Jan. 1838, served in the Coast Guard.
Since the latter date he has been on half-pay.
Capt. Appleby married, 14, Nov. 1827, Ellen,
eldest daughter of Wm. Osbom, Esq,, of Leominster,
near Arundel, Sussex. Agents— Messrs. .Stilwell.
APPLEBY. (Eetibed Commander, 1840. p-p.,
12 ; H-p., 43.)
YoiTNG Appleby entered the Navy, 18 Nov. 1792,
as Boatswain's Servant, on board the Alfred 74,
Capt. John Bazeley. After sharing in Lord Howe's
action, 1 June, 1794, he joined the Blenheim 98,
Capt. Thos. Lenox Fredeuick, and while under that
officer was present in Hotham's. skirmish with the
French fleet, 13 July, 1795, and lost a leg in the
battle fought off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797.
He then became attached in succession to the Cam-
bridge 80, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, Haeklem
64, Capt. Geo. Burlton, Cambridge again, bearing
the flag of Sir Thos. Pasley, Komiilds 36, Capt. John
Culverhouse, and Royal William, flag-ship of Ad-
miral Milbanke. Obtaining a commission, dated
4 Dec. 1799, he next served, from Aug. 1800, to
April, 1802, in the Act.eon 44, Capt. Philip Hire,
attached to the Impress service at Liverpool, and,
from 20 June, 1803, until 27 Oct. 1806, had com-
mand of a Signal station on the coastjof Dorsetshire.
On one occasion, when in a boat belonging to the
AcTjEON, with only three men, he entered a vessel
having 200 sailors on board, of whom he brought
away 17, and drove 30 over the sides. During his
semaphoric command, Mr. Appleby volunteered, on
another occasion, to attack at noonday, with only
27 fencibles, a French privateer carrying 14 guns and
about 80 men. He was admitted to the out-pension
of Greenwich Hospital 22 Sept. 1806, and, on 7 Jan.
1840, accepted the rank he now holds.
Commander Appleby married, 4 Nov. 1803, and
has issue one son.
APEEECE. (Retired Commander, 1840. p-p.,
16; H-p., 32.)
William Apbeeoe entered the Navy, in Jan.
1799, as a Volunteer, on board the Venerable 74,
Capt. Sir Wm. Geo. Fairfax, and, on 2 July follow-
ing, was present in an attack made by Rear- Admiral
Chas. Morice Pole on a Spanish squadron lying in
Aix Roads. Between 1801 and the date of his pro-
motion to the rank of Lieutenant, 22 Jan. 1806, he
served as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the
West India, Home, and Africa stations, of the Cou-
ragedx 74, Capts. Bowen and Thos. Sotheby, Wind-
sor Castle and Leander, flag-ships of Sir Andrew
Mitchell, Camel store-ship, Capt. Thos. Garth, Eu-
genie, Capt. Chas. Webb, Eclipse gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander Geo. Price, and Arab 22, Capt. Keith
Maxwell. He then joined the Excellent 74, Capt.
John West, fitting at Portsmouth, and on being next
appointed to the Blanche 38, Capt. Sir Thos. Lavie,
was wrecked, and taken prisoner, off Ushant, 4
March, 1807. From that period Mr. Apreece was
detained in captivity until the conclusion of hosti-
lities. Unable to procure further employment, he
at length, on 10 July, 1840, retired With the rank
of Commander. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
APTHOEP. (Lieutenant, 184.5.)
Shirley Apthorp passed his examination 1 June,
1836. For the space of five years he served as Mate,
chiefly on the Mediterranean and Africa stations,
on board the Alecto steamer, Lieut.-Commander
Wm. Hoseason, THONDEnER 84, Capt. Dan. Pring,
Hydra steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young,
Rapid 10, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Chas. Earle,
and Alert sloop, Capt. Chas. John Bosanquet. On
obtaining his commission, 24 March, 1845, he joined
the Penelope steam - frigate. Commodore Wm.
Jones, also employed off the coast of Africa. Since
19 Deo. 1845, Mr. Apthorp has been attached to the
Tortoise store-ship, at Ascension, Capt. Arthur
Morrell.
ARABIN. (©aptatll, 182.3. P-P., 20 ; H-P., 28.)
Septimus Arabin, descended from one of the
oldest families of Provence, in France, a branch of
which settled in England at the period of the Revo-
lution in 1688, is son of the late Henry Arabin, Esq.,
by Ann Grant, of the Grants of BaUendaUack. One
of his brothers, George, died a Captain in H.M. 54th
regiment; another, Frederick, became a Captain in
the Royal Artillery ; and a third, Augustus, died a
Lieutenant, R.N. (1815), in Sept. 1839.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 27 April, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tigre 80, Capt., after-
wards Rear-Admiral, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, under
whom, vpith the exception of a few months during
the peace, he continued to serve, in the same ship,
and in the Antelope 50, and Pompee 74, until the
summer of 1807. During the latter part of the war
he appears to have been. much employed in co-ope-
ration with the Turks on the coast of Syria ; and
we subsequently find him, on the renewal of hostili-
ties, coming into frequent collision with the enemy
in the Channel and North Sea, particularly on 24
March, 1804, when he acquired the public thanks of
Sir Sidney Smith for the gallant and judicious man-
ner in which, after, every officer senior to himself
had been wounded, he boarded, in the Antelope's
boats, and carried, although he had been exposed
for 45 minutes , to a heavy fire, a Dutch armed
schuyt, moored at the entrance of the East Scheldt,
and in every way prepared, for an obstinate resist-
ance. On his removal, as Master's Mate, in 1806,
to the Pompee, Mr. Ajabin was invested by his
patron with the command of a Sicilian armed vessel,
in which he conveyed the first supply of ammuni-
tion to Gaeta, during its siege by the French. He
assisted also in disarming the coasts of Naples and
Calabria, from thO' gulf of Salerno to Scylla ; and
was present at the capture of the latter fortress.
Attending afterwards the expedition to the Darda-
nells, he there witnessed, in the capacity of Acting-
Lieutenant, Sir Sidney Smith's destruction of a
Turkish squadron, and for his gallantry in cutting
out a gun-boat,- and the assistance he afforded in
consummating the destruction of a battery of 31
guns, was a second time publicly thanked by Sir
Sidney, and formed one of the only two Lieutenants
whose names were mentioned in Sir John Duck-
worth's first despatch.* During the operations
against Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807, Mr.
Arabin, who still continued to serve in the Pompee,
under the flag of Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope,
commanded a division of boats at the landing of the
army, took part in many smart encounters with the
enemy's flotilla, and, in acknowledgment of his ser-
vices throughout, was personally presented by the
above officer to Lord Gambler, and earnestly recom-
mended for promotion. In the mean time, however,
he had been officially promoted into the Pompee by
commission, dated 4 Aug. 1807. His subsequent
appointments were— 6 Feb. 1808, to the Foudkoy-
ant 80, bearing the flag of Sir W. S. Smith, in South
America — 5 Feb. 1810, to the Theseds 74, Capt.
Wm. Prowse, stationed in the North Sea — and, in
the course of 1812, to the Tremendods 74, and
HiBERNiA 110, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir W. S.
Smith, in the Mediterranean. After witnessing Sir
Edw. Pellew's two partial actions with the French
fleet off Toulon, he was promoted to the rank of
Commander 27 July, 1814 ; but, unsuccessful in his
applications for employment, remained on half-pay
from that period until 2 July, 1821, when he at
length obtained an appointment to the Argds 18,
on the Halifax station. Acquiring Post-rank 20
March, 1823, Capt. Arabin next, on 23 Dec. 1825,
• Fide Gaz. 1807, p. sg.i
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ARBUTHNOTT-ARCHBOLD-ARCHER-ARGLES-ARGUIMBAU.
joined the North Star 28, in which frigste he suh-
sequently captured several Spanish and Brazilian
slavers, and ultimately returned to Portsmouth -with
Viscount Strangford, Envoy-Extraordinary at Rio
Janeiro. He paid the North Star off in 1829, and
accepted the retired half-pay, 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Arabin married Maria, second daughter of
the late Sir Geo. Berryman Rumbold, Bart., Consul-
General at Hamburgh, afterwards step-daughter
of Admiral Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, K.C.B., and
aunt of the present Sir Cavendish Stuart Kumbold,
Bart. Agest — J. Hinxman.
ARBUTHNOTT, K.C.C., K.S.F. (Cajtatlt,
1824. F-P., 13; H-P., 31.)
Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott, a lineal
descendant of the first Viscount Arbuthnott, through
his second marriage, and heir to the title and estates
of the present nobleman after his own immediate
family, is only son, by Miss Murray, of Canada, of
the late Robt. Arbuthnott, Esq., Lieut. -Colonel of
the 31st foot, who died on board the Raymond of
wounds he had received at Ste. Lucie, 10 July, 1796.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Northumberland 74,
Capt. Hon. Alex. Inglis Cochrane. During a sub-
sequent attachment of nearly seven years to the
Maes 74, Capts. Geo. Duff, Robt. Dudley Oliver,
Wm. Lukin, and Henry Raper, of which ship he
was created a Lieutenant, 26 Oct. 1809, Mr. Arbuth-
nott took part, as Midshipman, in the battle of
Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805 — assisted at the capture of
the French frigate £e Rhin^ of 44 guns, 28 July,
1806 — was also present at the capture, by a squadron
under Sir Sam. Hood, of four other of the enemy's
frigates, two of which, La Gloire 46, and L'ln-
fatigabh _44, struck to the Mars off Rochefort, 25
Sept. 1806 — accompanied the expedition to Copen-
hagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807 — and saw much gun-
boat service in the Baltic in 1808-9. Being subse-
quently appointed, 27 June, 1811, after a short ser-
vitude in the Christian VII. 80, bearing the flag
of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, to the Im-
pregnable 98, successive flag-ship of Admiral Wm.
Young and H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, Mr.
Arbuthnott co-operated in the reduction of the
islands of North and South Beveland, was present
at the capture of Antwerp, and, having as First
Lieutenant escorted to England the Emperor of
Russia and the King of Prussia, assisted at the
grand naval review held at Spithead. Assuming
on that occasion the rank of Commander, by com-
mission dated 27 June, 1814, he next joined, 24
April, 1823, the Jasper 10, and in that vessel, on
being sent on a mission to St. Petersburg, had the
honour of entertaining His Imperial Majesty and
all the Court. Until posted, 14 Oct. 1824, he after-
wards held the successive colnmand of the Redwing
18, and Terror bomb— the latter employed on lie
second expedition against Algiers. His retirement
took place 1 Oct. 1846.
Although Capt. Arbuthnott has since been on
half-pay, he has not been inactive. Accompanying
the British Auxiliary Legion to Spain, as Colonel on
the Staff, he there became Colonel-Commandant, in
Sept. 1835, of the depot at Santander and of the
Convent of Carban, and was afterwards created a
Knight Commander of the distinguished order of
Charles III. by the Queen Regent, as a reward for
his services in relieving San Sebastian when closely
besieged by the Carlist troops, as also of the order
of San Fernando for his gallantry in conducting the
forlorn hope at the storming of Irun. When the
Legion returned to England in 1838, Capt. Arbuth-
nott had attained the rank of Brigadier-General in
the Spanish service. We next, in 1840, find him,
at the recommendation of the First Lord of the
Admiralty, appointed by Lord Palmerston to serve
in Syria, as a Captain in the Navy, with Gen.
Mitchell and the Commission employed in concert
with the Turkish army to drive Ibrahim Pacha and
the Egyptian forces out of that country. On the
Commission being recalled, in 1842, he was presented
by the Sultan with a gold medal Capt Arbuth-
nott, who had been appointed •''Nov. 1824 one of
the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber to George IV.,
Tolds The same oflice under Her present Majesty
He married, in May, 1826, Catherine Maria, ttod
daughter of Chas. Eustace, Esq., of Robertstown,
CO liildare, claimant of the Viscounty of Baltmg-
lass, by whom he has issue a daughter. Agent— J.
Hinxman.
AECHBOLD. (Lieut, 1816. r-p., 8; h-p., 31.)
William Augustus Archeold entered the Navy,
14 July 1808, as Ordinary, on board the Curieux
sloop, stationed in the West Indies, where be be-
came Midshipman, in Aug. 1809, of the Surinam 18,
and served, from Dec. 1810, to April, 1812, m the
Gloire frigate, Capt. Jas. Carthew. Joining next
the BABrLEUR 98, he witnessed in that ship Sir
Edw Pellew's partial engagements with the French
fleet off Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814 ;
after which he removed successively to the Eoval
Sovereign and Rotal Charlotte yachts, Caj)ts.
Sir Edw. Berry, Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Geo.
Scott. He has not, since his promotion to the rank
of Lieutenant, which took place 11 March, 1816,
been employed. Agents — HaUett and Robinson.
AECHEE. (Lieut., 1808. i^p., 15; h-p., 31.)
Thomas Archer entered the Navy, in March,
1801, as A. B., on board the Triton 32, Capt. Robt.
Lewis Fitzgerald, employed on the Home station ;
served as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Acting
Master, from June, 1802, to Jan. 1808, of the Amelia
38, Capts. Lord Proby and John Chas. Woolcombe,
and MoRNE Fortunee brig, Lieut.-Commander
John Jas. Rorie, in the North Sea and West Indies;
and was then successively appointed Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Phipps schooner, Capt. Christ. Bell,
and Ahgo 44, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, to which
latter ship he was confirmed 27 Dec. 1808. His
subsequent appointments were, on the Home station,
— 10 Jam. 1810, to the Beagle sloop, Capt. Wm.
Brooking Dolling— 19 Feb. 1811, to the Edinburgh
74, Capt. Robt. RoUes— and, 26 Nov. 1811, to the
DisiREE 36, Capts. Arthur Farquhar and Wm.
Woolridge. In 1813-14 he appears to have been
arduously employed on the German rivers, particu-
larly at the reduction of the batteries of Bremer-
lehe and Blexen, and of the towns of Cuxhaven and
Gluckstadt. On the latter occasion Mr. Archer
landed in command of a party of seamen and ma-
rines.* He has not, however, been employed since
Oct. 1815. Agent — J. Hinxman.
AEGLES. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.)
George Abgles entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1804,
as I'st.-cl. Vol., onboard the Trustt 50, commanded
by his relative, Capt. Geo. Argles, whom he succes-
sively accompanied, as Midshipman, into the Iris
32, and Diamond 38, the latter frigate employed on
the Africa and West India stations. On next
joining the Polyphemus 64, bearing the flag of
Vice- Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, he served
at the blockade of St. Domingo, and witnessed the
evacuation of that city by the French in July 1809.
He obtained a Lieutenancy, 10 Nov. 1810, in the
Saracen brig, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett, also
in the West Indies, where, and on the Home and
Cape of Good Hope stations, he was afterwards em-
ployed, from 20 March, 1812, to 2 May, 1815, in the
Hebe 38, Capt. John Fyffe, Duncan 74, Capt.
Robt. Lambert, and Stag and Spartan frigates,
both commanded by Capt. Phipps Hornby. He has
not since the latter date been afloat.
ARGUIMBAU. (Lieut., 1818. r-p., 14; h-p., 24.)
Joseph Arguimbau entered the Navy, 26 Jan.
1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Acorn 18, Capt.
Robt. Clephane, on the Mediterranean station ; and
in April, 1811, followed the same officer, as Midship-
man, into the Cumberland 74. During a subse-
quent attachment of five years to the Ajax 74,
Capts. Sir Robt. Laurie, Robt. Waller Otway, and
• Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 126.
ARKWRIGHT-ARMITAGE-ARMYTAGE— ARNOLD— ARROW.
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Geo. Munday, he witnessed the fall of San Schas-
tian, and assisted at the capture, 17 March, 1814,
of L'Alcyon, of 16 guns and 120 men. Joining next
the Severn 40, Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer,
Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, and Wm. M'Cul-
loch, he took part in the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug.
1816, and was afterwards, until the date of his pro-
motion, 31 March, 1818, employed in the Coast
Blockade. Since that period (with the exception of
a servitude in the Coast Guard — from 29 Jan. 1836,
until 1840) Mr. Arguimbau has been on half-pay.
Agents — Holmes and Folfcard.
AKKWEIGHT. (Liedt., 1845. r-p., 14 ; h-p., 0.)
AuGusTDS Peter Arkwrioht, bom 6 March,
1821, is seventh son of Peter Arkwright, Esq., of
Rock House, near Matlock, a magistrate for the
county of Derby, by Mary Anne, daughter of Chas.
Hurt, Esq., of Wicksworth ; brother of Ferdinand
Wm. Arkwright, Esq., a Lieutenant in the Army ;
and grandson of the late wealthy Rich. Arkwright,
Esq., of "Willersley, co. Derby.
This officer entered the Navy in 1833, and passed
his examination 14 Oct. 1840. He afterwards served
as Mate, on the Africa, Mediterranean, and Home
stations, of the Pantaioon 10, Lieut.-Commander
Chas. Horace Lapidge, Prompt schooner, Bonetta
surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Saumarez Brock, and
Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir John Chambers,
White. He obtained his commission 6 Feb. 1845,
and, since 17 May following, has been employed in
the Trafalgar 120, Capts. Wm. Fanshawe Martin
and John Neale Nott.
battery, two military stations, and nine war-junks, in
which, collectively, were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls.*
He acquired the rank he now holds, 3 Feb. 1845 ;
and, since 24 March in that year, has been attached
to the Vesuvius steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Wm. Dou-
glas O'Callaghan, on the Sorth America and West
India station.
ARMITAGE. (Lieut., 1838. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 8.)
Whaley Armitage is a younger son of Whaley
Armitage, Esq., of Coole and Drumin, oo. Louth,
barrister-at-law, by Eleanora, eldest daughter and
co-heir of the late Edw. Haistwell, Esq., of Ken-
sington ; and grand-nephew of the late Gen. Sir
John Braithwaite, Bart., Commander-in-Chief at
Madras.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 24
June, 1822 ; and embarked, 3 June, 1824, on board
the Tweed 28, Capts. Fred. Hunn and Lord Henry
' John Spencer Churchill. After visiting the West
Indies and Cape of Good Hope, he became succes-
sively Mate, on the former and North and South
America stations, of the Sapphire 28, Capt. Hon.
Wm. Wellesley, Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Thos.
Metcalfe Currie, Coldmbihe 18, Capt. Henry Om-
manney Love, Nimble 5, Lieut.-Commander Jas.
Bolton, Forte 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, Pique
36, Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous, and Rover 18,
Capt. Chas. Eden. While in the Nimble, in 1833,
we find Mr. Armitage assisting at the capture, after
a running fight of an hour, of the armed slavers
Joaquina and Mannalita. Obtaining his commission,
27 Dec. 1838, he was subsequently appointed — 18
March, 1839, to the Melville 72, fiag-ship at the
Cape of Hon. Geo. Elliot— 6 July, 1839, to the com-
mand for a few months of the Brisk 3, on the same
station — and, 31 Oct. 1840, to the Monarch 84, Capt.
Sam. Chambers, in""the Mediterranean. He has
been on half-pay since the autumn of 1839. Agent
— Joseph Woodhead. ,
AEMYTAGE. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
William Akmytage passed his examination 28
Oct. 1840 ; and served as Mate, on the East India
station, of the Samarang 26, Capt. Jas. Scott,
Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, and Corn-
WALLis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker. During
the operations on the coast of China, he proved
himself entitled to the best acknowledgments of
Capt. Jas. Scott, for the gallantry and zeal he dis-
played at the forcing of the inner passage from
Macao to Whampoa (a navigation never before
traversed by European boat or vessel) ; in their
advance on which place, the British, whose force
consisted of the Nemesis steamer, and the boats
of the Samarang, destroyed, between 3 a.m. on
13, and 4 p.m. on 15 March, 1841, five forts, one
ARNOLD. (Lieutenant, 1810.)
James Fearnley Arnold entered the Navy, 21
Sept. 1803, as Master's Mate, on board the Re-
pulse 74, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and John
Halliday. Under the former officer, he took part
in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805, was pre-
sent at the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807,
and accompanied the expedition to Flushing in
Aug. 1809. After a further servitude in the Hi-
eernia 110, Capt. Rich. John Neve, he obtained a
commission, dated 4 May, 1810, and was next ap-
pointed, on the Home station — 24 Oct. 1810, to the
Bedford 74, Capt. Jas. Walker— in May, 1813, to
the command of the Neptune tender — 12 Jan. 1814,
to the Puissant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page— and,
17 Aug. 1822, to the Coast Guard. He has been
employed, since 12 June, 1846, in the Ocean 80,
guard-ship at Sheerness, Capt. Rich. Arthur.
Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
ARNOLD. (Retired Commander, 1842. f-p.,
16; H-p., 33.)
John Arnold was bom 4 Nov. 1784.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Aug. 1798, as
Midshipman, on board the Tigre 80, Capt. Sir Wm.
Sidney Smith. In the following year he assisted
in the gun-boats and batteries at the defence of St.
Jean d'Acre ; and, on afterwards attending the ex-
pedition of 1801 to Egypt, served on shore with
the naval brigade, commanded a gun-boat up the
Nile bearing the broad pendant of Sir W. S. Smith,
and was present at the surrender of Rosetta and of
the castle of Jullien. In June, 1805, after a suc-
cessive attachment of rather more than two years
to the Penelope 36, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton,
Galykheid and Ruby, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral
Edw. Thombrough, and Antelope 50, Commodore
Sir W. S. Smith, all on the Home station, Mr. Ar-
nold was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Spy
12, Capt. Bushby, off Boulogne, where, on 6 Aug.
in the same year, he became Sub-Lieutenant of
the Desperate gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John
Price. During the next 20 months we find him
sharing in numerous engagements with the enemy's
flotilla and batteries ; but more particularly on 29
Jan. 1807, when he received a woimd so severe as
to elicit from the Patriotic Society a gratuity of
30Z. Being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant,
27 March following, in the Peacock 18, Capt.
Wm. Peake, he next joined in that capacity, 16
Sept. 1808, the Foudroyant 80, bearing the flag in
South America of his old Captain, Sir W. S. Smith.
While subsequently in the Transport service, in
which he continued from 1809 to 1815, Mr. Arnold
served with the Walcheren expedition, and was
employed as Principal Agent at Oporto, Alicant,
Bilboa, and finally at Bordeaux, where he embarked
the British army for America and England. Hav-
ing been on half-pay since the peace, he at length,
on 19 July, 1842, accepted the rank he now holds.
Commander Arnold married, in 1813, Miss Raw-
stome, niece of Sir Michael Filkington, Bart.
ARROW. (CosiMANDEB, 1814. F-P., 42; H-p., 5.)
John Jordan Arrow entered the Navy, 1 April,
1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kent 74, Capt.
Wm. Johnstone Hope, flag-ship afterwards of Sir
Rich. Bickerton, in which he escorted Sir Ralph
Abercromby from Gibraltar to Egypt, and took
part, as Midshipman, in the campaign of 1801. He
removed, in Oct. 1803, to the Active 38, Capt.
Rich. Hussey Moubray, on the Home station ; offi-
ciated afterwards, from 22 May to 21 July, 1806, as
Acting-Lieutenant of the EspiMle 18, Capt. Hen.
* FWeGaz. 18«,p. 1609.
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ARTHUR-ASHBY.
Gage Morrig, off th& coast of Ireland ; then sailed
for the West Indies in the Oepheus frigate, Capt.
Thos. Briggs ; and, on 12 Aug. 1807, was there con-
firmed, from the Northumbbrlakd 74, flag-ship of
Sir Alex. Cochrane, to a Lieutenancy in the Jason
32, Capts. Thos. John Cochrane, Wm. Maude, Chas.
Napier, and Hon. Jas. "Wm. King. During a con-
tinuance of nearly seven years in that frigate, Mr.
Arrow commanded a party at the destruction of a
French West Indiaman, under a heavy fire from
the island of Margarita, in 1807^ — assisted, with the
Cleopatra 32, in capturing the French frigate
La Topaze of 38 guns, off Guadeloupe, 22 Jan. 1809
■ — was present at the ensuing reduction of the
Saintes^and,in 1813-14, shared, as First Lieutenant,
in many active operations on the river Scheldt,
particularly in an unsuccessful attack made by the
hoats of the Jason and Amphion, attended wdth
great loss to the British, on five French brigs, under
Fort Lillo. From the Jason, which ship bore the
flag of the Duke of Clarence when H.R.H. escorted
Louis XVin. to France, Mr. Arrow was at length
promoted to the rank of Commander, 16 May, 1814.
He has been employed in the Coast. Guard since
6 Jan. 1820, and is the Senior Officer in that service.
Commander Arrow married Miss Kew, of New
Palace Yard, Westminster, by whom he has issue.
AKTHUR, C.B. (Reak-Admiral of the Blde,
1846. E-P., 24; H-p., 35.)
Richard Arthur, bom in 1779, is son of the late
John Arthur, Esq., of Plymouth, by Catherine,
daughter of Thos. Cornish, Esq. ; brother of Col.
Sir Geo. Arthur, Bart., K.C.H., late Governor of
Bombay, and formerly Lieut.-Govemor of Upper
Canada, and of Van Diemen's Land ; and uncle of
Capt. Fred. Leopold Arthur, 4th foot.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1788, as Cap-
tain's Servant, on board the Powerful 74, Capt.
Andrew Sutherland, guard-ship at Portsmouth, and
during the remainder of the peace served in the
Southampton 32, Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, Va-
liant 74, commanded by H.R.H. the Duke of Cla-
rence, and Druid 32, Capt. Joseph Ellison. In 1793
he sailed for the East Indies as Midshipman of the
Heroine 32, Capt. Alan Gardner, and, after assist-
ing at the reduction of Trincomalee and Colombo,
in 1795-6, was sent in command of three transports
laden with stores and provisions for Rear-Admiral
Rainier's squadron at Amboyna, where he joined
that officer in his flag-ship, the Suffolk 74. From
March, 1797, until officially promoted, 28 Feb. 1800,
Mr. Arthur continued to serve in the East Indies
as Acting Lieutenant on board the Orpheus 32,
Capts. Benj. Wm. Page and Wm. Hills, and Tri-
dent 64, Capts. Alex. Milner and John Turner.
Returning then to England, he became in succes-
sion attached, on the Cadiz, Mediterranean, and
Jamaica stations, to the Dreadnought, 98, Capt.
Jas. Vashon, Excellent and Triumph 74's, Capts.
Frank Sotheron and Sir Robt. Barlow, and Her-
CULE 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Da^
cres. On 1 Nov. 1805, the subject of this memoir,
who had previously borne a useful part in repeated
actions with the gun-boats ofi" Cadiz, was promoted
to the rank of Commander for his gallant conduct
in cutting out, in command of the Hercule's boats,
a Spanish schooner from under the batteries of
Santa Martha, and capturing four others (one
armed) in the Gulf of Maraoaibo. Being next ap-
pointed, 25 Sept. 1806, to the Vesuvius bomb, he
accompanied Lord Gambler's subsequent expedition
to Copenhagen, where he served with the m-shore
squadron under Capt. Peter Puget on the occasion
of its being attacked by the Danish flotilla, and in his
general conduct acquired the entire approbation of
his superior officers. On paying off the Vesuvius,
in Dec. 1807, Capt. Arthur was employed in super-
intending the discharge of the Danish line-of-battle
ships at Portsmouth. On 12 April, 1808, he joined
the Cherokee brig, of 10 guns and 70 men, which
vessel, during the Scheldt expedition of 1809, he
commanded as one of the advanced squadron above
Bach. He subsequently, on 11 Jan. 1810, being off
Dieppe, distinguished himself by running in under
the batteries and attacking seven lugger privateers,
anchored within 200 yards of the pier-head, one of
which, L'Aimabh Nelly, of 16 guns and 60 men, he
succeeded in boarding and bringing out.* In ac-
knowledgment of this dashing exploit, he was at
once promoted to Pos(>rank, by commission dated
back to the day on which it was achieved. From
10 Oct. 1812, until 1 Deo. 1815, Capt. Arthur further
commanded the Andromeda 24, off Lisbon and in
the Mediterranean. He was not however again
employed until the summer of 1844, when, after
28 years of incessant appEcation, he was ap-
pointed Captain of theViCTORV 104, and Superin-
tendent of the Ordinary at Portsmouth, which si-
tuation he resigned on being constituted, 23 Sept.,
in the same year. Captain of the Ocean 80, and Su-
perintendent of Sheemess Dockyard. He was super-
seded in the latter appointment on advancement to
Flag-rank, 9 Nov. 1846.
Rear-Admiral Arthur was nominated a C.B. 28
July, 1838, and from 28 Aug. 1840, until his last
promotion, was in the receipt of the Captain's Good
Service Pension. He married, in Nov. 1809, Eliza^
beth, daughter of the Rev. Wm. Wells, Rector of
East AJlington, co. Devon, by whom he has issue
three sons and one daughter.
ARTHUR. (Commander, 1824. f-p., 11;
H-p., 25.)
William Stephens Arthur entered the Navy,
2 June, 1811, as L.M., on board the Caledonia 120,
Capt. Rich. Harward, flag-ship in the Mediterra-
nean of Sir Edw. Pellew ; became Midshipman, in
Nov. 1811, of the Rainbow 26, Capt. Gardiner Henry
Guion, employed in co-operation with the patriots
on the coast of Catalonia ; served, from Feb. 1813,
to Feb. 1818, in the Iphigenia 36, Capts. Andrew
King and John Reynolds, under the former of
whom, besides witnessing the fall of Genoa, he was
wounded, we are informed, in an attack on Fort
Erie, in 1814; then joined the Impregnable 104,
flag-ship, on her return from the East Indies, of
Lord Exmouth, Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth ;
and, on 6 Feb. 1821, was advanced to the rank of
Lieutenant. His next appointment was, 10 July,
1823, to the Isis 50, flag-ship of Sir Lawrence Wm.
Halsted, on the Jamaica station, where he attained
his present rank, while serving in the Bustard
sloop, 11 Oct. 1824. He has not since been em-
ployed. Agent — John P. Muspratt.
ASHBY. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 18.)
William George Ashbt entered the Navy, 28
Sept. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magnet
16, Capt. F. Moore Maurice, employed in the North
Sea, and during the last two years of the war served
on the Mediterranean station as Midshipman of the
Bacchante 38, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, and Levia-
than 74, Capt. Thos. Briggs. Until promoted, 11
Deo. 1826, he was afterwards employed, the last
seven years as Mate, in the Glasgow 60, Gany-
mede 26, Owen Glendower 42, Glasgow again,
and Atholl 28, Capts. Hon. Anthony Maitland, Hon.
Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Hood Hanway Christian,
Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, and Jas. Arthur Mur-
ray, on the Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope,
South America, and East India stations. Attaining
the rank of Lieutenant, 11 Dec. 1826, he next
joined, 16 Aug. 1827, the Undaunted 46, Capt. Au-
gustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, in which frigate, after
escorting Lord Wm. Bentinck, as Governor-Ge-
neral, to India, we find him returning to England
with Major-Gen. Bourke, late Lieut.-Govemor of
the Cape. He has been on half-pay since 1830.
Agents — Case and Loudonsack.
ASHBY. (LlEDT., 181.5. F-p., 26; H-p., 13.)
William Richmond Ashbv entered the Navy
13 April, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the In-
vincible 74 Capts. Ross Donnelly, John Hollin-
worth, and Chas. Adam, vrith whom he successively
• Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 57,
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served, nearly the whole time as Midshipman, until
Jan. 1814, and was for some time employed in a
gun-boat at the defence of Cadiz. After a further
attachment of 21 months to the Hotspur 36, Capt.
Hon. Josceline Percy, on the South America sta-
tion, he was promoted to the rank he now holds
by commission dated 18 Feb. 1815. He obtained
an appointment in the Coa^t Blockade, as Sapernu-
mcrary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm.
Jas. Mingaye, 27 Sept. 1328 ; and since 24 March,
1831, has been employed in the Coast Guard ser-
vice. Agents — HaUett and Robinson.
ASHE. (LlEtlTENANT, 1842.)
Edward David Ashe entered the Navy 20
March, 1830; passed his examination 21 May, 1836;
served for three years in the Mediterranean as
Mate of the Daphne 18, Capt. John "Wm. Dalling ;
and obtained his commission 25 May, 1842. He
joined, 15 Feb. 1843, the Excellent gunnery-ship
at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; and since
16 May in the same year has been employed in the
Pacific on board the Fisgard 42, Capt. John Alex.
Duntze. Agents — HaUett and Bobinson.
ASHLEY. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p.,
18; H-P.,36.)
Benjamin Ashley entered the Navy, 27 June,
1793, as A.B., on board the Invincible 74, Capt.
Hon. Thos. Pakenham, whom he followed, after
participating in the action of 1 June, 1794, into the
Juste 80. From April, 1797, until May, 1802, he
served as Master's Mate and Acting-Master of the
Childers brig, Capts. Jas. O'Bryen and Jas. Coutts
Crawford, on the Home station ; where, after an
interval of three years and a half, he joined, in
Nov. 1805, the Elephant 74, Capt. Geo. Dundas,
of which ship, when subsequently in the West In-
dies, he was created Acting-Lieutenant, 28 June,
1806. On being confirmed, 28 Aug. 1807, he re-
moved to the Coquette, Capt. Kobt. Forbes, with
whom he continued to be employed, in the same
vessel, the Favorite 20, and Creole 36, on the
Home and Africa stations, until Jan. 1814. He
then returned to England as Acting-Captain of the
AsTREA 36, in charge of a Brazilian convoy ; and
since 28 Oct. in the same year has been on half-pay.
His assumption of the rank he now holds took
place 11 Jan. 1844.
ASHTON. (LiECT., 1815. f-p., 7; H-p., 31.)
Herbert Asiiton entered the Navy, 14 April,
1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Implacable 74,
Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, stationed on the Baltic.
On joining the Surveillante 38, Capt. Sir Geo.
Ralph Collier, he served in the boats of that frigate,
under Lieut. Hon. Jas. Arbuthnot, at the cutting
out of a brig under a heavy fire from the batteries
of St. Gildas and St. Jacques, on the coast of
France, 5 Sept. 1810 ; after which, while actively
co-operating with the patriots on the north coast of
Spain, he assisted at the capture of the towns of
Bermeo and Deba in 1811. "When next with Capt.
John Chambers White, in the Centaur 74, Mr.
Ashton witnessed the destruction, in April, 1814, of
the French 74-gun ship Regulus, three brigs of war,
and several smaller vessels, in the neighbourhood of
Bordeaux. We subsequently find him employed in
the Stbille 44, Capt. Thos. Forrest; and, again vrith
Sir G. R. Collier, in the Leander 50, en the Ma-
deira and Halifax stations. Since his promotion,
which took place, 20 Sept. 1815, he has, with the
exception of a brief attachment in the early part of
1816, to the Fly 16, Capt. John Baldwin, been un-
employed. Agent— Fred. Dufaur.
ASKEW, (fflaptain, 1822. f-p., 16; h-?., 33.)
Christopher Cbackenthokp Askew, bom 23
May, 1782, is third surviving son of the late John
Askew, Esq., of PalUnshurn, co. Northumberland,
by Bridget, daughter and heiress of John Watson,
Esq., of Goswick, co. Durham ; and brother of the
present Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hen. Askew, K.C.B., of
Pallinsburn, as also of Rich. Craster Askew, Esq.,
Recorder of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Feb. 179S, as
Second-cl. Vol., on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Chas.
White, and shortly afterwards accompanied a squa-
dron under Sir Home Popham, having for its ob-
ject the destruction of the locks and sluice-gates of
the Bruges canal. While next attached, during a
period of six years, to the Amazon 38, Capts. Edw.
Riou, Sam. Sutton, and Wm. Parker, he took part
in the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801; assisted
at the capture of two privateers, carrying between
them 40 guns and 256 men ; and, in 1805, accompa-
nied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in
pursuit of the combined fleets of France and Spain.
On 4 Feb. in the latter year he appears to have
been on board a prize forming part of a convoy
under the protection of the Arrow and Acheron,
when those vessels were captured after a brave re-
sistance by two of the enemy's frigates. Being
made Lieutenant, 27 Nov. following, into the
Utrecht 64, flag-ship in the Downs of Vioe-Ad-
miral John HoUoway, he next joined in that capa-
city, 4 Dec. 1805, the Dictator 64, Capt. Jas.
Macnamara, and, 30 Dec. 1806, the Thalia 36,
Capts. Jas. Walker, Thos. Manby, and Jas. Giles
Vashon. During his continuance in the last-men-
tioned ship, of which he ultimately became Acting-
Captain, Mr. Askew proceeded to Davis Strait in
supposed pursuit of two French frigates, and on
his return to Europe, after a fruitless exposure of
several weeks to many severe hardships, and a pro-
longed stay on the coast of Labrador, attended the
expedition to Flushing in 1809. Being promoted,
when subsequently in the West Indies, to the rank
of Commander, 26 Nov. 1811, Capt. Askew next
served, from 7 June, 1814, to 9 Oct. 1815, in the
Shamrock 12, on the Irish station. His last ap-
pointment was, 22 May, 1821, to the Martin 20,
fitting for the Mediterranean, where he remained,
until posted, 19 July, 1822. He accepted the Retire-
ment 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Askew married, 13 Feb. 1828, Sarah, third
daughter of the late l?atrick Dickson, of White
Cross, CO. Berwick, and has issue. Agents — Hal-
lett and Robinson.
ATHERTON. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Bertram Mitford Atherton is son of John
Joseph Atherton, Esq., of Walton Hall, Lancashire,
a Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, by Marianne, sister
of Capt. Robt. Mitford, R.N.
This officer obtained his commission 5 Oct. 1824;
and served, from 18 March, 1836, until July, 1838,
on board the Asia 84, commanded in the Mediter-
ranean by Capt. Wm. Ilsher. He has not since
been employed. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
ATHILL. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 9; h-p., 34.)
James Athill entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1804,
as a Supernumerary, on board the Tigre 74, Capt.
Benj. Hallowell, for the purpose of joining the
Royal Sovereign 100, bearing the flag of Sir Rich.
Bickerton, on the Mediterranean station, where he
afterwards became attached to the Queen 98, Capt.
Fras. Pender, and again to the Tigbe, commanded
as before. While in the latter ship, in which he
served for six years, he attended the expedition of
1807 to Egypt, and, on the night of 31 Oct. 1809,
was employed in her boats with those of a squadron
under Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture and de-
struction, after a fearful struggle, and a loss to the
British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the
armed store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men,
bombards Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec
Normande, with a convoy of seven merchantmen,
defended by numerous strong batteries, in the bay
of Rosas."' Mr. Athill, who attained the rank of
Lieutenant while serving in the Centaur 74, Capt.
John Chambers White, 31 Jan. 1812, was subse-
quently employed in the Malta 80, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral Hallowell, from Oct. 1812, to Dec.
* riieGxL. 1809, p. 1907.
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ATKIN— ATKINS— ATKINSON.
1813. He then returned to England, and has not
Bince been afloat. Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
ATKIN. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 37.)
Nicholas Atkik entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1797,
as A.B., on board the Magnanime 44, Capt. Hon.
Mioh. de Couroy. In the course of the following
year he assisted at the capture, off Cape Finisterre,
of La Decade^ French frigate, of 36 guns, and was
also present at the defeat, with a loss to the Mag-
NANiME of 7 men wounded, of a squadron com-
manded by Commodore Bompart, and intended for
the invasion of Ireland. During the remaining
part of the war he served, as Midshipman, in the
VoiATiGEUK sloop, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, and
Concorde, of 42 guns and 224 men, Capt. Robt.
Barton ; and, while in the latter ship, contributed,
27 Jan. 1801, to the defeat, after a contest of 40
minutes, in which the British lost 4 men killed and
19 wounded, and the enemy 10 killed and 24
wounded, of the French frigate La Sravoure, of 42
guns and 320 men. In Dec. 1804, Mr. Atkin re-
embarked on board the Melpomene frigate, Capt.
Kobt. Dudley Oliver, employed in blockading Havre
de Grace. Between Oct. 1805, and Jan. 1808, we
next find him employed in the Dragon 74, Capts.
Edw. Griffith and Matthew Henry Scott, and Dae-
dalus 32, Capt. Fred. "Warren. He was then,
having been for nearly two years on the West India
station, obliged to invalid home, whence in the sum-
mer of 1810, he proceeded to the East Indies, and
was there promoted, from the Phaeton 38, Capt.
Fleetwood BroUghtou Reynolds Pellew, to a Lieu-
tenancy, on 19 Sept. in that year, in the Clorinde
38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, part of the force employed
at the ensuing reduction of the Isle of France. Mr.
Atkin has been on half-pay since Oct. 1814, the
date of his leaving the Clorinde.
ATKIN& (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Charles Atkins passed his examination 25 April,
1840 ; and served as Mate, on the North America
and West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations,
in the Comos 18, Capt. Evan Nepean, Camper-
down 104, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Brace, and Incon-
stant 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle. Since
his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 15 Jan.
1846, he has been attached to the Hibernxa 104,
flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, in the Mediterranean.
ATKINS. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 17; h-p., 33.)
James Atkins (a) was bom 2 May, 1777.
This officer (who had previously, while in the
Transport service, co-operated with the forces un-
der Sir Ralph Abercromby and Sir Hugh Cloberry
Christian in the reduction of the islands of Ste.
Lucie, St. Vincent, and Grenada) entered the Navy,
in Nov. 1797, as A.B., on board the Hornet 18,
Capts. John Nash and Peter Hunt, in which vessel
he continued until May, 1804. During that period
he took part in an attack made in 1797 on the Afri-
can island of Goree, where the HorSet sank a 20-
gun ship which had been opposed to her — served
on shore during the expedition to Holland in 1799
—was at the capture, in 1801, of St. Bartholomew
and St. Martin — and, in 1803, assisted in reducing
Ste. Lucie, Tohagp, Demerara, Essequibo, and Ber-
bioe. Until Deo. 1808, Mr. Atkins was next era-
ployed as Acting-Master of the Grenada brig,
Lieut.-Commanders John Barker and Geo. Grey
Burton, under whom he contributed to the capture
of nine privateers, but particularly of the Princess
Mwat, of 3 guns and 52 men, on which occasion,
15 Feb. 1806, an eighteen-ounoe shot entered his
chest immediately under the right collar-bone, and
caused a wound so severe that he was presented,
six years afterwards, with a gratuity of 136?. 17«.
For his bravery on this and on other occasions, he
appears to have been also voted the sum of lOOZ. by
the Patriotic Society. Being invested by Sir Alex.
Cochrane with the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Dec.
1808, and appointed to the command of the Mozam-
BiQDE schooner, Mr. Atkins rendered good service
during the operations which led to the surrender of
Martinique, an event that was followed by his re-
moval to the Grouper, another schooner, in the
command of which the Admiralty confirmed him,
12 Aug. 1809. After assisting at the capture, in
Feb. 1810, of the island of Guadeloupe and its de-
pendencies, and being usefully employed in the
protection of trade, the latter vessel was unfortu-
nately cast away, 21 Oct. 1805, and, although her
commander was ultimately rescued by some fisher-
men, it was not until he had been beaten about for
five hours upon a piece of the wreck, and had been
reduced to a state of insensibility from the effects
of several desperate lacerations, which he yet feels.
An uninterrupted servitude of twelve years in the
West Indies, added to his severe misfortunes, having
at length shattered his constitution, he returned to
England, in June, 1812, a passenger in the Gloire
frigate, Capt. Jas. Carthew ; and, on 14 Nov. fol-
lowing, was appointed to the Clarence 74, Capts.
Henry Vansittart and Fred. Warren. After an in-
termediate employment in the North Sea and Chan-
nel, latterly under the flag of Lord Keith, he was
paid off, 20 Aug. 1814, and has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Atkins married, 22 Oct. 1819, Belle Sophia,
eldest daughter of Jos. Gray, Esq., of Jamestown,
CO. Wexford, a Magistrate for that county, and
Captain of the Wexford Militia, and niece of Lieut.-
Colonel Loftus Gray, of the Rifle Brigade. He has
issue two sons and three daughters.
ATKINS. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 26 ; h-p., .30.)
James Atkins (6) entered the Navy, 31 March,
1791, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Echo 16, Capts.
Chas. Jones and Peter Halkett, employed on the
Newfoundland and Channel stations. Removing,
in June, 1794, to La Ntmphe 36, Capts. Geo. Mur-
ray and Geo. Losack, he bore a part in Lord
Bridport's action, 23 June, 1795 ; subsequently to
which he joined the Standard 64, and served in
that ship under Capts. Joseph Ellison, Geo. Burl-
ton, and others, until 10 Feb. 1798. On 25 May,
1803, he re-embarked on board the Monarch 74,
bearing the flag of Lord Keith ; but being transfer-
red, in May, 1804, to the Gloet 98, successive flag-
ship of Admirals Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, Sir John
Orde, and Chas. Stirling, was a participator, under
the latter officer, in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22
July, 1805. In June, 1809, we find Mr. Atkins, who
had been transferred, in Jan. 1808, to the North-
umberland 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood, serving in a
boat action with six of the enemy's gun-vessels off
Trieste, and a few days after that event promoted
to the rank of Acting-Lieutenant. In Oct. follow-
ing he became attached, in the latter capacity, to
the Imogbne 16, Capt. Wm. Stephens, to which
sloop, after having been employed on shore at the
reduction of the island of Santa. Maura, he was con-
firmed by commission dated 4 May, 1810. He sub-
sequently served, from 10 Aug. 1811, until he in-
valided, 31 Jan. 1814, in the Snake 18, Capts. Wm.
Hellard and Geo. Robbin, on the Leith and West
India stations ; and, on 15 June, 1816, was next ap-
pointed to the command of the signal station at
Rowe Hill, in Kent, which he retained until 1821.
He has been employed, since 1 May, 1843, on the
quarantine establishment at Standgate Creek.
ATKINSON. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 7; b-p., 33.)
George Atkinson, born 23 Oct. 1793, is brother
of Lieut. Thos. Atkinson, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 22
May, 1807, and embarked, 3 June, 1810, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon. Dun-
combe Pleydell Bouverie, stationed off the coast of
France, where he attained the rating of Midshipman,
2 May, 1811. On the night of 4 June, 1812, he served
with the boats, under Lieut. Josiah Thompson, at
the capture and destruction, in the harbour of Areas-
son, of La Dorade French storeship, of 14 guns and
86 men, after a desperate struggle, in which tlie
assailants had 5 men wounded, and in which 63 of
the enemy (who had hailed the latter in their
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approach, and were in every way prepaired for the
attack) were either killed or compelled to jump
overboard. In the course of the same year Mr.
Atkinson was much employed in co-operation with
the patriots on the north coast of Spain, where he
landed with Capt. Bouverie as his aide-de-camp.
In June, 1813, he removed to the Rivom 74, Capt.
Graham Eden Hamond, on the Mediterranean
station, and there served, part of his time in charge
of a watch, until 21 liay, 1814. He was soon
afterwards appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the
Blenheim 74, but from ill health was unable to
join. His official promotion to the rank he now
holds took place 25 Aug. 1814. Unsuccessful in his
applications for employment, he has since continued
on half-pay.
Lieut. Atkinson married, 10 Sept. 1823, Magdalene,
youngest daughter of Jas. Strachan, Esq., of Thorn-
ton, and formerly of Lauriston, co. Forfar, N.B., by
Mary, youngest daughter and co-heir of the late
John Leigh, Esq., of Northoourt, Isle of Wight.
He has issue three daughters.
ATKINSON. (Commander, 1S27. f-p., 18;
H-p., 22.)
Sir Henry Esch Atkinson, born in 1792, is son
of the late Henry Wm. Atkinson, Esq., Provost of
the Hon. Company of Moneyers ; brother of Sir
Jasper Atkinson, Kt., of the Koyal Mint ; and bro-
ther-in-law of the late Judge, Sir Wm. Taunton.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Feb. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pandora 18, Capt. Henry
Hume Spence ; and, after assisting at the capture,
under the batteries near Cape Grisnez, of L'Entre-
prenante French privateer lugger, of 16 guns and 53
men, removed, as Midshipman, in May, 1808, to the
Hero 74, Capt. Jas. Newman Newman, part of Lord
Gambler's fleet at the destruction of the enemy's
shipping in Aix Roads, in April, 1808. In the early
part of 1810 he proceeded to the West Indies on
board the Circe 28, Capt. Edw. WooUoombe, and
he subsequently (until promoted, 16 Feb. 1815)
served, on the Baltic, Mediterranean, and Irish sta-
tions, in the Vigo 74, flag-ship of Kear-Admiral
Jas. NiooU Morris, Kivon 74, Capt. Graham Eden
Hamond, and Castilian 18, Capt. David Braimer.
His subsequent appointments were — 20 May, 1815,
to the Bacchus 16, Capt. Wm. Hill, in the Bay of
Biscay— 1 Nov. 1819, to the Brazen 26, Capt.Wm.
Shepheard, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope — 11
March, 1823, to the Qdeen Charlotte 100, flag-
ship at Portsmouth of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed —
7 June, 1824, to the Britomart 10, Capt. Octavius
Venables Vernon, on the Jamaica station — 23 Aug.
1825, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieu-
tenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Min-
gaye— and, 9 March, 1827, to the Weazle 10, Capt.
John Burnet Dundas, fitting for sea. He was super-
seded from the latter vessel on promotion to the
rank he now holds, 30 April following ; and, from
19 March, 1835, until 1838, was afterwards em-
ployed in the Coast Guard. He has since been in
the receipt of half-pay.
Sir Henry Esch Atkinson, who was knighted by
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1836, is at pre-
sent Superintendent of Convicts in Van Diemen's
Land. He married, in 1819, Sarah, daughter of
John Bandall, Esq., of the Isle of Wight, and has
issue one son, and four daughters, the eldest of
whom is married to Lieut. T. A. Butler, E.N.
Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
ATKINSON. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 5.)
Horatio Nelson Atkinson — named after his
godfather, the hero of Trafalgar — is eldest son of
the late Thos. Atkinson, Esq., Master-Attendant,
for the thirty years preceding his death, which took
place in June, 1836, of Halifax and Portsmouth
Dockyards, an officer of great merit, who served
as Master of Nelson's flag-ships, by whom he was
highly prized, «.t Teneriffe, Copenhagen, and Tra-
falgar, and was also present, in the Theseus, at
the battle of the Nile and the siege of Acre. He
is brother of Lieut. R. L. Atkinson, E.N. ; and
brother-in-law of Lieut. Thos. Carey, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy in Jan. 1817, and
passed his examination in 1824. In Jan. 1825, when
Mate of the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Sam. Warren,
he received three severe gun-shot wounds, and
evinced the utmost gallantry, at the capture, in the
Negropont Channel, by the boats of that frigate
and of the Cambrian, of two piratical Greek ves-
sels, carrying 1 gun and about 30 men each, on
which occasion the British sustained a loss in the
whole of 6 men killed and 13 wounded.* He at-
tained the rank of Lieutenant, 27 Nov. 1827 ; served
afterwards, from 23 Feb. 1831, until July, 1834, in
the Alfred 50, Capt. Roht. Mannsell, on the Medi-
terranean station, where he witnessed the establish-
ment of King Otho on the throne of Greece, and
was presented, when off Alexandria, with a sword
by Mehemet All ; and since 31 March, 1836, for
want of ability to procure further occupation afloat,
has been employed in the Coast Guard.
He married, 28 Oct. 1830, Rosaria, second daugh-
ter of the late Capt. Field, R.N., and niece of the
late Admiral Stuart, by whom he has issue two sons.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
ATKINSON. (LiEDT., 1837. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 4.)
Robert Laurie Atkinson, bom 5 Jan. 1811, at
Portsmouth Dockyard, is next brother of Lieut. H.
N. Atkinson, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Jan. 1826, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Philomel 10, Capts.
Lord Wm. Paget, Viscount Ingestre, Hon. Wm.
Keith, and Edw. Hawes, in which vessel, after
serving in the Channel, he proceeded to the Medi-
terranean, where, on being lent to the Asia 84,
bearing the flag of Sir Edw.Codrington, he took part
in the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. He then
rejoined the Philomel, and during his continuance
in that vessel received a very severe injury in the
performance of his duty, which confined him for
several weeks to his hammock. Between Jan. 1829
and 1832, in which year he passed his examination,
Mr. Atkinson served, as Midshipman, on board the
Raleigh 18, Capts. Geo. Haye and Wm. Dickson,
Isis 50, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, Sylvia cutter,
Lient.-Commander Thos. Spark, and Vernon 50,
Capt. Sir Fras. Augustus Collier. Until promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant, 6 June, 1837, he was next
employed, as Mate, on the West India and Home
stations, of the Eacbk 16, Capt. Jas. Hope, Ring-
dove 16, Capt. Fred. Wm. Lapidge, and Castor 36,
Capt. Edw. Collier. The subject of this memoir,
who, in the Ringdove, had been actively occupied
off Bilboa during the Carlist operations of 1835-6,
was subsequently appointed, on his promotion as
above, to the Cornwallis 72, Capt. Sir Rich.
Grant — next, in succession, to the Pearl 20, Se-
ringapatam 42, Gannet 16, and Snake 16, all on
the West India station, whence a nearly fatal attack
of yellowfever compelled him to invalid, in Sept. 1838
—10 April, 1839, and 24 Sept. 1840, to the Belle-
isle 72, and Calcotta 84, Capts. John Toup Nico-
las and Sir Sam. Roberts, both stationed in the
Mediterranean — and, 9 Nov. 1843, as First-Lieute-
nant, to the VoLAGE 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson,
from which ship he was superseded, at his own re-
quest, 7 Dec. following. He has not since been afloat.
Having lost his first wife, 12 June, 1838, Lieut.
Atkinson married, a second time, 22 April, 1843.
Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
ATKINSON. (Lieut., 1813. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Atkinson is son of the late Thos. Atkin-
son, Esq., of Salisbury, co. Wilts ; and brother of
the present Lieut. Geo. Atkinson, R.N., as also of
Lieut. John Atkinson (1812), who died in 1819.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L'Aimaele frigate, Capt.
Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, with whom he
afterwards served for upwards of six years, as Mid-
shipman, in the Medusa 32. During that period
* yide Gaz. 1625, p. 698.
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ATWATER—AUCHINLECK— AUSTEN.
he participated in all the operations in the Rio de
la Plata, from Oct. 1806, until the Medusa's return
home with Lieut. -Gen. Whitelocke, on the final eva-
cuation of Spanish America in Sept. 1807, including
the capture of Maldonado and of the island of Gor-
riti ; assisted in taking several privateers ; was for
three months exposed to considerable hardships
during a fruitless pursuit of two French frigates to
the coast of Labrador ; and co-operated much with
the patriots on the north coast of Spain. He also, on
the night of 4 June, 1812, served in the boats, under
Lieut. Josiah Thompson, at the capture and destruc-
tion, in the harbour of Arcasson, of Xa Dorade store-
ship, of 14 guns and 86 men, after a violent conflict,
in which the British had 5 men wounded, and in
which 63 of the enemy (who had hailed the latter
in their approach, and were in every way prepared
for the attack) were either killed or compelled
to jump overboard. In July, 1812, Mr. Atkinson
became Acting-Lieutenant of the Lyka sloop, but
it was not until 28 May, 1813, that (having been
re-attached to the Medusa, and been employed for
some time also in the Impetoeux 74, flag-ship off
Lisbon of Sir Geo. Martin, and in the Magicienne
36, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon) he at length obtained
confirmation. Towards the close of the same year
we find him serving off the coast of Africa in the
Plovek 18, Capt. Colin Campbell. He returned to
England in March, 1814, on board the Favorite 20,
Capt. John Maxwell, and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Atkinson married, in 1816, Miss Lewanna
Smith, and has issue eight children.
ATWATEK. (Ketieed Commandeb, 1834,
F-p., 20 ; H-p., 34.)
James Atwatbr was born 7 Nov. 1774.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 29 Jan. 1793, as
Ordinary, on board the Addaoiods 74, Capts. Wm.
Parker, Alex. Hood, Wm. Shield, Augustus Mont-
gomery, and Davidge Gould, part of the fleets em-
ployed under Lord Howe and Admiral Hotham in
the actions of 28 May, 1794, and 13 July, 1795. In
the course of 1797, having joined the Sylph 18,
Capts. John Chambers White and Chas. Dashwood,
he witnessed the destruction of La Calliope French
frigate *, joined in an attack made -upon an enemy's
convoy at the entrance of the Sable d'Olonne, on
which occasion the Sylph had 2 men killed and 4
wounded ; and, a few days afterwards, assisted at
the capture of five coasting-vesseis, and destruction
of Le Petit Diable, a French cutter, of 18 guns and
100 men. On 28 Nov. 1798, while conducting a prize
to Plymouth, Mr. Atwater was unfortunately taken
prisoner ; but, being released at the end of eleven
months, was enabled to rejoin the Sylph, in which
he continued to serve until transferred, in July,
1801, to the ViLLE DE Pakis 110, flag-ship of Hon.
Wm. Cornwallie. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant,
16 April, 1802, heafterwards joined, in that capacity —
27 Jan. 1804, the Meteok bomb, Capts. Jas. Master,
Joseph James, and Jas. Collins, in which vessel he
served at the bombardments of Havre de Grace and
Boulogne, the passage of the Dardanells, also in an
attack on some batteries and gun-boats in the Bay
of Naples, and in a month's cannonade of the French
army at the siege of Bosas — 1 Nov. 1809, the Hound
bomb, Capts. Nich. Lockyer and John Williams,
lying in the river Thames— and, 20 Feb. 1810, the
Namur 74, successive flag-ship at the Nore of Ad-
mirals Wells, Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, and Sir
Thos. Williams. He was superseded from the Namdr
29 Aug. 1814, and, not being afterwards employed,
retired with his present rank, 25 Jan. 1834.
Commander Atwater married, 11 Sept. 1802, Miss
Mary Anne Chick, and has issue a son and three
daughters.
Shortland, whom he accompanied, as Midshipman,
in May, 1809, into the Junon 38. On ISJJec. in
the same year, that ship, being near Guadeloupe,
was captured, after an heroicaUy desperate resist
ance of 45 minutes, and a loss of 20 men killed
and 40 wounded, by a French squadron, consist-
ing of the 40-gun frigates, MenomTnee and Clo-
rinde, and arme'es en flute Loire and Seine, carrying
each 20 guns— with the two former of whom she
appears to have sustained a yard-arm and yard-arm
conflict until on the verge of sinking. Until offi-
cially promoted, 4 Feb. 1815, Mr. Auchinleck was
subsequently employed with great activity, latterly
as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Alcmene 38, Capt.
Wm. Maude, Hibermia and Centaur, both com-
manded by Capt. John Chambers White, San
Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, Havan-
NAH 36, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, Albion li,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Geo. Cockbum,
and Laced.s;monian 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, chiefly
on the Mediterranean and North America stations.
We afterwards find him serving, from Sept. 1815, to
Dec. 1818, and from March, 1823, to March, 1826,
on board the Pique 36, and Parthian 10, com-
manded on the West India and-other stations by Capts.
Hon. Anthony Maitland, Arthur Fanshawe, Jas.
Haldane Tait, John Mackellar, and Hon. Geo. Bar-
rington. Since the latterdatehe has been onhalf-pay.
AUSTEN. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Algernon Stewart Austen, bom 31 Aug. 1815,
is fourth son of Sir Henry Edm. Austen, Bart., of
Shalford House, co. Surrey, a Magistrate and De-
puty-Lieutenant for that county, by Anne Amelia,
daughter of the late Robt. Spearman Bate, Esq.,
E.I.C. service; and brother of Capt. Henry Edm.
Austen, of the 71st Light Infantry, as also of Lieut.
John Wentworth Austen, of the 49th regiment.
This ofiScer entered the Navy 9 Sept. 1830 ; passed
his examination 24 April, 1835 ; and, after serving
for some time as Mate on board the Benbow 72,
Capt. Houston Stewart, stationed in the Mediter-
ranean, obtained a commission, dated 30 April, 1841.
His appointments have since been — 30 Aug. 1841,
to the Cambrian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, on
the East India station — and, 13 Dec. 1845, to the
Cabysfort 26, Capt. Geo. Henry Seymour, now
employed in the Pacific.
AUCHINLECK. (Liedtenant, 1815. r-P., 16;
H-p., 26.)
James Richard Auchinleck was bom 4 March,
1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 Dec. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Squibhbl 24, Capt. John
AUSTEN, C.B. (Rear-Admirai of the Blue,
1846. F-p., 31; H-p., 25.)
Charles John Austen, bom in 1779, is a younger
brother of Vice-Admiral Sir Fras. Wm. Austen,
K.C.B.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy
in July, 1791, and embarked, in Sept. 1794, as
Midshipman, on board the D^dalus 32, Capt.
Thos. Williams, whom he successively followed
into the Unicorn 32, and Endymion 44. He
was consequently present in the Unicorn at the
capture of the Dutch brig-of-war Comet, of 18 guns,
also of the French frigate La Tribune, of 44 guns
and 339 men, and of the troop-ship La Ville de
V Orient. For his conduct in the Endymion, in
driving into Helvoetsluys the Dutch line-of-battle
ship Brutus, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy,
13 Dec. 1797, in the Scorpion 16, Capt. John Tre-
mayne Rodd. After assisting at the capture of the
Courier Dutch brig, carrying 6 gims and several
swivels, Mr. Austen removed, in Dec. 1798, to the
Tamak frigate, Capt. Thos. Western, and, on 16
Feb. 1799, was re-appointed to the Endymion ; in
which frigate, commanded successively by Capts.
Sir T. Williams, Philip Chas. Durham, Henry Gar-
rett, and John Larmour, he came into frequent con-
tact with the enemy's gun-boats off Algesiras, and
assisted in making prize of several privateers. On
the occasion, particularly, of the capture of the
Scipio, of 18 guns and 140 men, which surrendered
during a violent gale, he very intrepidly put off in
a boat with only four men, and, having boarded the
vessel, succeeded in retaining possession of her until
the following day. In April, 1803, he again joined
AUSTEN.
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the Endymion, which frigate had been paid off at
the peace, and continued to serve as her First
Lieutenant until promoted, on the recommendation
of his Captain, the Hon. Chas. Paget, for his con-
duct at the capture of three men-of-war and two
privateers, to the command, 10 Oct. 1804, of the
Indian sloop.* After a successful servitude of
more than five years on the North America station,
Capt. Austen was posted 10 May, 1810, ijito the
SwiFTSDKE 74, Sir John Borlase Warren's flag-ship,
from which he removed, 25 Sept. following, to the
CtEOPATKA 32. From 20 Nov. 1811, until 30 Sept.
1814, we next find him discharging the arduous
duties, in the Namuk 74, of Flag-Captain to his
patron, Sir Thos. Williams, Commander-in-Chief at
the Nore. Being then appointed to the Ph(ENIx
36, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, on
the renewal of hostilities consequent on Buonaparte's
escape from Elba, he was sent, with the Undaunted
38, and Oakland 22, under his orders, in pursuit
of a Neapolitan squadron, supposed to be in the
Adriatic. Subsequently to the surrender of Naples,
Capt. Austen, who had detached the Undaunted
to scour the coast, instituted a close blockade of the
harbour of Brindisi, and soon induced both the
castle and two of the enemy's largest frigates, then
lying in the port, to hoist the colours of their re-
stored monarch. Ha-ving acquired the unqualified
approbation of Lord Exmouth throughout thewhole
of these operations, he was next despatched in search
of a French squadron ; but a cessation of hostilities
intervening, he turned his attention to the suppres-
sion of piracy in the Archipelago, which he com-
pletely effected by the capture of two pirate vessels
in the port of Pavos. On 20 Feb. 1816, the Phosnix
was at length unavoidably wrecked during a hurri-
cane near Smyrna, a disaster solely attributable to
the ignorance of her pilots. Capt. Austen, who
was therefore fully acquitted of all blame on the
occasion, afterwards joined, 2 June, 1826, the Au-
koka 46, in which frigate he proceeded, as second
in command, to the Jamaica station, where his exer-
tions in crushing the slave-trade appear to have
been most successful. On the paying off of the
^UKORA, in Dec. 1828, it was found that, during the
two years and a half of her servitude under Capt.
Austen's command, she had not lost a single man
by sickness or otherwise, and so favourable was the
omcial report of her state of discipline and effi-
ciency, that the subject of this memoir was at once
nominated by Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys to be his
Flag-Captain in the 'Winchestee 52, on the North
America and West India station, where he con-
tinued until obliged to invalid, from the effects of a
very severe accident, in Dec. 1830. His next ap-
pointment was, on 14 April, 1838, to the Bellero-
PHON 80, in which ship he returned to the Mediter-
ranean, where his exertions at the bombardment of
St. Jean d'Aore, 3 Nov. 1840, procured him the Com-
panionship of the Bath. On 2 Deo. following the
BsiiLEROPHON was attacked by a violent storm,
and nothing under Providence but the unparalleled
exertions of the officers and crew, guided by Capt.
Austen's able management, preserved her from
being cast away on the iron-bound shore of Syria,
where, had she been wrecked, not a soul could have
been saved. Since the paying off of the Belleho-
PHON, in June, 1841, Capt. Austen (to whom the
good-service pension had been awarded 28 Aug.
1840) was advanced to Flag-rank, 9 Nov. 1846.
He married, first, in 1807, Frances, youngest
daughter of the late J. G. Palmer, Esq., Attorney-
General at Bermuda, by whom he had issue three
daughters ; and, secondly, in 1820, Harriet, second
daughter of the same gentleman, by whom he has
two sons, both in the service of their county — the
one in the army, the other, Charles John, a Lieute-
nant in the Navy. The youngest of the Rear- Admi-
ral's daughters is married to her cousin. Commander
F. W. Austen, K.N. Agent— Joseph Woodhead.
AUSTEN. (Lieut., 1844. f-p., 14; h-p., 0.)
Charles John Austen is son of Kear-Admiral
C. J. Austen, R.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 15 Feb. 1833;
passed his examination 6 June, 1840 ; served as
Mate of the Bellerophon 80, commanded by his
father, during the ensuing operations on the coast
of Syria, where he beheld the fall of St. Jean
d'Acfe ; and, after a further attachment to the Ex-
cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir
Thos. Hastings, and Agincourt 72, bearing the flag
in the East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission
dated 25 June, 1844. He was then re-appointed to
the Agincourt, and continued to serve in that ship
until removed, 11 June, 1845, to the Serpent 16,
Capt. Wm. Nevill. His name, since 8 May, 1846,
has been borne, for surveying service, on the books
of the Vindictive 50, bearing the flag of his uncle.
Sir Fras. Wm. Austen, on the North America and
West India station.
* The Indian, on 19 .Tune, 1808, captured Za Jenne
Estelle privateer, of 4 guns »nd 25 men.
AUSTEN, K.C.B. (Vice-Admieal of the
Ked, 1838. F-p., 27 ; h-p., 34.)
Sir Francis William Austen, born 23 April,
1774, at Steventon, co. Hants, is son of the late
Kev. Geo. Austen, Kector of Steventon, by Cas-
sandra, youngest daughter of the Kev. Thos. Leigh,
formerly Kector of Harpsden, co. Oxford ; and bro-
ther of Kear-Admiral C. J. Austen, R.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Koyal Naval Academy
15 April, 1786 ; and (having attracted the particular
notice of the Lords of the Admiralty by the close-
ness of his application, and been in consequence
marked out for early promotion) embarked, 23 Dec.
1788, as a Volunteer, on board the Perseverance
frigate, Capt. Isaac Smith, in which he proceeded
to the East Indies, and there successively joined, as
Midshipman, the Crown 64, and Minerva 38, bear-
ing each the broad pendant of Hon. Wm. Com-
wallis. Obtaining his first commission, 28 Dec. 1792,
he afterwards served, on the Home station, chiefly
as Senior Lieutenant, in the Despatch armed brig.
Lark sloop, Andromeda 32, Prince George and
Glory 98's, Shannon, Triton, and Seahorse fri-
gates, and London 98, under Capts. John Whitby,
Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, Josias Kowley, Wm.
Ogilvy, Thos. Sotheby, Wm. Taylor, Jas. Bowen,
Alex. Fraser, John Gore, Edw. Jas. Foote, and
John Child Purvis, until promoted to the command,
3 Feb. 1799, of the Peterel sloop, of 24 guns, in-
cluding 8 carronades, and 120 men. He had, during
that period, escorted the Princess Carohne of
Brunswick from Cuxhaven to England, assisted at
the evacuation of Ostend and Nieuport, Mid been
present in Sir Hugh Christian's celebrated hurri-
canes. While in command of the Peterel, Capt.
Austen, among numerous other services which ex-
posed him to a constant fire from the enemy's bat-
teries, effected the capture and destruction of up-
wards of forty vessels of various descriptions ; and,
on 19 June, 1799, participated in Lord Keith's cap-
ture of a French squadron under Kear-Admiral
Perree. On 21 March, 1800, he inexpressibly sig-
nalised himself in an encounter off Marseilles with
three French national vessels, two of which (the
one of 14, the other of 6 guns) he drove on the
rocks, and succeeded, although close in shore, and
within point-blank shot of two batteries, in captur-
ing the third. La Ligurienne, a brig of 16 guns and
104 men, after a running fight of an hour and a
half, the whole being accomplished without the
loss of a man to the Peterel, 30 of whose crew,
with the First Lieutenant and gunner, were at the
time absent in prizes.* At the blockade of Genoa,
in May following, Capt. Austen displayed his wonted
energy!; and, for the zeal he evinced in resolutely
maintaining for a considerable period a position
within less than three miles of the Mole head, re-
ceived the thanks of Lord Keith. The Peterel
shortly afterwards joined Sir Sidney Smith's squa-
dron on the coast of Egypt, and, on 13 Aug. foUow-
* Vide Ga?.. 1800, p. 443.
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AUSTEN- AUSTIN.
ing, had the good fortune to prevent a Turkish
line-of-hattle ship, of 80 guns, aground near the
island of Aboukir, and totally dismasted, from fall-
ing into the hands of the French, 300 of whom
had already commenced the work of plunder, but
were driven off, and their prize set on fire. The
Capitan Pacha, not long afterwards, testified the
sense he entertained of the performance by pre-
senting Capt. Austen with a handsome sabre and
pelisse. In October of the same year (having been
promoted to Post-rank on 13 of the previous May
in consequence of the action off Marseilles) the sub-
ject of this memoir resigned the command of the
Peterel, and returned home, where, on 29 Aug.
1801, he became Flag-Captain, in the Neptune 98,
to his patron, Vice-Admiral Jas. Gambler, with
whom he served until Oct. 1802. At the renewal of
hostilities in 1803, we find him employed at Rams-
gate in raising a body of Sea Fencibles, the com-
mand of which he retained until appointed, 7 May,
1804, to the Leopard 50, flag-ship off Boulogne of
the late Sir Thos. Louis. On subsequently ac-
companying the same oiBcer into the Canopcs 80,
he shared in Lord Nelson's celebrated pursuit of
the combined squadrons to the West Indies, and,
for the part he eventually bore in the action off St.
Domingo, was presented with a gold medal, the
thanks, in common with others, of both Houses of
Parliament, and a vase, worth lOOl, from the Pa-
triotic Society at Lloyd's. In June, 1806, Capt.
Austen went on half-pay ; but obtaining an appoint-
ment, 23 March, 1807, to the St. Albans 64, he con-
tinued to serve in that ship until 22 Sept. 1810.
During that period he escorted a division of trans-
ports, with a reinforcement of 2000 troops, to the
coast of Portugal, where they arrived on the eve of
the battle of Vimeira — afterwards superintended the
debarkation at Portsmouth of the remains of Sir
John Moore's army — and afforded protection, to
and from the East, to several large convoys of In-
diamen. For his gallant exertions, in the autumn
of 1809, in bringing to a successful issue a dispute
with the Chinese, he was honoured with the ap-
proval of the Admiralty, and was presented by the
East India Company with the sum of 1000 guineas.
On 3 Dec. 1810, he became, a second time, Flag-
Captain to Lord Gambler, in the Caledonia 120,
and was stationed off the coast of France during
the continuance of that officer's command. From
9 July, 1811, until 7 May, 1814, he commanded the
Elephant 74, and was employed with Admiral
Young's fleet in the North Sea ; also in cruizing off
the Western Islands with the Phcebe and Hermes
under his orders ; and finally on the Baltic station,
where he captured the American privateer Sword
Fish, of 12 guns and 82 men. Capt. Austen was
nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; and a Colonel of
Marines (in the Woolwich division) 27 May, 1825.
He became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830 ; a K.C.B.
28 Feb. 1837 ; and a Vice-Admiral 28 June, 1838.
He has held the chief command, since 27 Dec. 1844,
on the North America and West India station, with
his flag in the Vindictive 50.
Sir Fras. Wm. Austen married, first, in July,
1806, Mary, eldest daughter of John Gibson, Esq.,
of Ramsgate ; and, secondly, in July, 1828, Martha,
eldest daughter of the Rev. Noyes Lloyd, formerly
Rector of Enbourne, Berks. He was again left a
widower in Jan. 1843. By Ms first marriage, the
Vice-Admiral has surviving issue, with three daugh-
ters, five sons, of whom the eldest and the fourth,
Francis William and Herbert Grey, are both in
the Navy — the one a Commander, the other a Lieu-
tenant.
AUSTEN. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 18; h-p., 7.)
Francis William Austen, born 12 July, 1809,
is eldest son of Vice-Adiniral Sir F. W. Austen
K.C.B. '
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 11
Feb. 1822 ; and embarked, 20 June, 1823, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Revenge 78, Capt. Sir Chas.
Burrard, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Vice-
Admiral Sir Harry Burrard Neale. After officjatmg
for nearly four years as Midshipman on the sapie
station, of the Seringapatam 46 and Pelican 18,
Cants. Chas. Sotheby and Wm. Alex. Bailhe Hamil-
ton, under the former of whom he saw much anti-
piratical boat service, Mr. Austen was appointed
Mate, in Aug. 1828, of the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm.
Lyons, and during his continuance in that ship was
employed on shore in co-operation with the French
army at the ensuing reduction of the Morea Castle,
which surrendered after a siege of eight days. At-
taining the rank of Lieutenant, 30 April, 1830, he
afterwards joined in that capacity, on the North
America, West India, and A&ica stations, 22 Nov.
following, the Gannet 18, Capt. Mark Halpen
Sweny— 23 Feb. 1832, the Tweed 20, Capts. Allan
Bertram and Henry Geo. Hamilton — 12 Oct. 1835, as
Senior, the Wanderer 16, Capts. Thos. Dilke and
Thos. Bushby — and, 1 March, 1841, as Lieut.-Com-
mander, the Bonetta brigantine, of 3 guns. While
in the Tweed, of which vessel he appears to have
acted as Captain during a period of great mortality,
Mr. Austen commanded her boats for the suppres-
sion of slavery off the Isle of Pines, and on one oc-
casion had the misfortune, through the bursting of
a powder-horn, to lose the use of the fore-finger and
thumb of his right hand. He assumed his present
rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; and since 10 Nov. 1845, has
been in command of the Alecto steam-sloop^ on
the south-east coast of America.
Commander Austen married, 13 July, 1843, his
cousin, Frances Palmer, third daughter of Rear-
Admiral C. J. Austen, R.N., C.B. Agent — Joseph
Woodhead.
AUSTEN. (liiECT., 184L f-p., 16; h-p., 1.)
Herbert Grey Austen, born in Nov. 1815, is
fourth son of Vice-Admiral Sir F. W. Austen,
K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal Na-
val College), 25 June, 1830, as a Volunteer, on board
the Talbot. 28, Capt. Rich. Dickinson, employed
at the Cape of Good Hope; became Mate, in 1834,
of the Childers 16, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, suc-
cessively stationed in the Mediterranean and off the
coast of Africa ; and, after a further servitude in
the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt.
Sir Thos. Hastings, and Medea steam-&igate, Capt.
Fred. Warren, attached to the squadron in the
Mediterranean, was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, 23 Nov. 1841. His appointments have since
been — 30 Nov. 1841, to the Magicienne 24, Capt.
Rich. Laird Warren, on the latter station — 30 Aug.
1844, again to the Excellent — and, 25 Jan. 1845,
to the Vindictive 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to his fa-
ther, on the North America and West India station,
where he still serves.
AUSTIN, C.B. (Capt., 1838. f-p., 26; h-p., 8.)
Horatio Thomas Austin entered the Navy, 8
April, 1813, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Thisbe
28, Capt. Thos. Dick, lying in the river Thames.
Joining next, in April, 1814, the Ramillies 74,
Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy and Chas. Ogle,
he witnessed, as Fst.-cl. Vol. and Midshipman,
some of the chief operations of the American war,
including the attacks upon Washington, Baltimore,
and New Orleans, and the bombardment of Ston-
ington. During the three years immediately sub-
sequent to the peace, he served off the coast of
Africa in the Inconstant and Semiramis fHgatei
bearing each the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas
Yeo ; after which he became successively attached,
on the Channel and South America stations, to the
Camelion brig, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and Su-
perb 74 and Creole 42, both the broad-pendant
ships of Sir T. M. Hardy. His promotion, after
acting for nine months as Lieutenant of the Ala-
crity 10, Capts. Hon. Fred. Spencer and Thos.
Porter, meeting with official sanction, 9 Sept. 1822,
SJ'^ir^S^'^' ^ ^'^^ ®™'y P'^r' of 1823, rejoined Sir
1. M. Hardy in the Creole, and for some time, we
beheve, officiated as his Signal Officer. He next
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on 24 April, 1824, became First of the Fdet aloop,
Capt. Henry Parkyns Hoppner, and partoolc of all
the perils and hardships of Capt. Parry's second
expedition in search of a north-west passage, which
terminated in the loss of the above vessel, in the
summer of 1825. After an interval of half-pay he
obtained an appointment, 12 Deo. 1827, to the
Chakticlebk surveying-vessel, Capt. Henry Foster,
on whose death, off the Isthmus of Panama, he suc-
ceeded to the acting-command. Being confirmed
on his return to England, by commission dated 26
May 18.31, Capt. Austin subsequently obtained com-
mand, 27 Nov. 1832, and 30 Jan. 1834, of the Sa-
I.AMANDER and Medea steamers, in which he re-
spectively escorted Donna Maria to Portugal, and
Queen Adelaide to Holland, besides visiting different
ports on the north coast of Spain. He attained
Post-rank, 28 June, 1838, and was next appointed,
19 Nov. 1839, to the Cyclops, another steam-vessel.
Joining in the operations of 1840 on the coast of
Syria, he assisted at the bombardment and capture
of the strong castle of Gebail, where he headed a
body of 220 marines and 150 mountaineers in a
brave though unsuccessful land-attack, in which
5 men were killed and 18 wounded. He was also
present at the taking of Batroun ; and on the occa-
sion of the storming of Sidon he aided in carrying
the adjacent castle, and then led the Turkish troops
in forcing the passage conducting to the town, where
a body of 1800 Egyptians were driven from a strong-
hold in which they still held out, and were com-
pelled to surrender.* For his meritorious conduct
in these affairs, as also at the capture of St. Jean
d'Acre, Capt. Austin was nominated a C.B. On
leaving the Cyclops, he obtained command, for a
short period towards the close of 1843, of the Tak-
TAKns steam surveying- vessel. He has been attached
as Supernumerary-Captain, since 19 Dec. 1845, to
the 'William and Maky yacht.
Capt. Austin married, 8 Nov. 1831, Ann Eliza, only
daughter of the late Thos. Hawkins, Esq., of Pen-
zance, and widow of the Bev. J. Kawlinson, by whom
he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
AUSTIN. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
■William Austin entered the Navy 7 Aug. 1823;
passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his
commission 2 Aug. 1838. His appointments have
since been — 22 Jan. 1839, to the Acokn 16, Capt.
John Adams, on the Africa station — 29 Oct. 1840, as
First Lieutenant, to the Excellent gunnery-ship
at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings — and, 4
March, 1845, in a similar capacity, to the Vhltuke
steam-frigate, now employed in the East Indies.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
AUTEIDGE. (LlEtTT., 1815. f-p., 30; h-p., 18.)
Chakles Autkidgb entered the Navy, 30 June,
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Podlette 20,
Capt. Jas. Dunbar, with whom, and Capts. Hen.
Hope and Anselm John Griffiths, he afterwards
served, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the
AsTBEA 32, and Leonidas 38, until Nov, 1811. He
was present, during that period, in the Astrea at
the siege of Copenhagen, in Sept. 1807, and in the
Leonidas at the reduction of Cephalonia and Santa
Maura in 1809-10, besides participating in many
boat affairs on the coasts of Italy and Spain. He
served the remainder of the war in the Ekeetjs,
commanded by his relative, Capt. Wm. Autridge,
Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, Sal-
SETTE 36, Capt. John Bowen, and Phcenix 36, Capts.
Wm. Henry Webley and Chas. John Austen, on the
Baltic, East India, and Channel stations. Having
passed his examination in 1809, he was at length
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission
dated 10 Feb. 1815; and was subsequently ap-
pointed— 31 Oct. 1828, to the Coast Blockade, as
Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Kamillies 74,
Capt. Hugh Pigot— 11 June, 1831, to the Coast
Guard— 26 Sept. 1837, to the command of the Sky-
lakk revenue-cutter-=-and, 19 June, 1841, to the
• Vide Gai. 1840, ppv2227, S252, 2603, 2608.
Pigmy steam-packet. He was superseded from the
latter vessel in July, 1846.
AVARNE.. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Isaac Avarne died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1810, as
Midshipman, on board the Alexandria 32, Capt.
John Quilliam, stationed on the Baltic. After 'serv-
ing with the same officer also in the Crescent 36,
he becatne -successively attached, on the Home and
Mediterranean stations, to the Royal Oak 74, flag-
ship of Rear- Admirals Pulteney Malcolm and Lord
Amelius Beauclerk, and Grasshopper 18, Capts.
Hen. Kobt. Battersby and Sir Chas. Burrard. • Be-
tween 1816, in which year he passed his examina-
tion, and the date of his promotion, 17 April, 1824,
Mr. Avarne appears to have been next employed, ag
Mate, on board the Wye 26, commanded in North
America and the West Indies by Capt. John Har-
per, and Britannia 120, bearing the flag at Ply-
mouth of Sir Alex. Cochrane. His subsequent ap-
pointments were — 24 July, 1824, to the Romney
troop-ship, Capts. Wm. Jas. Mingaye and Nich.
Lockyer, in which he visited the coasts of America
and Africa, and also the Mediterranean — and, 30
April, 1827, again to the Britannia, bearing the
flag of the Earl of Northesk. He went on half-pay
in Feb. 1828, and did not afterwards go afloat.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
AYLING. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.)
William Ayling entered the Navy, 7 March,
1805, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Wil-
liam, Capts. John Wainwright and Hon. Courtenay
Boyle, lying at Spithead. With the exception of
an attachment, from Aug. 1810 to Aug. 1811, to the
Thisbe 28, Capt. Wm. Rogers, guard-ship in the
river Thames, he was subsequently employed, be-
tween June, 1807, and the year 1815, chiefly as Mid-
shipman, in the Paulina, Hind, Crocodile, Nar-
cissus, and Pomone, all commanded by Capt. John
Rich. Lumley, on the Mediterranean, Home, and
North America stations. He was promoted from
the Leander 50, Capt. Wm. Shiksey, to the rank
he now holds 3 Aug. 1815 ; and has since been on.
half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
AYLMEE, C.B., K.F.M. (Keak-Admikai, of the
Red, 1837. .f-p., 20; h-p., 37.)
The Honourable Frederick William Ayl-
MER, born 12 Oct. 1777, is second surviving son ot
Henry, fourth Lord Aylmer, by Catherine, daugh-
ter of Sir Chas. Whitworth, of Leyborne, and sister
of Chas. Earl Whitworth; and a descendant of"
Matthew, first Lord Aylmer, a distinguished naval
officer in the reign of James H., who attained the-
rank of Rear- Admiral of the Bed, and was elevated
to the peerage for his professional services. He iss
heir to his brother, General Lord Aylmer, G.CBi
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Nov. 1790, as a
Volunteer, on board the Syren 32, Capt. John
Manley, with whom, after conveying the DnJfce q^
York to Holland at the commencement et hostili-
ties, he served, in the Apollo 36, until the receipt
of his first commission, 17 Dec. 1796. Being next
appointed, 22 March, 1797, to the Swiptsure 74^
Capt. Benj. Hallowell, he took part in that ship im
the battle of the Nile, and assisted in the- operations;
which led to the reinstatement ef the King of the
Two Sicilies in the full sovereignty of his dominions.
He subsequently obtained the Turkish gotd medal
for his services during the Egyptian campaign of
1801 ; and, after officiating for a few months as Act-,
ing-Commander of the Fuky bomb, was confirmed
in that rank by commission dated 7 Jan 1802
Capt. Ayhner, whom we subsequently find comi
manding the Deught and Wasp sloops, in the latter
of which he effected the capture, 19 July 1803 of
Le Dese^oir privateer, of 2 guns and 28 men, waa
?In? ?S ®r?P'"°*^„'li Actiag-Captain, in M^Tch,
1805, of the Glory 98, bearing the flag off Cadiz of
Sir John Orde. His promotion to Post-rank was
estabhshed by the Adiniralty on 18 May in the
30
AYLMEIt-AYNSLEY-AYRE-AYSCOUGH.
same year ; but from that period he appears to have
remained on half-pay until 1 June, 1809, when we
find him assuming command of the Narcissus 32.
In the early part of 1810, Capt. Aylmer, while
cruizing in the Channel, captured two privateers,
the Dugvay Trouin, and AiTimble Josephine^ carry-
ing between them 28 guns and 180 men ; and, in the
course of the ensuing summer, he united with Sir
Kobt. Mends in a series of very active operations
on the north coast of Spain, where he commanded
the naval brigade in concert with the patriot forces
under General Porlier, came frequently into victo-
rious contact with the enemy between Santona and
Santander, and evinced aU tl[i& zeal and ability of
an excellent oflBcer.* In Jan. 1812, he next joined
the FoRTDNEE 36, in which he cruized for four
months on the Irish station. After an interval of
half-pay he was appointed, on 14 of the following
Sept., to the Pactoltis 38, and while in that
frigate, in the summer of 1815, he conducted an
eminently successful expedition to the Gironde in
support of the French King, which terminated in
the royal colours being hoisted on the castle of
Bordeaux and in the surrounding districts.^ Pre-
viously to the latter event, the Pactolus, besides
escorting the Duke of Cambridge to Cuxhaven, and
his late Majesty to the Scheldt, had, we believe,
assisted at the bombardment of Stonington, in Ame-
rica. Capt. Aylmer, whose last appointment was
to the Severn, of 50 guns, commanded that ship at
the memorable battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, and
was in consequence nominated a C.B.J The in-
signia of a K.F.M. were also conferred upon him,
in consideration of his having conveyed to Naples
the whole of the emancipated Italian slaves and
357,000 dollars, which the Dey of Algiers had been
compelled to return to the King of the Two Sicilies.
He was appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to William
IV. 4 Aug. 1830 ; and on 10 Jan. 1837, was promoted
to Flag-rank. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
AYLMEK. (Retiked Commander, 1836.)
John Aylmer was discharged from the Royal
Naval College 10 April, 1786. He was confirmed
to a Lieutenancy, 9 Oct. 1801, in the Dragon 74,
Capt. John Aylmer, then in the Mediterranean ;
and was afterwards successively appointed, on the
Hopie and "West India stations, to the Morgiana
sloop. Diamond 38, Windsor Castle 98, Ame-
thyst frigate, AiMAELE 32, Fisgard 38, Herculb
74, Ariadne 20, and Namor 74, Capts. Rainsford,
Elphinstone, Albemarle Bertie, Alex. Campbell,
Sir Wm. Bolton, Lord Mark Kobt. Kerr, Jas. Rich.
Dacres, Arthur Farqiihar, and another. During
the period of his attachment to the Ariadne, we
find Mr. Aylmer assisting at the capture, in 1807,
of the French privateers Xc Trente el Quarante, of
16 guns and 65 men, and Le Chasseur, of 2 guns
and 36 men. Having been on half-pay since 30 May,
1808, he at length accepted his present rank, 15
April, 1836. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
AYNSLEY. (Lieut., 1845. f-p., 12; h-p., 0.)
Charles Murray Aynsley entered the Navy
in 1835 ; passed his examination 24 July, 1841 ; and
after an intermediate servitude as Mate, on the
South America and Mediterranean stations, of the
CURA90A 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, and Scout 18,
Capt. Hon. Jas. Robt. Drummond, was awarded a
commission, dated 6 Dec. 1845. He has been since
serving in the Terrible steam-frigate, Capt. Wm.
Ramsay, attached to the Channel squadron.
AYRE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 32.)
Charles Ayre entered the Navy, 5 April, 1807,
as Master's Mate, on board the Hound sloop, Capt.
Nich. Lockyer, and in that vessel was present at
the embarkation of the Marquis de la Romana's
army at Nyeborg, in Aug. 1803. From Oct. 1809,
until April, 1812, he served off Cherbourg and in
the Downs on board the Naiad 38, Capts. Henry
• Vide Gai. 1810, p. 1097. f V. Gaz. 1815, p. 1513.
t V. Gaz. 1816, p. 1792.
Hill and PhiUp Carteret; and <"i tj!,f J<"°'°| t*^^
JuNON 38, Capts. Jas. Sanders and Ck-tworthy Up-
ton, proceeded, as Acting-Lieutenant to North
America, where he took part in many of &« opera-
tions in the Chesapeake, and contributed to a vic-
tory gained by the Jonon, Narcissus, and Ba-
ROSSA, over 15 of the enemy's gun-boatj whose dis-
comfiture was accompUshed after an action of three
hours, in which the Junon had 2 men killed and 3
wounded, 20 June, 1813. He subsequently served
on board the Mohawk sloop, Capt. Hen. Litchfield,
and was Acting-Lieutenant of transports under
Capt. Thos. Delafons, in the expedition to Nev? Or-
leans. He obtained his official promotion 2 Nov.
1815, but has not since been afloat. Ageni^J.
Chippendale.
AYSCOUGH. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Hawkins Godolphin Ayscough is son of Rear-
Admiral John Ayscough.
This officer was educated at the Royal Naval Col-
lege He served for some time on the West India
station, under the flag of Sir Edw. Griffith Col-
poys ; was employed in the North Sea during the
revolution in the Netherlands; and, having passed
his examination in 1834, was presented with a com-
mission by Sir Geo. Cockbum, on that officer strik-
ing his flag as Commander-in-Chief in North Ame-
rica and the West Indies, 14 June, 1836. On 28 Dec.
following (after an attachment of a few months to
the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley
in the Mediterranean, and Canopus 84, commanded
by Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, on the coast of Spain,
during the Carlist insurrection), Mr. Ayscough
joined the Barham 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry,
in which ship he continued until 10 May, 1838.
He has since been on half-pay.
AYSCOUGH. (Eear-Admirai, of the White,
1841.)
John Ayscough, bom on board H.M.S. Swan,
during a desperate action fought by that vessel
while on her passage home from North America, is
son of the late Capt. John Ayscough, R.N., who
was in command of the Swan on the occasion, and
lost the use of a leg ;* brother of Commander Jas.
Ayscough, R.N., an officer who distinguished him-
self as Lieutenant of the Monarch 74, at Copen-
hagen, in 1801, was afterwards presented by the
Patriotic Society with a sword worth 501., for his
gallantry in storming a battery of six 24-pounders,
on the island of Martinique, and ultimately fell a
victim to the climate of the West Indies, while com-
manding the Hawke sloop, 8 April, 1808 ; grand-
nephew of the Rev. Fras. Ayscough, D.D., Dean of
Bristol, and Preceptor to King George III. ; and
cousin of Admiral Sir Geo. Cockbum, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy (under the auspices
of the late Admiral Sir Jas. Wallace), 12 Aug. 1787,
as Captain's Servant, on board the Goliath 74,
Capts. Archibald Dickson and Sir Andrew Snape
Douglas. We afterwards find him serving, as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate, on board the JuNO and
Hebe frigates, and Hector, Alcide, and Monarch
74's, and employed in the first of those vessels, un-
der Capt. Sam. Hood, in attendance on the King off
Weymouth. On 6 Nov. 1793, he obtained a Lieu-
tenancy in the Monarch, flag-ship, on the New-
foundland station, of his patron. Sir Jas. Wallace,
with whom he continued to serve, the last two
years as First of the Romney 50, until April, 1797.
He then joined the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing
the flag in the Channel of Lord Howe ; and, on 12
of the following May, was promoted to the rank of
Commander. Being appointed, 6 July, 1799, to the
Blanche troop-ship, Capt. Ayscough attended the
ensuing expedition to Holland, where he served as
• Capt. Ayscoagh, after faithfully serving his country for
a period of nearly half a century, died, covered with honour-
able sears. He had expended a great portion of his private
property in raising several thousands of seamen for the ser-
vice, at the period of the dispute with Spain respecting the
occupancy of Falkland's Islands.
AYTON— BACK.
31
ft Volunteer at the time of the debarkation near
the Helder, and was in one of the first boats that
effected a landing. On 28 Sept., however, in the
same year, the Blanche, owing to the mismanage-
ment of her pilot, was wrecked in the Texel ; but so
fully acquitted was Capt. Aysoough of all share in
the disaster, by a court-martial held at Sheerness
on 1 Nov., and so highly was he complimented for
his great exertions in afterwards saving the crew,
that, on 18 of the next month, he was appointed to
the Inconstant, another armee enjlutej in which,
besides attending the expeditions to Quiberon and
Cadiz, on each of which occasions he volunteered
his services on shore, and was selected to command
a party of seamen, he similarly joined in the Egyp-
tian campaign of 1801, and for his exertions, which
were conspicuously important, was presented with
the Turkish gold medal. The Inconstant, after a
performance of various other services, including an
assistance at the occupation of the island of Mar
deira, being paid off in May, 1802, Capt. Aysoough,
who had been violently attacked by the plague in
Egypt, was next invested with the command, 2
June, 1803, of the Camel store-ship ; and, on then
proceeding to the "West Indies, continued, despite
a nearly fatal fit of the yellow fever, to serve on
that station, until officially posted into the Success,
of 32 guns, 18 April, 1806; previously to which
event he appears to have acted as Flag-Captain to
Vice-Admirals Sir John Thos. Duckworth and
Jas. Kich. Dacres, to have also commanded the
Reynard and Goelan sloops, and to have officiated
as Acting-Captain of the Malabak 50. Towards
the close of 1806, Capt. Aysoough returned with
convoy to England, and was for several months
employed at the blockade of Havre de Grace. After
forming part, at the request of Sir Sam. Hood, of
that officer's squadron in the expedition against
Madeira, in Dec. 1807, the Success, on her return
home with the Rear- Admiral's despatches, was sent
to a high northern latitude for the protection of
the Greenland fishery ; subsequently to which, she
embarked the Turkish Ambassador and his suite,
together with the present Earl of Roden, and pro-
ceeded to the Mediterranean in charge of a fleet
of merchantmen, by the Masters of whom her
captain was forwarded a letter of thanks for his
great and unremitted attention. During the opera^
tions of June, 1809, against Ischia and Procida,
Capt. Ayscomgh landed with the troops, was subse-
quently engaged with the enemy's sea batteries,
and succeeded in destroying many of their gun-
boats. In the following Nov. he conveyed the
Turkish Ambassador and suite from Smyrna to
Malta ; and, on 3 May, 1810, although excluded, in
consequence of the becalmed state of his ship, from
affording any assistance, was an eye-witness of the
brilliant victory gained by the late Sir Jahleel
Brenton, in the Spartan 38, over the Franco-Nea-
politan squadron in the Bay of Naples."* Capt. Ays-
cough appears, however, about that period, to have
attracted the notice of Rear- Admiral Geo. Martin
by his handsome support of the Spartan and
EspoiR in an attack on the batteries at Terracina,
from which port four deeply laden vessels were at
the same time brought out. Shortly after the latter
event we find Capt. Aysoough, with two frigates
and several sloops under his orders, assigned the
deeply responsible duty of protecting Sicily against
the threatened invasion of Joachim Murat, whose
every attempt, although in command of 40,000
troops and of about 200 gun-boats, to gain a foot-
ing on the island, he happily succeeded, by the
most indomitable exertions, in frustrating. He was
next employed, with seven men-of-war at his dis-
posal, in reconnoitering the line of coast between
Naples and Civita Vecchia ; but in the summer of
1811, owing to the serious damage experienced by
the Success during a severe gale off the island of
Candia, was obliged to return prematurely to Eng-
land, and in consequence lost an appointment to a
large frigate which had been promised to him by the
First Lord of the Admiralty as a reward for his zeal
• ViieGxL. 1810, p. 113J.
and activity. He afterwards, from April, 1822, until
the spring of 1825, superintended the Ordinary at
Plymouth; and for his subsequent able manage-
ment, as Commissioner of Jamaica and Bermuda
Dockyards, was honoured with the thanks of the
Board of Admiralty. He attained Flag-rank, 23
Nov. 1841, and is at present unemployed.
When the practice of awarding good-service pen-
sions was instituted, Rear-Admiral Aysoough was
one of the first Captains to whom the boon was ex-
tended. He married Anna Maria, eldest daughter of
the late Commodore Thos. Parr, R.N., of Langdown
House, CO. Hants, a descendant of the celebrated Earl
Godolphin, and has issue a son and two daughters.
The son, Hawkins Godolphin, is a Lieutenant, R.N.
AYTON. (LlEnTENANT, 1815. p-p., 8 ; H-P., 32.)
George Henry Ayton entered the Navy, 3 Dec.
1807, as L.M., on board the Royal Willlam,
Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, flag-ship of Admiral
Geo. Montagu, at Spithead ; and, in the following
March, joined the Daphne 20, Capts. Fras. Mason
and Philip Pipon. On 25 April, 1808, he served in
the boats of that ship and the Tartarus, com-
manded by Lieut. Wm. Elliott, at the cutting out,
with a loss to the British of only 5 persons wounded,
of a convoy of 10 deeply laden vessels, moored close
under the fort of a castle mounting 10 guns, in the
harbour of Fladstrand, near the Skawe, defended
also by a heavy fire from another battery, as well
as from the crews of the vessels assembled on the
beach, and made fast to the shore by hawsers.*
Removing, in Feb. 1809, to the Victorious 74,
Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot, he
took part in the ensuing expedition to Flushing,
and, on 21 Feb. 1812, assisted, as Master's Mate,
while cruising in the Gulf of Venice, in com-
pany with the Weazle 18, at the capture — after a
most gallant conflict of four hours and a half, in
which the Victorious had 27 men killed, and 99,
including himself, wounded, and the enemy 400
killed and wounded — of the French 74-gun ship
Rivoli, whose consorts, three brigs and two gun-
boats, were also defeated.f In Sept. 1814, Mr.
Ayton, who for the two previous months had been
acting as Lieutenant of the Victorious, on the
North America station, joined the Rosario 10,
Capt. Thos. Ladd Peake, in which vessel he served
for nearly twelve months. He was then promoted
to his present rank, by commission dated 4 March,
1815, and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Ayton married, 23 Nov. 1835, Harriette,
eldest daughter of Saville Smith, Esq., of Boiling-
ton. Agents— Holmes and Folkard.
B.
BACK, Kt. (Capt., 1835. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 1 6.)
Sir George Back was born, 6 Nov. 1796, at Stock-
port, in Cheshire.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1808, as
Midshipman, on board the Arethusa 38, Capt. Robt.
Mends. On 26 Nov. following he was present at
the capture, off Cherbourg, of Le General Emouf
French privateer, of 16 guns and 58 men ; and, in
the course of March, 1809, he assisted in the boats,
while serving on the north coast of Spain, at the
destruction of 20 heavy guns, mounted on the bat-
teries atLequeytio, and defended by a detachment of
French soldiers — at the seizure also of several ves-
sels up the river Andero — and at the destruction of the
guns and signal-posts at Baignio, on which latter oc-
casion, the 20th of the month, he was made prisoner
and sent to France, where he remained until May,
1814. On regaining his liberty, Mr. Back joined
the Akbar 60, flag-ship for some time of Sir Thos.
Byam Martin at Flushing, and afterwards employed
on the Halifax station. He passed his examination
5 Feb. 1817 ; became attached, in March following,
to the Bulwark 76, bearing the flag of Sir Chas.
Rowley in the river Medway ; and, on 14 Jan. 1818,
removed to the Trent hired brig, Lieut.-Com-
• Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 697. f V. Gaz. 1812, p. 887.
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BACON— BAGEHOT.
maraier, now Sir John, Franklin. After interme-
diately accompanying the penlous voyage of dia-
coTery made to the neighbourhood of Spitzbergen
under Capt. David Buchan,* he was, early in 1819,
selected to attend the former officer in his expedi-
tion overland from Hudson's Bay to the Coppermine
Klver. To Capt. Franklin's ' Narrative of a Jour-
ney to the Shores of the Polar Sea ui51819-22 ' we
must refer our readers for the particulars of that
bold and hazardous undertaking — ^throughout every
detail of which, including his journey on foot, in
the depth of winter, from Fort Enterprise to Fort
Chipewyan and back, a distance of 1104 miles, Mr.
Back displayed in perfection all the qualities of a
traveller of the most sterling, the most heroic cast.
On 1 Jan. 1821, he was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, and on being subsequently appointed
to the Sdperb 78, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, visited
Gibraltar and Barbadoes. We next, in Feb. 1825,
find Lieut. Back, after attending a public dinner
given to him by his fellow-townsmen at Stockport,
again leaving England with Capt. Franklin, on an-
other expedition to the Arctic regions, for the pur-
pose of co-operating withCapts. Fred. Wm. Beechey
and Edw. Wm. Parry, in their simultaneous endea-
vours to ascertain, from opposite quarters, the exist-
ence of a north-west passage. Capt. Franklin's
' Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of
the Polar Sea in 1825-7 ' will also afford every in-
formation on the subject of this very interesting
mission. In its execution he extended lus researches
to lat._ 70° 24' N., long. 149° 37' W. Buring this
last sojourn in Ainerica Lieut. Back was promoted
to the rank of Commander, by commission dated
30 Dec. 1825 ; and when Capt. Franklin, on the re-
turn of the expedition, set out in advance, with five
of his party, from Great Bear Lake, he was left at
Fort Franklin in charge of the other officers and
men, the boats, and all the collections of natural
history, rough journals, notes, and astronomical,
magnetical, and atmospherical observations, with
orders to proceed, on the breaking up of the ice, to
York Factory, and thence to England, where he
arrived 10 Oct. 1827. From that period, unable to
procure employment, he remained on half-pay until
appointed, early in 1833, to conduct an expedition
fitted out for the purpose of seeking Sir John Koss,
who had, in the summer of 1829, gone in quest of
the long-sought north-west passage. A lull ac-
count of all the results of that harassing enterprise,
in the course of which he had the good fortune to
<i3Scover the sources of the river that now bears his
name, Capt. Back has ably delineated in his ' Nar-
rative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth
of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of
the Arctic Ocean, in 1833-5.* He returned to Eng-
land 18 Sept. 1835, and on the 30th of the same
month was advanced to the well-earned rank of
Post-CaptEiin. On 11 May, 1836, he was next ap-
pointed to the Tekkok bomb : and, on 23 June
following, he sailed from Papa Westra, one of the
Orkneys, in command of a new expedition to the
frigid zone. The details of his miraculous return
to Lough Swilly, where he arrived 3 Sept. 1837,
after reaching as far only as the northward of
Charles Island, in Hudson's Bay, have been pub-
lished by Capt. Back in his '■ Narrative of an Ex-
pedition in H.M.S. Terkob, undertaken with a View
to Geographical Discovery on the Arctic Shores, in
1836-7.' He has since been on half-pay.
Sir Geo. Back, who was presented, 27 Nov. 1837,
with the gold medal of the Koyal Geographical
Society for his important discoveries while in search
of Sir John Ross, and who received the honour of
knighthood 18 March, 1839, is at present, we be-
lieve, employed by the Treasury. He married, 13
Oct. 1846, Theodosia Elizabeth, relict of the late
Anthony Hammond, Esq., of Savile Row. Agent —
Wm. H. B. Barwis.
BACON. (Retiked Commander, 1844. f-p., 19
H-P., 35.)
Edmund Keb Cranstotjn Bacon entered the
Navy, 23 April, 1793, as MidsMpmaa, on board the
Raisonnable 64, Capt. Lord Cranstoun, in which
ship he served off the coasts of France and Spain,
the Canary and Western Islands, and on the Irish
station, until transferred, in Nov. 1794, with the
same Captain, to the Bellebophon 74, one of the
Hon. Wm. Cornwallis' squadron in his subsequent
pursuit of the force under M. Vence into Belleisle
of the 7th, and in his memorable retreat of the 16
and 17 June, 1795. In Sept. 1796, he joined the
DoKE 98, Capt. John Hollo way, and, after serving
for some time also in the RotadSoveeeignIOO, flag-
ship in the Channel of Sir Alan Gardner, was pro-
moted to a Lieutenancy, 25 Aug. 1799, in the Ret-
NABD 20, Capt. Peter Spicer, Under whom he conti-
nued to. serve in the Channel until Sept. 1801. His
subsequent appointments appear to have been — 28
April, 1804, to the Chaiuces armed ship, Capt. Da-
vis, in the North Sea— 7 Oct. 1805, to the Saturn 74,
Capt. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, cruising off Cadiz
and I'Orient— 20 April, 1809, to the Rotal Oak 74,
commanded by the same nobleman, whom he accom-
panied in the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren
— 17 Oct. 1810, to the Ateica 64, flag-ship at Hali-
fax of Rear-Admiral Herbert Sawyer— 21 Dec. 1811,
to be Agent for Prisoners of War at Bermuda— and,
11 Nov. 1813, and 1 Feb. 1814, to the successive
command of the Ardent and Romulus, on the same
station. He was placed on half-pay in Nov. 1814;
accepted, 26 Nov. 1830, the rank of Retired Com-
mander under the Order in Council of that year j
and, on 22 Jan. 1844, was promoted to the fist of
1816. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
BACON. (Lieut., 1841. r-p., 18 ; h-p., 1.)
Henry Bacon entered the Navy, 22 June, 1828,
as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Challenger 28, Capt.
Adolphus Fitzclarence, whom he followed into tiie
Pallas 42. After visiting India and Halliax, in
the execution of particular services, he became Mid-
shipman, in March, 1831, of the Act^son 26, Capt.
Hon. Fred. Grey, stationed in the Mediterranean,
where he subsequently served in the Sctlla 18,
Capt. Hon. Fred. Grey, Volage 28, Capt. Geo.
Bohun Martin, Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Renton
Sharpe, and Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard.
Having passed his examination in Oct. 1834, and
been employed in the last-mentioned ship during
the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, Mr.
Bacon at length obtained a commission, dated 23
Nov. 1841. His appointments have since been— 30
Nov. 1841, and 18 May and 16 June, 1842, to the
Calcutta 84, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, Queen 110,
flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Vernon
50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, all on the Mediterranean
station — and, 13 Nov. 1844, to the D^dalus 20,
Capt. Peter M'Quhae, now employed on the East
India station. Agents — Case and Loudonsack.
• See • A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole
performed in H.'M. Ships Dorothea atid Trent, undrr the
command of Capt. D.ivid Ituchan, 1818.' IJy Capt. 1''. W.
Beechey, R.N. 8vo. Lond. 1843.
BAGEHOT. (LiEOT., 1808. f-p., 36 ; h-f., 10.)
Charles Bagehot was born 15 Dec. 1786.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1801, as
Midshipman, on board the Impetueux 74, Capt. Sir
Edw. Pellew, in which ship, and the Tonnant 80,
commanded by the same Captain, he served off
Rochefort and Ferrol until May, 1804. He then
joined the Culloden 74, on board which ship Sir
Edward had hoisted his flag as Commander-in-Chief
in the East Indies ; attained the rating of Master's
Mate 21 Sept. 1806; passed his examination in Deo.
1807 ; and, on 31 Jan. 1808, was confirmed a Lieute-
nant in the Fox 32, Capt. Archibald Cochrane. He
returned to England in Feb. 1809 ; and was subse-
quently appointed— 23 March, 1810, to the Crane
18, Capt. Stuart, with whom he visited the West
Indies— and, 9 March, 1810, to the Armada 74,
Capts. Adam Mackenzie audChas. Grant, employed
off the Texel and in the Mediterranean. Since 11
Oct. 1823, Lieut. Bagehot (who had been eight years
BAGOT-BAGUE— BAIKIE-BAILEY.
33
on half-pay) has filled the office of Inspeoting-Com-
mander in the Coast Guard.
He married, in May, 1825, Miss Amelia Bowden,.
of Plymouth, and by that lady has issue a son and
daughter.
BAGOT. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Christopher Bagot died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 16 Deo. 1816-, and
was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 28 June, 1824, in
the Sdpekb 78, Capt. Sir Thoa. Staines, on the "West
India station, where, with a few intervals, he conti-
nued to serve — in the EswteLE 18, Capts. Rich.
Augustus Yates and 'Williams Sandom, Fairy 10,
Capt. Fras. Blair, Icarus 10, Capt. Dawson Mayne,
Spaerowhawk 18; Capts. D. Mayne and Henry
Griffith Colpoys, and, as Lieut.-Commander, in the
Fickle schooner — until 1834. He was not after-
wards employed. Agents— Case and Loudonsack.
BAGOT. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 15; h-p., 9.)
Henry Bagot, bom 12 July, 1810, is second son
of the Bight Kev. and Hon. Kioh. Bagot, D.D.,
Lord Bishop of Oxford, by Harriet, youngest daugh-
ter of the fourth Earl of Jersey ; brother of Capt.
Edw. Bagot, an officer in the Army, and of Lady
Harriet Thynne ; nephew of Lord Bagot, and Sir
Chas. Bagot, G.C.B. ; and first cousin of the Coun-
tesses of Uxbridge and Winchelsea.
This officer entered the Navy 13 May, 1823, and
served part of his time as Midshipman on board the
Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, with
whom he was present at the battle of Navarin,
20 Oct. 1827. He passed his examination in 1829 ;
obtained his first commission 15 Feb. 1832; was
appointed, 14 April following, to the Excellent
gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings ;
served, from 24 June, 1833, until paid ofi' in 1837,
on board the Caledonia 120, flag-ship in the Me-
diterranean of Sir Josias Kowley ; and on 28 June,
1838, was promoted to the rank of Commander.
His next appointment was to the Wasp 16, in which
sloop he served, on the North America and West In-
dia station, from 14 July, 1843, until the summer of
1844. He attained his present rank, while officiating
as Commander of the Excellent, 10 Dec. 1845, and
has since been on half-pay.
For some time prior to March, 1843, Capt. Bagot
acted as Secretary to his uncle. Sir C. Bagot, at
that time Governor-General of Canada. Agents —
Case and Loudonsack.
BAGUE. (Eetibed Commander, 1837. f-p.,
20 ; H-p., 29.)
George Bague entered the Navy, 15 June, 1798,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Haerlem armee en
jlutR, Capt. Geo. Burlton, and afterwards assisted,
as Midshipman, in cutting out the Prima galley
from the Mole of Genoa, and in various operations
on the coast of Egypt. Between March, 1801, and
the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
8 March, 1805, he next served in the African and
Success, both likewise commanded by Capt. Burl-
ton, in the Mediterranean, Galatea and Aigle
frigates, Capt. Geo. Wolfe, on the Home station,
and, as Master's Mate, in the Ville de Paris 110,
flag-ship in the Channel of the Hon. Wm. Corn-
wallis. He then joined the Colossus 74, Capt. Jas.
Nicoll Morris, and subsequently to the blockade of
Cadiz was present and slightly wounded in the
battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. His appointments
were afterwards — 12 Nov. 1805, to the Bittern 18,
Capts. John Louis and Edw. Augustus Down, while
commanding the boats of which vessel during a
series of very active operations in the Mediterra-
nean, he was again wounded — 2 March, 1808, as First
Lieutenant, to the Delight 16, Capt. John Brett
Purvis, cruising between Malta and Gibraltar— 15
Dec. 1809, in the same capacity, to the Leonidas
38, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, under whom, after
contributing to the reduction of Santa Maura in
April, 1810, and commanding a division of gun-boats
at the defence of Soylla, he proceeded to the East
Indies — 1 March, l&ll, and 13 Nov. 1812, also as
Senior, to the Act.s:on brig, Capt. Bertie Cornelius
Cator, and Iphigenia 36, Capts. Hon. Fleetwood
Broughton Reynolds Pellew and Andrew King, on
the latter and Mediterranean stations — 24 Sept.
1813, to the Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Mou-
bray, off Toulon— 23 Jan. 1814, to the Boyhe 98,
Capt. Geo. Burlton, with whom he was present in a
severe and gallant action with the French 74-gun
ship R&mulus, under the batteries of Cape Brun
and Cape Sepet, 13 Feb. following, and, as Se-
nior Lieutenant, at the ensuing fall of Genoa —
14 Nov. 1814, again as First, to the Cornwallis 74,
bearing the flag of his friend Sir Geo, Burlton, in
the East Indies, whence he returned to England
and was paid off, 26 Nov. 1816r-and, lastly, 15 Jan.
1819, to the Active 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gor-
don, on the Halifax and Mediterranean stations.
Having been on half-pay since 1821, he at length
accepted the rank he now holds 13 July, 1837.
Commander Bague is a Magistrate for the co. of
Middlesex. He married, 2 Dec. 1821, Miss Yarrow.
Agents — Messrs. StilweU.
BAIKIE. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 33.)
John Baikib entered the Navy, 31 Oct. 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Lynx sloop, Capts. Alex.
Skene and John Willoughby Marshall, stationed in
the North Sea ; and, from Feb. 1803, until promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 Feb. 1807, officiated as
Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the Newfound-
land and Home stations, of the Lapwing 18, Bar-
FLEUR 98, and Camilla and Aimable frigates,
Capts. A. Skene, Fras. Wm. Fane, Geo. Martin, Sir
Robt. Barlow, Joseph Sydney Yorke, John Tower,
and Clotworthy Upton. His subsequent appoint-
ments were — 7 Feb. 1807, to the Majestic 74, bear-
ing the flag in the North Sea of Vice-Admiral
Thos. Macnamara Russell— 8 May, 1810, to the Dic-
tator 64, Capt. Robt. Williams, in which ship we
find him employed in the arduous duty of affording
protection to the different convoys passing through
the Great Belt, and, on 5th July, 1811, contributing
to the repulse of a Danish flotilla consisting of 17
gun-vessels and 10 heavy row-boats— and, 25 March,
1812, to the Gloucester 74, bearing the flag at first
of Bear-Admiral John Ferrier in the North Sea,
and afterwards engaged, under Capt. Williams, in
escorting a fleet to the Leeward Islands, the 90th
regiment to Quebec, and the trade from Barbadoes.
Lieut. Baikie, who was paid off in Oct. 1814, has not
since been employed.
BAILEY. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
John Crawshay Bailey, bom 22 May, 1818, is
third son of Joseph Bailey, Esq., of Glanusk Park,
CO. Brecon (Representative of Worcester in the
three last parliaments, and Deputy-Lieutenant for
the CO. of Monmouth, a gentleman of consider-
able landed property and well known for his exten-
sive iron-works at Nant-y-Glo), by his first wife,
Maria, fourth daughter of Joseph Latham, Esq. ; a
younger brother of Joseph Bailey, Esq., of Easton
Park, CO. Hereford, M.P. for that shire ; and grand-
nephew of the late Rich. Crawshay, Esq., of Cy-
fartha Iron-works, Glamorganshire.
This officer entered the Navy in 1834; passed
his examination 14 Dec. 1840 ; and, after an inter-
mediate attachment, as Mate, to the Seringapatam
46, Capt. John Leith, in North America and the
West Indies, and Agincourt 72, bearing the fiag
in the East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane,
was promoted to his present rank, 27 Aug. 1844.
He continued to serve in the Agincoukt until 1
April, 1845, and since that period has been em-
ployed in the Wolverene 16, Capt. Wm. John
Cavendish Clifford, also on the East India station.
BAILEY. (Eetieed Commander, 1845. r-r.
46 ; H-P., 9.)
John William Bailey was born 3 January,
1781. •"
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BAILEY-BAILLIE.
Thia officer entered. the Navy, in 1792, on board
the RoTAi, Geokge 100, lying at Fabnouth; and
afterwards, until the receipt of his first commission,
23 Aug. 1800, served in the Kbsistanoe 44, Capt.
Edw. Pakenham, Weazle 14, Capt. Hon. John
Murray, Hoknet 18, Capt. Christmas Paul, Pega-
sus 28, Capts. Geo. Countess and Koss Donnelly,
Thames 32, Capt. "Wm. Lukin, Caltpso 18, Capts.
Rich. Worsley and Wm. Collis, and Royal Sove-
reign 100, flag-ship of Sir Alan Gardner, all on the
Home station. While attached to the Weazle in
1794 we iind him participating in a very spirited
action off Havre de Grace with a French ship from
St. Domingo, mounting 18 twelve-pounders, a cutter,
and lugger ; the two latter of which were silenced,
and the former driven on shore with the loss of her
foremast and bowsprit — the Weazle's force on the
occasion consisting only of 12 long fours and 2 twelve-
pounder carronades. In Sept. 1800, Lieut. Bailey
joined the Wright armedship, Capt. Thos. Campbell,
on the North Sea station, where he was next appointed
29 May, 1802, to the Jaloose 18, Capt. Christ.
Strachey. On 14 June, 1803, the latter vessel, in
company with L'Immortalitb 36 and Crdiser 18,
effected the capture, after an hour's engagement
with the batteries on the east side of Cape Gris-
nez, of two French gun-vessels, forming part of the
French invasion flotilla — others of which she also
assisted in destroying. Lieut. Bailey continued to
serve in the Jalouse, latterly on the Mediterranean
station, until appointed, 5 Aug. 1806, to the Atlas
74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis, off
Cadiz, at the blockade of which port she appears to
have been employed for the unprecedented period
of 19 months and 12 days without once letting
go an anchor. In 1808, in consequence of a severe
injury received in the execution of his duty, he was
compelled to invalid and return home, thereby
losing a very fair chance of the promotion to which,
as First Lieutenant of the Atlas, he had already in
part become entitled. On 22 Sept. in the same
year, however, although not perfectly recovered, he
entered the Transport service, in which he conti-
nued, for the long space of 30 years, in the active
and zealous discharge of duties of high import-
ance. In 1809 he was conspicuously employed, after
the battle of Corunna, in embarking the troops —
500 of whom he conveyed to England. He acquired
also the sterling approbation of Lieut.-Gen. Lord
Wm. Bentinek for his conduct as officer in charge
of the Transport department during the opeiitions
against Genoa, Leghorn, and Marseilles ; and when
at Genoa, in 1814, was selected to convey the Impe-
rial Guard, the suite, and effects of Napoleon Buo-
naparte from Savona to Elba, and afterwards
to escort thither from Genoa the Comtesse Ber-
trand. For the services last mentioned he received
the personal acknowledgments of the Emperor, with
an elegant ring set in brilliants, as a memento of
his high esteem. He had been previously pre-
sented, for his services in Sicily and at Marseilles,
with the Order of St. Ferdinand and Merit from
the King of Naples, and the decoration of the
"Lys" from Louis XVIH. After filling at various
periods the duties of Resident-Agent at Malta,
Gowes, and Portsmouth, Mr. Bailey was at length,
15 March, 1831, permanently appointed to Dept-
ford, where he remained until compelled to retire at
the close of 183S, from the effects of severe bodily
injuries received in the public service. He was
placed, 3 June, 1840, on the Retired Commander's
list of 1830, and on 27 Feb. 1845, was promoted
to the list of 1816. Commander Bailey, from
1800 until the death of King WilUam IV., was ho-
noured with the pateonage and correspondence of
that monarch, and to his Majesty's commands owed
his long tenure of office.
He is married, and ha«, vrith other issue, a son,
Lucius Curtis, Master, R.N. (1838), now surveying
(he Irish Channel, in the Firefly steam-vesseL
Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey. Agents— Messrs. Stil-
well.
BAILEY. (LIE0T., 1814. r-p., 8; H-P., 33.)
William Bailet (a) was bom, towards the close
of the last century, at Berkeley, co. Gloucester.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Jan. 1806, as
Est -cl. Vol., on board the Lion 64, in which ship
he continued to serve for upwards of seven years,
the greater part of the time as Midshipman and
Master's Mate, under the successive command of
Capts. Robt. RoUes and Henry Heathcote, and of
Rear-Admirals Hon. Kobt. Stopford and Chas.
Tyler. During that period he escorted various con-
voys to and from the East Indies and China ; was
frequently employed, during several months of dis-
pute with the natives of the latter country, in land-
ing and re-embarking troops, and was twice engaged
in boat actions with a very superior force of pirati-
cal armed vessels; accompanied from England to
Persia, in 1810, their Excellencies Sir Gore Ouseley
and Mirza Abul Hassan, the Persian Ambassador ;
and, while co-operating in the reduction of Java,
served with a division of boats under Capt. Robt.
Maunsell, at the capture of a large sloop-rigged
gun-boat, mounting 4 heavy guns and 2 brass swi-
vels, a Malay-rigged gun-boat, carrying 1 twelve-
pounder carronade, and a despatch-boat, near Sama-
rang, on the night of 10 Sept. IBU. _ In April, 1814,
having invalided home from the Eastlndies on board
the Racehorse 18, Capt. Jas. De Rippe, Mr. Bailey
joined the Royal Sovereign yacht, Capts. John
Poo Beresford and Sir Edw. Berry ; and while in
that vessel, after escorting Louis XVIII. to Calais,
and the Allied Sovereigns to Dover, was in attend-
ance on the latter during the grand naval review
at Spithead. Since the receipt of his commission,
which bears date 27 June, 1814, Lieut. Bailey has
not been able to procure employment.
BAILEY. (Liedtenant, 1841.)
William Bailey (6) entered the Navy 5 Jan.
1828 ; passed his examination 29 Nov. 1334 ; and
for some time previously to his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, served as Mate
on board the Comet steam-vessel, Lieut. -Com-
manders Geo. Thos. Gordon and Fred. Chevalier
Syer, on the Home station. His appointments have
since been — 4 Dec. 1841, to the Minden 74, Capt.
Mich. Quin, fitting at Plymouth— 6 Jan. 1842, to the
Vixen, steam-sloop, Capts. Henry Boyes and Geo.
Giffard, on the East India station — and, 16 May,
1846, to the Coast Guard, in which service he is
still occupied. Agent — Frederick Dufaur.
BAILLIE. (Captain, 1845.)
Thomas Saillie, bom 30 May, 1811, is sixth and
youngest son of the late Geo. Baillie, Esq., of Jervis-
wood and Mellerstain (great-grandson of Thomas,
sixth Earl of Haddington), by Mary, youngest
daughter of Sir Jas. Pringle, Bart. ; brother of Capt.
Robt. Baillie, of the 72nd Highlanders ; brother-in-
law of the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl of Ash-
burnham. Viscount Haddo, and Lord Polwarth;
and first cousin of Capt. W. A. B. Hamilton, R.N.,
Second Secretary of the Admiralty.
This officer entered the Navy 5 Slay, 1827, and
on 20 Oct. following was present, in theDARTMODTH
42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes, at the battle of Navarin.
His appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant,
which rank he attained 18 Oct. 1837, appear to
have been, after serving for some time as Addi-
tional of the Dublin 50, and President 52, flag-
ships in South America of Admirals Sir Graham
Eden Hamond and Chas. Bayne Hodgson Koss
—12 July, 1838, to the Fly 18, Capt. GranviUe
Gower Loch, on the same station— and, 31 Oct.
1840, and 20 Aug. 1841, to the 50-gun ships Vernon
widWARSPiTE, Capts. Wm. Walpole and Lord John
Hay, on the Home station. He was promoted to
the command of the Rose 18, on the South Ame-
rica station, 21 Dec. 1841; and, from 5 June, 1843,
until the year 1846, was afterwards employed in
command of the Modeste 18, in the Pacific. Capt.
, ,o^T®^''*'°" *° *« >■»>* he now holds took
place 13 Nov. 1845.
BAIN— BAINBRIDGE— BAIRD.
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BAIN. (Rear- Admiral, 1 846. f-p.,21; h-p., 33.)
Henderson Bain entered the Navy, 4 Sept. 1793,
as A.B., on board the Triton 32, Capt. Geo. Mur-
ray, on the Home station, where, during nearly the
whole of the war, he continued to serve, in La
Nymphe 36, Capt. Geo. Losack, Atlas 98, Capts.
Edm. Dod, Matthew Squire, and Theophilus Jones,
RovAL George 100, bearing the flag of Lord Brid-
port, and Excellent 74, Capts. Hon. Robt. Stop-
ford and John Nash. While in the latter ship, of
which he was confirmed a Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1800,
Mr. Bain, in the course of the same year, suc-
ceeded, with the boats under his orders, in cutting
out three large brigs near Abervrach, on the coast
of France.* From the summer of 1802, when he
returned from a visit to the West Indies, until Dec.
1808, we next find him serving, chiefly with Capt.
(latterly Eear-Admiral) Stopford, in the Spencer
74, and participating during that period, as Second
Lieutenant, in the action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb.
1806, and, as Senior, in the bombardment of Copen-
hagen, in Sept. 1807. In Aug. 1809, after an inter-
val of half-pay, he rejoined Admiral Stopford in the
ScipiON 74 ; and, on ultimately proceeding to the
Cape of Good Hope, was there promoted to the
command, 29 March, 1811, of the Harpy sloop, part
of the force employed at the ensuing reduction of
Java. He ultimately became Acting-Captain, 26
Jan. 1812, of the Lion 64, bearing the flag of his
friend Admiral Stopford, but was not confirmed
until 6 April, 1813, a few weeks previously to which
period he had rejoined the HARpr. In the follow-
ing Aug. he was again appointed to the Lion, flag-
ship at the time of Rear- Admiral Chas. Tyler, in
which he came home, and was paid off 24 May, 1814.
He has not since been employed. He was invested
with his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
Rear-Admiral Bain married, 3 April, 1821, Sarah,
eldest daughter of the Rev. Wm. Haggitt, Chap-
lain of Chelsea Hospital.
BAINBRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Henry Bainbridge is second son of the late
Geo. Cole Bainbridge, Esq., of Gattonside House,
Roxburghshire.
This ofiicer passed his examination 26 Sept. 1836 ;
served for some time as Mate in the Howe 120, and
Caledonia 120, flag-ships in the Mediterranean and
at Devonport of Sir Fras. Mason and Sir David
Milne ; and, on 21 Feb. 1845, was promoted into the
RoLLA 10, Capt. John Simpson, with whom he is now
serving on the coast of Africa, as First Lieutenant.
He married, 5 March, 1845, Mary Agnes, daugh-
ter of Lieut.-Col. Harvey, K.H., Inspecting Field
Officer of the Leeds District.
BAINBRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Joseph Andrew Bainbridge died of yellow
fever at Port Royal, Jamaica, in the early part,
we believe, of 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Jan. 1812 ;
passed his examination in 1819 ; and obtained his
commission, 20 Nov. 1826. He was afterwards ap-
pointed—30 April, 1834, to the President 52, flag-
ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn — 15 May, 1835, to the
ScYLLA 16, Capt. Edw. Geo. Carpenter — 18 May,
1836, to the Talavera 74, Capts. Thos. Ball Suli-
van and Wm. Bowen Mends — 22 June, 1837, to the
Donegal 78, Capts. Fras. Brace and John Drake —
18 Oct. 1838, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington
Reynolds— and, 14 May, 1842, as First Lieutenant,
to the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard — on the
North America and West India, Lisbon, and Medi-
terranean stations. From 28 Jan. 1843, until the
period of his death, he commanded the Pickle
schooner, in the West Indies. Agents — Messrs.
Stilwell.
Chas. Sibthorp John Hawbayne, he continued to
serve until Jan. 1812, during which period he was
present, as Midshipman, in the boats of the Quebec,
with those of the Diana, Lmperieuse, and Jason, in
an unsuccessful attack on the enemy's flotilla in the
river Scheldt in 1809, and witnessed the subsequent
capture of a large number of privateers and other
armed vessels. He was next employed for three
years, latterly as Master's Mate, in the Piqde 36,
Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, mostly on the West
India station, where, for a short period, from Feb.
to April, 1815, he served on board the Venerable
74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Durham.
He obtained his first commission on 19 Sept. in the
latter year, but did not succeed in procuring an
appointment until 6 April, 1818, when he joined the
Sappho 18, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, and pro-
ceeded to St. Helena, from which station he inva-
lided in April, 1820. On 8 Dec. in the following
year, he joined the Fly 18, Capts. Geo. Tyler, Edw.
Curzon, and Wm. Fanshawe Martin ; and, on his
eventual return from a visit to South America, be-
came attached, in Oct. 1824, to the Boadicea 46.
In that frigate Mr. Baird immediately sailed for
the East Indies with the broad pendant of Sir Jas.
Brisbane, by whom, on 2 Dec. 1825, he was pro-
moted to the command of the Arachne sloop, sta-
tioned at Rangoon during the latter part of the
Burmese war — an appointment which the Admiralty
confirmed by commission, dated 20 May, 1826.
The subject of this memoir, who left the Arachne
towards the close of the same year, was subse-
quently, from 4 Oct. 1837, until the close of 1342,
employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast
Guard. He has since been on half-pay. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
BAIRD. (Commander, 1826.)
Andrew Baird entered the Navy, 7 April, 1807
or 1808, as A.B., on board the Quebec 32, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Poulett, under whose successor, Capt.
• Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 1227.
BAIRD. (Lieut., 1815. e-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
Daniel Baird entered the Navy, 28 July, 1803,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Loire 46, Capt. Fred.
Lewis Maitland, and attained the rating of Midship-
man 23 Feb. 1804. On 16 March and 17 Aug. in the
same year, he assisted at the capture of the French
privateers Braave, of 1 6 guns and 1 10 men, and (after
a chase of 20 hours) Blonde, of 30 guns and 240 men ;
was underfireof the batteries in Muros Bay when they
were gallantly stormed and carried, and the privateere
Confiance and Betier taken by the boats under Lieut,
the late Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, 4 June, 1805 ; aided, on 25
of the same month, in capturing another privateer,
Le Vaillant, of force similar to the Blonde; on 24
Dec? following was in company with L'Egyptienne
at the capture, after an obstinate resistance, of
La Libre, of 40 guns and 280 men ; and, in July,
1806, conveyed to Sir Rich. Keats, off L'Orient, in-
telligence which led to the capture of Le Rhin, of
44 guns. He returned home, and was paid off in
Oct. 1806 ; and, after an intermediate attachment to
the Magnificent 74, Volontaibe 38, and Royal
William 98, was, in Dec. following, appointed, with
Capt. Maitland, to the Emerald 36. In April,
1807, we find him contributing to the capture,
among other vessels, of the Austerlitz privateer,
of 14 guns and 96 men, and during the remainder
of the year employed with the force under Sir
Rich. John Strachan at the blockade of Rochefort.
On the night of 13 March, 1808, Mr. Baird partici-
pated, under Lieut. Chas. Bertram, in a very des-
perate effort to bring out from Vivero harbour, on
the coast of Spain, a large French schooner, L' Apro-
pos, of 8 guns and 70 men, of which, while the mo/-
jority of the boats were engaged with two heavy
forts, he was deputed to take possession. The
attack however proving impracticable, in conse-
quence of the vessel having gone on shore at high
water, she was eventually fired and blown up ; pre-
viously to which, Mr. Baird, who had been rejoined
by Lieut. Bertram, had taken part in a sharp affray
with the enemy, and had been for several hours
exposed to a galling fire from the musketry of a
body of troops not 30 yards distant.* He after-
wards, in April, 1809, witnessed, as Master's Mate,
Lord Gambler's destruction of the shipping in
* rWeGaz. 1808, p. 416.
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BAKE-BAKER.
Basque Roads ; left the Emerald in 18K) ; then
joined in succession, for short periods, as a Super-
numerary, the PoMPEE 80, Neptone 98, and Sta-
TIKA 33, aU flag-ships of Sir Alex. Inglis Cochrane,
in the "West Indies; became attached, .in the course of
the same year, to the Conqhestadok 74, Capt. Lord
Wm. Stuart, in the Channel; and, on 27 Deo. 1811,
was taken prisoner in a brave but inauspicious
attack on a French flotilla near Isle d'Aix. He re-
turned from captivity 20 April, 1814 ; served, from
May following until 28 May, 1815, as a Supernume-
rary Master's Mate, in the Royal William, Capt.
Robt. Hall, at Spithead, and Noege 74, Capt. Chas.
Dashwood, in the West Indies ; was then promoted
by commission, ante-dated to 3 Feb. 1815, mto the
Emulous 16, Capts. Thos. Wren Carter and Caleb
Jackson ; came home and was placed on half-pay,
27 June, 1816; andhas not since been afloat. Agents
— Messrs. Chard.
BAKE. (LiEUTENiNT, 1815. F-T., 10;h-p., 32.)
John Walland Bake entered the Navy, 8
April, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Avon 18,
Capt. Fras. Jackson Snell, employed ofi' Lisbon and
Cadiz ; became Midshipman, in Dec. 1806, of the
Glatton 50, Capts. Thos. Seoombe, John Clavell,
Henry Hope, and Geo. Miller Bligh, on the Medi-
terranean station; removed in Aug. 1809, to the
Cretan brig, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne, in the
North Sea, where he witnessed the capture, 28 Oct.
1810, of the privateer Neptune, of 5 guns and 24 men ;
and afterwards served, from June, 1812, until May,
1815, in the Teazer gun-brig and Racer schooner,
both commanded by Lieut. John Julian, in the
Channel and ofi' the north coa^t of Spain, Salva-
dor DEL MuNDO first-rate, bearing the fiag at Ply-
mouth of Vice-Admiral Wm. Domett, and Qdeen
74, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Chas. Vinicombe
Penrose, in the Mediterranean. Mr. Bake, whose
commission bears date 4 Feb. 1815, left the Queen
in the following May, and has not since been em-
ployed.
BAKEE. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Charles Henkv Baker is brother of Lieut. Gus-
tavus Spicker Baker, R.N.
This ofiicer passed his examination in 1817 ; and
obtained his commission 9 Nov. 1827. He was
subsequently appointed,— 26 July, 1828,asFirstLieu-
tenant, to the Meteor bomb, Capt. David Hope,
employed for some time in blockading the port of
Tangier— 4 Feb. 1830, as a Supernumerary-Lieute-
nant to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Jas. Hope John-
stone, in the Mediterranean — in May following, to
the Samarang 28, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin,
on the same station— 20 Feb. 1833, to the Coast
Guard— 13 June, 1839, and 6 Oct. 1840, to the suc-
cessive command of the Fox and Stork Revenue-
cruizers— 9 Aug. 1842, to the Coast Guard again —
28 Jan. 1843, to the H ARPY,a,nother Revenue-vessel —
and, 29 Jan. 1846, to the Vulcan steamer, also in
the service of the Revenue, which he still commands.
BAKER. (Commander, 1846. p-p., 13; h-p., 8.)
Charles Hougham Baker is son of the late
Rev. Chas. Baker, Vicar of Tilmerstone, co. Kent ;
nephew of the late Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir
Thos. Baker, K.C.B. {whrnn see) ; and brother-in-
law of Commander John Goodrich Dick, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Dec. 1826, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gloucester 74, Capt.
Joshua Sydney Horton, on the Home station;
removed the year following, as Midshipman, to the
Ocean 80, Commodore Patrick Campbell, employed
after the battle of Navarin in blockading that port ;
next joined in succession, the Glasgow 50, Capt.
Jas. Ashley Maude, on the same station, and the
Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clements, fitting for the
West Indies ; and from 1829 until 1833, in March
of which year he passed his examination, was borne
on the books of the Warspite 76, flag-ship of his
uncle. Sir T. Baker, Commander-in-Chief in South
America. For two years of the latter period, how-
ment of {he Colombians. Pxior to rejoimng the
Warspite Mr. Baker was also for some tme em-
Dlol'ed in the Adelaide schooner, at Cape Fno,
fe the purpose of recovering the treasure.lost m
H MS Thetis. He was promoted to the rank of
&e^;nant'^29 March, 1833; served from 30 May
1834, until paid oflF hi June, 1838, on board the
Thalia 46 Capt. Robt. Wauohope, .stotaoned on
the coast of Africa, where he assisted at the cap-
ture of three slavers ; and on 10 Apnl, 1839, was
appointed to the Druid 44, Capts. Lord Henry
J^n Spencer ChurchiU and Henry Snuth. While
participating, under the latter oflaoer, in the subse-
quent operations of the Chinese campaign, he served
in the boats at the capture of the barrier-fortifica-
tions at Macao, 19 Aug. 1840; also at the reduction
of Tycocktow and capture of the Bqgue forts, 7
Jan. and 26 Feb. 1841 ; and on many occasions was
actively engaged in watching .fire-rafts and other-
wise. Lieut. Baker invalided home in the spring
of 1841, in consequence of ill-health, produced by
the eflTects of the climate, on board the Melville
72, Capt. Rich. Saunders Dundas; and was ad-
vanced to the Tank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846.
Agents- Goode and Lawrence.
BAKEB. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 16 ; -h-p., 23.)
George Baker, born 3 May, 1795, in London, is
third son of the late Sir Robt. Baker, of Montague
Place, Kussell Square, formerly Chief Magistrate of
Bow Street, and Treasurer of the County of Mid-
dlesex, bj Harriet, fourth daughter of Anthony
Aufrere, Esq., of Hoveton Hal^ co. Norfolk, and
niece, maternally, of John Norris, Esq., of Wilton
Place, in the same county, founder of the Norrisian
Professorship at Cambridge. Commander Baker,
who has two brothers in the Hon. E. I. C.'s army,
is cousin of Hon. Capt. Wodehouse, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amazon 38, Capt.
Wm. Parker, with whom, until Feb. 1812, he was
actively employed, the last two years as Midship-
man, in blockading the French ports in the Bay of
Biscay, and in co-operating with the patriots on the
north coast of Spain. He was then transferred to
the Northumberland 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Ho-
tham, and, on 22 of the following May, assisted at
the destruction, after a gallant engagement of some
hours, in which the British sustained a loss of 5 men
killed and 28 wounded, of the two French 44-gun
frigates Arienne and Andrcmmqusj and 18-gun brig
Mameluke, under a galling fire from the batteries at
the entrance of L'Orient. From Jan. 1813, until
the receipt of his first commission, which bears
date 7 March, 1815, Mr. Baker further served,
chiefly as Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, on
board the Pembroke 74, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, Ville
de Paris 110, flag-ship of Sir Harry Neale, Sal-
vador DEL MuNDo first-rate, Capt. Jas. Nash,
Vengeor 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, Su-
perb 74, bearing the flag of Hon. H. Hotham,
Pactolus 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, Su-
perb again, and CvRus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother
Carroll. He served during that period on the
Home and North America stations, and was pre-
sent in the Superb off the coast of France on the
occasion of Buonaparte's surrender after the battle
of Waterloo, to whom, in common with the other
of&cers of the ship, when visited by the Emperor,
he had the honour of being introduced. His next
appointments were — 20 Nov. 1818, to the Daunt-
less 20, Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner — and, 11
May, 1320, as First Lieutenant, to the Leander 50,
fiag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, both on
the East India station, whence he returned to Eng-
land in July, 1822. He subsequently held a com-
mand in the Coast Guard from 6 July, 1836, to
5 July, 1839 ; and on 18 Dec. 1841, was appointed
to the Lily 16, in which sloop he sailed for the
Cape station, and had the good fortune, in March,
BAKER.
37
1843, while cruizing in the Mozambique Channel,
to effect the destruction of a celebrated armed
slaver, and the capture of two others. Since 2 Jan.
1844, the date of his being paid off, Capt. Baker
has been on halt-pay. His promotion to his present
rank took place 9 Mov. 1846.
He married, 17 Jan. 1827, Elizabeth Octayia, fourth
daughter of the late Wm. Harding, Esq., of Baraset
House, CO. Warwick, and has issue two sons and four
daughters. Agests— Messrs. Halford and Co.
BAKER. (Lieutenant, 1844. f-p., 17; h-p., 1.)
George Baker entered the Navy 7 March,
1829 ; passed his examination 31 March, 1837 ; served
as Mate, from 1838 until 1843, of the Partridge
10, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Morris and John Thos.'
Nott, in South America ; then joined the Alfred
50, Commodore John Brett Purvis, on the same
station; and obtained his commission 15 March,
1844. He was reappointed to the Alfred 8 May
following ; and since 16 March, 1846, has been at-
tached to the Bodnet 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, part
of the Channel squadron.
BAKEK. (Lieutenant, 1824. r-p., 32 ; h-p., 5.)
GusTAvus Spicker Baker, born 25 July, 1796, is
brother of Lieut. Chas. Henry Baker, B.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1810,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Unicorn 32, Capt.
Alex. Bobt. Kerr, and assisted in blockading the
French ports in the Bay of Biscay. During the
whole of the American war he was, very actively
employed with the same officer, as Midshipman, in
the Aoasta 40. Until Sept. 1823, he afterwards
served on the Home, East India, South America,
Mediterranean, and West India stations, on board
the Namcr 74, Towey 24, Grasshopper 18, Ven-
gedr and Genoa 74's, Eden 28, and Gloucester
74j Capts. Geo. M'Kinley, Houston Stewart, Wm.
Hill, David Buchan, Fred. Lewis Maitland, Sir
Thos. Livingstone, John Lawrence, and Jas. Lilli-
crap. He then (having passed his examination in
Sept. 1816) became Acting-Lieutenant of the Tyne
28, Capt. John Walter Eoberts ; and on being offi-
cially promoted, 12 Jan. 1824, was placed on half-
pay. He subsequently held the temporary com-
mand of a Falmouth packet; and from 21 May,
1829, until 1831, was employed in the Coast Block-
ade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Kamillies
and Talavera 74's, Capts. Hugh Pigot and David
Colby. Since 31 March in the latter year he has
served uninterruptedly in the Coast Guard. We
should not omit to mention that, in March, 1830,
while in discharge of his duty, Lieut. Baker en-
countered a band of smugglers, and, in a desperate
conflict which ensued, received several very severe
wounds on the head and in different parts of the
body ; and that his conduct on the occasion was re-
ported in the most flattering terms to the Admi-
ralty. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
BAKER. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.)
Henry Baker entered the Navy, 31 July, 1803,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Virginie 38, Capt.
John Poo Beresford, stationed in the North
Sea, where he removed, 11 Aug. 1804, as Midship-
man, to the Cleopatra, of 38 guns and 200 men,
Capt. Sir Eobt. Laurie. On 17 Feb. 1805, the latter
ship was captured, after a brilliant and self-sought
action of nearly three hours, and a loss of 20 killed
and 38 wounded, by La Ville de Milan, of 46
guns and 350 men, 10 of whom appear to have been
slain. The French ship, however, was herself taken
with her prize on the 23rd of the same month, by
the Leander 50, Capt. John Talbot; and being
added to the British Navy as the 38-gun frigate
Milan, was commissioned by Sir Robt. Laurie,
under whose orders Mr. Baker continued to serve,
as Master's Mate and Lieutenant — his commission
bearing date 31 Oct. 1809— until Aug. 1810. From 2
Nov. following until advanced to his present rank,
15 June, 1814, he was next employed, latterly as
Senior Lieutenant, in the Ethalion 42, Capts.
Edm. Heywood and Wm. Hugh Dobbie, on the
Baltic and Cork stations. Since the latter date he
has not been afloat.
Commander Baker married, 4 June, 1830, Hen-
rietta Margaret, relict of the late Lieut.-Col. Digby,
of Bath.
BAKER, Bart., C.B. (ffavtain, 1815. f-p.,
17; H-p., 33.)
Sir Henry Loraine Baker, bom 3 Jan. 1787, is
eldest surviving son of the late Sir Robt. Baker,
Bart., by Dinah, daughter and sole heir of Wm.
Hayley, Esq., alderman, and Representative in par-
liament of the City of Loudon ; and brother of
Capt. Onslow Baker, of the Hon. E. I. C.'s artil-
lery. He succeeded his father as second baronet
4 Feb. 1826.
This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1797, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Unite 38, Capt. Chas.
Rowley, in which ship, the Crotzer 18, Capts.
Chas. Wollaston and Jas. Brisbane, and, as Mid-
shipman, in the Boadicea 38, commanded also by
Capt.' Rowley, he continued to serve on the Home
station until the peace. In July, 1802, he joined
the Centaur 74, Capt. Bendall Robt. Littlehales,
and after assisting under Sir Sam. Hood at the
reduction of Ste. Lucie, in June, 1803, retume,d
home with the former officer on board the Morne
Fortunee hired brig, in charge of the despatches.
He then became attached to the Northumberland
74, Capt. Hon. Alex. IngUs Cochrane ; but, return-
ing soon to the West Indies, served, in the The-
seus 74, Capt. John Bligh, at the blockade of Cape
Fran9ois ; the reduction of Port Dauphin, where
two forts and a 28-gun ship. La Sagesse, were
taken from the enemy ; and the surrender of the
French squadron with the remains of General Ro-
chambeau's army from Cape Fran9ois on board.
On 16 July, 1804, Mr. Baker removed with Capt.
Bligh, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Sueveillante
38, from which frigate he was transferred, in March,
1805, to the Reynard, of 18 guns and 121 men, Capt.
Jeremiah Coghlan, for his meritorious conduct un-
der whom, at the annihilation, on the 20th of the
same month, after a warm conflict of 35 minutes, of
Le General ^Jniouf French privateer, of 20 guns and
160 men, he was confirmed by commission, dated
back to 18 Oct. 1804. His next appointments were,
between Dec. 1805, and the latter part of 1807, to
the Fortunee 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart, Media-
tor 32, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, and Veteran
64, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres ;
during which period, while First Lieutenant of the
Mediator, he took part in the capture of several
privateers, and, in company with Capt. Wise,
Lieuts. John Norton and Shaw, and a party of sea-
men, gallantly stormed and carried, after a can-
nonade of four hours, the fort of Samana, St. Do-
mingo, 14 Feb. 1807. On his return home from
the West Indies in 1807, Lieut. Baker joined the
Castor 32, Capt. Wm. Roberts, and, next, the
Eagle 74, and Leda 38, Capts. Chas. Rowley and
Geo. Sayer. In Aug. 1809, he took charge of a
gun-boat, and was particularly mentioned by Sir
Geo. Cockburn for his exertions at the bombard-
ment of Flushing ;* and on 15 Aug. 1810, he as-
sumed command of the Anholt schooner, of lOguns.
His distinguished skill and gallantry, as second in
command under Capt. Jas. Wilkes Maurice, at the
glorious defence of Anholt, when attacked, in
March, 1811, by a Danish force of at least four
times the strength of the garrison, on which occa-
sion he gave the coup-de-grace to the defeat of the
enemy by bearing down along the northern shore
of the island, and placing them between two fires,
was acknowledged, on his arrival in England with
the despatches, by promotion to the rank of Com-
mander, 8 April, 1811.t On 28 Oct. 1812, Capt.
Baker was appointed to the Conflict 16, and on
18 March, 1814, to the Fairy 18, both on the North
America station. In Aug. of tie latter year he
was present, up the Potomac, at the capture of
• Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1326. f V- G". 1811, pp. 649-50.
38-
BAKER;
Fort Washington and the capitulation of Alexan-
dria ; and, in the despatches of Capt. Jas. Alex.
Gordon, again acquired especial praise for the zea-
lous alacrity of his conduct on every one of those
salient occasions of difficulty and danger which
attended the ascent and descent of the river — but,
above all, for the prominent part borne by him in
rescuing the grounded Devastation from falling a
sacrifice to the boats and fire-vessels of the enemy.*
He subsequently brought home the despatches an-
nouncing the surrender of Guadeloupe, an event to
which he had also, as ofScially testified, very cre-
ditably contributed, and was in consequence pro-
moted to Post-rank, by commission dated 13 June,
1815,f and, about the same period, nominated a
C.B. On 29 July, 1840, the subject of this memoir
was selected by Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Digby to
be his Flag-Captain in the Howe 120, at Sheerness,
where, in Oct. following, a few days after his re-
moval with the above officer to the Camperdown
104, he had the misfortune, while in attendance on
the Lords of the Admiralty, to break his leg and
receive other severe injuries ; owing to which cir-
cumstance, and to his former services, he was
granted, 19 Jan. 1842, a pension of 1801. He
resigned the command of the C amperdowjj in Dec.
1841, and accepted the half-pay of retirement 1
Oct. 1846.
Sir Henry Loraine Baker married, 27 June,
1820, Louisa Ann, only daughter of Wm. Wil-
liams, Esq., of Belmont House, South Lambeth,
formerly M.P. for Weymouth, and by that lady
has issue a son and three daughters. Agents —
Messrs. Chard.
BAKEE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Horace Mann Baker is second son of the late
Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Baker, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 29 March, 1829 ;
passed his examination 31 Jan. 1840 ; and was then
appointed Mate of the Alligator 26, Capt. Alex.
Leopold Kuper. During the operations on the
coast of China, he landed at the storming, 27 Feb.
1841, of the enemy's works close to Whampoa
Reach, where 54 pieces of cannon were taken ; as-
sisted at the first capture of Canton ; was officially
mentioned for the activity with which, when in
partial command of the Alligator's boats, he aided
in towing clear of that vessel a body of fire-rafts
sent by the Chinese to effect her destruction ; and,
on 26 May, was again employed in the boats at the
demolition of the line of defences extending about
two miles from the British factory at Canton. { He
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (while
serving in the Tweed 20, Capt. Hugh Donald Ca-
meron Douglas) by commission dated 8 Oct. 1841 ;
and since 17 June, 1842, has been employed, in
North America and the West Indies, on board the
PiQDE 36, Capt. Hon. Montagu Stopford.
BAKER. (Captain, 1843. f-p., 26 ; H-p., 10.)
James Vashon Bakek entered the Royal Naval
College 2 Aug. 1811, and embarked, 16 Dec. 1812,
as a Volunteer, on board the Norge 74, Capt. John
Spratt Rainier, stationed in the North Sea, where
he attained the rating of Midshipman, 17 Dec. 1813.
He next, between June, 1814, and June, 1819,
joined, in succession, the Liverpool 40, Capt. Ar-
thur Farquhar, employed chiefly at the Cape of
Good Hope, Forth 40, Capt Sir John Louis, in
North America, and Newcastle 60, bearing the
flag at Halifax of Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith, of
which ship he became Acting-Lieutenant, 9 March,
1820. He received his first Admiralty commission
19 July following, and was afterwards appointed —
2 Oct. 1820, to the Merses- 26, Capt. Edw. Collier,
in North America— 26 Nov. 1822, and 31 May, 1823,
to the Ramillies 74 and Ganges 84, Capts. Edw.
Bruce and Patrick Campbell, on the Home and Ja-
maica stations— 31 Aug. 1826, to the Eikgdove 18,
Capts. Edw. Le Cras Thornbrough and Chas. Eng-
• r;* Gaz. 1814, pp. 2080-81. f T.Gaz. 1815, p.I9U.
t r. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1501,.1505, 2504, 2505.
lish, employed at Chatham and Halifax— 19 March;
1830, as Senior, to the Pylades 18, Capte. Patnok
Duff Henry Hay, and Edw. Blanckley, on the Cork
and South America stations— 28 Sept. 1832, to the
Druid 46, Capt. Sam. Roberts, off Lisbon— 20 May,
1833, as First Lieutenant, to the Fokte 44, Capt.
Watkin Owen Pell, in North America and the West
Indies— and, 19 June, 1837, in the same capacity, to
the Donegal 78, Capts. Fras. Brace and John
Drake, flag-ship for some time of Sir John Acworth
Ommanney, on the Lisbon station. Capt. Baker,
who received his second promotal commission 22
Feb. 1838, was subsequently appointed, 1 Oct. 1840,
Commander of the Howe 120, Capts. Sir W. O. PeU
and Robt. Smart, flag-ship latterly of Sir Fras. Ma-
•son, in the Mediterranean ; on his return whence
he was advanced to Post-rank, 10 July, 1843. He
has since been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Stil-
well.
BAKER. (Captain, 1810. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 44.)
John Baker was born about the year 1770, and
died at Walmer, co. Kent, in March, 1845. He was
elder brother of the late Vice-Admiral of the Red
Sir Thos. Baker, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1782, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Roebdck 44, under
the auspices of Capt. John Orde, on the Baltic sta-
tion ; joined, in Nov. 1784, the Europa 50, flag-ship
at Jamaica of Rear-Admiral Innes ; and from Sept.
1787, until Dec. 1793, served as Midshipman, in the
Orion and Carnatic 74's, Capts. Sir Hyde Parker
and Hon. P. Bertie, both lying at Plymouth, St.
George 98, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King at Spithead,
London 9S, Capt. Rich. Goodvrin Keats, in the
Channel, and Flora 36, flag-ship on the same sta-
tion of Rear-Admiral John Macbride. He then be-
came Acting-Lieutenant of the Victorious 74, Capt;
Sir John Orde, also in the Channel, where he was
confirmed in the Venerable 74, commanded by
the same officer, 9 July, 1794 ; next joined, in suc-
cession, the Prince George 98, Capt. Sir J. Orde,
Trident 64, Capts. Jones and Osborn, and Com-
merce DE Makseilles, Capt. Child, sill similarly
stationed; and was afterwards, from March, 1797,
till Sept. 1800, employed as Flag-Lieutenant, in the
Cambridge 80, Princess Royal 90, and Blen-
heim 74, flag-ships at Plymouth and in the Medi-
terranean of his friend Sir J. Orde, and in the
ViLLE DE Paris, bearing the flag in the Channel
of Earl St. Vincent. In May, 1801, Mr. Baker as-
sumed command of the Vixen gun-brig, in which
we find him employed in the Downs until the re-
ceipt of his second commission, 29 April, 1802. His
next appointment was, 20 April, 1804, to the armed
ship Blening ; from which, after an intermediate
servitude in the North Sea and Baltic, he was trans-
ferred, 20 Jan. 1806, to the Kangaroo sloop, of 18
guns. On 20 Nov. 1808, he captured, near Bou-
logne, V Egayant privateer, of 14 guns and 31 men,
and continued actively engaged, on the Home sta-
tion and off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, until
advanced to Post-rank, 21 Oct. 1810. From that
period until the time of his death, Capt. Baker re-
mained unemployed. Agent— J. Hlnxman.
BAKER. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 10 ; H-p., 22.)
John Baker died 5 Dec. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Aug. 1813, as
A.B., on board the Inconstant 36, Capt. Sir Edw.
Tucker, on the Brazilian station; attained, very
soon -afterwards, the rating of Midshipman; and
continued to serve in the same ship and the Semi-
bamis 36, under Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, on the coast of
Africa, until the death of the latter in Sept. 1818.
Between that period and the date of his promotion
to the rank of Lieutenant, 26 Dec. 1822, he appears
to have been further employed, as Master's Mate,
on board the Alert and Myrmidon sloops, both
commanded by Capt. Henry John Leeke, in the
North Sea, and again on the Africa station. He
did not afterwards go afloat. Agents— Messrs.
Ommanney.
BAKER.
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BAKER. (COMMANDEK, 1821. F-P., 22 ; H-P., 29.)
John Popham Baker entered the Navy, 13
March, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venus
32, Capt. Thos. Graves, off Newfoundland ; and
from July, 1799, until July, 1802, during which
period he assisted in subduing an alarming insur-
rection of the 8th "West India regiment in the
island of Dominica, served as Midshipman and Mas-
ter's Mate on board the Magnificent 74, Capts.
Edw. Bovpater, Peter Turner Bover, and John
Giffard. Being confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 18 Oct.
following, in the Venus, he continued attached to
that frigate, commanded on the West India and
Irish stations by Capts. T. Graves and Henry Mat-
son, until July, 1805 ; after which, until Feb. 1816,
he served, on the Mediterranean and Home stations,
chiefly as First Lieutenant, in the Dragon 74,
Capts. Edw. Grifath and Matthew Henry Scott,
Sultan 74, Capts. E. Griffith and John West,
ViLLE DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Lord CoUing-
wood. Success 32, Capt. John Ayscough, Queen 74,
Capt. Lord ColviUe, Baeham 74, Capt. John Wm.
Spranger, Rippon 74, Capt. Sir Christ. Cole, Prince,
Royal Sovereign, and Tonnant, flag-ships of Sir
R. Bickerton and Sir Benj. Hallowell, Spencer 74,
Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, and Leander 60,
Capt. Wm. Skipsey. In 1809, while in the Sdltan,
Mr. Baker suffered a rupture from over-fatigue in
the execution of his duty ; and, when next in the
RippoN, he assisted at the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of
the French 44-gun frigate Le Weser. After an
employment of nearly two years in the Newcastle
60, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral E. Grifiith, on the
Halifax station, he was made Acting-Commander,
16 Oct. 1820, of the Bellette 16. He was super-
seded on being officially promoted, 29 Jan. 1821 ;
and on 7 July, 1829, was admitted to the out-pen-
sion of Greenwich Hospital. Agents — Messrs. Hal-
ford and Co.
BAKEK. (LlEDTENANT, 1828.)
John Robinett Baker entered the Navy 8 April,
1814 ; passed his examination in 1820 ; and obtained
his commission 26 Aug. 1828. He was subsequently
appointed— 27 Aug. 1832, to the Coast Guard— 10
Oct. following, to the Spartiate 76, Capt. Robt.
Tait, on the South American station — 25 Nov. 1833,
to the Canopus 84, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, in
the Mediterranean — 13 Aug. 1835, to the Coast
Guard again — 10 Aug. 1838, to the command of
the Hornet Revenue-vessel — 13 May, 1840, as
First Lieutenant, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Robt.
Maunsell, under whom he visited the Mediterra-
nean, and in 1843 escorted a body of troops to the
Cape of Good Hope — and, 27 June, 1844, as Admi-
ralty-Agent, to a Contract Mail Steam-vessel. He
has been on half-pay since the early part of 1846.
He married, 26 Jan. 1838, Catherine, eldest
daughter of Thos. Oxley, Esq., of Killiney, co.
Dublin.
BAKER. (Lieutenant, 1828. f-p., 33; h-p.,4.)
Joseph Francis Baker, born 31 July, 1798, at
Baldock, co. Herts, is second son of the late Rich.
Baker, Esq., by Catharine, only daughter of Wm.
Richards, Esq., M.D. ; and brother of the present
Rich. Westbrook Baker, Esq., of Cottesmore and
Langham, co. Rutland, a distinguished agriculturist.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Macedonian, of 48 guns
and 254 men, Capts. Lord Wm. Fitzroy, Hon. Wm.
Waldegrave, and John Surman Garden, and was
for some time very actively engaged with the bat-
teries on the coast of France. On 25 Oct. 1812, he
was present and wounded in the brilliant action of
two hours and ten minutes which rendered the
Macedonian, after losing 36 men killed and 68
wounded, a shattered prize to the American fri-
gate United States, of 56 guns and 474 men, 12
of whom only appear to have been killed and
wounded. Mr. Baker next, in June, 1813, joined
the Maidstone 36, Capt. Geo. Burdett, on the
North America station; and on 24 Dec. following
became Midshipman of the Shelburne schooner
12, Lieut.-Commanders David Hope and Wm. Ha-
milton, in which vessel he assisted at the capture,
20 April, 1814, of the Frolic American sloop, of 22
guns and 171 men, and also took part in the expe-
dition to New Orleans, and the destruction of the
enemy's forts at Pensacola. He was subsequently
employed, between Jan. 1815, and Aug. 1817, in the
Plantagenet 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, Furieusb
36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, and Pandora 18, Capts.
Hon. Fred. Noel and Geo. Matthew Jones, on the
America, Channel, and Irish stations; passed his
examination 13 Dec. 1817 ; served on the Coast
Blockade, as Admiralty Midshipman of the Se-
vern, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, from Oct. 1818, to
April, 1822; then joined the Racehorse 18, Capt.
Wm. Benj. Suckling, under whom he was wrecked
in Douglas Bay, Isle of Man, towards the close of
the same year ; and, until advanced to his present
rank, 22 May, 1828, oificiated as Admiralty Mid-
shipman and Mate, on the Home, East India, and
Africa stations, of the Vigilant 12, Lieut. -Com-
mander Nich. Colthurst, Windsor Castle 78,
^apt. Edw. Dumford King, Java, Boadicea, and
Britannia, flag-ships of Admirals Wm. Hall Gage
and the Earl of Northesk, Onyx 10, Lieut.-Com-
mander Wm. John Cole, and Sybille 48, Capt.
Fras. Augustus Collier. Lieut. Baker, who served
for some months subsequently to his promotion in
the North Star 28, Capt. Septimus Arabin, has
been in the Coast Guard since 22 April, 1831.
While ^in the Coast Blockade at Standgate Creek
in 1820, he was on one occasion, with only one man
to support him, overwhelmed by a band of 300
armed smugglers, and so desperately wounded as
to be left apparently lifeless on the spot.
He married Miss Elizabeth S. Middlecourt, and
has issue several children. Agents — Messrs. Hal-
ford and Co.
BAKER. (Lieutenant, 1823. f-p., 18; h-p., 22.)
Samuel Baker entered the Navy, 18 Nov. 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Valiant 74, Capts. Jas.
Young, Alex. Robt. Kerr, John Bligh, Thos. Geo.
Shortland, and Robt. Dudley Oliver. During the
three years of his attachment to that ship he wit-
nessed the destruction, in April, 1809, of the
French shipping in Basque Roads; was in conti-
nual boat service at the subsequent siege of Flush-
ing ; assisted, in June, 1810, in capturing and spiking
the guns of a strong battery between Rochefort
and Rochelle, and in bringing out several vessels
anchored for protection under its walls ; and for
several months afterwards was in constant colli-
sion with the enemy's row-boats while endeavour-
ing to destroy their trade along that part of the
coast of France. In Nov. 1810, he joined the
Lynx 18, Capt. Thos. Percival, on the North Sea
station, but was soon transferred to the Edin-
burgh 74, Capt. Robt. RoUes, vrith whom, on ar-
riving in the Mediterranean, he removed to the
Union 98, in which ship he passed his exa-
mination, 4 Jan. 1814, and assisted at the ensuing
reduction of Genoa. After a further attachment
of 12 months to the Swiptsure 74, Capt. Wm.
Henry Webley, on the West India and Home sta-
tions, Mr. Baker was appointed, 5 Dec. 1815, Ad-
miralty Midshipman of the Towey 24, Capts. Hew
Stewart and Wm. Hill, with whom we find him
employed in the East Indies and Persian Gulf un-
til his return home in April, 1819 ; from which pe-
riod until 24 March, 1823, he continued to serve,
in the same capacity, on board the Bulwark 74,
bearing the flag at Chatham of Sir John Gore,
Tartar 36, Commodore Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, on
the coast of Africa, Bulwark again, and Glouces-
ter 74, flag-ships of Sir Benj. Hallowell at Chatham,
and Owen Glendowee 86, Commodore Sir Robt.
Mends. In the boats of the latter frigate, as of
the Tartar, he was actively engaged in suppress-
ing the slave-traffic up the different rivers between
Sierra Leone and Cape Coast Castle. On the
date last mentioned he became Acting-Lieutenant
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BAKER.
of the Cyrene 18, Capt. Percy Grace ; and, shortly
after his confirmation, which took place on 21 Aug.
in the same year, he returned to England. He was
subsequently, from 22 Sept. 1825, until Jan. 1828,
employed on the Coast Blockade as Super-
numerary-Lieutenant of the Hypekion 42, Capt.
"Wm. Jas. Mingaye, but has since been on half-
pay.
Lieut. Baker married, 21 Sept. 1830, Margaret,
daughter of the late S. Burnet, Esq., of Lloyd's
Cofi'ee-House. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
BAKEE, K.C.B., K.W.N. (Vice-Admikai, of
THE Ked, 1837. F-P., 28 ; H-P., 36.)
SiK Thomas Baker died 26 Jan. 1845. He was
younger brother of the late Capt. John Baker,
R.N. ; brother-in-law of the late Admirals Sir Rich.
Lee and John Bazely, by the marriage of his two
sisters to those gallant officers ; and uncle of the
present Lieut. Chas. Hougham Baker, R.N.*
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1781, as
Midshipman, on board the Dromedary store-ship,^
Capt. Stone, and (with the exception of an interval,"
from Oct. 1785, to March, 1788) was afterwards em-
ployed, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant,
13 Oct. 1792, on board the Kite sloop, Carnatio
74, Hermione 32, Brisk sloop. Royal Sovereign
100, Dictator 64, Winchelsea frigate, and Mi-
KERVA 44, commanded, on the Home, Halifax, and
East India stations, by Capts. Peyton, Stone, San-
dys, Edw. BuUer, Hon. Hen. Curzon, Pisher, Wm.
Bligh, and Hon.Wm. ComwaUis. He then joined
the Swan sloop, Capt. Lawrence "Wm. Halsted, and
on his return to England, towards the close of
1793, was successively invested with the commajid
of the Lion cutter and Valiant lugger ; for the
celerity he exhibited in the latter of which vessels
in conveying despatches to the "West Indies, he was
advanced to the rank of Commander, 24 Nov. 1795.
After a subsequent cruize of seven months in the
Fairy sloop, on the Downs station, Capt. Baker
was made Post, 13 June, 1797, into the Princess
Royal 98, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir
John Orde, with whom, however, he continued but
a few weeks. Assuming command, in Jan. 1799,
of the Nemesis 28, he succeeded in making prize,
12 Jan. 1800, of Le Renard French privateer, of 14
guns and 65 men ; and, on 25 July following, while
in charge of a small squadron in the North Sea, he
intercepted, in pursuance of his instructions, a Da-
nish convoy under protection of a frigate, the
jFVeya, with whom, in consequence of the resist-
ance offered to an attempt made by the British to
search the merchantmen, a sharp conflict of 25
minutes ensued, terminating in the capture of the
whole. As a reward for his coolness, firmness, and
judgment on the latter occasion, Capt. Baker was
appointed to command, 1 Jan. 1801, the Ph(ebe 36,
on the Irish station, where he continued until May,
1802. In April, 1803, he joined the Phcenix, of 42
guns and 245 men, attached to the fleet in the
Channel under Admiral Comwallis, by whom he
appears to have been intrusted for some time with
the direction of the inshore squadron of frigates.
On 10 Aug. 1805, being in lat. 43° 16' N. and long.
12° 14' W., Capt. Baker had the good fortune, after
a memorably furious engagement of three hours
and a half, in which the British lost 12 killed and
28 wounded, and the enemy 27 killed and 44
wounded, to capture La Didon, of 46 guns and 330
men, a remarkably fine frigate, and the fastest
sailer in the French navy.f Subsequently to that
event he fell in with the four French line-of-battle
ships that had effected their escape after the battle
of Trafalgar, and through his zealous energy in
• Sir Tlios. Baiter was descended of a very ancient naval
family, long seated in the co. of Kent. As a tribute to
the professional celebrity of one of his ancestors— many of
whom lie interred in Westminster Abhey— Queen Anne
granted the family the honorable crest of a naval crown and
trident.
t Vide Gaz. 1805, pp. 1091, 1115.
conveying the intelligence to Sir Rich. Strachan;
and his skill in leading that gallant officer s squa-
dron into action, proved the great instrument ot
the defeat and capture of the enemy. Capt.
Baker's next appointments were, on the Home and
Baltic stations— 17 Nov. 1805, to the Didon, the
ship he had so nobly won— 19 May, 1806, to the
Tribune 38, in which frigate he destroyed, when
in company with the Ibis, the greater part of a
convoy of 30 vessels passing from Ferrol to Bil-
boa under the protection of several gun-boats, 29
April, 1807, and afterwards commanded a squadron
oft' Bordeaux— and, 21 May, 1808, to the Vanguard
74, bearing the flag for some time of Bear-Admiral
Thos. Bertie. While in that ship he was use-
fully engaged in affording security, during their
passage through the Sound, to various British and
Swedish convoys ; was in almost daily collision vrith
the Danes, either in destroying their trade or in
chasing their gun-boats ; and on one occasion re-
pelled, with considerable loss to the enemy, the
attack of a large flotilla. From 22 Nov. 1811, until
2 Aug. 1815, Capt. Baker, after two years' leave of
absence in Sweden, further commanded the Cum-
berland 74, and during that period was employed
in the discharge of many arduous duties. He
sailed for the West Indies, in Dec. 1812, with a
convoy of 70 vessels ; escorted in safety home, in
May, 1813, a fleet of 220 sail, and was presented by
the Masters of the London ships with a service of
plate as a mark of their gratitude ; served next
on the coast of Holland, where, in Nov. of the
same year, having been apprised of the change in
the fortunes of Buonaparte, he landed a body of
marines for the protection of the Hague, a service
which the Prince of Orange subsequently acknow-
ledged by conferring on him the Order of Wilhelm
of the. Netherlands; in June, 1814, proceeded to
the Cape with a convoy of vessels destined for the
East Indies ; and, in April, 1815, returned to Eng-
land with another, for his protection of which the
East India Company presented him with the sum
of 3001. Capt. Baker was nominated a C.B. 4
June, 1815 ; was made Colonel of Marines 12 Aug.
1819 ; became a Bear-Admiral 19 July, 1821 ; held
the chief command in South America, with his flag
on board the Winchester 76, from 6 March, 1829,
to 3 March, 1833 ; was created a K.C.B. 8 Jan.
1831 ; attained the rank of Vice-Admiral 10 Jan.
1837 ; and was awarded a good-service pension of
3001. per annum 19 Feb. 1842.
Sir Thos. Baker married the daughter of His
Excellency Count Bouth, a member of one of the
most ancient and noble families in Sweden, and by
that lady has left several children, of whom the
second son, Horace Mann, is a Lieutenant, R.N.
BAKER. (Lieut., 1815. f.p., 11 ; h.p., 31.)
Thomas Baker (o) entered the Navy, 6 Feb.
1805, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Pearl, Lieut.-
Commander Woodger, lying at Spithead ; removed,
in Feb. 1808, to the Antelope 50, Capt. Edw. Gal-
wey, with whom he cruized for some time in the
Mediterranean and off St. Helena ; attained the
rating of Midshipman 6 Jan. 1810 ; and continued to
serve in the same ship, under Vice-Admiral John
HoUoway, Admiral Sir John Thos. Duckworth, and
Capt. Sam. Butcher, off Newfoundland, and in the
Baltic, West Scheldt, and North America, till Oct.
1814. In March of the latter year the Antelope,
while endeavouring to force the Hondt passage,
grounded abreast of Flushing, where she lay ex-
posed for 48 hours to an incessant discharge of shells
from the batteries, until at length got off through
the most extraordinary exertions. Mr. Baker after-
wards served, on the Canadian lakes, in the St.
Lawrence 98, bearing the broad pendant succes-
sively of Commodores Sir Jas. Lucas Teo and Sir
Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant 6 Feb. 1815 ; and since the follow-
ing April, when he invalided home, has been on
half-pay. Agent — J. Hinxman.
BAKER— BALDEY—BALDOCK.
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BAKER. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Vashon Baker entered the Navy 4 Nov. 1824 ;
passed his examination in 1831 ; served latterly, as
Mate, in the Howe 120, flag-ship at the Nore of
Sir Robt. Waller Otway ; and obtained his com-
mission 18 Oct. 1839. His appointments have since
been — 9 Nov. 1839, to the "Winchester 50, bearing
the flag of Sir Thos. Harvey, in North America
and the West Indies— 18 Feb. 1840, to the Ser-
pent 16, Capt. Arthur Mayne Noad, in which ves-
sel he returned to England — 14 Jan. 1841, to the
Endtmion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, on the
East India station— and, 11 March, 1845, as First,
to the Espitei-E sloop, Capt. Thos. Pickering
Thompson, with whom he still serves in the East.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
He is married, and has issue. Agents — Messrs.
StilweU.
BAKER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.)
William Baker (b) entered the Navy, 16 Dec.
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Halcyon 16,
Capts. Henry Whitmarsh Pearse and Thos. Stamp,
under the former of whom, in Sept. 1808, he wit-
nessed, as Midshipman, the capture of a flotilla of
38 vessels, four of them large gun-boats, in Dia^
mante Bay, near the Gulf of Policastro ; as also,
30 Aug. 1809, of the St. Anna, French privateer, of
2 guns and 46 men. From Dec. 1811, until Aug.
1815, he afterwards served, in the Pylades (subse-
quently Carlotta) gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders
Newdigate Poyntz and Rich. Howell Fleming, on
the Mediterranean station. Acorn sloop, Capt. Geo.
Miller Bligh, for passage home, Raisonnable 64,
Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, lying at Sheerness, Zealous
74, Capts. Thos. Boys and Jas. Anderson, em-
ployed in the Baltic and Basque Roads, and Kan-
garoo 16, Capt. Wm. Sumner Hall, on the Halifax
station. He was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 20 Feb. 1815 ; and, since the date of his
quitting the last-mentioned vessel, has not been
afloat. Agent — J. Hinxman.
BAKER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 27; h-p., 14.)
William Henry Baker entered the Navy
6 Aug. 1806, on board the Bristol, Lieut.-Com-
mander Joseph Coxwell ; and, in Oct. 1807, joined
the Proserpine 40, Capt. Chas. Otter, under whom
he escorted Lord Lcveson Gower, the British Am-
bassador at St. Petersburg, from Gottenborg to
England. In Dec. 1808, after having been nearly
lost during an attachment of a few months to the
Cygnet sloop, Capt. Edw. Dix, he became Mid-
shipman of the Rochester prison-ship, Lieut.-
Commander John Hindes Sparkes ; but early in
the following year was transfered to the Sceptre
74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, bearing the broad pend-
ant afterwards of Commodore Sam. Jas. Ballard.
Subsequently to the fall of Flushing, Mr. Baker
proceeded to the West Indies, where, in 1809-10,
he witnessed the destruction of the two French
frigates Loire and Seine, and the capture of the
island of Guadeloupe. Between March, 1812, and
the receipt of his commission, which bears date
18 Feb. 1815, we next find this officer serving on
board the Montagd, Stirling Castle, Venera-
ble, and Majestic 74's, Capts.Manley HallDiokson,
Sir Jahleel Brenton, Augustus Brine, Sir Home
Popham, David Milne, and John Hayes. While in
the last-mentioned ship, he assisted at the blockade
of Boston, when the Constitution was lying in that
port ready for sea ; wm also present at the cap-
ture, 3 Feb. 1814, after a running fight of two
hours and a half, of the French frigate Terpsicliore,
of 44 guns and 320 men ; and, on 15 Jan. 1815,
was in company with the Endymion at the taking
of the United States 44-gun frigate President.
From 13 Dec. 1823, until 1827, he was further em-
ployed on the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Ramillies 4, Capts. Wm.
M'CuUoch and Hugh Pigot; and since 14 Oct. 1833,
with the exception of one interval, from 18 Nov.
1839, to Jan. 1845, whenhe commanded the Ranger
Revenue-cruizer, has been in the Coast Guard.
BALDEY. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 20; h-p., 27.)
Robert Baldey entered the Navy, in Oct. 1798,
as Midshipman, on board the Renown 74, Capt.
Albemarle Bertie, stationed in the Channel, where
he continued to serve, until April, 1802, in the Bar-
FLEUR 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Collingwood,
Windsor Castle 74, commanded by various Cap-
tains, bearing the flag for some time of Sir Andrew
Mitchell, and, as Master's Mate, in the Malta 80,
Capt. A. Bertie. Joining, in Nov. of the latter
year, the Calcutta armee-en-flute, Capt. Dan.
Woodriffe, he proceeded to Van Diemen's Land,
and, after witnessing the formation of the settle-
ment at Hobart's Town, was employed for 17
weeks, on the Africa and Jamaica stations, in
the Success 32, Capt. Geo. Scott. He then, in
1806, returned home with convoy, as Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Atlas 74, Capt. Sam. Pym ; after
which he officiated, for two years and a half, as
Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, in La Vir-
ginie 38, Capt. Edw. Brace, and Bellerophon and
Leopard, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral A. Bertie, on
the Irish, Channel, and Cape stations. Being at
length promoted by the Admiralty, 27 Sept. 1809,
into the Sapphire 18, he continued to serve in that
vessel, in the West Indies, under different- officers,
until 1814 ; in the summer of which year we find him
assuming the successive command of the Variable
and Dbcooverte schooners. Having returned to
England, in Sept. 1815, on board the Rinaldo 10,
Capt. John Undrell, he was next appointed First
Lieutenant, 1 Sept. 1818, of the Leven 24, Capt.
David Ewen Bartholomew, on whose death, after
surveying the coast of Africa, the Azores, and
Cape Verd Islands, he succeeded to the acting-
command, 19 Feb. 1821. He was confirmed, on
his arrival at Spithead, by commission dated 26
July, 1821, but has not since been employed.
BALDOCK, K.T.S. (Commandek, 1841. f-p., 25;
H-P., 16.)
Thomas Baldock is son of the late Rev. Thos.
Chaloner Byng Baldock, M.A., Rector of Milton, in
Dorsetshire ; and nephew, maternally, of the late
Rear-Admiral Thos. Western, of Tattingstone, co.
Suffolk.
-This officer (who had previously served with
the fleet of Indiamen under Commodore Dance,
when that officer so memorably discomfited the
French squadron under Admiral Linois) entered
the Navy, 25 Oct. 1806, as Midshipman, on board
the London 98, commanded by his tmole, Capt.
Thos. Western, bearing the flag of Sir Wm.
Sidney Smith; and, in Nov. 1807, after block-
ading the Tagus, escorted the Royal Family of
Portugal to the Brazils. He removed, in June,
1809, to the Nemesis 28, Capt. Wm. Ferris, em-
ployed in the Baltic ; joined next, for a few months
in 1810, the Tonnant 80, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole,
off Cadiz ; was then sent to assist in navigating a
Spanish squadron to Minorca ; and on returning,
in October, to Cadiz, was for 11 consecutive
months actively engaged with the flotilla, latterly
in command of a gun-boat, at the defence of that
place. From Sept. 1811, until June, 1813, he fur-
ther served in the Babbadoes 24, Capt. Wm.
Rushworth, and in the Dragon 74, Tribune 36, and
Grampus 50, flag-ships of Sir Fras. Laforey, all on
the West India station, where, on 10 Nov. in the
latter year, he was promoted into the Arachne 16,
Capts. Chas. Hope Watson and Wm. M'Kenzie
Godfrey, of which sloop he soon became First Lieu-
tenant. As Senior of the Herald 28, Capt. Cle-
ment Milward, Mr. Baldock subsequently took part
in many operations on the coast Of North America ;
and, during the expedition against New Orleans,
captured the advanced guard of the enemy at the
Belize previous to the arrival of the forces — com-
manded also every detached operation at themouthof
the Mississippi, including the capture of a privateer,
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BALDWIN— BALFOUR.
&c. — and negotiated the exchange of prisoners on
the "withdrawal of the army. After a continued
servitude of some months, in the Koyalist 18,
Capt. Houston Stewart, and Sabine 16, Capt. Alex.
Campbell, hoth on the Jamaica station, he inva^
lided home in March, 1816 ; and was next in suc-
cession appointed, 13 Sept. 1824, 25 Not. 1831, and
9 Nov. 1832, to the command of the Swallow
packet,* and Firebrand and Firefly steamers,
the first and last employed on the Falmouth, the
other on the Mediterranean station. On 9 March,
1839, having been for three years on half-pay, he
assumed command of the Snipe cutter, in which
vessel he served, off the coast of Ireland, until pro-
moted to his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841. He has
been in discharge, since 19 Aug. 1846, of the duties
attached to the superintendence of the Packet ser-
vice at Dover, with his name on the books of the
Ocean 80.
Commander Baldock, in Aug. 1836, formed part
of a Committee of three officers appointed by the
Admiralty to effect an organization of the steam
department of the Navy. He was granted, 1 May,
1837, the royal permission to accept and wear the
Cross of a Knight of the Portuguese Order of the
Tower and Sword, for the services rendered by
him, and the great skill he displayed, while con-
veying Her Most Faithful Majesty's August Con-
sort Prince Ferdinand of Portugal to Lisbon. The
Order of Ernest of Saxe Coburg appears to have
been also conferred upon him.
BALDWIN, (fflaptain, 1817. f-p.,20;h-p.,33.)
Augustus Baldwin entered the Navy, in May,
1794, on board the Trompeuse sloop, Capt. John
Erskine Douglas, with whom he continued uninter-
ruptedly and actively to serve, on the Home and
Halifax stations, in the same vessel, and in the
Garland 28 and Boston 32, of which latter frigate
he was created a Lieutenant, 28 June, 1800, until
Deo. 1804. He then joined the Prince of "Wales
98, bearing the flags, in succession, of Sir Robt.
Calder, Sir Jas. Saumarez, Sir Edw. Thombrough,
and Lord Gambler ; and while in that ship was
present in the action of 22 July, 1805, and also at
the attack upon Copenhagen in Sept. 1807. Early
in Jan. 1808, he became First of the Implacable
74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, and, on 26 Aug.
following, he highly distinguished himself, and was
officially reported as being a most thoroughly de-
serving officer for his conduct, in a gallant engage-
ment of 20 minutes with the Russian 74-gun ship
Sewolod, which was completely silenced, and shortly
afterwards, with the assistance of the Centaur
74, captured and burnt, in sight of the whole Rus-
sian fleet near Kogerswiok ; on which occasion the
enemy sustained a total loss of 303 men, and the
British, in both ships, of not more than 62. f Mr.
Baldwin, whose behaviour was rewarded with a Com-
mander's commission, dated 19 Sept. in the same
year, did not however succeed in procuring further
employment afloat until 7 Feb. 1812, when he was
appointed to the Tyrian brig, in which he served
in the Channel until posted, 1 Jan. 1817. He ac-
cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Baldwin married Augusta Mary Melissa,
daughter of John Mills Jackson, Esq. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
BALFOUK. (Commander, 1846.)
Charles James Balfour entered the Navy 16
Aug. 1829 ; passed his examination in 1834 ; and
obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838. His suc-
• The Swallow was built in 1819 by Mr. Baldock, who
commanded her, under the authority of the Post-OfBce, from
that period until the date above mentioned, when he sold
her to the Admiralty, by whom he was re-appointed. The
gallant manner in which Mr. Baldock and his crew, when at
New York, in the autumn of 1826, extinguished a flie that
had broken out on board a vessel laden with tar and rosin,
and thereby preserved a vast amount of property from de-
struction, was so highly appreciated by the different Insur-
ance Companies of that city, that they united in presenting
the former with a handsome piece of plate, and the men with
a sum of money.
+ Fide Gaz. 1808, p. 1283.
ceeding appointments were— 12 July, 1838, to the
CoRNWALLis 72, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Chas
Paget, in North America and the West Indies— 3
April, 1839, to the Inconstant 36, Capts. Dan.
Pring and Fred. Thos. MicheU, employed for some
time on the same, and then on the Home station—
and 7 May, 1844, to the Collingwood 80, flag-ship
in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Eras. Seymour. He rose
to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846. Agents—
Messrs. Stilwell.
BALFOUK. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Edwin Robert Joseph Balfour entered the
Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 25 June, 1830 ;
passed his examination 24 Oct. 1834; served for
some time, as Mate, on board the Spabbowhawk
16, and Vesuvius steam-vessel, Capts. John Shep-
herd, Granville Gower Loch, and Erasmus Omman-
ney, on the South America and Mediterranean
stations; and obtained his commission 23 Nov.
1841. He appears to have been since appointed —
31 Dec. 1841, and 24 Oct. 1842, to the Jaseur 16,
and Geyser 16, Capts. Wm. Alex. Wallis and Edw.
John Carpenter, both in the Mediterranean— 17
May, 1844, to the Agincoubt 72, bearing the flag
in the East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane—
and, 16 May, 1846, to the President 50, now flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres at the
Cape of Good Hope. Agent — Joseph Voodhead.
BALFOUR. (Ret. Capt., 1840. f-p., 11; h-p.,40.)
William Balfour was born 8 Dec. 1781, and
died in 1846. He was only surviving son of the
late Thos. Balfour, Esq., of Elwick, a Colonel in
the Army, by Frances Ligonier, niece of Field-
Marshal John Earl Ligonier, Commander-in-Chief
of the British forces, and only sister of Edward,
second Earl Ligonier. His elder brother, Capt.
John Edw. Ligonier Balfour, of the 9th foot, fell
at Alkmaar, 19 Sept. 1799. Capt. Balfour was the
representative of a family of high antiquity and
large possessions in Scotland, whose chiefs, long
heritable Sheriffs of Fife, were directly traceable
to Siward, of Balfour Castle, in that county, who
flourished so early as the reign of Duncan I.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1795, as
Midshipman, on board the Malabar, Capt. Thos.
Parr. From that year, until the receipt of his first
commission, 4 Sept. 1801, he served, on the Home,
Mediterranean, and Baltic stations, in the Magi-
ciENNE 32, Irresistible and Northumberland
74's, Seahorse 38, Royal William guard-ship,
and Vengeance 74, Capts. Geo. Martin, Edw. Jas.
Foote, Fras. Plckmore, and Geo. Duff. While in
the Ieresistible, besides being wounded in the
action off Cape St. Vincent,* Mr. Balfour assisted,
in company with the Emerald 36, at the capture,
26 April, 1797, after a smart contest of an hour and
a half, of the two Spanish frigates Ninfa and Santa
Elena. He also, when in the Northumberland,
witnessed the surrender, during the blockade of
Malta in 1800, of the French 74-gun ship Le Gine-
reux and frigate La Diane. Between Sept. 1801,
and April, 1805, we find him further employed,
on the Home and North America stations, in the
Hound and Lynx sloops. Amethyst 38, and Cleo-
patra 32, Capts. Geo. Sarradine, John Willoughby
Marshall, Alex. Campbell, and Sir Robt. Laurie. On
the occasion of the capture, 16 Feb. 1805, of the
last-mentioned ship, by the 46-gun frigate Ville de
Milan, after a self-sought action of nearly three
hours, in which the British sustained a loss of 22
men killed and 36 wounded, he bore a distinguished
part as First Lieutenant, and was again wounded, i"
The Cleopatra being soon, however, re-taken, Mr.
Balfour obtained for a few months the acting-com-
mand of the Bermuda sloop. He was officially
promoted 22 Jan. 1806 ; but from that period, with
the exception of a brief command, in 1808, of the
Cockatrice sloop, was not afterwards employed.
His retirement with the rank of Captain took place
10 Sept. 1840. "
Capt. Balfour was twice awarded a gratuity for
• Vidt Gaz. 1797, p. 212. + jr. Gai. 1805, p. 542.
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his wounds ty the Patriotic Society. He mar-
ried, first, in 1806, his cousin, Mary Balfour, only
cliild of Wm. Manson, Esq., of Kirkwall; and, se-
condly, in 1823, Mary Margaret, daughter of
Andrew Baikie, Esq. He has left issue five sons
and six daughters. His eldest son, the late Thos.
Balfour, Esq., was M.P. for Orkney. Another
son, William, was recently a Lieutenant in the 79th
Highlanders. Agent — J. Hinxman.
BALL. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 24.)
Thomas Ball entered the Navy, 15 Nov. 1797,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Terrible 74, Capts.
Sir Bioh. Bickerton and Wm. Wolseley, forming
part of the fleet in the Channel, where he became
successively attached to the Cambkidge 80, flag-
ship of Sir Kioh. King, and Immortalitb 36, Capt.
Hon. Henry Hotham. After an additional servi-
tude of nearly eight years in the East Indies on
board the Eurtdice 24, Terpsichore 32, and Pitt
alias Salsette 36, all commanded by Capt. Walter
Bathurst, Culloden 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pel-
lew, and San Fiorenzo 40, Capt. John Bastard
(during which period he was on one occasion taken
prisoner), Mr. BaU obtained a commission, dated 2
Jan. 1809. His subsequent appointments were —
9 March, 1809, to the Clio 18, Capts. Thos. FoUiott
Baugh and Wm. Ffarington, on tlie Home station —
27 Sept. 1815, to the Satellite 18, Capt. Jas. Mur-
ray, in the Mediterranean — 10 Feb. 1821, after up-
wards of two years of half-pay, to the Valourous
28, commanded by the same officer, off Newfound-
land—13 Feb. 1822, to the Owen Glendower 42,
bearing the broad pendant of Sir Robt. Menda, on
the coast of Africa — and, 14 June, 1824, to the
Blonde 42, Capt. Lord Byron, under whom he
escorted from this country the remains of the late
King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands. He was
paid off from the Blonde in Dec. 1826, and on 28
Aug. 1828, was advanced to his present rank. Since
that period he has not been afloat.
BALL. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 1 0 ; h-p., 30.)
William Ball was bom 29 Nov. 1794.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1807, as
Second-cl. Vol., on board the Prevoyante store-
ship, Master-Commanders Dan. M'Coy and Alex.
Black; removed as Midshipman, in May, 1810, to the
Cretan 18, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne ; and, in the
course of 1814, successively joined the Liverpool
40, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, Namck 74, flag-ship of
Sir Thos. Williams, Levden 60, Capt. John Davie,
and Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace. In Jan. 1813,
while in charge, with only four of his own men to
assist him, of a captured vessel, a body of 12 pri-
soners who were on board contrived to gain posses-
sion of her ; but nine of them being killed, and the
rest wounded and secured by the British in a des-
perate attempt made by the latter to recover their
ascendancy, the prize was brought triumphantly
into port. On rejoining the Cretan, Mr. Ball was
employed on the West Scheldt in the arduous duty
of obstructing the supplies intended for the enemy's
fleet ; and when in the Berwick he witnessed the
siege and surrender of Gaeta. He. was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 6 March, 1815, but did
not take up his commission until his return to Eng-
land in June, 1816 ; since which period, with the
exception of a twelvemonth in the Coast Guard,
which he was obliged to leave in consequence of
having broken a leg, he has been on half-pay.
Agent — J. Chippendale.
BALLANTYNE. (Retired Commander, 1843.
F-p., 19 ; H-P., 34.)
John Ballantyne was born 20 Aug. 1775.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1794, as
A.B., on board the Glory 98, Capt. Thos. Larcom,
bearing the flag in the Channel of Rear-Admiral
Bourmaster. Proceeding subsequently to the West
Indies in the Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral Harvey, he assisted as Midshipman
at the reduction of Trinidad, and the attack upon
Porto Rico, in 1797 ; after which he became attached,
as Master's Mate, to the Weazle and Ambuscade,
both commanded by Capt. Wm. D'Urban, in the
Mediterranean, and served, from Jan. 1805, to Feb.
1808, as Sub-Lieutenant, in the Steady gun-brig,
Lieut.-CommanderArthurStow, on the Channel and
South America stations. Having been awarded a
commission, dated 4 June, 1807, he subsequently
joined — 5 March, 1808, the Proselyte bomb, Capt.
Henry Jas. Lyford, in the North Sea — 1 Sept. 1809,
the Chanticleer 10, Capt. Rich. Spear, off Yar-
mouth— and, 18 Feb. 1814, the Ariel 18, Capt.
Dan. Ross, on the coast of Africa. Commander
Ballantyne, who has not been employed since Jan.
1815, accepted his present rank 10 Feb. 1843.
BALLARD. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
James Boucher Ballard entered the Navy 1
Aug. 1831; and in Deo. 1836, while Midshipman of
the Leveret 10, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Bosan-
quet, assisted, after a chase of 800 miles, at the
boarding and capture, within musket-shot distance
of a Portuguese frigate and an 84-gun battery at
Mozambique, of the Diogenes^ a slaver, mounting
five 24-pounders, with a complement of 70 men.
Passing his examination 5 Oct. 1837, he subse-
quently served as Mate, in the Mediterranean and
East Indies, of the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir Thos.
Fellowes, Confiance steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com-
mander Edw. Stopford, and Cambkian 36, Capt.
Henry Ducie Chads; from which latter ship he
was promoted to an Additional-Lieutenancy, 20 Oct.
1843, in the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm.
Parker. Since 26 June, 1844, Mr. Ballard has been
serving, also in the East Indies, on board the Wol-
verene 16, Capt. Wm. John Cavendish Clifford.
BAMBEE. (LiEDT., 1837. f-p., 14; H-p., 7.;
Charles Ross Bamber, born 10 June, 1812, is
son of the late Commander Wm. Rich. Bamber,
R.N., an officer of very distinguished merit, who
died in Nov. 1843, after having faithfully served
his country for 55 years, 28 of which had been
passed in active employment, chiefly during the
hottest part of the late wars."'
This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1826, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 84, Capt. Patrick
Campbell, with whom, after serving for nearly four
years as Midshipman, off Lisbon and in the Medi-
terranean, of the Spaktiate and Windsor Castle
76's, Capts. Fred. Warren and Hon. Duncombe Pley-
dell Bouverie, he returned to England in 1830 on
board the Ocean 80. He then served for three
years, on the Home station, in the Wellesley 72,
Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, and Excellent gun-
nery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings ; and in Nov. 1833,
shortly after passing his examination, was appointed
Mate of the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Daores,
in the Mediterranean. In March, 1837, Mr. Bam-
ber'had the misfortune to have his right ankle so
crushed between two lower-deck guns, while super-
intending the removal of one of them, as to render
amputation of the leg unavoidable. He obtained
his commission 1 Sept. following, and was after-
wards appointed, 11 May, 1839, again to the Excel-
lent, and, 11 May, 1841, to the Indus, 78, Capt. Sir
Jas. Stirling, also stationed in the Mediterranean,
whence, owing to a fall from a ladder, he was
obliged to invalid, on 3 of the ensuing Nov. He
has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Bamber is in receipt of a pension of
45^. 12s. He married, 27 May, 1839, a daughter
of TJ. Godfrey, Esq., of Woodlands, co. Surrey, by
whom he has issue three children.
* Commander Bamber served on shore at the siege of
Leogane, St. Domingo, and at the reduction of Trinidad ;
received the public thanks of Sir Andrew Mitchell for his
exertions during the expedition to Holland in 1799 ; fought
under Lord Nelson at Copenhagen ; and for tlie ability, zeal,
and energy he subsequently displayed as Principal Transport
Officer on the occasion of the return of Lord Cathcart's army
from Hanover to England, was again publicly thanked both
by that nobleman and the Transport Board.
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BANCE— BANKS— BANNATYNE— BARCLAY.
BANCE. (Commander, 184 1. f-p., 16; h-p., 28.)
James Batmce entered the Navy, in May, 1803, as
A.B., on board the Pkince of Orange 74, Capt.
Chas. Cunningham, employed in watching the Dutch
fleet in the Texel. In Sept. following he accom-
panied the same officer, as Midshipman, into the
Leopard 50, of which ship, oh Capt. Rich. Kag-
gett assuming the command, as Flag-Captain to
Rear-Admiral Billy Douglas, on the Downs sta-
tion, he became, in Aug. 1806, Master's Mate.
He next served with Capt. Raggett in the Leander
and Africaine frigates, and with Sir Jas. Sauma-
rez in the Victory 100, on the Halifax and Baltic
stations ; received an acting order as Lieutenant of
the Zebra sloop, Capt. Thos. Rich. Toker, 13 June,
1808 ; and, on 9 Jan. 1809, was confirmed into the
Mars 74, Capts. Wm. Lukin, John Surman Carden,
and Henry Baper. After serving in the latter ship
for four years on the Lisbon and Home stations,
Lieut. Bance joined, 3 June, 1813, the Eridanhs
36, Capt. Henry Prescott, with whom we find him
cruising off the Western Islands until obliged to in-
valid, in March, 1815. His next and last appoint-
ment afloat was, 6 April, 1821, as First Lieutenant,
to the Aurora 46, also commanded by Capt. Pres-
cott, in which frigate he returned to England from
South America, and was paid off in Feb. 1825. He
attained the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 1841. Com-
mander Bance is at present employed as Port-Cap-
tain at Cape Town, (Jape of Good Hope. Agehts —
Goode and Lawrence.
BANKS. (Rkt. Capt., 1845. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 35.)
John Banks, bom 2 March, 1786, in the parish of
St. Austell, Cornwall, is first cousin of Commander
Joseph Pearse, R.N., and of Kennet Banks, Esq.,
Master, B.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 June, 1797, as a
Volunteer, on board the Europe, prison-ship at
Plymouth, Lieut.-Commander Gardner; and, on
removing to the Canada 74, bearing the broad
pendant of Sir John Borlase Warren, was present
at the defeat and capture of Commodore Bompart's
squadron off the coast of Ireland, in Oct. 1798.
After further serving, as Midshipman, on board the
Superb 74, Capt. John Sutton, Immoktalitb 36,
Capts. Hon. Henry Hotham and Edw. "W. C. R.
Owen, and Maes 74, Capt. John Sutton, on the
Mediterranean and Home stations, he became Act-
ing-Lieutenant, 14 July, 1804, of the Colossus 74,
Capt. Jas. NicoU Morris ; from which ship he was
soon transferred, in a similar capacity, to the Hero
74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, the leader of
the van in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805.
On 14 Sept. in the latter year Mr. Banks was ap-
pointed Sub-Lieutenant of the Falcon 16, Capt.
Geo. Sanders, with whom he continued to serve
until promoted into La Resolue 36, as Flag-Lieute-
nant to his old friend Rear-Admiral Sutton. Re-
joining Capt. Hotham, in Jan. 1807, on board the
Deflance 74, he continued to be employed under
that officer, in the same ship, and the Northum-
berland 74, for upwards of five years. During
that period he assisted at the destruction of three
French frigates under the batteries of Sable
d'Olonne, 24 Feb. 1809, on which occasion the De-
fiance, besides being much cut up in her masts
and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 25
wounded; and, when First of the Northumber-
land, he meritoriously contributed to the an-
nihilation, 22 May, 1812, near L'Orient, of the
40-gun frigates L*Arienne and L^ Andromaque^ and
16-gun brig Mamalouck, whose united fire, conjointly
with that of a galling battery, cost the British a
loss of 5 men killed and 28 wounded.* For his con-
duct on the latter occasion, Mr. Banks was pro-
moted to the rank of Commander, by commission
dated 29 May, 1812, exactly a week after the action.
Unable to procure further employment, he accepted
the rank of Retired Captain 4 Nov. 1845. When
First of the Defiance and Senior Lieutenant on
the coast of Spain, Capt. Banks was employed for
* Vide Ga', 1812, p. 990.
six weeks in equipping the Spanish men-of-war at
Ferrol, preparatory to their removal for better secu-
rity to Cadiz, and so great was the weakness and
attenuation of frame produced by over-fatague
during that period, that he was ultimately obliged
to be landed at Plymouth, and placed under the
care of the physician of the Channel fleet. On an-
other occasion, while officer of the watch during
the close blockade of a line-of-battle ship in the
port of L'Orient, he received a frightful injury by
the falling of a block from the main-top on his head,
which divided the scalp and laid him prostrate on
the deck. He was for six months in consequence
on the sick list, but has never obtained the slightest
compensation for his sufferings.
Capt. Banks married, 10 March, 1815, Miss Eliza-
beth Banks, of Bath, and by that lady has issue
four children. Agents— Pettet and Newton.
BANNATYNE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 13;
H-p., 31.)
John Bannatyne entered the Navy, 22 May,
1803, as Ordinary, on board the Apollo 38, Capt.
John Wm. Taylor Dixon, and after serving as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate in the Prince George
98, Capts. Joseph Sydney Yorke and Geo. Losack,
on the Channel and West India stations, was, in
Sept. 1806, transferred, in the latter capacity, to
the Volontatre 38, Capts. Chas. Bullen, Joseph
Nourse, and Hon. Geo. Granville Waldegrave. Sub-
sequently to the reduction of the island of Pomegue,
we find him, on the night of 31 Oct. 1809, assisting,
in the boats of the latter frigate and of a squadron
under Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture and de-
struction, after a desperate struggle, and a loss to
the British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the
armed store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116
men, bombards Victoire and Grondeur, and armed
xebec Narmande, with a convoy of merchantmen,
defended by numerous strong batteries in the Bay
of Rosas.* He was subsequently engaged in active
co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of
Spain ; and, on 26 Dec. 1811, was again employed
in the boats at the capture of the Decide privateer,
of 2 guns.t Removing, in Sept. 1813, to the Cale-
donia 120, bearuig the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, Mr.
Banks, on 5 Nov. following, shared in a partial ac-
tion with the French fleet off Toulon ; after which
he joined the Prince Frederick, at Plymouth, and
on 8 Feb. 181.5, was promoted to a Lieutenancy in
the Cadmus 10, Capt. John Gedge, employed in the
North Sea. He was placed on half-pay 27 Oct. fol-
lowing, and has not since been afloat. Agents —
Messrs. Chard.
BARCLAY. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 6.)
Andrew Barclay, born 28 Jan. 1793, is second
son of Jas. Barclay, Esq., and belongs to an ancient
and respectable family, settled at Huntley, co.
Aberdeen.
This officer (in the early part of his career a
proteye of the late Duchess of Gordon and of
Admiral Sir Geo. Hope, entered the Navy in
April, 1808, on board the Namur 74, and first
went to sea, in April, 1809, as Midshipman of
the Victory 100, Capt. Geo. Hope, bearing
the flag in the Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez. He
continued to serve on that station for 20 months in
the "Stately 64, bearing tlie flag of Rear-Admiral
Thos, Bertie, and Africa 64, Capt. Geo. Fred.
Ryves, for the protection of the trade passing
through the Great Belt and Sound, and while so
engaged was perpetually in collision with the ene-
my's gun-boats and batteries. On one occasion,
while returning home as prize-master of a vessel
captured by the Africa, he was taken by a Danish
gun-boat, between the islands of Langeland and
Laland, but on the same night was fortunately
rescued by the boats of the St. George 98. In Dec.
1810, he rejoined the Stately, then commanded
by Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, and, during tlie
* fi'rfoGai. 1609, p. 1908.
t V. Gaz. 1612, p. i67.
BARCLAY— BARKER.
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next year and a half, shared, part of the time in
charge of a flat-bottomed boat, in all the arduous
operations at the defence of Cadiz, Tarifa, and Ma-
laga— assisted in escorting the troops under Sir
Thos. Graham from Cadiz to Algesiras, and in con-
veying away the wounded, amongst whom was the
French General Kufin, after the battle of Barossa —
was also repeatedly opposed to the heavy fire of the
numerous French batteries along the coast, a shot
from one of which, on 22 March, 1811, struck the
boat he was in and ultimately caused it to sink —
and, under the immediate orders of Capt. Geo.
Cockburn, thrice commanded the Statelt's yawl
in action with the enemy^s privateers. On 18 Aug.
1812, Mr. Barclay became Master's Mate of the Su-
perb 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, stationed in the
Channel, whence, after contributing to the capture
of several American vessels of great value, one of
which, the Star of New York, he brought into port,
he visited the coast of Africa, the West Indies, and
South America. "While afterwards on the shores of
North America, he was in active employment against
New York, New London, and New Bedford; and
waa also present at the attack upon "Wareham, on
which occasion he commanded the rocket-boat, set
fire to a large cotton-factory, and aided in destroy-
ing between 30 and 40 sail of shipping. On her
return home, in March, 1815, the Supekb received
the flag of Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir Henry Hotham,
and during the "hundred days" was engaged in
affording assistance to the Royalists in La Vendee.
Mr. Barclay, soon after the surrender of Napoleon
Buonaparte, had the honour of assisting the unfor-
tunate Emperor up the side of the ship when pro-
ceeding to breakfast with the Commander-in-Chief.
On 27 Aug. 1816, being still in the Superb, he took
part, under Capt. Chas. Ekins, in the battle of Al-
giers. On that memorable day he had charge of
the seven foremost guns 9n the lower deck — twice
commanded the launch, once for the purpose of
throwing rockets to destroy the enemy's fleet, and,
again, to assist in extricating the Queen Char-
lotte from the course of a blazing frigate, then
drifting out of the harbour — was the bearer, with
the jolly-boat under his orders, of a communication
from the Commander-in-Chief to Kear-Admiral
Milne — and proved of further utility by his great
exertions in removing the Superb out of reach of
gun-shot to a place of safety. For his zeal, energy,
and exemplary conduct throughout the whole of
the proceedings he received the high and deserved
encomiums of his Captain, and of Lieut. Joseph
Soady, who had succeeded to the command on the
latter and the First Lieutenant being placed hors de
combat ; yet, although he had passed his examination
16 months previously, he was unable, until after a
lapse of nearly seven years, to procure his commis-
sion. On quitting the Superb, Mr. Barclay, in
Sept. 1818, joined the Vengeub 74, Capt. Fred.
Lewis Maitland, in which ship we find him accom-
panying Viscount Beresford from South America to
Lisbon, and the King of the Two Sicilies from
Naples to Leghorn. In April, 1820, he became
Admiralty Midshipman of the RocHroKT 80, flag-
ship of Sir Graham Moore, in the Mediterranean ;
and, on his return home in the spring of 1821, at
the instance of his friend the Hon. Capt. Paget,
joined that ofiicer in the Apollo yacht, and, on sub-
sequently following him into the Rotal George
yacht, attended George IV. to Scotland in the sum-
mer of 1822. He was at length advanced to his pre-
sent rank, 6 Sept. 1823 ; and since 5 April, 1829, has
been in the Coast Guard.
He married, 26 March, 1826, Miss Anne Dance,
and has issue two sons and six daughters.
BARCLAY. (Eetiked Commander, 1838. f-p.,
18 ; H-P., 32.)
John Barclay entered the Navy, 1 May, 1797,
on board the Mastiff, Lieut.-Commander John
Black. In Feb. 1798, he became Midshipman of
the Repulse 64, Capt. Jas. Alms, and, after an in-
termediate servitude in the Mediterranean, was on
board that ship when lost off Ushant, 10 March,
1800. During the next five years we find him suc-
cessively serving in the Arethusa 38, Capt. Thos.
Wolley, Cakysfoet 28, Capt. Adam Drummond,
Hydra 38, Capt. Geo. Mundy, and Victory 100,
bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, whom he accom-
panied to the "West Indies and back in pursuit of
the combined squadrons of France and Spain. On
1 Aug. 1803, Mr. Barclay appears to have in part
commanded the boats of the Hydra at the capture
of the French armed lugger Le Favori, of 4 car-
riage-guns, hauled close to the beach about two
miles to the westward^ of the river Toucques, near
Havre de Grace, and defended by a constant fire
of musketry from a body of troops, and also from
the crew of the vessel, who had landed and posted
themselves behind some sand-banks. On his even-
tual return, in the Victory, from the West Indies,
he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Bri-
tannia 100, bearing the flag of Lord Northesk, to
which ship, after participating in the battle of Tra^
falgar, he was confirmed by commission dated 20
Nov. 1805. His subsequent appointments, we find,
were — 9 June, 1806, to the Latona 38, Capt. Jas.
Atholl Wood, under whom he served at the reduc-
tion of Curafoa, and the blockade of the Danish
West India islands in 1807 — 16 Oct. in the latter
year, to the Thais, Capt. Ferrieres, chiefly em-
ployed at the Cape of Good Hope — 17 June, 1809,
to the FiSGARD 38, Capts. Sir Wm. Bolton and Fras.
Mason, in which frigate he accompanied the expe-
dition to Flushing, assisted in bringing off the rear-
guard of the British army at the subsequent evacu-
ation of the Walcheren, and was otherwise actively
employed — and, 2 June, 1813, to the President 46,
Capts. Fras. Mason and Archibald Duff, under
whom he witnessed the storming of San Sebastian,
and served off the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, for
the purpose of affording them protection against
the American cruisers. Having been on half-pay
since 4 Sept. 1815, he at length accepted the rank
he now holds, 12 May, 1838.
Commander Barclay married, in April, 1843, Ca-
roline, daughter of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Rooke.
BARCLAY. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Robert Barclay was born, 13 Sept. 1793, at
Tain, co. Ross, N.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Oct. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol,, on board the Narcissus 32, Capt.
Chas. Malcolm, with whom he continued to serve,
in the same frigate and the Ruin 38, until 26 Nov.
1813. He assisted, while in the former ship, at the
capture, 18 Aug. 1807, of the Spanish schooner
Cantela, pierced for 12 guns, and also at the reduc-
tion of the Saintes in 1809 ; and, on his removal to
the Rhin, he contributed to the capture of four
privateers, carrying in the whole 58 guns and 310
men ; was actively employed in co-operation with
the patriots on the north coast of Spain ; and was
twice wounded while serving in the boats as Mas-
ter's Mate. On leaving the Rhin he became Act-
ing-Lieutenant of the Emulous 12, Capts. Wm.
M'Kenzie Godfrey, John Gore, and Thos. Wren
Carter, on the Jamaica station ; whence, having
been confirmed by commission dated 14 Dec. 1814,
he returned home, in Sept. 1815, on board the
Wolverene 18, Capt. Geo. Guy Burton. Unable
to procure further employment, he has since been
on half-pay.
He married, 18 Sept. 1836, the only daughter of
the late T. B. Matthews, Esq., of Rochester, and
by that lady, who died in 1839, had issue two sons
and two daughters.
BARKER. (Commander, 1845.)
Charles Barker entered the Navy 22 Deo.
1826; passed his examination in 1833; and ob-
tained his commission 28 June, 1838. His after-
appointments were — in the course of 1839, to
the Inconstant 36 and Snake 16, Capts. Dan.
Pring and John Baker Porter Hay, on the North
America and West India station — 31 Oct. 1840, to
46
BARKER.
the MoNAKCH 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, in the
Mediterranean— and, 24 Sept. 1844, as First Lieu-
tenant, to the Firebrand steam-frigate, Capts.
Armar Lowry Corry and Jas. Hope, employed on
the south-east coast of America. He acquired his
present rank 18 Not. 1845. Agent — Joseph
"Woodhead.
BAEKEE. (Vice-Admiral of the Bed, 1840.
F-P., 27 ; H-P., 49.)
George Barker entered the Navy, 1 June, 1771,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Barfleur, Capt. Mil-
banke, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Thos.
Pye ; removed in 1777 to the Resolution, Capt.
Sir Chaloner Ogle, stationed off the coast of Por-
tugal ; served subsequently, in the Channel and
West Indies, as Midshipman of the Vengeance,
Capts. Mich. Clements and Hon. Fred. Maitland,
Preston, Capt. "Wm. Truscott, and Montagu,
Capt. John Houlton; and, on 19 March, 1782, was
promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Dromedary,
flag-ship in the" Downs of Vice-Admiral "Wm.
Drake. After an interval of seven years, he next,
between June, 1790, and the date of his promotion
to the rank of Commander, 19 Dec. 1796, served,
on the Newfoundland, Mediterranean, West India,
and Home stations, in the Pegasus 28, Capts. Her-
bert Sawyer and Wm. Domett, and St. Albans 64,
and PoMPEE 74, both commanded by Capt. Jas.
Vashon. He then joined the Incendiary 14, in
which vessel he assisted at the destruction of the
French store-ship Sw^^'em, off TJshant, 8 Jan. 1797 ;
and, on 8 June, 1799, was confirmed in the com-
mand of the Barfleur 98, bearing the flag in the
Mediterranean of Lord Keith, whom he presently
accompanied into the Queen Charlotte 100. He
left the latter ship, however, on 14 July in the
same year ; and was subsequently appointed — 21
Feb. 1821, to the Severn 44, on the West India
station, whence he returned in Jan. 1803 — and,
19 Feb. 1806, to the Impress service at Bristol,
which he continued to regulate until 18 July, 1810.
He has since been on half-pay. His advancement
to the rank of Rear-Admiral took place 6 June,
1825 ; and to that of Vice-Admiral 12 Nov. 1840.
He married, 8 Jan. 1833, Mary Ann, daughter of
J. Himter, Esq., of Compton Terrace, Islington.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
BAEKEE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 26.)
George Barker was born 9 Sept. 1789. He had
a brother who died a Midshipman in the service.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Orion 74, Capt. Edw.
Codrington. After participating in the battle of
Trafalgar, he removed, as Midshipman, to the
TiGRB 80, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, and while under
that ofiicer, in 1807, witnessed the surrender of
Alexandria, and was much employed on the Nile
and the lakes of Lower Egypt. Rejoining Capt. Cod-
rington, in Aug. 1809, on board the Blake 74, he
accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren, and
served on shore with the army during the opera-
tions against Flushing ; subsequently to which we
find him actively employed on the coast of Spain,
where he assisted at the defence of Tarragona, and
for his conduct in a breaching battery was awarded
the rank of Acting-Lieutenant. He was ultimately,
after serving for some months, in South America,
on board the Isis 50, confirmed to a Lieutenancy,
23 July, 1814, in the Port Mahon 18, Capt. Fred.
Wm. Burgoyne. From 10 June, 1815, until paid
off, 9 Sept. 1818, Mr. Barker was next employed in
the Cherub and Wasp sloops, Capts. Thos. Tudor
Tucker and Wm. Wolrige, on the Home and Medi-
terranean stations. His next appointment was, on
4 Sept. 1822, to the Cherokee 10, Capt. Wm.
Keats, off the coast of Scotland. He has not since
1826 been afloat.
BAEKEE. (Lieut., 1802. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 31.)
John Barker is brother of Lieut. Wm. C.
Barker, R.N. . ,^ . ,.,„-
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1795, as
Fst-cl Vol., on board the Alcmene 32, Capt. Wm.
Brown, stationed in the North Sea; and on remov-
ing, as Midshipman, to the Saliseuri- 50, Capt.
Wm. Mitchell, was wrecked, on Isle la Vache,
St. Domingo, 13 May, 1796. From Nov. in the
latter year, until promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, 29 April, 1802, he next served, on the West
India and Home stations, in the Queen 98, flag-ship
of Sir Hyde Parker, Renommee 44, Capts. Robt.
EoUes and Wm. Sanderson, and Excellent 74,
Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford ; and during that pe-
riod, independently of other captures, assisted in
making prize, 10 Oct. 1799, of L'Arethuse, national
corvette, of 18 guns. His subsequent appointments
afloat appear to have been— 7 July, 1802, to the
Hornet sloop, Capts. Robt. Tucker, Peter Hunt,
and John Lawrence— and, 23 April, 1804, to the
command of the Grenada brig, both on the Lee-
ward Islands station. While in the latter vessel,
which he left in April, 1808, Mr. Barker effected
the capture, at various periods, of L'Intrynde, La
Petite Aricere, La Princesse Marat, La Desiree, and
Le Tigre privateers, carrying altogether 14 guns
and 199 men.* From Oct. 1808, until Dee. 1815, he
was next employed, also in the West Indies, as Re-
sident-Agent for transports and prisoners of war.
He has since been on half-pay.
BARKER. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 32.)
Robert Barker was born 20 June, 1788.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1801, as
L.M., on board the Dreadnought 98, Capt. jas.
Vashon, employed off Cadiz and in the Mediter-
ranean. From Feb. 1803 (previously to which pe-
riod he had further served for a few months in the
Dryad 36, Capt. Robt. WilUams), until Jan. 1810,
he appears to have been employed, chiefly in the
East Indies, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and
Lieutenant (commission dated 17 Oct. 1809), on
board the Rdssel 74, Capts. R. Williams, Wm.
Warden, and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, flag-ship for
some time of Vice-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury.
He then joined the Piedmontaise 38, Capts. Chas.
Foote, Chas. Rayley, and Henry Folkes Edgell ;
and while in that frigate assisted at the reduction,
in Aug. 1810, of the Dutch Spice Islands. His next
appointments were — 23 Dec. 1812, to the Despatch
18, Capt. Jas. Galloway, of which sloop, stationed
off the coast of North America, he held for nearly
two months the acting-command — and, 11 April,
1815, to the Superb 74, flag-ship of Hon, Sir Henry
Hotham on the coast of France, where he co-
operated Avith the Royalists in La Vendee, and was
present at the surrender of Buonaparte. He has
since been unemployed.
Lieut. Barker married, 14 March, 1821, Martha,
daughter of Chas. Hamilton, Esq., by whom he has
issue six children. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
of(
He married, 9 Sept. 1826, Judith Maria, daughter
Chas. Palmer, Esq., of Coleshill.
BARKER. (Lieut., 1802. f-p., 23; h-p., 29.)
William Collins Barker, born 20 July, 1779,
is brother of Lieut. John Barker, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 March, 1795, as
L.M., on board the Alcmene 32, Capt. Wm. Brown,
attached to the fleet in the North Sea. On 13 May,
1796, having been transferred as Midshipman to
the Salisbury 50, Capt. Wm. Mitchell, he was
wrecked, on Isle la Vache, St. Domingo ; but he
continued to serve, on the Jamaica station, until
Oct. 1800, in the Queen 98, flag-ship of Sir Hyde
Parker, and during that period was much employed
in the boats, and was twice wounded. On his sub-
sequent removal to the Wasp 16, Capt. Chas. Bul-
len, we find Mr. Barker landing, as Acting-Master
* ha Princesse Murat was superior in force to the Grenada,
and did not surrender until after a long and obstinate en-
gagement, in which both combatants were much crippled.
Tlie enemy lost three men killed, and seven wounded. The
British had their Master severely, and a boy mortally,
wounded. Ttde Gaz. 1806, p. 610.
BARLOW— BARNARD.
47
of that vessel, and effecting the destruction of a
native town in Cape Bay, Sierra Leone, where
1000 of the enemy were killed and 3000 wounded.
Shortly after the latter event, which took place in
Dec. 1801, ho obtained an order to act as Lieu-
tenant of the Wasp, and, on 25 March, 1802, he
was confirmed in that rank by the Admiralty. The
Wasp being paid off in the following August, Mr.
Barker was next, from 25 May, 1803, to 16 April,
1806, employed on the river Thames, under the
orders oi Capt. Richbell, in raising seamen for the
service. He then, for 10 years, commanded the
Entekpkize, receiving-ship off the Tower; and,
on 12 Feb. 1814, when the late Custom-house was
consumed by fire, he proved the great instrument,
through his own exertions and those of his ship's
company (as appears by the ' Times ' newspaper of
17 of that month, and the Wharfingers' Memorial
to the Admiralty of 12 April following), of saving
from otherwise inevitable destruction the ware-
houses belonging to the Crown on Brewer and
Galley Quaj^s, &c., and the vast amount of property
there deposited. For a few months in 1817, at the
request of the Secretary of State for the Homo
Department, he afterwards held charge of the
Bataviek, lying at Blaokwall, for the superintend-
ence of foreign seamen. He next, from 4 May,
1818, until 6 July, 1821, commanded the Perseds
receiving-ship at Deptford ; but was then super-
seded bjy Capt. Jas. Couch, with whom however
he continued to serve until the following Sept.
He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Barker married In Nov. 1803, and has
issue five children.
BARLOW, C.B., K.S.F. (Captain, 1841. f-p.,
22 ; H-P., 13.)
Chables Anstkuthek Barlow, born 5 Feb.
1800, is second surviving son of Sir Geo. Hilaro
Barlow, Bart., G.C.B., Governor of Fort St. George,
Madras, and late Governor-General of India, by
Elizabeth, daughter of Burton Smith, Esq., of the
CO. Westmeath ; nephew of Admiral Sir Robt. Bar-
low, G.C.B., the gallant captor of L Afrkaine, who
died 11 May, 1843; first cousin both of the Dow-
ager Viscountess Torrington and of the Countess
Nelson, widow of the first Earl ; and a near rela-
tive of Rear-Admiral Sam. Butcher.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victorious 74, Capt.
John Talbot, on the ; North America station,
where he attained the rating of Midshipman, 10
Dec. 1813. Between Sept. 1814, and March, 1822,
he served in succession on the Home and Mediter-
ranean stations, on board the MjEANder 42, Capt.
John Bastard, Qceen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of
Lord Exmouth, under whom he took part in the
battle of Algiers, Rochfobt 74, Capt. Sir Archibald
CoUingwood Dickson, and Revoldtionnaire 46,
Capt. Hon. Fleetwood B. R. Pellew, in the boats
of which frigate he contributed, as Mate, to the
capture of two piratical gun-vessels, off Zante, 18
May, 1821. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 1 July,
1822, in the Despatch 18, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jer-
voise, on the Mediterranean station ; and was after-
wards appointed— 6 Dec. 1822, to the Prince Re-
gent 120, flag-ship at Chatham of Sir Benj. Hallo-
well— 20 Feb. 1826, to the Forte 44, Capt. Jere-
miah Coghlan, on the coast of South America — 25
Feb. 1831, to the St. Vincent 120, bearing the flag
of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham in the Mediterranean —
25 Jan. 1834, as Senior, to the Malabar 74, Capt.
Henry Shovell Marsham, on the same station — and,
15 Deo. following, to the Royalist 10. The latter
vessel he commanded off the north coast of Spain
from the siege of Bilboa, in June, 1835, imtil
shortly after the receipt of his second promotal
commission, 10 Jan. 1837, and for his exertions
during that period was presented, 23 Dec. 1839,
with the Order of the First Class of San Fernando.
Assuming command, 2 Dec. 1839, of the Nimrod
20, Capt. Barlow sailed for the East Indies, and
ultimately enacted a very prominent part in the
operations on the coast of China. On 13 March,
1841, we find him obtaining oflicial mention for liis
voluntary and efficient support of Capt. Thos. Her-
bert at the capture of several rafts, and of the last
fort protecting the approaches to Canton — next
rendering himself conspicuous by his zeal in com-
mand of the first division of boats employed at the
proximate capture of that city — and, during the
hostilities of the ensuing May, heading the second
naval battalion, and obtaining the official recom-
mendation of Sir Hugh Gough for the able assist-
ance afforded by him to Capt. Bourchier, who com-
manded the naval brigade."' On the occasion of
the final conquest of Canton, Capt. Barlow, whose
Post-commission bears date 8 June, 1841, was
made the bearer, by Sir Le Fleming Senhouse, of
the despatches announcing that event to the Com-
mander-in-Chief, Sir Gordon Bremer, also to the
Governor-General of India at Calcutta,! and thence
overland to England. He was made a C.B. on 14
Oct. in the same year, and has since been unem-
ployed. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
BARNARD. (Captain, 1817. f-p., 24; HP.,
26.)
Edward Barnard entered the Navy, 12 May,
1797, as A.B., on board the Sirids 36, Capts. Rich.
King and Wm. Prowse, and attained the rating of
Midshipman in August following. On 24 Oct.
1798, when off the Texel, he aided in capturing the
two Dutch frigates Waakzaamfi£idy of 26, and Furie,
of 36 guns, with French troops, arms, and ammuni-
tion on board, destined for the use of the disaffected
in Ireland — the latter vessel after a running fight of
half an hour. He further assisted, on 28 Jan. 1801,
in taking the French 36-gun frigate D^daigneuse^ off
Cape Finisterre, after a chase of two days ; and, on
the return of hostilities, was very actively engaged
on the coast of France. On 9 Maj^, 1805, Mr. Bar-
nard, who had passed his examination in Dec. 1803,
rejoined Capt. King, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the
AoHiLLE 74, one of Lord CoUingwood's blockading
squadron before Cadiz. At the close of the battle
of Trafalgar, in which he had the fortune to parti-
cipate, we find him taking possession of the French
74-gun ship Berwick, in which he remained until
wrecked in the six days' gale that ensued. His
appointment to the Achille being confirmed 7 Jan.
1806, he continued to serve in that ship under
Sir Rich. King for an additional period of five
years, and was consequently present with Sir Sam.
Hood's squadron at the pursuit and capture, 25
Sept. 1806, of the four French frigates from Roche-
forte, besides contributing to the bombardment of
Flushing in Aug. 1809, and sharing for 10 months
in the arduous boat-service at the defence of Cadiz
in 1810. From Feb. 1811, until April, 1812, he was
next, under the same Captain, attached to the San
Josef 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean and Chan-
nel of Sir Chas. Cotton ; and on the former assum-
ing, as Rear-Admiral, a command off Toulon, with
his flag in the San Josef, became, in April, 1818,
his Signal-Lieutenant, in which capacity he bore a
part in the attacks on the French fleet of 5 Nov.
1813, and 13 Feb. 1814. On the death of Capt. Wm.
Stewart, the Flag-Captain, during the San Josef's
passage home in July of the latter year, Lieut. Bar-
nard was invested with the command in his stead,
and on his arrival in England was officially promoted
10 Aug. following. His next appointment was, 17
Dec. 1816, to the Bacchds 18, on the East India
station, where he was posted by the Commander-
in-Chief, his friend Sir Rich. King, into the Con-
way, of 26 guns, 4 July, 1817. From that period
until 20 Jan. 1820, we find him employed in pro-
tecting the trade in the Persian Gulf, and in sup-
pressing the slave-traffic in the Isle of France.
Capt. Barnard's subsequent appointments appear
to have been — 15 Aug. 1833, to the Ocean 80, flag-
ship of his patron Sir R. King, at Sheerness, where
he remained until the death of that gallant officer
in Sept. 1834—25 Jan. 1839, to the Hercules 74, in
* Fide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503, 1505, 8496, 2500, 2506.
f f. Gaz. 1841, p. 2510.
48
BARNARD— BARNES.
■which he conveyed troops from the 'West Indies to
North America, and afterwards to Lisbon — and, 31
Jan. 1840, to the Cambkidge 78, part of the force
subsec[uently employed during the operations on
the coast of Syria, and the blockade of Alexandria.
He paid the Cambridge off 26 Jan. 1843, and ac-
cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Barnard married, in Aug. 1811, Miss Mary
Parkin, and by that lady has, with four daughters,
five sons, of whom four are in the service of their
country; viz. — Frederick Lamport and Edward
King, Lieutenants, E.N. — John James, a Midship-
man— and Charles Loudon, Second Lieutenant, R.M.
Agents — Messrs. StilweU.
BARNARD. (Liectenant, 1841.)
Edward Barnard entered the Navy 1 Aug.
1822 ; passed his examination 26 Jan. 1829 ; and
obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841. He has
been for several years employed in the Coast
Guard.
BARNARD. (Lieot., 1841. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 0.)
Edward King Barnard, bom 1 July, 1815, is
son of Capt. Edw. Barnard, E.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
Aug. 1828 ; and embarked, 17 Dec. 1829, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Britomart 10, Capt. John-
son, on the Home station. During the four follow-
ing years he served, in the Mediterranean, on board
the Pavorite 18, Capt. Joseph Harrison, Pelican
18, Capt. Joseph Gape, Britannia 120, flag-ship of
Sir Pulteney Malcolm, and, we believe, the Scylla
16. He then, on joining the Ocean 80, commanded
by his father as flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Rich.
King, passed his examination, and for another pe-
riod of four years was employed in the East In(fies
on board the "Winchester 52, bearing the flag of
Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel. At length Mr. Bar-
nard, after a further attachment to the Eotal
Adelaide 104, flag-ship at Plymouth of Lord Ame-
lius Beauclerk, Gorgon steam-frigate, commanded
during the Carlist warfare in Spain by Capt. Sidney
Colpoys Dacres, and "Wizard 10, Lieut.-Commander
Thos. Fred. Birch, employed in suppressing the
African slave-trade, obtained a commission, dated
23 Nov. 1841 ; since which period his appointments
have been — 8 June, 1842, to the Excellent gun-
nery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings —
an^ 27 May, 1843, to the Virago steam-sloop,
Capts. George Graham Otway and John Lunn,
now in the Mediterranean. Agents — Messrs. Stil-
weU.
in which frigate he is still serving. Agents-
Messrs. Stilwell.
BARNARD. (Lieut., 1840. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 0.)
Fbedekick Lamport Barnard, bom 20 Feb.
1813, is son of Capt. Edw. Barnard, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 June, 1827, as
Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Eevenge 76, Capt. Nor-
borne Thompson, employed on the Home station.
In the autumn of 1828, after a further attachment
totheCHALLENGER 28, Capt. AdolphusFitz Clarence,
and "Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Hon. Duncombe
Pleydell Bouverie, he became Midshipman of the
Jasehr 18, Capt. John Lyons, and in that sloop,
and the Badger 10, served for five years at the
Cape of Good Hope. Passing his examination 26
June, 1833, he next, from May, 1834, until promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, 26 Oct. 1840, officiated as
Mate in succession of the Hastings 74, flag-ship of
Sir Wm. Hall Gage on the Lisbon station, Incon-
stant 36, Capt. Dan. Pring, employed in the con-
veyance of troops to North America and the "West
Indies, "Winchester 50, flag-ship on the latter star
tion of Sir Thos. Harvey, and Vestal 26, Capt.
Thos. "Wren Carter. His appointments have since
been— 4 Nov. 1840, to the Excellent gunnery-
ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— 21
April, 1842, to the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christ.
"Wyvill, at the Cape of Good Hope— 8 July, 1845, to
the THnNDERBOLTsteam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Nathaniel
Broke, on the North America and "West India sta^
tion— and, 27 Feb. 1846, again to the Cleopatra,
BARNARD. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p.,
12 ; H-P., 45.)
George Barnard entered the Koyal Naval Aca-
demy 15 April, 1790 ; and embarked, 25 Oct. 1793,
as A.B., on board the Swiftsdre 74, Capt. Chas.
Boyles, flag-ship on the Irish station of Bear-Ad-
miral Rich. Kingsmill, in which he attained the
rating of Midshipman 1 Nov. following. In Feb.
1795, he joined the Victort 100, bearing the flags
in succession of Lord Hood, Bear-Admiral Eobt.
Mann (under whom he was present in Hotham's
action of 13 July, 1795), Vice-Admiral Eobt. Linzee,
and Sir John Jervis. Between 16 Jan. 1796, and
the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
29 May, 1797, he next served, on the Mediterranean
and Channel stations, in the Comet fire-ship, Capt.
Edw. Hamilton, Lowestofte ■. frigate, Capt. Eobt.
Plampin, Triton 32, Capt. John Gore (in which
vessel he assisted at the capture, in Feb. 1797, of
three privateers, carrying in the whole 42 guns and
314 men), and Eoyal George 100, flag-ship of Lord
Bridport. Mr. Barnard, who then joined the Stlph
sloop, Capt. John Chambers "White, contributed, in
the course of the same year, to the destruction of
La Calliope, French frigate, of 36 guns, the capture
of several convoys, and the annihilation of Le Petit
Diable cutter, of 18 guns and 100 men, on the coast
of France. During the rest of the war we find him
serving, in the Channel, on board the Spy sloop,
Capt. "Wm. Grosvenor, Mars 74, flag-ship of Hon.
Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, and Naiad 38, Capts.
Wm. Pierrepont and "Wm. Henry Eicketta. "With
the exception of a few months passed in 1804 in
the Sea Fencibles, he has not been since employed.
His acceptance of the rank he now holds took place
9 March, 1840.
BARNARD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.)
"William Barnard entered the Navy, 5 May,
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kingfisher 18,
Capts. Eich. Wm. Crabb, Nathaniel Day Cochrane,
Hon. Geo. Fras. Seymour, Wm. Hepenstall, and
Ewell Tritton, under whom he successively served,
the greater part of the time as Midshipman and
Master's Mate, for upwards of nine years. He
assisted during that period at the capture of U Eli-
zabeth privateer, of 14 guns and 102 men, and was
also present in the action off St. Domingo — with the
despatches relative to the result of which the King-
fisher was sent home. After serving for some
years in the Mediterranean, he became attached
for short periods, as Supernumerary-Midshipman,
to the Trident 64, flag-ship of Eear- Admiral John
Laugharne, Redwing 18, Capt. Sir John Gordon
Sinclair, and Prince 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke. During
the year preceding his promotion, which took place
14 Feb. 1815, he appears to have been employed in
the Ceessy 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, Rosamond
20, Capts. Donald Campbell and Edw. Stopford,
and Slaney 20, Capt. Geo. Eose Sartorius ; and in
the second named of those vessels to have made a
voyage to Hudson's Bay. He has since been on
half-pay.
BARNES. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 25.)
John Barnes (a) entered the Navy, in Oct. 1802,
as a Volunteer, on board the Hunter 18, Capt.
Sam. Hood Inglefield. Proceeding in 1803 to the
West Indies with the despatches announcing the
declaration of war with France, he there assisted in
capturing many of the enemy's privateers and mer-
chantmen. In March, 1807, he became Midshipman
of the Goliath 74, Capt. Peter Puget, and after
sharing, vre believe, in the expedition to Copen-
hagen, removed to the Leviathan 74, Capt. John
Harvey, under whom, on 25 Oct. 1809, he witnessed
the destruction, by a squadron under Eear-Admiral
Geo. Martin, of the French line-of-battle ships Bo-
buste and Lion, off Frontignan. From Jan. 1811
until officially promoted, 30 Sept. 1813, Mr. Barnes
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further served, part of the time as Acting-Lieute-
nant, and principally at the defence of Cadiz, in the
San Juan 74, Capt. Chas. Vinioombe Penrose, the
Hound 18, Capts. Chas. Philips and Chas. Squire,
also in No. 15 gun-boat, and in the Kevenge, Im-
PETUEux, and Stately, flag-ships of Hon. Arthur
Kaye Legge and Vioe-Admiral Geo. Martin. He was
employed, during the rest of the war, again in the
San Juan, and also in the Zenobia 16, Capts. Rich.
Foley and Nich. Chas. Dobree. His subsequent
appointments were — 23 Dec. 1831, to the command
of the Semaphore at Portsmouth, which he retained
until 15 Feb. 1837—1 Aug. 1839, to the Victokt
104, commanded at the latter port by Capt. Jras.
Erskine Loch— and, 18 Sept. 1841, to the command
of the Nightingale steamer. He was placed on
half-pay in the spring of 1842, and has not since
been employed.
BARNES. (Lieut., 1815, r-p., 20; h-p., 21.)
Petek Bahnes was born 30 May, 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 July, 1806,
as Second-cl. Vol., on board the Emerald 36,
Capts. John Larmour and Fred. Lewis Maitland.
On 13 March, 1808, he served in the boats in a very
gallant attempt made in Vivero harbour to cut out
the French corvette V Apropos, of 20 guns and' 70
men ; and in April, 1809, was present, as Midship-
man, at the destruction of the French shipping in
Aix Koads. From Deo. 1811, until the receipt of
his commission, 17 Feb. 1815, Mr. Barnes served
on the Home and Baltic stations in the Belle-
BOPHON and Vigo 74's, flag-ships of Rear- Admirals
John Ferrier and Graham Moore, Puissant 74,
Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, Growler, Lieut.-Com-
mander Hugh Anderson, and Ajax 74, Capt. Geo.
Mundy. During the subsequent months of 1815
he appears to have been employed on board the
PoMPEE 80, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood. He has
been in charge, since 26 Oct. 1836, of a station in
the Coast Guard.
"We understand that Lieut. Barnes filled the post
of Vice-Consul at Bruges from 1823 to 1836, with-
out however receiving the slightest remuneration.
He married, first, 6 Oct. 1818, Miss Agnes Max-
well ; and, secondly, 12 March, 1839, Miss Georgina
Clarkson, by whom, as well as by his former wife,
he has issue two children. His son, Edgar Brough-
ton Barnes, a B.A., is at present Naval Instructor
on board H. M. S. Trapalgab.
BAENETT. (Commander, 1838.)
Edward Babnett entered the Navy 14 Feb.
1811; passed his examination in 1819; and obtained
his first commission 1 June, 1826. He was afterwards
appointed to the command, on surveying service
—12 Feb. 1812, of the Linnet tender, off the coast
of Jersey— 20 Feb. 1833, of the Jackdaw schooner,
which vessel he had the misfortune to lose, 11
March, 1835, on a reef off' Old Providence, not then
laid down in the Admiralty charts— and, 22 Sept.
1835, and 30 Nov. 1837, of the Lark 4, and Thun-
der 6, stationed in North America and the 'West
Indies. He was promoted to his present rank, 28
June, 1838, and still continues to command the
Thunder. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
BARE. (LlEDTENANT, 1811. F-p., 11 ; h-P., 33.)
"William Frederick Barb entered the Navy,
13 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
Tribune 36, Capts. Geo. Henry Towry, Rich.
Henry Alex. Bennett, Thos. Baker, and Geo. Rey-
nolds. Continuing to serve in that frigate until
Aug. 1811, he assisted, under Capt. Baker, at the
destruction, 29 April, 1807, of the greater part of
a convoy of 30 vessels, passing from Ferrol to
Bilboa, in escort of several gun-boats ; and, on 12
May, 1810, was present under Capt. Reynolds when
the Teibune, after a smart action of two hours and
a quarter, and a loss of 9 men killed and 15
wounded, gallantly beat off, on the coast of Nor-
way, four Danish man-of-war brigs, carrying alto-
gether 74 guns. Mr. Barr, who was confirmed to a
Lieutenancy, 29 Oct. 1811, in the Gloire 38, Capt.
Jas. Carthew, on the West India station, subse-
quently joined, 6 Aug. 1813, after an interval of
12 months, the Vengeub 74, Capts. Thos. Dun-
das and Tristram Robt. Ricketts ; under the latter
of whom we find him attending the expedition to
New Orleans, and participating in the last hostile
operation of the American war, the reduction of
Fort Bowyer. He has been on half-pay since 28
Oct. 1815.
BAEEELL. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 23;
H-P., 33.)
Justinian Babeell is son of the late Savage
Barrell, Esq., by his wife, the sister of Gen.
Rainsford ; and great-grandson of the late Gen.
Wm. Barrell, 15 years Colonel of the 4th, or King's
Own, and Governor of Pendennis Castle.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1791, as a
Boy, on board the Beunswick 74, Capts. Sir Roger
Curtis and John Harvey, under the latter of whom
he fought in the battle of 1 June, 1794. He after-
wards joined in succession the Russell 74, Capt.
Joseph Larcom, Kingfisher 18, Capts. John Marsh,
John Bligh, and John Maitland, Kent 74, bearing
the flag of Lord Duncan, Veteran 64, Capt. Archi-
bald Collingwood Dickson, Zebba bomb, Capt.
Edw. Sneyd Clay, Plover 18, Capt. Edw. Galwey,
and Santa Margaritta 36, Capts. Augustus Leve-
son Gower, Henry Whitby, and Wilson Rath-
bome. Of these ships (which were chiefly em-
ployed on the Home and West India stations) tlie
ICingfisheb appears to have taken part in the cap-
ture, during the year 1797, of i'^^aZz'ie' national
brig, and Le General privateer ; and the Kent and
Veteran in the expeditions of 1799 and 1800 to
Holland and Elsineur. Having passed his exami-
nation in 1802, Mr. Barrell, in July, 1805, became
Acting-Lieutenant of the Despatch 18, Capts.
Edw. Hawkins, Jas. Lillicrap, and Jas. Aberdour,
and while in that vessel was present, 27 Sept. 1806,
in a gallant engagement with the French 40-gun
frigate ie President, on which occasion he had the
satisfaction, during an hour's cannonade, of firing
the only shot that hulled the enemy. On 19 Dec.
1807, after he had co-operated in the siege of Co-
penhagen, Mr. Barrell was at length confirmed in
the rank of Lieutenant. He continued to serve in
the Despatch, on the Jamaica station, until Aug.
1811; after which he joined— 23 Nov. 1811, the
Loire 38, Capts. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg and
Thos. Brown, employed off Lisbon and St. Helena
— and, 28 July, 1813, the Gladiator, as Flag-Lieu-
tenant at Portsmouth to Rear-Admiral Edw. Jas.
Foote. In 1814 he was sent to Bordeaux to super-
intend the embarkation of the troops ; and on 21
March, 1815, was promoted, on the occasion of
Reax-Admiral Foote striking his flag, to the rank
he now holds. He has not since been employed.
Commander Barrell, in 1815, submitted some va-
luable suggestions to the Admiralty, having for
their object an improvement in the mode of sup-
plying and receiving stores. His plan at the time
attracted the very favourable notice of their Lord-
ships. He married, in 1811, Miss Townley.
BAERETT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 12.)
Joseph Faubiel Barrett, born 24 Sept. 1793, is
brother of Wm. Barrett, Esq., Purser and Pay-
master, R.N. (1810) ; and unci's of Lieut. Sam.
Fowell, B.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Aug. 1803, as
Third-ol. Vol., on board the Borer gun-brig,
Lleut.-Commander John Price, stationed in the
North Sea. In May, 1804, he joined the Aurora
28, Capt. Jlicajah Malbon, off Newfoimdiand ; and
on accompanying the latter officer into the Hebe
32, participated in several skirmishes with the In-
vasion flotilla off Calais, Boulogne, and Dieppe, and
on reaching the West Indies assisted in capturing,
besides a variety of other vessels, the Voladore
Spanish man-of-war brig, of 20 guns, and a large
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part of her convoy. Returninghome, in Oct. 1809,
as Midshipman of the Sasdwich 12, Lieut.-Com-
mander Foley, Mr. Barrett became attached to
the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife; while under
whose command we find him figuring in several
cutting-out affairs on the coast of France, and, on
the occasion of the destruction of a iieet of mer-
chant-vessels in St. Mary's Bay, Ole'ron, ga,llantly
rescuing the Semaphore signals from a brig that
had already been set in flames. He was subse-
quently wounded in cutting out a vessel under the
grand batteries of Belleisle, and on 3 March, 1810,
while master of a prize which had been similarly
captured, was wrecked, taken prisoner, and sent to
Verdun, where he remained until the peace of
1814. From April to Aug. 1815, he next officiated
as Midshipman and Master's Mate of the Eoyal
Sovereign 100, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell.
He obtained his commission on 7 Dec. in the same
year; was afterwards employed for nearly four
years on the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Kamilmes and Talaveka 74's,
both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot ; and since
7 Sept. 1830, has been in charge of a station in the
Coast Guard.
He married, 24 Sept. 1816, and has issue five
children. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
BAKKETT. (Lieut., 1828. p-p., 10 ; h-p., 24.)
Robert John Barrett, bom 28 Aug. 1799, is son
of the late gallant Capt. John Barrett, R.N., who,
with nearly 500 of Ms crew, perished on board the
Minotaur 74, when wrecked, on the Haak sands,
near the Texel, 22 Deo. 1810.
This officer (who had already attained a profi-
ciency in mathematics) entered the Navy, 11 Dec.
1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Heerus, of
42 guns and 284 men, commanded by his friend
and patron, Capt. Edm. Palmer. On 27 March,
1814, having attained the rating of Midshipman, he
took charge of the foremost quarter-deck guns, and
assisted at the capture, under Cape La Hogue, after
a close and obstinate engagement of two hours and
a quarter, in which the British had 13 men killed
and 25 wounded, and the enemy 40 killed and 73
wounded, of the French frigate L' Etoile, of 44 guns
and 315 men. Besides participating as Aide-de-
Camp to Capt. Palmer in many minor expeditions,
Mr. Barrett subsequently shared in all the arduous
duties connected with those against Washington
and Baltimore. He also, after blockading an Ame-
rican frigate of superior force lying in Hampton
Roads, served in the Hebrus' launch when, in con-
junction with the boats of the Dragon, she led the
attack on the enemy's fort at Point Petre ; and
was further present at the surrender of the town
of St. Mary's. In a subsequent action between the
boats of the Hebrus and five American gun- vessels,
when the launch, in which Mr. Barrett was again
employed, together with a prize-tender, was cap-
tured by the enemy, he only escaped being himself
taken from the circumstance of his having re-
mained behind to spike the guns of his boat while
his comrades were being transferred to another
vessel, which afforded an opportunity to the cutter
of his own ship to bear him off in safety. In July,
1815, we find him still in the Hebrus, engaged in
forcing the formidable passage of the Gironde, de-
stroying the heavy batteries by which it was de-
fended, and actively co-operating with the French
royalists in the neighbourhood of Bordeaux. When
the Hebrus, in July, 1816, was ordered to the Me-
diterranean, Mr. Barrett, although not then 17
years of age, was appointed her Acting-Master,
and in that capacity performed the responsible
duty of navigating the ship to Gibraltar. After
distinguishing himself at Algiers, he became suc-
cessively attached to the Severn 40, Capt. Hon.
Fred. Wm. Aylmer, and Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon.
Anthony Maitland. As Second Master of the latter
ship he was present during Sir Thos. Maitland's in-
terview with the celebrated Ali Pacha in the Palace
of Prevesa, on the occasion of the ratification of
the treatv of Parea. At the request of the Com-
m^nd^r^-Chie^^ Mr. Barrett subsequently con-
sented to act as Master of the Scout 18, CaP*; ^ ".
Ramsden, which sloop he twice conducted through
fte intricate navigation of the Archipelago as fer
S Smyrna, without the aid of a pUot, although two
were aUowed. Passing his examination for Lieute-
nant in July, 1821, he was next for a short time
employed on the Coast Blockade at Hastings, m
the capacity of Admiralty Midshipman; and in the
course of 1827, after an unemployed interval of
five years, was in succession appointed Admiralty
Mate of the Revenge 74, Capt. Norborne Thomp-
son, and RoYAi. George yacht. On his eventual
return from a voyage made with despatches to the
coast of Africa in the Onyx tender, he joined the
Royal Sovereign yacht, bearing the flag ol the
Duke of Clarence, through whose interest, alter hav-
ing accompanied His Royal Highness in a visit to aU
the naval ports, and in an experimental cruize in the
Channel, he was at length awarded a commission,
dated 8 Aug. 1828— some years previously to wMoh
event he had refused the warrant of Master. Ihe
effects of a severe bodily injury which Mr. Barrett
had formerly received in the service, recurrmg
about the same period with all their original vio-
lence, have since prevented him from seekmg
active employment, and consequently further ad-
vancement in his profession.
Lieut. Barrett has on three separate occasions
perilled his own existence by jumping overboard
to the rescue of others. He is the author of var
rious and interesting papers in the U. S. Journal,
of which it may be sufficient to instance "The
Passage of the Gironde," "Naval Recollections of
the American War," "The Battle of Algiers,"
"The last Cruize of H.E.H. the Duke of Cla-
rence," &c. He has been married several years,
and has issue two sons. Agent — Joseph Wood-
head.
BAERETTE, ( Liedt., 1820. ¥-P., 11 ; h-p., 27.)
Augustus George Barrett^ entered the Navy,
31 Oct. 1809, as Second-cl. Boy, on board the Fre-
DERicKSTEiN 32, Capts. Joseph Nourse and Fras.
Beaufort, the latter of whom he accompanied on a
surveying expedition to the Archipelago. After a
continued servitude of two years and a half in the
Mediterranean as Midshipman of the Volontaire
38, Capt. Nourse, Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey
Moubray, and Undaunted 38, Capts. Rich. Thomas
and Thos. Ussher, he rqoined the first>mentioned
officer in Sept. 1813, on board the Severn 40, and
proceeded with a fleet of transports and merchant-
men to Bermuda. He afterwards attended the
expeditions against Washington and Baltimore,
assisted at the taking of St. Mary's, a town on the
coast of Georgia, and further contributed to the
capture of several of the enemy's privateers and
other vessels. From Sept. 1815, until confirmed in
his present rank, 12 June, 1820, Mr. Barrette served
as Master's Mate, Admiralty Slidshipman, and
latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Rosario 10,
Capt. Thos. Ladd Peake, Sybille 44, flag-ship of
Sir Home Popham, and Iphigenia 42, Capt. Hyde
Parker, on the Channel, West India, and Medi-
terranean stations. He has since been on half-pay.
He married, in Feb. 1823, Sarah, youngest daughter
of the late Thos. Jelly, Esq., solicitor, of Bath.
BARRIE. (Commander, 1846.)
William Bakrie is son of Rear-Admiral of the
White the gallant Sir Kobt. Barrie, K.C.B.,
K..C.H. (1837), who rendered his name famous as
Captain of the Dragon 74, during the last Ame-
rican war, and died in June 1841, aged 67.
This officer obtained his first commission 16 June,
1837; was appointed, 31 Aug. following, to the
President 50, flag-ship in the Pacific of Rear-
Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross ; and from 4
Aug. 1842, until promoted to the rank of Com-
mander 9 Nov. 1846, was employed on the same sta-
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tion as First of the Daphne 18, Capt. John Jas.
Onslow.
He married, in 1846, Dolores, eldest daughter of
Col. Wood, of the Chilian army. Agents — Messrs.
StUwell.
BARROW. (Lieut., 1842; f-p., 17 ; h-p., 3.)
Arthur Barrow was bom 25 Jan. 1815.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Not. 1827, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Badger 10, Capt. Chas.
Crowdy, employed on the coast of Scotland and off
Lisbon ; and next served as Midshipman, on the
Mediterranean and South America stations, of
the Donegal 78, Capts. Sir Jahleel Brenton and
John Dick, Ferret 10, Capt. Hon. Edw. Wode-
house, and Spartiatb 76, flag-ship of Sir Mich.
Seymour. In Feb. 1836, having passed his exami-
nation in the previous Sept., he became Mate of
the Scout 18, Capt. Robt. Craigie, on the coast
of Africa, where his gallant conduct in the boats
at the capture, 11 Jan. 1837, of the two slave-brigs
Esperatifa and JPaquete de Cabo, appears to have
procured him official notice. Removing, in Jan.
1840, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Kobt. Maunsell, he
took part in the ensuing operations on the coast of
Syria, and continued to serve in the same ship
until promoted to a Lieutenancy, 18 May, 1842, in
the Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W.
C. R. Owen. He was transferred, on 13 July fol-
lowing, to the Howe 120, Capts. Robt. Smart and
Thos. Forrest, flag-ship for some time of Sir Fras.
Mason, also on the Me(Hterranean station ; and since
31 Dec. 1844, has been again employed on the
coast of Africa, in the Ranger sloop, Capt. Jas.
Anderson. Agent — John P. Muspratt.
BARROW. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Thomas James Raikes Barrow entered the
Navy 26 April, 1826 ; passed his examination 13
June, 1834 ; served for some time, as Mate, on board
the Winchester 50, Capt. Chas. Eden, flag-ship at
the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-Admiral Hon.
Joceline Percy ; and received his commission 4
April, 1843. His appointments have since been,
on the Mediterranean station — 22 Aug. 1844, to the
Formidable 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W.
C. R. Owen — 25 Oct. 186, as First Lieutenant, to
the Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Deve-
reux — 13 Deo. 1845, to the Orestes 18, Capt. Edw.
St. Leger Cannon — and, 14 May, 1846, to the In-
constant 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, with
whom he is at present employed.
BARROW. (Lieut., 1825. f-p.,15; h-p., 14.)
Thomas Pownoll Pellew Barrow entered the
Navy 16 Oct. 1818 ; and while serving as Midship-
man on board the Parthian 10, commanded the
boats of that sloop at the capture of a piratical
vessel, 18 June, 1824. He obtained a Lieutenancy,
25 May, 1825, in the Lively 46, Capt. Wm. Elliott,
successively employed on the coast of Africa, off
Lisbon, and in the Channel ; and, on 3 Oct. 1831,
was appointed First of the PEtoRus 18, Capt. Rich.
Meredith, also on the Africa station, where, in
command of the boats, he took the Minerva slaver,
of 10 guns and 65 men, 5 June, 1835. Since the
close of the latter year he has been on half-pay.
Agent— J. Ilinxman.
BARKY. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
William Barky entered the Navy, 19 March,
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cygnet 18,
Capt. Donald M'Leod. While in that sloo^ under
the subsequent command of Capt. Edw. Dix, he
narrowly escaped being wrecked off St. Abb's
Head, during an exposure of two days to the fury
of a terrific gale, which blew right on shore ; and,
on 18 Dec. 1809, we find him assisting at the de-
struction of the 40-gun frigates ioiVe and Seine,
laden with stores and provisions, moored in Ance
la Barque, Guadeloupe, and defended by numerous
batteries. After further serving for upwards of a
twelvemonth in the Star, Capt. Hendrie, Dra-
gon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, and Cygnet
again, Capt. Robt. Russell, he was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 22 Feb. 1812, and appointed to
the Amaranthe sloop, Capts. Geo. Pringle and
Rich. Augustus Yates. He has been unemployed
since 26 Oct. 1814.
BARTON. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 7.)
Ralph Barton entered the Navy, 2 March,
1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Crescent 38,
Capt. John Quilliam, with whom he cruized in the
Baltic, off Newfoundland, and in the West Indies,
the greater part of the time as Midshipman, until
Sept. 1815. He then served for four years in the
East Indies, on board the Towby 24, and Bacchus
18, Capts. Hew Stewart and John Pengelly Parkin ;
and after a further attachment, as Admiralty Mid-
shipman, to the Grasshopper 18, Capts. David
Buchan and Jas. Bradley, and Egeria 26, Capt.
Sam. Roberts, off Newfoundland, was appointed
Acting-Lieutenant, 12 Sept. 1824, of the Sir Fran-
cis Drake, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Nehemiah
Clarke. Being officially promoted 8 Oct. follow-
ing, he subsequently joined, on the East India,
Mediterranean, Lisbon, and South America sta-
tions—17 Sept. 1825, the Hind 20, Capt. John Fur-
neaux — 21 Oct. 1827, the Success 28, Capt. Jas.
Stirling— 23 Feb. 1828, the Java 52, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage— 20 Nov. 1830, the
Belvidera 42, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas
— and, 24 Jan. 1835, as First Lieutenant, the Dub-
lin 50, bearing the flag of Sir Graham Eden Ha/-
mond. He rose to the rank he now holds 28 June,
1838 ; became an Inspecting-Commander in the
Coast Guard 28 March, 1839; officiated, from 3
Nov. 1840, until Oct. 1843, as Second Captain of the
Monarch 84, commanded, in the Me(Uterranean,
by Capt. Sam. Chambers ; and from 16 Feb. 1845,
until posted, 9 Nov. 1846, was employed in a similar
capacity on board the Vanguard 80, Capt. Geo.
Wickens Willes, part of the Channel squadron.
He is now on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
BARTON. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 1 6.)
Richard Barton entered the Navy, 19 Jan.
1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Latona 38,
Capt. Frank Sotheron, and in the following autumn
attended, as Midshipman, the expedition to the
Helder. He subsequently witnessed the surrender
of the Batavian ships in the Vlieder passage, and
during the remainder of the war assisted at the
capture of several of the enemy's armed vessels.
Becoming attached, in March, 1803, to the Albion
74, Capt. John Ferrier, he shortly afterwards es-
corted the fleet of Indiamen under Capt. Dance
which had recently effected the discomfiture of the
French Admiral Linois from the Straits of Malacca
to St. Helena; and then returning to the East Indies,
continued to serve on that station until 1811 in,
successively, the Culloden 74, bearing the flag of
Sir Edw. Pellew, and La Bellone, alias Blanche,
36, Capt. John Bastard, to which ship, after having
acted for two years and a half as Lieutenant, he
was confirmed, by commission dated 27 Dec. 1808.
Mr. Barton, who appears to have also officiated for
some montlis as Captain of the latter frigate, and
to have captured during that period La Conjiance
privateer, of 2 guns and 30 men, was subsequently
employed, from Dec. 1811, to Dec. 1815, in the
Prince of Wales 98, Grasshopper 16, Crocus 10,
and RoMNEY 50, imder various officers, on the
Home and Mediterranean stations. On 15 March,
1816, he became Flag-Lieutenant, in the Salis-
bury 50, to Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas,
Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies, where he
served until 1818 ; from Dec. in which year until
his promotion to the rank of Commander, 2 July,
1817, we find him employed on the Coast Blockade,
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Severn, Ra-
MiLLiES, and Hyperion, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and
Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He afterwards did duty as an
Inspecting-Commander of the Coast Guard, from
13 April, 1831, until 1836 ; and since his advance-
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52
BARWELL— BASDEN— BASKERVILLE.
ment to Post-rank, which took place 2 Jan. 1837,
has been on half-pay.
Capt. Barton, who is Senior of 1837, is at present
Superintendent of the West India Mail Packet
Company's EstahUshmeut at Southampton.
HARWELL. (LiEPT., 1814. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
Nathaniel Bakwell, bom 31 Dec. 1793, is son
of Osbom Barwell, Esq.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Nov. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sakacen 18, Capt. Jas.
Prevost, in which ship, after landing Lieut.-Gen.
Whitelocke at Buenos Ayres in July, 1807, he re-
turned home with the despatches announcing the
disastrous result of the attack on that place.
During a subsequent attachment of three years, as
Midshipman, to the Soccess 32, Capt. John Ays-
cough, we find Mr. Barwell escorting the present
Earl of Roden and a convoy to the Mediterranean,
contributing to the reduction of Ischia and Procida,
and participating in the capture and destruction of
a large number of the enemy's armed and other
vessels. On next joining the Active 46, Capt. Jas.
Alex. Gordon, he served with credit in the boats of
that frigate at the taking of a convoy of 28 mer-
chantmen, defended by three gun-vessels and a
body of 300 troops, in a creek in the island of Ka^
gosniza, in the Adriatic, 27 July, 1811 ;* and on
29 Nov. following bore a part in a hard-fought
action of an hour and 40 minutes, which, in ren-
dering the Active captor of La Pomam, of 44 guns
and 332 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded,
cost her a loss of 8 men killed and 27 wounded, in-
cluding Capt. Gordon, who lost a leg. He was sub-
sequently employed for two years in the Unite 36,
Capt. Henry Edwin Chamberlayne, and Minorca
18, Capt. Ralph Randolph "Wormeley, both in the
Mediterranean ; was confirmed to a Lieutenancy,
7 Jan. 1814, in the Wizard 18, Capt. Fairfax
Moresby, on the same station ; and from May to
Sept. 1815, officiated as First of the Ekebus 18,
Capts. David Ewen Bartholomew and Fras. Le
Hunte, off Flushing. He has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Barwell married Susan Anne, daughter of
J. C. Middleton, Esq.
BARWELL. (Commander, 1830. p-p., 16;
H-p., 20.)
William Barwell entered the Navy, 31 May,
1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on boaj-d the Volontaire 38,
Capt. Hon. GranvUle Geo. Waldegrave, stationed
in the Mediterranean, where he obtained the rating
of Midshipman 6 March, 1813, and continued ac-
tively to serve until Dec. 1815. In Jan. 1816, he
joined the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hal-
lowell at Cork, whence, on being transferred, in
Sept. 1818, to the Carron 20, Capt. John Fur-
neaux, he sailed for the East Indies; on which
station he became successively attached to the
Leander 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Henry
Blackwood, and Liverpool 40 and Ganges 84
both commanded by Capt. Fras. Augustus CoUier,'
with whom he returned to England and was paid
off in Oct. 1822. Mr. Barwell, who, after officiating
for upwards of 12 months as Acting-Lieutenant, had
been confirmed by commission dated on 29 March
in the latter year, was subsequently appointed — 30
Nov. 1824, to the Rose 18, commanded in the Me-
diterranean by Capt. Hon. Chas. Abbot^and, 8
May, 1827, to the Hdssar 46, as Flag-Lieutenant to
Sir Chas. Ogle on the North America station, where
he served until promoted to the rank he now holds,
26 Feb. 1830. He has not since been employed.
He is married, and has issue.
BASDEN. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 20 ; h-p.,24.)
Charles Basden entered the Navy, 18 June,
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rotal Wu^
LiAM, Capt. John Wainwright, bearing the flag at
Spithead of Admiral Geo. Montagu ; proceeded in
1805 to the East Indies as Midshipman of the Hin-
DOSTAN 50, Capt. Alex. Eraser ; and, on joining the
• Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 2193.
Spartan 38, commanded by the late Sir Jahleel
Brenton, became an active participator, from 1807 to
1810, in all the dashing events which during the
period marked that gallant officer's career. He com-
manded on 14 May, 1807, off Nice, one of four boats
in a valorous but unsuccessful attack on a polaore
ship, in which the British suffered a loss, out of 70
picked men, of 63 killed and wounded, including 2
Lieutenants and 3 Midshipmen ; assisted afterwards
at the destruction, 23 April and 2 May, 1809, of the
castles of Pesaro and Ceseratico; witnessed, on
10 of the latter month, the reduction of the island
of Lossini, on the coast of Croatia ; was present,
early in Oct. following, at the surrender of Zante
and Cephalonia ; contributed also, on 9 of the
same month, to the capture of Cerigo, an island
near the Morea, for which service, as well as for
Lossini, the Spartan received the thanks of the
Admiralty ; commanded a gun-boat in March,
1810, and was severely wounded while destroying
a vessel he had driven on shore on the coast of
Calabria, under the heavy fire of a body of troops ;
had further charge, 25 April ensuing, of one of the
boats employed in cutting out four vessels firom
under the castle and batteries of Terracina ; and,
on 3 May, although nominally a Master's Mate,
performed the duties of Lieutenant on the occasion
of the Spartan's brilliant defeat, in the Bay of
Naples, after an action of two hours, and a loss to
the British of 10 men killed and 22 wounded, of a
Franco-Neapolitan squadron, whose united force
amounted to 95 guns and about 1400 men. On
leaving the Spartan, in Dec. 1810, Mr. Basden
proceeded to join the flotilla employed at the de-
fence of Cadiz, and while so engaged was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated
2 May, 1811. Assuming command, on 9 July in the
same year, of the Fearless gun-brig, he continued
to be very actively employed on the coast of Spain
until 1812, particularly at the defence of Tarifa
in Jan. of that year, for his meritorious services
on which occasion he was especially noticed in the
despatches of the senior officer, Capt. Edw. Stir-
ling Dickson. While next attached, from Deo.
1812, to Oct. 1815, to the Tremendous 74, Capt.
Robt. Campbell, we find him assisting at the cap-
ture of Trieste, co-operating also with the Austrian
forces in the reduction of Venice, and frequently
employed on boat service. In 1825 he became
Agent for Transports afloat, but resigned that ap-
pointment 25 Oct. 1827, and on 31 May, 1828, was
ordered to join, as First-Lieutenant, the Windsor
Castle 78, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouve-
rie, on the Mediterranean station. He was there
promoted to the command, 17 Feb. 1829, of the
Weazle sloop, and, having paid that vessel off in
1830, was next employed as an Inspecting-Com-
mander in the Coast Guard from 18 March, 1834,
until 1837. He attained Post-rank 23 Nov. 1841,
and is at present on half-pay.
Capt. Basden married, 22 April, 1817, Lydia,
daughter of the late J. Pereira, Esq., and niece of
the late Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, Bart., of Maris-
tow, CO. Devon, by whom he has an only daughter,
married to Lieut. C. P. Coode, R.M., son of Capt.
John Coode, R.N., C.B. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
BASKERVILLE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Charles Baskerville passed his examination 8
Nov. 1838 ; and served as Mate, in the Mediterra-
rean and South America, of the Implacable 74
Capt. Edw. Harvey, Carysfoet 26, Capt. Lord
Geo. Paulet, and Ddblin 50, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Rich. Thomas. He obtained his commis-
sion 20 April, 1846.
BASKERVILLE. (Lieutenant, 1826. p-p., 30;
H-p., 4.)
Perceval Baskerville entered the Navy 4
March, 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen
Charlotte 100, Capt. Robt. Jackson, flag-ship in
the Channel of Lord Keith. Until Aug. 1823, in
the course of which month he passed his examina-
BASTARD— BASTIN— BATE.
53
tion, he afterwards served, as Midshipman, in the
Dover troop-ship, Capt. Robt. Henley Kogers,
ViLLE BE Pabis 110, bearing the flag of Lord
Keith, Edrotas 38, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, Dover
again, Capt. R. H. Rogers, Mam-a Si, Capt. Thos.
Gordon Caulfeild, Dromedary store-ship, Master-
Commander Rich. Skinner, and Bathurst survey-
ing-vessel, Capt. Philip Parker King ; and during
the period he was so attached he attended the ex-
pedition to New Orleans, visited New Zealand,
and circumnavigated New Holland. The ships in
which he further served, prior to his promotion to
the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 24 May,
1836, appear to have been the "Windsor Castle 74,
Capt. Chas. Dashwood, Hind 20, Capt. John Fur-
neaux, Java 52, and Winchester 50, bearing the
respective flags of Rear-Admirals Wm. Hall Gage
and Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, Merset 26, Capt.
Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, Shannon 46, Capt.
Benj. Clement, Racehorse 18, Capt. Chas. Hamlyn
Williams, Sapphire 28, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley,
Blossom surveying-sloop, Capt. Rich. Owen, San
Josef 110, Capt. Rich. Curry, Caledonia 120,
Capt. Thos. Brown, and Castor 36, Capt. Lord
John Hay. He was in the Windsor Castle off
Lisbon when Don John, being obliged during the
rebellion of 1824 to take refuge on board that ship,
bestowed gold medals on all the officers ; served in
the other vessels on the East and West India,
Home, and Mediterranean stations ; and obtained
his commission for his exertions under Lord John
Hay on the north coast of Spain, where he was em-
ployed, either in a tender, or on shore at Bilboa, San
Sebastian, and Pasages. Mr. Baskerville's appoint-
ments since his promotion have been — 11 June,
1836, to the Melville 74, flag-ship of Sir Peter
Halkett in North America and the West Indies —
next, to the Rainbow 28, and Nimrod 20, Capts.
Thos. Bennett and John Eraser, on the same sta^
tion — 1 Oct. 1840, to the Howe 120, flag-ship in the
Mediterranean of Sir Francis Mason — early in 1843,
to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, with
whom he returned to England — and, 4 Nov. 1844,
to the Coast Guard, in which service he is at pre-
sent employed. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
BASTARD. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 29.)
Richard Bastard entered the Navy, in July,
1798, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Spider 14,
Lieut-Commander Rich. Harrison, stationed in the
Channel ; removed in 1800, as Signal-Midshipman,
to the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag on the
same and West India stations of Sir Robt. Calder ;
and on joining the Melpomene frigate, Capt. Robt.
Dudley Oliver, was employed, during the years 1804
and 1805, in blockading the French coast, and twice
assisted in bombarding Havre de Grace. Accom-
panying the latter officer, towards the close of 1805,
into the Mars 74, he contributed to the capture,
28 July, 1806, of Le Rhin, of 44 guns and 318 men,
and, under his successor, Capt. Wm. Lukin, was
also present at the taking, on 25 Sept. in the same
year, of La Gloire 46, and L^ Infatigahle 44, two
out of four French frigates that had been pursued
and brought to action by a squadron under Sir Sam.
Hood. After attending the expedition to Copen-
hagen, and while yet at that place, Mr. Bastard was
confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 19 Oct. 1807, in the
BoNETTA 14, Capt. Jas. Robt. Phillips. His subse-
quent appointments were — 4 Nov. 1807, to the Mi-
notaur 74, flag-ship on the Home and Lisbon sta-
tions of Admirals Wm. Essington, Sir Chas. Cotton,
and Sir Wm. Sidney Smith— 7 March, 1809, to the
Perlen 38, Capt. Norborne Thompson, in which
ship he co-operated in the reduction of Flushing,
and afterwards proceeded to the West Indies,
whence he invalided in May, 1811—16 Oct. 1812, as
First-Lieutenant, to the Queen 74, Capt. Lord John
Colville, employed in Basque Roads — 1 Feb. 1813,
to the Freija troop-ship, Capts. Wm. Isaac Scott
and Herbert Wm. Hore, with the former of whom
he served at the siege of San Sebastian — 31 March,
1814, to the Cloeinde 40, Capt. Sam. Geo. Pechell,
stationed in the Mediterranean, where previously
to his return to England he appears to have been
with Lord Exmouth at Algiers, when that noble-
man, in March, 1816, concluded a treaty with the
Dey relative to the abolition of Christian slavery —
and, 19 Nov. 1831, and 20 April and 6 Sept. 1832, to
the alternate command of the Flamer, Hermes,
and Flamer steamers, employed as packets on the
Falmouth station. Since 1834 he has been on half-
pay.
Lieut. Bastard married, 23 Aug. 1837, a daughter
of the late John Bowyer, Esq., of Landport.
BASTIN. (Retired Commander, 1836. f-p.,
18 ; H-p., 33.)
Robert Bastin, bom 5 Aug. 1780, is fourth son
of the late John Bastin, Esq., of Tidwell, in the
parish of East Budleigh, co. Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 May, 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Ntmphe 36, Capts. John
Cooke, Percy Eraser, and Stair Douglas ; and while
in that ship on the Channel station assisted, as
Midshipman, at the capture, when in company with
the San Fiobenzo 36, of the French frigates La
Resistance, of 48, and La Constance, of 24 guns, 9
March, 1797. After a variety of other active ser-
vices, and a brief attachment to the Cambbidge 80,
Capt. Chas. Henry Lane, guard-ship at Plymouth,
he became Master^s Mate, in May, 1802, of the Do-
negal 74, Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan, and on
20 June, 1803, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of
the Belleisle 74, Capts. John Whitby and Wm.
Hargood. Being confirmed to the latter ship by
commission, dated 3 Sept. in the same year, he
subsequently accompanied Lord Nelson to the West
Indies and back in pursuit of the combined squa-
drons of France and Spain, and on 21 Oct. 1805,
fought at Trafalgar. On 19 July, 1806, we find
Mr. Bastin, who had been appointed second of the
Blanche, of 46 guns and 265 men, Capt. Thos.
Lavie, receiving a musket-ball through the thigh
during a warm action which led to the capture,
after a loss to the British of not more than 4 men
wounded, of La Guerriere, French ship, of 50 guns
and 317 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded.*
In consideration of the official mention made of
him on this and other occasions, and of his wound,
the subject of this memoir, on his return to Sheer-
ness, was presented by the Patriotic Society with
the sum of 200Z. The Blanche, to the First-Lieu-
tenancy of which he had succeeded on the promo-
tion of the present Capt. H. T. Davies, being even-
tually wrecked off Ushant in March, 1807, he was
taken prisoner, and detained in France until the
peace of 1814. Unable to procure further employ-
ment, he at length, on 11 May, 1836, accepted the
rank he now holds.
Commander Bastin married, 7 Oct. 1818, Miss
Sarah Boucaut, of Guernsey, and has issue one
daughter.
BATE. (CoMMANDEK, 1836. F-p., 26; H-p., 15.)
John Mort Bate died .in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 April, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Foudrotant 80, Capt.
Peter Puget, successive flag-ship of Sir Thos.
Graves and Sir John Borlase Warren ; under the
latter of whom, after participating as Midshipman
in various skirmishes with the Brest fleet, he wit-
nessed the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo,
of 80 guns, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and
40-gun frigate Selte Poule. While subsequently on
the books of the Goliath 74, commanded also by
Capt. Puget, he temporarily served with that officer
on board the Hebe armed ship, during the operas
tions of 1807 against Copenhagen, where, in con-
junction with the inshore squadron, he appears to
have been in almost daily collision with the enemy's
batteries, block-ships, praams, and gun-boats. He
afterwards, on the landing of the army at Wibeck,
• rideGsj,. 1806, p. 931.
64
BATE— BATEMAN— BATES.
had the honour of conveying the Duke of Welling-
ton, then Sir Arthur "Wellesley, on shore ; and on
rejoining the Goliath, served "vrith the fleet under
Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Baltic, where he was
frequently employed with the Russians, and often
employed in the boats. Between Dec. 1808, and
Aug. 1814, Mr. Bate further served on board the
Blake, ConRAGEnx, Gibraltar, and Stirling
Castle 74' s, Capts. Edw. Codrington, Robt.
Plampin, Sir Jahleel Brenton, and Sir Home
Popham; and during that period was present in
the CoDKAGEDx at the bombardment of Flushing,
and made a voyage in the Stirling Castle to
India. Obtaining his first commission 1 March,
1815, he subsequently joined — 30 Jan. 1826, the
Coast Blockade, in which service he officiated,
until its abolition, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of
the Ramillies and Talavera 74's, Capts. Hugh
Pigot and David Colby— and, 15 April, 1831, took
the command of a station in the Coast Guard. In
1834, for his " cool and intrepid conduct" in a des-
perate conflict of two hours with a party of armed
smugglers, at Beer, in Devonshire, where he was se-
verely wounded in the head, and had three fingers
broken, he received the well-earned approbation of
the Comptroller-General, and, on 15 Jan. 1836, was
further rewarded with the rank of Commander.
From 29 March, 1837, until 1840, and from 18 Jan.
1842, until the period of his death, he again served
in the Coast Guard, in the capacity of Inspecting-
Commander.
He has left a family of six children. Agents —
Messrs. Chard.
BATE. (Lieutenant, 1841. f-p., 16; h-p., 0.)
William Thornton Bate entered the Navy 2
Sept. 1831 ; passed his examination 1 May, 1839 ;
served as Mate on board the Blenheim 72, Capt.
Thos. Herbert, and Wellesley 72, bearing the
broad pendant of Sir Gordon Bremer ; and for his
services during the operations of May, 1841, against
Canton, where he was wounded, was awarded a
commission, dated on 8 of the following Oct.* As
Additional-Lieutenant of the Bentinck 10, Capt.
Rich. Collinson, he was subsequently employed on
shore at the capture of Chapoo, 18 May, 1842, on
which occasion, after assisting in landing the troops,
he accompanied them in their advance, and by his
spirited exertions succeeded in making prisoner a
Chinese officer holding the rank of Colonel, f He
next served, with Capt. CoUinson, on board the
Plover surveying-vessel ; and since 8 July, 1843,
has been in command, also in the East Indies, of
the Young Hebe tender.
Lieutenancy, 31 Oct. 1795, in the Scipio 64, Capts.
Robt. M'Doiall, Fras. Laforey, and Chas. Sydney
Darers, while under whom he participated in the
reduction of the Dutch settlement of Demerara,
and on that occasion, as at the subseguent destruc-
tion of a Spanish squadron near Innidad, was
again wounded. From 4 Jan. 1798 until promoted
to the rank of Commander, 29 April, 1802, he served
in the Monarch 74, and London 98, bearing the
flags in the North Sea and Baltic of Admira^ Sir
Rich. Onslow, Archibald Dickson, and Sir Hyde
Parker : in the first named of which ships he fought,
as Second Lieutenant, at Copenhagen, where his
Captain, Kobt. Jas. Mosse, was killed. Dunng the
two years and a half immediately preceding hia
attainment of Post-rank, 25 Sept. 1806, we find
Capt. Bateman commanding in succession the
KiTTT, BoNETTA, and Gannet sloops, the two
former employed in afibrding protection to the dif-
ferent convoys in the North Sea, and the latter in
escorting the trade to the Mediterranean. His
subsequent appointments were— 25 Sept. 1809, to
the SciPiON 74, bearing the flag in the Bay of
Biscay of Hon. Kobt. Stopford— in the course of
1812 to the Revenge 74, flag-ship of Hon. Arthur
Kaye Legge, and Stately 64, off Cadiz , where,
on becoming Senior Officer, he efiected the disman-
tlement of the English dockyard— and, 12 April,
1813, to the Impetdedx 74, which ship he brought
home and paid off in the following June. He has
not since been employed. His advancement to
Flag-rank took place 23 Nov. 1841.
The Rear-Admiral married, in 1809, Lucy, third
daughter of Wm. Chetwynd, Esq., of Ham Com-
mon, CO. Surrey, and Hampstead, co. Cork, by
whom he has issue a son and five daughters.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
BATEMAN. (Eeab-Admiral of the White.
1841. F-p., 18 ; H-p., 39.)
Charles Philip Butler Bateman, bom in 1776,
at Wormley, in Hertfordshire, is son of the late
Nathaniel Bateman, Esq., an old Post-Captain.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1790, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74, Capt. Fras.
John Hartwell, stationed in the Channel ; and,
after serving in the Minerva 44, and Crown 64,
both commanded by Capt. Robt. Manners Sutton,
in the East Indies, became, in 1792, Midshipman of
the Penelope 32, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley,
in which vessel, when in company with the Iphi-
GENiA 32, he took part, 25 Nov. 1793, off St. Do-
mingo, in a warm action of half an hour, which
terminated in the capture, with a loss to the Pene-
I.OPE of 1 man killed and 7 wounded, of the French
36-gun frigate U Inamstante. Removing next to
the BoTNE 98, bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis,
Mr. Bateman, in 1794, witnessed the reduction of
the French West India islands, and was slightly
wounded while employed on shore at the attack on
Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Having further served
on board L'Aimable 32, and Majestic 74, flag-
ships of Sir John Laforey, he was promoted to a
• Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 2513, 2539.
t V. Gaz. 1843, pp. 36n.S-94.
BATES. (Lieutenant, 1814.)
Henbt Andrew Bates was bom 30 Nov. 1788.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 Sept. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Starling gun-brig,
Lieut-Commander John Guyon, on the North Sea
station, where he was present in an attack on the
enemy's flotilla off Flushing, in which the Star-
ling was very severely damaged, and had several
men wounded. In Oct. 1804, he joined the Beagle
sloop, Capts. Jas. Bum, Geo. Digby, and Fras.
Newcombe, under whom he continued to serve,
chiefly in the Mediterranean, until Oct. 1809, and
during that period contributed to the capture, on
various occasions, of a large number of Spanish
vessels, of considerable value, ultimately producing
to every man engaged the sum of 500?. In 1806
Mr. Bates, who had attained the rating of Mid-
shipman, was ta.ken prisoner by the crew of a ves-
sel in which he had been placed as prize-master,
carried to Catalonia, and there detained until, on
being exchanged after a lapse of six months, he
was enabled to rejoin the Beagle. On a subse-
quent occasion, while in the act of boarding a
Genoese xebec, which the latter vessel had driven
on shore near Cape Palos, he was knocked over-
board by a spent musket-ball, but was happily res-
cued, and sent in charge of the captured vessel to
Oran, on the coast of Barbary ; on arriving in the
vicinity of which town, he had the good fortune to
save the fort of Marselquivir from falling into the
hands of the Arabs. Returning, in 1808, to the
Downs, Mr. Bates assisted at the capture of four
heavy privateers, a service for which, conjointly
with the rest of the officers and crew, he received
the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief. He was
thrice also, about the same period, intrusted with
the hazardous duty of landing secret papers on the
coast of France; and, in April, 1809, having
escorted Col. Congreve, with 12 fire-ships, to the
Basque Roads, was there employed throughout the
whole of Lord Cochrane's operations. During the
subsequent expedition to the Scheldt, he took,
while in command of the launch belonging to the
Salsette 38, Capt. Walter Bathurst, a Dutch gun-
vessel, mounting, besides 4 brass howitzers, 1 long
BATES— BATHURST—BATT.
55
twenty-four and 2 long nine-pounders, with a crew of
30 men ; and was present in the attack on the for-
tresses of Bathz and Williamstadt. "We next, from
20Nov. 1810, untilM'arch, 1811, find Mr. Bates serv-
ing as Acting-Lieutenant in the Undadsted 38,
Capts. Geo. M'XCenzie and Kich. Thomas, and after
that period, for a few months in the same capaoify,
and then as Master's Mate, on hoard the Eame 74,
Capt. Wm. Bathurst, engaged on the coast of Catar
Ionia ; where, on his transference, 5 June, 1812, to
the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw.
Pellew, he was employed, in command of a body of
pike-men, in co-operating with the army under Lord
Wm. Bentinck, and in assisting at the capture, in
June, 1813, of the Col de Balaguer. He soon after-
wards, with a detachment under Capts. Coghlan and
Thos. Ussher, aided in reducing a small town on the
coast of France, and, at the capture of a convoy
anchored near it, was wounded in the wrist in an
unsuccessful attempt to hoard a gun-boat. On
13 April, 1814, he witnessed the surrender of
Genoa; and, on 18 of the same month, Sir Edw.
Pellew, to mark the estimation in which he held
his services, having given him an acting-order as
Lieutenant of the Caledonia, placed him in com-
mand of her tender, the Thistle lugger, of 10 guns
and 50 men, and despatched him to the Dey of
Algiers, with intelligence of the continental peace.
On Mr. Bates' paying off the Thistle, in Sept.
following, his patron took him in person to the
Admiralty, procured for him his commission, dated
20th of the same month, and was the means of his
immediate appointment to the Akbar 50, Capt.
Chas. Bullen, on the coast of North America ; where
he removed, 29 Oct. 1815, as First-Lieutenant, to
the Akab 16, Capt. Henry Jane, and continued
imtil a short time previously to his being paid off,
19 July, 1816. He has since, we believe, been con-
tinually employed, either in charge of a Revenue-
vessel or in the Coast Guard, in which service he is
at present officiating as an Inspecting-Commander.
He married, 14 Jan. 1815, Miss Isabella Innis, by
whom he has issue five children.
BATES. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
Joseph Bates was born 12 Jan. 1782.
This offtcer entered the Navy (into which he was
impressed) 7 June, 1803, as A.B., on board the
Cerberus 32, Capt. Wm. Selby, successively em-
ployed in the Channel and West Indies ; removed,
as Captain of the Foretop, in July, 1808, to the
Racoon 18, Capts. Jas. Welsh and Wm. Black;
and after an intermediate servitude in that sloop on
the Home, West India^ and South Sea stations — the
six last years as Quartermaster, Midshipman, and
Master's Mate — was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, 11 March, 1815. He left the Racoon in the
following Oct., and has since been on half-pay.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
BATHURST. (Lieut., 1838. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 0.)
John Oldenshaw Bathurst, born in Dec. 1817,
is son of the late Capt. Walter Bathurst, R.N., by
Marianne, daughter of Wood, Esq.
This officer was educated at the Royal Naval
College. He embarked 22 June, 1832 ; passed his
examination 6 Jan. 1837 ; and was promoted, in con-
sideration of the services of his father, 20 Dec.
1838. His appointments have since been — 19 June,
1839, to the Vestal 26, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter,
in North America and the West Indies — 27 Aug.
1841, to the temporary command of the Romney
30, receiving-ship at the Havana — 28 Dec. 1841,
to the CoMus 18, Capt. EvanNepean, on the former
station — 28 Oct. 1842, to the Excellent gunnery-
ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings — and,
7 May, 1844, to the Collingwood 80, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour, Commander-
in-Chief in the Pacific, where he is at present serv-
ing. Agents— Holmes and Folkard.
BATT. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 37 ; h-p., 5.)
Henry Batt entered the Navy, 7 June, 1805, on
board the Elizabeth 10, Lieut.-Commander Henry
Batt ; but remained unemployed from July, 1806,
until appointed Midshipman, in July, 1809, of the
Rhin 38,. Capt. Chas. Malcolm. He served in the
latter frigate until Aug. 1814, in the Channel, off
the north coast of Spain, and in the West Indies ;
was then appointed Master's Mate, in succession of
the Carnation and Wolverene sloops, Capts. Geo.
Bentham and Geo. Guy Burton, on the Mediter-
ranean station ; passed his examination 4 Oct.
1815 ; and after a further employment in the Medi-
terranean, on board the Euphrates 36, Capt. Kobt.
Preston, and Albion 74, Capts. John Coode, Rich.
Raggett, Sir Wm. Hoste, and John Acworth Om-
manney, was advanced to his present rank, 28
April, 1827. He was subsequently engaged on the
Coast Blockade from 3 Jan. 1829, until its aboli-
tion, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramil-
LiES and Talavera 74's, Capts. Hugh Pigot and
David Colby ; and since 31 March, 1831, has been
in command of a station in the Coast Guard. Lieut.
Batt has on various occasions had the good fortune,
by jumping overboard, to save the lives of others.
BATT. (Commander, 1840.)
Joseph Batt died 31 Aug. 1844, in his 47th
year.
This officer entered the Navy 8 Aug. 1812, and
obtained his first commission 19 May, 1827. He
was subsequently appointed Senior, 4 June, 1834,
of the Columbine 18, Capt. Thos. Henderson, em-
ployed on the Mediterranean and Africa stations,
and, 31 Aug. 1840, of the Vesuvius steam-vessel,
commanded by the same officer. He attained the
rank of Commander on 4 Nov. in the same year,
and thenceforward remained on half-pay.
BATT. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 30 ; h-p., 17.)
William Batt was born 7 Feb. 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1800, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Eurydice 24, Capts. Walter
Bathurst and Chas. Malcolm, from which ship, after
assisting at the capture, 8 May, 1801, of Le Bow'
gainville privateer, of 14 guns and 67 men, and
making a voyage to the East Indies, he was paid
ofi' in March, 1803. In Jan. 1805, he joined the
Lily 18, Capts. Morrison and Donald Campbell ;
but, before long, was captured by two privateers
while serving on board a tender belonging to
that vessel, and detained a prisoner for several
months at Cumana, in South America. On his re-
turn to the Lily, Mr. Batt aided in taking the
Leander, a Columbian ship of 22 guns and 200 men,
and was also present in an attack on La Villa de
Core, on the Spanish Main ; subsequently to which
he joined the Express gun-brig, Lieut.-Com-
manders Geo. Spearing, Humphrey Fleming Sen-
house, Wm. Dowers, Wm. Deane, and Wm. Ma-
lone. While in that vessel he was slightly woimded
in the back in an action off Martinique with a na-
tional brig and two privateers, mounting together
39 guns — took part, when in company with H.M.S.
Ethalion, in an encounter with the French 44-gun
frigate Amphitrite — and shared in the reduction
of Marie-galante, Deseada, the Saintes, and Mar-
tinique. From 1812, previously to which year he
had assisted, in the Nisus 38, Capt. PhiUp Beaver,
at the reduction of the Isle of France, until Dec.
1815, he further served, on the Cork, Jamaica, and
Channel stations, in the Talbot, Ringdove, and
Wanderer sloops, Capts. Spelman Swaine, Henry
Hanes, and Wm. Dowers. He then went on half-
pay, having been awarded a commission on 15 of the
previous March, and so remained until 1829, when
he joined the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas.
Mingaye. He has been employed in the Coast
Guard since 24 April, 1831.
He is a widower with three daughters. Agents
— Hallett and Robinson.
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BATTEN— BATTERSBY—BAUGH.
BATTEN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Chakles Batten was born 27 Jan. 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Combatant 22, Capt.
Alex. Rich. Maclcenzie, with whom he continued
to serve, in the same ship and the Zenobia 18, on
the Baltic, Home, America, and Lisbon stations,
until Jan. 1812. He was in attendance on Com-
modore Owen's rocket-expedition against Boulogne,
took part in the subsequent sieges of Dantzic and
Copenhagen, as also in the operations of 1809
against Flushing, where the Zenobia had the ho-
nour of leading a division of the fleet, and was em-
ployed, in 1810-11, at the defence of Cadiz. Re-
moving, as Master's Mate, in Jan. 1812, to the
Vengeuk 74, Capts. Thos. Dundas and Tristram
Robt. Ricketts, he eventually served on shore with
the army during the attack on New Orleans, and
contributed to the fall of Fort Bowyer, the last
hostile operation of the American war. Since the
receipt of his commission, which bears date 14
Feb. 1815, Lieut. Batten has been on half-pay.
BATTEESBY. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
John Palmer Batteesby is eldest son of the
late Rev. Leslie Battersby, LL.D., of Skreene, co.
Shgo, by Anna Maria, daughter of Patrick Palmer,
Esq., barrister-at-law ; and nephew both of Lieut, -
Col. Battersby, C.B., and of the late Capt. Henry
Robt. Battersby, R.'N.
This ofacer entered the Navy 12 Aug. 1809;
passed his examination in 1816 ; obtained his com-
mission 28 Feb. 1828 ; was appointed, 12 Jan. 1839,
pro tern,., to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams San-
dom, on the lakes of Canada ; and since the sum-
mer of 1840 has been unemployed.
He married, 4 Aug. 1835, Maria, second daughter
of the late Chas. Jones, Esq., of Kilmacarick
House, CO. "Wicklow. Agent — J oseph "Woodhead.
BAUGH. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
Edwakd Badgh entered the Navy 15 Oct. 1810 ;
passed his examination in 1817 ; was promoted, 25
April, 1829, into the Thetis 46, Capts. Arthur Batt
Bingham and Sam. Burgess, in which frigate he
was wrecked, on Cape Frio, 5 Dec. 1830 ; and from
2 Oct. 1837, until the close of 1842, served in the
Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Baugh married, 17 Nov. 1842, Mary
Charles, eldest daughter of the late C. S. Minshaw,
Esq., of Sidcup, Foot's Cray, co. Kent, and of Hove
Lodge, CO. Sussex. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
BAUGH. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 18; h-p., 36.)
Henry Baugh entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1793,
as Midshipman, on board the St. Aebans 64, Capt.
Jas. Vashon, employed in the Mediterranean and
West Indies ; removed, in May, 1795, with the same
officer, to the Pompee 80 ; and continued to serve
in that ship, off Cadiz and with the Channel fleet,
until promoted, 19 Feb. 1799, into the Cynthia 16,
Capt. Micajah Malbou, stationed off'Havre de Grace.
After serving for a short timein the Trdsty 50, Capt.
Geo. Bowen, off" the Texel, we find him in succes-
sion appointed — 16 Dec. 1799, to the Romney 50,
Capt. John Lawford, at Sheemess — 27 June, 1801,
to the Dreadnought 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, off
Cadiz, whence he invalided 22 Jan. 1802 — and, 10
May, 1803, to L'Imp^tueux 74, Capt. Thos. Byam
Martin, employed in the Channel. On 2 Jan. 1806,
Lieut. Baugh assumed command of the 14-gun
brig Rapid, and on 23 April, 1808, being off Faro,
on the south coast of Portugal, in company with
the Grasshopper 18, Capt. Thos. Fearle, signalized
himself by his gallantry in capturing, after a severe
action of two hours and a hal^ fought among
shoals and within grape-shot of a battery, two Spa-
nish vessels laden with cargoes valued at 30,O0OZ.
each, and further protected by four gun-boats, two
of which were forced to surrender, and the re-
mainder driven on shore. The Rapid was sub-
sequently, on 18 of the following month, sunk by the
batteries in the river Tagus in an attempted attack
on two feluccas. Capt. Baugh, whose meritorious
conduct in the action we have above noticed was
rewarded by a Commander's commission, dated 19
May, 1808, afterwards served, from June, 1809, to
Feb 1810, in the Isle of Wight district of Sea Fen-
cibles, and from 6 Feb. 1812, until June, 1814, in
command of the Vulture bomb, employed off Jer-
sey and Guernsey. He has not since been afloat.
Post-rank was conferred on him 23 Nov. 1841.
BAUGH. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Henry William Baugh died 31 Jan. 1846. He
was eldest son of Kear-iidmiral Thos. Folliott
Baugh.
This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal
Naval CoUege) 15 Feb. 1830 ; passed his examination
23Sept. 1834 ; served as Mate, in North America, the
West Indies, and Mediterranean, in the Madagas-
car 44, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, Implaca-
ble 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey, and Impregnable 104,
Capt. Thos. Forrest ; and while employed on the
former station in the Illustrious 72, bearing the
flag of Sir Chas. Adam, was awarded a commission,
dated 23 Nov. 1841. He continued to serve for
some weeks in the same ship as Additional-Lieu-
tenant ; then removed, 23 Feb. 1842, to the Sappho
16, Capt. Edw. Iggulden Parrey ; and from the
following Dec. until 1845 appears to have been
employed in the East Indies on board the Sama-
kang surveying-vessel, Capt. Sir Edw. Belcher.
Agents — Messrs. StilweU.
BAUGH. (Rear- Admiral, 1846. pp., 24;
H-p., 39.)
Thomas Folliott Baugh is uncle of Commander
Francis Scott, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1784, as Cap-
tain's Servant, on board the Captain 74, Capt.
Reeves, lying at Plymouth; joined, in 1786, the
Expedition 44, bearing the broad pendant in the
West Indies of Commodore Alan Gardner ; and
was subsequently employed as Midshipman, on the
latter, and on the Home and Newfoundland sta-
tions, in the Europa 50, Capt. Jas. Vashon,
Drake, Capt. Geo. Countess, Courageux 74, Capt.
Alan Gardner, Duke 98, bearing the flag of Admiral
Roddam, Drake again, Capt. John Dolling, and
Circe 28, and Heroine 32, both commanded by
Capt. Alan Hyde Gardner, on the coast of New-
foimdland. Being promoted to a Lieutenancy, 2
Nov. 1793, in the Fly sloop, Capt. Thos. Affleck,
he assisted at the reduction, in 1794, of tlie French
West India islands ; and, on next joining the Cum-
berland 74, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, par-
ticipated in Admiral Hotham's action with the
French fleet, off Cape Roux, 13 July, 1795. His
subsequent appointments, as Lieutenant, were —
20 July, 1797, to the Princess Royal 98, flag-ship
off Cadiz of Rear- Admiral Sir John Ogle — 8 July,
1798, to the Hector 74, Capts. Robt. Campbell,
Thos. Stevenson, and John Elphinstone, on the
Mediterranean station — 1 Nov. 1800, to the Prin-
cess Charlotte frigate, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry,
with whom he returned home— and, 8 April, 1801,
to the command of the Locust gun-brig, which he
retained until shortly previous to the receipt of his
second commission, 29 April, 1802. From 24 March
1804, until 2 April, 1807, we find Capt. Baugh holding
an appointment in the Irish Sea Fencibles, and from
the latter period until his advancement to Post>
rank, 21 Oct. 1810, commanding the Clio brig, on
the Leith station, where he captured, 21 Sept
1808 a Danish privateer, of 6 guns and 11 men.
H e has since been unemployed. His acceptance of
the rank he now holds took place 1 Oct. 1846
The Rear-Admiral married, 2 April, 1809, Mary,
only daughter of Fras. Scott, Esq., of Beechwood
and niece of Sir Alex. Don, Bart., of Newton, co!
Roxburgh, and of the first Lord Polwarth. By
that lady he has had issue two sons and a daughter
His eldest son was the late Lieut. H. W. Baugh
?"^;' J;;s second Charies Richai-d, is aLieutenint
in the 9th regt. Bombay Native Infantry.
BAXTER— BAYFIELD— BAYLEY— BAYLY.
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BAXTER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Baxter entered the Navy, 15 Nov.
1803, as Midshipman, on board the Focdkotant
80, Capt. Peter Puget, hearing the flags in succes-
sion of Sir Thos. Graves and Sir John Borlase
Warren ; and while in that ship, besides partici-
pating in various skirmishes vrith the Brest fleet,
witnessed the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Ma-
rengo of 80 guns, carrying the flag of Admiral Li-
nois, and 40-guu frigate Belle Foule. Rejoining
Capt. Puget, in April, 1807, on board the Goliath
74, he accompanied the ensuing expedition to Co-
penhagen ; after which event he removed to tlie
Venerable 74, successive flag-ship of Rear-Ad-
mirals Sir Rich. Strachan and Philip Chas. Dur-
ham, and in Aug. 1809, while under the temporary
command of Capt. Andrew King, contributed
to the fall of Flushing. On ultimately proceed-
ing to the East Indies, as Master's Mate of the
Stirling Castle 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham,
Mr. Baxter joined, in Sept. 1813, the Salsette 36,
Capt. John Bowen. After acting for some time as
Lieutenant, both in that ship and in the "Welles-
ley 74, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Burlton, he
was confirmed in his present rank by comnAission
dated 20 Sept. 1815. He was paid off at Ports-
mouth in the following January, and has not since
been employed. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
BAYFIELD. (Capt., 1834. f-p., 41 ; h-p., 0.)
Henev Wolset Bayfield is, we believe, related
to a family of high distinction, the Bayflelds, of
Bayfield Hall, co. Norfolk ; and a connexion of Sir
Gregory Osborne Page Turner, Bart., of Ambros-
den, CO. Oxford.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 Sept. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Beagle sloop, Capts.
Fras. Newcombe and Wm. Brooking Dolling, under
the former of whom, while cruizing in the Downs,
he assisted at the capture, on different occasions,
of three heavy privateers, carrying in the whole 44
guns and 155 men. Having further witnessed Lord
Cochrane's destruction of the French shipping in Aix
Roads, and attained the rating of Midshipman, he
rejoined Capt. Newcombe, in April, 1811, on board
the Wanderer 20, and during the three following
years was employed on the West India, Halifax,
and Lisbon and Spanish stations. He served in
Canada during the latter part of the American
War; and since Sept. 1816, has been engaged in
the survey of lakes Ontario, Erie, and Huron, the
river St. Lawrence, and the coast of Labrador.
He obtained his first commission 20 March, 1815 ;
acquired the rank of Commander 8 Nov. 1826 ; and
was posted for his services as a Maritime Surveyor
4 June, 1834.
Capt. Bayfield married, 2 April, 1838, Fanny, only
daughter of Capt. C. Wright, R.E., by whom he
has issue. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
BAYLEY. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Henry Bayley passed his examination 7 Sept.
1836 ; and served as Mate, chiefly in the Mediter-
ranean, on board the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos.
Forrest, Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sarto-
rius, AiBiON steamer, Lieut.-Commanders John
Jeayes and Fred. Lowe, and Volcano steam-sloop,
Lieut.-Commanders Edw. Chas. Miller and John
Hay Crang. He obtained his commission 6 Dec.
1845 ; and has been since employed on the same
station in the Hibeknia 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm.
Parker.
BAYLY. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Charles Bissett Bayly entered the Navy 1
Sept. 1823; passed his examination 1 Deo. 1830;
and from 29 July, 1840, until the early part of 1842,
served in the Coast Guard. He was promoted,
during the latter period, to the rank he now holds
by commission dated 23 Nov. 1841 ; and since 15
May, 1843, has been again employed in the Coast
Guard.
BAYLY. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Charlton Booth Bayly entered the Navy, in
June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb
74, Capt., afterwards Rear-Admiral, Rich. Goodwin
Keats ; under whom (with the exception of a brief
attachment, in 1809-10, to the Puissant and Poic-
tiers 74's, Capts. Robt. Hall and John Poo Beres-
ford) he continued to serve, in the same ship, and
in the Milford 74, and Hibernia 110, until 1813 ;
during which period he co-operated in the attack
upon Copenhagen in 1807, and assisted at the sub-
sequent defence of Cadiz. Joining next the Cale-
donia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, he took
part in an encounter with the French fleet off Tou-
lon, 5 Feb. 1814; shortly after which event he
joined the Union 98, Capt. Robt. Rolles, and served
as Acting-Lieutenant at the reduction of Genoa.
His official promotion taking place 17 June follow-
ing, he was next appointed, 13 March, 1815, to the
Penelope 36, Capt. Jas. Galloway,vOn accompany-
ing whom to North America he was wrecked in
the Gulf of St. Lawrence on 30 April in the same
year. Mr. Bayly on that occasion experienced such
intense suffering from the cold and the hardships
he endured, as never yet to have recovered his
health. He has not been able to procure further
employment.
He is married, and has issue.
BAYLY. (CoMMANDEK, 1828. F-P., 17; h-p., 31.)
James Bayly, born in 1785, at Nenagh, is son of
the Rev. Henry Bayly, Rector of Nenagh and Nigh,
CO. Tipperary ; grandson of John Bayly, Esq., of
Debsborough ; brother of Capt. Benj. Bayly, late
21st Fusileers, of Lieut. Peter Bayly, R.N., and of
the late Capts. John Bayly, of the 2nd Bengal Light
Cavalry, andWm. Bayly, of the 92nd Highlanders;
and brother-in-law of Sir Wm. Rowan Hamilton,
Astronomer Royal of Ireland, and of Wm. Rath-
bone, Esq., late High Sheriff of Dublin.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 March, 1799, as
a Volunteer, on hoard the Penelope 36, commanded
by his relative Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood ; and
on 31 March, 1800, while at the blockade of Malta,
assisted at the hard-wrought capture of ie Guil-
laume Tell, of 84 guns and 1000 men, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Decres. After attending, as
Midshipman, the expedition to Egypt, he succes-
sively joined, between May, 1802, and Oct. 1805,
the Donegal 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir
Rich. Strachan, Experiment 44, Capt. Geo. Chas.
Mackenzie, Virginie 88, Capt. John Poo Beres-
ford, and Edeyalus 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Black-
wood. For his conduct in the latter frigate at the
battle of Trafalgar, on which occasion he had the
honour of conveying Lord Collingwood on board,
he was at once appointed Acting-Lieutenant of that
nobleman's flag-ship, the Royal Sovereign 100. He
was officially promoted on 22 Dec. in the same year,
1805 ; and was afterwards appointed — 19 April,
1806, to the Ganges 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, in
which ship he vritnessed the capture, 27 Sept. 1806,
of Le Fresident French frigate, and the subsequent
reduction of Copenhagen — 11 March, 1808, to the
Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. H. Blackwood, stationed
in the Mediterranean — 22 Oct. 1810, as First (for
his co-exertions in having rescued the Euryalus,
and Shearwater brig, from six of the enemy's
line-of-battle ships in a gale off Toulon), to the Leo-
NIDAS 38, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, also in the
Mediterranean — 1 Jan. 1811, to the Fame 74, Capt.
Walter Bathurst, with whom he returned to Eng-
land an invalid— 25 Oct. 1811, and 11 Oct. 1813, to
the Teinculo 16, and Orontes 36, Capts. Alex.
Renny and Nathaniel Day Cochrane, on the Cork
and West India stations, the latter of which ships
he left in May, 1815— and, in 1827, to the Prince
Regent 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of his old
friend, Hon. H. Blackwood, at whose recommenda-
tion, on memorialising the Lord High Admiral, he
was advanced to his present rank, 25 Aug. 1828.
Commander Bayly mairied, 12 Sept. 1831, Miss
Tripe.
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BAYLY BAYNES-BAYNTON.
BAYLY. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 15; h-p., 32.)
Peter Bayly is brother of Commander Jas.
Bayly, R.N.
This officer entered the Nary, 8 April, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Camilla 26, Capts. Robt.
Larkan and Edw. Brace. After serving for some
time off Newfoundland, and being obliged to put,
in great distress, into Cork, in consequence of the
Camilla having overset, he became successively
attached, as Midshipman, between 1802 and 1809,
to the Penelope 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood,
Herccle 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, Lzda 38, Capt.
Robt. Honyman, Zealand 64, bearing the iiag of
Vioe-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, Mon-
mouth 74, Capt. Edw. Dumford King, and Solebay
32, Commodore Edw. Henry Columbine. While in
the Leda, Mr. Bayly was present, 29 April, 1803, in a
successful attack on a division of gun-boats off Bou-
logne— co-operated in the reduction, in Jan. 1806,
of the Cape of Good Hope — witnessed the capture,
21 Feb. and 4 March following, of the Rollu brig and
VolontaiTe frigate, in Table Bay — and, accompany-
ing Sir Home Popham to the Rio de la Plata, took
an active part in all the operations which preceded
the final evacuation of Spanish America by the
British in the summer of 1807. On the occasion of
the re-capture of Buenos Ayres by its original pos-
sessors he narrowly escaped being involved in the
destruction of a prize-schooner which he had set
on fire ; and at the storming of Monte Video, where
he commanded a party of 40 seamen employed to
co-operate with the troops, he was wounded in the
face while assisting an officer of the Royal Artillery
to hoist the union-jack on the citadel. During his
continuance in the Leda, Mr. Bayly on one occa^
sion fell from the main-yard into the waist, in con-
sequence of which he was for several weeks speech-
less; and on another, he tripped from the main-
deck head foremost into an empty peas-cask in the
after hold, and was taken out apparently lifeless. He
afterwards, in the Zealand, acted as Secretary to
Admiral Rowley ; made a voyage, in the Monmouth,
to the East Indies ; and (m his passage to England
in 1808, after having participated in the capture of
a valuable Dutch settlement, broke his collar-bone
in three places, and was for a twelvemonth deprived
of the use of his right arm. He was ultimately
confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 31 Aug. 1809, in the
Derwent 20, Capt. John Tetley, and on his return
home from the coast of Africa was appointed, to-
wards the close of the same year, to the Cueacoa
26, Capt. John Tower. Continuing to serve in that
fejgate for a period of six years, he commanded a
squadron of gun-boats at the taking of Genoa in
April, 1814; and on one occasion succeeded, in a
six-oared gig with 8 men, in boarding and cap-
turing, when six other boats had failed, a French
brig lying at anchor under a heavy battery. While
hastening, however, to rejoin his ship, the prize was
unfortunately struck by a shot under water, and
immediately went down, scarcely affording time to
himself and crew to effect their escape. On at
length reaching the CuRAyoA, the Captain pre-
sented him, in presence of the officers and crew,
with the colours he had brought o^ and gave him
every hope of promotion. The coming peace, how-
ever, blighted hie expectations. He was paid off in
Sept. 1815, and has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Bayly had the honour of dining with
Buonaparte when King of Elba, and frequently
with King Murat, by whom he was presented with
an elegant diamond ring valued at 2602. He mar-
ried 20 Jan. 1816, and has issue four sons and a
daughter. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
F-p.,
BAYNES, C.B., K.E.G. (Captain, 1828.
22; H-p., 15.)
Robert Lambert Baynes entered the Navy, 19
April, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Blase
74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, stationed off the coast
of Catalonia, where he served, latterly as Midship-
man, until May, 1813. Until the receipt of his first
commission, 8 April, 1818, we next find him suc-
cessively employed, on various stations, in the
Duncan 74, and Royal Sovereign 100, both com-
manded by Capt. Eobt. Lambert Baynes, Tosnant
80, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, Seahorse 38,
commanded during the expedition to New Orleans,
by Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm.
Fairbrother Carroll, and Conqueror 74, bearing
the flag of Rear- Admiral Robt. Plampin. His ap-
pointments as Lieutenant were, 12 Nov. 1819, to
the Vigo 74, Capt. Thos. Brown, at St. Helena^—
2 Dec. 1822, and 28 Aug. 1823, to the Briton 46,
Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell, and Tartarus 42,
Capt. Thos. Brown, both on the South American
station— and, 6 Oct. 1826, to the Asia 84, equip-
ping at Portsmouth for the flag of Sir Edw. Cod-
rington. He was advanced to the command, 8 July,
1827, of the Alacrity sloop, on the Mediterranean
station, but being soon afterwards re-appointed, as
Second-Captain, to the Asia, was present in that
ship, and distinguished himself by his exemplary
conduct, at the ensuing battle of Navarin.* Ob-
taining Post-rank 8 July, 1828, he subsequently
commanded the Andromache 26, on the Cape
station, from 2 Feb. 1838, to March, 1843. He has
since been on half-pay.
Capt. Baynes, for his conduct at Navarin, was
nominated a C.B., and presented with the Order
of the Redeemer of Greece. He married, 8 July,
1846, Frances, daughter of Lord Denman, Chief
Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, and sister
of Hon. Capt. Denman, B.N.
BAYNTON. ^Commander, 1841, f-p., 20;
H-p., 26,)
Benjamin Baynton, bom 17 Sept. 1789, in Wales,
is son of the late Major Benj. Baynton, of Duncan-
non Fort.
This officer entered ;the Navy, 3 Nov. 1801, as
Fst.-cl. VoL, on board the Flora 36, Capt. Edw.
Kendall, lying off Lymington ; and, on subsequently
proceeding to the Mediterranean, in the Victory
100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson, in which he assisted
at the capture of the French 32-gun frigate Ambus-
cade, became Midshipman, in Aug. 1803, of the
Amphion 32, Capt. Sam. Sutton, under whom we
find him contributing to the capture of three
Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the de-
struction of a fourth, off Cape St. Mary, 5 Oct.
1804. While next attached to the Halcyon 16,
Capt. Henry Whitmarsh Pearse, he was on four
occasions engaged with divisions of Spanish gun-
boats— assisted, during an encounter with an armed
vessel off Malaga, in taking the enemy's launch, 17
Oct. 1805 — was instrumental in effecting the cap-
ture, after a gallant action with three privateers,
of the largest, the Neptimo Dim de los Mares, of 14
guns and 72 men, 13 Dec. 1806 — commanded a
mortar-boat in an attack on the French batteries
at Soylla, in Feb. 1808— was constantly, from 12
May to 27 June following, employed in a tender
against the enemy in the Faro of Messina and on
the coast of Calabria — contributed, on 8 Sept. in
the same year, to the reduction of the town of Dia-
mante, and seizure of a flotilla of vessels anchored
under its protection — and was farther present at
the ensuing defence of the island of Capri. After
acting for eleven months .as Lieutenant of the
Ocean 98, bearing the flag of Lord CoUingwood,
and of the Cambrian 40, Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane,
he was at length confirmed to the latter ship, by
commission dated 2 Jan. 1810. In the following
September he co-operated in the reduction of a
French battery at Bagur, on the coast of Cata-
lonia ; and he afterwards obtained the thanks of
the patriot General O'Donnell for his conduct at
the storming of a fort near Palamos, on which oc-
casion the boat of which he had command was
struck by a shot, and sank almost before the
wounded and the powder could be removed. On
13 of the following December Mr. Baynton took
charge of the Cambrian's boats in an attack made,
in conjunction vrith those of the Kent and Ajax
74's, and Sparkowhawk and Minstrel sloops, on
an enemy's convoy in the mole of Palamos ; and
• Vide Gai. 1827, p. 2322.
BAZALGETTE-BEADON.
59
during the disastrous retreat of the British from
that place — when the boat in which he was serving
grounded under a murderous fire from the shore,
sustained, without any means of resistance, a loss
of 30 men killed and wounded, and was only eventu-
ally got under way by the three survivors swimming
and towing her off— received a musket-ball in his
thigh, which, we believe, has never been extracted.
For his services on the coast of Catalonia, where
he was further present at the defence of Tarrar
gona, Mr. Baynton again obtained the open thanks
of General U'Donnell, also a gold medal, struck
for the affairs at Bagur and Falamos, and a sword
valued at 501. Being next appointed, 23 Jan. 1812,
to the NoKTH Stab 20, Capt. Thos. Coe, he served
in that vessel, on the Channel and West India sta-
tions, the last twelve months as Senior Lieutenant,
until Nov. 1815 ; during the early part of which
year he landed with a party of seamen and marines
on the island of Cuba, in pursuit of the crew of an
American letter-of-marq^ue, three of whom were
taken prisoners, and the vessel ultimately captured.
He was afterwards employed, for two years and
a half, part of the time as First Lieutenant, in the
Shark, bearing the ilag of Kear-Admiral John
Erskine Douglas, Sabine and Tay, Capts. Alex.
Campbell and Sam. Roberts, and Saxisbuby 50,
flag-ship of Bear-Admiral Douglas, all on the Ja-
maica station, where he commanded for some time
the Speedwell tender. From 1 May, 1818, until
3 Dec. 1839, with the exception of an interval in
1827, when, as Agent for Transports afloat, he
attended the expedition to Portugal, he appears to
have been on half-pay. He then, until promoted
to his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841, commanded the
Semaphore station at Cobham, co. Surrey. He has
since been unemployed.
Commander Baynton, in 1844, was admitted a
student at the Koyal Naval College. He married,
18 Jan. 1821, Miss Ann Ogilvie, of London, and
by that lady has issue six children. Agent — J.
Hinxman.
BAZALGETtE. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 17;
H-p., 34.)
Joseph 'WitLiAM Bazalgette was born about
the year 1783.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impiitueux 74, Capts.
John Willet Payne, Sampson Edwards, and Sir
Edw. Pellew, attached to the fleet in the Channel.
From 1799 until 1805 he served, as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, chiefly in the East Indies, in
the Tehpsichore 32, Capt. John Mackellar, Euby-
DicE 28, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, Phaeton 38, Capt.
Geo. Cockbum, and Tbident 64, bearing the flag
of Vice-Admiral Peter Rainier. On 15 Oct. 1805,
Mr. Bazalgette became Sub-Lieutenant of the
Aggbessob 12, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Watson,
employed in the Channel ; and on 12 June, 1806,
was promoted to be fuU Lieutenant of the Resist-
ance 38, Capt. Chas. Adam, whom he accompanied
to the West Indies. While subsequently cruizing
off Bilbao, on the north coast of Spain, he was de-
tached, 27 Feb. 1809, in command of a single boat,
in pursuit of a French man-of-war schooner. La
Mouclte, which he gallantly boarded and captured,
after an action in which her commander, a Lieuten-
ant-de-Vaisseau, was killed. A night or two after-
wards he was again successfully engaged in the boats
in cutting out from under the batteries, in a neigh-
bouring port three armed luggers, laden with stores
and provisions for the French army in Spain ; and
while in the act of boarding one of the vessels, was
severely wounded by a musket-ball in the left
thigh,* which placed him for some months under
surgical treatment, and eventually rendered him
lame for life. On being sufficiently recovered,
Lieut. Bazalgette was appointed, 20 Feb. 1810, First
of the Leonidas 38, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths,
and, until superseded, 21 Sept. following, saw much
active service in the Adriatic, where, on different
• Vide Gaz. 1814, pp. 980-S3.
occasions, in command of the boats, he succeeded
in capturing and destroying, together with the ves-
sels anchored under their protection, the Towers
of Badisco, Trecase, and Emiliano, on the coast of
Italy, each mounted with cannon ; and for his
exertions received the thanks of the senior officer,
Capt. Geo. Eyre. He next served for nearly two
years on board the Waespite 74, Capt. Hon. ]Henry
Blackwood, also on the Mediterranean station ; and
in 1813-14, having joined the Amebica 74, Capt.
Sir Josias Rowley, participated in the attacks on
Leghorn and Spezia, as also on Genoa, where he
commanded a division of boats belonging to the
squadron, and where for his conduct, both at the
capture, and in the after direction of the enemy's
batteries, the guns and mortars of which were effec-
tively employed against the city, he obtained the
high commendations of his Captain, and was re-
warded, the day after the surrender, in being pro-
moted by Sir Edw. Pellew to the command of the
CocHEUB, a captured sloop-of-war. He was con-
firmed on his return to England, by commission
dated 17 May in the same year ; and since the
ensuing month of July, when he paid the Coheedr
off, he has been unemployed.
Commander Bazalgette, in consideration of the
wound above alluded to, was presented by the Pa-
triotic Fund with a gratuity of 50^., and awarded by
Government a pension of 150Z. He has, for upwards
of twenty years, gratuitously devoted his time to
the moral and spiritual advancement of his brother
seamen, especially in the formation and direction
of the "Naval and Military Bible Society," the
" Sailor's Home and Asylum," the " Seaman's
Floating Church," and the " Koyal Naval Female
School." Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
BEADON. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 12 ;
H-p., 10.)
Geobge Beadon, bom 25 Feb. 1810, is third son
of Wm. Beadon, Esq.,"' of Gotten House, co. So-
merset, in the commission of the peace for that
shire, by Martha Anna, only daughter and heir of
the late John Hammett, Esq., Lieut. R.N., niece
of the late Sir Benj. Hammett, Kt., (the great
benefactor of Taunton, of whose interests he was
for many years the constant advocate in Parlia-
ment, as was likewise his eldest son,) and repre-
sentative, through her mother, of the Monkton
branch of the ancient family of Musgrave, of
Charlton Musgrave, in the same county.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1825, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pbince Regent 120,
Capts. Wm. Henry Webley Parry and Constantine
Rich. Moorsom, bearing the flag at the Nore of Sir
Robt. Moorsom. He next joined the Victory 104,
guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Chas. Inglis ;
served, as Midshipman, from 20 Aug. 1826, until
the date of his passing, 8 Sept. 1831, in the Heron
18, commanded by various Captains, and Cublew
10, Capts. Geo. Woollcombe and Henry Duudas
Trotter, on the South American and Cape of Good
Hope stations ; and then joined the Jasedb 18, Capts.
Fras. Harding and Archibald Sinclair, in which he
returned home, and was paid off in Oct. 1832. On
23 Oct. 1833, Mr. Beadon was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant ; and, on 9 Sept. 1836, after an em-
ployment of two months in the Coast Guard, was
appointed to the Conway 28, Capt. Chas. Ramsay
Drinkwater Bethune, with whom he proceeded to
New South Wales and thence to India and China.
In the course of 1840-41, he took an active part in
the various operations of the Chinese war, and in
Sept. of the former year had the honour, while de-
tached in command of the Conway's cutter, of
being the first to discover the entrance of the
• The Besdons have bpen for generations interwoven with
many of the first families of Somerset and the neighbourinsj
counties, of whom it may be sufBcient here to enumerate the
Spurways, of Spurway ; the Radfords, of Oaltford ; tlie Jol-
liffes, of Kelmersden, &c. Sur Robert de Beadin, from whom
the present Beadons collaterally descend, was thrice high-
sheriff of Devon, temp. Edw. II. Gotten House is an ancient
seat of the Musgraves, and was acquired by Commander
Beadon's father on his marria<;e.
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BEALE-BEALES-BEART-BEATTY.
Tang-tse-Kiang river, before leaving the shores of
which we find him avenging in a very condign
manner an insult offered by the natives to some of
his party. Not long afterwards, being sent on
shore in charge of a strong foraging expedition, he
again came into hostile collision with the enemy,
and, in the affray, had I man mortally wounded,
and Mf. Harvey, a midshipman of great promise,
so severely, that he ultimately died from the effects
of the injuries he received. The assailants had 5
killed and several wounded. On another occasion,
in April, 1841, when returning in a junk to Wham-
poa, after delivering letters at Macao for Sir Le
Fleming Senhouse, Mr. Beadon, with all his crew,
was swamped during a violent storm off the island
of Lin-tin, but, after struggling with destruction
for many hours, and when in the last moment of
despair, was most providentially saved. At the
capture, in May following, of the fortress of Tai-
hong-tow, this ofilcer was the first to enter it. He
also commanded, with the highest credit to himself,
the CoNWAY*s boats during the whole of the de-
tached operations against Canton and its vicinity,*
and was Senior of the Conwai at a most harassing
period of the war, when, indeed, the greater part
of the ship's company was on the sick list. He
returned to England with a large portion of the
Chinese ransom, and was paid off in Jan. 1842,
previously to which period, 8 June, 1841, he had
been advanced to his present rank. He has since
been on half-pay.
Commander Beadon, who has obtained a certi-
ficate of proficiency in the art of steam navigation,
was presented, in 1835, by the Duke of Sussex, with
the thanks of the Society of Arts for his invention
of a Double Hook, and, in 1843, with a Gold Medal,
by Prince Albert, for an improved Life Buoy,
which has been directed by Her Majesty to be at-
tached to the Royal Yacht. He married, 17 Oct.
1833, Sarah, daughter of Wm. Oliver, Esq., of Hope
Comer, near Taunton, co. Somerset, and by that lady
has issue three children. Agehts — Messrs. Stilwell.
BEALE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
KoBEHT Beale Beale Is brother of Lieut. W. Y.
Beale, of the 10th Foot, who was killed at the storm-
ing of the tete-dn-pant by the Sikh army in 1846.
This officer served throughout the whole of the
operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, including
the capture of St. Jean d'Acre, as Midshipman of
the Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Robt.
Stopford, from whom he elicited unqualified appro-
bation. He passed his examination 21 Feb. 1843 ;
and — after an intermediate attachment to the Ex-
cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir
Thos. Hastings, Larke 18, commanded on the coast
of Africa by Capt. John Wm. Douglas Brisbane,
and Qdeen 110, and Trafalgar 120, flag-ships at
the Nore of Sir John Chambers White and SirEdw.
Dumford King — was promoted to his present rank
4 April, 1846. He has been serving, since 15 of the
following May, in the Dido 18, Capt. John Balfour
Maxwell.
BEALES. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p.,
14 ; H-p., 32.)
Charles Beales was bom 27 Jan. 1788.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1801, as
Third-cl. Vol., on board the Clyde 46, Capt. Chas.
Cunningham, stationed in the Channel and off
Guernsey ; attained in Oct. following the rating of
Midshipman ; and in that capacity, and as Master's
Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, served successively
in the Diligence 16, Capt. Alex. Kobt. Kerr, Prin-
cess OF Orange 74, Capts. C. Cunningham and
Thos. Rogers, Nassau 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell,
and Kent 74, Capt. T. Rogers, employed on the
North Sea, Channel, Lisbon, and Mediterranean
stations. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the
latter sliip 26 Nov. 1808, and was subsequently
appointed, 22 Dec. 1809, and 30 April, 1814, to
the Tribune 36 and Liffev 50, Capts. Geo.
• Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503, 1505, 2512.
Reynolds and John Hancock, with whom he
served, in the North Sea and West Indies and on
the coast of Spain, until 28 July, 1815. The parti-
culars of a gallant cutting-out affair, which took
place at Noli, on the coast of Italy, 1 Aug. 1808,
and in which Mr. Beales participated, will be found
in our memoir of Commander Wm. Chasman. He
also, we find, assisted in the Kent's boats at the
capture of two gun vessels in July, 1809. The
Tribune, while he was in her, effected, on 12 May,
1810, after a smart action of two hours and a quar-
ter, and a loss of 9 men killed and 15 wounded,
the defeat, off the Norwegian coast, of four Danish
man-of-war brigs, carrying altogether 74 guns.
Not having been employed since 1815, Lieut. Beales
accepted the rank he now holds 13 April, 1846.
He married Miss Moon, and has issue six children.
BEART. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
Charles James Beart entered the Navy, 1
April, 1807, as Fst.-cL Vol., on board the Roebuck
44, Capt. Rich. Curry, bearing the flag at North
Yarmouth of Vice-Admiral Billy Douglas; re-
moved, in the course of the same year, to the
Ariadne 20, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, stationed in
the North Sea; and there became, 3 Sept. 1809,
Midshipman of the Aboukir 74, Capt. Geo. Parker.
Continuing to serve in the latter ship until Sept.
1815, he took part, under Rear-Admiral Thos.
Byam Martin, in the defence of Riga, as also, un-
der Capt. Norborne Thompson, in the reduction of
Genoa, in April, 1814. From the Aboukir, Mr.
Beart was appointed Admiralty Midshipman of the
Cherokee 10, Capt. Wm. Ramage, on the Leith
station, where he appears to have been employed
until 3 Dec. following, 1815. He was then pro-
moted to his present rank by commission dated
back to 15 March in the same year, but has not
since been afloat.
BEATTY. (Lieut., 1806. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 28.)
Daniel M'Neale Beattv entered the Navy, 24
March, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sappho
of 18 guns and 120 men, Capt. Geo. Langford ; in
which sloop he escorted, as Midshipman, the Hon.
Mr. Pierrepont, as Ambassador to the King of
Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus, then besieged by the
French army in Stralsund — accompanied, in Aug.
of the same year, the expedition to Copenhagen —
and, on 2 March, 1808, assisted at the capture, off
Flamborough Head, after a close action of half an
hour, of the Admiral Yawl Danish brig, of 28 gims
and 83 men — a service for which Capt. Langford
was advanced to Post-rank. Mr. Beatty next
served for two years on board the Zenobia 18,
Capt. Alex. Rich. Mackenzie, during which period,
in Aug. 1809, he was actively employed, vrith the
light squadron under Sir Edw. Owen, in co-operation
with the troops at the bombardment of Flushing.
He then joined the Alexandria 32, Capts. John
Quilliam and Robt. Cathcart, on the Baltic station,
where he was twice engaged with the Danish gun-
boats, took part in several cutting-out affairs, and,
while affording protection to convoys, came into
frequent collision with the enemy's row-galleys;
and on removing, in Feb. 1813, to the Dannemark
74, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, was em-
ployed, until the conclusion of the war, in block-
ading the Texel and Cherbourg squadrons, and at
the Cape of Good Hope. For a few months in
1815 Mr. Beatty served as Master's Mate in the
RoTAL Sovereign 100, and Tonnant 80, Capt. Edw.
Pelham Brenton, lying at Plymouth. He after-
wards became attached, in July, 1816, to the Se-
vern 40, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer; and for
his conduct at the battle of .Mgiers, where he was
wounded, was promoted on 16 Sept. in the same
year to the rank of Lieutenant.* Since that period,
with the exception of a brief employment in the
Coast Guard, and a command, from 20 March, 1830,
to Oct. 1831, and from 9 April, 1832, to Sept. 1833,
* Vide Gaz. 1816, p. 1792.
BEAUCLERK—BEAUFORT.
61
of the Hornet and Swallow Revenue-vessels, Mr.
Beatty has been unemployed.
He married in 1829.
BEAUCLEKK, Lord, G.C.B., G.C.H., F.E.S.
(Admiral of the Red, 1830.)
The Right HononHABLE Lokd Amelius Beatj-
CLEKK was horn in 1771, and died 10 Dec. 1846,
at his seat, Winkfleld House. He was third and
eldest surviving son of Aubrey, fifth Duke of
St. Albans, by Lady Catherine Ponsonby, daughter
of William, second Earl of Besborough, and grand-
daughter of William, third Duke of Devonshire.
He was uncle of the present Duke of St. Albans,
and of the two officers whose memoirs immediately
follow.
This officer entered the Tfavy, in June, 1782, on
board the Jackall cutter, Lieut. -Commander
BaiUey ; served next for two years in the Salis-
bury 50, bearing the flag of vice-Admiral John
Campbell, on the Newfoundland station; and sub-
sequently attended Commodore Gardner to the
West Indies. He became, in 1789, Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Europa 50 ; obtained his first com-
mission 21 Sept. 1790 ; was employed for some time
in the Swiftsure 74, and Druid 32 ; at the com-
mencement of the war accompanied Lord Hood to
the Mediterranean; was then posted into the
Nemesis 28, by commission bearing date 16 Sept.
1793 ; and, in the course of the same month, was
present with the force under Commodore Bobt.
Linzee in the expedition to Corsica, where he wit-
nessed the reduction of the tower of Forneilli.
Removing, about March, 1794, to the command of
the JoNO 32, Lord Amelius Beauclerk had the
good fortune, singly, to defeat a small squadron,
near the Hieres Islands, consisting of a French
frigate of the same name, mounting 36 guns, a cor-
vette, and a brig; shortly after which achieve-
ment he conveyed to Vice-Admiral Hotham the
intelligence of the enemy's fleet having sailed from
Toulon, and was sent by that officer with the
despatches containing the announcement to Lord
Hood, then at the blockade of Bastia. We next
find him, towards the close of 1795, in company
vrith the Argo 44, safely convoying, from Gibraltar,
a fleet of 32 homeward-bound merchantmen ;* and
on his arrival in England, appointed to the Dryao,
of 44 guns and 251 men, stationed on the coast of
Ireland. In that ship, his lordship, on 13 June,
1796, captured, with the loss only of 2 men killed
and 7 wounded, after a close and spirited action of
45 minutes, the French frigate ha Proserpine, of
42 guns and 348 men, of whom 30 were slain and
45 wounded ;t and he subsequently, when cruizing
with great activity and success, took the following
privateers — Le Vanteur, of 9 guns and 78 men,
L' Eclair, of 14 guns and 108 men. La Camelie, of
90 men. La Brurw, of 16 guns and 180 men, and Le
Mars, of 16 guns. About the end of 1800, Lord
Amelius Beauclerk commissioned theFoRTONEE, of
40 guns, in which frigate, until the conclusion of
hostilities, he served, in the Channel (where he
took La Mascarade privatger, of 12 guns and 40
men), and in attendance on George HI. at Wey-
mouth. At the recommencement of the war, he was
appointed to the Majestic 74, also employed with
the fleet in the Channel; and he afterwards ob-
tained command, in the summer of 1805, of the
Saturn 74, and, in the early part of 1809, of the
Royal Oak 74. In the ensuing expedition to the
Walcheren, he exclusively superintended with great
skill the debarkation of Lord Chatham's army ; and,
during the absence of Sir Rich. Strachan with the
army at Flushing, assumed the government of
Campvere and the charge of the fleet and store-
ships in the Roompot.J On 31 July, 1810, his
lordship was made Colonel of Marines. He became
a Rear-Admiral 1 Aug. 1811, and was, at the same
time, invested with a command in the North Sea.
In 1813 he sailed in command of a squadron for
the North Cape, for the purpose of intercepting
• Vide Gaz. 1705, p. 1075. t V. Gaz. 179B,p. 579.
J r. G.IZ. 1809, p. 1233.
the American Commodore Rodgers, who had, how-
ever, previously left that quarter. Towards the
close of the war, we find him commanding the
force in the Basque Roads, and negociating with
the Baron de la Baffiniere, commander-in-chief at
Rochelle, for a suspension of hostilities against
those parts of the French coast which were amica-
bly disposed to acknowledge the authority of Louis
XVni.* Lord Amelius Beauclerk, who had been
elected a F.R.S. 7 Dec. 1809, was nominated a
K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, and promoted to the rank of
Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819. He held the chief
command off' Lisbon from 1824 until 1827 ; became
a full Admiral 22 July, 1830; was created a G.C.H.
29 March, 1831, and a G.C.B. 4 Aug. 1835 ; com-
manded in chief at Plymouth from 27 April, 1836,
until April, 1839 ; and on 4 Aug. following, was ap-
pointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp
to William IV., which honourable appointment he
continued to hold under her present Majesty until
the period of his death. At the respective funerals
of George IV. and William IV. the Admiral offi-
ciated as an assistant supporter of the canopy over
the royal body. Agemts — Messrs. Stilwell.
BEAUCLERK, Lord. (Commander, 1846.)
The Right Honourable Lord Amelius Went-
woRTH Beauclerk, bom 16 Aug. 1815, is fifth son
of the late Duke of St. Albans, and a younger
brother of Commander Lord F. C. P. Beauclerk,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 17 May, 1830 ;
passed his examination 3 Oct. 1836 ; and served as
Mate, on the Lisbon and India stations, of the
Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, Wellesley 72,
bearing the broad pendant of Sir Gordon Bremer,
and Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming
Senhouse. For his services during the campaign
in China, where he fought at the capture of Amoy
and the storming of Chinghae, he was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant, 8 Oct. 1841. f His appoint-
ments in that capacity were — 26 Nov. 1842, and 9
Feb. 1844, to the Gorgon steam-sloop, and Curajoa
24, Capts. Chas. Hotham, Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley,
and Wm. Broughton, both on the South American
station. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
BEAUCLERK, Lord. (Commander, 1834.)
The Right Honourable Lord Frederick
Charles Peter Beauclerk, bom 28 June, 1808,
is second son of the late Duke of St. Albans, by
Maria Janetta, only daughter of John Nelthorpe,
Esq., of Little Grimsby House, co. Lincoln. He is
next brother of the present Duke, elder brother of
the preceding officer, and nephew of the late Admi-
ral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, from the R. N.
College, in 1823, as Midshipman, on hoard the Vic-
tor 18, Capt. Thos. Prickett, stationed off the coast
of Africa ; served in the Asia 84, bearing the flag
of Sir Edw. Codrington, at the battle of Navarin,
20 Oct. 1827 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; ob-
tained his first commission 13 Sept. in the same
year; and on 8 Dec. following was appointed to
the Southampton 52, Capts. Peter Fisher and John
Milligan Laws, on the East India station. In the
latter ship his lordship continued to serve until
1832, when he removed for a short time to the
Cruizer 18, Capt. John Parker, and on 3 Aug.
assumed the Acting-Command of the Zebra 18,
which sloop he brought home and paid off in the
spring of 1833. He attained his present rank 6 Jan.
1834, and has since been on half-pay. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
BEAUFORT, F.R.S., F.G.S., F.R.A.S., &o. (Rear-
Admiral, 1846. F-P., 19; B-P., 41.)
Francis Beaufort is son of the late Rev. Daniel
Augustus Beaufort, D.D., Rector of Navan, co.
Meath, and Vicar of CoUon, co. Louth, a divine of
great learning and piety, author of one of our best
* Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 831. f V: Gaz. 1842, pp. 82, 397.
62
BEAUFOY— BEAUMAN.
maps of Ireland, itnd of a valualile memoir on the
Topographical, and Civil and Ecclesiastical State of
that country. Capt. Beaufort's sister, Frances
Anne, was the fourth wife of the late Rich. Lovell
Edgeworth, Esq., of Edgeworth's Town, co. Long-
ford, the celebrated writer on education and inven-
tions, father, by a former marriage, of Miss Maria
Edgeworth, the distinguished novehst.
This ofScer entered the Navy, 21 June, 1787, as a
Volunteer, on board the Colossus 74, Capt. Hugh
Cloberry Christian, stationed in the Chamnel, where
he became Midshipman, in June 1790, of the La-
TONA 38, Capt. Albemarle- Bertie. He next served
for three years in the Aqdilon 32, Capt. Hon. Kobt.
Stopford, one of Lord Howe's repeaters in the
action of 1 June, 1794 ; and while attached to the
Phaeton 38, commanded in succession by the latter
officer and Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, was present
in Comwallis's celebrated retreat, 17 June, 179.5 —
assisted, in the course of the same year, in driving
on shore on Isle de Re, and destroying, UEchoue, of
28 guns — took part in the capture, 10 March, l796,
of La Bcrnne Citoyemie, of 20 guns — fought in a par-
tial action, 23 March, 1798, with the French 36-gun
frigate La Charente — was instrumental, 8 Sept. fol-
lowing, to the capture of La Flore 36 — and wit-
nessed the taking, on various occasions, of nine pri-
vateers and other armed vessels. On 28 Oct. 1800,
Lieut. Beaufort, who had been promoted to that
rank 10 May, 1796, and was now First of the Phae-
ton, performed an exploit of great spirit and gal-
lantry, in boarding, with the barge and two cutters
under his orders, and capturing, after an obstinate
resistance, the Spanish polacre-rigged ship San
Josefs carrying 14 brass guns, 34 seamen, and 22
soldiers, moored under the protection of 5 guns on
the fortress of Fnengirola, near Malaga, and flanked
by a French privateer.''' For his zeal, judgment,
and determined bravery in this very dashing affair,
in which the enemy had 19 men wounded, and the
British 1 man killed and 4 wounded, Lieut. Beau-
fort, who, forming one of the latter, had received
a wound in the head and several slugs through his
left arm and body, was, on 13 of the following
month, deservedly rewarded with a Commander's
commission ; but for his severe sufferings was only
awarded a pension of 45^. 12s. Qd. From Nov.
1803, until June, 1804, we find him gratuitously de-
voting his time to the formation of a line of tele-
graphs from Dublin to Galway. On 5 June, 1805,
he obtained command of the Woolwich 44, armee
en fivte, in which ship he first proceeded to the East
Indies — ^then to the Rio de la Plata, of which he
made a very accurate survey during the campaign
of 1807 — and afterwards to the Cape of Good Hope
and the Mediterranean. His next appointments
were — 23 May, 1809, to the Blossom sloop, em-
ployed on the coast of Spain, at Quebec, and in an-
noying various fleets of merchantmen ; and, 30
May, 1810, on promotion to Post rank, to the Fke-
DERiCKSTEiN frigate. Capt. Beaufort did not, how-
ever, join the latter ship until 12 Dec. following,
being in the interval employed in protecting the
outward-bound trade to Portugal, Cadiz, and Gib^
raltar, in accompanying two Spanish line-of-battle
ships from the latter place to Minorca, and in dis-
charging the duties, from 27 Sept. to 21 Oct., of
Acting-Capt. of the Ville de Pakis 110. During
the two following years he was actively engaged in
a survey of the coast of Karamania, in Asia Minor,
an employment he was obliged to relinquish, in
consequence of a desperate and nearly fatal gim-
shot wound he received from the hands of a fana-
tical Turk, 20 June, 1812. Capt. Beaufort, who
had previously contributed to the extirpation of a
band of pirates from the southern part of the
Morea, then returned home with convoy, and on
29 Oct. in the same year was paid off. His accept-
ance of Flag-rank took place 1 Oct. 1846.
For several years after his arrival in England
Rear-Admiral Beaufort appears to have been fully
occupied in laying down the result of his labours, and
in constructing, imder the orders of the Lords of
* Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 1280.
the Admiralty, a variety of charts, of which we may
enumerate, one of the Archipelago, three of the
Black Sea, &c., including the coast of Asia, and
seven of Karamania. He became Hydrographer
of the Admiralty in July, 1832 ; was nominated, in
April, 1835, a conmiissioner for inquiring into the
laws, &c., under which pilots were appointed, go-
verned, and paid ; and again, in Jan. 1845, for in-
quiring into the state of the Harbours, Shores, and
Rivers of the United Kingdom. The Bear-Admiral,
who was elected a F.R.S. 30 June, 1814, is also a
Fellow of the Geological and Astronomical Societies,
and a Corresponding Member of the Institute of
France. His pension, on 2 Dec. 1815, was increased
to 250/. He married, first, 3 Dec. 1812, Alicia Mag-
dalena, eldest daughter of Lestock Wilson, Esq.,. of
Harley Street, London, by whom he had several
children, one of whom is in the Bengal Civil Ser-
vice ; and, secondly, 8 Nov. 1838, Honora, daughter,
by a third marriage, of his brother-in-law, the lateR.
L. Edgeworth, Esq. Agents — Messrs. OmmanHey.
BEAUFOY. (Lleut., 1821. r-p., 26 ; h-p., 1 1.)
Geokge Beadfoy entered the Navy, 4 July,
1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Elizabeth 74,
Capts. Hon. Henry Curzon, Thos. Searle, and Hon.
Edw. Leveson Gower, employed in the Channel
and off Lisbon ; removed, in May, 1811, to the
Edinburgh 74, Capt. Bobt. RoUes ; and, after
serving for some time in the West Indies and off
Flushing, proceeded to the Mediterranean, whese
he was transferred, 3 Oct. 1812, as Midshipman, to-
the Union 98, "with the same Captains. Subse-
quently to the fall of Genoa in April, 1814, he
Joined the Iphigenia 36, Capt. Andrew King, un-
der whom he escorted a fleet of transports from-
Glbraltar to Bermuda, and then sailed for the
East Indies, whence he returned to England -with
Capt. John Tancock, and was paid off in. March,
1818. From Nov. in the latter year until Oct.
1821, Mr. Beaufoy was next attached, as Admiralty
Midshipman, and for a short time as Acting-Lieu-
tenant, to the Salisbdkt 50, and Ptramds 36, flag-
ships in. the Leeward Islands of Bear-Admirals
Donald Campbell and Wm. Chas. Fahie ; and, on 22
Dec. following, he was ofiScially promoted into the
FoBTE 44, flag-ship of the last-mentioned oSacer on
the Halifax station, where he remained until placed
out of commission in 1824. He was afterwards em-
ployed, from 29 April, 1828, until 1831, in the Sa-
MARANG 28, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, in the
Mediterranean, and from 27 Jan. 1832, until the
early part of 1835, in the Pearl 20, Capt. Robt.
Gordon, in North America and the West Indies.
He was appointed to the command, 11 Jan. 1838,
and 9 Aug. 1.841, of the Nautilus brig and Speedy
cutter, on, the African and Home stations; but
since March, 1845, has been on half-pay. Agents
— Messrs. StUwelL
BEAUMAN. (Eeah-Admiral of the Blue,
1840. F-P., 17; HP.,40.)
Francis Beaoman, bom in 1778, is fifth and
youngest son of the late John Beauman, Esq., of
CO. Wexford, by Anne, daughter of Edm. Rice,
Esq., of Ahere, in the same county. He is uncle
of the present Matthew Forde Beauman, Esq., of
Hyde Park, co. Wexford ; brother-in-law of Wm.
Talbot, Esq., of Castle Talbot; and has a niece
married to Lieut. Henry Cavendish Here, B.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 Oct. 1790, as
*st.-cl. Vol., on board the Porcupine 24, Capt.
Geo. Martm, stationed on the coast of Ireland ;
was afterwards transferred to the Bombay Castle
74, Capt. John Thos. Duckworth, Mng at Ply-
mouth; became Midshipman, in March, 1791, of
the Perseus 20, Capt. Geo. Palmer, in the boats of
which vessel, in May, 1793, he was wounded at the
cutting out of a small French privateer in Basque
Roads ; and subsequently served both in the Ra-
millies 74, Capt. Henry Harvey, with whom he was
present in Lord Howe's victory of 1 June, 1794,
and in the Russel 74, Capts. John WiUet Payne
BEAUMONT— BEAZELEY.
63
and Thos. Larcom, under the latter of whom, on
the occasion of Lord Bridport's defeat of the
French fleet off I'Orient, 23 June, 1795, he was
again severely wounded. In May, 1796, he was
appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Director 64,
Capt. 'Wm. Bllgh, and, on 26 Oct. following, was
confirmed into the lucENDiAKr fire-ship, Capts.
Henry Digby and Geo. Barker. For his exertions
at the commencement of the mutiny at Spithead
in 1797 — when, as First of that vessel, and in the
midst of the rebellious fleet, he was the means,
during the absence on leave of the Captain, and
until the arrival of an order from the Admiral to
admit on board a party of the mutineers, of pre-
venting, with the assistance of the other officers,
the ship's company from joining in the disaffection —
he was selected by Gapt. Jas. Vashon, of the Pom-
fee 80, to be one of his Lieutenants ; but, endea-
vouring to quell the insubordination which imme-
diately afterwards exhibited itself on board that
ship also, he was seized by the crew, who were pro-
ceeding to hang him, and had actually placed the
rope around his neck, when, the Captain rushing
forward, they were induced to forego their mur-
derous intent, and he was sent on shore. On 3 June
Lieut. Beauman was appointed by the Admiralty,
with an assurance of promotion, to the Neptune
98, Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower, for the express pur-
pose of crushing the mutiny then raging at the
Nore. Some time afterwards, not having attained
the promised step, and Lord Bridport, in expressed
sympathy for the unfair treatment he had expe-
rienced, offering him a vacancy on board his flag-
ship, the KoYAL George 100, he continued, for two
years, to serve in the Channel with that gallant
ofilcer ; and he was subsequently, until the peace of
Amiens, employed with Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice
Pole in the AoiNCOnnT 64, on the Newfoundland
station. On 10 May, 1803, he became First Lieute-
nant to Admiral Hon. Wm. Comwallis, in theVitLE
de Paris 110; after serving in which ship for up-
wards of 53 weeks at the blockade of Brest, with-
out letting go an anchor, he was advanced to the
rank of Commander, 4 March, 1805.* We next, on
25 March, 1807, find him appointed to the Pkocris
18, and ordered by the Admiralty to inspect and
report on the state of the Banish fleet. In the ex-
pedition against Copenhagen, which immediately
ensued, Capt. Beauman so acquired the approbation
of the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Gambler, as to
be promoted, 13 Oct., on his return to England, to
Post-rank. On 17 March, 1808, he was appointed
to the Princess of Orange 74, bearing the flag in
the Downs of Vice- Admiral Geo. Campbell; in
Feb. 1809, assumed the command of the gun-boats
in the Great Belt ; accompanied the expedition to
the Scheldt in Aug. following ; and on 7 Nov. 1810,
rejoined Vice-Admiral Campbell in the Monmouth
64. Since March, 1811, when the latter officer
struck his flag, he has not been afloat. Rear-Ad-
miral Beauman, who during the term of his active
service was never absent 48 hours from the ship to
which he belonged, attained his present rank 23
Nov. 1841.
He married, first, in 1802, the widow of Col. Jas.
Webber; and, secondly, in 1824, the Comtesse
Isabella de Viry, daughter of the Comte de Viry,
many years Sardinian Ambassador at the Court of
St. James's. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
BEAUMONT. (Retired Commander, 1844.
r-P., 15 ; H-p., 33.)
Francis Beaumont (6) was bom in 1787.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Aug. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Juste 80, Capts. Sir
Henry Trollope, Rich. Dacres, and Sir Edm. Nagle,
in which ship he proceeded to the West Indies,
with the squadron under Sir Robt. Calder, in sup-
posed pursuit of the French Admiral Ganteaume.
He next, in Aug. 1802, joined, as Midshipman, La
DiTERMiN^E 24, armee en fiute, Capts. Alex. Skene
* During the whole of this period, out of a crew of 850,
the YlLLE DE Pasis did not lose a single man.
and Alex. Becher, and, after being wrecked off Jersey
26 March, 1803, became attached to the Dread-
nought 98, flag-ship in the Channel of Hon. Wm.
Comwallis, commanded, afterwards, by Capt. John
ChUd Purvis, and also by Capt. Robt. Carthew
Reynolds, whom he accompanied, in Aug. 1804,
into the Princess Royal 98. In Oct. 1807, Mr.
Beaumont, who had passed his examination about
Oct. 1805, became Lieutenant of the St. Albans
64, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen, Edw. Brace, and Chas.
Grant, to which ship he was confirmed by commis-
sion dated 11 Jan. 1808. Continuing to serve un-
der the latter officer until April, 1812, he appears
to have been employed in escorting to Sir Arthur
Wellesley, in Portugal, the reinforcement of troops
destined to share in the battle of Vimeiro ; also in
protecting various convoys of ludiamen to and from
the Cape of Good Hope and China; in further con-
veying to Algesiras Gen. Graham, afterwards Lord
Lynedoch, upon whom the St. Albans was in at-
tendance at the battle of Barossa ; and in co-ope-
rating with the Spaniards at the defence of Cadiz,
where he came into frequent collision with the
enemy's gun-boats and batteries. On 16 April,
1812, he removed with Capt. Grant to the Armada
74, on the Mediterranean station ; and while there
he witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew's second partial en-
counter with the French fleet off Toulon, and as-
sisted at the capture of several batteries near
Leghorn, and of the fortress of Savona near Genoa.
He was paid off 29 Sept. 1814, and has not since
been employed. His acceptance of the rank he now
holds took place 19 Oct. 1844.
Commander Beaumont, who married, first, in
1816, and, again, in 1824, has issue a daughter.
BEAUMONT. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 12;
H-p., 24.)
Richard Beaumont entered the Navy, 26 March,
1811, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74,
Capt. Sir Home Popham, with whom, after serving
off Brest and on the north coast of Spain, he pro-
ceeded to the East Indies, as Midshipman, in 1813,
of the Stirling Castle 74. He subsequently
joined the Akbar 50, Capt. Archibald Dickson, and
Endymion 44, Capt. Henry Hope, both on the Ha-
lifax station — the M^sander 38, Capts. John Bas-
tard and Arthur Fanshawe, lying at Sheerness — the
Prince Regent yacht, commanded at Deptford by
Capt. Sir Edw. Hamilton — and the Belleisle 18,
Capt. Geo. Rich. Pechell, engaged in protecting the
revenue and fisheries on the coast of North Ame-
rica. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 13 Oct. 1819, in
the Mersey 26, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the Halifax
station ; was next appointed, 6 May, 1824, to the
Diamond 46, Capt. Lord Napier, employed on a
particular service ; and on 6 June, 1825, assumed
command of the Weazle sloop, in the Mediterra-
nean. Since 1827, in the course of which year the
latter vessel was paid off. Commander Beaumont
has been on half-pay.
He married, 16 Feb. 1832, the Hon. Susan Hus-
sey Bosville Macdonald, fourth daughter of the late
and sister of the present Lord Macdonald. Agents
■ — Hallett and Robinson.
BEAZELEY. (Lieut., 1811. p-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.)
George Beazeley entered the Navy, 24 Jan.
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rattler sloop,
Capts. Fras. Mason and Jas. John Chas. Agassiz.
On 16 May following we find him present in a gal-
lant attack on a division of the enemy's flotilla,
consisting of 59 sail, pushing alongshore from
Flushing to Ostend, in which the above vessel had
2 men killed and 10 wounded ; and, on various other
occasions, coming into contact with the enemy.
In Aug. 1806, having attained the rank of Midship-
man, he rejoined Capt. Mason in the Daphne 20,
and in that ship sailed for the Rio de la Plata, where
he witnessed all the operations from the storming
of Monte Video, 3 Feb. 1807, until the final evacu-
ation of Spanish America. He was subsequently,
on 5 April, 1808, employed in the boats of the
Daphne and Tartarus, under Lieut. Wm. Elliott,
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BECHER-BECKETT— BECKFORD-BEDDEK.
at the cutting out, with a loss to the British of only 5
persons wounded, of a convoy of 10 deeply laden
vessels, moored close under the fort of a castle
mounting 10 guns, in the harbour of Flodstrand,
near the Skawe, defended also by a heavy Are from
another battery, as well as from the crews of the
vessels assembled on the beach, and made fast to
the shore by hawsers.* On 8 Aug. 1809, Mr.
Beazeley joined the Lavinia 40, Capt. LordWm.
Stuart, then engaged in the expedition to the
Scheldt. He removed, in Sept. following, to the
St. Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir Kich.
Strachan ; afterwards joined the Scipion 74, flag-
ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Hon. Sir Roht.
Stopford ; became Acting-Lieutenant, in Aug. 1811,
of the N£REiDE36,Capt. Jas. Henderson ; and in May
of the same year, having been officially promoted
on 18 of the preceding month, returned home. His
next appointments were — 2 Sept. following, to the
Aeerckomby 74, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, employed
in the Channel and off the coast of Spain ; and, 20
April, 1814, to the CoMBEKnAND 74, Capt. Thos.
Baker, in which ship he again made a trip to the
Cape. He has not been employed since Aug. 1815.
He is married, and has issue. Agent — J. Hinx-
BECHER. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 14; h-p.,23.)
Alexander Bridport Becher is son of the late
Capt. Alex. Becher, R.N. (1802), an officer of high
scientific attainments; grandson of the late Com-
mander John Becher, fi.N. ; godson of Admiral
liOrd Bridport ; and a close relative of the late
Countess of Oxford.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
April, 1810, and embarked, 28 Nov. 1812, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Barham 74, Capt. John Wm.
Spranger, with whom he served in Basque Roads
and the "West Indies, latterly as Master's Mate,
until July, 1814. He then joined the Cordelia 10,
Capt. Wm. Sargent, lying in the Downs ; was after-
wards, from Dec. in the same year until June, 1817,
employed, under Commodore Edw. W. C. R. Owen
and Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, chiefly in sur-
veying the lakes of Canada ; became attached, in
Feb. 1818, as Admiralty-Mate, to the Superb 74,
Capt. Chas. Ekins, at Plymouth ; was transferred,
in a similar capacity, 2 Sept. 1818, to the Leven
24, Capt. David Ewen Bartholomew; and after a
period of twenty months, spent in surveying the
whole of the Azores, part of the African Coast, and
some of the Cape Verd Islands, joined the Conway
26, Capt. Basil Hall, on the South American station.
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 31
May, 1822, and appointed to the Alacrity 10,
Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, but continued in the
Conway until paid off, 24 March, 1823. He after-
wards officiated as First Lieutenant, from 30 March
to 31 Dec. 1839, of the Fairy surveying-vessel,
Capt. Wm. Hewett; and on 23 Not. 1841, was ad-
vanced to the rank he now holds.
Commander Becher, who has been for many years
employed in the Hydrographical Office at the Ad-
miralty, is proprietor and conductor of that in-
valuable periodical the " Nautical Magazine." He
is married, and has issue one daughter.
BECKETT. (Lieut., 1805. f-p., 3; h-p., 21.)
Flowers Beckett entered the Navy, in Dec.
1795, as Midshipman, on board the Adventure,
Capt. Wm. Gordon Rutherford, stationed in the
West Indies, where he afterwards joined the Dic-
tator 64, commanded by the same Captain, the
Brunswick 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Kich.
Rodney Bligh, and, 11 Sept. 1798, as Acting^Master,
the Trent 36, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway. In
the course of 1800 he was successively transferred
with the latter officer, as Master's Mate, to the
Royal George 100, and London 98, bearing each
the flag of Sir Hyde Parker. After serving in the
launch of the last-mentioned ship at the battle of
Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801, and a further attach-
ment with Capt. Otway to the Edgak 74, on the
• Fidi Gaz. 1808, p. m.
West India station, whence he came home at the
peace of Amiens, Mr. Beckett joined, in March,
1803, the Spabtiate 74, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey,
under whom he again visited the West Indies, and,
on his return with Lord Nelson in pursuit of the
combined fleets of France and Spain, fought at
Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. He was promoted, in
consequence, to the rank of Lieutenant 24 Dee. fol-
lowing, and, after serving four years longer in the
Spabtiate, was subsequently appointed, — 6 Deo.
1809, to the Dreadnought 98, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby, in the Channel— 23
July, 1812, to the Bittern, sloop, Capt. Geo. Au-
gustus Hire, employed at Plymouth and Liverpool
—and, 2 Nov. 1812, to the Chatham 74, as Flag-
Lieutenant to Bear- Admiral Matt. Henry Scott, in
the North Sea. Lieut. Beckett, who was paid off
27 Oct. 1814, and was next employed, from April to
Aug. 1815, in raising volunteers at Manchester,
afterwards served in the Ordinary at Sheemess
from 1821 to 1824, and from 25 April, 1834, until
1837. Since 17 Oct. 1839, he has been in command
of the Semaphore station at Putney.
BECKFORD. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 16;
H-P., 28.)
John Leigh Beckford, an immediate descendant
of Col. Peter Beckford, Lieut. Governor and
Commander-in-Chief, temp. William HI., of the
island of Jamaica, is tlurd son of Fras. Love
Beckford, Esq., late of Basing Park, Hants, by
Johanna, third daughter and co-heir of John Leigh,
Esq., of Northcourt House, Isle of Wight. He is
grand-nephew of the late Wm. Beckford, Esq.,
M.P., twice Lord Mayor of the city of London ;
also of the late Countess of Effingham, wife after-
wards of Field Marshal Sir Geo. Howard, K.B. ;
and cousin of the present Wm. Beckford, Esq., of
Fonthill Abbey, co. Wilts.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 March, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ardent 64, Capt. Robt.
Winthrop, and, on 28 Nov. foUovring, witnessed the
destruction in Finisterre Bay of Xa Bayonnaise
French frigate of 32 guns and 200 men. He removed,
as Midshipman, for a short time, in 1803, to the
Revenge 74, Capt. Robt. Moorsom, fitting at Chat^
ham ; was then transferred to the Sybille, Capt.
Winthrop, employed on the Channel and Irish
stations; and in July, 1807, joined the Canopus 80,
bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Rear-Ad-
miral Geo. Martin, under whom he continued to
serve for three years, and during that period, in
Oct. 1809, assisted in the pursuit of a French
squadron of four sail, two of which, the Rohuste of
84, and Lixm of 74 guns, were destroyed by their
own crews to prevent their falling into the hands
of the British. He obtained, while serving in the
San Josef 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of
Sir Chas. Cotton, a commission dated 27 Nov.
1810; was employed during the five following
months with the flotilla at the defence of Cadiz ;
then joined the Standard 64, Capt. Hon. Chas.
Elphinstone Fleeming, in which ship he proceeded
to Lima for specie ; was next, from 13 Feb. 1813, to
30 Aug. 1815, employed, under Capts. Lucius Curtis
and Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, off the Western
Islands, in the Channel, and on the coast of North
America, in the Madagascar 38 ; obtained an ap-
pointment, 8 May, 1818, to the Queen Charlotte
108, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Camp-
bell; became, 2 Oct. 1819, Flag-Lieutenant, on the
Leith station, to Reaj-Admiral Robt. Waller Ot-
way, in the Dover 28 ; and was, in consequence,
advanced to his present rank 30 Nov. 182L He
has since been on half-pay.
Commander Beckford married, 6 Nov. 1829,
Harriette, fourth daughter of Geo. Ward, Esq.,
of Northwood House, Isle of Wight.
BEDDEK. (LiEDT., 1829. F-P., 18; H-P., 15.)
Henry Beddek, born 19 Sept. 1799, is brother of
Rich. Pritchard Beddek, Esq., Purser, and Pay-
master, R.N.
This officer entered the Koyal Naval College
BEDDOES-BEDFORD.
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1 June, 1814 ; and enil>arked, 12 Dec. 1816, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Leandek 60, Capt. Edward
Chetham, flag-ship on the Halifax station of Sir
David Milne. He was subsequently, from Jan. 1819
until Feb. 1829, employed, on the Home and Ame-
rican stations, in the Spartan frigate, Capts. Wm.
Furlong Wise and Fras. Newcombe, Impkegnable
104, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth, Bdi.wark
74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, Jdpitek 60, flag-ship from
1824 to 1827 of Rear-Admiral Willoughby Thos.
Lake, and Hussab 46, bearing the flag of Sir Chas.
Ogle, by whom he was lent for a short time to the
KiNGDOVE 18, Capt. Chas. English. He then (hav-
ing passed his e.xamination 7 March, 1821) became
Acting-Lieutenant of the Mekset 26, Capt. Geo.
Wm. Conway Courtenay, on the West India station ;
but on the occasion of his ofllcial promotion, which
took place 1 June following, was superseded. We
afterwards find him holding a command in the Coast
Guard, from 4 Aug. 1830, imtil 28 Feb. 1832; and
employed for a few months, in 1336-7, on board the
RossELi. 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, off Lis-
bon. He has not since held any official occupation.
Lieut. Beddek married, 26 Aug. 1830, Mary Hell-
yer, daughter of Commander Thos. Arscott, K.N.,
and has issue an only child.
BEDDOES. (Commander, 1845.)
Charles Henki Beddoes entered the Navy 28
April, 1821 ; passed his examination in 1827 ; and
obtained his commission 13 March, 1830. He was
afterwards appointed First Lieutenant — 10 Oct.
1833, of the S^tna surveying vessel, Capt. Wm.
Geo. Skyring, employed on the African coast — 12
Sept. 1836, of the Harlequin 16, Capts. John El-
phinstone Erskine and Lord Fras. John Russell,
successively stationed in the Mediterranean and at
the Cape 6f Good Hope — and, 6 Aug. 1841, of the
Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, in
North America and the West Indies. He attained
his present rank 15 Nov. 1845 ; and has since been
on half-pay.
Commander Beddoes married, 15 Jan. 1839, Ce-
cilia Charlotte, second daughter of the Rev. J.
Eagles. Agents — Case and Loudonsack.
BEDFORD. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
Delb<euf Baker Bedford is son of the late
Capt. John Bedford, R.N., who lost a leg whilst in
command of H.M.S. Swallow ; brother of Lieut.
R. T. Bedford, R.N. ; and first cousin of Lieut. John
Tom, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 17 Jan. 1821 ;
passed his examination in 1827 ; and was promoted
to a Lieutenancy, 14 Jan. 1830, in the Banger 28,
Capt. Wm. Walpole, on the West India station. He
was subseq^uently employed, from 6 Nov. 1833, until
Nov. 1835, on board the Jaseur 16, commanded in
the Mediterranean by Capt. John Halkett ; but has
not since been afloat.
BEDFORD. (Liedt., 1838. r-p., 23 ; H-p., 0.)
Edward James Bedford, bom 18 Aug. 1810, at
Greenwich Hospital, is second son of Lieut. Fred.
Bedford, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Feb. 1824, on
board the Snap gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Fred.
Bullock, employed in surveying the coast of New-
foundland ; joined, in Feb. 1827, the Alert 18,
Capts. Sam. Burgess and John Coghland Fitzgerald,
on the South America station ; passed his examina-
tion in 1830 ; and, having for a short period acted
as Lieutenant in that vessel, and pro tern, in the
Seringapatam 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave,
returned home, and was paid off, as Mate, 9 Feb.
1832. On 6 March following Mr. Bedford entered
the Admiralty Survey of Great Britain, and was
employed on the coast of England until 1833. He
obtained his commission on 28 June in that year ;
and has since been similarly engaged on the coast
of Scotland — latterly, from 31 Jan. 1843, as First
Lieutenant of the Shearwater steam-vessel, Capt.
Chas. Gepp Robinson.
He married, 27 March, 1838, a daughter of Mr.
Swainson, of Liverpool, by whom he has issue.
BEDFORD. (Lieot., 1799. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 44.)
Frederick Bedford, born 20 Feb. 1779, is son of
the late John Bedford, Esq., of Fair Lawn, Acton,
CO. Middlesex.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 May, 1793, under
the patronage of Admiral Sir Richard Hughes, as
Captain's Servant, on board the America 64, Capt.
Hon. John Rodney, whom he followed, 12 Feb.
1795, into the Vengeance 74, both employed on
Channel service. Joining next the Jason 38, Capt.
Chas. Stirling, he assisted, in company with the
Pique 36, at the capture, 30 June, 1798, off' the coast
of France, after an action in which the Jason sus-
tained a loss of 7 men killed and 11 wounded, of the
French 40-gun frigate La Seine ; and on that occa-
sion he received, as Midshipman, a gun-shot wound
in the face, which almost totally deprived him of the
sight of the right eye, and produced a contraction
of the jaw, which stiU renders him unable more
than partially to open his mouth.* The Jason being
wrecked in the following Oct. ofi' Brest, Mr. Bed-
ford, with the rest of the crew, fell into the hands
of the enemy, and was for several months conflned
in prison. On his eventual return to England, we
find him, in Feb. 1799, obtaining a berth on board
the Cambrian 40, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge ;
with whom he continued to serve in the Channel,
until promoted to a Lieutenancy, 6 Sept. 1799, in
La Sophie 18, Capt. Geo. Burdett, on the North
American station. After a brief attachment to the
Invincible 74, bearing the flag in the North Sea of
Rear-Admiral Thos. Totty, he was subsequently
appointed, 6 May, 1801, to the Dasher 18, Capt.
Geo. Tobin. On 13 June in the same year, the
latter vessel having grounded, while in chase of a
convoy, near Pointe d'Teu, on the coast of La Ven-
dee, Lieut. Bedford gallantly volunteered to con-
tinue the pursuit in the boats, but, when some miles
distant from the Dasher, he received a shot from the
stern-chaser of a national schooner which took off"
his left leg high above the knee, and instantly sank
the cutter he was in. In consequence of this disas-
ter, which.deprived him of all hope of future active
employment, he was obliged to return home ; and,
on petitioning Earl St. Vincent for the rank of
Commander, obtained, 23 June, 1802, his present
appointment to Greenwich Hospital — the salary to
be enjoyed independently of any pension for wounds to
which he might become entitled. Notwithstanding this
express specification, he was, together with Capts.
Sam. Arden and Joseph Ellison, both of Greenwich
Hospital, excluded from the increased pension
granted in 1815 to such officers as had been pro-
moted subsequently to the receipt of their wounds ;
and he has therefore only the 9U. 5s. per annum,
awarded him 9 Dec. 1301.
Lieut. Bedford, who is third on the list of Lieute-
nants, and the Senior of Greenwich Hospital, mar-
ried, in 1805, Mary, second daughter of Lieut. Geo.
Spearing, R.N. (1757), who died Senior Lieutenant of
the Royal Navy in 1825, in his 97th year. By that
lady he has had issue five sons and three daughters.
Of the former, the eldest, Frederick, died in the
West Indies, while serving as Admiralty Mate under
Capt. Owen ; and three others, — George Augustus,
a Commander, — Edward James, a Lieutenant, — and
Alfred, a Midshipman, — are all in the naval service
of their country. One of the daughters, Maria,
is the widow of Lieut. Wm. Mayott, R.N.
BEDFORD. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 19; h-p., 5.)
George Augustus Bedford, born 8 Feb. 1809, is
eldest son of Lieut. Fred. Bedford, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Deo. 1823, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Investigator, Master-
Commander Geo. Thomas, employed in surveying
the North Sea ; became Midshipman, in Sept. 1826,
of the Wolf 18, Capt. Geo. Hayes, on the Channel
and Mediterranean stations ; was for a short time,
• Vide Ga7.. 1798, p. 651.
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BEDFORD— BEDWELL—BEECHEY.
in 1829-30, attached to the Victory 104, Capt. Hon.
Geo. Elliot, at Portsmouth ; passed his examination
in the course of the latter year ; then joined the
Protector, and afterwards the Fairt, both en-
gaged, under Capt. "Wm. Hewett, in the survey of
the North Sea ; obtained his first commission 19
Deo. 1834 ; and, on 9 Dec. 1835, assumed command
of the Kaven, employed in surveying the coast of
Africa, in which vessel he continued until the close
of 1838. He was advanced to his present rank 14
Sept. 1843 ; and, since 1 July, 1844, has been conduct-
ing, as Additional-Commander of the Cyclops and
Ckocodiie, the survey of the West Coast of Ireland.
He married, 13 Sept. 1839, Eliza, youngest daugh-
ter of the late Lieut. Wm. Renwiek, R.N., of Green-
wich Hospital.
BEDFORD. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
John William Bedford entered the Navy 10
March, 1817; served during the Burmese War as
Midshipman of the Alligator 28, Capt. Thos.
Alexander, and Lakke 20, Capt. Fred. Marryat;
passed his examination in 1825 ; and obtained his
commission 18 Deo. 1826. He was appointed, 16
June, 1842, to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams
Sandom, on the Lakes of Canada; assumed com-
mand, 3 April, 1843, of the Mohawk steam-vessel,
on Lake Ontario ; and since 20 Nov. in the same
year has been in charge of a station in the Coast
Guard. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
BEDFORD. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Robert Tench Bedford is brother of Lieut. D.
B. Bedford, R.N.
This ofBcer entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1827 ; passed
his examination 11 Nov. 1834 ; and served as Mate
of the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, through-
out the Syrian campaign of 1840. On 2 Oct. in
that year he accompanied Capt. Hen. John Worth
in the attack on the castle of Beyrout, and was pre-
sent with him at the gallant destruction of the train
which had been laid to the magazine ; and in the
course of the same day he was employed in the boats,
under Capt. Fras. Decimus Hastings, in a renewed
and very successful attempt made to remove the
powder there located.* Since his promotion, which
took place 23 Oct. 1841, at which period he was
serving on board the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of
Sir Chas. Adam, on the North America and West
India station, Mr. Bedford's appointments have
been — on 30 of the latter month, to the Vanguard
80, Capt. Sir Dav. Dunn, in the Mediterranean — 22
Feb. 1842, to the Queen 110, iu which ship, and the
Formidable 84, he officiated for a considerable
time as Flag-Lieutenant on the same station to Sir
Edw. W. C. R. Owen — and, 9 Dec. 1845, to the Su-
pers 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, now attached
to the Squadron in the Channel.
Lieut. Bedford was appointed Gentleman Usher
in Residence to the Queen Dowager 2 Jan. 1846.
BEDWELL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Edward Parker Bedwell entered the Navy, 17
Deo. 1806, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Ceres, Lieut.-
Commander Geo. Wastell Hooper ; on removing
from which ship, as Midshipman, to the Cherub 18,
Capt. Geo. Ravenshaw, he co-operated with the
Swedes at the defence of Stralsund and the island
of Rugen — attended the ensuing expedition to Co-
penhagen— and, early in 1808, proceeded with con-
voy to the West Indies. In Nov. following he
joined L'Eperviek 18, Capt. Alex. Nesbitt ; and
he continued to serve on the same station until 1812,
as Master's Mate, successively, of the Snap 16, Capt.
Thos. Barclay, Peruvian 18, Capts. Fras. Dickin-
son and Amos Freeman Westropp, Mercury 32,
Capt. Westropp, and Helena 18, Capt. Henry
Montresor. During that period he assisted at the
reduction of the French and Dutch islands of Mar-
tinique, Guadeloupe, the Saintes, St. Martin's, and
St. Eustatius ; and was also instrumental to the cap-
ture and destruction of many of the enemy's armed
• Vide Gai. 1840, p. 2610.
vessels, privateers, and mercnantmen, particularly
of the French national brig Le Cygne of 18 guns,
which was driven on shore under the batteries of
Pearl Rook, Martinique, after a contest of four
hours, and ultimately annihilated; of t\ie Yankee
American privateer, taken after a chase of 12 hours ;
and of the Portsea East Indiaman, recaptured by
the Helena. In Feb. 1813, soon after his return
home, Mr. Bedwell jomed the Success troop-ship,
Capt. Thos. Barclay, and proceeded to the Cnesa,-
peake, where he witnessed, also as Master's Mate,
the attack on Craney Island and Hampton. On his
removal, in Deo. following, to La Hogue 74, Capt.
Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, he served, as Midshipman,
at the blockade of New London. He next aided, m
the boats, at the total destruction, 8th April, 1814,
near Pettipague Point, of 27 of the enemy's vessels,
together with all their dockyards and stores, a ser-
vice which obtained from the Commander-in-Chief
a public letter of thanks ; and, on 31 May, while en-
deavouring, in the yawl, to destroy a ship under Long
Island, he received two severe gun-shot wounds,
from the effects of which he still suffers, the balls
never having been extracted. We should not omit
to state that, for his conduct on a previous occasion,
when nearly thrown overboard during a mutiny in
a prize of which he had charge to Bermuda, Mr.
Bedwell had been highly complimented by Capt.
Skipsey, President of the court>martial which sub-
sequently sentenced the ringleaders. After serving
for some months in the West Indies, on board La
Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, he re-
turned to England, and was paid off 22 July, 1815 ;
antecedently to which, on 28 Feb., he had been pro-
moted to his present rank. He has not since been
employed.
Lieut. Bedwell, in consideration of his wounds,
was presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic
Fund. He married, 5 Nov. 1830, Harriet, daughter
of the Rev. Wm. Creasy Drew, Rector of Sanding-
ham-cum-Bavingley, and of North Runcton, co.
Norfolk, by whom he has issue.
BEDWELL. (LiEDT., 1821. f-p., 13; h-p., 24.)
Frederick Bedwell entered the Navy, 8 Sept.
1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Woolwich,
Master-Commander Rich. Turner, employed in the
Mediterranean; and, from Dec. 1811, until May,
1815, as Midshipman of the Grampus 50, and Marl-
borough, Sceptre, and Albion 74*s, was the con-
stant companion of the present Sir Geo. Cockbum
in all his operations at the defence of Cadiz and in
the Chesapeake. We soon afterwards find him, on
being appointed with the same gallant officer to the
Northumberland 74, escorting, as Master's Mate,
Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena. After a brief
attachment, in the autumn of 1816, to tile Wet-
mouth store-ship, Master-Commander Rich. Turner,
he sailed on a surveying expedition to New South
Wales, and, while there, was promoted into the
Bathurst sloop, Capt. Philip Parker King, 7 July,
1821. He has been on half-pay since 1823.
BEECHEY, F.R.S., &e. (Captain, 1827.
F-p., .30; H-P., 11.)
Frederick William Beechet, born 17 Feb.
1796, is son of the late Sir Wm. Beechey, Kt. ;
brother of Commander Rich. Brydges Beechey,
R.N. ; and brother-in-law of Lord Grantley.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 July, 1806, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Hibernia 110, bearing the flag in
the Channel of Earl St. Vincent ; attained the rating
of Midshipman 8 Jan. 1807 ; and, until Jan. 1803, con-
tinued to serve in the same ship with Capts. Tristram
Robt. Ricketts, Wm. Bedford, John Conn, and Chas.
Marsh Schomberg ; under the latter of whom and
the flag of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, he escorted to a
certain distance the Royal Family of Portugal on
its flight to the Brazils in Nov. 1807. He next, for
a short period, joined, with Capt. Schomberg, the
Minotaur 74, stationed off Lisbon ; then accompa-
nied the same officer and Sir W. S. Smith to Rio
Janeiro in the Foddroyant 80 ; and, after a further
attachment with Capt. Schomberg to the President
BEECHEY— BEER.
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50, came home with him in the Elizabeth 74, Capt.
Hon. Henry Curzon, early in 1310. Mr. Beeohey
subseijuently eerved for about a fortnight in the
Ctane 22, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, on the
Home station ; whence, having rejoined Capt.
Sohomberg in the Astrea, of 42 guns and 271 men,
he proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope. On 20
May, 1811, when in company, off Madagascar, with
the Ph<ebe and Galatea frigates, of force similar
to the Astrea, and 18-gun brig Racehorse, he as-
sisted, after a long and warmly-contested action with
the French 40-gun frigates Menammee, Clorinde, and
Neriide, and a loss to the Astkea of 2 killed and 16
wounded, at the capture of the Renammee, and, on
25 of the same month, of the Nereids and the settle-
ment of Tamatave. He returned to England in
Sept. 1812, on board the Galatea 36, Capt. Wood-
ley Losack; and afterwards, until the receipt of
his first commission, 10 March, 1815, served in the
Thisbe 28, Capt. Thos. Dick, lying at Northfleet,
Madaoasoae 33, Capt. Lucius Curtis, in the Chan-
nel, VENGEnR 74, Capt. T. K. Ricketts, and Ton-
NANT 80, flag-ship in North America of Hon. Sir
Alex. IngUs Cochrane. While attached to the Ven-
GEDR he attended the expedition to New Orleans,
and was in the boats, on 8 Jan. 1815, when they
swept across the Mississippi with a body of troops,
seamen, and marines, to create a diversion in favour
of the general attack on the American lines. As
Lieutenant, Mr. Beechey's appointments appear to
have been — 13 Sept. 1815, to theNiGEK 38, Capt. Sam.
Jackson, on the North American station — 14 Jan.
1818, to the Trent hired brig, Lieut.-Commander,
now Sir John, Franklin, whom he accompanied in a
Northern expedition under Capt. David Buchan* —
22 Jan. 1819, to the Hecla sloop, Lieut.-Commander
Wm. Edw. Parry, in which he penetrated to long.
113° 54' 43" W. within the Arctic Circle, and re-
ceived in consequence a Parliamentary reward of
200/. — and, 23 Jan. 1321, to the Adventhee sloop,
Capt. "Wm. Henry Smyth. On 5 Nov. following,
having been appointed, in conjunction with his bro-
ther, Mr. Henry W. Beechey, to co-operate with the
last-named vessel in conducting overland a survey
of the North Coast of Africa, he set out from Tripoli
for that purpose. The results of his researches,
which extended as far eastward as Derna, and lasted
until 25 July, 1822, have been fully detailed by Capt.
Beechey in his ' I?roceedings of the Expedition to
explore the Northern Coast of Africa from Tripoli
eastward, in 1321-2 ; comprehending an Account of
the Greater Syrtis and Cyrenaica, and of the ancient
Cities composing the Pentapolis.' He was advanced
to the rank of Commander 25 Jan. 1822; and, on
7 Jan. 1825, received an appointment to the Blos-
som 24, fitting at Woolwich for a voyage of disco-
very, via Cape Horn, to Bering Strait, there to act
in concert with the contemporaneous and differently-
directed expeditions of Capts. Franklin and Parry
in their efforts to ascertain the existence of a north-
west passage. During the three years and a half
of Cant. Beechey's absence from England, he took
formal possession in the Pacific of the islands called
Ganibier's Group ; discovered five others, to which
he gave the names oi Barrow, Cockburn, Byam Mar-
tin, Croker, and Melville ; passed Bering Strait, and
Penetrated, in Aug. 1826, to a point northward of
cy Cape, whence the Blossom's barge, under Mr.
Thos. Bison, the Master, reached lat. 71° 23' 31" N.,
and long. 156° 21' 30" W., only 146 miles from the
extreme of Franklin's explorations on his progress
westward from the Mackenzie River ; afterwards
examined the sea eastward of Loo-choo, where he
rediscovered the Ylas del Arzohispo ; and, on again
visiting the frozen regions in the summer of 1827,
entered for the first time a spacious and important
haven to the south-eastward of Cape Prince of
Wales, leading into a secure inner harbour, well
adapted for repairing ships, to which he respectively
assigned the names of Port Clarence and Grantley
• See ' A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole,
performed in H. M. Ships Dorothea atid Tbbnt, under the
command of Capt. David Bticlian, 1818,' &c., published by
Gapt. Beeclieyin 1843.
Harbour. The Blossom at length, after traversing
73,000 miles and rendering the most essential service
to the science of navigation, arrived at Spithead in
Sept. 1828, bringing with her the Right Hon. Robt.
Gordon, late H.M. Ambassador at the court of
Brazils, and remittances from different ports in the
Pacific to an amount exceeding 1,600,000 dollars.
She was paid off at Woolwich 12 Oct. following.
Capt. Beechey, who had been advanced to Post-
rank 8 May, 1827, has published a history of the
proceedings to which we have here alluded, in his
' Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Bering
Strait, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions in
1325-3.' His appointments, since, have been — 25
Sept. 1835, to the Solphcr 8, for the purpose of sur-
veying the coast of South America, whence his
health obliged him to return in the autumn of 1836
—and, 18 July, 1837, 7 May, 1840, and 16 March,
1844, to the African, LnciFEK, and Firefly, steam-
vessels, in which he has been continuously employed
in surveying the coast of Ireland.
Capt. Beechey married, in Deo. 1828, Charlotte,
youngest daughter of Lieut.-Colonel John Staple-
ton, of Thorpe Lee, and sister-in-law of the late
Bishop of Oxford, by whom he has issue.
BEECHEY. (Commander, 1846. f.p., 21 ;
H-p., 5.)
Richard Brydges Beechey, born 17 May, 1808,
is brother of Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey, R.5f.
This officer entered the Boyal Naval College 1
March, 1821 ; and embarked, in June, 1822, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., onboard the EspiiGLE 18, Capt. Henry
Theodosius Browne Collier, on the Home station.
He next joined the Owen Glendower 42, Capt.
Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer, employed on a
Particular Service, and Seeingapatam 46, Capt.
Sam. Wairen, in the West Indies ; and, on 2 April,
1823, rejoined Sir R. C. Spencer, as Midshipman, in
the Naiad 46. In that frigate Mr. Beeohey served,
in 1324, at the blockade of Algiers, and, while on the
Coast of Barbary, took part in several boat expedi-
tions, especially in the cutting out of a vessel laden
with grain from under the forts of Bona. He next
became attached, for passage home, to the Phaeton
42, Capt. Henry Evelyn Pitfleld Sturt ; and, in March,
1825, joined the Blossom 24, commanded by his bro-
ther, Capt. F. W. Beechey, with whom he proceeded
on a voyage of discovery to the Pacific, and thence
to Bering Strait, for the purpose of co-operating in
the Polar expeditions of Capts. Parry and Franklin.
On his return to England Mr. Beechey was pro-
moted, immediately on passing his examination, into
the Madagascar 46, Capt. Sir R. C. Spencer, on
the Mediterranean station, 15 Sept. 1828. After a
short servitude on board the Misa bomb, Capt.
Stephen Lushington, he was further appointed — \
May, 1329, to the Belvidera 46, Capt. Hon. Rich.
Saunders Dundas, on the Home station — and, 2
April, 1331, to the Cura^oa 24, Capt. David Dunn,
forming one of an experimental squadron. He in-
valided soon afterwards, but, taking part in 1835 in
the Survey of Ireland, continued to be employed on
that service, latterly with his name on the books of
the Tartahds steam-vessel, Capts. Horatio Thos.
Austin and Jas. Wolfe, until advanced to the rank he
now holds,31 March,l 846. H e is at present on half-pay.
Commander Beeohey married Frideswide Maria
Moore, eldest daughter of Robt. Smyth, Esq., of
Portliok Castle, co. Westmeath.
BEER. (LiEnTENANT, 1813. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
Christopher Beer entered the Navy, 25 March,
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Surinam sloop,
Capts. Alex. Shippard and John Lake ; attained
the rating of Midshipman 16 March, 1806; and
after serving in the Channel, and for some time in
the Leeward Islands, as Mate and Acting-Master,
returned home, in Sept. 1809, with the latter officer,
in the Felicite 18. He then joined the Orpheus
36, Capt. Pat. Tonyn ; and, on 13 Jan. 1810, be-
came attached to the Raleigh 18, Capts. Geo.
Sayer, John Sheridan, and Geo. Wastell Hooper,
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BEER-BELCHER.
under the first of whom he aided in capturing two
privateers, and, on 23 May in the same year, parti-
cipated, off the Skawe, in company with the Albah
and Princess of Wales cutters, in the Raleigh's
engagement with seven Danish gun-vessels, one of
which was blown up and the others dispersed with
great loss. In Jan. 1812, Mr. Beer was appointed to
the Garland 22, Capts. >Vm. Huskisson and Rich.
Plummer Davies, on the Jamaica station, where, on
10 April, 1813, he received an acting order as Lieu-
tenant of the Shark 16, Capt. John Gore, to which
sloop he was confirmed 10 Nov. following. He re-
moved with Capt. Gore, 23 July, 1814, to the Emd-
LODS 16, but invalided home in Feb. 1815 ; and since
that period has been on half-pay.
BEER. (Commander, 182.^. f-p., 23; h-p., 26.)
Thomas Beer was bom 18 Aug. 1787, at Stoke,
near Plymouth.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sovereign 100,
bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Alan Gardner,
and afterwards of Sir Hen. Harvey, under whom,
latterly as Midshipman, he continued to serve until
April, 1802. In May following he became attached
to the Aurora 28, Capt. Micajah Malbon, on the
Newfoundland station, and, in Dec. 1803, joined
the Montagu 74, Capt. Roht. Waller Otway.
During an employment of five years in the latter
ship he was present, in 1805, in Admiral Com-
wallis's attack on the French fleet close in with
Brest harbour, when the Montagu exchanged fire
with L' Alexandre, a French 80-gun ship ; assisted
at the evacuation of Scylla in 1808; and, subse-
quently, co-operated with the patriots on the coast
of Catalonia. Mr. Beer, in Nov. 1808, removed to
the Ocean 98, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of
Lord Collingwood; became Acting-Lieutenant, 13
Jan. 1809, of the Warrior 74, Capt. John Wm.
Spranger ; participated, in Oct. following, in the re-
duction of Zante, Cephalonia, and their dependen-
cies; received an Admiralty commission 4 May,
1810; and, on 23 April, 1811, was appointed to the
Martin 18, Capts. John Evans and Humphrey
Fleming Senhousc. With the latter officer he pro-
ceeded to North America, and, on 29 July, 1813, was
on board the Martin during a critical action, when
aground in Delaware Bay, with a flotilla of Ame-
rican gun-boats, 10 in number, who however ulti-
mately retired without effecting any serious mis-
chief. He next, on 4 Feb. 1814, assumed command
of the Bream schooner in the Bay of Fundy, and
there served until placed on half-pay in Sept. fol-
lowing. From 26 July, 1821, until his advancement
to his present rank, 29 July, 1825, he continued, as
Lieutenant of the Severn 50, and Supernumerary
of the Ramillies 74, to be actively employed, on
the Kentish coast, under Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, in
the suppression of smuggling. He has not since
held any official occupation.
BELCHER, Kt., C.B., P.E.A.S., F.G.S. (Capt.,
1841. F-p., 28; H-p., 7.)
Sir Edward Belcher, born in 1799, is second
son of Andrew Belcher, Esq., formerly of Roe-
hampton ; grandson of Wm. Belcher, Esq., Chief
Justice, and afterwards Governor, of Halifax ; and
great-grandson of Jonathan Belcher, Esq., Governor
of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Jersey.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Abercrombt 74, Capt.
Wm. Chas. Fahie, on the Home station ; attained
the rating of Midshipman 2 Dec. 1812 ; removed
for a few weeks, in Feb. 1814, to the Salvador
DEL MuNDo, Capt. Robt. Hall, employed at Ply-
mouth ; then became attached to the Bellerophon
74, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Sir Rich. Goodwin
Keats ; rejoined Capt. Fahie, in Jan. 1815, on board
the Malta 84, part of the force subsequently en-
gaged at the defence of Gaeta ; was next, in Nov.
following, transferred to the Superb 74, Capt. Chas.
Ekins, with whom he fought at the battle of
Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816; and afterwards, until the
receipt of his first commission, bearing date 21 July,
1818, served in the Stbille 44, and Salisbury 50,
flag-ships at Jamaica of Rear-Admirals Sir Home
Popham and John Erskine Douglas, and Phaeton
46, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon, at Portsmouth. On
11 March, 1819, Mr. Belcher was appointed to the
Myrmidon sloop, Capt. Henry John Leeke, fitting
for the African station, whence he invalided in
April, 1820. He resumed his active duties, in Sepfe
1821, on board the Salisbury, commanded at the
time by Capt. Wm. Maude, with whom he served
for three years on the Halifax station ; and, on
18 April, 1825, he was selected to act as Assistant-
Surveyor to Capt. Frederick Wm. Beechey, in the
Blossom 24, then about to sail to Bering Strait on
a voyage of discovery, the outlines of which have
been given under the head of " Capt. Beechey."
His promotion to the rank of Commander took
place 16 March, 1829, while serving on board the
Southampton 52, flag-ship in the East Indies of
Rear-Admiral Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; after which
we find him commanding, from 27 May, 1830, until
10 Sept. 1833, the JEtna surveying-vessel, on the
coast of Africa, also in the River Douro for the
protection of British property during the hostilities
between Pedro and Miguel, and next in the Medi-
terranean— and, from 9 Nov. 1836, until 2 Aug.
1842, the Sulphur, another surveying-vessel, chi^y
employed in South America and the East Indies.
During the latter part of that period Capt. Belcher
figured conspicuously in the various scenes con-
nected with the war in China. On 7 Jan. 1841, he
united in the vigorous operations put into force
against the enemy's forts at Chuenpee, and in the
course of the same day he admirably effected the
destruction, with the Nemesis and the boats of the
Calliope, of 11 out of 13 war-junks.* He next,
on 27 Feb., acquired the cordial thanks of Sir
Gordon Bremer for the gallantry he displayed (the
Sulphur being the leading ship) in an attack made
by a squadron under Sir Thos. Herbert on the
Chinese camp, fort, and ship Cambridge, mounting
in the whole 98 guns, at their position below
Whampoa Reach. t During the sulvanee of the
British on Canton, we find the Sulphur, in company
with three of the Wellesley's boats, destroying,
on 2 March, near Whampoa, a masked battery,
armed with 25 guns, and manned by about 250
chosen Tartar troops ; J 11 days after which exploit
her Captain again acquired much credit for his zeal
at the capture of several rafts, and of the last fort
protecting the approaches to Canton.§ Capt. Bel-
cher also distinguished himself by his great zeal at
the ensuing reduction of that city, and indeed he
appears to have been altogether indefatigable in
the laborious duties of sounding and exploring the
various inlets through which the ships were carried
in their previous progress up the Canton River.||
On 23 of the following May, at the onset of the
operations which immediately preceded the second
capture of the same city, Capt. Belcher, by a most
spirited and judicious recoimaissance, established the
practicability of effecting a landing of the troops at
a point which had been previously selected by Sir
Hugh Gough for that purpose. The value of his
services on the occasion was warmly attested both
by the last-mentioned officer and Sir Humphrey
Fleming Senhouse-Tf On the same day he caused
the self-destruction of 28 of the enemy's vessels,
and, having landed with a party at a mandarin
temple at Tsingpoo, he spiked and threw into the sea
5 small guns.** In such high esteem were Capt.
Belcher's services held, that he was awarded a Post-
commission 6 May, 1841, the decoration of a C.B.
14 Oct. following, and the honour of Knighthood
21 Jan. 1843. Having been in further command,
since 18 Nov. 1842, of the Samarano 26, employed
on surveying service in the East Indies, he at length
returned home and was paid off in Jan. 1847.
Sir Edw. Belcher's well-known ' Narrative of a
• ytdepxz. 1641 , pp. 1 162, 1222. + V. Gaz. 1R41, p. 1501.
t V. Gai. 1 841 , p. 1 425. } V. Ga/.. 1 841 , p. 1503.
^ r, „ II ^- •'"• ""• PP- '■•29, 1504.
11 V. Gm. 1641, pp. 2496, 2509. •• V. Gai!. 1841, p. ■>504.
BELCHES— BELGRAVE— BELL.
69
Voyage round the World, performed in H.M.S.
SuLPHDR, during the years 1836-42,' -will fully de-
velop the nature of his very important services
during the period the volume embraces. To this
officer we have also to ascribe the authorship of a
' Treatise on Nautical Surveying.' He married, 11
Sept. 1830, Diana Jolliffe, granddaughter of Colonel
Simpson, of Plean House, Falkirk, and stepdaughter
of the late gallant Capt. Peter Heywood, R.N., who
was in the unfortunate mutiny on board the Bounty.
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
BELCHES. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Petek Benches entered the Navy 2 Feb. 1812.
While serving as Master's Mate on board the
Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, he
was severely wounded in a mistaken encounter
with a British packet, 12 March, 1814, and was for
some time, in consequence, confined to Plymouth
Hospital. He passed his examination in 1818; was
promoted, 17 April, 1827, into the Volage 28,
Capts. Robt. Tait and Michael Seymour ; and since
March, 1828, has been on half-pay. He holds, at
present, the appointment of Harbour Master of the
port of Albany, in Western Australia. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
BELGRAVE. (Lieut., 1843. f-p., 16; h-p., 1.)
Thomas Belgkave is eldest son of the Rev.
Thos. Belgrave, Rector of North Kilworth, co.
Leicester.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 March, 1830, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Curlew 10, Capts. Geo.
WooUoombe and Henry Dundas Trotter, employed
in suppressing the slave-trade on the west coast of
Africa, where he witnessed the capture, in 1833, of
the piratical schooner Panda. He next served, as
Midshipman, in the Flamer steam-vessel, Lieut.-
Commander Chas. Wm. Griffith Griffin, in the West
Indies, Harrier 18, Capt. Wm. Henry Hallowell
Carew, in South America, and North Star 18,
Capt. Ootavius Vernon Harcourt, on the same sta-
tion ; passed his examination 2 Nov. 1836 ; and was
subsequently employed as Mate, on the South
American, Home, and Mediterranean stations, of
the Samakang 28, Capt. Wm. Broughton, Dublin
50, Capt. Robt. Tait, Excellent gunnery-ship,
Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, Rodnet 92, Capt. Robt.
Maunsell, and Lizard steamer, Lieut.-Commandeis
Walter Grimstone Bucknall Estcourt and Chas.
Jas. Postle. He was in the Rodney at the blockade
of Alexandria in 1840, and on board the Lizard
when run down and sunk by the French steamer
Veloce, 24 July, 1843. His appointments, since his
promotion, which took place on 1 Nov. in the latter
year, have been — 6 Dec. 1843, again to the Excel-
lent— 30 Aug. 1844, as Additional-Lieutenant, to
the Eclair steam-sloop, Capt. W. G. B. Estcourt,
on the coast of Africa — 7 Jan. 1845, in a similar
capacity, to the Vindictive 50, flag-ship in North
America and the West Indies of Sir Fras. Wm.
Austen — and, 14 Aug. 1845, to the President 50,
as Flag-Lieutenant to his father-in-law, Rear-
Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, at the Cape of Good
Hope.
Lieut. Belgrave married, 24 Sept. 1845, Charlotte,
daughter of Rear- Admiral Dacres.
BELL. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 16; h-p., 17.)
Charles Bell died in 1844. He was second son
of the late Matthew Bell, Esq., of Woolsington,
High SheriflFof Northumberland in 1797, by Sarah
Frances, daughter of Chas. J. Brandling, Esq., of
Gosforth House, in that co., formerly M.P. for
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; next brother of the present
Matthew Bell, Esq., of Woolsington, M.P. for the
southern division of Northumberland, and aDeputy-
Lieutenant ; and brother-in-law of Sir John Jas.
Walsham, Bart., of Knill Court, co. Hereford.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1812, as
Third-cl. Vol., on board the Bulwark 74, Capt.
Jas. Andrew Worth, bearing the flag in Basque
Roads of Sir Philip Chas. Durham ; served, from
Deo. 1813, to March, 1814, latterly as Midshipman,
in the Porcupine 24, and Surveillante 38, both
commanded hy ■ Capt. Robt. Elliott, on the north
coast of Spain ; afterwards joined the Eurotas 38,
Capts. Robt. Bloye and Jas. Lillicrap, cruizing off
Cork ; was next, between July, 1815, and Jan. 1818,
transferred, in succession, to the Severn 40, Capt.
Joseph Nourse, Malta 80, Capt. Thos. Gordon
Caulfeild, and Tigris 36, Capt. Robt. Henderson,
on the Home station; and then sailed for the East
Indies in the Liverpool 40, Capt. Fras. Augustus
Collier, under whom we find him, in Jan. 1820, ac-
tively employed against the pirates of the Persian
Gulf, where Ras-al-Khyma, their principal resort
and head-quarters, was taken, the fortifications
destroyed, all their vessels burnt or sunk, and a
large quantity of treasure seized. In May, 1821, Mr.
Bell returned home, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the
Alligator, Capt. Jas. Wilkie ; and, on 9 Nov. fol-
lowing, he was officially promoted. He subsequently
joined the Revenge 76, flag-ship in the Mediterra-
nean of Sir Harry Burrard Neale, 20 March, 1823;
served from 16 Nov. 1826, until Oct. 1827, on board
the Ariadne 26, Capt. Adolphus FitzClarence, on
the same station ; then removed to the Cambrian
48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, in time to act a
part in the battle of Navarin; and was finally
wrecked, 31 Jan. 1828. He obtained a second pro-
motal commission 23 July, 1830 ; and, from 29 Sept.
1841, until the period of his death, commanded the
Hazard 18, on the East India station.
Commander Bell married, first, his cousin, Mary,
youngest daughter of the Rev. Ralph Henry Brand-
ling, of Gosforth House, a Magistrate and Deputy-
Lieutenant for the cos. of York (W. R.), Northum-
berland, and Durham ; and, secondly, another cousin,
Rachel, fourth daughter of Robt. Wm. Brandling,
Esq., of Low Gosforth, barrister-at-law. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
BELL, C.B. (Keab-Admieai., 1846. f-p., 16 ;
H-P., 35.)
Christopher Bell is brother-in-law of Lieut.
Chas. Cotesworth, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Chas.
Cunningham. He continued to serve in that frigate,
in the Channel, North Sea, and off the Western
Islands, for the space of six years, and on 20 Aug.
1799, when off the Cordovan light-house, assisted
at the capture, after a gallant engagement of nearly
two hours, of the French frigate La Vestale, of 36
guns and 230 men, of whom 10 were killed and 22
wounded, — the British losing only 2 killed and 3
wounded. He passed his examination in April,
1802 ; sailed in July following for the Jamaica sta-
tion in the Chichester store-ship, Capt. Stevens ;
was there promoted, 20 Oct. in the same year, from
the Leviathan 74, bearing the flag of Sir John
Thos. Duckworth, into the Shark 18, Capt. J. B.
Herring ; and afterwards joined, 5 Oct. 1803, and
16 Sept. 1804, the Magnanime 18, Capt. Edw.
Hawker, and La Pique 36, Capt. Chas. Bayne
Hodgson Ross. In command of the tender belong-
ing to the latter ship, Lieut. Bell, on 26 March,
1806, aided in taking the two French 16-gun brigs
Phaeton and Voltigeur ; and, on 1 Nov. ensuing, as
First of La Pique, with her barge and two other
boats under his orders, he succeeded, without the
loss of a man, in cutting out from the harbour
of Cabaret, Porto Eico, a fine new Spanish brig,
pierced for 12 guns, and completely destroying
a 3-gun battery at its entrance.* While subse-
quently employed ashore on the south side of St.
Domingo, he received a severe wound in an attack
made by the natives on his party, and in conse-
?uence, we believe, was presented with a gratuity
rom the Patriotic Fund. We next find him ap-
pointed, 13 March, 1807, to the acting-command of
the Shark receiving-ship at Port Royal, from which
he was confirmed, 1 April, 1808, into the 14-gun
brig Phipps. On 16 Nov. 1810, Capt. Bell, who
had previously chased a lugger-privateer close
under Calais, fell in with two others, one of whicli,
* ffifeGai. 1807, p. 156.
70
BELLAIRS -BELLAMY - BELSEY.
Le Barhler de Seville^ of 16 guns and 60 men, on
being brought to close action, was gallantly boarded,
and in a few minutes carried, by Lieut. Kobt.
Tryon, at the head of a party of seamen, one of
whom was killed, and the Lieutenant himself dan-
gerously wounded. The enemy lost 6 killed and
11 wounded ; and the prize, from the well-directed
fire she had sustained, sank soon after the engage-
ment.* For this achievement Capt. BeU, as were
his officers and crew, was honoured with the appro-
bation of the Admiralty. He removed, 19 June,
1811, to the command of the Mosquito, a first-class
sloop, but was superseded on advancement to Post-
rank, 7 Feb. 1812, and not afterwards employed. His
nomination to the C.B. took place 4 July, 1840, and
his elevation to the rank he now holds 1 Oct. 1846.
BELLAIES. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 18; H-P., 26.)
John Henry Beli.airs is brother of Lieut. "W. T.
Bellairs, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 Oct. 1803, as
Midshipman, on board the Goliath 74, Capt. Chas.
Brisbane, employed on the Home station, and, in
May, 1805, accompanied that gallant officer into the
Akethusa 38. Proceeding in the latter ship to the
"West Indies, he assisted, in company with the
Anso>', at the capture, 23 Aug. 1806, near the
Havana, after a spirited action, in which the Aee-
thusa had 2 men killed and 32 wounded, of the
Pomona^ Spanish frigate, of 38 guns and 347 men,
laden with specie and merchandize, and defended
by a castle mounting 11 36-pounders, and a flotilla
of 10 gun-boats, all of Tfhich were destroyed ; and, in
Jan. 1807, was present at the brilliant reduction of
Cura^oa. In Oct. following Mr. Bellairs returned
home, as a Supernumerary, in the Chichester store-
ship, Capt. Jas. Tait ; and after an attachment of a
few weeks to the jEtna bomb, lying in the Thames,
became Master's Mate, in April, 1808, of the Bonne
Citotenne 20, Capts. John Thompson and Wm.
Mounsey, under whom we find him engaged in active
co-operation with the patriots on the coast of Spain.
Joining, in June, 1809, the Caledonia 120, bearing
the flags successively of Admiral Lord Gambler and
of Kear-Admirals Fras. Pickmore and Sir Harry
Neale, he commanded the gun-boats Nos. 1 and 4, of
the red division, under Capts. Philip Carteret and
Rich. Plummer Davies, during the ensuing expedition
to the Scheldt ; and, from April to Aug. 1810, at
which period he passed his examination, was em-
ployed, as Master's Mate, with the flotilla at the
defence of Cadiz. He removed with Sir Harry
Neale, in April, 1811, to the Botne 98, from which
ship he was transferred, on 12 June, as Acting-Lieu-
tenant, to the PoMPEE 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol
Wood, off L'Orient. Being superseded, however,
in the following August, he served, as Midshipman, in
the TJlysses 44, off Jersey and Lisbon, Impetueux
74, bearing the flags of Admirals Brown and Geo.
Martin, and Stately 64, Capt. Chas. Inglis, until at
length promoted, 30 Sept. 1813, into the San Juan
74, as Flag-Lieutenant to Kear-Admiral Sam. Hood
Linzee, then at Gibraltar. He invalided home in
March, 1814, and continued unemployed until 25
Sept. 1837, when he accepted an appointment in the
Coast Guard, which he resigned in 1845. He has
since been unemployed.
Lieut. Bellairs is the original inventor of a plan for
distinguishing steam-vessels of all nations by a code
of coloured lights. He is married, and has issue.
BELLAIES. (LiECT., 1819. p-p., 19 ; h-p., 19.)
Waleord Thomas Bellairs is brother of Lieut.
J. H. Bellairs, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 23
March, 1809, and embarked, 24 March, 1812,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Asia 74, Capt.
Geo. Scott, employed off Cherbourg and in the
West Indies. From Jan. 1814, until the receipt of
his commission, which bears date 12 May, 1819, he
served as Midshipman and Acting-Lieutenant, on
the latter, and on the Home, Mediterranean, and
North American stations, of the Rota 38, Capt.
* Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 164!.
Philip Somerville, Thais 20, Capt. Henry Weir,
Albion 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, Okontes 36, Capt.
Nat. Day Cochrane, Leanber 50, commanded by
Capt. Edw. Chetham, at the battle of Algiers, and
afterwards flag-ship of Sir David Milne, and Grass-
hopper 18, Capt. Henry Forbes. He obtained an
appointment in the Coast Guard 18 May, 1838, and
since 12 Jan. 1842 — with the exception of a few
months in 1844, when he belonged to the Ocean
80, guardship at Sheemess, Capt. Peter Fisher —
has been employed as Admiralty Agent in a Con-
tract Mail steam-vessel.
Lieut. Bellairs is married. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
BELLAMY. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Joseph Hughes Bellamy is eldest son of Geo.
Bellamy, Esq., of Plymouth.
This oflicer entered the Navy 24 Apri^ 1815;
passed his examination in 1822 ; obtained his com-
mission 10 March, 1827 ; served, from 26 Oct. 1830,
until superseded, 21 Dec. 1831, in the Revenge 78,
Capts. Jas. Hillyar and Donald Hugh Mackay, on
the Lisbon station ; joined the Coast Guard, 31 May,
1838 ; and since 10 June, 1845, has been employed
at Devonport on board the Cax-edonia 120, Capt.
Manly Hall Dixon.
He married, in 1837, Mary, only daughter of
Richard Newton, Esq. Agent — J. Chippendale.
BELSEY. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 30.)
Henry Belsey, bom 10 May, 1790, at Dover, co.
Kent, is nephew, maternally, of Capt. Geo. Sayer,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 Feb. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ulysses 44, armee enjlute,
commanded by his uncle Capt. Sayer ; removed, in
Feb. 1800, to the Regulus 44, Capt. Thos. Press-
land ; and, on attending the expedition to Egypt, in
1801, assisted at the landing of the troops, was much
employed at the signals, and, from constant night-
duty in an armed flat-bottomed boat on the river
Nile, caught the plague. The Regulus subse-
quently conveyed the remains of the French army
to Marseilles, and was paid off at the peace. In
May, 1804, Mr. Belsey joined the Tartarus bomb,
Capts. Fras. Temple, Mauritius Adolphus Newton
De Starck, and Thos. Withers, and, on that vessel
being wrecked on Margate sands in Dec. following,
rendered himself particularly useful in conveying
away a body of prisoners. On the same occasion he
narrowly escaped a watery grave, in consequence of a
boat he was in being struck by a heavy sea and dashed
to pieces against the side of the ship. He was imme-
diately after the catastrophe voluntarily entered by
Capt. Thos. Bayley as a Midshipman on board the In-
flexible 64, in which ship he continued to serve until
June, 1805, when, owing to her having been run foul
of by the St. Albans 64, he was transferred to the
Elephant 74, Capt. Geo. Dundas. Proceeding
then to the West Indies, Mr. Belsey, on 23 Jan.
1807, had the good fortune to rescue in a boat from
off the bowsprit of the Orpheus, when that frigate
was wrecked, her Captain, the present Sir Thos.
Briggs ; and he was on board the Elephant when
she subsequently grounded off the Havana, and was
only got off after an intense labour of 12 hours, all
her water having been previously started, and the
shot and 68 of the guns thrown overboard. Be-
tween July, 1807, at which period he returned home
with convoy, and Aug. 1810, we find him serving,
chiefly as Master's Mate, in the Bulwark 74, Capt.
Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, Little Belt
18, Capt. John Crispo, and GuERRii;EE 40. Capt.
David Lloyd, on the Cadiz, African, and Hali&x
stations ; and during that period acquiring the high
praise of Capt. Crispo for the strict attention to his
duty when the Little Belt was dismasted and
obliged to put into port. He then served for nearly
two years as Acting-Lieutenant of the Halifax 18,
Capt. Alex. Fraser, and, in the early part of 1811,
was detached in command of a detained American
tender in a very leaky cendition to Halifax, which
port, after encountering desperate weather, he only
BELSON— BENDYSIIE— liENETT— BENN.
■1
succeeded in reachingthrough a series of the most
skilful manoeuvres. Being at length officially pro-
moted, by commission dated 21 March, 1812, Mr.
Belsey next joined, for short periods, the Bold 10,
Echo 18, and Behmuda 10, Capts. John Skekel,
Thos. Perceval, and Wm. Wolrige, on the Channel
and Lisbon stations, from the latter of which ves-
sels he invalided 6 April, 1815. He subsequently
held a command in the Coast Guard, from 4 Deo.
1827, until 6 July, 1833 ; and, while so employed,
succeeded in effecting two seizures, and was on one
occasion nearly drowned by the capsizing of a boat.
He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Belsey married, 15 Nov. 1813, Mary Eliza-
beth, eldest daughter of Capt. Cooke, by whom he
has issue nine children. He resided, with permis-
sion, from 1816 to 1820, in the Telegraph House near
Barham ; and, since 1837, has been dwelling in the
Semaphore House, at Chatsford Head, Winchester.
Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
BELSON. (Eetired Commander, 1845. r-p.,
21 ; n-p., 26.)
Hemky Face Belson entered the Navy, 18 Dec.
1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rcby 64, Capt.
Solomon Ferris, lying in the Downs ; accompanied
that officer, the year following, into the Thdnderer
74; and, after serving for a few months in the
Leander 50, bearing the flag of Sir Andrew
Mitchell in North America, there attained the
rating of Midshipman, 1 Dec. 1802, in the Lily 16,
Capt. Wm. Compton. He afterwards became suc-
cessively attached to the Driver sloop, Cambrian
40, Capts. John Poo Beresford, John Nairne, and
Peter Puget (in which ship he assisted at the capture,
13 June and 3 July, 1805, of the privateers Maria, of
14 guns and 60 men, and Matima, of 20 guns and
95 men), and Theseus 74, Capt. J. P. Beresford,
employed in the Channel and off Ferrol. He was
made Lieutenant, 7 March, 1808, into the Tdlture
sloop, Capts. Joseph Pearce and Martin White, on
the Jersey station, and subsequently received the
following appointments : — 31 Dec. 1808, to the Dio-
HEDE 50, flag-ship off Guernsey of Eear-Admiral
D'Auvergne, Duke de Bouillon, in which he after-
wards proceeded to the East Indies — 15 April, 1812,
as First, to the Briton 38, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines,
serving in the Channel and off Bordeaux— 14 Jan.
1814, to the Ulysses 44, Capt. Thos. Browne, fitting
at Pl™outh— 11 Feb. 1814, to the Sybille 44,
Capt. Thos. Forrest, from which frigate, after cruiz-
ing off Madeira, and proceeding to Greenland in
search of the American Commodore, John Rodgers,
he was paid off, 18 April, 1815—29 Oct. 1819, again
as Senior Lieutenant, to the Phaeton 46, Capt. Aug.
Wm. Montagu, on the Halifax station, which ship
was placed out of commission 23 Sept. 1822 — and,
17 Dec. 1825, in the same capacity, to the Prince
Regent 120, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Eobt.
Moorsom. He was superseded in 1827 ; subse-
quently commanded, from 30 Aug. 1830, to April,
1833, the CoNFiANCE steam-vessel 2, on the Fal-
mouth station ; and, on 18 Jan. 1845, was placed on
the list of Retired Commanders.
BENDYSHE. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.)
John Bendyshe, bom 10 April, 1791, is son and
successor of the late Rich. Bendyshe, Esq., of Bar-
ringtori, co. Cambridge, by Jane, daughter of John
Jervis, Esq., of Darlaston, co. Stafford. One of his
brothers, Richard, died an officer in the 1st Foot
Guards ; and the other, Robert, a Lieutenant, R.N.,
was lost in the Blenheim, with Sir Thos. Trou-
bridge, in 1807. The family is directly traceable to
the twelfth century, at which period it became pos-
sessed of a considerable lordship in Radwinter.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Jan. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Qdeen 98, Capt. Manley
Dixon, flag-ship subsequently of Sir John Knight
in the Channel, and of Lord Collingwood in the
Mediterranean. He removed, as Midshipman, in
April, 1806, to the Seahorse 38, Capt. John
Stewart, on the latter station, where, and again in
the Channel, as also at Newfoundland, he next
served, with Sir John Duckworth and Capt. Rich.
Dalling Dunn, in the Royal George 100, San
Josef 110, Hibernia 110, Armide 38, and Ante-
lope 50. After suffering shipwreck in the Avenger
16, Capt. Urry Johnson (to a Lieutenancy in which
vessel he had been promoted on 11 Nov. 1811), Mr.
Bendyshe successively joined — 24 Oct. 1812, the
Hazard sloop, Capt. John Cookesley, also on the
Newfoundland station — 22 Aug. 1814, as Senior, the
Belle Poole troop-ship, Capt. Fras. Baker, under
whom he attended the expedition to New Orleans
— and, 15 Deo. 1818 (after an interval of three
years), in a similar capacity, the Wye 26, Capt.
Geo. Wickens WiUes, on the Leith station. He
was superseded from the latter vessel, at his ovm
request, 29 Nov. 1819, and has not since been em-
ployed. Lieut. Bendyshe is a Magistrate and
Deputy-Lieutenant for the co. of Cambridge, for
which he has also served as High-Sheriff.
He married, first, 10 May, 1820, Catherine, eldest
daughter of Geo. Matcham, Esq., of Ashford Lodge,
CO. Sussex, by Catherine, sister of the immortal
Nelson, by whom, who died in 1831, he had issue
four sons and four daughters ; and secondly, 21 Oct.
1833, Anna Maria, third daughter of Sir Chas.
Watson, Bart., of Wratting Park, co. Cambridge.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
BENETT. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 36.)
Charles Cowper Benett, a lineal descendant
of John Benett, Sheriff of Wilts in 51 Henry
ni., is great-grandson of his Grace Dr. Wm.
Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury ; and eldest son of
the Rev. John Benett, LL.D., Rector of Donhead
St. Andrew, co. Wilts, and of Ower Moigne, co.
Dorset, by Frances, sister of Sir Thos. Turton, Bart.
Mr. Wm. Wake Benett, a brother of Commander
Benett, also in the R.N., was killed in action.
This officer entered the Navy, inl Oct. 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pelican sloop, Capt.
Geo. M'Kinley, whom he accompanied, 20 Dec.
1801, as Midshipman, into the Abergavenny 54,
and next into the Ganges 74, on the Jamaica station,
where he continued to serve, until the autumn of
1806, in the Heroule 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris,
Cumberland 74, Capt. Fred. Cottrill, and Theseus
74, and Surveillante frigate, both commanded by
Capt. John Bligh. Under that officer, at the com-
mencement of 1804, he assisted in the attack on the
island of Curajoa, and in' the course of some very
successful cruizing participated in the capture of
several privateers and, we believe, of 40 sail of
merchantmen, besides witnessing the reduction of
the Spanish island of St. Andreas. After an attach-
ment of some weeks to the Magnificent 74, Capt.
Geo. Eyre, lying at Deptford, Mr. Benett served
for 17 months with Sir Sam. Hood in the Centaur
74, and attended during that period the expedition
to Copenhagen under Lord Gambier. Acquiring
the rank of Lieutenant, 11 April, 1808, he further
joined — 3 June, 1808, the Vanguard 74, Capt.
Thos. Baker, with whom he served in the Baltic
until Aug. 1809— and, 9 July and 19 Oct. 1812, the
Cornwall 74, Capt. John Broughton, and Impreg-
nable 98, flag-ship of Admiral Wm. Young, both
on the Mediterranean station. Since his promotion
to his present rank, which took place 15 June,
1S14, Commander Benett has been on half-pay.
He married, in 1810, Sarah, daughter of Wm.
Burlton, Esq., of Donhead St. Andrew. His eldest
son, Wm. Morgan, married, 17 April, 1843, Barbara
Sarah, youngest daughter of the late Commander
Waring, R.N.
BENN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.)
Thomas Benn entered the Navy, 29 March, 1305,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capt.
Philip Chas. Durham, and on 22 July following was
present in Sir Robt. Calder's action with the com-
bined squadrons of France and Spain. He shortly
afterwards removed into the Kent 74, Capt. Henry
Garrett, and in April, 1806, became Midshipman
ra
BENNET— BENNETT.
of the AcHiLLE 74. In that ship he served, latterly
as Master's Mate, under Capts. Sir Rich. King,
Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and Aiskew Paf-
fard Hollis, for upwards of nine years, during
which period he appears to have been employed at
the blockade of Ferrol and of Toulon, as also, for
18 months, of a French and Venetian squadron at
Venice, besides assisting at the defence of Cadiz,
and being ultimately, in 1814-15, after having con-
voyed a fleet of East Indiamen to a certain latitude,
stationed at Rio Janeiro. He attained tlie rank of
Lieutenant 8 Feb. 1815 ; was placed on half-pay
12 July following ; and has not since been afloat.
BENNET. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 23.)
Maktin Bennet was bom 24 March, 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 April, 1800, as
a Boy, on board the Hadghty gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander "Wm. Field, on the North Sea station,
where, in Dec. 1801, he attained the rating of Mid-
shipman in the Pylades 18, Capt. Wm. Boorder.
"We next find him, during an attachment of nearly
six years to the Illustrious 74, Capts. Sir Chas.
Hamilton, Michael Seymour, Wm. Sheild, "Wm.
Robt. Broughton, and Edw. Chetham, commanding
a boat at the destruction of the French shipping in
Basque Roads in April, 1809, and intrusted, in the
ensuing expedition to the "Walcheren, with the
direction of two flat-bottomed boats and a cutter
up the East Scheldt. Proceeding then to the West
Indies in the Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard,
he witnessed the destruction, on 18 Dec. in the
same year, of the French frigates Loire and Seijie,
in Anse la Barque, Guadeloupe, and on that occa^
sion commanded the boats forming part of the force
under Capt. Hugh Cameron, who was killed by his
side, at the gallant storming of the fort by which
they were protected. After serving for some
months with Sir Alex. Cochrane in the Pompee
74, and Neptune 98, and witnessing in the former
ship the reduction of Guadeloupe, Mr. Bennet re-
joined the Sceptre, in the capacity of Acting-
Lieutenant, 16 July, 1810. He was eventually,
while employed on board the Barfleur 98, flag-
ship in the Tagus of Hon. Geo. Cranfleld Berkeley,
awarded a commission, dated 2 Nov. 1811 ; and
on 18 of the following Dec. was appointed to the
Elizabeth 74, Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower, sta-
tioned in the Mediterranean. He there, during
the performance of much valuable service, came
17 times into conflict with the enemy, participated
in the capture of the towns of Umago, Dignano,
Fiume, Porto Kea, Bocca Rea, Citta Nuova, and
Rovigno, as also of the forts of Cantalazo and Cavo,
and assisted at the blockade of Venice, Trieste, and
Ragusa. At Umago he in part commanded the
boats at the destruction of a 2-guii battery and
the capture of 4 vessels, loaded with wine, that had
been scuttled, 8 June, 1813; and on the occasion of
the ensuing capture of Dignano he landed in charge
of a party of seamen, and obtained great praise for
his conduct.* From 15 June to 16 Aug. 1814, Mr.
Bennet next officiated as Agent for Transports
afloat ; after which, on 1 Dec. in the same year, he
became First of the Niobe troop-ship, Capt. Henry
Collins Deacon, and co-operated in the reduction, in
1815, of Martinique and Guadeloupe. He left the
NioBE 12 March, 1816, and since 17 April, 1838,
has been employed in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Bennet is married.
BENNETT. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 21 ;
H-p., 13.)
James Cooper Bennett was bom, 6 Jan. 1801,
at Edinburgh.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Jan. 1813, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Adamant 50, Capt.
Matthew Buckle, bearing the flag at Leith of Rear-
Admiral Wm. Albany Otway. Removing in March
following to the Endymion, of 48 guns and 319 men,
Capt. Henry Hope, he assisted at the blockade of
New London, the e.xpedition up the Penobscot, and
* Firftf Gaz. 1813, p. 2010.
the capture, 15 Jan. 1815, after a bnlhant action of
two hours and a half, in which the British lost 11
men killed and 14 wounded, and the enemy 35
killed and 70 wounded, of the American frigate
President, of 56 guns and 465 men. Subsequently
to the surrender of Buonaparte we find him pro-
ceeding to the East Indies, where, until the close of
1819, he served on board the Iphigenia 36, Capt.
Andw. King, and Conway 26, Capt. Edw. Barnard,
and contributed, in the boats of the latter ship and
of the Eden, to the destruction, in the early part of
that year, of some Arab pirates at Bahhreen, in the
Persian Gulf. "While next serving in the Stbille
44, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir Chas. Rowley,
he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by com-
mission dated 22 Aug. 1821 ; but, prior to his return
to England in 1823, he had the misfortune to lose
an arm, in consequence of which accident he was
eventually awarded, 24 Jan. 1824, the usual pension
of 91/. 5s. In the course of the latter year Mr.
Bennett, who had been employed for short periods
in the Aeachne 18, and Ramillies 74, again sailed
for the West Indies in the Rattlesnake 28, Capt.
Hugh Patton, and there joined the Isis 50, flag-ship
of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, by whom, after
holding command of the Dkion, Renegade, and
Speedwell schooners, he was, in 1826, placed in
charge of the Magnificent, hospital and store-ship
at Port Royal. He was officially promoted to his
present rank on 26 Oct. in the same year, and then,
enfeebled in health from the efiects of long servi-
tude in small vessels under a tropical sun, returned
home. Since that period, unable to procure em-
ployment afloat, he has twice accepted the appoint-
ment of Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard.
On the first occasion he filled that post from 15
June, 1832, until 1835. His resumption of the office,
which he still holds, took place 25 Feb. 1843.
Commander Bennett married, 28 July, 1831, Jane,
third daughter of the late Jas. Law, Esq., of Elving-
ston, CO. Haddington, N.B., and by that lady, who
died in 1836, has three surviving children.
BENNETT. (Capt., 1828. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 22.)
Thomas Bennett, bom 22 Feb. 1785, at Here-
ford, is nephew of Francis Bennett, Esq., Purser of
the Nassau 64, who perish^ in that ship when
vrrecked on the coast of Holland, 14 Oct. 1799 ; and
of Commander William Bennett, R.N. (1812), who
died in 1819.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1797, as
a Volunteer, on board the Monarch 74, Capt. John
Elphinstone, flag-ship afterwards of Vice-Admiral
Richard Onslow, under whom he fought and was
wounded in the battle of Camperdown, 11 Oct.
following. On leaving the Monarch, in which ship
he had previously witnessed the mutiny at Spitbead,
Mr. Bennett successively joined the Nassau 64,
Capts. Wm. Hargood and Geo. Tripp, guard-ship at
the Nore, and, in the early part of 1798, the Am-
PHiON 32, Capt. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, em-
ployed on the North Sea, African, and West India
stations. Among other achievements he assisted,
while cruizing off' the island of Jamaica in company
with the Alarm 32, in effecting the capture, 25
Nov. 1799, of the Asturiana, Spanish letter-of-
marque, mounting 28 guns, with a complement of
180 men ; and for his zeal and activity on variooa
occasions, but more especially in the boat-chase of
a privateer off' Port Royal, was ultimately, in 1801,
transferred by the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Hugh
Seymour, to his flag-ship, the Sans Pareil 80.
The premature death, however, of the gallant Ad-
miral depriving him of the immediate promotion he
had been promised, Mr. Bennett did not obtain
any advancement in his profession until Jan. 1802,
when he appears to have been appointed Acting-
Lieutenant, for a short time, of the Tartar 36, and
Vanguard 74, both commanded by Capt. Jas.
Walker. He returned home in the course of the
same year on board the Cerberus 32, Capt. Jas.
Macnamara; and on being re-appointed as Admiralty
Midshipman, at the commencement of hostilities.
BENSON.
73
to the Amphion, then commanded by Capt. Thos.
Masterman Hardy, conveyed Lord Nelson to the
Mediterranean, where he was promoted by his
Lordship, who had previously made him his Signal
Officer, into the Cameuon 18, Capt. Thos. Staines,
25 July, 1803— an act which was officially confirmed
9 Dec. following. During the next two years Mr.
Bennett was warmly engaged, nearly the whole
time as First-Lieutenant, in destroying the enemy's
coasting-trade between Toulon and Genoa ; and on
one occasion, when in command of a boat, was the
only person, with the exception of two men and a
boy, who was not killed or wounded. In May,
1805, after assisting at the capture, within sight of
the British fleet, of Le Menard schooner, of 12 guns,
he exchanged into the Seahorse, of 42 guns and
281 men, commanded at first by Capts. Hon. Courte-
nay Boyle and Kobt. Corbett, and from April,
1806, until June, 1811, by Capt. John Stewart, in
whose distinguished services during that period he
proved an active participator. On the failure of
Sir Arthur Paget's pacific mission to the Sublime
Porte, we find him proceeding to the Archipelago,
and there employed, in Sept. and Oct. 1807, in
visiting all the Cyclades, and in replacing their
governments in the hands of the old primates. He
further enacted the part of Second Lieutenant in
the Seahobse's brilliant night action of 5 July,
1808, when singly, with 30 of her crew absent, she
defeated, after a desperate conflict of three hours,
a Turkish force, consisting of the Baddere Zaffer,
of 52 guns and 543 men, and Alis Fezan, of 26 guns
and 230 men, both of which were at length reduced
to perfect wrecks. The enemy, in the Baddere Zaffer
alone, the ship captured — the other having effected
her escape— sustained the prodigious loss of 170
killed and 200 wounded, while that of the Sea-
horse did not exceed 5 killed and 10 wounded,
although her mizen-mast was shot away and her
hull and rigging suffered severely. The First-Lieu-
tenant, Mr. Geo. Downie, was in consequence pro-
moted to the rank of Commander, and Mr. Bennett,
who is now the senior surviving officer, became his
successor. He soon afterwards escorted the British
Ambassador, Mr. Adair, from Malta to the mouth
of the Dardanells, and, during a stay of some months
at Constantinople after the treaty of Jan. 1809,
was twice introduced, as one of his Excellency's
suite, to the Grand Seignor, by whom he was pre-
sented with two robes of honour. Being next, in
May of the same year, on a cruize between Corsica
and Italy, he took command of the boats, and suc-
ceeded in obtaining possession, although garrisoned
by 50 French soldiers, of the small island of Gia-
nuti, whence, after destroying the batteries, he
embarked and brought off the guns, all of them of
brass. A few days after this exploit he headed a
similar expedition against the island of Pianoza,
near Elba, known to be defended by upwards of
100 veteran troops, and the town by a regular forti-
fication. Landing, nevertheless, in broad daylight,
at the back of the island, he commenced an
attack on the enemy's battery, which, at the end of
six hours' hard fighting, was captured and blown
up, the commandant killed, and the guns disabled.
Within 24 hours from the onset the troops were all
taken prisoners-of-war, and the whole place brought
under subjection to the British. The gallantry dis-
played by Lieut. Bennett, and those employed with
him, in the accomplishment of these very important
services, it is needless to add, elicited the highest
approbation of the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Col-
lingwood, and of the Board of Admiralty. The
Seahorse at length, after a dashing career, re-
turned to England with Lord Amherst, and was
paid off in June, 1811, from which period her First
Lieutenant remained unemployed until appointed,
22 Jan. 1812, Senior of the Crescent 38, Capt.
John Quilliam, under whom he served in the Baltic,
and then sailed with convoy for Halifax and New-
foundland, on which latter station he witnessed the
capture, 16 Sept. 1813, of the Elbredge Gerry Ame-
rican privateer, of 14 guns and 66 men. He inva-
lided home in the summer of 1814, and on his
arrival found tnat he had been at length advanced
to the rank of Commander, his commission bearing
date 15 June, 1814. Being appointed, 2 July, 1819,
to the Cygnet 10, Capt. Bennett served in that
vessel on the coast of Ireland, and afterwards ofi"
St. Helena, until the death of Buonaparte, in May,
1821, when he conveyed the inteUigence of that
event to the Isle of France. "While in Simon's Bay,
Cape of Good Hope, in company with the Hype-
rion 42, Commodore J as. Lillicrap, he had the hap-
piness, on 10 June, 1822, of being of eminent utility
in rescuing the Albion East Indiaman from de-
struction, when, during a strong gale, she had
broken from her anchorage and had actually drifted
to within a few feet of the rocks. Although the
Cygnet's boats on the occasion were the first on
the spot, and were throughout of equal utility with
those of the Hyperion, yet, out of a sum of iOOOl.
which was afterwards voted by the Hon. E. I. C.
to " Commodore Lillicrap," who was positively on
shore at the moment of the occurrence, " and the
officers and seamen of H.M. navy who were employed
in rendering assistance to the Albion," neither
her commander nor crew ever received a shilling.
On another occasion, 10 of the following month,
during a furious north-wester in Table Bay, the
Cygnet had the further good fortune to render
material assistance to the Sarah free-trader, which
was eventually wrecked, and her crew saved by
two of her boats under Mr. Rich. Lee Stephens,
who received his promotion in consequence. After
an intermediate servitude on the coast of Africa,
Capt. Bennett returned home and was paid off in
May, 1823. His next appointment was, 30 April,
1827, to the Teinculo 18, on the Irish station, where
he continued until posted by the Lord High Ad-
miral, " as a reward for his long and active services,"
16 Sept. 1828. He afterwards, from 7 Feb. 1834,
until paid off in March, 1838, commanded the Kain-
Bow 28, and during that period assisted in sup-
pressing a rebeUion among the slaves at St. Kitt's ;
was senior officer at Jamaica during the sickly
season of 1835, when, in spite of all his efforts, the
mortality on board the Rainbow was extreme ;
was thrice employed, for periods of several months,
in protecting the fisheries at Newfoundland — a ser-
vice in which he evinced great judgment and ability ;
and was intrusted on two occasions with the con-
veyance of treasure. He at length returned home,
as above stated, with strong testimonials from the
various Commanders-in-Chief under whom he had
served, viz. Sir Geo. Cockburn, Sir Peter Halkett,
and Sir Chas. Paget. He has since been on half-
pay.
Capt. Bennett, who is an Alderman of the city of
Hereford, held the office of Mayor in 1842. He
married, 16 Nov. 1815, Sarah, daughter of "Wm.
Watkin^, Esq., of that city, and has issue two sens
and two daughters. His eldest son, Edward Wat-
kins, died at Port Royal, Jamaica, 31 July, 1835,
while serving as Midshipman on board the Rain-
bow, aged 19. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
BENSON. (LiEOT., 1814. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 12.)
John Robert Benson entered the Navy, 12 Jan.
1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Scorpion 18,
Capts. Eras. Stanfell, Hon. John Gore, and Bobt.
Giles. Under the first-named officer he assisted, as
Midshipman, at the capture, 11 Jan. 1810, beneath
the fire of a battery near Basseterre, after an engage-
ment of two hours, of I' Oreste French national brig,
of 16 guns and 110 men; and, in Feb. following,
witnessed the reduction of the island of Guadeloupe.
In July, 1812, he became a supernumerary (still in
the West Indies) of the Dragon 64, bearing the flag
of Sir Fras. Laforey, and he continued, in the same
capacity, to serve under that officer, successively in
the Tribune 36, Grampus 50, Vestal 28, Spider
schooner. Dromedary store-ship, and, as one of the
complement, in the Queen 74, until promoted to his
present rank, 27 June, 1814. His subsequent ap-
pointments were — 31 March, 1815, to the Leven 20,
Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett, stationed off Guern-
74
BENTHALL-BENTHAM— BERESFORD— BERINGTON.
sey— 18 Sept. following, to the Bans 20, Capt. Wm.
Fisher, employed on the Coast of Afirica, where he
participated, 5 and 16 March, 1816, in the capture
of the slavers Temerario and San ATttonio^ with 505
slaves on board — and, on 28 Aug. in the latter year,
to the Chekob 20, commanded also by Capt. Fisher,
on the same station, whence he returned home and
was paid off in Dec. 1818. Since 15 April, 1831,
except from 20 June, 1836, to 18 June, 1839, when
he held command of the Lively revenue-cutter,
Lieut. Benson has been employed in the Coast
Guard. Agents — Messrs. StilweU.
BENTHALL. (Liedtenakt, 1845.)
OoTAvins Benthall died 21 April, 1846. He
was drowned while attempting to cross the bar of
Hokianga Bay, New Zealand, in the pinnace of
H.M.S. OSPEET.
This officer passed his examination 8 Sept. 1837 ;
and served for some time as Mate, on the Mediter-
ranean, Home, and Fast India stations, in the Ma-
GiciEssE 24, Capts. Fred. Thos. Michell and Kich.
Laird Warren, Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer,
and OsPBEi 12, Capt. Fred. Patten. He obtained
his commission 1 Sept. 1845 ; then became Addi-
tional Lieutenant of the Agincohbt 72, bearing the
flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane; and ultimately
perished, as above.
BENTHAM, K. St. M. and L. (CTaptaill, 1816.
F-P., 16; H-P., 36.)
Gbobge Bentham, bom in June, 1787, is son of
Lieut.-Gen. "Wm. Bentham, R.A.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1795, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Pluto sloop, and, after an attach-
ment of some months, in 1798, to the Alkmaab,
Capt. Burden, became Midshipman, in 1799, of the
RuEV 64, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, with
whom, and Hon. Fras. Farington Gardner, he con-
tinued to serve, in the same ship, and in the Reso-
lution 74, Galtkheid 64, and Hero 74, until June,
1807. "Wiiile in the latter ship, of which he was
created a Lieutentant 24 Dee. 1805, Mr. Bentham
officiated as Aide-de-Camp to his Captain in Sir
Robt. Calder's and Sir Rich. Strachan's actions.
On his return from a voyage to the West Indies, in
Jime, 1807, he was appointed to the Tbmbkaiee 98,
commanded in the Channel by Capt. Sir Chas. Ha^
milton, but in June, 1810, rejoined his patron, then
Lord Gardner, as his Flag-Lieutenant, in the Bel-
LEROPHON 74. On 19 June, 1809, we find his volun-
teered assistance materially contributing to the suc-
cessful issue of an attempt made to storm a battery
of four long 24-pounders and 103 men, on the coast of
Finland — an exploit which received the due acknow-
ledgments of the Admiralty.* AVhile afterwards
serving with Lord Gardner in the Roebcck 50, he
was appointed by that nobleman to the command,
7 Oct. 1810, of the Briseis, of 10 guns and 75 men.
For his gallantry on 14 of the same month, in cap-
turing, after a chase of eight hours, and a desperate
conflict of one, in which the enemy had 8 killed and
19 wounded, and the British 4 killed and 11 badly
wounded, the French privateer Sarts Souci^ of 14
guns and 55 men, Capt. Bentham*s promotion was
confirmed by commission dated back to the day of
the action. f His subsequent appointments were —
14 Dec. 1812, to the XIegext 12, on the Home sta-
tion— 8 Oct. 1813, to the Carnation 18, in the
West Indies, where his exertions in saving the
Dockyard at Port Royal from destruction by fire
obtained for him the strongest recommendations —
29 Nov. 1815, as Acting-Captain, to the North
Star 28, on the same station — and 6 July, 1816,
to the Heron 18. In consideration of his services
in the latter vessel at the battle of Algiers, on
which occasion he was stationed within a few yards
of the QcEEN Charlotte, and was the Senior Com-
mander present, Capt. Bentham was rewarded by
advancement to Post-rank, 16 Sept. 1816.1 He ac-
cepted the retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
As an acknowledgment for his having conveyed
to Genoa, while in the Heron, the treasure re-
claimed by the King of Sardinia from the De^^
Capt. Bentham was invested by that Sovereign with
the Second Class of the Order of St. Maurice and
St. Lazare. He married, 7 June, 1827, Emma Pel-
lew, daughter of the Rev. John Parker, and niece of
Admiral Lord Exmouth. Agests— Hallett and
Robinson.
BERESFORD. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 15; h-p.,3.)
Henbi- Babre Beresfoed, bom 5 July, 1816, is
second son of the late Henry Barre Beresford, Esq.,
by Eliza, youngest daughter of John Baily, Esq., of
the city of Bristol ; next brother of the present John
Barre Beresford, Esq., of Learmount, co. London-
derry ; and grandnephew of the late, and cousin of
the present. Marquis of Waterford.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1829, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aarxon 26, Capt. Hon.
Fred. Wm. Grey, in the Mediterranean ; became
Midshipman, in May, 1835, of the Sapphire 26, Capt.
Rich. Freeman Rowley, on the same station ; passed
his examination 28 Dec. 1835 ; was soon afterwards
appointed Mate of the Imogene 28, Capt. Henry
Wm. Bruce, in South America; received the Turkish
Medal for his services on the coast of Syria, while
belonging to the Vanguabd 80, Capt. Sir David
Dunn, in 1840 ; and after officiating for some time
as Senior Mate of the Formidable 84, Capt. Sir
Chas. Sullivan, was advanced to the rank he now
holds 6 Jime, 1842. Lieut. Beresford, whose next
appointment was, 18 Oct. in the same year, to the
Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir
Thos. Hastings, has been employed, since 19 July,
1845, in the Calliope 26, Capt. Edw. Stanley, on
the East India station.
BERINGTON. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Rowland Berington passed his examination 22
Aug. 1843 ; and served as Mate on board the Ex-
cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir
Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads, and St.
Vincent 120, bearing the broad pendant in the
Channel of Sir Fras. Augustus Collier. His com-
mission bears date 9 Nov. 1846. He is now serving
in the Belleisle troopship, Capt. John Kingcome.
* Vide Gai. 1809, p. 1101. , . . _,
J K Gaa. 1816, p. 1792
t V. Gaz. 1810, p. 1637.
BERINGTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p, 9 ; h-p, 35.)
Samuel Berington was bom 7 April, 1779.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 Nov. 1803, as
Midshipman, on board the Foudroyant 80, Capt.
Peter Spicer, hearing the fliag in the Channel of Sir
Thos. Graves. In March, 1805, he removed to the
Growler gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders James
Rose, T. Nesbitt, and Rich. Grossman, employed
for upwards of two years on the coast of France,
where he was constantly engaged in the boats, and
on one occasion received a gun-shot wound in the
shoulder, which procured Mm a gratuity from the
Patriotic Fund, but never any compensation from
Government. He next, ftom Nov. 1807, until Jan.
1810, served, as Midshipman andMaster's Mate, in the
President 38, Capts. Adam MacKenzie and Chas.
Marsh Schomberg, in South America ; then rejoined
for a short period, in the latter capacity, the Fon-
drotant, bearing the flag, on the same station, of •
Hon. Michael De Courcy ; was appointed, 24 March
following, Sub-Lieutenant of the Nancy 10, Lieut.-
Commander Kelwick ; and in June, 1811, invalided
home on board the Tortoise store-ship, Master-
Commander Thos. Cook. He joined, in Dec. 1814,
the N AMUR 74, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley
at Sheemess ; and attained his present rank 23 Feb.
1815. Since 4 of the ensuing July, when he was
placed on half-pay, he has not been employed.
Lieut. Berington married a daughter of M. T.
Butcher, Esq., of the Victualling Office, Deptford,
and sister of Sam. Jas. Butcher, Esq., Paymaster and
Purser, R.N. (1809), now serving on board the
Birkenhead steam-frigate, C|tpt. Aug. H. Ingram.
Agent — W. H. B. Barwis.
BERKELEY— BERN ARD -BERNERS— BERTRAM .
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BERKELEY, C.B., M.P. (Captain, 1814. f-p.,
17; H-p., 28.)
Maurice Fhedekick Fitzhabdimge Berkeley,
born in 1788, is second son of the late Earl of
Berkeley, by Miss Mary Cole, of the oo. of Glouces-
ter ; next brother of the present Earl Fitzhardinge ;
and nephew of Admiral Hon. Sir George Cranfield
Berkeley, G.C.B., who died in 1818, also of the late
Countess of Granard, and of the celebrated Margra^
vine of Anspaoh.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1802, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Constance 24, Capt.
Zaohary Mudge ; on accompanying whom to the
West Indies, as Midshipman of the Blanche 36, he
" behaved nobly, and was much to be envied for
his conduct," at the capture, 4 Nov. 1803, by a
boat belonging to that ship, of an armed schooner,
carrying 30. men, whose obstinate resistance occa-
sioned a loss to themselves, in 10 minutes, of 1 man
killed and 5 wounded, and to the British, who num-
bered 28, of 1 killed and 2 wounded.* During his
continuance in the Blanche, Mr. Berkeley wit-
nessed the surrender, to a force under Commodore
John Loring, of a French squadron with the remains
of General Rochambeau's army from Cape Francois
— served on shore, as Aide-de-Camp to Capt. Chas.
Bayne Hodgson Boss, in the unfortunate attack on
Curafoa — and, in command of a tender, took a
French privateer. Between the summer of 1805, at
which period he returned home an invalid in the
Theseus 74, Capt. Fras. Temple, and the date of his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 9 July, 1808,
we find him continuously employed in the Cygnet
sloop, Capt. Dan. M'Leod, the Ph(enix frigate,
Capt. Z. Mudge, the Milan, Leander, and Leo-
pard, flag-ships on the Newfoundland station of his
uncle, the Hon. G. C. Berkeley, the Driver, Capt.
"Wm. Love — which sloop was totally dismasted
during a violent hurricane, and compelled to have
her guns thrown overboard— and, as Master's Mate,
in the Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman
Hardy. Being then appointed to the Hydra 38,
Capt. Geo. Mundy, he was constantly employed
during a period of 18 months on detached service off
' Barcelona and other parts of the coast of Spain, and
on one occasion, in command of the boats, he cap-
tured an armed felucca. In Feb. 1810, Mr. Berkeley
became Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle, who had been
appointed to the chief command at Lisbon, on board
the Babflehk 98 ; and in the following autumn was
sent up the Tagus in charge of a division of gun-
boats, for the purpose of co-operating with the
troops occupying the lines of Torres Vedras. The
ability he displayed in the performance of the
various duties which there devolved upon him, and
the gallant and successful manner in which he made
a descent, on 13 Oct., upon the town of Villa Franca,
obtained for him the thanks of Lord "Wellington in
public orders. He was promoted from the Bar-
PLEUR to the command, 19 Dec. 1810, of the Vestal
troop-ship, but left that vessel, after serving for
some months at the defence of Cadiz, in Nov. 1811.
As a Post-Captain, which rank he attained 7 June,
1814, Capt. Berkeley commanded, from 27 May,
1828, until 1831, the Semiramis 24, bearing the flag
at Cork of Sir Chas. Paget, and, from 31 Jan. 1840,
until superseded, 28 July, 1841, the Thunderer 84.
In the latter ship he took part in all the operations
of the Syrian campaign, and was most efficiently
present at the camp at D'Joumi, the bombardment
of Beyrout, the storming of Sidon,t and the capture
of St. Jean d'Acre. He was in consequence nomi-
nated a C.B., and presented, in common with the
other commanding officers, with the Turkish gold
medal. He is at present on half-pay.
Capt. Berkeley, who was first returned to Parlia-
ment for the city of Gloucester in 1832, and again
elected in 1835 and 1841, filled a seat at the Board
of Admiralty from 3 April, 1833, until 23 Dec. 1834.
He was re-appointed 22 July, 1837, but resigned in
March, 1839, owing to a difference of opinion with
his colleagues as to the propriety of sending ships to
foreign stations with reduced complements of men.*
On the accession of the Whigs to power in the sum-
mer of 1846, Capt. Berkeley was again appointed a
Lord of the Admiralty. He still officiates in that
capacity. He married, first, 4 Dec. 1823, Charlotte,
sixth daughter of Charles fourth Duke of Richmond,
by whom, who died in 1833, he had several chil-
dren ; and, secondly, 30 Sept. 1834, Charlotte, third
daughter of Thomas Earl of Ducie. His eldest
daughter, Frederica Charlotte, married, in 1845,
Lord Gifford. Capt. Berkeley is a Deputy-Lieu-
tenant for the CO. of Sussex. Agents — Messrs. Hal-
ford and Co.
BERNARD. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Henky Bernard entered the Navy 7 Oct. 1820 ;
passed his examination 6 Dec. 1826 ; served for
some time as Mate in the Hercules 72, Capt. Edw.
Barnard, and Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir John
Aoworth Ommanney, on the Lisbon and Mediterra^
nean stations ; and obtained his commission 28
Aug. 1841. His appointments have since been^ — 28
Oct. 1841, to the Siren 16, Capt. Wm. Smith, in the
East Indies— 5 March, 1845,.to the Vindictive 50,
flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of
Sir Fras. Wm. Austen— and, 27 Feb. 1846, to the
command of the Pickle schooner, on the same sta-
tion, where he still serves. Agent — Joseph Wood-
head.
• Fide Gil. 1804, p. 163.
+ F. Gai. 1840, p. 2603.
BERNERS. (Commander, 1842.)
Hugh Bernebs, horn in July, 1801, is second son
of the Rev. Hen. Denny Berners, of Wolverstone
Park, Suffolk, Archdeacon of that county, by Sarah,
daughter of John Garrett, Esq., of Freemantle,
Hants.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Aug. 1814 ; and
was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 17 July, 1824, in
the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Rob. Stuart, employed
in the Mediterranean. His next appointments were,
25 June, 1827, and 31 Oct. 1828, to the Isis 50, and
Camelion 10, commanded on the same station by
Capts." Sir Thos. Staines and Sir Thos. Pasley. He
has since been on half-pay. His advancement to
the rank he now holds took place 28 Jan. 1842.
Commander Berners married, in 1832, Julia,
daughter of John Ashton, Esq., of the Grange, Che-
shire, by whom he has issue a son and three daugh-
ters. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
BERTRAM, (ffajtaill, 1814. F-p., 17 ; h-p., 36.)
Charles Bertram was bom, 20 April, 1777, at
Jersey.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1794, as
A.B., on board the Nonsuch floating battery, Capt.
Phil. D'Auvergne, Prince de Bouillon, but was soon
draughted into the Anson 44, Capt. Phil. Chas.
Durham. During a continuance in the latter ship
of more than two years, part of which period he
held the rating of Midshipman, Mr. Bertram assisted
at the capture of a large number of heavy privateers
and other armed vessels — was present in Lord, Brid-
port's action with the French fleet off He de Groix,
23 Jime, 1795— attended immediately afterwards
the disastrous expedition sent to co-operate with
the Royalists in Quiberon Bay, where, in ultimately
bringing off in the boats of the squadron such as
could be rescued from the fury of the republican
troops, he received a slight bayonet wound in the
calf of the right leg— and on 20 March, 1796, the
Anson forming part of a squadron under Sir John
Borlase Warren, aided in capturing L' Btoile of 30
guns, one of five French frigates in escort of a pro-
vision fleet of 70 sail. On 23 Nov. 1797, soon after
his appointment to the Porcupine 28, Capts. Chas.
Dudley Pater and And. Fitzherbert Evans, and
when on his passage to HaKfax in a captured brig,
Mr. Bertram was taken by the French frigate Re-
publicain, conveyed a prisoner to France, and there
detained, subject to all the horrors of dimgeon cap-
tivity, until exchanged, in March, 1799. He then
* Capt. Berkeley has detailed his views on this subject in
* A Letter addressed to Sir John Barrow, Bart.,' &c , pub-
lished in 1839.
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BEST.
rejoined Capt. Durham on hoard the Anson, and,
after an attendance on the Koyal Family at Wey-
mouth, and some months of active employment in
the Channel, accompanied the same officer into the
Endtmion 40, and contimled to serve "with him,
affording protection in the interim to a valuable
fleet of Indiamen from St. Helena to England, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 April, 1802.
He became attached shortly after that event to the
Dkyad 36, Captains Robt. Williams and Wm. Do-
mett ; was subsequently detached for several months
in the Diligence revenue cutter, for the purpose
of impressing seamen, many hundreds of whom he
brought into the service ; and, on 4 July, 1803,
joined the Loire 46, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland.
In that frigate Mr. Bertram assisted at the capture,
in 1804-5, of the Braave French privateer, of 16
guns and 110 men, also of the Blonde privateer fri-
gate, of 30 guns and 240 men, and of the Vaillant,
of similar force. He appears to have been likewise
under fire of the batteries in Muros Bay, when they
were stormed and carried by the boats under the
late Sir Jas. Lucas Teo, 4 June, 1805 ;* and to have
contributed, in company with L'Egvptienne fri-
gate, to the capture, 24 Dec. 1805, after an obsti-
nate combat, of La Ijibre, of 40 guns and 280 men.
In the month of July, 1806, the Loire had the fur-
ther good fortune of communicating to Sir Rich.
Keats, off L'Orient, the intelligence which led to
the capture of Le Bhin, of 44 guns and 318 men.
In the following Sept., while preparing to be paid
off at Deptford, Mr. Bertram was ordered to com-
mission the YoLONTAiRE 38, for Capt. Maitland ;
but that frigate being found too defective for ser-
vice, his instructions were in a few weeks counter-
manded, and he remained on half-pay until March,
1807, when, Capt. Maitland having been appointed
to the Emerald 36, he joined him as his First-Lieu-
tenant. In the ensuing April we find him assisting
at the capture of another privateer, the Avsterlitz,
of 14 guns and 96 men ; and, after an employment
of several months, at the blockade of Rochefort,
conducting, on 13 March, 1808, an enterprize of
much gallantry. The Emerald, on the evening of
that day, having entered Vivero harbour, for the
purpose of bringing out or destroying L' Apropos, a
large French schooner, of 8 guns and 70 men, was
immediately attacked by a fort from either side,
but, not being able simultaneously to oppose their
united fire, a party of officers, seamen, and marines
was detached, under the orders of the First-Lieute-
nant, to storm the larger, mounting eight 24-pouud-
ers. Having speedily driven out the Spaniards and
spiked the guns, Mr. Bertram proceeded overland
to the spot where L^ Apropos had been run on shore.
Being joined on the road by Mr. Dan. Baird, a
Midshipman, who had been sent to take possession
of her, he shortly afterwards fell in with 60 of the
schooner's crew, whom, however, after an inter-
change of musketry, the pike and bayonet of the
British quickly put to flight. On at length reaching
the vessel, she was found to be so immoveably fixed
on the rocks that, after several hours of fruitless
exertion, under the annihilating fire of a body of
troops not thirty yards distant, all hopes of getting
her off were abandoned, and she was accordingly
set on tire, and blown up. The loss in this spirited
affair amounted to 9 killed and 16 wounded, in-
cluding among the latter Mr. Bertram himself^ who
received a sabre-cut across the left knee, and a
musket-ball in the thigh, in consequence of which
he was presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic
Fnnd.t On 24 of the same month his bravery and
merit were rewarded with a Commander's commis-
sion, hut he was suffered to remain on half-pay until
22 Oct. 1810, when he at length obtained an ap-
pointment to the Persian 18. In that sloop he
cruized for some time in the Channel, where he
captured, 6 April, 1811, and 27 March, 1812, the
privateers Embuscade, of 14 guns and 63 men, and
Petit Jean, of 16 guns, only 8 mounted, and 65 men.
• Capt. Maitland on this occasion expressed himself much
indebted'to Mr. Bertram. Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 799,
t Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 416.
He was then successively employed in escorting
the trade to the Baltic and West Indies; and wlule
on the latter station, owing to some unaccountable
current and deficiency in the charts, had the mis-
fortune totally to lose his ship, 16 June, 1813. The
crew were saved in the boats, and succeeded, alter
a perilous passage of four days, in reaching St.
Domingo, having been the whole time scarcely
above the water's edge, and even obliged to de-
crease their weight by throwing away part of the
clothing they had on. After surmountmg many
other hardships, Capt. Bertram, whose health had
become much impaired, together with the whole of
his officers and ship's company, had the satisfaction
of being acquitted by court-martial of all blame in
the disaster, and the latter of being highly eulogized
for their steady and orderly conduct under the try-
ing circumstances in which they had been placed.
Capt. Bertram was advanced to Post-rank, 7 June,
1814, but from that period remained unemployed.
On 9 March, 1840, in consideration of his wounds,
from which he still suffers much, and of the priva-
tions he endured when wrecked, he was admitted
to the Out-pension of Greenwich Hospital. He was
placed upon retired half-pay, Oct., 1846.
He married, 2 March, 1815, Susan, eldest daugh-
ter of James Remer, Esq., merchant, of St. Aubin's,
in the island of Jersey.
BEST. (Captain, 1830. r-p., 15; h-p., 19.)
The Honourable Thomas Best, bom 12 Aug.
1799, is second son of the late Lord Wynford, for-
merly Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas,
by Mary Anne, second daughter of Jerome Knapp,
Esq. ; next brother of the present nobleman ; and
brother-in-law of Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Nov. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Ramillies 74, Capts.
Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy and Chas. Ogle, under
the former of whom he assisted in capturing the
islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, and bombarding the
town of Stonington. He attained the rating of Mid-
shipman 15 April, 1814 ; removed, in July, 1815, to
the ToNNANT 80, flag-ship at Cork of Sir Benj.
Hallowell ; and, in Aug. 1819, rejoined Sir J. M.
Hardy in the Sdpeke 78, on the South America sta^
tion, in which ship, after a further attachment of a
few months to the Creole 42, he was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant, 6 March, 1822. In the latter
capacity Mr. Best was subsequently appointed — 18
Dec. in the same year, to the Ranger 28, Capt.
Peter Fisher, employed off Newfoundland and in
the Channel — 25 Feb. 1825, to the Aurora 46, Capt.
John Maxwell, in the Mediterranean — 30 May, 1825,
to the Diamond 46, Capt. Lord Napier, in South
America — and, 6 Jan. 1827, to the Alligator 28,
Capt. Wm. Pitt Canning. He obtained his second
commission 30 April following ; assumed com-
mand, 1 March, 1828, of the Icarcs 10, fitting for
the Jamaica station, where he was superseded 8
Dec. 1829 ; and, on 14 Jan. 1830, joined, as Second-
Captain, the William and Mary yacht, Capt.
John Chambers White, lying at Woolwich. Since
22 July ensuing, the date of his advancement to
Post-rank, Capt. Best has been on half-pay.
He married, 25 Aug. 1835, Marianne, only sur-
viving daughter of Geo. Lord Kenyon, and first
cousin of Commander Geo. Kenyon, B.N. Agests
— Messrs. Ommanney.
BEST. (LiEtTTENANT, 1827. F-P., 34; H-p., 5.)
Thomas Fletcher Best entered the Navy, 14
Oct. 1808, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Caledo-
nia 120, Capt. Wm. Bedford, flag-ship of Lord
Gambler, and, if we mistake not, was present at the
destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads,
in April, 1809. In Oct. 1810, he became Midship-
man of the Kite 16, Capt. Benj. Crispin, with
whom, after intermediately serving in the North
Sea and West Indies, he removed, in July, 1812, to
the Swallow 18, and, in Dec. following, to the
Scout 18, commanded afterwards by Cajit. Mvirray,
BETHUNE— BETTY.
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both on the Mediterranean station. He passed his
examination 6 Sept. 1815 ; joined next, as Admiral-
ty Midshipman, the Challenger 18, Capts. Hen.
Forbes and Phil. Hen. Bridges, in the East Indies,
and, as Master's Mate, the Spencek 74, Capt.
Wm. Robt. Broughton, guard-ship at Plymouth ;
was appointed, in April, 1817, to the Pigmt, Lieut.-
Commanders John Little and Wentworth Parsons
Croke, from which vessel he jumped overboard 1
Nov. following, and happily saved the life of a boy
who had fallen into the sea ; and, from May, 1818,
imtil Sept. 1821, served, as Chief Mate, in the
Drake revenue cruizer, Lieut.-Commanders Alf.
Matthews and Gould. Mr. Best's next appoint-
ment was, in March, 1824, again as Senior Mate, to
the Hardy, another revenue vessel, Lieut.-Com-
manders Macdonald and Roach, with whom he suc-
cessively served until advanced to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, 28 April, 1827. Since 24 March, 1829, with
one interval, from 20 June, 1836, to 13 June, 1839,
when he held command of the Fox cutter, em-
ployed likewise in the service of the revenue, Mr.
Best has had charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
On one occasion, while belonging to the Drake, he
left Plymouth in an open boat, and, after lying
four days off Isle Bas, succeeded in capturing a no-
torious smuggler.
He married, 15 Aug. 1822, Jane, daughter of Jo-
seph Hicks, Esq., of Newquay, Lantegloss,Cornwall,
and has issue three children.
BETHUNE, formerly Dkinkwater, C.B. (Cap-
tain, 1830. F-P., 18; H-P, 14.)
Charles Ramsay Drinkwater Bethuwe,* bom
27 Dec. 1802, is second son of the late John Drink-
water, Esq., F.S.A., a Lieutenant-Colonel in the
Army, of Salford, co. Lancaster, by Eleanor, daugh-
ter of Charles Congalton, Esq., of Congleton, co.
Mid-Lothian ; grandson of the late John Drink-
water, Esq., Surgeon, R.N., who served during the
war of 1758-9 in the West Indies, where, in the
RipoN 60, he was present at the capture of Guade-
loupe ; and nephew of the late Thos. Drinkwater,
Esq., Major of the 62nd Foot, who attained distinc-
tion in the first campaigns in St. Domingo in 1793-4,
and was afterwards drowned at sea.
This oJScer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1815, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Northumberland 74,
Capt. Chas. Bayne Hodgson Boss, bearing the flag
of Sir Geo. Cockburn, under whom he accompanied
Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena. He next joined
the Leander 60, flag-ship at Halifax of Sir David
Milne ; served as Midshipman with Sir Thos. Mas-
terman Hardy in the Superb 74, and Creole 42,
on the South America station ; passed his examina-
tion 24 March, 1822 ; received, 5 Aug. following, an
order to act as Lieutenant of the Doris 42, Capts.
Thos. Bourchier and Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone ;
and was confirmed by the Admiralty 29 Oct. in the
same year. The frigate last named was for some
time employed in watching the blockading squadron
at Pernambuoo ; and was paid off 12 Jan. 1825. On
21 Aug. 1826, Lieut. Bethune was appointed to the
Barham 50, fitting for the flag of Hon. Chas.
Elphinstone Fleeming, Commander-in-Chief in the
West Indies, where he obtained his second pro-
motal commission, 14 April, 1828, and joined, in
succession, the Ferret 10, EspiAgle 18, and, in
Sept. 1829, as Acting-Captain, the Magnificent re-
ceiving-ship at Jamaica. He invalided soon after-
wards, and, on 22 July, 1830, was officially posted.
Capt. Bethune's next and last appointment afloat
was, 9 Sept. 1836, to the Conway 28, in which
frigate we find him for 18 months the Senior Officer
in New South Wales— acting afterwards, in the
same capacity, in the Bay of Bengal— and, in Dec.
1839, on the death of the Commander-in-Chief, as-
suming, until the arrival of Sir Gordon Bremer, the
direction of all H.M. ships in India. In discharge
• Capt. Bethune, on his mother's inheriting, in 18.37, the
estates of her brother, Gilbert (Congalton) Bethune, Esq.,
assumed that surname in addition to his patronymic " Drink-
water,"
of the responsible duties which there for a while
devolved upon him, he assisted the Governor-Gene-
ral in organizing the Chinese expedition, and exer-
cised his authority, to the full approbation of the
Admiralty, in preserving tranquillity at Rangoon.
In June, 1840, Capt. Bethune, in charge of a divi-
sion of transports, himself accompanied the arma-
ment to China, and bore a zealous part in the ope-
rations that followed. At the taking, on 5 July,
of Ting-hai, the capital of Chusan (the harbour of
which island he had been previously employed in
reoonnoitering), he formed one of the scaling party,
and had the honour of presenting the Commander-
in-Chief, in absence of the keys, with the hell of the
place.* In the course of the same month he was
also attached to the blockading force off Ningpo ;
and he was then deputed, with the Algerine brig,
and Young Hebe tender, under his orders, to exa^
mine and report on the entrance of the Yang-tse-
Kiang, the practicability of which as a channel for
large ships he fully established. On returning to Chu-
san, Capt. Bethune was constantly employed, up to
the time of its surrender in 1841, in the survey of that
Archipelago. At the capture, on 13 March, of the
last fort protecting the approaches to Canton, he
commanded the boats under Capt. Herbert, whose
thanks he received for the steady manner in which
they were brought to the attack.f He also assisted
Capt. Bourchier in directing the movements of the
flotilla at the ensuing capture of the city itself; and
on that occasion, as well as during the operations
which led to its second reduction, Capt. Herbert
officially declared his thanks as due to " that excel-
lent officer Capt. Bethune." J After the latter
event, the Conway was sent home with invalids
from the fleet, and 2,000,000 dollars of the Chinese
ransom. On his arrival in England, in Jan. 1842,
Capt. Bethune found that for his services he had
been rewarded, 29 July, 1841, with the decoration
of a C.B. He has since been on half-pay.
In 1835 Capt. Bethune was attached to the em-
bassy of the late Earl of Durham for the purpose
of reporting on the naval establishments of Russia.
He was appointed, in Jan. 1846, an Assistant to the
Hydrographer at the Admiralty. He married, 26
Feb. 1846, Frances Cecilia, only child of Henry
Stables, Esq., of Park HiU, Clapham. Agents-^
Collier and Snee.
BETTY. (Retired CoMMANDEK, 1832. f-p., 16;
H-p., 38.)
Christopher William Betty entered the Navy,
1 Aug, 1793, as A. B., on board the Invincible 74,
Capt. Hon. 'Thos. Pakenham, stationed in the Chan-
nel ; removed, as Midshipman, in Oct. following, to
the Majestic 74, commanded by the late Sir Chas.
Cotton, under whom he fought in Lord Howe's
action, 1 June, 1794; and afterwards proceeded to
the West Indies, where he served for two years
under the flag of Vice- Admiral Benj. Caldwell. He
then rejoined Sir C. Cotton on board the Mars of
82 guns and 634 men ; and, on Capt. Alex. Hood
succeeding to the command, was present, 21 April,
1798, at the capture, off Brest, of the French ship
Heecole of 78 guns and 680 men, after a deadly
yard-arm and yard-arm conflict of: more than an
hour's continuance, during which the British sus-
tained a loss of 30 killed and 60 wounded, and the
enemy of nearly 300 killed and wounded. Mr.
Betty, who subsequently became attached to the
Prince and Prince George 98's, bearing each
the flag of Sir C. Cotton, was promoted, as a re-
ward for his meritorious conduct on the above
occasion, to a Lieutenancy, 17 Sept. 1801, in the
Atlas 98, Capt. Theophilus Jones. From May, 1802,
until July, 1804, he served in the Channel on board
the Seagull 18, Capt. Henry Burke ; and on next
joining, in Feb. 1805, the Dreadnought 98, flag-
ship of Vice-Admiral Collingwood, commanded lat-
terly by Capt. John Conn, bore a part, and was
slightly wounded, in the ensuing battle of Trafalgar.
• Tiifc Gaz. 1840, pp. 2990-1, f V'. Gaz. 1841, p. 1603.
X V. Gaz. 1841, pp. Ii04, 2505.
78
BEVAN-BEVIANS-BEVIS-BICKERSTAFF.
He left the Dreadnought in April, 1806, but was
afterwards appointed — 24 March, 1808, to the
Myrtle sloop, Capt. Thos. Innes, employed in the
Channel — 24 May following, to the Temeraiee 98,
Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, flag-ship subsequently of
Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon, on the Baltic station
—17 Nov. 1809, to the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir C.
Hamilton, attached for some time to the force off
Cadiz — and, 24 Feb. 1812, after an interval of 15
months, to the Zephyr sloop, Capt. Thos. Cuthbert
Hitchens, stationed on the north coast of Spain.
Not having been employed since Aug. 1813, he at
length accepted the rank he now holds, 4 April, 1832.
Commander Betty married, 11 March, 1799, and
has issue two children.
BEVAN. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Edwabd Bevan entered the Koyal Naval Col-
lege 10 Aug. 1820, and first embarked on board
the Active 46, Capt. Andrew King. Having served
his time in that frigate, and in the Briton 46, Capt.
Sir Murray Maxwell, and Babham 50, flag-ship of
Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, on the South
American and West India stations, he passed his
examination in 1827; and, on 23 May, 1828, was
made Lieutenant into the Valorous 28, Capt.
Henry Gosset. His subsequent appointments were
. — to the Herald yacht, Capt. Geo. Berkeley Max-
well—1 Feb. 1831, to the Revenge 76, Capts. Jas.
Hillyar and Donald Hugh Mackay, on the Channel
and Lisbon stations— 27 Nov. 1833, to the Stag 46,
Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, employed on Particular
Service — 9 June, 1836, as First-Lieutenant, to the
Madagascar 46, Capt. Sir John Strutt Peyton, in
the West Indies— 6 Sept. 1837, to the Pembroke 74,
Capt. Fairfax Moresby, in the Mediterranean — and,
9 July, 1838, to the Royal George yacht, Capt.
Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, from which vessel ill
health obliged him to invalid early in 1840. During
the term of his employment under the last-men-
tioned ofiBcer, Lieut. Bevan commanded the Panta-
loon tender, of 10 guns. He has since been on
half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
BEVIANS. (LlEOTENANT, 1846.)
Robert John Bevians passed his examination 2
March, 1831 ; and served in the Coast Guard from
12 Dec. 1839, until promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant, 1 July, 1846. He is now unemployed.
BEVIS. (Commander, 1829.)
Thomas Bevis entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1797, at
a very early age, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
Teeeob bomb, Lieut.-Commander Rich. Horsley,
from which he removed, in Dec. 1800, to the OrrER
fire-ship, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley. In that vessel he
attended the expedition to Copenhagen in 1801, and
in the battle of 2 April, having been temporarily
transferred to the Dart sloop, Capt. John Ferris
Devonshire, attached to the division of the fleet
under Lord Nelson, was very hotly engaged. He
subsequently served with Capt. Geo. M'Kinley in
the Ardent 64 — then for a short time in the Tartar
frigate, Capt. Jas. Walker, at Spithead — and again
under Capt. M'Kinley, chiefly as Master's Mate, in
the Pelican sloop, Abergavenny 54, Ganges 74,
and Roebuck 44, all on the Jamaica station, until
appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 10 Nov. 1804, of the
Diligence IS, Capt. Alex. Roht. Kerr, stationed
ofi' Boulogne, where, during a period of 12 months,
he appears to have been almost daily employed,
either on boat service or in actual collision with the
enemy. He rejoined Capt. M'Kinley, in Nov. 1805,
as Master's Mate, on board the Roebuck, at North
Yarmouth ; next accompanied him into the Quebec
32 ; and was only officially promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, after a further servitude, as Midship-
man, in the Royal George 100, bearing the flag oflT
Cadiz of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, 24 Sept. 1806.
We then find him joining in succession — 24 Nov.
1806, the Antelope 50, Capts. Henry Bazely and
Edw. Galway, in which ship he made a voyage to
the Cape of Good Hope— 24 April, 1809, the Isis 50,
Capt. Woodley Losaok, under whom he attended
the expedition to Flushing— 29 Jan. 1810, as Senior
Lieutenant, the Beagle 18, Capt. Wm. Brooking
Dolling, employed on the Home station— and, 7
Sept. 1810, the Galatea 36, Capt. W. Losack, on
the Cape of Good Hope and West India stations,
where he served, nearly the whole time in a similar
capacity, until July, 1814. On 20 May, 1811, while
cruizing off Madagascar in company with the 36-gun
frigates Astrea and Ph(Ebe, and 18-gun brig Race-
horse, the whole under the orders of Commodore
Chas. Marsh Schomberg, the Galatea fell in with
the three French 40-gun frigates Retuymime, Ch-
rinde, and Nere'ide, having each 200 troops on board.
In the long and desperate conflict which ensued, the
Galatea, owing to the situation of the combatants
from light and variable airs, became peculiarly the
recipient of a most destructive fire from the Me-
imrnme'e and Clorinde, which, besides filling the hold
with four feet of water, completely riddled her hull,
badly wounded her masts, yards, and bowsprit, cut
to pieces her rigging of every sort, killed 16 of her
crew, and wounded 46 — a loss exceeding that of the
Astrea and Phcebe united. The Renammee and
Nere'ide were ultimately captured, but the Clorinde
effected her escape. Among the wounded on board
the Galatea was Mr. Bevis himself, in the right
thigh, but who, nevertheless, could not be prevailed
upon to leave the deck for more than a few minutes.*
Yet — notwithstanding the facts we have stated, al-
though the First-Lieutenants of the two other fri-
gates were promoted, and the Admiralty expressed
their satisfaction at the conduct of the Galatea —
yet was Mr. Bevis, without any one drawback on his
gallant and meritorious conduct, passed over, and
suffered to continue for a further period of 18 years
on the Lieutenants' list. His succeeding appoint-
ments were — 1 Nov. 1814, as First, to the Bombay
74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Vinioombe Penrose in the
Mediterranean, whence he returned in July, 1816 — ■
25 Aug. 1818, to the Eurtalus 42, Capt. Thos.
Huskisson, from which frigate he Invalided in April,
1819—18 Feb. 1821, to a command in the Coast
Guard — and 2 Dec. 1828, again as First-Lieutenant,
to the Prince Regent 120, bearing the flag at the
Nore of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood. He was at
length advanced to his present rank 3 Aug. 1829 ;
and since 5 Feb. 1839, previously to which period
he had held the same office at Milford and Holy-
head, has been employed as Superintendent of the
Packet service at Liverpool. He is also Resident
Agent for Transports at the latter port, having re-
ceived the appointment in April, 1843.
BICKERSTAFF. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p.,16;
H-p., 26.)
Francis Bickerstafp entered the Navy, 17
March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mala-
bar 50, Capts. Robt. Hall and John Ayscough;
and, on 2 Jan. 1806, served in the boats of that ship
at the destruction, off the island of Cuba (the
Wolfe 18, in company), of the two French pri-
vateers, Le Begulateur and Napoleon, of 5 guns each,
and a crew united of 146 men, after a weU-contested
action of an hour and three quarters. On next
J9ining, with Capt. Ayscough, the Success 32, we
agaan find him contributing, in the boats, to the cap-
ture, 20 Nov. following, under a destructive shower
of grape and musketry from the crew, 50 in number,
who had landed on the same island and posted
themselves on an eminence, of Le Venpeur, another
privateer, lashed to the shore. Being transferred,
m May, 1807, to the Superb '74, commanded by the
late Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, Mr. Bickerstaff atr
tended the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen— then
went to the Mediterranean in pursuit of a French
squadron which had effected its escape from Roche-
tort— witnessed the embarkation from Nyeborg, in
Aug. 1808, of the Spanish army under the Marquess
de la Komana^was in the Superb when, frozen up
at Gottenborg in Jan. 1809, she was only extricated
by a canal being cut through four miles of ice— and ,
• Vide Gai. 1811, p. 2191.
BICKFORD— BIDDULPH-BIGLAND-BIGNELL.
79
la the following August, accompanied the force sent
to the Waloheren, during the operations against
which island he appears to have been employed in a
flat-bottomed boat with the van frigates off Bathz.
After oiiiciating for a few months as Supernume-
rary-Midshipman of the Puissant 74, sheer-hulk at
Spithead, Capt. Robt. Hall, he became attached, in
Feb. 1810, to the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codring-
ton ; and, during his continuance in that ship, was
much engaged on harassing night-duty at the de-
fence of Cadiz, and was present at the siege of
Tarragona in May and June, 1811. From the
Blake Mr. Biekerstaff removed, 3 Sept. 1812, to
the Caledonla 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw.
Pellew on the Mediterranean station, where he
came frequently into collision with the French fleet,
and with the enemy's batteries on the lies d'Hieres.
Having passed his examination 12 Aug. 1811, he
became Acting-Lieutenant, 4 Jan. 1814, of the
AiGLE 36, Capt. Sir John Louis, and, being con-
firmed in the appointment by commission dated. 16
March in the same year, co-operated in the reduc-
tion of Genoa, and was otherwise actively employed
in the Mediterranean, and subsequently on the
coast of North America, until paid off, 17 Aug. 1815.
Since that period, with the exception of a command
in the Coast Guard, which he held from 27 March,
1829, until 10 Oct. 1834, Mr. Bickerstaff has been
unemployed.
BICKFOED. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Joseph Grant Bickfohd entered the Navy 19
Oct. 1828 ; passed his examination 4 Dec. 1834 ;
and was promoted while serving as Mate on the
Lisbon station of the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington
Reynolds, 23 Nov. 1841. His appointments have
since been — 30 Nov. 1841, to the Kodney 92, Capt.
Robt. Maunsell, attached to the force in the Medi-
terranean— 19 Oct. 1843, to the Iris 26, Capt. Geo.
Rodney Mundy, on the East India station — and, 11
Oct. 1845, and 15 Oct. 1846, to the Retribution
steam-frigate, and Vengeance 84, both commanded
by Capt. Stephen Lushington, under whom he is
now employed. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
BIDDULPH. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 16; h-p., 28.)
Edward Biddulph entered the Navy, 12 Sept.
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable
46, Capts. Graham Moore and John Tremayne
Rodd, under the former of whom he was present as
Midshipman, 5 Oct. 1804, in an action off' Cape St.
Mary, which terminated in the capture of three
Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the destruc-
tion of a fourth. He removed, in Dec. 1807, to the
Foxhound 18, Capt. Pitt Burnaby Greene ; and,
being next appointed Master's Mate of the Ville
»E Paris 110, and Caledonia 120, bearing the flags
of Lords Gardner and Gambler, was present in the
last-mentioned ship at the destruction, in April, 1809,
of the French squadron in Basque Roads. During
the ensuing expedition to the Scheldt, Mr. Biddulph,
who had been lent to the Sceptre 74, served on
shore with a party of seamen at the investment of
Flushing. He obtained a commission on 5 Oct. in the
same year, and was subsequently appointed — 2 Jan.
1810, to the Onyx 10, Capts. John Parish, Gawen Wm.
Hamilton, Chas. Phillips, and Chas. Squire, in which
vessel, and in the gun-boat service, he took part in
the defence of Cadiz; besides destroying, on the
beach of Conil, with the boats of the Onyx and
Desperate under his orders, an enemy's brig, pro-
tected at the time by a battery and musketry* —
30 Nov. 1813, to the Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. Wm.
Austen, at Portsmouth — 14 May, 1814, to the Hb-
BBUS 36, Capt. Edmund Palmer, on the coast of
North America — 22 July following, to the Florida
20, Capt. Nat. Mitchell, on the same and West
India stations, whence he returned home, and was
paid off, 5 April, 1815— and, 6 May, 1819, to the
Menai 26, Capt. Fairfax Moresby. In the latter
ship Lieut. Biddulph continued until she was placed
out of commission in Sept. 1823, and during that
" FideGtiZ. 1812, p. 1397.
period visited St. Helena, assisted, in 1820, in land-
ing a troop of emigrants in Algoa Bay, and was very
actively employed in suppressing the slave-traffic on
the eastern coast of Africa. He has since been on
half-pay.
BIGLAND, K.H. (Ctaptain, 1821. f-p., 16;
H-p., 31.)
Wilson Braddyll Bigland, bom 20 July, 1788,
at Bigland Hall, the seat of his ancestors since the
Norman Conquest, is son of the late Geo. Bigland,
Esq., of Bigland, by his second wife, Sarah, daughter
of John Gale, Esq., of Whitehaven, High Sheriff for
Cumberland, and sister of the late Wilson Brad-
dyll, Esq., of Conishead Priory.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Oct. 1801, as
Third-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capt. John
Bligh, with whom, on proceeding to the West In-
dies, he served, as Midshipman, in 1803-4, at the
blockade of Cape Fran9ois — the reduction of Port
Dauphin, where two forts and a 28-gun ship. La
SagessCj were taken from the enemy — the capture of
the French squadron with the remains of General
Bochambeau's army from Cape Fran9ois— and the
unsuccessful attempt on Cura^oa. In March, 1805,
some months after his transference with Capt.
Bligh to the Surveillante 38, he had the misfor-
tune to be taken prisoner, while in charge of a prize-
schooner, on the coast of Vera Cruz ; and, on being
released by a royal order from the Court of Ma-
drid, in Aug. 1807, he was sent to Jamaica, whence,
after a brief attachment to the Shark, receiving-
ship, Capt. Christopher Bell, he returned home,
early in 1808, in the Chichester, store-ship, Capt.
Jas. Tait. On 5 March in the same year Mr. Big-
land, who had passed his examination but a few
days previously, was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, and from that date until 31 Dec. 1813, he
continued to serve with the present Sir Geo. Cock-
burn, almost uninterruptedly, in the Pompee 80,
Belleisle, Implacable, and Alfred 74"s, Gram-
pus 50, and Marlborough and Sceptre 74's. Dur-
ing that period he served on shore, with a party of
seamen from the Pompee, at the reduction of Mar-
tinique, in Feb. 1809, on which occasion he was in
temporary command of the seamen's battery at the
moment the enemy first hoisted the white flag of
capitulation — obtained, in August following, while
in the Belleisle, the public acknowledgments of
Commodore Cockbum for his courage and zeal as
his aide-de-camp at the siege of Flushing* — was ac-
tively employed, from 1810 to 1812, in the Impla-
cable and Alfred, at the defence of Cadiz — and,
in the Marlborough and Sceptre, was a partici-
pator, as Flag-Lieutenant to his patron, in most of
those gallant achievements on the shores and up
the rivers of North America with which the name
of Cockbum is identified. He returned to England
with Sir John Borlase Warren, in the St. Domingo
74, at the commencement of 1814, and, on 15 June
in that year, while acting in command of the Jas-
per 10, was presented with a second promotal com-
mission. Capt. Bigland' s subsequent appointments
were, between 3 Aug. 1818, and his advancement
to Post-rank, 6 March, 1821, to the Parthian 10,
Ontario 18, and Bann 20, in all of which he was
most efficaciously employed in the protection of
British trade in the West Indies. He then, until
Aug. of the latter year, commanded the Euryalus
42. His acceptance of the retirement took place
1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Bigland was nominated a K.H. 25 Jan.
1836. He married, 18 Jan. 1822, Emily, second
sister of the present Capt. Sir Hen. John Leeke,
R.N., Kt., K.H., and has had issue two sons and a
daughter. His eldest son, George Selsey, an En-
sign in the 46th regiment, was killed by faUing down
the hatchway of the Java transport, when embarked
with his regiment at Gibraltar, for passage to Bar-
badoes, 23 Jan. 1842. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
BIGNELL. (Commander, 1815. f-p.,19; h-p., 33.)
George Bignell, bom 1 Dec. 1786, is son of the
* Fide Gaz. 1809, p. 1326.
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BILLINGSLEY— BINDON-BINGHAM,
late John Bignell, Esq., upwards of 43 years a
Purser, R.N. ; and a relative of Commander E. H.
Kenney, R.N., and of Dr. Jas. Anderson (b), K.N.,
Deputy Medical Inspector of Haslar Hospital.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1795, as
Midshipman, on board the Andromeda 32, Capt.
Wm. Taylor, on the Halifax station, where, and in
the Channel, he served with the same officer, lat-
terly in the Magnamme 44, until 1800. In March,
1801, after an intermediate attachment to the As-
sistance 50, Capt. Eobt. Hall, he became Acting-
Lieutenant of the London 98, Capt. Kobt. Waller
Otway, and on the occasion of the battle of Copen-
hagen, 2 April following, commanded a flat-bot-
tomed boat alongside the Elephant, Lord Nelson's
flag-ship, and was instrumental to the after-destruc-
tion of the Danish shipping. He continued to serve
in the London, to which ship he was con&med on
10 Sept. in the same year, until the peace ; and was
subsequently appointed — 11 April, 1803, to the
Spartiate 74, Capt. Sir Eras. Laforey, under whom
he fought at Trafalgar, was employed in guarding
the coast of Sicily and in landing troops in the Bay
of Naples, and co-operated in the reduction of the
islands of Ischia and Procida — 26 Dec. 1809, to the
EoRMiDABLE 98, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, stationed
in the Baltic and off Lisbon— and, 23 June, 1812, to
the Dover troop-ship, Capt. Aug. Vere Drury, in
the boats of which he retook a schooner on the
banks of Newfoundland, and then proceeded to
Quebec. He afterwards volunteered his services
on the Canadian Lakes, and on 10 Sept. 1813, while
in command of the Hunter brig, of 10 guns, parti-
cipated, with a flotilla under the orders of Commo-
dore Roht. Heriot Barclay, and exhibited the
greatest intrepidity, in a hard-fought and disas-
trous engagement with a superior American force
on Lake Erie, under Commodore Perry.* He had
the misfortune on that occasion to be very severely
wounded ; and, being taken prisoner in common
with the rest of the British, was detained, as a
hostage for some deserters who had been sent to
England to be tried for their lives, until July, 1814.
He attained his present rank 19 Sept. 1815, but has
not since been employed.
Commander Bignell enjoys a pension of 150/.,
awarded him for his wounds, 16 Feb. 1816. He
married, 25 May, 1816, Miss Charlotte Patch, and
by that lady has issue six children.
BILLINGSLEY. (Liebt., 1820. f-p., 29 ;h-p., 6.)
John Bii.lingsley was bom 18 March, 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 May, 1812, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Junon 38, Capt. Jas.
Sanders, under whom we find him for some time
very actively employed on the coast of North Ame-
rica, particularly at the blockade of Chesapeake
and Delaware rivers. On 8 Dec. 1813, he served
v.'ith a division of boats, under Lieut. Kelly Nazer,
at the capture, in gallant style, of the Lottery letter-
of-marque, carrying 6 12-pounder carronades and
28 men, an exploit for which, in common with the
other officers and men employed, he received the
thanks of the Commander-in-Chief. "While after-
wards attached with Capt. Thos. Forrest to the
Stbille 44, Mr. Billingsley cruised, as Midship-
man, for the protection of the trade off Madeira,
and then proceeded to the latitude of Greenland in
quest of the American Commodore Rodgers. After
serving for nearly three years and a half in the
Vengeur 74, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Tris-
tram Robt. Ricketts and Thos. Alexander, he joined,
in Nov. 1818, the Parthian 10, Capts. "Wilson Brad-
dyll Bigland and "Whitworth Lloyd, of which vessel,
stationed in the "West Indies, he was confirmed a
Lieutenant 12 June, 1820. The Parthian being
paid off in April, 1822, Mr. Billingsley was next in
succession appointed, 27 Feb. 1823, 25 Jan. 1825,
and 2 April, 1828, to the Eclair 18, Cambridge
82, and Pearl 20, Capts. "Wm. Jas. Hope John-
stone, Thos. Jas. Maling, and Geo. Chas. Blake, on
the South American and Irish stations. The latter
• Fide Gaz. 1814, pp. 331-2.
ship was put out of commission If April, 1831.
Lieut. BilLgsley, since 21 July, 1835, has been
employed in the Coast Guard.
He married, 24 June, 1839, Charlotte, eldest
daughter of the late Robt. Hicks, Esq., banker, of
Riniwood, by whom he has issue one daughter.
BINDON. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p.,
21 ; H-P., 33.)
John Read Bindon entered the Navy, from the
R N. Academy, 21 June, 1793, as Fst.-cl. "Vol., on
board the Captain 74, Capt. Sam. Reeve. He
served on shore in August following at the occupar
tion of Toulon, and in December witnessed the de-
struction of the French shipping in that port ; was
further employed, as Midshipman, with the land-
force at the reduction of St. Fiorenza and Bastia, in
the island of Corsica, in Feb. and May, 1794; and,
on 14 March and 13 July, 1795, participated in
Hotham's partial actions with the French fleet. In
1796 Mr. Bindon joined the Andromache 32, Capt.
Chas. John Moore Mansfield, one of the in-shore
squadron off Cadiz, and, on 31 Jan. 1797, during a
close and destructive engagement of 40 nunutes
with an Algerine ship of similar force, when an
attempt was made by the latter to board the Bri-
tish frigate, he received several sabre and gun-shot
wounds. "We are Informed that, on 14 of the fol-
lowing month, he was also present in the action off
Cape St. Vincent. Proceeding to the "West Indies
in the early part of 1799, Mr. Bindon was there
promoted, from the Prince op "Wales 98, bearing
the flag of Lord Hugh Seymour, to a Lieutenancy,
on 31 July in the same year, in the Invincible 74,
Capt. "Wm. Cayley, while under whose command he
served on shore with the army during the opera-
tions which led to the conquest of the Dutch colony
of Surinam. His subsequent appointments appear
to have been — 26 June, 1800, to the Ctane 18, Capt.
Hen. Matson, also stationed in the "West Indies — 26
March, 1801, to the Daphne 20, Capt. Rich. Mat-
son, in which vessel he returned to England — 1
Feb. 1803, to the Russell 74, Capt. Robt. 'Williame,
whom he accompanied to the East Indies — 13 April,
1805, to the Stately 64, Capt. Geo. Parker, em-
ployed in the North Sea — and, in Sept. 1806, to the
command of a signal-station on the west coast of
Ireland, which he retained until 20 June, 1814.
Since the latter date — with the exception of some
time towards the close of 1821, when, owing to the
disturbed state of the co. of Limerick, he was se-
lected to command five armed boats on the river
Shannon, and proved of great public utility — he has
not been employed. He was placed on the Junior
List of Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 1830, and on
the Senior 23 Dec. 1843.
Commander Bindon holds an appointment in the
Irish Constabulary. He married, 31 Jan. 1806,
Sarah Eliza Vereker, cousin of the late Lord Gort^
and niece of the late Col. "Wm. Odell, M.P. for the
CO. of Limerick, and a Lord of the Treasury, by
whom he has issue an only daughter.
BINGHAM. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 27; h-p., 7.)
Henry Hope Bingham, whose family is a branch
of that of Bingham of Melcombe Bingham, co.
Dorset, is second son of the Rev. Rich. Bingham,
Canon of Chichester, Vicar of Hale Magna, in the
diocese of Lincoln, and Incumbent of Gosport
Church, by Lydia Mary Ann, eldest daughter of
the late Rear-Admiral Sir Chas. Douglas, R.N., and
sister of the late Vice-Admiral Sir "Wm. Hen. Dou-
glas, Bart., as also of the present Lieut.-General Sir
Howard Douglas, Bart., G.C.M.G.* He'is elder bro-
ther of Commander J. E. Bingham, R.N. ; nephew
* Sir Chas. Douglas was created a Baronet in 1777, for the
extraoidinaiy servire he had rendered, the year before, in
forcing a passage for his squadron through the ice in the
River St. Lawrence to the relief of Quebec, then closely be-
sieged by the Americans. He served as Captain of the Fleet
in Rodney's action of 12 April. 17S2, and to him is attri-
buted the advice which induced that nobleman to establish
the precedent of breaking the enemy's line— a main cause of
the signal victory which that day attended the British arms.
BINGHAM.
81
of the late Rear-Admiral Joseph Bingham, and of
Rear- Admiral Donald Campbell, R.N. ; and cousin
of Commander P. D. Bingham, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Dec. 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Rosamond 28, com-
manded by his uncle, Capt. Donald Campbell,
whom he accompanied with convoy to Hudson's
Bay. He afterwards joined in succession — the Le-
VEN 22, Capt. Buokland Stirling Bluett, employed
in 1815 in co-operating with the Royalists in La
Vendee— the Rivoli 74, Capts. Sir Chas. Ogle and
Aiskew Paffard Hollis, guard-ship at Portsmouth,
in which he attained the rating of Midshipman —
the Cakron 20, Capt. John Furneaux, under whom,
as Master's Mate, he was wrecked, in the Bay of
Bengal, on the night of 5 July, 1820, and, with
others, cast senseless on the beach — the Qoeen
Chaelotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whit-
shed at Portsmouth, where he passed his examina^
tion 1 Aug. 1821— the Sekingapatam 44, Capt.
Chas. Sotheby, in the boats of which frigate we
find him, as Mate, repeatedly employed in the sup-
pression of piracy in the Grecian Archipelago—
and the 'Wakspite 76, fitting at Portsmouth, to-
wards the close of 1825, for the flag of his uncle,
Rear-Admiral Bingham, whose premature death,
when on the point of sailing, proved in a great
measure detrimental to his prospects. On 3 Jan.
1826, however, Mr. Bingham was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant, and on 18 Nov. 1828, was ap-
pointed to the HrpEKioN 42, .Capt. Wm. Jas. Min-
gaye, lying in Newhaven harbour for the purposes
of the extended Coast Blockade. In that ship he
continued until 24 March, 1831, and experienced
during the period much arduous boat-service.
From 8 Maj-, 1833, until 17 June, 1836, he next
served as Senior of the Labne 18, Capt. Wm. Sid-
ney Smith, on the West India station, where he
appears to have been very actively employed, the
latter part of the time, in protecting the British
mercantile interests on the coasts of New Granada
and Venezuela, then in a state of insurrection. The
Lakne was also present throughout the siege of
Puerto Caballo by;Gen. Paez. On 16 Feb. 1837,
Mr. Bingham joined the Princess Chablotte 104,
bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Robt.
Stopford, and for his services, as First Lieutenant
of that ship, during the operations on the coast of
Syria, particularly at the capture of St. Jean d'Acre,
was advanced to the rank of Commander 4 Nov.
1840; and appointed, 15 Dec. follo\i-ing, her Second
Captain. He was paid off 30 July, 1841, but was
soon afterwards, on 28 of the next month, selected
to act in the latter capacity on board the Formid-
able 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge and
Sir Chas. Sullivan, likewise in the Mediterranean.
Under the latter officer, in March, 1814, Commander
Bingham witnessed the settlement of the Greek
Constitution at Athens. He was turned over, on
23 April ensiling, with the rest of the officers of the
Formidable, to the Queen 1 10, and in July of the
same year was paid off. He has been employed,
since 23 Dec. 1845, as an Inspecting Commander in
the Coast Guard.
Commander Bingham was presented with the
Gold Cross of the order of the Saviour of Greece,
but existing regulations prevented his acceptance
of it. Agent— Frederick Dufaur.
BINGHAM. (Retired Commander, 1839. F-r.,
16 ; H-p., 33.)
John Bingham, born 18 March, 1785, is second
son of the late Rich. Bingham, Esq., of Alelcombe
Bingham, co. Dorset, Colonel of Militia, by Eliza-
beth, only daughter and heiress of John Rideout,
Esq., of Dean's Lease, in the same shire ; younger
brother of the late Major-Gen. Sir Geo. Rideout
Bingham, K.C.B., K.T.S., Colonel of the Rifle Corps;
and first cousin of Capt. Arth. Batt Bingham, R.N.,
who was drowned in 1830.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Sept. 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on boord La Minerve 42, commanded
by the present Sir Geo. Cockbum, in which frigate
he proceeded with convoy to the Mediterranean ;
where, on joining, as Midshipman, the Minotaur
74, Capt. Thos. Louis, he witnessed, in the Bay of
Naples, the proceedings which led to the unfortu-
nate execution of Prince Caraccioli. While in the
same ship, under the flag of Lord Keith, he assisted
at the siege of Genoa in 1800, and was employed,
during the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, in landing
part of the 42nd Highlanders in Aboukir Bay. In
1803, after conveying Lord Nelson from off Brest
to the Mediterranean, in the Amphion 32, Capt.
Thos. Masterman Hardy, he became attached with
his Lordship to the Victory 100. He appears to
have been next employed in the Agincourt 64,
Capt. Thos. Briggs, and in the Ambuscade 32, and
Canopus 80, fiag-ships of Rear-Admiral Thos. Louis,
under whom he accompanied Lord Nelson to the
West Indies and back, in pursuit of the combined
squadrons of France and Spain, in the summer of
1805, and then aided in the blockade of Cadiz.
After acting for three months as Lieutenant of the
Prince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, Mr. Bingham ob-
tained a commission, dated 5 Feb. 1806, and about
the same period was appointed to the Endvmion 40,
Capts. Edw. Dumford King and Hon. Thos. Bladen
Capel. In Feb. 1807, he assisted at the passage of
the Dardanells, and, during the period the squadron
lay off Constantinople, was employed in carrying
nearly all the flags of truce. While reconnoitring
in a boat off the island of Cephalonia, in the fol-
lowing September, he had the misfortune to be
taken by some French privateers, and sent to
France, where he was detained, the greater part of
the time at Verdun, until the abdication of Buona-
parte. Unable to procure further employment, he
at length accepted the rank he now holds, 9 April,
1839.
He married, 22 Deo. 1824, Frances Eleanora,
daughter of the Rev. Wm. Woollcombe, M.A., Pre-
bendary of Exeter Cathedral, by Anne, sister of
his old commander, Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Louis,
Bart., and aunt of the present Rear-Admiral Sir
John Louis, Bart. He has issue two sons and a
daughter.
BINGHAM. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 24;
H-p., 3.)
John Elliot Bingham is fourth son of the Rev.
Rich. Bingham; and younger brother of Commander
H. H. Bingham, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Sept. 1820, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the EsK 20, Capts. Edw.
Lloyd and Arth. Lee Warner, on the West India
station ; became Midshipman, in 1823-4, of the
Qdeen Charlotte 104, and Victory 104, flag-
ships at Portsmouth of Admirals Sir Jas. Hawkins
Whitshed and Sir Geo. Martin — next, of the He-
bald yacht, Capt. Sir Hen. John Leeke, engaged
on Particular Service — and ultimately of the War-
spite 78, and Boadicea 46, bearing the flag in
the East Indies of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage ;
and on 23 Sept. 1826, passed his examination. He
subsequently, for three years, commanded the
Cochin flag-tender ; and during that period was
much employed in suppressing piracy in the Straits
of Malacca. He returned home in 1831, as Acting-
Lieutenant of the Success 28, Capt. Wm. Clarke
Jervoise ; and, after a further servitude, as Mate,
in the Victory, Capt. Hyde Parker, and Excel-
lent gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings, was pre-
sented with a commission, dated 28 July, 1832, and
appointed, 20 Oct. following, to the Southampton
50, Capt. John Milligan Laws, on the North Sea sta-
tion. On 11 May, 1833, he joined the Donegal 72,
in which ship (after bringing Don Carlos to Eng-
land) and in the Hastings 74, bearing each the
flag of Sir W. H. Gage, he continued to serve off
Lisbon, including the latter part of Don Miguel's
ascendancy, for nearly five years. On the occasion
of the \iTeck of the Portuguese corvette Portuense
near the mouth of the Tagus, he had charge of the
boats which saved the crew. The Hastings re-
turned home, and was paid off in Jan. 1838. On 25
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BINGHAM— BINSTEAD.
July following Lieut. Bingham was appointed Se-
nior of the MoDESTE 18, Capt. Harry Eyres, and,
during the three years he remained in that sloop,
was at Mexico pending the dispute between that
republic and the French government — went to New
York with despatches for the British Minister at
Washington relative to the Maine boundary ques-
tion— rendered much effective assistance in destroy-
ing the slave traffic in the Mozambique Channel —
led, during the expedition to China, the storming
party at the taking of the fort of Tycocktow, 7 Jan.
1841 — was struck, three days afterwards, in conse-
quence of the springing of a mine, by a large stone,
which caused a violent contusion of the hip and
fracture of both bones of the right leg* — and in
May witnessed the capture and ransom of Canton.
For the latter service he was advanced to his pre-
sent rank, by commission dated 6 July, 1841. He
has been in command, since 14 Dec. 1844, of the
Acorn 16, on the S.E. coast of America.
Commander Bingham, who, previously to joining
the Acorn, had been for some time a student at the
R.N. College, is author of a * Narrative of the Ex-
pedition to China.' Although crippled from his
wounds, he receives no pension. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
BINGHAM. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 19 ;
H-P., 17.)
Parker Dockworth IBingham, born 11 April,
1799, is son of the late Rear-Admiral Joseph Bing-
ham ; grandson, maternally, of the late Admiral "Sir
"Wm. Parker, Bart., an officer who obtained great
celebrity on 1 June, 1794, as Captain of the Aoda-
ciocs 74 ; nephew of the present Capt. Sir Wm. Geo.
Parker, Bart. R.N. ; godson of the late Admiral Sir
John Thos. Duckworth, K.B. ; and first cousin of
Commanders H. H. and J. E. Bingham.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 May, 1811, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Egmost 74, commanded
by his father, Capt. Joseph Bingham, with whom he
participated, as Midshipman, in the operations up
the Gironde in 1814, where he witnessed the de-
struction of a French line-of-battle ship, 3 brigs of
war, several smaller vessels, and of all the forts and
batteries on the north side of the river. He was
next attached for a short period to the Tiber 38,
Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, lying in Portsmouth Har-
bour ; then joined the Queen 74, bearing the flag
in the Mediterranean of Rear- Admiral Chas. Vini-
combe Penrose ; and, on removing to the Albion
74, Capt. John Coode, was present at the battle of
Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, on which occasion he com-
manded at intervals the mortar and rocket boats,
and was slightly wounded in the foot. During his
continuance in the Albion, he had the good for-
tune, twice at sea, and once in port, to save the
lives of 3 men, by intrepidly jumping overboard
after them. In Oct. 1818, he passed his examina-
tion ; and, after serving successively in the Myr-
midon 22, Capt. Robt. Gambler, Qdeen Charlotte
104, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Campbell, Com-
mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, Vengedr 74, Capt.
Fred. Lewis Maitland, and Tartar 42, Capt. Sir
Geo. Ralph Collier, was made Lieutenant, 28 April,
1821, into his former ship the Mvrmldon, Capt.
Hen. John Leeke, on the coast of Africa. While em-
ployed in the boats, as First-Lieutenant, at the
subsequent capture of two privateer slavers —
armed, the one with 4, the other with 16 guns —
Mr. Bingham was very severely wounded by a
grape-shot, which, entering his left breast, passed
along his arm as far as the elbow, and was not ex-
tracted until after a lapse of ten days. In conse-
quence of over exertion in afterwards fitting out
the two prizes, he brought on a severe attack of
fever, and in Dec. of the same year, 1821, was
obliged to invalid. On 20 March, 1823, he was ap-
pointed to the Revenge 76, flag-ship in the Medi-
terranean of Sir Harry Neale, and, at a later date,
of Sir Edw. Codrington, to whom he became Flag-
Lieutenant 17 Sept. 1825. He was promoted out
• FideGd.z. 1841, p. 1221.
of that ship 26 April, 1827 ; and since 18 Jan. 1842,
has been employed as an Inspecting Commander in
the Coast Guard.
Commander Bingham married first, m 1833,
Emily, eldest daughter of Major Geo. Payne, of
Walton, CO. Surrey; and secondly, in Nov. 1838,
Jane, daughter of the late Col. Delamane, and
widow of Capt. W. H. C. Howard, of the Hon.
E. I. C.'s European Regiment. He has issue one
daughter. Agent — J. Hinxman.
BINSTEAD. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 26;
H-p., 11.)
Cheesman Henrt Binstead entered the Navy,
10 June, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pallas
36, Capt. Edwards Lloyd Graham, on the North Sea
station, where he assisted at the capture and destruc-
tion of several Danish privateers. He subsequently
became Midshipman, under the same Captain, of the
Alcmene 38, and, after participating in the seizure
of many vessels, and the blockade, during a whole
winter, of the French fleet in Toulon, joined, in Feb.
1814, the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir
Edw. Pellew. In that ship Mr. Binstead com-
manded the maintop in a skirmish, on 13 of the
latter month, with the French 74 Romulus, and
took part in various other slight encounters with
the enemy, besides sharing in the siege of Genoa.
He next served in the Cossack 22, Capt. Hon. Al-
gernon Percy, on the North American station, Ehi-
DANUS 36, Capt. Wm. King, in the Channel, and
Liverpool 50, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, at the Cape
of Good Hope ; passed his examination 3 July, 1816 ;
and, having rejoined Lord Exmouth in the Queen
Charlotte 100, was present, 27 Aug. following, at
the battle of Algiers. From 1817 until the death of
Buonaparte in May, 1821, we find him, in the Blos-
som 24, Capts. Fred. Hickey and Fred. Edw. Vena-
bles Vernon, arduously employed on the Brazilian
coast, in the South Seas, and off St. Helena ; after
which he again joined the Queen Charlotte, flag-
ship at Portsmouth of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed,
and, in 1823, was received on board the Owen
Glendower 42, bearing the broad pendant of Com-
modore Sir Robt. Mends on the western coast of
Africa. While on the latter station, Mr. Binstead,
who was frequently sent up the rivers for weeks at
a time in an open boat in pursuit of different slavers,
served on shore at Cape Coast Castle during the
Ashantee war, was present in several attacks made
by the enemy, and witnessed the death of General
Sir Chas. M'Carthy. He returned home in March,
1824, with a constitution severely impaired from the
fevers of the climate, as Acting-Lieutenant of the
Owen Glendower ; obtained his commission on 10
April ; and, in July following, was appointed to the
Ganges 84, Capt. Patrick Campbell, lying in Ports-
mouth Harbour. On 23 Nov. 1826, Lieut. Binstead,
with Capt. John Hayes, the constructor, joined the
Challenger 28, an experimental frigate, afterwards
commanded by Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, in
which he continued until July, 1828, when he was
nominated Agent for Transports afloat. During
the six years of his being so employed he conveyed
upwards of 40,000 troops to the colonies— assisted
in shifting the naval establishment from Gibraltar
to Malta — succeeded on numerous occasions in sav-
ing the lives of soldiers who had accidentally fallen
overboard — and was twice the means of preserving
a transport-ship from destruction. In the discharge
of all the trying duties that devolved on him he ob-
tained the flattering encomiums of his several Com-
manders-in-Chief, and was further honoured -with
the approbation of the Admiralty. He subsequently
served at Portsmouth, as Senior Lieutenant to Sir
Edw. Codrington, in the Britannia, Queen, and
St. Vincent, flrst-rates, from 19 April, 1839, until
advanced to his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841. He
has since been on half-pay.
Commander Binstead married, 7 July, 1833, Emily,
third daughter of John FuUeck, Esq., of Liphook,
00. Hants, and has issue three children. Agents—
Messrs. Stilwell.
BIRCH— BIRD— BIRTWHISTLE— BISHOP.
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BIRCH. (COMMANDEK, 1842.)
Thomas Francis Bikch entered the Navy 2 Deo.
1830 ; passed his examination in 1837 ; and, after
serving for some time as Mate of the Beagle 10,
Capt. John Clements Wiokham, in Australia, was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 July, 1840.
On 23 of the same month he joined the Melville
72, flag-ship in the East Indies of Kear-Admiral
Hon. George Elliot, on leaving which he was in
succession appointed, 10 June and 17 Aug. 1841, to
the Britomart 10, Capt. Owen Stanley, and Mo-
DESTE 18, Capt. Rundle Burges Watson. As First-
Lieutenant of the latter vessel during the campaign
in China, he landed with the troops at the reduction
of Chinghae, 10 Oct. 1841— ably commanded the
boats of the Modeste and E. I. C.'s ship Sesostris at
the defence of Ningpo, 10 March, 1842 — and was em-
ployed on shore at the capture of Chapoo and of the
batteries of Woosung, 28 May and 16 June, 1842.*
For these services Mr. Birch was advanced to his
E resent rank 30 Dec. 1842.t Since 7 Sept. 1844,
e has been in command of the Waterwitch sloop
of 10 guns. Agent — John P. Muspratt.
BIRCH. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 8.)
Thomas Frederick Bikch, bom 16 Jan. 1805, is
eldest son of the late Dr. Thomas Birch, Dean of
Battel and Archdeacon of Lewes ; and nephew of
Kear-Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1819, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred.
Lewis Maitland, stationed in the North Sea; re-
moved, in Feb. following, to the Active 46, com-
manded by his uncle, Sir J. A. Gordon, on Particular
Service ; became Midshipman, in July, 1821, of the
Aurora 46, in South America ; passed his examina-
tion 2 March, 1825 ; and was afterwards, until the
receipt of his first commission, 17 Aug. 1841, em-
ployed as Mate on board the Albion 74, Capt. Sir
Wm. Hoste, lying at Portsmouth, Banger 28,
Capt. Lord Henry Fred. Thynne, in South America,
and Royal George yacht, engaged on Particular
Service. His subsequent appointments were — 20
July, 1832, to the Rover 18, Capt. Sir Geo. Young,
also employed on a Particular Service — 17 Nov.
1834, to the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous,
stationed off the coasts of Spain and America — 14
Deo. 1835, as Senior, to the Scout 18, Capt. Robt.
Craigie, on the coast of Africa — and, 14 April, 1837,
and 24 April, 1838, to the successive command of
the Lynx 3, and Wizard 10, on the same station.
He was advanced to the rank he now holds 3 July,
1840, but continued in the Wizard until 5 April,
1841. While in that vessel he succeeded in captur-
ing four slavers. Commander Birch is at present on
half-pay.
He married, 20 March, 1842, Ann, only daughter
of Wm. Stephens, Esq., of Ives Place, Maidenhead,
Berks.
BIRD. (Captain, 1843. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 13.)
Edward Joseph Bird entered the Navy, 9 Sept.
1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boyne 98, Capt.
Chas. Jones, bearing the flag off Brest of Rear-
Admiral Sir Harry Neale, with whom he afterwards
served as Midshipman in the Ville-de-Paris 110.
He next, Jn Aug. 1814, Joined the Queen 74, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Charles Vinicombe Penrose,
in the Mediterranean, where, during a subsequent
attachment, from Dec. 1815 until May, 1819, to the
Albion 74, Capt. John Coode, he assisted, 27 Aug.
1816, at the bombardment of Algiers, and, on 5 Oct.
1818, passed his examination. On 28 Feb. 1821, Mr.
Bird was transferred from the Ramillies 74, Capt.
Aiskew Paffard Hollis, lying at Portsmouth, to a
Mateship in the Hecla bomb, Capt. Geo. Fras.
Lyon, under whom he continued to be employed
nntil Nov. 1823; after which he served, from Jan.
1824, until Nov. 1825, in the Fury bomb, Capt.
Henry Parkyns Hoppner, and, from 1826 until Nov.
1827, again in the Hecla, Capt. Wm. Edw. Parry.
• Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 396, 23Be, 369'l, 3400.
•f v. Gai. 1842, p. 3900.
During the three epochs just alluded to, Mr. Bird
(who appears to have been attached throughout the
summer of 1826 to the Ganges 84, Capt. Sam. Hood
Inglefield, lying in Portsmouth Harbour) accompa-
nied Capt. Parry in his expeditions to the Arctic
Seas, and, on the last occasion, was with him in the
boats in his attempt to reach the Pole. He was in
consequence, on his return to England, advanced to
the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 7 Nov.
1827 ; and was afterwards appointed, 14 May, 1831,
to the Galatea 36, Capt. Sir Chas. Napier, em-
ployed on the Home station and off the Western
Islands — 16 Oct. 1833, to the Thunderer 84, Capt.
Wm. Furlong Wise, lying at Sheerness — 13 Feb.
1834, as First, to the Medea steam-vessel, Capt.
Horatio Thos. Austin, stationed in the Mediter-
ranean, where he remained for nearly two years and
a half— and, 9 April, 1839, in a similar capacity, to
the Erebus bomb, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross, whom he
attended in all the dangers and hardships of the
Antarctic expedition, until its return home in Sept.
1843. During his absence he had been awarded a
Commander's commission, dated 16 Aug. 1841 ; and
on his arrival home he was immediately, 4 Oct. 1843,
advanced to Post-rank. He is at present on half-
pay. Agents — Messrs. StilweU.
BIRD. (Lieutenant, 1809. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 3.3.)
Henry Bird entered the Navy, in April, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Seine 38, Capt. David
Milne, and in June following was wrecked on a
sandbank near the Texel. He shortly afterwards
joined the Unicorn 32, Capt. Lucius Hardyman, in
which frigate he attained the rating of Midshipman
in July, 1805, and, in Feb. 1807, witnessed the re-
duction of Monte Video. Being promoted (after
further serving for 15 months in the North Sea on
board the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Black-
wood) to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission
dated 4 Aug. 1809, he subsequently joined in that
capacity — on 21 of the same month. La Desikeb fri-
gate, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, lying at Portsmouth —
24 Oct. following, the Horatio 38, Capt. Geo. Scott,
under whom, on 21 Feb. 1810, he assisted at the
capture, after a long chase, and a running fight of
an hour, of Xa Necessite^ mounting 26 guns, with a
complement of 186 men, and laden with naval stores
and provisions — 3 Nov. 1810, the Roebuck 44, bear-
ing the flag of Lord Gardner at North Yarmouth —
21 June, 1811, the Musquito, Capt. Wm. Bell, em-
ployed in the North Sea— 6 March, 1812, the Rover
18, Capt. Justice Finley, from which vessel, after
intermediately cruizing in the Channel and Baj of
Biscay; he invalided, in April, 1813 — and, on 24 Dec.
in the latter year, the Elephant 74, Capt. Fras.
Wm. Austen, lying at Portsmouth. He was paid off
10 May, 1814, and since 29 Sept. 1846, has been em-
ployed in the Coast Guard. Agents — Coplands and
Burnett.
BIRTWHISTLE. (Liectenant, 1846.)
Alexander Charles Birtwhistle served as
Midshipman of the Wellesley throughout the war
in China, where, among other operations, he was em-
ployed in the boats at the taking of Chinghae.* He
passed his examination 30 March, 1843 ; and, after
intermediately serving, as Mate, on board the Ex-
cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir
Thos. Hastings, w^as promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 5 Aug. 1846.
BISHOP. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 29.)
George Bishop entered the Navy, 10 Feb. 1805,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Narcissus 32, Capt.
Ross Donnelly. In Jan. 1806, he assisted at the re-
duction of the Cape of Good Hope, and about the
same period was present at the destruction of the
Napoleon privateer, of 32 guns and 250 men, and
capture of the 46-gun frigate Volontaire. Mr.
Bishop, who had attained the rating of Midshipman,
next accompanied the expedition to the Rio de la
Plata, where he witnessed the taking of Buenos
' Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 396.
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BISHOP— BISSET— BLACK.
Ayrea, and where he continued to serve, in the
Neptune lugger, Capt. John Thompson, Diadem
64, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Home Popham,
Snd Leda 38, Capt. Kobt. Honyman, until the final
evacuation of Spanish America in 1807. We are
informed that towards the close of the latter year
he was also present at the bombardment of Copen-
hagen and seizure of the Danish fleet. He became
attached, in March, 1808, to the SwiprsuKE 74, flag-
ship on the North American station of Sir John Bor-
lase Warren ; rejoined Capt. Thompson, in June,
1809, as Master's Mate, on board the Halifax ; and
in the following October was transferred, with the
same officer, to the Colibki 18, of which sloop he
acted for some time as Master. At the commence-
ment of the war with the United States in 1812, the
CoLiBRi was the vessel that, on 12 July, brought
away from New York the formal declaration of hos-
tilities, and, with it, the British Ambassador, Mr.
Foster, and Consul, Col. Barclay. In the course of
that and the following months she captured six pri-
vateers, carrying in the whole 31 guns and 283 men.
On 18 Sept. in the same year Mr. Bishop was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant ; and, on 16 of the
ensuing Nov., he was appointed to the Statira 38,
Capt. Hassard Stackpoole. During the pursuit, in
Feb. 1813, of four large armed schooners, in the
Chesapeake, by the boats of a squadron under Lieut.
Jas. Polkinghorne, he commanded that frigate's
cutter, and, supported by Lieut. Matthew Liddon in
the launch of the Maidstone, boarded and carried,
in most gallant style, the largest of the enemy's ves-
sels, the Dolphin, of 12 guns and 98 men.* On leav-
ing the Statika, in Aug. 1814, he joined the Tiber
38, Capt. Jas. Kich. Dacres, with whom he served
on the Cork, Channel, and Newfoundland sta-
tions, until 14 Sept. 1817. He has since been on
half-pay.
BISHOP. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 320
William Bishop entered the Navy, in Mfay,
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98, Capt.
Manley Dixon, attached to the fleet in the Channel,
and afterwards flag-ship in the Mediterranean and
offl' Cadiz of Rear-Admirals John Knight and Sir
Rich. Hussey Bickerton, as also, immediately subse-
quent to the battle of Trafalgar, of Lord Colling-
wood — previously to joining whom she appears to
have had a slight brush with the batteries, and the
Argonaute 74, at the entrance of the Bay of Cadiz.
In Nov. 1805, Mr. Bishop removed, as Midshipman,
to the KoTAL Sovereign 100, Capt. Fras. Pender ;
and, in 1806, he proceeded, in the Canada 74,
Capt. John Harvey, to the West Indies, where for
three years he served with Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie,
in the Ethation 36, and Belleisle, Pompee, and
Abercromby 74's. He witnessed, while in the
Ethation, the surrender, 21 and 25 Dec. 1807, of
the Danish islands of St. Thomas and Santa Croix —
was present in the Belleisle, at the reduction of
Martinique, in Feb. 1809 — and, on 17 April ensuing,
in the Pompee, assisted at the capture, after an ar-
duous chase of two days, and a close action of an
hour and a quarter, in wliich the latter ship, who
was supported by the Castor 32, lost 9 men killed
and 30 wounded, of the D'ffaupoult, of 74 guns and
680 men, of whom between 80 and 90 were killed
and wounded. Mr. Bishop was next transferred in
succession, as Master's Mate, to the Heureux 74,
Capt. F. Halliday, with whom he returned home,
and Salvador del Mdndo, bearing the flag at
Plymouth of Admiral Wm. Young ; and, on 1 Oct.
1810, was made Lieutenant into the Peblen 38,
Capt. Norborne Thompson, employed in the West
Indies. His subsequent appointments were — 23
Sept. 1811, to the Fortdnee 36, Capts. Henry Van-
sittart and Geo. Fras. Seymour, under the former
of whom, while cruizing on the Home station, he
contributed to the capture, 11 Oct. in the same
year, of a notorious privateer, Le Viee-Amiral
Martin, of 18 guns and 140 men — and 16 Sept. 1813,
to the Pactolds 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer,
* Vide Gm. 1813, p. 995.
in which frigate he served m the Bay of Biscay
and on the coast of North America. He has been
on half-pay since 1815. Agents— Hallett and Ro-
binson.
BISSET. (Lieutenant, 1808. r-p., 15; h-p., 33.)
Alexander Bisset entered the Navy, 16 July,
1799 as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Weazle 16,
Capt. Wm. D'Urban, employed on Particular Ser-
vices off Jersey and in the Mediterranean ; attained
the rating of Midshipman 28 Aug. 1801 ; and, in
Oct. 1803, removed, with the same Captain, as
Master's Mate, to the Amboscade 32, in which we
find him assisting, towards the close of 1804, at the
capture of a Spanish convoy, with troops, stores, &c.,
on board, intended for the defence of Minorca. In
May, 1807, he became attached to the Ocean 98,
bearing the flag of Lord Collingwood, and on 9 Jan.
1808, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the De-
light 16, Capt. Philip Cosby Handfleld. While
endeavouring, on 30 of the same month, to re-
capture four Sicilian gim-boats, the latter sloop
grounded under the batteries of .Keggio, and, after
losing her Captain, was burnt by the surviving
crew to prevent her falling into the hands of the
enemy ; whereupon Mr. Bisset was appointed, also
as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Wizard 16, Capt.
Abel Ferris. On 1 Aug. following, it having been
determined to bring out a convoy of ten deeply-
laden coasters lying at anchor, under protection of
a gun-boat, close to the beach abreast of the town
of Noli, on the coast of Italy, he was detached in
command of the Wizard's boats to co-operate with
those of the Kent 74, in efiecting their capture.
Although the vessels were fastened to the shore by
ropes from their keels and mastheads, and were
further defended by the fire of two adjacent field-
pieces, of a heavy gun in front of the town, and of
a continued volley of musketry, yet were they all,
together with the gun-boat, boarded and carried
by the resistless intrepidity of the British, headed
by Lieut. Bisset, and Lieuts. Jas. Lindsay and Fair-
fax Moresby, of the Kent, while another party,
having landed, dislodged a considerable body of
regular troops, and took and destroyed the guns.*
For his gallant conduct on this occasion, Mr.
Bisset, on 27 Dec. in the same year, obtained his
official promotion. He was subsequently appointed
— 19 May, 1809, to the Sabine sloop, Capt. Jas. Don-
ner, also employed in the Mediterranean — 25 Jan.
1810, to the Ulysses 44, Capt. Henry Edw. Regi-
nald Baker, on the Lisbon station, bearing the flag,
afterwards, of Vice-Admiral Philip D'Auvergne,
Prince de Bouillon, off Jersey— and, 15 Sept. 1812,
to be Agent for Transports afloat. He has not been
employed since 11 Feb. 1814.
BLACK. (Ketieed Commander, 1843. f-p., 16 ;
H-p., 37.)
Archibald Black was bom 16 Dec. 1770.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Dec. 1794, as
Midshipman, on board the Canada 74, Capt. Chas.
Powell Hamilton, whom he shortly afterwards ac-
companied into the Prince 98, both ships attached
to the fleet in the Channel. He next joined the
Qdeen 98, bearing the flag of Sir Hyde Parker on
the Jamaica station, where, from 1797 to 1800, he
served as Acting-Master in the Drake 16, Capt.
John Parkins, Renohhee 44, Capt. Robt. Rolles
and Maidstone 32, Capt. Ross Donnelly. On his
return to the West Indies in 1801, after having
been employed for a few months on board the
Cambridge guardship at Plymouth, during which
period he passed his examination, Mr. Black became
Master's Mate of the Sans Pareil 80, bearing the
flag of Lord Hugh Seymour. He subsequently
obtained command, as Acting-Lieutenant, of tiie
prison-ship at Portr-RoyaJ, and at the peace returned
home in a similar capacity on board the Brdkswick
74, Capt. Stevenson, but could not procure his com-
mission, in consequence of recent regulations which
neutralized his servitude as Acting-Master. In
• Vidt Gm. 1809, p. 15.
BLACK— BLACKER— BLACKMORE.
85
1805 Mr. Black resumed his professional duties, as
Master's Mate, in the HERcniE 74, flag-ship at Ja^
maica of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, from
which he was promoted, 26 Feb. 1806, to a Sub-
Lieutenancy in the Reindeer 18, Capt. John Fife.
Being at length made full Lieutenant, 27 May,
1807, in the Pelican 18, Capts. Wm. Ward, Isaac
Hawkins Morrison, and Edw. Henry A'Court, he
co-operated in the ensuing bombardment of Copen-
hagen ; and, in 1810, commanded the boats of that
sloop in a night-attack on an armed felucca, carry-
ing 50 men, in Campeachy Bay, which vessel, toge-
ther with all the other craft in the harbour, he
succeeded in bringing out, although opposed by
the heavy fire of several forts and the small arms
of the various crews. He had previously taken
part in many expeditions of a similar nature, and
on one occasion had been very severely wounded.
He was placed on half-pay in 1812 ; and, unable to
procure further employment, accepted the rank he
now holds 10 Feb. 1843. '_
Commander Black married, 13 Aug. 1813, Miss
Jane Currie, and has issue a son and three
daughters.
BLACK. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 1 fi ; h-p., 34.)
John Keddie Black, born, 25 Jan. 1787, at Dy-
sart, CO. Fife, is son of the late Jas. Black, Esq.,
K.N.; brother of Lieut. Jas. Black, R.N., who died
while serving in the West Indies ; and nephew of
Lieut. John Black, R.N., who died in 1814, having
held a commission for 44 years.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1797, as A. B.,
on board the Pinchek gun-brig, commanded by his
father, in which vessel he served on the North Sea
station, latterly as Midshipman, until discharged,
on the death of that gentleman, in 1802. He re-
embarked in 1808, in the last-mentioned capacity,
on board the Trident 64, Capts. R. B. Campbell
and Rich. Budd Vincent, on the Mediterranean
station; and afterwards became attached to the
Herald sloop, Capt. Geo. Jackson, Dauntless
sloop, Capt. Barker, Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt.
RoUes, and Furieose 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey. In
th^ latter ship Mr. Black was at the capture of the
island of Ponza, 26 Feb. 1813, and for his very me-
ritorious conduct on that occasion, particularly in
superintending the debarkation of the 10th Regt.,
was honourably noticed in the despatches of Capt.
Chas. Napier, the Senior Officer.* ifle subsequently
served, as Master's Mate (he had passed his exami-
nation in 1811), in the Nereus 42, Capt. Manley
Hall Dixon; was in the Tagus 36, Capt. Philip
Pipon, at the capture of the 40-gun frigate Ceres,
6 Jan. 1814; became Acting-Lieutenant, 20 June
following, of the Isis 50, flag-ship at the Brazils of
Rear-Admii:al Manley Dixon; and, on 29 Nov., was
confirmed into the Albacore 16, Capt. Theobald
Jones, in which sloop he served until paid off in
1815. Mr. Black, who till then had taken an active
part in many cutting-out afifairs, was next appointed
— 25 April, 1826, to the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh
Pigot, lying in the Downs for the purposes of the
Coast Blockade, in which service he appears to have
been employed for the period of two years. He
subsequently officiated from 3 Oct. 1840, until early
in 1843, as Agent for Transports afloat, on the Me-
diterranean, West India, and Cape stations. He
has since been on half-pay.
He married, 22 July, 1818, Sophia, daughter of
Jas. Hurdis, Esq., of Seaford, co. Sussex, and sister
of Capt. G. C. Hurdis, R.N., by whom he has issue
two sons. Agent — J. Hinxman.
BLACK. (Lieutenant, 1814. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.)
Matthew Black entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt.
Edw. Durnford King, and sailed shortly afterwards
for the East Indies with the flag of Rear-Admiral
Wm. O'Brien Drury. While subsequently em-
ployed in the North Sea, as Midshipman and Mas-
ter's Mate, from Sept. 1808, to March, 1812, of the
• rirfe Gai. 1813, p. 1146.
Stately 64, and Saturn and Armada 74's, Capts.
Wm. Cumberland, Adam Mackenzie, and John
Ferris Devonshire, he assisted at the cutting-out
of some Danish gun-boats and the re-capture of a
Russian ship. He was next employed for some
months with Capt. Devonshire, at the defence of
Cadiz, in the St. Albans 64 ; after which he re-
moved to the Ramillies 74, commanded at Chatham
by Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, and then, in Dec.
of the same year, joined the Plover 18, Capts.
Colin Campbell and John Skekel. He was pro-
moted to a Lieutenancy in the latter vessel 10 June,
1814, and, previously to being paid off in Jan. 1815,
visited Quebec, and served on the African and
Newfoundland stations. He has not since been em-
ployed.
BLACK. (Captaiir, 1814. f-p., 22; h-p., 32.)
William Black entered the Navy, 13 April,
1793, as A.B., on board the Leviathan 74, Capt.
Lord Hugh Seymour, in which ship we find him
present at the ensuing investment of Toulon, and in
Lord Howe's action of 1 June, 1794. He next
served for three years under the flag of the same
officer in the Sans Pareil 80, as Midshipman,
Master's Mate, and Second Master, and was with
him in Lord Bridport's action with the French fleet
off He de Groix, 23 June, 1795. He was subse-
quently, for a short period in 1798-9, lent, as Acting-
Lieutenant, to the Penelope 36, Capt. Hon. Chas.
Paget, but eventually rejoined Lord Seymour, who
had been nominated Commander-in-Chief in the
Leeward Islands, and, on 16 Aug. in the latter
year, was appointed in the ' same capacity to the
Unite 38, Capt. John Poo Beresford, under whom
he witnessed the surrender of the Dutch colony of
Surinam. In March, 1800, he again became attached
to Lord Seymour's flag-ship, the Prince of Wales
98, and, on 13 July, 1801, was confirmed into the
Sans Pareil, into which that nobleman had shifted
his flag. Mr. Black's subsequent appointments
were — 5 April, 1803, after a short interval of half-
pay, to the Prince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, in the
Channel— 3 July, 1804, to the JEolus 32, Capt.
Lord Wm. FitzRoy, under whom he fought in Sir
Rich. Strachan's action, 4 Nov. 1805 — 6 May, 1806,
as First Lieutenant, to the Egtptienne 40, Capt.
Hon. Chas. Paget, with the boats of which ship
under his orders he took, we are told, a letter-ot-
marque of greatly superior force — 28 April, 1807,
in a similar capacity, to the Cambrian 40, com-
manded by the same Captain, in which frigate he
attended the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug.
and Sept. following — and, 27 May, 1808, to the
Polyphemus 64, as Flag -Lieutenant to the Rear-
Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, Commander-
in-Chief on the Jamaica station. He was promoted
to the command, 5 Nov. 1809, of the Racoon sloop,
and was employed, for upwards of four years, in
cruizing, chiefly on the eastern and western coasts
of South America. In Jan. 1815, Capt. Black re-
turned home, and was placed on half-pay, having
been previously advanced to Post-rank, 7 June,
1814. He accepted the retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
BLACKER. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
Frederick Blacker entered the Navy 2 July,
1807 ; passed his examination in 1814; and obtained
his commission 22 July, 1830. He has not since
been employed.
BLACKMORE. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 24.)
Charles Blackhore entered the Navy, 31 May,
1811, as a Supernumerary, on board the Caledonia
120, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Edw.
Pellew ; removed shortly afterwards to the Fame
74, Capt. Walter Bathurst; and subsequently
served, as Fst.-cl. Vol. and Midshipman, on the
Mediterranean, Home, West India, and North
American stations, in the Cerberus 32, Capt.
Henry Whitby, Cambrian 40, Capt. Chas. Bullen,
Brpton 46, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, Ister 42, Capt.
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BLACK MORE-BLACK WOOD— BLAINE Y.
Thos. Forrest, Newcastle 60, Capt. Arthur Fan-
shawe, and Atholl 28, Capt. Henry Bourchier. He
was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 11 March, 1823, in
the DoTEREL 18, Capt. Kich. Hoare, but was super-
seded early in 1824, and has not since been afloat.
Agents — HaUett and Bobinson.
BLACKMORE. (Lieut., 1840. f-p., lt;H-p.,4.)
John Blackmobe is cousin of Capt. W. W. Hen-
derson, E.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 June, 1829, as
Fst.-cI.Vol., on board the Kamillies 74, Capt. Hugh
Pigot, lying in the Downs ; and was afterwards,
until Dec. 1835, in the course of which month he
passed his examination, employed as Midshipman in
the Talavera 74, commanded by the same officer,
and in the Undaunted 46, and Salamander and
Firefly steam-vessels, Capts. Edw. Harvey, Wm.
Langford Castle, and Thos. Baldock, on the Home,
African, East India, and Mediterranean stations.
As Mate, Mr. Blackmore successively joined, in
March, 1836, and Oct. 1837, the Minden and Edin-
burgh 74's, Capts. Alex. Ronton Sharpe and "Wm.
Willmott Henderson. After serving on the Lisbon
and North America and West India stations, he
again visited the Mediterranean, where his exertions
throughout the operations on the coast of Syria,
including the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre,
procured him a commission, dated 4 Nov. 1840.
His next appointments were — 14 Feb. and 17 Sept.
1841, to the Vesuvius steamer, and Eodnet 92,
Capts. Granville Gower Lock and Robt. Maunsell,
both in the Mediterranean — and, 19 Oct. 1842, to
the Campebdown 104, bearing the flag of Sir Edw.
Brace at Sheemess. On 12 July, 1843, Mr. Black-
more had the misfortune to be desperately woionded
by an awful explosion which took place on board
that ship during the firing of a royal salute in
honour of the King and Queen of the Belgians, who
were then passing the Nore. On examination, it
was found that he had received an extensive lace-
ration over the right angle of the lower jaw, whence
protruded a splinter of wood which had penetrated
the superior maxillary bone ; that he had been fur-
ther badly hurt with splinters in the scalp, the effect
of which was the almost total destruction of the
power of hearing on the right side ; that he had also
been severely burnt in both hands and legs ; and
that the calf of one leg had been pierced quite
through by splinters 12 inches long. In conse-
quence of such dreadful injuries, he was confined
for many months to Melville Hospital at Chatham,
and, on 6 March, 1844, was awarded a pension of
91/. 5s. He has not been since employed.
BLACKWOOD. (Capt., 1838. r-p., 18; h-p., 8.)
Francis Price Blackwood, bom 25 May, 1809,
is second son of the late Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir
Henry Blackwood, Bart., K.C.B., by his third wife,
Harriet, daughter of Fras. Gore, Esq. ; and half-
brother of the present Sir H. M. Blackwood, Bart.,
Capt. R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Dec. 1821 ; ob-
tained his first commission 8 Aug. 1828 ; joined
the Arachne 28, Capt. Fred. Marryat, 8 Nov. fol-
lowing ; and while serving on board the Alligator
28, Capt. Chas. Philip Yorke, was promoted to the
rank of Commander, 22 Nov. 1830. He was ap-
pointed to the command, 7 Feb. 1833, of the Hya-
cinth 18, on the East India station, which sloop he
paid off towards the close of 1836 : obtained Post-
rank, 28 June, 1838 ; and, from 17 Nov. 1841, until
1846, was in command, part of the time with the
broad pendant of Commodore, of the Fly survey-
ing-vessel, on the same station. He is now on half-
pay. Agent — Joseph "Woodhead.
Henry Blackwood, Bart., K.C.B., G.C.H., K.F M.,*
by his second wife, EUza, fourth daughter ot Capt.
Martin Waghom, R.N. ; half -brother of Capt. F.
P. Blackwood, R.N. ; and cousin of Lord Dufferin
and Claneboy.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 July, 1814, as
Third-cl. Boy, on board the Lifpey 50, Capt. John
Hancock, stationed in the Channel, where he served
until April, 1815. He next, in May, 1817, joined
the Bulwark 74, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley ; and after-
wards officiated as Midshipman, on the Cape of
Good Hope, Brazilian, East India, and Home sta-
tions, of the Favorite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson,
Leander 50, bearing his father's flag, Eden 26,
Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, Tees 26, Capt. Thos. Coe,
and Dover, Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham. The
Eden was actively employed, in 1820, against the
pirates of the Persian Gulf. From 6 July, 1822,
until his promotion to the rank of Commander,
1 Dec. 1823, we find Mr. Blackwood, whose first
commission bears date 30 Nov. 1821, serving on
board the Nimrod 18, Capt. Wm. Rochfort, and
Active 46, Capt. Andrew King. He obtained com-
mand, 26 July, 1826, of the Jasper sloop, on the
Mediterranean station, and there served until his
advancement to Post-rank, 28 April, 1827. His
next appointment was, on 14 Oct. 1843, to the Fox
42, in which frigate, after being for some time em-
ployed on Particular Service, he sailed for the East
Indies, where, since 29 June, 1844, he has been dis-
charging the duties of Commodore.
Sir H. M. Blackwood married, 12 Aug. 1826,
Harriet Louisa, youngest daughter of J. M. Bulke-
ley, Esq., by whom he has issue. Agents — ^Messrs.
Halford and Co.
BLACKWOOD, Babt. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 20;
H-P., 13.)
Sib Henry Martin Blackwood, born 11 June,
1801, is only son of the late Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir
BLAINEY. (Ketlbed Commander, 1837. p-p.,
14 ; H-p., 38.)
Thomas Morley Blainey entered the Navy, 10
March, 1795, as Captain's Servant, on board the
Arrogant 74, Capts. Rich. Lucas and Edw. Oliver
Osbom, under the former of whom, in Sept. follow-
ing, he assisted at the reduction of the Cape of
Good Hope. From Aug. to Dec. 1796, he served,
as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Hon art sloop, Capt.
Benj. Wm. Page, on the East India station, whence,
after having, in that capacity, rejoined the Arro-
gant, he invalided, 28 April, 1801. In Nov. 1803,
Mr. Blainey became attached to the Foudroyant
80, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Graves in the
Channel ; and, on 7 Sept. 1804, he was made Lieu-
tenant into the Espoir brig, Capts. Joseph Ed-
monds and Wm. King. With the latter officer he
was again employed very actively at the taking of
the Cape in Jan. 1806. Having intermediately
served on board the Diadem 64, bearing the broad
pendant of Sir Home Popham, he assumed com-
mand, 9 March ensuing, of the Protector gun-brig,
in which he proceeded to the East Indies, and after-
wards, we believe, participated in most of the ope-
rations preceding the evacuation of Spanish Ame-
rica by the British, about Sept. 1807. On 25 Deo.
in the same year we find him appointed to the
Brunswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves, and on the oc-
casion of the embarkation of the Marquis de la Ro-
mana's army from Nyeborg, in Aug. 1808, contri-
buting, in command of a boat, to the capture of a
Danish brig of 18, and cutter of 10 guns. From
July to Oct. 1809, he appears to have had charge of
gun-boat No. 80, and during the whole of that pe-
riod to have been employed in attendance on the
Walcheren expedition. His subsequent appoint-
* The Hon. Sir Hen. Blackwood was born 28 Dec. 17T0.
He was Senior Lieutenant of the Invincible on the memorable
1 June, l'i94; particularly distinguished himsplf by his heroic
conduc^ as Captain of the Penelope 36, at the capture of
J^ OBiifaame Tell, of 84 guns and 1000 men, 31 March, 1600 :
was an eminent participator in the operations of 1801 in
hgvpt ; acquired fame at Trafalgar, where he commanded the
EoBVAi.ns .36; and was with Sir John Duckwortli at the pas-
sage of the Dardanells in 1807, on which occasion the aSTx
80, of which ship he had command, took fire and blew up.
He afterwards, iroin 1819 until 1822, and from 1828 until
^30, commanded in chief in the East Indies, and at the
Nore. He died. Vice- Admiral of the White, 14 Dec. 1832
BLAIR— BLAKE.
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menta were, as First-Lieutenant— 24 July, 1811, to
the CoLossns 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander — 11 Aug.
1812, to the CiKCE 28, Capt. Edw. Woolcombe —
and, after an interval of more than two years, 13
Oct. 1815, to the Vengeuk 74, Capt. T. Alexander
— all on the Home station. Having been on halt-
pay since 24 March, 1816, he ultimately, on 19 May,
1837, accepted the rank of Retired Commander.
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
BLAIE. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 17 j h-p., 7.)
Fredekic Blair was born 28 Feb. 1809.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 May, 1823, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Egeria 24, Capt. Sam. Ro-
berts, on the Newfoundland station. He subse-
quently served in the Owen Glendower 42, Capt.
Hood Hanway Christian, at the Cape of Good Hope,
and ViCTORV 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, guardship
at Portsmouth ; passed his examination, 6 N ov. 1829 ;
and was made Lieutenant into the "VVarspite 76,
Capts. Wm. Henry Shirreff and Jas. Wigston, on the
South American station, 10 Feb. 1830. He after-
wards joined — 6 Oct. in the same year, the Volage
28, Capt. Lord Colchester, employed in the Pacific
and North Sea — 25 Oct. 1833, the Edinburgh 74,
Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, in the Mediterranean — for a
short period in 1835, the Taiaveba 74, Capt. Edw.
Chetham, in which ship he returned to England —
10 April, 1837, the Coast Guard — and, 6 Dec. 1841,
as First-Lieutenant, the St. Vincent 120, bearing
the flag, at Portsmouth, of Sir Edw. Codrington.
He was promoted to his present rank 7 March,
1842 ; and, since 23 Dec. 1845, has been employed
as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard.
Commander Blair married, 24 April, 1837, Mary,
eldest daughter of the Rev. C. Massingberd, Rector
of Kettlethorpe, co. Lincoln, by whom he has issue
three children.
BLAIR. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 8.)
HoKATio Blair entered the Royal Naval College
3 June, 1819 ; and embarked, in April, 1822, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Ariadne 28, Capt. Constan-
tine Rich. Moorsom, stationed at the Cape of Good
Hope, whence, after removing to the Andromache
42, Commodore Joseph Nourse, he returned home
in 1825, as Mate, in the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir
Chas. Sullivan. Having passed his examination in
1826, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 28 April,
1827, in the Asia 84, bearing the flag in the Sledi-
terranean of Sir Edw. Codrington, under whom,
including the battle of Navarin, he continued to
serve until obliged to invalid, in 1830. His next
appointments were— 17 May, 1831, to the Pallas
42, Capt. yfta. Walpolc, in the West Indies— and,
in 1832, to the Gannet 18, Capt. Mark Halpen
Sweny, which vessel he left in March, 1833. He
was afterwards employed in the Coast Guard, from
16 Aug. 1838, until advanced to the rank he now
holds, 23 Nov. 1841 ; and, since 7 July, 1843, has
been officiating as an Inspecting Commander in the
same service.
He became a widower 8 Jan. 1846. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
BLAIR. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 18; h-p., 11.)
William Fordyce Blair, born in 1807, is eldest
surviving son of the late Col. Wm. Blair, of Blair,
CO. Ayr, M.P. for that shire, by Magdalene, daughter
of the late John Fordyce, Esq., of Ayton, co. Ber-
wick, for many years Commissioner of the Woods
and Forests ; and younger brother of the late Capts.
Hamilton Blair and John Chas. Blair, R.N. He is
the representative of a family which has been of high
standing in the co. Ayr for the last six centuries.
This oflScer entered the Royal Naval College 5
March, 1818 ; and embarked, in July, 1820, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Rochfobt 80, Capt. Chas.
Marsh Schomberg, bearing the flag of Sir Graham
Moore on the Mediterranean station, where he
shortly afterwards witnessed the taking of Naples
by the Austrians, and was present in the Cambrian
46, at Scio and Smyrna, during the Turkish mas-
sacre of the Greeks, many of whom were saved in
the boats of that frigate. After an attachment of a
few months to the Diamond 46, Capt. Lord Napier,
he served during part of the Burmese war on board
the LiFFEY 50, Capt. Thos. Coe ; and, on his sub-
sequent transference to the Java 52, bearing the
flag of Rear- Admiral Hall Gage, he appears to have
been much employed in boat operations against the
Malay pirates. Having passed his examination in
Sept. 1826, he became successively Mate, in Oct.
1827, and March, 1828, of the Tamah 26, Capt. Jas.
John Gordon Bremer, and Blonde 46, Capt. Ed-
mund Lyons. He took part, about the latter pe-
riod, in the blockade of Navarin, and in the
following Oct. was employed on shore in con-
structing batteries, and otherwise co-operating with
the French army during the siege of Morea Castle.
Being promoted to a Lieutenancy, 4 March, 1829, in
the Wasp 18, Capt. Thos. Edw. Hoste, Mr. Blair
was next for some time occupied in watching the
Russian fleet at the mouth of the Dardanells ; after
which, he united vrith the French in their opera-
tions against Algiers, and was further active in the
extirpation of piracy from the Archipelago. While
subsequently attached, from 1 Dec. 1830, until May,
1835, to the Britannia 120, bearing the flag of Sir
Pulteney Malcolm, we find him variously employed
in the Mediterranean in reference to the affairs of
Greece and Turkey, and off Lisbon during the Pedro
and Miguel disputes — independently of a short time
spent in blockading the Dutch coast. He was re-
appointed, on 5 April, 1836, to the Britannia, as
Flag-Lieutenant, pro tern., to Sir Philip Durham at
Portsmouth, but was superseded in March, 1837, and
has since been on half-pay. His last commission
bears date 23 Nov. 1841.
Commander Blair is a Magistrate and Deputy-
Lieutenant for CO. Ayr. He married, 22 July, 1840,
Caroline Isabella, youngest daughter of the late
John Sprot, Esq., of London, by whom he has issue
two daughters. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
BLAKE. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Edgar Henry Blake is eldest son of Henry
Blake, Esq., of Renvyle, co. Galway, by Martha
Louisa, daughter of Joseph AttersoU, Esq., of Port-
land Place, London ; and grandson of Valentine
Blake, Esq., of Lehinch and Renvyle, High-Sheriff
of Mayo, who married a grand-daughter of the 8th
Lord Teynham.
This officer passed his examination 1 April, 1835 ;
and was for some time employed, as Mate, on board
the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt.
Thos. Hastings, the Rapid 10, commanded on the
coast of Africa by Lieut. Edw. Chas. Earle, and
the Campbrdown and Queen, flag-ships at the
Nore of Sir John Chambers White. He obtained
his commission 24 March, 1845 ; and has been since
serving in the Melampus 42, Capt. John Norman
Campbell, on the S.E. coast of America.
BLAKE. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 23.)
George Charles Blake entered the Navy, 2
July, 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Romulus
36, Capt. John Culverhouse, in which frigate, after
attending the ensuing expedition to the fielder, he
attained the rating of Midshipman, and in that
capacity accompanied the force sent against Egypt
in 1801, where he served with the army before
Alexandria, and up the river Nile. In Nov. 1802,
he joined the Cdlloden 74, flag -ship in the Chan-
nel of Rear-Admirals Geo. Campbell and Cuthbert
Collingwood, and afterwards commanded by Capt.
Barrington Dacres, under whom he assisted in
chasing into the port of Corunna, after a long run-
ning fight, the French 74-gun ship Duguay Trouin,
and 40-gun frigate Guerriere, 2 Sept. 1803. Be-
tween March, 1804, and April, 1805, Mr. Blake was
further employed for short periods on board the
Venerable 74, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Graves,
and Culloden again, Capt. B. Dacres, both in the
Channel, the Salvador del Mundo, first-rate,
Capt. John Dilkes, lying at Plymouth, the Seine
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BLAKE.
36, Capt. David Atkins, for passage to the West
Indies, and the Theseos and Hercule 74's, flag-
ships of Vice-Admiral Jas. Kich. Dacres, on the
Jamaica station. He then became Master's Mate
of the Stork 18, Capt. Geo. Le Geyt, and, among
other valuable services performed in hor tender,
cut out a convoy near the Havana. He was pro-
moted, immediately on passing his examination, to
a Sub-Lieutenancy, 26 Feb. 1806, in the Peterel
18, Capt. John Lamborn, and was made Full Lieu-
tenant into the Franchise 36, Capt. Chas. Dash-
wood, 7 April following. After enduring a brief
attachment to the Veteran 64, Capt. Andrew Fitz-
herbert Evans, and Hercule 74, Capt. Barrington
Dacres, Mr. Blake, on 17 Jan. 1807, was appointed
to the Scorpion 18, Capts. Philip Carteret, Fras.
Stanfell, Richard Harward, and Hon. John Gore.
In the course of the same year he assisted at the
capture, in the Channel, of three heavy French
privateers, Le Bourgainville, La Glaneuse, and Le
Glajteur, carrying together 42 guns and 233 men ;
and, in Jan. and Feb. 1810, he was the Scorfion's
Senior Lieutenant when, under Capt. Stanfell, she
took the French 14-gun brig L' Oreste, beneath the
batteries of Guadeloupe, and contributed to the
reduction of that island. As Lieutenant, his sub-
sequent appointments appear to have been — 7 Dec.
1810, to the Standard 64, Capt. Askew Pafiard
Holljs, lying at Plymouth — 13 March, 1811, to the
Peacock 18, Capt. Wm. Peake, in the Channel —
14 May, 1813, as Senior, to the Rivoli 74, com-
manded by Capt.Graham Eden Hamond, for a short
time by himself as Acting-Captain, and by Capt.
Edw. Stirling Dickson, in the Mediterranean — 22
March, 1816, to the Vengecr 74, Capt. Thos. Alex-
ander, guard-ship at Portsmouth — 18 Aug. 1818,
as Senior again, to the Queen Charlotte 100,
bearing the flag at the same port of his old Admiral,
Sir Geo. Campbell, at whose request he obtained
the appointment — and, 1 July, 1819, to the Royal
George yacht, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget. While in
the RivoLi Lieut. Blake aided at the capture, 30
April, 1815, of the French 44-gun frigate Le Mel-
pomene^ after a brave defence of 15 minutes ; and
for his services as Senior Lieutenant of the Royal
George, in which vessel he had the honour of attend-
ing for several weeks on the Prince Regent, he was
advanced to the rank of Commander 11 Oct. 1819.
He was afterwards, in April, 1828, appointed to the
Pearl 20, under Rear-Admiral Hon. C. Paget, his
former Captain, whose flag he always hoisted on
that officer's proceeding to sea, and on one of those
occasions he received the Marquis of Anglesey,
then Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, on board. Capt.
Blake continued in tlie Pearl three years, and was
lastly, from 28 Sept. 1832, until the autumn of 1835,
employed as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast
Guard. He obtained Post-rank 28 June, 1838.
Capt. Blake was nominated, in March, 1841, Gen-
tleman Usher to H.R.H. Prince Albert. He is
married, and has issue four children, of whom the
eldest son, Chas. Paget Blake, M.D., a surgeon,
R.N. (1845), is now serving on board the Phcenix
steam-sloop, commanded in the Mediterranean by
Capt. J. S. A. Dennis.
BLAKE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 28.)
George Hans Blake, born in Aug. 1791, is
son of the late Capt. Geo. Blake, R.N. (1802), who
died in April, 1822.
This otticer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1804,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lively 38, Capts.
Graham Eden Hamond and Geo. M'Kinley. On
5 Oct. following we find him present, under Capt.
Hamond, at the capture of three Spanish frigates
laden with treasure, and the destruction of a fourth,
off Cape St. Mary ; and on 29 May, 1805, participat-
ing in the Lively's single-handed and self-sought
skirmish with the Spanish 74-gun ship Glorioso.
While in charge, as Midshipman, of a prize, Mr.
Blake was unfortunately, on 14 Oct. 1807, captured
and taken to France, where he was detained a
prisoner until the conclusion of the war in 1814.
He then successively joined the Prince 98, flag-
ship at Portsmouth of Sir Richard Bickerston, and
Leviathan 74, Capts. Adam Drummond and Thos.
Briggs, attached to the fleet in the Mediterranean,
whence, having been promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant on 22 of the preceding Feb., he returned
to England in Dec. 1815. His next appointments
.vpere— 18 Mai-ch, 1817, to the Martin 16, Capt.
Andw. Mitchell, in which vessel he was wrecked off
the coast of Ireland on 8 Dec. in the same year —
and, 5 Aug. 1819, to the Severn 50, Capt. Wm.
M'CuUoch, lying in the Downs for the purposes of
the Coast Blockade. He left that service in April,
1822, and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Blake married, 17 March, 1827, Harriette,
second daughter of the late Wm. Leeke, Esq., and
grand-daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Isaac
Vaillant.
BLAKE. (Captain, 1841. r.p., 23; h-p., 11.)
Patrick John Blake is second son of the late
Sir Jas. Henry Blake, Bart., by Louisa Elizabeth,
daughter of General Sir Thomas Gage, the cele-
brated commander of the British forces during the
first American war; brother of the present Sir
Henry Chas. Blake, Bart., of Langham, co. Suflblk ;
nephew of Admiral Sir Wm. Hall Gage, G.C.H., one
of the late Lords of the Admiralty ; and first cousin
of Viscount Gage.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indds 74, commanded
by his uncle, Capt. W. H. Gage, on the North Sea
and Mediterranean stations ; attained the rating of
Midshipman in May following, and from Sept. 1814,
until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 19 July,
1823, served as Midshipman on the Home, West
India, and South American stations, in the Eurotas
38, Capts. Robt. Bloye and Jas. Lillicrap, Ramil-
LiES, Malta, and Rivoli, all commanded by Capt.
Chas. Ogle, Tigris 36, Capt. Robt. Henderson,
Andromache 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirrefi', Con-
way 26, Capt. Basil Hall, and Creole 42, bearing
the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy.
His next appointments were — 2 Feb. 1824, to the
Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, with whom he again
sailed for South America — and, 13 Dec. 1825, to
the Warspite 74, in which ship, and the Java 52,
he served, a great part of the time as Flag-Lieu-
tenant to Rear-Admiral Gage, on the East India
station, until advanced to the rank of Commander,
15 Jan. 1830. On 9 March, 1837, we find Capt.
Blake commissioning the Larne 18, and shortly
afterwards returning to the East, where he con-
tinued for five years, and was actively employed
during the campaign in China, particularly in the
attack, 7 Jan. 1841, on the forts and batteries at
Chuenpee, for his able support of Capts. Herbert
and Scott on which occasion he was officially men-
tioned by Sir Gordon Bremer.'" He attained Post-
rank 6 May, 1841, and has been in command, since
3 Sept. 1845, of the Juno 26, in the Pacific. Agents
— Messrs. Halford and Co.
BLAKE. (Lieutenant, 1808. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 34.)
Thomas Blake entered the Navy, 27 Feb. 1802,
as Midshipman, on board the Fox 32, Capt. Jas.
Giles Vashon, on the East India station, where he
removed, as Master's Mate, in Jan. 1805, to the
Pitt (afterwards Salsette) 36, Capt. Walter Bath-
urst The latter ship, while blockading Port Louis
in Jan. 1806, took several prizes; and on 20 of
that month was much injured by a fire from Fort
Canonnier, to which she lay exposed for 20 minutes
without being able to return a shot. Mr. Blake
who subsequently proceeded to the Baltic, and was
attached for a brief period to the Thisbe, bearing
the flag in the Thames of Hon. Henry Edwin Stan-
liope, obtained a Lieutenancy, 23 Sept. 1808, in the
Calliope 20, Capt. John M'Keslie, under whom
^'J^T"'"!^ !?^ *^ reduction of Flushing in Aug.
1809, and the capture, besides numerous other ves-
sels, of the Comtesse d'Hamhourg, French privateer,
■• Vide Gai. 1641, pp. 1162, 122s.
BLAKISTON—BLANCKLEY— BLAND.
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of 14 guns and 51 men, after an obstinate conflict,
25 Oct. 1810. He invalided from the Calliope,
27 Feb. 1811, and was subsequently appointed — 25
June following, to the Pylades sloop, Capt. Geo.
Ferguson, employed in the Baltic, and also in the
North Sea, whence his health obliged him to return
in Feb. 1812 — 14 Nov. in the same year, to the
Cadmos 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, in the Channel — and
29 July, 1814, to the Portia 14, Capt. Thompson.
The last was but a nominal appointment, as in a
few days afterwards he again invalided. He has
since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Blake is married, and has issue.
BLAKISTON. (Commanbeb, 1821. f-p., 15;
H-P., 29.)
Thomas Blakiston, born in Dec. 1790, is fourth
son of the late Sir Matthew Blakiston, Bart., by
Ann, daughter of John Roohford, Esq., of Clog-
ranne, co. Carlow ; and brother both of the present
Baronet, and of Capt. John Blakiston, of the 27th
regiment. His paternal grandfather was Lord Mayor
of London in 1760.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 June, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magnificent 74, Capt.
Wm. Henry Jervis, in which ship he was wrecked
on a sunken rock near Brest, 25 March, 1804. He
then became Midshipman of the Tonnant 80, com-
manded by the same officer, and next served with
Sir John Gore in the Medusa 32, and Kevenge 74,
on the East India and Home stations. Being un-
fortunately taken prisoner on the night of 15 July,
1806, while employed with the boats of a squadron
in an attempt to bring out a convoy of 50 sail, lying
under the protection of two brig-corvettes in the
river Gironde, he remained in captivity until the
close of 1809, when he contrived to escape from
the prison of Givet, and reached Flushing, then in
the possession of the British. He passed his ex-
amination early in Jan. 1810, and on 11 of the
same month was made Lieutenant into the Harpy
18, Capt. Geo. Wm. Blamey. On 4 Sept. following
he rejoined Sir John Gore in the Tonnant, sta^
tioned in the Channel, and, on again accompanying
him into the Revenge, assisted in the boats of
that ship at the cutting out of a French felucca
privateer from the harbour of Falamos, on the
coast of Spain, 8 Nov. 1813.* The Revenge being
paid oflT in Sept. 1814, Mr. Blakiston, from 25 March,
1818, until his advancement to his present rank,
2 July, 1821, was next employed in the Bdlwark 74,
as Flag-Lieutenant to his friend Sir J. Gore, who,
during that period, was Commander-in-Chief at
the Nore. He has not since been employed.
He married, 9 Aug. 1827, Harriet, fourth daughter
of John Harvey, Esq., of Thorpe Lodge, co. Norfolk,
and by that lady has issue three daughters.
BLANCKLEY. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 17; h-p., 24.)
Edward Blancklet died 4 May, 1845. He was
son of H. S. Blanckley, Esq., many years Consul-
General at Algiers.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Jan. 1805, as
Midshipman, on board the Madras 54, Capt. Chas.
Marsh Schomberg, stationed in the Mediterranean,
where, during a continuance of more than nine
years, he successively joined — in July, 1807, and
Dec. 1808, the Pylades sloop and Glatton 56,
both commanded by Capt. Geo. Miller Bligh— in
May, 1809, the Wizard 16, Capt. Abel Ferris— and
in Oct. 1809, and March, 1810, the MERonKY 28,
and Impbbiedse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan.
He assisted, on 2 Nov. 1811, in conjunction with
the Thames 32, at the gallant capture and destruc-
tion, in the harbour of Palinuro, on the coast of
Calabria, of 10 gun-boats and 22 richly-laden fe-
luccas, although defended by a strong tower, two
batteries, and a land force of 700 men; contri-
buted next, 27 June, 1812, to the destruction of a
French convoy and of the batteries of Languelia
and Alassio, in the Gulf of Genoa ; was present, on
17 Aug. in the same year, in a spirited skirmish
• yide Gaz. 1814, p. 1S4.
with a powerful Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of
Naples ; participated, with the squadron under
Capt. Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, in
the capture, 5 Oct. 1813, of 29 French vessels, an-
chored under the guns of two batteries and a
tower, at Port d'Anzo ; and subsequently wit-
nessed, independently of many other services, the
operations at Via Reggio and Leghorn, under Sir
Josias Rowley. From theliiPERiEUSE Mr. Blanck-
ley accompanied Capt. Duncan, in Aug. 1814, into
the Glasgow 50, which ship, after crvdzing for
some months off the Western Islands, he left in
April, 1815, having been a short time before, on
6 Feb., advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. His
next appointment was, 16 May, 1822, to the Alli-
gator 28, Capt. Thos. Alexander, fitting for the
East India station, where his exertions during the
Burmese war were rewarded by his promotion to
the acting-command of the Sophie sloop, about
April, 1825. The Admiralty accorded their sanc-
tion to the appointment 10 Dec. in the same year ;
but, the Sophie having been previously sold, Capt.
Blanckley returned to England a passenger in the
LiFFEY 50, Capt. Thos. Coe, 21 Jan. 1826. He
lastly, on 22 May, 1831, obtained command of the
Pylades 18, for service in South America. On his
passage thither he received the open acknowledg-
ments of the British residents at Madeira for " his
manly protection of their interests at an eventful
period." After serving most creditably for three
years, during which period he also elicited the
public thanks of the British merchants at Pemam-
buco for his active protection of themselves and
their property at a time of revolt and massacre, he
returned home with a freight of 400,000 dollars,
and was paid off in June, 1834. His elevation to
Post-rank took place 23 Jan. 1841.
Capt. Blanckley married, first, in 1820, Harriet,
third daughter of Geo. Matcham, Esq., of Ashford
Lodge, Sussex, niece, maternally, of the hero of
Trafalgar, and sister-in-law of Lieuts. John Ben-
dyshe, R.N., Arthur Davies, R.N., and Henry Wm.
Mason, R.N., by whom he had, with other issue, a
son, the present Lieut. Henry Duncan Blanckley,
R.N. He married, secondly, 14 July, 1841, Sarah
Elizabeth, of Redland Hall, co. Gloucester, eldest
daughter of the late Sir Geo. Nayler, Garter King-
at-Arms. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
BLANCKLEY. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Henry Duncan Blanckley is son of the late
Capt. Edw. Blanckley, R.N., and grand-nephew of
the first Lord Nelson.
This officer entered the Navy in 1832 ; passed his
examination 1 May, 1839 ; and served as Mate, on
the Home, Cape of Good Hope, and Mediterranean
stations, of the Salamander and Devastation
steam-vessels, both commanded by Capt. Hastings
Reginald Henry, Heroine brig, Lieut.-Commander
Thos. Dihiot Stewart, Isis 44, Capt. Sir John Mar-
shall, Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne,
and Flamer steamer, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Jas.
Postle. He was appointed soon after his promo-
tion, which took place 2 Deo. 1844, to the Rattler
steam-sloop, Capt. Henry Smith ; and since 12 June,
1846, has been serving in the Inflexible, a similar
vessel, Capt. John Cochrane Hoseason, on the East
India station.
BLAND. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Alleyne Bland entered the Navy in 1832, and
passed his examination 3 July, 1839. After serving
for a considerable time as Mate, on the East India
and Home stations, of the Druid 44, Capt. Henry
Smith, and Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir
Thos. Hastings, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy,
24 March, 1845, in the Racehorse 18, Capts. Geo.
Jas. Hay and Edw. Southwell Sotheby, with the
latter of whom he is again doing duty in the
East Indies. He appears, on 10 and 11 Jan. 1846,
to have been employed on shore in directing the
fire of a breaching battery, in a successful attack
made by the British on a stronghold belonging to a
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BLANDFORD-BLANE-BLATCIILEY-BLENKARNE-BLENNERHASSETT.
rebel chief named Kav/iti, at Kuapikapika, in New
Zealand.*
BLAND, K.W. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Geokge Bland entered the Navy, 15 Jan. 1806,
as Third-cl. Boy, on hoard the Lion 64, Capt. Kobt.
Eolles, on the East India station ; became Midship-
man, 3 March, 1808, of the Pallas 32, Capt. Geo.
Fras. Seymour, with whom he served at the de-
struction of the French shipping in Aix Koads in
April, 1809, and at the reduction of Flushing ; ac-
companied the same officer, in 1810, into the Ma-
nilla 36, in which frigate, under Capt. John Joyce,
he was wrecked on the Haak Sands, near the Texel,
28 Jan. 1812 ; remained a prisoner in France from
that period untU 1814 ; then joined the Hastt hng,
Capt. John Brenton, on the Cork station ; and on
11 Feb. 1815, was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant. He has not since been employed.
Lieut. Bland was appointed, in 1834, a Naval
Knight of Windsor.
BLANDFOED. (Lieut., 1811. r-P., 9 ; h-p., 33.)
James Blandfokd (h) entered the Navy, 18 May,
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Revenge 74, in
which ship he continued to serve until Nov. 1811,
under Capts. Kobt. Moorsom, Hon. Chas. Elphin-
stone Fleeming, Sir John Gore, Hon. Chas. Paget,
and the flag of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge. During
that period he took part, and officiated as aide-de-
camp to Capt. Moorsom, in the battle of Trafalgar,
21 Oct. 1805 ; witnessed, with Sir John Gore, the
capture, by a squadron under Sir Samuel Hood, of
four French frigates off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806 ;
assisted, in the summer of 1809, in fitting out at
Sheemess the gun-boats intended to accompany the
expedition to the Scheldt, where he was throughout
employed on detached service ; and, in 1810-11, co-
operated, under Rear-Admlral Legge, in the de-
fence of Cadiz. Mr. Blandfordj who attained the
rank of Lieutenant on 16 Deo. m the latter year,
was subsequently appointed — in Feb. 1812, to the
Statelt 64, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, also at
Cadiz— 12 April, 1813, to the Impbtoedx 74, Capt.
Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, off Lisbon— and, 31
March, 1814, to the Akcher 12, on the coast of
France, whence he invalided in Aug. following.
He has since been on half-pay.
He married 29 Aug. 1819, and has issue two chil-
dren. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
BLANE. (Commander, 1846.)
George Blane was born, 7 Nov. 1813, at Wink-
field Park, near Windsor.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6
April, 1827, and embarked, in April, 1829, on board
the Sekingapatam 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walde-
grave, fitting for the South American station. He
passed his examination in May, 1833 ; was pro-
moted (while serving off Lisbon in the Donegal
78, Capt. John Drake) to the rank of Lieutenant,
28 June, 1838; and afterwards joined — 9 April,
1839, the Beneow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, under
whom he participated in all the operations of 1840
on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment
of St. Jean d'Acre — 22 May, 1843, the Inconstant
36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, employed on the
North America and West India station — and, 20
July, 1846, as First, the Spartan 22, commanded in
the Mediterranean by Capt. Thos. Matthew Chas.
Symonds. He acquired his present rank on 27 Nov.
in the latter year.
BLATCHLEY. (LiEnT., 1 823. r-p.,21; h-p.,17.)
Charles Blatchlet was bom 3 Feb. 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 July, 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William, Capts.
John Irwin and Robt. Hall, guard-ship at Spit-
head. From July, 1811, until Sept. 1818, we find
him serving on the Mediterranean, Channel, and
North American stations, in the Htacinth 26,
Capts. Thos. Ussher and Alex. Eenton Sharpe;
• Vide GiZ. 1846, p. 2346.
under the former of whom he assisted, on the night
of 29 April, 1812, in a vaUant boat attack upon the
enemy's privateers and batteries m the Mole of
Malaga, L enterprise which, although partia^^^y
succes?ful, terminated in a loss to the British out
of 149 officers and men, of 15 killed and 53 wounded.
Having passed his examination 2 Aug. 1810, Mr.
Blatchley, after a further attachment, as Midship-
man, Master's Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant, to the
Hyperion and DoKis frigates, Capts. Thos, Searle,
Thos. Graham, Edw. Venables Vernon, and Thos.
Bourchier, both on the South American station,
was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 23 Oct. 1823, in
the Briton 46, Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell. He re-
turned home from the Pacific in Sept. 1826 ; and
was next, on 4 Dec. 1830, appointed First of the
AcTJBON 26, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, on the
Mediterranean station. He has been on half-pay
since 4 Sept. 1834.
He is married, and has issue three children.
BLENKAENE. (Liect., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 31.)
William Blenkakne entered the Navy, in Nov.
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Harpy 18, Capt.
Edmund Heywood, employed in watching the Bou-
logne flotiUa; and after a short attachment, towards
the close of 1805, to the Royal William, bearing
the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Isaac Coffin, became
Midshipman of the Audacious 74, in which ship he
proceeded to the West Indies. He subsequently
joined the Dictator 64, Capt. Jas. Macnamara, in
the North Sea, and under the same officer, in the
Edgar 74, witnessed the embarkation of the Mar-
quis de la Romana's army from Nyeborg, 11 Aug.
1808. In March, 1810, Mr. Blenkame removed to
the Berwick 74, also commanded by Capt. Macna-
mara, and in that ship, on 24 March, 1811, he assisted
in chasing a large French frigate, L'Amazone, among
the rocks near Barfleur, where she was in conse-
quence burnt by her own crew. On Capt. Edw.
Brace succeeding to the command of the Berwick,
we find him participating, in April, 1814, in the
operations which led to the reduction of Genoa,
and further present at the surrender of Gaeta, 8 Aug,
1815. A few weeks after the battle of Algiers, on
which occasion, 27 Aug. 1816, he fought as Master's
Mate of the Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Rear- ,
Admiral David Milne, Mr. Blenkame was presented
with a commission dated back to 20 March, 1815.
He has not since been employed.
BLENNEEHASSETT. (Eetiked Commanbek,
1844. F-p., 13 ; H-P., 34.)
James Primrose Blennerhassett entered the
Navy, in May, 1800, as a Vol., on board the Pomone
40, Capts. Robt. Carthew Reynolds and Edw. Leve-
son Gower. While under the latter officer in the
Mediterranean, we find him assisting at the capture,
3 Aug. 1801, after a stiff action of 10 minutes, in
which the above ship endured a loss of 2 men killed
and 4 wounded, of the Carriere, of 40 guns ; and on
2 Sept. following, of the frigates Succes aniBravoure.
From Majch, 1803, until March, 1807, he served on
board the Tonnant 80, Capts. Sir Edw. Pellew,
Wm. Henry Jervis, and Chas. Tyler, flag-ship sub-
sequently of Rear- Admirals Eliab Harvey and Hon.
Michael De Courcy, und during that period bore «
part, under Capt. Tyler, in the battle of Trafalgar.
He then acted as Lieutenant of the Confiance 20,
commanded off the coast of Portugal by Capt. Jas.
Lucas Yeo, until the period of his official promotion,
which took place 29 July, 1807. He was next, on
20 Oct. following, appointed to the Bedford 74,
Capt. Jas. Walker, in which ship, after escorting
the Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils, he was
employed, as First-Lieutenant, at the blockade of
Flushing, and on the Jamaica station. Having
been on half-pay since Oct. 1813, Mr. Blennerhassett
on 3 Sept. 1844, accepted the rank he now holds.
BLIGHT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 19; h-p.,31.)
Emanuel Blight, born 8 Feb. 1790, is brother
of Capt. Wm. Blight, E.N.
BLIGHT— BLISSETT—BLOIS-BLOOD— BLOW.
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This officer entered the Navy, 24 June, 1803, as
A.'B.j on hoard the Bbitannia 100, Capt. the Earl
of Northesk, under whom, when Kear- Admiral, he
fought, in the same ship, at Trafalgar, 21 Oct, 1805.
He accompanied his lordship, in Feb. 1806, into the
Deeadnooght 98 ; served next for three years in
the London 98, Capta. Edw. Oliver Osborn and
Thos. Western, latterly on the Brazilian station,
whither he escorted the Koyal Family of Portugal ;
passed his examination 5 July, 1809 ; and then join-
ed, as Master's Mate, the ConEAOEDX 74, Capt.
Robt. Flampin. From the latter ship ho was shortly
afterwards detached, in command of No. 63 gun-
boat, to assist in the expedition to the Scheldt,
where he aided in covering the first landing of the
troops, co-operated in the bombardment of Flushing,
and sustained a loss of 2 men killed and another
wounded. From Deo. 1810, until Sept. 1815, Mr.
Blight further served, on the West India, Home,
and Mediterranean stations, in the Dragon 74, flag-
ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, and Qoeen and Montagb
74's, Capts. Lord John Colville, John Coode, and
Peter Hey wood. He was then, having been awarded
a commission dated on 20 of the previous Feb.,
placed on half-pay, and has not since been em-
ployed.
BLIGHT. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 28.)
William Blight, the son of an officer in the
Navy, is brother of Lieut. E. Blight, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 May, 1793, as a
Vol., on board the Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Chas.
Carpenter, and continued to serve in that ship (with
but a short interval in Dec. 1796, when he appears
to have been employed in the Prince George 98,
Capt. John Irwin, lying at Portsmouth), as Midship-
man, Master's Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant, under
Capts. Robt. Parker, Edw. Bass, and Wm. Hargood
— nearly the whole time in the East and West
Indies, where he came into frequent encounter
with the enemy — until confirmed, 15 April, 1803,
into the Britannia 100, Capt., afterwards Kear-
Admiral, the Earl of Northesk. In the latter ship
Lieut. Blight participated in the battle of Trafalgar,
and during that huge conflict was sent with a party
to take possession of the surrendered French 74
L'Aiffle, in which he remained, exposed to severe
sufferings, until fortunately rescued previous to her
total loss in the gale that ensued. He was next em-
ployed in navigating to Gibraltar another of the
captured ships, the Spanish third-rate Santa Ana.
His subsequent appointments, as Lieutenant, were
— 14 Feb. 1806, to the Dheadnohght 98, as Flag
to the Earl of Northesk— 14 Aug. 1806, to the
• Nekeide 36, Capt. Robt. Corbett, of which frigate
he ultimately became Senior — 9 Feb. 1809, to the
Powerful 74, Capt. Chas. Jas. Johnston— 24 July,
1809, to be Agent for Transports, in which capa^
city he ofBciated until 16 Nov. 1815 — and, in Oct.
1819, as First, to the Qdeen Charlotte, bear-
ing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Campbell.
While in the Nerbide at the attack on Buenos
Ayres, in July, 1807, Lieut. Blight was intrusted
by Rear-Admiral Murray with the peculiarly dan-
gerous and hazardous service of keeping up a con-
stant communication between the Army and Navy,
and for his able discharge of that duty he acquired
considerable credit and much ofHoial notice.* He
was subsequently employed in protecting the British
trade in the Kio de la Plata, and in cruizing off and
blockading the isles of France and Bourbon. On
21 Oct. 1808, we find him assisting at the destruction
of two powerful pirate-vessels, in the Persian Gulf,
having 700 men on board, and the simultaneous re-
capture of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s war-cruizer Sylph,
after an action of four hours. During the eventful
years of 1812-13-14, at the especial request of Lieut.-
General Lord William Bentinck, he was stationed at
Palermo, the head quarters, to conduct the duties
of the Transport Department. On 31 May, 1828,
the subject of this memoir, who had been promoted
to the rank of Commander 12 Feb, 1821, was ap-
» Fi<ieGaz.ie07,p. 1211.
pointed to the Britannia 120, flag-ship at Plymouth
of his old friend the Earl of Northesk, with whom
he continued — latterly in the St. Vincent 120 —
until the expiration of his lordship's command in
May, 1830. Capt. Blight was advanced to Post rank
22 July foUovring, but he has not since been em-
ployed. It is very worthy of remark, that, from
the period of his entering the service in 1793 until
1815, this officer was not, altogether, more than two
months unemployed.
He married Louisa, sister of Commander J. B.
Howell, R.N.
BLISSETT. (LrEOTENANT, 1824.)
Charles Edward Blissett obtained his com-
mission 21 Jan. 1824 ; was appointed, 19 Feb. 1830,
to the CoastBlockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant
of the Talavera 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot ; and
since 31 March, 1831 (with the exception of a com-
mand, from 11 June, 1838, until 12 Sept. 1840, of
the Dolphin revenue-cruizer), has been in charge
of a station in the Coast Guard.
BLOIS. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 23; h-p., 17.)
John Ralph Blois is second son of Sir Chas.
Blois, Bart., of Grundisburgh and Coxfield Halls,
CO. Suffolk, by Clara, daughter of Jocelyn Price,
Esq., of Camblesworth Hall, co. Tork ; and brother-
in-law of Lord Huntingfield.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the CoLossns 74, Capt. Jas.
Nicoll Morris, attached to the force in the Medi-
terranean, where, and on the Home station, he
afterwards served, as Midshipman, in the Royal
Sovereign and San Josef, flag-ships of Sir Edw.
'rhombrough and Sir Chas. Cotton, Furieuse 36,
Capt. Wm. Mounsey, Repulse 74, Capt. Richard
Hussey Moubray, Bacchus, Capt. Wm. Hill, Ber-
wick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, and Impregnable 104,
flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley. He assisted, while
in the Furieuse, at the capture of the island of
Ponza and of the town of Via Reggio, as also in the
unsuccessful attack upon Leghorn, in 1813 ; and, in
the Berwick, he witnessed the surrender of Gaeta,
in Aug. 1815. Having been promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant on 6 March in the latter year, Mr. Blois
was next in that capacity appointed — 6 Feb. 1816,
to the Meander 38, Capts. John Bastard and Sir
Jas. Alex. Gordon, under the latter of whom he
narrowly escaped shipwreck, near Orfordness, in
Dec. of the same year — and, 3 July, 1818, to the
EuRTALus 42, Capt. Thos. Huskisson, stationed in
the West] Indies. He there assumed the acting-
command," 30 Dec. 1820, of the Nautilus 18, in
which sloop he continued until confirmed into the
Bann, 6 March, 1821. He subsequently officiated,
from 18 Jan. 1823, until the spring of 1832, as an
Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard, but
since the latter date has been on half-pay. Agents
— Hallett and Robinson.
BLOOD. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Frederick Blood entered the Navy, in Aug,
1812, as Midshipman, on board the Ulysses 44,
Capts. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker and Wm. Fo-
thergill, employed oflT Jersey ; and subsequently
served, on the Home, East India, Newfoundland,
West India, Irish, and Lisbon stations, in the
Dannemark 74, Capt. H. E. R. Baker, Royal
Sovereign and Tonnant, both commanded by
Capt. Edw. Pelhara Brenton, Towey 24, Capt. Hew
Steuart, Valorous 24, Capt. Jas. Murray, Sappho
18, Capt. Jas. Hauway Plumridge, and Ocean and
Spartiate, bearing each the flag of Lord Amellus
Beauclerk. Having passed his examination In 1818,
he was promoted (while serving in the last-men-
tioned ship) to the rank of Lieutenant, by commis-
sion dated 15 Deo. 1827. He has not been employed
since 1829.
BLOW. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 29; h-p., 34.)
John Aitkin Blow is son of the late Lieut. Sam.
Blow, B.N., who was present in Rodney's actions in
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BLOYE.
1782 ; uncle of Lieut. Peter Stark, R.N. ; and bro-
ther-in-law of Col. Ale.x. Munro, R.A.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 May, 1784, as
Lieutenant's Servant, on board the SAMPSoif 64,
guard-ship at Plymouth, Capt. Geo. Hope; and next
joined the Powekfdl 74, similarly employed under
the orders of Capt. Fitzherbert. On 24 Jan. 1791,
after an interval of nearly five years, he re-embarked
on board the Bombay Castle 74, Capt. John Thos.
Duckworth, likewise stationed as a guard-ship at
Plymouth ; and he appears to have subsequently
served in the Scorpion 18, Capt. John Holloway,
Niger 32, and London 98, both commanded by
Capt. Richard Goodwin Keats, Blonde 32, Capt.
John Markham, in which frigate he co-operated in
the reduction of the French West India Islands in
1794, and Hannibal 74, commanded by the same
Captain, under whom he further witnessed the
capture, 11 April, 1795, of La Gentille French frigate,
of 42 guns. After an employment of two years as
Midshipman, on the Home station, of the Pegase
receiving-ship, Lieut. -Commander Sam. Blow,
Orestes 18, Capt. Christopher Parker, and Sultan
74, Lieut.-Commander Woodger, he became Acting-
Lieutenant, in July, 1797, of the Success 32, Capt.
Philip "Wilkinson, an appointment which, on 19 of
the following Oct., received the sanction of the
Admiralty. In July, 1798, Mr. Blow was appointed
Senior of the Alliance 36, part of the squadron
employed in 1799 at the memorable defence of St.
Jean d'Acre, where (in consequence of the Captain,
David Wilmot, being killed during an early part of
the operations) he succeeded to the acting-com-
mand, and fought his ship with consummate gal-
lantry until the close of the siege. He continued
to command the Alliance for six months, but was
then, in spite of the earnest recommendations of
Sir Sidney Smith for his promotion, superseded by
Earl St. Vincent, the Commander-in-Chief, and
suffered to continue on the Lieutenants' List for a
period of 30 years ! Indignant at the conduct so
deserving an oillcer had experienced. Lord Nelson
immediately appointed him to his flag-ship, the
FoDDROYANT 80, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, under
whom, while at the blockade of Malta, we find him
assisting at the capture, on 18 Feb. 1800, of Le
Genereux 74, and Ville de Marseilles armed store-
ship, and on 31 March, after a desperate conflict
in which the Foudroyant (then in company with
the Lion 64, and Penelope 36) sustained a loss of
8 men killed and 64 wounded, of Le Guillaume Tell,
of 84 guns and 1000 men, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
Decres. Among the wounded on the latter occa^
sion was Mr. Blow himself, who, although his sight
was severely injured, never obtained the least com-
pensation.* He returned to England in the Guil-
laume Tell, and on that ship being added to the
British Navy under the name of Malta, and com-
missioned by Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, continued
to be employed in her for some months. His en-
suing appointments afloat were— 20 Jan. 1801, to
the Ambuscade 36, Capts. Lord John Colville and
David Atkins, stationed in the West Indies and
Channel— and, 10 May, 1803, and 24 April, 1810,
to the command of the Charger, of 12, and Alge-
EiNE, of 10 guns. During the nearly seven years
of his continuance in the Charger, Mr. Blow, be-
sides capturing various smuggling vessels, succeeded
in making prize, 28 May, 1805, of the De Zenno, a
Danish privateer carrying 13 men, participated also
in the operations of 1807 against Copenhagen, and
was then employed in surveying the Malmo Road,
on the Swedish coast, for the purpose of enabling
H.M. ships and convoys to pass, a service he very
ably accomplished. On 9 June, 1808, the Charger
formed part of a small convoying squadron, one of
which, the Turbulent gun-brig, was captured by a
Danish flotilla near the south end of Saltholm ; and
in the following December, while escorting the
trade through Malmo Road, she was attacked by a
detachment of gun-boats of very superior force —
for his conduct in defeating which, and at the same
time re-capturing two of his own convoy, her Com-
• Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 576.
mander was honoured vpith the thanks of the Ad-
miralty. In Aug. 1809, Mr. Blow further accompa-
nied the expedition to the Walcheren, and after the
bombardment of Flushing he was deputed by Sir
Home Popham to survey and place buoys along the
Scheldt, from Bathz, on the island of South Beve-
land, to Fort LiUo. On assuming command, as
above, of the Algerine, he took three privateers
and several merchantmen ; and while subsequently
cruizing in company with the 12-gun brig Brev-
drageren, liieut.-Commander Thos. Barker Devon,
he fell in with and was pursued, 31 July, 181 1, by a
Danish force, consisting of three brigs, carrying in
the whole 54 guns and 480 men, against whom the
British could only oppose a force of 22 guns and 107
men. Although Mr. Blow does not appear to have
been enabled directly to render much efifective aid
to the Brevdrageren in her close action on 1 Aug.
with the largest of the enemy's vessels, the Lang-
land, of 20 guns and 170 men (except at the com-
mencement, when the Algerine had 1 man killed
and 2 wounded), beyond sending her a boat and
sweeps, yet, for his skilful manoeuvres in detaching
the remainder of the enemy's force, and his exer-
tions in facilitating the subsequent escape of him-
self and consort, he received through Sir Jas. Sau-
marez, a second time, the acknowledgments of the
Board of Admiralty. On 30 of the following Oct.,
in consequence of a dispute with a Capt. Campbell,
B.M., to whom we believe he had sent a challenge,
he was unfortunately dismissed from the command
of the Algerine by sentence of court-martial ; but
not long afterwards, on 19 Feb. 1812, was appointed
to the Impress service at Folkestone, where he re-
mained until Aug. 1813. On 1 Jan. 1826, he ob-
tained command of the Contest gun-brig, fitting at
Portsmouth, but was superseded on being advanced
to the rank of Commander, 27 March following.
From 23 April, 1834, until May, 1837, we next find
him attached, the last nine months as Second Cap-
tain of the T'emekaiee 104, to the Ordinary at
Sheerness. He was afterwards, in the early part of
1842, selected by Her Majesty to command the
Black Eagle, on the occasion of her visiting in
that vessel the Queen 110, lying at Spithead, and
about to proceed to the Mediterranean with the flag
of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He was promoted, in
consequence of that service, to Post-rank, by com-
mission dated 7 March in the same year; since
which period he has been on half-pay.
Capt. Blow is married, and has issue. Agents —
Coplands and Burnett.
BLOYE. (Eeak- Admiral, 1846. f-p., 19;
H-p., 35.)
EoBEHT Bloye entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1793,
as A. B., on board the Marlborough 74, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, under whom he par-
ticipated, as Midshipman, in Lord Howe's action of
1 June, 1794. He accompanied the same officer, as
Master's Mate, in July, 1795, into the Formidable
98, commanded afterwards by Capts. Jas. Hawkins
Whitshed and Edw. Thornbrough ; removed, in
May, 1799, to the Tbmeraire 98, bearing the flags
in succession of Kear-Admirals Sir John Borlase
Warren and J. H. Whitshed ; and, on 2 Oct. 1800,
was made Lieutenant into the Spitfire sloop, Capt.
Robt. Keen. His next appointments were — on 12
Sept. 1804, to the Princess of Orange 74, Capt.
Thos. Rogers— and, on 11 March, 1806, to the Hi-
bernia 110, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent, under
whom he served until promoted to the rank of
Commander 4 Aug. following. Assuming com-
mand, 13 Dec. 1809, of the Lyra 10, Capt. Bloye
continued to be employed in that vessel (with the
exception of two months, from 30 July to 30 Sept.
1812, when he appears to have officiated as Acting-
Captain of the SuRVEiLLANTE 38) for nearly four
years, and during poj^t of that period was highly
distinguished by his zealous and gallant co-opera-
tion mth the patriots on the north coast of Spain.
He commanded a party at the destruction, on 24
June, 1812, of the Castle of Galea, and of the bat.
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teries of Bermeo, Plencia, Algorta, Begona, El
Campillo las Queras, and Xebiles, mountiag in the
whole twenty-eight 18 and 24-pounders ;* witnessed
the taking of Castro, 8 July following ; and, on the
morning of 10 of the same month, landed with a
body of marines at Puerta Galletta, knocked the
trunnions off the guns in the Begona battery, and
destroyed one mounted on a height.f Early in
May, 1813, he assisted, as Senior Naval officer, with
the Royalist and Sparkow brigs under his orders,
at the spirited defence of Castro ; and on its evacu-
ation by the Spanish garrison, 1150 in' number, he
eflFectually rescued the latter by embarking them on
board his squadron. J On 31 Aug., during the siege of
St. Sebastian, Capt. Bloye acted a very conspicuous
part by commanding one of the two divisions of
boats, which, being sent to make a diversion on the
back of the rook, so drew off the attention of the
garrison from the defence of the breach which had
been made in the walls, that the assailants were en-
abled to enter and obtain possession of the town.§
As a reward for his able and indefatigable exertions
in the accomplishment of these services, he was ad-
vanced to Post-rank on 23 Dec. in the same year.
He afterwards acquired the command, 18 June,
1814, of the EnnoTAS 38, and, in April, 1815, of the
Tay 24. Capt. Bloye, the whole of whose career
afloat was passed upon what is termed the Home
station, and who had been on half-pay since Feb.
1816, accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
He was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815.
BLUETT, K.H. (Captain, 1812. f-p., 14;
H-P., 42.)
BnOKLAND STiEiiiNG Bldett died in Nov. 1845.
He was of the family of Bluett, of Halcombe Court,
CO. Devon, and was son of the late Lieut. John
Bluett, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Deo. 1789, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salisboby 50, Capt.
"Wm. Domett ; served next, with Sir Andrew Snape
Hamond, in theVASODABD and Bedford 74's; and,
after an unemployed interval of three years and a
half, became Midshipman, in Sept. 1797, of the
MabIiBOBodgh 74, Capts. Joseph Ellison and Thos.
Sotheby, in which ship he continued to be employed,
on the Mediterranean station, until Aug. 1800. He
then joined, for very brief periods, the Koyal
Geobge and VittE de Paris, flag-ships, off Brest,
of Earl St. Vincent, by whom, for his previous
conduct in a night-encounter in the boats with
some Spanish gun-vessels off Cadiz, he was pro-
moted, 14 Nov. following, to a Lieutenancy in
the St. George 98, Capt. Sampson Edwards. He
was confirmed, on 24 of the same month, into the
Seaghli, sloop, Capts. Thos. Lane and John Wain-
wright, and while in that vessel was frequently en-
gaged in landing emissaries on the coast of France,
where on one occasion he was wounded. He subse-
quently joined, on 3 Sept. 1802, the Resistance
frigate, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt.
Hon. Philip "Wodehouse, and, on 22 Nov. 1803, the
SooBPioN 18, Capt. Geo. Nicholas Hardinge. Iii the
boats of the latter vessel, and of the Beaver 14, led
in person by Capt. Hardinge, Lieut. Bluett assisted,
on 31 March, 1804, in capturing, in the Vlie Passage,
after a most spirited and determined conflict, the
Dutch brig Atalante of 16 long 12-pounders and
76 men, which, however, owing to the tempestuous
state of the weather and the intricacy of the navi-
gation, it took three days of intense labour to bring
out. The enemy in the affair lost their captain and
3 seamen killed, and 11 others severely wounded ;
the British only 5 wounded, including Lieut. Bluett,
whom the Patriotic Society in consequence pre-
sented with a sword valued at iOl., and the Admi-
ralty rewarded with a Commander's commission,
dated 10 April, the day the intelligence reached
England. His subsequent appointments were — 28
Sept. 1805, to the Wasp 18, on the Leeward Islands
• fi* Gai. 1812, p. 1343. f F. Gaz. I812,p. H40.
J V. Gaz. 1813, p. lOH.
} V. Gaz. 1813, pp. 1626-7, 1853.
station, whither he proceeded in charge of convoy,
from Cork, and where he captured, 24 May, 1806,
Le Napoleon French privateer of 14 guns, which,
together with her consort, L'Imperiale, had been
sent from Guadeloupe the night before to cut out
some merchantmen lying in Rosseau Bay, Dominica
— 25 Oct. 1806, to the command pro tern, of the
Martin sloop— 13 March, 1809, to the S abacen brig,
in which he took, 12 Oct. 1810, on the Jamaica sta^
tion. La Caroline, another French privateer, of 1
gun and 42 men— 14 July, 1812, to the Childers
sloop, lying at Portsmouth, where he was super-
seded on advancement to Post-rank, 12 Aug. fol-
lowing—and, 4 Jan. 1815, to the Leven of 24 guns,
in which ship we find him for some time very ac-
tively engaged in assisting the Royalists of La
Vendee, and supplying them with arms and ammu-
nition. He went on half-pay in Nov. 1815, and
was not afterwards employed.-
Capt. Bluett was nominated a K.H. 25 Jan. 1836.
He married, 11 March, 1813, Emily, daughter of
T. Powell, Esq., of Hammersmith, co. Middlesex,
and by that lady has left issue.
BLUETT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
John Courtney Bluett was bom 10 Aug. 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1807, as
Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Agamemnon 64, Capt.
Jonas Rose, and, after assisting as Midshipman at
the siege of Copenhagen, was wrecked in the Bio
de la Plata, 20 June, 1809. He subsequently served
in the Foudroyant 80, bearing the flag in South
America of Hon. Michael De Couroy; Mhtine 18,
Capt. Nevinson De Courcy, with whom he returned
to England in April, 1812 ; Bellerophon and Scab-
BORODGH 74's, flag-ships off the Texel of Rear-Ad-
miral John Ferrier ; and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of
Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, under whom he served in
the Chesapeake, and attended the expedition to
New Orleans in 1814-15. On 3 Feb. in the latter
year Mr. Bluett, who had passed his examination
on 7 April, 1813, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant
of the Calliope 10, Capt. Alex. M'Konochie, to
which vessel he was confirmed by the Admiralty on
28 of the same month. He returned to England
and was paid off in the following September, and
has since been on half-pay. Agents — Hallett and
Robinson.
BLUETT. (Commander, 1816. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 37.)
Richard Bluett entered the Navy, in April,
1793, as A.B., on board the Druid 32, Capt. Joseph
Ellison ; on accompanying whom, as Midshipman,
into the Standard 64, he attended the ill-fated
expedition sent in 1795 to co-operate with the
French Royalists in Quiberon Bay. "We afterwards
find him successively joining the Artois 38, Capt.
Sir Edmund Nagle, in which he was wrecked, 31
July, 1797, on the coast of France; the Unicorn
32, and Ethalion 38, both commanded by Capt.
Jas. Young, under whom, on 17 Oct. 1799, he as-
sisted at the capture of the Spanish 36-gun frigate
El Thetis, laden with specie to an enormous amount,
his own share of which alone amounted to nearly
800/. ; and the Royal George 100, bearing the
flag in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice
Pole. In April, 1800, Mr. Bluett was promoted to
an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Magnificent 74,
Capt. Edw. Bowater, from which ship he was con-
firmed into the Babet 20, Capt. Jas. Mainwaring,
7 May following. On 24 Dec. in the same year he
joined the Atlas 98, Capt. Theophilus Jones, but
invalided in Sept. 1802 ; and, after an interval of
half-pay, was appointed, in April, 1804, to the Kin-
sale district of Sea Fencibles. From that service
he was removed, 9 Jan. 1805, to the Baisonnaele
64, Capt. Josias Rowley, with whom he continued
to serve, a great portion of the time as First-Lieu-
tenant, until the summer of 1810. He was present
during that period in Sir Robt. Calder's action with
the combined squadrons of France and Spain 22
July, 1805 ; assisted at the reduction of the Cape of
Good Hope in Jan. 1806, and the ensuing capture -
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BLURTON-BLYTH— BOARDMAN.
of the Frenoli frigate Volantaire of 46 guns ; then
accompanied the expedition to the Kio de la Plata,
where he took an active part in all the operations
terminating with the evacuation of Spanish America
hy the British about Sept. 1807 ; and, in Sept. 1809,
gained particular notice for his steadiness and good
conduct at the taking of the town and slijpping of
St. Paul's, in He Bourbon, on which occasion he re-
ceived charge of La Caroline frigate, one of the
captured ships. Lieut. Bluett subsequently served,
from 8 July to 3 Sept. 1811, in the Impkegnable 98,
lying at Sheerness— from 10 March to 22 Sept. 1814,
as Senior, in the Princess Caroline 74, Capt. Hugh
Downman, employed in the North Sea and off
Greenland — and from 27 March to 15 Dec. 1815,
again in the Impregnable, bearing the flag of
Sir Josias Kowley in the Mediterranean. He was
advanced to his present rank 6 Dec. 1816 ; but has
not since been employed.
BLUBTON. (Lieutenant, 1812.)
George Blorton entered the Navy, 10 Dec.
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thisbe arviee en
JIute, Capt. Lewis Shepheard. In 1807, after serv-
ing on the Mediterranean and Home stations, he
attended Lieut. -Gen. Wbitelocke to Buenos Ayres ;
and, on his return, we find him employed for 17
months as Midshipman in the Zebra and Alaart
sloops, both commanded by Capt. Jas. Tillard. He
then rejoined Capt. Shepheard in the Brazen 18,
commanded afterwards by Capt. Rich. Plummer
Davies, on the "West India station, where he was
confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 7 Feb. 1812, in the
Polyphemus 64, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Bartho-
lomew Sam. Kowley. His subsequent appointments
afloat were— 23 April, 1813, to the Clio sloop, Capt.
"Wm. Farington, employed on the Home station —
and, 22 Nov. 1815, as Senior, to the Mdtine 18,
Capts. Jas. Mould and Wm. Sargent, under the
former of whom he fought at Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816.
He went on half-pay in April, 1817 ; obtained, in
1820, an appointment in the Coast Guard ; and,
since 28 July, 1838, has been in command of the
Semaphore station at Godahning. Agent — Joseph
Woodhead.
BLYTH. (Lieut, 182.5. f-p., 22; h-p., 18.)
Charles Blyth, born 17 Sept. 1795, is ninth son
of the late Wm. Blyth, Esq., of Sneeting Hall,
Kirby, near Colchester.
This oflicer entered the Navy, in July, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the King George, hired
cutter, for the purpose of joining the Defence 74,
Capt. Chas. Ekins, previously to which, however, he
served with the in-shore squadron at the bombard-
ment of Copenhagen, and was for a short time at-
tached to the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag
of Lord Gambler, and Spencer 74, Capt. Hon.
Kobt. Stopford. In Deo. following he at length
joined his appointed ship, but soon returned to the
Spencer, and, on the latter being paid off, in Dec.
1808, was transferred to the Indefatigable 40,
Capt. John Tremayne Kodd, one of the ships em-
ployed at the destruction of the French squadron
in Aix Roads, in April, 1809. In 1810 Mr. Blyth
became Midshipman of the Scipion 74, bearing the
flag of Hon. K. Stopford, from which ship, after
assisting at the reduction of Java in Aug. 1811, he
accompanied the same officer into the Lion 64. He
next joined the President 38, Capts. Fras. Mason
and Archibald Duff, under the former of whom he
appears to have been very actively engaged at the
siege of St. Sebastian, in Aug. and Sept. 1813, where
he commanded the President's 10-oared cutter,
one of the few boats that effected a landing at the
storming of Santa Clara. Mr. Blyth, who passed
his examination in Oct. 1814, subsequently served
in the York 74, Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, on
the Irish station ; Niger 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, on
the coast of North America; from 1821 to 1824, as
Acting-Lieutenant, and Mate in charge of chrono-
meters, in the Bustard 10, and Ringdove 18,
Capts. Martin Jas. Wigston, and Edwin Ludlow
Rich, in the West Indies; and, lastly, mthe Bei-to-
MART 10, Capts. Octavius Vernon and Thos. Ste-
phenson, of which vessel he was created a Lieute-
nant 9 Feb. 1825. He invalided m 1826; and,
since 2 Deo. 1843, has been employed in the Coast
CTrllfl-ro.
Lieut. Blyth married, in Dec. 1829, Miss Jane
M'Dowell, of Ballymena, co. Antrim, by whom he
has issue six children.
BOARDMAN. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 29.)
Robert Ball Boardman entered the Navy, 1
July, 1801, as Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Actjeon
sloop, Capt. Philip Hue, and in March, 1802, joined
the Cruizee 18, Capt. John Hancock. Under the
latter officer, during a continuance of three years on
the North Sea station, we find him bearing part, as
Midshipman, in many encounters with the enemy,
especially, on 16 May, 1804, in the Croizer's gallant
engagement of six hours and a half with a division
of the French flotilla, consisting of 59 sail, passing
along-shore from Flushing to Ostend, whose fire oc-
casioned her a loss of 1 man killed and 4 wounded ;
and in her close action, 23 Oct. following, with a
praam, which was completely silenced in less than
an hour and a half. Mr. Boardman also contributed
to the capture of several privateers, and, among
others, on 17 Nov. 1804, of the notorious Contre
Amiral de Magcm, of 17 guns and 84 men. He next
joined the Ville de Paris first-rate, bearing the
flag in the Channel of Hon. Wm. Comwallis, and,
in May, 1806, the Montagu 74, Capts. Robt. Waller
Otway and Rich. Hussey Moubray, on the Mediter-
ranean station, where, under the former oflicer, he
assisted at the evacuation of Sc^Ua, 17 Feb. 1808,
and in the subsequent co-operations with the pa-
triots on the coast of Catalonia. Being confirmed a
Lieutenant, 19 May, 1809, in the Fame 74, Capts.
Rich. Hen. Alex. Bennett and Phipps Hornby, he
was afterwards appointed, in that capacity — 13 Nov.
1810, to La Belle Poule 38, Capts. Jas. Brisbane,
Geo. Harris, andFras. Baker,under the firstof whom
he witnessed the destruction, 5 May, 1811, despite
many severe obstacles, of a French 18-gun brig in
the small harbour of Parenza* — and, 16 Sept. 1815, to
the Bacchus brig, Capts. Wm. Hill and John
PengeUy Parkin, employed on the East India sta-
tion. He was paid off, 3 June, 1818, and has not
since been employed.
Lieut. Boardman, having lost his first wife in
1838, married, secondly, 24 July, 1839, the widow
of the late Commander Robt. Andoe, R.N.
BOARDMAN. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Boardman entered the Navy, 31 Dec.
1803, as a Supernumerary, on board the Princess
floating battery, Capt. Sam. Colquitt, stationed at
Liverpool ; was next employed, as Fst.-cl. Vol. and
Midshipman, in the Bonetta sloop, Capts. Savage
and Probyn, off Boulogne and in the North Sea ;
joined, in May, 1805, the Bdrydice 24, Capt. Wm.
Hoste ; and from Oct. following until 4 Jan. 1811,
with the interval of a few months iu 1810, when we
find him in the Centaur 74, flag-ship off Toulon of
Sir Sam. Hood, served with the same Captain, part
of the time as Master's Mate, in the Amphion 32.
While in that ship he witnessed the invasion of
Calabria in July, 1806, and, on 30 of the same
month, a successful attack upon the important
fortress of Cotrone ; was present, 12 May, 1808, in a
spirited engagement of some hours with the bat-
teries in the Bay of Rosas in an attempt to capture
from under their protection the French frigate-built
800-ton store-ship Balleine, mounting from 26 to 30
guns, with a crew of about 150 men ; and, on 27
Aug. 1809, served in the boats under Lieut. Chas.
Geo. Rodney PhiUott, at the gallant destruction of
the fort of Cortelazzo, near Trieste, and capture of
a number of gun-boats and merchantmen anchored
for safety beneath its walls.f On leaving the Am-
phion, Mr. Boardman became Acting-Lieutenant
of the Acorn 18, Capts. Robt. Clephane, Fairfax
Moresby, and Geo. Miller Bligh, but soon after-
* Vide Gaj. 1811, p. 1S47. f V. Gas. 1809, p. 1907.
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wards, from hia intimate knowledge of the Adriatic
navigation, volunteered his services in the Belle
PoHLE 38, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, for a cruize in that
sea, where, on 5 May following, he assisted at the
destruction, in face of considerable opposition from
the enemy, of a French 18-gun brig, in the harbour
of Parenza.* Being confirmed in the rank of Lieu-
tenant on 8 Aug. in the same year, he successively
joined, in that capacity — 12 Dec. ensuing, the Bul-
wark 74, bearing the broad pendant in the Channel
of Commodore Rich. Goodwin Keats, and after-
wards the flag of Kear- Admiral Philip Chas. Durham
—11 May, 1813, the Kovek 18, Capt. Justice Finley,
stationed in Basque Boads — and, 20 Dec. 1813, the
SuPEKB 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, employed off
New York and New London. Since Aug. 1814, in
the course of which month he invalided home, Mr.
Boardman has been on half-pay.
BOGLE. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 13;
H-p., 33.)
Vere Waeker HnssEY Bogle, born 19 July,
1787, is first cousin of the late Admiral Sir Rich.
Hussey Bickerton, Bart., K.C.B., and of the late
Vice-Admiral Sir Rich. Hussey Hussey, K.C.B.,
their mothers being sisters.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Aug. 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., oil board the Tartar 32, Capt. Jas.
Walker, with whom, on proceeding to the West In-
dies, he joined, as Midshipman, in April, 1802, the
Vanguard 74 ; and, in that ship, during the year
1803, he assisted at the capture, besides a variety of
smaller vessels, of Le Duquesne 74, and La Creole of
44 guns, with the French General, Morgan, and 530
troops on board; and he also witnessed the sur-
render of the town of St. Marc, St. Domingo ; the
garrison of which place, amounting to about 1100
men, were brought off by the Vanguard and her
prizes to rescue them from the vengeance of the
black General, Dessalines. Returning home with
Capt. Walker in Sept. 1804, on board the Duquesjie,
Mr. Bogle, in the following month, became attached
to the Active 38, commanded by his relative Capt.
R. H. Moubray, under whom we find him employed
for some time in blockading the French force in
Toulon ; and, after his return to England with the
despatches announcing its escape, accompanying the
expedition of 1807 to the Dardanells, where the
Active bore a very distinguished part in the de-
struction of the Turkish squadron. Mr. Bogle, who
soon afterwards came home in the Bergj:re sloop,
Capt. G. B. Whinyates, was promoted, immediately
on passing his examination, to a Lieutenancy, on 2
Sept. in the same year, in the Prince George 98.
That ship being, however, paid off before he could
join, he was next appointed, on 23 of the ensuing
October, to the Pkosebpine 32, Capt. Chas. Otter,
stationed off the port of Toulon. While thus em-
ployed, the Proserpine, on the morning of 28 Feb.
1809, was attacked, and, in spite of a noble resist-
ance, in which she lost 1 man killed and 10 wounded,
captured, by the two French 40-gun frigates Pme'-
Iqpe and Pauline. In consequence of this disaster,
Lieut. Bogle, in common with the other officers and
men, was ultimately taken to Verdun, where he was
detained, a prisoner en parole, until May, 1814. Not
having been since employed, he accepted, on 11 Jan.
1844, the rank he now holds.
Commander Bogle married, 14 Oct. 1822, Alice,
only daughter of Thoa. Brown, Esq.
BOILEAU. (LiEDT., 1806. F-p., 40 ; h-p., 9.)
Lestock Francis Boileau, born, 6 Nov. 1785,
in the city of Dublin, is descended of an ancient
and noble Huguenot family that emigrated from
France at the revocation of the Edict of Nantes,
and lineally derives from Etienne Boileau, who was
appointed governor and first grand provost of Paris
in 1255.
This officer entered the Navy, about Aug. 1798,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Van Tbomp, Capts.
Rich. Hill and Peter Puget, on the Irish station ;
* Videdta. 1811, p. 1547.
served next, as Midshipman, in the Temeraike 98,
bearing the flags in the Channel and West Indies of
Rear-Admirals Sir John Borlase Warren and Geo.
Campbell; and, in March, 1803, became Master's
Mate of the Constance 24, Capt. Anselm John
Griffiths, with whom he was employed for upwards
of two years in the North Sea. He obtained an
Acting-Lieutenancy, 20 Aug. 1805, in the Powerful
74, Capt. Robt. Plampin, lying at Gravesend ; was
appointed, 13 Sept. following, Sub-Lieutenant of
the Imogene sloop, Capt. Thos. Garth; and was
promoted to his present rank in that vessel 22 Jan.
1806. He subsequently served for short periods in
the CoMUS, Capt. Conway Shipley, Grasshopper,
Capt. Thos. Searle, and Lord Eldon and Duchess
of Bedford, both commanded by Capt. John Brad-
ley; from 26 Oct. 1808, to 6 Jan. 1812, in the Con-
QOEROK 74, Capt. Edw. Fellowes, off Lisbon and in
the Mediterranean ; and next in the Tenedos 38,
Capt. Hyde Parker, on the coast of North America,
Grampus 50, Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier, in which
ship he proceeded to China, and Doris 36, Capt. Robt.
O'Brien, on the East India station, whence he inva-
lided 3 June, 1815. Lieut. Boileau, since 10 Aug.
1824, has been employed as an Inspecting-Com-
mander in the Coast Guard.
He married, in March, 1826, Charlotte, daughter
of the late Joseph Packer, Esq., Lieut. B.N. (1800),
and has issue four sons, of whom one is an officer in
the Indian army. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
BOLD, K.T.S. (LiE0T., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.)
Edward Bold entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1804, as
Second-cl. Vol., on board the Princess floating bat-
tery, Capt. Sam. Colquitt, stationed at Liverpool ;
attained the rating of Midshipman in May follow-
ing; and subsequently served, under Capt. Edw.
Brace, in the 32-gun frigates Castor and Iris, and
for four years and a half, as Master's Mate, in La
Virginie of 46 guns and 281 men, employed off the
coast of Spain and on the North Sea and Cork
stations. In the latter ship, besides making prize
of two Spanish privateers of 14 guns each, he as-
sisted at the capture, 19 May, 1808, of the Guelder-
land, a Dutch frigate of 36 guns and 253 men, which
did not surrender until after a most determined
night action of an hour and a half, terminating
with a loss to herself of 25 killed and 40 severely
wounded, and to the British of only 1 man killed
and 2 wounded. In the early part of 1810 Mr. Bold
was taken prisoner by the French, who detained
him in captivity from that period until 1814. He
was promoted to his present rank 6 Feb. 1815, but
has not been since officially employed. In Jan.
1845, he was granted the Royal licence to accept
and wear the insignia of a K.T.S., conferred on
hini by the Queen of Portugal in testimony of Her
Majesty's approbation of his services while recently
commanding a frigate in Her Most Faithful Ma-
jesty's navy. Agent— J. Chippendale.
BOLTON. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Augustus Bolton is second cousin of Lieut. Chas.
Bolton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 29 March, 1810;
passed his examination in 1816 ; obtained his com-
mission 4 Oct. 1825; served, from 14 April, 1832,
until 1834, in the Trinoulo 16, Capt. Jas. Rich.
Booth, in active suppression of the slave traffic on
the coast of Africa ; and, since 15 June, 1841, has
been employed in the Coast Guard.
BOLTON. (Lieut., 1825. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 18.)
Charles Boltom, born, 11 Sept. 1798, at Aken-
ham Hall, near Ipsvrich, is nephew of the late Thos.
Bolton, Esq., of Wells, co. Norfolk, who married
Susannah, eldest sister of Lord Nelson ; first cousin
of the present Earl, and of the late Capt. Sir Wm.
Bolton, R.N. ; and second cousin of Lieut. Augustus
Bolton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 July, 1813, as
Midshipman, on board the Forth 40, commanded
by his relative Sir Wm. Bolton, vi'ith whom he
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BOLTON— BOND.
served for upwards of two years in the North Sea
and off the coast of North America. During the
first three years of the peace he appears to have
bpen employed with Capt. Jas. Walker in the Al-
bion, Queen, and Northumberland 7i's, on the
Home station, where, and in the "West Indies, he
afterwards joined the Tribdne 36, Capt. Nesbit
Josiah Willoughby, Sapphire 26, Capt. Alex.
Montgomerie, JHussab 38, Capt. Geo. Harris, and,
as Mate, the Isis 50, Capt. Thos. Forrest. Having
passed his examination in Sept. 1819, he obtained
command, 29 Oct. 1824, of the Speedwell schooner,
also stationed in the West Indies, whence, shortly
after his confirmation to a Lieutenancy in the
Pylades 18, Capt. John Leith, which took place
27 Aug. 1825, he returned home. His subsequent
appointments were, again on the same station —
10 Dec. 1829, to the North Stab 26, Capts. Lord
Wm. Paget and Hon. Geo. RoUe Walpole Trefusis
— 15 Jan. 1832, to the Winchester 52, commanded
by the same officers and Hon. Wm. Wellesley —
and, 24 Feb. 1833, to the command of the Nimble
schooner of 5 guns. During the short period of
20 months that he was in the latter vessel, Lieut.
Bolton signalised himself by the Ardour and 'suc-
cess of his efforts against the supporters of the
slave-trade, from whom he captured no less than
six heavy vessels, having on board, in the aggre-
gate, as many as 1902 negroes. For his conduct on
one occasion in particular, 10 Nov. 1833, in taking
the Joaquina, after a spirited action of 10 minutes,
in which the latter lost her Captain and 2 men
killed, and was reduced to a sinking state, with four
feet water in her hold, he received a letter of
thanks from the Admiralty. In Nov. 1834, the
Nimble, in charge at the time of a pilot, was un-
fortunately wrecked on her way to the Havana in
running through the Old Bahama Channel. At the
subsequent court-martial held at Port Royal her
Commander was not only fully acquitted of all
blame in the unfortunate occurrence, but was com-
plimented with the high encomiums of the Presi-
dent, Sir Watkin Owen Pell. He has since been on
half-pay.
Lieut. Bolton married, 27 Oct. 1835, Anne Eliza-
beth, fourth daughter of the late T. Howard, Esq.,
of London,
BOLTON. (Commander, 1829. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 17.)
Henry Bolton, born in July, 1796, is first cousin
of Lieut. Jas. Bolton, R.N.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 19 March, 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victorious 74, Capts.
Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot. Under
the former ofScer he assisted at the reduction of
Flushing, in Aug. 1809, where he was frequently
exposed to the fire of the batteries; and, under
Capt. Talbot, he was constantly employed on gun-
boat service in the Faro of Messina during the ex-
pected invasion of Sicily by Murat in the summer
of 1810. He was also present, as Midshipman, at
the memorable capture, 22 Feb. 1812, of the French
74-gun ship Mivoli, after a desperate conflict of four
hours and a half, in which the enemy had 400 men
with most of their officers killed and wounded, and
the Victorious 27 killed and, including Mr. Bolton,
99 wounded. In 1813 we find the subject of this
memoir engaged on many boat expeditions up the
Chesapeake, and in 1814-15 cruizing off the Western
Islands, in the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres.
He passed his examination in April of the latter
year ; then joined the Opossum 10, Capt. Lord John
Hay, employed on the coast of France during the
Hundred Days; was made Lieutenant, 14 July,
1818, into the Blossom 24, Capts. Fred. Hickey and
Fred. Edw. Venables Vernon, on the South Ame-
rican station, whence he returned in July, 1820;
afterwards joined, in Feb. 1827, the Thetis 46,
Capt. Arth. Batt Bingham, one of the ships em-
ployed on the Brazilian coast during the Spanish
Revolution ; obtained his present rank 26 Aug.
1829 ; quitted the Thetis in Aug. 1830 ; and after-
wards, from 20 March, 1832, to April, 1835, and
from 11 July, 1837, to July, 1840, filled the situation
of Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard at
Donaghadee and Waterford. He has since been
unemployed.
Commander Bolton married, in 1839, Ann, only
daughter of the late Wm. Kearney, Esq., of Wa-
terford.
BOLTON. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 17; h-p., 21.)
James Boeton, born 13 Oct. 1794, is first cousin
of Commander Hen. Bolton.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 April, 1809, as
Midshipman, on board the Reynard 10, Capt. Hew
Steuart, which vessel, in Aug. following, attended
the expedition to the Walcheren, where, in the a(>
tack upon Campvere, she grounded under the bat-
teries, and was much damaged. On 23 July, 1810,
having joined the Belvidera 36, Capt. Rich. By-
ron, Mr. Bolton served in the boats of that ship at
the cutting out and destruction, after a smart
action, of three Danish armed vessels, on the coast of
Norway ; and, on 23 June, 1812, he was present in
her celebrated escape from a powerful squadron
under the American Commodore Rodgers, who, in
a long running fight, had occasioned her a loss of 2
men killed and 22 wounded. He was subsequently
employed, as Mate and Admiralty Alidshipman, in
the Stag 36, and Spartan 38, both commanded by
Capt. Phipps Hornby, at the Cape of Good Hope
and in the Mediterranean ; Severn 50, Capt. Hon.
Fred. Wm. Aylmer, under whom he was hotly en-
gaged in the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816; Ra-
MILLIE3 74, Capt. Thos. Boys; again, from Sept.
1818, until April, 1821, in the Severn, Capt. Wm.
M'Culloch, lying in the Downs ; Sappho 18, Capts.
Wm. Hen. Bruce and Hon. Hen. John Rous, on the
Irish station ; from March, 1822, till July, 1824, in
the Hind 20, Capts. Rous and Lord John Churchill,
in the Mediterranean ; Albion 74, Capt. Sir Wm.
Hoste, guard-ship at Portsmouth ; and Britannia
120, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Sir Jas. Sau-
marez. Having passed his examination in March,
1815, Mr. Bolton was at length presented with a
commission, 27 March, 1826. He has since been on
half-pay.
BOND. (Retired Commander, 1834. p.p., 14;
H-p., 38.)
Dyer Bond entered the Navy, in 1795, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Barfleur 98, Capt. Jas.
Rich. Dacres, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Hon. Wm.
Waldegrave, under whom he served for four years
in the Mediterranean and Channel, and fought in
the action off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. He
next became attached in succession to the Foudroy-
ant. Vanguard, and Robust, line-of-battle ships,
commanded by Capt. Wm. Brown, on the former
stations ; removed, for a short time, in 1801, to the
Castok 32, Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower, employed
offGuemsey andLisbon; then rejoined Capt. Brown
in the Hussar 38, on the Irish station; was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 April, 1802 ;
and in the following year, while serving with Capt.
Brown in the Romney 50, visited the coast of Af-
rica and the West Indies. He afterwards, from
1805 to 1808, held an appointment in the Sea-Fen-
cibles at Chatham, and in 1815-16 had charge of a
Telegraph station. Commander Bond, who does
not appear to have been further employed, accepted
his present rank 25 March, 1834. Agent — J. Hinx-
BOND. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 32.)
Philip Bond entered the Navy, 16 Oct. 1807, as
Midshipman, on board the Barracoota, Capt. Geo.
Harris, in which vessel he proceeded to the East
Indies, where, on removing, with the same officer,
into the Sir Francis Drake frigate, he was for
more than three years very actively employed, par-
ticularly off the island of J ava. He returned home
in Jan. 1812, on board the Phcebe 36, Capt. Jas.
Hillyer ; afterwards served with Capt. Harris for
seventeen months in the Belle Poule 38, in the
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Channel and off the coast of Spain; and, on the
latter vessel being converted into a troop-ship, at-
tended, under Capt. Eras. Baker, the expedition to
New Orleans in 1814-15. He was promoted, from
the Isis 50, bearing the flag in the Thames of Sir
Home Fopham, to the rank of Lieutenant on 19 Oct.
in the latter year, but has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Bond married, we believe, a Miss La-
fargue. Agemts — Messrs. Stilwell.
BOND. (Commander, 1825. r-p., 12 ; h-p., 23.)
Thomas Baring Bohd entered the Navy, 18 May,
1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jonon of 46
guns, Capt. Jas. Sanders, stationed on the coast of
North America, where, at the commencement of
the war with the United States, he saw a good deal
of active service. He was afterwards employed in
the Syeille 44, Capts. Sanders and Thos. Porrest,
with the latter of whom he proceeded to the lati-
tude of Greenland in an unsuccessful search of the
American Commodore Kodgers, and then cruized
off the 'Western Islands ; Tengeub 74, Capt. Tris-
tram Robt. Ricketts, in the Channel ; from Sept.
1815, till Feb. 1820, in the Pkjde 36, and Glasgow
40, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Anth. Mait^
land, on the latter and Mediterranean stations ;
and, for short periods, in the Roohfort 74, Capt.
Green, also in the Mediterranean, and Eurtalus
42, bearing the broad pendant at Jamaica of Com-
modore Thos. Huskisson. He was made Lieutenant
into the Raleigh sloop, Capt. Geo. Blackman, 3
Oct. 1820, and subsequently appointed, 19 June,
1822, to the Thracian, Capts. John Walt. Roberts
and And. Forbes— 17 March, 1825, to the Beaver,
Capt. John Jas. Onslow — and, 24 July following, to
the Lively 46, Capt. Wm. Elliot — all on the West
India station. Since his attainment of his present
rank, 11 Jan. 1825, Commander Bond has been on
half-pay. Agent— E. Dufour.
BOND. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 13; h-p., 30.)
William Francis Bond entered the Navy, 1
July, 1804, as Midshipman, on board the CodrAj,
GEux 74, Capt. Chas. Boyles, and, from July, 1805,
to Nov. 1803, served with the same officer in the
Windsor Castle 98, on the Mediterranean station.
While in the latter ship, he took part in Sir Robt.
Calder's action, 22 July, 1805, and, in Feb. 1807,
attended Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the passage
of the Dardanells. He next joined the Loire 33,
Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, in which frigate
he assisted at the capture of the French 20-gun ship
Hebe, 5 Jan. 1809; removed, in April, 1811, to the
Canopus 80, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean
of Rear-Admiral Boyles, his former Captain ; be-
came Acting-Lieutenant, 15 Sept. following, of the
Nautilus sloop, Capt. Thos. Dench ; rejoined Rear-
Admiral Boyles in Jan. 1812, in a similar capacity,
on board the Trident 64 ; was transferred, as Mas-
ter's Jlate, towards the close of the same year, to
the Unite 36, Capt. Edwin Hen. Chamberlayne ;
and, on 8 Nov. 1814, was made Lieutenant into the
Alcmene 38, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, under whom,
in 1815, he seems to have been very actively em-
ployed in the Bay of Naples-during the hostilities
with Murat. He was paid off from the Alcmene
in Oct. of the latter year; and was next, on 8
March, 1826, appointed, with Capt. Coghlan, to the
Forte 44. He has not held any official occupation
since 1828. Agent — J. Hinxman.
BONHAM. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Charles Wright Boniiam entered the Navy,
from the R.N. College, 21 June, 1832; passed his
examination 6 Sept. 1837 ; served for some time in
South America as Mate of the Action 26, Capt.
Robt. Russell, and at Portsmouth, on board the St.
Vincent 120, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley ;
and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 2
June, 1843. His next appointments were— on 1
Aug. following, to the Volage 26, Capt. Sir Wm.
Dickson, employed on Particular Service' — on 17
Oct. in the same year, as Additional, to the Coen-
WALLis 72, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir Wm.
Parker— and, 30 July, 1844, to the Dido 18, Capt.
Hon. Hen. Keppel, with whom he returned home
and was paid off in 1845. Mr. Bonham, since 2
Nov. 1846, has been borne on the books of the
HiBERNiA 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the
Mediterranean.
BOOTH. (Lieutenant, 1836.)
Augustus Sinclair Booth passed his examina-
tion in 1831; obtained his commission 12 April,
1836 ; was appointed Additional-Lieutenant, 1 June
following, of the Thalia 46, Capt. Robt. Wauohope,
flag-ship at the Cape of Rear-Admiral Don. Camp-
bell ; joined, on 29 of the same month, the Colum-
bine 16, Capt. Thos. Henderson, attached to the
squadron on the African station, whence he returned
in April, 1838 ; and from Feb. 1840, until paid off
at the close of 1843, served on board the Thun-
derer 84, Capt. Dan. Pring, employed in the Me-
diterranean, and in attendance on the Queen off
Walmer Castle. He has been employed, since 2.Dec.
1846, as First of the Penelope steam-frigate, Capt.
Henry Wells Giffard. Agents— Collier and Snee.
BOOTH. (Captain, 1846. r-p., 25 ; h-p., 1 7.)
James Richard Booth is son of an old Purser
in the Royal Navy.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 Aug. 1805, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the London 98, Capts. Robt.
Barlow, Robt. Rolles, Sir Harry Burrard Neale,
Edw. Oliver Osbom, and Thos. Western, under
whom he successively served until Jan. 1809. Dur-
ing that period he contributed, as Midshipman, in
company with the Amazon 38, to the capture, 13
March, 1806, of the French 80-gun ship Marengo,
with Admiral Linois on board, and 40-gun frigate
Belle Poule, after a long running fight, in which the
London sustained a loss of 10 killed and 22 wound-
ed ; and in 1807-8 he assisted, under Capt. Western,
in escorting the Royal Family of Portugal to the
Brazils. He next removed to the Hyacinth sloop,
Capt. John Carter, on the South American station ;
served, from May, 1811, till 2 Feb. 1813, as Mas-
ter's-Mate, in the Laueestinus and Orlando fri-
gates, Capt. John Clavell, off the Western Islands
and in the Mediterranean ; then became (having
passed his examination in Nov. 1811) Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Kite 16, Capts. Geo. Canning, Hon.
Robt. Cavendish Spencer, and Rowland Mainwa-
ring ; invalided home from the [Mediterranean, in
consequence of wounds received in action with pi-
rates, 20 Oct. 1813 ; and, on 30 Dec. following, ob-
tained as a reward his first Admiralty commission.
As Lieutenant, Mr. Booth's appointments were — 5
Aug. 1814, to the Foxhound 14, Capts. John Parish
and Thos. Warrand, on the Home station, which
vessel was paid off in Sept. 1815 — 17 Jan. 1818, to
the Favourite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson, with
whom he cruized off St. Helena and the coast of
South America^3 Jan. 1821, to the Drake 10,
Capt. Chas. Adolphus Baker, employed off New-
foundland— 20 Jan. 1823, to the Trinculo 18, Capts.
Rodney Shannon and Robt. Patten, on the Cork
station — and, 10 Jan. 1827, to the Menai 26, Capts.
Michael Seymour and Thos. Bourchier, employed
in South America. He was promoted to the rank
he now holds, on the latter ship being paid off, 8
Dec. 1829 ; obtained command of the "Trinculo 18,
on the coast of Africa, 14 April, 1832 ; and, after
the usual period of three years, during which he
captured several slavers, andperformed many valu-
able services against the Cafires, was superseded in
Aug. 1835. His next appointment was, 25 June,
1846, to the Columbine 16, during the passage of
which vessel to the East Indies he was elevated to
Post-rank by commission dated 9 Nov. in the same
year. Capt. Booth is now on half-pay. Agents —
Collier and Snee.
BORLAND. (Lieut., 1845. F-p., 13; h-p., 1.)
Oswald Borland entered the Navy in 1833 ;
passed his examination 8 May, 1840 ; and served, as
O
98 BORLASE-BOROUGH— BORROWMAN— BORTHWICK— BOSANQUET.
Mate, on board the Excellent gunnery-ship, at
Portsmouth, Capt. Sir ThoB. Hastings — Illbstkious
72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam on the North Ame-
I'ica and West India station — and Qdeen 110, com-
manded at Devonport by Sir Baldwin Wake Walker.
He was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 1 Dec. 1845, in
the NiMROD 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, fitting for
the African station, but was superseded in Jan.
1846, and is at present on half-pay.
BOELASE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
John Boblase entered the Navy 7 Nor. 1826 ;
passed his examination 26 Nov. 1832 ; served for
some time in South America as Mate of the Imo-
GENE 26, Capt. Hen. Wm. Bruce ; and was promoted
from the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth,
Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, 11 June, 1841. His ap-
pointments have since been — 8 Dec. following, as
Additional-Lieutenant, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-
ship in the East Indies of Sir Wm. Parker — 25
Aug. 1842, to the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, on
the same station — 17 March, 1843, again to the
CoRNWALLTS — and, 1 March, 1845, to the Hibernia
104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterra-
nean, where he now serves.
BOROUGH. (Eetibed Commander, 1846. f-p.,
14 ; E-P., 39.)
William Bobough was born in 1781.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 15 July, 1794, as
Midshipman, on board the Invincible 74, Capt.
Hon. Thos. Pakenham. He accompanied- the same
officer shortly afterwards into the Juste 84, at-
tached to the fleet in the Channel ; served, from
July, 1797, to Aug. 1799, in the Princess Rotal 98,
bearing the flags in tlie Mediterranean of Rear-
Admirals Sir John Orde and Thos. Lennox Fre-
derick ; and, on joining the Penelope 36, Capt.
Hon. Hen. Blackwood, took part in the blockade of
Malta, and was present, 31 March, 1800, at the
capture, after a furious action, of the French 80-
gun ship Guillaume Tell, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Decres. Mr. Borough, who passed his
examination in the following Sept., subsequently
removed for a brief period to the Foddroyant 80,
fiag-ship of Lord Keith, by whom he was promoted,
10 Feb. 1801, to a Lieutenancy in the Modeste,
armee en flute, Capt. Hinton. For his services
during the ensuing campaign in Egypt, where he
landed part of the 42nd Highlanders, and was ac-
tively employed until the close of the hostilities, Mr.
Borough received, in common with other officers, a
gold med-al from the Grand Seignor. The Modeste,
to which he had been confirmed on 30 July in the
same year, being paid ofi" at the peace, he next
joined, 27 Aug. 1803, the Curlew 16, Capt. Jas.
Murray Northey — 12 Nov. 1804, L'Espiegle 16,
Oapt. Morris— and, 7 Dec. 1805, the Princess Royal
98, Capt. Re3moldB — severally employed on the
North Sea, Cork, and Channel stations. He left
the last-named ship in Feb. 1807 ; and afterwards
commanded the Nepban cutter, of 8 guns, on tlie
coast of Irelajid. He became a Retired Commander
on the Junior List, 12 June, 1843 ; and on the
Senior, 21 Aug. 1846.
Commander Borough married a first cousin of
Lord Fitzgerald and Vcsci, bj whom he lias had
issue. One of his sons, Richard, F«t.-el. Vol. of
the Redwing, Capt. Clavering, was blown up in
that vessel on the coast of Africa, at the age of 14;
another, Thomas, died in the Upper Seluwl at
Greenmch.
PORROWMAN. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10;
H-p., 32.)
William Bokbqwman entered the Navy, 4 Nov.
1805, as A. B„ on board the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt.
Campbell; attained the rating of Midshipman 2
March, 1806 ; and was employed in blockading the
Texel until 1807, when he attended the expedition
to Copenhagen. We subsequently (on the Nas-
sau's hard-wrought extrication from a mass of ice
in which she had been blocked up during the
whole winter) find him present, in company with
the Stately 64, at the capture and destruction, 22
March, 1808, ofi' the coast of Zealand, of the Danish
74-gun ship Prmdts Christian Frederic, after a run-
ning fight of great length and obstinacy, in which
the Nassau sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 16
wounded. From Nov. 1809, until April, 1814, Mr.
Borrowman served, as Master's Mate, on board the
Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley, and during that
period, in the participation of much active service
on the Mediterranean station, assisted in taking, 27
Nov. 1811, the French frigate La Carceyre, mounf>-
ing 28 guns ; and witnessed the reduction, in July
and Oct. 1813, of Fiume and Trieste. He after-
wards accompanied Capt. Rowley, on his advance-
ment to the rank of Rear-Admiral, and nomination
to the Chief Command at the Nore, into the Na-
MUR 74 ; while serving in which ship he was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 Feb. 1815..
Being next appointed, on 3 April following, to the
Daphne 22, Capt. Jas. Green, he cruized on the
Leith station and in the Bay of Biscay until Sept.
in the same year, when he returned to port, and
was paid ofi; He has not since been afloat.
BORTHWICK. (Commander, 1818. f-p., 21 ;
H-p., 31.)
Alexander Boethwick entered the Navy, 13
Feb. 1795, as Midshipman, on board La Seine fri-
gate, Capt. Robt. M'Douall, and, from April, 1796,
to Nov. 1799, served with the same oflicer in the
Ganges 74, in which ship he was nresent at the re-
duction of Ste. Lucie, in May, 17^. He next joined
the Triton 32, Capts. John Gore and Robt. Lewis
Fitzgerald, employed in the Channel and oflT the
coast of Spain, and was made Lieutenant, 12 Feb.
1802, into the Cambridge 80, bearing the flag of Sir
Thos. Pasley at Plymouth. He left that ship in
May following ; and was subsequently appointed, 24
Aug. 1803, to the Zealand, bearing the flag, at the
Nore, of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley
—3 July, 1805, to the Zealous 74, Capts. John
Okes Hardy, John Gifiard, Wm. Pierrepont, and
Thos. Boys, to which ship he continued attached, in
the Baltic and Mediterranean, ofi' the coasts of
France, Portugal, and Spain, and at the defence of
Cadiz, until he invalided in Aug. 1814 — and, 20
Nov. 1815, as First-Lieutenant, to the Ramillies
74, flag-ship, on the Leith station, of Sir Wm. John-
stone Hope. He was paid ofi' in Sept. 1818, and ad-
vanced to his present rank 7 Dec. following. Since
that period he has been unemployed.
BOSANQUET. (Captain, 1846.)
Charles John Bosanquet, bom 5 May, 1807, is
fifth son of the late Sam. Bosanquet, Esq., F.R.S.,
of Forest House, co. Essex, and Dingestow Court,
CO. Monmouth, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant
for those shires, by Lsetitia Philippa, youngest
daughter of Jas. Whatman, Esq., of Vinters, co.
Kent; brother of Mr. Bosanquet, the banker of
Lombard-street ; and nephew of the late Sir John
Bernard Bosanquet, P.C., one of the Judges of the
Couit of Common Pleas.
This officer, who entered the Navy 5 May, 1821,
we first find serving on the coast of Africa, as Senior
Mate of the Black Joke tender, of 2 guns, 18-
pounders, and 48 men, in which he particufarly sig-
nahsed himself, 25 April, 1831, at the capture, after
an action of about foux hours and a half, of the
slave-brig Marinereto, mounting five 24-pounders,
mth a crew of 75 men, of whom 13 were killed and
15 wounded. The Black Joke had only 1 killed
and 5 wounded, includuig, however, Mr. Bosanquet,
who received a cutlass-wound in the neck while in
the act of boarding, and was for his conduct made
Lieutenant, 15 Aug. following, into the Drtad 42,
Capt. John Hayes. His next appointments were,
/"•?;, ^®^,^' '° *''<= Pallas 42, Capt. Wm. Wal-
pole— 16 July, 1834, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant,
to the President 52, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockbum
on the North America and West India station -and,
11 bept. 1835, to the command of the Leveret brig,
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of 10 guns. Finding on his arrival, in the latter
vessel, at Mozambique, in Sept. 1836, that that jjlaoe
was in a state of insurrection and all the authorities
under arrest, Mr. Bosanquet, by a hold coup de
mnin, restored public tranquillity and re-established
the ascendancy of the Queen of Portugal. Landing
at night with his ship's company, supported by a
party of the well-affected, he took the insurgents by
surprise, seized an 84-gun battery, obtained posses-
sion of the Custom and Government Houses, re-
leased the authorities, and in three days re-em-
barlied, his energetic promptness having been at-
tended with the most complete success. For this
important service he was made a Commander of the
Portuguese order of Christo, and presented with a
handsome letter of thanks from the Mozambique
government. Three months after the latter event,
Mr. Bosanquet fell in with, chased for 800 miles,
and ultimately captured by hoarding, a slave-vessel,
the Diogenes, of five 24-pounders and 70 men, within
musket-shot distance of a Portuguese frigate and
of the battery above alluded to. He continued in
the Leveret until the summer of 1839, on 10 May
in which year he was promoted for his services to
the rank of Commander. He next, from 28 July,
1843, until June, 1846, commanded the Alert sloop
on the coast of Africa ; and, on 9 Nov. following,
was advanced to his present rank. He is now on
half-pay.
Commander Bosanquet married, 5 June, 1832, his
cousin, Charlotte Eliza, youngest daughter of the
late Jacob Bosanquet, Esq., of Broxbournbury
House, Herts, 45 years an East India Director,
and has issue two daughters. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
BOSWALL, formerly Donaldson. (Captain,
1822. F-P., 18; H-P., 30.)
John Donaldson Boswall, bom in 1790, in co.
Fife, N.B., assumed his present surname in ad-
dition to his patronymic, Donaldson, 27 Nov. 1812.
This officer entered the Navy, early in Aug. 1799,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pouncek gun-brig,
Lieut.-Commander Smith, and immediately after-
wai'ds attended the expedition to the Holder, under
Sir Andrew Mitchell. He next joined the Poly-
phemus 64, Capts. Geo. Lumsdaine and John Law-
ford, under the latter of whom he fought, as Mid-
shipman, at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801 ;
and, in May, 1802, he removed to the Centaur 74,
bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sam.
Hood. In that ship Mr. Boswall assisted at the
capture, in June and Sept. 1803, of the French
"West India island of Ste. Lucie, and of the Dutch
colonies of Demerara, Berbice, andEssequibo ; and,
on the morning of 4 Feb. 1804, he served in the
boats, under Lieut. Robt. Carthew Reynolds, who
subsequently died of the wounds he received, at the
cutting out from under Fort Edward, Martinique,
of the French brig-corvette Le Curieux, of 16
guns and 70 men, which was in every way prepared
to resist the attack, and only surrendered at the
termination of a desperate and sanguinary conflict,
in which the enemy lost 10 killed and 30 wounded,
and the British 9 wounded. On the prize being
added to the British Navy, under the same name
and the command of Capt. Edmund Geo. Byron
Bettesworth, Mr. Boswall, on 7 Oct. following, was
appointed to her as Acting-Lieutenant; and, on
8 Feb. 1805, we find him signalising himself by
his coolness and bravery at the capture, after a
close and gallant action of 40 minutes, of La Dame
£raoM/ privateer, of 16 guns and 120 men, of whom
30 were killed and 41 wounded, while the loss of the
Cdkieux did not exceed 5 killed and 3 wounded.
He was confirmed a Lieutenant on 14 Sept. in the
same year, and afterwards appointed, in that capa-
city, 17 Oct. ensuing, to the London 98, Capts.
Robt. RoUes, Sir Harry Neale, and Edw. Oliver
Osborn, in which, under Sir H. Neale, he assisted,
in company with the Amazon 38, at the taking, 13
March, 1806, of the French 80-gun ship Marengo,
with Rear-Admiral Linois on board, and 40-gun
frigate Belle Poule, after a long running fight in
which the London lost 10 killed and 22 wounded
—8 Nov. 1806, to the Crocodile, Capt. E. G. B.
Bettesworth, oif Guernsey — 30 April, 1807, to the
Inflexible 64, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, with
whom he was present, on shore, at the bombard-
ment of Copenhagen in the ensuing Sept. — 21
Feb. 1808, to the Spitfire sloop, Capt. John Elhs,
on the Leith station — 7 July, 1808, as First, to the
Gannet brig, Capt. Jas. Stevenson, employed off
the coast of France — 4 Nov. 1810, to the Alfred
74, Capt. J. B. Watson, engaged in the defence of
Cadiz— 23 April, 1811, to the Implacable 74, com-
manded by the latter officer on the Mediterranean
station, where, with the tender under his orders, he
contributed to the capture of a convoy near Genoa
in 1811— and, 2 April, 1814, to the Latona 38, bear-
ing the flag, at Leith, of Rear-Admiral Sir Wm.
Johnstone Hope, from which ship he was super-
seded on the receipt of his second promotal com-
mission, 15 June following. He was afterwards, on
12 Aug. 1819, selected to command the Spet 20,
in the Mediterranean. He attained Post-rank 26
Dec. 1822, and was placed on the half-pay of retire-
ment 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Boswall is a Deputy-Lieutenant and Magis-
trate for CO. Mid-Lothian, and one of the Royal
Company of Archers, the Queen's body-guard for
Scotland. He married, in 1822, Charlottj, Angell,
daughter of the late Sir Sam. Chambers, Kt., of
Bredgar House, co. Kent, by Barbara, eldest daugh-
ter of the Hon. Philip Roper, uncle of the present
Lord Teynhara, and by this lady has issue a son and
daughter, the former in the 51st Regt. of Madras
Native Infantry.
BOSWELL. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 30;
H-p., 35.)
Walter Boswell entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1782,
as Lieutenant's Servant, on board the Blenheim 74,
Capt. Adam Duncan, with whom we find him pre-
sent, 20 Oct. following, in Lord Howe's partial action
with the combined French and Spanish fleets,
near Gibraltar. He afterwards servedj chiefly as
Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the Halifax,
Home, and Mediterranean stations, on board the
Ariadne, Capts. Joseph Ellison and Sam. Osborn,
Vixen, Lieut.- Commander Mark Wentworth,
St. George, Lieut.-Commander Barker, Gorgon,
Lieut.-Commander Chas. Craven, Impregnable 98,
Vice - Admiral Graves, Inspector, Capt. Alex.
Mackey, Scout, Capt. R. R. Bowyer, Trimmer,
Capt. Fras. Fayerman, Codrageox 74, Capt. Hon.
Wm. Waldegrave (in which ship he participated in
the reduction of Toulon in Aug. 1793), and Queen
Charlotte 100, Admiral Lord Howe. He was
promoted to a Lieutenancy, 20 March, 1795, in the
Barfleub 98, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of
Vice-Admiral Waldegrave, his former Captain, and
afterwards joined, 14 Jan. 1797, the Gibraltar 80,
Capt. John Pakenham, off Lisbon — 3 April follow-
ing, the RoMNET 50, bearing the flag of Vice-Ad-
miral Waldegrave off Newfoundland — 16 May, 1801,
the Theseus 74, Capt. John Bligh, under whom he
assisted, in Sept. 1803, at the capture of Port Dau-
phin, St. Domingo — 29 Oct. following, the Cumber-
land 74, in which ship he returned home— and 29
Oct. 1804, the Conquest gun-brig, which he com-
manded in the Channel until 30 Aug. 1814. Since
that period, shortly previous to which, 15 June, he
had been advanced to his present rank. Commander
Boswell has been on half-pay. Agents — Goode and
Lawrence.
BOTELEK. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 25;
H-p., 18.)
Henry Boteler, bom 15 Feb. 1793, is member
of a family of very ancient standing in co.
Kent, and eldest surviving son of the late Wm.
Boteler, Esq., F.S.A., of Eastry, by his second wife,
Mary, daughter of Capt. John Harvey, R.N., who
was mortally wounded in command of the Bruns-
wick 74, on the memorable 1st of June, 1794. He is
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BOTELER-BOTT— BOULDERSON.
brother of Commander J. H. Boteler, K.N.— of the
late Commander Thos. Boteler, R.N., who died,
28 Not. 1829, while commanding the Heci-a sur-
veying-Tessel 'on the coast of Africa— of the late
Lieut.-Col. Rich. Boteler, K.E., an officer who
served throughout the whole of the Peninsular war
— and of Capt. Kobt. Boteler, R.E. ; nephew of the
late Admiral Sir John Harvey, K.C.B., the late
Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Harvey, K.C.B., and the
present Capt. Edw. Harvey, R.N. ; and cousin of
Commanders Henry, John, and Thomas Harvey,
R.N. His half-brother, Wm. FuUer Boteler, Esq.,
Q.C., is a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, Recorder of the
City of Canterburj^ the towns and ports of Sand-
wich, Hythe, and New Komney, and the borough of
Deal, and Steward of the town of Fordwich.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Oct. 1804, as
Est.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, com-
manded by his uncle, Capt. John Harvey, with
whom he was present, as Midshipman, in Sir Bobt.
Calder's action, 22 July, 1805. He continued to be
employed under the same officer (with the exception
of a period of 17 months, from Jan. 1808, to June,
1809, when he appears to have been doing duty on
board the Orion 74, Capt. Archibald Collingwood
Dickson, on the Baltic station) in the Canada and
Leviathan 74's, and^ as Master's Mate, in the
Royal Soveheign 100, m the "West Indies and Medi-
terranean On the latter station, in the Levia-
than, one of a squadron under Sir Geo. Martin, he
witnessed the destruction, 26 Oct. 1809, of the
French line-of-battle ships Bobuste and Lion ; and,
in the Royal Sovereign, he assisted at the block-
ade of Toulon in 1811. Mr. Boteler, who next
joined the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir
Edw. Pellew, received a commission appointing him
to that ship, 18 Sept. 1812. He subsequently became
attached, 22 Oct. following, to the Scoot 18, Capts.
Alex. Renton Sharpe and Benj. Crispin, on the
Mediterranean station — 6 Sept. 1813, as First-Lieu-
tenant, to the Nautilus 18, Capt. Thos. Denoh, simi-
larly employed — in Dec. of the same year, to the
Eclair'18, Capt. John Bellamy, on the Irish station
— and, 22 Aug. 1815, as Senior, to the Antelope 50,
from which ship, after serving for three years in the
Leeward Islands under the flag of his relative, Rear-
Admiral J. Harvey, he was paid off in April, 1819.
Commander Boteler, who was promoted to the rank
he now holds 12 Aug. ensuing, was afterwards em-
ployed for three years, from 20 June, 1833, until
1836, in the Coast-Guard. He also held, as Addi-
tional-Commander of the Temeraire and Ocean
guard-ships at Sheemess, the Superintendence of
the Packet Establishment at Dover, from 16 Sept.
1837, until the summer of 1841 ; and from 17 Aug.
in that year until the close of 1846, he was again
occupied as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast
Guard.
He married, 1 Deo. 1829, Henrietta, daughter of
the late Allan Bellingham, Esq., and niece of the
late Sir Wm. Bellingham, Bart., of Castle Belling-
ham, by whom he has issue a daughter.
BOTELER. (COMMANDEK, 1830. r-p., 19;
H-p., 20.)
Jons Hakvey Boteler, born at Eastry, co. Kent,
11 Feb. 1796, is next brother of Commander H.
Boteler, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 May, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rochester prison-ship,
Lieut.-Commander Matthew Bowles Alt, lying in
the river Medway, where he successively joined the
Irkesistiele 74, Commodore Geo. Fowke, and the
Majestic 74, commanded by his relaUve, Capt.
Thos. Harvey. In Feb. 1810, he became Midship-
man of the Ruby 64, bearing the flag in the Baltic
of Eear-Admiral Manley Dixon ; and, while after-
wards serving on the same station, in the Dictator
64, Capt.. Bobt. "Williams, we fiud him engaged in
several boat afiairs with the enemy. During the
three years and a half immediately preceding his
promotion, to the rank of Lieutenant, which took
place 19 Sept. 1815, Jlr. Boteler appears to have
been further employed, principally in the North
Sea and West Indies, on board the Sceptre and
Zealous 74'8, Capts. Thos. Harvey and Thos. Boys,
and Okontes 36, Capt. Nath. Day Cochrane.
His succeeding appointments were— 3 Oct. 1815, to
the Antelope 60, flag-ship in the Leeward Islands
of his imole, Rear-Admiral John Harvey— 7 Feb.
1820, to the Northumberland 74, Capts. T. Harvey
and Thos. Jas. Maling, guard-ship at Sheemess,
whence he was detached for nine months in 1821-2,
in command of the Seagull tender, to cruize in
the North Sea, and was afterwards lent to the
Royal Sovekeign yacht — 3 Dec. 1822, as First-
Lieutenant, to the Ringdove 18, Capt. Geo. Fred.
Rich, whom he accompanied to the West Indies —
1 Blay, 1823, to the Gloucester 74, Capts. G. F.
Rich and Jas. LilUorap, on the latter station,
whence, after commanding for three months the
Ringdove schooner, ill health obliged him to in-
valid in the following September — 30 Aug. 1825, to
the Albion 74, Capt. John Acworth Ommanney,
by whom, subsequently to the battle of Navarin,
he was employed, in charge of the Lyra 10, off
Lisbon — and, in Sept. 1828, to the Royal George
yacht, Capts. Sir Michael Seymour, Sir Wm. Hoste,
and Geo. Mundy, lying at Portsmouth, whence he
was sent, again in command of a tender, the Onyx
10, to Gibraltar, the Brazils, and West Indies.
Since 14 Jan. 1830, the date of his last promotion,
Commander Boteler has been on half-pay.
He married, 15 Aug. 1832, Helen Agnes, fifth
daughter of the late Jas. West, Esq., of Bryanstone
Square, London, and by that lady has issue a son
and four daughters. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
BOTT. (Lieutenant, 1832.)
George Bott entered the Navy 2 Dec. 1823;
passed his examination in 1830 ; and obtained his
commission 15 Oct. 1832. He afterwards joined —
7 Nov. 1832, the Excellent 76, gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings — 1 March, 1834,
the Canopos 84, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, in the
Mediterranean— 5 July, 1837, and 18 Oct. 1840, the
Donegal 78, and Britannia 120, flag-ships, on the
Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, of Sir John
Acworth Ommanney. He went on half-pay towards
the close of 1841.
Lieut. Bott is at present employed as Superin-
tendent of Convicts at Norfolk Island, New Soufi
Wales. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
BOULDERSON. (Retiked Commander, 1836.
F-p., 15; HP., 36.)
Leslie Boulderson entered the Navy, 10 Sept.
1796, as A. B., on board the Bellerophon 74, Capt
Henry D'Esterre Darby ; under whom, in the fol-
lowing month, he attained the rating of Midship-
man, and was present, 1 Aug. 1798, at the battle of
the Nile. He next served with the same officer,
from May, 1800, to Sept. 1802 (in the course of which
year he passed his examination), on board the Spen-
cer 74; and on 3 Sept. 1803, was made Lieutenant
from the Leviathan 74, flag-ship in the West Indies
of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, into the Delft 64,
Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard. His ensuing appoint-
ipents were— in 1803 and 4, to the Shark sloop,
Capt. Herring, again to the Leviathan, and to the
Goliath 74, Capt. Chas. Brisbane— 15 Feb. 1805,
to the Charwell 16, Capts. PhiUp Dumaresq,
Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, and Robt. Lisle
Coulson, from which ship, after attending, we be-
lieve, the expedition to the Rio de la Plata, he in-
valided 10 March, 1808—1 Dec. following, to the
Vulture sloop, Capt. Martin White, on the Jersey
station— 22 Nov. 1811 (after two years of half-pay),
to the Volcano bomb, Capts. John Griffith and
"Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, employed at the defence
of Cadiz— 25 March, 1813, to the command of the
Mary Ann hired transport, on the Mediterranean
station, which he retained until 25 Sept. 1814— and
lastly 29 May, 1815, to the Erebus 16, Capts!
David Ewen Bartholomew and Fras. Le llunte
lying in the Downs. He Mas paid off from the
BOULTBEE— BOULTON— BOURCHIER.
101
Erebus on 4 Sept. in the same year, and placed
on the list of Retired Commanders 4 May, 1836.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
BOULTBEE. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 20; h-p., 16.)
Fredeeick Mooke Bouutbee is cousin of Lieut.
J. B. Boultbee, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 March, 1811,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Conquestador 74,
Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, attached to the Flushing
and Channel fleets. From Nov. 1814, to Oct. 1820,
he served as Midshipman and Mastei^sMate in the
Favourite 26, Capts. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude and
Hercules Robinson, on the East India, St. Helena,
South American, and Newfoundland stations. While
next employed in the Egeria 26, Capt. John Toup
Nicolas, he was promoted, 1.3 Dec. 1821, to a Lieu-
tenancy in the GEASsiiorPER 18, Capt. David
Buchan. Joining, 24 Dec. 1825, the North Star
26, Capt. Septimus Arabin, he co-operated, until
advanced to the rank of Commander, 11 Feb. 1829,
in the suppression of the slave-trade on the coast
of Africa, where, in the course of 1827, we find him
distinguishing himself, while in charge of the ship's
pinnace, at the capture of a Spanish brig pierced
for 18 guns. Capt. Boultbee, whose next appoint-
ment was to the command, 24 May, 1838, of the
Jaseur sloop, on the Mediterranean station, there
served until elevated to the rank he now holds, 23
Nov. 1841. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Boultbee is Chief Constable for co. Bedford.
BOULTBEE. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 28.)
Joseph Bage Bodlteee, born 6 Jan. 1791, is
cousin of Capt. F. M. Boultbee, B.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1805, as
Midshipman, on board the Hind 28, Capt. Fras.
Wm. Fane, stationed in the Mediterranean, where,
in 1806, while escorting a convoy of victuallers from
off Cadiz to Gibraltar, that frigate was attacked by
a flotilla of gun-boats, whom, however, she suc-
ceeded in defeating. After an attachment of more
than twelve months with Capt. Fane to the Cam-
brian 40, during which period he appears to have
been actively employed in co-operation with the
patriots on the north coast of Spain, Mr. Boultbee
removed, in Aug. 1809, to the Kent 74, Capt. Thos.
Rogers ; and on 13 Dec. 1810, took part in a gallant
but unfortunate attack made by the boats of a
squadron under Capt. Fane upon the enemy's
shipping in the Mole of Palamos, where, out of 600
seamen and marines who were landed, a full third
were killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. Having
passed his examination in Nov. 1811, and been oc-
cupied for a short time on board the Hibeknia 120,
flag-ship of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, he was confirmed
to a Lieutenancy, 25 Jan. 1813, in the Shearwater
10, Capts. W. Smith and John Townsend Coffin, in
the boats of which vessel, in conjunction with those
of the VoLONTAiRE and Undaunted, we find him
employed in an attempt to capture a convoy in the
Bay of Marseilles. The Shearwater being paid
off in Oct. 1814, Mr. Boultbee next, on 13 Dec, 1821,
joined the Grasshopper 18, Capt. David Buchan,
whom he accompanied to Newfoundland. His last
appointments were, 1 Sept. 1837, and 1 July, 1838,
to the Temiieaire 104, and Ocean 80, successive
guard-ships at Sheerness. He has been on half-pay
since 1841.
Lieut. Boultbee married, 7 May, 1822, and has
issue a daughter. Agents— HaUett and Robinson.
BOULTON. (Lieut., 1817 ; f-p., 10 ; h-p., 33.)
William Boulton entered the Navy, 24 Nov.
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Unicorn 32,
Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman; and, after
serving on the West India station, witnessed the
reduction of Monte Video in Feb. 1807, and the
destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads
in April, 1809. In May, 1813, having been unem-
ployed for nearly four years, he re-embarked, as
Master's Mate, on board the Bahaiha, Lieut.-Com-
mander Henry Smith Wilson, lying in the river
Medway. He afterwards served — in 1814^15, in
the Hastst gun-brig, Capt. John Brenton, on the
Channel station— in 1815-16, in the Phaeton 38,
Capt. Fras. Stanfell, with whom he visited the Cape
of Good Hope, and subsequently conveyed Sir
Hudson Lowe to St. Helena — and, in 1816-17, as
Admiralty Midshipman, in the Eridanus 36, and
Severn 50, Capts. Wm. King and Wm. M'CuUoch,
on the Home station. He attained his present rank
on 24 Nov. in the latter year, but has not since been
afloat.
BOUECHIER. (Keab-Admibai,, 1846.)
Henry Boorchier is eldest son of Capt. John
Bourohier, R.N., who died Lieut.-Governor of
Greenwich Hospital, 30 Dec. 1809 ; and brother of
Commander Wm. Bourchier, R.N. (1815), who died
22 Jan. 1844.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Aug. 1797, as a
Boy, on board the Ariadne 20, Capt. Jas. Bradley,
stationed in the Downs. He was next employed
on the Home and Newfoundland stations in the
BovAii WiniAM, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, Anson 44,
Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, Veteran 64, Capt.
Aroiiibald CoUingwood Dickson (part of Sir Hyde
Parker's fleet during the action off Copenhagen, 2
April, 1801), Endymion 40, Capts. Henry Garrett
and Joseph Larcom, and Ikis 32, Capts. Edw. Brace
and Wm. Grenville Lobb. Shortly aft^ the re-
ceipt of his first commission, which bears date 1
May, 1804, Mr. Bourchier joined the Elephant 74,
Capt. Geo. Dundas ; on removing from which ship
to the Unicorn 32, Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardy-
man, we find him, on 6 May, 1805, commanding one
of four boats at the capture, off St. Domingo, in
face of a heavy fire of great guns and musketry, of
the French privateer Tape-a-hord of 4 long six-
pounders and 46 men.* He subsequently served
for two years with Sir Alex. Cochrane in the
Northumberland and Belleisle 74's; and, at-
taining the rank of Commander 20 April, 1808, was
next appointed, on 9 Nov. in that year, to the
Hawke 16. In that vessel, after taking, 7 Feb.
1811, Le Furet privateer, of 14 guns and 86 men,f
and witnessing the destruction, 25 March ensuing,
of the French 40-gun frigate Amazone, Capt.
Bourchier, on 19 Aug., rendered himself conspi-
cuous by his gallantry in attacking a convoy steer-
ing for Barfleur, under the protection of three gun-
brigs carrying each from 10 to 16 guns, and of
two large luggers of from 8 to 10 guns. With
these an action of great spirit on both sides took
place, and was maintained until two of the brigs
and the luggers, together with 15 of the merchant-
men, were driven on shore. The rest escaped in
consequence of the Hawke unfortunately taking
the ground, in which state she lay exposed for an
hour and a half to an incessant discharge of artil-
lery and musketry from the beach. Of the stranded
vessels, the only remaining gun-brig, the Heron of
10 guns, and three large transports, were after-
wards brought out by Lieut, (now Capt.) David
Price.| The loss of the British in this highly cre-
ditable affair did not exceed 1 man killed and 4
wounded. Capt. Bourchier — whose conduct de-
servedly procured him a Post-commission on the
very day the intelligence of this exploit reached
the Admiralty, Aug. 22 — was subsequently ap-
pointed—5 Jan. 1813, to the San Josef 110, fitting
at Plymouth for the flag of Rear- Admiral Edw.
Jas. Foote — 12 May following to the Myrtle 20
in which vessel he served for some time on the
Lisbon station — 18 Nov. in the same year, to the
Medina 20, employed, until Jan. 1816, off New-
foundland—and, 28 Nov. 1820, to the Atholl 28.
He was nominated Superintendent, in Jan. 1827, of
the Quarantine Establishment at Milford ; and ac-
cepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Bourchier is married, and has, with other
issue, a son, the present Lieut. Macdonald Bourchier,
K.N. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
• Vide Gaz. IS0.5, p. 801. + V. Gaz 1811, p. 289.
t V. Gai. 1811, p. 1635.
102
BOURCIIIER— BOURNE.
BOUECHIER. (LiBDTENANT, 1841.)
Macdonald Bouhchier, bom 6 Aug. 1814, is
eldest son of Capt. Henry Bourchier, R.N.
This ofacer entered the Koyal Naval College
6 Sept. 1827 ; and embarked, 27 June, 1829, on
board the Madagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Kobt.
Cavendish Spencer, with whom he proceeded to the
Mediterranean. He passed his examination 14 Aug.
1833 ; and while afterwards attached as Mate to the
Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds, served
during part of the operations of 1840 on the coast
of Syria, and was present at the blockade of Alex-
andria. His appointments, since his promotion to
the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 23 Nov.
1841, have been, on the Home station— 14 Feb. 1843,
to the ExcELLEMT gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos.
Hastings— 18 Dec. 1844, as First, to the AcTJiON 26,
Capt. Geo. Mansel— 7 Feb. 1845, to the Vasgdard
80, Capt. Geo. "Wickens "Willes— and, 8 July, 1845,
to the Queen 110, bearing the flag at Devonport of
Sir John West, under whom he is now serving.
He married, 5 Dec. 1843, Mary Eliza, eldest
daughter of the late Rear-Admiral John Hancock,
C.B. Agent— Joseph Woodhead.
BOUECHIER, K.C.B. (Captain, 1827. f-p.,
29; H-P., 18.)
Sir Thomas Bourchier, bom in March, 1791, at
Chapelizod, near Dublin, is son of the late Major-
General Bourchier, of Ardcloncy, co. Clare.
This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Rotal 98,
Capt. Thos. Macnamara Russell, on the Home sta-
tion, where, and in the "West Indies, he afterwards,
until 1 March, 1808, served, as Midshipman, in the
FoRTDNBE 36, Capta. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Ste-
vens, and Ferrier, Amelia 38, Capt. Lord Proby,
Centaur and Amsterdam, both bearing the broad
pendant of Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, and Ma-
.testic 74, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral T. M. Russell,
under whom he assisted at the reduction of Heligo-
land in Sept. 1807. On leaving the Majestic, Mr.
Bourchier, who had just passed his examination,
assumed, as Acting-Lieutenant, the command of the
Lord Nelson hired cutter, but-soon after removed
to the Forester 18, Capt. John Richards, to which
sloop he was confirmed by the Admiralty 26 Aug.
1808. While attached to the latter vessel he con-
tributed to the destruction of the wreck of H.M.S.
Flora on the coast of Holland, was also present
at the reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809, and,
on 31 of the following May, commanded a division
of boats under Lieut. Lewes at the capture of a
French letter-of-marque brig of 16, and schooner of
14 guns, protected by 4 long 8-pounders and 300
soldiers, in Port du Molas, Guadeloupe, where the
guns were eventually spiked and the magazines
blown up. His subsequent appointments, until paid
off at the peace, were— 17 June, 1809, to the Hed-
KEUX 18, Capt. Fras. Alex. Halliday, also in the
West Indies— 11 Sept. 1810, to the Vengeur 74,
flag-ship in the Channel of Sir Joseph Sydney
Torke— 16Dec. 1811, to the Ferret 16, Capt. F. A.
Halliday, on the Leith station — and, 26 Feb. 1813,
and 20 June, 1814, to the Victoriods 74, Capt. John
Talbot, and Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, both
employed off the coast of North America, tinder
the latter officer he witnessed the surrender of the
United States frigate President, and, as on various
other occasions, commanded the seamen and ma^
rines at the capture of Machias and of two field-
pieces from the American militia. After an un-
employed interval of exactly four years, Lieut.
Bourchier joined, 12 Aug. 1819, the Superb 78,
hearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Thos.
Masterniau Hardy in South America, where he ac-
quired, for short periods, the temporary command
of the Creole 36, and Blossom 24, and was officially
promoted to the Beaveii sloop, 9 Sept. 1822. He
was next in succession appointed, on the same sta^
tion, to the Doris 36, Eclair 18, and Volage 28 :
and, on 12 Sept. 1827, obtained Post-rank in the
Menai 26, in which frigate he returned to England
in 1829. From that year Capt f^rchierdid^ not
again procure e^PW"^?* Tblonde^2 As here
?: t^^t TaX detS"'?Ms^okcer's very bril-
hantser^rces during the ensuing campaign m Chma
nant service» Cevond our Umits, we must con-
tenf ours^ve fSgenlrally stating-that his career
on that wide-sprlad field of action opened with a
spirited attack on the batteries at Amoy, 3 July,
1840*— that he afterwards, being left in command
at Chusan with a squadron of seven ships-of-war
and transports, embarked the troops, and, in pur-
suance of the orders of Sir J. J. G. Bremer, deli-
vered the island over to the Chinese authorities, m
Feb 1841 1 tliat he also commanded the flotilla of
boats employed at the first taking of Canton, a bri-
gade of seamen at the storming of the heights m
the vicinity of that city during the operations
which led to its re-capture, and a division of ships
at the taking of Amoy, besides eminently partici-
pating in the capture (the second) of Chusan,
Chinghae, Ningpo, the attack on the heights of
Segoan, the further taking of Tsekee and Chapoo,
and the battle of Woosung, on which latter occasion
the Blonde was the leading shipl — that he had
charge of the naval force in the Ningpo River
during a part of the winter of 1842, accompanied
Rear-Admiral Sir Wm. Parker up the Tang-tse-
Kiang, and was second in command at the pacifi-
cation of Nanking— and that he ultimately return-
ed, with 3,000,000 dollars of the Chinese ransom, to
Portsmouth, where he was paid off in March, 1843.
The importance of Capt. Bourchier's services had
in the interim been duly acknowledged by his
nomination to the C.B. 29 June, 1841, and his sub-
sequent elevation to the dignity of a K.C.B. 24
Dec. 1842. He has been employed, since 20 Sept.
1846, as Captain-Superintendent of Chatham Dock-
yard.
Sir Thos. Bourchier married, 1 Sept. 1843, Jane
Barbara, eldest daughter of Admiral Sir Edw. Cod-
rington, G.C.B. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
BOURNE. (LiECT., 1812. F-p., 19;h-p., 30.)
George Stanwat Bourne entered the Navy, 23
April, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Inspector
sloop, Capts. Chas. Lock and Geo. Sayer, stationed
off the coast of Norway ; attained the raUng of
Midshipman in Dec. 1799 ; and was for five years
employed in that capacity in La Vbsuve and Bold
gun-brigs, Lieut.-Commanders Benj. Crispin and
Wm. Chivers, on the Home station. After having
acted, for a brief period, as Lieutenant of the
Cruizer 16, Capt. John Hancock, he was promoted,
8 April, 1805, to a Sub-Lieutenancy in the Teazer
gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Lewis Kerr. On
16 July following the latter vessel was unfortu-
nately taken by a division of French gun -boats
while becalmed off Granville, after a severe action ;
and from that date until Slay, 1814, Mr. Bourne,
whose commission bears date 20 Nov. 1812, remain-
ed in captivity. He was afterwards employed, as
First-Lieutenant, from 22 May, 1843, until 1846, of
the San Josef 110, and Caledonia 120, commanded
at Devonport by Capts. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne and
Mauley Hall Dixon, but is at present on half-pay.
BOURNE. (Commander, 181.3. f-p., 13;h-p.,33.)
HENHr Bourne entered the Navy, 12 May, 1801,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Neptune 98, Capt.
Edw. Brace, bearing the flag in the Channel of
Vice- Admiral Gambler ; served as Midshipman, for
a few months in 1802, in the Camilla 20, com-
manded by the same officer and by Capt. Henry
? L rAr''^''?'°^'^7'S^-^'^"^l Gambier in the
1 «n/ i at Newfoundland ; became attached, in Jan.
1804, to the Melpomene 38, Capts. Robt. Dudley
^^IZ^h ^^'^'' ^^''^^''^ employed in the Channel
?RnS^n?o rtTFrj ^V^-^de 'Lieutenant, 4 Jan.
1808, into the Fame 74, Capt. Rich. Henrv Alex
* Fi* Gaz. 1840, p. 2992. + j- r-, ,„,, .
t y. Ga^. 1841, pp. 1S04, 2496 ^B.nf-.,?^'"' P- '^^^•
«1 IB-i qso 101 ^OB o«c „„„ ' ' ^"'' "»'• 1S42, pp.
lib' 3593! ' ' ^' ''^'' '"'"'■ 8398, 3401, 340S,
BOURNE— BOUVERIE.
103
Bennett, off Cadiz ; and on 11 June, 1809, removed
to the Spartan frigate, Capt. Jahleel Brenton. In
Oct. of the latter year he assisted at the reduction
of Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo ; and on 3 May,
1810, he signalized himself by his exemplary con-
duct and gallantry, as' Junior Lieutenant of the
Spartan, whose force amounted to 46 guns and
258 men, in a brilliant and single-handed victory
gained by that ship, in the Bay of Naples (after a
contest of more than two hours, in which the Bri-
tish sustained a loss of 10 men killed and 22 wound-
ed), over a Franco-Neapolitan squadron, carrying
altogether 95 guns and about 1400 men.* Mr.
Bourne was subsequently employed with Capt.
Edw. Pelham Brenton, who succeeded to the com-
mand of the Spartan, on the coast of North Ame-
rica, where he aided in the capture of numerous
privateers and other vessels, until promoted to the
command of the Rattler sloop, of 16 guns. He
was superseded from that vessel 24 Jan. 1814, and,
with the exception of a few months in 1829-30,
when he served at Sheerness as Second-Captain of
the Donegal 78, Capt. Sir Jahleel Brenton, has
held no further appointment.
BOURNE. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p.,
13 ; H-p., 47.)
Richard Bourne entered the Navy, 30 Sept.
1787, as Captain's Servant, on board the Druid 32,
Capt. Joseph Ellison, on the Channel station ; be-
came Midshipman, in 1789, of the Carnatic 74,
commanded by Hon. Capt. Bertie ; and, having
joined the Crescent, of 42 guns and 257 men, Capt.
Jas. Saumarez, was, we believe, present at the cap-
ture, 20 Oct. 1793, after a close action of two hours,
of the French frigate La Reunion, of 36 guns and
320 men, 120 of whom were either killed or wound-
ed, without any casualty whatever to the British. f
He next served in the Musquito and Sandflv gun-
vessels, Lieut.-Commanders W. M'Carthy and John
Chiloott, and Diamond frigate, Capt. Sir Wm.
Sidney Smith ; was then appointed Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Syren 32, Capt. Graham Moore ; and,
on rejoining the Diamond, was placed in command,
12 Feb. 1796, of the Sandfly, while in which
vessel he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 4 Aug. 1797.
On 26 Feb. 1798, we find Mr. Bourne capturing, in
company with the Badger gun-vessel, La Sowris
chasse-maree, of 16 guns ; and, at the successful de-
fence, 7 May following, of the small island of St.
Marcouf, in the Channel, against the attack of a
considerable division of the French flotilla, com-
manding most effectively the fort on the eastern
island.! 0° 24 March, 1804, after five years of
half-pay, he obtained command of the Felix
schooner, of 12 guns. In that vessel Mr. Bourne,
in Jan. 1805, conveyed to Sir Thos. Graves the in-
telligence, which he was the first to acquire, of the
escape of the squadron under M. Missiessy from
Aix Road. He subsequently fought an action of
great gallantry with a privateer of far superior
force ; and, in 1806, was severely wounded in an
attack on the town of Hea, on the coast of Spain.
For the latter service the Patriotic Society appears
to have voted him rewards both honorary and pe-
cuniary. He wag, however, placed on half-pay on
14 Oct. in the same year ; and, unable afterwards
to procure employment, accepted, 10 Dec. 1840, the
rank of Retired Commander under order in Council
of 1816.
Commander Bourne hafl a daughter, Louisa Blake,
who married, 7 Dec. 1841, M. H. Mahon, Esq., of
the 86th Regt.
BOUVERIE. (Commander, 1842.)
Frederick William Pleydell Bouverie, born
18 April, 1816, is eldest son of the Hon. and Rev.
Frederick Pleydell Bouverie, Canon of Salisbury,
by Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Sir Rich.
Joseph Sullivan, Bart. ; nephew of Rear-Admiral
• Vide Giu.. 1810, p. 1134.
f Tliis was the exploit which procured Sir James Saumarez
his knighthood. t V. Gaz. 1T98, p. 390.
Bouverie, and of the present Sir Chas. Sullivan,
Bart., Capt. R.N. ; and first-cousin of the Earl of
Radnor.
This oflicer entered the Navy (from the Royal
Naval College) 12 Oct. 1831 ; passed his examina-
tion in 1836; and obtained his first commission
10 May, 1839. He was afterwards appointed — 15
July following, to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher,
one of the ships employed during the operations
of 1840 on the coast of Syria — 1 Dec. in the latter
year, to the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn,
also on the Mediterranean station — and, 8 Sept.
1841, to the Victory 104, as Flag-Lieutenant, at
Portsmouth, to his uncle Rear-Admiral Bouverie.
He was advanced to his present rank 7 March, 1842 ;
but has since been on half-pay. Agent — J. Chip-
pendale.
He married, in 1845, a daughter of the late J.
Alexander, Esq.
BOUVERIE. (Vice-Admikal of the Blue,
1846. F-P., 28 ; H-P., 26.)
The Honourable Buncombe Pleydell Bou-
verie, born 28 June, 1780, is second son of the late
Earl of Radnor, by Hon. Anne Duncombe, daughter
and co-heir of Anthony Lord Feversham ; brother
of the present Earl of Radnor ; brother-in-law of
the Hon. Mrs. P. P. Bouverie, sister of Capt. Edw.
Henry A'Court, R.N., M.P. ; and uncle of Com-
mander Fred. Wm. P. Bouverie, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy at
Portsmouth 9 Jan. 1793 ; embarked, 24 April, 1795,
as a Volunteer, on board the Nassau 64, Capt.
Herbert Sawyer ; and served, as Midshipman, from
18 of the following month until within a few days
of the receipt of his first commission, 16 Feb. 1799,
in the Latona and Cambrian frigates, both com-
manded by Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, on the
Home station. He then joined Vice-Admiral Sir
Roger Curtis in the Prince 98, and, accompanying
him soon afterwards, in the Lancaster 64, to the
Cape of Good Hope, continued there to serve, in
the same ship and the Adamant 50, latterly as
Flag-Lieutenant, until 26 Aug. 1801, when he as-
sumed command of the Penguin sloop, by virtue of
a commission dated back to 14 of the preceding
Feb. On 2 April, 1802, Capt. Bouverie was made
Post into the Braave, of 40 guns; but, leaving
that ship in the ensuing Aug., he was subsequently
appointed — 1 April, 1803, to the Mercury 28, em-
ployed, first, as a floating battery off Guernsey, next
in convoying the outward-bound trade to the Me-
diterranean, and (after capturing, 4 Feb. 1805, a
Spanish national vessel, El Fuerte de Gibraltar, of 4
guns and 59 men) in cruizing in the West Indies —
10 Aug. 1805, to L'AiMABLE 32, in which ship he
was chased by a French sc[uadron under M. Ri-
chery, when proceeding to join Lord Nelson's fleet
off Cadiz— and, 20 Feb. 1806, to the Medusa 32.
During the more than seven years of his continu-
ance in the latter frigate, Capt. Bouverie partici-
pated in all the operations in the Rio de la Plata,
from Oct. 1806, until his return to England with
Lieut.-General Whitelocke, in Sept. 1807, including
the capture of Maldonado and the island of Gorriti.*
He also took, 4 April, 1808, L'Actif, French priva^
teer, of 14 guns ; united with Capt. Thos. Manby,
of the Thalia 36, in a supposed pursuit of two
French frigates to the coast of Labrador, whence he
returned after experiencing for three months the
greatest privations ; captured, 6 and l4 Jan. 1810,
while cruizing in the British Channel and Bay of
Biscay, the privateers L'Avmture, of 14 guns and
82 men, and L' Hirondelle, of 14 guns and 75 men ;
and, in the summer of 1812, was repeatedly noticed
in the despatches of Sir Geo. Ralph Collier for his
eificacious support of the patriot cause on the north
coast of Spain, where he particularly contributed
to the reduction of Lequeytio and Guetaria.t
He afterwards commanded, from 15 May, 1828,
until 1831, the Windsor Castle 7fi, on the Medi-
• Vide Gaz. 1807, pp. 114, 1210.
+.r. Gai. 1812, p, 1441.
104
BOWDEN— BOWEN.
terranean station ; was appointed Colonel of Ma^
rines 22 July, 1830; attained the rank of Bear-
Admiral 10 Jan. 1837 ; was lastly employed, from
26 July, 1837, until the same month in 1842, as
Admiral-Superintendent at Portsmouth, with his
flag on hoard the Victory 104 ; and became a Vice-
Admiral 9 Not. 1846.
Vice-Admiral Bouverie, who is a Deputy-Lieu-
tenant for Wiltshire, and has been several times
returned to Parliament as the representative of
different places in that CO., married, 27 Dec. 1809,
Louisa, second daughter of the late Joseph Hay,
Esq. ; and has an only daughter, Louisa, married,
2 April, 1832, to Capt. Hon. Sam. Hay, 7th Foot,
brother of the Earl of ErroU.
BOWDEN. (Lieut., 1814. p-p., 18; h-p., 26.)
John Bowden entered the Navy, 26 May, 1803,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Cbeffonne 36, Capt.
Chas. Adam, under whom, after contributing to the
defeat, in June, 1805, of a division of the French
flotilla, which was driven under the batteries at
Fecamp, he successively removed, as Midshipman,
to the Kesistance 38, and Invincible 74, employed
off the coasts of France, Spain, and Portugal, and
in the Mediterranean. Between Oct. 1810, and
Oct. 1813, we find him serving, at the siege of Cadiz
and on the Home and West India stations, in the
CoEOSSus 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, Kotal Wil-
liam, Capt. Robt. Hall, Norge 74, Capt. John
Spratt Rainier, Vestal 28, Capt. Sam. Deckar, and,
as Master's Mate, in the Garland 22, and Shark
sloop, Capts. Thos. Huskisson, Rich. Plummer
Davies, and John Gore. He was confirmed to a
Lieutenancy in the latter vessel, bearing the flag at
the time of Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown, 16 March,
1814; and, invaliding home in April, 1815, was
afterwards appointed — 5 April, 1831, to a three
years' command in the Coast Guard — and, 26 June,
1837, to the Victory 104, flag-ship at Portsmouth
of Hon. Buncombe Pleydell Bouverie. He has
been on half-pay since Feb. 1840.
employed in Chesapeake Bay. He was made Lieu-
tenant, 9 Feb. 1815, into the Dauntless 18, Capt.
Dan. Barker; returned home from Rio Janeiro,
in July of the same year, on board the Achille 74,
Capt. Aiskew Paffard HoUis ; and since 25 Apnl,
1842, has been employed in the Coast Guard.
He married, 19 Dec. 1825, Jane, daughter of the
late Rev. Jas. Stanley, Vicar of Ormskirk, Lanco^
shire, and sister of Capts. Edw. and Owen Stanley,
R.N. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
BOWDEN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.)
Philip Bowden entered the Navy, 12 June, 1805,
as A.B., on board the Fisgard 38, Capts. Lord
Mark Robt. Kerr and Sir Wm. Bolton, under the
latter of whom he was present, as Midshipman, at
the taking of Cura9oa, 1 Jan. 1807. He afterwards
served, in 1808-9, in the Inconstant 36, Capt. E.
Dickson, and Bakfleur 98, Capt. D. M'Leod ; from
1809 to 1812, as Second Master and Master's Mate,
in the Tridmph 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, em-
ployed at the defence of Cadiz; in 1813-14, part of
the time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the San Juan 74,
bearing the flag of the latter oflicer at Gibraltar ;
and in 1814-15, as Master's Mate, in the Salvador,
Capt. Hall, and Impregnable 104, flag-ship in the
Mediterranean of Rear-Admiral Josias Rowley. He
was placed on half-pay in Aug. 1815, having been
advanced to the rank of Lieutenant on 22 of the
previous February, and has not since been afloat.
BOWDEN. (Lieut., 181!). f-p., 17; h-p., 27.)
Richard Bayly Bowdes entered the Navy, 17
Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Britannia
100, Capt. the Earl of Northesk, with whom, when
Rear-Admiral, he was present, as Midshipman, in
the same ship, at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct.
1805. He was next employed for some time in the
Illustrious 74, Capt. Wm. Shields, and also in the
Minotaur 74, flag-ship, during the hostilities of
1807 against Copenhagen, of Rear-Admiral Wm.
Essington. After an attachment of a few months,
in the early part of 1808, to the Hibernia 110,
bearing the flag, off Lisbon, of Sir Chas. Cotton,
Mr. Bowden joined the Nautilus sloop, Capt.
Thos. Dench, under whom, during a continuance of
more than four years on the Portuguese and Medi-
terranean stations, he contributed to the capture of
several privatetrs, and of one of them while serving
in the boats. From the Nautilus he removed, in
July, 1814, to the Orlando 36, Capt. John Olavell,
BOWDEN. (CoMMANDEK, 1813. F-P., 20 ;
H-p., 32.)
Richard Booth Bowden entered the Navy,
1 June, 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Concorde
36, Capt. Anthony Hunt, on the Channel station ;
attained the rating of Midshipman in Sept. fol-
lowing ; and, after serving for more than six years
in the Caroline 36, Capts. Wm. Luke and Wm.
Bowen, employed off Lisbon and in the Mediter-
ranean, where he assisted at the capture of many
privateers and other armed vessels, was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 29 April, 1802. His ap-
pointments, in the latter capacity, were — in July,
1803, to the Weymouth District of Sea Fencibles —
5 May, 1804, to the Queen 98, Capts. Manley Dixon
and Fras. Pender, in the Channel — 4 July, 1805, to
the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Mark Robinson,
lying at Portsmouth — 14 Aug. 1805, to the Quebec
32, Capts. Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas,
Geo. M'Kinley, Lord Viscount Falkland, and Hon.
Geo. Paulet, under the third of whom he witnessed
the surrender of the Danish island of Heligoland,
5 Sept. 1807 — 16 May, 1810, after an unemployed
interval of 13 months, to the Codrageux 74,
Capt. Wm. Butterfield, attached to the fleet in the
Channel— and, 22 Nov. 1810, and 8 May, 1811, to
the Christian VH. 80, and Caledonia 120, bear-
ing each the flag in the Downs and Mediterranean
of Sir Edw. Pellew. Being superseded from the
latter ship on advancement to his present rank,
5 Aug. 1813, Commander Bowden, on 15 Oct. fol- '
lowing, assumed command of the Gorgon hospital-
ship, which for some time bore the flag, at Port
Mahon, Minorca, of Vice-Admiral Fras. Pickmore,
and subsequently, in 1814-15, after serving on the
coast of North America, formed part of the expedi-
tion sent against New Orleans. His last appoint-
ment was, 16 May, 1815, to the Antelope 50, in
which he served at Portsmouth for a period of
three months.
Commander Bowden, who has been twice married,
wedded first the youngest daughter of the Rev. R.
Hawker, D.D., Vicar of Charles, Devon. By his
second marriage he has issue.
BOWEN. (Lieutenant, 1836.)
Augustus Frederick James Bowen, bom in
1812, is son of the late Capt. Wm. Hawkwell
Bowen, R.N., by Susannah, sister of the present
Capt. Sir Wm. Geo. Parker, Bart., R.N.; and god-
son and protege of H.R.H. the late Duke of Sussex.
He had two uncles of his own name, both Post-
Captains, one of whom, the gallant Rich. Bowen,
commanded the Terpsichoue 32, under Lord Nel-
son, at Teneriffe, and met a glorious death while
spiking the guns at the Mole.
This officer entered the Navy in 1821, and while
attached, with Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, to
the Leven, Barracouta, and Albatross, assisted
in surveying the continent of Africa, the islands of
Madagascar and France, the Seychelles, and parts
of India and Arabia. He also visited South Ame-
rica, and endured many hardships consequent on
the Ashantee war and other causes. He next, in
1825, joined the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship at
the Nore of Sir Robt. Moorsom, and, after holding
command for some time of her tender, became
attached to the Briton 46, Capts. Gordon and
Seymour, in which frigate he made a voyage to
Russia. He was selected in 1827 to assist Capt.
Henry Wolsey Bayfield in the survey of the river
St. Lawrence and coast of Labrador ; passed his
BOWEN.
105
examination for eeamansliip in 1830 ; was in Canada
througliout the whole period of the rebellion ; came
home, after repeated applications, and passed his
examination at the Royal Naval College early in
1836 ; was promoted, in consequence of the long
and arduous nature of his services, on 30 April in
the same year ; and resumed immediately after-
wards the survey of the coast of Labrador and the
southern part of the St. Lawrence. He obtained
leave in 1840 to return to England, and is at pre-
sent unemployed. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
BOWEN. (Ctaptam, 1825. f-p., 17; h-p., 31.)
Charles Bowen entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1799,
as a Boy, on board the Achille 74, Capts. Hon.
Edwin Henry Stanhope and Geo. Murray, on the
Channel station; attained the rating of Midship-
man 21 Oct. 1800 ; and, on removing with the last-
mentioned officer to the Edgar 74, was present,
under Lord Nelson, in the battle of Copenhagen,
2 April, 1801. He next accompanied Capt. Murray
into the London 98, and afterwards, from Nov.
1802, until Feb. 1806, served in the Juno 32, Capt.
Henry Richardson, attached to the fleet in the
Mediterranean. In Nov. 1806, Mr. Bowen rejoined
his former Captain, then Kear-Admiral Murray, as
Master's Mate, in the Poltphemds 64^ in which
ship we iind him, from May to Aug. 1807, employed,
latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, during the hostile
operations in the Rio de la Plata. He was con-
firmed, on 30 of the latter month, into the Hermes
sloop-of-war, Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly, and sub-
sequently appointed— 20 Aug. 1808, to the Thisbe 28,
bearing the flag in the Thames of Hon. Sir Henry
Edwin Stanhope— 11 Sept. 1809, to the Nereus 36,
Capt. Peter Heywood, in which vessel he returned
home from the Mediterranean, with the remains of
Lord Collingwood, in April, 1810—8 Nov. following
to the Northumberland 74, Capt. Henry Hotham,
under whom (the Growler gun-brig in company)
he assisted at the destruction, with a loss to the
Northumberland of 5 killed and 28 wounded, of
the two French 40-gun frigates VAriemie and
L' Andromaque, of 450 men each, and MameUmck
brig, of 18 guns and 150 men, defended by nume-
rous galling batteries at the entrance of L'Orient,
22 May, 1812— and, 5 Feb. 1813, to the Indus 74,
Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, employed ofF the Texel, and
also in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in
Sept. 1814. Being promoted to the command, 19
July, 1822, of the Driver sloop, he served for
about two years in that vessel on the coast of
Africa, where he acquired great credit, as evinced
by the acknowledgments of Commodore Sir Robt.
Mends, for his disinterested zeal and active ex-
ertions during the Ashantee war, particularly in
mounting and equipping the guns of Cape Coast
Castle in 1823; and likewise for his co-operation,
in May, 1824, with the troops under Lieut.-Col.
Sutherland.*' He was advanced to Post-rank 27
June, 1825, and placed upon retired half-pay 1
Oct. 1846.
Capt. Bowen married Mary Hannah, youngest
daughter of the late Geo, Fisher, Esq., of Hillside,
CO. Gloucester, by whom he has issue.
BOWEN. (COMMANDEK,1814. F-P., 14 ; H-P., 34.)
George Bowen entered the Navy, 17 March,
1799, as a Supernumerary, on board the Bulldog
bomb, Capts. Adam Drummond and Barrington
Dacres, stationed in the Mediterranean, where, on
14 Jan. 1800, he became Midshipman of the The-
seus 74, Capt. John Styles. He further served in
the Levden 68, Capt. Wm. Bedford, attached to
the fleet in the North Sea; for some time, as
Master's Mate, in the Centurion 50, bearing the
flag in the East Indies of Vice-Admiral Peter Rai-
nier ; and, in the same capacity also, in the Namcr
74, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, under whom he
was present, 4 Nov. 1805, at the capture, by Sir
Rich. Straohan's squadron, of the four French
ships of the line escaped from the battle of Tra^
* Vide Gaz. 1824, pp. 1011, 1273.
falgar. On 7 Feb. 1806, Mr. Bowen was made
Lieutenant into the Conqueror 74, commanded in
the Mediterranean by Capt. Israel Pellew. He
afterwards joined, 10 Nov. 1807, the Kangaroo
sloop, Capt. John Baker, lying in the Downs — 2
Nov. 1808, the Thames 32, Capt. Hon. Granville
Geo. Waldegrave — 5 May, 1809, the Dreadnought
98, bearing the flag in Basque Roads of Rear-Ad-
miral Thos. Sotheby— 20 Jan. 1810, the Dictator
64, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, employed in the
North Sea and Baltic— and 2 May following, as
First Lieutenant, the Apollo 38, Capts. Bridges
Watkinson Taylor and Thos. Graham. In that
frigate, during a continuance of four years in the
Mediterranean, he saw a vast deal of active service.
He assisted in capturing, 13 April, 1812, the French
frigate-built store-ship Merinos, of 20 guns and 126
men, under the batteries of Corsica, and, on 20
Sept. in the same year, the national xebec UlyBse,
of 6 guns — took, 21 Deo. ensuing, in command of
the Apoixo's boats, supported by those of the
Weasel sloop, under Lieut. Michael Quin, the
tower of St. Cataldo, the strongest between the
Brindisi and Otranto* — obtained mention for his
distinguished share in the reduction of the islands
of Augusta and Curzola, in the Adriatic, 29 Jan.
and 3 Feb. 1813 f — and witnessed the taking of
those of Malero and Paxo, 14 April, 1813, and 13
Feb. 1814. Since his advancement to his present
rank, which took place on 15 June in the latter
year. Commander Bowen has not been employed.
BOWEN. (LiEDT., 1808. F-p., 20 ; h-p., 260
Peregrine Bowen entered the Navy, 28 Jan.
1801, as Midshipman, on board the Chapman, hired
armed ship, Capts. Robt. Keen and Thos. Brown ;
removed very shortly afterwards into the San
JosEF 110, Capts. Wm. Wolseley and Carpenter;
and from July, 1803, until the year 1807, served in
the Prince 98, Capts. Rich. Grindall, Daniel Oliver
Guion, Wm. Lechmere, and Alex- Fraser, under
the first of whom he was present, 21 Oct. 1805, in
the battle of Trafalgar. He next accompanied
Capt. Fraser into the Vanguard 74, one of the
ships employed with the fleet under Lord Gambler
at the bombardment of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807 ;
and, on 21 Oct. in that year, was appointed Acting-
Lieutenant of the Bellette 18, Capt. John Philli-
more. He was confirmed, 23 Feb. 1808, into the
Babfledr 98, bearing the flags in the Tagus and
oflf Lisbon of Rear-Admirals Wm. Albany Otway
and Chas. Tyler, to the latter of whom he appears
to have officiated for some time as Flag-Lieutenant.
From the Barfleur Mr. Bowen was appointed,
7 Dec. 1808, to the Venus 32, in which frigate he
continued to serve, under Capts. Anderson, Jas.
Coutts Crawford (with whom he assisted at the
reduction of Vigo in March, 1809), and Kenneth
Mackenzie, off the coasts of Spain, Portugal, Nor-
way, and Greenland, and in the West Indies, until
paid off, 14 Feb. 1814. Since 10 June, 1839, he
has been employed as Admiralty Agent in a con-
tract steam-vessel on the Liverpool station.
BOWEN. (LiEHT., 1815. F-P., 10; h-p., 31.)
Richard Bowen entered the Navy, in Jime,
1806, as A.B., on board the Glatton 50, Capts.
Thos. Seccombe, Henry Hope, and Geo. Miller
Bligh, employed in the Mediterranean, on which
station he removed, as Midshipman, in Sept. 1809,
to the Active, of 46 guns, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon.
While belonging to that frigate he took part, 13
March, 1811, in the brilliant action off Lissa, where
a British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns
and 879 men, completely routed, after a conflict of
six hours, and a loss to the Active of 4 killed and
24 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, whose
force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men ; and on
29 Nov. in the same year he further shared in a
hard-fought action of an hour and 40 minutes
which, in rendering the Active captor of La Po^
• Vide Gai. 1813, p. 1122.
t V. Gaz. 1813, pp. 1093, 1307.
106
BOWER— BOWERBANK-BOWERS.
mone, of 44 guns and 332 menj occasioned her a loss
of 8 killed and 27 wounded. From June to Nov.
1812, Mr. Bowen next serred in the Namue 74,
Capt. Cbas. John Austen, and Seahorse 38, com-
tnanded by Capt. Gordon. He then joined the
ScEPTBE and Albion 74's, bearing each the flag of
Kear-Admiral Geo. Cockburn, and was for 20
months very actively employed on the coast of
North America. After acting for nearly five
months as Lieutenant of the Kosy 64, Capt.
Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, Mr. Bowen was con-
flrined to that ship by commission dated 13 April,
1815. He returned home from Bermuda on board
the Bdffalo in March, 1816, and has not since
been afloat.
BOWER. (Captain, 184.5.)
James IPatekson BOwer entered the Navy 6
May, 1820 : passed his examination iJi 1826 ; Ob»
tained his first commission 10 Jan. 1837 ; and after
serving for some time as Additional-Lieutfenant in
the Ddblin 50, and President 52, flag-ships on
the South American station of Rear- Admirals Sir
Graham Eden Hamond and Chas. Bayne Hodgson
Koss, was appointed, 10 July, 1838, to the Sama-
KANG 26, Capts. Wm. Broughton and Jas. Scott.
With the latter officer he served, as his First Lieu'
tenant, throughout the Chinese Campaign ; and on
every occasion of hazard or dif&culty on which he
was employed his zeal and gallantry drew forth the
highest official notice. At the taking of Tycocktow,
7 Jan. 1841, he received a severe sabre-cut across
the knee while heading the party which stormed
and carried the fort;* and not long afterwards
(Feb. 22), in following up the success which led to
the capture of a masked battery of 20 guns at ttie
hack of Anunghoy, he came upon the rear-guard
of the Chinese, and bore away their colours. f In
March he again signalized himself by the dashing
manner in which he took possession of the fort of
Feeshukok, mounting 7 guns, whence the enemy
had opened a heavy fire of grape.J The latter
service was performed during the celebrated forced
passage, effected between 3 a.m. on the 13th and
4 P.M. on the 15th, by the Nemesis and the Sama-
KANo's boats up the inner Channel from Macao to
Whampoa, a navigation never before traversed by
European boat or vessel, in the course of which
were destroyed five forts, one battery, two military
stations, and nine man-of-War junk^, in which col-
lectively were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls. Being re-
warded for his continued gallantry with a Com-
mander's commission, dated on 6 May in the same
year, Capt. Bower, on 23 Deo. 1843, assumed com-
mand of the Hecate steam-sloop, and was for 18
months employed in the discharge of various par-
ticular duties. He was advanced (on his return
home from Malta with the body of the late Admiral
Sir Philip C. C. H. Durham, G.C.B.) to the rank
he now holds 23 July, 1845, and has since been on
half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
BOWERBANK. (Lieut.,1812. f-p.,11 ; h-p., 32.)
John Bowebbank entered the Navy, 21 March,
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Latona 38,
Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, employed off
Brest. On removing, as Midshipm&n, With the
same oflicer, to the Audacious 74, he accompanied
Lieut.-General Sir John Moore to Portugal, and
appears to have been very activelj' engaged in re-
embarking the troops after the battle of Corunna.
He next, in April, 1809, joined the Melpomene 38,
Capts. Fred. Warren and Peter Parker, under th«
former of whom we find him, during a dark night
of the ensuing May, contributing to the repulse,
after a destructive conflict of many hours, of 20
Danish gun-boats, whose fire occasioned the British
ship a loss of 5 men killed and 29 wounded. From
Oct. in the same year until his promotion to the
• Vide Gai. 1841, fj. 1162, 1164.
+ V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1424, 1497.
X V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1427, 1507-9.
rank of Lieutenant, 30 June, 1812, Mr. Bowerbank '
next served, off Flushing, in the river Tfiaifles, and
on the Baltic station, in the Isis arme'e en flute,
Capt. Woodley Losaok, Bblvideba 38, Capt. Rich.
Byron, and Victoby 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Sau-
marez. He then joined the Plahtagenbt 7^
Capt Eobt. Lloyd, from which ship, after servij^g^
on the North American and West India stations, '
he removed to the Belleeophon 74, Capt. Fred.
Lewis Maitland, in time to witness the surrender
of Napoleon Buonaparte. He went on half-pay
13 Sept. 1815, and has not since been employed.
BOWERS. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 15; H-p.,34.)
WiiMAM BowEBS Was bom, 5 Nov. 1784, ttt
Liverpool, and died 11 Aug. 1845. He was son of
an officer in the Royal Navy, who, after serving
in the American war, was washed overboard by a
heavy sea on his passage home. At the age of ten
he was left an orphan, without friend or relative.
This officer (who had previously been In the
merchant-service, and had been twice captured by
the French) was impressed into the Navy, out of a
cartel at Guadeloupe, in March, 1797, as a Boy, on
board the VangUakd 74, Capt. Ralph WiUett Miller.
Being immediately draughted into the Bedlona 74,
Capt. Geo. Wilson, he had an opportunity of wit-
nessing the unsuccessful attack made in the follow.-
ing month upon the island of Porto Rico ; after
which he successively joined — in Jan. 1799, the
Expedition 44, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, em-
ployed in conveying part of the Russian troops
from Revel to England — in Nov. 1799, the Gorgon
Store-ship, Capt. Ross, with whom he returned, as
Midshipman, to the West Indies in 1800 — in March,
1801, the Juno 32, Capts. Geo. Dundas and Thos.
Manby, While in Whose tender he was captured,
after a running fight of five hours, in which his
bravery and skill were very conspicuous, by a
Spanish privateel-, and taken to Trinidad, where
he Was detained for Six months — in July, 1807
(After an interval of five yea*s, two of which were
passed in the endurance of considerable hardships
as a priBoner-of-War in Peru*), the Achille 74,
Capt. Sir Rich. King) under whom he was fe* eight
months employed in blockading a Spanish sq^ua^ron
in Ferrol, and had twice the good fortune, With
nearly fatal effect to himself, of snatching a fellow-
creature from destruction — next, the PompeE and
Neptune, beating each the flag Sii the West Indies
of Sir Alex. Cochrane, in the latter of which ships,
after Witnessing the surrender of Guadeloupe, he
was confirmed a Lieutenant, 5 Oct. 1810 — and, on
5 Deo. in the same year, the Helicon 10, Capts.
Harry Hopkins and Andrew Mitchell. During a
constant employment of more than four years in
the Channel On board that vessel, he assisted at
the capture and destruction, independently of a
large number of merchantmen, of six privateers,
one of Which, Le jftevenant, mounted 14 guns and
carried a crew of 120 men. On one occasion, ere,
in his anxiety to hurry his men from a rapidly
sinking wreck of which he had been sent to take
possession, he had time to abandon her, Mr. Bowers
was himself engulfed in the vortex of her descent.
Although he was miraculously saved, yet he re-
ceived so Severe a shock that MS constitution,
already sufficiently injured by long exposures, sud-
den changes of climate, and other causes, became
seriously impaired. On the return of Buonaparte
from Elba the Helicon was sent to Nantes with a
proclamation from the Prince Regent, containing
an assurance of protection to all vessels navigating
under the white, or Bourbon, flag ; and after the
Battle of Waterloo she was again deputed to the
same (dace with intelligence of the result. On
being next appointed, as he had latterly been Uf
the Helicon, Senior of the Alert 18, Capt. John
* The statements laid before tlie Transport Board by
Lieut. Bowers, on his return home, of the cruellies he
had experienced in a dungeon at Callao, was the occasion oT
a strong remonstrance to the Court of Madrid, and of tli6
flnal enlargoaient of the remaining prtsonera.
BOWIE-BOWKER.
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»«fBiBr*1K Bowers, in Sept. 1815, was sent to
London to enter men for that sloop, in ejecting
which object he expended from his private re-
acurces, in'the payment of advances necessary to
ind^i}ce them to join, the sum, we believe, of 60Z.,
aa ja*t of which was ever returned to Mm, He
was BubsecLuently employed for four monthg at
Shields, also in BuecessfuUy cruizing against the
smugglers, and for a short time in command of a
sailing galley off Flushing. H« was superseded
from the Alert at his own request in July, 1816,
and in Jan. 1832 was appointed tg the command
of the SsEADsoDGBT, seamen's hospital ship, off
Qreenwicfa. On bis resignation of the latter situa-
tion in 1837, in consequence of severe family afflic-
tions and infirmities engendered by his former
services, Lieut. Bowers received as a reward for
his " uniform zeal and diligence in forwarding the
interests of the charity," a unanimous vote of
thanks from the committee, accompanied by a
gratuity of 501. For an account of the adventurous
portion of this officer's career between the years
1816 and 1832, as well as for a more minute detail
of the occurrences of his professional life, we refer
our readers to his ' Naval Adventures,' an auto-
biographical work of considerable interest.
Lieut. Bowers was an officer of acknowledged
zeal aiid ability. He m^'rried, in May, 1832, Caro-
line, daughter of Thos. Barford, Esq., of Stratford,
CO. Essex, and by that lady, who died 25 April,
1843, has left issue a son and daughter.
BOWIE. (COMMANBEH, 1846. F-P., 44 ; H-P., 0.)
John Bowie entered the Navy, 13 March, 1803,
as A.B., on board the Fekhetbr gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commandep Henry "Weir, in which vessel he served,
the last two years as Second Master, until Feb.
1807, on the North Sea station, where he assisted
in beating off two French man-of-war brigs of very
superior force. He was next employed, until Dec.
1809, as Master and Acting Sub-Lieutenant in the
Linnet brig, Lieut.-Commander John Treacey,
under whom he contributed to the capture, 16 Jan.
and 30 Aug- 1808, in spite of considerable resist.
anQe, of the privateers Le Courier, of 18 guns and
60 men, and Fmidroyantj of 10 guns and 25 men j
and further attended the expedition to the Wal-
cheren, He subsequently officiated as Master and
Acting-Lieutenant, for two years, of the Recruit
18, Cagts. Murray, John Cookeslejr, and Hum-
phrey Fleming Senhouse, employed in the Channel
and off Newfoundland; and from Nov. 1811, until
Dec. 1813, during which period ^on 20 July, 1812)
he was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant, appears
to have been very actively engaged in gun-boat
co-operations with the patriots on the coast of
Spain, particularly at the defence of Cadiz and
Taxii^ — on the shores also of Catalonia, where he
commanded a division of the flotilla, and was pre-
sent at the siege of Tarragona — and in various
affairs up the river Ebro, which terminated in his
being severely wounded and his gun-boat blown
up. Mr. Bowie was next, in 1813-15, appointed, in
succession, to the Malta 84, Koyal Sovereign
100, and 'ToNNANT 80, flag-ships on the Mediter-
ranean, Channel, and Cork stations of Sir Benj.
Hallowell. He removed to the command, 13 May,
1817, of the Minerva, and subsequently to that of
the Kite, Revenue cruizers ; and from 31 Oct- 1820,
until the attainment of his present ran]c, 9 Nov.
1846, flUed the appointment of Inspecting Com-
mander in the Coast Guard. Agent— J. iHinxman.
BOWKEK. (Captajn, 1811. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 31.)
John Bqwker, born 1 Dec. 1770, and descended
from an old Norman family distinguished during
the Crusades, is second son of the late Robt. Bowker,
Esq., of Queen's County, Ireland, by a daughter of
Thos. Cosby, Esq., of Vicarstown. He is a near re-
lative of the late Phillips Cosby, Esq., Admiral of
the White ; and cousin of the present Thos. Phillips
Cosby, Esq., of Stradbally Hall, Queen's County, a
magistrate and deputy-lieutenant.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1785, as
A. B., on board the Trusty 50, bearing the broad
pendant in the Mediterrfinean of Commodore P.
Costly, and shortly afterwards attained the rating
of Midshipmao, He removed, in 1788, to the Fer-
ret Bloop-of-war, commanded on the latter station
by Capts. Davidge Gould, Wm. Swaffield, and Hon.
Robt. Stopford ; served subsequently in 1790-1, as
Master's Mate, in the Gibraltar 80, Capt. Sam,
Cranston Goodall, and London 98, bearing the flag
of the same officer in the Channel ; then proceeded
to the West Indies in the Pbosebpine frigate, Capt.
James Alms ; in 1792 rejoined his relative. Rear?
Admiral Cosby, in the St. George 98, at Plymouth ;
and on ultimately accompanying him to the Medir
terranean in the Windsor Castle 98, served in
command of a party of seamen at the occupation of
Toulon, and was promoted, 10 July, 1794, into the
St. Fiokbnzo frigate, Capts. Sir Chas, Hamilton and
Henry Inman. His next appointment was, 8 Dec.
1794, to the Mabs, of 82 g)ms and 634 men, Capts,
Sir Ghas. Cotton, Alex. Hood, and John Manley, in
which ship we find him employed, latterly as First-
Lieutenant, until March, 1799. He was in conse-
quence present in Comwallis's celebrated retreat of
16 and 17 June, 1795, when the Mabs, being the
sternmost ship, bore the brunt of the enemy's
attack; and he assisted, under Capt. Hood, at the
capture, 21 April, 1798, oi L' Hercule, of 78 guns and
680 men. At the close of the desperate and san-
guinary conflict which led to the latter event,
wherein, for the space of an hour, the yards of the
two ships were locked together, and muzzle touched
muzzle, Mr. Bowker, then Second-Lieutenant, was
the officer who, of his own accord, the Captain being
mortally wounded and the First-Lieutenant absent
from the quarter-deck, gallantly headed a party of
boardpr^, and, springing into the main-chains of
L'Her^ule, succeeded in taking possession of that
ship, although unexpectedly opposed by the First
and Second French Captains and about 60 men, who
had treacherously rallied and resumed their arms.
In effecting this service, however, he unfortunately,
while in the act of making a thrust at the latter
officer, slipped and fell from the quarter to the
orlop deck, a misadventure which occasioned him a
loss of three teeth and a contusion in the right
knee.* His ensuing appointments were — 28 March,
1799, 27 Nov. 1800, and 8 June, 1803— to the Prince
and Prince George 98's, and, as First-Lieutenant,
to the San Josef 110, all bearing the flag in the
Channel of his friend Sir C. Cotton, by whom, in
the autumn of 1806, he was placed in command of
the Atalante brig. In that vessel, after taking
or destroying eight of a French coasting convoy of
12 sail, and singly preventing by a riise-de-guerre
several of the enemy's men-of-war from leaving
Basque Roads, Lieut. Bowker, owing to the igno-
rance of the pilots, unhappily got aground, in Feb.
1807, and remained exposed to a heavy fire of
great guns and musketry, until luckily rescued
from off the wreck, with his ship's company, by
the arrival of two British frigates. His ad-
vancement to the rank of Commander being con-
firmed on 23 of the following month, he was suc-
cessively appointed — on the same date, to the
EpERViER brig, on the West India station, whence
his health obliged him to invalid in Jan. 1808 —
8 Aug. 1809, to the ^tna bomb, part of the naval
force employed in the expedition to the Scheldt
under Sir Rich. John Straohan, whose thanks he
received in public orders, conjointly with the other
participating officers, for silencing the batteries of
Doel and covering the retreat of the advanced
squadron of frigates— 3 Sept. 1810, after assisting in
the defence of Cadiz, to the Wizard 16, attached
to the fleet in the Mediterranean— and, 24 Feb.
1811, as Acting-Captain, to the San Josef, flag-ship
of his patron Sir Chas. Cotton, in which he re-
turned home. From the date of his Post^commis-
sion, 16 Aug. 1811, Capt. Bowker remained on
half-pay, until nominated, 12 Feb. 1817, Flag-Cap-
tain, in the Sib Francis Drake of 46 guns, to
• ViieGia. 1798, p. 842.
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108
BOWKER-BOWLBY— BOWLES.
Vice-Admiral Fras. Pickmore, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief at Newfoundland, where, on
the death of that officer, 24 Feb. following, he
hoisted his broad pendant as Commodore, and
acted as Governor, pro tern,, with great credit, until
the arrival of Sir Chas. Hamilton, about the end of
the ensuing July. He continued to serve in the
Sir Frascis Drake, in his former capacity, until
his return home in Nov. 1819 ; after which he
commanded the Ordinary at Plymouth from 1825
until 1828. He was appointed a Captain of Green-
wich Hospital 13 July, 1844.
Capt. Bowker married, in 1801, Mary Beckford,
eldest daughter of Thos. Ligale Yates, Esq., who
had been Purser of the Maes in her capture of
L'SercuIe, and died, 17 Jan. 1832, Senior Parser in
the Navy, having attained that rank in 1777. He
has issue a son and daughter.
BOWKER. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 20; h-p., 24.)
John Harrison Bowker entered the Navy, in
May, 1803, as a Volunteer, on board the Culloden
74, Capt. Harrington Daores, flag-ship afterwards
of Sir Edw. Pellew on the East India station ; pre-
viously to proceeding whither he appears, on 2
Sept. 1803, to have assisted in chasing the French
74-gun ship Duguay Trcmin^ and 40-gun frigate
Guerrieref into Corunna. In Sept. 1807, after a
servitude of two years as Midshipman in the Dun-
can, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, and Beldone, Capt.
John Bastard, both in the East Indies, Mr. Bowker
was discharged ; but he re-embarked, in Nov. 1809,
on board the Amethyst 36, Capt. Jacob "Walton,
and continued to serve in that ship on the Home
station, until wrecked in Plymouth Sound, 16 Feb.
1811. He was subsequently, until the receipt of
his first commission, bearing date 7 Feb. 1815, em-
ployed in the Mediterranean and West Indies,
latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Un-
dadnted 38, Capt. Rich. Xhomas, Eurtaltjs 36,
Capt. Chas. Napier, Stbomboli bomb, Capt. John
Stoddart, Eurtaids again, Capt. C. Napier, Vene-
rable 74, flag-ship of Eear-Admiral Philip Chas.
Durham, and Columbine 16, Capt. Rich. Henry
Muddle. While in the Undaunted we find him
engaged in co-operating with the patriots on the
coast of Catalonia, and aUo in blockading the port
of Toulon. On 28 July, 1815, being at the time
Senior Lieutenant of the Fairy sloop, Capt. Henry
Loraine Baker, he was detached in command of
the boats to cut out a convoy at St. Fran9ois, Gua-
deloupe, in the execution of which service, how-
ever, he was desperately wounded by a musket-
ball passing through the right lobe of the lungs.
He invalided in consequence immediately after-
wards ; and, on 23 Jan. 1807, was awarded a pension
of 911. 5s. His subsequent appointments were — 21
April, 1821, and 26 March, 1823, to the Nokthum-
BBRLAND 74, Capt. Thos. Harvey, and Brisk sloop,
Capts. Edw. Stewart and Adolphas FitzCIarence,
both employed at Sheerness — 1 Jan. 1824, to the
Tribune frigate, Capt. Gardiner Henry Guion, sta-
tioned in the Mediterranean — 4 Feb. 1825, to the
Windsor Castle 74, Capts. Hugh Downman and
Edw. Durnford King, lyin^ at Plymouth, where
he was placed on half-pay in 1826— and, 31 Aug.
1840, to the command of the Savage 10, in which
vessel he served in the Mediterranean until the
dose of 1844. He attained his present rank 17 Jan.
1845 ; and has since been on half-pay. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
BOWLBY. (LiEDT., 1814. F-p., 1 1 ; H-P., 30.)
George Henry Bowlby entered the Navy, 31
May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 74,
Capts. Peter Halkett and Thos. Dundas ; attended,
with the former, the expedition to Copenhagen un-
der Lord Gambler, in Aug. 1807 ; served, after-
wards, at the blockade of the Tagus and in the
Scheldt ; attained the rating of Midshipman in Jan.
1808; and, in April, 1811, removed to the Andro-
mache 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin. In that ship he was
present, as Master's Mate, at the siege of St. Sebas-
tian, in Sept. 1813, and on its surrender he escorted
the French garrison to England. He also participat-
ed, on 23 of the following month, in the capture of La
Trave frigate, of 44 guns and 321 men, after a brave
and close-fought action of 15 minutes ; and, m
March, 1814, was with the force under Rear- Admiral
Chas. Vinicombe Penrose at the memorable passage
of the Gironde. After a brief intermediate attach-
ment to the Porcupine 22, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral
Penrose, and Reynard 10, Capt. David St. Clair,
Mr. Bowlby was advanced to his present rank 27
May, 1814. His next appointments were— 23 Sept.
ensuing, to the Woodlabk 10, Capt. Wm. Cntfield,
employed in the Channel and Mediterranean— and,
5 Jan. 1816, to the Mama 84, Capts. Chas. Ogle
and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, lying at Plymouth,
from which ship, after having been detached to the
West Indies in the Trave troop-ship, Capt. John
Codd, he was paid oflT 28 Feb. 1817. He has not
since been afloat.
Lieut. Bowlby married, 29 June, 1844, Caroline,
youngest daughter of the late Henry Salvin, Esq.,
of Durham.
BOWLES, C.B., M.P. (Rear-Admikal of the
Blue, 1841. f-p., 40; h-p., 11.)
William Bowles, bom in 1780, is eldest son of
Wm. Bowles, Esq., of Heale House, co. Wilts, by
Dinah, daughter of the late Sir Thos. Frankland,
R.N., Admiral of the White ; nephew of the late
Wm. Frankland, Esq., M.P., a Lord of the Admi-
ralty, and of the late Sir Boyle Roche, Bart. ; and
first cousin of the present Capts. Edw. Augustus and
Chas. Colville Frankland, and Henry Gosset, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Sept. 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capts. Au-
gustus Montgomery and John Aylmer, employed
in the Channel and off Cadiz ; removed with the
latter officer, as Midshipman, in June, 1797, to
the Captain 74 ; served, from May, 1798, to Nov.
1800, in the Daphne 20, Capts. Sir Chas. Lindsay
and Rich. Matson, on the North Sea and West
India stations ; then returned home in the Hydra
frigate, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey ; and after a conse-
cutive attachment to the Royal William, Capt.
Fras. Pickmore, lying at Spithead, Acasta frigate,
Capts. Edw. Fellowes and Jas. Athol Wood, in the
Mediterranean, and Driver sloop, Capt. Fras. Wm.
Fane, was appointed, 22 July, 1803, Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Cambrian 40, Capts. Barclay and John
Poo Beresford, on the Halifax station, where he
was confirmed by commission dated on 30 of the
following Aug. Mr. Bowles, whom we next find
serving in the Leander 50, flag-ship of Sir Andrew
Mitchell, and Milan 38, Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie,
both on the coast of North America, was promoted
to the rank of Commander 22 Jan. 1806, and, on
25 March, 1807, appointed to the Zebra bomb, in
which he accompanied Lord Gambler to Copen-
hagen, and came frequently into angry collision
with the Danish batteries and flotilla. Having
attained Post-rank on 13 Oct. in the same year,
Capt. Bowles obtained temporary command, in Dec.
1808, of the Medusa frigate— as also, in June,'l809,
of the Wabspite 74 — and again, in June, 1810, of
the Medusa. While in the latter ship, we find him,
in conjunction with the Spanish forces under Ge-
neral Porlier, contributing to the destruction of all
the batteries (with the exception of Castro) from
St. Sebastian to Santander, and, in July ensuing,
particularly distinguishing himself by his zeal, abi-
lity, and indefatigable activity, as second in com-
mand of the naval brigade under Capt. Hon. Fred.
Wm. Aylmer, in a successful engagement with a
strong detachment of the enemy's troops, consisting
of between 700 and 800 men, near Santona."* He left
the Medusa in Nov. 1810, and, on 29 March, 1811,
joined the Aqdilon 32, in which frigate, after con-
veying Lord Cathcart as Ambassador to St. Peters-
burg, and serving for some time in the Baltic (where,
with the assistance of the Sheldrake sloop, he ef-
fected the destruction of seven large merchant-ships,
* f^trfcGaz. 1810, pp. 109"-8.
BOWYEAR—BOWYER- BOXER.
109
in face of 1500 French soldiers, near Stralsiind), he
proceeded, in 1813, to South America, and was for
twelve months employed in protecting our trade in
the Rio de la Plata — a service which appears to
have been eratefuUy acknowledged by a compli-
mentary address from the British merchants resid-
ing at Buenos Ayres. Capt. Bowles returned home
in April, 1814, on board the Ceees 32, but in May,
1816, he again sailed for the same station, where,
with his broad pendant successively in the Aupbion
32, and CsEoiiE 42, he commanded in chief imtil
1820. His constant attention to the interests of
British commerce during that period was once more
home testimony to by the mercantile representa-
tives of Buenos Ayres, who voted him a piece of
plate. Capt. Bowles's next appointments were — 23
Jan. 1822, to the WitWAM and Mart yacht — and,
8 July following, to the Comptroller-Generalship of
the Coast Guard, which he retained until advanced
to his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841. Being intrusted
with the conduct of a Particular Service, he hoisted
his flag, 29 May, 1843, on board the Ttne 26, but
shifted it afterwards to the Caledonia 120, in
which it continued until May, 1844. Rear-Admiral
Bowles — who had been appointed an extra naval
Aide-de-Camp to William IV., 5 Sept. 1831, and
nominated a C.B. 18 April, 1839 — filled a seat at
the Board of Admiralty from 13 May, 1844, until
the summer of 1846. He is at present unem-
ployed.
The Kear-Admiral is M.P. for Launceston. He
married, 9 Aug. 1820, the Hon. Frances Temple,
Bister of Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for
Foreign Afiairsl but has been a widower since 1838.
BOWYEAR. (LiErTENANT, 1840.)
George Le Geyt Bowyear entered the Navy 2
Dec. 1830 ; passed his examination in 1836 ; and
was promoted from the Andromeda 26, Capt. Robt.
Lambert Baynes, to a Lieutenancy, 19 April, 1840,
in the Racehorse 18, Capts. Edw. Alfred John
Harris, John Coghlan Fitzgerald, and Edm. Feel,
employed on the North America and "West India
station, where he officiated for some time as First-
Lieutenant. He has been serving in the East
Indies, since 15 July, 1843, on board the Phot 16,
Capts. Wm. Henry Jervis and Geo. Knyvett Wil-
BOWYEK. (Capt., 1830. r-p., 2.'i; h-p., 19.)
William Bohdn Bowter was born 1 Aug. 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 May, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Merodrt 28, Capt.
Hon. Dunoombe Pleydell Bouverie, on the Jersey
station, where he attained the rating of Midship-
man 12 July following, and was often in action
with the French flotilla. Removing, next, into the
.SlOLHS 32, Capt. Lord Wm. FitzRoy, he was present
at the capture, by the force under Sir Rich. John
Strachan, of the four French ships of the line which
had escaped from the battle of Trafalgar, 4 Nov.
1805 ; and, on joining the Ramillies 74, Capts. Fras.
Pickmore and Robt. Yarker, he witnessed, as we are
informed. Sir John Borlase Warren's capture of the
Marengo of 80 guns, with the French Admiral Linois
on board, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule, 13 March,
1806 ; besides sharing in the reduction, in Dec.
1807, of the Danish West India islands of St. Tho-
mas and Santa Croix. In Oct. 1808, Mr. Bowyer
was transferred, as Master's Mate, to the Venus 32,
Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford, one of the two frigates
employed at the siege of Vigo, subsequently to the
surrender of which place, 27 March, 1809, he was
sent with some Spanish gun-boats to assist in de-
stroying the bridge of St. Payo, in order to obstruct
the advance of the French army to its relief. On
26 June, 1809, he became an Acting, and, on 4 May,
1810, a confirmed Lieutenant, of the Norge 74,
Capt. John Spratt Rainier, attached to the squadron
at the defence of Cadiz, where, in 1810-11, being
detached on boat service, he was very efficiently
engaged against the enemy's gun-vessels and other-
wise. Lieut. Bowyer's succeeding appointments
were — 9 April, 1811, to the Thais 18, Capt. Edw.
Scobell, on the coast of Africa, whence his health
obliged him to invalid in Feb. 1812—20 June fol-
lowing, to the Aqoilon 32, Capt. Wm. Bowles,
on the Baltic and Brazilian stations — 15 April, 1814,
to the Ceres 32, commanded by the same officer —
30 May, 1815, to the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt.
Chas. Inglis, fitting for the Mediterranean — and, 3
Oct. following, to the Amphion 32, Capt. W. Bowles,
which frigate he left in April, 1816, previous to her
departure for South America. From 14 Feb. 1817,
until April, 1828, he was next employed as an In-
specling-Commander in the Coast Guard, for his
services in which capacity he obtained a second
promotal commission, 15 Jan. 1823, and was also
advanced to Post-rank, out of the Despatch of 18
guns, 17 Feb. 1830. Since that period Capt. Bowyer
has been on half-pay.
He married, 25 May, 1819, Frances, daughter of
the late Capt. Beck of the Hon. E. L C. Service.
BOXER, C.B. (Capt., 1823. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 17.)
Edward Boxer, bom at Dover in 1784, is brother
of Capt. Jas. Boxer, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1798, as
A.B., on board the Doris 36, Capt. Lord Viscoimt
Ranelagh, in which ship he soon attained the rating
of Midshipman, and continued to serve under Capts.
John Halliday and Chas. Blrisbane until Jan. 1802.
During that period, on the night of 21 July, 1801,
he served in her boats, with those of the Beadlieu
and Urahie, all commanded by Lieut. Keith Max-
well, at the cutting out, under the batteries in Ca-
maret Bay, near Brest, a position deemed almost
impregnable, of La Chevrette corvette, of 20 long
nine-pounders and 350 men, after an heroic conflict
in which the enemy lost their Captain, 6 other offi-
cers, and 85 men killed, and 1 Lieutenant, 4 Mid-
shipmen, and 57 men wounded ; and the British,
1 Lieutenant R.M., 1 Midshipman, and 9 men slain,
and 2 Lieutenants, 1 Master's Mate, 3 Midshipmen,
and 51 men wounded. Mr. Boxer next accompa-
nied Capt. Brisbane, in the Trent 36, to the West
Indies, and, after a three years' attachment with
that officer to the Goliath 74, followed him, in
July, 180.5, as Master's Mate, into the Akethusa 38.
On 28 June, 1803, while in the Goliath, he assisted
at the taking of the 18-gun corvette La Miffnonne,
near the west end of St. Domingo. We subse-
quently find him serving in L'Unite 38, Capt. Chas.
Ogle, on the Mediterranean station — in the Ocean
98, bearing the flag oflT Cadiz of Lord Collingwood —
and, from 28 Sept. 1806, until confirmed, 8 Jan. 1807,
as Acting-Lieutenant in the Sophie sloop, Capt.
Wm. Mansell, and Tighe 80, Capt. Benj. Hallowell.
During the expedition to Egypt, in March, 1807,
Lieut. Boxer commanded a detachment of seamen
landed to co-operate with the army under Major-
General Thos. Fraser ;♦ and, at night, on 31 Oct.
1809, he headed, with great credit to himself, a divi-
sion of boats at the capture and destruction, in face
of the most desperate opposition, occasioning the
British a loss of 15 killed and 55 wounded, of the
French store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men,
bombards Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec
JVormande, with a convoy of seven merchant vessels,
•defended by numerous strong batteries in the Bay
of Rosas.t From the Tigre he removed, with Capt.
Hallowell, on the latter hoisting his flag as Rear-
Admiral, to the Malta of 84 guns, 28 Oct. 1811 ;
and from that period he continued to be employed,
under the same officer, in the capacity of First-
Lieutenant (except for about a month in the sum-
mer of 1813, when he assumed temporary charge of
the Volcano bomb), until appointed, 5 Oct. 1814,
to the acting-command of the Wizard brig, which
he left shortly previous to the receipt of his second
Admiralty commission, 1 March, 1815. Capt. Boxer
— who had the direction of all the gun-boats under
the orders of Rear-Admiral Hallowell at the siege
of Tarragona in 1813 — was next appointed, 6 Sept.
1822, to the Sparrowhawk 18, on the Halifax sta-
* fide Gai. 1807, p. 817. + r. Gm. 1809, p. 1907.
110
BOXER-^BOYACK.
tion, whence he was superseded on advancement to
hjg present rank, 23 June, 1823. He became an
Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard in July,
1824 ; served, from 23 Feb. 1827, until July, 1830,
as Flag-Captain at Halifax to Sir Chas. Ogle, in the
Hds9Ak46 ; and, from 3 Aug. 1837, until Aug. 1841,
commanded the Piqde 36, on the North America,
West India, and Mediterranean stations. For his
services on the coast of Syria in 1840— where, by
the unceasing gallantry of his exertions, he proved
of material assistance in the operations against
Caiffa, Jaffa, and Tsour, and where, with Capt.
Henry John Codrington, he so excellently superin-
tended, prior to the bombardment of St. Jean
d'Acre, thfi sounding and buoying-off of the chan-
nels leading to the batteries, as to enable the ships
to go in without risk of getting ashore — Capt.
Boxer was nominated, 18 Dec. in the same year, a
C.B., and presented, in common with the other ofl&-
cers of his rank employed, with the Turkish gold
medal.* He was appointed, 24 Aug. 1843, Resident
Agent for Transports and Harbour-Master at Que-
bec, where he still continues.
Capt. Boxer, whose wife died 25 Jan. 1826, has,
with other issue, an eldest son, James Fuller, Mas-
ter K.N., married to Matilda Mary, eldest daughter
of T. Sturdee, Esq., of the Naval Yard at Ports-
mouth ; and a third son, Edward, married, in 1843,
to Eleanor, daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel
Payne, Koyal Artillery. Agents— Messrs. Hal-
ford and Co.
in Dec. of the latter year, appointed him to the
BERGiRE sloop of war. In a few months he re-
turned to the PoMPEE, and after participating,
under the immediate orders of Vice-Admiral Hon.
Hen. Edwin Stanhope, in the bombardment of Co-
penhagen, was promoted by the Admiralty to the
fank of Commander 13 Oct. 1807. On 7 Nov. 1808,
Capt, Boxer was appointed to the Skylark 16, in
which sloop he was sent, preparatory to the WaU
cheren expedition, to ascertain the strength of the
enemy's defences at Flushing. On a later date, 10
Nov. 1811, he had the good fortune, in company
with the Locust gun-brig, to capture one, carrying
4 guns and 60 men, and destroy another, of a flo.
tiUa of 12 gun-vessels, under a heavy fire of four
hours from the enemy's batteries and musketry
near Calais,* The Skylark being unfortunately
wrecked near Boulogne on 3 May, 1812, he next
joined, on 15 Feb. 1814, the Albacoee sloop, at Bio
Janeiro, where he became Acting-Captain, 22 April
following, of the Acjdilos 32. He was officially
posted on his return to England, by commission
dated 19 July in the same year ; and on 1 Oct.
1846, was placed upon the half-pay of retirement.
Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
BOXEE. (Orajtttin, 1814. F-p., 17; H-P., 36.)
James Boxeb, a native of Dover, is brother of
Capt. Edw. Boxer, R.N., and of the late Com-
mander Wm. Boxer, ll.N. (1823), who died in the
early part of 1842.
This of&cer entered the Navy, 14 April, 1794, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Diamond 38, Capt.
Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, with whom he took part, as
Midshipman, in the capture and destruction of the
French national ships La Revolutionnaire of 44, V As-
semblee Nationale of 22, and U Etourdie of 16 guns,
Independently of many other dashing affairs and the
hazardous service of reconnoitering Brest. On 18
April, 1796, he was in the boats with the gallant Sir
Sidney when they were driven with a captured
privateer far up the river Seine by the strength of
the current, and there taken by the enemy, after
an obstinate resistance. Regaining his liberty,
however, in the following Aug., he rejoined the
Diamond, at that time commanded by Sir Rich.
John Straohan, with whom we find him serving off
Cherbourg and Havre de Grace until again placed,
7 Aug. 1798, under the orders of Sir W. S. Smith,
in the Tigre 80. Previously to the siege of St.
Jean d'Acre, in 1799, Mr. Boxer, then Master's
Mate, was detached, in charge of the prize galliot
Marianne, to examine minutely the coast east of
Alexandria ; and, at the investment of the former
place by the French, he was very actively employed
in command of a gun-boat, particularly on 1 May,
in repelling the fourth desperate assault made by
the enemy, and on one or two other occasions,
when in the conveyance of despatches, he beat off
vessels of superior force. Attaining the rank of
Lieutenant, 14 Nov. 1800, he next, in 1801, accom-
panied the expedition to Egypt ; and, for his ser-
vices throughout the whole of the campaign, as
Commander of the Tigre's launch, was presented
with the Turkish gold medal. Lieut. Boxer, whose
ensuing appointment was, 12 March, 1803, to the
AsTELOPE 50, bearing the broad pendant in the
North Sea of his friend Sir W. S. Smith, subse-
quently, on 31 March, 1804, led a division of boats,
and was wounded, in a gallant and successful at-
tack on a guard-vessel, the Schrik, of 6 guns
and 94 men ; after which he commanded, from
Aug. in the same year until March, 1806, the Con-
RiER hired cutter, off Boulogne, Ushant, and Roche-
fort; and then became First of the Pompee 74,
flag-ship in the Mediterranean of his patron, who,
* yide Gaz. 1840, pp. 2601, 2602, 2900.
BOXER. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
James Michaed Boxer entered the Navy 29
Dec. 1827 ; passed his examination 6 Jan. 1836 ;
and, for his services on the coast of Syria, where
he beheld the capture of St. Jean d'Acre, was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. He
was subsequently appointed, 15 Dec. 1840, to the
Vesuvius steamer, Capt. Thos. Henderson, in the
Mediterranean — 8 Sept. 1841, as Additional, to the
Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, on the Lakes
of Canada, whence he returned in the spring of
1842 — and, 16 Dec. 1843, in the same capacity, to
the Ir-LDSTHioDS 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam oii
the North America and West India station. Lieut.
Boxer has been on half-pay since the autujoijj of
1844. ■ ■■"-
He married, i» 1839, Misg Elizabeth Kington, of
Deal, CO. Kpnt. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
BOYACK. (LiE0T., 1 804. F-p., 1 9 ; h-p., 33.)
Alexander Boyack entered tlie Navy, 18 April,
1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ambuscade 82,
Capt. Geo. Duff, attached to the fleet in the North
Sea ; served, from March, 1796, to Sept. 1801, (in
June of which year he passed his examination,) as
Midshipman, under the same officer and Capt. John
Talbot, in the Glenmore 36, employed on the
former and Irish stations ; and then proceeded
with Capt. Duff, in the Vengeance 74, to the West
Indies, where Rear- Admiral John Thos. Duckworth
promoted him, from the Leviathan 74, to be Act-
ing-Lieutenant of the Theseus 74, Capt. John
BUgh, 23 June, 1802. After participating in the
chase of Le Dvqit^sne 74, and Oiseau schooner (both
ultimately captured) — in the cutting out also of
from 12 to 15 merchant vessels at Jeremie and
Aux Cayes, St. Domingo — and in the reduction of
Port Dauphin, where Fort Labouque was silenced,
the guns brought off, and La Sagesse, of 28 guns,
taken, Mr. Boyack was detached, in command of a
prize schooner, Les Deux Amis, with orders to
"sink, burn, and destroy" everything hostile that
fell in his way. Before, however, he had captured
more than one vessel, he was sent home with prir
soners in charge of the Mars transport, where,
soon after his arrival, he received, 3 May, 1804, an
Admiralty commission appointing him to the War-
rior 74, Capt. Wm. Bligh, engaged in blockading
the Kochefort squadron. He next, on 6 March,
1805, joined the Prospero bomb, Capt. Jones, em-
ployed in watching the Boulogne flotilla, but was
removed on 21 May following to the command of
the Dove cutter, in which, on 5 Aug. in the same
year, he had the misfortune to be captured, while
on his passage to Malta, by La Gloire French fri-
gate. He remained in painful captivity from that
* Vide Gsa. 1811, p. 2193.
BOYCE— BOYD— BOYES.
Ill
period until the general exchange in 1814 ; since
which period he has not been employed.
BOYCE. QLlEUTENANT, 1845.)
Fredekick Agab Boyce entered the Navy in
1833; passed his examination 11 July, 1840; and
served for nearly four years, as Mate, on the North
America and West India station, in the Winches-
ter 52, and iLLUSTBions 72, flag-ships of Sir Thos.
Harvey and Sir Chas. Adam. He obtained his
commission 1 Sept. 1845, and has since been on
half-pay.
BOYCE. (LlEUTf., 1805. F-p., 14 ; h-p., 410
WiiUAM HehktBoyce entered the Navy, in Dec.
1792, as Lieutenant's Servant, on board the Alcide
74, Capt. Kobt. Linzee, on the Mediterranean sta-
tion, where, in 1794, he served with the same officer
in the Windsor Castjce 98. In May, 1797, after
an unemployed interval of more than two years, he
became Midshipman of the Intrepid 64, Capts. R.
Parker and E. Ba^s, and in that ship proceeded
with convoy to St. Helena, He subsequently joined,
in succession, the Gallant and viper, Lieut.-
Commanders Wm. Hargood and Wm. Stag, lying
at Portsmouth — Impregnable 98, Capt. Jonathan
Faulkner, sent, in the summer of 1799, to Lisbon in
charge of convoy — Glory 98, Capt. Thos. Wells,
employed during the three following years in the
Channel — AuttORA 28, Capt. Micajah Malbon, off
Newfoundland — DbeadnougBt 98, Capts. John
Child Purvis, John Bowen, and Kobt. Carthew
Reynolds, one of the Channel fleet in 1803-4 — and
ViLLE DE Paris 110, Capts. Thos. Le Marchant Gos-
sehn and John Whitby, also on the Home station.
On 28 May, 1805, Mr. Boyce was made Lieutenant
into the Mars 74, Capt. Geo. Duff, which ship, after
participating in the battle of Trafalgar, he left in
March, 1806. He was next employed for a few
'weeks in the Impress Service at Folkestone ; com-
manded, from 15 Jan. 1808, to 24 Deo. 1811, the
BiENFAiSANT, On the Plymouth station ; and, from
Ma,y to Deo. 1813, served in the Veteran 64,
Liieut.-Commander Stephen Donovan, prison-ship at
Portsmouth. He has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Boyce was presented in 1812, in conse-
quelice of a serious injury he had received in the
6ye, with ft gratuity of 91/. 5«., but was refused a
pension.
BOYCE. (Lieu*., 181.5. s-p., 20; H'P.,21.)
William Newleton Boyce entered the Navy,
29 Jan. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kent
74, bearing the flag in the Channel of Vice-Admiral
Edw. Thombrougn, with whom, after removing to
the ViLLE DE Paris 110, he proceeded, fai Nov. of
the same year, to the Mediterranean, as Midship-
man of the KoYAL Sovereign 100. He was after-
wards sutoesslvely transferred — in Aug. 1808, to the
NioBE 38, Capt. John WentwoTth Loring, employed
in the West Indies and off Havre de Grace — in N ov.
1810, into the Foktun^ie 36, Capt. Hen. Vansittart,
on the Irish station, where he assisted in taking, 11
Oct. 1811, Le Vice-Amiral Martin, of 18 guhs and
140 men, a notorious privateer — in July, 1812, to
the Stag 36, Capts. Wm. Wohige and Phipps
Hornby, cruizing off Cherbourg — and, in Jan. 1813,
and April, 1814, to the Lion 64, and Medway 74,
flag-ships of Kear- Admiral Chas. Tyler at the Cape
of Good Hope. From 24 March, 1815, until paid
off in Feb. 1816, Mr. Boyce, who had been awarded
a commission on 15 Feb. in the former year, next
served on the Cape station in the Harpy 16, Capt.
Geo. Tyler. He obtained a command in the Coast
Guard 6 May, 1834, and retained it until shortly
previous to his appointment, 22 May, 1840, to the
Poictiers 72, Capts. John Clavell and Wm. Hen.
Shirreff, guard-ship at Chatham. Since the close of
1843 he has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Boyce married, first, 19 Aug. 1818, Miss
Anne Harrow, of Alton, who died 23 Jan. 1837;
and, secondly, in 1838, Anne Helena, widow of
Lieut. F. N. Price, R.A.
BOYD. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 33.)
David Boyd entered the Navy, 13 Jan. 1793, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boston, of 38 guns and
204 men, Capt. Geo. Wm. Augustus Courtenay, and
on 31 July following, when off New Jersey, partici-
pated, as Midshipman, in a close-fought action of
two hours with the French frigate Emhuscade, of
38 guns and 327 men, which terminated in a loss to
the British of 10 men, including their Captain,
killed, and 24 wounded, and to the enemy of 50
killed and wounded. He continued thenceforward
to serve with Capt. Jas. Niooll Morris in the same
ship, fljid the Lively 32, until wrecked on Rota
Point, near Cadiz, 12 April, 1798. We then find
him joining the Ville db Paris 110, bearing the
flag of Earl St. Vincent, by whom, in the following
Oct., he was promoted into the Bellerophon 74,
Capt. Hen. D'Esterre Darby, employed in the Me-
diterranean. Being officially promoted on 30 May,
1800, and appointed with Capt. Darby to the
Spencer 74, Mr. Boyd, in July, 1801, took part in
Sir Jas. Saumarez's actions off Algesiras and Ca-
diz. His subsequent appointments were — 9 Nov.
1803, to the Franchise 38, Capt. Hon. John Mur-
ray— in 1804^5-6) to the Thbseos, Herccle, and
Veteran, flag-ships on the Jamaica station of
Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Daores — next, to the com-
mand of the Veteran's tender, the Gracieuse
schooner, in which, when in company with another
vessel, he captxired, after a running fight, the Spa-
nish privater Juliana, of 5 guns and 83 men, 27 Dec.
1807*— 12 March, 1808, and 28 July, 1813, to the
command, on the West India and North American
stations, of the Firefly and St. Lawrence schoo-
ners—and, 1 Oct. 1814, to the Acting-command of
the AleaN sloop. He was confirmed to the latter
vessel 7 Feb. 1815, but went on half-pay in the fol-
lowing Sept., and has not since been employed.
Commander Boyd is Senior of 1815. Agent—
Frederick Dufaur.
BOYD. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
John Augustus Hugh Boyd entered the Navy in
1832 ; passed his examination 12 June, 1839 ; served,
as Mate, on the Mediterranean station, in the Cas-
tor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, and Devastation and
Medea steam-ers, Capts. Hon. Swynfen Thos. Car-
negie and Fred. Warden ; and, while in the former
ship, was employed on shore at the taking, in 1840,
of Caiffa and Tsour, on the coast of Syria, where
he also beheld the fall of St. Jean d'Acre. At
Caiffa, in particular, he appears to have assisted in
planting the Ottoman flag on the ramparts. t He
obtained his commission 28 May, 1845 ; and, with
the exception of a short attachment in the same year
to the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth of
Sir Chas. Rowley, has since been on half-pay.
BOYD. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
John M'Neill Boyd entered the Navy 28 Sept.
1825 ; passed his examination 14 May, 1832 ; took
part, we believe, in an expedition to the Niger ;
served for some time, as Senior Mate, on board the
Queen 110, and St. Vincent 120, flag-ships at
Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Codrington ; and obtained
his commission 23 Nov. 1841. He rejoined the St.
Vincent on 17 of the following month ; and from 7
March, 1842, imtll paid off in 1846, was next em-
ployed, latterly as First-Lieutenant, in the Win-
chester 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Rear-Admiral
the Hon. Josceline Percy. He is at present unem-
ployed. Agents — Case and Loudonsack.
BOYES. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 19; h-p., 32.)
Henry Boyes entered the Navy, 1 May, 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lion 64, Capts. Edm.
Crawley, Hen. Inman, Chas. Cobb, and Manley
Dixon, and soon afterwards attained the rating of
Midshipman. Under the last-named officer he took
• Fide Gaz. 1808, p. 415,
t V. Gaz. 1S40, p. 2601.
112
BOYLE-BOYS.
part, 15 July, 1798, In a brilliant action, off Cartha-
gena, between the Lion and four Spanish frigates
of 42 guns each, which terminated in the surrender
of one of the latter, the Santa Dorotea ; and, on 31
March, 1800, we believe he further assisted, in
company with the Penelope and FoDDRorANT, at
the capture, after a tremendous conflict, in which
the Lion had 8 men killed and 38 wounded, of Le
Guillaume Tell, of 84 guns and 1000 men, having
Kear-Admiral Decres on board. He was then
transferred with Capt. Dixon to the Genekeux 74,
and from that ship, in Nov. following, to the Swift-
suBE 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, with whom, after
serving under the flag of Sir Kich. Bickerton at
the blockade of Alexandria, he was taken prisoner
in a desperate engagement, of more than an hour's
duration, which rendered the Swiftsure a prize-
wreck to Bear-Admiral Ganteaume's squadron of
4 line-of-battle ships, 24 June, 1801. On regaining
his liberty, Mr. Boyes, in June, 1802, joined the
Kent 74, bearing the flag on the Mediterranean
station of Sir R. Bickerton, from whom he received,
1 Oct. following, an order to act as his Flag-Lieu-
tenant, in which rank he was confirmed 14 Jan.
1803. After accompanying the same oflBcer, in a
similar capacity, into the Kofal Sovereign 100,
and QcEEN 98, he was successively appointed — 29
Oct. 1805, to the Fame 74, Capts. Graham Moore
and Bich. Hen. Alex. Bennett, employed in the
"West Indies, off Newfoundland, and in the Channel,
from which ship he invalided in Jan. 1806 — 2 May,
1808, to the Statira 46, Capt. Kobt. Howe Brom-
ley, on the Western station — 8 Aug. in the same
year, to the Caledonia 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to
Lord Gambler, under whom he was present, 11
April, 1809, at the destruction of the French ships
in Aix Boads— in May, 1811, and March, 1813, to
the BoYNE 98, and Ville db Paris 110, as Flag-
Lieutenant likewise to Sir Harry Neale, in the
Channel — and, 3 Nov. 1813, to the Prince 98, again
as Flag-Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Bich. Bickerton,
then Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, where
he continued until the receipt of his second pro-
motal commission, 11 May, 1815. Capt. Boyes,
who remained on half-pay from that period until
appointed, 30 Aug. 1841, to the Vixen steam-ves-
sel, on the East India station, was, for his services
during the operations on the Yang-tse-Kiang river
in China, advanced to Post-rank 23 Dec. 1842.* He
is at present unemployed. Agent — J. Chippendale.
BOYLE. (Commander, 1842.)
Alexander Boyle, bom 9 March, 1810, is second
sou of the Bight Hon. David Boyle, of Shewalton,
CO. Ayr, Lord Justice-General and President of
the Court of Session, in Scotland, by EUzabeth
Montgomerie, niece of Hugh, 12th Earl of Eglin-
ton ; brother of Patrick Boyle, Esq., principal Clerk
of the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, and of
Lieut. Wm. Boyle, of the 15th Foot ; brother-in-
law of Sir Chas. Dalrymple Ferguson, Bart. ; ne-
phew of the late John Kouett Smollett, Esq., Bear-
Admiral of the Bed ; and cousin of the present Earl
of Glasgow, Lieut. K.N.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Sept. 1823;
passed his examination in 1829 ; and obtained his
first commission 5 Oct. 1830. He joined, 24 June,
1832, the Champion 18, Capts. Hon. Arthur Dun-
combe and Bobt. Fair, under whom he served for
three years in the Mediterranean, North America,
and "West Indies ; was afterwards employed, from
15 Sept. 1836, until the close of 1839, in the Piqde
36, Capts. Hon. Hen. John Bous and £dw. Boxer,
on the Lisbon and former stations ; and became, 8
Sept. 1841, First of the North Star 26, Capt. Sir
Jas. Everard Home, lying at Portsmouth, where he
removed, 2 Oct. following, ia the same capaci^, to
the Qdeen 110, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw.
Owen. He was advanced to his present rank 7
Feb. 1842 ; and since 27 Dec. 1845, has been in
command of the Thundereolt steam-sloop, at the
Cape of Good Hope.
• Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. S404, 3881.
Commander Boyle appears to have been for some
time a student at tlie K.N. College. He married,
2 July, 1844, Agnes, youngest daughter of Jas.
Walker, Esq., of Great George Street, Westminster.
BOYLE. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 14; h-p., 20.)
Courtena!y Edmund William Boyle, born 3
Aug. ISOO, is eldest son of the late Vice-Admiral
Hon. Sir Courtenay Boyle, K.C.H., F.K.S., formerly
a Commissioner of the Navy Board, who died 21
May, 1844, by Carolina Amelia, daughter of the
late Wm. Poyntz, Esq., of Mingham, co. Berks. He
is grandson of the seventh, and nephew of the pre-
sent Earl of Cork and Orrery.
This officer entered the R. N. College 3 Sept.
1813, and embarked, 7 Sept. 1816, as a Volun-
teer, on board the Madagascar 38, Capt.,' Jas.
Alex. Gordon, with whom, on removing to the
Mjeander 38, he miraculously escaped shipwreck
in Yarmouth Roads 19 Dec. following. He after-
wards joined the Severn 50, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm.
Aylmer, Egeria 24, Capt. Bobt. Rowley, and Ti-
ber 38, Capt. Jas. Kich. Dacres ; served, from Sept.
1817 to Oct. 1820, as Midshipman, in the Glasgow
80, Capt. Hon. Anth. Maitland, on the Mediterra-
nean station ; and, after a further attachment, as
Admiralty Midshipman, to the QnEEN Charlotte
first-rater, Capt. John Baker Hay, at Portsmouth,
and Royal George yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas.
Paget, was awarded a Lieutenant's commission 14
Dec. 1821. He was next appointed, 25 Nov. 1822,
to the Tkibdue 36, Capt. Gardiner Hen. Guion,
with whom he returned to the Mediterranean ;
and, 6 Jan. 1824, to the Jcpiteb 60, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral Willoughby Thos. Lake at Halifax,
where he continued until made Commander, 23
Dec. 1826. Capt. Boyle, whose next appointment
was, 16 Aug. 1828, to the Cordelia sloop on the
Mediterranean station, attained Post-rank 27 May,
1830 ; and has not since been afloat.
Capt. Boyle, in 1840, was nominated Groom of
the Chamber to Prince Albert. He married, in
Nov. 1836, Wallace, daughter of Wm. W. Ogle,
Esq., of Causey Park, Northumberland. Agents —
Messrs. StilweU.
BOYLE. (LlEDTENANT, 1843.)
The Honourable Robert Francis Boyle, bom
6 Oct. 1818, is third son of the present Earl of
Shannon, by Sarah, fourth daughter of John Hyde,
Esq., of Castle Hyde.
This officer passed his examination 29 July, 1839,
and served, as Mate, on the East India station, in
the Melville 72, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dun-
das, Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Hen. Keppel, and Vixen
steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Giffard. He obtained his
commission 20 Sept. 1843, and was next appointed,
17 June, 1844, and 25 Sept. 1845, to the Spitefol
steamer, and Serpent 16, commanded on the
same station by Capts. Wm. Maitland and Wm.
Nevill. Since his return to England in 1846, Mr.
Boyle has been on half-pay.
BOYS. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 22 ; h-p., 29.)
Edward Boys entered the Navy, in 1796, as Fst.-
cl. Vol., on board the Overyssel 64, Capt. Wm.
Swaffleld, on the North Sea station ; joined, next,
the Ethalion 38, Capt. Geo. Countess, one of Sir
John Borlase Warren's ships at the capture, in
Oct. 1798, of Commodore Bompart's squadron, con-
sisting of Le Boche 74, and several frigates, of
whom La Bellone 36 struck to the Ethalion, after
a close engagement of an hour and 54 minutes, on
the coast of Ireland ; became, after participating
in the capture of L' Infatigabh privateer, of 18
guns and 120 men. Midshipman of the Robust 74,
Capts. Coimtess and Wm. Brown, 16 April, 1799 •
served, from Oct. 1800 until paid off, 26 April, I8O2!
as Master's Mate in the Royal Sovereign 100, flag-
ship, in the Channel likewise, of Sir Hen. Harvey-
and, in June following, joined the Phcebe 36, Capts!
Shepheord and Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, on the
Mediterranean station. He subsequently, in 1803,
BOYS— BO YTER— BRACE.
113
commanded one of the boats of that frigate in a
disastrous attack on two French privateers off Cl-
vita VeccMa, when the former were repulsed, with
the loss of 8 killed and wounded ; and, on 4 Aug.
in the same year, while prize-master of a settee,
one of two at the taking of which he had a few
days previously assisted, he was captured by a
French squadron. On escaping from captivity, 10
May, 1809,* Mr. Boys was immediately allowed to
pass his examination, and, in a few days after-
wards, the 25th, was appointed liieutenant of the
Arachne 18, Capts. Sam. Chambers and Chas.
Hope Watson, in which sloop, after attending the
expedition to the Walcheren, he proceeded to the
West Indies, where for a short period he officiated
as Acting-Commander. His subsequent appoint-
ments, as Lieutenant, were, in 1813-14, to the Rhin
38, Caj>t. Chas. Malcolm, Queen 74, Capt. Lord
John Colville, and Venerable 74, bearing the flag
of Bear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, all likewise
stationed in the West Indies. He was confirmed
in the command of the Suniba of 18 guns, 8 July,
1814, but in Sept. following was placed on half-pay,
and has not since been afloat. He was latterly em-
ployed, from 16 Sept. 1837 until the close of 1841,
as Superintendent of the Dockyard at Deal.
He is married, and has a second son, Henry, a
Lieut. R.N. His third son, Richard, a young
oflicer of the greatest promise, was killed in the
boats of H.M.S. Fantoue, during an afii-ay with
some pirates on the coast of Barbary, 12 May, 1846.
BOYS. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
George Sayer Boys passed his examination 4
Aug. 1835 ; and served, as Mate, on the Mediter-
ranean, Home, and Cape of Good Hope stations, in
the Vernon 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, Albion 90,
Capt. Nich. Lockyer, and Mutike 12, Capt. Rich.
Borough Crawford. He obtained his commission
13 Aug. 1845 ; became, a few days afterwards, Ad-
ditional-Lieutenant of the Winchester 50, flag-ship
at the Cape of Hon. Josceline Percy ; removed, 23
Nov. following, to the Thunderbolt steam-sloop,
Capt. Alex. Boyle, on the same station); and since
21 Aug. 1846, has been employed in the East Indies
as First of the Childers 12, Capt. John Charles
Pitman.
BOYS. (LlEUTiaiANT, 1846.)
Henry Boys is second son of Commander Edw.
Boys, R.N.
This officer, while Midshipman of the Edinburgh
72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, was much ap-
plauded during the operations of 1840 on the coast
of Syria, particularly for his conduct at the capture
of Beyrout, where he was intrusted with the duty
of removing the powder from the castle. He was
afterwards wounded at the bombardment of St.
Jean d'Acre. Having passed his examination 30
July, 1843, and been intermediately employed, as
Mate, in the Vanguard 80, commanded, on Parti-
cular Service, by Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, Mr.
Boys, on 7 Feb. 1846, was promoted to a Lieute-
nancy in the Snake 16, Capt. Thos. Bourmaster
Brown, with whom he is now serving at the Cape
of Good Hope.
BOYS. (Commander, 1846.)
William Boys passed his examination in 1829 ;
and obtained bis commission 26 Jan. 1835. His
ensuing appointments were — 7 Feb. 1835, as Su-
pernumerary Lieutenant, to the Hastings 74, Capt.
Hen. Shiffher, off Lisbon— 17 Aug. 1836, to the
Harlequin 16, Capt. John Elphinstone Erskine, in
the Mediterranean — 12 Nov. 1840 (after two years
* For an acconnt of the manner in which Commander
Boys effected hia emancipation from imprisonment, we refer
our readers to his * Narrative of a Captivity and Adventures
in France and Flanders between the years 1603 and 1809,' —
a volume of stirring interest, published in 18^7. In 1831 ap-
peared his ' Remarks on the Practicability and Advantages
of a Sandwich or Downs Harbour,*
of half-pay), to the Britannia 120, bearing the
flag on the latter station of Sir John Aoworth Om-
manney — 29 July, 1841, to be Agent for Transports
afloat — 2 July, 1844, to the Coast Guard — and, 8
Aug. 1845, again to the Transport service, in which
he continued until the attainment of his present
rank, 28 Oct. 1846.
BOYTEK. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 10.)
Alexander Boyter entered the Navy, 10 March,
1806, as Midshipman, on board the Volontaike 46,
Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, then at the Cape of
Good Hope ; and, from July following until Sept.
1815 (except from Dec. 1812 to March, 1814, when
he appears to have been employed with the same
oficer in the Channel, on board the Hotspur 36),
served with Capt. Hen. Hope, the greater part of
the time as Master's Mate, in the Espoir brig,
Glatton 54, Leonidas 38, Topaze 38, Salsette
36, and Endyhion, of 48 guns and 319 men, on the
Mediterranean and North American stations. Dur-
ing that period he served, on the night of 31 Oct.
1809, in the boats of the Topaze, and of a squadron
under Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture and de-
struction, after a furious struggle, and a loss to the
British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the
store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, bom-
bards Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec Nor-
mande, with a convoy of 7 merchantmen, defended
by numerous strong batteries, in the Bay of Rosas.*
He also, in 1810, witnessed the taking by the To-
paze of a privateer and battery at the entrance of
the river Barbate. While in the Endymion, Mr.
Boyter was severely wounded, 9 Oct. 1814, in an^ill-
fated boat attack on the American privateer Prince
de Neufchatel, of 18 guns and 130 men, on which
occasion the British were repulsed, with a loss of
28 killed and 37 wounded ; and slightly, at the me-
morable capture, after an action of two hours and
a halfi a loss to the enemy of 35 killed and 70
wounded, and to the British of 11 killed and 14
wounded, of the President frigate, of 56 guns and
465 men, 15 Jan. 1815. We are informed that the
subject of this memoir was present on shore at the
battle of NorthPoint. He obtained his commission
on 18 Feb. 1815, and continued in the Endydiion,
latterly in the Channel, until paid off as above.
He was appointed, 17 Oct. 1825, to the Coast Guard,
and in that service he remained until invested with
the command, 4 Aug. 1842, of the Pike steam-
packet, now employed on the Portpatrick station.
BRACE. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 24.)
Francis Brace is nephew of the late Vice-Ad-
miral Sir Edward Brace, K.C.B., who died Com-
mander-in-Chief at the Nore in Dec. 1843 ; also of
Admiral Stephen Piwntz; and cousin of Capt. Her-
bert Brace Powell, K..N.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 March, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Iris 32, commanded by
his uncle, Capt. Edw. Brace, with whom, after
cruizing for some months off Ferrol and Corunna,
he removed to La Virglnie, of 46 guns and 281
men. In that ship, during a servitude of four years
and a half on the North Sea and Cork stations, he
contributed, as Midshipman, to the capture of two
Spanish privateers of 14 guns each, and, 19 May,
1808, of the Dutch frigate Guelderland, of 36 guns
and 253 men, after an obstinate conflict of an hour
and a half, in which the enemy's loss amounted to
25 killed and 50 wounded, and that of the British to
only 1 killed and 2 wounded. He next, in March,
1810, joined the Clyde 38, bearing the broad pen-
dant at Flushing of Commodore Sir E. W. C. B.
Owen ; was transferred, in Sept. following, as Mas-
ter's Mate, to the St. Albans 64, Capt. Edw. Brace,
employed for a whole twelvemonth at the defence
of Cadiz ; was wrecked shortly after his removal to
the Ephera fire-ship, Capt. 'Thos. Eyerard, on the
Porpoises, near Cadiz, 26 Dec. 1811 ; then rejoined
his uncle in the Berwick 74, in which he passed hia
• Vide Gas. 1809, p. 1907.
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BRADBY-BRADLEY.
examination early in 1812; and, after an attach-
ment of some months to the Caledonia 120, flag-
ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Edward Pellew,
was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Feb.
1813. His subsequent appointments, in the latter
capacity, were — 20 March following, again to the
Berwick, commanded, as before, by Capt. E.
Brace, off Toulon and the coast of Italy — 14 Oct.
1814, to the Menai 26, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, on
Channel service — 15 April, 1815, to the Pique 36,
Capt. Hon. Anth. Maitland, fitting at Portsmouth
— 16 July, 1816, to the Pkistce Kbgent 56, as Flag-
liieutenant to Commodore Sir Kobert Hall, on the
lakes of Canada — 21 Sept. ensuing, to the acting-
command of the Netley 10, on Lake Ontario —
and, 15 Sept. 1817, to the Svbii.le 48, Capt. Chas.
Malcolm, with whom he served in the "West Indies,
under the flag of Sir Home Popham, until the re-
ceipt of his second commission, 7 Deo. 1818. On 28
Sept. 1824, Capt. Brace obtained command of the
Gannet 18, in which we find him effecting the
capture of a smuggling lugger on the coast of Ire-
land 1 Feb. 1825, and subsequently, up the Medi-
terranean, of three piratical vessels, as also the de-
struction of a fourth. Attaining Post-rank, 14 Aug.
1827, he commanded, from 19 June, 1837, until
superseded, 2 Sept. following, the Donegal 78,
fitting at Plymoujth ; and was Flag-Captain to Sir
Edw. Brace in the Camperddwn 104, from 16 Deo.
1841, until the death of that gallant officer in Dec.
1843. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Brace married, 15 April, 1833, Elizabeth,
daughter of John Middleton, Esq., of Clifton, and
has issue.
BEADBY. (Lieut., ISOfl. p-p., 17 ; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Bhadbv entered the Navy, 12 Dec. 1797,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Abiadne 20, Capt.
Jas. Bradby, on the North Sea station ; removed,
as Midshipman, in Aug. 1800, to the Andbomeda
32, commanded, in the West Indies, by the same
oifioer and by Capt. Edw. Dumford King ; and, in
Feb. 1802, was paid off at Plymouth from the Mag-
NANiME 44, Capt. Wm. Taylor. He next served,
from Oct. 1803, until Sept. 1807, in the Pbince
Geobge 98, Capts. Joseph Sydney Torke and Geo.
Losack, employed in the Channel and West Indies ;
and, after a further attachment to the Bdlwaek
74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, off
Cadiz, Royal William 100, Capt. Hon. Courtenay
Bo-yle, «,t Spithesd, Christian VH. 80, Capt. J, S.
Yorke, In the Downs, and Ganges 74, and Bar-
FLEDB 98, both flag-ships in the Tagus of Vice-Ad-
miral Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, was mside
Lieutenant into the Tbiomph 74, Capt. Sam. Hood
Linzee, 7 July, 1809. Mr. Bradby continued cruiz-
ing in the latter ship off the Western Islands, before
the port of Cadiz, and in the Mediterranean, until
14 Aug. 1810 ; subsequently to which period we find
him appointed — 26 Jan. 1811, to the Rol^iA 10,
Oapts. Sam. Clarke and Wm. Hill, under the former
of whom he assisted in capturing, off Fecamp, the
French privateer L'Espoir, of 16 guns and 50 men,
6 Oct. in the same year — and, 18 May, 1814, to the
Alpheds 36, Capt. Geo. Langford, from which ship,
after serving in the East Indies, he was paid off, 31
Dec. i8J6. He has not since been afloat.
BRADLEY. (Lieut., 1825. f-p., 22; h-p., 16.)
John Bradley was born, 26 Oct. 1795, at Cow-
bridge, in Glamorganshire.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Sept. 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jason 32, Capt. Hon.
Jas. Wm. King, under whom he soon attained the
rating of Midshipman, and continued actively to
serve, in the West Indies and off the coasts of New-
foundland and Holland, until Nov. 1814. During
the unfortunate attack on Bergen-op-Zoom, in the
latter year, he was occasionally employed on shore
with the army, and carried the despatches from
that place to Helvoetsluys. He next joined the
Centaur 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon C»ulfeild, stationed
^t the Cape of Good Hope ; jlassed his examination
6 Dec. 1815; and subsequently served, as Admiralty-
Midshipman— from the latter date until Jan. 1819,
in the Pwue 36, Capts. Jas. Haldane Tait and John
M'Kellar, on the West India station, where he was
frequently detached in the boats for the suppression
of piracy — for the four succeeding years, in the
Severn and Ramillies, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch,
lying in the Downs for the purposes of the Coast
Blockade— and, from Deo. 1823, to July, 1824, in
the Parthian 10, Capt. Hon. Geo. Barrington. In
the boats of that vessel, then in the Gulf of Mexico,
he captured the San Jose piratical schooner, the
command of which he retained, with the rank of
Acting-Lieutenant, until within a few days of the
receipt of his commission, 18 Jan. 1825, when he
returned home in the Surinam 18, Capt. Chas.
Crole. Lieut. Bradley— who, from 11 Dee. 1826, to
19 March, 1830, in the Ramillies and Talavera
74's, Capt. Hugh Pigpt, was again employed on the
Coast Blockade service — obtained command of the
Camelion brig, of 10 guns, 15 Dee. 1834. On
leaving the Tagus, previously to being put out of
commission in April, 1838, he received from Sir J.
A. Ommanney, the Commander-in-Chief, one of the
strongest possible recommendations for preferment,
in consequence of the exemplary zeal and ability
of his services during the disturbances in Spain and
Portugal ; yet, singular as it may appear, Lieut.
Bradley is the tmly unpromoted officer who held a
command at that period. On one occasion, when
the Philippa merchanfc-brig was wrecked near
Beachy Head, Lieut. Bradley courageously put off
in a galley and had the happiness of saving the
crew from a watery grave, a service which was
duly acknowledged by a vote of thanks from
Lloyd's. He is at present unemployed.
He married, 22 Sept. 1831, and has issue two
children.
BRADLEY. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 22.)
Wareb Squire Bradley, bom, 21 Dec. 1797, in
the parish of St. Decuman, co. Somerset, is eldest
son of the late Rev. W. S. Bradley, Vicar of Chard
and Timberscombe, in the same shire.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 June, 1810, as
a Volunteer, on board the Menelaus 38, Capt.
Peter Parker, in which ship, after witnessing the
reduction of the Isle of France in Dec. following,
and serving off St. Helena, he proceeded to the
Mediterranean, where he became Midshipman, in
Feb. 1813, of the Hibernia 120, bearing the flag of
Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, one of Sir Edw. Pellew's
ships in a skirmish, which took place on 5 Nov.
followdng, with the Toulon squadron. He next
joined, early in 1814, the Royal Sovereign 100,
and Duncan 74, and, from May in that year until
Nov. 1815, served on board the Undaunted 38, all
commanded by Capt. Chas. Thurlow Smith, on the
same station. In the latter frigate he was present,
in 1815, at the capture of the Tremiti islands, and
of a flotilla of gun-boats out of Brindisi. We
afterwards find Mm employed for seven years, off
St. Helena and the coast of Ireland, and afto in the
West Indies, as Mate of the Falmouth 20, Capts.
Robt. Worgan Geo. Jesting, Geo. Fred. Rich, and
Edw. Purcell. In 1822 he joined the Surinam 18,
Capt. Chas. Crole, and while in that vessel (having
in Dec. 1816, passed his examination) was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Sept. 1824. He was
paid off, on his return home from the West Indies,
in Feb. 1825, and has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Bradley holds the appointment of Har-
bour Master at Forth Cawe. He married, 11 Dec.
1835, Sophia, only daughter of Commander Benj.
Smith, R.N., of Bristol; and by that lady has issue
four sons. Agent— J. Hinxman.
BRADLEY. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 37.)
William Bradley entered the Navy, 2 March,
1798, on board the Mars, of 82 guns and 634 men,
Capt. Alex. Hood, and, on 21 April following, was
present at the capture of the French ship L'HermU,
of 78 guns and 680 men, after a tremendous yard-
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115
arm-and-yard-arm conflict of more than an hour's
continuance, during which the British sustained a
loss of 30 killed and 60 wounded, and the enemy
of nearly 300 killed and wounded. He remained
in the Maks, under Kear-Admirals Hon. Geo. Cran-
field Berkeley and Edw. Thomhrough, until April,
1802 ; hecamc next, in June, 1803, Midshipman of
the Gbampds 50, Capt. R. Caulfield, in which ship
he proceeded with convoy to the East Indies ;
served on that station, under Lord Geo. Stuart and
various other Captains, in the Arrogant and
Dover, until March, 1808; and, after an attach-
ment of a few months in the early part of 1809 to
the KoYAt William and Villb de Paris, bearing
the flags at Spithead and in the Mediterranean of
Vice-Admirals Courtenay and Lord Collingwood,
was appointed, on 14 June in that year, Acting-
Lieutenant of the Cumberland 74, Capt. Hon.
Philip Wodehouse. On the night of 31 Oct. fol-
lowing we find him employed in the boats of the
latter ship with those of a squadron at the capture
and destruction, in the Bay of Rosas— despite a
fierce opposition from the crews and a galling fire
from the batteries, inflictive on the British of a loss
of 15 men killed and 55 wounded — of the armed
store-ship Laniproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, with
three other armed and seven merchant vessels.*
He soon afterwards removed to the Hibernia 120,
Capt. Neve ; was confirmed a Lieutenant 12 July,
1810; and, after nearly a year of half-pay, joined,
1 Aug. 1811, the Eagle 74, in which he assisted at
the capture, on 27 Nov., of La Corceyre French
frigate, of 38 guns and 170 men. He invalided 13
May, 1812, and has not since been employed.
BRADLY. (Commander, 1841.>
Stephen Bbadlt entered the Navy 2 Jan. 1828 ;
passed his examination in 1834 ; obtained his first
commission 2S June, 1838; and was appointed to
the PowEBFUL 84, Commodore Chas. Napier, on
the Mediterranean station, 1 Jan. 1839. He was
the companion and aide-de-camp of that gallant
ofBcer throughout aU the operations on the coast of
Syria in 1840, where, besides assisting at the bom-
bardment of Beyrout, the storming of Sidon, and
capture of St. Jean d'Acre, he " showed a noble
example " in the attack on the Egyptian troops at
Kelbaon, and was " forward on all occasions." t
He was promoted, in consequence, to his present
rank 1 Jan. 1841 ; and, from 8 April, 1843, until 1846,
was next employed as an Inspecting-Commander in
the Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander Bradly is Senior of 1841. He
married, 25 July, 1843, Elizabeth, third daughter of
Kich. Tomson, Esq., of the Elms, Hamsgate, and
has issue. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
BKADSHAW. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 23;
H-p., 13.)
Robert Augustus Beadshaw, bom in 1800 at
Kinsale, is only son of General Bradshaw, K.C.,
late of the 1st Life Guards.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 Dec. 1811, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74, Capt. John
Erskine Douglas, stationed off the Texel; was
transferred with the same officer, in May, 1812, to
the Prince 98 ; and, on subsequently proceeding to
the Mediterranean, witnessed, as Midshipman, the
reduction of Genoa in April, 1814. He next cruized
for 12 months, in the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich.
Dacres, off the coast of Ireland ; served, from Sept.
1815, to Deo. 1818, in the Komnet 50, Salisbury 50,
and Pique 36, flag-ships on the Jamaica station of
Rear-Admiral J. E. Douglas ; passed his examina-
tion in January of the latter year ; and, after an
attachment of more than three years, as Mate, to
the Pandora 18, Capt. Chas. Grenville Randolph,
off Dublin and Belfast, was made Lieutenant, 19
July, 1822, into the Niemen 28, Capt. Edw. Rey-
nolds Sibly, with whom he served, as Senior, on the
• Vide Gaz. 1S09, p. ISOT.
t V. Gaz. 1840, pp, 2fiOS, 2611.
Halifax station, until May, 1824. His subsequent
appointments were — 13 Feb. 1825, to the Doris 36,
Capt. Sir John Gordon Sinclair, in which frigate
we find him employed on the coast of South Ame-
rica until April, 1829—1 May, 1833, and 5 Sept. 1835,
to the San Josef and Royal Adelaide first-rates,
bearing the flags of Sir Wm. Hargood and Lord
Amelius Beauel^k at Plymouth, where he conti-
nued, serving as First-Lieutenant in succession to
both those Admirals, until Aug. 1836— and, 7 July,
1838, also as First-Lieutenant, to the Asia 84, Capt.
Wm. Fisher, from which ship, after participating
in the operations on the coast of Syria in 1840, and
assisting at the blockade of Alexandria, he was paid
off in May, 1841. He was promoted to his present
rank 23 Nov. 1841, and has not since been em-
ployed.
Commander Bradshaw married, first, in Feb. 1830,
Decima, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Dr.
Tomkyns, of Bucknell Park, co. Hereford ; and
secondly, in 1834, Augusta Julia, only daughter of
the late Obadiah Newell, Esq., Lieut. R.N. (1781),
of the Royal Hospital at Plymouth, who died 1 Feb.
1837, aged 73.
BRADY. (Lieutenant; 1815. r-p, 1 7 ; h-p., 23.}
William Hollinshed Brady entered the Navy,
6 Dec. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leonidas
38, Capt. Sir Jas. Dunbar, on the Mediterranean
station, where he joined, in Nov. 1808, the Cum-
berland 74, Capt. Hon. PhiUp Wodehouse. On
26 Oct. 1809, he witnessed, as Midshipman, the
self-destruction of' the French line-of-battle ships
Robuste and Jjitm, near Frontignan;. and, on the
night of 31 of the same month, he was slightly
wounded while serving in the boats at the capture
and destruction^ — under a hot fire from the batteries
in the Bay of Rosas, and in face of a resistance
from the various crews productive of a loss to the
British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded — of the
store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, with
three other armed vessels, and seven sail of mer-
chantmen.* He continued to be very actively em-
ployed in the Cumberland, under the command of
Capt. Thos. Baker, in the North Sea and in escort-
ing valuable convoys to the West Indies and the
Cape of Good Hope, until paid off in Aug. 1815— a
few months previous to which period, on 20 March,
he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant,
He afterwards, from 10 June, 1824, until 1827,
served on the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary*
Lieutenant of the Kamiluks 74, Capts. Wm»
M'Culloch and Hugh Pigot; and, since 10 June,
1842, has been employed as Admiralty Agent in a
contract mail steam-vessel on the West India sta-
tion. Agbnts— Messrs. StUwell.
BRAKE. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 33.)
William Lenthall Brake was born, 24 July,
1787, at Plymouth.
This ofiioer entered the Navy, in the summer of
1796, as a Volunteer, on board the Royal William,
Capt. Fras. Pickmore, flag-ship of Sir Peter Parker,
Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, in which ship
he had the misfortune to be very severely injured
by a block falling from the mast-head and frac-
turing his skull. He was in the same ship at the
period of the Spithead mutiny, in April, 1797, and
was afterwards, until the peace, employed in her
tender, the Ant schooner, Lieut.-Conunander Matt.
Bowles Alt. At the re-commencement of hostilities,
in 1803, Mr. Brake joined the Pandour 44, Capt.
John Nash, under whom he assisted as Midshipman
at the reduction of the Dutch colony of Surinam
in May, 1804. Removing then to the Ramillies 74*
Capts. Fras. Pickmore and Kobt. Tarker, he served
as Signal-Mate at the capture of Linois' squadron
in 1806, and of the Danish islands of St. Thomas
and Santa Croix in Dec. 1807. From Nov. 1808
about which period he passed his examination, until
officially promoted, 2 Nov. 1810, he appears to have
• Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1967.
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BRANCH.
been next employed, as Master's Mate and Acting-
Lieutenant, in the Thetis 38, Capt. Geo. Miller,
Nbptdke 98, bearing the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane,
Intrepid 64, Capt. Christopher John Williams
Nesham, Jdlia 16, Capts. Wm. Dowers and Sam.
Geo. Pechell, (all on the West India station,) Fdri-
EOSE 38, Capt. John Simpson, off Halifax, and Vio
TOHT 100, and Ardent 64, flag-ships on the Baltic
station, the former of Sir Jas. Saumarez, the latter
of Sir Geo. Hope and Sir Philip Durham. From
the Ardent Mr. Brake was appointed, 12 Feb. 1812,
to the TRiNcnLO 18, Capt. Geo. Rennie, in the West
Indies, where he became, 13 June following. Senior
of the Garland 22, Capt. Rich. Flummer Davies.
In the boats of the latter ship, we find him cap-
turing, after a chase of four hours, and only 14 days
subsequent to the declaration of war, the American
privateer schooner Poor Sailor.* For his conduct
in next silencing, when in the Tagus, the fire of a
castle, Mr. Brake was publicly thanked, in common
with the other officers and crew of the GakIjAnd.
He has been unemployed since 2 Feb. 1816.
Lieut. Brake married, 30 June, 1817, Miss Louisa
Newman, and by that lady has issue six children.
BRANCH, K.H. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 21;
H-p., 30.)
Alexander Barclay Branch, bom, towards
the close of 1784, in the island of Barbadoes, is de-
scended of an ancient Scottish family.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1796, as
Midshipman, on board La Pique 36, Capt. David
Milne, in which ship, after assisting at the reduction
of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice, he was se-
verely wounded by a splinter in the head, and
wrecked on the coast of France at the capture, by
that frigate and the Jason 38, of La Seine, of 42
guns and 610 men, of whom 170 were killed and 100
wounded, with the comparatively trivial loss to the
British of 9 killed and 18 wounded in the two ships,
29 June, 1798. Mr. Branch, who on that occasion
lost everything he possessed, was next attached for
four years to the Diamond 38, Capts. Sir Rich.
John Strachan and Edw. Griffith, under whom he
saw a vast deal of active service. At the attack
and capture, particularly, of some Spanish vessels
in the port of Corunna by the boats of a squadron
under Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, 20 Aug. 1801, he
had charge of the Diamond's barge, and, although
knocked overboard by a desperate pike-wound in
the groin while in the act of boarding a fully-
manned ship of 16 guns, secured by several cables
to the shore, continued, on being rescued from the
perilous position in which he had thus been placed,
in effective command of his boat until the prize
was eventually towed out after an exposure of some
hours to a very heavy fire from the batteries.
Having passed his examination a short time previ-
ously, Mr. Branch removed, as Master's Mate, in
June, 1802, to the Resistance 36, Capt. Hon. Philip
Wodehouse, and, on 31 May, 1803, had the misfor-
tune to be again wrecked near Cape St. Vincent.
For his uncommon exertions on the occurrence of
that disaster he was received by Lord Nelson on
board his fiag-ship the Victory 100, and within
three months was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of
the Weasel 14, Capt. Wm. Layman, under whom
we find him continually in collision with the enemy
for the protection of trade in the Gut of Gibraltar,
until a third time wrecked on the coast of Anda-
lusia, 1 March, 1804. Being confirmed on his return
home by commission dated 8 Nov. 1804, he served,
from July following until Nov. 1806, with Capt.
Benj. Hallowell, in the Tigre 80, during which
period he accompanied Lord Nelson to the West
Indies in pursuit of the Franco-Spanish fleet, and,
although only Fifth, discharged for a considerable
time the duties of First-Lieutenant. From the
Tigre Mr. Branch removed, in the latter capacity,
to the PiLADES sloop, Capts. Geo. Miller Bligh,
Wm. Hen. Whorwood, and Geo. Ferguson, with
whom, successively, he continued to serve for five
• Fide Graz. 181S, p. 2571.
years on the Mediterranean station. In the boats
of that ship he gallantly attacked, boarded, carried,
and brought off four strongly-armed French settees,
ashore on the island of Sardinia, in face of a very
severe fire from the respective crews ; and not long
afterwards, while conducting another similarly suc-
cessful expedition, he had his right hand so dread-
fully shattered as barely to escape amputation.
Early in 1811, in consequence of the French having
almost wholly monopolized the Levant trade in
neutral bottoms under the Greek flag, Lieut. Branch
was detached by Capt. Ferguson in temporary
command of the Gleaner ketch, of 10 12-pounder
carronades and 30 men, with orders to impose a
searching examination on all Greek vessels he
might come across. Cruizing off the island of
Samos, in pursuance of his instructions, he soon fell
in with and ultimately captured, after a close and
furious action of more than two hours, a large
polaore-ship of 12 long guns and 70 men. Towards
the close of the engagement, however, he had the
misfortune to be struck by a cannon-ball, which,
besides slightly wounding the left, in a most shock-
ing manner mutilated his right leg; and in that
deplorable condition he lay for five days, without
any surgical assistance, and literally incrusted in
his own blood, until at length he reached Smyrna,
where the tardy amputation of the entire limb was
followed by three months of indescribable suffering.
Yet, notwithstanding his past services, his meri-
torious gallantry in the present instance in cap-
turing an enemy so far his superior in force, and
the heavy affiiction entailed on him in his devo-
tion to his country, Lieut. Branch was not pro-
moted, nor did he, until nearly two years afterwards,
even receive a pension. On 2 Dec. 1813, having been
on half-pay since Nov. 1811, he re-obtained com-
mand of the Gleaner on the north coast of Spain,
and during the ensuing advance on Bayonne of the
Marquis of Wellington, whose expressed approba-
tion he had the good fortune to elicit, was employed
in blockading the Adour, and at the fearful passage
of the flotilla across the bar of that river, prepara^
tory to the formation of the floating bridge, he had
the honour of receiving the flag of Rear- Admiral
Penrose. Lieut. Branch was shortly afterwards
selected by the last-named officer, as a reward for
his praiseworthy conduct on that occasion, to carry
home the despatches. While, however, awaiting,
in the Bay of St. Jean de Luz, the arrival of the
officer charged with those of Lord Wellington, the
Gleaner unfortunately went do\^'n in a terrific
hurricane, and the next day a large transport, on
board which Lieut. Branch and his crew had es-
caped, cutting her only remaining cable, to avoid
the fate of every other vessel in the anchorage,
drove for the beach, and was happily stranded in
safety. His full acquittal at the consequent court-
martial was followed by his immediate and long-due
promotion, 6 June, 1814, to the command of the
Swinger brig, of 12 IS-pounder carronades and 65
men, rated as a sloop-of-wsu', in which he was for
some time employed in protecting the commerce of
Surinam, where his bravery in effecting the annihi-
lation, after a destructive running-fight, of a large
American privateer, of twice his own force, and the
terror of the coast, procured him the thanks of the
merchants, and the public acknowledgments, through
the Commander-in-Chief, of the Board of Admi-
ralty. During the occupation of Martinique in
1815, he brought home the three despatches of Sir
Philip Chas. Durham, Lieut.-General Sir Jas. Leith,
and the French Governor of Martinique, the Count
de Vaugiraud, but was nevertheless denied both
his Post^commission and the pecuniary grant cus-
tomary on similar occasions. Capt. Branch, having
paid the Swinger off in Aug. of the latter year,
subsequently commanded, from 4 Oct. 1816, until
17 JulVj 1819, the Helicon and Harlequin sloops,
to the full suppression of smuggling on his allotted
portion of the coast of Ireland. He ultimately ob-
tained his present rank 26 Dec. 1822 ; and, on 26
Dec. 1827, was appointed, by the Lord High Ad-
miral, to the Mekset 26, on the West India station,
BRANCH— BRAND.
117
whence repeated attacks of fever and the opening
of Ms wound obliged him prematurely to return at
the expiration of a year. He was installed a Cap-
tain of Greenwich Hospital 17 Aug. 1846.
Capt. Branch was nominated a K.H. 25 Jan. 1836.
He married in 1812, and was left a widower with
three sons and four daughter 23 Nov. 1842. His
eldest and third sons, Geo. Ferguson (1832), and
Wm. Hen. Whorwood (1843), are Second-Lieu-
tenants, R.M. The latter officer is now serving, on
the North America and West India station, in the
Endymion 44, Capt. Geo. Robt. Lambert. Capt.
Branch's second son, John Powell, is a Lieutenant
R.N. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
BKANCH. (LiEnTEN ANT, 1841. f-p., 18; h-p.,3.)
John Poweli. Bsanoh, born about the year 1814,
is second son of Capt. A. B. Branch, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Feb. 1826 ; served
for seven years in the East Indies ; returned home
and passed his examination with great credit in
1833 ; afterwards joined the Excellent gunnery-
ship at Portsmouth, where, in the shortest possible
space of time, he obtained a Fst.-cl. Certificate ;
and was ultimately, after more than eight years'
servitude as Mate, advanced to his present rank
8 Nov. 1841. He has been employed, since 21 Deo.
1844, in the Lily 16, Capt. Chas. Jas. Franklin
Newton, on the African station. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson.
BRAND. (Lieutenant, 1822. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 23.)
Chables Bband is brother of Lieut. W. H.
Brand, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 July, 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Apelles 14, Capts.
Thos. Oliver and Fred. Hoffman, stationed in the
Channel, where he was run on shore near Boulogne
3 May, 1812, but, with several others, escaped cap-
ture by a timely flight in the boats. He then pro-
ceeded to Bermuda, as Midshipman, in the Ardent
troop-ship, Capt. Geo. Bell, and during a subse-
quent attachment of more than two years to the
Majestic, a cut-down 74, Capt. John Hayes, assist-
ed at the capture, after a running fight of two hours
and a half, of the French frigate Terpsichwey of 44
guns, besides making a large number of American
prizes, participating in the capture of Washington
by Rear-Admiral Geo. Cockburn, and witnessing
the surrender of the President to the Endymion.
He next served, from June, 1815, to Oct. 1818, with
Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, on board
the Caledonia 120, and ;Rochfobt 80, and with
Capt. Thos. Briggs, as Admiralty-Midshipman, on
board the Qdeen Charlotte 100, the first at Ply-
mouth, the two last at Portsmouth. He was after-
wards, under Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, of the Severn,
employed, until July, 1820, on the Coast Blockade,
in which his services were so conspicuous as to be
rewarded by the Treasury with the sum of 1001. ;
and from the latter date until the death of Buona-
parte he was stationed off St. Helena in the Shear-
water 10, Capt. John Walter Roberts. He then
sailed for the Cape of Good Hope in the Hebon 18,
Capt. Job Hanmer ; and, for his exertions in tra-
velling through part of NamaquaLand, an unknown
district of South Africa, was, on 28 Dec. 1822, con-
firmed a Lieutenant in the Cygnet 10, Capt. Thos.
Bennett ; on the paying off of which, 22 April, 1823,
he was presented by the ship's company with an
elegant sword, " in testimony of their regard and
esteem of his gentlemanly and officer-like conduct"
while on board. He again received an appointment
in the Coast Blockade in April, 1824 ; but has been
on half-pay since Aug. 1825.
Lieut. Brand has published an account of his
African travels, as also of a voyage made in a civil
capacity to Peru in 1827, during the winter of
which year he traversed the Andes on foot. He
married, 20 Dec. 1834, Caroline Julia, daughter of
the late Joseph Sanders, Esq., of Great Portland
Street, Portland Place, by whom he has issue two
sons and a daughter.
BRAND. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
John Fittz Bband entered the Navy in 1812 ;
passed his examination in 1820 ; obtained his com-
mission 4 July, 1829 j served in the Coast Guard
from 7 July, 1835, until the spring of 1838 ; and
since 28 April, 1846, has been employed as Admi-
ralty Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel.
BRAND. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 34 ; h-p., 8.)
William Henry Bband, bom 8 Oct. 1790, is son
of the late Alex. Brand, Esq., R.N. ; and brother
of Major Brand of the 16th Regiment, of the present
Lieut. Charles, and of the late Lieuts. Geo. Rowley
and Thos. Dickson Brand, R.N.*
This officer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1805, as
Midshipman, on board the Revenge 74, Capts.
Robt. Moorsom and Sir John Gore, under the former
of whom he was present at the battle of Trafalgar,
21 Oct. 1805 ; and, under the latter, at the capture
of four French frigates by a squadron under Sir
Sam. Hood, off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806. From
Aug. 1807, to July, 1808, he was next borne on the
books of the Redwing 18, Capt. Thos. Ussher, and
during that period was constantly engaged with
the batteries and gun-boats in the Gut of Gibraltar
— was on one occasion, while in a detained vessel,
taken prisoner by a Spanish flotilla — and, on again
joining the Redwing, shared, 7 May, 1808, in her gal-
lant annihilation of an opposing force of seven armed
vessels, carrying in all 22 guns and 271 men, and
having in escort a convoy of 12 sail, near Cape Tra-
falgar. During a subsequent attachment of two
years and a half to the Apollo 38, Capt. Bridges
Watkinson Taylor, Mr. Brand co-operated much
with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, parti-
cularly at the blockade of Barcelona, where he was
frequently under the fire of the batteries and troops.
He further assisted at the capture, 13 Feb. 1812,
of the French frigate-built store-ship Merinos, of 20
guns and 126 men, under the batteries of Corsica —
also, at the reduction by the Apollo's boats, 21
Dec. following, of the tower of St. Cataldo, the
strongest between Brindisi and Otranto — as well
as, with great credit, at the taking, 29 Jan. and 3
Feb. 1813, of the islands of Augusta and Curzola,
on both which occasions he was despatched with
the intelligence to the Commander-in-Chief, Rear-
Admiral Thos. Fras. Freemantle, then at Lissa ;t
and in the following summer he contributed, again
in the boats, to the capture, by boarding, of a
French gun-vessel, in which was taken prisoner
the Colonel and Chief of Engineers at Corfu.
On returning from the latter place, whither he had
been sent with a flag of truce to convey the
wounded, Mr. Brand rejoined his party, who were
shortly afterwards attacked by a strong flotilla and
obliged to run on shore near Parga, where, after
expending all their ammunition, they took refuge
for several days in the mountains. It is also our
duty to record that on 21 Aug. 1812, while acting
pro tern, as Lieutenant of the Weasel 18, Capt.
John Wm. Andrew, the subject of the present
memoir commanded the boats at the boardiiig and
capture of an armed settee and trabacolo near St.
Nicolo; that he subsequently aided in bringing
out a vessel of the same description as the latter
from a creek not far from Otranto ; that, while at-
tached, in a similar capacity, after the surrender of
Curzola, to the Imogene 16, Capt. Taylor, he was
for nearly three months employed in erecting bat-
• Lieut. Geo. Rowley Brand, an officer of distin^shed
valour, who had served at Camperdown, and had on different
occasions, while combating the enemies of his country, re-
ceived upwards of 20 severe wounds, commanded the Uniquk
schooner, and was killed in action with a French privateer of
twice his own force, 23 Feb. 1806, when the British vessel,
after a glorious resistance, went down with her colours flying.
In testimony of their sense of his son's services and gallantry
on this and various other occasions, Lloyd's presented Mr.
Alexander Brand with the sum of 3001.
t Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1307.
118
BRANDER-BRANDRETH-BRANFORD-BEASIER.
tcries on that island ; and that, in one instance, after
marching three miles at the head of a hody of sea/-
men and marines, he surprised the guard at Sabio-
netta, and brought away captive the PrefBt and his
secretary. Mr. Brand, who received his first com-
mission 30 Dec. 1813, afterwards served, from 28
Feb. 1814, to 22 Aug. 1816, in the Badger 10,
Capts. Sam. Trevor Dickins and Hon. Chas. Or-
lando Bridgeman, with the latter of whom he wit-
nessed the reduction of Guadeloupe in 1815. He
was appointed, 2 Jime, 1824, and 5 March, 1825, to
the Ramillies and Hyperion, Capts. Wm. M'Cul-
loch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, both employed on the
Coast Blockade ; and, from 25 Sept. 1826, until ad-
vanced to his present rank, 9 Nov. 1846, was next
occupied in the Coast Guard, in which he held the
Inspecting-Commandership of the Shetland district
from Sept. 1828, until its abolition in Feb. 1844.
He is now on half-pay.
Commander Brand married, 17 May, 1832, Chris-
tina Cecilia, second daughter of Jas. Greig, Esq.,
Procurator Fiscal of Shetland, by whom he has isSue
two sons and three daughters. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
BRANDEK. (Lieut., 1811. r-p., 12; h-p., 34.)
William Bkandek entered the Navy, 8 July,
1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Goliath 74,
Capt. Wm. Essington, with whom, on proceeding to
the West Indies, he removed, as Midshipman, 10
April, 1802, to the Sans Pareil 80. In May, 1803,
having returned to England, he joined the Victory
100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson ; immediately after
which he sailed for the Mediterranean ; and on his
passage thither assisted in taking the French 32-
gun frigate JEmbuscade. Becoming next attached
to the Amphion 32, Capts. Sam. Sutton and Wm.
Hoste, Mr. Brander was present, on 5 Oct. 1804,
at the capture of three Spanish frigates laden with
treasure, and destruction of a fourth, near Cape St.
Mary ; and, in 1805, he accompanied Lord Nelson
to the West Indies in pursuit of the Franco-Spanish
fleet. We also find him, in July, 1806, taking part
in the invasion of Calabria ; and, on 30 of the same
.month, in the reduction of the important fortress
of Cotrone, with all its stores and magazines, and a
garrison of upwards of 600 troops. He was subse-
quently taken prisoner while in charge of a prize j
and, on ultimately effecting a miraculous escape
■ after a confinement of nearly three years, passed
his examination 3 Jan. 1810, and joined, in February,
the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Fras. Pickmore. During the siege of Cadiz
Mr. Brander appears to have been particularly in-
strumental in saving from destruction the Spanish
ship of the line San Pablo, at a time when she had
been set on fire by the enemy*s batteries, and to
have further contributed to the defence of Fort
Matagorda, until that stronghold was considered no
longer tenable. On 1 May, 1810, he became Master's
Mate of the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Chas.
Cottonin the Mediterranean ; and, on 14 Feb. 1811,
he was promoted into the York 74, Capt. Robt. Bar-
ton. His subsequent appointments were — 11 Dec.
in the same year, to the Bellona 74, Capts. John
Erskine Douglas and Geo. M'Kinley, employed in
the North Sea and off Cherbourg and Eoohefort—
30 April, 1814, to the Kover 18, Capt. Justice
Finley, in which sloop he sailed for Bermuda —
and, 10 Feb. 1815, to the Insolent gun-brig, Capt.
Wm. Kelly, on the Cork station. Since the follow-
ing Sept. Lieut. Brander has been on hall-pay.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
BEANDEETH. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Thomas Brandbeth passed his examination 4
Sept. 1844 ; served as Mate on board the Excel-
lent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos.
Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads ; and obtained
his commission 23 Dec. 1845. He has been em-
ployed since 23 April, 1846, in the Constance 50,
Capt. Sir Baldwin Wake Walker.
BEANFOED. (Commander, 1820. r-p., 13;
H-p., 30.)
John Bkanford entered the Navy, 14 April,
1804, as Midshipman, on board the Eagle 74, Capt.
David Colby, bearing the flag in the North Sea, and
afterwards in the West Indies, of Rear-Adiniral
Edw. Thombrough ; joined, in Nov. 1805, the
Kent 74, Capts. Henry Garrett and Thos. Rogers,
attached to the Channel fleet ; served, from May,
1807, to Nov. 1809, again with Admiral Thom-
brough, in the Royal Sovereign 100, on the Medi-
terranean station ; and, from the latter date, was
employed in the Ville de Paris 110, and Rodney
and MiLFORD 74's, flag-ships of Lord Collingwood
and Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle, until
made Lieutenant into the Swiftsure 74, Capt. Edw.
Stirling Dickson, 3 April, 1813. He soon, however,
rejoined Rear-Admiral Fremantle, as his Flag-
Lieutenant, in the Milford, and, after assisting in
various operations in the Adriatic, including the
reduction of Fiume, Rovigno, Piran, Capo d'Istra,
and Trieste, came home with him, early in 1814, in
the Eagle 74. From 5 May to 4 Sept. 1815, Mr.
Branford a second time oificiated as Flag-Lieute-
nant to the same officer in the Wye 24, on the Jersey
station. He was next employed, from 23 July, 1816,
till Feb. 1817, under Capts. Chas. Ogle and Aiskew
Paffard Hollis, in the Rivoli 74, guard-ship at Ports-
mouth; and, on 26 Aug. 1818, was again selected
by Sir T. F. Fremantle to be his Flag-Lieutenant
in the Rochfort 74, fitting for the Mediterranean,
whither he proceeded and remained until promoted,
on the death of his patron, to his present rank, 1
March, 1820. He has not since been afloat.
Commander Branford is Senior of 1820.
BEASIER. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 27.)
James Brasier entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1799,
as Midshipman, on board the Defence 74, Capt.
Lord Henry Paulet, one of Sir Hyde Parker's ships
at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801 ; and, on
subsequently proceeding off Cadiz, commanded a
boat belonging to the Defence at the successful
repulse of a large number of gun-vessels sent out
of that port to attack her during a cahn. In Aug.
1802, he joined La Piqde 36, Capts. Wm. Cumber-
land and Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, and, after
witnessing the evacuation of Aux Cayes and Cape
Fran9ois, St. Domingo, the surrender of the three
French frigates with the remains of Gen. Rocham-
beau's army on board, the capture of several pri-
vateers and other armed vessels, and the gallant
but unfortunate attack on Cura9oa, was transferred,
in Deo. 1805, to the Hercdle 74, bearing the flag
at Jamaica of Vice- Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, and
on 12 March, 1806, as Acting-Sub-Lieutenant to
the Stork 18, Capt. Geo. Le Geyt. For his con-
duct on 3 Sept. 1806, as one of a detached party
under Capt. Edw. Rushworth, at the storming of
the fort of Batabano, in the island of Cuba, and
seizure of a number of small armed and merchant
vessels there collected, Mr. Brasier was appointed,
in Jan. 1807, Acting-Lieutenant of the Pomona 38,
Capt. John Parish, and, on 10 June, 1807, was con-
firmed into his former ship, La Pique, Capt. Ross.
His after-appointments, as Lieutenant, were — 2
March and 7 May, 1808, to the St. George and
Neptdne 98's, Capts. Thos. Bertie and Sir Thos.
Williams, in the Channel— 7 Feb. 1809, to the
Alfred 74, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, in which
ship, after having been sent in command of a gun-
boat to assist at the siege of Flushing, he proceeded
to the West Indies, where he took part in the re-
duction of Guadeloupe in Feb. 1810—9 May en-
suing, again to the Stork, Capt. Le Geyt, on the
same station— 16 Sept. 1811, to the Royal George
100, flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Sir J. Williams,
?'';.?^"°'^^"' ^""^ ^™^- Pickmore, in the Channel
and Mediterranean— 10 Nov. 1812, to the Prince
OF Wales 98, Capt. John Erskine Douglas— 26 Jan.
1813, to the Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Mou-
bray, in the boats of which ship he served at tlie
destruction of two important batteries and capture
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of a convoy near the port of Morjean, 2 May fol-
lowing— 23 Sept. in the same year, as Senior, to
the Iphigenia 36, Capt. Andrew ^ing, under whom
he served at the reduction of Genoa in April, 1814
— 27 March, 1815, after an unemployed interval of
nearly a year, to the Impregnable 98, flag-ship,
also in the Mediterranean, of Sir Josias Kowley,
which ship was paid off in Dec. 1815— and, 30 Sept.
1818, to the Spencer 74, bearing the flag of the
latter ofi&cer on the Irish station, where he served
for three years. Capt. Brasier, who obtained his
second promotal commission 26 Dec. 1822, subse-
quently commanded, from 20 Dec. 1832, until he
invalided, 26 April, 1833, the Vernon 50, flag-ship
of Sir Geo. Cockbum in the "West Indies; and,
from 23 Jan. 1834, until his advancement to Post
rank, 10 Jan. 1837, the Caledonia 120, bearing the
flag of Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean.
He has since been unemployed.
Capt. Brasier married, in 1838, Catherine, only
surviving daughter of the late John Marshall, Esq.,
of Bradney, Shropshire. Agent — J. Hinxman.
BRAY. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 32.)
Benjamin John Bray died 2 Oct. 1846, at Wal-
worth, in his 60th year.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1797, as
Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Bruizer gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander Laurence Dundas Bruce, on the Home
station, and while in that vessel was laid up for
some time in consequence of a severe injury on the
head inflicted by a fall from the quarter-deck into
the spirit-room. In Oct. of the latter year he be-
came Midshipman of the Wilhelmina 32, Capt.
Jas. Lind, on the East India station ; where he re-
moved with the same officer, in March, 1803, to the
Sheerness 44, flag-ship at first of Kear-Admiral
Peter Bainier, and afterwards commanded by Lord
Geo. Stuart, under whom he was wrecked, off
Trincomalee, 7 Jan. 1805. He subsequently served,
as Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, iu the
Howe 38, Capt. Edw. Batsey, and Dedaigneuse
36, and Russell 74, both flag-ships of Sir Edw.
Pellew, and appears to have been for some time
employed in blockading the Isles of France and
Bourbon. After a further attachment to the
Sapphire 22, Capt. Geo. Davies— Terpsichore,
Capt. Gordon, in which frigate he came home early
in 1809 — and Diadem 64, bearing the flag of Sir
John Borlase Warren at Halifax, Mr. Bray was
made Lieutenant, 28 June, 1810, into the Driver
22, Capt. Dyer; and, on his return from North
America, in the Rapid, was placed on half-pay in
May, 1811. He afterwards served, in 1815, on
board the Brune troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Stanhope
Badcock, lying at Spithead — was appointed, 11
March, 1823, to the Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos.
Livingstone — and, from 1825 to 1828, was employed
in the Ordinary at Chatham. He obtained the out-
pension of Greenwich Hospital 6 March, 1835.
Lieut. Bray has left a family.
BRAY. (CoMMANDEK, 1825. F-I^., 19 ; H-P., 34.)
JosiAS Bray died 11 March, 1846.
This ofBcer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1794, asFst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Savage sloop, Capt. Grosvenor
Winkworth, stationed in the North Sea ; acquired
the rating of Midshipman 10 Dec. 1795 ; and, after
further serving for three years in the Inflexible
and Stately 64's, Capts. Solomon Ferris and Geo.
Scott, was conflrmed to a Lieutenancy, 1 Nov. 1800,
in the Vestal, armee enflOte, Capt. Valentine Col-
lard, under whom he attended the Egyptian expe-
dition of 1801. His next appointments were— 12
June, 1802, to the Athenienne 64, Capt. Sir Thos.
Livingstone, on the Mediterranean station — in July,
1803, to a command in the Essex district of Sea
Fencibles—S July, 1804, to the Spy, Capt. Bushby,
employed off Boulogne, from which vessel he inva-
lided in Jan. 1805— and, 5 April ensuing, to the
AcHiLLE 74, Capt. Kich. King. Under the latter
officer he served, and was wounded, at the battle of
Trafalgar ;* in consequence whereof he obtained a
gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. We subse-
quently find him assuming command of the follow-
ing vessels : — 13 Jan. 1808, of the Capelin schooner,
which he had the misfortune to lose off Brest on
30 Jime ; 18 Oct. 1808, of the Weasel schooner,
employed at Plymouth; 4 July, 1811, of the
Gleaner ketch, in which he was sent with de-
spatches to America ; 7 Deo. in the same year, of
the Bloodhound gun-brig, also on the Plymouth
station ; 12 Feb. 1812, of the Active cutter, em-
ployed off Flushing ; and, 13 Dec. 1813, after an in-
terval of a year, of the Badger cutter, similarly
stationed. He went on half-pay 16 May, 1814 ; and,
on 27 May, 1825, was advanced to the rank of Com-
mander, as a reward " for long and active ser-
vices." He did not afterwards go afloat. Agent —
J. Woodhead.
BREEDON. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Harry Alexander Breedon entered the Navy
23 March, 1809 ; served, as Midshipman, in the
Glasgow 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, at the
battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816 ; passed his exa-
mination in the same year ; and was promoted to
the command of the Union schooner 3, on the Ja^
maica station, 4 Oct. 1825. He has been on half-
pay since May, 1827.
Lieut. Breedon married, 25 June, 1832, Alice,
youngest daughter of Major J. R. Nason, late 47th
Regiment. Agent — J. Chippendale.
BREEDON. (Lieut., 1825. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 22.)
William Breedon, bom 16 Dec. 1799, is son of
the late Rev. T. S. Breedon, D.D., of Pangboume,
Berks.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 1813, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Elephant 74, Capt.
Fras. Wm. Austen, on the Baltic station ; removed,
as Midshipman, to the Derwent 18, Capt. Thos.
Williams, employed off Newfoundland, whence he
returned to England and was paid off, 29 Nov.
1815 ; joined, in Aug. 1816, the Vengeur 74, Capt.
Thos. Alexander, and subsequently, for short pe-
riods, the Ramillies 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard
Hollis, and Hyperion 36, Capt. Thos. Searle, all
lying at Portsmouth ; served, from Nov. 1818, to
March, 1822, in the Arab 18, Capt. Chas. Simeon ;
passed his examination 8 Feb. 1820; and, after a
further attachment, in the West Indies, to the
Ringdove 18, Gloucester 74, and again to the
Hyperion, commanded by Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich,
as well as to the Isis 50, Capt. Thos. Forrest, was
appointed, 5 Aug. 1825, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Hugh Patton, from which
ship he was confirmed into the Bellette 18, Capt.
Chas. Croker, 4 Oct. 1825. He came home and
was placed on half-pay in March, 1826; and has
not since been employed.
Lieut. Breedon married, 21 June, 1832, Waller,
eldest daughter of the late John Kearney, Esq., of
CO. Kilkenny, and sister-in-law of Lieut. J. G.
M'Kenzie, R.N. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
BREMER. (Commander, 1843.)
Edward Gordon Bremer, born 18 Sept. 1819,
is eldest son of Commodore Sir J. J. G. Bremer,
K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 17 April, 1834 ;
and on 26 May, 1841, was awarded a commission in
acknowledgment of his services on the coast of
China, where, as Acting-Lieutenant of the Alli-
gator, he hod been employed in the boats at the
caj^ture, on 13 of the preceding March, of several
rafts and of the last fort protecting the approaches
to the city of Canton.f He was appointed, 28 Aug.
1843, to the Grecian 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth, lying
at Devonport ; acquired his present rank 20 Deo.
ensuing; and is now on half-pay. Agent— J.
Hinxman.
* VidediX. 1805, p. 1484.
f F. Gaz. 1841, p. 1503,
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BREMER— BREN AN.
BKEMEE, K.C.B., K.C.H. CCaptain, 1814.
F-p., 26 ; H-p., 27.)
SiK James John Gokdon Bremer, bom 26 Sept.
1786, is only son of Lieut. J as. Bremer, R.N. (who
was lost in the Halswell East Indiaman, off the
coast of Dorset, 6 Jan. 1786), by Ann, daughter and
co-heir of the late Capt. Jas. Norman, K.N. ; grand-
son of Capt. Jas. Bremer, R.N., who died 9 July,
1774; nephew of the late Capt. Thos. Elphinstone,
R.N. (1797) ; and a near relative both of Com-
mander Wm. Jas. Hughes Bremer, K.N. (1811),
who died 6 Jan. 1835, and of the present Henry
Bremer, Esq., First-Lieutenant, R.M.
This officer entered the Navy, towards the close
of 1794, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sandwich,
flag-ship at the Nore of Rear-Admiral Skefflngton
Lutwidge, from which he was discharged in June,
1795 ; became, 8 Oct. 1797, a student of the Royal
Naval College at Portsmouth ; and re-embarked, 2
April, 1802, as Midshipman, on board the Endt-
MION 40, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham. He after-
wards, until July, 1805, served in the Isis 50, flag-
ship in succession of Vice-Admiral Jas. Gambler
and Kear-Admiral Edw. Thombrough, on the
Newfoundland and North Sea stations— 'Windsok
Castle 98, and Defiance 74, both commanded by
Capt. Durham, under whom he latterly saw much
boat-service in the Bay of Biscay — and Prince
George 98, Capt. Geo. Losack. He was then
(having but a short time previously passed his exa-
mination) appointed Sub-Lieutenant of the Rapid
gun-brig; and, on 3 Aug. 1805, was made full
Lieutenant into the Captain 74, Capt. Stephens,
part of the Hon. Wm. Comwallis's force in his en-
suing pursuit of the French fleet into Brest. Mr.
Bremer's next appointments appear to have been —
9 May, 1806, to the Diana 38, Capt. Thos. Jas.
Maling, on the Mediterranean station, whence he
afterwards proceeded to Davis Strait — 6 Oct. 1806,
to the Imogene 16, Capt. Thos. Garth, in the Me-
diterranean—and, 28 May, 1807, to the Psyche 36,
Capt. Wm. Wooldridge, stationed in the East In-
dies, where he was advanced, 13 Oct. following, to
the command of the Rattlesnake 18. Returning
to England early in 1810, Capt. Bremer, on 13 Aug.
1812, joined the Bermuda of 10 guns, in which
sloop, when in company with the Dwarf and
Pioneer, he captured, 11 Sept. 1812, off Boulogne,
Xc Bon Genie of 16 guns and 60 men ; and, on 1
Jan. 1813, he assumed command of the Royalist
18. While in that vessel he took four large Ame-
rican schooners, and aided at the capture of four
others ; was also present (and bore a very conspi-
cuous part) at the gallant defence of Castro, when
besieged, in May, 1813, by a French army of
at least 10,000 men;* further, on 21 Oct. fol-
lowing, co-operated with the Scylla 18, at the
capture, in sight of the Rippon 74, of the French
frigate Le Weser of 40 guns and 340 men, after
a severely contested action, and a loss to the
Royalist of 2 killed and 9 wounded ;t and, in
April, 1814, participated in the operations at the
entrance of the river Gironde under Rear-Admiral
Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. Capt. Bremer, whose
Post-commission bears date 7 June, 1814, was nomi-
nated a C.B. 4 June, 1815, and subsequently ap-
pointed— 20 Aug. 1815, to the Lee, on the Irish
station — 30 May, 1816, to the Comhs 28, In which
he was wrecked on a reef of rocks off St. Shotts,
Newfoundland, 24 Oct. 1816— and, 18 Sept. 1823, to
the Tamar 26. In Feb. 1824, he was sent to esta-
blish a colony on Melville Island, Australia ; whence
he afterwards proceeded to India, and there joined
in the closing scenes of the Burmese war. On 25
Jan. 1836, we find Capt. Bremer created a K.C.H. ;
and, on 12 July, 1837, appointed to the Alligator
of 28 guns. After again visiting New Holland,
and founding the settlement of Port Essington as
it at present exists, he once more arrived in India,
where, on the death of Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland,
in Dec. 1839, he became Commander-in-Chief, and
continued to discharge (with the exception of a few
• Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1014. f y- Cm. 1813, p. 8102.
months, from 7 July to 30 Nov. 1840, dumig which
period he was relieved by Rear-Admiral Hon. Geo.
Elliot) aU the duties of that important post until 7
Oct 1841, latterly with his broad pendant in the
Wellesley 72. To place on record here the va-
rious distinguished achievements that in design
owed their birth, and in execution their success, to
the presiding genius of Sir Gordon Bremer, from
the organization of the expedition that left Singa^
poor in 1840 on its mission of triumph and glory to
China, until the final capture of Canton in 1841,
would be to compile a history of the war itself— a
task beyond our compass.* Suffice it, therefore, to
state— that his name, as it does throughout this
work will ever stand forth as connected vnth the
brightest occurrences of that memorable epoch—
that Her Majesty testified her gracious approbation
of his valour in conflict and his discretion as her
Plenipotentiary in Council, by conferring on him
the dignity of a K.C.B.— and that the voice of the
country was echoed in a vote of thanks to him from
both Honses of Parliament. He went on half-pay
in the latter part of 1841, from which period he
remained unemployed until 30 April, 1846, when he
was appointed to the command, jointly with Sir
Fras. Augustus Collier, of the Channel squadron,
with his flag on board the Queen 110. Since 24
Nov. in the latter year, the Commodore has had
the superintendence of Woolwich Dockyard, and
the command of the William and Mary yacht.
Sir J. J. G. Bremer is a magistrate for Devonshire.
The honour of knighthood was conferred upon him
23 Feb. 1836. He married, 27 March, 1811, Har-
riet, relict of the Rev. Geo. Henry Glasse, rector
of Hanwell, co. Middlesex, and daughter and heir
of Thos. Wheeler, Esq., of Waterford, an officer in
the Royal Marines, by whom, who died 1 March,
1846, he has issue two sons and four daughters. Of
the former, the elder, Edw. Gordon, is a Com-
mander, B.N. ; and of the daughters, the eldest is
married to Capt. Augustus Leopold Kuper, K.N.,
C.B., and the second to Capt. Henry Sabine Browne,
of the 85th Light Infantry. Agent — J. Hinxman.
BEENAN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 16; h-p., 27.)
Alexander Brenan was born in Dec. 1790.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tbmeraire 98, Capt.
Eliab Harvey, and, on 21 Oct. 1805, was a per-
former in the glorious scene enacted by that ship
in the battle of Trafalgar. He left the Temeraibe,
as Midshipman, in Jan. 1806, and next, about
March, 1807, joined the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of
the Hon. Michael De Courcy, with whom he pro-
ceeded to the West Indies. He then removed to
the St. George 98, bearing the flag in the Channel
of his former Captain, Rear-Admiral E. Harvey;
was much employed, on his subsequent transference
to the Phoebe 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, on boat-
service in the Gulf of Livonia, where he assisted in
capturing a lar^e number of vessels ; and while at-
tached, between the years 1810 and 1814, to the
Caledonia 120, Capt. Wm. Bedford, Tbmeraire
98, Capt. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, and Royal
George 100, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Fras. Pick-
more, frequently served on shore and in the boats
in warm encounters with the batteries and troops
at the defence of Cadiz and off Toulon. On 16
March in the latter year, having passed in 1811,
and for some time acted as Lieutenant, he was con-
firmed in that rank in the Merope 16, Capts. John
Chas. Gawen Roberts and Wm. Benj. Suckling, one
of Napoleon Buonaparte's escort during a portion
of his passage to Elba ; and, in June, 1815, he was
appointed to the Albion 74, Capt. Jas. Walker,
lying in the river Medway, which ship, however,
he left in the following December. Lieut. Brenan
was afterwards employed in the Coast Guard from
1821 until obliged, from the effects of his severe
night duties, to retire under a medical certificate
in 1827. While in that service he had the good
fortune on different occasions to get off the shore
• Vide Gai. 1840, p. 2990, and Gaz. 1841, passim.
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two large ships which had been stranded on the
coasts of Wicklow and Wexford ; and, in acknow-
ledgment of his exertions, was presented by the
owners, for himself and his men, with two sums of
2001. each. He has since been unemployed.
BEENTON, K.S.V. (fflaptailt, 1822. f-p., 16;
H-P., 33.)
John Brenton was born 28 Aug. 1782.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Aug. 1798, as
A. B., on board the Asia 64, Capt. Robt. Murray,
bearing the flag at Halifax of Vice-Admiral Geo.
Vandeput, in which ship he attained the rating of
Midshipman a few days afterwards, and returned
home with convoy in Dec. 1800. He then in suc-
cession joined the Assistance 50, Capts. Kobt. Hall
and Rich. Lee, employed in the North Sea in
blockading the Dutch fleet, and C^sar 80, Capt.
Jahleel Brenton, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez,
under whom he participated, 6 July, 1801, in the
battle off Algeciras, and, on 12 of the same month,
in the destruction of two Spanish first-rates and
capture of a French 74 in the Gut of Gibraltar.
He was next, as Acting-Lieutenant, present at the
evacuation of Minorca, consequent on the treaty of
Amiens; and, from that period until Dec. 1805,
served with Rear- Admiral Sir Rich. Hussey Bicker-
ton, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and again as
Acting-Lieutenant, in the Kent 74, Royal Sove-
reign 100, and Queen 98, into which latter ship
Lord CoUingwood shifted his flag after the battle
of Trafalgar. Having been intermediately attached
to the Nahtilhs sloop, Capt. John Sykea, Mr.
Brenton was, in March, 1806, appointed to the San
lidefwiso, Capt. John Quilliam, one of the Spanish
third-rates taken at Trafalgar, to assist in navigat-
ing her to England. He was not, however, ofii-
cially promoted until 5 Sept. 1806, when,- after a
further servitude, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the
HiBERNiA 110, bearing the flag of Earl St. Vin-
cent, and London 98, Capt. Thos. Western, both
in the Channel, he was confirmed into the Orion
74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, ofl' Cadiz. From
17 Jan. 1807, until July, 1812, we next find him
employed in the San Josef 110, Hibernia 110,
DioMEDE 50, and Victory 100, all flag-ships of his
friend Sir Jas. Saumarez, on the Channel, Guern-
sey, and Baltic stations. On 14 of the latter
month Capt. Brenton, to whom had been awarded
the rank of Acting-Commander, was despatched,
in conjunction with Capt. Hew Steuart, to aid the
Russian Admiral Muller in fitting out a flotilla of
gun-boats for the protection of Riga. For his
meritorious conduct in the discharge of the duties
which there devolved on him, including an expedi-
tion against the French and Prussians at Mittau,
on the river Aa, he received the sanction of the
Admiralty to his promotion by commission dated
20 Nov. in the same year. He subsequently, from
27 June, 1814, until paid off, 14 Nov. 1815, com-
manded the 14-gun brig Hasty, on the North Sea
and Irish stations ; and, on 26 Dec. 1822, was ad-
vanced to his present rank. He was placed upon
retired half-pay 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Brenton, whose services at Mittau were re-
warded with the insignia of a Knight of the Rus-
sian order of St. Vladamir, of the fourth class,
married, 28 Sept. 1815, his cousin, Henrietta,
daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Jahleel Brenton,
and sister of Vice-Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton,*
* Sir Jahleel Brenton waa born 32 Aug, 1770. He served,
as Lieut, of the Barfleue 98, in the action off Cape St.
Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797; commanded the C^:sar 80, Sir
James Saumarez' flag-ship, on the memorable 6 and 12 July,
1801 ; was wrecked and taken prisoner in L\ Mtnervb, off
Cherbourg, 2 July, 1803 ; and, after assisting at the reduction
of the Ionian Islands, gained, as Capt. of the Sfabtan, of 46
guns and 21^8 men, a brilliant and single-handed victory
over a Franco-Neapolitan squadron, carrying altogether 95
guns and about 1400 men, 3 May, 1610. The Patriotic So-
ciety, in acknowledgment of the latter exploit, in the
execution of which Capt. Brenton was desperately wounded,
voted him a sword valued at 100/. ; the King of the Two
Sicilies presented him with the Grand Cross of St. Ferdinand
and of Merit ; and his own Sovereign raised him to the dig-
nity of a baronet, besides conferring on him the K.C. B.
Bart., K.C.B., and of Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton,*
R.N.
BEERETON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 22 ; h-p., 20.)
Godfrey Bbereton entered the Navy, 24 Jan.
1805, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Puissant 74,
Capt, John Irwin, lying at Spithead, where he was
immediately transferred to the Royal William
100, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Montagu. He next served,
from April, 1807, to Jan. 1811, latterly as Midship-
man, in the Alcmenb and Belle Poule frigates,
both commanded by Capt. Jas. Brisbane, under
whom we find him present — besides contributing
to the capture of many small armed vessels — at the
taking, 15 Feb. 1809, of ie Far of 26 guns, laden
with corn for the relief of the French garrison at
Corfu ; and at the reduction of the islands of Zante,
Cephalonia^ and Sta, Maura. He then, in succession,
joined — the MoNTACsn and Warrior 74's, Capts.
Rich. Hussey Moubray and John Wm. Spranger,
in the latter of which ships he returned home —
the Antelope 50, bearing the flag off Newfound-
land of Sir John Thos. Duckworth — the Defiance
74, flag-ship in the Baltic of Sir Geo. Hope — the
Princess Caroline 74, Capt. Hugh Downman, on
the same and North Sea stations — and the Dover
18, Capt. Augustus Vere Drury, with whom he pro-
ceeded to North America in May, 1814. From
that date until June, 1815, Mr. Brereton, who was
confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant on 16 Jan. in
the latter year, was actively employed, under Com-
modore Sir Jas. Lucas Teo, in the Niagara 20,
and in gun-boat service on the Lakes of Canada.
His succeeding appointments were — from July, 1816,
until he invalided in Oct. 1819, to the Qoeen
Charlotte and Boyne, flag-ships of Sir Edw.
Thornbrough at Portsmouth, and to the Tees 26,
Capt. Geo. Rennie, and Ecetdice 26, Capt. Robt.
Wauchope, off St. Helena — next, between June,
1822, and the close of 1823, to the Pandora 18,
Sappho 18, and Tribune ■&, Capts. Fred. Hunn,
Jenkin Jones, and Gardiner Henry Guion, on the
Irish and Mediterranean stations — and, 30 April,
1827, to the Britannia 120, flag-ship at first of
Admiral Lord Northesk at Plymouth, and after-
wards commanded by Capt. Geo. Burdett in the
Mediterranean, where he was superseded in April,
1830. Since 11 May, 1843, Mr. Brereton has been
employed as Admiralty-Agent in a contract mail
steam-vessel on the West India station Agents —
Holmes and Folkard.
BEETON. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
William Henry Breton entered the Navy 7
Jan. 1812 ; passed his examination in 1818 ; and
obtained his commission 10 March, 1827. He has
since been on half-pay. Lieut. Breton is at present
employed as a police magistrate at Launceston,
Van Diemen's Land.
BEETT. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 28.)
Henry Brett, bom 29 Deo. 1790, is fourth son
of the late Capt. Peircy Brett, R.N. (a participator
in Admiral Keppel's action with the Comte d'Orvil-
liers, 27 July, 1778), by a daughter of the late Capt.
David Phipps, R.N. He is brother of the late Com-
mander Peircy Brett, R.N. (1812), and of the late
Lieut. Spencer Phipps Brett, R.A., who was under
Gen. Skerrit in the attack of the bridge at SeviUe,
27 Aug. 1812 ; also of Major Wm. Thomson Brett,
Eon. E. I. C.'s service ; and grand-nephew of the
late Admiral Sir Peircy Brett, who circumnavigated
the globe, when Lieutenant, with Lord Anson, and
was afterwards, in 1766, a Lord of the Admiralty.
He afterwards discharged the duties of Resident Commis-
sioner at the Cape of Good Hope, and of Lieut.-Governor of
Greenwich Hospital, and died a Vice-Admiral of the White,
21 April, 1844.
* Capt. Edward Pelham Brenton's services were of an ar-
duous and useful rather than of a splendid character. He was
born 19 July, 1774 ; entered the Navy in Nov. 1788 ; attained
Post-riink 13 Dec. 1808 ; and died e April, 1839. His ' Natal
History of Great Britain,' and his ' Life of St. Vincent,' are
well known. Capt, Brenton enjoyed the reputation of a
philanthropist
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BREWER-BRICE-BRICKDALE-BRICKWELL-BRIDGE.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Aug. 1802, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Drtad 36, Capt. Robt.
Williams, employed off Weymouth ; removed in
Feb. 1803, with the same officer, to the Russeli, 74,
in which ship he accompanied the outward-bound
trade to the East Indies ; and was there successively
transferred, in June, 1805, to the Sceptre 74, Capt.
Joseph Bingham, and, in Oct. 1807, to the Doris
36, Capts. Christ. Cole and Wm. Jones Lye. While
in the latter ship he passed his examination 13
Jan. 1809 ; was invested with the rank of Acting-
Lieutenant 23 April, 1810; and, shortly after his
official promotion, which took place 29 Oct. fol-
lowing, was sent, in command of a detachment of
seamen, to co-operate with the land forces at the
reduction of the Isle of France. Lieut. Brett, who
further assisted, under Capt. Lye, at the capture of
Java, in Aug. 1811, was subsequently appointed — 6
March, 1813, to the Rippon 74, Capt. Sir C. Cole,
on the Channel station — 16 Sept. 1814, and 23
March, 1815, to the Impregnable and St. George
98's, flag-ships at Plymouth of Sir Wm. Domett
and Sir John Thos. Duckworth — and, 8 June, 1816,
after nine months of half-pay, to the Wye 28, Capt.
John Harper, attached to the squadron in North
America. He was paid ofi' in Dec. 1818, and has
not since been employed.
Lieut. Brett married, 22 June, 1824, Miss Mary
Ann Street, by whom he has issue five sons and
two daughters. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
BREWER. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 2.)
Thomas Brewer entered the Navy, 21 July,
1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74,
Capt. Rich. Raggett, with whom he continued to
serve, latterly as Midshipman, in the Tonnant 80,
and Spencer 74, on the North Sea, Baltic, and
Halifax stations, iintil Aug. 1815. He next be-
came attached to the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt.
Edm. Bodger, at Portsmouth, and Inconstant and
Semiramis, of 46 guns each, Capt. Sir Jas. Lucas
Teo, on the western coast of Africa ; served from
Oct. 1818 to Nov. 1822, again with Capt. Raggett,
as Mate, in the Albion 74, at Portsmouth ; passed
his examination 4 Aug. 1819 ; and, after a further
employment, in the latter capacity, in the Ranger
28, Capt. Peter Fisher, on the North America and
West India station, EsK 20, Capt. Wm. Jardine
Purchas, on the western coast of Africa, and Prince
Regent 120, Capt. Constantine Rich. Moorson, at
Chatham, was promoted to his present rank 30
April, 1827. Since 22 Dec. 1828, except from 26
March, 1839, to 2 1 March, 1844, when he commanded
the Sylvia Revenue cutter, Lieut. Brewer has been
in the Coast Guard.
He married, 12 Feb. 1833, Miss Mitchinson, and
by that lady he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Hallett
and Robinson.
BRICE. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 14;
H-p., 34.)
Nathaniel Brice was born 8 Sept. 1787.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 June, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Crescent 36, Capt. Wm.
Grenville Lobb, on the Jamaica station, where he
attained the rating of Midshipman 27 June, 1800.
He afterwards served, in the Channel, with the
same officer, in the St. George 98, and Isis 50;
vrith Capt. Wm. Cumming in the Prince of Wales
98 ; with Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin in the
Latona 38 ; and, with Capt. Geo. Cockbum in
the Captain 74. Shortly after his promotion to
the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 15 Aug.
1806, Mr. Brice obtained command of the Jackdaw
schooner of 2 guns, in which vessel in Jan. 1807,
he was unfortunately captured by a Spanish r6w-
boat. Being, however, quickly retaken by the
Minerva frigate, he joined, on 18 of the suc-
ceeding Aug., the York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton,
in the West Indies; and was subsequently ap-
pointed—4 Feb. 1808, to the Pelican 18, Capts.
W. Ward, Isaac Hawkins Morrison, and Edw
Henry A' Court, under the first of whom he as-
sisted in taking the island of Deseada on 30 March
in the same year-3 June, 1810, to the Adeora 28
—29 Jan. 1811, to the Tweed 18, Capt. Symonds,
stationed in the North Sea and off the coast of
Africa— and, 14 Oct. 1813, to the Scamander 36,
Capt. G. Heathcote, on Channel service. He con-
tinued unemployed from April, 1815 ; and was
placed on the list of Retired Commanders 21 Apnl,
1840.
BKICKDALE. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 14; h-p., 1.)
Charles John Brickdale was bom 30 July,
1819, at Upcott House, near Taunton, Somerset-
shire, and died, as below recorded, 20 Nov. 1845.
He was second son of John Fortescue Brickdale,
Esq., barrister-at-law, of Birchamp House, co.
Gloucester, by Catherine, daughter of Chas. Gre-
gorie, Esq. ; and elder brother of John Fortescue
Brickdale, Esq., Lieutenant in the 61st Foot.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 July, 1831, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Imogene 28, Capt. Price
Blackwood, on the East India station, and was
Midshipman of that frigate when, in company with
the Andromache 28, she forced the passage of the
Boca Tigris, in China, 7 and 9 Sept. 1834. He
next served, from Sept. 1835, to May, 1840, in the
Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, in the Mediterra-
nean ; and, after a further attachment to the Ex-
cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir
Thos. Hastings, obtained, as a reward for passing
the best examination at the Royal Naval College, a
Lieutenant's commission, 24 June, 1842. He was
appointed, 1 July following, to the Madagascar
44, Capt. John Foote, on the west coast of Africa,
whence he returned home and was paid off in Aug.
1844; and he lastly joined, in the course of 1845,
the Agincoubt 72, flag-ship in the East Indies of
Sir Thos. John Cochrane, and the Comus 18, Capt.
Edw. Augustus Inglefleld. He fell on 20 Nov., in
a gallant attack made by the combined squadrons
of England and France on a strong position occu-
pied by the troops of General Rosas at Punta
Obligado, on the banks of the Parana.* Agents —
Messrs. Chard.
BRICKWELL. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Samuel James Bbickwell entered lie Navy 16
Sept. 1828; passed his examination 18 July, 1835;
served for some time on the Mediterranean station,
as Mate, in the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, and
Cyclops steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin ; ob-
tained his commission 23 Nov. 1841 ; and, from 2
Nov. 1842, until paid off in Aug. 1844, was em-
ployed in the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote,
on the western coast of Africa. He has been First,
since 18 Nov. 1846, of the Albatross 16, Capt. Ar-
thur Farquhar. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
BRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Henry Bridge entered the Navy 22
March, 1823 ; passed his examination 20 Nov. 1830;
became, in 1839, a student at the Royal Naval Col-
lege ; and was promoted (from the Indus 78, Capt.
Sir Jas. Stirling, fitting for the Mediterranean) to
the rank of Lieutenant 30 April, 1841. His ap-
pointments have since been— 6 May following, to
the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt.
Sir Thos. Hastings— 17 Aug. in the same year, to
the Southampton 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good
Hope of Sir Edw. Durnford King, from which he
was paid off in Dec. 1842—19 Oct. 1843, to the
Cormorant steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Thos. Gordon,
with whom he served as First-Lieutenant in the
Pacific— 30 May, 1845, as Additional, to the Hieer-
NiA 104, Capt. Peter Richards, Ijing at Portsmouth
—and, 14 July, 1845, to the Vanguard 80, Capt.
Geo. Wickens Willes, now attached to the Channel
squadron.
Lieut. Bridge married, 6 June, 1841, Anne, only
daughter of the late E. K. Piercy, Esq., of Passage
West, CO. Cork, and by that lady has issue.
• Vide Gai. 1846, p. 818.
BRIDGEMAN— BRIDGES— BRIGGS.
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BRIDGEMAN. (daptam, 1819. F-p., 16;
H-p., 27.)
The Honodrable Charles Oklando Bridge-
man, born 5 Feb. 1791, is second son of Orlando,
first Earl of Bradford, by Lucy Elizabeth, daughter
of George, fourth Viscount Torrington ; brother of
the present Earl and of Hon. Henry Orlando
Bridgeman, Captain in the Army; and cousin of
Capt. Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng, K.N.
This oSacer entered the Navy, 18 June, 1804, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge, under whom he attained the
rating of Midshipman in 1805, and was present in
Sir Kobert Calder's action, at the passage of the
Dardanells, and in the expedition to the Scheldt. In
Nov. 1809, he joined the Manilla 36, Capt. Geo.
Eras. Seymour, and, on 10 Sept. 1810, he was con-
firmed a Lieutenant in the Semiramis frigate, Capt.
Chas. Kiohardson, both on the Lisbon station.
Being appointed, 1 May, 1811, to the Eevbnge 74,
as Flag-Lieutenant to his old Commander, then
Keai>Admiral Legge, he served for some time at
the defence of Cadiz ; after which he successively
joined, 8 March, 1813, the Bellerophon 74, bearing
the flag at Newfoundland of Sir Rich. Goodwin
Keats, and, 2 April, 1814, the Koyal Sovereign
yacht, Capt. Sir John Poo Beresford. Capt.
Bridgeman, who obtained his second promotal com-
mission 16 May, 1814, subsequently commanded,
from 12 Dec. in that year, until paid off; 28 Aug.
1816, the Badger 10, on the West India station,
where he assisted at the reduction of Guadeloupe in
1815, and, from 24 June, 1817, imtil posted, 2 Sept.
1819, the IcARDS 10, in South America. His last ap-
pointment was, 7 Sept. 1827, to the Rattlesnake
28, attached to the squadron in the Mediterranean,
of which ship he retained command until May,
1830. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Bridgeman married, 2 Dec. 1819, Elizabeth
Caroline, eldest daughter of the late Sir Hen.
Chamberlain, Bart., British Consul at Rio Janeiro,
sister of the present Baronet, and half-sister of
Commander Wm. Chas. Chamberlain, R.N. Agents
— Messrs. Ommanney.
BRIDGES. (Commander, 1818. f-p., 14; h-p., 29.)
George Francis Bridges is nephew of the late
Lieut.-General Bridges.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1804, as
Midshipman, on board the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj.
Hallowell, under whom he continued to serve, in
the same ship, until the attainment of his first com-
mission 1 Aug. 1811. During that period he ac-
companied Lord Nelson to the West Indies in pur-
suit of the combined fleets of France and Spain in
1805 ; attended the expedition to Egypt in 1807 ;
witnessed the self-destruction of the French line-
of-battle ships Rohuste and Lirni^ near the mouth of
the Rhone, 26 Oct. 1809 ; and, on 31 of the same
month, served in the boats at the capture and de-
struction, in the Bay of Rosas, of the French store-
ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, with three
other armed and seven merchant vessels, defended
in a very spirited manner by their respective crews
as well as by several powerful batteries, whose
joint opposition occasioned the British a loss of 15
men killed and 55 wounded.* On Capt. HalloweU
hoisting his flag, as Rear- Admiral, in the Malta 80,
■ Lieut. Bridges joined him on 28 Oct. 1811, and re-
mained under his command in that ship and in the
RoTAL Sovereign 100, and Tonnant 80, on the
Mediterranean, Plymouth, and Irish stations, until
advanced to the rank of Commander, 9 Sept. 1818.
While in the Tonnant he jumped overboard and
saved the life of a man who in a state of intoxicar
tion had thrown himself into the sea. He has not
since been employed.
Commander Bridges married, 19 May, 182,5, Har-
riet, only surviving daughter of the Rev. D. D.
Bergeur, Rector of Everley, co. Wilts, and Chaplain
to Aubrey, seventh Duke of St. Albans. Agents —
Messrs. Chaid.
• VideGm. 1809, p. 1907.
BRIDGES. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
James Henry Bridges entere4 the Navy, 26 Feb.
1826, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Ariadne 28,
Capt. Adolphus FitzClarence, whom, after serving
in the Mediterranean, he followed into the Chal-
lenger 28. He next, in Sept. 1830, joined the
Pallas 42, Capts. Manley Hall Dixon and Wm.
Walpole ; and in May, 1834 (having passed his ex-
amination in Dec. 1832), he became Mate of the
Portland 50, Capt. David Price, in the Mediter-
ranean. After a further employment of three
years and a half in the Pantaloon tender, com-
manded on Particular Service by Lieuts. Nicholas
Cory and John M'Donell, Mr. Bridges was pro-
moted to his present rank by commission dated 28
June, 1838. His appointments have since been —
14 July, 1838, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— 1 Feb. 1840,
and 14 Feb. 1841, to the Thunderer 84, Capt.
Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, and Edin-
burgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, both on
the Mediterranean station, where he took part in
the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, in-
cluding the capture of St. Jean d'Acre — 25 Oct.
1841, to the Alpked 50, bearing the broad pendant
in South America of Commodore John Brett Purvis,
— and, 4 March, 1846, as First-Lieutenant, to the
Brilliant 22, Capt. Bundle Burges Watson, in
which ship he is now serving at the Cape of Good
Hope. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
BRIDGES. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 28.)
Philip Henrt Bridges entered the Navy, in
May, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bristol,
Lieut.-Commander Sibley ; was next employed for
five years, as Midshipman, in the Agamemnon 64,
Capt. Robt. Devereux Fancourt, in the Channel,
North Sea, and Baltic ; removed, in April, 1802, to
the Jalouse 18, Capt. Christopher Strachey, lying
at Sheerness ; passed his examination in the course
of the same year ; and, after a furthe^ servitude, as
Admiralty-Midshipman, in the Amazon 38, Capt.
Sam. Sutton, and Loire 38, Capt'.' Fred. Lewis
Maitland, was promoted— for his. gallant conduct,
on 27 June, 1803, at the cutting oU±, under the bat-
teries of He de Bas, by two boats of the latter
frigate, of Le Venteux national hrig, of 10 guns and
82 men, after a sanguinary deckTtight of 10 minutes
— to a Lieutenancy in, we believe, the Tartarus
bomb, Capt. Fras. Temple, 4 July following. He
next served — from 1804 until 1807, in the Veteran
64, Capt. Jas. Newman Newman, flag-ship, after-
wards, of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, Fran-
chise 38, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, and Pique 36,
Capt. Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, all on the Ja-
maica station — from Jan. 1808 to June 1810, in the
Foxhound 18, Capt. Pitt-Bamaby Greene, Pompee
80, Capt. Geo. Cocltburn, both in the Channel, and
AiGLE frigate, Capt. Geo. Wolfe, with whom he
assisted, 12 April, 1809, at, the destruction of the
shipping in Aix Roads, and, in August following, in
the expedition to the Scheldt — and, from Jan. 1811,
to Oct. 1815, in the Hussar, Leda, and Tbeban
frigates, Capts. Jas. Coutts Crawford, Geo. Sayer,
and Sam. Leslie, on the East India station, where
he was present, under Capt. Crawford, at the re-
duction of Java, in Aug. 1811. On 8 Dec. 1815,
Lieut. Bridges was promoted to the acting-com-
mand of the Zebra sloop. He was confirmed into
the Challenger, of 18 guns, 15 Nov. 1816 ; brought
home and paid off* the Trincomalee, of 46 guns,
26 April, 1819 ; became Second-Captain of the
Prince Regent 120, flag-ship at Chatham of Sir
Robt. Moorsom, 12 May, 1827 ; and obtained his
Post-commission 29 Sept. following. He has since
been on half-pay.
For his " distinguished merit" at the capture of
Le VenteuXj the Patriotic Fund voted Capt. Bridges
a sword of 301. value. Agent — J. Hinxman.
BRIGGS. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
David Briggs entered the Navy, 21 March,
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rekoivn 74,
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BRIGGS.
Capt. Philip Chas. Durham ; attained the rating of
Midshipman in Oct. following ; and, after serving
for upwards of four years off L'Orient, and in
blockading the Rochefort and Toulon squadrons,
was paid off 28 March, 1810. He joined, in Aug.
of the same year, the Armada 74, Capt. Adam
M'Kenzie, employed off Cadiz and in the North
Sea; removed, as Master's Mate, in Nov. 1811, to
the Haknibal 74, flag-ship off the Texel of his
former Captain, Koar-Admiral Durham; was dis-
charged, in Feb. 1812, into the Christian VII. 74,
Capts. Thos. Browne and Hen. Lidgbird Ball ;
passed his examination in March following; re-
joined the Rear-Admiral, soon afterwards, in the
Bulwark 74 ; and, while subsequently proceeding
with him to the West Indies, in the Veserable 74,
assisted at the capture, off Madeira, by that ship
and the C yrene sloop, of the French 44-gun frigates
Iphigenie and Alcmene^ 16 and 20 Jan. 1814. On 28
of the ensuing month Mr. Briggs became Acting-
Lieutenant of the Fox sloop, Capt. Frank Gore
Willock ; and, on arriving in England, he was offi-
cially promoted by commission dated 8 July in the
same year. After attending, in 1814-15, as First of
the Fox, the expedition to New Orleans, whence he
conveyed back to Jamaica part of the 2nd West
India Regiment, he returned to the Vehekable
10 Aug. in the latter year, and came home and was
paid off 3 May, 1816. He has not since been em-
ployed.
Lieut. Briggs married in Nov. 1841, and has
issue one daughter.
BKIGGS. (Retired Commander, 1837. f-p.,
16; H-p., 34.)
Feaucis Briggs, bom 18 May, 1784, is nephew,
maternally, of the late Sir Boss Donnelly, K.C.B.,
Admiral of the Blue, who died, 30 Sept. 1840, in his
77th year ; and first cousin of the Dowager Lady
Audley.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Aug. 1797, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Chas.
White, on the North Sea station ; served from May,
1798, to Aug. 1803, as Midshipman and Master's
Mate, in the Maidstone and Narcissus 32-gnn
frigates, commanded by his uncle, Capt. Ross Don-
nelly, in the West Indies, Channel, and Mediter-
ranean ; passed his examination in Sept. 1803 ; was
immediately appointed by Lord Nelson Acting-
Lieutenant of the'HALCTON 18, Capt. Henry Whit-
marsh Pearse ; and received his official promotion
by commission dated 8 May, 1804. WMle First-
Lieutenant of the last-mentioned vessel, he was
present in various engagements with the gun-boats
m the Gut of Gibraltar ; assisted at the capture, 20
Sept. 1804, of U Esperance French privateer, of 10
guns and 54 men ; retook, when in charge of one of
the HAiiCyos's boats, a brig which had just before
been captured by a privateer; contributed, after the
battle of Maida, to the destruction of the enemy's
batteries along the coast of Calabria, where, vpith
a party of seamen under his orders, he served on
shore at the reduction of Reggio ; drove on shore
several merchant-vessels when in command of a gun-
boat in the Faro of Messina ; acquired credit and was
wounded by a splinter in the arm, 13 Dec. 1806, in
an action, fought with great spirit for three hours,
between the Halcyon, singly, and three Spanish
national vessels of far superior force, which termi-
nated in the capture of one of the latter, the Neptuno
corvette, of 14 guns and 72 men ; received in con-
sequence a pecuniary reward from the Patriotic
Fund, but no promotion, although recommended by
his Captain ;* and on subsequently attending the
expedition to Copenhagen, in Aug. and Sept. 1807,
witnessed the bombardment of that city and seizure
of the Danish fleet. Lieut. Briggs's next appoint-
ment was, in March, 1808, to the Invincible 74,
Capts. R. Donnelly and Chas. Adam, in the Medi-
terranean, from which ship he was detached in
command of a gun-vessel to assist at the defence of
* Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 52.
Cadiz, where the latter was unfortunately sunk by a
shell falling into her while engaging the batteries.
In Oct. 1812, he joined the Meeope 16, commanded
by Capts. Edw. Flinn, — Roberts, and ultimately,
for two months, by himself, on the east coast of Spain.
He was placed on half-pay in Dec. 1813_; remained
unemployed from that period; and accepted his
present rank 25 Jan. 1837.
BKIGGS. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
George Campbell Briggs was born in 1819, and
died 1 April, 1845. He was eldest son of Vice-Ad-
miral Sir Thos. Briggs, G.C.M.G.
This officer entered the Navy 2 April, 1832;
passed his examination 11 May, 1838; served for
some time, as Mate, on board the Piqde 36, Capt.
Edw. Boxer, in North America and the West Indies ;
was promoted out of the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir
David Dunn, on the Mediterranean station, 10 May,
1841; rejoined the latter ship 13 June following;
and was next appointed, 31 Aug. 1843, to the Pllot
16, Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis, on board which vessel
he died, as above, off Pointe de Galle, in the East
Indies, from the effects of a coup-de-soleil.
His remains were interred, on 2 of the same
month, at Pointe de Galle, with the honours due to
his rank, and followed by the officers of the garrison
and the officers and crew of the Pilot. Lieut.
Briggs was an officer of the greatest promise.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
BKIGGS. (Retiked Commander, 1844. f-p.,
12; H-p., 34.)
Stephen Briggs entered the Navy, 1 March,
1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Loire 38, Capt.
Jas. Newman Newman, stationed in the Channel.
He joined, in June, 1802, the Cambrian 38, Capt.
Wm. BracUey, at Halifax; there removed, as Mid-
shipman, in Jan. 1804, to the Leandee 50, flag-ship
of Sir Andrew Mitcheller, afterwards commanded
by Capt. John Talbot, under whom he assisted at
the capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of the Ville de Milan, of
46 guns, and retaking of her prize the Cleopatra
32 ; and, on his subsequent transference to the
Northumberland 74, bearing the flag of the Hon.
Alex. Cochrane, was present, 6 Feb. 1806, in the .
battle off St. Domingo. His succeeding appoint-
ments were — 19 Nov. in the same year, as Acting
Sub-Lieutenant, to the Maria 10, Lieut.-Com-
mander John Anderson — 14 Jan. 1807, as Acting-
Lieutenant, to the Galatea 32, Capt. Geo. Sayer,
in which frigate he was confirmed 20 Oct. follow-
ing— 13 Oct. and 6 Dec. 1808, to the command of
the Mozambique 14, and Grenada 10 — and 7 April,
1813, after nearly two years of half-pay, to the'
Cleopatra 32, all on the West India station, where
he obtained charge, 23 July ensuing, of a Signal
station in the Saintes. Having been unemployed
since 14 Deo. 1814, Mr. Briggs at length, on 30 April,
1844, accepted the rank he now holds. Agents —
Messrs. Halford and Co.
BKIGGS, G.C.M.G. (Vice-Admibai, of the
White, 1841. f-p., 43 ; h-p., 13.)
Sir Thomas Briggs, bom in 1780, is only sur-
viving son of the late Stephen Briggs, Esq., for-
merly Chief Surgeon at Madras, by Magdalene,
youngest daughter of .the late Jas. Pasley, Esq., of
Craig, CO. Dumfries; nephew, maternally, of the
late Sir Thos. Pasley, Bart., Admiral of the White,
who died 29 Nov. 1808 ; and first cousin of the pre-
sent Sir T. S. Pasley, Bart., Capt. R.N., and of Bear-
Admiral Sir Chas. Malcolm, Kt.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 Sept. 1791, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Belleropbon 74, com-
manded by his uncle, Capt. Thos. Pasley, whom he
soon afterwards accompanied, as Midshipman, into
the Vengeance 74, lying in the river Medway.
We next find him, from April, 1793, until the year
1798, attached, under Capt. Chas. Tyler, to thcME-
leager 32, Diadem 64, and L'Aigle frigate, and
participating, during that period, in the operations
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against Toulon and Corsica in 1793-4, and in Ho-
tham's partial actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795.
From L'AiGLE Mr. Briggs, who had been confirmed
in the rank of Lieutenant 28 Sept. 1797, removed to
the ViLi/E DE Pakis 110, flag-ship oif Lisbon of
Earl St. Vincent, and he shortly afterwards joined
the Pbincess Royal 98, bearing the flag of
Kear-Admiral Thos. Lennox Frederick off Cadiz.
Assuming the acting-command, 10 July, 1799, of the
Salamine 16, to which sloop he was officially ap-
pointed 30 June, 1800, Capt. Briggs assisted at the
reduction of Genoa ; took, 21 Jan. 1801, in company
with the Caroline 36, a xebec, laden with arms,
and mounting 4 guns, with a crew of 24 men ; and,
in March following, was sent by Capt. Manley Dixon,
of the G ENEREux 74, then at Port Mahon, to Kear-
Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren off Toulon with
the intelligence of M. Ganteaume having sailed from
the latter place with troops for Egypt, in conse-
quence of which the French Admiral was pursued
and induced to put back. "While next engaged in
the expedition under Lord Keith and Sir Ralph
Abercromby, for his services during which he ob-
tained the Turkish gold medal and the order of the
Crescent, Capt. Briggs was promoted to Post-rank
by commission dated 24 July in the same year. His
succeeding appointments afloat were, in Aug. fol-
lowing, to the Madras 54, flag-ship of Sir Rich.
Bickerton off Alexandria — ^in 1802 to the AGiNconRT
64, on the Mediterranean and Home stations — 14
Dec. 1805, to the Oephecs 32, in which he captured,
25 Sept. and 12 Nov. 1806, the privateers Guadeloupe,
of 3 guns and 54 men, and Susanna, of 4 guns and
20 men, and was subsequently wrecked on the coral
reef, Jamaica, 23 Jan. 1807, when he was personally
rescued off the bowsprit of his ship by the present
Lieut. Henry Belsey, in a boat belonging to the
Elephant 74 — 27 April, 1808, to the temporary
command of the Theseus 74, off L'Orient — 7 Nov.
in the same year, to the Clorinde 38, on the East
India station, where he took, 28 Jan. 1810, L' Henri
privateer, of 8 guns and 57 men, proved of material
service in disembarking the troops at the reduction
of the Isle of France in Dec. 1810, and was next
employed in the China Sea — in Oct. 1814, to the
Leviathan 74, which ship, after serving on the
Lisbon, Cork, and Mediterranean stations, was paid
' off 19 July, 1816— and, 15 May, 1818, to the Qdeen
Charlotte 100, as Flag-Captain at Portsmouth to
Sir Geo. Campbell, with whom he continued until
Feb. Z821. In 1823 Capt. Briggs was nominated
Resident Commissioner of the Navy at Bermuda.
He removed to Malta in 1829 ; attained the rank of
Rear-Admiral 27 June, 1832 ; was appointed, about
the same period, Superintendent of Malta Dock-
yard, where he remained until 1838; received the
G.C.M.G. in 1833, for his services in the temporary
command of the Mediterranean squadron ; and was
made a Vice- Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
Sir Thos. Briggs married, in 1814, Isabella Harriet,
daughter of General Trepand, and has had issue
three sons, of whom the eldest, George Campbell,
died a Lieutenant R.N. He has also a daughter
married to Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin, R.N., C.B.
Agents— Messrs. Chard.
BRIGSTOCKE. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 11;*
H-p., 29.)
Thomas Robert Brigstocre entered the Navy,
8 Oct. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Marl-
BOBOCGH 74, Capt. Graham Moore, in which ship,
after escorting the Royal family of Portugal to the
Brazils, he attended, as Midshipman, the expedition
to Flushing, and was employed, on the evacuation of
Walcheren, in destroying the basin, arsenal, and sea-
defences. He removed, in May, 1811, to the Acasta
40, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, employed in the Bay of
Biscay, Channel, and off St. Helena ; rejoined Capt.
Moore in the Chatham 74, on the North Sea station,
in June, 1812 ; and, on his ensuing transference to
the Java, of 46 guns and 377 men, was present, 29
• Exclusive of some time employed as Inspecting Com-
mander of the Coast Guard at Calbourne, Isle of Wight.
Dec, off S. Salvador, in the gallant action that ren-
dered the latter a prize to the American ship Con-
stitution, of 55 guns and 480 men, after an obsti.
nate conflict of 3 hours and 40 minutes, in which
the British lost 22 men killed and 102 (including her
Captain, Henry Lambert, mortally) wounded. In
April, 1813, Mr. Brigstocke, who had been ex-
changed, joined the Eurotas, of 46 guns and 320
men, Capt. John Phillimore, under whom he wit-
nessed, 23 Oct. following, the Andromache's cap-
ture of La France ; and was wounded, 25 Feb. 1814,
in a successful engagement of 2 hours and 10 mi-
nutes, fought between the Ecrotas and La Clwinde
French frigate, mounting 44 guns and 12 brass
swivels, with a complement of 360 picked men, of
whom 120 were killed and wounded, with a loss to
the British of 20 slain and 40 wounded. He was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 29 Nov. in
the same year, and afterwards served, from 13 Deo.
1817, until advanced to his present rank, 31 Jan.
1821, in the Lee 20, Capt. John Pasco, lying at Ply-
mouth, and, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Geo. Camp-
bell, in the Qoeen Charlotte first-rate, at Ports-
mouth. He has not since been afloat.
Commander Brigstocke married, 24 July, 1822,
Elizabeth Lydia, daughter and co-heiress of Geo.
Player, Esq., of Ryde House, Isle of Wight; and
has, with other issue, a daughter, Eustatia Georgina
Player, married, 8 April, 1846, to James Butler
Fellowes, Esq., 45th Regt,, eldest son of Sir Jas.
Fellowes. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
BRINE. (dTaptain, 1818. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 280
George Brine is son of the late Admiral Jas.
Brine, who commanded the Belliqueux 64, in Sir
Thos. Graves' action with the Comte de Grasse,
5 Sept. 1781, and died in 1814; and brother of
Rear-Admiral Augustus Brine, who died about the
early part of 1840.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1797, as
Midshipman, on board the Glory 98, commanded
by his father in the Channel ; removed, in 1799, to
the Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis, with
whom he shortly afterwards proceeded to the Cape
of Good Hope in the Lancaster 64 ; became, 23 July,
1802, Acting-Lieutenant of the Diomede 50, into
which ship the latter officer had shifted his flag;
was officially promoted 15 April, 1803 ; and after-
wards served in the same ship under Sir Jas. Sau-
marez on the Guernsey station. In 1804-5 Mr.
Brine officiated as Flag-Lieutenant to his father,
who at that time held the second command at
Plymouth ; from 18 June in the latter year, until
1808, he was employed on board the Rose sloop,
Capts. Lucius Curtis and Philip Pipon, in the
Channel, Mediterranean, and Baltic ; and ^he then
served for four years in the Victory 100, flag-ship
of Sir Jas. Saumarez, also in the Baltic, where he
was advanced to the command of the Sheldrake
sloop, 13 Aug. 1812. His last appointment was, 12
Aug. 1815, to the Mosquito 18, which vessel, after
an employment of three years on the St. Helena
station, he paid off within a few days of the receipt
of his Post-commission, which was dated 7 Deo. 1818.
He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Brine married, 26 Aug. 1836, Caroline, eldest
daughter of the late Michael Bush, Esq., of Great
Ormond-street. He became a widower 7 Oct. 1846.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
BRINE. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
George Augustus Brine entered the Navy in
1832 ; passed his examination 15 March, 1840 ; and
served as Mate, in the Bast Indies, and on the S.E.
coast of America, in the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir
Thos. Herbert, and CnRA50A 24, Capt. Sir Thos.
Sabine Pasley. He obtained his commission 9 Dec.
1845 ; and since 13 of the same month has been em-
ployed in the Pacific on board the Carysfort 26,
Capt. "Geo. Henry Seymour.
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BRINE. (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p., 15;
H-p., 34.)
John Brine is, we presume, a relative of Capt.
Geo. Brine, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy in 1798, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Glory 98, Capt. Jas. Brine, and
in April, 1800, became Midshipman of the Agin-
COHRT 64, Capts. John Bligh, Geo. Fred. Kyves, and
Thos. Briggs, flag-ship, at first of Sir Chas. Morice
Pole, Commander-in-Chief at Newfoimdland. While
under Capt. Ryves he escorted General Graham
and the 25th Eegt. to Egypt in 1801, and was after-
wards present at the surrender of Corfu. On 8
April, 1805, Mr. Brine was advanced to be Sub-
Lieutenant of the Sharpshooter gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander John Goldie, stationed off Jersey and
the coast of France. He became a full Lieu-
tenant 22 Jan. 1806; and was subsequently ap-
pointed— 6 March following, to the Sampson 64,
Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy and Wm. Cum-
ing, lying at Plymouth — next, to the Glory 98,
Capt. Wm. Albany Otway, and Hyperion 36, Capt.
Brodie, both employed in the Channel — 31 May,
1808, to the Gloire frigate, Capt. Jas. Carthew,
under whom he witnessed the reduction of Mar-
tinique in Feb. 1809 — 20 Deo. in the same year, to
the PoMPEE 74, bearing the flag of Sir Alex.
Cochrane, also in the West Indies, where he served
at the capture of Guadeloupe in Feb. 1810 — and, 16
Feb. 1811, having been on half-pay from the pre-
ceding May, to the Laurel 38, Capt. Sam. Camp-
bell Rowley, in which ship he was wrecked on the
Govivas rock, in the Teigneuse passage, 31 Jan.
1812. He was detained a prisoner at Verdun from
that period until Aug. 1814, and has not since been
afloat. Commander Brine accepted his present rank
17 July, 1838. Agent — J. Hinxman.
BRISBANE. (Capt., 1846. f-p., 15; h-p., 13.)
James William Douglas Brisbane, bom 11
March, 1806, is only surviving son of the late gal-
lant Kear-Admiral Sir Chas. Brisbane, K.C.B., the
hero of Curafoa, by Sarah, daughter of Sir Jas.
Patey, Kt., of Reading, co. Berks. He is nephew of
Sir Jas. Brisbane, who ofliciated as Captain of Lord
Exmouth's flag-ship at the battle of Algiers, and
died from the effects of disease contracted while em-
ployed in the chief command of the naval force
attached to the expedition against the Burmese, 19
Deo. 1826 — of Capt. John Douglas Brisbane,
drowned in 1782 — of Lieut.-Colonel Thos. Stewart
.Brisbane, killed at St. Domingo in 1795 — and of
Capt.Wm. Henry Brisbane, K.N., who died in 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1819, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Eurtalus 42, Capt.
Thos. Huskisson, on the West India station, and
afterwards became attached in succession, as Mid-
shipman and Mate, to the Pyramus 42, Capt. Fras.
Newcombe — Victory 104, flag-ship at Portsmouth
of Sir Geo. Martin — Calliope 10, Capt. John
Povraey, with whom he returned to the West Indies
— and Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir Wm.
Hoste, in which he escorted the Queen of Wurtem-
berg from Antwerp to England, and H. B. H. the
Lord High Admiral on a visit to the different naval
arsenals. He was presented by the latter august
personage with a hauling-down commission 11 Aug.
1827 ; after which he appears to have been em-
ployed, from 1 March, 1828, untilpaid off in 1830, in
the Icarus 10, Capt. Hon. Thos. Best— also, as First
Lieutenant, in the Mersey 26, Capt. Geo. Wm.
Conway Courtenay — and in the Bakham 50, bear-
ing the flag of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming —
all on the Jamaica station. He was advanced to
his present rank 10 Jan. 1837; and, on 14 Nov.
1843, was appointed to the Larne 18, on the coast
of Africa. While in command of the latter sloop,
Capt. Brisbane succeeded in effecting the capture
of two Brazilian slave-vessels. On one occasion he
proceeded up the river Gallinas in charge of a divi-
sion of boats, and, although opposed by the fire of
400 of the natives, had the good fortune to destroy
the towns of Minna, Tindor, and Leah ; and, on an-
other, he led a second detachment of boats up the
same pestilential stream for the purpose of attack-
ing the city of Ghindemar, which place, although
hostilities were eventually rendered unnecessary,
he contrived to reach after having been compelled
to cut his way through trees and other obstacles
that had been thrown into the river to impede his
progress. Since the attainment of his present rank,
9 Nov. 1846, he has been on half-pay.
Capt. Brisbane married, 27 Aug. 1834, Elizabeth,
fourth daughter of the late John Ryley, Esq., of
Hertford House, near Coventry, and by that lady
has issue one daughter.
BRITTAIN. (Lieut., 1829. f-p., 31 ; H-p., 3.)
George Sherass Brittain was bom 24 Nov.
1801.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 13 Jan. 1813, as a
Volunteer, on board the Sceptre 74, and tmtil
1817 served, latterly as Midshipman, in the Marl-
borough 74, Daphne 22, Capt. Jas. Green, and
Northumberland 78, Capt. Jas. Walker. From
1818 to 1824 he discharged the duties of Mate, in
the Surly cutter, Lieut.-Commander Henry Smith
Wilson, and in the Gloucester 74, and Prince
Regent 120, flag-ships of Sir Benj. Hallowell, at the
Nore. Between the date of his quitting the Prince
Regent and of his advancement to the rank of
Lieutenant, 20 Oct. 1829, Mr. Brittain (who had
passed his examination in 1821) was further em-
ployed on board the Swan cutter, Lieut.-Commander
Joseph Rich. Raggett Webb, at the Nore — Croco-
dile 23, Capt. John Wm. Montagu, in the East
Indies — Southampton 52, flag-ship on the same
station of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen — and Chal-
lenger 28, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, at the Cape
of Good Hope. He joined the Coast-Guard 30 Dec.
1831 ; and since 17 Jan. 1846, has been in command
of the Mermaid Revenue-vessel.
Lieut. Brittain married, 29 Aug. 1832, Miss Busby.
BRIXTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 33.)
James Suttor Britton was born 20 March, 1781.
This officer entered the Navy (into which he was
impressed), 20 Dec. 1800, as Ordinary, on board the
Prompte 20, Capt. Thos. Philpot, on the West
India station ; removed in May, 1801, to the Ac-
tive 38, Capts. Chas. Sydney Davers and Rich.
Hussey Moubray, with whom he served four years
in the Mediterranean; then joined, as A.B., the
Thunderer 74, Capts. Wm. Lechmere and John
Talbot ; and, in the course of 1805, was present in
Sir Robert Calder's action, Lord Nelson's pursuit
of the Franco-Spanish fleet to the West Indies, and
ultimately in the battle of Trafalgar. He was also
in the same ship at the defence of Gaeta and the
passage of the Dardanells, besides participating in
much active boat-service. In Nov. 1808, Mr. Brit-
ton joined the Wildboar 10, Capt. Thos. Burton,
and while in that vessel, in which he had attained
the rank of Quarter-master, was wrecked on the
Rundlestone rock, between Scilly and Land's-End,
in Feb. 1810. He immediately afterwards became
Master's Mate of the Primrose 18, Capts. T. Bur-
ton and Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, stationed in
the Baltic and Channel; passed his examination
C Feb. 1812 ; joined, in July following, the Moi-
grave 74, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, with whom he
proceeded to the Mediterranean; and was pro-
moted (from the Impregnable 98, Capt. Robt
Hall, lying at Plymouth) to the rank of Lieutenant
4 Feb. 1815. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Britton, who has been twice married, has
issue six children.
BROAD. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
William Henry Broad passed his examination
1 Aug. 1832 ; was employed in the Coast Guard
from 27 Dec. 1839, until advanced to the rank he
now holds, 3 July, 1846 ; and, since 9 Nov. in the
latter year, has been in command of the Dolphin
Revenue-vessel.
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BROADHEAD. (Captain, 1846.)
Henry Broadhead, born 25 April, 1806, is sixth
son of the late Theodore Henry Broadhead, Esq.,
M.P. for Wareham and afterwards for Yarmouth,
by Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Gordon M'Dougall,
Esq. ; and brother of the present Sir T. H. L.
Brinokman, Bart.— of Capt. John Kich. Broadhead,
of the 60th Rifles— of Capt. Brinckman Broadhead,
of the Coldstream Guards— and of Lieut. Bingley
Broadhead, of the 80th Foot.
This officer entered the Navy 6 April, 1820 ;
passed his examination in 1826 ; and was promoted
into the Rainbow 28, Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous,
on the East India station, 30 April, 1827. He subse-
quently joined, 9 May, 1833, the Forte 44, Capt.
Watkin Owen Pell, employed in North America
and the West Indies ; became First of the Pkjde
36, Capt. Hon. H. J. Rous, fitting at Portsmouth
for the Lisbon station, 15 July, 1836 ; and was ap-
pointed, 24 Nov. 1837, to the command of the Lynx
brigantine, on the coast of Africa, where he cap-
tured a large number of slave-vessels, and con-
tinued until a few months after the receipt of his
second promotal commission dated 22 Feb. 1841.
He next served, from 24 June, 1842, until paid off
in Oct. 1843, as Second-Captain, in the Robney 92,
Capt. Robt. Maunsell, in the Mediterranean ; and
from 7 May, 1844, until advanced to Post-rank 27
June, 1846, in the same capacity, in the Colling-
WOOD 80, flag-ship in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Eras. Sey-
mour. Capt. Broadhead is at present unemployed.
He is married, and has issue. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson.
BROADWATER. (Lieutenant, 1806. f-p., 11;
H-p., 38.)
William Broadwater entered the Navy, 8
April, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince
Frederick, Capt. John Hall, on the North Sea
station; attained the rating of Midshipman in
June following ; and removed, in May, 1800, to the
DoKis 38, Capts. Lord Ranelagh, John Halliday,
Chas. Brisbane, and Wm. Cumberland, attached to
the fleet in the Channel, where, in Oct. 1802, he
joined the Aotumn 18, Capts. Wm. Richardson and
Sam. Jackson. With the latter officer, after parti-
cipating, as Master's Mate, in many gallant skir-
mishes with the French flotilla ofi' Calais and Bou-
logne, he was transferred to the Mosqdito of 18
guns, in the North Sea, 17 Oct. 1814 ; and, in the
early part of 1805, he became Sub-Lieutenant of
the Monkey gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Wm.
Tatham and R. Simmonds, lying in the Downs.
On 24 Oct. 1806, Mr. Broadwater was made full
Lieutenant into the Solebay 32, Capts. Robt.
Howe Bromley and Andw. Sproule, employed on
the North Sea, Baltic, and Lisbon stations. He
was sent home, in Nov. following, in charge of a
detained vessel, and then proceeded to the Brazils
for the purpose of rejoining his ship. Finding,
however, on his arrival, that the latter had sailed,
he returned to England in charge of another, a
Danish vessel, and was placed on half-pay in Oct.
1808. He was subsequently, from 27 Feb. to 15
Oct. 1809, employed in the Princess floating-bat-
tery, Capts. Sam. Martin Colquitt and Edw. Kill-
wick ; but has not since been able to procure official
occupation.
BROCK. (Commander, 1842.)
Thomas Saumarez Brock entered the Navy, 9
Feb. 1815; passed his examination in 1822; ob-
tained his first commission 12 May, 1827 ; and was
appointed, 4 Feb. 1828, to the Blonde 46, Capt.
Edm. Lyons, under whom he served for some time
at the blockade of Navarin, and in co-operation
with the French at the reduction of Morea Castle,
where his zeal and intelligence, at the landing of
the 'guns, 18 Oct. 1828, were very conspicuous.*
Since quitting the latter ship he has been uninter-
ruptedly engaged in the survey of the Mediter-
• VideGaz. 18S8, p. 2S01.
ranean— first, from Nov. 1830, to May, 1836, in the
Mastipe, Meteor, and Beacon, as assistant to
Lieut. James Wolfe and Capt. Rich. Copeland
then for nearly six years in command of the Magpie
— and, since 5 March, 1844, in command, also, of
the Bonetta brigantine. He was advanced to his
present rank while in the Magpie, 7 March, 1842.
Commander Brock married, 10 Feb. 1835, Miss
Dickson, and has issue. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
BROCKMAN. (Retired Commander, 1830.
F-p., 21 ; H-p., 32.)
James Brockman died 17 Jan. 1845, at Deal.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 March, 1793, as
Second Master's-Mate, on board the Amphiteite 24,
Capts. John Child Purvis and Anthony Hunt, under
the latter of whom he was wrecked, 30 Jan. 1794, on
a sunken rock in the Mediterranean. On next join-
ing the Princess Royal 98, bearing the flag of
Tice-Admiral Sam. Cranston Goodall, we find him
present, in the course of the same year, at the re-
duction of St. Fiorenza, Bastia, and Calvi, in the
island of Corsica, and afterwards in Hotham's par-
tial actions with the French fleet, 14 March and
13 July, 1795. He subsequently, for two years,
served in the Prince 98, and Ville de Paris 110,
flag-ships, in the Channel and off Cadiz, of Sir Roger
Curtis and Earl St. Vincent ; became Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Leviathan 74, bearing the flag in the
Mediterranean of Rear-Admiral John Thos. Duck-
worth, 20 Nov. 1798 ; removed, in the same capa-
city, into the Port Mahon brig, Capt. Wm. Bu-
chanan, 1 Nov. 1799 ; received his commission 15
Nov. 1800 ; and on his return home, after partici-
pating in the Egyptian expedition, for his services
during which he obtained the Turkish gold medal,
was paid off, 22 Aug. 1802. Lieut. Brockman after-
wards served in the Triton 32, Capt. Wm. Cush-
man, on the Irish station, from 29 Aug. 1803, imtil
1 April, 1808 ; and, from 9 May following until 14
July, 1814, had charge of various signal-stations on
the coast of Ireland. Having been unemployed
since the latter period, he accepted, 26 Nov. 1830,
the rank of Commander, on the retired list.
BRODIE. (Retired Commander, 1836. p-p.,
17 ; H-p., 37.)
Alexander Brodie entered the Navy, 8 July,
1793, as A.B., on board the Prince Edward armed
ship, Capts. Wm. Carthew and Wm. Browell, sta-
tioned off Ostend, and soon afterwards attained the
rating of Master's Mate. In Nov. 1794, he removed
to the Ruby 64, Capts. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope
and Jacob Waller, and, in 1795, he assisted at the
reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, where he was
employed on shore with the forces under Major-
General Craig. He next, in Nov. 1797, joined the
America 64, Capt. John Smith, and, after attending
Sir Andw. Mitchell's expedition to Holland in 1799,
was transferred in succession to the Zealand 74,
Capt. John Parr, lying at the Nore— Modeste fri-
gate, Capt. Martin Hinton, in the Mediterranean —
and Foudroyant 80, flag-ship of Lord Keith, by
whom he was appointed, 3 March, 1801, Acting-
Lieutenant of the Thetis 38, Capts. Baker and
Shepheard. For his services during the ensuing
campaign in Egypt, where he was actively engaged
both in disembarking the troops and on the lakes,
Mr. Brodie was presented with the Turkish gold
medal, but he did not succeed in obtaining his
commission until 3 March, 1804, by which period he
had further served on board the Bonne Citoyenne
sloop, Capt. Philip Carteret, Monarch 74, flag-ship
of Lord Keith, Ranger 16, Capt. Chas. Coote (the
two latter in the Downs), and Hound brig, com-
manded in the West Indies by Capt. Keith Max-
well. His next appointments were- 6 May and 6
June, 1804, to the Shark, bearing the flag of Sir
John Thos. Duckworth, and Clorinde 38, Capt.
M'Donald, both on the station last named — 17 May,
1805, to the Tbxel 64, flag-ship at Leith of Rear-
Admiral James Vashon— 1 June, 1809, and 30 April,
1810, to the Curlew 10, Capt. John Tancock, and
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BROKE-BROKENSHA-BROMLEY.
!FosMiDABX.E 98, Capt. James NicoU Morris, in the
Baltic^and, in Jan. 1811, to the command of the
Kkon Primcessinn prison-ship at Portsmouth,
which he retained until Jan. 1812. He was after-
wards employed for some time in the regulating-
service in London, where he effected the entrance
of a large number of men into the Navy. Com-
mander Brodie, who has been on half-pay since the
peace, accepted his present rank 18 Jiily, 1836.
He is married, and has issue.
BROKE. (Captain, 1845.)
Geokge Nathaniel Broke, bom 26 April, 1812,
is brother of the present Sir Philip Brolce, Bart.,
Capt. R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 16 Aug. 1825 ;
passed his examination in 1831 ; obtained his first
commission 29 June, 1833; and was subsequently
appointed— 8 Dec. in the same year, to the Belvi-
DERA 42, Capt. Chas. Burrough Strong, in North
America and the West Indies — and, 21 Oct. 1837,
as First^Lieutenant, to the Wasp brig 16, Capts.
Hon. Dudley Worsley Anderson Pelham and Geo.
PeUiam. For his services, under the latter officer,
throughout the campaign in Syria, from its com-
mencement until the fall of St. Jean d'Acre, he
was advanced to the rank of Commander, 4 Nov.
1840. He commissioned the Thdndekbolt for ser-
vice at the Cape of Good Hope, 28 Nov. 1842 ; and
on 18 Deo. 1845, was awarded the rank of Captain.
He is at present on half-pay. Agents — Case and
Loudonsack.
Rich. Strachan in Ai^. 1809. In May, 1810, Mr.
Brokensha became Midshipman of the Bedford 74,
Capt. Jas. Walker, in which ship we find l"™ em-
ployed in the North Sea, West Indies, and off Bor-
Seaux, until discharged in Sept. 1814. He obtained
his commission 16 March, 1815 ; was afterwards at-
tached, from 6 Dec. 1824, until 1831, to the Kamil-
LiES and Talavera 74's, Capts. Wm M'CuUoch
and Hugh Pigot, for the purposes of the Coast
Blockade ; and, on 31 March in the latter year, ob-
tained an appointment in the Coast Guard, m which
service he continued— with the exception of a period
of three years, from 11 June, 1833, to June, 1836,
when he held command of the Lively Revenue
vessel, on the coast of England— until 1838. He
has not since been employed.
BROMLEY. (Lieut., 1845. f-p., 1 2 ; h-p., 0.)
Charles Bromley, bom in Feb. 1820, is third
son of Bear-Admiral Sir Bobt. Howe Bromley,
Bart. , . .
This officer entered the Navy in 1835 ; passed hig
examination 4 Aug. 1841 ; and served for upwards
of three years as Mate on board the Driver steam-
vessel, commanded in the East Indies by Capts.
Sam. Fielding Harmer and Courtenay Osbom Hayes.
He acquired the rank he now holds 1 Sept. 1845,
and has been since employed as Additional of the
Agincookt 72, flag-ship on the above station of Sir
Thos. John Cochrane.
BROKE, Bart. (Capt., 1835. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 18.)
Sir Philip Broke, born 15 Jan. 1804, is eldest
son of the gallant captor of the Chesapeake^ the late
Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke — who was raised to
the dignity of a Baronet and created a K.C.B. for
that brilliant achievement, and died a Bear- Admiral
of the Red, 3 Jan. 1841 — by Sarah Louisa, daughter
of Sir Wm. Fowle Middleton, Bart., of Slurubland
Hall. He is eldest brother of Capt. G. N. Broke,
R.N., and nephew of Colonel Sir Chas. Broke Vere,
K.C.B., M.P.
This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal
Naval College at Portsmouth), in Dec. 1819, as
Midshipman, on board the Lipfey 50, Capt. Hon.
Henry Duncan ; and after a successive attachment
to the Iphigenia 42, Capt. Hyde Parker, and Cam-
brian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, all on the
Mediterranean station, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 16 Aug. 1824. His ensuing appoint-
ments, in the latter capacity, were — 25 Feb. 1825,
to the AouoBA 46, Capt. John Maxwell, employed
off Lisbon— 3 Oct. 1826, to the Genoa 74, bearing
the broad pendant of Commodore Walter Bathurst,
in which ship he served as Senior Lieutenant at the
battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827— and, after that
event, to the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Cod-
rington. He obtained his second promotal commis-
sion 7 June, 1828 ; commanded the Erebus bomb,
in the Mediterranean, from 8 July following until
paid off in July, 1830 ; and was advanced to Post-
rank 12 Sept. 1835. Capt. Broke hag not been
afloat since he left the Erebus. He is High Sheriff
for the CO. of Suffolk. Agents — Case and Loudon-
sack.
BROKENSHA. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 19.)
Samuel Bkokensha entered the Navy, 25 March,
1806, as Fst-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, Capts.
Robt. Dudley Oliver and Wm. Lukin, stationed off
the coast of France, where he assisted at the capture,
on 28 July following, of Le Rhin, of 44 guns and
318 men ; and, on 25 Sept. in the same year, was
with Sir Sam. Hood's squadron at the capture, off
Bochefort, of four heavy French frigates, two of
which, the Gloire 46, and InfatigabU 44, struck to the
Mars. In July, 1807, he removed to the Ganges
74, Capt. Peter Halkett, and in that ship he attended
both the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen under
Lord Gambier, and that to the Walcheren under Sir
BROMLEY, Bart. (Vice-Admirai- of the Blue,
1846. F-P., 16; H-P., 40.)
Sir Robert Howe Bromley, bom 28 Nov.
1778, is only son of the late Sir Geo. Bromley,
Bart., whom he succeeded in Aug. 1808, by the
Hon. Esther Curzon, eldest daughter of Ashton,
late Viscount Curzon, and aunt of the present Earl
Howe.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 Dec. 1791, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Lapwing 28, Capt.
Hon. Henry Curzon, on the Mediterranean station ;
joined next the Lion 64, Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower,
under whom he accompanied Lord Macartney's em-
bassy to China; removed as Midshipman, in 1794,
into the Triumph 74, lying at Spithead ; afterwards
served in the Channel and off the Western Islands
on board the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Earl
Howe, Melampus 36, Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan,
and Latona 38, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge,
from 1795 to 1797 ; was then appointed Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the AcASTA 40, Capt. Rich. Lane, employed
in the North Sea; and, on 22 Jan. 1798, was there
confirmed into the Inspector 16, Capt. Chas. Lock.
Mr. Bromley was subsequently employed, on the
Home and West India stations, in L'Aimable 32,
Capt. Henry Raper, Pelican 18, Capt. John Thick-
nesse, and Doris 36, Capt. John Halliday. He was
promoted to the command of the Inspector, in the
North Sea, 14 Feb. 1801, and obtained his Post-
commission 28 April, 1802. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — for a short time to the Squirrel
28, lying in harbour— 24 Sept. 1803, to the Cham-
pion 24, in which ship we find him constantly in
collision with the enemy's flotilla and batteries be-
tween Ostend and Havre (including one affair in
which the Champion, on 23 July, 1805, suffered
severely in hull, masts, and rigging, besides losing
2 men killed and 3 wounded), untU at length sent
to Quebec and Halifax — 10 Nov. 1806, to the Sole-
bay 32, stationed in the North Sea— and, 31 July,
1807, to the Statira 38. After a further servitude
in North America, off the coast of Spain, and in
the Bay of Biscay, he was placed on half-pay in
1809, since which period he has not been afloat. His
promotion to the rank of Rear-Admiral took place
10 Jan. 1837 ; and to that he now holds 9 Nov. 1846.
Sir Robt. Howe Bromley is Deputy-Lieutenant
for the CO. of Nottingham. He married, 8 June,
1812, Anne, second daughter of Daniel Wilson,
Esq., of Dallam Tower, co. Westmoreland, and by
that lady has- issue five sons and six daughters.
BROMLEY-BROOKS— BROOMAN—BROOMHEAD.
129
Of the latter, the second, Caroline, married, in July,
1840, Sir Jas. Campbell, Bart. Agents— Messrs.
Halford and Co.
BEOMLEY. (Lieut., 1804. f-p., 17; h-p., 36.)
Samuel Bkomley died 13 Nov. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1792, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Latoma 38, Capt.
Edw. Thornbrough, attached to the fleet in the
Channel, where, in Nov. 1793, he was present in a
very gallant skirmish with several French line-of-
battle and other ships; and, on 1 June, 1794, in
Lord Howe's celebrated action. He next served
with the same officer, from July in the latter year
until Sept. 1799 — a great part of the time as Mid-
shipman— in the Robust 74, during which period
he attended the unfortunate expedition to Quibe-
ron in support of the French Royalists in 1795 ; and,
on 12 Oct. 1798, was with the force under Sir John
Borlase "Warren at the defeat of Commodore Bom-
part's squadron, when the Soclie 74 struck to the
Robust, after a very severe action, in which the
latter ship sustained a loss of 10 men killed and
40 wounded. Mr. Bromley, who next joined the
RoTAL George 100, hearing the flag of Lord Brid-
port, was appointed, 27 Oct. 1799, Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Deagon 74, Capt. Geo. Campbell. He
removed, in April, 1800, to the Pegasus 28, Capt.
John Pengelly, under whom he accompanied, in the
same capacity, the expedition to Egypt in 1801.
The Pegasus was paid oflF in Feb. 1802, but Mr.
Bromley was not confirmed in the rank of Lieu-
tenant until after a subsequent attachment of 18
months to the Sceptbe 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Col-
lingwood Dickson, employed in the Channel and
East Indies, 6 Sept. 1804. His next appointments
were — in the course of 1805, to the Galgo 16, Capt.
Michael Dodd, Hekmes sloop, Capt. Joseph West-
beach, Kent 74, fitting at Chatham for the flag of
Sir Edw. Thornbrough, and Majestic 74, flag-ship
of Vice- Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell in the
North Sea, where he remained for nearly two years
— in July, 1807, to a command in the Aldeburgh
district of Sea Fencibles — 9 March, 1810, to the
Avengek sloop, Capt. Thos. White, on the Hahfax
station, whence he immediately afterwards inva-
lided—and, 3 Feb. 1812, to the Beiseis 10, Capt.
John Ross, in the Baltic. He was placed on half-
pay in May of the same year, and was not afterwards
employed. Lieut. Bromley had been wounded on
several occasions.
Wade, in the North Sea, whence he invalided, 9 Nov.
1812— and, 24 May, 1813, to the Brazen 18, Capt.
Jas. Stirling, employed in Hudson's Bay, on the
Irish station, and m the West Indies. Lieut. Brooks
has been on half-pay since 4 June, 1815.
BEOOKS. (LiEtiT., 1806. F-P., 17 ; h-p., 35.)
Geoege Brooks entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1795,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pegasus 28, Capt.
Ross Donnelly, employed in the North Sea, where,
on 12 May, 1796, after a long and arduous chase,
he assisted in driving on shore the two Dutch brigs
Scho, of 18, and De Gier, of 14 guns. He next served
for some time in the West fiidies as Midshipman
of the Thames 32, Capt. Wm. Lukin ; was subse-
quently attached, from June, 1799, until Jan. 1800,
to the Temeraiee and Baefleue, 98's, flag-ships
in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Jas. Hawkins
Whitshed, and, from the latter date until 12 Jan.
1805, to the Ceres, Floeentina, and Magicienne
frigates, Capts. John Nicholas, John Broughton,
and Adam Mackenzie, on the Mediterranean and
North Sea stations ; was then appointed Sub-Lieu-
tenant of the PiNCHEE gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander
Jas. Aberdour; and, on 17 March, 1806, was pro-
moted to his present rank. His succeeding appoint-
ments were — 1 Dec. in the same year, and 18 Aug.
1807, to the D.SDALUS 32, and Avon sloop, Capts.
Fred. Warren and Thos. 'Thrush, under the former
of whom he escorted a fleet of merchantmen to the
West Indies, and there assisted in making several
captures — 27 Sept. 1808, to the Beitomart sloop,
Capt. Wm. Buckley Hunt, in the North Sea — 14
Feb. 1810, to the Resolution 74, Capt. Temple
Hardy, in the Baltic — 12 Jan. 1811, to the Con-
QUESTADOR 74, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, off Flushing
—7 Oct. 1811, to the Banteker 14, Capt. Chas.
BEOOMAN. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 30 ; h-p., 7.)
James Brooman entered the Navy, 26 July, 1810,
as Midshipman, on board the Hamadryad 36, Capt.
Sir Thos. Staines, in which stdp, and the Beiton 38,
he continued to be employed, under the same officer,
until Aug. 1815. During that period he served
with great activity on the Newfoundland, St. He-
lena, and Irish stations, in the Bay of Biscay, and
in South America ; was in various skirmishes with
the soldiery on the coast of France ; and assisted in
taking, besides several merchant-vessels, a French
privateer. He next joined the Rifleman 18, Capt.
Geo. Bennett Allen, in the West Indies ; thence re-
turned home with the latter officer in the Royalist
18 ; passed his examination in Dec. 1816 ; served
for nearly two years in the Noethumberland 74,
Capt. Jas. Walker, at Sheerness ; was employed on
the Coast Blockade from Aug. 1818 until 1823, as
Midshipman of the Severn, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch ;
afterwards became attached to the Superb 74, Capt.
Sir Thos. Staines, on the West India and Lisbon
stations, and Melville 74, Capt. Henry Hill, guard-
ship at Portsmouth ; and, on 28 April, 1827, was
promoted into the Pelican 18, Capt. Hon. Chas.
Leonard Irby, in the Mediterranean, where he con-
tributed to the capture of three or four piratical
vessels. From 3 Dec. 1827, to Oct. 1830, Lieut.
Brooman was again employed on the Coast Block-
ade, under Capt. Hugh Pigot of the Ramillies
and Talaveea 74's. He obtained a Coast Guard
appointment 15 Oct. 1831, and continued in that
service — including a period of two years and eight
months, from 18 March, 1834, to 28 Nov. 1836, when
he held command of the Tartar Revenue-cruizer
— until 1839. While so engaged Mr. Brooman cap-
tured, in the years 1832-3-4, 2 sloops, 4 boats, and
17 men, exclusive of the seizure or destruction of
about 1000 tubs. Since 4 Feb. 1845, he has been
again employed in the Coast Guard.
He married, 24 Deo. 1827, Anna Jane, daughter
of John Jones, Esq., late of Offord d'Arcy, co.
Huntingdon.
BROOMAN. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
William Rule Brooman entered the Navy 27
Nov. 1821 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; officiated
for some time as Mate of the Swift Revenue- vessel ;
obtained his commission 1 Jan. 1840 ; served, as
Additional-Lieutenant, from 19 March in that year
until May, 1844, in the President 50, and Duelin
50, flag-ships in the Pacific of Rear-Admirals Chas.
Bayne Hodgson Boss and Rich. Thomas; then
joined the Carysfort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet,
on the same station ; and, since 9 Sept. 1845, has
been employed in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Brooman is Senior of 1840. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
BEOOMHEAD. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 14; h-p., 25.)
Joseph Beoomhead entered the Navy, 28 Aug.
1808, as Ordinary, on board the Prbvoyante store-
ship, Master-Commander Daniel M'Coy, on the
Mediterranean station, and in Dec. of the same
year attained the rating of Midshipman. In Oct.
1809, he joined the Amethyst 36, Capt. Jacob
Walton, under whom he was wrecked in Plymouth
Sound, 16 Feb. 1811. He next, until Aug. 1816,
served, in quick succession, in the Bulwark 74
Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, Meselads 38, Capt!
Sir Peter Parker, America 74, Capt. Josias Rowley
Alfred 74, Capt. J. S. Horton, Defiance 74, Capt!
Rich. Raggett, Devonshiee 74, Capt. Ross Don-
nelly, Tonnant 80, Capt. Rich. Raggett, and Spencek
74, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, on the Home,
Cadiz, Baltic, and America stations. He was after-
wards employed, as Admiralty Midshipman, from
Sept. 1818, to June, 1822, in the Revoldtionnaiee
46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds
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BROTHERS— BROUGHTON.
Pellew, in the Mediterranean; and next in the
Impkegnaele 104, and Bkitaknia 120, flag-ships
at Plymouth of Sir Alex. Cochrane, as also in the
Naiad 46, commanded in the Channel by Hon.
Eobt. Cavendish Spencer. On 8 Nov. 1823, he was
made Lieutenant into the Active 46, Capt. Andrew
King, employed on the Lisbon and Mediterranean
stations. He has been on half-pay since 1824.
BROTHERS. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 29.)
John Beotheks was born 15 March, 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 May, 1807, as
Ordinary, on board the Bolina hired armed ship,
Lieut.-Commander Edw. Clarributt, and in the
early part of the following Dec. was wrecked in
a heavy gale off the Land's End. He then joined
the Insolent gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John
How Morris, in which we find him cruizing for
some time on the coast of France, and actively en-
gaged at the destruction of the French shipping In
Basque Roads in April, 1809. Mr. Brothers, who
attained the rating of Midshipman in the course of
the ensuing month, removed, in Oct. of the same
year, to the Goldfinch sloop, Capt. Arden Adder-
ley, employed otf the coast of Spain, where he was
captured, while in charge of a prize near St. An-
dero, 7 May, 1810, and ultimately sent, after en-
during great hardships, to Verdun. He returned
home in May, 1814; passed his examination 6 July
following; served, from Jan. to Sept. 1815, in the
Hyacinth 20, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, stationed
principally otF Cherbourg, to prevent the escape of
Napoleon Buonaparte ; next joined, for a very short
time, the Queen Charlotte, flag-ship at Ports-
mouth of Sir Edw. Thornbrough; and was after-
wards employed for two years and a half, as Ad-
miralty Midshipman, in the Harrier 18, Capt. Sir
Chas. Thos. Jones, on the Halifax station, where
he was appointed, 24 Feb. and 4 April, 1818, Acting-
Lieutenant of the Leander 60, Rear-Admiral Sir
David Milne, and Opossum 10, Capt. Lord John
Hay. He was offtcially promoted 14 Juhr ensuing,
and in Aug. in the same year was paid otf. He has
not since been afloat.
Lieut. Brothers married, 9 July, 1836, Harriet,
second daughter of Paul Storr, Esq., of Beckenbam.
Agent — F. Dufaur.
BROUGHTON. (Retired Commander, 1831.
F-P., 32 ; H-p., 32.)
John Broughton entered the Navy, in 1783, as
a Boy, on board the Irresistible 74, Capts. Sir
Andrew Snape Hamond and Geo. Bowyer, and in
1787 joined the Sandwich, Capt. Tompkins, both
guard-ships at Chatham. From June, 1793, to Feb.
1797, he served in the Polyphemus 64, Capt. Geo.
Lumsdaine, and Penelope cutter, Lieut.-Com-
mander Daniel Burdwood, on the Irish, Mediter-
ranean, and "West India stations, and was in the
former ship when she took possession of the Dutch
64, Overyssel, 22 Oct. 1795. He then became Mid-
shipman of the Kingston schooner, Lieut.-Com-
mander Wm. Ross, and afterwards Master's Mate
of the Mermaid, of 40 guns and 208 men, and
Loire 38, both commanded in the Channel by Capt.
Jas. Newman Ne\\Tnan. While in the Mermaid Mr.
Broughton assisted, 31 Dec. 1797, at the capture of
IJAventure privateer, of 12 guns — witnessed, 30
June, 1798, the surrender of the 40-gun frigate La
Seine to the Jason and Pkjue — and, on 17 Oct. fol-
lowing, took part in a gallant action of two hours
and a half with the French frigate Loire, of 46 guns
and 330 men, which terminated in the separation of
the combatants, each being greatly disabled. In the
Loire Mr. Broughton was present, 6 Feb. 1800, at
the capture, in company with the Danae 20, and
Fairy, Harpy, and Railleur sloops, of the French
38-gun frigate Pallas, under the heavy fire of a
battery on one of the Seven Islands. In March,
1801, he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the
Faiky sloop, Capt. Fred. Warren, on the "West
India station, where, after a further servitude as
Master's Mate in the Leviathan 74, bearing the
flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, he was officially
promoted to the command of the Staunch gun-brig,
1 Aug. 1801. He left that vessel in Feb. 1803, and
was afterwards appointed— in March, 1804, to the
Sea Fencibles, at Kilrush, in Ireland— 6 Nov. fol-
lowing, to the GoBGON 44, Capts. Wm. Wilkinson,
Fras. Stanfell, and Wm. B. Ryder, employed on the
river Shannon— 1 Aug. 1806, to the Ardent 64,
Capt. Geo. Eyre, at Chatham — 10 Sept. in the same
year, to the Challenger 18, Capt. Wm. B. Ryder,
lying in the Downs— 15 Dec. 1807, to the Impress
Service, at Fareham, in Hampshire— and, 26 July,
1811, to the command of a Signal Station at "White-
lands, near Lyme Regis. Commander Broughton,
who had been on half-pay since April, 1815, ac-
cepted his present rank 1 Nov. 1831.
BROUGHTON. (Capt., 1831. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 9.)
William Broughton, born 23 Oct. 1804, at Dod-
dington Hall, Cheshire, the seat of his maternal
grandfather, the Rev. Sir Thos. Delves Broughton,
Bart., is eldest son of the late Capt. Wm. Kobt.
Broughton, R.N., C.B., Colonel of Royal Marines,
who circumnavigated the world under "Vancouver,
served as Commodore at the reduction of Java in
1811, and died, 12 March, 1821, after 50 years' ser-
vitude of his country ; and nephew of the present
General Sir John Delves Broughton, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1817, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 76, guard-ship
at Plymouth, commanded by his father, and was
next, from April, 1818, to March, 1820, a student
at the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth. He
then re-embarked on board the Rochfort 80, flag-
ship of Sir Graham Moore in the Mediterranean,
where he was successively lent, until April, 1823,
to the Racer cutter, and Rose and Racehorse
sloops, Capts. Henry Dundas and Lord Colchester.
On the latter 'date he removed to the Cambrian
46, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, in which ship,
after serving at the blockade of Algiers, he re-
turned home and was paid off in June, 1824. He
shortly afterwards, on passing his examination,
proceeded to the East Indies, as Mate, in the BoA-
DicEA 46, Commodore Sir Jas. Brisbane, and under
that officer he took an active part in the Burmese
war, from Aug. 1825, until its conclusion in the
early part of 1826. For four months of that period
he commanded, vrith great credit, though to the
severe injury of his health, the Boadicea's cutter
up the river Irawady ; and was present in the ac-
tions of 1, 2, and 5 Dec. 1825, when the enemy were
routed on all sides, and their numerous stockades
and breastworks in the neighbourhood of Prome
and on the almost inaccessible heights of Napadee
carried by assault. After the treaty of Melloone,
Mr. Broughton, who had been promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 8 April,
1825, was sent wdth despatches to Rangoon, where
he joined, and for some time had charge of, the
Alligator 28, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads. He
next served, from 8 March, 1827, until 1830, in the
Briton 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon, employed on
various Particular Services on the North Sea, Lis-
bon, North America, and West India stations ; and,
on 20 Feb. in the latter year, was advanced to the
command of the Primrose 18, stationed on the
coast of Africa. On 7 Sept. following he brought
to close action, and in the most gallant style boarded
and carried, after a furious resistance of 10 minutes,
the Spanish slave-ship Veloz Passagera, mounting
18 long 18-pounders and two 12's, with a crew
(independently of 555 slaves who were on board)
of 180 men, of whom 46 were killed and 20 wounded ;
the loss of the Primrose amounting, out of a com-
plement of 125 men and boys (exclusive of 35 pri-
soners, who proved a source of great trouble and
anxiety), to 3 killed and 13 wounded, including her
Commander, who received a desperate pike-woond
in the abdomen, the effects of which continue to
this day.* For his meritorious conduct on this oc-
casion Capt. Broughton, after accomplishing his
* Vide Gaz. 1830, p. HSi\.
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time in the Peakl 20, employed during the dis-
putes between Don Pedro and Don Miguel in pro-
tecting the British interests in the Western Islands,
was promoted to Post-rank, 22 Nov. 1832, as was
also, to the rank of Commander, his First Lieute-
nant, Edw. Harris Butterfleld. From that period
he remained unemployed until appointed, 25 Oct.
1836, to the Samakang 28, in which we find him
serving for some time off the coast of Spain during
the Carlist disputes ; also, under very trying cir-
cumstances, at Bahia, at the period of an insurrec-
tion of the black population ; and, early in 1839,
at Callao during the war between the Chihans and
Peruviana, about which epoch he landed a party of
men at Istay, and rescued from his rebel pursuers
General Santa Cruz, the late Protector of Peru, a
service subsequently sanctioned by the approval of
the Admiralty. On 31 Oct. following Capt. Brough-
ton was transferred to the President 50, as Flag-
Captain to Kear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson
KosB, with whom he returned home, and was placed
out of commission, in May, 1842. He has been in
command, since 12 Jan. 1846, of the Cukajoa 24,
on the south-east coast of America.
Capt. Broughton married, 3 Jan. 1833, Elizabeth,
eldest daughter of John Perfect, Esq., banker, of
Fontefract, and has issue four daughters. Agents
—Messrs. Stilwell.
BROUN. (Commander, 1835.)
George Broun obtained his first commission 1
Nov. 1815 ; and was appointed, about the same
period, to the Portia 14, Capt. Silas Thompson
Hood, which vessel was paid off in 1816. He after-
wards joined, as First-Lieutenant, 12 Sept. 1826, the
Ringdove 18, Capt. Edw. Le Cras Thornbrough, at
Halifax ; 5 May, 1827, the Hussak 46, flag-ship of
Sir Chas. Ogle, on the same station ; and, 3 Nov.
1830, the Undaunted 46, Capt. Edw. Harvey, em-
ployed at the Cape of Good Hope and in the East
Indies. He returned to England and was paid off
early in 1834 ; obtained a Commander's commission
23 March, 1835 ; was appointed, 26 Sept. 1836, to
the Coast Guard, in which service he remained
during the customary period of three years ; and,
since 7 Nov. 1845, has been employed as Second
Captain of the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir
Chas. Ogle at Portsmouth.
He married, 12 Sept. 1837, Fanny Charlotte, eldest
daughter of Lieut.-General Granby Clay, of Baring
Crescent, Exeter. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
BEOWELL. (Commander, 1845. f-p.,18;h-p.,9.)
Langton Broweli,, born 26 July, 1806, is son of
the late Hen. Broweli, Esq., of the Lord Chamber-
Iain's Oflice ; grandson of Wm. M. Broweli, Esq.,
who served as Midshipman of the Cestoeios un-
der Lord Anson in his voyage round the world ;
and nephew of the late Capt. Wm. Broweli, Il.N.,
Lieut.-Governor of Greenwich Hospital, also of the
late Capt. Herbert Broweli, B.N., who died in com-
mand of the BEnNSvricK 74, and of the present Jas.
Broweli, Esq., Purser and Paymaster, E.N.
This officer entered the Koyal Naval College 5
April, 1820, and embarked, 21 March, 1822, as Fst.-
cl. Vol., on board the Hind 20, Capts. Hon. Hen.
John Bous and Lord Hen. John Spencer Churchill,
stationed in the Mediterranean, where he conti-
nued, 'part of the time as Midshipman, until he
returned to England, and was paid off, in Aug.
1825. He then joined the Rainbow 28, com-
manded by Capt. Rous, on the East India sta/-
tion ; passed his examination in May, 1826 •, and,
after a further attachment, as Acting-Lieutenant,
to the Hind, Capt. John Furneaux, was confirmed
into the Cyrene 20, Capt. Alex. Campbell, 17
March, 1828. He immediately afterwards came
home with the latter officer in the Bombay, a new
84, recently launched; and subsequently served —
from March, 1830, to Jan. 183-1, in the Nautilds 10,
Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet, off the coasts of Ireland,
Portugal, and Spain — from June following until
June, 1838, in the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir
Thos. Bladen Cape! in the East Indies — and, from
Sept. 1841, until he invalided in Sept. 1842, as
First, in the Vixen steam-vessel, Capt. Hen. Boyes,
attached to the force in China. He joined, 10
Aug. 1844, the Victoria and Aebeht yacht, Capt.
Lord Adolphus FitzClarence ; but, since his pro-
motion to the rank of Commander, 25 Sept. 1845,
has been unemployed.
He married, 20 Feb. 1840, Mary Anne, eldest
daughter of Capt. Leigh Lye, who served through-
out the Peninsular War and at Waterloo in the 11th
Light Dragoons, and niece of Rear- Admiral Lye.
BEOUNCKEE. (Liewt., 1829. f-p.,32; h-p.,6.)
John Payne Brouncker entered the Navy, 21
Sept. 1809, as Midshipman, on board the Desieee
36, Capt. Arth. Farquhar, to which frigate he con-
tinued attached, principally on the North Sea sta-
tion, until April, 1814. During that period he
served in the boats under Lieut. Sam. Radford at
the cutting out of two French vessels, carrying to-
gether 16 guns and 59 men, and destruction of a
third, a lugger of 6 guns and 26 men, lying in the
Vlie, 29 May, 1810, and was lent, in 1813, to No. 7
gun-boat, one of a light squadron employed under
Capt. Farquhar in blockading the North Elbe,
where he took part in the reduction of Cuxhaven,
in the attack also on the Danish flotilla at Busum,
on which occasion two of the enemy's gun-vessels
were sunk, and, as a Volunteer, in the erection of
batteries at the siege of Gluckstadt, where he was
so severely frost-bitten as nearly to lose a leg. Mr.
Brouncker, who passed his examination in 1818,
subsequently served for 11 years, as Mate, on the
Mediterranean and East India stations. He was
seriously injured in the face in the early part of
1829, while in charge of a tender to the Prince
Reqent 120, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Hen. Black-
wood ; and, on the recommendation of that officer,
he was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 26 Feb.
in the same year. He has been in the Coast Guard
since 7 Oct. 1833.
Lieut. Brouncker iB married, and has issue.
BROWN. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 11.)
Alexander Brown is son of J. O. Brown, Esq.,
of Edinburgh, by Agnes, daughter of Chas. Camp-
bell, Esq., of Lochdochart.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Dec. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Satellite 16, Capt.
John Porteous, with whom he served in the Brazils
and West Indies until Aug. 1814. He then re-
moved to the Venerable 74, flag-ship of Sir Philip
Durham, and next to the Oberon 14, and Spar-
rowhawk 16, Capts. Jas. Murray and Fred. Wm.
Burgoyne, on the Leith station ; became Midship-
man, in Feb. 1815, of the Clio 16, Capt. Wm. Fa-
rington ; re-joined Capt. Murray, in Sept. of the same
year, in the Satellite, at Portsmouth ; served,
from Nov. following until May, 1819, in the Hya-
cinth 24, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, and Ampiiion
32, Commodore Wm. Bowles and Capt. Wm. Bate-
man Dashwood, on the BraziUan station ; and was
attached, as Master's Mate, from Jan. 1820 until
Nov. 1822, to the Egeria 28, Capt. John Toup
Nicolas, Clinker gun-brig, Lieut. -Commanders
Wm. Martin, Jas. Rich. Booth, and John Eagar,
and Valorous 26, Capt. Jas. Murray, employed off
Newfoundland, whence he returned home with the
Governor, Vice-Admiral Sir Chas. Hamilton. Mr.
Brown, who was advanced to the rank of Lieute-
nant on 14 of the last-mentioned month, continued
in the Valorous, engaged on Particular Service in
the West Indies, until placed out of commission in
the summer of 1824. His next appointment was,
26 Oct. 1825, to the Fly sloop, Capt. Fred. Augus-
tus Wetherall, in the East Indies, where he was
transferred, in 1828, to the Bombay, a new 84, just
launched, Capt. Alex. Campbell, to assist in bring-
ing her to England. He was paid off in the ensuing
Oct., and was afterwards employed in the Coast
Guard from 8 March, 1834, until 3 Dec. 1813. He
has since been on half-pay.
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BROWN.
Lieut. Brown married, 28 July, 1838, Honor,
youngest daughter of Sir Bich. Burton, Kt., of
Sackett's Hill House, Isle of Thanet, and has issue.
BEOWN. (Commander, 1841.)
Charles Foreman Brown is eldest son of the
late Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown, who, after filling
the office of Commissioner of Malta and Sheemess
Dockyards, died Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica
in 1816 ; uncle, through his eldest sister, of the
present Sir Geo. Fras. Hampson, Bart. ; and first
cousin of Commander W. C. Browne, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 3 June, 1819 ; pass-
ed his examination in 1825 ; obtained his first com-
mission 17 April, 1827 ; and was subsequently ap-
pointed—1 Sept. 1829, to the Kapid 10, Capt. Chas.
Hen. Swinburne, in the Mediterranean^ — 24 Jan.
1832, as First-Lieutenant, to the Victor 18, Capt.
Kobt. Russell, on the West India station, whence
he soon afterwards returned to England — 30 May,
1836, to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, in which
ship he sailed for the Mediterranean — 27 July, 1838,
again as Senior, to the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Col-
lier, on the same station — and, 23 Nov. 1839, and 1
Oct. 1840, to the Britannia and Qdeen, first-rates,
as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Edw. Codrington at
Portsmouth. He was promoted from the last-men-
tioned ship to his present rank 11 Aug. 1841 ; and
has since — except from 28 March to 6 Sept. 1844,
when he held command of the Wolverene 16 —
been unemployed.
Commander Brown married, 4 May, 1842, Eliza-
beth Jane, eldest daughter of John Hawkins, Esq.,
of Byelands.
BROWN. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Edwin Langford Brown passed his examination
24 Dec. 1836 ; and served for several years, as Mate,
in the Mediterranean and East Indies, of the Ben-
bow 72, and Spiteful steam-sloop, Capts. Houston
Stewart and Wm. Maitland. He obtained his com-
mission 8 Aug. 1845 ; and, until the early part of
1846, was next employed, as Additional-Lieutenant,
in the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John
Cochrane on the station last named.
BEOWN. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 19; h-p., 8.)
Francis Thomas Brown, bom 29 Oct. 1806, is
son of the Rev. Walter Brown, Rector of Wood-
stock, and Prebendary of Canterbury.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 3
Feb. 1820, and embarked, 18 Nov. 1822, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Andromache 42, Capt. Joseph
Nourse, with whom he served at the Cape of Good
Hope, part of the time as Midshipman, until Sept.
1825. He passed his examination in Nov. following;
was soon afterwards appointed Admiralty Mate of
the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, employed
on the Home, West Lidia, and Lisbon stations ; and,
in June, 1827, removed, in the same capacity, to the
HussAK 44, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle in North
America, where he was promoted, 20 Oct. 1829, as
First-Lieutenant, into the Rose 18, Capts. Eaton
Travers, Wm. Dewar, and Edw. Wm. Pilkington.
He invalided from the West Indies in April, 1832 ;
received an appointment in the Coast Guard 20
Nov. 1833; was subsequently transferred, in Jan.
1835, and 18 April following, as First-Lieutenant,
to the Salamander steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Lang-
ford Castle, on the Home station, and Clio 16, Capt.
Wm. Richardson, in which vessel he served off" the
coasts of Spain and Africa, until paid ofi' in Oct. 1838 ;
and, on 26 April, 1839, joined, also as Senior, the
Gorgon steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Honeyman Hen-
derson. For his services in that vessel throughout
the operations on the Coast of Syria, from their
very commencement until the fall of St. Jean
d'Acre, Mr. Brown was advanced to the rank of
Commander 4 Nov. 1840. He has since been on
half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
BROWN. (Retired Commander, 1834. f-p.,
13 ; H-p., 39.)
George Williams Brows entered the Navy, 31
Aug. 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Laurel
28, Capt. Robt. Rolles, on the West India station,
where, in May, 1796, he assisted at the reduction of
Ste. Lucie, and towards the close of that year re-
moved, as Midshipman, to the Benommbe 44, com-
manded by the same officer, and also by Capt. Wm.
Sanderson. He was next transferred, in the sum-
mer of 1799, to the Excellent 74, Capt. Hon. Robt.
Stopford, under whom, in the Channel, and again in
the West Indies, he witnessed, as Master's Mate,
the capture of several armed and other vessels;
and, on 29 AprU, 1802, he was made Lieutenant
into the Belleropho'i 74, Capt. John Loring. His
subsequent appointments were — 7 Jan. 1803, after
six months of half-pay, to La Piqde 36, Capt. Wm.
Cumberland, on the North Sea station, whence,
however, he returned to port about April following
—8 March, 1804, to the Lucifer bomb, Capts. Gre-
gory and Robt. Elliott, lying in the Downs — 22
April, 1805, to the Triumph 74, Capt. Hen. Inman,
under whom he participated in Sir Robt. Calder's
action with the combined fleets of France and
Spain, 22 July ensuing — 15 May, 1806, to the Samp-
son 64, Capt. Wm. Cuming, one of Rear-Admiral
Chas. Stirling's squadron, when sent to supersede
Sir Home Popham in the Rio de la Plata — 24 June,
1807, to the Franchise 36, Capt. Chas. Dashwood,
from which ship, after attending the expedition to
Copenhagen under Lord Gambler, and proceeding
with convoy to the West Indies, he invalided in
Aug. 1808— and, 8 May, 1809, and 9 March and 11
April, 1810, to the sloops Glommen, Capt. Chas.
Pickford, Pultusk, Capt. Edw. Flin, and Star,
Capts. Wm. Paterson, Wm. Hendrie, and Robt.
Lisle Coulson— all likemse in the West Indies.
The Glommen was wrecked in Carlisle Bay, Bar-
badoes, in Nov. 1809. Commander Brown, who has
not been afloat since 13 Dec. 1810, accepted his
present rank 25 Feb. 1834.
BEOWN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.)
John Hoskins Brown entered the Navy, 25 July,
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince 98,
Capts. Rich. Grindall, Wm. Lechmere, and Alex.
Eraser, under the first of whom he was present, as
Midshipman, at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. fol-
lowing. In April, 1807, he removed with Capt.
Fraser to the Vanguard 74, one of Lord Gambler's
fleet in the expedition to Copenhagen ; and he was
subsequently most actively employed in the same
ship, under Capt. Thos. Baker, Rear-Admiral Thos.
Bertie, and Capt. Hen. Rich. Glynn, in blockading
Zealand, protecting the various British and Swedish
convoys passing through the Sound, and skirmish-
ing with the Danish gun-boats. He next, in May,
1809, joined the Tartarus sloop, Capt. Thos. Fras.
Chas. Mainwaring, in which vessel we find him, in
1810, contributing to the destruction of two French
privateers off Pillau, and then escorting Gustavus,
the ex-King of Sweden, from Riga to England. He
was afterwards successively transferred, in Nov.
1810, March, 1812, and March, 1813— to the Seine
38, Capt. John Hatley, with whom he visited Que-
bec—Pomone 38, Capt. Philip Carteret, lying in the
Downs— and Prince Regent 56, Commodore Sir
Jas. Lucas Yeo. Under the latter officer Mr. Brown
shared in most of the operations on the Lakes of
Canada, untU at length taken prisoner. He ob-
tained his commission 16 Aug. 1814; but has not,
since Sept. 1815, been afloat.
Lieut. Brown at present holds the appointment
of Registrar-General of Seamen.
BEOWN. (LtEUTENANT, 1829.)
John Brown entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1809;
passed his examination in 1817 ; obtained his com-
mission 12 June, 1829 ; served in the Coast Guard
from 30 Deo. 1837 until the close of 1841 ; and since
7 July, 1845, has been employed as Admiralty Agent
in a contract mail steam-vessel.
BROWN.
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BROWN. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Joseph William Brown entered the Navy 20
July, 1807; passed his examination in 1814; ob-
tained his commission 10 Jan. 1825 ; was appointed
to the Coast Guard 25 April, 1826 ; removed to the
command of the Sylvia Revenue-cruizer 25 Jan.
1833 ; returned to the Coast Guard 26 March, 1836 ;
from 15 June, 1840, until June, 1845, again had
charge of a Revenue-vessel, the Cameleon ; and
since the latter date has been re-employed in the
Coast Guard.
BEOWN. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Robert Brown died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 10 Oct. 1808 ; passed
his examination in 1815 ; obtained his commission
27 March, 1826 ; and from 31 May, 1838, until 1844,
was employed in the Coast Guard.
BROWN, Kt. K.H. (Retired Captain, 1842.
F-p., 14; H-p., 38.)
Sir Samuel Brown, born in 1776, is eldest son of
the late William Brown, Esq., of Borland, co. Gal-
loway.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 June, 1795, as
A. B., on board the Assistance 50, Capts. Hen.
Mowat, John Okes Hardy, Robt. Hall, and Rich.
Lee, in which ship he continued to serve, as Mid-
shipman, Master's Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant, on
the Newfoundland and North Sea stations, until
1801. During that period, under Capt. Mowat, he
witnessed the surrender, 28 Aug. 1796, of the French
36-gim frigate Elizabeth to the Topaze 36, one of a
squadron commanded by Vice-Admiral Geo. Mur-
ray ; and, in the summer of 1800, under Capt. Hall,
he brought the Duke of Kent from Halifax to Eng-
land. He was confirmed into the Irresistible 74,
attached to the fleet in the Channel, 6 Nov. 1801 ;
was next appointed, 5 July, 1803, to the Royal So-
vereign 100, Capts. Rich. Curry and Pulteney Mal-
colm, one of whom he accompanied to the Mediter-
ranean; there removed, 15 March, 1804, to the
Kent 74, Capt. John Chambers White ; and, on 30
Jan. 1805, joined, as First-Lieutenant, the Ph<enix,
of 42 guns and 245 men, Capt. Thos. Baker. On 10
Aug. following Mr. Brown was present in the bril-
liant action which rendered the French frigate La
Sidon, of 46 guns and 330 men, a prize to the
Phcenix, after a furious action of three hours and
a half, which cost the former a loss of 27 killed
and 44 wounded, and the latter of 12 killed and
28 wounded ; yet were six years suffered to roll
away before he was awarded that promotion to
which, as second in command on an occasion of
such heroic gallantry, he was so pre-eminently
entitled. After sharing, on 4 Nov. in the same
year, in Sir Rich. John Straohan's capture of the
four French line-of-battle ships that had escaped
from Trafalgar, he was transferred, with Capt.
Baker, to the Didon, which ship had been added
to the British Navy. He was subsequently ap-
pointed, 23 Aug. 1806, to the Imperibuse 38, Capts.
Lord Cochrane and Alex. Skene, employed in the
Channel ; and, for short periods, 28 Dec. 1807, and
14 Nov. 1809, to the Flore 36, and Ulvsses 44,
the latter commanded by the Hon. Warwick Lake.
He was ultimately advanced to the rank of Com-
mander 1 Aug. 1811 ; and, on 18 May, 1842, unable
to procure further promotion, he accepted the rank
of Retired Captain. He was nominated a K.H. 13
Jan. 1835.
Sir Samuel Brown has obtained considerable
celebrity by his introduction, besides many other
useful inventions, of chain-cables, and suspension
bridges and piers. Of the latter it may be sufficient
to indicate, as standing monuments of his genius,
the bridge across the river Tweed, which was com-
menced in 1819 and finished in 1820, — and the Pier
at Brighton. He married, 14 Aug. 1822, Mary,
daughter of John Home, Esq., Writer to the Signet,
Edinburgh. Agents — Pellet and Newton.
BEOWN. (Lieutenant, 1836.)
Seymour Yorke Brown died 3 Feb. 1846. He
was son of Rear-Admiral Thos. Brown.
This officer passed his examination in 1829 ; ob-
tained his commission 15 Feb. 1836 ; became Addi-
tional-Lieutenant of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship
in the Mediterranean of Sir Josias Rowley, 22 Aug.
following, and of the Princess Charlotte 104,
bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Stopford on the same
station, 16 Aug. 1837; was employed for a few
months at the commencement of 1839 in the Bar-
ham 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, lying at Sheer-
ness ; joined, 2 April, 1840, the Vanguard SO, Capt.
Sir David Dunn, in the Mediterranean ; removed
to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, lying at Sheer-
ness, 1 Dec. ensuing ; and, from 9 Nov. 1841, until
1845, served in the East Indies as First of the
Serpent 16, Capt. Wm. Nevill.
He married, 31 Aug. 1841, Barbara Whalley
Smythe, second daughter of Sir Jas. W. S. Gardiner,
Bart., of Roche Court, co. Hants, and niece of Sir
Oswald Mosley, Bart., of Ancoats, co. Lancaster, by
whom he has left issue. Agents— Messrs. StilweU.
BEOWN. (Eeaji-Admirai, of the White,
1838. F-p., 40 ; HP., 20.)
Thomas Brown entered the Navy, towards the
close of 1787, as Midshipman, on board the Eliza-
beth 74, Capt. Bourmaster, guard-ship at Ports-
mouth, and in the following year sailed for the East
Indies in the Phcenix 36, commanded successively
by Capts. Geo. Anson Byron and Sir Rich. John
Strachan, under the latter of whom he partook, in
Nov. 1791, on the Malabar coast, of an obstinate
conflict with the French frigate La Re'solue, of 46
guns, which terminated in the enemy striking his
colours after occasioning a loss to himself of 25
killed and 40 wounded, and to the British of 6 killed
and 11 wounded. In 1792 Mr. Brown removed to
the Minerva 38, flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis,
and after assisting, in 1793, at the reduction of
Chandenagore, Pondicherry, and other places, he
returned home with that officer in the Excellent
74, and next followed him into the Cjesar 80, one
of the fleet in the Channel, where he was promoted
to a Lieutenancy in the Glory 98, bearing the flag
of Rear-Admiral Bourmaster, 24 Oct. 1794. His
succeeding appointments were — in Nov. following,
to the Venerable 74, flag-ship of Sir John Orde
on the same station— 11 April, 1795, to the Flora
36, Capt. Robt. Gambler Middleton— 19 June, 1801,
as First-Lieutenant, to the Centaur 74, Capt. Ben-
dall Robt. Littlehales, in the Channel— 26 March,
1802, to the Leander 50, Capt. Upton, fitting for
the Halifax station — and, 3 July following, to the
Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Sir Harry Burrard
Neale, off Weymouth. During the six years he was
attached to the Flora we find him present at the
occupation of Porto Ferrajo, in July, 1796; at the
capture, besides the French 16-gun corvette La
Carceyre, of nine privateers, carrying in the whole
102 guns and 640 men ; and in the expedition to
Egypt under Lord Keith and Sir Ralph Abercromby,
whose mortal remains he subsequently conveyed to
Malta. Capt. Brown, who was advanced to the
rank of Commander 8 Oct. 1802, was next ap-
pointed, 14 Jan. 1803, to the William store-ship,
and, in Sept. of the same year, to the Orestes 14,
in which vessel he afibrded every support and
assistance to Commodore Owen of the Immortalite
in a skirmish with the Boulogne flotilla, 23 Oct.
1804,* and had the misfortune to be wrecked, II
July, 1805, on the Splinter Sand, in Dunkerque
Road. After cruizing for some time to the west-
ward in the Raven brig, he was awarded, 22 Jan.
1806, the command of the Solebay 32, engaged on
Channel service, and he next joined in succession
8 Sept. 1808, the Inflexible 64, employed in the
River Medway and off Halifax— 29 May, 1810, the
CUBA90A, stationed in the Channel— 30 Aug. 1810
the Vengeur 74, flag-ship of Sir Joseph Sydney
Yorke, in which, after escorting a large body of
• FtrfeGaz. 1804, p. 1320.
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BROWN— BROWNE.
troops intended as a reinforcement to the Duke of
WelUngton's army in Portugal, he cruized oif the
Western Islands for the protection of a homeward-
bound East India fleet— 29 Nov. 1811, theBcLWARK
74, Commodore Sir Kich. King, serving off Brest
and L'Orient— and, 21 March, 1812, and 20Nov. 1814,
the LoiKE 38, and Satckn 56, in both of which ships
he took a very active part in the hostile operations
on the coast of North America, and, in the former,
captured, 10 Dec. 1813, the Jtolla privateer, of 5 guns
and 80 men.* He was placed out of commission 24
April, 1815 ; obtained command of the Ordinary at
Sheemess 14 Oct. 1816 ; was selected by Rear- Ad-
miral Kobt. Lambert to be his Flag-Captain in the
Vigo 74, at St. Helena, then the abode of Napoleon
Buonaparte, 12 Nov. 1819 ;t from 16 Oct. 1822,
until his return home with specie to the amount of
820,000 dollars, 31 Jan. 1826, commanded the Tar-
tab 42, in South America, where he was presented
by the celebrated Bolivar with his portrait, as a
mark of esteem ; was next appointed, 26 Oct. 1831,
to the Talavera 74, employed on Particular Ser-
vice ; and, on 17 May, 1833, assumed command of
the Caledonia 120, as Flag-Captain to Sir Josias
Rowley in the Mediterranean. Capt. Brown was
superseded in Oct. 1835, and has since been on half-
pay. He obtained his Flag 28 June, 1838.
fiear-Admiral Brown's eldest son, Thomas Bour-
master, is a Commander in the Navy ; and another
son, Seymour Torke, died a Lieutenant in the same
service. One of his daughters is married to Com-
mander Jas. "Wm. Morgan, R.N. Agents— Messrs.
StilweU.
BKOWN. (Retired Commander, 1833. r-p.,
15; H-P., 40.)
William Brown entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1792,
as Surgeon's Servant, on board the Hind fn^ate,
Capt. Hon. Alex. Inglis Cochrane, stationed off the
coit of Scotland; and, in March, 1/93, joined the
Edgar 74, Capts. Albemarle Bertie and Sir Chas.
Hen. Knowles, employed in the Channel and also m
the North Sea, where she was completely dismasted
in a violent gale. On removing, as Midshipman, to
the Goliath 74, commanded successively by Capts.
Sir C. H. Knowles and Thos. Foley, he took part,
after cruizing for a considerable time off Toulon, in
the action off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797, and
was present, 1 Aug. 1798, in the battle of the Nile.
At the close of Sir John Jervis' victory, Mr. Brown
was detached for some months into the Britannia
100 Capt. Edw. Marsh, for the purpose of escorting
home the four Spanish prizes. He became attached,
in Aug. 1799, to the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-
ship of Lord Keith in the Mediterranean ; was
transferred, 2 March, 1800, to the Caroline 36,
Capt. Wm. Bowen, under whom he assisted at the
capture of several privateers ; and on ultimately
rejoining Lord Keith in the Foddrotakt, was ac-
tively employed in landing troops during the expe-
dition to Egypt in 1801. He obtained his promotion
22 Feb. 1802 ; held a command in the Sea Fencihles
at St. David's, from 13 July, 1804, until 28 Feb.
1810, when that corps was disbanded; and was
placed on the List of Retired Commanders 11 Dec.
1833.
BROWN. (Commander, 1841. p-p., 18; h-p., 9.)
Thomas Bouemaster Brown, born 17 March,
1806, is eldest son of Rear- Admiral Thos. Brown.
This ot&cei entered the Navy, 1 March, 1820, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ViGo 74, commanded by
his father, then Flag-Captain to Rear- Admiral Robt.
Lambert, on the St. Helena station. He next, from
Sept. 1821, until Jan. 1826, served in South America,
as Midshipman of the Beaver 10, Capt. Archibald
Maclean, Creole 36, Commodore Sir 'rhos. Master-
man Hardy, and Tartar 42, Capt. Brown ; became,
on the latter date, attached to the Victory 104,
flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin ; passed
his examination 1 March following ; and, after an
intermediate servitude, as Mate, in the Espiegle 18,
Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drinkwater, Isis 50, flag-ship
of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and Aurora 46,
Capt. Chas. John Austen, on the West India station,
was made Lieutenant into the Espiegle, Capt. G.
A. Yates, 15 March, 1828. He returned home, in
June, 1830, in the Fairy 10, Capt. Fras. Blair, and
successively joined, between that period and April,
1835, when he invalided, the Prince Regent 120,
flag-ship at the Nore of Sir John Poo Beresford,
one, afterwards, of an experimental sq^uadron under
Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker — Donegal 78, Capt.
John Dick, similarly employed — and Talavera 74,
and Caledonia 120, both commanded by his father,
in the North Sea and Mediterranean. He was sub-
sequently appointed for short periods — 30 March,
1836, to the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Ronton Sharpe,
on the latter station — 26 July, 1838, to the Britan-
nia, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Philip Durham —
and, 30 Oct. 1840, to the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas.
Stirling, also in the Mediterranean. He was pro-
moted to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841, and since
10 Jan. 1846, has been in command of the Snake 16,
at the Cape of Good Hope.
Commander Brown married, 1 Feb. 1837, Louisa,
eldest daughter of the late Dr. Peter Breton, Super-
intendent of the Bengal Native Medical Establish-
ment, and by that lady has issue. Agents — Messrs.
StilweU.
* Vide Gai. 1814, p. 1966.
f Capt. Brown was one of the three naval Captains who,
with Sir Hudson Lowe, Itear- Admiral Lambert, and the other
authorities, inspected the body of the unfortunate Emperor
on the morning after his decease, 6 May, 1821,— Ftite Gaz.
leal, p. U09.
BROWNE. (Beab-Admiral of the Red, 1840.
F-p., 25 ; H-p., 45.)
Edward Walpolb Browne was bom in 1767,
and died 15 Oct. 1846, at Spittal, Berwick-upon-
Tweed. He was of a family of high respectability,
long seated at Godmenstone, co. Dorset, being a de-
scendant, lineally and collaterally we presume, of
Sir John Browne, Kt., who died a Rear-Admiral in
1627, at the age of 69, and of Sir Bobt. Browne, Kt.,
who died a Vice- Admiral in 1634, at the age of 70;
and a near relative of Rear-Admiral Philip Browne.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 June, 1777, on
board the Scorpion, Capt. Philip Browne, and suc-
cessively served, until the close of the first American
war, in the Rose 20, commanded by the same Cap-
tain, FowEY 20, Capt. John Henry, Perseos frigate,
and Warwick 50, both commanded by Capt. Geo.
Keith Elphinstone, and L'Aigle 36, Capts. Peacock
and Wm. Fooks. During that period, in the Rose
and FowEY, he assisted, in Sept. and Oct. 1779, at
the defence of Savannah, where Capt. Browne, who
afterwards died from excessive fatigue, sank his ship
on the bar at the entrance of the river to prevent
the approach of the enemy's fleet. He served also,
in the Perseus, at the reduction of Charlestown, in
May, 1780 ; and contributed, in the Warwick, to
the capture, in Jan. 1781, of the Rotterdam Dutch
ship, of 50 guns and 300 men, after a smart action,
and, on 11 Sept. 1782, of L'Aigle French frigate, of
40 guns and 600 men. In 1785 Mr. Browne joined
the Standard 64, Capt. Wm. Dickson, at Ports-
mouth. He passed his examination in the course of
the same year ; and, after a further attachment of
four years to the Jupiter 50, bearing the broad
pendants of Commodores Rich. Hussey Bickerton
and Wm. Parker in the Leeward Islands, and
Marlborough 74, flag-ship off Madeira of Rear-
Admiral Sam. Cornish, was made Lieutenant into
the CuLLODEN 74, Capts. Hen. Collins and Thos.
MacKenzie, on the WvCSt India station, 9 Nov. 1790.
His next appointments were — 24 Jan. 1793, to the
Brilliant frigate, Capts. Mark Robinson and Wm.
Pierrepont, employed in the North Sea and Downs—
11 March, 1795, to the Leopard 50, flag-ship on the
same stations of Vice- Admiral Joseph Peyton — and,
5 July, 1796, as First-Lieutenant, to the Overyssel
64, bearing the flag of the latter officer, and, after-
wards, of Vice- Admirals Skeffington Lutwidge, John
Bazely, and Geo. Vandeput, in the Downs. He
obtained a Commander's commission 25 June, 1799;
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was advanced to Post-rank 29 April, 1802 ; held a
command in the Lincolnshire and Sussex districts
of Sea Fencibles, from Sept. 1803, until that corps
was disbanded in Feb. 1810 ; and, with the exception
of a short period in 1815, during which he dis-
charged the duties of Regulating-Captain at Water-
ford, was not further employed. Capt. Browne
became a Kear-Admiral 17 Aug. 1840.
He married, 6 Blarch, 1845, Hannah, eldest
daughter of the late Kobt. Ogle, Esq., of Egling-
ham, Northumberland.
BROWNE.* (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 11 ;
H-p., 39.)
Geokge Browne was born, 15 Jan. 1784, at
Bridgewater, co. Somerset.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1797, as
Midshipman, on board the Kotal George 100, flag-
ship in the Channel of Lord Bridport, under the
auspices of Sir Chas. Morice Pole, then Captain of
the Fleet. In July, 1799, he removed to the BoA-
dioea 38, Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, commanding
the advanced squadron off Brest, and, in July, 1800,
he rejoined Sir C. M. Pole in the Agincourt 64, on
that ofl&cer being appointed Governor of Newfound-
land. He subsequently served with him, in the St.
George 98, on the Baltic, Cadiz, and West India
stations, until paid oSj 27 July, 1802. At the re-
newal of hostilities Mr. Browne, in the Amphion 32,
accompanied Lord Nelson to the Mediterranean,
and there followed him, as Signal-Midshipman, 31
July, 1803, into the Victory 100. On 1 Aug. 1804,
he was promoted by his Lordship to be one of his
Signal-Lieutenants, an appointment which the Ad-
miralty confirmed 18 Oxjt. in the same year. In the
summer of 1805 he went to the West Indies and
back in pursuit of the combined fleets of France
and Spain, and, when closing with the enemy off
Trafalgar, on the memorable 21 Oct., he was the
officer who had the honour of receiving verbally
from Lord Nelson his last immortal signal, " Eng-
land expects," &c. He was immediately after-
wards sent to take charge of the foremost guns on
the middle-deck, with an assurance from the hero
of promotion, all hopes of which however were
quickly blighted by the fall of the lamented chief.
After attending the funeral of his friend, Mr.
Browne returned to the Mediterranean in the Ocean
98, as Flag-Lieutenant to Lord CoUingwood, with
whom he removed, in 1809, to the Ville de Paris
110. On the death of that nobleman, which took
place 7 March, 1810, he returned home with his re-
mains, and in consequence of a strong recommenda-
tion in his favour, forwarded by the late Admiral a
few days only previous to his demise, was advanced
to the rank of Commander by commission dated
back to the day on which the melancholy event
occurred. Unable thenceforth to procure employ-
ment, he accepted his present rank 28 Sept. 1840.
Capt. Browne is in tlie Commission of the Peace
for the 00. of Somerset, and a J.P. for the borough
of Bridgewater. He married, in 1814, the daughter
of Thos. Pyke, Esq., of the latter place, by whom
he has issue. It may be as well to add that, finding
it impossible to obtain an appointment in the Navy,
Capt. Browne entered as a student at the Inner
Temple, was called to the bar in 1821, practised for
some years at Exeter with great success, and ulti-
mately became manager of the West of England
and South Wales District Banks.
BROWNE, Lord. (Lieotestant, 1846.)
Lord John Thomas Browne, bom 10 Sept. 1824,
is third son of the Marquess of Sligo, by Lady
Hester Catherine de Burgh, eldest daughter of
John Thomas, 13th Earl of Clanricarde.
This officer passed his examination 31 Deo. 1843 ;
served for a considerable time as Mate, in the Medi-
terranean, of the Beacon surveying-vessel, Capt.
Thos. Graves ; and obtained his commission 21 May,
1846. He is at present on half-pay.
• BnowN in the Navy List.
BROWNE. (Reab-Admiral of the Elite, 1846.
F-p., 27 ; H-p., 38.)
Philip Browne, bom 16 Sept. 1772, is only sur-
viving son of the late Capt. Philip Browne, R.N.,
who lost his life from over exertion at the defence
of Savannah in 1779, at the age of 38; and a close
relative of Rear-Admiral E. W. Browne.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1782, on board
the Ruby 64, Capt. Sir John CoUeris. He next
joined the Crown 64, Capt. Sam. Reeve, and, in
May, 1787, as Fst.-cl. Vol., the Colossus 74, Capt.
Hugh Cloberry Christian, stationed in the Channel ;
after which he became attached, as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, to the Racehorse 18, Capts.
David Stow and Thos. Foley, in the North Sea,
Illdstrioos 74, flag-ship in the Channel of Hon.
John Leveson Gower, and Minerva 38, and Crown
64, both commanded by Hon. Wm. CornwaUis, in
the East Indies, where he was detached for some
time in 1792 into the Despatch gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander John Whitby. While in the Minerva,
in 1793, Mr. Browne assisted, as Master's Mate, at
the reduction of Pondicherry, and was employed in
her boats cutting out a vessel from under fire of the
batteries of that place. On 22 Dec. in the latter
year he was made Lieutenant into the Bien Aims
18, Capt. Rich. King, also on the East India station,
and in that capacity he was subsequently appointed
—10 April, 1795, to the Nassau 64, Capt. Herbert
Sawyer, flag-ship, ultimately, of Rear-Admiral Rich.
Onslow in the North Sea— 17 Feb. 1798, to the
Daphne 20, commanded by Capt. Sir Chas. Lind-
say, for a short period too by himself, and next by
Capt. Rich. Matson, in which he beheld the capture,
in the Channel, of a large Swedish convoy by a
squadron under Capt. John Lawford, in the follow-
ing summer, and then proceeded to the West Indies
— in Feb. 1800, to the command of the Chatham
cartel, for the purpose of conveying to Old Spain
the Walloon guards taken at the reduction of Suri-
nam— 28 May in the same year, to the Ardent 64,
Capt. Thos. Bertie— and, 26 Feb. 1801, and 17
March, 1802, to the command of the Swan cutter,
and Vixen 14, gun-brig. On 25 Sept. 1806, he was
promoted into the Plover 18, in which sloop he
continued imtil his advancement to Post-rank, 19
June, 1810. His next appointments were— 31 May,
1811, pro tern., to the Dannemark 74, employed in
blockading Cherbourg — and, 9 July following, to
the Hermes 20, stationed for some time on the
Brazilian coast. During the 12 years of Capt.
Browne's attachment to the Swan, Vixen, Plover,
and Hermes, we find him cruizing against the
enemies of his country, principally in the North Sea
and Channel, with the most unparalleled success.
He took 11 privateers,* carrying in the whole 114
guns and 744 men ; captured and detained 37 mer-
chantmen, with cargoes amounting in value to
300,000?., which however became droits of Admi-
ralty; re-took 13 valuable British trading-vessels;
rescued 200 British seamen from captivity ; made
868 French prisoners ; and seized 20 smuggling-
vessels, which produced to the Crown a clear profit
of 47,214?. Us. lOd. Capt. Browne, when in the
Plover, thrice obtained official notice— first, for
his zealous co-operation with Capt. Geo. M'Kinley
in support of the Spanish patriots, in the early part
of 1809 — next, for the assiduity, skill, and propriety
with which he managed the various details and ar-
rangements of the flotilla under Commodore Co3k-
burn, whose broad pendant was flying on board the
Plover, at the ensuing reduction of Flushing f —
and on another occasion, at the capture, 18 Sept.
• The following is a list of the privateers taken by Capt.
Browne : — Xe Lionnais^ of 2 guns and 21 men ; Le Petit
Diable, of 4 guns and 45 men ; L'EHxe, of 14 guns and 66
men; La Josephine, of 14 guns and 55 men (taken in com-
pany with Amethvst and Drtad) ; La. Bohimienne, of 2
guns and 28 men ; L'Amiral Martin, of 4 guns and 104 men ;
L'Aarore, of Ifi guns and 69 men ; L' Hirondelle, of 16 guns
and 65 men ; I^ Lizard, of 57 men ; Le Saratu, of 14 guns
and 100 men; La Muuche, of 14 guns and 51 men (run
down) ; and the Sword Fish, of 14 guns and 83 men (taken
in company with the Elephant).
t Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1326.
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BROWNE-BROWNRIGG.
1809, of L' Aware privateer (mentioned below), an
exploit which we find attributed to the " great ex-
ertions of that indefatigable officer Capt. Browne."*
He returned to England in 1814 in the Hekmes
sloop, and has since been on half-pay. His promo-
tion to Flag-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846. Agents
■ — Messrs. Ualford and Co.
BROWNE. (Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 184C.
F-P., 28 ; H-P., 42.)
Thomas Bkowne entered the Navy, 5 April, 1782,
as Captain's Servant, on board the Alexander 74,
Capts. E. Michael and Lord Longford, attached to
the force in the Channel ; removed, as Midshipman,
in Dec. following, to the Caknatic 74, commanded
by the latter officer and Capt. Joseph Peyton ;
joined soon afterwards the Thetis 38, Capt. John
Blaukett, on the Mediterranean station, where he
remained three years ; and, after a further servitude
in the Elizabeth 74, Capt. Bourmaster, guard-ship
at Portsmouth, Caktsfoet 28, Capt. Matthew Smith,
again in the Mediterranean, and Bakfledr and
KoYAL George three-deckers, bearing the flag in
the Channel of Hon. Sam. Barrington, was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 Nov. 1790.
From Feb. 1793, to Dec. 1796, he next served in the
Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Chas. Carpenter, off St.
Domingo, where he frequently landed in command
of a division of seamen to co-operate with the
British troops in their warfare with Toussaint de
rOuverture and other native chiefs in the French
interest. In Feb. 1796, with the Intrepid's boats
under his orders, he cut out from a small cove near
Porto Plata, on the north side of the island. La
Pergante, of 26 guns and a complement of nearly
200 men, all of whom fled on his approach. The
prize was added to the British Navy under the
name of Jamaica. Mr. Browne's succeeding ap-
pointments were, as First Lieutenant — 9 Dec. 1796,
and 22 May, 1797, to the Greyhound 32, and
Nymph 36, Capts. Wm. Young and Percy Eraser,
employed in the Channel — 8 April, 1799, to the
AsTREA 32, Capt. Rich. Dacres, in the North Sea —
and, 1 Jan. 1800, to the Elephant 74, Capt. Thos.
Foley, one of the fleet in the Channel, where he
was advanced to the command of the Chapman
armed ship, 11 Aug. 1800. Capt. Browne attained
Post-rank 29 April, 1802, but remained on half-pay
until appointed, 11 March, 1806, to the Tonhant 80,
as Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral Eliab Harvey,
then off Cape Finisterre ; after which we find him
serving, in 1808-9, in the Sea Fencibles — from Dec.
1811, to Dec. 1812, successively in the Hannibal,
Christian VH., and Aboukir third-rates, flag-ships
of Rear-Admirals Philip Chas. Durham and Thos.
Byam Martin, the latter of which he commanded
at the siege of Riga — and, from May, 1813, to Dec.
1815, in the Ulysses 44. "Wliile in that ship he was
employed for some time in the Belt in protecting
the convoys passing to and from the Baltic ; next,
in Dec. 1813, in conveying the army under Sir
Thos. Graham to the Scheldt ; afterwards in escort-
ing a large fleet of merchantmen to the West Indies;
and ultimately, as Commodore, on the coast of
Africa, where he destroyed the only two remaining
British slave-factories, and otherwise effectually
contributed to the suppression of the negro traffic.
On the escape of Buonaparte from Elba be volun-
tarily convoyed home from St. Helena, to the great
Erejudice of his professional interests, a fleet of
aciiamen, equal in value to 10,000,000i. sterling, and
was in consequence presented by the Hon. E. I. C.
with a larger sum for the purchase of plate than
had ever before been voted to any Captain. Vice-
Admiral Browne, who has been on half-pay since
the peace, became a Rear-Admiral 17 Aug. 1840,
and acquired his present rank 11 Dec. 1846.
He married the eldest daughter of the late Lieut.
Michael Jenkins, K.N., who was lost, on 29 July,
1811, during a violent gale off Antigua, in the
Gdachapin 14, shortly after his promotion to the
command of that vessel.
BROWNE (Commander, 1832. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 10.)
William Cheselden Browne,'* whose ancestors
were High Sheriffs of Leicestershire as far back as
the reign of Henry VH., is second son of the late
Suffield Brown, Esq., of Leesthorpe Hall, m that
CO. ; nephew of the late Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown ;
and first-cousin of Commander C. F. Brown, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1816, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Minden 74, Capt. Wm. Pa^
terson, and, on 27 Aug. in the same year, was at
the battle of Algiers. He next, in 1819, joined the
Caeron 20, Capt. John Furneaux, under whom he
was wrecked in the Bay of Bengal on the night of
5 July, 1820, and, in 1821, the Eoryaxds 42, Capt.
Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, attached to the force m
the Mediterranean. He passed his examination 22
July, 1824; proceeded subsequently to the West
Indies in the Pyramus 42, Capt. Robt. Gambler ;
and, after serving for some time as Flag-Mate to Sir
Edw. Codrington in the Asia 84, again on the Me-
diterranean station, was advanced to the rank of
Lieutenant 9 Oct. 1827. His succeeding appoint-
ments were, to the Talbot 26, Capt. Hon. Fred.
Spencer— Pelican 18, Capt. Wm. Alex. Baillie
Hamilton, in which we find him actively engaged at
the destruction of several piratical vessels in the
harbour of Carabusa— Warspite 76, as Flag-Lieu-
tenant to Sir Edw. Codrington, with whom he re-
turned home — Undaunted 46, Capt. A. W. J. Clif-
ford, in the Channel — Alphed 50, Capt. Robt.
Maunsell, in the Mediterranean — and Melville 74,
as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir John Gore in the East
Indies, where he was promoted, 13 June, 1832, to a
death vacancy in the Comet 18, which sloop, how-
ever, he never joined. He returned to England in
the early part of 1833, and since 15 July, 1842, has
been in the Coast Guard.
Commander Browne married, 24 March, 1836,
Susannah Inman, second daughter of the late Vice-
Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee, and has issue two
children. Agent — J. Hinxman.
Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1515.
BROWNRIGG. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 14.)
Marcus Freeman Brownrigg is second son of
the late General Thos. Brownrigg, who died in 1827,
by Anne, daughter of Eobt. Shearman, Esq., of
Kilcrean, co. Kilkenny ; nephew of the late General
Sir Robt. Brownrigg, Bart., G.C.B., Colonel of the
9th Foot, and Governor of Landguard Fort ; and
cousin both of the late Capt. Wm. Crosbie Brown-
rigg, R.N., who died in 1805, and the present Sir
Robt. Jas. Brownrigg, Bart.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College
3 Feb. 1813, and embarked, 4 Feb. 1816, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Alceste 38, Capt. Murray
Maxwell, in which ship he accompanied Lord Am-
herst on his embassy to China, and was wrecked,
while returning home with that nobleman, in the
Straits of Gaspar, 18 Feb. 1817. He next served for
upwards of four years in the Glasgow 50, Capts.
Hon. Anthony Maitland and Bentinck Cavendish
Doyle, on the Mediterranean and East India sta-
tions ; passed his examination 12 March, 1821 ; wag
promoted, from the Leandeh 60, flag-ship of Hon.
Sir Hen. Blackwood, to be Acting-Lieutenant of the
ToPAZE 38, Capt. Price Blackwood, 24 May, 1822 ;
and, on his arrival in England, was officially con-
firmed, 20 Nov. in the same year. He was after-
wards appointed — 2 Feb. 1824, to the Samaeang 28,
Capts. Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman and David
Dunn, employed on the Halifax and Cape stations —
30 Sept. 1827, and 23 Dec. 1828, as First-Lieutenant,
to the Spareowhawk 18, Capt. Jas. Polkinghome,
and Maidstone 42, Commodores Wm. Skipsey and
Chas. Marsh Schomberg, both on the latter station —
13 Dec. 1832, to the Castor 36, Capt. Lord John
Hay, in the North Sea— and, 15 May, 1833, to the
Donegal 78, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral
Wm. Hall Gage, then engaged on a Particular Ser-
vice. He was placed on half-pay in the following
Aug., and has not since been employed.
* lliis officer's name is, projrerly, Brown.
BRUCE.
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Lieut. Brownrigg married, 19 Jan. 1830, Maria,
only daughter of Colonel Blake. Agents — Messrs.
StUweU.
BRUCE. (LiEDT., 1815. r-p., 11; H-p.,28.)
Charles Bruce died 23 Aug. 1843.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1805, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Agincourt 64, Capt.
Thos. Briggs ; and, on ultimately accompanying the
same Captain to the West Indies in the Orpheus 32,
was wrecked, as Midshipman, 22 Jan. 1807. He
then joined the Cuba, Capt. John Parish, hut re-
moved in the following Sept. to the Amphion 32,
Capt. Sir "Wm. Hoste. While in the latter frigate,
Mr. Bruce, on 12 May, 1808, shared in a very spirited
engagement of many hours with several batteries in
the Bay of Bosas, in an attempt to cut out the
French frigate-built 800-ton store-ship Balleine,
mounting from 26 to 30 guns, with a crew of 150
men. He also, on 27 Aug. 1809, served with a de-
tachment, under Lieut. C. G. K. Phillott, at the
storming of the strong fort of Cortellazzo, near
Trieste; the capture of which occasioned the simul-
taneous surrender, within sight of the Italian squa^
dron off Venice, of 6 of the enemy's g\m-boats, and
a large convoy of merchant-trabacolos anchored for
protection under its walls.* On 29 June, 1810, Mr.
Bruce further landed near the town of Groa, and,
after defeating a large body of French troops,
assisted at the capture and destruction of a convoy
of 25 vessels.f He was eventually captured by the
enemy in Nov. 1810, and taken to Italy, where he
was detained a prisoner until Jan. 1812. Being
then released, he successively joined, in the course
of the same year, the TJsite 36, Capt. Edwin Henry
Chamberlayne, Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Kowley, and
Bacchante 38, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste and Fras.
Stanfell. On 14 Feb. 1813, we find him serving in
the Bacchante's barge, armed with a 12-pounder
carronade, and manned with 23 of&cers and men,
under Lieut. Silas Thomson Hood, at the boarding
and capture, near Otranto, of the French gun-vessel
Alciitous, of 2 long 24-pounders and 45 men ; and,
on 5 Jan. 1814, his emulous conduct appears to have
been spoken of in high terms by Sir Wm. Hoste, in
his despatch announcing the surrender, after a ten
days' cannonade, of the fortress of Cattaro, in the
Adriatic.]: Mr. Bruce — who we believe witnessed
the ensuing reduction of Kagusa, and, by his un-
wearied exertions, as Master's Mate, in command of
a party of 30 seamen, attached^ to the army at the
capture of Machias, in Sept. 1814, obtained the
official notice of Lieut.-Colonel Pilkington § — was
confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 15 Feb. 1815, in the
Adder sloop, Capts. Jos. Pearce and Sam. Malbon.
He left that vessel, of which he acted for two months
as Commander, 6 Sept. 1815 ; and was not afterwards
employed.
BRUCE. (Captain, 1821. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 23.)
Henrt William Bruce, born 2 Feb. 1792, is
third and only surviving son of the late Kev. Sir
Henry Hervey Aston Bruce, Bart., by Letitia,
daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Henry Barnard,
granddaughter of Wm. Barnard, Bishop of Derry,
and niece of Thos. Barnard, Bishop of Limerick.
He is uncle of the present Sir Henry Hervey Bruce,
Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, towards the close
of 1803, as a Boy, on board the Euryalus 36, Capt.
Hon. Henry Blackwood, and, on 21 Oct. 1805, was
present, as Midshipman, at the battle of Trafalgar.
In 1806 he joined the Ajax 74, commanded by the
same officer, and, on her destruction by fire off the
Dardanells, 14 Feb. 1807, became attached to the
Endtmion 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, part
of Sir John 'Thos. Duckworth's force at the passage
of those straits. After further assisting at the em-
barkation of Sir John Moore's army at Corunna in
Jan. 1809, Mr. Bruce rejoined Capt. Blackwood in
the Warspite 74, stationed in the North Sea, and,
* Vide Gm. 1809, p. 1907. + r. Gal. 1810, p. 1858.
+ Viie Gaz. 1814, p. 101. } V. Gaz. 1814, p. 2122.
on 5 Jan. 1810, he was promoted, from the Bellona
74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, into the Prospero
sloop, Capt. John Hardy Godby, from which he was,
however, removed, on 17 of the same month, to the
Belvidera 36, Capt. Rich. Byron. While in that
ship he in part commanded her boats, in conjunction
with those of the Nemesis 28, at the very gallant
capture, off the coast of Norway, of 2 Danish gun-
vessels, the Bolder and Thor, of 8 guns and 45 men
each, and destruction of a third, 23 July, 1810 * —
obtained the official notice of his Captain for his
skilful management of the Bblvidera's main-deck
stem-chasers, when she ably escaped, after a long
running fight, and a loss of 2 men killed and 22
wounded, from a powerful American squadron un-
der Commodore Rodgers, 23 June, 1812, on which
occasion he was himself slightly wounded— again
served in the boats, with those of a squadron under
Lieut. Kelly Nazer, at the boarding and capture,
on 8 Feb. 1813, after a most obstinate resistance, of
the American letter-of-marque lottery, of six 12-
pounder carronades and 28 men, an exploit which
was acknowledged by the especial thanks of the
Commander-in-Chief— and subsequently aided in
taking and destroying the privateers Bunker^s Hill
of 7 guns and 72 men, and Mars of 15 guns and 70
men. Capt. Bruce, who was advanced to the com-
mand of the Manly brig, 27 May, 1814, next, in
Aug. of that year, accompanied Rear- Admiral Cock-
burn up the Patuxent as far as Nottingham, and,
on the return of the British army from Washington,
there hoisted the flag of that gallant officer, whose
acknowledgments for his services he had the honour,
with others, to receive. f In Sept. following, the
Manly was employed up the Patapsto river during
the advance of Major-General Ross on Baltimore.
We soon afterwards find Capt. Bruce returning to
England with despatches in the Rover sloop, and,
until paid off in Sept. 1815, successively employed
in escorting the outward-bound East India trade to
the southward of the equator, in convoying home a
fleet of merchantmen from Barbadoes, and cruizing
off Dieppe for the purpose of intercepting Napoleon
Buonaparte, should occasion offer. On 16 March,
1821, he was appointed to the Sappho sloop, and,
being the Senior Commander on the Cork station
at the time of George the Fourth's visit to Ireland,
was promoted to Post-rank, by commission dated
16 Nov. in the same year. He subsequently, from
4 Oct. 1823, until 3 April, 1824, officiated as Flag-
Captain, in the Britannia 120, to the Hon. Sir
Alex. Inglis Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief at Ply-
mouth ; commanded the Imogene 26, on the South
American station, from 7 June, 1836, until paid off
at the close of 1839 ; and, on 1 Feb. 1842, was selected
by his brother-in-law. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, to
be his Flag-Captain in the Agincoubt 72, on the
East India station. He has been on half-pay since
May, 1845.
Capt. Bruce married, first, 9 Feb. 1822, Jane,
second daughter of Admiral Hon. Sir Alex. Inglis
Cochrane, sister of Bear-Admiral Sir Thos. John
Cochrane, and sister-in-law of Rear-Admiral Sir
Edw. Thos. Trowbridge, Bart., by whom, who died
22 June, 1830, he has issue two sons and two
daughters. He espoused, secondly, 13 March, 1832,
Mary Minchin, youngest daughter of the late Col.
Geo. Dalrymple, and by that lady he also has issue.
Agent — John P. Muspratt.
BRUCE. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
Thomas Bruce obtained his commission 9 Feb.
1815; and has not since been afloat. Agents
Pettet and Newton.
BRUCE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Thomas Cuppage Bruce is son of the Rev. T.
Bruce, of Westbere, near Canterbury.
This officer was employed throughout all the ope-
rations on the coast of Syria, including the capture
of St. Jean d'Acre. He passed his examination 2
• Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1342. + V. Gaz. 1814, p. 1943.
T
138
BRUNTON-BRYANT-BRYDGES-BUCHAN-BUCHANAN.
June, 1841 ; served for some years as Mate of the
QoEEN 110, and Formidable 84, flag-ships in the
Mediterranean of Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen ; and,
on 26 May, 1846, was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant as a reward for the conduct he had previously
displayed in the Habpy steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com-
mander Edw. Halked Beauchamp Proctor, when un-
der a galling fire from the forts of San Lorenzo, in
the river Parana, on which occasion, his Captain
being disabled, he took charge of the ship.* His
name has been since borne on the books of the
Veenon 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood
Liglefield.
BRUNTON. (Lieut., 1825. f-p., 36 ; h-p., 3.)
John Bkuntos was bom 1 Sept. 1794.
This officer entered the Navy 25 March, 1808,
and, until 1813, served, successively, in the Bak-
FLEDR 98, Thunderer 74, and Banteker 14. He
then joined the Lacedemonian 38, Capt. Sam. Jack-
son, employed on the coast of North America, where
he assisted at the capture of nearly 200 merchant-
men, and was in the boats at the taking of the
United States gun-boat No. 160. He subsequently
became attached to the Niger and Ister frigates,
and Cherokee brig ; was appointed, early in 1824,
to the Hecla bomb, Capt. Edw. "Wm. Parry ; and,
after accompanying that ofScer on his third voyage
for the discovery of a North-West passage, was ad-
vanced to his present rank 30 Dec. 1825. Since 27
Feb. 1828— with the exception of three years, from
9 April, 1832, to 23 May, 1835, when he held com-
mand of the Mermaid Kevenue-cruizer — Mr.
Brunton has been employed in the Coast Guard, of
which he is now an Inspecting-Lieutenant.
He married, in Oct. 1826, Ann, second daughter
of "Wm. Hill, Esq., of Birmingham, and by that lady
has issue nine children.
16, commanded subsequently by Capts. Fairfax
Moresby and Walter Croker, on the Mediterranean
station. While attached to that vessel, Mr. Brydges
served in her boats, as Master's Mate, at the capture,
in April, 1812, of two French privateers, one a
felucca, of 8 guns and 60 men, the other a settee, of
4 guns and 45 men ; commanded, on 18 Aug. 1813,
a boat at the successful storming of the French bat-
teries at the entrance of the Booca di Cattaro ; was
employed in the batteries at the siege of Trieste, m
Oct following; and afterwards participated in many
boat affairs on the river Po. He passed his exami-
nation 20 March, 1814; was paid off Irom the
Wizard in Sept. 1815 ; then joined the Erne 20,
Capt. Kich. Spencer, under whom he experienced a
great deal of arduous boat-service in the Archipe-
lago, until his return home in Dec. 1817 ; and be-
came attached subsequently in succession to the
Spencer 74, Capt. Wm. Bobt. Broughton, in the
Channel, Raleigh 18, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baum-
gardt, in the West Indies, Brazen 24, Capt. Wm.
Shepheard, off St. Helena and the Cape, Eamiujies
74, Capt. Edw. Bruce, at Portsmouth, and Owen
Glendoweb 36, Commodore Sir Kobt. Mends, em-
ployed in suppression of the slave-trade on the coast
of Africa. He became Acting-Lieutenant of the
Bann 20, Capt. Thos. Saumarez, 1 Aug. 1823 ; ob-
tained his official promotion on 22 Oct. in the same
year ; and since 2 June, 1846, has been employed in
the Victory 104, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Rear-
Admiral Hyde Parker.
Lieut. Brydges married, in 1827, the daughter of
Thos. Williams, Esq., an eminent solicitor.
BETJNTON. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Richard Brunton entered the Navy 3 June,
1809; passed his examination 7 June, 1815; served
for some time, as Mate, in the Mermaid Revenue-
cruizer, Lieut.-Commander David Rymer ; and on
27 Dec. 1839, was transferred to the Coast Guard.
His commission as Lieutenant bears date 23 Nov.
1841.
BUCHAN. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
David Adve Buchan entered the Navy 2 March,
1821 ; passed his examination 24 July, 1830 ; was
promoted from the MastifFj Master-Commander
Geo. Thomas, then employed in surveying the Ork-
neys, 17 Aug. 1841 ; joined, on 31 of the same month,
the Vixen steam-vessel, Capt. Henry Boyes ; was
transferred, 5 Feb. 1842, to the Agincourt 72, flag-
ship in the East Indies of Sir Thos. John CoQhrane ;
and since 16 March, 1846, has been occupied as First
of the Firefly steam surveying-vessel, commanded
in the Irish Channel by Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey.
BRYANT. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.)
William Bryant entered the Navy, 21 Nov.
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sultan 74,
Capts. Edw. Griffith and John West, under whom
he continued to be actively employed, as Midship-
man and Master's Mate, on the Mediterranean,
Channel, and West India stations, until paid off 15
March, 1815. He immediately afterwards pro-
ceeded to North America, as a Supernumerary, in
the Perseus 22, Capt. Edw. Henry A'Court; served,
from 6 May to 26 July following, as Acting-Lieute-
nant, in the Bacchante 38, Capt. Geo. Stanfell ;
and was then confirmed in his present rank by com-
mission dated back to 7 March in the same year.
He has been ever since on half-pay.
BRYDGES. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 17; h-p., 22.)
Thomas Brydges entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 1808,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the JEtsa bomb, Capts.
Wm. Godfrey and John Bowker, then stationed in
tlie Baltic. Under the former officer he assisted at
the destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads
in April, 1809, on which occasion the .SItna had the
honour of leading in and anchoring inside the bat-
teries, with which she continued to be engaged until
the 29th. With Capt. Bowker, Mr. Brydges took
part in the ensuing reduction of Flushing, as well as
in all those harassing services up the Scheldt, for
which, including the bombardment of Fort Lillo,
Sir Richard Strachan returned his thanks in public
orders. After a further employment of some months
at the defence of Cadiz, where he witnessed the
attack of the French on Fort Matagorda, he accom-
panied Capt. Bowker, in Sept. 1810, into the Wizard
* Fide Gaz. 1846, p. 3210.
BUCHANAN. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Alexander Buchanan was bom 5 May, 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 July, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capt. Geo.
Hope, in which ship he served for some time at the
Cape ; removed, in June, 1807, to the Ganges 74,
Capt. Peter Halkett, under whom he attended the
ensuing expedition to Copenhagen ; then rejoined
Capt. Hope in the Pompee 74, lying at Chatham ;
became Midshipman, in March, 1808, of the Vio-
tokt 100, flag-ship in the Baltic of Sir Jas. Sau-
marez ; served next, from May to Nov. 1809, in the
Melpomene 38, Capts. Fred. Warren and Peter
Parker, and Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley; and
was subsequently, for upwards of three years, ac-
tively employed in the Hussar 38, Capts. Alex.
Skene, Jas. Coutts Crawford, and Geo. Elliott, on
the East India station, where he assisted at the re-
duction of Java in Aug. 1811. He passed his exa-
mination 7 Feb. 1813; received immediately after-
wards an order to act as Lieutenant of the Barra-
couTA 18, Capt. Chas. Hawkey ; and on 24 Aug.
following was officially promoted. H e subsequently,
from Sept. to Nov. 1815, served in the Martin 18,
Capt. Hon. Jas. Arbuthnot, lying at Plymouth, and,
for a short time in 1828, in the Hyperion 42, Capt.
Wm. Jas. Mingaye, stationed in Newhaven Harbour
for the purposes of the extended Coast Blockade.
He has not since been employed.
Lieut. Buchanan married, in Jan. 1827, a daughter
of the late Rear-Admiral Alex. Shippard, and grand-
daughter of the late Admiral Sir John Knight,
K.C.B., by whom he has issue four sons and two
daughters
BUCHANAN— BUCHANNAN-BUCKLE.
139
BUCHANAN. (Liedtenant, 1825.)
William George Buchanan died 2 March, 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Aug. 1813; passed
his examination in 1820; was promoted into the
IcAKHS 10, Capt. John Geo. Graham, on the Jamaica
sta.tion, 12 Jan. 1825 ; subsequently joined, 21 Aug.
1828, the Semiramis 24, flag-ship at Cork of Hon.
Sir Chas. Paget ; obtained command of the Fiee-
BRAND steam-yacht, 11 Nov. 1832; was superseded
from that vessel in the early part of 1834 ; became
First-Lieutenant of the St. Vincent 120, bearing
the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Codrington, 17
Oct. 1842 ; and in 1843 was again placed on lialf-
pay. He was not afterwards employed.
BUCHANNAN. (Eetiked Captain, 1846. f-p.,
13; H-P., 39.)
William Bdchannan was bom 18 Nov. 1777.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1795, as
A.B., on board the Narcissus 20, Capt. Percy
Fraser, and, after an intermediate employment off
the Bahama Islands, was discharged from the ser-
vice, 19 Aug. 1796, in consequence of a severe
wound, occasioned by the accidental explosion of a
gun, which deprived him of his eye-sight for the
space of a twelvemonth. On 24 Dec. 1799, how-
ever, he resumed his profession in the Alarm 32,
Capt. Robt. Kolles, on the Jamaica station, where
he assisted, as Master's Mate, at the capture of
several privateers and other armed vessels. He
next served, from Feb. 1801, until the peace, in
the Ruby 64, Capts. Solomon Ferris, Sir Edw.
Berry, and Henry HiU, attached to the force in the
North and Baltic Seas ; and in June, 1803, he joined
the Defence 74, Capt. Geo. Hope, under whom we
find him present, 21 Oct. 1805, at the battle of Tra-
falgar, and, at the close of that glorious conflict,
contributing to the safety of the San Udefonso. On
24 of the same month (having but a few days pre-
viously passed his examination) he was promoted
into the Tonnant 80, Capt. Chas. Tyler, refitting
at Portsmouth. Lieut. Buchannan, who next servec^
from 22 Jan. 1806, to 18 Dec. 1811, in the Auda-
cious 74, Capts. John Seamouth, Thos. Le Marchant
Gosselin, and Donald Campbell, principally on the
Home and West India stations, was, in 1808, em-
ployed in landing the army under Sir Harry Bur-
rard and Sir John Moore on the coast of Portugal,
and officiated for several days as Assistant Beach-
Master at the embarkation of the troops after the
battle of Corunna, in Jan. 1809. His last appoint-
ment was, 25 March, 1812, as First-Lieutenant, to
the Dictator 64, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart, in
which ship, supported by the Calypso 18, he parti-
cipated, 6 July following, in the capture and de-
struction, within the rocks of Mardoe, on the Nor-
wegian coast, of a Danish squadron, consisting of
the Nayaden of 48 guns, the Laland, Samsoe, and
Kiel, sloops, and several gun-boats. For his share
in that brilliant exploit, which occasioned the Dic-
tator a loss of 5 men killed and 24 wounded, and
the enemy of 300 killed and wounded, Lieut. Bu-
channan, who proved himself a most gallant and
excellent officer, was advanced to the rank of Com-
mander on 18 of the same month.* He assumed
the rank of Captain on the retired list 12 Feb.
1846.
Commander Buchannan married, in 1797, Miss
Ann Arthur, and has issue a son and three daugh-
ters. His grandson, Mr. Wm. Buchannan Alexan-
der, was lately serving as a Naval Cadet on board
the Vestal 26, Capt. Chas. Talbot, in the East
Indies.
pole Trefusis, employed in the West Indies; was
appointed, 2 Dec. 1833, to the San Josef 110, as
Flag-Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Wm. Hargood at
Plymouth ; and attained the rank of Commander,
at the expiration of the latter officer's term of ser-
vice, 4 May, 1836. He was invested with the com-
mand, 7 Dec. 1841, of the Groytleb steam-sloop,
on the African station ; and on paying that vessel
off was presented with a Post-commission, dated 6
Nov. 1845. Capt. Buckle has since been unem-
ployed. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
BUCKLE. (Captain, 1845.)
Claude Henry Mason Buckle is second son of
Vice-Admiral Matthew Buckle.
This officer passed his examination in 1823 ; was
promoted into the Ganges 84, Capt. Sam. Hood
Inglefield, on the South American station, 17 April,
1827; joined, 8 Dec. 1829, the North Star 28,
Capts. Lord Wm. Paget and Hon. Geo. Kolle Wal-
• VideQia.. 1812, p. 1362.
BUCKLE. (Vice-Admieal of the Blue, 1846.
F-P., 24 ; H-P., 46.)
Matthew Buckle, born 3 May, 1770, at Nork
House, Banstead, co. Surrey — a direct descendant
of Sir Christ. Buckle, Lord Mayor of London in
1593— is only son of the late Matthew Buckle, Esq.
(who distinguished himself in the successive com-
mand of eight line-of-battle ships, and died an Ad-
miral of the Blue, 7 July, 1784, at the age of sixty-
eight), by Hannali, daughter of Isaac Hughes, Esq.,
of Garret's House, Banstead.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Feb. 1777, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Dispatch, Capt.
Christ. Mason, in which vessel, and in the Dela-
ware, commanded by the same Captain, he served,
on the coast of North America, until Nov. 1779.
He next, in April, 1786, joined, as A.B., the Salis-
bury 50, Commodore John Elliot, employed off
Newfoundland ; attained the rating of Midshipman
in June, 1787 ; afterwards served for a few months,
in 1788-9, in the Colossus 74, Capt. Hugh Cloberry
Christian, guardship at Portsmouth, and ScocT brig,
Capt. Chas. Cobb, at Deal; passed his examination
10 Feb. in the latter year ; and, on 21 Jan. 1791,
was promoted, from the Centurion 50, flag-ship at
Jamaica of Bear- Admiral Philip Affleck, into the
Diana 28, Capt. Thos. Macnamara Russell, on the
same station, where he removed, 13 March, 1792, to
the Falcon 14, Capt. Jas. Bissett. His next ap-
pointment was, 27 Feb. 1793, to the Royal Sove-
reign 100, bearing the flags, successively, of Vice-
Admiral Thos. Graves and Rear- Admiral Hon. Wm.
Comwallis, under the former of whom he was pre-
sent, as fifth-Lieutenant, in Lord Howe's actions
of 29 May and 1 June, 1794, on which occasions,
although deprived by rheumatism of the use of his
limbs, he continued most efficiently to discharge his
duty at his quarters, the after-half of the lower-
deck, by causing himself to be carried about in the
arms of a seaman. On 10 March, 1795, Lieut.
Buckle became First of the Maelborodgh 74,
Capts. Henry Nichols and Sir Jas. Saumarez,
attached to the fleet in the Channel, and, on 6
Deo._ 1796, he received his second promotal com-
mission. He subsequently commanded the Comet
store-ship, on the Jamaica and Halifax stations,
from 24 Nov. 1800, until Sept. 1802, during which
period he was advanced, 29 April, 1802, to Post-
rank. He was next appointed, 2 May, 1804, to the
Portsmouth district of Sea Fencibles, the superin-
tendence of which he retained (owing to his inabi-
lity to i)rocure a ship, in consequence of a mistaken
idea which, it is believed, prevailed at the Admiralty
in regard to the magnitude of his circumstances)
until the discharge of the corps in Feb. 1810. On
16 Aug. in the latter year he was nominated, on the
error being explained away by Rear-Admiral Wm.
Albany Otway, Flag-Captain to that officer in the
Adamant 44, on the Leith station, where he re-
moved with him, 14 Sept. 1813, to the Latona 38.
In Nov. following, on Sir Wm. Hope's succession to
the chief command, Capt. Buckle was superseded.
His sight from that period continued to decline
until about 1833, since when he has been totally
blind. He became a Rear-Admiral 17 Aug. 1840-
and attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846. '
The Vice-Admiral married, 2 Feb. 1799, Hen-
rietta, second daughter of Henry Reveley, Esq., of
Clifford-street, London, and Blackheath, co. Kent,
a Commissioner of Excise, and by that lady has
(with four daughters, of whom the third, Georgiana,
T2
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BUDD-BUDGEN.
mairied, 7 Nov. 1837, Capt. Wm. Henry KoWnson,
72nd Highlanders, only son of the late Sir W. H.
Robinson, K.C.H.) four sons — Matthew Hughes
George, in holy orders; Claude Henry Mason, Cap-
tain E.N. ; Edward, Captain Madras Engineers ;
and Randolph Clifton, Lieutenant Madras Artil-
lery.
BUDD. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 33.)
Henry Haywaro Bddd entered the Navy, 8
Oct. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thames 32,
Capts. Wm. Lukin and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, em-
ployed on the Mediterranean station ; attained the
rating of Midshipman 24 July, 1799 ; and, on 12
July, 1801, was present in Sir Jas. Saumarez' action
■with the Franco-Spanish squadron in the Gut of
Gibraltar. He removed, in Jan. 1802, to the Tigre
74, Capts. Robt. Jackson and Rich. Curry, from
which ship he was paid off 23 Sept. following;
served, from March, 1803, to July, 1805, part of the
time as Master's Mate, in the Antelope 60, Capts.
Sir Sidney Smith, Henry Bazely, Sir Home Popham,
and Robt. Plampin, off the Texel and Ostend, where
he had charge of a gun-boat ; passed his examina-
tion 4 Sept. 1805 ; and, after a further attachment
to the PoMPEE 74, flag-ship of Sir S. Smith, in which
he assisted at the destruction of the Martello towers
on the coast of Messina, was appointed, 4 Oct. 1806,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Aurora 28, Capt. Geo.
Fras. Seymour. "While in that frigate Mr. Budd,
in command of the boats, cut out an armed vessel
from under the batteries of Ajaccio, after a serious
contest, in which the British had 6 men wounded.
He wa.s confirmed by the Admiralty 25 March,
1807 ; was subsequently appointed, 26 Jan. 1808, to
the Erebus 28, Capt. Wm. Antridge, under whom
we find him continually in coUision with the Danes
in the Baltic until April, 1812. He next cruized, from
10 June, 1814, until his return home in Aug. 1815,
in the Swinger 12, Capt. Alex. Barclay Branch, for
the protection of commerce off Surinam ; and for his
share, during that period, in effecting the destruc-
tion of a notorious American privateer of nearly
twice the force of the Swinger, obtained, in common
with the rest of the ofiicers and men belonging to
the latter vessel, the thanks of the Admiralty. From
the peace Lieut. Budd remained unemployed until
appointed, 22 May, 1840, First of the San Josef
110, bearing the flags at ]?lymouth of, successively,
Rear-Admirals Fred. "Warren and Sir Sam. Pym.
He was superseded, on advancement to his present
rank, 16 Sept. 1842, and has since been on half-pay.
BUDD. (Retired Commander, 1836. f-p., 12 ;
H-p., 39.)
HoPEWELi. Haywakd Budd entered the Navy, 5
March, 1796, as A. B., on board La Jdste 80, Capt.
Hon. Thos. Pakenham, employed on the Home sta-
tion ; attained the rating of Midshipman in Aug.
following; removed, as Master's Mate, in Sept.
1797, to the "Volcano, Capt. Cotgrave, lying at
Plymouth ; and, from 4 Sept. 1798, until paid off,
23 Sept. 1802, served, with Capts. Sir Wm. Sidney
Smith, Robt. Jackson, and Rich. Curry, in the
TiGKE 74, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant. While
under the orders of Sir W. S. Smith, he assisted at
the defence of St. Jean d'Acre, in March, 1799, and
was afterwards very actively employed in Egypt
until the final surrender of Alexandria in Sept. 1801.
On 12 March, 1803, Mr. Budd rejoined the last-
mentioned ofScer in the Antelope 50, in the North
Sea, on which station he commanded, from 13 March
to 10 April, 1804, the Lord Nelson tender, and was
immediately afterwards transferred, still as Acting-
Lieutenant, to the Cruiser 18, Capt. John Hancock,
under whom he was present, on 17 of the following
May, in a gallant attack on a powerful division of
the enemy's flotilla, of 59 sail, passing alongshore
from Flushing to Ostend ; whose fire, during an en-
gagement of six hours and a half, occasioned the
Cruiser a loss of 1 man killed and 4 wounded.*
He subsequently received from the Admiralty a
• Vide Gaz. 1804, p. 641.
commission dated back to the 1st of the latter
month ; and, in Aug. of the same year, he invaUded
from extreme ill health. On 11 Aug. 1805, he was
next appointed to the Pompeb 74, bearing the flag
of his old friend Sir Sidney Smith on the Mediter-
ranean station, where, among various other services,
he participated, in 1806, in the reduction of the
island of Capri and the attack on Fort Licosa, at-
tended, in Feb. 1807, the expedition to the Darda-
nells, and then visited the shores of Egypt. On
Vice-Admiral Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope hoisting
his flag shortly afterwards on board the Pompee,
we find Lieut. Budd further accompanying the force
despatched under Lord Gambier to seize the Danish
fleet at Copenhagen. His ensuing and last ap-
pointments were, on 24 May and 14 Dec. 1808, to
the London 98, commanded in South America by
Capt. Thos. Western, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship on
that station of Sir W. S. Smith. He returned home
in Aug. 1809, and accepted his present rank 10 Oct.
1836.
Commander Budd was granted, on 5 Nov. 1813, a
pension of 9\l. 5s. in consequence of several severe
contusions which he had received in the leg and
breast as far back as 1806. He also obtained a
pecuniary reward from the Patriotic Fund.
BUDGEN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 30.)
John Bddgen, bom 18 Jan. 1794, at Frant, co.
Sussex, is brother of the present Lieut. Rich.
Budgen, R.N., and of the late Lieut. Wm. Budgen,
E.N., who, when First of H. M. S. Partridge in
1813, commanded her boats and was seriously
wounded at the cutting out of several vessels from
under the batteries of Otranto.
This ofScer entered the Navy, 4 Feb. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Apbicaine 36, Capt.
Thos. Manby, which ship was shortly afterwards
struck with lightning in a violent storm off the
Texel, and, on reaching Tarmouth Roads, com-
pletely dismasted in a sister gale. He next pro-
ceeded with a large convoy to the West Indies, and
while on that station became successively attached,
between Aug. 1805, and Aug. 1806, to the Ethalion
36, Capts. Chas. Stuart and Joseph Spear, Dart 20,
Capt. J. Spear, Northumberland 74, bearing the
flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Agamemnon 64, and
CiBCE 32, both likewise commanded by Capt. Spear,
and all very actively employed in cruizing. He
then invalided home, as Midshipman, on board the
Alligator 20, Capt. Robt. B. Campbell, and in
Oct. of the same year he joined Commodore Sir
Sam. Hood in the Centaur 74. During the four
years he belonged to that ship, Mr. Budgen at-
tended, in Aug. and Sept. 1807, the expedition to
Copenhagen; took part, in Dec. following, in the
reduction of Madeira ; assisted, in company with
the Implacable 74, at the capture, 26 Aug. 1808,
in sight of the whole Russian fleet near Rogerswick,
of the 74-gun ship Sewolod, after a furious yard-arm-
and-yard-arm conflict, in which the Centaur lost 3
killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180 killed
and wounded; and in Aug. 1809, "was engaged,
under Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, in the attack upon
Walcheren. From Nov. 1810, till March, 1813, he
next served in the Mediterranean on board the
Hibernia 110, flag-ship in succession of Sir S.
Hood, Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, and Sir Wm. Sidney
Smith ; and on one occasion, in 1812, he commanded
a boat at the cutting out of a vessel in Hieres Bay,
under the smart fire of a body of troops posted be-
hind some sandbanks on the beach. He passed his
examination 13 Feb. 1813; subsequently returned
to England in the Ajax 74, Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie ;
and, after a servitude of a few months in tlie Thisbe
36, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Hamilton at Dept-
ford, proceeded in the Acokn 20, Capt. Geo. Hen-
derson, to the East Indies, where he joined, in
April, 1814, the Minden 74, flag-ship of his old
friend Sir Sam. Hood, at whose funeral, in Dec.
following, he was one of the few mourners present.
He was confirmed a Lieutenant, in the Mihden,
on 22 Feb. 1815 ; assisted, in the ensuing Aug., in
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quelling an insurrection at Port Louis, Isle of
l'"rance ; was superseded 18 March, 1816 ; and has
not since been afloat.
BUDGEN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 22; h-p., \9.)
Richard Budgen is brother of Lieut. John
Budgen, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 2-t April, 1806,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Centacr 74, Commo-
dore Sir Sam. Hood, and— in addition to the various
services of that ship as above alluded to in our
notice of Lieut. John Budgen — was present, 25
Sept. following, in company with the Mars and
Monarch, at the capture, off Rochefort, of four
heavy French frigates, one of which, the Armide,
of 44 guns, strucli; to the Cbntadr. Among the
wounded on the occasion, 4 in number, was Sir Sam.
Hood, who lost an arm. Three of the Centaur's
people were also killed. Mr. Budgen, who attained
the rating of Midshipman 2 Sept. 1809, subsequently
removed, in Nov. 1810, to the Hibbrnia 120, flag-
ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Rich. Goodwin
Keats. He came home, in July, 1811, in the San
Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton;
and, after a short attachment to the Royal "Wil-
liam, Capt. Robt. Hall, lying at Spithead, joined
the Owen Glen dower 36, in which he accom-
panied Sir Sam. Hood to the East Indies. He
there successively followed that officer into the
Illustrious 74, Clorinde 40, and Minden 74, and,
on promotion to his present rank, 2 March, 1815,
was placed on half-pay. He afterwards held an
appointment in the Coast Guard from 27 Nov.
1822, until the close of 1835; and has since been
unemployed. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
BULFORD. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 33.)
John Bulfohd entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1796,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 100,
Capt. AVm. Domett, flag-ship in the Channel of
Lord Bridport and Sir Chas. Morice Pole. From
Nov. 1800, until March, 1804, he next served, under
Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. Comwallis, in the
Belleisle 74, on the same and Mediterranean sta^
tions, latterly as Second Master. He was then
transferred to the Niger 32, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, in
which ship he assisted, 2 May, 1806, at the capture
of a Spanish schooner, jEl Virgin del Carmen, bound
to La Guira with despatches. In Jan. 1807, he re-
joined the Royal George, then flag-ship of Sir
John Thos. Duckworth, under whom he was present
at the ensuing passage of the Dardanells and de-
struction of the Turkish shipping ; and, after a
re-attachment to the Belleisle, bearing the flag
in the West Indies of Sir Alex. Cochrane, he was
appointed, 22 Oct. 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Intrepid 64, Capt. Christ. John Williams Nesham.
In Feb. 1809, Mr. Bulford, who had been officially
promoted on 27 of the previous month, took part in
the reduction of Martinique. He was subsequently
appointed — 15 Deo. 1809, to the Formidable 98,
Capt. Fras. Fayerman, lying at Plymouth — 17
March, 1810, to the Orestes 16, Capt. John Richards
Larpenotiere, part of the ; force in the Channel,
whence he invalided 19 Aug. 1811—3 Feb. and 5
Aug. 1812, to the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt.
Wm. Bedford, and Macedonian, of 48 guns and
254 men, Capt. John Surman Garden, both on the
Home station— and, 8 Sept. 1813, to the Astrea
36, Capts. John Eveleigh and Edw. Kittoe,in which
ship we find him at first employed off the coast of
Africa, and afterwards again in the Channel. While
in the Orestes Lieut. Bulford aided at the capture,
27 Oct. 1810, of the Loup Garou French privateer,
of 16 guns and 100 men, after a close and gallant
action of 30 minutes. He was slightly wounded in
the Macedonian when taken, after an heroic re-
sistance of two hours and ten minutes, and a loss of
36 killed and 68 wounded, by the United States, of
56 guns and 474 men, 12 of whom were killed and
70 wounded, 25 Oct. 1812 ;* and on 23 Jan. 1814,
• rWeGaJ. 1812, p. 2S95.
Capt. Eveleigh having fallen in an early part of the
engagement, he commanded the Asteea during the
greater part of a yard-arm-and-yard-arm conflict
she sustained, for upwards of an hour, with the
French 40-gun frigate Etoile, and which ultimately
terminated in a drawn battle, wherein the British
lost 9 killed and 37 wounded, and the enemy 20
killed and 30 wounded. He was paid off 28 Aug.
1815, and has since been unemployed.
BULKELEY. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.)
James Bolkeley entered the Navy, in March,
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spartiate 74,
Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, stationed off Rochefort,
and, in the course of 1809, assisted, as Midshipman,
at the reduction of the islands of Ischia and Procida,
and at the defence of Sicily, where he was frequently
in hostile collision with the enemy. For some
months, in 1810, we next find him, in the San Josbf
and HiBERNi A first-rates, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn,
actively employed during the siege of Cadiz, parti-
cularly at the defence of Fort Matagorda. He then
joined the Dragon 74, flag-ship in the West Indies
of Sir F. Laforey, of which he was made a Lieute-
nant 14 April, 1812. He subsequently took part in
the various operations in the Chesapeake and on
the coast of America ; was transferred, 6 June,
1813, to the Barbadoes 16, Capt. John Fleming;
and, on 7 Sept. following, was placed on half-pay.
He has not since been afloat.
BULL. (Lieutenant, 1825. p-p., 15 ; h-p., 19.)
Henry Bull entered the Navy, 11 Dec. 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rodney 74, Capt. Chas.
Inglis, stationed off Lisbon ; and, after a short at-
tachment to the Magicienne 36, Capt. Hon. Wm.
Gordon, and, as Midshipman, to the Nymphen 36,
Capt. Matthew Smith, proceeded to the West Indies,
in 1814, as Master's Mate of the Bermuda 10, Capt.
John Pakenham. Between the latter year and 1818
we next find him serving, successively, in the Lady
Hamilton transport, Rochefort 74, Capt. Sir
Archibald Collingwood Dickson, lying at Ports-
mouth, and Andromache 38, Slaney 20, and Owen
Glendower 36, Capts. Wm. Henry Skerritt, Donat
Henchy O'Brien, andHon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer,
on the South American station. He then joined the
Revenge 74, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean
of Sir Harry Neale ; passed his examination in 1820 ;
and was afterwards for some time employed in the
Racer cutter, tender to the last-mentioned ship ;
from which he was promoted to his present rank 12
June, 1825. He subsequently served for a brief
period in the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm.
Hamilton ; was appointed, 1 1 Sept. 1827, to the
Britannia 120, Capt. Edw. Hawker, at Plymouth ;
and, in 1829, was superseded at his own request.
He has since been on half-pay. Agent — J. Wood-
head.
BULL. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
James Bull entered the Navy 20 Sept. 1829 ;
passed his examination 2 March, 1836 ; afterwards
served, in the Mediterranean, as Mate of the Con-
fiance steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Stop-
ford, and, for nearly three years, of the Vanguard
80, Capt. Sir David Dunn ; and, on the latter ship
being paid off, was promoted to the rank he now
holds, 12 Aug. 1843. He has been employed, since
28 Oct. in the latter year, in the Sealark 10, Capt.
Thos. Lewis Gooch, on the coast of Africa. Agents
— Messrs. Stilwell.
BULLEN, K.C.B., K.C.H. (Vice-Admieal of
THE Blue, 1846. f-p., 34; h-p., 34.)
Sir Charles Bullen, born 10 Sept. 1769, at
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, is son of the late John Bullen,
Esq., Surgeon-General on the coast of North Ame-
rica from 1779 to 1781, by Ruth, daughter of Chas.
Liddell, Esq., of the above place, and cousin of the
late Lord High Chancellor Eldon. He is uncle of
Lieut. Chas. Bullen, R.N,
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BULLEN.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Feb. 1779, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Europe 64, Capt. Wm.
Swiney, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Marriot Arbuth-
not, in which, and the Kenow n 60, Capt. Geo. Dawson,
Loyalist sloop, Capt. J. P. Ardesoif, and Halifax,
Capt. Bower, he took part, as Midshipman also, in
various operations on the American coast, including
.the reduction of Charlestown, until he returned
home and was paid off, in July, 1781. The Re-
nown, during that period, while escorting a large
convoy from New Tork to Quebec, was caught in a
heavy gale and totally dismasted. Mr. BuUen next,
in 1786, joined the Cullodes 74, Capt. Sir Thos.
Kich, employed on Channel service. He removed,
in Oct. 1789, to the Leander 50, bearing the
fiag in the Mediterranean of Rear-Admiral Joseph
Peyton ; there became Acting-Lieutenant of the
Merchry 28, Capt. Augustus Montgomery, 9 Jan.
1791 ; and, on 9 Aug. following, was confirmed into
the EuRYDicE 24, Capt. Geo. Lumsdaine. He was
next appointed, on 22 Dec. 1792, after a twelve-
months' interval of half-pay, again to the Culloden,
commanded as before by Sir T. Rich, under whom,
in April, 1793, he witnessed the unfortunate attack
on Martinique ; and he subsequently joined in suc-
cession— 12 March, 1794, the Ramillies 74, Capts.
Henry Harvey and Sir Rich. Hussey Bickerton,
one of Lord Howe's fleet in the ensuing actions of
28 and 29 May and 1 June— 12 Aug. 1796, the
Oberyssel 64, flag-ship of Admiral Peyton — and,
17 Jan. 1797, as First-Lieutenant, in the Downs,
the Monmouth 64, Capts. the Earl of Northesk and
Jas. Walker. In the latter ship Lieut. BuUen was
present during the mutiny at the Nore, on which
occasion his life was nearly sacrificed to the fury of
the rebels ; and, on 11 Oct. in the same year, he
served in the battle off Camperdown. For his spi-
rited conduct both inthe action and afterwards,
when he took possession of the Delft^ one of two
50-gun ships that had struck to the Monmouth, and
remained in her, out of humanity to the wounded,
until the very moment of her going down, when he
sprang into the sea and was providentially picked
up, he was most deservedly promoted to the rank
of Commander 2 Jan. 1798. From that period,
however, Capt. BuUen remained unemployed until
appointed, 23 June, 1801, to the Wasp 18, in which
he proceeded to the coast of Guinea, where his im-
portant protection of Sierra Leone, at a time when
its existence as a British colony was threatened by
a powerful combination of the native chiefs, pro-
cured him a Post-commission dated 29 April, 1802.
He returned home from the West Indies in the fol-
lowing Aug. ; held afterwards, from 8 May to 3
June, 1803, the temporary command of the Mi-
nerve frigate, off Cherbourg, where he captured 23
French merchantmen, and detained a frigate of the
largest class ; was then appointed to the Plymouth
district of Sea Fencibles, and, in Nov. ensuing, to
the command of a flotilla fitting out in the Thames ;
and, on 8 May, 1804, was selected by Lord Northesk
to be his Flag-Captain in the Britannia 100, oft'
Brest. Capt. BuUen's subsequent meritorious con-
duct, under the latter nobleman, at the battle of
Trafalgar, was duly rewarded by a gold medal com-
memorative of the event. He brought home three
of the prizes and was paid off in June, 1806 ; after
which he successively commanded, from 7 Sept.
1807, to 31 Dec. 1810, and from 1 Jan. until 9 Dec.
1811, the VoLONTAiRE 38, and Cambrian 40. While
in the former frigate he conveyed the Duke of
Orleans and his brother. Count Beaujolais, to Malta ;
occasionally commanded the in-shore squadron off
Toulon ; at the commencement of the war between
Fra,nce and Spain had the satisfaction, in the exe-
cution of an overland mission from Fez to Tangiers,
of inducing the court of Morocco to supply the
patriots with provisions during the coming hostili-
ties ; effected, in 1809, the capture of the island of
Pom^e, near Marseilles, and the destruction of
Fort Rioux, mounting 14 guns, near Cape Croisette ;*
on 23 Oct. 1809, off Cape St. Sebastian, signalled to
Lord Collingwood the information which led to the
• F(de Gaz. 1809, p. 14i6.
pursuit by Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin, and annihila-
tion, of the two French line-of-battle ships Bohuste
and Lion, and the after capture, in the Bay of
Rosas, by the boats of a squadron under Capt. Benj.
Hallowell (whom he ably assisted by his zeal and
experience), of a convoy of three armed and seven
merchant vessels ■* and in 1810-11, until the fall of
Tarragona, was engaged, both in the Volontaiee
and Cambrian, with a small squadron under his
orders, in a series of active co-operations with the
Spaniards on the coast of Catalonia, where he took,
on 12 and 14 April in the latter year, the towns of
St. Philon and Palamos, of which he destroyed the
batteries and embarked the guns. He also captured,
at Cadaque's, 19 merchant vessels, and was severely
wounded while serving on shore in a battery at
Selva.f Capt. Bullen's next appointment was, 5
Nov. 1814, to the Akbar 50, in which we find him
employed until paid off, 1 Jan. 1817, first in su-
perintending, under Rear-Admiral Thos. Byam
Martin, the partition of the fleet and naval stores
at Antwerp, and, next, under Rear-Admiral Edw.
Grifiath, on the Halifax station. On 12 Dec. 1823,
he hoisted a broad pendant on board the Maid-
stone 42, as Commodore on the coast of Africa,
and, between that period and the expiration of his
term of service in 1827, he cordially co-operated
with Lieut.-Col. Sutherland during the Ashantee
war,J and had the satisfaction of restoring nearly
10,000 slaves to the free enjoyment of liberty. He
was afterwards, on 22 July, 1830, nominated Super-
intendent of Pembroke Dockyard and Captain of
the Royal Sovereign yacht, both which appoint-
ments he retained until advanced to the rank of
Rear-Admiral, 10 Jan. 1837. He became a Vice-
Admiral 9 Nov. 1846.
Sir Chas. Bullen (who was nominated a C.B. 4
June, 1815, and a K.C.H. 13 Jan. 1835) received
the honour of knighthood 25 Feb. 1835, was created
a K.C.B. 18 April, 1839, and obtained the Good
Service pension 12 July, 1843. He married, in 1791,
Miss Wood, a distant relative of his own, and by
that lady, who died 10 July, 1842, has issue. Resi-
dence—Southampton.
BULLEN. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Charles Bullen is nephew of Vice- Admiral Sir
Chas. Bullen, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 15 June, 1826;
passed his examination 7 Dec. 1832 ; and was pro-
moted from the Asia 84, commanded in the Medi-
terranean by Capt. Wm. Fisher, 5 Nov. 1840. His
appointments have since been — 28 May, 1841, and
15 June, 1842, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of
Sir Wm. Parker, and Cambrian 36, Capt. Hen.
Ducie Chads, both on the East India station— and,
14 Dec. 1844, to the Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry
Corry, with whom he is now employed in the Chan-
nel as First-Lieutenant.
BULLEN. (Admiral of the White, 1841. f-p.,
28 ; H-p., 45.)
Joseph Bullen, born 14 April, 1761, is second
son of the late Rev. John Bullen, Rector of Kennet,
CO. Cambridge, and of Rushmoor-cum-Newbum, co.
Suffolk.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1774, as
Midshipman, on board the Pallas 36, Capt. Hon.
Wm. Cornwallis, with whom he continued to serve,
in the 50-gun ships Isis, Bristol, and Chatham,
and 64-gun ship Lion, on the coasts of Africa and
North America, and in the West Indies, until 1779.
During that period he was present, in the Isis, at
the attacks on Red-Bank and Mud-Fort, in Oct. and
Nov. 1777 ; and, as Master's Mate of the Lion, took
part, 6 July, 1779, in the action between Vice-Ad-
miral Hon. John Byron and the Comte d'Estaing off
Granada, on which occasion the latter ship was
fearfully out up, and endured a loss of 21 killed and
30 wounded. Mr. Bullen, who had been promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 6 March, 1778, shortly
• Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1902.
+ V. Gaz. 1810, p. 1860, and Gaz. 1811, pp. 397, 1588,
X V. Gaz. 1824, pp. \sm, 1636.
BULLEN— BULLER-BULLEY.
143
afterwards joined the Hinchinbeoke* 28, Capt. Ho-
ratio Nelson, whom he accompanied, in 1780, in the ar-
mament against Fort St. Juan, on the Spanish Main.f
He then returned to the Lion, commanded, as at
first, by Capt. Cornwallis, and, ultimately, by Capts.
Wm. 1 ooks and Pigot ; and, on being lent to the
Pkince Geokge 90, Capt. John Williams, he parti-
cipated, as officer in charge of half the middle gun-
deck, in Rodney's victory over the Comte de Grasse,
12 April, 1782, after a glorious conflict, in which
the Prince Geokge occupied a very conspicuous
position, and had 9 men killed and 20 wounded. As
Lieutenant, Mr. Bullen's subsequent appointments
were— 2 May, 1785, and 6 July, 1786, to the Car-
MATic and Bombay Castle 74's, guardships at
Plymouth, both commanded by Capt. Anthony Jas.
Pye MoUoy— 16 June, 1790, to the Monarch 74,
Capt. Peter Rainier, fitting at Spithead for the East
Indies— 6 Feb. 1793, to the Agamemnon 64, Capt.
Horatio Nelson, actively employed in the Mediterra^
nean— and, 11 Sept. following, to the Victory 100,
flag-ship of Lord Hood at Toulon. At the defence
of the latter place against the revolutionists he held
for three weeks the volunteered command of Fort
Mulgrave, where the bursting of a36-pounder killed
and wounded every one present except himself and
Capt. Walter Serocold. On 20 Nov. 1793, Mr. Bul-
len's exertions were rewarded by his promotion to
the command of the Mdlette 20, but,"the latter
vessel being absent, he was appointed Acting-Cap-
tain of the Proselyte frigate. In that ship, with
the view of rescuing 300 Spanish and Neapolitan
troops, who would otherwise inevitably have fallen
into the hands of the French, he was the last, when
Toulon was evacuated, to quit the harbour ; and so
impracticable had his escape, in consequence of this
voluntary act of humanity, been considered, that
Lord Hood, in the despatches he was about to send
home, had actually returned the Proselyte as lost.
During the early part of the siege of Bastia, in
March, 1794, Capt. Bullen served as a Volunteer
under Capt. Serocold, who had superseded him in
the Proselyte, out of which ship they were both
burnt by red-hot shot, and, towards the close of the
operations, he commanded an advanced battery.
His services throughout were reported by Nelson
in the highest possible terms. He invalided in July
of the same year, and was afterwards, in the course
of 1796, appointed, as a Volunteer, to the Santa
Mahgaritta, of 40 guns and 237 men, Capt. Thos.
Byam Martin, and, as Commander and Acting-Cap-
tain, to the Scourge sloop, and Alexander 74 — in
the first of which ships he assisted in the manage-
ment of the main-deck guns, and distinguished
himself by his meritorious conduct, at the recapture,
on 8 June, near Waterford, of the Tamise, of 40
guns and 306 men, of whom 32 were killed and 19
wounded, while of the British only 2 were slain and
3 wounded, after a close and gallant action of 20
minutes.]: Capt. Bullen, who was advanced to
Post-rank 24 Nov. 1796, subsequently commanded,
for want of ability to procure a ship, the Lynn
Regis district of Sea Fencibles, from 26 Sept. 1804,
until the disbandment of that corps in 1810. He
has since been on half-pay. He became a Kear-
Admiral 28 Aug. 1819— a Vice-Admiral 12 Nov.
1840— and a fuU Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
Admiral Bullen married, in 1801, Margaret Ann,
only daughter of the late W. Seafe, Esq., of the
Leages, co. Durham, barrister-at-law. Agent — J.
Hinxman.
BULLEN. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
RicHAED Edward Bullen passed his examina^
tion in 1828 ; obtained his commission 26 Feb. 1830;
and was afterwards appointed— 31 Dec. 1831, to the
CoLUMBiNB 18, Capt. Hen. Ommanney Love, in the
West Indies— 15 July, 1834, to the Hastings 74,
flag-ship off Lisbon of Sir Wm. Hall Gage— 30 Sept.
* The Hinchinbkoke was the first frigate commanded by
Lord Nelson. . , ,, .
t Admiral Bullen has long been the only survivor of that
fatal expedition.
J ride Gai. 1796, p. 577.
1835, to the Dee steam-vessel, employed in North
America and the West Indies— 12 Deo. 1836, as
First-Lieutenant, to the Madagascar 46, Capts.
Sir John Strutt Peyton and Provo Wm. Parry Wal-
lis, similarly stationed — 27 March, 1839, to the Coast
Guard — and, 22 Sept. 1841, again as Senior, to the
Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, in the Me-
diterranean. He was superseded towards the close
of 1842 ; and is at present on half-pay. Agents —
Coplands and Burnett.
BULLER. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Edward Bullee entered the Navy 16 Feb. 1818 ;
passed his examination in 1824 ; was promoted, 29
March, 1828, into the Menai 26, Capt. Thos. Bour-
chier, on the South America station ; and since 1830
has been unemployed.
BXJLLEK. (Commander, 1817. r-p., 11; h-p., 30.)
Thomas Wentworth Buller is second son of
the late Jas. Buller, Esq., of Downes and Shilling-
ham, upwards of 20 years M.P. for Exeter, by
Anne, daughter of the Right Rev. Wm. Buller,
Bishop of Exeter ; brother of the present Jas.
Wentworth Buller, Esq., of Downes, Deputy Lieu-
tenant for Devonshire, and formerly representative
in Parliament for Exeter ; nephew of the late Ad-
miral Sir John Thos. Duckworth, Bart., G.C.B. ;
and cousin both of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Edw.
Buller, Bart.,* and of the present Lieut.-General
Fred. Buller.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 June, 1806, in a
subordinate capacity, on board La Resolue, Lieut. -
Commander Nicolas, lying at Plymouth, but soon
afterwards became Midshipman of the Malta 84,
Capt. Edw. Buller, employed off Cadiz. In June,
1807, he removed to the Euryalus 36, Capt. Geo.
Heneage Lawrence Dundas, imder whom he es-
corted several thousand troops, commanded by the
late Sir John Moore, from Gibraltar to England —
thence conveyed to Gottenhorg and back the Duke
of Angouleme and other members of the French
Royal Family — attended the expedition to the Wal-
cheren in Aug. 1809— and, on 18 Nov. following,
assisted in capturing L' Etoile privateer, of 14 guns
and 48 men. From Jan. 1810, until Oct. 1812, Mr.
Buller next served in the Mediterranean, on board
the TiGRE 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, and again in
the Malta, bearing the flag of the same officer.
He was then transferred to the Antelope 50, flag-
ship at Portsmouth of Sir John Thos. Duckworth ;
and, on 8 Dec. in the latter year, he was advanced
to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent ap-
pointments were — 5 Feb. 1813, to the Indus 74,
Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, employed in the North Sea
— 16 April, 1814, to the Diomede troop-ship, Capt.
Chas. Montagu Fabian, in which he sailed for Ame-
rica, where, in Jan. 1815, he joined the Euryalus
36, Capt. Chas. Napier — and, 17 June, 1815, to the
Impregnable 104, as Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle.
Sir J. T. Duckworth, then Port-Admiral at Ply-
mouth. He was advanced to his present rank 19
April, 1817, and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Buller married, 24 Oct. 1827, Ann,
only daughter of the late Edw. Divett, Esq., of By-
stock, CO. Devon, by whom he has issue.
BULLEY. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 4.)
John Bblley was born 22 Dec. 1797, at St. John's,
Newfoundland.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Feb. 1812, as
• Sir Edward Buller was born 24 Dec. 1764, and entered
the Navy at the age of twelve. He served as midshipman of
the CouitAOEUx in the engagement between Keppel and
D'Orvilliers, 27 July, 1778; was on board the Scbpthe in
most of Sir Edward Hughes' actions with M. de Suffrein, in
one of which he was slightly wounded ; and commanded the
Chaser 14, in the attack on Cuddalore in Jane, 178^— the
Crescent 36, at the capture of a Dutch squadron in Saldanha
Bay in Aug. 1796 — and, with particular distinction, the
Malta 84, in Sir Robert Calder's action. He was promoted
to the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1808, raised to the dignity of
a Baronet in the course of the same year, and appointed in
1809-12 to a command at Plymouth and in the Channel
Fleet. He died a Vice-Admiral of the Red in 1824,
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BULLOCK-BULMAN-BULTEEL— BUNBURY.
Midshipman, on board the Staggerek 18, Lieut.-
Commanders Geo. Jas. Evelyn and Chas. Deyman
Jermy, on the West India station, where he fre-
quently came into contact with the American pri-
vateers. He next served, for periods of a few
months, in the Liberty 12, Lieut. -Commander
Edw. Hooper Senhouse, and Eclipse 18, Capt. Hen.
Lynne ; and then joined the Charybdis 18, Capt.
Jas. Clephan, under whom, after actively sharing
in the operations against New Orleans in 1814-15,
he conveyed to Sir Geo. Cockbum oflF Cumberland
Island the despatches announcing the failure of the
enterprise. On 29 Jan. in the latter year he re-
moved to the Devastation bomb, Capt. Geo.
Martin Guise, and he was afterwards slightly
wounded while hotly contending in the boats of
that vessel and of a squadron against the Ameri-
cans up the river St. Mary. Mr. Bulley, who was
paid off from the Devastation in July, 1815, next
became attached, between Feb. 1816, and June,
1826, chiefly as Master's Mate, to the Wesek troop-
ship, Capt. Dan. Lawrence, 10-gun brigs Tyrian
and Beaver, Capt. Wm. Popham, Sybille 44,
bearing the flag of Sir Home Popham, Helicon 10,
Capts. Wm. Robt. Dawkins and Thos. Furber, and
Halcyon 18, Capt. Jas. Scott, during which period
he was effectively employed in destroying the va-
rious nests of pirates along the shores of Cuba, the
Isle of Pines, and the Gulf of Mexico. Having
passed his examination in Feb. 1819, he was con-
firmed a Lieutenant in the Fekret 10, Capt. Hen.
Gosset, 27 Sept. 1826, but, invaliding in March,
1827, from extreme ill health, remained thencefor-
ward on half-pay until 13 May, 1830, when he re-
ceived his present appointment in the Coast Guard.
For the important extra-ofiicial services he has
since rendered on different occasions, at the Sturt
Bay and Atherfield stations, in getting vessels off
the rocks, saving the cargoes of the stranded, and
rescuing from destruction the crews of the wrecked,
Lieut. Bulley has repeatedly obtained the marked
approval of the Comptroller-General, has twice re-
ceived the silver, and once the gold, medal of the
Royal Shipwreck Institution, also the large honorary
medal voted by the subscribers at Lloyd's, and the
thanks both of the Admiralty and the N ational Ship-
wreck Institution — of the former for his "praise-
worthy and gallant conduct," during the memorable
gale of 13 and 14 Jan. 1843, in pushing off in his
boats, with Lieut. Wm. Vicary, of the adjoining sta-
tion, when all other means had failed, and saving
the crew of the brig George, of Sunderland, which
had been reduced to a perfect wreck, and immedi-
ately afterwards went to pieces.
He married, 17 Sept. 1828, Sarah Louisa, daughter
of Mr. John Pearce, of Haslar Hospital. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
BULLOCK. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 12.)
Frederick Bullock is son of the late Retired
Commander Jas. Bullock, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 46, Capts.
Graham Moore and John Tremayne Rodd, employed
in the Channel ; removed, in Feb. 1806, to the
Fame 74, commanded successively by Capts. Rich.
Hen. Alex. Bennett and Walter Bathurst, on the
Mediterranean station ; and, having passed his exa-
mination in 1811, was. promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant^ 22 Jan. 1812. His subsequent appoint-
ments, in the latter capacity, were — 16 April fol-
lowing, to the Papillon sloop, Capt. Jas. Hayes, in
the Gulf of Gibraltar — next, to the Fearless gun-
brig, Lieut. -Commander Harry Lord Richards, in
which he was wrecked, 8 Deo. 1812, near Cadiz— 3
Nov. 1813, to the R^volutionnaire 38, Capt. John
Chas. Woolcombe, on the East India station, whence
he invalided, in Oct. 1814—10 March, 1823, to the
command of the Snap surveying-vessel, on the
Newfoundland station, in which he afterwards, in
1824, accompanied Capt. Geo. Fras. Lyon from
England to the coast of Labrador, when that officer
saUed on his voyage of discovery to the Arctic re-
gions—and, 4 Deo. 1827, to the Echo steam-vessel,
Ij-ing at Woolwich. He obtained his second pro-
motal commission 26 Aug. 1829 ; became, 30 Oct.
following. Supernumerary Commander of the Wil-
liam AND Mary yacht, Capts. John Chambers
White and Sir Sam. Warren, on the books of
which he remained until 1836 ; and, on 8 June,
1837, was appointed to the Boxek steam-vessel. Al-
though advanced to Post-rank 28 June, 1838, Capt.
Bullock continued in the Boxer until transferred,
8 March, 1841, to the Fearless, another steamer.
His next appointments appear to have been — 1 Jan.
1843, and 1 July, 1844, to the Tartaeds and Por-
cupine, steam surveying-vessels, in the latter of
which he is serving in the river Thames.
BULLOCK. (LiEBT., 1843. f-p., 14; h-p., 4.)
Horace Bullock, born 1 March, 1816, is second
son of Chas. Bullock, Esq., of Faulkbourn House,
CO. Essex, by Harriet, daughter of Thos. Humphrey
Lowe, Esq., of Bromsgrove, co. Worcester ; and
nephew of Hen. Robt. Bullock, Esq., a Major in the
army.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Jan. 1829, as
Midshipman, on board the Ferret 10, Capts. Thos.
Hastings and Edw. Wodehouse, attached to the
force in the Mediterranean, and subsequently, until
Nov. 1836, served in the Donegal 78, Capts. John
Dick and Arth. Fanshawe, on the Home station,
Stag 46, Capt. Nieh. Lockyer, off Lisbon, and Ex-
cellent, Capt. Thos. Hastings, gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth, where he passed his examination, 4
March, 1835. He was afterwards employed, from
April, 1838, to June, 1843, as Mate, and latterly as
Acting-Lieutenant, in the Talbot 28, Capt. Hen.
John Codringtou, Bonetta 3, Lieut.-Commander
Edw. Evans Gray, and Ferret 6, Capt. Josiah
Oake, on the Mediterranean and African stations ;
was then officially promoted, by commission dated
back to 17 Feb. 1843, and appointed to the Iris 26,
Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy ; and next joined, 28
Sept. following, 13 Aug. and 5 Dec. 1844, and 8
May, 1846, the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote,
Penelope 22, Commodore Wm. Jones, Eclair
steam-sloop, Capt. Walt. Grimstone Bucknall Est-
court, and Avenger steam-frigate, Capt. Woodford
John Williams, on the African and Home stations.
He is at present unemployed. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
BULMAN. (Commander, 1844.)
Archibald Gibson Bulman passed his examina-
tion in 1818 ; obtained his first commission 8 Sept.
1828 ; and was afterwards appointed, 15 July, 1831,
to the Abachne 16, Capt. Wm. Gapper Agar, and,
1 May, 1834, and 8 April, 1841, to the command of
the Pickle and Fair Rosamond schooners, all on
the North America and West India station. He
was advanced to his present rank 22 Nov. 1844, and
is now on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
BULTEEL. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 29.)
Thomas Hillersdon Bulteel entered the Navy,
in May, 1810, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Armide
38, Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, stationed off
the coast of France ; became Midshipman, in 1812,
of the Unite 36, Capt. Edwin Hen. Chamberlayne,
in the Mediterranean ; returned home, in 1814, in
the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley ; and, after an
intermediate attachment to the Mjeandee 38, Capt.
John Bastard, cruizing off Lisbon and in the Medi-
terranean, Martin 16, Capt. Andw. MitcheU, on the
Irish station, and Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins,
employed to the westward of Scilly, was advanced
to the rank of Lieutenant 14 July, 1818. He has
not since been afloat.
BUNBURY. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
George ' Benjamin Bunbury is third son of the
late Thos. Bunbury Isaac, Esq., of Holywood House,
CO. Down.
This officer entered the Navy 14 Aug. 1812;
passed his examination in 1818; obtained his com-
mission 1 July, 1825 ; was afterwards appointed, 31
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145
March, 1829, and 19 Feb. 1830, a Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Ramlllies and Talavera 74'a,
Capt. Hugh Pigot, lying in the Do-wna for the pur-
poses of the Coast Blockade ; next joined, 25 July,
1831, the Ganges 84, Capt. Geo. Burdett, in the
Mediterranean ; and, in Feb. 1832, was paid off.
He has not since been employed.
He married, 3 Oct. 1836, Elizabeth, only child of
Edwin Reeves, Esq., of Bath.
BUNBURY. (COMMANBER, 1839 F-p., 12 ; H-P., 8.)
Richard Hammer Bunbort, born in Dec. 1813,
is fourth son of Lieut.-General Sir Henry Edw.
Bunbury, Bart., K.C.B., late Under-Secretary of
State for the War Department, by his first wife,
Louisa Emilia, daughter of General Hon. Henry
Edw. Fox.
This officer entered the Navy 23 Jan. 1827 ;
passed his examination in 1833 ; and obtained his
first commission 31 July, 1833. He was afterwards
appointed — 14 Oct. in the same year, to the Tnni^-
DERER 84, Capt. Wm. Furlong "Wise, in the Medi-
terranean— 15 March, 1837, to the Minden 74, Capt.
Alex. Renton Sharpe, off Lisbon — 29 Aug. 1837, to
the VicTOKV 104, as Acting Flag-Lieutenant to
Rear-Admiral Hon. Duncombe PleydeU Bouverie,
Superintendent at Portsmouth — 9 Deo. 1837, to the
Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag in the
Mediterranean of Hon. Sir Bobt. Stopford — and 20
Jan. and 27 July, 1838, to the Castor 36, Capt.
Edw. Collier, and Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, both
on the latter station, where he was advanced to the
rank he now holds 10 May, 1839. He has not since
been afloat.
Commander Bunbury, who at present superin-
tends the Police at Melboum, Port Philip, married,
19 Deo. 1838, Sarah, daughter of Rich. Sconce, Esq.,
and has issue. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
BUNBURY. (Commander, 1835.)
William Bcnburt M'Clintock Bdnbury.
WiLtiAM Bdnbury M'Clintock.
See
BUNCE. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Benjamin Holland Bunce passed his examina-
tion in 1831 ; obtained his commission 28 June,
1838 ; was appointed, 27 Aug. in the same year, to
the Rover 18, Capts. Thos. Matthew Chas. Sy-
monds and C9ias. Keele, of which vessel, stationed in
North America and the West Indies, he afterwards
became First-Lieutenant ; and from April, 1843, un-
til Jan. 1847, served, in the same capacity, on board
the Ttne 26, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock, in the
Mediterranean. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
BUNN. (LiECT., 1815. r-p., 11; H-P., 31.)
Thomas Bunn entered the Navy, 23 Oct. 1805, as
A.B., on board the Pegasus 28, Capt. John Pen-
gelly, stationed in the North Sea ; removed, as Mid-
shipman, in July, 1806, to the Shannon 38, Capt.
Philip Bowes Vera Broke, lying at Sheerness ; and,
on subsequently joining the Ferreter 12, Lieut.-
Commander Henry Weir, was captured, on the
night of 31 March, 1807, by seven Dutch gun-boats,
after a sanguinary resistance, and carried into the
river Ems. Soon afterwards, on regaining his
liberty, he became attached to the Namur 74, Capt.
Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and from July in the same
year, 1807, until Jtme, 1815, he served with the late
Sir Geo. Burlton, in the Resolution 74, Rodney 74,
ViLLE DE Paris 110, Boyne 98, and also in the
CoRNWALLis 74, iu wMch ship that officer hoisted
his flag as Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies.
While in the Resolution Mr. Bunn attended the
expedition to Copenhagen, in Aug. and Sept. 1807,
and was with the force under Lord Gambier at the
destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads, in
April, 1809. In the Boyne he took part, 5 Nov.
1813, and 13 Feb. 1814, in Sir Edw. PeUew's skir-
mishes with the Toulon fleet. Obtaining a com-
mission 4 Feb. 1815, he next, in 1815-16, served as
temporary Lieutenant of the Owen Glendower 36,
Capt. Brian Hodgson. He has since been on half-
pay. Agent — J. Woodhead.
BUNSTER. (LlEBT., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Gbosvenor Bunster entered the Navy, 18 April,
1806, as L.M., on board the Monarch 74, Capts.
John Clarke Searle and Rich. Lee. Under the
latter officer he was with Sir Sam. Hood's squadron
at the capture, 25 Sept. following, off Rochefort, of
four heavy French frigates, on which occasion the
Monarch enacted a very conspicuous part, com-
pelled La Minerve, of 44 guns and 650 men, to sur-
render, and sustained a loss of 4 men killed and 25
wounded. He attained the rating of Midshipman
8 June, 1807, and, continuing with Capt. Lee until
1812, was further employed in blockading the
Tagus, in escorting, towards the close of 1807, the
Royal family of Portugal to the Brazils, and in the
expedition to the Walcheren in Aug. 1809. In Jan.
1812, he joined La Hogde 74, Capt. Hon. Thos.
Bladen Capel, one of the North Sea fleet. He was
next transferred, in Jan. 1813, to the Aboukib 74,
Capt. Geo. Parker, on the Mediterranean station ;
and, in Aug. of the same year, he became attached,
as Acting Second-Master, to the Caledonia 120,
flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, under whom he was
present, on 5 Nov. ensuing and 13 Feb. 1814, in two
partial actions with the French fleet off Toulon.
From Sept. in the latter year, until Feb. 1815, Mr.
Bunster served, as a Supernumerary, on board the
Prince Frederick receiving-ship at Plymouth,
Capt. Rich. Pridham. He obtained his commission
on 8 of that month, but has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Bunster is married, and has issue.
BURBIDGE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 39.)
William Cave Bdrbidge was bom 30 March,
1789, at Market Harborough, oo. Leicester.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1794, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alfred 74, Capt. John
Bazely, one of the victorious fleet on the memorable
1st of June. In Nov. 1794, he accompanied the same
officer into the Blenheim 74, and, after sharing
with him in Admiral Hotham's partial engagement
with the French fleet off Hyeres, 13 July, 1795,
when the Alcide 74 was captured from the enemy,
took part, under his successor, Capt. Thos. Lennox
Frederick, in the battle off Cape St. Vincent, 14
Feb. 1797. He returned home in the following
Nov. in the San Josef 110, and was paid off; but
he did not resume active service until 1 Jan. 1807,
when he joined the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. Camp-
bell. In that ship he attended the ensuing expe-
dition to Copenhagen, where he received a severe
uncompensated wound in the head, and (on the
Nassau's hard-wrought extrication from a mass of
ice in which she had been blocked up during the
winter) he was present, 22 March, 1808, in company
with the Stately 64, at the capture and destruc-
tion, on the coast of Zealand, of the Danish 74,
Prindts Christian- Frederic, after a running fight
of great length and obstinacy, in which the
Nassau suffered a loss of 9 men killed and 16
wounded. Between Nov. 1809, and Dec. 1810, Mr.
Burbidge next served, off Cherbourg and in the Gulf
of Finland, as Master's Mate of the Owen Glen-
dower 36, and Stately 64, Capts. Wm. Selby and
Robt. Campbell. He was then transferred with
the latter officer, in the same capacity, to the Tre-
mendous 74, flag-ship afterwards of Sir Wm. Sidney
Smith, in which he continued to be employed on the
Home and Mediterranean stations until April, 1815.
During that period he served in a battery at the
reduction of Trieste in 1813, and, pending the siege
of Venice, was much engaged with the flotilla at
the mouths of the Po. Having passed his exami-
nation 10 Feb. 1812, Mr. Burbidge received, on
leaving the Tremendous, a commission, dated back
to 28 Feb. 1815, appointing him to the Alcmene 38,
Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, from which frigate he was
paid off in Nov. following. For his conduct, in
Oct. 1822, in saving H. M. cutter Vigilant and all
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BUHCH—BURDON—BURDWOOD— BURGESS.
her crew, when ashore on the rocks in the Bay of
Douglas, Isle of Man, Lieut. Burbidge was appointed
by the Admiralty, 25 Jan. 1823, to the Coast Guard.
He was superseded from the Coast Blockade, to
which he had been removed, in 1824 ; and was
afterwards appointed, 14 June, 1834, and 28 Feb.
1837, for brief terms, first, to the command of the
BnzzABD brigantine, on the coast of Africa, and
then, as Third-Lieutenant, to the Victory 104,
bearing the flag of the Admiral Superintendent at
Portsmouth, Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland. He is at
present on half-pay.
Lieut. Burbidge, who has been twice married, has
a son by his former, and a daughter by his present,
wife. Agent — J. Woodhead.
BURCH. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p.,13;h-p.,31.)
Isaac Bukch (J) is only son of the late Isaac
Burch, Esq., of Exmouth, Lieutenant K.N. (1800.)
This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sovereign 100,
Capts. Rich. Curry and Pulteney Malcolm, sta^
tioned in the Channel ; attained the rating of Mid-
shipman in Aug. of the same year ; and afterwards
accompanied Capt. Malcolm into the Kent and Re-
nown 74's. In May, 1805, he became attached,
with Sir Rich. John Straohan, to the Cesar 80,
and, on 4 Nov. following, he assisted at the capture
of four French line-of-battle ships, escaped from
Trafalgar ; after which he visited the Chesapeake
in pursuit of a squadron under M. Willaumez. We
subsequently, in 1809, find him present, in the same
ship, under Capt. Chas. Richardson, at the reduc-
tion of three heavy French frigates under the bat-
teries of Sable d'Olonne, as also of the shipping
in Basque Roads, and in the expedition to Flush-
ing; and, under Capt. Wm. Granger, serving off
Lisbon in 1810. On 12 Aug. in the latter year
he rejoined Sir R. J. Strachan in the St. Domingo
74, employed in the North Sea, and, on afterwards
proceeding to North America with the flag of Sir
John Borlase "Warren, he commanded one of that
ship's boats at the capture of three privateers in
the Rappahannock river, and in the attack on
Craney Island, Hampton. Mr. Burch, who had
passed in 1810, was next appointed, 20 Nov. 1813,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Thistle 12, Capts. Jas.
Kearny "White and Jas. Montagu, in which vessel
he remained until Jan. 1814, when he was con-
firmed into La Nymphe 38, Capt. Hugh Pigot, by
commission ante-dated to 11 June, 1814. "While in
the Thistle he took an active part in all the boat
and other operations in the Chesapeake, including
those against Washington and Baltimore, and also
attended the expedition to New Orleans. He haa
been on half-pay since 23 Aug. 1815.
Lieut. Burch married Mary, youngest daughter
of the late Chas. Hutton Jarvoise, Esq., of Exeter.
BUEDON, (LiBnTENANT, 1832.)
Richard Mathews Burdon entered the Navy
19 May, 1823 ; passed his examination in 1829 ; ob-
tained his commission 11 Aug. 1832 ; joined, 20 Jan.
1834, the Thunderer 84, Capt. "Wm. Furlong "Wise,
on the Mediterranean station ; was superseded in
the following July ; and has since been on half-pay.
BUEDWOOD. (Retired Commander, 1844.
r-p., 27 ; H-p., 24.)
Thomas Bdrdwood entered the Navy, 1 Oct.
1796, as A.B., on board the Raisonnable 64, Capts.
Chas. Boyles and John Dilkes ; attained the rating
of Midshipman in Dec. following ; and, after inter-
mediately visiting the Cape of Good Hope, was
present, 2 April, 1801, as Master's Mate, in the
battle oft Copenhagen, on which occasion he was
part of the time employed in an armed launch, and
also on board the Elephant, Lord Nelson's flag-
ship. Between 30 April, 1802 (in Nov. of whicTi
year he passed his examination), and 8 Feb. 1805,
Mr. Burdwood jouied in succession the Venture 8
Lieut.-Commander Robt. Jump, Galatea and
AiGLE frigates, both commanded by Capt. Geo.
"Wolfe, and Prince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, all on
the Home station. He then became Sub-Lieutenant
of the MiLBROOK schooner, Lieut.- Commanders
John Cook Carpenter and Jas. Leach, employed off
the coasts of Spain and Portugal; was promoted to
a fnU Lieutenancy 29 Sept. 1807, in the Neptune
98, Capt. Sir Thos. "Williams, in which ship he
sailed for the "West Indies ; and, on 28 Nov. 1808,
joined the Belleisle 74, Capts. Edw. "Woolcombe,
"Wm. Chas. Fahie, and Geo. Cookbum. In the
course of the following year he assisted at the cap-
ture of Martinique, and rendered valuable service,
in command of a gun-boat, at the reduction of
Flushing. His ensuing appointments were — 14
Sept. 1809, to the Achilles 74, Capt. Sir Rich.
King, off Cherbourg— 11 Dec. in the same year, to
the Recruit 18, Capts. Jas. Murray and Humphrey
Fleming Senhouse, on the Newfoundland station —
and, 20 Feb. 1811, and 6 Jan. 1812, to the command
of the Princess Sophia-Frederica and Khon-
Princessinn Maria prison-ships at Portsmouth.
Lieut. Burdwood was next, on 7 Sept. 1814, nomi-
nated Agent for Transports Afloat, in which capacity
he attended the expedition to New Orleans. He
afterwards remained unemployed from 8 Nov. 1815,
until 18 July, 1823, and then, rejoining the Transport
service, continued in it (with one interval, irom
Dec. 1829, to May, 1831) until 19 July, 1832, when
he again went on half-pay. He accepted his pre-
sent rank 15 April, 1844.
Commander Burdwood is married, and has issue
six children.
BUEGESS. (Captain, 1830. p-p.,27; h-p.,30.)
Samuel Burgess, born 9 Sept. 1781, is son of
Commander "Wm. Burgess, R.N. (1796), who died,
18 Deo. 1840, in his 89th year ; and only brother of
Lieut. Burgess, R.N., who died in the West Indies,
in 1795, while serving on board H.M.S. Matilda.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1790, as
Servant to his father, then Senior-Lieutenant of the
Berwick 74, Capt. Benj. Caldwell, lying in Ports-
mouth Harbour, and during the eight months of
his continuance in that ship received a severe injury
in the head, in consequence of an accidental fall
from the cockpit into the coal-hole. In Sept. 1793,
he re-entered the service as Midshipman, on board
the Impregnable 98, bearing the flag of his pre-
vious Commander, under whom, vrifli his father
again as First-Lieutenant, he took part in the vic-
tory of the 1st of June, 1794. After further serving
in the same ship, under Capts. Sir Chas. Cotton,
Andrew Mitchell, and John Thomas, he removed,
in July, 1796, to the Unicorn 32, Capt. Sir Thos.
Williams, on the Irish station, where he assisted in
taking, with other vessels, L' Entreprise privateer,
of 6 guns and 40 men, and was transferred, in Jan.
1797, to the Dryad 36, Capt. Lord Amelius Beau-
clerk. While in that frigate Mr. Burgess was also
5 resent at the capture of ttie three privateers, Eclair,
Irune, and Mars, carrying in the whole 46 guns,
and destruction of a fourth, La Corne'lie. He next,
in March, 1799, became attached to the Andro-
mache 32, Capt. Robt. Laurie ; passed his exami-
nation in June following ; and, on immediately after-
wards rejoining Vice-Admiral Mitchell, his former
Captain, In the Isis 50, accompanied him in the ex-
pedition to the Helder, where he was confirmed a
Lieutenant in the Wolverene 16, Capt. Jeffery
Raigersfeld, 18 Nov. in the same year. On 17
March, 1800, he obtained an appointment, as First-
Lieutenant, to the Sylph 18, Capt. Chas. Dash-
wood, in which vessel he was for some time em-
ployed, always within gun-shot distance of the
batteries, in watching the movements of the enemy
in Brest Harbour. On one occasion, during a foggy
night, when the British frigate Alcmene, having
drifted among the Black Rocks, had grounded,
become high and dry, and been actually attacked
by a flotilla of gun-boats, Mr. Burgess participated
in a gallant and hazardous, yet successful dash,
made by the Sylph, to her rescue. In the same
BURGOYNE.
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vessel's subsequent long and brilliant night actions
of 31 July and 28 Sept. 1801, with the French frigate
V Artemise, of 44 guns and 350 men, off the north
coast of Spain, in both which instances the enemy
was beaten off, he elicited the warm official appro-
bation of his Captain, but, strange to record, was
left unpromoted for 15 years, although the latter
was at once advanced to Post-rank. His ensuing
appointments were— 6 June, 1803, and 3 Feb. 1804,
to the command of the Content and Pigmy cutters,
of 6 and 16 guns, both on the Guernsey station,
where he assisted at the bombardment of Gran-
ville, Hand 15 Sept. 1803, was frequently engaged
with the enemy's gun-boats and batteries, cut out
from under their protection a French sloop, other-
wise captured three smuggling luggers, and retook
two merchantmen. Notwithstanding all this, he
was suspended in Aug. 1804, and appointed to the
Pkincb 98, Capts. Rich. Grindall and Wm. Lech-
mere, under the former of whom he was afterwards
present, 21 Oct. 1805, at the battle of Trafalgar.
Having paid the Prince off, as her First-Lieu-
tenant, early in 1807, he next, with Capt. Lechmere,
joined, in a similar capacity, the Dreadnought
98, one of the Channel fleet; and, on 19 Oct. in
the same year, was placed in command of the
PiNCHEK, a 12-gun brig, employed successively in
the North Sea and Baltic. During the nearly six
years of his attachment to the last-named vessel,
Lieut. Burgess evinced particular zeal and activity.
He captured three privateers, two armed boats, and
two small smuggling luggers — assisted Lord Geo.
Stuart, by his indefatigable exertions, in reducing
the batteries of Cuxhaven and Bremerlehe, and in
expelling the enemy from Gessendorf* — destroyed,
in company with the Badgek and Bkcizer, a
French brig-of-war — and took between 60 and 70
sail of merchantmen, five of which were cut out
from a small creek by the boats of a squadron
under his orders, consisting, besides the Pincher,
of the Paz schooner. Prince of Wales hired cut-
ter, and a gun-boat. When at length, as might be
supposed, he had well earned his long-expected pro-
motion, he found himself, on 30 April, 1813, super-
seded by a Commander, his brig having been recently
rated a sloop; and, although promised the next
Lieutenant's command that should become vacant,
he remained on half-pay until 25 Aug. following, on
which date he was appointed to the Vixen gun-brig.
For the next 17 months we find him protecting the
different convoys traversing the North Sea, and, on
25 March, 1815, appointed to the Botne 98, fiag-
Bhip in the Mediterranean of Lord £xmouth, to
whom he became Flag-Lieutenant, in the Queen
Charlotte, of 100 guns, 3 July, 1816. On the
memorable 27th of August, Lieut. Burgess was the
officer selected to convey to the Dey of Algiers
those requisitions, the non-compliance with which
ultimately reduced his colossal fortifications to a
pile of ruins, and, at the close of the bombardment,
he was again deputed with, and received the poten-
tate's assent to, the repetition of the same demands.
Lieut. Burgess, who was at last advanced to the
rank of Commander, on the arrival of the de-
spatches in England, 16 Sept. 1816, was afterwards
appointed, 24 Jan. 1827, to the Alert 18 ; in which
sloop, on proceeding to the South American station,
he made the quickest passage ever performed from
Monte Video to Valparaiso, was for some time em-
ployed in collecting treasure at the Intermedios,
and then went to Guaymas, a port higher up the
Gulf of California than had been before visited by
a man-of-war. On 27 Nov. 1829, he was posted into
the Warspite 76, bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral
Thos. Baker ; and, on 29 Nov. 1830, he assumed
command of the Thetis frigate, then about to pro-
ceed from Rio Janeiro to England with specie on
board to a vast amount. Unfortunately, however,
on the night of 5 of the following month, the ship
struck on a rock off Cape Frio and instantly went
down, occasioning a loss of life to 20 persons, and
barely allowing time for the remainder to escape.
Capt. Burgess has since been on half-pay.
* Vxiedxi.. 1809, p. 1212.
He married, 9 Feb. 1805, Elizabeth, daughter of
the late Capt. Isaac Cotgrave, R.N., and sister of the
present Commander E. S. and Lieuts. R. and R. B.
Cotgrave, R.N. He is now a widower. *
BURGOYNE. (fflBptam, 1815. r-p., 33; h-p., 24.)
Frederick William Borgotne, born 28 May,
1778, is secondson of the late Major-General Sir John
Burgoyne, Bart., Colonel of the 19th Light Dragoons,
by Charlotte, eldest daughter of General Johnstone,
of Overston, co. Northampton (wife, afterwards, of
Lieut. -General Eyre Power Trench, brother of the
first Earl of Clancarty) ; and uncle of the present
Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, Bart.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in
Sept. 1790, and embarked, in Dec. 1793, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Hannibal 74, Capt. John
Colpoys, stationed in the Channel. Joining next
the Montagu 74, Capt. Jaa. Montagu, he had an
opportunity of being present in Lord Howe's action
of 1 June, 1794. After that event he joined La
Nymphe 36, Capt. Geo. Murray, with whom he
took part in Lord Bridport's encounter with the
French fleet off He de Groix 23 June, 1795. He
subsequently became attached to the Irresistible
74, commanded by the same Captain, Barfleur 98,
and Victory 100, flag-ships of Lord Radstock and
Sir John Jervis, and Comet fireship, Capt. Edw.
Hamilton, in which latter vessel he was for many
months very actively engaged off the coasts of
France and Italy, and was frequently in collision
with the enemy both on shore and afloat. Immedi-
ately after his examination, which he passed before
Lord Nelson in Dec. 1796, Mr. Burgoyne received
an order to act as Lieutenant of the Blenheim 74,
Capt. Thos. Lennox Frederick, and on his subse-
quent transference, in a like capacity, to the Bri-
tannia 100, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Chas.
Thompson, he shared in the battle off Cape St. Vin-
cent, 14 Feb. 1797. Being officially promoted on 7
of the following March, he was subsequently ap-
pointed— 17 Nov. in the same year, to the Abe-
THOSA 38, Capt. Thos. WoUey, in the Channel— 29
April, 1799, to La Seine, Capt. David Milne, off
the coast of Africa — 13 July, 1800, to the Queen
98, Capt. Man Dobson, in the West Indies— 15 Feb.
1801, to the Decade 38, Capt. Wm. Gordon Ruther-
ford, under whom he was employed on numerous
cutting-out expeditions on the north side of St.
Domingo and coast of South America — 1 April,
1802, to the Rattler 16, Capt. Spread, for passage
home — 16 March and 14 Nov. 1803, to the Ardent
64, and Ariadne 24, Capts. Robt. Winthrop and
Elpbinstone, on the Home station — 27 Sept. 1804,
to the Hy^na 36, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, in which
ship he sailed for Barbadoes — between 23 Jan. 1805,
and 7 Jan. 1806, to the Centaur 74, Commodore
Sir Sam. Hood, and Alligator, Capt. Fraa. Aug.
Collier, and to the temporary command of the Ex-
press gun-brig, and Cyane 18, on the West India
station— 24 Aug. 1807, to the Sea Fencibles at
Dover — and, 19 Jan. and 3 July, 1809, to the suc-
cessive command of the Defender and Transit
gun-brigs, employed in the Channel. He obtained
his second promotal commission 22 Oct. 1810 ; was
afterwards appointed, 3 Aug. 1811, 7 Feb. 1812, and
1 Dec. 1814, to the "Tyrian 10, and Port Mahon
and Sparrowhawk, of 18 guns each, on the Home
and Mediterranean stations ; became a Post-Captain
20 Sept. 1815 ; and, having visited Algiers, Tunis,
and Tripoli, with Lord Exmouth, returned home in
June, 1816, with the despatches announcing the
liberation of all the Christian slaves there in bond-
age. From 1 Nov. 1824, until the spring of 1831,
he next held a command in the Coast Guard at
Kinsale and Wexford ; and he lastly, from 6 Aug.
1841, until Sept. 1844, as Captain of the San Josep
110, flag-ship at Devonport of the Admiral Super-
intendent, Sir Sam. Pym, had charge of the Ordi-
nary at that place. He accepted the retirement 1
Oct. 1846.
Capt. Burgoyne married Miss Wallis, and by that
lady has an eldest daughter, Charlotte Frances, who
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BURN— BURNABY— BURNET— BURNETT— BURNEY.
married, 24 Feb. ISSi, Capt. Michael Maxwell, then
of the Royal Irish Fusileers, son of the late Lieut. -
Gen. Sir John Maxwell, Bart. AeEiraa — Case and
Loudonsack.
BURN. (,EetikedCommandek, 1833. f-p., 13j
H-P., 41.)
John Boen was horn 22 Oct. 1772.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1793, as
A.B., on board the Akgo 44, Capt. Wm. Clark, on
the North Sea station ; and after serving for some
time olF St. Helena, successively accompanied the
same officer, as Master's Mate, into the Sampson
64, and Victorious 74. In the latter ship he as-
sisted at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope
in 1795 ; and on 9 Sept. 1796, off the coast of Suma-
tra, participated, in company with the Arrogant
74, in a long conflict of nearly four hours with six
heavy French frigates under M. Sercey, which ter-
minated in the separation of the combatants, after
each had been much crippled, and the Victorious
occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and 57, including
her Captain, wounded. Mr. Burn, who passed his
examination 5 Oct. 1799, and next, in April, 1800,
joined the Suffolk 74, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Peter Rainier, became, on 6 July in the
latter year, Acting-Lieutenant of the Arrogant 74,
Capt. Edw. Oliver Osborn. For several months of
1802 (on 6 April in which year he was officially pro-
moted) he appears to have been employed at Lintin
during a negociation with the Chinese for the gar-
risoning of Macao. Invahding home in March,
1803, he afterwards served, from 23 March until 4
Aug. 1804, in the Princess Royal 98, Capt. Herbert
Sawyer, attached to the fleet in the Channel ; and
on 23 July, 1807, he accepted an appointment in the
Sea Fencibles at Fowey, which he retained until
the reduction of the corps in 1810. He continued
thenceforward unemployed, and, on 8 Aug. 1833,
was invested with the rank he now holds.
Commander Burn married, in 1804, Sophia,
daughter of Jas. Scott, Esq., merchant, of Pinang,
in the East Indies, and by that lady has a large
family, of whom one son, George, an M.D. (1840),
is Surgeon of the America 50. Another son, John
Scott, died Assistant-Surgeon (1841) of H.M.S. En-
DTMION 44, in 1846,
BUKNABY, Bakt. (Commander, 1814. f-p.,
13 ; H-p., 31.)
Sir William Crisp Hood Burnabt is only son
of the late Sir Wm. Chaloner Bumaby, Bart., by
Elizabeth, second daughter of Crisp Molyneux, Esq.,
of Garboldesham, co. Norfolk; and grandson of
Admiral Sir Wm. Bumaby, Bart., who successively
held the chief command on the Leeward Islands
and Jamaica stations, and died in 1777. He suc-
ceeded his father, as third Baronet, in 1794.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy
in 1803, and embarked, 11 Oct. 1806, as Midship-
man, on board the Montagu 74, Capt. Robt. Waller
Otway, with whom, on proceeding to the Mediter-
ranean, he assisted at the evacuation of Scylla,
under a smart fire from the enemy on the Calabrian
shore, and was afterwards actively employed in co-
operating with the patriots on the coast of Catar-
lonia, where he witnessed the capture of the fortress
of Rosas. In Aug. 1808, he accompanied Capt.
Otway into the Malta 80, which ship was paid
ofiT in the following Deo. He next served, for
some months, with Capte. Laugharne and D.
M'Leod, in the 50-gun ships Isis and Antelope;
then rejoined Capt. Otway in the Ajax 74 ; and, on
3 Nov. 1809, was promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant. His succeeding appointments were— on 7 of
the latter month, to the Jason frigate, employed off
Flushing and Newfoundland— 10 Aug. 1811, to the
Port Mahon, Capts. Villiers Fred. Hatton and
Fred. Wm. Burgoyne, attached to the force in the
Channel— and, 2 Feb. 1813, to the Junon 38, Capts.
Jas. Sanders and Clotworthy Upton. Under the
former of these officers he took part in many warm
encounters with the American enemy, particularly
on 20 of the following June, when, we believe, he
contributed, in company with the Narcissus and
Baerosa frigates, to the complete discomfiture, at
the entrance of Norfolk river, of 15 gun-boats that
had been despatched for the express purpose of
capturing the Jdnon, after an action of three hours,
during which the latter had 2 men killed and 3
wounded. He was promoted, 26 May, 1814, to the
command of the Ardent prison-ship at Bermuda,
and since May, 1816, when that vessel was placed
out of commission, has been unemployed.
Sir Wm. Bumaby married, 2 May, 1818, the
vridow of Joseph Wood, Esq., of Bermuda.
BURNET. (Commander, 1832.)
Charles Burnet entered the Navy, 20 Sept.
1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ulysses 44, Capt.
Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, employed on the
Jersey and Guernsey stations ; removed, as Mid-
shipman, 29 June, 1812, to the Cornwall 74, Capt.
John Broughton, in the Channel ; served, from Feb.
1813, until Aug. 1814, in the Duncan 74 and Royal
Sovereign 100, both commanded by Capt. Robt.
Lambert, in the Mediterranean ; then joined the
Noege 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, in which ship he
attended the expedition to New Orleans in 181^15 ;
became attached, in March, 1816, to the Ramillies
74, Capt. Thos. Boys, on the Leith station; and,
after a further servitude of nearly three years, the
greater part of the time as Master's Mate, in the
Vigo 74, bearing the flag of his former Captain,
Rear-Admiral Robt. Lambert, and employed for the
secure detention of Napoleon Buonaparte at St.
Helena, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the
Brazen sloop, Capt. Shepheard. He obtained his
first commission 9 Nov. 1821, and was subsequently
appointed to the Spartiate 76, Capt. Fred. Warren,
off Lisbon, and, 23 March, 1827, to the Ocean 80,
Capt. Patrick Campbell, guardship at Plymouth.
He has not been afloat since 1828. His promotion
to the rank of Commander took place 4 Deo. 1832.
BURNETT. (Commander, 1846.)
William Farquharson Burnett passed his exa-
mination in 1834, and obtained his first commission
28 June, 1838. His subsequent appointments were
—26 July, 1838, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde
Parker, employed in the Mediterranean — 21 Aug.
following, as First-Lieutenant, to the Vesuvius
steam-sloop, Capts. Thos. Henderson, Granville
Gower Loch, and Erasmus Ommanney, on the same
station — and, 19 Dec. 1844, in a similar capacity, to
the Eagle 50, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin, employed
in North America and the West Indies. He was
promoted from the latter vessel to the rank of
Commander 9 Nov. 1846, and is at present on half-
pay.
BURNEY. (Captain, 1835. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 20.)
James Burney is son of the late Dr. Burney, of
Gosport, CO. Hants.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1807, as
Ordinary, on board the Puissant 74, Capt. John
Irwin, lying at Spithead ; was transferred, as Mid-
shipman, in May, 1808, to the Waespite 74, Capt.
Hon. Henry Blackwood, employed in the North
Sea and Channel ; and afterwards served, from Nov.
1809, until Jan. 1814^-in the Arethusa 38, Capt.
Robt. Mends, under whom he contributed to the
destruction, in the summer of 1810, of all the bat-
teries, with the exception of Castro, from St. Se-
bastian to St. Andero, mounting in the whole about
100 pieces of heavy cannon — Bellerophon 74, flag-
ship off the Texel of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier —
and Crocodile 28, Capt. Wm. Elliott, on the coast
of Portugal. He then for several months, with his
name on the books of the Rodney and San Joan
74's, had charge of a Signal station at Fort St.
Julian, and, while so occupied, received his first
commission, dated 4 July, 1814. His n^xt appoint-
ments were — 17 Nov. 1814, to L'Aigle 36, Capt.
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Sir John Louis, in the West Indies— 25 Aug. 1815,
to the FowEY 24, Capt. Hew Steuart, fitting at Ply-
mouth for the East Indies— 2 Jan. 1816, to the
Corins 22, Capts. Thos. Tudor Tucker and Jas.
John Gordon Bremer, in which ship he was wrecked,
on a reef of rooks off St. Shott's, Newfoundland, 24
Oct. following— 7 Dec. 1821, to the Coast Guard —
12 Oct. 1825, to the Victory 104, flag-ship at Ports-
mouth of Sir Geo. Martin— and, 18 Jan. 1828, to
the Tribune 42, Capt. John "Wilson, on the South
American station, whence he returned to England
on advancement to the rank of Commander, 24 Deo.
1829. Capt. Bumey subsequently joined, 19 July,
1833, and 29 April, 1834, the Wasp and Arachne
sloops, on the North America and West India
station. He was advanced to Post-rank 10 Dec.
1835, but has not since been afloat.
He married, 24 Jan. 1822, Mary, only daughter of
P. L. Burnett^ Esq., and has issue.
BUENHAM. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 29.)
Thomas Bdrnham entered the Navy, 1 June,
1806, as Thlrd-ol. Vol., on board the Bustler 12-
gun brig, Lieut. -Commander Rich. Welsh, lying in
the Downs ; attained the rating of Midshipman 1
July, 1807 ; and, on 26 Dec. 1808, was wrecked on
the coast of France. He then became attached to
the Cordelia 10, Capt. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy,
also in the Downs, but, in March, 1809, rejoined
Lieut. Welsh in the Surly cutter, on the Guernsey
station, where, in company with the Trim and
Sharpshooter, he assisted in capturing, 20 April,
1810, the French privateer Alcide, of 4 guns and 30
men. He continued in the Surly, latterly com-
manded at Portsmouth by Lieut. Mark Robinson
Lucas, until 31 Oct. 1815, when he removed, as
Master's Mate, to the Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley
Deans Dundas. He was soon afterwards promoted
to his present rank, by commission dated back to
6 of the last-mentioned month; and, from 24 Sept.
1828 until 1831, was next employed in the Coast
Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the
Ramillies and Talavera 74's, Capt. Hugh Pigot.
He has since been on half-pay.
BUENISTON. (LlEtTTENANT, 1825.)
Hugh Somehville Bdrniston was born in 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Dec. 1808, on
board the C^sar 80, Capt. Chas. Richardson, bear-
ing the flag of Hon. Robt. Stopford ; and, in the
course of .1809, was present at the destruction of
three heavy French frigates under the batteries of
Sable d'Olonne, also of the shipping in Aix Roads,
and in the expedition to the Walcheren. In April,
1810, he accompanied Capt. Richardson into the
Semiramis 36, in the boats of which frigate and of
the Diana he assisted, 25 Aug. 1811, at the capture
of a laJge convoy up the Gironde, and at the anni-
hilation, under the fort of Royan, of Le Pluvier na-
tional brig, of 16 guns and 36 men. Mr. Bumiston
next served for two years in the Mediterranean
under Lord Exmouth, and was with that nobleman
in the Queen Charlotte 100, at the bombardment
of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. For his auxiliary con-
duct on two subsequent occasions, in saving, while
belonging, in 1821-2, to the Severn 50, Capt. Wm.
M'Culloch, the life of a Dutch oflicer who had been
wrecked, and also a French ship, the Julia, with
the whole of her crew, he received, in consideration
of the first exploit, a gold medal from the King of
the Netherlands, valued at 25 ducats, and of the
second, the thanks of the Royal Humane Society.
He attained his present rank 27 May, 1825 ; and,
since 3 Oct. in the same year, has been employed in
the Coast Guard. on= j i,
Lieut. Bumiston married, in Aug. 1825, a daugh-
ter of A. Baxter, Esq., R.N., and has issue four
sons.
BUBRAED, Babt. (ffiaptain, 1822. r-p., 17;
H-p., 25.)
Sir Charles Burrard, born 2 March, 1793, is
third and only surviving son of the late Lieut-
General Sir Harry Burrard, Bart., Lieut. -Colonel of
the 1st Foot Guards (first cousin of the late Admiral
Sir Harry Burrard Neale, Bart., G.C.B.), by Han-
nah, daughter of Harry Darby, Esq., merchant, of
London ; and has lost four brothers in the service of
their country — Paul Harry Durell, who was mor-
tally wounded at Corunna while acting as Aide-de-
Camp to Sir John Moore — John Thomas, in the
B.N., who was drowned 9 Oct. 1809 — William, an
Ensign of the 1st Foot Guards, killed in the assault
on St. Sebastian in Aug. 1813 — and Edward, also in
the army, who died in April, 1832. He succeeded
his father, as second Baronet, 18 Oct. 1813.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diamond 38, Capt. Thos.
Elphinstone, stationed in the Channel; jomed, as
Midshipman, in Jan. 1806, the London 98, Capt.
Sir Harry Burrard Neale ; and, on 13 March fol-
lowing, was present, in company with the Amazon
38, at the capture of the French 80-gun ship Mar
rengo, and 40-gun frigate JSelle Foule, after a long
running fight, in which the London sustained a loss
of 10 men killed and 22 wounded. From June of
the same year until April, 1808, Mr. Burrard was
next lent, as a Supernumerary-Midshipman, to the
Amazon, Capt. Wm. Parker. He then joined the
Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez in the
Baltic ; and, soon after the receipt of his first com-
mission, dated 1 May, 1812, was appointed to the
MiLFORD 74, bearing the flag in the Adriatic of Sir
Thos. Fras. Fremantle, under whom he served on
shore, in the batteries, at the reduction of Trieste,
in Oct. 1813. On 7 June, 1814, he was advanced to
the command of the Grasshopper 18, one of the
vessels employed at the blockade of Naples in 1815,
when two NeapoUtan line-ot-battle ships and a fri-
gate were surrendered to a squadron under Capt.
Robt. Campbell, of the Tremendous 74. He paid
the Grasshopper ofi'inFeb. 1816 ; afterwards com-
manded, from 15 April, 1819, until advanced to
Post-rank, 29 Jan. 1822, the Hind 20, stationed
in the Channel for the suppression of smuggling;
and, lastly, officiated from 20 March, 1823, tUl paid
ofi" in April, 1827, as Flag-Captain, in the Revenge
76, to Vice-Admiral Sir H. B. Neale, Commander-
in-Chief in the Mediterranean. He was placed
upon retired half-pay 1 Oct. 1846.
Sir Chas. Burrard, who is the Senior Captain of
1822, married, 8 April, 1826, Louisa, second daughter
of Sir Henry Lushington, Bart., and has issue six
daughters. Agent — J. Woodhead.
BUEEELL. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Lindsey Peter Burrell, bom in 1813, is second
son of Lindsey Merrik Peter Burrell, Esq., by
Frances, youngest daughter of the late Jas. Daniell,
Esq.,; grandson of Sir Peter Burrell, Bart., first
Lord Gwydyr; and nephew of the present Lord
Willoughby d'Eresby.
This officer entered the Navy 29 Feb. 1828;
passed his examination 6 Aug. 1834 ; was for some
time employed as Mate of the Hercules 72, Capt.
Edw. Barnard, on the Mediterranean station ; and,
for his services in that capacity on board the Bel-
LEROPHON 80, Capt. Chas. John Austen, at the cap-
ture of St. Jean d'Acre, was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant, 4 Nov. 1840. His succeeding ap-
pointments were, on the Mediterranean and Home
stations — 15 Dec. 1840, as Additional, to the Prin-
cess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Robt.
Stopford— 15 Jan. 1841, to the Tyne 26, Capt. John
Townshend— 2 Oct. 1841, to the Daphne 18, Capt.
John Windham DalUng, from which ship he was
paid ofi' in the spring of 1842 — 4 Jan. 1843, to the
Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius— and,
20 June, 1845, to the Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry
Corry. Mr. Burrell was dismissed the service, for
a breach of the 27th Article of War, 17 Oct. 1845.
BUEEIDGE. (Captain, 1846.)
Richard Bdrridge entered the Navy, 2 Sept.
1808, on board the Skylark 16, Capt. Henry Evelyn
1 50 BURROUGH-BURROUGHES-BURROUGHS-BURROWS-BURSLEM.
Pitfield Sturt, on the North Sea station, and after-
wards served, until the establishment of peace,
with the same oflficer, and Capts. Geo. Wm. Hughes
D'Aeth, Rich. Buck, and Gawen Wm. Hamilton, in
the Tekmagakt 28, and Rainbow 32. While at-
tached to the Termagant he assisted, under Capt.
Sturt, at the defence of Sicily against the threatened
invasion of Murat in 1810, and was frequently in
hostile collision with the enemy's gun-vessels and
batteries on the coasts of Italy and Spain. In the
Rainbow Mr. Burridge witnessed the fall of Genoa
in April, 1814. Between the latter period and the
receipt of his first commission, 10 Nov. 1824, he
successively joined, on the West India, Newfound-
land, and Mediterranean stations, the Esk 20, Capt.
Geo. Gustavus Lennock, Dhake 10, Capts. Wm.
Nugent Glascock and Octavius F. C. V enables
Vernon, and Phaeton 46, Capt. H. E. P. Sturt.
His appointments as Lieutenant appear to have
been— 4 July, 1826, to the PELOBns 18, Capts. Wm.
Hamley and Peter Richards, on the last-named
station— 25 June, 1830, as First, to the Wolf 18,
Capt. Wm. Hamley, in the East Indies— and, 10
May, 1834, in the same capacity, to the Portland
62, Capt. Wm. Price, again in the Mediterranean.
He was awarded a second promotal commission 28
June, 1838; and, on 11 March, 1841, was selected
to command the Thundehee 84, Capts. Maurice
Pred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley and Daniel Pring, in
which ship he served for some time in the Mediter-
ranean and at the Cape of Good Hope, as well as
in attendance upon the Queen off Walmer Castle
in Nov. and Deo. 1842. Capt. Burridge, who has
been unemployed since Oct. 1843, at which period
the Thunbekek was placed out of commission, at-
tained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
He married, 2 April, 1845, Mary, relict of the late
Geo. Green, Esq., merchant, and daughter of the
late Thos. Hurd, Esq., of Ewell Court, Surrey.
He became a widower 12 April, 1846. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
BUEROUGH. (LiEnT.,1827. f-p., 12; h-p., 17.)
John BcKRonoH was born, 28 Feb. 1802, at
Brampton, co. Cumberland.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1818, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Moegiana 18, Capt.
Chas. Burrough Strong, under whom, and his suc-
cessors, Capts. Alex. Albert Sandilands, Wm. Fin-
laison, and Christ. Knight, he served with great
activity in suppression of the slave-traffic on the
coast of Africa, part of the time as Midshipman,
until Aug. 1822. He then removed to the Blossoih
26, Capts. Thos. Bourchier and Archibald Maclean,
on the South American station; joined, in June,
1824, the BnLWAEK 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, lying
at Portsmouth ; passed his examination 7 Feb. 1825 ;
became Mate, 3 Dec. 1826, of the Asia 84, flag-ship
in the Mediterranean of Sir Edw. Codrington ; and,
at the close of the battle of Navarin, was promoted,
21 Oct. 1827, to a vacancy caused by the death of
Lieut. G. W. H. Fitzroy, in the Dartmouth 42,
Capt. Thos. Fellowes, from which ship he was paid
off in March, 1830. Lieut. Burrough was next ap-
pointed, 9 March, 1832, to the Harrier 18, Capt.
Spencer Lambert Hunter Vassall, for a passage to
the East Indies to join the Melville 74, bearing
the flag of Sir John Gore, by whom, however, on
his arrival, he was immediately, and to hig great
mortification, sent home again in the Crdizer 18,
Capt. John l?arker, to be paid off. After an un-
employed interval of a twelvemonth he became
attached, 16 Jan. 1834, to the Edinburgh 74, Capt.
Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the Mediterranean station,
but in the following July was compelled to invalid,
in consequence of a very aggravated species of
epilepsy,_ originally contracted on the coast of Af-
rica. His last appointment, which was, 81 Jan.
1844, as First-Lieutenant, to the Tortoise store-
ship, commanded by his former Captain, Wm. Fin-
laison, he was for the same reason unable to retain,
and he has been therefore doomed, since the March
of that year, to a helpless half-pay.
Lieut. Burrough married, 27 July, 1843, Ann,
daughter of the late Jas. Wainwright, Esq.
BUREOUGHES. (LiEnTENANT, 1845.)
Henrt Negus Bueeoughes, born in 1821, is a
younger son of Henry Negus Burroughes, Esq., of
Burlingham Hall, M.P. for East Norfolk, by Jane
Sarah, sister of the late gallant Sir Wm. Hoste,
Bart., Capt. B.N.
This officer entered the Navy in 1833 ; passed his
examination 11 July, 1840 ; and served as Mate, on
the Mediterranean and Home stations, in the Indus
78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, and Firebrand steam-
frigate, Capts. Armar Lowry Corry and Jas. Hope.
He obtained his commission 6 Feb. 1845; then
joined the Stix steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Windham
Hornby, on the coast of Africa ; was next appointed,
15 Oct. following, to the President 50, flag-ship at
the Cape of Good Hope of Rear- Admiral Jas. Rich.
Dacres ; and since the summer of 1846 has been on
half-pay.
BURROUGHS. (Lieut., 1812. p-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.)
Sackville Burroughs entered the Navy, 26 Jan,
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rattler 24,
Capt. Fras. Mason, and was for many months, while
stationed off Ostend and Dieppe, constantly engaged
in warmly conflicting with the enemy's flotilla. In
Jan. 1805, he removed, as Midshipman, to the Dia-
dem 64, Commodore Sir Home Popham, whom he
ultimately accompanied in the expeditions to the
Cape of Good Hope and Buenos Ayres. He was
next, from Deo. 1806, until July, 1808, employed, in
succession, on board the Sampson 64, Capt. Wm.
Cuming, Leda 36, Capt. Robt. Honyman, and Na-
MUE 74, Vice-Admiral Wells, on the South Ameri-
can, Cork, and Nore stations. He then joined the
Venerable 74, Capt. Andrew King, in which ship
he attended the expedition to the Walcheren in Aug.
1809 ; and he afterwards served, until promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Nov. 1812, in the Fisgard
36, Capt. Fras. Mason, and Victory 100, flag-ship
of Sir Jas. Saumarez, both employed in the Baltic,
where he contributed to the capture of several pri-
vateers. Mr. Burroughs was subsequently, on 12
May, 1813, appointed to the San Josef 110, bearing
the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Rich. King,
under whom he witnessed, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb.
1814, the partial engagements between Sir Edw.
Pellew and the Toulon fleet. He was paid off in
Aug. of the latter year, and has not since been
employed.
BURROWS. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Montagu Borrows entered the Navy 14 Aug.
1833 ; and served for some time as Fst.-cl. Vol. on
board the Andromache 28, Capt. Henry Ducie
Chads, in the East Indies, where he was frequently
detached in the boats to act against the pirates in
the Straits of Malacca. He passed his examination
4 Sept. 1839 ; afterwards joined, as Mate, the Edin-
burgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, with
whom he served during the operations on the coast
of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean
d'Acre, in 1840 ; was next attached for two years
to the Excellent, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, gun-
nery-ship at Portsmouth ; and, on 7 July, 18^, was
advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. Mr. Burrows,
on 20 of the latter month, became an Additional-
Lieutenant of the Winchester 50jfiag-ship at the
Cape of Hon. Josceline Percy. He removed, 12
March, 1844, to the Sappho 16, Capt. Hon. Geo.
Hope, on the same station ; and, since 4 Nov. 1846,
has been re-employed in the Excellent, Capt.
Henry Ducie Chads.
BURSLEM. (Lieut., 1838. f-p., 19; h-p., 5.)
Godolphin James Boeslem is second son of Jas.
Godolphin Burslem, Esq., late of the Royal Artil-
lery, who lost a leg in the battle of Alexandria,
21 March, 1801 ; grandson of Capt. Fras. Burslem,
R.N., who, when commanding the Coventrt, of
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28 guns, in June, 1760, fought, on one day, a most
gallant action with two French frigates, one of
whom was sunk, and the other, La Movthe, taken ;
and great-grandson of Jas. Burslera, Esq., M.P.,
who married a heiress of the Godolphin family.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Deo. 1823, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Lively 42, Capt. "Wm.
Elliott. He afterwards obtained, in common with
others, a medal for his services off Lisbon during
the commotions created by Don Miguel, whom he
ultimately escorted to Brest ; and he then proceeded,
as Midshipman, to the West Indies. In Dec. 1826,
he joined the Satellite 18, Capt. John Milligan
Laws, and, after visiting the East Indies, New South
Wales, the Friendly and Society Islands, New Zea-
land, &c., and receiving a severe injury from the
natives of an island to which he had been detached
in search of deserters from Sydney, joined, in Oct.
1829, the CErazER 18, Capts. John Edw. Griffith
Colpoys and Jas. Lamport Parkin, and was for
some time very actively employed on the Swan
Kiver. He passed his examination 13 Jan. 1831,
and, returning the next day, as Mate, to the Satel-
lite, Capts. John Parker and Marcus Theodore
Hare, at Trincomalee, came home and was paid off
in May, 1832. Mr. Burslem was subsequently ap-
pointed, in Nov. of the same year, to the Fokesteh
3, Lieut. -Commander Wm. Henry Quin; and, in
March, 1833, in consequence of the serious damage
experienced by that vessel on the Scilly Islands,
where she had been recently cast away in a vio-
lent hurricane, he was turned over, with the
same officer, to the Britomakt 10. In the latter
we find him serving for three years on the coast
of Africa in suppression of the slave-trade, and,
during a conflict with the Apolonians, employed in
her cutter covering the landing of the troops. He
invalided home from an attack of fever in Aug.
1836, but returned to the coast of Africa in the
Dolphin 3, Lieut.-Commander Campbell, in March,
1837, and on 15 Jan. 1838, obtained his commission.
He was confirmed in the command of the Vipek 6,
at the Cape, in July following ; paid that vessel off
in Jan. 1841; and was afterwards appointed — 11
May, 1841, to the Dublin 50, fitting at Portsmouth
for the flag of Bear-Admiral Rich. Thomas— and,
20 Aug. ensuing, to the command of the LrNX 3,
employed on the Lisbon and Irish stations. A re-
turn of the African fever obliged him to invalid
in Aug. 1843, and he has since been on half-pay.
Agents — Collier and Snee.
BURSTAL. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Edward Burstal passed his examination 27 Oct.
1840, and served, as Mate, in the Fearless, Tak-
TARtis, and Porcupine steam surveying-vessels, all
commanded by Capt. Fred. Bullock, with whom,
since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 9
Jan. 1846, he has continued employed in the Porcu-
pine, on the river Thames.
BUET. (Commander, 1808. i^p., 15 ; h-p., 37.)
Edward Burt is half-brother of the late Lieut.
Chas. Burt, R.N., who, when Midshipman, was the
messmate and companion of Nelson and Troubridge
in India.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen Charlotte 100,
Capt. Sir Andrew Snape Douglas, flag-ship in the
Channel of Lords Bridport and Howe, and, about
June, 1797, removed, as Midshipman, to the Htdra
38, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey. For many months
afterwards he was constantly in action with the
batteries and mortar-boats near Havre-de-Grace ;
and, on 1 May, 1798, he was present when the
Hydra, in company with the Vesuvius bomb and
Trial cutter, drove on shore, after an engagement
of three-quarters of an hour, and by her boats de-
stroyed, the French frigate La Confiante, of 36 §uns
and 300 men, besides putting to flight La Vesuve
corvette, of 20 guns. He next joined, in succession,
the Sans Pareil 80, and Quebec 32, both flag-
ships of Lord Hugh Seymour in the West Indies,
where, having passed his examination in 1801, he
was promoted into the Elephant 74, bearing the
flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, 28 Dec. 1802.
Under Capts. Wm. Cumberland and Henry Whitby
he subsequently, until July, 1804, served in the
Pique and Desir&e, and in those frigates assisted
at the blockade of Cape Fran5ois and in an action
with the Duguay Trouin. He then joined Rear-
Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres in the Theseus 74, and,
on 29 June, 1805, was transferred from the Her-
cuLE 74, into which ship that officer had shifted
his flag, to the command of the Bedbeidge schooner,
of 12 guns. In the latter vessel Lieut. Burt was
afterwards shot through the hand while chasing a
privateer into a port of Cuba ; and, on 4 Nov. 1806,
when off New Providence, he had the misfortune
to be vprecked — a calamity, however, of any share
in which he was by court-martial fully acquitted.
His next appointments were — 1 May, 1807, to the
command of the Sandwich schooner, and, 1 April,
1808, to that of the Shark sloop— on 18 of the same
month, as Acting-Captain, to the Garland frigate
— and, on 25 May following, to the Sparrow 16.
During the long blockade of the city of St. Do-
mingo, which ultimately capitulated on 6 July,
1809, he frequently signalized himself by his " great
promptitude, zeal, and ability," both under Capts.
Stephen Thos. Digby and Wm. Pryce Cumby, but
especially on two occasions — the first, in landing,
through a tremendous surf, eight of the lower-deck
guns, two of which he conveyed to the east battery,
a distance of nearly 30 miles, over an almost impass-
able country* — and the second, in gallantly attack-
ing and silencing the fire of a fort to the westward.
Commander Burt, who afterwards escorted a convoy
to England, and returned with another to Jamaica,
was obUged to invalid, in 1810, from the effects of
long service in a tropical chmate. He has since
that period been on half-pay.
Commander Burt, the only officer of his rank
bearing a commission of 1808, was awarded the
out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 25 June, 1842.
He has an eldest daughter, Charlotte Elizabeth,
married to Commander L. H. Wray, R.N. ; and a
second, Anna, married, 28 Feb. 1842, to John Lewis,
Esq., of the Madras Army, son of the late Rear-
Admlral J. M. Lewis.
BURT. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
William Burt (a) entered the Navy in 1813;
served for six years and eight months in the West
Indies ; was there promoted, 6 Dec. 1824 ; and since
1825 has been on half-pay.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
BUET. (Lieutenant, 1835. p-p., 31 ; h-p., 5.)
William Burt (b) was born in 1799 at Plymouth.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1811, as
a Supernumerary, on board the Salvador del
MuNDo 98, Capt. Nash, flag-ship at Plymouth of
Sir Robt. Calder ; removed, 1 Aug. 1812, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., to the Pheasant 18, Capt. John Palmer, on
the Newfoundland station ; and, on 3 March, 1814,
became Midshipman of the Villb de Paris 110,
bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Harry Bur-
rard Neale. He afterwards served in the Chesa-
peake 36, Capt. Fras. Newcombe — Superb 74,
Capt. Chas. Ekins, under whom he participated,
27 Aug. 1816, in the bombardment of Algiers— and
Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duck-
worth and Lord Exmouth at Plymouth. Being
discharged 31 Oct. 1817, Mr. Burt continued un-
employed until Dec. 1821, when, joining the Car-
nation 18, Capt. John Edw. Walcott, he proceeded
to the West Indies. In Oct. 1823, a few months
after passing his examination, he was transferred
to the Union schooner, Lieut.-Commander Hender-
son, and in that vessel he appears to have been
strenuously employed in the suppression of piracy.
In Dec. 1825, he became Mate of the Genoa 74,
Capt. Walter Bathurst. He officiated, as Chief,
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BURTON.
from April, 1826, until Jan. 1835, of the Cameiion
and Shamrock Eevenue-cruizers ; and at length,
on 7 of the latter month, having been 12 years a
Mate, was promoted, for good conduct and active
service, to his present rank. Since 11 June, 1835,
Lieut. Burt has been in command of a station in
the Coast Guard.
He married, 19 Aug. 1830, Grace, daughter of
the late John Macalister, Esq., of BahiakiU House,
CO. Argyll, and by that lady has issue four children.
Agemts — Messrs. Ommanney.
BURTON. (LiEtTT., 1841. F-P., 16 ; H-p., 0.)
Augustus John Burton, bom 25 Dec. 1818, is
sou of Capt. Thos. Burton, R.N. (1810), who died
early in 1843, by Catharine Jones Crutohley, grand-
daughter of the late Evan Jones, Esq^. ; and nephew
of Commander G. G. Burton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1831, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magicienne 24, Capt.
Jas. Hanway Plumridge, with whom he sailed for
the East Indies, and there attained the rating of
Midshipman, 24 March, 1834. In April, 1835, he
joined the Barham 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry,
in the Mediterranean. He passed his examination
29 Jan. 1838 ; and on the night of 12 April follow-
ing, a few weeks after he had been lent, as Mate,
to the Rapid 10, Lieut.-Commander Hon. Graham
Hay St. Vincent De Ros Kinnaird, was wrecked
on a reef of rocks off Cape Bon, near Tunis. He
then returned to the Barham ; removed, in March,
1839, to the "Winchester 50, fitting for the flag of
Sir Thos. Harvey, Commander-in-Chief in North
America and the West Indies ; and, on 13 Nov.
1841, was promoted to be Lieutenant and Acting-
Commander of the RoMNEY 30, depot at the Ha-
vana for liberated African slaves. His appoint-
ments have since been— 18 June, 1842, to the Pilot
16, Capt. Wallace Houstoun, in which vessel he
returned home and was paid off 9 May, 1843 — 21
June, 1843, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings — and, 20 Jan.
1845, to the Vindictive 50, bearing the flag at
present of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen on the North
America and West India station.
Lieut. Burton married, 4 Feb. 1845, Helen Maria,
eldest daughter of Orlando Orlebar, Esq., Lieut.
R.N., grand-daughter of the late Admiral ApUn,
and niece of the present Capt. J. G. Aplin, R.N.
Agent — J. Woodhead.
Collier, Hugh Cameron, and Wm. Baterson, we find
him, as Senior-Lieutenant of that sloop, command-
ing her boats at the cutting out several vessels from
under the batteries at Guadeloupe. On 18 April, 1808,
Mr. Burton was removed to the temporary com-
mand of the Grenada 14, in which he captured
two French privateers. From Dec. following until
March, 1810, he next served under Sir Alex. Coch-
rane in the Neptune 98, and Pompee 74, and during
that period he assisted on shore at the reduction ot
Martinique and Guadeloupe, was also present at the
surrender of the Saintes, witnessed the capture ol
the French 74-gun ship D'Baupoult, and was at
the destruction of the two 44-gun frigates Loire and
Seine, in L'Ance la Barque. His subsequent ap-
pointments, as Lieutenant, were — 18 March, 1810,
to the acting-command of the Wanderer, of 18
guns 11 May and 20 July foUovring, to the Nep-
tune and Statira 38, both flag-ships of Sir A.
Cochrane— 21 Oct. in the same year, to the command,
pro tern., of the Port d'Espagne 18, all likewise in
the West Indies— 21 April, 1812, to the Christian
VII. 80, Capt. Hen. Lidgbird Ball, in the North Sea
—7 and 28 June, 1813, to the Sceptre and MABt-
EOKOUGH 74's, Capt. Robt. Honyman, on the North
American station — and, 14 Jan. 1814, to the ToN-
NANT 80, Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir A. Cochrane, for
his services as First-Lieutenant of which ship at
the taking of Washington he was promoted, 5 Oct.
ensuing, to the command of the Wolverene 16,
which he brought home and paid off 27 Aug. 1815.
His next appointment was, on 2 Oct. 1843, to the
Poictiers 72, guard-ship at Chatham, where he
served until advanced to his present rank, 9 Nov.
1846.
Capt. Burton received the approval of the Ad-
miralty, and was presented, in the session of 1823-4,
with the large silver medal of the " Society for the
Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Com-
merce," for his improved method of fitting anchor-
stoppers. He is married, and has issue.
BURTON. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 30.)
George Guy Burton is third and eldest surviving
son of the late John Burton, Esq., who for many
years held responsible appointments in the Govern-
ment departments of the Navy ; younger brother
of Lieut. John Burton, R.M., who was drowned at
the Nore, while belonging to the Garland frigate,
about 1795, and of the late Capt. Thos. Burton,
R.N. ; eider brother of Lieut.-ColonelWm. Moulden
Burton, at present commanding a battalion of
Koyal Marines in Ireland ; uncle of Lieut. A. J.
Burton, R.N. ; and brother-in-law both of the
late Lieut.-Colonel Long, R.M., and of Rear-Ad-
miral Sir Sam. Warren, K.C.B., K.C.H., who died
15 Got. 1839.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 10 Feb. 1797, as a
Boy, on board the Eagle 74, Lieut.-Commander
James, lying at Chatham, and, on removing to the
Venerable 74, Capts. Sir Wm. Geo. Fairfax and
Sam. Hood, was present in an action between the
British and Spanish squadrons in Aix Roads, 2 July,
1799, and, as Midshipman, in Sir Jas. Saumarez'
battles of 6 and 12 July, 1801. He afterwards be-
came attached to the Hazard 18, Capt. R. J. Neve,
Apollo 36, Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon, and
Defence 74, Capt. Geo. Hope, on the Home station;
and on 20 Feb. 1805, was promoted into the Centaur
74, bearing the broad pendant in the Leeward Is-
lands of Commodore Sir Sam. Hood. Joining next,
20 March, 1805, the Nimrod 18, Capts. Thos. Orde,
Jas. Ayscough, Thos. John Cochrane, Fras. Aug.
BURTON, K.H. (Captain, 1824. f-p., 13;;
H-p., 28.)
James Ryder Burton, born in 1795, is son of
the late Bishop of Killala, a collateral descendant
of Fras. Pierpont Burton, first Lord Conyngham ;
and cousin of the late Admiral Sir Robt. Otway,
Bart., G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 May, 1806, as a
Volunteer, on board the Pearl, Lieut.-Commander
Chas. Woodger, lying at Portsmouth, and, from Oct.
following until Dec. 1812, served with Capt. Chas.
Malcolm in the Narcissus and Rhin frigates, the
last four years as Midshipman and Master's Mate.
While so attached we find him, in 1809, conveying
to the West Indies the timely intelligence of the
French fleet having left Brest, and assisting at the
capture of the Saintes ; next, on his return to the
British Channel, contributing to the capture of four
French privateers, carrying in the whole 58 guns
and 310 men ; and finally, while in active co-operar
tion with the patriots on the north coast of Spain,
receiving a desperate gun-shot wound in the left
side in an attack on the town of Castro, 12 July,
1812, owing to which misfortune he was obliged
to invalid and remain for several months at Ply-
mouth Hospital. His promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant taking place 15 Feb. 1813, he joined, in
that capacity, on 22 July following, the Garland
22, Capt. Rich. Plummer Davies, with whom he
continued to serve, oflT Lisbon and Cadiz, and in the
Mediterranean and Adriatic, until paid off in Feb.
1816. He was then appointed to the Albion 74,
Capt. John Coode, one of Lord Exmouth's fleet at
the subsequent bombardment of Algiers, where he
volunteered the command of No. 191 gun-boat for
the purpose of destroying the shipping inside the
Mole ; and, in Sept. 1817, he again invalided from
the effects of his former wound. From 5 Aug. 1818,
until discharged, 14 June, 1819, Mr. Burton next
served, as Flag-Lieutenant to his relative Rear-
Admiral Otway, in the Vengeance 74, on the Leith
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station, and on 27 Nov. in tlie latter year he was
promoted by the Admiralty to the rank of Com-
mander, as a reward for an invention for propelling
ships of war during a calm.* His last appointment
was, 23 May, 1823, to the command of the Came-
LiON brig, of 10 guns, in which, after an attendance
of some time on George IV., he was despatched,
early in 1824, to Algiers, in order to convey thence
the British Consul, to whom the Dey had offered a
serious indignity. On working out of the Bay, in
company with the Naiad frigate, Capt. Burton fell
in with an Algerine corvette, the Tripoli, of 18 guns
and 100 men, and, after a close and most gallant
action, under the very batteries of the place, boarded
and carried her. His conspicuous conduct on the
occasion was rewarded, immediately on his arrival
in England, with a Post-commission, dated 23 Feb.
1824.
Capt. Burton was nominated a K.H. 1 Jan, 1837.
A pension for his wound (from which the ball has
never been extracted) of 9U. 5s., awarded him in
1818, has been of late increased to 1501. He mar-
ried, 2 July, 1822, Anna Maria, youngest daughter
of the late Lord Dunsany, widow of Philip Roche,
Esq., and mother-in-law of Lords Trimlestown and
Louth, by whom he has an only son, Francis Adol-
phus Plunkett Burton, now at the University of
Oxford. Agents — Messrs. StilweU.
BURY. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 20; h-p., 24.)
Geokge Bdky was born 17 Jan. 1790.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 June, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Colossus 74, under the
auspices and command of the present Sir Geo.
Martin, whom he afterwards joined in the Glory
and Barfleuk 98's, on the Channel station. On 22
July, 1805, he fought as Midshipman in Sir Kobt.
Calder's action, and he continued in the Baupleur,
under Sir Robt. Barlow and Sir Joseph Sydney
Yorke, until May, 1807. From that date until July,
1811, we next find him serving under the first-
named officer in the Montagu 74, Queen 98, and
Canopus 80, on the Mediterranean station, and, on
26 Oct. 1809, contributing to the destruction of the
French line-of-battle ships Rohuste and Lion. He
afterwards became attached in succession, part of
the time as Acting-Lieutenant, to the San Josef
and Caledonia, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton,
Lord Keith, and Sir Edw. Pellew, Sabine 18, Capt.
Westley, Impetueux 74, and Stately 64, bearing
each the flag of Vice-Admiral Martin, and Severn
50, Capt. Joseph Nourse, on the Home, Mediterra-
nean, Lisbon, and North American stations. He
was promoted, 11 Jan. 1814, into the Jaseur 18,
Capt. Geo. Edw. Watts, and after an intermediate
and very active employment in the Chesapeake,
returned home in the summer of 1814. Lieut.
Bury's next appointments were — 11 April, 1826, to
the Coast Guard, in which service he remained
seven years — and, in 1840, as Admiralty Agent, to
the Caledonia Halifax contract mail steam-vessel.
He has been on half-pay since the close of 1841.
He married, 1 May, 1826, Eliza Anne Lydia,
daughter of Thos. Charleton, Esq., late Lieut.-
Colonel, Royal Artillery.
BUSHBY. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 19.)
Thomas Bushby is brother of the late Capt. John
Bushby, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1804, as
Midshipman, on board the Spy 18, commanded by
his brother, Capt. J. Bushby, under whom we find
him for many months in continual collision with
the Boulogne batteries and flotilla. From Oct. 1805,
until Sept. 1808, he next served, on the Home and
West and East India stations, in the Obeeon 16,
Capt. J. Bushby, Trusty 50, Capt. Brian Hodgson,
AcASTA 38, Capt. Philip Beaver, Wasp 18, Capt.
* The Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c., also voted
Capt. Burton their smaller or Vulcan gold medal. He after-
wards, in 18-10, published a pamphlet * On the Concen-
tration of tlie Forces of the British Navy, and Manning of
I-I.M. Ships and Vessels of War.'
John Haswell, and Monmouth 64, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, with the latter of
whom he appears to have been present at the sur-
render of Tranquebar in 1808. After an attach-
ment, as Master's Mate, from Sept. in that year
until 16 May, 1811, to the Princess Caroline and
Cressy 74's, both commanded by Capt. Chas. Dud-
ley Pater on the North Sea and Baltic stations, Mr.
Bushby, who passed his examination in Dec. 1810,
became Acting-Lieutenant of the Belette 18, Capt.
David Sloan, and, on 16 Aug. following, was con-
firmed into the Diligence 18, Capt. Abraham Lowe,
also in the Baltic. On 28 March, 1812, he next
joined the Herald 20, Capt. Geo. Jackson, in the
West Indies, and on 27 Nov. 1812, he was appointed
to the JuHON 38, Capts. Jas. Sanders and Clotworthy
Upton, on the North American station. In the
course of 1813 he commanded the Junon's boats on
many gallant occasions ; first, on 8 Feb., when,
forming part of a squadron under Lieut. Kelly
Nazer, they boarded, and in the most spirited style
carried, the Lottery American letter-of-marque, of
6 12-pounder carronades and 28 men, a service for
which the Commander-in-Chief returned his espe-
cial thanks ; a few days afterwards, at the capture
of the Cora, of 8 guns and 40 men ; and again,
under Lieut. Philip Westphal, at the rescue, 29 July,
of the Martin 18, then aground in Delaware Bay,
from a powerful flotilla, consisting of two block-
vessels and eight gun-boats, one of which, after a
brave defence, was taken with loss. Lieut. Bushby
also co-operated in the attack upon Craney Island
and the capture of Hampton. He subsequently
served, between 1 Oct. 1814, and 30 June, 1815, with
Capt. Henry Thos. Davies, Commodore Sir Jas.
Lucas Yeo, and Capt. Wm. Bourchier, in the Prince
Regent 56, St. Lawrence 98, and Montreal 18,
on Lake Ontario ; and he was thenceforward em-
ployed, in command of the Newasb 6, and Sank 4,
and as Superintendent of the Naval Establishment,
on Lake Erie, until his return home in July, 1822,
towards the close of which year, 26 Dec, he was
advanced to the rank of Commander. On 28 Sept.
1832, he obtained an appointment in the Coast
Guard, at Kingstown, Dublin, where he continued
until Oct. 1835; and he, lastly, commanded, from
25 Jan. 1837, until placed out of commission in Aug.
1839, the Wanderer 16, employed in the active
suppression of slavery on the North America and
West India station. Since his promotion to Post-
rank, 3 July, 1840, Capt. Bushby has been on half-
pay. Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
BUTCHER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 39 ; h-p, .5.)
Jonathan Butcher, born 9 Oct. 1789, is brother
of Lieut. Robt. Butcher, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1803, as a Boy,
on board the Medina yacht, Capts. John Moore
and Peter Baskerfield, lying off the Isle of Wight ;
joined the Globy 98, Rear- Admiral Chas. Stirling,
as Midshipman, 21 June, 1805 ; and, on 22 July fol-
lowing, was present in Sir Robt. Calder's action
with the combined squadrons of France and Spain.
Between Jan. and Nov. 1808, he next served, with
Rear- Admirals Wm. Albany Otway and Chas. Tyler,
in the Ganges 74, and Barfleuk 98, and, while in
the latter ship, was employed in embarking the
French troops after the convention of Cintra, and
in escorting from Lisbon to Spithead the first divi-
sion of the Russian Rear-Admiral Seniavin's fleet.
He then joined the Africaine 38, Capt. Rich. Rag-
gett, under whom he successively accompanied the
present Kin^ of the French to Malta, and the late
Lord Hill, with a convoy of transports, from Cork
to Lisbon. In June, 1810, he followed Capt. Rag-
gett into the Defiance 74, employed off Flushing,
from which ship he was for some time detached on
secret service, in the Alban cutter, and in the
boats. He passed his examination 7 Aug. 1811 ;
served, between Dec. 1812, and Feb. 1814, in the
Argo 44, and Bedford 74, flag-ships in the West
Indies of Vice-Admiral C. Stirling, and York 74,
Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, on the Home sta-
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tion; and afterwards, having rejoined Capt. Rag-
gett in the Spenceb 74, assisted at the capture of
Castine, in Penobscot Bay. On 23 Feb. 1815, Mr.
Butcher was confirmed a Lieutenant in the Clinkek
gun-brig, Capt. Joseph Crew Tullidge, and during
the " Hundred Days" he appears to hare been em-
ployed in conveying the iJuc de Douro and 200
French officers in the interests of Louis XVIII.,
together with 10,000 stand of arms, to the coast of
France ; after which he aided in quelling the riots
at North and South Shields, and was paid off 5 Dec.
in the same year. He subsequently served for two
years in a transport at the Cape of Good Hope. He
joinned the Coast Guard 22 Nov. 1822 ; removed,
18 Feb. 1827, to the command of the Ked-
EREAST R.C., stationed in Boston Deeps, where
he remained until 11 July, 1842, during which
period he seized eight vessels and acted 13 times as
an Inspecting-Commander ; and since the latter date
has again been in charge of a station on shore.
Lieut. Butcher married, 8 Dec. 1815, Sarah Long,
daughter of John Taplin, Esq., of Portsmouth, and
has issue six children. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
BUTCHER. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 26; h-p., 14.)
Robert Bhtchee is brother of Lieut. Jonathan
Butcher, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Juljr, 1807, as
A. B., on board the Fokwakd gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander David Shells, stationed in the Baltic.
He served, as Midshipman, from Dec. following
until Oct. 1811, in the Paulina brig, Capts. John
Rich. Lumley and Westby Percival, in the Medi-
terranean ; then became Second-Master of the Py-
I.ADES (afterwards Caklotta) gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commanders Newdigate Poyntz and Rich. Howell
Fleming, under the latter of whom he saw a good
deal of active service on the same station ; removed,
in Deo. 1813, to the Rivoli 74, Capts. Graham Eden
Hamond and Edw. Stirling Dickson ; joined, in
July, 1814, the Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace;
and, on returning home, in Feb. 1815, was appointed
Master's Mate of the Spey 20, Capt. Geo. Ferguson.
He was advanced to his present rank 3 March fol-
lowing, and in Aug. of the same year was paid off.
He obtained command of the Tartar Revenue-
vessel 28 March, 1831 ; was transferred to the Coast
Guard 18 March, 1834; returned to the Tartar 27
March, 1840; and since 11 July, 1842, has again
been in the Coast Guard. Agents — Messrs. Om-
manney.
BUTCHER. (Rear- Admiral of the Red, 1840.
F-p., 25 ; H-P., 36.)
Samuel Butcher, born 30 Oct. 1770, at Cople,
CO. Bedford, is a near relative of the late Admiral
Sir Robt. Barlow, G.C.B., and of the present Capt.
Chas. Anstruther Barlow, R.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Feb. 1786, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Barracouta cutter,
Lieut.-Commander Robt. Barlow, actively employed
against the smugglers of the Channel ; served, from
Nov. 1788, until June, 1791, as A.B., in the Salis-
BURT, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Admiral Mil-
banke ; then rejoined Capt. Barlow, as Master's
Mate, in the Childers 16, attached to the force in
the Channel ; and, on his subsequent removal to the
Queen 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Alan
Gardner, witnessed the unfortunate attack on Mar-
tinique in 1793, and was present with Lord Howe
in the actions of 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794,
the two last days as Acting-Lieutenant. He was
confirmed to the Aquilon 32, Capt. R. Barlow, 17
July following, and was First of that frigate when
she acted as one of Lord Bridport's repeaters in
■the action with the French fleet off He de Groix,
23 June, 1795. On 9 Oct. following Mr. Butcher
was appointed to the Sans Paeeil 80, fitting for
the flag of Lord Hugh Seymour, with whom he
continued to serve, in the Channel and West Indies,
until 28 April, 1800, when he was promoted by that
nobleman to the command of the Gdachapin brig,
of 14 4-pounder and 2 18-pounder carronades, with
a complement of 65 men and boys. On 21 April,
1801 (a few weeks previously to which period, 19
Feb., his appointment had been confirmed), Capt.
Butcher very gallantly, under cover of the GuA-
chapin's fire, cut a privateer out of the Bay of
Aguada, Porto Rico, although lashed to the shore
and defended by two formidable batteries and a
whole range of howitzers and small arms ; and, on
16 Aug. in the same year, he proved himself worthy
of all praise by the capture, after a sterling conflict
of two hours and a half, the yards of the two ships
being part of the time locked together, of the Spanish
letter-of-marque La Teresa, carrying (with 120 men)
2 long 18-pounder, 10 long 12-pounder, and 6 36-
pounder carronades.* For these and other valuable
services he was advanced to Post-rank 29 April,
1802. He afterwards, from March, 1804, until Dec.
1808, commanded a district of Sea Fencibles in
Ireland ; and was next, on 18 Nov. and 21 Dec. 1812,
appointed, in succession, to the Barham 74, and
Antelope 50. In the latter ship he was for some
time employed in protecting the trade in the Great
Belt, and while on that service was particularly
successful in capturing the enemy's gun-boats and
privateers. On 1 March, 1814, having joined the
fleet in the Roompot under Admiral Wm. Young,
he was sent with two ships to reinforce a squadron
of frigates in the West Scheldt. Owing, however,
to the disablement of one of her pilots, and the de-
sertion of the other, the Antelope, while in the act
of forcing the Hondt passage for that purpose, un-
fortunately took the ground abreast of Flushing,
and for 48 hours lay exposed to an incessant dis-
charge of shells from the batteries of the place.
She was, however, to the astonishment of the whole
Roompot fleet, ultimately got off in safety through
the colossal exertions of her officers and ship's com-
pany, who justly received the unqualified aclmow-
ledgments of the Commander-in-Chief and of the
Board of Admiralty. Capt. Butcher, by order from
the Lord High Admiral, was subsequently, on the
occasion of the grand levee at Portsmouth, presented
to the Prince Regent, by Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir
Henry Blackwood, as " the officer who had so highly
distinguished himself in the Scheldt." He paid
off the Antelope, after a voyage to Quebec, 22
Dec. 1815, and has not since been afloat. His
advancement to Flag-rank took place 17 Aug. 1840.
Rear-Admiral Butcher married, 4 Feb. 1806, Eli-
zabeth, daughter of Rich. Townsend Herbert, Esq,
of Cahameen, co. Kerry, and has issue five sons and
three daughters.
BUTLER. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Augustus Butler served for a considerable
period on the East India station, as a Volunteer
and Midshipman, in the Welleslet 72, under Sir
Fred. Lewis Maitland, Sir Gordon Bremer, and Sir
Wm. Parker. While so attached he witnessed the
capture of Kurrachee from the Ameers of Scinde,
and of Chusan from the Chinese, in 1839-40; ac-
companied Rear-Admiral Elliot up the Peiho River ;
took part in the celebrated attack on the Bogue
Forts in Feb. 1841 ; served on shore and afloat
throughout the operations connected with the en-
suing capture of Canton; and was also employed at
the taking of Amoy, the re-capture of Chusan, the
storming of the fortified heights and citadel of
Chinghae,t and the occupation of Ningpo. Volun-
teering as Midshipman (on the Welleslet's de-
parture) into the Algerine 10, Lieut.-Commander
Wm. Heriot Maitland, Mr. Butler further assisted
at the capture of the city of Chapoo 18 May, 1842,t
and fought with the army on 16 June following in
the assault on the enemy's batteries at Woosung.§
He passed his examination 13 July, 1843, and was
ultimately, after having officiated as Mate, on th«
Home and Mediterranean stations, of the Excel-
lent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and
HiBERNiA 104, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Parker,
promoted to the rank he now holds by commisMon
* Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 1283.
t V. Gm. 1812, p. .SC94.
t F.Gaz. 1S42, p. 396.
i V. Gai. 164S, p. 3400.
BUTLER.
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dated 27 March, 1846. He has been since serving
in the last-mentioned ship in the capacity of Addi-
tional-Lieutenant.
BUTLEK. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 14.)
Charles Giokge Botler entered the Navy, 20
June, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville de
Pakis 110, flag-ship in the Channel of Lord Gardner,
and, on removing to the Caledonia 120, bearing
the flag of Lord Gambier, witnessed the destruction
of the French shipping in Basque Roads, in April,
1809. He attained the rating of Midshipman in
Nov. following ; was afterwards transferred in suc-
cession, 1 May, 1811, and 7 Oct. 1814, to the Uni-
corn 32, and Armide 40, Capts. Geo. Burgoyne
Salt and Sam. Geo. Pechell, under the former of
whom he aided in capturing, 30 March, 1813, the
French privateer Miquelonnaise, of 18 guns and 130
men; next joined, between Oct. 1815, and Sept. 1818,
the Impregnable 104, flag-ship in the Mediterra-
nean of Sir Josias Rowley, Convtat 24, Capts. John
Tancock and Edw. Barnard, in the East Indies,
Iphigenia 36, Capt. J. Tancock, for passage home,
and Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, on
the Cork station ; then became attached to the
Severn 50, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, under whom he
was for three years employed on the Coast Block-
ade ; and, after a further servitude in the Prince
Regent yacht, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, and
Brazen 18, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, was promoted to
his present rank 29 Jan. 1822. Lieut. Butler's ap-
pointments have since been — 26 June, 1824, to the
Pylades 18, Capt. Fras. Fead, on the Jamaica sta-
tion, where he remained two years — 16 Dec. 1835,
to the Coast Guard, in which he served upwards of
six years — 23 May, 1842, to the command of the
.^TNA, of 8 guns, on the Home station — and, 20
June, 1844, to be Admiralty Agent in a contract
mail steam-vessel, a capacity in which he is now
employed.
Lieut. Butler is Senior of 1822. Agents — Holmes
and Folkard.
BUTLER, Lord. (Liedtenant, 1844.)
XoRD Charles Wandesford Butler is youngest
son of the late Marquess of Ormonde, by Grace
Louisa, daughter of the Right Hon. John Staples ;
and has two brothers, Lords Walter and Jas.
Wandesford Butler, in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy 1 Oct. 1833 ; passed
his examination 21 Feb. 1840 ; served two years as
Mate with Lord Clarence Edw. Paget in the Aigle
24, on the Mediterranean station ; and was advanced
to his present rank 10 June, 1844. He has been
employed, since 28 June, 1845, in the Calliope 26,
Capt. Edw. Stanley, on the East India station.
BUTLER. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 30.)
George Botler entered the Navy in 1803, and,
after accompanying Rear-Admiral James Rich.
Daores to the West Indies, joined the Windsor
Castle 98, Capt. Chas. Boyles, in which ship he
was present in Sir Robt. Calder's action with the
squadrons of France and Spain, 22 July, 1805, and
at the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807.
Joining then the Loire 38, Capt. Alex. Wilmot
Schomberg, he assisted at the reduction, in Feb.
1809, and Feb. 1810, of the islands of Martinique
and Guadeloupe, after which he removed, in suc-
cession, to the Victory 100, flag-ship in the Baltic
of Sir Jas. Saumarez, and Dreadnooght 98, Capt.
H. Lindsey, and, on 19 Nov. 1811, was promoted
into the Leveret sloop, stationed in the North Sea,
where he soon became First-Lieutenant. He was
afterwards appointed to the Pyramcs 36, Capt. Jas.
Whitley Deans Dundas— Hydra 38, Capt. Stephen
Thos. Digby, the boats of which ship he commanded
in a successful attack on the forts of the Mississippi
during the operations against New Orleans — and
Salisbury 50, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Good-
win Keats at Newfoundland, whence he returned
to England and was paid off in 1816, never having
till then been a fortnight on shore from the period
of his first joining the service. He has since been
on half-pay.
Lieut. Butler, for the last thirty years, has filled
the office of magistrate for the co. of Berks.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
BUTLEE. (Commander, 1839. f-p.,19; h-p.,16.)
Humphrey Botler entered the Navy, 12 March,
1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Oak 74,
flag-ship successively of Rear- Admirals Lord Ame-
lius Beauclerk and Pulteney Malcolm. He attained
the rating of Midshipman in May, 1813 ; and after
serving for some time in the North Sea, off' the
Western Islands, and in Basque Roads, accompa/-
nied Rear-Admiral Malcolm to North America,
where we find him actively employed during the
operations against Washington and Baltimore, the
attack on New Orleans, and the reduction of Fort
Bowyer. From Sept. 1815, to Sept. 1818, he next
served in the Ister 42, Capt. Thos. Forrest, in the
Mediterranean, along the coast of Scotland, and
off' Newfoundland. He joined, in Aug. 1820, the
Leander,60, bearing the flag in the East Indies
of Hon. Henry Blackwood ; received an order to
act as Lieutenant of the Topaze frigate, Capts.
John Rich. Lumley, Chas. Richardson, and Price
Blackwood, 14 March, 1821 ; and, on 11 Dec. fol-
lowing, was confirmed. About the same period,
Mr. Butler took part, during a visit to China with
Capt. Richardson, in a very severe dispute between
the natives and the British, on the amicable settle-
ment of which, however, he returned home and
was paid off towards the close of 1822. His subse-
quent appointments, as Lieutenant, appear to have
been — 18 Nov. 1824, to the Ocean 80, Capt. Lucius
Ferdinand Hardyman, flag-ship afterwards of Lord
Amelius Beauclerk, off' Lisbon — 9 Jan. 1827, to the
Spartiate 76, Capt. Fred. Warren, on the same
station— 28 Oct. 1830, to the Tyme 28, Capt. Chas.
Hope, in South America, where he was superseded
in, we believe, Sept. 1832— and, 5 May, 1836, tothe
Royal Adelaide 104, as Flag-Lieutenant to his
patron. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, then Commander-
in-Chief at Plymouth. At the expiration of the
latter officer's term of service he was advanced to
his present rank by commission dated 4 May, 1839.
He has not since been employed. Agents — Messrs.
Halford and Co.
BUTLEB. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Thomas Atkinson Butler passed his examina^
tion in 1818 ; was promoted, 6 Oct. 1827, into the
Orestes 18, Capt. Wm. Jones, on the Halifax sta-
tion ; joined next, 15 Nov. 1828, and 19 Feb. 1830,
the Ramillies and Talavera 74's, Capt. Hugh
Pigot, lying in the Downs for the purposes of the
Coast Blockade; obtained an appointment in the
Coast Guard 31 March, 1831, and resigned it in
1834 ; and from 5 July, 1836, until 1840, and irom
19 Aug. 1842, until 1843, was again employed in the
same service. Since the latter date he has beeu on
half-pay.
He married, 10 April, 1841, Emma Louisa, second
daughter of Commander Sir Henry Esch Atkinson,
R.N.
BUTLER. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p.,
10 ; H-p., 38.)
Whitwell Butler entered the Navy, 23 April,
1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Russel 74, Capts.
Herbert Sawyer and Wm. Cuming, and, under the
latter officer, was present, as Midshipman, at the
battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. From Nov.
following until May, 1803, he next served in the
Puissant 74, Capt. Wm. Sims, at Spithead, and
Bloodhound gun-brig, Lieut-Commanders Joseph
BradbyBoyne and Henry Richardson, in the Downs.
He then joined the Melpomene 38, Capts. Robt.
Dudley Oliver and Peter Parker, which ship appears
to have been twice employed in bombarding the
town of Havre de Grace. In Sept. 1806, Mr. Butler
removed to the Tuundeeer 74, Capt. John Talbot ;
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BUTLER-BUTTERFIELD-BUTTLER.
under whom, after assisting at the passage, in Feb.
1807, of the DardaneUs, and the ensuing destruc-
tion of the Turkish squadron, he visited the shores
of Egypt ; and, on 21 Dec. following, he became
Acting Flag-Lieutenant to Lord CoUingwood in the
Ocean 98, stationed in the Mediterranean. He was
officially promoted 27 July, 1808 ; was placed on
half-pay 14 July, 1809 ; and, not having been further
employed, accepted his present rank 27 Oct. 1845.
Agent — J. Woodhead.
BUTLER. (Lieutenant, 18400
WrLLiAM BnTLEB entered the Navy 2 May, 1830;
passed his examination 3 May, 1837 ; served for
some time, as Mate, in the Opossdm, Falmouth
packet, Lieut.-Commander Eobt. Peter ; and on
joining the Cyclops steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio
Thos. Austin, bore a creditable part in most of the
operations on the coast of Syria, where he distin-
guished himself by the able assistance he afforded
his Captain in an attack on the strong tower of
Gebail, 12 Sept. 1840, on which occasion he formed
one of a gallant party that landed and advanced to
the walls, although ultimately compelled to return
with loss.* Towards the close of the same month
we again find him employed on shore at the capture
of 36 bags of barley and of four camels, on their
way from Sidon to Beyrout.f He was promoted
5 Nov. following ; became First-Lieutenant of the
Akdent steam-sloop, Capt. John Kussell, in South
America, 15 Nov. 1841 ; obtained, 28 Feb. 1843, ;;an
appointment in the Coast Guard, which he retained
until the summer of 1844 ; and since 29 Sept. 1846,
has been again employed in the same service.
BUTTERFIELD. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 14;
H-p., 12.)
Edward Harris Butterpield, bom 21 Feb.
1808, at Chelsea, is second son of the late Wm.
Butterfield, Esq., Rear-Admiral of the Red (who
died 3 Oct. 1842, in his 76th year, after a naval
career of 61 years, during which he had been pre-
sent in seven general actions, and had been made
Commander for his gallantry, as First of the Mars
74, at the capture of L'Hercule 74), by his second
wife, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Chas.
Harris, Esq., Deputy-Auditor of the Impress at
Chelsea Hospital.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 March, 1821, as
Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Glasgow 50, Capt. Ben-
tinck Cavendish Doyle, successively employed in
conveying the remains of the late Queen CaroUne
from Harwich to Cuxhaven, Sir Edw. Paget from
Portsmouth to Colombo, the Governor-General of
India (the late Marquis of Hastings) from Calcutta
to Genoa, and General Sir "Wm. Lumley, the Go-
vernor, and Capt; Thos. Briggs, R.N., the Dockyard
Commissioner, to Bermuda. After further serving,
as Midshipman, off Lisbon, and for 17 weeks at the
blockade of Algiers, he returned home and was paid
off 18 Oct. 1824. He then joined the Victory 104,
flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin ; and, in
Dec. of the same year, became attached to the
Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray, in which
ship we find him assisting at the capture, on the
coast of Africa, of 6 slavers, caning in the whole
about 1000 negroes. Returning home in Aug. 1826,
for the purpose of attending a court-martial, Mr.
Butterfield was next, for a short time, employed in
the RorAL George, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, at
Portsmouth. On resuming his previous station in
the Sybille 48, Commodore Francis Augustus Col-
lier, he contributed, both in that ship, and as Mate
of her tender, the Black Joke, Lieut.-Commander
Henry Downes, to the capture of not fewer than 21
vessels, with, in the aggregate, upwards of 7000
slaves on board. Of the prizes made by the Black
Joke alone, which mounted but 1 gun, a long 18-
pounder on a pivot, with a crew of 34 men, it may
be sufficient to particularize, as indicative of the
valour that won them, the Spanish brig Prmidentia
of 14 guns and 80 men— the Brazilian brig Vengw-
• Vide Gai. 1840, p. 2253. f V. Gaz. 1810, p. 2608.
dor of 8 guns and 645 slaves— the Buenos Ayrean
privateer Presidente of 7 guns and 97 men, which,
with her captures, the brigantines El Hossq/ of 6,
and Marianna of 2 guns, was boarded and taken,
after a close running-fight of 10 hours^and the
Spanish brig El Almirante of 14 guns (10 eighteens
and 4 long nines) and 80 men, with 460 slaves on,
board, carried after a severe action of 80 minutes
(11 hours having been previously absorbed in
sweeping up), in which the enemy had 15 killed and
13 wounded, and the British 3 killed and 7 wounded.
For this last very dashing exploit, achieved in Feb.
1829, Lieut. Downes and the Senior Mate, Mr.T. P.
Le Hardy, were soon afterwards promoted, and Mr.
Butterfield, who had passed his examination 5 April,
1827, placed, with Messrs. Roberts and Slade, on the.
Admiralty List, and ultimately appointed, 5 Jan.
1830, First-Lieutenant of the Primrose 18, Capts.
Thos. Saville Griffinhoofe, Edw. Iggulden Parrey,
and Wm. Broughton. On 7 Sept. following, un-
der the last-named officer, he again signalized
himself, in a desperate hand-to-hand conflict
with a powerful slaver, the Veloz Fassagera of
20 heavy gims and 180 men, laden with a car-
go of 555 Africans. The enemy's loss prior to
siirrendering amounted to 46 killed and 20 wounded,
— that of the Primrose to 3 killed, and as many as
13 wounded, including Capt. Broughton himself,
who, being seriously hurt while in the act of board-
ing, was most ably succeeded in the command by
Lieut. Butterfield.* The latter officer next, in
March, 1831, joined the Pallas 42, Capt. Manley
Hall Dixon, lying in Portsmouth Harbour ; and, on
16 April, 1831, he commissioned the Brisk brig, of ■
3 guns, in which we find him, first enforcing the
quarantine regulations in Cromarty Bay during the
prevalence of the cholera, then cruizing with Sir
Edw. Codrington on the Channel and Irish stations,
subsequently employed off the Scheldt under Rear-
Admiral Fred. Warren and in conveying troops
and arms to the Gambia, and finally capturing the
Preuva, with 313 slaves. For the gallantry he had ex-
hibited in the action with the Veloz Passagercu, he was,
immediately on accomplishing his time, promoted to
the rank of Commander, by commission dated 7
March, 1832. Capt. Butterfield's last appointment
was, 28 Oct. 1839, to the Fantome 16, in which sloop he
was ordered to the Cape. Finding, on his arrival, that
Rear-Admiral Hon. Geo. Elliott had sailed for China,
he became invested for a time with all the responsi-
bility of senior officer on that station. "When after-
wards relieved, he was sent, with a small squadron
of brigs under his orders, to cruize off Angola,
where he had the good fortune, by the seizure of 48
slavers, to rescue 5628 human beings from bondage.
He was advanced to Post-rank 23 Nov. 1841, and
left the Fantome in May, 1842. Capt. Butterfield
has taken out a steam-certificate. Agents — Messrs.
StUweU.
BUTTLER. (CoMMANDEB, 1846. F-P., 24;
H-p., 19.)
George Bdttler was born in 1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Feb. 1804, as
Third-cl. Boy, on board the Venus 32, Capt. Henry
Matson, on the Irish station, where, and off Bou-
logne, he continued to serve with considerable ac-
tivity, the greater part of the time as Fst.-cl. Vol.,
until Jan. 1806 ; a few months previously to which
period, 10 July, 1805, he assisted at the capture of
L'Hirondelle privateer of 16 guns and 90 men. He
then removed, as Midshipman, to the Lion 64, Capts.
Robt. RoUes and Henry Heathcote, and for the next
four years was constantly engaged in escorting con-
voys to and from the East Indies and China. Join-
ing, in June, 1810, the Africaine of 48 guns, Capt.
Robt. Corbett, he was, on 13 Sept., present, off
Bourbon, in a desperate action of two hours and a
half, which rendered that ship a prize, after sus-
taining a loss of 49 men killed and 114 (including
her Captain mortally) wounded, to the Astre'e of 44,
and Iphige'nie of 42 guns. Mr. Buttler, on 10 Dec.
• Vide Gai. 1830, p. 246S.
BUXTON— BYASS—BYNG.
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ensuing, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant,
and appointed to the Coknelia 36, Capt. Henry
Folkes Edgell, but was soon transferred to the
Barracouta 18, Capt. Wm. FitzwiUiam Owen ; in
command of the hoats of which vessel he cut out
several piratical proas from the coast of Java. We
subsequently find him, while belonging to the Doris
36, Capt. AVm. Jones Lye, assisting at the reduction
of the latter island. He returned home in Oct.
1812, with a constitution much impaired from the
pestilential effects of the Javese climate ; became
attached, 9 Oct. 1813, to the Prince 98, flag-ship at
Spithead of Sir Rich. Bickerton ; and was paid off
in April, 1815. Since that period his appointments
have been— 29 Nov. 1831, to the Caledonia 120,
Capt. Jas. Hillyar, off Lisbon, whence he returned
home and was paid off early in 1833—20 Jan. 1836, to
the Coast Guard— and, 13 July, 1842, to the command
of the Meteor steamer, on the Mediterranean sta-
tion. He was promoted to his present rank 9 Nov.
1846 ; and still continues in the Meteor.
Commander Buttler is married, and has issue six
children. Agent — J. Hinxman.
BUXTON. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 37 ; h-p., 2.)
KiCHAKD Buxton was born, in June, 1795, at
Bedenhall, co. Norfolk.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Sept. 1808, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, flag-
ship in the North Sea of Vice-Admiral Thos. Mac-
namara Kussell ; removed, as Midshipman, in Jan.
1809, to the Lynx 18, Capt. John Willoughby Mar-
shall ; and, until the conclusion of the war, became
in succession attached to the Roebuck 44, Capt.
Richard Curry, Quebec 32, Capt. Chas. Sibthorp
John Hawtayne, Sheldrake 16, Capt. Jas. Gifford,
and Forth 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, on the Home,
West India, and American stations. During that
period he was engaged on various harassing ser-
vices ; took part in several cutting-out expeditions,
particularly, under Capt. Hawtayne, in capturing
four French gun-boats ; acted on many occasions as
Prize-Master ; was twice cast away, and once taken
prisoner ; and, in the Forth, aided at the blockade
of New York. He passed his examination 1 Feb.
1815, and from Dec. following until the receipt of
his commission, 27 March, 1826, was employed, as
Admiralty Mate, chiefly on that arduous service
the protection of the Revenue, iu the Active 38,
Capt. Philip Carteret,' Grecian schooner, Lieut.-
Commander Henry Jewry, the boats of the Qdeen
Charlotte 100, Capt. Edm. Boger, Severn 40,
Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, Qdeen Charlotte again,
Capt. John Baker Hay, Basilisk 4, Lieut.-Com-
mander David John Dickson, Severn again, Capt.
M'Culloch, Diamond 38, Capt. Lord Napier, Prince
Regent 120, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley Parry, and
Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He conti-
nued to serve, as Lieutenant, in the last-mentioned
ship until 15 April, 1829 ; was then transferred to a
station in the Coast Guard ; and, from 1837 until
1846, was next employed in the Quarantine service
at Standgate Creek. He is now on half-pay.
Lieut. Buxton is married, and has issue seven
children. Agents — Messrs. Goode and Lawrence.
BYASS. (Lieutenant, 1827. f-p., 19; h-p., 20.)
Wheatley Byass was bom 5 Sept. 1796.
^ This officer entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 1808, as
Midshipman, on board the Challenger 16, Copts.
Wm. Barnham Rider and Goddard Blennerhassett,
and, after assisting at the destruction of the French
shipping in Basque Roads, and, actively, at the re-
duction of Flushing, in 1809, was captured, at the
close of a running fight of four hours, by a French
frigate and armed store-ship, off He de France, 12
March, 1811. On regaining his liberty in 1814, he
joined the Amphion 32, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart,
in the Channel ; and in the course of 1815 (in Oct.
of which year he passed his examination) he suc-
cessively removed to the Eurydice 24, and Erne
20, both commanded by Capt. Rich. Spencer ; with
whom he accompanied Lord Exmouth in his first
visit to Algiers in 1816, and then served, at the
Cape of Good Hope and off the coast of Ireland,
until paid off' in Dec. 1817. Mr. Byass' subsequent
appointments were — in March, 1818, and Aug. 1823,
as Admiralty Midshipman, to the Sappho 18, Capts.
Jas. Hanway Plumridge, Henry Wm. Bruce, Hon.
Henry John Rous, and Jenkin Jones, and Sybille
frigate, Capt. Sam. John Pechell, employed on the
Home and Mediterranean stations— and, between
Feb. 1825, and Dec. 1826, as Admiralty Mate, to
the Pandora 18, Capt. Geo. Gordon, Britannia
120, Capt. Philip Pipon, Magnificent 74, Lieut.-
Commander John Mundell, Serapis 20, Capt. Chas.
Elliot, and Scylla 20, Capt. Wm. Hobson, on the
Home and West India stations. He was confirmed
to a Lieutenancy in the Harlequin 18, Capt. C.
Elliot, 28 April, 1827, but was superseded in the
ensuing July, and has not since been afloat.
BYNG. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 12; h-p., 8.)
Henry Byng is eldest son of Capt. Hon. Henry
Dilkes Byng, B.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1827, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alligator 28, stationed
off the coast of North, America, where he was soon
transferred to the Orestes 18, Capt. Jones. He
joined, in Feb. 1828, the Tribune 42, Capt. John
Wilson ; removed, as Midshipman, in April fol-
lowing, to the IcARDS 10, Capt. Hon. Thos. Best,
in the West Indies ; and, from May, 1829, until Nov.
1833, was further employed, on the same and Cape
stations, in the Mersey 26, Capt. Geo. Wm. Con-
way Courtenay, Pincher 5, Lieut.-Commander Wm.
Stopford TuUoh, and Winchester 52, and Isis 50,
flag-ships of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys and Rear-
Admiral Fred. Warren. He then joined the Vic-
tory 104, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir
Thos. Williams ; passed his examination in Dec. of
the same year, 1833; and, on 17 Nov. 1834, was ad-
vanced to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent
appointments were — 17 April, 1835, to the Sapphire
28, Capt. Rich. Freeman Rowley, on the Mediterra^
nean station, whence he returned home and was paid
off in Aug. 1838—14 Sept. 1840, as First-Lieutenant,
to the Salamander steam-vessel, Capt. Hastings
Reginald Henry, from which he was again paid off
iu July, 1841 — and, 11 June, 1842, to the command
of the Avon steam-vessel, on the North America
and West India station. He invalided home in
March, 1843 ; and has since been unemployed. The
rank he now holds was conferred on him 9 Nov.
1846.
Commander Byng married, 6 June, 1839, Mary
Anne Webb, of Quendon Hall, co. Essex, a de-
scendant of Archbishop Cranmer, and by that lady
has issue. Agent — F. Dufaur.
BYNG. (CTavtain, 1814. f-p., 36 ; h-p., 1.3.)
The Honourable Henry Dilkes Byng is fourth
son of the fifth Viscount Torrington, by Bridget,
daughter of Commodore Arthur Forrest (who died
Commander-in-Chief on the Jamaica station) ; great-
grandson of the first Viscount, the celebrated Ad-
miral Geo. Byng, who was appointed, in 1727, First
Lord of the Admiralty, and died in 1733 ; grand-
nephew of the unfortunate Vice- Admiral Hon. John
Byng, who was executed 14 March, 1757 ; brother
of the late Vice-Admiral Viscount Torrington ;
brother-in-law both of the late Rear- Admiral Percy
Frazer, who died 9 Dec. 1827, and of Capt. Hon.
Chas. Herbert, R.N., who died in 1808 ; uncle of
the present Viscount Torrington, and of Lieut.
Hon. J. R. M. Byng, R.N. ; and cousin of Capt.
Hon. C. O. Bridgeman, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1798, on
board the Arrow sloop, Capt. Nathaniel Portlock,
lying in Portsmouth harbour, and was shortly
afterwards severely injured while trying the effects
of firing a gun on the non-recoil principle. He
next joined, as A.B. and Volunteer, the St. Albans
64, Capt. Fras. Pender, and Topaze 36, Capt.
Stephen G. Church, on the Halifax station ; became
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BYNG-BYNON— BYRON.
Midshipman, in 1799, of the Madras 54, Capt. John
I)ilkes, with whom, on quitting the North Sea, he
proceeded to China, where he witnessed, early in
1800, a very serious dispute with the natives ;
served afterwards, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the
Galatea 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng (his brother),
Cemtadh 74, flag-ship at Plymouth of Rear-Ad-
mjral Jas. Eich. Dacres, Imogene 18, Capt. Henry
Vaughan, in which vessel he took out despatches to
the Cape of Good Hope, and Texel 64, Capt. Hon.
G. Byng, guard-ship in the river Medway ; was ap-
pointed Acting-Lieutenant, in 1803, of the Solphok
bomb, Capt. Donald M'Leod, in the Channel ; and,
on 5 May, 1804, was confirmed to the Sagesse, Capt.
Conway Shipley, on the West India station. As
Lieutenant, Mr. Byng's subsequent appointments
were— 19 Feb. and 31 July, 1805, to the Hisdostan
50, (japt. Alex. Fraser, and Lahcaster 64, Capt.
Wm. Fothergill— 2 June, 1808, to the Centurion
50, Capt. Monk— and, 15 July, 1809, to the com-
mand of the Bream schooner. Towards the close
of 1806, while Second of the Lancaster, he con-
veyed, after having escorted the homeward-bound
East India trade as far as St. Helena, the .38th Re-
giment, and two troops of cavalry, to the Rio de la
Plata ; and, at the first unsuccessful attack on
Monte Video, he was honoured by Sir Home Pop-
ham with the conduct of the forlorn hope. During
the subsequent operations against that fortress, Mr.
Byng was for several days engaged, on board a
transport, in cannonading the fortifications ; and on
the morning of its glorious assault and capture, 3
Feb. 1809, he entered the breach at the head of the
38th. He then aided in seizing and destroying the
men-of-war and other vessels in the harbour. On
12 Dec. 1809, Capt. Byng was confirmed in the com-
mand of the Goree sloop of 18 gims, 9-pounders,
in which he afterwards had a very long running
fight with a large American brig, the Tom of Bal-
timore, of 20 24-pounders and 200 men. He next
joined, on 4 March, 1813, the Mohawk 16. In
the many brilliant scenes which were about that
period enacted in the Chesapeake under Sir Geo.
Cockbum, Capt. Byng took a very distinguished
part, but especially in the expedition, of 6 May,
against George Town and Frederick Town, up the
Sassafras river, where the skill and bravery he
chanced as commanding officer (being at one time
exposed to the united fire of 400 men, entrenched
on the two opposite banks of the river) procured
him the hearty and publicly expressed thanks of
the Commander-in-Chief.* After assisting in the
attack upon Craney Island, he was appointed
Acting-Captain of the Diadem 64, in which ship he
conveyed, early in 1814, a body of troops to Quebec
for the reinforcement of Sir Geo. Prevost. Being
officially promoted to Post-rank, 9 March following,
he subsequently held, for 15 years, a command on
the Lakes of Canada. He was appointed, 28 May,
1833, Captain of the Ordinary at Portsmouth, where
he remained until 1836 ; and was lastly, 26 July,
1842, nominated Commodore on the Jamaica sta-
tion, with his broad pendant in the Imahm 72. He
invalided home at the end of 1843, after having ac-
quired, in the discharge of his high official duties,
the marked esteem of the mercantile community
and constituted authorities of the island. He was
placed upon retired half-pay 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Byng married, 2 Oct. 1810, Maria Jane,
daughter of the Hon. J. B. Gierke, Member of
H. M. Council for Cape Breton, and has, with two
daughters, three sons, two of whom are in the
Kavy, the eldest, Henry, a Commander. The other
is in the Indian army, and was lately aide-de-camp
to Major-General Sir Chas. Napier, in Scinde.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
BYNG. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
The Honodrabie John Russell Mobrb Bvkg,
born 4 Aug. 1823, is youngest son of the late Vice-
Admiral Viscount Torrington,f by his second wife,
• Fide Gaz. 1813, p. 1333.
^ Visicount Torrington was born 5 Jan. 1768, and entered
the Navy 23 Feb. 1778. He was Midshipman of tlie ThUw-
Frances Harriet, daughter of Admiral Sir Robt.
Barlow, G.C.B. He is brother of the present
Viscount Torrington ; nephew of Capt. Hon. H. D.
Byng, R.N. ; and brother-in-law of Capt. W. H.
Hall, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy 31 March, 1837, on
board the Princess Charlotte 104, Capt. Arthur
Fanshawe, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of
Hon. Robt. Stopford, under whom he shared in the
operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, including
the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. He passed his
examination 12 April, 1843; and after serving, as
Mate, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, of
the Belvibera 38, Vesuvius steamer. Excellent
gunnery-ship, and Victoria and Albert steam-
yacht, Capts. Hon. Geo. Grey, Erasmus Ommanney,
Sir Thos. Hastings, and Lord Adolphus FitzClar
renoe, was awarded a commission dated 25 Sept.
1845. He has been employed, since 12 Nov. in the
latter year, on board the Retribution steam-fri-
gate, and Vengeance 74, both commanded by Capt.
Stephen Lushington.
BYNON. (Commander, 1842.)
John Corrie Bvnon passed his examination in
1827 ; obtained his first commission 10 Jan. 1837 ;
was appointed, on 25 of the same month, to the
Talavera 74, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, in the
Mediterranean ; joined, 10 April, 1839, the Druid
44, Capts. Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill and
Henry Smith; and, for his services as her First-
Lieutenant on the coast of China, was advanced to
the rank of Commander 23 Dec. 1842.* He was
paid off in the spring of 1843, and has not since been
afloat.
BYRON, LoBD. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 15;
H-p., 32.)
The Right Honourable George Anson, Lord
Byron, bom 8 March, 1789, is eldest son of Capt.
Geo. Anson Byron, R.N., who died in 1793, by Char-
lotte Henrietta, daughter of Robt. Dallas, Esq., of
Dallas Castle, Jamaica ; grandson of Admiral Hon.
John Byron, a Midshipman under Lord Anson in
his voyage round the world, who died in 1786 ; first
cousin of the immortal poet, whom he succeeded in
the family honours and estates, 19 April, 1824 ; and
cousin also of the late Rear- Admiral Rich. Byron,
C.B., who commanded the Belvidera in her cele-
brated retreat from the American squadron under
Coramodore Rodgers, and died in 1837.
This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1800, as a
Volunteer, on board the Hindostan 50, Capts. Jas.
Mulock and Sam. Mottley, stationed at the Cape of
Good Hope ; removed, as Midshipman, in March,
1801, to the Tremendous 74, Capt. John Osborn,
with whom he sailed for the East &dies ; and, from
March, 1802, until the spring of 1807, was succes-
sively employed, on that station, in the Chiffonne
36, Capt. Henry Stuart, Centurion 50, Capt. John
Spratt Rainier, Tremendous again, Capt. Osborn,
and CuLLODEN 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew. He
then returned to England with convoy in the Con-
corde frigate; obtained his first commission 24
Aug. in the same year ; and, in Feb. 1808, joined
the Tartar 32, Capts. Geo. Edm. Byron Bettes-
worth and Joseph Baker. On 15 May ensuing,
Lieut. Byron was present, oflT Bergen, when Capt.
Bettesworth was killed and the Tartar severely
cut up by the fire of a Norwegian armed schooner
and five gun-boats. He was also, on various occa-
sions, actively employed in the Tartar's boats.
We next find him serving from 8 Dec. 1808, until
advanced to the rank of Commander, 1 Feb. 1812,
in the Barfleuk 98, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Hon.
DEHER in the action between Keppel and D'Orvilliers, and
of the Superb in two of Sir Edward Huglies' encounters witli
De SulTrein. He afterwards commanded the Uei.lkjukux
64, at the reduction of tlie Cape of Good Hope, and the de-
struction of several Dutch men-of-war in Batavia Roads, in
1806 ; and when in the Warrioe 74, he conveyed the Prince
of Orange to Holland in 1813. The Viscount died a Vice-
Admiral of the Blue 18 June, 1«31.
• FWeGaz.l843,p. 2S60.
CABBURN— CADOGAN— CAFFIN.
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Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, on the Lisbon station. He
was afterwards appointed, 24, Feb. and 6 Deo. 1813,
to the WooDLARK 10, and Pengbin 18, on the Baltic
and Channel stations; and, on 7 June, 1814, was
promoted to Post-rank. Lord Byron's last appoint-
ment afloat was, 5 June, 1824, to the command of the
Blonde 42, in which frigate he conveyed from this
country the remains of the late King and Queen of
the Sandwich Islands.* While there he had the satis-
faction of erecting a monument to the memory of
the great circumnavigator, Cook, near the very spot
where he lost his life. The Blonde returned home
and was paid off 15 Dec. 1826.
Lord Byron, who is a Lord in Waiting on Her
Majesty, married, 18 March, 1816, Elizabeth Mary,
daughter of the late, and sister of the present,
Saoheverel Chandos Pole, of Radborne, co. Dorset,
by whom he has issue fotir sons and two daughters.
Agents— Messrs. StilweU.
c.
CABBUEN. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 17; h-p., 29.)
John Eveekest Cabbdbn entered the Navy, 5
Sept. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ardent
64, Capt. Wm. Nowell, lying at Sheerness, but was
discharged 12 April, 1802. He again embarked, 3
May, 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Utrecht
64, Capts. John Wentworth Loring, Fras. Pick-
more, and Henry Inman, stationed in the Downs ;
and, in Jan. 1805, he removed to the Ramillies 74,
Capts. F. Pickmore and Eobt. Tarker, in the West
Indies. After witnessing the surrender of M.
Linois' squadron in March, 1806, and assisting at
the reduction of the Danish islands of St. Thomas
and Santa Croix, in Deo. 1807, Mr. Cabburn was
next, in Nov. 1808, transferred to the Cornelia 32,
Capt. Henry Folkes Edgell, on the East India sta-
tion; as Master's Mate of which ship we find him, in
1810-11, serving on shore at the taking of the Isle
of France, and the storming of Fort Cornells in
the island of Java. In the course of 1812 he be-
came attached, in succession, to the Illustrious
74, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Wm.
Jiobt. Broughton, and the flag of Rear- Admiral Sir
Sam. Hood, Dorts 36, Capt. Wm. Jones Lye, and
NiOBE 40, Capts. Wm. Augustus Montagu and Henry
Collins Deacon. Under the former of those officers
he served off Cherbourg, escorted a convoy to
Quebec, and was employed with the force off Lis-
bon ; and, under Capt. Deacon, he was at the surren-
der of Guadeloupe in 1815. Having obtained his first
commission on 13 Feb. in the latter year, Mr. Cab-
burn was placed on half-pay on 13 of the following
Sept. His last appointments were — 26 July, 1841,
to the Ocean 80, guardship at Sheerness— and, 23
Jan. 1844, to be Admiralty Agent in a contract
steam-vessel on the West India station. Since the
latter part of 1845 he has been unemployed.
AGENTS--Messrs. Chard.
CADOGAN, Earl, C.B., K.M.T. (Kear-Ad-
miral of the White, 1841. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 36.)
The Bight Honourable George, Earl Cado-
GAN, born 5 May, 1783, is eldest surviving son of
the first Earl, by his second wife, Mary, daughter
of Chas. Churchill, Esq. ; brother of Lieut.-Col.
Hon. Henry Cadogan, who fell at Vittoria 21 June,
1813, and of the present Lieut.-Col. Hon. Edw.
Cadogan ; half-brother of Hon. Thos. Cadogan,
Capt., R.N., who was lost in H. M. S. GLORiEnx
in 1782 ; and brother-in-law of the Marquess of
Anglesey, as also of the Hon. and Rev. Gerald
Valerian Wellesley, brother of the Duke of Wel-
lington. He succeeded his half-brother, as third
Earl, 23 Dec. 1832.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Dec. 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 46, Capt.
Sir Edw. Pellew, with whom he continued to serve,
* For a full account of thia interesting mission we refer
our readera to the * Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sand-
wich Islands in 1B24 and 18S5,' publislied by Lord Byrou iu
18313.
in the same frigate and in the iMPiTDEUx 78, on the
Home and Mediterranean stations, until Feb. 1802,
the greater part of the time as Midshipman and
Master's Mate. In the former ship he assisted, in
April, 1796, at the capture of a fleet of French mer-
chantmen, the destruction of La Volage 26, and the
further capture of L' Unite of 38, and, after a
chase of 15 hours and a close action of an hour and
45 minutes, of La Virginie of 44 guns. He was
also, on 13 Jan. 1797, present, in company with the
Amazon 36, in a very gallant engagement of 10
hours with the French 74-gun ship Les Droits de
I'Samme, in which the Indefatigable sustained
a loss of 19 men wounded. The iMPi^TnEnx after-
wards formed part, in June and Aug. 1800, of the
expeditions to Quiberon and Ferrol. On 12 April,
1802, we find Mr. Cadogan appointed to a Lieu-
tenancy in the Leda 38, Capts. Geo. Hope and
Robt. Honyman, under the latter of whom he took
part, 29 Sept. 1803, in a successful conflict with
the enemy's flotilla near Boulogne ; and, on 4 May,
1804, obtaining official command of the Cyane 18,
in the West Ladies, where that vessel, after cap-
turing, 11 Nov. 1804 and 16 May, 1805, the French
and Spanish privateers, Bjwnaparte, of 22 guns and
150 men, and Justicia, of 4 guns and 95 men, was
herself taken, on 12 May, in the latter year, by the
Hortense and Hermitme frigates. Capt. Cadogan,
whose next appointment was, 22 March, 1806, to
the Ferret 18, on the Jamaica station, obtained
Post-rank 23 March, 1807, and subsequently joined—
6 Oct. 1807, the Crocodile 22, in which he served
for some time on the Cape of Good Hope and Home
stations, and conveyed Sir Arthur Wellesley from
England to the Peninsula — 16 Sept. 1809, the
Pallas 32, part of the force employed in the expe-
dition to the Walcheren, at the evacuation of which
island, in Dec. 1809, he superintended the embark-
ation of the rear-guard of the army, and proved a
zealous second and supporter of Commodore Owen*
—and, 6 June, 1811, the Havannah of 42 guns.
After several months of active employment in the
Channel, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and
there, in Dec. 1813, terminated a train of very
effective services, marked on every occasion by a
display of judgment, perseverance, and ability, by
commanding the naval force at the reduction, after a
cannonade of 13 days, of the strong fortress of Zara,
mounting 110 guns, 7 large mortars, and 11 howit-
zers, and garrisoned by 2000 veteran troops under the
command of Baron Boise. f He was placed on half-
pay on 31 of the last-mentioned month, and has not
since been afloat. The Austrian Order of Maria
Theresa was conferred on him 22 July, 1814 ; the
C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; and the rank of Bear- Admiral 23
Nov. 1841. Earl Cadogan was appointed an Extra
Naval Aide-de-camp to William IV. 5 Sept. 1831.
He married, 4 April, 1810, Louisa Honoria, daugh-
ter of Joseph Blake, Esq., of Ardfry, and sister of
the first Lord Wallscourt, by whom he has issue
four sons and two daughters. Agents— Goode
and Lawrence.
CAFFIN. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 6.^
James Crawford Caffin, bom 1 March, 1812,
is third son of Wm. CafSn, Esq., of the Royal La-
boratory, Woolwich.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1824 as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ptlades 18, Capt. Fras.
Fead, from which vessel he was discharged 10 May
1825. On 18 Jan. 1826, he re-embarked, on board
the Brisk 10, Capt. Chas. Hope, and, in July 1827
he became Midshipman of the Cambrian 48,' Capt!
Gawen Wm. H amilton, both stationed in the Mediter-
ranean, where he appears to have been very actively
employed against the pirates in the Grecian Archipe-
lago, and to have shared in the battle of Navarin 20
Oct. 1827. The Cambrian being ultimately wrecked
while engaged in action with the pirates of Fort
Carabusa, 31 Jan. 1828, Mr. Caffin next joined for
brief periods, on the Home and Mediterranean sta-
tions, the Gloucester 74, Capt. Henry Stuart,
• Viie Gaz. 1809, pp. 2056-7. f V. Gaz. 1814, p. 122.
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CAIGER- CALDECOT.
Peotector surveying-vessel, Capt. Wm. Hewett,
Donegal 76, Capt. Sir Jahleel Brcnton, Hekmes
steam-packet, Lieut.-Commander Andrew Kennedy,
GiODCESTER again, Capt. Henry Coffin, and Mes-
senger steam-packet, Lieut.-Commander Benj.
Aplin. Having passed his examination, 3 Aug.
1831, he was soon afterwards appointed Mate of the
FiAMER, another steam-packet, Lieut.-Commander
Richard Bastard, with whom he served, also in the
Mediterranean, until Jan. 1834. In Oct. following
he joined the Excellent, Capt. Thos. Hastings,
gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, where his professional
attainments, after the usual course of study, were
acknowledged by a first-class certificate. Ue next
served for upwards of two years as Gunnery-Mate
of the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, again in the
Mediterranean, and, on 28 June, 1838, was advanced
to the rank of Lieutenant. His following appoint-
ments were— 17 Oct. 1838, as Gunnery-Lieutenant,
to the Excellent— 9 May, 1839, to the Blenheim
72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Le Fleming Senhouse, in
the Channel— 10 Aug. 1839, to the Excellent
again— and, 2 Oct. 1841, to the Qdeen 110, fitting
for the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen. In honour
of Her Majesty's visit to the latter ship, previously
to her final departure for the Mediterranean, Com-
mander Caffin was advanced to the rank he now
holds, 7 March, 1842. He has been in command,
since 26 Nov. 1845, of the Scourge steam-sloop,
attached to the Channel squadron.
Commander Caffin (who was a student at the Royal
Naval College at Portsmouth from May to Dec.
1842) is the officer who was nominated by the Ad-
miralty to act as Joint Commissioner with Lieut.-
Col. Chalmer, R.A., in the investigation of Capt.
"Warner's celebrated " Long Range " and " Invisible
Shells." In Feb. 1845, he was, in conjunction with
Capts. Henry John Codrington and John Robb, sent
out in the Black Eagle on an experimental cruize
with the royal steam-yacht Victoria and Albert
and Battler (screw) steamer, for the purpose
of reporting ^on the capabilities of those vessels.
He married,' 21 Sept. 1843, Fanny Brouncker,
youngest daughter of Wm. Atfield, Esq., of Cosham
House, Hants, by whom he has issue one son.
CAIGER. (Commander, 1827. r-p.,17;H-p., 30.)
Herbert Caiger was born 15 Sept. 1786.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hind 28, Capt. Joseph
Larcom, from which ship, after serving for some
time in the West Indies and North America, and
attending the expedition to Egypt in 1801, he was
paid oflr, 23 Sept. 1802. He then, with Rear-Admi-
ral CoUingwood, joined in succession, as Midship-
man, the Venerable, Colossus, and Culloden 74's,
and Prince 98, employed at the blockade of Brest ;
and, on returning to the Venerable, Capt. John
Hunter, suffered shipwreck, in Torbay, on the night
of 24 Nov. 1804. After that event Mr. Caiger be-
came attached, as Master's Mate, to the Isis 50, flag-
ship, at Newfoundland, of his friend Sir Erasmus
Gower, by whom he was promoted, immediately
after passing his examination, to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, as a reward for general good conduct, 13
Dec. 1806. We soon afterwards find him ap-
pointed, 4 Feb. 1807, to the Crocodile 22, Capt.
Geo. Edm. Byron Bettesworth, stationed at Quebec,
and 2 Feb. 1808, under the same officer, to the
Tartar 32. On the death of Capt. Bettesworth,
who was killed, 15 May following, at the commence-
ment of a severe action, which lasted for an hour
and a half, between the 'Tartar, who lay becalmed
in the midst of a narrow rocky strait, off Bergen,
on the coast of Norway, and a Danish flotilla, con-
sisting of an armed schooner and five Danish gun-
hoats, the command devolved upon Lieut. Caiger,
who ultimately succeeded in rescuing the ship from
her critical position, and conducting her, although
much cut up, into the open sea, after sinking one
of the enemy's vessels and routing the remainder.
While subsequently serving with Capt. Joseph
Baker, he was very actively engaged in affording
protection to the convoys passing through the Belt,
and, independently of the capture of several mer-
chantmen, assisted in taking, 3 Nov. 1808, the
Danish privateer Naargshe Chitten, of 7 guns and 36
men. On 25 Aug. 1809, Mr. Caiger was appointed
First-Lieutenant of the Unicorn 32, Capts. Alex.
Robt. Kerr, Geo. Burgoyne Salt, and Sam. Geo.
Pechell, with whom, severally, he continued, until
paid off, 6 Oct. 1814. During that period he was
much employed In preventing supplies for the
French fleet in Brest being sent alongshore from
Bordeaux. He contributed also, in Feb. and
April, 1810, and March and April, 1813, to the cap-
ture of Le Gascon privateer, of 16 guns and 113
men, L! Esperance (formerly H. M. 22-gun ship
Laurel), La Miquelonnaise privateer, of 18 guns
and 130 men, and the Hebe, American letter-of-
marque (formerly H. M. schooner Laura), of 2
guns and 15 men; took, on one occasion, in com-
mand of the boats, with the loss of 2 men killed, a
large brig, wliich had taken shelter under the bat-
teries of Belleisle ; was likewise employed on the
north coast of Spain in aid of the patriots, as well as
in the blockade of the Texel and along the shores of
Norway ; and was lastly engaged in conveying dif-
ferent branches of the Royal Family to and from
the Continent. Lieut. Caiger's next appointment
was, 21 Aug. 1824, as Senior, to the Atholl 28,
Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray, under whom he appears
to have released, on the western coast of Africa,
many hundreds of the natives from bondage, and,
after serving at Rangoon during the close of the
Burmese War, to have aided in the suppression of
piracy on the eastern coast of Africa. On his re-
turn to Portsmouth in Oct. 1827, he found that he
had been at length promoted to the rank of Com-
mander, by commission dated 11 May, 1827, and ap-
pointed to the Java 52, flag-ship in the East Indies,
which, however, in consequence of the Atholl's
early departure from that station, he never joined.
He has since been on half-pay.
CALDECOT. (Lieut., 1814. r-p., 14; h-p., 25.)
Charles Caldecot is second son of the late
Thos. Caldecot, Esq., of Hollow Lodge, co. Lincoln.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 July, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capts. Hon.
Arthur ICaye Legge and John Halliday, under the
former of whom he attended the expedition to the
Walcheren in Aug. 1809, and, under the latter,
aided, as Midshipman, in gallantly driving back to
the Road of Toulon the three French frigates
Pomone^ Penslope, and Adrienne, w^hen in pursuit of
the British 18-gun brig-sloop Philomel, 30 Aug. 1810.
He removed with Capt. Halliday, in Feb. 1811, to
the Montagu 74 ; served afterwards, for short pe-
riods, in the Namur 74, flag-ship, at the Nore, of
Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, and Egmont 74, Capt.
Joseph Bingham; then, in June, 1811, rejoined his
former Captain, Bear-Admiral Legge, in the Re-
venge 74, employed at the siege of Cadiz ; and, in
Nov. 1812, became attached to the Iphigenia 36,
Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds PeUew ;
on subsequently accompanying whom into the Re-
sistance 38, we find him serving with the boats of
a squadron at the storming, 5 Oct. 1813, of the bat-
teries of D'Anzo, in the Mediterranean, and capture
of a convoy of 29 vessels anchored for protection
under the walls. Mr. Caldecot was next employed
for twelve months in the Badger of 10 guns, and on
23 Dec. 1814, within a month of passing his exa-
mination, was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant.
His subsequent appointments appear to have been —
13 May, 1815, to the Falmouth 20, Capts. Geo.
Wm. Henry Knight, Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing,
and Geo. Fred. Rich, from which ship, after an in-
termediate servitude on the St. Helena and Irish
stations, he was paid off, 26 March, 1819— and, 13
March, 1824, as First-Lieutenant, to the Ctrene 20,
Capts. Percy Grace and Alex. Campbell. In com-
mand of the boats of the latter vessel he was for
several weeks occupied in hostile operations against
the pirates in the Straits of Malacca. He ex-
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changed, in March, 1827, into the Boadicea 46,
Capt. John 'Wilgon: hut since the follomng July,
when he was paid off, has not heen afloat.
Lieut. Caldecot married, 27 Nov. 1827, Mary, only
daughter of the late Rev. Peter Williams, by whom
he has issue.
CALDEK. (Lieut., 1811. p-p., 12; H-i>., 32.)
Francis Anderson Calder entered the Navy,
1 Sept. 1803, as Midshipman, on hoard the Pldto
18, Capts. Robt. Forbes, "W. Hugh Kittoe, and Rich.
Gaire Janvrin, under the latter of whom he as-
sisted, as Master's Mate, at the bombardment of
Havre de Grace, 17 and 23 July, 180^1. In Jan.
1805, he rejoined Capt. Forbes in the Merlin 18,
and, after accompanying a convoy to the Mediter-
ranean, took part in a warm conflict of four hours
with three Spanish gun-boats in the Gut of Gibral-
tar. From March, 1806, to March, 1809, he again
served with Capt. Janvrin in the Pluto, and was
employed during that period in actively cruizing off
"Weymouth, where he aided in detaimng no fewer
than 36 neutral vessels, and also in conveying
money for the assistance of the patriots on the
north coast of Spain. He then, as Second Master,
joined the Hardy gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander
Thos. Button, engaged on various detached services
in the Channel. He passed his examination 6 Sept.
1809 ; and, after a further employment in the De-
siRi;E 36, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, part of the block-
ading force off the Texel, and VicTOKr 100, bearing
the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Baltic, was
promoted, 28 Nov. 1811, to a Lieutenancy in the
Dreadnought 98, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, one of
the ships which so narrowly escaped being involved
in the doom of the St. George, Hero, and De-
EENCE. Mr. Calder, who was paid off from the
Dreadnought 8 Feb. 1812, was next appointed, 6
June following, to the Prometheus 18, Capts. Her-
cules Robinson and Wm. Bateman Dashwood, and,
28 March, 1815, after visiting the West Indies,
North America, and Lisbon, and effecting the cap-
ture of several vessels, to the Tremendous 74,
Capt. Robt. Campbell. In May of the same year he
escorted to Trieste the ex-Queen of Naples, by whom
he was presented, in common with the other Lieute-
nants of the ship, with a small box covered with dia-
monds, with the royal miniature on the lid. He was
paid off 2 Oct. 1815, and has not since been able to
procure employment.
CALDWELL. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Henry Caldwell entered the Navy 22 April,
1828 ; passed his examination 24 March, 1835 ; was
promoted from the Royal George yacht, Capt.
Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, 26 Nov. 1841 ; joined,
2 Oct. following, the Excellent gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; and, since
31 May, 1843, has been serving on board the Incon-
stant 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, in the Me-
diterranean.
CALDWELL. (Commander, 1844.)
James Thomas Caldwell passed his examina-
tion in 1830; obtained his first commission 1 Sept.
1834 ; and was afterwards appointed — 2 Sept. 1834,
to the Arachne 16, Capts. Jas. Burney and John
Sam. Foreman, in North America and the West
Indies— 5 Dec. 1835, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde
Parker, in the Mediterranean — 13 Oct. 1840, to the
Britannia 120, flag-ship on the same station of Sir
John Acworth Ommanney — 22 Sept. 1841, to the
Powerful 84, Capt. Michael Seymour, at Ports-
mouth— and, 29 Jan. 1842, to the Agincourt 72, as
Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. John Cochrane, in the
East Indies. He attained his present rank 18 Dec.
1844, and has since been on half-pay. Agent —
Joseph Woodhead.
CALEY. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 14; h-p., 23.)
Charles Caley belongs to a Yorkshire family of
high descent.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sybille 44, Capts. Clot-
worthy Upton, Jas. Sanders, and Thos. Forrest, in
which vessel he attained the rating of Midshipman,
8 Feb. 1812, and served, on the Newfoundland and
Home stations, until Oct. 1814. He then joined the
Bombay 74, Capt. Heory Bazely, under whom he
escorted the Queen of Sardinia and three princesses
from CagUari to Genoa, and afterwards visited
Tripoli, Tunis, and Algiers, for the purpose of ob-
taining the liberation of the Christian slaves in
bondage at those places. In July, 1816, Mr. Caley
became attached to the Severn 40, Capt. Hon.
Fred. Wm. Aylmer, and, on 27 Aug. following, he
was wounded at the bombardment of Algiers. We
next find him joining, in succession, the Rochfoet
74, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, lying
in Portsmouth harbour, and, in May, 1818, the
LiFFEY 50, Capts. Hon. Henry Duncan and Chas.
Grant. While under Capt. Duncan he conveyed
Lord Beresford from Portsmouth to Lisbon ; made
an anti-piratical cruize round the West Indies ; ac-
companied Sir Chas. Bagot, the British ambassador
at the court of St. Petersburg, from North Yar-
mouth to Cronstadt ; and was twice in attendance
on George IV. — the last time on the occasion of his
visit to Ireland. With Capt. Grant, Mr. Caley
served for upwards of a year in the East Indies,
whence he came home in March, 1823, as Acting-
Lieutenant of the Madagascar 48, Capt. Evan
Nepean. He was confirmed on his arrival in Eng-
land, 22 Oct. 1823, but has not since been employed.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
CAMMILLEEI. (Commander, 1829. r-p., 20 ;
H-p., 21.)
Joseph Cammilleri, born 18 Aug. 1794, is sole
surviving son of the late Signer Gabriel Cammilleri,
who rendered such conspicuous assistance to the
British under Capt. Alex. John Ball during the
blockade of Malta in 1798, and suffered the conse-
quent sacrifice to repubhcan resentment of a large
portion of his property. Commander CammUleri is
the only Maltese in the Service.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1806, as
Third-cl. Boy, under the auspices of Sir A. J. Ball,
on board the Spider brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm.
Sandford Ohver, in which he was present at the
passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807. He next
joined the Active, of 46 guns, Capts. Rich. Hussey
Moubray and Jas. Alex. Gordon, also in the Medi-
terranean ; became Midshipman, 7 May, 1809, of
the St. Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich.
John Strachan, in which ship he received a severe
contusion in the head while assisting at the bom-
bardment of Flushing in Aug. following ; and,
after an attachment of a few months to the Ville
DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, again
served with Capt. J. A. Gordon, from June, 1810,
to Feb. 1815, in the Active and Seahorse frigates.
While belonging to the Active he at various times,
in command of her barge, captured, cut out, and
destroyed 44 vessels, frequently under a destructive
fire ; and, on 13 March, 1811, he was present in the
memorable action off Lissa, when a British squadron,
carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, com-
pletely routed, after a conflict of six hours, and a
loss to the Active of 4 men killed and 24 wounded,
a Franco-Venetian armament, whose force amounted
to 284 guns and 2655 men. After the battle he
mainly contributed by his exertions to the preser-
vation of one of the prize-frigates, which had taken
fire. When next attacking in the boats, 27 July,
1811, a convoy of 28 merchantmen, defended, in a
creek of the island of Ragosniza, by 300 troops and
3 gun-vessels, Mr. Cammilleri personally boarded
and carried one of the latter, and much to his
praise ;* and on being invested, as a reward for his
ofScially reported gallantry, with the command of
his prize, he took, after a stout resistance, five of a
convoy in escort of three gun-boats, and, on a later
occasion, four other vessels. On 29 Nov. in thd
same year he further shared in a hard-fought action
• Fide Ga7, 18U, p. 2193.
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CAMPBELL.
of an hour and forty minutes, which, in rendering
the Active captor of La Pamone, of 44 guns and
332 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded, cost
that ship a loss of 8 killed and 27 wounded, including
Capt. Gordon, who lost a leg. During his servitude
in the Seahorse, Mr. Cammilleri was present, in
Aug. 1814, at the capture of Fort Washington and
the capitulation of Alexandria ; and, on the descent
of the Potomac, we find him twice despatched in
charge of the ship's cutter, for the purpose of pro-
tecting the grounded Devastation from the attacks
of Commodore Rodgere, one of whose fire-vessels
he succeeded in drawing off. He also served on
shore with the small-arm men in the expedition
against Baltimore, and, on the night the army re-
treated, commanded the launch in an attack on
the enemy's gun-boats and batteries. On 14 Dec.
following Mr. Cammilleri served with the boats
of the Seahorse and of a squadron, at the capture,
on Lake Borgne, of five American gun-boats under
Commodore Jones, which did not surrender until
the British, after a severe conflict, had been occa-
sioned a loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded.
During the ensuing attack upon New Orleans he
was again very responsibly employed on numerous
detached services. On 25 Feb. 1815, Mr. Cammil-
leri, who had passed his examination 3 April, 1813,
was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant; after
which he appears to have been successively ap-
pointed—20 Oct. 1819, to the Dover 28, bearing
the flags on the Leith station of Sir Robt. "Waller
Otway and Sir John Poo Beresford, pending his at-
tachment to which ship we find him cruizing, in
command of her tender, the Nimble cutter, for the
suppression of smuggling in the Firth of Forth — 24
Sept. 1823, to the Mesai 26, Capt. Houston Stewart,
fitting out at Portsmouth — 12 Deo. 1823, to the
Albion 74, guard-ship at the latter port, Capt. Sir
Wm. Hoste— 5 May, 1824, to the MinsA bomb, Capt.
WilUams Sandom, whom he accompanied, as a vo-
lunteer, in the expedition against Algiers — 5 March,
1825, to the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas, Mingaye,
employed in the Coast Blockade — and, 24 Dec. 1825,
for a short time, to the Prince Regent 120, flag-
ship at the Nore of Sir Robt. Moorsom. He was
promoted to his present rank, for his services while
in command of the Calypso Malta Colonial yacht,
1 Jan. 1829, and was afterwards employed as an In-
specting-Commander in the Coast Guard from 14
July, 1837, until July, 1840, and again from 8 Feb.
1841, until May, 1844. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander Cammilleri, who is Senior of 1829,
married Mary, daughter of Thos. Freak, Esq., of
Blackheath, co. Kent, and has issue six children.
Naiad frigate; became Midshipman, in 1826, of
the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codnngton on
the Mediterranean station, where, on bemg lent to
the Rose 18, Capt. Lewis Davies, he was present at
the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827 ; passed his ex-
amination in June, 1829 ; and obtained his commis-
sion 31 March, 1832. He was afterwards appmnted
—17 Dec. 1832, to the Comds 18, Capt. Wm. Price
Hamilton, while on the books of which vessel he
commanded the Skipjack and Kangaroo schooners
in the West Indies— 23 Jan. 1834, to the Serpent 16,
Capt. Evan Nepean, on the same station— 28 March
and 13 July, 1836, to the Minden 74, Capt. Alex.
Renton Sharpe, and Fly 18, Capt. Russell EUiott,
both fitting at Plymouth— 8 Oct. 1836, to the Howe
120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. Chas. Elphmstone
Fleeming, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore--ajid,
27 Oct. 1840, to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos.
Forrest, fitting at Plymouth for the Mediterranean,
whence he returned home and was paid off early in
1843. Lieut. Campbell, since 6 March, 1846, has
been employed in the Coast Guard.
CAMPBELL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8); h-p., 32.)
Archibald Campbell entered the Navy, 2 Nov.
1807, as Ordinary, on board the Bellerophon 74,
Capts. Edw. Rotheram and Sam. Warren, flag-ship
in succession of Rear-Admirals Bertie and Lord
Gardner on the Channel and Baltic stations, from
the latter of which he returned to England in Sept.
1809, in consequence of the loss of his left arm and
of other wounds received in action with the enemy.
On 23 Deo. 1809, he became Midshipman of the
ToNNANT 80, Capts. Sir Charles Hamilton and Has-
saard Stackpoole, employed in the Channel and ofi'
Cadiz ; after which he served, between Sept. 1810,
and Nov. 1814, in the Royal Sovereign yacht,
Capt. Sir C. Hamilton, Hogue 74, Capt. Hon. Thos.
Bladen Capel, and Royal William and Prince,
flag-ships of Sir Rich. Biokerton, all on the Home
station. He was then appointed Acting-Master of
the Griper sloop, Capt. Arthur M'Meekan ; but
since the attainment of his present rank, 18 Feb.
1815, has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Campbell was granted a pension of 91i. 5s.
for his wounds 28 May, 1816. He is married.
Agents — Case and Loudonsack.
CAMPBELL. (LlEUTKNANT, 1832.)
Charles James Fox Campbell entered the
Navy, 3 June, 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
CAMPBELL. (Kear-Admirai, 1846. r-P.j 13;
H-p., 35.)
Colin Campbell (a), born in 1787 at Woodhall,
CO. Lanark, is fourth son of Walter Campbell, Esq.,
of Shawfield and Woodhall, both in the same shire,
and of the island of May, co. Argyle.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Anson 44, Capt. Philip
Chas. Durham, with whom he served, latterly as
Midshipman, in the same ship, and in the Enbtmion
40, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations, and
off St. Helena and Lisbon, until April, 1802, and
contributed to the capture of several privateers and
other armed vessels. He then joined in succession
the Donegal 74, Capt. Rich. John Strachan, in the
Channel, Glatton 54, Capt. Jas. CoUnett, whom he
accompanied to New South Wales, and Defiance
74, Capt. P. C. Durham, in which ship we find him,
in 1805, participating, as Master's Mate, in Sir Robt.^
Calder's action and in the battle of Trafalgar.
Having obtained his first commission 22 Jan. 1806,
Mr. Campbell was next appointed, in the North Sea
and West Indies, to the Phcebe 36, Capt. Jas. Os-
wald, and to the Helder, Achates, and Neptune,
the latter the flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane. He
was confirmed, 22 Sept. 1809, in the command of
the Port d'Espagne sloop; and he subsequently
served in the Curiedx and Drake sloops, and for
upwards of 12 months, as Acting-Captain, on the
Mediterranean station, of the Freija 36. He was
officially posted 28 Feb. 1812, and advanced to
Flag-rank 1 Oct. 1846.
The Rear-Admiral, as we are given to understand,
served at the reduction of Martinique and Guade-
loupe in 1809-10. He married, in 1827, Harriet,
daughter of Jas. Royds, Esq., of Mount Falinge,
Lancashire, by whom he has issue four children, of
whom the eldest son, Jas. Carter Campbell, is a
Midshipman, R.N. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
CAMPBELL. (Commander, 1846.)
Colin Yobke Campbell is only son of Rear- Ad-
miral Donald Campbell, R.N., by his first marriage.
This officer passed his examination in 1833 ; and
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 24 Jan.
1838. His succeeding appointments were — 4 June,
1838, to the Melville 74, flag-ship at the Cape of
Good Hope of Hon. Geo. ElUot— 5 March, 1840, to
the Inconstant 36, Capt. Dan. Pring, on the Medi-
terranean station — and, 28 Nov. 1843, as First-
Lieutenant, to the Hyacinth 18, commanded in the
West Indies by Capt. Fras. Scott. He attained his
present rank 9 Nov. 1846. Agents — Messrs. Om-
manney.
CAMPBELL. (Eear-Admieal, 1846. f.-p., 27;
H-p., 29.)
Donald Campbell, born in 1788, is eldest son of
the late Colin Campbell, Esq., of Auchendoun, co.
Argyle ; brother of Lieut. Duncan Fred. Campbell,
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R.N. (1826), who died in 1837, and of two military
officers, who both lost their lives in the active ser-
vice of their country, the one in consequence of the
wounds he had received as Senior-Captain of the
59th Regt., when landing with the grenadiers of
that corps at Java in 1811 — the other from the
eflFects of the Walcheren fever ; and uncle, by mar-
riage, of Commanders Henry Hope, and Jolm Elliot,
Bingham, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 June, 1791, as
A.B., on board the Assistance 50, Capt. Lord
Cranstoun, in which ship he served in the Channel
until discharged in Sept. following. He re-em-
barked, in 1793, on board the Otter 10, Capt. Jas.
Hardy ; became Midshipman, on 20 Oct. in the
same year, of the Scokpion 18, Capt. Thos. Western,
under whom, on proceeding to the West Indies, he
captured, among other vessels. La Victoire French
privateer, of 18 guns; and was afterwards trans-
ferred in succession to the Swiitsure 74, flag-ship
of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker (in which he was
present at the unsuccessful attack upon Leogane,
St. Domingo, 22 March, 1796), and Venerable 74,
bearing the flag in the North Sea of Admiral Dun-
can. In 1797 Mr. Campbell joined, as Acting-
Lieutenant, the RosSEL 74, Capt. Henry TroUope,
and, after participating in the battle of Camper-
down, was confirmed by the Admiralty 4 Jan. 1798.
His next appointment was, 26 Oct. 1798, to the
Galatea 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, on the Irish
station, where, during a dark and stormy night in
the winter of 1800, he was, with a crew of six vo-
lunteers, hoisted in a boat from off the booms of
the ship to take possession of JEl Pensee Spanish
letter-of-marque, carrying 20 men, whom for 10
days he had the onerous duty of keeping in sub-
jection. On 15 Oct. 1802, he obtained the First-
Lieutenancy of the Cartsfort 28, Capts. Geo.
Mundy and Robt. Fanshawe, in the boats of which
frigate he captured a French letter-of-marque on
the coast of Norway in 1803. He afterwards ac-
companied a large convoy to the West Indies, and
subsequently to his appointment, 20 Feb. 1805, to
the command of the Tobago schooner, signalized
himself in a successful attack made in company
with the CuRiEux sloop on two merchantmen, lying
for protection under the batteries at Barcelona, on
the coast of Caraccas. Having assumed, 18 Sept.
1805, the acting-command of the Lilt 18, Capt.
Campbell, in the spring of 1806, had the good for-
tune, after a long chase, to capture the Leander, of
22 guns and 220 men, with General Miranda on
board, returning from a vain endeavour to rear the
standard of independence in South America. In
the second and equally impropitious attempt which
Miranda, owing to the assistance of Sir Alex.
Cochrane, was induced to make, Capt. Campbell, as
the Naval Commander-in-Chief of the expedition,
acquitted himself of his responsible charge with all
the accustomed gallantry and judgment of a British
officer. He subsequently, for his general good con-
duct and attention to the interests of Trinidad, re-
ceived the public thanks of the Governor, Council,
and merchants; but, in consequence of some mis-
management at head-quarters, he does not appear
to have been officially promoted until confirmed,
4 May, 1807, in the command of the Pert 16, to
which sloop he had been appointed on 30 of the
preceding Jan. On 16 Oct. following he was un-
fortunately wrecked, and lost 12 of his crew, in a
hurricane off the island of Margarita, a disaster,
however, of which a subsequent court-martial most
honourably acquitted him. Capt. Campbell's en-
suing appointments were — 13 Sept. 1809, to L'Espi-
icLE 16, in which he convoyed two ships to the
West Indies — 29 April, 1810, by exchange, to the
Port d'Espagne sloop, on the latter station — and,
22 Sept. 1810, to the Rosamond 18, employed suc-
cessively in defending the trade of Trinidad, con-
veying a mail and some specie from Jamaica to
England, escorting various fleets of merchantmen,
and protecting the fislieries on the coast of Labrador
and the north shores of Newfoundland. He at-
tained Poet-rank 1 Aug. 1811, but did not leave the
Rosamond until 28 May, 1814. He afterwards,
from 1822 to 1832, officiated as an Inspecting-Com-
mander in the Coast Guard; and on 1 Oct. 1846,
was made a Flag officer.
Rear-Admiral Campbell, who is Deputy-Lieute-
nant for Argyle, married, first, in 1808, Anne Irvin,
daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Chas. Dou-
glas, Bart., by whom, who died in 1815, he had,
with two daughters, a son, the present Commander
Colin Yorke Campbell, R.N. ; and, secondly, 19 Aug.
1819, Isabella, daughter of John Campbell, Esq., of
Craigmore, co. Argyle, by whom he has issue seven
sons and four daughters. Agents— Messrs. Om-
manney.
CAMPBELL. (Commander, 1846.)
Frederick Archibald Campbell is son of
Lieut.-General Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B., Go-
vernor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon, an
officer who distinguished himself in the Peninsula
and at Waterloo ; and brother of the late gallant
Capt. Arthur Wellington Campbell, one of the Sutlej
heroes, who fell by a cannon-shot on 21 Dec. 1845,
while acting as Aide-de-camp to Major-General Sir
H. Smith.
This officer entered the Navy in 1829 ; served for
two years and a half in the Mediterranean; and
was subsequently employed for three years on the
coast of Africa, whither, after having been sent
home for the restoration of his health, in conse-
quence of an attack of coast fever, he ultimately
returned. As a Lieutenant, to which rank he was
promoted 11 May, 1837, Mr. Campbell's appoint-
ments, we find, were — 2 Sept. 1837, to the Scodt 18,
Capt. Robt. Craigie, also on the African station —
28 Jan. 1840, as Additional-Lieutenant; to the Win-
chester 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey in North
America and the West Indies — 7 March, 1841, as
Senior, to the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christopher
Wyvill, on the same station — 11 Feb. 1842, as Addi-
tional, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship in the East
Indies of Sir Wm. Parker— and, 25 Aug. and 17 Nov.
1842, to the Harlequin 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Fowler
Hastings, and, again as First-Lieutenant, to the
Cambrian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, in which
ship he returned to England and was paid off in the
summer of 1845. Since the date of his last promo-
tion, 27 April, 1846, Commander Campbell has been
unemployed. Agents — CoUier and Snee.
CAMPBELL. (LiEDT., 1814. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 33.)
George Campbell entered the Navy, 31 Dec.
1804, as Midshipman, on board the Hero 74, Capt.
Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, employed off Ferrol, and
. — with the exception of two short intervals in the
years 1806 and 1812, when we find him attached to
the Donegal 74, Capt. Fulteney Malcolm, and
Blossom 20, Capt. Wm. Stewart — served from 31
Aug. 1805, to 31 Dec. 1812, with Capt. Patrick
Campbell, in La Chiffonne and Unite frigates,
and Leviathan 74, on the Mediterranean station,
the last three years and a half as Master's Mate.
On 1 Jan. 1813, he joined the Caledonia 120, flag-
ship of Sir Edw. Pellew on the same station, where
he witnessed, 5 Feb. 1813, and, as Acting-Lieute-
nant, 13 Nov. 1814, two partial actions with the
French fleet out of Toulon. jVIr. Campbell, whose
appointment to the Caledonia was confirmed on 5
April in the latter year, removed, 10 June following,
to the Royal Oak 74, Capt. Joseph Pearce, lying
at Portsmouth, and was placed on half-pay on 30 of
the same month. He has not since been afloat.
CAMPBELL. (<!raptaill,1821. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
The Honourable George Pryse Campbell is
youngest son of the first Lord Cawdor, by Lady
Caroline Howai-d, eldest daughter of Frederick,
fifth Earl of Carlisle ; brother of the present Earl
Cawdor, who was so created 24 Sept. 1827 ; and
nephew of the late Admiral Sir Geo. Campbell,
G.C.B., who died 28 Jan. 1821.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 April, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Culloden 74, Capt. Bar-
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rington Dacres, bearing the flag in the Channel of
his uncle, Eear-Admiral Geo. Campbell, with whom
he went soon afterwards to the Mediterranean in
the Canopus 80, and returned to England on hoard
the Ambuscade 32, in Jan. 1805. In April following
he joined the Namhr 74, Capt. Lawrence "Wm. Hal-
sted, one of Sir Rich. John Strachan's squadron in
his victorious conflict of 4 Nov. 1803 with the four
line-of-battle ships that had escaped from the battle
of Trafalgar. Mr. Campbell, who attained the
rating of Midshipman on 19 Dec. in the same year,
subsequently, in Jan. 1807, became attached to the
Seahorse, of 42 guns and 281 men, Capt. John
Stewart, stationed in the Mediterranean, where we
find him, on the night of 5 July, 1808, contributing
to the capture, after a memorably furious engage-
ment and a loss to the Seahorse of 5 men killed
and 10 wounded, of the Turkish man-of-war Badere
Zaffer, mounting 52 guns, with a complement of 543
men, of whom 170 were slain and 200 wounded.
Another ship, the Alis Fezan, of 26 guns and 230
men, was at the same time put to flight. From
April, 1809, to March, 1810, Mr. Campbell was next
employed in the Agincodrt 64, and Princess of
Orange 74, flag-ships in the Downs'of Vice- Admiral
G. Campbell, and, on 3 Sept. following, he became
Acting Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Kich. Goodwin Keats
in the Mileobd 74, ofl' Cadiz. He received his first
Admiralty commission 15 March, 1811 ; and, as a
Lieutenant, was subsequently appointed — 27 June,
1811, to the Taktakus 20, Capt. John Pasco, on the
North American station — 19 Deo. 1811, to the Bel-
vinERA 36, Capt. Rich. Byron, whose ofiicial praise
he elicited for his able direction of that frigate's
main-deck stern-chasers on the occasion of her cele-
brated escape from a powerful squadron under
Commodore Rodgers, after a long running fight and
a loss of 2 men killed and 22 wounded, 23 June, 1812 —
4 Nov. 1813, as Flag-Lieutenant, in the Monmouth
64, to Vice-Admiral Thos. Foley, Commander-in-
Chief in the Downs — and, 19 April, 1814, to the
Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir John Poo Beres-
ford, in which he conveyed Louis XVIII. to Calais.
Having attained the rank of Commander 16 May,
1814, he was next, 5 May, 1818, appointed to the
Racehorse 18, on the Mediterranean station. He
acquired a Post-commission 27 Jan. 1821 ; and ac-
cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Campbell, who is Senior of 1821, formerly
sat in Parliament for the counties of Cromartie and
Nairn, N.B. ; and was appointed, 24 Feb. 1831,
Groom of the Chamber to King William IV., in
which capacity he officiated at His Majesty's funeral,
8 July, 1837. He married, 13 Oct. 1821, Charlotte,
second daughter of General Isaac Gascoyne, M.P.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
CAMPBELL. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Gur Colin Campbell passed his examination
20 May, 1843 ; and when about to sail for the Cape
of Good Hope in the President 50, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, was awarded a
commission 15 Jan. 1846. He served for some time
with the same ofQcer as Additional-Lieutenant ; and,
since 19 of the following Aug., has been employed
in the Thundekbolt steam-sloop, Capt. Alex. Boyle,
also on the Cape station.
CAMPBELL. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 13; h-p.,43.)
James Campbell entered the Navy, 23 July,
1791, as A.B., on board the Assistant gun-brig,
Lieut.-Commander Nathaniel Portlock, with whom
we find him visiting Otaheite for the purpose of
procuring a supply of bread-fruit, and afterwards
proceeding to the West-Indies, where, as Midship-
man of the Veteran 64, Capt. Chos. Edmund Nu-
gent, and Avenger sloop, Capt. Edw. Griffith, he
assisted, early in 1794, at the capture of the French
islands of Martinique and Ste. Lucie, and the storm-
ing of Basseterre, Guadeloupe. From Deo. 1795 to
April, 1799, he next served in the Kite 18, Capts.
Micajah Malbon and Chas. I.ydiard, on the Home
station, and under the former witnessed the capture,
in March, 1796, of the Dutch 32-gun frigate Zephyr.
After an unemployed interval of more than five
years, Mr. Campbell joined, in Aug. 1804, the De-
fiance 74, Capt. PMlip Chas. Durham, and, on 16
May, 1805, as Master's Mate, the Triumph 74, Capt.
Henry Inman, one of Sir Robt. Calder's fleet in the
ensuing action of 22 July. On 31 Aug. 1807, he \
was promoted to be Lieutenant of the Princess or \
Orange 74, flag-ship in the Downs of Vice-Admiral
Geo. Campbell, with whom he continued until Feb.
1809 ; between which period and the date of hie
second promotal commission, 6 Dec. 1813, he served
for short periods in the Mermaid 32, Capt. Hincker,
off Lisbon, Tremendous 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell,
off Cherbourg, Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir John Gore,
in Basque Roads, Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. Wm.
Austen, off Flushing, and Royal Sovereign 100,
Capt. Jas. Bissett, lying inHamoaze. Capt. Camp-
bell's next appointment was, 4 May, 1827, to the Sla-
ney 20, fitting for the Jamaica station, where he was
promoted, 21 June, 1828, to Post-rank. He has not
since been employed.
His only daughter, Lucy, wife of the Rev. Chas.
Hardy, formerly of the R.N., died in 1838. Agents
■ — Messrs. Stilwell.
CAMPBELL. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
James Campbell (a) passed his examination in
1820 ; obtained his commission 15 July, 1827 ; joined
the Coast Guard 6 May, 1834 ; served, from 15 July
to 7 Oct. 1836, on board the Pique 36, Capt. Hon.
Henry John Rous, at Portsmouth; and was re-
appointed to the Coast Guard 22 April, 1842. Since
the autumn of 1844 he has been on half-pay.
CAMPBELL. (Lieut., 1831. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 9.)
James Campbell (6) entered the Royal Naval
College 1 Feb. 1821. He embarked, 21 Dec. 1822,
as Midshipman, on board the Briton 46, Capt. Sir
Murray Maxwell, on the South American station ;
removed, in Aug. 1826, to the Pelican 18, Capt.
Hon. Chas. Leonard Irby, and, next, to the Re-
venge 78, flag-ship of Sir H arry Burrard N eale, both
in the Mediterranean ; passed his examination 19
Feb. 1827 ; and, after an intermediate attachment,
as Mate, to the Tweed 28, Capt. Lord Hen. John
Spencer Churchill, at the Cape of Good Hope, was
there appointed, 30 Aug. 1830, Acting-Lieutenant
of the Maidstone 42, bearing the broad pendant of
Commodore Chas. Marsh Schomberg, to which ship
he was confirmed by the Admiralty 10 Dec. .1831.
Lieut. Campbell, who returned to England in Aug.
1832, subsequently served, from 3 Aug. 1836, until
he invalided, 1 April, 1841, on board the Bellero-
PHON 80, Capts. Sam. Jackson and Chas. John Aus-
ten, in which we find him serving throughout the
whole of the operations on the coast of Syria in
1840, including the bombardments of Beyrout and
St. Jean d'Acre. He has since been unemployed.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
CAMPBELL. (CoMMANDEB, 1813. F-P., 18;
H-p., 34.)
John Campbell (4) entered the Navy in Aug.
1795, as Midshipman, on board the Thisbe 28, Capt.
John Okes Hardy, on the Halifax station, where,
after witnessing the capture, 28 Aug. 1796, of V Eli-
sabeth French frigate, he accompanied the same
officer into the Assistance 50, and, as Master's
Mate, into the St. Albans 64. On 6 Oct. 1801, he
was promoted into the Sophie sloop, Capt. Geo.
Burdett, in the Channel, and, on subsequently pro-
ceeding with Capt. J. O. Hardy to the West Indies
in the Courageux 74, assisted at the reduction of
Ste. Lucie in June, 1803. Towards the close of the
latter year he joined the Bacchante 22, Capt.
Chas. Dashwood, a very active cruizer on the Ja-
maica station, whence he returned home with con-
voy, as First, in the Diana frigate, Capt. Thos.
Jas. Maling, early in 1808. After serving four
years, first with Lord Keith, and then with Capt.
Jas. Macnamara, in the Edgar 74, both at home
and in the Baltic, where he beheld the embarkation
CAMPBELL.
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from Nyeborg of the Spanish troops under the
Marquis de la Komana in Aug. 1808, Mr. Campbell
was with Capt. Macnamara transferred, in March,
1810, as Senior Lieutenant, to the Bejiwick 74.
"We afterwards find him serving in the latter capa-
city, for short periods, on board the Stately 64,
Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, off the port of Cadiz,
and in the Tigre 74, Capt. John HalUday, and San
Josef and Queen Charlotte first-rates, bearing
the flag of Lord Keith on the Channel station. In
Aug. and Oct. 1813, he assumed, in succession, the
acting command of the Sparrovt and Lyra sloops,
in the former of which he conducted the blockade
of Santona, and was employed at the storming of
St. Sebastian. Since his official promotion, 6 Dec.
1813, Commander Campbell has been on half-pay.
CAMPBELL. (LiECT., 1812. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.)
John Campbell (c) entered the Navy, 21 Nov.
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Illdstriods 74,
Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, in which ship he attained
the rating of Midshipman 2 March, 1805, and con-
tinued to serve, with Capts. Mich. Seymour and
Wm. Shield, on the Home station, until June, 1807.
He then, with the latter officer, joined, in succes-
sion, the Queen 98, and, as Master's Mate, the
Malta 80, employed in the West Indies and off
Cadiz ; and he afterwards, from Aug. 1808, to June,
1813, served, in the Mediterranean and Adriatic, on
board the Cumberland 74, Capt. Hon. Philip
Wodehouse, and Unite 36, C^t. Pat. Campbell,
and, with Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle, in
the ViLLE BE Paris 110, and Rodney and Milford
74's, in the last of which he was confirmed a Lieu-
tenant, 21 March, 1812. After a further attach-
ment to the Kingfisher and Apelles sloops, Capts.
Ewell Tritton and Alex. M'Vicar, Lieut. Campbell
invalided home in May, 1814, since which period
he has not been afloat. Agents — Hallett and Ro-
binson.
CAMPBELL, C.B., K.E.G. (Captain, 1827.
F-P., 25 ; H-p., 23.)
John Norman Campbell entered the Navy,
in June, 1799, as A. B., on board the Terrible 74,
Capt. "Wm. Wolseley, and continued to serve for
many years on the Home station. He attained the
rating of Midshipman in Dec. following ; joined, in
May, 1801, the Amethyst 36, Capts. John Cook,
Henry Rich. Glynn, A. Campbell, and John "Wm.
Spranger; and, on 20 Dec. 1805, was appointed
Sub-Lieutenant of the Helena 24, Capt. Jas. Andw.
Worth, of which vessel he became a full Lieutenant
17 June, 1807. His next appointment was, 12 Aug.
1808, to be Flag-Lieutenant, in the Dreadnought
98, to Rear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby, on the coast of
France, where he commanded a division of boats,
and had 4 men wounded, at the capture of a vessel
under the batteries near Rochelle in 1809, besides
participating in many attempts on the enemy's
coast-trade. On 20 May, 1811, Mr. Campbell, who
had been appointed, 12 June, 1810, to the Asthea,
of 42 guns and 271 men, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schom-
berg, contributed (while cruizing otf Madagascar,
in company with the Phoebe and Galatea, fri-
gates about equal in force to the Astrea, and 18-
gun brig Racehorse) to the capture— after a long
and trying action vrith the French 40-gun frigates
Benomme, Chrinde, and JVereide, in which the As-
trea had 2 men killed and 16 wounded— of the Se-
nomme'e ; and, on 25 of the same month, he was fur-
ther present at the surrender of the Nereide, and of
the settlement of Tamatave. We subsequently find
him appointed, in the capacity of First-Lieutenant,
—13 April, 1811, to the Nisus 38, Capt. C. M. Schom-
berg, in the North Sea— 5 April, 1815, to the Snake
18, Capt. Joseph Gape, on the same station— 31 Oct.
1815, to the Phaeton 38, Capt. Fras. Stanfell, era-
ployed at the Cape of Good Hope— and, 3 April,
1818, to the Liverpool 50, Capt. Fras. Augustus
Collier. During the operations, in Dec. 1819, against
the pirates of Ras-al-Khyma, in the Persian Gulf,
Lieut. Campbell, in unison with Capt. Wm. WaJ-
pole, R.N., commanded the body of troops who
were landed to assist the army, and proved himself
beyond all praise by his able direction of a breach-
ing-battery of 24-pounders, which played with vivid
eff'ect on the walls of the town, as well as by his
subsequent and similar exertions against the almost
impregnable fortress of Zaire.* From Nov. to
Jan. 1821, and from March to May following, he
was further employed, on the East India station, as
Acting-Captain of the Dauntless 26, and Alliga-
tor 28, and he soon afterwards received the official
notification of his promotion to the rank of Com-
mander, which had taken place 28 Nov. 1820. He
next, on 1 Jan. 1822, commissioned, at Cochin, the
Samarang 28, and, returning home, paid that fri-
gate off at Portsmouth in July of the same year.
From that period he remained unemployed until
appointed, 14 May, 1827, to the Albion 74, Capt.
John Acworth Ommanney. On 21 Oct., the morn-
ing after the ensuing battle of Navarin, Capt.
Campbell, who had been slightly wounded, was sent
with a division of boats to board the two Turkish
hne-of-battle ships that had surrendered, on which
occasion he received the swords of both the com-
manding officers, f- As a reward for his conduct in
the action, he was advanced to Post-rank on 22 of
the same mouth — created a C.B. 13 Nov. following
— and presented, in 1834, "wdth the order of the Re-
deemer of Greece. Since 12 March, 1845, he has
been in command of the Melampus 42, stationed
on the south-east coast of America.
Capt. Campbell, in March, 1828, was nominated
by the Lord High Admiral a member of the com-
mittee appointed to report on a series of experi-
ments then about to be made as to the capabilities
of some newly-invented guns and gun-carriages.
He married, 23 May, 1838, Georgiana, only daughter
of the late Geo. Martin, Esq., of the H. E. I. Co.'s
service. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
CAMPBELL. (Lieut., 1835. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 6.)
Patrick Campbell, born 10 Jan. 1812, is third
son of the late Arch. Campbell, Esq., of Melfort,
CO. Argyle ; and nephew of Vice-Admiral Sir Pat.
Campbell, K.C.B., who died in 1841, of Sir Colin
Campbell, K.C.B., Governor of Ceylon, and of Col.
Campbell, R.A.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Dec. 1824, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 84, commanded
by his uncle, Capt. Pat. Campbell, at Portsmouth :
served subsequently, as Midshipman, in the Cyrenb
20 and Bombay 84, both commanded by Capt. Alex.
Campbell, on the East India station, as also in the
Ocean 80, Capt. P. Campbell, and Rattlesnake
28, Capts. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, Sir Thos.
Sabine Pasley, and Chas. Graham, in the Medi-
terranean ; passed his examination 14 Feb. 1831 ;
and, on 27 July, 1835, was promoted from a Mate-
ship in the Thalia 46, bearing the flag of his uncle
at the Cape of Good Hope, to the command of the
Buzzard 3, in which we find him capturing eight
slavers, carrying in the whole more than 1700 ne-
groes. In consequence of a severe attack of coast-
fever. Mr. Campbell invalided from the Buzzard
in March 1837, and for a short time rejoined the
Thalia, as Flag-Lieutenant. His appointments
have since been — 17 July, 1837, to the command of
the Dolphin 3, on the same station, whence his
health obliged him to return, in May, 1838 — 15
May, 1840, to the Southampton 50, flag-ship at the
Cape of Sir Edw. Dumford King— 10 Aug. 1841,
as First-Lieutenant, to the Rose 18, Capts. Peter
Christie and Thos. Baillie, while detached from
which vessel in charge of the pinnace with 14 men,
for the purpose of intercepting a slaver, he was, on
one occasion, taken prisoner by a party of Bra^
ziUans, who subjected him, during a captivity of six
days, to the worst of treatment — and, 8 July, 1844,
after two years of half-pay, to the Coast Guard, in
which he is at present serving. AgentS' — Collier
and Snee.
• Vide Gaz. IS20, p. 1673. -j- V. Gaz. 1827, p. 2325.
166
CAMPBELL-CANDLER-CANES-CANNON-CAPEL.
CAMPBELL. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
KoBERT Campbbll entered the JSTavy 1 Jan.
1810; was promoted, 19 June, 1824, into the Cak-
NATION 18, Capt. Thos. Stopford, on the Jamaica
station ; and was next appointed, 23 Nov. 1826, to
the Satellite 18, Capt. John Milligan Laws, with
whom he served for some time in the East Indies.
He has not been afloat since 1831. Lieut. Campbell
is at present H.M. Consul at Milan. Agent— John
P. Muspratt.
CAMPBELL. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
RoBEKT Gkaham Campeell died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 28 May, 1829;
passed his examination 6 Sept. 1836; served for
upwards of two years in the Mediterranean as
Mate of the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. For-
rest ; obtained his commission 22 April, 1843, and
was afterwards employed, from 7 Nov. 1843, until
superseded in Feb. 1845, in the Helena 16, Capt.
Sir Cornwallis Kicketts, at the Cape of Good Hope.
He married, 6 Sept. 1843, Eliza, daughter of H.
A. Mansel, Esq., of Guernsey.
CAMPBELL. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 30.)
William Campbell entered the Navy, 9 Nov.
1803, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Crescent 36,
Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and Jas. Carthew, on the
Home station ; attained the rating of Midshipman
22 Jan. 1805 ; and, on 1 April, 1808, removed with
Capt. Carthew, as Master's Mate, to the Gloike 38.
He subsequently proceeded to the West Indies,
where, after serving for some months as Acting-
Lieutenant of the Rosamond 18, Capts. Benj.
Walker, Edw. Flin, Sam. Geo. Pechell, and Don.
Campbell, he was, 18 July, 1810, officially promoted
Into the Surinam 16, Capt. John Ellis Watt. He
returned to England and was paid off 21 Oct. 1813,
and from that period appears to have remained on
half-pay until appointed, 22 May, 1840, to the San
Josef 110, flag-ship at Plymouth of Bear-Admirals
Fred. Warren and Sir Sam. Pym. Since the sum-
mer of 1843 he has again been unemployed.
CANDLEK. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
William Candler, whose family is of consider-
able antiquity in the counties of Norfolk and Suf-
folk, is eldest surviving son of the late Henry Can-
dler, Esq., by Mary, only child of Wm. Ascough,
Esq., of Kirby Malzart, co. York ; great-grandson
of the Yen. Henry Candler, D.D., Archdeacon of
Ossory ; and nephew of Sir Thos. Candler, a Rear-
Admiral in the service of the Emperor of Russia.
This officer entered the Navy 21 Sept. 1811 ;
passed his examination in 1818 ; obtained his com-
mission 22 Nov. 1826 ; and has not since been
afloat.
He married, 4 June, 1829, Louisa, daughter of
John Evered, Esq., of Hill House, co. Somerset.
CANES. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
Edward Canes entered the Royal Naval Aca^
demy at Portsmouth 21 May, 1805 ; and embarked,
22 Dec. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. Al-
bans 64, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen, Edw. Brace,
Chas. Grant, and John Ferris Devonshire, under
whom he successively served, as Midshipman and
Master's-Mate, until July, 1812. During that period
he escorted, under Capt. Austen, a convoy of India-
men to China and back, in 1809-10; and, under
Capt. Brace, was very actively employed at the
time of the French operations against Tarifa, and
of the battle of Barrosa. On his return home in the
Alfred 74, Capt. Josh. Sydney Ilorton, Mr. Canes,
in Aug. 1812, joined the Tremendous 74, fitting
for the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Wm. Sid-
ney Smith, whom he subsequently accompanied into
the HiBERNiA 110, onboard which ship he was pre-
sent at the dinner given by the Admiral to the
King of Sardinia in 1813. On 28 April, 1814, he
was promoted, from the Royal Sovereign 100,
Capt. Chas. Thurlow Smith, to an Acting-Lieute-
nancy in the Coukeur, captured sloop of war, Capt.
Joseph Bazalgette. He was confirmed, on his re-
turn to England, by commission dated 6 July,
1814, but has not since been employed.
CANNON. (Capt., 1846. e-p., 21 ; h-p., lO.)
Edward St. Legeb Cannon entered the Navy,
10 Nov. 1816, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the North-
umberland 78, Capt. Jas. Walker,_ and from
Dec. 1817, untU Jan. 1823, served, chiefly on the
Home station, as Midshipman of the Falmouth 20,
Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, Leven 24, Capts. David
Ewen Bartholomew and Robt. Baldey, Active 46,
Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Wte 26, Capt. Peter
Fisher, Bulwark 74, flag-ship of Sir Benj. HaUo-
well, and Ranger sloop, Capt. P. Fisher. He theli
became Master's-Mate of the Gloucester 74, bear-
ing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Edw. W.
C. R. Owen in the West Indies, where he was pro-
moted, 1 July, 1823, to the rank of Lieutenant. His
subsequent appointments in that capacity were (af-
ter a further servitude of 18 months in the Glou-
cester)—28 Nov. 1826, to the Wolf 18, Capt. Geo.
Hayes, in the Mediterranean— 8 Dec. 1828, to the
Southampton 52, Capts. G. F. Rich and P. Fisher,
flag-ship in the East Indies— and, 11 Sept. 1833, as
First, to the Vestal 26, Capt. Wm. Jones, em-
ployed .on the North America and West India sta-
tion, whence he returned home, and was paid off
towards the close of 1837. He obtained his second
promotal commission 28 June, 1838 ; and, from 22
Sept. 1843, until some time in 1846, had command of
the Orestes 18, in the Mediterranean. He acquired
his present rank on 9 Nov. in the latter year.
Capt. Cannon married, 30 Oct. 1839, Jane Frances,
daughter of the late Dr. Boys, Physician, R.N.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
CANNON. (Commander, 1842.)
Frederick Cannon entered the Navy 6 Deo.
1822 ; passed his examination in 1829 ; obtained his
first commission 14 Oct. 1832 ; and, as Lieutenant,
was afterwards appointed — 30 April, 1834, as a Su-
pernumerary, to the President 52, Capts. John
M'Kerlie and Jas. Scott, in North America and
the West Indies— 31 Dec. 1834, to the Rainbow 28,
Capt. Thos. Bennett, similarly employed — 21 June,
1837, to the Donegal 78, flag-ship on the Lisbon
station of Sir John Acworth Ommanney — 6 Nov.
1841, as Additional, to the Queen 110, fitting at
Portsmouth for the flag of Sir Edw. Owen, Com-
mander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean — and, lastly,
8 March, 1842, as First, to the Camperdown 104,
flag-ship at Sheerness of Sir Edw. Brace. Since his
promotion to his present rank, 3 Nov. 1842, Com-
mander Cannon has been unemployed.
He married, 26 April, 1843, Dorothy, youngest
daughter of the late Geo. Lieth, Esq., of Walmer
Court, CO. Kent. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
CANNON. (Commander, 1846.)
James Cannon entered the Navy 25 Oct. 1821 ;
passed his examination in 1827 ; and obtained his
commission 4 April, 1832. His appointments, as
Lieutenant, were — 30 March, 1833, to the Thun-
der surveying-vessel, commanded in the West
Indies by Capt. Rich. Owen — 9 Nov. 1836, to the
Dido 18, Capt. Lewis Davies, on the Mediter-
ranean station — 8 May, 1838, to the Barham 50,
Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, in which ship he returned
to Sheerness — 2 April, 1840, to the Vanguard 80,
Capt. Sir David Dunn, employed on the coast of
Syria^and 2 Oct. 1841, and 23 March, 1844, to the
Queen (of which he was for a long time First-
Lieutenant), and, as Acting-Commander, to the
Formidable 84, both flag-ships in the Mediter-
ranean of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He was pro-
moted to his present rank on the occasion of the
latter officer hauling down his flag, 25 April, 1846 ;
and is now on half-pay. Agents— Hallett and Ro-
bitison.
CAPEL. (Commander, 1831.)
Algernon Henry CnAMPACNi Capbl, born in
1807, is second son of the late John Thos. Capol,
CAPEL— CARD-CARDEN.
167
Esq., by Caroline, eldest daughter of Henry, first
Earl of Uxbrldge; next brother of the Earl of
Essex; and nephew of Lieut-General Hon. Thos.
Edw. Capel, and of Vice-Admiral Hon. Thos.
Bladen Capel, K.C.B.
This officer passed his examination in 1827 ; ob-
tained his first commission 8 July in the same year ;
and was subsequently appointed, 29 May, 1828, to
the Semiramis 24, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Chas.
Paget, on the Irish station, and, 15 Sept. 1829, to the
Talavbha 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, employed on the
Coast Blockade. He was advanced to his present
rank 25 May, 1831 ; served as an Inspecting-Com-
mander in the Coast Guard from 6 June, 1833,
until 1836 ; and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Capel married, 10 Dec. 1832, Caro-
line, second daughter of the late Vice-Admiral Hon.
Sir Chas. Paget, K.C.B. , sister of Capt. Chas. Henry
Paget, R.N., and niece of the Marquess of Anglesey,
by whom he has issue.
CAPEL, K.C.B. (Vice-Admiral of the Red,
1837. F-P., 28 ; h-p., 37.)
The Honourable Sir Thomas Bladek Capel,
bom 25 Aug. 1776, is youngest son of WilUam,
fourth Earl of Essex, by his second wife, Harriet,
daughter of Col. Thos. Bladen ; brother of Lieut.-
General Hon. Thos. Edw. Capel ; and uncle of the
present Earl of Essex, and of Commander A. H. C.
Capel, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1782, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Phaeton 38, Capt.
Waldegrave, on the books of which ship he was
borne until April, 1783. He ultimately embarked,
12 April, 1792, on board the Assistance 50, Capt.
Mansfield, stationed ofi" Newfoundland ; there be-
came Midshipman, 1 March, 1793, of the Syren 32,
Capt. John Manley; and was afterwards succes-
sively employed, with Capt. Manley, in the Apollo
28, and, with Lord Hugh Seymour, in the Levia-
than 74 and Sans Paeeil 80, of which latter ship,
after participating, 23 July, 1795, in Lord Bridport's
action, he was appointed, 16 May, 1796, an Acting-
Lieutenant. On 5 April, 1797, we find Mr. Capel
offloially ^promoted into the Cambrian 40, Capt.
Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, employed, similarly with
the three ships last named, on the Home station ; and
next appointed, 12 April, 1798, to the Vangdard 74,
flag-ship of Sir Horatio Nelson, by whom, in acknow-
ledgment of his services as Signal-Lieutenant at the
battle of the Nile, he was advanced, 4 Aug. 1798, to
the command of the Mutine of 16 guns, and sent
home in charge of a duplicate of the despatches,
and of the sword of M. Blanquet, the Senior French
officer surviving.* His commission was confirmed
by the Admiralty, 20 Oct. following, and his eleva^
tion to Post-rank effected, while in command of the
Alecto sloop at Spithead, 27 Dec. in the same year.
Capt. Capel's ensuing appointments, until Oct. 1814,
appear to have been — 5 Jan. 1799, to the Arab 22,
on the West India station — 19 July, 1800, to the
Meleager 32, in which he had the misfortune to
be wrecked on the Triangle Rocks, in the Gulf of
Mexico, 9 June, 1801—21 May, 1802, to the Uivo-
LUTiONNAiBE 38, lying at Spithead — 24 Aug. 1802,
to the PiifEBE 36, on the Mediterranean station,
where, during Nelson's pursuit of the combined
fleets to the West Indies, he was left with 5 frigates
and 2 bombs to cover Sardinia, Sicily, and the route
to Egypt, from any troops that might be sent to land
in those places ; after which service he shared in the
battle of Trafalgar, and at its close saved from de-
struction, by his extraordinary exertions, the prize-
ship-of-the-line Swiftsurc -j- — 27 Deo. 1805, to the
Endtmion 40, in which he conveyed the British
Ambassador to and from Constantinople, and lost,
during the hostile operations carried on at the Dar-
danells, where he acted a conspicuous part, and
* In his despatch to the Admiralty announcing the victory
of the Nile, Nelson alludes to Capt. Capel as a " most excel-
lent ofBcer," and recommends him to their Lordships' notice.
—Vide Ga7,. 1798, p. 916.
t Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 1481.
distinguished himself by his zealous attention and
assidtiity, 3 men killed and 10 wounded * — and, 14
Dec. 1811, to La Hogue 74, stationed latterly on
the north coast of America, where we find him in
command of a small squadron blockading the ene-
my's frigates in New London, and sharing gene-
rally in the warfare vdth the United States. On
15 Dec. 1821, Capt. Capel, who had been nominated
a C.B. 4 June, 1815, assumed command of the
Royal George yacht, in which, and in the Apollo,
another royal yacht, he remained until advanced,
27 May, 1825, to the rank of Bear-Admiral. He
was constituted a K.C.B. 20 Feb. 1832; and, from
30 May, 1834, until July, 1837, commanded in chief
on the East India station, with his flag in the Win-
chester 50. He has since been on half-pay. The
rank of Vice-Admiral had been conferred on him
10 Jan. 1837.
Sir T. B. Capel was one of the officers who sat on
the court-martial appointed, in Dec. 1805, to try Sir
Robt. Calder for his conduct on 22 of the previous
July.
He married, 10 May, 1816, Harriet Catherine,
only daughter of Fras. Geo. Smyth, Esq. Agents
— Messrs. Stilwell.
CARD. (One of the Junior Lieutenants.)
William John Royle Card entered the Navy
19 Dec. 1833 ; passed his examination 5 Feb. 1840 ;
served for some time, in 1842-3, as Mate, on board
the Grecian 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth, at the Cape of
Good Hope ; obtained his commission 20 Oct. 1843 ;
and joined, 20 Dec. following, the Hyacinth 18,
Capt. Fras. Scott, employed successively on the
African, and North America and West India stations.
He was dismissed from the latter vessel and placed
at the bottom of the List of Lieutenants, by sen-
tence of court-martial, early in 1845 ; but since 30
of the following Aug. has been employed in the
Kingfisher 12, Capts. Chas. Foreman Brown and
Fred. Wilmot Horton, on the coast of Africa.
GARDEN. (Keak-Admiral of the Red, 1840.
F-p., 23 ; H-p., 36.)
John Surman Cahden, horn 15 Aug. 1771, is
eldest son of Major Garden, of the Irish family of
Templemore (who died from the effects of the
wounds he had received when combating the ene-
mies of his country during the first American war),
by Miss Surman, of Teddington, near Tewkesbury,
CO. Gloucester.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 May, 1788, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Edgar 74, Capt.
Chas. Thompson, bearing the flag in the Channel of
Rear-Admiral Leveson Gower ; became Midship-
man, in 1790, of the Perseverance frigate, Capt.
Isaac Smith, on the East India station ; and, in
1793, joined the Marlborough 74, Capt. Hon. Geo.
Cranfield Berkeley, of which ship, after experienc-
ing a severe injury in Lord Howe's memorable
action, he was created a Lieutenant, 24 July, 1794.
His subsequent appointments, in the latter capacity,
appear to have been, between March, 1795, and
Aug. 1798, to the Formidable and Barfleur 98's,
Capts. Hon. G. C. Berkeley and Jas. Rich. Dacres
— to the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir
Chas. Thompson — and, as First, to the Fisgard of
46 guns and 281 men, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, all
on the Home station. Mr. Garden's steady good
conduct, on 20 Oct. in the latter year, at the cap-
ture— after a close and obstinate conflict of great
length, a loss to the Fisgard of 10 killed and 26
wounded, and to the enemy of 54 killed and 61
wounded— of the French frigate I' Immorfalite' of i2
guns and 580 men, was rewarded with a Com-
mander's commission, dated 23 of the same month. f
On 13 July, 1799, he joined the Sheerness 44, arme'e
en flute, and, until he invalided in March, 1803, was
successively employed in attending the expedition
to the Holder, where he commanded a division of
boats at the debarkation of the army, in co-operat-
ing with the French royalists in La Vendee and
• rWe Gaz. 1807, p. 595. t ^- Gai. 1798, p. 1012.
168
CAREW— CAREY - CARLETON.
with the British army in Egypt, and subsequently
in the East Indies, where he rendered the most
effective assistance in quelling the fire which, in
Feb. 1803, nearly consumed the city of Bombay.
After an employment of twelve months in the Firth
of Tay District of Sea Fencibles, Capt. Garden as-
sumed command, 21 Dec. 1804, of the Moselle brig,
from which vessel, after intermediately serving in
the North Sea, creditably at the blockade of Cadiz,*
and in the Mediterranean, he was advanced, 22 Jan.
1806, to Post-rank. His subsequent appointments
afloat were — 15 Aug. 1808, to the Ville de Paris
110, one of the ships employed in embarking the
troops after the battle of Corunna, on which occa-
sion his exertions were unremitting f — 11 April,
1809, to the Ocean 98, in which he returned to
England — 9 June, 1810, to the Maes 74, stationed
in the Baltic and off Lisbon — and, 5 April, 1811, to
the Macedonlan of 48 guns, giving 528 lbs. in
broadside weight of metal, and 254 men. On 25
Oct. 1812, he brought to close action, and — after a
glorious resistance of two hours and ten minutes,
which reduced the Macedonian to a helpless
wreck, and occasioned her a loss of 36 men lulled
and 68 wounded — was taken by the American ship
United States of 56 guns, yielding a broadside weight
of 864 lbs., and 474 men, of whom the killed and
severely wounded do not appear to have exceeded
the united amount of 12. J Capt. Garden, who, we
should state, had previously been in frequent
and very warm collision with the batteries on the
coast of France, was afterwards, on 31 May, 1813,
most honourably acquitted, by a court-martial which
had assembled at Bermuda, of all blame in the un-
avoidable surrender of his frigate, and was, together
with the whole of his officers and ship's company,
extolled in the highest manner " for his firm and
most determined courage, resolution, and coolness,
in every instance throughout the action." His
valour and heroism became the universal theme :
Parliament soon resounded with his praises ; and,
among other marks of respect, he was honoured
with the freedom of the cities of "Worcester and
Gloucester, and of the borough of Tewkesbury.
Gapt. Garden was lastly, in 1825, appointed to com-
mand the Ordinary at Sheerness ; and, on 17 Aug.
1840, he was made a Rear-Admiral. He is at
present on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
CAREW, formerly Halloweli,. (Capt., 1827.)
Ghakles Halloweli. Gakew is eldest son of
the late Admiral of the Blue Sir Benj. Hallowell
Carew, G.C.B., K.F.M. (who brought home the
despatches announcing the victory off Gape St. Vin-
cent, afterwards commanded with so much gallantry
the Swiftsuee 74, at the Nile, and died 2 Sept. 1834,
aged 74), by the daughter of the late Commissioner,
and sister of the present Rear-Admiral, Inglefield.
Capt. Carew assumed his present surname in addi-
tion to his patronymic, Hallowell, on his father's
inheriting, in 1828, the estates of the opulent Mrs.
Carew.
This officer obtained his first commission 30 Aug.
1820 ; afterwards served in the Prince Regent 120,
as Flag-Lieutenant to his father, at Chatham ; was
promoted to the rank of Commander 3 Aug. 1824 ;
joined, 8 April, 1826, the Cadmus sloop, on the Ply-
mouth station; and attained Post-rank 17, April,
1827. He has not since been employed.
Capt. Carew married, 12 June, 1828, Mary,
daughter of the late Gapt. Sir Murray Maxwell,
R.N., G.B. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
CAREW. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9 ; h-p., ,32.)
Timothy Carew entered the Navy, 1 July, 1806,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sampson 64, Capt.
Wm. Cuming, stationed at the Cape of Good Hope;
and attained the rating of Midshipman 6 May fol-
lowing. He soon afterwards joined the Inflexible
64, Gapt. Joshua Rowley Watson, one of the ships
employed in the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen ;
• Vide Gaz. 1806, J). 409. f V. Gaz. 1K09, p. 90.
J v. Gaz. 1812, p. 2595.
removed, in Jan. 1808, to L'Eclair 18, Cai)t. Chas.
Kempthorne Quash, in the Channel ; served next,
from May in the latter year until Nov. 1812, in the
Warspite 74, Gapt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, on the
Home and Mediterranean stations ; and was subse-
quently employed, from 21 April, 1813, until 17 May,
1814, latterly as Master's Mate, in the Sceptre and
Albion 74's, both flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Geo.
Cockbum on the coast of North America. He then
became Acting-Lieutenant of the Florida 20, Capt.
Nathaniel Mitchell, on the West India station ; and
on 19 of the following July was officially promoted.
Mr. Carew has not been afloat since the paying-off
of the Florida in 1815.
CAREY. (LiEOT., 1828. f-p., 35 ; h-p., 2.)
Thomas Carey, born 6 March, 1797, is son of
Rich. Carey, Esq., of Newmarket, co. Suffolk.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 March, 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ulysses 44, Gapts. Henry
Edw. Reginald Baker and Wm. Fothergill, em-
ployed in conveying troops and provisions to Lis-
bon, and afterwards as flag-ship in the Channel of
Admiral D'Auvergne. In Sept. 1812, he rejoined
Capt. Baker in the Dannemaek 74, and, after serv-
ing for some time at the blockade of the Texel and
of Cherbourg, and escorting a convoy to the Cape,
removed, in April, 1815, to the Impregnable 104,
bearing the flag of Sir Josias Rowley at Naples
during the hostilities that followed Buonaparte's
escape from Elba. Between Oct. 1815, and Aug.
1825, Mr. Carey served, chiefly on the Mediter-
ranean, Home, and North and South American sta-
tions, in the Spartan 38, Gapt. Phipps Hornby,
Madagascar 44, and Meander 38, both com-
manded by Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon (in the latter of
which he was nearly wrecked in Yarmouth Roads
19 Dec. 1816), Northumberland 74, Capt. Jas.
Walker, Liverpool 50, Gapt. Fras. Augustus Col-
lier, Ganymede 26, and Owen Glendower 42,
each commanded by Gapt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish
Spencer, Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Sir Benj.
Hallowell, Protector surveying-vessel, Lieut.-
Commander Wm. Hewett, and Wellesley 74,
Capt. Sir Graham Eden Hamond. While in the
Owen Glendower we find him employed, during
the years 1820-1 and 2, in protecting the British
fisheries in South America, and in escorting Earl
Spencer and Sir Geo. Naylor to Copenhagen for
the purpose of conferring the Order of the Garter
on the King of Denmark. Pending his attachment
to the Wellesley he took over the present Lord
Stuart de Rothesay, as ambassador, to Lisbon and
Rio de Janeiro, and was on board at the grand en-
tertainment given by his Excellency to the King
and court at the former place. On 24 Aug. 1825,
Mr. Carey, who had passed his examination 3 July,
1816, was appointed Admiralty-Mate of the Spar-
tiate 76, flag-ship off Lisbon of Lord Amelius
Beauclerk ; and, on 6 Nov. 1827, he was nominated
Acting-Lieutenant of the Camelion 10, Capt. Chris-
topher Wyvill, on the Mediterranean station, where
he was confirmed in the Glasgow 50, Gapt. Hon.
Jas. Ashley Maude, 8 March, 1828. After nearly
two years of half-pay he joined, 19 March, 1830, the
Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of
the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye ; and,
on 4 April, 1831, he was transferred to the com-
mand of the Coast Guard station at Weymouth,
where he has been ever since employed, and has
rendered services of a very sterling character.
Lieut. Carey married, 22 Jan. 1829, Alice Mary,
second daughter of the late Thos. Atkinson, Esq.,
for many years Chief Master-Attendant of Ports-
mouth Dockyard, and sister of Lieuts. Horatio
Nelson and Robt. Laurie Atkinson, R.N. By that
lady he has one son, Richard, a Midshipman, R.N.
CARLETON. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 13 ;
H-p., 30.)
William Cakleton is son of the late General
Garleton.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 April, 1804, as
vivx,ixCIlAEL—CAIlNAC— CARNEGIE— CARPENTER.
169
Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Leopakd 50, Capt. Jas.
NicoU Morris, with whom, on removing to the Co-
lossus 74, he was present, as Midshipman, at the
battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. In Jan. 1806, he
became Master's-Mate of the Amazon 38, Capt.
Wm. Parker, and, on 13 March following, assisted,
in company with the London 98, at the capture,
after a long running-fight and a loss to the Amazon
of 3 men killed and 6 wounded, of the French 80-
gun ship Marengo, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral
Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. A few days
after passing his examination, Mr. Carleton was
promoted, 18 July, 1810, to a Lieutenancy in the
TemAkaike 98, bearing the flag in the Mediter-
ranean of Rear- Admiral Fras. Pioltmore; subse-
quently to which we find him joining, in the course
of 1812 — the Union 98, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, at
Plymouth — Tkemendods 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell,
with whom he returned to the Mediterranean — and
Rotal George, bearing the flag on that station of
Vice- Admiral Pickmore. He came home and was
paid off" in July, 1814 ; was afterwards appointed, 6
Jan. 1824, First-Lieutenant of the Jupiter 60, flag-
ship at Halifax of Rear-Admiral Willoughby Thos.
Lake ; and attained his present rank, on his arrival
in England as Acting-Commander of the Rifleman
of 18 guns, 2 Dec. 1826. He has since been on half-
pay.
Commander Carleton married, in 1832, Rosamond,
daughter of the late General Leonard Shafto Orde,
of Weetwood Hall, oo. Northumberland.
CAKMICHAEL. (Commander, 1846.)
Thomas Carmichael entered the Navy 22 June,
1832; passed his examination in 1836; and for his
services in China, where he creditably commanded
the Louisa tender, at the first and second capture
of Canton, and landed at the taking of Amoy and
Chinghae, was awarded a commission dated 8 June,
1841.* From 28 Feb. 1843, until promoted to his
present rank, 9 Nov. 1846, he appears to have been
further employed in the Curacoa 24, Capts. Sir
Thos. Sabine Pasley and Wm. iBroughton, on the
South American station. He is now on half-pay.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
CABNAC. (Captain, 1837. r-p., 19; h-p., 18.)
John Rivett-Carnac, born 28 June, 1796, is
youngest son of the late Jas. Rivett-Carnac, Esq.,
Chief Member of Council, and subsequently Acting-
Governor of Bombay (a descendant of the ancient
family of the Rivetts of Suffolk, whose immediate
ancestor settled at Derby in 1540), by Henrietta,
daughter of Jas. Fisher, Esq., of Yarmouth, co. Nor-
folk, and great-granddaughter of Bishop Butts;
grandson of Thos. Rivett, Esq., M.P., of Mappleton
llaU, High Sheriff for co. Derby in 1757 ; brother
of the present Sir Jas. Rivett-Carnac, Bart., formerly
M.P. for Sandwich, and late Governor of Bombay;
and brother-in-law of Capt. Wm. Fisher, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College at
Portsmouth in Feb. 1810; and embarked, 29 April,
1312, as Midshipman, on board the Junon 38, Capt.
Jas. Sanders ; in the boats of which frigate we find
him assisting at the capture of two American
schooners of 6 and 8 guns, co-operating also in the
various acts of hostility committed by Sir Geo.
Cockburn in the Chesapeake, and contributing,
under Lieut. Philip "Westphal, to the defeat of 10
gun-boats which, in July, 1813, attacked the Martin
18, when aground in Delaware Bay. In June of the
latter year Mr. Rivett-Carnac further participated
in the attack on Craney Island and in the destruc-
tion of Hampton. In Oct. following he joined, with
Capt. Sanders, the Sfbille 38, commanded subse-
quently by Capt. Thos. Forrest, whom he accompa-
nied to the latitude of Greenland in quest of Com-
modore Rodgers. He was next in succession trans-
ferred to the Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, on the
Mediterranean station, and to the Bovne 98, and
Queen Charlotte 100, both flag-ships of Lord Ex-
mouth, under whom he passed his examination 13
* yideGni. 1841, pp. 1505, 2511, and Gaz. 1812, pp. 82, 396.
May, 1816, and attended the ensuing expedition to
Algiers. "We afterwards find him serving as Admi-
ralty-Midshipman in the Inconstant 36, bearing
the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, on the
coast of Africa, and in the Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos.
Alexander, guardship at Portsmouth. He was pro-
moted, 1 Oct. 1818, to a Lieutenancy in the Albion
74, bearing the flag, in the Mediterranean, of Sir
Chas. Vinicombe Penrose ; and subsequently joined
—23 Jan. 1819, and 7 Nov. 1821, the Racehorse 18,
Capts. Hon. Geo. Pryse Campbell and Chas. Abbot,
and RocHFORT 80, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore, on
the same station — 22 Aug. 1825, the Galatea 42,
Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, fitting at Deptford — and,
23 Jan. 1826, the Success 28, Capt. Jas. Stirling,
with whom he appears to have been employed, early
in 1827, in examining the western coast of Australia,
previously to the establishment of the colony at
Swan River. His advancement to the rank of Com-
mander took place 30 April, 1827, and his appoint-
ment to the Wellesley 74, as Second-Captain to
Sir Edw. Codrington, in his last evolutionary cruize,
21 Sept. 1830. He left that ship 21 Jan. 1832 ; at-
tained his present rank 10 Jan. 1837 ; and has not
since been afloat.
Capt. Rivett-Carnac married, in March, 1826,
Maria Jane, daughter of Sam. Davis, Esq., of Port-
land Place, and of Birdhurst Lodge, Surrey, by
whom he has issue six children. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson.
CARNEGIE, M.P., K.S.F. (Captain, 1845.
F-P., 13; H-p., 8.)
The Honourable Swvnfen Thomas Carnegie,
born 8 March, 1813, is youngest son (by Mary, only
daughter of the late Wm. Henry Ricketts, Esq., of
Longwood, CO. Hants, and niece of the flrst Earl St.
Vincent) of William, seventh Earl of Northesk, Ad-
miral of the Red, G.C.B., who had the honour of
being third in command at the battle of Trafalgar,
was afterwards Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth,
and died Rear-Admiral of Great Britain, 28 May,
1831, in his 74th year. He is brother (with the
present Earl of Northesk) of George, Lord Rosehill,
who was lost, in his 16th year, on board the Blen-
heim 74, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Troubridge,
in 1807 ; and nephew of Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis,
B.N., who was drowned by the upsetting of his
barge while in command of the Magnificent, of 74
guns, 26 Jan. 1805. His grandfather, George, sixth
Earl of Northesk, died Aduiiral of the White in
1792.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Aug. 1826 ; and,
after serving, as Midshipman, on board the Un-
daunted 46, Capt. Aug. Wm. Jas. Clifford, St.
Vincent 120, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham,
and Raleigh 18, Capt. Abraham Mills Hawkins, ob-
tained a commission 21 April, 1832. From 9 Nov.
following until promoted to the rank of Commander,
28 June, 1838, he was further employed under Com-
modore Lord John Hay, latterly as Senior-Lieute-
nant, in the Castor 36, and North Star 28. For
his exertions during that period, as connected with
the operations of the civil war in Spain, Mr. Car-
negie was rewarded with the order of San Fernando.
We subsequently find him in command, from 10
Aug. 1842 until Feb. 1844, of the Orestes 18, and
Devastation steam-sloop, on the North American,
West India, and Mediterranean stations. Since
the date of his last promotion, 10 June, 1845, he has
been on half-pay.
Capt. Carnegie, who has been in Parliament since
1841 as member for the borough of Stafford, was
for some months in 1846 a Lord of the Treasury.
CARPENTER. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 11; h-p., 26.)
Charles Carpenter entered the Navy, 17 June,
1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Antelope 50,
bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth at
Newfoundland, where he attained the rating of
Blidshipman 29 July, 1811, and continued to serve
in the same ship, the Bellerophon 74, bearing the
flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, and Hyperion 36,
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CARPENTER.
Capt. Wm. Pryce Cumty, until Nov. 1S13. He
was afterwards, until Aug. 1815, employed with the
latter officer in the Channel and Bay of Biscay, and
assisted at the capture, 3 June, 1814, after a long
chase, of the Rattlesnake American privateer, of 16
guns. Mr. Carpenter wag next attached for some
months to the St. Geokge 100, and Impregnable
98, flag-ships of Sir J. T. Duckworth at Plymouth ;
and, from April, 1816, until his return home in Oct.
1820, he further served, under the flag of Sir Kich.
King, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, on
board the Magicienne and Orlando frigates, and
in the Minden 74, of which ship he was confirmed a
Lieutenant 20 Jan. 1818. He has not been em-
ployed since the close of 1820. Agents — Messrs.
Stilwell.
F-p., 17;
CARPENTEE. (Captain, 1846
H-p., 17.)
Edward John Carpenter is son of the late
Wm. Carpenter, Esq., of Toft Monks, co. Norfolk,
by Louisa, sister of the late Rear- Admiral Sir Edw.
Berry, Bart., the distinguished companion in arms
of the immortal Nelson, with whom he fought in
the action off Cape St. Vincent, also as his Flag-
Captain at the battle of the Nile, and in command
of the Agamemnon at Trafalgar. Sir Edw. Berry,
who was on board the Leander 50 when that ship
was taken, after a deadly resistance, by the French
74 Le Genereux, further commanded the Foudboy-
ANT 80, at the memorable capture of Le Ghiillattme
Tell, and the Agamemnon in Sir John Duckworth's
action with the French fleet off St. Domingo.
This ofioer entered the Navy, 15 Oct. 1813, on
board the Barfleur 98,* commanded in the Medi-
terranean by his gallant uncle, Sir E. Berry ; on
his removal with whom to the Royal Sovereign
yacht, we find him employed in attendance upon
the Allied Sovereigns on the occasion of their visit
to this country. After an interval of rather more
than three years, part of which period was passed
at the Royal Naval College, he re-embarked, 20
Oct. 1817, on board the Inconstant frigate, Capt.
Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, stationed on the coast of Africa,
where he served until his return home in Sept. 1818.
After a further employment of more than fire years
on the East India and North America and "West
India stations, on board the Phaeton 46, Capts.
"Wm. Henry Dillon, Sir "Wm. Augustus Montagu,
and Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt, Mr. Carpenter —
who had passed his examination 9 Oct. 1821, and
had contributed, in the early part of 1823, to the
capture, during an arduous boat-cruize off" the island
of Cuba, of two piratical vessels — rejoined the
Royal Sovereign, then commanded by Sir Michael
Seymour, from which vessel he was promoted, on
the consummation of a particular service, performed
with the Lords of the Admiralty on board, to the
rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 10 Aug.
1824. From 9 March, 1825, until detained at Malta
as a witness on the trial of some pirates, 20 Feb.
1827, he next served on the Mediterranean station,
in the Gannet 18,Xapt. Fras. Brace. He attained
the rank of Commander 30 April in the latter year ;
and after an interval of half-pay, one year of which
was devoted, vrith the permission of their lordships,
to the study of the higher branches of mathematics
at the Royal Naval College, was appointed, 3 Dec.
1834, to the Scylla 16, in which sloop he appears
to have been employed in the "West Indies until
paid off, 10 April, 1836. Capt. Carpenter's last ap-
pointment was to the command, 13 Dec. 1841, of
the Geyser steam-sloop, again in the Mediterra-
nean. He was advanced to Post-rank on the
paying off of that vessel, 2 July, 1846, and has not
since been afloat.
Capt. Carpenter took out a patent, in June, 1840,
for a new mode of propelling vessels by means of
blades or fans placed on each quarter of a vessel
• The Baefleur formed part of a fleet under Sir Edward
Pellew, and was much damaged in an encounter with the
enemy off Toulon 13 Feb. 1814.
submerged, working on the principle of a screw.
Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
CAEPENTEK. (Admikai. of the White, 1837.
F-p., 20 ; H-p., 49.)
James Carpenter died, 16 March, 1845, at 26,
Cumberland Street, Portman Square, London, in hia
86th year.
Tliis officer entered the Navy, 11 April, 1776, as
Midshipman, on board the Foudroyant SO, com-
manded as a guardship at Plymouth by Capt. John
Jervis, afterwards Earl St. Vincent. In the course of
the same year he sailed for North America in the
Diamond 32, Capt. Chas. Fielding; and, on next join-
ing the SoLTAN 74, commanded successively by the
latter officer and by Capt. Alan Gardner, he shared,
as Master's Mate, in Byron's action with the Comte
d'Estaing In 1779. After acting for some time in
1780 as Lieutenant of the Rover 10, Capt. John
Thos. Duckworth, Mr. Carpenter resumed bis duties,
as Midshipman, on board the Sandwich, bearing
the flag in the "West Indies of Sir Geo. Brydges
Rodney ; but in the same year was again consti-
tuted an Acting-Lieutenant in the Intrepid 64,
Capt. J. P. MoUoy, part of the fleets under Graves
and Hood in their actions off the Chesapeake and
St. Kitt's. Between the date of his confirmation
in the latter rank, 18 April, 1782, and of his pro-
motion to the command, 9 Jan. 1794, of the Nau-
tilds 18, he appears to have been employed at
intervals, on the Home and "West India stations,
in the Salisbury 50, Commodore Sir John Jervis,
Bombay Castle 74, Capt. John Thos. Duck-
worth, and Prince and Boyne 98's, both flag-
ships of the former officer. "We then find him
serving on shore, with a detachment of seamen
under the orders of Capt. Eliab Harvey, at the re-
duction of Martinique, and receiving the public
thanks of Sir Geo. Grey, the Military Commander-
in-Chief, for hia active co-operation. His patron,
Sir J. Jervis, also testified the estimation in which
he held his conduct, by investing him with the
command of the Bien-Venu alias Undaunted, a
prize frigate, to which the Admiralty confirmed him
by commission dated 25 March in the same year,
1794. Capt. Carpenter, who next joined in succes-
sion the Veteran 64 and Alarm 32, further united,
while in the latter ship, with the army under Gene-
ral Sir John Vaughan, in reducing to submission
the Charibs and negroes of St. Vincent, Grenada,
and Dominica, who, encouraged by the French re-
publicans from Guadeloupe, were committing the
most horrible acts of cruelty on the defenceless in-
habitants. Sir John Vaughan, in his public de-
spatches, particularly mentioned the zeal and activity
at all times displayed by Capt. Carpenter on this
service. About the same time the Alarm, in com-
pany with the Bellona 74, captured, off the island
of Deseada, Le Duras, of 20 guns and 70 men, having
on board 400 troops. After an interval of about
four years' half-pay, Capt. Carpenter, who had re-
turned to England in the Quebec 32, assumed com-
mand, in 1799, of the Leviathan 74, Sir John
Duckworth's flag-ship, in which, when in company
with the Swiftsure 74, and Emerald 36, in the
Gut of Gibraltar, he contributed to the capture, in
April, 1805, of two Spanish frigates, each mounting
36 guns, and having on board 3000 quintals of quick-
silver, together with 11 sail of richly laden mer-
chantmen. Being ultimately compelled to invalid
from the Leeward Islands, where Sir John Duck-
worth had been appointed to the chief command,
Capt. Carpenter, while on his passage home in a
merchantman, was taken, about the commencement
of 1801, by the French, and sent as prisoner of war
to Spain, whence, however. Earl St. Vincent soon
procured his release, in exchange for a Lieut-
Colonel and two other officers. He then, until the
peace of Amiens, commanded the San Josef 1 10 ;
and afterwards had charge, from 1803 until 1810,
and from 1811 until Aug. 1812, of an extensive dis-
trict of Sea Fencibles in Devonshire, and of the
Antelope 50, flag-ship at Newfoundland of his old
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friend Sir J. T. Duckworth. These were his last
employments. He became a Rear- Admiral 12 Aug.
1812 ; a Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819 ; and a full Ad-
miral 10 Jan. 1837.
He had been left a widower 23 May, 1844.
Agents — Messrs. StilweU.
CARPENTER, K.H. (©aptain, 1821. f-p., 21 ;
H-P., 45.)
John Cook Carpenter entered the Navy, in
1781, as Captain's Servant, on board the Convert
36, Capt. Henry Harvey, stationed in the Leeward
Islands, where, until 1784, he afterwards served, as
Midshipman, in the Reward sloop, bearing the
broad pendant of Commodore Sir John Laforey , Ber-
EicE schooner, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Boulden
Thompson, Concorde 36, Capt. Augustus Montgo-
mery, and Alcmenb 32, Capt. Wm. Sidney Smith.
He next, in 1790, joined the Bellona 74, Capt.
Fras. John Hartwell, forming part of the fleet in
the Channel ; became subsequently attached, on the
same station, to the Alcide 74, Capt. Sir Andrew
Snape Douglas, Hannibal 74, Capt. John Colpoys,
Thetis 38, Capt. F. J. Hartwell, and Defence 74,
Capt. Jas. Gambler; and, for his conduct as Mas-
ter's Mate of the last-named ship, in Lord Howe's me-
morable actions of 28 and 29 May, and 1 June, 1794,
was promoted, 1 Aug. following, to a Lieutenancy
in the Djedalds 32, Capt. Thos. Williams. Under
the latter officer Mr. Carpenter continued to serve
(with the exception of a few months in 1795-6, when
we find him on board the Abergavenny 54, Capt.
Edw. Tyrrell Smith, and Pompbe 80, Capt. Jas.
Vashon), in the same ship and in the Unicorn 32,
and Endymion 40, until Jan. 1800 ; during which
period he once took charge of a prize,* and partici-
pated in many warm encounters with the enemy, in-
cluding theUNicoRN's capture of La Ville de V Orient
frigate, armee en flute, and the Endymion's action
with the Dutch line-of-battle ship Brutus, and her
attack, in co-operation with the King's troops, on
the town of Wexford. On the latter occasion he
partially commanded a flotilla of cutters and
launches, and by his judicious arrangement greatly
benefited the public service. f He afterwards as-
sumed, likewise on the Home station, the successive
command — 6 Oct. 1800, of the Flora hired cutter —
in March, 1802, of the Ant schooner— 28 Oct. 1803,
of the Hope hired cutter — and, 30 April, 1804, of the
MiLBROOK schooner, of 14 guns, in which he took,
9 May, 1805, La Tranela Spanish privateer of 3
guns and 40 men. Having resigned his command
of the MiLBROOK in Sept. 1806, Mr. Carpenter was
next, 11 May and 8 Aug. 1808, appointed to the
Ville de Paris 110, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships
of Lord Gambler, by whom he was intrusted with
the direction of a fire-vessel in the attack on the
enemy's shipping in Basque Roads, 11 April, 1809 ;
as a reward for his exertions on which occasion he
was advanced to the rank of Commander by com-
mission dated the same day. His last appointments
were— 31 May, 1815, to the Racoon 16, employed
off St. Helena and the Ascension — and, 4 June,
1816, to the Zephyr 12. He returned to England,
after visiting Rio Janeiro, and was placed on half-
pay, 8 Oct. following ; attained Post-rank 19 July,
1821; was nominated a K.H. 25 Jan. 1836; and ac-
cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
He is married and has issue.
CARPENTER. (Commander, 1841.)
Thomas Carpenter entered the Navy 28 May,
1823 ; passed his examination in 1829 ; and ob-
tained his first commission 27 Deo. 1832. He was
subsequently appointed — 13 March, 1833, to the
Gannet 18, Capts. Mark Halpen Sweny and John
Balfour Maxwell, on the North America and West
India station— 7 Nov. 1833, to the Blonde 46, Capt.
Fras. Mason, employed in South America — and, 31
May, 1838, to the Columbine 16, Capts. Geo. Elliot
and Thos. Jordaine Clarke. After intermediately
serving on the coast of Africa for the suppression
• Viiie Gai. 1796, pp. i>76-579. • V. Gai. 1798, p. 592.
of the slave-trade, also on the East India station,
and in China, where he landed, at the storming of
the enemy's defences below Whampoa Reach,*
mounting 54 pieces of cannon, and took part iu
the oiJerations against Canton, he was promoted to
the rank of Commander 8 June, 1841 ; since which
period he has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs.
Halford and Co.
CARPENTER. (Liect., 1824. p-p.,17; h-p.,23.)
William Carpenter, born 2 July, 1792, is bro-
ther of Mr. Geo. Carpenter, Gunner, R.N. ; and
first-cousin of Mr. Wm. Dyer, Purser and Paymaster,
R.N. (1839).
This officer entered the Navy, 26 March, 1807,
on board the Philomel 18, Capt. Geo. Crawley;
and, on proceeding soon afterwards to the Mediter-
ranean iu the Delight 16, Capt. PhiUp Cosby
Handfield, was present, 30 Jan. 1808, in an endea-
vour to re-capture four Sicilian gun-boats, on the
coast of Calabria, where the Delight, having un-
fortunately taken the gi'ound, was ultimately obliged
to surrender, after losing, from an exposure of 15
hours to a galling fire from the enemy's batteries
and troops, two-thirds of her crew, together mth
her Commander and Capt. Thos. Secombe of the
Glatton, who was serving on board at the time,
and to both of whom Mr. Carpenter had acted on
the occasion as Aide-de-camp. On 20 Feb. follow-
ing he joined, as Midshipman, the Porcdpine 24,
Capts. Hon. Henry Duncan and Robt. Elliott, and,
until Oct. 1814, he continued to serve, on the same
station, in the Unite 36, Capt. Patrick Campbell,
Paulina 16, Capt. W. Percival, and Unite again,
Capt. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne. He then be-
came attached to the Dee 24, Capt. John Wm.
Andrew, whom he accompanied to Hudson's Bay;
and was afterwards, as Admiralty Midshipman, ap-
pointed—3 Dec. 1815, and 19 Feb. 1817, to the Per-
SEos 22, and Tamar 24, Capts. Thos. Rich. Toker
and Hon. John Gordon, on the Newfoundland sta-
tion— 10 Jan. 1820, to the Egeeia 22, Capt. John
Joseph Nicolas, lying at Portsmouth — 25 March,
1820, to the Pelter 12, Lieut.-Commanders Wm.
Minchin and Robt. Carley Curry, likewise employed
ofl' Newfoundland— and, 30 Nov. 1822 and 18 Jan.
1823, to the Impregnable and Britannia first-
rates, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Hon. Sir
Alex. Cochrane. Since his promotion to the rank
of Lieutenant, which took place 21 Jan. 1824, ex-
actly 10 years after he had passed his examination,
Mr. Carpenter has been on half-pay.
He married, 31 Jan. 1825, Miss Ann Elms, and
has issue a son and daughter.
CARR. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 34 ; h-p., 10.)
Henry John Carr was born 27 June, 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 180.3, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, Capts.
Lord Amelius Beauclerk and Robt. Moorsom, on
the Home station. He removed, in Aug. 1805, to
the Saturn 74, Capt. Lord A. Beauclerk, in which
ship he served, the greater part of the time as Mid-
sliipman, ofl' Cadiz and in the Channel, until 1809 ;
and he was then transferred to the Royal Oak 74,
commanded by the same officer, to whom he acted
as Aide-de-camp at the debarkation of the Wal-
cheren army in the following July. After sharing
in many detached services on the coast of France,
he accompanied Sir Pulteney Malcolm to North
America in 1812 ; from which period, until the
peace of 1815, he appears to have been most ardu-
ously employed — participating in the attack, as
officer in charge of a boat, on Commodore Barney's
flotilla, the destruction of Washington, the opera-
tions against Baltimore, and the expedition to New
Orleans. On 12 Dec. 1814, at the commencement
of the hostilities against the latter place, Mr. Carr
again had charge of a boat in a valiant conflict
which rendered captive to the British a flotilla of
five American gun-vessels on Lake Borgne, after
the heavy loss to the former of 17 men killed and
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CARR-CARUE— CARROLL.
77 wounded. He also assisted in landing the army ;
was otherwise very responsibly employed ; and, for
his conduct in particular at the storming of the
line of forts along the left bank of the Mississippi,
was appointed by Sir P. Malcolm to a Lieutenancy
in the Borer sloop, Capt. Wm. Kawlins. Mr. Carr,
whose promotion was confirmed by the Admiralty,
8 Feb. 1815, returned to England in the Bulwark
74, and was placed on half-pay in May following.
He subsequently obtained an appointment in the
Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of
the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, 6 July,
1825 ; and, on 16 March, 1831, was transferred to
the Coast Guard, in which service he has been ever
since very effectively employed.
He married Sarah, daughter of Thos. Bradley,
Esq., of Granville, in the island of Jersey, and by
that lady has issue six sons and one daughter.
CARR. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 13.)
Washington Carr entered the Navy, 26 March,
1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aqdilon 32,
Capt. Hon. Wm. Pakenham ; attained the rating of
Midshipman 11 Jan. 1812 ; and continued to serve
in the same ship, under Capts. Wm. Bowles, Jas.
Boxer, Thos. Burton, and Rich. Budd Vincent, until
April, 1816. During that period he assisted at the
destruction, in face of 1500 French soldiers, of seven
large merchantmen, aground near Stralsund, and
was employed in South America, as also in the
Mediterranean, whither he escorted General Don
and the outward-bound trade in 1814. Mr. Carr
next joined the Malta 84, Capt. Thos. Gordon
Caulfeild, and Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, both
lying at Plymouth ; became Admiralty Midshipman,
in Nov. 1818, of the Severn 50, Capt. Wm. M'Cul-
loch, stationed in the Downs for the purposes of
the Coast Blockade ; and, on 12 Sept. 1821, was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His next
appointments were — 7 Jan. 1824, again to the
Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of
the Ramillies 74, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch — 3 May,
1830, to the Caledonia 120, Capts. Rich. Curry,
Edw. Curzon, and Jas. Hillyar, employed on va-
rious particular services — 7 March, 1835, to the
Excellent, Capt. Thos. Hastings, gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth— 26 Sept. 1836, and 1 July, 1838, to the
Tbmeraire 104, and Ocean 80, Capts. Thos. For-
tescue Kennedy and Sir John Hill, guardships at
Sheerness— 24 April, 1839, and 9 Oct. 1841, as First-
Lieutenant, to the Belleisle 72 and Vindictive 50,
both commanded by Capt. John Toup Nicolas, on
the Mediterranean and Home stations — and, 30
May, 1843, to the command, in the West Indies, of
the Hermes steam-sloop. He has been on half-pay
since the attainment of his present rank, 9 Nov.
1846. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
CARRE, formerly Eiddell. (Ctajtatlt, 1819
F-p., 20; H-p., 31.)
Robert Riddell Carre, bom 27 Feb. 1782, in
Edinburgh, is third son of Wm. Riddell, Esq., one
of an old Scottish family, by Elizabeth, only daugh-
ter of John Carre, Esq., of Cavers-Carre. He ac-
quired his present surname in 1817, on inheriting
the estates of his maternal uncle, the late Alex.
Carre, Esq., of Cavers-Carre.
This oflcer entered the Navy, 2 June, 1796, as
Midshipman, on board the Albatross 18, Capt.
Geo. Scott, on the Home station, where he assisted
in capturing, 8 Sept. and 14 Nov. 1797, the pri-
vateers De Braave, of 5 guns, 8 swivels, and 25 men,
and L'EmoucheUe, of 8 guns, 6 swivels, and 55 men.
He next, in succession, joined the Kite 18, Capts.
Wm. Brown and Chas. Lydiard, and Veteran 64,
Capt. Archibald CoUingwood Dickson ; and, in the
latter ship, was present at the surrender of the
Dutch Bear- Admiral Storey's fleet in the Texel, 30
Aug. 1799, and at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April,
1801. After an attachment of some months during
the peace to one of the Plymouth guardships, Mr
^'"''"'i '?,--^P,'^'' ^*°^' "rejoined Capt. Dickson, as a
passed Midshipman, in the Soeptke 64, of which
ship, on proceeding to the East Indies, he was ap-
pointed an Acting-Lieutenant inl804, and a confirmed
one, 5 Oct. 1805. He returned home, in consequence
of ill health, in April, 1807 ; was next, in July follow-
ing, appointed to the Orion 74, commanded also by
Capt. Dickson ; and continued to serve in that ship,
latterly as First-Lieutenant, on the North Sea and
Baltic stations— attending, in the mean while, the
expedition to Flushing— until advanced to the rank
of Commander, 1 Feb. 1812. Capt. Carre's last ap-
pointment afloat was, on 8 Deo. in the same year,
to the Britomart 10, in which we find him serving
off the Scheldt and Texel, on the Irish and Ports-
mouth stations, and eventually at the bombardment
of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. He was placed on half-
pay 15 Nov. following ; and attained Post-rank 12
Aug. 1819. His acceptance of the Retirement took
place 1 Oct. 1846.
CARROLL. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
Andrew De la Codr Carroll entered the Navy
18 Jtme, 1812; passed his examination in 1818; ob-
tained his commission 28 Oct. 1829; joined the
Talbot 28, Capt. Follett Walrond Pennell, on the
South American station, 6 June, 1834; and, since 3
April, 1837, has been serving in the Coast Guard.
He married, 21 Jan. 1841, Mary, daughter of John
Wright, Esq., of Springfield, co. Wicklow.
CARROLL. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
John Fitzgerald Carroll died in 1846. He
was youngest son of the late Lieut.-Col. John
Carroll.
This oflcer entered the Navy 1 May, 1823;
passed his examination in 1829; served fsr some
time, as Mate, on board the Columbine steam-
vessel, Lieut.-Commander Benj. Aplin, on the Fal-
mouth station ; and obtained his commission 10
Jan. 1837. His subsequent appointments were — 23
Feb. in the same year, to the Minden 74, Capt.
Alex. Renton Sharpe, employed off Lisbon and in
the Mediterranean — 15 Sept. 1840, as First-Lieute-
nant, to the Hecate steam-vessel, Capt. Jas. Hamil-
ton Ward, on the latter station — and, 11 June, 1845,
and 3 March, 1846, in a similar capacity, to the
Stvx steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Windham Hornby,
and AcT^EON 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, in which vessels
he successively served until the period of his death.
Agent — J. Uinxman.
CARROLL. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
William Dacres Carroll, son of Capt. W. F.
Carroll, R.N., C.B., was killed, in 1846, while tem-
porarily on board the President 50, in Simon's
Bay.
This officer entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1832 ; passed
his examination 25 Oct. 1838; and was promoted
from the Royal George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus
FitzClarence, 7 March, 1842. From 21 April, 1842,
until the period of his death, he served in the Win-
chester 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of
Hon. Josceline Percy. Agent — J. Hinxman.
CARROLL, C.B. (Captain, 1813. f-p., 26;
H-p., 26.)
William Fairbrother Carroll, born 28 Jan.
1784, at Glencarrig, co. Wicklow, is son of Daniel
Carroll, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, of Uskane, co. Tip-
perary ; brother of Lieut.-Colonel Carroll, of the
6th Portuguese Regt., who died from fatigue at the
battle of Toulouse, in 1814, and of Lieut. Carroll,
R.M.A., who was aide-de-camp to Lieut.-General
Doyle, and lost his life at the siege of Cadiz ; and
brother-in-law of Lieut.-General Nelson, Colonel
Stirke, and Lieut.-Colonel Milling.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Dec. 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diamond 38, Capt. Sir
Wm. Sidney Smith, with whom, after contributing
to the destruction of a convoy at Herqui, he was
taken prisoner in the river Seine 18 April, 1796.
On his release from captivity, in Aug. 1797, he
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173
joined, as Midshipman, the Syren 32, Capt. Thos.
Le Marchant Gosselin, in which ship we find him
assisting at the capture of Surinam in Aug. 1799,
and afterwards very severely wounded while at-
tacking a French vessel, in July, 1800. On the
death, towards the close of 1801, of Lord Hugh
Seymour, Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica, to whose
flag-ship, the Sans Pakeil 80, he had heen re-
moved, Mr. Carroll came home with his Lordship's
remains, in the Sting schooner. He then proceeded
to the East Indies in the St. Fioeenzo 36, Capt.
Joseph Bingham, and was there appointed, 8 Aug.
1803, Acting-Lieutenant of the Centhkion 50, Capt.
Jas. Lind, in whose valorous defence of his ship,
when attacked and furiously cannonaded for nearly
two hours in Vizagapatam Road by the French 80-
gun ship Marengo^ and Atalante and Semillante fri-
gates, 18 Sept. 1804, he particularly distinguished
himself by his gallantry and spirit.* Mr. Carroll's
promotion having been confirmed by the Admiralty
on 15 of the previous May, he was next in succession
appointed, 18 April, 1805, to the Astrea 32, Capt.
Jas. Carthew, in the North Sea; and, 11 Oct. 1805,
to the PoMPEE 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to his old
Captain, then Kear-Admiral Sir W. S. Smith. In
the month of May, 1806, he again rendered himself
conspicuous by his extreme exertions at the storm-
ing of the Island of Capri, and at the bringing off of
two long 36-pounders from an enemy's vessel lying
on the beach at Scalea ; t and, while attending the
expedition to the Dardanells in Feb. 1807, he
eft'ectually destroyed a redoubt of 31 guns on Point
Pesquies, as likewise the guns of a Turkish 64.J
During the operations against Copenhagen in Aug.
and Sept. 1807, Mr. Carroll, then under the orders
of Vice- Admiral Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope,
commanded an armed launch employed in protect-
ing the left wing of the army from the enemy's
flotilla, and was afterwards most admirably instru-
mental in extinguishing the fire which broke out in
the dock-yard. His next appointments were — 3
June, 1808, to the Foudroyant 80, again as Flag-
Lieutenant to Sir "W. S. Smith, on the Brazilian
station — 24 April, 1809, as Senior, to the Achillb
74, Capt. Sir Rich. King, part of the force attached
to the ensuing expedition against Flushing — and, in
Oct. 1810, to the Gibraltar flotilla. In the unfortu-
nate attack which presently took place on the castle
of Frangerola he acquired the official notice of Lord
Blayney for his zeal in command of one of the gun-
boats ; and, on being ordered to Cadiz, he effectively
co-operated in the defence of that place until the
day after the battle of Barrosa, when his boat was
sunk before Catalina, by which calamity he suffered
a heavy pecuniary loss.§ On 4 March, 1811, Lieut.
Carroll was advanced to the rank of Commander,
and in June following appointed to succeed Capt.
Fellowes in the chief command of the whole Cadiz
flotilla. In Dec. of the same year he was sent to
co-operate in the defence of Tarifa ; after which he
resumed his former station off Cadiz, where he con-
tinued until the siege was raised, in Aug. 1812.
He then assumed command of the Volcano bomb,
on the coast of Catalonia, and at the arduous but
ultimately successful investment, in June, 1813, of
the fort of St. Philippe in the Col de Balaguer,
mounting 12 pieces of ordnance, with a garrison of
101 officers and men, he proved ''the admiration of
everybody " by his intrepid support, although seri-
ously and lastingly injured from the exploding of a
sliell, of the commanding oificer, Capt., now Vice-
Admiral Sir Chas. Adam.|| On 6 Dec. 1813, Capt.
Carroll was promoted to Post-rank, and on 10 of the
same month he joined the Revenge 74, as Flag-
Captain to Sir John Gore, with whom he partook of
different operations in the Adriatic, including the
blockade of Venice, until transferred, 5 June, 1814,
to the Cyrus 20, which ship he appears to have
commanded in the Mediterranean, on the coast of
La Vendee, during the war of 100 days, and on the
• Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 3S4. f V. Gaz. 1806, p. 932.
X V. Gaz. leor, p. 595.
S V. Oaz. 1S10, p. 2062, and Gaz. 1811, p. 552
11 V. Gaz. 1813, pp, 13G1, 1405.
Irish station, until Sept. 1818. He was nominated
a C.B. 4 June, 1815, and was subsequently employed,
from 27 Aug. 1825, until 1830, chiefly as Flag-Cap-
tain to Rear-Admiral "Wm. Hall Gage, in the War-
spite 76, Boadicea 46, and Java 52, on the East
India station. He has not since been afloat.
Capt. Carroll, who is now at the head of the Bath
police, has heen 67 times in action with the enemy,
has aided at the capture of 19 sail of the line,
18 frigates, and a vast number of smaller vessels,
has borne a part also in two general engagements,
has been twice wounded and once sunk, and has
been eight times gazetted, besides being ofiicially
mentioned on two occasions in the despatches of
the Duke of Wellington. He married, 3 Aug. 1813,
Martha Milligen, eldest daughter of the late Vice-
Admiral Sir Rich. Dacres, G.C.H., sister of Capt.
Sidney Colpoys Dacres, R.N., and cousin of Rear-
Admiral J. R. Dacres. By that lady he has had
issue two sons, of whom the eldest, Wm. Dacres,
died a Lieutenant, R.N., and seven daughters.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
CARSLAKE. (Lieut., 1805. f-p., 1 6 ; h-p., 32.)
John Cabseake was born 12 Sept. 1785.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 100,
bearing the flag of Lord Bridport in the Channel ;
attained the rating of Midshipman 14 Jan. 1800 ;
and on removing, in April, 1800, to'the Thames 32,
Capts. Wm. Lukin and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, as-
sisted at the capture of several privateers in the
West Indies, was present, 12 July, 1801, in the battle
fought by Sir Jas. Saumarez with the Franco-Spa-
nish squadron near Cadiz, and was frequently in
collision with the batteries on the French coast.
During the peace he served on board the St.
George 98, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Morice Pole, and
Codrageux 74, Capt. John Okes Hardy, on the
West India and Home stations, and, at the renewal
of hostilities in 1803, joined the Victory 100, bear-
ing the flag of Lord Nelson. In the following yeaor
Mr. Carslake, by his individual exertions, extin-
guished an alarming fire which had broken out in
the cockpit of that ship. He next accompanied
Lord Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit of the
combined fleets ; and, for his subsequently merito-
rious conduct at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct.
1805, was promoted, the very next day, to a Lieute-
nancy in the Bellisle 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood.
On 17 Dec. in the same year he rejoined the St.
George, Capt. Thos. Bertie, attached to the fleet
in the Channel, where we find him intrepidly dash-
ing overboard, at a time when the sea was boiste-
rous in the extreme, and saving the life of a seaman
and of the First-Lieutenant, Mr. Caulfeild. In con-
sequence of this act of heroism he was appointed,
12 Sept. 1807, First of the Proserpine 32, Capt.
Chas. Otter, with whom, after bringing home from
Gottenhorg Lord Leveson Gower, the British am-
bassador to the court of St. Petersburg, he proceeded
to watch the port of Toulon. WBile thus employed
the Proserpine was attacked on 28 Feb. 1809, and,
in spite of a noble resistance, in which she sustained
a loss of 1 man killed and 10 wounded, captured by
the French 40-gun frigates Penelope and Pauline ;
owing to which untoward circumstance Lieut. Cars-
lake was detained a prisoner in France until May,
1814. On 4 April in the following j^ear he became
First of the Tartarus 20, bearing the flag in the
Scheldt of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, in which ship he
remained until paid off in Nov. following. Since
that period he has neither been afloat nor been able
to procure that promotion which, we believe, was
freely granted at the conclusion of the war to every
other First-Lieutenant of a ship that had heen ho-
nourably captured.
Lieut. Carslake is a magistrate for the co. of
Devon. He married, 30 Sept. 1817, Thomazin,
youngest daughter of the late Wm. Leigh, Esq., of
Slade House, near Sidmouth, and has issue a son
and daughter. Agent — Frederick Dufaur.
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CARTER.
CARTER. (LlEDTENANT, 1846.)
Alexander Rodney Bligh Carter is son of
Vice-Admiral Chas. Carter.
This officer passed his examination 29 Oct. 1836 ;
and while Mate of the Daring 12, Capt. Henry Jas.
Matson, which vessel he joined towards the close of
1844, jumped overboard and rescued a man from
being drowned. He obtained his commission 9 Jan.
1846, and since the 12th of the same month has
been serving at the Cape of Good Hope and in the
East Indies on board the Snake 16, Capt. Thos.
Bourmaster Brown, and Chudeks 12, Capt. John
Chas. Pitman.
CARTER. (Vice- Admiral op the Blue, 1846.
r-p., 22 ; h-p., 42.)
Charles Carter is son of the late Rev. H.
Carter, Rector of "Whittenham, Berks ; brother of
Capt. Benj. Carter, R.N. (1802), who died, 1 Nov.
1833, in his 61st year, and of the late Brevet-Major
Carter, R.M. ; and nephew of that celebrated au-
thoress the late Mrs. Elizabeth Carter.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 April, 1783, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Hermione frigate,
Capt. John Stone, with whom he continued, on the
Halifax and "West India stations, until removed, in
Aug. 1786, as Midshipman, to the Crown 64, Capt.
Chas. Morice Pole, lying at Plymouth. He after-
wards served, for three years, again in the West
Indies, on board the Scorpion sloop, Capts. "Wm.
Albany Otway and Sir Chas. Hamilton ; was then
transferred to the Leopard 50, Capt. John Blankett,
in the Channel ; and, on 22 Nov. 1790, was promoted,
from the Qceen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord
Howe, to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent
appointments, in the latter capacity, appear to have
been — 15 April, 1791, to the Barfleur 98, bearing
the flag of Rear- Admiral Faulknor, in the Channel,
where he served until the ensuing Oct. — 23 Jan.
1793, to the Trimmer 16, Capt. Fras. Fayerman,
under whom he aided in capturing Le Courier
French privateer— 4 Feb. 1794, to the Alexander
74, Capt. Rich. Rodney Bligh, which ship, after a
glorious resistance of more than two hours, and a
loss in killed and wounded of 40 men, was taken, 6
Nov. following, by a squadron of five line-of-battle
ships and three frigates, under Rear- Admiral Nielly*
— 22 June, 1795, on his release from a loathsome
captivity, to the Magnificent 74, Capt. Squire, in
the North Sea — and, 1 March, 1796, as First, to the
Galatea 32, Capts. Rich. Goodwin Keats and Hon.
Geo. Byng, to the former of whom we find him
rendering himself conspicuously useful at the board-
ing and destruction, 23 Aug. 1796, near Arcasson,
of L' Andromaqiie, of 44 guns and 300 men-i* On 15
May, 1800, Mr. Carter was advanced to the com-
mand of the Adventure 44, artne'e en flute, and, from
that period until March, 1801, was actively employ-
ed in the conveyance of troops to Spain, Minorca,
and Portugal. Having attained Post-rank 29 April,
1802, he afterwards commanded, in consequence of
his inability to procure employment afloat, the Isle
of "Wight district of Sea Fencibles from 4 Aug.
1804, to March, 1810— and the Impress service at
Gravesend, from 13 Dec. 1813, to 18 June, 1814,
and again from 1 May to 12 Aug. 1815. He be-
came Rear-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837, and a Vice-Ad-
miral 9 Nov. 1846.
He married Maria Holmes, youngest daughter of
his old Captain, the late Admiral Sir R. R. Bligh,
G.C.B., by whom he has, with other issue, two sons,
the present Lieuts. Chas. Ricketts and A. R. B. Car-
ter, R.N., and a daughter, married to Lieut. Joseph
Bhgh Duffield, B.N. Another daughter, now dead,
was the wife of Lieut. Geo. Johnson, R.N.
Geo. Lumsdaine, bearing the flag of Admiral Rich.
Kinssmill on the Irish station, where we find lum
assisting, as Midshipman, at the capture in Oct.
1795 Dec. 1796, and Jan. 1797, of the Dutch 64-gmi
ship Oven/ssel, the French privateer ies Deux Amis,
of 14 guns and 80 men, and the 44-gun fngate L,a
Tortue He was promoted, 23 Sept. 1800, to be a
Lieutenant of the Albion sloop, Capt. Jas. Hills, m
which ship he proceeded to the Baltic ; and on join-
ing, 11 April, 1801, the Asia, Capt. John Dawson,
was wrecked, ofi' Dover, in the course of the same
year. His next appointment was, 4 Sept. 1804, to
the command of the Flrebkand fire-vessel ; after
which he was for some time employed in the Sea
Fencibles at Chatham.
Lieut. Carter, who had been on half-pay since
1810, died Governor of the Naval Knights of Wind-
sor. Agent — J. Hinxman.
CARTER. (Lieutenant, 1840. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 1.)
Charles Ricketts Carter, bom 28 Nov. 1811,
is eldest son of Vice-Admiral Chas. Carter.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College
3 Feb. 1825 ; and embarked, 6 Feb. 1827, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Sapphire 28, Capt. Henry Dun-
das, stationed in the Channel. On removing, as
Midshipman, 3 March, 1828, to the Blonde 42,
Capts. Edmund Lyons and Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley,
he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, in Oct.
following, we find him co-operating with the French
at the siege of Morea Castle. He next, in July,
1831, joined the Talaveea 74, Capts. David Colby
and Thos. Brown, on the same station ; passed his
examination 7 Sept. 1831 ; and was afterwards, as
Mate, appointed— 21 May, 1833, to the Caledonia
120, flag-ship, also in the Mediterranean, of Sir
Josias Rowley— 12 Sept. 1837, to the Britannia
120, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir PhiUp
C. C. H. Durham— 22 Nov. 1837, to the Excellent
gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings— and, 20 Nov.
1838, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds.
For his services at D'Journi, and otherwise on the
coast of Syria, Mr. Carter was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840 ; subsequently to
which, 28 May, 1841, he joined the Cornwallis 72,
flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker on the coast of China,
where he served on shore with the naval brigade
at the capture of the enemy's batteries at Chapoo
and Woosung,''' and in the various other operations
which terminated with the pacification of Nanking.
He has been employed since 20 June, 1845, in the
Canopus 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, on the Channel
station.
CARTER, K.W. (Lieutenant, 1800.)
Charles Carter died 1 Oct. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1794, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Polvphemhs 64, Capt.
• Fide Gaz. 1795, p. 113. f r. Gaz. 1796, p. 879.
CARTER. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 17.)
James Carter (i) entered the Navy, 20 May,
1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. Fiokenzo 40,
Capt. Joseph Bingham, on the East India station,
where, in Oct. 1804, he removed, with the same
Captain, to the Sceptre 74. He afterwards, in
Aug. 1809, attended, as Midshipman, the expedition
to the Walcheren ; and was next, in Dec. of the
same year and Feb. 1810, present, under Capt.
Sam. Jas. Ballard, at the destruction of the French
44-gun frigates Loire and Seine, as likewise at the
capture of Guadeloupe, where he served on shore
with the small-arm men. Mr. Carter subsequently
joined, between Jan. 1812, and April, 1815, the
BoYNE 98, flag-ship of Sir Harry Burrard Neale off'
Brest, Armide 38, Capts. Fras. Temple and Sir
Edw. Thos. Troubridge (in which he proceeded to
North America), Sceptre, again, Capt. John Ferris
Devonshire, In the West Indies, and Asia 74, and
ToNNANT 80, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex.
Inglis Cochrane. While attached to the latter
ship, he served on shore at the destruction of
Washington, and in the attacks on Baltimore and
New Orleans. On quitting the Tonnant he became
Acting-Lieutenant of the Melpomene troop-ship,
Capt. Robt. Rowley, and on his arrival home in
Aug. following he found that he had been officially
promoted by commission dated 9 Feb. 1815. His
• yide Gaz. 184!, pp. 3694, 3400.
CARTER.
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next appointments were — 5 March, 1825, and 9 Dec.
1828, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas.
Mingaye, and KAHittiES 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot —
21 May, 1832, to the Coast Guard— 30 June, 1834,
to the command of the Scoct revenue-vessel— 27
June, 1837, to the Coast Guard again— and, 1 Sept.
1841, to the command of the Viper brigantine 6,
on the South American station. Since 1845 Lieut.
Carter has heen on half-pay. Agents — Hallett
and Kobinson.
CARTER. (Captain, 1815. f-p., 22; h-p., 27.)
John Carter is second son of the late Thos.
Carter, Esq., of Castle Martin, co. Kildare, by Ca-
therine, daughter of the Hon. John Butler, and
niece of the first Earl of Lanesborough ; great-
grandson of the Right Hon. Thos. Carter, of Ko-
bertstown and Rathnelly, co. Meath, Secretary of
State for Ireland, and Master of the Rolls ; grand-
nephew of the Right Rev. Philip Twysden, D.D.,
Lord Bishop of Baphoe, in Ireland ; second-cousin
of the present Earl of Jersey ; and brother of Wm.
Henry Carter, Esq., now of Castle Martin, Deputy-
Lieutenant for the CO. of Kildare, as likewise of
Capt. Thos. Carter, late of the Royal Artillery.
This oificer entered the Navy, 14 Jan. 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Brilliant 28, Capt.
Hon. Henry Blackwood, and, on 26 July following,
participated, off Santa Cruz, Tenerife, in that ship's
able escape from the two 44-gun frigates Vertu and
Me'generee, On next removing, with Capt. Black-
wood, to the Penelope 36, he assisted, while at the
blockade of Malta, at the hard-wrought capture, 31
March, 1800, of Le Guillaume Tell, of 84 guns and
1000 men, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Decres ;
subsequently to which we find him attending the
expedition to Egypt, and sharing in much arduous
boat-service on the coast of France and off Genoa.
During the peace of Amiens Mr. Carter successively
joined the Sophie 18, Capt. Geo. Burdett, and
Apollo 36, Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon. He
became attached, at the renpwal of hostilities, to
the Euryalus 36, Capt. Hon. H. Blackwood, block-
ading Boulogne ; passed his examination 1 Feb.
1804 ; and, on 20 Feb. 1805, was promoted, from the
Victory 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson in the Medi-
terranean, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Levia-
than 74, Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun, to which he
was confirmed 4 Sept. following. Under the latter
officer, after pursuing the combined fleet to the
West Indies and back, he bore a part in the battle
of Trafalgar, and, at the close of that deadly
struggle, was employed, at much personal risk, in
securing the prisoners and destroying the prizes.
As Lieutenant, Mr. Carter's succeeding appoint-
ments appear to have been — 28 Feb. 1806, to the
Cerberus 32, Capt. Wm. Selby, in the West Indies
— 3 June following, to the acting-command of the
Cerf (formerly Cyane) 18, which he brought
across the Atlantic with sails under her bottom
and pumps going the whole passage — 1 April, 1807,
to the London 98, Capt. Thos. Western, part of the
force which, in the course of the same year, at-
tended the Royal Family of Portugal in its flight
to the Brazils— and, 6 Aug. 1808, to the Agamem-
non 64, Capt. Jonas Rose, on the latter station.
He was there advanced, 22 Aug. 1809, to the com-
mand of the Hyacinth 18 ; and was afterwards
appointed — 3 Aug. 1811, to the Orestes 16, in the
Channel— and, 23 March, 1812, to the Thracian 18.
In the latter sloop he visited the Baltic and West
Indies; captured, 7 Feb. 1814, the French privateer
L'Emile, of 14 guns and 42 men, off St. Valery ; and,
on two occasions, in order to preserve the crew
from destruction, was compelled to throw a part of
his armament overboard. Capt. Carter — who, since
his attainment of Post-rank, 7 Dec. 1815, has not
been afloat — was nominated, 2 Dec. 1841, Superin-
tendent of the Royal Hospital at Haslar, and of the
Royal Clarence Victualling Yard ; an appointment
he retained until Dec. 1846.
He married, in 1833, Julia, eldest daughter of
W. P. Georges, Esq., and has issue five sons and
one daughter. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
CARTER, K.W. (Lieut., 1801. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 34.)
Robert Carter (a) died 14 Oct. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 May, 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 100,
Capt. Wm. Domett, bearing the flag of Lord Brid-
port, in whose ensuing action with the French fleet
off lie de Groix we find him bearing a part. On
removing, as Midshipman, to the Mermaid 32,
Capt. Jas. Newman Newman, he aided, 17 Oct. 1798,
off the coast of Ireland, in that ship's gallant con-
flict of two hours and thirty minutes with the French
frigate Lm Loire, of 46 guns, on which occasion the
former had 3 men killed and 13 woimded. After
intermediately serving on board the Minorca,
Capt. Miller, Loire 38, Capt. J. N. Newman, and
ViLLE DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Corn-
wallis, on the Mediterranean and Home stations,
Mr. Carter, within a few weeks of passing his exa-
mination, was promoted, 14 Aug. 1801, to the rank
of Lieutenant, and placed in command of the
Ceres, a hired barge, on the coast of Essex, which
he paid off in Oct. following. His subsequent ap-
pointments were — 5 April, 1803, to the Britannia
100, Capt. the Earl of Northesk, in the Channel —
22 Aug. 1804, to the Swiftsuee 74, Capt. Wm. Geo.
Rutherford, under whom he pursued the Franco-
Spanish fleet to the West Indies and back, and then
shared, as Third Lieutenant, in the battle of Tra-
falgar, 21 Oct. 1805—7 Nov. 1807, as First, to the
Jamaica 28, Capt. Arthur Lysaght, employed off
Gnernsey, Newfoundland, and Lisbon — 24 Aug.
1810, to the Experiment, Capt. Jas. Slade, guard-
ship at Falmouth — 15 June, 1812, to the Impress
service, first in the Isle of Wight, and next in the
River Thames — and, in 1829, to be one of the Naval
Knights of Windsor.
CARTER. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 38.)
Robert Carter (6) entered the Navy, 29 Sept.
1799, as Admiral's Servant, on board the Agincourt
64, Capt. John Bligh, bearing the flag at New-
foundland of the Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, from
which ship he was discharged in March, 1800. He
re-embarked, 16 May; 1805, on board the Isis 50,
flag-ship in succession of Vice- Admirals Sir Erasmus
Gower and John HoUoway, on the same station,
where he continued chiefly to serve, until the con-
clusion of the war, as Midshipman and Master's
Mate, in the Jamaica 28, Capt. Arthur Lysaght,
Antelope 50, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos.
Duckworth, and Avenger sloop, Capt. Johnson,
and, as Lieutenant (commission dated 2 Dec. 1812),
in the Hazard sloop, Capt. John Cookesley. He
has not been afloat since 1814.
CARTER. (Retiked Commander, 1844. r-p.,
13 ; H-p., 34.)
Samuel Thomas Carter, bom 28 May, 1785, is
eldest son of the late Sam. Carter, Esq., of Sudbury,
Suffolk, and of Twinsted Lodge, Essex.
This officer entered the Navy, 31 Jan. 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Juno 32, Capt. Geo.
Dundas, on the Jamaica station, where he attained
the rating of Midshipman, 7 July, 1800, and con-
tinued in the same ship, and in the Elephant 74,
commanded also by Capt. Dundas, until Dec. 1804.
During that period he served in the Juno's large
cutter at the cutting out from Campeachy Bay,
after a bloody conflict, in Oct. 1800, of a Spanish
schooner of 12 guns and 96 men ; and, while at-
taclied, in 1803, to the Elephant, he was much em-
ployed in detached service at the blockade of Cape
Fran9ois, where he witnessed the surrender of the
French squadron with the remains of General Ro-
chambeau's army on board. He next in succession
joined the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir
Chas. Cotton in the Channel, Elephant, again, in
the West Indies, and Royal Willluh, flag-ship at
Spithead of Admiral Geo. Montagu; passed his
examination in Oct. 1807, and was confirmed, 14
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CARTER-CARTHEW.
Jan. 1808, to the rank of Lieutenant in the Intrepib
64, Capts. Rich. Worsley and Christ. John Williams
Nesham, in which ship he had previously beheld
the surrender of Madeira. He afterwards, on pro-
ceeding to the "West Indies, efficaciously served on
shore at the reduction, in Feb. and April, 1809, of
Martinique and the Saintes; and, on 5 June in the
latter year, joined the Castor 32, Capt. "Wm. Ro-
berts, under whom we find him contributing to the
destruction, in the ensuing Dec, of the 44-gun
frigates Loire and Seitie, and, in Feb. 1810, to the
capture of Guadeloupe. His last appointments
were, 25 Sept. 1810, to the Donegal 74, Capt.
Pulteney Malcolm, in the Channel, and, 7 Aug.
1811, to the Sophie 18, Capt. Nicii. Lockyer, on
the coast of North America. He was placed on
half-pay in Aug. 1813, and, on 19 Oct. 1844, he ac-
cepted his present rank.
Commander Carter, until lately, held for many
years the honorary command at Lowestoft of the
Suffolk Humane Society's life-boat, and was thus
instrumental in saving the lives, at different periods,
of 124 persons. He married, 9 April, 1814, his
cousin, Laura Catherine, second daughter of the
late Rev. "Wm. Chapman, Vicar of Margate, co.
Kent, by whom he has living a son and four
daughters. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
CARTER. (LiEDT., 1808. r-p., 18; h-p., 33.)
Thomas GiiiBERT Carter entered the Royal
Naval Academy at Portsmouth 6 June, 1796, and
embarked, 11 Oct. 1800, as a Volunteer, on board
the Ganges 74, Capts. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, Jos.
Baker, and Geo. M'Kinley, in which ship, after
participating with the first-named officer, as Mid-
shipman, in the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801,
he proceeded to the "West Indies. In July, 1803,
he removed to the Euryalus 36, Capt. Hon. Henry
Blackwood, and next to the TJtkecht 64, flag-ship
of Vice- Admiral Patton, both on the Home station.
He sailed for the East Indies, in 1804, on board the
CoLLODEN 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew ;
there became, 14 Jan. 1806, Acting-Lieutenant of
the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier; and, on his
return home with convoy in the Monmouth 64,
Capt. Edw. Durnford King, was officially promoted,
23 Aug. 1808. His subsequent appointments afloat
were, 26 Oct. 1808, to the Mercorios 16, Capt.
Thos. Renwick, whom he accompanied to the
Baltic, and, 2 Feb. 1810, to the Orion 74, Capt.
Sir Archibald CoUingwood Dickson, stationed in
the North Sea. From April to Aug. following Mr.
Carter appears to have been confined, as an invalid,
to Yarmouth Hospital. He afterwards commanded
a Signal Station in the co. of Essex, from 21 March,
1811, to 21 Dec. 1814, but since the latter date has
been unemployed.
CARTER (Captain, 1831. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 26.)
Thomas Wren Carter, born in Nov. 1789, is
fourth son of the late Wm. Carter, Esq., a magis-
trate for CO. Hants.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 March, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Warrior 74, Capt. Chas.
Tyler, under whom he attained the rating of Mid-
shipman 8 Sept. 1800, was present, 2 April, 1801,
in the battle of Copenhagen, and then visited Ja-
maica. Between July, 1802, and April, 1806, he
next served, on the Channel and Irish stations, in
the Constance 24, and Blanche 36, both com-
manded by Capt. Zachary Mudge, Topaze 38, Capt.
Willoughby Thos. Lake, Dryad 36, Capt. John
Giffard, and Hibeunia 120, flag-ship in succession of
Lord Gardner, Vioe-Admiral John Leigh Douglas,
and Earl St. "Vincent, part of the force under Hon.
Wm. ComwalUs, in his pursuit of the French fleet
into Brest, 22 Aug. 1805. On 18 April, 1806, a few
days after passing his examination, Mr. Carter was
promoted into the Halifax 26, Capt. Lord Jas.
Townshend, in which ship we flnd him serving, as
First Lieutenant, on the North American station,
until 14 Nov. 1808. On being subsequently ap-
pointed, 12 May, 1809, to the St. Domingo 74, bear-
ing the flag of Sir Rich. John Strachan, he accom-
panied the expedition to the Walcheren, and was
there very hotly engaged with the batteries off
Flushing. From 11 Nov. 1811, to 7 Sept. 1813, he
was further employed in the Aeethdsa 38, Shark
18, Akgo 44, and Bedford 74, a great part of the
time as Flag-Lieutenant, under Vioe-Admiral Chas.
Stirling, Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica, whence,
after holding for a brief period the acting-command
of the Moselle sloop, in which he was superseded
by Sir John Borlase Warren, he returned to Eng-
land. He remained thenceforward on half-pay until
within a few months of his being confirmed, 14 July,
1815, in the command of the Emoloos 16, on the
same station, where he next joined, 16 Feb. 1816,
the Carnation 18. After an unemployed interval
of two years and a half, Capt. Carter obtained, 17
Nov. 1818, an appointment to the Wasp 18, and, on
returning to the West Indies, captured the Vene-
zuelan sloop-of-war El Libertador, bearing the
broad pendant of Commodore Chitty, and a Span-
ish brigantine, her prize. He paid the Wasp off
12 Aug. 1820 ; attained Post-rank 25 April, 1831 ;
and was afterwards appointed, 27 Nov. 1837, and
18 Aug. 1841, to the successive command, in North
America and the West Indies, of the Vestal 26,
and Winchester 50. Since 4 March, 1842, he has
been again on half-pay.
Capt. Carter married, 17 Aug. 1820, Harriet Jane,
eldest daughter of the late Admiral Sir Archibald
CoUingwood Dickson, Bart., and sister of Com-
mander A. C. T. Dickson, by whom he has issue
two sons and three daughters. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
CARTHE'R^. (Vice-Admirai, of the "White,
1841. F-p., 23; H-P., 44.)
James Carthew entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1780,
as Captain's Servant, on board the Dunkirk, Capt.
Chapman, lying at Plymouth ; served, from 1782
to 1786, as Midshipman in the Syren 32, Capt.
Wm. Carlyon, and Adamant 50, flag-ship of Sir R.
Hughes in the West Indies ; and, after a further
attachment to the Carnatic 74, Capt. Peregrine
Bertie, and Salisbury 50, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Milbank,'On the Home and N ewfoundland
stations, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant,
4 Nov. 1790. He was next appointed^ — 18 April,
1793, to the Solebay 32, Capts. "Wm. Hancock Kelly
and Henry Wm. Bayntun, in the West Indies, where
he served on shore at the capture of Martinique, in
March, 1794^3 Nov. 1795, to the Mercury 28, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Byng, on the Newfoundland station —
and, 6 Dec. 1797, to the Irresistible 74, Capt. Geo.
Martin, employed off Lisbon. On 4 June, 1798,
Mr. Carthew was promoted to the command of the
RosARio, which sloop, after attending, in 1799, the
expedition to the Helder, and assisting at the de-
struction of two Dutch frigates and of the dock-
yard at Medenblik, was burnt, as a fire-vessel, in
endeavouring to destroy a French squadron in
Dunquerke Roads, 7 July, 1800.* Capt. Carthew,
who attained Post-rank from the Shark sloop at
Jamaica, 11 July, 1801, there commanded the Gar-
land 22, and Crescent 36, until the peace. He
was afterwards appointed— 8 April, 1805, to the
Astrea 32, in the North Sea— 23 Jan. 1806, to the
Crescent again, on the same station — and, 19 March,
1808, to the Gloire frigate, part of the force em-
ployed in Feb. 1809, at the reduction of Martinique,t
where he had charge for some time of the British
squadron. Since 1812 this officer has not been afloat.
He became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830 ; and a
Vice-Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
CARTHEW. (LiEDT., 1815. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 31,)
John Carthew entered the Navy, 4 May, 1805,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Astkea 32, Capt. Jas.
Carthew, with whom he continued, in the same
ship, and the Crescent 36, on the North Sea station,
until April, 1806. He then joined the Agincourt
* Vide Gajf. 1800, p. 782.
t V. Gaz. 1S09, p.7«.
CARTWllIGHT-CARY.
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64, Capt. Henry Hill, whom he accompanied to St.
Helena; and, in April, 1808, became attached, as
Midshipman, to the Tartar 32, Capts. Geo. Edm.
Byron Bettesworth and Jos. Baker. On 15 May
following he took part in a severe conflict of an
hour and a half between the Tartar and a Danish
flotilla, off Bergen, on the coast of Norway, in which
Capt. Bettesworth was killed; and, under Capt.
Baker, after capturing, with many other vessels,
the Danish privateer Naargske Gutteuy of 7 guns
and 36 men, and spending much time in protecting
the trade through the Belt, he was wrecked on a
sand in the Baltic, 18 Aug. ISll. In Sept. 1812, Mr.
Carthew ne.Kt joined the Nymphen 36, Capts. John
Hancock and Matthew Smith, in which we find
him conveying the Duke of Cumberland from Yar-
mouth to Gottenborg, in April, 1813— employed, in
November following, in laying down buoys for the
safe passage of Admiral Young's fleet into the
Roompot — and contributing, in March, 1814, to the
rescue of the Antelope 50, when that ship lay
aground under a shower of shot and shells from the
batteries of Flushing and Cadsand. Early in 1815
he sailed for the East Indies, vrith the flag of Sir
Geo. Burlton, in the Cornwallis 74, and he was
there confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the Volage 22,
Capts. Joseph Drury and John Reynolds, 24 Nov.
1815. He returned to England and was paid oiF
in Aug. 1817, and has not since been employed.
CAETWKIGHT. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
John Cartwright passed his examination 25
Sept. 1840, and served, as Maie, on the Mediter-
ranean, Home, and Pacific stations, in the Power-
ruL 84, Capts. Geo. Mansel and Michael Seymour,
Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, Caledonia
120, flag-ship of Sir David Mihie, and Collingwood
80, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour.
He obtained his commission 10 March, 1846, and
still serves in the last-mentioned ship as Additional
Jjieutenant.
CAKTWRIGHT. (Lieutenant, 1821. r-p.,23;
H-P., 11.)
Thomas Cartwright was bom 30 April, 1799.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Chatha.m 74, Capt.
Graham Moore, in the North Sea, where he at-
tained the rating of Midshipman, 22 Oct. 1813, and
continued, under Rear-Admiral Matthew Henry
Scott, and Capts. Wm. Lukin and David Lloyd,
until Aug. 1814. He then proceeded to North
America in the Zealous 74, Capt. Jas. Anderson,
and afterwards served with Lord Exmouth in the
BoYNE 98, and Queen Charlotte 100, from which
latter ship, after receiving a slight splinter-wound
in the head at the bombardment of Algiers, he was
paid off in Oct. 1816. In Jan. 1818, Mr. Cartwright
became attached to the Sybille 48, flag-ship at
Jamaica of Sir Home Popham, in which he passed
his examination, 8 Nov. 1819. Ho next served, as
Master's Mate, with Capt. Jodrell Leigh, in the
Bann 20, on the same station ; and, on 16 Feb.
1821, was there promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
in the Ontario 18, commanded, too, by Capt.
Leigh. He came home and was paid off in Jan.
1822 ; and was subsequently employed in the Coast
Guard from 31 Oct. 1828, until the close of 1842.
He has since been unemployed.
Lieut. Cartwright married, 19 July, 1824, Miss
Ann Bazley, and has issue two children.
GARY. (Commander, 1835.)
The Honodrable Byron Charles Ferdinand
Plantagenet Cart, born 5 Oct. 1808, is youngest
son of the eighth Viscount Falkland, and brother
of the Hon. P. P. Gary, Capt. R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 10 Aug. 1820;
passed his examination in 1829 ; obtained his first
commission 13 Dec. 1830 ; served in the Dublin 50,
Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, on the South American
station, from 4 April, 1831, until paid off in 1834 ;
was next appointed, 15 April, 1835, to the Maci-
cienne 24, Capt. Geo. Wm. St. John Mildmay, off
Lisbon ; rose to his present rank 10 Dec. 1835 ; and
afterwards commanded the Bittern 16, for the
suppression of the slave-trafiic on the coast of
Africa, from 5 May, 1841, until the spring of 1843.
He has since been on half-pay.
Commander Gary married, 19 Feb. 1844, Selina,
daughter of the late Rev. F. Fox, of Foxhall, co.
Longford, Ireland. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
GARY. (Retired Commander, 1843. r-p., 15;
H-p., 33.)
Henry Cart died in the early part of 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Sept. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Penguin 18, Capt. Ben-
dall Robert Littlehales, on the Irish station; be-
came Midshipman, in 1800, of the Sophie sloop,
Capt. Geo. Burdett, whom he accompanied to New-
foundland ; and, on removing to the Resistance 36,
Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, was wrecked, off
Cape St. Vincent, 31 May, 1803. He then joined
the Victory 100, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson,
and remained in that ship — participating interme-
diately in the pursuit of the Franco-Spanish fleet
to the West Indies, and in the battle of Trafalgar —
until Jan. 1806. After a further attachment to the
Ocean 98, Capt. Thos. Bowen, and Egyptienne,
Revoldtionnaire, and Cambrian frigates, com-
manded, the first and last by the Hon. Chas. Paget,
and the second by Capt. Chas. Feilding, on the
Home station, Mr. Gary was promoted, 13 July,
1807, to a Lieutenancy in the Inflexible 64, Capt.
Joshua Rowley Watson, one of the ships employed
in the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen, where he
served on shore as Major of Brigade, and acquired
much credit. His next appointments were, on the
West India and Mediterranean stations — 21 Dec.
1807, to the Cherub sloop, Capts. Geo. Ravenshaw,
Alex. Nesbitt, and Thos. "Tudor Tucker — 7 Feb. and
11 April, 1809, to the Ville de Paris 110, and Ocean
98, both commanded by Capt. John Surman Garden
—22 April, 1809, to the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers
— and, 6 April, 1811, again to the Ville de Paris,
Capt. Geo. Burlton. On 13 Dec. 1810, he served
in the boats of the Kent, with those of a squadron
under Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, at the destruction of
a large convoy, protected by two batteries, in the
Mole of Falamos, where, out of a body of 600
British officers and men, upwards of 200 were killed,
wounded, and taken prisoners. Mr. Gary — who
afterwards commanded the Kerryhead Signal sta-
tion at the mouth of the Shannon, from Sept. 1813,
to May, 1814 — was lastly appointed, 11 Jan. 1816,
First of the Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother
Carroll, with whom he served for some time, on the
Irish station, as First Lieutenant. He attained the
rank of Retired Commander 10 April, 1843.*
GARY. (Captain, 1839. p-p., 16; h-p., 11.)
The Honourable Plantagenet Pierrepont
Cary, born 8 Sept. 1806, is second son of the eighth
Viscount Falkland, Capt. R.N. (who died 2 March,
1809, from the effects of a wound received in a
duel), by Miss Christiana Anson, his wife ; and bro-
ther of the present Viscount Falkland, Lieut.-Gov.
of Nova Scotia, as likewise of Commander the Hon.
B. C. F. P. Cary, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 10
Aug. 1820 ; and embarked, in 1822, as Midshipman,
on board the Phaeton 46,.Capt. Henry Evelyn Pit-
field Sturt, employed successively in the West In-
dies and Mediterranean. In 1824 he proceeded to
the East Indies in the Boadicea 46, Capt. Sir Jaa.
Brisbane, in the boats of which frigate he served
during the Burmese war. He afterwards joined, in
the Mediterranean, the Warspite 76, Capts. Rich.
Saunders Dundas and Wm. Parker, and Wellesley
74, Capt. Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland; and, having
passed his examination in 1827, was there promoted,
* Although not employed by the Admiralty after he left
tlie Cyeus, Commander Cary had charge, from 1820 until
1834, of a hired packet under the Post-Oflice. He has left a
widow, a lunatic, and four daughters, one of them married,
hut the others (the Commander having lost all his property
in tlie service) totally unprovided for.
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CASE— CASEY— CASHMAN— CASTLE.
2 Dec. 1829, into the Daktmouth 42, Capt. Sir
Thos. Fellowes. Lieut. Gary's next appointments
were— 24, Nov. 1830, and 27 Jan. 1832, to the
Pkince Regent 120, and Ocean 80, flag-ships at
Sheerness of Sir John Poo Beresford — and, 13
June, 1833, and 10 March, 1834, to the Contcay 28,
Capt. Henry Eden, and Spaktiate 76, bearing the
flag of Sir Mich. Seymour on the South American
station. He obtained his second commission 31 Oct.
1834 — was appointed, 28 Feb. 1837, to command the
CoMUS 18, in the "West Indies — became aPost-Captain
9 May, 1839 — and has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Gary married, 27 April, 1843, Mary Ann,
only child of J. F. Maubert, Esq., of Norwood, co.
Surrey. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
CASE. (Retired Capt., 1846. f-p., 23; h-p., 34.)
William Case entered the Navy, 15 Jan. 1790,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hebe 38, Capt. Alex.
Hood, and, in March, 1792, was transferred to the
Juno 32, Capt. Sam. Hood, both stationed in the
Channel. From May, 1793, to April, 1796, he again
served in the Hebe, as Midshipman, under Capts.
A. Hood, Paul Minchin, and Mat. Henry Scott, in
the West Indies, where we find him, after a short
attachment to the Majestic 74, flag-ship of Sir
John Laforey, promoted, 3 Oct. 1797, to a Lieute-
nancy in La Victorieuse 14, Capts. Edw. Stirling
Dickson and Richardson. While in the latter ves-
sel he cut out a Spanish schooner from under the
fire of a privateer and two batteries at Port Espana,
Trinidad — took part, 7 May, 1798, in a very credit-
able action with two French privateers, the smaller
of whom, a sloop of 6 guns and 50 men, was cap-
tured, and the other, a schooner of 12 guns and 80
men, put to flight — and, in Dec. following, witnessed
the surrender of two forts near the river Caribe,
besides valiantly contributing, in joint command of
a party of 70 seamen, to the capture and destruc-
tion, at Gurupano, of two others, defended by at
least 300 men, and of the C<mleuvre, of 6 guns and
80 men.* Lieut. Case's next appointments were,
27 Aug. 1801, 20 April, 1804, and 21 Dec. 1805, to
the Beaver sloop, Capt. Christopher Basset Jones,
Magdalene, Capt. Joseph Lamb Popham, and
Agincohrt 64, Capts. Thos. Briggs and Henry Hill,
on the Home station ; after which he served, from
Jan. 1806 to June, 1812, under Sir Sam. Hood, on
board the CENTAnK 74, Hibeknia 110, Tigre 74,
Owen Glendower 36, and Illustrious 74, off the
Western Islands, and in the Mediterranean, Baltic,
and East Indies. During the period of his attach-
ment to the Centadr, Mr. Case, as First Lieute-
nant, was meritoriously present, 25 Sept. 1806, at the
capture, in company with the Mars and Monarch
74's, of four heavy French frigates from Rochefort,
on which occasion Sir S. Hood lost his arm.-j- He
also attended, in Aug. and Sept. 1807, the expedition
to Copenhagen — beheld, in Dec. of the same year,
the surrender of Madeira — ably assisted, in con-
junction with the Implacable 74, at the taking, 26
Aug. 1808, in sight of the whole Russian fleet, near
Rogerswick, of the 74-gun ship Sewdhd, after a
close and furious conflict, in which the Centaur
lost 3 killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180
killed and woundedj— and, in Aug. 1809, was en-
gaged, under Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, in the
attack upon Walcheren. After holding for two
months the appointment of Lieutenant-Governor of
Madras Hospital, he was promoted, 7 Aug. 1812, to
the command of the Hecate sloop ; and, on 15 of
the same month, he joined the Samarang, of 16
guns, of which he appears to have retained com-
mand, in New South Wales, until 24 March, 1814.
He has since been on half-pay. His acceptance
of the rank he now holds took place 14 May, 1846.
Capt. Case, in the early part of his career, also
assisted at the reduction of Ste. Lucie and Trinidad.
He married, 15 Sept. 1829, a daughter of Henry
Hallett, Esq., of Chidcook, Devon.
• Vide Gm. 179!!, p. 210. f V- Ga^. 1806, p. 1306.
X V. Gaz. 1808, p. 128i.
CASEY. (LiE0T., 1799. F-P., 29 ; H-P., 29.)
David O'Brien Casey entered the Navy, in 1789,
as Captain's Servant, on board the HviENA 24,
Capts. John Aylmer, Jas. Kinneer, and Wm. Har-
good, which ship, the first lost by the British during
the war, was captured by the French 40-gun frigate
Cmuxrrde, off Hispaniola, 27 May, 1793. On regain-
ing his liberty soon afterwards, Mr. Casey obtained
a Midshipman's berth in the Hermione 32, Capts.
John Hill and Philip Wilkinson, also on the Jamaica
station; where, in 1795-6, he became successively
attached to the Raisonnablb 64, and Swiptsure
74, both flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker,
and, as Acting-Lieutenant, to. the Ambuscade 32,
Capt. Thos. Twysden ; and where he rejoined, early
in 1797, the Hekmione, then commanded by Capt.
Hugh Pigot. A fearful mutiny, on 23 Sept. follow-
ing, broke out among the crew of the latter ship,
and, in the general massacre of the officers which
ensued, Mr. Casey, the Master, Gunner, Carpenter,
and Cook, were the only persons who escaped de-
struction. Of these, the subject of this sketch is
now the only survivor. On his subsequent return
to England, after a captivity of some months at La
Guayra, on the Spanish Main, Mr. Casey in succes-
sion joined, on the Home station, the Achilles 74,
Capts. Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope and Geo. Mur-
ray, RovAL George 100, bearing the flag of Lord
Bridport, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, the Monarch
74, Capt. T. R. Mosse, and another ship, the name
of which we do not happen to possess. He was
confirmed, 11 Oct. 1799, into the Nemesis 28, Capt.
Thos. Baker, and, on 12 Jan. and 25 July, 1800, ap-
pears, while cruizing in the Channel, to have as-
sisted at the capture of Le Renard^ a heavy priva-
teer, and, after a sharp struggle of 25 minutes, of
the Danish frigate I^reija, and convoy. Towards
the close of the latter year we find him, as First
Lieutenant of Le Sensible, Capt. Robt. Tause, sail-
ing for the East Indies, where he continued two
years; after which he served, until 1805, in the
Magicienhe and Foetuh]&e frigates, Capt. Henry
Vansittart — again, as First Lieutenant, in the Mer-
lin sloop, Capt. Robt. Forbes — and in the Astkea
32, Capt. Jas. Carthew, on the Home and West
India stations. He afterwards for eight years com-
manded a Signal station and a body of Sea Fenciblcs
in Ireland ; and was then appointed, 6 March and
10 May, 1813, to the Ai-bion 74, Capt. John Ferris
Devonshire, fitting out at Chatham, and, as Senior,
to the Clarence 74, Capts. H. Vansittart and Fred.
Warren, with whom he served, off Brest, until Aug.
1814. On 6 Dec. 1835, he next obtained charge of
the Semaphore at Putney ; but resigned that em-
ployment on being appointed, 15 Oct. 1839, to the
Royal Hospital at Greenwich.
Lieut. Casey is married, and has, with other issue,
a son, Thomas Page, Second Lieutenant, R.M. (1843),
now serving in the Mediterranean, on board the
America 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon.
CASHMAN. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
William Cashman entered the Navy in 1830;
passed his examination 4 April, 1838 ; and served,
as Mate, in the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott
Henderson, Electra 18, Capt. Arthur Darley, and
Hermes steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Washing-
ton Carr, on the Mediterranean and North America
and West India stations. He obtained his commis-
sion 1 Deo. 1845, and still serves in North America
and the West Indies, as Additional-Lieutenant of
the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm.
Austen.
CASTLE. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 23; h-p., H.)
William Langfokd Castle, born 31 March,
1800, is only son of William Castle, Esq., of Sitting-
bourne, CO. Kent.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 May, 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caledonia 120, Capt.
Jeremiah Coghlan, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew ;
in which he was present, 5 Nov. 1813, and, as Mid-
shipman, 13 Feb. 1814, in two skirmishes with the
CASWELL.
179
French fleet off Toulon, besides assisting as junior
Aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, at the
reduction of Genoa, in April of the latter year.
He next served, from June, 1814, until wrecked, in
a hurricane, near Smyrna, 20 Feb. 1816, on board
the Cossack 28, Capt. Lord Algernon Percy, in
North America, Philomel 18, Capt. Jas. Hanway
Plumridge, lying at Plymouth, and Phcenix 42,
Capt. Chas. John Austen. We then find him doing
duty for three years in the Albion 74, flag-ship in
the Mediterranean of Sir Chas. Vinioombe Pen-
rose ; and, on returning to North America in 1819,
in the Newcastle 60, bearing the flag of Kear-
Admiral Edw. Griffith, selected to command the
Jane tender. He passed his examination 15 Aug.
1819 ; was subsequently, on reaching England in
the summer of 1822, again employed for a short
time in the Albion, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, at
Portsmouth ; and, on next proceeding to the "West
Indies, in the Isis 50, with the flag flying of Sir
Lawrence "Wm. Halsted, was appointed, 6 June,
1824, to the command of the Speedwell schooner
of 5 guns, in which he appears to have been ac-
tively employed against the pirates of Cuba. Mr.
Castle, who was promoted into the Helicon 10,
Capt. Thos. Fisher, 25 Aug. 1824, afterwards joined
in succession, almost invariably as First Lieutenant,
the Beaver 10, Capt. John Jas. Onslow, Isis, as
before. Rose 20, Capt. Wm. Benj. Suckling, St-
BiLLE 48, Commodore Sir Fras. Augustus Collier,
Atholl 28, Capt. Alex. Gordon, and Dbttad 42,
Commodore John Hayes — the three last on the
coast of Africa ; where, in charge of the Black
Joke and Fair Rosamond tenders, and otherwise,
we find he contributed to the liberation of many
thousand slaves. After holding the acting-com-
mand, for some months, of the Medina 20, on the
same station, Lieut. Castle obtained a second pro-
motal commission, dated 29 Oct. 1831 ; subsequently
to which he joined — 15 Feb. 1834, the Salamander
steam-vessel, employed on Channel service — 4 Aug,
1835, the PyiiADES 18, again on the African station,
where he had the good fortune to emancipate a
thousand negroes, and to render such essential be-
nefit to trade as to elicit the thanks of the mer-
chants of Liverpool — and, in Nov. 1840, to the In-
dus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, fitting at Portsmouth,
which last appointment, in consequence of disease in-
duced by his long servitude on the coast of Africa,
he was compelled to resign. He attained Post-rank
23 Nov. 1841 ; and is at present on half-pay.
He married, first, 2 April, 1835, Emma, third
daughter of Capt. Sir John Hill, E.N., Kt. That
lady dying 25 Oct. 1837, he espoused, secondly, 7
July, 1841, Elizabeth Allen, only daughter of Com-
mander Robt. M'Coy, R.N., by whom he has issue
two children. Agent — John P. Muspratt.
CASWELL. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 26;
H-P., 13.)
George Caswell entered the Navy, 24 May,
1808, as Sec.-cl. "Vol., on board the Parthian 10,
Capts. John Balderson, Rich. Harward, and Hon.
Henry Dawson, in which vessel we find him, in the
course of the same year, sharing in an action with
three men-of-war — assisting next at the capture, 5
May, 1809, of ia Nouvelle Gironde, a noted priva^
teer, of 14 guns and 58 men— and employed, subse-
quently, at the bombardment of Flushing. Having
attained the rating of Midshipman, 4 April, 1810,
he removed, in Nov. following, to the Christian
VII. 80, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, with
whom he continued to serve, in the same ship and
the, Caledonia 120, on the North Sea and Medi-
terranean stations, until Sept. 1814. During that
period he partook of the two slight encounters, of
5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814, with the French fleet
near Toulon — and served on shore at the reduction
of Genoa. After a further attachment to the Prince
Freoekick, Capt. Rich. Pridham, receiving-sloop
at Plymouth, and to the Mai/pa 80, Capt. Wm.
Chas. Fahie, and Botne 98, flag-ship of Lord Ex-
mouth, both on the Mediterranean station, Mr.
Caswell was promoted, 24 Sept. 1815, to a Lieute-
nancy in the Minstrel 20, Capt. Fras. Erskine
Loch, in which he returned home and was paid oflF
in the ensuing December. His subsequent appoint-
ments were — 28 Dec. 1824, to the Champion 18,
Capt. John Fitz-Gerald Studdert, with whom he
served, as First Lieutenant, during the Burmese
war— 17 Nov. 1829, and 1 May, 1830, to the "Vic-
tort 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, and St. Vincent
120, Capt. Hyde Parker, at Portsmouth — 23 March
and 16 Dec. 1831, as Senior, to the Pallas 42,
Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, in the West Indies, and
Madagascar 46, Capt. Edmund Lyons, in the Me-
diterranean— 25 Nov. 1834, to the Coast Guard — 13
Nov. 1841, again as Senior, to the Gorgon steamer,
Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson, on the Mediter-
ranean station— and, 23 April, 1842, in a similar
capacity, to the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christ. Wy-
viU, at the Cape of Good Hope. He continued in
the latter vessel until promoted to his present rank
9 Nov. 1846.
Commander Caswell married Louisa, daughter of
Commander Benj. Leigh, E..N., by whom he has
issue. Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
CAS"WELL. (Lieut., 1820. f-p., 12; h-p., 22.)
Thomas Caswell entered the Navy, 15 May,
1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amphion 32,
Capts. Jas. Pattison Stewart, John Brett Purvis,
and Wm. Bowles, with whom he successively served,
latterly as Midshipman, oft" Bermuda and on the
Home station, where we believe he assisted at the
capture of the islands of Schouwen and Tholen,
until Oct. 1815. He then sailed for the East Indies
in the Magicienne 36, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King,
and on his return to England, in Aug. 1819, was
appointed to the Coast Blockade, as Admiralty-
Midshipman of the Severn 50, Capt. Wm. M'Cul-
loch. Having obtained his commission, 3 March,
1820, Mr. Caswell was again employed on the latter
service, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ra-
MiLLiES and Talaver A 74' s, Capt. Hugh Pigot, from
13 Feb. 1829, until some time in the following year.
He afterwards, on 31 March, 1832, obtained a com-
mand in the Coast Guard ; but has been on half-pay
since 1835. Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
CASWELL. (LiEDT., 1813. f-p., 17; h-p., 25.)
William Caswell entered the Navy, in Sept.
1805, as A.B., on board the Fox 32, Capts. Wm.
Hugh Dobbie, Hon. Arch. Cochrane, Henry Hart,
and Wm. Wells, on the East India station, where
he remained until his return home in Oct. 181 1 ;
previous to which he had been taken prisoner, as
Midshipman, in a conflict with the Malays, and de-
tained a prisoner among them from Sept. 1807 to
April, 1808 — and had commanded the Fox's barge
at the capture, 23 March, 1809, of La Caravanne
French privateer, of 8 guns and 100 men, under
the batteries of Sappara. In Nov. 1811, he joined,
as Master's Mate, the Maidstone 36, Capt. Geo.
Burdett — and, on proceeding to the Mediterranean,
commanded her launch at the capture of a priva-
teer of 5 guns and 59 men. For his subsequent
conduct, on 3 Aug. 1812, at the taking, in the Bay
of Fundy, of the American Revenue-cutter Commo-
dore Barry, of 6 guns, by the boats of the BIaid-
STONE, of one of which he again had charge, Mr.
Caswell was appointed, 26 April, 1813, Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Spartan 38, Capt. Edw. Pelham
Brenton, and, on 13 Nov. following, was confirmed
into the Plantagenet 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd. He
was afterwards, on 26 Sept. 1814, wounded in a san-
guinary attack on the American privateer General
Armstrong. On his return home, after visiting the
West Indies,* he joined, 7 Sept. 1815, the Superb
74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, one of Lord Exmouth's ships
at the bombardment of Algiers, in which he con-
tinued until paid off in Oct. 1818. He was sub-
sequently appointed — 23 Nov. 1820, to the Surinam
sloop, Capt. "Wm. 51'Kenzie Godfrey, on the Jamaica
station — in Nov. 1821, as First Lieutenant, to the
Bann 20, Capt. Chas. Phillips, on the coast of
* See Lieut. Thomas Heales,
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C ATER-CATOR— CA ULFEILD.
Africa— and, 5 March, 1825, to the Coast Blockade,
as Supernumerary of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm.
Jas. Mingaye. He has been on half-pay since 1828.
Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
CATER. (Lieut., 1809. r-p., 17 ; h-p., 26.)
Charles Joseph Cater was born 14 Deo. 1788,
and died 31 July, 1845. He was youngest son of
the late Henry Cater, Esq., Attorney-at-law, of
Great James Street, London ; and brother of the
late Mr. Sam. Cater, E.N. , who, after having served
in the battles of Camperdown and Copenhagen, was
lost, as Master's Mate, in the Scout 18, Capt. Henry
Duncan, 25 March, 1801.
This ofdcer entered the Navy, in June, 1802, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the jMagicienne 32, Capt.
Henry Vansittart, with whom he subsequently
sailed for the West Indies, as Midshipman of the
Fortcnee 36, and there assisted at the capture of
a Spanish packet, of which, with another Midship-
man and 22 men, he was placed in charge. A few
days afterwards, the prize having been rendered
totally unserviceable in a gale of wind, Mr. Cater
and his party were compelled to abandon her, and,
on landing at Vera Cruz, were marched up the
country, as prisoners of war, to Pueblos de los An-
gelos, where they were detained for the space of
15 months. On at length regaining his liberty, the
subject of this sketch rejoined the J?ortunee, then
on the coast of Ireland ; after which he was trans-
ferred to the Bellerophon 74, flag-ship of Lord
Gardner off the Texel, and, on 28 Feb. 1809, ap-
pointed Lieutenant of the Ephera brig, Capts.
John Strutt Peyton and Thos. Everard, under
the latter of whom he was wrecked, near Cadiz, 26
Dec. 1811. His subsequent appointments appear to
have been — 29 Feb. 1812, to the Savage sloop,
Capt. Wm. Bissell, on the Portsmouth station — 12
March, 1814, to the Terror bomb, Capts. John
Sheridan and Constantino Rich. Moorsom, in which
he served, until the peace, up the Chesapeake and
along the coast to Cumberland Sound — and, 25
Oct. 1815, as First Lieutenant, to the Nimrod 18,
Capts. John Macpherson Ferguson and John Wind-
ham Dalling, on the Leith station. He was paid
off 24 June, 1819, and was not afterwards em-
ployed.
Lieut. Cater married, 10 Aug. 1830, Clarissa Do-
rothy, second daughter of the late Lieut.-Col. Thos.
John Stirling, E.M., grand-daughter of the late
Lieut.-Col. T. Stirling, R.M., and sister of the pre-
sent Lieut. Spencer Stirling, K.N., by whom he has
left an only daughter.
CATOR. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 14; h-p., S3.)
Bertie Cornelius Cator, born 26 Sept. 1787, at
Beckenham, co. Kent, is fourth son of the late Jo-
seph Cator, Esq., a merchant of high standing, by
Diana, sister of the late Admiral Sir Albemarle
Bertie, Bart., K.C.B., a descendant of the Dukes
of Uncaster.
This officer entered the Navy in April, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 98,
commanded by his uncle, Capt. Albemarle Bertie,
then Flag-Captain to Sir Chas. Cotton, on the
Home station ; where he afterwards joined in suc-
cession, as Midshipman, the Glory 98, Capt. Thos.
Wells, Malta 80, Capt. A. Bertie, and Carysfokt
and Hydka frigates, each commanded by Capt.
Geo. Mundy, under whom he appears, latterly in
the Mediterranean, to have assisted at the capture
of several heavy privateers and other armed ves-
sels, besides participating in much boat-service.
On 14 Dec. 1806, he was promoted, from the Ocean
98, flag-ship of Lord CoUingwood off Cadiz, to be
Acting-Lieutenant of the Delight brig, Capt.
Philip Cosby Handfleld, employed in conveying
despatches to the Archipelago and Egypt, and also
to England, previously to his return whither he
proved the main instrument, during a tremendous
hurricane, of rescuing the vessel from destruc-
tion. Being officially promoted, 3 March, 1807,
Mr. Cator, on 2 June following, joined the Fou-
DROYANT 80, bearing the flag of his uncle off Brest,
and next of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith off Lisbon;
after which he was appointed, 16 April, 1808, to
the Leopard 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good
Hope of Rear-Admiral Bertie, by whom he was
placed in command, 22 Feb. and 21 Nov. 1809, of
the Sapphire and Otter sloops. In the latter
vessel we find him until April, 1810, blockading
the Isles of France and Bourbon, and particularly
distinguishing himself by his conduct at the cap-
ture of St. Rose. While on his passage soon after-
wards from the Cape to the Mauritius, in charge of
the Ranger transport, Mr. Cator was taken by tw-o
French frigates, but was fortunately exchanged in
time to assume command of the Bombay Anna, a
country ship, and co-operate in the subjugation of
that island. Immediately on its conquest he was
sent home, as Acting-Commander of the Action
brig, with the duplicates of the despatches, and
was in consequence promoted to the rank of Com-
mander by commission dated 13 Feb. 1811, and
presented with a gratuity of 500?. Continuing in
the AcTjsoN until his attainment of Post-rank, 7
June, 1814, Capt. Cator, during that period, carried
despatches to Calcutta and back — escorted the
Russian fleet from the Baltic to Gottenborg —
landed with a party of marines, on one occasion, in
Lynhaven Bay, on the coast of America, and de-
stroyed a barrack with all its stores, after a short
action with a body of dragoons and infantry, in
which 9 of the enemy were taken, and several
killed or wounded, "with a loss to the British of
only one marine badly wounded* — commanded all
the watering parties during the blockade of the
Chesapeake in the winter of 1813 — and afterwards
cruized off the coast of Norway with the Briseis
brig under his orders. Capt. Cator, who had not
been employed since his Post-promotion, accepted
the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
He married, in 1816, Sophia, only child of Michael
Atkinson, Esq., of Mount Mascal, North Cray, Kent,
and Portland Place, London, formerly of the Hon.
E. I. Co.'s Civil Service; by whom he has, with other
issue, a youngest daughter, Jane Frances, who mar-
ried, 1 J une, 1842, Geo. Augustus Graham, youngest
son of General Vernon, of Hilton Park, co. Staf-
ford. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
CATOR. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
John Bertie Catok passed his examination 8
Aug. 1836 ; and for his services, as Mate of the
Wellesley 72, Commodore Sir Jas. John Gordon
Bremer, Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, and Cam-
brian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, during the
war in China (where, in the Herald, he beheld
the capture of several forts, and of the last one
protective of the approaches to Cantonf), was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842. He
joined, 3 June, 1843, the Virago steam-sloop, Capt.
Geo. Graham Otway, on the Mediterranean sta-
tion ; and since 14 April, 1846, has been employed
in the Belleisle 72, Capt. John Kingcome, and,
as First, in the Birkenhead steam-frigate, Capt.
Aug. Henry Ingram.
CAULFEILD. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.)
Edwin Toby Caulfeild, born 14 Jan. 1793, is
eldest son of the late Wade Toby Caulfeild, Esq.,
of Raheenduff, Queen's co., and of Catcombe, co.
Wilts, Captain in the 3rd Dragoon Guards, by his
second wife, Anne, sister of Sir Jonathan Cope,
Bart., of Brewerne ; grandson of Col. Wm. Caul-
feild, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort George, N.B. ;
great-grandson of the Hon. Toby Caulfeild, of
Clone, CO. Kilkenny, third son of William, fifth
Baron Charlemont ; and cousin of Commander Jas.
Caulfeild, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 July, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lavinia 38, Capt. Lord
Wm. Stuart, in which frigate he attained the rating
of Midshipman in 1808, and served, until Nov. 1810,
in the Channel, off the Western Islands and the
* Vide Gai. ISU, p. 232. f V. Gaz. 1841, p. 1603.
CAULFEILD— CAVENDISH— CAWLEY.
181
coasts of Spain and Portugal, in the expedition
against Flushing, and on the Mediterranean sta-
tion. In Jan. 1811, he joined the Conquestador
74, commanded by the same Captain, and, while in
that ship, assisted in her boats at the capture of a
French vessel under the batteries of lie d'Aix,
and was ultimately, on 27 Dec. in the same year,
taken prisoner in a gallant but unsuccessful attack
on an enemy's flotilla. He regained his liberty at
the peace, and obtained his commission 3 March,
1815, but has been ever since on half-pay.
Lieut. Caulfeild married Frances Sally, daughter
of the late Eyleg Irwin, Esq., of co. Fermanagh,
by whom he has issue a son and two daughters.
CAULFEILD. (Commandek, 1832. f-p., 19 ;
H-P., 19.)
James Caulfeild is third son of the late Wm.
Caulfeild, Esq., of Benown, oo. Athlone, Col. of the
Boscommon Militia, by his first wife, Lucy Sander-
son, of Clover Hall, co. Cavan ; grandson of the
Venerable John Caulfeild, Archdeacon of Kilmore ;
brother of the present Col. John Caulfeild, of
Bloomtield, co. Westmeath, Deputy- Lieutenant for
00. Koscommon; nephew of Commodore Thos.
Gordon Caulfeild, R.N., who died in 1821, and of
the late Commander Kobt. Caulfeild, R.N. (1814) ;
and cousin of the present Lieut. Edwin Toby Caul-
feild, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Jime, 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Milford 74, Capt. Henry
"Wm. Bayntun, flag-ship, afterwards, of Sir Rich.
Goodwin Keats, under whom he served at the siege
of Cadiz, was frequently engaged in boat-collisions
with the French flotilla, and assisted in removing
the wounded after the battle of Barrosa. On 2
Aug. 1811, he became Midshipman of the Hiber-
NiA 110, bearing the flag of the same officer, and
next of Sir "Wm. Sidney Smith, in the Mediter-
ranean ; where he was transferred, in Jan. 1813, to
the Imp^rieuse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan.
In Oct. following we find him serving at the cap-
ture of Port d'Anzo, and subsequently employed
on the coast of Italy, where he co-operated on
shore with the army in the attack upon Leghorn,
and was frequently landed on other occasions for
the purpose of harassing the enemy. Mr. Caulfeild
— who next became attached to the Glasgow 50,
Capt. Hon. H. Duncan, Centaur 74, Capt. Thos.
Gordon Caulfeild, and Acorn 20, Capt. Jos. Prior,
on the Home and East India stations — passed his
examination 15 Aug. 1815 ; and afterwards joined,
in the several capacities of Acting-Lieutenant,
Master's-Mate, and Admiralty-Midshipman — the
CoRNWALLis 74, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Burlton, and
Thais 20, Capt. Henry "Weir, on the last-named
station — the Spbncek 74, Capt. "Wm. Robt. Brough-
ton, CvRENE 20, Capt. Aaron Tozer, Impregnable
104, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, and
ToNNANT 80, and Windsor Castle 74, Capt. T. G.
Caulfeild, lying in Hamoaze — and Leandeh 60, in
which ship, on his return to India with the flag of
the Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, he was made a
Lieutenant, 5 Feb. 1821. His subsequent appoint-
ments afloat appear to have been — 2 Nov. 1821,
and 19 Jan. 1822, as First Lieutenant, to the Liver-
pool 50, and Ganges 84, both commanded by Capt.
Fras. Augustus Collier, in the East — 8 May, 1826,
after an interval of three years and a half, to the
"Victory 104, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Martin
at Portsmouth— 7 Jan. 1827, to the Menai 26, Capt.
luichael Seymour, on the South American station —
8 Deo. 1827, to the Imperial bomb, Capts. Edm.
"WiUiama Gilbert and Brunswick Popham, in the
Mediterranean— 2 Dec. 1828, and 28 Dec. 1829, as
Senior, to the Pelican 18, Capt. Fras. Deane Hut-
cheson, and Gloucester 74, Capts. Henry Stuart
and Fras. Holmes CoiHn, on the same station — and,
5 Nov. 1830, to the Melville 74, Capt. Christopher
John Williams Nesham, in which he returned to
England and was paid oflT towards the close of 1831.
He was advanced to the rank he now holds 27 Aug.
1832; and has not been since employed.
Commander Caulfeild received the thanks of the
Navy Board in 1827 for his personal exertions in
extinguishing a fire which had broken out in alarm-
ing proximity to the Dockyard at "Woolwich. He
married, first, in 1823, Augusta, daughter of Anne,
Baroness Crofton, and sister of Capt. Hon. Geo.
Alfred Crofton, R.N., by whom he had one son,
now an Ensign in the 66th llegt. ; and, secondly,
Emilia Olivia, daughter of the late Col. French, of
Clooniquin, co. Roscommon.
CAVENDISH. (Capt., 1830. f-p., 16; h-p., 21.)
The Honourable George John Cavendish is
third son of Richard, second Baron "Waterpark, by
Juliana, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Thos.
Cooper, Esq., of Cooper's Hill and MuUimast Castle,
CO. Kildare ; brother of the present Lord "Water-
park, Colonel of the Derbyshire Slilitia, and of the
Hon. Fred. Cavendish, a Captain in the Army ; and
brother-in-law of the Right. Rev. Thos. Musgrave,
D.D., Lord Bishop of Hereford.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Elizabeth 74, Capts.
Hon. Henry Curzon, Thos. Searle, and Edw. Leve-
son Gower, employed on the Home station; became,
26 July, 1810, Midshipman of the Poictiers 74,
Capt. Sir John Poo Beresford, with whom, on pro-
ceeding to North America, he assisted at the cap-
ture, among other vessels, of the ships-of-war Wasp
and Frolic ; joined next, in 1811, the Tonnant 80,
Capt. Alex. Skene, Goliath a cut-down 74, Capt.
Fred. Lewis Maitland, and Leander 60, Capt. Sir
Geo. Ralph ColUer, in which he aided in taking
several American privateers ; was afterwards trans-
ferred, in succession, to the Prince 98, and Queen
Charlotte 100, flag-ships of Sir Edw. Thorn-
brough at Portsmouth, Jupiter 50, Capt. Henry
Meynell, fitting out at Plymouth, and Newcastle
60, bearing the flag of Sir Pulteney Malcolm at St.
Helena; passed his examination in 1816; came
home, early in 1817, as Acting-Lieutenant of the
ICAKUS 10, Capt. Thos. Barker Devon ; and after a
further attachment to the Istek 36, flag-ship of Sir
Chas. Hamilton, and Carkation 18, Capt. Hon.
John Gordon, at Newfoundland, was there pro-
moted, 14 July, 1818, into the Egeria 24, Capt.
Robt. Rowley. He was next appointed— 21 Nov.
1818, to the Tamar 26, Capt. Hon. John Gordon,
on the latter station— and, 29 July, 1821, to the
Tees 26, Capts. Thos. Coe and Fred. Marryat, in
which he served during a part of the Burmese war.
He attained the rank of Commander 7 Aug. 1826 ;
became Second Captain, in the Winchester 52, to
Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, Commander-in-Chief in
the West Indies, 3 Oct. 1829; was posted 25 Nov.
1830 ; then returned home a passenger in the Vic-
tor 18 ; and has not since been afloat.
Capt. Cavendish married, 14 Aug. 1838, Caroline,
youngest sister of Chas. Prideaux Prune, Esq., of
Prideaux Place, Cornwall, by whom he has issue
three children.
CA"WLEY. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 22; h-p., 31.)
John Cawlby died 30 April, 1846, in his 77th
year. He was son of the late Thos. Cawley, Esq.,
merchant, of Exmouth, co. Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1793, as
A.B., on board the Vanguard 74, Capt. Hon. Ed-
win Henry Stanhope, lying in the Downs ; re-
moved, as Midshipman, in the following month, to
the Prince 98, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral
Geo. Bowyer ; and, on subsequently accompanying
the latter officer into the Barflehr 98, was present
in Earl Howe's actions of 29 May and 1 June, 1794,
on which latter occasion he was slightly wounded.
From July, 1794, to May, 1798, he was next em-
ployed, as Master's-Mate, on a voyage of discovery
to the Pacific, under Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton,
of the Providence 16, and, when on shore at the
Sandwich Islands, narrowly escaped being murdered
by the natives, the rest of his party havuig been all
destroyed. After a servitude of two years on board
the Suffolk 74, bearing the flag of Admiral Rainier
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CAWLEY—CERJAT— CHADS.
in the East Indies, Mr. Cawley was confirmed, 16
Aug. 1800, to a Lieutenancy in the DiEDALns 32,
Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball. While in the subse-
quent command of a gun-boat at the blockade of
Batavia, he was principally instrumental to the
destruction of the dockyard, arsenal, and public
works, as well as of 6 armed and 10 merchant ves-
sels, at that place; after which he aided, in the
Straits of Banca, in taking one and sinking five of a
flotilla of 60 piratical proas, at the termination of
an action, in which, by the explosion of the powder-
magazine, his sight was seriously injured. His next
appointments' were— 31 Jan. 1804, to the San Josef
110, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Chas. Cotton, in the
Channel ; and, 6 Sept. 1805, to the Couragedx 74,
Capt. Jas. Bissett, under whom he beheld the cap-
ture, 13 March, 1806, of the French ship Marengo
of 80 guns, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and
40-gun frigate Belk Poule. He afterwards, as First
Lieutenant, joined— in Feb. 1808, the Talbot sloop,
Capt. Hon. Alex. Jones, off the coast of Portugal —
30 June, 1809, the Inconstant 36, Capt. Edw. Stir-
ling Dickson, at the Cape of Good Hope — in Feb.
and Dec. 1813, the Magicienne and Pomone fri-
gates, in which, under Capts. Hon. Wm. Gordon
and Philip Carteret, he assisted at the capture of
St. Sebastian — and, 25 July, 1814, the Vaeiant 74,
on the South American station, where, during the
absence of the Captain, Zachary Mudge, he sup-
pressed a dangerous mutiny of the crew. "We
should have mentioned that Lieut. Cawley, when
in the Talbot and Inconstant, won considerable
credit by the able manner in which he rescued
those ships from destruction when they had taken
the ground on a reef of rocks, the one near Lisbon,
the other in Saldanha Bay. The Valiant having
been paid ofi' in Aug. 1815, he remained unemployed
until appointed, 20 Nov. 1821, to command the Gke-
CIAN cutter, of 10 guns, on the West India station.
In March, 1823, we find him destroying a noted
piratical schooner, mounting 8 heavy guns, together
with 3 gun-boats, carrying in the whole 120 men, of
whom 50 were killed ; after which he performed an
important service in heaving H.M. sloop Scout
from off a reef of rocks on which she had struck ;
and for his conduct, on 5 Nov. following, in person-
ally saving, with the boats of the Grecian, in spite
of a tremendous surf, 21 British subjects, who had
been wrecked on a desert rock in the Gulf of
Mexico, received the thanks of the Koyal Humane
Society. He was promoted to the rank of Com-
mander on paying off the Grecian, 11 May, 1825 ;
and, on 18 July, 1837, was admitted to the out-pen-
sion of Greenwich Hospital.
Commander Cawley, in 1818, constructed a life-
boat, the great value of which was fully attested by
Sir John Ross in his first visit to the Arctic regions.
He also suggested to the Admiralty a plan for water-
ing the town of Port Koyal, Jamaica, the dockyard,
and shipping, at one-third of the present annual ex-
pense ; and to information afforded by him is the
whale-fishery indebted for its extension from the
Equator north to Japan. Another proposal, sub-
mitted by him to the Board, was for instantane-
ously acquainting the man at the wheel or officer
of the watch with the sudden appearance of water
in any part of the ship. He married, first, in 1803,
Miss Ann Blackmore, by whom, who died in 1832,
he had six sons and five daughters ; and, secondly,
Elizabeth Bragg, by whom he has left a son and
daughter— making, with the former, 13 children,
all living. His eldest son, John, is a Lieutenant R.N. ;
four other sons are in the Hon. E. I. C.'s service ;
and a fifth was lately employed in China as Master' s-
Assistant of the Agincoukt 72.
CAWLEY. (LlEHTENANT, 1845.)
John Cawlev is eldest son of the late Commander
John Cawley, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1822, on
board the Grecian cutter, then commanded by his
father, under whom he particularly distinguished
himself in the piratical engagement alluded to in
our preceding memoir. He served as Midshipman
of the Genoa 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, at the
battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827 ; and, in the foUow-
ine year, was on board the Gkasshoppeb sloop at
thi capture, in the West Indies, of two slave-vessels
carrying 500 negroes. He passed his examination
6 May, 1829 ; invalided home from South America
in 1833, in consequence of the loss of an eye, and of
injuries which procured him a pension of 2s. 6rf. a-
day ; joined, in the early part of 1845, the Canofds
84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, employed as an evolu-
tionary ship ; obtained his commission on 25 June
in the same year; and since 25 April, 1846, has
been employed in the Imacm 72, Commodore Dan.
Pring, receiving-ship at Port RoyaJ, Jamaica.
CEEJAT. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Charles Thomas William George Cekjat
passed his examination 27 July, 1840 ; served for
some time on the East India station as Mate of the
Clio 16, Capt. Edw. Norwich Troubridge ; was for
two years and a half employed at Portsmouth on
board the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos.
Hastings ; became attached, 21 Dec. 1844, to the
Firebrand steam-frigate, Capt. Jas. Hope, sta-
tioned on the S.E. coast of America; and, on 4
May, 1846, was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, and appointed Additional of the Vernon
50, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield.
CHADS. (Commander, 1845.)
Henry Chads entered the Navy 2 Aug. 1832 ;
passed his examination 4 Sept. 1839; was pro-
moted, from the Endymion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred.
Wm. Grey, into the Nimrod 20, Capt. Fred. Henry
Hastings Glasse, on the East India station, 14 June,
1841 ; was there transferred, 28 Feb. 1843, as Senior
Lieutenant, to the Harlequin 16, Capt. Hon. Geo.
Fowler Hastings ; and in the following year was
severely wounded when in command of that ves-
sel's boats in a desperate encounter with pirates on
the coast of Sumatra. He was advanced, on being
paid off, to his present rank, 31 Jan. 1845 ; and has
been in command, since 21 April, 1846, of the Styx
steam-sloop, on the coast of Africa.
CHADS, C.B. (Captain, 1825. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 20.)
Henky Ducie Chads is eldest son of Capt. Henry
Chads, R.N., who died 10 Oct. 1799.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy
at Portsmouth 25 Oct. 1800 ; and embarked, in
Sept. 1803, as A.B., on board the Excellent 74,
Capt. Frank Sotheron, in which he attained the
rating of Midshipman in Aug. 1804, and served,
until Aug. 1806, on the Mediterranean station,
where he latterly contributed to the defence of
Gaeta and the capture of Capri. After an inter-
mediate attachment, on the Home station, to the
Zealand 64, Capt. Robt. Hall, and Polyphemus
64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo. Murray, be was
promoted, 5 Nov. 1806, into the Illdstriods 74,
Capts. Wm. Shield and Wm. Robt. Broughton, em-
ployed at the blockade of Cadiz ; and, in July, 1808,
joined the Iphigenia 36, Capt. Henry Lambert,
with whom he went to Quebec, and then to India.
Passing over many events of minor importance, al-
though fraught with danger, in which Lieut. Chads
bore an active part, we find him, in July, 1810, re-
ceiving the pubUc thanks of Lieut.-Col. Keating for ■
his conduct at the landing of the troops previous to
the conquest of Isle Bourbon ; and, on being subse-
quently lent, with the Iphigenia's launch and
cutter, to the Sinius 36, Capt. Sam. Pym, particu-
larly distinguishing himself at the capture, 13 Aug.
following, of I'lle de la Passe, the key to Grand
Port in the Isle of France, on which occasion, Lieut.
Geo. R. Norman, the leading officer, having been
kiUed in the onset, he succeeded to the command
of the storming party, and had the satisfaction of
seeing tlie enemy fly on all sides.* In the course of
the same month he assumed a share in a series of
• firfeGaz. isll, p. 2G1.
CHALONEIU-CHAMBERLAIN.
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gallant but unfortunate operationa, which, by the
28th, terminated in the self-destruction of the Bri-
tish frigates Sirios, bearing the broad pendant of
Commodore Sam. Fym, and Magicienne, the cap-
ture of the Nereide, and the surrender to a power-
ful French squadron of the Iphigenia herself, after
incurring an individual loss of at least 5 men killed
and 13 wounded, at the entrance of Port Sud-Est.
From the date last mentioned, Lieut. Chads re-
mained subject to all the horrors of a dreadful
captivity, until released at the subsequent reduc-
tion of the Mauritius, when he was re-appointed
First of the Iphigenia, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caul-
feild, with whom he returned to England, and was
paid off in May, 1811. On 6 Deo. ensuing he be-
came attached to the Semiramis 36, Capt. Chas.
Richardson, employed off Cork and in the Channel ;
and, on 17 Aug. following, rejoined Capt. Lambert,
as his Senior Lieutenant, in the Java, of 46 gims
and a crew of 397 raw and inefficient men, in which
ship, with Lieut.-General Thos. Hislop, the newly-
appointed Commander-in-Chief at Bombay, on
board, and two East ludiamen in escort, he sailed
from Spithead 12 Nov. Being off the coast of
Brazil on 29 Dec, the Java, whose anomalous
crew had by this time been reduoffd to 377 men,
fell in and came to close action with the powerful
and ably-equipped American ship Constitution, of 55
guns and a complement of 480 veterans. After a
desperate struggle of three hours and forty minutes,
in the midst of which, Capt. Lambert being mortally
wounded, the command devolved upon Lieut. Chads,
the Java, having had 22 ■ men killed and 102
wounded, and being withal reduced to the state of
a sinking hulk, was forced to strike to her compa-
ratively giant antagonist, but not until she had also
inflicted a very serious loss.* It is scarcely need-
ful here to add that Lieut. Chads and the whole of
his surviving officers and men were jnost Ivonaurahly
acquitted by a court-martial (which, on their return
home, in April, 1813, assembled to try them for
the loss of their ship) of all blame in that dis-
aster : the former personally obtained the highest
encomiums for his " zeal, ability, and bravery,"
and was most deservedly rewarded, by commis-
sion dated 28 May, 1813, with the command of the
Columbia sloop of war. He afterwards signalized
himself at the reduction of Guadeloupe in 1815,t
and, on 24 Nov. in that year, was paid off. We next
find Capt. Chads appointed, 22 Nov. 1823, to the
Arachne 18, in which he proceeded to India, and
there, on his own responsibility, joined in the ex-
pedition against Rangoon under Major-General Sir
Archibald Campbell, to whom, by his wonderful
exertions, he rendered, as Commander-in-Chief for
a considerable time of the flotilla on the river
Irawady, the most conspicuous and effective co-
operation ; insomuch, indeed, that he was advanced
to Post-rank 25 July, 1825 ; confirmed in the com-
mand of the Alligatok of 28 guns, 27 April, 1826 ;
and nominated a C.B. 26 Dec. following; besides
calling forth the thanks of the Supreme Govern-
ment in India, and the praise of the House of
Commons at home.t Having finally affixed his sig-
nature, as Senior Naval Officer and Civil Commis-
sioner, to the treaty of peace concluded with the
Burmese, he conveyed the first instalment of the in-
demnification money paid by them, from Yandaboo
to Calcutta; and then, returning to Plymouth, paid
the Alligator off, 3 Jan. 1827. He subsequently,
from 2 Jan. 1834 until the close of 1837, and from
20 Aug. 1841 until the summer of 1845, commanded,
on the East India station, the Andromache 28, and
Cambrian 36 ; in the former of which, when in
company with the Imogene 28, Capt. Price Black-
wood, he forced the passage of the Boca Tigris, in
China, 7 and 9 Sept. 1834. He has been employed,
since 28 Aug. 1845, as Captain-Superintendent of
the Royal Naval College, and Captain of the Excel-
lent gunnery-ship.
Capt. Chads married, 26 Nov. 1815, Elizabeth
* Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 770. f V- ^<"- 1816, p. 1911.
X V. Gaz. 1825-6 fossim.
Townshend, eldest daughter of John Pook, Esq., of
Fareham, co. Hants, by whom he has issue.
CHALONEE. (Commander, 1845.)
Thomas Chalonek, bom 6 Feb. 1815, is youngest
son of the late Robt. Chaloner, Esq., of Gainsbo-
rough, CO. York (a gentleman of ancient Welsh ex-
traction), by Frances Laura, daughter of Thomas,
first Lord Dundas; brother of Wm. Chaloner, Esq.,
who was lost at sea while proceeding to join his
regiment at Halifax ; nephew of the late Rear- Ad-
miral Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, C.B.,
and, by marriage, of the present Earl FitzwilUam ;
grand-nephew of the late Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey,
G.C.B. ; and first-cousin of the present Earl of Zet-
land.
This officer entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1827 ; and
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, in compli-
ment to the memory of his uncle, Rear-Admiral
Hon. G. H. L. Dundas, 17 Nov. 1834. He was
afterwards appointed — 26 March, 1835, to the
Dublin 50, Capts.. Chas. Hope and Geo. Wickens
Willes, flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond, in
South America — 18 April, 1836, to the Harrier 18,
Capt. Wm. Henry Ballowell Carew, on the same
station— and, 18 Nov. 1839, and 14 July, 1841, as
First Lieutenant to tlie Wanderer 16, Capt. Hon.
Joseph Denman, and Bittern 16, Capts. Hon.
B. C. F. P. Cary and Edm. Peel, both actively em-
ployed in suppressing the slave-trade on the coast
of Africa. He, attained his present rank 24 March,
1845, and, since 10 Nov. 1846, has been in command
of the Siren 16, on the coast of Africa.
CHAMBERLAIN. (Lieutenant, 1809. r-p., 25;
H-p., 22.)
William Browtse Chamberlain entered the
Navy, 8 Dec. 1800, as Ordinary, on board the Mon-
mouth 64, Capt. Geo. Hart, flag-ship afterwards, on
the Home station, of Rear-Admiral Thos. Macna-
mara Russell, in which he attained the rating of
Midshipman 1 Aug. 1801, and continued to serve
until Nov. 1804. During that period he was at first .
employed in cruizing off the coast of Holland ; then
sailed with troops for Egypt, where he assisted at
the capture of Alexandria in March, 1801 ; and, on
the renewal of hostilities, took part in the blockade
of Toulon. We next find him in succession attached,
for a short while as Supernumerary -Midshipman, to
the Royal William, flag-ship of Admiral Montagu,
at Spithead, and, for upwards of two years, as Mas-
ter's Mate, to the Aurora 28, Capt. John Went-
worth Loring, at Bermuda, and Milan 38, Capt. Sir
Robt. Laurie, at Halifax. On 11 June, 1807, within
three months of passing, Mr. Chamberlain joined,
as Acting-Lieutenant, the Bellona 74, Capt. John
Erskine Douglas, stationed in Chesapeake Bay;
from which ship he was transferred, in a similar ca-
pacity, 1 June, 1808, to the iEoLus 32, Calpts. Lord
Wm. Fitzroy and Lord Jas. Townshend. He ob-
tained his official promotion 27 Jan. 1809 ; and, after
assisting at the ensuing reduction of Martinique,
and serving for four years on the coast of North
America, returned to Portsmouth, where he was
paid off in Sept. 1813. He was subsequently em-
ployed in the Ordinary at the latter place from 18
March, 1830, until the same date in 1833 ; and, on
25 Sept. 1837, was appointed to the Quarantine
Establishment at Standgate Creek. He is now on
half-pay.
He is married and has issue. His son William,
Midshipman ofH.M. steamer Firefly, died of yellow
fever at Barbadoes, 17 June, 1835, at the age of 17.
CHAMBERLAIN. (Commander, 1844.)
William Charles Chamberlain, born 21 April,
1818, is eldest son of the late Sir Henry Chamberlain,
Bart., H.M. Charge d' Affaires and Consul General
at Rio de Janeiro, by his second wife, Anne Eugenia,
daughter of Wm. Morgan, Esq., of London ; half-
brother of the present Sir Henry Chamberlain, Bart.,
an officer in the Royal Artillery ; and brother-in-law
of Capt. lion. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, R.N.
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CHAMBERLAYNE— CHAMBERS.
This ofBoer passed his examination in 1837 ; and
ohtained his fcst commission 4 Nov. 1840, as a re-
ward for his services on the coast of Syria, including
the capture of St. Jean d'Acre. His subsequent
appointments appear to have been — 15 Dec. 1840,
to the Stromboli steam-vessel, Capt. Woodford
John "Williams, in the Mediterranean — 18 Jan.
1842, to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest,
on the same station— 16 March, 1843, to the Howe
120, also commanded by Capt. Forrest, with whom
he returned to England— and, 22 Sept 1843, and 30
Jan. 1844, to the Htacinth 18, Capt. Fras. Scott,
and Albion 90, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, both engaged
on particular service. Since his attainment of his
present rank, 22 Oct. 1844, Commander Chamber-
Iain has been on half-pay.
He married, 19 June, 1845, Eliza Jane, eldest
daughter of the late Capt. Basil Hall, R.N.
CHAMBERLAYNE. (Commander, 1828. 3?-p., 9 ;
H-P., 31.)
John Chambeklatne is only surviving son of
the late Admiral Chas. Chamberlayne, who died in
1810; brother of the late Capt. Edwin Henry
Chamberlayne, K.N., C.B. (1807) ; grand-nephew of
James, Duke of Chandos; and first-cousin of Admi-
ral Sir Chas. Hamilton, Bart., K..C.B., Vice-Admiral
Sir Edw. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.B., Capt. Chas.
Chamberlayne Irvine, K.N. , and Lieut. Chas. Henry
Ackerley, K.N.
This ofBicer entered the Navy, 17 July, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Audacious 74, Capt.
Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, employed on the Home
station ; removed, in April, 1808, to the Leopard
50, flag-ship of Vice-Adjniral Albemarle Bertie, at
the Cape of Good Hope ; and, in May, 1810, became
Midshipman of the Boadicea 38, Capt. Josias
Bowley. In the course of the latter year he as-
sisted at the reduction of Isle Bourbon ; the re-cap-
ture of the Africaine 38 ; the taking, after a spi-
rited action of 10 minutes, and a loss, to the
Boadicea of 2 men wounded, and to the enemy of
9 killed and 15 wounded, of La Venus, of 44 guns
and 380 men, bearing the broad pendant of Com-
modore Hamelin, and of her prize the Cetlok 32 ;
and the conquest of the Isle of France, where, for
the purpose of covering the debarkation of the
troops, he commanded the barge of the Atricaine,
the flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Bertie, to which he
had been recently transferred. Mr. Chamberlayne
next in succession joined the Eclipse 18, Capt.
Henry Lynne (with whom he returned home in Nov.
1812), the Babrosa 36, and Royal George yacht,
both lying off Deptford, and the San Josef 110,
bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Rich.
King ; and, on 19 Aug. 1813, was appointed, imme-
diately after passing his examination, Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Weasel 18, Capts. J as. Black and
Hon. Fred. Noel. In Nov. and Dec. following he
materially contributed, as Commander on shore of
half his ship's company, and latterly as oflicer in
sole charge of the Weasel herself, during the tem-
porary absence of the Captain and First Lieute-
nant, to the reduction of the fortress of Zara.*
Having been confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant,
11 Jan. 1814, Mr. Chamberlayne returned to Eng-
land in the Unite 36, commanded by his brother,
Capt. H. E. Chamberlayne, and was paid off, in Oct.
of the same year ; after which we find him serving,
from 26 Aug. 1818, until the autumn of 1819, in the
RocHFOiiT, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir
Thos. Fras. Fremantle, and, from 26 Oct. 1820,
until the spring of 1821, in the Esk 20, Capt. Edw.
Lloyd, on the West India station. He attained the
rank he now holds 28 Aug. 1828, and has since been
unemployed. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
part of an Admiral's retinae, on board the Edhopa,
in which ship and the Janus he alternately served
until 16 Jan. 1786. He re-embarked, 19 May, 1791,
as A.B., on board the Alcidb 74, Capt. Sir Andrew
Snape Douglas, lying ifl Portsmouth harbour, and
attained the rating of Midshipman 24 Sept. 1791.
On next removing, in Aug. 1792, to the Lion 64,
Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower, he sailed, with Lord
Macartney, on an embassy to China, whence he re-
turned in 1794, and joined the Prince George 98,
Capts. Jas. Gambler and Sir John Orde, fitting for
Channel service. In May, 1795, Mr. Chambers was
transferred to the Namuk 98, Capts. Jas. Hawkins
Whitshed, Thomas Sotheby, and Wm. Luke, imder
the first of whom he attained the rank of Lieute-
nant, 11 Oct. 1796, and was present in the battle off
Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797. His subsequent ap-
pointments were— 27 March, 1799, to the Gorgon
44, arTne'e m flute, Capts. Williams and Henry Hill,
on the Mediterranean station — 15 Aug. 1800, to the
Ambuscade 32, Capt. Hon. John Colville, with
whom he proceeded to the West Indies— and, 9
Sept. 1803, to the command of the Conflict brig of
14 guns, in which he captured, 8 Nov. following, off
Calais, the French gun-boat No. 86, armed with 2
guns, and carrying 34 men, besides 23 complete
stand of arms. He went on half-pay in the spring
of 1804; attained the rank of Retired Commander
on the Junior List 15 Deo. 1830 ; and was removed
to the Senior 23 Jan. 1838.
Commander Chambers married, 3 May, 1804,
Emma Catherine, fourth daughter of John Wey-
land, Esq., of Grosvenor Street, London, by whom
he has left issue.
CHAMBERS. (CoMMANDEE, 1846. f-p., 22;
H-P., 11.)
William Chambers entered the Royal Naval
College 15 June, 1814; and embarked, 15 June,
1817, as a Volunteer, on board the Tagds 38, of
which frigate he became Midshipman 23 Oct. 1818.
Between Nov. follovring and July, 1825, he succes-
sively joined the Spey, Wye, Phaeton, Spaktiate,
Cambridge, and Fly ; and he was afterwards ap-
pointed, as Admiralty Mate — 26 July, 1825, to tlie
Pyramus— 16 Oct. and 25 Dec. 1827, to the Vic-
tory and Challenger — and, 20 Dec. 1828, to the
Southampton. On 1 Jan. and 23 April, 1831, we
find him nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Suc-
cess 28, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise, and Calcutta
84, Capt. Peter Fisher, both stationed in the East
Indies— on his return whence he was officially pro-
moted, 27 Dec. following. From 17 Aug. 1836, un-,
til 16 July, 1838, Mr. Chambers was next employed
on board the Fly 18, Capt. Russell Eliott, and Imo-
GENE 28, Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, on the South
American station ; and, on 20 Oct. 1838, he became
First of the Racer 16, Capts. Geo. Byng and Thos.
Harvey, with whom he appears to have been em-
ployed, in North America and the West Indies,
until paid off, 28 Oct. 1842. lie has not since been
afloat. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
CHAMBERS. (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p.,
14; H-P., 46.)
David Chambers died 24 May, 1845, in the 73rd
year of his age.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 May, 1785, as
* See tlarl of Cadogan.
CHAMBERS. (Captain, 1846.)
William Wylly Chambers is only son of Capt.
Sam. Chambers, R.N. (1812), who died 29 Oct. 1843,
shortly after paying off the Monarch 84, by Susan
Matilda, daughter of Wm. Wylly, Esq., H.M. At-
torney-General at the Bahamas.
This officer entered the Navy 29 Aug. 1823;
passed his examination in 1829 ; and, on 16 Dec. in
the same year, was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant. He subsequently joined — 24 March, 1831,
the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Rear-Adnjiral
Wm. Parker, employed on a particular service— 27
Jan. 1832, the Ocean 80, Capt. Sam. Chambers,
lying at Sheemess— 19 Feb. 1833, as First Lieute-
nant, the Racer 16, Capt. Jas. Hope, on the North
America and West India station— and 19 June,
1837, the Wellesley 74, flag-ship of Sir Fred.
Lewis Maitland in the East Indies, where he was
appointed, 28 Jan. 1840, Acting-Commander, for
some months, of the Pelords 16, and then rejoined,
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as First Lieutenant, the WELtESLEy, bearing the
broad pendant at the time of Commodore Sir Jas.
John Gordon Bremer. For his services, while in the
latter ship, on the coast of China and at the cap-
ture of Canton, Mr. Chambers was promoted to the
rank of Commander, 8 Oct. 1841.* At the time of
his last promotion, which took place 9 Nov. 1846,
he had been of&ciating as Second-Captain, since 17
Nov. 1843, of the Albion 90, Capt. Nich. Lockyer,
flag-ship at first of Sir David Milne at Devonport,
and afterwards employed on various Particular Ser-
vices.
Capt. Chambers married, 13 Oct. 1842, Eliza Ann,
only child of J. W. Hodgetts, Esq., of Hagley, co.
■Worcester, by whom (who died 11 Oct. 1846) he
has issue.
CHAMIER. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 17 ;
H-p., 21.)
Frederic Chamier, born in 1796, is son of the
late John Chamier, Esq., Member of Council for
the Madras Presidency, by Georgiana Grace, eldest
daughter of Admiral the late Sir Wm. Burnaby,
Bart., of Broughton Hall, co. Oxford ; grand-ne-
phew of Anthony Chamier, Esq., who represented
the borough of Tamworth in several Parliaments,
and was Under Secretary of State ; brother of Henry
Chamier, Esq., Secretary to the Government at
Madras ; and brother-in-law of the late Col. Thos.
Duer Broughton.
This oflcer entered the Navy, 24 June, 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salsette 36, Capt. Walter
Bathurst, with whom he attended the ensuing ex-
pedition to "Walcheren ; and afterwards served, as
Midshipman of the Fame 74, on the Mediterranean
station, until April, 1811. He then cruized for a
few months off the coast of Africa in the Arethusa
38, Capt. Fras. Holmes Coffin ; and was next em-
ployed for three years and a half in the Menelaus
38, Capts. Sir Peter Parker and Edw. Dix. As
Aide-de-Camp to the former of those officers, Mr.
Chamier landed, 30 Aug. 1814, with a party of 134
seamen and marines at Bellair, near Baltimore, and
assisted in routing a very superior body of Ameri-
cans— an achievement, however, that cost the Bri-
tish a loss of 14 killed, including Sir Peter Parker,
and 27 wounded. On 6 July, 1815, the subject of
this sketch, while serving at Portsmouth on board
the Caledonia 120, Capt. Sir Arch. Dickson, was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant ; after which
he appears to have been successively appointed —
18 Sept. 1815, to the Euphrates 36, Capt. Kobt.
Preston, in the Mediterranean — 7 April, 1818, to
the Bulwark 74, Capt. Sam. "Warren, lying at
Sheerness— 4 Nov. following, to the Arab 18, Capt.
Chas. Simeon, on the Cork station— 20 Sept. 1820,
to the Lee 20, Capt. Stewart Blacker, employed at
Plymouth— and, 20 Sept. 1824, and 3 Aug. 1825, as
First, to the Scylla 18, Capt. Geo. Russell, and
Lively frigate, Capt. Wm. Elliott, both in the West
Indies. He there assumed command, 9 Aug. 1826,
of the Britomabt sloop ; but since the autumn of
1827, when he returned home, has been unem-
ployed.
Commander Chamier, a magistrate for the coun-
ties of Essex and Hertford, is the well-known author
of ' Ben Brace,* the ' Life of a Sailor,' and other
books of fiction ; and, as editor of James's ' Naval
History,' has continued that able work from the
Algeriue era to the year 1827, including, during
the period, the details of the Burmese war, and of
the battle of Navarin. He married, in June, 1832,
Elizabeth, daughter of the late John Soane, Esq., of
Chelsea, and grand-daughter of the celebrated Sir
John Soane. Agent— Joseph Woodhead.
CHAPELL. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p.,
16; H-p., 33.)
Charles Chapell was born 28 Feb. 1784 ; and
has lost two brothers in the naval service of their
country.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Sept. 1798, as
• f(*Guz. 1641, p. i539.
A.B., on board the Seagull 18, Capts. Henry
Wray, Thos. Lavie, John Wainwright, and Henry
Burke, in which he attained the rating of Midship-
man, 14 April, 1799, and served on the Home sta-
tion, latterly as Master's Mate, until May, 1803.
He next joined the Foudhotant 80, Capt. Peter
Spicer, lying in Hamoaze ; and, in Aug. following,
removed to the Childeks 14, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton,
in the Mediterranean. While in the latter vessel
he captured, we presume in her boats, a French
xebec, laden with wines, and mounting 4 guns ; and
likewise carried a battery, armed with 2 heavy
guns, both of which were disabled and the maga-
zine blown up. On his subsequent transference, in
June, 1805, to the Gueebier 74, bearing the flag ot
Sir John Knight at Gibraltar, Mr. Chapell came
into repeated collision with the Spanish gun-boats
hovering about that port ; after which he joined
Lord Nelson in the Victory 100, in time to parti-
cipate in the memorable action off Trafalgar, on
which occasion, although accidentally omitted in
the official return of the wounded, he received an
injury in the face of which he has never recovered
the eifects. After a brief attachment to the Queen
and Dreadnought 98's, fiag-ships respectively of
Lords CoUingwood and Northesk, he obtained, 11
June, 1806, a Master's Mateship in the Chifponne
36, Capt. John Wainwright ; under whom, on 2 Jan.
1807, he aided in capturing a xebec laden with
naval stores, from under the protection of a body
of troops assembled on the coast of Morocco. On
15 of the following Aug. we further discover him,
in command of a boat under the Chiffonne's First-
Lieutenant, the late Sir Robt. Hall, cutting out,
from beneath the fire of some batteries, a Spanish
brig and schooner, in face of an opposition which,
though it cost the enemy a loss of 20 men, occa-
sioned the British a casualty still more severe.
Mr. Chapell was subsequently promoted, 18 Feb.
1808, to the rank of Lieutenant in the Achates 18,
Capt. Hugh Cameron, on the West India station,
where, on 18 Nov. 1808, and 8 June, 1809, he re-
moved to the ViMEiRA 16, Capt. Edw. Scobell, and
Jason 32, Capts. Chas. Napier and Hon. Jas. Wm.
King. In the latter frigate he also served for some
time off Newfoundland, whence he returned to
England in Jan. 1813. His next appointment was,
24 Nov. in the same year, to the Duncan 74, in
which ship, under llear-Admiral Sir John Poo
Beresford and various Captains, he served on the
Mediterranean and Brazilian stations until Aug.
1815. Commander Chapell, who has been ever since
on half-pay, accepted his present rank 18 Jan. 1S45.
He is married, and has issue four children.
CHAPMAN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 14.)
Charles Matthew Chapman entered the Navy,
26 June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alc-
MENE 38, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, with whom he con-
tinued to serve, in the same ship, the Belle-
PocLE 38, and Pembroke 74, on the Home and
Mediterranean stations, as Midshipman and Mas-
ter's Mate, imtil Aug. 1813. During that period
he aided, besides contributing to the capture of
many smaller armed vessels, at the taking, by the
Belle Poule, of Le Var, of 26 guns, laden with
corn for the relief of the French garrison at Corfu,
15 Feb. 1809 ; was also present, in 1809-10, at the
reduction of the islands of Zante, Cephalonia, and
Sta. Maura ; and witnessed the destruction, 5 May,
1811, in spite of a fierce opposition from the enemy,
of a French 18-gun brig, lying moored in the
harbour of Parenza.* On leaving the Pembroke,
Mr. Chapman proceeded to Rio de Janeiro in the
Akbar 50, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dick-
son. He then joined the Indefatigable 44, Capt.
John Fyffe; and, on his return to England as
Acting-Lieutenant of the Aquilon 32, Capt. Jas.
Boxer, was confirmed, 19 July, 1814, into the
Leven 24, Capt. Buckland StirUng Black, engaged,
during the war of 100, days, in co-operating with
the French Royalists in La Vendee. After nearly
• rWeGaz. 1811, p. im.
2B
186
CHAPMAN— CHAPPELL.
two years on half-pay he was for a short time ap-
pointed, 4 Oct. 1819, to the Kedpole 10, Capt. Wm.
Devereux Evance, lying at Portsmouth ; subse-
quently to which we find him employed, from 26
April, 1824, until 1826, on the Coast Blockade, as
Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramilltes 74,
Capts. Wm. M'CuUooh and Hugh Pigot, — next,
until 29 Dec. 1831, as Agent for Transports
Afloat— from 14 Aug. 1832, until 30 Jan. 1837, in
command of the Semaphore at Haste Hill — and,
from 3 Feb. 1837, until superseded- at his own re-
quest, 15 Dec. 1841, again in the Transport Service.
He has since been on half-pay.
CHAPMAN. (Crajtain, 1824. f-p.,24; h-p., 31.)
ISHA.M Fleming Chapman is son of the late
Isham Chapman, Esq., who, for more than half a
century, held an appointment under the Board of
Customs.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1792, as
Midshipman, on board the Rattler sloop, in which
he sailed for the South Seas on a voyage of dis-
covery. In 1797 he joined the Diana 38, Capt.
Jonathan Faulknor, on the Irish station ; and, from
1798, until May, 1802, he served in the West Indies,
latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Bruns-
wick 74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Rich. Rodney
Bligh, Decade, Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford, and
FosTONE E 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart. While in the
Decade he was wounded in the course of a cutting-
out expedition : in the Fortdnee he assisted, vrith
the boats, at the capture of a privateer of 100 men.
On 11 Feb. 1808, he was promoted to a Lieu-
tenancy, in the iNvrNCiBLE 74, Capts. Ross Don-
nelly and Chas. Adam, under the former of whom,
when at the siege of Cadiz in 1810, he signalised
himself by the handsome manner in which he
volunteered his services at the defence of Fort
Matagorda, and was again wounded.* We after-
wards find him appointed, in succession, as First-
Lieutenant— 12 Nov. 1810, and 19 Deo. 1811, to the
TiMtRAiRE 98 and Royal George 100, flag-ships
off Toulon of Rear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore— 14
Oct. 1813, to the C0RA90A 36, Capt. John Tower,
under whom he assisted at the reduction of Genoa
• — 22 April, 1814, to the Edinborgh 74, Capt. Hon.
Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, of which ship he
became for a short time Acting-Captain — and next,
to the MjEandee 38, Capt. Burton, Qdeen 74, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose,
Malta 84, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie (under whom
he beheld the fall of Gaeta), and Bomeat 74, Capt.
Henry Bazely. Having attained the rank of Com-
mander, 31 Aug. 1815, Capt. Chapman, on 29 Dec.
1818, joined the Nautilus 18, fitting at Dept-
ford for the St. Helena station, from which vessel
he was for a brief period transferred, 30 Dec. 1820,
as Acting-Captain to the Euryalus 42, at Jamaica ;
and, on 29 Dec. 1824, he was posted, from L'Es-
pi&GLE 18, in which he had been surveying the
western coast of Africa, into the Ariadne 26, at-
tached to the force at the Cape of Good Hope.
Capt. Chapman, who had not been employed since
Jan. 1826, accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
CHAPMAN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
James Chapman was born 9 April, 1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nassau 64, Capt. Kobt.
Campbell ; attained the rating of Midshipman, 22
June, 1808 ; and — if we except the period of a few
months, from 25 Nov. 1809, to 4 April, 1810, when
we find him on board the Owen Glendower 36,
Capt. Wm. Selby, stationed off' Cherbourg — con-
tinued uninterruptedly to serve under Capt. Camp-
bell, in the Nassau, the Stately, another 64, and
the Tremendous 74, until July, 1814. During that
period, while in the Nassau, he wiis for two years
employed in blockading the Texel, and, after at-
tending the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. and
Sept. 1807, was (on the Nassau's hard-wrought ex-
trication from a mass of ice in which she had been
• VUe Gaz. 1810, p. 674.
blocked up during the whole winter) present, 22
March, 'I8O8, in company with the Stately 64, at
the capture and destruction, on the coast of Zea^
land, of the Danish 74-gun ship Prindts Christian-
Frederic, after a running fight of great length and
obstinacy, in which the Nassau sustained a loss^ of
2 men killed and 16 wounded. In Oct. 1813, being
then in the Tremendous, Mr. Chapman served on
shore with the batteries at the reduction of Trieste ;
and from 12 Feb. to 9 April, 1814, while detached
in united charge of the imperial armed vessel Fi-
dele and of two of the ship's boats for the purpose
of co-operating with the Austrian forces under
Marshal Bellegaxde, he was actively employed in
preventing supplies from being thrown into Venice,
Chioggia, and Malamocco, and, on 23 March, com-
manded and led the troop-boats which stormed and
carried Fort Caranella, near the Po di Levante, on
which occasion he took up a formidable position
before Brondolo, and acquired for his conduct the
thanks of the officer above mentioned and of Gene-
rals Marchal and Pulszky. Having passed his exa-
mination, 4 Dec. 1811, he was promoted, from the
Malta 84, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Benj.
Hallowell, to a Lieutenancy in the Orlando 36,
Capt. John Clavell, 24 Oct. 1814. He was placed on
half-pay, after serving for some time at the block-
ade of the Chesapeake, 16 Aug. 1815, and has not
been since officially employed.
Lieut. Chapman's name appears, as a supernume-
rary for passage, on the books of no fewer than 73
ships of war, owing to the circumstance of his having
been appointed Master of 18 or 19 different prize-
vessels. He married, 31 Oct. 1826, Eliza, third
daughter of Thos. Hatton, Esq., a wine-merchant
of Liverpool, and has issue six sons and three
daughters.
CHAPMAN. (LrEUTENANT, 1842.)
Wellesley Pole Chapman entered the Navy
2 Deo. 1827 ; passed his examination 6 Nov. 1834 ;
served for some time on the Mediterranean station
as Mate of the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Rey-,
nolds ; and, on that ship being paid off, was created
a Lieutenant 6 June, 1842. He was appointed, on 25
of the same month. Additional of the iLLttSTRious 72,
flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of
Sir Chas. Adam ; joined^ 5 Oct. following, the Vo-
lage 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson, Bart., employed on
the same and Home stations ; and, since 25 March,
1845, has been attached to the Vernon 50, bearing
the flag on the south-east coast of America and in the
East Indies of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefleld.
CHAPPELL. (Capt., 1838. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 23.)
Edward Chappell was born 10 Aug. 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kingeisher 18, Capts.
Rich. Wm. Cribb, Nathaniel Day Cochrane, Geo.
Fras. Seymour, and Wm. Hepenstall, in which
vessel he attained the rating of Midshipman 23
April, 1806, and continued to serve until April,
1807. In the course of 1805, independently of the
capture, in the West Indies, of Les Deux Amis, of
6 guns and 40 men, of L' Elizabeth, of 14 guns and
102 men, and of a Spanish register-ship, he distin-
guished himself at the cutting-out, from under the
fire of heavy batteries on the Spanish main, of the
Isabella la Damos, of 4 guns and 57 men, and, in the
open day, of a Spanish merchantman. After par-
ticipating in the victory off St. Domingo, 6 Feb.
1806, the Kingfisher returned to England with
the despatches, and was then sent to Basque Roads,
where she towed out the Pallas at the close of
her action vrith the Minerve, 14 May, 1806. She
subsequently formed part of the force under Sir
Thos. Loms at the capture, on 27 Sept. in the same
year, of the French 44-gun frigate Le President,
and was next ordered to the Mediterranean. On
becoming attached, in April, 1807, to the Favorite
aZjos Goree 26, Capt. Wm. Standway Parkinson,
Mr. Chappell assisted at the ensuing reduction of
the Danish West India islands of St. Thomas and
bta. Croix; after which he joined in succession the
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187
Ulysses 44, Intrepid 64, and Captatn 74, all com-
manded by Capt. Christ. John 'Williams Nesham,
under whom, in the Intrepid, he served on shore
with a party of seamen at the capture of Mar-
tinique, in Feb. 1809, and was present when that
ship was severely cut up in an engagement with
the French frigates Henriade and Felicite, under
the guns of Fort Matilda, Guadeloupe, 15 April fol-
lowing. In Deo. 1809, he removed to the Tonnakt
80, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, and sailed for the
port of Cadiz, where, on being appointed to the
command of a gun-boat, he witnessed the destruc-
tion of a Spanish prison-ship, co-operated in the de-
fence of Fort Matagorda, lost nearly the whole of his
crew in killed and wounded, was himself severely
injured, and obtained for his services an Acting-
Lieutenancy in the TfeMiKAiRE 98, flag-ship of
Kear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore, by whom he ap-
pears to have been soon after detached to assist
in navigating the Fernando Septimo, of 120 guns, to
Port Mahon. Having been officially promoted in
the Minorca 18, Capt. Ralph Randolph Wormeley,
18 April, 1811, and been for some time successfully
employed in cruizing between Tunis and Sicily,
Lieut. Chappell returned to England in the Impla-
cable 74, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, and was
paid off in Nov. 1812. We afterwards find him ap-
pointed—3 Dec. 1812, to the Rosamond 20, Capts.
Donald Campbell and Edw. Stopford, in which he
visited the shores of Newfoundland, Labrador, and
Hudson's Bay— 9 Jan. 181.5, to the Beaver 10,
Capt. Edw. O'Brien Drury, lying at Sheerness —
and, 17 Jan. 1815, as Senior, to the Leven20, Capt.
Buckland Stirling Bluett, which vessel, after being
employed, during the war of 100 days, in supplying
arms to the Royalists in La Vendee, was placed out
of commission in Nov. 1815. From 8 Feb. 1819,
until advanced, in acknowledgment of his effective
services, to the rank of Commander 19 April, 1826,
Mr. Chappell was next engaged on the Coast
Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the
Severn, Ramillies, and Hyperion, Capts. Wm.
M'CuUoch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He had, during
that period, been strongly recommended by the
Grand Jury of Sussex, and highly complimented
by the Judge, for his exertions in detecting and
convicting a gang of smugglers at Bexhill ; and
had also, in 1822, received the thanks of the East
India Directors, accompanied by a piece of plate,
valued at 100 guineas, for going off in a boat and
rescuing the passengers and crew of the Thames
Indiaman, when that ship was wrecked near
Beachy tlead. Immediately on his promotion, Capt.
Chappell was appointed, under the Post-office, to
superintend the Steam-Packet Establishment at
Milford, whence he was subsequently removed to
Liverpool, and there, on the Packet-service being
transferred to the surveillance of the Admiralty,
placed in command, 27 June, 1837, of the Redwing
steamer, from which he was posted 27 Dec.
1838. In 1840 we find him, by order of the Board
of Admiralty, circumnavigating Great Britain in
the Abciiimedes steamer, for the purpose of re-
porting on the properties of the screw-propeller.
At present he is on half-pay.
Capt. Chappell has been frequently examined by
Committees of the House of Commons on matters
connected with steam-navigation; and on one oc-
casion he was employed by the President of the
Board of Trade to prepare the rough draft of an
Act of Parliament for the regulation of steam-
vessels. In Dec. 1840, he was appointed Marine
Superintendent, and in Feb. 1842, Secretary to the
Koyal Mail Steam-Packet Company, in whicn latter
Capacity he now officiates. We should not omit
stating that Capt. Chappell, in 1817, published a
narrative of a ' Voyage to Hudson's Bay,' &c., an-
other, in 1818, of one to ' Newfoundland and the
Coast of Labrador,' and, in 1840, the results of his
experiments in the Archimfdes. He married, 5
Oct. 1819, Elizabeth, only child of Commander Wm.
Wood (<i), R.N., by whom, who died 14 Jan. 1842, he
has living one daughter. Agent — J. ChiiJf endale.
CHARLESSON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 9 j h-p.,
31.)
Laurence Chaelesson died 17 May, 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1806, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Emerald 36, Capt. Fred. Lewis
Maitland, under whom he assiste(( in April, 1807,
at the capture of the Austerlitz privateer, of 14
guns and 96 men ; was for the remainder of that
year employed in blockading Rochefort ; and wit-
nessed, on the night of 13 March, 1808, the destruc-
tion, in Vivero Harbour, in face of a desperate op-
position, of a large French schooner, L' Apropos, of
8 guns and 70 men. On 29 May following he
joined, as Midshipman, the Eurydice 28, Capt.
Robt. Ramsay, stationed on the coast of Spain ; re-
moved, in Aug. of the same year, to the Salvador
DEL Mdndo first-rate, bearing the flag of Admiral
Young at Plymouth; served, from March, 1810,
until Oct. 1812, on board the Rodney 74, and
ViLLE DE Paris 110, both commanded by Capt.
Geo. Burlton, off the port of Cadiz and in the Medi-
terranean ; and, until promoted, 15 Feb. 1815, was
afterwards employed, on the latter station, a great
part of the time as Master's Mate, in the Scour 18,
and Hyacinth 24, each commanded by Capt. Alex.
Renton Sharpe, Fame 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst,
and Hyacinth again, Capt. A. R. Sharpe. He did
not again go afloat. — Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
CHARLESSON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 32; h-p.,
10.)
Richard Williams Charlesson entered the
Navy, 25 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board
the Leopard 50, Capt. Rich. Raggett ; and, on 4
Dec. 1806, became Midshipman of the Africa 64,
Capts. Henry Wm. Bayntun and John Barrett, then
at the Rio de la Plata. On 20 Oct. 1808, the latter
ship, while in escort of a large convoy, was attacked,
in the Malmo channel, south of Sweden, by a pow-
erful flotilla of gun-boats, with whom she continued
an action of nearly four hours, when, darkness clos-
ing the fight, her loss, independently of consider-
able damage in hull and rigging, amounted, it was
found, to 9 men killed and 53 wounded. Remov-
ing, next, to the JEinA. bomb, Capts. Wm, Godfrey,
Paul Lawless, and John Bowker, Mr. Charlesson
took part, and was slightly wounded, in Lord Gam-
bier's attack, of 11 and 12 April, 1809, on the
French shipping in Basque Roads ;* after which
we find him attending the proximate expedition
to Flushing, and serving at the siege of Cadiz.
In Sept. 1810, he was transferred, with Capt.
Bowker, to the Wizard 18, commanded afterwards
by Capt. Fairfax Moresby, on the Mediterranean
station. On his return home in the Topaze 38,
Capt. Edw. Harvey, in Jan. 1812, he joined the
Royal William, guard-ship at Spithead; and,
after a further attachment, as Master's Mate, to
the Porcupine 22, and Surveillant 38, both com-
manded by Capt. Robt. Elliott, Namor 74, Capt.
Fras. Wm. Austen, and Sydney surveying-vessel,
Master-Commander Geo. Holbroke, on the South
American, Home, and Newfoundland stations, was
promoted to his present rank 11 Feb. 1815. He
was next appointed, 28 March, 1826, to the Coast
Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the
Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot ; and, entering
the Coast Guard 24 July, 1830, continued in that
service until 27 Feb. 18^, when he assumed charge
of the Royal George Revenue-vessel, in which he
is now employed.
CHARLEWOOD. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 13;
H-p., 7.)
Edward Philips Charlewood, born 14 Nov.
1814, at Oak Hill, co. Stafford, is youngest son of
the Rev. C. B. Charlewood, of that place.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7
June, 1827, and embarked, 12 June, 1829, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Favourite 18, Capt. Joseph
Harrison, with whom he served on the coast of
* feifc Gaz, 1809, p. 539.
2 B 2
188
CHARLTON— CHASMAN—CHAVE-CHEERE.
Africa until Aug. 1833. Having passed his exami-
nation 2 Oct. in that year, he became attached, in
Feb. 1834, as Mate, to the Salamander steam-
Tessel, Capt..Wm. Langford Castle, employed on
Channel service, and, in Oct. 1834, joined, as
Acting-Lieutenant of the Euphrates steam-vessel,
the expedition under Col. Chesney, then preparing
for its explorative mission to the celebrated river
of that name. Throughout the various details of
that arduous undertaking, which only brought
itself to an issue in the spring of 1837, Mr. Charle-
wood repeatedly acquired oi&cial praise, but more
especially for his active co-operation in the labo-
rious task of originally transporting the Euphrates,
and the Tigris, another steam-vessel, from the
vicinity of Antioch overland to the town of Bir, a
tract of 140 miles, almost impassable for the want
of roads ; as well as for his subsequent exertions in
saving the Euphrates, when her consort the Tigris
foundered in a typhoon. On his return to England
he joined, in July, 1837, theExcELLEST gunnery-ship
at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, of which
we find him appointed a Lieutenant 26 Jan. 1838,
exactly a week after his promotion to that rank.
Eemoving, 25 April, 1839, to the Benbow 72, Capt.
Houston Stewart, Mr. Charlewood sailed for the
Mediterranean, and while on that station took part
in the various operations of the Syrian campaign,
including the attack on Tortosa and bombardment
of St. Jean d'Acre. On the former occasion, 25
Sept. 1840, he landed at the head of a pioneer
party, entered a breach in the wall of the castle,
and brought off several stores of com and rice.
For his very gallant conduct in this afiair he ob-
tained a Commander's commission, dated 5 Nov.
1840,* but since that date has been on half-pay.
Commander Charlewood married, 18 March, 1841,
Sarah Carlton, second daughter of the late W.
"Willie, Esq., of Kingston, Hants, and has issue.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
CHARLTON. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Henry Charlton entered the Navy 10 June,
1828 ; passed his examination 4 Feb. 1835 ; served
for some time, as Mate, on board the Thunderer
84, Capt. Dan. Bring, in the Mediterranean,
Sappho 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Hope, at the Cape of
Good Hope, and Penelope steam-vessel, Capt. Wm.
Jones, engaged on a particular service ; obtained
his commission 25 Sept. 1843 ; was appointed 20
Oct. following Additional of the Illustrious 72,
flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam in North America; re-
moved, 17 Feb. 1844, as Senior', to the Ringdove 16,
Capt. Sir Wm. Daniell, on the coast of Africa ; and
has been there employed, since 21 Nov. 1844, in
the Hydra steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman
Young.
CHASMAN. (Commander, 1821. p-p., 24;
H-p., 29.)
"William Chasman entered the Navy, in 1794
as a Volunteer, on board the Impregnable 98'
Capts. Geo. Blagden Westcott and Andrew Mitchell
on the Home station, where he afterwards removed
to the Fly sloop, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray,
and in May, 1799, joined, as Midshipman, the Ame-
thyst 36, Capts. John Cooke and Henry Rich. Glynn.
During the four years of his continuance in the
latter ship he assisted at the capture of three priva-
teers, carrying in the whole 34 guns and 270 men
and witnessed the taking, 27 Jan. and 9 April, 180l'
of La De'daigneuse French frigate, of 36, and Le
General Bmne corvette, of 14, guns. In May, 1803
Mr. Chasman obtained a berth on board the Vic-
tory 100, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Vice-
Admiral Lord Nelson, of which, after pursuing the
Franco-Spanish fleet to the "West Indies, and par-
ticipatmg, as Master's Mate, in the battle of Tra-
falgar, he was created a Lieutenant, 22 Oct 1805
Having joined, 25 Feb. 1806, the Kent 74, Capt'
Thos. Rogers, we find him, as Second Lieutenant of
• Vide Gai. 1840, pp. 2606-6.
that ship, conducting, on 1 Aug. 1808, an enterprise
of much hazard and gallantry. It having been de-
termined to bring out a convoy of 10 sail of deeply
laden coasters, lying at anchor under the protec-
tion of a gun-boat close to the beach abreast of the
town of Noli, on the coast of Italy, Lieut. Chasman
was deputed, with the boats of the Kent, and of
the "Wizard 16, under his orders, to effect that
service. Although the vessels were fastened to the
shore by ropes from their mast-heads and keels,
and were further defended by the fire of two ad-
jacent field-pieces, of a heavy gim in front of the
town, and by a continued volley of musketry, yet
were the objects of the expedition fully accom-
plished by Lieut. Chasman, who, landing with a
party of Ids men, rushed with resistless impetuosity
upon the assembled foe, and, with the aid of Lieut.
John Hanlon of the Marines, personally captured
and spiked the town gun.* His subsequent ap-
pointments, as Lieutenant, appear to have been —
25 Sept. 1809, to the Partridge 16, Capt. "Wm.
"Williams Foote, in the "West Indies— 19 Nov. 1810,
to the Rover 18, Capt. Justice Finley, under whom
he captured, in the Channel, 30 Nov. 1811, Le Comte
Reginaud privateer, of 14 guns — 5 March, 1812, to
the Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, employed
in cruizing in the Baltic, and also off Newfoundland,
where she took, 16 Sept. 1813, the Elbredge Gerry,
of 14 guns and 66 men— 31 Oct. 1814, and 23 March,
1815, to the Impregnable 98, and St. George 100,
flag-ships at Plymouth of Admirals "Wm. Domett
and Sir John Thos. Duckworth — and lastly, 30 Nov.
1818, as First, to the Superb 78, bearing the broad
pendant, in South America, of Sir Thos. Master-
man Hardy. He attained the rank of Commander
29 Jan. 1821, and subsequently ofliciated, from 20
Aug. 1840, until the same month in 1841, as Second
Captain, in the Southampton 50, to Sir Edw.
Dumford King, Commander-in-Chief at the Cape
of Good Hope. He has since been unemployed.
Commander Chasman married, in 1826, the only
daughter of the late W. Ireland, Esq., of H.M.'b
dockyard at Devonport.
CHAVE, (Lieut., 181.5. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Samuel Chave entered the Navy, 28 March,
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bittern 18,
Capts. Edw. Augustus Down and Thos. Ussher, on
the Mediterranean station ; and attained the rating
of Midshipman 22 Nov. 1807. Removing, in Aug.
1808, to the Surinam 16, Capt. John Lake, on the
"West India station, he served on shore at the cap-
ture of Martinique in Feb. 1809; after which he
joined the Eclipse 18, Capts. G. A. Creyke, Geo.
Henderson, and Henry Lynne, under the last of
whom he was again employed on shore, at the re-
duction of the Isle of France, in Dec. 1810. Sub-
sequently to that event we find Mr. Chave cruizinK,
as Master's Mate, off the same island, and also off
Java, in command of a tender, for the suppression
of slavery. He was transferred, in July, 1813, to
ttie Venus 32, Capt. Kenneth Maokenirie, in the
West Indies ; served next, from May to Sept. 1814,
as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Myrtle 20, Capt.
Arthur Batt Bingham, off the coast of Norway ;
then rejoined the Venus, on the same station ; and^
on 2 Feb. 1815, was promoted to his present rank,
hmoe that period he has not been afloat. Agent—
Frederick Dufaur. ^>-ji"»
CHEERE. (Commander, 1845.)
John Cheere passed his examination in 1826 ;
obtained his first commission 30 April, 1836 ■ served
from 13 Feb. 1837, until the spring offs'i, in the
Belleeophon 80, Capts. Sam.*^ Jackson and Chas.
John Austen, on the Mediterranean station ; joined, .
2 Dec. following the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at
Portsmouth of Sir Chas. Rowley; and on 21 jSne,
1845, was promoted to his present rank, in honou^
of the Queen s visit to the experimental squadron at
• Vide Gaz. W09, p. 15.
CHEGWYN-CHESNAYE-CHESSHYRE-CHEYNE— CHICHESTER. 189
Spithead. He has since been on half-pay. Agents
— Hallett and Robinson.
CHEGWYN. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., U ; h-p., 33.)
Joseph Chegwyn entered the Navy, 22 July,
1803, as A. B., on board the Egyptienne frigate,
Capts. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming and Hon.
Chas. Paget, under the former of whom he assisted
at the capture of three privateers, carrying together
46 guns and 296 men, and was present, as ooxwain,
in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805. He
joined, as Master's Mate, in Feb. 1807, the Pailas
32, Capt. Geo. Miller, in the Channel ; proceeded
soon afterwards to Copenhagen in the Cambrian
40, Capt. Hon. C. Paget ; removed, in March, 1808,
to the Leviathan 74, Capt. John Harvey, at Ply-
mouth ; and, on next joining Capt. Paget in the
Revenge 74, was promoted, after the bombardment
of Flushing, to the rank of Lieutenant, 9 Oct. 1809.
He continued to serve in the Revenge, latterly at
the defence of Cadiz, under Rear-Admiral Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge, until transferred, 12 Dec.
1812, to the Maks 74, Capt. Henry Eaper, at Ports-
mouth. His next appointment was, 2 Feb. 1813, to
the Waerior 74, Capt. Lord Viscount Torrington,
in which ship he escorted the Prince of Orange to
Holland in the following Nov. Since 1814 Lieut.
Chegwyn has been unemployed.
CHESNAYE. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 30.)
John Christian Chesnaye, bom 29 April, 1791,
is nephew of Admiral John Cochet.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1803, as
Fet.-cl. Vol., on board the Dryad 36, Capt. John
Giffard, on the Irish station ; became Midshipman,
29 July, 1805, of the Orion 74, Capt. Edw. Cod-
rington, one of Nelson's victorious fleet in the
ensuing battle of Trafalgar ; and, after an addi-
tional servitude in the Madras 54, Capt. Chas.
Marsh Schomberg, joined the Endymion 40, Capt.
Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, by whom, subsequently
to the passage of the Dardanells, in Feb. 1807, he
was detached for the purpose of co-operating with
the British forces in Egypt, where we find him
present at the investment of Rosetta. On next re-
moving to the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, he
witnessed, 1 Aug. 1808, the gallant capture of the
10 coasting-vessels at Noli more particularly alluded
to in our memoir of Commander Wm. Chasman ;
after which he joined in succession the St. Alean's
64, Capt. Fras. "Wm. Austen, Procris 18, Capt.
Bobt. Maunsell, and, as Sub-Lieutenant, 14 Feb.
1810, the Sylvia cutter, of 10 18-pounder car-
ronades and 50 men, Lieut. -Commander Augustus
Vere Drury, all in the East Indies. On 7 April
following, in charge of a single boat belonging to
the latter vessel, Mr. Chesnaye handsomely boarded
and took, in the Straits of Sunda, a piratical proa,
armed with 2 6-pounders and 30 men. On being
appointed four days afterwards to the command
of his prize, he similarly sustained, near the island
of Cracatoa, a desperate hand-to-hand conflict of
four hours with a large lugger-proa of 3 18-pounders
and 72 men, which, on the junction of the Sylvia,
he ultimately succeeded in sinking, after being him-
self wounded, with 8 of his volunteer crew; and,
on 26 of the same month, at the close of a sharp
contest of 20 minutes, during which the enemy
had 3 men killed and 7 wounded, and the British
4 killed and 3 wounded, he headed the Sylvia's
boarders at the capture of the Dutch national brig
JEcho, of 8 6-pounders and 46 men, in Batavia
Roads. Although Lieut. Drury was immediately
afterwards promoted to the rank of Commander,
we regret to observe that Mr. Chesnaye, whose
share in the exploits we have narrated was at least
equally conspicuous, did not attain the rank of
Lieutenant until 17 March, 1813, previously to which
period he had further served, in the West Indies
and at Portsmouth, on board the Jason 32, and
Shark 16, Capts. King and Gore, and Royal Wil-
liam, Capt. Geo. Fowke. He was subsequently
appointed, 12 June, 25 July, and 20 Nov. 1813, to
the Ardent 64, Capt. John Cochet, St. Domingo
74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, and Ana-
conda 18, Capt. Geo. Augustus Westphal, on the
North America and West India stations. He in-
valided home 8 Oct. 1814, and afterwards held a
command in the Coast Guard, from 28 Nov. 1828,
until 1832. He has not since been employed.
Lieut. Chesnaye married, 10 April, 1836, and has
issue four sons and one daughter.
CHESSHYRE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Henry Thomas Newton Chesshyre passed his
examination 14 April, 1840 ; served, until paid off
at the close of 1841, in the Tyne 26, Capt. John
Townshend, on the Mediterranean station; was
next employed, for a few months in 1842-3, on
board the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Montagu Stopford,
and Avon steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander David
Robt. Bunbury Mapleton, in North America and
the West Indies ; rejoined the last-mentioned officer,
3 May, 1844, in the Sydenham steamer, on the
Mediterranean station; and obtained his commis-
sion 6 April, 1846. He has been since serving as
Additional Lieutenant of the Hxbernia 104, flag-
ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Wm. Parker, and as
Commander of the Ceylon receiving-ship at Malta.
CHEYNE. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 15; h-p., 28.)
George Cheyne entered the Navy, 12 Oct. 1804,
as Midshipman, on board the Texbl, Capt. Donald
Campbell, flag-ship on the Leith station of Rear-
Admiral Jas. Vashon, from which he removed, as
Master's Mate, 30 Sept. 1805, to the Seagull, of
16 guns and 94 men, Capt. Robt. Cathcart. The
latter vessel being captured off the coast of Nor-
way, 19 June, 1808, by a powerful Danish force,
consisting of the Lougen, of 20 guns and 160 men,
and of 6 gun-boats, all heavily gunned and manned,
after a glorious resistance of 2 hours and 30 minutes,
in which she lost 8 men killed and 20 wounded,
and was reduced to a sinking state, Mr. Cheyne
was, with the rest of his shipmates, taken prisoner
and confined until the following October. From
that date until April, 1813, he appears to have
served, on the Home and Baltic stations, in the
Nightingale, Capt. Wm. Wilkinson, Ganymede
26, and Alexandria 38, both commanded by Capt.
Robt. Cathcart, Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas.
Saumarez, and Alexandria again, Capt. R. Cath-
cart. He was promoted, 21 Dec. 1813, to a Lieu-
tenancy in the Defiance 74, bearing the flag of
Sir Geo. Hope in the Baltic; and, on 21 Dec. 1813,
joined the Porcupine 24, Capt. John Coode. From
24 Feb. 1814 (on which date he won the admiration
of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, by the
dashing intrepidity of his conduct in passing the
fearful bar of the Adour in an open boat with 5
men), until Aug. following, Mr. Cheyne was em-
ployed with the army under the Duke of Welling-
ton near Bayonne.* On 20 Sept. in the same year
he joined the Queen 74, bearing the flag of the last-
named officer in the Mediterranean ; and, on 31
Dec. 1815, he removed to the Albion 74, Capt. John
Coode, with whom he shared in the bombardment
of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. The latter ship being
paid off in May, 1819, Mr. Cheyne, who had been
for a long time her First Lieutenant, was promoted,
12 Aug. following, to the rank of Commander. He
has not since been afloat.
He married, 25 April, 1843, Maria, third daughter
of the late Tobias John Young, Esq., of Southampton.
CHICHESTEE, Bart. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 10 ;
H-p., 27.)
Sir John Palmer Bruce Chichester is eldest
son of the late John Palmer Chichester, Esq., Col.
of the Royal Cardigan Rifle Corps, by his second
wife, Agnes, eldest daughter of Jas. Hamilton, Esq.,
of Bangour, N. B. (by Margaret Bruce, sister of the
celebrated traveller, Jas. Bruce, Esq., of BLinnaird) ;
and first cousin of Sir CUfford Constable, Bart., as
likewise of Sir Chas. Chichester, Col. of the Slst
» Vide Gm. 1814, p. 566.
190
CHIENE-CHINNERY—CHIVERS— CHRISTIAN.
Kegiment, K.C.T., IC.S.F.,&c.,adifstingiii8hed officer
in the service of the Queen of Spain. He was
created a Baronet in 1840.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Implacable 74, Capt.
Geo. Cockburn, and, attaining soon afterwards the
rating of Midshipman, continued to serve, with the
same officer, in the Alfred 74, Geampos 50, and
Marlborough and Sceptre 74's, at the defence of
Cadiz and on the American station, until Aug. 1813.
He then joined the Lacedemonian 38, Capt. Sam.
Jackson, and, until the conclusion of the war with
the United States, was very arduously employed in
blockading the enemy's ports and rivers, and on
one occasion, 5 Oct. 1814, served with the boats
and was wounded at the capture of a gun-vessel
and four merchantmen.* xYfter an attachment of a
few months to the Rotal Charlotte yacht, Capt.
Geo. Scott, lying at "Weymouth, and to the Iris 36,
receiving-ship in the river Thames, bearing the flag
of Sir Home Popham, Mr. Chichester was promoted,
11 March, 1816, to the rank of Lieutenant. He
next, from 29 Oct. 1816, until June, 1820, served on
board the Helicon 10, and Harlequin 18, Capts.
Alex. Barclay Branch and Chas. Christ. Parker, on
the Irish station j but since the latter date has been
on half-pay.
Sir J. P. B. Chichester, who was lately MP. for
Barnstaple, married Caroline, daughter of Thos.
Thistlethwaite, Esq., of Sontbwick Park, Hants, by
whom he has issue. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
CHIENE. (CoMMANDEK, 1813. F-p., 22 ; H-p., 39.)
John Chiene, born at Crail, co. Fife, is son of a
shipmaster and owner, and nephew of Robt. Chiene,
Esq., who died Master-Attendant of the Dockyard
at Minorca, in 1802.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1786, as
Master's Servant, on board the Powerful 74, Capt.
Andw. Sutherland, with whom he served, in the
same ship and the Orion 74, on the Home station,
until Oct. 1789. Re-embarking, 18 Aug. 1793, as
A.B., on board the Diadem 64, also commanded by
Capt. Sutherland, he took part in the siege of
Toulon, as likewise in the reduction of the towns of
St. Fiorenza, Bastia, and Calvi ; and on his subse-
quent transference, as Midshipman, to the Berwick
74, Capt. Adam Littlejohn, he was with that ship
taken by the French Mediterranean fleet, after a
long running fight, 7 March, 1795. On regaining
his liberty Mr. Chiene joined, 9 Oct. 1795, the
Princess Royal 98, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Robt. Linzee. He removed, next, to the
Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir John Jervis; and, on
11 Jan. 1797, was promoted to a Lieutenancy in La
Mahonesa 32, Capt. John Giffard. He continued
to serve in the Mediterranean, on board the St.
George 98, Capt. HoUoway, and Santa Teresa 32,
Capt. Robt. Campbell, until his return home at the
peace ; previously to which period he had, as First-
Lieutenant of the latter ship, aided at the blockade
of Malta, been present in the operations on the
coast of Genoa, and obtained the Egyptian medal.
From Feb. 1802, until March, 1807— with the excep-
tion of a twelvemonth in 1803-4, when we find him
on board the Britannia 100, Capt. the Earl of
Northesk, on the Home stalion— Mr. Chiene ap-
pears to have been on half-pay. He was then, how-
ever, appointed First-Lieutenant of La Nvmphe
38, which he fitted for sea without a Captain, and,
subsequently, of the Muros 20, Capt. Arch. Dufi;
Princess of Orange 74, Capt. Fras. Beauman
(with whom he attended the expedition to Flushing
in Aug. 1809), and Monmouth 64, commanded by
the same officer. From April, 1811, until Feb.
1813, he further served, as Flag-Lieutenant to
Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, on board the
Ardent 64, and Hannibal, Christian VII., Ve-
nerable, and Bulwark 74's, chiefly on the Home
station. He was promoted, from the First-Lieu-
tenancy of the Princess Caroline 74, Capt. Hugh
Dpwnman, to the rank of Commander, 4 Dec.
• Vide Gaz. 1816, p. 464.
1813; and has not since been able to procure em-
ployment.
CHINNEEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.)
Charles Chxnnebv entered the Navy, 25 Feb.
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Devastation,
Capt. Alex. Milner, on the Home station, where he
continued to serve with the same officer, the last
three years as Midshipman of the Swallow 18,
until Aug. 1809 ; previously to which period he as-
sisted at the capture, 15 Nov. 1807, of the French
privateer Friedland, of 2 guns and 41 men. He
then removed to the Narcissus 32, Capt. Hon.
Fred. "Wm. Aylmer, under whom he took the pri-
vateer Duguay Troutn, of 14 guns and 75 men, and
Aimabh Josephine, of 14 guns and 105 men, and ap-
pears to have actively co-operated with the patriots
on the north coast of Spain. We subsequently find
him joining, in Feb. 1811, the Plantagenet 74,
Capt. Robt. Lloyd, in the Baltic, and, in Feb. 1813,
the Majestic 74, Capt. John Hayes, on the North
American station. Since June, 1815, some time
antecedent to which date, 7 Feb. 1815, he had been
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, Mr. Chinnery
has been on half-pay.
CHI VERS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
"William Chivers (i) entered the Navy, 23 Jan.
1807, as A.B., on board the Goliath 74, Capt.
Peter Puget, and in Sept. following assisted, as
Acting-Second-Master, at the bombardment of
Copenhagen. In Dec. 1808 he joined the Blake
74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, with whom he served
at the siege of Flushing in Aug. 1809, and, in 1810,
at the defence of Cadiz. From May, 1813, until
Aug. 1815, we find him successively employed, on
the Mediterranean and Channel stations, in the
RivoLi 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and Edw.
StirUng Dickson, Hyacinth 24, Capt. Alex. Renton
Sharpe, and Havannah 36, Capt. Gawen "Wm.
Hamilton. He w^asthen placed on half-pay, having
been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by com-
mission dated 28 Feb. 1815; and has not since been
afloat.
CHRISTIAN. (Kear-Admikal of the White,
1838. F-p., 21 ; H-p., 34.)
Hood Hanway Christian, bom 23 July, 1784, is
eldest son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Clo-
berry Christian, K.B.,* by Anne, only daughter of
Barnabas Leigh, Esq., of Thorleigh, in the Isle of
"Wight, and niece of the late Lord Holmes.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1792, as a
Volunteer, on board the Colossus 74, commanded
by his father, with whom he removed to the Queen
Charlotte 100, both on the Home station. After
escorting H. R. H. the Princess of "Wales to this
country in the Princess Augusta royal yacht,
Capt. "Wm. Browell, he rejoined the former officer,
then Rear-Admiral Christian, as Midshipman, on
board the Prince George 98, in Oct. 1795 ; and
continuing to serve with him, until Feb. 1797, in
the Glory 98, Thunderer 74, and Beaulied 44,
was present, in the Thunderer, at the capture of
Ste. Lucie, 25 May, 1796. On his return home he
became attached for a few months to the Queen
Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Lord Keith in
the Channel; after which he served for some time
at the Cape of Good Hope on board La Virginie
44, and Sceptke 74, both flag-ships of Sir H. C.
Christian, and Tremendous 74, Capts. Sam. Osborne
and Searle. He then joined the Garland 28, Capt.
Jas. Athol "Wood, and while in that frigate had the
mistorlune to be wrecked, in pursuit of an enemy's
vessel, off Madagascar, 26 July, 1798. "We subse-
• Sir H. C. Christian was born in 1747. He commanded
the SuFroLK ,4, in Byron's action with D'Estainn 6 July
1779; was in the actions with De Guvchcn of 17 Airil and
15 and 19 May, 1780 ; and commandeci the naval force em
plojed in co-operation with the army under Sir lialph Aber-
cromby at the redaction of Ste. Lucie in May 1 796 He died
Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope in Nov
CHRISTIAN-CHRISTIE.
191
quently find him doing duty in the Sphtnx 20,
Capt. Lord Augustus Fitzroy, in which ship he re-
turned to England, Boadicea 88, Capt. Kich. Good-
win Keats, with whom he shared in the attaclc on
the Spanish squadron under the batteries of Isle
d'Aix, 2 July, 1799, and Queen Chablotte again,
bearing the flag of Lord Keith in the Mediter-
ranean. Having been created a Lieutenant of the
Pn<Emx 36, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, 25 Jan.
1800, Mr. Christian commanded the boats of that
ship at the reduction of Genoa, the cutting out of
the Prima galley, and the successful defence of
Porto Ferrajo, besides witnessing the capture and
destruction, 3 Aug. and 2 Sept. 1801, of the French
frigates Carrere^ Stwces, and Bravoure, "While in
the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, to which ship
he had been appointed 11 Nov. 1802, the subject of
this sketch further aided at the capture of La Fran-
chise of 36 guns, as likewise in chasing her consort,
a line-of-battle ship, into L'Orient. For his subse-
quently meritorious conduct, during a gale of wind
in the Bay of Bengal, as temporary Captain of the
Tkident 64, bearing the flag of Kear- Admiral Peter
Kainier, he was placed by the latter officer in com-
mand, 20 Oct. 1804, of the Arrogant guardship at
Bombay, and, next, of the Victor 18, to which
sloop he was oflicially appointed, 21 March, 1805.
After holding for some months the Acting-Captaincy
of the Sir Edward Hughes 38, he received a Post-
commission dated 30 Jan. 1806, and then returned
home. Capt. Christian appears to have afterwards
served — from April to Nov. 1809, in the Heroine
32, part of the Walcheren expeditionary armament,
and one of the 10 frigates which, under Lord Wm.
Stuart, forced the passage between the batteries
of Flushing and Cadsand on the afternoon of
11 Aug.*— from 7 May, 1811, to Dec. 1814, in the
Iris 36, employed on the north coast of Spain, where
in actively co-operating with the patriots he distin-
guished himself at the capture of Castro, of which
fortress, on being appointed governor, he kept up a
successful defence t — and, lastly, from 16 Sept. 1824,
until the year 1828, as Commodore, at the Cape of
Good Hope, with his broad pendant in the Owen
Glendower 42. He attained flag-rank 28 June,
1838.
Rear-Admiral Christian married, in Feb. 1808,
Harriet, second daughter of the late Sam. Shute,
Esq., of Fernhill, Isle of Wight. Agent — John P.
Muspratt.
CHRISTIAN. (Commander, 1846.)
Thomas Hompesch Christian entered the Navy
20 Deo. 1824 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; ob-
tained his first commission 14 Aug. 18.39 ; joined, on
17 of the same month, as Additional Lieutenant, the
Princess Charlotte 104, ;flag-ship of Sir, Robt.
Stopford in the Mediterranean ; and, in 1840, served
on shore during the operations on the coast of Syria,
where he was also present at the capture of St. Jean
d' Acre. His after-appointments were — 7 Sept. 1841,
to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt.
Sir Thos. Hastings — 15 March, 1842, to the Queen
110, bearing the flag In the Mediterranean of Sir
Edw. W. C. R. Owen— and, 25 March, 1845, to the
Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry. He was
promoted, while First-Lieutenant of the latter ship,
to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846.
CHRISTIE. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 14 ; h-p.,29.)
Gabriel Christie is brother of Capt. Peter
Christie, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1804, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Magicienne 32, Capt.
Adam Mackenzie, fitting at Chatham ; became Mid-
shipman, in Feb. 1805, of the Boadicea 38, Capt.
John Maitland, employed in the North Sea ; served,
from Nov. 1807, until Sept. 1811, again with Capt.
Mackenzie, in the President 38, and Bedford 74,
on the Brazilian station; then accompanied the
same ofiicer into the Armada 74, commanded, after-
wards, by Capts. Devonshire and Chas. Grant, In the
• Vidv Gaz. 1809, p. 1298.
f y. Gaz 181 1, pp. 2:j29, 2173, and Gaz. 1812, p. 1440.
North Sea and Mediterranean ; and, on 22 Jan. 1813,
two years after passing his examination, was con-
firmed a Lieutenant in the Bombay 74, Capts. Nor-
bome Thompson and George Parker, ofi' Toulon.
His subsequent appointments were — 8 April, 1815,
to the Bellerophon 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Mait-
land, on board which ship Napoleon Buonaparte
soon afterwards surrendered himself— 30 Oct. 1815,
to the Granicus 36, Capt. ■William Furlong Wise,
with whom he shared in the bombardment of
Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816—22 May, 1820, and 24 Jan.
1821, to the Creole 42, and Superb 74, both com-
manded by his old Captain, A. Mackenzie, in South
America— and, in 1827, after an interval of five
years, to the Desi'ATCH 18, Capt. Robt. White Par-
sons, on the Irish station. Since Feb. 1828, at which
date he invalided, Lieut. Christie has been on half-
pay. Agents — Collier and Snee.
CHRISTIE. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 16.)
Peter Christie is son of Jas. Christie, Esq., of
Durie, CO. Fife, by Mary Turner, daughter of the
Hon. Chas. Barclay Maitland, granddaughter of the
sixth Earl of Lauderdale, and first cousin of the late
Rear-Admiral Sir Fred. Lewis Maidand, K.C.B.
He Is brother of Lieuts. Gabriel and Wm. Christie,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 April, 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Emerald 36, commanded
by his relative, Capt. F. L. Maitland, under whom
he assisted at the capture of L'Auguste privateer,
of 18 guns and 126 men, 6 April, 1811 ; attained the
rating of Midshipman 8 Nov. following ; and conti-
nued to serve — omitting a period of 15 months, from
Feb. 1812, to May, 1813, when we find him in the
TiGBE 74, Capt. John Halliday— on board the Go-
liath 74, BoYNE 98, and Bellerophon 74, latterly
off the coasts of America and France, until Sept.
1815. Mr. Christie, who was in the last-mentioned
ship when Napoleon Buonaparte surrendered, was
next employed, until Aug. 1818, under Capt. Jas.
Walker, in the Albion, Queen, and Northumber-
land 74's, on the Home station. He then joined,
on the coast of Africa (where he assisted in the
boats at the capture of many slave-vessels), the
Tartar 36, Commodore Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, of
which ship, having passed his examination in 1816,
he was confirmed a Lieutenant 9 Sept. 1820. Being
next appointed, 6 July, 1824, to the Cambrian 48,
Capt. Wm. Gawen Hamilton, he shared in nume-
rous boat aifairs with the pirates of the Greek
Archipelago, and, in particular, on 31 Jan. 1825,
bore a part in a very gallant conflict, in which the
British lost 6 men killed and 13 wounded. For his
services, as First of the Cambrian, at the battle of
Navarin, Mr. Christie obtained a Commander's
commission, dated 22 Oct. 1827. He was subse-
quently employed in the Coast Guard from 19
March, 1835, until March, 1838, and served, in
command of the Rose 18, on the Spanish and Bra-
zilian coasts, from 3 Aug. 1838, until posted 23
Nov. 1841. He has not since held any official occu-
pation. Agents — Collier and Snee.
CHRISTIE. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 1 3 ; h-p., 27.)
William Christie, born 25 Nov. 1793, at Edin-
burgh, is brother of Capt. Peter Christie, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rosamond sloop, Capt.
Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, with whom he assisted
at the bombardment of Copenhagen, and then joined
the Cambrian frigate. He next became attached
for short periods to the President 38, Capt. Adam
Mackenzie, and Hyperion 36, Capt. Brodie; ob-
tained a Midshipman's berth, 9 Nov. 1809, on board
the Renown 74, Capt. PhiUp Chas. Durham, in the
Mediterranean ; and afterwards served, until Sept.
1815, on tlie Home and West India stations, latterly
as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Armada 74, Capt. A.
Mackenzie, Christian VII. 80, Capt. Ball, Bul-
wark and Venerable 74's, flag-ships of Rear-
Admiral Durham, Eeron 16, Capt. Geo. Luke,
Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, and Ister 36,
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C H RISTOPHER—CHRYSTIE— CHUBB— CHURCH.
Capt. John Cramer. Between the latter period
and the date of his promotion, which did not take
place until 29 Jan. 1821, nearly seven years after
he had passed his examination, we further find Mr.
Christie doing duty as Admiralty-Midshipman on
board the Ramilues 74, Capt. Thos. Boys, Sevekn
40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, Vigo 74, Capt. Thos.
Brown, and Albion 74, Capt. Eich. Kaggett. He
was then placed on halt-pay, and has not since been
afloat.
CHKISTOPHEE. (Lieutenant, 1841. f-p., 21 ;
y H-P., 1.)
Thomas Borradaile Christopher entered the
Navy, 21 May, 1825, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
Herald yacht, Capts. Geo. Luke, Augustus "Wm.
Jas. Clifford, Henry Eden, and Edw. "Wm. Corry
Astley, in which, under Capt. Clifford, he attended
the Duke of Devonshire on the occasion of his
splendid embassy to Russia in Sept. 1826. Between
June, 1827, and May, 1832, he next served, as Mid-
shipman, in the Clio 18, Capt. Robt. Deans, Tweed
28, Capt. Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill, and
Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral "Wm.
Parker, on the Irish station, at the Cape of Good
Hope, and in the Tagus. Having passed his exa-
mination, he then proceeded to the "West Indies as
Mate of the Pearl 20, Capt. Robt. Gordon ; after
which he joined, in 1835, the Ptlades 18, Capt.
"Wm. Langford Castle, an active anti-slaver, on the
coast of Africa, and, in Nov. 1839, the Blonde 42,
Capt. Thos. Bourchier, with whom he shared in
the various operations connected with the campaign
in China,* where he was appointed, 5 June, 1841,
as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Blenheim 72, Capt.
Thos. Herbert, and, by commission dated on 8 of
the same month, to the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph
Nias. Mr. Christopher, who returned to England
in April, 1843, was subseq^uently appointed, 29 Aug.
and 31 Dec. 1844, to the Excellent, Capt. Sir Thos.
Hastings, gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, and Acorn
16, Capt. John Elliot Bingham, in which latter
vessel he is now serving, as First-Lieutenant, in the
East Indies.
CHRYSTIE. (LiEnT., 1809. f-p., 15; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Chrystie was born 28 April, 1787, at
Balchrystie, in the parish of Newburn, co. Fife.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 80, Capt. Hon.
Alex. Inglis Cochrane ; and, continuing to serve in
the same ship until the peace, attended the expedi-
tions to Belleisle, Ferrol, Cadiz, and Egypt. After
an intermediate attachment, with Capt. Chas. Stew-
art, to the Unicorn and Ethalion frigates, on the
North Sea station, he joined, 25 Feb. 1805, the De-
fiance 74, Capts. Philip Chas. Durham and Henry
Hotham ; and, on 22 July and 21 Oct. following,
shared, under the former officer, in Sir Robt.
Calder's action and in the battle of Trafalgar. He
afterwards, until 1808, in March of which year he
passed his examination, served, on the Home sta-
tion, in the Eurydice 28, Capt. Sir "Wm. Bolton,
Snapper schooner, Lieut.-Commander "W. B. Cham-
pion, Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir Harry
Burrard Ncale, and Valokoos 20, Capt. Irvine.
Proceeding then to the "West Indies in the Gloire
frigate, Capt. Jas. Carthew, he joined the Neptune
98, bearing the flag of his old Captain, Sir Alex.
Cochrane, and while in that ship served on shore
at the reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809.
Having attained the rank of Lieutenant on 8 of the
latter month, Mr. Chrystie, in the course of the
same year, joined the Wolverene brig, Capt. John
Simpson, Felicite, Capt. John Lake, and also the
Cjesar 80, Capt. Chas. Richardson, by whom, in
1810, he was sent with a party of seamen to assist
in the defence of the lines at Torres Vedras. On
10 June, 1811, we next find him appointed to the
Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam. James Ballard, and in 1812
capturing, in command of the boats of that ship, a
fort of 8 guns in Quiberon Bay, where he further
• Vide Gai. 1841, pp. 1503-1505.
destroyed several vessels that had taken shelter
under its walls, and defeated two bodies of militia,
armed with two field-pieces, one of which was
taken and thrown into the sea. On one occasion
also, in the month of Sept. 1811, he appears to have
been in chase of the boats at the capture of a
French merchant-sloop and five chasse-mare'es.*
Mr. Chrystie, who, in the Sceptre and Marlbo-
ROOGH, was afterwards actively employed in the
Chesapeake, accompanied, in 1814-15, as First of
the Alceste troop-ship, Capt. Dan. Lawrence, the
force sent against New Orleans. He has not been
officially employed smce Nov. of the latter year.
He married 31 Jan. 1837.
CHUBB. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 21;
H-p., 32.)
George James Chubb entered the Navy, 22 Jan.
1794, as Captain's Servant, on board the Charon
44, Capt. Geo. Countess, with whom he shared in
the victory of the 1st of June. He continued to
serve with the same officer, until towards the close
of the war, in the Pegasus 28, D^dalus 32, and
Ethalion 38 ; and in the latter ship was present,
on the coast of Ireland, at the capture, 12 Oct.
1798, of the French 40-gim frigate La Bellone, after
a sharp conflict, and a trifling loss to the British.
In the Djedalus he had been employed, as Mid-
shipman, on the coast of Africa and in the "West
Indies. From Sept. 1802 until Oct. 1805 we next
find Mr. Chubb doing duty on the Home station, in
the Amazon 38, Capt. Sam. Sutton, Loire 38, Capt.
Fred. Lewis Maitland, and Majestic 74, Capt. Lord
Amelius Beauclerk, flag-ship latterly of Rear-Ad-
miral Thos. Macnamara Russell. He was then ap-
pointed Sub-Lieutenant of the Boxer gun-brig,
Lieut.-Commander Rich. "Wilbraham ; obtained a
full Lieutenancy in the Rattler 16, Capt. Jas.
John Chas. Agassiz, on the Newfoundland station,
15 Aug. 1806 ; and was afterwards appointed, 10
Feb. 1810 and 2 Dec. 1811, to the Tartar 32,
Capt. Joseph Baker, and, as First-Lieutenant, to
the Nymphen 36, Capts. John Hancock and Mat-
thew Smith, attached to the force in the Baltic and
North Sea. In the latter frigate he forced the
Hondt passage in March, 1814, and on that occasion
assisted in getting off the Antelope 50, which lay
aground under a torrent of shells from the batte-
ries of Flushing and Cadsand. Lieut. Chubb was
paid off 28 Aug. 1815, and, unable to reprocure em-
ployment, accepted his present rank 16 Jan. 1840.
CHURCH. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 25.)
John Church was born 31 Oct. 1793.
This officer entered the Navy 23 Oct. 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellerophon 74, Capt.
Sam. Warren, flag-ship of Lord Gardner in the
Downs; and on subsequently removing with the
former officer, as Midshipman, to the President 38,
assisted at the reduction of the island of Java in
Aug. and Sept. 1811. From 1813 until the receipt
of his commission, 23 June, 1815, he further served
with Capt. Warren, in the Blenbelm 74, and with
Capt. Thos. Burton and Rear-Admiped Hon. Chas.
Elphinstone Fleeming, in the Aquilon 32, and Eli-
zabeth 74, on the Mediterranean station, off Lisbon,
and at Gibraltar. His after-appointments were—
4 March, 1818, and 25 Feb. 1819, to the Ferret
and Helicon, each of 10 guns, commanded by
Capt. Wm. Robt. Ashley Pettman, on the Home
station— 28 Nov. 1823, to the Phaeton 38, Capt.
Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt, whom he accompanied
to America and the Mediterranean— and, 21 June,
1826, as First-Lieutenant, to the Clio 18, Capts.
Robt. Aitchison and Robt. Deans, employed on the
coast of Scotland. In Nov. 1827, Mr. Church un-
fortunately suffered a severe injury in his sight,
which in a few months terminated in total blind-
ness. He was, m consequence, admitted to tlie
out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 6 Dec. 1833.
* ViSeGnz. 1811, p. 1883.
CLACK-CLAPP-CLARE.
193
CHURCH. (Lieutenant, 1838. r-p., 20 ; n-p., 0.)
William Haihtbt Chorch entered the Navj',
24 March, 1827, as Midshipman, on board the
ViCTOB 18, Capt. Geo. 'Woollcoinbe, on the Irish
station, where he continued to be employed until
1831, in the Semikamis 42, Capts. Koljt. Rowley
and Maurice Fred. Fitzhardjnge Berlceley, and
Pike schooner, Lieut.-Commander John Gwyn Wig-
ley. From the latter date until 1838 he ne^t served
on board the .^tna surveying-vessel, commanded
successively by Capts. Edw, Belcher, Wm. Geo.
Skyring, Wm. Arlett, and Alex. Thos. Emeric
■ Vidal ; and, during that period, was at first em-
ployed in the river Douro for the protection of
British interests during the Pedro and Miguel hos-
tilities ; also in examining, latterly as Assistant-
Surveyor, different parts of the Mediterranean and
of the coast of Africa, including the Canary Islands;
and was on shore at Cape Royo when Capt. Slcyring
was killed by the natives. He passed his examina^
tion in Sept. 1833; obtained his commission 28 June,
1838 ; and, from that period until the end of 1846,
employed, under the Hydrographic Department of
the Admiralty, as Lieutenant and Assistant-Sur-
veyor, on board the SrLviA and Hind cutters, and
Tartarus steam-vessel, Capts. Wm. Lewis Shering-
ham and Jas. Wolfe.
Lieut. Church married, in 1839, Am)a Matilda,
daughter of T. Harvey, Esq^.
CLACK. (Lieutenant, 1808, f-p., 22 ; h-p., 27,)
Thomas Clack is brother of the late Wm. Clack,
Esq., R.N., who was killed in his first cruize ; and
grandson of Lieut.-Colonel Thos. Groves, K.M.,
who died at the age of 91, having been in the full-
pay service of his country for 74 years, during
which period he had been in the battle of Bunker's
Hill, and had served on shore at the defence of
Gibraltar.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 28 June, 1798, as
A.B., on board the Magnanime 44, Capts. Hon.
Michael De Courcy and Wm. Taylor ; assisted, in
Aug. and Oct. of the same year, at the capture of
La Decade, of 36 guns, off Cape Finisterre, and, as
Midshipman, at the defeat (vi'ith a loss to the Mag-
nanime of 7 men wounded) of Commodore Bom-
part's squadron, on the coast of Ireland ; and, on
his subsequent passage to the West Indies, served
at the reduction, in April, 1800, of the African
island of Goree. On his return to the latter station
from the North Sea, in the Hound 16, Capt. Keith
Maxwell, we find Mr. Clack holding the command,
from March to July, 1804, of a tender belonging to
the Diamond-Rock, Martinique, on the latter being
fitted out as a sloop-of-war ; subsequently to which
he had the honour, for six weeks, of also command-
ing, in Carlisle Bay, the Centaur's launch, on board
of which the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Sam. Hood,
had for the time shifted his flag. After a servitude
of 13 months in the Hippomenes 18, Capt. Edw.
Wolcombe, and Northumberland 74, Rear-Ad-
miral Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, he was appointed,
in Jan. 1806, Acting-Lieutenant of the Kingfisher
18, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, and, next, Sub-
Lieutenant of the Epervieb 16, Capts. John Impey
and Rich. Couch, part of the force under Sir John
Duckworth in the ensuing action off St. Domingo.
On the victory _being consummated Mr. Clack was
the first officer to board the prize ships-of-the-line
L^ Imperiale and Le Drnnede, which he did for the
purpose of reporting on the practicability of their
destruction. For his subsequent gallant capture,
in command of the Epervier's cutter, of a French
letter-of-marque schooner and re-capture of an
English merchant-brig, we find him appointed, 6
Feb. 1807, Acting-Lieutenant of the Gobee 24,
Capts. Wm. Standway Parkinson, Hon. M. De
Courcy, Joseph Spear, and John Simpson ; to which
vessel he appears to have been confirmed 16 June,
1808, in consequence of his behaviour, on 22 of the
previous April, at the Gobee's creditable defeat,
after an hour's cannonade, of the two French brigs
Pi/lades and Palineur, of 16 guns and 110 men each.
He was also present in the same sloop at the reduc-
tion of the islands of St. Thomas, Sta. Croix, and
Martinique ; and subsequently served, from 30 Oct.
1809, until Sept. 1816, nearly the whole time as
First-Lieutenant, on board the Furieuse 38, Capt.
John Simpson, Espi^gle 16, Capt. John Codd,
Rapid 14, Capt. Wm. Mather, Zealous 74, Capt.
Thos. Boys, and Bermuda 10, Capts. Wm. Wolrige
and John Pakenham, on the North American and
Home stations — and, from 18 May, 1837, until 1841,
aa^enior in the T^MfeEAiRE 104, and Ocean 80,
Capts. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy and Sir John Hill,
guard-ships at Sheemess. He is now on half-pay.
Lieut. Clack married Juliana, second daughter of
the late Geo. Giles, Esq. Agents — Hallett and
Robinson.
CLAPP. (Lieutenant, 1825, r-p., 21 ; h-p., 17.)
William Clapp, born 10 Aug. 1796, is eldest son
of the late J. Clapp, Esq., Solicitor, of Topsham,
CO. Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 June, 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Tisipbone 20, Capt. Wm-
Williams Foote, guard-ship at South Yarmouth ;
accompanied the same officer, as Midshipman, in
Jan. 1810, into the Partridge 26 ; and, on his re-
turn from the West Indies in the following July,
joined the Rover 18, Capt. Justice Finley, with
whom he continued uninterruptedly to serve until
Aug. 1815. During that period he witnessed the
fall of St. Sebastian and of Santona, assisted at the
bombardment of Guteria and th^ destruction of
several batteries on the coast of Sp^in, was in nu-
merous skirmishes with the American enemy on
the Potomac, and took part in the unfortunate
attack upon Baltimore. Having passed his exami-
nation 4 Oct. 1815, and been intermediately em-
ployed on board the Tay 20, Capt. Sam. Roberts,
and Childers 18, Capt. Rich. Wales, in the former
of which ships he was wrecked, off the Alacranes,
in the Gulf of Mexico, 11 Nov. 1816, we find Mr.
Clapp, in Jan. 1819, appointed Admiralty-Mate of
the 'Trieune 36, Capts. Nesbit Josiah Willoughby
and Gardiner Henry Guion. With the exception
of a few months in 1823, during which he appears
to have been employed on board the Gloucester
guard-ship at Chathain, and Pioneer gun-brig,
Lieut.-Commander Thos. Favell, fitting for the
West Indies, the subject of this sketch continued
to be employed in the Tribune, on the Irish, Ja-
maica, and Mediterranean stations, until trans-
ferred, in July, 1824, to the Superb 76, Capt. Sir
Thos. Staines. After again visiting the West In-
dies, as also Bermuda and Lisbon, he was at length
officially promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by
commission dated 13 Dec. 1825. ]3e subsequently
held a command in the Coast Guard from 23 Jan.
1835 until the close of 1837 ; and since 4 Jan. 1845,
has been serving in the Ocean 80, Capt. Rich.
Arthur, guard-ship at Sheemess.
Lieut. Clapp married, 19 Feb. 1838, Mary, only
daughter of John Scobell Paige, Esq., of Rimpston
House, near Kingsbridge, Devon, by whom he haa
issue three children.
CLARE. (Lieutenant, 1828. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 14.)
Henry William Clare was bom 10 Sept. 1805.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 July, 1818, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caeeon 20, Capt. John
Furneaux, under whom he was wrecked, in the Bay
of Bengal, on the night of 5 July, 1820. After a
further servitude of four years in theMediterranean,
as Midshipman of the Martin 18, Capts. Christo-
pher Crackenthorp Askew and Henry Eden, he
proceeded, in 1826, as Mate of the Banger 28, Capt.
Lord Henry Fred. Thynne, to the South American
station ; where he obtained his commission 26 Feb.
1828, and afterwards joined — 2 Oct. 1829, the
Volage 28, Capt. Lord Colchester— next, as First-
Lieutenant, the Clio 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow —
and, 23 Nov. 1832, the Wabspite 76, bearing the
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CLARK.
flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Baker. Since the spring
of 1833 he has been on half-pay.
He married 8 Nov. 1837, and has issue three
children. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
CLARK. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
James Charles Clark entered the Navy in
1828 ; passed his examination 2 May, 1839 ; served
for several years in the East Indies on board the
Pelican 16, Capts. Chas. Geo. Elers Napier and
Philip Justice ; and after a further employmenffof
some months in the Rattler steam-sloop, Capt.
Henry Smith, was promoted to the rank he now
holds 6 Dec. 1845. He then officiated for a short
time as Additional-Lieutenant of the Vebnon 50,
bearing the flag on the south-east coast of America
of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield, and is at
present on half-pay.
CLARK. (Lieutenant, 1819. f-p., 35 ; h-p„ 5.)
Joseph Clark, born in 1790, has lost five bro-
thers in the naval service of their country, of whom
one was wounded, as First-Lieutenant of the Dic-
tator 64, at the reduction of the French West-
India Islands in 1794, another served in Sir Robt.
Calder's action, and a third in Sir Rich. Strachan's.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 April, 1807, as
A.B., on board the Sheldrake sloop, Capt. John
Thicknesse, stationed in the Channel, where he
soon afterwards attained the rating of Midshipman,
and then of Master's Mate. On removing, in July,
1808, to the Hydra 38, Capt. Geo. Mundy, we find
Mr. Clark employed for two years in perpetual
boat attacks on the enemy's forts and vessels along
the coast of Spain ; after which he served, until
May, 1816, on board the Hannibal 74, flag-ship in
the Baltic of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham,
Christian VII. 80, Capt. Ball, oS Flushing, Bul-
wark 74, Rear-Admiral Durham, in the Channel,
Iphigenia and Resistance frigates, both com-
manded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Fleetwood
Broughton Reynolds Pellew, Bahrosa 36, Capts.
Wm. Henry Shirreff and Wm. M'Culloch, in the
East Indies, and Venerable 74, bearing the flag
of Rear-Admiral Durham in the West Indies.
While in the Resistance he witnessed, 5 Oct. 1813,
an attack on the batteries of Port d'Anzo, and the
capture of a convoy of 29 vessels anchored for pro-
tection under the walls ; and he was present, in the
Venerable, at the reduction, in 1815, of Marti-
nique and Guadeloupe. From June, 1816, until
Sept. 1818, Mr. Clark, as Admiraltj'-Midshipman,
was further employed, on the Mediterranean, Hali-
fax, and Home stations, in the Leander 50, Capt.
Edw. Chetham (under whom he was wounded in
the left arm at the battle of Algiers), Pactolus 38,
Capt. Wm. Hugh Debbie, Florida 24, Capt. Chas.
Sibthorp John Hawbayne, and Vengedb 74, Capt.
Thos. Alexander. He then joined the Coast Block-
ade, and, obtaining his commission 16 Aug. 1819, .
continued in the same service, with his name suc-
cessively on the books of the Severn, Ramillies,
and Hyperion, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and Wm.
Jas. Mingaye, until 1829. For his exertions during
that period in saving the crew^ and cargoes of 10
different vessels, of from 600 to 700 tons each, he
Tfras presented by the Committee at Lloyd's with a
sword, a brace of pistols, and a gold medal; as
likewise with a gold medal from the King of the
Netherlands, for preserving the lives of six of his
Majesty's subjects, wrecked near Beachy Head.
With the exception of four years (from 1837 until
Sept. 1841), Lieut. Clark has been in the Coast
Guard since 2 Aug. 1830.
He married, in 1818, Louisa, youngest daughter
of Capt. Geo. Rice, B.N. (who died from the wounds
he had received, as First of the Valiant, on the 1st
of June, 1794), grand-daughter of Capt. Geo. Bur-
don, R.N., who, when commanding the Drake
sloop, fell in action with the notorious Paul Jones,
25 April, 1778, and niece of the late Admiral Bur-
don. By that lady he has issue two children.
CLARK. (Eetiked Commander, 1837. p-p., 17;
H-P., 36.)
John Clark was born 6 Aug. 1777.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1794 (from
Christ's Hospital), as Ordinary, on board the Russel
74, Capts. John Willet Payne and Thos. Larcom, in-
which ship he shared, as Midshipman, in Lord
Bridport's action, 23 June, 1795. Until July, 1801,
he next served on board L'Impetoedx 78, Capts. J.
W. Payne and Sampson Edwards, and Indefati-
gable 46, Capts. Hon. Henry Curzon and Matthew
Henry Scott ; and while in the latter ship, besides
attending the Ferrol expedition, assisted at the
capture, 22 Oct. 1800, of La Venus French frigate,
of 52 guns, as also, on other occasions, of two heavy
privateers, in both of which he was sent home as
Prize-Master. Towards the close of 1801 he joined
the Theseus 74, Capt. John Bligh, and, on subset
quently proceeding to the West Indies, boarded
and carried, with the boats of that ship, a French
national-cutter and 13 merchant-vessels, lying in
Port Jeremie, St. Domingo. On removing, in Dec.
1803, to the Hebcule 74, bearing the flag of Sir
John Thos. Duckworth, we. find Mr. Clark, early in
1804, serving throughout the whole of the land ope-
rations in the unfortunate attack upon Cura9oa ;
after which he was in succession appointed Acting-
Lieutenant of the DuQUESNE 74, Capt. Jas. Walker,
and Hound 16, Capt. Hon. Wm. Pakenham, and
was confirmed, 6 April, 1805, into the Thunderer
74, Capts. Wm. Lechmere and John Talbot. During
an attachment of three years and a half to the
latter ship, he took part, among other stirring
scenes, in Sir Robt. Calder's action and in the
battle of Trafalgar ; commanded a party of seamen
and marines at the siege of Gaeta ; was with Sir
John Thos. Duckworth at the passage of the Dar-
danells ; and served most responsibly in the expe-
dition against Egypt. On 26 Aug. 1809, Lieut.
Clark assumed command of No. 73 gun-boat, and,
simultaneously, of a division of the flotilla stationed
near Fort Lillo, for the purpose of co-operating in
the attack upon Walcheren, where he appears on
many occasions to have been warmly engaged.
He afterwards served, from Jan. 1810 to July, 1812,
on board the Adamant 50, bearing the flag at
Leith of Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway ; and,
lacking ability to procure further employment, ac-
cepted his present rank 23 Oct. 1837.
Commander Clark is married.
CLARK. (Ketired CoMMANDEE, 1823. F-p., 24;
H-p., 45.)
Richard Clark (a) died 5 Feb. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Dec. 1776, as
Midshipman, on board the Albion 74, Capt. John
Carter Allen ; and, continuing to serve with the
same officer, in the Egmont and Gibraltar 74's,
until Oct. 1780, was present, in the Egmont, in
Keppel's action with the Comte d'Orvilliers, 27 July,
1778. He then joined the Crescent 28, Capt. Hon.
Thos. Pakenham, which ship, in May, 1781, was
captured by the French frigates Fripmne and La
GMre, having previously, however, struck her
colours, after a gallant defence, and a loss of 26
men killed and 67 wounded, to the Dutch ship
Bnll, of 36 guns. On regaining his liberty, Mr.
Clark, in Aug. following, rejoined Capt. Pakenham
m the Minerva 38; from which vessel he next re-
moved to the Victory 100, bearing the flag of Lord
Howe, whom he accompanied to the relief of Gib-
raltar in Oct. 1782. We subsequently find him
serving as Acting-Lieutenant of the Europa 50,
flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Jas. Gambler on the West
India station ; for two years, as Commander of the
Squirrel Revenue-cutter, at the portof Looe; and,
next, on board the Impregnable 98, and Queen
Charlotte 100, flag-ships of Sir Rich. Bickerton
and Lord Howe. On 16 Aug. 1790, he again re-
ceived an acting-order as Lieutenant, in the Hussar
28, Capt. Ehab Harvey ; and, on 2 Nov. in the same
year, he was confirmed in the Bombay Castle 74,
Capt. John Thos. Duckworth. After a further
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servitude of some months under Capt. Harvey in
the Samta Mabguketta 38, Lieut. Clark assumed
command, 26 July, 1794, of the Black Joke hired
lugger, and, shortly afterwards, of the Akgus, ano-
ther lugger, in which he served with Lord Bridport
in the action of 23 July, 1795. On 26 Dec. 1799, he
was invested, from the Neptcne 98, Capt. Jas.
Vashon, with the charge of the Alert lugger, and
remained in that vessel until Oct. 1801. From 14
July, 1803, until 1808 (excepting from May, 1805, to
Sept. 1806, when he commanded a Signal station at
St. Catharine's, in the Isle of Wight), Lieut. Clark
was, lastly, employed in the Sea I'eneibles, at Brix-
ham and Dartmouth. He attained the rank of
Retired Commander 13 May, 1823.
CLARK. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Robert Ward Clark passed his examination
25 July, 1836 ; served for some time, as Mate, on
board the Britannia 120, flag-ship in the Mediter-
ranean of Sir John Acworth Ommanney, Caledo-
nia 120, successive flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir
Graham Moore and Sir David Milne, and Fisgard
42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, in South America ;
and, on 12 Sept. 1844, was advanced to the rank of
Lieutenant. He was next employed, from 12 Sept.
1844 until the close of 1845, in the D^dalus 20,
Capt. Peter M'Quhae, on the East India station ;
and, since 24 Oct. 1846, has been serving in the
AiBpiuoN steam-frigate, Capt. Woodford John Wil-
liams.
CLARK. (Commandek, 1840. f-p.,21; h-p.,16.)
William Clark, born 23 Nov. 1796, at Torwood-
lee, CO. Selkirk, is son of the late Capt. Wm. Clark,
R.N., who commanded the Victorious 74, at the
xeduction of the Cape of Good Hope in 1795, and
was wounded in the course of a long and desperate
conflict, fought 9 Sept. 1796, between that ship and
the AiiROGANT, another 74, on the one side, and 6
heavy French frigates, under Admiral Sercey, on
the other.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1810, as
L.M., on board the Eoehia 20, Capt. Lewis Hole,
but, removing soon afterwards to the Orion 74,
Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, served until
Jan. 1814, the greater part of the time as MidshiiJ-
man, on the Baltic station, where he appears to
have been arduously engaged, frequently in the
boats, in protecting the trade passing through the
Great Belt. He next, for a brief period, joined the
Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caul-
feild, and then, proceeding to North America in
the Spencer 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, served in
various operations up the Penobscot, and was pre-
sent at the blockade of Boston, as also of the river
Delaware, where, on one occasion, he materially
assisted, with the boats, in saving the Spencer,
when that ship had taken the ground. Between
Aug. 1815 and the date of his promotion, which did
not occur until 4 Feb. 1821, five years after he had
passed his examination, Mr. Clark further joined,
in succession, on the Home station, the Roohfort
80, Capt. Sir A. C. Dickson, Ramillies 74, Rear-
Admiral Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope, Severn, Coast
Blockade depot, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, Bulwark
74, Rear-Admiral Sir John Gore, Menai 20, Capt.
Fairfax Moresby, and Albion 74, Capt. R. Raggett,
in whose tender, the Quail cutter, he was for some
time employed in the suppression of smuggling.
His subsequent appointments were — for a few
months in 1821, to the Salisbuky 50, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Chas. Fahie in the Lee-
ward Islands— 10 June, 1825, to the Romney troop-
ship, Capt. Nich. Lookyer, variously employed in
passages to Quebec, the Tagus, the Mediterranean,
and Sierra Leone— 20 July, 183.5, as First-Lieute-
nant, to the Russell 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dil-
lon, stationed off the north coast of Spain and in
the Mediterranean— and, 10 Aug. 1839, in a similar
capacity, to the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wil-
mott Henderson. Participating in the subsequent
operations on the coast of Syria, Lieut. Clark, on 2
Oct. 1840, commanded the Edinburgh's boats, un-
der the present Capt. Henry John Worth, and took
up an excellent position for covering the landing
party in an attack on the castle of Beyrout and
destruction of a train which had been laid to the
magazine ;* and he again, on 5 of the same month,
similarly accompanied Commander Fras. Decimus
Hastings in a renewed and very successful attempt
to remove the powder there deposited. After shar-
ing in the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, he
was advanced to his present rank, by commission
dated 4 Nov. 1840 ; and, on 15 Dec. following, was
appointed Second Captain of the same ship, the
Edinburgh, in which he remained until paid off on
his return to England, 14 Aug. 1841. He has been
employed, since 26 Jan. 1846, as Second Captain of
the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the Channel
station.
While on board the Bulwark, in 1819, Commander
Clark received a fissure in the skull, and a contusion
in the hip and ankle joints, from the stroke of a
capstan-bar. He married, 17 Feb. 1829, Janet
Alston, second daughter of Major Jas. Alston
Stewart, of Everard, co. Perth, by whom he has
issue, with one daughter, four sons, of whom the
eldest, William, is a Midshipman, R.N.
CLARK. (Retired Commander, 1834. f-p., 32 ;
H-p., 25.)
William John Stephen Clark entered the
Navy, 19 Aug. 1790, as A.B., on board the Defi-
ance 74, Capt. Geo. Murray, and, in Nov. follow-
ing, removed, as Midshipman, to the Winchelsea,
Capt. Fisher, employed in the Channel. After an
interval of two years, he joined, 22 Aug. 1793, the
Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Chas. Carpenter, on his
subsequent transference from which ship to L'Es-
PION 18, Capt. Wm. Hugh Kittoe, he was taken by
three French frigates, 22 July, 1794. From Nov.
1795, the date of his release from captivity, until the
receipt of his commission, 24 April, 1802, Mr. Clark
subsequently served, on the Home and Mediterra-
nean stations, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, on
board the Fame 74, Capt. Thos. Taylor, Virginie
44, Capt. Anth. Hunt, Beaulieu 38, Capt. Fras.
Fayerman, and Queen Charlotte 100, and Bar-
FLEUR 98, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Jas. Hawkins
Wliitshed and Cuthbert Collingwood. While in the
ViBGiNiE he was invested, 9 Nov. 1797, as prize-
master, with the command of the Indian Chief,
a captured American East Indiaman. His appoint-
ments, subsequent to his promotion, appear to have
been— 9 April, 1804, to the. Cyclops, Capts. John
Fyffe, Fras. Douglas, and Gilbert Heathcote, sta-
tioned off Lymington — 13 April, 1805, to the
I'uissAsT 74, Capts. John Irwin and John Hall,
lying at Spithead — 27 Jan. 1809, to be agent for
transports afloat, in which capacity he attended the
expedition to Flushing — 9 Oct. 1812, again to the
Puissant, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page— and, 22 Sept.
1813, once more to the transport service, an event
which occasioned his visiting Bermuda and the
Chesapeake, whence he returned in Aug. 1815. He
was next employed in the Coast Guard from 7 June,
1821, until 1833 ; and, on 25 Jan. 1834, accepted the
rank he now holds.
CLARKE. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Charles GrifJin CijArke entered the Navy 2
Nov. 1808 ; passed his examination in 1816 ; ob-
tained his commission 23 Dec. 1826 ; joined the
Coast Guard 12 Jan. 1835 ; removed, 18 Oct. 1841,
to the Nimble Bevenue-cruizer ; went back to the
Coast Guard 11 Aug. 1843 ; and, since 17 Oct. fol-
lowing, has again been in command of a Revenue-
vessel, the Stag, in which he has, on one or two
occasions, distinguished himself.
CLARICE. (Lieutenant, 1841,)
Edward Francis Clarke entered the Navy 30
Dec. 1828 ; passed his examination 20 March, 1835 ;
■obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841 ; and, from
• ride Gaz. 1840, p. 2e09.
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CLARKE.
1 Dec. in that year, until 1845, served, on the Me-
diterranean station, in the Fobmidable 84, Capts.
Sir Chas. StiUivan, Bt., and Geo. Fred. Kich, flag-
ship latterly of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He is
now on half-pay.
CLARKE. (Lieut., 1841. f-p,; 16 ; h-p., 3.)
Edwabd John Bellenden Clakke was born 26
Oct. 1813.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1828, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Kamillies 74, Capt.
Hugh Pigot, lying in the Downs, and afterwards
served, until he invalided, in June, 1835, as Mid-
shipman, in the Nimkod 20, Capt. Sam. Radford,
and Beacon surveying-vessel, Capt. Rich. Cope-
land, on the Irish and Mediterranean stations. While
with the latter officer, he assisted, 20 March, 1833,
at the capture of some notorious pirates near, the
island of Thasos. In June, 1836, having passed his
examination 18 months previously, he returned to the
Mediterranean as Mate of the Magpie surveying-
vessel, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Saumarez Brock.
He was invested, in April, 1839, with the command
of the WooDLABK tender, for the purpose of sur-
veying the Orkneys ; attained his present rank 26
Aug. 1841 ; and was afterwards appointed, 2 Sept.
1841, to the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, in China
— 21 Aug. 1843, to the Camperdown 104, flag-ship
of Sir Edw. Brace at the Nore— 28 Dec. 1843, to
the Hecate steam-sloop, Capt. Jas. Paterson Bower,
on the coast of Ireland — 4 April, 1845, to the Veso-
vius, another steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Wm. Douglas
O'Callaghan, employed on the North America and
"West India station — and, 3 July, 1845, to the Apollo
troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Radcliffe.
Lieut. Clarke married in 1840. Agent — J. Hinx-
CLAEKE. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
George Henby Clarke, born 20 May, 1816, is
youngest son of the late Rich. Clarke, Esq., of Wel-
ton Place, co. NorthaMpton, an officer in the 3rd
Dragoon Guards, by Philippa, daughter and heir of
the Rev. Geo. Tymhis, M.A., Rector of Harpole,
and Vicar of Dallington.
This officer entered the Navy 27 June, 1828;
passed his examination 3 June, 1835 ; served in
North America and the West Indies, as Mate of the
Hydra steam-vessel, Capt. Alex. Murray ; attained
the rank he now holds 26 Jan. 1843 ; joined, 15 May
following, the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Sir. Thos. Hastings ; and, since 11
Oct. 1843, has been employed in the Stkomboli
steam-sloop, Capt. Thos. Fisher, on particular ser-
vice.
CLARKE. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Henry Clarke entered the Navy 16 May, 1832 ;
passed his examination 14 Jan. 1837 ; was for some
time employed in North America and the West In-
dies, as Mate of the Crocodile 26, Capt. Alex.
Milne ; and, for his services in the Yang-tse-Kiang
river, as Mate of the North Stab 26, Capt. Sir
Jas. Everard Home, and on shore at the capture of
the batteries of Woosung, was promoted, 23 Dec.
1842, to the rank of Lieutenant.* He has been
serving, since 18 March, 1843, on board the Hazard
18, Capts. Chas. Bell and Fras. Philip Egerton, on
the East India station.
CLARKE. (Ret. Capt., 1840: f-p., 16 ; h-p., 40.)
Hyde John Clarke entered the Navy, 29 June,
1791, as Captain's Seirvant, on bbatd the Bedford
74, Capt. Sii? Andw. Sntipe Hainond, lying at Ports-
mouth ; removed, as Midshipinan, with the same
officer, in March, 1793, to the l)uKl3 90, bearing the
broad pendant, afterwards, of Coinlnodore Murray,
in the West Indies ; and next served, until the close
of 1798, off Newfoundland and in the North Sea, on
board the Amphion 32, and Nassau 64, both com-
manded by Capt. Robt. Plampin, Termagant 18,
Capt. David Lloyd, and Inspector 16, Capt. Chns".
* Fide Gaz. IR42, pp. 3400, .1881.
Lock, of which latter vessel he was created a Lieute-
nant 27 Sept. 1797. Until he invalided m Aug. 1807,
his further appointments were, as First-Lieutenant
—31 Dec. 1798, and 19 July, 1801, to the LowESTOrr
82, and N ebeide 36, Capts. Robt. Plampin and Robt.
Mends, on the Jamaica station— 17 July, 1803, to
the Ganges 74, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, em-
ployed oifFrance and Ferrol— and, 12 Dec. 1804, and
17 Aug. 1805, to the Antelope 50, and PowEErot
74, both commanded by Capt. R. Plampin in the
North Sea and East Indies. On the latter station
Mr. Clarke assisted at the capture, 13 June and 9
July, 1806, of the privateers La Henriette, of 20
guns and 124 men, and, after a running fight of
nearly two hours, and some loss, La Belkme, of 30
guns and 194 men. He subsequently joined, 23
Aug. 1810, also as Senior, the Temeraibe 98, Rear-
Admiral T. F. Fremantle, fitting for the Mediter-
ranean, but, prior to sailing, was promoted, 21 Oct.
following, to the rank of Commander. Capt. Clarke,
who has been ever since on half-pay, accepted a
retired Captaincy 10 Sept. 1840. Agents— Pellet
and Newton.
CLARKE. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 17; h-p., 19.)
Job Bennet Clabke entered the Navy, in M.iy,
1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gobee 18, Capt.
Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng, on the North American
station, where, removing soon afterwards, as Mid-
shipman, to the Emulods 18, Capt. Wm. Howe
Muloaster, he assisted, 30 July, 1812, at the capture
of the Gossamer United States privateer, of 14 guns
and 100 men, and was wrecked, on Sable Island, 3
Aug. following. He next joined the .35olus 32,
Capt. Lord. Jas. Townshend, from which frigate he
appears to have been transferred to the Lauresti-
Nus 24, Capt. Thos. Graham, in time to be again
wrecked, on the Silver Keys, Bahama Islands, 22
Oct. 1813. After an additional servitude in the
Barbosa 36, Capt. Wm. Henry ShirreflT, and Flo-
eida 20, Capt. N athaniel Mitchell, on the America
and West India station, Mr. Clarke, in 1815, sailed
for the East Indies on board the Orlando 36, Capt.
John Clavell, and, on his return to England in 1818,
entered the Coast Blockade service, as Midshipman
of the Severn, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch. On 30 June,
1820, we find him, as Acting-Lieutenant, assuming
an appointment, under the Hon. Capt. Byng, on
Lake Champlain, of which — being officially pro-
moted 26 Dec. 1822 — he retained possession until
1826. He returned to Canada early in 1839, as
Lieutenant of the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams
Sandotn, but came home in 1840, and, on 5 April,
1342, obtained a command in the Coast Guard.
Since the spring of 1843, Lieut. Clarke has again
been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
CLARKE. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 5.)
Thomas Jordaine Clarke, born 25 Nov. 1813,
is son of the late Wm. Stanley Clarke, Esq.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College at
Portsmouth in Feb. 1827 ; and embarked, 18 Dec.
1828, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Madagascar 76,
Capts. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer and Edm. Lyons,
on the Mediterranean station, where he attained the
rating of Midshipman 18 Doc. 1829, and continued
to serve, until 1834, on board the Ganges 84, Capt.
Geo. Burdett, Feeret 10, Capt. Hon. Edw. Thorn-
ton Wodehouse, and St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of
Sir Henry Hotham, — by whom hie appears to have
been lent, for some months in 1832-3, to his old
ship the Madagascar. Having passed his exami-
nation 11 Feb. 1883, he was pronioted, from the
NiMROD 20, Capt. John M'Dougiill, to a Lieute-
nancy in the Action 26, Capt. Lord Edw. Russell,
on the South American station, 12 Nov. 1834 ; after
which he joined, 12 Oct. 1835, the Dublin 50,
flag-ship in the Pacific of Sir Graham Edfen HH-
mond, and, 14 Nov. 1837, the Melville 74, as Flag-
Lieutenant at the Cape of Hope to the Hon. Ged.
Elliot. Being advanced to the command, 3 June,
18-40, of the Columbine sloop, Capt. Clarke bore
an able and conspicuous part, until Oct. 1841, in the
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various operations of the Chinese campaign, in-
cluding the capture of Chuenpee and Tycocktow,
the tir&t and second reduction of Canton, the taking
of Amoy and Chinghae, and the re-occupation of
Chusan.* Since the last-mentioned date — having
been advanced to the rank he now holds on 8 of the
previous June — he has been unemployed. Agest
— John P. Muspratt.
CLARKE. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p.
15; H-p., 32.)
Thomas Pickering Clarke entered the Navy,
22 April, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L'Immor-
LAiiiTB 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, in "which
frigate, while cruizing off Bordeaux, he witnessed
the capture, 26 Oct. following, of Le Diable a Quatre
privateer, of 16 guns and 150 men. From 16 Oct.
1801, until March, 1813, he next served, under Capt.
Edw. "W. C. R. Owen, as Midshipman, Master's
Mate, and Lieutenant (commission dated 28 April,
1807), in the Nemesis 28, Immortalite 36, Clyde
38, and Imcosstant 36; and, during that period,
shared in the bombardment of Dieppe, St. Valery
en Caux, and Boulogne, was present in several
smart skirmishes with the French flotilla, and at-
tended, in the Clyde, the expedition to Flushing
in Aug. 1809. On leaving the Incokstakt, Mr.
Clarke joined the Mariner armed ship, Capt. Kobt.
Russell, employed on rocket service in North Ame-
rica, whence he returned home in 1813 on board
the Shannon 88, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke.
After serving for a short time in the Monmouth
64, bearing the flag in the Downs of Vice- Admiral
Thos. Foley, he became attached to the Superb 74,
flag-ship on the coasts of America and France of
the Hon. Sir Henry Hotham. Commander Clarke,
who has been on half-pay since 7 Sept. 1815, as-
sumed his present rank 17 Jan. 1843.
CLARKE. (Commander, 1826. p-p., 23 ; H-p., 28.)
"William Nehemiah Clarke was born in July,
1783 or 4.
This officer entered the Navy, early in 1796, on
board the R^vclutionnaire 38, Capts. Fras. Cole
and Thos. Twysden ; and, among other captures,
assisted in taking, on 13 April in that year, after a
running fight, the French 36-gun frigate L' Unite.
He afterwards, in the same ship, attacked a convoy
protected by a strong line of batteries within the
Penmacks, accompanied the expedition to Quibe-
ron, and contributed to the capture of a national
brig of 16 guns, and of 3 privateers, carrying, in
the whole, 60 guns and 543 men. On subsequently
proceeding to Sierra Leone, towards the close of
1801, in the "Wasp 18, Capt. Chas. BuUen, he was
for several weeks most arduously employed on shore
in protecting the colony against a powerful com-
bination of the native chiefs ; after which he pro-
ceeded to the "West Indies, and, on his return home,
joined, in succession, the Expedition tender, Lieut.-
Commander Felix Richardson", Dragon 74, Capt.
Edw. Griffith, part of Sir Robt. Calder's fleet in
his action of 22 July, 1805, and, as Sub-Lieutenant,
the Turbulent gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Thos.
Spearing Osmer. Being appointed, 19 Sept. 1806,
full Lieutenant of the Sabhina 18, Capt. Edw.
Kittoe, he commanded the boats of that vessel,
with those of a squadron, in "an attack on a Spanish
flotilla ; and, in conjunction with the boats of La
CnrFFONNE, cut out, on a subsequent occasion, a
brig and a schooner from under a battery of 4 guns
on the south coast of Spain. "While next serving,
from May, 1809, to Aug. 1814, on board the Red-
wing 18, Capts. Edw. Augustus Down and Sir John
Gordon Sinclair, Mr. Clarke was twice employed,
\on 30 March and 2 May, 1813, in demolishing the
lieavy batteries at Moqean, between Toulon and
Marseilles ; and, in Aug. following, he participated
in a very gallant attack on the batteries of Cassis,
and capture of a large convoy in the mole of that
place. He was afterwards appointed, as First-Lieu-
• Fide Gaz. 1S41, pp. 1162, lir^, 1503, 1504, 1505, 2500,
and Gaz. 18-12, pp. ISj SOS, 308.
tenant — for a few months in 1815, to the Larne 20,
Capts. Sir J. G. Sinclair and Abraham Lowe, on
the Home station — 21 Feb. 1823, to the Egeria 24,
Capt. Sam. Roberts, which vessel took out Com-
missioner "Ward to Mexico, and thence brought
home Commissioner Morier — and, in 1824, to the
command of the Sir Francis Drake. He acquired
his present rank 28 Dec. 1826, but has not since
been afloat.
Commander Clarke married, -18 Aug. 1818, Lydia,
eldest daughter of the late Thos. Delandre, Esq.,
Clerk of the Peace for co. "Waterford. Agent— Fre-
derick Dufaur.
CLAVELL. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Charles Clavell died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy 28 May, 1830;
passed his examination 7 Sept. 1836 ; and, on 28
July, 1841, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant,
while serving in the "Winchester 50, flag-ship in
North America and the "West Indies of Sir Thos.
Harvey. His after-appointments were — 27 Aug.
1841, to the Racer 16, Capt. Thos. Harvey, on the
latter station — and, 5 June, 1843, to the Modeste
18, Capt. Thos. Baillie, with whom he was employed
in the Pacific until the close of 1845. Agent — Jo-
seph "Woodhead.
CLAVELL. (Captain., 1808. r-p., 33 j h-p., 32.)
John Clavell died 11 March, 1846, aged 70.
This officer entered the Kavy, 24 .lune, 1781, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Centurion 50, on
the books of which ship, and of the "Warwick, he was
borne until Feb. 1783. He embarked, 11 Nov. 1792,
as A.B., on board the Duke 90, Capt. John Knight;
and while next employed, from Jan. 1793, to March,
1797, in the Victory 100, flag-ship, in succession, of
Admirals Lord Hood, Robt. Mann, Robt. Linzee,
and Sir John Jervis, served, as Midshipman, at the
occupation of Toulon, on shore at the reduction of
Bastia and Calvi, in Hotham's action of 13 July,
1795, and in the battle off Cape St. Vincent, 14
Feb. 1797. He also, on one occasion, when in the
Vicrory's jolly-boat, with only 6 men, effected the
capture of two transports laden with powder. On
21 April, 1797, Mr. Clavell removed from the Ville
DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Lord St. Vincent, to an
Acting-Lieutenancy in the Excellent 74, Capt."
Cuthbert Collingwood. Subsequently to his official
promotion, which took place on 6 July in the same
year, he joined, on the Home station, 27 Aug. 1798,
and 8 Oct. 1800, the Marlborough 74, Capt. Thos.
Sotheby, and ISABrLEUR 98, Capts. Stevens and
Irwin — and, between 31 May, 1803, and the autumn
of 1805, as First-Lieutenant, the Venerable, Co-
lossus, and CuLLODEN 74's, Prince 98, Venerable
again, and Dreadnought 98, all flag-ships of Vice-
Admiral Collingwood. Removing with the latter
officer, on the date last mentioned, to the Royal
Sovereign 100, he shared, and was wounded, in the
battle of Trafalgar, and, for his conduct on that
day, was promoted, by commission dated 22 Oct.
1805, to the command of the "Weasel sloop of 18
guns.* "We subsequently find him capturing and
driving on shore six transport-vessels, intercepting a
trabaccolo with despatches, and performing a variety
of effective services in the Adriatic. The 4th of Feb.
1808, was marked by Capt. Clavell's promotion to
Post-rank in the Glatton 50, lying at Palermo ;
soon after which he invalided home. His next ap-
pointments were, in the course of 1811, to the
Royal George 100, Laurestinus 24, and Orlando
36— which latter vessel he appears (part of the time
as Flag-Captain to Sir Rich. King) to have com-
manded, off the "Western Islands, in the Mediter-
ranean, America, and Chiiia, and in roost parts of
India, until Feb. 1819, when he returned to England
in the Malabar 74. He was afterVardS einployed
—from 1825 to 1827j as Captain of the Ordinary at
Portsmouth— from 4 July, 1835, until April, 1837,
as Superintendent of the Packet Establishment at
Falmouth, with his pendant on board the AsTR-as.i
* I'ide Qaz. 1806, pp. 1111, 1484.
198
CL A VELL— CLAXTON-CLA Y- CLAYTON.
6— and, from the latter date untU 1841, as Captain-
Superintendent (In the BKnNE-22, and Poictieks
74) of Chatham Dockyard. He was appointed to
Greenwich Hospital 22 Aug. 1841.
Capt. Clavell, who died Senior Captain of the
Navy, and had received a pecuniary reward from
the Patriotic Fund, was father-in-law of the late
Lieut. Wm. Simpson Blount, K.N. (1824) ; and had
also a daughter who married a son of Vice-Admiral
Henry Garrett. His son, John, is a Commander,
K.N. Agent— Joseph Woodhead.
CLAVELL. (Commander, 1843.)
John Claveli, is son of the late Capt. John
Clavell, R.N.
This officer passed his examination in 1831 ; oh-
tained his first commission 28 June, 1838 ; and was
afterwards appointed — 4 Aug. in the same year, to
the KoSE 18, Capt. Peter Christie, whom he accom-
panied to South America — 20 May, 1841, to the
Dublin 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to Kear-Admiral
Rich. Thomas, Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific
—and, 24 Feb. 1843, to the acting-command of the
Champion 18, which sloop he brought home and
paid off towards the close of 1844. He was then
officially promoted to his present rank by commis-
sion dated back to 4 Feb. 1843 ; and, since 20 Feb.
1846, has been employed in the Coast Guard.
Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
has issue seven children,
manney.
Agents— Messrs. Om-
CLAXTON. (CoMMANDEK, 1842. F-p„14;n-p.,
29.)
Chbistophee Claxton entered the Navy, 28
Nov. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Melampus
36, Capt. Stephen Poyntz, and, continuing in that
frigate until the close of 1806, assisted at the cap-
ture of two armed brigs, four luggers, and a Spanish
privateer, the Hydra, of 28 guns and 192 men, as
also at the destruction, ofi"Cape Henry, oi L^Impe-
tueux, a French 74. He then joined the Cambrian
38, Capt. John Poo Beresford, and, next, the
Leopakd 50, Capt. Salusbury Pryce Humphreys,
on the North American station, where he beheld
the surrender to that ship, on 22 March, 1807, of
the United States frigate Chesapeake. After a fur-
ther servitude of a few months in the Triumph 74,
Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, Mr. Claxton, in
May, 1809, joined Vice-Admiral Berkeley, off Lisbon,
in the Barpleur 98, of which ship he was created a
Lieutenant 9 Dec. 1810. During the latter year
he appears to have been much employed on de-
tached service in the TagUs, where he rendered
appreciated co-operation to the troops occupying
the lines of Torres Vedras, and had command of
the gun-boats attached to the army. On the re-
treat of the French from Santarem he crossed the
river, and communicated the intelligence to Lord
"WeUingtoU ; after which be seized, on his return,
three rough-built pontoons, two rafts, and 12 .or 14
heavy cannon, the relics of the enemy.* While be-
longing next, from Oct. 1812, to March, 1815, to
the KamilIjies 74, Capt. Sir T. M. Hardy, Lieut.
Claxton distinguished himself in command of the
small-arm men at the attack upon Baltimore in
Sept. 1814 ; and was likewise present at the capture
of the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, and the bom-
bardment of Stonington. He returned home on
board the Nymphe 36, Capt. Hugh Pigot, in Aug.
1815 i atid Afterwards commanded, on the Yar-
mouth station, frofa May, 1816, until 24 May, 1819,
the Tartar Revenue-cutter, the first vessel of the
kind given: to a naval officer. He has not since
been afloat. His present rank was conferred on
him 20 J toe, 1842.
Coffltoander Claxton (who has been the means on
several different occasions of saving the lives of
others, and has in consequence received numerous
medals) was appointed in 1834 Harbour-Master of
Bristol, and is the officer under whose surveillance
were built those celebrated steam-vessels the Great
Western and Great Britain. He is married and
* Fide Gaz. 1811, p. 573.
CLAY. (Bear- Admiral of the Ked, 1837.
r-p., 23 ; h-p., 40.)
Edward Snetd Ci,at died 3 Feb. 1846, at South-
well, CO. Nottingham, aged 78.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1783, as
Midshipman, on board the Hector 74, Capt. Sir
Jas. Hamilton, and, until March, 1794, served, on
the Home, %est India, and Mediterranean stations,
in the Europa 50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Jas.
Gambier, Catherine yacht, Capt. Sir Geo. Young,
Phaeton 38, Capt. Geo. Dawson, Solebay 32, Capt.
Wm. Squire, and Axcide 74, Capt. Robt. Linzee, in
which latter ship he was present at the occupation
of Toulon and capture of St. Fiorenza, in 1793-4.
Attaining the rank of Lieutenant on 19 March in
the latter year, he joined, in succession, the Mulette
20, Capts. Joseph BuUen and Rich. Goddard, Mag-
nificent 74, Capt. W. Squire, Montagu 74, Capt.
John Knight, and VehebjIEI.e and Kent 74's, flag-
ships of Lord Dimcan. In the Venerable Mr.
Clay was wounded in the battle off Camperdown,
11 Oct. 1797 ;* and, from the Kent, was sent home.
In Aug. 1799, in compliment to his intelligence and
merit, with the despatches announcing the success-
ful issue of the expedition to the Helder.f He ob-
tained command of the Zebra sloop, 3 Dec. 1799;
paid that vessel off, after intermediately serving in
the North Sea and participating in the battle of
Copenhagen, 29 Oct. 1801 ; and, on 29 April, 1802,
was raised to Post-rank. From 20 July, 1805, imtil
May, 1808, Capt. Clay was next employed as Regu-
lating Officer at Belfast. He then joined the St.
George 98; and was afterwards appointed — 6 Feb.
1809, to the Temeraike 98, in the Baltic— 14 May,
1810, to the Nymphe 36, in which frigate he took
the Danish privateer Norwegian Girl, of 2 guns
and 19 men, 26 Oct. following, and was eventually
wrecked at the entrance of the Frith of Forth on
18 Deo. in the same year— and 16 July, 1812, to the
Raisonnable 64, at Sheemess. Kear-Admiral Clay,
who had not been afloat since June, 1814, and was
in receipt of a pension for wounds of 250Z., attained
Flag-rank 10 Jan. 1837.
He died a widower, having lost his wife 20 April,
1837. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
CLAY. (Lieutenant, 1822. f-p., 15; h-p., 19.)
William Noble Clay entered the Navy, 17
March, 1813, as Midshipman, on board the Kaison-
nable 64, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, lying at Sheer-
ness ; proceeded, soon afterwards, to Greenland, in
the Princess Caroline 74, Capt. Hugh Downman;
joined, towards the close of the same year, the
Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, in the
Channel; sailed, in 1815, for tlie East Indies, on
board the Orlando 36, Capt. John Clavell ; came
home, in 1818, in the Melville 74, Capt. Henry
Chas. Pemberton ; returned to India, a few months
afterwards, in the Topaze 38, Capt. John Rich.
Lumley, under whom he was wounded in the operar
tions against Mocha in 1820 ; and, until promoted,
26 Deo. 1822, served, further, in the Alligator 28,
Capt. Jas. Wilkie, Bulwark 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas,
and Tartar, Capt. Thos. Brown. He was subse-
quently appointed, 30- May, 1825, and 22 Jan. 1829,
to the Aurora 46, and Warspite 76, Capts. John
Maxwell and Wm. Henry Shirreff, on the Lisbon
and South American stations ; and, from 28 Nov.
1832, until 1836, he served in the Coast Guard.
Since the latter date he has been unemployed.
Lieut. Clay is married and has issue. Agents —
Messrs. Halford and Co.
CLAYTON. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 32 ; h-p., 10.)
James Clayton entered the Navy, in 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kent 74, Capts. Henry
Garrett and Thos. Rogers, employed in the Channel
and Mediterranean ; removed, in 1809, to the Ma-
nilla 36, Capt. Geo. Fras. Seymour, off Lisbon ;
* Vide Gaz. 1707, p. 98G. f F. Gaz. 1799, p. 857.
CLAYTON— CLEAVELAND-CLEMENTS—CLEPHAN.
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and, after serving for some time on board tlie
liAUKEL 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, in which
we believe he was wrecked on the Govivas Kock,
in the Teigneuse Passage, 31 .Jan. 1812, was pro-
moted, 21 March following, to the rank of Lieute-
nant. Between Aug. 1812, and May, 1815, he was
next employed, in the Apelles 14, Capt. Alex.
M'Vicar, and Archer 12, Capt. Wm. Slaughter, on
the Home and Bermuda stations ; after which he
served on the Coast Blockade, from 31 May, 1823,
to 1827, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ka-
MiLDiEs 74, and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'Cul-
loch, Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and Hugh Pigot. Since
14 May, 1828 (excepting from 26 March, 1836, to 26
March, 1839, when he held charge of the Sylvia
Kevenue-cutter), Mr. Clayton has been In command
of a Coast Guard station. While in the Laubei,,
he plunged overboard and saved the life of a sea-
man.
He married Jane, eldest daughter of Wm. Cornish,
Esq., of Merazion, a Deputy-Lieutenant for co.
Cornwall, grand-niece, maternally, of the late Capt.
Sir Christopher Cole, R.N., K.C.B., and sister-in-
law of Lieut. Geo. Gahan, R.N., by whom he has
issue.
CLAYTON. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 30.)
John Lloyd Clayton, born in Aug. 1796, is
third son of the late Sir Wm. Clayton, Bart., of
Harleyford, Bucks, by Mary, only daughter of Sir
Wm. East, Bart., of Hall Place, Berks ; and brother
of the present Sir Wm. Robt. Clayton, Bart., as also
of Sir East Geo. Clayton East, Bart., LL.D.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 April, 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Poictiers 74, Capt. Sir
John Poo Beresford, under whom he attained the
rating of Midshipman 19 May, 1811, and served, on
the Home and American stations, until Feb. 1814.
He then successively joined the Tonnant 80, Capt.
Lord Cochrane, and Devonshire 74, Capt. Ross
Donnelly ; was in the Royal Sovereign yacht,
Capt. Sir J. P. Beresford, when she conveyed Louis
XVin. to Calais ; and, on his return from Quebec,
whither he had gone in the Lipfey 50, Capt. John
Hancock, became attached, in Feb. 1815, to the
Ajax 74, Capt. Geo. Mundy, on the Mediterranean
station ; where, having removed to the Queen
Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth,
he appears to have taken part in the battle of
Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, and to have received, on the
quarter-deck, the thanks of his Chief for his gal-
lantry in sinking a burning vessel which had been
rapidly approaching the flag-ship. After an in-
terval of 16 months Mr. Clayton, in Feb. 1818, re-
joined Lord Exmouth in the Impregnable 104, at
Plymouth ; subsequently to which we find him ap-
pointed to the Royal Sovereign and Royal
George yachts, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen
and Hon. Chas. Paget— under the former of whom,
in the Royal Sovereign, he escorted to this
country the present Queen Dowager, the Dukes
and Duchesses of Kent, Cumberland, Cambridge,
and Hesse Homburg, and the Grand Duke Michael
of Russia. Since 9 Nov. 1818, the date of his pro-
motion, he has not been afloat.
Lieut. Clayton is a magistrate for co. Middle-
sex and the liberties of Westminster. He married,
in April, 1832, Louisa Sophia, only daughter of
Chas. Littledale, Esq., of Portland Place, and by
that lady, who died in March, 1841, has one son.
Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
CLEAVELAND. (Liedt., 1842. f-p., 14; h-p.,1.)
George Cleaveland, born 9 Sept. 1818, is ne-
phew of Capt. Sir Robt. Oliver, R.N., K.H.
This oiBoer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1832, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Dee steam-vessel, com-
manded by his uncle, Capt. Robt. Oliver, in the
North Sea ; became Midshipman, 27 June, 1834, of
the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Mal-
colm, in the Mediterranean ; and, until July, 1841,
continued to serve, on the latter station, on board
the Medea steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin,
Malabar 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Aug. Montagu, and,
the last three years as Mate, on board the Princess
Charlotte 104, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Stop-
ford, under whom he shared, including the bom-
bardment of St. Jean d'Acre, in the various opera-
tions of the Syrian campaign. He then joined, at
Portsmouth, the Queen 110, fitting for the flag of
Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; and, on 7 Feb. 1842, ob-
tained his commission. His appointments have
since been — 18 March, 1842, to the Styx steam-
vessel, Capt. Alex. Thos. EmeriE Vidal, employed
in surveying the Azores — 8 Feb. 1843, and 28 March,
1844, to the Tartarus and Hecate steam surveying-
vessels, commanded on the coast of Ireland by Capts.
Fred. Bullock and Jas. Paterson Bower — and, 4
March, 1845, to the Hibernia 104, now flag-ship of
Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
CLEMENTS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 3.3.)
Hanbury Clements entered the Navy, 21 Aug.
1806, as Clerk, on board the Morhe Fortdn4e 12,
Lieut.-Commander John Jas. Rorie, on the Jamaica
station, where he attained the rating of Midship-
man, 1 Jan. 1807, and assisted at the capture of the
JBahiUon^ Spanish privateer of 2 guns and 45 men.
On removing, next, to the Polyphemus 64, Capt.
Wm. Pryce Cumby, he witnessed, 6 July, 1809, the
surrender of the city of St. Domingo ; subsequently
to which he came home in the Favourite sloop, Capt.
Benj. Clement, experiencing en route the effects of a
fearful hurricane. After an intermediate servitude
on board the Neptune and Swiftsube, he joined
the Laurel 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, in
which he was wrecked on the Govivas Rock, in ^e
Teigneuse Passage, 31 Jan. 1812. From that period
Mr. Clements remained a prisoner of war in France
until May, 1814. He was advanced to his present
rank, on his return home, 15 March, 1815 ; but has
not since been afloat.
CLEPHAN. (Eetiked Captain, 1840. f-p.,
20 ; H-p., 33.)
James Clephan was born in Eifeshire, N.B.
This officer entered the Navy (through the hands
of a press-gang, after having served his time as an
apprentice in the merchant-service), 23 July, 1794,
as A.B., on board the Sibyl 28, Capt. Hon. Chas.
Jones, afterwards Viscount Ranelagh, with whom
he joined, 7 Oct. 1795, as Master's Mate, the Doris
36, in which frigate he continued to serve, in the
North Sea and on the Irish station, latterly under
Capts. John Halliday and Chas. Brisbane, until
July, 1801. On the night of 21 of the latter month
we find him assisting, in the boats of the Doris
and of the Beaulieu and Ubanie frigates, all com-
manded by Lieut. Keith Maxwell, at the cutting-
out of La Chem-ette corvette, of 20 long nine-
pounders and 350 men, under the batteries in
Camaret Bay, near Brest, a position deemed almost
impregnable, after a deadly conflict, in which the
enemy lost their Captain, 6 other officers, and 85
men killed, and 1 Lieutenant, 4 Midshipmen, and
57 men wounded— and the British 1 Lieutenant,
R.M., 1 Midshipman, and 9 men slain, and 2 Lieu-
tenants, 1 Master's Mate, 3 Midshipmen, and 51
men wounded. For his distinguished gallantry on
that memorable occasion, when, although knocked
overboard while ascending her side, he was the
first to gain the enemy's deck, and there received
several slight wounds, Mr. Clephan was promoted,
on 31 of the same month, to a well-earned Lieu-
tenancy in the Namur 98, Capt. Hon. Michael De
Courcy. While belonging next, from 11 March,
1803, to Dec. 1809, to the Spartiate 74, Capts.
Geo. Murray, John Manley, and Sir Fras. Laforey,
he visited the Mediterranean, took part in the battle
of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and was for four years
employed as her First-Lieutenant in the West
Indies. Having been promoted to the rank of
Commander, from the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir
F. Laforey, 20 April, 1811, the subject of this notice
was, on 15 June following, appointed to the Cha-
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CLERK— CLEUGH-CLIFFORD.
RTBDis sloop, in which he captured, 31 Deo. 1812,
near the island of Saba, the American privateer
Blockade, of 10 guns and 66 men. In 1814-15 he
also shared in the expedition against New Orleans,
and on its failure conveyed to Sir Geo. Cockburn
off Cumberland Island the despatches announcing
the intelligence. Capt. Clephan went on half-pay
23 Aug. 1815, and, unable to procure further em-
ployment, accepted his present rank 29 Oct. 1840.
CLERK. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Francis Nokth Clerk entered the Navy 20
Jan. 1810; passed his examination in 1816; ob-
tained his commission 9 July, 1825 ; and, since 13
July, 1829, has been employed in the Coast Guard.
CLEUGH. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Robert Cleugh entered the Navy, 16 May, 1810;
passed his examination in 1816 ; acquired his pre-
sent rank 23 June, 1828 ; and was afterwards ap-
pointed, 19 Feb. 1830, to the Coast Blockade, as
Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Talavera 74,
Capt. HughPigot — and, 15 April, 1831, to the com-
mand of a station on the Coast Guard. Since 1834
he has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
CLIFFORD, Kt. Bart., C.B. (Captain, 1812.
r-p., 21 ; H-p., 26.)
Sir Augustus William James Clifford entered
the Navy, in May, 1800, as Midshipman (under the
auspices of Earl Spencer, then First Lord of the
Admiralty), on board the Ville x>e Paris 110, suc-
cessive flag-ship in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent
and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. He removed, in May,
1802, to the Centaur 74, Capt. Bendall Robt. Little-
hales ; served, from Sept. following until April, 1806,
on board the Argo 44, and Tigke 80, both com-
manded by Capt. Benj. Hallowell ; next joined the
Dreadnought 98, bearing the flag of the Earl of
Northesk ; and, on 25 June, 1806, was promoted to
a Lieutenancy in the Royal George 100, flag-ship,
off Cadiz, of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. While in
the Ahgo, Mr. Clifford had visited the coast of
Africa, and, in June, 1803, assisted at the reduction
of Ste. Lucie and Tobago ; on board the Tigre he
had again, in 1805, been to the West Indies, in
quest, with Lord Nelson, of the Franco-Spanish
fleet. From 12 Nov. 1806, until Feb. 1811, we once
more find him with Capt. Hallowell in the Tigre ;
during which period, independently of his services
on shore as Aide-de-Camp to that officer at the re-
duction of Alexandria and throughout the various
other operations of 1807 in Egypt, he served in the
boats under Lieut. John Tailour, on the night of 31
Oct. 1809, at the capture and destruction, after a
fearful struggle and a loss to the British of 15 killed
and 55 wounded, of the French store-ship Lamproie
of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and
Gi-ondeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a con-
voy of seven merchant-vessels, defended by nume-
rous strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas.* Having
obtained his second promotal commission 12 Feb.
1811, and assumed command of the Cephalus sloop
of 18 guns, Capt. Clifford, in June following, con-
tributed to the destruction of 10 large armed feluc-
cas, on the beach, near Cetraro, in the Gulf of Po-
licastro ; after which, on the evening of 4 July, he
voluntarily, and in a most handsome manner, being*
at the time in company with the 36-gun frigate
Unite, led into the anchorage, between Civita Vec-
chia and the mouth of the Tiber, and there, having
anchored under the fire of a battery of four 9 and
6 pounders, which was quickly silenced, headed the
boats of the two ships, and, without the slightest
loss, brought out three merchant-vessels, although
exposed to a smart fire of musketry from their
crews, and from a party of soldiers drawn up on a
height above.f On 21 of the same month, after
victoriously cannonading (in conjunction with the
Thames 32) a flotilla of 11 gun-boats, together with
a felucca, carrying in the whole 13 guns and 280
men, and moored across the harbour of Porto del
* VideG2.z. 1805, p. 1007. f V.Gnz. 1811, p. 18(i4.
Infreschi, as also a round tower and a body of mus-
ketry on the adjacent hills, he again took command
of the boats and obtained possession of all the ves-
sels of war, of 15 merchantmen, and of 34 spars.*
Towards the close of Sept., Capt. Clifford brought
Lord Wm. Bentinck home from Palermo, and then,
returning to the coast of Italy, continued, until
posted 23 July, 1812, to discharge many important
services, especially on one occasion, when, in unison
with the EuKYAi-os frigate, and Pilot brig, the
Cephalus was for five hours hotly engaged in an
ineffectual attempt to destroy a convoy and some
land-batteries, and lost, besides being much shat-
tered, 1 Lieutenant killed and 19 men wounded.
He ultimately returned to England with despatches
of Lord W. Bentinck, and appears to have been
subsequently appointed— 23 Aug. 1814, for a few
months, to the Bonne Citoyenne 20, on the Irish
station— 22 Oct. 1821, to the Eurtalus 42, in
which frigate he escorted W. R. Hamilton, Esq.,
the British Ambassador, to the Court of Naples—
27 May, 1826, to the Herald yacht, appointed to
attend the Duke of Devonshire on the occasion of
his Grace's magnificent embassy to Russia— and, 11
Aug. 1827, to the Undaunted 46. In that frigate
Capt. CKfford was soon afterwards employed i.n
attendance on the Lord High Admiral during his
official visit to Chatham and Sheerness, in comme-
moration of which event, and as a token of the sa-
tisfaction he felt at the manner of his reception,
his Royal Highness presented him with a sword, and
also with a piece of plate, of the value of &01. Capt.
Clifford, who, in 1828, took out his friend Lord Wm.
Bentinck, as Governor-General, to India, and brought
home Major-General Bourke, late Lieutenant-Go-
vernor of the Cape, has not been afloat since 1831.
He was created a C.B. 8 Dec. 1815 ; sat in Par-
liament for Dungarvon in 1820, and for Bandon
Bridge in 1818 and 1831 ; received the honour of
Knighthood 4 Aug. 1830 ; attained the dignity of a
Baronet 30 June, 1838 ; was appointed, in 1844, to
act as Grand Chamberlain, in the absence of Lord
Willoughby d'Eresby; and, since 25 July, 1832,
hasfilled the office of Gentleman-Usher of the Black
Rod, to which he was nominated by the Duke of
Devonshire, at that time Lord Chamberlain. Sir
Augustus Clifford married, 20 Oct. 1815, Elizabeth
Frances, second daughter of Lord John Townsbend,
and has, with three daughters, three sons, of whom
the eldest, William John Cavendish, is a Com-
mander R.N., and the second, Robert Cavendish
Spencer, a Captain in the Grenadier Guards.
Agents — Pettet and Newton.
CLIFFORD. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 38 ; h-p., 7.)
Herbeet John Clifford entered the Navy, 10
Oct. 1802, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Leander
50, Capt. Jas. Oughton, bearing the flag on the
North American station of Sir Andw. Mitchell ; in
which ship he attained the rating of Midshipman
21 July, 1804, and assisted, under Capt. John Tal-
bot, at the capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of La Ville de
Milan, French frigate, of 46 guns, and the simulta-
neous re-capture of her prize, the Cleopatra 32.
After serving for a few weeks with Capt. John
Wight on board the latter vessel, he rejoined the
Leander, and, on subsequently removing with Vice-
Admiral Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley to the Leo-
pard 50, Capt. Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, wit-
nessed the surrender to that ship, on 22 March,
1807, of the United States frigate Chesapeake. The
Leopard having been appointed, early in 1808,
flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Vice- Admiral
Albemarle Bertie, Mr. Clifford proceeded in her to
that station, and, on 21 Dec. following and 6 April,
1810, was successively appointed Acting-Lieutenant
of the Caledon, Capt. J as. Tomkinson, and Boa-
dioea 38, Capt. Josias Rowley. In the course of
the latter year he aided at the retaking of the
Africaine 38, and at the capture, after a spirited
action of 10 minutes, and a loss to the BoADicEAof
2 men wounded, and to the enemy of 9 killed and
* Vide Gai. 1811, p. 1S63.
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15 wounded, of La Venus of 44 guns and 380 men,
bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Hamelin,
and of the Ceylon 32, her prize ; and he further
served on shore at the reduction of Isle Bourbon
and of the Isle of France. On 5 Dec. 1810, Mr.
Clifford become Acting Flag-Lieutenant, in the
Afkicaini;, to Vice-Admiral Bertie. Obtaining
his official promotion 22 April, 1811, he was after-
wards, between June, 1812, and Oct. 1817, ap-
pointed, on the East India station, to the acting-
command for a brief period of the Samakang 18,
and, next, to the Bucephalus 32, Capt. Barringtcn
Keynolds, Illustrious and Minden 74's, flagships of
Sir Sam. Hood, Africaine 38, Capt. Hon. Kdw.
Rodney, and Victor 16, and Lyra 10, both com-
manded by Capt. Basil Hall. He has been an In-
specting-Commander in the Coast Guard since 11
Oct. 1823.
Lieut. Clifford, who, when on board the Lyra,
accompanied Lord Amherst's embassy to China in
1816-17, compiled on that occasion a vocabulary of
the language of the Great Loo-choo Island, which
may be found in Capt. Basil Hall's ' Voyage of Dis-
covery to the "VVestern Coast of Corea and the Great
Loo-choo Island, in the Japan Sea,' &c.
CLIFFORD. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 16;
H-p., 2.)
William John Cavendish Clifford, born 12
Oct. 1814, is eldest son of Capt. Sir Augustus Wm.
Jas. Clifford, Bart., K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1829, on
board the Undaonted 46, commanded at first by
his father, and afterwards, at the Cape of Good
Hope, by Capt. Edw. Harvey. He next joined the
Ocean 80, Capt. Alex. Ellice, guardship at Sheer-
ness ; was lent for some time to the Royal George
yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence ; and,
having passed his examination in 1835, was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 7 May, 1838. His
subsequent appointments, in the latter capacity,
were— 5 June, 28 July, and 8 Oct. 1838, to the
Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Robt.
Stopford, Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, and T yne
28, Capt. John Townshend, on the Mediterranean
station; and, early in 1842, to the "William and
Mary yacht. Having been advanced to his present
rank 7 March, 1842, in honour of her Majesty's
visit to Spithead, the subject of this sketch has,
since 7 Sept. 1844, been in successive command of
the 'WoLVERENB 16, and Ringdove 16, in the East
Indies. He appears, on 19 Aug. 1845, while in the
former sloop, to have in part commanded the boats of
a squadron,^carrying altogether 530 officers, seamen,
and marines, at the destruction, under Capt. Chas.
Talbot, of the piratical settlement of Malloodoo, on
the north end of the island of Borneo, where the
British encountered a desperate opposition, and sus-
tained a loss of 6 men killed and 15 wounded.'*
CLOWES. (Captain, 1823. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 31.)
Thomas Ball Clowes, born 30 June, 1787, at
Wingham, oo. Kent, is son of the late Surgeon
Clowes, of Canterbury.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Overyssel 64, Capt.
John Bazely, flag- ship in the Downs of Vice-
Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge; removed for a brief
period, in the early part of 1802, to the Amazon 3ii,
Capt. Sam. Sutton ; and, from 29 May, 1804, until
Nov. 1807, served, as Midshipman, in the Leda 38,
Capt. Robt. Honyman. After experiencing several
warm collisions with the Boulogne flotilla, he took
part in the reduction, in Jan. 1806, of the Cape of
Good Hope, was next present at the attacks on
Maldonado and Monte Video, and on his return
from a second visit to the Cape, whither he had
been sent in charge of a prize, joined in the opera-
tions against Copenhagen. He subsequently served,
in the Downs and Mediterranean, on board the
Canada 74, Capt. John Harvey, and Leonidas
and Active 38's, Capts. Jas. Dunbar and Jas. Alex.
• ViieGta. 184.% p. 0536.
Gordon ; passed his examination 5 April, 1809 ;
commanded, as Master's Mate of the St. Fiorenzo
36, Capt. Henry Matson, a gun-boat in the ensuing
expedition against Flushing; became, 6 Dec. 1809,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Clyde 38, Capt. Edw. "W.
C. R. Owen; and, on 26 of the same month, was
presented by the Admiralty with his first commis-
sion. Mr. Clowes' next appointment was, in May,
1810, to the Hamadryad 36, Capt. Sir Thos.
Staines, from which ship, after serving off St. He-
lena, and on the North American and Irish stations,
he was promoted to the rank of Commander 23
March, 1812. We find him, until he invalided in
Dec. 1814, next holding command of the GoShawk
and Sparhowhawk sloops, in the Mediterranean,
whither, in the former vessel, he escorted a convoy
during the summer of 1812. He was afterwards,
from 22 May, 1821, until posted, 16 May, 1823, ac-
tively employed in the Rose 18, in the Levant, at a
time when hostilities raged between the Turks and
Greeks. Since the date last-mentioned Capt. Clowes
has been on half-pay.
He is married, and has issue two daughters.
Agents — Case and Loudonsack.
CLUBLEY. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
Charles Witty Clubley entered the Navy, 7
Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ambus-
cade 32, Capt. Wm. D'Urban, on the Mediterra-
nean station, where he became, 15 Aug. following.
Midshipman of the Madras 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh
Schomberg, and continued to serve, until Dec.
1807, in the Spider 10, Lieut.-Commander H. Shaw,
Queen 98, Capt. Fras. Pender, and Zealous 74,
Capts. John Okes Hardy and John Giffard. While
in the Spider he assisted in cutting out, from the
port of Reggio, 10 Dec. 1805, the Andromeda French
privateer, of 4 guns and 43 men. From 26 March,
1808, until 26 March, 1811, we next find Mr. Club-
ley studying at the Royal Naval College ; after
which he returned to the Mediterranean, where,
and latterly on the Home station, he appears, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 17 Feb. 1815,
to have been successively employed in the Blossom
18, and SwirrsuRE 74, both commanded by Capt.
Wm. Stewart, Volontaire 38, Capt. Hon. Gran-
ville Geo. Waldegrave, Repulse 74, Capt. Rich.
Hussey Moubray, San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir
Rich. King, Furieuse 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey,
Cossack 22, Acting-Capt. Jones, Caledonia 120,
bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth, Undaunted 38,
Capt. Thos. TJssher, Pilot sloop, Capt. John Toup
Nicolas, Leveret 10, Capt. Jonathan Christian,
Monmouth 64, Capt. Wilkinson, Namur 74, Rear-
Admiral Sir Chas. Rowley, and Bombay 74, Capt.
John Bazely. On 29 April, 1812, he served in the
boats of the Blossom, with those of the Undaunted
and Volontaire, under Lieut. John Eagar, at the
capture and destruction, near the mouth of the
Rhone, of a national schooner of 4 guns and 74
men, and a convoy of 20 vessels. He assisted also,
in the same sloop, at the reduction of two towers in
the Bay of St. Mary's. He co-operated, next, with
the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, particularly
at Tarragona; and, when in the Furieuse, aided,
OS well as in other boat affairs, at the taking of a
privateer and convoy close to Civita Vecchia, and
was also present in the unsuccessful attack on Leg-
horn, and at the surrender of Genoa. Since 1815
Lieut. Clubley has been on half-pay.
CLYDE. (Eetiked Captain, 1840. f-p., 25;
H-p., 38.)
Charles Clyde entered the Navy, 15 June, 1784,
as A.B., on board the Trimmer sloop, commanded,
latterly, by Capt. Chas. Tyler, and employed for
the suppression of smuggling in the Bristol Channel.
He attained the rating of Midshipman 2 Dec. 1784,
and, from July, 1786, until the breaking out of the
French revolutionary war, continued to serve on
the Home station, on hoard the Spider cutter,
Lieut.-Commander Edmonstone, Impregnable and
Nero, ships of the line, Capt. Thos. Pringle, Hy-
^na 24, Capt. John Aylmer, Royal George 100,
2D
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COAKLEY— COATES.
bearing the flag of Admiral Barrington, London 98,
Capt. Geo. Blagden Westcott, and, in the Mediter-
ranean, on board the Romney 50, flag-ship of Eear-
Admiral Sam. Cranston Goodall. He then followed
the latter officer into the Princess Royal 98, in
which ship we find him, during the months of Aug.
1793, and Feb. 1794, present in action with the forts
at the occupation of Toulon, and at the capture of
St. Fiorenza. After a period of five months' addi-
tional servitude in the Victory 100, flag-ship of
Lord Hood, Mr. Clyde, on 18 Aug. 1794, was re-
appointed, with the rank of Lieutenant, to the
Princess Royal, commanded as before ; and he
had thus an opportunity ef witnessing Hotham's
partial actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795. On
7 Oct. 1796 he next joined the Glory 98, Capt.
Brine ; and, on 2 May, 1798, he was appointed to the
Captain 74, Capts. John Aylmer, Geo. Bowen,
Sir Rich. John Strachan, and Chas. Boyles. Under
Sir Rich. Strachan, he assisted at the capture, 19
June, 1799, of Rear-Admiral Perree's squadron of
three frigates and two brigs; and, in 1800, attended
tile expeditions against Quiberon andjFerrol, ^be-
sides contributing to the boat-destruction, on 18
Nov. in that year, of a 20-gun corvette, defended
by a heavy fire on all sides from the shore in the
Morbihan.* The Captain being paid off on her
return from Jamaica, in 1802, Lieut. Clyde's sub-
sequent appointments, until promoted to the rank
of Commander, 21 Oct. 1810, appear to have been,
in July, 1803, to the Sea Fencibles at Maidstone ;
and, on the North Sea station— 26 Sept. 1804, to the
Hindosta*, Capt. Alex. Fraser— 16 Feb. 1805, to
the Inflexible 64, Capt. Thos. Bayley — 19 July,
1805, to the Dictator 64, Capt. Jas. Macnamara —
for six weeks in 1808 to the acting-command of the
Qdebec 32 — then, again, to the Dictator, Capt.
Donald Campbell — and, in Aug. 1809, as First, to
the York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton, attached to the
force in the Mediterranean. Capt. Clyde, who has
been on half-pay ever since 1810, assumed his pre-
sent rank 10 Sept. 1840.
He married, 20 April, 1818, a daughter of the
Kev. Wm. Milton, vicar of Heckfield, co. Hants.
COAKLEY. (Eetieed Commandek, 1840.)
Thomas Coakley entered the Navy, 25 Jan. 1798,
as A.B., on board the Lynx 16, Capt. Robt. Hall,
and, while cruizing off the coast of North America,
assisted in capturing, 27 June, 1798, Le Mentor pri-
vateer, of 14 guns and 79 men. About the com-
mencement of the century he became Master's Mate
of the Assistance 50, Capt. Rich. Lee, On the North
Sea station; and, after an additional attachment to
the Andromache 38, Capt. Robt. Laurie, obtained
an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Temeraire 98, Capt.
Eliab Harvey, in time to participate in the battle off
Cape Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, on which occasion the
latter ship was stationed next astern of the Victory,
and enacted a most distinguished and important
part. Having been ofiicially promoted in the Gib-
raltar 80, Capt. "Whitby, the subject of this sketch
soon afterwards rejoined Capt., then Rear-Admiral,
Harvey, as his Flag-Lieutenant, on board the Ton-
NANT 80, ofi' Cape Finisterre ; from which ship we
next find him transferred to the Prooris 18, part of
Lord Gambler's force during his operations against
Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807. On subse-
quently proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope with
Capt. Jas. Murray Gordon, he joined the Raison-
NABLE 64, Capts. Josias Rowley and John Hatley ;
and, in Sept. 1809, took part in the reduction of St.
Paul's, Isle Bourbon. Since 1812, in the course of
which period he further served, on the Jamaica
station, in the PoLYPHEMns 64, Capt. Peter John
Douglas, and Thalia 36, Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon,
Commander Coakley has been unemployed. He
assumed his present rank 29 Dec. 1840.
COATES. (Lieut., 1812. f-p„ 9; H-p., 34.)
George Lewis Coates, born 20 March, 1784, is
brother of Edw. Coates, Esq., Surgeon R.N., who
died while serving in the East Indies in 1822.
* VideG^i. 1800, p. ]349.
This officer entered the Navy (from the merchant
service), 3 Aug. 1804, as Midshipman, on board the
St. Alban's 64, Capt. John Temple ; removed, as
Master's Mate, in March, 1805, to the Volcano
bomb, Capt. Edw. Killwick, by whom he was much
employed on boat service against the French flotilla
at Dunkerque, Calais, and Boulogne ; and, having
joined in March, 1806, the Leveret 18, Capts. Geo.
Burgoyne Salt and Jas. Rich. Lawrence O'Connor,
attended the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug.
and Sept. 1807, and was wrecked, 10 Nov. following,
on the Galloper Rock, on which occasion he was
among the last to leave the vessel, although rapidly
sinking. Being draughted next into the Leonidas
38, Capts. Jas. Dunbar, Henry Hope, and Anselm
John GriflSths, he served for two years under those
officers in various parts of the Mediterranean ; and
then, in Dec. 1809, joined, on the same station, the
EspoiR 18, Capt. Robt. Mitford. Besides officiating
as Prize-Master of several captures, Mr. Coates, on
4 April, 1810, assisted, as Master's Mate, and was
reported in the highest terms for his conduct, at the
destruction, by the boats of the Success 32, and
EspoiR, under Lieut. Geo. Rose Sartorius, of several
vessels, well protected on the beach abreast of Cas-
tiglione ;* and he subsequently contributed, with
the boats of the latter sloop and of the Spartan 38,
to the capture of other craft from beneath the fire
of a battery and musketry at Terracina. "We after-
wards find him for short periods attached to the
San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton, Rod-
ney 74, Capt. Geo. Burlton, Halcyon 16, Capt.
Thos. Stamp, and Nautilds 18, Capt. Thos. Denoh.
While on board the Halcyon, Mr. Coates was pre-
sent with the Bustard in an attack on several small
vessels on the coast of Catalonia ; and, when in the
Nadtilbs, he took a privateer of more than 100
men, off the island of Sardinia. Having received his
commission 21 March, 1812, he obtained an appoint-
ment, 11 Aug. 1813, to the Blenheim 74, Capt. Sam.
Warren, with whom he served in the North Sea,
and again in the Mediterranean, until the close of
1814; since which period he has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Coates married, 10 June, 1836, Miss Har-
riet Elizabeth Adams, and has issue two daughters.
COATES. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 25.)
Richard Coates entered the [Navy, in March,
1798, as Midshipman, on board the Argo 44, Capt.
Jas. Bowen, which ship, besides capturing a large
number of heavy privateers, assisted at the reduc-
tion of Minorca in Nov. following— took, 6 Feb.
1799, the Spanish frigate Santa Teresa, of 42 guns
and 530 men— brought Earl St. Vincent home from
the Mediterranean in Aug. of the same year— con-
voyed nine homeward-bound East Indiamenfrom
St. Helena, in the summer of 1801 — and was next
employed on the coast of Africa. From March,
1803, until April, 1806, Mr. Coates served in the
Deeadnodght 98, Capt. Jas. Bowen, Puissant 74,
guard-ship at Spithead, Capt. Irwin, and Atheniehne
64, Capts. Eras. Fayerman and John Giffard. He
then joined the Excellent 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron,
in which ship he took part in the defence of Gaeta
and capture of Capri ; and after a re-attachment to
the Puissant and a further servitude on board the
1 oLYPHEMus 64, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Admiral
Murray, was promoted, 7 Nov. 1806, to a Licu-
tena,ncy m the Duke 98, Capt. Thos. White, one of
the Channel fleet. Removing, in March, 1808, to
the Surinam 16 Capt. John Lake, he assisted at
the taking of Martinique, in Feb. 1809; and on 14
ot the foUowing month he was placed on half-pay.
On 16 Aug. m the same year, however, he was
appointed to the Jasper 10, Capt. Wm. Westcott
Daniel, in which vessel, and in the Doterel 16,
commanded by the same officer, he continuously
served, on the Lisbon and West India stations,
until Aug. 1812. From Jan. 1815, until Oct. 1826!
we afterwards find him employed (with but the
mterruption of a few months in 1817 and 1823)
as Agent for Transports afloat, and for some time
TicfeGaz. 1810, p. 1138.
COBB— COCHET— COCHRAN— COCHRANE.
203
as Acting Resident Agent at Cowes, in the Isle of
Wight. Since 1826 Lieut. Coates has heeu on half-
pay.
COBB. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 23.)
Thomas Cobb, bom 5 Oct. 1796, is son of the
late Benj. Cobb, Esq., of New Komney, for 50
years a Magistrate for co. Kent, and one of the
Barons of the Cinque Ports present at the Corona-
tion of George IV. He is a direct descendant of
John Cobb, Esq., of Cobb's Court, in the Marshes
of Romney, who flourished temp. Edward II. ; and
is brother of Lieut. Chas. Cobb, R.N., who, while
First of the Castilian 18, Capt. David Braimer,
was killed in action with the Boulogne flotilla, 21
Sept. 1811— aa also of Commander Smith Cobb,
K.N. (1812), who died 8 Jan. 1833.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Oct. 1810, as
Seo.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capt.
Sir Home Popham, employed in the Channel and
off the north coast of Spain ; became Midshipman,
in Sept. 1813, of the Stirling Castle 74, com-
manded by the same officer, whom he accompanied
to the East Indies; and, from Aug. 1814, until the
close of 1815 (when he returned home as Master's-
Mate of the Thracian 18, Capt. John Carter),
served in the West Indies on board the Onyx 10,
Capt. Smith Cobb (his brother). He then joined
the BoLWARK 74, Capts. Geo. M'Kinley and Sam.
Warren, at the Nore, and, passing his examination
2 Oct. 1816, was next employed in the Coast Block-
ade, from ■Oct. 1818 to Sept. 1822, as Midshipman
and Admiralty-Mate of the Severn, Capt. Wm.
M'CuUoch. After an additional attachment to the
Apollo guard-ship, Capt. Sir Chas. Paget, lying at
Portsmouth, Jasper 10, and Terror bomb, both
commanded by Capt. Alex. Dundas Young Arbuth-
nott (with whom he visited St. Petersburg and
Algiers), and Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. Arthur Mur-
ray, lying at Portsmouth, he was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 14 Oct. 1824. He has not since
been afloat.
Lieut. Cobb, who is a Magistrate for the borough
of N ew Romney, and Deputy-Chairman of the Board
of Guardians, married, 4 March, 1836, Eliza, daugh-
ter of John Green, Esq., of Eltham, co. Kent, and
widow of the late R. N«wbald, Esq., by whom he
has issue nine children.
COCHET. (Admiral of the Blue, 1841.
F-p., 29 ; H-p., 42.)
John Cochet was born 3 Aug. 1760, at Roches-
ter, CO. Kent. He is unci* of Li«ut. John Christian
Chesnaye, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Dec. 1775, as
Ordinary, on board the Blonde 32, Capt. Philemon
Pownall, with whom, after cruizing for some time
on the coast of North America, he removed to the
Apollo 32, of which ship he became a Midshipman
in Oct. 1778. On 31 Jan. 1779 he assisted at the
capture, off the French coast, of the 26-gun frigate
L* Oiseau, which only surrendered at the close of a
sanguinary action of an hour and a-half ■; and, on
15 June, 1780, he further contributed, near Ostend,
to tlic defeat of the French ship Stanislaus, of 26
guns, whose fire killed, including Capt. Pownall, 6,
and wounded 20, of the Apollo's people. From
Deo. following, until the receipt of his first com-
mission, 26 Aug. 1789, Mr. Cochet was employed
on the American, Home, and Mediterranean sta-
tions, in the Amphion 32, Capt. John Bazely,
Charlestown 28, Capt. Edm. Griffiths, Powerful
74, Capt. Thos. Fitzherbert, and Southampton 32,
Capt. Aiidw. Snape Douglas. In March, 1790, he
joined the Zebra sloop, Capts. Hon. Robt. Forbes
and Wm. Brovm, and in D«o. 1792, on his return
from the Mediterranean, the Phaeton 38, Capt.
Sir A. S. Douglas. After sharing in the capture
of various vessels, amongst which were Le General
Du-mourier privateer— her prize, the St. Jago,* a
* The treasure of silver, &c., found on board this vessel
Vijua conveyed to the Bank irotxi Portsn^outh in 21 wagons,
«nd was estimated at a million sterlirtg.
Spanish galleon of immense value — and La Prompte,
of 28 guns, he removed to the Queen Charlotte
100, bearing the flag of Earl Howe, with whom he
served in the action of 1 June, 1794. Having at-
tained the rank of Commander 27 May, 1795, Capt.
Cochet, on 4 Jan. 1796, joined the Rattler 16, and
on 6 May following, when in company with the
Diamond 38, took, off Cherbourg, Le Pichegm pri-
vateer, of 10 guns and 34 men. On 9 Dec. 1796, he
was Posted into the Abebgaveny, of 50 guns, in
which ship we find him superintending the naval
arrangements at the evacuation of Port-au-Prince,
St. Domingo. He was subsequently appointed, 14
June, 1798, to the Thunderer 74, and, 11 Jan. 1799,
to the Valiant 74. In the latter ship he returned
to England with a large convoy, and was placed on
half-pay 30 May, 1799 ; after which he officiated
with great credit, especially at the battle of Maida,*
as principal Agent for Transports in the Mediterra-
nean, from 2 May, 1805, until June, 1810. He com-
manded, next, the Ardent 64, at Bermuda, from 3
March, 1813, until April, 1814, and, lastly, performed
the duties at Halifax of Resident Agent for Trans-
ports and prisoners of war, from the latter date
until May, 1815. Admiral Cochet, who has not
been since employed, became a Rear-Admiral 12
Aug. 1819 ; a Vice-Admiral 22 July, 1830 ; and a
full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
He married, first, 19 May, 1796, Miss Charlotte
Jefferys, and, secondly, 15 July, 1811, Lydia, widow
of Capt. Long, of the 89th Regt., which lady died
9 Sept. 1839.
COCHRAN. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Thomas Cochran entered the Navy in 1833;
passed his examination 29 July, 1840 ; served for
three years in the East Indies and Pacific on board
the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope; obtained his
commission 27 Aug. 1844; and was next employed
as Additional Lieutenant, for a short time in 1 845,
of the Collingwood 80, flag-ship in the Pacific of
Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. He is now on half-pay.
COCHRANE, Kt C.B. (Reak-Abmibai, of the
White, 1841. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 28.)
Sir Thomas John Cochrane, born in 1789, is
eldest son of Admiral of the White Hon. Sir Alex.
Forester Inglis Cochrane, G.C.B., f by Maria,
daughter of David Shaw, Esq., and widow of Capt.
Sir Jacob Wheate, R.N. ; nephew of Major Hon.
Chas. Cochrane, Aide-de-Camp to Lord Cornwallis,
who was slain in the first American war, 18 Oct.
1781 ; first-cousin of Vice-Admiral the present Earl
of Dundonald ; and brother-in-law of Rear-Admiral
Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, R.N., and of Capt.
Henry Wm. Bruce, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 June, 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thetis 42, commanded
by his father, with whom he served on the North
American station until 1798. In 1800 he re-joined
Capt. Cochrane in the Ajax 80 ; and during that
and the following year he attended, as Midshipman,
the expeditions against Qniberon, Belleisle, Ferrol,
and Egypt. From April, 1803, until 14 June, 1805,
we next find him serving under his father's flag in
the Northumberland 74, on the Irish station and
off the north coast of Spain, and then appointed to
a Lieutenancy in the Jason .32, Capt. Wm. Cham-
pain, stationed in the West Indies. On 24 Sept.
* VideGxL. I80C, p. 1151.
■f Sir Alexander Cochrane died 2D June, IfiSS, {n his 75tk
year. "^ Sir Alexander, who commanded in chief on the
Leeward Islands station from 1805 to 1810, was the associate
of Sir John Duckworth in tile victory gained over the French
squadron oflFSt. Domingo C Feb. 1806. He co-operated with
General Bowyer in the reduction, during Dec. 1807, of the
Danish islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and Sta. Croix ; took,
in 1809 and 1810, jointly with Lieut.-Gen. Beckwith, the
French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe; and, while
commanding the North American ileet in 1814, kept' the
whole of tlie sea-coast in a continual state of alarm. From
1821 to 1824 he was Port-Admiral at Plymouth.
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COCK~COCK13URN.
following he was promoted to the command of
the NiMEOD sloop-of-war, and, on 23 Jan. 1806,
he was removed from the Melville to the Act-
ing-Captaincy of the Jason 32, his commission for
which bears date 23 April, 1806. Being off the
coast of Surinam, he took, 27 Jan. 1807, La Favorite
French national ship, mounting 16 long 6's and
13 12-pounder carronadcs, with a complement of
150 men ;* and, in Dec. following, he assisted in
reducing the Danish West India islands. His next
appointment was, 25 Oct. 1808, to the Ethalios 38,
in which ship he shortly afterwards had a slight en-
counter with the French 40-gun frigate Amphitrite,
and creditably served at the capture of Martinique
and the Saintes in 1809.t Having been on half-pay
for two years, Capt. Cochrane, on 31 Aug. 1812,
obtained command of the Sukpeise 38, and, conti-
nuing in that frigate until Aug. 1815, captured, 16
Jan. 1813, the Decatur American privateer, of 12
guns and 82 men, and was in the Chesapeake during
the attacks on Washington and Baltimore, and in
the operations on the coast of Georgia. While sub-
sequently commanding the Fokte 44, from 28 June,
1820, until the close of 1824, he served on the Ha-
lifax and West India stations, accompanied George
IV. to Scotland, and brought home a large amount
of specie from v era Cruz and the Havana. He at-
tained the rank of Rear- Admiral 23 Nov. 1841, and,
on 21 July, 1842, hoisted his flag in the Agincodkt
72, as second in command on the East India station,
where, from the return home of Sir Wm. Parker in
1845 until 1847, he held the chief direction of naval
affairs. The Rear-Admiral appears during that
period to have avenged in a very condign manner
a breach of faith made in regard to the slave-trade
by some of the Borneo chiefs.J
Sir Thos. Cochrane was knighted, 29 May, 1812,
as proxy for his father at his installation as a K.B. ;
and was nominated a C.B. 18 April, 1839. He re-
ceived, 16 April, 1825, the appointment of Governor
and Commander-in-Chief of the island of New-
foundland and its dependencies, which he conti-
nued to hold for several years ; and in 1839 he was
returned to Parliament for the borough of Ipswich.
The Kear-Admiral married, 6 Jan. 1812, Matilda
Koss Wishart, eldest daughter of the late Lieut.-
General Sir Chas. Boss, Bart., by whom (who died
in 1839) he had issue two sons and two daughters.
Of the former, the second, Charles Stuart, is an
officer in the Army. Agents — Hallett and Robin-
son.
COCK. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 31.)
Robert Cock entered the Navy, 19 May, 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thalia 36, Capt. Lord
Henry Paulet, under whom, in the Mediterranean,
he witnessed the capture of several privateers, and,
on 10 Sept. 1797, of the French national corvette
L'Espoir of 16 guns. He removed, in June, 1798,
to the Montagu 74, Capts. John Knight and Robt.
Cuthbert, employed on the same, the Home, and
West India stations ; became Midshipman, 23 June,
1802, of L'Immoetalite 36, Capt. Edw. W. C. R.
Owen ; and, from March, 1803, until the receipt of
his commission, 1 Aug. 1811, served, at home and
in the Mediterranean, latterly as Master's Mate, on
board the Utrecht, flag-ship of Vice-Admirala
John HoUoway and Philip Patton, Reghlds 44,
Thunderer 74, Capts. Wm. Lechmere, John Stock-
ham, and John Talbot (in which ship he bore a
part in Sir Robt. Calder's action, the battle of Tra-
falgar, and the destruction of the Turkish squadron
in the Dardanells), Aurora 28, Capts. Geo. Fras.
Seymour and John Duer, Namur 98, flag-ship of
Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, and Quebec 32, Capt.
Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne. His subsequent
appointments were, 28 Oct. 1811, to the Mosquito
sloop, Capts. Chas. Bell and Jas. Tomkinson, and,
4 May, 1814, to the Dasher 16, Capt. Wm. Hen-
derson, on the Leeward Islands station. Since May,
* Vi4e Gai. 1807, p. 479. f V. Gaz. 1800, p. 403.
J Vide Gaz. 1646, p. 0533, and Gaz. 1846, p. S347.
1816, Lieut. Cock has been on half-pay.
Coplands and Burnett.
Agents-
COCKBURN, P.C, G.C.B., F.R.S., M.P. (Admi-
ral OF THE Red, 1837. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 32.)
The Right Honourable Sir George Cockbubn,
born in London, is second son of the late Sir Jas.
Cockburn, Bart., M.P. for Peebles, by his second
wife, Augusta Anne, daughter of the Rev. Fras.
Ayscough, D.D., Dean of Bristol, and Preceptor to
King George III. He is brother of Major-General'
the present Sir Jas. Cockburn, Bart., G.C.H., wlio
formerly held in succession the appointments of
Under-Secretary of State, Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief of Cura^oa, Governor of the Ber-
mudas, and Paymaster of the Royal Marines— also,
of the Eev. Wm. Cockburn, Dean of York, who
married Elizabeth, sister of the Right Hon. Sir
Robt. Peel, Bart., M.P. — and of his Excellency
Alex. Cockburn, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary at Columbia. Sir George is grand-
nephew of the first Lord Lyttleton, and cousin of
the present Rear-Admiral J ohn Ayscough.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 March, 1781, as
Captain's Servant (under the auspices of Admirals
Sir Joshua Rowley and Lord Hood), on board a
frigate, then commanded by Capt. Bartholomew
Sam. Rowley. His name was afterwarcfs borne on
the books of the William and Mart yacht, but
he did not go to sea until 1786 ; in the course of
which and of the following year we find him cruizing
on the Home station in the Termagant 18, Capt.
Rowley Bulteel. In Jan. 1788 he joined the Ariel
14, Capt. Robt. Moorsom, with whom he sailed for
the East Indies, where for several months he was
very profitably employed in surveying. Returning
home, in 1791, with the same officer, in the Prin-
cess Royal Indiaman, Mr. Cockburn next served,
in the Channel and Mediterranean, as Midshipman,
and Master's Mate of the Hebe 38, Capt. Alex.
Hood, and Romney 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
Sam. Cranston Goodall. Having passed his exa-
mination 3 June, 1791, he was appointed, in 1792,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Pearl 32, Capt. Geo.
Wm. Augustus Courtenay, and, on 27 Jan. 1793,
was confirmed in the Orestes 18, Capt. Lord Au-
gustus Fitzroy. On 28 April following he became
ninth Lieutenant of the Britannia 100, bearing
the flag of Vice-Admiral Wm. Hotham, but re-
moved in June, as tenth, to the Victory 100, flag-
ship off Toulon of his patron Lord Hood, from
which, on attaining, in quick rotation, the post of
First-Lieutenant, he was promoted to the command,
11 Oct. in the same year, of the Speedy sloop. As
a reward for his skill and perseverance in main-
taining the blockade of Genoa during a gale, which
dispersed every other ship of a squadron stationed
off that port, Capt. Cockburn was appointed, 20
Jan. 1794, Acting-Captain of the Inconstant 36,
and on 20 of the following month was officially
posted into the Meleager 32, which latter frigate
he commanded in the hostilities against Corsica,
and as one of Hotham's repeaters in the actions of
14 March and 13 July, 1795. He was afterwards
employed for 12 months in vigorous co-operation
with the Austrian troops in Piedmont, and during
that period obtained the hearty acknowledgments
of the immortal Nelson for his conspicuous zeal,
ability, and courage on various occasions, but more
especially for the great support ajid assistance he
afforded that hero in running in under the batteries
of Larma on 31 May, 1796, and capturing sI.n; of the
enemy's armed vessels.* Being transferred, 19 Aug.
following, to the command of the Minerve, of 42
guns and 286 men, Capt. Cockbm-n, who remained
in that ship until paid off in Feb. 1802, continued to
pursue his gallant career with intense ardour, either
conducting in person, or assuming a prominent
part in, a train of the most important achievements.
He was first employed in blockading Leghorn ; and,
on next hoisting the broad pendant of Commodore
Nelson, again acquired the admiration of the latter
* Vide Gaz. 1798, p. 682.
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205
for his conduct at the capture and defeat, while
proceeding from Gibraltar to Elba, and in presence
of the Spanish fleet, of the Sabina of 40, and Ma-
tilda of 34 guns, 20 Deo. 1796.* The former ship
struck her colours, after a combat of three hours,
and a loss, out of 286 men, of 14 killed and 44
wounded; the other was compelled to wear and
haul off' at the close of a sharp action of half an
hour ; the collective loss of the Mineeve on both
occasions amounting to 7 men killed and 44wound-
ed.f Capt. Cockburn, who had previously assisted
in destroying L'Etannavt national corvette, of 18
guns, next took the privateer Maria, of 6 guns and
68 men, and, after witnessing the evacuation of
Porto Ferrajo, bore a very active part in the battle
off' Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. He also brought
out from under the severe fire of two strong bat-
teries on Grand Canary Island the Marseillais, a
French letter-of-marque of 24 guns. On the night
of 5 Nov. in the same year, while the Minerve was
lying stripped in the mole of the dockyard of Gib-
raltar, we again find her intrepid Captain attracting
the ofBoial notice of bis superiors by a signal ex-
ploit he performed in putting off with only three
gun-boats to the protection of a convoy, which had
been observed to be baffled by light and contrary
winds near the Spanish shore, whence it was threat-
ened by a flotilla of 30 of the enemy's gun-boats.
By pulling directly between the in-shore part of
the convoy and the position occupied by the Spa-
niards, he successfully checked their career, and by
his spirited exertions kept them at bay during the
whole night, and until the merchantmen had reached
their anchorage. In April, 1798, the Minerve re-
turned to England to refit, but towards the close of
the year she again sailed for the Mediterranean,
where Capt. Cock,burn continued to be employed on
various important services, frequently in command
of a small squadron, until the conclusion of the war.
Among other operations, he joined in the hostilities
against Malta — was in company with the Emerald
at the taking of La Caroline privateer, of 16 guns
and 90 men — witnessed Lord Keith's capture of
three frigates and two brigs under Kear-Admiral
Perree, 19 June, 1799 — took, during the year 1800,
the three privateers Le Fvret, La Mouche^ and La
Vengeance, carrying altogether 49 guns and 357 men
— made prize, 11 Feb. 1801, of a Danish man-of-war
brig — and, on 2 Sept. following, captured and de-
stroyed the Succes, of 32, and jBravoure, of 42 guns. J
Assuming command, 12 July, 1803, of the Phaeton
38, the subject of this memoir, after serving for
some time off' Havre de Grace with a squadron of
frigates under his orders, took out Mr. Merry, the
British Minister Plenipotentiary to the United
States, and thence proceeded to India with the first
instalment of a sum of money, which it had been
arranged should be paid by the government of the
latter, as a compensation for the losses sustained by
the loyalists in the first establishment of American
independence. He was subsequently employed in
blockading the Isle of France, where he frequently
came into warm collision with the enemy's bat-
teries ; and on eventually exchanging, 5 June, 1805,
into the Howe, returned to England with the Mar-
quis of Wellesley, then Governor-General of India.
Capt. Cockburn, whose succeeding appointments
were, 1 July, 1806, and 10 and 25 March, 1808, to
the Captain, Abodkir, and Pomp^e 74's, was next
present, in the first-named ship, at the capture, by
a squadron under Sir Thos. Louis, of Le Pre'mdent
French frigate of 44 guns, 27 Sept. 1806. On his
passage to the West Indies in the Pompee, he cap-
tured Le Pilade corvette, of 16 guns and 109 men ;
and being intrusted by Sir Alex. Cochrane, on his
arrival on that station, with the management of all
the naval operations on shore in the attack on Mar-
tinique, he hoisted a broad pendant, and by his ex-
•► VideG^?.. 1797,0.800.
f In testimony of the opinion he entertained of Capt.
Cockbiirn's gallant conduct on the occasion of the capture of
tlie Saii'no, Nelson subsequently presented liim witli a gold-
hilted Hwora.
J r. Gaa. 1801, p. 1355.
ertions, which were unremitting and beyond praise,
greatly contributed to the reduction of the island.'^
The enemy off'ering to capitulate on 24 Feb. 1809,
Commodore Cockburn, with Gens. Prevost and
Maitland, was directed to meet the French commis-
sioners to settle the terms, and under their signa^
tures Martinique became a British colony. For his
services on this occasion the Commodore was per-
sonally thanked by both Houses of Parliament, and
appointed Captain of the Port of St. Pierre. Ke-
moving in March to the Belleisle 74, he returned
to Europe in charge of the ships taken at Marti-
nique, and of the surrendered governor and garri-
son, and soon after his arrival in England was
ordered to accompany the expedition to the Scheldt.
Thither proceeding, he took command, with his
pendant in the Plover, of a division of the British
flotilla, consisting of sloops of war, bomb-ships,
brigs, and gun-boats ; and, taking up a most judi-
cious position near the south-east end of Flushing,
continued to bombard that town until the French
commandant signified his intention to surrender ;
when, with an officer from the army, he entered
bhndfolded into tlie fortress, and finally arranged
the terms of capitulation. f On the retreat of the
British down the Scheldt, he subsequently took the
post of honour, and formed the rear-guard ; on
which occasion the Plover was the last vessel to
leave the river, checking by her fire the pursuit of
the enemy. The Belleisle, of which ship Capt.
Cockburn had resumed commandj being paid off in
Oct. 1809, he next, in Feb. 1810, joined the Impla-
cable 74, and was invested with the conduct of the
naval part of an expedition having for its object
the liberation of Ferdinand VII. of Spain from bis
confinement at Valan^ay. He afterwards proceeded
to Cadiz with the flag of Sir Rich. Keats, and effect-
ually co-operated in the defence of that place, par-
ticularly by the able and cheerful assistance he
afforded with two brigs and some armed boats to
an attempt made to dislodge a French force at
Moguer, to the northward of the town. J Towards
the close of 1810 he safely escorted two Spanish
line-of-battle ships, of 120 guns each, to the Ha^
vana ; after which he proceeded to Vera Cruz, and
thence returned to Cadiz with 2,000,000 dollars.
Arriving in England early in 1811, on board the
Druid 32, Capt. Cockburn was, by the Admiralty,
again appointed a Commodore on 26 Nov., and di-
rected to hoist his broad pendant on board the
Grampus 50. About the same period he was se-
lected to act as joint commissioner with Mr. T.
Sydenham and Mr. J. P. Morier, for the purpose of
effecting a reconciliation between Spain and her
transatlantic colonies. The scheme, however, in
consequence of the narrow-minded policy pursued
by the Spanish Cortes, proving abortive, the Com-
modore, after proceeding as far as Cadiz, returned
hoihe, and on 12 Aug. 1812 was promoted to the
rank of Rear- Admiral — previously to which he had
been appointed, 1 Aug. 1811, a Colonel of Marines.
He soon, with his flag in the MARLBOnooGH 74,
again sailed for Cadiz, in order to assume command
of the British squadron employed in its defence ;
but the siege having been raised prior to his arrival,
he was ordered to North America, where hostilities
had been recently declared against Great Britain.
"We have now arrived at an era in the history of
the distinguished subject of our memoir which, for
brilliancy of achievement, has rarely been equalled.
The dashing exploits, indeed, which have perpetu-
ated the name of Cockburn crowd on our attention
in such rapid succession, that, anxious as we are to
chronicle every occurrence at all invested with inte-
rest, we fear that in what we yet have to recount
we must content ourselves with a statement of the
chief of those gallant performances which, by en-
forcing on the enemy a proper respect for the Bri-
tish flag, in the end induced them to long for peace.
Arriving in the Chesapeake on 3 March, 1813, the
Rear-Admiral commenced a desultory mode of war.-
• Fide Oaz. 1609, pp. .'.99, 482.
t r. Gaz. 1800, p. 1321. J V. Gai. 1810, p. Hi5,
206
COCKBURN— COCKRAFT.
fare, by clearing the river James of its vessels, and
carrying consternation into the heart of Virginia.
He next penetrated to the upper part of Elk River,
at the very head of the Chesapeake waters ; landed
and partially destroyed the town of Havre de Grace,
together with a battery and cannon-foundry, near
the entrance of the Susq^uehanna ; and, proceeding
up the Sassafras river with all the boats of his
squadron on 6 May, succeeded, after routing a body
of about 400 men, who had opened on them a fire
from an entrenched position on the two opposite
banks of the river, in demolishing the settlements
of Georgetown and Frederickstown.* On 26 June
he further co-operated with Sir Sidney Beckwith in
the attack upon Hampton ; and, shifting his flag on
1 July to the Sceptke 74, assisted, in the course, of
that month, at the capture of Oorakoke and Ports-
mouth Islands, on the coast of North Carolina, pos-
sessing himself at the same time of the Anaconda
of 20, and Atlas of 12 guns-t He next, on the
morning of 5 July, with a mere handful of men,
made himself master of Kent Island, in the Chesa-
peake ; to which bay, after visiting Bermuda, he
ultimately returned in 1814, on board the Albion
74. In July of the latter year Rear- Admiral Cock-
burn entered the Potomac, and, ascending that
river, frequently landed at the head of about 500
seamen and marines, sometimes in Maryland on the
one side, and sometimes in Virginia on the other ;
and, overrunning both provinces to the distance of
10 miles from the water's edge, destroyed all the
military posts and stores to be met with in the
whole of that extensive range of country, and cap-
tured and shipped off several guns, stores of to-
bacco, flour, and other articles, but not, however,
without frequently coming into severe contact with
the enemy.J He next proceeded with his boats up
the Patuxent in quest of a powerful flotilla under
the orders of Commodore Barney, and at length, on
22 Aug., discovered the object of his search near
Pig Point ; but such terror did his very presence
excite, that the Americans instantly set fire to their
vessels, all of which, except one, blew up. In pur-
suance of a bold plan which he had formed, the
Rear-Admiral, joining an army of 4000 men under
Major-General Koss at Marlborough, now advanced
upon "Washington, the capital of the United States,
itself, which he hoped to take by a coup de main.
Reaching Bladensburg on 24 of the same month,
the British encountered the enemy's army, of about
8000 strong, which, although firmly posted, was
attacked and completely routed. Thus encouraged,
the victorious troops pushed forward without loss
of time, and on the same evening entered "Washing-
ton. The whole of that night and of the following
day were devoted to the work of destruction ; and
by the evening of the 25th, when the British com-
menced their retreat, public property, to the value
of between two and three millions sterling, had
been demolished. Throughout every detail of this
splendid acliievement Rear-Admiral Cockburn dis-
played his wonted ability and judgment, and, it is
needless to add, obtained the high eulogiums of Sir
Alex. Cochrane and Major-Gen. Ross.§ Landing
again on 12 Sept. near the mouth of the Petapsco,
he joined next in a descent on Baltimore, during
their profitless advance on which place the British
lost their General and defeated a strong body of
the enemy. II After conducting many other opera-
tions on the southern coast of the United States,
where he kept the inhabitants in a constant state of
alarm, and occupied the town of St. Mary, the
Rear-Admiral, who had been created a K.C.B. 2
Jan. 1815, ultimately, on being informed of the
cessation of hostilities, returned to Spithead, where
he arrived on 4 May. Hoisting his flag subse-
quently in the Northumeeeland 74, as Command-
er-in-Chief at St. Helena, and being selected to
convey Napoleon Buonaparte, who had recently
surrendered himself, to that island, Sir Geo. Cock-
burn on 8 Aug. sailed from Plymouth, and on 16
• FWeGaz. 1813, pp. 1331-34. + T. Gaz. 1813, pp. 1577, 1746.
J r. Gaz. 1814, pp. 1965-7. } V. Gaz. 1814, pp. 1937-42.
I r. Gaz. ISH, pp. 2075-7.
Oct. landed his important charge at the place of his
destination. He was superseded, however, in June,
1816, by Sir Pulteney Malcolm; and, returning
home, struck his flag in the following Aug. Be-
coming a Vice- Admiral 12 Aug. 1819, he after-
wards, with his flag in the Vehnon 60, and Presi-
dent 52, commanded in chief on the North Ame-
rica and West India station from 6 Dec. 1832 until
Feb. 1836. Since the latter date he has not been
afloat. His advancement to the rank of fuU Ad-
miral took place 10 Jan. 1837.
Sir Geo. Cockburn, who was nominated a G.C.B.,
with additional armorial bearings indicative of his
important services, 20 Feb. 1818, and was elected a
F.R.S. 21 Dec. 1820, first obtained a seat in Parliar
ment for Portsmouth in 1818. He was next elected,
in March, 1820, for the borough of "Weobley ; was re-
turned for Plymouth in 1826.; and, since Oct. 1841,
has held a seat for Ripon. On 25 March, 1818, he
became a Lord of the Admiralty, to which office he
was re-appointed 17 Sept. 1828. He obtained a seat
at the board, as First Naval Lord, in Oct. 1841,
but retired on the dissolution of Sir Robt. Peel's
Government, in the summer of 1846. On 5 April,
1821, he was also appointed Major-General of Ma-
rines, and, on 30 April, 1827, a Privy Councillor. In
the latter capacity Sir George attended the funeral
of King William IV. He married his cousin, Miss
Mary Cockburn.
COCKBURN. (Commander, 1846.)
James Hobsford CocKEnRN entered the Navy
1 Dec. 1829 ; passed his examination in 1836 ; and
for his services on the coast of Syria— where he
distinguished himself by his ofl&cer-like, cool, and
steady conduct, as Senior Mate, at the destruction,
on 20 Sept., of a castle mounting 5 guns, and in full
view of 500 of the Egyptian army near Caiffa,'*' and
witnessed the fall of St. Jean d'Acre — was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840. He
was appointed, 9 March, 1842, to the Winchester
50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of the Hon.
Josceline Percy, to whom, from 10 May, 1844, until
paid off in 1846, he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant.
His assumption of his present rank took place on
24 April in the latter year.
COCKRAFT. (Lieutenant, 1844.) .
MACLEOD Baynes Cockraft entered the Navy,
4 Jan. 1833, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sala-
mander steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin,
employed on the Home station ; and from Feb. 1834
until June, 1840, was variously occupied in the
Mediterranean. Having passed his examination on
5 Aug. in the latter year, he next, in 1841, pro-
ceeded to the coast of Africa, as Mate of the Wil-
BERFOECE Steamer, Capt. Wm. Allen, on which star
tion he cruized for two months in acting-command
of the Bonetta brigantine. While subsequently
attached, as Senior Mate, to the Dolphin 3, Lieut-
Commander Philip Bisson, Mr. Cockraft attracted
official notice for his conduct in saving, on the
occasion of a Spanish slaver being driven on shore,
the lives of three Kroomen who had swum to the
vessel for the purpose of preserving their papers ;
in the execution of which service he had charge of
the Dolphin's boats, and was for eight hours ex-
posed to a fire from the enemy. In Oct. 1842,
having joined the Madagascar 42, Capt. John
Foote, he was appointed by that officer to the com-
mand, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of the
Albert steam-vessel, in order to co-operate in the
suppression of the slave-trade, and the protection
of British interests on the different rivers to the
northward of Sierra Leone, where, from illness and
mortality among the engineers, it was frequently
found impossible to move the ship. While so em-
ployed in the river Nunhez, Mr. Cockraft had an
opportunity, after two months of skirmishing and a
loss to his small party of 4 men killed and 8
wounded, of capturing and destroying the stock-
aded town of Casakabouli, mounting several 18, 24,
• Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2001.
COCKRELL-COCKSEDGE— CODD-CODRINGTON.
207
and 32-poumicrg — a measure which had been ren-
dered necessary from the circumstance of a native-
attack having been made on the British factories,
a fire opened on the Albert's boats, and an attempt
made to seize Mr. Cooliraft's person. In aolsnow-
ledgment of his services on the occasion he was
presented by the residents, under the sanction of
the Admiralty, with a sword valued at a hundred
guineas. On at length invaliding home, he was
confirmed in his present rank by commission dated
23 Sept. 1844. He has been employed, since 2 March,
1846, in the Bkilliant 22, Capt. Kundle Burges
Watson, at the Cape of Good Hope.
COCKRELL. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
James Patrick Cockrell entered the Navy 14
Feb. 1809 ; passed his examination in 1816 ; attained
his present rank 22 July, 1830 ; was appointed, 14
Oct. following, to the Success 28, Capt. Wm. Clarke
Jervoise, on the East India station ; joined the
Coast Guard 14 Aug. 1832; and, since 1835, has
been unemployed.
COCKSEDGE. (Liewt., 1816. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 35.)
George Edward Cockbedge entered the Navy,
14 Nov. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impe-
TUEUX 78, Capt. Sampson Edwards, in which ship,
and the St. George 98, commanded by the same
officer, he served, on the Channel and Mediterra^
nean stations, until Feb. 1801. During the next
four years he successively joined, as Midshipman,
the San -Josef 110, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson,
Lapwing 28, Capt. Edw. Rotheram, and Planta-
GENET 74, Capts. Graham Eden H amend and Hon.
Michael J)e Courcy ; and while in the latter vessel,
besides convoying a fleet of Indiamen to St. Helena,
assisted in capturing, 27 July, 1803, L'Atalanle cor-
vette, of 22 guns. On subsequently removing to
the Polyphemus 64, Capt. Robt. Redmill, flag-ship
afterwards of Rear-Admiral Geo. Murray, he fur-
ther bore a part in the battle fought off Cape Tra-
falgar 21 Oct. 1805, and witnessed, in July, 1807,
the unsuccessful attack made on Buenos Ayres by
Lieut.-General Whitelocke. Between 1809, in which
year he obtained a commission, and 1813, Mr. Cock-
sedge next served, in the West Indies, North Ame-
rica, and German Ocean — nearly the whole time as
First-Lieutenant — on board the Shark sloop, Capt.
Groves, Dispatch 18, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, Fran-
chise 36, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, Gorgon arme'e en
flute, Capt. Alex. Milner, Calliope 20, Capt. John
M'Kerlie, and Cretan brig, Capt. Chas. Fred.
Payne. He was then placed on half-pay, and has
not since been aflcat.
CODD. (Commander, 1844. f-p., 22 ; H-p., 5.)
Edward Codd entered the Navy, 11 Sept. 1820,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the North dmberland 78,
Capt. Thos. Harvey, on the Home station ; became
Midshipman, 4 Aug. 1821, of the Akgds 18, Capts.
Septimus Arabin and John Burnett Dundas, em-
ployed in North America and the West Indies ;
and, from Oct. 1825 until March, 1833, was borne
on the books, latterly — having passed his examina-
tion 11 Sept. 1827 — as Mate and Acting-Lieutenant
of the Waespite 76, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Wm. Hall Gage, the broad pendant after-
wards of Sir Jas. Brisbane, and then the successive
flags of Sir Edw. Codrington and Rear-Admiral
Thos. Baker, during which period he visited every
portion of tlie globe, and was very creditably em-
ployed, while in command for 19 months of the
Adelaide tender, in recovering at Cape Frio the
stores and specie wrecked in H.M.S. Thetis. After
an additional attachment to the Asia 84, flag-ship
of Rear- Admiral Wm. Parker off Lisbon, and Vic-
tory 104, and Britannia 120, flag-ships of Sir
Thos. Williams at Portsmouth, he was officially
promoted 8 Jan. 1836. His next appointments we're,
on the Mediterranean station— in the course of the
same year, to the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag
of Sir Josias Rowley, Edinburgh 74, Capt. Jas.
Rich. Dacres, and Caledonia again— 16 Nov. 1837,
to the Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag
of Sir. Robt. Stopford— and, 13 March, 1838, to the
Talbot 28, Capts. Henry John Codrington and
Robt. Fanshawe Stopford. While in the latter
frigate, previously to joining which he had for 15
months commanded the Hind cutter, and had, in
Feb. 1838, been dismasted and nearly lost in a
Channel gale, Mr. Codd, as Second-Lieutenant, as-
sisted in the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, and
took part in the various sounding and other operas
tions which preceded the fall of that fortress. His
last appointment was, 27 June, 1843, to the Corn-
wallis 72, flag-ship at China of Sir Wm. Parker,
on the paying off of which, being at the time First-
Lieutenant, he was advanced to his present rank
by commission dated 11 Nov. 1844. He has since
been on half-pay. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
CODRINGTON, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.L.,
K.S G., G.R.G., F.E.S. (Admieai, op the Red,
1837. F-P., 28 ; H-p., 36.)
Sir Edward Codrington, bom in 1770, is third
son of the late Edw. Codrington, Esq. (a descendant
of John Codrington, standard-bearer to King Henry
V. in his French wars), by Miss Ann Sturgeon ;
grandson of Sir Edw. Codrington, of Dodington,
CO. Gloucester, the first Baronet of that name ; and
cousin of the present Sir Wm. Raimond Codrington,
Bart.
This oificer entered the Navy, 18 July, 1783, on
board the Augusta yacht. Until confirmed in the
rank of Lieutenant, 28 May, 1793, he afterwards
served, on the Halifax, Mediterranean, and Home
stations, in the Brisk sloop. Assistance 44, Com-
modore Herbert Sawyer, Leandeb 50, bearing the
flag in succession of the same oflicer and of Kear-
Admiral Peyton, Ambuscade 32, and Formidable
and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships of Admirals Le-
veson Gower and Earl Howe. In the course of 1793
he was next appointed to the Santa Margaritta
36, and also, for the purpose of repeating the signals
of the latter nobleman, to the Pegascs 28. He
then rejoined his lordship in the Queen Charlotte,
and after participating in the actions of 28 and 29
May, and 1 June, 1794, was intrusted with the du-
plicate despatches containing the details of the
victory and of the safe arrival of the fleet and
prizes off Dimnose. On 7 Oct. following, Mr. Cod-
rington was in consequence promoted to the com-
mand of the Comet fire-ship, in which he continued
until posted into the Babet, of 22 guns, 6 April,
1795. In the next June he bore a part in Lord
Bridport's action with the French fleet off lie de
Groix, and on removing, in July, 1796, to the Druid
32, cruized for some time off Lisbon, and was in
company with the Unicorn and Doris frigates at
the capture, 7 Jan. 1797, of the troop-ship La Ville
de I' Orient. From that period we do not again find
Capt. Codrington employed until appointed, 24 May,
1805, to the Orion 74, for his conduct in which
ship at the battle of Trafalgar he received a gold
medal. In Nov. 1808 (having left the Orion in
Dec. 1806) he obtained command of the Blake 74,
and being ordered in the following year to accom-
pany the expedition against Walcheren, hoisted on
that occasion the flag of Lord Gardner, by whom he
was mentioned in the highest terms of praise for
his assistance at the forcing of the Scheldt on 14
Aug., on which day the Blake, having no pilot on
board, grounded under the batteries of Flushing,
and suffered, during a consequent engagement with
the enemy of two hours and three quarters, a loss
of 2 men killed and 9 wounded, besides being twice
set on fire.* While afterwards at the defence of
Cadiz, in Aug. 1810, we find the subject of this me-
moir, as a measure rendered necessary by the rapid
advances of the besieging army, charged with the
premature removal of four Spanish hnc-o£-battle-
ships to Minorca, the whole of which, although old
and leaky, quite destitute of men to navigate them,
only half-provisioned, and crowded with refugee
» yideQBLZ. 1SC9, p. 1825.
208
CODRINGTON.
passengers, were ultimately anchored in safety at j
Port Mahon after a distressing passage of 38 days. [
In 1811 Capt. Codrington was invested with the j
command of a sijuadron on the east coast of Spain, j
where, by collecting reinforcements of troops and |
other means, he strenuously co-operated with the '
patriots in the defence of Tarragona ; and on the
fall of that place in June, was night and day em-
ployed, with all the warmth of benevolence, in
rescuing the unfortunate inhabitants from the ruth-
less destruction that everywhere assailed them,
numbers being brought away in the boats and
transports, and gratuitously supplied with whatever
clothing and provisions they required.* In Jan.
1812 he was further present on shore at the defeat
of the French near Villa Succa, where 600 men
were taken prisoners, and about the same period
he supported the Baron d'Eroles in an attempt to
regain Tarragona ; f after which he successfully
carried on a desultory species of warfare that
lasted for several months, and was productive of
the greatest annoyance and mortification to the
enemy. On the night of 26 April, 1812, he again
co-operated with the Baron d'Eroles in a manner
that caused the mole of Tarragona to be swept of
all the vessels and boats that had there sought pro-
tection.! Capt. Codrington at length returned home
in the early part of 1813, bearing with him the good
wishes of aU with whom he had been in any way
connected, and recommended in the strongest man-
ner both by the Spanish government and by Sir
Edw. Pellew, the Commander-in-Chief, for the zeal,
ability, and judgment which he had on every occa-
sion displayed, and for the signal manner in which
he had contributed by his advice and assistance to
the various successes of the Catalonian army. He
was nominated a Colonel of Marines 4 Dec. follow-
ing ; and sailing soon afterwards for North Ame-
rica with his broad pendant in the Forth 40, was,
while there, promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral
4 June, 1814, and appointed, in the Tonnant 80,
Captain of the Fleet under Sir Alex. Cochrane.
Of the latter officer he received the thanks for the
alacrity with which, during the operations connected
with the capture of Washington, he conducted the
laborious duties of conveying sujiplies to the army ;
and also for the counsel and assistance he afforded
during the expedition against Baltimore. § Hoisting
his flag on board the Havannah 36, the Rear-Ad-
miral next took part in the attack on New Orleans,|j
and at the conclusion of hostilities with the United
States returned to England with the official an-
nouncement of the capture of Fort Bowyer. For
his varied services he was created a K.C.B. 2 Jan.
1815 ; and, assuming the rank of Vice-Admiral
10 July, 1821, was appointed, 1 Nov. 1826, Com-
mander-in-Chief on the Mediterranean station, with
his flag in the Asia 84. A treaty being soon after-
wards formed between the, courts of St. James',
the Tuileries, and St. Petersburg, having for its
object the suppression of hostilities which for
several years had raged with deadly animosity be-
tween the Ottoman Porte and the inhabitants of
the Greek provinces and islands. Sir Edw. Cod-
rington, through a concatenation of circumstances
into which our limits forbid us to enter, found it
his duty, on 20 Oct. 1827, as Commander-in-Chief
of the British, French, and Russian squadrons, to
enter the port of Navarin, where lay in battle
order a Turco-Egyptian fleet, consisting of 3 sail of
the line, 5 double-banked frigates of from 60 to 64
guns each, 15 frigates, 26 cor^/ettes, 11 brigs, and
5 fire-ships, in all 65 sail, carrying 2082 guns. The
result of the tremendous conflict which was doomed
to follow is well known.Tf It is sufficient for us to
record that the victorious fleet, amounting alto-
gether to 11 sail of the line, 9 frigates, and 4 brigs.
• Vide Gaz. Ifill.p. 1588.
t V. Gaz. 18 2, p. 563.
V. Gaz. 18' 2, p. 2206.
V. Gaz. 1814, pp. 1940,2070.
V. Gaz. 1815, p. 449.
r. Gaz. 1827,pp. 2320 4.
suffered a loss of 172 men killed and 481 wounded*
^that promotions and rewards were abundantly
distributed among the conquerors — and that the
hero of the fight, the gallant Sir Edward, was im-
mediately nominated a G.C.B. by his own Sove-
reign, and subsequently presented by those of
France, Russia, and Greece, with the Grand Cross
of St. Louis, the Order of St. George of Russia,
and the Gold Cross of the Redeemer of Greece.
In consequence, however, of political disunion at
home, he was recalled from the Mediterranean in
1828. He afterwards, with his flag in the Caledo-
nia 120, commanded a squadron of observation in
the Channel in 1831 ; and attaining the rank of
full Admiral 10 Jan. 1837, was appointed, 2a Nov.
1839; Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, where
the Queen 110, and St. Vincent 120, appear to
have been his successive flag-ships. He returned
to half-pay at the expiration of his command in
Dec. 1842 ; and since that period has been unem-
ployed.
Sir Edw. Codrington, who, in addition to his
other dignities, holds that of a G.C.M.G., and is
also a F.R.S., sat in Parliament for Devonport from
1832 until Jan. 1840. He married, 27 Dec. 1802,
Miss Jane Hall, of Old Windsor, and by that lady,
who died in 1837, had, with other issue, a son, the
present Capt. Henry John Codrington, R.N., C.B.,
and a daughter, now wife of Capt. Sir Thos. Bour-
chier, R.N., K.C.B. His eldest son, Edward, Mid-
shipman of the Cambrian frigate, Capt. Gawen
Wm. Hamilton, was drowned off the island of
Hydra, while proceeding' thither in the ship's
cutter.
CODEINGTON, C.B., K.S.V., K.L.H., K.R.G.
(Captain, 1836. f-p., 17; h-p., 7.)
Henry John Codrington, born 17 Oct. 1808, is
son of Admiral Sir Edw. Codrington, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Feb. 1823, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Apollo, at Portsmouth;
joined, 26 July following, the Sybille 46, Capt.
Sam. John Brooke Pechell, lying at Depttbrd ; and,
on 24 Aug. in the same year, was appointed Mid-
shipman of the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. Robt. Ca-
vendish Spencer, in which frigate he assisted at the
blockade of Algiers in 1824. Having removed, in
Oct. 1826, to the Asia 84, bearing the flag of his
father, he took part and was severely wounded at
the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827 ; t after wMoh
he became attached, in succession, to the Wae-
spite 76, Capt. Wm. Parker, and Madagascar 46,
Capt. Hon. Sir R. C. Spencer, and was promoted,
12 June 1829, to a Lieutenancy in the Victory 101,
Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, at Portsmouth. Until ad-
vanced to the rank of Commander, 20 Oct. 1831,
Mr. Codrington's further appointments were — 10
Aug. 1829, to the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship at
the Nore of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood — 22 April,
1830, to the Bkiton 46, Capt. John Duff Markland,
employed on Particular service— and, 9 June, 1831,
as Flag-Lieutenant, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship
in the Channel of Sir Edw. Codrington. He sub-
sequently, on 6 June, 1834, obtained command of
the Orestes 18, in which sloop he appears to have
served on the Mediterranean station until shortly
after his elevation to Post rank, 20 Jan. 1836. Bemg
next appointed, 12 March, 1838, to the command of
the Talbot 28, the subject of this notice returned
to the latter station, where, in Nov. 1840, he super-
intended conjointly with Capt. Edw. Boxer the
task of sounding and buoying off' the channels lead-
ing to the batteries of St. Jean d'Acre, for his ulti-
* It was nrarly miraculous how Sir Edward Codrington
escaped without injury. He was almost the wliole time on
the poop, which was once or twice cleared during the action,
— once in particular, — when there was no person to be seen
on it but himself. A musket-htll passed through the sleeve
of his coat at the wrist ; his watch was smashed by a splinter;
a cannon-ball passed through the roUed-up awning under
which he was standing, and just cleared his hat; he was
twisted round several times, and his coat was torn in several
places by splinters.
t K. Ga-i. '827, p. 2324.
COFFIN— COGHILL.
209
mate Bhare in the destruction of which fortress he
was nominated a C.B. 18 Dec. following.* From
13 March, 1841, until 31 Dec. 1842, he afterwards
officiated as Flag-Captain, in the Queen 110, and
St. Vincent 120, to his father, then Commander-in-
Chief at Portsmouth. Since 14 Oct. 1846 he has
heen in command of the Thetis 36.
Capt. Codrington t is a Knight of the Eussian,
French, and Greek orders of the 4th class of St.
Vladamir, the Legion of Honour, and Redeemer of
Greece.
COFFIN. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 22 ; h-p., 20.)
Hbnky Edwakd CorriN entered the Navy, 1 Oct.
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Pdissant 74,
Capt. John Irvine, guard-ship at Spithead ; was suc-
cessively transferred, in the course of the following
year, to the Atlas and Colossus 74's, Capts. Sam.
Pyra and Jas. Nicoll Morris, and Malta 84, Capt.
Edw. BuUer ; and on joining, in Jan. 1807, the Tighe
80, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, attended the expedition
to Egypt, and witnessed, as Midshipman, the de-
struction of the French line-of-battle ships Robuste
and Lion, off Cape Cette. After a further servitude
of three years on board the Bombay 74, Capt. "Wm.
Cuming, and Minorca 18, Capt. Ralph Randolph
"Wormeley, he returned, in April, 1813, to the Malta,
then flag-ship of his former Captain, Hallowell, and
was for some time very actively employed command-
ing a gun-boat in co-operation with the patriots on
the south coast of Spain. On his arrival in England
as Acting-Lieutenant of the Sphynx 10, Capt. Thos.
Colby, Mr. Coffin was officially promoted by com-
mission dated 20 July, 1814 ; after which he served,
from June, 1815, to Dec. 1818, on board the Cos-
sack 22, Capt. Hon. Robt. Rodney, Duiver 16,
Capt. Lord Algernon Percy, and Sakacen 16, Capt.
John Gore, on the Home and North American sta-
tions. His next appointments appear to have been,
11 Aug. 1824, and 1 March, 1826, to the Atholl 28,
Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray, and Ganges 84, Capt.
Sam. Hood Inglefield, . employed off the coast of
Africa and at Rio de Janeiro, whence he returned
home on the receipt of his second promotal commis-
sion, 19 Sept. 1829. He subsequently commanded
the Trinculo 16, on the Lisbon station, from 26
Dec. 1836, until the spring of 1841 ; and on 23 Nov.
following was promoted to his present rank. He
has not since been afloat.
Capt. Coffin married, 10 Nov. 1829, Charlotte,
youngest daughter of the late Wm. Curry, Esq., of
Southampton.
COFFIN, ((ffaptain, 1822. f-p., 18; h-p., 30.J
John Townsend Coffin is third son of the late
Major-General John Coffin, an officer distinguished
in the first American war, by Anne, daughter of
Wm. Matthews, Esq., of St. John's Island, South
Carolina ; and nephew of Sir Isaac Coffin, Bart.,
G.C.H., Admiral of the Red, who died 23 July,
1839.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1799, as
Fsfc.-cl. Vol., on board the Boston 32, Capt. John
Erskine Douglas, on the Halifax station ; served
next, from 21 Aug. 1802, until Feb. 1805, as Mid-
shipman, in the Narcissus 32, Capt. Ross Donnelly,
under whom he assisted, off Sardinia, at the capture,
8 July, 1803, of the French corvette L'Akion, of 16
guns and 96 men ; joined, in Feb. 1805, the Blen-
heim 74, bearing the flag in the East Indies of Sir
Thos. Troubridge ; and for his conduct as Master's
Mate of the Harrier 18, Capt. Edw. Thos. Trou-
bridge, at tJie capture, after a stiff action of an hour,
of the Dutch 36-gun frigate Pallaa, and armed ships
Vittoria and Batavia, near Java, 26 July, 1806, was,
on 13 Oct. following, appointed Acting-Lieutenant
of the Macassar, Capt. Wm. Wilbraham.J In Oct.
1807 he was transferred, in a similar capacity, to the
Duncan 38, Capt. Wm. Wells, but he does not ap-
pear to have been confirmed by the Admiralty until
• Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2900.
-J- See Commander' J. C. Caflfin.
I V. Gaz. 1807, p. 423.
1 1 April, 1808, when we find him appointed to the
Samarang 18, Capt. Rich. Buck. Returning to
England towards the close of the same year, in the
St. Fiorenzo 36, Capt. John Bastard, Mr. Coffin, in
Aug. 1809, was sent to join the Shark sloop, Capt.
Grove, on the Jamaica station, whence, unable to
withstand the effects of the climate, he speedily
came home, and obtained an appointment, 16 Dec.
1809, to the Victorious 74, Capt. John Talbot. On
21 Feb. 1812, while cruizing in the Gulf of Venice,
in company with the Weasel 18, the latter ship fell
in with, and, at the close of a most gallant conflict
of four hours and a half, in which she lost 27 men
killed and 99 wounded, and the enemy 400 killed and
wounded, took the French 74-gun ship Rivoli, whose
consorts, three brigs and two gun-boats, were also
defeated. Lieut. Coffin — who, with Lieut. Edw.
Whyte, was intrusted with the charge of the prize,
and by his exertions succeeded in getting her into
port* — continued to serve on the Mediterranean
station, in the Ocean 98, Capt. Robt. Plampin, and
Rainbow 26,t Capts. Gawen Wm. Hamilton and
John Cornish, until promoted, 1 July, 1814, to the
command of the Shearwater sloop, at Sheerness,
which he, however, only retained until the following
Oct. His last appointment was, 12 Aug. 1819, to
the Fly 18, employed successively, in the Leeward
Islands, and, for the suppression of smuggling, off
the coast of Ireland. Capt. Coffin, who had been
on half-pay since his attainment of Post-rank, 26
Dec. 1822, accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
He married, 16 June, 1834, Sophy Wallace, daugh.-
ter of Lochlan Donaldson, Esq.
COFFIN. (LlEUTEKANT, 1841.)
William Chappell Coffin entered the Navy 15
April, 1824 ; passed his examination 6 Oct. 1830 ;
and was serving as Mate on board the Avon steam-
vessel, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Jenkins, when he
was promoted to the rank he now holds 23 Nov.
1841. His next appointments were — 16 Feb. 1842,
to the ScTLLA 18, Capt. Robt. Sharpe, in which
sloop he served on the North America and West
India station, nearly the whole time as First-Lieu-
tenant, until the close of 1845 — and 27 Aug. 1846,
in the latter capacity, to the Recruit brig, Capt.
Adolphus Slade, from which vessel, however, he
was soon afterwards superseded.
Lieut. Coffin, on 14 March, 1842, was awarded a
pension for wounds of 211. 7». 6d. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
COGHILL, Bart., formerly Cramer. (Eeab-Ad-
MiBALOFTHE White, 1841. f-p., 15; H-p., 50.)
Sir Josiah Coghill Coghill, bom in 1773, is
youngest son of the late Sir John Coghill, Bart., by
Mary, daughter of Dr. Josiah Hort, Archbishop of
Tuam. He succeeded his brother, as third Baronet,
21 May, 1817, and assumed, in the following June,
the surname of" Coghill," in place of his patronymic
" Cramer."
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1782, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Bristol 50, Capts.
Hugh Campbell and Jas. Bumey, with whom he
served in the East Indies until discharged in April,
1786. In April, 1798, he re-embarked on board the
Haerlem 64, arme'e en Jlute, Capt. Geo. Burlton, in
which ship, having been created an Acting-Lieute-
nant in Sept. 1798, he was offlcia'ty promoted 24
March, 1800. After attending the subsequent ex-
pedition to Egypt, and cutting out, in command of
the Haerlem's boats, the Prima galley, from the
mole of G^noa, he removed, 25 April, 1801, to the
Afeicaine, Capt. Jas. Stevenson ; and, on 7 May,
1802, was promoted, from the Dedaigneuse frigate,
Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, to the command of the
Rattlesnake sloop, in the East Indies ; where, with
• FUeGa.7.. 1812, p. 852.
f In the boats of this vessel Mr. Coflin .ippeais to have
captured^ in the Bay of Ajaccio, two vessels, one having on
board a Lieutenant and several men of the 2nd Uatt. of
French pioneers, the other laden with wheat. — Vide Gaz.
18H,p. 124.
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COGHLAN— COHAM-COLBY.
two boats under his immediate orders, we find him,
after a sanguinary contest, destroying a pirate-vessel
on the coast of Malacca. Having obtained, 25 April,
1805, the acting-command of La Concorde 36, Capt.
Coghill, on 1 Feb. 1806, received an Admiralty com-
mission confirming his appointment to that frigate,
in which he continued until Sept. 1807. On next
joining, 2 Oct. 1803, the Diana 38, he forthwith
proceeded to join the armament then off Waloheren,
and arrived in time to perform service marked by
the approbation of the Commander-in-Chief. Capt.
Coghill left the Diana in Feb. 1810, and remained
on half-pay until 7 Oct. 1813, when he was appointed
to the ISTER 36, in which he served on the Leeward
Island station until July, 1815. He has not been
since afloat. His promotion to Flag-rank took place
23 Nov. 1841.
Sir Josiah Coghill, who is Deputy-Lieutenant for
CO. Dublin, married, first, in March, 1803, Sophia,
daughter of Jas. Dodson, Esq., by whom (who died
in 1817) he had three daughters; and, secondly, 27
Jan. 1819, Anna Maria, eldest daughter of the late
Right Hon. Chas. Kendal Bushe, Lord Chief Justice
of the Court of King's Bench in Ireland, by whom
he has living two sons and seven daughters. Agents
—Messrs. Halford and Co.
COGHLAN. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 22 ;
H-p., 18.)
Francis Rogers Coghlan is nephew of that in-
trepid veteran, the late Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan,
R.N., C.B. (1810), who died 4 March, 1844, at the
age of 69.*
This officer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1807, as a
Supernumerary, on board the D«dalds 32, Capt.
Fred. "Warren, and, on proceeding with convoy to
the West Indies, obtained, 11 June following, a Mid-
shipman's berth on board the Ei-k 18, commanded
by his uncle, Capt. J. Coghlan. After serving for
some time in the Polyphemus 64, Capt. Wm. Pryce
Cumby, he returned home with that officer in the
Hyperion 36, early in 1812, and, then joining the
CaiiBdonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew,
witnessed, 5 Nov. 1813, a partial action with the
French fleet off Toulon ; immediately subsequent to
which he became attached with his relative to the
Alcmbnb 38, and assisted, 23 Dec. in the same year,
at the capture of La Fleche national schooner, of
12 guns. Being promoted, 18 April, 1814, to a
Lieutenancy in the Pylades 18, Capt. John Chas.
Gawen Roberts, he sailed for the coast of North
America, where he contributed to the capture of
many of the enemy's vessels, and was employed in
the blockade of Newport, Rhode Island. The latter
vessel having been paid off in July, 1815, Mr. Cogh-
lan, on 4 July, 1816, joined the Minden 74, Capt.
Wm. Paterson, then on the eve of her departure
for Gibraltar, where, on his arrival, he assumed
command of No. 23 gun-boat, and shared in the
glories of Algiers. On his return to England in the
Queen Charlotte 100, Lord Exmouth's flag-ship,
he was appointed, 19 Oct. 1816, to the Prometheus
sloop, Capts. "Wm. Bateman Dashwood and Con-
stantino Rich. Moorsom, with whom he successively
remained until paid off in Aug. 1818. His appoint-
ments afterwards were, to the command — 10 July,
1832, of the Hornet 6, on the South American sta^
tion— 18 July, 1837, and 13 May, 1841, of the Lap-
wing and Linnet Falmouth packets— and, 28 June,
* Capt. Coghlan entered the Navy in Jan. I7S6 ; and
when he had been only four years and a half in the Service,
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, as a reward for his
lieroism in having cut out, on the night of 29 July, 1800,
with a single hoat containing only 20 men, a fully prepared
and desperately defended gun-brig. La Cerhh-c^ of 9 guns
and 87 men, moored with springs on her cables in a naval
port of dilBcult access, within pistol-shot of three batteries,
surrounded bj several armed craft, and not a mile distant
from a 74, bearintr an admiral's flag, and two frigates. Con-
tinuing his gallant career with equal fortune and success, he
was furtlier advanced to the rank of Commander 1 May, 1804,
and on 27 Nov. 1810 to that of Post-Captain. He afterwards
commanded the Caledonia, Sir Edward Pellew'a flag-ship,
in a partial action with tlie Toulon fleet, 5 Nov. 1813, and tlie
Alcmene frigate in a variety of detached services.
1843, of the Anson convict-hulk, at Hobart Town.
Since his last promotion, -which took place 2 Sept.
1843, Commander Coghlan has been unemployed.
He married, 4 Sept. 1830, Jane Matilda, only
daughter of Fras. Henry Beall, Esq. Agents—
Hallett and Robinson.
COHAM. (LlEOTENANT, 1828.)
Lewis Heysett Coham entered the Navy 22
June, 1813; passed his examination in 1823; ob-
tained a Lieutenancy, 26 June, 1828, in the Magni-
eicent, Capt. Geo. "Wm. Conway Courtenay, re-
ceiving-ship at Jamaica ; and was next appointed,
11 Jan. 1829, to the Mersey 26, commanded by the
same officer. He has been on half-pay since 1830.
COLBY. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Colby, bom 6 Jan. 1782, at Great Tor-
rington, CO. Devon, is second son of an eminent sur-
geon, now deceased, by Mary Copplestone, of the
ancient Devonshire family of that name ; and bro-
ther of Mr. Henry Colby, midshipman R.N., who
perished, 19 Feb. 1809, in a prize belonging to the
Sheldrake sloop.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 March, 1797, as
Midshipman, 'on board the Bedford 74, Capt. Sir
Thos. Byard, "part of Admiral Duncan's fleet in the
memorable victory achieved off Camperdown, 11
Oct. 1797. On subsequently accompanying Sir T.
Byard into the Foddroyant 80, he witnessed the
defeat of Commodore Bompart's squadron on the
coast of Ireland, 13 Oct. 1798 ; after which he joined
in succession the Hazard sloop, Capt. Wm. Butter-
field, Prince and Prince George 98's, flag-ships of
Sir Chas. Cotton in the Channel, St. Fiorenzo 36,
Capt. Joseph Bingham, with whom he sailed for the
East Indies, and Centurion 50, Capts. Jas. Lind
and John Sprat Rainier. On 18 Sept. 1804, he bore
a part in the gallant and successful defence made
by the latter ship, when attacked in Yizagapatam
Roads by the French 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing
the flag of Admiral Linois, and frigates Atalante and
Semillante, all of whom sheered oft' after maintaining
a furious cannonade of nearly two hours. Having
been promoted, 8 April, 1805, to a Lieutenancy in
the Thunderer 74, Capts. "Wm. Lechmerc, John
Stockham (Acting), and John Talbot, he next, on
22 July and 21 Oct. 1805, shared in Sir Robt. Cal-
der's action and the battle of Trafalgar, and was
present, in Feb. 1807, at the passage of the Dardar
nells, on which occasion he boarded and de-
stroyed one of the Turkish frigates, and received
two splinter-wounds.* Mr. Colby — who, as we
should have previously stated, formed one of a
party that boarded and carried a French' national
lugger in the East Indies in Jan. 1804, and had
taken an active part in the defence of Gaeta in
1806 — further assisted in the expedition, of 1807, to
Egypt, where he was for three weeks employed in
an open boat on the river Nile. In July, 1809, he
joined the Cadmus 10, Capt. John Williams, through
whose directions he brought out, 4 Oct. following,
a national armed transport from under the batteries
in Quiberon Bay. We subsequently find him ap-
pointed— 14 Dec. 1809, to the Hyperion 36, Capt.
Brodie, on the West India station — 12 Aug. 1810,
to the Rainbow 28, Capt Jas. Wooldridge, in the
Mediterranean — 19 Aug. 1811, to the Ajax 74,
Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie, on the same station — and,
7 March, 1813, to the Prince of Wales 98, Capt.
John Erskine Douglas, in which ship he beheld the
fall of Genoa in April, 1814. He then returned
to England in acting-command of the prize-brig
Sphynx ; and, on 17 May, was promoted to his pre-
sent rank. He has not since been afloat.
Commander Colby has received a pecuniary re-
ward from the Patriotic Fund. He married, 26
April, 1826, Mary, daughter of the Kev. John
Palmer, of Torrington, and niece of the late Mai-
chioness of Thomond, by whom he has had five
children.
* Fide Gai. 1807, p. 697.
COLCHESTER- COLE.
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COLCHESTER, Lord, formerly Abbot. (Cap-
tain, 1826. F-P., 16; H-P., 20.)
The Right Honoukable Charles Loed Col-
CHESTEB, born 12 March, 1798, is eldest son of the
late Lord Colchester, a distingvushed lawyer, who,
previously to his elevation to the peerage, had filled
the high appointments of Chief Secretary to the
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, Keeper of the Privy
Seal in that part of the United Kingdom, and
Speaker of the House of Commons, hy Elizabeth,
eldest daughter of Sir Philip Gibbes, Bart. He
succeeded his father 9 May, 1829.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 April, 1811, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Revenge 74, Capt. John
Nash, bearing the flag off Cadiz of the Hon. Arthur
Kaye Legge ; came home, in June, 1812, in the
Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood ; then
entered the Royal Naval College, where he remained
until Oct. 1813; and, after a re-attachment for short
periods to various ships, joined, early in 1814, the
Bacchante 38, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste and Fras.
Stanfell. With the latter officer he sailed for North
America, where, in Sept. following, he attended an
expedition to the Penobscot under Sir John Sher-
brook and Rear-Admiral Griffith. On becoming
attached, in Doc. 1815, to the Aiceste 38, Capt.
Murray Maxwell, he accompanied Lord Amherst to
China, and was there wrecked 18 Feb. 1817. He
immediately returned home, and, within three
mouths of passing his examination, was promoted,
from the Glasgow 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony Mait-
land, to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission
dated 15 Sept. 1817. In that capacity Mr. Abbot
was employed in the LirrEY 50, Capt. Hon. Henry
Duncan, on different particular services, from 22
June, 1818, until invested, 27 Jan. 1821, with the
command of the Racehorse sloop, in the Mediter-
ranean. He next joined, 9 April, 1823, the Colum-
bine 18, which he lost, off Sapienza, near the Morea,
25 Jan. 1824. On 30 Nov. following he was com-
missioned to the Rose 18, and, returning to the
Mediterranean, continued on that station until
posted 26 Jan. 1826. Lord Colchester's last ap-
pointment was, 9 Oct. 1829, to the Volage 28, in
which he escorted the ex Emperor and Empress
of Brazil to Cherbourg in April, 1831, and was em-
?loyed during the winter of 1832 in enforcing the
)utoh embargo. He has been on half-pay since
Jan. 1833.
His Lordship is Senior Captain of 1826. He mar-
ried, 3 Feb. 1836, the Hon. Elizabeth Law, sister^^of
the Earl of EUenborough, late First Lord of the
Admiralty, and sister-in-law of Admiral Lord Col-
ville. By that lady he has issue. Agents — Messrs.
Stilwell.
COLE. (Lieutenant, 1806, f-p., 32; h-P., 17-)
Eowabd Cole entered the Navy (into which he
was impressed), 29 May, 1798, as Captain of the
Main Top, on board the Inflexible 64, Capt. Solo-
mon Ferris, and, in 1799, was employed landing
Russian troops in the Texel. In Nov. of the latter
year he became Midshipman of the Redoubt 20,
Capt. Jas. Keith Shepard, lying at the Nore. He
rejoined Capt. Ferris soon afterwards, as Master's
Mate, in the Ruby 64, in which he assisted at the
capture, in April, 1800, of the African island of
Goree ; and, removing next, with the same officer,
to the Hannibal 74, was present, 6 July, 1801, in
the battle of Algcoiras, When the latter ship, having
grounded under the enemy's batteries, was com-
pelled, after a long and deadly resistance, to strike
her colours. Six days afterwards, having in the
moan while Joined the Soperb 74, Capt. Rich Good-
win Keats, Mr. Cole took a warm part in the vic-
tory gained bjr Sir Jas. Sattmarez over the Franco-
Spanish squadron near Cadiz. The Superb subse-
quently proceeded to the West Indies with Lord
Nelson in pursuit of the enemy's fleet, and, while
on that station, participated, as flag-ship of Sir John
Duckworth, in the battle off St. Domingo, 6 Feb.
1806. At the close of the action Mr. Cole was ap-
pointed Acting-First-Lieutenant of Le Srave, one
of the captured 74's, Capt. Edm. Boger, with whom
and the rest of the crew, when that ship foundered
on her passage home, he was picked up by the Do-
negal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm. Having been
promoted, from the Royal George 100, flag-ship of
Sir J. T. Duckworth, to a Lieutenancy, 23 Sept.
1806, in the Stately 64, Capt. Geo. Parker, he next
assisted, in company with the Nassau 64, and was
sUghtly wounded, at the capture and destruction,
after an obstinate running fight, and a loss to the
Stately of 4 killed and 28 wounded, of the Danish
74-gun ship I^rindts Christian Frederic^ off the coast
of Zealand, 22 March, 1808."' His ensuing appoint-
ments afloat were, 12 Aug. 1809, and 11 Sept. 1810,
to the Ardent 64, Capt. Robt. Honyman, and Ven-
geur 74, commanded by various officers, but parti-
cularly by Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, under
whom he witnessed the capture of Fort Bowyer in
Feb. 1815. From the latter year, until 1820, Mr. Cole
further superintended the Ordinary at Plymouth
and Greenhithe. Since May, 1837, he has been en-
gaged on quarantine service in the river Medway.
Lieut. Cole, in consideration of the wounds he
received at the capture of the Prindts Christian
Frederic, was presented by the Patriotic Society
with the sura of 40 guineas. He married a daughter
of the late Robt. Woits, Esq., of Belaugh, co. Nor-
folk. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
COLE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 30.)
George Ward Cole entered the Navy, 21 Oct,
1807, as a Volunteer, on board the Lark 18, Capt.
Robt. Nicholas, on the Jamaica station, where he
soon attained the rating of Midshipman, and served,
until 1810, in the Fleur de la Mer schooner,
Lieut.-Commander Daly, and Daedalus 32, Capt,
Sam, Hood Inglefield. He then joined the Princess
OF Orange 74, flag-ship in the Downs of Vice- Ad-
miral Geo. Campbell ; was employed, from Nov. in
the same year until Jan. 1814, in the Cracker 14,
Lieut. -Commanders Henry Fyge Jauncey and Mich.
Fitton, under the first of whom he took, in the
North Sea, 22 Nov. 1810, the Diane privateer, of 4
guns and 22 men ; and, in Dec. 1814, was promoted,
from the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Coch-
rane, to the command, with the rank of Acting-
Lieutenant, of the Destructive gun-vessel. While
in attendance on the ensuing expedition against
New Orleans, he was slightly wounded during a
furious conflict which rendered captive to the Bri-
tish a flotilla of five American gun-boats on Lake
Borgne, after the heavy loss to the former of 17 men
killed and 77 wounded.* Being confirmed in the
rank of Lieutenant 29 Mar. 1815, Mr. Cole returned
home in the Wasp sloop, Capt. John Fisher, and,
after a further servitude of two years, again in the
West Indies, on board the Primrose 18, Capt. Chas.
Geo. Rodney Phillott, Pique 36, Capts. Jas. Haldane
Tait and John M'Kellar, and Active 38, Capt. Phil.
Carteret, was placed on half-pay 9 Oct. 1817. Since
that date he has not been afloat.
While in the Primrose, on her passage from
England to Jamaica, Lieut. Cole intrepidly plunged
overboard, and, at the risk of his own life, saved
that of one of the crew. Agents — Hallett and Ro-
binson.
COLE. (Ketdjed Commander, 1838. f-p., 14 ;
H-p., 36.)
Martin CoBe died 10 July, 1846, at Broadstairs,
aged 63.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1796, as Fst.-
cl. Vol., on board the iMPfeTUEOX 78, Capts. John
Willet Payne and Sampson Edwards, with whom
he cruized in the Channel, until transferred, as
Midshipman, in Nov. 1798, to the Indefatigable
46, Capts. Hon. Henry Curzon and Matthew Henry
Scott. After accompanying the expedition against
Ferrol, and assisting at the capture, 22 Oct. 1800,
of La Venus French frigate of 32 guns, he next, in
April, 1803, joined the Endymion 40, bearing the
flag in the Downs of Vice- Admiral Jas. Gambler,
* Fide Oaz. 1808, p. 636, •(■ V. Gaz. ISIS, p. 44S.
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COLE
and was subsequently, untU Fet. 1805, employed,
in North America and the East Indies, on board the
Galgo 16, Capt. Mich. Dodd, Phaeton 38, Capt.
Geo. Cockbum (under jwhom he attended Mr.
Merry, the British Ambassador, to New York), and
Tkident 64, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Pet. Kainier.
He was then appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the
WiLHELMiNA, Capts. Hon. Arch. Cochrane and
Chas. Foote ; obtained an Admiralty commission 5
Oct. following ; and, returning to England in the
HisDOSTAN 50, Capt. Alex. Fraser, was appointed,
25 Aug. 1806, to the Canopus 80, bearing the flag
of Sir ThoB. Louis. At the capture, 27 Sept. fol-
lowing, of Le President French frigate, of 44 guns,
off the coast of France, Mr. Cole took charge of her
into Plymouth, and, on her being subsequently
commissioned as a British ship by Capt. Adam
Mackenzie, accompanied that officer to South Ame-
rica, whence he invalided in Jan. 1809. He after-
wards served, from April to Dec. 1810, in the Prin-
cess Cakoline 74, Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater, on the
Baltic station ; and, from Sept. 1828 until the Bum-
mer of 1830, commanded the Monkey schooner in
South America. He assumed the rank of Retired
Commander 18 April, 1838.
Commander Cole married, 1 Oct. 1812, Louisa,
youngest daughter of the late P. Laprimaudaye,
Esq., merchant, of Austin Friars. Agents— Messrs.
StilweU.
COLE. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 12; h-p., 34.)
RoBEKT Martin Cole entered the Navy, 12 Feb.
1801, as A.B., on board the Princess Charlotte
38, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, in which ship, and the
Rhet 64, commanded by the same officer, he served,
in the Baltic and North Sea, until April, 1802. He
soon afterwards became Midshipman of the Chil-
RERS brig ; and, from Nov. in the same year, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Jan. 1812,
was furthermore elnployed, on the North Atnerica,
East and West India, and Baltic stations, in the
Dasher sloop, TrMiendous 74, Capt. JohnOsborn,
Pitt 36, Capt. Walt. Bathurst, Terpsichore 32,
commanded by various officers, Winchelsea fri-
gate, L'AiGLE 36, Capt. George Wolfe, Neptune 98,
flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Victory
100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez. He sub-
sequently joined, 16 Feb. 1813, the Baeham 74,
Capt. John Wm. Spranger, and, 15 April, 1815, the
Scodt18, Capt. Jas. Arth. Murray ; but since Sept.
in the latter year has not been afloat.
latter ship Mr. Cole appears to have served, as First-
Lieutenant, at the reduction, in June, 1809, of Isohia
and Procida, and, in the following Oct., of the
Ionian Islands, particularly of Zante and CephaJonia,
where, in addition to the boats of the squadron, he
also commanded the Admiral's division of gun-
boats, and behaved very creditably.* We Ukewise
discover him, in detached charge of a boat armed
with a howitzer, serving in the Faro of Messina at
the defence of Sicily, when threatened with an in-
vasion from Murat. Mr. Cole next joined, 12 Dec.
1811, the Bulwark 74, flag-ship in Basque Roads of
Rear- Admiral Philip Chas. Durham ; and was after-
wards appointed, always in the capacity of First-
Lieutenant— 12 May, 1813, to the Ptkamos 36, Capt.
Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas— 5 Aug. 1814, to the
Euphrates 36, Capt. Robt. Preston— 23 Aug. 1815,
to the Tagus 38, Capt. J. W. D. Dundas-and, in
Oct. 1816, to the Minden 74, flag-ship in India of
Sir Rich. King, of which for seven months he offi-
ciated as Acting-Captain. Having been paid off in
1820, he was invested, 19 July, 1821, vrith the rank
of Commander ; after which he served most effect-
ually in the Coast Guard from 1827 to 1830, and
again from 1831 to 1834. Since the latter date he
has been on half-pay.
Commander Cole married, 19 Feb. 1824, Rebecca,
daughter of John Evans, Esq., of Saltash, Cornwall,
who was for many years secretary and confidential
friend, and ultimately executor, of Admiral Hon.
Wm. Cornwallis, G.C.B. By that lady he has issue
ten children.
COLE. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 29; h-p., 21.)
Thomas Edmund Cole, born at Chatham, co.
Kent, is son of the late Thos. Cole, Esq., ll.N., an
officer who had been present in Rodney's action of
12 April, 1782, and at the capture of St. Eustatius.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1797, as
a Volunteer, on board the Robust 74, Capts. Edw.
Thornbrough, Geo. Countess, Wm. Brown, and Wm.
Henry Jervis, under the first of whom he assisted,
off the coast of Irelaud, at the capture, 12 Oct. 1798,
with a loss to the Robust of 10 men killed and 40
wounded, of the French 74-gun ship Le JHbcJie, one
cf a squadron commanded by Commodore Bompart.
In May, 1802, he became Midshipman of the For-
midable 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, on the West In-
dia station. He joined, on the renewal of hostilities,
the Plantagenet 74, Capts. Graham Eden Ha^
mond and Hon. Mich. De Courcy, in the Channel ;
and, removing next to the Ville de Paris 1 10,
bearing the flag of the Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, com-
manded that ship's forecastle quarters in her pur-
suit of the French fleet into Brest, and skirmish
with the Bhehiy'B batteries, 22 Aug. 1805. Being
promoted, 17 April, 1806, from the Hibernia 110,
flag-ship of Earl St. Vincbnt, to an Acting-Lieute-
nancy in the Prince GeOrge 98, Capt. Geo. Lo-
sack, he was, on 15 July following, after filling a
similar post for short periods on board the Polyphe-
mus 64, Capt. Robt. Kedmill, and Illustrious 74,
Capt. Wm. Shields, officially promoted into the
Warrior 74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger. In the
COLE. (Lieutenant, 1816. f-p., 10; h-p., 29.)
William Cole entered the Navy, 27 May, 1808,
as Scc.-cl. Boy, on board the Diomede 50, Capt.
John Sykes, flag-ship on the Guernsey station of
Sir Edm. Nagle, and, continuing until Nov. 1809 to
serve with the former officer in the Ardent 64, and
Adamant arme'e en flute, attended, in the last-named
ship, the expedition against Walcheren. He then
joined the Royal William, bearing the flag of
Sir Roger Curtis at Portsmouth ; obtained, 11 Sept.
1810, a Midshipman's berth on board the Rifleman
brig, Capt. Joseph Pearce, employed in the North
Sea ; and became subsequently attached, on the
same, the Mediterranean, and African stations, lat-
terly as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Coquette 20,
Capt. Geo. Hewson, Duncan 74, and Royal Sove-
rf.ign 100, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Lam-
bej-t, and Porcupine 22, Capt. Booty Harvey.
Being next appointed Admiralty-Midshipman of
the Leander 50, Capts. William Skipsey and Edw.
Chetham, he foUght and was severely wounded at
the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816 ;t shortly after
which he was promoted, 16 Sept., to the rank he
now holds. He subsequently, on 24 Jan. 1824,
joined the Coast Blockade, as a Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capts. Wm. M'Cul-
locli and Hugh Pigot; but has not, since 1826, been
professionally employed.
Lieut. Cole is at pi-esent Superintending Regis-
trar for the Woburn Districts, tipper Canada.
COLE, K.H. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 25; h-p., 20.)
William John Cole was born in London, of
which city he is a freeman.
This officer entered the Navj', 5 Jan. 1802, as
Sec.-cl. Boy, on board . the Buffalo store-ship,
commanded by that excellent officer, the late Cajt.
Wm. Kent, with whom, after visiting India, wit-
nessing the first settletnent ever foriiied in Van
Diemen's Land, and performing iniich surveying
duty, he returned to. Engltod in Deo. 1805, on
board the Investigator, a very small vessel, whose
crew, on their arrival at Liverpool, were rewarded
with double pay for their exertioiis and the hard-
ships they had endured in having teffected a passage
from Port Jackson to the above place withoul
touching at any intermediate poi't. The voyag(
had occupied a period of five months, diiring 11
■* Fide Gaz. 1B09, pp. 1(121 29^
t V. GiM. 1816. p. 1783.
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weeks of which the men had been restricted to
half a pint of water each a-day. On heooming at-
tached, as Midshipman, to the Medusa 32, Capt.
Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, Mr. Cole next
sailed for the Cape of Good Hope, and thence for
South America,'where he served m the boats at the
capture of Maldonado. While yet on the same sta^
tion, in the Diadem 64, bearing the broad pendant
at [first of Sir Home Popham, and the flag after-
wards of Kear-Admiral Charles Stirling, we find
him assiduously employed at the siege 'of Monte
Video, both in dragging up guns for the advanced
batteries and in suijplying them with ammunition.
During a subsequent attachment, from May, 1808,
to June, 1810, to the Christian VH. 80, Capt. Jo-
seph Sydney Yorke, he received a wound at the
cutting out of a convoy from under a heavy battery
in Basque Koads ; served in the ship^s cutter at the
capture of a large gun-boat oflF lie d'Aix, where
the officer of the French vessel was desperately
wounded, and three of his men killed ; and was se-
verely bruised by the explosion of a fire-vessel,
while endeavouring, under the late gallant Capt.
Gardiner Henry Guion, to lay her on board a French
frigate in the road of He d'Aix. As a reward for
these services, Mr. Cole, on 18 July, 1810, was pro-
moted, from the Racehorse 18, Capt. Wm. Fisher,
to a Lieutenancy in the Otter sloop, Capt. Jas.
Tomkinson, which vessel had, however, sailed for
England before he could reach the Isle of France
to join her. He then, although on half-pay, volun-
teered to fit out a large prize-frigate. La BeUone,
found, on the capture of the latter place, dismasted,
and without a bowsprit ; after which service he re-
turned to England on board the Entrbpkenante
10, Capt. Edw. Brazier, and became First-Lieute-
nant, 17 July, 1811, of the Crocodile 28, Capts.
John Filmore, John Kich. Lumley, and Wm. Elliott.
In that frigate he was actively employed on the
Channel, Lisbon, Mediterranean, and Newfound-
land stations ; and on one occasion} in July, 1812,
displayed much gallantry in attempting, with 4
boats "and 62 volunteers, to cut out in open day a
detactment of four armed vessels together with a
convoy, lying beneath the batteries in the Bay of
Faros, on the coast of France, where the Croco-
dile's cutter, then under the present Commander
Joseph Roche, was unfortunately sunk by a shot
from a national brig. Between 1815 and the date
of his promotion to the rank of Commander, 8 Aug.
1828, Mr. Cole appears to have afterwards served,
generally as First-Lieutenant, and chiefly on the
Home station, on board the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas.
Malcolm, Florida 20, Capts. Wm. Elliott and Chas.
Sibthorp John Hawtayne, Northumberland 78,
Capts. Sir Mich. Seymour, John Harvey, and Thos.
Jas. Maling, Cambridge 80, commanded by the
latter officer. Prince Regent 120, bearing the flag
of Sir Benj. Hallowell, and KorAL George and
EoYAL Sovereign yachts, as also in command of
the Onyx 10. He obtained, while in the Rhin, the
thanks of Capt. Malcolm, for his ability in con-
ducting that ship through a difficult navigation,
while the latter officer, with all but 62 of the crew,
was engaged on a cutting out expedition in the
small harbour of Corrijou, near Abervraoh, 18 July,
1815 — had charge, during his attachment to the
Northumberland, of the Seagull, and High-
flyer tenders — cruized, in the Royal Sovereign,
as First-Lieutenant to H. R. H. the Lord High Ad-
miral, and, for his exertions during a violent gale
in the same vessel, when conveying to Holland the
late Queen of Wurtemberg, was mentioned in the
despatches of Sir Wm. Fremantle to George IV. —
and, when in command of the Onyx, ran down the
coast of Africa with important despatches, landed
the Governor of the Gambia, and, wc believe,
brought hoMe despatches and invaUds from Fer-
nando Po. From 6 July, 1831, until 1834, Capt.
Cole next hl^ld a responsible appointment in the
Coast Guard j on leaving which service he was pre-
sented by the chief ofSoers and others who had
been under his command with a superb silver snuff-
box ai a token of their respect and regard for him.
He further officiated, from 28 Jan. 1836 until paid
off in 1837, as Second-Captain of the Revenge 78,
commanded in the Mediterranean by his estimable
friend, Capt. Wm. Elliott ; but, since his attain-
ment of Post-rank, 28 June, 1838, has been on half-
pay.
Capt. Cole (who was nominated a K.H. 1 Jan.
1837, and is a magistrate for the county of Glou-
cester) has had the pride, on four separate occa^
sions, of preserving life to others by imminently
hazarding his own — first, during his servitude in
the Crocodile, when his intrepidity in saving two
officers and a seaman from a watery grave procured
him, through the hands of H. R. H. the late Duke
of Sussex, a first-class certificate from the Royal
Humane Society; secondly, on his passage to the
coast of Africa in the Onyx, when he jumped over-
board after a seaman who had fallen out of a stern-
boat in the act of being lowered down ; a third
time, in the river Thames, where, in July, 1835,
being at the time a passenger on board the Red
Rover steamer, he rescued two gentlemen, Messrs.
John Snape and Gilbert Wilson, who had been up-
set in a wherry by getting under the bows of that
vessel ; and again, in June, 1836, When he plunged
into the sea after one of the Gunner's crew belong-
ing to the Revenge, who had fallen from the main-
chains. He married, 23 Oct. 1818, Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of Robt. Wace, Esq., of -Lechdale, co.
Gloucester, and has issue four daughters. Agents
— Case and Loudonsack.
COLEMAN. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 2.5 j h-p., 1 8.)
John Coleman (a) entered the Navy, 20 Jan.
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Terpsichore 32,
Capt. Wm. Foote, on the Home station, when he
attained the rating of Midshipman, 22 May, 1806.
From May, 1807, until Sept. 1814, he was next em-
ployed, in the Baltic and North Sea, on board the
Ranger sloop, Capt. Geo. Acklom, Victory 100,
and Defiance 74, bearing the flags of Sir Jas. Sau-
marez and Sir Geo. Hope, and Princess Caroline
74, Capt. Hugh Downman, of which ship he was
created a Lieutenant 2 July, 1813. Mr. Coleman,
who afterwards served, for a few mouths in 1815-
16, with Capt. Thos. Carew, in the Jasper 10, ob-
tained, 28 April, 1824, an appointment in the Coast
Blockade, as Supemuhierary Lieutenant of the Ra-
MiLLiEs 74, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, on the books of
which Ship, and of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm.
Jas. Mingaye, he was borne until 1827. Since 1
June, 1837, he has been in charge of a station In
the Coast Guard.
COLEMAN. (Lieut., 181.5. f-p„ 20 ; h-p., 20.)
John Coleman (6) was born in 1795.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Goliath 74, Capt. Peter
Paget, of which ship, after witnessing the bombard-
ment of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807, he became Mid-
shipman, 1 July, 1808. Under Capts. Alex. Rich.
Mackenzie and Rich. Foley he next served for five
years in the Zenobia sloop, and during that period
was employed at the siege of Flushing in Aug. 1809,
and afterwards on the Lisbon station. On his re-
turn from China in 1815, whither he had gone in
the Gramtus 50, Capt. Eras. Aug. Collier, he was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission
dated 5 Oct. in that year. Lieut. Coleman has held
an appointment in the Coast Giiard since 27 Oct.
1838.
He married, in 18^6, Charlbtte, daiightei* of the
late Col. Riddell, of the H. E. 1. Co.'s Sfetvice, and
has issue two children.
COLEMAN. (Commander, 1837j f-p., 17;
HP., 25.)
Thomas Coleman entered the Nat}', 26 Sept.
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on boatd the Belleisle 74,
Capt. Wm. Hargood, and was preieJlt; 21 Oct. fol-
lowing, in the battle of Trafalgar. BScomiqg at-
tached, 1 June, 1806, as Midshipman, to the Utti-
ANOE 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, he assisted at
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the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of three French
frigates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, on
which occasion the Defiance, besides being much
cut up in her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of
2 men killed and 25 wounded ; after which he ac-
tively co-operated with the patriots on the north
coast of Spain. In March, 1812, Mr. Coleman re-
moved to the ViCTOKY 100, bearing the flag in the
Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez, where he soon again
joined the Defiance, then flag-ship of Sir Geo. Hope.
After a short attachment, as a Supernumerary, to
the Devonshire 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly, lying at
Sheemess, he proceeded, early in 1814, to North
America on board the Spencee 74, and on his return
to England in June, 1815, found that he had been
awarded a Lieutenant's commission on 16 of the
previous February. His succeeding appointments,
until promoted to his present rank, 5 Dec. 1837,
appear to have been, on the Mediterranean station
—28 Feb. 1824, to the Medina 20, Capt. Chas.
Montagu Walker — 4 Oct. 1828, to the Spaktiate
76, Capt. Fred. Warren— and, 25 Feb. 1831, and 23
April, 1834, to the St. Vincent 120, and Caledonia
120, flag-ships of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham and Sir
Josias Kowley. Commander Coleman, since? 1837,
has been on half-pay.
He married, 29 Nov. 1843, Eliza Ann, eldest
daughter of the late Robt. Bullock, Esq., Commis-
sary-General of H. M. Forces. Agent — J. Hinx-
man.
COLES. (LlEUTENAN-r, 1846,)
CowpER Phipps Coles pdssed his examination
1 Aug. 1838 ; was employed for gome time in the
Mediterranean on board the Ganges 84, Capt. Bar-
rington Reynolds ; joined, in 1842, the Excellent
gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Cspt. Sir Thos. Hast-
ings ; and was appointed, towards the close of 1843,
to the Virago steam-vessel, Capt. Geo. Graham
Qtway, again in the Mediterranean. He obtained
his commission, 9 Jan. 1846 ; and since 30 of the
following April has been serving in the ST. Vincent
120, on the Home station.
COLES. (LiienTENANT, 1810, r-p., 1 1 j h-p., 33.)
Richard Coles entered the Navy, 17 March, 1803,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tonnant 80, Capt.
Sir Edw. Pellew, whom, on his hoisting his flag in
the Cdllodes 74, he accompanied to India. He
there served (until his return home in Aug. 1810)
on board the Blanche and Dedaigneuse frigates,
Capts. John Bastard, Wm. Dawson, Geo. Bell, and
Wm. Wilbraham, in which latter ship, aftet holding
tor 12 months the appointment of Acting-Lieutenant,
he was officially promoted, 18 April, 1810. After
a residence of two years on shore, occasioned by ill
health, Mr. Coles next joined, on the American and
Home stations — 6 Aug. 1812, the Melpomene troop-
ship, Capts. Gordon Falcon alnd Robt. Rowley^and,
16 Sept. 1814, the RovtR sloop, Capt. Henry Wm.
Bruce. He was paid off in Sept. 1815, and has not
since been afloat.
COLES. (LlEUTENANf, ISSS,)
William Coles entered the Navy, 7 March,
1822 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; obtained
his commission 28 June, 1838 j ^as afterwards ap-
pointed, 18 March, 1839, and 25 June, 1842, to the
Winchester 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey, and,
as First Lieutenant, to the AimAtnoss 16, Capt.
Reginald Torke, both on the North America and
West India stations ; and, sirifife 24 Dec. 1844, has
been employed in the Coast Giiard.
COLLARD. (REAR-ADirfiRAi, of The Blue, 1841.
F-P., 22 ; fi-P,, 41.)
Valentine Collard died at Teddington, Mid-
dlesex, 18 March, 1846, aged 76. He was brother
of the late Messrs. James and Sampson Collard, the
first of whom, a Master's Mate of the Terpsichore,
died, we believe, in 1794, and the other, a Lieu-
tenant of the YoHR et, was lost about Jan. 1804.
He was also first cousin of the present Lieut. Samp-
son Edwards, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 May, 1783, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Shark sloop, commanded
by his uncle, Capt. Valentine Edwards, on the
Home station, where, until March, 1793, he further
served, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the
Champion 24, Capt. Sampson Edwards, and Iphi-
GENiA 32, Capt. Patrick Sinclair. On subsequently
proceeding to the Mediterranean in the St. George
98, flag-ship of Bear-Admiral John Gell, he wit-
nessed" the capture of the St. Jago, a rich Spanish
galleon, and after being for some time in constant
collision with the enemy's batteries during the oc-
cupation of Tonlon, and assisting at the capture of
La Modeste 36, and two armed tartans, in the port
of Genoa, was promoted, 17 Nov. 1793, to a Lieu-
tenancy in the Tartar 38, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fre-
mantle, and immediately sent in charge of a tender
to Sardinia, with despatches for Commodore Linzee.
Assuming next the command of Le Petit Boston
schooner, Mr. Collard actively co-operated in the
sieges of St. Fiorenza and Bastia. At the close of a
servitude of two years and a half on board L'Eclaik
20, commanded by Capt. Kobt. Gambler Middleton
and others, he joined, 12 Dec. 1796, the Britannia
100, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Chas. Thomp-
son, and was First Lieutenant of that ship on 14
Feb. 1797. Having obtained command, 8 March
following, of the Fortune sloop, which he lost near
Oporto, 19 July in the same year, Capt. Coleman
was subsequently appointed, 6 Feb. 1800, and 30
June, 1804, to the Vestal frigate, armee en. fiiite,
and Railledr sloop. In the former of these vessels
he served at the reduction of Genoa, and in the ex-
pedition to Egypt ; and, while in the Railledr, he
was employed, in charge of an explosion-vessel, on
the celebrated catamaran mission against the Bou-
logne flotilla, in Oct. 1804,* as also at the capture,
24 April, 1805, of 7 schuyts, carrying altogether
18 guns, 1 brass howitzer, and 168 men. For his
meritorious exertions as Superintendent, in 1805-6,
of the naval operations in the river Weser, during
the occupation of Hanover by an Anglo-Russian
army under Lord Cathcart and General Bensigen,
including the re-embarkation of the British troops,
and his attention in safely convoying the last divi-
sion of transports to the Downs, Capt. Collard was
ultimately, on 13 Oct. 1807, promoted to Post rank.
Previously to that event, however, he had been
further employed, in command of a small squadron
of sloops and gun-brigs, protecting the trade in the
Baltic, and had joined in the attack on Copenhagen.
We afterwards find Capt. Collard obtaining com-
mand— in Nov. 1807, of the Majestic 74, flag-ship
on the North Sea station of Rear-Admlral Thos.
Macnamara Russell — in the course of 1809, pro tern.,
of the Gibraltar 80, and Ctane 22 — and next,
of the Dreadnought 98, bearing the flag in the
Channel of Rear- Admiral Thos. Sotheby. He was
finally placed on half-pay in 1810, and, on 23 Nov.
1841, was promoted to Flag rank.
Rear-Admiral Collard, whose intrepid conduct in
twice plunging overboard when in command of the
Vestal and Railledr, and saving the lives of
two of his crew, procured him the appellation of
" the animated life-boat," had been twice married.
His first wife having died 5 June, 1821, he wedded,
secondly, 25 Sept. 1823, Mary Ann, daughter of
Geo. Kempster, Esq. He again became a widower
1 Deo. 1844.
COLLETT. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Charles Frederick Collett died in 1846. '
This officer entered the Navy 13 Aug. 1824;
passed his examination 30 March, 1831 ; was ap-
pointed to the Coast Guard 19 Dec. 1840; and ob-
tained his commission 23 Nov. 1841.
He married, in 1839, Maria Elizabeth, only
daughter of the late J. Cantrell, Esq., of Nenagh,
CO, Tipperary. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
* Vide Gaz. 1804, p. 1S37.
COLLEY— COLLIER.
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COLLEY, formerly Pomeroy. (Lieut., 1819).
Tub Honourable George Francis Colley,
born 11 Nov. 1797, is third son of the late, and
brother of the present Viscount Harberton.
This officer obtained his commission 2 March,
1819, and is now unemployed.
Lieut. CoUey, who is Senior of 1819, married,
22 July, 1825, Frances, third daughter of the Very
Kev. Tlios. French, Dean of Kildare, and niece of
the first Lord Ashtown, by whom he has issue three
sons and two daughters.
COLLIER, C.B. (Capt., 1814. f-p.,27; h-p.,24.)
Edward Collier was born, in 1783, at Bloclcley,
CO. Worcester.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Formidable 98, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, flag-ship afterwards
of Sir Chas. Thompson, under whom he attained
the rating of Midshipman, 1 April, 1797. Between
May, 1798, and the close of 1802, he next served, in
the East and West Indies, on board the Maidstone
and Seahorse frigates, Capts. Ross Donnelly and
Edw. Jas. Foote, and Victorious 74, and Centu-
rion 50, flag-ships of Vice- Admiral Peter Rainier ;
and, for his contributory exertions in saving the
latter vessel, when on the point of foundering
during a fearful hurricane, was appointed, 13 Dec.
1802, Acting-Lieutenant of the Arrogant 74, Capt.
John Batt. Being soon afterwards lent to the
Teignmouth brig, he accompanied Capt. Jas. Giles
Vashon in an expedition sent in Feb. 1803 against
the pirates of Guzzurat, on which occasion, after
the hazardous destruction of thirty of the enemy's
vessels, he headed a division of seamen and marines
in an attack made on one of their forts, where the
British were completely repulsed, with a loss of 40
men killed and wounded. Mr. Collier, who was
confirmed a Lieutenant 17 June, 1803, exchanged,
in Nov. following, into the St. Fiorenzo 36, Capte.
Jos. Bingham, Henry Lambert, and Geo. Nich.
Hardinge, the second-named of whom he ably sup-
ported in a desperate conflict of several hours,
which, on 14 Feb. 1805, rendered captive to the
St. Fiorenzo the French 32-gun frigate La PsycM,
after a loss to the former of 12 men killed and 36
wounded, and to her opponent of 57 killed and 70
wounded.* Having invalided home in March, 1808,
on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. Edw. Durnford
King, he next, on 14 Jan. 1809, joined, as First
Lieutenant, the Thames 32, Capt. Hon. Granville
Geo. Waldegrave, on the Mediterranean station,
where his gallantry in command of the boats of
that ship, and the Pilot brig, at the capture and
destruction of a large and well protected convoy
near Amanthea, 25 July, 1810, procured him a
second promotal commission, bearing the same
date.f Obtaining command, 27 Oct. 1812, of the
Manly brig, Capt. Collier proceeded to the Scheldt,
and then sailed with convoy for Newfoundland,
whence he afterwards went to Halifax, where the
Manly was driven high and dry on shore, during a
heavy gale, 13 Nov. 1813, and only got off after an
incessant labour of three weeks. In May, 1814,
having volunteered %vith the whole of his ship's
company to co-operate with Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on
the Canadian lakes, Capt. Colher gallantly assisted,
with the gun-boats under his orders, in the attack
on Oswego.J After bearing a part in many other
arduous enterprizes he was officially advanced, 18
Nov. following, to the command of the Princess
Charlotte 42. He returned to England in 1816 ;
commanded subsequently, from 8 Sept. 1818, until
30 Nov. 1821, the Mersey 26, on the Halifax station ;
and, on 3 April, 1837, joined the Castor 36, in
which frigate, during the Syrian campaign, he con-
ducted a series of successful operations against the
tovras of Caiffa, Jaffa, and Tsour, and shared in
the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, where, after
highly distinguishing himself, he had the misfortune
to have his leg severely fractured, and received
• rirftOas. 1805, p. 1031. t V.G&z. 1810, p. 1859.
X r. Gaz. 1811. p. 1367.
other hurts of a slighter description.*' Capt. Col-
lier, who was nominated a C.B. 18 Dec. 1840, and
paid off the Castor in 1841, has been in command,
since 4 Feb. 1845, of the Rodney 92, one of an ex-
perimental squadron .employed under the orders of
Rear-Admirals Hyde Parker and Sir Sam. Pym.
Capt. Collier is deputy-lieutenant for the co. of
Worcester. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
COLLIER. (Commander, 1845. f-p.,29: h-p.,11.)
Edward Collier, born 25 Dec. 1793, is brother
of Lieut. Jas. Collier, R.N., who was mortally
wounded when boarding a Spanish prison-ship at
Cadiz, in May, 1810.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 April, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the TEMiRAiRE 98, Capt.
Sir Chas. Hamilton, lying in Portsmouth Harbour,
and, on 6 May, 1808, became Midshipman of the
Neptune 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, on the West
India station. Removing next to the Belleisle 74,
Capts. tWm. Chas. Fahie and Geo. Cockbum, he
assisted at the reduction of Martinique, in Feb.
1809, and also in the ensuing expedition to Wal-
cheren. From Got. 1809, until Aug. 1815, Mr.
Collier further served on board the Euryalds 36,
Capts. Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas and
Chas. Napier, and during that period was actively
employed in the Mediterranean, North America,
and Channel. In Aug. 1814, he assisted in the
operations against Alexandria, and on one occasion,
while in command of tlie ship's barge, was attacked
by Commodore Rodgers, and lost 7 men in killed
and wounded. For his conduct in subsequently
boarding a sloop off Havre de Grace, Mr. Collier
was promoted, 28 Feb. 1815, to the rank of Lieu-
tenant. His after-appointments appear to have
been — 8 Sept. 1818, to the Hyperion 36, Capt.
Thos. Searle, whom he ultimately accompanied to
South America — 5 March, 1825, to the Coast Block-
ade, as Supernumerary Lieutenant of the same ship,
then commanded by Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye —
30 April, 1827, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capt.
Edw. Durnford King, employed at Lisbon during
the evacuation of the British army — 3 Oct. 1828, as
First, to the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, lying
at Chatham— 8 Jan. 1829, in a similar capacity, to
the Galatea 42, Capt. C. Napier, engaged on vari-
ous Particular Services — 10 July, 1832, and 11 Sept.
1839, to the successive command of the Goldfinch
and Lyra, Fahnouth packets— and, 31 Oct. 1843,
again as Senior Lieutenant, to the Caledonia,
flag-ship at Devonport of Sir David Milne. Since
his last promotion, 1 May, 1845, Commander Collier
has been on half-pay.
He married, 20 Jan. 1816, Isabella Mary, second
daughter of the late Capt. John Montgomery, of
the 15th Foot, and has had issue four children.
COLLIER, Kt., C.B., K.C.H., K.L.S. (Rear-
Adhiral of the Blue, 1846. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 22.)
Sir Francis Augustus Collier, a protege of the
immortal Nelson, is second son of the late Vice-
Admiral Sir Geo. Collier, Kt., whose services are
recorded in the ' Naval Chronicle,' vol. xxxii. p.
265, et sea., and at pp. 353-400 ; and brother of Capt.
H. T. B. Collier, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1794, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Magnanime 44, Capt. Isaac
Schomberg, stationed in the Irish Channel ; joined,
next, the Minotaur 74, Capt. Lewis ; and, on be-
coming attached to the A^angdard 74, flag-ship
of Sir Horatio Nelson, bore a part in the victory of
the Nile, 1 Aug. 1798. Accompanying his patron,
as Midshipman, in 1799, into the Foudroyant 80,
Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, he further witnessed, while
at the blockade of ilalta, the capture, on 18 Feb.
1800, of ;ie Gene'revx 74, and Fil/e de Marseilles
store-ship ; as also, on 31 March following, after a
destructive conflict of an hour and a half, in which
the Foudroyant, then in company with the Lion
64, and Penelope 36, had 8 men killed and 69 (ni-
cluding himself) wounded, of Le Guillaume Tell 84,
* Vide Gas. 1840, pp. 2601, 2989.
216
COLLIER.
flag-ship of Kear-Admiral Decres. Mr. Collier, who
waa likewise present at the first landing in Egypt,
subsequently joined the Grefhodnd and Egtpti-
EHNE frigates, both commanded by Capt. Chas.
Ogle; and, on 11 April, 1803, was promoted, from
the Excellent 74, bearing the broad pendant in
the West Indies of Hon. Kobt. Stopford, to a Lieu-
tenancy in the Osprey 18, Capt. Geo. Younghus-
band. In the following June he appears to have
served on shore at the taking of Ste. Lucie and
Tobago ; after which he took charge, on 26 Oct., of
a captured privateer. La Resource, of 4 guns and
43 men ; and, on 23 March, 1804, signalized himself
by his bravery and activity, as First of the Ospkey,
in a gallant action of an hour and 20 minutes, in
which that vessel beat ofij with a loss to herself of
1 man killed and 16 wounded, the French frigate-
built privateer 1! Egyptierme, of 36 guns and 248
men, 8 of whom were slain and 19 wounded.* While
in command of a prize belonging to the Ospkey,
Mr. ColUer also took a privateer of 1 gun and 45
men. Having further served for a few months on
board the Cemtaur 74, Commodore Sir Sam. Hood,
he obtained command, 25 Jan. 1805, of the Alli-
gator troop-ship ; and next, 25 Oct. following, and
15 Jan. 1806, of the Nimrod and Wolverine sloops,
in which latter vessel he captured, in the course of
the same year, La Tremeuse national schooner, of
3 guns and 53 men,t and the Guadeloupe, Jeune
Gahrielle, and Marianne privateers, carrying in the
whole 10 guns and 163 men. Assuming the Acting-
Command, 9 Nov. 1808, of the Cikoe 32, and of a
small squadron stationed between the Pearl Rock
and the town of St. Pierre, Martinique, Capt.
Collier, after silencing, with the assistance of the
Stobk 18, and Mobne Forthnee gun-brig, the fire
of two batteries and of a body of troops which
protected an enemy's schooner, came into successful
contact, on 12 Dec, with four other batteries, and
perseveringly directed the operations which termi-
nated in the destruction of ie Cygne corvette, of
16 guns, and of two schooners, including the one
alluded to.| We subsequently find him, in com-
mand of the Star sloop, contributing to the re-
duction of Martinique, in Feb. 1809, and then con-
firmed to Post rank by commission dated back to
13 Dec. 1808. His next appointment was, 3 Sept.
1810, to the Cyane 22, which vessel he commanded
in the Mediterranean, Channel, and West Indies,
until Feb. 1812, when he became Flag-Captain to
Sir Fras. Laforey, in the Dragon 74. While in the
Cyane he witnessed the destraction, in Dec. 1810,
of L'Elize frigate, near Tatihou island. § From
10 Oct. 1812, until 2 Aug. 1815, Capt. Collier after-
wards commanded the Grampus 50, in the West
Indies and China; and, on 11 Feb. 1818, he was
appointed to the Liverpool 50. Being invested
towards the close of 1819 with the conduct of the
naval part of an expedition fitted out for the pur-
pose of crushing the pirates of the Persian Gulf, he
rendered the most ardent and efficient aid to Major-
General Sir Wm. Grant Keir, under whom were
3000 troops, and fully succeeded in the object of tlieir
joint mission — Ras-al-Khyma, the head-quarters of
the freebooters, being taken, their fortifications de-
stroyed, and all their vessels burnt or sunk.jj Capt.
ColUer arrived home in Oct. 1822, and afterwards
joined — 4 Dec. 1826, the Sybille 48, as Commodore
on the coast of Africa, whence he returned early
in 1830 — and, for a few months in 1832, the Vernon
50, employed on Particular Service. On 17 Dec.
1841, he was nominated Captain of the William
AND Mary yacht, and Superintendent of Woolwich
Dockyard, appointments which he continued to hold
until nominated Commodore and Commander-in-
Chief, 30 April, 1846, of the Channel squadron, with
his broad pendant in the St. Vincent 120. His
promotion to Flag rank took place on 9 Nov. in the
latter year.
Sir Fras. Collier was created a C.B. 8 Dec. 1815;
knighted 28 July, 1830; made a K.C.H. 1 Jan.
• Vide Gai. 1804, pp. 5, 620. f V. Gaz. 1806, p. 6.'!9.
X r. Gaz. 1809, p. 147. ^ V. Gaz. 1810, p. 2061.
H r. Gaz. 1820, p. 1670.
1833; and appointed, in 1837, a Naval Aide-de-
Camp to the Queen, having previously officiated in
a similar capacity at the funeral of NViUiam IV.
He is also a Knight of the Persian Order of the
Lion and Sun. Having lost his first vrife, he mar-
ried a second time, 14 March, 1831, Catherine,
daughter of Thos. Thistlethwaite, Esq. of Southwick
Park, Hants, by whom he has issue. His eldest
daughter by his first marriage, Julia Augusta, mar-
ried, 30 June, 1835, F. P. B. Martin, Esq., only son
of the late Col. Geo. Martin, of the Hon. E. L C.
service. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
COLLIER. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
George Baring Browne Collies is eldest son
of Capt. H. T. B. Collier, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy 8 Aug. 1832 ; passed
his examination 6 Sept. 1837 ; served latterly, as
Mate, on board the Campekdown 104, flag-ship at
the Nore of Sir Henry Digby, and Alfred 60,
Commodore John Brett Purvis, fitting at Sheerness
for the South American station; and, on 7 Feb.
1842, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He
continued to serve in the Alfred until the close of
1844; joined next, 12 April, 1845, the Qceen 110,
Capt. Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, one of an experi-
mental squadron employed under the orders of
Bear- Admirals Hyde Parker and Sir Sam. Pym;
and on 7 Nov. following removed to the St. Vin-
cent 120, bearing then the broad pendant of Sir
Fras. Augustus Collier, and now the flag of Sir
Chas. Ogle, under whom he is officiating as Signal-
Lieutenant.
Lieut. Collier married, 18 Feb. 1846, Stepney,
youngest daughter of the late Joseph Gulston, Esq.,
of Derwydd, co. Caermarthen, and of Grosvenor-
square. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
COLLIER. (flTaptain, 1822. f-p., 13; h-p., 34.)
Henry Theodosius Browne Collier is third
son of the late Vice- Admiral Sir Geo. Collier, K.T. ;
and brother of Kear-Admiral Sir Fras, Augustus
Collier, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 April, 1800, as a
Vol., on board the Brilliant 28, Capt. Hon. Chas.
Paget, and in Oct. following accompanied the arma-
ment sent against Ferrol under the orders of Sir
John Borlase Warren. From May, 1801, to May,
1806, he next served, generally vrith Capt. Paget,
although at times under Capts. Geo. Mundy and
Edw. Dumford King, in the Hydha 38, Esdymion
44, and Egyptienne 50 ; and, being almost invaria-
bly employed during that period on the Home
and Mediterranean stations, was in attendance on
Geo. III. at Weymouth, and assisted, as Midship-
man, at the capture of La Sacchante and LaCohmbe
corvettes of 18 and 16 guns, IJAdour store-ship, and
Le General Moreau, privateer, of 16 guns. After
further serving at the passage of the Dardanells
on board the Canopos 80, flag-ship of Sir Thos.
Louis, he obtained, 3 June, 1807, a Lieutenancy in
the Banterer 22, Capt. Alex. Sheppard, part of the
force employed in the ensuing expedition against
Copenhagen. Removing, 5 Nov. in the same year,
to the Amelia 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, Mr.
Collier witnessed, in the course of 1809, the Hon.
Robt. Stopford's destruction of three French fri-
gates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, and
the subsequent capture of La Mouclie, corvette, of
16, and Z.a Rejouie, national brig, of 8 guns ; after
which he joined, 2 Feb. 1811, the Leda 36, Capt.
Geo. Sayer ; and was First of that ship at the re-
duction of Java. Until April, 1812, he next served
on board the Minden 74, Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare,
and Barracoota sloop, Capt. Norton. He was
then appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Madras
Hospital; and, on 30 June, 1812, obtained the act-
ing command of the Hespek sloop, from which he
invalided a short time previously to his official pro-
motion, which took place 24 Oct. in the same year.
He afterwards commanded, for a few months in
1814-15, the Crocds, at the Nore ; and was further
appointed— 26 March, 1819, to the Falmocth 20,
on the Cork station, which vessel he left, in conse-
COLLINS.
217
quence of ill health, 9 Sept. 1820— and, 21 May,
1822, to the EspiAglb 18, employed at the Cape of
Good Hope. Capt. CoUier, who had been on half-
pay since his attainment of Post-rank, 26 Dec. 1822,
accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
He married, 26 June, 1816, Harriet, daughter of
Roht. Nicholas, Esq., of Ashton Keynes, co. Wilts,
and first-cousin, maternally, of the present Sir Robt.
Russell Frankland, Bart., as also of Rear-Admiral
Wm. Bowles, and of Capts. E. A. and C. C. Frank-
land, R.N. His son, George Baring Browne, is a
Lieutenant R.N. Agents— Messrs. StilWeU.
COLLINS. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 16;
H-p., 37.)
Edward Coluns entered the Navy, 16 March,
1794, as Midshipman, on board the Ganges 74,
Capts. Wm. Truscott, Lancelot Skynner, Eras. La-
forey, and Robt. M'Douall ; under the first of whom
he was wounded, while assisting at the capture, 30
Oct. following, of the French 24-gUn ship Le Jaco-
bin. On his return from the West Indies in May,
1797, where he had served on shore at the reduc-
tion of Ste. Lucie, he cruized for three years on the
Home station in the Revoddtionnaikb 38, Capts.
Fras. Cole and Thos. Twysden. He then, for a few
months, joined, as a Supernumerary, the Cambridge
80, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Thos. Pasley ; and
after an equally brief servitude in the Agincodbt
64, bearing the flag at Newfoundland of Sir Chas.
Morioe Pole, was confirmed a Lieutenant, 1 Deo.
1800, in the Concorde 36, Capt. Robt. Barton.
Having been paid off early in 1802, Mr. Collins was
next appointed, 3 May, 1803, to the Phcenix 36,
Capt. Thos. Baker, on the coast of Spain ; subse-
quently to which he served, from 20 Feb. 1805 to
16 May, 1806, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos.
Graves, in the Foudrovant 80. He again offi-
ciated in a similar capacity under Sir Edw. BuUer,
in the Resolue, at Portsmouth, from 30 Nov. 1809,
to 1 Nov. 1813 ; and assuming, in Jan. 1814, the like
post on board the Porcupine 22, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, took a
conspicuous part in the various operations then in
progress on the north coast of Spain.* He further
held the acting command in the Gironde, for a short
time, of the Martial sloop ; and was officially pro-
moted to the rank he now holds 15 June 1814.
Since that period Commander Collins has been on
half-pay.
COLLINS. (Lieut., 1828. F-p., 33 j h-p., 2.)
Francis Collins was born, 5 Aug. 1795, in co.
Dublin.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 Jan. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Furieuse 36, Capt. Wm.
Mounsey, in which ship he shortly afterwards sailed
with convoy for the Mediterranean ; where, besides
assisting at the blockade of Toulon and the conquest
of the island of Ponza, he served in the boats at the
capture, 4 Oct. 1813, with a loss to the British of 12
men killed and wounded, of a large convoy, pro-
tected by the galling fire of two gun-vessels and
several batteries in the harbour of Marinelo ; and
on that occasion was awarded the rating of Mid-
shipman, and placed in charge of one of the prizes.
He also, we believe, witnessed the capture of Via
Reggio, and the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn ;
was at the occupation of Santa Maria, and of the
enemy's other Ibrts in the Gulf of Spezia; and as-
sisted at the reduction of Genoa and its dependen-
cies in March and April, 1814. When afterwards
in America, Mr. Collins successively cruized in Pe-
nobscot Bay with a tender under his orders, but,
falling ultimately into the hands of the enemy, was
detained, a prisoner eti paroh^ until the termination
of hostilities. He then rejoined the Fuhiedse, and,
returning home, was paid off in June, 1815. We
next find him serving, as Midshipman and Master's
Mate, on board the Spencer 74, Cambrian 40, Do-
TEREL 16, and Hope 10, and, having passed his ex-
amination 4 Slarch, 1818, employed, from 3 Oct. in
* Vide Gaz. 1814, pp. 506, 618.
that year until 7 Nov. 1823, in the Severn 40, and Ra-
MILLIES 74, on the Home station. Until promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, 22 Sept. 1828, he appears
to have been further employed as Mate, chiefly
in the Mediterranean, of the Weasel 18, Britan-
iJiiA 120, RaSilwes again, and Rattlesnake and
AiiACKiTv sloops. After an additional servitnde in
the Pelican 18, and Hyperion Coast Blockade
ship, Mr. Collins obtained, 4 April, 1831, his present
appointment in the Coast Guard.
He married, 17 Nov. 1834, Hannah, second
daughter of Henry Wm. Baylee, Esq., of Lame,
CO. Antrim, and has issue three sons and as many
daughters.
COLLINS, (LiEDT., 1813. F-P., 21 ; ft-P., 20.)
Henry Collins, born 3 April, 1792, is son of the
late Geo. Collins, Esq., Clerk of the Cheque at
Priddy Hard Magazine, near Gosport, Hants, a de-
scendant of Capt. Greenville Colhns, R.N., Hydro-
grapher to William IH.
'Ihjs officer entered the Nftvy, 4 March, 1806, as
Third-cl. Boy, on board the Qeebec 32, Capt. Geo.
M'liinley, with whom, after three months of active
servitude on the North Sea station, he removed to
the Lively 38 ; and, until wrecked in Aug. 1810,
participated, as Midshipman, in various boat and
other operations on the river Tagus, was much em-
ployed in surveying, and beheld the fall of Vigo.
Joining, in Nov. 1810, as Master's Mate, the Unite
36, Capts. Patrick (jampbell and Edwin Henry
Chamberlayne, he assisted, near Elba, at the cap-
ture, 31 March, 1811, of the 20-gun store-ship Dro-
madaire ; and, on 1 May following, took part in a
very gallant action of an hour and a half in Sagone
Bay, where the Unite, in conjunction with the Po-
MONE 38, and Scodt 18, effectually destroyed the
two armed store-ships Giraffe and Nourrice, each
mounting from 20 to 30 guns, and protected by a
5-gun battery, a martello tower, and a body of about
200 regular troops. On 4 July in the same year
Mr. Collins further contributed, in the boats, under
Lieut. Joseph Wm. Crabb, to the capture, beneath
a shower of grape from a battery at Port Hercules
on the Roman coast, of the armed and vigorously-
defended brig St. ^ranpois de PauU ; ''' and in the
course of the same day he assisted Capt. A. W. J.
Clifford, of the Cephalus, in very spiritedly cutting
out three merchant-vessels from between Civita
Vecchia and the mouth of the Tiber. We soon
afterwards find him transferred in succession to the
San Josef 110, and Vico 74, flag-ships of Sir Chas.
Cotton and Rear-Admiral Jas. NicoU Morris in the
Channel and Baltic. For his conduct on the latter
station, particularly in placing pilots on board three
Russian men-of-war during a hard gale, and his ex-
ertions as Acting-Lieutenant in the Nord Adler,
flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Crown, Commander-in-
Chief of a division of his Imperial Majesty's fleet,
then on its passage to England, to which he had
been lent for the purpose of interpreting the signals
of a British squadron also in company, Mr. Collins,
who conveyed the despatches to the Admiralty an-
nouncing their arrival in port, was confirmed in his
new rank by commission dated 1 Jan. 1813. On
next joining, 28 June folloT\'ing, the Forth 40,
Capt. SirWm. Bolton, in which frigate he remained
until paid off 2 Sept. 1815, the subject of this sketch
arduously served in the Scheldt ; accompanied Sir
Edw. Codrington to Bermuda, and Hon. Henry
Hotham to New London ; and, while at the blockade
of New York, successfully commanded the boats at
the taking of several letters-of-marque, and also
assisted at the hard-wrought capture, 19 Sept. 1814,
of the Regent privateer brig, of 5 guns and 35 men.
From Sept. 1818, to March, 1819, and from Feb.
1826, to Nov. 1828, he was next very usefully em-
ployed in the Coast Blockade as a Supernumerary
Lieutenant of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch,
and Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. For
some time prior to Oct. 1830, he held a command in
the Coast Guard, and, on the occasion of one or two
• Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1664.
2 F
218
COLLINS-COLLINSON— COLLIS-COLMAN.
wrecks, distinguished himself by his hazardous in-
trepidity. Since 29 July, 1840, he has again been
in the latter service, and now commands the Jarrow
station, the post of honour on the Tyne.
Lieut. Collins, the originator of several useful in-
ventions, received a piece of plate for saving a valu-
ably laden brig while in command of a Liverpool
steam-vessel. He is Senior Lieutenant of 1813. _ In
the early part of the peace, he married Georgina,
daughter of John Foster, Esq., of Royston Chapel,
Lenham, co. Kent, and has, with three daughters,
three sons, of whom the eldest, Henry Foster, Se-
cond-Master R,N,, is now serving in the Esebps
discovery-ship, Capt. Sir John Franklin.
COLLINS. (Retired Commandbb, 1843. f-p.,
19; H-p., 34.)
"WiliiiAM Coi,i.iNS, bom in April, 1782, lost his
grandfather and brother both in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1794, as a
Volunteer, on board the Ariadne 20, Capts. Robt.
Gambier Middleton, Robt. Plampin, H. I5all, Jas.
Bradby, and Patrick Campbell ; under whose suc-
cessive command he continued to serve, latterly as
Midshipman, imtil paid ofiT in June, 1802. . During
that period he witnessed one of Hotham's actions
in 1795 — was at the landing, in 1796, of the troops
at Ste. Lucie — and aided in the capture of several
privateers and other vessels. While afterwards
serving, from June, 1803, to Nov. 1804, on board
the BLOODHO0ND 10, Lieut.-Commander Henry
Richardson, he assisted, in 1804, at the bombard-
ment of Havre de Grace, and was repeatedly in
conflict with the Boulogne flotilla. Having passed
his examination 4 Sept. 1805, Mr. Collins was pro-
moted, on leaving the Bloodhound, to an Acting-
Sub-Lieutenancy in the Earnest gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander Rich. Templar, and, in consideration of
his subsequent services off Ostend, and in the rivers
Elbe and Weser, was made a full Lieutenant 12
June, 1807, and appointed, a few days afterwards,
to the Royalist 18, Capt. John Maxwell ; during
his two years' servitude in which vessel he contri-
buted to the capture, in the Downs, of one Danish
and two French privateers. Assuming command,
10 May, 1809, of the Mart hired cutter, of 8 guns,
he made several prizes, beat off on one occasion two
of the enemy's privateers, and for the general im-
portance of his services, especially for his prompti-
tude in communicating to Admiral Young the intel-
ligence of the French fleet having descended the
Scheldt as far as Flushing, received the thanks of
that gallant officer in the presence of the assembled
Captains of the squadron. The Mary having been
placed out of commission 24 April, 1812, Mr. Collins
was next, as First-Lieutenant, appointed, 20 Sept.
1813, to the Daphne 20, Capt. Jas. Green, in which
he beheld the evacuation of Danzig. He was finally
paid off 14 Sept. 1815 ; and awarded his present
rank 6 April, 1843.
In 1801 and 1804, Commander Collins, then in the
Ariadne and Bloodhound, was twice compelled
to enter the Hospital at North Yarmouth, in conse-
quence of severe injuries received in the execution
of his duty. He married, 20 June, 1807, Mrs.
Eleanor Skee, daughter of Mr. Thomas Sherrid,
Pilot, of North Yarmouth.
COLLINSON, C.B. (Captain, 1842.)
Richard Colunson entered the Navy 2 Dec.
1823 ; passed his examination in 1831 ; obtained bis
first commission 23 March, 1835 ; was appointed, 28
Sept. following, to the Sulphur surveying-vessel,
Capts. Fred. Wm. Beechey and Edw. Belcher, and,
16 June, 1838, to the President 52, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, both in South
America ; and, on 24 Jan. 1840, joined the Welles-
ley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, bearing the broad
pendant, subsequently, of Sir Jas. John Gordon
Bremer, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies.
During the operations against Canton, in March,
1841, he was officially praised for his very skilful
and highly-meritorious exertions in piloting the
MoDESTE 18, Capt. Harry Eyres, to an excellent and
effective position without 600 yards of the last fort
protecting the approaches to the city ; and he ob-
tained every favourable consideration, also, for his
useful eflrorts in next sounding, conjointly with
Lieut. Henry Kellett and Mr. Rich. Browne, Master
of the Calliope, and conducting several men-of-
war safely to an anchorage off Canton itself.* At
the capture, in May following, of the whole line of
defences, extending about two miles from the British
factory, Mr. Collinson was further active in getting
the ships into their respective positions.f He like-
wise, on 26 Aug., having assumed command of the
Bentinck brig, of 10 guns, evinced his skiU in
sounding the Channel a/-head of the station occu-
pied by the Wellesley in the attack on the island
of Golongsoo, and in then gallantly anchoring within
the entrance of the Bay.} In Oct. of the same year
we find Mr. Collinson assisting at the recapture of
Chusan and the storming of the fortified heights
and citadel of Chinghae.§ The Admiralty having
promoted him, 18 June, 1841, to the rank of Com-
mander, and appointed him, 19 Feb. 1842, to the Plo-
ver surveying-vessel, he subsequently, on the night
preceding the capture of Chapoo, 18 May ensuing-
prior, however, to his actual removal to the Plover
—sounded, thoroughly and eflectively, between the
anchorage of the ships and the shore ; || and, co-
operating again with Commander Kellett, was en-
gaged, during the months of June and July, in sm'-
veying the channel before Woosung preparatory to
the attack on its batteries— also in the hostilities
against Shanghae — and in commendably overcoming
all the difficulties in the navigation of the Yang-tse-
Kiang during the advance of the British on the city
of Chin-Kiang-Foo.Tf Capt. Collinson, who con-
tinued in the Plovek until 1846, was promoted for
his services to Post-rank 23 Dec. 1842,»* and nomi-
nated a C.B. the day following.
COLLIS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 28.)
Samuel Collis entered the Navy, 30 April, 1805,
as Midshipman, on board the Warrior 74, Capts.
Sam. Hood Linzee, Michael Seymour, and John
Wm. Spranger, in which ship he proceeded to the
Mediterranean, and there joined successively, in
Aug. 1809, and March, 1811, the Unite 36, and Le-
viathan 74, both commanded by Capt. Patrick
Campbell. In the boats of the two latter ships, par-
ticularly of the Leviathan, he appears to have
taken part, under the orders of Lieut. Alex. Dobbs,
in a variety of dashing services, and to have assisted
at the capture of many of the enemy's vessels, fre-
quently in the teeth of a destructive opposition.
He next, in Oct. 1813, removed to the Urgent 12,
Capt. Gamaliel Fitzmaurice, on the Home station ;
and, having passed his examination, 6 April, 1814,
was promoted, 10 Feb. 1815, to the rank of Lieute-
nant. On the paying-off of the Urgent, in Sept.
1815, Mr. Collis became attached to the Cyrus 20,
Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, under whom he
served, off the coast of Ireland, until again placed
out of commission in Sept. 1818. Since that period
he has been on half-pay.
COLMAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
George Colman entered the Navy, 1 June, 1805,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cruizer 18, Capt.
John Hancock, stationed in the North Sea, where
he assisted at the capture, 13 Nov. following, of Le
Vengeur privateer, of 14 guns. In Feb. 1806, he
removed, as Midshipman, to the Ruby 64, Capts.
Hardy and John Draper, employed in the Channel;
and while afterwards serving, from June, 1807, to
Feb. 1812, in the Racehorse 18, and Cornwallis,
alias Akbar, 50, Capts. Wra. Fisher and Henry
Drury, aided in taking UAmiral Ganteaume pri-
vateer, of 4 guns, and, as we are informed, co-
operated, in the capacity of Master's Mate, at the
* Vide Gaz. 1S41, pp. 1303-5. + F. Gaz. 1841, p. 2505.
J V. Gaz. 184S, p. 82. } V. Gai. 1841, pp. 394, S96.
ll V. Gaz. 1841, P.3G92.
If V. Gaz. 1842, pp. 3383, 339", 3402.
•• V. Gaz. 1842, p, 3S2I.
COLQUHOUN— COLQUITT— COLSTON— COLTHURST.
219
reduction of the Isles of France and Java. Having
returned home on board the Dobis 36, Capt. Wm.
Jones Lye, we find Mr. Colman joining, for a few
months in 1813, the Cekes 32, flag-ship at Chatham
of Rear- Admiral Thos. Surridge; after which he
served, on the coasts of Spain and America, in the
DiCTATOE troop-ship, Capt. Hon. Geo. Alfred Crof-
ton, Sevekn 40, Capt. Joseph Nourse, Ruby 64,
Commodore A. F. Evans, Moegiana sloop, Capt.
David Scott, Dictator again, and Tonsant 80,
flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. During his
latter attachment to the Dictator, Mr. Colman,
who had previously acted as Lieutenant of the
Moegiana, took part in the land-hostilities against
"Washington and Baltimore, as well as in those
against New Orleans, where he was wounded.
Since the date of his official promotion, 21 Feb.
1815, the subject of this sketch has — with the ex-
ception of a brief period, in 1839-40, when he held
an appointment in the Coast Guard — been unem-
ployed. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
COLQUHOUN. (LiEDTENANT, 1815. F-p., 10 ;
H-p,, 31,)
Humphry CoLguHous was bom in 1793.
This ojfficer entered the NaVy, in Nov. 1806, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Zealand 64, Capts.
Alex. Ball and Robt. Devereux Fancourt, guard-ship
at the Nore ; and, joining next the Foxhound 18,
Capts. Pitt Burnaby Greene and Jas. Mackenzie,
continued to be employed in that vessel, on the
Home station, until detached in command of a
prize early in 1809. After an intermediate servi-
tude, as Supernumerary-Midshipman, on board the
Salvador del Mundo guard-ship at Plymouth, he
became attached, in Sept. following, to theDfesiBEE
36, Capt. Arth. Farquhar, stationed in the North
Sea, where he appears to have taken part in much
active boat-service, including numerous cutting-out
affairs, and the capture of many of the enemy's
vessels. Having been again placed in charge of a
prize, Mr. Colquhoun unfortunately, on 21 Dec.
1810, fell into the hands of the enemy, and, being
shortly afterwards wrecked off an island on the
coast of Holland, — where he was washed on shore,
bruised, frost-bitten, and in a state of insensibility,
■ — was sent to Valenciennes, and ultimately to Se-
dan. After several thwarted attempts, he at length,
in Feb. 1813, contrived to effect his escape, and,
arriving at Portsmouth, rejoined the Desie^e, still
commanded by Capt. Farquhar, with whom he sub-
sequently sailed with convoy for Quebec in the
Liverpool 40. He obtained his commission 20
March, 1815 ; and was afterwards employed on
Lakes Ontario and Huron, under Sir Edw. W. C. R.
Owen, until his return home towards the close of
1816. Since that period he has not been afloat.
Lieut. Colquhoun — who married, first, 20 Aug.
1834, and by that marriage has issue a son and
daughter— espoused,secondly, in 1839, Aim, daughter
of the late Rev. T. Brown, of Innerskip. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
COLQUITT. (Rear-Admikal, 1846.- f-p., 21 ;
H-p., 43.)
Samuel Mahotin Colquitt entered the Navy, 10
Dec. 1783, as Captain's Servant, on board the QbeSn
90, Capt. John Wainwright, flag-ship at Portsmouth
of Rear-Admiral Alex. Arthur Hood (afterwards
Lord Bridport) ; subsequently to which he cruized,
until Dec. 1789, latterly as Midshipman, in the
Perseus 20, Capt. Geo. Palmer, and Thisee frigate,
Capt. Isaac Coflin, on the Irish, Channel, and Ha-
lifax stations. In Sept. 1793 he rejoined Capt. Coffin
in the MjElampus 36); aiid, serving next, from March,
1794, to Oct. 1795, in the Abethusa of 44, and In-
DErATiGABLE of 46 guuS, both commanded by Sir
Edw. Pellew, shared, 23 April, 1794, in the capture,
by the Arethusa and Flora 36, after a resolute
battle of three hours, and a loss to the former ship
of 3 inen killed and 5 wounded, of the French ves-
sels Le Bahet of 22, and Im Pomane of 44 guns.
On 22 Feb. 1796, Mr. Colquitt, who had previously
held for upwards of two months an acting order as
Lieutenant on board the Revolutionnaire 44,
Capt. Fras. Cole, was officially promoted into the
Rattler 16, Capt. John Coohet. He was subse-
quently appointed, 18 March, 1796, to the London
98, flag-ship off' Cadiz of Sir John Colpoys — and, 12
June, 1798, and 1 April, 1801, as First-Lieutenant,
to the Thalia 36, Capts. Lord Henry Paulet and
Josiah Nisbet, and Hydra 38, Capt. Hon. Chas.
Paget, employed respectively in the Mediterranean
and off the coast of Spain. Of the Thalia he ap-
pears to have been for some time Acting-Captain.
Having obtained his second promotal commission
29 April, 1802, we next find Capt. Colquitt com-
manding the Princess floating battery, off Lyming-
ton and Liverpool, from 18 June, 1803, until 16
June, 1809 ; and then the Persian 18, on the West
India and Mediterranean stations. He obtained his
Post commission 21 Oct. 1810 j and the rank he now
holds 1 Oct. 1846.
The Rear-Admiral's first wife having died 3 Nov.
1823, he married, secondly, 27 Dec. 1843, Frances
Rachael, daughter of the late Rev. Jas. Wiggett,
Rector of Crudwell, "Wilts.
COLSTON. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Samuel Colston was born 21 Oct. 1795.
This officer entered the Navy 24 June, 1810 ; and,
while attached, in 1811-12, as a Volunteer, to the
Imperieuse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, partook
of a variety of active operations on the coast of
Italy, including the capture and destruction of a
battery and convoy at Pisciota, and (with a loss to
the British of 5 men killed and 11 wounded) of a
tower, two batteries, 10 gun-boats, and 22 richly-
laden feluccas, defended, in the harbour of Pali-
nuro, by a force of 700 troops and armed peasantry.
During a subsequent servitude in the Caledonia
120, BoYNE 98, and Queen Charlotte 100, all flag-
ships of Lord Exmouth, he witnessed the partial
skirmish with the French fleet off" Toulon, 5 Nov.
1813 — officiated as Clerk to his Lordship's Secre-
tary during the negotiations with the Barbary
Powers for the abolition of Christian slavery — and
was present, 27 Aug. 1816, at the bombardment of
Algiers, where he was wounded by a splinter in the
face and ankle, and by a musket-hall in the thigh.
Having been allowed by special order, when in the
"West Indies, in 1825, to pass his examination for
Lieutenant, Mr. Colston was, on 3 Oct. in that year,
advanced to the rank he now holds, and appointed,
31 Oct. 1828, to his present command in the Coast
Gdard. Among various seizures since effected by
Lieut. Colston, we may notice the capture, 21 Oct.
1832, of a noted French smuggler, a sloop of 35
tons, with a cargo of tobacco on board.
He married 1 Sept. 1825, and has issue seven
children. Agent — J. Hinxman.
COLTHURST. (Retired Commander, 1841.
F-p., 23 ; H-p., 28.)
Nicholas Colthuest entered the Navy, in 1796,
as L. M., on board the Diana 38, Capt. Jonathan
Faulknor, and until 1802 served, partly as Midship-
man, in the same ship, the Mars 74, bearing the
flag of Admiral Berkeley, and Formidable 98,
Capt. Rich. Grindall, on the Irish and Channel sta-
tions. He then accompanied the latter officer into
the Prince 98 ; went, in 1804, to Barbadoes, as Ad-
miralty-Midshipman of the Renaed sloop, Hon.
Capt. Cathcart ; took part, on rejoining the Prince,
in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805; and, on 19
Sept. 1806, was promoted, from the Ocean 98, flag-
ship of Lord Collingwood off Cadiz, to a Lieute-
nancy in the Diamond 38, Capt. Geo. Argles, em-
ployed, successively, off the coasts of France, Africa,
and South America. "Dntil the conclusion of the
war in 1815, Mr. Colthurst's next Appointments were
—6 Deo. 1809, to the Druid 32, Capt. Sir "Wm.
Bolton, cruizing first on the Irish coast j and then
off Cadiz— 24 Jan. 1812, to the Sceptre 74, Capt.
Thos. Harvey, on the Halifax station — and, soon
afterwards, as Senlor-Lieuteflant, to the gan-boat
2 F 2
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COLVILLE-COMBAULD— COMBE— COMBER— COMPTON.
service on the Canadian Lakes. He subsequently
obtained command, 10 Oct. 1822, 25 Feb. 1823, and
21 March, 1826, of the To-vtnsend, Vigilant, and
Asp cutters ; and assumed his present rank 29 Jan.
1841.
COLVILLE, LoBD. (Admikal of the White,
1841. F-P., 26; H-P., 46.)
The Eight Honoukable John Lord Colville,
born in 1768, is son of the late Lord Colville, an
officer in the army, by Miss Webber ; brother of
Gen. Sir Chas. ColviUe, G.C.B., G.C.H., K.T.S.,
who commanded at the capture of Cambray, in
1815, and died 27 March, 1843; and uncle of the
Viscountess Newry and Morne. He succeeded his
father, as 10th Baron, 8 March, 1811.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Dec. 1775, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Isis 50, in which
ship, the Stirling Castle 64, and Lennox 50, he
served, under Capts. Sir Chas. Douglas and Ben-
nett, until appointed, in June, 1781, Midshipman of
the Conqueror 74, Capt. Geo. Balfour, one of Sir
Geo. Rodney's fleet in his victory over the Count
de Grasse, 12 April, 1782. Returning home from
the West Indies in 1783, Mr. Colville does not ap-
pear to have been again afloat, until 29 July, 1793,
when he was promoted into the Santa Makga-
RETTA 36, Capt. Eliab Harvey, under whom we find
him assisting, as First-Lieutenant, at the capture,
in 1794, of the French West India islands, and the
apparent destruction, near the Penmarcks, of the
French 36-gun frigate Vohntaire, and corvettes
JEspion ttnd Alert. After additionally serving on
board the Glory, and Impregnable 98's, both
fiag-sbips in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Bour-
master, he obtained command, 28 Aug. 1795, of the
Star sloop, employed chiefly on the Home station,
where he took a privateer, Le Coup d^^ssai, of 2
guns and 28 men"; andj on 6 Dec. 1796^ was ad-
vanced to Post-rank. His next appointments were
— 16 March, 1799, to the Penelope 36, in which he
served, as Senior Offlder, at the ensuing blockade of
Havre — 15 Aug. 1800, to the Ambuscade 36, which
frigate was sent soon afterwards with convoy to the
West Indies — in 1803, to the command of the SeS.
Fencibles on the coast of Cuinberland — 13 Oct.
1804, to the RoMNEY 50j which ship, owing to the
ignorance of her pilots, was wrecked in the Texel,
19 Nov. following — in 1805, again to the Sea Fen-
cibles, at 'Margate — 23 March, 1807, to the Her-
CULE 74, in which ship he attended the expedition
against Copenhagen, and in 1808 accompanied home
from Lisbon the surrendered Russian fleet — and, 11
Sept. 1811, after three years of half-pay, to the
Queen 74. Previously to pa-ying off the latter ship,
21 Sept. 1814, Lord Colville, after serving for some
time on the Home station; proceeded to the West
Indies, whence he escorted to England a fleet of
370 sail of merchantman, the last convoy of the
war. He attained the rank of Rear-Admiral 12
Aug. 1819 ; was Comihander-in-Chief on the Cork
station, with his flag in the Semiramis frigate, from
10 Nov. 1821 until April, 1825 ; became a Vice- Ad-
miral 22 July, 1830 ; and was created a full Admiral
23 Nov. 1841. He is at present on half-pay.
His Lordship, who was elected, in 1818, one of the
representative Peers of Scotland, now holds the ap-
pointment of extra-Lord in Waiting on H.R.H.
Prince Albert. He married, 14 Oct. 1790, Eliza-
beth, daughter of Fras. Ford, Esq., and aunt of the
present Sir Fras. Ford, Bart. That lady dying
19 Aug. 1819, he espoused, secondly, 15 Oct. 1841,
Hon. Anne Law, siStet of the Earl of EUenborough,
late First Lord of the Admiralty, and sister-in-law
of Capt. Lord Colchestel', R.N.
COMBAULD. (LiEDTi; iS27L f'P., 27 ; h-p., 13.)
Richard Combauld wafi born 11 June, 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, I May, 1807, as
A. B., on board the Rapoba 12, Lieut.-Commander
Colin Campbell ; and on removing, as Midshipman,
to the Dbcouverte 12, similarly commanded, saw
much active boat-service, and witnessed the sur-
render of the city of St. Domingo, 6 July, 1809.
He continued, until Oct. 1814, to serve on the Ja-
maica station, a great part of the time as Master's
Mate— in the Sappho 18, Garland 26, and Poly-
phemus 64, commanded, the three, by Capt. Thos.
Graves— Shark sloop, Polyphemus again, Rein-
deer 18, and Rhodian 14, all under the orders of
Capt. John Geo. Boss, who employed him on se-
veral cutting-out expeditions— Shark, Capt. John
Gore— and Forrester 18, Capt. Alex. Kennedy.
He then came home in the Akgo 44, Capt. Wm.
Fothergill ; joined, in succession, the Contest 14,
and Childeks 18, both commanded by Capt. Jas.
Rattray ; passed his examination 5 July, 1815 ; and
—after a further lapse of nearly 12 years, during
which period he had been for some time in Haslar
Hospital, and had served, chiefly on the Home sta-
tion, on board the Pactolus 38, Capt. Wm. Hugh
Dobbie, Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir
Geo. Campbell, Severn, and Bamillies, Coast
Blockade ships, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, Ganges 74,
Capt. Edw. Brace, and Victory, flag-ship of Sir
Geo. Martin— was at length promoted to his present
rank 28 April, 1827. In Nov. following he was re-
appointed to the Coast Blockade, as a Supernume-
rary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm.
Jas. Mingaye, but left that service from ill health
in Sept. 1828 ; and, on 22 June, 1839, obtained com-
mand of a station in the Coast Guard. He has been
on half-pay since 1845.
COMBE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Matthew Combe entered the Navy 30 June,
1808 ; passed his examination in 1814 ; obtained his
commission 27 May, 1825 ; and, on 9 Jan. 1838, ob-
tained bis present appointment in the Coast Guard.
COMBER. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Henry Wandesford Comber served in China, as
Midshipman of the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias,
from 1838 until 1842, and during that period was
etnployed in the boats at the first capture of Can-
ton."' He next joined, in succession, the Dido 18,
Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, and Winchester 50,
bearing the flag at the Cape of Good Hope of Hon.
JoSceline Percy ; while in the former of which ships
his name appeared in the Gazette in connexion with
two expeditions against the pirates in the island of
Borneo, where he served each time in the boats,
latterly in command of one. He passed his exa-
mination 14 June, 1844; and, when afterwards Mate
of the Pagoda hired barque, had charge of a watch
under very trying circumstances amongst the ice
in the Antarctic regions. Since his promotion to
the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 26 June,
1846, Mr. Comber has been on half-pay.
COMPTON; (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Charles Talbot Compton entered the Navy 4
Sept. 1834; pasSed his examination 12 Dec. 1840;
and, after being einployed for some time in the East
Indies, as Mate of the North Star 26, Capt. Sir
Jas. Everard Home, was promoted, 10 June, 1844,
to the rank of Lieiitehant, and appointed, the next
day, to the Agincourt 72, flag-Ship on the same
station of (Sir Thos. John Cochrane, with whom he
is still serving.
COMPTON. (HeTired Captain, 1^40. F-p.,13i
H-P., 45.)
Henby Compton entered the Navy, 26 Jap. 1789,
as A.B., on board the Cumberland 74, Capt. John
Macbride, lying at Plymouth; and. Until Jan.
1796, afterwards served, as Midshipman and Mas=
ter's Mate, in the Actjeon brig, Capt. Joseph Haw
well. Kite, Lieut.-Commander Win. Lainb, Romu-
lus 36, Capts. John Sutton and Geo. Hope, Melpo-
mene 44, Capt. Wm. Paterson, Minotaur 74, flag-
ship of Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, Blonde 38, Capt.
Wm. Pierrepont, and Britannia lOO, and Victory
* Vide Ga?.. 1841, p. 1505.
COMPTON - CONANT— CONGDON.
221
100, flag-ships of Vice-Admiral Hotham and Sir
John Jervis, on the West India and Home stations,
as also in the Mediterranean, where, in the Romu-
lus, he beheld the occupation of Toulon in Aug.
1794. Being confirmed, 11 March, 1796, to a Lieu-
tenancy in the Agamemnon 64, Capt. Horatio Nel-
son, he continued to be employed with that hero in
the Captain 74, Theseus 74, Seahokse 38, Van-
guard 74, and Foodkoyant 80, until 1799; and
was consequently present, during that period, — lat-
terly as First-Lieutenant,— at the siege of Porto
Ferrajo, the cutting out of four French vessels from
under a heavy flre at Loano, the battle oS Cape St.
Vincent, the attack on Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, the
victory of the Nile, and throughout the various
operations in the Bay of Naples which led to the
restoration of the King of the Two Sicilies. Having
been confirmed in the command, 3 Sept. 1799, of
the Perseus bomb, he further served at the
blocliiades of Alexandria and Malta, and in many
active operations on the coast of Italy, including
the reduction of Civita Vecchia. Capt. Compton,
who has not been afloat since the peace of Amiens,
accepted his present rank 10 Sept. 1840.
COMPTON. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
John Compton entered the Navy 31 Oct. 1823 ;
passed his examination in 1830 ; obtained his com-
mission 28 June, 1838 ; and was next successively
appointed — 13 July, 1839, to the Stag 46, bearing
the broad pendant of Commodore Thos. Ball Suh-
van — 11 Jan. and 19 Oct. 1840, to the Grecian 16,
Capt. Wm. Smith, and CuraqoA 24, Capt. J^nkin
Jones— and, 26 July, 1841, to the RosS 18, Capts.
Peter Christie and Thos. Baillie, all on the South
American station. From 14 May, 1844, until 1845,
he further served in the S*. Vincent 120, flag-ship
at Portsmouth of Sir Chas. Rowley and Sir Chas.
Ogle, part of an experimental squadron lately
under the orders of Rear-Admirals Hyde Parker
and Sir Sam. Pym. He is now on half-pay.
COMPTON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 20 ; h-p., 24.)
Richard CoMpton Was born, 30 Dec. 1784, at
Paington, co. Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Oct. 1803, as a
Supernumerary, on board the Zealand 64, guard-
ship at the Nore ; and on joining, 11 Nov. following,
the Champion 24, Capts. Robt. Howe Bromley and
Kenneth Mackenzie, appears, for four consecutive
years, to have been in frequent and very hazardous
conflict with the enemy's flotilla and batteries be-
tween Ostend and Havre. During that period he
also made a short trip to America. With Capts.
Bromley, Chas. Worsley Boys, and others, Mr.
Compton afterwards served on laoard the Solebay
32, and StaTira 38 ; and in the latter ship he was
present at the forcing, in Aug. 1809, of the passage
between the batteries of Flushing and Cadsand,
and the reduction, in Feb. 1810, of Guadeloupe.
After an additional servitude of five years, repeat-
edly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Blonde 38, Capt.
Thos. Huskisson, Macedonian 38, Capts. Lord
Wra. Fitilroy, Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, and John
Surman Carden, Conqoestador 74, Capt. Lord
Wm. Stuart, Mjeander 38, Capt. John Bastard,
and Aquieon 32, Capt. Thos. Burton, on the Lisbon,
Home, and West India stations, he was at length,
having passed his examination in 1811, conflrtned
in the rank he now holds by commission dated 13
Feb. 1815. Mr. Compton was subsequently ap-
>ointed, 7 Feb. 1827, First-Lieutenant of the Alert
8, Capts. Sttm. Bui-gess and John Coghlan Fitzge-
rald, under whom he continued successively em-
ployed until the summer of 1831, when a severe
attack of goiit cotapelled him to invalid. Since
then he has been on half-pay.
He is inarried, and has issue seven children.
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COMPTON, LoHts. (Commander, 1842.)
The Right Honourable Lord William Comp-
"foN, born 21 Aug. 1818, is second son of the Mar-
quess of Northampton, by Margaret, eldest daughter
of the late Major-Gen. Douglas Maclean Clephanc,
of Forloisk, N.B. ; and brother-in-law of Lord Al-
ford, son of the Earl of Brownlow.
This officer entered the Navy 6 June, 1831 ; passed
his examination in 1837 ; was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant 16 Dec. 1839 ; joined, a few days af-
terwards, the Melville 72, flag-ship at the Cape of
Good Hope, and then in the East Indies, of Hon.
Geo. Elliot; and, on 13 Feb. 1841, was appointed
to the Wellesley 72, Commodore Sir Jas. John
Gordon Bremer. The great exertions of his Lord-
ship, when in command, jointly with Acting-Lieu-
tenants Geo. Campbell Fowler and John Astle, of
the barge and two cutters belonging to the Wel-
lesley, had the happy efi'ect, on the evening of 24
May following, of preserving that ship, then in the
Boca Tigris, from a most formidable and well-
planned attempt made on the part of the Chinese to
destroy her by means of a flotilla of nearly 20 fire-
vessels, the whole of which, although in many in-
stances chained in couples, and some even three to-
gether, vfere towed clear, without doing the slightest
injury.* Since the attainment of his present rank,
19 Aug. 1842, LordWm. Compton— who, on 10 Oct.
in 'the previous year, had further commanded the
Wellesley's boats at the reduction of Chinghaef —
has been unemployed.
He married, 21 Aug. 1844, Elizabeth, daughter of
Rear-Admiral Hon. Geo. Elliot, C.B. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
CONANT. (Retired Commander, 1831. F-p., 8 ;
H-p., 4.'>.)
John Edward Conant entered the Navy, 21
April, 1794, as Ordinary, on board the Suffolk 74,
Commodore Peter Rainier ; ttnd, on arriving in the
East Indies, became successively attached, as Mid-
shipman, to the Swift 16, and Centurion 50, both
commanded by Capt. John Sprat Rainier, in the
former of which he received a severe contusion at
the reduction of the Moluccas. Having returned
to England, he was next, in Aug. 1798, received on
board the Beaulieu 40, Capt. Fras. Fayerman,
with whom he served in the Mediterranean until
Nov. 1800. He then came home — ^joined the Royal
William, and Ville de Paris, flag-ships of
Sir Peter Parker and Earl St. Vincent — and on
his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 18 July,
ISOl, was appointed to the Pbince'ss Royal 98,
bearing the flag of Sir Erasmus Gower. Commander
Conant, who invalided in Jan. 1802, and has not
since been afloat, became a Retired Commander on
the Junior list 13 July, 1831, and on the Senior 10
March, 1846.
He is a retired police magistrate. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
CONGDON. (Lieut., 1816. f>P, 24; h-p., 16.)
William Congdon entered the Navy, 26 Nov.
1807, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 74, Capt.
Sam. Jackson, with whom he soon afterwards visited
the Mediterranean in pursuit of a French squadron
that had effected its escape from Rochefort. After
a further servitude of some months in the Baltic
under the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, the
subject of this notice — who had in the mean while
contributed, in the Mistletoe, tender to the Su-
perb, to the capture of one and the defeat of ano-
ther of the enemy's brigs— joined the Derwent 18,
Capt. Joseph Swabey Tetley, oflf Flashing. He
next, in the early part of 1810, proceeded to the
East Indies as Midshipman of the Chichester
store-ship, Master-Commander Win. JI'Kirby ; and
becoming attached, subsequently, to the Illustrious
74, Commodore Wm. Robt. Broughton, and C.4R0-
line 36, Capt. Christopher Cole, assisted at the
reduction of Java in Aug. 1811. From Ja*. 1812
to March, 1814, he appears to have ^gaiit served
with Mr. M'Kirby in the Abundance and Cormo-
rant store-ships, on the Mediterranean, Cspe of
Good Hope, and Lisbon stations ; aftfet which we
find him doing duty at Newfoundland, as Aeting-
• fide Gaj. 1S41, p. 2514. + F. Gai. 1S42, p. S<n.
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CON JUIT- CONN— CONNER.
Master, Master's Mate, and Admiralty- Midshipman,
in the Comet 20, Capt. Geo. Wm. Blarney, ajid Bel-
1.EEOPH0N 74, and Salisbdhi 50, flag-ships of Sir R.
G. Keats, until promoted, on his return home, 6
May, 1816. From 7 June, 1831, until 1845, he held
command of a station in the Goast Guard. He is
now unemployed.
Lieut. Congdon is married, tend has issue.
CONJUIT. (Lieut., 1821. f-P., 37 ; h-p., 1.)
John Conjuit, born 2 Nov. 1794, is descended,
we believe, from John Conjuit, Esq., Master of the
Mint at the commencement of the last century,
whose memory is perpetuated by a monument in
"Westminster Abbey.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Nov. 1809, as
MidshipftiaU, oh board the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas.
Rowley ; while under whose command he subse-
quently assisted at the defence of Cadiz, and at the
reduction of Fiumc, Ravenna, Trieste, and other
places on the coasts of Italy, Istria, and Dalmatia.
He was also frequently employed in batteries on
shore ; took part in many cutting-out expeditions ;
boarded and carried, on one occasion, with the
Eagle's cutter and only seven men under his
orders, and in face of a heavy fire from a brass gun,
swivels, and musketry, an enemy's gun-boat, Le
Courier^ with a crew of 25 men, commanded by a
Lieutenant of the French navy ; and was altogether
two-and-twenty times personally engaged with the
foe. During the six years immediately following
the peace Mr. Conjuit, who passed his examination
23 Nov. 1815, further served, chiefly in the West
Indies, on board the Liffey 50, Capt. John Han-
cock, "Warrior 74, Rear-Admiral John Erskine
Douglas, North Star 28, Capt. Thos. Coe, Royal-
ist 18, Capt. Houston Stewart, Salisbury 50, Capt.
John Mackellar, Bbiseis 10, Capt. Geo. Domett
(under whom, while acting as Lieutenant, he was
wrecked, 5 Nov. 1816, on a desolate part of the
island of Cuba, and remained in consequence ex-
posed for more than two months to the greatest hard-
ships, being nearly destitute the whole time of pro-
visions and clothing), Tigris 36, Capt. Robt. Hen-
derson, RocHFORT 80, flag-ship successively (in the
Mediterranean) of Sir Thos. Fremantle and Sir
Graham Moore, and Sybille 38, Capt. Joshua
Ricketts Rowley. On 9 Oct. 1821, he was promoted
to a Lieutenancy in the Tribune 36, Capt. Nesbit
Josiah "Willougnby ; and being next appointed, 15
April, 1824, to the Coast Blockade, continued in
that service, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the
Ramillies and Hyperion, Capts. "Wm. MJCulloch
and "Wm. Jas. Mingaye, until the receipt of his
present appointment to the Coast Guard 16 March,
1831.
In the execution of his night duties Lieut. Con-
juit has had the misfortune to be severely ruptured,
and injured in the spine. He married, 24 Aug.
1822, Charlotte, eldest daughter of Mr. "Wm. Mud-
doll, of H.M. Dockyard, Chatham.
CONN. (Lieutenant, 1809. f-p., 10; h-p., 35.)
Henry Conn entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1802, as
Fst.-cl."Vol., on board the Chlloden 74, commanded
by his relative, Capt. John Conn, with whom he
continued to serve, on the Mediterranean, Home,
and Halifax Stations, in the Canopds 80, Dread-
NODGHT 98, San Josef 110, Hibernia 110, and
SwiFTSDRE 74, under the flags of Admirals Geo.
Campbell, Sir Jas. Sauinarez, and Sir John Borlase
"VYarren, until appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 9 May,
1809, of the Junon 38, Capt. John Shortland, to
which ship he was confirmed by commission dated
18 Aug. in the same year. On 13 of the ensuing
Dec, however, the Junon was unfortunately cap-
tured, near Guadeloupe, after an heroically despe-
rate resistance of 45 minutes, and a loss of 20 men
killed and 40 wounded, by a French squadron,
consisting of the 40-gun frigates Senomtne'e and Clo-
rinde, and arviees en jiute Loire and Seine, carrying
each 20 guns, with the two former of whom she
appears to have sustained a j/wd-ann-a-nd-yard- arm
conflict until on the verge of sinking. Lieut Conn
was in consequence retained a prisoner in France
until 6 Oct. 1812. He has since been on half-pay.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
CONNER. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 18; h-p., 26.)
Richard Conner is son of Dan. Conner, Esq.,
of Ballybrecken, near Cork ; and brother-in-law of
Rear-Admiral of the Red the late Sir Fred. Lewis
Maitland, K,C-B.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Loire, of 46 guns, Capt.
F. L. Maitland ; attained the rating of Midshipman
23 Aug. 1804 ; and, with one or two brief interrup-
tions, continued to serve under the same Com-
mander, in the Volontaire 38, and Emerald 36,
until Oct. 1809. During that period he assisted -at
the capture, 16 March and 17 Aug. 1804, of the
French privateers Braave, of 16, and (after a run-
ning fight of 15 minutes) Blonde, of 30 guns, on
which latter occasion he was wounded ;* was under
fire of the batteries in Muros Bay, when they were
gallantly stormed and carried, and the privateers
Cmfance and Belier taken, by the boats under
Lieut, the late Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, 4 June, 1805 ;
aided, on 25 of the same month, in capturing ano-
ther privateer, Le Vaillant, of force similar to the
Blonde ; was in company, on 24 Dec. following,
with L'Egyptienne, at the capture, after an obsti-
nate resistance, of La Libre, of 40 guns ; conveyed,
in July, 1806, to Sir Rich. Keats, off L'Orient, in-
telligence which led to the capture of Le Shin, of
44 guns ; further contributed, in the course of 1807,
to the capture of many other vessels, and the block-
ade of Rochefort; and, in April, 1809, witnessed
the destruction of the French shipping in Basque
Roads. On leaving the Emerald, Mr. Conner was
awarded an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Druid 32,
Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton ; and, obtaining his official
promotion 5 Jan. 1810, was then appointed to the
SybiIle 38, Capt. Clotworthy Upton, on the Irish
station. He subsequently joined, on the Home sta-
tion—16 March, 1812 and 11 Jan. 1813, the San
Josef and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships of Lord
Keith— 5 Dec. 1814 and 6 April, 1815, the Boynb
98, and Bellerophon 74, both commanded by
Capt. F. L. Maitland— 28 April, 1815, the Ville de
Paris 110, bearing the flag also of Lord Keith — 19
Sept. 1815, the Eridancs 36, Capts. Wm. Paterson
and Wm. King— and, 23 Sept. 1818, 18 May, 1821,
and 12 March, 1827, the Vengeue, Genoa, and
Wellesley 74's, all commanded by Capt. Maitland,
in the first of which we find him escorting the King
of the Two Sicilies from Naples to Leghorn in Dec.
1820. Since the date of his last promotion, 19 May,
1828, Commander Conner has been unemployed.
He married, in 1831, Elizabeth, eldest daughter
of Sam. Perrott, Esq., Of Olive Hill, co. Cork, by
whom he has issue.
CONNER. (Lieut., Igl5. f-t., 22 ; h-p., 18.)
Samuel Conner entered the Navy, 17 March,
1807, as Midshipman, on board the Prince op
Wales 98, flag-ship in the Channel of Sir Jas. Sau-
marez ; removed, successively, in May following and
Feb. 1809, to the Rose 18, and Daphne 20, Capts.
Thos. Mansell, Philip Pipon, and Jas. Green, on the
Baltic station ; became Master's Mate, in Sept. 1814,
of the Tat 24, Capts. Wm. Robilliard and Robt.
Bloye, employed off" the Scilly Islands ; and, on 2
March, 1815, was promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant. He afterwards obtained an appointment in
the Coast Guard, 5 April, 1831 ; and, from 7 Feb.
1834, until March, 1837, cominanded the Adelaide
and Vulcan Revenue-vessels. From the latter
date until 1845 he was again employed in the Coast
Guard. He is now on half-pay.
CONNER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 7; h-p., 32.)
William Henry Conner entered the Navy, 9
Dec. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Emerald
36, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland ; in which frigate
• ViieGm. 180), p. losr.
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he assisted at the capture of a large number of the
enemy's vessels, beheld the destruction, in April,
1809, of the French shipping in Aix Roads, and
attained the rating of Midshipman 1 Feb. 1810.
From Dec. 1811 until May, 1813, he next served in
the Channel on board the Tigke 74, Capt. John
Halliday ; and then, rejoining Capt. Maitland in the
Goliath, a cut-down 74, continued with that officer,
in the Boyne 98, and BELLEnopiiON 74, on the
West India, North American, and Channel stations,
until 1815 ; in July of which year he witnessed the
surrender of Kapoleon Buonaparte. He was pro-
moted, from the Okomtes 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day
Cochrane, fitting at Sheerness, 20 Sept. following ;
and has not since been afloat. Agests — Messrs.
Ommanney.
CONNOLLY. (Retired Commander, 1840.
F-P., 24 ; H-P., 43.)
John Bell Connolly, born in 1772, at Chatham,
is eldest brother of Commander Matthew Connolly,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 24 March, 1780, as
Gunner's Servant, on board the Britannia 100,
bearing the flag in the Channel of Vice-Admiral
Darby, and afterwards of Hon. Sam. Barrington,
under whom he took part in Lord Howe's partial
action with the combined fleets of France and
Spain, near Gibraltar, 20 Oct. 1782. Between June,
1783, and Oct. 1789, when he attained the rating of
Midshipman, he next served on the Home station
on board the 14-gun cutters Cockatrice and Sul-
tana, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Reynolds and Edw.
Roe. He then joined, in succession, the Edgar 74,
Capts. Chas. Thompson and Anthony Jas. Pye
MoUoy, Bahfleur 98, Royal Geokge 100, and
London 98, flag-ships of Admirals Barrington and
Goodall, Sdltana, Lieut. -Commander Digby Dent,
DoKE 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Robt. Kod-
dam, CincE 28, Capt. Alan Hyde Gardner, Centu-
rion 50, Capt. Sam. Osborne, and Boyne 98, flag-
ship of Sir John Jervis ; and, having passed his ex-
amination 4 Nov. 1791, was promoted, 3 Deo. 1793,
to a Lieutenancy in the Dromedary 44, Capt.
Sandford Tatham. After assisting at the capture
of Martinique, Mr. Connolly removed, 26 March,
1794, to the Veteran 64, Capt. Chas. Edmund
Nugent, in time to further co-operate in the reduc-
tion of Ste. Lucie, Guadeloupe, Mariegalante, and
the Saintes. He Was afterwards appointed, 15 Nov.
1796 and 15 June, 1798, to the Prince 98, flag-ship
of Sir Roger Curtis, and Ajax 74, Capts. John Pa^
kenham and Hon, Alex. IngUs Cochrane, both on
the Channel station ; and, from 10 Dec. 1799 until
the close of 1806, held, with the exception of a few
months during the short-lived peace, tlie successive
command of the Britannia and Gladiator hos-
pital and court-martial ships, at Portsmouth. Being
afflicted witli acute rheumatism and defective sight,
he obtained the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital
on 22 Sept. in the latter year ; and was ultimately
invested with his present rank 24 March, 1840.
war, was captured, 27 May, 1793, by the French 40-
gun frigate Concorde, and sent to Cape Fran9ois,
whence Mr. Connolly, during the ensuing massacre
of the white population, had the happiness of effect-
ing the escape of liimself and the whole of his ship-
mates—Goelan brig, Capt. Thos. Wolley, Hanni-
bal 74, Capt. John Colpoys, Theseus 74, Capt.
Robt. Calder, and Majestic 74, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Benj. Caldwell. Having passed his
examination in Nov. 1793, he was promoted, 15 Jan.
1795, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Terpsichore
32, Capt. Rich. Bowen; and, being confirmed on
his return home 22 Aug. follovring, was appointed
to his old ship the Theseus, Capts. R. Calder, Her-
bert Browell, Augustus Montgomery, and John
Ayhner, employed oflT the coasts of France and
Spain. Soon after his removal, in May, 1797, to
the Irresistible 74, we find Mr. Connolly assisting
at the bombardment of Cadiz ; and, on the night of
3 July, suffering a loss of 3 men wounded while in
command of one of the launches engaged under
Lord Nelson in protecting the Thunder bomb
against an attack of the Spanish flotilla before that
place. From Dec. in the same year until the peace
of Amiens he next served, in the Mediterranean
and West Indies, on board the Emerald 36, Capts.
Lord Prohy, Thos- Montray Waller, and Jas.
O'Bryen; and during that period assisted at the
capture, besides other vessels, of — 19 June, 1799,
Rear- Admiral Perre'e's'squadron, consisting of three
frigates and two brigs — and, 5 April, 1800, of the
two Spanish 36-gun frigates £/l Carmen and Fhfren^
Una, each laden with 1500 quintals of quicksilver.
In April, 1804, Mr. Connolly obtained an appoint-
ment in the Isle of Wight district of Sea Fencibles,
but removed, 13 Aug. following, as First-Lieutenant,
to the Lapwing 28, Capts. Fras. Wm. Fane and
Clotworthy Upton; and was subsequently appointed,
in the same capacity, on the Home, Mediterranean,
and Lisbon stations — 27 July. 1805, and 21 June,
1808, to the Hind 28, and Cambrian 40, Capts.
Fane and Chas. Bullen— and, 18 Feb. 1812, to the
PoMONB 38, Capts. Fane and Philip Carteret.
While in command, on the night of 14 April, 1811,
of the Cambrian's boats, he most handsomely cut
out a large settee, deeply laden with grain for the
French army at Barcelona, from under the Medas
Islands and batteries. After serving for 14 years
as a First-Lieutenant, Mr. Connolly was at length
promoted to his present rank, 4 Dec. 1813 ; since
which period he has been on half-pay.
After the peace. Commander Connolly published,
by the direction of the Admiralty, " A System of
Great-Gun Exercise for the Navy." He also gave
publicity to " One Universal and Uniform System
of Watching, Quartering, and Stationing, adapted
to all Classes of Ships."
CONNOLLY.'* (Commander, 1813. f-p.,24;
HP., 36.)
Matthew Connolly, born 5 July, 1776, at Chat-
ham, is brother of Commanders J. B. and R. L.
Connolly, R.N., and of Colonel Wm. Hallett Con-
nolly, R.M., as also of the late Lieut. Peter Con-
nolly, B.M., and the late Capt. Geo. Sloan Connolly,
an officer in the Army ; and uncle of Lieut. M.
Connolly, R.N.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 27 Oct. 1787, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Endymion 44, anmie en
flute, Lieut.-Commander Joseph Sail, lying at Ports-
mouth ; after which he served, as Midshipman and
Master's Mate, chiefly in the West Indies, on board
the Orion 74, Capts. Andrew Sutherland and Chas.
Chamberlayne, Hyjena 24, Capt. Wm. Hargood —
which ship, the first lost by the British during the
* Throu;.'h some error, this ollicer's name, in the Navy List.
IB spelt *' CoiioUy."
CONNOLLY. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Matthew Connolly is son of Col. Wm. Hallett
Connolly, late Commandant of the Vi'^oolwich divi-
sion of Royal Marines; brother of Lieut. Wm.
Hallett Connolly, R.N., and of First-Lieut. Rich.
Geo. Connolly, R.M. ; and nephew of Commander
Mat. Connolly, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Dec. 1832 ; passed
his examination 27 March, 1839 ; took part, as Mate
of the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, in aU the
operations of the Syrian campaign, including the
capture of Caiffa, where he served on shore, and the
bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre ; and, after a sub-
sequent attachment to the Beacon surveying vessel,
Capt. Thos. Graves, and Lightning steamer, Mas-
ter-Commanders John Tucker and Geo. Henry Karr
Bower, respectively employed on the Mediterranean
and Home stations, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 28 Jan. 1842. His next appointments
were— 9 March and 27 June, 1842, to the Calcutta
84, and Magicienne 24, Capts. Sir Sam. Roberts and
Rich. Laird Warren, in the Mediterranean— and, 2
Feb. 1844, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir
AVm. Parker. Mr. Connolly is at present on the
East India station, where he is now employed in the
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AoiNconET 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Jolin
Cochrane.
CONNOLLY. (Retibed Commander, 1845.
F-P., 21 ; H-p., 31.)
KicHAKD Lock Connolly, bom 10 July, 1785, at
Portsmouth, is a younger brother of Commander
Mat. Connolly, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 Sept. 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capt. Her-
bert Browell, flag-ship afterwards of Sir Horatio
Nelson ; in which we find him sharing, during the
month of July, 1797, in the bombardment of Cadiz
and the expedition to Teneriffe ; as also in the battle
of the Nile, 1 Aug. 1798. On next joining the Eme-
rald 36, Capt. Thos. Moutray "Waller, 'he assisted,
as Midshipman, at the blockade of Alexandria ;
after which he served, until Feb. 1805, in the
Pkince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Sir Kobt.
Calder, Hekcule 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, Driver,
Leander, and Lapwing, all commanded by Capt.
Fras. Wm. Fane, and Hibeenia, flag-ship of Lord
Gardner, on the "West India, Halifax, and Home sta-
tions. Being then appointed Sub-Lieutenant of the
Tigress gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Natha-
niel Greensword, he came frequently into contact
with the Boulogne flotilla ; and on one occasion was
so severely wounded as to elicit a pecuniary reward
from the Patriotic Fund. Having been created, 29
Jan. 1807, full Lieutenant of the Electra 18, Capt.
Geo. Barne TroUope, on the Mediterranean station,
Mr. Connolly next witnessed the evacuation, in Feb.
1808, of the small fortress of Scylla, in Lower Cala-
bria ; and, on 25 March following, was wrecked at
the entrance of Port Augusta, between Syracuse and
Messina. He appears to have been subsequently
appointed — 18 Sept. 1811, to the "Venerable 74,
Capt. Sir Home Riggs Popham, off Cherbourg — 15
Feb. 1813, to the Royal "William 84, flag-ship at
Spithead of Sir Rich. Bickerton— 27 July, 1813, and
23 Nov. 1814, as First-Lieutenant, to the Prince 98,
Capt. Geo. Fowke, and Akbar 50, flag-ship off
Flushing and Halifax of Rear- Admirals Sir Thos.
Byam Martin and Edw. Grifflth— and, 11 Sept. 1818,
to the Ramillies 74, bearing the flag at Portsmouth
of Sir Geo. Campbell. Commander Connolly, who
has been on half-pay since 1821, assumed his present
rank 21 Feb. 1845.
CONNOLLY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
"William Hallett Connolly is brother of Lieut.
Mat. Connolly, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 17 Dec. 1839 ;
studied in 1841 at the Royal Naval College ; then
joined the Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos.
Troubridge and Sir Chas. Sullivan, flag-ship after-
wards of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, on the Mediter-
ranean station; removed, in 1844, to the Comet
steam-vessel, Lieut. -Commander "Wm. Pretyman,
employed on Home service ; and was appointed, to-
wards the close of 1845, to the President 50, fitting
for the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas. Richard Dacres,
Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope.
He was advanced to his present rank 15 Jan. 1846 ;
and still serves at the Cape, on board the Brilliant
22, Capt. Rundle Purges "Watson.
CONNOR. (Lieutenant, 1807.)
Ross Connor entered the Navy, about the com-
mencement of the present century, as Fst.-cl. Vol.,
on board the Arrow sloop, Capts. Wm. Bolton and
Rich. Budd Vincent, on the Home station ; where,
on removing to the Immortalitb 36, Capt. Edw.
W. C. R. Owen, he assisted at the bombardment, in
1803, of Dieppe and St. Valery-en-Caux. He then
rejoined Capt. Bolton in the Aimable 32 ; and,
while afterwards serving with that officer in the
West Indies on board the Fisgard 38, was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission
dated 23 Feb. 1807. Until placed on half-pay in
Nov. 1815, Mr. Connor was next appointed— 19
April, 1808, to the Cadmus 10, Capt. D. Wynter
29 May, 1809, to the Gibraltar 80, Capts. Henry
Lidgbird Ball and Robt. Plampin— 28 July, 1810, to
the Foxhound brig, Capt. John Parish — and, 4 Feb.
1815, as First-Lieutenant, to the Pheasant 16, Capt.
Edm. Waller, all employed on home service. He
subsequently obtained an appointment in the Coast
Guard, 30 June, 1826; was on half-pay from 1831
until 26 Aug. 1834 ; and then returned to the Coast
Guard, in which he has ever since continued, with
the exception of a few months in 1840-1, when he
held command of the Skylark Revenue vessel.
Lieut. Connor, who is married, is father-in-law of
Lieut. Chas. Bamber Warren, R.N., and of Lieut.
Phineas Priest, R.M.
CONSITT. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 16 ;
H-P., 38.)
Thomas Consitt entered the Navy, in Aug. 1793,
as Midshipman, on board the Defence 74, Capfs.
Jas. Gambler, Thos. Wells, Wm. Brown, and John
Peyton ; in which ship we find him bearing a part
in Lord Howe's action of 1 June, 1794, and after-
wards, as Master's Mate, in the battle of the Nile, 1
Aug. 1798. On the latter occasion he was succes-
sively placed on board Le Conquerant and Le Frank-
lin^ two of the captured 74*8 ; and, on the last-men-
tioned ship being added to the British Navy as the
Canopub, and commissioned by Capt. Bartholomew
James, was appointed, 22 Oct. following, to an Act-
ing-Lieutenancy in her. Having been confirmed
into the Bonetta 18, Capt. Henry Vansittart, 7
Sept. 1799, Mr. Consitt next joined, in Feb. and
May, 1800, the Brilliant and Pomone frigates,
Capts. Hon. Chas. Paget and Robt. Carthew Rey-
nolds, on the Ijisbon and Home stations. He inva-
lided in Jan. 1801 ; subsequently held an appoint-
ment in the Impress service at Sunderland, from 28
April, 1803, until July, 1810 ; became a Retired
Commander on the lower list, 4 Nov. 1830 ; and was
promoted, 16 March, 1844, to the list of 1816.
He is married, and has issue.
COODE. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
Henry Coode was born 2 May, 1798.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Aug. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cornwall 74, Capt. John
Broughton ; and, until the conclusion of the war,
was employed in that ship and, as Midshipman, in
the Inconstant 36, Capt. Sir Edw. Tucker, block-
ading Flushing, the Texel, and Brest, and protecting
the trade on the coast of Brazil. He afterwards
served, latterly as Admiralty-Mate, on the West
India, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the
Antelope 50, Capt. Geo. Sayer, Brisk 10, Capt.
John Wm. Montagu, Pyramus 42, Capts. Fras.
Newcombe and Robt. Gambler, and Spartiate 76,
Capt. Fred. Warren. Having passed his examinar
tion 2 June, 1819, he was promoted, 26 Aug. 1829,
to a Lieutenancy in the Mosquito 10, Capt. Chas.
Bentham ; and, after a further servitude on board
the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, and Nimkod
20, Capt. John Frazer, was placed on half-pay in
1836. Since that period Mr. Coode has been un-
employed.
COODE, C.B., K.F.M., K.W.N. (Captain, 1810.
F-p., 25 ; H-p., 29.)
John Coodb was born, 11 Feb. 1779, at Penryn,
in Cornwall.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 June, 1793, as
A. B., on board the Perseus 20, Capt. Geo. Palmer;
but, in the following month, became Midshipmap of
the Bellekophon 74, Capt. Thos. Pasley ; and con-
tinued, until Jan. 1795, to serve in that capacity,
with Capt. Fras. Pender and the late Sir Geo.
Murray, on board the Resource 20, Gloky 98, and
Resolution 74, on the Home and Halifax stations.
For upwards of four years Mr. Coode was next em-
ployed, as Acting-Lieutenant, in L'EspiRANCE 18,
Capt. Jonas Rose, Rover 18, Capt. Geo. Irwin,—
under whom he was wrecked in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence in Aug. 1798,— Dasher 18, Capt. Geo.
Tobin, and St. Albans 64, Capts. Pender and John
Okes Hardy. Having been confirmed in the latter
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ship 5 Septi 1799, he was suhsequently, in March,
1800, and April, 1801, appointed First-Lieutenant of
the Southampton 32, Capt. John Harvey, and Le-
viathan 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John
Thos. Duckworth, on the West India station ;
where, in the former ship, he assisted at the reduc-
tion of the Danish and Swedish islands in March,
1801. On 3 Aug. 1802, Mr. Coode was promoted
to the command of the St»rk sloop ; but, removing
soon afterwards to the Druid 20, returned home,
and in the following Oct. was paid off. Until ad-
vanced to Post-rank, 21 Oct. 1810, his next appoint-
ments were— in Deo. 1803, and April, 1805, to the
successive command of the Atlas armed ship, and
Brisk 18 ; in which latter vessel he appears to have
captured on the Cork station, 12 Jan. 1810, Le Har-
pabde privateer, of 2 guns and 54 men. Assuming
command, in Jan. 1814, of the Pobcdpine 22, as
Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe
Penrose, the subject of this sketch took part in
many of the operations then in progress on the
north coast of Spain, and was stationed at the
mouth of the Adour when the passage of the bar
across it was so memorably effected by the flotilla
under that ofi&cer. He also accompanied the arma-
ment that soon after forced its entrance into the
Gironde ; and, when in command of the advanced
squadron at Pauillac, originated the instructions
which led to the capture and destruction, on 2
April, of a large flotilla by a detachmeut of boats
under the orders of Lieut. Kobt. Graham Dunlop.*
From Sept. 1814, until paid off, 21 May, 1819, Capt.
Coode further served with Sir Chas. Penrose, in the
Queen and Albion 74'3, on the Mediterranean sta^
tion, where, however, he commanded the latter,
as a private ship, at the bombardment of Algiers,
27 Aug. 1816 ; on which occasion, although unable
since to procure a pension, he was very severely
wounded, t He was subsequently appointed, 6 Jan.
1838, Captain-Superintendent of the Royal William
Victualling Yard and of the Royal Naval Hospital
at Plymouth, but has been unemployed since 13
Feb. 1843.
For his gallantry at Algiers, Capt. Coode was
nominated a C.B. 19 Sept. 1816 ; a K.F.M., by the
King of the Two Sicilies, 6 Nov. 1818 ; and also a
K.W.N, by the King of the Netherlands. He mar-
ried, 8 Feb. 1819, EUzabeth, eldest daughter of
Vice-Admiral Sir C. V. Penrose, and has an eldest
son, Chailes Penrose Coode, First-Lieut. R.M., who
espoused, 13 Nov. 1845, the only daughter of Capt.
Chas. Easden, R.N. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
COOK, F.R.S. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., U ; h-p., 29.)
Thomas Cook entered the Navy, 17 July, 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Orion 74, Capt. Sir
Arch. CoUingwood Dickson ; in which ship he
attained the rating of Midshipman 18 June, 1809,
and continued to serve until Dec. 1813. During
that period he accompanied the expedition against
Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807 ; and served,
as a Volunteer, with the flotilla in the operations
against Walcheren in Aug. 1809. On leaving the
Obion, Mr. Cook joined the Royal Sovereign 100,
Cajts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, Chas. Thurlow
Smith, and Robt. Lambert ; and, ,after intermedi-
ately assisting at the blockade of Toulon, he proceed-
ed, at the close of 1814, to the Rio de la Plata, as
Master's Mate of the Okpheus 36, Capt. Chas. Mon-
tagu Fabian. On hearing of the renewal of hosti-
lities occasioned by Buonaparte's escape from Elba,
he obtained leave to return to England in the Hot-
spue 36, Capt. Hon. Josoeline Percy ; and, on the
latter ship being paid off at the restoration of peace,
he was appointed Admiralty- Midshipman of the
Roohfort 80, commanded by his old Captain, Sir A.
C.Dickson, with whom he remained until promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 1 June, 1818— an event which
took place five years after he had passed his exami-
nation. Since that period he has not been afloat.
Lieut. Cook, who was appointed, in Jan. 1837,
one of the Professors of Fortification and Artillery
• Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 810. f V. Qsz. 1816, p. 1701.
at the Hon. E. I. Co.'s Military Academy at Ad-
discombe, is the originator of several valuable
inventions, — among the most prominent of which
we may notice the " Night Life Buoy," which has
been in universal adoption by the Royal Navy for
more than 25 years, and was introduced into their
respective services by the late Emperor Alexander
of Russia, the late King of France, and the late
King of Holland, all of whom honoured him with
princely tokens of their approbation ; — the " Move-
able Platform, for training seamen to hit an object
from a ship in motion, without necessarily expend-
ing ammunition in the practice," an invention which
has been for many years in constant use on board
the Excellent ; — and a much-approved " Life-
Boat." The medal of the Royal Humane Society,
and the two gold medals of the Society of Arts, have
been conferred on him ; and on 4 June, 1840, he was
elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Agents —
Messrs Stilwell.
COOKE. (LlEOTENANT, 1824.)
John Cookb (6) died in Aug. 1846.
This officer entered the Navy 29 May, 1819 ; ob-
tained his commission 9 Jan. 1824 ; and, from about
that period until 1827, served, on the Halifax and
South American stations, in the Doterel 18, Capt.
Rich. Hoare, and Adventure surveying sloop, Capt.
Philip Parker King. Of the former vessel he was
First-Lieutenant. He did not go afloat after leaving
the Adventure.
COOKE. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 1.)
John Moeray Cooke is second son of the Rev.
Wm. Cooke, M. A., Vicar of Bromyard, co. Hereford.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Feb. 1827, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Asia 84, Capt. Edw.
Curzon, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington,
under whom he fought at the battle of Navarin,
20 Oct. following. He continued to serve on the
Mediterranean station, as Midshipman and Mate,
in the Brisk and Wasp sloops, both commanded
by Capt. Thos. Smith, and in the Britannia 120,
flag-ship for some time of Sir Pulteney Malcolm,
until Feb. 1835 ; after which we find him employed
for four years on board the Rattlesnake 28, Capt.
Wm. Hobson, on a surveying expedition to Australia
and New Zealand, and intrusted with the perform-
ance of Lieutenant's duty. On his return to Eng-
land in- 1839, he became attached to the Excellent
gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hast-
ings. For his subsequent services in China, where
in the Blenheim 72, Capt.^Sir Humphrey Fleming
Senhouse, he witnessed all the chief operations in-
cluding the capture of the forts in the Boca Tigris
the fall of Canton, &o., he obtained a commission'
dated 8 June, 1841. He then joined the Niibrod 2o'
Capt. Joseph Pearsc; and from 31 March, 1842'
until paid off in Jan. 1845, he was employed, in the
East Indies, on board the Pelican 16, Capt. Phihp
Justice. His last appointment was, 25 Feb. 1846
to the First-Lieutenancy of the E lbctea 14. Capts!
Wm. Heriot Maitland and Hon. Fred. Wm. Pley-
dell Bouverie, in which vessel he has been ever
since serving in North America and the West Indies.
Owing to the illness of Capt. Maitland, Lieut. Cooke
appears to have acted for eight or nine months by
the authority of his Admiral, as Commander of' the
Electba. Agent— J. Hinxman.
COOKE. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 15 -h-p 33")
WjLLLAM Henby Cooke entered the Navy 1
May, 1799, as A.B., on board the Boadicea 38
Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, part of the force em'
ployed under Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice Pole in
an attack made on a Spanish squadron in Aix Road<i
2 July foUomng. In March, isoi, he accompanied
the same officer, as Midshipman, into the Superb
74; and, continuing to serve with him in that ship
until Nov. 1808, took a warm part in the victor?
gamed by Sir Jas. Saumaroz over the Franco
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COOKESLEY— COOKNE Y- COOPER— COOTE.
Spanish squadron near Cadiz, 12 July, 1801— shared
in Lord Nelson's pursuit of the combined fleets to
the West Indies in the summer of 1805 — was pre-
sent imder Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the battle
of St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806— and attended the ex-
pedition against Copenhagen in Sept. 1807. From
Nov. 1808, until Oct. 1810, Mr. Cooke next officiated
as Acting-Lieutenant of the Kite sloop, Capts.
Joseph James and Benjamin Crispin, on the Baltic
station. He then, for a few months, joined the
San Josef 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of
Sir Chas. Cotton; and, in Feb. 1811, was again ap-
pointed to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Kepulse
74, Capts. John Halliday and Rich. Hussey Mou-
bray, on the latter station, where he was confirmed
by the Admiralty, 12 Oct. 1812. Since 8 June,
1814, when the Repulse was paid off, Lieut. Cooke
has been on half-pay.
COOKESLEY. ((ffastam, 1818. F-P., 22;
H-p., 34.)
John Cookeslet entered the Navy, 29 Jan. 1791,
as a Boy, on board the Tkiton 32, Capt. Geo.
Murray, employed off Halifax ; became attached,
in June, 1794, to the Polyphemus 64, flag-ship on
the Irish station of Vice- Admiral Robt. Kingsmill ;
and was promoted, 16 Dec. 1799, immediately after
passing his examination, to a Lieutenancy in the
Trusty 50, armie en flute, Capts. Geo. Bowen, Alex.
Wilson, and Dan. Oliver Guion. Attending the
expedition to Egypt in 1801, for which he received
the Turkish gold medal, this officer landed with
the troops in Aboukir Bay, commanded a gun-boat
on the Nile, fought some of the enemy's batteries,
accompanied the British army to Cairo, and was
present at the capitulation of the French army.
Between April, 1803, and the summer of 1805, he
next served, as First Lieutenant, on board the
Zebka bomb, and Constance 24, Capts. Wm. Beau-
champ and Anselm John Griffiths, under whom we
find him successively employed at the bombard-
ment of Havre in July and Aug. 1804, and the sub-
sequent blockade of the Elbe. He then joined the
Gibraltar 80, Capts. John Whitley, Wm. Lukin,
Willoughby Lake, John Halliday, and Henry Lidg-
bird Ball, and was Senior Lieutenant of that ship
on 11 April, 1809, when Lord Gambler made his
celebrated attack on the French squadron in Basque
Roads. On the evening of that day Mr. Cookesley
enacted a very conspicuous part as commander of
one of the five successful fire-vessels, and behaved
with so much gallantry and judgment that he in-
duced two of the enemy's line-of-battle ships. La
Ville de Varsovie and L'AquUoH, to cut their cables
and run on shore, where they were soon afterwards
destroyed. So highly, indeed, did Lord Mulgrave,
then First Lord of the Admiralty, estimate this
feat, that he gave Mr. Cookesley a Commander's
commission bearing the same date, and otherwise
promoted the whole of his crew, seven in number,
two of whom (one, the present Lieut. Robt. Tucker,
K.N.) were advanced, as Midshipmen, to the quarter-
deck. The subject of this sketch, who subsequently,
from 10 May, 1810, until 16 Dec. 1816, commanded
the Recruit and Hazard sloops on the Newfpund-
land station, was advanced to Post-rank 7 Dec.
1818. He accepted the retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Cookesley is the inventor of a very simple
and efficacious species of raft, fully described and
illustrated in the fourth volume of the ' Nautical
Magazine.' He married, in 1809, Miss Nash, of
Anthony, near Torpoint.
dbOKNEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
James Thomas Cookney entered the Navy, 23
June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Donegal
74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, under whom he at-
tained the rating of Midshipman 21 Feb. 1807, and
served until paid off in Feb. 1811. During that
period he escorted the army under Sir Arthur Wel-
lesley from Cork to Portugal; witnessed the de-
struction, in April, 1809, of the French shipping in
Aix Roads ; and took part, while at the blockade of
Cherbourg, in an attack made on the two French
40-gun frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by
the heavy fire of several formidable batteries, 15
Nov. 1810. After a further attachment of a few
months to the Boyne 98, flag-ship at Portsmouth of
Sir Harry Burrard Neale, and Menelaus 38, Capt.
Sir Peter Parker, he joined, in Dec. 1811, the Iris
36, Capt. Hood Hanwa,y Christian, and was for a
considerable time employed in active 'co-operation
with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, where
he assisted at the capture of Castro. On 12 Jan.
1815, he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Ddncan
74, bearing the flag of Sir John Poo Beresford on the
South American station, whence, on being officially
promoted, 19 June following, he returned to Eng-
land. Lieut. Cookney has not been afloat since.
COOPER. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
AuGUSTDS Cooper entered the Navy 7 July, 1821 ;
obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1837 ; and has been
employed in the Coast Guard since 12 Dec. 1842.
COOPEK. (Ljedt., 1842. F-p., 17; H-p., 3.)
Edward James Lloyd Cooper, bom 28 July,
1814, is third son of the late Sir Geo. Cooper, Puisne
Judge at Madras, by Mary Justina, daughter of
Col. Lloyd, of Dale Castle, co. Pembroke.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Oct. 1827, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victor 18, Capts. Geo.
Lloyd and Rich. Keane, on the West India station,
where he assisted in capturing, in Sept. 1828, and
Jime, 1830, the piratical schooner Las Damas Ar-
gentinas, and slaver E-melio. He afterwards served,
as Midshipman, on the same and home stations, in
the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, Guilders 18,
Capt. Robt. Deans, and San Josef 110, flag-ship of
Sir Wm. Hargood ; passed his examination 4 Feb.
1835 ; and, until promoted, 7 March, 1842, was
further employed, as Mate, on board the Russell
74, commanded off the north coast of Spain and in
the Mediterranean by Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, and
Britannia and St. Vincent 120's, flag-ships at
Portsmouth of Sir Philip Durham and Sir Edw.
Codrington. His appointments have since been —
2 April, 1842, to the Ringdove 16, Capt. Sir Wm.
Daniell, in the West Indies— 3 Sept. 1844, to the
Caledonia 120, Capt. Alex. Milne, employed on
Particular Service— and, 10 Feb. 1845, to the He-
rald 26, Capt. Henry Kellett, with whom he is
now surveying the Pacific.
COOPER. (Commander, 1843.)
William Salmon Cooper entered the Navy 26
March, 1819 ; passed his examination in 1825 ; ob-
tained his &:st commission 25 Sept. 1834; served
for nearly four years in North America and the
West Indies, on board the President 52, Capt. Jas.
Scott, Forte 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, Wasp
16, Capt. John Sam. Foreman, Forte again, Capt.
Pell, and Rainbow 28, Capt. Thos. Bennett ; and
was subsequently appointed— 12 Nov. 1839, to the
Fantome 16, Capts. Edw. Harris Butterfield and
Philip Geo. Haymes, in which vessel he sailed for
the Cape of Good Hope— and, 22 May, 1843, to the
Inconstant 86, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, fit-
ting for the Mediterranean. Since the attainment
of his present rank, 14 Sept. 1843, Commander
Cooper has been on half-pay. Agent — J. Hinxman.
COOTE. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Robert Coote entered the Navy 18 Aug. 1833 ;
passed his examination 5 Feb. 1840 ; and until the
receipt of his commission, 25 Sept. 1843, served, as
Mate, on board the Daphne 18, Capt. John Wind-
ham Dalling, in the Mediterranean, and in the
Royal George and Victoria and Albert yachts,
both commanded by Lord Adolphus FitzClarence.
He was then appointed to the Cyclops steam-frigate,
Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, employed on Particular
Service; and, since 11 March, 184,"), has been at-
tached to the Vulture, also a steam-frigate, Capt.
John M'Dougall, on the East India station.
COPE-COPELAND-COPPIN.
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COOTE. (^Eetibed Captain., 1840. f-p., 13-;
H-P., 40.)
William Coote entered the Navy, 3 Oct. 1794,
as Midshipman, on board the Royal Geokge 100,
Capt. Wm. Domett, bearing the flag in the Channel
of Lord Bridport, with whom he remained four
years. Until paid off at the peace, he afterwards
served in succession on board the Diana 38, Capts.
Faulknor and Fraser, on the Irish station— Brazen
18, Capt. Jas. Hanson, which vessel was lost near
Brighton, 26 Jan. 1800— and Venus 32, Capt. Thos.
Graves, in the West Indies. He was there ap-
pointed, 4 July, 1802, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Magnieioent 74, Capt. John Giffard; and, on 6
Dec. following, was confirmed into the Hornet
sloop. After a further attachment of a few weeks
to the Glory 98, Capt. Wm. Champain, cruizing
in the Channel, Mr. Coote joined, 8 Deo. 1804, the
Agamemnon 64, Capts. John Harvey and Sir Edw.
Berry, and had thus an opportunity of participating
in the victories achieved off Trafalgar and St. Do-
mingo, 21 Oct. 1805, and 6 Feb. 1806, on which
latter occasion he was unfortunately wounded.
Being next appointed to the Cerberus 32, Capt.
Wm. Selby, he gallantly volunteered the com-
mand of her boats on the night of 2 Jan. 1807, and
succeeded in cutting out two of the enemy's vessels
under a most tremendous fire from the batteries
near Pearl Bock, Martinique.* He was again, how-
ever, so desperately wounded as to be totally de-
prived of sight, in consequence of which misfortune
he ultimately obtained a pension of 400^, also a
gratuity from the Patriotic Fund, and was elevated
to the rank of Commander by commission dated
6 May, 1807. The retired rank of Post-Captain was
conferred on him 10 Sept. 1840.
COPE. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
Alexander Frederick Cope entered the Navy,
4 Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leveket
18, Capts. Geo. Burgoyne Salt and Jas. Each. Law-
rence O'Connor ; and, after attending the expedition
against Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807, was
wrecked on the Galloper Rook, 10 Nov. following.
He then joined the Leonidas 38, Capt. Jas. Dun-
bar, on the Mediterranean station; removed, 23
June, 1808, as Midshipman, to the Dreadnought
98, flag-ship in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Thos.
Sotheby ; and on becoming attached, in Feb. 1810,
to the TfiMfeRAiRB 98, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Fras. Piokmore, was much employed on
gun-boat service at the defence of Cadiz. He
afterwards cruized for three years, in the North
Sea and Channel, as Master's Mate of the Unicorn
32, Capts. G. B. Salt and Sam. Geo. Pechell, and
Favorite 22, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude; and,
in Deo. 1814, rejoined Capt. Pechell, as Admiralty-
Mate, in the Clorinde 40, then fitting out for the
purpose of attending the Princess of Wales during
her visit to the Mediterranean. Since 16 Feb. 1815,
the date of his promotion, Lieut. Cope has been
unemployed. Agents — Messrs. Woodhead.
COPELAND. (Capt., 1838. r-p., 21 ; h-p., 21.)
Richard Copeland, born 5 March, 1792, is son
of the late John Copeland, Esq., Surgeon of the 7th
Fusileer Guards, and Staff Surgeon to H.R,H. the
late Duke of Kent when Governor of Nova Scotia.
This gentleman, together with his wife and young-
est son, was lost in the Frances transport, ofi' Sable
Island, in Dec. 1799.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1805 (under
the auspices of Queen Charlotte and the Princess
Augusta), as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medusa 36,
Capt. Sir John Gore; and, on removing to the Re-
venge 74, commanded by the same Captain, and
subsequently by Hon. Chas. Paget, witnessed the
capture of four French frigates by Sir Sam. Hood's
squadron off Rochefort 25 Sept. 1806 ; and was fur-
ther present, in 1809, at the destruction of the
French shipping in Basque Roads and the siege of
Flushing. In Sept. 1810, he rejoined Sir John Gore,
• I'idc Gm. 1807, p. -J'H,
as Midshipman, in the Tonnant 80 ; and, after
serving for some time with the British army in the
Tagus, and with Capt. Jas. Brisbane in the Belle
PouLE 38, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
11 Dec. 1811. From 11 Feb. 1812, until wrecked,
off the mouth of the Courantine river, 8 March,
1815, Mr. Copeland next served on board the Cyg-
net 18, Capt. Robt. Russell ; and, being awarded a
second promotal commission 13 June following, was
afterwards appointed, 7 Sept. 1825, and 4 Feb. 1830,
to the command of the Mastiff and Meteor alias
Beacon surveying-vessels, on the Mediterranean
station. While at Gibraltar on one occasion he
seized a notorious pirate ; and, in 1834, he took cap-
tive, near Thasos, another famous marauder, Kara
Mitzos, with 160 of his men, all of whom were deli-
vered over to the Greek government. Being, how-
ever, liberated without trial, these plunderers re-
sumed their former atrocities with redoubled zest,
and, falling again into the hands of Capt. Copeland,
were sent to the Pacha of Thessalonica, by whom
they were executed. The subject of this sketch,
who has been on half-pay since Feb. 1836, was pro-
moted to Post-rank, at the instance of Her Majesty,
28 June, 1838.
He has published ' An Introduction to the Prac-
tice of Nautical Surveying, and the Construction of
Sea Charts, &c.,' translated from the French of
C. F. Beautems Beaupre, Hydrographer of the
French Marine.
COPPIN. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 15; h-p., 32.)
Charles Pitman Coppin entered the Navy, in
Oct. 1800, as Midshipman, on board the Flora 36,
Capt. B. Kendall, guard-ship at South Yarmouth ;
and afterwards served for seven years with Capt.
Rich. Hussey Moubray in the Maidstone and
Active frigates, chiefly on the Mediterranean sta-
tion, where we find him present at the passage of
the Dardanells and destruction of the Turkish
squadron in Feb. 1807. While next serving in the
Weasel 18, Capt. Henry Prescott, in which vessel
he was confirmed a Lieutenant 8 March, 1809, Mr.
Coppin contributed to the defeat of a French brig of
20 guns — assisted in capturing, besides innumerable
other vessels, L*Eole French privateer, of 14 guns
and 140 men, after a gallant action of an hour and
30 minutes, 25 Dec. 1809— and co-operated in the
defence of Sicily, when threatened with invasion
by Murat. His subsequent appointments appear
to have been — in Nov. 1810, to the Canopus 80,
flag-ship at Palermo of Rear-Admiral Chas. Boyles
—24 Oct. 1812, to the Tuscan brig, Capt. Geo.
Matthew Jones, employed in cruizing off the West-
ern Islands— 10 Feb. 1814, to the Zephyr sloop,
Capts. Thos. Cuthbert Hichens and Rich. Creyke,
stationed in the Channel, whence he invalided in
Jan. 1815— and, 5 July, 1821, to the Iphigenia 42,
bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Robt.
Mends on the coast of Africa. Since 1822 Lieut.
Coppin has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
COPPIN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 20; h-p., 21.)
Frederick Coppin entered the Navy, 9 Jan.
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Uranie 38,
Capt. Christ. Laroche, cruizing in the Channel;
attained the rating of Midshipman 28 July follow-
ing ; and from Aug. 1807, until Deo. 1810, served,
on the American, Home, and West India stations,
on board the Statira 38, Capts. Robt. Howe
Bromley, Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, and Geo.
Paris Monke, and Neptune 98, Capt. Volant Vashon
Ballard. He then in succession joined the Safe-
guard and "Wrangler gun-brigs, Lieut.-Com-
manders Thos. England and John Bentinck Pettet,
serving in the Baltic ; became attached for a few
months in 1812 to the Namur 74, flag-ship at the
Nore of Sir Thos. Williams ; and after an interme-
diate servitude as Master's Mate, on the Cape and
Home stations, in the Stag 36 and Spartan 38,
both commanded by Capt. Phipps Hornby, was
promoted to the rank he now holds 11 Feb. 1815.
We subsequently find him doing duty, for some
months in the latter year, on board the Aboukir
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COPPINGER— CORBET— CORBETT.
74, Capt. Norborne Thompson, in the Mediterrar
nean ; and, from 9 Nov. 1833, until the summer of
1834, officiating in the Channel as First-Lieutenant
of the Dee steamer and Wolf sloop, Capt. Edw.
Stanley. He has been in the Coast Guard since 1
Feb. 1837.
He married, 8 Jan. 1840, Eliza, second daughter
of Peter Giorgi, Esq., of Smith Street, Chelsea.
COPPINGER. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Thomas Stephen Coppingek belongs to a good
old Irish family, whose chief is the present Wm.
Coppinger, Esq., of Ballyyolane and Barryscourt,
both in CO. Cork.
This officer entered the Navy 1 Nov. ISIO ; and
served during the remainder of the war on board
the Endymion, Sybille, and Junon frigates. He
assisted during that period at the capture of several
of the enemy's vessels ; and was latterly occupied
on Lake Ontario under the orders of Sir Jas. Lucas
Yeo, Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Sir Kobt. Hall.
Mr. Coppinger, who passed his examination in 1817,
was afterwards employed in the West Indies on
board the Rainbow frigate, and held command for
some months of the Flamer. He obtained a com-
mission 28 June, 1838; became, 5 July following,
First-Lieutenant of the Afkican steamer, Capt.
Fred. Wm. Beechey, employed in surveying the
coast of Ireland ; and since 27 Aug. 1841, has been
in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
He married a Miss Duncan, of the island of Tri-
nidad. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
CORBET. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 12; h-p., 26.)
Edward Corbet entered the Navy, 30 Sept.
1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Blake 74, Capt.
Edw. Codrington, under whom he appears to have
subsequently served at the siege of Cadiz and in
-co-operation with the patriots on the coast of Cata-
lonia. In Oct. 1811, he removed, as Midshipman,
to the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. John Harvey ;
and on next joining the D^dalus 38, Capt. Murray
Maxwell, was wrecked near Ceylon 2 July, 1813.
He returned home from the I?ast Indies on board
the Theban frigate, Capt. Sam. Leslie, in 1816;
then joined in succession the Bulwark and Con-
queror 74's, flag-ships at Chatham and St. Helena
of Rear-Admirals Sir Chas. Rowley and Robt.
Plampin ; officiated, from 7 April to 27 Oct. 1820,
as Acting-Lieutenant of the Menat 24, Capt. Fair-
fax Moresby, on the latter station ; and after an
additional employment in the Sybille 38, flag-ship
of Sir C. Rowley in the West Indies, was confirmed
to a Lieutenancy in the Surinam 24 Sept. 1822.
He was placed on half-pay 27 Nov. following, and
has not since been afloat. Agents — Holmes «nd
Folkard.
CORBET. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 16; u-p., 9.)
Kynaston Corbet is youngest son of the late
John Corbet, Esq., of Sundorne Castle, M.P. for
Shrewsbury, by his second wife, Anne, daughter of
the Rev. Wm. Pigott, of Edgmond, in Salop.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 April, 1822, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Apollo yacht, Capt.
Hon. Sir Chas. Paget ; served for upwards of three
years with Capt. Rich. Constantine Moorsom, lat-
terly as Midshipman, in the Ariadne 28, Andro-
mache 36, and Prince Regent 120, at the Cape of
Good Hope and Chatham ; and after a re-attach-
ment to the Ariadne, Capt. Lord Adolphus Fitz-
Clarenoe, and serving also for some time on board
the Chanticleer 10, Capt. John Balfour Maxwell,
and Challenger 28, Capt. Lord A. EitzClarence,
on the Mediterranean and Home stations, was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 21 June, 1828. He
was afterwards appointed— 28 Dec. 1829, again to
the Ariadne, Capts. Fred. Marryat, Geo. Rennie,
and Chas. Phillips— 22 Feb. 1832, to the Champion
18, Capt. Chas. Hamlyn Williams— 15 June, 1832,
to the Orestes 18, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock
and, 10 April, 1835, to the Barham 50, Capt. Armar
Lowry Corry. During his servitude in the latter
ships Commander Corbet, who has been on half-pay
since April, 1839, visited the West Indies, the coast
of Portugal, and the Mediterranean. He attained
his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. Agent- J. Chip-
pendale.
COEBETT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 32.)
Arthur Cobbett entered the Navy, 24 April,
1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., ou board the Agamemnon 64,
Capt. Jonas Rose, on the South American station ;
and on being transferred, as Midshipman, to the
Magicienne 36, Capt. Lucius Curtis, assisted, in
1810, at the reduction of Isle Bourbon,_ and took
part in a series of unfortunate and sanguinary ope-
rations which, by 25 Aug. following, had enforced
the self-destruction, at the entrance of Port Sud-
Est, Isle of France, of the latter ship and the Sihids,
part of a squadron under the orders of Capt. Sam.
Pym, and the surrender of their respective crews to
the enemy. After nearly four months of captivity,
he returned home in the Iphigenia 36, Capt. Thos.
Gordon Caulfeild; and further served, until the
conclusion of the war, on board the Audacious 74,
Capt. Donald Campbell, Prince of Wales 98, Capt.
Thos. Burton, Bellona 74, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley,
Hydra 33, Capt. Joseph Digby, Bonne Citoyennb
20, Capts. Pitt Bumaby Greene and Aug. Wm.
Jas. CUffbrd, and Perseus 22, Capt. Edw. Henry
A'Court, which ships appear to have been variously
employed on the Home, St. Helena, West India,
and North American stations. Since his promo-
tion to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 March, 1815, this
officer has been on half-pay. Agents — Hallett and
Robinson.
CORBETT. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
John Corbett served in the Carysfort 26, Capt.
Henry Byam Martin, throughout the operations of
1840 on the coast of Syria, Including the bombard-
ment of St. Jean d'Acre; and was present at the
blockade of Alexandria. He passed his examina-
tion 1 June, 1842 ; was appointed, in 1843, to the
Queen 110, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean
of iSir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, to whom he after-
wards, in the Formidable 84, officiated as Signal
Mate ; and while serving as Senior of the Excel-
lent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry
Ducie Chads, was promoted "to the rank he now
holds 4 May, 1846. He is still employed in the Ex-
cellent.
CORBETT. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 13; H-p., 29.)
Nathaniel Gordon Corbett, born 16 Nov. 1790,
is second son of the late Jas. Corbett Porterfield,
Esq., of Porterfield.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fame 74, Capts. Graham
Moore and Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett; under the
latter of whom, after serving on the Home and
West India stations, he assisted at the defence of
Rosas, a citadel at the north-eastern extremity of
Spain, in Nov. 1808. From Aug. 1809, until March,
1810, he next served in the Mediterranean on board
the Alceste 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell, Bolwahk
74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, and
Excellent 74, Capt. Edw. Griffith; and then
joined, as Midshipman, the Nymphen 36, Capts.
Keith Maxwell and John Hancock, in command of
a prize belonging to which frigate he was taken pri-
soner by the Russians in Sept. 1810, and handed over
to the Danes, by whom he was subjected, for eight
months, to a very trying captivity in Lapland.
Having been confirmed, 12 July, 1813, to a Lieute-
nancy in the Atalante 18, Capt. Fred. Hickey,
the subject of this sketch next accompanied an ex-
pedition to the Chesapeake under Sir John Borlase
Warren, was at the attack on Craney Island, and
suffered a perilous shipwreck on the Sisters Rocks,
off Halifax lighthouse, 10 Nov. in the same year.
His subsequent appointments appear to have been—
15 Aug. 1814, and 1 Oct. 1818, as First-Lieutenant,
to the Prospero 10, and Raleigh 18, Capts. Geo.
Greensill and Wm. Aug. Baumgardt, on the New-
foundland and West India stations— and, 12 Nov.
1819, to the Dover 28, Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham,
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guard-ship at Leith. Lieut. Corbett has not been
employed since 1821.
He married, 28 Sept. 1832, Margaret, daughter of
Patrick Borthwick, Esq.
CORBYN. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 23;
H-p., 38.)
Joseph Corbtn entered the Navy, 19 March,
1786, as Captain's Servant, on hoard the ■Wisohbi,-
SEA, Capt. Edw. Pellew, on the Newfoundland sta-
tion, where, and in the West Indies, he served until
June, 1790 — the last three years in the Maidstone,
Capt. Henry Newcome. In July, 1793, he joined,
as Midshipman, the Scorpion, Capt. Thos. Western.
He served afterwards for nearly three years in the
Argo, Sampson, and Victorious, all commanded
by Capt. Wm. Clark, under whom he witnessed the
reduction of the Cape of Good Hope in Sept. 1795;
became, 21 June, 1796, Acting-Lieutenant of the
HoBART sloop, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page ; and, until
confirmed by the Admiralty, 23 Jan. 1802, conti-
nued to serve in the same capacity on board his old
ship the Victorious, Capt. Clark, and La Sybiile
of 48 guns, Capt. Chas. Adam. During his attach-
ment to the last-mentioned frigate, Mr. Corbyn dis-
tinguished himself in command of her boats at the
blockade of Baiavia in 1800 ; and assisted at the
capture, 19 Aug. 1801, of La Chiffonne of 42 guns,
after a gallant action of 20 minutes fought off the
Seychelles. He left the Stbille in May, 1803, and
did not again go afloat until 5 Sept. 1805, when he
rejoined Capt. Adam in the Resistance 38, of which
ship he commanded the boats at the capture of a
4-gun battery, and destruction of a French armed
schooner and ohasse-maree in the port of Anohove,
near Cape Machicaco, 8 March, 1809.* Mr. Corbyn
— who in Sept. 1810, accompanied the same Captain,
as his Pirst-Lieutenant, into the Invincible 74 —
served next at the siege of Tarragona in May, 1811.
He co-operated also with the Baron d'Eroles (by
whom the assistance he aflbrded was spoken of in
the highest terms) in a successful attack made in
April, 1813, on the enemy's posts at Ampolla and
Perello; and acquired great praise for his inde-
fatigable and efffective exertions, as commandant of
a battery, during the arduous operations which pre-
ceded the capture of the fort of Col de Balaguer in
June following.^ He was consequently rewarded
with a Commander's commission dated 15 June,
1814; and was subsequently appointed — 18 April,
1837, to the Packet Service at Pembroke — and 8
May, 1839, to the Victory 104, flag-ship of Hon.
Duncombo Pleydell Bouverie, Admiral-Superin-
tendent at Portsmouth. Since 27 Aug. 1840, this
oflicer has held an appointment in Greenwich Hos-
pital.
He is married, and has issue.
CORBYN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 30.)
Major Corbyn entered the Navy, 1 June, 1806,
as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Resistance 38,
Capt. Chas. Adam, of which ship he became a Mid-
shipman in 1808. On subsequently removing with
Capt. Adam to the Invincible 74, he assisted at
the defence of Tarragona in May, 1811, and other-
wise actively co-operated with the patriots on the
coast of Spain. From Aug. 1813, until Dec. 1815,
Mr. Corbyn afterwards served on the Canadian
lakes, as Master's Mate, under Capt. Stephen Pop-
ham and Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, on board the j^olus.
Prince Regent, Princess Charlotte, and Nia-
gara. Having been promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant on 18 March in the latter year, he then
roiunied home. Ho has been in command, since
31 Oct. 1846, of a station in the Coast Guard.
CORDRY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
George Cordry entered the Navy, 6 March,
1803, as A.B., on board the Monkey gun-brig, in
which, under various officers, he served, latterly as
Midshipman, on the Home station, until Aug. 1805.
Ho then joined the Polyphemos 64, Capt. Robt.
• Vide Gaz. ISOO, p. 500.
t V. Gaz. 1813, pp. 130G, 1361, 1406.
Redmill, and, on 21 Oct. following, was present at
the battle of Trafalgar. Being unfortunately taken
prisoner, however, towards the close of the latter
year, he remained in captivity for the long space
of eight years and five months. On his ultimate
release, he became attached, in July, 1814, to the
Escort gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Vande-
put Crosbe, on the Halifax station ; and afterwards,
as Master's Mate, to the Iris 36, flag-ship at Dept-
ford of Sir Home 'Popham. He was awarded a
commission 11 March, 1815; but was placed on
half-pay 15 Oct. following, and has not since been
afioat. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
CORNECK. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 12; h-p., 28.)
Henry Asseb Corneok was horn, 29 Oct. 1791,
in Devonshire.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Aug. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Marlborough 74, Capts.
Graham Moore and John Phillimore ; and, in Nov.
following, sailed for the Brazils in escort of the
Royal Family of Portugal. Having attained the
rating of Midshipman in Nov. 1808, and taken part
in all the operations connected with the Walcheren
expedition in 1809, Mr. Comeck next, in April,
1811, joined the Laurel 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell
Rowley, under whom he sufi'ered shipwreck, on the
Govivas Rock, in the Teigneuse Passage, 31 Jan.
1812. He then rejoined Capt. Moore in the Chat-
ham 74; and was afterwards on his passage to India
in the Java of 46 guns and 377 men, when that fri-
gate fell a victim, at the close of a deadly action of
three hours and forty minutes, in which 22 of her
men were killed, and 102, including her Captain,
Henry Lambert, wounded, to the American ship
Constitution, of 55 guns and 480 men, 29 Dec. fol-
lowing. Mr. Corneck — who on that occasion was
slightly wounded, and for his steady and officer-
like conduct promoted to the rating of Master's
Mate — passed his examination 3 Sept. 1813. He
subsequently, until promoted 26 Dec. 1822, served,
in that capacity, on the West India, Home, Halifax,
and Mediterranean stations, on board the Benbow
74, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, Leonidas 38,
Capt. Wm. King, Newcastle 60, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Edw. Griffith, Bellette 18, Capt. John
Popham Baker, Mersey 26, Capt. Edw. Collier,
Euryalds 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifibrd,
and Rochfokt 80, bearing the flag of his old Cap-
tain, Sir Graham Moore. Having been jiromoted,
as above, Mr. Corneck was placed on half-pay 2
April, 1823, since which period he has not been
employed.
He married, 11 Nov. 1821, the youngest daughter
of Jas. Brazier La Grange, Esq. (an American loy-
alist, who held a clerkship for upwards of 30 years
in the late Marquess of Camden's office in the Ex-
chequer, and acted for two years as Deputy-Teller
to that nobleman), and grand-daughter of the Rev.
Wm. Warrington, 35 years vicar of Old Windsor,
CO. Berks. He has issue an only son, Henry War-
rington, a Midshipman, R.N., who entered the ser-
vice 29 Oct. 1841.
CORNISH. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
John Cornish (a) entered the Navy 3 Dec. 1807 ;
passed his examination in 1815 ; obtained his com-
mission 28 April, 1827 ; and, since 4 Oct. 1834, has
been employed in the Coast Guard.
CORNISH. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
John Cornish (6) died 3 Oct. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 19 Jan. 1810;
passed his examination in 1816 ; obtained his com-
mission 22 July, 1830 ; was appointed to the Coast
Guard 27 May, 1831 ; and, from the summer of 1832
until the period of his death was on half-pay.
CORNWALL. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 10; '
H-p., 280
John Cornwall, bom 22 Jim. 1795, is eldest son
of the late John Cornwall, Esq., of Hendon, co.
Middlesex ; maternal grandson of Admiral the first
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CORRY-CORSBIE-CORY.
Lord Gardner; and first-cousin of Lieut. Alan Henry
Gardner, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 April, 1809, as
Seo.-cl. Boy, on board the Repdlse 74, Capt. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge, and in the course of the same
year attended the expedition to the AValoheren. In
Dec. he became Midshipman of the Thames 32,
Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave ; and, con-
tinuing to serve with that officer, in the same ship
and the Volontaire 38, until his promotion, 13
April, 1815, witnessed a variety of active operations
in the Mediterranean. In the boats of the former
ship he aided at the capture and destruction of a
large and well-protected convoy near Amanthea 25
July, 1810, and was wounded while contributing to
the demolition of 10 large armed feluccas on the
beach close to Cetraro, in the Gulf of Policastro, 16
June, 1811:* inthoseof the Volontaire he assisted
in wrenching from the enemy a national schooner of
4 guns, and 20 merchantmen, near the town of St.
Mary's, 29 April, 1812, and was twice employed, 30
March and 2 May, 1813, in taking convoys and de-
stroying the batteries at Morjean, between Toulon
and Marseilles, besides participating in one or two
other affairs of minor note. Mr. Cornwall next
served from 13 April, 1813, until Aug. 1819, with
Capt. Wm. Bowles in the Amphios and Creole
frigates, stationed for the protection of trade in
South America ; and was lastly appointed, 6 April,
1826, to the Gloucester 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney
Horton, in which ship we find him conveying the
Duke of Devonshire to St. Petersburg, on the occa-
sion of his Grace's embassy to that court. Being
senior officer at Cronstadt at the time of the con-
flagration which shortly afterwards broke out in
the arsenal at that place, Mr. Cornwall so materially
assisted in subduing its ravages that the Emperor
in acknowledgment presented him with an elegant
ring. His promotion to the rank of Commander
bears date 22 Nov. 1826.
Commander Cornwall married, 5 Dec. 1822, Char-
lotte Susan, sister of the present Sir John Kenward
Shaw, Bart., and of the late Capt. Chas. Shaw, R.N.,
by whom he has issue three sons and two daughters.
Agents — HaUett and Robjnson.
COERY. (Captain, 1821. f-p., 1 8 ; h-p., 24.)
Abmar Lowby Corky entered the Navy, 1 Aug.
1805, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Diadem 64,
Capt. Sir Home Popham ; and, after assisting in
the operations against the Cape of Good Hope and
Buenos Ayres, returned to England in May, 1807,
as Midshipman of the Sampson 64, Capt. AVm.
Cuming. Joining, then, the Leda 38, Capt. Robt.
Honyman, he assisted at the ensuing bombardment
of Copenhagen, and was afterwards wrecked, near
the entrance of Milford Haven, 31 Jan. 1808. From
that period until the receipt of his first commission,
28 April, 1812, Mr. Corry served, on the Home and
Mediterranean stations, on board the Warsppte 74,
Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood ; after which he ap-
pears to have been successively appointed — 17' June,
1812, and 29 July, 1813, to the Neeeus 32, and Mon-
tagu 74, both commanded by Capt. Peter Heywood,
on the Brazilian station — 28 May, 1814, to the Im-
pregnable 104, flag-ship of H. R. H. the Duke of
Clarence, in which he escorted to this country the
Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia — and 5
Sept. following, to the Tay 24, Capts. Wm. Robil-
liard and Robt. Bloye. Having been promoted to
the rank of Commander 13 June, 1815, and invested,
14 Oct. 1820, with the command of the Satellite
18, he next sailed for the East Indies, where he be-
came, 23 July, 1821, Flag-Captain, in the Leander
60, to his old friend the Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood,
with whom he continued until Feb. 1822, when he
invalided home on board the Samarang 28, Capt.
John Norman Campbell. Assuming command, 4
April, 1835, of the Barham 50, we find Capt. Corry
conveying the Earl of Durham to Constantinople,
and, while subsequently stationed in charge of a
squadron on the coast of Spain, receiving the thanks
• VideGax. 1810, p. 1860, and Gaz. 1811, p. 1804.
of the Queen, her Ministers, and the Captains-Ge-
neral of the various provinces, for his exertions m
landing with the various ships' companies under his
orders, and preserving to her Majesty the towns of
Barcelona and Valencia. The Bakham being paid
off in April, 1839, the subject of this sketch next
commissioned, 7 Sept. 1844, the Firebrand steam-
frigate, for the purpose of commanding an expe-
rimental squadron of brigs ; and on his return to
port was transferred, 13 Dec. in the same year, to
the Superb 80, in which he has since taken part in
other trial cruizes.
Capt. Corry married, 10 Sept. 1842, Ehza Massy
Dawson, vridow of the late Eyre Coote, Esq., of
West Park, Fordingbridge, Hants. Agents—'
Messrs. Halford and Co.
COKSBIE. CLiEUT., 1809. F-P., 13; H-p., 38.)
Richard Corsbie died 14 Jan. 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vxctoey 100, Capt. John
Knight, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Lord
Hood; and, on removing to the Assistance 50,
Capt. Henry Mowat, witnessed, as Midshipman,
the capture of the French frigate V-Elisabeth, of 36
guns, on the coast of America, 28 Aug. 1796. Until
the peace he next served with the Channel fleet on
board the Duke and St. George 98's, Capts. John
HoUoway, Wm. Wolseley, and Sampson Edwards,
and San Josef 110, Capts. Geo. Eyre and Jas. Car-
penter. After a lapse of five years, during which
period he had commanded a merchant-ship, and
had been in French prison, Mr. Corsbie re-entered
the service on board the Challenger, Capt. W. B.
Ryder, and in May, 1808, was appointed Sub-Lieu-
tenant of the Phosphorus fire-vessel, Lieut.-Com-
mander D. Lancaster. From 25 March, 1809, on
which day he attained the full rank of Lieutenant,
until he left his ship 19 Oct. 1813, he further
served, at Home and in the West Indies, on board
the Leyden 64, Capt. Thos. Ussher, Racoon, Capt.
Welsh, Shark, Capts. Denman and Ryder, Sara-
cen, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett, Duke, Capt.
Grant, and Dictator troop-ship, Capt. Hon. Geo.
Alfred Crofton. He did not afterwards go afloat.
Agents — HaUett and Robinson.
CORY. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 23; h-p., 18.)
Nicholas Cory entered the Navy, 21 Dec. 1806,
as A.B., on board the Hermes sloop, Capt. Edw.
Reynolds Sibly, with whom he proceeded to the Rio
de la Plata, and then to the West Indies, where he
attained the rating of Midshipman 3 Feb. 1808.
After cruizing for some time, oij his return, in the
Gannet 16, Capt. Jas. Stevenson, he joined, in
Nov. of the latter year, the Centaur 74, bearing
the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, until whose death in Dec.
1814, he successively accompanied him into the Hi-
BERNiA 110, TiGRE 74, OwEN Glendower 36, and
Illustrious and Minden 74's, and served on the
North Sea, Mediterranean, and East India stations.
He then came home; served with Capt. Joseph
Nourse, of the Severn 40, on the coast of France,
during the war of 100 days; and was ultimately
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission
dated 4 March, 1815. In the latter capacity Mr.
Cory appears to have been appointed — 24 Dec.
1825, as First, to the North Star 28, Capt. Septi-
mus Arabin, on the coast of Afrioa-^28 April, 1830,
again as Senior, to the Bkiton 46, Capt. John Duff
Markland, off Lisbon— 30 July, 1832, to the Asia
84, flag-ship on the same station of Rear-Admiral
Wm. Parker— and, 5 Sept. 1834, to the Royal
George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarenoe.
Having obtained his second promotal commission
20 Feb. 1836, he next, from 9 March, 1837, until
paid off in 1840, commanded the North Star 28,
bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Lord
John Hay on the coast of Portugal. Since his ele-
vation to Post-rank, 1 Aug. 1840, Capt. Cory has
been unemployed.
CORYTON-COSNAIIAN— COSTERTON— COTESWORTH.
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CORYTON. (Commander, 1841.) I
Henry Coktton, bom 28 March, 1810, is second
surviving son of John Tillie Coryton, Esq., of Pen-
tillie Castle, co. Cornwall, hy Elizabeth, second
daughter of the late Admiral Hon. John Leveson
Gower.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Nov. 1822 ; passeij
his examination in 1829; and obtained his first com-
mission 22 Sept. 1835. He was afterwards appointed,
on the African, American, and East India stations —
27 Nov. 1835, to the Thalia 46, Capt. Kobt. Wau-
chope — 17 Maj', 1836, to the Melville 74, flag-ship
of Sir Peter Halkett— 20 Aug. 1836, to the Race-
horse 18, Capt. Sir James Everard Home — 13 Jan.
1837, to the Gannet 16, Capt. Wm. Geo. Hyndham
■Whish — 14 July, 1838, as First Lieutenant, to the
Herald 28, Capt. Joseph Nias — and, 23 July, 1839,
to the Conway 28, Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drinkwater
Bethune. In March, 1841, we find him commanding
the Conway's boats in conjunction with Lieut. Geo.
Beadon at the capture of some forts and rafts at
the Canton entrance of the Macao Passage ; and, on
26 May following, similarly participating in the cap-
ture of the whole line of defences extending about
two miles from the British factory at Canton.* He
shared, also, in the other hostilities carried on
against that city. He was promoted to his present
rank, as a reward for his services, 8 Oct. 1841 ; f
and since 14Dec. 1844has been in command of the
Persian 16, on the North America and West India
station. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
COSNAHAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Michael Finch Cosnahan entered the Navy,
13 Oct. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pompee
74, Capt. Rich. Daores, flag-ship, successively, of
Sir Wm. Sidney Smith and Hon. Henry Edwin
Stanhope ; in which he appears to have been for
some time very actively engaged on the coast of
Calabria, and to have been present, in 1807, at the
passage of the Dardanells, the destruction of a
Turkish squadron ofif Point Pesquies, and the bom-
bardment of Copenhagen. In Feb. 1808 he joined,
as Midshipman, the victory 100, bearing the flag
in the Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez. He cruized
next, from Feb. 1809 until June, 1810, in the
Eclipse, Capts. Creyke and Sullivan, on the West
India and Home stations ; and while afterwards
serving with Sir Home Popham, Sir Geo. Ralph
Collier, and Capt. Joseph Needham Tayler, in the
Vemeraele 74, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the
SuRVEELLANTE 38, and Sparrow 16, took part in a
variety of stirring operations on the north coast of
Spain, where he witnessed the reduction of Le-
queytio and Castro in June and July, 1812. Mr.
Cosnahan — who subsequently accompanied Sir H.
Popham to the East Indies in the Stirling Castle
74,>nd in the same ship, under Capt. Wm. Butter-
field, brought the Guards from Bordeaux to England
at the termination of hostilities— was promoted,
from the Impregnable 104, Capt. Robt. Hall, 21
Feb. 1815. He has not since been afloat. Agents
— Messrs. Ommanney.
COSTERTONT. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 34.)
Samuel Costerton is fourth son of the late
Benj. Costerton, Esq., of Yarmouth, co. Norfolk ;
and a near relative of Capt. Wm. Fisher, B.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Oct. 1803, as
L.M., on board the Unicorn 32, Capt. Lucius Har-
dyman, on the Home station ; where he ultimately
became Midshipman of the Monmooth 64, Capt.
Geo. Hart, and continued to serve, in the Stately
64, Capt. Geo. Parker, and Merlin 16, Capt. Wm.
Fisher, until June, 1807. He then sailed with the
latter officer for the Cape of Good Hope as Master's
Mate of the Racehorse 18, and, after officiating as
Master of several prizes, and assisting in the explo-
ration of the Mozambique Channel, joined, in Jan.
1810, the Nereide 36, Capt. Nesbit Josiah Wil-
loughby. Under that gallant commander, Mr. Cos-
terton had charge of a boat and was wounded in a
» FlifeGiiz. ISll.pp. 1503,2i00. t f'. Gaz. 1841, p. 2539.
dashing attack made on the enemy's batteries and
troops at Jacotel, in the Isle of France, 1 May fol-
lowing. He also disembarked the soldiery through
a heavy surf at different points of attack on Isle
Bourbon, during its ensuing reduction by the Bri-
tish; was on board the Nereide when she com-
pelled the enemy's sloop Victor to surrender, and
exchanged broadsides with the 40-gun frigate Mi-
nerve ; and was again wounded during a series of
unfortunate though heroic operations which, by
28 Aug., terminated in the self-destruction, in Port
Sud-Est, of the British frigates Magicienne and
SiRiDS, and the capture, by a French squadron, of
the Nereide and Iphigenia — the former after
having been reduced to a mere wreck, and been
occasioned a loss in killed and wounded of nearly
her .whole crew. Regaining his liberty on the capi-
tulation of the Isle of France in the following Dec,
Mr. Costerton returned to England as Acting-Mas-
ter of the Ceylon 32, Capt. D. Paterson ; and after
an intermediate servitude, latterly as Acting-Lieu-
tenant, in the Barpledr 98, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry,
Warrior 74, Capt. John Gore, and Herald 20,
Capt. Clement Milward, was confirmed, 4 Nov. 1814,
to a Lieutenancy in the Arachne 18, Capt. Wm.
M'Kenzie Godfrey, of which vessel he appears to
have been for some time Acting-Commander. He
was superseded at his own request in Feb. 1815 ;
and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Costerton married, in Aug. 1815, Mary
Anne Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Thos.
Underwood, Esq., of Bergtrott, co. Suffolk, and has
issue nine children. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
COTESWORTH. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 11;
H-p., 31.)
Charles Cotesworth, bom 11 Aug. 1792, is
brother of Commander Wm. Cotesworth, R.N.-
This officer entered the Navy, 12 July, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Acasta 40, Capt. Rich.
Dalling Dunn, in which frigate we find him taking
part in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and
attaining the rating of Midshipman 22 July fol-
lowing. On accompanying Capt. Dunn into the
Royal George 100, flag-ship of Sir John Thos.
Duckworth, he attended the expedition to Constan-
tinople in Feb. 1807 ; served with the boats in an
attack on the Turks at Prota ; and was wounded at
the repassage of the Dardanells.* In May, 1809,
Mr. Cotesworth removed with the same officers, as
Master's Mate, to the San Josef 110, but was
shortly afterwards attached to the armament sent
against Walcheren, where he appears, in command
of a gim-boat, to have been accidentally run down
by one of H.M. brigs. Having accomplished his
time with Capt. Dunn in the Hibesnia 110, and
Armide 38, he passed his examination towards the
close of 1811 ; and then, sailing for Jamaica in the
Polyphemus 64, Capt. Peter John Douglas, was
promoted, by Vice-Admiral Stirling, from the Bra-
zen 18, Capt. Jas. Stirling, to an Acting-Lieutenancy
in the Circe 32, Capt. Edw. Woolcombe, in March,
1813, and, on 10 May following, to a death vacancy
in the Argo 44, Capt. Cornelius Quinton. Being,
however, superseded in the ensuing Nov. by Sir
John Borlase Warren, the new Commander-in-Chief,
who claimed a prior right to the bestowal of the
appointment, Mr. Cotesworth continued to serve as
Midshipman in the Baerosa 36, Capt. Wm. Henry
Shirreff, Akbar 50, Capt. Archibald Dickson, and
ToNNANT 80, Vice-Admiral Sir Alex. Cochrane,
until Dec. 1814. At the close of the hostilities
against New Orleans, where, as Acting-Lieutenant,
he had commanded a gun- vessel, and also one of the
boats that crossed the Mississippi, Mr. Cotesworth
found that he had been at length officially promoted
by commission dated 10 Oct. 1814. He afterwards
served, latterly as First-Lieutenant, in the Asia 74
Capt. Alex. Skene, with whom he visited Trieste'
and, a second time, Jamaica. He paid the Asia off
in Feb. 1816 ; and has not since been employed.
Lieut. Cotesworth is married.
* Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 697.
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COTESWORTH-COTGRAVE.
COTESWOKTH. (Commander, 1829. f-p., 16 ;
H-P., 2ii.)
William Cotesitokth is brother of Lieut. Chas.
Cotesworth, R.N. ; and brother-in-law of Capt.
Chas. Bell, R.N., C.B., Lieut. Edmund Scott, R.N.,
and Jas. Kerr, Esq., Master, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Oct. 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef 110, Capt.
Rich. Bailing Dunn, flag-ship in the Channel and
off Cadiz of Sir John Thos. Duckworth ; with the
former of whom he appears to have been succes-
sively transferred to the Hibernia 110, Armide 38,
and Dublin 74. Having attained the rating of
Midshipman, he next removed, in June, 1813, to the
Medusa 32, Capt, Geo. Bell. He cruized for some
months afterwards in the Bay of Biscay on board
the Andromache 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin ; and, sailing
then for North America in the Akbar 50, Capt.
Archibald Dickson, joined the Satdbn 38, Capt.
Jas. Nash, off New York. He subsequently obtained
a berth on board the Endymion, of 48 guns and
319 men, Capt. Henry Hope, in time to participate,
15 Jan. 1815, in that vessel's memorable capture,
after a close action of two hours and a half; a loss
to the British of 11 killed and 14 wounded, and to
the enemy of 35 killed and 70 wounded, of the Pre-
sident American frigate, of 56 guns and 465 men.
On being paid off in Sept. 1815, Mr. Cotesworth
served for 10 months at Porlsmouth under the flag
of Sir John Duckworth ; after which he proceeded
to the Mediterranean in the Impregnable 104, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral David Milne, and was with
Lord Exmouth in the Queen Charlotte 100, at
the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. He
assumed the rank of Lieutenant 16 Sept. following ;
and was afterwards appointed — 19 Aug. 1818, to
the Revolutionnaike 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood
Broughton Reynolds Pellew, on the Mediterranean
station — 17 March and 30 Oct. 1823, to the Thetis
and Lively frigates, Capts. Sir John Phillimore
and Wm. Elliott— 30 May, 1824, again to the Thetis
■ — and, 13 April, 1827, as First-Lieutenant, to the
Herald 10, Capt. Edw. "Wm. Corry Astley, em-
ployed on particular service. While in the Thetis,
Mr. Cotesworth commanded her boats and those
of the Swinger gun-brig, during a series of arduous
operations against the Ashantees in July, 1824 ;
took part also in various experimental cruizes ; and
was employed in escorting different diplomatic per-
sonages to Naples, Constantinople, and South Ame-
rica. In the Herald we find him accompanying
to India S. R. Lushington, Esq., Governor of the
Madras Presidency ; then returning home with Earl
Amherst ; and next conveying to Barbadoes and
Jamaica Major-General Sir Jas. Lyon and the Earl
of Belmore, the newly^ppointed Governors. Since
his last promotion, 6 April, 1829, Commander
Cotesworth has been on half-pay.
He married, 9 March, 1844, Susan Maria, daughter
of the late W. Greaves, Esq., of Walthamstow.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
COTGRAVE. (Commander, 1815. r-p., 15;
H-P., 35.)
Edward Stone Cotgravb is son of the late
Capt. Isaac Cotgrave, R.N. ; brother of Lieuts.
Rich, and Rowland Burdon Cotgrave, R.N. ; and
brother-in-law of Capt. Sam. Burgess, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1797, as
Midshipman, on board the Volcano bomb, com-
manded by his father, with whom he continued to
serve, latterly in the Gannet 16, until May, 1802.
In Jime, 1803, he became attached to the Majestic
74, Capts. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, John Lawford,
and Robt. Moorsom ; and on 20 Dec. 1805 was pro-
moted, from the Iris 32, Capts. Edw. Brace and
Thos. Lavie, to be Sub-Lieutenant of the Contest
gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Gregory. Having
been appointed to a full Lieutenancy in the Belle-
isle 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood, 22 Jan. 1806, Mr.
Cotgrave, who had hitherto served on the Home
station, sailed for the West Indies ; and, proceeding
next to the coast of North America, witnessed, 14
Sept. following, the destruction, off Cape Henry, of
the French 74-gun ship V Impitueux, On his return
to the West Indies, he appears to have been suc-
cessively appointed — 24 June and 12 Oct. 1807, to
the Port D'Espagne 18, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stew-
art, and Camilla 20, Capt. John Boweu — 20 Feb.
1809, to the Achates 10, Capt. Thos. Pinto — 7 May,
1810, to the Minerva frigate, Capt. Rich. Hawkins
—and, 15 April, 1813, to the Pique 36, Capt. Hon.
Anthony Maitland. When in the Poet D'Espagne,
Mr. Cotgrave commanded her boats, conjointly
with Lieut. Hall, at the capture, 12 Sept. 1807, of
El Rosario Spanish privateer, of 1 gun and 34 men.*
He assisted, in the Camilla, at the reduction of
Marie Galante, 2 March, 1808 ; and, in the Achates,
was wrecked in Feb. 1810. He obtained the acting-
command of the Goeee sloop, at Bermuda, 6 April,
1815 ; was confirmed into the Pylades 13 June
following; and since 19 July in the same year,
when he was paid off, has been unemployed.
Commander Cotgrave was awarded, 8 Oct. 1808,
a pension for the loss of an eye. He married, in
Feb. 1824, Alicia Mary, eldest daughter of the late
Wm. Scott, Esq., of Camden Place, Bath.
COTGEAVE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Richard Cotgrave is brother of Commander
Edw. Stone Cotgrave, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 30 Oct. 1810;
passed his examination in 1819; attained the rank
of Lieutenant 28 Feb. 1825 ; joined, 4 March fol-
lowing, the Cambridge 82, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling,
on the South American station, where he remained
two years ; and, since 13 Feb. 1839, has been em-
ployed in the Coast Guard.
COTGEAVE. (LiEDT., 1822. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 1 7.)
Rowland Burdon Cotgrave, born 1 March,
1798, is brother of Commander Edw. Stone Cot-
grave, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1808, as
Midshipman, on board the Pincher gun-brig, comT
manded by his brother-in-law, Lieut. Sam. Burgess;
and in July, 1809, assisted in taking the batteries
of Cuxhaven and Gessendorf. Having been dis-
charged from the Pincher in Feb. 1811, we find
Mr. Cotgrave, on 1 Oct. 1812, entering the Royal
Naval College at Portsmouth ; and, on leaving that
institution in Sept. 1815, proceeding to the West
Indies on board the Tigris 36, Capt. Robt. Hender-
son. From 5 Dec. 1817, the date of his passing,
until June, 1822, he further served, as Admiralty
Midshipman, in the Antelope 50, Rear-Admiral
John Harvey, Helicon 10, Capt. Wm. Robt. Ash-
ley Pettman, Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Sir
Alex. Cochrane, and Iphigenias36, Commodore Sir
Robt. Mends ; and during the latter part of that
period appears to have been very actively em-
ployed in the suppression of smuggling and slavery
on the Home and African stations. He then joined
the Bann 20, Capt. Chas. Phillips ; was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 29 Aug. following ; and,
after holding command for some time of the Sas
Raphael tender, returned to England in March,
1823. Mr. Cotgrave's next appointment was, 28
Nov. in the same year, to the Rattlesnake 28,
Capt. Hugh Patton, fitting at Chatham ; from which
vessel he removed, 3 March, 1824, to the Ramillies
74, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and Hugh Pigot. Until
Dec. 1825 he was afterwards very constantly em-
ployed either in raising men for the Coast Block-
ade, or m cruizing for the protection of the Revenue,
with the Antelope cutter, tender to the Ramil-
lies, under his orders. He next served in the
Coast Guard from 14 May, 1836, until the spring of
1842 ; and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Cotgrave married, 19 May, 1831, Emily
Henrietta, daughter of R. Ellis, Esq., of Torrington
Square, London. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
• Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 1747.
COTTON— COUCH.
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COTTON. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Alexander Cotton is grandson of the late Sir
John Hinde Cotton, Bart. ; and a near relative of
Admiral the late Sir Chas. Cotton, Bart.*
This officer entered the Navy 6 Sept. 1821 ; and,
after receiving a slight wound, as Midshipman of
the Talbot, at the hattle of Navarin,t 20 Oct. 1827,
obtained a commission 21 June, 1828. He joined, 3
March, 1830, the Galatea 42, Capt. Chas. Napier,
fitting at Portsmouth, hut went on half-pay a few
months subsequently ; and has not been since em-
ployed.
Lieut. Cotton married, 15 Aug. 1833, Marianne,
youngest sister of the present Sir Chas. Wager
Watson, Bart ; and became a widower 19 Sept.
1838.
COTTON. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 18; h-p., 17.
Francis Verb Cotton is, we are given to under-
stand, a nephew of Gen. Viscount Combermere,
G.C.B.
This officer entered the Koyal Naval College 6
Aug. 1812 ; and embarked, 19 May, 1814, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Pomone 38, Capts. Philip Car-
teret and John Rich. Lumley, in which frigate he
sailed for the coast of North America. On his re-
turn home in Aug. 1815, he became Midshipman of
the Albion 74, flag-ship at Sheerness of Sir Chas.
Rowley ; after which he served for five years in the
East and West Indies, on board the Orlando 36,
and Malabar 74, both commanded by Capt. John
Clavell, Raleigh 18, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baum-
gardt, and Salisbury 50, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Wm. Chas. Fahie. Having passed his exa-
mination in Aug. 1818, and attained the rank of
Lieutenant 1 Jan. 1821, Mr. Cotton was next ap-
pointed, in the latter capacity — 13 Sept. 1823, to
the Weasel 10, Capts. Tim. Curtis and Rich.
Beaumont, stationed in the Mediterranean— and, 9
Aug. 1828, as First, to the Galatea 42, Capts. Sir
Chas. Sullivan and Chas. Napier, employed on par-
ticular service. He was promoted, 12 Feb. 1830, to
the command of the Champion 18. After serving
for some time on the Halifax station, he proceeded
to the West Indies, where he removed, 31 Jan.
1832, to the Racehorse 18. Capt. Cotton, who has
been on half-pay since the close of 1833, attained
Post-rank 23 Nov. 1841. Agents— Hallett and Ro-
binson.
COUCH. (Retired Commandeb, 1843. f.-p.,
17; H-p., 41.)
Daniel Little Cooch was bom 24 May, 1779.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1789, as
Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Adamant 50, Capt.
Knox, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Hughes at Halifax,
where he remained until 1791. Re-embarking in
1793 on board the Charon, Capt. Edm. Dodd, he
visited the African and West India stations, and in
1794 removed with the same officer, as Midship-
man, to the Dictator 64. He afterwards served
for three years in the Channel, as Master's Mate of
the Atlas 98, commanded at first by Capt. Dodd,
but latterly by Capt. Squire ; and then— joining in
succession the Melpomene 38, Capt. Sir Chas. Ha-
milton, and FiSGARD, of 46 guns and 281 men, Capt.
Thos. Byam Martin — was wounded in the latter
ship at the capture, on 20 Oct. 1798, of /'/mmortaWe,
of 42 guns and 580 men, after a close and obstinate
conflict of great length, a loss to the British of 10
killed and 26 wounded, and to the enemy of 54
killed and 61 wounded. Having passed his exa-
mination in June, 1797, Mr. Couch was promoted,
while subsequently serving in the West Indies on
* Sir Charles Cotton commanded the Alaum frigate, as
one of Rodney's repeaters, in the action of 12 April, 1782.
He was stationeil, in the Majestic 74, next astern of the
RoVAL Gkorok, in Howe's action, 1 June, 17!)4; and was in
the same ship in Cornwallis' retreat, 16 and 17 June 1795.
After having discharged the duties of Commander-in-Chief
on the Newfoundland and Mediterranean stations, he died, of
apoplexy, at the age of fifty-eight, 24 Fob. 1812.
f I'ideOwi. 1827, p. 2325. |
board the Volage frigate, Capt. Hon. Philip Wode-
house, to a Lieutenancy in the Serpent, Capt. Thos.
Roberts, 9 Feb. 1799. His after-appointments appear
to have been, on the Home and Mediterranean sta-
tions— 7 Oct. 1800, to the Formidable 98, Capts.
Edw. Thornbrough and Rich. Grindall — 25 March,
1801, to the Majestic 74, Capt. Davidge Gould — 24
Oct. 1803, to the Terrible 74, Capt. Lord Henry
Paulet— 20 Nov. 1804, to the Hero 74, Capt. Hon.
Alan Hyde Gardner— 12 May, 1807, to the Kent 74,
Capt. Thos. Rogers— and, lastly, 27 June, 1809, to
the command of the Trusty gun-brig, which he left
21 Aug. 1810. While serving in the Hero, Lieut.
Couch was present, in 1805, in Sir Robt. Calder's
and Sir Rich. Strachan's actions ; and witnessed the
capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo of 80 guns,
and 40-gun frigate Belle Paule, of the former of
which ships he was made prize-master. He became
a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov.
1830, and on the Senior 27 March, 1843.
COUCH, ((ffajtailt, 1824. f-p., 34 ; H-P., 24.)
James Couch entered the Navy, in April, 1789,
as Captain's Servant, on board the Adamant 50,
Capt. Knox, bearing the flag at Halifax of Sir Rich.
Hughes, with whom he continued until 17 June, 1792.
From Jan. 1794, until Sept. 1797, he was next em-
ployed with Capts. Edm. Dodd and Squire, of the
Dictator 64, and Atlas 98, on the African, West
India, and Home stations. He then joined, for
nearly two years, the Phaeton 38,, Capt. lion. Robt.
Stopford, in which frigate he assisted in taking
many of the enemy's vessels, Having passed his
examination in Nov. 1799, and been further occu-
pied in the Atalante 16, Capt. Anselm John Grif-
fiths, and Niger 32, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, he was con-
firmed a Lieutenant in the Woolwich store-ship,
Capt. Campbell, 6 Sept. 1800. For his varied and
active services during the Egyptian campaign in
1801, Mr. Couch subsequently received the Turkish
gold medal. Until the peacC'Of Amiens he was next
employed in the Tigre 80, Capt. Sir Sidney Smith ;
after which we find him appointed, as First-Lieu-
tenant— 10 Jan. 1804, to the Conqueror 74, Capts.
Sir Thos. Louis and Israel Pellew — 1 Dec. 1807, to
the President 38, Capts. Adam Mackenzie and
Chas. Marsh Schomberg, on the South American sta-
tion— 4 Sept. 1810, to the Belleropbon 74, flag-
ship in the North Sea of Rear- Admiral John Ferrier
—in April, 1811, to the Aoasta 40, Capt. Alex.
Robt. Kerr — 10 June, 1814, to the Chesapeake 38,
Capts. Geo. Burdett and Fras. Newoombe, in which
frigate he visited the Cape of Good Hope— and, 7
Aug. and 22 Oct. 1816, to the Berwick 74, and Im-
pregnable 104, flag-ships at Plymouth of Sir John
Thos. Duckworth. During his attachment to the
Conqueror, Lieut. Couch accompanied Lord Nelson
to the West Indies in quest of the combined fleets
of France and Spain, and took a warm part in the
battle ofi"Cape Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. While in
the AcASTA he contributed to the capture, on the
Home and American stations, of a large number of
the enemy's armed and other vessels— assisted in
driving a squadron under Commodore Decatur into
New London — and evinced much bravery in com-
mand of the boats on various occasions of hazard,
particularly at the capture, 25 Dec. 1812, of the
Herald letter-of-marque, of 10 gims, on which occa-
sion he received a severe contusion in the leg from
the bursting of a gun. Having obtained his second
promotal commission 6 Sept. 1817, he assumed com-
mand, 2 July, 1821, of the Perseus receiving-ship,
ofi' the Tower ; and, continuing for nine years and
a half to discharge the duties of regulating Captain
at the port of London, raised and forwarded to
their respective ships no fewer than 13,000 men.
Capt. Couch (who had been promoted to Post-rank
24 Jan. 1824) paid the Perseus oS 10 Jan. 1831.
He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
He is the Senior Captain of 1824; and bears the
character of being a very scientific and Ihgenious
officer. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
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COUCH-COULL-COULSON-COURTENAY.
COUCH. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Philip Bogees Cotjch passed his examination 27
Oct. 1843 ; and, while serving, as Mate, in the Pa-
cific, of the Sampson steam-frigate, Capt. Thos.
Henderson, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
9 Not. 1846.
COULL. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Francis Petee Cohli, passed his examination 16
Nov. 1838 ; was for some time employed, as Mate,
on board the Dove Revenue-cruizer, Lieut.-Com-
raander Josias Drew ; and, obtaining an appointment
in the Coast Guard 28 Feb. 1842, continued in that
service until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4
July, 1846. He is now on half-pay.
COULSON. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 18 ;
H-p., 16.D
GnsTAvns Hamilton Coulson, born 7 Jan. 1801,
is second son of John Blenkinsopp Coulson, Esq., of
Blenkinsopp Castle, Lieut.-Colonel of the Northum-
berland Militia, and a Deputy-Lieutenant for that
shire ; brother of Capts. John and Robt. Coulson,
of the Grenadier Guards ; and nephew of Capt.
Robt. Lisle Coulson, R.N., who died in 1822, aged
42.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Oct. 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the" Stork 18, commanded in
the North Sea by his uncle, Capt. R. L. Coulson,
with whom, and Capt. Edw. Curzon, he afterwards
served in the West Indies until Nov. 1818, as Mid-
shipman of the Pelican 18. In March, 1819, he
joined the Newcastle 60, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral
Edw. Griflth at Halifax, where he was confirmed,
7 Jan. 1823, to a Lieutenancy in the Niemen 28,
Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly. We subsequently find
him appointed — 29 Oct. 1825, to the Bbisk 10, Capt.
Chas. Hope, lying at Chatham — 23 Jan. 1826, to
the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, in which
ship he was stationed off the coast of Portugal at
the time the army of occupation was at Lisbon,
then visited the Morea with Sir Fred. Adam, Alex-
andria with the present Lord Howden, and Rio de
Janeiro with Lord Strangford, and served for six
months on the latter station under the broad pend-
ant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy— 23 Feb. 1831,
to the Alfred 50, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, with whom
he appears to have been actively employed for
three years in the Mediterranean, where he wit-
nessed the establishment of King Otho on the
throne of Greece, and was presented, when off
Alexandria, with a sword by Mehemet All — and, 18
Nov. 1839, as First-Lieutenant, to the Blonde 42,
Capt. Thos. Bourchier. For his zealous services
during the ensuing hostilities in China, — where he
was present at the early destruction of the batteries
and war-junks at Amoy, witnessed the evacuation
of Chusan, and commanded a division of boats in
the various operations against Canton,* — Mr. Coul-
son was advanced to his present rank 8 June, 1841.
He then returned home ; and has not since held
any appointment.
Commander Coulson married, in Dec. 1843, Anne
Lindsay, only child of the Rev. Henry Wastell, of
Newbrough, co. Northumberland. Agent — J.
Woodhead.
COUKTENAY. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 20;
H-P., 22.)
George William Conway Courtenay, born in
1795, at Beach Hall, near Chester, is son of Clement
Strafford Courtenay^, Esq., who served in the old
92nd regiment during the first American war, and
raised the Cheshire Fencibles at the commencement
of hostilities with France ; nephew of Capt. Geo.
Wm. Augustus Courtenay, who commanded the
Boston 32, and fell in a gallant action vrith the
French 36-gun frigate Embuscade, 31 July, 1793;
grand-nephew, paternally, of the celebrated Earl of
Bute, who resigned the office of First Lord of the
Treasury in 1763 ; and first-cousin of the present
Sir Robt. Henry Cunliffe, Bart.
» fiifcGaz. 1840, p. 2903, andGaz. 1841, p. 1504.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 Sept. 1805 (un-
der the auspices of Earl St. Vincent), as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Amazon 38, Capt. the present
Sir Wm. Parker ; and, continuing in that ship for
upwards of six years, a great part of the time as
Midshipman and Master's Mate, saw much active
boat-service— was employed with a naval brigade
on the coasts of Biscay and Asturias— and assisted,
in company with the London 98, at the capture,
after a long running fight, and a loss to the Amazon
of 3 men killed and 6 wounded, of the 80-gun ship
Mareago, bearing the flag of Bear- Admiral Linois,
and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule, 13 March, 1806. He
next joined in succession the Victory 100, and
Bellerophon 74, flag-ships in the Baltic and at
Newfoundland of Sir Jas. Saumarez and Sir Rich.
Goodwin Keats ; obtained a Lieutenancy in the
Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, on the latter
station, 19 July, 1813; and was subsequently ap-
pointed—27 April, 1815, to the San Josef 110,
flag-ship in the Channel of Sir Rich. Strachan—
9 June, 1817, to the Tigris 36, Capt. Robt. Hen-
derson, off Brighton— 15 March, 1818, to the Ipai-
genia 42, Capt. Hyde Parker, in which frigate
he visited Quebec and Jamaica— 12 Aug. 1819,
to the Beavek 10, Capt. Bich. Saumarez, lying at
Portsmouth — in Feb. 1820, to the Iphigenia again,
on the Mediterranean station— and, 22 March, 1822,
to the Cyrene 20, Capt. Percy Grace. In Oct. fol-
lowing Mr. Courtenay commanded the boats of the
latter vessel, and displayed great intrepidity and
judgment, at the destruction of two slave-factories
in the Gallinas River, on the coast of Africa ; on
which occasion his party, who experienced a very
formidable opposition, sustained a loss of one man
mortally, and three slightly wounded. Being pro-
moted, 26 Dec. 1823, to the Bans 20, he became for
a few months Senior Ofiicer on the African station ;
after which he held the temporary command of the
Owen Glendower 36, during the Ashantee war ;
and then, returning to the Bann, captured two
Brazilian vessels, vrith 728 slaves on board. Capt.
Courtenay was next appointed, 17 April, 1827, to the
Fairy 10, fitting for the West Indies; where he
removed, 12 Sept. following, to the Arachne IS,
and was made Post 14 April, 1828, in the Magnifi-
cent receiving-ship at Jamaica. Having assumed
command, 5 Jan. 1829, of the Mersey 26, he re-
turned to England and was paid off in 1831 ; since
which period he has not held any appointment
afloat.
Capt. Courtenay was Consul-General at Hayti
from 1832 until 1842. Agents— Goode and Law-
COUETENAY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 28.)
Henry Couetenat entered the Navy, 24 May,
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64,
Capt. Edw. Dumford King, with whom he sailed
for the East Indies, and thence returned in convoy
of a fleet of Indiamen. In Sept. 1808, he joined the
Stately 64, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, flag-ship after-
wards in the Baltic of Rear- Admiral Thos. Bertie,
and ultimately commanded by Capt. Edw. Stirling
Dickson, under whom he co-operated, as Midship-
man, in the defence of Tarifa, in Dec. 1811. From
June, 1812, until Aug. 1815, he next served on
board the Rodney 74, Capt. E. D. King, off Toulon,
Pyramus 36, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, in
the Bay of Biscay, Royalist 18, Capts. Jas. John
Gordon Bremer and Thos. Parry Jones Parry, off
the coast of Spain, Hyperion 36, Capt. Wm. Pryce
Cumby, on the Lisbon station, and Achates sloop,
Capt. Thos. Lambe Polden Laugharne, off Scilly.
While with Capt. Bremer in the Royalist, Mr.
Courtenay assisted, in company with the Scylla
18, and in sight of the Bippos 74, at the capture,
21 Oct. 1813, of the French frigate Le Weser, of
40 guns and 340 men, after a stem conflict, and a
loss to the Royalist of 2 men killed and 9 wounded.
Having obtained his commission 8 March, 1815, he
appears to have been subsequently appointed— 4
June, 1828, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas.
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Mingaye — and, 21 Deo. 1831, aa First, to the Re-
venge 78, Capt. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, sta-
tioned off Lisbon. Mr. Courtenay has been on
half-pay since 1833.
COURTENAY. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
KicHARD William Codktenat entered the Navy
in 1833 ; passed his examination 4 Sept. 1839 ; served
for nearly five years in the Mediterranean as Mate
of the Edinbukgh 72, Capt. 'Wm. Wilmott Hen-
derson, and Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sar-
torius ; and, on 30 Nov. 1844, was promoted to his
present rank, when on the point of sailing for the
East Indies in the Osphey 12, Capt. Fred. Patten.
He has been employed in the Mediterranean since
24 Dec. in the same year, on board the Fantome
16, Capts. Sir Fred. Wm. Erskine Nicholson and
Thos. Philip Le Hardy.
Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm.
but has not been since employed.
Dufaur.
Jas. Mingaye,
Agent — Fred.
COVENTRY. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Percy William Coventey entered the Navy
23 Sept. 1831 ; passed his examination 5 Deo. 1837 ;
and after intermediately serving in North America,
the West Indies, and Mediterranean, as Mate of
the COMUS 18, Capt. Evan Nepean, and Queen 110,
flag-ship of Sir Edw. Owen, was advanced to the
rank he now holds 14 June, 1844. His appoint-
ments have since been— 9 Sept. 1844, to the Water-
witch 10, Capt. Thos. Fras. Birch, fitting at Ports-
mouth—8 Jan. 1845, to the Com us 18, Capt. Tlios.
Sparke Thompson, stationed on the south-east coast
of America— and, 29 Oct. 1845, to the Vernon 50,
as Flag-Lieutenant to R6ar-Admiral Sam. Hood
Inglefield, with whom he is now employed in the
East Indies.
COWAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 32.)
James Cowan entered the Navy, 5 Dec. 1793, as
A.B., on board the Aimable 32, Capts. Sir Harry
Burrard Neale and Fras. Laforey, under the former
of whom he assisted, in 1804, at the reduction of
Bastia and the capture of La Moselle French cor-
vette, of 18 guns. On his arrival afterwards in the
West Indies, he removed, in April, 1796, as Mid-
shipman, to the Scipio 64, Capt. Chas. Sydney
Davers ; subsequently to which he became attached
for two years to the America 64, Capt. John Smith,
on the North Sea station, and served, from Oct.
1799, to June, 1806, in the Channel and Mediter-
ranean, as Master's Mate of the Active 38, Capts.
C. S. Davers and Rich. Hussey Moubray. He then
officiated for some time as Acting-Lieutenant of
the Racehorse 18, Capt. Wm. Forbes, off the port
of Cadiz, but in the following Sept. resumed Iiis
previous rank on board the Magnificent 74, Capt.
Geo. Eyres, with whom he continued for upwards
of five years, and witnessed the reductioil, in Oct.
1809, of Zante, Cephalonia, &c., and, in April, 1810,
of Sta. Maura. He next, in Sept. 1813, joined
the Namub 74, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Thos.
Williams, from which he was at length promoted to
his present' rank, 15 Feb. 1815. He has not since
been afloat. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
COWEN. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 14 ; h-p., 28.)
MouHiCE CowEN entered the Navy, in Aug. 1805,
as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Saturn 74, Capts.
Lord Amelius Beauclerk and Wm. Cumberland, of
which ship he became a Midshipman in Aug. 1806.
In Deo. 1809, he rejoined Lord Beauclerk in the
Royal Oak 74, commanded afterwards by Capt.
Pulteney Malcolm; and, on 21 March, 1812, was
promoted, from the Pobargus 14, Capt. Wm. Ro-
billiard, to the rank of Lieutenant. Mr. Cowan,
who had hitherto served in the Mediterranean,
Baltic, and Channel, now sailed for the East Indies
in the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, with whom he
remained, latterly in the Illustrious 74, until Nov.
1813. He afterwards served on the Coast Blockade,
from 9 Nov. 1824, until 1830, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of tho Ramillies 74, and Hyfebion 42,
COX. (CapTAIK, 1841. F-P., 24; H.P., 23.)
Douglas Cox, bom about the year 1789, is son
of an old officer in the army, who was severely
wounded during the first American war, and died
some years ago at Nova Scotia, holding a Staff ap-
pointment.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 May, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boston 32, Capt. John
Erskine Douglas, and for many months of 1801 was
arduously employed blockading the French 36-gun
frigate Semillante on the coast of North America.
Joining, in Dec. 1804, the Circe 32, Capt. Jonas
Rose, he sailed for the West Indies, where, after
assisting at the capture of several heavy privateers,
he removed, in July, 1806, to the Northumberland
74, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, and was ap-
pointed, 12 March, 1807, Sub-Lieutenant of the At-
tentive gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Robt. Carr.
In command of a jolly-boat belonging to the latter
vessel, Mr. Cox, with only five hands, very dash-
ingly boarded and carried, in a small liarbour near
Martinique, a large guardaoosta of 2 long six-
pounders and 35 men, although the whole of her
crew, armed with muskets, were drawn up on the
deck from stem to stern, ready to receive him.
He also commanded on other equally successful
cutting-out occasions, and bore a part in one or
two stiff actions with privateers. Towards the
close of 1807 he became Acting-Lieutenant of the
Port d'Espagne 16, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart,
on accompanying whom into the Snap 16, he wit-
nessed the reduction of Martinique, and was offici-
ally promoted by commission dated 10 March, 1809.
Continuing to serve in the same vessel with Capts.
Thos. Barclay, Fras. Douglas, and Robt. Lisle
Coulson, until Feb. 1811, we further discover Mr.
Cox, besides contributing, as First Lieutenant, to
the destruction of a merchantman under the fire of
some batteries at Guadeloupe, co-operating in the
capture of that island, and serving on shore with
Brigadier-General Geo. Harcourt at the taking of
St. Martin's. He next cruized for a short time in
the North Sea, on board the Lynx 18, Capt. Thos.
'Percival; and, from May, 1811, until July, 1814,
again served with Capt. J. E. Douglas, in the
Bellona 74, and Prince op Wales 98, latterly
on the Mediterranean station, where he beheld the
fall of Genoa, in April, 1814. He was afterwards
appointed — 8 Aug. 1814, to the Alpheus 36, Capt.
Geo. Langford, in which ship he visited the East
Indies and China — and, 29 Jan. 1817, to the Prim-
rose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, fitting
for the Jamaica station. He was there promoted,
9 July following, to the command of the Shear-
water sloop, which he brought home and paid off
17 April, 1820. Capt. Cox, who subsequently held
an InSBectorship in the Coast Guard from 15 June,
1832, until the close of 1835, attained Post-rank 23
Nov. 1841. He is at present on half-pay.
He has been twice married, and has three chil-
dren by his first marriage. His present wife was
the widow of Commander Chas. Newton Hunter,
R.N. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
COX. (Retired Commander, 1825. f-p., 15 ;
H-p., 50.)
Francis Cox entered the Navy, in 1782, as Mid-
shipman, on board La Pr^sidente, Capt. Lord
Chas. Fitzgerald, stationed in the Channel; after
which he served, until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 22 Nov. 1790, in the Crocodile, Capt.
Williamson, Le Pbgase, Capt. Marshall, WiwcHEt-
SEA, Capt. Edw. Pellew, Pylades, Capt. Davidge
Gould, and Salisbury, bearing the fiag of Admiral
Milbanke— ships that appear to have been variously
employed on the East India, Home, and New-
foundland stations. Between March, 1793, and the
year 1800, we next find him in succession appointed
to the Andromache 38, Capt. Jones, Druid 33,
2 li 2
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COX-CRABB-CHACROFT-CBAGG-CRAGGS.
Capts. Reynolds, Kich. King, and Edw. Codrington,
MiNOTAUK 74, Capt. John Louis, Renown 74, and
Barfleok 98, flag-sliip of Rear- Admiral. Colling-
wood. H e served during that period off N ewfound-
land, Lisbon, and Cadiz, and also in the Channel.
Commander Cox, who has beeii on half-pay since
the date last mentioned, assumed his present rank
15 Feb. 1825. Agests— Messrs. Stilwell.
COX. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 26 ; h-p., 16.)
Henby Cox, bom in Oct. 1793, is maternally re-
lated to the families of the celebrated Sir Fras.
Drake and Sir John "Williams, the latter of whom
held the Surveyorship of the Navy from 22 June,
1765, until 12 Dec. 1784.
This ofiScer entered the Navy, 28 Jan. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Circe, 32, Capts. Jonas
Rose, Joseph Spear, and Hugh Pigot. He next
served, from Nov. 1807, until Nov. 1812, nearly the
whole time as Midshipman, in the Impi^cable 74,
Capts. Thos. Byam Martin, Geo. Cockbum, and
Joshua Rowley Watson, under the first of whom
we find him taking part, 26 Aug. 1808, in a gallant
action of 20 minutes with the Russian 74-gun ship
Sewolodf which was completely silenced, and in the
end, with the assistance of the Centadr 74, flag-
ship of Sir Sam. Hood, captured and burnt, in sight
of the whole Russian fleet, near Rogerswick, after
a total loss to the enemy of 303 men, and to the Im-
placable, individually, of 6 killed and 26 wounded.
He also served at the siege of Cadiz ; and, on next
joining the Pelican, of 18 guns and 101 men, Capt.
John Fordyoe Maples, was present, 14 Aug. 1813,
in a spirited conflict of 45 minutes, which rendered
captive to the British, whose loss amounted to 2
men killed and 5 wounded, the American sloop
Argus, of 20 guns and 122 men, 6 of whom were
killed and 18 wounded. For his conduct on that
occasion Mr. Cox, after a servitude of some months
in the President 38, Capts. Fras. Mason and Aich.
'Duff*, on the Irish station, was awarded a Lieute-
nant's commission 3 Feb. 1815. He obtained an
appointment in the Coast Guard 18 June, 1831 ;
and, on 8 Oct. 1844, was transferred to the com-
mand of the Lapwing Revenue-vessel, which he
still retains. For his great exertions in saving life
and property when commanding the Coast Guard
station at St. Andrew's, Lieut. Cox received a gold
and silver medal from the Royal National Institu-
tion, the thanks of both Universities, the honorary
freedom of the City, the thanks in two instances of
the Town Council, and more than 30 acknowledg-
ments from various Insurance Companies and other
Institutions ; and was also presented with a sword
by a body of underwriters.
He married, in 1817, Miss Mary Foote, of Kings-
bridge, CO. Devon, by whom he has issue seven
children. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
COX. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Henry Laird Cox entered the Navy 3 Jan. 1824 ;
passed his examination in 1830 ; obtained his com-
mission 23 March, 1840; and has been since ap-
pointed—30 Dec. 1842, to the Styx steam-vessel,
Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal, employed in sur-
veying the Azores— and, 1 Aug. 1845, to the Dasher
steam-packet, Capt. Wm. Louis Sheringham, with
whom he is now serving on the Home station.
CEABB. (LlEDT., 1809. F-P., 14 ; h-p., 32.)
Joseph William Crabb entered the Navy, 4
Sept. 1801, as Midshipman, on board the Royal
Sovereign 100,' Capt. Rich. Raggett, flag-ship in
the Channel of Sir Henry Harvey. He afterwards,
until May, 1806, served, in the Mediterranean, and
again on the Home station, on board the Acasta 38,
Capt. Jas. Athol Wood, Doris 36, Capts. Rich.
Harrison Pearson and Patrick Campbell, Diamond
38, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, and Chiefonne 36,
Capt. P. Campbell. We then find him accompany-
ing the latter officer into the Unite 36, in which
frigate, under Cant. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne,
he continued until Oct. 1815. On 16 June, 1809,
Mr. Crabb— who had assisted, in May, 1808, at the
taking of II Mmco of 16 guns, and in June follow-
ing at the simultaneous capture of the Nettuno and
Toulie brigs, of similar force— was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant. He subsequently, in Jan. 1810,
received, while commanding the Unite s boats in
close but unsuccessful pursuit of an enemy's vessel,
a very severe wound near the left groin, by a lang-
ridge shot, which has never yet been extracted ;
and on 31 March, 181 1, he was present at the capture
of the 20-gun store-ship Dramadaire. On 4 July in
the same year we again discover Mr. Crabb com-
manding the boats, and cutting out from under a
2-gun battery, near Port Hercuk, on the Roman
coast, the St. Frangois de Paule, a vigorously-
defended brig, mounting 8 six and three-pounders;
and, in the evening of the same day, acting in con-
cert with Capt. Aug. Wm. Jas. Clifford of the Ce-
PHALUS at the hazardous capture of three merchant-
men near Civita Vecchia.* At the capture, 29Kov.
ensuing, after a severe running-fight of four hours,
of the 26-gun store-ship Persarme, which until the
moment of her surrender had been taken for a fri-
gate, Mr. Crabb officiated as Senior Lieutenant of
the Unite, and again distinguished himself.f He
appears to have eventually served, in the Channel,
as First, also, of the Orontes 36, Capt. Nathaniel
Day Cochrane, from June to Oct. 1816; since which
latter date he has been on half-pay. Agent— J.
Hinxman.
CEACBOFT. (Commander, 1846.)
Peter CRACBOrr, bom 15 March, 1816, is second
son of Robt. Cracroft, Esq., of Hackthora, co. Lin-
coln, Lieutenant-Colonel of the North Lincolnshire
Militia, and a Deputy-Lieutenant ; and nephew of
the present Sir Wm. Amcotts Ingilby, Bart., as also
of the late Capt. Sir Robt. Barrie, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 4 June, 1830 ; passed
his examination 20 March, 1835 ; and at the date of
his first promotion, which took place 26 Aug. 1841,
was serving as Mate on board the Southampton 5(^
flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Sir Edw.
Duraford King. He became, 6 Aug. 1842, Flag-
Lieutenant, in the Victory 100, to Rear-Admiral
Hyde Parker, Admiral-Superintendent at Ports-
mouth; and, on 12 Oct. 1846, was advanced to the
rank of Commander. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
CBAGG. (Commandeb, 1842.)
John Bettinson Cragg entered the Navy 10 Oct.
1809 ; passed his examination in 1816 ; and obtained
his first commission 19 May, 1828. He was next
appointed — 1 Oct. 1829, to tie Semiramis 24, as
Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, Com-
mander-in-Chief at Cork — 15 Jan. 1831, to the Ta-
LAVEBA 74, Capts. Thos. Brown and Edw. Chetham,
employed on the Home, Lisbon, and Mediterranean
stations— and, 15 Feb. 1837, to the Cobnwallis 74,
Capt. Sir Rich. Grant, with whom he visited North
America and the West Indies. We subsequently
find him assuming command, 7 March and 27 July,
1838, and 18 July, 1839, of the Carbon, Dasher,
and Hecla steam-vessels, on the Home, North
America, and West India stations. "While in the
Hecla, he obtained the high commendation of
Capt. Leith, the Senior officer in the West Indies,
for his conduct at a period when the fever was rag-
ing on board tha.t vessel. He attained his present
rank 15 April, 1842, and since 29 June, 1846, has
been in command of the Sphynx steam-sloop.
He married, 7 Nov. 1843, Margaret Anne, fourth
daughter of Simon Little, Esq., Purser and Pay-
master, R.N. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
CEAGGS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 31.)
George Cbaggs entered the Navy, 13 June, 1807,
as A.B., on board the Matilda, Lieut.-Commander
Thos. Dorsett Birchall, flag-ship at Woolwich of
Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, with whom, in the
PoMPiE 74, he attended the ensuing expedition to
Copenhagen. With the exception of a few months
in 1809, during which we find him commanding No.
11 gun-boat in the operations against Walcheren,
* Vide Gai. 181 1, p. 1864. t V. Gaz. 1818, p. S61.
CRAIGIE- CRANE.
237
he continued to serve with Vice-Admiral Stanhope,
in the Thisbe 28, and Namdr 74, flag-ships at
Greenwich and the Nore, until Aug. 1810, latterly
as Master's Mate. When afterwards on board the
GRASSHorPER 18, Capt. Henry Fanshawe, the sub-
ject of this sketch appears to have been in com-
pany with the Hero 74, when that ship was lost in
a dreadful gale on the Haak Sand ; on which occa-
sion, 24 Dec. 1811, the former vessel, being driven
close in with Texel Island, was obliged to surrender
to the enemy. On his return from captivity in May,
1814, Mr. Craggs became attached in succession to
the Ceres 32, Capt. Jas. Prevost, and Namub 74,
Capt. Chas. John Austen, as also to the Conwat 24,
Capt. John Tancock, with whom he cruized for
some time off Madeira. He obtained his commis-
sion 8 March, 1815 ; and since the following Aug.
has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
CRAIGIE. (Captain, 1839. r-p., 20; h-p., 16.)
KoBERT Craigie, bom, we believe, in 1800, is
descended of the Craigies of Rilgraston, in Perth-
shire.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1811, as
a Volunteer, on board the Arethusa 38, Capt.
Fras. Holmes Coffin, under whom, and Capt. Aug.
Brine of the Medwat 74, he served in the West
Indies and at the Cape of Good Hope, nearly the
whole time as Midshipman, until March, 1815.
During the next seven years he appears to have
been successively employed, on the Home, South
American, and East India stations, on board the
Prince 98, Capt. Edm. Boger, Kamillies 74, Capt.
Thos. Boys, Ttne 26, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon,
Glasgow 50, Capt. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, and
Curlew sloop, Capt. Kobt. Graham Dunlop. On
13 July, 1822, Mr. Craigie became Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Leander 50, bearing the flag of Hon.
Sir Henry Blackwood; and on his arrival home
from India he was officially promoted by commission
dated 9 Jan. 1823. Joining, in April of the same
year, the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish
Spencer, he next served for three years and a half
on the Mediterranean station, where we find him in
command of the boats at the cutting out of a Sar-
dinian vessel from under the fire of the batteries at
Bona. He afterwards officiated as Flag-Lieutenant
to Hon. Sir H. Blackwood when Commander-in-
Chief at the Nore ; and, while a passenger on board
H.M.S. Clio, was noticed as having eminently con-
tributed by his zeal and activity to her preserva^
tion when nearly lost on the coast of Northumber-
land. On 16 Feb. 1828, immediately on his re-
turn from an experimental cruize, Mr. Craigie was
awarded a second promotal commission ; subse-
quently to which he commanded, from 4 Dec. 1835
until the close of 1839, the Scoot 18, on the coast
of Africa. During that period he liberated up-
wards of 2200 slaves — twice commanded, for periods
of eleven and nine months, the squadron on the west
coast — successfully conducted a very critical nego-
ciation with the King and Chiefs of Bonny in 1837
— and in 1838 acquired the thanks of the Governor
of Mauritius for the " able and efficient " manner in
which he discharged the duties of a special mission
to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. In conse-
quence of these and other important services, Capt.
Craigie was rewarded, previous to the paying ofi' of
the Scoot, with the rank of Post-Captain, 7 Nov.
1839. He has not since been employed.
Capt. Craigie married, in April, 1842, Charlotte,
second daughter of the late Chas. Grant, Esq., and
niece of the late Bight Hon. Sir Wm. Grant, Master
of the Bolls. Agent — John P. Muspratt.
CKANE. (Eetibed Commander, 1843. f-p., 19 ;
H-p., 30.)
Potnter Crane, born 5 June, 1786, is son of the
late Edw. Crane, Esq., Coroner for the city of Nor-
wich.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1798, as
Midshipman, on board the Repulse 64, Capt. Jas.
Alms, in which he beheld the capture, in 1799, of
three French frigates by a part of the Mediterra-
nean squadron under Lord Keith, and was wrecked,
near Ushant, 10 March, 1800. After a short im-
prisonment in France, he joined Capt. Rich. Good-
win Keats in the Boadicza 38 ; and, continuing to
serve with that officer until Oct. 1805 in the Superb
74, took a warm part in the victory gained by Sir
Jas. Saumarez over the Franco-Spanish squadron,
near Cadiz, 12 July, 1801, and accompanied Lord
Nelson in his pursuit of the combined fleets to the
West Indies during the summer of 1805. He next
served for some months in the North Sea and Baltic,
on board the Roebuck 44, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley,
and Alert 18, Capt. Robt. Williams ; was appointed,
31 Oct. 1806, Acting Sub-Lieutenant of the Havock
gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Rich. Bamber, in
which he escorted Major-General Claxton on a visit
of inspection to the different ports of Prussia ; and
on 12 July, 1807; was officially promoted to the full
rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the Resolu-
tion 74, Capt. Geo. Btalton. After a brief attach-
ment to the Forester 18, Capt. R. Richards, the
subject of this notice assumed command, 13 Aug.
1808, of the Irresistible prison-ship in the river
Medway, where he remained until Jan. 1812. In
March following he joined the Reynard 18, Capts.
Hew Steuart, Geo. Brine, and David St. Clair; in
which vessel he served at the defence of Riga, and
conveyed, as Acting-Commander, the despatches
announcing the eventual discomfiture of the French
to Rear-Admiral Morris, off Carlscrona. He was
subsequently, on 12 May, 1813, while in command
of a prize, driven by a gale into Frederickstad, in
Norway, where he was detained a^risoner for some
months. In Sept. following he joined, as Senior
Lieutenant, the Brisk 18, Capt. Henry Higman,
and in that vessel and the Ariel 18, Capt. Dan.
Ross, appears to have been actively employed on
the Irish and African coasts until Dec. 1814. Mr.
Crahe was next appointed, 6 Nov. 1815, to the Bul-
wark 74, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Chas. Rowley
— and, 14 March, 1817, to the command of the Asp
Revenue-cutter. He was paid off in April, 1818 ;
and invested with his present rank 6 April, 1843.
Commander Crane married, 2 May, 1809, Urania
Hoare, daughter of E. Weekes, Esq., of the Hon.
E. I. Go's, service, by whom he has issue six sons
and two daughters. One of the former, Benjamin
Henry, is a Midshipman in the Indian Navy.
CEANE. (Ketibed Commander, 1840. f-p., 19;
H-p., 35.)
Thomas Crane was born, 15 March, 1775, at
Peel, Isle of Man.
This officer — who had previously served his time
in the merchant-service — entered the Navy, 18
April, 1793, as A.B., on board the Tartar 28,
Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle ; and, proceeding to
the Mediterranean, was present at the investment
of Toulon in Aug. followii^, and at the capture, in
1794, of Bastia, and of the French frigate La Sybille.
Being subsequently transferred with Capt. Fre-
mantle to the Inconstant 36, he took part in Vice-
Admiral Hotham's first partial rencounter with the
French fleet ; on which occasion, 13 March, 1795,
the Inconstant sustained a loss of 3 men killed and
14 wounded, in a very spirited action with the 80-
gun ship Ca Ira. From Sept. 1797, until April, 1802,
Mr. Crane' next served with the Channel fleet, as
Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Neptune 98,
commanded during that period by various officers ;
after which he joined, in Jlarch, 1804, the Glatton
50, flag-ship at Lcith of Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon,
and in the following Aug., as Acting-Lieutenant,
the Blessing armed ship, Capt. John Baker. He
was confirmed, 18 Sept. 1806, to a Lieutenancy in
the Revenge 74, Capts. Sir John Gore and Hon.
Chas. Paget ; and in the course of 1809 was present,
as Second Lieutenant, at the destruction of the
French shipping in Basque Roads, and in the ope-
rjations against Walcheren. His last appointments
were, 12 Jan. 1811, and 5 Sept. 1812, to the Cres-
cent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, and Superb 74, Capt.
Hon. C. Paget ; in the former of which ships he suf-
238
CRANG-CRAUFURD-CRAWFORD.
fered a very severe accident in the loss of the first
joint of his great toe. The effects ultimately ob-
liged him, on his return from the Brazils, as First
of the last-mentioned ship, to seek half-pay in Jan,
1814. Commander Crane accepted the rank he
now holds 13 Oct. 1840.
He married, 16 Oct. 1817, Miss Margaret Kirk,
and has issue a son and daughter.
CRANG. (Lieutenant, 1840. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 1.)
John Hay Chaho was born 6 Oct. 1811.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 June, 1825, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Albion 74, Capt. John
Acworth Ommanney ; in which ship he served as
Midshipman at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827.
He joined next the Windsob Castle 76, Capt. Hon.
Buncombe Pleydell Bouverie ; passed his examina/-
tion 9 June, 1832 ; and until promoted 9 Oct. 1840,
further served, on the Home, Mediterranean, Hali-
fax, and Lisbon stations — on board the Viper 6,
Lieut.-Commander Henry James, Confiance 2,
Lieut.-Commander John Middleton Waugh, Presi-
dent 52, and Vernon 50, each commanded by
Capt. John M'Kerlie, Princess Charlotte 104,
Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, and Donegal 74, and
Britannia 120, both under the command of Capt.
John Drake. He then joined the Southampton
50, Hag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Sir Edw.
Durnford King; and on 18 June, 1841, was ap-
pointed to the Clio 16, Capts. Stephen Grenville
Fremantle and Edw. Norwich Troubridge. In the
foUowiAg year we find him enacting a part in the
hostilities against China, where he served in the
Yang-tse-Kiang, was present on shore in the attack
on the batteries of Woosung, and assisted at the
taking of Shanghae.* His appointments have since
been— 6 Oct. 1842, to the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir
Thos. Herbert, for passage home — 26 Oct. 1843, as
First, to the Apollo troop-ship, Capt. "Wm. Mac-
lean, employed on general service — 13 June, 1845,
in a similar capacity, to the Siren 16, Capt. Harry
£dm. EdgeU, in the Mediterranean— and, 1 Oct.
1845, to the command of the Volcano steam-sloop,
now employed on the latter station. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
CRAUFUSD. (Lieut., 1843. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 0^
Frederic AuGUSTDS Buchanan Cradfurd, born,
16 March, 1822, at Kome, is second son of John
Craufurd, Esq., of Auchinames and Crosbie, co.
Ayr, by Sophia Marianna, daughter of Major-
General Horace Churchill, and great-granddaughter
of Sir Robt. "Walpole. He is cousin of Commander
H. W. Craufurd, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 June, 1836, on
board the Imogene 28, Capt. Henry "Wm. Bruce,
fitting for the South American station, whence he
returned in Deo. 1839. Joining, then, the Benbow
72, Capt. Houston Stewart, he took part in all the
operations of the Syrian campaign, including the
bombardment of Beyrout, the attack on Tortosa,
and the siege of Acre ; and on 15 Jan. 1841, he was
officially mentioned for his conduct in an affair with
the enemy near Ascalon, while serving on shore as
Extra Aide-de-Camp to General Miohell. He next
studied on board the Excellent gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and, enter-
ing the Naval College in 1842, was rewarded, 28
June, 1843, -with a Lieutenant's commission, for
having passed the best examination. Since 19 Oct.
1843, Mj. Craufurd has been serving in the East
Indies on board the Fox 42, Commodore Hon. Sir
Henry Blackwood. He holds a certificate of profi-
ciency in steam navigation.
the Pelorus 18, Capt. Slichael Quin, in the Medi-
terranean—and 26 Nov. 1831, to the Melville 74,
Capt. Henry Hart, whom he accompanied to the
East Indies. Attaining his present rank 13 July,
1835, he assumed command, 13 Nov. 1837, of the
Racehorse 18, and served in that sloop on the
North America and West India station until 1839.
He has since been on half-pay.
CRAUFURD. (Commander, 1835.)
Hbnky William Ceauford is cousin of Lieut.
F. A. B. Craufurd, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 3 April, 1821 ;
passed his examination in 1827 ; and rose to the
rank of Lieutenant 2 March, 1828. His appoint-
ments, in the latter capacity, were— 8 May, 1828, to
* Fide Gaz. 1842, p. 3100.
CRAUFURD. (Retibed Commander, 1838.
F-p., 19 ; H-P., 35.)
Peter Craufurd entered the Navy, 25 July,
1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glory 98, Capt.
Bourmaster, stationed in the Channel; removed, as
Midshipman, in Nov. 1795, to the Prince George
98, Capt. Theophilus Jones ; and proceeded, early
in 1796, to the West Indies on board the Invinci-
ble 74, Capt. Wm. Cayley. In April of the latter
year he was wounded at the reduction of Ste. Lucie ;
and, in the course of 1797, he was further present
at the taking of Trinidad, and in the unsuccessful
attack on Porto Rico. After contributing to the
capture of Surinam in Aug. 1799, he became at-
tached for some months to the Keqdin gun-brig,
Lieut.-Commander Sam. Fowell, on the Home sta-
tion ; and then, joining the Renown 74, bearing the
flag of Sir John Borlase Warren, attended the expe-
dition to Egypt in 1801. In Aug. of the same year
he received an order to act as Lieutenant of the
Camelion brig, Capt. Jas. Hawes, but he was not
promoted by the Admiralty until 4 Sept. 1805—
previously to which he had further served for 18
months with Lord Nelson as Midshipman of the
Victory 100, and for a shorter period with Capt.
Hon. Courtenay Boyle as Acting-Lieutenant of the
Amphitrite frigate. In Oct. 1805 Mr. Craufurd
was next appointed to the Formidable 98, Capt.
Fras. Fayerman, forming part of the Channel fleet
after which he assumed command, 12 Dec. 1806, of
the Surly cutter, and was employed at the blockade
of Danzig, and the bombardment of Copenhagen,
in 1807. His subsequent appointments were — 1 Felj.
1809, to the Fury bomb, Capt. Robt. Balfour, in the
Baltic — 14 Nov. 1810, to the Formidable 98, Capt.
Jas. NicoU Morris, off Lisbon — 11 April, 1812, to
the Union 98, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, in the Me-
diterranean— and, 12 June in the same year, to the
command of the Triton in the river 'i'agus. He
was finaUy placed on half-pay 14 Dec. following;
and on 17 Jan. 1838, was advanced to his present
rank.
CRAWFORD. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 17 j«
H-p., 30.)
Abraham Crawford, born in Oct. 1788, is
youngest Son of the late Rev. Thos. Crawford, of
Lismore, co. Waterford; and brother of Lieut.
Rich. Crawford, R.N., who was lost in a hurricane
while commanding the Dominica schooner, 15 Aug.
1815.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 May, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diamond 38, Capts. Edw.
Griffith and Thos. Elphinstone, in which ship he
assisted at the capture of many of the enemy's
vessels, armed and otherwise. While next serving,
under Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen, in the Immok-
talite and Clyde frigates, he appears, as Midship-
man, to have been almost daily in action, from June,
1802, until Aug. 1806, with detachments of the Bou-
logne flotilla, several of which were at different times
taken, and himself on one occasion wounded. On
next joining the Royal George 100, bearing the
flag of Sir J ohn Thos. Duckworth, he was present,
in Feb. 1807, at the passage of the Dardanells, and
beheld the destruction of a Turkish squadron off
Point Pesquies. Being promoted, 25 Nov. 1807, to
a Lieutenancy in the Sui/tan 74j Capts. Edw.
Griffith and John West, the subject of this sketch
subsequently assisted in cutting out numerous ves-
sels from different ports in the Gulf of Genoa, and
joined in a pursuit which led to the self-destruction
of the two French line-of-battle ships Sobuste and
Lion, 25 Oct. 180D. We afterwards find Mr. Craw-
CRAWFORD— CRAWLEY-CREAGH.
239
ford — whose next appointments were, 19 Jan. 1810,
and 28 Oct. 1811, to the Tigke 74, and Malta
80, both commanded hy the late Sir Benj. Hal-
lowell Carew— serving at the blockade of Toulon,
and co-operating with the patriots on the coast of
Catalonia, where he was present at tlie siege of
Tarragona in 1811. He was promoted to the rank
of tommander on leaving the Mama, 23 March,
1815 ; appointed to the Grasshopper 18, on the
"West India station, 8 Deo. 1827 ; and posted into
the Magnificent receiving-ship at Port Royal,
Jamaica, 5 Jan. 1829. He invalided home in the
course of the same year ; and has not since been
afloat.
Capt. Crawford received a pecuniary reward
during the war from the Patriotic Society. He
married, in Jan. 1831, Sophia, daughter of the Kev.
Jas. Mockler, of Rockville, co. Cork. Agents —
Coplands and Burnett.
CEAWFOTID. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.)
James Crawford entered the Navy, 17 Oct.
1803, as A.B., on board the Trcstt 50, Capts. Geo.
Argles and Brian Hodgson, stationed off the coast of
France, where he was for some time in constant
collision with the Boulogne flotilla, and assisted, as
Midshipman, at three different bombardments of
Havre. Being lent, in July, 1807, to the Inflexi-
ble 64, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, he partook
of the ensuing operations against Copenhagen ; and
on afterwards joining the Leyden 64, Capt. Thos.
Ussher, he was employed in the gun-boat service
at the siege of Flushing in Aug. 1809. Passing his
examination in Feb. 1810, Mr. Crawford further
served, until June, 1815, as Master's Mate and
Acting-Lieutenant, and again as Midshipman, on
board the CURA90A 36, Capt. John Tower, off
Guernsey, Melpomene 33, Capts. Hon. Wm. Wal-
degrave and Gordon Thos. Falcon, on the Lisbon
station, Regulus 44, Capt. John Tailour (in which
he visited America), and Medivay 74, flag-ship at
the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-Admiral Chas.
Tyler. He has not since been employed. His com-
mission bears date 1 Feb. 1815.
CRAWFORD. (Commander, 1842.)
Richard Borough Crawford entered the Navy
1 Aug. 1814 ; and, when Midshipman of the Esk,
was wounded in command of a prize, and officially
noticed for his gallantry in beating off, after an
action of two hours, a piratical vessel of far supe-
rior force. He passed his examination in 1821 ; ob-
tained his first commission 22 Sept. 1826 ; and was
subsequently appointed— 3 April, 1830, to the Done-
gal 78, Capt. John Dick, at Sheerness— 17 May,
1831, to the command of the Charybdis brig, on
the coast of Africa — and, 31 March, 1838, to an
agency for transports afloat. For his services as a
volunteer during the Chinese campaign, Mr. Craw-
ford was advanced to the rank he now holds 23
Deo. 1842.* He assumed command, 7 Sept. 1844,
of the Mutine 12, which sloop, after intermediately
cruizing for the suppression of the slave-traffic in
the Mozambique Channel, he paid off in 1846. He
is now unemployed. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
CRAWFORD. (Retired Commander, 1844.
F-P., 15 ; H-p., 33.)
Thomas Crawford entered the Navy, 21 July,
1799, as a Boy, on board the Dobtreciit, Capt.
Robt. Honyman, with whom he continued uninter-
ruptedly to serve, in the Garland, Topaze, and
Leda frigates, until "March, 1806. During that pe-
riod he accompanied the expedition to Holland in
1799, received a wound in action with the Boulogne
flotilla in 1804, and was present at the reduction of
the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806. He then suc-
cessively became Acting-Lieutenant of the Dio-
mede 50, Capts. Joseph Edmonds and Hugh Down-
man, and Ardent 64, Capts. Ross Donnelly and
Edwin Henry Chamberlayne ; in which ships we
• r.dfGai. 1842, p.as2i.
find him co-operating in the attacks on Buenos
Ayres and Monte Video. On being confirmed by
the Admiralty, 17 Dec. 1807, Mr. Crawford joined
the Magnet brig, Capt. Geo. Morris, and in that
vessel was wrecked on the ice, near Malmo, 11 Jan.
1809. His subsequent appointments afloat were —
in May, 1809, and Feb. 1810, to the Satdrn 74,
Capt. Wm. Cumberland, and Woodlark 10, Capt.
Geo. Edw. Watts, both in the Baltic — and, in Jan.
1812, to the Pylades sloop, Capt. Geo. Ferguson,
stationed in the Mediterranean. , When Senior of
the Woodlark he commanded her boats at the de-
struction, 27 May, 1810, of a privateer, the Swan, of
6 24-pounders and 35 men, off the island of Lassoe ;*
and, on another occasion, he was sent into the port
of Ronne, whence he brought out a new ship, the
Success, laden with wheat and linen, amidst a heavy
and incessant fire from the batteries and two pri-
vateers, the latter of which were driven back with
the loss of 15 men killed and wounded. Com-
mander Crawford, whose last ofiicial appointment
appears to have been to the command of a Signal
station in co. Cork, which he retained from March,
1813, to Deo. 1815, assumed the rank he now holds
21 Dec. 1844. He was "presented, during the war,
with a sum of money from the Patriotic Fund.
CRAWFORD. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Crawford entered the Navy 28 April,
1824; passed his examination 2 June, 1830; and
was serving in the Mediterranean, as Mate of the
Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, when promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Nov. 1841. He then
joined the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest,
on the same station ; where he removed, 14 Oct.
1812, to the Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey.
H e was paid off from that ship in the early part of
1845, and since 2 Dec. following has been employed
on particular service as First of the Scourge steam-
sloop, Capt. Jas. Crawford Caffin.
CRAWLEY. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Charles Gibbs Crawley entered the Navy 4
Aug. 1825; passed his examination in 1832; ob-
tained his commission 28 June, 1838 ; and, from 28
May, 1839, until the summer of 1843, served on the
coast of Africa on board the Lily 16, Capts. Chas.
Deare, John Jas. Allen, and Geo. Baker. He has
been employed since 11 May, 1846, as First of the
Avenger and Gladiator steamers, Capts. Wood-
ford John Williams and John Robb, attached to the
Channel squadron. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
CRAWLEY. (Retired Commander, 1814.)
Thomas Crawley was made a Lieutenant 5 Dec.
1778 ; and attained his present rank 31 Jan. 1814.
He is the senior officer on the list of Retired Com-
manders. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
CEEAGH. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 19 ;
HP., 19.)
James Ceeagh, horn in 1798, is fourth son of the
late Jas. Creagh, Esq., of Carrigerry, co. Clare.
His elder brother, Charles, is a Major of the Clare
Militia ; and his youngest, Giles, holds the same
rank in the 81st regiment ; two others, Andrew and
Boyle, both deceased, were Lieutenants, the former
in the 8th Hussars, and the latter in the Royal
Artillery.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Melpomene 38, com-
manded by the late Sir Peter Parker ; with whom,'
after receiving a wound in action with a Danish
flotilla, he removed, in May, 1810, to the Mekelaus
38. Continuing in that frigate until the death of
Capt. Parker, in Aug. 1814, he served, as Midship-
man, at the blockade of Toulon, and took part in
many stirring scenes both on the Mediterranean
and American stations. He then joined the Hebhus
36, Capt. Edm. Palmer ; was present in the attacks
on Washington and Baltimore ; and, while in com-.
* Vide Gai. isio, p. 806.
240
CREAK— CREASE-CRELLIN—CRESER-CREYKE.
mand of a tender, was taken prisoner at the close
of a gallant conflict of two hours and a half with
several American gun-boats, each his superior in
force. For his conduct on that occasion Mr. Creagh,
on returning to the Hebrus, deservedly received
the thanks of his Captain ; under whom we subse-
quently find him serving in the river Gironde, and
assisting at the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug.
1816. Obtaining his first commission 16 Sept. fol-
lowing, he was next appointed, 24 April, 1823, to
the Meksey 26, Capt. John Maopherson Ferguson,
fitting for the South American station, on the paying
ofi" of which frigate he was promoted to his present
rank, 31 March, 1827. Commander Creagh, who
has since held two appointments in the Coast
Guard, from 26 June, 1835, to 1838, and from 7
July, 1840, to 1845, is now on half-pay.
He married, 1 Sept. 1835, Grace Emily, daughter
of Garrett O'Moore, Esq., of Cloghan Castle, co.
Kerry, by whom he has issue three sons and two
daughters. Agest — J. Chippendale.
CREAK. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 27.)
William Creak entered the Navy, 20 March,
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Quebec 32,
Capt. Geo. M'Kinley ; and on accompanying that
ofiicer, after a cruize of three months on the coast
of Holland, into the Lively 38, took part, as Mid-
shipman, in various operations on the river Tagus —
contributed to the reduction of Vigo and Santiago
in 1809 — and was finally wrecked, ofi' the island of
Malta, in Aug. 1810. From the following Nov.,
until promoted, 3 Feb. 1815, he afterwards served
on the Mediterranean, Home, and American sta-
tions, on board the Victorious 74, Capt. John
Talbot, Perlen 38, Capt. John Allen, Bellona 74,
Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, Newcastle 58, Capt. Lord
Geo. Stuart, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir
Alex. Cochrane. He was next employed, from 29
Sept. 1815, until paid ofi; 16 Sept. 1818, in the
Mdtine 16, Capts. Jas. Mould and Wm. Sargent, on
the Cork station ; and since 14 Jan. 1845, has been
of^ciating as Lieutenant of the Victory 104, bear-
ing the flag at Portsmouth of Admiral Superin-
tendent Hyde Parker. Agents— Coplands and
Burnett.
where he remained until promoted to the rank of
Commander, 12 Feb. 1821. He has not been since
employed. ...
Commander Crease is married, and has issue.
CREASE. (COMMANDEB, 1821. F-P., 21; H-P.,
28.)
Henry Crease entered the Navy, 2 March, 1798,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 46,
Capts. Sir Edw. Pellew, Hon. Henry Curzon, and
Matthew Henry Scott ; in which ship, under Capt.
Curzon, he attended, as Midshipman, the expedi-
tion against Ferrol in the autumn of 1800 ; and as-
sisted at the capture, 22 Oct. following, of La Venus
French frigate of 32 guns. Having been paid ofi'
in April, 1802, he rejoined Sir Edw. Pellew, in
April, 1803, as Master's Mate, on board the Ton-
HANT 80 ; and on that oflScer hoisting his fiag on
board the Culloden 74, accompanied him to India,
where he officiated as his Acting First-Lieutenant,
from 1 April, 1805, until confirmed by the Admi-
ralty, 31 Jan. 1806. From Oct. in the latter year
until Aug. 1812, he continued actively employed on
the same station as Senior of the Sir Francis
Drake and Phaeton frigates, Capts. Pownall Bas-
tard, and Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds, Pellew ;
and on 27 May, 1813, we find him appointed, in a
similar capacity, to the Menelads 38, Capts. Sir
Peter Parker and Edw. Dix. Under the former
officer Mr. Crease landed near Baltimore in com-
mand of one of two divisions, consisting of 134
seamen and marines, and essentially contributed to
the defeat of a very superior body of the enemy,
30 Aug. 1814; on which occasion, however, the
British sustained a loss of 14 killed, including Sir
Peter Parker, and 27 wounded.* The Menelahs
being paid ofi' in Oct. 1815, the subject of this
sketch was next appointed, 18 Sept. 1817, again as
First-Lieutenant, to the Impregnable 104, flag-ship
of his old Captain, Lord Exmouth, at Plymouth,
* ViieGiL. 1814, p. 1946.
CRELLIN. (Lieut., 1815. p-p., 10 ; h-p., 31.)
William Cbellin entered the Navy, 20 July,
1806, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Colossus 74,
Capts. Jas. Nicoll Morris and Thos. Alexander ;
and, on ultimately proceeding to the Mediterranean,
there served, until Dec. 1814, in the Saturn 74,
Capts. Edw. GrifSth and John West. He next be-
came attached, in the West Indies, to the Forester
16, Capt. Wm. Hendry, Rin'aldo 10, Capt. John
Undrell, and Shark 16, Capt. Alex. Campbell.
Having acquired his present rank 25 Feb. 1815, he
returned home in Feb. 1816 on board the Asia 74,
Capt. Alex. Skene ; and since that period has been
on half-pay.
CEESER. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Thomas Creser entered the Navy 3 Nov. 1809 ;
and served as Midshipman of the Galatea 36,
Capt. Woodley Losack, in a long and desperate
action fought oflT Madagascar, 20 May, 1811, between
a British squadron, consisting of the above ship,
the 36-gun frigates Astrea and Ph<enix, and 18-
gun brig Racehorse, the whole under the orders
of Commodore Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and a
French force, composed of the 40-gun frigates iJe-
nommee, JVe'reide, and Ciorinde, the two former of
which were captured, after a loss to the Galatea
of 16 men killed and 46 wounded. We subsequently
find Mr. Creser on board the BLajestio 56, Capt.
John Hayes, at the capture, 3 Feb. 1814, of the
Terpsichore French frigate, of 44 guns, after a run-
ning fight of two hours and a half, as also, 15 Jan.
1815, of the American ship Fresident, of 56 guns.
He passed his examination in 1816 ; ultimately ob-
tained a commission 10 Jan. 1826 ; and on rejoining
Capt. Hayes on 18 Sept. 1829 in the Ganges 84, at
Portsmouth, continued to serve vrtth him, latterly
in the Dryad 42, until Sept. 1831. He then as-
sumed charge for a few months of the Plumper
gun-brig, on the coast of Africa, where, in conjunc-
tion with the military, he appears to have conducted
a successful enterprise against the natives in the
river Gambia. His appointments have since been
to the command, on the Falmouth station — 26 Sept.
1839, of the Hope 10—5 July, 1841, of the Stab 6—
and, 23 Oct. 1843, of the Peterel 6, in which latter
vessel he is now serving.
Lieut. Creser married, 15 Jan. 1829, Elizabeth
Rose, youngest daughter of the late W. Davy, Esq.,
by whom he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Om-
manney.
CREYKE. (Cajlain, 1814. f-p., 13; h-p., .34.)
Richard Creyke is son of the late Capt. Rich.
Creyke, R.N.,* by Anne Leming, eldest daughter
of Geo. Adey, Esq., of London; brother of the late
Capt. Geo. Adey Creyke, R.N. ; and cousin of the
present Lieut. R. B. Creyke, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 March, 1800, as
Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Cambridge 80, flag-ship
at Plymouth of Sir Thos. Pasley. He removed, as
Midshipman, 5 June, 1801, to the Princess Royal
98, bearing the fiag in the Channel of Sir Erasmus
Gower ; served for a few months in 1802 on board
the Galatea 32, Capt. Geo. Wolfe ; and, on accom-
panying that ofiicer into the Aigle 36, witnessed,
12 July, 1804, the destructioii, off' the coast of
France, of La Charente of 20, and La Joie of 8 guns.
In May, 1805, he joined the Acasta 40, Capt. Rich.
Dalling Dunn, with whom we find him enacting a
part in the battle ofi' St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806, and
* This veteran officer was born 8 Aug. 1746. He accom-
panied the Hon. John Byron on a voyage round tho world in
1764; actively commanrted the Ottbr 14, during the first
American war ; attained Post-rank 17 Dec. 1782 ; was ap-
Eointed Governor of the Roval Naval Hospital, and resident
ommissioner of the Victualling, at Plymouth, 15 July, 1785 ;
and died 3 Dec. 1826, in his eiglity-first year.
CREYKE-CRICHLOW— CRICHTON-CRIRIE— CmSP.
241
then visiting the Mediterranean. Eeing promoted
from the Koyal George 100, flag-ship off Cadiz of
Sir John Thos. DuolcWorth, to a Lioutenantcy in
the Alfred 74, Capt. Joan Bligh, 7 Nov. 1806, Mi.
Creyke, after assisting in the operations against
Copenhagen in 1807, accompanied home in 1808 the
Russian fleet which had surrendered in the Tagus ;
and with the same Captain, in the Vamant 74, he
was further present at the destruction of the French
shipping in Basque Roads and the siege of Flushing
in 1809, and at the capture of La Confiance (late
40-gun frigate Cannoniere), with colonial produce
on hoard to the value of 150,000/. sterling, 3 Feb.
1810. From Aug. in the latter year until advanced
to the rank of Commander 17 March, 1812, he next
served in the Channel and North Sea on hoard the
Armada 74, Capt. Adam Mackenzie, and Christian
VII. 80, and Impregnable 104, flag-ships of Admiral
Young. He assumed command, 7 June, 1814, of
the Zephyr sloop, on the Portsmouth station ; at-
tained Post-rank 19 Dec. following ; and accepted
the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Creyke married, in 1818, Harriet Elizabeth,
dau^ter of the late Rev. Jas. Furneaux, of Swilly,
CO. Devon, and sister of Capt. John Furneaux,
R.N. By that lady he has issue a son and daughter.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
ment to the Ladrestinus 22, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gor-
don, on the South American station, he obtained a
Lieutenant's commission, dated 21 March, 1812;
and he was subsequently appointed— 19 May, 1813, to
the Creole 36, Capts. Robt. Forbes and Geo. Chas.
Mackenzie, employed off the coast of Africa — and,
14 Nov. 1814, to the Menai 24, Capt. Watkin Owen
Pell, on the North American station. While under
Capt. Mackenzie he took part, on 23 Jan. 1814, in
a drawn action, fought with much spirit for nearly
two hours, between the Creole and the French
40-gun frigate Sultane ; on which occasion the loss
of the British amounted to 10 killed and 26 wounded,
and that of the enemy to about 20 killed and 30
wounded. Mr. Crichton left the Menai in Jan.
1817 : and has not since been afloat.
CREYKE. (LlEUTISNANT, 1843.)
Richard Boynton Creyke is second son of the
late Ralph Creyke, Esq., of Marton and Rawcliffe,
CO. York; and cousin of the present Capt. Rich.
Creyke, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 3 July, 1829;
passed his examination 13 April, 1836 ; was em-
ployed in 1841, as Mate, on board the Defence
Revenue-cutter, Lieut. -Commander John Hains ;
obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 1 .Tuly,
1842 ; and was promoted to his present rank 25 Sept.
1843. He afterwards served, from 18 Nov. 1844
until some time in 1845, on board the Alert 6,
Capt. Chas. John Bosanquet, and Penelope steam-
frigate. Commodore Wm. Jones, off the coast of
Africa; and since 7 Jan. 1846 has been employed
in the Shearwater steam-vessel, Capt. Chas.
Gepp Robinson, engaged in surveying the coast of
Scotland.
He is married, and has issue.
CRICHLOW. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 7; h-p., 32.)
Ralph Crichlow entered the Navy, in Dec.
1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Clorinde 38,
Capt. Thos. Briggs, with whom he served, as Mid-
shipman, at the reduction of the Isle of France in
Dec. 1810, and removed, in Oct. 1814, as Master's
Mate, to the Leviathan 74. After a further em-
ployment on the Lisbon, Cork, and Mediterranean
stations, he was awarded a commission 19 Sept.
1815 ; since which period he' has been on half-pay.
Agent— J. Chippendale.
CRICHTON. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 9; h-p., 33.)
William Crichton entered the Navy, 8 March,
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Immoktalite
36, Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen; in which frigate
and the Clyde 38, commanded by the same officer,
we And him in constant collision with the Boulogne
flotilla until May, 1807. During the next 12
months he served on the South American and Cape
stations on board the Malabar 74, Capt. John
Temple, and Camel store-ship, Capt. John Joyce ;
and then rejoining the Clyde, attained the rating
of Midshipman 3 Sep*. 1808. Early in 1809 he re-
turned, in the Clorinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, to
the Cape of Good Hope, where, and off the Isle of
France, he continued alternately to serve, in the
Neheide 36, Capt. Robt. Corbett, Charwell and
Sapphire sloops, both commanded by Capt. Hon.
Wm. Gordon, Phceue 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, Mi-
nerva hired armed-ship, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon,
and Boadicea 38, Capt. Lord Viscount Neville,
until Juue, 1811. After an intermediate attach-
CRIRIE. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.)
John Chirie was born about 1783.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 Sept. 1803, as
Midshipman, on board the Ulysses 44, Capt. Edw.
Henry Columbine ; and on proceeding to the West
Indies, was very actively employed in the Pandohr,
Capt. John Nash, and Drake 14, Capt. Wm. King,
until wrecked, off Nevis, in Sept. 1804. After a
further servitude of two years on the same station,
as Master's Mate, in the Cakysfort 28, Capt. Ken-
neth Mackenzie, he returned home, and until pro-
moted, 7 Nov. 1809, successively joined, off the
coast of France, the Ardent 64, Capt. Geo. Eyre,
Pbospeeo, Capt. Wm. King, Pomone 38, Capt.
Robt. Barrie, by whom he appears to have been
often employed on cutting-out expeditions, and
ViLLE DE Paris 110, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships
of Lords Gardner and Gambler. For his conduct
as Second in command of a fire-vessel at the de-
struction of the French shipping in Basque Roads,
11 April, 1809, Mr. Cririe, as above, was awarded a
commission immediately on passing his examination.
He had previously, however, been in charge also of
a gun-boat during the expedition to the Scheldt.
Being next appointed, 25 Nov. 1809, to the Croco-
dile 22, Capts. E. H. Columbine and John Rich.
Lumley, he served for a considerable time on the
coast of Africa; and while there commanded the
boats for the suppression of the slave traffic up the
different rivers until disabled by the yellow fever
in 1811. Removing with Capt. Lumley to the
Narcissus 32, as his First-Lieutenant, 29 June,
1812, we subsequently find him commanding the
boats on numerous occasions against the American
enemy ; from whom, on 24 Nov. 1812, he captured,
in face of a heavy discharge of grape and langridge,
and with a loss to the British of one man killed and
another wounded, the Joseph and Mart/, a dangerous
privateer, of 4 guns and 73 men, between Cuba and
St. Domingo* — and, on 12 June, 1813, the Surveyor
Revenue-cruizer, of 6 guns, pierced for 12, and 25
men, which he brought out from York River, in the
Chesapeake. The latter vessel, whose loss amounted
to 5 men wounded, was fully prepared for resistance,
and was protected from the shore by 4 field-pieces
and a body of mihtia. Before her surrender she
occasioned her assailants a loss of 3 men killed and
6 wounded, including Mr. Cririe himself, to whose
boat the slaughter was chiefly confihed.t This
officer invalided home from chronic rheumatism in
June, 1814 ; and has since been on half-pay. His
commission as Commander bears date 27 May, 1825.
CRISP. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
James Crisp entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 1806, as
A.B., on board the Leda 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman;
in which frigate and, as Midshipman, in the Howe
store-ship, Capt. Edw. Killwicl^ he served at the
Cape of Good Hope, and in the Rio de la Plata,
until after the unsuccessful attempt made by
Lieut. - General Whitelocke on Buenos Ayres, in
July, 1807 . From the following Aug. until April,
"1814, he was employed under Lord Geo. Stuart in
* Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 88.
t V. Gaz. 1813, p. 1577.
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CRISP-CRISPIN— CRISPO-CRISWICK.
the AiMABLE 32, and Hohatio 38 ; in the former
of which vessels he served at the blockade of the
Elbe, and assisted at the capture of L'Iris French
national-ship, of 24 guns and 110 men, after a short
running fight, 3 Feb. 1809. "While in the Horatio,
Mr. Crisp, who had attained the rating of Master's
Mate, routed, on 2 Aug. 1812, a party of small-arm
men on the coast of Norway, and then distinguished
himself, in command of one of four boats under
Lieut. Abraham Mills Hawkins, at the capture of a
Danish schooner and cutter, mounting 10 guns be-
tween them, which were not subdued until a san-
guinary combat had occasioned a loss to the British
of 9 men killed and 16 wounded, and to themselves
of 10 killed and 13 wounded.* He was immediately
afterwards appointed to an Acting-Lieutenancy in
the same ship ; and in that capacity he was present,
in Dec. following, at the reduction of the islands of
Schouwen and Tholen. During his attachment to
the Horatio, Mr. Crisp again visited the Cape of
Good Hope. He was confirmed in his present rank
3 March, 1S15; but has not since been afloat.
CRISP. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 23.)
John Crisp, bom 17 Aug. 1796, is son of the late
Kobt. Crisp, Esq., of Alnwick, co. Northumberland,
Adjutant of the Northumberland Militia.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1809, as
Sec.-cl. Boy, on board La Nymphe 36, Capt. Hon.
Josceline Percy ; with whom he continued to serve,
the greater part of the time in the Hotspur 36,
until Nov. 1815. While in the latter frigate, Mr.
Crisp was present, as Midshipman, 8 Sept. 1811, in
an attack made by Capt. Percy on seven of the
enemy's gun-brigs off Calvados, on which occasion
the HoTSPDR, having grounded, lay exposed for four
hours to a heavy fire from the vessels, a battery,
and some field-pieces, which inflicted on her a loss
of 5 men killed and 22 wounded. He also com-
manded a launch belonging to the same ship at the
reduction, in the summer of 1813, of a strong fort,
occupied by the French, on the north coast of Spain.
On leaving the Hotspur, Mr. Crisp passed his exa-
mination, and then joined the Inconstant 36, bear-
ing the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on the
coast of Africa^ where he served nearly two years,
and assisted, in the boats under Lieut. Geo. Har-
rison, at the outting-out of a slaver from beneath
the batteries of Prince's Island. In March, 1818,
he became Master's Mate of the Iphigenia 36, Capt.
Hyde Parker, in time to escort to Quebec the Duke
of Richmond, the new Governor-General of Canada ;
after which he appears to have been employed (un-
til confirmed in the rank he now holds, 21 May,
1823), as Admiralty-Midshipman and Acting-Lieu-
tenant, on board the Severn 50, and Leander 60,
Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Chas. Richardson, on
the Home station — ViGO 74, flag-ship at St. Helena
of Kear- Admiral Robt. Lambert — CyRENB 20, Capt.
Percy Grace— and Owen Glendowek 36, Commo-
dore Sir Robt. Mends, and Bann 20, Capt. Chas.
Phillips, both on the coast of Africa. He subse-
quently served on the Coast Blockade as Lieutenant
of the RamilIiIes 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, from Dec.
1825 to Feb. 1826 ; but was then superseded, in con-
sequence of ill health contracted on the coast of
Africa ; and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Crisp has been in the enjoyment, since 20
Feb. 1842, of 20Z. a^year, as a pension for wounds
received in the right leg and hand, during his at-
tachments to the Hotspur and Ramileies. He is
married. Agents — Pettet and Newton.
CRISPIN. (Commander, 1844.)
William Crispin, born 6 July, 1803, is son of
Capt. Benj. Crispin, R.N. (1813), who served as
Midshipman of the Orion 74, and Queen 98, in the
actions of Howe and Bridport — was promoted to the
rank of Commander for his conduct, as First-Lieu-
tenant of the C^SAR 80, on the occasion of Sir Rich.
Strachan's capture of the four line-of-battle ships
* rW«Gaz. 1818,p. 1710.
escaped from Trafalgar, 4 Nov. 1805— and died 7
March, 1836.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, (from the Royal
Naval College,) in Nov. 1818, as Midshipman, on
board the Hyperion 42, Capt. Thos. Seailo, in
which frigate he proceeded to South America. We
next find him serving, in the Channel and off New-
foundland, on board the Cameliow 10, Capt. Wm.
Jas. Mingaye, and Ranger 26, Capt. Peter Fisher;
and afterwards in the West Indies, as Mate of the
Gloucester 74, Capt. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen,
Lion schooner, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Hobson,
and Rattlesnake 26, Capt. Hugh Patton. In con-
sideration of his gallant services against the pirates
of Cuba when in the Lion, Mr. Crispin was re-
warded with a commission dated 4 Oct. 1825. After
serving some time in the Icarus 10, Capt. John
Geo. Graham, he was appointed to a station in the
Coast Guard 4 April, 1829, and subsequently in-
vested with the command — 22 March and 19 Sept.
1833, of the Rose and Swallow Revenue vessels—
30 July, 1835, again of a Coast Guard station— and,
25 March, 1837, of the Vulcan, a steam-cruizer.
For services rendered to the Revenue during that
period, Mr. Crispin was promoted to his present
rank 5 Jan. 1844. He has been in command, since
1 Jan. 1845, of the Victoria and Albert steam-
yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence.
He married, 15 April, 1845, Caroline Busfeild
Ferrand, daughter of the late C. F. Busfeild, Esq.,
of Cottinglay Bridge, co. York, and by that lady,
who died 13 Feb. 1846, had issue. Agents— Hallett
and Robinson.
CRISPO. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 17; h-p., 22.)
John William Crispo entered the Navy, 20
April, 1808, as Midshipman, on board the Little
Bei/t 18, Capt. John Crispo, and sailed for the coast
of Africa. Between May, 1809, and Aug. 1814, he
next served — on the Baltic, Halifax, and South
American stations— in the Ruby 64, Ca]^s. Robt.
Hall and Robt. Williams, Little Belt again. Swift-
sure 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Borlase War-
ren, and Aquilon 32, Capts. Hon. Wm. Pakenham,
Wm. Bowles, and Jas. Boxer. He then joined the
Chatham 74, Capt. David Lloyd, stationed in the
Channel ; obtained his commission 8 March, 1815 ;
served on the Coast Blockade, from 20 Sept. 1825
until 1831, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the
Ramillies 74, and Hyperiom 42, Capts. Hugh Pigot
and Wm. Jas. Mingaye ; and was appointed to &
station in the Coast Guard 5 April, 1831. He has
been on half-pay since 1835.
CRISWICK. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Charles Criswick entered the Navy, 17 March,
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dreadnought
98, Capt. Edw. Rotheram, bearing the flag oft' Cadiz
of Vice- Admiral CoUingwood ; and, on accompany-
ing those officers into the Royal Sovereign 100,
took part in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805.
In Nov. following he removed with Capt. Rotheram,
as Midshipman, to the Bellerophon 74, commanded
afterwards in the Baltic and North Sea by Capts.
Sara. Warren, Wm. Henry Dillon, and John Halsted,
with whom he continued until transferred, in Feb.
1811, to the Southampton, of 38 guns and 212 men,
Capt. Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo. On 3 Feb. 1812, he as-
sisted at the capture of the Haytian frigate Am-
thyste, of 44 guns and 700 men, at the close of a
sharp contest, in which the enemy had 105 men
killed and 120 wounded, and the British only 1 man
kiUed and 10 wounded. The Southampton, after
making prize of the United States brig Vixen 14,
was eventually wrecked on a reef of rocks near
Conception island, 27 Nov. 1812. From May, 1813,
until Sept. 1814, Mr. Criswick appears to have been
next employed on the Canadian lakes in the capacity
of Acting-Lieutenant. In March of the latter year,
while commanding a division of gun-boats under
Capt. Dan. Pring, he co-operated with Major Hand-
cock in the defence of La Cole Mill, by forwarding
stores and landing guns, as also by effectually ob-
structing the passage of Geueral Wilkinson's army
CRITCIIELL-CROCKER— CROFT-CROFTON.
243
across the river ;* and,' on 11 Sept. following, he
was on board the Confiance, of 37 guns and 270
men, Capt. Geo. Downie, when that ship and seve-
ral others were taken beneath the hostile batteries
of Plattsburgh, on Lake Champlain, by a greatly
superior American squadron under Commodore
Macdonough, on which occasion the loss of the
Confiance amounted to 41 killed, including Capt.
Downie, and 60 wounded. Mr. Criswick, whose
commission is dated 9 March, 1815, has not since
been employed.
Me is married, and has issue.
CEITCHELL. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 24;
H-P., 14.)
■WiLI-iAM Cbitchell entered the Navy, 22 Aug.
1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caledonia 120,
Capt. Wm. Bedford, flag-ship afterwards of Sir
Harry Burrard Neale, whom he followed, as Mid-
shipman, in 1811, into the Boyne 98. From 1812
until July, 1816, this officer, who had been hitherto
employed in the Channel, served with Capt. Phipps
Hornby of the Stag and Spartan frigates, on the
Cape of Good Hope and Mediterranean stations ;
after which he became attached, as Admiralty Mid-
shipman, to the Martin 16, Capt. Andrew Mitchell,
off Cork, and Iphigenia 36, Capts. John Tancock
and Hyde Parker, under the latter of whom, in
1818, he escorted to Quebec the Duke of Rich-
mond, then recently appointed Governor-General
of Canada. He was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in
the Confiance, Capt. Alex. Montgomerie, on the
West India station, 14 Oct. 1819; and afterwards
appointed— 11 Sept. 1824, to the Esk 20, Capt. Wm.
Jardine Purchas, off the coast of Africa — 3 July,
1834, as First, to the Woif 18, Capt. Edw. Stanley,
in the East Indies— 15 April, 1836, to a station in
the Coast Guard— 16 Dec. 1837, and 27 June, 1839,
again as Senior Lieutenant, to the Electra 18,
Capts. Wm. Preston and Edw. Keeves Philip Main-
waring, and President 50, Capt. Wm. Broughton,
on the South American station — and, 1 March, 1843,
and 16 Nov. 1844, in a similar capacity, to the Hecla
steam-sloop, Capt. John Dufflll, and Bonetta sur-
veying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Saumarez Brock, both
employed in the Mediterranean. Since the attain-
ment of his present rank, 9 Nov. 1846, Commander
Critchell has been on half-pay.
He married, 23 Feb. 1830, Fanny, youngest
daughter of the late T. Croft, Esq., by whom he
has issue. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
CROCKER. (LiECT., 1812. f-p., 37 ; h-p., 6.)
Henry Crocker entered the Navy, 12 July, 1804,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Adamant 50, Capt.
Geo. Burlton, on the Home station ; and, on re-
moving to the Resolution 74, attained the rating
of Midshipman 2 July, 1806, and was present, under
the same officer, at the bombardment of Copen-
hagen in 1807. In 1808 he joined the Trident 64,
Capt. Campbell, in the Mediterranean, where he
appears to have been successively transferred, until
Sept. 1810, to the Kingfisher 18, Capt. Hepenstall,
Tiieodosia, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Younger, and
Ganymede 26, Capt. Robt. Cathcart. From May,
1811, until promoted, 7 Feb. 1812, he next served
in the West Indies on board the Arethusa 38,
bearing the flag of Vioe-Admiral Chas. Stirling,
and Polyphemus 64, Capt. Peter John Douglas, in
which latter ship he returned to England. Being
then appointed to the Brazen 18, Capt. Jas. Stir-
ling, he visited Hudson's Bay, and again the West
Indies, on his arrival home from which station he
was paid off in Sept. 1815. Mr. Crocker (who sub-
sequently joined, 11 Feb. 1818, the Grasshopper
18, Capt. Henry Forbes) obtained an appointment
in the Coast Guard 29 March, 1820 ; and, since his
resignation of that office in 1833, has been succes-
sively invested with the command — 18 March, 1834,
of the Wickham revenue-cutter — 22 June, 1836,
again of a Coast Guard station — 4 Sept. 1838, of
the Wickham again— 22 March, 1839, of the Syrian
* rirfeGaz.lSU, p. 1366.
packet, on the Falmouth station— 27 Feb. 1843, once
more of a station in the Coast Guard — and, 20 June
following, and 29 Jan. 1844, of the Shamrock and
Prince Albert, other revenue-vessels, in the latter
of which he is at present serving,
CKOFT. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Henry Croft is third son of Rear- Admiral Croft.
This officer entered the Navy 16 Feb. 1828 ; passed
his examination 7 Feb. 1833 ; and was serving on
the North America and West India station, as Mate
of the Rover 18, Capt. Chas. Keele, when pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841.
He was afterwards appointed, 15 July and 23 Dec.
1842, to the Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W.
C. B. Owen, and Scout 18, Capt. Hon. Jas. Robt.
Drummond, both on the Mediterranean station,
whence he returned home and was paid off in the
summer of 1845. Since 11 June, 1846, Mr. Croft has
been employed, latterly in the Mediterranean, as
First of the Crocodile 8, Capt. Geo. Lowe, and
Spartan 22, Capt. Thos. Matt. Chas. Symonds.
Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
CROFT. (Reak-Admiral of the White, 1841.
F-p., 12 ; H-p., 40.)
William Croft, born in April, 1782, is second
son of the late Stephen Croft, Esq., of Stiltington
Hall, CO. York ; and brother of Col. Harry Croft,
now of StilUngton, a magistrate and deputy-heu-
tenant for that county.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amazon 36, Capt. Robt.
Carthew Reynolds. In April, 1796, he assisted, in
company VTith the Indefatigable 46, Capt. Sir
Edw. Pellew, at the capture of V Unite, of 38, and
La Virffinie, of 44 guns ; and, on 14 Jan. 1797, he was
wrecked and taken prisoner, near Isle Bas, at the
close of a gallant action of 10 hours with Les Droits
de I'Hamme 74, on which occasion the Amazon,
whose consort in the engagement had again been the
Indefatigable, sustained a loss of 3 men killed
and 15 wounded. On being released Mr. Croft,
in 1797, joined, as Midshipman, the Centaur 74,
Capt. John Markham, under whom he took part
in the reduction of Minorca, in Nov. 1798. Be-
coming subsequently attached to the Foudro-
YANT 80, bearing the flag of Lord Keith, he at-
tended the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, where he
served on shore with the naval brigade, and was
present at the capitulation of Alexandria. He was
confirmed, 22 Deo. in the same year, to a Lleute-
nantcy in the Success 32, Capt. Geo. Burlton ; and
being paid off at the peace, was next successively
appointed, in the course of 1803, to the Revolu-
TIONNAIRE 44, Capt. Walter Lock, Camel store-
ship, Capt. John Ayscough, and Hercole 74, flag-
ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. After wit-
nessing the unfortunate attack on Curajoa he was
promoted to the command of the Vigilante sloop,
8 May, 1804. Invaliding, however, in the following
August, he did not again go afloat until appointed,
4 Feb. 1807, to the Alacrity 18. For his services
during the subsequent operations against Copen-
hagen, Capt. Croft was elevated to Post-rank, by
commission dated 13 Oct. 1807. From Aug. 1810,
until Dec. 1813, he further officiated as regulating
officer at Hull. Unable to procure employment, he
has since been on half-pay. His advancement to
Flag-rank took place 23 Nov. 1841.
Rear-Admiral Croft is Treasurer of the North
Riding of Yorkshire. He married, in March, 1805,
Harriet, eldest daughter of the late HaU Plumer,
Esq., of Hockton Hall, co. York, and niece of Sir
Thos. Plumer, Master of the Rolls, by whom he has
issue ten children. His third son, Henry, is a Lieu-
tenant R.N. ; and his youngest daughter, Marianne,
the wife of Capt. Geo. Joseph Huband, late of the
8th Hussars.
CEOFTON. (Captain, 1812. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 29).
The Honourable George Alfred Croiton, born
'd ^^®^,v'4 *''"'^ ^°° °^ **"' '"*« Sir Edw. Crofton,
Bart., M.P., Colonel of the Roscommon Militia, by
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244
CROFTON— CROKE.
Anne, only daughter and heir of Thos. Croker,
Esq., of Baxtogon, co. Kildare, who was created a
Baroness in her own right, 1 Dec. 1797. He is
brother of Capt. Hon. Wm. Gorges Crofton, of the
Coldstream regiment of Foot Guards, who was killed
in action at Bayonne, 14 April, 1814; brother-in-
law of General Sir Peregrine Maitland, and of Com-
mander Jas. Caulfeild, B..N. ; and uncle of the pre-
sent Lord Crofton.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1798, as
a Volunteer, on hoard the Prince 98, Capt. Thos.
Larcom, successively flag-ship in the Mediterranean
ond Channel of Sir Roger Curtis and Sir Chas.
Cotton. While next serving, as Midshipman, in
the Tkiton and Medusa frigates, both commanded
by Capt. John Gore, he took part, between May,
1801, and May, 1804 in an attack made by Lord
Nelson on the Boulogne flotilla. Soon after his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took
place 10 Oct. 1804, Mr. Crofton was appointed to
the Cambrian 40, Capt. John Poo Beresford, on
the Halifax station, in command of the barge be-
longing to which frigate he distinguished himself
at the capture, 13 June, 1805, of the Spanish priva-
teer Maricu, of 14 guns and 60 men. He obtained,
24 June, 1806, the acting-command of the Oeser-
VATEDR brig, in the "West Indies, where, after wit-
nessing the surrender, in the Mulgrave sloop, of
the Danish Islands, he was confirmed, 9 Feb. 1808,
to the Demerara, another sloop, and appointed,
in the course of the same year, to the Fawn 18. in
which vessel we find him assisting at the reduction
of Marie-galante and Martinique, and taking, 11 Oct.
1810, Le Temeraire privateer, of 10 guns, 6 large
swivels, and 35 men. Capt. Crofton, whose Post-
commission bears date 1 Feb. 1812, afterwards
joined — 11 Aug. 1813, the Dictator troop-ship, in
which he participated in the attacks upon Baltimore
and New Orleans, and in other operations on the
coast of America — 4 Feb. 1815, the Narcissus 32,
employed on the same station, whence he returned
in May, 1816— and, 24 July, 1826, the Dryad 42.
He came home from the Mediterranean in 1829,
and has not since been afloat.
. Capt. Crofton, during the war, received an hono-
rary reward from the Patriotic Society.
CROFTON. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 12; h-p., 1.)
Hekrt Robert Crofton is fifth son of Duke
Crofton, Esq., of Lakefield, co. Leitrim, a Magis-
trate and Deputy-Lieutenant ; and brother of "Wm.
Crofton, Esq., Surgeon R.N. (1846), now attached
to the Penelope steam frigate.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 Dec. 1834, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the AcT.a;0N 26, Capt. Lord
Edw. Kussell, with whom he served on the South
American station until March, 1838. In the follow-
ing summer he sailed for the East Indies as Mid-
shipman of the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, and
there removed, in Nov. 1840, to the Modeste 18,
Capts. Harry Eyres and Rundle Purges Watson.
Participating afterwards in the various operations
connected with the war in China, Mr, Croftoii
landed at the storming of the enemy's works below
■Wiampoa Reach, mounting 54 pieces of cannon,
27 Feb. 1841*— was present, 13 and 16 March fol-
lowing, at the capture of a fort and rafts near the
Canton entrance of the Macao passage, and in the
boats under Commander Thos. Jordaine Clarke at
the taking of Canton f — commanded, as Mate, the
Modeste's pinnace at the reduction of Chinghae,
10 Oct. in the same year J — assisted in towing four
fire-rafts clear of the shipping off Ningpo, in an
attack made by the Chinese 10 March, 1842 §— and,
on 15 of the same month, and 18 May and 16 June
ensuing, served on shore under Capt. Thos. Bour-
chier, in the assault on the enemy's encamped hill
of Segoan, and at the capture of Tze-kee and Cha^
poo, and of the batteries at Woosung.|| He ob-
tained in consequence a commission dated 23 Dec.
1842; and has since been appointed, 2 Feb. and
• FideGM. 1841,p. lani. + r.Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503, 1505.
J V. Gaz. 1842, p. 397. ^ V. Gaz. 1842, p. 2388.
II f'. Gaz. 1842, pp. 2391, 3694, 3400.
26 Aug. 1844, to the Tortoise store-ship, Capt.
Wm. Finlaison, and Prometheds eteam-sloop, Capt.
John Hay— and, 28 July, 1843, to the Alert 6,
Capts. Chas. John Bosanquet and Wm. Ellis, all
stationed on the coast of Africa, where he is at
present employed.
CROFTON. (LiEOT., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Morgan Crofton, bom in 1793, is brother of
Lieut. Thos. Crofton, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College, 18
Nov. 1805; and embarked, in Dec. 1808, as A.B.,
on board the St. Albans 64, Capts. Eras. Wm.
Austen and Edw. Brace, in which ship he sailed
with convoy for China; on his return whence in
1810, he served for 11 months at the defence of
Cadiz, and was employed landing troops previous
to the battle of Barrosa. On removing, in Jime,
1811, to the PoiCTiERS 74, Capt. John Poo Beres-
ford, he cruized for some time in the North Sea,
and then proceeded to America ; where he attended
an expedition up the Potomac in 1813, as Acting-
Lieutenant of the Diomede troop-ship, Capt. Chas.
Montague Fabian. He eventually returned to the
PoiCTiERS in the latter capacity; and on 11 April,
1814, was confirmed into the Goliath 74, Capt.
Fred. Lewis Maitland. His last appointment was,
16 Sept. following, to the Duncan 74, fitting for the
flag of Sir J. P. Beresford, with whom he came
home from the Brazils in 1815. Lieut. Crofton has
not since been employed.
He married, in 1818, the second daughter of Col.
O'Hara, of Ballymany ; and has issue six children.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
CROFTON. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Stephen Smith Lowther Crofton entered the
Navy 6 Nov. 1831 ; passed his examination 22 June,
1838 ; and on proceeding afterwards to China, as Mate
of the Wellesley 72, Commodore Sir Jas. John
Gordon Bremer, was pi^sent in action with the
batteries and defences of Amoy, 26 Aug. 1841,* and
commanded the ship's pinnace at the reduction of
Ching-hae 10 Oct. following, f He obtained his com-
mission 7 Jan. 1842 ; served from 6 April, 1843, until
paid off' in 1845, as Additional Lieutenant, in the
Devastation steam-sloop, Capts. Hastings Reginald
Henry and Wm. Hewgill Kitchen, on the Mediter-
ranean station ; and since the latter date has been
unemployed. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
CROFTON. (Lieut., 1821. r-p.,16; h-p., 20.)
Thomas Crofton is brother of Lieut. Morsan
Crofton, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 1
March, 1811 ; and embarked, 11 March, 1814, as a
Volunteer, on board the Elephant 74, Capt. Fras.
Wm. Austen, lying at Spithead. He next served,
for nearly two years, on the coast of Africa, as
Midshipman of the Ariel 16, Capt. Dan. Boss;
was afterwards employed, from 1816 to 1819, in the
Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacrea, off Newfound-
land and in the Channel ; and then proceeded to
the East Indies on board the Leander 50, Capt.
Chas. Richardson, where he was promoted to a
Lieutenancy in the Topazk 46, Capt. John Rich.
Lumley, 9 Nov. 1821. He was subsequently ap-
pointed—11 March, 1823, to the Prince Recent 120,
flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Ri"ch. Moorsom— and, 18
March, 1826, to the North Star 28, Capt. Septimus
Arabin, whom he accompanied to the coast of Africa.
He invalided in 1827 ; and has since been on half-
pay.
CROKE. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 39 ; h-p., 10.)
Wentworth Parsons Croke has lost three bro-
thers in the service of their country— John Augus-
tus, who died, in 1840, First Lieutenant of H.M.S.
Ocean 80— George, FirstLieutenant R.A., who was
killed at the capture of Guadeloupe— and James,
who died while serving in India, as Captain in H.M.
49th Regiment.
• Vide Ga^. 1842, p. 82. f y, Gaz. 1842, p. 397.
CROKER— CROLE— CROO K E.
245
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kahgakoo 18, Capts.
Edw. Brace and Geo. Christopher PuUing ; and,
between that period and the year 1801, saw much
active service on the Irish and Mediterranean sta^
tions, including the expedition to Egypt and the
capture of a fort and convoy at Oropesa. He then
joined, as Midshipman, La CARKiRE frigate, Capt.
Fred. Lewis Maitland, under whom he continued,
in the Loire and Volontaire 38's, and Emerald
36, until 1807. During that period Mr. Croke as-
sisted at the capture, 16 March and 17 Aug. 1804,
of the French privateers Sraave of 16, and (after a
running fight of 15 minutes) Blonde of 30 guns ; was
under fire of the batteries in MurosBay, when they
were gallantly stormed and carried, and the pri-
vateers Confiance and Belier taken, by the boats
under Lieut, the late Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, 4 June,
1805 ; aided, on 25 of the same month, in capturing
another privateer, Le Vaiilant, of force similar to
the BUrnde^ was in company, 24 Dec. following,
with L'Egtptienne frigate, at the capture, after an
obstinate resistance, of La Libre of 40 guns ; and
conveyed, in July, 1806, to Sir Kich. Keats, off
L'Orient, intelligence which led to the capture of
Le Rldn of 44 guns. On his promotion to the rank
of Lieutenant, which took place 14 March, 1807,
Mr. Croke assumed command of the Chub schooner ;
and, after assisting at the reduction of Mar-
tinique, he was removed to thai of the Shamrock
10, which vessel he had the misfortune to lose,
on Cape St. Maria, 25 Feb. 1811. We subse-
quently find him appointed — 2 Sept. 1811, to the
Kotal Wiluam, Capts. Robt. Hall and Geo. Fowke,
guard-ship at Spithead — 10 July, 1812, as First, to
the Crocodile 28, Capt. Wm. Elliott, on the Guern-
sey station — 4 Aug. 1812, in a similar capacity, to
the San Domingo 74, flag-ship on the coast of North
America of Sir John Borlase Warren — 28 Feb. 1813,
and 22 April, 1817, to the command of the Canso
schooner, and Pigmy cutter, in the former of which
he won the thanks of Rear- Admiral Geo. Cockbum
for his services on the coast of Georgia, where he
witnessed the capture of St. Mary's — 7 April, 1823,
to the Astrea, Capt. Wm. King — and, 24 Nov.
1823, 31 July, 1833, and 31 Jan. 1836, to the succes-
sive command of the Emulous, Pandora, and Ex-
press packets, on the Falmouth station. His atten-
tion during that period to the British and native in-
habitants of different places he visited procured him
their thanks and a memorial in his favour to the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Mr. Croke
resigned command of the Express in 1840, for the
purpose of attending to private matters of import-
ance ; and has not since been afloat. We should
have noticed that, when in the San Domingo, this
officer was successively appointed by Sir John B.
Warren to the command of the Kangaroo and Co-
LiBRi sloops ; which appointments, however, owing
to some informality, were not confirmed.
He married Mary, daughter of John Smith, Esq.,
of Falmouth, by whom he has issue four sons and
four daughters.
CROKER. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 25.)
Charles Crokek is sixth son of the late Edw.
Croker, Esq., of Ballynagarde, co. Limerick, by
Margaret Anne, youngest daughter of Rich> Hare,
Esq., and sister of William, first Earl of Listowel.
He is brother of Lieut.-Colonels Rich, and Wm.
Croker, and of the late Albert Croker, who died
First-Lieutenant of the Cambrian frigate in Jan.
1826.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 July, 1805, as
Fst-ol. Vol., on board the Topaze 38, Capt. Wil-
loughby Thos. Lake, on the Cork station ; removed,
with the same Captain, in Feb. 1807, as Midship-
man, to the Gibraltar 80, part of the Channel
fleet ; and, in April following, joined the Alceste
38, Capt. Murray Maxwell, in the Mediterranean.
He was present in Deo. of the same year at the
surrender of Madeira to the British ; served as a
Volunteer in the boats, with Lieut. Allan Stewart,
at the capture, 4 April, 1808, of seven Spanish tar-
tans, under the very muzzles of the guns in the
batteries at Rota; contributed to the destruction
of several vessels and martello-towers on the coast
of Italy in May, 1809 ; witnessed, in June of the
same year, the reduction of the islands of Ischia
and Procida ; landed, while in company with the
Belle Poule 38, and aided in destroying, 5 May,
1811, a French national brig lying in the harbour of
Parenza, and defended by a galling cross-fire from
two batteries;* and, independently of other im-
portant and hazardous services, bore a part, 29
Nov. 1811, in an action of 2 hours and 20 minutes,
fought with consummate gallantry, between the
Alceste and the Active 38, on one side, and the
French 40-gun frigates Pauline and Pomone on the
other, which terminated in the capture, of the Po-
mone and escape of the Pauline^ after a loss had
been occasioned to the Alceste of 7 men killed
and 13 wounded. Returning home in the autumn
of 1812, Mr. Croker joined the Clarence 74, Capt.
Henry Vansittart; and, while next commanding a
gun-boat on Lake Ontario, he was created a Lieu-
tenant 17 Dec. 1814. He invalided home in March,
1815 ; and was subsequently appointed — 8 Aug. 1818,
to the Redwing 18, fitting for the St. Helena station
— 14 Sept. 1821, to the Carnation 18, Capt. John
Edw. Walcott, in which sloop he proceeded to Ja-
maica— and, 19 Feb. 1824, as First Lieutenant, to
the Icards 10, Capt. John Geo. Graham. On 20
Aug. following Mr. Croker took command of a hired
Spanish launch and of the boats of the Icards, and
was officially praised for the judicious and spirited
manner in which he captured, off the Havana, a
large piratical schooner called the Diableto, mount-
ing 6 guns, and manned with about 50 men.f He
was promoted, 4 Oct. 1825, to the command of the
Bellette 18 ; and, since his return to England in
1826, has been unemployed.
He married, in 1830, Miss M. Crowe, of Byblix,
CO. Cork, and has issue.
CEOLE. (Captain, 1828. r-p., 18; h-p., 23.)
Charles Ceole is a relative of the late Earl of
Egremont, Captain R. N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Chiffonne 36, Capt.
John Wainwright, in which frigate he attained the
rating of Midshipman in Aug. 1807, and served, on
the Mediterranean and East India stations, until
Aug. 1811. In Nov. 1809 we find him participating
in an attack on the pirates of the Persian Gulf,
where the town of Ras-al-Khyma, their principal
stronghold, together with all the shipping in the
port, and a considerable quantity of naval stores,
was set on fire and destroyed. IJntU the receipt
of his first commission, 20 Oct. 1813, Mr. Cole fur-
ther served on the Home station on board the San
Josef 110, successive flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton
and Lord Keith, and Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt.
Wm. Hotham. His next appointments appear to
have been— 2/ Nov. 1813, to the Rodney 74, bear-
ing the flag off Lisbon of Vice- Admiral Geo. Martin
—5 Aug. 1814, to the Araxes 38, Capt. Geo. Miller
Bligh, fitting for the West Indies — and, 20 Nov.
1817, to the Sybille 48, in which ship he ofSciated
as Flag-Lieutenant, on the latter station, to Sir
Home Popham and- Sir Chas. Rowley. He assumed
command, 6 May, 1822, of the Icards sloop, and
removing, 19 July following, to the Surinam 18,
continued in the West Indies until 1825. His last
appointment was, 9 Nov. 1827, to the Columbine
18, on the Halifax station, where he attained Post-
rank 26 Jan. 1828. Since that date Capt. Crole
has been on half-pay.
CEOOKE. (Commander, 1815. r-p., 12:
H-p., 34.)
Charles Henry Crooke entered the Royal
Naval Academy 2 Jan. 1801; and embarked, in
1804, as Midshipman, on board the Ph(ebe 36, Capt.
Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, in a boat belonging to
* Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1547. f V. Gaz. 1825, p. 1.
246
CROOKE.
which ship he appears to have been wounded in an
attack made on a French brig-of-war in the Medi-
terranean in 1805. After participating, as we be-
lieve, in the battle of Trafalgar, he proceeded to
the West Indies as Master's Mate of the Alligator
28, Capt. Hugh Pigot ; and on becoming attached,
as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Circe 32, Capt. Fras.
Augustus Collier, took command of her boats, 12
Dec. 1808, and made a most heroic — though unsuc-
cessful— dash at an enemy's corvette, Le Cygne^ of
16 guns, protected, near St. Pierre, Martinique, by
four batteries and a considerable body of troops,
with field-pieces, assembled on the beach. Out of
68 men who had been detached on this service, the
British lost 9 killed and 21 wounded, and 26 missing,
making in the whole 56, inclusive of Mr. Crooke
himself, who was badly wounded in four places.*
The subject of this sketch, whose gallantry on the
occasion was rewarded by a commission signed 9
Jan. 1809, remained in the Circe, under the com-
mand of Capt. Pigot, until 1810, when he invalided.
On 27 Sept. 1811, he next joined the Medusa 32,
Capt. Hon. Suncombe Pleydell Bouverie ; and, on
the night of 4 June, 1812, he served in the biiats
under Lieut. Josiah Thompson at the capture and
destruction, in the harbour of Arcasson, of La
Dorade, of 14 guns and 86 men, after a desperate
struggle, in which the assailants had 5 men wounded,
and the enemy, who had hailed the latter in their
approach, and were in every way prepared for the
attack, 63 lulled and drowned. Lieut. Crooke's
last appointment was, 3 Jan. 1814, to the Presi-
dent frigate, Capts. Fras. Mason and Archibald
Duff, on the Irish station. He attained his present
rank 30 Aug. 1815, and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Crooke was awarded, 16 Feb. 1816,
a pension of 150i. for his wounds; previously to
which he had been presented with gratuities from
the Patriotic Fund. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
CROOKE. (LrouT., 1814. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 38.)
James Crooke entered the Navy, 15 Feb. 1796,
as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Diana 38, Capt. Jona-
than Faulknor, employed off the coast of Ireland,
where he assisted at the capture of several French
privateers. Between March, 1798, and Aug. 1802,
he next served, on the Home and Mediterranean
stations, as Midshipman of the Koyal George 100,
bearing the flag of Lord Bridport, and Anson 44,
Capt. Philip Chas. Durham. Being appointed, 8
May, 1804, to a Lieutenancy in the Cleopatra of
38 guns and 200 men, Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie, he
was present when that vessel was captured, after a
brilliant and self-sought action of nearly three
hours, and a loss of 20 men killed and 38 wounded,
including himself, by the French frigate Ville de
Milan^ of 46 guns and 350 men, 10 of whom appear
to have been slain, 17 Feb. 1805.t The latter ship,
however, was herself taken, with her prize, on 23
of the same month, by the Leander 50, Capt.
John Talbot; and, being added to the British Navy
as the 38-gun frigate Milan, was commissioned by
Sir R. Laurie, under whose orders Mr. Crooke con-
tinued until May, 1806. He then joined the Belle-
isle 80, Capt. Wm. Hargood, in which he beheld
the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the French 74-
gun ship Impe'tueiix, 14 Sept. following. From
April, 1807, to April, 1809, he was afterwards on
board the Niobe 40, Capt. John Wentworth Loring,
off Cork ; and in Feb. 1813, he joined the Diomede
troop ship, Capt. Chas. Montague Fabian, employed
on the coast of North America. Lieut. Crooke,
the date of whose commission was subsequently
altered for some reason to 15 Oct. 1814, has not
been afloat since that period. In consideration of
the wound above alluded to, he was presented with
a sum of money by the Committee of the Patriotic
Fund at Lloyd's. Agent— J. Hinxman.
CROOKE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Ledlie Cbooke entered the Navy, 10
Deo. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Fl^che 18,
•. Vide Ga-i. 1809, p. 146. -j- f. Gaz. 1805, p. 642.
Capt. Thos. "White, whom he subsequently followed,
as Midshipman, into the Ariel 18, St. George 98,
and Rdey 64, on the Channel and Baltic stations.
In Feb. 1811, he joined the Vanguard 74, Capt.
Henry Rich. Glynn ; and removing, next, to the
Dictator 64, Capts. Robt. Williams and Jas. Pat-
tison Stewart, commanded a boat at the cutting out
of a schooner and other vessels from under a heavy
fire in the Baltic. On 6 July, 1812, being in com-
pany with the Calvpso 18, we find the Dictator
gallantly effecting the capture and destruction,
within the rocks of Mardoe, on the Norway coast,
of a whole Danish sqnadron, consisting of the
Nayadm of 48 guns, the LdUmd, Samsoe, and Kiel
sloops, and several gun-boats, after a long contest,
which occasioned a Toss to the British 64 of 5 men
killed and 24 wounded, and to the Danes of 300
killed and wounded. Until the conclusion of hos-
tilities, Mr. Crooke was next employed, in succes-
sion, on board the Shamrock 18, Capt. Andrew
Pellet Green, stationed in the Channel — Vigo 74,
flag-ship in the Baltic of Rear-Admiral Graham
Moore — Glodcesteb 74, Capt. Robt. Williams,
whom he accompanied with convoy to the Leeward
Islands — and Prince Regent 56, and St. Lawrence
98, bearing each the broad pendant of Commodore
Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on Lake Ontario, where he took
part in many active operations. Since the receipt
of his commission, 13 March, 1815, the subject of
this notice has been on half-pay. Agent — J. Hinx-
CROOKE. (Commander, 1846. r-p., 31 ; h-p., 7.)
William Crooke entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1809,
as a Supernumerary, on board the Clorinde 38,
Capt. Thos. Briggs ; and from July following until
Feb. 1811, served in the East Indies as Midshipman
of the Samarang 20, and Blanche 38, both com-
manded by Capt. Rich. Spencer, under whom he
assisted, in the Samarang, at the capture, in 1810,
of the Dutch islands of Amboyna, Saparona^ Naso-
Laut, and Pulo-Ay, and of the Dutch national brig
Secndeurf laden with money and stores for the
latter place. Until the peace he next served, in
the Channel and again in India, on board the Dio-
mede 50, Capt. Hugh Cook, and Theban 36, and
CoRNVTALLis 74, each under the command of Capt.
Stephen Thos. Digby ; after which we find him suc-
cessively joining the Doncan 74, flag-ship at the
Brazils of Sir John Poo Beresford, Harrier 18,
Capt. Sir Chas. Thos. Jones, on the Halifax station,
Camelion brig, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, in the
Channel, and Leander 50, flag-ship of Hon. Sir
Henry Blackwood, on the East India station, where
he was promoted, from the Acting-Mastership of
the Dauntless, Capt. Geo. Cornish Gambler, to a
Lieutenancy in the Satellite 18, Capt. Mark John
Currie, 9 Jan. 1823. He returned to England with
the latter officer in 1824, on board the Asia 84; and
was next appointed— 9 June, 1828, as First, to the
Falcon 10, Capts. John Pole and Henry Griffith
Colpoys, at the Cape of Good Hope— 2 Oct. follow-
ing, and 29 March, 1832, to the Ranger 28, Capt.
Wm. Walpole, and Winchester 52, Capt. Lord
Wm. Paget, both in the West Indies— 29 Oct. and
31 Deo. 1832, 3 Jan. 1834, and 18 Aug. 1838, to the
command of the Speedwell, Pincheb, Nautilus,
and Peterel, on the Jamaica, Lisbon, Mediterra-
nean, and Falmouth stations— and, 9 April, 1845,
again as First-Lieutenant, to the Queen 110, flag-
ship at Devonport of Sir John West. Since the
date of his last promotion, 15 Jan. 1846, Commander
Crooke has been unemployed.
He married, in 1840, Eliza Keelir, eldest daughter
of W. Vice, Esq., of Truro, co. Cornwall. Agents
— Messrs. Stilwell.
CROOKE. (LiEDT., 1815. F-p., 8; h-p., 31.)
William Boyle Crooke is fourth and youngest
son of the late William Crooke, Esq., of Ahavrin,
CO. Cork.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Feb. 1808, as a
Volunteer, on board the Virago 13, Lieut.-Com-
CROSBIE- CROSBY- GROTTY— CROUCH.
247
inander 'Wm. Bobt. Ashley Pettman; and on re-
moving to the Kaven 16, Capts. John Martin
Hanchett and George Gustavus Lennock, attended
the expedition to the Waloheren in Aug. 1809, and
was for four hours on one occasion in destructive
contact with the batteries of Cadsand and Flushing.
In March, 1811, he joined the Botnb 98, bearing
the ilag in the Channel of Sir Harry Burrard Neale,
to whom he acted for nearly two years as Signal
Mate ; after which he proceeded to North America
with Capt. J. M. Hanchett, in the Diadem armee
en fivte^ and co-operated in the attack on Craney
Island and the town of Hampton, 22 and 26 June,
1813. He had the good fortune, about the same
period, to rescue from a watery grave an officer and
three men belonging to the San Domingo. Until
the receipt of his commission, which bears date 7
March, 1815, Mr. Crooke further served, on the
Halifax, Irish, and West India stations, on board
the Nakcissos 32, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, Spab-
TAN 38, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, and Orontes
36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane. He has not
since been afloat.
a Grand Dignitary of the order of the Southerh
Cross. Agent — Frederick Dufaur.
CEOSBIE. (LlECT., 1828. F-P., 15; H-P., 13.)
John Gustavus^Cbosbie is third son of the late
General Sir John Crosbie, G.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1819, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the liEANDEB 50, Capt. Chas.
Kichardson, fitting for the flag of Hon. Sir Henry
Blackwood, Commander-in-Chief in the East In-
dies, where he served, a great part of the period as
Midshipman, until the close of 1822. He was after-
wards employed for some time in the Tkinculo 18,
Capt. liodney Shannon, on the coast of Ireland ;
passed hjs examination 2 Nov. 1825 ; and in 1826
returned to India as Mate of the Java 52, flag-ship
of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage. He there served,
from 22 Feb. 1828, to 27 March, 1829, as Acting-
Lieutenant, on board the Champion 18, Capt. Geo.
Delme, and Pandora 18, Capts. Wm. Clarke Jer-
voise and Hon. John Fred. Gordon ; and being then
confirmed by commission dated back to 28 May,
1828, was subsequently appointed — 25 April, 1831,
to the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Chas. Graham — and,
22 Nov. 1836, to the Cabysport 26, Capt. Henry
Byam Martin, respectively employed on the South
American and Mediterranean stations. He has
been on half-pay since Nov. 1838. Agent — Joseph
Woodhead.
CROSBY, K.T.S., G.S.C. (Lieutenant, 1815.
r-P., 9 ; H-p., 32.)
Thomas Sackvili.e Crosby entered the Navy, 6
April, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Howe
store-ship, Capt. Edw. Killwick, in which he sailed
for the Cape of Good Hope, and thence to the Rio
de la Plata. Joining, there, the Leoa 38, Capt.
Kobt. Honyman, he witnessed, as Midshipman, the
capture of Monte Video and the unsuccessful at-
tack made on Buenos Ayies in Feb. and July, 1807 ;
after which, on his return to Europe, he assisted at
the bombardment of Copenhagen in Sept. following,
and was wrecked, near the entrance of Milford
Haven, 31 Jan. 1808. Until the receipt of his com-
mission, 1 Feb. 1815, Mr. Crosby appears to have
been further employed, on the Home, Lisbon, Me-
diterranean, American, and West India stations, as
Midshipman and Master's Mate in the Goshawk
sloop, Capt. Alex. Innes, Lavinia 40, Capts. Lord
Wm. Stuart and Geo. Digby, Superb 74, Capt.
Hon. Chas. Paget, Terpsichore 32, Capt. Wm.
Bowen Mends, Swiftsube 74, Capt. Wm. Henry
Webley, and Venerable 74, flag-ship of Sir Philip
Chas. Durham. While in the Lavinia, we find
him present at the forcing of the passage between
the batteries of Flushing and Cadsand, 11 Aug.
1809, and next engaged at the defence of Cadiz in
1811-12. He has not been officially employed since
his return home from the West Indies in 1815.
Lieut. Crosby is, by royal licence, an officer of
the Portuguese order of tlio Tower and Sword, and
GROTTY. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 18; h-p., 36.)
William Cbotty was bom 7 July, 1772.
This officer entered the Navy (into which he was
impressed), 23 May, 1793, as A. B., on board the
Orestes 18, Capt. Lord Augustus Fitzroy, stationed
in the Channel; served next, from Jan. 1794, to
Jan. 1799, in the REaoLUTioN 74, flag-ship in North
America of Rear-Admirals Murray and Vandeptit ;
and on then joining La Seine, of 48 guns and 281
men, was present, 21 Aug. 1800, at the capture, in
the Mona Passage, of La Vengeance, of 52 guns and
326 men, after a brilliant contest of two hours and
a half, in which the British lost 13 men killed and
29 wounded, and the French more than twice that
number. Until the peace of Amiens he further
served in the West Indies as Midshipman of the
Carnatio 74, Capt. Edw. Tyrrell Smith; after
which we find him successively joining, between 1
Jan. 1804, and the date of his promotion, 25 March,
1809 — the Louisa and Maria, hired armed tenders,
both under the command of Lieut. John Keenan —
HiBERNiA 110, and London 98, flag-ships in the
Channel of Lord Gardner and Earl St. Vincent —
Tartarus sloop, Capt. Thos. Fras. Chas. Main-
waring, in which he received a wound at the bom-
bardment of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807 — and Vixen
gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Mayson Wright. From
10 Nov. 1809, until 19 Feb. 1814, Mr. Crotty lastly
served, on the Plymouth and Newfoundland sta-
tions, as Lieutenant of the Pheasant 18, Capt. John
Palmer. He has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Crotty has been in the enjoyment, since 4
April, 1844, of a pension for woimds oiSl. He mar-
ried 5 March, 1815 ; and has had issue 17 children.
CROUCH. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 3.)
Edward Crouch, bom 3 Dec. 1816, is son of
Commander E. T. Crouch, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1830, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince Regent 120,
Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, bearing the flag
at the Nore of Sir John Poo Beresford. While in
the performance of his duty on board that ship, he
had the misfortune, on 4 Nov. following, severely
to lacerate both hands, and lose the top of five
fingers. Removing, in April, 1831, to the Pearl
20, Capts. Wm. Broughton and Robt. Gordon, he
visited the West Indies ; and he afterwards served,
from 4 Jan. 1833, until wrecked on the coast of
Chili, 19 May, 1835, as Midshipman, in the Spar-
TiATE 76, flag-ship of Sir Michael Seymour, Com-
mander-in-Chief in South America, and Chal-
lenger 28, Capt. Michael Seymour. On his ulti-
mate return to England after suffering many pri-
vations, Mr. Crouch, in Deo. of the latter year,
joined the Excellent, Capt. Thos. Hastings, gun-
nery-ship at Portsmouth, where he passed his exa-
mination in Oct. 1836. He returned, in April, 1837,
to South America, as Gunnery Mate of the Sama-
rang 28, Capts. Wm. Broughton and Jas. Scott ;
and, on eventually proceeding to China, removed,
in a similar capacity, to the Welleslet 72, Com-
modore Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, 22 Dec. 1840.
Taking part in the hostilities that followed, he
served on board the Hon. E. I. Co.'s steamer Neme-
sis at the destruction of 10 war-junks, near Chuen-
pee, 7 Jan. 1841 ; after which he mainly contri-
buted by the perfection of his fire to the rapid
success which, between 13 and 15 March following,
attended an expedition up the inner passage from
Macao to Whampoa, where were destroyed five
forts, one battery, two military stations, and nine
man-of-war junks, containing in the whole 115 guns
and 8 gingalls.* Mr. Crouch, who obtained his
first commission 8 June in the same year, was next
employed on shore at the reduction of Chinghae 10
Oct. ensuing.t Becoming attached, 22 Jan. 1842,
to the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, he further
commanded two boats in an attack on Chin-Kiang-
Foo, 21 July, 1842 ; where, in an attempt to land the
* Fide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1SS2, 1600. t F. Oaz. 1842, p. 396.
248
CROUCH— CROWD Y—CROZIEE.
artillery guns, he was severely wounded (in three
places), as were 16 others, out of a crew of 24 ; and
on that occasion he displayed great presence of
mind in rescuing his party from the peril to which
they had thus hecome exposed.* He had previously
served on shore at the capture of Chapoo.-j- The
B1.0NDE being paid off in March, 1843j Lieut. Crouch,
on 31 of that month, joined the Camperdown 104,
bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Brace at Sheemess, in
which ship he continued until promoted to his pre-
sent rank, 25 Oct. following. He has been in suc-
cessive command, since 13 May, 1846, of the Gorgon
and Devastation steam-vessels, on the S.E. coast
of America and coast of A&ica.
CROUCH. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 26;
H-p., 23.)
Edwakd Thomas Ckouch died in Dec. 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 June, 1798, as
A. B., on board the Royal Oak 74, Capt. Thos.
Rowe, lying at Portsmouth, where he attained
the rating of Midshipman 16 Dec. 1799. He be-
came .attached, in June, 1801, to the MAivrA 80,
Capt. Albemarle Bertie, employed on Channel
service ; was wrecked, while afterwards serving on
board the Apollo 36, Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon,
off the coast of Portugal, 1 April, 1804 ; then joined
the PnisSANT 74, Capt. John Irwin, guard-ship at
Spithead ; was appointed, 19 March, 1805, Sub-
Lieutenant of the Growlek gun-brig, Lieut.-Com-
mander Jonas Rose ; and, on 7 May following, ob-
tained a full Lieutenancy in the "Warrior 74, Capts.
Sam. Hood Linzee, Michael Seymour, and John
Wm. Spranger. Rejoining Capt. Seymour, 13 June,
1807, in the Amethyst, of 42 guns and 261 men,
Mr. Crouch won the official praise of that gallant
Commander by his admirable exertions at the cap-
ture, 11 Nov. 1808, off L'Orient, of the French fri-
gate La Thetis, of 44 guns and 436 men, including
troops, which was boarded and carried at the close
of a furious contest of more than three hours, in
which the British lost 19 men killed and 51 woimded,
and the enemy 135 killed and 102 wounded.J On
6 April, 1809, he also took part in a severe in-
termittent action of about four hours, which ter-
minated in the capture, with a loss to the Amethyst
of 8 men killed and 37 wounded, of another of the
enemy's frigates, Le Niemen, of 46 guns and 339
men, of whom 47 were slain and 73 wounded. After
attending the expedition to Flushing, Mr. Crouch,
in Sept. 1809, accompanied Capt. Seymour, as First-
Lieutenant, into his prize, the Niemen, which had
been added to the British Navy as a 38-gun frigate ;
and, on 13 April, 1812, he again followed him, in a
similar capacity, into the Hannibal 74. While
cruizing off Cherbourg, in March, 1814, we further
discover him assisting at the capture, and conduct-
ing as Prize-Master into Portsmouth, the 40-gun
frigate Sultane. From 10 Sept. 1818, until his at-
tainment of Commander's rank, 19 July, 1821,
Lieut. Crouch served, with Sir M. Seymour and
Capt. Thos. Harvey, as Senior of the Northom-
BERLAHD 78, guard -sMp in the river Medway;
after which he held a command in the Coast Guard
from 1825 until 1828 ; and officiated as Secretary, in
1833-4, to his friend Sir M. Seymour, then Comman-
der-in-Chief on the South American station, and,
from the early part of 1842, until 18 Jan. 1844, to Sir
Edw. Brace, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. He
died Superintendent of the Packet service at South-
ampton, to which he had been but just appointed.
He married, 4 Dec. 1814, the only daughter of
Capt. Rich. Runwa Bowyer (1798), who died 11
Feb. 1823 ; and has left, with other issue, a son, the
present Commander Edw. Crouch, R.N. Agents —
Goode and Lawrence.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Sept. 1799, as
Ordinary, on board La Decade frigate, Capt. Jas.
Wallace, fitting for the West Indies, whence he
came home with the same Captain, in Sept. 1800, as
Midshipman of the Brunswick 74. On next joining
the Ganges 74, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, he
officiated as Aide-de-Camp to that officer at the
battle of Copenhagen 2 April, 1801 ; after which
he became attached, in 1805-6, to the Urania 38,
Capt. Hon. Chas. Herbert, with whom he visited
Quebec, and to the Hibernia 110, flag-ship in the
Channel of Earl St. Vincent. On 17 March, 1806,
we find him promoted to a Lieutenancy in the
Hazard 18, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, stationed off the
coast of France, where he took part in several
cutting-out affairs, and on the last of those occa-
sions received a gun-shot wound through the arm,
which procured him a gratuity of 50/. from the
Patriotic Fund. Between Deo. 1807, and July,
1814, Mr. Crowdy further served, on the Mediter-
ranean, East India, and Home stations, on board
the Pilot 18, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walpole, Bittern
18, Capt. Thos. TJssher, Cornelia 32, Capt. Henry
Folkes Edgell, Diomede 50, Capt. Hugh Cook,
Stirling Castle and Bellerophon 74's, both com-
manded by Capt. Augustus Brine, and Rippon 74,
Capt. Sir Christ. Cole. In the latter ship he wit-
nessed the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of the French 40-
gun frigate Le Weser, and, in Feb. following, of a
Spanish treasure-ship. Until advanced to the rank
of Commander, 25 March, 1824, his next appoint-
ments were — 20 March, 1822, to the Bulwark 76,
flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Benj. Hallowell — and,
12 Dec. 1823, to the Maidstone 42, Capt. Chas.
Bullen, on the African station. He afterwards
commanded, from 29 Dec. 1825, until 1829, the
Badger sloop, in the North Sea. Since his attain-
ment of Post-rank, 13 Jan. 1834, he has not been
afloat.
Capt. Crowdy is Senior of 1834. He married, in
1816, the only daughter of the late John C. Lewis,
Esq., of Westbury, near Bristol, and niece of Chas.
Lewis, Esq., of St. Pierre Park, near Chepstow, by
whom he bus issue. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
CROWDY. (Captain, 1834. f-p., 19; H-p., 29.)
Charles Crowdy, bom in March, 1786, at High-
worth, CO. Wilts, is son of a gentleman who for
many years practised as a solicitor at that place.
• Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 340S-4. t V. Gaz. 1842, p. 3694.
% V. Gaz. 1808, p. 1555.
CROZIER. (Captain, 1841. p-p., 28 ; h-p., 9.)
Francis Rawdon Moira CROziERwas born at
Banbridge, co. Down, Ireland.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hamadryad 36, Capt.
Sir Thos. Staines ; and on removing with the latter,
as Midshipman, in June, 1812, to the Briton 38,
took his departure for the Pacific. After a further
attachment of nearly two years to the Meander 38,
Capts. John Bastard and Arthur Fanshawe, lying
in the river Thames, and Qdeen Charlotte 100,
flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Thornbrough,
he proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope, in 1818, as
Mate (having passed his examination in Feb. 1817)
of the DoTEREL 18, Capt. Gore. On his return to
England in 1821 Mr. Crozier was appointed to the
Fdry discovery-ship, Capt. Wm. Edw. Parry ; ia
which, and the. Hecla, we find him accompanying
that officer in the two successive expeditions that
sailed from this country for the purpose of ascertain-
ing the existence of a North-West passage; 8 May,
1821, and 8 May, 1824. For his services on the last oc-
casion he was rewarded with a Lieutenant's commis-
sion, dated 2 March, 1826 ; subsequently to which he
rejoined the Hecla, and, becoming a third time the
associate of Capt. Parry, left Deptford on another
exploratory voyage to the Arctic regions 25 March,
1827. On the Hecla being brought to an andior, 20
June following, in Treurenburg Bay, lat. 79° 55' 20"
N., long. 16° 48' 45" E., Mr. Crozier aceompanied
his enterprising Captain, who then set out with two
sledge-boats on a further progress to the north-
ward across the ice, as far as Walden Island, where
they parted company, the former retracing his steps
towards the ship. "The expedition ultimately re-
turning to the Thames in Oct. 1827, the subject of
this memoir was next appointed, 26 April, 1831, to
the Stag 46, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge
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and Nich. Lockyer, employed off the coasts of Spain
and Portugal, and, 23 Dec. 1835, as First-Lieute-
nant, to the Cove, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross. On his
subsequent return from Davis Strait and Baffin
Bay, whither he had gone in quest of some missing
whalers, he assumed the rank of Commander 10
Jan. 1837 ; and, on 11 May, 1839, was appointed to
the Terror, in which vessel he soon afterwards
sailed with an expedition, under Capt. James
Clark Ross, for the purposes of magnetic research
and geographical discovery in the Antarctic Ocean.
Capt. Crozier, who during his absence was advanced
to Post-rank, 16 Aug. 1841, arrived in England in
1843 ; and — having reoommiasioned the Terror, 8
March, 1845 — is now co-operating with Sir John
Franklin in a fresh attempt to explore the North-
West Passage through Lancaster Sound and Bering
Strait. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
Oct. following, to theAVASP 16, Capts. Hon. Dudley
"Worsley Anthony Pelham and Geo. Mansel, was
the only Lieutenant on board that sloop at the
taking of Sidon, and attack on the fortifications of
St. Jean d'Acre, 26 Sept. and 3 Nov. 1840. He was
subsequently invested with the command— 30 Aug.
1841, of the Pantaloon 10, lying at Portsmouth —
and 21 June, 1842, and 19 Dec. 1843, of the Syden-
ham and Pluto steam-vessejs, in which he appears
to have been employed on the Canadian Lakes, and
on the West India and Home stations. He has been
attached, since 30 June, 1845, as Additional-Lieute-
nant, to the Victoria and Albert steam-yacht,
Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarenee. Agents—
Stilwell.
CROZIER, K.T.S. (Captaik, 1839. f-p., 16; h-p.,
18.)
' Richard Crozier, bom 26 Aug. 180.3, is eldest
son of li. B. Crozier, Esq., a retired military officer,
of West Hill, Isle of Wight ; brother of the present
Lieut. W. P. Crozier, K.N. ; grandson of the gallant
Sir Rich. Pearson, Knight, who, in Sept. 1799, beat
off an American squadron of twice his own force
under the notorious Paul Jones, by which achieve-
ment a convoy valued at upwards of 600,000/. was
saved to the country, and who afterwards died
Lieut.-Govemor of Greenwich Hospital in Jan.
1806 ; and nephew of the late Capt. Rich. Harrison
Pearson, R.N. (1798).
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Benbow 74, commanded
by his uncle, Capt. R. H. Pearson, in which ship he
cruized on the West India station until Oct. 1814.
In Feb. 1817, he became a student at the Royal
Naval College, where he remained until April, 1819.
He then re-embarked on board the Active 46,
Capts. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon and Andrew King,
employed successively on the North American and
Mediterranean stations ; attained the rating of Mid-
shipman 20 April, 1820 ; and after a further attach-
ment, on the Home station, to the Carnation
tender, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Witham, and
Apollo and Royal Sovereign yachts, Capts. Hon.
Sir Chas. Paget and Chas. Adam, obtained his first
commission 6 Sept. 1823. As a Lieutenant, Mr.
Crozier's appointments appear to have been— 22
March, 1823, and 25 Feb. 1826, to the Lively 46,
Capt. Wm. ElUott, and Ariadne 26, Capt. Adolphus
FitzClarenee, in which frigates he served on the
Lisbon, West India, and Mediterranean stations.
Being awarded the rank of Commander, 30 April,
1827, he subsequently officiated, for a few months
in 1831, as Second Captain of the Prince Regent
120, flag-ship in the Channel and off Lisbon of
Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker — and was appointed, 20
Deo. 1834, to the Victor 16. During upwards of
four years that he continued in the latter vessel,
Capt. Crozier cruised against the pirates in the
Straits of Malacca,, and visited Australia, New
Zealand, and the islands of the South Pacific. Since
his Post-promotion, 26 March, 1839, he has not been
afloat.
For his contributory services, when Lieutenant of
the Lively, in protecting and restoring Don John
to the throne of Portugal, Capt. Crozier was by that
monarch rireated a Knight of the Tower and Sword
in May, 1824. He married, 18 June, 1839, Julia,
fourth daughter of Geo. Stone, Esq., of Chislehurst,
CO. Kent, by whom he has issue a son and daughter.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
CROZIER. (Lieut., 1837. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 0.)
William Pearson Crozier is a yoimger brother
of Capt. Rich. Crozier, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1823, on
board the Lively 46, Capt. Wm. EUiott, of which
frigate his brother was at the time a Lieutenant.
He passed his examination in 1830; obtained his
commission 1 Sept. 1837 ; and being appointed, 21
CRUTCHLEY. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
Jambs Crutchley entered the Navy, 20 June,
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince op
Wales 98, Capt. Wm. Cuming, bearing the flag in
the Channel of Sk Robt. Calder. In Oct. 1804, he
removed to the Veteran 64, Capts. Jas. Newman
Newman and Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, under
the latter of whom he was for some time employed,
as Midshipman, in the West Indies. He then came
home in the FoBTUNiE 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart ;
and afterwards served, between Sept. 1806, and
June, 1809, on board the Atlas 98, flag-ship at
Cadiz of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis, Re-
NOMMBE 38, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, for passage
home, Heko 74, Capt. J. N. Newman, in the North
Sea, and Virginie 33, Capt. Edw. Brace, on the
Irish station. In Oct. 1811, he became attached to
the NiEMEN 38, Capt. Sam. Pym, off St. Helena.
He joined, in Sept. 1813, the President 38, Capts.
Fras. Mason and Arch. Duff, on the coast of ire-
land; and from March, 1815, until the autumn of
1816, again served with Capt. Brace, as Master's
Mate, in the Berwick 74, and Impregnable 104.
For his conduct in the latter ship at the bombard-
ment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, on which occasion
she bore the flag of Rear-Admiral David Milne, he
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Sept.
1816. He was subsequently employed in the North-
umberland 78, Capts. Sir Michael Seymour and
Thos. Harvey, guard-ship in the river Medway, from
9 Sept. 1818, until the summer of 1821 ; and since
the latter date has been on half-pay. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
CUDLIP. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Frederick Adgostus Ccdlip was born in April,
1809.
This officer entered the Navy 14 Feb. 1824;
passed his examination in 1830 ; obtained his com-
mission 3 July, 1840 ; and then joined the Fairy
surveying vessel, Capt. Wm. Hewett. He has been
serving, since 22 March, 1841, in the Shearwater
and Blazer, steam and surveying vessels, both
commanded by Capt. John Washington, on the
Home station. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
CULL. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 14 ;
H-p., 38.)
Thomas Cull (a) died, 22 Sept. 1846, at Plymp-
ton, Devon, aged 71.
This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1794, as
Ordinary, on board the Peterel 18, Capt. Edw.
Leveson Gower, stationed in the North Sea. Join-
ing, as Midshipman, in April, 1795, the Babet 20,
Capts. Edw. Codrington and Wm. Grenville Lobb,
he sailed for the West Indies, where he continued
principally to serve, until 1802, as Master's Mate of
L'Aimable 32, Capt. W. G. Lobb, and Hydra 38,
and PowERPOL 74, both commanded by Capt. Sir F.
Laforey. When in the Hydra, cruizing in com-
pany with the Trial cutter, and Vesuvius bomb,
Mr. Cull, on 1 May, 1798, witnessed the destruction,
after an engagement of three-quarters of an hour,
of La Confiante, French frigate of 36 guns and 300
men, and the simultaneous defeat of Xa Vesuve, cor-
vette of 20 guns. He re-embarked, in May, 1803,
on board the Nimeod 18, Capt. Terence O'Neill;
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and afterwards joined, as Acting-Master, the Mil-
brook schooner, Capt. John Cook Carpenter, and
Star 18, Capt. John Simpson — in the former of
which vessels he contributed to the capture, 9 May,
1805, of La Travela, Spanish privateer, of 3 guns
and 40 men. Obtaining his commission 16 Jan.
1808, he was subsequently appointed, 19 March,
1808, and 23 Jan. 1809, to the Belle Poule 38,
Capt. J. Brisbane, and Lucifer bomb, Capt. R. Hall,
both on the Mediterranean station — and, 23 Nov.
in the latter year, to the Valiant 74, Capt. John
Bligh, stationed in the Channel. Commander Cull,
who invalided from extreme bad health, in May,
1810, and had been ever since on half-pay, accepted
retired rank 19 Oct. 1844.
CULL. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Cull (6) was born, in 1793, at Poole, co.
Dorset.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 Sept. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge. During a period of more
than seven years' continuance in that ship, he ap-
pears to have taken part in Sir Robt. Calder's
action with the combined fleets of France and
Spain 22 July, 1805 — the capture of the Marengo, of
80 guns, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Linois,
and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule, 13 March, 1806—
the taking also of Le President 44, by a squadron
under Sir Thos.' Louis, 27 Sept. following — the
passage of the Dardanells, in Feb. 1807— and the
expedition to the Walcheren, in Aug. 1809. About
the latter date he accidentally fell from the fore-
topmast cross-trees on the lee gangway, and had
the misfortune to break two of his ribs. Having
passed his examination 13 Aug. 1810, Mr. Cull,
when at Gibraltar on his passage home in the Mon-
tagu 74, Capt. John Halliday, volunteered, in
May, 1811, to join the flotilla service on that
and the Cadiz stations. In July following he as-
sumed, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, the
command of No. 16 gun-boat, and, for his varied
services, including his conduct at the defence of
Tarifa and his gallantry in several vigorous attacks
on the enemy's privateers and other armed vessels,
on one of which occasions he received a wound,
was confirmed in his present rank by commission
dated 21 March, 1812. On the night of 29 April
following we find Mr. Cull, with his gun-vessel,
warmly assisting Capt. Thos. Ussher in a valiant
boat attack upon the enemy's privateers and bat-
teries in the Mole of Malaga ; an enterprize which,
although partially successful, terminated in a loss
to the British, out of 149 officers and men, of 15
killed and 53 wounded. He invalided home in the
ensuing July; and was next appointed, 29 Jan.
1813, to the Lyra 10, Capts. Robt. Bloye and Dowell
O'Reilly. In the course of that and the following
year, be actively co-operated with the patriots on
the north coast of Spain, where he served at the
sieges of Guetaria, Castro, and St. Sebastian, and
was also employed in the Rivers Adour and Gi-
ronde. He was paid off in Aug. 1815, and has not
since been afloat.
Lieut. Cull is a Magistrate for the borough of
Totness, in Devonshire. He married, first, in
1815, Miss Jemima Colson, of Exeter, by whom he
has issue one daughter ; and, secondly, in 1820, Miss
Mary Ann Spear, of Monkton, co. Dorset. In 1843
he again became a widower.
CUMBERLAND. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
OcTAVius CuMBEKiAND is first cousin of Lieut.
R. E. Cumberland, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 16 April, 1825;
passed his examination 22 Dec. 1832 ; served latterly
as Mate on board the Camperdown 104, and Cale-
donia 120, flag-ships at the Nore and Plymouth of
Sir Henry Digby and Sir Graham Moore ; and on
23 Nov. 1841, was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant. His appointments have since been — 3 Deo.
1841, to the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote,
on the coast of Africa— 2 April, 1845, to the Queen
110, flag-ship at Devonport of Sir John West— and,
19 March, 1846, as First, to the Brilliant 22, Capt.
Rundle Burges Watson, now employed at the Cape
of Good Hope. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
CUMBERLAND. (Lieut., 1827. F-p., 12;
H-p., 21.)
RicHAKD Edward Cumberland, bom 23 Sept.
1800, is first cousin of Lieut. Octavius Cumberland,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1814, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nightingale 16, Capt.
Christ. Nixon, stationed in the North Sea ; sailed
for the Mediterranean in Deo. 1815, as Midshipman
of the Myrmidon 20, Capt. Robt. Gambler ; served
next, from Nov. 1818, until the summer of "1821 (in
the Feb. of which latter year he passed his exami-
nation), on the Home and South American stations,
on board the Florida 20, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe
John Hawtayne, Severn 50, Capt. Wm. M'Culloeh,
and Vengeub 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland ; then
joined in succession the Cherokee 10, Capt. Theo-
bald Jones, employed off the west coast of Scotland,
and Ramillies 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, stationed at
Portsmouth ; and, after a further servitude of four
years, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the
Isis 50, and Spartiate 74, flag-ships in South Ame-
rica of Sir Geo. Eyre, was confibrmed in his present
rank 2 Feb. 1827. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Cumberland married 19 Jan. 1828, and has
issue five children.
CUMBY. (Commander, 181.3. f-p., 20; h-p., 37.)
Charles Cumby, born 28 Nov. 1779, at Great
Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, is son of the late Capt.
David Pryce Cumby, B.N., by his second wife,
Susanna, daughter of Robt. Marsh, Esq., of the
above place ; half-brother of the late Capt. Wm.
Pryce Cumby, R.N., C.B. (1806) ; and uncle of the
present Lieut. D. C. Cumby, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 22 May, 1790, on
board the Sheerness tender, commanded by his
father, then a Lieutenant, in which he served, on
the Home station, until March, 1791. From 30 Jan.
1793, until Nov. 1797, he appears to have been next
employed, latterly in the Mediterranean, as A.B.
and Midsliipman, in the Brilliant frigate, Capts.
Mark Robinson and Wm. Pierrepont, Regulus
armee en flute, Capt. Wm. Carthew, Alexander
and SwiFTSURE 74's, both commanded by Capt. A.
Philip, and Ville de Paris 110, fiag-ship of Earl
St. Vincent. He was appointed, on 29 of the month
last mentioned, Acting-Lieutenant of La Minerve
38, Capt. Geo. Cockbum; and being confirmed,
4 Jan. 1799, into the Transfek brig, commanded
successively by various Captains, was ultimately
presented ^ith the order of the Crescent and a
gold medal for his services in that vessel under Sir
Wm. Sidney Smith on the coast of Syria, and during
the subsequent campaign in Egypt. We after-
wards fimd Mr. Cumby appointed— 4 Jan. 1802, to
La CARRiiRE frigate, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland,
in which he returned to England— 30 July, 1803, to
a command in the Weymouth district of Sea Fen-
cibles— 11 May, 1805, to the C.«sar 80, bearing the
flag of Sir Rich. John Strachan, under whom he
fought at the capture, 4 Nov. following, of four
French line-of-battle ships, just escaped from the
battle of Trafalgar— 30 Jan. 1808, to the Donegal
74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, attached to the Chan-
nel fleet— 26 Oct. 1809, to the Adrian cutter,
which he commanded for 10 months in Basque
Roads— and, 3 Feb. and 21 April, 1813, to the Bel-
lerophon and Medway 74's, commanded at Ports-
mouth by Capt. Augustus Brine. He attained his
present rank 4 Dec. following; and afterwards
commanded the Ordinary at Portsmouth from 18
March, 1833, until 1836. He has since been unem-
ployed.
He married Sarah, youngest daughter ofWm.
GiUard, Esq., of Black House, Brixham, co. Devon.
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CUMBY. (Lieut., 1829. f-p., 13; h-p., 13.)
David Charles Cdmbt is second son of the late
Capt.W. P.Cumby,B.N.,C.B. (1806), who succeeded
Capt. John Cooke in the command of the Belle-
KOPHON during the battle of Trafalgar ; had charge
of a squadron at the siege of St. Domingo in 1809 ;
became afterwards Senior Captain of the Navy;
and died Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard,
27 Sept. 1837. He is nephew of Commander Chas.
Cumby, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6
April, 1821 ; and embarked, in Nov. 1822, on board
the Sappho 18, Capt. Jenkin Jones, with whom he
served for some time on the coast of Ireland. He
afterwards, and in succession, joined, as Midship-
man, the NiEMEN 28, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry WalUs,
Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray, Brazen 26,
Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, and Forte 44, Capt.
Jeremiah Coghlan, wliich ships appear to have been
employed on the Home, African, and South Ame-
rican stations. Having passed his examination in
Nov. 1827, Mr. Cumby was promoted, 7 Dec. 1829,
to a Lieutenancy in the Wakspite 76, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral Thos. Baker. He was subsequently
appointed— 20 Sept. 1831, and 21 Dec. 1832, to the
Fly 18, Capt. Peter M'Quhae, and Sapphire 28,
Capt. Hon. Geo. RoUe Walpole Trefusis, both on
the North America and West India station — 11
July, 1835, to the Russell 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry
Dillon, off Lisbon — and, 20 May, 1837, to the Howe
120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Sir Robt. Waller
Otway. He has been on half-pay since 1838.
CUMING. (Retired Commander, 1838.)
SamueIi Coming was born 4 Jan. 1769, and died
in 1845. He was brother of the late Admiral Wm.
Cuming, who commanded the Russell 74, at the
battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801.
This officer obtained a Lieutenant's commission
7 Feb. 1797 ; and became a Retired Commander 15
Oct. 1838.
CUMMING. (Commander, 1846.)
Arthur Cummhig is a near relative, we beUeve,
of Lieut.-General SirHenry JolinCumming, K.C.H.,
Colonel of the 12th Lancers.
This officer entered the Navy 8 Aug. 1832 ; passed
his examination in 1837 ; and for Ms services as
Mate of the Ctclops steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio
Thos. Austin, during the Syrian campaign, particu-
larly at the taking of Sidon, where he behaved most
gallantly, was awarded a commission dated 28 Sept.
1840.* His next appointments were— 28 Nov. 1840,
and 18 June, 1841, as Additional Lieutenant, to the
Princess Charlotte 104, and Britannia 120, flag-
ships in the Mediterranean of Sir Robt. Stopford
and Sir John Acworth Ommanney — 13 Sept. 1841,
to the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, on the
same station— and, 5 Nov. 1842, to the Frolic 16,
Capt. Wm. Alex. Willis, in which vessel he sailed
for South America. From 8 July, 1845, until pro-
moted to the rank of Commander, 9 Nov. 1846,
Lieut. Cumming was further employed in the Al-
bion 90, Caipt. Nioh. Look^er, on the Channel sta-
tion. He is now on half-pay. Agents— Messrs.
Chard.
CUNNINGHAM. (Liectenant, 1841.)
William Graves James Cunningham entered
the Navy 10 July, 1823 ; passed bis examination 19
Sept. 1833; and when promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, was serving, as Mate, on
board the Britannia 120, flag-ship in the Medi-
terranean of Sir John Acworth Ommanney. His
appointments have since been, on the South Ameri-
can station— 22 Feb. and 21 June, 1842, to the
Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commo-
dore John Brett Purvis, and Pearl 20, Capt. Rich.
Henry Stopford — and, 22 Jan. 1845, to the Fire-
brand steam-frigate, Capt. Jas. Hope, in which
he is at present employed. Agents — Hallett and
Robinson.
• Vide Gai. 1840, pp. 2603, 2604.
CUPPAGE. (Commander, 1830. p-p., 22;
H-p., 20.)
Adam Cdppage, born 21 Nov. 1792, is second son
of the late General Cuppage, of the Hon. E. 1. Co.'s
service ; brother of Lieut. -Col. Cuppage, late of the
39th regiment ; and cousin of Capt. Wm. Cuppage,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cyclops 20, Capt. Fras.
Douglas, guard-ship off' Lymington ; joined next, for
short periods, the Cracker gun-brig', Lieut.-Com-
mander Wm. Henry Douglas, Thunderer 74, Capt.
John Leohmere, and Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur
Kaye Legge, employed in the Channel; and on
ultimately proceeding to the West Indies in the
AcASTA 40, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, took an ac-
tive part in the victory gained over the French, off
St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. Accompanying Capt.
Dunn soon afterwards, as Midshipman, into the
Royal George 100, flag-ship of Sir John Thos.
Duckworth, he passed the Dardanells in Feb. 1807 ;
and, on 27 of that month, served with the boats in
a smart skirmish with the Turks on the island of
Prota. While subsequently borne on the books of
the San Josef 110, Hibernia 110, and Armide 38,
all commanded by Capt. Dunn, he further com-
manded a gun-boat throughout the various opera-
tions connected with the Walcheren expedition in
1809 — served in a boat at the defence and evacua-
tion of Fort Matagorda, near Cadiz, in April, 1810
— and assisted in cutting out several of the enemy's
vessels on the coast of France. Having passed Ms
examination in Feb. 1811, Mr. Cuppage next be-
came attached, on the Jamaica station, to the Jason
32, Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King, Polyphemus 64,
Capt. Peter John Douglas, Brazen 18, Capt. Jas.
Stirling, Shark 18, Capt. John Gore, and Rhodian
10, Capt. John Geo. Boss, under whom he was
wrecked near Port Royal, 21 Feb. 1813. On the
latter occasion he proved greatly instrumental in
saving the lives of the crew, together with a large
amount of freight, by voluntarily swimming ashore
through a heavy surf, with a line attached to his
person — an exploit for which he very justly received
the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Ad-
miral Chas. Stirling. Joimng, immediately after-
wards, the Nimrod 18, Capt. Nath. Mitchell, Mr.
Cuppage, while cruizing off the coast of America,
commanded her boats at the capture, from under
the batteries of New Bedford and of other places,
of a large number of the enemy's ships, one of which
was the Chili, a South Sea whaler. In that vessel
he was sent as prize-master to HaUfax ; and on his
passage thither he was attacked, when becalmed at
midnight, by four boats belonging to a privateer,
all of which, though fully manned, were, however,
beaten off in the most gallant style. Assuming
the rank of Lieutenant 26 May, 1814, the subject
of this sketch afterwards joined, on the American,
East India, St. Helena, and Home stations, the
Victorious 74, Capt. Sir John Talbot, Zealous 74,
Capt. Jas. Anderson, Ph(ebe 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar,
Iphigenia 36, Capts. Andrew King, John Reynolds,
and John Tancock, Conqueror 74, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Robt. Plampin, Gannbt 18, Capts. Wm.
Style and Wm. Simpson, Windsor Castle 74, Capts.
Hugh Downman and Edw. Durnford King, and, as
First Lieutenant, the Satellite 18, Capt. John
Miltigan Laws. He was promoted to Ms present
rank on invaliding from Lidia, 22 July, 1830, and
has since been on half-pay.
Previously to joining the Gannet, Commander
Cuppage officiated, as Governor, from Jan. 1818, to
Nov. 1819, of the island of Ascension. He married,
8 July, 1830, Frances, eldest daughter of the late
Colonel Haldane, of the Royal Artillery. Agents
— Coplands and Burnett.
CUPPAGE. (Capt., 1830. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 20.)
William Cuppage is son of the late Lieut.-
General Wm. Cuppage, of the Royal Artillery;
and cousin of Commander Adam Cuppage, R.N.,
and Lieut. James Heyland, R.N.
TMs officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1807, as
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CURLEWIS— CURRIE.
Fst.-cl. -Vol., on board the Stork sloop, Capt. Geo.
Le Geyt, stationed in the Channel, where, until
April, 1813, he continued to serve, a great part of
the time as Midshipman, in the RorAL Geoege 100,
flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, and San
Josef 110, Hibernia 110, Armide 38, and Dublin
74, all commanded by Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn.
He then rejoined the San Josef, as Signal Mid-
shipman to Sir Rich. King ; and, on 5 Nov. follow-
ing, had a leg shot off in a skirmish with the fleet
oft' Toulon.* After a further attachment to the
Thisee 28, and Impregnable 104, flag-ships in the
river Thames and at Plymouth of Hon. Arthur
Kaye Legge and Sir J. T. Duckworth, Mr. Cup-
page was awarded a commission, dated 6 April,
1815. He subsequently joined, 18 Aug. following,
the RooHFORT 74, Capt. Sir Arch. CoUingwood
Dickson, lying at Portsmouth ; served, from 3 Oct.
in the same year, until 21 Nov. 1820, on board the
Magicienne 36, Orlando 36, and Minden 74, flag-
ships in the East Indies of Sir Rich. King ; and
was next appointed — 20 Aug. 1822, to the Arab
sloop, Capt. Wm. Holmes, off the coast of Ireland —
1 July, 1823, to the Isis 50, bearing the flag in the
West Indies of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted — 10
Aug. 1825, to the Warspite 76, Capt. Sir Jas.
Brisbane, on the South American station — and 4
Aug. 1826, and 18 Jan. 1827, to the Boadicea 46,
Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, and Java 52, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage, both in the
East Indie.s. Of the Java he assumed command,
as Second Captain, 24 Dec. 1827 ; and on the ulti-
mate return of that ship to England was advanced
to Post-rank, 22 July, 1830. He has not since been
afloat.
Capt. Cuppage obtained, 4 April, 1816, a pension
of 911. 5s. AGENTS—Messrs. Halford and Co.
CURLEWIS. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 29;
H-p., 15.)
William Edward Chrlewis was born, 30 July,
1789, in London, and died about the commencement
of 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 May, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cerberus 32, Capt. Wm.
Selby, and in Sept. following assisted, under the flag
of Sir Jas. Saumarez, at the bombardment of Gran-
ville. On subsequently proceeding to the West
Indies, we find him wounded while serving in the
boats under Lieut. Wm. Coote, and extolled for his
unsurpassable bravery, at the cutting out, on the
night of 2 Jan. 1807, of two of the enemy's vessels,
defended by a most tremendous fire from the
batteries, near Pearl Rock, Martinique, which killed
2 men and wounded 10. f After witnessing the
surrender to the Cerberus of the islands of Marie-
galante and Deseada, Mr. Curlewis, in 1808, joined
the Leviathan 74, Capt. John Harvey, and under
that officer was present, 26 Oct. 1809, at the self-
destruction, in the Mediterranean, of the French
line-of-battle ships Bobuste and Lion. He next
served for some time in the Victory 100, flag-ship
of Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Baltic, and being pro-
moted, 28 Nov. 1811, to a Lieutenancy in the
Ceessy 74, Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater, was in com-
pany with the St. George 98 and Defence 74, in
the gale which, on 24 Deo. following, proved so
memorably fatal to those ships. From April, 1813,
to Jan. 1814, Mr. Curlewis subsequently oruiaed in
the North Sea on board the Cretan 18, Capt. Chas.
Fred. Payne. He then became attached to the
Warrior 74, Capts. Hon. Geo. Byng and John
Tremayne Rodd, under the former of whom he
sailed with convoy for the West Indies. Prior to
being paid off, in Sept. 1815, Mr. Curlewis was
caught in another dreadful hurricane, in which the
Warrior lost her masts, guns, boats, and stores,
and received 11 feet water in her hold. From 30
Sept. 1825, until March, 1831, he was next employed
on the Coast Blockade as a Supernumerary-Lieu-
tenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye ;
and from 22 April in the latter year until promoted
to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841, he had charge of
a station on the Coast Guard. He continued thence-
forward on half-pay.
Commander Curlewis married in 1817, and has
issue seven children. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
• Vide Gai. IbH, p. 19.
t V. Gaz. 1807, p. 394.
CUKBIE. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 17; h-p., 22.)
Mark John Currie, bom in 1795, in London, is
son of the late Mark Currie, Esq., by Eliza, daugh-
ter of John Close, Esq., of Easby, co. York ; and
first-cousin of Raikes Currie, Esq., M.P. for North-
ampton.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 April, 1808, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon.
Henry Blackwood, with whom he continued to
serve, on the Home and Mediterranean stations,
latterly as Midshipman, until April, 1813. He
then, in the Niobe 38, Capt. Wm. Augustus Mon-
tagu, cruized for some months off the coasts of
Portugal and Spain ; and, obtaining his first com-
mission 23 Sept. 1814, was appointed, 24 Oct. fol-
lowing, to the Centaur 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon
Caulfeild, in which ship he visited the Cape of Good
Hope. We subsequently find him joining — 8 Feb.
1816, the RivoLi 74, Capts. Chas. Ogle and Aiskew
Paffard Hollis, at Portsmouth— 7 May, 1818, the
Racehorse 18, Capt. Hon. Geo. Pryse Campbell,
in the Mediterranean — 29 March, 1820, the Nimbod
18, Capt. Chas. Nelson, at Leith— and, 20 Oct. 1820,
and 8 Aug. 1821, the Satellite 18, Capt. Armar
Lowry Corry, and, as Flag-Lieutenant, the Lean-
DER 50, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, on
the E. India station. He there assumed command,
9 Jan. 1823, of his former sloop the Satellite ;
and, on 18 March following, was appointed Acting-
Captain of the Asia, an 84-gun ship, which he
brought home under very peculiar and trying cir-
cumstances, and in a manner that saved the Go-
vernment considerable expense. He was not, how-
ever, confirmed to Post-rank until 23 Nov. 1841 ;
since which period he has been unemployed.
Capt. Currie, we find, officiated with great ability
as Secretary, in 1827-8, to Sir H. Blackwood, then
Commander in Chief at the Nore. He also, from
1829 until 1832, fulfilled the duties of Colonial Au-
ditor and Secretary to the Executive and Legis-
lative Councils of Western Australia; and for the
zeal and intelligence he displayed in those capaci-
ties, he received the thanks of the Governor, Sir Jas.
Stirling. He married, 14 Jan. 1829, Jane, third
daughter of Chas. Boynton Wood, Esq., by whom
he has issue three sons and three daughters.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
CUEEIE. (Commandek, 1835. I-P., 22 ; h-p.,
13.)
Thomas Metcalfe Cdrrie died 13 May, 1846, at
Haslar, aged 46.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Nov. 1811, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74, Capt. John
Erskine Douglas, in which ship, and as Midshipman
of the Prince of Wales 98, he served, with thfr
same officer, in the«North Sea and Mediterranean,
until July, 1814. Joining, then, the Bombay 74,
Capt. Hem-y Bazely, he escorted the British gar-
rison from Madeira to England; after which he
became in succession attached — on the Home, West
India, South American, Mediterranean, and East
India stations — to the Nautilus 18, Capt. John
Bradly, Shark, Capts. Chas. Strangways and Alex.
Campbell, Sabine 16, Capt. W. Hall, Royalist and
Rifleman brigs, both commanded by Capt. Houston
Stewart, Salisbury 50, and Vengeur 74, flag-ships
ofRear-Adras. J. E.Douglas and Robt. Waller Otway,
and Glasgow 50, Capt. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle.
Assuming the rank of Lieutenant 23 July, 1825, Mr.
Currie joined, 1 Deo. following, the Menai 26, Capt.
Houston Stewart, at Halifax ; and he was subse-
quently appointed Senior, 13 Nov. 1827, of the Clio
18, Capt. Robt. Deans, off Cork— 28 April, 1829,
and 15 March, 1830, of the Spakkowhawk 18, Capt.
Thos. Gill, and Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, on
the Jamaica station — 2 Oct. 1831, again of the
RpARKowHAWK, Capts. Dawson Mayne. and Thos.
CURRY.
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Maitland— and 25 J"iyie, 1833, and 16 Feb. 1834, of
the Veknon 50, and President 52, Capts. Sir Geo.
Augustus Westphal and Jas. Scott, employed in
North America and the "West Indies. Commander
Currie, who, for some months in 1831, had held the
acting command of the Falcon sloop at Jamaica,
obtained his second promotal commission 7 Aug.
1835. . His last appointment was, 18 March, 1836, to
the Second-Captaincy of the Vangdard 80, Capt.
Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, fitting for the
Mediterranean, from which ship he was superseded
1 Sept. following. Agent— J. Hinxman.
CURRY. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 2.")
DoHGiiAS CoKRY, bom at Gorlston, North Yar-
mouth, is second son of Vioe-Admiral Rich. Curry,
C.B.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6
Feb. 1823. He embarked in Dec. 1824, as Fst.-ol.
Vol., on board the Rose 18, Capts. Hon. Chas.
Abbot (now Lord Colchester) and Lewis Davies ;
and while afterwards cruizing, as Midshipman, in
the Archipelago, witnessed several encounters with
piratical vessels, on one of which occasions the boat
he was in suffered a loss of 1 man killed and 2
wounded. Participating, next, in the battle of
Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827, Mr. Curry on that day took
command of the Rose's pinnace, and sustained a
severe fracture of both bones of the right leg while
in the act of boarding a Turkish fire-vessel, which
blew up with destructive effect, lulling or wounding
all around.* In consequence of this disaster he was
unfortunately confined for many months, first to
Malta and then to Haslar Hospital. He then, how-
ever, joined the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Hon.
Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, in the Mediterranean ;
and parsing his examination on his return to Eng-
land, 12 June, 1829, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, by commission dated the same day.
He was subsequently appointed — 17 Aug. 1830, to
the Rainbow 28, Capt. Sir John Franklin, again in
the Mediterranean — 7 May and 25 June, 1834, to
the Tribune 24, Capt. Jas. Tomkinson, and, as
First, to the Talbot 28, Capt. Follett Walrond
Pennell, on the Home and South American stations
— and, 18 Nov. 1837, also as Senior, to the Pique
36, Capt. Edw. Boxer, in which frigate he sailed for
North America and the West Indies, and ultimately
returned to the Mediterranean. During the ope-
rations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, Mr. Curry
commanded the Pique's boats, and assisted in de-
stroying the guns on the ramparts of Caiffa 17 Sept.f
— was spoken of in the highest terms for his con-
duct in levelling the approach to the tomTi of Tsour,
on the occasion of its capture, 25 Sept. J — and after-
wards (Capt. Boxer being otherwise employed) car-
ried the Pique into action at St. Jean d'Acre. For
these services he was promoted to the rank of Com-
mander on 4 Nov. in the same year, and appointed,
15 Deo. following, Second-Captain of the Hastings
72, Capt. John Lawrence, which ship he paid off 8
]?eb. 1842. He obtained an Inspectorship in the
Coast-Guard 24 March, 1843, and from 31 Jan.
1846, until the attainment of his present rank,
which took place on 9 Nov. in the same year, com-
manded the Harlequin 12, in the Mediterranean.
Capt. Curry, who possesses a certificate of his
ability in the art of steam-navigation, has been in
the receipt, since June, 1829, of a pension for his
wounds of 91/. 5s. He married, 9 Feb. 1843, Slary
Ann, only child of the late Chas. F. H. Rowe, Esq.,
of Willicotc, near Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick,
and was left a widower, 1 Jan. 1844.
CURRY, C.B. (Vice-Admibal or the White,
1846. P-P., 30; H-P., 37.)
' Richard Curry, born in 1772, is son of the late
Thos. Curry, Esq., of Gosport, Hants, for more than
20 years a zealous and active Magistrate for that
county ; and cousin of the late Capt. Jonathan
Faulknor, R.N.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1780, as
• Vide Goz. 18-i7, p. 2-12.i. f V. Gaz 1840, p. 2601.
X r. GttZ. 1840, p. 2602.
Captain's Servant, on board the Amphitrite 24,
Capt. Robt. Biggs, from which vessel he was dis-
charged 2 April, 1782. Re-embarking, 12 Aug.
1786, on board the Goliath 74, Capt. Archibald
Dickson, guard-ship at Portsmouth, he afterwards
served on the Mediterranean, Halifax, West India,
and Home stations, as Midshipman and Master's
Mate in the Phaeton 38, Capt. Geo. Dawson, Ao-
TJEON troop-ship,^ Lieut.-Commander Joseph Han-
well, Royal George 100, and Barfleur 98, flag-
ships of Hon. Sam. Barrington and of Kear-Admiral
Faulknor, Iphigenia 32, Capt. Patrick Sinclair, and
Venus, of 38 guns and 192 men, commanded by his
relative Capt Jonathan Faulknor. While in the
Iphigenia, we find Mr. Curry, in Feb. 1793, con-
ducting into port L' Elizabeth, the second privateer
captured during the war ; and on his removal to
the Venus, taking part, 27 May following, in a very
severe action of two hours and a half (the third
fought with the republicans at sea) which termi-
nated in the separation of the combatants, after
a loss to the British frigate of 2 killed and 20
wounded, and to the Frenchman (the Semillante^ of
40 guns and 300 men) of 12 killed and 20 wounded.
Obtaining his first commission 14 March, 1794, he
soon accompanied Capt. Faulknor into the Diana
38, and on 23 Aug. in the same year he witnessed
the apparent destruction, near the Penmarcks, by a
squadron under Sir Edw. Pellew, of the 36-gun
frigate Volontaire, and corvettes Espoir and Alert.
After serving for three years and a half, latterly as
First-Lieutenant, on board the Sans Pareil 80,
flag-ship in the Channel of Lord Hugh Seymour, he
was ultimate^ promoted, 30 Nov. 1798, to the com-
mand of the Fury bomb. In that vessel he appears
to have taken a very conspicuous share in the ex-
pedition to Holland in 1799, during which he bom-
barded a miUtary post near the Holder Point —
covered the landing of the army under Sir Ralph
Aberoromby — accompanied Vice- Admiral Mitchell's
flotilla to the Zuyder Zee — co-operated with Capt.
Wm. Carthew in removing a large quantity of naval
stores from Medenblik, the dockyard at which
place and two frigates were burnt — and was the
last but one to quit the Texel on its evacuation.
On afterwards repairing to the Mediterranean,
Capt. Curry, early in March, 1801, Joined in the
hostilities then commencing against the French in
Egypt. After assisting at the debarkation of the
troops, he bombarded and reduced the castle of
Aboukir, on 8 of that month, by which event 12
guns and 190 of the enemy fell into the hands of
the British. On 19 April, with a division of gun-
boats under his orders, he further contributed to
the surrender, at the close of a siege of three days, of
the castle of JuUien, although defended by 15 pieces
of cannon and a garrison of nearly 400 men. Ascend-
ing the Nile, he subsequently, on 9 May, commanded
a force of four flats and three launches in an action
of six hours with the enemy's forts at Rahmanieh,
the eventual capture of which, after occasioning the
British a loss of 4 men killed and 7 wounded, cut
off" all communication between the French armies
at Grand Cairo and Alexandria, secured the com-
mand of the Nile, and contributed in a great degree
to the final expulsion of the enemy from the coun-
try. For these services Capt. Curry was presented
by the Capitan Pacha with several pieces of rich
silk stuff, embroidered with gold in various pat-
terns, and, as a mark of particular distinction, he
received from the Grand Vizier a handsome pelisse
of camel's hair lined with rich fur. On the capitu-
lation of Grand Cairo, towards the close of June, a
few days previously to which he had constructed a
bridge for the passage of the army across the Nile,
Capt. Curry was sent in his cutter down that river
with the intelligence to Lord Keith, then in
Aboukir Bay.* In consequence of the strong re-
commendations of which he was the bearer, he was
immediately ordered home with the despatches;
and on his arrival at the Admiralty he was awarded
the sum of 500/., usually given on such occasions.
Having rejoined the Fury in the Mediterranean,
* Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 1032.
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CURTIS— CUEZON.
Capt. Curry was soon, by commission dated 7 Jan.
1802, promoted to Post-rank, and appointed to the
TiGRE, of 74 guns, wliicli ship he brought home
and paid off in Oct. following. We afterwards find
him assuming the successive command — 13 April,
1803, of the RoTAii Sovekeign 100, attached to the
fleet in the Cliannel— 30 April, 1805, of tl(e Tri-
bune 32, stationed off Cherbourg— and, 23 Jan.
1806, and 24 Sept. 1811, of the Koebdck 44, and
SoLEBAT 32, flag-ships of Admiral Billy Douglas,
Lord Gardner, and Kobt. Murray, Commanders-in-
Chief at North Yarmouth, where he remained until
the peace of 1814. From May, 1830, to May, 1833,
he next, in the Caledonia 120, Fodcboyant 80,
and San Josef 110, officiated as ]?lag-Captain to Sir
Mauley Dixon, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore.
Since his original promotion to Flag-rank, 10 Jan.
1837, he has been on half-pay. His present com-
mission bears date 9 Nov. 1846.
Vice-Admiral Curry, who has received a gold
medal for his services in Egypt, was nominated a
C.B. 26 Sept. 1831. He married, 18 Jan. 1804,
Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Daniel Blachford,
Esq., of Lower Tooting, co. Surrey, and has 11
children now living. One of liis sons, Douglas, is a
Captain, R.N. Another, Robert Murray, First-
Lieutenant, R.M., commanded, while attached to
the Thunderer 84, a company at the storming of
Sldon, and served at the siege of Acre in 1840.
CURTIS. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Alfred John Curtis is youngest son of Timothy
Abraham Curtis, Esq., by Margaret Harriet, young-
est daughter of the late Toung Green, Esq., of
Poole, CO. Dorset ; nephew of the present Sir Wm.
Curtis, Bart., and of Capt. Timothy Curtis, R.N.
(1826), who died in Oct. 1834 ; and cousin of Lieut.
Geo. Curtis Adams, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 25 April, 1831 ;
passed his examination 6 Sept. 1837 ; and served
for some time, as Mate, on board the Seringapa-
TAM 42, Capt. John Leith, stationed in North Ame-
rica and the "West Indies, as also in the North Star
26, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home, under whom he
appears to have been employed during the campaign
in China. He obtained his commission 18 Nov.
1842 ; and continuing attached to the North Star,
on the Indian station, until paid offin the summer of
1846, was mentioned as having served on shore in
command, in Jan. of that year, of a division of sea-
men, and as having made himself otherwise ex-
tremely useful during an attack on a pah, belonging
to a rebel chief named Kawiti, at Ruapikapika, in
New Zealand, which was assaulted and carried in a
most gallant manner, after a severe action of nearly
four hours.* He has been First^Lieutenant, since
19 Deo. 1846, of the Mdtine 12, Capt. Robert Tryon,
attached to the Channel squadron.
CURTIS, Bakt., C.B. (Eear-Admirai, of the
Red, 1838. f-p., 18; h-p., 34.)
Sir Lucius Curtis, born 3 June, 1786, is only
surviving son of Admiral the late Sir Roger Curtis,
Bart., G.C.B.,-!- by Sarah, youngest daughter and
coheir of M. Brady, Esq., of Gatcombe House, co.
Hants ; and younger brother of Capt. Roger Curtis,
R.N., who died in 1801.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 June, 1795, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Queen Charlotte
100, bearing his father's flag in the Channel ;
served next for 18 months in the Royal William,
* Vide Gaz. 1846, p. 2346.
f This gallant officer, so well known to every reader of
naval history, attained post-rank in 1777. For his distin-
guished conduct, when Capt. of the BaiLLiANT frigate, at
the Siege of Gibraltar, particularly at the destruction of the
floating batteries on 13 Sept. 1783, he received the honour of
knighthood; and for his subsequent heroism, as Lord Howe's
fliBt Captain in the Queen Chablotti: on the memorable
1 June, 1794, was rewarded with a baronetcy, and presented
with a gold chain and medal. As a Rear and Vice-Admiral,
Sir Roger afterwards held a command in the Channel Fleet)
and from 1799 to 1808 was ('ommander-in-Chief at the (^ape
of Good Hope. He died a full Admiral of the Red, 14 Nov.
1816.
flag-ship at Spithead of Sir Peter Parker ; and from
Aug. 1798, until Jan. 1803, -was further employed,
as Midshipman and Lieutenant (commission dated
11 Aug. 1801), in the Prince 98, and Lancaster
64, flag-ships of Sir R. Curtis, on the Home, Medi-
terranean, and Cape of Good Hope stations. On
24 Sept. 1803, he joined the Excellent 74, Capt.
Frank Sotheron, and on his return to the Mediter-
ranean was confirmed, 16 Nov. 1804, in the command
of the Jalouse sloop, from which he removed, 19
June, 1805, to the Rose 18. Being promoted to
Post-rank, 22 Jan. 1806, Capt. Curtis subsequently
assumed command, 9 Jan. 1809, of the Magicienne
36, and, proceeding to the Cape, assisted at the re-
duction of Isle Bourbon in July, 1810.* We then
find him taking part in a variety of gallant but un-
fortunate operations which, by 28 Aug. following,
terminated, after a loss to the Magicienne of 8
killed and 20 wounded, in the unavoidable self-de-
struction of that ship and the SiRius, the capture
of the Nereide, and the surrender to a powerful
French force of the Iphxgenia, the last of a squa-
dron of frigates, originally under the orders of
Commodore Sam. Pym, at the entranoe of Port
Sud-Est, Isle of France.t On his return to Eng-
land, after suffering several months of cruel cap-
tivity, Capt. Curtis was successively appointed, 17
Jan. 1812, and 13 Feb. 1813, to the command of the
Iphigenia 36, and Madagascar 38, from the latter
of which frigates he invalided in June, 1814. He
attained his present rank 28 June, 1838 ; and since
8 March, 1843, has been employed as Admiral-Su-
perintendent at Malta, with his flag on board the
Ceylon 2.
Sir Lucius Curtis was nominated a C.B. 4 June,
1815. He married, 1 June, 1811, Mary Figg, eldest
daughter of Moses Greetham, Esq., of East Cosham,
CO. Hants, formerly Deputy Judge-Advocate of the
Fleet, and by that lady, who died 30 May, 1841,
had issue, with three daughters, four sons, of whom
the two eldest, Roger and Roger Curtis, are in the
R.N. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
CURTIS. (Commander, 1846.)
Roger Curtis, born 9 Nov. 1812, is eldest son of
Rear-Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart., C.B.
Tins officer entered the Navy 6 Oct. 1825 ; passed
his examination in 1831 ; and obtained his first
commission 28 June, 1838. He was appointed, 14
Aug. following, to the Action 26, Capt. Robt.
Russell, on the South American station; and, on
21 March, 1843, was invested, as Flag-Lieutenant
to his father, with the command of the Ceylon 2,
receiving-ship at Malta. Since his attainment of
the rank he now holds, 9 Nov. 1846, Commander
Curtis has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs.
Halford and Co.
CURTIS. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Roger Lucius Curtis, born 8 May, 1816, is se-
cond son of Rear-Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart.,
C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 24 Dec. 1830 ; passed
his examination 6 April, 1836 ; and prior to his pro-
motion, which took place 16 April, 1842, served, as
Mate, on board the Queen 110, flag-ship at Ports-
mouth of Sir Edw. Codrington, and Cambrian 36,
Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, employed in the East
Indies. He was then appointed to the Thalia 42,
Capt. Chas. Hope, on the same station — and since
12 Deo. 1845, has been attached to the Hibernia
104, and Ceylon 2, bearing the flags, in the Me-
diterranean and at Malta, of Sir Wm. Parker and
Sir Lucius Curtis. Agents — Messrs. Halford and
Co.
CURZON, C.B., K.S.L., K.S.V.,R.G. (Captain,
1823. F-P., 15; H-P., 28.)
Edward Cubzon was bom 9 Dec. 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon.
• Vtde Ga?.. 1810, p. 1681.
+ V. Gaz. 1810, p. 1978, and Gai. 1811, p. 261.
CURZON-CUTLER.
255
Arthur Kaye Legge ; and, continuing to serve in
that ship for the period of six years, was present in
Sir Kobt. Calder's action with the combined fleets
of France and Spain, 22 July, 1805 — witnessed the
capture of the Marengo of 80 guns, bearing the flag
of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate £elle Poule,
13 March, 1806— was at the taking of Le President
44, by a sq^nadron under Sir Thos. Louis, 27 Sept.
following — and attended the expeditions to Con-
stantinople and Flushing in Feb. 1807, and Aug.
1809. Being confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the
Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, 14 March, 1811,
he served on the coast of Catalonia until March,
1813; after which he joined, 5 March, 1814, the
ToNNANT 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Inglia
Cochrane, and was employed on shore as an Aide-
de-Camp to the Commander of the Forces during
the ensuing operations against New Orleans. At
the termination of hostilities with the United States,
Mr. Curzon obtained a second promotal commission
dated 29 March, 181,5. He subsequently commanded
the Pelican 18, on the West India station, from 23
July, 1816, until 7 Dec. 1818 ; and on 10 Oct. 1822,
was appointed to the Fly 18, fitting for the South
American station, where he assumed Post-rank 8
Feb. 1823. Becoming Flag-Captain to Sir Edw.
Codrington, in the Asia of 84 guns, 6 Oct. 1826, he
obtained the highest praise for the able and zealous
assistance he afforded that distinguished officer at
the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827.* He was super-
seded from the Asia in 1828 ; and, with the excep-
tion of a few months in 1831, when he commanded
the Caledonia 120, as an experimental ship, was
not further employed. He accepted the Retire-
ment 1 Oct. 1846.1
Capt. Curzon, for his services at Navarin, was no-
minated a C.B. 18 Nov. 1827,t and invested with
the orders of St. Louis of France, St. Vladimir of
Bussia, and the Redeemer of Greece. He is Senior
Captain on the list of 1823. Agents — Hallett and
Robinson.
CUEZON. (LlEDTENANT, 1843.)
The Honourable Frederick Cdbzon entered
the Navy 13 April, 1836 ; passed his examination 7
Feb. 1843 ; and after an intermediate servitude, as
Mate, on board the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at
Portsmouth of Sir Chas. Rowley, and Victoria
AND Albert yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus Fitz-
Clarence, was awarded a commission 30 Dec. fol-
lowing. He joined, 9 Sept. 1844, the Mutine 12,
Capt. Rich. Borough Crawford, at the Cape of Good
Hope ; and since 23 April, 1846, has been employed
in the Pacific in the Constance 50, Capt. Sir Bald-
win Wake Walker.
CURZON. (Admiral of the Bed, 1837. r-P.,
24 ; H-p., 46.)
The Honodrable Henry Curzon was born 24
May, 1765, and died 2 May, 1846, at Derby. He
was youngest son of the first Lord Scarsdale, by
Caroline, daughter of Charles, second Earl of Port-
more ; and uncle of the present Lord Scarsdale, as
also of the Hon. Wm. Curzon, Deputy Assistant
Adjutant General to the Army in the Netherlands,
who fell at Waterloo.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 Oct. 1776, as
A.B., on board the JEolus frigate, Capt. Christ.
Atkins, and on his return from the West Indies in
1780, became Midshipman of the Maonanime 64,
Capt. Clias. Wolseley. In that ship he sailed for
India, and there joining the Superb 74, bearing the
flag of Sir Edw. Hughes, took part, on 12 April, 6
July, and 3 Sept. 1782, in three general actions with
the French fleet under M. de Suffrein, the collective
loss of the Superb on which occasions amounted to
70 killed and 167 wounded. Being promoted, 1
Feb. 1783, to a Lieutenancy in the BIinorca, Capt.
John GoU, Mr. Curzon was further present in Sir
E. Hughes' fifth and last action with the enemy,
off Cuddalore, 20 June following, when the latter
ship had 6 men slain and 14 wounded. Between
• Vidt Gai. 1887, p. 23ii2. t V- Ua2. 1827, p. 2331.
July, 1784, and March, 1790, he next served in the
Flora, Ambuscade, and Aquilon frigates, Capts.
Geo. Storey, O'Hara, and Robt. Montagu, and, as
First-Lieutenant, in the Adamant 50, flag-ship of
Sir Rich. Hughes, on the Jamaica, Home, Mediter-
ranean, and Halifax stations. He then came home
as Acting-Commander of the Brisk sloop ; was con-
firmed to the TisipHONE fire-ship, 21 Sept. in the
same year ; and on 22 of the succeeding Nov. was
advanced to Post-rank. Until he invalided, in
June, 1801, Capt. Curzon was subsequently ap-
pointed— in June, 1791, to the Lapwing 28—22 Jan.
1794, to the Pallas 32—28 Feb. 1799, to the Inde-
fatigable 46 — and, in April, 1801, to the Auda-
cious 74. When in the Lapwing, he was sent to
Villa Franca for the protection of British property,
on the occasion of the French taking possession of
Nice in 1792 ; and at the commencement of the war
he brought a convoy home from Gibraltar. On his
removal to the Pallas, he acquitted himself very
much to the satisfaction of the Hon. Wm. Com-
wallis by the manner in which he repeated that
gallant officer's signals during the celebrated re-
treat of 16 and 17 June, 1795;* alter which he
captured, 16 July, 1797, the San Jose y Nuestra Se-
nora de Begogna, Spanish letter-of-marque, of 16
guns and 52 men, and was wrecked, on Mount
Batten Point, in Plymouth Sound, 4 April, 1798.
During his command of the Indefatigable, he
further captured, in May, 1799, and on 12 June
and 23 Oct. 1800, La Venus and Le Vengeur, pri-
vateers, carrying between them 30 guns and 201
men, and, in company with the Fisgard, the French
frigate La Venus, of 32 guns and 200 men.f He
also, in the autumn of 1800, attended the expe-
dition to Ferrol. After an interval of six years,
occasioned by extreme ill health, Capt. Curzon ob-
tained command, 10 June, 1807, of the Elizabeth
74 ; in which ship he served for some time at the
blockade of Lisbon — escorted the Russian fleet to
England subsequently to the convention of Cintra
— superintended the embarkation of Sir John
Moore's army at Corunna in Jan. 1809 — and ulti-
mately brought a convoy home from the Brazils.
Capt. Curzon, who had been appointed a Colonel
of Marines, 25 Oct. 1809, was superseded from the
Elizabeth on attaining the rank of Rear-Admiral,
31 July, 1810. He subsequently became a Vice-
Admiral, 4 June, 1814 ; and on 22 July, 1830, was
made a full Admiral, but he never hoisted his flag.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
CUTLER. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 16; h-p., 31.)
Frank Cutler entered the Navy, 5 April, 1800,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the C^sar 80, Capt.,
afterwards Rear-Admiral, Sir Jas. Saumarez ; under
whom he successively bore a part, 6 June, 1801, in
the battle off Algesiras, and, six days later, in the
victory gained over the Franco-Spanish squadron
near Cadiz. In Dec. 1802, he next joined the Mi-
nerve, of 48 guns, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, and was
serving on board that frigate when she took the
ground under the batteries of Cherbourg, and was
compelled, in spite of a sanguinary resistance of
several hours, to strike her colours, 2 July, 1803.
After a period of nearly six years spent in bondage,
Mr. Cutler at length regained his liberty in June,
1809 ; between which period and the date of his
promotion, 21 March, 1812, he further served, as
Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Ajax 74,
Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, fitting at Portsmouth ;
Crocus sloop, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walpole, cruizing
in the Channel ; CURA90A 36, Capt. John Tower
(under whom he sailed with convoy for the East
Indies) ; and Daphne 20, Capt. Philip Pipon, sta-
tioned in the Baltic. His next appointments were
— 18 May, 1812, to the Clio 18, Capt. Wm. Ffaring-
ton, the boats of which sloop he commanded in con-
junction with those of the Hamadryad 36, under
Lieut. Pesley, at the capture, off Hermeren, of a
French privateer, Le Filotm, carrjing 4 12-pounder
• Fide Gaz. 1795, p. C56. f V. Gaz. 1800, p. 1256.
256
DABINE— DACRE— DACRES.
carronades and 31 men.*— and, 23 April, 1813, to
the Medway 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Tyler at the
Cape of Good Hope. He has been on haif-pay since
2 April, 1816.
Lieut. Cutler at present fills the post of British
Vice-Consul at Bordeaux. He married, 27 Sept.
1827, Clara Eliza, youngest daughter of the late
John Chas. Lucena, Esq., Consul-General from the
court of Portugal.
D.
DABINE. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 41 ; h-p., 6.)
Thomas Dtmock Jokes Dabine was born at
Glastonbury, co. Somerset.
This officer entered the Navy 29 Oct. 1800, as
]j. M., on board the Kdssell 74, Capts. Herbert Saw-
yer and Wm. Cuming, one of Lord Nelson's victo-
rious fleet in the battle off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801 ;
after which he joined the Puissant 74, guard-ship
at Spithead, and became, 11 June, 1804, Midshipman
of the Pbincess Rotai. 98, Capts. H. Sawyer and
Kobt. Carthew Reynolds, employed on the Home
station. Removing, as Master's Mate, in April,
1807, to the Procris 18, Capts. Eras. Beauman and
Jas. Murray Gordon, he attended the expedition
against Copenhagen under Lord Gambier, and sub-
sequently proceeded to the East Indies, where he
passed his examination in May, 1809, and was pro-
moted, from his old ship the Rcssell, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, to the
Acting First-Lieutenancy, 25 Sept. following, of
the Samakang 20, Capt. Rich. Spencer. After as-
sisting, 19 Feb. 1810, at the capture of Amboyna,
Mr. Dabine was transferred to the Cornwalms
(afterwards Akeae) 50, Capts. Thos. Gordon Caul-
feild and Henry Drury, in time to command a de-
tachment of seamen at the reduction of the Mau-
ritius, and further aid at the taking of Java ; off
which island he captured, 21 Sept. 1811, with three
of the Akbak's boats under his orders, the French
schooner Marie, carrying 2 twelve-pounder carron-
ades, 24 stand of arms, and 12 men. His commis-
sion as Lieutenant being confirmed 8 May, 1812, he
was afterwards, until placed on half-pay, in Oct.
1816, appointed— 1 Nov. 1812, to the Raven 16,
Capts. Geo. Gustavus Lennock and Edw. Lloyd, in
the North Sea — 11 May, 1815, to the command of
the Telegraph Station at New Cross— and, 13 Sept.
1815, and 11 Aug. 1816, to the Esk 20, Capt. G. G.
Lennock, and Royalist 16, Capt. Geo. Bennet
Allen, on the Jamaica station. Since Sept. 1820,
Lieut. Dabine has been almost uninterruptedly em-
ployed in the Coast Guard.
He married Miss F. Carpenter, of Bridport, co.
Dorset, and has six children. Agents — Messrs.
Ommauney.
DACRE. (LiEDT., 1809. F-P., 15; H-p., 33.)
George Hall Dacre entered the Navy, in
March, 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phcenix
36, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and, on proceed-
ing to the Mediterranean, assisted at the capture,
3 Aug. and 2 Sept. 1801, of the French frigates
Carriere, Sueces, and Bramure. He next joined the
MiNERVE, of 48 guns, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, and
was a Midshipman on board that vessel when she
took the ground under the batteries of Cherbourg,
and was compelled, after a sanguinary but ineffec-
tual resistance of several hours, to strike her colours,
2 July, 1803. On regaining his liberty in May,
1809, Mr. Dacre became attached to the Cretan
brig, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne, then in the Medi-
terranean, and on 10 July following, having re-
turned to Sheerness, he was officially promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant. He was subsequently ap-
pointed, on the Home station— 12 July, 1809, to the
Beaver 10, Capt. Edw. O'Brien Drury— 14 Jan.
1811, to the Alexandria 32, Capt. Robt. Cathcart
* Vide Gai. 1812, p. 2192. Three Danish luggers, of 2
guns each, came out to support Le Filotin, but retreated on
the advance of the British.
—and, 26 April, 1814, to the Havock 12, Capt.
Geo. Truscott. Since Sept. 1615, he has been on
half-pay. Agents— Holmes and Folkard.
DACEES. (Rear- Admiral of the Red, 1838.
F-P., 23 ; H-P., 28.)
James Richard Dacbes is only surviving son of
the late Jas. Rich. Dacres, Esq., Vice-Admiral of
the Bed,* by Miss Eleanor Blandford Pearce, of
Cambridge ; nephew of the late Vice-Admiral Sir
Rich. Dacres, G.C.H. ; and first-cousin of Capt.
Sidney Colpoys Dacres, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1796, as Fst.-ol.
Vol., on board the Sceptre 64, commanded by his
father, Capt. J. R. Dacres, with whom we find him
also, in 1797, serving in the Barfledk 98. From
Aug. 1800, until the receipt of his first commission,
which bears date 15 Nov. 1804, he further officiated,
chiefly on the Home station, as Midshipman of the
Impetueux 74, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, Clyde 38,
Capt. Chas. Cunningham, Centaur 74, Capt. Bendall
Robt. Littlehales, Excellent 74, Capt. Nash, Boa-
DicEA 38, Capt. John Maitland, and Cdlloden 74,
Capt. Barrington Dacres. During that period he
attended, when in the Impetuedx, the expedition
against Ferrol in Aug. 1800, and was present, in
the BoADiCEA, in a short action with the French
74-gun ship Duguay Trouin, 29 Aug. 1803. After
performing the duties, for seven months, of Flag-
Lieutenant in the Theseds and Hercule 74's, to
his father, then Commander-in-Chief on the Ja-
maica station, Mr. Dacres was promoted, 5 July,
1805, to the command of the'ELK sloop, from which
he appears to have been posted, 14 Jan. 1806, into
the Bacchante, of 24 guns. On 14 Feb. 1807, he
captured,' off the island of St. Domingo, the French
national schooner Dauphin, of 3 guns and 71 men;
and he then, associating himself with Capt.Wm. Fur-
long Wise, of the Mediator 32, succeeded by a
well-conducted stratagem in approaching, through
a most difficult navigation, the fort of Samana, a
notorious nest for privateers, which, after a can-
nonade of four hours, and a loss to the British of
2 men killed and 16 wounded, was ultimately
stormed and carried with great gallantry by the
boats of the two ships under Lieuts. Henry Loraine
Baker, John Norton, and Shaw.f On his re-
turn to England in the Mediator, Capt. Dacres,
in Dec. 1807, was placed on half-pay ; and from that
period we do not again find him afloat until ap-
pointed, 16 March, 1811, to the GuERRiiRE, an old
worn-out frigate, carrying 48 guns, yielding a
broadside weight of 517 lbs., and 244 men. On 19
Aug. 1812, being on her way to Halifax after a very
long cruize, this vessel encountered and came to
close action with the United States ship Constitution,
of 56 guns, throwing a broadside weight «f 768 lbs.,
and 460 men. After nobly struggling with her
huge antagonist for nearly an hour and three
quarters, the GuEBRiiiRE, having lost 15 men killed
and 63 wounded, and being rendered quite ungo-
vernable, with the loss of all her masts, was at
length obliged to surrender — in so shattered a con-
dition, indeed, that on the following 'morning she
was set on fire, and blown up.J t^ieCmstitutim'sloss
on the occasion amounted to at least 7 men killed
and as many wounded. Among the badly wounded
on board the GuerriJire was her gallant defender,
Capt. Dacres himself, who received a musket-ball
in the back, while standing on the starboard fore-
castle hammocks animating his crew, but who could
• Vice- Admiral Dacres, born in Feb. 1749, was eldest son
of Richard Dacres, Esq., Secretary to the garrison of Gibraltar.
He entered the iSavy in 1762 ; eminently distinguished bim-
selt in command of the Carleton schooner in the memnr-
able action on Lake Cliamplain in 1776 ; was with Commo-
dore Ford at the capture of Port-au-Prince ; participated, as
Captain of the Barfleub 98, in Lord Bridport's and Sir
John Jervis' actions of 23 June, 3795, and 14 Feb. 1797 ^ held
a command, afterwards, at Plymouth; and was for four
years, from 1804 to 1808, Commander-in-Chief on the Jamaica
station. Tlle Vice-Admiral died in .Tan. 1830, worn out by
length of service and the baneful effects of a West India
climate.
t Vide Oaz, 1807, p. S33. % V. Gai. 1812, p. 20S8.
DACRES-D'AETH.
257
not he prevailed upon to leave the deck. By the
court-martial which, on 2 Oct. following, assembled
on board the Africa 64, at Halifax, to try Capt.
Dacres for surrendering his ship to the enemy, he
"was, as may be readily imagined, " unanimously and
honourably acquitted of all blame on account of
her capture." We afterwards find him in command,
from 23 July, 1814, until 18 Sept. 1818, of the Tiber
38, on the Cork, Newfoundland, and Channel sta-
tions, and, from 28 Oct. 1833, until 1837, of the
Edineukgh 74, in the Mediterranean. In the former
ship Capt. Dacres took, 8 March, 1815, the Leo
American privateer, of 7 guns and 93 men. He
attained Flag-rank 28 June, 1838 ; and, on 9 Aug.
1845, was appointed Commander-in-Chief at the
Cape of Good Hope, where he is at present serving
with his flag in the President 50.
Rear-Admiral Dacres, who wag presented with a
gratuity from the Patriotic Fund at Lloyd's in con-
sideration of his wound, married, 25 April, 1810,
Arabella Boyd, sister of the present Sir Adolphus
John Dalrymple, Bart., and sister-in-law of the late
Vice-Admiral Sir John Chambers White, K.C.B.
By that lady, who died 11 April, 1828, he has, with
other issue, two daughters, of whom one is the wife
of Lieut.-Col. Butler, and the other of Lieut. Thos.
Belgrave, R.N. Agehts — Hallett and Robinson.
DACRES. (Commander, 1841.)
James Richard Dacres entered the Royal Naval
College, 5 Feb. 1824, and, embarking in Nov. 1825,
served, as Midshipman, in the Druid and Forte
frigates. He passed his examination in Jime, 1830 ;
was subsequently employed, as Mate, in the Un-
dadnted 46, Capt. Edw. Harvey, at the Cape of
Good Hope, and St. Vincent 120, Capt. Sir Hum-
phrey Fleming Senhouse, in the Mediterranean ;
and obtained his first commission 3 June, 1833. He
was next, after officiating for a short time as Super-
numerary-Lieutenant of the last-mentioned ship,
appointed in succession — 1 Sept. 1833, to the Rover
18, Capt. Sir Geo. Young, on the same station — 5
Deo. 1834, to the Pelican 16, Capt. Brunswick
Popham, off the coast of Africa — and 31 Oct. 1840,
to the Vernon 50, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave,
again in the Mediterranean. He attained his pre-
sent rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; and since 26 Nov. 1845,
has been in command of the Nimbod 20, on the
coast of Africa.
DACRES, K.L.H., K.R.G. (Captain, 1840.)
Sidney ColFots Dacres is son of Vice-Admiral
the late Sir Rich. Dacres, G.C.H.,* by Miss Martha
Phillips Mllligan ; brother of Capt. R. I. Dacres, of
the Royal Artillery ; brother-in-law of Capt. Wm.
Fairbrother Carroll, R.N., C.B. ; and first-cousin
of Bear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres.
This officer entered the Navy 8 Feb. 1817 ; passed
his examination in 1824 ; received his first com-
mission 5 May, 1827 ; and was appointed, 18 Jan.
1828, to the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons. In Oct.
following he landed in command, with Lieut. Alfred
Luckraft, of a party of seamen, and, by erecting
batteries and otherwise, effectively co-operated
with the French in reducing Morea Castle, the last
hold of the Turks in the Peloponnesus, t Obtaining
a second promotal commission, 28 Aug. 1834, Capt.
Dacres assumed command, 16 Aug. 1836, of the
Salamander steamer ; for the importance of his
* Sir Richard Dacres, born in Sept. 1761, was brother of
the late Vice-Admiral J. R Dacres. He entered the Navy in
1 775 ; served during the early part of the first American war
as Midshipman in tlie Rsnown, 50 ; shared afterwards, as
First Lieutenant of the Alcide 74, in Admiral Graves'
action off the Chesapeake, in the different skirmishes with
the Comte de Grasse's squadron, at St. Christopher's, and in
Rodney's glorious victory ; commanded the Pomp^e 74, in
the expeditions to the Dardanella <ird Copenhagen, in 1807;
and, from a Feb. 1808 until Nov. 1816, omciated as Governor
of the Roval Naval Asylum. He became a Renr-Admiral
29 March, 1817; a Vice-Admiral 22 .luly, 1 830 ; and a G.C.H.
25 Jan. 1836. Sir Ricliard died at Bath 22 Jan. 1837.
f VideOoz. 1628, p. 2201.
services in which vessel off the north coast of Spain
in 1839-40, he was promoted to Post-rank on 1 Aug.
in the latter year. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Dacres is a Knight of the Legion of
Honour, and of the order of the Redeemer of
Greece. He married, 1 Oct. 1840, Emma, daughter
of D. Lambert, Esq., of Tavistock Square, London,
and has issue.
D'AETH. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Edward Henry Hughes d'Aeth is third son of
Capt. G. W. H. D'Aeth, R.N.
'I'his officer entered the Navy in 1836 ; and while
attached, in Aug. 1844, to the Dido 18, Capt. Hon.
Henry Keppel, he served very creditably in an
attack made by that vessel and the Hon. E. I. C.'s
steamer Phlegethon, on a settlement of pirates in
the island of Borneo, where the British lost 32 men
killed and 30 wounded, but inflicted a condign
punishment on their opponents. He afterwards
joined the Qdeen 110, flag-ship at Devonport of Sir
John West ; was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 25 Sept. 1845 ; obtained an appointment, 27
Nov. following, to the Scourge steam-sloop, Capt.
Jas. Crawford Caffin, employed on the Home sta-
tion; and since 11 March, 1846, has been serving at
the Cape of Good Hope in the Brilliant 22, Capt.
Kimdle Surges Watson.
D'AETH, formerly Hughes, (ffiaptsin, 1815.
F-p., 12; H-p., 36.)
Geokge William Hughes d'Aeth, bom in April,
1786, is only son of the late Wm. Hughes, Esq., of
Betshanger, co. Kent, by Harriet, eldest daughter
of Josiah Hardy, Esq., Consul at Cadiz, and great-
grand-daughter, maternally, of Admiral Sir John
Narborough, one of the Commissioners of the Navy
in the time of King Charles II. Capt. d'Aeth as-
sumed his present surname on inheriting the estates
of his cousin, Sir Narborough d'Aeth, Bart., of
Knowlton Court, co. Kent, 4 June, 1808.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amethyst 36, Capts.
John Cooke, Henry Rich. Glynn, Alex. Campbell,
and John Wm. Spranger, on the Home station;
where, besides being much employed in the con-
veyance of royal and diplomatic personages, he as-
sisted in taking three privateers, carrying 34 guns
and 270 men, and was present, as Midshipman, at
the capture, 27 Jan. and 9 April, 1801, of the French
36-gun frigate La DedaigTieuse, and national cor-
vette Le General Brune, of 14 guns. In Aug. 1805,
he rejoined Capt. Cooke in the Bellerophon 74,
and for his conduct as Master's Mate of that ship
at the battle of Trafalgar, was promoted, 30 Jan.
1806, to a Lieutenancy in the Ruby 64, Capts.
Temple, Hardy, and Draper. He next, in the en-
suing June, removed to the Resolution 74, Capt.
Geo. Burlton, under whom he attended the expe-
dition to Copenhagen, in Aug. 1807 ; after which
he became Flag-Lieutenant, in the Hibernia and
San Josef, to Sir Chas. Cotton, and continued to
be employed in that capacity, off Lisbon and in the
Mediterranean, until Jan. 1811 — with the exception
of a half-pay interval in 1809, and of a few months
in 1808, and again in 1810, when he held the acting
command of the Eclipse 18, and of the Eijderin
16, Swallow 18, and Shearwater 10. While in
the Eijderin and Swallow in 1810, Mr. d'Aeth
served at the defence of Messina, and commanded
a division of mortar-boats in an attack on the
enemy's flotilla under the batteries of Scylla
and Reggio. From Feb. to Jlay, 1811, he had
further charge of the Termagant 18, during the
blockade of Barcelona. Obtaining a second pro-
motal commission 16 Aug. 1811, Capt. d'Aeth was
next appointed, 4 April, 1814, to the command of the
Bucephalus troop-ship. He subsequently served
on shore in the attack on New Orleans ; and on 13
June, 1815, attained Post-rank. His acceptance of
the Retirement took place 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. d'Aeth married, 20 Aug. 1816, Harriot,
sister of the present Sir Edw. Knatchbull, Bart.,
2 L
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DALE— DALGLEISH-DALLING— DALRYMPLE-DALTON.
late Paymaster-General of the Forces, and has
issue, with three daughters, four sons, of whom the
third, Edw. Henry, is a Lieutenant R.N. Agemts
— Messrs. Halford and Co.
DALE. (Ebtiked CommandSb, 1844. t^p., 17;
H-P.,31.)
Alfred Dale is son of Thos. Dale, Esq^., M.D.,
of London, one of the founders, and for many years
a Registrar of the Literary Fund Institution.
This ofaoer entered the Nary, 1 Sept. 1799, as
a Boy, on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Chas. Cun-
ningham, stationed in the Channel, and attained
the rating of Midshipman 27 Jime^ 1800. On re-
moving, in April, 1802, to the La Dedaigneuse 36,
Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland, Peter Heywood, and
Wm. Beauchamp Proctor, he sailed for the East
Indies, where he was captured, while in charge of a
prize, in Dec. 1803. He remained a prisoner in the
Isle of France until exchanged, in July, 1805 ; then
rejoined his previous ship ; and, on 25 Sept. 1806,
was promoted from the Culloden 74, hearing the
flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, to an Acting-Lieutenancy
in the Pitt alias Salsette 36, Capt. Walter Bath-
urst, to which frigate, after accompanying Lord
Gambler in his expedition against Copenhagen, he
was confirmed by the Admiralty, 21 Oct. 1807. He
next assisted at the bombardment of Flushing ; and
was subsequently appointed — 2 Aug. 1810, and 1
Oct. 1812, to the Belle Podle 38, and Pembroke
74, both commanded by Capt. Jas. Brisbane — and,
19 Jan. 1813, and 3 Deo. 1814, to the Laurel 38,
and Amelia 38, each commanded by Capt. Hon.
Granville Leveson Proby. During his attachment
to the last-mentioned ship, Mr. Dale served on the
Mediterranean and Cape stations — was much em-
ployed in boat-duty — and received the thanks of
Lord Exmouth for his conduct in landing, in July,
1815, with a party of seamen and marines on the
island of Elba, and eflFeoting the capture of a
packet of 6 guns and 40 men, commanded by a
Lieutenant of the French Navy. Commander Dale,
who has not been afloat since he was paid oflf in
July, 1816, assumed his present rank 24 July, 1844.
DALGLEISH. (Commandeb, 1813.)
James Dalgleish died 31 Jan. 184^. He was
cousin of Lieut. J. O. Dalgleish, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1782, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Egmont 74, Capts. Jas. Fer-
guson and Edw. Thombrough, forming part of the
Channel fleet. Until 1791 he further served, on
the American and Home statioiis, in the Camel,
Lieut.-Commander Geo. Burlton, Expedition, Capt.
Jas. Vashon, Ganges 74, Capt. Roger Curtis, Thokn
sloop, Capt. Wm. Taylor, and BATtFLECR 98, bear-
ing the flag of Vioe-Admiral Elliot. In 1794 he
Joined the Queen Chaklotte 100, bearing the flag
of Earl Howe, and, obtaining a Lieutenancy, 25
Aug. 1794, in the Tremendous 74, Capts. Wm. Ben-
tinck, John Aylmer, and Wm. Hope, was after-
Wards appointed— 14 April, 1796, to the Asia 64,
Capt. M'Dougall— 6 July, 1796, to the EuRus, Capt.
Jas. Ross, in which vessel he visited the West In-
dies—4 Oct. 1799, to the Hussak 38, Capt. Lord
Garlies — 25 June, 1801, to the Bellesophon 74,
commanded by the same officer — 22 Aug. 1803, to
the command, in the West Indies, of the Swirr
hired cutter— next, to the Chichester, store-ship,
Capt. Joseph Spear — 22 May, 1805, to the Dryad
36, Capts. Adam Drummond and Edw. Galwey, in
which he assisted at the capture, 22 March, 1808,
of Le Rennnir privateer, of 14 guns and 95 men,
and attended the expedition to the Walcheren in
1809 — and (after an unemployed interval of three
years), 19 Jan. 1813, to the Queen Charlotte 100,
flag-ship of Lord Keith. He obtained a Com-
mander's commission on 4 Dec. in the latter year,
but did not afterwards go afloat.
DALGLEISH. (Lieut., 1823. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 22.)
James Ogilvy Dalgleish, born in May, 1800, at
Scotsoraig House, oo. Fife, is cousin of the late
Commander Jas. Dalgleish, B.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1814, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bakeleur 98, Capt.
John Maitland, stationed off Toulon; and on re-
moving, in Jan. following, to the Liverpool 40,
Capt. Arthur Farquhar, visited Quebec, the Cape
of Good Hope, and the Isle of France. He became,
in March, 1818, Midshipman of the Tiber 38, Capt.
Jas. Rich. Dacres ; served next, from Sept. in the
same year until Nov. 1822, in the Liffey 40, Capts.
Hon. Henry Duncan and Chas. Grant, on the Home,
Mediterranean, and East India stations ; and then
joined, as Acting-Lieutenant, the Termagant 28,
Capt. Robt. Graham Dunlop, to which ship he was
confirmed by the Admiralty, 26 July, 1823. His
subsequent appointments were, 28 Nov. 1823, and
15 March, 1824, to the Rattlesnake,28, and Brisk
10, Capts. Hugh Fatten and Chas. Hope, on the
Home station. Since Oct. 1825, Lieut. Dalgleish
has been on half-pay.
He married, 20 July, 1831, Isabella Marshall,
daughter of David Martin, Esq., of Dundee, by
whom he has issue three children.
DALLING. (Captain, 1828. p-p., 19 ; h-p., 25.)
John Windham Dalling is youngest son of the
late Sir John Dalling, Bart., a Colonel in the army,
and Governor of Jamaica, by Louisa, daughter of
Excelles Lawford, Esq. ; brother of the present Sir
Wm. Windham Dalling, Bart., of Burwood Park,
CO. Surrey ; and brother-in-law of General Hon.
Robt. Meade.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defence 74, Capt. Geo.
Hope, and after sharing, as Midshipman, in the
battle of Trafalgar, removed, in Dec. 1805, to the
Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste. In the summer of
1806 we find him present at the debarkation of the
troops immediately prior to the battle of Malda, as
also at the capture of the town of Reggie, and of
the important fortress of Cotrone, containing a gar-
rison of 600 men. While subsequently employed in
the same ship in the Adriatic, Mr. Dalling served
in her boats on various occasions, but particularly
on 27 Aug. 1809, when he aided, as Master's Mate,
in' taking the strong fort of Cortellazzo, with a
flotilla of six gun-boata, and a convoy of merchant-
men lying under its protection. He next joined,
for a few months, the Centauk 74, bearing the flag
off Toulon of Sir Sam. Hood; and, on 18 Oct. 1810,
he was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the Ville de
Paris 110, Capt. Geo. Burlton, on the same station.
From Aug. 1812, imtil promoted to the rank of
Commander, 15 June, 1814, he served at the Cape
of Good Hope on board the Lion 64, and Semiramib
36, flag-ships of Rear-Admirsds Hon. Robt. Stopford
and Chas. Tyler ; and he subsequently obtained
command, 7 Jan. 1817, and 18 April, 1826, of the
NiMROD and Raleigh sloops, on the Leith and
Mediterranean stations. Assuming Post-rank 2 Jan.
1828, Capt. Dalling, from 15 Nov. 1838, until May,
1842, further served in the Daphne, first-class cor-
vette, off Lisbon, and again in the Mediterranean.
Since the latter date he has been unemployed.
Capt. Dalling married, 10 June, 1844, Frances
Anne, eldest daughter of Colonel Fanshawe, K.E.,
C.B. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
DALRYMPLE. (Retired Commander, 1845.)
James Dalkymple was made a Lieutenant 17
Nov. 1800. He became a Retired Commander on
the Junior List, 15 Dec. 1830 ; and on the Senior,
S.Sept. 1845.
DALTON. (Ret. Capt., 1840. f-p.,11;h-p., 36.)
James Robert Daltow is second son of the late
John Dalton, Esq., of Sleningford, co. York, and of
Fillingham Castle, co. Lincoln, a Lieutenant-Colonel
in the army, by Susanna, eldest daughter of General
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Kobt. Prescott, of Rose Green, co. Sussex. Capt.
Dalton, who has three brothers in the army, is
brother-in-law of Lieut.-General Sir Jaa. Chas. Dal-
biac, K.C.B., and uncle of the present Duchess of
Roxburghe.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Stag 32, Capt. Robt. Win-
throp, and after attending the expedition against
Ferrol, was wrecked in Vigo Bay, 6 Sept. following.
From that period until Nov. 1804 he next served
with Capt. John Chambers White in the Mediter-
ranean, as Midshipman of the Renown 74, flag-ship
at first of Sir John Borlase Warren, and Kent 74.
He then cruized for 18 months in the Ramillies
74, Capt. Fras. Pickmore ; and, on 25 Aug. 1806,
was promoted from the Foudrotant 80, flag-ship
at Newfoundland of Sir J. B. Warren, to an Acting-
Lieutenancy in the Namuk 74, Capt. Lawrence
Wm. Halsted. Being confirmed by the Admiralty
26 Nov. following, he subsequently joined — 1 Deo.
in the same year, the Confiance 18, Capt. Jas.
Lucas Yeo, off Cape Finisterre— 29 Sept. 1807, the
Leonidas 38, Capts. Jas. Dunbar, Henry Hope,
and Anselm John Griffiths, in which frigate he
beheld the capture of Cephalonia, 4 Oct. 1809— and,
in Nov. of the latter year, the Delight sloop,
Capts. John Brett Purvis and Lord Balgonie. He
obtained a second promotal commission 30 April,
1810, and was afterwards in command, from 28 July,
1814, to 28 May, 1815, of the Spitfire 16, on the
coasts of Spain, France, and Ireland. He retired
with Post-rank 10 Sept. 1840. Agents— Messrs.
Halford and Co.
DALTON. (LlEUTEKANT, 1843.)
KicHAKD Henry Dalton entered the Navy 14
Sept. 1832; passed his examination 1 Feb. 1837;
served for some time in the Mediterranean as Mate
of the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, and
Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen;
obtained his commission 16 Feb. 1843 ; was ap-
pointed, 5 June following, to the Conway 26, Capts.
Robt. Fair and Wm. Kelly, on the Cape station,
whence he returned to England and was paid off
in 1845; and, since 19 Dec. 1846, has been attached,
as Additional Lieutenant, to the Ocean 80, Capt.
David Price, guard-ship at Sheemess.
DALY, C.B. (Eear-Admirai of the Blue, 1846.
F-p., 13; H-p., 40.)
CuTHBEHT Feathebstone Daly is sccond son of
the late Denis Daly, Esq., of Castle Daly, co. Wesl>
meath, by Miss Harriet King; brother of Denis
Daly, Esq., Brigade-Major at Portsmouth ; and uncle
of Lieut. John Daly, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1794, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Andromache 38, Capt.
Theophilus Jones, with whom he continued to serve,
on the Newfoundland, Lisbon, and Channel stations,
as Midshipman and Master's Mate of tbe Trident
64, Glory 98, Prince George 98, and Defiance
74, and as Lieutenant (commission dated 30 Sept.
ISOO;) of the Atlas 98, until April, 1802. Being
appointed Senior, 1 March, 1803, of the Arrow, of
28 32-pounder oarronades and 132 men, Capt. Rich.
Budd Vincent, he subsequently, in June, 1804, ob-
tained the official praise of that officer for the spi-
rited manner in which, with the boats, he boarded,
cut adrift, and then destroyed, under the island of
Fano, at the entrance of the Adriatic, L'Actif
French privateer, of 4 guns, although moored with
three anchors, attached by a hawser from the mast-
head to the cliff above her, and defended by a heavy
cross-fire from the crew on board, and from the
rocks, beach, and houses. On 4 Feb. 1805, the
^RROw, and her consort the Acheron bomb, were
both captured by the French 40 and 38-gun frigates
Hortense and Incorruptible, after a noble resistance
of several hours, in which the former ship lost 13
men killed and 27 wounded, and was so shattered
that she immediately afterwards settled on her
beam-ends, and went down. Lieut. Daly, who was
detained a prisoner at Curthngena until the follow-
ing July, next became first of the Diadem 64, Com-
modore Sir Home Popham, and, on proceeding to
the Cape of Good Hope, was present at its sur-
render to the British in Jan. 1806. He was then
sent home with the despatches in the Seahorse
transport, and on his arrival was promoted to the
rank of Commander, 10 April, 1806. Assuming
charge, 8 Jan. 1807, of the Comet, of 18 guns, Capt.
Daly next cruized vrith great activity on the north
coast of Spain, where, in command of four boats
belonging to his own vessel and to the Cossack, he
landed, on 23 June, 1808, spiked all the guns in
Fort St. Salvador de Ano and Fort Sedra, near the
town of St. Andero, and was severely scorched in
destroying two magazines.* On 11 Aug. following
he very gallantly went in pursuit of three of the
enemy's corvettes, one of which. La Sylphe, of 18
guns, he ultimately brought to close action, and in
20 minutes compelled to surrender.f For his dis-
tinguished conduct on this occasion he was re-
warded with a Post commission, dated on 18 of the
same month. From 15 May to 14 July, 1812, he
afterwards commanded the Barham 74, in the
North Sea, but since the latter period he has been
on half-pay. His advancement to Flag-rank took
place 9 Nov. 1846.
Rear-Admiral Daly, who has received rewards,
both honorary and pecuniary, from the Patriotic
Fund, was nominated a C.B. 20 July, 1838, and
awarded the good service pension 19 Feb. 1842.
He was left a widower, with several children, 14
Aug. 1841.. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
DALY. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
John Daly is fourth son of the late Joseph Mor-
gan Daly, Esq., of Castle Daly, co. Westmeath, by
Elizabeth, third daughter of Robt. Tighe, Esq., of
South Hill ; brother of Capt. Robt. Daly, 14th In-
fantry, and of Henry Daly, Esq., an officer in the
Hon. E. I. Co.'s service; and nephew of Bear- Ad-
miral" C. F. Daly.
This officer entered the Navy 20 May, 1824.
While Mate of the Calliope 26, Capt. Thos. Her-
bert, he served in her boats under Lieut. Rundle
Burges Watson in an impressive attack upon 13
Chinese war-junks, near Chuenpee, 7 Jan. 1841 —
was on shore at the storming, 27 Feb., of the enemy's
works close to Whampoa Reach, where 54 pieces of
cannon were taken— assisted in the boats at the
capture of several rafts and of the last fort protect-
ing the approaches to Canton, 13 March — served
with the western division of boats at the capture
of that city on 18 March — and, during the second
series of hostilities against it, was again in the
boats at the destruction, 26 May, of the whole ot
the defences, extending about two miles from the
British factory.]: Having been promoted on 6 ot
the latter month, and appointed to the Blonde 4^
Capt. Thos. Bourchier, he next, in command of that
ship's launch, assisted at the reduction of Chinghae,
10 Oct. following.! Mr. Daly's subsequent ap-
pointments were, 20 Jan. 1842, and 12 March, 1845,
to the Pelican 16, and Melamfus 42, Capts. Philip
Justice and John Norman Campbell, on the East
India and South American stations. He has not
been on the Ust of the navy since the close of 1845.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
DALYELL. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
James Dalyell entered the Navy 6 Jan. 1814 ;
passed his examination in 1820 ; served in the boats
of the Tyne at the capture of a pirate in the West
Indies in 1823 ; and was promoted, 6 Sept. 1826, to
a Lieutenancy in the Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn,
on the Jamaica station. He obtained an appoint-
ment in the Coast Guard 14 July, 1838 ; served,
from 21 July, 1841, until 1844, as First of the
Chaufion 18, Capts. Rich. Byron and John Cla-
veU, on the South American station; and, since
• Vide Gaz. :808, p. 964. f ^- Gaz. 1808, p. 1109.
+ V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1228, 1501, 1603, 1605, 250j.
} V. Gaz. 1842, p. 397.
2 L 2
260
DALYELL— DANCE-DANGERFIELD.
23 Sept. 1845, has again been in the Coast Guard.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
DALYELL. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 17;
H-p., 37.)
William CnMNiMOHAM Cavendish Daltell,
torn 27 April, 1784, is youngest son of the late Sir
Bobt. Dalyell, Bart., by Elizabeth, eldest daughter
of Nicol Graham, Esq., of Gartmore ; and brother
of the present Sir John Graham Dalyell, Bart., as
also of Colonel Robt. Dalyell, who served through-
out the whole of the Peninsular war, and was twice
wounded.
This oficer entered the Navy, in 1793, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Thetis 38, Capt. Hon. Alex.
Inglis Cochrane, on the Halifax station ; but being
discharged in 1794, did not again go afloat until
Feb. 1797, from which date, until April, 1802, he
served with Capt. David Milne, as Midshipman, in
La Pique 36, and La Seine, of 48 guns and 281 men.
On 21 Aug. 1800, we find him assisting in the latter
ship at the capture, in the Mona Passage, of La
Vengeance, of 52 guns and 326 men, after a brllUant
action of two hours and a half, in which the British
lost 13 men Itilled and 29 wounded, and the French
more than twice that number. In Dec. following
he was sent as Master of a prize to Jamaica ; but
the vessel foundering on her passage, he contrived,
in a small boat, to reach the island of Cuba, where
he was detained for two months as a prisoner-of-
war. He then rejoined his own ship, and, in April,
1803, became attached to the Antelope 50, bearing
the broad pendant in the North Sea of Commodore
Sir Wm. Sidney Smith. On four occasions during
the course of the following Sept. and Oct. Mr. Dal-
yell particularly distinguished himself, in command
of one of the boats belonging to the latter ship, at
the capture and destruction, under circumstances
of great hazard, of (in the whole) 85 of the enemy's
armed and other vessels. He also, on 2 Nov. as-
sisted at the taking of the island of Rottam.; but
being shortly afterwards driven ashore on the coast
of Zealand, while acting as Lieutenant in the Ex-
periment schuyt, was again taken captive by the
enemy. Being soon, however, restored to liberty,
he rejoined the Antelope ; and, on 18 March, 1804,
commanded one of two boats at the cutting out of
four Dutch vessels, three of which were found lashed
to the pier-heads of Zierick-Zee, and the other close
to them. On 31 of the same month he further ac-
quired the praise of his commanding officer, Lieut.
J as. Boxer, for his conduct during an obstinate and
sanguinary action of three-quarters of an hour,
which terminated in the cajiture, by the boats of
the Antelope and Magicienne, of a guard-vessel,
the Sehrik, of 6 guns and 94 men ; and, on 16 May
following (two days previously to which 'he had
been appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Rattler
sloop, Capt. Fras. Mason), he took part in a warm
attack on a division of the enemy's flotilla, consist-
ing of 59 sail, passing along shore from Flushing to
Ostend, in which that vessel lost 2 men killed and
10 wounded.* Mr. Dalyell, who was rewarded for
his bravery on the latter occasion by being allowed
to retain lias acting order, although a commissioned
officer had been appointed in the interim, subse-
quently assisted in many severe skirmishes. He
was at length confirmed by the Admiralty on 1 Jan.
1805, and three days afterwards was entrusted, at
his own request, with the command of a captured
fishing-boat, of a boat belonging to the Folkstone
lugger, and of the Rattler's cutter, the whole
manned by 27 volunteers, for the purpose of bring-
ing out a notorious lugger privateer, the Vimereiix,
of 14 four-pounders and 78 men, including 15 chosen
grenadiers from the camp at Boulogne, lying at an
anchor in the bay of St. Valary en Caux, close
under a 4-gun battery. Within five minutes from
the commencement of the attack the enemy, al-
though fully prepared, were driven below, whence,
however, by the aid of an arm-chest full of loaded
weapons, they ultimately eflTected their return to
• Vide Gaz. 1804, p. 641.
the deck. After a fearful struggle of 20 mmutej
the British were finally overpowered by force of
numbers, and so great was the carnage amongst
them that only six escaped unhurt. The remainder
were either killed or wounded. Among the latter
was Mr. Dalyell himself, who, after an exciting dis-
play of valour, was at length felled to the 4eck,
and then thrown headlong do\vn the main hatch-
way. On being conveyed to a dungeon on shore,
his head, on examination, seemed hacked asunder,
having received no less than nine sabre-cuts; his
left foot was found lacerated by a pistol-ball ; and
three other severe, and two slight, wounds were
dicoverable in different parts of bis body. His
case altogether appeared hopeless ; but in course of
time he rallied, and eventually was restored to com-
parative health. On his return from captivity,
which did not take place until Feb. 1814, Lieut.
Dalyell, on 17 of that month, was promoted to the
rank of Commander. He also received a sword,
valued at 50?., from the Patriotic Society, by whom
he had previously been presented vrith the sum of
lOOZ. ; and, in March following, he was confirmed
in the receipt of a pension of 5s. a day, which had
been granted to him in Aug. 1811, and which, as
with other officers, was increased, in 1815, to 150i^.
Commander Dalyell, who has not been afloat since
the peace, was appointed to Greenwich Hospital
27 Aug. 1840.
He married, 19 Sept. 1820, Maria, youngest
daughter of A. T. Sampayo, Esq., of Peterborough
House, Fulham, co. Middlesex, and has issue two
sons and two daughters.
DANCE. (Captain, 1834. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 28.)
William Townsend Dance entered the Navy, 16
May, 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Triumph
74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, with whom
he continued to serve, as Master's Mate of the Bar-
FLEUR 98, and Ramillies 74, on the West India,
Lisbon, and North American stations, until May,
1813. He next became Acting-Lieutenant of the
Okpheos 36, Capt. Hugh Pigot ; and after com-
manding her boats at the capture and destruction
of an American letter-of-marque of 8 guns, was
officially promoted on 12 July in the same year.
Mr. Dance, who subsequently accompanied Capt.
Pigot into the Nymphe 38, and Diomede 50, re-
joined Sir Thos. Hardy in the Ramillies in Dec.
1814, and remained in that ship, latterly under
Capts. Thos. Boys and Chas. Ogle, until April,
1816. From 24 March, 1821, until promoted to the
rank of Commander 23 Oct. 1823, he further served,
a great part of the time as First-Lieutenant, in the
Doris 42, Capts. Thos. Graham and Fred. Edw.
Venables Vernon, on the Brazilian station ; after
which we find him in command, from 25 Nov. 1828,
until paid off towards the close of 1832, of the Sul-
phur sloop, on particular service. Capt. Dance
has, since the latter date, been on half-pay. His
promotion to the rank he now holds took place 5
June, 1834. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
DANGERFIELD. (Lieutenant, 1818. f-p., 16 ;
H-p., 19.)
Charles Dangerfield died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leda 36, Capt. Geo.
Sayer, in which he sailed with a convoy of Indiar
men for the East, and there assisted, as Midship-
man, at the reduction of Java in Aug. 1811, and in
a serious attack made in Jan. 1813, on the pirates
of Sambas, in Borneo. Removing, as Acting-Lieu-
tenant, on 14 March, 1816, to the Camelion 10,
Capt. John M' Arthur Low, he returned to England,
and was next appointed, in June, 1817, Admiralty-
Midshipman of the Rosario brig, Capt. Thos. Ladd
Peake. Lieut. Dangerfield — who obtained his com-
mission 20 Jan. 1818, and was subsequently, in 1823,
employed on board the Gloucester 74, bearing the
broad pendant in the West Indies of Commodore
Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen— was appointed, 16 March,
1834, to the command of a station in the Coast
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Guard. With an interval of two years (from March,
1841, to March, 1S43), he continued in that aervioe,
until the period of his death.
DANIELL. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 19.)
George Danieli,, born 31 Aug. 1797, is second
son of Henry Daniel], Esq., of Newforest, co. West-
meath ; and a relative of the late Capt. Kobt. Corbet,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 June, 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Africaine, of 48 guns
and 295 men, commanded by Capt. Corbet. On
the morning of 13 Sept. following, the latter frigate
came to close action, off the Isle of France, with the
two French frigates Iphigehie and Astre'ej carrying
between them 86 guns and 618 men ; and, after a
brave but unequal contest of two hours and a half,
in which she sustained a loss herself of 49 men
killed and 114 (including her Captain, mortally)
wounded, and occasioned the enemy one of 10
killed and 35 wounded, was compelled to strike her '
colours. Towards the close of 1810, Mr. Danieli,
on his release from French prison, returned to Eng-
land with Commodore Josias Rowley, in the Mene-
lACS 38, Capt. Peter Parker ; after which he cruized
for a short period on the Home station in the Acjni-
LON 32, Capt. Hon. Wm. Pakenham ; and then, in
April, 1811, joined, as Midshipman, the America
74, bearing the flag of Sir J. Kowley, whom he ac-
companied to the Mediterranean. In the course of
the three following years, we find him taking part
in many cutting-out affairs, but especially on 9 May,
1812, when, with the boats of the America, Levia-
than, and Eclair, he assisted at the capture of 16,
and destruction of 2 deeply-laden vessels, which
had taken shelter under the town and batteries of
Languelia, on the coast of Italy, and had been se-
cured by various contrivances to the houses and
beach — an exploit that cost the British a loss, in
life, of 16 men, and, in wounded, of 20. The sub-
ject of this sketch also witnessed the unsuccessful
attack on Leghorn in Dec. 1813 ; and, in March
and April, 1814, was present at the surrender of the
fortress of Santa Maria, with the enemy's forts and
defences in the Gulf of Spezia, and also of the town
of Genoa. Until the receipt of his first commission,
15 May, 1823, Mr. Danieli, who passed his examina-
tion in Sept. 1816, further served, on the Mediter-
ranean, Irish, and African stations, as Master's
Mate, Admiralty Midshipman, and occasionally as
Acting-Lieutenant, in the Undaunted 38, Capt.
Thos. Ussher, Duncan 74, flag-ship of Sir John
Poo Beresford, Albacore 18, Capt. Joseph Patey,
Wasp 18, Capt. Wm. Wolrige, Glasgow 50, Capt.
Hon. Anthony Maitland, Spencer 74, bearing the
flag of Sir J. Rowley, Dotebel 18, Capt. John Gore,
Spencer again, Leven surveying-vessel, Capt. Wm.
FitzwilUam Owen, Barbacouta 10, Capt. Alex.
Thos. Emeric Vidal, and Madagascar 38, Capt.
Evan Nepean. He was next appointed, 7 May,
1827, First of the Mosquito 10, Capt. Geo. Bohun
Martin ; and for his services in that vessel at the
ensuing battle of Navarin, was promoted, on com-
pleting his servitude as Lieutenant, to the rank of
Commander, 7 May, 1829. Capt. Danieli subse-
quently commanded the Dispatch 16, on the West
India station, from 7 June, 1832, until paid off, 6
Oct. 1835. Since his attainment of Post-rank, 28
June, 1838, he has not been employed.
He married, 23 June, 1842, Alice Katherine, eld-
cat daughter of the Right Hon. Francis Blackburne,
Master of the Rolls in Ireland, and has issue a son.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
DANIELL. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
RicHAKD Daniell entered the Navy, 3 Oct. 1806,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Achille 74, Capt. Sir
Rich. King, under whom he served on the Home
and Mediterranean stations, the last three years as
Midshipman, until Feb. 1812. He then became at-
tached for short periods to the Active 38, Capt.
Jas. Alex. Gordon, and Doterel 16, Capt. Wm.
Westoott Danieli; after which he again cruized
vrith Capt. Gordon on the Seahorse 38 ; and, pro-
ceeding eventually to North America in the Severn
40, Capt. Joseph Nourse, took part, on removing to
the ToNNANT 80, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, in
the expedition against New Orleans. He was pro-
moted, 18 Feb. 1815, to a Lieutenancy in the Al-
ceste troop-ship, Capt. Dan. Lawrence ; and since
30 Aug. following has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Danieli is a Justice of the Peace for the
counties of Uitenhage and Albany, Cape of Good
Hope. He married, 16 May, 1839, Harriett Mary,
second daughter of the late P. Dunsterville, Esq.,
of Plymouth. Agent — Frederick Dufaur.
DANIELL, Kt. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 23 ;
H-p., 16.)
Sir William Daniell died 15 Sept. 1845, at
Sierra Leone. He was youngest son of the late
Ralph Allen Daniell, Esq., of Trelissick, co. Corn-
wall, M.P. for West Looe, by Ehzabeth Mason,
daughter of the Rev. W. Pooley, rector of Ladock ;
brother of John Daniell, Esq., an officer in the 7th
Hussars ; and brother-in-law of Lieut. Col. Gossett,
B.E., C.B., K.S.F. He received the honour of
Knighthood in 1836.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Roial 98,
Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds, attached to the
fleet in the Channel ; served afterwards for seven
years with Capt. John West, as Midshipman, in the
Excellent and Sultan 74's, on the Mediterranean
station, where he co-operated for some time with
the patriots of Catalonia ; passed his examination
in April, 1813; and on 16 Sept. following was con-
firmed to a Lieutenancy in the Crocus sloop, Capt.
Arden Adderley. We subsequently find him ap-
pointed—25 March, 1815, and 3 July, 1816, to the
BoTNE 98, and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ships of
Lord Exmouth, in the latter of which he bore a
part in the battle of Algiers — 17 Sept. 1817, to the
Impregnable 104, bearing the flag of the same
officer at Plymouth — 3 June, 1818, to the Eden 26,
Capt. Fras. Erskine Lock, on the East India sta-
tion— and 17 Dec. 1825, to the Prince Regent 120,
flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Robt. Moorsora. He
obtained his second commission 22 Nov. 1826 ; offi-
ciated subsequently as an Inspecting Commander
in the Coast Guard, from 30 June, 1835, until the
summer of 1838 ; and being appointed, 26 Jan. 1842,
to the Ringdove 16, served in that vessel in North
America and the West Indies, and on the Coast of
Africa, until the period of his decease. Agents —
Holmes and Folkhard.
D'ARANDA. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 17; h-p., 29.)
William D'Aranda entered the Navy, 9 July,
1801, as Midshipman, on board the Powerful 74,
Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, whom he eventually ac-
companied to the West Indies. In April, 1803, he
joined the Diligence 20, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr,
on the home station ; and from July, 1804, until Nov.
1808, he served, nearly the whole time as Master's
Mate, on board the Atlas 74, Capts. Sam. Pym and
Jas. Sanders, in which he appears to have been pre-
sent at the battle of St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and
subsequently at the blockade of Cadiz. He obtained
his commission 16 Dec. 1808, and was afterwards
appointed— 31 May, 1809, to the Woodlaek 10,
Capt. Geo. Edw. Watts, in the Baltic— 1 May, 1811,
to the Laueestinus 24, Capts. John Clavell and
Hon. Wm. Gordon, on the Channel station— 31
March, 1812, as First-Lieutenant, to the Bonne Ci-
TOYENNE 20, Capt. Pitt Bumaby Greene, in South
America— 27 Aug. 1812, to the command, on the
latter station, of the Nancy 12, which he retained
until 14 March, 1814— and, in the course of 1816, to
the Pique, Junon, and Niger frigates, Capts. Ar-
thur Fanshawe and Sam. Jackson, employed in the
West Indies and North America, whence he re-
turned home in Sept. 1817. Lieut. D'Aranda— who
afterwards commanded the Pestonjee Boueanjee
from 17 Aug. 1842 until 28 Jan. 1843, and during
that period visited the river St. Lawrence— has
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DAEBY—DAREL-DARKE-DARLEY— DARNELL— DARRACOTT.
been employed, since 26 May, 1845, as Admiralty
Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel.
This officer has been, we understand, 16 times in
action with the enemy ; and has had the good for-
tune to rescue 46 persons from shipwreck. Agents
— Messrs. Ommanney.
DARBY. (LlEDTENANT, 1828.)
Abkaham Darby entered the Navy 17 March,
1810 ; passed his examination in 1817 ; and obtained
his commission 28 April, 1828. He was afterwards
appointed— 13 Jan. 1830, to a station in the Coast
Guard— 3 Oct. 1831, to the command of the Dove
revenue vessel — 4 Oct. 1834, again to the Coast
Guard, in which service he remained but a few
months— and, 11 Feb. 1840, and 26 Jan. 1843, to
the command of the Advice and Wildfike steam-
packets, on the Pembroke and Weymouth stations.
He paid the latter vessel off in 1845 ; and since 26
June, 1846, has been in cdmmand of the Pigmy, an-
other Pembroke steam-packet.
Lieut. Darby married, in Aug. 1835, Anna,
daughter of Mathias Sisk, Esq., Master E.N., and
became a widower in 1843. Agemts — Messrs.
Chard.
DAEEL. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
James Stephen Dakel, bom 10 Dec. 1820, is
fourth son of Edw. Darel, Esq., of Colehill, co.
Kent, by Mary Anne, daughter of Thos. Bullock,
Esq., of Muscoats, co. York ; and nephew of Sir
Edw. Hales, Bart. His family is of very ancient
extraction.
This officer served as Midshipman of the Piqde
36, Capt. Edw. Boxer, at the taking of Caiffa, Tsour,
and St. Jean d'Acre in 1840. He passed his exa^
mination 7 Nov. 1843 ; served for nearly two years
as Mate in the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at Ports-
mouth of Sir Chas. Rowley ; joined, next, the KoB-
ney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the Channel station ;
and on 9 Nov. 1846, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant. He has been attached, since 19 March,
1847, to the Endymion 44, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway
Courtenay, on the North America and West India
station.
DARKE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p.,15; h-p., 23.)
KiCHARD Darke died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 July, 1807, as
Third-cl. Vol., on board the Eoyal George 100,
Capt. Kicb. Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag at the
blockade of Brest of Sir John Thos. Duckworth ;
under whom, and Kear-Admiral Eras. Pickraore,
he afterwards served in the San Josef 110, until
April, 1811. While attached to the latter ship he
was lent to the gun-boat service at the siege of
Flushing and the defence of Cadiz. We subse-
quently find him joining — the Cossack 22, Capts.
Thos. Garth, Geo. Price, and Wm. King, employed
in conveying away the wounded from Tarragona,
and otherwise — the Salvador del Mundo, flag-
ship at Mymouth of Sir Kobt. Calder — the Ajax
74, Capt. Kobt. Waller Otway, in which ship he
beheld, in Aug. 1813, the siege of St. Sebastian,
where he commanded the ship's cutter at the storm-
ing of Sta. Clara — and the Duncan 74, and St.
George 98, flag-ships at Rio Janeiro and at Ply-
mouth of Sir John Poo Beresford and Sir J. T.
Duckworth. Having passed his examination in
Dec. 1813, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 28
Oct. 1815, in the Leveret 10, Capt. John Theed,
at the Cape of Good Hope, but he invalided home
in Nov. 1816, and remained on half-pay until ap-
pointed, 26 Sept. 1836, to the San Josef 110,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Fred, Warren,
Admiral-Superintendent at Plymouth. He conti-
nued in that ship for three years ; and from 25
April, 1842, until the date of his death, further
officiated, with the exception of a few months in
1843, as Admiralty-Agent in a contract mail steam-
vessel.
He married, 20 Deo. 1830, Emily, second daugh-
ter of the late Geronimo Greco, Esq., of Dublin.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
DAELEY. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 18; h-p.,23.)
Arthur Darley entered the Navy, 20 April,
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hibernia 110,
Capt. Jas. Brown, flag-ship in the Channel of Earl
St. Vincent. From the following May until Jan,
1813, he next, as Midshipman and Master's Mate,
served, with Capts. Robt. Winthrop and Clotworthy
TJpton, in the Sypille 38 ; and during that period,
attended the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug,
1807, and cruised much on the Irish station. Be
then officiated for a few months as Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Stork sloop, Capt. Robt. Lisle Coulson ;
after which he sailed for Newfovmdland in his old
ship the Sybille, and was there confirmed, 11 Aug,
1813, to a Lieutenancy in the Bellerophon 74,
flag-ship of Sir Kich. Goodwin Keats, with whom
he returned to England in 1815 on board the Sa-
lisbury 50. On 7 Feb. 1819, Mr. Darley assumed
command of the Townsend revenue-cruiser, on the
Irish station. He next joined, in Nov. 1823, the
William and Mary yacht, Capt. Chas. Malcolm,
and obtained command, 27 May, 1826, of the Royai.
Charlotte. The subject of tms narrative, who ob-
tained a second promotal commission 21 Nov. 1827,
afterwards commanded the Eleotra 18, on the
North America and West India station, from 1&
Dec. 1841, until paid off' in 1845. He has since been
unemployed. His advancement to the rank he now
holds took place 9 Nov. 1846. Agents — Copland
and Burnett,
DARNELL. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Philip Wheler Darnell served as Midship-
man of the Hazard 18, Capt. Hon. Chas. G. J. B.
Elliot, at the blockade of Alexandria, and through-
out the whole of the operations on the coast of
Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean
d'Acre. He was also on shore at Tyre, for the
protection of the town, under Lieut. Stewart. He
afterwards served for four years with the Hon.
Capt. Elliot in the Spartan 26, on the North
America and West India station ; joined next, 5
Sept. 1845, the Exceixent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie
Chads ; and on 4 May, 1846 (having passed his ex-
amination 21 Feb. 1843), was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant. He has been nearly ever since em-
ployed in the Retribution steam-frigate, and Ven-
geance 84, both commanded, the latter on particu-
lar service, by Capt. Stephen Lushington.
DARRACOTT. (Lieutenant, 1815. p-p., 10;
H-p., 32.)
Robert Young Man Darracott entered the
Navy, 18 Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
Diamond 38, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, stationed in
the Channel ; attained the rating of Midshipman in
July of the same year ; removed, in July, 1806, to
the Crescent 38, Capt. Jas. Carthew ; and in the
course of 1808 joined the Leyden 64, Capt. Wm,
Cumberland, Centinbl gun-brig, Lieut.-Comman-
der Wm. EUetson King, and Bonne CrroTENNE 20,
Capt. John Thompson. From 18 Feb. 1809, until
May, 1814, he was afterwards a prisoner of war in
France. He obtained his commission 3 Feb. 1815 ;
was appointed, 31 March following, to the RrvoLi
74, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, in the Mediterra-
nean ; and since 1816 has been on half-pay. Agents
—Messrs. Stilwell.
DASHWOOD, K.C.B.,G.C.T.S. (Vice-Admikal
OF THE White, 1841. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 37.)
Sir Charles Dashwood, born in 1765, is son of
the late Robt. Dashwood, Esq., of Valla Wood, oo.
Somerset, who represented the senior branch of the
family of Dashwood, from which also descend the
present Sir Geo. Dashwood, Bart., and Sir John
Dashwood King, Bart. He is grand-uncle of Lieut,
K. D. Fowler, R.N. "
DASHWOOD.
263
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Jan. 1779, as
Midshipman (under the patronage of the Earl of
Sandwich), on hoard the Codeageux 74, Capt. Lord
Mulgrare, on the Home station; served in the West
Indies, from March, 1780, to Jan. 1782, in the South-
ampton frigate, and Gkaftoh 74, both commanded
by Capt. Gamier, under whom he witnessed the
capture, 9 Aug. 1780, by a Franco-Spanish fleet, of
a convoy of 5 East Indiamen, 18 transports, and
about 60 sail of merchant-vessels ; then joined the
FoKMiDAELE 98, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Bridges Kod-
ney, to whom he acted as Aide-de-Camp in the
battles of 9 and 12 April, 1782 ; and, during the
next three years, served in the East Indies, latterly
as Master's Mate, on board the Cygnet sloop, Capt.
Wm. Taylor, and BniSTOt. 50, Commodore Chas.
Hughes. On being paid off in 1787, Mr. Dashwood
entered the packet-service at Falmouth, in which he
continued about two years ; and he then purchased
and commanded a merchant-vessel, between Lon-
don and Jamaica^ until the renewal of hostilities in
1793. Obtaining a Midshipman's berth, in March,
1794, on board the Impregnable 98, flag-ship in
succession of Bear- Admirals Benj. Caldwell and
Andw. Mitchell, he so distinguished himself on the
ensuing 1 June, that he was promoted on 20 of that
month to a Lieutenancy in the same ship. Mr.
Dashwood's next appointments were, 13 Aug. 1796,
and 27 May, 1797, to the Defiance 74, Capt. Theo-
philus Jones, and Magnanime of 48 guns, Capt.
Hon. Mich. De Courcy. In the latter ship, after
rendering himself particularly obnoxious to the
mutineers of the Nore by his resolute opposition to
their designs, he assisted, 24 Aug. 1798, at the cap-
ture, off Cape Finisterre, of La Decade, French fri-
gate of 36 guns. He was also present at the defeat,
12 Oct. following, of M. Bompart's squadron, off
the coast of Ireland — on which occasion he took
possession of Le Hbche 74, received the French
Commodore's sword, and was placed in charge
of La Coquille, one of the prize frigates, which he
safely conducted into Plymouth. After further
contributing, in the Magnanime, to the capture of
several privateers, Mr. Dashwood was promoted,
2 Aug. 1799, to the command of the Sylph of 18
guns. In the following year, we find him employed,
always within gun-shot distance of the batteries, in
watching the movements of the enemy in Brest
Harbour, and on one occasion, during a foggy
night, making a gallant and hazardous, yet success-
ful dash, to the rescue" of the British frigate Alc-
MENE, when that vessel, having drifted among the
Black Bocks, had grounded, become high and dry,
and been actually attacked by a flotilla of gun-
boats. At night, on 31 July and 28 Sept. 1801,
while stationed off the north coast of Spain, Capt.
Dasliwood particularly signalized himself by his
gallantry in twice beating off the French frigate
IJ Artemise, of 44 guns and 351 men : the first time,
after a vigorous action of an hour and 20 minutes ;
and the second, after an equally stern conflict, of
two hours and five minutes. On each occasion the
Sylph, although her loss in men was trifling, suffered
considerably in hull, masts, and rigging. Capt.
Dashwood, who was rewarded for his conspicuous
conduct by promotion to Post-rank 2 Nov. 1801,
next obtained command, 28 Nov. 1803, of the Bac-
chante of 20 guns ; in which ship, after convoying
home a fleet from Oporto, he proceeded to the West
Indies, where he captured, 3 April and 14 May,
1805, two Spanish vessels. La Elizabeth schooner of
10 guns and 47 men,* and Le Felix letter-of-marque
of 6 guns and 42 men. While subsequently in com-
mand, from 21 Oct. 1805, until Jan. 1810, of La
Franchise 36, he took JEl Carmen Spanish schooner,
and the Brutus Dutch armed vessel — brought home
from Jamaica a convoy of 109 sail under circum-
stances of great difficulty — accompanied Lord Gam-
bier in his expedition against Copenhagen in Aug.
and Sept. 1807 — returned in 1808 with convoy to
the West Indies — took possession, in Dec. of that
year, of the town of Samana, St. Domingo, almost
the last port of refuge on the station for the enemy's
* Vide Ga/.. 1S05, p. 772.
privateers* — and further captured Le Hazard, pri-
vateer, of. 4 guns and 50 men, and L'Iphigenie
letter-of-marque, pierced for 18 guns. Kemoving
next to the Pyramhs 38, Capt. Dashwood took, in
the Baltic, the Norsk Mod, Danish privateer, of 6
guns, 4 swivels, and 28 men ; after which we find
him, during the disastrous winter of 1811, com-
manding a squadron of 10 frigates and smaller ves-
sels, left on that station by Sir Jas. Saumarez, to
collect and bring home the remnant of Rear- Admiral
Reynolds' unfortunate convoy. On this occasion
he took upon himself the responsibility of passing
through the Malmo Channel, instead of the Great
Belt, as he had been ordered, and thereby saved
the whole from destruction. He afterwards made
prize of eight American vessels, and on his trans-
ference, 15 Aug. 1812, to the Cbessy 74, was pre-
sented with a piece of plate by the officers of the
Pyramus. After serving for some time in the
North Sea, under Admiral Wm. Young, Capt. Dash-
wood escorted a valuable convoy to the Leeward
Islands, whence he returned with another of equal
importance, the masters of which gave him a chro-
nometer, for the very great attention he had paid
them during the voyage. At the review, in the
summer of 1814, of the fleet at Spithead, he steered
the royal barge ; and on joining, 12 Aug. following,
the NoKGE 74, he took part in the ensuing operar
tions against New Orleans, where the unwearied and
cheerful assistance he afforded Rear-Admiral Pul-
teney Malcolm in the debarkation of the army was
officially reported by Sir Alex. Cochrane.t In 1821,
Capt. Dashwood commanded the Windsor Castle
74, and Impregnable 104, as Flag-Captain of Sir
Alex. Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth.
He re-commissioned the former ship on 4 Jan. 1822;
and being stationed off Lisbon during the rebellion
in 1824, had the fortune of affording shelter to the
fugitive Don John, who to commemorate the occa^-
sion bestowed a gold medal on each of the officers.
The Vice-Admiral, who has been on half-pay since
1825, became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830, and
assumed his present rank 23 Nov. 1841.
Sir Chas. Dashwood was presented by Don John
with the G.C.T.S., 28 March, 1825 ; he subsequently
received the honour of knighthood ; and, on 4 July,
1840, was nocoinated a K.C.B. He married, 7
Nov. 1799, the Hon. Elizabeth De Courcy, second
daughter of Lord Kingsale, niece of Admiral Hon.
Michael De Courcy, and aunt of the present Lord
Kingsale. His two eldest sons, Charles Robert and
John De Courcy, are both Lieutenants R.N. His
youngest son, Francis, a Captain in the Hon. E.I.
Co.'s Bengal Horse Artillery, died 21 Dec. 1845,
from wounds received at the battle of Moodkee.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
DASHWOOD, K.T.S. (Lieutenant, 1824.
F-p., 15; H-p., 18.)
Charles Robert Dashwood is eldest son of
Vice-Admiral Sir Chas. Dashwood, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 12
Dec. 1814 ; and embarked, in Dec. 1817, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich.
Dacres, stationed in the Channel. He proceeded
to the East Indies in 1818, on board the Phaeton
38, Capts. Wm. Henry Dillon and Wm. Augustus
Montagu ; and in 1822 joined, with his father, the
Windsor Castle 74, of which ship he was created
a Lieutenant, 1 March, 1824. He was afterwards
appointed— 28 Feb. 1826, to the Lively 46, Capt,
Wm. Elliott, on the coast of Africa,— 1 Nov. 1828,
to the WAKSprrE 76, Capt. Wm. Parker, at Ply-
mouth— and 22 Jan. 1829, to the Kxnt 78, Capts.
John Ferris Devonshire and Sam. Pym, fitting for
the Mediterranean. He returned to England in
1831 ; and has not since been afloat.
John VI. of Portugal conferred the K.T.S. on
Lieut. Dashwood, 18 April, 1825, to commemorate
the occasion on which he sought refuge on board
the Windsor Castle, when in the Tagus, in 1824.
The subject of this sketch married, 13 May, 1833,
Julia, eldest daughter of John E. Hovenden, Esq.,
• Vide Gwi. 1809, p. lOD. f V. Gaz. 1615, p. 400.
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DASHWOOD— DATIIAN.
Barrister-at-Iaw, of Gloucester Place, Portman
Square, by whom he has issue. AoEs^ts — Messrs.
Stilwell.
DASHWOOD. (Lieut., 1820. f-p., 1 3 ; h-p., 24.)
Francis Robert DASHTrooD entered the Navy,
in May, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fran-
chise 36, Capts. Chas. Dashwood and John Allen,
lying at Portsmouth. Under the former officer he
afterwards served, as Midshipman, from Jan. 1811,
to May, 1813, in the Pyramcs 38, and Cressy 74.
In June, 1813, on his return with convoy from the
"West Indies, he became attached to the Niemen 38,
Capt. Sam. Pym, on the North American station.
He afterwards rejoined Capt. Dashwood, on board
the NoRGE 74, in time to accompany the expedition
against New Orleans; and, from Oct. 1815, until
the receipt of his commission from the Admiralty,
2 Feb. 1820, he served, off the coast of Africa and in
the "West Indies, occasionally as Acting-Lieutenant,
in the Inconstant 36, Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas
Teo, Pique 36, Capts. Jas. Haldane Tait and John
M'Kellar, Bzrmdda 10, Capt. John Fakenham,
Pique again, Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Kear-Ad-
miral Donald Campbell, and Eurtalus 42, Capts.
Thos. Hnskisson and Wilson Braddyll Bigland.
He continued In the latter vessel until 1821 ; and
was subsequently appointed, in April, 1823, to the
Rifleman 18, Capts. Jas. Montagu and Wm. Webb,
on the Halifax station. He has been on half-pay
since 1825. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
DASH"WOOD. (Lieutenant, 1833.)
Georgk Frederick Dashwood entered the Navy
7 Oct. 1819 ; passed his examination in 1825 ; ob-
tained his commission 3 Dec. 1833 ; and served from
25 Sept. 1835, until 1837, latterly as First-Lieute-
nant, in the Sulphur surveying-vessel, Capts. Fred.
Wm. Beeohey and Edw. Belcher, on the South
American station. He has since been unemployed.
DASH"W00D, K.T.S. (Lieutenant, 1820. r-p.,
14; H-p., 19.)
John De Coukcy Dashwood is second son of
Vice- Admiral Sir Chas. Dashwood, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1814, as
Midshipman, on board the Norge 74, commanded
by his father, whom he attended in the ensuing ex-
pedition against New Orleans. From 9 June, 1816,
to 9 June, 1818, we next find him studying at the
Royal Naval College. He then re-embarked on
board the Phaeton 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon;
sailed soon afterwards for the West Indies in the
LiFFEY 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan ; and— after
a re-attachment of three years, as Admiralty Mid-
shipman, to the Phaeton 38, commanded on the
North American and Channel stations by Capts.
Dillon and "Wm. Augustus Montagu — rejoined his
father in a similar capacity on board the Windsor
Castle of 74 guns, 24 Sept. 1822. He attained the
rank of Lieutenant 1 Jan. 1824 ; and was next ap-
pointed, 22 Aug. 1825, to the Dryad 42, Capts.
Hon. Robt. Rodney, and Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton,
employed on the Channel, Cork, and Mediterranean
stations. _ He was placed on half-pay in 1829 ; and
has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Dashwood, who is Senior of 1824, was
created a K.T.S. by John "71. of Portugal, 18 April,
1825, in commemoration of his having taken shelter
on board the Windsor Castle, when off Lisbon, in
1824. He married, 22 May, 1839, Henrietta Wil-
kughby, only daughter of the late S. G. Barrett,
Esq., of the island of Jamaica. Agents— Messrs.
Stilwell.
DASHWOOD. (Captain, in 1818. F-p., 15;
H-p., 33.)
1790^''""™ Bateman Dashwood was born 1 Sept.
fJ^'? ^?''' ^°*^™"i th« Navy, 3 Aug. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol on board the Defiance 74, Capts.
Thos. Revell Shivers and Rich. Retalick, flag-ship
afterwards of Rear-Admiral Thos. Graves, under
whom he served at the battle of Copenhagen, 2
April, 1801. On 22 June, 1802, he became Mid-
shipman of the Isis 50, bearing the flag in suc-
cession of the late Lord Gambler, of Sir Edw.
Thornbrough, and of Sir Erasmus Gower, at New-
foundland, where he continued until Feb. 1805;
after which he joined, consecutively, the Pomone
44, Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb, off Lisbon, Captain
74, Capt. Geo. Cockbnrn, at Spithead, and Modeste
36, Capt. Geo. Elliott. On 15 Aug. 1807, being then
in the East Indies, Mr. Dashwood was appointed
Acting-Lieutenant of the Culloden 74, flag-ship of
Sir Edw. Pellew, from which we find him officially
promoted, 28 Jan. 1808, into his former ship, the
MoDESTE. Invaliding home in July, 1809, he next,
on 12 June, 1810, joined the Atlas 74, Capt. Jas.
Sanders, and was for some time employed in the
gun-boat service at the siege of Cadiz. Prior to
his appointment, as First-Lieutenant, to the Active
of 46 guns, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, which took
place in Oct. 1811, Mr. Dashwood further served
for a few months with Capt. Clephane, on board
the Cumberland and Ajax 74's. On 29 Nov. in
the latter year, he shared in a hard-fought action
of an hour and forty minutes, which, in rendering
the Active captor of La Pomtme, of 44 guns and
332 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded, cost
her a loss of 8 killed and 27 wounded ; and on that
occasion he had the misfortune to have his right
arm shot off, a few minutes after the disablement of
Capt. Gordon, who lost a leg.* Being promoted to
the rank of Commander 19 May, 1812, and ap-
pointed, 23 July, 1813, to the Snap 16, Capt. Dash-
wood now cruized off the coast of France, where,
on 1 Nov., he fell in with five privateer luggers,
one of which, Le Lion, of 16 guns and 69 men, he
brought to close action, and in ten minutes cap-
tured.f On 15 Nov. 1814, he removed to the Pro-
metheus sloop, and after hovering about the Bay
of Biscay for some time in the summer of 1815, with
a view to the interception of Napoleon Buonaparte,
sailed for the Mediterranean ; on which station he
assisted at the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug.
1816. Previously to that event he had succeeded
in bringing away, disguised as midshipmen, the
wife and daughter of the British Consul, Mr.
M'Donell.J Capt. Dashwood, who paid the Pro-
metheus off in Nov. 1816, was subsequently ap-
pointed to the Acting command, 23 July, 1818, of
the Creole 36, fitting for South America, where
he attained Post-rank, 21 Oct. following, in the
Amphion 32. He went on half-pay in May, 1819;
and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Dashwood is Senior of 1818. In considera-
tion of his wound he enjoys a pension of QOOl. He
married, 17 April, 1820, Louisa Henrietta, only
daughter of Fred. Bode, Esq., by whom he has
issue. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
DATHAN. (Retired Commander, 1841. f-p.,
25 ; H-p., 43.)
James Hartley Dathan is son of an old officer
in the army, who, after 36 years of service, was
taken prisoner with General Matthews at Hyderar
bad, and never heard of more.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1779, as
Captain's Servant, on hoard the Berwick 74, Capt.
Hon. Keith Stewart, in which ship he sailed for the
West Indies. In Aug. 1780, he removed to the
Sultan 74, Capt. Alex. Gardner, flag-ship subse-
quently of Sir Edw. Hughes, Commander-in-Chief
in the East Indies, where he appears to have been
wounded while participating in five sanguinary
actions fought, between 17 Feb. 1782, and 20 June,
1783, with the French fleet under M. de Suffrein.
After an interval of five years he re-embarked, 29
May, 1790, on board the Salisbury 50, Capt. Wm.
* Fide Gs.7.. 1812, p. 566.
f Le lAon had 5 men, including her captain, killed, and 6
wounded. No casiialtv whatever occurred on board tlie Snap.
—V.GslZ. 1813, p. 2167.
t F. Gaz. 1816, p. 1190.
DAVENHILL-DAVENPORT.
265
Domett, bearing the flag at Newfoundland of Vice-
Admiral Milbanke. In 1793 he proceeded to the
Mediterranean in the Diadem 64, Capt. Andrew
Sutherland ; and on there joining, as Midshipman,
the Berwick 74, he was present in that vessel, under
Capt. Adam Littlejohn, who was killed, when she
was taken, after a brave defence, by the French
fleet, 7 March, 1795. On 14 of the same month he
chanced, as a prisoner in the enemy's ship Latiguedoc^
to be an eye-witness of Vice-Admiral Hotham's first
partial action. Being restored to liberty in the fol-
lowing Aug., Mr. Dathan immediately joined the
^ A Iha 80, Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater, which ship was
accidentally burnt, in St. Eiorenza Bay, 11 April,
1796. Mr. Dathan, who on that occasion only saved
himself by jumping naked overboard, next became
Master's Mate of the SmtPKiSE 32, Capts. Ralph
Willett Miller, Chas. Stewart, and Edw. Hamilton,
on the Newfoundland station ; and, on 2 July, 1798,
was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Hazard, of 24
or 26 guns, Capts. Wm. Butterfield and Rich. John
Neve. On 12 Aug. following he assisted, and ac-
quitted himself much to the satisfaction of his
Captain, at the capture, off the coast of Ireland, of
Le Neptune^ French national ship, of 20 guns, having
on hoard 270 troops, which did not surrender until
after an obstinate conflict of an hour and fifty mi-
nutes, in which the enemy had upwards of 20 men
killed and wounded, and the British only 6 men
wounded.* This prize, with all the prisoners, Mr.
Dathan, a^ded by 20 of the Hazard's crew, con-
ducted into Cork ; which place, however, in conse-
quence of her shattered state, he was eight days in
reaching. The Hazard being paid off in June,
1802, he was lastly, from Aug. 1803, to July, 1810,
and from Sept. 1811, until Aug. 1814, employed in
the Impress service at North Shields, and also in
London. He accepted his present rank 12 Oct.
1841.
Commander Dathan, whose wounds have nearly
deprived him of sight, was admitted, 29 April,
1833, to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital.
He is married, and has issue eight children. Agemts
— Hallett and Robinson.
DAVENHILL. (Eetibed Commander, 1842.)
Matthew Davenhill — who had previously
served for eight months in the Otter sloop, Capt.
■Williams---joined, on 4 Sept. 1796, the Termagant
18, Capt. David Lloyd, with whom he served, in
the North Sea, as Midshipman, until June, 1798.
He next ofiiciated for three years as Master's Mate
of the Circe 28, Capts. Robt. Winthrop and Isaac
"Woolley ; and during that period attended the expe-
dition to the Helder in Aug. 1799. In April, 1801,
he became attached to the Sans Pareil 80, flag-
ship at Jamaica of Lord Hugh Seymour; after
which he rejoined Capt. Wolley in the Circe, in
Jan. 1802 ; and from June, 1803, until the receipt
of his Lieutenant's commission, 22 Jan. 1806, further
served, a great part of the time as Master's Mate,
on board the Seahorse, Tribune, and Sybille
frigates, commanded on the Mediterranean, Chan-
nel, and Irish stations, by Capts. Hon. Courtenay
Boyle, Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, and Robt.
Winthrop. He was subsequently appointed — 17
March, 1806, to the Julia sloop, Capt. Robt.
Tarker, in the West Indies — 15 March, 1810, to the
Childers 16, Capt. Joseph Packwood, at Leith —
and, 10 Dec. 1810, to the Talbot sloop, off the
coast of Ireland. After being 40 years on half-pay,
Commander Davenhill was at length invested vrith
the rank he now holds 8 Jan. 1842.
He was awarded the out-pcnsion of Greenwich
Hospital 11 Dec. 1841. Agent— Fred. Dufaur.
DAVENPORT, formerly Homphrbys, Kt., C.B.,
K.C.H. (Kear-Admikal OF the White, 1840.)
Sir Salusbury Pryce Davenport was born, 24
Nov. 1778, at Climgunford Rectory, near Ludlow,
and died, 17 Nov. 1845, at Cheltenham. He was
• Vide Gaz. 17S8, p. 814.
third son of the Rev. Evan Humphreys, Rector of
Montgomery and of Clungunford, by Mary, daugh-
ter, and coheir, with her sister, of the Rev. Salus-
bury Pryce, D.D. ; and brother of the late Rev. Dr.
"Trevor, Prebendary of Chester. Sir Salusbury as-
sumed the surname of Davenport in 1838, on suc-
ceeding, through his wife, to the Davenport estates
of Bramall, in Cheshire.
This ofBoer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1790, as
Midshipman, on board the Ardent 64, Capt. Jas.
Vashon ; served next in the West Indies, with Sir
John Laforey and Capts. Matthew Squire and Fras.
Laforey, in the Trusty 50, Soleeay 32, and Fairy
sloop ; escorted Lord Dorchester, in 1794, to Quebec
in the Severn 44, Capt. Paul Minchin ; and, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 Jan. 1797,
further served, in the Leeward Islands, under the
latter ofiicer and his successor, Capt. Matthew
Henry Scott, on board the Hebe 38. Mr. Hum-
phreys, who subsequently co-operated in the reduc-
tion of Ste. Lucie, returned to England, in April,
1797, in the Fury, which sloop had been appointed
to bring home the despatches relative to the un-
successful attack on Puerto Rico. While next at-
tached to the Juno 32, he took command, 12 Augi
1799, of the Undaunted, a schuyt armed with 2
24-pounder carronades, which he had recently cut
out ; and, assisted by the Crash gun-boat, and by
the launches of the Latona and Pylades, took a
6-gun battery at Schiermonikoog, on the coast of
Holland, where he also brought out 13 of the
enemy's vessels, and caused the destruction of the
Vengeance schooner, of 6 guns and 70 men. After
the ensuing occupation of the Helder, Lieut.
Humphreys joined the Isis 50, bearing the flag of
Vice-Admiral Mitchell, whom he accompanied up
the Zuyder Zee in the Babet of 20 guns. On his
removal to the Stag cutter, we next find him, on
the night of 7 July, 1800, supporting Capt. Henry
Inman in an attempt to destroy four French frigates
in Dunkerque, on which occasion La Desiree, of 40
guns and 350 men, fell into the hands of the British.
He was afterwards, while serving with Sir Andrew
Mitchell in the Windsor Castle 74, promoted to
the rank of Commander, 29 April, 1802 ; and posted,
while commanding the Prospero bomb, at Ports-
mouth, 8 May, 1804. In May, 1806, Capt. Hum-
phreys was appointed to the Leander 50, on the
Halifax station, where, shortly after his arrival, he
removed to the Leopard, of similar force, flag-ship
of the Hon. Geo. Cranfleld Berkeley, who, however,
chiefly resided on shore. On 22 June, 1807, being
off Cape Henry, he fell in with the American fri-
gate Chesapeake^ of 46 guns ; and, pursuant to the
orders of his Commander-in-Chief, proceeded to
search that vessel for deserters. The attempt
meeting with resistance, Capt. Humphreys, finding
it impossible otherwise to fulfil the instructions he
had received, eventually fired three broadsides,
which killed 3 and wounded 18 of the Chesapeake's
people; whereupon the latter ship struck her co-
lours. The search was then carried into effect, and
four of the runaway seamen discovered and identi-
fied ; after which the Leopard made sail, and re-
turned to the squadron she had recently left. Capt.
Humphreys' conduct throughout the whole trans-
action met with the warm approval of Vice-Admi-
ral Berkeley ; but that oflicer, in order to propitiate
the Americans, to whom the afiair had given the
utmost offence, was recalled in 1808. The subject
of this memoir was at the same time placed on
half-pay, and not afterwards employed. He at-
tained Flag-rank 17 Aug. 1840.
The Rear-Admiral, who acted as magistrate for
the counties of Buckingham, Chester, Derby, Lan-
caster and Gloucester, was nominated a C.B. 26
Sept. 1831, and on 21 Feb. 1834, received the
lumour of Knighthood and the Insignia of a K.C.H.
He married first, in 1805, Jane Elizabeth, eldest
daughter and heir of John Tirol Morin, Esq., of
Weedon Lodge, Bucks. That lady dying in 1808,
he wedded, secondly, 31 May, 1810, Maria, daughter
and heir of Wm. Davenport, Esq., of Bramall Halh
By the former marriage he had issue one son, now
2M
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DAVIES.
in Holy Orders : he has left, by the second, with
two daughters, five sons, all of whom are in the
army.
DAVIES. (LlEUTENAKT, 1845.)
Alexandee Bonthkone Davies passed his exa-
mination 2 Nov. 1833; obtained an appointment in
the Coast Guard 4 Aug. 1841 ; was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 9 Dec. 1845 ; and, since 18 of
the same month, has been employed in the Daring
12, Capts. Henry Jas. Matson and "Wm. Peel, on the
North America and West India station.
DAVIES. (Lieutenant, 1808.)
Arthur Davies entered the Navy, 1 June, 1800,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. Fioeenzo 40,
Capts. Chas. Wm. Paterson and Joseph Bingham,
employed at the blockade of Havre de Grace, and
also in the East Indies, where he served, from May,
1803 to Jan. 1807, with the present Sir Josiah Cog-
hill, as Midshipman, in the KATTiiESNAKB sloop and
La Concorde frigate, and, for the next three years,
with Rear-Admirals Sir Edw. Pellew and Wm.
O'Brien Drury, in the Culloden and Russel 74's,
of which latter ship he was created a Lieutenant 27
Dec. 1808. He returned home with convoy in the
Belliqhedx 64, Capt. Geo. Byng, in 1811 ; and was
subsequently appointed — 12 Aug. 1812, to the Lvra
10, Capt. Bobt. Bioye, on the north coast of Spain
— 25 Jan. 1813, to the Hamadryad 36, Capt. Edw.
Chetham, under whom he witnessed the capture, 12
Dec. 1814, of the Abigail Danish national cutter,
and afterwards served on the Newfoundland station
— and, 30 May, 1815, as Second, to the Brazen 18,
Capt. Jas. Stirling. He invalided home from the
West Indies in Sept. 1816 ; and was next appointed,
26 April, 1823, to the Water Guard Service, in
which he continued for some time. Lieut. Davies
is at present employed as Emigration Agent at Ho-
bart Town.
He married, 6 May, 1824, Elizabeth, second
daughter of the late Geo. Matcham, Esq., of Ash-
ford Lodge, 00. Sussex, sister-in-law of Lieutenants,
in the Navy, John Bendyshe and H. W. Mason, as
likewise of the late Capt. Edw. Blanckley, R.N.,
and niece of the immortal Nelson. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson.
DAVIES. (LiECT., 1815. f-p., 16 ; h-p.,25.)
David Gam Davies entered the Navy, in Jan.
1806, on board the Pompee 74, Capt. Rich. Dacres,
flag-ship in- succession of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith
and of the Hon. Edwin Henry Stanhope ; in which
he assisted in various operations on the coast of
Italy in 1806, including the sieges of Gaeta and
Scyila, and the taking of Capri and Fort Licosa,
and accompanied, in 1807, the expeditions to the
Dardanells and Copenhagen. From March, 1808,
to July, 1810, he next served, as Midshipman, in
the Puissant 38, Capts. Adam Mackenzie and
Schomborg, on the Brazilian station ; after which
he joined, in Feb. 1811, the Southampton of 38
guns and 212 men, Capt. Sir Jas. Lucas Teo', and,
on 3 Feb. 1812, assisted at the capture of the Hay-
tian frigate Amethyste of 44 guns and 700 men, at
the close of a sharp contest, in which the enemy
had 105 men killed and 120 wounded, and the Bri-
tish only 1 man killed and 10 wounded. The Sodth-
ampton, after making prize of the United States'
brig Vixen of 14 guns, was eventually wrecked, on
a reef of rocks, near Conception Island, 27 Nov.
1812. In May, 1813, Mr. Davies rejoined Sir Sidney
Smith in the Hibernia 120, on the Mediterranean
station, where he remained until the receipt of his
commission 1 March, 1815. He was subsequently
from 23 Aug. 1824 until 1826, employed on the
Coast Blockade, as Lieut, of the Ramillies 74 and
Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'CuUooh and Wm. Jas.
Mingaye ; and, on 28 Dec. 1841, was appointed Ad-
miralty Agent in a contract mail steam -vessel
Lieut. Davies, since 7 Feb. 1843, has been offici-
ating as agent of the Arabian emigration transport.
Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
DAVIES. (COMMANDEK, 1842.)
George Davies was bom in the parish of St.
Cuthbert, Wells, co. Somerset.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Capts. Robt.
Waller Otway and Geo. Mundy. In that ship he
assisted, while at the siege of St. Sebastian, in taking
the island of Sta. Clara, and was present, as Mid-
shipman, at the blockade of Rochefort and of Tou-
lon, the surrender of Marseilles, and the capture of
a vast number of the enemy's armed and other ves-
sels. Joining next the Queen Chaklotte 100, bear-
ing the flag of Lord Exmouth, he took part in the
bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816; and on
that occasion he particularly attracted the notice of
his Commander-in-Chief, whose orders he was
throughout employed in conveying to the difierent
ships of the fleet. The boat he commanded was
frequently under the necessity of being partially
re-manned, in consequence of the great loss of her
crew in killed and wounded. In Sept. 1817, Mr.
Davies, who for the last twelve months had been
unable to procure employment, rejoined Lord Ex-
mouth in the Impregnabi.e 104, on that officer
hoisting his flag as Commander-in-Chief at Ply-
mouth ; shortly after which he proceeded to St.
Helena in the Sappho 18, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plum-
ridge. He subsequently, in 1821, became attached
to the Seeingapatam 46, Capt. Sam. Warren, in
the boats of which sMp he appears to have assisted
at the capture and destruction of various piratical
vessels in the West Indies. On his removal, in Jan.
1824, to the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. Kobt. Cavendish
Spencer, then in the Medi,terranean, he contributed
to the utter defeat, on 31 of th^ month, of the
JVipoli, Algerine corvette of 18 guns and 100 men ;
and, on the night of 23 May following, he aided in
the boats, under Lieut. Michael Quin, at the bril-
liant destruction of a 16-gun brig, moored in a posi-
tion of extraordinary strength alongside the walls
of the fortress of Bona, in which were a garrison of
about 400 soldiers, who, from cannon and musket,
kept up a tremendous fire, almost perpendicularly,
on the deck.' He afterwards, in charge of the ship's
barge, brought out a piratical mistico from the
island of Hydra; and, on rejoining the Seeinga-
patam, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, frequently landed, at
the head of a division of seamen, in order to co-
operate with the marines of that ship and of the
Revenge in their hostilities against the pirates of
other Greek settlements in the Archipelago. Hav-
ing been promoted, for his gallantry at Bona, to the
rank of Lieutenant 1 June, 1826, five years pre-
viously to which he had passed his examination,
Mr. Davies, early in 1827, returned to England on
board the Sybille 48, Capt. Sir Sam. John Brooke
Pechell. Between 13 Dec. 1828 and 1831, he farther
served in the West Indies, as First-Lieutenant of
the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, Spaeeowhawk
18, Capt. Thos. Gill, and Mersey 26, Capt. Geo.
Wm. Conway Courtenay. On 6 July, 1832, he was
appointed to a station in the Coast Guard, which
he resigned on being nominated to the command,
28 Nov. 1836, of the Tartar Revenue-cutter. At
the expiration of his servitude in the latter vessel
he returned to the Coast Guard, 27 March, 1840,
and continued in that service (in which, and in the
Tartar, he was so successful as to effect the cap-
ture of not fewer than 15 notorious smuggling ves-
sels, besides making numerous other seizures and
many valuable salvages) until 1 Jan. 1842, when
he was promoted to his present rank. Smce 3 July,
1843, he has been re-employed in the Coast Guard
as an Inspecting Commander. The generous exer-
tions of this officer in often hazarding his life for
the preservation of his fellow creatures, by jumping
overboard and otherwise, have been so conspicuous
as to have obtained for him six medals from the
Royal Humane Society and the National Shipwreck
Institution. King Louis Philippe, in acknowledg-
DAVIES.
267
mont of his having saved the crews of three French
vessels, has also conferred on him two gold " medals
of merit ;" and on the last occasion His Majesty pre-
sented him with the order of the Legion of Honour,
which, however, the existfhg regulations did not
permit him to accept. In addition to these testi-
monials of Commander Davies' high merit, we may
further enumerate the presentation of three pieces
of plate, and the frequent thanks of the Board of
Admiralty and of the Committee at Lloyd's.
He married, .20 July, 1832, Julia, fourth daughter
of Joseph Hume, Esq., for many years head of the
Admiralty Department at Somerset House, by whom
he has issue five children.
DAVIES. (Lieut., 1812. f-p.,19; h-p.,33.)
Hamilton Davies was horn 28 Nov. 1784.
This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1795, as
Yeoman of the Powder Room, on board the Heart
OF Oak fire-brig, Midshipman-in-command Wm.
Beard, stationed oflF the coast of France ; joined, in
Feb. 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., the Royal Soveeeign
100, bearing the flag of Sir Alan Gardner ; served
next, for 14 months, on hoard the Inoendiakt fire-
ship, Capt. Geo. Barker, principally on the Jersey
and Guernsey station ; and on 20 June, 1798, was
appointed Midshipman of the Vibago gun-brig,
Lieut. -Commander Wm. Beard, under whom we
find him frequently in combat with the Algeciras
flotilla, while in escort of convoys to Gibraltar.
From Oct. 1798 until Sept. 1802, he afterwards
served in the Spaktiate 74, Capt. Hon. Chas Her-
bert Pierrepont, ofi' Lisbon, Cambkidob 80, flag-ship
at Plymouth of Sir Thos. Pasley, and Ambdscade
36, Capt. Hon. John Colville. Under the latter
officer, he appears to have often skirmished with
the enemy off the coast of France, and in Samana
Bay, St. Domingo. He next joined, 24 March, 1803,
the CoNQDEKOK 74, Capts. Thos. Louis and Israel
Pellew ; and while in that ship, he accompanied Lord
Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit of the com-
bined fleets of France and Spain, in the summer of
1805, and was afterwards present in the battle of
Trafalgar. On 20 Jan. 18O8, while in charge of a
priae, Mr. Davies, who had passed his exammation
in July, 1805, was unfortunately taken prisoner by
the French. He was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 20 Nov. 1812 ; but remained in captivity
until May, 1814; since which period he has not
been afloat.
Lieutenant Davies married 28 Sept. 1814 ; and
has issue two sons and one daughter. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
DAVIES. (ffajtatn, 1814. f-p., 17; h-p., 36.)
Henbv Thomas Davies entered the Navy, 3
March, 1794, as Captain's Servant, on board the
Tkiton 28, Capt. John Elphinstone, lying in Ports-
mouth harbour ; and, on soon after removing with
the same officer to the GnoEif 98, bore a part in
Lord Howe's action of the 1st of June. He conti-
nued to serve with Capt. Elphinstone — as Midship-
man and Master's Mate of the Barfleur, Monabch,
and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships of the late Lord
Keith, and of the Diomede 50— until March, 1800;
during which period, while in the Monarch, he
assisted at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope
in 1795, and was present at the surrender of the
Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay, 17 Aug. 1796.
Mr. Davies returned home from the East Indies
early in 1800, on board L'Oiseau 36, Capt. Sam.
Hood Linzee; and on 24 Dec. in that year, after
again serving with Capt. Elphinstone in the Hector
74, and with Lord Keith in the Foudrovant 80,
was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Winchelsea
32, Capt. John Hatley. In the course of 1801 he
obtained a medal for his services in Egypt ; subse-
quently to which we find him appointed— in Deo. of
the latter year, to the Zealous 74, Capt. S. H.
Linzee, whom he accompanied to the West Indies
—19 March, 1804, after 18 months of half-pay, to
the Ruby 64, Capt. Chas. Rowley, employed in the
North Sea and off Cadiz— 18 Jan. 1805, to the Ma-
tilda, as Flag-Lieutenant in the river Thames to
Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope — and, 6 Feb. 1806, in
the capacity of First-Lieutenant, to the Blanche
of 46 guns and 265 men, Capt. 'fhos. Lavie. For
his conduct, and the strong recommendation of his
commander, at the capture, 19 July following, off'
the Faeroe Islands, of the Guerriere French frigate,
of 50 guns and 317 men, which struck her colours at
the close of a warm action, in which the British
lost only 4 men wounded, and the enemy 50 killed
and wounded, Mr. Davies was rewarded with a
Commander's commission, dated on 28 of the same
month.* He assumed command, in Jan. 1809, of
the Tyrian 10, on the Channel station, where he
removed, 3 Aug. 1811, to the'ALBACORE 18 ; and, on
18 Deo. 1812, he particularly distinguished himself
by the gallantry with which, in company with two
or three smaller vessels, he pursued and engaged,
with a loss to the Albacore of 1 Lieutenant killed
and 6 or 7 men wounded, the French 40-gun frigate
La Ghire^ who ultimately efiected her escape.
Capt. Davies attained Post-rank 19 Feb. 1814 ; and,
from 9 June following until 10 July, 1815, further
commanded the Niagara 20, and Prince Regent
56, on Lake Ontario. He accepted the Retirement
1 Oct. 1846.
His only son, the Rev. H. C. Davies, of Sydney
College, Cambridge, died 5 Aug. 1836.
DAVIES. (CoMMAKDEB, 1816. F-p., 16; H-p., .34.)
John Davies was born 3 May, 1781.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1797, as
A. B., on board the Sulphur 12, Capts. Jas. Keith
Sheppard and John Wainwright, under whom, dur-
ing the three following years, he was frequently in
action with the enemy's batteries and flotilla at
Havre de Grace. From Aug. 1803 to March, 1808,
he next served, in the North Sea and Baltic, on
board the St. Alban's 64, Capt. John Temple, and
Dictator 64, Capts. Jas. Macnamara and Donald
Campbell ; and, while in the latter ship, was present
at the bombardment of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807,
and commanded, 9 Aug. 1808, a gun-boat, under
Capt. Macnamara, at the attack and capture, pre-
vious to the embarkation from Nyeborg of the
Marquis de la Romana and his army, of a Danish
man-of-war brig, the Fama of 18, and her consort,
the Sahrman cutter of 12 guns. On leaving the
Dictator, Mr. Davies rejoined the last-mentioned
officer in the Edgar 74 ; from which ship, having
passed his examination 3 Feb. 1806, he was pro-
moted, 25 Nov. 1808, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in
the HouKD bomb, Capt. Nich. Lockyer. He was
confirmed by the Admiralty in his new rank 2 Feb.
1809 ; and was subsequently appointed — 22 May
following, again to the Edgar — 10 March, 1810, to
the Berwick 74, Capts. J. Macnamara and Edw.
Brace — 16 June, 1812, to the Thames 32, Capts.
Chas. Napier and John Strutt Peyton — 26 Feb.
1814, to the Waespite 74, Capt. Lord Jas. O'Bryen
—and, 25 March, 1815, and 3 July, 1816, to the
Boyne 98, and Queen Chablotte 100, flag-ships of
Lord Exmouth. When in the Bebwick, Mr. Davies
assisted in causing the destruction, near Barfleur,
of the French 40-gun frigate Amazone, 25 March,
1811 ; and, while Senior of the Thames, he ac-
quired, in 1813, the approbation of his commander
by his conduct at the capture,! in face of consider-
able opposition, of the island of Ponza, and coope-
rated with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia,
where he served at the arduous reduction of the
Col de Balaguer. For his exertions at the bomb-
ardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, on which occa-
sion he commanded a gun-boat, Lieutenant Davies
was advanced to his present rank, by commission
dated 8 Oct. in the same year.J He has since been
on half-pay.
He married, 10 Oct. 1820, Maria, youngest daugh-
ter of Peter Pavin, Esq., of Miliord Haven, co.
Pembroke, by whom he has issue two children.
* FirfeGaz. 1806, p. 911.
t F. Gai. 18\3, p. 1H6. j K. Gaz. 1816, p. 1792.
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DAVIES.
DA VIES. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 19; h-p., 24.)
John Davies entered the Navy, 9 Not. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thisbe 28, armee en
flutCf Capt. Lewis Shepheard, in which vessel he at-
tained the rating of Midshipman 8 March, 1806, and
took out Lieut.-Gen. Whitelocke to the Rio de la
Plata, early in 1807. From the following Deo. until
Nov. 1812, he next served with Capts. Alex. Wibnot
Schomberg and Thos. Brown, latterly as Master's
Mate, in the Loike 38, which ship, on 5 Jan. 1809,
captured the Hebe, French corvette of 20 guns, and
afterwards assisted at the reduction of Martinique
and Guadeloupe. Until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 7 March, 1815, Mr. Davies appears to
have been further employed, on the Mediterranean
and Home stations, in the Barfleur 98, Capts. Sir
Edw. Berry and John Maitland, and Roval Sove-
reign yacht, Capt. Sir E. Berry. He subsequently
obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard, 17
April, 1838 ; and removed to the command, 30 April,
1839, of the Wiokham, Revenue cutter. He re-
turned to the Coast Guard, 15 Oct. 1841 ; and since
27 Nov. 1844, has been employed, as Admiralty
Agent, in a contract mail steam-vessel.
DAVIES. (Eetibed Commandeb, 1845. f-p., 14 ;
H-p., 34.)
John George Davies entered the Navy, 28 June,
1799, as Midshipman, on board, the Urchin gun-
vessel, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Davies, at Gibraltar ;
served, from Aug. following until May, 1803, in
L'EspoiR 14, Capt. Jas. Sanders, and Hector 74,
Capts. John Elphinstone and Wm. Skipsey, on the
Mediterranean station ; and subsequently joined
the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag in the
Channel of Sir Bobt. Calder, and the Courageox
74, Capts. Thos. Bertie, Chas. Boyles, and Rich.
Lee. After participating with the latter officer in
Sir Rich. Strachan's action, 4 Nov. 1805, he' became
attached for some months to the Rotai Wilmam,
flag-ship of Admiral Geo. Montagu, at Portsmouth,
where, on 16 June, 1807, he was appointed Sub-
Lieutenant of the Dapper gun-vessel. On attain-
ing the full rank of Lieutenant in the Thrash,
Capt. Chas. Webb, 7 July, 1808, Mr. Davies paid a
short visit to the West Indies, and on his return
home in the following Nov. he was placed on half-
pay. His subsequent appointments appear to have
been — in Aug. 1810, to the Princess of Orange 74,
flag-ship in the Downs of Vice- Admiral Campbell —
18 Jan. 1811, to the Freija 36, Capts. Colin Camp-
bell and Wm. Scott, employed in the Mediterranean
and off Lisbon— 21 Oct. 1812, to the Derwent 18,
Capt. Geo. Manners Sutton, stationed ofiF the north
coast of Spain — and 28 Oct. 1814, to the Amaranthe
sloop, Capt. Rich. Augustus Yates, lying at Ports-
mouth. He returned to half-pay on 26 of the fol-
lowing month ; and accepted the rank he now holds
19 July, 1845.
DAVIES. (Eetieed Commander, 1843. f-p.,
10; H-p., 43. J
Richard Longfield Davies was bom 28 Nov.
1775, in the county of Cork, and died 15 May, 1846.
He was the 17th child of a late Clergyman of the
Established Church.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1793, as
A.B., on board the Medusa 50, Capt. Jas. Norman ;
and on subsequently removing, as Midshipman, to
the Ceres 32, Capt. Rich. Incledon, assisted at the
reduction of the French West India islands, in
1794. Under the same officer, in the Vengeance,
he next officiated at the storming of Fleur d'Epe'e
and Pointe-i-Pitre, in the island of Guadeloupe;
after which he rejoined Capt. Norman, as Master's
Mate, in the Medusa, and was eventually present
in a similar capacity on board the Namub 90, Capt.
Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, in Sir John Jervis' action,
14 Feb. 1797. In Sept. following, he removed from
the ViLLE DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Earl St. Vin-
cent, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Ai,exak±>er
74, Capt. Alex. Ball ; and on next joining the Ma-
jestic 74, Capts. Geo. Blagdcn Wcstcott and Kobt.
Cuthbert, he filled the same post at the battle of
the Nile, 1 Aug. 1798. On that occasion Mr. Davies
commanded the boarders and firemen, and for his
general exertions was publicly thanked by his Cap-
tain. Being confirmed; after many other active
services, particularly on the Neapolitan coast, by
commission dated 8 June, 1799, he was subsequently
appointed— 27 Dec. 1799, to the Active 38, Capt.
Chas. Sydney Davers, in the Channel— in 1801-2, to
the Shark 16, commanded by Capt. Jas.Carthew and
for some time by himself. Sans Parell 80, flag-
ship of Admiral Rich. Montagu, and Syren 32,
Capt. John Wentworth Loring, on the Jamaica
station— and, 21 Feb. 1803, to the Aurora 28, Capt.
Micajah Malton. In command at first of the boats
belonging to the latter frigate, manned with only
27 men, and then in a tender, we find him taking
successively possession of the islands St. Pierre
and Miquelon, at the former of which places, after
destroying all the guns and ammunition, he kept
140 prisoners in check for 24 hours, until he was re-
lieved by the arrival of the ship."' The subject of
this sketch, who was placed on half-pay 25 Dec.
1803, became a Retired Commander on the Junior
list 1 Dec. 1830 ; and on the Senior, 28 July, 1843.
He married, 29 Dec. 1803, a daughter of the Rev.-
John Marshall, Rector of Orsett, and Chaplain to
King George IV. ; and has left issue four children.
Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
DAVIES. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Thomas Davies (a) entered the Nary 22 March,
1808 ; obtained a commission 14 Oct. 1824 ; was
afterwards employed on the Coast Blockade, as
Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74,
Capt. Hugh Pigot, from 10 April, 1826, until 1829 ;
and since the latter date has been on half-pay.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
DAVIES. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Thomas Davies (6) entered the Navy 13 Oct.
1829 ; passed his examination 16 July, 1836 ; and
from 1841, until promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant, 8 Feb. 1844, served, chiefly on the South
American station, as Mate of the Ardent steam-
vessel, Capt. John Russell, Curlew brig, Capt.
John Foote, and Flamer steamer, Lieut.-Com-
mander Chas. Jas. Postle. Since 12 March, 1844,
this officer has been serving in the Pacific, Medi-
terranean, and Channel, as Lieutenant of the Ame-
rica 50, Capts. Hon. John Gordon and Sir Thos.
Maitland.
DAVIES. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 27.)
William Bees Davies entered the Navy, 16
Aug. 1806, as a Supernumerary, on board the
Mars 74, Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, attached to
the fleet in the Channel. From Sept. following
until Oct. 1809, he next officiated as Fst.-cl. Vol,
and Midshipman of the Superb 74, Captain, after-
wards Bear- Admiral, Sir Bich. Goodwin Keats;
and during that period attended the expedition to
Copenhagen, in Aug. and Sept. 1807, was present at
the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Marquis de
laRomana and his army, 11 Aug. 1808, and assisted
at the bombardment of Flushing, in Aug. 1809. In
Nov. following Mr. Davies joined the Jason 32,
Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King, with whom he served
off Newfoundland until transferred, in Aug. 1811,
to La Minerve 38, Capt. Rich. Hawkins, on the
West India station. He returned to England in
May, 1814 ; and, while next attached to the Sara-
cen sloop, Capt. Alex. Dixie, was promoted to his
present rank 15 Feb. 1815. He subsequently, from
14 March, 1841, until the close of 1845, served in
the Niagara 20, Montreal schooner, and Mo-
hawk steamer, Capts. Williams Sandom and Wm.
Newton Fowell, on the Canadian Lakes; where,
since 5 Dec. 1846, he has been again employed with
Capt. Fowell, on board the Cherokee steam-
vessel.
Vide Gra. 183.t, p. 1438.
DAVIS.
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DAVIS. (Commander, 1842. r-p.,12; h-p.,29.)
George Evan Davis was born 17 Oct. 1795.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 Oct. 1806, as
Midshipman, on board the Eliza cutter, Lieut.-
Commander Nicholas ICortwright, employed in the
Impress service at Swansea ; and from Aug. 1807,
until Eeb. 1810, was borne on the boolcs of the
Royal George 100, and San Josep 110, flag-ships
in the Channel of Sir John Thos. Duckworth.
During that period he served in a gun-boat
throughout the whole of the operations connected
with the expedition to the Walcheren, and received
the particukir thanks of Sir Home Popham for his
conduct in the four-hours' action which preceded
the capture of Campvere. After a re-attachment
of a few months to the Eliza and San Josef, the
latter bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir
Chas. Cotton, Mr. Davis, in Feb. 1811, joined the
Alacrity, of 18 guns, Capt. Nesbit Palmer. On
26 May following, that vessel, being on a cruize off
Cape St. Andre, island of Corsica, with an effective
crew on board of not more than 94, of whom 14
were boys, came to a close action, which lasted 45
minutes, with the French corvette L'AbeilU, of 20
guns and 165 men. At the end of that time, hav-
ing sustained a loss of all her ofiioers, and in the
whole of 32 killed and wounded, and being other-
vrise greatly disabled, the Alacrity hauled down
her colours, and was taken possession of by L'Abeille,
whose own loss on the occasion amounted, as ac-
knowledged, to 7 men killed and 12 wounded. In
company with L'Abeille were also a schooner and
three xebecs, all heavily armed. On his recovery,
Mr. Davis, who had himself been badly wounded,
was marched through Italy to France ; whence he
ultimately effected his escape in Dec. 1813. Pre-
viously to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
which took place 10 March, 1815, he'further served
in the Espoir 18, Capt. Robt. Russell, and Sea-
horse 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon ; and in the
latter ship he took an active part in the hostilities
against New Orleans, where he also served on shore.
On the transference of the Packet establishment to
the jurisdiction of the Admiralty in July, 1837,
liiejut. Davis, who for nearly 12 years had been
employed in that service by the Post-Ofllce, was
re-appointed by the Board to the command, on the
Holyhead station, of the Gleaner steam-vessel, in
which he remained until 31 March, 1839. He was
confirmed in his present rank on 20 Jan. 1842,
shortly after his assumption of the acting command
of the CoMus 18, in the West Indies. He brought
that vessel home and paid her off in May following ;
and since 25 June, 1846, has been in command of
the Bulldog steam-sloop at the Cape of Good
Hope.
Commander Davis, from the commencement
of the peace until 1825, when he entered the
service of the Post-Offloe, was chiefly employed,
cither in command of a merchant-vessel or steam-
packet, or in the capacity of Agent or Managing
Director of a Steam-Navigation Company esta-
blished at Liverpool. He married, 17 Feb. 1823,
Isabella, youngest daughter of John Sperling, Esq.,
of Dynes Hall, co. Essex ; and has issue, with one
daughter, a son, St. George Clarence Sperling, a
Clerk in H.M. Dockyard at Portsmouth.
DAVIS. (LiEDT., 1815. F-P., 10; h-p., 32.)
Henry Davis (c) was born, 28 Oct. 1789, at Cob-
ham, CO. Surrey.
Tliis officer entered the Navy, 23 Sept. 1805, as
Ordinary, on board the Nassad 64, Capt. Robt.
Campbell, fitting at Woolwich. From 27 Feb. 1806,
to 7 Nov. 1808, he next served, a great part of the
time as Midshipman, in the Phosphorus fire-brig,
of 4 12-pounder carronades and 24 men, Lieut.-
CommandersWm. Jas. Hughes and Robt. Danl. Lan-
caster; and, on 14 Aug. in the former year, he as-
sisted in the peculiarly gallant defeat of a French
privateer, carrying 12 guns and upwards of 70 men,
which sheered off after an action of 70 minutes, 45
of wliioh were spent in an ineffectual attempt to
board the British vessel. For his conduct on the
occasion Lieut. Hughes, who with 7 others was
wounded, received his promotion. In Aug. 1809,
having removed to the Challenger 16, Capts.
Wm. Bamham Rider and Goddard Blennerhassett,
Mr. Davis accompanied the expedition to the Wal-
cheren, subsequently to which, on her return from
the West Indies, whither she had gone with con-
voy, the Challenger was captured by a French
frigate and armed store-ship, after a running fight
of four hours, 12 March, 1811. Between 28 May,
1814, the period of his liberation, and July, 1815,
Mr. Davis was afterwards employed, as a Super-
numerary, in the Pbince 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke,
lying at Spithead, and, as Master's Mate, in the
Amphion 32, Capts. Jas. Pattison Stewart and John
Brett Purvis (under the former of whom he again
went to the West Indies with convoy), and in the
Ganymede 24, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, fitting at
Portsmouth. He then received a commission dated
24 Feb. 1815, and has not been since employed.
Lieut. Davis married, 7 Aug. 1815, Miss Mary
Lloyd, by whom he has issue three children.
AftENTS — Messrs. Ommanney.
DAVIS. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Henry Barnett Davis passed his examination
in 1834 ; and obtained his commission 9 Feb. 1838.
We subsequently find him appointed — 26 Sept.
1838, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings— 9 May, 1839, to the
Revenge 78, Capt. Hon. Wm. WalJegiave, employed
on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations — and, 21
June, 1842, as First-Lieutenant, to the Satellite
18, Capt. Robt. Fitzgerald Gambler, whom he ac-
companied to South America. Since 22 Sept. 1846,
Mr. Davis, who had been on half-pay since 1843,
has been employed in the Coast Guard.
DAVIS. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 13; h-p., 34.)
James Davis entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1800, as
L.M., on board the Donna Theresa gun-brig,
Capt. John Gentle, on the Home station. From
Nov. 1801, until March, 1805, he was further em-
ployed in the Dedaignedse frigate, Capt. Thos.
Geo. Shortland, and Constance 24, Capt. Anselm
John Griffiths; and under the latter officer he
served at the blockade of the Rivers Elbe and
Weser. In March, 1805, Mr. Davis became Midship-
man of the Monmodth 64, bearing the flag in the
NorthSeaofRear-AdmiralThos. Macnamara Russell,
from which ship he removed, in May following, to
the Stately 64, Capt. Geo. Parker. On 22 March,
1808, being off the coast of Zealand, he assisted, in
company with the Nassau 64, and was slightly
wounded, as Master's Mate, at the capture and de-
struction, after an obstinate running fight, and a
loss to the Stately of 4 men killed and 28 wounded,
of the Danish 74-gun ship Prindts Christian Fre-
deric* Mr. Davis continued to serve with Capt.
Parker, the last six months as Acting-Lieutenant
of the Aboukie 74, until April, 1809, when he re-
sumed the rank of Midshipman, and joined Capt.
Chas. Rowley, in the Eagle 74. He was next lent
to the gun-boat service in the expedition against
Walcheren ; after which he proceeded to the West
Indies, and there joined in succession the Neptune
98, and Statira 38, flag-ships of Sir Alex. Cochrane,
who, on 21 July, 1810, promoted him to a Lieu-
tenancy in the Perseverance, Capt. Fras. Douglas.
He was at length confirmed by the Admiralty in his
present rank 21 March, 1812, and, on 19 Nov. 1813,
was appointed to the Tartarus 20, Capts. John
Pasco and Thos. Rich. Toker. After serving for
two years on the Irish and North Sea stations,
Lieut. Davis was paid off 29 Nov. 1815 ; since which
period he has not been employed.
DAVIS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
John Davis entered the Navy, 18 Feb. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Resolution 74, Capt.
Geo. Burlton, under whom, in the Rodney 74, and
* Fitl^ Gaz. 18j8, p. 536.
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DAVIS— DAVISON— DAVY.
ViLLE DE Pakis 110, he continued to serTe, on the
Worth Sea, Baltic, Lisbon, and Mediterranean sta-
tions, chiefly as Midshipman and Master's Mate,
untU Dec. 1812. He assisted, while in the Resold-
TiON, in the operations against Walcheren and
Copenhagen, in 1807 and 1809. After a further
servitude, in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Ire-
land, and in the West Indies, as Master's Mate of
the Resistance 36, Capt. Fleetwood Broughton
Reynolds Pellew, and of the Sultak 74, Capt. John
"West, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
18 Feb. 1815. He has since been on half-pay.
DAVIS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Robert Davis entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Quebec 32, Capts. Geo.
M'Kinley and Lord Falkland, stationed in the
North Sea. In March, 1807, he rejoined Capt.
M'Kinley, as Midshipman, on board the Lively
38 ; in which ship, after participating in various
operations on the river Tagus, and contributing to
the reduction of Vigo and Santiago in 1809, he was
eventually wrecked, off the island of Malta, in Aiig.
1810. Between the following Nov. and the year
1812 Mr. Davis was further employed, off the coasts
of Spain, Portugal, and Holland, in the CoMus 22,
Capt. Matthew Smith, Comet 18, Capt. Rich.
Henry Muddle, and Defiance 74, Capt. Rich.
Raggett. He then^ as Master's Mate, joined the
Bellona 74, commanded by his old Captain,
M'Kinley, with whom he served, off St. Helena and
the coast of France, until transferred, in Feb. 1813,
to the ScAMANDER 36, Capt. Gilbert Heathcote, ap-
pointed to cruize off the Western Islands. Since
his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 3 Feb.
1815, Mr. Davis appears to have been unemployed.
He married, 17 Nov. 1828, the Right Hon. the
Dowager Lady Kirkcudbright, of Raeberry Lodge,
Southampton. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
DAVISON. (Lieut., 1807. p-p., 22 ; h-p., 27.)
Edward BAKERDAVisoNwasbominDec. 1782, at
Jamaica, and died about the commencement of 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 31 July, 1798, as
A.B., on board the Haerlem 68, Capt. Geo. Burl-
ton, employed off the coast of Ireland j'and in Dec.
following became Midshipman of the Dragon 74,
Capts. Geo. Campbell, Fred. Lewis Maitland, John
Aylmer, and Edw. Griffith. After serving for some
time in the Channel and off the north coast of
Spain, he proceeded to the Mediterranean ; and in
the course of 1800 was wounded while on boat-
service at Elba. On 9 April, 1805, Mr. Davison re-
moved, as Sub-Lieutenant, to the Fervent 10,
Lieut.-Commander John Edw. Hare, with whom
he cruized in the Straits of Gibraltar until ap-
pointed, 25 April, 1807, full Lieutenant of the Imo-
GENE 16, Capts. Thos. Garth and Wm. Stephens.
He invalided home from the Mediterranean in Dec.
1808 ; and was next appointed in succession, 13 Oct.
1812, and 12 April, 1813, to L'Oiseau, prison-ship
at Plymouth, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Needham,
and GiiADiATOR 44, bearing the flag at Portsmouth
of Rear-Admiral Edw. Jas. Foote, under whose
orders he continued to serve until 18 May, 1815.
From 5 Oct. 1831, until 28 July, 1842, Lieut. Davi-
son was subsequently, with partial intermissions,
employed as Agent for Transports Afloat on board
the Maitland, Stentor,* Pabmelia, and Prince
George. In command of the latter vessel he offi-
ciated, on 26 Aug. and 1 Oct. 1841, at the reduction of
Amoy, andthe recapture of Chusan. At^the period
of his death he had been on half-pay since 1842.
DAVISON. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
James Sandfokd Davison is the grandson of a
Captain in the Royal Navy who served as Lieute-
nant in the action of 1 June, 1794.
This officer entered the Navy 29 Aug. 1829 ; and
passed his examination in March, 1836. He served
on board the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence,
throughout the operations on the coast of Syria,
where he appears to have been employed in the
boats at the destruction, in the face of a heavy fire of
musketry from the enemy, of a quantity of powder
stowed in the Castle of Beyrout, 2 Oct. 1840.* He
was made Lieutenant 21 Sept. 1842, as being Senior
Mate of the Royal George yacht, Capt. Lord
Adolphus FitzClarence, on the occasion of the
Queen's visit to Scotland. Mr. Davison— whose
next appointment was, 13 Oct. 1842, to the Wasp
16, Capt. Andrew Drew, on the North America
and West India station— has been in command,
since 1 Aug. 1844, of a station in the Coast Guard.
DAVISON. (Lieut., 1811. r-p., 15; h-p., 29.)
KiLGODB Davison entered the Navy, 15 April,
1803, as Schoohnaster, on board the Ethauon 38,
Capts. Chas. Stuart, Joseph Spear, Wm. Chas.
Fahie, and Thos. John Cochrane, under which
officers he successively served, latterly as Midship-
man and Master's Mate, until Dec. 1808. He as-
sisted, during that period, at the capture of the
Danish West India islands of St. Thomas and Sta.
Croix in Dec. 1807, and, pending the last five
months of his attachment to the Ethalion, "was
absent in a prize. On next joining the Neptune
98, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, he served
at the taking, in Feb. and April, 1809, of the islands
of Martinique and the Saintes, and of the French 74-
gun ship D'Haupoult. While in the Neptune, he
also, we believe, aided in cutting out a schooner
under a heavy fire from the batteries of St. Eusta/-
tius. Being appointed, 29 June, 1809, to an Acting-
Lieutenancy in the Vimiera brig, Capt. Edw.
Scobell, Mr. Davison, in Feb. 1810, further contri-
buted to the reduction of St. Martin, St. Eustatius,
and Saba. He removed on 5 July following to the
Scorpion 18, Capts. Hon. John Gore and Robt.
Giles, and, being confirmed in that vessel 17 July,
1811, continued to serve in her, on the Spanish
Main, and off the coast of Africa, until March, 1813.
He subsequently held an appointment in the Coast
Guard from 14 May, 1831, until 1836 ; but has since
been on half-pay.
DAVY. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.)
John Davy, born 5 June, 1789, is only surviving
son of the late Rev. Wm. Davy, of Ingoldsthorpe,
CO. Norfolk, by his first-cousin, Elizabeth, daughter
of Edw. Davy, Esq., of Milsham. One of his bro-
thers, Henry, in the Royal Engineers, was killed at
Corunna, vrith Sir John Moore, in Jan. 1809 ; and
another, William, also an officer in the army, was
drowned at St. Helena in Dec. 1818.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 June, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Colossus 74, commanded
by the present Sir Geo. Martin, whom he after-
wards followed, as Midshipman and Master's Mate,
into the Glory, Barflecr, and Queen 98's, and
into the Canopus 80. While in the Barfleur, he
took part in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July,
1805; and, when in the Canopus in 1807-9, he saw
much gun-boat service in the Faro of Messina, and
beheld the reduction of the islands of Ischia and
Procida. On next removing to the Ville de Paris
110, bearing the flag of Lord CoUingwood, he served
in the boats under Lieut. John Tailour, on the
night of 31 Oct. 1809, at the capture and destruc-
tion, after a fearful struggle, and a loss to the
British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the
French armed store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and
116 men, bombards Victoire and Grondewr^ and
armed xebec Normande, with a convoy of seven
merchant-vessels, defended by numerous strong
batteries in the Bay of Rosas. He was appointed,
5 Nov. following, Acting-Lieutenant of the Cum-
berland 74, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, to
which ship the Admiralty confirmed him by com-
mission dated 5 Jan. 1810. He returned home
from the Mediterranean in April, 1811, on board
the Pylades 18, Capt. Geo. Ferguson; subse-
quently to which he cruized, early in 1812, off the
coast of Ireland, in the Hamadryad 36, Capt. Sir
Thos. Staines. From 20 May, 1812, until promoted
• Vide Gai. 1840, p. 2010.
DAWES— DA WKINS— DAWSON.
271
to his present rank, 15 July, 1814, he was again
employed under his patron, Vice-Admiral Martin,
as his Flag-Lieutenant, in the Impetdedx, Stately,
and Rodney, line-of-battle ships, off Lisbon and
Cadiz. Commander Davy has not, since the latter
date, been afloat.
He married, in Feb. 1832, Katherine, eldest
daughter of the late Rich. Davy, Esq., of Toxford,
00. Suffolk, and has issue a son and four daughters.
Agent — J. Hinxraan.
DAWES. (Lieut., 1841. r-p., 19; h-p., 5.)
Daniel Bctleb Dawes entered the Navy, 20
Dec. 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bulttabk
74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, on the Home station,
where he became. In July, 1825, Midshipman of
the Genoa 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst. From
1826 until his return home in 1831, on board the
Calcutta 84, Capt. Peter Fisher, he next served
with Capts. Jas. Stirling, John FitzGerald Studdert,
and Wm. Clarke Jervoise, in the Success 28, on the
East India station. Having passed his examina-
tion, 6 June, 1832, Mr. Dawes, in Aug. 1833, joined,
as Mate, the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings, with whom he conti-
nued until transferred, in Feb. 1835, to the Cale-
donia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley in the
Mediterranean. From Dec. 1837, until May, 1841,
he was further employed on board the Volage 26,
Capts. Henry Smith and Geo. Elliot; and during
that period was at the capture of Aden in 1839,
and witnessed the commencement of the hostilities
in China. He was afterwards attached, from
Oct.' 1841, until March, 1842, to the Styx steam
surveying-vessel, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emerio Vidal,
on the coast of Africa ; and was then discharged,
having been promoted to the rank he now holds on
23 Nov. 1841. Mr. Dawes' next appointment was,
14 Nov. 1843, to the Larne 18, Capt. John Wm.
Douglas Brisbane, also on the African station,
whence he invalided in. Aug. 1844. He resumed
his professional duties, 26 June, 1846, in the Co-
lumbine 16, commanded, on the East India station,
by Capts. Jas. Rich. Booth and Chas. Conrad Grey.
Agents — Collier and Snee.
DAWKINS. (Commander, 1841.)
Charles Colyear Dawkins entered the Navy
23 Aug. 1820; passed his examination in 1829;
and, after serving for two months as Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Isis 50, was confirmed by the Admiralty
14 June, 1830. He was subsequently appointed —
21 Nov. 1831, to the Talbot 28, Capt. Rich. Dick-
inson, at the Cape of Good Hope — 25 April, 1835,
to the Canopus 80, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, in
the Mediterranean— 12 Feb. 1839, to the Hydra
steam-vcssel, Capt. Anthony Wm. Milward, lying
at Chatham — and, 19 April following, to the Blen-
heim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse,
fitting for the East Indies. As a reward for his
services at the capture of Canton, he was promoted,
after having officiated for seven years as a Lieute-
nant, to the rank of Commander, 8 Oct. 1841. Since
that period, however, he has not been employed.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
DAWSON. (LiEnr., 1824. f-p., 19; h-p., 15.)
Gilbert Francis Dawson, born 14 April, 1800,
is youngest son of the late Fras. Dawson, Esq., of
Fordham Abbey, near Newmarket; brother of
Commander John Francis Dawson, R.N., who was
killed, while in command of a division of the Bri-
tish flotilla during the Burmese war, 2 Dec. 1825 ;
and first-cousin, maternally, of Viscount Canter-
bury.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 March, 1813,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Warspite 74, Capts.
Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood and Lord Jas. O'Bryen ;
and, on eventually proceeding to North America,
removed as Midshipman, in 1814, to the Iphigenia
36, Capt. Andrew King. From 1816 to 1820 we
next find him in the East Indies on board the Con-
way 28, Capt. John Reynolds, and Leander 50,
flag-ship of Sir H. Blackwood. He then for a brief
period joined the Queen Charlotte, bearing the
flag at Portsmouth of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed ;
and, for about three years, was afterwards em-
ployed in the West Indies as a passed Midshipman
of the Thracian 18, Capt. John Walter Roberts,
and Grecian cutter, Lieut.-Commander John
Cawley. On 31 March, 1823, in command, we be-
lieve, of the boats of the Thracian and Tyne, he
captured the Zaragozana, a piratical schooner. He
obtained his commission 28 June, 1824; and was
subsequently appointed, chiefly in the West Indies
— 6 July following, to the Diamond 46, Capt. Lord
Napier— next, to the Bustard 10, Capt. Williams
Sandon— 11 Feb. 1826, as First-Lieutenant, to the
Bbitomart 10, Capt. Fred. Chamier— 18 Sept. 1828,
to the NiMROD 20, Capt. Sam. Radford— and, 9 Oct.
1829, to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Robt. Milborne
Jackson. Since 1832, in which year he invalided
home, Lieut. Dawson has not been ofiicially afloat.
The subject of this sketch, since he left the Hya-
cinth, has been in command of various merchant-
ships and steam-boats. From 1840 to 1841 he was
employed as a Police Magistrate in New Zealand.
He married, first. Marguerite Jane, daughter of
John Paddock, Esq., Staff Surgeon in the Army;
and secondly, 29 Nov. 1841, Harriott Hey wood,
daughter of W. H. Styles, Esq., of New House
Farm, North Fleet, co. Kent. He has issue four
children.
DAWSON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 12; h-p., 34.)
John Dawson entered the Navy, 25 July, 1801,
as A.B., on board the Intrepid 64, Capt. Wm.
Hargood, stationed in the East Indies, where he
attained the rating of Midshipman, 1 Oct. 1801.
On his return home he joined, in April, 1803, the
Texel 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng ; under whom (if
we except a few months, from 28 June to 6 Nov.
1807, when he officiated as Acting-Master of the
Sea Flower gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm.
Fitzwilliam Owen) he continued to serve, in the
Texel 64, Malabar 50, Belliqueux 64, and
Warrior 74, until Dec. 1811. During that period
he accompanied, in the Belliqueux, the expedition
against the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806 ; con-
tributed, in the same ship, to the capture and destruc-
tion, on 27 Nov. following, of a Dutch frigate, seven
brigs of war, and about 20 armed and other mer-
chant-vessels, in Batavia Roads ; and was officially
praised for his brave conduct, as Acting-Lieutenant
(order dated 13 Oct. 1809), in the boats of the
Belliqueux and Sir Francis Drake, at the de-
struction of three gun-vessels, under a heavy fire
from the batteries at Bantam, in 1810.* Mr. Daw-
son, whose appointment to the Belliqueux was
confirmed 27 Aug. 1811, rejoined his patron (after
an intermediate servitude in the Castilian 18,
Capt. David Braimer) in the Warrior on 22 Aug.
1812. He invalided, however, in Nov. 1813 ; and
has since been on half-pay.
This officer has been perfectly blind for the last
five-and-twenty years.
DAWSON. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 13; h-p., 25.)
William Dawson (a) entered the Navy, 24 June,
1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Active of 46
guns, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, attached to the
fleet, in the Mediterranean. On 12 Feb. 1811, he
assisted, as Midshipman, in the boats under Lieut.
Jas. Dickinson, at the capture of a convoy, fear-
fully protected, in the harbour of Ortona ; subse-
quently to which, on 13 March following, we find
him enacting a part in the memorable action off
Lissa, when a British squadron, carrying in the
whole 156 guns and 879 men, completely routed,
after a conflict of six hours, and a loss to the Active
of 4 men killed and 24 wounded, a Franco-Venetian
squadron, whose force amounted to 284 guns and
2655 men. From July, 1811, to Sept. 1814, he next
served on the Irish and West India stations in the
Leonidas 38, Capts. Anselm John Griffiths, Fred.
• Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1195.
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DAWSON- DAY.
Wm. Aylmer, and Geo. Fras. Seymour; under the
latter of whom he assisted at the chase and captiire
of the Faul Jones, American privateer, of 16 guns
and 85 men. He then removed to the CrANE, of
32 guns and 171 men, Capt. Gordon Thoa. Falcon ;
and on 20 Feb. 1815, off Madeira, joined, as Master's
Mate, in a fierce action, which terminated in the
capture, by the XFnited States frigate Constitution,
of 54 guns and 469, of the Cyake (whose loss on
the occasion amounted*to 6 killed and 13 wounded),
and of her consort, the Levant, of 20 guns and 131
men. Being soon afterwards restored to liberty in
consequence of the peace, Mr. Dawson returned
home on board the Dragon 74, Capt. Kobt. Barrie ;
and from the following Oct. until Sept. 1816, was
employed in the West Indies, part of the time as
Acting-Lieutenant, in the BniSKis 10, Capt. Geo.
Domett. Between Feb. 1821, and the receipt of
his first commission, which he did not obtain until
14 Dec. following, five years previously to which
period he had passed Ms examination, he further
served in the Albion 74, Capt. Eich. Kaggett, and
cruized for some time with George IV. in the
Kotal George yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget.
After a subsequent attachment of four months to
the Ganges 74, he rejoined the Kovai, George,
Capts. Geo. Mundy and Adolphus FitzClarence ;
and continued in that vessel, from 14 Jan. 1830,
until promoted to the rank of Commander, 6 July,
1832. Capt. Dawson, whose next appointment was
to the command, 7 March, 1840, of the Victor I'i,
on the North America and "West India station, has
been on half-pay since his attainment Qf Post-rank,
23 Kov. 1841.
DAWSON. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
AVllmam Dawson (6) entered the Navy 24 July,
1809 ; passed his examination in 1815 ; obtained lus
commission 28 April, 1827 ; and (with the exception
of three years' command, from Sept. 1835 to Sept.
1838, of the Hornet Kevenue cutter) has held an
appointment in the Coast Guard Service since 7
Oct. 1829.
DAY. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
Bartholomew George Smith Day entered the
Navy, 27 Nov. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
Amsterdam frigate, Capt. "Wm. Ferris, employed
in the West Indies ; and, on next joining the Ke-
venge 74, Capt. Kobt. Moorsom, took part, as Mid-
shipman, in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805.
Until Nov. 1808, he afterwards became attached in
succession, on the Channel and Halifax stations, to
the Medosa 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell
Bouverie, Leopard 50, flag-ship of the Hon. Geo.
Cranfield Berkeley, and Chibucto and Bream
schooners, both commanded by Lieut. Geo. Gover
Miall. Being then appointed Acting-Master of the
Supbriedre sloop, Capts. "Wm. Ferrie, Humphrey
Fleming Senbouse, Henry Conyngham Coxen, and
Robt. Russell, he assisted, in company with the
Horatio and Latona, at the capture, on 10 Feb.
1809, of the French 40-gun frigate La Juruyn, after
a contest in which the Scperieore figured very
conspicuously ; and, in the same and the following
year, he was also present at the reduction of the
islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and St. Martin.
Between Oct. 1810 and his promotion to the rank
of Lieutenant, — which took place 11 Feb. 1815,
three years after he had passed his examination, —
Mr. Day appears to have been next employed — in
the Royal Sovereign yacht, in the river Thames
— the Dominica sloop, Capt. Robt. Hockings, and
Qdeen 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, both on
the West India station— and the Cyrds 20, Capt.
Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, off the coast of France.
From April to Sept. 1815, he afterwards served in
the Slaney 20, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius; but
since the latter date he has not been afloat.
Lieut. Day, when in the Bream, in Chesapeake
Bay, had the good fortune to suppress a mutiny
which had broken out on board that vessel. He
holds an appointment at present in the Quaran-
tine Service. Agent— J. Uinxman.
DAY (Ketieed Commander, 1846. f-p., 15;
. H-P., 34.)
Charles Estcoort Day entered the Navy, 1
Kov. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George
98, Capts. John Holloway and Sampson Edwards,
employed in the Channel and off the coast of Spain.
In Feb. 1801, having attained the rating of Mid-
shipman two years previously, he removed to the
San Josef 110, Capts. Wm. Wolseley and Jas. Car-
penter ; and, on next joining the Hercole 74, com-
manded by Capt. Solomon Ferris, and, during the
absence of that officer, by Lieut. John B. HiUs, he
witnessed the capture, between 28 June and 1 July,
1803, of La Mignomie of 16, and La Creole of 32
guns, and partook of a stiff running fight with the
40-gun frigate La Poursuivante, near St. Nicolas
Mole, St. Domingo. He afterwards visited the Me-
diterranean in the Leviathan 74, Capt. Henry
Wm. Bayntun, whence he returned to the West
Indies in 1805, in pursuit of the Franco-Spanish
fleet. On his subsequent arrival home in La Pkb-
voYAKTE store-ship, Master-Commander Daniel
M'Coy, Mr. Day joined the Windsor Castle 98,
Capt. Chas. Boyles, under whom, after viewing Sir
Sam. Hood's capture of four French frigates off
Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806, he passed the DardaneUs
in Feb. 1807, and served on shore in the attack on
the island of Prota. Being promoted to a Lieute-
nancy, 27 Dec. 1808, in -the Norge 74, Capt. John
Sprat Rainier, he next served for some time off
Lisbon and in the Mediterranean, and, in 1810-11,
commanded a gun and mortar boat at the defence
of Cadiz. Mr. Day — whose ensuing appointments
were, on 19 Feb. 1812, and 16 July, 1813, to the
iMPBTnEnx, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Geo.
Martin, and Devonshire 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly —
held command, from July, 1812, to April, 1813, of
the armed schooner Welungtos, tender to the fu-
PETUEDX. In that vessel he appears to have been
employed between Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, in
conveying despatches and freights of Government
money, and on other particular services. Having
been on half-pay since the peace, he accepted, 3
Nov. 1846, the rank of Retired Commander.
DAY. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
George Fiott Day passed his examination 10
Nov. 1838 ; and from 1839, until the receipt of his
commission, 13 Dec. 1845, served in the Mediterra-
nean, as Mate of the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston
Stewart^ and of the Queen 1 10, and Formidable
84, flag-ships of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. While
in the Benbow, he commanded that ship's barge,
and bad 4 men wounded in the attack on the town
of Tortosa, 25 Sept. 1840,* and was present at the
ensuing bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. He
served for a few months after his promotion in the
Bittern 16, Capt. Thos. Hope, off the coast of
Africa ; but is at present on half-pay.
DAY. (Eetibed Commander, 1846. e-p., 19;
H-p., 34.)
John Day entered the Navy, 26 April, 1794, as
Midshipman, on board the Stately 64, Capt. Billy
Douglas, in which ship, after assisting at the re-
duction of the Cape of Good Hope, he beheld the
surrender of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay,
17 Aug. 1796. He then joined the Braave, Capts.
Andw. Todd and Josias Rowley ; and, on next re-
moving to the Tremendous 74, Capt. John Osborne,
was, in company with the 50-gun ship Adamant,
at the destruction of the French 40-gun frigate La
Preneme, off the Isle of France, 11 Deo. 1799. After
an additional servitude, at the Cape, of two years, as
Acting-Master of the Eufhrosyne, Lieut.-Com-
mander Thos. Wilkinson, Jlr. Day returned to
England in 1802; subsequently to which we find
him, in 1804-5, serving, on the Home station, in the
Hawk, Unite, and Royal Willlam. Towards the
* Vide Gai, 1840, p. 2607.
DAYMAN-DEACON-DEALY-DEANE.
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■close of the latter year he Bailed for Cadiz with Sir
John Duckworth in the Sdperb 74 ; and, on pro-
ceeding soon afterwards to the West Indies in the
Canopus 80, flag-ship of Sir Thoa. Louis, hore a
part in the battle off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806.
During the next six months Mr. Day officiated as
Acting-Lieutenant of the Canopus ; but at the end
of that period, being unconfirmed by the Admi-
ralty, he became Master's Mate of the Wisdsor
Castle 98, Capt. Chas. Boyles, under whom he
witnessed Sir Sam. Hood's capture of four French
frigates off Kochefort, 25 Sept. 1806, and was pre-
sent at the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807.
In the following April he joined the Glatton 50,
Capts. Thos. Seccombe, John Clavell, Henry Hope,
and Geo. Miller Bligh ; and, after again serving as
Acting-Lieutenant in that ship for the space of five
months, was at length formally promoted, by com-
mission dated 21 Deo. 1808. From 22 May, 1809,
until 6 March, 1813, he next served, still on the
Mediterranean station, as First of the Wizard 18,
under the command of various officers. His last
war-appointment was, on 17 Sept. 1813, to the An-
dromeda 22, Capt. Eich. Arthur, employed off
Gibraltar and Lisbon, whence he returned home
early in 1815. He subsequently, in 1841-2, com-
manded the Pike steamer ; and on 3 Nov. 1846 ac-
cepted the rank he now holds.
DAYMAN. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Joseph Dayman is son of the late Rev. Chas.
Dayman, Rector of Great Tew, co. Oxford.
This officer entered the Navy 21 Oct. 1831 ; and
passed his examination 1 1 May, 1838. In 1839 he
was appointed Mate of the Erebus bomb, Capt. Jas.
Clark Ross ; and, on his return home from a four
years' explorative mission to the Antarctic Seas, he
was promoted to the rank he now holds 4 Oct. 1843.
He was next employed in the survey of the coast of
Ireland, from 23 July, 1845, until the close of 1846,
as Lieutenant of the Tartarus steamer, Capt. Jas.
Wolfe.
DEACON, (ffapfain, 1817. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 34.)
Henry Colins Deacon entered the Navy, 3 Nov.
1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fisgakd 38,
Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, stationed in the Channel ;
removed, in May, 1802, to the Achille 74, Capt.
John Okes Hardy ; and, from the following July
until Nov. 1806, served vrith Capt. Wm. Parker,
part of the time as Midshipman, in the Alarm 32,
and Amazon 38. In July, 1803, and Sept. 1805, the
latter vessel captured the privateers Le Felix of 16,
and Principe de la Paz of 24 guns ; she also, in the
summer of 1805, accompanied Lord Nelson to the
West Indies in pursuit of the combined fleets of
France and Spain ; and on 13 March, 1806, when in
company with the LoNi>eN.98, had 3 men killed and
6 wounded, at the capture, after a long running
fight, of the 80-guu ship Marengo, hearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate
Belle Pouk. Mr. Deacon, in the Africa 64, Capt.
Henry Wm. Bayntuh,- subsequently conoperated,
as Master's Mate, in Lieut. -General Wbitelqcke's
unfortunate attempt to recover Buenos Ayres in
July, 1807 ; after which, on his transference, as
Acting-Lieutenant, to the Oltjupia cutter, Lieut-
Commander Henry Taylor, he assisted at the hard-
wrought capture of a French letter-of-morque of
much superior force ; and then sailed for the Cape
of Good Hope. Being officially promoted on 24
Feb. 1808, he next joined the Caledon, Capt. Jas.
Tomkinson ; and on 27 Api-il, 1809, was appointed
to the Nekeide 36, Capts. Robt. Corbet and Nesbit
Josiah Willoughby ; under the former of whom he
took, in Aug. following, two batteries, commanding
the anchorage of Ste. Rose, on the eastern side of
the island of Bourbon, and contributed to the en-
suing reduction of the town of St. Paul's. Under
the gallant Willoughby, Mr. Deacon was slightly
wounded in a dashing attack made on the enemy's
batteries and troops at Jacotel, in the Mauritius, 1
May, ISIO."* He also aided, in July following, at>
* yide GaJ. ie;0, p. 132S.
the capture of He Bourbon; and on 17Aug. he landed
at the storming of a fort on Pointe du Diable, Isle
of France — immediately subsequent to which a-
chievement we find him assuming the command of
three boats, and covering Capt. Willoughby and his
party in their march alongshore to Grand Port.
Mr. Deacon wasnext on board the Nereide when she
compelled the enemy's sloop Victor to surrender,
and exchanged broadsides .with the 40-gun frigate
Minerve ; and he was again most severely wounded
in the throat, breast, legs, and arms, during a series
of unhappy though heroic operations, which, by
the 28th of the month last mentioned, terminated
in the self-destruction, in Port Sud-Est, of the
British frigates Magicienne and SiRius, and the
capture, by a French squadron, of the Nereide and
Iphigenia, — the former, after being reduced to a
mere wreck, and incurring a loss in killed and
wounded of nearly her whole crew. Mr. Deacon,
whose sufferings for a long time endangered his
life, regained his liberty on the reduction of the
Mauritius in Dec. following. He was subsequently
appointed, 28 May, 1811,%Jid 10 March, 1812, to the
Fame 74, and Lavinia 44, Capts. Walter Bathurst
and Geo. Digby, on the Mediterranean station ;
and on 7 Jime, 1814, was promoted to the com-
mand of the NiOBE 38, annee en flute. While in
that vessel, which he paid off 14 March, 1816, Capt.
Deacon conveyed the sick of the Russian Imperial
Guards to Cronstadt, in acknowledgment for which
service the Emperor, among other marks of fa^
vour, presented him with a ring: and he was also
with Sir Philip Durham at the'fcapture of Guade-
loupe in 1815. His promotion to Post-rank took
place 2 April, 1817 ; and his acceptance of the Re-
tirement 1 Oct. 1846.
DEALT. (Lieut, 1820. f-p., 13; h-p., 27.)
William Justin Dealy entered the Navy, 7 Nov.
1807, as A. B., on board the Ramillies74, Capt. Fras.
Pickmore, on the West India station ; where, in the
MuLGRAVE, Demarara, and Fawn, he assisted, un-
der the Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton, at the reduction of
the islands of St. Thomas, Sta. Croix, Marie-galante,
and Martinique. From April, 1810, until Sept.
1814, he was next most actively employed, on the
Baltic and North American stations, as Midshipman
and Master's Mate of the Woodlark 10, and Ja-
SEUR 16, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Edw.
Watts ; participating, during that period, in many
warm encounters with the enemy, and witnessing
the capture of a vast number of armed and other
vessels, as also of the towns of Benedict and Marl-
borough in the Chesapeake. After being detained
for about two months as a prisoner on board the
American privateer JFbXy Mr. Dealy was appointed
Acting-Master of the Wasp sloop, Copt. John
Flslier ; subsequently to which he served for nearly
two years in the 'East Indies as Admiralty-Midship-
man, and again, as Second Master, in the Orlando
36, Capt. John Clavell, and Favourite 20, Capt.
Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude. In Jan. 1818 he was trans-
ferred, from the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, to
the Dorothea, Capt. David Buchon, whom he ac-
companied on a perilous voyage of discovery to the
neighbourhood of Spitzhergen. After a further
.attachment of. three months to the Bulwark V4,
bearing the flag of Sir John Gore at Chatham, Mr.
Dealy, in May, 1819, sailed in the Hecla sloop,
Lieut.-Commander Wm. Edw. Parry, on another
mission to the Frozen Regions, where he penetrated
to long. 113° 54' 43^' W. within the Arctic Circle,
and thereby became entitled to a portion of a Par-
liamentary reward of SOOOi. conferred on the expe-
dition. He was alsopromoted, on his arrival home,
to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 26
Deo. 1820 ; but since that period has remained un-
employed. .^ ,
DEANE. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
William Godfrey ^Deane entered the Navy 6
April, 1829 ; passed his examination 12 Nov. 1836 ;
and served for a considerable^ time on the South-
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DEANS-DEBENHaM— DE BLAQUIERE.
American and Home stations, as Mate of the Cd-
BAQOA 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, and St. Vincent
120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington. His ap-
pointments since his promotion, wMch took place
20 Oct. 1843, have been— 19 April, 1844, to the He-
cate steam-sloop, Capt. Jas. Paterson Bower, em-
ployed on Particular Service— 17 Sept. 1845, as Ad-
ditional, to the Vindictive 50, flag-ship in North
America and the "West Indies of Sir Wm. Fras. Aus-
ten—and, 16 March, 1846, to the Persian 16, com-
manded on the same station hy Capt. Hen. Coryton.
He married, 13 April, 1844, Caroline, daughter of
the late G. Arundel Nixon, Esq., of Brown's Bam,
CO* Kilkenny.
DEANS. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 18; h-p., 25.)
Robert Deans, born 4 Oct. 1792, at Huntington,
N. B., is second son of the late Admiral Deans of
that place, who died in 1815.
. This ofScer entered the Navy, 11 Jan. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glatton 50, Capt. Jas.
Colnett, flag-ship at Leith of Rear-Admiral Jas.
Vashon. Until Dec. 1810^ he afterwards served on
the same, and on the Lisbon and Mediterranean
stations, in the Texel 64, Capt. Donald Campbell,
WooDLARK 12, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Innes, and
Kent, Royal Sovereign, ViLtE de Paris, and
San Josef, flag-ships of Admirals Edw. Thorn-
brough. Lord Collingwood, and Sir Chas. Cotton.
On 1 May, 1811, having been appointed Acting-
Lieutenant of the Cherokee 10, Capt. "Wm. Ramage,
he took part, wi^ the boats of that vessel, and of
the Clio and Bemette, in an unsuccessful attempt
to cut out some galliots lying at Egersund, on the
coast of Norway, and on that occasion lost two
fingers of the left hand, and received a musket-ball
in the right arm, which has never yet been ex-
tracted. For his gallantry he was confirmed by
the Admiralty 15 June following; subsequently to
which we find him appointed — 19 March, 1812, and
15 Feb. 1813, to the Venerable and Stirling
Castle 74's, both commanded by Sir Home Pop-
ham — and, 23 June, 1814, 1 June, 1815, and 8 July,
1816, as Flag-Lieutenant, alternately at Leith and
in the river Thames, to Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope
and Sir Home Popham, in the Latona, Iris, and
Ramillies. "When in the Venerable, Mr. Deans
was in very active command of a detachment of
seamen on the north coast of Spain, where he as-
sisted at the capture of several forts, and of the
town of St, Andero. In the Stirling Castle he
accompanied Earl Moira, as Governor-General, to
India, and on the passage acquired the particular
notice of that nobleman for his exertions in saving
the lives of two seamen who had fallen overboard.
The subject of this memoir, who assumed the rank
of Commander 9 Sept. 1818, was afterwards ap-
pointed, on the Home and Lisbon stations, to the
command, 30 April, 1827, and 24 Nov. 1829, of the
Clio and Chiluers sloops. While in the latter
vessel, which he paid off in 1832, he appears to have
been senior officer of a small squadron employed
in the river Douro during the struggle between
Pedro and Miguel. He has not been afloat since
the receipt of his Post-commission, 28 June, 1838.
Capt. Deans, in consideration of his severe
wounds, was presented with a gratuity from the
Patriotic Fund in 1812, but was refused a pension.
he married, first, 1 Feb. 1821, Mary, eldest daughter
of the late Richard Clay, Esq., of Gloucester Place,
London ; and secondly, 2 March, 1830, Charlotte
Sophia, youngest daughter of Duncan Stewart,
Esq., of Glenbuchie, co. Perth. He has issue two
daughters. Agent — J. Hinxman.
DEBENHAM. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 22;
H-p., 37.)
John Debenh-1m was born in 1772.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Nov. 1788, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Fairy sloop, Capts.
Jas. Geo. Manley anil Thos. Spry, employed on the
African and West India stations ; subsequently to
whioji he removed to the Discovery sloop, Capt.
Geo. Roberts, lying at Dcptford; and, on proceed-
ing to the East Indies in the Thames 32, Capt.
Thos. Troubridge, was present at the capture of
Tippoo Saab's " Fortified Islands," close to Onore,
on the coast of Malabar. After witnessing, in the
DoKE 98, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore
Geo. Murray, the unsuccessful attack on Martinique
in June, 1793, Mr. Debenham joined the Glory 98,
and in that ship, under Capt. John Elphinstone,
distinguished himself in Lord Howe's victory of
1 June, 1794. For his ensuing exertions, as Mid-
shipman of the Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral Henry Harvey, in conducting into
port one of the three French 74's taken in the
action off He de Groix, 23 June, 1795, he was pre-
sented by the latter officer with a commission, ap-
pointing him, 12 Sept. 1796, to the Invincible 74,
Capt. Wm. Cayley, on the Leeward Islands station.
In April, 1798, having previously assisted in an
attack on some batteries at St. Eustatius, and also
in the reduction of Trinidad, he became, at the
instance of Lord CameU'ord, First Lieutenant to
that nobleman in the Favorite sloop, commanded
afterwards in the North Sea by Capt. Joseph West-
beach. Mr. Debenham's next appointments appear
to have been— 15 Aug. 1800, to the Formidable 98,
Capts. Edw. Thombrough and Rich. Grindall, on
the Channel and Jamaica stations — 21 April, 1804,
as Senior Lieutenant, to the Devastation bomb,
Capt. Alex. Milner, under whom we find him in
daily collision with the Boulogne flotilla — and, 3
JFeb. 1806, to the command of the Fdrious gun-
brig. While in the latter vessel, independently of a
vigilant blockade of Calais, Ostend, and the inter-
mediate ports, he conducted, in a six-oared boat,
and without other aid, many perilous cutting-ouit
affairs in the very teeth of the enemy's batteries ;
and he was also successful in the capture of numer-
ous merchantmen. In Dec. 1807, however, in con-
sequence of a violent contusion of the foot, and
of the dislocation of three of his toes, by the firing
of a gun, Lieut. Debenham was compelled to resign
the command of the Fdrioos, and for several
months to move upon crutches. While next em-
ployed, from Sept. 1808, to Oct. 1809, as Agent for
Transports, he was most efficiently present at the
battle of Corunna, and in the attack on Flushing ;
after which he zealously commanded the Deptford
tender, between Limerick and Plymouth, in con-
nection with the Impress service, for a period of
more than two years and a half. Resuming his
duties as Transport Agent in July, 1813, he pro-
ceeded to the north coast of Spain, and rendered
himself particularly conspicuous by his important
co-operation with the British army immediately
preparatory to the investment of Bayonne. On 24
Feb. 1814, especially, when a flotilla under Rear-
Admiral Penrose had arrived off" the fearful mouth
of the Adour, for the purpose of entering that river,
and enabling the troops to occupy both banks,
Lieut. Debenham, in a six-oared cutter, was the
first officer who summoned resolution to face the
tremendous surf which beats over the bar.* He,
however, happily accomplished the dangerous feat,
and afterwards succeeded, by his intrepid exer-
tions, in snatching from destruction many others
who followed in his wake, but were upset in their
progress. In consideration of these, and of many
other sterling instances of good conduct, which we
find procured him the particular mention of Lieut.-
General Sir John Hope,t he was promoted, on the
recommendation of his Admiral, to the rank of
Commander, 27 Aug. following, but since that pe-
riod he has not been able to procure employment.
He is married and has issue.
DE BLAQUIERE. (Xiedtenant, 1844.)
The Honodrable William Barnard De Bla-
QuiERE, horn 16 Dec. 1814, is second and youngest
son of Lord De Blaquiere, by Lady Harriet Towns-
hend, daughter of George fiu^st Marquess Towns-
hend ; brother of the Hon. John De Blaquiere, a
» ride Gaz. 1814. p. 666. t f- Gisz. 1814, p. 618.
DECCEURDOUX-DE COURCY— DELAFONS.
275
Captain in the 3rd West India Regt. ; and flrst-
couain of the Earl of Orkney.
Thia officer passed his examination 3 Jan. 1838 ;
and was afterwards employed, as Mate, in the
■WivLLEst/EY 72, bearing the broad pendant in the
East Indies of Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, the
Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir
Thog. Hastings, and the Howe and Caledonia,
flag-ships in the Mediterranean and at Devonvort
of Sir Fraa. Mason and Sir David Milne. He ob-
tained his commission 23 Sept. 1844 ; and has been
actively employed, since 4 Dec. in the same year,
as Gunnery Lieutenant of the Eagle 50, Capt.
Geo. Bohun Martin, on the American and West
India stations.
DECCEUEDOUX. (Retired Commander, 1844.
F-p.. 27 ; H-p., 31.)
George Laoev Decoeukdoux entered the Navy,
4 Nov. 1789, as Lieutenant's Servant, on board the
Childers 10, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford ; and after
an additional servitude, latterly as Midshipman, in
the Saturn 74, Capt. Robt. Linzee, Royal Sove-
reign 100, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Graves, and L'Es-
MON 38, Capt. Manley Dixon, accompanied the
last-mentioned officer, in July, 1797, into the Lion
64. On 15 July, 1798, being off Carthagena, he
took part in a brilliant action between the Lion
and four Spanish frigates of 42 guns each, which
terminated in the surrender of one of the latter,
the Santa DorotJi^aj subsequently to which, when
in company with the Penelope and Foudrovaht,
at the blockade of Malta, he further assisted, as
Acting-Lieutenant, at the capture, 31 March, 1800,
of the French 80-gun ship Guillaume Tell, after a
tremendous conflict, in which the Lion sustained a
loss of 8 men killed and 38 wounded. Mr. Decoeur-
doux, who next served for upwards of 12 months
as a Supernumerary of the Ville de Paris 110,
flag-ship in the Channel of the Hon. "Wm. Corn-
wallis, was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the San
FioRENzo frigate, 16 April, 1802. He was after-
wards appointed — 23 March, 1803, to the Mars 74,
Capts. Robt. Dudley Oliver, Geo. Duff, and Wm.
Lukin — II Dec. 1806, to the Weymouth store-ship,
Capt. Mortin White— 18 Jan. 1808, to La FticHE
18, Capts. Thos. White and Wm. Buchanan — and,
12 June, 1809, to the command of the Pegase
prison-ship at Portsmouth, which he retained for
upwards of three years. During his attachment to
the Mars, Lieut. Decoeurdoux, besides sharing in
the battle of Trafalgar, was present at the capture,
28 July, 1806, of Le Rhin, of 44 guns and 318 men ;
and, on 25 Sept. following, he was with Sir Sam.
Hood's squadron at the taking, offRochefort, offour
heavy French frigates, two of which. La Gloire 46,
and Xj tnfatigable 44, struck to the Mars. From
Jan. 1813, to July, 1817, he was next very actively
employed, as a Transport Agent, on various stations,
and was particularly active at the embarkation of
the allied troops at Calais, in July, 1814, and Dec.
1815. His last appointment was to the Ordinary at
Portsmouth, where he served from 26 May, 1831,
until 30 April, 18-34. The rank he now holds was
conferred on him 15 June, 1844.
Commander Decceurdoux was admitted to the
out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 12 July, 1839.
He married, 21 Oct. 1809, Miss Jane Arnold, of
Forton ; and is father-in-law of Capt. John Rey-
nolds, R.N.
DE COURCY. (Commander, 1842.)
Michael De Courcy is eldest son of the late
Capt. Nevinson De Courcy, R.N., K.T.S., by Cathe-
rine, daughter of Wm. Blennerhasset, Esq. ; brother
of First Lieut. Nevinson Willoughby De Courcy,
R.M. ; grandson of the late Hon, Michael De Couroy,
Admiral of the Blue, who died in 1824 ; and cousin
of the present Lord Kingsale.
Tliis officer entered the Navy 5 Feb. 1824; passed
his examinatiun in 1830; and, obtaining his com-
mission 28 June, 1838, was appointed, 20 Sept. fol-
lowing, to the Racer 16, Capts. Geo. Byng and
Thoa. Harvey, on the North America and West
India station. He assumed command, 4 March,
1841, of the Chahybdis brigantine; and, on 12
Feb. 1842, was promoted to his present rank for Ms
extraordinary gallantry at the capture of the Car-
thagenian squadron, when protecting the British
interests in South America. Since 13 July, 1844,
Commander De Courcy has been employed in the
Coast Guard. Agent — J. Hinxman.
DELAFONS. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 27;
H-p., 33.)
Thomas Delatons, bom in Feb. 1772, is elder
brother of Lieut. W. P. Delafons, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1787, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Irresistible 74, bearing the
broad pendant in the river Medway of Commodore
Sir Andrew Snape Hamond. From 1789, until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 25 Aug. 1794, he
afterwards served, on the Home and West India sta^
tions, as Midshipman of the Barfleur 98, flag-ship
of Admiral Barrington, Saturn 74, Capt. Robt.
Linzee, Niger 32, Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, and
Hector 74, Capt. Geo. Montagu. While in the latter
ship he was present at the unsuccessful attack on
Martinique in June, 1793; and on one occasion,
falling from the mizen-top on the deck, he had the
misfortune to break his thigh and botli arms. For
some months after his promotion, Mr. Delafons serv-
ed with the Channel fleet in the Orestes 18, Capt.
Orrok, from which vessel he next joined, 3 April,
1795, the Standard 64, Capts. Joseph Ellison, John
Parr, and Thos. Revell Shivers, under the first of
whom we find him witnessing Lord Bridport's action
with the French fleet off He de Groix, 23 June fol-
lovring — and next attending Sir John Borlase War-
ren on his ill-fated expedition to the relief of the
Royalists at Quiberon. He continued in the Stand-
ard for the period of three years ; and, prior to
the peace of Amiens, was further appointed, on the
African, West India, and Home stations — 9 May,
1798, to the Amphion 32, Capt. Rich. Henry Alex.
Bennett— 6 Nov. 1800, to the Nimrod 18, Capt.
Edwards— and, 6 May, 1801, to his old ship the
Irresistible 74, Capt. Wm. Bligh. Mr. Delafohs
was next invested with the successive command,
between 30 May, 1803, and 22 Feb. 1808, of the
Venus cutter. Alert lugger. Nimble brig, and
Capelin schooner. While in the Nimble, in 1805-6,
he appears to have been intrusted by Sir Alex.
Cochrane with the command on the Virgin Islands
station, where, for a period of four months, he had
under his orders a small squadron, consisting of the
Netley 14, the Flying Fish 10, and the Mos-
quito 8. Being next employed under the Transport
Board, from 24 April, 1808, until the early part of
1814, he officiated, during that period, as Resident
Agent at Flushing at the time of the Walcheren
expedition ; acted also in the^ same capacity at
Jersey ; and was latterly Principal Agent with the
army under the Marquess of Wellington in Spain
and France. On the recommendation of the latter
nobleman, Mr. Delafons, for his indefatigable ser-
vices, was promoted to the rank he now holds 28
April, 1814, and appointed to command the trans-
port department of the expedition against New
Orleans, for his conduct throughout the operations
connected with which he received the acknowledg-
ments of the Board. After a further employment
of a few months as Principal Agent at Antwerp, he
was discharged, towards the close of 1815, and has
since been on half-pay.
Commander Delafons was appointed, in Jan. 1835,
Stipendiary Magistrate at Demerara, where he con-
tinued until April, 1839, when his health obliged him
to resign. On 26 June, 1844, he was admitted to the
out-pension of Greenwich Hospital. He married,
first, Matilda Louisa, only daughter of Lieut.-Ge-
neral Lewis, R.M., by whom, who died in April,
1816, he had issue three sons and two daughters;
and, secondly, Jane H arson, daughter of M. Grigg,
Esq., of Tamerton FoUott. By the latter lady he
has, with throe sons, six daughters, one of whom
2N2
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DELAFONS— DELAFOSSE— DELAP— DE LISLE— DELME.
Julia Matilda, married, 20 May, 1841, Alex. John
Qreenlaw, Esq., 40th Kegt. N.I.
DELAFONS. (Lieut., 1810. r-P., 13; h-p.,32.)
William Philip Delafons, born 31 Dec. 1789,
at Gosport, is younger brother of Commander Thos.
Delafons, II.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1802, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Childeks brig, Capt.
John Delafons, whom he soon afterwards accompa-
nied to the East Indies, as Midshipman of the
Dasher 18. After a successive transference on
that station to the Dedaigneuse frigate, Capt.
Peter Heywood, and Sceptke 74, Capt. Joseph
Bingham, he returned to England in 1805, on board
the Trident 64, bearing the flag of Admiral Peter
Rainier. On next joining the Supekb 74, flag-ship
of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, he sailed for the
Mediterranean, and thence proceeded to the "West
Indies, where he bore a part in the battle off St.
Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. Between April, 1807, and
the date of his promotion, which took place 3 Sept.
1810, Mr. Delafons ne^t served, chiefly in the North
Sea, on board the Ariadne 20, Capt. Arthur
Farquhar, Rover brig, Capt. Francis John Nott,
Flamer gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Thos. Cow-
per Sherwin and Anthony Bliss Wm. Lord, and
Nereus 32, Capt. Peter Heywood. He was after-
wards appointed, on the Halifax, West India, and
Home stations, to the Eurtdioe 24, Capt. Jas.
Bradshaw, Rattler 18, Capt. Gordon, Indian 16,
Capt. Henry Jane, Benbow 74, Capt. Rich. Harri-
son Pearson, and Thistle and Griffon brigs, Capts.
Jas. Montagu and Geo. Hewson. He was placed
on halt-pay in Nov. 1815; and has not since been
afloat.
Lieut. Delafons married 30 Deo. 1815. Agent —
Joseph Woodhead.
DELAFOSSE. (Commander, 1816. e-p., 18;
H-P., 28.)
Edward Hollingworth Delafosse was bom 8
Nov. 1788.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 March, 1801 (un-
der the auspices of H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence),
as Fst.-cl. V ol., on board the Cruizer 18, Capt. Jas.
Brisbane ; and, after sharing in the battle of Copen-
hagen 2 April, 1801, proceeded with that officer to
the West Indies, as Midshipman of the Saturn 74,
flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Thos. Totty, who shortly
afterwards died on board. In Nov. 1802, he joined
the Africaine 38, Capt. Thos. Manby, in the North
Sea ; and on proceeding to the East Indies in 1805
on board the Greyhound 32, Capt. Hon. Chas.
Elphinstone, became attached to the Blenheim 74,
bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Troubridge ; from
which ship, after she took the ground, and was
nearly lost, at the entrance of the Straits of Ma^
lacca, he removed, 9 June, 1806, to the Fox 32,
Capt. Hon. Arch. Cochrane. On his return home
in Aug. 1807, as Master's Mate of the Concorde 36,
Capt. John Cramer (previously to which he had
cruized for three months with Capt. Wm. Aug.
Montagu in the Dasher sloop), Mr. Delafosse
joined the York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton ; of which
ship, after witnessing the surrender of Madeira, he
was created a Lieutenant 9 April, 1808. In the
course of 1809 he further beheld the reduction of
Martinique and the Salutes, the capture of the
French 74-guu ship D' Haupm.lt, and the siege of
Flushing. He subsequently sailed for the Medi-
terranean, where, in Feb. 1811, he exchanged into
the Cekberus 32, Capts. Henry Whitby and Thos.
Garth. In Jan. 1813, as First-Lieutenant of the
latter frigate, Mr. Delafosse commanded her boats
at the capture of an armed and deeply-laden tra-
bacoolo. He also, in the following March, cut out
another vessel of the same description under a
battery near Brindisi, and assisted in dismantling
a tower and destroying a battery and several ves-
sels in a creek between the towns of Bari and St.
Vito ; after which he took temporary po^^pssion,
U April, 1813, of Devil's Island, near the nui»., ^..
trance of Corfu— was wounded, on 14 of the same
month, in another boat affair at the island of Me-
lera* — and actively co-operated in the proximate
reduction of Trieste. We subsequently find hinx
appointed Senior-Lieutenant, 18 May, 1815, of the
Wye 24, flag-ship on the Jersey and Guernsey sta-
tion of Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle — and, 20 Jan. and
1 1 April, 1816, of the Dover troop-ship, Capt. Robt.
Henly Rogers, and Hebeus 36, Capt. Edm. Pahner.
For his services at the ensuing bombardment of
Algiers, Mr. Delafosse was rewarded with the rank
of Commander 16 Sept. 1816. He was afterwards
employed in the Coast Guard in Dorsetshire, fr„m
1828 to 1831 ; and on 3 Jan. in the latter year he re-
ceived the thanks of the magistrates at Christchurch
for his distinguished zeal and alacrity in suppressing
various incendiary disturbances in the county of
Hants. Since 1831 he has not been employed.
Commander Delafosse had a gratuity of 50Z. from
the Patriotic Fund. He married, 12 Aug. 1820,
Sophia, daughter of the Rev. Geo. Chilton Lambton
Young, of Iver, Bucks. Agent — J. Chippendale.
DELAP. (Lieut., 1815. p-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Robert Delap entered the Navy, 1 June, 1805,
as A.B., on board L'Argds sloop, Capts. Edw.
Kittoe and James Stuart, on the Irish station,
where he attained the rating of Midshipman 9
Sept. 1806. From Feb. 1809 to Feb. 1812, he next
served with the Channel fleet, nearly the whole
time as Master's Mate, in the Gibraltar 80,
Capts. Henry Lidgbird Ball, Valentine Collard,
Robt. Plampin, and Geo. Scott ; under the first of
whom he was present at the destruction of the
French shipping in Basque Roads, 11 and 12 April,
1809. He afterwards joined in succession the Stir-
ling Castle, Venerable, and Bdlwark 74's, com-
manded, on the Home and American stations, by
Capts. Sir Jahleel Brenton, Augustus Brine, David
Milne, and Farmery Predam Epworth. Obtaining
his commission 11 Feb. 1815, Mr. Delap next served,
on the Bermuda and Downs stations, in the Archer
sloop, Capt. Wm. Slaughter, from 18 May to 12
Aug. following. He has since been on half-pay.
Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
DE LISLE. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Henry De Lisle passed his examination 23 May,
1837 ; served for some time as Mate, in the Medi-
terranean, of the PiKENix and Hecla steam-vessels,
Capts. John Richardson and John DuffiU; obtained
his commission 19 July, 1844 ; was appointed Addi-
tional-Lieutenant, soon afterwards, of the Alfred
50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore John
Brett Purvis, on the Brazilian station ; and, since
21 Jan. 1845, has been employed in the Pacific, as
Lieutenant of the Frolic 16, Capt. Cospatrick
Baillie Hamilton.
DELME. (Commander, 1828. f-p.,11; h-p., 27.)
George Delme entered the Navy, 2 May, 1809,
as Seo.-cl. Boy, on board the Repulse 74, Capts.
Hon. Arthur ICaye Legge and John Halliday, in
which he accompanied the ensuing expedition to
the Walcheren. In Feb. 1811, being then on the
Mediterranean station, he followed Capt. Halliday,
as Midshipman, into the Montagu 74 ; soon after
which he rejoined the Hon. A. K. Legge, whose
flag was flying on board the Revenge 74, at the
siege of Cadiz. During the three years imme-
diately preceding his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, which took place 19 Sept. 1815, Mr.
Delme further served, on the Mediterranean, Ame-
rican, and Home stations, in the Iprigenia and
Resistance frigates, both commanded by the Hon.
Fleetwood B. R. Pellew, the Spencer 74, Capt. Rich.
Raggett, and the Rochfort 74, Capt. Sir Arch.
Dickson. His subsequent appointments appear to
have been— for a few months in 1816, to the Severn
40, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, under whom he
served at the bombardment of Algiers— 30 March,
• Vide Gaz. 1813, pp. 1308, 1486.
BENCH— DENHAM—DENMAN.
277
1824, to the Wellesley 74, Capt. Graham Eden
Hamond, employed on a particular service — and, 21
I>ec. 1825, to the Java 52, flag-ship in the East In-
dies of Kear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage. He was
advanced to the command, 21 Feb. 1828, of the
Champion 18 ; but since the following autumn has
been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
DENCH. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Charles Thomas Dench passed his examination
1 Feb. 1837; and after serving for some time in the
Mediterranean as Mate of the Calcutta 84, Capt.
Sir Sam. Roberts, and of the Vesuvius steam-vessel,
Capt. Erasmus Ommanney, was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 20 Nov. 1844. He has been
employed, since 20 Jan. 1845, in the Acokn 16,
Capt. John EUiot Bingham, on the south-east coast
of America.
DENCH. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Dench entered the Navy, in April, 1793,
as Midshipman, on board the Ardent 64, Capt.
Robt. Manners Sutton; while in which ship he
served on shore at the occupation of Toulon, and
was in warm action with the batteries of St. Fior-
enza during the siege of Corsica. In April, 1794,
when the Ardent took fire and blew up, with all
hands on board, this officer had the good fortune to
be absent in charge of a prize. We next find him,
in the St. George 98, flag-ship of Sir Hyde Parker,
taking part in Hotham's actions of 14 March and 13
July, 1795 ; and, on 14 Feb. 1797, serving under the
flag of Vice-Admiral Chas. Thompson, in the Bri-
tannia 100, at the battle off Cape St. Vincent.
Removing then, with Capt. Thos. Foley, to the Go-
liath 74, he was present, in July following, at the
bombardment of Cadiz ; and on 1 Aug. 1798, he fur-
ther officiated at the battle of the Nile. A few days
after that tremendous conflict he assisted, as a Vo-
lunteer, in cutting out a heavy gun-vessel from under
the castle of Aboukir. On his return to England
he was appointed, at the recommendation of Capt.
Foley, Master's Mate of the Prince 98, bearing the
flag of Sir Chas. Cotton, to whom he became Signal-
Lieutenant, in the Prince George, 23 Jan. ISOl, and
afterwards, for nearly four years, in the San Josef.
From May to Dec. 1807, Mr. Dench was next em-
ployed in a similar capacity under Rear-Admiral
Thos. Wells in the Zealand 64, at the Nore. He
then, as before, rejoined Sir C. Cotton in the Hiber-
nia 110, off" Lisbon; to which ship he continued
attached until promoted, 24 April, 1808, to the com-
mand of the Nautilus 18. In May, 1809, Capt.
Dench brought home the despatches announcing
the evacuation of Oporto by the French army un-
der Marshal Soult; after which he cruized with
great success in the Mediterranean, where, among
other vessels, he captured — 21 July, 1812, Lf; Brave
of 5 guns and 112 men — 7 Feb. 1813, La Leonilde of
14 guns and 83 men— and, 24 May following. La
Colombe of 4 guns and 40 men. For these and other
services he received the public thanks of Sir Edw.
Pellew, the Commander-in-Chief. He was com-
pelled to invalid home in Nov. 1814, and has not
since been afloat. His Post-commission bears date
4 Juno, 1828. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
DENHAM, F.K.S. (Capt., 1846. f-p., 37 ; h-p., 1.)
Henry Mangles Denham was born 28 Aug.
1800.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1809, as a
Volunteer, on board the Daphne 20, Capt. Philip
Pipon, on the Guernsey and Jersey station ; where
he next served, from April, 1810, to May, 1814, lat-
terly as Midshipman, in the Vulture 10, Capts.
Martin White, Geo. Morris, and Henry Baugh.
During tlie three following years we find him
borne on the books of the Queen Charlotte,
BoYNE, and Prince, ships of the line, but detached
the whole of the time on the survey of the Channel
Islands, under his former Commander, Capt. Martin
White ; with whom, as Midshipman and Lieutenant
(commission dated 26 Dec. 1822), of the Shamrock
14, he was further employed, from March, 1817, to
May, 1827, in examining the English and Irish
Channels, and the south-west and north-east coast
of Ireland. In Oct. 1827, Mr. Denham assumed
command of the Linnet 10, for the purpose of sur-
veying the coast of France ; and while nominally
attached, between Sept. 1828, and March, 1835, to the
St. Vincent, Caledonia, and San Josef, he con-
ducted a survey of the Bristol Channel, and of the
ports of Liverpool and Milford. As an especial
mark of their approbation of the high merit and
talent displayed by Lieut. Denham in the important
public services which he had thus performed, the
Lords of the Admiralty promoted him to the rank
of Commander on the 20th of the month last men-
tioned. He was subsequently employed, from Jan.
1842, to July, 1845, as Commander of the Lucifer
steam-vessel, and of the Royal Sovereign yacht,
in defining the coasts of Lancashire and Cumber-
land. He was then appointed to the Avon steamer ;
and on 27 Sept. following he sailed on a surveying
expedition to the coast of Guinea, including the
mouths of the Niger. He returned to England on
the attainment of his present rank, 17 Aug. 1846 ;
and since 2 Dec. following has been borne on the
books of the William and Maky yacht. Thirty
years of Capt. Denham's servitude in the Navy
have been employed in the construction of charts,
and eighteen in the actual command of maritime
surveys. In 1830 this scientific officer received the
thanks and a vote of plate from the Trinity Board ;
in 1834 he was further presented with the freedom
of the borough of Liverpool, and elected a member
of the Literary and Philosophical Society at that
place ; and in 1839 he was chosen a Fellow of the
Royal Society; as likewise, in 1841, a Younger Bro-
ther of the Trinity Corporation, and a member of
the United States* National Institution for the
Advancement of Science. He has received the
thanks of the Geological Society, of several Refuge
Harbour Committees, and of the Committee at
Lloyd's.
Commander Denham, who married 18 March,
1826, has issue three sons and three daughters.
DENMAN, (Capt., 1825. f-p., 24; h-p., 33.)
Edmund Denman died 6 July, 1846, at Knocker's
Knowle, near Devonport.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1790, as a
Boy, on board the Royal George 100, Capt. Thos.
Pringle, flag-ship in the Channel of the Hon. Sam.
Barrington. He afterwards joined the Cambridge
80, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Sir Rich. Bick-
erton ; and on his return from the West Indies in
the Perseus 20, Capt. Geo. Palmer, obtained, in
April, 1793, a Midshipman's berth on board the
Royal Sovereign 100, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral
Thos. Graves; under whom he figured in Lord
Howe's actions of 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794.
In the same ship, under Vice-Admiral Hon. Wm.
Cornwallis, Mr. Denman was subsequently present
in that gallant officer's celebrated retreat of 16 and
17 June, 1795. He was promoted, 14 June, 1796, to
a Lieutenancy in the Trusty 50, Capt. John Osborn,
at the Cape of Good Hope ; and was afterwards ap-
pointed—11 Deo. 1798, to the Saturn 74, Capt.
Thos. Totty— 3 July, 1799, to the Windsor Castle
98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Cotton— and 24
April, 1800, to the Jason 36, Capt. Hon. John Mur-
ray, all on the Home station; where, as Senior
Lieutenant of the latter ship, he was wrecked and
taken prisoner 21 July, 1801. Mr. Denman, who
had been frequently employed in cutting out vessels
under the enemy's batteries, next became, 9 April,
1803, and 14 May, 1808, First-Lieutenant, on the
Home and Jamaica stations, of the Plantagenet
74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond, Hon. Michael
De Courcy, Francis Pender, and Wm. Bradley, and
of the Polyphemus 64, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley. In June, 1809,
we find him commanding the night guard-boats of
the squadron employed under the orders of Capt.
Wm. Pryce Cumby at the blockade of St. Domingo j
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DENMAN—DENNEHY-DENNIS— DENNY.
and, at the commencement of the following month,
acquiring the warm thanks of Major-General Car-
michael for his uncommon zeal and exertions in
command of a detachment of seamen, landed to co-
operate with the troops preparatory to the surrender
of that city by the French.* On 17 Feb. 1810, Capt.
Denman was confirmed in the command of the
Shask sloop, in which vessel, and in the Chai^
I.ENGEK, Sappho, and Sparrow, he alternately
served until March, 1811, when his health obliged
him to invalid. Being next appointed to the com-
mand, 7 June, 1814, of the Kedpole 10, he had the
honour of conveying from England to the Con-
tinent, among other illustrious personages, the He-
reditary Prince of Orange, the Crown Prince of
Bavaria, the Princes Charles and William of
Brunswick, Prince Paul of Wirtemburg, and the
present King of the French, then Duke of Orleans.
He was also in the same vessel intrusted with the
command of a light squadron stationed in the river
Scheldt for the protection of Cadsand ; and towards
the close of 1815, when he was paid off, he brought
home the despatches of Rear-Admiral Cockburn
announcing the safe arrival of Buonaparte at St.
Helena. Capt. Denman was subsequently nomi-
nated, 25 March, 1819, Superintending-Commander
of the Ordinary at Plymouth, which office he cre-
ditably filled for the accustomed period of three
years. He was advanced to Post-rank 27 May,
1825 ; but was not again employed.
Capt. Denman had, vrith other issue, a daughter,
Maria Louisa Hume, who married, in 1842, the pre-
sent Sir Thos. Turton, Bart., of Starborough Castle,
CO. Surrey. Agent — John P. Muspratt.
DENMAN, F.R.S. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 15;
H-p., 9.)
The Honodkable Joseph Denman, bom 23
June, 1810, is second son of the Right Hon. Lord
Denman, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's
Bench, by Theodosia Anne, eldest daughter of the
late Rev. Rich. Vevers, of Saxby, and grand-
daughter of Sir Edmund Anderson, Bart. He is
brother-in-law of Capt. R. L. Baynes, R.N., C.B.,
and of Lieut. Fred. Holland, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 April, 1823, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dover 28, Capt. Sam.
Chambers, bearing the flag at Leith of Sir J<)hn Poo
Beresford. In Sept. following he removed, as Mid-
shipman, to the Sybille 48, Capt. Sam. John
Pechell, fitting for the Mediterranean station ;
where, in June, 1826, he served with the boats of
that ship in a very sanguinary action with pirates
off the island of Candia. After a further attach-
ment of more than four years to the Thetis 46,
Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham, and Crdizek and
Satellite sloops, Capts. Edw. Griffith Colpoys,
John MiUlgan Laws, and John Parker, on the South
American and East India stations, Mr. Denman,
who- had passed his examination 2 Sept. 1829, ob-
tained a Lieutenant's commission dated 9 March,
1831. He was next appointed — 1 May, 1832, to the
Snake 16, Capt. Wm. Robertson, employed on the
North Sea and South American stations — and, 17
Nov. 1834, to the command, off the coast of Africa,
of the Curlew 10. Assuming the rank of Com-
mander 7 Aug. 1835, he subsequently, on 26 Dec.
1836 and 17 Nov. 1839, joined the Scylla and
"Wandekek sloops, in the former of which he served
for two years on the Lisbon station. "While offici-
ating, in 1840 and 1841, as senior naval officer on
that part of the coast of Africa lying between Cape
Verde and Cape Palmas, Capt. Denman, owing to
most offensive conduct on the part of the slave-
dealers at the Gallinas, entered into a treaty with
the native chiefs, by virtue of which all the facto-
ries were destroyed, the white offenders expelled,
and the slaves ready for exportation given up. He
then proceeded to Sierra Leone, where the latter,
900 in number, were emancipated. These measures
being strongly approved by government, Capt.
Denman was rewarded with Post-rank 23 Aug. 1841,
* Fi(fe Graz. 1809, p. 1415.
immediately after the arrival of the official reports
in England. Since that period, however, he has
been on half-pay.
The slave-dealers of the Gallinas have since, for
damages laid at 360,000?., brought actions against
Capt. Denman, which, we believe, are still pending,
and are defended at the expense of government.
This officer, in Dec. 1842, was appointed a Commis-
sioner for drawing up a code of instructions for
H.M. ships employed in the suppression of the
slave-trade. In 1844, at his own suggestion, the
successful anti-slavery plan of operation, now in
adoption on the coast of Africa, was put into force.
Capt. Denman married, 12 Feb. 1844, Grace,
youngest daughter of J. Watts Russell, Esq., of
Islam, CO. Stafford, and of Biggin HaU, co. North-
ampton. Agents — HaUett and Robinson.
DENNEHY. (Lieut., 1824. r-p., 25; h-p., 17.)
Lawrence Dennehy entered the Navy, 4 May,
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Belliqdeux 64,
Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, under whom he served at
the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope in Jan.
1806, and contributed to the capture and destruc-
tion, 27 Nov. following, of a Dutch frigate, seven
brigs of war, and about 20 armed and other mer-
chant vessels, in Batavia Roads. From March,
1807, to April, 1811, we next find him attached to
the Fox 32, Capts. Hon. Archibald Cochrane, Henry
Hart, and Wm. Wells; during which period he
witnessed, 11 Dec. 1807, the annihilation at Griessee,
in the island of Java, of the dockyard and stores,
and of all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in
the East Indies, and further officiated in command
of a boat at the cutting out of La Caravanne French
privateer, of 8 gims, under the batteries at Sapara,
23 March, 1809. On subsequently joining Commo-
dore Wm. Robt. Broughton in the Illosthiods 74,
Mr. Dennehy served at the capture of Java, where
he appears to have been engaged on shore at the
storming of Fort Cornells, 26 Aug. 1811. After a
prolonged employment in the Illustrious, under
Sir Sam. Hood, he returned home with Commodore
Broughton, on board the Doris frigate, in Deo.
1812. From that period he did not again go afloat
until Aug. 1819 ; after which, until promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 21 Jan. 1824, he served, as Ad-
miralty-Midshipman, in the Severn 40, Capt. Wm.
M'CuUooh, Blossom 24, Capt. Fred. Edw. Venablea
Vernon, Menai 24, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, and
Andromache frigate. Commodore Joseph Nourse,
on the Home and Cape stations. Except from 29
June, 1840, to 20 Dec. 1841, when he commanded
the Sovereign transport of 398 tons, Lieut. Den-
nehy has been in the Coast Guard since 12 Jan.
1835.
He married, first, 27 Nov. 1828, Margaret Louisa,
only daughter of the late Mr. Thomas, R.N., and
niece of John Porter, Esq., of Cove ; and, secondly,
in 1838, Margaret, daughter of the late D. Donovan,
DENNIS. (Commander, 1841.)
James Samuel Aked Dennis entered the Navy
24 Oct. 1822 ; passed his examination in 1829 ; ob-
tained his first commission 28 June, 1838 ; and was
afterwards appointed, 22 Jan. 1839 and 1 March,
1840, to the Hydra and Phcenix steam-vessels,
Capts. Anthony Wm. Milward and Robt. Fanshaiwe
Stopford, on the Mediterranean station. For his
services as First-Lieutenant of the Ph<eni.x during
the operations on the coast of Syria, he was pro-
moted to his present rank 22 Jan. 1841. He has
been in command, since 27 Dec. 1845, of the same
vessel on the Home and Mediterranean stations.
DENNY. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Anthony Cutheert Collingwood Denny en-
tered the Navy 4 April, 1831 ; passed his examina-
tion 6 June, 1838 ; and for his services as Mate of
the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming
Senhouse, during the war in China, where he was
present at the capture of Canton, the storming of
DENNYS-DENSTEN— DENT.
279
Amoy, and in a boat at the reduction of Chinghae,
was rewarded with a commission dated 8 Oct. 1841.*
He does not appear to have been since afloat.
DENNYS. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., U ; h-p., 31.)
Lakdnek Dennys, whose family is of high and
ancient extraction, is youngest son of the late
Mioholas Dennys, Esq., formerly of Ashley Park,
near Tiverton, co. Devon ; and grandson of Nicholas
Dennys, Esq., for many years M.P. for Barnstaple.
This officer entered the Navy, about April, 1805,
as Midshipman, on board the Achille 74, com-
manded by the late Sir Rich. King. While in that
ship, independently of many sutting-out aifairs, he
was present at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805 ;
witnessed Sir Sam. Hood's capture of four French
frigates off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806; served on
shore during the operations connected with the ex-
pedition to Walcheren in 1809 ; and was employed,
in 1810, at the siege of Cadiz. In the early part of
1811 he accompanied the same Captain into the
Sam Josef 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of
Sir Chas. Cotton ; and after a subsequent attach-
ment of four months, as Signal Mate, to the Cale-
donia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, to whom
his knowledge of ]?rench signals enabled him on
one occasion to intimate the approach of a French
squadron, he was promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant 6 Feb. 1812. From 25 Nov. foUowmg until
June, 1816, Mr. Dennys next served in various
parts of the globe on board the Horatio 38, Capts.
Lord Geo. Stuart and Wm. Henry Dillon ; under
the former of whom he assisted at the capture, in
Dec. 1813, of the Dutch islands of Schouwen and
Tholen. He returned home from the East Indies,
in Dec. 1816, as Acting-Captain of the Elk 18 ; and,
being then paid off, has not since been employed.
In 1815 Lieut. Dennys received a reward from
Lloyd's, for services rendered to a ship in danger
on the coast of Ireland. He married a great-grand-
daughter of Admiral Sir Rich. Haddock ; and, on
1 May, 1845, was left a widower with 11 children.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
DENSTEN. (LuEur., 1812. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 18.)
Thpmas Densten entered the Navy, 20 Sept.
1803, as A.B., on board the Plover 18, Capts.
Rich. Turner Hancock and Philip Browne, stationed
in the Channel ; where, in Nov. following, he at-
tained the rating of Master's Mate. In Jan. 1807
he removed to the Fortunee 36, Capt. Henry Van-
sittart, off the coast of Ireland ; and on next joining
the Neptune 98, flag-ship of the Hon. Sir Alex.
Cochrane, he assisted at the reduction of Guadeloupe
in Feb. 1810. He soon afterwards removed' to the
Julia 16, Hon. Capt. Gardner, of which sloop he
was confirmed a Lieutenant 15 June, 1812. Being
appointed, 19 Oct. following, to the Spaebow 16,
Capts. Joseph Needham Taylor, Fras. ErskineLoch,
and Robt. Walker, he next, in May and Aug. 1813,
co-operated in the arduous defence of Castro, and
served in a battery at the siege of St. Sebastian.
Invaliding home in Nov. 1814, Lieut. Densten re-
mained on half-pay until 18 Oct. 1825 ; from which
period, however, until 1835, we find him employed
in the Coast Guard. While next officiating, be-
tween 1841 and 1843, as Agent for Transports afloat,
he beheld the various attacks on Chapoo, Woosung,
Chin-Kiang-Foo, and Nanking. He has filled the
post, since 12 Feb. 1844, of Admiralty Agent in a
contract mail steam-vessel. *
DENT. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 16.)
Charles Calmady Dent, born 26 Sept. 1793, is
ycunger brother of Commander Digby Dent, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Aug. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Achille 74, Capt. Sir
Rich. King, then at the siege of Cadiz ; after which
he served, from Feb. 1811 to Aug. 1815, with the
Hon. Henry Duncan in the Imp^eieuse 38, and
Glasgow DO. During that period, while in the Im-
PEUiEusE, he assisted in the boats under Lieut.
* Vide Gia. 1842, p. 397.
Eaton Travers at the capture and destruction, in
face of a heavy fire and of trebly superior numbers,
of a fort and three gun-boats, near the town of
Possitano, in the Gulf of Salerno, U Nov. 1811 ;
was similarly present, 2 Nov. following, at the anni-
hilation and seizure, near Pahnuro, of a tower, two
batteries, 10 gun-vessels, and 22 richly-laden fe-
luccas, defended by a force of 700 troops and armed
peasantry; further witnessed, 27 June, 1812, a gal-
lant assault on the enemy's batteries at LangueUa
and Alassio, where 18 valuable vessels were de-
stroyed; took part also, on 17 Aug. in the same
year, in a spirited skirmish vpith a powerful Neapo-
litan squadron in the Bay of Naples; and, in 1813-
14, was present at the capture of Port d'Anzo, and
in the operations against Leghorn and Genoa.
The coUeotive loss of the British in the boat affairs
above detailed amounted to 34 men killed and
wounded. On leaving the Impeeibuse, Mr. Dent
cruized for some months off the coast of Ireland in
the Cykus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll. He
then joined the Mind en 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson;
for his services as Master's Mate of which ship at
the bombardment of Algiers, where he was slightly
wounded, we find him promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 16 Sept. 1816."' He next proceeded to
the East Indies in the same ship under the flag of
Sir Rich. King ; and, on his arrival on that station,
joined in succession — 10 March, 1817, the Iphige-
NiA 36, Capt. John Tancock — 25 July following, as
First-Lieutenant, the Challenger 18, Capt. Philip
Henry Bridges— and, 12 Oct. 1818, the Eden 26,
Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch. In the boats of the
latter ship, Mr. Dent was on one occasion half
killed by a thrust in the head from a boarding pike,
while attempting to gain the poop of a vessel be-
longing to the pirates of the Persian Gulf; where,
in Dec. 1819, he served on shore in the batteries
and otherwise during a series of operations under
Major-General Sir Wm. Grant Keir and Capt. Fras.
Augustus Colher, R.N., which terminated in the
complete destruction of Ras-al-Khyma, the great
stronghold of those marauders. From 6 Feb. 1821
until Jan. 1824, Mr. Dent further served at Ply-
mouth in the Impkegnable and Britannia, flag-
ships of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. He was after-
wards appointed First-Lieutenant, 6 Nov. 1825 and
19 Jan. 1806, of the Peoceis 10, and EspiAgle 18,
Capts. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave and Rich. Augustus
Yates, at Home and in the West Indies ; on which
latter station, prior to assuming the command, in
May, 1827, of the Union schooner, he took, with
but two small boats, a piratical vessel greatly his
superior in force. He attained his present rank
5 Jan. 1828 ; and, with the exception of a command
in the Coast Guard, which he held from 13 July,
1838, until the same month in 1843, has since been
on half-pay.
Commander Dent married, first, in Sept. 1829,
Eliza, third daughter of the late Thos. Shepherd,
Esq., of Butoombe Court, co. Somerset ; and,
secondly, in 1839, the Hon. Selina Arabella Lucy
Hastings, second daughter of the late Earl of Hun-
tingdon, Capt., K.N., sister of Captain the Hon.
Geo. Fowler Hastings, R.N., and sister-in-law of
Commander Henry Parker, R.N. He has issue five
children. Agent— J. Chippendale.
DENT. (Commander, 1820. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 26.)
Digby Dent is son of the late Commander Digby
Dent, R.N., who died in command of H.M.S. Sa-
turn, 15 Nov. 1798 ; grandson of Admiral Sir Digby
Dent ; and brother of the present Commander C.
C. Dent, and of the late Arthur Philip Dent, Esq.,
Purser, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 31 March, 1805, as
Midshipman, on board the Achille 74, commanded
by the late Sir Rich. King ; under whom he served
at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, witnessed
Sir Sam. Hood's capture of four French frigates off
Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806, and co-operated in the
reduction of Flushing in Aug. 1809. In the early
* Vide Gil. 1616, p. 1792.
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DENT-DENYER— DE ROS-DE ROVEREA.
part of 1811 he accompanied his Captain into the
San Josef 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of
Sir Chas. Cotton, in which he continued imtil pro-
moted, 6 Feb. 1812, to a Lieutenancy in the Kotai.
SovEKEiGN 100, Capt. AVm. Bedford, stationed in
the Channel. In April, 1813, Mr. Dent rejoined
Sir E. Eang in the San Josef ; and, from March,
1815, to March, 1816, he next served in the St.
George and Impkegnable, flag-ships at Plymouth
of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. He then removed
to the MiNDEN 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson, with whom,
after sharing in the hattle of Algiers, he proceeded
to the East Indies ; where, from March to July,
1817, he acted as Captain of the Conway frigate.
On the latter date he returned to the Minden as
Flag-Lieutenant to his patron Sir R. King. Since
his last promotion, which took place 30 Oct. 1820,
Commander Dent has been unemployed.
He married, in 1821, a daughter of Colonel
Hawker.
DENT, formerly Hedlet. (Lieutenant, 1825.
F-p., 16; H-p., 21.)
"WiiiUAM Dent Dent, bom 18 April, 1796, is
only son of the late Matthew Hedley, Esq., by Jane
Charlton, of the family of Charlton of Lee Hall, co.
Northumberland, great-niece of Sir Wm. Lorraine,
of Kirke-Harle. He assumed his present surname,
in lieu of his patronymic, Hedley, on succeeding, in
1831, to the property of his great-uncle, John Dent,
Esq., of Shortflatt Tower, in the above county.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 June, 1810, as
Midshipman, on board the Rifleman 18, Capts.
Alex. Innes and Joseph Pearce, employed on the
Home and American stations. On one occasion,
when off" the Penobscot, he contrived, in a tender,
with only four men, to capture one of the enemy's
heavily laden ships ; but he had scarcely despatched
his prize to New Brunswick, when he had the mis-
fortune to be himself taken captive. He soon,
however, efiected his escape; and, in Oct. 1814,
joined the Eotal Oak 74, bearing the flag of
Kear-Admiral Pulteney Malcolm, whom he accom-
panied in the expedition to New Orleans; where
he commanded the ship's cutter at the disembarka-
tion of the troops, and was in immediate attendance
on the last-mentioned oflicer, and also on Major-
General Keane. While co-operating with the army
on shore, he fell in at night with a body of Ame-
ricans, and, being again taken prisoner, was sent
400 miles up the Mississippi. On being eventually
exchanged, Mr. Dent returned home, and in Sept.
1815 joined the Alert 18, Capt. John Smith, with
whom he served for three years on the east coast
of England. Having passed his examination in
June, 1816, he was next successively appointed
Admiralty-Midshipman and Mate, on the Downs
and Mediterranean stations, of the Severn 40, Capt.
Wm. M'CuUoch, Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm.
Hamilton, and Edrtalus 42, Capt. Augustus Wm.
Jas. Clifford. While in the Cambrian, in 1820-3,
Mr. Dent escorted Lord Strangford to Constanti-
nople, and was stationed in the Archipelago at the
commencement of the revolution in Greece. On
obtaining his commission, which bears date 14 Feb.
1825, he joined the Syeille 48, Capt. Sam. John
Pechell ; with whom he continued until April, 1826.
He then returned to England, and has since been
on half-pay.
Lieut. Dent is in the commission of the peace
for CO. Northumberland. He married, 12 May,
1840, Ellen Mary, daughter of Andrew Seton Kerr,
Esq., of KippUow, co. Roxburgh, by whom he has
issue a son and two daughters.
and Illustetoos and Minden 74's, on the North
Sea, Baltic, Mediterranean, and East India stations.
While in the Centaur, he attended the expedition
to Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807— beheld, in
Dec. of the same year, the surrender of Madeiras-
assisted, in company with the Implacable 74, at
the capture, 26 Aug. 1808, in eight of the whole
Russian fleet, near Rogerswick, of the 74-gnn ship
Sewolod, after a close and perilous conflict, in
which the Centaur lost 3 men killed and 27
wounded, and the enemy 180 killed and wounded—
and, in Aug. 1809, accompanied the armament sent
to the Scheldt. He returned home with Capt. Geo.
Henderson in 1815, on board the Malacca 42;
and, since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
which took place on 20 Sept. in that year, has been
unemployed.
Lieut. Denyer is married.
DE EOS, F.E.S. (Captain, 1835. r-P., 14 ;
H-P., 1.5.)
The Honourable John Frederick Fitzgerald
De Ros, born 6 March, 1804, at Boyle Farm, co.
Surrey, is second surviving son of the late Lord
Henry Fitzgerald (second son of James, first Duke
of Leinster), by Charlotte Baroness De Ros ; and
only brother of the present Lord De Eos. An elder
brother, Arthur John Hill De Ros, died a Lieut.-
Colonel in the Army, in the 33rd year of his age, 23
Feb. 1826.
This ofBcer entered the Navy, 10 March, 1818, as
Midshipman, on board the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of
Sir Benj. Hallowell at Cork. He afterwards served,
under Capts. Hon. Eobt. Cavendish Spencer and
Hon. Fred. Spencer, in the Ganymede 26, Owen
Glendower 42, Alacrity 10, and Creole 32, on
the Mediterranean and South American stations.
On 30 May, 1825, he obtained a Lieutenancy in the
Jupiter 50, flag-ship at Halifax of Rear-Admlral
Willoughby Thos. Lake ; subsequently to which he
joined— 25 June, 1827, the Eoyal Sovereign yacht,
in which he accompanied H. E. H. the Lord High
Admiral, as Flag-Lieutenant, in his first visit to
the out-ports — and, 14 Aug. following, the Un-
daunted 46, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifibrd.
Assuming the rank of Commander 24 Jan. 1828,
Capt. De Ros was next appointed, 14 Slay, 1831, to
the Algerine 10, on the South American station ;
where he succeeded, at Cape Frio, in recovering a
considerable portion of the treasure from the wreck
of H.M. late ship Thetis, and for that service re-
ceived the warm thanks of the Commander-in-
Chief. The Algerine was paid off' 3 Deo. 1833.
Smce that period Capt. De Ros, who acquired Post-
rank 7 Feb. 1835, has not been afloat.
Capt. De Ros published, in 1827, a Narrative of
Travels made by him in the United States and Ca-
nada, together with Observations on the Maritime
Resources of North America, and the state of the
Dockyards and Navy. Agents — Messrs. Stilwelt.
DENYER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.)
James Richard Denver entered the Navy, in
July, 1807, as Ordinary, on board the Centaur 74,
Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, bearing the broad pend-
ant of Commodore, afterwards Vice-Admiral, Sir
Sam. Hood ; under which gallant oflicer, until his
death in Dec. 1814, he successively served in the
Hibernia 110, TiGEE 74, Owen Glendower 36,
DE EOVEEEA. (Lieutenant, 1815. p-p., 9 ;
H-p, 32.)
Frederick Nicholas De Roverea died about
the early part of 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Dec. 1806, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Malta 80, Capts. Edw.
BuUer and Wm. Shield, employed off Cadiz and
in the Mediterranean. Between Aug. 1808 and
June, 1814, he served, under Capt. Rich. Hussey
Moubray, in the Montagu and Repulse 74's; in
the former of which ships he assisted at the reduc-
tion, in April, 1810, of the island of Sta. Maura,
where the Montagu lost 4 men killed and 21
wounded. After a further attachment to the Sal"
VADOR DEL MuNDO, IMPREGNABLE, and St. GeORGE,
flag-ships of Sir John Thos. Duckworth at Ply-
mouth, Mr. De Roverea (who, while in the Mon-
tagu and Repulse, had also seen much active boat-
service) obtained a Lieutenant's commission, dated
24 Feb. 1815. He did not afterwards go afloat.
Agent — Fred. Dufaur.
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BERRIM AN. (Liedtenant,. 1 842.)
Samdel Hosk Deeeiman entered the Navy 14
Feb. 1829 ; passed his examination 1 Sept. 1835 ;
and was, promoted, from a Mateship in the Ddbmn
60; flag-ship in the Pacific of Rear- Admiral Rich.
Thomas, to the rank he now holds 18 Nov. 1842.
He continued to serve in the latter ship, as Addi-
tional-Lieutenant, until 28 Dec. 1844; and since
that period .has been employed, as First, in the
SaiiAmanoeb steam-sloop, Capt. And. Snape Har
mond, on the same and Home stations.
DEREY. (EUTIBED COMMASDBB,, 1831.. F-P., 13 ;
H-P.» 57.)
JosN Derrv entered the.Navy, 18 Nov^ 1777, as
A. B., on board the Hector 74, Capt. Sir John
Hamilton, on the Channel station ; became Mid-
shipman, in 1782, of the Repulse 74, Capt. Philip
Dumaresq, in the West Indies ; served, in 1785-6,
off Milford, on board the Vipbe, Lieut.-Commander
John Crymes ; was employed, from June, 1789, to
Nov. 1790, in the Impkegnable 98, flag-ship of Sir
Rich. Bickerton, aud Latona fri^te, Capt. Alb^
marie Bertie, both attached to the fleet in the
Channel ; and, with the.Iaiter officer, succes'sively
Joiped, in "May, 1792, and Feb. 1794, the Edgar' anj
Thundejier 74's. For his conduct, as Master's
INf ^te of the Tbdndeeeb, in Lord Howe's action
of i. Ji^ne, he was promoted, 22 Aug. following^
to a Lieutenancy in the same ship, in which he
continued until 19 March, 1795. Between 4 May,
1796, and 17 Oct. 1798, Mr. Derry next served, op
the iyest India and Home stations, in the Adven-
ture, Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford, Hector 74,
Capt. Peteir Aplin, Ddke 98, Capt. John HoUoway,
and Expedition armee en flute, Capts. John Stile's,
Home Riggs Popham, and Sir "Thos. Livingstone.
His last employment was, as Lieutenant, from 16
June, 1«05, to 13 March, 1806, of the Volcano
bomb, Capt. Edw. Killwick, stationed in the Downs.
He became a Retired Commander on the Junior
List 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 23 Sept.
1831.
DE, SAUSMAREZ. (Cpmmander, 1830.)
DiUEELL De Sausmarez entered the Navy 6
April, 1812 ; and obtained his first commission 10
May, 1824. He was afterwards appointed — 13 Aug.
following, to tl)e Beitannia 120, as. Flag-Lieutenant
to Jas. Sausmarez, Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth
^apd', 1 Fel). 1828, and 25 Jan. 1830, to the Alli-
gator and Ariadne frigates, Capts. Chas. Philip
Yorke and Geo. Bennie, both employed on Parti-
cular Service. He assumed his present rank on 23
July in the latter year; and, from '23 Nov. follow-
ing until Feb. 1832, wHen he invalided home from
New South Wales, commanded the ^ebra sloop.
Ho has since then been on half-pay.' A.gent — J.
Hinxman.
PE SAUSMAREZ. (Commandkb, 1845. f-;p., \\ ;
' H-P., 10.)
Philip, De Sausmaeez ^ntei^ed the. Navy, 18
June, 1823, as Fst.-cl. Voli, pn board th^REvENGE
78, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard, flag-ship of Sir Harry
Neale, Commander-in-Chief iiji the Mediterranean,
where he continued until May, 1827 — serving inter-
mediately, as Midshipman, in the Spareotjihawk 18,
Capt. Robt. Stuart, and Algerine 10,;Capt. "Wepiyss..
In March, 1828, after an interim attachn^ent, at
Portsmouth and Plymouth, to the Tweed 28, Capt.
Lord Hen. John Spencer Churchill, and Brit4NNIA
120, flag-ship of the Earl of Northesk, he returned
to the former station, on board the Blonde 46,
Capt. Edm. Lyons; and in the following Oct.,
by the erection of batteries and otherwise, he
co-operated with the French in the reduction of
Morea Castle, the last hold of the Turks in the
Peloponnesus."' Having passed his examination 11
Aug. 1829, Mr. De Sausmarez, who left the Blonde
in Sept. 1830, was promoted, 3 Oct, 1831, to a Lieu-
* TeifeGaz. 1828, p. 3201.
tenancy in the Pelorus 18, Capt. Rich. Meredith,
stationed off' the coast of Africa. We subsequently
find him appointed — 18 June and 13 Sept. 1834, to
the Caledonia 120,"flag-8hip of Sir Josias Rowley,
and Endtmion 50, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, respect-
ively employed on the Mediterranean and Lisbon
stations— and, 16 Nov. 1841, after an interval of
exactly five years! half-pay, to the Belleisle troop-
ship, Capt. John Kingcome. Previously to the
latter vessel being put out of commission in Sept.
1843, he appears to have been present during the
operations in the Yar^-tse-Kiang in 1842, and at
the pacification of Nanking. Commander De Saus-
marez assumed his present rank 25' July, 1845. He
has not since been employed.
He married, 30 April, 1840, Jaje Maria, only
child of the late Lieut.-Colonel F. Barlow, of H.BI.
61st, who fell at Salamanca at the head of his regi-
ment. By that lady he has issue.
DpSPOURRINS, (Retired Commander, 1841.
F-p., 18 ; H-P., 42.)
Peter Despoueeins entered the Navy, 30 Sept.
1787, as a Servant, on bgard the Ht^sna 20, Capts.
Hon, Mich. De Cou^cy. and John, Aylmer; under
the former of whom, we believe, he spon after-
wards, as. Midshipmjin, escorted clear of the Chan-
nel the first party of convicts ever sent to New
South Wales. In July, 1793, he rejoined Capt. De
Courcy, as Master's Mate, in the Pearl 32; on re-
moving from. which ship to the Alfred 74, Capt.
Thos. Drury, he assisted at the capture, in the
course of 1796, of the island of Ste. Lucie, and of
the French frigates La Favorite of 22, and L(i Be-
nommee of 44 guns. After a continued servitude of
14 inonths in the West Indies on board the Dicta-
tor 64, Capts. Wm. Geo. Rutherford and Thos.
W?steTP, and Beince of Wales 98, flag-ship of
Beai;TAdmirp,l Henry Harvey, he wa^ promoted,
27 Dec. 1797, to a Lieutenancy in the Madras
54. In that ship (with the exception of a few
months. In 180J, when he was lent to the Kent
74, Capt. Lord Edw..O'Bry.en, off Alexandria) he
continued to serve, under Capt^-.John Dilkes, Chas.
Hare, Tlios. Briggs, and Chas. Marsh Schomberg,
on the Home, East India, and Mediterranean sta-
tions, until July, 1807. We subsequently find him
employed, from 14 Dec. 1807 to ISiSftme, 1808, and
from 16 April, 1810, to 26 Jan. 181feas First-Lieu-
tenant of the Bellerophon 74, ancPwEthe Amster-
dam—the former ship fidmmanded bj' Capt. Edw.
Rotheram in the Channel fleet. ' Coimnander Des-
pourrlns, who has not since been sAoit, was placed
on the Junior List of RBtijed Commanders 1 Dec.
1830, and was promoted to the Senior List 1 June,
1841. ,, .- ; ■ ■: • '
DE STARCK. (Eear-Apmiral of the White,
1841. F-p., 18 ; H-P., 49.)
Mauritius Adolphus Newton De Starce is
son of the late Chas. Sigismond, Baron De starck
(an officer in the Imperial Austrian army, previous
to his settling in England in 1753), by M^jtha,
sister of Admiral the late Sir Chaloner Ogle, Bart.,
and great-aunt of the late Ea:fl Grey.
This officer entered the Navy,'1n June, 1780, as
part of the Admiral's retinue, on board the Bar-
FLEDE 98, Capt. Benj. Hill, bearing the flag in the
Channel of the Hon. Sam. l^arrington. In Sept.
following he removed, ^ Midshipman, to tUe Am-
buscade 32, commanded by the late Lord Hugh
Seymour, then the Ho^,. Capt. Conway ; with whom,
on being transferred to the Latona 38, he served
at the relief of Gibraltar in 1782. Between April,
1783, and the receipt of his first commission, bear-
ing date 20 Nciv. 1790, we next find TMt! De Starck
employed, on the Home, African, and' Mediterra-
nean stations, as Midshipman and Master's Mate of
the Ganges 74, Capt. Hon. Jas.'Lpttrell, Grampus
and Irresistible, bearing the brbad' pendants re-
spectively of Commodores Edw. Thompson and Sir
Andw. Snape Hamond, PeaSsl 32, Capl. Hon. Sey-
mour Finch, and Canada 74, Hon. Capt. Conway.
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DES VCEUX— DEUCHAR— DE VERE— DEVEREUX— DE VITRE.
M'ith the exception of a brief attachment, during
the summer of 1795, to tlie SaIiISbury 50, Capt.
Wm. Mitchell, he then remained on half-pay until
invested, 3 April, 1797, with the command, for the
suppression of the mutiny at the Nore, of the 14-
gun brig Eclipse ; after which he further assumed
command, on the Home and Lisbon stations — 19
Aug. following, of the 10-gun hired lugger Black
Joke— 16 June, 1798, of the 14-gun brig Liberty
(paid off 1 Oct. 1799)— and 16 Feb. 1801, of the 16-
gun schooner Milbrooe. In the latter vessel
Lieut. De Starck captured, 15 Sept. 1801, the Bap-
tista Spanish privateer of 8 guns ; he also on one
occasion repelled a night-attack made upon the
MiiBHOOK by some gun-boats near Gibraltar ; and,
in Oct. 1803, he exemplified characteristic zeal and
energy, when in company with the Merlin sloop,
in cutting off from Calais, and driving on shore,
Les Sept Freres privateer of 2 guns.* Attaining the
rank of Commander 1 May, 1804, Capt. De Starck
was next appointed — on 18 June in the same year,
to the Tartarus bomb, in which he served for
about two months in the Downs— and on 10 May,
1806, to the Avon 18. For his exertions in soon after
conducting the Nma, a Kussian line-of-battle ship,
to the Baltic, Capt. De Starck was presented by the
Czar with a breakfast-service of plate and a purse
of 100 guineas. In the course of the succeeding
autumn he took out Mr. Erskine, H.M. Minister to
the United States of America ; on his passage whi-
ther he effected a very skilful escape from the
French 74-gun ship Regulus. He returned to Spit-
head with the intercepted despatches of M. Villau-
mez in Jan. 1807 ; and was then superseded, having
been promoted to Post-rank on 25 of the previous
Sept. Since that period he has been unable to pro-
cure employment. His advancement to Flag-rank
took place 23 Nov. 1841.
Kear-Admiral De Starck (who was for some time
equerry to H.R.H. tbe late Duke of Sussex, and in
that capacity officiated at^the funeral of William IV.)
is the original inventor of the method of projecting
a rope by means of powder and shot, a description
of which may be found in Sir Chas. Ekins' ' Naval
Battles.' He married, first. Miss Houghton of
Bramerton, co. Norfolk; and, secondly, 30 Aug.
1817, Miss Kent, niece of the late Sir Thos. Kent,
who was given away on the bridal day by the Duke
of Sussex. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
the Bdstard IS, Capt. John Duff Markland, on the
hazardous duty of landing papers on the coast ot
France relative to the revolution m Spain. On ac-
companying Sir Kich. Strachan from the Vene-
hable 74, in which ship he had had the misfortune
to fracture his left leg, into the St. Domingo, Mr.
Deuchar, in Aug. 1809, attended the expedition to
the Waloheren; where he commanded a strong
division of boats at the landing of the troops, and
actively co-operated in the bombardment oi Jjlush-
LQg. He subsequently served on the Baltic, Ja-
maica, and Lisbon stations, as a passed Midshipman
of the iMpiTUEDX 74, Capts. John Lawford and
David Milne, Thetis 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Byam,
and Impetueux again, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral
Geo. Martin. From 2? March, 1813, to 17 Nov.
1814, during which period (on 29 Nov. 1813) he
obtained his commission, Mr. Deuohax commanded
a portion of the Cadiz flotilla ; and in the end was
intrusted with the duty of laying up all the gun-
boats and returning their stores. He has not been
able to procure employment since the peace.
DE VERE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
William Cecil De Verb passed his examination
22 April, 1843 ; ^nd served for upwards of three
years, as Mate, on board the Rodney 92, Capt.
Robt. Maunsell, Sthomboli steam-sloop, Capt. Hon.
Edw. Plunkett, and Collingwood 80, flag-ship in
the Pacific of Sir Geo. Eras. Seymour. He obtamed
his commission 15 Aug. 1846.
DES VCEUX. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Charles Frederick Des V(edx passed his exar
mination 1 May, 1844 ; was employed for severa 1
months, as Mate, in the Excellent gunnery-ship
at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; and, since
4 March, 1845, has been engaged on a North-west
Passage explorative mission, in the Erebus disco-
very ship, Capt. Sir John Franklin. His promotion
to the rank of Lieutenant took place 9 Nov. 1846.
DEVEREUX. (Captain, 1845.)
The Honourable Walter Boupchiek Deve-
BEUX, bom 3 Nov. 1810, is second surviving son of
the late Viscount Hereford, by Frances Elizabeth,
third daughter of the late Sir Geo. Cornwall, Bart. ;
and brother both of the present nobleman, and of
the Hon. Humphrey Bohun Devereux, Lieut. B.A.
One of his aunts is sister-in-law of Admiral Sir
Geo. Cookburn, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 5 Feb. 1824 ; was
awarded, immediately after passing, a' commission,
29 Nov. 1830 ; and from 3 Dec. 1832, until the at-
tainment of his next step, 24 June, 1836, served in
North America and the West Indies on board the
Vernon 50, and President 52, fla^-ships of Sir
Geo. Cockbum. He was next appointed to the
command, 6 Oct. 1841, of the Snake 16, on the
Mediterranean station ; and, on the paying off of
that sloop, was advanced to Post-rank, 12 Dec. 1845.
He has not since been afloat. AGENTS-;-Messrs.
Goode and Lawrence.
DEUCHAE. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., U ; h-p., 32.)
Patrick Deuchar, born 24 May, 1785, is brother
of Morgan David Deuchar, Esq., late 1st Foot ; and
uncle of Lieut. D. Green, of the same regiment.
Several others of his relatives are also in the army.
This officer (who had previously served an ap-
prenticeship of four years in a merchant-ship) en-
tered the Navy, 10 Jan. 1804, as Ordinary, on board
the Helder 36, Capt. Rich. Hawkins ; and, on be-
coming Midshipman of the SwiFTSURE 74, Capts.
Mark Robinson and Wm. Geo. Rutherford, accom-
panied Lord Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit
of the combined fleets of France and Spain, and
was afterwards present, independently of many
boat affairs, in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct.
1805. When next in the Seahorse 38, Capts. Robt.
Corbett and John Stewart, we find him much em-
ployed in detached operations against the Spanish
gun-boats and convoys off Cadiz ; after which he
served, in the Moselle 18, Capt. Alex. Gordon, at
the attack on Rosetta in AprU, 1807 ; and, in the
year following, was employed, as Master's Mate of
• Vide Gaz. 1803, p. 1499.
DE VITKE. (XiEBT., 1781. r-p., 14; h-p., 62.)
John Denis De Vitre was bom 28 Oct. 1757,
and died 29 Dec. 1846, at Lancaster.
This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1771, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Somerset 64, guaxd-ship
at Plymouth, commanded by the late Sir Edw.
H<nghes ; with whom (after an interinediate attach-
ment to the Aldborough 20, Capt. Hawker, off
Newfoundland) he proceeded to the East Indies,
in 1774, as Midshipman of the Salisbury 50. On
there removing to the Coventry 28, Capts. Benj,
Marlow and Andrew Mitchell, he took part, as
Master's Mate, in a severe action of two hours,
fought off Pondicherry, 10 Aug. 1778, between a
British squadron under Sir Edw. Vernon and a
superior French force under M. de Tronjolli, at thp
close of which the enemy made ^ail and escaped.
In the course of the following year we further S&-
cover the Coventry sustaining, singly, a gallant
conflict, which lasted four hours, with Hyder All's
powerful fleet ; and, next, contributing to the re-
duction of Fort Arnold. On 3 March, 1781, Mr.
De Vitre was promoted, from the Superb 74, bear-
ing the flag of Sir Edw. Hughes, to a Lieutenancy,
in the Chaser 18, Capt. Thos. Parr; in which
vessel, in Feb. 1782, he appears to have been taken
captive, after a valiant resistance of several hours,
by the Sellona, a French frigate of 36 guns. Being
mtimately handed over to Hyder Ali, he endured
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»t the hands of that potentate, for the space of 22
months, a series of more than or^nary privations
and hardships, being night and day loaded with
heavy chains, compelled in that state to march from
prison to prison under a broiling sun, and supported
during the whole period on a miserable allowance
of the worst of fare. On at length regaining his
liberty, 25 April, 1784, Mr. De Vitre returned to
England. He afterwards served in the West In-
dies, from June, 1787, to May, 1789, on board the
Alert 16, Capt. Geo. Burdon ; and on 6 May, 1797,
he was appoitited to the command, in the river
Thames, of the Biteb 14. He left that vessel on
15 Feb. 1798, and did not afterwards ^o afloat.
When in the Aldborodgh, Mr. De Vitre had wit-
nessed a gale so fearful that all the guns and every-
thing portable were thrown overboard, besides there
being eight or nine feet water in the hold ; and,
while in the Coventkv, oflf Trincobar, he had been
again nearly lost in another hurricane, in which
that ship appears to have been totally dismasted,
and to have had in her hold upwards of 12 feet
water,
Lieut. De Vitre, who died the Senior officer of
his rank in the Navy, was admitted to the out-
pension of Greenwich Hospital 2 July, 1809. He
married, 3 Oct. 1791, Bridget, daughter of Jas.
Fawcett, Esq., of Scaleby Castle, co. Cumberland,
and has left issue twelve children.
DEVON, K.C.H. (Captain, 1825. r-p., 20 ;
H-p., 29.)
Thomas 'Barker Devon was born 8 Oct. 1784,
at Sutton, CO. Middlesex, and died, 12 May, 1846,
at Paington, in Devon. He was second son of the
late Geo. Barker Devon, Esq., many years Remem-
brancer of the First Fruits and Tenths.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 April, 1797, as
Midshipman, on board the Duke 98, Capt. John
Holloway ; and, after witnessing the mutiny at Spit-
head, removed to the Kotal Sovereign 100, flag-
ship in the Channel of Sir Alan Gardner. From
Nov. 1800, to May, 1803, he next served, in the
East Indies and Bed Sea, on board the Romnev 50,
Capt. Home Biggs Popham ; on his transference
from which vessel to La Seine 38, Capt. David
Milne, he was wrecked on a sand-bank near the
Texel in June, 1803. He subsequently joined the
Thundeber 74, Capt. Wm. Bedford; and being
promoted, 8 May, 1804, to a Lieutenancy in the
Dragon 74, Capt. Edw. Griffith, was present in
that ship in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805.
On being next appointed, 16 June, 1806, to the
Shannon 38, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke, he
visited the latitude of Greenland ; after which he
became, 7 Nov. 1807, First of the Crocodile 22,
Capt. Hon. Geo. Cadogan, under whom he made a
trip to the Cape of Good Hope, and conveyed Sir
Arthur Wellesley from England to the Peninsula.
Assuming command, 12 Oct. 1809, of the Brevdba-
GEREN gun-brig, of 12 18-pounder carronades and 60
men, Mr. Devon proceeded to the North Sea, on
which station he continued nearly five years, and
acquired considerable reputation for his zeal and
activity. On 31 July, 1811, being in company with
the Algerine cutter, Lieut.-Commander John
Aitkin Blow, he fell in with, and, during that and
the following day, was pursued by, a Danish force,
consisting of three brigs, carrying in the whole 54
guns and 480 men. Fromvthese, the two British
vessels, whose united strength did not exceed 22
guns and 107 men, eventually efiTeoted their escape
after the most wonderful exertions ; but not until
the BKtvDRAGEREN, from whom the Algerine was
nearly the whole time at too great a distance to
render much effective assistance, had sustained,
among other injuries, a loss of 1 man killed and 3
wounded, during a close and gallant action of an
hour and a half with the largest of the enemy's
vessels, the Langland, of 20 guns and 170 men.
Although his Sub-Lieutenant was promoted for this
aflair, Mr. Devon himself obtained no other reward
than the testimonials that he had deserved it.
From that period we find him frequently engaged
with the enemy, in boats and on shore, in the pro-
tection of the forced trade carried on up the German
rivers. In 1812 he out out a small French national
cutter, and a lugger privateer, from the port of
Delfeyl, besides making similar prize of several
merchantmen, and being personally engaged on
shore three times. In March, 1813, on the advance
of the Russians towards Hamburgh, he assisted at
the capture of Cuxhaven (where,, through his nego-
oiations with the authorities, the British flag was
hoisted conjointly with the colours of Hamburgh) ;
and on 21 of the same month, being in the Bkev-
drageben's gig with only 9 men, he boarded and
carried in the most resolute style, and under the
smoke of her second discharge, the Danish gun-brig
Jwige Troutman, of 5 guns and 26 men — whose con-
sort the Liehe, of similar force, was at the same
time gallantly captured by Mr. Wm. Dunbar, Mas-
ter of the Blazer, and 11 men, in a six-oared cutter
belonging to that vessel. In acknowledgment of
his valuable services, Mr. Devon was at length pto-
moted to the rank of Commander, 4 May, 1813,
and re-appointed in that capacity to the Brevdka-
GEREN, which was then rated a sloop-of-war. He
afterwards co-operated with Capt. John M'Kerlie
in the capture of the enemy's shipping at Braak, on
the Weser, down which nver he voluntarily con-
ducted at night a prize corvette of 20 guns, between
Blexen and Bremerlehe. He also materially con-
tributed, part of the time as Senior officer, to the
reduction of those important fortresses— sustained,
as to his own ship, the chief loss in a second attack
on the enemy's batteries at Cuxhaven — and kept up
a most rigorous blockade of the port of Delfzyl,
notwithstanding there were no less than 17 armed
vessels lying in the haven perfectly equipped.
Capt. Devon, whose next appointment was, 26 Sept.
1814, to the Icarus 10, subsequently escorted Napo-
leon Buonaparte to St. Helena, and was thence sent "
with despatches to the Isle of France and Calcutta.
He paid the Icarus off 15 April, 1817 ; but was not
afterwards employed. His elevation to Post-rank
took place 27 May, 1825.
Capt. Devon was nominated a K.H. 18 Oct. 1820,
and a K.C.H. 7 Deo. 1838. He married, in April,
1809, Anne, daughter of Mr. Tompson, a medical
practitioner in the neighbourhood of Exeter.
DEVONSHIEE. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 17;
H-p., 34.)
Richard Devonshire, born 25 June, 1784, at
Truro, in Cornwall, is brother of Rear- Admiral the
late Sir John Ferris Devonshire, Kt., K.C.H.*
This officer entered the Navy, 20 Nov. 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amazon 36, Capt. Robt.
Carthew Reynolds ; which frigate, when in company
with the Indefatigable 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew,
was wrecked, near He Bas, at the close of a gallant
action of ten hours with Les Droits de V Homme 74,
in which she had sustained a loss of 3 men killed
and 15 wounded, 14 Jan. 1797. On regaining his
liberty, by exchange, in the following Sept., Mr.
Devonshire, who had been taken prisoner with the
rest of the Amazon's crew, rejoined Capt. Reynolds
in La Pomone 40 ; and, on 5 Jan. 1798, he took part
in a stiff action, which terminated in the capture,
with a loss to the Pomone of 1 man killed and 4
wounded, and to the enemy of 15 killed and 19
wounded, of Xa Cberi French privateer of 26 guns
and 230 men. After intermediately attending, as
Midshipman, the expedition to the Holder under
Sir Andrew Mitchell in 1799, he proceeded to the
M«diterranean with a convoy of 150 sail ; and, on
his passage thither, narrowly escaped being cap-
tured by a powerful French squadron. Between
April, 1801, and the date of his promotion, which
* Sir John Devonshire wfis promoted to the rank of Com-
mander for his gallantry as First- Lieutenant of the Terpsi-
chore 32, Capt. Richard Bowen, at the capture of the Spa-
nish 34-gun mgate MatronesUy 13 Oct. 1796; and obtained
Post-rank for his conduct in command of tile Dart sloop at
the battle of Copenhagen, S April, 1801. He died in the
early part of 1839.
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DEW— DEWAR— DEWES.
took place 11 May, 1804, Mr. Devonshire next
served, on the West India and Home stations, as
Master's Mate -of the Orion 74, also commanded by
Capt. Reynolds, Venerable 74, bearing the flag of
Bear-Admiral Collingwood, and Prince 98, Capt.
Kich. GrindaU. From Nov. in the latter year until
Jan. 1808, he was subsequently employed in the
liEDA 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman.' He assisted during
that period at the capture, after an engagement of
two hours, of seven out of 26 of the enemy's armed
vessels, near Cape Grisnez, 24 April, 1805 — was fur-
ther present at the reduction of the Cape of Good
Hope in Jan. 1806 — witnessed the fall of Monte
Video in Feb. 1807 — and, as First-Lieutenant of
the same iiigate, 'Was present at the ensuing bom-
bardment of Copenhagen. On next joining, in June,
1808, L'AiGLE 36, Capts. Geo. Wolfe and Sir John
Louis, he contributed, as Senior-Lieutenant of that
sMp, to the destruction of the French squadron in
Aix Roads, and to the forcing of the passage be-
tween the batteries of Cadsand and Flushing dnring
the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809. He also
beheld the capture, in Sept. 1810, cf Le Pkcetiix
privateer of 18 guns ; served much on the coast of
Catalonia-; bore a part in several gallant boat
affairs ; and was at the talcing of Genoa in April,
1814. Capt. Devonshire, who attained the rank of
Commander 27 Aug. 1814, was subsequently ap-
pointed Second-Captain, 4 April, 1836, of the Tala-
VERA 74, Capts. Thos. Ball Sulivan and Wm. Bowen
Mends, on the Mediterranean station. He acquired
his present rank 28 June, 1838, .and has- since been
on half-pay.
Capt. Devonshire married, 29 May, 1828, Love-
day, youngest daughter of the late Thos. Warner,
Esq., by whom he has.issue a,son and two daughters.
DEW. (LjFDTJiNANJ, 181«. E-P.,.8; HrP., 31.)
' George Dew entered the Navy, 7 March, 1808,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Comet 18, Caj)ts.
Cuthbert Featherstone Daly and Rich. Henry
Muddle ; under the former of whom he joined, 11
Aug. following, in a very gallant p^rsuit of three of
the enemy's corvettes, one of whom, .i,a Sylphe of
18 guns, was ultimately brqught to clofi^e action,
and in 20 minutes compelled to s)irrender. Be-
tween April, 1811, and Feb. 1813, Jie next served,
in the North Sea and Mediterranean, as Midship-
man of the Hannibal 74, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral
Philip Chas. Durham, Cos^cK frigate, Capt. Wm.
King, and Kent 74, Capt. I^ios. Rogers. He then
joined the Ph(Ebe, of 46 gim^and 300 men, Capt.
Jas. Hillyar ; and on 28 March, 1814, being off Val-
paraiso, in company with the i8-gun sloop Cherub,
assisted, as Master's Mate, at the capture of the
American frigate Essex^ of 46 guns and 265 men,
who struck her colours at the close of a warm
action of two hours, in which the Ph<ebe lost 4
men killed and 7 wounded, and herself 24 killed
and 45 wounded. Mr. Dew was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 8 March, 1815 ; but did not quit
the Phcebe until paid off in Aug. following. Since
that period he has not been employed.
DEW. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Roderick Dew passed his examination I June,
1842 ; and until the receipt of his commission, dated
7 Feb. 1846, served, on the Mediterranean, Cape
of Good Hope, and Pacific stations, as Mate of the
Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux,
Lily 16, Capt. Geo. Baker, and Collingwood 80,
flag- ship of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. He continued
for some time to be borne on the books of the Cod-
MNGwooD, in the capacity of Additional-Lieute-
nant ; and, since 20 Nov. 1846, has been employed,
also in the Pacific, on board the Sampson steam-
frigate, Capt. Thos. Henderson.
•This officer has on several occasions most nobly
rescued persons from drowning, under circum-
stances of great difficulty and peril. The last in-
stance of his heroic conduct occurred on the night
of 20 Aug. 1844, when, although very dark, and
the wind blowing fresh, he dashed overboard from
the Collingwood, at Spithead, and at great per-
sonal risk saved the life of the Hon. F. Walpole,
who had by some accident fallen into .the .sea. He
was in consequence strongly recommended to the
Admiralty by Sir G. F. Seymour.
DEWAR. (LiECT., 1812. E-P., 15; H-P., 33.)
JohnDewak, born 24 May, 1789, is son of the
late Alex. J. Dewar, Esq., Purser R.N., who thrice,
we believe, circumnavigated the globe with the im-
mortal Cook, and eventually died in active service-;
and grandson of ftoUo Quin, Esq., who was blown
up in 1757, while serving as First, or Flag-Lieute-
nant, to Admiral Broderick, in the St. George 90.
Two of his uncles were also killed in action.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Oct. 1799, as
F«t.-cl. Vol., on board the Terpsichore 32, Capt.
Wm. Hail Gage, stationed in the North Sea, where,
in company with the Nemesis 28, Capt. Thos. -Baker,
he witnessed the capture, after a spirited action of
25 minutes, of the Danish frigate Freija of 36 guns,
25 July, 1800. He -subsequently,' in the same ship,
joined in a combat with the Boulogne flotilla ; and
then reinoving to the Beaver 10, Capt. C. B. Jones,
served under that officer, on the Irish station, until
paid off in Sept. 1802. Between 4 Aug. 1803, and
30 June, 1809, Mr. Dewar next officiated as Mid-
shipman, and latterly as Master's Mate, of the
Thdnderer 74, Capt. Wm. Bedford, and of the
HiBEKNiA, Prince of Wales, Ville de Paris,
and Caledonia, f}ag-ships of Admirals Lord Gard-
ner, Edw. Thornbroiigh, Sir Jas. Saumarez, and
Lqrd Gambier ; with the last qf whom he served as
Flag-MidsljLpman at the bombardment of Copen-
hagen in Sept. 1807, and at the destruction of the
French shipping in Basque Roads in Appl, 1809.
He afterwards, on being lent to the Sceptre 74,
Capt. Joseph Bipgham, actively co-operated in the
siege of Flushing ; and, on the return of the expedi-
tion from that place, proceeded to the West Indies,
where, from the Poltphemcs 64, flag-ship of Vice-
Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, he was pro-
moted, 22 Aug. 1810, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in
the Reindeer 18, Capt. Peter John Douglas, in
which vessel he appears on one occasion to have
been slightly wounded. In Dec. 1811, Mr. Dewar
rejoined Capt. Bedford, as Master's Mate, in the
RoTAL Sovereign 100, lying at Hamoaze, but was
officially promoted 21 March following, and ap-
pointed First of the Electba 18, Capt. Wm. Gre-
gory. With the boats of that sloop under his orders,
we subsequently find him effecting, at night, the
capture of four armed schooners on the Newfound-
land station. Being next appointed, in a similar
capacity, 2 July, 1813, to the Brisk 18, Capts. Eyles
Mounsher and Henry Higman, he proceeded to the
coast of Africa, and there, independently of the
capture of four other slave-vesseb, commanded the
boats at the cutting out, 8 Dec. 1814, of L' Union, a
noted piratical slave-schooner, pierced for 14 guns,
but mounting only 6. This very gallant exploit
was achieved at noon-day, at a distance of 15 miles
from the Brisk, then becalmed, and in face of a
most determined resistance from a crew in every
way prepared for the attack, who were, however,
eventually repulsed and driven overboard. Lieut.
Dewar, whose stirring conduct on this occasion was
allowed to pass unrewarded, was paid off 31 Aug.
1815. Since that period, although his sufferings in
the service of his country had been great, he has
been unable to procure employment.
He married in 1821 ; and has issue eight children,
three of whom ifte in the Navy.
DEWES. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
George Bodrchier Dewes entered the Navy
9 Jan. 1824; and passed his examination in 1831.
While afterwards attached, as Acting-Lieutenant,
to the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, he was
recommended to particular notice for his con-
duct in command of a boat at the storming and
destruction of a 20-gun battery at the back of
the island of Anunghoy, during the Chinese cam-
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paign, 23 Feb. 1841.* He further landed at the
storming, on 27 of the same month, of the enemy's
works close to Whampoa Reach, where 54 pieces of
^l"?!"" ^ere taken— was present in the boats, on
13 March, at the capture of several rafts, and of
the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton-
took a similar part in the ensuing capture of that
city— and again commanded a boat at the destruc-
tion of a fleet of more than SO war-junks and fishing-
vessels, 22 May.t Mr. Dewes, who was rewarded
lor these services by a commission dated 8 June,
1841, has been employed in the East Indies since
9 Sept. 1844, as Lie,utenant of the .BsPiiotE 12,
Capt. Thos. .Pickering Thompson.
D'EXN;eOUET. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 14;
H-P., 7.)
EnwiN Clayton Tenntson D'Etsoourt, born at
Caenhy Hall, co. Linoohi, is second son of the
Bight Hon. Chas. Tennyson D'Eynconrt, M.P. for
liambeth.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 3
Aug,1826, and embarked, 5 July,1828, as Fst.-cl.Vol.,
on board the Samarang 28, Capt. Fanshaw-e Martin,
on the Mediterranean station ; where, until July
1833, he afterwards served, as Midshipman, in the
Asia 84, and Britannia 120, flag-ships of Sir Pul-
teney Malcolm, the Aot.«on 26, Capt. Hon. Fred.
Wm. Grey, and the Rapid 10, Capt. Chas. Henry
Swinburne. Having passed his examination 22 Oct.
1832, he next, from Nov. 1833, to Sept. 1836, offi-
ciated as Mate of the Excellent gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings, and of the Ju-
piter 50, Capt. Hon. F. W. Grey, under whom he
escorted Lord Auckland to India. On the receipt
of his first commission, 21 Feb. 1837, Mr. D'Eyn-
court became for a few months Flag-Lieutenant, in
the Howe 120, to Sir Robt. Otway, Commander-in-
Chief at the Nore ; after which he joined, 11 Nov.
in the same year, the Calliope 26, Capt. Thos.
Herbert, successively employed on the South Ame-
rican and East India stations. As Aide-de-camp
to the latter officer, he took an active part in the
hostilities of 1841 in China. He assisted, on 7 Jan.
in that year, at the capture of Chuenpee ; was
slightly wounded at the taking, 26 Feb., of the forts
at the Boca Tigris;! and, on the following day,
witnessed the destruction of the enemy's camp,
fort, and ship Cambridge, bearing the Chinese Ad-
miral's flag, containing in the whole 98 guns, at
their position below Whampoa Reach — on which
occasion he appears to have been sent with the
despatches, and the defeated Admiral's flag, to Sir
Gordon Bremer, the Commander-in-Chief.§ We
subsequently find him employed in the boats, at
the capture, on 13 and 18 March, of the last fort
protecting the approaches to Canton, and also of
the city itself ;|| and next, assisting meritoriously,
during the after-operations against that place, at
the destruction, 22 and 26 May, of a fleet of more
than 30 wax-junks and fishing-vessels, and of the
whole of the defences extending about two miles
from the British factory, where 64 heavy cannon
were destroyed.^ He was promoted (shortly after
his removal with Capt. Herbert to the Blenheim
72) to the rank of Commander, by commission
dated 8 June, 1841. Since 17 Nov. 1846, he has
been in command of the CoMUS 18, on the south-
east coast of America. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
DICK, K.C. (Vice-Admirai. op the Blue, 1846.
F-p., 21; H-p., 41.)
John Dice, born at Rochester, is son of the late
Jas. Dick, Esq., who passed his life in the civil
department of the Navy ; and cousin of Sir Robt.
Keith Dick, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1785, as a
Volunteer, on board the Irresistible 74, Capt.
Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, under whom, and Capts.
Skefflngton Lutwidge iind Thos. West, of the
• Fide OtK?,. Ifi41, p. 1497.
+ r. Gaz. 18-11, pp. 1501, 1603, 1805, 2511
J V. Gai. 1841, p. 1499.
J\ V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503-5,
2 r. Gaz. 1841, p. 1501.
5. If f.Gaz. 1841,pp.8511-12.
Scipio and Dictator, he served, in the River
Medway, until 1790. He then became Midshipman
of the 'Tkhstv 50, Capt. John Drew, flag-ship in
the West Indies of Sir John Laforey ; removed, in
Aug. 1793, to the Carisfort 28, Capt. Fras. La-
forey, in the North Sea ; and after.a further servi-
tude of six months in the Channel, on board the
Phaeton 38, Capt. Andrew Snape Douglas, and
Nonsuch 64, Capt. Billy Douglas, was promoted to
a Lieutenancy, 4 Aug. 1794, in the Victorious 74,
Capt. John Brown. From 17 March, 17S5, until
promoted to the command, 28 June, 1796, of the
Bulldog sloop, he again served with Sir John La-
forey in the West Indies on board L'Aimaele 32,
the Beaulieu 40, and the .Majestic 74. We next,
during the .summer of 1797, find him commanding
a division of gun^tboats for the suppression of the
mutiny at the Nore ; after which he successively
joined, 4 June, 1798, .and ,11 Aug. 1800, the Dis-
covery bomb, and Cynthia 18. While in the
former vessel Capt. Dick attended the expedition
to the Helder in 1799, where he covered the land-
ing of the troops, and served on shore with the
army till the final evacuation of Holland. For his
meritorious vigilance, in the Cynthia, as senior
officer of the squadron employed at the blockade of
Alexandria, and in co-operating with the Turks at
the capture of Damietta, he was knighted by Sultan
Selim, ami invested with the insignia of a K.C. of
the third class, 8 Oct. 1801. Attaining Post-rank,
29 April, 1802, Capt. Dick was next appointed, 24
Nov. 1804, to the Jamaica 24, from the command
of which ship, after an intermediate employment
on the Newfoundland and Channel stations, he was
transferred, in May, 1807, to that of the Penelope
36. After conveying Major-Gen. Sir Geo. Prevost
to Barbadoes, and escorting thither four chosen
regiments destined to assist at the reduction of
Martinique, he proceeded to the latter island, and
acquired the particular thanks of Capt. Philip
Beaver, the commanding officer, for his services in
superintending the disembarkation of the troops,
30 Jan. 1809.* He afterwards landed with a party
of seamen, and succeeded in securing Fort Trinite
and other works on the windward side of the
island. Capt. Dick, who left the Penelope 26 Sept.
1810, and subsequently commanded the Donegal
78, in the Mediterranean, from 22 July, 1830, until
the summer of 1832, attained flag-rank 10 Jan.
1837. His last promotion took place 9 Nov. 1846.
The Vice-Admiral, now a widower, married Au-
gusta, daughter of Bartlet Goodrich, of Saling
Grove, co. Essex, by whom he had, with other issue,
two sons, John Goodrich, a Commander R.N., and
another, Francis, a Lieutenant in the Royal Ar-
tillery. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
DICK. (Commander, 1841. r-p., 22 ; h-p., 6.)
John Goodrich Dick, born 22 Nov. 1806, ig
eldest son of Vioe-Admiral John Dick.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7
Oct. 1819, and embarked, 9 Oct. 1821, as Fst.-ol.
Vol., on board the Euryalus 42, Capt. Augustus
Wm. Jas. Cliffi)rd, fitting at Portsmouth. On being
soon after transferred to the Lifpey 50, bearing
the broad pendant of Commodore Chas. Grant, he
proceeded to the East Indies, where he bore a part
in the Burmese war in 1824-5, and was present, on
11 May in the former year, at the capture of
Rangoon. In Nov. 1825, he next joined the Leven
24, Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, under whom, and
Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal of the Baracouta
surveying-tender, he served, ofi'the coast of Africa,
until a few days after his examination for Lieu-
tenant, which took place 6 Sept. 1826. From the
following Deo. until the receipt of his first com-
mission, 28 March, 1831, Mr. Dick appears to have
been further employed, as Mate, and latterly as
Acting-Lieutenant, in the Spartiate 78, Capt.
Fred. Warren, Falcon tender, Lieut.-Commander
Wm. Fred. Lapidge, Ocean 80, Capt. Patrick
Campbell, Wasp 18, Capts. Thos. Edw. Hoste and
Brunswick Popham, and Philomel 10, Capt. Hugh
* ^^(ieGaz. 1809, p. 398.
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DICK— DICKEN— DICKENS.
Beraers, on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations.
We subsequently find him appointed- -17 Aug. 1831,
to the Britannia 120, Capts. Wm. Jas. Hope John-
stone and Peter Bainier— 21 Oct. 1832, to the Stag
46, Capt. Nicholas Loekyer, from which ship he in-
valided in consequence of a severe fracture of the
leg, 9 Sept. 1&33— 19 July, 1834, to the North
Star 28, Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt — 4 July,
1835, to the Ddbles 50, bearing the flag of Sir
Graham Eden Hamond — 12 Oct. 1835, to the
Blonde 46, Commodore Fras. Mason — 29 March,
1838, as Senior Lieutenant, to the Akdromache 28,
Capt. Kobt. Lambert Baynes— 13 May, 1839, to the
Kevengb 78, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave — 1 Nov.
1839, to the Hote 120, as Acting Flag-Lieutenant
to Sir Robt. Waller Otway, Commander-in-Chief at
the Nore— and, 1 Oct. 1840, to the Britannia 120,
bearing the Flag of Sir John Ommanney. In those
ships, Mr. Dick served on the Home, Lisbon, South
American, North America and West India, and
Mediterranean stations. He attained his present
rank 23 Nov. 1841; and since 1 July, 1845, has
been employed as an Inspecting Commander in the
Coast Guard.
Commander Dick married, 7 Dec. 1843, Harriet,
only daughter of the Kev. Chas. Baker, Vicar of
Tilmanstone, co. Kent, sister of Lieut. Chas.
Hougham Baker, R.N., and niece of Vioe-Admiral
the late Sir Thos. Baker, K.C.B., by whom he has
issue a daughter. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
DICK. (Cailtain, 1814. r-P., 19 ; H-p., 35.)
Thomas Dick entered the Navy, 21 Jan. 1793, as
Midshipman, on board L'Aigi,e frigate, Capt. John
Nicholson Inglefield ; and, after assisting at the
reduction of Corsica, removed, in June, 1794, to the
Bedford 74, Capts. Robt. Mann and Davidge
Gould, under the latter of whom we find him pre-
sent in Hotham's actions of 14 March and 13 July,
1795. In Sept. following he rejoined Captain, then
Sear- Admiral, Mann, on board the Windsor Castle
98, also in the Mediterranean, where he continued
until Dec. 1796 ; from which period he afterwards
served, until 1799, in the Nassau 64, and Monarch
74, flag-ships in the North Sea of Vice-Admiral
Rich. Onslow; under whom, in the Monarch, he
bore a part in the battle off Camperdown, 11 Oct.
1797. On 11 March, 1799, Mr. Dick was promoted
to a Lieutenancy in the Nemesis 98, Capt. Thos.
Baker ; subsequently to which he joined, 11 Oct.
following, the Melpomene 44^ Capt. Sir Chas.
Hamilton, and witnessed the capture, 5 April, 1800,
of the island of Goree. While on the African sta-
tion, he assumed command, on the night of 3 Jan.
1801, of five boats, manned with 87 volunteers, for
the purpose of surprising a corvette of 18 guns, and
an armed schooner, anchored within the bar off
Senegal. After a desperate struggle of 20 minutes,
in which 11 men were killed, 18 wounded, and two
boats sunk, Lieut. Dick and his party gallantly
carried the corvette, Le Senegal, which they eventu-
ally destroyed under a heavy fire of grape and
musketry from the batteries.* With intermissions,
the subject of this sketch continued to serve under
Sir Chas. Hamilton in the Illustrious 74, Tem*-
RAiRE 98, and Tonnant 80, on the Channel and
Cadiz stations, until July, 1810. On being pro-
moted to the rank of Commander 21 Oct. following,
he joined the Thisbe 28, bearing the flag of the
same officer, and afterwards of the Hon. Arthur
Kaye Legge, in the River Thames, where he re-
mained until posted 7 June, 1814. He accepted the
Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Dick married, 20 June, 1820, Miss Kath-
erine Martyr. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
Romana and his patriot army— was frozen up a
whole winter at Gottenborg— and assisted at the
siege of Flushing in Aug. 1809. After an attach-
ment of four months to the Puissant 74, guard-ship
at Portsmouth, he removed, in March, 1810, to the
Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, on the Lisbon station.
In Aug. following he rejoined Sir R. G. Keats, as
Midshipman, in the Milford 74 ; from which ship,
after intermediately serving with the flotilla at the
siege of Cadiz, he followed the same officer, in July,
1811, into the Hibeenia 110, on the Mediterranean
station; where; during a subsequent employment
of two years in the Franchise 36, Capt. Rich. Buck,
he co-operated much with the patriots on the coast
of Catalonia. Mr. Dioken, whom we next find
officiating as Actoairalty Midshipman and Master's
Mate of the Clorinde 40, Capt. Sam. Geo. Pechell,
and of the Bbllerophon 74, and Salisbdrv 50,
flag-ships of his patron. Sir R. G. Keats, obtained
his commission 7 March, 1815. His appointments
have since been— 14 Sept. 1815, to the Hazard 16,
Capt. John Cookesley, off Newfoundland— 13 Sept.
1816, to the Tiber 46, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, in
the Channel— 31 Jan; 1822, to the Coast Blockade,
in which he served, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of
the Severn 50, and Bamillies 74, both commanded
by Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, until 1825— and, 11 Jan.
1830, 18 July, 1843, and 8 April, 1845, to the com-
mand of the Reindeer, Linnet, and Seagull
packets, on the Falmouth station, in the last-men-
tioned of which he is at present employed.
Lieut. Dicken married, in June, 1833, Emily,
yoimgest daughter of Henry Williams, Esq., of Fal-
mouti^, by whom he has issue. Agent-— Joseph
Woodhead.
DICKEN. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p.,28; h-p., 11.)
Henrt Perry Dioken entered the Navy, 1 June,
1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 74, Capt.
Sam. Jackson, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Rich.
Goodwin Keats, in which he witnessed the ensuing
embarkation from Nyeborg of the Marquis de la
• Vide Gm. 1801, p. 253.
DICKENS. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 14;
H-p., 34.3
Samuel Trevor Dickens, bom 10 Feb. 1788, is
son of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Sam. Dickens, Col.-Com-
mandant, Royal Engineers.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gderbier 74, Capt. Lord
Wm. Stuart, employed ■ in the Mediterranean ;
where, and on the Home station, he afterwards,
until April, 1806, served; part of the time as Mid-
shipman, on board the Courageux and Venerable
74's, both commanded by Capt. Sam. Hood, Cham-
pion 24, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, Harpy 18, Capt.
Edm. Heywood, Crescent 36, Capt. Lord W.
Stuart, and Hibernia 110, flag-ship of Earl St.
Vincent. He then, as Acting-Lieutenant of the
Prince George 98, Capt. Geo. Losack, proceeded
to the West Indies, where he was confirmed by
commission dated 4 Aug. 1806. In Oct. 1807, Mr.
Dickens joined the Eclipse 18, commanded off the
coast of Portugal by Capt. G. A. Creyke ; after
which he appears to have been borne, from Feb.
1809, to Feb. 1812, on the books of the Trident 64,
and Canopus 80, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Ad-
mirals Sir Alex. Ball and Chas. Boyles. During
that period he held the acting command, from May
to Sept. 1809, of the Redwing 18, in the Adriatic,
and, for some time, in 1811, of the Cephalcs sloop,
and Cerberus frigate, in the latter of which he
conducted for several weeks the blockade of Corfu
in face of a very superior force. His next appoint-
ment was, on 8 May, 1813, to the Ocean 98, Capt.
Robt. Plampin, with whom he remained until ap-
pointed by Sir_ Edw. Pellew to the command, 24
Feb. 1814, of the Badger sloop. Commander
Dickens, whose promotion obtained official sanction
5 April following. Invalided home on 17 Dec. in
the same year ; and has since been on half-pay.
He married, 9 Sept. 1819, Isabella, second daughter
of Benj. Craven, Esq., of Colchester, and has issue
five sons and one daughter. Agents— Hallett and
Robinson.
DICKENS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Samuel Trevor Dickens passed his examination
7 Feb. 1843 ; and served, as Mate, on the Home
and Mediterranean stations, in the St. Vincent 120,
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flag-ship of Sir Chaa. Rowley, Rodmey 92, Capt.
Kobt. Maunsell, Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of
Sir David Milne, Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas Look-
yer, and Hibeknia 104, flag-ship of Sir 'Wm.
Parker. He obtained his commission 5 Aug. 1846 ;
and, since 11 March, 1847, has been employed on
Particular Service, as First of the Rattlek steam-
sloop, Capt. Rich. Moorman.
DICKINSON. (LiEDT., 1828. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 19.)
liDNDT Dickinson entered the Navy, 19 July,
1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Berwick 74,
Capt. Jas. Macnamaia, employed in blockading the
enemy's fleet ofi' the Texel. From Oct. folloiwing
untU Aug. 1815, he next served as Midshipman of
the Tigbe 80, Capt. John Halliday, on the Channel,
West India, and North Sea stations ; and, during
the same period, escorted home a large convoy
from St. Helena. In the Leveret 10, Capt. John
Theed, and Roohfort 74, Capt. Sir Arch. Colling-
wood Dickson, he appears to have been subsequently
employed for three years off the latter island, dur-
ing Buonaparte's captivity, and at Portsmouth.
Having passed his examination 3 Dec. 1817, we
next find Mr. Dickinson discharging the duties of
the Coast Blockade, as Mate of the Severn 50,
and Ramillies 74, both commanded by Capt. Wm.
M'CuUoch. For his conduct in an afiray with a
large body of smugglers, in March 1819, he was
rewarded with the expressed approbation of the
Board of Admiralty, and of Sir John Gore, then
Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. He was after-
wards appointed, on the South American and West
India stations— in July, 1824, to the Diamond fri-
gate, Capt. Lord Napier—in Deo. 1826, to the Bar-
ham 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Chas.
Elphinstone Fleeming — and, in Nov. 1827, as Act-
ing-Lieutenant, to the Fairy 10, Capt.Wm. O'Brien.
On being confirmed by the Admiralty, 22 Jan. 1828,
he invalided home in consequence of rheumatism
contracted in the service. He has since been un-
employed.
Lieut. Dickinson married Susanna, daughter of
Jas. Enraght Moony, Esq., J. P., of the Doon,
King's Co.
DICKINSON. (Capt., 1832. f.-p., 17 ; h-p., 34.)
Thomas Dickinson was born in Hampshire.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1796, as
Third-cl. Boy, on board the Invincible 74, Capt.
Wm. Cayley, on the West India station, whence,
after witnessing the reduction of Ste. Lucie and
Trinidad, he invalided home, in July, 1799, on
board the Favorite, Capt. Westbeaoh. Under
Capt. Jas. Vashon, Admiral Hon. Wm. Comwallis,
and Vice-Admiral CoUingwood, he next served, in
the Channel and off Cadiz, as Midshipman, from
July, 1801, to 10 Oct. 1805, of the Dreadnocght 98,
in the boats of which ship he appears to have been
frequently and very actively employed against the
enemy. On accompanying the last-mentioned officer
into tne Royal Sovereign 100, he so distinguished
himself in the battle off Cape Trafalgar, 21 Oct.
1805, where he was' wounded, that the Vice-Admiral
promoted him, the day following, to the rank of
Lieutenant — Mr. Dickinson being the very first
officer on whom that mark of approbation was con-
ferred. During the action he had had the command
of 8 guns, and, at the head of the sail-trimmers,
had gone over the side of the Royal Sovereign,
at a time when she lay exposed to the fire of an
80-gun ship, and performed the important office of
clearing away the wreck of the main and mizen
masts, then covering the after guns. As, however,
he had not passed his examination, Mr. Dickinson
was not confirmed by the Admiralty until 15 Aug.
1806, at which period he was still with Lord Col-
lingwood, in the Ocean 98. He left that ship in
Oct. 1808; and was next appointed — 11 Nov. fol-
lowing, to the Active 38, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon,
also in the Mediterranean— 25 Aug. 1809, to the
Rattlek 18, Capts. Henry Higman and Alex. Gor-
don, off Newfoundland— and, 24 June, 1812, to the
Andromache 33, Capt. Geo. Tobin. On 23 Oct.
1813, having previously witnessed the fall of St. Se-
bastian, he was (severely) wounded, as was another
person (slightly), at the capture of La Trave, of
44 gims and 321 men, which ship surrendered, after
a short but smart action, and a loss of 1 man killed
and 28 wounded."" Attaining the rank of Com-
mander 15 June, 1814, he was eventually appointed,
25 June, 1829, to the command of the Lightning
18, on the South American station, where, for six
months, he acted as senior officer in the Rio de
la Plata; and next superintended, during several
months ,of 1831, a series of arduous operations,
which terminated in the recovery from the wreck
of H.M.S. Thetis of about 600,000 dollars, rather
more than two-thirds of a sum which had been
engulfed with that ship off Cape Frio. Capt.
Dickinson, who paid the Lightning off on 13 Sept.
1832, was thereupon presented by the ship's com-
pany with a sword and pair of epaulettes, in token
of gratitude for his unceasing care during the
dangerous and laborious exertions at Cape Frio, by
which their lives were preserved. Since his Post-
promotion, which took place 29 Nov. following, he
has been on half-pay.
Capt. Dickinson has been in the receipt, since
2 Dec. 1815, of a pension of 150?. for the wounds
he received at the capture of La Traxe. He has
also obtained a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund ;
and, in 1825, he was presented by the Society of Arts
with the Gold Vulcan Medal, for his mode of ap-
plying percussion powder to the discharge of ships*
guns. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
DICKMAN. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
William Henry Dickman entered the Navy
16 Oct. 1807 ; passed his examination in 1817 ; ob-
tained his commission 11 Feb. 1829; served after-
wards in the Coast Guard; and, since 1831, has
been unemployed.
DICKONSON. (Lieut., 1809. r-p., 15; h-p., 34.)
Lacy Dickonson was bom 17 April, 1786.
This officer entered the Navy, 31 Deo. 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Anson 44, Capt. Philip
Chas. Durham, stationed in the Channel ; and, from
April, 1800, to Jan. 1803, served on the West
India station, in the Severn 44, Capts. John Whitby
and Geo. Barker. He then joined, as Midshipman,
the Raisonsable 64, Capts. Wm. Hotham and Robt.
Barton, in the North Sea, where, from Aug. 1805, to
Sept. 1806, he officiated as Acting-Lieutenant, and
Acting-Sub-Lieutenant, of the Mercator armed
ship, Capt. Jas. Welch, and Snipe gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander Chas. Champion. After a further at-
tachment of 19 months, as Master's Mate, to the
Magnificent 74, Capt. Geo. Eyre, off the Port of
Cadiz, Mr. Dickonson, on 28 June, 1808, was ap-
pointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Hebcule 74, Capt.
Lord Colville, on the Lisbon station. He was soon
after transferred, in a similar capacity, to the Co-
mds 22, Capt. Matthew Smith, to which ship he was
at length confirmed, 31 May, 1809. Being next ap-
pointed, 14 May, 1810, to the Impetoedx 74, Capt.
tfohn Lawford, he landed vrith a body of seamen,
and co-operated with the army under Lord Hill,
until the retreat of the French from before the
lines of Salvaterra, in 1811. Lieut. Dickenson's
last appointment was, 2 Feb. 1812, to the Nightin-
gale 16, Capt. Christopher Nixon, on the Leith
station. He invalided 20 Dec. 1814, and has not
since been afloat.
He is married, and has issue one daughter.
Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
DICKSON. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 15; h-p., 9.)
Alexander Collingwood Thomas Dickson,
bom 1 Aug. 1810, is fourth son of the late Rear-
Admiral Sir Archibald CoUingwood Dickson, Bart. ;
and brother of the present Sir Wm. Dickson, Bart.,
Capt. R.N. '
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 3
* ViisfixL. 1813, p. 2138.
288
DICKSON:
April, 1823, and embarked, 4 Oct. 1824, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm.
Hamilton, on the Mediterranean station, where he
removed, as Midshipman, 8 Oct. 1827, to the Se-
KiNGAPATAM 46, Capt. Chas. Sotheby. From 12
May, 1831, until 6 July, 1833, he next served, on
the Channel and Cape stations, as Midshipman and
Mate of the Stag 46, Capt. Sip Edw. Thos. Troa-
bridge, and Isis 50, flag-ship of Kear-Admiral Fred.
Warren; Having passed his examination 27 March,
1832, he was then promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant. We subsequently find him appointed — 7 July,
1833, to the Favoubite sloop, for passage home —
6 Sept. 1834, to the Mai-abab 74, Capt. Sir Wm.
Augustus Montagu, on the South American station
—11 April, 1837, to the San Josef 110, as Flag
Lieutenant to Kear-Admiral F. Warren, Admiral-
Superintendent at Plymouth — and, 27 April, 1842,
to the CAiEBONiA 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne,
'Commander.-in-Chief-at the same port. He-attained
his present rank on 7 May in' the latter year, and
has since been on half-pay.
Commander Dickson married, 15 Nov. 1837,
Amelia Caroline Beauclerk Whimper, niece of Ad-
miral of the Red Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Agents
— Messrs. Halford and Co.
DICKSON. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 20;.
H-p., 24.)
David John Dickson, bom 24 Oct. 1790, at
Sydenham House, near Kelso, is. eldest son of the
late Wm. Dickson, Esq^., Admiral of the Blue,, who
died in 1803, by his second wife, Miss Elizabeth
Charteris;. and half-uncle of the present Sir Wm.
Dickson, Bartv, Capt. K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 April, 1803, as
Midshipman, on board the Sceptre 74, commanded
by his half-brother, Capt. Sir Archibald Colling-
wood Dickson, in which ship, and the Albion 74,
Capt. John Ferrier, he served, on the East India
station, until his retiim home, in 1808, on board the
St. Fiorenzo 40,- Capt. John Bastard. In the course
of 1809 he next successively joined the Nassau 64,
Capt. Robt. Campbell, Cdlloden 74, bearing the
flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, and Orion 74, Capt. Sir
A. C. Dickson. In the latter ship, of which he was
created a Lieutenant on his return from the Wal-
cheren expedition, 8 Nov. 1809, Mr. Dickson con-
tinued to serve until Jan. 1814, being very actively
engaged during that period in escorting convoys
through the Great Belt. After a further attach-
ment to the Coiosans and Achilie 74's, Capts.
Thos. Alexander and Aiskew. Eaffard Hollis, on the
Home and Brazilian stations, he joined, 14 May,
1816, the Bbitomart 10, Capts. Robt. Kiddell,
Constantine Rich. Moorsom, and Hon. Geo. Jas.
Perceval, under the first of whom he bore a part, as
Senior Lieutenant, in the battle of Algiers; 27 Aug.
following. His succeeding appointments appear to
have been— 3 Feb. 1817, to the Rochfort 80, Capt.
Sir A. C. Dickson, guard-ship at Portsmouth— 29
March, 1819, to the Falmodth 18, Capt. Henry
Theodosius Browne Collier— 11 May, 1820, to the
Alacbitj 10, Capt. Henry Stanhope— 19 Feb. 1821,
and 16 Jan. 1823, to the command of the Hornet
and Basilisk cutters, on the Home station— 22 Aug.
1825, to the Pandora 18, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jer-
voise, one of an experimental squadron sent to the
Cape of Good Hope— and, 14 March, 1827, to the
command of the Sylvia cutter. He acquired the
rank he now holds 29 Sept. 1827, and has since
been on half-pay.
He married, 21 Aug. 1828, Hester, second sur-
viving daughter of the late Rev. Wm. Rawlins,
M.A., Rector of Tevresal, co. Notts.
ville 72, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders DundaSj served,
throughout a portion of ttie war in China. On 18
Aug. 1841, we find him joining the Warspite 50,
Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, stationed in the
Mediterranean, where he appears to have been em-
ployed, latterly as First Lieutenant, for upwards of
four years. Mr. Dickinson has been offioiatingjSince
24 April, 1846, as Second and First of the Queen
110, Capt. Sir Henry John Leeke, on the Home
station. Agents- Messrs. Halford and C,e.
DICKSON, Bart. (Captain,- 1837. r-p.,-22;
H-p., 14.)
Sir William Dickson, bom 10 June, 1798; is
eldest son of the late Rear- Admiral Sir Arch. Col-
lingwood Dickson, Bart.,* by Harriet, daughter
of Admiral Bourmaster, of Tiohfield ; nephew of
Licut.-Coloner Sir Arch. Dickson, K.C.B., K.C.H.,
and of tie present Commander David John Dick-
son, R.N. r great-nephew of Admiral Sir Arch.
Dickson, Bart, who died in 1803; brother-in-law
of Capt. Thos. Wren Carter, R.N. ; and cousin of
Capt. John Brett Purvis, K.N. He has also two
brothers in the Navy, Alexander CoUingwoo.d Tho-
mas, a Commander — and John Bourmaster, a Lieu-
tenant.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 1
Aug. 1811, and embarked, 6 May, 1814, as a Volun-
teer; on board the Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos.
Baker, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope, where
he attained the rating of Midshipman 2 Nov. fol-
lowing. He afterwards served for upwards of three
years, under his father and Capt. Wm. Paterson, on
board the Caledonia 120, Kochport 80, Erinda-
Nus 36, and Minden 74 ; and in the latter ship was
present, as Admiralty Midshipman, at the battle of
Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. Until promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant, 15 Oct. 1822, Mr. Dickson further
served, on the Etist India, South American, and
Home stations, in the Trincomalee 46, Capt. Philip
Henry Bridges, Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis
Maitland, Atholl 28, Capt. Henry Bourchier, Lnr-
PET 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, Ramillibs 74,
Capt. Edwi Brace, and Royal Sovereign yacht,
Capts. Chas. Adam and Sir Jahleel Brenton. He
was subsequently appointed to the Queen Char-
lotte leo, flag-ship of the Commander-in-Chief at
Portsmouth, Seringapatam 46, Capt. Chas. Sothe-
by, Revenge 78, bearing the flag in the Mediter-
ranean of Sir Harry Burrard Neale, and Raleigh
sloop ; and, on 19 Feb. 1828, was wrecked off the
coast of Portugal, while proceeding to the last-men-
tioned station as a passenger in the Terror bomb,
Capt. David Hope. On 4 March, 1829, we find
him promoted to the command of the Raleigh;
and, on 28 Sept. 1833, appointed to the Orestes 18,
off Lisbon. Attaining Post-rank lOi Jan. 1837, Sir
Wm. Dickson was further invested with the com-
mand, 30 Aug. 1841, of the Volagb 26, on the
North America and West India station. He paid
that vessel off in 1845, and has not since been afloat.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
DICKSON. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
John Bourmaster Dickson, bom in 1815, Is
fifth son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Arch. Col-
lingwood Dickson, Bart. ; and brother of the pre-
sent Sir Wm. Dickson, Bart., Capt. K.N.
This officer passed his examination in 1834, and,
obtaining a Lieutenancy, 18 Oct. 1839, in the Mel-
DICKSON. (Lieut.,. 1812. ^--p., 11 ;■ H-p, 32.)
William Dickson, bom 19 July, 1791, is son
of Major Thos. Dickson, of Woodvijle, co. Leitrim,
M.P. for Ballyshannon.
This officer entered the "Navy, 15 Jan. 1804, as
L. M., on board La Yikginie 38, Capt. John Poo
Beresford, stationed in the North Sea. He was
subsequently employed for three ye^irs, latterly as
Midshipman, in the Ramillies 74, Capts. Fras. Pick-
more and Robt. Yarker, chiefly on the West India
and North American stations^ From Dec. 1808,
to Nov. 1810, he next cruized with Capts. John
Tower and Hon. Granville Leveson Proby, in the
Ibis alias Solebay 32. He then joined the Dragon
74, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir Fras. Laforey ;
• Sir A. C. Dickson served as Lieutenant of tlie Royal
GeoROE in Lord Howe's action of 1 June, 1794 ; and after-
wards commanded tlie Monarch and Orion 74'a, during the
expeditions to the Helder and tlie Walcheren, in 1799 and
1809. ifedi^ls June. 1827.
DICKSON-DIDHAM-DIGBY.
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and, after holding for fifteen months the command,
as Acting-Lieutenant, of the Lemois and Orange
schooners, on the latter station, was confirmed in
his present rank 21 Aug. 1812. Mr. Dickson, whose
ensuing appointment was, 17 May, 1813, to the
Grasshopper 18, commanded in the Mediterranean
by Capts. Henry Robt. Battersby and Sir Chas.
Burrard, has been on half-pay since 6 JFeb. 1816.
He married, in Oct. 1819, Hester, yoimgest daugh-
ter of Daniel Eccles, Esq., of Ecclesville, co. Ty-
rone, and has issue two children.
DICKSON. (COMMANDKB, 1815. F-p., 15;
H-p., 31.)
WitLiAM Henry Dickson is son of the late Ad-
miral Dickson.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1801, as
Midshipman, on board the Powerful 74, Capt. Sir
Fras. Laforey, whom he successively accompanied
to the Baltic, to Cadiz, and to South America. In-
dependently of various ships, on the books of which
we merely find him borne for the purpose of efieot-
ing a passage from one station to another, Mr. Dick-
son, subsequently to the peace of Amiens, served
on board La Virmkie 38, Capt. John Poo Beres-
ford, and Centadr 74, bearing the broad pendant
in the West Indies of Commodore Sir Sam. Hood,
of which ship he became an Acting-Lieutenant 5
April, 1805. Being confirmed by the Admiralty
16 Jan. 1806, he afterwards joined — 15 Feb. 1806,
the Camilla 28, Capts. John Tower and John
Bowen, off Newfoundland— 11 April, 1807, the Ju-
piter 50, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, under
whom, when returning from China, he was wrecked
on a reef of rocks, off Vigo, 10 Dec. 1808—20 March,
1809, and 28 March, 1810, to the Rusr 64, and
Victory 100, flag-ships in the Baltic of Admirals
Mardey Dixon and Sir Jas. Saumarez— 11 July, 1812,
to the Dragon 74, bearing the flag in the West
Indies of Sir Jas. Saumarez— and, 16 Nov. 1812, to
the command, on the same station, of the Maria
brig, of 16 guns. He attained his present rank 21
Aug. 1815; and, after intermediately commanding
the Chanticleer sloop, also in the West Indies,
was placed on half-pay, in Aug. 1816. He has not
since been afloat.
Commander Dickson, who was the zealous pro-
jector and principal promoter of the Royal Naval
School, is now Secretary to the Royal Naval Bene-
volent Society.
DIDHAM. (LlEDTENANT, 1846.)
Charles John Didham passed his examination 9
Sept. 1845 ; was immediately appointed Mate of the
President 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of
Rear- Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres ; obtained his com-
mission 28 July, 1846 ; and has been since serving
on board the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christopher
Wyvill.
DIGBY. (LiEDT., 1821. F-P., 30 ; H-p., 4.)
Edward Dioby, bom 14 April, 1799, is second
son of the late Rev. John Digby, of Osberstown,
CO. ICildare, and of New Park, co. Meath, who for
thirtj' years was in the Commission of the Peace,
by Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Edw. Borr,
Esq., of Spring Park, in the latter shire, a descend-
ant of the celebrated Bishop Jeremy Taylor. He is
related to Capts. Jos. Digby and Digby Marsh, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Aug. 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Devonshire 74, Capt.
Koss Donnelly ; and on removing, as Midshipman, to
the Harlequin 18, Capt. Wm. Kempthome, assisted
at the capture, off' Newfoundland, of the Ida priva-
teer, and was present in a mistaken and very severe
action with the Princess Charlotte, a King's
packet. During the four years immediately conse-
cutive on the general peace, he served as Master's
Mate of the Podargus 16, Capts. Jas. Wallis, Jas.
Cairnes, and Hon. Henrjr John Rous, off' St. Helena,
for tlie purpose of securing the detention of Buona-
parte. He then, in July, 1819, passed his examina-
tion; and was soon after appointed to the Coast
Blockade. On 11 Feb. 1821, he assisted, with the
present Commander C. J. F. Newton, and was
wounded, at the attack and defeat of an overwhelm-
ing band of armed smugglers, at Brookland, in
Kent. For his share in that daring exploit, Mr.
Digby was promoted by Lord Melville to his pre-
sent rank 4 May following. He was afterwards re-
employed in the Coast Blockade from Nov. 1823, to
Dec. 1825 ; and since Dec. 1826, has been in almost
uninterrupted charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
He married Sarah, daughter of the late Hugh
Crawford, of Orangefield, co. Down, by whom he
has issue a son and daughter.
DIGBY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 28.)
EvERARD Digby entered the Navy, in Aug. 1806,
as a Volunteer, on board the Devastation bomb,
Capt. Matthew Smith, stationed in the Channel.
In July, 1807, he removed to the Cossack 22, Capt.
Geo. Digby ; and after attending the ensuing expe-
dition to Copenhagen, and co-operating for several
months with the patriots on the coast of Spain, he
joined, in Jan. 1810, as Midshipman, the Theban
38, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, with whom he
eventually proceeded to the East Indies. On his
return home in the Illustrious 74, Capt. Alex.
Skene, he became attached to the Saturn 56, Capt.
Jas. Nash ; and on being sent to North America,
was there appointed, 19 Dec. 1814, Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Narcissus 32, Capt. Gordon. He ob-
tained his official promotion 10 Feb. 1815 ; and was
subsequently employed — from 22 April to 23 Aug.
following, in the Amphion 32, Capts. Jas. Pattison
Stewart and John Brett Purvis, off Cherbourg —
and, from 30 Dec. 1825, until 1829, in the Coast
Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hy-
perion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. For a short
time towards the close of 1846, Lieut. Digby had
charge of a station in the Coast Guard. He has
since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
DIGBY. cCTaptain, 1815. r-p., 13 ; h-p., 34.)
Joseph Digby, bom 15 July, 1786, is youngest
son of the late Hon. and Rev. Wm. Digby, LL.D.,
Dean of Durham, Vicar of Coles Hill, Chaplain in
Ordinary to George III., and Canon of Christ-
church, by Charlotte, daughter of Joseph Cox,
Esq. ; brother of Admiral of the Blue, the late Sir
Henry Digby, G.C.B.,* and of the late Capt. Chas.
Geo. Digby, R.N. ; brother-in-law of the late Earl
of Ilchester, of Sir John Sheffield, Bart., of Sir John
Henry Newbolt, Kt., Chief Justice at Madras, and
of Sir Thos. Neave, Bart. ; first cousin of the pre-
sent Earl Digby, and of the late Capt. Stephen
Thos. Digby, R.N. ; and a relative of Lieut. Edw.
Digby, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dryad 36, Capts. Chas.
John Moore Mansfield and Robt. WilUams, with
whom he served, chiefly on the Irish station, until
the summer of 1803. From that period until Sept.
1806, he next officiated as Midshipman, on the Home
and East India stations, of the Euryalus 36, Capt.
Hon. Henry Blackwood, Culloden 74, flag-ship of
Sir Edw. Pellew, Harrier 18, Capt. Edw. Katsey,
and RussEL 74, Capt. Robt. Caulfeild. While in
the Harrier, we find him, in company with the
Phaeton 38, present, 2 Aug. 1805, in a severe
action of two hours and a half with the French
36-gun frigate Se'milkatte, and several batteries, at
the entrance of the Straits of St. Bernadino, Philip-
pine Islands ; on which occasion the Harrier, be-
sides being much cut up, sustained a loss of two men
wounded. In Oct. 1806, Mr. Digby was appointed
Acting-Lieutenant of the Duncan alias Dover iri-
* While commanding the Alcmene friuate. Sir Henry
Digby had the good fortune, in company witA the Naiad and
Tkiton, to capture, 18 Oct. 1799, the Spanish frigate Santa
Brigida^ having on board 1,400,1100 dollars, besides a cargo of
immense value, ■ He afterwards commanded the Africa 64,
at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805; and, in 1840-1, was
Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. He died 19 Autj. 1842
aged 73. '
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DIGGENS-DILKE— DILKES-DILLON.
gate, Capt. Edw. Tucker. Being confirmed ty the
Admiralty 11 Dec. 1807, lie continued actively em-
ployed in that ship, still on the Indian station, until
Oct. 1809, when he invalided home on board the
Rattlesnake 18, Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer.
After a subsequent cruize of six or eight months in
the North Sea as Lieutenant of the Akmada 74,
Capt. Adam Mackenzie, he vras promoted to the
rank of Commander by commission dated 8 Feb.
1812. From July, 1813, until advanced to Post-
rank 8 Sept. 1815, Capt. Digby next had charge of
the Hydka troop-ship, in which, we believe, he
attended the expedition to New Orleans. He ac-
cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
He married Miss Jackson, and has issue two sons
and a daughter.
DIGGENS. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Fkancis John Diggen^ entered the Navy 17
Sept. 1828 ; passed his examination 20 July, 1836 ;
and after serving for some time in the East Indies
as Mate of the Lakse 18, Capt. Fat. John Blake,
was promoted to the rsmk of Lieutenant 21 Sept.
1842. His appointments have since been — 10 Aug.
1843, to the Hydba steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio
Beauman Young, off the coast of Africa — and, 4
March, 1845, to the Hibernia 104, flag-ship in the
Mediterranean of Sir Wm. Parker, with whom he
is at present serving. Agents — Messrs. Halford
and Co.
DILKE. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 17; h-p., 19.)
Thomas Dilke entered the Navy, 23 May, 1811,
as Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Revenge 74, Capts.
John^Nash and Chas. Bateman, in which ship, and
the Maklbokough 74, bearing the respective ilags
of Rear-Admirals Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and
Geo. Cockburn, he served, off Cadiz, latterly as
Midshipman, until Nov. 1812. During the next six
years, he appears to have been successively em-
ployed on the West India, Home, and Mediterranean
stations, in the Magnificent 74, Capt. "Willoughby
Thos. Lake, Saracen 16, Capt. Alex. Dixie, Ra-
MiiiLiES 74, and Mai/fa 84, both commanded by
Capt. Chas. Ogle, Rivom 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard
HoUis, and Ganymede 26, Capt. Hon. Robt. Caven-
dish Spencer. On 3 Oct. 1818, he became Acting-
Lieutenant of the Myrmidon 20, Capt. Robt. Gam-
bier ; and being officially confirmed in his new rank
22 Jan. 1819, was afterwards appointed — 12 July,
1821, to the Cherokee 10, Capts. Theobald Jones
and "Wm. Keats, off Leith— 12 April, 1823, to the
Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. R. C. Spencer, in the Medi-
terranean— and, 28 Dec. 1826, to the Asia 84, as
Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Edw. Codrington, Comman-
der-in-Chief on the same station. While in the
Naiad, Mr. Dilke contributed to the defeat, 31
Jan. 1824, of the Tripoli, Algerine corvette, of 18
guns and 100 men ; and on the night of 23 May fol-
lowing, he commanded the boats, in conjunction with
Lieuts. Michael Quin and Geo. Evans, at the bril-
liant destruction of a 16-gun brig moored in a posi-
tion of extraordinary strength alongside the walls
of the fortress of Bona, in which was a garrison of
400 soldiers, who, frotii cannon and musket, kept up
a tremendous fire almost perpendicularly on the
deck. For his conduct in the Asia at the battle of
Kavarin, 20 Oct. 1827, Mr. Dilke was promoted, the
same day, to the command of the Rose 18, in which
sloop he continued until some time in the following
year. He was afterwards appointed, 4 Aug. 1835,
to the Wanderer brig, on the North America and
West India station ; but since his Post-promotion,
10 Jan. 1837, has been on half-pay. Agent — J.
Chippendale.
who commanded the brigade of Guards at the
battle of Barrosa, and died in 1841. His grand-
father, Michael O'Bryen, a General, was Colonel of
the 50th Regt. in 1744, and Commander-in-Chief
in Ireland; and his great-grandfather, Sir Thos.
Dilkes, was an Admiral in the reign of Queen Anne.
This ofloer entered the Navy, 3 April, 1790, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Bellona 74, Capt.
Fras. Hartwell, on the Home station ; where, dur-
ing the two following years, he successively joined
the Shark 16, and Rotai. Sovereign 100, both
commanded by his brother, Capt. John Dilkes, the
Haknibai, 74, Capt. John Colpoys, the Princess
Charlotte yacht, and the Lion 64. In the latter
ship, under Sir Erasmus Gower, he accompanied
Lord Macartney, as Midshipman, in his embassy to
China, in 1793. On his return, in 1794, he next
joined the Flora 36, Capt. Wm. Albany Otway,
and, then, the London 98, bearing the flag of Sir
John Colpoys, under whom he bore a part in Lord
Bridport's action oflF He de Groix, 23 June, 1795.
Immediately on passing his examination, Mr. Dilkes
was promoted, 6 Jan. 1797, to a Lieutenancy in the
Kite 18, Capt. Wm. Brovm ; after which we find
him appointed — 4 March following, to the Unicorn
32, commanded on the Irish and Channel stations
by Capts. Jas. Young and Philip Wilkinson — 18
June, 1800, as Senior, to the Pique 36, Capt. Jas.
Young, in which frigate he obtained a gold medal
for his services in Egypt, in 1801 — and, 25 Oct.
1802, in a similar capacity, to the Jdno 32, Capt.
Henry Richardson, also in ih.e Mediterranean, where
he remained until advanced to the rank of Com-
mander, 20 March, 1805. Capt. Dilkes — whose next
appointment was, 7 Feb. 1806, to the Hazard 18—
commanded for several months in that year the
blockading squadron in the Pertuis Breton, with so
much vigilance that not one vessel belonging to the
enemy was known to escape.* On eventually pro-
ceeding to the West Indies, he became, 8 Nov. 1808,
Flag-Captain to Sir Alex. Cochrane in the Neptdne
98 ; and on 18 Jan. 1809, he was confirmed to Post-
rank. In the course of the following Feb. and April,
Capt. Dilkes assisted at the reduction of Martinique,
and at the capture of the French 74-gun ship D'Haif
poult. After following Sir A. Cochrane into the
PoMPEB 74, and Statira 38, and serving on shore
in the operations against Guadeloupe, where his
activity was most conspicuous,! he was next ap-
pointed, 20 Oct. 1810, to the Castor 32, which ship
he continued actively to command, principally on
the Jamaica and Mediterranean stations, until paid
off in Sept. 1815. From that period he remained
on half-pay.
On the reduction of Guadeloupe, in Feb. 1810,
Capt. Dilkes (who died a Sub-Commissioner of the
Trinity Board at Gloucester) was appointed Joint-
Captain, with Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard, of the
Port of Pointe-a^Pitre. He was awarded, without
any solicitation on his part, the Good Service Pen-
sion, 14 Jan. 1839; and, on 4 July, 1840, he was
nominated a C.B. He married, in Jan. 1818, Louisa,
only sister of the Rev. Thos. Newenham, the
present possessor of Coolmore, co. Cork, by whom
he has left issue an only son. Agents — Hallett and
Robinson.
DILKES, C.B. (Capt., 1809. f-p., 24; h-p., 33.)
Charles Dilkes was born 25 April, 1779, at
Warden, oo. Bedford, and died in 1846. He was
son of Major Thos. Dilkes, of the 49th Regt., who
served during the war in America, in 1776-7 ; and
brother of the late Admiral John Dilkes, who died
18 Feb. 1827, as also of General Wm. Thos. Dilkes,
DILLON, Kt., K.C.H. (Eear-Admiral of the
Blue, 1846. f-p., 28; h-p., 29.)
Sir William Henry Dillon, bom 8 Aug. 1779,
is only surviving son of the late Sir John Talbot
Dillon, and derives, through female descent, from
the great house of Wingfield, being great-grandson
of Sir Mervyn Wingfield, the sixth Baronet.
This ofBcer entered the Navy, in May, 1790, as
Captain's Servant (under the auspices of Vice-
Admiral Roddam) on board the Alcide 74, Capt.
Sir Andw. Snape Douglas; during his attachment
to which ship, on the Channel station, he was occa^
sionally lent to the Hebe 38, and Niger 32, Capts.
Alex. Hood and Rich. Goodwin Keats. In Dec.
1792, he joined, as Midshipman, the Thetis 38,
* Vide Gaz, 1807, p. 1072. t V: Gaz. 1810, p. 310.
DIROM— DISNEY— DIXIE.
291
Capt. Fras. John Hartwell, and on his return with
convoy from St. Helena, was placed, in Sept. 1793,
on board the Defence 74, Capt. Jas. Gambler ; un-
der whom he appears to have been stunned by a
splinter, while officiating in the most exposed part
of the ship, during Lord Howe's action of 1 June,
1794. On next accompanying Capt. Gambler into
the Prince George 98, Mr. Dillon took part, as
that officer's Senior Midshipman, in Lord Brid-
port's action with the French fleet oif He de Groix,
23 June, 1795 ; subsequently to which he served, in
the same ship, and in the Glor7 98, and Thunderer
74, under Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Cloberry Chris-
tian ; with whom, after witnessing two terrific gales,
he sailed for the West Indies, where he actively co-
operated in the reduction of Ste. Lucie in May, 1796,
and was sent with a flag of truce to take possession
of Pigeon Island. On 20 of the following month,
he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Ariadne 20,
Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball ; and on soon after re-
moving to L'AiMABLE 32, Capts. Jemmet Main-
waring and Wm. Grenville Lobb, came frequently
into contact with the enemy's batteries, and on one
occasion was present in an unsuccessful attack upon
a squadron of French frigates lying at St. Eustatia.
While in L' Aim able, we also find Mr. Dillon often
employed as the bearer of a flag of truce to Victor
Hugues, Governor of Guadeloupe, for the purpose
of effecting an exchange of prisoners. He was
afterwards appointed — 1 May, 1798, to the Glen-
more 36, Capt. Geo. Dufi', under whom he credit-
ably co-operated, with the army at Wexford, at the
time of the Irish rebellion, and succeeded in arrest-
ing one of the popular chiefs — 22 April, 1799, to the
Crescent 36, Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb, on the
Jamaica station— and, in 1802-3, to the Juno 32,
and Afbicaine 38, both commanded by Capt. Thos.
Manby. During the period of his servitude in the
Crescent, he assisted at the capture, 15 Nov. 1799,
in sight of a Spanish line-of-battle ship and frigate,
of the corvette El Galgo of 16 guns — next, in June,
1800, of La Diligenie^ French national brig, of 12
guns and 100 men, of which he was placed in charge
— and, in June, 1801, at the destruction of the British
frigate Meleager, which had grounded in the Gulf
of Mexico, and of a part of whose crew, who had
been taken prisoners, he ultimately effected the ex-
change. On being sent, as Senior Lieutenant of the
Afrioaine, with a flag of truce from Lord Keith to
the Dutch Commodore Valterbuck, atHelvoetsluys,
20 July, 1803, Mr. Dillon was most unjustifiably
made prisoner, and handed over to the French, by
whom, in spite of every remonstrance, he was de-
tained in captivity until Sept. 1807. On 16 Jan.
1808 (having been awarded the rank of Comman-
der 8 April, 1805), he assumed charge, on the Leith
station, of the Childers, an old worn-out sloop,
carrying 14 twelve-pounder carronades and 65 men.
In that vessel, off the coast of Norway, he gallantly
engaged, 14 March following, and ultimately drove
off, after an action, with intervals, of six hours'
duration, the Danish man-of-war brig Limgen^ of 20
guns and 160 men. The Childehs, however, was
so battered as but narrowly to escape foundering,
and sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 8 wounded.
Among the latter was Capt. Dillon, who was badly
wounded in both legs, and had his arms and shoul-
ders much contused, for which he waa presented
by the Patriotic Society at Lloyd's with a sword,
valued at 100 guineas. Being rewarded for his spi-
rited conduct with a Post commission, dated 21
March, 1808, he further joined— 8 June, 1809, pro
tempore, L'Aigle 36, in which frigate he accompa-
nied the expedition to the Walcheren, and there
superintended the debarkation of a division of the
army— 13 Sept. 1809, and 18 Aug. 1810, the Camilla
20, and Bellekophon 74, both employed off the
coast of Holland— 28 Feb. 1811, the Leopard 50,
armee en Jiute, in which he took out a battalion of
Guards to Cadiz, served actively off the coasts of
Portugal and Spain, commanded a small squadron
for the protection of Carthagena, and saved seven
or eight villages in Murcia and Valencia from the
ravages of the French army— 18 Jan. 1814, the Ho-
ratio 38, successively employed, until paid off in
Jan. 1817, in escorting convoy to Newfoundland,
protecting the whale fishery at Greenland against
the Americans, cruizing off the coast of France for
the interception of Buonaparte after the battle of
Waterloo,* and in a voyage to China — 14 April, 1818,
the Phaeton 46, which frigate, after another visit
to India, he paid off in Oct. 1819— and, 9 July, 183D,
the Russell 74. In that ship, which was put out of
commission in Jan. 1839, Capt. Dillon during a pe-
riod of 12 months rendered much service to the
Spanish cause, and was afterwards employed in the
Mediterranean and off Lisbon. Since the date last-
mentioned, he has not been afloat. His promotion
to Flag-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846.
Sir Wm. Henry Dillon (who held the office of
equerry to H. R. H. the late Duke of Sussex) was
nominated a K.C.B. 13 Jan. 1835. He received the
honour of knighthood 24 June following ; and ob-
tained the Captain's Good Service Pension 25 Jan.
1839. He has been thrice married. His second
wife was Isabella, eldest daughter of John WiUan,
Esq., of Hatton-garden. His present wife, whom
he espoused 6 June, 1843, is Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., of SaviUe-row.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
DIEOM. (Lieutenant, 1841. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 1.)
James Dirom, born in July, 1815, is youngest
son of the late Lieut.-General Dirom, of Mount
Annan, N. B.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 March, 1829, as
a Volunteer, on board the Ocean 80, Capt. Patrick
Campbell, on the Mediterranean station. He after-
wards joined, as Midshipman, the Asia 84, Britan-
nia 120, SpARTiATE 76, and Challenger 28 ;
passed his examination in March, 1835 ; and from
April, 1836, until the receipt of his commission,
bearing date 15 March, 1841, served, as Mate, on
board the Pembroke 74, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, in
the Mediterranean, and the Impregnable 104, and
Caledonia 120, flag-ships at Plymouth of Sir Gra^
ham Moore. His appointments have since been —
16 March, 1841, 22 Oct. following, and 7 Sept. 1842,
to the Iris 26, Capts. Hugh Nurse and Wm. Tucker,
Persian 18, Capt. Thos. Rodney Eden, and Iris
again, Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy, on the coast of
Africa— and, 9 Nov. 1843, to the Albion 90, Capt.
Nicholas Lockyer, in which ship he is now serving.
DISNEY. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Garret Rufus Taylor Disney entered the
Navy 1 Dec. 1807; passed his examination in 1815;
and obtained his commission 27 March, 1826. He
appears to have since been on half-pay.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
DIXIE. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 37.)
Alexander Dixie is third son of the late Rev.
Beaumont Dixie, by Margaret, daughter of Rich.
Shewin, Esq. ; brother of Capt. Rich. Thos. Dixie,
B.M. ; and uncle of the present Sir Willoughby
Wolstan Dixie, Bart., of Bosworth House, co. Lei-
cester.
This officer entered the Navy, 31 Oct. 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amazon 36, Capt. Robt.
Carthew Reynolds, under whom, when in company
with the Indefatigable 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew,
he was, as Midshipman, wrecked, near lie Bas, at the
close of a gallant action of 10 hours with the French
74-gun ship Les Droits de I' Homme, in which the
Amazon sustained a loss of 3 men killed and 15
wounded, 14 Jan. 1797. On regaining his liberty,
after 10 months of painful captivity, he rejoined
Capt. Reynolds, 24 March, 1798, on board La Poi-
MONE 40. In that frigate we find him attending
the expedition to Holland in 1799, and then pro-
ceeding to the Mediterranean ; on his passage
-whither he narrowly escaped capture by a powerful
French squadron. In 1801 Mr. Di.xie accompanied
* Capt. Dillon at this period commanded a small squadron
at the blockade of Cherbourg. He had previously been
senior ofiBcer on the Guernsey station,
2P2
292
DIXON.
Capt. Reynolds to the West Indies in the Okion 74.
On the renewal of hostilities, in the early pait of
1803, he returned to the Mediterranean on board
the Canopus 80, bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral
Geo. Campbell ; after which he joined, as Acting-
Lieutenant and Master's Mate, the Victorieose 18,
Capt. John Richards, and Victokt 100, flag-ship of
Lord Nelson ; through whom he was confirmed to a
Lieutenancy, 17 Oct. 1804, in the Phcebe 36, Capt.
Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. On 21 Oct. 1805 he
took part in the battle of Trafalgar ; and four days
after that memorable event, having volunteered his
services for the purpose, he succeeded, vrith 12
men, in presence of the enemy's gun-boats and
troops, in burning, with all their stores and guns,
the Spanish line-of-battle ships El Rargo and Nep-
tuno, which had run on shore at the entrance of the
river San Lucar. Mr. Dixie, whose next appoint-
ment was, 19 Dec. 1806, to the Colossds 74, com-
manded in the Channel by Capt. Jas. NicoU Morris,
left that ship in Nov. 1807 ; from which period he
remained on half-pay until Feb. 1811. He then
successively joined the Minerva 32, Capt. Rich.
Hawkins, Armide 38, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Trou-
bridge, and PiiAWTAGENET 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd,
on the North American station, where he assumed
the Acting-Captaincy, 5 July, 1813, of the Chesa-
peake 38, and was promoted, 7 June, 1814, to the
command of the Saracen 18. In that vessel, while
in the Chesapeake during a night of the ensuing
winter, he effected the capture and destruction, by
slipping from his anchorage, of 16 of the enemy's
vessels. Being ordered off the coast of France in
1815, for the interception of Buonaparte, we find
him employed in landing arms at Dieppe, where he
succeeded in establishing the White flag. Since 9
Sept. in the latter year, onwhich date the Saracen
was put out of commission. Commander Dixie has
been unable to procure employment.
In reviewing the services of this officer, we may
observe that he has assisted at the capture and de-
struction of 23 sail of the line, besides a number of
frigates, sloops of war, and privateers ; and that he
has been once shipwrecked, twice Imprisoned, and
twice wounded in battle. He is a deputy-lieute-
nant and magistrate for the counties of Leicester
and Sussex. Commander Dixie has been twice
married. He wedded, in Dec. 1818 (the first time
we believe), Rosamond Mary, daughter of the Rev.
Joseph Dixie Churchill, Rector of Blickling, co.
Norfolk. He has issue six children. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
DIXON. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 17; h-p., 12.)
Edward Dixon was born 1 Nov. 1804.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Oct. 1818, as
Midshipman, on board the Rochfort 80, Capt.
Andrew Pellet Green, on the Mediterranean sta-
tion ; where, until Sept. 1824, he afterwards served,
in the Larne 20, Capt. Robt. Tait, Rochfort again,
Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and Chanticleer
10, Capt. Burton Macnamara. He then joined the
Victokt 100, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Geo.
Martin ; and, shortly after his examination, which
took place about June, 1825, proceeded to South
America, as Mate of the Doris 42, Capt. Sir John
Gordon Sinclair, of which ship he was confirmed a
Lieutenant 18 Sept. 1828. His subsequent appoint-
ments were — 7 April, 1831, to the CDRA50A 26,
Capt. David Dunn— 6 Aug. 1831, to the Isis 50,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Fred. Warren at
the Cape of Good Hope— 13 Oct. 1836, and 14 Feb.
1838, to the Serpent 16, and Malabar 72, Capts.
Rich. Laird Warren and Edw. Harvey, on the
North America and West India station — and, 25
Feb. 1840, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the Pearl 20,
commanded in South America by Capt. Chas. Col-
ville Frankland. He attained his present rank 30
Aug. 1841 ; and, since 19 March, 1847, has been in
command of the Rapid 10, on the coast of Africa.
Agent — J. Chippendale.
13 Oct. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dragom
74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and Matthew Henry Scott,
under whom he served in the Channel, latterly as
Midshipman, until Dec. 1808. Until promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant, 4 March, 1813, he was after-
wards employed, on the West India and Lisbon
stations, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the Castor 32,
Capt. Wm. Roberts, Macedonian 38, Capt. John
Surman Garden, and Impetdeux 74, flag-ship of
Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin. He was subsequently
appointed— 24 March and 19 June, 1813, to the
Andromeda 22, and Magicienne 36, Capts. Rich.
Arthur and Hon. Wm. Gordon, both on the Lisbon
station— 10 June, 1814, to the Cordelia 10, Capt.
Wm. Sargent, from which vessel he invalided 11
Jan. 1815— and, 31 Jan. 1824, to the Victory 104,
flag-ship of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth. He
has been on half-pay since 1826.
DIXON. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 30.)
John Stewart Dixon entered the Navy, 5 Deo.
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ph(enix 36,
Capt. Zachary Mudge, in which frigate, stationed
in the Channel, he soon attained the rating of Mid-
shipman. From Oct. 1808 until May, 1812, he
served in the Vends 32, Capts. Robt. Henderson,
Jas. Coutts Crawford, and Kenneth Mackenzie;
and, under the second of those officers, was actively
employed in co-operation with the patriots on the
north coast of Spain, where, in March, 1809, he
assisted at the reduction of Vigo. In Dec. 1812 he
joined the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag in the
Mediterranean of Sir Edw. Pellew, under whom
he appears to have enacted a part, 5 Nov. 1813 and
13 Feb. 1814, in two partial actions with the French
fleet off Toulon. Acquiring the rank of Lieutenant,
1 July, 1814, Mr. Dixon was subsequently appointed
—5 May, 1815, to the San Josef 110, flag-ship at
Plymouth of Sir Rich. John Strachan— and, 23
Nov. 1815, to the Leander 50, Capt. Wm. Skipsey,
flag-ship afterwards of the late Sir David Milne, in
which he was wounded at the battle of Algiers, 27
Aug. 1816.* He returned home from North Ame-
rica in Feb. 1818; and has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Dixon married, 12 Sept. 1837, Sophia,
widow of F. H. Hunter, Esq., of Kennington Com-
mon.
DIXON. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.)
James Thomas Taylor Dixon entered the Navy,
DIXON. (Captain, 1811. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 33.)
Manlet Haij. Dixon, bom 8 Jime, 1786, at
Stoke Damarell, co. Devon, is son of Admiral of
the Red the late Sir Manley Dixon, K.C.B. (who
commanded in chief at Plymouth from April, 1830,
to April, 1833, and died 8 Feb. 1837), by his first
wife, Miss Christiana Hall, of Jamaica ; and brother
of Capt. Mathew Chas. Dixon, B.E.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1794, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Porcupine 24, com-
manded by his father, with whom he continued to
serve, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Acting-
Lieutenant, in L'EspiON 38, the Lion 64, and Le
Genereux 74, on the Channel, North Sea, Irish,
and Mediterranean stations, until Aug. 1801. On
15 July, 1798, being off Carthagena, he took part in
a brilliant action between the Lion and four Spar
nish frigates of 42 guns each, which terminated in
the surrender of one of the latter, the Santa Doro-
thea; subsequently to which, when in company
with the Penelope and Foudroyant at the block-
ade of Malta, he further assisted at the capture, 31
March, 1800, of the French 80-gun ship Guillaume
Tell, after a tremendous conflict, in which the Lion
experienced a loss of 8 men killed and 38 wounded.
When in Le GiNEREox, Mr. Dixon witnessed the
taking, 24 Aug. 1800, of La Diane, of 42 guns, and
the surrender, in Sept. following, of the island of
Malta. On next accompanying his father into the
Alexander 74, he was officially promoted, by
commission dated 10 April, 1802. The latter ship
being paid oflT in the ensuing Aug., he was after-
wards appointed— 7 Oct. 1803, to the Terrible 74,
• ride Gaj. 1816, p. 1793.
DIXON-DIXSON-DOBBIE.
293
Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, which ship, while in pur-
suit, in the West Indies, of a squadron under M.
Villaumez, was totally dismasted and all but lost
during a terrific hurricane of 36 hours' continuance,
18 and 19 Aug. 1806— and, 4 June, 1807, to the
Horatio 38, Capt. Geo. Scott. On 10 Feb. 1809,
being First-Lieutenant of that frigate, Mr. Dixon
was badly wounded by a musket-ball, which entered
the left groin and passed through the thigh, while
sharing in a long and severe action which termi-
nated in the capture— with a loss to the Horatio
(then in company with the Latona 38, and Supife-
RiEDRE and Driver sloops) of 7 men killed and
26 wounded — of the French 40-gun frigate La
Junon.* For his gallantry on the occasion he was
eventually promoted to the rank of Commander by
commission dated back to the day of the action ;
and, besides the receipt of a gratuity from the Pa-
triotic Fund, was awarded for his wounds a pension
of 2501. Capt. Dixon, whose next appointment
was, 22 Oct. 1810, to the Fly brig, attained Post-
rank 28 June, 1811. From that period he officiated
as Flag-Captaiu to his father, in the Vigo and
MoNTAGD 74's, on the Baltic and South American
stations, until 29 July, 1813, when he exchanged
into the Nereus 42. After accompanying the
homeward-bound trade to the northward as far as
the Equator, Capt. Dixon assumed charge of a small
squadron stationed in the Bio de la Plata. He left
the Nereus 11 Jan. 1815 ; afterwards commanded
the Pallas 42, on the West India station, from 15
March, 1831, until some time in the following year;
and, since 22 May, 1845, has been employed as
Captain of the Caledonia 120, at Devonport.
He married, 18 April, 1815, Harriet, second
daughter of Wm. Foot, Esq., of Devonport.
DikON. (Commander, 1835.)
Matthew Dixon passed his examination in 1820;
obtained his first commission 6 Oct. 1827 ; was ap-
pointed, 15 Aug. 1833, to the Ocean 80, Capts.
Edw. Barnard and Alex. EUice, bearing the flag,
latterly, of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, Com-
mander-in-Chief at the Nore ; and attained his
present rank 3 Aug. 1835. He has not since been
employed.
Commander Dixon married, 24 March, 1845, Wil-
helmina, relict of the late Henry Cheape, Esq., of
Bossie, CO. Fife, and sister of Capt. Geo. Hathom,
E.N.
DIXON. (Lieutenant, 1807. f-p., 32; h-p., 16.)
William Henry Dixon was born 12 Aug. 1786,
at Eochester, co. Kent.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Feb. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Stag 32, Capt. Joseph
Sydney Yorke, employed as a cruizer in the Bay of
Biscay. He continued to serve with the same offi-
cer, in the Jason 36, and, as Midshipman, in the
Canada 74, on the Channel station, until May, 1802;
between which period and May, 1806, he next suc-
cessively joined, in the Mediterranean and West
Indies, the Donegal 74, Capts. Sir Eich. John
Strachan and Pulteney Malcolm, the Northumber-
land 74, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, and the
Dolphin, commanded, we beUeve, by Capt. Isaac
Ferrieres. He was then appointed Sub-Lieutenant
of the Demerara 12, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Pa-
terson ; and on his subsequent return to England
obtained a full Lieutenancy, 25 May, 1807, in the
Challenger 16, Capt. Wm. Bamham Eider. His
succeeding appointments appear to have been — 25
Nov. 1807, to the Crescent 36, Capt. Jas. Carthew
—30 May, 1808, to the Bombay 74, Capt. Wm.
Cuming — 14 Deo. 1808, to tlie Dannemark 74,
Capt. Jas. Bissett — 8 June, 1810, to the Prince op
Orange 74, bearing the flag in the Downs of Ad-
miral Campbell— 27 Feb. 1811, to the Helder 36,
Capt. John Serrell— and, 6 Feb. 1812 and 22 Dec.
1813, as First-Lieutenant, to the Britomart 10,
Capt. Wm. B. Hunt, and Devastation 10, Capt.
Thos. Alexander. After attending, in the Danne-
• Fide Qaz. 1809, p. 042.
MARK, the expedition to the Walcheren, Mr. Dixon,
on 10 JuW, 1811, took command of a boat belonging
to the Helder, and cut out four Danish vessels
from under the protection of a 6-gun battery and
two gun-boats in Kioge Bay. When in the Brito-
mart, he was recommended for promotion for his
conduct in similarly capturing, off Heligoland, with
three boats under his orders, and a collective loss to
the British of 3 men killed and 10 wounded, L'Uole
French privateer, pierced for 14 guns, but carrying
only 6, with a complement of 31 men, of whom 2
were killed and 7 wounded, 17 July, 1812.* In the
course of the same and the following month we
again find him commanding a boat in an attack on
the batteries at Spikeroog, where he sustained a
loss of 1 man killed and another wounded, and at
the cutting out of two vessels from beneath the
protection of 20 gun-boats in the river Ems. On
being appointed to the Devastation, Mr. Dixon
sailed for North America, where, among other
Chesapeake operations, he was present, in Aug.
1814, at the storming of Fort Washington and the
capitulation of Alexandria. On her return from
the latter place down the Potomac, the Devasta-
tion took the ground, and was only preserved by
the greatest exertions from being destroyed by the
enemy. Lieut. Dixon — who invalided home on 30
Sept. 1814, and was afterwards employed, from 16
Feb. 1816 to 29 May, 1828, as Assistant-Superin-
tendent of the quarantine at Standgate Creek — has
been in command, since 15 Nov. 1841, of the Sema^
phore station at Kingston.
He married 3 Aug. 1815, and has issue 11 children.
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
DIXSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 14; h-p.,.30.)
Benjamin Dixson entered the Navy, 29 Sept.
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64,
Capt. John Wentworth Loring, flag-ship in succes-
sion of Eear-Admirals Eobt. Montagu and John
Holloway, on the Downs station, where he attained
the rating of Midshipman 7 April, 1804. In 1805 he
made a trip to the West Indies in the Circe 32,
Capt. Jonas Eose ; on his return from which station,
in the Africaine 38, Capt. Thos. Manby, he joined,
23 Dec. in the same year, the Antelope 50, Capts.
Henry Bazely and Edw. Galwey ; under the former
of whom we find him escorting the East India trade
to and from St. Helena, and conveying the Earl of
Caledon to the Cape of Good Hope. On accompa-
nying Capt. Galwey, in April, 1809, into the Isis 50,
arme'e en Jlute, commanded afterwards by Capt.
Woodley Losack, he attended the ensuing expedi-
tion to the Walcheren. He subsequently served,
chiefly as Master's Mate, in the Eedpole 10, Capt.
Colin Macdonald, Victory 100, flag-ship in the
Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez, and Galatea 36, Capt.
W. Losack. He returned to England from the
West Indies in Aug. 1814 ; and on 11 March, 1815,
was promoted to his present rank. Since 13 July,
1844, Mr. Dixson has been serving on board the
Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheerness.
DOBBIE. (Commander, 1846.)
William Hugh Dobbie is eldest son of the late
Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie, E.N. (1806), Deputy-
Lieutenant for the CO. of Essex, and a very gallant
officer, by Agatha Shedden, third daughter of
Bartlet Goodrich, Esq., of Saling Grove, in the
same county ; nephew of Geo. Dobbie, Esq., Sur-
geon in H.M. 75th Eegiment, who fell a victim to
the climate of India about the commencement of
the present century; and great-grandson of Sam.
Staples, Esq., a naval officer, who died on board the
Grafton of 70 guns, during the siege of Pondi-
cherry, in 1761. One of Commander Debbie's sisters
is married to a son of John Benhow, Esq., M.P. for
Dudley, a descendant of the celebrated Admiral
Benhow.
This officer passed his examination in 1831 ; and
obtained his first commission 26 Dec. 1887. His
succeeding appointments were — 1 March, 1838, to
• FWeGaz. 1S12, p. 1540.
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DOBBS— DOBREE— DOBSON.
the ExoELLEST, gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt.
Thos. Hastings— 12 April, 1839, and 17 July, 1840,
to the Belleisle 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, and
Ganges 84, Capt. JBarrington Reynolds, both on
the Mediterranean station — 10 Oct. 1842, again to
the Excellent, as First-Lieutenant — and, 9 March,
■1843, in a similar capacity, to the Rose 18, Capts.
Henry Rich. Sturt and Rich. Wilson Pelly. He
served in the latter sloop, on the North America
and West India stations, until advanced to his pre-
sent rank, 9 Nov. 1846, since which period he has
been on half-pay.
Commander Dobbie married, 22 Nov. 1842, Lucy
Anne, eldest daughter of F. Jessop, Esq.
DOBBS. (Lieutenant, 1821. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 25.)
CoNWAT Richard Dobbs, born in 1798, is eldest
son of the late Rich. Dobbs, Esq., of Castle Dobbs,
CO. Antrim, by Nicolini, eldest daughter of Michael
Obyns, of Portsdown ; and great grandson, mater-
nally, of the first Viscount Gosford.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Sept. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La NrMPHE 36, Capt. Edw.
Sneyd Clay, under whom he was wrecked, at the
entrance of the Frith of Forth, 18 Dec. following.
In Jan. 1811, he next joined the Abdent 64, Capt.
Robt. Honyman, stationed in the Baltic, where he
attained the rating of Midshipman, 2 Aug. in the
same year. On afterwards proceeding to the Medi-
terranean, as an of&cer of the Volontaike 38, Capt.
Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, he served in that
frigate at the capture of Port d'Anzo in Oct. 1813,
and was employed in the boats at the destruction of
some of the enemy's batteries, near Marseilles. He
continued in the Mediterranean, on board the Re-
sistance 38, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Rey-
nolds Pellew, and Philomel 10, Capt. Jas. Hanway
Plumridge, until Dec. 1814, when he sailed for the
East Indies, and there officiated for many months
in the Coknwallis 74, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Burlton,
and Theban 36, Capt. Sam. Leslie. We subse-
quently find him enacting a part, in the Superb 74,
Capt. Chas. Ekins, at the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug.
1816. He rejoined Capt. Pellew, in Oct. 1818, on
board the Revoldtionnaire 38, of which frigate
he appears to have been created a Lieutenant
16 Oct. 1821. He returned home from the Medi-
terranean in 1822, and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Dobbs married, in Aug. 1826, Miss Char-
lotte Maria Sinclair ; and has issue two sons and
seven daughters. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
DOBEEE. (Commander, 1839.')
Thomas Peter Dobree entered the Navy 5 June,
1817 ; passed his examination in 1824 ; and was con-
firmed, 9 Oct. 1827, to a Lieutenancy in the Brisk
18, Capt. Thos. Smith, under whom we find him
contributing, shortly afterwards, to the victory
gained at Navarin. His next appointments were —
13 March, 1829, as First, to the Pelorus 18, Capt.
Michael Quin, also in the Mediterranean — 4 Jan.
1833, in a similar capacity, to the Comds 18, Capt.
Wm. Price Hamilton, on the North America and
West India station — 20 June, 1835, to the Larne 18,
Capt. Wm. Sidney Smith, on the same station — and
20 Deo. 1837, to theVoLAOE 28, Capt. Henry Smith.
For his services as Senior Lieutenant of that frigate
at Aden, he was advanced to his present rank, 1
May, 1839. He has since been unemployed. Agents
—Messrs. Ommanney.
DOBSON. (Captain, 1844. f-p., 29; h-p., 11.)
George Dobson entered the Navy, 14 Deo. 1807,
as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Trident 64, Capt.
Campbell, bearing the flag at Malta of Sir Alex.
Ball. In Sept. 1808, he removed to the Saracen
18, Capts. Jas. Prevost and Buckland Stirling
Bluett, of which vessel, when in the West Indies,
he became a Midshipman about Oct. 1810. Be-
tween the following Sept. and Feb. 1815, he further
served, on the latter and Mediterranean stations, in
the QoEEN 74, bearing the flag at first of Sir Fras.
Laforey, and afterwards commanded, as a private
ship, by Capt. Lord ColviUe. During the six years
immediately subsequent on the peace, we find him
employed, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the Vengedr
74 Capt. Thos. Alexander, and Northumberland
7.^ Capts. Sir Michael Seymour, Thos. Harvey, and
Thos. Jas. Maling, respectively stationed at Ports-
mouth and Sheemess. He then, towards the close
of 1821, proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope in
the Andromache 44, Capts. Joseph Nourse and
Constantino Rich. Moorsom ; to a Lieutenancy in
which ship he was confirmed 14 Jan. 1824. From
20 Dec. 1825, until promoted to the rank of Com-
mander, 9 May, 1832, Mr. Dobson was next em-
ployed in the Java 52, and Southampton 52, flag-
ship in the East Indies of Sir Wm. Hall Gage and
Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. For his" subsequent dis-
tinguished services in the Coast Guard, to which
he was appointed 13 July, 1838, this officer was ad-
vanced to Post-rank, 5 Jan. 1844. He has since
been on half-pay.
Capt. Dobson is Senior Captain of 1844. He
married, 8 July, 1835, Eliza, eldest daughter of
Joseph Bonn, Esq., of Edward Street, Portman
Square. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
DOBSON. (Admikal of the White, 1841.
F-p., 22; H-p., 47.)
Man Dobson was born 17 Nov. 1755, and died in
April, 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 Jan. 1778, as
A.B., on board the Ht.s;na, Capt. Edw. Thompson ;
in which vessel, and, as Midshipman, in the Con-
queror 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Hyde
Parker, Suffolk 74, Capt. Fras. John Hartwell,
Cerberus frigate, Capt. Eobt. Man, and Portland
50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral John Campbell, we
find him serving during the first American war.
When in the Conqueror, he appears to have been
knocked down and slightly wounded by the same
shot that killed his Captain, Waller Griffiths. Mr.
Dobson, who was promoted, 23 Sept. 1782, to a
Lieutenancy in the Leocadia, Capt. Chas. Hope,
afterwards joined — 17 May, 1786, the Fairy, Capt.
T. G. Manby— 1 June, 1793, the Bedford 74, Capt.
Robt. Man, while in which ship he served on shore
at the ensuing occupation of Toulon — and, 15 Oct.
1794, the St. George 98, bearing the flag of Sir
Hyde Parker. For his services as First-Lieutenant
of that ship, in Hotham's actions of 14 March and
13 July, 1795, he was promoted, on 9 Nov. in the
latter year, to the rank of Commander. On 28
June, 1796, Capt. Dobson was posted • into the
Queen 98, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir H.
Parker, with whom he continued until 28 Oct. 1800.
He was afterwards employed, from March, 1804, to
Feb. 1810, in command of a district of Sea Fen-
cibles in Ireland; and, from 24 March, 1813, to
Nov. 1815, he officiated as Regulating Captain at
Bristol. His last promotions were to the rank^
5 July, 1827, of Rear-Admiral— 22 July, 1830, of
Vice-Admiral — and 23 Nov. 1841, of full Admiral.
Admiral Dobson was father of the present Capt.
Wm. Burdett Dobson, R.N., and of the late Lieut.
Hyde Parker Dobson, who died 31 March, 1836.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
DOBSON. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 18; S-P., 23.)
William Burdett Dobson is son of Admiral
Man Dobson.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Dec. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Africa 64, Capts. Henry
Wm. Bayntun and John Barrett, one of the squa-
dron employed under Rear-Admiral Murray, during
Lieut.-General Whitelocke's unsuccessful attack on
Buenos Ayres, in July, 1807. In Feb. 1808, he re-
moved, as Midshipman, to the Polyphemus 64, Capt.
Wm. Pryce Cumby, flag-ship for some time of Vice-
Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley ; and in April
and June, 1809, he was present at the capture of the
French 74-gun ship D'Haupoult, and the surrender,
after an arduous blockade, of the city of St. Domingo.
Towards the close of 1809 Mr. Dobson appears to
have been lent for some months to the D.£DALus
DODD— DOLLING.
295
32, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield. WhUe subse-
quently attached with Capt. Cumhy, between 26
March, 1811, and 3 Jan. 1814, to the Htpekios 42,
he visited, as Master's Mate, the latitude of Green-
laud, for the protection of the &heries— was for
four months frozen up in the harbour of St. John's,
Kewfoundland, during the winter of 1812 — and on
two occasions was sent away in charge of prizes of
400 and 500 tons each. Having passed his exa-
mination on 12 Dec. in the latter year, he was pro-
moted, on leaving the Hyperion, to a Lieutenancy
in the Rotal Sovekeign 100, Capts. Thos. Gordon
Caulfeild, Chas. Thurlow Smith, and Robt. Lam-
bert, on the Mediterranean station. He was after-
wards appointed — 17 Sept. 1814, to the Tanais 38,
Capt. Joseph James, employed off the coast of Ire-
land and in the West Indies— 19 Deo. 1816, to the
Cadmus 10, Capt. Joseph Gedge, on the Home
station, from which frigate he was paid off 25 Feb.
1817 — and, 3 April, 1823, as Senior Lieutenant, to
the Larne 20, Capts. Fred. Marryat and John
Kingcome. In the early part of 1824 Mr. Dobson
Joined in the hostilities then commencing against
the Burmese ; and from that period, until the de-
parture of the Lakne, in May, 1825, he was in con-
tinual mention by Capts. Alexander and Chads for
his zealous exertions and cool intrepidity on all
occasions.* Among other operations, he was pre-
sent at the capture of Rangoon and of Dallah, in
May, 1824 ; and while in charge of the armed trans-
port Satellite, had the command of all the ship-
ping at Rangoon, and was most arduously and
hazardously employed, from Aug. to Nov., 10 miles
in advance of the other men-of-war, and three miles
above the advanced position of the army. On 4
Aug. he assisted in capturing the fort of Syriam,
where the natives had stockaded themselves. He
was wounded in the hand in Sept., while contri-
buting to the capture of Panlang ; and in Oct. he
distinguished himself in a brilliant and decisive
attack on the fortified village of Than-ta-bain.
From 30 Nov. to 9 Dec. we next discover Mr.
Dobson, who still commanded the Satellite, con-
stantly in collision with the enemy near Dallah ; at
the final assault on the works of which place he
headed the soldiery, and was nearly the first to
enter. On 6 Feb. 1825, he was further instru-
mental to the capture of a large 36-gun stockade at
Than-ta-bain, by laying the Satellite in a position
to enfilade the strongest of the enemy's works ;
and from 5 March to 19 April he was intrusted
with the command of the naval station at Panlang,
and with the responsible duty of forwarding sup-
plies for the whole combined force during its ad-
vance on Ava. As a reward for these important
services he was promoted to the command, 25 July,
1825, of the Larne, which sloop, after visiting Van
Diemen's Land, New Zealand, and other places, he
paid off, 4 April, 1827. Capt. Dobson's next ap-
pointment was, 23 July, 1830, to the Hypeeion 42,
Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, with whom he continued
until the abolition of the Coast Blockade in May,
1831. He was subsequently employed as an In-
specting Commander in the Coast Guard, from 5
May, 1834, until July, 1837 ; but since his attain-
ment of Post-rank, 23 Nov. 1841, has been on half-
pay.
He married, 21 Nov. 1837, Marian Frances, only
daughter of the late Capt. Edw. Lowther Crofton,
K.N. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
DODD. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 34.)
Henry Winship Dodd, born 27 Aug. 1787, is
youngest son of the late Robt, Dodd, Esq., a cele-
brated marine painter. His maternal grandfather,
a Master, R.N., died about 1791, at the advanced
age of 95.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 July, 1805, as
A.B., on board the Dictator 64, Capts. Jas. Mac-
namara and Donald Campbell, employed blockading
the Dutch fleet in tlie Texel, and afterwards sta-
tioned in the Great Belt, where he appears to have
• ride Gal. 182S, pp. U03-94, 2277.
been involved, during the Copenhagen expedition,
in frequent skirmishes with the Danish gun-boats.
Having attained the rating of Midshipman more
than two years previously, he rejoined Capt. Mac-
namara, id March, 1808, on board the Edgar 74 ;
while subsequently detached in the barge belonging
to which ship, it was his fortune to be the first
medium of communication between the Spanish
army in Denmark, under the Marquis de la Romana,
and the squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral
Rich. Goodwin Keats. On 9 Aug. in the same year,
immediately previous to the embarkation and escape
of those patriot troops from Nyeborg, he served in
the Edgar's laimch at the capture, after a gallant
resistance, of a Danish brig, the Fama of 18, and
her consort, the Salorman cutter of 12 guns. On
next accompanying Capt. Macnamara into the
Berwick 74, Mr. Dodd assisted, near Barfleur, in
causing the self-destruction, 25 March, 1811, of the
French 40-gun frigate UAmazone. After an un-
employed interval of 17 months, occasioned by ill
health, he was appointed, 7 Jan. 1814, to the Dra-
gon 74, Capt, Robt. Barrie, then in the Chesapeake,
where he removed, 8 May following, to the Jasedr
18, Capt. Geo. Edw. Watts, under whom he took
part in several warm encounters with Commodore
Barney's flotilla, previous to its destruction on 22
Aug. Since his promotion to the rank of Lieute-
nant, 20 Jan. 1815, Mr. Dodd has been unemployed.
DODD. (LiBnTENANT, 1809. F-p., 16; H-p., 34.)
Joseph Dodd entered the Navy, in Jan. 1797, as
a Volunteer, on board the Chichester 44, arme'e
en flute, Capts. Aiskew Paffard Hollis and John
Stephen, in which he served, on the Cape of Good
Hope and Mediterranean stations, latterly as Mid-
shipman, imtil April, 1802, From 17 March, 1803,
until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 June,
1809, we next find him employed in the East Indies,
on board the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier. He
then joined the Thunder bomb, Capts. Jas. Caul-
feild and Wm. Shepheard ; and, after attending the
expedition to Flushing, took part in the defence of
Cadiz. He was subsequently appointed to the
Bedford and Elephant 74's, commanded on the
North Sea and Baltic stations by Capts. Jas. Walker
and Fras. Wm. Austen. Mr. Dodd has been on
half-pay since Deo. 1813. Agents — Messrs. Om-
manney,
DOLLING. (Lieut., 1841. p-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 2.)
Samuel Brooking Dolling, bom 30 April, 1814,
is son of Capt. Wm. Brooking Dolling, R.N. (1811),
who died in 1843 ; nephew of Rear- Admiral Sam.
Brooking, who died 22 April, 1834 ; and brother of
Nicolas Lockyer Dolling, Esq., Assistant-Surgeon,
R.N. (1841), now serving on board H.M.S. Viper.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 30 May, 1828, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Welleslet 74, Capt.
Fred. Lewis Maitland, on the Mediterranean sta-
tion : was transferred, 27 July, 1830, as Midship-
man, to the Favorite 18, Capt. Joseph Harrison,
off the coast of Africa ; and returned to the Medi-
terranean in 1834, on board the Revenge 78, Capt.
Wm. Elliott, Having passed his examination on
30 Dec. in the latter year, he was next appointed
Mate, 2 Oct. 1836, of the Coenwallis 74, flag-ship
off Lisbon of Sir Joshua Rowley — and 21 Oct. 1837,
and 24 April, 1838, of his old ship the Favorite,
Capt. Walter Croker, and of the Algerinb 10,
Lieuf.-Commanders Wm. Sidney Thomas, Thos.
Henry Mason, and John Currie Bynon, both on the
East India station. During the late hostilities in
China, Mr. Dolling was present at the first occupa-
tion of Chusan, and in the two attacks on Canton ;
on the latter of which occasions he was spoken of
in the highest terms for his assistance at the de-
struction of a line of defence extending about two
miles from the British factory.* He was also, at
the same period, mentioned for his co-operative
conduct at the destruction of a fleet of more than
30 war-junks and fishing- vessels. t After the re-,
• Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 2605. f F. Gaz. 1841, p. 2611.
296
DONELLAN—DONLEVY— DONOVAN— DOOLEY.
duction of the batteries at Amoy in Aug. 1841, he
joined (having been promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant on 8 of the previous June) the Bi-onde 42,
Capt. Thos. Bourchier. On 10 March, 1842, he com-
manded the boats of that frigate, in conjunction
■with those of the Hyacinth under Capt. Geo.
Goldsmith, at the destruction of 10 fire-vessels off
Chinghae. He served afterwards on shore with a
division of seamen in the hostilities against Tse-
Kee* — was employed at the taking of Chapoo and
Woosung — succeeded Lieut. Crouch, who had been
wounded, in command of the boats at Chin-Kiang-
Foo — and finally, when commanding the Algerine,
received the tlianks of Sir Wm. Parker for his
assistance in finishing the survey of the Tang-tse-
Kiang. Since 26 Aug. 1844, Mr. Dolling has been
employed as an Acting Agent for Mails.
He married, 7 Jan. 1845, Mary, daughter of Com-
mander John "Whipple, R.N. Agent — Joseph
Woodhead.
DONELLAN. (Commandee, 1844. f-p., 19;
H-P., 28.)
Malachi Donellan entered the Navy, 30 Oct.
1800, as Midshipman, on board the Letden 64,
Capt. Wm. Bedford ; and was present, in Aug. 1801,
in an atta-ck made by Lord Nelson on the Boulogne
flotilla. On next joining the Maidstone 32, Capt.
Sich. Hussey Moubray, he sailed for the Mediter-
ranean with despatches relative to the ratification
of the treaty of Amiens ; and, while on that station,
he witnessed the capture, soon after the renewal of
hostilities, of U Arab national brig, of 8 guns.
In Aug. 1803, he accompanied Capt. Moubray into
the Active 38, in which frigate, after cruizing for
some time on the Irish station, he passed the Dar-
danells with Sir John Duckworth in Feb. 1807, and
commanded a boat at the destruction of one of the
enemy's largest frigates. Being promoted, while in
the Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, to the
rank of Lieutenant, 1 Feb. 1808, Mr. Donellan next
joined the Revenge 74, Capts. Sir John Gore, Hon.
Chas. Paget, and Alex. Robt. Kerr; under whom
he appears to have been actively employed at the
blockade of Cadiz, and at the destruction of the
French shipping in Basque Roads, 12 April, 1809.
On 12 May in the latter year he removed to the
Sabpedon 10, Capt. Jas. Green; as First-Lieute-
nant of which vessel we find him frequently com-
manding the boats at the capture of the enemy's
vessels under the batteries on the coast of France ;
and, on 15 Nov. 1810, assisting in an attack made
by Capt. Grant, of the Diana, on the two French
frigates Amazone and Kliza, protected by the fire
of several formidable batteries near Cherbourg.
Until paid off' in Oct. 181.5, he afterwards served in
the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. RoUes, on the
Mediterranean station, and for three years, as First-
Lieutenant, in the Chieders brig, Capts. John Bed-
ford and John Brand Umfreville. On 15 Sept.
1814, he took part in an unsuccessful attack on Fort
Bowyer, Mobile Point, where the Hermes, one of
the British squadron, was destroyed ; and he sub-
sequently commanded the boats at the reduction of
several forts at the entrance of Pensacola Bay. His
next appointment was to the command, 29 Nov.
1839, of the Crescent receiving-ship for liberated
Africans, at Rio de Janeiro, where he continued
upwards of four years. Since his promotion to his
present rank, 14 June, 1844, Commander Donellan
has been on half-pay. Agents — Hallett and Robin-
son.
DONLEVY. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 19.)
George Marlat Donlevy is connected, pater-
nally and maternally, with families of high distinc-
tion, being allied, among others, to those of Lord
Kilmaine, Sir Rich. Annesley O'Donnell, Bart., and
Sir Henry Cunningham Montgomery, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 April, 1810
(under the patronage of the late Sir H. C. Mont-
gomery, Bart.), as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Norge
• Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 2388, 2391.
74, Capts. John Sprat Rainier, VTm. Waller, and
Chas. Dashwood ; with whom he successively served,
on the North Sea, Mediterranean, and West India
stations, part of the time as Midshipman, until Aug.
1815. On 14 Dec. 1814, he appears to have been
officially reported for his distinguished conduct in
the boats at the capture, on Lake Borgne, near
New Orleans, of five American gun-vessels under
Commodore Jones, which did not surrender until
after a stem conflict, in which the British lost 17
men killed and 77 wounded. Mr. Donlevy— who
next returned to the Mediterranean, on board the
Erne 20, Capt. Rich. Spencer — passed his examin-
ation 18 April, 1816 ; between which period and
the date of his promotion, 18 May, 1827, we find
him employed on various stations, chiefly as
Admiralty-Midshipman and Mate, in the Spar-
row hawk 18, Capt. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne, Feorida
24, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, WirE24,
Capt. W. Willis, Vengedr 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis
Maitland, Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone,
Prince Regent yacht, Capt. Sir Mich. Seymour,
NiMROD 20, Capt. Wm. Rochfort, and Victory 100,
bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin.
In 1824 he threw up a Mate's rations on board the
latter ship, for the purpose of accompanying, as a
Volunteer, the expedition then preparing against
Algiers, whither he proceeded in the Goodwill,
Lieut.-Commander Jas. Thome. On rejoining the
Victory, we find him effecting the very creditable
capture, in a boat belonging to one of that ship's
tenders, of a deeply-laden smuggler, having on
board a crew of 15 men. He was promoted by Sir
Geo. Martin, as above, to a hauling-down vacancy ;
and was subsequently employed for a year in tiie
Coast Guard. In consequence of total, and, we be-
lieve, incurable deafness, he has been unable, since
April, 1833, to procure further employment.
Lieut. Donlevy is married, and has issue an only
daughter.
DONOVAN. (Retired Commandeb, 1841.
r-p., 14 ; H-p., 36.)
Alexander Donovan entered the Navy, 10 Aug.
1797, as A. B., on board the Neptune 98, Capts. Sir
Erasmus Gower and Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope,
on the Home station ; where, from July, 1798, to
April, 1802, he served, as Midshipman, on board
the AcHiLiiE 74, Capts. Geo. Murray and Edw,
Buller. Between Aug. 1803, and his official promo-
tion to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Nov. 1806, we
find him employed in the Majestic 74, Capts.
Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Robt. Moorsom, and Jo-
seph Hanwell — Monarch and Edgar, 74's, flag-
ships of Lord Keith — and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in
the Railleor sloop, Capt. Valentine CoUard, all
engaged on home service. He then joined the
Barfleor 98, Capt. Joseph Sydney Torke ; and he,
lastly, from July, 1808, to April, 1813, had charge
of a Signal station. His assumption of the rank he
now holds took place 3 Dec. 1841. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
DOOLEY. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 37 ; h-p., 0.)
David Dooley entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1810,
as Midshipman, on board the Africa 64, bearing
the flag in North America of Vice-Admiral Herbert
Sawyer;' and, in 1813-14, was successively transferred
to the ScABBOHorcH 74, flag-ship off' the Texel of
Rear-Admiral John Ferrier, and Mjsander 38,
commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. John
Bastard. He passed his examination 1 Jan. 1817 ;
and subsequently joined — in Oct. 1818, the Daunt-
less 26, Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner, on the East
India station— in Oct. 1823, the Isis 60, flag-ship in
the West Indies of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted—
and, in Nov. 1827, the Asia 84, bearing the flag of
Sir Edw. Codrineton in the Mediterranean. On 11
June, 1828, Mr. Dooley was at length promoted to
a Lieutenancy in the Camelion 10, Capt. Sir
Thos. Pasley ; smd, on 25 Aug. 1829, he joined, as
First-Lieutenant, the Musqurro 10, Capt. Chas.
Bentham. Since 9 Nov. 1831, with the exception
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of a five years' command, from June, 1839, to
July, 1S44, of the Gkethound Revenue-cruizer, he
has held an appointment in the Coast Guard.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
DORNFORD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h.p., 31.)
Francis Dobnford is brother of Lieut. Josiah
Dornford, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1805, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Diamond 38, Capts.
Thos. Elphinstone and Geo. Argles ; in which ship
he sailed for the West Indies, and served, latterly
as Midshipman, until his removal, in Sept. 1809, to
the Rainbow 22, Capt. Jas. Wooldridge. On 14
Feb. 1810, vpe find him bearing part (the 18-gun
sloop Avon in company) in a long and destructive
action with the French 40-gun frigate La Nereide,
near St. Domingo. From April to Sept. 1811, Mr.
Dornford next served, as Master's Mate, on board
the Thisbe 28, Capts. Wm. Rogers and Thos. Dick,
guard-ship at Greenwich. He afterwards joined, in
succession, on the Home and American stations,
the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, Pr-
BAMUS 36, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, and
RoTAL Oak 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm. While in
the latter ship, he shared in most of the hostilities
on the coast of North America ; where he was pre-
sent at the storming of Washington — commanded a
gun-boat in the attack on Baltimore — and (previous
to a similar participation in the operations against
New Orleans) assisted in the boats at the capture,
on Lake Borgne, 14 Dec. 1814, of a flotilla of five
American gun-vessels under Commodore Jones,
which did not surrender until after a fierce contest,
in which the British sustained a loss of 17 men
killed and 77 wounded. Mr. Dornford, who ob-
tained his commission 2 Feb. 1815, was afterwards
employed for four months on board the Brcne 38,
armee en fiuie^ Capt. Wra. Stanhope Badcock. He
has been on half-pay since 9 Sept. 1815.
latter year he took an active part also in the expe-
dition to the Walcheren ; after which, in 1813, he
brought over to England the officer charged with
the important intelligence of the French having
been driven across the Rhine, and, on another oc-
casion, the Russian General Tchaplitz, to whom
had been intrusted the keys of Hamburgh. Mr.
Domford's next appointment was, 25 March, 1820,
to the Coast Guard ; in which service he continued
until his admission to Greenwich Hospital, 1 June,
1844.
He married, in Dec. 1810, Miss Elizabeth Macnab,
of Dumfries, by whom he has, with five other chil-
dren, a son, Josiah James, Lieutenant, R.N., and a
daughter, married to Commander Sam. Mercer,
R.N. Agents— Pettet and Newton.
DORNFORD. (Lieut., 1802. f-p., 43 ; n-p.,9.)
Josiah Dornford, born in Dec. 1785, is son of a
gentleman who for some time was Deputy-Com-
missary-General in the West Indies ; where his
uncle, the late Josiah Dornford, Esq., was at the
same period Commissary-General.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1795, as a
Volunteer, on board the Active 38, Capt. 'Thos.
WoUey ; previously to the sailing of which ship for
Newfoundland, he received a severe wound in the
head, and another in the knee, by the falling of
two blocks from the mizen-top. Between Jan. 1796
and his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 29
April, 1802, he afterwards served, chiefly on the
Home station, and principally as Midshipman, in
the Princess Augusta yacht, Capt. Edw. Riou,
Abethosa 38, Capt. T. WoUey, BABFtEUB 98, Capt.
Jas. Rich. Dacres, Arethusa again, Megjera fire-
ship, Capts. Peter Turner Bover, Tristram Robt.
Ricketts, Henry Hill, and John Newhouse, and, a
third time, in the Arethusa. When in the latter
frigate, in 1799, he accompanied the Duke of Kent
to Halifax, where he officiated on shore as attend-
ant Midshipman to His Royal Highness : in the Me-
G^RA we find him chiefly occupied in repeating the
signals made from the flag-ship. A short time pre-
viously to the peace of Amiens, Mr. Dornford ap-
pears to have been taken captive by the French
privateer Le Brave^ while returning to port in
charge of a prize. During the five years immedi-
ately subsequent to his promotion, he successively
joined the Neptune 98, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen
and Wm. O'Brien Drury, L'Aigee 36, Capt. Geo.
Wolfe, Acasta 40, Capt. Rich. DaUing Dunn, Loire
38, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and, as First-Lieu-
tenant, the Pbcebe 36, all employed on Home ser-
vice. From 28 July, 1807, to 14 July, 1814, he next
commanded the Thrasher gun-brig; and, during
that period, he joined in an attack made in April,
1809, on a strong division of the Boulogne flotilla, a
great part of which was either captured, destroyed,
or greatly damaged. Towards the close of the
DORNFORD. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Josiah Jamfs Dornford is eldest son of Lieut.
Josiah Dornford, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 18 April, 1828 ;
passed his examination 25 Feb. 1837; and, after
serving for some time in the Mediterranean, as
Mate of the Howe 120, Capt. Robt. Smart, was
promoted to his present rank 10 March, 1842. His
appointments have since been — 16 April, 1842, to
the Hecate steam-vessel, Capt. Jas. Hamilton
Ward, on the same station— 26 July, 1843, and 28
March, 1844, to the Stab 6, Capt. Robt. John Wal-
lace Dunlop, and, as First^Lieutenant, to the Fer-
BET 6, Capt. Josiah Oake, off the coast of Africa —
and, 8 Jan. 1846, to the Scout 14, Capt. Wm. Loring,
in which vessel he is now serving in the East In-
dies, also as Senior-Lieutenant.
DORVILLE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
John William Dorville entered the Navy, 8
May, 1828, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Samaeanq
28, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, stationed in the
Mediterranean ; where he afterwards served, as
Midshipman and Mate, in the Stag46, Capt. Sir Edw.
Thos. Troubridge, Malabar 74, and Canopus 84,
both commanded by Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy,
and Bellerophon 74, Capts. Sam. Jackson and
Chas. John Austen. While in the latter ship he
took part in the Syrian operations of 1840 ; and, on
the evening of the day after the bombardment of
Beyrout, attracted general admiration by his cool
determination and undaunted bravery in alone
landing, and capturing an Egyptian flag, in face of
the most startling obstructions, all of which he gal-
lantly surmounted, although ultimately discovered
and pursued. Mr. Dorville, who had passed his
examination 19 Aug. 1834, obtained his commission
23 Nov. 1841, and soon after sailed for China in the
MiNDEN hospital-ship, Capt. Mich. Quin. He has
been employed in the Pacific since 27 Sept. 1845, on
board the Juno 26, Capt. Pat. John Blake, latterly
as First-Lieutenant.
DOUGAL. (CoMMANDEB, 1815. r-P., 13;
H-p., 35.)
George Dougal was bom 2 Oct. 1778. His fa-
ther was a merchant in London.
This officer entered the Navy (into which he
was impressed, after an employment of six years in
the merchant service, latterly as Mate), 27 June,
1799, as A. B., on board the Brunswick 74, Capt.
Wm. Gordon Rutherford, then at Jamaica ; where,
attaining soon the rating of Midshipman, he ap-
pears to have been frequently invested with the
charge of prize-vessels. On accompanying Capt.
Rutherford into the Decade 36, in which frigate
he continued until paid off 7 Oct. 1802, Mr. Dougal
beheld the surrender, in Sept. 1800, of the island of
Curagoa. After an intermediate re-attachment to
the merchant service, he again entered the Navy,
16 March, 1804, as Master's Mate, on board the
Theseus 74, commanded in succession by Capts.
John Bligh, Edw. Hawker, Harrington Dacres, and
Fras. Temple ; under the second of whom he was
nearly lost during a violent hurricane, in which the
Theseus was dismasted, and her main-deck guns
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thrown overboard. Wlile in the same ship, Mr.
DougaJ had the misfortune to lose the sight of his
right eye, in consequence of a, marine firing a
musket across his face, while he was in the act of
saving a drunken man from falling overboard.
For this injury, however, he was never able to pro-
cure a pension. The Theseds being put out of com-
mission in Sept. 1805, he next, for short periods,
joined the PowEKruL 74, Capt. Kobt. Plampin, Sal-
vador DEL Mdndo 110, Capt. John Loring, and
"Sampson and Diadem 64's, flag-ships of Rear- Ad-
miral Clias. Stirling. After witnessing, in the latter
vessel) the fall of Monte Video, Mr. Dougal, as
Acting-Lieutenant, assumed command, 22 April,
1807, of the Dolores schooner of 8 guns, in the
Kio de la Plata, where he very gaUantly repelled, 2
June following, a simultaneous night-attack made
upon that vessel by two Spanish vessels of 6 and 8
guns each. He subsequently assisted in battering
the sea^defences of Buenos Ayres, at the time of its
unfortunate investment by Lieut.-General 'White-
locke. On eventually returning home in the Af-
nicA 64, Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun, he obtained a
commission dated 9 June, 1808 ; a few days after
which he joined the Sakpen 16, Capts. Jas. Gifford
and John Sanderson Gibson, under whom we find
him frequently skirmishing with the Baltic gun-
boats. His next appointments were — 6 April, 1810,
as First-Lieutenant, to the Apelles 14, Capts. Thos.
Oliver and Fred. Hofiinan — and, 15 Jan. 1813, to the
EspiAgle 18, Capt. John Taylor, on the Home and
West India stations. The former vessel, on 3 May,
1812, ran on shore near Boulogne, and fell into the
hands of the French ; but Lieut. Dougal (who was
wounded in the left arm by a grape-shot) contrived,
with several others, to efiect a timely flight in the
boats. He left the Espiegle 19 March, 1814; and,
since his promotion to the rank of Commander, 13
June, 1815, has been on half-pay.
DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Archibald Henry Dooglas passed his examin-
ation 5 Oct. 1840. We subsequently find him em-
ployed, as Mate, on the Mediterranean and Home
stations, of the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling,
Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Chas. Sullivan and Geo.
Fred. Kich (flag-ship for some time of Sir Edw. W.
C. E. Owen), Alban steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com-
mauder Fred. Lowe, and Superb 80, Capt. Armar
Lowry Corry, He obtained his commission 10..
March, 1846 ; and, since the 20th of the same
month, has been attached to the Chjlders 12, and
Snake 16, Capts. John Chas. Pitman and Thos.
Bourmaster Brown, on the East India and Cape of
Good Hope stations.
DOUGLAS. (COMMANDEB, 1829.)
The Honodkable Arthur James Dodglas,
born 12 Jan. 1802, is fourth son of the late Hon.
John Douglas, by Lady Frances Lascelles, eldest
daughter of Edward, Earl of Harewood ; brother
of the present Earl of Morton, and of Lieut.-Col.
Hon. E. G. Douglas Pennant, M.P. for Carnarvon-
shire ; brother-in-law of the Earl of Aberdeen, and
of Lieut.-Gen. the late Hon. Sir Wm. Stewart,
G.C.B. ; and uncle of the Marquess of Abercorn, of
Lieut. Hon. Geo. Henry Douglas, R.N., and of
Lieut. Wm. Grant Douglas, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 24 Feb. 1816 ;
passed his examination in 1822 ; obtained his first
commission 28 Feb. 1825 ; and was afterwards ap-
pointed— 4 March, 1825, to the Tartar 42, Capt.
Thos. Brown, on the South American station — and,
20 Nov. 1829, to the Briton 46, Capts. Geo. Fras.
Seymour and Hon. Wm. Gordon, employed on par-
ticular service. Since his last promotion, which
took place 20 Nov. 1829, Commander Douglas has
not been afloat. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
wards appointed, 3 Jan. 1840, and U March, 1841,
to the Blenheim 72, and Dbdid 44, Capts. Thos.
Maitland and Henry Smith, on the East India sta-
tion ; and was advanced to the rank he now holds
10 July, 1844. He has since been on half-pay.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Colin Dodglas passed his examination 4 July,
1838 ; was appointed Mate, in 1843, of the Lahse
18, Capt. John Wm. Douglas Brisbane, off the coast
of Africa ; removed, in 1845, to the Tortoise store-
ship, Capt. Arthur MorreU, at Ascension ; was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Jan. 1846;
joined, 4 March following, the Wanderer 12, Capt.
Philip Hodge Somerville, fitting at Portsmouth;
and from 23 April, until Aug. in the same year, was
employed in the East Indies on board the Childers
12, Capt. John Chas. Pitman. He has since been
on half-pay.
DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
The Honodrable George Henrt Douglas,
bom 5 Oct. 1821, is second son of the Earl of
Morton, by Frances Theodora, eldest daughter of
the Right Hon. Sir Geo. Henry Rose, G.C.B. ; bro-
ther-in-law of Viscount Milton ; and nephew of
Commander Hon. Arthur Jas. Douglas, R.N.
This oflicer was officially noticed for his services
on the coast of Syria, when Midshipman of the
Carysfort 26, Capt. Henry Byam Martin.* He
passed his examination 29 July, 1841 ; served after-
wards in the East Indies on board the Thalia 42,
Capt. Chas. Hope, and Wanderer 16, Capt. Geo.
Henry Seymour; and, on 22 Oct. 1844, was pro-
moted to his present rank, while in the Victoria
AND Albert yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus Fitz-
Clarence. His appointments have since been —
16 Nov. 1844, to the Caeedonia 120, flag-ship at
Devonport of Sir David Milne — and, 11 March,
1845, to the Hibernia 104, bearing the flag of Sir
Wm. Parker, under whom he is now serving in the
Mediterranean.
DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1844.)
Charles Henry Douglas entered the Navy 9
April, 1827 ; passed his examination in 1835 ; ob-
tained his first commission 9 May, 1839 ; was after-
DOUGLAS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p.,11 ; h-p.,31.)
Henry Douglas entered the Navy, in Oct. 1805,
as Fst.-cl.Vol., on hoard the Belleisle 80, Capt;
Wm. Hargood; with whom, after witnessing the
destruction of the French 74-gun ship L'lmpetuenx
off Cape Henry, 14 Sept. 1806, he removed, in 1807,
as Midshipman, to the Northumberland 74. Dui^
ing the three following years, we find him successive-
ly employed on the West India and Mediterranean
stations. He then joined the AsTR.aiA, of 42 guns
and 271 men, Capt. Chas. Marsh Sehomberg; and
on 20 May, 1811, contributed (while cruizing off
Madagascar in company with the Ph(ebe and Ga-
latea, trigates about equal in force to the Astrjla,
and 18-gun brig Racehorse) to the capture— after
a long and trying action with the French 40-gun
frigates Renommee, Clorinde, and Nere'ide, in which
the AsTR^A had 2 men killed and 16 wounded— of
the Renommee. On 25 of the same month, he was
further present at the surrender of the Nere'ide, and
of the settlement of Tamatave. From Oct. 1813,
until May, 1814, he next served on the Guernsey
station in the Fylla 22, and Vulture bomb, bear-
ing each the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hargood.
Mr. Douglas, whose commission bears date 4 Feb.
1815, appears to have been further employed, from
Sept. 1814 until Nov. 1816, on the Lakes of Ca-
nada, under the orders of Sir Jas. Lucas Teo and
Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He has since been on
half-pay. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1845.)
Henry John Douglas entered the Navy 27 Jan.
1833 ; and obtained his first commission 14 Feb.
1840. He was afterwards appointed — 13 Oct. fol-
lowing, to the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence
—1 April, 1841, to the Princess Charlotte 104,
* VidcGaz. 184U, p. 2607.
DOUGLAS.
299
flag-ship of Sir Robt. Stopford— 18 June, 1841, to
the PowERFDL 84, Capt. Geo. Mansel— and, 9 Nov.
1841, to the FoRMiDABtE 84,Capts. Sir Chas. Sullivan
ar.d Geo. Fred. Rich, flag-ship latterly of Sir Edw.
"W. C. R. Owen — all employed on the Mediterranean
station. He attained his present rank 28 Feb.
1845 ; and since 29 June, 1846, has been in com-
mand of the Pantaloon 10, on the coast of Africa.
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
DOUGLAS, formerly Stoddart, M.P. (Lied-
TENANT, 1815.)
James Douglas Stoddart Douglas "was pro-
moted to a Lieutenancy in the Doris 36, Capt. Robt.
O'Brien, then on the East India station, 15 June,
1815.
He is a Lieutenant of Yeomanry Cavalry, and
Representative in Parliament for Rochester.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
DOUGLAS. (LiEDTENANT, 1826.)
John Douglas entered the Navy 14 April, 1812 ;
passed his examination in 1818 ; and obtained his
commission 21 June, 1826. His appointments ap-
pear to h^ve been — 18 Sept. 1828, to the Coast
Blockade, while in which service his name was suc-
cessively borne on the books of the Ramillies and
Talavera 74's, Capt. Hugh Pigot— 15 April, 1831,
to the Coast Guard— and 16 Dec. 1835, 24 Sept.
1833, and 5 Aug. 1841, to the command, on the
Channel, South American, and Falmouth stations,
of the Speedy cutter, Cockatrice schooner, and
Swift brig, the latter of which he left in Jan. 1847.
Lieut. Douglas was awarded, 18 Dec. 1843, a pen-
sion for wovmds of 121.
DOUGLAS. (Admiral of the Red, 1838.)
John Ersbline Douglas is son of the late David
Douglas, Esq., by Miss Thompson; grand-nephew
of James, second Earl of Queensberry ; and cousin
of the present Marquess of Queensberry. His
elder brother, William, a Colonel in the Army, died
in May 1831.
This oflicer obtained his first commission 21
April, 1778 ; acquired the rank of Commander, in
the Trompeose sloop, 24 May, 1794; and was made
Post 10 June, 1795. He then assumed command of
the Garland 28, in which he served on the North
Sea station, until his removal, in 1798, to the Boston
32. "While in that vessel, on the American station,
he appears to have captured and destroyed several
of the enemy's ships, and to have blockaded for
several months the Semiltante, a French frigate of
far superior force. After cruizing for some time in
the West Indies and ofi" Halifax, Capt. Douglas, on
his return home, in 1804, was appointed to the Im-
p^tueux 80, attached to the* Channel fleet. Ex-
changing, early in 1805, into the Bellona 74, he
subsequently assisted, off Cape Henry, at the de-
struction, 14 Sept. 1806, of the French 74-gun ship
L'Impetueux — was intrusted >jvith the command,
during the summer of 1806, of a squadron stationed
in the Chesapeake— served under Lord Gambler at
the destruction of the French shipping in Aix
Roads in April, 1809— and, on 18 Dec. 1810, cap-
tured, in the North Sea, Xe Herosdu iVtw-rf privateer,
of 14 guns and 44 men. When in the Prince or
Wales 98, to which ship he was appointed in the
spring of 1812, Capt. Douglas witnessed Sir Edw.
PeUew's partial actions with the French fleet out of
Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814. Being pro-
moted to Flag-rank 4 June, 1814, he was next, from
1815 to 1818, employed as Commander-in-Chief at
Jamaica. He has since been on half-pay. He
became a Vice-Admiral 27 May, 1825, and a full
Admiral 28 June, 1838.
He married, in 1818, Mrs. White, and hos, with
other issue, a daughter, Helen Catherine, who
married, 21 Nov. 1843, Capt. Colin Mackenjiio, Hon.
E.I.C.S.
DOUGLAS. (Captain, 1811. i-p., 21 ; h-p., 29.)
Peter John Douglas was born 30 June, 1787.
His father. Admiral Billy Douglas, who died in 1817,
commanded the Stately 64, at the reduction of
the Cape of Good Hope, in 1795, and afterwards at
the surrender of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha
Bay, 17 Aug. 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Jan. 1797, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, Capt.
Robt. Devereux Fancourt; and during the next six
years served, on the Channel, Cape of Good Hope,
and North Sea stations, chiefly as Midshipman, in
the Firm 12, Capt. Patrick Campbell, Sandwich
98, Capts. Billy Douglas and A. Guyott, Theseus
74, Capt. John Bligh, Endymion 40, Capts. Philip
Chas. Durham and Henry Garrett, Concorde 36,
Capts. Robt. Barton and John Wood, Jupiter 54,
Capt. Geo. Losack, and Galykheid and Ruby 64's,
flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Edw. Thombrough. In
March, 1804, he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant
of the Beaver 18, Capt. Chas. PeUy ; and for his
conduct in proceeding up the river Elbe with the
boats of that sloop, and capturing five vessels which
had forced the blockade, he was confirmed, 11 June
following, into the Surveillante 38, Capt. John
Bligh, at Jamaica. On next joining the Franchise
36, Capts. Hon. John Murray and Chas. Dashwood,
we find him frequently landing at Curagoa, where
he received a lasting injury in the foot from the
receding of a gun, while in the act of dragging it
up a steep accUvity, 20 June, 1805. On 25 Oct.
following Mr. Douglas commanded one of the ship's
boats at the capture, on the north side of Jamaica,
of Le General Ferrand privateer, of 1 gun and 2
swivels ; and, on the night of 6 Jan. 1806, he had
charge of the barge, and elicited the highest ap-
probation for his promptitude and gallantry, as
second in command under Lieut. John Fleming,
at the taking, in Campeachy Bay, of El Raposa
Spanish corvette, carrying (besides swivels and co-
horns) 12 guns and 75 men, which, after an obsti-
nate conflict of 10 minutes' duration, and a loss
to the enemy of 5 men killed and 26 wounded,
was boarded and carried by the British, who, in
three boats, with 64 men, of whom only 7 were
wounded, had also to contend against a brig of 20
guns, a schooner of 8 guns, and seven gun-vessels.'*
Being among the wounded on the latter occasion,
Mr. Douglas was presented by the Patriotic Society
with a sword valued at 50 guineas. Prior to leav-
ing the Franchise be further served in the boats
at the capture of El Carmen Spanish schooner, on
being sent to cruize in which vessel he succeeded
in making two prizes, and in driving an armed
vessel on shore. When afterwards detached in the
Brutus, a prize schooner of 1 gun and .30 men, he
engaged, 1 July, 1806, and beat off, with a loss on
his own side of 7 men wounded, two of the enemy's
vessels (the larger mounting 5 guns, with a crew
of 60 men) which had been sent from Curacoa for
the express purpose of re-capturing the Brutus.
After serving for three months on board the Lark
18, Capt. Fred. Langford, Mr. Douglas was re-
warded for his gallantry at the capture of El Ra-
posa by being promoted to the acting-command,
9 Oct. 1806, of the Shark 18, bearing the flag at
Jamaica of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres. Pre-
viously, however, to the receipt of his Commander's
commission, which bears date 17 Feb. 1807, he ap-
pears to have been again employed, from March
to July in that year, as Lieutenant and Acting-
Commander, in the Ferret 18, Capt. Hon. Geo.
Cadogan. Assuming at length the official com-
mand, on 24 of the following Aug., of the Rein-
deer 18, Capt. Douglas had the good fortune to
capture four privateers within as many months.
He subsequently served under Capt. Chas. Dash-
wood at the capture, towards the close of 1808, of
the town of Samana, St. Domingo — made prize, on
his passage to England, of La Mouche French man-
of-war schooner, 9 March, 1809— and co-operated
with Commodore Owen's advanced division in the
East Scheldt during the ensuing expedition to the
• Vide Gsa. 1806, p. 464.
2 Q 2
300
DOUGLAS.
■Walcheren. Having returned to the West Indies,
he was there promoted to the command, 26 Nov.
1811, of the PoLTPHEMDS 64, which ship he brought
home and paid off 16 Nov. 1812. From that period
Capt. Douglas was unable to re-procure employ-
ment until 19 Jan. 1836, when he commissioned the
Melville 74, and hoisted the flag of Vice-Admiral
Sir Peter Halkett, Commander-in-Chief in North
America and the West Indies, on whose promotion
to the rank of full Admiral he returned to England
in Aug. 1837. On 30 March, 1838, he was next
appointed Commodore of the second class on the
Jamaica station, with his broad pendant in the
Magnificent 74. In Nov. following he was nomi-
nated Commodore of the first class ; and being sent
in command of a large squadron to the Gulf of
Mexico, for the purpose of mediating between the
French and Mexican governments, had the fortune
to effect an amicable adjustment of their differ-
ences, for which service he was rewarded with the
approbation of the Admiralty. He afterwards,
during the intervals occasioned by the premature
deaths of Vice- Admirals Sir Chas. Paget and Sir
Thos. Harvey, officiated, from 29 Jan. to 24 May,
1839, and from 28 May to 1 Oct. 1841, as Com-
mander-in-Chief on the North America and West
India station. In acknowledgment of his services
Commodore Douglas — who also received an address
from the merchants and a vote of thanks from the
House of Assembly at Kingston, besides a letter in
his favour to Lord Stanley from Sir Chas. Metcalfe,
the Govemor-in-Chief — was allowed to return to
Spithead with his red pendant flying, which he
ultimately hauled down on 7 Nov. 1841. He has
not since been afloat.*
He married Lydia, eldest daughter of Vice-Ad-
miral Sylverius Moriarty, by whom he has issue,
with four daughters, two sons, of whom the eldest,
William Manners Wellington, is a Commander R.N.
His eldest daughter is wife of Capt. Wm. Camp-
bell Onslow, Superintendent of Coorg, tin the East
Indies ; his second, of Kobt. Pollock, Esq., second
6on of the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer ;
and his third, of Alex. Henry Gordon, Esq., of the
Indian Navy. Agents — P^ttet and Newton.
DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 20;
H-p., 33,)
Pringle Home Douglas was born 18 Sept. 1784.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Jan. 1794, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Atkica 64, Capt. Rod-
dajn Home, employed on the Halifax and Jamaica
stations. In March, 1797, he became attached, with
Capt. Home, as Midshipman, to the Cjesak 80, flag-
ship afterwards of Sir Jas. Saumarez, by whom, for
his conduct as Master's Mate at the battle of Alge-
ciras, 6 July, 1801, on which occasion he received a
Blight wound, he was promoted, on the night of the
action, to a Lieutenancy in the Audacious 74, Capt.
Shuldham Peard. On next returning from Mi-
norca, whither he had been immediately sent with
despatches in ,a row-boat privateer, Mr. Douglas,
then in the SiK Thomas Pasley hired brig, of 16
guns and 54 men, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Wool-
dridge, assisted, on 21 July, in beating oS, after a
close and severe contest of an hour and a quarter,
a Spanish man-of-war xebec of 22 guns. We sub-
sequently find him contributing to the capture, we
believe, of the ViT^en del Rosaria, carrying 10 heavy
guns and 94 men — a vessel that waa boarded and
carried, at the close of an animated action of an
hour, and of a sanguinary hand-to-hand struggle of
about 15 minutes, during which the British lost
3 men killed and 8 wounded, and the enemy 21
killed and 13 wounded. Mr. Douglas, whose ap-
pointment to the Audacious was confirmed by com-
mission dated 9 Oct. 1801, afterwards served, during
the whole of the late war (except from 13 April,
1805, to 8 Aug. 1806, when he appears to have been
employed in the Mediterranean under Capt. Chas.
Ogle of the Unite 36), on board the Majestic,
* Capt. "Douglas' services in the West Indies extend over a
period of more than 13 years and a half.
Saturn, and Roval Oak 74's, commanded on the
Home station by Lord Amelius Beauclerk. While
in the latter ship he officiated, in 1809, as Senior
Lieutenant of the advanced division of gun-boats
at Walcheren, and took part in much active boat
service in Basque Roads and off L'Orient. After
discharging the duties for 18 months of Flag-Lieu-
tenant to Lord AmeUus Beauclerk, who had been
promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, he was ad-
vanced, on that officer striking his flag, to the rank
of Commander, 28 May, 1814. He has since been
on half-pay.
He married, 20 March, 1817, Miss Salisbury, and
has issue a son and two daughters.
DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1823. f-p., 21 ;
H-p., 27.)
Richard Douglas entered the Navy, 14 Aug.
1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George
100, Capt. Wm. Domett, bearing the flag in the
Channel of Lord Bridport, in which ship he con-
tinued until shortly after his attainment of the
rating of Midshipman, 1 Oct. 1800. In July, 1803,
he re-embarked on board the Ville de Paris 110,
Capt. Tristram Robt. Bicketts, flag-ship subse-
quently of Hon. Wm. Comwallis ; on removing
from which to the Achille 74, Capt. Rich. King,
he appears to have been wounded at the battle of
Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, and to have been with a
squadron under Sir Sam. Hood at the capture of
four French frigates off Bochefort, 25 Sept. 1806.
In Jan. 1809, Mr. Douglas joined the Neptune
98, bearing the flag in the West Indies of Sir Alex.
Cochrane ; after serving under whom at the reduc-
tion of Martinique, he was appointed, 15 March
following, Acting-Lieutenant of the Surinam brig,
Capt. John Lake. He was next transferred, in a
similar capacity, to the Intrepid 64, Capt. Geo.
Andrews ; and, being confirmed on 18 Sept. in the
same year, was afterwards appointed, on the Home
station — 30 June, 1810, to the Coquette, Capts.
Robt. Forbes and Geo. Hewson — 3 Dec. 1811, to
the Bellona 74, Capts. John Erskine Douglas and
Geo. M'Kinley— and 21 Nov. 1814, and 7 Deo. 1815,
to the Namur and Bulwark 74's, flag-ships of Sir
Chas. Rowley, in which he successively served until
21 Oct. 1817. His next appointments were — 20
Nov. 1820, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch ;
and, 22 Jan. 1822, to the Coast Guard. Acquiring
the rank he now holds 5 Sept. 1823, Commander
Douglas, in 1831-2, again served in the Coast Guard,
and from 26 Aug. 1840, until the autumn of 1843,
commanded the Poictiers 72, guard-ship at Chat-
ham. He has not been since employed.
He married, 22 Sept. 1830, Jemima, daughter of
Wm. Winchester, Esq., of Stoke, niece of Alderman
Winchester, M.P., of Hawkhurst, -and sister-in-law
of Commander Wm. Walker, R.N., by whom he has
issue.
DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Stephen Francis Douglas passed his examina-
tion 1 Sept. 1841 ; and served as Mate, on the East
India, and Mediterranean stations, in the Belleisle
troop-ship, Capt. John Kingcome, and Cornwallis
72, and Hibernia 104, flag-ships of Sir Wm. Parker.
He obtained his commission 30 Sept. 1845; and
still serves in the Hibernia, in the capacity of Ad-
ditional-Lieutenant.
DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
William Grant Douglas, born 25 Feb. 1824, is
second son of the Hon. and Rev. Chas. Douglas, of
Earlsgift, co. Tyrone (brother of the present Earl
of Morton), by Isabella, daughter of Arthur, second
Earl of Arran ; and nephew of Commander Hon.
Arthur Jas. Douglas, R.N.
This ofBcer passed his examination 7 May, 1845 ;
and until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 7
Oct. 1846, served at Portsmouth as Mate of the
Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings,
and Victoria and Albert steam-yacht, Capt.
DOUGLAS— DOW— DOWDEN— DOWN.
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Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. He has been em-
ployed, since 2 Nov. in the latter year, on board
the Geitsek steam-sloop, Capt. Fras. Thos. Brown.
DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1841. r-P., 14; h-p., 6.)
"William Manners Wellington Dodglas, bom
21 June, 1814, is eldest son of Capt. Peter John
Douglas, R.N. '
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
Aug. 1827 ; and embarked, 15 Aug. 1829, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Briton 46, Capt. Hon. Wm.
Gordon, whom he ultimately accompanied to the
West Indies. In May, 1830, he there removed to
the Blanche 46, bearing the broad pendant of Sir
Arthur Farquhar ; from which ship he appears to
have been subsequently lent, from Feb. 1832, to
Jan. 1833, to the Ariadne 28, Capt. Chas. Phillips.
Towards the close of the latter year Mr. Douglas
sailed for the Mediterranean jn the Tbundekeb 84,
Capt.Wm. Furlong Wise. Having passed his exami-
nation 24 June, 1834, he next joined the Trinculo 16,
Capts. Jaa. Rich. Booth and Henry Joseph Puget,
stationed off the coast of Africa ; where, up the river
Bonny, with the assistance of a prize-slaver under
Mr. Fiddes, Master's Assistant, we find him, in
Dec. 1835, very gallantly repelling, in a pinnace
with only 10 hands, an attack made upon him by
13 large canoes full of armed men. He afterwards
served in the West Indies on board the Melville
andCoRNWALLis 74's, bearing the flags in succes-
sion of Sir Peter Halkett and Sir Chas. Paget ; of
which latter ship he was confirmed a Lieutenant
30 Jan. 1839. His next appointments were — 22
Oct. 1839, to the Stag 46, Commodore Thos. Ball
Sulivan — and, 26 June and 10 Oct. 1841, to the
Winchester 52, and Seringapatam 46, each bear-
ing the broad pendant of his father. Since his last
promotion, which took place 12 Nov. in the latter
year. Commander Douglas has been on half-pay.
He married, 10 Jan. 1843, Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of the late Edw. Hawes, Esq., of Wood-
ford, CO. Essex. Agents — Pettet and Newton.
DOW. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 14; h-p., 27.)
William Dow, born 23 May, 1794, in the island
of Antigua, is fourth son of Archibald Dow, Esq.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 28 July, 1806, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William 100,
Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, bearing the flag at
Spithead of Admiral Montagu. On 17 Dec. 1808,
he became Midshipman of the Christian VII. 80,
Capt. Joseph Sydney Yorke, flag-ship afterwards
of Sir Edw. Pellew, with whom he removed, in
1811,lto the Caledonia 120. From Nov. 1812, to
March, 1814, Mr. Dow was employed next in the Un-
daunted 38, Capts. Rich. Thomas and Thos. Ussher.
He served, during that period, in the boats under
Lieut. Aaron Tozer, at the storming and capture,
18 March, 1813, of a battery of 6 guns at Carri,
near Marseilles — was at the taking, in open day, of
two settees, within pistol-shot distance of a battery
on Cape Croisette, on which occasion the boats
sustained a severe loss — contributed, on 31 of the
same month, to the gallant capture and destruc-
tion, by the boats of the Undaunted, Volon-
TAIRE, and Redwing, of two strong batteries and
14 sail of vessels, at Morjean — was further present,
2 May following, with the boats of the Un-
daunted, VoLONTAiRE, and Repulse, at the cut-
ting-out of a well-protected convoy in the same
harbour — and, besides figuring in other dashing
affairs, again served iu the boats on 9 Nov. and
assisted in escalading a vigorously defended tower
at Fort Nouvelle, where seven French vessels, lying
under the protection of several batteries, were de-
stroyed. For these services, Mr. Dow was ap-
pointed, 26 May, 1814, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Castor 32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, to which frigate he
was confirmed 17 June following. Being paid off in
Sept. 1815, after having visited the West Indies,
and been employed the last eight months as First-
Lieutenant, he subsequently joined, 14 Feb. 1825,
in the latter capacity, the Doris 42, Capt. Sir John
Gordon Sinclair, with whom he served on the South
American station until 1829. His next appoint-
ment was to the command, 1 1 March, 1836, of the
Carbon steam-vessel ; in which, after conveying a
body of marine artillery to join the force under
Lord John Hay on the coast of Spain, he pro-
ceeded to the West Indies ; whence in consequence
of two severe attacks of yellow fever, which de-
prived him of the use of his limbs, he invalided
home, in Oct. of the same year. He has not since
been afloat.
Lieut. Dow married, 18 Jan. 1830, Caroline,
third daughter of Sam. Enderby, Esq. of Croom's
Hill, Blackheatb, co. Kent, by whom he has issue
four daughters. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
DOWDEN. (LiEDT., 1812. F-P., 13; h-p., 31.)
William Gibbs Dowden entered the Navy, 30
Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse
74, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and John Hal-
liday, with whom he successively served, as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate, until Feb. 1811. The
Repulse, during that period, bore a part in Sir
Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805— was with Sir
John Duckworth at the passage of the Dardanells,
in Feb. 1807 — accompanied the expedition to the
Walcheren, in Aug. 1803— and, on 30 Aug. 1810,
most gallantly rescued the Philomel sloop from
capture, by interposing herself between that vessel
and an advanced division of the Toulon fleet, which
she compelled to put back. After a further attach-
ment to the Montagu 74, Capt. John Halliday, and
Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, Mr.
Dowden was promoted, 16 June, 1812, to a Lieu-
tenancy in the Cephalus 18. Being next ap-
pointed, 27 Nov. 1813, to the Edinburgh 74, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, he witnessed
the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, in Dec. of the
same year, and was present, in March and April,
1814, at the surrender of the fortress of Santa Maria,
with the enemy's other forts and defences in the
Gulf of Spezia, and also of the town of Genoa. On
17 June, 1815, Mr. Dowden, who had been ap-
pointed, 24 Dee. 1814, to the Pilot 18, Capt. John
Toup Nicolas, contributed to the defeat, near Cape
Corse, of the French corvette Legere^ of 28 guns,
who made off at the close of a valiant conflict of
two hours, in which the British vessel sustained a
loss, besides being otherwise disabled, of 1 man
killed and 15 wounded, and the Frenchman of 22
killed and 79 wounded. He has been on half-pay
since 12 July, 1816. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
DOWN. (Rear-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 18 ;
h-p., 36.)
Edward Augustus Down, bom 16 Feb. 1777, is
son of a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, who was
Midshipman of the Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt.
Sir Peter Dennis, when that vessel brought the late
Queen Charlotte to England in 1760.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 April, 1793, as
Ordinary, on board the Prince 98, Capt. Cuthbert
Collingwood, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo. Bow-
yer ; on accompanying whom, as Midshipman, into
the Barfleur 98, he served in Lord Howe's actions
of 29 May and 1 June, 1794. He afterwards suc-
cessively followed Capt. Collingwood into the Hec-
tor and Excellent 74's ; and in the latter ship was
wounded while participating, as Master's Mate, in
the victory gained by Sir John Jervis over the
Spanish fleet, 14 Feb. 1797.* After serving for a
short time with Lord St. Vincent, in the Ville de
Paris 110, Mr. Down was promoted to a Lieu-
tenancy, 26 Dec. 1798, in the Santa Dorothea 36,
Capt. Hugh Downman ; from which ship we find
him transferred, in April, 1799, to the Vincejo 18,
Capts. Geo. Long, Robt. Yarker, Geo. Chas. Mac-
kenzie, and Jas. Prevost ; under the first of whom,
while at the blockade of Malta, he witnessed,
among other captures, that of Le GuiUaume Tell of
84 guns, 31 March, 1800. From 6 Dec. 1803, to
May, 1804, he next, in the Utrecht 64, officiated
• FideGiz. 1797, p. 2;2.
302
DOWNES— DOWNMAN.
as Flag-Lieutenant, on the Downs station, to Vice-
Admiral Philip Patton; after whicli, until pro-
moted to the rank of Commander, 12 Jan. 1805, he
served in La ViRGiNiE 38, Capt. John Poo Beres-
ford, and in the Princess Augusta yacht, Capt.
Edw. Jas. Eoote, employed in attendance on the
King off "Weymouth. His suhsequent appointments
■were, to the command— 26 March and 18 April,
1805, of the Wellington and Adelfhi armed ships
—7 Feb. 1806, of the Bittern 18— and, 23 Aug.
1808, of the Red-wing 18. "When in the Adelphi,
Capt. Down appears to have heen engaged in es-
corting convoys to the Baltic, Eyder, and Elbe :
during his command of the Bittern and Redwing,
he captured, on the Mediterranean station, 2 Aug.
1807, El Verga del Rosario, Spanish privateer of 2
guns and 20 mien — 16 Sept. 1811, La Victorieuse^
French privateer of 4 guns and 40 men — and, 8 May,
1812, a small Neapolitan vessel. He was posted on
12 Aug. in the latter year ; and advanced to the
rank he now holds 1 Oct. 1846.
Kear-Admiral Down, who has been for many
years afflicted with blindness, was admitted to the
out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 5 Jan. 1828.
He married, 6 Deo. 1815, Elizabeth, third daughter
of PhiUp Patton, Esq., Admiral of the Eed (for-
merly Commander-in-Chief in the Dovms, and after-
• wards a Lord of the Admiralty), who died 31 Dec.
1815, aged 76 years. He has issue six children.
Agent — John P. Muspratt.
r-P., 14; H-P.,
DOWNES. (COMMANDEK, 1829.
28.)
Henbt Downes entered the Navy, 6 April, 1805,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L'Aimable 32, Capt. "Wm.
Bolton. In Oct. following he accompanied the same
officer, as Midshipman, into the Fisgaed 38, com-
manded afterwards by Capt. Fras. Mason ; during
the six years of his attachment to which frigate, he
served at the reduction of Cura9oa, in Jan. 1807,
attended, as Master's Mate, the expedition to the
"Walcheren in Aug. 1809, commanded a boat at the
destruction of a privateer in the Baltic in 1810, and
assisted at the cutting out of a ship lirom Rostock
in 1811. From Nov. in the latter year, until Deo.
1813, Mr. Downes was next successively employed
on board the Thisbe 28, flag-ship off Deptford of
SirOhas. Hamilton— the MuLGiiAVE74, Capt. Thos.
Jas. Maling — the Daedalus 38, Capt. Murray Max-
Svell, under whom he was wrecked, near Ceylon, 2
July, 1813— and the Minden 74, flag-ship of Sir
Sam. Hood. He was then appointed Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Africaine 38, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rod-
ney, in which ship, after visiting the Persian Gulf
and the China Sea, he returned to England in Feb.
1816. Having attained the rank of Lieutenant 1
June, 1814, he next, on 5 Deo. 1826, joined, in that
capacity, the Stbille 48, bearing the broad pen-
dant on the coast of Africa of Commodore Fras.
Aug. Collier. For his conduct when afterwards in
command of the Black Joke tender — an account
of whose dashing acliievements will be found under
the head of Capt. Edw. Harris Butterfield — he was
ultimately advanced to his present rank, 2 May,
1829.* He has not, however, been since employed.
A splendid vase of polished " Heart of Oak,"
with appropriate ornaments in silver gilt, we under-
stand, "H'as presented to this officer as " a tribute of
admiration and respect from Commodore Collier
for his gallant conduct when in command of H.M.
tender Black Joke." Commander Downes is an
Hon. Director of the United Service Institution.
DOWNES. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Thomas PlARDMacKB Downes was mentioned in
terms of the highest praise by Capt. Fred. Marryat
for his conduct as Midshipman of the Lakne 20,
during the Burmese war, in 1825. t He passed his
examination in 1827; obtained his commission 2
March, 183S; and has been since appointed— 6 June,
1838, and 22 May and 5 Oct. 1839, to the Jasedb
16, Capt. Fred. Moore Boultbeo, Belleeophon 78,
• Vide Gaz. 1829. p. 710. f v. Oaz. 18S5, p. 2217.
capt. Chas. John ^^^^^^ll^^^t^^X
to the Z=Xltopfo?d an on the Mediterranean
^" r^f' 31 Anf 184l' to the Driver steamer, Capt.
lam Fielding Sarmer, whom he accompanied to the
l•^?^■ Tndies-1 April, 1844, as Senior, to the Fikeflt
Seam sliveyhig-vessel, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey,
on Se HoS; ftation^22 Nov. 1844 m a similar
caoacitv to the Amazon 19, commanded in the Me-
SraJean by Capt. Jas. John Stopford-and, 17
Sept. 1846, to the Coast Guard, m which service he
is now employed.
DOWNMAN. (Vice-Admirai, of the Red,
1837. r-P., 36 ; H-P., 35.)
Hugh Downman, bom 29 Oct. 1765, at Plymouth
is descended from a respectable family in Devon-
shire, of which his father was a younger branch.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1776, as
A.B. on board the Thetis 32, Capts. Mitchell
Graham and John Gill, in which frigate he escorted
home a large convoy of Indiamen from St. Helena,
From 14 Aiig. 1778, until 5 March, 1790, he was
next employed, as Midshipman, in the Abethdsa
and Emeeald frigates, both commanded by Capt,
Sam. Marshal — the Edgae 74, Commodore Chas.
Hotham— the Queen 98, Tkiumph 74, and Bar-
fleue 98, flag-ships at Portsmouth of Admirals John
Montagu smd Lord Hood — and the Ceown 64, bear-
ing the broad pendant in the East Indies of the Hon.
"Wm. Comwallis. During that period, having been
wrecked in the Arethusa while in pursuit of an
enemy's frigate off the island of Moulines, Mr.
Downman was detained a prisoner of war in France,
from March, 1779, to Jan. 1780 ; after which, when
in the Edgar, he was present at the relief of Gib-
raltar, and in Lord Howe's partial action with the
combined fleets of France and Spain, 20 Oct. 1782.
On 5 March, 1790, as above, he was promoted to a
Lieutenancy in the Perseverance 36, Capt. Isaac
Smith, on the East India station, whence, on being
re-transferred to the Crown, he came home, in May,
1792. Being next appointed, 2 Jan. 1793, to the
Aloide 74, Capt. Eobt. Linzee, he proceeded to the
Mediterranean, where he officiated at the occupar
tion of Toulon and the reduction of Corsica. "While
on the latter service, he cut a gun-boat out from
under a battery at St. Fiorenza — was present in the
several attacks upon that place and Fornelli — headed
a detachment of 100 seamen, and planted the flrst
gun upon the height commanding the tower of
Mortella, preparatory to its surrender — and, ante-
cedently to the final capture of ForneUi, assisted in
dragging cannon up a stupendous rocky elevation,
which commanded the Convention redoubt, and was
deemed inaccessible near the summit. After a brief
attachment to the Windsor Castle 98, into which
Commodore Linzee had been removed on his pro-
motion to Flag-rank, Mr. Downman was appointed,
7 Oct. 1794, to the Victory 100, successively flag-
ship of Lord Hood, Rear- Admiral Robt. Mann, and
Sir John Jervis ; under the two last of whom he
appears to have been respectively present in the
actions of 13 July, 1795, and 14 Feb. 1797. On 26
July following he was confirmed in the command
of the Speedy sloop, of 14 4-pounders and 80 men,
to which he had been recently promoted from
the ViLLE DE Paris ; and while in that vessel he
captured five Spanish privateers, carrying altogether
17 guns, 28 swivels, and 162 men, besides encoun-
tering off Vigo two very severe actions, on 3 and 4
Feb. 1798, with the French privateer Papillon, of
14 heavy guns and 160 men, which he beat off on
both occasions, with a loss to the Speedy of 5 men
killed and 4 wounded.* Being officially posted, 26
Deo. 1798, in the Santa Dorothea of 42 guns,
a ship he had joined in the previous September,
Capt. Downman (whose services in the Speedy had
been acknowledged by the presentation to him of a
piece of plate, valued at 50t., from the British mer-
chants at Oporto) was subsequently employed, off
Malta, and with a perseverance h4hly ?re^t^ble,
• VidsGaz. 1798, p. 261.
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303
at the blockade, in the spring of 1800, of the im-
portant fortress of Savona, which he ultimately
compelled to surrender.* He also, after the battle
of Marengo, destroyed all the fortifications in the
Gulf of Spezia, landed the Duke of Savoy and family
at Naples, and preserved the valuable gallery of
Florence from falling into the hands of the enemy,
by conveying it in safety to Sicily. For these ser-
vices Capt. Downman was presented with a diamond
ring both by the Duchess of Savoy and by the
Grand Duke of Tuscany. We afterwards find him,
in July, 1801, escorting three Swiss regiments and
the corps of Lamenstein to Egypt, where he was
awarded the Gold Medal of the Turkish Order of
the Crescent ; and then employed in enforcing the
neutrality of Tripoli and Dearn. Among the nu-
merous prizes made by Capt. Downman during his
command of the Santa Dorothea, we may enu-
merate the capture of the San Letmj Spanish man-
of-war brig, of 16 guns and 88 men-f — of three vessels
from Egypt, having on board General Desaix and
the Staii' of Buonaparte — of other craft, cut out,
with the loss of 12 men, from the batteries of Bor-
diguera and Hospitallier — and of the Bulldog (for-
merly British) of 16 guns, brought out from Galli-
poli. From April, 1801, to Aug. 1802, and from
Dec. 1803 to Nov. 1805, he was subsequently em-
ployed as Flag-Captain to Sir Jas. Saumarez in the
C-i;SAR 80, and Diomede 50, on the Lisbon and
Guernsey stations. He then joined the Diadem 64,
bearing the broad pendant of Sir Home Popham ;
and, after witnessing the reduction of the Cape of
Good Hope, brought home the despatches announc-
ing that event. Being immediately ordered to the
Rio de la Plata, he there resumed command of
his former ship, the Diomede, in which, subse-
quently to the fall of Monte Video, he returned to
England with the present Lord Beresford, and was
paid off, in June, 1807. From 8 Sept. following,
until appointed, 14 Jan. 1811, to the Princess Ca-
roline 74, Capt. Downman next superintended the
prison-ships at Portsmouth. After assisting at the
destruction, on 25 March in the latter year, of the
French 40-gun frigate Amazone, near Cape Barfieur,
he convoyed a fleet of Indiamen to Madeira, on his
return from which place he was sent to cruize in
the North Sea, where we find him, early in 1814,
landing the Marines of the ship at Seheveling for
the support of the Prince of Orange. He made a
further voyage to Spitzbergen, and was put out of
commission 22 Sept. 1814. His last appointment ap-
pears to have been, on 2 Dec. 1824, to the Windsor
Castle 74, at Portsmouth, where he remained until
the receipt of his Flag 27 May, 1825. He acquired
his present rank 10 Jan. 1837.
Vice-Admiral Downman married, 23 June, 1803,
a daughter of Peter Palmer, Esq., of Portsmouth.
Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
DOWSE. (Commander, 1846. f-p.,23 ; h-p., 14.)
Richard Dowse entered the Navy, 20 July, 1810,
as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Aigle 36, Capts. Geo.
Wolfe and Sir John Louis, under the latter of
whom, besides assisting in several boat afiairs, he
was present at the capture and destruction of a
convoy of 20 sail, at Porto Maurizio, in the Me-
diterranean, 11 April, 1814. Between Sept. 1815,
and Nov. 1818, we find him ofiiciating, as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate, on the North Sea
and West India stations, of the Florida 20, and
Scamander 36, both commanded by Capt. Wm.
Elliott. Until Sept. 1825, he next served, on the
East India, Home, and West India stations, in the
Dauntless 26, Capts. Hon. Valentine Gardner and
John Norman Campbell, Eden 26, Capt. Fras.
Erskine Loch, Ramillies and Ganges, ships of the
line, commanded by Capt. Edw. Brace, and Isis 50,
bearing the flag of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted — by
whom he appears to have been detached in com-
mand, from Nov. 1824, to May, 1825, of the Assi-
duous schooner, employed in the suppression of pi-
racy. In Sept. 1825, Mr. Dowse rejoined Capt.
• FUe Gaz. 1800, p. 620. + f. Gaz. 1799, p. 148.
Elliott, as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Lively
46, to which frigate he was confirmed 16 Dec. fol-
lowing. He was placed on half-pay on his return
from the coast of Africa, in Dec. 1826 ; and was
afterwards appointed — in Nov. 1832, to the Comds
18, Capt. Wm. Price Hamilton, at Plymouth — in the
course of 1834, to the Vekkon and President, flag-
ships in North America and the West Indies of Sir
Geo. Cockburn, and again to the Comus — 5 Nov.
1835, as Senior Lieutenant, to the Snake 16, Capt.
Rich. Laird Warren— 18 March, 1836, to the Coast
Guard, in SuiFolk— and, 1 Oct. 1840, to the Howe
120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen Pell, Robt. Smart, and
Thos. Forrest, flag-ship for some time of Sir Fras.
Mason, which he paid off; as First-Lieutenant, in
July, 1843. He has not since been afloat. He ac-
quired his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
Commander Dowse is at present employed, we
believe, as Stipendiary Magistrate at the Mauritius.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
DOYLE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Arthur Doyle passed his examination 9 Jan.
1835 ; became Mate, towards the close of 1841, of
the Hazard 18, Capt. Chas. Bell, on the East India
station ; and from 22 Sept. 1843, until promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant, 1 July, 1846, served on the
coast of Africa in the Star 6, Capt. Robt. John
Wallace Dunlop. He has been since employed as
Additional of the Action 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel,
on the station last mentioned.
DOYLE. (Commander, 1845.)
Charles Francis Doyle died in 1846, from the
effects of injuries received in battle.
This ofiScer entered the Navy 29 Aug. 1823;
passed his examination 14 Feb. 1831 : and obtained
his first commission 23 Nov. 1841. He was after-
wards appointed on the South American station^
2 Dec. 1841, to the Ardent steamer, Capt. John
Russell — and, 23 July, 1844, as First-Lieutenant, to
the Philomel steam surveying-vessel, Capt. Bar-
tholomew Jas. Sulivan. On 20 Nov. 1845, he lost an
arm, and was especially mentioned for his exem-
plary gallantry during the battle of the Parana ;
on which occasion the combined squadrons of Eng-
land and France effected the destruction, after a
hard day's fighting, of four heavy batteries belong-
ing to General Rosas at Punta Obligado, also of a
schooner of war mounting 6 guns, and of 24 vessels
chained across the river. Mr. Doyle's conduct and
suffering were rewarded with a Commander's com-
mission dated back to the 18th of the same month.*
Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
DRAFFEN. (Lieut., 1810. r-p., 16; h-p., 31.)
Frederick Draffes entered the' Navy, 6 Jan.
1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74,
Capts. Hon. Robt. Stopford, Robt. Tucker, and
John Nash, of which vessel, when in the West In-
dies, he became Midshipman, 30 March, 1801. In
May, 1803, he rejoined Capt. Stopford on board the
Spencer 74, employed oflTFerrol and Corunna; and
on being next transferred to the Santa Marga-
ritta 36, Capts. Wilson Rathbome and John John-
stone, he took a warm part, as Master's Mate, in Sir
Rich. Strachan's action vrith the four line-of-battle
ships escaped from the battle of Trafalgar, 4 Nov.
1805. After serving for some time as Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the same frigate, of the Brisk 18, Capt.
John Coode, and of the Fortunee 36, Capt. Henry
Vansittart, on the Irish station, Mr. Drafien was a*
length confirmed by commission dated 7 March,
1809, and appointed to the Quebec 32, Capt. Hon.
Geo. Poulett, whom he accompanied on a voyage to
Greenland. Leaving that ship, however, on 27 of
the following Nov., he next, after an interval of 12
months, joined the Blossom 18, Capt. Fras. Beau-
fort, commanded subsequently by Capt. Stewart,
in which sloop, after cruizing in the Bay of Biscay
where he assisted at the capture, 15 Jan. 1811, of
the C^sar French privateer of 4 guns and 59 men,
* Fide Gaz. 1846, pp.'818, 861.
304
DRAKE.
he proceeded to the Mediterranean. On 17 Aug.
in the latter year Lieut. Draffen became attached
to the Minorca 18, Capt. Kalph Randolph 'Worme-
ley, with whom he served until remored, 24 Dec.
1812, to the Tkident64, Capt. Rich. Budd Vincent,
flag-ship in succession, at Malta, of Kear-Admirals
John Laugharne and Chas. Vinicombe Penrose.
He was eventually placed on half-pay in May, 1816 ;
and has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Draffen is married, and has a son, Wm.
Pitt Draffen, Second-Lieutenant B.M. (1845), who
was lately serving on board the Excellent.
DKAKE. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 15; h-p., 25.)
James Ropeb Dkake entered the Navy, 23 April,
1807, as Ordinary, on board the St. Albans 64,
Capt. Fras. "Wm. Austen, lying at Spithead ; but
removing as Midshipman, in the following June, to
the Theseus 74, continued to serve in that ship,
under the successive command, on the Home sta-
tion, of Capts. John Poo Beresford and "Wm. Prowse,
a great part of the time as Master's Mate, until
1814. "When with Capt. Beresford, he witnessed
Lord Gambler's destruction of the French shipping
in Aix Roads, in April, 1809. On afterwards join-
ing the PoMOHE 38, Capts. Philip Carteret and John
Rich. Lumley, we find him in company with the
Endtmion at the capture of the American ship Pre-
sident^ 15 Jan. 1815. Between Sept. in the latter
year, and Oct. 1818, Mr. Drake was employed at
Portsmouth, chiefly as Admiralty Midshipman, on
board the Leander 50, Capts. Wm. Skipsey and
Edw. Chetham, Rivoli 74, Capts. Chas. Ogle and
Aiskew Paffard Hollis, Salisbury 50, Capt. John
Wilson, and Raleigh 18, Capt. Wm. Augustus
Baumgardt. He then joined the Coast Blockade
service, as Admiralty Midshipman of the Severn
40, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch ; and since his promotion,
which took place 19 July, 1821, has been on half-pay.
DKAKE. (Captain, 1835. r-p., 26; h-p., 17.)
John Drake, bom 21 Dec. 1788, is son of the
Rev. Wm. Drake, vicar of Oadby, co. Leicester,
and curate of Stoke Goldington, co. Bucks.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capts.
Philip Chas. Durham and Hon. Henry Hotham, in
which ship he continued to serve, as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, until Aug. 1810. He took part,
during that period, in Sir Bobt. Calder's action,
and in the battle of Trafalgar, 22 July and 21 Oct.
1805 ; was also present at Sir Robt. Stopford's de-
struction, with a loss to the Defiance of 2 men
killed and 25 wounded, of three French frigates
under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, 24 Feb. 1809 ;
and, on the night of 31 Dec. following, commanded
one of four boats at the cutting out of a timber-ship
of 400 tons, secured to the wall of a fortress at Belle-
isle. After much co-operation, likewise, with the
patriots on the north coast of Spain, Mr. Drake ac-
companied Capt. Hotham, in Aug. 1810, into the
Northumberland 74; as a Lieutenant of which
ship (commission dated 1 Aug. 1811) he subse-
quently assisted, in company with the Growler
gun-brig, at the gallant destruction, 22 May, 1812,
at the entrance of L'Orient, of the French 40-gun
frigates L' Arienne and L^ AndroTnagve, and 16-gun
brig Mamelouek ; whose united fire, conjointly with
that of a destructive battery, killed 5 of the North-
umberland's people, and wounded 28. Mr. Drake,
whose next appointment was, 2 Feb. 1813, to the
Indus 74, Capt. Wm. Hall G^e, returned home firom
the Mediterranean in Sept. 1814. He afterwards
joined, as First-Lieutenant— in Jan. 1820, and Feb.
1822, the Wye 26, and Ranger 28, both commanded
by Capt. Peter Fisher, on the Home, Newfound-
land, and Mediterranean stations— and, 8 Deo. 1825,
the Albion 74, Capt. John Acworth Ommanney.
Being rewarded for his services in the latter ship at
the battle of Navarin, by a Commander's commis-
sion dated 22 Oct. 1827, Capt. Drake, who conti-
nued in the Albion until Feb. 1828, was subse-
quently appointed to the Second-Captaincy, IS
Sept. 1829, of the Ganges 84, Capts. John Hayes,
Edw. Stirling Dickson, and Geo. Burdett, and, 26
March, 1832, of the Britannia 120, Capt. Peter
Rainier, flag-ship for some time of Sir Pulteney
Malcolm, both on the Mediterranean station. He
ultimately assumed Post-rank, 21 March, 1835 ; and
was next employed as Captain, from 2 Sept. 1837, to
May, 1840, of the Donegal 78, and Britannia 120,
successive flag-ships, off Lisbon and in the Mediter-
ranean, of his former Commander, Sir J. A. Om-
manney. Since the lastrmentioned date he has not
been ailoat.
Capt. Drake is a Magistrate for Cambridge. He
married, in 1815, Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev.
Bobt. Style, rector of Mereworth, and- vicar of
Wateringbury, co. Kent, granddaughter of SirThos.
Style, Bart., of Wateringbury Place, and niece of
Lieut.-General Wm. Style. He has issue a son and
daughter. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
DRAKE. (Eetiked Commander, 1840. f-p., 13;
H-p., 35.)
Robert Hacche Drake, a member of the an-
cient family of Drake, of Ashe, is related to the
present Rev. Zachary Hammett Drake, of Spring-
field, near Barnstaple, co. Devon, son-in-law of Vice-
Admiral Sir Sam. Pym, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venture 8, Lieut-Com-
manders Dan. Burdwood and Robt. Jump, stationed
in the Channel and off Gibraltar. Having attained
the rating of Midshipman nearly two years previ-
ously, he removed, 1 Feb. 1803, to the Dragon 74,
Capts. John Aylmer and Edw. Griffith ; under the
former of whom he witnessed the capture, 18 June
following, of La Colomhe national corvette of 16
guns. In 1805 he became Master's Mate of the
Prince George 98, Capt. Geo. Losack; and on
being next appointed Sub-Lieutenant, 9 April, 1806,
of the Flamer gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander W.
Dick, continued to serve in that vessel until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 15 Aug. 1806.
Between Jan. 1807, and Oct. 1813, Mr. Drake was
employed, chiefly on the Home station, on board
the Vulture, Capt. Joseph Pearce, St. George
98, Capt. Thos. Bertie, Hero 74, Capt. Jas. New-
man Newman, Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. Campbell,
Namue 74, flag-ship of Sir John Wells, Pompee
74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, and Barham 74,
Capt. John Wm. Spranger. During that period he
attended, in the Vulture, the expedition to Copen-
hagen in Aug. 1807 ; and when returning home
from St. Helena in escort of an East India convoy,
volunteered the command of one of four boats, and
assisted at the capture, 6 Sept. 1809, after a chase
of two hours, of Le Jean Bart French lugger pri-
vateer, of 4 guns and 25 men.* Commander Drake,
who has not been employed since the peace, ac-
cepted the rank he now holds 21 April, 1840.
DRAKE. (Lieutenant, 1828. f-p., 18; h-p., 19.)
Sfencer Drake was bom, 28 Feb. 1796, at Nor-
wich, CO. Norfolk. He had an only brother in the
service, who was lost while in charge of a prize be-
longing to H. M. brig Sarpedon.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 April, 1810, as a
Supernumerary, on board L'Aimable 32, Capt.
Lord Geo. Stuart ; and after a brief attachment to
the Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, joined the
Edinburgh 74, commanded, among other Captains,
by Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas. While
in that ship, in 1813-14, he successively witnessed,
as Midshipman, the capture of Port d'Anzo, the
unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, the reduction of
the fortress of Santa Maria and of the enemy's
other forts and defences in the Gulf of Spezia, and
the fall of Genoa. Between Dec. 1814, and Sept.
1818, we find him serving, with an interval of
15 months, in the Termagant 20, Capt. Chas.
Shaw, and Confiance 18, Capt. Alex. Montgo-
merie, on the East India and Channel stations. He
then, having passed his examination two years pre-
• ride Gaz. 1809, p. 1439.
DRAKE— DRANE.
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viously, joined the Coast Blockade, in which he
continued, as Admiralty Mate in succession of the
Severn and Kamillies, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and
Hugh Pigot — of which ships he occasionally com-
manded the tenders— until Nov. 1827. For his
conduct, towards the close of 1821, in swimming
with a line through a heavy surf, and saving the
life of a Dutch officer who had been wrecked in
the Jange Martha, Mr. Drake, as did his assistants,
Messrs. H. S. Burniston and J. Burnett, received a
gold medal from the King of the Netherlands,
valued at 25 ducats, and also a resolution of thanks
from the Royal Humane Society. He soon after-
wards contributed to the preservation of the Julia
French ship, and of the whole of her crew, a service
for which he obtained the thanks of the Board of
Admiralty. On leaving the Ramillies, Mr. Drake
next joined the Asia 84, bearing the flag of Sir
Edw. Codrington in the Mediterranean, where he
became Acting-Lieutenant of the Revenge 74, Capt.
Norborne Thompson. He was confirmed, 5 June,
1828, into the Wolf 18, Capt. Geo. Hayes, but in-
valided home in the following Oct. He has since
been on half-pay.
BRAKE. (COMMAKDER, 1846. F-p., 15 ; H-p., 3.)
Thomas George Drake, born 7 April, 1816, is
second son of Colonel Thos. Drake, of Amersham,
CO. Bucks, late Deputy Quarter-Master General in
the Mediterranean, by Elizabeth Sarah, eldest
daughter of John Fane, Esq., LL.D,, of Wormsley,
CO. Oxford, many years M.P. for that shire. He is
nephew of Rear-Admiral Fras. Wm. Fane, -who
died 28 March, 1844 ; and is maternally descended
from the Earls of Westmoreland and Macclesfield.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
the summer of 1829 ; and embarked, 24 June, 1831,
on board the Alebed 50, Capt. Robt. Maunsell ; in
which ship, and the Volage 28, Capt. Geo. Bohun
Martin, he served for several years on the Me-
diterranean station. Having passed his examina^
tion in Aug. 1835, he next, in March, 1836, joined
the CoKNWALLis 74, Capt. Robt. Worgan Geo.
Festing ; but, removing soon to the Imogene 28,
Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, sailed for South Ame-
rica. In consequence of a severe injury received
on that station, he returned to England in July,
1837, and on his recovery, in the following Oct.,
was appointed Senior Mate of the Hyacinth 18,
Capt. Wm. Warren, fitting for the East Indies. In
t)ec. 1838, several months previously to which he
had assumed the duties of Lieutenant, Mr. Drake
was sent in command of the Hyacinth's pinnace
and cutter, and of three gun-boats belonging to
the Indian navy, to blockade the port of Quedah,
where he continued for four months, by the end of
which period, owing to continual exposure in an
open boat, his health had become much impaired.
Being then ordered to China, we find him bearing
an active part in all the hostilities of which that
country was shortly made the seat. He assisted,
among the other operations of the war, in a very
gallant attack made by the Volage, Hyacinth,
and other vessels, upon the Chinese position near
Macao, in Aug. 1840 — was at the storming of
Chuenpee, 7 Jan. 1841 — served in the boats at the
capture of several rafts and of the last fort pro-
tecting the approaches to the city of Canton, 13
March* — was similarly employed at the capture of
that city on 18 of the same monthf — and, during
the second series of hostilities against it, was en-
gaged in the boats of the Cruizeb 16, Capt. Henry
Wells Giifard (to which vessel he had been re-
moved), at the destruction, 26 May, of the whole
line of defences extending about two miles from
the British factory.J In July, 1841, prior to the
arrival of the intelligence of his official promotion,
which had taken place on 8 of the previous June,
Mr. Drake was promoted by Sir Gordon Bremer to
a Lieutenancy in the sloop last mentioned ; in which
we subsequently find him present at the storming
• Vide Cm. 1841, p. 1503. t V- Gaz. 1841, p. 1505.
J V. Gdi. 1841, p. 250S.
of the batteries and defences of Amoy, the recap-
ture of Chusan, and the assault on the fortified
heights and citadel of Chinghae. Being next ap-
pointed, 22 Jan. 1842, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-
ship of Sir Wm. Parker, he further witnessed, in
the course of that year, the defeat of the enemy at
Chapoo, Woosung, and Chin-Kiang-Foo, and was
present at the pacification of Nanking. He re-
turned to England, an invalid, in March, 1843, and
remained in consequence on half-pay until ap-
pointed, 7 July following, to the Modeste 18, Capt.
Thos. Baillie, fitting for the Pacific. Since his last
promotion, 12 Jan. 1846, Commander Drake has
been unemployed.
DRAKE. (Retired Commander, 1841. f-p., 22;
H-p., 34.)
William Edmcnd Drake entered the Navy, 22
June, 1791, as Captain's Servant, on board the
London 90, Capt. Geo. Blagden Westcott, bearing
the flag in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Sam.
Cranston Goodall, whom, after a servitude of 18
mouths in the Tisiphone sloop, Capt. Anthony
Hunt, he rejoined as Midshipman, in June, 1793,
on board the Princess Royal 98. While in that
ship he appears to have been warmly engaged with
the enemy during the ensuing occupation of Toulon ;
after which he co-operated in the reduction of Cor-
sica, and was present in Hotham's actions of 14
March and 13 July, 1795. On the paying off of the
Princess Royal in the autumn of 1796, Mr. Drake
joined the Royal George 100, bearing the flag of
Lord Bridport, in which he beheld the great mutiny
at Spithead. He was promoted to a Lieutenancy,
14 'Nov. 1797, in La Leg^re sloop, Capt. Cornelius
Quinton, on the West India station, whence he re-
turned with convoy, in 1799, on board the Valiant
74, Capt. John Cochet. Until the peace, we next
find him serving, principally on the Home station,
in the Ruby 64, and Resolution 74, both com-
manded by Capt. Alan Hyde Gardner. He was
subsequently appointed — 4 June, 1803, again to the
BoBY 64, then flag-ship in the North Sea of Rear-
Admiral Edw. Thornbrough— 6 Sept. 1804, to the
command of the Albion cutter, off' the coast of
France — 8 Oct. 1807, to the charge of a Signal sta-
tion on the island of Jersey — 19 Nov. 1808, to the
DioMEDE 50, as Flag-Lieutenant, off Guernsey, to
Rear-Admiral d'Auvergne, Prince de Bouillon,
whom he successively accompanied into the Alba-
core sloop and Ph(enix frigate — and, 5 March, 1810,
to the command of the Sandwich hired lugger, on
the same station, where he captured, 15 June, 1812,
Le Cowrageux French privateer, of 2 guns and 24
men. This officer, who left the Sandwich in
March, 1814, and has not since been afloat, became
a Retired Commander on the Junior List 15 Dec.
1830— and on the Senior, 16 Feb. 1841.
DRANE. (LiEDT., 1809. r-P., 12; H-p., 35.)
Thomas Drane, born 20 Sept. 1787, at Exmouth,
is son of the late Lieut. Robt. Drane, R.N. (1778).
This officer entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1800, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Captain 74, Capts. Sir
Rich. John Strachan and Chas. Boyles ; as Midship-
man of which vessel he beheld the destruction, 17
Nov. following, of the Be'olaise French corvette, of
16 guns, under the batteries of the Morbihan. He
subsequently proceeded to the West Indies, and, on
his return from that station in the Vengeance 74,
Capt. Geo. Duff, rejoined Sir Rich. Strachan, in
July, 1802, on board the Donegal 74. After
cruizing for some time off Cadiz, where he assisted
at the capture, 25 Nov. 1804, of the Spanish frigate
Amfitrite, of 44 guns, Mr. Drane successively accom-
panied the same officer into the Renown 74 and
Cjesar 80 ; in the latter of which ships we find him
present at the capture of the four French line-of-
battle ships escaped from Trafalgar, 4 Nov. 1805.
Becoming Acting-Lieutenant of the C^sar, 3
Oct. 1806, Mr. Drane contributed in that capa-
city, under the flag of the Hon. Robt. Stopford,
to the destruction, in 1809, of three French fri-
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gates near the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, and also
of the shipping in Aix Roads. He then accom-
panied Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway to the
Scheldt, and, after the fall of Flushing, was con-
firmed in the rank of Lieutenant, by commission
dated 22 Aug. 1809. InvaUding in the following
Oct., he remained on half-pay until appointed, 28
Jan. 1812, First of the Hegulus troop-ship, Capts.
John Tailour and Robt. Ramsay. While after-
wards on the coast of America, Mr. Drane saw a
good deal of active boat-service in the Chesapeake,
and was present at the attack on Baltimore. He
again invalided 25 Sept. 1814; and has not since
been employed.
He was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich
Hospital 9 July, 1842.
DKEW. (Captain, 1843. f-p., 15; H-p., 26.)
Andrew Drew was born 27 Nov. 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 May, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellette 18, Capt.
John PhiUimore. Under that officer he presently
took part in an attack made by Commodore Owen
on the Boulogne flotilla — was afterwards employed
in convoying two transports to the timely relief of
the town of Colberg, then obstinately defended by
the celebrated Blucher — and, when at the siege of
Copenhagen in Aug. 1807, assisted in the Bellette's
gallant defeat of a flotilla of 16 gun-vessels sent
for the express purpose of capturing her. After
bringing home the despatches relative to the sur-
render of the Danish capital, and participating in
one or two special services, Mr. Drew ofiiciated for
upwards of two years, as Midshipman, in the ViR-
GiNiE 38, Capt. Edw. Brace, Fortunbe 36, Capt.
Henry Vansittart, and MAKtBOROOGH 74, Capts. J.
PhilUmore and Graham Moore — in which latter
ship he attended the expedition to the "Walcheren
in Aug. 1809. Rejoining Capt. PhiUimore, in July,
1810, on board the Diadem troop-ship, he was next
employed in active co-operation with the patriots
on the north coast of Spain, until his removal, in
June, 1813, to the Edrotas of 46 guns and 320 men,
commanded by the same Captain. In that ship,
after witnessing the capture of La Trave French
frigate, Mr. Drew shared, on 25 Feb. 1814, in a de-
structive action of two hours and ten minutes with
La Chrinde, mounting 44 guns and 12 brass swivels,
with a complement of 360 picked men, of whom 120
were killed and wounded, with a loss to the British
of 20 slain and 40 wounded. Having passed his
examination two years previously, he was promoted
for his conduct on the occasion to the rank of
Lieutenant, 4 March following, and re-appointed to
the EuROTAS — from which, however, he invalided,
6 Feb. 1815. Mr. Drew afterwards joined — 15 Dec.
1818, the Wye 26, Capts. Geo. Wiokens Willes and
Peter Fisher, on the Home station — and, 21 March,
1823, as First-Lieutenant, the Thetis 46, com-
manded by his old Captain, Sir John Phillimore.
Proceeding to the coast of Africa, he there took an
active part in the Ashantee hostilities at Cape
Coast Castle, where he landed in command of the
seamen and marines, and assisted at the final over-
throw of the enemy, on 11 July, 1824.* For these
services he was rewarded, on the return home of
the Thetis, with the rank of Commander, by com-
mission dated 19 Oct. in the same year. When
afterwards in Canada, Capt. Drew materially aided
in quelling the rebellion in that country, by the
destruction, in Deo. 1837, of the Caroline steamer,
which vessel he cut out from under Fort Schlosser,
on the American side of the Niagara, and sent
flaming over the Great Falls of that river ! In ad-
miration of this exploit, the Governor, and the two
Bouses of Parliament of Upper Canada, returned
him their united thanks ; and he was immediately
appointed Commodore of the Provincial Marine.
From Oct. 1838, until Aug. 1839, Capt. Drew, in
the Colborne hired armed steamer, held the
chief command on Lake Erie, for the purpose of
resisting any intended attacks on the part of the
• FideGaz. 1824, p. 1636.
rebels. His last appointment was to the command,
6 Oct. 1842, of the Wasp 16, on the West India
station, where he received the thanks of Sir Chas.
Adam, the Commander-in-Chief, for discovering
and accurately surveying a dangerous shoal, now
known upon the Admiralty charts as "Drew's
llock," lying in the direct Channel between the
islands of Tobago and Trinidad, with only 17 feet
water upon it. Since his Post-promotion, 16 June,
1843, Capt. Drew has been on half-pay.
He married, 17 March, 1832, Mary, daughter of
the late Thos. Henderson, Esq., of Longbrough, co.
Cumberlajid, by whom he has issue five sons and
one daughter. Agehts— Messrs. Stilwell.
DREW. CLiEUT., 1815. F-P., 25; H-p., 16.)
Edward Drew was born 7 Dec. 1792, at For-
leigh, near St. Columb, co. Cornwall.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1806, as
A.B., on board the Spabtiate 74, Capt. Sir Fras.
Laforey, whom he ultimately accompanied, as Mid-
shipman, to the Mediterranean. From Dec. 1809,
to Oct. 1811, he served, part of the time as Mas-
ter's Mate, in the Castilian 18, Capts. Robt.
Brown Tom and David Braimer, on the Downs sta-
tion ; and then joined the Dragon 74, bearing at
first the flag of Sir F. Laforey in the West Indies,
and afterwards commanded by Capt. Robt. Barrie.
Participating, under the latter ofiicer, in the contest
with the United States, Mr. Drew commanded the
Dragon's launch — at the destruction of the Adams
frigate— in the several attacks on the Baltimore
flotilla, for which he received the public thanks of
Rear-Admiral Cockburn — at the reduction of the
towns in the Rappahaunoc River — and at the cap-
ture of the fort at Point Petre, and of the town of
St. Mary's, on the coast of Georgia. He left the
Dragon in Aug. 1815, having been awarded a com-
mission on 1 of the previous March ; and since 16
Dec. 1831— with the exception of a three years'
. command, from March, 1837, to March, 1840, of the
EagIiE revenue-vessel — has been in charge of a sta-
tion in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Drew married, in Sept. 1825, Elizabeth,
daughter of Joseph Hosken Hawker, Esq., of St.
Columb, CO. Cornwall ; and has issue four daughters.
DREW. (LlEtlTENANT, 1836.')
Frederick Drew, bom 26 Dec. 1803, at Devon-
port, is younger brother of Commander Geo. Drew,
R.N.
This ofBcer entered the Navy, in 1812, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Rotal George 100, Capt.
Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, attached to the fleet in the
Mediterranean. He afterwards served under the
same officer, and Capts. Theobald Jones and Sir
Thos. John Cochrane, in the Centaur 74, Tonnant
80, Malta 84, Windsor Castle 74, Cherokee brig,
and Forte 44, on the Cape, Home, and West India
stations. Passing his examination in Feb. 1823, he
became successively Mate — of the Northumber-
land, Spartiate, Cambridge, and Gloucester
74's, commanded in the river Medway by Capts.
Thos. Jas, MaUng and Joshua Sydney Horton— of
the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, em-
ployed on the Coast Blockade — and, on the South
American station, of the Dublin 50, Capt. Lord
Jas. Townshend, Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Chas.
Graham, Clio 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow, and
Warspite 76, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Thos.
Baker. After 13 years' servitude as Mate, Mr.
Drew was at length promoted, from the Con-
fiance steamer, Lieut.-Commander John Middle-
ton Waugh, to an Additional-Lieutenancy, 6 July,
1836, in the Dublin 50, bearing the flag of Sir
Graham Eden Hamond, also in South America;
where he subsequently joined, 3 March and 3 July,
1837, the Imogene 28, and Cleopatra 26, Capts.
Henry Wm. Bruce and Hon. Geo. Grey. In the
latter vessel we eventually find him escorting the
Marquess of Clanricarde as Ambassador to St. Pe-
tersburgh. He afterwards commanded the Mutine,
Sheldrake, and Lapwivg brigs, on the Halifax
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and South American stations; andj since 31 Oct.
1842, has been in the Coast Guard. Agests— Pettet
and Newton.
DREW. (Commander, 1843. f-p.,32; h-p., 12.)
George Drew is elder brother of Lieut. Fred.
Drew, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 .July, 1803, as
Ordinary, on board the Hecate, Lieut.-Commander
Parsons ; and from the following November, until
Sept. 1810, served under the late Lord Torrlngton,
as Midshipman of the Texel 64, MaIiABAR 50, and
Belliqdeux 64. In the latter ship he assisted at
the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope in Jan.
1806, and was present at the capture and destruc-
tion, 27 Nov. following, of a Dutch frigate, seven
brigs of war, and about ^0 armed and other mer-
chant-vessels, in Batavia Roads. On leaving the
Beiaiqdeux, Mr. Drew became successively Mas-
ter's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant of the Kussel 74,
flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, the
Caroline 36, Capt. Christopher Cole, and the Pro-
CRis 18 ; in one ot which two last>mentioned vessels
he served at the reduction of Java, in Aug. 1811.
He invalided home towards the close of the same
year ; and, being officially promoted, 8 May, 1812,
was afterwards appointed — 30 Jan. 1813, and 18
Oct. 1814, to the Kotal Sovereign 100, and Cen-
taur 74, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Gordon
Caulfeild, with whom he served on the Mediterra-
nean and Cape of Good Hope stations, until May,
1816 — 1 April, 1822, to the Ordinary at Sheemess—
5 March, 1825, to the Coast Blockade, in which he
officiated for six years as Supernumerary-Lieute-
nant of the Hyperion, Ramillies, and Talavera,
Capts. "Wm. Jas. Mingaye and Hugh Pigot — 15
April, 1831, to the Coast Guard— and 24 Feb. 1838,
to the command of the Harpy Revenue-cruizer.
He was promoted from the latter vessel to the rank
he now holds 11 Jan. 1843; but has not since been
officially afloat.
Commander Drew is at present employed as Su-
perintendent of Convicts at Van Diemen's Land.
Lieut. Drew married, 12 March, 1827, Mary, eld-
est daughter of Jas. Leverson, Esq., of Trehcveris,
in the parish of Kenwyr, co. Cornwall, by whom he
has issue four children.
DREW. (LiE0T., 1815. F-P., 20; H-p., 18.")
JosiAS Drew was born, 28 Dec. 1790, at Devon-
port. His father was a naval officer.
■This officer entered the Navy, 19 May, 1803, as
Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Imogene 18, Capt. Henry
Vaughan. After visiting the coast of Africa, he
proceeded to the West Indies, where, on becoming
Midshipman of the Demerara 10, Lieut.-Com-
mander Thos. Dutton, he was unfortunately taken
captive, 14 July, 1804, by the French privateer Grand
Decide^ of 22 guns and 150 men, at the close of a
sanguinary action, in which the British vessel lost a
third of her crew in killed and wounded. On being
exchanged, in the following December, Mr. Drew
joined the Almgatok 28, troop-ship, Capts. Robt.
Henderson, Fras. Augustus Collier, Thos. Sharp,
and Hugh Cameron ; under the first of whom, and
Capt. John Palmer, he afterwards served in the
Pheasant 18. Returning with convoy to England
in Sept. 1806, he next became attached to the Rat-
tler 18 ; in which vessel, under Capts. Jas. John
Chas. Agassiz, Henry Higman, Alex. Gordon, John
Thomson, and Henry Bourne, he appears to have
been very actively employed, on the North American
and West India stations, part of the time as Master's
Mate and Acting-Master, until Oct. 1814. During
that period, we find him serving in the boats at the
capture, on 2 and 19 May, 1813, of the United States
privateers Gallynippey of 2 guns and 55 men, and
Alexander^ of 18 guns and 70 men. Having passed
his examination 7 Feb. 1810, Mr. Drew, on leaving
the Rattler, became Acting-Lieutenant of the
NiEMEN 38, Capt. Sam. Pym, with whom he conti-
nued until paid oflT in May, 1815 — previously to
which he had, on 22 Feb. in the same year, been
officially promoted. With the exception of a com-
mand, from Oct. 1840, to Aug. 1843, of the Dove
Revenue-vessel, he has been in charge, since 25
April, 1836, of a station in the Coast Guard.
DRIFFIELD. (Lieot., 1824. f-p.,17; h-p., 17.)
Joseph Bligh Driffield, born 6 May, 1800, at
Lichfield, co. Stafibrd, is son of the late Lieut.-.
Colonel Driffield, R.M. ; and grandson of the late
Admiral Sir Rich. Rodney Bligh, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 July, 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medway 74, Capt. Aug.
Brine ; under whom, on proceeding to the Cape of
Good Hope, he assisted at the capture, in July, 1814,
of the United States' brig-of-war Syren, of 18 guns
and 137 men. From 1816, in vrhich year he left the
Medway, until Sept. 1821, his name was borne on
the books of the Queen Charlotte 100, succes-
sive flag-ship at Portsmouth of Admirals Sir Edw.
Thomhrough, Sir Geo. Campbell, and Sir Jas. Haw-
kins Whitshed ; during which period he appears to
have been occasionally lent, among other ships, to
the Prince Regent yacht, Capt. Sir Michael Sey-
mour, and to the Vengeuh 74, Capt. Thos. Alexan-
der. He , then, having passed his examination 1
Sept. 1819, joined the Rosario 10, Capt. Fred. Mar-
ryat ; and, proceeding soon afterwards to North
America, in the Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Wm. Chas. Fahie, was there confirmed to
a Lieutenancy, 10 May, 1824, in the Doterel 18,
Capt. Rich. Hoare. After effecting the capture, in
the boats of that sloop, of four smuggler-boats and
of two schooners, in the Bay of Fundy, Mr. Driffield
returned to England, and was paid off, in Aug. 1825.
We afterwards find him appointed — 17 March, 1826,
to the Parthian 10, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, in
the Mediterranean — 5 Nov. 1827, to the Primrose
18, Capt. Thos. Saville Grifflnhoofe, olf the coast of
Africa, where he was sent in charge of a prize to
Siena Leone— 3 Nov. 1830, and 27 Dec. 1831, to
the Undaunted 46, and Jaseur 18, commanded on
the Cape station by Capts. Edw. Harvey and Arch.
Sinclair — 9 Nov. 1833, for a short period, to the
Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt.
Thos. Hastings — and, 25 Oct. 1841, as Senior Lieu-,
tenant, to the North Star 26, Capt. Sir Jas.
Everard Home, fitting at Portsmouth. He was dis-
charged from the latter ship in consequence of ill
health in the following December ; and since that
period has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Driffield married, 31 March, 1835, Emily,
daughter of Rear-Admiral Chas. Carter, R.N.
DRUMMOND, Kt., K.C.H. (Vice-Admirai, of
THE Red, 1837. f-p., 19; h-p., 48.)
Sir Adam Drdmmond — a collateral descendant
of the Drummonds, Earls and Dukes of Perth, and
Earls of Melfort— is third son of the late Colin
Drummond, Esq., by Catherine, daughter of Robt.
Oliphant, Esq., of Rossie, co. Perth ; brother of Ge-
neral Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.B. ; brother-in-
law of the late Lord Hervey, Capt. R.N., who died
in 1796 ; and uncle of the present Colonel John
Drummond, of the Boyce, co. Gloucester — as also
of the late Lieut. Wm. Russell Drummond, R.N.,
who lost his life from a wound received during an
insurrection at Calao, when Second-Lieutenant of
H.M.S. Satellite, Capt. Robt. Smart, 31 Jan.
1835.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1780, as
a Servant, on board the Daphne, commanded, on
the Home station, by his future brother-in-law.
Lord Hervey. After serving with that officer for
some time in the Recovery, he joined him, as Mid-
shipman, in Jan. 1782, on board the Raisonnable
64, and, towards the close of the same year, was
present at the relief of Gibraltar, and in Lord
Howe's partial action with the combined fleets of
France and Spain. Until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 17 Aug. 1795, Mr. Drummond— who
beheld the capture, near Barbadoes, of the French
ship-of-tho-line Solitaire, and of her consort, the
Sjjsedy corvette— further served, on the West India
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DRUMMOND-DRURY.
and Home stations, in the Aego, Capt. Jas. Douglas,
Andromeda, Capt. John Salisbury, Tbial, Lieut.-
Commander Micajah Malbon, Meddsa, Capt. Jas.
Norman, and VenekaeIiB, Capt. "Wm. Johnstone
Ho^je. ' He then successively joined the Nassau 64,
and Monarch 74, flag-ships of Vice- Admiral Rich.
Onslow; and after witnessing the mutiny at the
Nore, and enacting a warm part in the battle off
Camperdown, was promoted to the command, 29
May, 1798, of the Bulldog bomb, on the Mediter-
ranean station ; where he bombarded Alexandria,
and served off the coast of Italy, until within a
short period of his advancement to Post-rank, 30
Oct. 1799. He had previously assisted at the cap-
ture of the San Lean, a Spanish brig-of-war. As-
suming command, 18 May, 1801, of the Cartseort
28, Capt. Drummond immediately proceeded to the
occupation of Madeira, where he continued several
months, and received the thanks of the Consul and
merchants for his zealous protection of commerce.
The Cartsfokt being paid off in May, 1802, he
was subsequently appointed — 17 Dec. 1804, to the
Dryad 36, in which frigate he captured two pri-
Tateers on the Irish station — 16 May, 1809, to the
Sea Fencibles, at Bamsgate — and, 30 Sept. 1813, to
the Leviathan 74. In the latter ship, after escort-
ing the outward-bound trade to the West Indies,
Capt. Drummond retiirned to England with another
convoy, and was placed on half-pay, in Oct. 1814.
He has not since been employed. His promotion
to the rank of Rear-Admiral took place 22 July,
1830, and to that of Vice-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837.
Sir Adam Drummond, who is in the commission
of the peace, and is a Deputy-Lieutenant for co.
Perth, was nominated a K.C.H. 1 Jan. 1837, and
on 1 March following invested with the honour of
Knighthood. He married, 28 May, 1801, Lady
Charlotte Menzies, eldest daughter of the fourth
Duke of Atholl, and widow of Sir John Menzies,
Bart., by whom, who. died 31 May, 1832, he had
issue four sons and one daughter. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
rank he now holds took place 8 Juiie, 1846. Agents
— Messrs. Chard.
DRUMMOND. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Edgar Atheling Drummond, born 21 Aug. 1825,
is second son of Andw. Robt. Drummond, Esq., of
Cadlands, co. Hants (great-grandson of Wm. Drum-
mond, fourth Viscount Strathallan, who was slain at
CuUoden, in the cause of the Chevalier, in 1745), by
the Lady Elizabeth Frederica Manners, daughter of
John Henry, present Duke of Rutland. He is ne-
phew of Wm. Chas. Drummond, Esq., a Lieutenant-
Colonel in the Army; and of the llev. Henry Per-
ceval, son of the Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, the
ill-fated Chancellor of the Exchequer.
This officer passed his examination 11 Nov. 1845 ;
and after an intermediate servitude as Mate, on the
Home and West India stations, of the Vanguard
80, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, and Agincourt 72,
flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, was promoted,
28 Aug. 1846, to a Lieutenancy in the vestal 26,
Capt, Cha«. Talbot, also in the East Indies, where
he is still employed.
DRUMMOND. (Commander, 1838, f-p., 15;
H-p., 6.)
The Honourable James Robert Drummond,
horn 15 Sept. 1812, is second son of Viscount Strath-
allan, by Lady Amelia Sophia Murray, daughter of
John, fourth Duke of Atholl, and sister-in-law of
Vice-Admiral Sir Adam Drummond, K.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy 2 Feb. 1826 ; and
obtained his fii-st commission 27 Dec. 1832. He was
afterwards appointed — 14 March, 1834, to the Pre-
sident 52, Capt. John M'Kerlie, on the North Ame-
rica and West India station— and, 25 Aug. following,
to the Winchester 52, as Flag-Lieutenant, in the
East Indies, to Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel. As-
suming his present rank 9 June, 1838, he was in-
vested with the command, 18 Deo. 1841, of the
Scout 18; in which sloop we find him serving on
the Mediterranean station, until paid off in 1845.
He has not since been afloat. His elevation to the
DRUMMOND. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
Patrick Drummond entered the Navy, 14 May,
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rosamond sloop,
Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, stationed in the
North Sea. We subsequently find him attached for
nearly two years to the Dryad 36, Capts. Adam
Drummond and Edw. Galwey ; under the latter of
whom he served on the Waloheren expedition in
Aug. 1809. From March, 1810, until he invalided
in Sept. 1814, Mr. Drummond further officiated, as
Midshipman, on the Home and Mediterranean sta-
tions, of the ToNNANT 80, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton
and Sir John Gore, Indefatigable 44, Capt. John
Fyffe, Revenge 74, Capt. Sir J. Gore, Iphigenia
36, Capt. Andw. King, and San Josep 110, flag-
ship of Sir Rich. King. He obtained his commis-
sion 6 April, 1815 ; and was afterwards appointed,
8 June, 1821, to the Nimrod 18, commanded on the
Leith station by Capt. Chas. Nelson, in which sloop,
however, he continued but a short period.
DRURY. (Captain, 1814, f-p., 17 ;' h-p., 35.)
Augustus Verb Dbury :died 9 Feb. 1845. He
was second son of the late Capt.' Rich. Vere Drury,
of the Army, Ordnance Storekeeper at Tipnor, near
Portsmouth, by Frances, only daughter of Sir Geo.
Vandeput, Bart. ; and nephew of the late Admiral
Thos. Drury.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 Feb. 1793, as
Midshipman, on board the Fox 32, commanded by
his uncle, Capt. Thos. Drury ; in which frigate, and
in the Jupiter 50, Commodore John Willet Payne,
and St. Albans and Resolution, flag-ships of Ad-
miral Vandeput, he served his time, on the New-
foundland, Mediterranean, Home, and North Ame-
rican stations. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant
28 Sept. 1799, he was afterwards successively ap-
pointed, chiefly on the Home station, to the Asia
64, bearing the flag of Admiral "Vandeput, Royal
George 100, Capt. Wm. Domett, Polyphemus 64,
Capt. John Lawford, Hecla bomb, Capt. John
Sykes, and Moselle 18, Capt. John Snrman Gar-
den. He served in the Polyphemus at the battle
of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801 ; and was First of the
Hecla at the bombardment of Havre de Grace, in
Aug. 1804. In March, 1807, Mr. Drury obtained
command in North America of the Bream 4 ; and,
on 3 July following, he was removed to that of the
Sylvia cutter, of 10 18-pounder carronades and 50
men. After conveying the British Ambassador
home from Copenhagen, he ultimately sailed for
the East Indies ; on his passage whither he recap-
tured the Seafower brig of 14 guns, and took L'Si-
rondelle schooner of 6 guns, with despatches on
board containing intelligence which eventually led to
the reduction of the Isle of France. On 6, 7, and 11
April, 1810, we find Mr. Drury effecting tlie de-
struction, in the Straits of Sunda, of three armed
vessels, carrying in the whole 6 guns and 132 men.
He also took, after an action of two hours, a pirate
of 10 guns .and 100 men ; and on the 26th of the
month last mentioned, with 12 of his men on the
sick-list, compelled the Dutch national brig Echo,
of 8 6-pounders and 46 men, to surrender, at the
close of a sharp engagem ent of 20 minutes, in which
the enemy lost 3 killed and 7 wounded, and the
British 4 killed and 3 wounded. The Echo, at the
time, was in company with two transports, both of
which were likewise taken. For these services
Capt. Drury was rewarded with a Commander's
commission, dated 2 May, 1810. He returned to
England in Jan. 1811 ; and was next appointed, 17
June, 1812, to the Dover 18. After cruizing for
two years on the Baltic, Mediterranean, and Ame-
rican stations, and obtaining the thanks of the Ad-
miralty for his activity on a Particular Service, he
was advanced to Post-rank 7 June, 1814; from
which period he remained on half-pay until his
death.
Capt. Drury married, first, in 1803, Maria, daugh-
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ter of Capt. Chas. Smythe, and niece of Sir "Wm.
Smythe, Bart., of Hill Hall, oo. Essex; and, se-
condly, in 1833, Jane, daughter of Sir Geo. Wil-
liams, Bart., ty whom he has left issue two daugh-
ters. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
DRURY. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 18; h-p., 1.)
Bykon Dkuby is son of the late Kev. Henry
Drury, of Harrow ; of the school at which place
that gentleman, and his father. Dr. Drury, were
masters for about 70 years.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
1828 ; and embarked, 13 Aug. 1830, as a Volunteer,
on board the .33tna surveying vessel, Capt. Edw.
Belcher. He afterwards served for upwards of
three years, latterly as Midshipman, in the Eain-
Bow 28, Capt. Sir John Franklin, on the Mediter-
ranean station ; and, joining ne.\t the Racehohse
18, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home, took an active
part, as Mate, in the siege of Paria, in 1835, where
he was for several days in action with the enemy's
batteries. "With Sir Gordon Bremer, in the Alli-
gator 28, Mr. Drury subsequently assisted in sur-
veying the harbour at Port Essington, in South
Australia, during the formation of that place into
a settlement. On eventually proceeding to India,
he there became, 30 Nov. 1839, Acting-Lieutenant
of the same vessel, in which he continued until his
removal, 6 July, 1841, to the Calliope 26, Capt.
Augustus Leopold Kuper. He had, previously to
that event, borne a part in most of the hostilities
against the Chinese— had commanded a division of
boats at the first capture of Canton* — and had been
officially promoted, by commission dated 8 June,
1841. While in the Calliope, he rendered him-
self particularly useful by his valuable exertions
in surveying and sounding the channels in the
Yang-tse-Kiang, preparatory to the ascent of the
fleet to Nanking. Mr. Drury's next appointments
appear to have been — 30 Sept. 1843, to the Sheab-
WATER steamer, Capt. Chas. Gepp Robinson, em-
ployed in surveying the coast of Scotland — and, 10
Feb. 1845, to the Herald 28, Capt. Henry Kellett,
fitting for the Pacific. He was superseded from the
latter ship on promotion to his present rank, 22
May, 1845; and, since 23 Feb. 1846, has been re-
borne on the books of the Shearwater, in the ca-
pacity of Additional-Commander.
He married, 9 June, 1846, Helen Stewart, daugh-
ter of Robert Morris, Esq., of Moorburn, Ayrshire.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
DRURY. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 19; h-p., 29.)
Henry Deury is son of the late J'Ir. Drury, Ord-
nance Storekeeper at Cork; and nephew of Vice-
Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, who distinguished
himself in command of the Powerful in the action
off Camperdown, as he had done on other occasions,
and died Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, 6
March, 1811.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 July, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L'Engageante, guard-ship
at Cork, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Kingsmill ;
and, on next joining La Determinee frigate, arme'e
en flute, Capt. Alex. Becher, was wrecked, off Jersey,
24 March, 1803. Between the latter date and his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took
place 14 Sept. 1807, he further served, as Midship-
man, on the Channel, Mediterranean, and Irish sta-
tions, in the Dreadnought and Neptune 98's,
Capts. Edw. Brace and W. O'B. Drury, Fisgard
38, Capt. Lord Mark Robt. Kerr, and Dryad 36,
Capt. Adam Drummond. He then joined the Mon-
mouth 64, bearing his uncle's flag in the East In-
dies ; and, after a brief attachment to three other
ships (the Cornwallis 50, Capt. Fleetwood Pellew,
Russel 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and Fox
32, Capt. Henry Hart), was successively invested
with the acting-command, in 1810-11, of the Hespeb
sloop, Mindes 74, and Akear 50 — the latter em-
ployed in the hostilities against Java. Capt. Drury,
whose second promotal commission bears date 10
• Vide Gn. 1841, p. 1505.
Sept. 1811, was subsequently appointed, for the
usual period of three years — 10 June, 1831, to the
Coast Guard — and, 1 Aug. 1836, to the Victoey
104, Capt. Thos. Searle, guard-ship at Portsmouth.
Since the date of his Post-promotion, 23 Nov. 1841,
he has been on half-pay.
He is married, and has issue eleven children.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
DU CANE. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 14;
H-p., 30.)
Charles Du Case entered the Navy, 26 June,
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Beaver 14, Capts.
Chas. Pelly and Chas. Mars Gregory, stationed in
the North Sea, where he attained the rating of
Midshipman in June, 1804. From Aug. 1805, until
April, 1809, we find him employed, under Capts.
Pelly and Jas. Alex. Gordon, in the Mercury 28,
and Active 38 ; as Master's Mate of the former of
which ships he served in the boats, with Lieut.
Allan Stewart, at the outting-out, 4 April, 1808, of
seven Spanish tartans from under the very muzzles
of the guns in the batteries at Rota.'*' Rejoining
Capt. Pelly, in July, 1809, on board the Bucepha-
lus 36, Mr. Du Cane presently attended the expe-
dition to the Walcheren, and, during the operations
against that island, had command of a gun-boat.
On its evacuation he returned to port as Acting-
Lieutenant of the Parthian brig, Capt. Hon.
Henry Dawson. Being confirmed by the Admiralty
on 2 Deo. 1809, he next, in succession, joined the
Egeria 18, Capt. Lewis Hole, and Egmont and
Spencee 74's, Capts. Joseph Bingham and Rich.
Raggett, employed on the Home and North Ame-
rican stations. He attained the rank he now holds
30 Aug. 1815, and afterwards, in 1824-5, officiated
as Inspecting-Commander of the Coast Guard. He
has since, we believe, been on the hall-pay list.
Commander Du Cane married, in 1823, Frances,
second daughter of the Rev. C. Prideaux Brune, of
Prideaux Place, co. Cornwall.
DUFF. (Eear-Admibal of the Red, 1840.
F-P., 18; H-p., 41.)
Archibald Duff entered the Navy, 29 June,
1788, as a Boy, on board the Champion 24, Capt.
Sampson Edwards, on the Leith station. In Jan.
1791, he became Midshipman of the Martin sloop,
Capt. Geo. Duff, and with that officer he continued
employed, in the Resource 23, Duke 98, Ambuscade
32, and Glenmore 50, until May, 1798. In the
Duke he served under the broad pendant of Com-
modore Murray during the expedition against Mar-
tinique, in June, 1793. Having been awarded,
when in the Ambuscade, a commission, dated 8
Dec. 1798, Mr. Duff, on leaving the Glenmore,
was appointed to a Lieutenancy in the Foudroy-
ANT 80, Capt. Sir Thos. Bayard, on rejoining
which ship, after a brief attachment to the Bar-
FLEUR 98, we find him, while at the blockade of
Malta, present with Lord Nelson at the capture, 18
Feb. 1800, of Le Genereux 74, and Ville de Marseilles
store-ship. He soon after removed to the Queen
Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Lord Keith,
and, on 17 March following, narrowly escaped in-
volvement in the 'destruction of that ship, being on
board when she took fire in Leghorn Roads. In the
course of the same year he was promoted from the
Minotaue 74, Capt. Thos. Louis, to the acting-
command of the Bonne Citoyenne sloop ; but his
confirmation not taking place, he joined the G Diir-
laume Tell 80, and next became First Lieutenant
to Lord Keith, in his old ship the Foudeoyant.
After figuring in the Egyptian campaign, for his
services during which he received the Turkish gold
medal, Mr. Duff, who had been invested with the
temporary command of the Mondovi brig, returned
to England with Capt. Rich. Curry, E.N., and Ma-
jor Henry Montressor, the officers charged with the
naval and military despatches announcing the sur-
rendar of Grand Cairo. Prior to his official pro-
motion to the rank of Commander, 29 April, 1802,
• Vide Gaz. 1S08, p. 570.
310
DUFF-DUFFILL— DUFTY.
he appears to have repulsed an attack made on the
MoNDOvi hy 17 Spanish gun-boats in the Gut of
Gibraltar, and to have been in command of the
Ldtine prison-ship at Minorca. Capt. Duff's first
appointment on the renewal of hostilities was, 25
Oct. 1803, to the MeG-^eka fire-ship, in which, with
a few small vessels occasionally under his orders,
he was employed watching the enemy's ports in the
Channel. Assuming Post-rank 22 Jan. 1806, he
next joined, 28 May, 1807, the Mdkos 20, and in
that ship, after convoying a fleet of merchantmen
to Halifax, was unfortunately wrecked on a reef at
the entrance of the Bay of Honda, in Cuba, 24
March, 1808. His last employment was in the com-
mand, from 23 April, 1814, to Aug. 1815, of the
President 38, on the Irish station. He attained
Plag-rank 17 Aug. 1840.
Bear-Admiral Duff, when a Lieutenant of the
PouDROTANT, received a gold medal from the Royal
Humane Society for his "intrepid and manly ex-
ertions" in jumping overboard, in a dark night
of Sept. 1799, and saving the life of a man who
had fallen into the sea. He married, 1 Dec. 1815,
Frances, third daughter of the late Kev. Meredith
.lones, of Guestling, co. Sussex. Agemt — John P.
Muspratt.
DUFF. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 13; h-p., 29.)
Norwich Duef, born about 1793, is only surviving
son of the late Capt. Geo. DuffJ R.N.,* by Sophia,
second daughter of Alex. Dirom, Esq., of Muiresh,
CO. Aberdeen ; and is descended from William, first
Earl of Fife. His father's grand-uncle, Robt. Duff,
died a Vice-Admiral.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, commanded
by his father. After participating in the battle of
Trafalgar, 21 Oct. foUoiving, he successively joined
the Eurvalus 36, and Ajax 74, both commanded
by Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, and was onboard
the latter ship until the moment of her destruction
by fire, near the island of Tenedos, 14 Feb. 1807.
Obtaining then a Midshipman's berth in the Ac-
tive, of 46 guns, Capts. Rich. Hussey Moubray
and Jas. Alex. Gordon, he was present at the en-
suing passage of the Dardanells, where he served
in the boats at the destruction of a formidable
Turkish battery on Point Pesquies. He subse-
quently witnessed the capture, 26 March, 1808, of
the Friedkmd Venetian brig-of-war of 16 guns;
and, on 13 March, 1811, was present in the memor-
able action of Lissa, when a British squadron, car-
rying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, utterly
routed, after a conflict of six hours, and a loss to
the Active of 4 killed and 24 wounded, a Franco-
Venetian armament, whose force amounted to 284,
guns and 2655 men. Mr. Duff, who had previously
beheld the bringing out, 29 June, 1810, of a numer-
ous convoy from the harbour of Groa, again served
in the boats at the capture and destruction, 27 July,
1811, of 28 sail of merchantmen, defended, in a
creek of the island of Ragosniza, by 3 gun-vessels
and a body of 300 troops. f On 29 Nov. in the
latter year he appears to have further shared in
a hard-fought action of an hour and a half, which,
in rendering the Active captor of the Pomme, of
44 guns and 332 men, 50 of whom were killed and
wounded, occasioned her a loss of 8 lulled and 27
wounded, including Capt. Gordon, who lost a leg.
At the close of the battle Mr. Duff was sent to
take charge of the prize. Being officially promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, 14 Nov. 1811, and ap-
pointed to the Active, he continued to serve with
* Capt. George Duff was born in 1764. He served at die
capture of the Spanish Admiral Don Juan de Langara, 16 Jan.
1780 ; was in the various actions with the Counts De Guichen
and De Grasse, in 1780-82 ; and ultimately fell, in command
' of the Maks, at Trafalgar, al Oct. 1805. In acknowledgment
of Capt DuITs heroism on that occasion, the gold medal,
which he would have otherwise worn, w.is presented to his
family, as was also an elejjant vase from the Patriotic Society.
An honourable augmentation was likewise granted to his
son's arms.
•t FiifeGaz. 1811, p. 2193.
Capt. Gordon in that frigate and in the Seahokse
38— assisting intermediately at the destruction of
Le Subtile privateer, of 16 guns- and 72 men—
until nominated, 29 Dec. 1813, Flag-Lieutenant, in
the Asia 74, to Sir Alex. Cochrane. In command
of the EspoiR sloop, to which he was promoted 15
June, 1814, Capt. Duff took part in the expeditions
to "Washington, Baltimore, and New Orleans. Hav-
ing paid the latter vessel off in Oct. 1816, we next
find him appointed, on the Jamaica station — 1 Jan.
1817, to the Beavee 10— and, 3 Sept. following, to
the Rifleman 18, which sloop was put out of com-
mission 11 Aug. 1818. Since his Post-promotion, 23
April, 1822, Capt. Duff has been on half-pay.
He married, 10 June, 1833, Helen Mary, only
child of the late John Shoolbred, Esq., M.D., of
Marlborough Buildings, Bath, by whom he has
issue five children. Agent — J. Hinxman.
DUFFILL. (Captain, 1846.)
John Duffill entered the Navy 4 March, 1812;
was wounded, we understand, on board the Glas-
gow 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, at the battle
of Algiers, 20 Aug. 1816; and passed his examina-
tion in 1821. He subsequently, as Master's Mate
of theLAHNE 20, Capt. Fred. Msirryat, contributed,
by his zealous exertions and cool intrepidity, to the
successful result of various attacks made on the
enemy in the river Rangoon, during the Burmese
war, in 1824-5.* After acting for fourteen months
as Lieutenant of the Druid, Bustard, and Es-
pi^GLE, he was at length confirmed in the latter
vessel, by commission dated 8 Sept. 1827. We next
find him appointed — 20 May, 1828, again to the
Druid — 19 Nov. 1828, to the Coast Blockade, in
which he served for nearly two years and a half
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramixlies
and Talavera 74' s, Capt. Hugh Pigot — and, 31
March, 1831, to the Coast Guard. He assumed the
successive command, on various stations, 17 Oct.
1832, 16 Dec. 1834, 1 April, 1835, and 15 April and
21 June, 1836, of the Cakron, Meteor, Pluto,
Salamander, and again of the Pluto steam-ves-
sels. He was confirmed, 4 April, 1839, in the com-
mand of the Niagara 20, on the lakes of Canada ;
and, from 21 Jan. 1843, until posted, 2 July, 1846,
was employed in the Hecla steam-sloop, on the
Mediterranean station. He has since been on half-
pay.
DUFTY. (Ketiked Commander, 1843. r.-p.,
18 ; H-p., 32.)
William Duftt was born 28 Feb. 1781.
This oflicer entered the Na^-y, 12 Aug. 1797, as
Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, Capt. Thos.
Larcom, bearing the flag in the Channel and off
Cadiz of Sir Roger Curtis. Under the firsts-named
ofiioer, and Capt. Wm. Fothergill, he was subse-
quently employed, as Midshipman, Master's Mate,
and Acting-Lieutenant, from March, 1799, to Aug.
1807, in the Lancaster 64, on the Cape of Good
Hope, East India, and South American stations.
On the night of 13 Sept. 1800, he served with the
boats of that ship, and of the Adamant, at the
outting-out, with loss to the British, of an enemy's
vessel from Port Louis, in the Isle of France ; and,
in Feb. 1807, was a witness to the fall of Monte
Video. Being confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant
14 Aug. 1807, Mr. Dufty, in Oct. foUowing, joined
the Intrepid 64, Capts. Rich. Worsley and Chris-
topher John WiUiams Nesham, under the latter of
vFhom he served at the reduction, in 1809, of Mar-
tinique and the Saintes, and partook of a skirmish
with some French frigates. He then returned
home with Capt. Nesham in the Captain 74, and
was afterwards appointed, on the Home and North
American stations— 11 Sept. 1810, to the Vengedr
74, flag-ship of Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke— and, 13
Feb. 1813, to the Madagascau 38, Capts. Lucius
Curtis and Bentinck Cavendish Doyle. He inva-
lided home in Nov. 1815, and has not since been
• Vide Gaz, 1825, p. 1433.
IMARESQ— DUMBRECK— DUNBAR-DUNCAN.
311
employed. Commander Dufty accepted his present
rank 19 Oct. 1843.
He married 6 Feb. 1816, and has issue three
children.
DUINS. (LlEtTTENANT, 1828.)
George Parley Dcins died 26 Sept. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 4 March, 1808;
passed his examination in 1821 ; and was promoted
to a Lieutenancy, 19 Jan. 1828, in the Undaunted
46, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, employed on
a particular service. His next appointments were
—3 April, 1829, to the Kent 78, Capts. John Ferris
Devonshire and Sam. Pym, on the mediterranean
station— 17 April, 1832, to the Coast Guard, In
which he served for about two years — and subse-
quently, for a brief period, to the Britannia 120.
He married, in May, 1836, Anne Mortimer, eldest
daughter of the late Kev. J. Amyatt Chaundy, of
Oharlinch, near Bridgewater. Agents — Pettet and
Newton.
DUMAEESQ. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 20;
H-P., 6.)
Henry Domaresq was bom, 28 Sept. 1808, at
Jersey, where his father was the late King's At-
torney-General. His brother, Lieut. Don PhiUp
Dumaresq, R.N., died on board H.M.S. Bittern,
of African fever, in 1844 ; and his cousin, Lieut.
Philip Dumaresq, R.N., was killed in the Asia, at
Navarin. He is a cousin of the present Capt. Rich.
Saumarez, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6
Sept. 1821 ; and embarked, 29 Aug. 1823, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Victok 18, Capt. Thos.
Prickett; under whom he was actively employed
on boat service against the Ashantees, in 1823-4.
Until he passed his examination, 19 July, 1828, he
afterwards served, as Midshipman, on the Cape and
South American stations, in the Owen Glendower
42, Capt. T. Prickett, Jaseur 18, Capt. Thos. Mar-
tin, Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, and
Maidstone 42, Commodore Wm. Skipsey. He then
successively joined, as Mate, the Helicon 10, Capt.
Stanhope, Isis 50, Commodore Sir Thos. Staines,
Meteor surveying-vessel, Capt. Rich. Copeland,
Dee steamer, Capt. Robt. Oliver, Caledonia and
Britannia, flag-ships of Sir Josias Rowley and Sir
PhiUp Chas. Durham, Salamander steamer, Capt.
Sidney Colpoys Dacres, and Britannia agam,
hearing the flag of Sir P. Durham. During his
attachment to those ships, Mr. Dumaresq appears
to have been much employed in the Mediterranean,
and also off the north coast of Spain, where, in the
Salamander, he was particularly active during
the civil war in 1838. He was at length promoted,
on 10 Oct. in the latter year, to the rank of Lieute-
nant, and appointed, 8 Sept. 1839, to the Wolve-
KENE 16, Capt. Wm. Tucker. As First-Lieutenant
of that vessel he distinguished himself by his con-
duct in capturing two Spanish slavers ijp the river
Niger ; and on a later date he took by assault the
island of Corisco, in face of an overwhelming force,
and destroyed all the slave-factories there esta-
blished. On that occasion his party, originally 40
in number, sustained a loss of 10 men killed and
wounded. For these services Mr. Dumaresq, who
paid the Wolverene off as her Acting-Commander,
was ultimately promoted, from the Caledonia 120,
flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore, to his
present rank 21 March, 1842. He has been in
command, since 12 Nov. 1846, of the Seaelower
cutter, at Portsmouth.
Commander Dumaresq married, 18 Jan. 1844, his
cousin, Anna Susanna, second daughter of Philip
Janvrin, Esq., of Jersey, and has issue one son.
Agent— J. Hinxman.
DUMBRECK. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 12; h-p.,33.)
William Dumbreck was born in Nov. 1789, at
Edinburgh.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1802, as
Fst -cl. Vol., on board the Ruby 64, Capt. Chas.
Rowley, bearing the flag off the Texel of Rear- Ad-
miral Edw. Thombrough. He removed, as Mid-
shipman, in May, 1804, to the Defence 74, Capt.
Geo. Hope ; and after participating in the battle of
Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, proceeded to the West
Indies, in the Canada 74, Capt. John Harvey. On
his return from that station, in Nov. 1807, he re-
joined Capt. Hope in the Pompee 74. Sailing
afterwards for the coast of Spain in the Victory
100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he served in
the boats at the embarkation of Sir John Moore's
army at Corunna, in Jan. 1809. He was confirmed,
27 Sept. 1810, to a Lieutenancy in the Mars 74,
Capts. John Surman Garden and Henry Raper, and
while in that ship was much employed in command
of her boats up the Tagus. Mr. Dumbreck, whose
next appointment was, 6 Aug. 1811, to the Plover
26, Capt. Colin Campbell, invalided home from the
coast of Africa in Aug. 1814. Since that period he
has been on half-pay.
He married, first, 1 June, 1816, Miss Jane Inglis,
of Lasswade, N.B., who was wrecked and drowned
on her passage to Aberdeen, 21 Jan. 1819, leaving
issue an only son; and, secondly, 15 May, 1820,
Miss Margaret M'Vicol, of Glenarchy, by whom,
who died suddenly, 2 June, 1843, he had also issue
a son. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
DUNBAR. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Charles Sydney Ddnbar entered the Navy
2 Dec. 1832 ; passed his examination 1 May, 1839 ;
and served for some time, as Mate, on board the
Lizard steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Walter
Grimston Bucknali Estcourt, Rodney 92, Capt.
Robt. Maunsell, and Fox 42, Capt. Sir Henry Mar-
tin Blackwood, chiefly on the Mediterranean sta^
tion. He obtained his commission 3 July, 1844,
and on the same day was appointed Additional-
Lieutenant of the Agincodrt 72, flag-ship in the
East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane. Mr.
Dunbar, since 29 March, 1845, has been employed
on the same station in the Iris 26, Capt. Geo. Rod-
ney Mundy. During an expedition conducted, in
July, 1846, by Sir Thos. Cochrane against the
Sultan of Borneo, we find him commanding the pin-
nace belonging to the Iris, and assisting at the
capture and destruction, on 8 of that month, of the
enemy's forts and batteries on the river Brune.
On the ensuing ascent of a branch of the latter
stream by a force under Capt. Mundy, and its de-
barkation, after struggling for many hours against
an almost impenetrable navigation, at the village of
Mallout, Mr. Dunbar, while the main body marched
on to Damuan, in the hope of there capturing the
Sultan's person, was left with a party of blue-jackets
to garrison the former place. While the British
were afloat he had partial command of a flotilla of
seven gun-boats, and was mentioned for the cheerful
assistance he afforded on the occasion.*
DUNBAR. (Lieutenant, 1842. f-p., 13; h-p., 0.)
James Alexander Dunbar entered the Navy
6 June, 1834 ; passed his examination 7 June, 1841 ;
and after ofliciating for a few months as Mate of
the PowERFDL 84, Capt. Michael Seymour, and
Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, on the Mediter-
ranean station, was promoted to the rank of Lieu- ,
tenant, 13 June, 1842. From 13 of the following
July, until paid off in 1846, he was further employed
in North America and the West Indies, and off the
coast of Africa, on board the Albatross 16, Capt.
Reginald Torke. He has been engaged on parti-
cular service, since 11 Dec. 1846, as First of the
Geyser steam-sloop, Capt. Fras. Thos. Brown.
Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
DUNCAN. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 6.)
Adam Camperdown Ddncan died 19 July, 1845.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 13 Aug. 1813, as
Midshipman, on board the iMpiRiEusE 38, Capt.
Hon. Henry Duncan; and after assisting at the
capture of Port d'Anzo, and in the operations
* Fide Gaz. 1846, pp. 34-12, 3446, 344G.
312
DUNCAN— BUNCOMBE— DUND AS.
against Via Keggio and Leghorn, accompanied the
same Captain, in Aug. 1814, into the Glasgow 50.
Between Aug. 1815 and July, 1823, we find him
successively joining, on the North American station,
the ScAMANDEE, EuKOTAS, and FoETH frigates, all
commanded by Sir John Louis, the Phaeton 38,
Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu, and the Salisbuey
50, Capt. Maude. Having passed his examination
in 1819, he was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 22 Oct.
1823, in the Doterel sloop, Capt. Rich. Hoare.
His after-appointments appear to have been, on
various stations, to the Hakriee 18, Capt. Geo.
Gosling, Alaceitv 10, Capt. Geo. Jas. Hope John-
stone, Jaspee 10, Capt. Leonard Chas. Kooke, Cu-
BA90A 26, Capt. David Dunn, Asia 84, Capts. Hyde
Parker and Peter Richards, and Howe 120, bearing
the flag of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Pleeming. He
was promoted to the rank of Commander, after
having served for some time as First-Lieutenant of
the latter ship, 10 Jan. 1837 ; and from 13 Nov.
1840 until the period of his death was employed in
the Coast Guard.
Commander Duncan married Fanny, daughter of
Travers Homan, Esq., of Colga, co. Sligo. Agent —
Joseph "Woodhead.
DUNCAN. (Commander, 1840.)
RoBEET Duncan entered the Navy 9 Jan. 1819 ;
passed his examination in 1826 ; and obtained his
first commission 2 May, 1837. He was then ap-
pointed to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings, under whom he con-
tinued until transferred, 1 Jan. 1839, to the Pow-
EREDL 84, Commodore Sir Chas. Napier. Taking
part, afterwards, in the Syrian hostilities, he volun-
teered and led the mountaineers in a very spirited
attack made by the Turkish troops under Sir C.
Napier on a strong position occupied by Ibrahim
Pacha on the heights near Beyrout, 10 Oct. 1840.*
Being Senior Lieutenant of the Powerful at the
fall of St. Jean d'Acre, he was in consequence pro-
moted to the rank of Commander by commission
dated 4 Nov. 1840. He has since been on half-pay.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
the Amelia and Ethalion frigates, Capts. John
Chas. Wolcombe and Wm. Chas. Fahie, in the latter
of which he served at the capture of the Danish
West India Islands in Dec. 1807— and, 27 July,
1808, to the Namur 74, flag-ship at the Nore of
Vice- Admiral Wells. This officer, who has been on
half-pay since 1810, acquired the rank of Retired
Commander 30 March, 1832.
BUNCOMBE, M.P. (Captain, 1834. r-p., 13;
H-P., 15.)
The HoNonRABLE Arthur Duncombe, born 24
March, 1806, is fourth son of the first Lord Fever-
sham, by Charlotte, only daughter of William, se-
cond Earl of Dartmouth; and brother of the pre-
sent peer. He is also brother of Hon. Octavius
Duncombe, M.P., an officer in the 1st regiment of
Life Guards ; and brother-in-law both of the pre-
sent Earl of Eldon and of Sir Thos. Digby Legard,
Bart.
This officer entered the Navy 1 April, 1819 ; and
obtained a Lieutenancy, 26 Jan. 1826, in the Se-
eingapatam 46, Capt. Chas. Sotheby. After serv-
ing for some time in the Challenger 28, he was
awarded a Commander's commission, 18 Aug. 1828.
He subsequently joined— 6 Aug. 1830, the Prince
Regent 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Hon.
Sir Henry Blackwood — and, 27 June, 1832, the
Champion 18, in which sloop he appears to have
been employed for two years on the Mediterranean
station. Since the date of his Post-promotion, 24
Oct. 1834, he has not been afloat. ■■
Capt. Duncombe is representative in Parliament
for the borough of East Retford, and a Groom in
Waiting to Her Majesty. He married, 14 July, 1836,
Delia, youngest daughter and co-heir of John Wil-
mer Field, Esq., of Heaton Hall, co. York, and has
issue three sons and one daughter. Agents — Messrs.
Stilwell.
DUNCAN. (Ketibed Commander, 1832. f-p.,16;
H-P., 38.)
Thomas Duncan entered the Navy, 24 April,
1793, as Ordinary, on board the Thames, of 32 guns
and 184 men, Capt. Jas. Cotes. On 24 Oct. fol-
lowing, being on his passage to Gibraltar, he took
part in a furious drawn action of nearly an hour's
duration with the French frigate Vranie, of 44 guns
and 320 men. The Thames, which on that occasion
was dreadfully cut up, and sustained a loss of 11
men killed and 23 wounded, was unfortunately,
however, captured in the course of the same day
by one of the enemy's squadrons. After nearly
two years' imprisonment, Mr. Duncan was at length,
in Aug. 1795, restored to liberty. He then joined
the Vesuvius bomb, Capts. Facey and Robt. Lewis
Fitzgerald ; and while in that vessel was present at
the bombardment of Havre by a squadron under
Sir Rich. Strachan, and assisted at the destruction
of La Caiifiante, of 36 guns, and of a French national
cutter, 31 May, 1798. Returning home afterwards
from the Mediterranean in the Tonnant 80, Mr.
Duncan became attached to the Nereide 36, Capt.
Fred. Watkins ; under whom we find him partici-
pating in the capture, 2 March, 1800, of La Venge-
ance privateer, of 16 guns and 174 men, and, the
next day, of a ship, with a car^o on board of the
value of 3O,O00Z. After a continued servitude, as
Master's Mate and Midshipman, in the Cambrian
40, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, and Windsor
Castle 98, bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir
Andrew Mitchell, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy
in the latter ship by commission dated 5 Sept. 1801.
His subsequent appointments were — 19 May, 1803,
to the Seeapis 44, Capt. Henry Waring, under
whom he assisted at the reduction, in May, 1804, of
the Dutch settlement of Surinam — 31 Oct. 1804, to
* Vide Gaj. 1840, p. 2611.
DUNDAS. (Captain, 1825. f-p., 18; h-p., 16.)
Henrt Dundas entered the Royal Naval College
4 Feb. 1813; and embarked, 15 Sept. 1815, as a
Volunteer, on board the Nigeb 38, Capt. Sam. Jack-
son, on the North American station. He there be-
came Admiralty-Midshipman, 8 July, 1817, of the
Leander 50, bearing the flag of Sir David Milne ;
and, after a twelvemonths' subsequent attachment
to the LiFFEV 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Dec. 1819.
In the latter capacity we find him successively ap-
pointed, 24 Jan. 1820, and 20 Oct. 1821, to the Glas-
gow 50, and Euryalus 42, Capts. Hon. Anthony
Maitland and Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, both
employed in the Mediterranean, where he officially
assumed command, 16 May, 1823, of the Rose 18.
As a Post Captain, to which rank he was elevated
9 Feb. 1825, Capt. Dundas commanded the Dart-
mouth 42, and Sapphire 28, on the Jamaica and
South American stations. His appointment to the
former ship look place on the day of his promotion ;
and to the Sapphire 20 Dec. 1826. He has been
on halfrpay since 1830.
Capt. Dundas married, in 1836, Robina Mary,
sister of the present Sir David Dundas, Bart., of
Beechwood, 00. Mid-Lothian, and of Dunira, co.
Perth. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
DUNDAS, formerly Deans, C.B., M.P. (Reah-
Admiral of the White, 1841 . f-p., 18 ; h-p., 30.)
James Whitley Deans Dundas, bom 4 Dec.
1785, is son of Jas. Deans, Esq., M.D., of Calcutta,
by Janet, daughter of Thos. Dundas, Esq., M.P.,
of Fingask ; great-grandson of Charles, sixth Earl
of Lauderdale ; and nephew of Thos. Dundas, a
general officer of distinction, who died 3 June,
1794. He assumed his present surname on the oc-
casion of his marriage.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 March, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kent 74, Capt. Wm.
Johnstone Hope, bearing the flags, in succession, of
Lord Duncan and Sir Rich. Bickerton; in which
DUNDAS.
313
ship he attended the expedition to Holland in Aug.
1799, and conveyed Sir Ralph Abercromby from
Gibraltar to Kgypt in Dec. 1800. He continued to
serve, as Midshipman, at the blockade of Alexan-
dria, until transferred, in July, 1801, to the Leda
38, Capt. Geo. Hope, with whom he was soon after-
wards ordered to Lisbon. In Nov. 1802 he joined
the Gi>ENMOR£ frigate, Capt. John Maitland, and,
on accompanying that officer into the Boadicea 38,
was present in a very spirited skirmish with the
French 74-gun ship Vuguay Trouin, also at the cap-
ture of Le Vanteur national lugger of 12 gims, and
at the blockade of Rochefort. Being promoted
(from the Monarch 74, flag-ship in the North Sea
of Lord Keith) to a Lieutenancy, 25 May, 1805, in
the Cambrian 40, Capt. John Poo Beresford, Mr.
Dundas, in the course of the same year, assisted at
the capture of three privateers, carrying in the
whole 40 guns and 225 men. After officiating for a
few weeks as Flag-Lieutenant, in the Leopakd 50,
to Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, on the North
American station, he was awarded a second pro-
motal commission, dated 8 Oct. 1806. During
nearly seven months' command of the Rosamond
18, Capt. Dundas was employed in attendance on
the British Ambassador to the King of Sweden
pending the siege of Stralsund, and was injured by
the bursting of a shell while actively endeavouring
to extinguish a fire which had broken out in the
dockyard at Copenhagen a few nights after the
surrender of that town to Lords Cathcart and Gam-
bier. Assuming Post-rank 13 Oct. 1807, Capt. Dun-
das was next appointed — about the same period, to
the command, pro tern., of the Cambkian 40 — 9
March, 1809, to the Stately 64, bearing the flag in
the Baltic of Rear-Admiral Thos. Bertie — 31 Jan.
and 8 Sept. 1812, to the Venerable 74, and Pyra-
Mus 36, in the latter of which ships he conveyed Sir
Jas. Saumarez from Gottenborg to England, afld cap-
tured, 20 April, 1813, and 18 Feb. 1814, the privateers
Zebra of 10 guns and 38 men, and Ville de V Orient
of 14 guns and 97 men — 16 Aug. 1815, to the Tagds
38, on the Mediterranean station, whence he re-
turned in Jan. 1819 — 6 Aug. 1830, to the Prince
Regent 120, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker,
with whom he served in the Tagus until the early
part of 1832— and, 5 April, 1836, to the Britannia
120, bearing the flag of Sir Philip Durham at
Portsmouth, where he continued until 7 April, 1838.
Since his promotion to Flag-rank, 23 Nov. 1841, he
has been on halt-pay.
Rear-Admiral Dundas, who is a Deputy-Lieute-
nant for Berkshire, and M.P. for Greenwich, was
appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to William the
Fourth 5 Sept. 1831— a C.B. 25 Oct. 1839— and a
Lord of the Admiralty, under the Whig Adminis-
tration, 23 June, 1841. He resumed his seat at the
Board, as one of the Naval Lords, in July, 1846.
He married, 2 April, 1808, his first-cousin, Janet,
only daughter and heiress of the late Chas. Dundas,
Lord Amesbury, by Ann, daughter and sole heir of
Ralph Whitley, Esq., of Aston Hall, co. Flint. By
that lady, who died 20 April, 1846, he had issue,
mth three daughters, two sons, of whom the eldest,
Charles, an officer in the Coldstream Guards, was
M.P. for the Flint district in 1838. Agents—
' Messrs. Ommanney.
DUNDAS. (Captain, 1828. p-p., 16 : h-p., 24.)
John Bdrnet Dundas, born 14 N|pi^ 1794, is
youngest son of the late Sir David Dundas, Bart.,
by Isabella, daughter of Wm. Robertson, Esq., of
Richmond, co. Surrey; nephew of the late Capt.
Ralph Dundas, R.N. ; and brother of the present
Sir Rich. Fullerton Dundas, Bart.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 74, Capt. Hon.
Robt. Stopford, one of the ships employed in the
ensuing expedition against Copenhagen. From
Oct. 1809, until the receipt of his first commis-
sion, 25 April, 1815, he served, as Midshipman,
on board the Unicokn 32, and Acasta 40, both
commanded, on the Home and North American
stations, by Capt. Alex. Kobt. Kerr ; under whom
he appears to have been most actively em-
ployed, and to have witnessed the recapture of
L'EsperaTWe (late H.M. 22-gun ship Laukel), and
the capture, independently of many other vessels,
of five privateers, carrying in all 57 guns and 510
men. As Lieutenant, we find Mr. Dundas succes-
sively appointed— 18 July, 1815, to the Lacedaemo-
nian 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, lying at Portsmouth
— 18th Sept. in the same year, and 28 Dec. 1816, to
the Tagds 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas,
and Myrmidon 20, Capt. Robt. Gambler, both on
the Mediterranean station— and, 25 Nov. 1820, to
the Niembn 28, Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly. He
was promoted, while First-Lieutenant of the latter
ship, to the command, 20 March, 1823, of the Argus
18, on the Halifax station ; and was subsequently
appointed, 9 March, 1827, to the Weasel 10, in
which sloop, after serving for some time in attend-
ance on H. R. H. the Lord High Admiral, he was
sent to the Mediterranean, where he removed, 2
Jan. 1828, to the Raleigh 18. Since his elevation
to Post-rank, 8 July, 1828, Capt. Dundas has been
unemployed.
He married, 30 Dec. 1828, Caroline, third daugh-
ter of the Rev. John Jeffreys, Rector of Barnes, co.
Surrey.
DUNDAS, C.B. (Capt., 1824. f-p., 18; h-p., 12.)
The Honourable Richard Saonders Dundas,
bom 11 April, 1802, is second son of Viscount Mel-
ville, K.T., for many years First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, by Anne, daughter and co-heir of Rich.
Huck Saunders, Esq., M.D., and grand-niece and
co-heir of Admiral Sir Chas. Saunders, K.B., who
died 3 Dec. 1775. He is brother of Hon. Henry
Dundas, C.B., Lieut.-Colonel 60th Rifles; and of
Hon. Robt. Dundas, Storekeeper-General of the
Navy.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
1815; and embarked, 15 June, 1817, as a Volunteer,
on board the Ganymede 26, Capt. Hon. Robt. Ca-
vendish Spencer — with whom, as Midshipman of
the same ship, and of the Owen Glendower 42, he
served, until Dec. 1820, on the Mediterranean and
South American stations. He then successively
joined the Creole 42, and Superb 78, both com-
manded by Capt. Adam Mackenzie, the AiiAcrity
and Icarus sloops, Capts. Henry Stanhope and
Henry Algernon Eliot, and the Glasgow 50, Capt.
Bentinck Cavendish Doyle. In the capacity of lieu-
tenant, to which rank he was promoted 18 June,
1821, his appointments appear to have been — 24
Dec. 1821, to the Active 46, Capt. Andw. King,
and, 25 Feb. and 6 Sept. 1822, to the Owen Glen-
dower 42, and Sparbowhawk 18, Capts. Hon. R.
C. Spencer and Edw. Boxer. He was advanced to
the command, 23 June, 1823, of the latter vessel, on
the Halifax station, where, and in the Mediterra-
nean, he served until posted, 17 July, 1824. We
subsequently find Capt. Dundas appointed — 13 Sept.
1825, to the Volage 28, fitting for South America
— 12 March, 1827, to the Warspite 76, in which
ship (the first of her class that ever circumnavi-
gated the globe) he returned to England, from New
South Wales, in Oct. following— 20 Nov. 1830, to
the Belvidera 42, successively employed in the
Mediterranean and off Oporto, whence he came
home and was paid off in Dec. 1833— and, 1 Sept.
1837, to the Melville 72. In that ship he after-
wards bore a part in the opening scenes of the cam-
paign in China. While there, he obtained the best
thanks of Sir Gordon Bremer for his conduct at
the capture of Ty-cock-tow, 7 Jan. 1841 — was pre-
sent with H.M.'s Plenipotentiary at a formal meet-
ing which was held with the Chinese Commissioner
on 26 of the same month — and on 26 of the ensuing
Feb. took up his position in the most gallant style
in the action which preceded the capture of the
forts at the Boca Tigris.* He paid the Melville
off at the end of 1841 ; and has not siace been afloat .
Capt. Dimdas, who had previously filled the same
office under his father in 1828, 29, and 30, was ap-
pointed, in Jan. 1845, Private Secretary to the Earl
* ride Gaz. 1841, pp. 1162, 1496, 1498.
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DUNDAS— DUNDONALD.
of Haddington. He continued so to officiate until
Jan. 1846, when that nobleman vacated his seat as
President of the Board of Admiralty. His nomina-
tion to the C.B. took place, as a reward for his ser-
vices in China, 29 June, 1841. Agents — Hallett
and Kobinson.
DUNDAS. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.')
Thomas Dondas died 10 Nov. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, Capt. Lord
Amelius Beauclerk, flag-ship afterwards of Vice-
Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell, on the North
Sea station. He rejoined the former officer in May,
1806, as Midshipman, on board the Saturn 74, and
continued to serve with him, in that ship, and in
the KotalOak 74, one of the fleet employed in the
expedition against Walcheren, until promoted to a
Lieutenancy, 18 July, 1810, in the Zealous 74,
Capt. Thos. Boys. His next appointments were —
22 Feb. 1813, to the Bold 14, Capt. John Skekel, in
whicli he suffered shipwreck, in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, 27 Sept. following — and, in Aug. 1814, to
the President 38, Capt. Archd. Duff, on the Irish
station. He invalided 28 April, 1815 ; and was not
afterwards employed. Agent — Pred. Dufaur.
DUNDAS. (LiEDT„1818. f-p., 10; h-p., 29.)
William Dcndas died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 July, 1808, as
Midshipman, on board the Tortoisf,, Master-Com-
mander Thos. Cook, with whom he visited the
Mediterranean and the Brazils. While afterwards
filling a Master's-Mateship, from Nov. 1811 to Aug.
1S15, in the Fukieuse 35, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, he
witnessed the capture of the island of Ponza, and
of the town of Via Reggio ; and was present at
the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, as also at the
occupation of Santa Maria, and of the enemy's other
forts in the Gulf of Spezia, and at the taking of
Genoa. Independently of these services, we like-
wise find Mr. Dundas employed in the boats at the
cutting out, 7 May, 1813, from under the tower and
batteries of Orbitello, of a xebec mounting 2 6-
pounders ; and again, 4 Oct. following, at the cap-
ture, with a loss to the British of 12 men killed and
wounded, of a large convoy, protected by the gall-
ing fire of two gun-vessels and several batteries, in
the harbour of Marinelo. Proceeding, towards the
close of 1815, to the East Indies, as Admiralty-Mid-
Bhipman of the Challenger 16, Capt. Henry
Forbes, Mr. Dundas (who, in the Fdriedse, had also
served on the North American station) there became
Acting-Lieutenant, 12 May, 1816, of the Orlando
36, Capt. John Clavell. After officiating for 13
months in that capacity, he returned to England on
board the Melville 74, Capt. Henry Chas. Pember-
ton. He was eventually promoted, from the Queen
Charlotte 100, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Edw.
Thornbrough, to the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Jan.
181S ; but did not again go afloat. Lieut. Dundas
was the senior officer of his rank on the list of 1818.
DUNDONALD, G.C.B., Earl of, formerly Lord
Cochrane. (Vice-Abmibal of the White,
1841.)
The Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Dun-
donald, born 14 Dec. 1775, is eldest son of Archi-
bald, ninth Earl of Dundonald, by Anne, second
daughter of Capt. Jas. Gilchrist, R.N. He is
brother of Lieut-Col. Hon. Basil Cochrane, of the
36th Foot, who died in May, 1816— of Hon. Wm.
Erskine Cochrane, who served in the Peninsular
war as Major of the 15th Hussars —and of Capt.
Hon. Archibald Cochrane, R.N. (1806), who as-
sisted at the capture of El Guano^ and died 6 Aug.
1829. His first-cousin. Sir Thos. John Cochrane,
was lately Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies.
His Lordship succeeded his father in the Earldom
of Dundonald 1 July, 1831.
This officer was entered, 6 Dec. 1780, as Captain's
Servant, on the books of the Vesuvius bomb,
commandei by his uncle, Capt. Hon. Alex. Inglis
Cochrane, by whom his name was successively
placed on those of the Carolina and Sophie. He
did not, however, go to sea until 27 June, 1793,
when he embarked as a Boy with Capt. Cochrane
in the Hind 28 ; previously to which, although he
had not joined his regiment, he had been gazetted
to a Captaincy in the 79th Foot. Removing with
his relative, in the course of the same year, to the
Thetis of 42 guns and 261 men, Lord Cochrane
sailed for the coast of North America; where, as
Acting-Lieutenant of that frigate, we find him, on
17 May 1795, contributing to the defeat, in com-
pany with the HnssAK 28, of a French sciuadxon of
five sail, two of which, La Prevoyante of 24, and La
Malson of 18 guns, were captured, after a close con-
flict of more than an hour's duration, and a loss to
the Thetis of 8 men killed and 9 wounded. His
Lordship, whose confirmation to the Thetis took
place 24 May, 1796, subsequently joined the
Africa 64, Capt. Roddam Home, Resolution 74,
beai-ing the flag of Admiral Vandeput, Thetis
again, Capt. Cochrane, and Foudrotant, Bar-
FLEUH, and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships in
the Mediterranean of Lord Keith. On 21 Dec.
1799, having taken command, with Lieut. Wm.
Bainbridge, of the boats of the Queen Charlotte
and Emerald frigate, he was despatched from Gib-
raltar Bay for the purpose of affording assistance
to the Lady Nelson cutter, then surrounded off
Cabritta Point by several of the enemy's pri-
vateers and gun-boats, some of the latter of which
he pursued and boarded with the utmost gallantry.
On the capture, 18 Feb. 1800, of the French 74-
gun ship Le Gehereux, Lord Cochrane was ap-
pointed her Acting-Captain, and he appears to
have conveyed her from Malta to Minorca under
circumstances of great difficulty. Being promoted
to the command, 28 March following, of the Speedy
sloop, of 14 guns and 54 men, he commenced a
series of operations against the enemy, unparalleled
for activity and success, becoming the personal
captor, vrithin the short space of 14 months, of 33
vessels, carrying altogether 128 guns and 533 men,
besides assisting at the capture of many others.
To particularize every dashing exploit performed
by Lord Cochrane during his continuance in the
Speedy would lead us far beyond our limits, but
there is one feat, from its transcendent heroism,
that we cannot pass over in silence. On 6 May,
1801, being off Barcelona, the Speedy fell in with-
the Spanish frigate El Gamo, of 32 heavy guns and
319 men, one of several vessels that had been sent
to effect his capture. Undaunted by a force so
comparatively enormous, her gallant commander
instantly commenced a close action, and, after a
cannonade of 45 minutes, ran alongside his lofty
antagonist, whom, at the head of only 40 men, he
impetuously boarded and carried. The British ves-
sel, whose force, as we have seen, consisted origin-
ally of not more than 54 men, sustained a loss on
the occasion of 3 killed and 8 wounded, and the
Gamo (which, although immediately afterwards at-
tacked by a division of gun-boats, was ultimately
conducted in safety to Minorca) of 15 killed and 41
wounded. On 3 July following, however, the
Speedy was herself captured by a French squadron
under M. Linois, but not until she had exhausted
every means of escape, and had behaved in a man-
ner so conspicuous, that, on Lord Cochrane's pre-
senting his sword to the Captain of the 74-gun ship
Dessaix, ilM|as returned to him with the compli-
mentary revest that he would continue to wear
what he had so nobly used. On 6 of the same
month it was his fortune to be present on board the
French squadron when attacked by Sir Jas. Sau-
marez in the Bay of Algeciras, but, being soon
afterwards exchanged, he returned to England, and
on his arrival was presented, as a reward for his
wonderful gallantry in the affair of the Gatm, with
a Post-comission dated 8 Aug. 1801. From that
period Lord Cochrane remained on half-pay until
appointed, 5 Oct. 1303, to the Arab 22, from which
ship, after intermediately serving with great risk at
the blockade of Boulogne, he removed, S Dec.
1804, to the Pallas 32. In the following March,
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being sent to cruize off tlie coast of Spain, he suc-
ceeded in capturing a galleon, II Fortuiia, laden with
specie to the amount of 150,000^., and with mer-
chandize of nearly equal value, but he generously
returned 10,000 crowns of the spoil to the unfor-
tunate sufferers, and restored them to liberty. On
6 April, 1806, while her boats with all but 40 of the
crew were absent on an expedition up the Garonne,
the Pallas gave chase to, and drove on shore, two
corvettes and a large armed frigate-built store-ship,
mounting in the whole 64 guns. In May, 1806, Lord
Cochrane distinguished himself by the destruction
of the semaphores along the French coast, where he
landed with the marines and boats' crews, and, not-
withstanding the defence of the militia, demolished
the posts at Pointe de la Roche, Caliola, and L' Ance
de Repos, burnt down the buildings, and bore off
the signal-flags. He also carried by storm the bat-
tery at Pointe d'Equilon, destroyed its stores, and
blew up the barrack and magazine. Four days
after the latter event the Pallas, under a heavy
fire from the batteries on He d'Aix, singly attacked
the French 40-guii frigate La Minerve, in company
with three 18-gun brigs, but, while preparing to
board, she unfortunately ran foul of the former,
and by the tremendous shock was reduced to a
complete wreck. Assuming command, 23 Aug.
1806, of the Imperieuse, of 44 guns. Lord Cochrane,
in the short period of one month, took and de-
stroyed 15 vessels, chiefly laden with wine and pro-
visions. He was afterwards sent to co-operate with
the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, and he there,
on 31 July, 1808, compelled the castle of Mongat to
surrender, by which the road to Gerona, then be-
sieged by the French, had been completely com-
manded. In Sept. 1803 his Lordship renewed his
operations against the semaphores on the coast of
France, where he completely destroyed those which
had since been erected at Bourdique, La Pinde,
St. Maguire, Frontignan, Canet, and Foy, with the
houses attached to them,14barraoks belonging to the
fens-d'armes, a battery,and a strong tower on Lake
'rgutignan. Indeed, he kept the whole of the ene-
my's coast in a constant state of alarm,, suspended
their trade, and, by the diversion he thus created,
prevented those troops which had been intended for
Figueras from advancing into the Peninsula. Re-
turning to the coast of Spain, Lord Cochrane vo-
lunteered the defence of Trinidad Castle, attached
to the fortress of Rosas, then besieged by the
French, a thousand of whose picked men,, at the
head of 80 of his o\in people and about an equal
number of SpaniardSj he repelled, 30 Nov. 1808,
in an assault made by them on the castle. He
protracted the Siege for 12 days, and then, finding
further opposition useless, in consequence of the
citadel having capitulated, he blew up the maga-
zines of Trinidad Castle, and returned to his ship.
The Captain of the Imfbrieuse subsequently ren-
dered the Commander-in-Chief the important ser-
vice of presenting him with the key of the enemy's
telegraph signals on the heights of Toulon, which
enabled him to derive information twice a-day, not
only of the movements of the enemy, but of his
own cruizers, from the south promontory of Italy
to Cape Rosas in Spain. In April, 1809, Lord
Cochrane was selected by the First Lord of the
Admiralty, in preference to many senior officers, to
command a fleet of fire and explosion ships intended
for the destruction of the French shipping as they
lay at anchor in the road of He d'Aix. The glow-
ing success whixjh attended his Lordship's personal
efforts will ever remain prominent in the page of
history. On the night of the 11th he went on
board one of the explosion vessels, containing 1500
barrels of gunpowder, which, being conducted close
to windward of the boom that had been placed for
the protection of the French ships, shattered that
means of defence. Favoured by wind and current,
the fire-vessels, having a passage thus opened for
them, rushed onward in blazing piles, carrying
with them so much consternation, that by the next
morning it was found that seven line-of-battle
ships had cut their cables and run on shore. Of
these La Ville de Varsopie 80, and Tonnant and
Aquillon 74's, were afterwards destroyed, as were
also the Indienne of 44, and Calcutta of 56 guns —
the latter after having been captured by Lord
Cochrane, who, unsupported, approached in the Im-
pfeRiEOSE, and commenced an action which lasted
until she struck her colours. On 26 of the same
month. His Majesty, to testify the sense entertained
by himself and by the country at large of the hero's
conduct, conferred on him the dignity of a K.B. —
the only instance but one (and that in the case of Sir
John Jervis) in which so high an honour had been
bestowed on an officer holding the rank of Captain.
Lord Cochrane continued in the Impebieuse until
4 Aug. 1809, but, in consequence of feelings of hos-
tility engendered against him by the opposition he
had offered in parliament to a vote of thanks pro-
posed to Lord Gambler as Commander-in-Chief of
the British fleet stationed in Basque Roads during
the operations we have just recorded, and but for
whose ineffectual support, it was asserted, the whole
of the French shipping might have been destroyed,
he was suffered to continue unemployed until 9 Feb.
1814. He then at length obtained command of the
Tonnakt 80, as Flag-Captain of his uncle. Sir Alex.
CochranOj at that time Commander-in-Chief in
North America, but he resigned the appointment
5 April following ; and, on 5 July in the same year,
from a combination of fortuitous circumstances, of
which he appears to have been thoroughly the
victim, he was doomed to lose his rank in the Kavy,
also the K.B. and his seat in parliament, in which
he had officiated, since 1807, as Member for West-
minster. Being no longer in the British service,
his Lordship, in 1818, accepted the chief command
of the Navy belonging to the new state of Chili,
whose final independence the splendour of his sub-
sequent achievements mainly contributed to effect.
He afterwards assumed control of the Brazilian
fleet, and gave such satisfaction that Don Pedro,
in 1823, created him Marquess of Maranham. On
the establishment of peace between Portugal and
Brazil, liis Lordship returned to England, whence
he next proceeded to Greece, in whose service he
appears to have been employed for a period of 12
months in 1827-8.* On the occasion of William the
Fourth's accession to the throne he was at length
reinstated in his place in the British Navy ; and on
22 May, 1847, although it had until then been most
inconsistently withholden, the order of the Bath
was restored to him, an act which of course re-
establishes his Lordship's character, but not more
fully proves his innocence than it clearly indicates
the debt of reparation- due to him for having been
so long suffered to bear the stigma of unmerited
disgrace. He became a Vice- Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. t
The noble Earl, who enjoys a high reputation for
his scientific acquirements, married, 12 Aug. 1812,
Katherine Frances Corbet, daughter of Thos.
Barnes, Esq., of Essex, and has issue, with one
daughter, four sons, of whom the eldest. Lord
Cochrane, is a Captain in the 18th Regiment, and
the third, Arthur Auckland Cochrane, a Mate R.N.
DUNLAP. (Lieut., 1842. t-v., 16; H-p, 1.)
Andkew Robert DokLjU>, born 19. Feb. 1816, is
son of Jas. Dunlap, Esq., M.D., a gentleman who
• Tlie Earl of Dnndonald posseasfs three Chilian dcco-
lations for eapturing the city of Valdivia and the frigate
K-meraldft, ana for clearing the Pacific of all hostile vessels
of lAai; also the Grand Cross of the Order of the Cruzero,
for driving the Portuguese from the Northern provinces of
Bra7.il; and the Order of the Redeemer of Greece. His Lord-
ship's services to his own country have been gazetted nine
times.
f His Lordship has lately afforded the public some very
sterling suggestions, the fruita>of his vast experience, in the
shape of a pamphlet, entitled * Observations on Naval
Affairs, and on some coirateral subjects, &c.' In this volume
he has published a summary of his Naval services, and Iyas
exhibited acts of injustice, as experienced by himself, which
should render its perusal imperative on all wlio feel in any
way interested in the honour of their country, and especially
on those whose duty, as well as in whose power, it is to
make atonement for the past, and by future acts to cancel its
recollection.
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DUNLOP— DUNN.
at one time was in the Navy, and served with Sir
Geo. Kodney in the action of 12 April, 1782.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Nov. 1830, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tyne 26, Capt. Chas.
Hope, on the South American station, where he
attained the rating of Midshipman, 26 Nov. 1833.
From May, 1834, to Feb. 1838, he next served in
the West Indies on board the Gannet 16, Capts.
John Balfour Maxwell and Wm. Geo. Hyndham
■Whish. He soon afterwards (having passed his ex-
amination 17 Deo. 1837) became Mate of the Ter-
magant 10, Lieut.-Commanders "Wm. John Wil-
liams and Henry Frowd Seagram, off the coast of
Africa, on which station, volunteering his services,
he continued to be most actively employed— in the
Wolverene 16, and Iris 26, both commanded by
Capt. Edw. Tucker— in the Prompt schooner, as
Mate in command— and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in
the Persian 16, Capt. Peche' Hart Dyke— until
confirmed in his present rank, 21 June, 1842. His
subsequent appointments appear to have been —
29 April, 1843, to the Illcstrioos 72, flag-ship of
Sir Chas. Adam in North America and the West
Indies— 19 Oct. 1843, to the Wasp 16, Capts. Henry
Bagot and Sidney Henry Ussher, on the African
station — and, 10 Sept. 1846, to the command of the
Acheron steam-sloop, in which he is now employed.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
DUNLOP. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 9; h-p., 17.)
Hugh Dunlop is second son of General Jas. Dun-
lop,* M.P. (who died in 1832), by Julia, daughter
of Hugh Baillie, Esq., youngest son of Baillie of
Monokton. He is brother of the late Sir John
Dunlop, Bart., M.P., an officer in the Grenadier
Guards ; and uncle of the present Sir Jas. Dunlop,
Bart.
This officer entered the Navy 5 April, 1821;
passed his examination in 1827 ; and obtained his
first commission 8 Feb. 1828. From 1 May to 23
Dec. in the latter year he served on the Jamaica
station on board the Druid 46, Capt. Williams
Sandom, and also in the Adrora 46. He was next
appointed, 7 April, 1841, as Senior Lieutenant, to
the Shearwater steam-vessel, Capt. John Wash-
ington, employed on the Home station. Since his
last promotion, which took place 12 Aug. 1842,
Commander Dunlop has been on shore.
He married, in 1831, Ellen Clementina, only
daughter of Robt. Cockburn, Esq. Agent— J.
Chippendale.
DUNLOP. (Commander, 1842.)
Robert John Wallace Ddnlop died in 1846,
on the coast of Africa. He was son of Retired
Commander Robt. Wallace Dunlop, R.N. (1833),
who obtained his Lieutenant's commission 8 May,
1795, and died 18 July, 1843. _
This officer entered the Navy 9 Oct. 1823 ; and
passed his examination in 1830. Obtaining his
first commission 6 July, 1836, he was afterwards
appointed, on the East India station — 4 Oct. in
the same year, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship
of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel— 25 Deo. 1837, to
the Wolf 18, Capt. Edw. Stanley — and, 1 July,
1838, to the Favorite 18, Capt. Walter Croker.
On 24 June, 1840, he landed with his Captain and
a detachment of seamen and marines at Tonga-
taboo, one of the Friendly Islands, for the purpose
of assisting the native Christians in a war then
raging between them and the heathen part of the
population. At the onset, however, of an attack
which the British presently made on a fortress
situated five miles in shore, and of extraordinary
strength, their allies deserted, in consequence of
which circumstance, and of the death, with many
others, of Capt. Croker, they were compelled to
* General Dunlop served thirteen years in India, where
he was severely wounded -in command of one of the assault-
ing columns at the storming of Seringapatam ; as Major-
General, he was afterwards, in 1810, appointed to the com-
mand of la brigade in the 5th division of Lord Wellington's
army, a post wliioh he continued to BIl throughout the cam-
paign of 1811.
retreat. From that period Lieut. Dunlop— who
himself had been desperately wounded, but had
still continued to fire the guns— held the acting-
command of the Favorite until 3 Sept. 1841. He
was confirmed in the rank of Comma,nder 21 Feb.
1842 ; and, from 15 Sept. 1843, until the period of
his death as above, served in command of the Star
sloop on the coast of Africa.
The Commander was awarded, 2 July, 1842, a
pension for his wounds of 9H. 5s. He married,
6 July, 1841, Eulalia Hayes, second daughter of the
late Jas. Ross, Esq., Light Infantry Depot. Agents
— Messrs. Chard.
DUNN, Kt., K.C.H. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 26 ;
H-p., 21.)
Sir David Ddnn is brother of the late Robt.
Dunn, Esq., Stirgeon, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 April, 1800, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Jason 36, Capts. Joseph
Sydney Torke and Hon. John Murray, with the
latter of whom he was vrrecked, as Midshipman, off
the coast of France, and taken prisoner, 21 July,
1801. In Aug. of the same year, having been libe-
rated, he rejoined Capt. Yorke on board the Canada
74, in which ship he continued until transferred,
11 May, 1802, to the Donegal 74, Capts. Sir Rich.
John Strachan and Pulteney Malcolm. During the
four following years we find Mr. Dunn assisting at
the capture, in 1804, of the Spanish 44-gun frigate
Amfitrite, and of a ship with a cargo on board worth
200,000Z.— next accompanying Lord Nelson in pur-
suit of the combined fleets to the West Indies and
back in 1805 — participating also in the capture of
El Rat/0, of 100 guns, one of the ships recently de-
feated at Trafalgar — and finally contributing to the
victory gained by Sir John Thos. Duckworth, off
St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. After a further servi-
tude of 12 months in the Channel on board the
HiBERNiA and Ville de Paris, flag-ships of Earl
St. Vincent and Lord Gardner, he became Acting-
Lieutenant, 1 Sept. 1807, of the Warrick 74, Capt.
John Wm. Spranger, on the Mediterranean station,
where he was ultimately confirmed by commission
dated 12 July, 1808. Subsequently to the surrender
of the islands of Ischia and Procida, Mr. Dunn
(who, during his attachment to the Warrior, was
also employed in command of a gun-boat at the
defence of Sicily, and the reduction of Zante and
Cephalonia) removed, as First-Lieutenant, in Oct.
1810, to the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste. While
in that frigate he was severely wounded in the
memorable action off Lissa, 13 March, 1811, when a
British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns
and 879 men, completely routed, after a battle of
six hours, and a loss to the Amphion of 15 killed
and 47 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament,
whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men.
Being rewarded for his most " zealous, brave, and
intelligent " conduct on the occasion * with a Com-
mander's commission, dated back to the day of the
action, Capt. Dunn, on 24 Nov. in the same year,
assumed the acting-captaincy of the Bacchante 38,
which he retained until appointed, 21 March, 1812,
to the Mermaid 32, armee enfivte. Continuing in
the Mediterranean and Adriatic, he particularly
distinguished himself, in Oct. and Dec. 1813, by his
assiduity at the siege of Trieste, and his exertions
in forwarding everything that was necessary to the
landed party during the unsuccessful attack on
Leghorn.-)- As a Post^Captain, to which rank he
was elevated 7 June, 1814, Capt. Dunn's appoint-
ments appear to have been — 6 Jan. and 28 Nov.
1824, to the Jdpiter 60, and Samarang 28, em-
ployed on the Halifax and Cape of Good Hope
stations— 2 April, 1831, to the Cdraqoa 26, which
he paid off, after intermediately serving in the
East Indies, in the summer of 1835 — and, 2 April,
1840, to the Vanguard 80, successively stationed
in the Mediterranean and off Lisbon. He has been
on half-pay since 1843.
Sir David Dunn received the honour of knight-
• Vide Gai. 1811, p. 894.
-f V. dm. 1813-14, pp. S47«, 17«.
DUNN— DUNNETT-DUNSTAN.
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hood 12 Aug. 1835, and was nominated a K-.C.H.
1 Jan. 1837. He married, 13 April, 1838, Louisa
Henrietta, daughter of the late Gerard Montagu,
Esq. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
DUNN. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Montagu Bdcci.eugh Dunn is son of Commander
N. J. C. Dunn, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 18 Not. 1839,
and was afterwards employed, as Mate, in the Vic-
tor 16, Capt. Wm. Dawson, Excellent gunnery-
ship, Capt Sir Thos. Hastings, and EsPiioLE 12,
Capt. Thos. Pickering Thompson, on the North
America and West India, Home, and East India
stations. When in the Victor he appears to have
had charge of a watch ; and, in the Excellent, he
passed his examination with some distinction. His
commission bears date 27 March, 1846, since which
period he has been borne, as Additional-Lieutenant,
on the books of the Agincourt 72, flag-ship in the
East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane.
DUNN. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 36; h-p., 13.)
Nicholas James Cuthbekt Dunn was bom 18
March, 1785.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1798, as
Seo.-cl. Vol., on board the Tigre 74, commanded
by his patron Sir Wm. Sidney Smith. After par-
ticipating in the defence of St. Jean d'Acre lie was
obliged to be sent to England, in the summer of
1799, for the cure of a severe wound he had acci-
dentally received in the right leg. Returning to
the Mediterranean, in May, 1800, on board the
Dolphin, Capt. Jas. Dalrymple, he there joined the
Dangeueuse gun-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Robt.
Tyte, and under that officer was engaged in cover-
ing the debarkation of the troops in Aboukir Bay,
and throughout all the coast operations connected
with the Egyptian campaign in 1801. Until the
receipt of his first commission, 22 Jan. 1806, Mr.
Dunn appears to have been afterwards attached
to the Alexanbria, Capt. Alex. Wilson, Ante-
lope 50, Capts. Sir W. S. Smith, Henry Bazely,
Sir Home Popham, and Robt. Plampin, and PompSe
74, bearing the flag of Sir W. S. Smith, while
under whom, in the Antelope, he had been in
frequent colUsion with the enemy's flotilla between
Flushing and Ostend. During the six years im-
mediately consecutive on his promotion — the whole
of which period he served on board the Topaze
36, Capts. Willoughby Thos. Lake, Anselm John
Griffiths, Henry Hope, and Edw. Harvey^ — we find
Mr. Dunn figuring in a variety of stirring scenes.
Among other gallant affairs he assisted, near Corfu,
in a very spirited action which terminated in
the beating off Iw the Topaze of the two French
40-gun frigates Danae and Fhre, 12 March, 1809 ;
and, on the night of 31 Oct. following, he com-
manded the ship's launch, forming part of a large
detachment of boats under Lieut. John Tailour, at
the capture and destruction, after a fearful struggle,
and a loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55
wounded, of the French armed store-ship Lamproie,
of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and
Grandeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a con-
voy of seven merchantmen, defended by numerous
strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas.* He was
also on one occasion, 8 June, 1810, very severely
injured by over-exertion during an attaclc on an
enemy's schooner near Cape Corso, in the island of
Corsica. After an additional servitude of two years
in the Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, employed
chiefly in blockading the different ports on the
(oast of North America, he was ultimately ad-
vanced to his present rank, 9 March, 1814, and
appointed to the Indian sloop-of-war, which he
tbrought home and paid ofi' in Oct. of the same
year. As Inspecting-Commander of the Water-
ford district of Coast Guard, which post he held
from 12 Dec. 1820, until July, 1832, Commander
Dunn rendered such important service to the re-
venue as to cause a positive increase to the tobacco
• fide Gai. ISOIl, p. 1907.
duties in that county of more than 30,000Z. per
annum. Being reappointed to the Coast Guard, 26
June, 1835, he served successively in the Bally-
castle, Donaghadee, and Swords districts, until 17
July, 1838 ; and, during a year he was employed at
Donaghadee, he again effected an augmentation in
the imports on tobacco, as connected with the port
of Belfast, of nearly ll,000i. His appointments
have since been — 18 March, 1842, to the Ocean 80,
guard-ship at Sheemess ; and, 28 March, 1843, and
13 June, 1845, to the Victory 100, and Royal
Sovereign yacht, for the purpose of superintend-
ing the Packet Establishments at Weymouth and
Hobb's Point — on the latter of which stations he is
at present employed.
Commander Dunn is married and has issue a son,
Lieut. M. B. Dunn, R.N.
DUNNETT. (Liedt., 1821. f-p., 15; h-p., 23.)
William Henry Dunnett entered the Navy, 23
April, 1809, as Midshipman, on board the Aggres-
sor 12, Lieut.-Commanders John Watson and Henry
Jewry, in which vessel he continued, on the North
Sea station, until Jan. 1815. He then served for
upwards of five years, as Master's Mate, Acting-
Lieutenant, and Admiralty- Midshipman — on the
Home, West India, and Mediterranean stations— in
the Larne 20, Capts. Abraham Lowe and Sir John
Gordon Sinclair, Florida 20, Capts. Wm. ElUot
and Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, Scamandek
36, Capt. Wm. Elliot, Wasp 18, Capt. Thos. Wren
Carter, and Rochfort 80, bearing the flag of Sir
Thos. Fras. Fremantle. He was afterwards (as
Admiralty-Midshipman of the Severn 40, Capt.
Wm. M'Culloch) appointed to the Coast Blockade
in June, 1820. For his gallant conduct while in
that service, in preventing the landing, 22 Dec.
1821, of a cargo of contraband goods, near Romney,
in Kent, where he received several buck-shot
wounds in the left thigh, Mr. Dunnett was rewarded
with a commission dated 27 of the same month.
He had passed his examination 6 Sept. 1815. From
24 May, 1827, until 3 Jan. 1829, we again find him
employed in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot.
He has since, however, been on half-pay.
Lieut. Dunnett, who during his attachment to
the Aggressor appears to have been foremost on
every occasion of difficulty and danger, particularly
signalized himself by his intrepid conduct in saving,
although in a heavy gale and high,sea, the lives of
12 persons on board the Nancy brig, then in a
sinking state, on the Wells bank. He afterwards,
on 22 Deo. 1816, plunged from the main-chains of
the ScAMANDER, and, at the imminent hazard of
his own life, rescued two men who had fallen over-
board, and who but for him would inevitably have
perished. He married 28 Feb. 1838. Agent— J.
Hinxman.
DUNSTAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
OcTAvius DuNSTAN, bom 26 Oct. 1792, is brother
of the late Mr. Dunstan, Master of H.M.S. Jason
32, who was lost while commanding a tender in a
violent hurricane off Tortola in 1806.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 April, 1806, as
a Supernumerary, on board the Dolphin 44, Capt.
Dan. Tandy, bearing the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane
in the West Indies ; where he afterwards became
attached to the Northumberland 74, flag-ship of
the same officer, and, as Midshipman and Master's
Mate, to the Jason 32, and Ethalion 38, both
commanded by Capt. Thos. John Cochrane. When
in the Jason, Mr. Dunstan assisted at the capture,
27 Jan. 1807, of La Favorite French national ship,
mounting 16 long sixes and 13 4-pounder carronades,
\vith a complement of 150 men ; and for three
months he commanded a schooner as a tender. He
took part, on his removal to the Ethalion, in a
slight encounter with the French 40-gun frigate
Amphitrite, in the latter part of 1808 ; had charge
of a boat during the operations against Martinique
in Feb. 1809 ; and co-operated in the ensuing re-
318 DUNSTERVILLE-DUNTZE—D'URBAN—DURBIN— DURHAM.
duction of the Saintes. After a brief servitude,
towards the close of 1810, in the Maklbokough 74,
Capt. Graham Moore, and Royal William, bear-
ing the flag of Sir Rich. Bickerton, Mr. Dunstan
joined the Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm ;
under whom, on 15 Nov. in the same year, we find
him assisting in an attack made by Capt. Grant of
the Diana on the two French frigates Amazone and
Eliza, protected by the fire of several formidable
batteries near Cherbourg. From March, 1811, to
Nov. 1813, he next served on board the Poictieks
74, Capt. John Poo Beresford; and while in that
ship, on the Home station, he appears to have been
frequently detached in command of a boat, for the
purpose of cutting out the enemy's vessels, and of
otherwise annoying them. Proceeding, subsequent-
ly, to North America, Mr. Dunstan witnessed the
capture of the United States brig Wasp, of 18 guns,
and, after conducting that vessel to Bermuda, oifici-
ated for some time as Acting-Lieutenant of the
Fkolic. On rejoining the Poictiers he assisted,
among other captures, in making prize of the York
Town East Indiaman, which was ultimately ran-
somed for 45,000^. ; after which he was appointed,
in Nov. 1813, Master's Mate of La Hoghe 74, Capt.
Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. On 8 April, 1814, having
accompanied a detachment of six boats under Capt.
Rich. Coote to the neighbourhood of Pettipagne
Point, on the river Connecticut, he there contri-
buted to the gallant destruction of 27 of the enemy's
vessels, three of which were heavy privateers, and
the aggregate burden of the whole inwards of 5000
tons. In the following summer Mr. Dunstan joined
the SuKPRizE 38, commanded by his old Captain,
Sir Thos. John Cochrane, of which ship, after
serving on shore during the unsuccessful attack on
Baltimore, he was created an Acting-Lieutenant
12 Oct. 1814. He continued to be very actively
and responsibly employed on the coast of America
until the conclusion of hostilities, when he returned
home, and found that he had been officially pro-
moted by commission dated 7 Feb. 1815. "With
the exception of a temporary command, in 1829-30,
of H.M. hired-packet Princess Elizabeth, he has
not since been able to procure employment.
Lieut. Dunstan has been Superintendent, since
1834, of the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway. He
married, 9 May, 1820, Joice, daughter of Rich.
Vercoe, Esq., of Bodmin, oo. Cornwall ; and by that
lady, who died 5 March, 1843, had issue two sons
and a daughter. His eldest son, who was in the
Royal Engineers, died at Jamaica in July, 1840.
DUNSTERVILLE. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
John Ddnstekville entered the Navy 15 June,
1823; passed his examination in 1830; and was,
for his services during the Syrian campaign, includ-
ing the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, awarded
a commission dated 5 Nov. 1840. His appointments
have since been — 12 Aug. 1841, and 6 March, 1843, to
the Pilot 16, and Spartan 26, Capts. Geo. Ramsay,
Wallace Houston, and Hon. C. G. J. B. Elliot, on
the North America and West India station— and,
14 Feb. 1846, as First-Lieutenant, to the Shake 16,
Capt. Thos. Bourmaster Brown, with whom he is
now serving at the Cape of Good Hope. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
DUNTZE. (Captain, 1829. r-p., 17; h-p., 12.)
John Alexander Dhntze entered the Navy
6 Aug. 1818 ; and was promoted, 28 May, 1825, to a
LieutenanCT in the Ocean 80, Capt. John Sykes, off
Lisbon. His next appointments were— 30 March,
1826, and 31 May, 1827, to the Heron 18, Capts.
Robt. Tait and Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, and Ganges
84, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield, both on the South
American station, where he was advanced to the
command, 19 April, 1828, of the Heron, and posted,
24 Dec. 1829, into the Tribune 42. While in the
latter ship, which he paid off towards the close of
1831, Capt. Duntze served at the blockade of Cal-
lao, and captured the Peruvian corvette Libertad,
laden with dollars for the payment of the Colum-
bians. He has been in command, since 13 May,
1843, of the Fisgard 42, in the Pacific.
He is married, and has issue. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson.
D'URBAN. (Commander, 1841. r-p., 24 ; h*., 9.)
John Gooch D'Ukban died 28 Sept. 1845, aged
45 He was son, we believe, of Lieut.-General Sir
Benj. D'Urban, K.C.H., C.T.S., Col. of the 51st
Regt., a distinguished soldier of the Peninsula.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 Sept. 1812, as a
Supernumerary, on board the Solebat 32, Capt.
Rich. Curry, bearing the flag at North Yarmouth
of Vice-Admiral Robt. Murray. While attached,
during the two last years of the war, to the DisiRiE
36, Capts. Arthur Farquhar and Wm. Woolridge,
he took part in various operations on the river Elbe,
and assisted at the reduction of Cuxhaven and
Gluckstadt. Between April, 1814, and his promo-
tion to the rank of Lieutenant, 10 Oct. 1822, he
served, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on
various stations, in the Liverpool 40, Capt. A.
Farquhar, Vengbcb 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander,
Tyne 24, Capt. Thos. Gordon Falcon, Redpole 10,
Capts. Patrick D. H. Hay and Rich. Anderson, and
Dover 28, flag-ship of Sir John Poo Beresford. As
a Lieutenant, he wag subsequently appointed to the
Harrier 18, Capt. Geo. Gosling, the Albion 74,
Capt. John Acworth Ommanney — under whom he
was wounded at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827*
—the Pylades 18, Capt. P. D. H. Hay, the Blanche
46, Capt. A. Farquhar, the Ocean 80, Capt. Sam.
Chambers, the Tvne 28, Capt. Lord Viscount In-
gestre, and the Griiton brigantine. After holding
command for nearly five years of the latter vessel,
Mr. D'TJrban was at length awarded a second pro-
motal commission, dated 5 Nov. 1841. He was not
afterwards employed.
DURBIN. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
George Durbin passed his examination 10 May,
1839 ; and after officiating for some time as Mate of
the Alpred 50, bearing the broad pendant in South
America of Commodore John Brett Purvis, was
appointed, 26 June, 1844, to the Vestal 26, Capt.
Chas. Talbot, on the East India station. For his
conduct in command of the cutter belonging to
that frigate, at the capture and destruction, 19 Aug.
1845, of Maloodo, a strong fortification in the pos-
session of ScheriffOsman, a rebel Borneo chieftain,
he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by
commission dated 6 April, 1846.t He has been
since serving in the Agincoort 72, flag-ship of Sir
Thos. John Cochrane.
DURHAM, G.C.B., G.C.M.F. (Admiral of the
Red, 1830. f-p., 38 ; H-p., 30.)
Sir Philip Charles Caloerwood Henderson
Durham was bom in 1763, and died, at Naples, 2
April, 1845. He was second son of Jas. Durham,
Esq., of Largo, co. Fife, and of PoKon, oo. Mid-
lothian (a lineal descendant of Sir Wm. Durham, a
personage of rank and high distinction in the reign
of Robert Emce), by Anne, daughter of Thos. Cal-
derwood, Esq., of Polton. His elder brother, Lieut.-
General Jas. Durham, whom he succeeded in the
estates of Largo, died 6 Feb. 1840.
This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1777, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Trident 64, Capt.
John Elliott, and, after conveying to their destina-
tion the British Commissioners appointed to nego-
ciate with America, served, as Midshipman, in the
boats, at the evacuation of Philadelphia, and was
present in a skirmish between Lord Howe and the
Comte d'Estaing. Joining Capt. Elliott, subse-
quently, in the Edgar 74, Mr. Durham sailed witii
the fleet under Sir Geo. Rodney for the relief"*
Gibraltar, on his passage whither he witnessed the
capture of a 64-gun ship in charge of a large convoy,
and bore a warm part in the action with Don Juan
de Langara, 16 Jan. 1780. After an active employ-
ment of some months in the gun-boat service at
• ride Gai. 182", p. 2325. f V. Ga7. IBib, p 6536.
DURHAM.
319
Gibraltar, he became Acting-Lieutenant, in July,
1781, of the Victory 100, bearing the flag ol'Kear-
Admiral Kempenfeldt, under whom, in Dec. follow-
ing, we find him gallantly cutting through an enemy's
fleet of far superior force, commanded by M. de
Guiohen. In May, 1782, he accompanied the Kear-
Admiral, as his Signal-ofRcer, into the Koyai,
Geokge 100, and on 29 of the ensuing Aug. was
one of the few who were saved from that ship
when she overset at Spithead and went down. Be-
coming immediately attached, in a similar capacity,
to the Union 90, Capt. Dalrymple, Mr. Durham
again sailed for Gibraltar; after relieving which
place, he appears to have been present in the thickest
part of the action fought on 20 Oct. between Lord
Howe's fleet and the combined forces of France
and Spain. He then proceeded to the "West Indies,
and, being officially promoted by commission dated
26 Dec. 1782, was next successively appointed, in
March and Oct. 1783, to the Raisonnable 64, and
Unicorn 20, Capts. Lord Hervey and Chas. Stirling.
In March, 1786, having been for nearly two years on
half-pay, he rejoined his old Captain, Elliott, then
Commander-in-Chief at Newfoundland, on board
the Salisbhrv 50, in which ship, and, as Flag-Lieu-
tenant to the same officer, in the Barfleur 98, he
continued to serve, until 12 Nov. 1790, when he was
promoted to the rank of Commander, and appointed
Acting-Captain of the Daphne 20. On his arrival
with despatches at Jamaica, in Jan. 1791, Capt.
Durham removed to the Cygnet 18, and was after-
wards sent home with intelligence of the rebellion
at St. Domingo. On 12 Feb. 1793, he was appointed
to the Spitfire, pierced for 16, but carrying only
10 guns, and, the day following, he had the good
fortune to capture L'Afriqne privateer, the first
vessel taken under the tri-cohr flag during the war.
For his pre-eminent exertions while in the Spitfire,
Capt. Durham was awarded the first piece of plate
given by Lloyd's, valued at 100 guineas, and on 24
June was promoted to Post-rank in the Naecissus
frigate, fii Jan. 1794, having removed to the Hind
28, we find him engaged in a running fight of several
hours with one of a pursuing squadron of five French
frigates, in which the former vessel was cut to pieces
in her sails and rigging, and sustained a loss of 2
men killed and 10 wounded. In acknowledgment
of his important services in safely bringing home a
Mediterranean convoy of 157 sail, Capt. Durham,
although he had only been a Fost-Captain 16 months,
was appointed, on 30 Oct. 1794, to the Anson, of 46
guns and 327 men, one of the largest frigates in the
Navy, which he commanded for upwards of six
years. During that period he assisted in Lord
Bridport's action with the French fleet off' lie de
Groix, 23 June, 1795, and then accompanied Sir
John Borlase Warren in the expedition sent to co-
operate with the Koyalists in Quiberon Bay, with
the despatches relative to the disastrous results of
which he was ultimately ordered to England. In-
dependently of the capture and destruction of eight
privateers, and of between 30 and 40 sail^ of mer-
chantmen, he also, in the course of 1796, 7, and 8,
assisted in occasioning the same .fate to UEtoile of
30, La Ca'liope of 36, the Daphne ot 28, and La Flore
of 36 guns. In Sept. 1798, the Anson fell in with
Commodore Bompart's squadron of one line-of-battle
ship, eight frigates, a brig, and a schooner, on its
way to Ireland, and for the space of 17 days, in com-
pany with the Ethalion 3j, she continued to dog
the enemy, until at length, having encountered Sir
John Warren off' Tory Island, she communicated to
that officer the intelligence which led to the pursuit
and capture, on 12 Oct., of La Hoche of 78 guns,
and frigates Embuscade, Coquille, and Belliyiie. In
consequence of some damages she had sustained in
a recent gale, the Anson was only enabled to join
in the close of the contest, when she came singly
into collision with the five remaining frigates, and
incurred, with fresh injury to her masts and yards,
a loss of 2 men killed and 13 wounded. On 18 of
the same month, being in companj' with the Kan-
garoo 18, she again endured a similar loss in a very
gallant action of an hour and a quarter which ter-
minated in the capture of La Loire of 46 guns and
664 men, of whom 46 were killed and 71 wounded.*
In addition to other marks of approbation which
Capt. Durham received for his distinguished con-
duct in the operations we have here sketched, he
obtained the thanks of Parliament, also a medal,
and was presented by H. R. H. the Duke of Cla-
rence with his own sword and belt. After attend-
ing for some time on the King at Weymouth, and
visiting the Mediterranean, he removed, 27 Feb.
1801, to the Ehdymion 40, and in that ship, besides
capturing La Furle privateer of 14 guns, ultimately
brought home a convoy of 10 Indiamen from St.
Helena, a service for wjiich he was awarded by the
Court of Directors a piece of plate valued at 500
guineas. Having resigned the command of the
Endymion in April, 1802, Capt. Durham, in April,
1803, joined the Windsor Castle 98, but, on 29
May, was transferred to the Defiance 74. In 1805
he bore a conspicuous part in Sir Robt. Calder's
action, and in the battle off Cape Trafalgar, where
he was slightly wounded ; \ on the former occasion
he was the means of bringing the two fleets into
contact. Being appointed, on his return home, to
the Renown 74, he was again, in the early part of
1806, ordered to the Mediterranean, where, in
eventual command of a third division of the Toulon
fleet, he united with Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin in
causing the self-destruction of the French ships-of-
the-line Rohuste and X/ore, near the mouth of the
Rhone, 26 Oct. 1809. Assuming Flag-rank, 31 July,
1810, the Rear-Admiral, on 4 April, 1811, hoisted
his flag in the Ardent 64, as Commander-in-Chief
in the Baltic during the temporary absence of Sir
Jas. Saumarez. He was afterwards, on the return
of that officer, removed to the Hannibal 74, and
stationed off the Texel with five sail-of-the-line un-
der his orders, for the purpose of intercepting the
expected departure of a Dutch squadron; and on
next shifting his flag to the Venerable 74, he went
in pursuit of a French squadron which had escaped
from L'Orient. After further officiating in com-
mand, with his flag on board the Bulwark 74, of a
squadron stationed off Rochefort, Rear-Admiral
Durham was appointed, 16 Dec. 1813, to the- chief
command in the Leeward Islands, whither he sailed
in the Venerable. On his passage out he had the
good fortune to capture, with a trifling loss on the
part of the British, the 40-gun frigates Iphiginie
and Alcmsns, which surrendered (the former after
considerable resistance) on 16 and 20 Jan. 1814.^
During his command in the Leeward Islands he
completely cleared that station of a swarm of
American cruizers; and, in Jupe and Aug. 1815,
he co-operated mth Lieut.-General Sir Jas. Leith
in securing Martinique to Louis XVni., and in re-
ducing Guadeloupe, where, singular to record, the
last tri-color flag was struck to the Venerable, as
the first had been to the Spitfire. Previously to
his return to England, in April, 1816, Sir Philip
Durham, who had been nominated a K.C.B. 2 Jan.
1815, was presented with a piece of plate from the
island of Barbadoes, valued at 500^ ; a handsome
sword from Trinidad, worth 100?. ; and a magnifi-
cent Star of the Order of the Bath from St. Tho-
mas's. He was also created a Knight Grand Cross
of the Order of Military Merit of France by Louis
XVHI. His promotion to the rank of Vice- Admiral
took place 12 Ang. 1819 ; and to that of full Admiral
22 July, 1830. From 28 March, 1836, until April,
1839, he was Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth,
with his flag on board the Britannia 120 ; and
during that period he attended with a small squa^
dron on the Queen, on the occasion of Her Majesty's
first visit to Brighton after her accession to the
throne in the autumn of 1837.
Sir Philip Durham, who was Deputy-Lieutenant
for Fifeshire, and Equerry to H. R. H. the Duke of
Cambridge, became a G.C.B. 17 Nov. 1830, and sat
for some time in Parliament as Member for Queen-
borough and Devizes. He married, first, 28 March,
• r'irfcGaz. 17!)8, p. 10J5.
t V. (ixL. 1805,pp.8S2, 1411-1484.
i V. Gaz. 181 4, p. 440.
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D CJTH Y— DUTTON— DU V A L—DW ARRIS- D W Y ER.
1799, Lady Charlotte Matilda Bruce, only surviving
daughter of the Earl of Elgin ; and, secondly, 16
Oct. 1817, Anne Isabella, only daughter and heir of
the late Sir John Henderson, Bart., of Fordel, co.
Fife. He again became a widower in 1844.
DUTHY. (COMMANDEB, 1841.)
Petek Ddthy entered the Navy 14 March, 1812 ;
and passed his examination in 1819. He afterwards
served in the Burmese war, and drew forth the
highest encomiums of Capt. Thos. Alexander for
his unwearied exertions in command of a boat dur-
ing the long and laborious siege which preceded
the fall of the strong fortress of Donoobew, in
April, 1825.* He became Acting-Lieutenant, 4
Aug. 1826, of the Dartmouth 46, but, leaving that
frigate soon after his official promotion, which took
place 1 Nov. following, did not again go afloat until
24 July, 1833, when he was appointed First-Lieute-
nant of the Wasp 16, Capts. Jas. Burney and John
Sam. Foreman, on the North America and West
India station. He subseq^uently joined — 4 May,
1834, the Sapphire 28, Capt. Hon. Geo. Rolle Wal-
pole Trefusis, with whom he returned home — 25 Oct.
1834, the Vernon 50, commanded in the Mediter-
ranean by Capt. John M'Kerlie — 2 Sept. 1837, as
Senior Lieutenant, the Donegai, 78, bearing the
flag off Lisbon of Sir John Acworth Ommanney —
and, 1 Oct. 1840, in a similar capacity, the Britas-
HiA 120, flag-ship of the same officer in the Medi-
terranean. Since his attainment of his present
rank, 23 Nov. 1841, Commander Duthy has been on
half-pay. Agent — J. Hinxman.
DUTTON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 35.)
Benjamin Ddtton entered the Navy, 24 Oct.
1799, as A.E., on board the Anaceeon brig, Lieut.-
Commander .lohn Guyon ; as Midshipman of which
vessel, we find him present, the year following, in
an action with a French brig and cutter-of-war off
St. Valery. Between Oct. 1802, and Aug. 1808, he
served in the Charger and Aggressor gun-brigs,
Lieut.-Commanders Reede, Blow, and Watson, on
the Home and Baltic stations. He then in succes-
sion became Acting Sub-Lieutenant of the gun-
brigs Brevdrageren and Centinel, Lieut.-Com-
manders Dennis and King, and in the latter vessel
assisted, in 1808, in beating off a whole Danish flo-
tilla. In Aug. 1811 Mr, Dutton was appointed
Acting-Lieutenant of the Dictator 64, Capts. Robt.
Williams and Jas. Pattison Stewart, and, being con-
firmed to that ship by commission dated 19 Nov. in
the same year, was subsequently, on 6 July, 1812,
present, in company' with the Calypso 18, Podar-
Gus 14, and Flamer gun-brig, at the gallant capture
and destruction, within the rocks of Mardoe, on the
coast of Norway, of an entire squadron, consisting
of the Nayaden of 48 guns, the Xjiland^ Samsoe^ and
Kiel sloops, and several gun-boats, after a long con-
flict which occasioned the Dictator a loss of 5 men
killed and 24 wounded, and the Danes of 300 killed
and wounded. This officer — whose next appoint-
ment was, 25 Oct. 1813, to the Urgent 14, Capt.
Gamaliel Fitzmaurice, on the Channel station — in-
valided 9 May, 1814. He has not since been em-
ployed.
DUTTON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 8; h-p., 31.)
Thomas Dutton entered the Navy, 30 July, 1808,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sheldrake, Capt.
John Thicknesse. From March, 1809, until Jan.
1814, he ofiiciated as Midshipman, chiefly on the
Home station, of the same vessel, and of the Ada-
mant 50, bearing the flag of Vioe-Admirals Sir
F^m. Nagle and Wm. Albany Otway, the For-
ward gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Rich. Banks,
the Nightingale sloop, Capt. Christ. Nixon, the
Thisbe 28, flag-ship of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge,
and the Hebkus 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer. On
leaving the latter frigate Mr. Dutton became suc-
cessively attached to the Asia 74, and Tonnant 80,
flag-ships of Sir Alex. Cochrane, whom he acoom-
* Vide Gaz. 1825, p. 22T0.
panied In the expedition against New Orleans. He
was appointed Acting-Lieutenant, in April, 1815, of
the Levant 20, Capt. John Sheridan, employed for
some time in the West Indies. Since he was paid
off from that ship, in Nov. 1815, Lieut. Dutton,
who had been officially promoted on 13 of the pre-
vious June, has been on half-pay. Agents — Goode
and Lawrence.
DUVAL. (Commander, 1814. r-p., 15; h-p., 33.)
Francis Duval entered the Navy, in 1799, as
A.B., on board the Zealous 74, Capt. Sam. Hood,
and on removing, as Midshipman, to the Andro-
meda 32, Capt. Henry Inman, was present in an
attack made on a French squadron in Dunkerque
Roads, 7 July, 1800. After serving for two years
with Capts. Inman and Rich. Dacres, in La D£-
siREE frigate, a prize taken on that ooccasion, he
joined the Blenheim 74, bearing the broad pend-
ant in the West Indies of his old Captain, Com-
modore Hood ; on his successive transference from
which ship to the Cvane and Barbadoes, Capts.
Murray Maxwell and Joseph Nourse, we find him
co-operating, as Master's Mate, in the reduction of
Ste. Lucie, 22 June, 1803, and assisting at the cap-
ture of six privateers, carrying altogether 72 guns
and 537 men. Between Oct. 1805, and Oct. 1806,
Mr. Duval further served on board L'Athenienne
64, and Zealous 74, both commanded by Capt.
John Giffard ; for a wound he received in the
former of which ships, while participating, we be-
lieve, in the defence of Gaeta, he was subsequently
presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund.
He was promoted, from the Ocean 98, bearing the
flag off Cadiz of Lord Collingwood, to an Acting-
Lieutenancy, 13 May, 1807, in the Unite 36, Capt.
Patrick Campbell, on the Mediterranean station,
where he was confirmed 26 Nov. following. In the
early part of 1808 he was placed in charge of a
prize, which, after encountering much bad weather,
foundered about 20 miles N.E. of Manopoli, in the
Adriatic. Having reached that place in a small
boat, he was made prisoner, sent to Naples, and
there confined for a considerable time in the Castle,
of Carmine. He regained his liberty 30 Dec. 1813;
and on 15 June, 1814, was advanced to his present
rank. Commander Duval has not since been em-
ployed. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
DWAREIS. (Lieut., 1817. p-p., 9; h-p., 30.)
William Henry Dwarris entered the Navy, 16
Dec. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Loire 38,
Capts. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg and Thos. Brown;
under the former of whom he assisted, as Midship-
man, at the capture, 5 Jan. 1809, of the Hebe
French corvette of 20 guns, and, afterwards, of the
islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe. We are
informed that he was also for some time very
actively employed in co-operation vrith the patriots
on the coast of Galicia. In Nov. 1812 this officer
joined the Salsette 36, Capts. Henry Hope and
John Bowen. After an intermediate servitude in
the East Indies he returned to England, in 1814,
on board the Cornwallis 50, Capt. Stephen Thos.
Digby. Towards the close of 1815 he became
Admiralty Midshipman of the Alceste 38, Capt.
Murray Maxwell, in which frigate we soon after-
wards find him accompanying Lord Amherst in his
embassy to China. He there removed, in July,
1816, to the Lyra brig, Capt. Basil Hall. Since
his official promotion, which took place 5 Nov. 1817,
Lieut. Dwarris, we believe, has been on half-pay.
DWYEE. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 13;
H-p., 30.)
Michael DwYER entered the Navy, 17 Nov. 1804,
as A.B., on board the Galgo sloop, Capt. Michael
Dodd. From July, 1805, until the year 1812, he
successively served, as Midshipman and Master's
Mate, in the Unit4 36, Capt. Chas. Ogle, Queen
98, Capt. Fras. Pender, Zealous 74, Capts. John
Giffard and Wm. Pierrepont, Bulwark 74, Capt.
DYER.
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Hon. Chas. Elpliinstoue Fleeming, TiwiEAiRE 98,
bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore,
Unite again, Capt. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne,
and Weasel and Minstrel sloops, both com-
manded by Capt. John Strutt Peyton. During that
period, among other services, Mr. Dwyer was ac-
tively employed in the blockade of Carthagena and
of Toulon, and at the siege of Cadiz ; and, when in
the tJNiTf;, he took part, on 1 May, 1811, in a very
gallant action of an hour and a half in Sagone Bay,
where that frigate, in company with the Pomone
38, and Scout 18, effectually destroyed the two
armed store-ships Giraffe and Nburrice, each mount-
ing from 20 to 30 guns, and protected by a 5-gun
battery, a martello tower, and a body of about 200
regular troops. On 4 July in the same year he
further contributed, in the Unity's boats, under
Lieut. Joseph \Vm. Crabb, to the capture, beneath
a shower of grape from a battery at Port Hercule,
on the Roman coast, of the armed and vigorously
defended brig St. Frangois de Paule ; and, in the
course of the same day, he assisted Capt. A. W. J.
Clifford, of the Cephalus, in very spiritedly cutting
out three merchant-vessels from between Civita
Vecchia and the mouth of the Tiber.* On 12 Aug.
1812 — (he had been unknowingly promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 21 of the
previous March)— we find Mr. Dwyer landing from
the Minstrel (as a preliminary step to the capture
of three privateers, two of which had been hauled
on shore in the port of Biendom, near Alicant),
and, at the head of a party of only seven men, suc-
cessfully storming, in face of a desperate resistance,
a battery of 6 9-pounderB, garrisoned by eighty
Genoese, the crews of the two vessels alluded to.
Before, however, Mr. Dwyer and his little band of
heroes, after spiking the guns of the battery, could
regain their boat, they were surrounded by a de-
tachment of 200 French troops, and were ultimately
overwhelmed ; but not until, of the British handful,
1 man had been killed, the 6 others desperately
wounded, and their gallant leader stabbed by a
bayonet in seventeen different places of his left arm
and side, besides receiving, as in other parts of his
body, a desperate gun-shot wound through the right
shoulder, which has ever since deprived him of the
use of that arm. We may add that, in admiration
of their consummate valour, the prisoners' were at
once set at liberty by their generous enemy ; and
that Mr. Dwyer, who, as a matter of course, after-
wards obtained a pension for his wounds of 91/. 5s.,
was also presented with an elegant sword by the
Patriotic Society. Being next appointed, 16 July,
1813, to tile llfevoLUTioNNAiRE 38, Capt. John Chas.
Woolcombe, he occasionally served in the trenches
at the ensuing siege of St. Sebastian, and materially
hastened the fall of that important place by com-
manding the division of boats which stormed and
captured the island of Sta. Clara. He afterwards
made a voyage to China, and wlien at the Cape of
Good Hope, in July, 1816, was the chief instrument,
by his energy and activity, of saving the Rivoin-
TiONNAiRE and her consort the Zebra from de-
struction, both those vessels having been stranded,
during a tremendous hurricane, in Simon's Bay.
Quitting the R£volutionnaike in Dec. 1816, Lieut.
Dwyer subsequently commanded the Bittern ten-
der, of 10 guns, on the Plymouth station, from 12
Nov. 1824, until 7 Jan. 1826 ; and, on 9 March, 1842,
he was appointed to the Fearless surveying-
steamer, Capt. Fred. BuUock. Being in command
of that vessel on the occasion of the Queen's visit
to Scotland, he was at length, on Her Majesty's re-
turn, promoted to the rank he now holds, 21 Sept.
1842. He has not since been afloat. Agent— J.
Hinxman.
DYER. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 9.)
George Shepherd Dyer, born 20 Jan. 1801, at
Greenwich Hospital, is second son of John Dyer,
Esq., formerly Secretary of that institution, and
Chief Clerk of the Admiralty.
■Xhis officer entered the Navy, 29 Jime, 1815, as
» Vide Qaz. 1811, p. 18G4.
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Volcano bomb, Capt.
John Wyatt Watling, on the Home station, where,
and in the West Indies and South America, he
served, during the next seven years, occasionally as
Midshipman, in the Belle Podle troop-ship, Capt.
Fras. Baker, Julia brig, Capt. J. W. Watling, Bn-
CEPHALDS troop-ship, Capt. Amos Freeman Wcst-
ropp, Vengedr 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, Florida
20, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, Sybille
44, bearing the flag of Sir Home Pojjham, Incon-
stant 36, Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, Leven
24, Capt. David Ewen Bartholomew, Active 38,
Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Albion 74, Capt. Rich.
Raggett, Active again, Capt. Andrew King, Beaver
brig, Capt. Archibald Maclean, and Creole 36,
Commodore Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. He be-
came Acting-Lieutenant, 5 Feb. 1823, of the Doris
frigate, Capt. Edw. Venables Vemon, and, being
confirmed 1 April following, was afterwards ap-
pointed—31 Jan. 1824, to the Victory 104, flag-ship
at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin — 27 July, 1825, to
the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude —
and 1 March, 1826, to the Ganges 84, flag-ship at
the Brazils of Bear- Admiral Robt. Waller Otway.
Assuming the rank he now holds, 17 April, 1827,
Commander Dyer, on 6 Nov. in that year, obtained
the Second Captaincy of the Melville 74, Capts.
Henry Hill, Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, and Christ.
John Williams Nesham, with whom he successively
served, on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations,
until paid off in Sept. 1831. He afterwards offici-
ated, as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast
Guard, at Lyme Regis, Harwich, and at Westport,
CO. Mayo, from 17 April, 1832, until 1835, and again
from 27 Sept. 1838, until 1843. Since the latter
date he has been on half-pay.
Commander Dyer married, 29 June, 1826, Ade-
laide, daughter of John Williams, Esq., of Elm
Grove, Southsea, Comptroller of the Customs at
Portsmouth, by whom he has issue four children.
DYER, Bart. (Commander, 1810. r-p., 22;
H-p., 43.)
Sib Thomas Swinnerton Dyer, bom 4 Nov.
1771, is eldest son of the late Thos. Dyer, Esq., by
Mary, relict of Wm. Bemey, Esq., of Barbadoes ;
brother of Sir John Dyer, K.C.B., who was killed
2 July, 1811 ; and nephew of Sir John Swinnerton
Dyer, Bart., a Lieut. -Colonel in the Army, and a
Groom of the Bedchamber to George IV., when
Prince of Wales, who died in 1801. He succeeded
his first-cousin, the late Lieut.-General Sir Thos.
Rich. Swinnerton Dyer, as eighth Baronet, in April,
1838.
This ofiicer entered the Navy in 1782, on board
the Union 90, Capts. Dalrymple and Moistin, and,
toward the close of the same year, was present at
the relief of Gibraltar, and in Lord Howe's partial
action with the combined fleets of France and
Spain. Between Aug. 1783 and the receipt of his
first commission, 29 June, 1793, he appears to have
next served, on the Home and Mediterranean sta-
tions, in the Elizabeth 74, Capt. Moistin, Cullo-
DEN 74, Capt. Cotton, Carysfort 28, Capt. Matthew
Smith, Leander 50, flag-ship of Admiral Joseph
Peyton, Bulldog 16, Capt. "Thos. Peyton, Alfred
74, Capt. John Bazely, and Victory 100, bearing
the flag of Lord Hood. Joining then the Egmont
74, Capts. Archd. Dickson and John Sutton, he
served on shore at the occupation of Toulon in
Aug. 1793, and, early in the following year, contri-
buted to the reduction of Corsica, where he landed
at the taking of the tower of Mortella, and wit-
nessed the capture and destruction of the French
frigates Minerve and Fortmiee. While in the same
ship, Mr. Dyer, besides participating in Hotham's
action of 13 July, 1795, boarded, and assisted in
bringing out of Tunis Bay, 9 March, 1796, the
French vessels Nemesis of 28, and Sardine of 22
guns. Prior to the peace his appointments were,
next, to the Mahonesa 40, Capts. John Ferris
Devonshire and John Giffard, Hector 74, Capt.
Peter Aplin, Blenheim 90, bearing the flag of Sir
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DYKE- EAGAR— EARLE.
John Orde, Diadem 64, Capt. John Dawson, and
to the command, for 13 months, of the Heady gun-
brig. On the renewal of hostilities, Mr. Dyer joined,
5 July, 1803, the Sea Fencibles at Rye, in Sussex,
where he remained until appointed, 3 July, 1805,
First-Lieutenant of the Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Jas.
Lillicrap. In Nov. 1805, meditating an attack upon
the flotilla in Boulogne Roads, Rear-Admiral Sir
Wm. Sidney Smith, then in command of the Bri-
tish squadron off Dover, issued a general notifica^
tion, expressive of the intention of Government to
reward any signal act of bravery that might be
performed during the approaching operations. In
consequence of this announcement, Mr. Dyer vo-
lunteered the command of a boat with only nine
hands, and presently had the good fortune, at a
distance of four and a half mUes from the squadron,
to blow up, by means of a carcass expressly pre-
pared, and in the centre of 26 of the enemy's ves-
sels, one of the only two that were destroyed on
that occasion. Tet, although six of his men had
been wounded, he received no other acknowledg-
ment for this very gallant exploit than that of being
personally complimented by the Rear-Admiral. Al-
ter a brief attachment to four other ships (under
Capt. "Wm. Mounsey, Lord St. Vincent, and Capts.
Wm. Gordon Rutherford and Edw. Codrington),
Mr. Dyer, a few days subsequent to his removal to
L'Athenienne 64, Capt. Robt. Raynsford, was
wrecked, on the Esquerques Rocks, near Tunis, 27
Oct. 1806, on which occasion the Captain and 396 of
the crew perished. By that untoward event he
suffered an uncompensated loss of property to the
amount of 276Z. Until paid off on his return to
England in July, 1807, he next served in the Pompeb
74, bearing the flag of Sir W. S. Smith, and Juno
32, Capts. Henry Richardson and Hon. Granville
Leveson Proby. He also held command for some
time of the Centurion receiving-ship at Halifax,
and, on 12 July, 1810, was at length, through the
influence of the Duke of Kent, promoted to his
present rank in the Driver 18. He paid that
sloop off 8 Jan. 1811 ; and has not since been em-
ployed.
Sir Thos. Swinnerton Dyer, who is senior Com-
mander of 1810, was admitted to the out-pension of
Greenwich Hospital 24 April, 1837. He married,
14 April, 1814, Mary, daughter of John Davis,
Esq.
DYKE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Charles Dyke entered the Royal Naval College,
we believe, in 1828 ; first embarked 4 July, 1830 ;
passed his examination 27 Aug. 1834 ; and obtained
his commission, while serving as Mate on board
the Hecate steam-vessel, Capt. Jas. Hamilton
Ward, 23 Nov. 1841. He has been since appointed
—30 Nov. 1841, and 8 Oct. 1842, to the Cambridge
78, and Belvidera 38, Capts. Edw. Barnard and
Hon. Geo. Grey, in the Mediterranean — 1 Dec.
1842, to the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn,
off Lisbon — and, 16 May, 1843, to the Fisgard 42,
Capt. John Alex. Duntze, on the Pacific station,
where he is at present employed.
DYKE. (Commander, 1844. r-p., 21 ; h-p., 8.)
Peche Hart Dyke, born 21 Nov. 1805, is sixth
son of Sir Percival Hart Dyke, Bart., of LuUing-
stone Castle, co. Kent, by Anne, daughter of Robt.
Jenner, Esq., of Chislehurst ; brother of Lieut.
Octavius Hart Dyke, R.N. (1836), who died 8 July,
1844, as also of Augustus Hart Dyke, Esq., E. I.
Co.'s army ; and nephew of Geo. Hart Dyke, Esq.,
Lieut.-Colonel in the Guards, who died 6 Nov. 1843.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5
Nov. 1818 ; and embarked, 9 Nov. 1821, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Euryadus 42, Capt. Augustus
Wm. Jas. Clifford, in which ship, and in the Cam-
brian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, he served,
on the Mediterranean station, until April, 1826.
Passing his examination in the following summer,
he next successively joined, as Mate, the Victory
100, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Martin, Hossar 46, Capt.
Edw. Boxer, Challenger 28, Capt. Adolphus Fitx-
Clarence, Rattlesnake 28, Capts. Chas. Orlando
Bridgeman, Sir Thos. Pasley, and Chas. Graham,
Pelican 18, Capt. Joseph Gape, and St. Vincent
120, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham—
which ships appear to have been employed on the
Home, North American, and Mediterranean star
tions. As a Lieutenant, to which rank he was pro-
moted 28 Oct. 1831, Mr. Dyke's appointments, we
find, were— 24 July, 1833, to the Wasp 16, Capts.
Jas. Burney and John Sam. Foreman, in the West
Indies— 24 Jan. 1838, and 11 May, 1839, as Senior
Lieutenant, to the Scylla 16, and Tribune 24,
Capts. Hon. Joseph Denman and Chas. Hamlyn
Williams, under the latter of whom he was wrecked
on the Lisbon station, in Jan. 1840 — and, 2 Nov.
1840, in a similar capacity, to the Iris 26, Capts.
Hugh Nurse, Wm. Tucker, and Geo. Rodney Mundy.
He returned home from the coast of Africa in Aug.
1843; attained his present rank 20 June, 1844 ; and
since 19 May, 1846, has been again employed on the
African coast, in command of the Flying Fish 12.
E.
EAGAK. (Commander, 1825. r-p., 18; h-p.,31.)
John Eagar entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1798, as
Midshipman, on board La Minerve, of 42 guns
and 286 men, Capt. Geo. Cockburn; under whom,
besides witnessing the capture of several privateers,
and participating in various cutting-out affairs, he
joined in the hostilities against Malta, was present
at Lord Keith's capture, on 19 June, 1799, of three
frigates and two brigs under Rear-Admiral Perree,
and assisted at the capture and destruction, 2 Sept.
1801, of the Succes of 32, and Bravoure of 42 guns.
Between Oct. 1801 and April, 1805, during which
period, in 1804, he was much engaged with the
enemj^s batteries and flotilla near Boulogne, he
served, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the Resist-
ance 38, Capt. Henry Digby, Iris and Seine fri-
gates, both commanded by Capt. David Atkins,
and Hercule 74, flag-ship in the West Indies of
Sir John Thos. Duckworth. He was then appointed
Acting-Lieutenant of the Diana 38, Capt. Thos.
Jas. Maling, and, being confirmed to that ship 10
Oct. following, afterwards became her First-Lieu-
tenant. Accompanying Capt. Maling in a similar
capacity, in Nov. 1807, into the Undaunted 38,
Mr. Eagar, on Capt. Rich. Thomas succeeding to
the command of that frigate, took charge of her
boats and demolished a strong fort on the coast of
Catalonia in Sept. 1811 ; and on 29 April, 1812, in
command of the boats of the same ship, and of the
VoLONTAiRE 38, and Blossom 18, he effected the
very spirited capture and destruction of 21, in-
cluding a national schooner of 4 guns and 74 men,
out of a convoy of 26 vessels at anchor near the
mouth of the Rhone.* Previously to these exploits
he appears to have been lent for about eight months,
as Senior Lieutenant, to the Achille 74, Capt. Sir
Rich. King. He invalided from the Undaunted
in Feb. 1813, and from that period remained im-
employed until 28 July, 1821, when he was appointed
to the command of the Clinker 12, on the New-
foundland station. Since his promotion to his
present rank, which took place 27 May, 1825, this
officer has been on half-pay.
He married, 29 June, 1824, Catherine, daughter
of the late Capt. Bullock, of Prittlewell, co. Essex.
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
EARLE. (Commander, 1844. p-p., 31 ; h-p., 9.)
Edward Charles Earle died, while in com-
mand of the Rapid, at Sierra Leone, from the
effects of imprudently bathing, 11 April, 1845, at
the age of 49.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1805, as
Third-cl. Boy, on board the Ariadne 20, Capt.
Hon. Edw. King, and, after participating in several
warm encounters with the Boulogne flotilla, succes-
• VideGnz. 1812, p. 1278.
EATON— EBORALL— EDEN.
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sively joined, as Midshipman and Acting-Lieute-
nant, on the "West India and Newfoundland stations,
the Alexandkia 32, Capt. Hon. E. King, Mel-
ville and Pelorus, both commanded by Capt. Hon.
Jas. Wm. King, Cikce 32, Capt. John Chas. Wool-
combe, Jason 32, Capt. Hon. Edw. King, Hazard
18, Capt. John Cookesley, Jason again, Capt. Hon.
Jas. King, and Nemesis 28, armee en flute, Capt.
Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude. Being confiimed while
in the latter vessel, 10 Sept. 1813, Mr. Earle was
next appointed, 7 May, 1814, to the Devastation
bomb, Capt. Thbs. Alexander, under whom he
shared in the taking of Fort "Washington, was at
the capitulation of Alexandria, contested warmly
with the Americans on the return of the British
down the Potomac, and co-operated in the attack
upon Baltimore. He left the Devastation in
June, 1815 ; joined, 6 May, 1824, the Meteor bomb,
Capt. Jas. Scott, in the Mediterranean ; and, from
Oct. 1824 until 1831, served in the Coast Blockade,
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74,
and Hyperion 42, Capts. "Wm. M'CuUoch, Hugh
Pigot, and "Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He then for three
years commanded the Lion Revenue-cutter, at the
end of which period he obtained charge of a station
in the Coast Guard. He was afterwards, in June,
1839, and Deo. 1841, appointed to the successive
command of the Adelaide, another Revenue-
cruizer, and of the Rapid brig — the latter stationed
off the coast of Africa, where, although promoted
to the rank of Commander, 22 July, 1844, he con-
tinued until the hour of his death. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
EATON. (Retired CoMMANDEB, 1842. f-p., 16;
H-P., 32.)
James Eaton entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the QnESEC 32, Capt. Henry
"Wm. Bayntun, stationed in the "West Indies ; be-
came Midshipman, 2 Sept. 1800, of La Prompte 20,
Capt. Robt. Philpot ; and on removing to the Han-
nibal 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, was quartered in
the mizen-top, and narrowly escaped destruction,
when that ship, having grounded under the enemy's
batteries, was compelled, after a long and deadly
resistance, infliotive on her of a loss of 81 men
killed and 62 wounded, to strike her colours, in the
action off Algeciras, 6 July, 1801. Being exchanged
on 18 of the same month, he returned home in the
San Antonio 74, Capt. Hon. Geo. Heneage Law-
rence Dimdas, one of the prizes taken near Cadiz
in the battle of the 13th. After an attachment of
20 months, as Admiralty-Midshipman, to the Ata-
LANTE 16, Capt. Joseph Ore Mansfield — during
which period he was very constantly engaged on
open-boat service in the suppression of smuggling,
and on one occasion, 9 Oct. 1803, assisted at the
cutting out, in face of a fiery opposition, of two
French ketches and a brig, near St. Gildas, in Qui-
beron Bay — Mr. Eaton, in March, 1804, joined the
Tem^raire 98, Capt. Eliab Harvey. Being Signal-
Midshipman on the memorable 21 Oct. 180,'), he had
the honour of repeating from the Victory Nelson's
last immortal signal, " England expects," &c. ; and
he also assisted during the action in lashing to the
Tem^raire the French 74-gun ships Fovgueux and
Redoubtable, one on either side. For his conduct
he was rewarded with a commission dated 13 Jan.
1806, and appointed to the Lion 64, Capts. Robt.
Rolles and Henry Heathoote. During the nearly
six years of his continuance in that ship, Mr. Eaton
took out a convoy to China; was severely wounded,
while in temporary command of her tender, in an
attack made on that vessel by 13 Ladrone war-
junks ; and, independently of one or two particular
services, co-operated in the reduction of Java. On
8 Sept. 1812, after having been laid up for some
time at Haslar Hospital, we find him appointed
First of the Beaver 10, Capt. Edw. O'Brien Drury,
by whom, in July, 1813, he was sent home with
despatches containing intelligence of the American
Commodore Rodgers and his squadron having put
into North Bergen, on the coast of Norway. On
rejoining the Beaver he particularly distinguished
himself by his intrepidity, on 24 Oct. 1813, in
putting off in the jolly-boat, with the only three
men out of the whole ship's company who would
volunteer, to the rescue, during a violent gale, of
the crew of a Swedish vessel then on the point of
foundering. Mr. Eaton, who was compelled to in-
vaUd in Aug. 1814, from a severe attack of rheu-
matism, brought on by over-exertion and exposure,
with the loss also of the sight of one eye, and who
has noti since been employed, accepted his present
rank 26 May, 1842.
He married in 1816. Agent— J. Hinxman.
EBORALL. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 11; h-p., 31.)
Samuel Eborall was born 13 May, 1790.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 1805, as
Midshipman, on board the Inspector 16, Capt.
Brian Hodgson, and, after cruizing for a very short
period in the North Sea, joined the Ptlades 16,
Capt. Geo. Miller Bhgh, in which vessel, and the
Spartan 38, Capts. Sir Jahleel Brenton and Edw.
Pelliam Brenton, he actively served, on the Medi-
terranean station, until Aug. 1810. In consequence
of his being invested, after the reduction of the
Ionian "Islands, with the temporary command of
the Zantios armed brigantine, he appears to have
been deprived of an opportunity of sharing in the
brilliant victory gained by the Spartan over the
Franco-Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of Naples,
3 May, 1810. Between Nov. 1810, and Dec. 1815,
Mr. Eborall was afterwards employed, as Master's
Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, on the Home, "West
India, and Newfoundland stations, in the Leveret
10, Capt. Geo. "Wickens "Willes, Stirling Castle 74,
Capts. Sir J. Brenton and Augustus Brine, Belle-
KOPHON 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin
Keats, Galatea 36, Capt. Woodley Losack, Har-
lequin 18, Capt. "Wm. Kempthome, and Prosper©
16, Capt. Geo. Greensill. He was then officially
promoted by commission dated 24 Feb. 1815, and
has since been on half-pay.
From 1817 until 1829 Lieut. Eborall was in com-
mand of various merchantmen from the port of
Liverpool.
EDEN. (Captain, 1841.)
Charles Eden, bom 3 July, 1808, is youngest
son of the late Sir Fred. Morton Eden, Bart., by
Anne, daughter and heir of Jas. Paul Smith, Esq.,
of New Bond-street; brother of Sir Fred. Eden,
Bart., who fell at New Orleans, 24 Dec. 1814, of
the present Sir"Wm. Eden, Bart., and of Geo. Mor-
ton Eden, Esq., an officer in the Army; brother-
in-law of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C.B. ; and
cousin of Capt. Henry Eden, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 27 Oct. 1821 ;
passed his examination in 1827 ; and obtained his
first commission 11 Feb. 1832. His next appoint-
ments were, 22 Oct. 1832, and 31 Jan. 1834, to the
Melville 74, and Canopds 84, both commanded,
on the Mediterranean and Home stations, by Capt.
Hon. Josceline Percy. He was advanced to the
command, 17 Nov. 1834, of the Rover 18, on the
South American station, whence he returned in
1838; and, assuming Post-rank 11 Ang. 1841, was
afterwards employed, from 7 March, 1842, until
paid off in 1846, as Flag-Captain in the "Winchester
50, to Hon. Josceline Percy, Commander-in-Chief
at the Cape of Good Hope. He has not since been
afloat.
Capt. Eden married, in 1829, Emma, second
daughter of Sir Robt. "Williams, Bart. Agent—
Joseph Woodhead.
EDEN. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 16.)
Henry Eden is fourth son of the late Thos. Eden,
Esq., of "Wimbledon, co. Surrey, Deputy-Auditor
of Greenwich Hospital, by Mariana, daughter of
Arthur Jones, Esq. ; brother of John Eden, Esq.,
a Major in the Army, and of Arthur Eden, Esq.,
Assistant-Comptroller of the Exchequer ; brother-
in-law of Lord Brougham, and of the late Admiral
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EDEN— EDGELL.
Sir Graham Moore, G.C.B. ; nephew of Sir Robt.
Eden, Bart., who was Governor of the province of
Maryland in 1776, as also of the late Lord Auck-
land; and cousin of Capt. Chas. Eden, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 June, 1811, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Acasta 40, Capt. Alex.
Robt. Kerr, with whom he cruized most actively
on the Home and North American stations, latterly
as Midshipman, until Aug. 1815. In Nov. follow-
ing, after an intermediate attachment to the Na-
MUR 74, and Tonnant 80, flag-ships at tl»e Nore
and at Cork of Sir Chas. Rowley and Sir Benj.
Hallowell, he joined the Axceste 38, Capt. Murray
Maxwell, and soon afterwards sailed with Lord
Amherst on an embassy to China— while on bis
return from which country, in Feb. 1817, he suf-
fered shipwreck in the Straits of Gaspar. Obtain-
ing his first commission on 20 Oct. in the same
year, Mr. Eden was next appointed— 22 June, 1818,
to the LiFFEY 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, under
whom he cruized for some time off Lisbon — and,
28 March, 1820, to the Rocbfokt 80, as Flag-Lieu-
tenant to Sir Graham Moore, Commander-in-Chief
in the Mediterranean. He there assumed the suc-
cessive command, 23 Oct. 1821, and 19 July, 1822,
of the Chanticleer and Martin sloops, and in
both those vessels was very efficiently occupied
during the revolution in Greece. On the paying
off of the Martin, in Feb. 1825, Capt. Eden was
presented with a handsome sword as a " tribute of
respect" from his ship's company. He attained
Post-rank, while in command of the Herald yacht,
30 April, 1827, and subsequently joined, 17 Feb.
1832, the Conway 28, in which frigate, aiter being
very actively employed in the North Sea during
the interruption of our friendly relations with the
Dutch, and also as senior officer in the Tagus under
Sir Wm. Parker in 1832-3, he proceeded to South
America, where he continued until his return to
England, in Oct. 1835. "We next find him offici-
ating, in the Impregnable 104, and Caledonia
120, as Flag-Captain, from 30 April, 1839, until
April, 1842, to Sir Graham Moore, then Commander-
in-Chief at Plymouth. His last appointment afloat
was, 7 May, 1844, to the Collingwood 80, fitting
for the flag of Sir Geo. Eras. Seymour, from which
ship, however, his health obliged him to invalid in
the following Aug.
Capt. Eden has held the office of Private Secre-
tary, since July, 1846, to his relative Lord Auck-
land, First Lord of the Admiralty. Agents — Hal-
lett and Robinson.
EDEN. (Commander, 1846. p-p., 19 ; h-p., 3.)
Henry Eden is brother of Walter D. Eden, Esq.,
of the Admiralty, Somerset House, and of Lieu-
tenant Chas. Eden, of the Indian Navy, who, enter-
ing that service in 1838, took part, during an em-
ployment of 18 months in the Atalanta steamer,
on the China station, in the operations of 1841
against Canton and Chusan, and was afterwards,
when in the Elphinstone, one of the first to enter
a breach created in the walls of a strongly fortified
pah belonging to a rebel New Zealand chieftain
named Kawiti, 11 Jan. 1846 — services which twice
obtained, him mention in the 'London Gazette.'
One of Commander Eden's sisters is married to a
brother of Capt. T. L. Peake, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1825, as
Fst,-3l. Vol., on board the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm.
Jas, Mingaye, lying at Newhaven for the purposes
of the Coast Blockade. Between Jan. 1827, and
Feb. 1832, he served, as Midshipman, on the South
American, Mediterranean, and Lisbon stations, in
the Menai 28, Capts. Michael Seymour and Thos.
Bourchier, Messenger steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com-
mander Benj. Aplin, and Prince Regent 120, bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker. He
then, having just passed his examination, became
successively Mate of the Hermes and Flameb
steamers, both commanded by Lieut. Rich. Bastard,
on the Mediterranean station, where he remained
until transferred, 10 Jan. 1834, to the Excellent
Eunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastmgg,
In Deo: of the latter year Mr. Eden jomed an ex-
redition preparing under Col. Chesney for an explo-
rative mission to the Euphrates, which river was
ultimately reached after the laborious undertaking
had been accomplished of transporting two steam-
vessels from the vicinity of Antioch overland to the
town of Bir, a tract of 140 miles, almost impassable
for the want of roads- In one of the steamers, the
Tigris Mr. Eden was unfortunately wrecked during
a typhoon, 21 May, 1836. Obtaining, on his return
to England, a commission dated 15 Feb. 1837, he
was immediately appointed to the Beagle 10, Capt.
John Clements Wickham, whom he assisted in the
survey, from that year until 1841, of the coast of
Australia and of Bass Straits. As Senior Lieutenant
of the Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, which
ship he joined 15 Sept. 1841, Mr. Eden, we find,
was very actively employed in the Tang-tse-Kiang
during the closing operations of the Chinese war.
The day after the taking of Woosung, 17 June,
1842, he landed in command of the boats' crews
belonging to the squadron, and of the marines of
the Dido, and destroyed the enemy's forts, maga-
zines, &c. His appointments, after the period of
his quitting the Dido, were— 29 Aug. 1842, to the
EsDYMiON 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, on the
Indian station— 30 Feb. 1844, to the Factory at
Woolwich for the Study of Steam — and, 19 Deo.
1844, to the command of the Locust steam-vessel,
on the Mediterranean station. Since his last pro-
motion, which took place 29 June, 1846, Commander
Eden has been on half-pay.
He married, 27 Oct. 1846, Lavinia Mary, youngest
daughter of Wm. Rivers, Esq., of Greenwich Hos-
pital. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
EDEN. CCaptain, 1844. f-p., 13; h-p., 10.)
Thomas Rodney Eden is son, we believe, of
Thos. Eden, Esq., by Frances, daughter of Capt.
Hon. John Rodney, R.N. ; great-grandson of Thomas
sixth Earl of Westmeath; and nephew of Capt.
Henry Eden, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 Sept. 1824, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambrian 48, Capt.
Gawen Wm. Hamilton, attached to the squadron
in the Mediterranean, where, and on the Home and
North American stations, he afterwards served, as
Midshipman, in the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Chas.
Sotheby, Victory 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot,
Challenger 28, Capt. Adolphus FitzClarence, and
HossAR 46, and St. Vincent 120, flag-ships of Sir
Chas. Ogle and Sir Thos. Foley. His appoint-
ments as Lieutenant, to which rank he was pro-
moted 22 Nov. 1830, appear to have been — 9 Dec.
1831, to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons,
stationed in the Mediterranean— and, 23 March,
1833, to the Victory 104, in which ship, and the
Britannia 120, he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant to
Sir Thos. Williams, Commander-in-Chief at Ports-
mouth, until the receipt of his Commander's com-
mission, 13 April, 1836. His next appointment was,
4 Feb. 1841, to the Persiah 16, off the coast of
Africa, where he succeeded in capturing as many
as 10 slave-vessels. From Aug. 1842, to Jan. 1843,
he acted as Captain of the Iris 28, but then returned
to the Persian, which sloop he brought home and
paid oflF in Aug. 1843. Since his elevation to his
present rank, 23 Sept. 1844, Capt. Eden has not
been afloat. Ageht — Frederick t)ufaur.
EDGELL. (Captain, 1846. p-p., 15; h-p., 11.)
Harry Edmund Edgell, born in 1809, is only
son of the late Rear-Admiral Edgell.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
May, 1821 ; and embarked, in 1823, as a Volunteer,
on board the Nimrod 18, Capt. Wm. Rochfort,
employed off the west coast of Scotland in the sup-
pression of smuggling. After serving for nearly
three years as Midshipman and Mate, on the North
America and West India, Home, and Mediter-
ranean stations, in the Doterel 18, Capts. Henry
Edwards and Wm. Alex. Bailie Hamilton, Orestes
EDGELL-EDMONDS-EDMONSTONE.
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18j Capt. Jones, Jupiter 50, flag-ship of Rear-Ad-
miral WiUoughby Thos. Lake, Wolf 18, Capt. Geo.
Hayes, and Dartmodth 46, Capt. Sir Thos. Fel-
lowes, lie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
3 June, 1828. Joining, 7 July, 1831, the Imogene
28, Capt. Price Hamilton, Mr. Edgell eventually
proceeded to China, where, in forcing the passage
of the Boca Tigris, he received two contusions on
the left leg and arm, 9 Sept. 1834. On his return
to England, he was appointed, 29 Aug. 1835, to
the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, under whom
he was very efficiently employed on the coast of
Sixain until the receipt of his second promotal com-
mission, 10 Jan. 1837. He assumed command, 9
May, 1845, of the Siren 16, on the Mediterranean
station, and, on 9 Nov. 1846, was advanced to his
present rank. He is now on half-pay.
Capt. Edgell married, 14 June, 1845, Miss Caroline
Rossiter, of Highcliif House, co. Bucks. Agemts —
Collier and Snee.
remained thenceforward on half-pay. He assumed
Flag-rank 17 Aug. 1840.
The Rear-Admiral, who was a Magistrate and
Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Somerset, married, in
1802, Miss O'Keefe. He has left by that lady an
only son, the present Capt. Harry £dm. Edgell,
R.N.
EDGELL. (Eear-Admiral of the Red, 1840.
F-P., 25 ; H-p., 42.)
Henry Folkes Edgell was born 13 Aug. 1767,
and died, 14 June, 1846, at his seat, Standerwick
Court, CO. Somerset. He was sun of the late Chaffln
Edgell, Esq., by Luoretia Eleanor Rishton, grand-
daughter of Martin Folkcs, Esq., President of the
Royal Society. He had lost three brothers in the
military service of their country, Charles, a Major,
and Martin and Beddison, both Captains.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 March, 1780, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bienfatsant 64, Capt.
John Macbride. In that ship, when ofl' Kinsale, he
assisted at the capture, 13 Aug. following, of the
Comte d'Aftois privateer, of 64 guns and 664 men,
which struck, at the close of an action of an hour
and 10 minutes, in which the British had 3 men
killed and 22 wounded, and the enemy 21 killed
and 35 wounded. After further contributing to
the capture of the Comtesse d'Artois, a small French
privateer, Mr. Edgell accompanied his Captain, as
Midshipman, into the Artois frigate, and in the
course of 1781 was present in the action o& the
Dogger Bank, and also in a very warm contest of
30 minutes which terminated in the capture, by the
Artois alone, of two Dutch privateers, each mount-
ing 24 nine-pounders. Between 1784 and the re-
ceipt of his first commission, 16 Nov. 1790, he next
served, on the Irish, Channel, and Newfoundland
stations, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the Drdid 32,
Capt. Macbride, Swallow 16, Capt. David Maokay,
and Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Mil-
banke. In July, 1795, Mr. Edgell (who, for the
last two years and a half, had been again employed
under his patron, then Vice-Admiral Macbride, in
the Cumberland and Minotaur 74's) became
Signal-Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Hon. Wm. AVal-
degrave, in the Barfleub 98, the barge of which
ship he commanded at the capture, in Tunis Bay,
of the French ships Nemesis of 28, and Sardine of
22 guns, 9 March, 1796. After sharing in the battle
off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797, he successively
followed the same Flag-officer, as First-Lieutenant,
into the Flora 36, Latona 38, and Romney 50 ; and,
while in the Flora, he witnessed the capture of
L'Incrot/able privateer, of 24 guns and 220 men.
Being promoted to the command, 5 March, 1798,
of the Pluto sloop, Capt. Edgell continued to serve
in that vessel, on the Newfoundland station, until
Aug. 1802, when, having superintended the cession
of the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon to the
French, and been advanced to Post-rank by com-
mission dated 29 April, 1802, he returned to Eng-
land. We afterwards find him, in 1804-5, com-
manding the Romney Marsh district of Sea Fen-
cibles, and on 30 Sept. 1808, appointed to the Cor-
nelia 36. Proceeding in that frigate to India, he
there co-operated in the reduction of the Isle of
France, where for some time he commanded the
blockading squadron off Port Louis, and was also at
the capture of Java, in 1810-11. Capt. Edgell came
homo in the Piedmontaise 38, in Sept. 1812 ; and
EDMONDS. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p.,
16 ; n-P., 33.) .
Thomas Edmonds entered the Navy, 22 July,
1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pluto sloop,
Capts. Henry Folkes Edgell and Henry Barwell, on
the Newfoundland station, where, until Feb. 1806,
he further served, as Midshipman, in the Isis 50,
flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Jas. Gambler, Camilla
20, Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor, and Isis again,
bearing the flag of Sir Erasmus Gower. He then
became Sub-Lieutenant of the Explosion, Lieut.-
Commander Edw. Elliott, and, being promoted,
while in the Vanguard 74, Capt. Alex.T?raser, to
the rank of full Lieutenant, 28 A.pril, 1807, was
next appointed in succession, on various stations, to
the Childers sloop, Capts. Thos. Innes, Fras. John
Nott, Wm. Henry Dillon, and Joseph Packwood,
Arethusa 38, Capts. Robt. Mends and Fras.
Holmes Coflin, Dauntless 18, Capt. Daniel Barber,
Cornwall 74, Commodore Edw. W. .C. R. Owen,
and Thbacian 18, Capt. John Carter. On 14
March, 1808, while under Capt. Dillon in the
Childers, whose force consisted, with a crew of 65
men, of only 14 12-pounder carronades, Mr. Ed-
monds assisted in ultimately beating off", after an
intermittent action of six hours' duration, and a
loss to the British of 2 men killed and 8 wounded,
the Danish man-of-war brig Ziovffen, of 20 guns and
160 men. Under Capt. Mends we find him most
actively employed in co-operation with the patriots
on the north coast of Spain, where, with the ex-
ception of Castro, he witnessed the destruction, in
the summer of 1810, of all the batteries from St.
Sebastian to St. Andero, on which were found alto-
gether about 100 pieces of cannon. He left the
Thhacian in Jan. 1814; and did not afterwards go
afloat. His acceptance of his present rank took
place 17 Jan. 1843. Agents— Messrs. StilweU.
EDMONSTONE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 21 ;
H-p., 4.)
"William Edmonstone, born 29 Jan. 1810, is
eldest son of the late Sir Chas. Edmonstone, Bart.,
of Duntreath, co. Stirling, by his second wife,
Louisa, daughter of Beaumont, second Lord Ho-
tham, sister of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Henry
Hotham, G.C.B., and niece of Admiral Lord Ho-
tham. He is half-brother oi the present Sir Archi-
bald Edmonstone, Bart.
This ofiioer entered the Royal Naval College 5
Sept. 1822; and embarked, in Oct. 1823, as a
Volunteer, on board the Sybille 48, Capt. Sam.
J ohn Pechell, whom he accompanied to the Medi-
terranean. On returning to that ship, after having
been detached for some months into the Medina
20, Capt. Timothy Curtis, he appears to have been
dangerously wounded in the face and arm, while
employed in the boats, in a desperate action with
some pirates, off the island of Candia, 18 June,
1826. Mr. Edmonstone, whom we next find joining
the Columbine 18, Capt. Wm. Symonds, and sub-
sequently proceeding to India with Lord Wm. Ben-
tinck, the Governor-General, in the Undaunted 46,
Capt. Augustus Wm. J as. Clifibrd, obtained his fiist
commission 23 Feb. 1829. He was afterwards ap-
pointed— 14 May, 1829, to the Seringapatam 46,
Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, in South America —
7 June, 1832, 11 Feb. 1833, and 18 March, 1836, to
the Belvideea42, Alfred 50, and Vanguard 80,
commanded on the Mediterranean station by Capts.
Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, Robt. Maunsell, and
Sir Thos. Fellowes — 30 April, 1839, to the Impreg-
nable 104, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham
Moore — and, 26 July, 1840, to the command, in the
Mediterranean, of the Weasel 10. He acquired
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EDMUNDS— EDRIDGE-EDWARDES-EDWARDS.
his present rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; and has been em-
ployed, since 6 April, 1844, as an Inspecting Com-
mander in the Coast Guard.
Commander Edmonstone married, 13 July, 1841,
Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Lieut.-Col. T.
W. Parsons, Resident of the Island of Zante.
EDMUNDS. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 24;
H-P., 10.)
Charles Edmuhds entered the Navy, 19 Dec.
1813, as Fst.-cl.. "Vol., on board the Medwat 74,
Capt. Augustus JBrine, bearing the flag of Sir Chas.
Tyler at the Cape of Good Hope, where he served
until 1816. Ee-embarking, in Dec. 1818, on board
the Dauntless 24, Capts. Hon. Valentine Gardner
and Geo. Cornish Gambler, he sailed for India. On
his return home, towards the close of 1823, he suc-
cessively joined, as Mate, the Queen Charlotte
100, and Victokt 104, flag-ships at Portsmouth of
Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed and Sir Geo. Martin,
the Herald yacht, Capt. Henry John Leeke, and
Druid frigate, Capt. Sam. Chambers. He was ofS-
cially promoted, while serving as Acting-Lieutenant
of the Magnificent receiving-ship at Jamaica, Capt.
Wm. Molyneux, by commission dated 26 Oct. 1826,
and was afterwards appointed — 2 June, 1828, 24
Sept. 1829, and 11 May, 1831, to the Kamillies 74,
Talavera 74, and Barham 50, all commanded by
Capt. Hugh Pigot, on the Downs and Mediterra-
nean stations — 4 Oct. 1834, to the Winchester 50,
in which ship he served for nearly four years under
the flag of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel, Com-
mander-in-Chief in the East Indies — and, 22 Aug.
1840, as First-Lieutenant, to the Calcutta 84, Capt.
Sir Sam. Roberts, stationed in the Mediterranean.
He rose to the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 1841 ;
and, since 29 Aug. 1845, has been in command of
the Heroine sloop, on the coast of Africa.
EDEIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1810.)
John Edridge obtained his commission 23 Oct.
1810; and since the peace has been on half-pay.
EDWARDES. (Commandeb, 1827. f-p., 12;
H-P., 21.)
The Honourable William Edwardes, bom 3
Feb. 1801, is eldest surviving son of Lord Kensing-
ton, by Dorothy, daughter of Rich. Thomas, Esq. ;
and brother-in-law of Sir Edw. Cholmeley Dering,
Bart.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1814, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Bellekophon 74, Capt.
Edw. Hawker, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Sir
Rich. Goodwin Keats ; served afterwards, as Mid-
shipman of 11 different men-of-war, chiefly on the
Mediterranean station ; and obtained his first com-
mission 2 Aug. 1823. He was appointed, 6 Oct.
1826, to the Asia 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw.
Codrington in the Mediterranean, and, for his con-
duct at the battle of Navarin, was invested on the
following day, 21 Oct. 1827, with the acting-com-
mand of the Gannet 18. He returned to England
in 1828, having been confirmed to the rank of Com-
mander by commission dated 22 Oct. 1827 ; and has
not since been employed.
He married, 12 Oct. 1833, Laura Jane, fourth
daughter of Cuthbert Ellison, Esq., of Hepburn, co.
Durham, and has issue two sons and five daughters.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
EDWARDS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 22.)
Adams Edwards entered the Navy, 6 Nov. 1804,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Courageux 74, Capt.
Chas. Boyles ; on accompanying Whom into the
Windsor Castle 98, he bore a part in Sir Robt.
Calder's action, 22 July, 1805, witnessed Sir Sam.
Hood's capture of four French frigates near Roche-
fort, 25 Sept. 1806, and passed the Dardanells in
Feb. 1807. Shortly after his removal to the Ame-
thyst, of 42 guns and 261 men, Capt. Mich. Sey-
mour, he assisted at the capture, 11 Nov. 1808, off'
L'Orient, of the French frigate La Thetis, of 44
guns and 436 men, including soldiers, which was
boarded and carried at the close of a furious con-
test of more than three hours, in which the British
lost 19 men killed and 51 wounded, and the enemy
135 killed and 102 wounded. On 6 April, 1809, he
also shared in a severe intermittent action of about
four hours, which terminated in the capture, with
a loss to the Amethyst of 8 men killed and 37
wounded, of another of the enemy's frigates, Le
Niemen, of 46 guns and 339 men, of whom 47 were
slain and 73 wounded. After attending the expe-
dition to Flushing, Mr. Edwards followed Capt.
Seymour, in Sept. 1809, into his prize, the Niemen,
which had been added to the British Navy as a 38-
gun frigate. With the exception of about two
months, from April to June 1811, during which we
find him officiating as Acting-Lieutenant of the
Jalouse 18, Capt. Henry Gage Morris, he conti-
nued to serve with Capt. Seymour, latterly in the
Hannibal 74, on the Home station, until 1812. He
obtained his commission 13 March, 1815 ; and since
10 March, 1835, has been employed in the Coast
Guard.
EDWARDS. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 15;
H-P., 37.)
David Edwards entered the Navy, 31 July, 1795,
as a Volunteer, on board the San Fiorenzo of 42
guns, Capts. Sir Harry Burrard Neale and Wm.
Chas. Paterson. While in that ship, besides being
much in attendance on the King off' Weymouth, he
assisted, in company vrith La Nymphe, at the cap-
ture of La Re'sistauce of 48, and La Constance of 24
guns, 9 March, 1797 — passed, soon afterwards,
through the mutinous fleet at the Nore — took part
in a very warm conflict of nearly two hours, which
terminated in the defeat, by the San Fiorenzo and
her consort, the Amelia 38, of a French squadron,
consisting of three frigates and a gun-vessel, 9
April, 1799— and was present, 2 July following, in
an attack made by Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice Pole
on a Spanish squadron lying in Aix Roads. To-
wards the close of 1801 Mr. Edwards proceeded to
the West Indies, as Master's Mate of the Centaur
74, Capt. Bendall Robt. Littlehales, and, on 5 Sept.
1803, was there promoted to a Lieutenancy in the
Ulysses 44, Capt. Edwin Henry Columbine. From
27 Oct. 1804, to 24 June, 1806, he next served in
the Mediterranean with Capt. Geo. Digby, onboard
the Beagle 18, and Swiftsure 74, one of the prizes
taken at Trafalgar ; and in July, 1809, he assumed
command, under Capt. Philip Carteret, of the first
division of gun-boats employed on the Walcheren
expedition. During the two last years of the war
Mr. Edwards appears to have been attached, on
the Leith station, to the Adamant 50, and Latona
38, Capts. Matthew Buckle and Andrew Smith. He
was advanced to the command, 11 May, 1827, of the
Barham 50, Capt. Sir John Louis, on the Jamaica
station, where he removed, on 12 Sept. in the same
year, to the Fairy sloop. He returned to England
in 1828 ; and has since been on half-pay.
EDWARDS. (Lieut., 1837. f-p., 15; h-p., 12.)
David Edwards, born 6 Jan. 1803, is only son of
the late David Edwards, Esq., of Monmouth House,
Chelsea, by Sarah, third daughter of Robt. Mourton
Wood, Esq., of Newton Hall, Cheshire.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 July, 1820, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Camelion 10, Capt.Wm.
Jas. Mingaye, on the Home station, and, after
serving for some time also in the Phaeton 46,
Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu, became successively
Midshipman, in 1823, of the Ramillies 74, and
Ganges 84, guard-ships at Portsmouth, commanded
by Capt. Edw. Brace, by whom he was for some
time detached into the V iper tender, for the pur-
pose of cruizing in the Channel. From 1823 until
Feb. 1827, when he passed his examination, Mr.
Edwards was next employed in South America on
board the Mersey 26, Capt. John Macpherson Fer-
guson. He soon afterwards joined the Coast Block-
ado, as Mate of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas.
EDWARDS.
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Mingaye, and, from June, 1828, untU Oct. 1833,
served in the Victoky 104, flag-ship at Portsmouth
of Sir Robt. Stopford, the Spaktiate 76, and Ocean
80, commanded on the Mediterranean station by
Capts. Frederic Warren and Patlc. Campbell, and
the Stag 46, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, employed in the
North Sea and off' Lisbon. Obtaining his commis-
sion 10 Jan. 1837, he joined, in the course, we be-
lieve, of the following month, the Samakang 28,
Capt. Wm. Broughton, on the South American sta^
tion, whence, however, his health obliged him to
return in Feb. 1838. On 30 March, 1839, the sub-
ject of this sketch was next appointed to the Poweb-
ruL 84, Capt. Chas. Napier, under whom he served
throughout the various operations on the coast of
Syria in 1840, including the bombardment of St.
Jean d'Acre. He invalided from cataract in Nov.
of the latter year ; and has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Edwards married, in 1842, Fanny, grand-
daughter of the late Rev. John Simons, LL.B.,
rector of Paul's Cray, co. Kent.
EDWARDS. (CAPTAitf, 1826. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 3.^.)
Henrv Edwards entered the Navy, 19 Nov.
1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impetdeux 78,
Capt. John Willet Payne, on tlie Home station,
where, and in the West Indies, he afterwards served,
as Midshipman, in the Beatjlied 40 and Terrible
74, both commanded by Capt. Fras. Fayerman,
Theseus 74, flag-ship of Lord Badstock, Topaze 38,
Capt. Robt. Honyman, and Leviathan 74, bearing
the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. Being pro-
moted to a Lieutenancy, 2 Nov. 1802, in the Ganges
74, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, Mr. Edwards, after serving
for some time at Portsmouth and in the North Sea
on board the Courageux 74, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, and Africaine 38,
Capt. Thos. Manby, returned to the West Indies ;
on which station he appears to have been ap-
pointed—21 Aug. 1805, to the Atlas 74, Capt.
Sam. Pym, under whom he bore a part in the
action off' St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806—12 March and
7 Aug. in the latter year, to the Success 32, and
Hebe 38, Capts. John Ayscough, Micajah Malbon,
and John Fyffe— and, .30 Sept. 1809, to the com-
mand of the Haddock schooner, in which vessel he
was unfortunately captured on his passage home
with despatches 12 Nov. following. On regaining
hia liberty, he further served for a few months, in
1810-11, on board the Hibebnia 120, and Centaur
74, both commanded by Capt. John Chambers
White, and, for a short period in 1813, on board
the Benbow 74, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, in
the Mediterranean and river Thames. On 29 June
in the last-mentioned year he was awarded a Com-
mander's commission ; and, on 25 Aug. 1825, he was
appointed to the Dotekel 18. Since his advance-
ment to liis present rank, which took place while
he was on the Halifax station, 2 Aug. 1826, Capt.
Edwards has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs.
Halford and Co.
Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming and Sir Edw.
Codrington. Since the date of his last promotion,
23 Nov. 1841, Commander Edwards has been un-
employed.
He married, 11 May, 1837, Mary, youngest daugh-
ter of the late W. Cotton, Esq., of Balham Hill, co.
Surrey, by whom he has issue. Agents — Messrs.
Stilwell.
EDWARDS. (Commander, 1841.)
Nathaniel Fhederick Edwards is son of the
late John Edwards, Esq., of Worting House, Hants.
This officer entered the Navy 13 Feb. 1813;
passed his examination in 1819 ; and, after acting
in the Bustard and Pylades, was officially pro-
moted to a Lieutenancy, 12 Feb. 1827, in the
Beaver 10, Capt. Joseph O'Brien, on the Jamaica
station, lie was subsequently appointed— 4 Feb.
1830, and 28 March, 1832, as First, to the Me-
teor surveying-vessel, Capt. Rich. Copeland, and
Raleigh 18, Capt. Abraham Mills Hawkins, em-
ployed in the Mediterranean — 25 Jan. 1834, for
a short period, to the St. 'Vincent 120, Capt.
Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, on the same station
— 31 March, 5 May, and 15 Nov. 1836, to the Howe
120, Bellebophon 74, and Thunderee 84, Capts.
Alex. Ellice, Sam. Jackson, and Wm. Furlong Wise
1 Jan. 1839, to the Powerful 84, Capt. Chas.
Napier— and, 19 April, 1839, 1 Oct. 1840, and 1 Oct.
1841, to the Britannia 120, Queen 110, and St.
■Vincent 120, flag-ships at Portsmouth of Admirals
EDWARDS. (Commander, 1828. r-P., 12;
H-p., 34.)
Richard Edwabds entered the Navy, 1 Feb.
1801, as a Supernumerary, on board the Royal
William, Capt. Fras. Piokmore, bearing the flag
at Spithead of Admiral Milbanke, but was dis-
charged on 30 March following. In Sept. 18G5, he
re-embarked, as Midshipman, on board the Ma-
jestic 74, Capt. Joseph Hanwell, in which ship and
the Victory 100, bearing the flags in succession of
Vice-Admirals Thos. Macnamara Russell and Sir
Jas. Saumarez in the North Sea and Baltic, he con-
tinued to serve, until appointed Acting-Lieutenant,
6 May, 1812, of the Ploveb sloop, Capt. Colin
Campbell. Being confirraed, 4 July following, into
the Dictator 64, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart, Mr.
Edwards, two days afterwards, was present, in com-
pany with the Calypso 18, Podargds 14, and
Flamer gun-brig, and was particularly mentioned
for his conduct, at the gallant capture and destruc-
tion, within the rocks of Mardoe, on the coast of
Norway, of an entire Danish squadron, consisting
of the Nayaden of 48 guns, the Laland, Samsoe, and
Kiel sloops, and several gun-boats, after a long con-
flict which occasioned the Dictator a loss of 5
men killed and 24 wounded, and the enemy of 300
killed and wounded.* From 2 Feb. 1813, until
29 Aug. 1815, he next served in North America on
board the Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, under
whom he appears to have witnessed the capture
of the U. S. ship President. His subsequent ap-
pointments, we find, were— 23 Oct. 1823, to the
Ocean 80, Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, off"
Lisbon— and, 20 Dec. 1824, to the Superb 74, Capt.
Sir Thos. Staines, at Jamaica. Since his attain-
ment of his present rank, 26 Aug. 1828, Commander
Edwards has not been afloat.
He married, in 1834, Emily, daughter of Wm.
Taylor, Esq., of Parkfield House, Purbrook, by
whom he has issue.
EDWARDS. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Richard Venn Edwards entered the Navy, 8
Aug. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Canopus
84, Capt. 'thos. Geo. Shortland, bearing the flag of
Sir Thos. Louis, in which ship he witnessed the
capture, 27 Sept. following, of Le President, French
frigate, of 44 guns and 330 men, and was present at
the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807. In
Aug. ot the latter year, he removed, as Midshipman,
to the Hind 28, Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane ; and on
afterwards accompanying that officer into the Cam-
BBTAN 40, he warmly co-operated with the patriots
on the coast of Catalonia. Mr. Edwards, who sub-
sequently served in the Tigbe 80, Capts. Benj. Hal-
lowell and John HalUday, and Pomone 38, Capts.
Fras. Wm. Fane and PhiUp Carteret, on the Medi-
terranean, Home, and Lisbon stations, was confirmed
to a Lieutenancy, 15 Sept. 1814, in the Philomel 18,
Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge. We also find him
attached, for a few months in 1815, to the San
Josef 110, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Rich. John
Strachan ; since Aug. in which year, however, he
has been on half-pay.
EDWARDS. (LtEDTENAKT, 1841.)
Rowland Edwards, born in 1813, is third son
of John Edwards, Esq., of the Hall, Great Ness,
near Shrewsbury, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieute-
nant for Shropshire, by Charlotte Margaret, daugh-
ter of the Rev. Geo. Martin, Vicar of Great Ness,
by Lady Mary Murray, youngest daughter of John,
third Duke of Atholl.
* rWeGai. isi2,p. 1363.
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EDWARDS— EDWIN— ED YE— EGEllTON.
This officer entered the Navy 31 May, 1827 ; and
passed his examination in 1834. While Mate of
the Larwe 18, Capt. Augustus Leopold Kuper,
he acquired great credit for his conduct in the
hoats under Lieut. Kundle Burges Watson, in
an impressive attack made upon 13 Chinese war-
junks, near Chuenpee, 7 Jan. 1841.* Soon after
his promotion, which took place 6 May following,
Mr. Edwards joined the Wellesley 72, bearing the
broad pendant of Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer.
His appointments, since his return to England in
1842, have been — 9 Sept. 1844, as First-Lieutenant,
to the OsPBEY 12, Capt. Fred. Patten, in the East
Indies— and, 9 June, 1845, to the Pilot 16, Capt.
Geo. Knyvett Wilson, under whom he is at present
serving on the same station.
EDWARDS. (Lieut., 1821. r-p., 12; h-p., 25.)
Sampson Ed"wards, born in Jan. 1797, is second
son of the late Sampson Edwards, Esq., Admiral of
the Red, who died, 14 Sept. 1840, aged 95; nephew
of Capt. Valentine Edwards, R.N., who was lost in
the Sceptre 64, at the Cape of Good Hope, 5 Nov.
1799 ; and cousin of Rear- Admiral Valentine CoUard.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 23
Jan. 1810; and embarked, 11 May, 1812, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board La Ntmphb 38, Capt. Farmery
Predam Epworth, under whom we find him block-
ading for a considerable time the port of Boston.
Until Aug. 1815, he afterwards served with the
same officer in the Bulwark 74. He then succes-
sively joined the Albion 74, Capt. Jas. Walker,
RoMNEY 50, Capt. John Mackellar, and Salisbury
50, bearing the flag in the West Indies of Rear-
Admiral John Erskine Douglas, where, from Dec.
1816, until July, 1817, he appears to have ofliciated
as Acting-Lieutenant of the latter ship and of the
Active 46, Capt. Philip Carteret. After an inter-
mediate re-attachment, as Admiralty-Midshipman,
to the Salisbdry, and a further servitude, in a
similar capacity, on board the Hind 20, Capt. Sir
Chas. Burrard, and Vigo 74, bearing the flag at St.
. Helena of Rear-Admiral Robt. Lambert, Mr. Ed-
wards was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by
commission dated 5 Feb. 1821, and appointed to the
Heron 18, Capts. Job Hanmer and Henry Eras.
Greville. He returned home from the Cape of
Good Hope in March, 1823.; and has not since been
employed.
He married, 22 April, 1828, Harriett Anne, only
daughter of the Rev. P. W. Jolliife, Incumbent of
Poole, Dorset.
EDWARDS. (Retired Commander, 1840.
r-p., 18; H-p., 33.)
William Edwards was born 30 Oct. 1781.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 21 Jan. 1796, as
Ordinary, on board the Atlas 98, Capts. Edm. Dod,
Matthew Squire, Shuldham Peard, and Theophilus
Jones, stationed in the Channel, where he speedily
attained the rating of Midshipman. Soon after his
removal to the Defiance 74, bearing the flag of
Rear- Admiral Thos. Graves, we find him witnessing
Lord Keith's capture, on 19 June, 1799, of three
frigates and two brigs under Rear-Admiral Perree ;
and, while in the same ship, sharing in the battle
off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. Subsequently to
that event, Mr. Edwards joined the Dreadnought
98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, Dryad 36, Commodore Wm.
Domett, and Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship in
succession of Vice-Admirals Sir Robt. Calder and
Edw. Thornbrough, under the former of whom he
bore a part in the action of 22 July, 1805. At-
taining the rank of Lieutenant, 15 Aug. 1806, he
was next appointed, in the autumn of that year, to
the Agamemnon 64, Capt. Jonas Rose ; in command
of a party of seamen belonging to which ship he
joined the naval brigade employed at the siege of
Copenhagen, in Sept. 1807. His appointments after-
wards were— 26 ftlay, 1809, to the Foudroyant 80,
flag-ship at the Brazils of Rear-Admiral Hon. Mi-
chael De Courcy— 26 Dec. 1809, and 19 Deo. 1810,
• ftie Gaz. 1841, pp. 1281-23.
to the Zephyr 14, and Fly 16, commanded in the
Downs by Capts. Eras. Geo. Dickins and Mauley
Hall Dixon— 8 May, 1813, to the Impress service at
Waterford, where, and at Cork, he served until the
following Dec. — and, 31 Jan. 1818, to the command
of the Lynx Revenue-cutter. Commander Edwards,
who has been on half-pay since 1821, assumed the
rank he now holds 16 Jan. 1840.
He married, 13 Jan. 1812, Maria, second daughter
of John Pitt, Esq., and sister of Lieuts. Wm. and
Henry Pitt, of the R.N. and B.M.
EDWIN. (Commander, 1835. f-p., 22; h-p., 15.)
Felix Edwin entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Donegal 74, Capt. Pul-
teney Malcolm ; under whom, on 15 Nov. in the
same year, we find him assisting in an attack made
by Capt. Chas. Grant, of the Diana, on the two
French frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by
the fire of several strong batteries, near Cherbourg.
After serving for some time in the Boyne 98, flag-
ship of Sir Harry Burrard Neale, Royal Oak 74,
Capt. P. Malcolm, and San Josef 110, Capt. Robt.
Jackson, he became Midshipman, in Oct. 1813, of
the Comet 16, Capt. Geo. Wm. Blamey, on the
Newfoundland station. Until Feb. 1821 he next,
in succession, joined, on the Channel, St. Helena,
Portsmouth, African, and American stations, the
Leven 20, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett, Phaeton
46, Capt. Fras. Stanfell, Rochfort 80, Capt. Sir
Arch. Collingwood Dickson, Tartar 42, Commo-
dore Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, Euryalus 42, Com-
modore Thos. Huskisson, Sophie 18, Capt. Sir Wm.
Saltonstall Wiseman, and Tartar again, command-
ed as before. He then, having h^nn a long time
employed as Admiralty-Midshipman, became Act-
ing-Lieutenant of the Myrmidon 20, Capt. Henry
John Leeke, to which vessel he was ultimately
confirmed, on 30 Aug. in the same year, 1821, nearly
five years after he had passed his examination.
Leaving the Myrmidon in Feb. 1822, Mr. Edwin,
on 10 Oct. 1832, was next appointed to the Coast
Guard. As an especial reward for his " gallant
and intrepid conduct," in an affray with a band of
smugglers, on the night of 12 July, 1834, he was
promoted to the rank of Commander, by commission
dated 4 Feb. 1835. From 22 Sept. 1835 until 10
Oct. 1838, and from 5 July, 1840, until 1845, we
afterwards find him employed in the same service
as an Inspecting-Commander. He has since been
on half-pay.
This officer, who is Senior Commander of 1833,
married, 16 April, 1834, Marianne, only daughter
of John Joseph Atherton, Esq., of Walton Hall, oo.
Lincoln, and of Street Court, co. Hereford, by whom
he has issue two sons.
EDYE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Adolphus George Edye is nephew of John
Edye, Esq., F.R.S., Chief Assistant and Draughts-
man to the Surveyor of the Navy.
This officer entered the Navy 29 May, 1829;
passed his examination 2 June, 1835 ; and was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant while serving, off
the coast of Ireland, in the Lucifer surveying-
steamer, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey, 30 Aug. 1841.
He continued in that vessel until 1843 ; and, from
4 April, 1845, until the close of 1846, was similarly
employed in the Tartarus, Capt. Jas. Wolfe.
He married, 30 July, 1844, Elizabeth, daughter
of the late Thos. Edye, Esq., Lieut. R.N.
EGERTON. (Commander, 1846.)
Charles Eandle Egerton, born 12 May, 1818,
is youngest son of Wilbraham Egerton, Esq., of
Tatton Park, co. Chester, by Elizabeth, second
daughter of Sir Christopher Sykes, Bart., of Sled-
mere House, CO. York. His eldest brother, Wm.
Tatton, M.P. for Cheshire, is brother-in-law of the
present Marquess of Ely ; and anotlier, Wilbraham,
is a Captain in the 43rd Light Infantry.
This officer entered the Navy 19 May, 1831;
passed his examination in 1837 ; and ultimately be-
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came Mate of the Calliope 26, Capt. Thos. Her-
bert. He acquired great credit, during the Chinese
war, by his conduct in the boats under Lieut.
Kundle Burges 'Watson, in an impressive attack
made upon 13 Chinese war-junks, near Chuenpee,
7 Jan. 1841.* He was similarly employed, we find,
at the storming and destruction, on 23 Feb., of a
fort, mounting 20 guns in battery, at a place called
Sanunonhow, situated at the back of the island of
Anunghoy ; and he was also engaged in the boats
of the Calliope at the capture, on 13 March, of
several rafts and of the last fort protecting the
approaches to Canton.t After serving with the
western division of the flotilla at the ensuing cap-
ture of that city, he took part in the series of
operations which were re-enacted against it in
the following May ; on 26 of which month he
landed and assisted at the destruction of the whole
line of defences, extending about two miles from
the British factory, where 64 pieces of cannon were
disabled. J Being promoted for these services, by
commission dated 8 June, 1841, Mr. Egerton, on 16
of the proximate October, was appointed Lieutenant
of the Wellesley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, and
next, 12 Sept. 1842, of the Nokth Star 26, Capt.
Sir Jas. Everard Home, both stationed in the East
Indies. While attached to the latter ship, he com-
manded the rocket party in an attack made upon a
rebel New-Zealand chief named Kawiti; whose
strongly-fortified pah, situated many miles inland,
was at length, on 11 Jan. 1846, after several days of
labour and fatigue, stormed and, notwithstanding a
desperate fight of four hours, triumphantly carried.
The share borne by Mr. Egerton in the achieve-
ment procured him the rank he now holds — his
promotion being dated back to the day above men-
tioned.§ He is at present on halt-pay. Agent —
Joseph Woodhead.
EGERTON. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Fredbkick Arthur Egerton, born 30 April,
1816, is sixth son of the late Rev. Sir Philip Eger-
ton, Bart., of Oulton Park, Cheshire, by Rebecca,
daughter of the late Josias Dupre, Esq., of "Wilton
Park, Bucks ; and great-grandson, maternally, of
the first Earl of Caledon. He is brother of the
present Sir PhiUp de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart,
—of Chaa. Dupre Egerton, Esq., a Captain in the
Army— of John Eras. Egerton, Esq., Capt. E.I. Co.'s
Horse Artillery— and of Caledon Rich. Egerton,
Esq., Capt. 89th Regt.
This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal
Naval College) 23 Deo. 1830 ; passed his examina-
tion 22 May, 1835 ; and served for some time, as
Mate, in the EspOiR 10, LiSut.-Commander John
Thos. Paulson, on the Lisbon station. He obtained
his commission 23 Nov. 1841 ; and, since 3 May,
1842, has been employed, ofi' the coast of South
America, in the Satellite 18, Capts. Robt. Fitz-
gerald Gambler and Robt. Hibbert Bartholomew
Rowley. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
EGERTON. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
The Honourable Francis Egerton served as
Fst.-cl. Vol. of the Princess Charlotte 104, flag-
ship of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford, during the opera-
tions of 1840 on the coast of Syria, including the
bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre; and during a
Eortion of them was employed on shore. He passed
is examination 7 June, 1845 ; and after an interme-
diate attachment to the Excellent gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth, Capta. Sir Thoa. Hastings and Henry
Duoie Chads, and Raleigh 50, fitting for the broad
pendant of Sir Thos. Herbert, was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 4 May, 1846. He was re-
appointed to the latter ship on 18 of the same
month, and is now serving in her on the S.E. coast
of America.
EGERTON. (Commander, 1844.)
Francis Philip Egerton passed his examination
in 1833 ; and obtained his first commission 8 Jan.
1836. His appointments as Lieutenant were — 23
March, 1836, and 15 Sept. 1840, to the Vanguard
80, and Calcutta 84, Capts. Hon. Duncombe Pley-
dell Bouverie, Sir Thos. Fellowes, and Sir Sam. Ro-
berts, on the Mediterranean atation — and, 8 Feb.
1842, to the Agincourt 72, flag-ship in the East In-
dies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane. Since his attain-
ment of his present rank, 9 Aug. 1844, he has been
in command of the Hazard 18, on the station last
named. During an expedition conducted in July,
1846, by Sir Thos. Cochrane against the Sultan of
Borneo, we find him intrusted vrith the command
(under Capt. Wm. J. H. Johnstone, of the Agin-
court) of the brigade, rockets, and field-pieces, and
assisting on 8 of that month at the capture and de-
struction of the enemy's forts and batteries in the
river Brune. He appears, on a previous occasion,
to have narrowly escaped falling into a trap laid by
the Sultan to get him into his city, for the purpoae,
we believe, of putting him to death. ||
• Vide Gaz. 1841, p. I2?2.
t r. (iai 1841, pp. 1497, 1.103.
■ r. Gai. 1841, pp. 1605, 8512.
V. Oaa. 1845, pp. 8S46, 2348.
F. Gmi. 1846, pp. 3441, 344a, 3447.
EGMONT, Eabl OF. (Captain, 1818.)
The Right Honourable George James Earl
OF Egmont, born 14 March, 1794, is eldest surviving
son of the late Lord Arden, by Margaret Ehzabeth,
eldest daughter of the late Sir Thos. Spencer Wilson,
Bart., of Charlton, co. Kent. H e succeeded his cou-
sin, as sixth Earl of Egmont, 23 Dec. 1841.
This oflficer, then Hon. Mr. Perceval, served, as
Midshipman, in the Obion 74, Capt. Edw. Codring-
ton, at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805 ; and on
the night of 31 Oct. 1809, commanded a boat be-
longing to the TiGRE 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, at
the capture and destruction, after a fearful struggle,
and a loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55
wounded, of the French armed store-ship Lampj-oie,
of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and
Grandeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a con-
voy of seven merchantmen, defended by numerous
strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas. Obtaining a
commission 7 June, 1813, he joined about the same
period the Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, and in
Sept. 1814, while in charge of a boat belonging to
that ship, accompanied a very successful expedition
sent up the Penobscot for the purpose of capturing
or destroying the United States' ship Adams, of 26
guns. He was advanced to the rank of Commander
13 June, 1815, and, being subsequently appointed to
the Infernal bomb, served in that vessel at the
bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. His Post-
commission bears date 7 Dec. 1818.
The Earl married, 24 July, 1819, Jane, eldest
daughter of John Hornby, Esq., of The Hook,
Hants.
EGREMONT, Earl of. (Captain, 1812.)
The Right Honourable George Earl of Egre-
MONTwas born in Oct. 1786, and died 2 April, 1845.
He was eldest son of the late Hon. Wm. Fred.
Wyndham, by Frances Mary Harford, daughter of
Fred. Calvert, Lord Baltimore. His uncle, whom
he succeeded as fourth Earl 11 Nov. 1837, was
Lord Lieutenant, Custos Rotulorum, and Vice-Ad-
miral of co. Sussex.
This officer obtained his first commission 7 July,
1806; became a Commander 30 April, 1810; was
very actively employed, towards the close of 1811,
in the Hawkb brig, on the Cherbourg station ; ob-
tained Post-rank 3 July, 1812; and subsequently
commanded the Bristol troop-ship, in the Medi-
terranean.
He married, 14 Nov. 1820, Jane, third daughter
of the Rev. "Wm. Roberts, Vice-Provost of Eton
College, and sister of Capt. John Walter Roberts,
R.N. Dying without issue, his title is now extinct.
EKINS, K.C.B., K.-VV.N. (Admiral op the
White, 1841. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 38.)
Sir Charles Ekins, born in 1768, is son of the
late Dr. Ekins, Bishop of Dromore ; and nephew
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ELIOT— ELIOTT.
of the late Dean of Salisbury. Two of his brothers
died officers in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1781, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Brunswick 74,
Capt. Hon. Keith Stewart, and, after bearing a
warm part in Sir Hyde Parker's action with Admiral
Zoutman off the Dogger Bank, accompanied the
same Captain, as his Aide-de-Camp, into the Cam-
bridge 80, one of the ships employed, subsequently
to the relief of Gibraltar, in Lord Howe's partial
action wdth the combined fleets of France and Spain,
20 Oct. 1782, on which occasion he waa wounded.
During the next eight years he served, on the
Home and Mediterranean stations, as Midshipman
of the Maeqdis de Seignally sloop, Capt. John
Hunter, IrresistibiS 74, Commodore Sir Andw.
Snape Hamond, and Pearl 32, Capt. Hon. Seymour
Finch. He was then, on 20 Oct. 1790, promoted to
a Lieutenancy in the Lion 64, also commanded by
Capt. Finch, in which ship he sailed for the West
Indies ; where, and on the Home station, we find
him successively joining the Flirt 14, Capt. J as.
XicoU Morris, Alarm 32, Capts. Lewis Kobertson
and Jas. Carpenter, and Boyse 98, flag-ship of Sir
John Jervis. On the destruction of the latter fihip
by fire, at Spithead, 1 May, 1795, Mr. Ekins assumed
command of the Pilote cutter ; and on 18 June
following he was advanced to that of the Ferret
sloop of 14 guns, stationed off Flushing, where he
captured, 20 Nov. in the same year, U EUomyre pri-
vateer. Being promoted to Post-rank (on his re-
turn in the Haviok sloop from India, whither he
had gone in the Carysfort frigate, Capt. Hon. J.
Murray, for the purpose of Joining the Echo 18, a
vessel which had been broken up at the Cape), by
commission dated 22 Dec. 1796, Capt. Ekins was
next appointed to the command, 14 Aug. 1797, of
the Amphitrite 28. Proceeding with convoy to
the West Indies, he there, independently of the
capture, among other vessels, of seven privateers,
carrying altogether 62 guns and 466 men, co-ope-
rated with Lord Hugh Seymour and Lieut.-General
Trigge, and evinced much zeal and activity in the
execution of the arduous duties connected with the
command of a party of observation, at the reduc-
tion of Surinam, in Aug. 1799 * — took possession,
also, in company with Capt. John Poo Beresford, of
the Unite 38, of the Devil's Islands, on the coast
of Cayenne— and, besides superintending the de-
barkation of the troops, served on shore in com-
mand of a detachment of 200 seamen at the taking
of St. Jlartin's, in March, 1801. In consequence of
a severe attack of yellow fever, brought on by over-
exertion on the latter occasion, Capt. Ekins, who
had earned the reputation of beinga valuable officer,
was immediately sent home with the despatches,
in the Fanny cutter, Lieut.-Commander Frizell.f
On 16 April, 1804, he joined the Beaulieu 44, and,
after an intermediate re-employment in the West
Indies, was appointed, 10 Nov. 1806, to the De-
fence 74. In that ship, during Lord Gambler's
operations against Copenhagen, in Aug. 1807, he
witnessed the surrender to the CoMUs 22, Capt.
Edm. Heywood, of the Danish frigate Frederics-
coam; after which, until Feb. 1811, he appears to
have been most actively and arduously employed
off Lisbon, again in the West Indies, whence he
escorted home a convoy of 200 sail, and once more
in the Baltic. He then invalided; but, although
his health was soon re-established, he did not suc-
ceed in obtaining another appointment until 7 Sept.
1815, when we at length find him selected to com-
mission the Superb 78; in which ship he enacted a,
very conspicuous part, and was wounded, during
the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816.]: In
acknowledgment of his services on that day he was
created a C.B. by his own sovereign, and a K.W.N,
by the King of the Netherlands ; and the young
gentlemen of his quarter-deck united in presenting
him with a very handsome gold snuff-box. Having
paid the Superd off in Oct. 1818, Capt. Ekins, who
had occasionally hoisted a broad pendant as Senior
• Vide Gaz. 1793, p. 1040. t V. Gaz. IStfl, pp. 616, 520.
% V. Gaz. ISUi, p. 1791.
Officer at Plymouth during the absence of Viscount
Exmouth, became a Rear-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819.
His promotion to the rank of Vice- Admiral took
place 22 July, 1830, and to that of full Admiral 23
Nov. 1841. He has never, however, hoisted his
flag.
Sir Chas. Ekins was nominated a K.C.B. 8 June,
1831. In 1824 he published a very standard work,
entitled ' Naval Battles, from 1744 to the Peace in
1814, critically Reviewed and Illustrated,' &c. The
Admiral married, in 1800, a daughter of T. Parlby,
Esq., of Stone Hall, co. Devon.
ELIOT. CCaptain, 1830. f-p., 16; h-p., 29.)
Henry Algernon Eliot, bom 23 Aug. 1790, at
Shenstone Hall, near Lichfield, co. Stafford, is son
of the late Percival Ehot, Esq., formerly Colonel of
the Stafford Militia, and many years a Commis-
sioner for auditing the Public Accounts ; and grand-
son of Major-General Granville Eliot, a soldier of
distinction, who served under the Duke of Marlbo-
rough. His great-grandfather. General Roger Ehot,
was uncle-in-law of the hero of Gibraltar, the late
celebrated Lord Heathfield.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Deo. 1802, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Belleisle 74, Capts.
John Whitby and Wm. Hargood ; as Midshipman
of which ship he accompanied Lord Nelson in pur-
suit of the combined squadrons of France and Spain
to the West Indies in the summer of 1805. He then
successively joined the Quebec 32, and Euryalds
36, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Geo. Heneage
Lawrence Dundas, on the Mediterranean station,
where he appears to have been frequently employed
in cutting out vessels from under the enemy's bat-
teries. After a further servitude, latterly as Acting-
Lieutenant, in the Royal William, flag-ship of Sir
Geo. Montagu, Christian VII. 80, Capt. Sir Joseph
Sydney Yorke, and Prince of Orange 74, and
Thisbe 28, flag-ships of Admirals Geo. Campbell
and Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope, all on the
Home station, Mr. Eliot was conflrmed, 8 June,
1810, to a Lieutenancy in the Ferret sloop, Capt.
Rich. Wales, then off the coast of North America.
Until Nov. 1816, we next find him employed, on the
Lisbon, Mediterranean, and Home stations, on board
the Tonnakt 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, Pylades
sloop, Capts. Geo. Ferguson and Jas. Wemyss,
Cornwall 74, Capts. John Broughton and Edw.
W. C. R. Owen, Scylla 16, Capt. Geo. Bennet
Allen, PiKENix 36, Capt. Chas. John Austen, and
BoYNE 98, and Bombay 74, flag-ships of Lord Ex-
mouth and Sir Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. During
that period he commanded the Tonnant's boats up
the river Tagus, in co-operation, in 1810, with the
British troops occupying the lines of Torres Vedras,
and, while so employed, he was constantly engaged
with the advanced guard, near Villa Franca, and on
one occasion fell into the hands of the enemy, by
whom he was held captive for several weeks. Mr.
Eliot also, in the Pylades and Boyne, witnessed an
attack upon Ciotat, and was present at the sur-
render of Naples, in 1812-15. After serving for
about 12 months in the Creole 42, Commodore
Wm. Bowles, on the Brazilian station, he was there
promoted to the command, 2 Sept. 1819, of the Ica-
rus sloop, in which he continued until June, 1821.
Capt. Eliot, who has not since been afloat, obtained
his Post-commission 22 July, 1830.
He married, in 1823, Jane, only daughter of the
Rev. Alex. Crombie, LL.D., F.R.S., by whom he
has issue. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
ELIOTT, K.R.G. (Caitain, 1838. r-p., 22 ;
H-p., 13.)
George Augustus Eliott, born 24 May, 1799, is
son of the late Sir Wm. Eliott, Bart., of Stubs
Castle, Roxburghshire, N.B. (grand-nephew of
General Geo. Augustus Eliott, afterwards Lord
Heathfield, the great defender of Gibraltar), by
Mary, daughter of John Russell, Esq., of Rosebum ;
and brother of the present Sir Wm. Fras. Eliott,
Bart., as also of Capt. Russell Eliott, R.N.
ELIOTT— ELLERMAN— ELLICE.
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This officer entered the Royal Naval College 4
June, 1812 ; and first embarked on hoard the Le-
viathan 74, Capt. Thos. Briggs, stationed in the
Mediterranean. From 1816 until March, 1822, he
was afterwards employed, as Midshipman, on the
West India and African stations, in the Salisbury
50, flag-ship of Kear- Admiral John Erskine Dou-
glas, and Tartar and Ifhigenia frigates, bearing
the broad pendants of Sir Geo. Kalph Collier and
Sir Kobt. Mends. He then, having passed his exa-
mination in 1818, became Acting-First-Lieutenant
of the Pheasant 26, Capt. Douglas Chas. Claver-
ing, and, being confirmed while in that ship, by
commission dated 10 July, 1822, was subsequently
appointed, on the Mediterranean station — in 1825,
to the Glohcestek 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton
—23 Feb. 1827, to the Wellesle? 74, Capt. Fred.
Lewis Maitland— 9 July, 1829, and 28 April, 1830,
to the Asia 84, and Britannia 120, flag-ships of
Sir Pulteney Malcolm— and, 26 July, 1831, and 28
July, 1833, as First, to the Rainbow 28, and Mada-
gascar 46, Capts. Sir John Franklin and Edm.
Lyons. During the disturbances in Greece, Mr.
Eliott landed at Patras in command of the seamen
and marines of the Rainbow and Pelican, and
kept possession for some time of the town and fort
against the insurgents, a service for which he ob-
tained the order of the Redeemer of Greece. As-
suming the rank of Commander, 21 Jan. 1835, he
was next appointed, 19 Jan. 1836, to the Melville
74, flag-ship of Sir Peter Halkett on the North
America and West India station, where he remained
until Sept. 1837. Since his last promotion, which
took place 27 June, 1838, Capt. EUott has been on
half-pay.
He married, 6 May, 1837, Alicia Anne, only
daughter of the Hon. Thos. N. JefFery, Collector of
the Customs at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and has issue
two sons. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
ELIOTT. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 17.)
Russell Eliott, born 26 March, 1802, at Stobs
Castle, Roxburghshire, is brother of Capt. Geo.
Augustus Eliott, R.N.
This of&cer entered the Navy, 16 Nov. 1814, as a
Volunteer, on board the Stork 18, Capt. Kobt.
Lisle Coulson, whom he followed, in Sept. 1815, into
the Pelican 16. He continued on the Home station
until 1817, when, becoming Midshipman of the Fa-
vorite, Capt. Hercules Robinson, he successively
visited St. Helena, the Brazils, and Newfound-
land. _ Between 1821, in which year he passed his
examination, and the date of his promotion to
the rank of Lieutenant, 14 Jan. 1825, Mr. Eliott
further officiated as Mate of the Fokte 44, Capt.
Sir. Thos. John Cochrane, Hdssar 46, Capt. Geo.
Harris, and Isis 50, flag-ship of Sir Lawrence
Wm. Halsted, all on the West India station;
where we afterwards find him serving, latterly
as First-Lieutenant, on board the Hussar again,
Capt. Harris, Rattlesnake 26, Capt. Hugh Pat-
ton, MAGNiriCENT 74, receiving-ship, Victor 18,
Capt. Lloyd, Harlequin 18, Capt. Chas. Elliot,
Barham 50, flag-ship, and Espiegle 18, Capts.
O'Brien and Drinkwater. The latter sloop, to the
command of which lie had been promoted 5 Sept.
1829, Capt. Eliott brought home and paid oft' in
1830. His next appointment appears to have been,
13 July, 1836, to the Fly 18, on the South American
station, whence he returned on being advanced to
Post-rank 28 June, 1838. He has not since been
employed.
Capt. Eliott married, in Feb. 1830, .Bethia, eldest
daughter of the late Sir Wm. Russell, Bart., and by
that lady, who died 22 Aug. 1843, he had issue four
children.
ELLERMAN. (Liebtenant, 1841.)
GusTAVus Adolphus Ellerman was born 1 April,
1813, at Heligoland.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7
Sept. 1826 ; and, on leaving that establishment in
June, 1828, for the purpose of embarking, carried
otf the second mathematical medal and two prizes.
Indeed, he so distinguished himself, that his late
Majesty, then Duke of Clarence, promised him a
commission immediately he should have passed his
examination for Lieutenant. The latter event took
place in 1833 ; but, in spite of the promise, Mr. El-
lerman did not obtain his promotion until 23 Nov.
1841— at which period he was acting in the Fa-
vorite 18. On 24 June, 1840, he had landed with
his Captain, AValt. Croker, and a detachment of
seamen and marines, at Tonga-taboo, one of the
Friendly Islands, for the purpose of assisting the
native Christians in a war that had been raging
between them and the heathen part of the popula-
tion. At the onset of an attack which the British
presently made on a fortress situated five miles in-
shore, and of extraordinary strength, their allies
deserted ; in consequence of which misfortune, and
of the death, with many others, of Capt. Croker,
they were compelled to retreat. Mr. Ellerman,
who himself was among the wounded, continued to
serve in the Favorite, under Capt. Thos. Ross
Sulivan, until June, 1843, when he paid her off as
First^Lieutenant. Since 20 Nov. 1843, he has been
serving in the Larne 18, Capt. John Wm. Douglas
Brisbane, on the Coast of Africa. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
ELLICE. (Captain, 1831. f-p., 22; h-p., 19.)
Alexander Ellice entered the Navy, 2 Aug.
1806, as a Volunteer, on board the Crocodile, Capt.
Geo. Edm. Byron Bettesworth ; and, on afterwards
joining, as Midshipman, the Tartar 32, was pre-
sent, 15 May, 1808, in a severe action of an hour
and a half with a Danish flotilla, near Bergen, on
which occasion Capt. Bettesworth was killed. He
continued to serve in the Tartar, under Capt.
Joseph Baker, until transferred, in June, 1809, to
the Victory 100, flag-ship in the Baltic of Sir Jas.
Saumarez. From Jan. 1811, imtil June, 1813, he
was afterwards employed in the Mediterranean,
under Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, in the Imperi-
euse 33 ; and during that period, among other ser-
vices, he shared, 17 Aug. 1812, in a spirited skirmish
with a powerful Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of
Naples. Being promoted, from the Indus 74, Capt.
Wm. Hall Gage, to the rank of Lieutenant, 30 Oct.
1813, Mr. Ellice subsequently joined— 18 Jan. 1814,
the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Lord Ex-
mouth, under whom he appears to have been soon
afterwards present in a partial action with the
Toulon fleet— 2 June, 1814, and 29 April, 1815, the
Cossack 22, and Tenedos 38, commanded on the
North American station by Capts. Lord Prudhoe,
Hon. Bobt. Rodney, and Hyde Parker— 6 March,
1816, the Minden 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson, in
which ship, after participating in the battle of
Algiers, he served for four years in the East
Indies under the flag of Sir Rich. King— and, 27
May, 1822, as First - Lieutenant, the Jupiter 50,
Capt. Geo. Augustus Westphall, employed on Par-
ticular Service. As Commander, a rank he at-
tained 19 Feb. 1823, Capt, Ellice was stationed,
for some months in 1831, ofi' Oporto, in the Victor
18. Attaining Post^rank on 20 Dec. in that year,
he was next appointed — 16 Aug. 1834, and 27
Aug. 1835, to the Ocean 80, and Howe 120,
flag-ships at Sheerness of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone
Fleeming— 6 Aug. 1841, to the AsTH.aA 6, on the
Falmouth station— and, 10 Sept. 1843, to the Packet
service at Southampton, with his name on the
books of the Victory. He has been on half-pay
since 1846. '^ '
Capt. Ellice was appointed, 2 Dec. 1846, to suc-
ceed Sir Wm. Edw. Parry in the ComptroUership of
Steam Machinery. He married, 28 Sept. 1826 Lucy
Frances, daughter of the late Chas. Locke, Esq
and granddaughter of the late Duohess of Leinster'
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
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ELLICOMBE—ELLICOTT— ELLIOT.
ELLICOMBE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 18;
H-P., 8.)
Hugh Mtddelton Ellicombe was bom 5 Oct.
1807.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1821, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impregnable 104, Capt.
Chas. Dashwood, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Alex.
Cochrane. In the early part of 1823 he proceeded
to the West Indies as Midshipman of the Fokte 44,
Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane ; and, from Sept. in
the following year, until 1827, when he passed his
examination, he served, latterly at the Cape of Good
Hope, on board the Dartmouth 46, Capt. Hon. Jas.
Ashley Maude, Nightingale 8, Lieut.-Commander.
Wm. Hewgill Kitchen, and Helicon 10. During
the next seven years we find him successively join-
ing, as Mate, on various stations, the Samarang 28,
Capt. David Dunn, Cordelia 10, Capt. Courtenay
Edm. Wm. Boyle, Curlew 10, Capts. Geo. Wool-
combe and Henry Dundas Trotter, Maidstone 42,
Commodore Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and Donegal
78, Britannia 120, and San Josep 110, flag-ships
of Sir Pulteney Malcolm and Sir Wm. Hargood.
Obtaining a commission 15 Nov. 1834, Mr. Elli-
combe was next appointed, 22 May, 1835, to the
Ringdove 16, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, under
whom he appears to have been very actively em-
ployed on the north coast of Spain, particularly at
the siege of Bilbao, in Nov. and Dec. 1836, and for
his services on that occasion to have been presented
by the Queen Regent, in common with the other
officers engaged, with the "Cross of Bilbao" and
the order of Isabella la Catolica. His subsequent
appointments were— 26 Aug. 1837, to the Pique 36,
Capt. Edw. Boxer, employed on Particular Service —
13 May, 1840, and 23 Jan. 1841, to the Rodney 92,
and, as First-Lieutenant, to the Gorgon steam-
vessel, Capts. Robt. Maunsell and Wm. Honyman
Henderson, both on the Mediterranean station,
where, in the former ship, he served at the block-
ade of Alexandria— and, 10 Sept. 1841, to the Ni-
agara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, on the lakes of
Canada. He left the latter vessel on his advance-
ment to the rank of Commander, 23 Nov. 1841, and,
since 17 Nov. 1846, has been in command of the
RoLLA 10, on the coast of Africa.
ELLICOTT. (Rear-admiral, 1846. p-p., 20;
H-p., 46.)
Edward Ellicott was bom 29 May, 1768, and
died 24 Jan. 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1781, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Mackworth 16, Capt.
Thos. Louis, attached to the Channel fleet ; and, in
1783, became Midshipman of the Perseus 20, Capt.
Geo. Palmer, on the Irish station. He afterwards,
from 1788 to 1791, served with Capt. John Mac-
bride in the Cumberland 74, to which ship he was
re-appointed, from the Boyne 98, Capt. Wm. Al-
bany Otway, as Acting-Lieutenant, 16 Sept. 1793.
Having further, in the latter capacity, commanded
the Penelope cutter, and been employed, under
Rear-Admiral Macbride and Capt. Sir Rich. John
Strachan, in the Minotaur 74, and Concorde 36,
Mr. Ellicott was officially promoted, 22 June, 1794,
to a Lieutenancy in the Eurtdice 24, Capt. Fras.
Cole. On subsequently accompanying that officer
into the Revolutionnaire 38, he assisted, and
was lauded in high terms for his conduct, at the
capture, 13 April, 1796, of the French 36-gun frigate
Unite.* Assuming the rank of Commander 12 June,
1797, he afterwards took charge, on the North Sea
station— 16 Oct. 1804, of the Wellington defence-
ship— 14 Dec. 1804, of the Explosion bomb, in
which, through the ignorance of his pilot, he was
wrecked, near Heligoland, 10 Sept. 1807— and, 19
Oct. 1807, of the Hebe hired armed ship, employed
in the protection of convoys between Orkney and
Sweden. He obtained his Post-commission 12 Aug.
1812, and accepted Flag-rank 1 Oct. 1846.
* Vide Gai. 1 706, p. 387.
The Rear-Admiral married, 1 Aug. 1821, and has
left issue an only daughter.
ELLIOT. (Captain, 1828. F-p., 14; h-p., 18.)
Charles Elliot entered the Navy, 26 March,
1815, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leviathan 74,
Capt. Thos. Briggs, on the Mediterranean station ;
became Midshipman, in July, 1816, of the Minden
74, Capt. Wm, Paterson ; and after participating,
we believe, in the battle of Algiers, and serving for
four years in the East Indies under the flag of Sir
Rich. King, successively joined, in 1820-21, the
Starling cutter, Lieut.-Commander John Reeve,
Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship at Portsmouth of
Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, and Iphigenia 42,
bearing the broad pendant of Sir Robt. Mends on
the coast of Africa. Attaining the rank of Lieu-
tenant, 11 June, 1822, while in the Myrmidon 20,
Capt. Henry John Leeke, he was afterwards ap-
pointed, in that capacity — on 19 of the same month,
to the Iphigenia again — 22 March, 1823, to the
Hussar 46, Capt. Geo. Harris, fitting for the Ja-
maica station— and, 19 June and 30 Aug. 1825, to
the command there of the Union and Renegade
schooners. On 1 Jan. 1826, we find him nominated
Acting-Commander of the Serapis convalescent-
ship, at Port Royal, where, on 14 April following,
he was confirmed into the Magnificent hospital
and store ship. After a further employment in the
Bustard 10, and Harlequin IS, on the same sta-
tion, Capt. Elliot, who has since been on half-pay,
was promoted to his present rank by commission
dated 28 Aug. 1828.
This officer was H.M.'s Plenipotentiary in China
during the war, and was on board the Nemesis
during most of the operations, which will be found
detailed in our memoir of Capt. W. H. Hall, par-
ticularly in the passage from Macao to Whampoa,
and in the attack on Canton. He is now Consul-
General at Texas.
ELLIOT. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 14; h-p., 1.)
The Honourable Charles Gilbert John Bry-
DONE Elliot, bom 12 Dec. 1818, is third son of the
present Earl of Minto, G.C.B. (who, from 19 Sept.
1835, until 8 Sept. 1841, held the high office of First
Lord of the Admiralty), by Mary, eldest daughter
of Patrick Brydone, Esq. ; brother of Viscount
Melgund, M.P., and of the Hon. Gilbert Elliot, an
officer in the Rifle brigade ; nephew of Rear-Admi-
ral Hon. Geo. Elliot, C.B. ; and brother-in-law of
Lord John Russell, M.P.
This officer entered the Navy 6 May, 1832 ; and
obtained his first commission 27 June, 1838. He
was appointed, on 28 Aug. and 25 Oct. in the latter
year, to the Rodney 92, and Talbot 28, Capts.
Hyde Parker and Henry John Codrington, on the
Mediterranean station, where, having assumed com-
mand, 16 July, 1840, of the Hazard 18, he serred
at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. A few
days after the attainment of his present rank, 16
Aug. 1841, Capt. Elliot joined the Spartan 26.
He returned home from the North America and
West India station in 1845, and has not since been
afloat. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
ELLIOT. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
David Elliot entered the Navy 20 Jan. 1829;
and passed his examination in 1835. When Mate
of the Experiment steamer he was commended in
high terms by Capt. Williams Sandom for his gal-
lantry, zeal, and activity, and was slightly wounded,
m repelling, conjointly with the troops, a rebellious
attack made on the town of Presoott, in Canada,
and on the British territory in its vicinity, 13 Nov.
1838.* As a reward for his conduct on that oooa-
sion, Mr. Elliot was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 4
Julj* 1839, in the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams
Sandom. His succeeding appointments appear to
have been— 28 Oct. 1841, to the Queen 110, fittmg
for the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen— 14 Feb. 184^
* Vide Gaz. 1838, p. S975.
ELLIOT.
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to the. Ringdove 16, Capt. Sir 'Wm. Daniell, lying
at Portsmouth — 1 July, 1843, to the Resistance 42,
Capt. Chas. Geo. Edw. Patey, employed on Parti-
cular Service — 10 Feb. 1845, to the Penelope steam-
frigate, bearing the broad pendant on the coast of
Africa of Commodore Wm. Jones— and, 26 Dec.
1845, to the "Wasp 16, Capt. Sidney Henry Ussher,
in which sloop he returned home and was paid off
towards the close of 1846. Agent — Joseph Wood-
head.
ELLIOT, C.B., P.R.S. (Rear-Admikal op the
Red, 1837. f-p., 26; h-p., 27.1
The Honohraele Geokgb Elliot, born 1 Aug.
1784, is second son of Gilbert, first Earl of Minto
(who at different periods filled the important posts
of Governor of Corsica, Envoy Extraordinary at
the Court of Vienna, President of the Board of
Control, and Governor-General of Bengal), by Anna
Maria, eldest daughter of Sir Geo. Amyand, Bart. ;
brother of the present Earl of Minto ; brother-in-
law of the late Lieut.-General Sir Rufane Shawe
Donkin, K.C.B., G.C.H., and of the present Sir
John Peter Boileau, Bart. ; and uncle of Capt. Hon.
C. G. J. B. Elliot, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 June, 1794, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. Geokge 98, Capt.
Thos. Foley, with whom he served the whole of his
time in that ship, and in the Britannia 100, and
Goliah and Elephant 74's. The St. George,
during that period, bore the flag of Sir Hyde Parker
in Hotham's actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795,
and the Britannia of Sir Chas. Thompson in the
battle off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. The Go-
liath, on the glorious 1 Aug. 1798, had the honour
of leading the British fleet into action. Mr. Elliot,
who obtained his first commission 12 Aug. 1800,
next served for short periods in the Kangaroo
sloop, Capt. Geo. Christopher Pulling, and in the
San Josep and St. George, flag-ships of Lord
Nelson and Sir Chas. Morice Pole, in the latter of
which, under Capt. Thos. Masterman Hardy, he
witnessed the action off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801.
Attaining the rank of Commander, 14 April, 1802,
he was appointed, in 1803, to the Termagant sloop,
in the Mediterranean, where we find him posted,
2 Jan. 1804, into the Maidstone 32. Until the
conclusion of the war, in 1814, Capt. Elliot's sub-
sequent appointments were — 23 Feb. and 10 July,
1805, to the Combatant 20, and Aurora 28, em-
ployed in th^ Downs and Mediterranean — and 29
Oct. 1806, and 17 Aug. 1812, to the Modeste 36,
and Hussar 38, both on the East India station. In
Oct. 1808, he captured La Jena, French national
corvette, of 18 guns and 150 men, after a running
action of nearly an hour, in which the Modeste
had her Master killed and one seaman wounded ;♦
and in the summer of 1805 he commanded the
Aurora in an action of three hours with some
Spanish gun-boats near Tarifa, three of which he
captured. At the reduction of Java, in Aug. 1811,
Capt. Elliot superintended the landing of the
troops ;t and, in June, 1813, he joined in a serious
attack on the pirates of Sambas, in Borneo. He
subsequently assisted Colonel Macgregor in re-in-
stalling the Sultan of Palambang, and received the
thanks of his Commander-in-Chief for the judicious
and excellent arrangements made by him on that
occasion. Capt. Elliot, whose next appointment
was, 30 April, 1827, to the.VicTOET 104, guard-ship
at Portsmouth, the command of ^ich he retained
during the usual period of three years, assumed
Flag-rank 10 Jan. 1837, and on 25 Sept. following
was nominated Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of
Good Hope. Being transferred, 15 Feb. 1840, to
the chief command in the East Indies, the Rear-
Admiral sailed for China, where, in the additional
capacity of Joint-Plenipotentiary with Capt. Chas.
Elliot, R.N., he superintended the earlier operations
of the war, from 7 July to 30 Nov. in the same year.
He then invalided home on board the Volagb 26,
and, since 1841, has been on half-pay.
• Fide do.?.. 1809, p. 585. f V.Gax. ISIl.p. S405.
Rear-Admiral Elliot is General of the Mint in
Scotland. He was nominated a Naval Aide-de-
Camp to William IV. 4 Aug. 1830, and a C.B. 26
Sept. 1831. From 24 Dec. 1834, until April, 1835,
he filled the office of First Secretary to the Ad-
miralty, and, from the latter date until his appoint-
ment to the chief command at the Cape, that of a
Lord at the same Board. He married, in 1810,
Eliza Cecilia, youngest daughter of Jas. Ness, Esq.,
of Osgodvie, co. York, and has had issue five sons
and five daughters. Of the former, George, the
eldest, is a Capt. R.N., and the second, Gilbert
George, an officer in the 47th Regt. The third
son, Horatio Foley, died a Lieutenant R.N., as we
have recorded in the proper place. The Rear-
Admiral's two eldest daughters are respectively
married, the one to the Earl of Northesk, and the
other to Commander Lord Wm. Compton, R.N.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
ELLIOT. (Captain, 1840. p-p., 17; h-p., 3.)
George Elliot is eldest son of Rear-Admiral
Hon. Geo. Elliot, C.B.
This ofilcer entered the Navy 4 Nov. 1827 ; ob-
tained his first commission 12 Nov. 1834 ; and after-
wards served for upwards of three years in South
America on board the Astr^a 26, Capt. Lord
Edw. Russell. He was promoted to the rank of
Commander 15 Jan. 1838 ; and, being appointed, 29
May following, to the Columbine 16, sailed for the
Cape of Good Hope, whence he was ultimately
ordered to India. Capt. Elliot, whose Post-commis-
sion hears date 3 June, 1840, returned to England
with his father, as Acting-Captain of the Volage
26, in 1841. He further, from 7 June, 1843, until
1846, commanded the Eurydice 26, on the North
America and West India station. At present he is
unemployed.
He married, 1 Aug. 1842, Hersfey Susan Sidney,
only daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Wauchope,
of Niddrie Marischall, co. Mid-Lothian, and niece
of Sir David Baird, Bart., by whom he has issue.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
ELLIOT. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 0.)
Horatio Foley Elliot died in 1845. He was
third son of Rear-Admiral Hon. Geo. Elliot, C.B.
This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal
Naval College) 12 Oct. 1836 ; and was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 2 Feb. 1842. His appoint-
ments appear to have been— 22 Feb. 1842, to the
Cakysfort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet, on the
South American station— 18 July, 1843, to the Il-
lustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam in North
America and the West Indies — and, 24 Jan. 1844, to
the Albatross 16, Capt. Reginald Yorke, with
whom he served on the coast of Africa until the
period of his death.
ELLIOT. (Eeak- Admiral op the Blue, 1846.
F-p., 25 ; H-p., 41.)
Robert Elliot, bom in Oct. 1767, in Roxburgh-
shire, is brother of Major-General Henry Elliot.
This ofacer entered the Navy, in July, 1781, on
board the Dunkirk, Capt. Millingan, bearing the
flag of Admiral Milbanke at Plymouth ; and, from
1782 until the breaking out of the French revolu-
tionary war, was employed, on the North Ameri-
can and Home stations, in the Diomede 44, Capt.
Thos. Lennox Frederick, Thisbe, Capt. Geo. Ro-
bertson, Edgar 74, Capt. Adam Duncan, Hector
74, Capt. Sir John Collins, Edgar again, Capt. C.
Thompson, Robust 74, Capt. Geo. Keith Elphin-
stone, Bellerophon 74, Capt. Thos. Pasley, and
Diomede, Capt. Matthew Smith. On 13 July, 1793,
having passed his examination in 1788, we find him
promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Savage, Capt.
G. Wentwofth ; after two years' servitude in which
sloop, on the Downs station, he became First of the
Greyhound 32, Capts. Paget, Bailey, and Young.
Assuming command, 26 Dec. 1796, of the Plymouth
hired armed-lugger, Mr. Elliot, in March, 1797,
took (and was officially reported for his great
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ELLIOT- ELLIOTT.
activity and successful exertions on the occasions)
the privateers Epervier^ of 4 guns, 3 swivels, and
29 men, and L Amitie, of 14 gims and 55 men.*
For his eventual services in the Good Design, ano-
ther hired armed-lugger, in which he had been
promoted to the rank of Commander 14 Feb. 1801,
Capt. Elliot obtained the Egyptian gold medal.
On being next appointed, 11 April, 1804, to the
Lucifer bomb, he proceeded to the Mediterranean,
and, after entering the Dardanells, was particularly
active off the island of Prota, where he assisted, 27
Feb. 1807, in covering the landing of the boats
previously to an attack on the enemy, vphose retreat
he was subsequently, with the launches of the
squadron under his orders, employed to intercept, t
He afterwards hoisted the flag of Sir Alex. Ball,
whom he assisted in carrying on the port-duties at
Valetta, until posted, 27 June, 1808, into the PoR-
cnPiNE 24. During the ensuing five years Capt.
Elliot was most actively employed. His last ap-
pointment was, 20 Oct. 1813, to the Surveillante
38, in which frigate he served off the north coast of
Spain. He went on half-pay in March, 1814; ob-
tained the Captain's Good-Service Pension 19 Feb.
1842 ; and was admitted to the out-pension of
Greenwich Hospital 15 July, 1844. His assumption
of Flag-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846.
Kear-Admiral Elliot has for the last eight or ten
years been perfectly blind, a misfortune iiartly
attributable to his services in Egypt. He married
Ann, daughter of Andrew Hilley, Esq., of Plymouth,
by whom he has, with two daughters, one son, the
present Commander R. H. Elliot, K.N. Agemts —
Messrs. Stilwell.
ELLIOT. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 8.)
Kobekt Hillev Elliot, born 18 July, 1804, is
only son of Rear- Admiral Robt. EUiot, R. N".
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Nov. 1818, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Liffef 50, Capt. Hon.
Henry Duncan, employed on particular service.
Between July, 1821, and Feb. 1825, we find him
ofiiciating as Midshipman, on the South American
station, in the Doris 42, Capt. Thos. Graham,
Creole 42, Commodore Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy,
Blossom 22, Capt. Arch. M'Lean, and Aurora 46,
Capt. Henry Prescott. He then, having passed his
examination, became successively Mate of the A'"io-
TORY 104, andBARHAM 50, flag-ships at Portsmouth
and in the West Indies of Sir Geo. Martin and Hon.
Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, an'd Nimble schooner,
Lieut.-Commander Edw. Holland. For his conduct
in the latter vessel at the capture, 19 Deo. 1827, of
the Guerrero slaver, of superior force, Mr. Elliot
was promoted, 3 Feb. 1828, to a Lieutenancy in the
Valorous 20, Capt. the Earl of Huntingdon. He
returned home from the West Indies in the follow-
ing Sept., and subsequently joined, on the Lisbon
and Mediterranean stations — 3 June, 1831, the
Briton 46, Capt. John Duff Markland — 19 June,
1833, the Endymion 50, Capt. Sam. Roberts — 2 Dec.
1833, the Revenge 76, Capts. Hon. Dpnald Hugh
Mackay and Wm. Elliott— 2 March, 1836, the Medea
steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin — and, 1
Jan. 1839, the Powerful 84, Capt. Chas. Napier.
After serving throughout the Syrian war, and wit-
nessing the fall of St. Jean d'Acre, he was at length
advanced to the rank he now holds, 4 Nov. 1840.
Since 8 July, 1844, he has been employed as an
Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. Agents
— Messrs. Stilwell.
ELLIOT. (Commander, 1814. f-p.,13;h-p.,32.)
Robert James Elliot entered the Navy, 26 Feb.
1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Endymion 40,
Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, lying at Portsmouth ;
served as Midshipman, from June, 1802, until Oct.
1806, in the Cambrian 40, and Leandeb and Leo-
pard 50's, flag-ships at Halifax of Vice- Admirals
Sir Andrew Mitchell and Hon. Geo. Cranfield
Berkeley ; then sailed for the East Indies on board
• Vide Gaz. \>l<)t, pp. 272, 315.
t V. Gaz. 1807, p. .^9f>.
the Modeste 36, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot ; and was
there promoted, 5 Aug. 1808, to a Lieutenancy in
the Fox 32, Capts. Hon. Arch. Cochrane, Henry
Hart, and Wm. Wells. In the course of the latter
year, we find him severely wounded in an attempt
made by the boats to cut out a ship from Batavia
Roads. He continued to serve in the Bast Indies,
latterly in the Phaeton 38, Capt. Fleetwood
Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and Modeste and
Hussar frigates, both commanded by Capt. Hon.
Geo. Elliot, until his return to England, where he
was paid off in June, 1814. He was promoted to
the rank of Commander on 27 of the following
Aug. ; but has not since been afloat. Agents —
Hallett and liobinson.
ELLIOTT. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Edward George Elliott entered the Navy 22
June, 1808 ; and, as Midshipman of the Forester,
assisted, in 1810, at the reduction of Guadeloupe,
the cutting out of a brig and schooner," and the
capture of two forts. Towards the close of the
war he served, in the Channel, on board the Dan-
nemark 74, and Zenobia 16. Having passed his
examination in 1815, he was ultimately promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 March, 1826; since
which period his appointments appear to have been
—7 June, 1831, to the Coast Guard— 4 Oct. 1834, to
the Dolphin Revenue-vessel — 25 Oct. 1837, again
to the Coast Guard — 25 May, 1839, to the Hornet,
another Revenue-cruizer — and, 27 Feb. 1843, once
more to the Coast Guard, in which he is at present
employed.
Lieut. Elliott married, in 1837, Eliza, only
daughter of J. D. Walton, Esq., of Ivinsale.
ELLIOTT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
James Burnett Elliott, bom 22 Aug. 1791, i*
brother (with John Elliott, Esq., Purser and Pay^'
master, R.N., and Storekeeper's Assistant at Dept-
ford Dockyard) of the late Capt. Sir Wm. Elliott,*
Kt., C.B., K.C.H., K.T.S., and of the late Lieut.
Thos. Elliott, R.N.
Tliis officer entered the Navy, 4 March, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plantagenet 74, Capts.
Graham Eden Hamond, Hon. Michael De Courcy,
and Fras. Pender ; of which ship, employed in the
Channel, he became a Midshipman 20 Feb. 1804.
After assisting at the capture of L'Atalante priva-
teer, of 22 guns and 120 men, he removed, in April,
1805, to the Prince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, under
whom be fought in the battle off Cape Trafalgar,
21 Oct. 1805. Rejoining the Plantagenet, in Deo.
1806, at that time commanded by Capt. Wm. Brad-
ley, he took command in 1808 of a boat belonging
to that ship, and, after an exposure of three hours
to a heavy fire from the enemy, assisted in rescuing
an English sloop-of-war which had been becalmed
under the fort of St. Julien, near Lisbon. He was
also, for several successive nights in 1809, employed
in the boats when they were placed under a Russian
fort in Revel Bay, preparatory to an attack upon
some hostile vessels ; and in 1812, leaving interme-
diately served in the Salvador del Mundo and
Africa, flag-ships at Plymouth and Halifax of
• Sir William Elliott was born 15 Dec. 1782. Entering
the Navy 21 Feb. 1795, he was wounded, as Fst.-class Vol.
of the Irresistible 74, in Bridport'a action, and served as
Midshipman of the Kossel 74, at Camperdown and Gopen-
hagen. As Lieutenant of the Daphne and Uastoh, he com-
manded a party ot seam<>n at the storming of Monto Video,
was aaain wounded while conducting a desperate cutting-out
affair in the harbour of Flodstrand, and contributed to the
capture of the French 74-gun ship D'Haapoult. When in
command of the Pni-rnsK and Hajakd sloops, Capt. Elliott
distinguished himself by the gallant manner in which he
attacked and carried a strong fort, garrisoned by 300 French-
men, in the port of Des Hayes, and also by his conduct ashore
and afloat at the reduction of Guadeloupe. He was pro-
moted to Post-rank 16 Oct. 1810 ; and during three years of
the peace commanded the Revekoe 76. He died suddenly
while sending in the Uoyai. Adelaide 104, as Flag-Oaptain
to Lord Amelias Beauclerk, Commander-in-Cliief at Ply-
mouth, 15 Sept. 18;8.
ELLIS.
335
Admirals AVm. Young and Sir Hertcrt Sawyer, and j
been appointed to the Crocodile 28, commanded,
on the Newfoundland station, by his brother, Capt.
"Wm. Elliott, he again served in the boats at the
cutting out of 19 armed-vessels, warmly defended
by a battery on the coast of France. Mr. Elliott,
who was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (while
serving on board the Dannemakk 74, Capt. Henry
Edw. Keginald Baker) by commission dated 2 Feb.
1815, has since that period been on half-pay.
He married 11 Jan. 1816, and has issue three
children.
ELLIS. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 33.)
Francis Wilson Ellis is youngest brother of
Retired Commander John Ellis, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1804, as
Fst.-cL Vol., on board the Crdizer 18, Capts. John
Hancock, Pringle Stoddart, Geo. Chas. Mackenzie,
Thos. Wells, and Thos. Kich. Toker ; under whom,
in the North Sea and Baltic, he continued succes-
sively to serve, the greater part of the time as Mid-
shipman, until June, 1810. During that period, one
of very active service, he assisted at the capture of
three privateers, carrying altogether 47 guns — was
frequently employed in cutting out vessels in the
very teeth of the enemy's batteries — witnessed the
surrender, in 1807, of the Danish fleet off Copen-
hagen, whence he was sent to England in charge of
one of the prizes — commanded the Cruizer's tender
' during the embarkation of the Marquis de la Ro-
mana's army from Nyeborg, in Aug. 1808 — and, for
his ability and zeal on every occasion, repeatedly
received the thanks of his superiors, and was re-
ported as " entitled to every indulgence the service
could grant." On leaving the Cruizer Mr, Ellis
joined the Formidabi.e 98, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris,
and, after a further servitude in the Roebuck and
SoLEBAY, flag-ships at Yarmouth of Vice-Admiral
Robt. Murray, was appointed, 8 Nov. 1811, Acting-
Lieutenant in command of the British Fair hired
armed cutter. He afterwards served, as Acting-
Lieutenant, in his old ship the Crhizeb, Capt. T. K.
Toker — and, as Midshipman again, in the iMPiiTUEDx
74, flag-ship at Lisbon of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin.
We at length find him, on 15 Oct. 1312, officially pro-
moted into the Revenge 74, bearing the flag off Ca-
diz and in the Mediterranean of Rear- Admirals Hon.
Arthur Kay e l^egge and Sir John Gore. Among the
other boat services in which Mr. Ellis bore a part
during his attachment to the latter ship, was the
cutting out of a privateer from the Mole of Pa-
lamos. His last appointment appears to have been,
29 March, 1814, to the Milford 74, Capt. Westby
Percival, then in the Adriatic. Since Aug. in the
latter year, when the Revenge, having returned
home, was paid off, Lieut. Ellis has not been afloat.
He was appointed, in Jan. 1846, Receiver of the
Admiralty Droits at Southwold. He married, 17
May, 1827, Charlotte, fourth daughter of the late
John Sanford, Esq., of Salisbury, by whom he has
issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
ELLIS. (Commander, 1846.)
Frederick Adam Ellis passed his examination
in 1826 ; and obtained his first commission 20 Jan.
1836. He was subsequently appointed — 20 Aug.
1836, to the Nimhou 20, Capt. John Frazer, on the
North America and West India station — 18 Oct.
1838, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Harrington Reynolds,
employed off' Lisbon and in the Mediterranean — 17
July, 1840, to the Belleisle 72, Capt. John Toup
Nicolas, lying at Plymouth — and, 25 Oct. 1841, to
the Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Com-
modore John Brett Purvis, on the south-east coast
of America. In the latter ship, of which he ulti-
mately became First-Lieutenant, Mr. Ellis conti-
nued until she woe paid off, in 1845. He was pro-
moted to the rank of Commander 9 Jan. 1846 ; and
has since been on half-pay.
ELLIS. (Commander, 1821. p-p., 34 ; h-p., 15.)
Henrv Ellis entered the Navy, 5 Jan. 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gal.vtea 32, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Byng (afterwards Viscount Torrington),
chiefly employed on the Irish station; and ijhile in
that frigate he witnessed a violent hurricane, in
which she was almost totally dismasted, and barely
escaped foundering. In June, 1802, he removed, as
Master's Mate, to L'Aigle 36, Capt. Geo. Wolfe,
under whom we subsequently find him present, 12
July, 1804, at the destruction, off the coast of
France, of La Charente of 20, and La Joie of 8 guns.
He became Sub-Lieutenant, 15 Jan. 1805, of the
Growler gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Rose,
and being promoted — for his satisfactory conduct at
the capture, after a running action of an hour and
a half, of the French national gun-brig No. 193,
carrying 2 long 24-pounders, 1 18-pounder, and 4
swivels*— to a full Lieutenancy, 19 March, 1805, in
the Rattler sloop, Capt. Fras. Mason, was after-
wards appointed — 2 Nov. 1805, to the Formidable
98, Capt. Fras. Fayerman, with whom he went to
the Mediterranean — 25 Aug. 1810, to the Armada
74, Capt. Adam Mackenzie— and, 8 May, 1811, 31
Jan. 1816, and 11 Sept. 1818, as Senior-Lieutenant,
to the Egmont, Rivolt, and Ramillies 74's, com-
manded, on the Home station, by Capts. .loseph
Bingham, Chas. Ogle, and Aiskew Paffard Hollis.
He assumed the rank he now holds 19 July, 1821 ;
from 8 Dec. in which year, until 1832, he was next
employed as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast
Guard. He was re-appointed to that service 20
March, 1835 ; but since 1838 has been on half-pay.
Agents — Cop lands and Burnett.
ELLIS. (Retired Commander, 1839. f-p., 25;
H-p., 43.)
John Ellis,! born 26 June, 1775, at Great Yar-
mouth, is eldest son of the late John Ellis, Esq.,
R.N., who, after assisting at the capture of Quebec
in 1759, and serving throughout the war of inde-
pendence in America, died, a Lieutenant of 18
years' standing, in 1798.
This officer entered the Navy 17 June, 1779 ;
served for some time in the Downs on board the
Dromedary and Dunkirk; and, on joining Sir
Chas. Henry Knowles, in the D.^dalus 32, was for
six months, during the year 1794, blocked up by a
French squadron at Norfolk, in Virginia. The
D^DALUS had previously been dismasted in a storm,
and had put into that port to be repaired. Fol-
lowing Sir C. H. Knowles into the Edgar and Go-
liath 74's, Mr. Ellis ultimately proceeded to the
Mediterranean, where, in 1796, immediately after
passing his examination, he joined the Victory
100, bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis. From
that ship he soon removed, as Acting-Lieutenant,
to the Virago gun-boat, employed in the pro-
tection of Corsica ; after the evacuation of which
island by the British, he took her to Gibraltar.
He then rejoined Sir C. H. Knowles on board the
Goliath, in time to act a part in the battle off
* Vide Gaz. 1S05, p. 244.
f Commander RUis, himself the son of a Naval officer, as
above stated, has had three brothers in the seruice of their
country: — 1. Samuel Burd(m ElUSy of the R.M., now a Lieut.-
Colonel and C.B., who, entering his profession in 1S04,
served in Sir Robert Calder's action and in the battle of
Trafalgar, was on board tlie Ajax when she took fire and
blew up off the Dardanells, accompanied the expedition to
the Walcheren, contribnted to the reduction of Guadeloupe,
was in the Pomonb at the capture of the American ship Pre~
sidentt and officiated as Senior Marine OlBcer throughout the
whole of the late operations in Cliina ; — 2. George Archer
Ellis, Purser R.N., who lost the use of his right arm in the
Rattlee's action witli the French flotilla, near Ostend, in
1804, was afterwards for six years a prisoner of war in France,
and died, 1 Jan. 1843, from pamlysis induced by his suffer-
ings;— and 3. Francis PVihoti Ellis, Lieut. R.N., whose ser-
vices we have already recorded. Two of his brothers-in-law,
Richard Dalton, Purser R.N., and Robert Johnstone, Surgeon
R.N., died, the former Secretary to Admiral Sotheby, the
latter Surgeon to the Hospital at Madras. One of his ne-
phews, Georffe H. Ellis, is a passed Clerk, and another,
Samuel Burdon Ellis — ^both sons of Lieut-Colonel Ellis — a
First Lieutenant R.M. On 4 April, 1844, in commemoration
of the naval services of their family, an honourable' augment-
ation was granted to the arms and crest of the four brotliers
and their descendants.
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ELLIS— ELLMAN—ELMHURST—ELMSLEY—ELPHICK.
Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. As Lieutenant of
the same ship (commission dated 29 April, 1797), we
subsequently find him sharing, under Capt. Thos.
Foley, in much hard boat-service off Cadiz, and
participating with Lord Nelson in the bombard-
ment of that town. Until the peace of Amiens, Mr.
Ellis next served in the Namuk 98, Capts. Thos.
Sotheby and "Wm. Luke, and in the Solebat 32.
At the recommencement of hostilities, he was em-
ployed for about 12 months in the Sea Fencible
service at Yaripouth ; after which he appears to
have successively joined, chiefly on the Home sta-
tion, and generally as First-Lieutenant, the CoN-
STASCE 24, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, Monmouth
64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Thos. Mac-
namara Russell, Elephant 74, Capt. Geo. Dundas,
Alebt, Capt. "Williams, part of the force employed
in the attack on Copenhagen in Sept. 1807, and
Dauntless 18, Capt. Dan. Barber. He invalided
from the latter vessel in 1812 ; and does not appear
to have been further employed. Commander Ellis,
who had been on the Junior List of Retired Com-
manders since 26 Nov. 1830, was placed on the Se-
nior List 20 Nov. 1839.
ELLIS. (Lieutenant, 1845. f-p., 19; h-p., 4.)
RoBEKT Ellis entered the Navy, 15 April, 1824,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dartmouth 42, Capt.
Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, with whom, after visiting
the West Indies, he removed, in Sept. 1825, to the
Glasgow 50, and was eventually present at the
battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. Having accom-
plished his time, as Midshipman, in the Spartiate
76, Capt. Fred. Warren, and Rattlesnake 28,
Capts. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, Sir Thos.
Pasley, and Chas. Graham, he passed his examina-
tion, 9 Nov. 1830 ; and then, continuing to serve in
the Rattlesnake, proceeded to South America in
the capacity of Mate. Between Jan. 1834, and his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 15 March,
1841, Mr. Ellis was next employed, on the Home,
African, and West India stations, in the Excellent
gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings, .^Etna steam-
vessel, Capts. Wm. Arlett and Alex. Thos. Emeric
Vidal, Forester 3, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Gover
Miall, and Thunder steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com-
mander Edw. Barnett. On 18 Aug. 1841, he was
appointed to the Electra 18, Capts. Philip Gostling
and Arthur Darley, and in that ship he continued
until 4 April, 1842. He has been in charge, since
25 April, 1846, of a station in the Coast Guard.
Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
ELLIS. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 20; h-p., 8.)
William Ellis entered the Navy, 27 Nov. 1819,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Brazen 26, Capt.
Wm. Shepheard, in which ship, and, as Midship-
man, in the Eceria 26, and Windsor Castle 74,
Capte. Sam. Roberts and Edw. Dumford King, he
served, on the St. Helena, Irish, Newfoundland, and
Home stations, until 1826. He then passed his
examination, and, until the receipt of his first com-
mission, bearing date 10 Jan. 1837, officiated, as
Mate, in the Tyne 28, Capts. Jas. Kearny White
and Sir Rich. Grant, Dryad 42, Commodore John
Hayes, Hermes steamer, Lieut.-Commander John
Wright, San Josef 110, and Royal Adelaide 104,
flag-ships of Sir Wm. Hargood, and Salamander
steam-vessel, Capts. M*Dougall and Sidney Colpoys
Dacres, on the North American, African, Mediter-
ranean, and Home stations. His next appointments
were — 14 Feb. 1837, to the Seringapatam 46, Capt.
John Leith, employed in the West Indies — and, 12
March, 1841, to the Soudan steam-vessel, Capt.
Bird Allen, fitting for an explorative voyage to the
river Niger. On his return from that deplorable
expedition, in Sept. 1842, Mr. Ellis, who for the
last seven months had had the acting-command of
the Soudan, found that he had been promoted to
his present rank on 30 of the previous March. He
has had command, since 3 July, 1846, of the Alert
6, on the coast of Africa.
ELLMAN. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 17; h-p.,5.)
John Spencer Ellman, bom in 1811, in the
parish of West Firle, co. Sussex, is eldest son of
John Ellman, Esq., of Glynde, a Magistrate and
Deputy-Lieutenant for that co.
This officer entered the Navy, 31 March, 1825, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aurora 46, Capts. John
Maxwell and Chas. John Austen, of which frigate,
employed on the Lisbon and West India stations, he
became Midshipman 23 May, 1826. In 1829, having
in the mean time returned to England, he again
sailed for the West Indies, on board the Galatea
42, Capt. Chas. Napier ; and from April, 1830, until
June, 1833, he served, nearly the whole time as Mate,
in the Hyperion 42, and Tyne 28, commanded on
the Home and South American stations by Capts.
Wm. Jas. Mingaye and Chas. Hope. He then,
in consequence of his promotion, which had taken
place 4 Oct. 1832, came home, and was subsequently
appointed, in North America and the West Indies —
22 Nov. 1833, to the Ringdove 16, Capt. Wm. Fred.
Lapidge — 18 March, 1836, to the Cornwallis 74,
Capt. Robt. Worgan Geo. Feshing, flag-ship latterly
of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget — 19 Jan. 1838, to the com-
mand of the Harpy 10 — and, 6 Nov. 1840, as Senior
Lieutenant, to the Tweed 20, Capt. Hugh Donald
Cameron Douglas. He was promoted (while serv-
ing on the south-east coast of America, as First of
the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt. W. F. Lapidge)
to the rank he now holds, 15 Nov. 1845 ; and since
that period has been unemployed.
ELMHURST. (Liect., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Philip James Elmhurst entered the Navy, 15
Aug. 1805, as A.B,, on board the Africa 64, Capt.
Henry Digby; under whom he was presently
wounded, as Midshipman, in the action off Cape
Trafalgar.* While afterwards attached to the
Magnificent 74, Capts. Geo. Eyre and Wil-
loughby Thos. Lake, in which ship he served from
5 Oct. 1806, until the date of his promotion, 27
May, 1814, Mr. Elmhurst assisted, as Master's
Mate, at the reduction, in Oct. 1809, and April,
1810, of the islands of Zante, Cephalonia, and Sta.
Maura, and was long actively employed in co-ope-
ration, during the year 1812, with the patriots on
the north coast of Spain. He subsequently joined
the Newcastle 50, and Diomede troop-ship, Capts.
Lord Geo. Stuart and Sam. Malbon ; and, as First-
Lieutenant of the Thistle 12, Capt. Jas. Montagu,
joined in the attack on New Orleans. He has not
been afloat since June, 1815. In consideration of
the wound above alluded to, Mr. Elmhurst was pre-
sented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
ELMSLEY. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
John Elmsley entered the Navy 11 Nov. 1815;
and obtained his commission 3 Aug. 1824. He has
not since been employed.
ELPHICK. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 22;
H-p., 30.)
James Elphick entered the Navy 25 July, 1795,
as A.B., onboard the Inflexible 64, Capt. Solomon
Ferris, stationed in the North Sea; proceeded to
Newfoundland, in 1798, as Midshipman bf the
Brilliant 28, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood; and,
after participating in a very spirited engagement
with the French 44-gun frigates Vertu and Be'ge-
neree, accompanied that officer into the Penelope
36. On 31 March, 1800, while at the blockade of
Malta, he assisted at the hard-wrought captm-e of
Le Guillamie Tell, of 84 guns and 1000 men, bear-
ing the flag of Rear- Admiral Decres; subsequently
to which event he attended the expedition to
Egypt. He became Acting-Lieutenant, 5 Nov.
1801, of the Caroline 36, Capt. Wm. Bowen, and,
bemg officially promoted 5 Jan. 1802, was after-
wards appointed, 5 April, 1803, to the Bbitannla
120, Capt. the Earl of Northesk, employed in the
Channel and off Cadiz— and 13 Jan. and 24 Sept.
• Fids Gai. 1805, p. Ilti4.
ELPHINSTONE-ELRINGTON— ELSMERE.
3^7
1806, to the Gibraltar 80, Capt. Thos. Whitby,
and Magnificent 74, Capts. Geo. Eyre and Wil-
loughby Thos. Lake. As Senior Lieutenant of the
latter ship, Mr. Elphick contributed to the reduc-
tion of Zante and Cephalonia in Oct. 1809 ; and in
March and April, 1810, he distinguished himself as
" a very gallant and zealous officer " at the siege
of Sta. Maura.* We also find him actively co-ope-
rating with the patriots on the north coast of Spain
in 1812. The Magnificent being paid oif on her
return with convoy from the West Indies in Aug.
1815, he remained unemployed until 14 Sept. 1818,
when he joined the Coast Blockade, as Super-
numerary-Lieutenant of the Severn 50, Capt. Wm.
M'CuUoch. Since his attainment of the rank of
Commander, 19 July, 1821, he has not been afloat.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
ELPHINSTONE. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 16;
H-p., 33.)
Alexander Francis Elphinstone, bom, 8 Feb.
1788, at Cronstadt, in Kussia, is only son of the late
Capt. Sam. Williams Elphinstone, of the Kussian
Navy (a lineal descendant of Robert, third Baron
Elphinstone), by Catherine, eldest daughter of the
late Admiral Kruse, of the same service. He is
nephew of the late Capts. Thos. and Robt. Philip
Elphinstone, both of the R.N., who died in 1821-2 ;
and of the present Colonel Sir Howard Elphinstone,
Bart., C.B. His grandfather, John Elphinstone, a
Captain in the British and an Admiral in the Rus-
sian Navy, who died in 1785, commanded the fleet
of the Czar at the battle of Tchesme in 1770, and
succeeded in destroying the Turkish fleet.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 March, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diomede50, commanded
at Sheerness by the late Hon. Chas. Elphinstone
Fleeming ; and on his removal, as Midshipman, in
May, 1800, to the Hector 74, Capt. John Elphin-
stone, he took charge of a boat, and had 3 men
wounded, near Cadiz, while reconnoitring a place
of debarkation for the troops under Sir Ralph
Abercromby, previously to their ultimate departure
for Egypt. Following Capt. Elphinstone, in March,
1801, into the FonnRoyAUT 80, flag-ship of Lord
ICeith, he landed with that officer, who had been
appointed Captain of the fleet, at Alexandria, and,
for the services he there rendered as his Aide-de-
Gamp, he was presented with the Turkish gold
medal. From May, 1801, until Aug. 1806, he ap-
pears to have been further employed, on the Medi-
terranean, Home, and East India stations, in La
PiQHE 36, Capt. Jas. Young, Diamond 38, Capt.
Thos. Elphinstone, and Culloden 74, flag-ship of
Sir Edw. Pellew. During that period he served
on three hazardous occasions in the Diamond's
boats ; and, on being lent, with 100 men, from the
Culloden to the Sir Francis Drake 32, was ac-
tively employed for some time in blockading the
Isle of France. On finally leaving the Culloden,
Mr. Elphinstone became Acting-Lieutenant of the
Arbooant 74, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie, in which
ship he continued* until within a short period of his
being confirmed into the Salsette, afterwards
Doris 36, Oapte. Christ. Cole and Wm. Jones Lye—
an event which took place 9 June, 1807. As First-
Lieutenant of that frigate, he commanded her
boats in several attacks made on the Malay and
Persian pirates, and during the operations against
the Isle of France, in Dec. 1810, he had the sole
charge of the ship during the Captain's absence
on ^ore. In 1811-12 he joined the CALBDONrA
and KoYAL George, flag-ships of Admirals Sir
Edw. Pellew and Chas. Vinioombe Penrose, the
Ajax 74, Capt. Sir Robt. Laorie, and then again
the Caledonia. In June, 1813, Mr. Elphinstone
landed near Tarragona, at the head of a battalion
of seamen, for the purpose of bringing oflT the
troops and destroying the guns at the Col de Ba-
laguer. He likewise shared in Sir Edw. Pellew's
partial actions with the French fleet out of Toulon,
5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814; and, in April of the
latter year, he acquired the approbation of Lord
• Vide Ge.7.. 1810, p. lis*.
Wm. Bentinck for the assistance he afforded in
command of a division of seamen at the siege of
Genoa. He was rewarded for these services by
promotion to the rank he now holds 15 June, 1814,
and since that period has been on half-pay.
Commander Elphinstone, a noble in Livonia, re-
ceived, in 1812, the Russian bronze medal, sus-
pended to the riband of St. Vladimir, which was
issued to all Russian noblemen who had in any way
partaken of the hostilities against the French. He
married, 5 May, 1819, Amelia Anne, eldest daughter
of Fred. A. Lobaoh, Esq., a senior merchant at
Riga, by whom he has issue four sons and four
daughters.
ELEINGTON. (Eetired Commander, 1844.
F-P., 15 ; H-p., 34.)
George Elrington entered the Navy, 17 March,
1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Triumph 74,
Capt. Wm. Essington, on the Home station, where
he became Midshipman, in July, 1799, of the Tem^-
RAIRE 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas.
Hawkins Whitshed, and where he afterwards
served, in the Maidstone frigate, Capt. Ross
Donnelly, Monarch 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
Thos. Graves, Unicorn and Ethalion frigates,
both commanded by Capt. Chas. Stuart, andlMpi-
tueux 74, Capt Jas. Lawford. Obtaining a com-
mission, 30 Aug. 1806, he next joined the Kite,
Capt. Edwin James— attended, in the Goliath 74,
Capt. Peter Puget, the expedition to Copenhagen
in Aug. 1807 — served for nearly five years in the
West Indies on board the Thetis 38, Capt. Geo.
Miller — and was finally employed, on the Home
station, in the Plover sloop, Capt. Colin Campbell,
and Vanguard prison-ship, Capt. Philip Helpman.
He went on half-pay in 1813 ; and accepted his
present rank 1 July, 1844. Agents — Goode and
Lawrence.
ELSMEKE. (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p.,
13; H-P., 49.)
Charles Elsmeee entered the Navy, 23 April,
1785, as A.B., on board the Swallow, Capt. David
Mackay, on the Irish station ; served afterwards in
the Fortune frigate, Capt. Cole, and, as Midship-
man, in the Good Intent and Union tenders ; and
on joining, in 1793, the Lowestoffe 32, Capt. Wm.
Wolseley, officiated, as Master's Mate, at the occu-
pation of Toulon, and at the sieges of St. Fiorenza
and Calvi. After an additional servitude of some
months with Capt. Wolseley in the iMpiRiEUSE, he
became Acting-Lieutenant of the Cumberland 74,
Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, and was in that
ship in Hotham's action of 13 July, 1795. From
the Cumberland he removed to the Victory 100,
bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis, with whom he
continued until transferred to the Britannia 100 ;
in which ship we find him participating in the
battle off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. Mr.
Elsmere, who had been confirmed in the rank of
Lieutenant on 23 of the preceding January, was
next appointed, in succession, to the Diadem, Co-
lossus, and Alliance, to the command of the
Columbine tender, and to the Terrible 74. In
the latter ship, under Capt. Wolseley, he attended
the expedition to Ferrol, in 1800. Having been on
half-pay since 1801, he was placed, 20 Dec. 1830, on
the Junior List of Retired Commanders, from which
he was promoted to the Senior List 3 Sept. 1838.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
^ELSMERE. (Retired Commander, 183). f-p.,
20 ; H-p., 43.)
Hans Sloane Elsmere died 20 Jan. 1845, at
Belfast.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1782, as
Midshipman, on board the Enterprize, Capt. John
Willet Payne, in which ship, and in six others, he
served, on the West India, Irish, and Mediterranean
stations, until 1788. In 1793 he re-embarked, on
board the Vengeur 74, Capt. Chas. Thompson, and,
returning ultimately to the West Indies, there be-
came, 15 May, 1794, Acting-Lieutenant of the
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ELTON- ELVY— ELWIN.
Cebes frigate, Capt. Thos. Hamilton. On 8 Oct.
following he was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the
Lord Mulgkave hired armed ship, Capts. Robt.
EoUes and John Smith. After serving for nearly
three years under those officers in the North Sea
and Channel, Mr. Elsmere was next employed in
command, from Oct. 1797, until May, 1802, of
the Wu-LiAM AND James and Alexandria tenders,
and of 'the Speaker gun-brig, on the Irish station.
His last appointment was, in Sept. 1805, to theSea
Fencibles at Carrickfergus, where he remamed
until 1810. He became a Retired Commander on
the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 9
Dec. 1831. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
Elvy was afterwards one of the few who were saved
from the Minotaor, when she was lost, on the Haak
Sands, at the mouth of the Texel, 22 Dec 1810.
From the latter period he remained a prisoner of
war at Verdun until May, 1814, when, hostilities
being at an end, he was allowed to return to Eng-
land. He obtained his commission 4 March, 1815 ;
but has not since been employed.
Lieut. Elvy, we understand, still suffers acutely
from the effects of the wound he received in the
Baltic.
ELTON. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 33.)
Henry Elton is third son of the late Rev. Sir
Ahraham Elton, Bart., by Elizabeth, eldest daugh-
ter of Alderman Sir John Durbin, Kt., an opulent
merchant of Bristol; brother of the present Sir
Chas. Abraham Elton, Bart, and of Lieut.-Colonel
"Wm. Elton, of the Dragoon Guards ; and brother-
in-law of Henry Hallam, Esci., F.R.S., the eminent
historian.
This ofloer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Centaur 74, Capts. John
Markham and Bendall Robt. Littlehales ; under the
former of whom, after witnessing the surrender of
Minorca, he assisted at the destruction, 16 March,
1799, of the Spanish frigate El Guadahvpe of 40
guns. In the course of 1802-3 he successively
joined, as Midshipman, the Latona frigate, Wil-
liam store-ship, and Orestes 14, Capts. Frank
Sotheron and Thos. Brown; and in 1804 he sailed
for the East Indies in the Culloden 74, bearing
the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew. On his arrival on that
station Mr. Elton became Acting-Lieutenant of the
CoENWALLis 50, Capt. Chas. Jas. Johnston, in which
ship, on U Nov. 1806, we find him participating in
an attack upon the French shipping, in St. Paul's
Bay, He Bourbon. Being confirmed in his new
rank by commission dated 6 March, 1807, he subse-
quently rejoined Sir Edw. Pellew, with whom, in the
GoLLODEN, after having officiated for some time as
Flag-Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Albemarle Bertie
at the Cape, he returned to England in 1809. His
latter appointments, we find, were — 24 Jan. 1810,
and 26 Jan. and 20 Dec. 1811, to the Dkeaonooght
98, BoTNE 98, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships on the
Home and Mediterranean stations of Admirals Thos.
Sotheby, Sir Harry Burrard Neale, and Sir Edw.
Pellew. On the night of 8 Sept. 1810, Mr. Elton
commanded one of the boats of the Dreadnought
98, under Lieut. Thos. Pettman, at the re-capture
of a Spanish merchantman among the rocks on the
west side of TJshant, a service which was not accom-
plished without a loss to the British of 6 men killed,
31, including the subject of this notice, wounded,
and 6 missijig. In the Caledonia he appears to
have been present in two partial actions with the
French fleet off Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb.
1814. Since the date of his last promotion, 7 June,
1814, Commander Elton has been on half-pay.
He married, 20 July, 1816, Mary, daughter of Sir
Fras. Ford, Bart., and widow of Peter Touchet,
Esq., by whom he has issue three daughters.
ELVY. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-t., 8 s h-p., 32.)
George Elvt entered the Navy, 27 March, 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capts.
Chas. John Moore Mansfield and John Barrett.
While in that ship, he assisted at the bombardment
of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807, served for some time
off Lisbon under the flags of Sir Chas. Cotton and
Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and, on 25 July, 1809, was
wounded in the head, while employed, as Midship-
man, in the boats of a squadron under Capt. Thos.
Forrest, in a long and desperate action with a Rus-
sian flotilla, near Fredericksham, in the Gulf of Fin-
land, which, although the British lost 60 men in
killed and wounded, terminated in the total defeat
of the enemy, of whom 87 met a similar fate.* Mr.
* fide Gki. 1809, p. 1346.
ELWIN. (LlEDT., 1834. F-P., 21 ; H-P., 19.)
James Elwej, bom 1 Oct. 1794, at Dover, is bro-
ther of Lieut. Joseph Elwin, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nautilus 18, Capt.
Matthew Smith, with whom, and Capts. John Chas.
Gawen Roberts and Jas. Nash, he afterwards served,
in the CoMus 22, Merope 16, Pylades 18, and Im-
pregnable 98, on the M«diterranean, North Ame-
rica, and Home stations, the chief part of the time
as Midshipman and Master's Mate, until April,
1816. From April, 1826, until promoted, at the re-
commendation of the Board of Customs, to the rank
of Lieutenant, 29 Jan. 1834, Mr. Elwin, who had
passed his examination 3 Aug. 1815, was further
employed, as Chief Mate, in the Nimble, Eagle,
and Scout Revenue-cutters. His next appointment
was, 5 July, 1836, to the Coast Guard, in which ser-
vice he continued until 31 March, 1841. Since that
period he has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Elwin is a widower. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
ELWIN. (Lieut., 1814. p-p., 38 ; h-p., 5.)
Joseph Elwin is brother of Lieut. Jas. Elwin,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 July, 1804, as
Midshipman, on board the Tigress gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander Edw. Nathaniel Greensword, from
which vessel he removed, in Dec. 1805, to the
PoMPEE 74, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Sidney
Smith. In that ship, while actively employed on
the coast of Italy, he had the misfortvme to lose a
hand by the explosion of some arms taken from the
enemy. After serving, in 1807, at the passage of
the Dardanells, the destruction of the Turkish
squadron at Point Pesquies, and the siege of Co-
penhagen, Mr. Elwin accompanied Sir W. S. Smith
into the Foodroyant 80. On his return from a
visit to South America he became attached, in
May, 1809, to the Dryad 36, Capt. Edw. Galwey;
and while under that officer he appears to have
been much engiaged in co-operation with the patriots
on the north coast of Spain, where he landed with
the naval brigade, and assisted, in 1810, in destroy-
ing all the batteries (with the exception of Castro)
from St. Sebastian to St. Andero, on which were
found altogether about 100 pieces of heavy cannon.
Rejoining Sir W. S. Smith, afterwards, in the Hi-
BERNiA 120, Mr. Elwin, on 18 Aug. 1813, served in
the boats of that ship, and of a small squadron under
Capt. Thos. tissher, in a very gallant attack on the
batteries at Cassis, where, after sustsuning a loss of
4 men killed and 16 wounded, the British in four
hours succeeded in capturing S heavy gun-boats,
and 26 vessels laden with merchandise. On 24
March, 1814, he became Acting-Lieutenant of the
ScipioN 74, Capt. Henry Heathcote. Being offi-
cially promoted 2 Aug. following, he was subse-
quently appointed— 6 JMay, 1815, to the command
of the Telegraph at Barham Downs, where he con-
tinued for about twelve months— in March, 1820, to
the Coast Guard — in Oct. 1825, to the Hound Re-
venue-cruizer — 18 April, 1831, again to the Coast
Guard— 30 Dec. 1839, and 23 Aug. 1843, to the
Sprightly and Active, also Revenue-vessels— 1
April, 1845, a third time to the Coast Guard— and
27 June, 1846, to be Agent in a contract mail steam-
vessel, in which capacity he was but for a short
time employed.
For his frequent exertions in saving life from
shipwreck, Lieut. Elwin has elicited the expressed
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339
approbation of the Admiralty and the thanks of
the Committee at Lloyd's, and been rewarded .with
a medal from the Royal National Shipwreck Insti-
tution. In acknowledgment of the important as-
sistance afforded by him to a dismasted Dutch man-
of-war off Alderney, 13 Jan. 1844, the King of the
Netherlands has also presented this officer with a
Taluable piece of plate.
EMERTON. (Retired Commander, 1840.
E-p., 18; H-P., 34.)
James Emekton was bom 10 May, 1776, in Mid-
dlesex, and died, 9 June, 1846, at Stratford-le-Bow.
This officer (who, when Mate of a West Indiaman,
in the preceding spring, had served as a Volunteer
under Lieut. Groves, of H.M.S. Roebucks, against
the Charibs in the Island of St. Vincent, and had
been engaged in 16 different attacks on the enemy's
stockades) entered the Navy, 28 July, 1795, as A.B.,
on board the Leasder 50, Capts. Maurice Delgamo
and Thos. Boulden Thompson ; under the latter of
whom— after witnessing the capture of the Kutch
frigate Argo, and participating, as Midshipman, in
the attack upon Tenerife and in the battle of the
Nile— he was taken, 18 Aug. 1798, by the French
74-gun ship Gtme'reux, at the end of a close and
bloody conflict of six hours, in which the Leander,
besides being totally dismasted, and otherwise fear-
fully shattered, sustained a loss, out of 282 men, of
35 killed and 57 wounded, and the enemy, whose
force originally consisted of 936 men, of 100 killed
and 188 wounded. On bis restoration to liberty, in
Nov. following, Mr. Emerton joined the Vanooard
74, bearing the flag of Sir Horatio Nelson; and
while in that ship he appears to have been very ac-
tively employed off the coast of Italy, where he
served with the boats at the capture, in Leghorn
Roads, of two polacres, mounting 16 and 18 guns,
and assisted in removing the court and treasure
from Naples to Palermo. After an intermediate
attachment of fifteen months to the Bellerophon
74, Capt. Henry D'Esterre Darby, he became Mas-
ter's Mate, in Sept. 1800, of the Bellona 74, in
which ship, commanded by his former Captain,
then Sir T. B> Thompson, to whom succeeded
Capt. Thos. Bertie, he took part, and was severely
wounded, in the battle off Copenhagen, 2 April,
1801.'* When subsequently at Jamaica, Mr. Emer-
ton was appointed, 16 May, 1802, Acting-Lieutenant
of the Orion 74, Capt. Robt. Cuthbert, on returning
with whom to England he was officially promoted
9 July following. His succeeding appointments, we
find, were— 15 April, 1803, to the Levden 64, Capt.
J. Seater, off Harwich— 12 Nov. 1804, as First-Lieu-
tenant, to the MosQDiTO 18, Capt. Sara. Jackson, in
which he contributed to the capture, near Scarbo-
rough, of a smuggler and two French privateers,
the Orestes and Pylades, 12 April, 1805—24 Sept.
1806, to the Magnificent 74, Cfapt. Geo. Eyre, em-
ployed at the blockade of Cadiz, Toulon, and Corfu
■ — in July, 1809, to the Spartiate 74, Capt. Sir Fras.
Ijaforey, for passage home — and, 8 June, 1810, to the
Thisbe, successive flag-ship in the river 'Thames of
Rear-Admirals Wm. Albany Otway, Sir Chas. Ha-
milton, and Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge. While in
the latter vessel, he jury-rigged, and took to North-
fleet, the Nelson of 120 guns ; and he was also very
zealous in his endeavours to suppress the shameful
extortions of the crimps. Having been on half-pay
since Jan. 1815, he was at length, on 24 April, 1837,
admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital.
He accepted the rank of Retired Commander 30
July, 1840,
During his servitude as Midshipman, Commander
Emerton was often employed on extra-official or
dockyard duty ; and when the intelligence of his
having been wounded at Copenhagen reached Eng-
land, the Patriotic Society rewarded him with a
gratuitj' of 30/. He appears after the peace to have
presented the Admiralty with two codes of signals.
He married 26 June, 1816; and died a widower
* ride'Gax. 1801, p. 404.
with two sons and three daughters. Agekts-
Goode and Lawrence.
EMERY. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
James Barker Emery entered the Navy 4 Nov.
1808; passed his examination in 1817; and obtained
his commission 26 March, 1827. His appointments
have since been — 8 Sept. 1828, to the Coast Blockade,
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42,
Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 24 Sept. 1832, and 25
April, 1837, as First-Lieutenant, to the Larne 18,
and Beagle surveying-vessel, Capts. Wm. Sidney
Smith and John Clements Wickham, employed on
particular service — and 31 Dec. 1842, and 27 March,
1844, to the Comet jind Lucifer surveying steamers,
both commanded, on the coast of Ireland, by Capt.
Geo. Alex. Frazer, in the latter of which he is at
S resent serving, in the same capacity. Agents —
(essrs. Stilwell.
ENGLISH. (Gommandeb, 1827. e-p., 20 ;
K-p., 24.)
Charles English was bom 2 Dec. 1793j at Fare-
hain, CO. Hants, and died 10 Oct. 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William, Capt.
John Wainwright, flag^ship at Spithead of Admiral
Geo. Montagu, ti Feb. 1805, he joined the Cou-
rageux 74, Capt. Chas. Boyles, with whom, as Mid-
shipman of the Windsor Castle 98, we subse-
quently find him enacting a part in Sir Robt. Cal-
der's action, 22 July, 1805. In the course of the
following year he became successively attached to
tKe Sampson and Diadem 64's, bearing the flag of
Admiral Chas. Stirhng; and, while in the latter
ship, he assisted at the capture of Monte Video in
Feb. 1807. As Master's Mate, next, of La Gloire
38, and Amaranthe \i, Capts. Jas. Carthcw and
Geo. Pringle, Mr. English served at the reduction
of the French West India islands, in the years 1809-
10. After a further employment of 16 months in
the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey in
the Leeward Islands, he was at length, having passed
his examination nearly two years, promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 21 March,
1812. His appointments, in the latter capacity, ap-
pear to have been— 5 Jan. 1813, to the Ckessy 74,
Capt. Chas. Dashwood, employed off the Scheldt —
6 Aug. 1814, to the Euphrates 36, Capt. Robt.
Preston, on the Home station— 10 June, 1819, and
9 Dec. 1822, as Senior Lieutenant, to the Larne 20,
and Tribune 42, Capts. Henry Forbes, Robt. Tait,
and Gardiner Henry Guion, on the Mediterranean
station, where he commanded the boats of the latter
ship and of the Despatch 18, in a successful attack
on some pirate vessels, near the Morea, in 1824
and, 27 March, 1826, to the command of the Con-
test 12, in North America. On 17 April, 1827, he
was promoted to his present rank in the Ringdove
18, which sloop he continued to command, on the
station last mentioned, until 22 March, 1829. He
has not been since employed.
Commander English married, 11 Oct. 1834, Je-
mima Georgina, only daughter of the late Jas.
Garden, Esq., of Bedford Square, London.
ENTWISLE. (Retired Commander, 1839.
F-p., 17; H-p., 31.)
Hugh Entwisle is second son of John Entwisle,
Esq., of Foxholes, Rochdale, Lancashire, by Ellen,
daughter of Hugh Lyle, Esq., of Coleraine ; brother
of the late John Entwisle, Esq., M.P. for Roch-
dale, and of Robt. Entwisle, Esq., Lieut.-Colonel of
the Lancashire Militia ; and brotber-in-law of Robt.
Peel, Esq., of Manchester, first-cousin of the-Right
Hon. Sir Robt. Peel, Bart., M.P.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 May, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amethyst 38, Capts.
John Cooke, Henry Rich. Glynn, Alex. Campbell,
and John Wm. Spranger, on the Home station.
While in that frigate, besides being much employed
in the conveyance of royal and diplomatic person-
ages, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture of
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ERSKINE-ESSELL-ESTCOURT-ETHEEIDGE— ETOUGH.
three privateers, carrying 34 guns and 270 men,
and witnessed the surrender, 27 Jan. and 9 April,
1801, of the French 36-gun frigate La Dedaigneuse,
and national corvette Le General Bt'une of 14 guns.
With a brief interval, from 7 June to 18 July, 1805,
. during which he officiated as Acting-Lieutenant of
the Cruizer 18, Capt. John Hancock, Mr. Entwisle
continued to serve in the Amethyst until Sept. of
the latter year, when he rejoined Capt. Cooke on
board the Bellerophon 74, commanded subse-
quently by Capt. Edw. Kotheram. After partici-
pating in the battle of Trafalgar, towards the close
of which he had been sent with Lieut. Douglas to
take possession of the Sahama, a Spanish 74, he
obtained a Lieutenancy, 28 Jan. 1806, in the Padl-
ISA 16, Capts. John Rich. Lumley and Westby Per-
cival, under whom, during a period of six years and
a half, he attended Lord Gambler's expedition to
Copenhagen, and was very actively employed in the
Mediterranean. His succeeding appointments were
—5 Aug. 1812, to the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Sir
Henry Blackwood, stationed in the Channel — 12
April, 1814, to the Bdcephalus troop-ship, Capt.
Geo. Wm. Hughes D'Aeth, employed in the opera-
tions against New Orleans — and, 14 June and 11
Nov. 1815, to the Seahorse and Madagascar 3S's,
both commanded by Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon.
Commander Entwisle, who has been on half-pay
since 20 Aug. 1816, accepted his present rank 8 Jan.
1839.
He married, 11 Oct. 1824, Mary Anne, eldest
daughter of Jas. Koyds, Esq., of Mount Falinge,
Kochdale. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
ERSKINE. (Captain, 1838. r-p., 17; h-p., 11.)
John Elphinstone Ehskine is son, we believe,
of David E'rskine, Esq., of Cardross, by Keith,
youngest daughter of John 11th Baron Elphin-
stone; nephew of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Flea-
ming. Admiral of the Blue, and M.P. for Stirling,
who died Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 30 Oct.
1840; grand-nephew of Admiral Lord Keith, G.C.B.,
who reduced the Cape of Good Hope in 1795, ex-
pelled the French from Egypt in 1801, and died in
April, 1823 ; and cousin of Vice- Admiral Sir Chas.
Adam, K.C.B.
This officer entered the N&vy 6 May, 1819 ; passed
his examination in 1825 ; and obtained his first
commission 2 Jan. 1826. His succeeding appoint-
ments were— 25 Nov. 1826, 20 July, 1827, and 20
May, 1828, to the Barham 50 (as Flag-Lieutenant
to his relative, SirC. E. Fleeming), Druid 46, Capt.
Sam. Chambers, and Barham again, all on the Ja^
maica station ; where he assumed command, 24
Dec. 1829, of the Arachne 18, and where he was
next appointed, 3 May, 1830, to the Grasshopper
18. Quitting the latter vessel in 1831, he joined,
16 Aug. 1836, the Harlequin 16 ; from which
vessel, then in the Mediterranean, he was advanced
to Post^rank 28 June, 1838. On 6 Aug. 1841 Capt.
Erskine became Flag-Captain, in the Illustrious
72, to his cousin. Sir Chas. Adam, Commander-in-
Chief on the North America and West India sta-
tion. He returned to England in 1845 ; and has
not since been employed. Agent — John P. Mus-
pratt.
ESSELL. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
William Foulkes Essell passed his examina-
tion in 1817 ; obtained his commission 27 Deo. 1827 ;
and served in the Coast Guard from 17 Deo. 1828
until 1846. He has since been on half-pay.
ESTCOURT. (Commander, 1841. r-p., 20;
H-p., 6.)
Walter Grimston Bucknall Estcotjrt was
born 16 May, 1807, and died, while in command of
H.M.'s steamer Eclair, from the effects of invete-
rate African fever, which, in its frightful progress,
proved fatal to nearly all on board, 16 Sept. 1845.
He was fourth son of the present Thos. Grimston
Bucknall Estcourt, Esq., of Estcourt, co. Gloucester,
Barrister-at-law, D.C.L., and M.P. for the Univer-
sity of Oxford, by Eleanor, second daughter of Jas.
Sutton, Esq., of New Park, co. Wilts ; and brother
(with Capt. Jas. Bucknall Estcourt, of the 43rd
Regiment) of Thos. Henry Sutton Estcourt, Esq.,
M.P. for North Wiltshire, who married the only
child of the late Admiral Frank Sotheron.
This officer entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1819; and
passed his examination in 1826. Obtaining his first
commission 30 April, 1827, he was afterwards ap-
pointed—12 May, 1827, to the Revenge 76, Capt.
Norborne Thompson, lying at Portsmouth— 17 Aug.
1830, to the Rainbow 28, Capt. Sir John Franklin,
in the Mediterranean — 13 March, 1834, to the Ex-
cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos.
Hastings — 3 April, 1835, to the Pique 36, Capt. Hon.
Henry John Rous, on the North America and West
India station — 18 March, 1836, to the Vanguard 80,
Capts. Hon. Duncombe PleydeU Bouverie and Sur
Thos. Fellowes, employed on particular service —
and, 9 Dec. 1840, to the command, in the Mediter-
ranean, of the Lizard steam-vessel. He attained
his last promotion 23 Nov. 1841 ; and, from 26 Avg.
1844, until the period of his death, commanded the
Eclair steam-sloop on the coast of Africa. A
tablet in the Royal Dockyard Chapel at Portsmouth
records the untimely end of the gallant Commander
of the Eclair and his ill-fated companions. Agents
■ — Messrs. Halford and Co.
ETHERIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Thomas Etheridge entered the Navy 25 Sept.
1824 ; passed his examination in 1830 ; and was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 2 May, 1840. His
appointments have since been — 27 Oct. 1840, to the
Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, in the Me-
diterranean—and 1 7 Oct. 1843, and 9 Aug. 1845, as
First, to the Star 6, Capt. Robt. John Wallace
Dunlop, and Larne 18, Capt. John Wm. Douglas
Brisbane, both on the coast of Africa, where he is
at present serving.
ETOUGH. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 11 ; h-p.,31.)
Henrt Gladwell Etough entered the Navy, 12
May, 1805, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Druid 32,
Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke, with whom— after
contributing to the capture of the Prirux Mvrat
privateer of 18 guns, and Le Pandour national brig
of similar force — he removed, as Midshipman, in
1806, to the Shannon of 50 guns, throwing a broad-
side weight of 538 lbs., and 306 men. In Dec. 1807
he witnessed the surrender of the island of Ma-
deira; and he also, at various times, assisted in
taking a large number of the enemy's armed and
other vessels. On 1 June, 1813, being then Acting-
Master of the Shannon, Mr. Etough distinguished
himself, and was particularly recommended for his
conduct, at the memorable capture of the American
ship Chesapeake of 50 guns, yielding a broadside of
590 lbs., and 376 men ; an exploit which was achieved
after 15 minutes of intense combat, in which the
British sustained a loss of 24 men killed and 59
wounded, and the enemy of 47 killed and 115
wounded.* He was therefore promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant, by commission dated 9 July ; but he
did not leave the Shannon until the month of No-
vember; subsequently to which we find him ap-
pointed, in the course of 1814, to the Chanticleer
10, Capt. Stewart Blacker, and Clarence and Bed-
ford 74's, Capts. Fred. Warren and Jas. Walker.
Previously to participating in the operations against
New Orleans, Mr. Etough, on 14 Dec. 1814, served
with the boats of the latter ship, and of a squadron,
at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five American
gun-boats under Commodore Jones, which did not
surrender until the British, after a fierce contest,
had been occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and 77
wounded. t His next appointments were— 1 Sept.
1815, to the Prometheus 16, Capt. Wm. Bateman
Dashwood, from which vessel he was obliged, in the
following month, to invalid— and, 8 May, 1819, to
he Alert sloop, Capt. Chas. Farwell, employed in
• Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1329. f V. Gai. 1815, p. Hi.
EVANCE -EVANS.
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the Downs. Since 1820 Lieut. Etough has not, we
believe, been afloat. Agents— Case and Loudonsack.
EVANCE. (Commander, 1818. r-p., 14; h-p.,27.)
WiLUAM Deveredx Evance is son of Mr.
Evance, of the firm of Suttaby, Evanoe, and Co.,
Booksellers, of Stationers' Court, Fleet Street,
London.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Emuloos brig, Capt.
Gustavus Stujart, and afterwards sailed for the
West Indies in the Franchise 36, Capt. Chas.
Bashwood. During the three last years of the war
he served, as Midshipman and Acting-LieuteQant,
in the Cumberland 74, Capts. Robt. Clephane and
Robt. Waller Otway, Prince of Waxes 98, Capt.
John Erskine Douglas, Venerable 74, Capt. David
Milne, and Heron 18, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, on the
Mediterranean, Home, and West India stations.
Being confirmed, while in the latter ship, by com-
mission dated 3 Sept. 1814, Mr. Evance subse-
quently joined— 11 Sept. 1815, the Tigris 36, Capt.
Robt. Henderson — and, 7 Nov. 1816, the Con-
queror 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral
Robt. Plampin at the Cape of Good Hope. He
there assumed command, 15 Aug. 1818, of the Red-
poLB sloop ; but, since the following year, appears
to have been on half-pay.
Commander Evance is the senior officer of his
rank on the list of 1818. He married, 19 April,
1825, Harriet, youngest daughter of Job Dyer,
Esq., of Chigwell, oo. Essex, by whom he has issue
eight children.
EVANS. (Captain, 1838. p-p., 18; h-p., 18.)
George Evans entered the Royal Naval College
30 Sept. 1811; and embarked, 19 Nov. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mulgeave 74, Capt.
Thos. Jas. Maling, of which ship, then in the Medi-
terranean, he became Midshipman 17 Nov. 1813.
From Nov. 1814 until the receipt of his first com-
mission, 1 Jan. 1821, he served as Master's Mate
and Admiralty-Midshipman, on the West India,
Home, East India, and South American stations, in
the Brazen 18, Capt. Jas. Stirling, Ganymede,
Amphion, and Maoioienne frigates, commanded by
Capt. John Brett Purvis, and Owen Glendower 42,
Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer. On 12 April,
1823, he rejoined the latter officer in the Naiad 46,
and in that ship he again sailed for the Mediterra-
nean. While there Mr. Evans contributed to the
defeat, 31 Jan. 1824, of the Tripoli Algerine cor-
vette, of 18 guns and 100 men ; and on the night of
23 May following he commanded the boats, in con-
junction with Lieuts. Michael Quin and Thos. Dilke,
at the brilliant destruction of a 16-gun brig moored
in a position of extraordinary strength alongside
the walls of the fortress of Bona, in which was a
garrison of 400 soldiers, who, from cannon and
musket, kept up a tremendous fire almost perpen-
dicularly on the deck. The subject of this sketch,
who assumed charge, 4 Dec. 1827, of the Lightning
steamer, attained the rank of Commander 2 June,
1828. He was afterwards employed, from 4 Oct.
1832 until 1835, in the Rhadamanthus steam-
vessel, on the North America and West India sta-
tion ; but since his elevation to Post-rank, 28 June,
1838, has not been afloat.
Capt. Evans is at present Conservator of the
River Mersey. He married, 8 June, 1837, Mary,
"^ daugliter of Admiral John Gifiard. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
EVANS. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 20 ; hp., 28.)
Gustavus Evans entered the Navy, 18 March,
1799, as Midshipman, on board the Europe, Lieut. -
Commander John Gardiner, on the Plymouth sta-
tion ; served, from Aug. 1804 to Dec. 1808, princi-
pally as Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, in
the Epervier brig, under various commanders, on
the West India station ; and then joined, in the
latter capacity, the Cherub sloop, Capt. Thos.
Tudor Tucker ; to which vessel, after assisting at
the reduction"of Martinique and Guadeloupe, he
was confirmed 18 April, 1811. He at length inva-
lided from the Cherub, then in South America, in
April, 1813 ; and was afterwards appointed, 25 Feb.
1814 and 8 Sept. 1815, as First-Lieutenant, to the
Sheldrake 14, and Mosquito 10, employed on the
Home and Cape of Good Hope stations. The Mos-
quito was paid off in Nov. 1818 ; and Mr. Evans,
who had not since been afloat, was promoted to the
rank of Commander 23 Nov. 1841.
He is married, and has issue.
EVANS. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 35.)
John Evans (a), born 2 Dec. 1786 or 7, is son of
John Evans, Esq., of Dilwyn, co. Hereford, and of
the Rock and Vermont, in Jamaica, by a daughter
of John Tyler, Esq., of Dilwyn House, who was
f rand-niece of Bishop John Tyler, and a relative of
)r. Southey, the Poet-Laureate.
This officer entered the Navy, early in 1803, as a
Volunteer, on board the Leviathan 74, Capt.
Rich. Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag of Sir John
Thos. Duckworth at Jamaica, where, in the course
of the same year, he successively joined the Trent
36, Capt. Jas. Katon, and Dbsiree 36, Capts. Chas.
Bayne Hodgson Ross and Henry Whitby. While
in the latter ship he was present at the blockade of
Cape Fran9ois, the reduction of Port Dauphin,
where two forts and a 28-gun frigate. La Sagesse,
were taken from the enemy, and the surrender of
the French squadron with the remains of General
Rochambeau's army from Cape Francois on board ;
and he was also frequently employed with the boats
on cutting-out affairs of a very hazardous descrip-
tion. In June, 1805, Mr. Evans accompanied Capt.
Whitby into the Centaur 74, and after an inter-
mediate attachment to various other vessels, was
taken prisoner, while a passenger, in 1807, on board
the armed-brig Charles, by a French privateer.
La Vengeance^ of overwhelming force, to whom,
however, the former vessel did not surrender until,
in the course of a spirited action of four hours and
a half, fought within hail, she had expended every
shot, cartridge, and wad. On being soon afterwards
exchanged, Mr. Evans became attached, for short
periods, to the Drake and Wolf sloops, Capts.
John Fleming and Wm. Sumner Hall, and then
joined the Bacchante 20, Capt. Sam. Hood Ingle-
field, with whom he continued to serve, latterly as
Acting-Lieutenant of the DiEDALUs 32, until Sept.
1810. In the Wolf and Bacchante, besides parti-
cipating in several desperate actions with Spanish
flotillas, he assisted in taking, after a contest of
half an hour, Le Griffon French national brig, of
16 guns and 105 men ; and, in the D.£DAlus, he
contributed to the reduction, towards the close of
1808, of the town of Samana, in St. Domingo. In
1810-11 Mr. Evans was employed, on the North
American station, in the Belvidera 38, bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Herbert Sawyer, and
Atalante and Morgiana sloops, Capts. Fred.
Hiokey and David Scott. He was confirmed while
in the latter vessel, by commission dated 16 Nov.
181 1 ; but, in the following Feb., was compelled to
invalid in consequence of a severe liver complaint,
from the effects of which he still suffers. He has
not since been employed.
Lieut. Evans, during his servitude afloat, was
frequently invested with the duties of Prize Master;
and he appears, in almost every ship, to have been
exposed to a succession of the most furious hurri-
canes, which frequently carried away every mast,
and threatened, in fact, destruction to all on board.
He is married, and has one daughter living. His
son, John, a naval cadet, who had recently returned
from a voyage round the world, died in Feb. 1843.
EVANS. (Lieutenant, 1826. r-p., 10; h-p., 18.)
Nicholas Evans entered the Royal Naval Col-
lege 5 Aug. 1819 ; and embarked, in March, 1820,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Grasshopper 18,
Capts. Dan. Buchan and Jas. Bradley ; under whom,
and Capts. Houston Stewart and Fred. Warren, of
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EVANS.
the MENAr and Tweeb, he sa-ved, on the North
American station, latterly as Middiipman, until
Deo. 182,i. He then joined the Victory 100, com-
manded at Portsmouth by Capt. Inglis, and, ob-
taining his commission 2 Jan. 1826, was employed
in the Mediterranean as Lieutenant, from 12 Jlay,
1827, to Oct. 1830, of the Eevesge 76, Capts. Nor-
bome Thompson and Chas. Orlando Bridgeman.
He has since been on half-pay.
Mr. Evans is Senior Lieutenant of 1826.
EVANS. (LiEnTENANT, 1815, F-P., 19 ; h-p., 23.)
Raymond Evans entered tjie Navy, 11 Nov. 1805,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rose 18, Capts.
Lucius Curtis, Philip Pipon, and Thos. Mansell,
employed on the Mediterranean, Channel, and
Baltic stations. Ho rejoined Capt. Curtis, as Mid-
shipman, in 1809, on board the Magicienne frigate,
in vphioh he visited the Cape of Good Hope ; and
during the last four years of the war he served, on
various stations, in the Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam. Jas.
Ballard, Ariel 16, Capt. Dan. Ross, Actjeon brig,
Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator, and Valiant 74,
Capt. ^achary Mudge. Obtaining his commission
13 Feb. 1815, he was afterwards appointed— 8 July,
1819, to the Owen Glendowek 42, Capt. Hon. Robt.
Cavendish Spencer, fitting at Chatham— 16 Jan.
1820, to the Vengecr 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Mait-
land, on the South American and West India star
tions— 3 Oct. 1821, to the Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos.
Livingstone, lying at Sheerness — 26 Nov. 1822, to
the Gloucester 74, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen
and Geo. Fred. Rich, in which ship he proceeded to
the West Indies— 23 Dec. 1825, to the Jasper 10,
Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, at Portsmouth — and,
1 Aug. 1826, as First-Lieutenant, to the Badger 10,
commanded, on the Cork station, by Capt. Chas.
Crowdy. Since 1828 he has been unemployed.
Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
EVANS. (Eetiked Commander, 1838. f-p.,
18; H-p., 43.)
Roger Evans entered the Navy, 5 Jan. 1786, as
F9t.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 74, guard-ship
at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Roger Curtis, and, in the
following year, sailed for Newfoundland in the
Merlin, Capt. Edw. Pakenham. From Feb. 1790,
until April, 1795, he served^on board the Nassau
64, Capt. Andrew Sutherland, Iphigenia 32, Capt.
Patrick Sinclair, and Bedford 74, Capts. Kobt.
Mann and Davidge Gould ; in which latter ship we
find him successively employed at the occupation
of Toulon in Aug. 1793 ; the capture, in the port of
Genoa, of the 36-gun frigate La Modeste, 5 Oct. fol-
lowing ; and in Hotham's action, 14 March, 1795.
He then became Acting-Lieutenant of the Bellette
sloop, Capts. Secoombe, Stewart, and Temple ; and,
on 29 Deo. 1796, .was oonfjrmed in the Southamp-
ton 32, Capt. Jas. Macnamara, to which vessel he
had been transferred five months pipeviou^ly.
During the period of Mr. Evans' attachment to
her, the Southampton appeals to have been em-
ployed at the taking of Porto Ferrajo, the evacua-
tion of Capreja and Corsica, in the expedition
against Piombino, and at the siege of Castiglione.
She also made prize of the Spanish brig-of-war JSl
CarsB, of 18 guns, and was one of the repeating
frigates to the centre division of Sir John Jervis'
fleet, in the battle off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb.
1797. In Sept, of the latter year Mr. Evans joined
the Defiance 74, Capt. Theophilus Jones, on the
Channel station ; where, and in the Baltic, he after-
wards, from 26 Deo. 1798, until 22 Oct. 1801, com-
manded, with the exception of a few months in
1800, the Ferret and Alert. His subsequent
appointments, we find, were— 29 May, 1804, to the
Nemesis 28, Capt. Philip Somerville, on the Halifax
station, whence he invalided, 6 Nov. 1805 — 13 Feb.
1807, to the Goliath 74, Capt. Peter Puget, with
whom he served in the ensuing operations against
Copenhagen — 29 June, 1809, to the command of a
gun-boat, in which he accompanied the expedition
to the Scheldt — and, in Oct. following, to be Captain
of the port of Flushing. He resigned the latter
appointment on the evacuation of the Waleheren ;
and has since been unemployed. His acceptance of
the rank of Retired Commander, on the Junior List,
took place 1 Deo. 1830. He was promoted to the
Senior List 23 April, 1838. Agents— Messrs. Hal^
ford and Co.
EVANS. (Retired Commander, 1837. p-p.,
19; H-p., 35.)
Thomas Evans entered the Navy, in July, 1793,
as Ordinary, on board the Comet fire-ship, Capts.
Wm. Bradley and Edw. Codrington, under the
former of whom he took part in Lord Howe's action
of 1 June, 1794. Accompanying Capt. Codrington,
as Coxswain, into the Babet-22, he was next present
in Lord Bridport's encounter with the French fleet
offlle de Groix, 23 June, 1795 ; after which he served,
as A.B. and Quartermaster, in the Prince George
and Glort 98'S, flag-ships in the Channel of Sir
Hugh Cloberry Christian, and, as Midshipman and
Master's Mate, on the Mediterranean, West India,
and Home stations, in the Calcutta armed trans-
port, commanded at the reduction of Minorca by
Capt. Richard Poulden, and in the Drtad frigate,
Capts. Robt. Williams and Wm. Domett. In Feb.
1803, he rejoined Capt. Williams in the Russel 74,'
and, proceeding with convoy to the East Indies,
was there promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 12
April, 1805. In Sept. 1806, having returned to
England in the Medusa frigate, Capt. Sir John
Gore, he obtained command of a Signal station.
He was subsequently appointed — 13 June, 1808, to
the Impress service at Liverpool — 5 Dec. 1811, to
the Alfred 74, off Cadiz— and, 11 June, 1812, to
the command of the Mullet, for the purpose of
surveying the port of Liverpool. Commander
Evans, who has been on half-pay since June, 1813,
accepted his present rank 23 Oct. 1837.
EVANS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., to ; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Evans (c) was born 5 Oct. 1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leda 38, Capt. Robt.
Honyman ; during his attachment to which frigate,
he assisted at the reduction of the Cape of Good
Hope in Jan. 1806 ; served, as Midshipman, with the
troops at the storming of Monte Video in Feb. 1807 ;
attended the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen ;
and was eventually wrecked, near the entrance of
Milford Haven, 31 Jan. 1808. He next, for 20
months, served in the West Indies on board the
Cherub and Epervier sloops, Capts. Geo. Raven-
shaw, Alex. Nesbitt, Thos. Barclay, and Jas. Patti-
son Stewai't ; and while in the latter vessel he con-
tributed, as Master's Mate, to the capture and de-
struction of Z/e Cygne corvette of 18 guns, and two
schooners, near St. Pierre, Martinique, 12 and 13
Dec. 1808. From Sept. 1809, until the conclusion
of the war (with the exception of two years, in
1812-13, during which he served in the iMPirnBux,
Stately, and Rodney, flag-ships off Lisbon of
Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin), Mr. Evans was em-
ployed under Sir John Poo Beresford in the Theseds
and PoicTiEKS 74's, and Royal Sovereign yacht.
In the boats of the Poictiers he appears to have
been for several months very actively engaged up
the Tagus. He obtained his commission 2 Feb.
1815 ; and in the following Aug., after an interme-
diate servitude in the Caledonia 120, commanded
at Plymouth by Sir Arch. CoUingwood Dickson,
was placed on half-pay. He has not since been em-
ployed. Agents— Case and Loudonsack.
EVANS. (Lieut., 1821. r-p., 13; h-p., 26.)
Thomas Evans (d) entered the Navy, 25 Aug.
1803, as a Snpernumerary, on board the Orion 74,
Capt. Sir Arch. CoUingwood Dickson, stationed in
the Baltic, where he removed, as Midshipman, 21
June, 1810, to the Dictator 64, Capt. Robt. Wil-
liams. Accompanying the latter officer, as Master's
Mate, in March, 1812, into the Gloucester 74, flag-
ship for some time of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier,
EVANS-EVAN«ON—j;VE— EVELYN.
343
he sailed for the West Indies ; on bis Tetnrn from
which station, in Oct. 1814, he joined the Ph(enix
36, Capt. Ohas. John Austen. From June, 1815,
until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 28 Ayril,
1821, Mr. Evans served, on the Newfoundland,
Home, and African stations, in the Salisbury 50,
flag-ship of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, Obontes 36,
Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, and Taktar fri-
gate, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Geo. Kalph
Collier. He was then appointed to the command
of the Snapper gun-brig ; after a servitude of some
months in which vessel he rejoined the Tartar.
Quitting the latter ship in Sept. 1821, he remained
unemployed until 21 Feb. 1826, when we find him ap-
pointed to the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Sir
Kobt. Moorsom at the Nore. He has ibeen on half-
pay since 1827.
EVANS. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 13; h-p., 34.)
Thomas Peauce Evans was born 16 Oct. 1786.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jason 36, Capts. Joseph
Sydney Yorke and Hon. John Murray, on the Home
station. In 1801 he became Midshipman of the Be
Rdyter 64, Capt. Rich. Dacres, whom he soon
afterwards accompanied to the West Indies in the
Desib&e 36. Joining, in Sept. 1803, the Dragon
74, ■Caj)ts. Edw. Griffith and Matthew Henry Scott,
he served, as Master's Mate, under the former
officer, in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805 ;
two years ■after which period he removed to the
Brunswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves. In 1808 Mr.
Evans rejoined Capt. Griffith on board the Sultan
74 ; and in the boats of that ship, on proceeding to
the Mediterranean, he assisted in cutting out seve-
ral vessels from Oneglia, on the coast of Italy. On
16 May, 1809, he was promoted, from the Ocean 98,
flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, to an Acting-Lieute-
nancy in the Hibernia 110, Capt. Rich. John Neve.
He was confirmed, 4 May following, into the War-
spite 74, Capts. Hon. Henry Blackwood and Lord
Jas. O'Bryen; and with those officers he succes-
sively served, chiefly on the Home station, nntil
Nov. 1814. Since that period Lieut. Evans has
been unemployed.
He married, 12 Aug. 1812, Clare Elizabeth, third
daughter of the Rev. John Pennefather, Rector of
St. John parish, in the diocese of Cashell, co. Tip-
perary, and sister of Lieut. W. W. Pennefather,
II. N., by whom he has issue six children.
EVANS. (Lieut., 1813. t-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
Ward Evans entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1804,
as Midshipman, on board a surveying vessel. Master
Commander Seaton. He removed, in Oct. 1805, to
the Vestal 28, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, em-
ployed on Home service ; and, from 1808 until 1811,
served in the Undaunted 38, Capt. Thos. Jas.
Maling, Alphea, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Gibbons,
Endymion 40, Capts. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel and
Sir Wm. Bolton, and Alphea again, on the Medi-
terranean and Channel stations. He became Act-
ingrLieutenant, 16 Nov. 1812, of the Ahachne 16,
Capt. Chas. Hope Watson, in the West Indies ; and,
being officially promoted, 28 May, 1813, was next
anpomted, 11 April, 1814, to the Sheldrake 14,
Capt. Geo. Brine. After an intermediate servitude
off the coast of Norway and in the Channel, Mr.
Evans was paid off' in Sept. 1815 ; and since that
period he has not been afloat. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson.
EVANSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 30 ; h-p., 9.)
Alleyn Evanson has lost a brother in the army
and another at sea.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 July, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Donegai, 74, Capt. Pul-
teney Malcolm, on the Home station, where he be-
came Midshipman, in Feb. 1811, of the Boyne 98,
flag-ship of Sir Harry Burrard Neale. From March,
1812, until Oct. 1814, he next served, off' the coasts
of France and North America, in the Hannibal
74, and Niemen 38, both commanded by Capt. Sam.
Pym. He subsequently, in the Rotai, Oak 74,
bearing the flag of Sir P. Malcolm, co-operated in
the attack upon New Orleans. Obtaining his com-
mission 13 June, 1815, Mr. Evanson, on 5 Oct. in
the same year, joined the Spey 20, Capt. John
Lake, but, invaliding 29 Dec. following, remained
unemployed until appointed to the Coast Guard in
July, 1820. In the ensuing Sept. he^ppears to have
received a gun-Shot wound in the Isnee during an
laffray with a smuggler off Kinsale. He was super-
iseded, after having been for 21 years employed as
an Inspecting-Commander, in 1843, und has since
been on half-pay.
Lieut. Evanson married, 15 March, 1821, Emily,
eldest daughter of the late Counsellor Connell, of
the city of Cork, by Whom he has issue four sons
and six daughters.
EVE. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Edward Long Eve -entered the Navy 16 Jtme,
1808; and obtained his commission 13 July, 1824.
He has not since been employed.
He married, 29 June, 1830, Harriet, fifth daughter
of C. Tomson, Esq., of Breach Luton, co. Bedford.
EVELYN. (Lieut., 1804. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 3,4.)
George James Evelyn was born 7 June, 1783,
at Barbadoes.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1797, as
Midshipman, on board the Hequin 12, Lieut.-Com-
mander Wm. Wood Senhouse, in the boats of which
vessel he appears to have been wonnded while
boarding, 1 May, 1798, the French privateer La
Mutine, .of 6 guns and 44 men, nnder the batteries
of St. Bartholomew. After the stirrender of the
Dutch colony of Surinam, in Aug. 1799, he removed
to the Surinam 18, Capts. Christopher Cole and
Robt. Tucker ; and "previously to the detention of
that vessel by the Dutch at Cttrajoa, in 1603, he
assisted at the cutting out and captnre of more
than 100 of the enemy's armed and other vessels —
was on one occasion taken prisoner— and succeeded,
while in charge of a prize privateer, in re-taking
and carrying into port, with only 5 men, an Ame-
rican schooner, within sight of her original captor.
On the exchange of the Surinam's crew, Mr. Eve-
lyn, in March, 1804, joined the Pandora 40, Capt.
John Nash, of which frigate we find him created
an Acting-Lieutenant 5 May following. Being offi-
cially promoted, on 30 Aug. in the same year, into
the Imogene 18, Capt. Henry Vaughan, he subse-
quently assumed command, 2 Jan. 1805, and 8 Feb.
1809, of L'Eclair and Swaggerer brigs, of 12 and
16 guns. In the former vessel, besides contributing;
to the reduction of the islands of St. Thomas, Ste'-
Croix, and Marie-galante, he encountered, in 1807,
and, having first re-captured her prize, brought to
close action, a large three-masted French schooner
privateer. La Fe'licite, which vessel, however, after
occasioning the British a loss of 1 man killed and 4,
including Mr. Evelyn, wounded, eSiBctcd her escape
by superiority of sailing. In the Swaggeeek he
assisted at the capture of Martinique, the Salutes,
and Guadeloupe. Invaliding, in Oct. 1812, he re-
mained on shore until appointed, 25 July, 1815, to
the Venerable 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, by
whom, in the following Aug., he was intrusted with
the charge of all the boats employed in landing the
troops during the expedition against Guadeloupe.
He left the Venerable in Dec. 1815, and has not
since been afloat.
In March, 1816, Lieut. Evelyn was presented by
the_ merchants and shipowners of Barbadoes with
a piece of plate, valued at 100 guineas, in testimony
of the high sense they entertained of the marked
attention he had uniformly paid to their interests
when in command of the vessels above named.
This officer (who, during the 10 months immedil
aiely subsequent on the reduction of the Saintes,
had officiated as Governor of those islands) has
been a Magistrate since 1822, Harbour-Master since
1827, Captain of the Port since 1832, and Quaran-
tine Officer since 1837, at Barbadoes. He married,
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EVEREST-EVISON— EWART-EYRE-EYRES.
29 March, 1807, Miss Mary Ann Cole, of that is-
land, and has issue five children. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
EVEREST. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Henry Bryan Everest passed his examination
8 Jan. 1836 ; and, after serving for four years on
the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, as Mate of
the Vangdard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, and De-
vastation steam-sloop, Capt. Hon. Swynfen Thos.
Carnegie, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant,
10 Aug. 1844. His appointments have since been —
24 Aug. 1844, to the Scout 18, Capt. Hon. Jas.
Eobt. Drummond, in the Mediterranean — and, 13
and 31 Dec. 1845, and 1 Oct. 1846, to the Calipso
20, and Phcenix and Virago steam-sloops, Capts.
Henry John Worth, Jas. Sam. Akid Dennis, and
John Lunn, with the latter of whom he still serves
on the same station.
EWAET. (LiEDTENANT, 1841.)
Charles Joseph Frederick Ewart entered the
Navy 5 Feb. 1830 ; passed his examination 22 Dec.
1835; and was promoted while Mate in the Medi-
terranean of the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Cham-
bers, 23 Nov. 1841. He rejoined the latter ship on
30 of the same month, and was appointed— 4 Nov.
1843, 19 July, 1844, and 30 Jan. 1845, to the Cam-
perdown 104, Queen 110, and Trafalgar 120,
flag-ships at the Nore of Sir Edw. Brace, Sir John
Chambers White, and Sir Edw. Durnford King, in
the last-mentioned of which he is now serving as
First-Lieutenant.
EVEREST. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 9.)
Walter Grosett Everest died, 9 Dec. 1846, at
South Devon Place, Plymouth, aged 33. He was
son of G. Everest, Esq., late of thp Admiralty,
Somerset House.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1826, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Genoa 74, Capt. Walter
Bathurst, and was present in that ship, as Aide-de-
Camp to his Captain, at the battle of Navarin, 20
Oct. 1827. After an attachment of more than four
years to the Ocean 98, Capt. Patrick Campbell,
and Talbot 28, Capt. Rich. Dickinson, on the Me-
diterranean and Cape of Good Hope stations, he
passed his examination 14 March, 1832. From
Sept. in the latter year, until June, 1839 (with the
exception of 10 months in 1833-4, during which he
served off Lisbon in the Donegal 78, Capt. Arthur
Fanshawe), Mr. Everest appears to liave remained
unemployed. He was then successively employed,
for a period of 16 months, in the Britannia and
Impregnable, flag-ships at Portsmouth and Ply-
mouth of Sir Philip Chas. Durham and Sir Graham
Moore. While afterwards serving with the last-
mentioned oflicer in the Caledonia 120, he was
awarded a commission, dated 24 March, 1842. On
27 April following he again joined the Caledonia,
under Sir David Milne. He went on half-pay 13
Nov. 1843 ; and in the end died from the effects of
disease contracted in the Talbot, off the Mauritius,
which for 10 years had rendered his life one of
great suffering.
EVISON. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
John Chouchley Evison entered the Navy 6
June, 1809. On 12 Deo. 1810, being then in the
Entbefrenante cutter, of 8 guns and 33 men,
Lieut.-Commander Peter Williams, he assisted, near
Malaga, in beating off, after a spirited action of
four hours, in which the British sustained consider-
able loss, four French privateers, carrying altogether
15 guns and 170 men, one of the largest of which
had made three desperate but ineffectual attempts
to board. The Entreprenante subsequently, on
25 April, 1811, re-engaged, and in 15 minutes drove
on shore, one of her old opponents, mounting 6 guns
and 45 men. Mr. Evison, whom we afterwards find
present in the Belle Poule 38, Capt. Geo. Harris,
during the operations of 1814 in the Gironde, passed
his examination in 1815 ; and, on 27 Aug. in the
following year, served at the battle of Algiers on
board the Albion 74, Capt. John Coode. As a
Lieutenant, which rank he attained 28 April, 1827,
his appointments, we find, were — 18 Oct. 1828, to
the Coast Guard— 11 Oct. 1834, to the command of
the Lapw'ing Revenue-vessel — and, 26 Sept. 1837,
again to the Coast Guard. He left the latter ser-
vice towards the close of 1843, and has not since
been employed.
Lieut. Evison is Assistant Deputy-Governor of
the Queen's Bench Prison. He married, 6 June,
1839, Henrietta, eldest daughter of J. Spence, Esq.,
of Bishopwearmouth.
EYRE. (Ret. Capt., 1846. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 35.)
Thomas Eyre entered the Navy, 13 Aug. 1794,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Seahorse 38, Capt.
John Peyton, stationed in the Channel, where, and
off Cadiz, he afterwards, in 1796-7, served, as Mid-
shipman, in the Alexander, Swiftsure, and Blen-
heim 74's, all commanded by Capt. Arthur Phillip.
Removing then to the Kingfisher 18, Capt. Chas.
Herbert Pierrepont, he assisted, 8 Jan. 1798, at the
capture, after a gallant conflict of nearly two hours,
of the Betsy French privateer, of 16 guns. From
the following Nov. until Oct. 1800, he also served,
chiefly on the Home station, in the Defence 74,
Capt. Thos. Stevenson, Thalia 36, Capts. Rich.
Dalliug Dunn and Josiah Nisbet, Seahorse 38,
Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote, and Ville de Paris 110,
bearing the flag of Earl St. Vincent. On quitting
the latter ship Mr. Eyre became Acting-Lieutenant
of the Defiance 74, Capt. Thos. Revell Shivers.
He was confirmed, 2 Dec. following, into the Boa-
dicea 38, Capt. Chas. Rowley; and was subse-
quently appointed, on the Home and Lisbon stations
— 4 May, 1802, to the Nemesis 28, Capt. Philip
Somerville — 29 Oct. 1804, to the Repulse 74, Capt.
Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, under whom he bore a
part in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805 —
22 Aug. 1805, to the Sybille 38, Capt. Robt. Win-
throp — and, 15 Jan. 1808, to the Barfleur 98, flag-
ships of Admirals Wm. Albany Otway and Hon.
Geo. Cranfield Berk'eley. Assuming the rank of
Commander 25 July, 1812, he next joined, 11 June,
1814, the Thisbb 28, bearing the flag of Hon. A. K.
Legge, off Greenwich. He returned to half-pay in
1815, and, on 14 May, 1846, was invested with the
rank he now holds.
EYRES, C.B. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 18; h-p., 11.)
Harry Eybes is second son of Geo. Robt. Eyres,
Esq., by Louisa, eldest daughter of the late Sir
Harry Parker, Bart., of Melford Hall, co. Suffolk;
nephew of the present Sir Hyde Parker, Bart. ;
and cousin of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1818, as
a Volunteer, on board the Iphigenla 36, com-
manded by his relative, Capt. Hyde Psirker, whom
he accompanied to the West Indies. Until 22
April, 1827, he afterwards served, as Midshipman
and Mate, on the Home, Mediterranean, and North
American stations, in the Shearwater 10, Capt.
Douglas Cox, Liffey 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Dun-
can, Iphigenia again, Capt. H. Parker, Brisk 10,
Capt. H. Stewart, Active 46, Capt. Andrew King,
and Jupiter 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wil-
loughby Thos. Lake. He then became Acting-
Lieutenant of the NiEMEN 28, Capt. Chas. Simeon,
and, being confirmed on his return to England by
commission dated 5 June, 1827, was subsequently
appointed— 4 Feb. 1829, to the Comet 18, Capt.
Alex. .Albert Sandilands, in the East Indies— 30
Oct. 1832, to the Victory 104, flag,ship at Ports-
mouth of Sir Thos. Foley- 9 May, 1833, to the
Forte 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, of which ship,
after visiting Bermuda, whither he had been sent
in command of the Pyramus 42, with 400 con-
victs on board, he became First-Lieutenant— 20
Jan. 1835, to the Fly 18, Capt. Peter M'Quhae,
with whom he returned from the West Indies, and
was paid off, in the following Oct.— and, 12 Oct.
1836, to the command of the Pantaloon 10, tender
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345
to the Royal George yacht. Attaining the rank
of Commander 10 Jan. 1837, Capt. Eyres, in Nov.
of the same year, commissioned the Modeste 18.
In that vessel, after serving for some time under
Lord John Hay on the north coast of Spain, he
proceeded to North America, vrhere he was present
at Mexico pending the dispute between that re-
public and the French government, and was sent
to New York with despatches for the British Minis-
ter at Washington relative to the Maine boundary
question. He appears to have been also very ac-
tively employed in the suppression of the slave-
traffic in the Mozambique Channel. Joining,
eventually, in the operations against the Chinese,
Capt. Eyres ably assisted in the attack on Tycock-
tow, 7 Jan. 1841, and obtained the best thanks of
Sir Gordon Bremer for his conduct at the capture
of the island of Wangtong, 26 Feb.* The next day he
afforded very efficacious support to an attack made
by a squadron under Capt. Thos. Herbert on the
enemy's camp, fort, and ship Cambridge, bearing
the Chinese Admiral's flag, at their position below
Whampoa Reach, where he landed, and contributed
to the destruction in the whole of 98 guns.t On
13 March Capt. Eyres was likewise mentioned for
his effective aid at the capture of the last fort pro-
tecting the approaches to Canton ;J and, in the
course of the same month and of the following
May, he was reported for his gallantry at the first
and second fall of that city.§ After further
serving at the capture of Amoy, Chusan, and
Chinghae,!! he returned to England, towards the
close of 1841, with intelligence of the capture of
Ningpo. He has since been unemployed. His
Post-commission bears date 6 May, 1841,
Capt. Eyres, in acknowledgment of his services
in China, was nominated a C.B. 14 Oct. 1841. He
married, 26 April, 1838, Ellen Jane, daughter of
the late Wm. Parker, Esq., of Dorset Square.
Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
EYTON. (Lieutenant, 1824. f-p., 15; h-p., 20.)
Thomas Etton entered the Navy 22 Aug. 1812;
obtained his commission 6 Dec. 1824; and was
afterwards appointed — 1 Oct. 1829, as First-Lieu-
tenant, to the Rapid 10, Capt. Chas. Henry Swin-
burne, on the Mediterranean station— and, 20 June,
1831, to the Britannia 120, commanded on par-
ticular service by Capts. Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone
and Peter Rainier. He has been on half-pay since
1833.
Lieut. Eyton is at present employed as Super-
intendent of the Marine Society's ship. He mar-
ried, 7 March, 1833, Sarah, second daughter of
John Foster, Esq., of Enfield, co. Middlesex.
" EYTON. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 15; h-p., 27.)
William Wynne Etton, born at Wrexham, oo.
Denbigh, is fourth son of the late Rev. Hope Wynne
Eyton, of Leeswood, co. Flint, by Margaret, daugh-
ter of Robt. Wynne, Esq., of Tower, in the same
shire.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Neptdne 98, Capt. Thos.
Eras. Fremantle, and on 21 Oct. following partici-
pated in the battle of Trafalgar. Removing next
to the Seahorse of 42 guns and 251 men, Capt.
John Stewart, he assisted, on the night of 5 July,
1808, in putting to flight the Turkish frigate Alis
Fezan, of 26 guns and 230 men, and in capturing,
after a memorably furious engagement, and a loss
to the British of 5 killed and 10 wounded, her con-
sort the Badere Zaffer, mounting 52 guns, with a
complement of 543 men, of whom 170 were slain
and 200 wounded. While in the Seahorse, Mr.
Eyton also contributed, as Midshipman, to the re-
duction of the islands of Gianute and Pianosa.
In the course of 1811 he joined in succession the
ViiiLE DE Paris 110, and Kodnev and Milford
* ViieGxi. 1841, pp. 1164, 1498.
t V. On. 1841, p. 1501. X V. Gaz. 1841, p. 1503.
} V. Cm. 1841, pp. 1605, 2j05.
II V. Gal. 1842, pp. 83, .S93, 39e.
74's, bearing each the flag of Rear-Admiral T.
F. Fremantle, under whom, in the Milford, we
find him co-operating in the capture of Fiume
and Trieste in July and Oct. 1813. Being con-
firmed in the rank of Lieatenant 29 July, 1814,
he was appointed ultimately — 7 Jan. and 5 Oct.
1819, to the RosAEio and Redpole sloops, com-
manded in the Channel by Capts. Wm. Hendry and
Wm. Devereux Evance— 15 Sept. 1827, as First-
Lieutenant, to the Wolf 18, Capt. Geo. Hayes, in
the Mediterranean— and 17 Feb. 1829, 1 May, 1830,
and 18 Feb. 1831, in a similar capacity, to the Vic-
tory 104, St. Vincent 120, and Asia 84, flag-ships
at Portsmouth and off Lisbon of Admirals Sir
Robt. Stopford, Sir Thos. Foley, and Wm. Parker.
During his attachment to the St. Vincent, Mr.
Eyton appears, in Nov. 1830, to have been ap-
pointed to the Lightning steamer, for the purpose
of conveying Charles X. from Lulworth to Leith.
He invalided from the Asia 16 June, 1832; and
has not since been employed. Agents — Messrs.
Stilwell.
FAIRHOLME. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 2.)
James Wai/tek Fairholme was bom 10 Jan.
1821.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 March, 1834, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gannet 16, Capt. John
Balfour Maxwell, with whom, and with Commodore
Sir John Strutt Peyton, of the Madagascar 46, he
served on the West India station, part of the time
as Midshipman, until despatched as second in com-
mand of a prize-slaver to the coast of Africa, where
he was wrecked 7 April, 1838, and taken prisoner by
the Moors. Being, however, rescued on the banks
of the Senegal 16 days afterwards, while on his
journey inland with the rest of his shipmates, by a
party of French negroes under a government officer,
Mr. Fairholme returned to England, and in Dec.
1839 joined the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Rey-
nolds. After sharing in the bombardment of Bey-
rout and in the early operations of the Syrian war,
he became attached, towards the close of 1840, to
an expedition fitting for the exploration of the
Niger, whither he sailed in 1841, as Mate, on board
the Albert steamer, Capt. Henry Dundas Trotter.
Having ascended that river as far as Egga, a dis-
tance of 350 miles from the sea, he returned to
Cape Coast Castle in the month of Sept., and
in March, 1842, he invaUded home. Mr. Fairholme,
who had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
on 31 of the previous Jan., has been since ap-
pointed in succession — 20 April, 1843, to the Ex-
cellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir
Thos. Hastings— 14 Dec. 1844, to the Superb 80,
Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, at Devonport — and, 13
March, 1845, to the Erebus discovery-ship, Capt.
Sir John Franklin, now employed in an attempt to
explore a north-west passage through Lancaster
Sound and Bering Strait. Agent— Joseph Wood-
head.
FAIKLESS. (Retiked Commandeb, 1843.
F-p., 17; H-P., 32.)
George Fairless was born 26 May, 1782, at
Crossgate, in the parish of St. Margaret's, in the
city of Durham.
'rhis officer entered the Navy, 30 July, 1798, as
L. M., on board the Prince Frederick 64, Capt.
John Hall, on the Home station, where he conti-
nued to serve, the last two years in the Atlas 98,
Capt. Theophilus Jones, until April, 1802. Re-
embarking, 5 Deo. 1803, as Master's Mate, on board
the Uranie 38, Capt. Hon. Chas. Herberl^ he sailed
for the West Indies ; after which he joined the
Saturn 74, Capt. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, off
Cadiz, and was promoted, 18 July, 1807, to a Lieu-
tenancy in the Leyden 64, Capt. Wm. Cumberland.
In Aug. of the latter year Mr. Faiiless attended
the expedition to Copenhagen. He was subse-
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FAIRMAN— FAIRWEATHER-FALCON.
quently appointed First-Lieutenant, on tlie New-
foundland and Home stations — 11 June, 1808, of the
Jamaica 24, Capt. Arthur Lysaght— 20 Feb. 1811,
of the WoLVEKENE 18, Capt. Chas. Kerr— and, 26
Aug. 1812, of the Cherokee 10, Capts. Wm. Ramage
and Xhos. Smith, which vessel (having been super-
seded from her 4 Feb. 1815) he rejoined 4 Jan.
1816. Commander Fairless, who had been on half-
pay since 21 April, 1817, accepted his present rank
10 April, 1843.
FAIKMAN. (COMMANDEK, 1846.)
Alfked Nelson Fairman entered the Navy 11
April, 1818 ; passed his examination in 1825 ; and
obtained his first commission 4 Sept. 1829. He was
subsequently appointed — 13 July, 1830, to the Ra-
leigh 18, Capt. Abraham Mills Hawkins, in the
Mediterranean— 25 April, 1836, to the Coast Guard
—11 Sept. 1838, to the Action 26, Capt. Robt.
Russell, on the South American station^ — and, 2 July, '
1844, as First-Lieutenant, to the "Wabspite 50,
Capt. Prove Wm. Parry^Wallis. He returned home
from the Mediterranean in 1845 ; was next selected,
on 16 Jan. 1816, to fill the post of First-Lieutenant
on board the Qdeen 110, successive flag-ship on the
Home station of Sir John "West and Sir Gordon
Bremer ; and, on 9 Nov. 1846, assumed the rank of
Commander. He has since been on half-pay.
FAIRWEATHER. (Eetiked Commander, 1840.
F-p., 29 ; H-p., 36.)
John Fairweather entered the Navy, 6 July,
1782, as A. B., on hoard the Speedy 14, Capt. John
Young, on the Home station ; served afterwards for
five years in the West Indies as Quarter-Master of
the EuROFA 50, flag-ship of Admirals Gambler and
Tnnes ; was then successively appointed Midshipman
of the Dictator 60, Capt. Rich. Rodney Bligh,
and Britannia 100, flag-ship in the Mediterranean
of Vice- Admiral Hotham ; and after a further ser-
vitude of two years on the latter station as Acting-
Master of the TisiPHONE 18, Commodore Sam.
Hood Linzee, and Juno 32, Capt. Lord Amelius
Beauclerk, became Master's Mate, and then Acting-
Lieutenant, of the Dryad 36, commanded by the
last-mentioned ofiicer, and also by Capt. Pulling,
who, in May, 1796, sent him home in charge of
UAveille, a national cutter taken from the French*
on the coast of Ireland. Being confirmed, 8 June,
1797, into the Hazard, of 24 or 26 guns, Capts.
Alex. Ruddach and Wm. Butterfield, he assisted in
that vessel at the capture, 12 Aug. 1798, of Le
Neptune French national ship, of 20 guns, having on
board 270 troops, which did not surrender until
after an obstinate conflict of an hour and fifty mi-
nutes, during which the enemy had upwards of 20
men killed and wounded, and the British not more
than 6 men wounded. His able assistance and
good conduct on the latter occasion, as indeed on
all others, procured him a strong recommendation
from his Captain, Butterfield, who declared him
worthy of his warmest encomiums. f With the ex-
ception of a short interval in 1802-3, Mr. Fairwea-
ther next served, from 26 Sept. 1799 until March,
1805, on board the Canada 74, Capt. Hon. Michael
De Courcy, Polyphemus 64, Capt. Geo. Lumsdaine,
and FoRTUNie 40, and Majestic 74, both com-
manded by Lord A. Beauclerk, and all employed
on the Home station. He then ofiiciated for three
years as Agent for Transports afioat; and, on 11
July, 1808, was appointed to the charge of a Signal
station in the island of Jersey. Mr. Fairweather,
who has been on half-pay since 7 June, 1814, became
a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov.
1830, and on the Senior 18 March, 1840.
rating of Midshipman, and accompanied the for-
mer ofBcer into the Repulse and Venerable 74 s,
the latter bearing the flag of Admiral Duncan,
whom, after participating in the battle ofi^ Camper-
down 11 Oct. 1797, he followed into the Kent 74;
durmg his attachment to which ship he appears to
have been lent, for three months in 1798, as Actmg-
Lieutenant, to the Champion 20, Capt. Henry Ka-
per. In May and Sept. 1799 he successively jomed,
in the same capacity, the Busy 18, and HYiEKA
frigate, Capts. John Acworth Ommanney and David
Lloyd; and, on 15 May, 1800, he was confirmed
into the Wright armed-ship, Capt. Thos. Camp-
bell His subsequent appointments as Lieutenant
were, on the West India, North America, and
Lisbon stations— 23 Aug. 1800, to the Andromeda
32 Capts. Jas. Bradby and Edw. Durnford King—
9 June, 1802, and 21 July, 1803, to the Cambrian
40, and Leandeb 50, fiag-ships of Sir Andrew Mit-
chell—and, in 1806-8-9, to the Leopaed 50, Bae-
FLEUR 98, Ganges 78, and Baefleue again, bearing
each the fiag of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley.
While in the Leander Mr. Falcon assisted, under
Capt. John Talbot, at the capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of
La Ville de Milan French frigate, of 46 guns, and
the simultaneous re-capture of her prize, the Cleo-
patra 32 ; and, when with Capt. Salusbury Pryce
Humphreys in the Leopabd, he was one of the
ofacers sent to search the United States' frigate
Chesapeake for deserters, after that vessel had
struck her colours, 22 March, 1807. On 8 March,
1811, while acting as Captain of the Macedonian
38, he was made Commander into the Melpomene
troop-ship. Attaining Post-rank 29 Oct. 1813, he
soon afterwards joined the Leandeb 50, and, on 14
March, 1814, obtained command of the Cyane, of
32 guns and 171 men. After a furious action off
Madeira, in which, besides being much cut to
pieces, she sustained a loss of 6 men killed and 13
wounded, the latter vessel, together with her con-
sort, the Levant, of 20 guns and 131 men, was un-
fortunately captured by the American ship Comsti-
tutian, of 54 guns and 469 men, 20 Feb. 1815. Capt.
Falcon consequently became a prisoner of war, but,
peace soon restoring him to liberty, he returned
home, and was afterwards appointed — 24 June,
1817, to the Tyne 26, in which vessel, in Oct. 1820,
he brought from South America to England specie
to the amount of nearly 700,000?.- 1 March, 1823, to
the Isis 50, lying at Chatham— 23 June, 1823, and
21 Aug. 1825, to the Spartiate 76, and Wellesley
74, fiag-ships of Sir Geo. Eyre, on the South Ame-
rican station— and, 1 May, 1833, and 5 Sept. 1835,
to the San Josef 110, and Royal Adelaide 104,
bearing each the flag of Sir Wn^ Hargood, Com-
mander-in-Chief at Plymouth, where he continued
until paid off, 30 April, 1836. Since 17 Feb. 1845
he has been employed as Captain of the Koyal
SovEEEiGN yacht, and Superintendent of the Dock-
yard at Pembroke,
Capt. Falcon married, 7 Oct. 1834, Louisa, widow
of the late Capt. Cursham, and daughter of the late
Rich. Meyrick, Esq., of Runkton, co. Sussex, by
whom he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
FALCON. (Captain, 1813. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 21.)
Gordon Thomas Falcon entered the Navy, in
1794, as A. B., on board the Sheerness, Capt. Wm.
Geo. Fairfax, fiag-ship in the Channel of Rear-
Admiral Henry Harvey, but soon attained the
• Vide Gaz. 1196, p. 449.
t V. tta. 1798, p. 814.
FALCON. (Commander, 1846.)
Maxwell Falcon entered the Navy 5 May, 1825 ;
passed his examination in 1831 ; and was promoted
to a Lieutenancy, 23 March, 1840, in the ElectrA
18, Capt. Edw. Reeves Philip Mainwaring, on the
South American station. He there removed, 25
Feb. 1841, to the President 50, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, and from 29
April, 1843, until the receipt of his second promotal
commission, bearing date 11 Jan. 1846, served in
the East Indies on board the. Castor 36, Capt.
Chas. Graham. His advancement to the rank of
Commander was made a reward for his conduct in
command of a breaching battery in an attack made
upon a rebel New-Zealand chief named Kawiti;
whose strongly-fortified pah, situated many miles
inland, was stormed on the date last mentioned,
after several days of labour and fatigue, and tri-
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UTnphantly carried, notwithstanding a desperate
fight of four hours.* He is now on half-pay.
FALKINER. (Commander, 1813. f-p., 10;
H-P., 34.)
Charles Leslie Falkiner is third son of the
late Sir Sam. Falkiner, Bart., by Sarah, daughter of
Chas. Leslie, M.D., and granddaughter of the Very
Rev. Dean Leslie. He is a younger brother of the
present Sir Riggs Falkiner, Bart., of Anne Mount,
CO. Cork.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 Aug. 1803, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Galatea 32, Capt.
Henry Heathcote, whom, having attained the rating
of Midshipman 12 months previously, he followed,
in April, 1805, into the Desieee 36. On 20 Aug.
in the same year he joined the Uramie 38, Capt.
Christopher Laroche, off the coast of France, where
he afterwards became attached, in 1807-8, to the
Brilliant 28, Capt. Thos. Smyth, and Donegal 74,
Capt. Pulteney Malcolm. While in the latter ship
he was often employed in her boats annoying the
enemy's trade ; and, on the night of 11 April, 1809,
he served in the Hercule fire-ship, commanded by
her First-Lieutenant, Christopher Nixon, in Lord
Cochrane's attack on the French shipping in Aix
Road. For his conduct on that occasion, Mr. Fal-
kiner was promoted, immediately on passing his ex-
amination, to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 Jan. 1810,
and appointed to the Castilian brig, Capt. Robt.
Brown Tom. Being appointed, on 15 of the ensuing
May, to the Shannon, of 50 guns, throwing a
broadside weight of 538 lbs., and 306 men, Capt.
Philip Bowes Vere Broke, he sailed for the coast of
North America, and was there very actively em-
ployed for nearly three years. On 1 June, 1813,
being off Boston lighthouse, Mr. Falkiner headed
the Shannon's main-deck boarders, and was "most
strongly recommended" for the "gallantry, skill,
and judgment " of his conduct at the memorable
capture of the American ship Chesapeake, of 50 guns,
yielding a broadside of 590 lbs., and 376 men— an
exploit which was achieved after a close and despe-
rate action of 15 minutes, a loss to the British of 24
men killed and 59 wounded, and to the enemy of 47
killed and 115 wounded.f The subject of this
sketch, who took the Chesapeake as Prize-Master
into Halifax Harbour, and then returned home
with the despatches, was rewarded for his behaviour
with a Commander's commission, dated 9 July,
1813 ; since which period, however, he has been on
half-pay.
FANSHAWE, C.B. (Captain, 1816. f-p., 21 ;
H-p., 22.)
Arthck Fanshawe is third and youngest son of
the late Capt. Robt. Fanshawe, R.N.,t Resident
Commissioner of Plymouth Dockyard, by Christi-
ana, daughter of J ohn Gennys, Esq. ; brother of
Capt. Robt. Fanshawe, R.N., who died in 1804, and
of Colonel Edw. Fanshawe, R.E., C.B. ; brother-in-
law of Admirals Wm. Bedford, Sir Thos. Byam
Martin, G.C.B., Sir John Chambers White, K.C.B.,
and Sir Robt. Stopford, G.C.B. ; uncle, we believe,
of Commander Edw. Gennys Fanshawe, R.N. ; and
cousin of Capt. Henry Fanshawe, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Feb. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impetdeux 74, Capt.
Thos. Byam Martin, stationed in the Channel ; be-
» Vide Gaz. 1846, pp. 2.546, 23-IS.
+ V. Om. 1813, p. 1330.
J Cupt. Fanshawe was born in 1740, and entered the Navy
in 1763. He bore a part in the tliree {jeneral actions between
Vice-Admiral Pocock and the Comte d'Aclie in 1 758-9 ; com-
manded the Cabvsfoet 28, and Monmouth 64, at the reduc-
tion of New York in Sept. 1776, and in the action between
Byron and D'Eataing, oft Grenada, in July, 1 779 ; and served
aa Flag-Captain to Sir George B. Rodney on the elorious
12 April, 178a. From 17h4 until 1789, he sat as M.P. for
Plymouth; and at the period of his death, 4 Feb. 1823, he
had been upwards of twenty-six years resident commissioner
of the dockvani at that place. He would then, had he ac-
cepted his riag instead of the latter appointment, have been
senior Admiral of the Red.
came attached, in Deo. 1806, to the Salvador del
MuNDO, flag-ship of Admiral Young at Plymouth ;
and on his removal to the Prince of Wales 98,
bearing the flag of Lord Gambler, attended the ex-
pedition to Copenhagen in Aug. 1807. He then
rejoined Capt. Martin in the Implacable 74 ; and,
on 26 Aug. 1808, took part, as Midshipman, in a
gallant action of 20 minutes with the Russian 74-
gun ship Sewolod, which was completely silenced,
and in the end, with the assistance of the Centaur
74, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood, captured and burnt,
in sight of the whole Russian fleet, near Rogerswick,
after a total loss to the enemy of 303 men, and to
the Implacable individually of 6 kiUed and 26
woimded. In 1809-10 we find Mr. Fanshawe co-
operating with the patriots on the north coast of
Spain, in the Amazon 38, Capt. Wm. Parker, and
afterwards serving for two years at the Cape, lat-
terly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Sciriofl 74, Lion
64, and President 38, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral
Stopford, under whom, in the Scipion, he contri-
buted to the reduction of Java, in Aug. 1811. On
being officially promoted, 22 April, 1813, he became
Flag-Lieutenant, in the Prince Frederick 74, to
Sir T. B. Martin, then second in command at Ply-
mouth, whence, however, he soon sailed for I»iorth
America, in the Endtmion, of 48 guns and 319 men,
Capt. Henry Hope. While on that station Mr.
Fanshawe, in 1814, served in the boats at the cap-
ture of the Meteor privateer, of 3 guns and 32 men ;
he also assisted Capt. Rich. Coote in gallantly de-
stroying, near Pettipague Point, on the river Con-
necticut, 27 of the enemy's vessels, three of which
were heavy privateers, and the aggregate burden
of the whole upwards of 5000 tons ; and was again
employed in the boats in an unsuccessful attack
upon the Prince de Neufchatel American privateer,
which cost the British a less of 28 men killed and
37 badly wounded. On 15 Jan. 1815, he further
participated in the capture, after a close action of
two hours and a half, with a loss to the Endymion
of 11 killed and 14 wounded, and to her opponent of
35 killed and 70 wounded, of the President frigate,
of 56 guns and 465 men. Being promoted to the
rank of Commander, 2 Oct. 1815, Capt. Fanshawe,
who for a few weeks had re-officiated as Flag-Lieu-
tenant to Sir T. B. Martin in the Ganges 74, was
next, in the course of 1816, appointed to the acting-
command of the Pique, Junon, and M.sander
frigates, in the first of which he made a voyage to
the AVest Indies. His confirmation to Post-rank
taking place on 17 Oct. in the same year, he after-
wards joined — 26 Nov. 1818, the ISewcastle 60,
which ship, bearing the flag of Bear-Admiral Edw.
Griffith, he paid off, on her return from the Halifax
station, in 1822—17 July, 1832, the Donegal 78,
employed off Lisbon, whence he came home in July,
1834— and, 9 Feb. 1837, the Princess Charlotte
104, as Flag-Captain to Sir Robt. Stopford, Com-
mander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, to whom,
during the campaign on the coast of Syria, he
proved of great service in the details and arrange-
ments connected with the different operations, par-
ticularly at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre,
on which occasion he was officially praised for the
most able manner in which he fulfilled the duties
of his post."" Since the paying off of the Princess
Charlotte in 1841, he has been unemployed.
Capt. Fanshawe, as a reward for his Syrian ser-
vices, was nominated a C.B. 18 Dec. 1840. He
married, 10 Aug. 1820, a daughter of the late Vice-
Admiral Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, K.C.B., whose
flag-ship he then commanded. Agent — J. Chip-
pendale.
FANSHAWE. (Capt., 1845. f-p., 14; h-p., 5.)
Edward Gennys Fanshawe is nephew, we be-
lieve, of Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, R.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 18 Dec. 1828 ; passed
his examination in 1833 ; and obtained his first com-
mission 15 Aug. 1835. His ensuing appointments
were— 10 Nov. 1835, and 1 March, 1836, to the
Hastings 74, and Magicienne 24, commanded off
* Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2989.
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FANSHAWE-FARQUHAR— FARQUHARSON— FARRANT.
Lisbon by Capta. Henry Shiffner and Geo. Wm.
St. John Mildmay— 15 Dec. 1837, to the ViCToar
104, as Acting Flag-Lieutenant to Eear-Admiral
Hon. Buncombe Pleydell Bouverie, Admiral-Super-
intendent at Portsmouth — and, 15 Nov. 1833, to the
Daphne 18, Capt. John Windham Dalling, whom
he ultimately accompanied to the Mediterranean.
He attained the rank of Commander 28 Aug. 1841 ;
and on next joining, 7 Sept. 1844, the Ckuizer 16,
sailed for the East Indies, where his conduct in
command of the gun and other boats of a squadron
imder Capt. Chas. Talbot at the destruction, on
19 Aug. 1845, of Malloodoo, the fiercely-defended
stronghold of a Borneo chieftain named Scheriif
Osman, procured him a Post-commission dated on
7 of the following Sept.* Capt. Fanshawe has since
been on half-pay.
He is married and has issue.
FANSHAWE, K.S.V. (Craptain, 1814. f-p., 16;
H-p., 33.)
Henkt Fanshawe, born 9 Dec. 1778, at Shiplake,
CO. Oxford, is eldest son of the late Henry Fan-
shawe, Esq., a Colonel in the British Guards, and
subsequently a General Officer in the service of
Kussia (who, after holding the governments of
Kioo and of the Crimea, died a Kussian senator in
1828), by Susanna Frances, daughter of Chas. Le
Grys, Esq., of Norwich. Capt. Fanshawe is brother
of General Wm. Simon Fanshawe, of tlie Kussian
service, who died in 1829 — of Fred. Fanshawe,
Esq. (Chamberlain to the Emperors Alexander and
Nicholas), who was murdered by the Poles in 1830
— and of Lieut.-General Geo. Fanshawe, also an
officer in the service of His Imperial Majesty. He
is cousin of Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, R.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Sept. 1798, as
A. B., on board the Kent 74, Capt. Wm. Hope,
flag-ship in succession of Admirals Lord Duncan
and Sir' Rich. Hussey Bickerton, under whom he
attended the expedition to Holland in 1799, and, in
1801, accompanied the force sent against Egypt,
where he served on shore, as Midshipman, in the
battles of 8, 13, and 21 March. In Sept. 1803, he
followed Sir R. Bickerton into the Roval Sove-
BEiGN 100 ; after which he joined the Agincodkt 64,
Capt. Thoa. Briggs, lying at Chatham; and on 25
May, 1805, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
In July and Dec. following Mr. Fanshawe became
successively attached to the Malabar 54, Capt.
Robt. Hall, and Swift sloop, Capt. Wright, in the
former of which vessels he went to the West Indies.
After a servitude of exactly two years in the Coo-
BAGEux 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, employed chiefly at
the blockade of Cadiz, he obtained command, 2
May, 1808, of the Geasshoppek 18. On 24 Dec.
1811, we find the latter vessel in company with the
Hero 74, when that ship was lost in a dreadful
gale on the Haak sand; and, as the sole means of
avoiding the same fate, surrendering herself to the
Dutch fleet in the Texel. Capt. Fanshawe, who
accordingly became a prisoner, and, we believe,
remained in captivity during the rest of the war,
attained Post-rank 7 June, 1814. He accepted the
retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Fanshawe, a Knight of the order of St.
Vladamir of .Russia, married, first, 10 May, 1810,
Anna Maria, daughter of Lieut.-General John Jen-
kinson. Joint Secretary for Ireland, and brother of
the first Earl of Liverpool ; and secondly, 20 Jan.
1823, Caroline, daughter of F. F. Luttrell, Esq.,
and granddaughter of J. F. Luttrell, Esq., of Dun-
ster Castle, co. Somerset. Agents — Hallett and
Robinson.
FAKQUHAK. (Commander, 1844.)
Akthdr Farquhak entered the Navy 13 March,
1829 ; passed his examination in 1835 ; and for his
services as Mate of the Princess Charlotte 104,
flag-ship of Sir Robt. Stopford, during the operations
on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment
of St. Jean d'Acre, was awarded a commission,
• Jlde Gm, 1845, pp. 6S34, 6536.
dated 4 Nov. 1840. He was afterwards appointed
—26 Aug. 1841, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— and, in 1843,
for Particular Service, to the Ttne 26, Caledonia
120, and Volage 26, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-
Admiral Wm. Bowles. He attained his present
rank 2 Deo. 1844 ; and, since 5 Nov. 1846, has been
in command of the Albatross 16, on the coast of
Africa. Agent— Joseph Woodhead.
FARQUHARSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 7 ;
H-p., 31.)
Charles Farcjuharson entered the Navy, 5 Feb.
1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sitbille 38, Capt.
Clotworthy Upton, with whom, in the same ship
and the Jdnon 38, he continued to serve, on the
Irish and North American stations, nearly the whole
time as Midshipman and Master's Mate, until Sept.
1814. From that period until his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant, 20 Sept. 1815, he appears to
have been employed, on the lakes of Canada and at
Portsmouth, in the Prince Regent and St. George,
bearing each the broad pendant of Commodores Sir
Jas. Lucas Yeo and Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and
Calliope 10, Capt. Alex. M'Konochie. He has not
since been afloat. Agent — J. Hinxman.
FARQUHARSON. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 12;
H-p., 32.)
Edward Rico Owes Farquharson died 21 Dec.
1846, at Haslar Hospital.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 June, 1803, as _
Third-cl. Boy, on board the Conqueror 74, Capts. '
Thos. Louis, Israel Pellew, and Edw. Fellowes, in
which ship he accompanied Lord Nelson, as Mid-
shipman, to the West Indies in pursuit of the com-
bined fleets of France and Spain — served in the
battle off Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805— and witnessed
the surrender to the British of the Russian squad-
ron in the Tagus, in Aug. 1808. After an employ-
ment of some months off Lisbon and Cadiz in the
Barfleur 98, bearing the flag of Hon. Geo. Cran-
field Berkeley, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the
Myrtle sloop, and Tonnant 80, Capts. John Smith
Cowan and Sir John Gore, he was confirmed to a
Lieutenancy, 19 Dec. 1810, in the Mars 74, com-
manded by Capt. Henry Raper, on the Lisbon and
Baltic stations. His subsequent appointments were,
in 1813-14, to the RKVOLnTiONNAiRB 38, Capt. John
Chas. Woolcombe, Sea-Lark schooner, Capt. Thos.
Warrand, and Rolla brig, Capt. Robt. Julian.
Since 27 April, 1815, Lieut. Farquharson had been
on half-pay.
FARQUHARSON. (Lieutenant, 1814. r-p., 12;
H-p., 31.)
William Farquharson entered the Navy, 9
Nov. 1804, as a Volunteer, on board the .£olds 32,
Capts. Lord Wm. FitzRoy and Lord Jas. Towns-
hend, under the former of whom he bore a part in
Sir Rich. Strachan's action, 4 Nov. 1805, and as-
sisted at the reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809.
From May, 1811, until the attainment of his present
rank, 12 Sept. 1814, he served, as Midshipman and
Master's Mate, on tlie Jamaica station, in the Ra-
coon and Reindeer sloops, .Capts. Wm. Black and
Wm. Manners, and Argo 44, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Brown. He then successively joined the
Moselle 16, and Cydnos 38, Capts. Fred. Lang-
ford and Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer ; but since
the paying off of the latter vessel, 21 Jan. 1816, has
been unemployed.
Lieut. Farquharson married, 22 July, 1823, Mar-
garet, daughter of F. Mabelle, Esq., of Jamaica.
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
FARRANT. (Retired Commander, 1846.
F-p., 13 ; H-p., 33.)
John Faerant entered the Navy, 27 Jan. 1801,
as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Russel 74, Capts.
Herbert Sawyer and Wm. Cuming, and, on 2 April
following, was in the battle off Copenhagen. After
FARRANT-FAWCETT— FAYRER-FEAD.
349
serving for some months, in 1802, on board the
Amazon 38, Capt. Sam. Sutton, he became Mid-
shipman of La I)eterminee frigate armee en fiutej
Capt. Alex. Becher, under whom he was wreclted,
near Jersey, 24 March, 1803. He then joined the
I>READNouGHT 98, succcssive flag-ship, in the Chan-
nel and off Cadiz, of Admirals Hon. Wm. Comwallis
and Cuthbert CoUingwood ; and, on accompanying
the latter officer into the Royai. Sovereign 100,
was wounded in the battle fought off Cape Trafal-
gar 21 Oct. 1805.* After a further servitude with
Lord CoUingwood in the Qdeen and Ocean 98's,
and with Capt. Wm. Landless in the M&kgiana
sloop, Mr. Farrant was nominated Acting-Lieute-
nant, 15 July, 1808, of the Scoot 18, Capt. "Wm.
Kaitt — his appointment to which vessel was con-
firmed 30 Nov. following. On 14 June, 1809, he
assisted, and, as he had- done on other occasions,
elicited the warmest thanlcs of his Captain for the
determined bravery of his conduct as second in
command of the boats under Lieut. Henry Robt.
Battersby, at the cutting out of seven well-pro-
tected vessels from a harbour near Cape Croisette,
during their entrance into which the British were
exposed to a heavy fire of grape and musketry from
both sides ■,! and, on the night of 31 Oct. in the
same year, he contributed, in the boats of a squa-
dron under Lieut. John Tailour, to the capture and
destruction, after a desperate struggle, and a loss
to the British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of
the armed store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116
men, bombards Victoire and Grandeur, and armed
xebec Norrtmnde, with a convoy of seven merchant-
men, defended by numerous strong batteries, in the
Bay of Rosas. I Mr. Farrant's succeeding appoint-
ments appear to have been — 2 Deo. 1809, to the
ButwAKK 74, Capts. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Flee-
ming and Joshua Sydney Horton, employed off
Cadiz and at Vera Cruz — 4 Sept. 1812, to the Borer
sloop, Capts. Rich. Coote and Wm. Rawlins, with
whom he served most actively for two years off the
coast of North America — and, 15 Nov. 1814, to the
Plantagenet 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, one of the
ships attached to the expedition against New Or-
leans. He accepted his present rank 3 Nov. 1846.
In consideration of the wound he received at
Trafalgar, Commander Farrant at the time ob-
tained a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. Agent
— Joseph Woodhead.
FAKKANT. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 32.)
William Farrant entered the Navy, in Sept.
1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Canada 74,
Capt. Hon. Mich. De Courcy, whom, after attend-
ing the expedition to Quiberon, he accompanied,
the year following, into the Namur 98. Dur-
ing the peace he successively joined, as Midship-
man, the Winchelsea armee en flute, Capt. John
Hatley, and Captain 74, Capt. Chas. Boylea ; after
which, from April, 1803, until Aug. 1807, he served
with the late Sir Thos. Louis in the Conqueror 74,
Leopard 50, Ambuscade 32, and Canopus 80. In
the latter ship he appears to have assisted in the
battle off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806— the capture,
27 Sept. following, of the French frigate Le Presi-
dent of 44 guns— and the passage of the Dardanells
in Feb. 1807. He then served for 14 months in the
Qdeen 98, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, and Ocean
98, flag-ship of Lord CoUingwood, and, after an at-
tachment of two years, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the
Alceste 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell, under whom
he saw much service on the coast of Italy, was con-
firmed, 3 Dec. 1810, into the Ville de Paris 110,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fre-
mantle. He subsequently joined— in the course of
1811, the Ajax and Conqueror 74's, Capts. Robt.
WaUer Otway and Edw. Fellowes, both in the Me-
diterranean—7 June, 1813, the Motine brig, com-
manded in North America and the West Indies by
Capts. Nevinson De Courcy and Jas. Mould— and,
28 March, 1815, the Pompee 80, Capt. Sir Jas.
• VideGm. 1805, pp. Mil, 1484.
t v. Gm. If09, p. 1436. t V. Gaz. 1S09, p. 1907.
Athol Wood. He returned home from the Medi-
terranean in Nov. 1815; and has not since been
employed.
FAWCETT. (LiECT., 1811. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 34.)
Henry Augdsths Fawcett was bom 18 Jan.
1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1804, as
Midshipman, on board the Tighe 80, Capt. Benj.
Hallowell, in which ship he served, on the Mediter-
ranean, West India, and Home stations, latterly as
Master's Mate, until Nov. 1810. On the night of
31 Oct. 1809, he assisted in the boats of the Tigre,
and of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour, at
the capture and destruction, after a fearful struggle,
and a loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55
wounded, of the armed store-ship Lamproie of 16
guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grandeur,
and armed xebec Narmande, with a convoy of seven
merchantmen, defended by numerous strong bat-
teries, in the Bay of Rosas.* He obtained an Acting-
Lieutenancy, 29 Nov. 1810, in the Soltan 74, Capt.
John West, also in the Mediterranean, where he
was confirmed 17 Jan. 1811. Since April, 1813, he
has been on half-pay.
FAYRER. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 16; h-p., 29.)
Robert John Fayrer entered the Navy, 11 Nov.
1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caroline 36,
Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, stationed in the East Indies ;
where, from Sept. 1803 until his return home iu
1807, he served with the present Sir Josiah CoghiU,
as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Rattle-
snake sloop, and Concorde 36. While in the
Rattlesnake, he appears to have been in action
with some Malay proas ; and, on his removal to the
Concorde, he commanded the launch of tliat fri-
gate at the cutting out of the French brig Vigilante
of 4 guns. Joining next the Impebieuse 38, Capt.
Lord Cochrane, he served with great activity on
the coasts of France and Spain, until compeUed to
invalid in Feb. 1807, from the effects of several
wounds (among others a shattered arm) received
when in the act of boarding, in open day, off Bastia,
an enemy's vessel, carrying 8 guns and 52 men.
Being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 19 Dec.
1808, while serving as a Supernumerary in the
Royal William, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle,
flag-ship at Spithead, Mr. Fayrer was afterwards
appointed, in that capacity — in Feb. 1809, to the
Nayaden, Capt. Fred. Cottrell, employed off Green-
land and in the East and West Indies — 1 Feb. 1811,
to the Orpheds 36, Capt. Hugh Pigot, under whom
he witnessed the earlier operations of the last Ame-
rican war — 22 Sept. 1813, to the Andromeda 22,
Capt. Rich. Arthur, stationed off the coasts of Spain
and Portugal — and (for passage home from the Me-
diterranean), 4 July, 1814, to the Pompee 80, Capt.
Sir Jas. Athol Wood. Lieut. Fayrer, who had been
on half-pay since Aug. 1814, was appointed Super-
intendent, 3 April, 1843, of the Tenedos convict-
hulk at Bermuda, — in which capacity he is stiU em-
ployed.
A gratuity from the Patriotic Fund was presented
to him in 1808, in consideration of his severe wounds.
Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
FEAD. (CCaptain, 1826. f-p., 16; h-p., 31.)
Francis Fead died 31 Jan. 1847, at Woolwich.
He was son of Gen. Fead, of the Royal Artillery ;
and uncle of Commander W. F. Fead, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1800, as a
Volunteer, on board the Mercury 28, Capt. Thos.
Rogers, and, after escorting the present King of the
French to Minorca, joined Sir Wm. Sidney Smith
in the Tigre 74. Subsequently to the evacuation
of Genoa, he took part in the hostiUties against the
French in Egypt ; where he witnessed the landing
of the troops on 8, and served on shore in the battle
of 21 March, 1801. On the day previous to the
latter event he had brought an Arab in the Tigbe's
gig across Lake Mareotis, with intelUgence from the
* Fide Giz. 180?, p. 1907.
350
FEAD— FEATHERSTONE.
Sheik of Damanhour of an attack by the enemy
being meditated on the British. During the cam-
paign Mr. Fead also served with the boats in the
gallant operations against the small fortified island
of Marabut. In Dec. 1802 he next joined the Alc-
MENE 32, Capt. John Stiles, under whom he assisted
on one occasion in driving 32 armed vessels into
Granville. After 12 months' servitude, as Master's
Mate, on the "West India and American stations, in
the Fame 74, Capts. Graham Moore and Rich.
Henry Alex. Bennett, during which period he went
in pursuit, with Sir John Borlase Warren, of Jerome
Buonaparte, Mr. Fead was promoted to a Lieute-
nancy, 30 Dec. 1806, in the Prince 98, Capt. Alex.
Frazer. Bis subsequent subordinate appointments,
we find, were, on the Mediterranean, Home, and Ame-
rican stations — 11 Feb. 1807, to the Royal Sove-
EEiGN 100, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Thorn-
brough — 14 July, 1812, to the Queen 74, Capt. Lord
Colville— 12 May, 1813, to the Monmodth 64, flag-
ship of Vice-Admiral Thos. Foley — and, 5 March,
1814, to the Leander 50, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Col-
lier. While Acting-First-Lieutenant of the Qdeen,
Mr. Fead landed, in command of the boats belong-
ing to that ship, on the north coast of Spain, and,
although exposed to a heavy fire, assisted in drag-
ging a heavy gun across a mountainous country to-
wards the fort of Gueteria. He also, when in the
Monmouth, cruized in the Channel in command of
the Alert and Viper cutters ; and, during his at-
tachment to the Leander, he received a violent con-
tusion in an endeavour to rescue the 60th regiment
from a situation of extreme peril on the banks of
Newfoundland. Assuming command, 4 Oct. 1814,
of the Etna bomb, Capt. Fead joined in the ensu-
ing operations against New Orleans, and in Feb.
1815 distinguished himself by his "judicious and
officer-like conduct" at the capture of Fort Bowyer,
on Mobile Point. Having paid off the Etna in Aug.
1815, he remained on shore until 1 June, 1824, when
he received an appointment to the Pvladbs 18, and
was lor some time employed in cruizing with an
experimental squadron. He invalided from the
latter sloop, then on the Jamaica station, 28 June,
1825 — attained Post-rank 1 Nov. 1826 — and on 1
Oct. 1846 accepted the Retirement.
Capt. Fead was a Justice of the Peace for co.
Kent, and the originator of many useful improve-
ments in the art of naval gunnery. He married, in
1824, Helen Mary, daughter of the late Robt. Scott,
Esq., of Shineliffe Hall, co. Durham, by whom he
has left, with other issue,^ a son, the present Lieut.
W. F. G. Fead, R.N. Agents— Hallett and Robin-
son.
FEAD. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 5.)
William Frederick Fead is nephew of the late
Capt. Fras. Fead, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 June, 1824, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Pylades 18, Capt. Fras.
Fead ; and, from 1 June, 1825, until 20 Aug. 1830,
on which date he passed his examination, served, as
Midshipman, on the Home and Mediterranean sta^
tions, in the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Sir
Robt. Moorsom, Clio 18, Capts. Robt. Aitchison
and Robt. Deans, and Philomel 10, Capt. Chas.
Graham. He afterwards joined, in the capacity of
Mate, the Revenge 78, Capts. Chas. Orlando Brjdge-
man and Jas. Hillyar, Rattlesnake 28, Capt. C.
Graham, Spitfire steamer, Lieut.-Commanders
Wm. Henry Symons and Andw. Kennedy, Jupiter
38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, Inconstant 36,
Capts. John Hayes and Dan. Pring, and Hercules
74, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley
and John Toup Nicolas; and in those ships he served
in every quarter of the globe. His appointments
as Lieutenant, which rank he attained 28 June,
1838, appear to have been— 8 April, 1839, to the
CuRA^OA 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, on the South
American station— 30 Oct. 1840, to the Grecian 16,
Capt. Wm. Smyth, at the Cape of Good Hope — and,
in 1844-5, to the Camperdown 104, Queen 110, and
Trafalgar 120, flag-ships at Sheerness of Sir John
Chambers White. Being First-Lieutenant of the
Trafalgar when visited by Her Majesty at Spit-
head, he was in consequence promoted to the rank
of Commander, by commission dated 21 June, 1845.
Since that period he has been unemployed.
Commander Fead married, 1 Aug. 1843, Charlotte,
daughter of W. Hillier, Esq., of Boley Hill, Roches-
ter, and widow of Lieut. Rawlings, of the 48th Re-
giment.
FEAD. (Liedtenant, 1847.)
William Fbedebiob Glooesteb Fead is son of
the late Capt. Fras. Fead, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 3 Dec. 1845 ;
became, 7 Jan. 1846, Mate of the Nimrod 20,
Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the coast of Africa;
and on 1 Feb. 1847, as a tribute to his father's worth,
was promoted to the rank he now holds. He is still
serving, on the African station, on board the
Alert 6, Capt. Wm. Ellis, of which sloop he had
been nominated Acting-Lieutenant 20 July, 1846.
FEATHERSTONE. (Commander, 1844. f-p.,
18; H-p., 18.)
Craven John Featherstone entered the Navy,
in Nov. 1811, as a Volunteer, on board the Maid-
stone 36, Capts. Geo. Burdett and Wm. Skipeey.
During the four years of his continuance in that
ship, he assisted in taking a large number of Ame-
rican privateers; contributed, among other boat
services, to the capture of four large armed
schooners in the Rappahannock river ; aided in
beating off 13 heavy gun-boats after an action of
four hours ; was at the taking of Georgetovpn and
Frederickstown ; and twice fell into the hands of
the enemy— on the last occasion, after an ineffec-
tual resistance offered by himself and his only two
companions against a body of 45 men. Mr. Fea-
therstone— who, in consequence of the misfortune
we have just recorded, remained nine months in
captivity— subsequently joined the Leander 50;
from which ship, commanded by Capt. Skipsey, he
was discharged, as Master's Mate, in July, 1816,
into the Fury bomb, Capt. Constantino Rich. Moor-
som. On his return to England, after participating
in the battle of Algiers, he became attached with
Capt. Moorsom to the Prometheus sloop, employed
on Channel service ; and from 1818, in which year
he passed his examination, until Jan. 1825, he
served, on the Home and Cape of Good Hope sta-
tions, in the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, and
in the Ariadne and Andromache frigates, both
commanded by Capt. C. R. Moorsom. He then, as
Acting-Lieutenant, rejoined the Ariadne, com-
manded at the time by Capt. Isham Fleming Chap-
man ; and, being confirmed 3 July following, was
next appointed — 17 Dec. 1825, to the Prince Re-
gent 120, flag-ship until 1827 of Sir Robt. Moorsom
at the Nore— and, 2 Dec. 1841, to the command of
the Volcano steam-vessel, in which, for three days,
he bad the honour of entertaining the Queen Dow-
ager and suite. Since his last promotion, which
took place 24 Feb. 1844, Commander Featherstone
has been on half-pay.
FEATHERSTONE. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-P.,
15; H-p., 32.)
Samuel Featherstone entered the Navy, 1
March, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Terri-
ble 74, Capts. Wm. Wolseley and Fras. Fayerman,
one of the ships employed in the ensuing expedition
to Quiberon. In Oct. 1802, he became Midshipman
of the Imogene 18, Capt. Henry Vaughan, on the
coast of Africa ; and, in 1805, he next joined the
Hope tender, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Feather-
stone, on the Home station. Becoming attached,
in April, 1806, to the Windsor Castle 98, Capt.
Chas. Boyles, he presently witnessed the capture of
four heavy French frigates by a squadron under Sir
Sam. Hood ; and, in Feb. 1807, he passed the Dar-
dauells. During the last seven years of the war,
two of which were passed in the West Indies, and
the rest on the Home station, Mr. Featherstone
successively joined the Ybince Frederick, Lieut.-
FEGEN-FELLOWES.
551
Commander Abdiel Orfeur, Helder frigate, Capt.
John Serrell, Redbreast gun-brig, Lieut.-Com-
mander Sir Geo. Mouat Keith, Christian VII. 80,
Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, Snap 16, Capts. Geo.
Rose Sartorius and Wm. Bateman Dashwood, and
TiGRE 74, Capt. John Halliday. The Snap, on 1
Nov. 1813, fell in, oft' the coast of France, with five
privateer luggers, one of which, Le Lion^ of 16 guns
and 69 men, she brought to close action, and in a
few minutes captured. Mr. Featherstone obtained
his commission 2 Feb. 1815, but has not since been
employed.
FEGEN. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Charles Goodwin Fegen passed his examina^
tion 6 Sept. 1837; served for a considerable pe-
riod in the Mediterranean and Sonth America, as
Mate of the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers,
and Philomel surveying-vessel, Capt. Bartholomew
Jas. Sulivan ; obtained his commission 8 Aug. 1845 ;
and since 28 June, 1846, has been employed in the
Racer 16, Capt. Arch. Reed, on the South-East
coast of America.
FEGEN. (Commander, 1828. r-P., 29; h-p., 24.)
Richard Fegen entered the Navy, in March,
1794, as Midshipman, on board the London packet,
Lieut.-Commander Jas. Fegen ; removed, in 1798,
to the Galatea 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng; and on
joining the Tamar 38, Capt. Thos. Western, as-
sisted, in 1799, at the reduction of the Dutch colony
of Surinam, and the capture, after a close action of
10 minutes, of the French 28-gun frigate Republi-
caiTie. Removing, next, to the Dromedarv store-
ship, Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor, he served in
the boats at the destruction of a ship under the bat-
teries of Guadeloupe, and the capture of a schooner-
of- war ; and, on 10 Aug. 1800, he was wrecked in the
Bocca, near the island of Trinidad. Until March,
1806, Mr. Fegen was afterwards employed, on the
West India and Home stations, in the Leviathan
74, bearing the flag of Sir John Duckworth, Mag-
nanime 44, Capt. Taylor, and Locust, Milbrook,
and Cracker gun-brigs, Lieut.-Commanders John
Lake, Mauritius Adolphus Newton De Starck, and
John Leach. After a further servitude of eight
months as Sub-Lieutenant in the Sprightly, Lieut.-
Commander Jas. Gordon, he obtained a full Lieu-
tenancy, 8 Nov. 1806, in the Hermes sloop, Capt.
Edw. Reynolds Sibly, under whom, in the year fol-
lowing, ho attended the expedition to Monte Video.
In the course of 1808 Mr. Fegen further joined the
Sceptre 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, and Eijderin,
Capt. Pengelly ; and, then assuming command of the
Fanny cutter, he co-operated in the attack upon
Flushing in Aug. 1809. During the remainder of
the war he served (principally on the Home station,
although for some time in the West Indies) in com-
mand of the Concord, and on board the Fa vodrite,
Capt. Benj. Clements, Gannet, Capt. Jas. Steven-
son, Kangaroo, Capt. Lloyd, and Prince, flag-ship
of Sir Rich. Bickerton. His subsequent appoint-
ments were— 14 June, 1819, and 23 Nov. 1822, to the
TiGRE and Lapwing Revenue-cutters, in which he
made some valuable captures— 28 Nov. 1822, to the
Preventive Water-Guard Service — and, 19 Dec.
1826, to the command of the Pincher 5, on the Ja-
maica station. Since his attainment of the rank he
now holds, 9 Feb. 1828, Commander Fegen has been
on half-pay.
He married, 13 May, 1831, Miss Banks, of Ryde,
in the Isle of Wight, and has issue.
WOOD 80, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Fras. Sey-
mour, Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific. He was
appointed, 17 Oct. following, to the Queen 110,
Capt. Sir Henry John Leeke, atDevonport; and,
since 5 Jan. 1847, has been attached to the Superb
80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, part of the Channel
squadron.
FELLOWES. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
James Fellowes, born 31 July, 1813, is fourth
and youngest son of the late Wm. Henry Fellowes,
Esq., of Ramsey Abbey, M.P. for Huntingdonshire,
by Emma, fourth daughter of Rich. Benyon, Esq.,
of Englefield House, co. Berks ; brother of the pre-
sent Edw. Fellowes, Esq., of Ramsey Abbey, co.
Huntingdon, amfof Haverland Hall, co. Norfolk, a
Deputy-Lieutenant for the shire; and nephew of
Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Edw. Fellowes, who
commanded the Tohrterelle 26, at the reduction
of Ste. Lucie in 1796, and the Alarm 32, at the
conquest of Trinidad in 1797, and died in 1841, in
the 70th year of his age.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Aug. 1826 ; passed
his examination in 1832 ; obtained his commission
28 June, 1838; and was afterwards appointed, 5
July, 1838, and 5 Dec. 1839, to the Cornwallis 74,
flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of
Sir Chas. Paget, and Pique 36, Capt. Edw. Boxer,
in the Mediterranean. Since 1841 he has been
unemployed. Agents- Messrs. StilweU.
FELLOWES. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Charles Fellowes passed his examination 19 Oct.
1842 ; and served as Mate, on the Plymouth, North
America and West India, dnd Pacific stations, on
board the Caledonia 120, and Illustrious 72, flag-
ships of Sir David Milne and Sir Chos. Adam, and
in the America 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon. On
the attainment of his present rank, 29 June, 1846,
he joined, as Additional-Lieutenant, the Colling-
FELLOWES, Kt., C.B., K.C.C., K.L.H., K.S.A.,
K.K.G. (Captain, 1811. r-p., 25 ; h-p., 25.)
Sir Thomas Fellowes, bom in 1778, at Minorca,
is fifth and youngest son of the late Dr. Wm.
Fellowes. of Bath, Physician Extraordinary to
George IV. when Prince Regent, by the eldest
daughter of Peregrine Butler, Esq., of Dungarvon,
CO. Waterford. He is brother of Sir Jas. Fellowes,
Kt., M.D., F.R.S., who served as Inspector of Hos-
pitals to the British army during the Peninsular
war; and of Wm. Dorset Fellowes, Esq., formerly
Commander in the Navy, who ofiiciated as Secre-
tary to the Lord Great Chamberlain at the Corona-
tion of George IV. His eldest sister, on the
latter occasion, led the royal procession to West-
minster Abbey in the character of Principal Herb
Woman.
This officer (who had previously been a Midship-
man in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s service) entered the
Navy, towards the close of 1797, as Master's Mate,
on board the Royal George 100, Capt. Wm.
Domett, bearing the flag in the Channel of Lord
Bridport. After cruizing for some time on the Irish
station as Acting-Lieutenant of the Diana 38,
Capt. Jonathan Faulknor, he proceeded to the West
Indies as Master's Mate of the Crescent 36, Capt.
Wm. Grenville Lobb, and there, within siglit of a
Spanish line-of-battle ship and frigate, assisted at
the capture, 15 Nov. 1799, of the corvette El Galgo
of 16 guns. Until discharged at the peace, Mr.
Fellowes further served on the same station as
Master's Mate of the Queen 98, and Sans Pareil
80, flag-ships of Sir Hyde Parker and Lord Hugh
Seymour, and as Acting-Lieutenant of the Cum-
berland 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Bayntun, Snake
sloop, Capt. Wm. Roberts, and Carnatic 74, bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Robt. Montagu. From
the recommencement of hostilities until promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 June, 1807, we find him
employed in the East and West Indies on board the
CuLLODEN 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, Howe
frigate, Capt. Edw. Ratsey, Cornwallis and Hin-
dostan 50's, Capts. Chas. Jas. Johnston and Alex.
Fraser, and Acasta 40, Capt. Philip Beaver. He
then for a short period joined the Northumber-
land 74, bearing the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane ;
and during a subsequent attachment of several
months to the Melville sloop, Capt. Hon. Jas.
Wm. King, assisted at the reduction of the Danish
West India islands. Being next appointed to the
command of the Swinger gun-brig, Lieut. Fellowes,
in March, 1808, contributed to the capture of the
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FELLOWES— FERGUSON.
island of Deseada, where, with only 40 men under
bis orders, he landed and compelled 70 regular
troops and militia to lay down their arms as pri-
soners of war. Subsequently to that event, in
charge of two boats, he captured, and, after an ex-
posure of 14 hours to the joint fire of the enemy's
batteries and of a large privateer, destroyed, in
Bay Mahout, Guadeloupe, L' Alert letter-of-marque,
mounting 6 carriage-guns and 4 swivels, with a
complement of 40 men. Assuming command, 13
Nov. 1808, of the Unique brig, of 14 guns and
75 men, he served at the capture of the Saintes ;
and on 21 May, 1809, while at the blockade of
Basseterre, he landed with 24 men, spiked the guns
of a battery, seized the enemy's colours in the pre-
sence of five times his own number of regular
troops, and then retired with a loss of 1 Midshipman
killed and 7 men severely wounded.* The TJniqce
being destroyed as a fire-ship on 31 of the same
month, in a frustrated attempt made to annihilate the
French frigates Furieuse and Felicite, Capt. Fellowes,
whose services in that vessel and the Swinger were
rewarded with a Commander's commission dated 16
Sept. 1809, remained on half-pay until 2 Aug. 1810,
when he was appointed to the chief command,
under Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, of the whole Cadiz
flotilla, consisting of 30 sail of gun-boats. From 15
Nov. following, at which period he was superseded
by Capt. Robt. Hall, until 22 April, 1811, he com-
manded one half of that force, but he then re-
sumed the chief control, and continued to hold it
until the ensuing June. For several months during
that period Capt. Fellowes appears to have been in
daily collision with the enemy. On 22 Nov. 1810, for
the purpose of creating a diversion in favour of an
attack upon some gun-vessels in the river of Santa
Maria, he successfully drew upon himself and en-
gaged for six hours and a half, with great zeal, the
attention and fire of Fort Catalina ^f and on 6
March, 1811, he further distinguished himself by
his gallantry in storming a 4-gun battery, sur-
rounded by a ditch and spiked stockade, at the
entrance of Port Santa Maria, under a heavy fire of
grape from the neighbouring works. J In June of
the latter year, having been jjromcted to Post-rank
on 4 of the previous March, Capt. Fellowes, as above
stated, resigned the command of the Cadiz flotilla.
From 11 Feb. 1812, until Nov. 1814, he next com-
manded the Fawn 20, in which shiphe recaptured the
Ferthshire letter-of-marque, of 14 guns ; and, on 1 1
Jan. 1813, he destroyed, after a long and arduous
chase, the Kosamondj a notorious American privateer,
of 8 heavy guns and 105 men, near Puerto Cabello.
For his conduct in escorting a fleet of merchantmen
from Cork to Barbadoes, he received a handsome
letter of thanks from the masters of the convoy ;
as, for "his zeal and ability in driving away the
enemies of peace and commerce," he likewise did
from the Captain-General of the Caraccas. The
Governor of Cura9oa, Major-General Hodgson, also
acknowledged Capt. Fellowes' " zealous and active
exertions ;" and the merchants of that island pre-
sented him with a piece of place. Being after-
wards appointed to the command, 21 Feb. 1827, of
the Dartmodth 42, he sailed for the Mediterra-
nean with the duplicate of the treaty between Great
Britain, France, and Russia, for the protection of
Greece. On the occasion of the battle of Navarin,
which took place on 20 Oct. in the same year, Capt
Fellowes was intrusted with the care of six fire-
ships and of four other vessels, vrith whose able as-
sistance he appears to have saved La Sirine, the
French Admiral's flag-ship, from destruction. § In-
* The Unique's boat on this occasion, being completely
riddled, sank under Lieut. Fellowes ; one musket-ball
passed through his hat, another struck the pike in his hand,
and his jacket was shot through in two places; yet, stranfje
though it may seem, he was the only person of the party
who escaped altogether unhurt When afterwards employed
at the defence of Cadiz, he served on board the Watchful,
a small vessel, out of whose cabin (7 feet long, and 3 high,
and intended for the use of himself and a midshipman) he
never slept, from Sept. 1810 until June, 1811.
+ yitle Gaz. 1810, p. 2081. + T. Gaz. 1811, p. &S2.
j y. Gaz. 1827, p. 2328.
deed his gallantry was so conspicuous that on his
return to England he received the honour of knight-
hood, 13 Feb. 1828. He paid off the Daktmodth
16 March, 1830; and since that period has been
successively appointed — 25 March, 1836, and 25
Jan. 1837, to the Pembroke 74, and Vanguard 80,
on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations— and, 6
Feb. 1843, to the Superintendentship of the Royal
Saval Hospital and Victualling Yard at Plymouth,
a post he still holds.
Sir Thos. Fellowes, who is Senior Captain of the
year 1811, was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815,
created a Knight of the Spanish Order of King
Charles III. for his distinguished intrepidity at
Cadiz 22 Feb. 1822, and presented after thebattle
of Navarin with the insignia of the Legion of
Honour, the Second Class of St. Anne of Russia, and
the Redeemer of Greece. On 30 Nov. 1841, he was
appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.
He married, fii-st, 9 Nov. 1813, Katherine Mary,
eldest daughter of the late Sir Wm. Abdy, Bart.,
Captain, B.N., by whom, who died in Oct. 1817, he
had one son, the present Lieut. W. A. Fellowes,
R.N., and two daughters ; and, secondly, 24 Aug.
1819, Mary Anne Catharine, only child of the late
Isaac Humphreys, Esq., Colonel of the Bengal
Artillery, and Military Secretary to that Govern-
ment, by which marriage he has also issue. Agents
— Messrs. Halford and Co.
FELLOWES. (LiEDT., 1840. f-p., 19; h-p., 1.)
William Abdy Fedlowes, bom 11 Feb. 1815, is
only son of Capt. Sir Thos. Fellowes, R.N., Kt.,
C.B., by his first marriage.
This oflcer entered the Navy, in March, 1827, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dartmouth 42, com-
manded by his father, with whom he appears to
have been present at the ensuing battle of Navarin.
He afterwards studied for two years at the Royal
Naval College, and then, re-embarking, 15 May,
1830, served, until May, 1834 (on 24 of which month
he passed bis examination), as Volunteer and Mid-
shipman, in the Galatea 42, Capt. Chas. Napier,
Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Chas. Graham, and Edin-
BOBGH 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the Chan-
nel, South American, and Mediterranean stations.
During the next six years he successively joined,
as Mate, the Malabar 74, Capt. Henry Shovel!
Marsham, Thalia 46, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
Patrick Campbell, Trincolo 16, Capt. Henry Jo-
seph Puget, and Pembroke 74, and Vanguard 80,
both commanded by Sir T. Fellowes ; and in those
ships he served off the coasts of Africa and Portu-
gal and in the Mediterranean. Since his attain-
ment of his present rank, 27 April, 1840, Lieut.
Fellowes has been employed, on the West India,
Home, and North American stations, in the Victor
16, Capt. Wm. Dawson, Magnificent 74, Commo-
dore Peter John Douglas, Comus 18, Capt. Evan
Nepean, Magnificent again, Commodore Douglas,
Winchester and Camperdown, flag-ships of Sir
Thos. Harvey, Sir Chas. Adam, and Sir Edw. Brace,
Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, and Perslan
16, Capt. Henry Coryton. His appointment to the
latter vessel, of which he is First-Lieutenant, took
place 1 Jan. 1845. Agents — Messrs. Halford and
Co.
FERGUSON. (Captain, 1814. p-p., 14 ; h-p., 35.)
George Ferguson entered the Navy, in July,
1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vestal 28, Capt.
Chas. White, attached to the fleet in the North
Sea, and, after a servitude of five years in the
Hussar 38, Capts. Lord Garlics and Wm. Brown,
and La Loire 38, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, on
the Irish station, was promoted to a Lieutenancy,
30 March, 1805, in the Queen 98, successive flag-
ship in the Mediterranean of Admirals John Knight
and Lord CoUingwood. He assisted, while in La
Loire, at the capture, in 1804, of the French pri-
vateers Braave of 16 guns and 110 men, and Blonde
of 30 guns and 240 men— the latter after a pursuit
of 20 hours and a running fight of 15 minutes. On
FERGUSON— FERN ANDES— FERRAR.
353
20 April, 1806, Mr. Ferguson became Flag-Lieute-
nant to Lord CoUingwood in the Ocean 98, from
which ahip he removed, in Feb. 1808, to the Endy-
MioN 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. While
afterwards serving in the Atlas 98, under the flag
of Kear-Admiral John Child Purvis, he obtained
a Commander's commission dated 27 Deo. 1808.
Capt. Ferguson — who subsequently commanded the
PriiADES sloop, in the Mediterranean, from 11 April,
1809, until April, 1812, and captured, 14 Deo. 1809,
L'Aigle privateer, of 10 guns, 4 swivels, and 80 men
— was promoted to Post-rank 6 June, 1814, and ap-
pointed, 14 Dec. following, to the Spet 20, on the
Channel station. He has been on half-pay since
Sept. 1815.
Capt. Ferguson is Deputy-Lieutenant for Banff
and Aberdeenshire, for the former of which places
he sat in Parliament in 1833 and 1835. He married,
first, 26 May, 1812, Elizabeth Holcombe, only
daughter and heiress of John Woodhouse, Esq., of
Aramstone House and Yattqn Court, co. Here-
ford ; and secondly, in April, 1825, the Hon. Eliza-
beth Jane Kowley, sister of the late and aunt of the
present Lord Langford. Agents— Hallett and Ilo-
binson.
FERGUSON. (Caplailt, 1817. f-p., 18;h-p.,33.)
John Macpherson Fergdson is a younger son of
the late celebrated Dr. Adam Ferguson, Professor
of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edin-
burgh, by Miss Burnet, of Aberdeenshire, niece of
Dr. Joseph Black, Chemical Professor in the above
institution.
This oflicer entered the Navy, in Deo. 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the CffiSAR 80, Capts. Chas.
Edmund Nugent, Koddam Home, and Sir Jas.
Saumarez, employed for three years at the blockade
of Brest. He removed as Midshipman, in April,
1800, to La Loire 38, Capt, Jas. Newman New-
man ; served next, in the Aurora 28, Capt. Micajah
Malbon, and Victory 100, bearing the flag of Lord
Nelson ; and, on 13 Jan. 1804, was confirmed to a
Lieutenancy in the Supekb 74, Capt. Rich. Good-
win Keats, under whom, after pursuing the com-
bined fleets of France and Spain from the Mediter-
ranean to the West Indies, he assisted in Sir John
Duckworth's action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806.
Being appointed, on 20 Oct. in the latter year, to
the Redwing 18, Capt. Thos. XJssher, stationed in
the Straits of Gibraltar, Mr. Ferguson, who conti-
nued in that vessel for a period of 20 months as her
First-Lieutenant, bore a conspicuous part in a mul-
titude of very dashing exploits. On 20 April, 1807,
he ably supported Capt. Ussher in a spirited en-
gagement with a division of Spanish gun-boats and
several batteries near Cabritta Point ; and, on 7
Sept. following, he commanded the boats and dis-
played much gallantry in an attempt made to de-
stroy several vessels, under a most galling fire from
the town of Calassel. The day after the latter
event he obtained the highest praise of his Captain
for his bravery in boarding a polacre ship whose
yard-arms nearly touched the castle of Benidorme,
and for his conduct throughout a stiff' action wliich
terminated in the destruction, near Jovosa, of three
privateers, mounting altogether 20 guns. On 7 May,
1808, he further contributed, by his unsurpassably
cool and determined conduct, to the utter defeat of
seven armed vessels, carrying in the aggregate 22
guns and 271 men, of whom 240 were killed,
drowned, or taken prisoners^* subsequently to which
he again commanded the boats at the capture and
destruction, on 1 June, of a mistico and two fe-
luccas in the Bay of Bolonia, where he also landed
with Capt. Ussher, stormed a batterj', and blew up
the magazine. t Being rewarded for these services
with a second promotal commission, dated 13 July,
1808, Capt. Ferguson, on 22 Oct. 1810, obtained
command of the Pandora 18, which sloop— the
captor on 31 Deo. following of Le Chasseur pri-
• ride Gaz. 1808, p. 735.
f The total losses ot the Renwr.vo on the occasions we
have alluded to amounted to 7 men killtd and 21 wounded.
vateer, of 16 guns and 36 men — he had the misfor-
tune to lose on the Skawe reef, off the coast of Jut-
land, 13 Feb. 18 U. In consequence of this misad-
venture he became a prisoner for some time in the
hands of the Danes. His next appointment ap-
pears to have been, 27 Aug. 1815, to the Nuirod
18, on the Leith station, where he continued until
posted, 1 Jan. 1817. He afterwards commanded
the Mersey 26, in South America, from 24 April,
1823, until 1827. His acceptance of the Retirement
took place 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Ferguson married, 22 March, 1836, Eliza/-
beth Lander, youngest daughter of the late Geo.
Guild, Esq., and granddaughter of the late Dr.
Colin Lander, by whom he has issue one son.
FERNANDES. (Retired Commander, 1838.
F-p., 13; H-P.,44.)
Donald Fernandes entered the Navy, 17 July,
1790, as Midshipman, on board the Assistance,
Capt. Lord Cranstoun, and, after visiting Gibraltar,
successively joined the Alfred, guard-ship in the -
River Medway, Capts. Thos. West and John Bazely,
and Edgar and Thunderer 74's, both commanded
by Capt. Albemarle Bertie, under whom, in the
latter ship, he served as Master's Mate in the
actions of Howe and Bridport, 1 June, 1794, and 23
June, 1795. Towards the close of 1 795 he accom-
panied Sir John Jervis to the Mediterranean as
Acting-Lieutenant of the Lively frigate ; and on
arriving on that station he became similarly at-
tached, 4 April and 11 Aug. 1796, to the St.
George 98, Capt. Shuldham Peard, and Blenheim
74, Capt. Thos. Lenox Frederick, to which ship he
was confirmed 9 Feb. 1797. On 14 of the latter
month Mr. Fernandes bore a part in the action
off Cape St. Vincent. From March, 1797, in the
course of which year he was also much engaged
with the Spanish gun-boats and batteries near
Cadiz, until the peace of 1802, he served in the
Victory 100, Capts. Thos. Sotheby and Wm.
Cuming, London and Princess Royal 98's, both
flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Frederick, Centaor 74,
Capt. John Markham, and Malta 80, Capt.
A. Bertie. For a few months in 1803 he com-
manded the Speedwell brig on the Home station,
and on 5 Aug. 1806, he obtained a short-lived, we
believe, employment in the Sea Fencibles. Since
he left the latter service. Commander Fernandes,
who accepted his present rank 21 Deo. 1838, has
been on half-pay. He obtained the out-pension of
Greenwich Hospital 3 Aug. 1837.
FERRAR. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 35 ; h-p., 0.)
William Augustus Feerar was born 6 Feb.
1797, in DubUn.
This officer entered the Navy 26 Jan. 1812, on
board the Narcissus 32, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm.
Aylmer; on removing from which frigate to the
Armide 38, he experienced, as Midshipman, a
skirmish with the batteries of Brest. After a servi-
tude of some months in the Dublin 74, Leonidas
38, and Fortdnee 36, he eventually rejoined Capt.
Ayhner in the Pactolos 38; and while in that
frigate, besides escorting the Duke of Cambridge
to Cuxhaven, and his late Majesty to the Scheldt,
he assisted in a rocket-boat at, among other de-
tached services, the bombardment of Stonington,
in Aug. 1814. On 9 Dec. in the latter year, the
Pactolus having captured the Postboy, an Ameri-
can schooner of 80 tons burthen, Mr. Ferrar was
placed in charge of the prize, and sent to Bermuda.
During the passage, however, the Postboy in a vio-
lent gale was totally dismasted, and, becoming
water-logged, remained in that condition for a
whole week, with the inextricable corpses of four
suffocated seamen lying in a state of putrefaction
in the fore-cabin. Mr. Ferrar and his only two
companions at length contrived to bale the water
out and commit the bodies to the deep, but it was
not until after 40 days of protracted and awful sut-
fering that they fell in with and were rescued bv
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FERRIS— FESTING.
a merchant schooner.* Soon after his providential
deliverance he rejoined the Pactolus, still com-
manded by Capt. Aylmer, under whom, in July,
1815, for the purpose of co-operating with the roy-
alists, he assisted in forcing the passage of the Gi-
ronde, and in eifecting the reduction of several
strong batteries. Accompanying the same ofRcer
into the Severn 40, he took part, and was severely
wounded in the left arm and side, in the battle of
Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816 ; after which event he suc-
cessively joined the Heron 18, Kamillies 74,
Ganges 84, Victory 104, and Hyperion 42. He
ultimately, having passed in 1820, obtained a com-
mission dated 29 Oct. 1827, and, being re-appointed
to the Hyperion, 22 Jan. 1828, continued, as a
Supernumerary-Lieutenant of that ship, to be em-
ployed on the Coast Blockade, until transferred,
16 March, 1831, to the Coast Guard. He was re-
moved, 23 Feb. 1842, to an Agency in a con-
tract mail steamer, in which vessel he appears to
have been charged with important despatches from
the British Minister at Lisbon to Lord Aberdeen.
He was, however, obliged, in consequence of ill
health, to resign his new appointment towards the
close of the same year ; and since that period he
has again been employed in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Ferrar's long servitude and severe suffer-
ings have so shattered his health as to have ren-
dered him unfit for service aiioat. He is married,
and has issue two daughters.
FERRIS. (Reak-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 17; h-p.,
37.)
Abel Ferris, born 12 Dec. 1776, is son of the
late Abel Ferris, Esq.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Feb. 1793, as
Midshipman, on board the Thalia 36, Capt. Rich.
Grindall, whom, after witnessing the AsTR.a:A's
capture, 10 April, 1795, of the French frigate La
Gloire, he followed, as Master's Mate, into the Ir-
resistible 74, one of Lord Bridport's fleet in the
ensuing action with the French off lie de Groix.
He next served for short periods in La Nymphe
36, Capt. Geo. Losack, Atlas 98, Capt. Edm. Dod,
and Carnatic 74, Capt. R. Grindall ; and, then
joining the Colossus 74, was present in that ship,
under Capt. Geo. Murray, in the battle off Cape
St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797, and in her boats in va-
rious encounters with the Cadiz flotilla. On the
Colossus being lost off Scilly, 10 Deo. 1798, Mr.
Ferris became attached to the Puissant receiving-
ship at Spithead, from which, on 22 April, 1799, he
was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Voltigeur
18, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland. Returning home
from the Newfoundland station at the peace of
Amiens, he subsequently, on 19 April, 1803, rejoined
Capt. Grindall on board the Prince 98 ; and after
participating in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct.
1805, he successively accompanied Lord CoUing-
wood into the Queen and Ocean 98's. In the
"Wizard sloop, of 16 guns and 95 men, to the com-
mand of which he was promoted 10 Oct. 1807, Capt.
Ferris fell in with, on 10 May, 1808, and chased for
88 hours, the French brig-corvette Le Sequin, of
18 guns and 110 men, until at length the latter
vessel, after having run a distance of 369 miles, and
been once beaten in a well-fought action of an
hour and a half, which cost the Wizard a loss of
1 man killed and 5 wounded, sought refuge in the
neutral port of Tunis. Being subsequently sta-
tioned off the coast of Italy, in company with the
Kent 74, the Wizard within a short period assisted
at the capture and destruction of 23 of the enemy's
coasting vessels— nearly annihilated their trade —
was in constant action with gun-boats and batteries
— and on 1 Aug. towed and judiciously covered the
approach of the boats in an attack made upon a
convoy at Noli, a service more fully detailed in our
memoir of Commander Wm. Chasman.-f She also,
• For a full account of the melancholy wreck of the Post-
hoy we refer our readers to a narrative of that catastrophe
published by Lieut. Ferrar at Falmouth, in 1838.
f Fide Gaz. 1809, p. 15.
on one occasion, captured a privateer mounting
8 guns, with a complement of 59 men. From 22
Nov. 1809, until confirmed to Post-rank 18 April,
1811, the subject of this sketch acted as Cap-
tain, in the Mediterranean, of the Royal Sove-
reign 100, TiGRE 74, Volontaire 38, San Josef
1 10, iiag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton, and Euryalus
36. He was admitted to the out-pension of Green-
wich Hospital 10 Dec. 1825, and awarded his pre-
sent rank 1 Oct. 1846.
The Rear- Admiral married, 22 June, 1811, Eliza-
beth, third daughter of Wm. SchoUar, Esq., Mayor
of Weymouth, co. Dorset.
FERRIS. (Commandeb, 1815. r-P., 17 ;
H-P., 29.)
Thomas Ferris entered the Navy, 20 Feb. 1801,
as a Boy, on board the Edgar 74, Capt. Edw.
BuUer, with whom, and Capt. J as. Wallis, he after-
wards served, in the Achille 74, on the Channel
and Irish stations, latterly as Midshipman, until
May, 1802. From the following Sept. until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 19 Oct. 1807,
we find him employed under Sir Rich. John
Strachan in the Donegal and Renown 74's, and in
the Cjesar 80. He assisted during that period in
the Donegal's capture, in 1804, of the Spanish
44-gun frigate Amfitrite, and of a ship with a cargo
on board worth 200,000/., and was present, in the
CaesAR, at the capture, 4 Nov. 1805, of the four
line-of-battle ships escaped from Trafalgar, as also,
we believe, at the destruction, 14 Sept. 1806, off
Cape Henry, of the 74-gun ship Impetueux. Re-
joining, 8 March, 1808, the Donegal, then com-
manded by Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, Mr. Ferris
escorted, in the foUovidng summer, Sir Arthur Wel-
lesley's army from Cork to Portugal — was present
at the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of three French
frigates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne —
witnessed the ensuing discomfiture of the French
shipping in Aix Roads — and assisted in an attack
made by Capt. Chas. Grant, of the Diana, on the
two French frigates Amaztme and Eliza, protected
by the fire of several strong batteries, near Cher-
bourg, 15 Nov. 1810. After a further servitude
of a few months with Capt. Malcolm in the Royal
Oak 74, he was appointed, 3 March, 1812, to the
Hannibal 74, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour; and
while in that ship he contributed to the capture,
26 March, 1814, of La Sultane, of 44 guns and 330
men. On leaving the Hannibal he became First-
Lieutenant, 5 Sept. 1814, of the Tanais 38, Capt.
Joseph James, in which frigate he served, on the
Irish and Jamaica stations, until his return home
in March, 1816. He then took up his commission
as Commander, having been advanced to that rank
on 20 Sept. 1815. With the exception of an ap-
pointment in the Coast Guard, which he held from
6 July, 1830, until the year 1833, he has since been
on half-pay.
FESTING, K.H. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 21 ;
H-p., 22.)
Benjamin Morton Festing, bom in April, 1794,
at Andover, co. Hants, is fifth son of the late Com-
mander Henry Festing, R.N. ; and brother of Rear-
Admiral R. W. G, Festing, R.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1805, as
Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, commanded
by his uncle, Capt. Rich. Grindall, and, from the
close of the same year, until the receipt of his first
commission, 19 Feb. 1812, served, on the Medi-
terranean station, in the Queen 98, flag-ship of
Lord CoUingwood, Niger 32, Capt. Jas. Billyar,
Ocean 98, bearing also the flag of the above noble-
man. Kingfisher 18, Capt. Ewell Tritton, Fame
74, Capt. Abel Ferris, Thais 20, Capt. Isaac Fer-
rieres, and Christian VII. 80, and Caledonla
120, flag-ships of Sir Edw. Pellew. He then joined
the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley, and on 17 Sept.
1812, having succeeded Lieut. Augustus Cannon,
who had been mortally wounded, in the command
of the three barges of that ship, he creditably
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353
effected the capture and destruction, near Goro, on
the coast of Italy, of two gun-boats, and of 21 out
of an armed convoy of 23 sail, although the whole
were covered by a 4-gun battery, and the beach
was lined with armed people.* While in the same
ship, Mr. Festing, besides taking part in many
other boat affairs, served at the reduction of Fiume,
in the batteries at the siege of Trieste, and at the
capture of the principal towns and forts on the
coasts of Istria and Dalmatia. He also, with a de-
tachment of seamen under his orders, landed and
for six weeks co-operated with the Austrians under
Count Nugent, whose thanks he received for his
conduct at the capture and subsequent defence
of the town of Comacchio and Fort Magna-
vacoa. From 29 Aug. 1814, until 23 May, 1816,
we find him employed in the East Indies and
China on board the Tyne 24, and 'Wellesley 74,
both commanded by Capt. John Harper, and Owen
Glendowek 36, Capt. Brian Hodgson. His next
appointments were — 14 April, 1819, to the Came-
LioN 10, Capt. "Wm. Jas. Mingaye, on the Home
station — and, 17 Jan. 1823, to the Brazen 26, Capt.
Geo. "Wickens "Willes, under whom, on the coast of
Africa, he assisted at the capture of eight armed
slavers and the liberation of 998 persons from bond-
age. He was promoted from the latter vessel to
the rank of Commander 22 Dec. 1826, but remained
on half-pay until appointed, 11 July, 18.37, to an
Inspectorship in the Coast Guard, in which service
he continued for the usual period of three years.
His last appointment was, 30 Oct. 1841, to the
Apollo troop-ship. He was, however, obliged, in
consequence of an attack of fever and ague, to in-
valid 15 Nov. following, since which period he has
not been employed.
Commander Festing, who has obtained the ac-
knowledgments of the Admiralty for plunging
into the sea and saving the lives of persons who
had fallen overboard, was nominated a K.H. for
his services on the coast of Italy, 1 Jan. 1837. In
1823 he received a letter of thanks from the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department for a par-
ticular service done to the Crown at that time. He
married, in July, 1827, the only daughter of T. B.
"Wright, Esq., of Hinton Blewett, co. Somerset, by
whom he has issue three sons and three daughters.
Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
FESTING. (Commander, 1838. f-p., 24;
H-p., 16.)
CoLSON Festing is sixth son of the late Com-
mander Henry Festing, K.N. ; and brother of Rear-
AdmiralK. W. G. Festing, E.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Sept. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Volontaire 38, Capt.
Chas. BuUen, with whom he continued to serve,
latterly as Midshipman of the Cambrian 40, until
Deo. 1811; during which period he assisted at the
capture of the island of Pome'gue, near Marseilles,
and the destruction of Fort Kioux, mounting 14
guns, near Cape Croisette, in 1809, besides actively
co-operating for many months with the patriots on
the coast of Catalonia, Where, on 12 and 14 April,
1811, he witnessed the capture of the towns of
St. Philon and Palamos. Removing, next, to the
Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, he
shared in a partial action with the French fleet
off Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813; after which he joined the
Alcmene 38, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, Under whom,
independently of the capture of La Fleche national
schooner, of 12 guns, he was in warm action, 11
April, 1814, with the batteries of Porto Maurizio.
On the paying off of the CXledonia, which ship he
had rejoined, Mr. Festing, in Sept. 1814, became
Admiralty Midshipman of the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas.
Malcolm. After a further servitude, as Master's
Mate, in the Plr.OT IS, Capt. John Toup Nicolas,
and BovNE 98, flag-ship of Lord Extnouth, he ob-
tained a commission dated 10 March, 1815, and was
employed pro tt-m., to\i'ards the close of the same
yonr, in the Partridge 16, Capt. John Miller
* fide Gai. 1813, p, 163.
Adye. His subsequent appointments as Lieutenant,
we find, were, chiefly as First Lieutenant — 7 Dec.
1820, to the SEBiNGArATAM 46, Capt. Sam. "Warren,
on particular service— 3 Aug. 1825, to the Fly 18,
Capts.Fred.Augnstus'WetherallandFollett"W41rond
Pennell, on the East India station — 26 Nov. 1830, to
the Belvidera 42, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders
Dundas, in th'e Mediterranean— and, 4 March, and
27 Aug. 1834, to the President 52, and Vernon 50,
both commanded, on the North American, "West
India, and Mediterranean stations, by Capt. John
M'Kerlie. Attaining the rank of Commander 15
Jan. 1838, he next joined— on 30 of the same month,
the Hercules 72, in which ship he served for
nearly two years under Capts. J. T. Nicolas and
Edw. Barnard— and 11 May, 1841, the Dublin 50,
flag-ship of Kear-Admiral Rich. Thomas, in South
America. Since the autumn of 1842 he has been
on half-pay.
Commander Festing is at the top of the list of
Commanders of 1838. He married, 13 Deo. 1842,
Margaret, second daughter of the late Rev. Geo.
Marwood, of Busby Hall, co. York. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
FESTING, C.B. (Bear- Admiral, 1846. f-p., 16;
H-p., 32.)
Robert "Worgan George Festing is second son
of Commander Henry Festing, R.N. (who died in
1807), by Mary, only daughter of the Rev. Thos.
Morton Colson, of Dorchester, co. Dorset ; brother
of Commanders B. M. and C. Festing, and of Lieut.
T. C. Festing, R.N. ; and nephew of Vice-Admiral
Sir Rich. Grindall, K.C.B., who bore a distin-
guished part, as Captain of the Irresistible 74,
in Lord Bridport's action, afterwards commanded
the Prince 98, at Trafalgar, and died 23 May, 1820,
aged 70 years. Capt. Festing's eldest brother,
Henry, a Captain in the Royal Artillery, now de-
ceased, served throughout the Peninsular war and
at "Waterloo.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Feb. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ramillies 74, com-
manded in the Channel by his uncle, Capt. R.
Grindall, whom he accompanied, as Midshipman, in
Jan. 1801, into the Formidable 98. During the
peace of Amiens he became successively attached,
on the "West India station, to the Saturn 74, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Totty, Andromeda
frigate, Capt. Chas. Feilding, and Excellent 74,
bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Robt.
Stopford. He then rejoined his uncle on board the
Prince 98, and, after being lent for three months to
the Endymion 40, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, sailed
for the East Indies in the Colloden 74, flag-ship of
Sir Edw. Pellew, by whom he was appointed Acting-
Lieutenant, 20 March, 1805, of the Tremendous 74,
Commodore John Osborn. Being confirmed by the
Admiralty 14 Aug. 1806, and re-transferred to the
Culloden, Mr. Festing, as Flag-Lieutenant of that
ship, contributed to the capture and destruction, 27
Nov. following, of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs-of-
war, and about 20 armed and other merchant-ves-
sels, in Batavia roads, and to the further annihila-
tion, 11 Dec. 1807, of the dockyard and stores at
Griessee, in the island of Java, and of all the men-
of-war remaining to Holland in -the East Indies.
On 14 Aug. 1808, he was promoted to the command
of the Dasher sloop, in which he continued until
appointed Acting-Captain, 1 April, 1811, of the Il-
lustrious 74, Commodore "Wm. Broughton. After
the conquest of Java, where he was on shore with
the army, and assisted Capt. Sayer in command of
the batteries, at the surrender of Batavia,* Capt.
Festing, who vras officially posted, 9 Oct. 1811, as-
sumed command of the Psyche 32, and retm-ned to
England, where he arrived aboat Aug. 1812. From
26 Sept. 1815, until 5 Aug. 1817, he next served on
the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena stations in
the Falmouth 20, and Racoon sloop. His last ap-
pointment was, 18 March, 1836, to the Cornwallis
74, from which ship he was superseded in the fol-
lowing June. He accepted Flag-rank 1 Oct. 1846.
* FicfeGai. 1811, p. 2404.
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TESTING— FFARINGTON— FIELD -FIGG.
Eear-Admiral Festing was nominated a C.B. 20
July, 1838. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
FESTING. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Colson Festing is third son of the late
Commander Henry Festing, R.N. ; and brother of
Rear-Admiral R. W. G. Festing, R.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 March, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir
Edw. Pellew, off Ferrol. He removed as Midship-
man, in June, 1804, to the Prince 98, commanded
by his uncle, Capt. Rich. Grindall, on the Channel
station ; and, with the exception of an attachment
of a few months, in 1807, to the Inflexible 64,
Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, served, from April,
1805, until June, 1810, latterly as Master's Mate, in
the San Josef 110, Hibernia 110, and San Josef
again, flag-ships in the Channel and Mediterranean
of Sir Chas. Cotton. He then successively joined,
as Acting-Lieutenant, the Canopus 80, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin, and Bustard
sloop, Capt. John Duff Marlcland ; and, on 23 Nov.
1810, was confirmed into the Magnificent 74, Capt.
Geo. Eyre. He was afterwards appointed, on the
Mediterranean station — 1 Oct. 1812, to the Hya-
cinth 24, Capts. Thos. Ussher and Alex. Renton
Sharpe — and, 6 March, 1814, to the Scout 16, Capt.
Jas. Arthur Murray. Since 11 Dec. 1814, Lieut.
Festing has not been afloat.
He married Elizabeth, sister of the Rev. Dr.
Gaisford, Dean of Oxford. AgpInts — Messrs. Stil-
well.
FFAEINGTON. (Capfatn, ISI.";. f-p., 18;
H-P., 44.)
■William Ffarington, born in 1777, is eldest son
of the late Wm. Ffarington, Esq. (of the family of
Ffarington of Warden, co. Lancaster), by Ann
Frances, daughter of Capt. Wm. Nash.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1785, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Ganges 74, Capt.
Sir Roger Curtis, on the books of which ship he was
borne until Deo. 1787. In June, 1792, he joined the
TisiPHONE, Caj)t. Anthony Hunt, on the Channel
station, where, until Oct. 1799, he afterwards served
(with the exception of a period of nearly two years,
between May, 1796, and March, 1798), chiefly as
Master's Mate, in the Aquilon and Ph(ebe frigates,
both commanded by Capt. Robt. Barlow, and Rai-
SONNABLE 64, Capt. Chas. Boyles — the Aquilon,
during the period, forming part of the force under
Lord Bridport in the action of 23 June, 1795. Being
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 14 Oct, 1799,
Mr. Ffarington joined the Plover sloop, Capt. John
Chesshyre, and subsequently, on the West India and
Home stations, the Resolution 74, Capt. Alan Gard-
ner, ToPAZE 36, Capt. Stephen G. Chtlroh, Cabnatio
74, Capt. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, Thunderer 74,
Capt. Wm. Bedford, tad Hibernia, TrSnt, and
ViLLB DE Paris, flag-ships of Lord Gardner, to
whom he acted as Signal-Lieutenant from Feb.
1806 until the receipt of his second promotal com-
mission, 7 May, 1808. In Feb. 1804, he had been
on board one of a fleet of 16 Indiamen, which gal-
lantly beat off a powerful French squadron under
Admiral Linois ; and in Aug. 1809, we find him
serving as a Volunteer in the expedition to the
Walcheren. Fronl 22 Oct. 1810, until his advance-
ment to Post-rank- 18 Sept. 1815, Capt. Ffarington
commanded the Clio 16, on the Leith station. He
accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
He married Frances Aniie, daughter of Edm.
Green, Esq., and has issue three sons and a
daughter.
FIELD. (LieutenAn*, 1809. F-P., 18 j ffp., 33.)
Allen George Field entered the Navy, 14 April,
1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mercuet 28,
Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, but was discharged in con-
seqiltooe of ill health, 23 Sept. 1797. On 7 Sept.
1800, he re-embarked on board the Rubt 64, Capts.
Solomon Ferris, Sir Edw. Berry, and Henry Hill ;
with the latter of whom he afterwards served as
Midshipman, from March, 1803, to June, 1807, in
the Camilla 20, Cerberus 32, and Agincourt 64,
on the North American and Home stations. After
a further servitude, with Capt. J-ohn Richards, in
the Forester 18, Mr. Field, who had passed his ex-
amination 2 July, 1806, became, early in 1808, Sub-
Lieutenant of the Desperate gun-brig, Lieut-
Commanders Joshua Birks, Jas. Leach, and Bobt.
Ellary ; and while in that vessel, in which he conti-
nued until promoted to his present rank, 25 March,
1809, he was frequently employed on the hazardous
service of landing manifestoes and other similar do-
cuments on the coast of France. He then joined
the Leyden 64, Capt. Thos. Ussher, and, after at-
tending the expedition to the Walcheren, succes-
sively joined L'Aimable 32, and Horatio 38, both
commanded by Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, in the North
Sea. From 5 Jan. 1813, until 23 July, 1814, we
find him employed in the Mediterranean on board
the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Eear-Admirals Edw.
Jas. Foote and Sir Rich. King, and also in the
Union 98, Capt. Robt. Rolles, under whom he wit-
nessed the fall of Genoa, in April, 1814. His sub-
sequent appointments were — 29 May, 1817, to the
Ister 36, Capt. Thos. Forrest, on the North Sea
and Baltic stations — and, 2 June, 1820, to the com-
mand of the RoTAL Clarence Revenue-cutter.
Since Aug. 1823, he has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Field is married.
FIELD. (LiEnTEN ANT, 1846.)
John Bousquet Field passed his examination
19 Sept. 1839 ; and until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 9 Jan. 1846, served on the African and
South American stations, in the Cygnet 10, Capt.
Edm. Wilson, Daphne 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow,
Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commo-
dore John Brett Purvis, Seaflower cutter, Capt.
Justus Peter Roepel, and Kingfisher 12, Capt.
Chas. Foreman Brown. He was then for a short
time appointed Additional-Lieutenant of the Pene-
lope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of
Commodore Wm. Jones on the coast of Africa ;
and since 11 March, 1847, has been similarly borne
on the books of the Hibernia 104, flag-ship of Sir
Wm. Parker, Commander-in-Chief on the Mediter-
ranean station.
FIELD. (Lieutenant, 1832.)
William George Field entered the Navy 3
Nov. 1819 ; passed his examination in 1826 ; and
obtained his commission 30 Aug. 1832. He was
afterwards appointed — 15 Aug. 1833, to the Ocean
80, Capts. Edw. Barnard and Alex. EUice, guard-
ship at Sheemess — and, 27 Aug. 1835, to the Howe
120, bearing the flag at the same place of Hon.
Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming. He has been unem-
ployed since 1836. Agents— Goode and Lawrence.
FIGG. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 19;
H-p., 32.)
William Figg, born 27 Aug. 1783, at Berwick-
upon-Tweed, is eldest son of Capt. Jas. Figg, of the
Royal Invalids, who served during the reigns of
George II. and George HI., was wounded at the
battle of Bunker's Hill, and died one of the oldest
ofScers in the army. His only brother, Edward, a
Lieut. -Colonel in the Royal Engineers, died in
active sei^vice in Canada in 1829.
This ofBcer entered the Navy, 8 Aug. 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plover 18, Capt. John
Chesshyre, and, on removing to the Venerable 74,
flag-ship of Lord Duncan, Served in the battle off
Camperdown, 11 Oct. 1797. After a further at-
tlichment with the latter officer, as Midshipman,
to the Kent 74, he joined the BeLlona 74, Capt.
Sir Thos. Boulden Thompson, under whom he re-
ceived, in the action off Copenhagen, 2 April,
1801, a woiind So severe as to haVte ever since
impaired the use of his left arm. From May
in the latter year, tintil Sept. 1805, we find
him serving, on the Channel) Newfoundland, and
riNCH-FINEMORE-FINLAISON-FINLAYSON.
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Irish stations, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the
Bkilliant 28, Capts. Philip Wodehouse and Adam
Mackenzie, Camilla 20, Capts. Henry Hill and
Bridges "Watkinson Taylor, Cohrageux 74, flag-
ship of Rear- Admiral Rich. Daeres, and Beilliamt
again, Capt. Robt. Barrie. In Jan. 1806, Mr. Figg
became Acting-Sub-Lieutenant of the FnKions gun-
brig, Lieut.-Commander John Debenham. Being
advanced to the full rank of Lieutenant, 30 Aug.
1806, he was subsequently appointed— 3 March,
1807, to the Vdlture 18, Capt. Joseph Pearce, lying
at Sheerness— 24 July, 1807, as First, to the Snake
18, Capt. Thos. Young, under whom he assisted at
the capture of two batteries on the coast of Fin-
mark in 1809—20 Feb. 1810, to the Skylark 16,
Capt. Jas. Boxer, on the Downs station — and, 22
April, 1812, to the command of the Pickle schooner,
of 12 guns. In which vessel, when otf Scilly, he as-
sisted the Albacore sloop and several small craft
in beating off, 18 Deo. 1813, the French 40-gun
frigate La Gloire. Lieut. Figg, who during the
war was repeatedly engaged on boat-service and in
action with the enemy's batteries, left the Pickle
26 Aug. 1815, and from that period remained on
half-pay until the close of 1820, when he succes-
sively assumed command of the Sylvia and Griper
Revenue-cutters. Since quitting the latter vessel
he has not been employed. His acceptance of his
present rank took place 21 April, 1840.
Commander Figg married, 23 June, 1821, and
has issue five children. Agent — Joseph "Woodhead.
FINCH. (Commander, 1846.)
John William Finch entered the Navy 11 May,
1811 ; and passed his examination in 1817. He was
promoted to a Lieutenancy, 5 July, 1826, in the
Scylla; obtained an appointment in the Coast
Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the
Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, 22 Feb.
1827 ; and joined the Coast Guard 1 July, 1831.
He left the latter service in 1832 ; and does not ap-
pear to have been again employed until 12 July,
1846, when he obtained an appointment to the
Victory 104, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of
Admiral-Superintendent Hyde Parker. Since his
advancement to the rank he now holds, which took
place 9 Nov. following. Commander Finch has again
been on half-pay.
He is married. AgenUs— Case and Loudonsack.
FINEMOEE. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 29; h-p., 14.)
John Finemore was born 19 Aug. 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotadb 74, Capt.
Chas. John Moore Mansfield, flag-ship afterwards
of Admirals John Child Purvis and Sir Chas. Cotton,
in which he served at the battle of Trafalgar, 21
Oct. 1805, and attended, as Midshipman, the expe-
dition to Copenhagen in Aug. 1807. From Jan.
1808, until May, 1814, he was employed on board
the Hibernia 110, San Josef 110, and Qoeen
Charlotte 100, flag-ships in' the Mediterranean
and Channel of Sir C. Cotton, Rear-Admiral Fras.
Pickmore, and Lord Keith. During that period
he witnessed the surrender, when on board the
Hibernia, of the Russian squadron in the Tagus,
in Aug. 1808, and was much engaged in blockading
the enemy's ports. On leaving the Queen Char-
lotte, Mr. Finemore escorted a body of troops to
Canada as Acting-Lieutenant of the Centaur 74,
Capt. John Chambers White. He was eventually
confirmed to the Philomel 18, Capt. Jas. Hanway
Flumridge, 17 Feb. 1815, from which sloop, on his
return from a visit to the East Indies, he was paid
ofl'9 Dec. 1816. His appointments have since been
—3 Nov. 1825, to the Coast Blockade, in which
service, with the interruption of a year and nine
months in 1826-7, he continued, as Supernunierary-
Licutenant of the Hyperion 42, andRAMiLLiES and
Talavera 74's, Capts. Wm. Jas. Mingaye and
Hiigh Pigot, until Dec. 1830— and 26 Aug. 1834, to
the command of a station in the Coast Guard, a
post he still holds.
He is married, and has issue. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
FINLAISON. (Comman&eb, 1820. f-p., 17;
H-p., 26.)
William Finlaison entered the Navy, 7 Oct.
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Beagle sloop,
Capts. John Bum, Geo. Digby, and Fras. New-
combe, on the Mediterranean station, where, from
June, 1807, until Oct. 1809, he served, as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate, in the Hydra 38,
Capt. Geo. Mundy, Cephalos 18, Capt. Edw.
Harvey, and Sabine, Capt. Peter Fisher. On 7
Aug. 1807, when in the Hydra, he assisted in her
boats, under Lieut. Edw. O'Brien Drury, at the
cutting out, after an hour's cannonade, of three
armed vessels from the harbour of Begu, on the
coast of Catalonia, although opposed by a galling
fire from the shore as well as from the shipping,
whose force, in the whole, consisted of 32 guns and
210 men. Proceeding to the West Indies in 1809,
Mr. Finlaison there served, until Aug. 1812, on
board the Dannemaek 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, Or-
pheus 36, Capts. Robt. Preston and Hugh Pigot,
Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, and
Forester 16, Capt. Alex. Kennedy — of which latter
vessel he appears to have been confirmed a Lieute-
nant 8 April, 1811. He then joined the Nimrod
16, Capts. Nath. Mitchell, Vincent Newton, and
Geo. Hilton, on the North American station, where
he continued until Feb. 1815. ' Being next ap-
pointed, 4 Nov. 1819, to the Tartar frigate. Com-
modore Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, he proceeded to the
coast of Africa, and was there nominated Acting-
Commander, 26 May, 1820, of the Morgiana sloop.
While in that vessel, to which he was confirmed 9
Sept. 1820, he received a letter of thanks from
the merchants of the English colony on the river
Gambia, for the able manner in which he brought
to an amicable conclusion the differences between
the native chiefs and the British interests. He in-
valided home in 1822 ; was afterwards employed in
the Coast Guard from 30 June, 1834, until the
summer of 1837; and, during the year 1844, was
Governor of Ascension and Commander of the
Tortoise store-ship. He has since been unem-
ployed. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
FINLAYSON. (Retired Commandek, 1845.
F-p., 16; H-p., 33.)
John Finlayson, born 21 Nov. 1786, is of Scotch
extraction.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capt.
John HoUoway, bearing the flags afterwards of
Lord Nelson and Sir Chas. Morioe Pole, of which
ship he was Signal-Midshipman in the action off
Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. During that memorable
conflict he went on board the Elephant and other
ships of the fleet, and eventually took possession of
the HoLSTEiN, a captured 64. In April, 1803, hav-
ing been unemployed, except in the merchant ser-
vice, for a period of 16 months, he re-embarked, as
Master's Mate, on board the Topaze 36, Capts.
Willoughby Thos. Lake and Anselm John Griffiths,
with whom, successively, he continued on the Irish
station until March, 1807, when he sailed for the
West Indies in the Djedalos 32, Capt. Fred. War-
ren, where, after an intermediate attachment to the
Northumberland and Belleisle 74's, bearing each
the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane, he became Acting-
Lieutenant, in Nov. 1807, of the Ulysses 44, Capts.
Christopher John Williams Nesham and Wm. Maude.
While in the latter ship, his appointment to which
received official sanction 9 April, 1808, Mr. Finlay-
son landed as second in command of a detachment
of seamen and marines under Lieut. Gore, and,
after storming a strong battery, the guns of which
(16 24-poUnders) he destroyed, sustained, on his
way back to the boats, several assaults from the
enemy's troops, and received a musket-ball in the
left leg. lie also, in March, 1808, assisted at the
capture of Marie-galante, and, when that island was)
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FINUCANE— FIOTT-FISHBOURNE-FISHER.
subsequently attacked by the French, he co-ope-
rated in its defence, in the capacity of Adjutant
and Town-major ; but, in the midst of the opera-
tions, he was struck by the sun, and laid up for
three months with an attack of yellow fever. Re-
moving with Capt. Maude, in Nov. 1808, into the
Jason 32, Mr. Finlayson, on 22 Jan. 1809, assisted,
with the Cleopatra 32, in capturing the French
frigate La Topaze of 38 guns ; as First-Lieutenant
of which ship (afterwards named Jewel and then
Alcmene) he assisted, in the course of the same
and of the following year, at the reduction of Mar-
tinique, the Saintes, and Guadaloupe. His next ap-
pointments were, also as Senior-Lieutenant — 8 June,
1810, to the PAriLLON 18, Capt. Jas. Hay, in which
vessel he saw much active service during the siege
of Cadiz— and, 24 Sept. 1814, to the Myrtle 20,
Capt. Arth. Batt Bingham, on the Cork station.
Commander Finlayson, who had been on half-pay
since 30 Nov. 1815, accepted the rank he now holds
18 Jan. 184,5.
From 1816 until 1840 he was constantly employed
in the merchant service, and during the last 16
years of that period had the command of various
steamers. He is married, and has issue. Agents
— Hallett and Robinson.
field Sturt, and to the command of the Renegade
4 both attached to the force in the West Indies.
FISHBOUENE. (Commander, 1841.)
Edmund Gardiner Fishbourne entered the
Navy 1 Feb. 1824 ; passed his examination in
1830 • and obtained his first commission l\ April,
1835 ' His ensuing appointments were, on the Af-
rican station— 24 Nov. 1835, to the Thalia 46,
Capt. Bobt. "Wauohope— 12 July, 1836, to the Pt-
LADES 18, Capt. "Wm. Langford Castle — 22 Jan.
1838, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the ScOdt 18, Capt.
Kobt. Craigie — and, 15 Sept. 1840, in a similar capa-
city, to the Albert steamer, Capt. Henry Dundas
Trotter, in which he Attended the unfortunate ex-
pedition to the Niger. "WhUe employed on the
latter service he was promoted to the rank of Com-
mander 1 Nov. 1841, and appointed to the Soudan,
another steamer. He has been on half-pay since
1842.
FINUCANE. (Lieut., 1820. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 27.)
Henry Adgustjjs Findcane entered the Navy, 2
Aug. 1811, as Sec.-cl. Tol., on board the Owen
Glendoweb 36, Capt. Brian Hodgson ; and, from
Sept. following until Dec. 1814, served, latterly as
Midshipman, in the Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir Peter
Parker, on the Mediterranean and North American
stations. AVhile in the last-named vessel, he appears
to have been exposed) 29 May, 1812, to a fire from
the batteries on Pointe Ecampebarion, daring an
attempt made by her to cut off a French frigate and
brig from entering Toulon. Until his promotion to
the rank of Lieutenant, 30 Nov. 1820, he was after-
wards employed, chiefly on the Home station, in
the EuROTAS 38, Capts. Robt. Bloye and Jas. Lilli-
crap, Hebrus 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer, Eivoli 74,
Capts. Sir Chas. Ogle and Aiskew Paffard HoUis,
Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Thos. Briggs, and
Royal George yacht, Capt. Sir Chas. Paget. Lieut.
Funicane, whose next appointment was, 2 Feb. 1841,
to the Coast Guard, left that service in 1842 ; but
for a short time in 1846 was again employed in it.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
PIOTT. (Lieutenant, 1810.)
William Edward Fiott entered the Navy, 27
May, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamem-
non 64, Capt. Robt. Devereux Fancourt, under
whom he bore a part in the action off Copenhagen
2 April, 1801. Removing, in 1802, to the Amphion
32, Capts. Rich. Hen. Alex. Bennett, Alex. Eraser,
Thos. Masterman Hardy, and Sam. Sutton, he ac-
companied Lord Nelson in that frigate to the Me-
diterranean in 1803 ; after which he became Mid-
shipman, in 1804, of the Ambuscade 32, Capt. Wm.
D' Urban, and Acting-Lieutenant, in 1805, of the
Montagu 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway. On next
joining the Temeraire 98, Capt. Eliab Harvey, he
shared, we believe, in the battle of Trafalgar. The
remaining years of the war he passed on board the
Chipfonne 36, Capt. Pat. Campbell, Prince 98,
Capts. Rich. Grindall and Wm. Lechmere, Royal
Sovereign 100, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Edw.
Thornbrough, Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley, Bu-
cephalus 36, Capt. Chas. Pelly, Marlborodgh 74,
Capt. Mat. Henry Scott, Chatham 74, bearing the
flag of the same officer, and Leander 50, Capt. Sir
Geo. Ralph Collier, on the Mediterranean, North
Sea, East India, Home, and American stations. The
Bucephalus formed part of the expedition to the
Walcheren in 1809. Lieut. Fiott, whose commission
bears date 27 April, 1810, and who left the Leander
in 1814, was lastly appointed, in March and Oct.
1823, to the Phaeton 46, Capt. Henry Evelyn Pit-
FISHER- (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.)
Henby Fisher was bom 20 April, 1793, at West-
wood, near Bath.
This of&cer entered the Navy, 20 Feb. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nemesis 28, Capt. Phihp
Somerville, employed on the Newfoundland and
North Sea stations ; and oh next joining the Rota
38, commanded by the same Captain, attended, as
Midshipman, the expedition to the Scheldt in Aug.
1809. From Oct. 1812 until Aug. 1814 he served,
as Master's Mate, and latterly as Acting-Lieutenant,
under Sir John Gore, in the Revenge 74; during
his attachment to which ship he appears to have
taken part in several boat affairs, particularly on
the night of 8 Nov. 1813, when he assisted in cutting
out a privateer in the harbour of Palamos.* While
afterwards serving with Sir Jas. Athol Wood in the
PoMPEE 80, Mr. Fisher was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant by commission dated 28 Feb. 1815.
Since his return to England, in the following Sept.,
he has not been afloat.
Lieut. Fisher is at present Superintendent of
Police at Bristol. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
FISHER. (Commander, 1814. i^p., 17; h-p., 33.)
John Fisher entered the Navy, in 1797, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Puissant 74, Capt. Allen,
guard-ship at Portsmouth. In May, 1800, he be-
came Midshipman of the Stately 64, Capt. Geo.
Scott, on the Mediterranean station, where he wit-
nessed the fall of Genoa in 1800; served, durmg
the Egyptian expedition of 1801, at the landing of
the troops in Aboultir Bay, as also with the army
in the battles of 13 and 21 March ; and was wounded
in the cheek while co-operating in the defence of
Porto Ferrajo, in the island of Elba. After an at-
tachment of a few months to the Adamant 50,
Capt. Geo. Burlton, tad Success 32, Capt. G. Scott,
he obtained a Lieutenancy, 6 Aug. 1805, in the
Trompeuse 18, Capt. Wm. Brooking Dolling, and,
on 11 Jan. 1806, was next appointed to the Resolu-
tion 74, commanded also by Capt. Burlton ; under
whom ho served, in ,1808, at the blockade of the
Russian squadron in the Tagus, and assisted, in
Jan. 1809, at the destruction of three transports
under a heavy fire from tlie enemy's batteries,
besides witnessing the embarkation of the remains
of Sir John Moore's army at Corunna. On the
latter occasion Mr. Fisher brought home, in a
transport which had been abandoned by her crew,
a company of the 9th Regt. of Infantry, under the
command of the present Sir "frm. Maynard Gomm,
which hut for him would have been captured. For
this service he received the thanks of the Lords of
the Admiralty. . He was afterwards employed, on
the Halifax and West India stations, in the Martin
18, Capt. John Evans, and Dkagon 74, bearing the
flag of Sir Eras. Laforey. In March, 1814, he be-
came Acting-Commander of the Goree 18, at Ber-
muda i and on 7 June following he was confii'mcd
* Vide Gaj. 1814, p. 124.
FISHER.
359
in the Wasp 16. Since his return from North
America, in Sept. 1815, Commander Fisher has
heen on half-pay.
He now holds the appointment of Principal and
Superintendent Harbour-Master of the Port of
London. He is married, and has issue.
FISHER. (Commander, 1841.)
Peter Fishek is son of the late Capt. Peter
Fisher, R.N., a veteran officer of distinction, who,
at the period of his death, which took place 28 Aug.
1844, held the appointments of Superintendent of
Sheerness Dockyard, Captain of Sandown Castle,
and Magistrate both for the Cinque Ports and for
CO. Kent.* He is brother of Commander Thos.
Fisher, R.N., and has two other brothers Lieute-
nants in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy 21 Dec. 1828 ;
passed his examination in 1833 ; obtained his first
commission 28 June, 1838 ; served for nearly three
years in the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, by
whom he was mentioned in the highest terms for
his conduct, as Senior-Lieutenant of that ship,
during the operations which led to the fall oi
Canton, in May, 1841 ; t and, on 8 of the following
June, was in consequence promoted to the rank he
now holds. He has been employed, since 20 March,
1846, as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast
Guard.
He married, 19 March, 1846, Catherine Alicia,
daughter of the late Thos. Backhouse, Esq., of
Caldbeck, co. Cumberland.
FISHER. (Commander, 1841. r-p., 15 ; h-p., 8.)
Thomas Fisher is brother of Commander Peter
Fisher, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 30 Oct. 1824;
passed his examination in 1830 ; acted as Lieute-
nant, from 17 May to 16 Dec. 1831, of the Success
28, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise, on the East India
station ; and was officially promoted 28 Dec. 1833.
His succeeding appointments were — 7 April, 1834,
to the Hastings 74, flag-ship off Lisbon of SirWm.
Hall Gage— 25 May, 1838, to the Thibune 24, Capt.
Chas. Hamlyn AVilliams, on the same station — and,
13 Nov. 1839, to the Winchester 50, flag-ship of
Sir Thos. Harvey in North America and the West
Indies. He attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841 ;
and, since 13 June, 1845, has been in command of
the Stromboli steam-sloop, on particular service.
Commander Fisher married, 8 April, 1847, Anne,
eldest daughter of the late Major-Gen. Hamilton,
C.B.
FISHER. (Captain, 1811.^^-p., 22; h-p., 30.)
William Fisher, born 18 Nov. 1780, is second
son of the late John Fisher, Esq., of Yarmouth, co.
Norfolk.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1795, as
Midshipman, on board the Squirrel 20, Capt. Geo.
Parker, attached to the fleet in the North Sea. He
served next, between June, 1796, and June, 1798, in
L'OksEAU 36, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens, and
Tremendous 74, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope
of Rear- Admiral Thos. Pringle, with whom he re-
turned home in the Crescent 36 ; and then joined
the Dragon 74, Capt. Geo. Campbell, employed
successively in the Channel and Mediterranean.
For his singular intrepidity, shortly afterwards, in
leading the way aloft, followed by two seamen,
when the foremast, during a violent storm, was
badly sprung, and the ship in a critical situation,
and cutting away the topmast, whereby the lower
* Capt. Fisher, whose servitude afloat embraced the long
period of between 30 and 40 years, was present in four general
actions at sea, and in many others on shoie, was at the re-
duction of three large fortresses, assisted at the capture,
besides innumerable smaller vessels, of fifteen line-of-battle
ships, and received four wounds, from one of which he
never perfectly recovered. Durin;; the peace he successively
commanded the Wve SG, Ranoer S8, Southampton 52,
Calcutta G4, and Oci^an 80. Ht; died, as above, at the a^^e
of 63.
t Vide Gut. 1841, p. 2510.
mast was preserved, Mr. Fisher had the honour- of
receiving the public thanks of his Captain. He
subsequently, in the same ship, and the Foudrotant
80, bearing the flag of Lord Keith, took part in the
operations connected with the expedition to Egypt
in 1801 ; after which he removed to the Santa
Dorothea 42, Capt. Hugh Downman, and, on 3
Sept. in the same year, was promoted into the
Irresistible 74, Capt. Wm. BUgh. His succeeding
appointments, as Lieutenant, were — 26 Oct. 1801, to
the Iris 32, Capts. Hon. Philip Wodehouse and
David Atkins, on the North Sea station— 8 April,
1803, to the Canopus 80, bearing the flag off Toulon
of his former Captain, Rear-Admiral Geo. Camp-
bell—2 April, 1805, to the Superb 74, Capt. Rich.
Goodwin Keats, in which ship he accompanied Lord
Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit of the com-
bined fleets of France and Spain — and, 9 Oct. 1805,
as First, to the Stately 64, Capt. Geo. Parker, in
the North Sea. Capt. Fisher, having obtained his
.second commission 25 Sept. 1806, was next ap-
pointed, 25 Feb. and 18 June, 1807, to the Merlin
16, and Racehorse 18. In the latter vessel he
captured in the Channel, 2 March, 1808, a French
privateer, L'Amiral GanteauTne, of 4 guns and 28
men ; was frequently engaged with the batteries off
Cherbourg ; and, on proceeding to the Cape, was
actively employed, during the years 1809 and 10,
off the Mauritius, and in exploring the Mozambique.
On 10 Dec. 1810 he was nominated Acting-Captain
of the Akbar 44, in which ship he convo3'ed the
troops from the former place to Madras ; and on 18
April, 1811, being at the time on his passage home
in the Barbadoes frigate, Capt. Brian Hodgson,
he was officially posted. Capt. Fisher remained
thenceforward on half-pay until 14 Sept. 1815, be-
tween which period and Oct. 1817, when he inva-
lided in consequence of a desperate attack of fever,
we find him commanding the 20-gun ships Bann
and Cherub on the coast of Guinea. While in the
Bann, independently of other similar vessels, he
captured, 5 March, 1816, by laying her alongside
and boarding, after a long running fight, the slaver
iV Temeraj-io, of 16 guns and 80 men ; and, in the
Cherub, after a desperate resistance, he took a
large heavily-armed pirate-schooner. His next and
last appointment was, 18 March, 1836, to the Asia
84, in which he served, on the Mediterranean sta-
tion, tmtil placed out of commission in May, 1841.
During that period he was frequently engaged on
important detached services, particularly in 1840,
when he commanded the squadron, consisting of
five line-of-battle ships and other smaller vessels,
employed in blockading the powerful fleet assem-
bled at Alexandria. After the British authorities
and the British flag had been withdrawn from that
place, Capt. Fisher, in pursuance of the peremptory
instructions of H.M. Ambassador at Constantinople,
performed the hazardous duty of landing alone,
and personally conveying to Mehemet Ali the offi-
cial announcement of his deposition. He also took
upon himself the responsibility of keeping open our
Indian mail communications through Egypt, and of
suspending the mercantile part of the blockade.
In the discharge of these and the numerous other
very delicate offices which devolved upon him at
that eventful epoch, he acquired the unqualified
approbation of the Commander-in-Chief; the Turk-
ish gold medal, sword, and diamond decoration
were conferred on him ; and, on 1 July, 1842, he
was awarded the Good-Service Pension.
Capt. Fisher, while in the CBEnuB, suggested to
the Admiralty the excellent plan, now in general
adoption by our own and the French and Russian
navies, of watering ships, for his subsequent com-
pletion of which, while on half-pay, he received
from the board its official thanks, and a portion of
his expenses.* He mari'ied, in May, 1810, Eliza-
* When we reflect on the enormous mass of evil, moral
and physical, which was inseparable from the system of
watering a fleet during the war, the calamitous and ever-
recurring elTects of which must be so vividly present in the
recollections of the senior members of the profession, and
compare it with the simple, efTicacious, and inexpensive mode
360
FISHER— FITTON.
beth, sister of Sir Jas. Kivett Carnac, Bart., late
Governor of Bomtay, and of Capt. John Kivett
Camao, K.N. By that lady he has, with one
daughter, an only son, who holds an appointment in
the Madras Civil Service. Agents — Hallett and
Kobinson.
FISHEE. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
William Edward Fisher entered the Navy in
1831 ; passed his examination 28 June, 1838 ; and
was afterwards employed for several years in the
Mediterranean, and on particular service, as Mate
of the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Keynolds,
Medea steam-vessel. Capt. Fred. Warden, and Ceo-
codile 26, flag-ship of Sir Hugh Pigot. Since his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took
place 6 Dec. 1845, his appointments have heen — on
the latter date, to the Penelope steam-frigate,
bearing the broad pendant on the coast of Africa of
Commodore Wm. Jones— 31 Dec. 1845, to the Rapid
10, Capt. Henry J. W. S. P. Gallway, on the same
station— and, 21 July, 1846, as First, to the Ferret
8, Capt. Geo. Sprigg, also on the African coast,
where he is at present serving.
FITTON. (Lieut., 1804. f-p., 25; h-p., 42.)
Michael Fitton was born about 1766, at Gaws-
worth, in Cheshire, now the seat of the Earl of
Harrington, but formerly the property of his an-
cestor Sir Edw. Fitton, Chancellor of Ireland temp,
James II.
This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1780 (under
the auspices of Lord Keppel), as Captain's Servant,
on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Geo. Keppel. In
that frigate, besides assisting at the capture of the
Pk(S7iij:, a heavy privateer, he witnessed that of an
American packet having on board Mr. Laurens,
ex-President of the Kebel Congress, who was pro-
ceeding to Holland with a secret treaty of alliance
with the Dutch. This treaty, previously to the
actual capture of the ship, had been thrown in a bag
overboard, and would never have been discovered
but for Mr. Fitton, who, being at the moment em-
ployed in furling the fore-top gallant sail, observed
what he considered to be a man overboard, and in-
stantly made a report which led to its recovery.
A declaration of war against the Dutch, and the
immediate sweeping of their numerous vessels from
the face of the sea, were thus the momentous re-
sults of Mr. Fitton's keenness. He continued to
serve with Capt. Keppel until 1784, as Midshipman
of the Fairy, Eolus, Fortitude, and Hebe ; and
had an opportunity, in consequence, of acting a part
in many of the scenes connected with the American
war, and of assisting in the Fortitude, as aide-de-
camp to his Captain, at the relief of Gibraltar, in
1782. In 1793 he rejoined the same ofiicer, as
Master's Mate, on board the Defiance 74, from
which ship he removed, in 1796, to the Bristol,
Lieut.-Commander Silly. He had not been long,
however, in the latter vessel before he was appointed
Purser of the Stork sloop, Capt. Rich. Harrison
Pearson ; on board of which vessel, during the
great mutiny at the Nore, it was his fortune to be
greatly instrumental to the preservation of order.
In his arrival in the West Indies, Mr. Fitton, with
a single boat, destroyed a privateer which the Stork
had driven on shore. He was afterwards sent as
Master of a prize, vrith four hands to assist in the
navigation of her, to Jamaica, and on his passage,
although detained^ but a short period, was taken
captive by Le Tc'k'maque French privateer. On re-
signing his appointment as Purser of the Stork, for
the sake of obtaining more active employment, Mr.
Fitton, who had passed the examination necessary
to indicate his fitness for the receipt of a commis-
sion, and had more than once had charge of a watch,
was immediately nominated, 11 Jan. 1799, Acting-
now in vogue, too much praise, it must be owned, cannot be
awarded to the man who has heen tlie happy instrument of a
change so great. Capt. Fisher has conferred a boon on the
service and the country at large « hich cannot be over-esti-
mated.
Lieutenant of the Abergavenny"* 54, and allowed,
from that period until 1802, to command her ten-
ders, on the Jamaica station ; where, in the Ferret
schooner, of 6 3-pounders and 45 men, he fought a
gallant action of an hour with a Spanish privateer,
of 14 6-pounders and 100 men ; and where, in Sept.
1800, previously to witnessing the surrender of
Cura9oa, he distinguished himself by his activity
and spirited conduct on many other occasions, par-
ticularly in an attack made by him, in the Active,
a schooner mounting 8 12-poimder carronades, with
a crew of about 45 men, on five or six French pri-
vateers lying close to the walls of Fort Piscadero,
near the harbour of Amsterdam. t On 23 Jan. 1801,
being on a cruise on the Spanish main, Mr. Fitton,
then in command of a small worn-out felucca, car-
rying 1 long 12-pounder on a traversing carriage,
and 44 men, fell in with the Spanish gardaccsta
Santa Maria ab JForano, of 6 long 6-pounders, 10
swivels, and 60 men ; which vessel, having suffered
herself to be driven on shore on the island of Varus,
was boarded and carried through the irresistible
heroism of Mr. Fitton, who, with his sword in his
mouth, followed by the greater part of his crew
similarly armed, plunged into the sea and swam to
her. During his command of the Active we find
him on one occasion expending the sum of 80/. out
of his own private resources for the purpose of pro-
curing intelligence which enabled him to capture
four vessels in the gulf of Venezuela; of all the
profit resulting from which he was ousted through
the machinations of a prize-agent. Notvdthstand-
ing the valiant exploits we have recorded, Mr.
Fitton was sent home at the peace without either
promotion or reward. On his return to Jamaica at
the recommencement of hostilities, he was ap-
pointed, again with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant,
to the command of the Gipsy schooner, of 10 guns
and 45 men, fender to the flag-ship, the Hercdle.
During the operations of 1804 against Curagoa,
being the only officer in the squadron who had ever
been at the island before, he was assigned the
honour of directing its movements. He also joined
in the attack upon Fort Piscadero, and upon the
enemy being driven out he landed with a detach-
ment under Commodore Bligh, taking with him the
Gipsy's guns, which were dragged up a hill, and
mounted in battery in a position to annoy the town
of Amsterdam. The united testimony borne by all
the Captains of the squadron to the zeal and judg-
ment displayed by Mr. Fitton, who in the end was
sent with despatches to the Commander-in-Chief,
led at length to his confirmation in the rank of
Lieutenant, 9 March, 1804. Pursuing his gallant
career vrith the samMBfdour and success, he attack-
ed, on 21 Jan. 1805, olTCape Antonio, and destroyed
one of five pursuing privateers; and on 26 Oct.
1806, having in the mean while removed to the
PiTT,{ of 12 guns and 54 men, he effected the cap-
ture, after an arduous chase of 67 hours, interspersed
with several close and spirited actions, in the course
of which the British had 8 men woimded, of La
Superhe, of 14 guns and 94 men, one of the most
formidable privateers that had for a long time in-
fested the commerce of the West Indies. Although
the " zeal and perseverance, the very gallant con-
duct, and superior professional abilities," again dis-
played by Lieut. Fitton on this occasion, were offici-
ally reported by the Commander-in-Chief,§ he was,
nevertheless — after having further captured Le Fm
* While on the Aderoavenny's books Mr. Fitton vnt&
twice very severely injured ; the first time, during a violent
tornado, when he fell down the hatchway upon a bundle of
iron-hoops, fracturing his left knee, and dreadfully lacerating
his face ; and the second, during an action with a privateer,
on which occasion a gun, having snapped its breechings, fell
upon him and smaslied his right ankle. Altllough the latter
accident occurred to him in the execution of his duty, he
never received the slightest compensation.
+ Vide Ga'i. 1800, p. l.isi.
{ In the purchase of this vessel into the service Mr. Fitton
appears to have himself expended the sum of 400/. Ho had
also contributed with his prize-money to the purchase of all
the AnEHOAVENNv's tenders.
} Vide Gaz. 1 806, p. 1 080.
FITZCLARENCE-FITZGERALD.
361
Fon privateer, of 1 gun and 43 men, and a Spanish
armed schooner, the Abija — superseded, "not," as
observed by Mr. James in his ' Naval History,' "to
be promoted to the rank of Commander, but to be
turned adrift as an unemployed Lieutenant." All
he got was the thanks of the Admiralty, and a sword
from the Patriotic Society valued at 50Z. Bnsuc-
cessful in his exertions to procure an appointment,
he remained on half-pay for nearly four years, at
the expiration of which period he was at first, 15
April, 1811, and next, 16 Feb. 1812, invested with
the command of the Archer and Cracker gun-
brigs, on the Channel and Baltic stations. In the
latter vessel he was much employed in convoying ;
and on one occasion he succeeded, through a train
of singular manoeuvres, in alone conducting a most
valuable and numerous charge safe through the
Little Belt. In one instance, too, he was the means,
during a violent gale, of snatching from destruction
the crew of a prize belonging to the Hamadryad
frigate ; and, in another, he obtained salvage for
rescuing, and conducting into the Downs, an Ame-
rican ship that had got upon a shoal near North
Yarmouth, and was in a state of great distress.
Being again put out of commission in 1815, the
Lieutenant failed in his solicitations for further
employment until 22 Feb. 1831, when he was ap-
pointed to the Ordinary at Plymouth, to which he
continued attached during the usual period of three
years. He was admitted into Greenwich Hospital
20 April, 1835.
During the term of his servitude in the West
Indies, Lieut. Fitton had the good fortune to cap-
ture upwards of 40 sail of vessels, many of them
privateers — but with little benefit to himself, from
the circumstance of his having been so long in com-
mand of a tender, and only sharing in consequence
with the officers on board the flag-ship.* His only
surviving son, Frederick — the eldest having died in
the West Indies, while serving with his father as
a passed Clerk — holds an appointment in the Mer-
chant Seamen's office ; and his youngest daughter is
married to the only son of Sir Rich. Dobson, JI.D.,
F.R.S., Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets. Agents
— Messrs. Halford and Co.
FITZCLAEENOE, Lord, G.C.H. (Captain,
1824. F-P., .31 ; H-P., 2.)
The Eight Honohrable Lord Adoiphos Fitz-
Clarence, bom 18 Feb. 1802, is second (natural)
son of His late Majesty King William IV. ; uncle of
the present Earl of Munster ; brother of Lord Au-
gustus FitzClarence, Rector of Maple Durham, co.
Oxford ; and brother-in-law of Lord De Lisle and
Dudley, Lieut.-Col. Chas. Fox, of the Grenadier
Guards, the Earl of Errol, Lord John Fred. Gordon
Hallyburton, Capt. R.N., and Viscount Falkland.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 May, 1814, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Impregnable 98, Capte.
Hon. Henry Blackwood and Chas. Adam, hearing
the flag of H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence, in which
ship he shortly afterwards escorted the Allied So-
vereigns from Calais to Dover. He then, as Mid-
shipman, joined the Newcastle 50, Capt. Lord Geo.
Stuart, on the North American station ; on his re-
turn whence, in 1815, he proceeded to the Mediter-
ranean in the Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans
Dundas, and there continued to serve on board the
Rochtort 80, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Fras. Fre-
mantle, and Gi/ASGOiv 50, Capt. Hon. Anth. Mait-
land, until the receipt of his first commission, bear-
ing date 23 April, 1821. He joined, 22 Oct. follow-
ing, the Eektalos 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas.
Clifford, fitting for the station last mentioned, and,
attaining the rank of Commander 17 May, 1823,
was next appointed, 26 Dec. in the same year, and
28 Feb. 1824, to the Brisk sloop, and Redwing 18,
on the North Sea station. Capt. FitzClarence, who
acquired his present rank 24 Deo. 1824, was subse-
• In the United Service Journal for Feb. 1835, onr readers
will find, written by Lieut. Fitton himself, an account of the
extraordinary manner in which, through the instrumentality
of a shark, he effected the condemnation, in 1799, of au
enemy's vessel provided with GUse papers, and professing to
be neutral.
quently appointed — 9 Feb. 1826, to the Ariadne
26, in the Mediterranean — 2 July, 1827, to the
Challenger 28, in which frigate he brought home
the Earl of Dalhousie, late Governor-General of
Canada, and then visited Lisbon — and, 28 Aug. 1828,
to the Pallas 42, employed in conveying the latter
nobleman and the Bishop of Calcutta from Ports-
mouth to Bengal, General Viscount Combermere
from India home, and Col. Fox from Halifax. Since
22 July, 1830, his Lordship has been in uninter-
rupted command of the Royal George and Victo-
ria AND Albert yachts.
He was appointed Groom of the Robes to William
IV. 24 July, 1830; granted, 24 May, 1831, the title
and precedency of the younger son of a Marquis ;
nominated a G.C.H. 24 Feb. 1832; and created a
Lord of the Bedchamber in Ordinary 5 Jan. 1833.
Agents— rMessrs. Ommanney.
FITZGERALD. (Commander, 1840.)
Charles Fitzgerald entered the Navy 17 March,
1809 ; passed his examination in 1815 ; and obtained
his first commission 27 March, 1826. His appoint-
ments, as Lieutenant, were — 17 April, 1832, to the
Coast Guard— 21 Sept. 1833 and 29 April, 1836, to
the Cruizer 16, and Belvidera 42, Capts. John
M'Causland, Wm. Alex. Willis, and Chas. Borough
Strong, on the North America and West India sta-
tion— and, 26 July, 1838, to the command of the
Buzzard 3, on the coast of Africa, where he made
prize of several slavers. He invalided home in Feb.
1840 ; acquired his present rank 26 Oct. following ;
and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Fitzgerald is now Governor of the
settlements on the Gambia. He married, 5 May,
1837, Lucy, youngest daughter of Dr. Austin ; and
became a widower 19 Nov. 1843. Agent — Joseph
Woodhead.
FITZGERALD. (Retired Commander, 184G.
F-p., 12; H-p., 41.)
Hamilton Fitzgerald entered the Navy, 17
Dec. 1794, as A. B., on board the Droid 32, Capt.
Joseph Ellison, and, on accompanying that officer,
as Midshipman, into the Standard 64, attended
the expedition to Quiberon in June, 1795. On 24
Oct. 1798, having removed to the SiRiiis 36, Capt.
Rich. King, he assisted at the capture, off' the Texel,
of the Dutch ships Waakzamheid of 26 guns and
100 men, and Furie of 36 guns and 153 men ; subse-
quently to which event he joined, at Plymouth, the
Garland 28, Capt. Robt. Honyman, and Cam-
bridge and Zealand flag-ships. Being promoted
to a Lieutenancy, 20 July, 1801, in, the Isis 50,
Capts. Wm. Nowell, John Sutton, and Thos. Mas-
terman Hardy, in which ship he escorted the Duke
of Kent to Gibraltar, Mr. Fitzgerald was afterwards
appointed— 22 Dec. 1804, to the Decade 36, Capts.
Wm. Gordon Rutherford and John Stuart, one of
Lord Nelson's trigates, we beheve, in his pursuit of
the combined fleets to the West Indies in 1805 —
and next, as First, to the Hindostan 50, Capts.
Thos. Bowen and Wm. Hole, and Achille 74, Capt.
Sir Rich. King, on the Lisbon and Home stations.
Having been on half-pay since 27 April, 1809, he
accepted the rank of Retired Commander on the Ju-
nior List 12 July, 1831 ; and on 29 May, 1846, he was
placed on the Senior List. Agent — John Chippen-
dale.
FITZGERALD. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 10;
H.P., 33.)
Henry Fitzgerald entered the Navy, 1 Deo.
1804, as Ordinary, on board the Princess Char-
lotte 38, Capts. Hon. Fras. Farington-Gardner and
Geo. Tobin ; in which ship he continued to serve,
on the West India and Irish stations, part of the
time as Midshipman, until Nov. 1810. During that
period he was occasionally employed in escorting
convoys— took part, 5 Oct. 1805, in a severe action
of an hour, near Tobago, with La Ct/ane of 26, and
La Naiade of 16 guns, the former of which then
surrendered — and served off Greenland for the
protection of the whale fishery. He subsequently
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FITZGERALD-FITZ-GERALD.
joined the Salvadoii del Mdndo, guard-ship
at Plymouth, Capt. Jas. Nash, F.oktonee 36,
Capt. Henry Vansittart, and Mata 84, and Mil-
PORD 74, flag-ships in the Mediterranean of Rear-
Admirals Benj. Hallowell and Thos. Fras. Fre-
mantle. As Acting-Lieutenant of the Weasel 18,
Capt. Jas. Blaclf, Mr. Fitzgerald, in 1813, served
in the batteries at the siege of Trieste ; after which
he rejoined the Milfohb ; and, on 3 Feb. 1814,
being then Acting-Lieutenant of the Havannah
36, Capt. Black, aided in causing the seif-destruction
of the French 40-gun frigate Uranie. Having passed
his examination 5 Dec. 1810, this ofScer, who, dur-
ing his stay in the Mediterranean, had also seen
much active boat-service, was confirmed in his pre-
sent rank, 26 Aug. 1814. He has not since been
employed.
He married, 21 Feb. 1835, Jane, only daughter of
Christopher Beaty, Esc[., of Enniskillen, co. Cork,
by whom he has issue six children.
FITZGEKALD. (Ketieed Commandee, 1842.
F-p., 16 ; H-p., 44.)
John Fitzgerald entered the Navy (into which
he was impressed), 15 Oct. 1787, as A. B., on board
the Shark sloop, Capt. Valentine Edwards, but was
soon afterwards discharged. In 1790 he re-em-
barked on board the Deptford, Lieut.-Commander
Kussell, lying in the river Thames ; and, while af-
terwards serving under Capt. Edw. Thornbrough,
he was present, in the Latona 38, in the action of
1 June, 1794, and, in the Koehst 74, whose loss, it
was subsequently found, amounted to 10 killed and
40 wounded, at the capture, 12 Oct. 1798, off the
coast of Ireland, of the French 74-gun ship Le Hoclte,
one of a squadron commanded by Commodore Bom-
part. He obtained a Lieutenancy in the Gaiete
sloop, Capts. Edw. Dumford King and Kich. Pea-
cocke, on the West India station, 2 Nov. 1798 ; was
there invested with the command, 16 June, 1802, of
a small vessel called the Jump ; and, from March,
1803, until 1806, was employed in the Impress and
Sea Fencible services at Waterford and Dungarvon.
Mr. Fitzgerald, who had not since been employed,
became a Ketired Commander on the Senior List 1
June, 1842.
FITZGEEALD. (Capt, 1841. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 12.)
John Coohlan FitzGeraxd entered the Navy, 1
May, 1818, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impkeo-
NABLB 98, Capt. Hon. PownoU Bastard Pellew,
bearing the flag at Plymouth of Lord Exmouth ;
proceeded, towards the close of the same year, to
the Cape of Good Hope, in the Iris 26, Capt. Geo.
Kennie ; and, from July, 1821, until 18 April, 1825,
served, as Midshipman and Mate, on the North
America and West India station, in the Atholl 28,
Capt. Henry Bourchier, Isis 50, flag-ship of Sir
Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and Speedwell schooner,
commanded by Messrs. Wm. Langford Castle and
Chas. Bolton, Mates. He then, having passed his
examination in Sept. 1823, became First-Lieutenant
of the IcARDS 10, Capt. John Geo. Graham; and,
on 22 March, 1826, he was appointed to the Forte
44, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, on the South American
station. For his conduct on the night of 26 Aug.
1827, in capturing, with the boats of that ship un-
der his orders, the Convettcion. Argentina^ a piratical
vessel, together with her prize, the Ann.e of Work-
ington, Mr. FitzGerald was placed by the Lord High
Admiral on the List for promotion, and, on a var
oanoy occurring, 27 Nov. 1829, he was appointed to
the Alert 18. Returning home from South Ame-
rica in Feb. 1832, he afterwards joined— 19 March,
1835, the Cqast Guard— 30 May, 1839, the Magsi-
FioENT 72, bearing the broad pendant at Jamaica of
Commodore Peter John Douglas -and, 15 March,
1841, the Racehorse 18, stationed in North America
and the West Indies. On resigning the command
of the latter vessel, in consequence of his promotion
to Post-rank, which had taken place 23 Nov. 1841,
Capt. FitzGerald, in April, 1842, was intrusted by
Sir Chas. Adam, the Commander-in-Chief, with an
important mission to Guatemala, in Mexico, where
he succeeded in inducing a compliance with the de-
mands of the British Government. Since 20 March,
1845, he has been in command of the Vernon 50,
bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Sam. Hood Ingle-
field on the south-east coast of America and East
India stations. Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
FITZGERALD. (Ketibed Commander, 1830.
F-p., 10; H-p., 42.;
Michael FttzGerald was bom 17 Sept. 1778,
and died 4 Dec. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Dec. 1793, as
Ordinary, on board the Imperiedse 36, Capts. Wm.
Cunningham and Wm. Wolseley ; and on next join-
ing the Cdmberland 74, Capt. Bartholomew Sam.
Rowley, took part in Hotham's partial action with
the French fleet, 13 July, 1795. After serving for
a few months with Capt. Chas. Rowley in the Unite
36, he became Midshipman, 4 Aug. 1797, of the
Rajmillies 74, Capts. B. S. Rowley, Henry Inman,
and Rich. Grindall, on the Channel station, where,
in 1800, he joined the Ville de Paris 110, bearing
the flag of Earl St. Vincent, and Atlas 98,. Capt.
Theophilus Jones. In the Rossel 74, Capt. Wm.
Cuming, of which ship he was created a Lieutenant
27 Feb. 1801, Mr. FitzGerald, on 2 April following,
witnessed the battle ofi' Copenhagen. In Feb. 1804,
having been on half-pay since Nov. 1801, he ob-
tained an appointment in the Sea Fencibles at Tou-
ghal, whence he removed, 10 Nov. following, to the
Teovtbridge, Capt. Wm. Bevians. He rejoined
the Sea Fencibles 12 Dec. 1805, and retained his
appointment until that corps was disbanded in the
early part of 1810. He continued thenceforward
unemployed, and accepted the rank of Retired
Commander 29 Deo. 1830.
Commander FitzGerald married, 15 June, 1803,
Mary, youngest daughter of John M'Grath, of
Grange, co. Waterford, and has left issue ten chil-
dren.
FITZ-GEEALD. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 12;
H-p., 31.)
William Robert Fitz-Gbrald, born 18 Aug.
1793, is only son of the late John Fitz-Gerald, Esq.,
of St. Christopher's, and grandson of Wm. Higgins,
Esq., Speaker of the House of Assembly in the
island of Nevis.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. Lucia 16, Capts.
Geo. Edm. Byron Bettesworth and John Ayscough,
stationed in the West Indies, where, until 1813, he
afterwards served, .as Midshipman, in L'Eclaih
and Swaggerer brigs, both commanded by Lieut.
Geo. Jas. Evelyn, and Liberty 14, Lieut-Com-
mander Chas. Deyman Jermy. While in L'Eclaih,
in 1807, he assisted at the capture of the Danish
West India islands, and at the re-taking of a prize,
whose original captor. La J^elicite, a large three-
masted French schooner privateer, was simulta-
neously beaten oflT, after a close action, in which
L'Eclair lost 1 man killed and 4 wounded. During
his attachment to the Swaggerer, Mr. Fitz-Gerald
served on shore at the reduction of Martinique in
Feb. 1809 ; and in the course of the same and
following years he also partook of the operations
against the Saintes and Guadeloupe. On 14 Dec.
1813, while serving on board the Monmouth 64,
flag-ship in the Downs of Sir Thos. Foley, he joined,
as Acting-Lieutenant, the Cadmcs 10, Capts. Thos.
Fife and Watkin Evans, under whom he cruized
until 26 March, 1814; but he was not officially pro-
moted until 7 Feb. 1815— previously to which he
had been re-employed, as Midshipman, in the Mon-
mouth, and had done duty in the same capacity on
board the Venerable 74, flag-ship of Sir Philip
Durham in the Leeward Islands. From 15 March,
1815, until May, 1816, Mr. Fitz-Gerald served in
the Dasher 18, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson,
and, with the boats of that ship and of the Fairv
under his orders, he cut out three of the enemy's
vessels, under a heavy fire of musketry from the
town of Francois, Guadeloupe— an exploit for which
he was officially commended in very warm terms.
FITZJAMES-riTZMAURICE.
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Since the period of his leaving the Dashek he has
been on half-pay.
Lieut. Fitz-Gerald married, in 1831, Eliza Ka-
venscroft, eldest and only surviving daughter of
the late Lieut.-Coloncl Starke, of Laugharne Castle,
Caermarthenshire.
FITZJAMES. (Capt., 1845. f-p., 20; h-p., 2.)
James Fitzjames entered the Navy, 25 Aug.
1825, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the PrKAMOS 42,
Capt. Kobt. Gambler, in which ship, after accom-
panying Mr. Morier, the British Commissioner, to
Mexico, and serving for some time under the flag
of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, on the Home sta^
tion, he was employed in conveying troops to Malta,
Gibraltar, and also to Lisbon, where we find him
present at the period of Don Miguel's first arrival
and usurpation of the throne. Having left the
PvRAMUS in Sept. 1828, he next, in Deo. 1830, joined
the St. Vincent, flag-ship successively at Ports-
mouth and in the Mediterranean of Sir Thos. Foley
and Sir Henry Hotham, with the latter of whom he
witnessed, as Midshipman, the revolution in Greece,
and the occupation of the Palamedi at Nauplia by
the Russian, French, and English forces. While
on the books of the St. Vincent, Mr. Fitzjames
served for six months in her tender, the H ind cutter ;
and from Aug. 1832, until July, 1833, he was lent
to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, during
which period he escorted King Otho and the Ba^
varian Regency from Trieste to Greece. He sub-
sequently, on returning to the St. Vincest, passed
his examination 16 Nov. 1833; after which he joined,
in June, 1834, the AVinchesteu 52, flag-ship at Chat-
ham of the Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel ; and from
Oct. 1834, until March, 1837, took an active part,
as Mate of the Eophrates steamer, in all the ope-
rations of the expedition to the celebrated river of
that name under Colonel Chesney, including the
laborious work of transporting the above-mentioned
vessel and the Tigris, another steamer, from Sue-
dia to Bir, a distance of 140 miles, across an al-
most impervious country. "While returning, on one
occasion, from an attack on a tribe of Bedouin
Arabs who had committed depredations on some
of his party, Mr. Fitzjames unfortunately broke his
leg; and, on another, he was taken prisoner, but
released after a captivity of ten days. For his ser-
vices he was promoted, 19 Jan. 1838, to a Lieute-
nancy in the Excellent, Capt. Thos. Hastings, at
Portsmouth, and for his proficiency in gunnery and
mathematics he obtained a first-class certificate.
His next appointment was, 17 Oct. 1838, to the
Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds, one of
the ships employed, in 1840, during the campaign
in Syria, where he appears to have been the officer
selected to distribute among the Egyptian sol-
diery at Beyrout the proclamations of Sir Chas.
Napier, for which a price was set on his head by
Soliman Pacha. He was also present at the bom-
bardment of Beyrout, the operations at D'Journi,
and the blockade of Alexandria. On 27 May, 1841,
he joined, after a re-attachment of a few weeks to
the Excellent, the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship in
China of Sir Wm. Parker, whose ofiicial praise, as
well as that of Sir Hugh Gough, he repeatedly ac-
acqui*ed for his meritorious conduct during the
hostilities of 1842, his name occurring in not less
than five gazettes. In the course of that year he
directed with excellent precision the fire of the
rocket-brigade in the attack on the heights of
Scgoan and Tzekee, 15 ond 16 March ; had also
charge of the rocket-party at the taking of Chapoo,
15 May ; served on shore at the battle of Woosung,
16 June ; again commanded the rocket-brigade, and
was severely wounded, at the storming and capture
of the city of Ching-Kiang-Foo, 21 July ; was pre-
sent at the signing of the treaty at Nanking ; and
1)articipated in all the operations in the Yang-tse-
Ciang.* On 23 Dec. 1842, Lieut. Fitzjames was re-
warded by promotion to the rank of Commander ;t
and, on 30 of the same month, he was appointed to
» yide Gaz. IS'lS.pp. asm, 2390, 3400, 3403, 3(i94.
t T'. Ga/.. I8J2, p. 3821.
the Clio sloop, of 16 guns. After visiting Bassora
and Koram, at the junction of the Tigris and Eu-
phrates, where no man-of-war had ever before been,
he was sent to quell the disturbances among the
crews of the merchantmen loading guano at loheboe,
on the coast of Africa ; and on his ultimate arrival
in England he was paid off 10 Oct. 1844. Since
4 March, 1845, Capt. Fitzjames (whose Post-com-
mission bears date 31 Dec. in that year) has been
in command of the Erebds discovery-sbip, Capt.
Sir John Franklin, now engaged in a fresh attempt
to explore the north-west passage through Lancaster
Sound and Bering Strait, and has had the conduct
of the magnetic operations connected with the ex-
pedition.
On 1 Feb. 1835, while the Euphrates expedition
was fitting out in the river Mersey, Capt. Fitz-
james particularly distinguished himself by his he-
roism in plunging overboard, in face of a strong
gale and lee tide, and saving "the life, at the im-
minent hazard of his own, of a custom-house officer.
A piece of plate was in consequence presented to
him by the merchants, and the freedom of the city
by the corporation, of Liverpool; and the Royal
Humane Society and London Shipwreck Institution
each voted him a silver medal.
FITZMAURICE. (Lieutenant, 1813. r-p., 15;
H-p., 28.)
Edmund Howe Fitzmadrice entered the Navy,
in Oct. 1804, as Clerk, on board the Prevofante
store-ship, Master-Commander Dan. M'Coy, and on
his return from a visit to Gibraltar was transferred,
as Midshipman, in Oct. 1805, to the Fame 74, Capts.
Graham Moore, Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, and
Walter Bathurst. A few months after his removal
to the VoLAGE 22, Capt. Phipps Hornby, he took
part, 13 March, 1811, in the memorable action oft
Lissa, where a British squadron, carrying in the
whole 156 guns and 879 men, completely routed,
after a battle of six hours, and a loss to the Volage
of 13 killed and 33 wounded, a Franco-Venetian
armament, whose force amounted to 284 guns and
2655 men. On 16 Nov. 1812, Mr. Fitzmaurice was
promoted, from the Narcissus 32, Capt. John Rich.
Lumley, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Dragon
74, flag-ship in the Leeward Islands of Sir Fras.
Laforey, to which he was confirmed 28 May, 1813.
He returned home in Aug. 1815 ; was afterwards
employed in the Larne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe,
on the Home station, from 11 Jan. 1816, to 14 Jan.
1817 ; and since the latter date, with the exception
of a command of the Scoot Revenue-cutter, to which
he was appointed 29 May, 1826, has been on half-
pay.
FITZMAURICE. (Retired Commander, 1844.
F-p., 8 ; H-p., 39.)
James Fitzmaurice is only surviving son of the
late Harman Fitzmaurice, Esq., a lineal descendant
of the Lords of Kerry, and great-grand-nephew of
the first Earl.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ardent 64, Capt. Thos.
Bertie, under whom he served in the battle of Co-
penhagen, 2 April, 1801. He subsequently joined,
on the Home, East India, and South American sta-
tions, the Brilliant 28, Iris 32, Caroline 36, and
Lancaster 64, Capts. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, Da-
vid Atkins, Benj. Wm. Page, and Wm. Fothergill.
On 18 Nov. 1807, he obtained a Lieutenancy in the
Carnation, of 18 guns and 117 men, Capt. Chas.
Mars Gregory ; and he soon afterwards had his hat
shot off while co-operating in a sanguinary attempt
made by the boats of that sloop, in company with
those of the Melampds frigate, to cut out a Spanish
schooner from under a battery at Porto Rico. After
a contest of an hour and a half, in which she lost
10 men killed and 30, including Mr. Fitzmaurice
severely, wounded, the Carnation, on 3 Oct. 1808
was unfortunately taken by the French nationai
brig Pallnme. The subject of this sketch, who
had not been since employed, accepted liis present
rank 24 July, 1844.
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FITZMAURICE— FITZROY.
Commander Fitzmaurice, in consideration of the
wound above alluded to, was granted, 24 Oct. 1809,
a pension of 91/. 5s., and he also obtained a gra^
tuity from the Patriotic Fund. He married 28
Nov. 1814, and has a numerous family.
FITZMAUEICE. (Liedtenant, 1844. ¥-p., 13 ;
H-P., 3.)
Lewis Roper Fitzmaukice, bom 29 April, 1816,
at Deptford, is son of Lewis Koper Fitzmaurice,
Esq., Master K.N., who, at the period of his son s
birth, was absent on an explorative mission to the
river Congo ; and first-cousin of Commander J . J! . L.
Wood, R.N. ^ ,-„,
This ofacer entered the Navy, 12 Jan. 1831, as
a Volunteer, on board the Protectob surveying-
vessel, Capt. Wm. Hewett, in which, and as Mid-
shipman in the Faikt, he continued to serve, with
the same Captain, until Dec. 1835. During the
next 12 months we find him in the Spitfike and
Coi-nMBiA steamers, both commanded by Lieut.
Andrew Kennedy, actively employed in the Medi-
terranean, and also on the north coast of Spain
under Lord John Hay. He then joined the Beaci.e
10, Capts. John Clements "Wickham and John Lort
Stokes, and soon after his examination, which he
passed 31 March, 1837, sailed on a voyage of dis-
covery to South Australia, whence he returned
home and was paid off 14 Oct. 1843. While absent
he appears, at least for the first three years, to have
been perpetually employed on boat services of con-
siderable risk, and the last two years and a half to
have oflioiated as Assistant-Surveyor. On one oc-
casion, 6 Aug. 1841, being at the time on a detached
service, Mr. Fitzmaurice had the misfortune to be
very severely wounded by the explosion of a gun,
the contents of which lodged in his ankle and (from
the absence of surgical aid, which for four days
was unattainable, in consequence of the boat's dis-
tance from the ship) produced consequences so
serious that he was for several months incapacitated
from attending to his duty. Indeed the wound, we
believe, still remains open, and it is feared will offer
a barrier to Mr. Fitzmaurice's early resumption of
his professional avocations. His commission bears
date 10 June, 1844.
He has been in the receipt, since 16 Nov. 1844,
of a pension of 2s. 6d. a-day.
FITZMAURICE, K.W. (Lieutenant, 1802.
F-p., 24 ; H-p., 30.)
WxtLiAM FiTZMADHicE entered the Navy, in Feb.
1793, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Qdeen Chak-
lOTTE 100, Capt. Sir Roger Curtis, bearing the flag
of Earl Howe in the Channel ; removed, in Aug.
1794, to the SonTHAMProN 32, Capt. Hon. Robt.
Forbes; and from Aug. 1795, until Sept. 1801,
served, as Midshipman, on the Home and Cape of
Good Hope stations, in the Queen Charlotte
again, Capt. Sir Andw. Snape Douglas, and Tre-
MENDODS 74, bearing the flag of Sir Hugh Cloberry
Christian — in which latter ship, when in company
with the Adamant 50, he assisted at the destruc-
tion, under Capt. John Osborn, of the French 40-
gun frigate La Pteneuse, off the Isle of France, 11
Dec. 1799. On leaving the Tremendous, Mr. Fitz-
maurice became Acting-Lieutenant of the Lancas-
ter 64, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis at the Cape,
where and on the East India and Home stations,
he afterwards (having been confirmed by commis-
sion dated 15 Jan. 1802) joined— 20 March, 1805,
the Themendods again, Capt. Osborn — 5 Aug. 1806
the Goshawk 14, Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare— 15
March, 1807, the Foodrovant 80, bearing the flags
of Sir Albemarle Bertie and Sir Wm. Sidney Smith
— m 1809, as Acting-Commander, the Otter and
bAPPHiBE sloops-15 March, 1810, the Boadicea
.='t«?R ■T^''^i®' Kowley— and, 21 April following,
as First-Lieutenant, the Magiciense 36, Capt. Lu-
Mr' mt',^- ^^'V ^''* f eduction of Jste BoLbon,
w ^^'?"''""°« took part in a variety of gaUant
but unfortunate operations which, by 28 Auff in
the same year, 1810, terminated, after a loss to the
Magicienne of 8 men killed and 20 wounded, in
the unavoidable self-destruction of that ship and
the SiBiDS, the capture of the Nebeide, and the
surrender to a powerful French force of the Iphi-
GENiA, the last of a squadron of frigates originally
under the orders of Commodore Sam. Pym, at the
entrance of Port Sud-Est, Isle of France. On being
released from bondage by the capture of the latter
island in the ensuing Dec, Mr. Fitzmaurice was
invested with the command of all the cartels em-
ployed in conveying the French garrison and sea-
men to Morlaix. His subsequent appointments
afloat were — 22 June, 1811, and 21 Aug. 1812, to
the Laurestinus 24, and Magicienne 36, both
commanded, on the Brazilian and Lisbon stations,
by Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon— and 17 Aug. 181.3, to
the Dictator troop-ship, Capts. Hon. Geo. Alfred
Crofton and Henry Montresor, under whom he wit-
nessed, in 1814-15, the capture of Bladenshurg and
Washington, the bombardment of Baltimore, the
attack upon New Orleans, and the taking of Fort
Bowyer, Mobile. He left the Dictator in Oct.
1815, and, with the exception of a nearly" three
years' employment (from 19 April, 1825, to Feb.
1828) in the Ordinary at Sheemess, has since been
on half-pay.
During an interval in 1808-9, which occurred be-
tween the period of his leaving the Foddeoyast
and joining the Otter, Mr. Fitzmaurice, who is
Senior Lieutenant of 1802, was employed by Sir
Sidney Smith on a mission to the Viceroys of Chili
and Peru, having for its object the release of all
British prisoners — a piece of diplomacy which he
executed much to his own honour and to Sir Sidney's
satisfaction. In June, 1846, he was appointed one
of the Naval Knights of Windsor.
FITZROY. (LiEllT., 1828. F-P., 14; h-p., 13.)
Charles Wimjam Henry Gage FrrzRor, bom
7 Jan. 1807, is fourth son of Lieut.-General the
Hon. Wm. FitzBoy, of Kempston, co. Norfolk, who
died 19 May, 1837, by Catherine, sister of Sir Simon
Houghton Clarke, Bart. ; brother of Lieut Geo.
Wm. Howe FitzRoy, R.N., who fell at Navarin, 20
Oct. 1827 ; nephew of Major-General Sir Wm. Pon-
sonby, who was killed at Waterloo ; and first-cousin
of the present Lord Southampton.
This oSBcer entered the Royal Naval CoUege 1
March, 1820 ; and embarked 1 March, 1822, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Active 48, Capt. Andw.
King, with whom he visited the West hidies, and
served off Algiers and Lisbon. He then joined the
Terror bomb, Capt. Alex. Dundas Young Aihuth-
not, and Dstad 46, Capt. Hon. Robt. Rodney; and
on passing his examination, in April, 1826, was ap-
pointed Mate of the Java 60, bearing the flag in
the East Indies of Rear- Admiral Wm. Hall Gage—
of which ship he was created a Lieutenant 21 June,
1828. He afterwards became attached— 28 April,
1830, to the Briton 46, Capt. John Duff Markland,
on the Lisbon station — and, 8 Feb. 1834, to the
Rainbow 28, Capt. Thos. Bennett, in the West In-
dies. Since 1836 he has not been employed.
Lieut. FitzRoy, who was severely wounded in
Portugal while exploring the country during the
war between Don Pedro and Don Miguel, has also
lost an arm. For his conduct in twice jumping into
the sea to save the lives of others, he has obtained a
medal from the Royal Humane Society. He mar-
ried, in June, 1837, Caroline Emily, third daughter
of the late Rich. Phayre, Esq., of Shrewsbury, and
has issue. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
FITZROY. (Capt., 1834. f-p., 17; h-p., 11.)'!
Robert FrrzRor, born in June, 1805, is second
and youngest surviving son of General Lord Cbas.
FitzRoy, who died 20 Deo. 1829, by his second wife,
Frances Ann^ eldest daughter of llobert, first Mar-
quess of Londonderry; brother of Geo. FitzKov,
Esq., an oflicer m the 1st Life r;..— ^ i „J
ReS;-Admiral Lord Wm. FitzRo? K r i °*n^T«f
cousin of the present Duke ofG%,ft;„^-' ^^^^
This officer entered the Na^jTls Oct 1810- oh
tamed his first commission 7lept. ,824 s^^
FITZROY— FLEMING.
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afterwards under Capts. Sir John Phillimore and
Arthur Batt Bingham, in the Thetis frigate, on
the Mediterranean and South American stations ;
and in Aug. 1828 became Flag-Lieutenant at Kio
Janeiro to Rear-Admiral Kobt. Waller Otway.
From 13 Nov. in the latter year, on which date he
was promoted to the rank of Commander, until the
close of 1836, Capt. FitzKoy, whose Post-commis-
sion bears date 3 Dec. 1834, commanded the Beagle
Burreying-vessel on the coast of South America.*
He has not since been officially afloat.
Capt. FitzRoy sat, in 1841, as M.P. for the city of
Durham ; was appointed, 21 Sept. 1842, Acting-Con-
servator of the River Mersey ; and, since 3 April,
1843, has filled the post of Governor and Commanr
der-in-Chief of the colony of New Zealand. He
married, 8 Dec. 1836, Mary Henrietta, second
daughter of the late Major-General Edw. Jas.
O'Brien, by whom he has issue. Agents — Messrs.
StilweU.
FITZROY, Lord, K.C.B. (Eeab-Admirax of
THE Bed, 1837. r-P., 17; h-p., 36.)
The Right Honoubable Lord William Fitz-
Roy, bom 1 June; 1782, is third son of Augustus
Henry, third Duke of Grafton, by his second wife,
Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Sir Rich. Wrottes-
ley, Bart. ; and uncle both of the present Duke of
Grafton and of Capt. Robt. FitzRoy, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 April, 1794, on
board the Phaeton 38, Capts. Wm. Bentinck and
Hon. Robt. Stopford, one of Lord Howe's frigates
in the ensuing action of the 1st of June. He next
joined the Leviathan 74, commanded by Lord
Hugh Seymour, and, when with the same officer in
the Sans Pareil 80, he took part in Lord Brid-
port's action, 23 June, 1795. After an occasional
attachment to the Niger 32, Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote,
Phcenix 36, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and
Cambrian 40, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, he.
rejoined Capt. Foote, in Feb. 1798, on board the
Seahorse, of 46 guns and 292 men ; in which vessel
we find him, off the island of Pantellaria, assisting
at the capture, 27 June, 1798, after a close action of
eight minutes, a loss to the British of 2 men killed
and 16 wounded, and to the enemy of 18 killed and
37 wounded, of the French frigate La Sensible, of
36 guns and 300 men. Being promoted to a Lieu-
tenancy, 13 May, 1800, in the Penelope 36, Capt.
Hon. Henry Blackwood, he witnessed the surrender
of Malta, and attended the expedition to Egypt.
On 31 Oct. 1801, he became Acting-Commander of
the Salamine sloop, and, being confirmed, 7 Jan.
1802, in the Mutine, was afterwards employed,
from 26 Jan. 1803, until 29 Feb. 1804, in command of
the Fairy. As a Post-Captain, a rank he attained
on 3 March in the latter year. Lord Wm. FitzRoy
appears to have commanded the Duqdesne and Van-
guard 74's, jEolus 32, and Macedonian 38, on the
Jamaica, Channel, Irish, Halifax, and Lisbon sta^
tions ; and, in the jEoLUS, to have been present in
Sir Rich. Strachan's action, off Ferrol, 4 Nov. 1805,
and at the reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809.
His Lordship, who has not been employed since 7
April, 1811, was promoted to Flag rank 10 Jan. 1837.
The Rear-Admiral was nominated a C.B. 4 June,
1815, and a K.C.B. 4 July, 1840. He married, 9
Aug. 1816, Georgiana, second daughter of the late
Thos. Raikes, Esq., and by that lady has issue a son
and three daughters.
FLEMING. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 22;
H-p., 31.)
John Fleming entered the Navy, in May, 1794,
as Midshipman, on board the Hornet 18, Capt.
Christmas Paul; and, from Feb. 1795, until Oct.
1800, served, as Master's Mate, in the Flora 36,
Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, Lowestoffe 32, Capt.
Robt. Plampin, and Tamah 38, Dictator 64, and
* See * Narrative of a Ten Years' Voyage of Discovery round
the World by H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle,' written
by Capt. FitzRoy, in connexion with Capt. Philip Parker
ing, K.N. 8vo. X.ond. 2vols. Colburn, 1841.
S.
FisGARD 38, all commanded by Capt. Thos. Byam
Martin. During that period he s(i,w, in the Lowe-
stoffe's boats, much active service in the Mediter-
ranean—was in the Tamar during the unsuccessful
attack on Puerto Rico in April, 1797— and when in
the FiSGARD, whose force consisted, of 46 guns and
281 men, assisted at the capture, 20 Oct. 1798, of
V Immortalite, of 42 guns and 580 men, after a close
and obstinate conflict of great length, a loss to the
British of 10 killed and 26 wounded, and to the
enemy of 54 killed and 61 wounded.* He also
aided in the Fisgard's boats, and was highly
spoken of for his conduct, at the cutting out, 11
June, 1800, within the Penmarck rooks (and in op-
position to a heavy battery, three armed vessels,
and a constant fire of musketry from the shore), of
a gun boat, two chasse-marees, and eight merchant-
men; t besides which he contributed, 12 days after-
wards, to the destruction of three batteries, mount-
ing 7 24-pounders, on the banks of the Quimper
river ; and, on 1 July, was instrumental to the fur-
ther destruction of five national vessels, carrying
altogether 50 guns, and of 15 others laden with
valuable cargoes, lying under the protection of six
strong batteries and of other defences, near the
south-east part of Noirmoutier. In Nov. 1803, Mr.
Fleming, who had been promoted to a Lieutenancy,
2 Oct. 1800, in the Garland 28, was wrecked in
that vessel off St. Domingo. Becoming then Senior
Lieutenant of the Theseus 74, Capt. John Bligh, he
witnessed the surrender of the French squadron
with the remains of General Rochambeau's army
from Cape Francois on board ; and in the early part
of 1804 he shared in the unsuccessful attack on
Curacoa. During a subsequent attachment of 18
months, also as First-Lieutenant, to the Franchise
36, Capts. Hon. John Murray and Chas. Dashwood,
he landed on the latter island, with a party of sear
men and marines under his orders, and destroyed
several batteries ; and he also, on separate occa-
sions, commanded the boats at the hard-wrought
capture of two French privateers. On the night of
6 Jan. 1806, Mr. Fleming performed an act of sin-
gular gallantry in taking, in Campeachy Bay, the
Spanish corvette El Rapom, carrying 12 guns and
75 men, besides swivels and cohoons, which vessel,
after an obstinate conflict of 10 minutes' duration,
and a loss to the enemy of 5 men killed and 26
wounded, was boarded and carried by the British,
who, in three boats with 64 men, of whom only 7
were wounded, had also to contend against a brig
of 20 gims, a schooner of 8 guns, and 7 gun-vessels.
For his meritorious conduct on this occasion, Mr.
Fleming was presented with a sword from the Pa-
triotic Fund, but he was nevertheless suffered to
remain on the List of Lieutenants until the conclu-
sion of the war, although Lieut. Peter John Douglas,
who was only second in command, was promoted to
the next step in his profession, and notwithstanding
that he himself had been strongly recommended by
his Captain as an officer of distinguished merit and.
hravery.J After commanding for a few months
the Decouverte schooner, he was invested with
the acting-command of the Drake sloop, in which
vessel, and similarly in the Bramble, he served,
on the Jamaica station, until the summer of 1812,
when he jbined the San Domingo 74, bearing the
flag of Sir John Borlase Warren on the coast of
North America. He there, when afterwards in
temporary command of a prize, effected several
captures ; and on being promoted hy the Admiral
to the command, in March, 1813, of the Barbadoes
16, had the good fortune to effect the capttu-e, not
without opposition, of four American privateers,
carrying in the whole 29 guns and 288 men. His
appointment to the Barbadoes being confirmed by
commission dated 2 Nov. 1814, he subsequently, in
1815, assisted, by the well-directed fire of his sloop,
in covering the debarkation of the troops at the
reduction of Guadeloupe.§ Since his return to
♦ On the surrender of L' Immortality, Mr. Fleming was ap-
pointed second in command of the prixe.
t Fide Gaz. 1800, p. 694. f ^. <3az. 1806, p. 4C4.
} V. Gaz. ISl.-i. I>. 1914.
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FLEMING-FLETCHER.
England, in May, 1816, Commander Fleming has
been on half-pay.
He is at present Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Ar-
gyle ; and is married and has issue.
FLEMING, K.F.M., K.M.L. (Commandee, 1816.
r-p., 25; H-P., 29.)
KiCHARD Howell Fleming, born about 1789, at
Bratton Fleming, co. Devon, is a scion of the good
old stock of Fleming, being a descendant of Eich.
Fleming, of Braunton, in that shire, who was created
Baron of Slane in 1112.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1793, as
a Volunteer, on board the Soleb at 32, Capts. Wm.
Hancock Kelly and Henry Wm. Bayntun, stationed
in the "West Indies ; where he assisted at the re-
duction, in 1794, of all the French West India
islands, and received a musket-shot in his right hip
after the recapture of Guadeloupe by the French.
From the early part of 1796, until Oct. 1798, when
he invalided on account of a hurt in his knee, we
find him ^employed in the Romnet 50, bearing the
flag of Sir Jas. "Wallace, in which ship, besides
twice visiting Newfoundland, he actively cruized
on the Home station, and witnessed the capture, 10
March, 1796, of La Sonne Cito'jenne French ship of
20 guns. In June, 1800, after an intermediate
servitude in an East and "West Indiaman, he re-era-
barked on board the Empress Mart store-ship,
Master-Commander John Luard, with whom he did
duty, on the Jamaica and Mediterranean stations,
until paid off at the close of 1802 ; from which pe-
riod, until 12 July, 1804, he occupied himself in the
Kevenue department of the Navy. Joining, then,
the CuLLODEN 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, he
again sailed for India, where, until his return home
in the autumn of 1807, he became successively at-
tached, as Midshipman, to the Howe 36, Capts.
John Duar and Edw. Ratsey, Cornwallis 50,
Capt. Johnson, and Harrier 18, and Sir Edward
Hughes 38, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Ratsey.
On one occasion, while in the Howe, Mr. Fleming
had the misfortune in a fall to receive a severe
contusion in the head, and so badly to injure his
left hand that he has never since been able to
straighten its fingers ; and, on another, he won the
admiration of Capt. Johnson and of the whole crew
of the CoHNWALLis by his intrepidity in ascending
aloft (at a time when the consternation induced by
a typhoon of the most terrific kind had paralysed
every other person on board) and cutting adrift
the tattered sails — a service which it was acknow-
ledged on all hands proved the salvation of the
ship. Being appointed Master's Mate, on his re-
turn to England, of the Tork 74, Capt. Robt.
Barton, he made another trip to the West Indies ;
on his passage whither he assisted in taking pos-
session of Madeira. As Acting-Lieutenant of the
same ship, to which rank he was advanced by Sir
Alex. Cochrane 14 Dec. 1808, Mr. Fleming subse-
quently served on shore in command of a division
of 100 seamen at the reduction of Martinique. He
was also present at the taking of the Saintes and of
the 74-gun ship jyHavpcniU ; and on his return to
Europe he accompanied the expedition to the "Wal-
cheren. His appointment to the York' being con-
firmed by commission dated 26 Sept. 1809, he next
proceeded to the Mediterranean. After a conti-
nued servitude on that station in the Cohqderor
and Ajax 74's, Capts. Edw. Fellowes and Sir Robt.
Laurie, he was invested by Sir Edw. Pellew with
'the command, in Jan. 1812, of the Ptlades alias
Carlotta gun-brig; but it must not pass unre-
corded, that while in the Conqueror he effected
the destruction, in noon-day, of an armed vessel,
Chained from her masts to the shore, at Aros, In
the Gulf of Genoa, where the opposition he en-
countered killed 2 and wounded 9 of the men who
were employed in three boats tinder his orders.
The Carlotta, while Mr. Fleming was in her, cap-
ttired several small vessels, including a French pn-
vateer, and partook of vaiious services on the
coasts of Tuscany and Genoa. Having paid his
gun-brig off in Feb. 1815, the Lieutenant, on 25 of
the following month, joined the Impregnable 98,
bearing the flag of Sir Josias Rowley ; from which
ship, after the surrender of Naples, he was removed
to the command of the Joseppa Neapolitan sloop-
of-war, and sent in charge of the despatches an-
nouncing that event to King Ferdinand at Messina,
by whom he was intrusted with an official commu-
nication for Lord Exmouth and Prince Leopold.
He next co-operated in the siege of Gaeta; and
then, being superseded in the command of the
Joseppa, returned to the Impregnable, and conti-
nued in her until placed out of commission towards
the close of 1815. Mr. Fleming's last appointment,
as Lieutenant, appears to have been, 3 July, 1816,
to the QUELN Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord
Exmouth, in which he shortly afterwards sailed on
the memorable expedition against Algiers. On ar-
riving at Gibraltar he assumed command of the
Invincible battery-ship, armed with a 68 and a 24-
pounder ; and on the glorious 27th Aug., having
taken up a position under the stem of the Queen
Charlotte, he continued to fire until every car-
tridge on board had been expended and none more
were to be procured. Ere the conflict was over,
Mr. Fleming won distinction by the gallant manner
in which he volunteered and blew up an ordnance-
sloop, charged with 143 barrels of powder, close
under the semicircular battery to the northward of
the lighthouse. So tremendous was the explosion
that its shock destroyed every water-pipe in the
town.* Mr. Fleming's services on the occasion
were acknowledged by his promotion to the rank
of Commander on 17 of the following Sept. "With
the exception of a nine months' charge (dating
from 21 June, 1842) of the Packet Service at "Wey-
mouth, and a command, of nearly three years and a
half (from 28 March, 1843, until Aug. 1846) of the
Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheerness, he has since
,been on half-pay.
For his services at Naples, Commander Fleming
was invested by the King of the Two Sicilies with
the insignia of the order of St. Ferdinand and
Merit ; and for those he rendered at Algiers, he was
presented with the Sardinian order of St. Maurice
and Lazare, as well as with the order of St. Louis,
and a medallion of Lord Exmouth, transmitted to
him through Sir Sidney Smith by the Anti-Piratical
Society at Paris. Being of an ingenious turn of
mind, he has originated a large number of inven-
tions and improvements in matters connected with
his profession. He also lays claim to having sug-
gested the use, as it at present exists, of the Archi-
medean screw. He married, 8 Jan. 1821, Eliza,
daughter of the late Philip George, Esq., Alderman
of the city of Bristol; and has issue a son and
daughter. Agent — ^W. H. B. Barwis.
FLETCHER. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Archibald Douglas William Fletcher passed
his examination 2 Feb. 1842 ; aiid after interme-
diately serving, as Mate, on the East India and
Home stations, ih the Ekdymion 44, Capt. Hon.
Fred. "Wm. Grey, and Dwakf steam-vessel, Lieut-
Commanders Edw. Nicolls and Edw. Halked
Beauchamp Proctor, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 30 Deo. 1845. Since 22 Jan. 1846, he
has been employed in the ElEctra 14, Capts. "Wm.
Heriot Maitland and Fred. "Wm. Pleydell Bouverie,
on the North America and "West India station.
FLETCHER. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 26; h-p.,7.)
John Venour Fletcher was bom 14 Nov. 1801,
at Chesterfield.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1814, as
Fst-cl. Vol., on board the President 38, Capts.
Fras. Mason and Arch. Duff; and was afterwards
employed, until July, 1821, part of the time as Mid-
shipman, in the Ruin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, ScA-
mander ond Forth, both commanded by Capt. Sir
John Louis, and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of
Sir Jas. Hawkins "Whitshed, chiefly on the Halifax
• HitoGa?,. 1816, p. 1790.
FLETCHER-FLOUD— FOLEY.
367
and Home stations. "While in the Khin, Mr. Fletcher
assisted at the capture of two men-of-war and 14
merchant-vessels at Corrijou, on the coast of Bre-
tagne, 18 July, 1815. He further served for three
years and a half as Mate and Acting-Lieutenant of
the AuBOKA 44, commanded in South America by
Capt. Henry Prescott ; and he next, until the re-
ceipt of his first commission, bearing date 8 Sept.
1827, again officiated in the two last-mentioned
capacities on board the Victory 104, flag-ship of
Sir Geo. Martin, Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas.
Sullivan, Daktmouth 42, Capt. Henry Hundas,
Nimble 5, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Holland, and
Scylla 18, Capt. Wm. Hobson, at Portsmouth and
in the West Indies. His ensuing appointments
were, on the latter and on the Home and East
India stations— 24 Nov. 1827, to the Fairy 10,
Capts. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, Dennis
O'Brien, and Fras. Blair— 18 July, 1829, to the
Drdid 46, Capt. Williams Sandom, which ship he
left on 5 of the following Oct.— 16 May, 1831, to the
Prince Regent 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Kear-
Admlral Wm. Parker — 4 July, 1831, to the CURA90A
26, Capt. David Dunn — 21 Aug. 1835, to the Jupiter
38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey— and 27 Sept. 1836,
as First, to the Conway 28, Capt. Chas. Kamsay
Drinkwater Bethune. Shortly after his assumption
of the rank of Commander, which took place 28
June, 1838, he obtained the Acting-Second-Cap-
taincy, 7 July following, of the Wellesley 74, Capt.
Thos. Maitland, bearing for some time the broad
pendant of Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer, to
which ship he was ofiicially appointed 29 April,
1839. .Joining afterwards in the hostilities against
China, he there commenced his services by con-
veying, in company with Lord Jocelyn, the sum-
mons of surrender to the Commander-in-Chief of
Chnsan which preceded the capture of the island
by the British ; and on that occasion, 5 July, 1840,
he displayed much zeal and alacrity.* He was next
praised in the highest manner for his zealous exer-
tions at the capture of Tycocktow and Chuenpee,
and was also recommended for his conduct in su-
perintending the landing of the forces at the cap-
ture of North Wantong in Jan. and Feb. 1841. f
During the operations of Aug. against Amoy, Capt.
Fletcher (who had witnessed the fall of Canton)
was for two days detached in the Nemesis steamer,
in which vessel he completely disabled, with a zeal
very commendable, the guns on every battery on
the north-east and south-west sides of the Bay, and
the fortified island at the entrance ; and when the
town was assaulted by the troops he afforded them
the able and prompt co-operation of himself and a
party of seamen who had landed under his com-
mand.| His ardour and activity appear to have
further contributed to the capture of Chinghae.§
He went on half-pay 24 Oct. 1841, having been
promoted to the rank he now holds on 8 of the pre-
vious June; and has not since been employed.
Agents — Case and Loudonsack.
FLETCHER. (Capt., 1829. f-p., 19; h-p., 25.)
William Fletcher died at the close of 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 31 Aug. 1803, as
Midshipman, on board the Imperiedse 40, Capt.
Hon. Henry Hotham, with whom he served the
whole of his time in the same ship, and in the Rife-
volctionnaire 44, and Defiance 74. During that
period he took part, in the Revolotionnaire, in
Sir Richard Straohan's action, 4 Nov. 1805 ; and on
24 Feb. 1809, was present at the destruction of
three frigates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne,
where the Defiance, besides being much cut up
in her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men
killed and 25 wounded. On 31 Oct. in the latter
year he obtained a Lieutenancy in the Sophie 18,
Capt. Nich. Lockyer, under whom he continued to
serve, in the Channel, until 23 April, 1811, when he
rejoined Capt. Hotliam in the Northumberland
74, in which ship he subsequently assisted, in com-
• rUe Gaz. 1840, pp. 2il00, 2191.
t f. Gal. 1841, pp. 1162, 1498.
J r. Gaz. \Si:>, pp. S?, 382. } r. Gaz. 1842, p. 296.
pany with the Growler gun-brig, at the gallant
destruction, 22 May, 1812, near L'Orient, of the
French 40-gun frigates VArienne and L/Andro-
maque, and 16-gun brig Mamelouch ; whose united
fire, conjointly with that of a heavy battery, killed
5, and, including himself, wounded 28 of the North-
umberland's people.'* As Lieutenant, Mr. Fletcher
was afterwards appointed— 14 Jan. 1813, to the
Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, in the
Baltic— 21 Jan. 1814, to the Superb 74, Capt. Hon.
Chas. Paget, flag-ship afterwards on the American
and French coasts of Hon. Sir H. Hotham, by whom
he was intrusted with the despatches announcing
the surrender of Buonaparte — 31 April, 1816, to the
Royal Naval College at Portsmouth — and, 17 July,
1820, to the Royal George yacht, Capt. Hon. C.
Paget. Attaining the rank of Commander, 30 Nov.
1820, he next served for some time in the Coast
Guard, and on 8 Dec. 1827, and 18 Jan. 1828, was
successively appointed to the Terror bomb, and
William and Mary yacht — in the latter of which
vessels he served, as Second Captain, under the
late Sir John Chambers White. From the date of
his last promotion, which took place 4 March,
1829, he remained on half-pay.
Capt. Fletcher married, in 1826, Elizabeth, se-
cond daughter of John Luscombe Luscombe, Esq^.,
of Coombe Royal, co. Devon, and niece of Sir Wm.
Knighton, Bart., and of A.dmirals Hawker, Boyles,
Osborne, and Sir Michael Seymour, Bart.
FLOUD. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Ross Moore Floud entered the Navy 19 Sept.
1829 ; passed his examination in 1835 ; and for his
services on the coast of Syria, including the bom-
bardment of St. Jean d'Acre, was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His appoint-
ments have since been — 15 Dec. 1840, to the Ha-
zard 18, Capt. Hon. Chas. Gilbert John Brydone
Elliot, in the Mediterranean — 21 Aug. 1841, to the
Spartan 26, commanded by the same officer, on
the North America and West India station — and, 9
Dec. 1845, to the Nimrod 20, Capt. Jas. Rich.
Dacres, with whom he is at present serving on the
coast of Africa as First-Lieutenant. Agent — J.
Hinxman.
FOLEY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
The Honourable Fitzgerald Algernon
Charles Foley, born 5 Sept. 1823, is youngest
son of the late Lord Foley, by the fifth daughter
of the second Duke of Leinster ; brother of the
present Lord Foley, of Lieut.-Col. Hon. Augustus
Fred. Foley, of the Grenadier Guards, and of Capt.
Hon. St. George Gerald Foley, of the 44th Regt. ; and
brother-in-law of Sir Chas. Rushout Cockerell, Bart.
This officer passed his examination 29 April,
1843; and at the period of his promotion, which
took place 15 Jan. 1846, was serving on board the
Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt.
Henry Ducie Chads. Since 14 Feb. in the latter
year he has been employed in the Raleigh 50, Capt.
Sir Thos. Herbert, on the south-east coast of America.
FOLEY. (Captain, 1833. p-p., 16; h-p., 19.)
Osborne Foley is nephew of Admiral of the
White the late Sir Thos. Foley, G.C.B.f
This officer entered the Navy, 4 July, 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde
Parker, in which frigate he witnessed the Endy-
mion's capture of the American ship President, 15
Jan. 1815. In Sept. of the latter year he became
• fideG^l. 1812, p. 999.
f Sir Thomas Foley, an officer of consideralile reputation,
commanded tlie St. George 98, hearing the flag of Sir Hyde
Parker, in Hotbam's two actions witfi the fVench fleet in
1795 ; ofTiciated as Flag-Captain to Sir Charles Thompson on
board tlie Britannia 100, off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb.
1797; led the British fleet into action, as Captain of the
Goliath 74, on the glorious 1 Aug. 179s; and commanded
Lord Nelson's flag-ship, tlie Elephant, at Copenhagen,
3 April, IsOl. In 1811 he became Commander-in-Chief in
the Downs ; and at the period of his death, 9 Jan. 1833, he
was Rear-Admural of Great Britain and Port-.ldmiial at
Portsmouth.
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FOORD -FOOTE-FORBES .
Midshipman of the Tonnaht 80, bearing the flag
at Cork of Sir Benj. Hallowell ; and in Nov. 1818,
he joined the Kochfort 74, successive flag-ship in
the Meditertanean of Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle
and Sir Graham Moore— under the latter of whom
-he was created a Lieutenant 5 Feb. 1833. His
next appointments were, on the same and Home
stations— 31 Jan. 1822, to the Martin 20, Capts.
Christ. Crakenthorpe Askew and Henry Eden —
and 18 June, 1825, to the Pybamus 42, Capts.
Robt. Gambler and Geo. Rose Sartorius. Attain-
ing the rank of Commander 28 April, 1827, he
afterwards, as Second Captain, joined, 21 May,
1831, and 22 March, 1832, the Spaktiate 76, and
Asia 84 — the latter bearing the flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Wm. Parker off Lisbon. Since his last pro-
motion, which was oonfeire^ on him in compliment
to the memory of his uncle, 16 Jan. 1833, Capt.
Foley has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
FOORD. (LiKUT., 1815. F-p., 20 ; H-p., 20.)
James John Foord entered the Navy, 27 June,
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74,
'Capt. John West, and while in that ship, of which
he became Midshipman in March, 1808, was em-
ployed at the blockade of Cadiz and Toulon, and
saw much boat'service in the Adriatic. Until the
conclusion of the war he continued to serve with
Capt. West, in the same ship and in the Sultan 74,
on the Home and West India stations ; after which
he joined the Horatio 38, Capt. Wm. -Heniy Dillon,
then employed off the coast of France for the pur-
pose of intercepting the flight of Napoleon Buona-
parte. Having 'attained the rank of Lieutenant
25 Feb. 1815, Mr. Foord next, during the year 1816,
served in the "East Indies and China on board the
Tvne 20, Capts. John Allen and John Bartholomew
Hoar Curran. He has been in the Coast Guard
since -2 May, 1836.
FOOTE. (Commander, 1845.")
Henrv Richard Foote entered the Navy 6 May,
1830 ; passed his examination 23 June, 1836 ; and
served as Mate, on the Mediterranean, North Ame-
rica and West India, and African stations, in the
Gorgon steamer, Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson,
IiLnSTBioos 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, Mada-
gascar 44, Capt. John Foote, ahd Kite and Al-
bert steamers, respectively com'manded by Lieut.
Wm. Montague Isaacson Geo. Pasco and Capt.
Henry Bundas Trotter — the latter employed on an
"explorative mission up the riVe'r Niger. He was
promoted to a Lieutena;noy, 25 Oct. 1842, in his old
ship the Madagascar, and, on 14 Feb. 1843, was
invested with the command, also on the coast of
Africa, of the HEROif^E 6. Since his assumption of
the rank he now holds, 5 Aug. 1845, Commander
Foote has been on half-pay. Agent— John P.
Muspratt.
FOOTE. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 28.)
John Foote entered the Navy, in Nov. 1797, *'
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Seahorse, of 46 guns
and 292 men, Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote ; under whom,
off the island of Pantellaria, in the Mediterranean,
he assisted at the capture, 27 June, 1798, after a
close, action of eight minutes, a loss to the British
of 2 men killed and 16 wounded, and to the enemy
of 18 killed and 37 wounded, of the French frigate
La Sensible, of 36 guns and 300 men. On his return
from a voyage to the East Indies, in 1802, Mr. Foote
successivelyjoiiledtheJnNo32, Capt. H. Richardson,
Spartiate74, Capts. Murray and Manley,and Ville
DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. As
a Lieutenant, which rank he attained 10 May, 1804,
he was afterwards appointed, we find, to the Di!-
siniE and Resistance frigates, Capts. Whitby and
Adam, and, latterly as Signal-Lieutenant, to the
RovAL George, Caledonia, Boyne, and Roval
William, flag-ships, in the Mediterranean and
Channel, of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, Lord Gam-
bler, Sir Harry Burrard Neale, and Sir Rich.
Hussay Bickerton. During that period, while in
command, on 25 Oct. 1806, of the Hannah gun-
boat, Mr. Foote, who had been detached from the
Royal George for the purpose of affording pro-
tection to a convoy passing through the Gut of
Gibraltar, was jwounded and taken prisoner by a
powerful Spanish privateer, after a highly honour-
able defence in which the British lost 8 men killed
and 11 wounded.* He was promoted to the com-
mand, 29 Sept. 1813, of the Rapid sloop, on the
Home station, whence, on his removal, 9 Oct. 1814,
to the Goldfinch 10, he sailed for the West In-
dies. The latter being paid off in Dec. 1815, he
next joined, 12 May, 1827, as Second-Captain, the
EnrrANNiA 120, flag-ship of the Commander-in-
Chief at Plymouth. He attained Post-rank 29
Sept. 1827, and was subsequently appointed to the
command, 18 Aug. 1841, of the Madagascar 44,
on the coast of Africa. Since his return to Eng-
land in 1844 he has not been afloat.
Capt. Foote, in consideration of the wound we
have above noticed, received at the time a pecu-
niary reward from the Patriotic Fund. He is mar-
ried and has issue.
FOOTE. (Commander, 1845.)
John Foote entered the Royal Naval College
2 Feb. 1827 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; and
obtained his first commission 27 Jan. 1835. He was
afterwards appointed, on the Mediterranean and
South American stations — 4 April, 1835, to the
Sapphire 28, Capt. Rich. Freeman Rowley— 4 Nov.
1839 and 8 Feb. 1842, to the successive command
of the Fawn brigantine, of 1, and Curlew, of 10
guns — and, 16 Sept. 1843, to the Dublin 50, flag-
ship of Rear- Admiral Rich. Thomas. He acquired
his present rank 29 March, 1845 ; and, since 5 Nov.
1846, has been in command of the Rosamond steam-
sloop at the Cape of Good Hope. Agent — John
P. Muspratt.
FOOTE. (LlEDTENANT, 1827.)
Pearson Foote passed his examination in 1817 ;
and obtained his commission 27 Dec. 1827. He
does not appear to have been since employed.
He married, in 1840, Dinah, daughter of J. Ni-
choles, Esq., R.N. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
FORBES. CLiedtenant, 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.)
Alexander William Forbes was born 21 May,
1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impebiedse, of 44 guns,
Capts. Lord Cochrane, Thos. Garth, and Hon. Henry
Duncan ; under the first of whom he took part in a
variety of active operations on the coasts of France
and Spain, destroyed numerous semaphore stations
and batteries, co-operated in the reduction of the
castle of Mongat and in the celebrated defence of
Fort Trinidad, and warmly assisted at the destruc-
tion of the French shipping in Aix Roads. After
attending the expedition to Flushing he returned
to the Mediterranean, and there joined, in Jan.
1811, the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers ; from which
ship he appears to have been transferred, in Jan.
1813, to the Armide 38, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Trou-
bridge, on the North American station. Independ-
ently of much detached service in the Chesapeake,
Mr. Forbes joined in the attack upon New Orleans,
and throughout the whole of the proceedings con-
nected with that disastrous enterprise was inces-
santly employed in command of a boat on the Mis-
sissippi. On one occasion, when in the Armide's
launch, he boarded two American gun-boats. Being
promoted, while in the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir
Alex. Cochrane, to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 March,
1815, he returned to England in the following Sept.
on board the Saracen 18, Capt. Alex. Dixie. He
has since been on half-pay.
From May, 1818, to Nov. 1821, and again from
May, 1824, to Jan. 1826, Mr. Forbes acted as Col-
lector of the Customs at Demerara. He married,
12 Jan. 1824, and has issue.
• Fide Gai. 1806, p. 1528.
FORBES.
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FORBES. (Captain, 1834. r-p., 14 ; h-p., 27.)
Andrew Forbes was bom in Nov. 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Nov. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Narcissds 32, Capt.
Cbas. Malcolm, and (with the exception of an at-
tachment of a few months in 1811 to the Adahaht
50, bearing the flag at Leith of Kear-Admiral Wm.
Albany Otway) served mider the late Sir Pulteney
Malcolm, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, from
March, 1807, to Oct. 1813, in the Donegal 74,
KoTAx Oak 74, San Josef 110, and Queen Char-
lotte 100. While in the Donegal he escorted
Sir Arthur Wellesley's army from Cork to Portugal
in 1808 ; was present at the destruction, 24 Feb.
1809, of three frigates under the batteries of Sable
d'Olonne ; served in the boats during Lord Gam-
bier's ensuing operations against the French ship-
ping in Basc^ue Roads; and, on 15 Nov. 1810, as-
sisted in an attack made by Capt. Chas. Grant, of
the Diana, on the two French frigates Anmzone
and Eliza, protected by the fire of several strong
batteries, near Cherbourg. Being appointed Acting-
Lieutenant, in Oct. 1813, of the Vengedr 74, Capt.
Tristram Kobt. Ricketts, Mr. Forbes in the follow-
ing year accompanied the expedition to New Or-
leans, where he took command of the ship's boats,
and was very active on the Mississippi. In Feb.
1815 (on 17 of which month he was officially pro-
moted) he appears to have been similarly employed
during the investment of Fort Bowyer, and to have
made prize of several vessels. He left the Vengedr
in Oct. 1815, and, as Lieutenant, was afterwards
appointed— 18 Feb. 1821, to the Tyne 26, Capt. Jas.
Kearny White, fitting at Portsmouth — and, 13 Feb.
and 5 July, 1822, to the Falmooth 20, and Scodt
18, Capts. Edw. Puroell and Jas. Wigston, on the
West India station. He was there promoted to the
command, 16 June, 1823, of the Thracian 18, in
which sloop he continued to serve until Oct. 1825.
Capt. Forbes, who has not since been afloat, attained
Post-rank 27 Aug. 1834.
Chas. Hotham on the coast of Africa, where he is
at present serving.
FORBES. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 18; h-p., 9.)
Arthur Forbes entered the Navy 22 Aug. 1820;
and obtained his first commission 1 1 March, 1826.
He afterwards joined— 11 March, 1828, the Jasper
10, Capt. Leonard Chas. Rooke, in the Mediterra-
nean— 3 Deo. 1831, the Harrier 18, Capt. Spencer
Lambert Hunter Vassall, fitting for the East Indies
— and 3 April, 1834, tjfie Magicienne 24, Capts. Jas.
Hanway Plumridge and Geo. Wm. St. John Mild-
may, to which vessel, on her being paid ofi' on her
return from the latter station, he was re-appointed,
as First-Lieutenant, 13 May, 1835. After serving
for upwards of three years on the Lisbon station,
Mr. Forbes was promoted to the rank of Com-
mander 27 Dec. 1838. From 18 Aug. 1841 until
1845 he officiated as Second-Captain of the Il-
lustrious 72, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Adam
on the North America and West India station ; but
since the latter date he has been on half-pay.
His elevation to the rank he now holds took place
27 Aug. 1846.
FORBES. (Lieutenant, 1843. f-p., 14; h-p., 0.)
Frederick Edwyn Forbes, born 3 April, 1819,
is second surviving son of Retired-Capt. John
Forbes, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 14 Aug. 1833 ;
passed his examination 5 Jan. 1839 ; and served, as
Mate, in the West Indies, South America, and the
East Indies, on board the Skipjack schooner,
Lieut.-Commander Augustus Chas. May, Champion
18, Capt. Rich. Byron, North Star 26, Capt. Sir
Jas. Everard Homo, and Cornwallis 72, flag-ship
of Sir Wm. Parker. Since his promotion, which
took place 29 Aug. 1843, his appointments have
been— 7 Sept. 1843 and 2 July, 1844, to the Ser-
pent 16, Capt. AVm. Nevill, and Wolf 18, Capts.
Geo. Evan Davis and Jas. Alex. Gordon, both in
the East Indies— and, 19 Oct. 1846, to the Penelope
steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Sir
FORBES. (Captain, 1819. f-p., 18 ; H-p., 30.:)
Henry Forbes is youngest son of Gen. Gordon
Forbes, of Ham, co. Surrey.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 June, 1799, as a
Volunteer, on board the Cambrian 40, Capts. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge and Geo. Henry Towry ; and,
in Oct. 1802, became Midshipman of the Phoebe 56,
Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. In 1804 he appears
to have been wounded in the Mediterranean, at the
cutting out of a man-of-war brig ; after which he
bore a part in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805,
and officiated as Acting-Lieutenant of the Donegal
74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, in the action off' St.
Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. Being confirmed to the
latter ship by commission dated 9 April, 1806, Mr.
Forbes, in 1808, escorted Sir Arthur Wellesley's
army from Cork to Portugal; and, in the early part
of 1809, besides assisting at the destruction of three
frigates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, was
present at the discomfiture of the French shipping
in Basq^ue Roads. In the course of 1810-11 he
joined the Nymphe 36, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, In-
constant and Crescent frigates, both commanded
by Capt. John Quilliam, and Victory 100, bearing
the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez. Attaining the rank
of Commander 1 Feb. 1812, he was afterwards ap-
pointed, on the Channel, East India, Halifax, and
Mediterranean stations — 23 March, 1814, to the
Martial 12 — 1 Dec. 1814, to the Challenger 16 —
1 May, 1816, to the Zebra 18—4 Feb. 1818, to the
Grasshopper 18- and, 24 May, 1819, to the Larne
18. Capt. Forbes, who assumed Post-rank on 7 Dec.
in the latter year, was next invested with the com-
mand, 14 Nov. 1841, of the Pique 36 ; from which
ship, stationed in the West Indies, he was super-
seded 1 Aug. 1842. He accepted the Retirement
1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Forbes, in 1804, was presented with a grant
from the Patriotic Fund, in consideration of the
wound we have above noticed. At present he is
Commissioner of Pilotage at Shoreham. He mar-
ried, 28 Sept. 1822, Jane, eldest sister of the present
Sir Jas. Everard Home, Bart., Capt. R.N. Agents
— Messrs. Stilwell.
FORBES. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
James Hodder Forbes is nephew of Capt. Edw.
Hodder, R.N. (1814), who died in the early part of
1829. Another imcle was a Captain in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1807, as
Midshipman, on board the Agincouet 64, Capt.
Henry Hill, and after an intermediate servitude in
that ship, the Waespite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry
Blackwood, and Inflexible 64, Capt. Thos. Brown,
chiefly on the Home station, became Master's Mate,
in 1809, of the Owen Glendower 36, Capts. Wm.
Selby, Edw. Henry A'Court, and Brian Hodgson.
During the five years of his continuance in that
frigate, Mr. Forbes assisted at the capture of the
island of Anholt in Jlay, 1809; was in frequent
skirmishes with the Danish and Russian gun-boats
in the Baltic; took a prize on one occasion to
Oporto ; and, independently of escorting a Convoy
to and from the Cape of Good Hope, conveyed Sir
Sam. Hood to Madras. On his return home, in
1814, on board the Coenwallis 74, Capt. Stephen
Thos. Digby, he immediately joined the Impreg-
nable 98, bearing the flag of H.R.H. the Duke of
Clarence ;. and, on the occasion of the grand naval
review at Spithead, he received from his Captain,
Chas. Adam, a high testimonial of his meritorious
conduct. Not long after that event (the Impreg-
nable being at the time at the mouth of the Ga-
ronne) Mr. Forbes' health sustained a very severe
shock in consequence of his intrepid exertions in
descending into the water at midnight for the pur-
pose of rescuing a boat's crew belonging to H.M.S.
Bedford, all but one of whom were, through his
instrumentality, happily saved. For this service
he had the satisfaction of receiving the public
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thanks of the Bedfokd*s commander, Capt. Jas.
Walker. He afterwards, in the Vengedb 74, Capt.
Tristram Kobt. Kicketts, attended the expedition
to New Orleans, and, while engaged in the opera-
tions against it, was for nine weeks exposed,
day and night, in an open boat. During that
period he assisted in storming and destroying the
guns of a very strong fort on the banks of the Mis-
sissippi ; and he also, by the capture of an American
schooner laden with supplies, which he had the
good fortune to accomplish while in command of
the Vengehr's barge, materially hastened the sur-
render of Fort Bowyer, near the entrance of Mobile
Bay, Ever since the paying off of the Vbngedb, in
Aug. 181.5, Mr. Forbes, owing to the severe hard-
ships he underwent iti the service, has been more
or less affected with derangement of mind, and he
is now confined in Haslar Hospital.
He is married, and has issue.
FORBES. (Ret. Capt., 1844. f-p.„ 19 ; h-p., 34.)
John Forbes, born 15 March, 1780, at Aberdeen,
is son of the late Geo. Forbes, Esq., a merchant of
that city, by Jane, daughter of Lumsden, of Alford
and Cromar, co. Aberdeen ; and brother of the late
Capt. David Forbes, B. I. Co.'s Service, Governor
of Ternate.
This officer entered the Navj', 6 Feb. 1794, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotauk 74, Capt.
Thos. Louis, in which ship,, bearing successively the
flags of Admirals Macbride, Waldegrave, Colpoys,
and Lord Keith, he served the whole of his time,
and was present at the reduction of Ste. Lucie in
1796, the battle of the Nile in 1798, and in divers
operations on the coast of Italy, including the cap-
ture of Naples, Genoa, &c. Being confirmed to a
Lieutenancy, 25 Dec. 1800, in the Florentine 36,
Capt. John Broughton, he assisted at the landing
of the troops in Egypt in 1801, and for that service
■was presented with the Turkish gold medal. From
May, 1803, until March, 1806, Mr. Forbes continued
to be employed with Captain, afterwards Rear-Ad-
miral Louis, in the Conqueroii 74, Leopard 50,
and Canopus 80, the last two years as his Flag-
Lieutenant ; during which period he commanded a
squadron of boats in the celebrated Catamaran ex-
pedition against the Boulogne flotilla in 1804, was
on hoard the Canopus in the action off St. Domingo
6 Feb. 1806, and came into collision with the bat-
teries at Cadiz. After cruizing for a short period
in the Channel, as First of the Acasta 40, Capt.
Rich. Dalling Dunn, he removed, in that capacity,
to the Royal George 100, bearing the flag of Sir
John Thos. Duckworth, under whom he was wound-
ed in the head and body at the passage of the Dar-
danelles in Feb. 1807.* With the latter officer Mr.
Forbes afterwards served, until promoted to the
rank of Commander, 17 March, 1812, in the San
Josef 110, and, for some time as Acting-Captain, in
the ANTELapE 50 — the last two years at Newfound-
land, where he officiated as Surrogate and Justice
of the Peace. Capt. Forbes' last appointments
were, 16 Dec. 1812, 6 Dec. 1813, and 12 April, 1814,
to the Havock 10, Erebus 18, and Harrier of si-
milar force, on the Baltic and Home stations. In
the Erebus he conveyed Lord Castlereagb and
Count Pozzo di Borgo to Helvoetsluys ;' and in the
Harrier he took part in the grand review at Spit-
head. He left the latter vessel in July, 1814, and
assumed the rank he now holds 26 March, 1844.
Capt. Forbes, who has received a gratuity from
the Patriotic Fund in consideration of his wounds,
is a member of the Royal Astronomical and Agri-
cultural Societies, and a Magistrate and Deputy
Lieutenant for Berkshire. He married, 22 July,
1814, Letitia Mary, daughter of the late Geo. White,
Esq., of Newington House, co. Oxford, and of the
Isle of Thanet, by whom he has had issue four
eons and three daughters. Of the former, James
William, the eldest, died a Lieutenant in the 13th
Foot, 29 Jan. 1839. The third, Frederick Edwyn,
is a Lieutenant R.N.
* Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 587.
FORBES. (Commander, 1842. p-p., 17; h-p., 8.)
Thomas George Forbes entered the Navy, 18
May, 1822, as a Volunteer, on board the Impreg-
nable 104, Capt. Alex. Skene, guard-ship at Ply-
mouth, where he removed, in Jan. 1823, to the
Britannia 120, Capt. Wm. Henry Bruce. Between
April, 1824^ and the year 1829, when he passed
his examination, he served,, on the South Amerir
can. Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the
TwEEB 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, Spaetiate 76, flag-
ship of Sir Geo. Eyre, Doris 42, Capt. Wm. Jas.
Hope Johnstone, Briton 46, Capt. Sir Murray Max-
well, Cadmos 10, Capt. Chas. Hallowell, Dartmouth
42, Capt. Thos. Felloweg, Zebra 18, Capt. Popham,
and Kent 78, Capt. John Ferris Devonshire. Dur-
ing his attachment to the Dartmouth, Mr. Forbes
was present in the battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827,
and on that occasion was employed in the boats
towing the fire-vessels dear of his own frigaite, and
also of the, French ships Scipian and Sirttne. .titer
officiating for about 18 months as Mate of theSEBiN-
GAPATAM 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, on the
South American station, he was there appointed
Acting-Lieutenant, 20 Dec. 1830, of the Warspite
76, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Baker, to which
ship he was confirmed by commission dated 5 Jan.
1832. His succeeding appointments, we find^ were,
on the same, and on the Home, Lisbon, and Medi-
terranean stations— 20 March, 1832, to the Light-
ning 18, Capt. Thos. Dickinson— 31 Oct. 1832. to
the Malabar 74, Capts. Hon. Josceline Percy and
Henry Shovell Marshamr-28 March, 1836, to the
CoRNWALLis 74, Capts. Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing
and Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley— and, 11 Feb. 1837,
to the Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag of
Sir Robt. Stopford. While in the latter ship, in
1840, Mr. Forbes witnessed the fall of Beyrout, was
employed in erecting defences at D'Journi, and as-
sisted at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. He
was paid off 30 July, 1841, and has not since been
employed. His last promotion took place 10 Nov.
1842.
FORDEE. (Lieut., 1810. r-p., 9; h-p., 33.)
George Forder died 9 Deo. 1845, in the 56th
year of his age. He was brother of Commander
Robt. Forder, R.N. (1821), who died in 1844.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1804, as
Midshipman, on board the Chichester, guard-ship
at St. Helen's, Capt. Joseph Spear, and, after serv-
ing for some time with that officer, and with Capt.
Alex. Shippard of the Surinam 18, joined, in March,
1806, the CosFiANCE sloop, Capt. Jas. Lucas Yeo.
In August, 1807, we find him officially noticed, and
spoken of in the highest manner, for his conduct at
the cutting out, by the boats of the latter vessel, of
the Spanish privateer Bl Reitrada of 3 guns and 30
men, under a heavy fire from two strong forts at
Guardia, on the coast of Portugal.* On 27 of the
foUovring October, previously to the departure of
the Royal Family for South America, he accompa-
nied Lord Strangford with a flag of truce to Lis-
bon ; after which, while in a prize, he appears to
have been taken by some Spanish gun-boats, and
detained a prisoner from 13 Feb. to May 1808. He
then rejoined the Confiance, and, during the month
of Jan. 1809, was twice mentioned for his able sup-
port of Capt. Yeo, as that officer's aide-de-camp, at
the storming of the batteries, and throughout the
other operations connected with the capture of
Cayenne. On 2 June, 1810,Mr.Forderwas promoted
by Admiral Young, with whom he had been serv-
ing for a few months in the Salvador del Mundo,
to the rank of Lieutenant, on the latter striking his
flag as Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth. Being
soon afterwards appointed Second of the Afbicaine
of 48 guns and 235 men, Capt. Robt. Corbett, he
sailed for India; on his passage whither, 11 Sept.
following, he commanded the boats in a very gal-
lant, although unsuccessful, attempt made to cap-
ture a schooner near the Isle of France, on which
occasion the British sustained a loss of 2 men
• ride Gaz. 1807, p. 1243.
FORDYCE—JOREMAN— FORREST.
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killed and 16 wounded. Three days subsequently
to the latter event the Africaine came to close
action with the two French frigates Tphigenie and
Astree, carrying between them 86 guns and 618
men, and, after a brave but unequal contest of two
hours and a half, in which she endured a loss
of 49 men killed and 114 (including her Captain
mortally, and Mr. Forder most severely) wounded,
and occasioned the enemy one of 10 killed and 35
wounded, was compelled to strike her colours.* On
the recapture of the Afbicaine, and as soon as he
was at all able, Mr. Forder was invested with the
command of the Egbeiuon't schooner, and employed
in the operations against the Isle of France. He
went on half-pay 29 Dec. 1810 ; and (with the ex-
ception of an attachment, from 19 May, 1812, to 5
Dec. 1813, to the Hokatio 88, Capt. Lord Geo.
Stuart, on the North Sea station) was thencefor-
ward, owing to the desperate effects of his wound,
which ultimately, we believe, occasioned his death,
compelled to abandon the active duties of his pro-
fession.
■Lieut. Forder's exertions at Cayenne in 1809
were acknowledged by the presentation of a sword
from the King of Portugal ; and his wound in the
Afkicaine obtained him a pension of 9H. 5s., and a
grant from the Patriotic Fund of 150/. He has left
a family. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
FORDYCE. (COMMANDEK, 1841. F-p., 20;
H-P., 14.)
Alexander Dingwall Fordyce was horn 4
March, 1800, at Aberdeen.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1813, as
a Volunteer, on board the D^sibee 36, commanded
by his relative Capt. Arth. Farquhar, with whom,
tlie last two years as Midshipman of the Liverpool
40, he served until April, 1816. In the former ship
he was actively employed at the blockade of the
German rivers, and at the reduction of Cuxhaven
and Gluckstadt, in Dec. 1813 and Jan. 1814 ; and
when on his return to England in the Liverpool,
after having for some time blockaded He Bourbon,
he appears to have been nearly lost off Dover, in
consequence of that frigate having taken the ground
at the foot of Shakspeare's Cliff, from which peril-
ous position she was only extricated by cutting
away all her masts and spars, and throwing over-
board her guns, provisions, and stores. In April,
1816, within three years of his entrance into the
service, Mr. Fordyce, much to his credit, passed his
examination for navigation at the R.N. College,
and was one of the very first who went through
that ordeal. In August of the same year we find
him serving at the bombardment of Algiers on
board the Albiom 74, Capt. John Coode ; in which
ship, and in the Rochfobt 80, and Revenge 74, he
continued to be honourably and responsibly em-
ployed in the Mediterranean, imder the successive
flags of Sir Chas. Vinicomhe Penrose, Sir Thos.
Fras. Fromantle, Sir Graham Moore, and Sir Hairy
Burrard NenJe, until appointed, 14 Jan. 1826, Act-
ing-Lieutenant of the AVpASEL 10, Capt. Rich. Beau-
mont—exactly five years and a half after he had
passed his examination for seamanship. Mr. For-
dyce, whoso confirmation to the latter vessel took
place 18 May, 1826, was subsequently employed for
many months among the Ionian Islands for the pro-
tection of British commerce during the period of
the Greek revolution. Returning to England in
March, 1827, he afterwards officiated, as First-Lieu-
tenant, from 26 May, 1829, to 4 June, 1833, and
from 22 Jan. 1839 to 6 March, 1841, of the Alge-
rine 10, Capts. Chas. Talbot and Hon. John Fred.
Fitzgerald Do Ros, and Cleopatra 26, Capt. Ste-
phen Lushington, on the Brazilian, and North Ame-
rica and West India stations. In common with the
other officers and men employed, Mr. Fordyce re-
ceived the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief for
his exertions, while in the Algerine, in recovering
the remnants of the treasure which had been lost at
Cape Frio on board H. M. S. Thetis. During his
* FidiGsx. 1811, p. 263.
attachment to the Cleopatra he acted for some
time as Captain of that frigate. Since his attain-
ment of his present rank, 3 Sept. 1841, Commander
Fordyce has been on half-pay.
On leaving the Algerine, in June, 1833, this
officer was presented by his Captain with a hand-
some sword, bearing an appropriate inscription,
and, on the part of the Warrant Officers, Seamen,
and Marines, with a silver snuff-box, " in grateful
acknowledgment of his unwearied efforts to pro-
mote their happiness and comfort during a period
of four years' service." He published, in Oct. 1837,
a work entitled ' Outlines of Naval Routine.'
FOREMAN. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 10.)
John Samdel Foreman was horn 27 Aug. 1798,
and died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, bearing
the flag in the Downs of Sir 'Thos. Foley, and, in
1813, became Midshipman of the Vigo 74, flag-ship
of Sir Jas. NicoU Morris on the Baltic station.
From 1814 until May, 1827, he served on various
stations, the last few years as Mate, in the Benbow
74, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, Leontdas 38,
Capt. Wm. King, Hebrds 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer,
Persehs and Tamar frigates, both commanded by
Capt. Thos. Rich. Toker, Bklwark 74, flag-ship of
Sir John Gore, Superb 74, bearing the broad pend-
ant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, Ocean 80, Capts.
M'Kenzie and Hardyman, and Warspite, Boadi-
cea, and Java, all flag-ships of Rear- Admiral Wm.
Hall Gage. He then became Acting-Lieutenant of
the Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. Arth. Murray, and, being
confirmed by commission, dated 6 Oct. 1827, was
next appointed, 29 Nov. 1828, and 7 Dec. 1832, to
the Champion 18, Capts. Geo. Scott and Fras. Vero
Cotton, and Vernon 50, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cock-
burn, both on the North America and West India
station. On 26 Dec. 1833 he there obtained com-
mand of the Abachne 16, from which sloop he re-
moved, 29 April, 1834, to the Wasp 16. Being paid
off 27 April, 1837, Capt. Foreman, whose Post-com-
mission bore date 23 Nov. 1841, remained thence-
forward unemployed.
FOREMAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Richard Fobeman entered the Navy, 13 Dec.
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74,
Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral Wm. Essington, whom he accompa^
nied in the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. 1807.
On 1 Dec. following he became Midshipman of the
Brunswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves, in the Baltic,
and he subsequently served, from 1809 until Jan.
1815, in the Owen Glendoweb 36, Capts. Wm.
Selby and Edw. Henry A'Court, flag-ship after-
wards of Sir Sam. Hood in the East Indies, Cobn-
wallis 74, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, Slaney 20,
and Tamar 24, both commanded by Capt. Chas.
Sothehy, and Boyne 98, Capt. Fred. Lewis Mait-
land. He then officiated for upwards of two months
as Acting-Lieutenant of the Insolent 14, Capt.
Wm. Kelly, on the Irish station, and, after a further
servitude of six months in the Mediterranean, as
Master's Mate of the Boyne, flag-ship of Lord Ex-
mouth, was promoted to his present rank by com-
mission dated 3 March, 1815.
For the last 25 years Lieut. Foreman has been
confined in a lunatic asylum.
FORREST. (LiEDT., 1814. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
James Rocheid Fobrest entered the Navy 1
Nov. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ceuizeb
18, Capts. Pringle Stoddart, Geo. Chas. Mackenzie,
Thos. Wells, and Thos. Rich. Toker, in which vessel
he served, on the Baltic station, latterly as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate, until Nov. 1813. He
was employed during that period with the in-shore
squadron at the siege of Copenhagen !n 1807— as-
sisted in escorting numerous convoys through the
Belt— received the thanks of Sir Jas. Saumarez, in
common with others, for some offensive operations
3 B 2
372
FORSTER.
against the enemy, voluntarily performed in a ten-
der under the command of Lieut. John Pearse —
conveyed in a crazy prize of only 10 tons hurthen,
and at great risk, important despatches relative to
the Kussian fleet from the Naze of Norway to Rear-
Admiral Hope at Gottenborg, during the autumn
of 1812, a service which ultimately led to his pro-
motion— was frequently engaged with gun-boats
and batteries — contributed to the capture of 69
armed and other vessels — and carried 10 prizes
into British ports. After a further attachment of
10 months to the Pengdin 18, Capt. T. R. Toker,
Granicds 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, and Eliza-
beth 74, flag-ship' of Rear-Admiral Chas. Elphin-
stone Fleming, on the Home, North American,, and
Mediterranean stations, Mr. Forrest was appointed
Acting-Lieutenant, 31 Oct. 1814, of the Jasper 10,
Capt. Thos. Carew. He was confirmed to the latter
vessel 23 Dec. following, but was placed on half-
pay 29 May, 1815, and has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Forrest, who, from July, 1834, to May,
1844, had been employed as Government Agent for
Emigration at Leith, is now Government Agent
for Emigration in Scotland.
rORSTEB. (Lieutenant, 1812.)
George Brooke Forster entered the Navy, 1
Nov. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ph(ebe 36,
Capts. Thos. Baker, Jas. Keith Shephard, and Hon.
Thos. Bladen Capel, under whom he served, on the
Irish and Mediterranean stations, until May, 1805.
"With the exception of a few months in 1808-9 he
appears to have been next employed, under Sir
Sam. Hood, as Midshipman, from Jan. 1806, to Dec.
1812, in the Centadr 74, Hibernia 110, Tigre 74,
Owen Glendower 36, and Illustriobs 74. While
in the Centaur he assisted, 25 Sept. 1806, at the
capture, in company with the Mars and Monarch
74's, of four French frigates from Bochefort, on
which occasion Sir Sam. Hood lost his arm. He
attended also the expedition to Copenhagen in
Aug. and Sept. 1807 — witnessed the ensuing sur-
render of the island of Madeira — and, in Aug. 1809,
was engaged, under Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, in
the attack upon Walcheren. Being in the East
Indies at the time of his promotion, which took
place 27 Deo. 1812, he there joined the Tbeban 36,
Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, but he soon afterwards
returned home with Capt. Alex. Skene in the II-
LuSTRions, and on 17 Feb. 1814 was paid off. From
May, 1814, until wrecked, U Feb. 1817, he further
ofBciated as an Agent for Transports afloat ; after
which he served for some time as an Inspecting
Officer of the Water Guard, and aS Commander,
in 1826-8, of the Dove and Lapwing Falmouth
packets. Since he left the latter vessel he has
been on half-pay.
Lieut. Forster at present holds the appointment
of Police Alagistrate at Van Diemen's Land. He
is married and has issue.
FORSTER. (Commander, 1847. f-p., 21s
H-P., 11.)
Matthew Charles Forster is son of the late
Colonel Forster, of Gatoombe House, co. Hants.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Jan. 1815, as
a Volunteer, on board the Coehwallis 74, Capt.
John Bayley, bearing the flag in the East Indies of
his patron, Sir George Burlton. Previously to pass-
ing his examination, in June, 1821, he further
served, as Volunteer and Midshipman, in the Doris
42, and Wye 26, both commanded by Capt. John
Harper, and in the Hind 20, Capt. Sir Chns. Bur-
rard, on the same and on the North American
and Channel stations. He then successively joined,
as Mate, on the Brazilian, Home, North American,
and Slediterranean stations, the Doris again, Capts.
Thos. Graham, Fred; Edw. Venables Vernon, and
Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone, Albion 74, Capt. Sir
Wm. Hoste, Victory 104, flag-ship of Sir Geo.
Martin, Manly 12, Capt. Field, and HnssAK 46,
and Britannia 120, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Ogle
and Sir Pulteney Malcolm. He attained the rank
of Lieutenant 22 Oct. 1830, and was subsequently
appointed— for two months to the Ferret 10, Capt.
Edw. Wodehouse, in the Mediterranean — 16 Jan.
1832, to the Victory again, flag-ship at Portsmouth
of Sir Thos. Foley and Sir Thos. Williams— 1 May,
1833, and 5 Sept. 1835, to the San Josef 110, and
Royal Adelaide 104, bearing each the flag of Sir
Wm. Hargood at Plymouth, where he continued
until paid oflT, in April, 1836— and, 11 June, 1845,
to the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, part of the
Channel squadron. He acquired the rank of Com-
mander 27 Jan. 1847.
Commander Forster married, 20 Sept. 1832, Mary,
niece of Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare, K.N., sister of
Commander Wm. O'B. Hoare, B.N., and daughter
of Sir Joseph Wallis Hoare, Bart., by Lady Harriet
O'Bryen, sister of Vice-Admiral the Marquess of
Thomond, G.C.H. ; and became a widower 11 Dec.
1836. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
FORSTER. (Commander, 1815. f-p.,. 18 j,
H-P., 21.)
Robert Forster, of the ancient family of Forster
of Bamborough, co. Northumberland, is the eldest
of ten brothers, all of whom were in the service of
their country— six in the army, the others in the
navy. Seven of these gentlemen died in actual
service abroad, and an eighth, the late Capt. John
Forster, R.N. (1838), died, in 1841, from the effects
of wounds he had received when Lieutenant of the
Apollo, in a desperate cutting-out affair in the
Bay of Rosas, in 1809. Commander Forster's only
surviving brother, Hugh Percy, is District Pay-
master, N.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 Dec. 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Camelion 18, Capt.
Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, whom he soon after-
wards accompanied into the Edrtdice 24. Be-
tween 1796 and 1802 he successively served, on the
Home and Mediterranean stations, in the Garland
28, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, Ville de Paris,
flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent, Alcmene 32, and
Majestic 74, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Hope,
Kent 74, and Ville de Paris again, bearing the
respective flags of Lord Duncan and Earl St. Vin-
cent, and Leda 38, Capt. G. Hope. After acting
for a few weeks as Lieutenant of the FonDEOYANT
80, flag-ship of Lord Keith, Mr. Forster was con-
firmed, 20 July, 1802, into the Nemesis 28, Capt.
Philip Somerville; after which he served, from
April, 1803, until promoted to the rank of Com-
mander, 13 June, 1815 (nearly the whole time as
First Lieutenant), in the Charwell 18, Capt. Philip
Dumaresq, Gibraltar 80, and Mars 74, both com-
manded by Capt. Wm. Lukin, Owen Glendowee
36, Capt. Wm. Selby, Pompee 74, Capt. Sir Jas.
Athol Wood, Asia 74, Capt. Geo. Scott, and ToN-
nant 80, and Asia again, both flag-ships of Siip
Alex. Cochrane. During that period he assisted
in the Charwell at the bombardment of Gran-
ville and Havre in 1803 — was on board the Maks
at the capture, by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood,
of four heavy French frigates, two of which, the
Gloire 46, and Infatigable 44, struck to the Mars,
off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806— and (while in the
same ship) attended the expedition to Copenhagen
in 1807, where he landed as Senior Lieutenant of
the Naval Brigade. He also, in 1808-9, among
other detached services, commanded the gun-boats
at Gottenborg, and a fire-ship at Rogerwick. At
the reduction, in May, 1809, of the island of Anholt,
Mr. Forster, then Senior of the OwteN Glendower,
landed in command of the seamen : and he after-
wards, when First of the Asia, obtained the espe-
cial notice of Sir Alex. Cochrane for the destruction,
under a fire from field-pieces and small arms, of a
deeply-laden schooner lyillg in Cherryston Creek,
in the Chesapeake.* During the ensuing operations
against New Orleans he commanded a division of
boats which crossed the Mississippi on the morning
of the attack. He subsequently officiated as Beach
Master at the capture of Fort BoWyer, in Feb. 1816,
• Vide Gei. 1814, p. 1964.
FORSYTH-FORTESCUE-FOSBERY— FOSSE— FOSTER— FOTHERGILL. 373
and on that occasion was officially mentioned by
General Sir John Lambert. On 2 March, 1819, in
consequence of his having entered into the naval
service of Chili, Commander Forster was struck off
the list of British officers, but he was restored in
1832, and has since been on half-pay.
For his foreign services, the greater portion of
which were performed in the capacity of Com-
mander-in-Chief, the Government of Peru bestowed
upon Commander Forster the highest conferrable
military honour— the &st class of the "Founder
of the Order of the Sun." Agents — Messrs. Om-
manney.
FORSYTH. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Chaeles Codhington Forsyth entered the Navy
18 Dec. 1826 ; passed his examination 25 Nov. 1836 ;
and for several years immediately preceding his
promotion, which took place 31 Oct. 1843, served,
as Mate, on board the Beagle surveying-vessel at
Australia, Capts. John Clements Wickham and John
Lort Stokes. Since 1 Jan. 1844, he has been em-
ployed at the Cape of Good Hope, on board the
Helena 16, Capt. Sir Comwallis Rioketts.
FORSYTH. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
■William Codrington Fohstth passed his ex-
amination 15 July, 1833 ; obtained an appointment
in the Coast Guard 24 Feb. 1840 ; and, in 1844, re-
moved to the Volcano steam-sloop, Lieut.-Com-
manders Edw. Chas. Miller and John Hay Crang,
on the Mediterranean station. He was there pro-
moted to a Lieutena,ncy, 1 Deo. 1845, in the Hi-
BERNiA 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker; and,
since 23 Jan. 1847, has been serving with the Chan-
nel squadron on board the Albion 90.
FORTESCUE. (LiecT., 1823. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 27.)
Henry Fortesode entered the Navy, 27 April,
1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Christian VII.
80, Capt. Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, employed in the
North Sea, where he followed that officer, in Feb.
1812, into the Impregnable .98. From July, 1813,
until April, 1818, he Successively served, on the
North American, Irish, Home, Mediterranean, and
East India stations, in the Endtmion 40, Capt.
Henry Hope, Satdrn 74, Capts. Jas. Nash and
Thos. Brown, Franchise 36, Capt. Sir Thos. John
Cochrane, St. George and Impregnable 98's, both
commanded by Capt. Jas. Nash, and Minden 74,
Capt. Wm. Paterson — in which latter ship he shared
in the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. In
Deo. 1821, Mr. Fortescue joined the Andromache
frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Commo-
dore Joseph Nourse at the Cape of Good Hope,
where he became Acting-Lieutenant, in Nov. 1822,
of the Menai 24, Capt. Fairfax Moresby. He was
officially promoted 5 April, 1823, but since Sept. in
that year has been unemployed.
FORTESCUE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Thomas Dyke Acland Foktescue, born 20 July,
1821, is second son of Matthew Fortescue, Esq., by
Erskine, fourth daughter of Jas. Christie, Esq., of
Ducie, CO. Fife ; and grandson of Capt. Hon. Mat-
thew Fortescue, K.N. (1782), who was only brother
of the first, and uncle of the present Earl Fortescue,
and died 19 Nov. 1842, in his 89th year.
This officer passed his examination 1 June, 1844 ;
was appointed Mate, 29 May, 1846, of the Eury-
DIOB 22, Capt. Geo. Elliot, fitting at Portsmouth ;
and attained his present rank on 8 of the following
Oct.
FOSBERY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.)
Godfrey Fosbery, born 24 Sept. 1791, is son of
the late Fras. Fosberjr, Esq., of Curragh Bridge,
CO. Limerick, by Philippa, sister of the late Sir
Wm. Godfrey, Bart., of Kilcoleman Abbey, co.
Kerry, and aunt of the late Dowager Marchioness
of Donegal. He is cousin and brother-in-law of
the present Geo. Fosbery, Esq., of Clorane and
Curragh Bridge. I
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Virginie, of 46 guns
and 281 men, Capt. Edw. Brace, on the Irish sta-
tion. While in that ship, independently of the
capture of two Spanish privateers carrying 14 guns
each, he assisted in taking, 19 May, 1808, thcDutch
frigate Guelderland, of 36 guns and 253 men, after
an obstinate conflict of an hour and a half, in which
the enemy lost 25 men killed and 50 wounded, and
the British 1 killed and 2 wounded. On 16 Jan.
1810, Mr. Fosbery, who had attained the rating of
Midshipman, was taken prisoner while on board a
prize off Ushant. Being released in May, 1814, he
joined for a few weeks, as a Supernumerary, the
Prince 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, lying at Spithead.
He obtained his commission 16 March, 1815 ; and
has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Fosbery, who now holds the office of In-
spector of the City of London Police Force, mar-
ried, 21 Aug. 1823, Catherine Lyons, daughter of
the late John Walcott, Esq., of Croagh Walcott, co.
Limerick, and has had issue 12 children, 9 of whom
are living.
FOSSE. (Lieutenant, 1809. f.-p., 15; h-p., 32.)
William Fosse entered the Navy, 8 March,
1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alligator
sloop, Capt. Geo. Bowen, on the Mediterranean
station, where, in July, 1802, he became Mid-
shipman of the Pegasos, Capt. John Pengelly.
In 1804-5 he joined the Ehrydice 24, Capts.
John Nicholas and Wm. Hoste, and Triumph 74,
Capts. Henry Inman and Sir Thos. Masterman
Hardy, on the African and Home stations ; after
which he became successively attached to the
Sampson and Diadem 64's, flag-ships of Kear-Ad-
miral Chas. Stirling, under whom he assisted at the
storming of Monte Video in Feb. 1807. In April
of the latter year he obtained a Sub-Lieutenancy
in the Protector gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander
Geo. Mitchener, from which vessel, then on the
Leith station, he was promoted to be Acting-Lieu-
tenant, 25 Jan. 1809, of the Spptfire sloop, Capt.
John Ellis. Being confirmed in his present rank 6
Oct. following, he afterwards, from 29 Aug. 1811,
until 28 Aug. 1815, served, on the West India and
other stations, in the Tigre 74, Capt. John Halli-
day. Since the date last mentioned he has not
been afioat.
FOSTER. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Henry Decolas Foster entered the Navy 23
July, 1813 ; passed his examination in 1819 ; and ob-
tained his commission 6 Sept. 1828. He was after-
wards employed for some time in the Helicon 10,
Capt. Kobt. Henry Stanhope. He joined the Coast
Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hy-
perion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, 26 Nov. 1830 ;
entered the Coast Guard 5 April, 1831 ; was trans-
ferred, as Firs(>Lieutenant, to the Stag 46, Capt.
Thos. Ball Sulivan, on the South American station,
6 Dec. 1836 ; returned to England in 1839, after an
absence of more than two years ; and, since 9 Oct.
1840, has again been in the Coast Guard.
FOTHERGILL. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
William Fotheegile entered the Navy 18 May,
1811 ; passed his examination in 1818 ; and was
promoted to the rank he now holds 22 July, 1830.
With the exception of a command, from 11 Oct.
1834, to Sept. 1837, of the Stoek Revenue-vessel,
he has been uninterruptedly employed in the Coast
Guard since 27 March, 1833.
FOWELL. (LieuTenan*, 1842.)
Samuel Foweli, entered the Navy 17 March
1823 ; passed his examination 1 June, 1836 ; and at
the period of his promotion, which took place 13
May, 1842, was officiating as Mate on board the
CoRNWALLis 72, bearing the flag in the East Indies
of Sir Wm. Parker. We find him, on 18 of the
same month, and prior to the receipt of his com-
mission, serving on shore at the capture from the
S74
FOWELL-FO W KE- FOWLER.
Chinese of the town of Chapoo. He soon after-
wards remoTed to the Harleqdin 16, Capt. Hon.
Geo. Fowler Hastings — and was next appointed, 20
June, 1845, to the Crocodile 26, commanded at
Cork by Capt. John Balfour Maxwell— 13 June,
1846, as Additional, to the Avenger steam-frigate,
Capt. Woodford John Williams, attached to the
Channel squadron— and, 10 July, 1846, to the
Sphynx, Capt. John Bettinson Cragg, also on the
Home station.
FOWELL. (Commander, 1839.)
WiiMAM Newton Fowell, born 5 June, 1803, at
Black Hall, is third son of the late Rev. John
Digby Fowell, Rector of Torbrian, in Devon, by
Sarah, second daughter and co-heir of Peter Know-
ling, Esq., of Washboume House, in the parish of
Harburton, co. Devon.
This officer entered the Navy 26 March, 1819 ;
served, as Midshipman of the Lion schooner, in
action with pirates in the West Indies; and was
Mate of the Pickle at the capture of the Calero
slaver. Obtaining his first commission 12 Aug.
1834, he afterwards joined— 21 Nov. 1834, the Pre-
sident 52, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn in North
America and the West Indies— 14 Feb. 1835, the
CoMus 18. Capt. Wm. Price Hamilton, on the same
station— 15 July, 1836, the Inconstant 36, Capt.
Dan. Pring, off Lisbon— and 17 Aug. 1838, as First-
Lieutenant, the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams San-
dom, on the lakes of Canada. By the latter officer
Mr. Fowell (who on the occasion was wounded) ap-
pears to have been commended in the highest terms
for his gallantry, zeal, and activity in repelling,
conjointly with the troops, a rebellious attack made
on the town of Prescott, and on the Bri tish terri-
tory in its vicinity, 13 Nov. 1838.* Ae a reward
for his conduct, he was invested with the rank of
Commander, 4 July, 1839 ; and next appointed, 3
April, 1843, to the Montreal, on Lake Erie. Since
25 July following he has been in successive com-
mand of the Mohawk and Cherokee steamers on
the Canadian lakes.
Commander Fowell married, 29 May, 1841,
Theana, daughter of John Holland, Esq., of Clap-
ham Common, co. Surrey.
FOWKE. (LiE0T., 1816. r-P., 14 ; H-P., 27.)
Richard Fowke entered the Navy, 3 March,
1806, as Fst.-«1. Vol., on board the Ocean 98, Capt.
Fras. Pender, with whom, and with Capt. Thos.
Geo. Shortland, he afterwards served for two years
and a half in the Qoeen 98, on the Mediterranean
station. In April, 1809, he became Midshipman of
the Barfleur 98, bearing the flag off Lisbon of
Hon. Geo. Cranfleld Berkeley ; and in 1812-14 he
joined the Menelahs 38, Capt. Sir Petar Parker,
Vengehr 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, and
Linnet 16, Capt. Dan. Pring. On 11 Sept. 1814,
after a series of very active operations against
the enemy on Lake Champlain, the latter vessel, in
common with others composing a sqUddron under
the orders of Commodore Downie, was the*e taken
beneath the hostile batteries of Plattsburgh by a
greatly superior force commanded by Commodore
Macdonough, to whose concentrated attack, how-
ever, she did not surrender until she had sustained
a loss of 10 men killed and 14 wounded, and not
until some time after all her consorts had been cap-
tured. Mr. Fowke, who was officially recommended
by Capt. Pring for the assistance he had afforded
him on that occasion,^ was subsequently employed
as a Supernumerary, during the summer of 1815, in
the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Sir
Edw. Thornbrough at Portsmouth. Obtaining his
Commission 8 Aug. 1816, he next served, from 22
Oct. 1828, until 1831, in the Coast Blockade, as
Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies and
Talavera 74's, both commanded by Capt. Hugh
figot. He further joined, 4 April, 1844, the Ocean
80, Capt. Peter Fisher, gtjard-ship at Sheemess ;
and on 23 Sept. following he removed to the Poic-
• Vide Gaz. 1838, p. S975. f V. Gaz. 1814, p. 2387.
TIERS 72, guard-ship at Chatham, where he is stiU
serving. Agents- Messrs. Stilwell.
FOWKE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Thomas Thorpe Fowke is son of Geo. Fowke,
Esq., Rear-Admiral of the Red, of Sible Heding-
ham, who died in 1832.
This officer entered the Navy 22 June, 1816 ; and
passed his examination in 1822. He obtained a
Lieutenancy 17 June, 1825, in the Blanche 46,
Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, on the South American
station, whence he returned in Oct 1827 ; and was
afterwards appointed, 14 Jan. 1830, and 20 May,
1832, to the Ganges 84, Capte. John Hayes and Geo.
Bnrdett, and Talavera 74, Capt. Edw. Chetham,
both in the Mediterranean. Since 12 Feb. 1835, on
which date the latter ship was paid oflj Mr. Fowke
has been on half-pay.
He married, in 1837, Margaretta, daughter of G.
Nottidge, Esq., of Castle Hedingham, co. Essex.
FOWLER. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
George Campbell Fowleb is third son of Rear-
Admiral R. M. Fowler.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Feb. 1833. Among
other operations on the coast of China, he com-
manded, as Acting-Lieutenant of the Wellesley,
one of three boats belonging to that ship, and as-
sisted by his great exertions in towing clear a flo-
tilla of nearly 20 of the enemy's fire-vessels, most
of them chained in couples and some even three
together, which had been expressly intended for
the Wellesley's destruction.* Having been con-
firmed in the rank of Lieutenant by commission
dated 6 May, 1841, he afterwards, on leaving the
Wellesley, joined in that capacity, 8 Dec. 1842,
the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, on the Medi-
terranean station. Since 10 Nov. 1845, he has been
serving, at Devonport and the Nore, in the Queen
110, flag-ship of Sir John West, and William and
Mary yacht, Commander Sir J. J. G. Bremer.
He married, 22 Sept. 1846, Catherine Elizabeth,
youngest surviving daughter of the late Wm. Innes
Pocock, Esq., Lieut. R.N . (1811), who died 13 March,
1836. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
FOWLEE. (CoMMJINDER, 1846. P-P., 17 ; h-p., 4.)
Robert Dj^shwood Fowler, bom 29 April, 1814,
is eldest son of Rear-Admiral R. M. Fowler.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
Dec. 1826 ; and embarked, in Dec. 1828, on board
the Champion 18, Capts. Geo. Scott and Fras. Vere
Cotton, employed off the coast of Africa. From
1830 until 1834 he officiated as Midshipman and
Mate, on the North American and Mediterra-
nean stations, of the Winchester 52, flag-ship of
Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, North Star 28, Capt.
Lord Wm. Paget, Belvidera 42, Capt. Hon. Rich.
Saunders Dundas, and Rainbow 28, Capt. Sir John
Franklin. In the latter ship, during the revolu-
tionary movements of 1832, he appears to have been
present at Mesolonghi, and also at Patras, which
city, in company with the French forces, he assisted
in garrisoning. On 2 Jan. 1837, after a continued
servitude in the Mediterranean, as Signal-Mate of
the Portland 52, Capt. David Price, he was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, and towards the
close of the same year he sailed for the Cape of
Good Hope in the Melville 74, Capt. Hon. R. S.
Dundas, bearing the flag of Hon. Geo. Elliot. On
eventually proceeding to China, Mr. Fowler assisted
at the capture, in 1841, of Chuenpee and Tycocktow,
co-operated likewise in the attack upon the forts of
the Boca Tigris, and commanded the ship's pinnace
in the first advance up the Canton River, where all
the forts and batteries as high as Howqua's Folly
were captured and destroyed. His next appoint-
ments were— 22 Feb. 1842, to the Formidable 84,
flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, in the Medi-
terranean—7 Nov. 1845, to the St. Vincent 120,
flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Chas. Ogle— and 30
April, 1846, to the Queen 110, as Flag-Lieutenant,
* Vide Gaz. 1S42, p. 2514.
FOWLER— FOX.
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in the Channel, to Sir Gordon Bremer. He was
promoted to the rank of Commander on 9 Nov. in
the latter year, and is at present on half-pay.
Agests— Messrs. Halford and Co.
FOWLER. (Eear-Admiral, 1846. f-p, 17;
H-p., 37.)
BoBERT Merrick Fowtlek entered the Navy, 6
May, 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rdby 64,
Capt. Sir Rich. Hussey Bickerton, lying at Spithead,
where, for two months in 1794, he served as Mid-
shipman in the Roital William, flag-ship of Sir
Peter Parker. Until promoted to the rank of lieu-
tenant, 27 Feb. 1800, we afterwards find him joining
in succcession the Hector and Combebi.and 74's,
Capt. Robt. Montagu, Mercury frigate, Capt. ThoB.
Rogers, and Royal George 100, flag-ship of Ad-
mirals Lord Bridport and Cbas. Morice Pole. On
the date of his promotion he joined the Xenophon
cdiaa Investigator, Capts. John Henry Martin and
Matthew Flinders, with the latter of whom he sailed
on a voyage of discovery to New Holland. Having
assumed command, in the previous May, of the Por-
poise armed storeship, for the purpose of conveying
Capt. Matthew Flinders from Port Jackson to Eng-
land, Mr. Fowler, on 17 Aug. 1803, had the misfor-
tune to lose that vessel on a coral reef near Cato
Bank; but he ultimately succeeded in reaching
Canton, where he embarked as a passenger on board
the Earl Camden East Indiaman, Capt. Nathaniel
Dance, the Commodore of a homeward-bound China
fleet of 16 sail. In consideration of the assistance
afforded to that officer by Mr. Fowler, in beating
off, during their voyage, a powerful French squa-
dron under M. Linois, he was presented by the East
India Company with the sum of SOOl. for the pur-
chase of a piece of plate, and the Patriotic Society
also awarded him a sword valued at 50 guineas.*
He subsequently, in the Dragon 74, Capt. Edw.
Griffith, took part in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22
July, 1805, and, attaining the rank of Commander
4 Feb. 1806, was further appointed— in 1807, to the
Sea Fencibles in Ireland— 27 June, 1808, to the
Crocus brig, employed, we believe, in the expedi-
tion to the Walcheren— 18 Sept. 1809, to the Cha-
RYBis 16, on the Leeward Islands station— and, 20
April, 1811, as Acting-Captain, to a frigate, in which
he returned to England with convoy. He went on
half-pay in Oct. of the latter year, having been con-
firmed in Post-rank on the date previously men-
tioned; and on 1 Oct. 1846, accepted his present rank.
The Rear-Admiral married, 16 June, 1813, Caro-
line Matilda, eldest daughter of the late Jas. Dash-
wood, Esq., of Valla- Wood, co. Somerset, and Forest
Lodge, CO. Berks, and niece of Vice-Admiral Sir
Chas. Dashwood, K.C.B. By that lady, who died
in 1816, he has, with other issue, two sons, Robert
Dashwood, and George Campbell, both in the R.N.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
FOWLER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Richard Fowler was bom in 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spartiate 74, Capt. Sir
Eras. Laforey, under whom we find him co-operat-
ing, as Midshipman, in the reduction, during the
summer of 1809, of the islands of Ischia and Pro-
cida. While afterwards attached, from the close of
the latter year until his attainment of his present
rank 11 Feb. 1815, to the Horatio 38, Capts. Geo.
Scott, Lord Geo. Stuart, and Wm. Henry Dillon, he
assisted at the capture, 21 Feb. 1810, after a long
chase and a running-fight of an hour, of La Necesaitc
French frigate, of 26 guns and 186 men, laden with
naval stores and provisions; and on 2 Aug. 1812 he
was severely wounded in the arm, and highly spoken
of for his conduct, at the capture, off' ffie coast of
Norway, by four boats under the orders of Lieut.
Abraham Mills Hawkins, of a Danish schooner and
cutter, mounting 10 guns between them, after a san-
guinary combat in which the British lost altogether
* VideGai. 1804,p. 95l>.
9 men killed and 16 wounded, and the enemy, out of
52 men, 10 killed and 13 wounded.* In considera-
tion of the sufferings entailed on him by the latter
affair, Mr. Fowler obtained a gratuity of 301, from
the Patriotic Fund, and a Greenwich pension of 10/.
He also, during his employment in the PIoratio,
commanded that ship's launch in the river Scheldt,
and cruized off Berzen-op-Zoom, when besieged by
the British army in 1813. Since his promotion he
has not been able to procure employment afloat.
Lieut. Fowler, for the last 14 years, has officiated
as Secretary to the Ophthalmic Hospital at Charing
Cross. He married in 1824.
FOX. (Retibed Coxkandeb, 1847. f-p., 19 ;
H-p., 33.)
George Fox was bom 28 Sept. 1773, at Scarbo-
rough, CO. York.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1795, as
A.B., on board the Malabar 54, Capt. Thos. Parr,
which ship, after assisting at the reduction of De-
merara, Essequibo, Berbice, and Ste. Lucie, foun-
dered on her passage home from the West Indies,
10 Oct. 1796. Mr. Fox, who then joined the Pelter
gun-brig, lieut.-Commander Walsh, subsequently
became Midshipman of the Pallas 36, Capt. Hon.
Henry Curzon, and in that ship was wrecked, in
Plymouth Sound, 4 April, 1798. During the next
two years we find him chiefly employed in the Fou-
droyaht, Barfleur, and Queen Charlotte, flag-
ships of Lord Keith, under whom he pursued the
French fleet up and down the Mediterranean, and
served at the blockade of Malta. In Feb. 1800 he
assisted Lord Cochrane in navigating Le Genereux,
a French ship-of-the-line, which had just been cap-
tured, to Minorca ; after which he accompanied his
Lordship into the Speedy 14— assisted in that ves-
sel at the capture of a settee of greatly superior
force— and on being invested with the charge of
the priae, and of a convoy, succeeded in beating
off two powerful row-galleys. In June, 1800, hav-
ing rejoined Lord Keith in the Minotaur 74, Mr.
Fox witnessed the fall of Genoa ; from the mole of
which place he had the singular good fortune, after
the battle of Marengo, of effijcting the deliverance
of a British 64 and two transports, all of which but
for his own individual exertions would inevitably
have been destroyed. The courage and ability dis-
played by Mr. Fox on this occasion were so marked
as to render his enrohnent among the officers of
their ship an object of ambition to many of the
Captains of Lord Keith's fleet, but so high was the
opinion entertained of his merits by the Admiral
that he was unwilling to part with him, and in con-
sequence retained his services until enabled, on his
having passed his exominatiMi, to promote him to
the rank of Lieutenant. Previously to that event,
which took place 23 Aug. 1801, Mr. Fox, who had
followed Lord Keith into the Foudroyant, further
attended the expedition to Egypt, and had the
honour, when Sir Ralph Abercromby was brought
on board with his death-wound, to conduct that
heroic chief to the cabin which had been assigned
to his use. On the occasion of his promotion, he
rejoined the Minotaor, then commanded by Capt.
Thos. Louis, with whom he returned home and was
paid off in March, 1802. His after appointments
were to the successive command, on the B^ome sta-
tion—4 Feb. 1804, of the Sheerness tender— 29
Sept. 1810, of the Watchful, a similar vessel— and,
25 Majr, 1815, of the Brevdrageren gun-brig, which
he paid off 24 Aug. following. Mr. Fox, who ap-
pears to have been very undeservedly passed over
in the general promotion which followed the termi-
nation of hostilities, accepted his present rank 28
Jan. 1847.
He married, 24 Feb. 1806, Elizabeth, daughter of
Thos. Bamby, Esq., of Sutton, near Hull, an en
nent merchant and shipowner, by whom he has (
only survivmg child.
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I an
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FRAMPTON— FRANCE— FRANCILLON—FRANKLAND.
FEAMPTON. (LiEOT., 1822. f-p., 11; h-p., 24.)
Thomas Kichaed Frampton entered the Navy,
18 Oct. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bar-
FLECR 98, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, stationed in the
Mediterranean, where he successively joined, as
Midshipman, the Prince of Wales 98, Capt. John
Erskine Douglas, Bombay 74, Capt. Henry Bazely,
and Mjnden 74, Capt. Vfm. Paterson. After parti-
cipating in the latter ship in the hattle of Algiers,
27 Aug. 1816, he sailed for India with the flag of
Sir Bich. King, and there removed, in Feb. 1819,
to the Magiciense 36, Capt. John Brett Purvis.
He afterwards served for some time with Sir Thos.
Masterman Hardy in the Superb 74, and Creole
42, on the South American station, where he was
confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 31 May, 1822, in the
Beaver 10, Capts. Arch. Maclean and Thos. Bour-
chier. He removed, on 18 Dec. in the latter year,
to the Doris 42, Capt. Fred. Edw. Venables Ver-
non, but invalided home in Aug. 1823, and has since
been on half-pay.
Lieut. Frampton married, 3 Aug. 1830, Caroline,
second daughter of John Wood, Esq., of Worthing,
CO. Sussex.
FRANCE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 34 ; h-p., 1 5.)
Nathaniel Cranstoun France is son of Re-
tired Commander Nathaniel Thos. France, R.N.,
who died in 1835 ; grandson of Nathaniel France,
Esq., Surgeon K.N., a veteran who died in 1812 ;
and great-grandson of the late Nathaniel France,
Esq., Collector of the Customs at Waterford.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tigre 74, Capt. Sli^Wm.
Sidney Smith,-under whom, in 1799, he assisted at
the defence of St. Jean d'Acre. During the last
two years of the French revolutionary war, he
served in the Mediterranean on board the Alliance
20, Capt. John Melhuish; and while afterwards at-
tached, from March, 1804, to Oct. 1809, to the
Charger 12, Lieut.-Commander John Aitkin Blow,
he saw much boat-service, and attended the expedi-
tions to Copenhagen and the Walcheren. He then
for 18 months officiated as Acting Sub-Lieutenant
of the Bloodhound 10, Lieut.-Commander Thos.
Warrand, and, after a further servitude of more
than two years in the Aquilon 32, Capt. Wm.
Bowles, was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 26 Aug.
1814, in the Indefatigable 44, Capt. John Fyfie,
which ship he left 26 June, 1816. Mi. France, who
until lately held an appointment in the Coast Guard,
has for 18 years been employed either in that ser-
vice or in command of a Revenue-cruizer.
He married, in 1820, Ann, only daughter of John
Vittery, Esq., a shipowner, by whom he has issue
11 children.
FRANCILLON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 17;
H-p., 23.)
John George Francillon, born 9 Nov. 1794, at
Harwich, co. Essex, is brother of Lieut. Thos. Fran-
cillon, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1807, as a
Volunteer, on board the Pompee 74, Capt. Rich.
Dacres, bearing the broad pendant afterwards of
the present Sir Geo. Cockburn, whom he succes-
sively accompanied into the Belleisle, Implaca-
ble, Alfred, Grampus, Marlborough, Sceptre,
and Albion. He assisted, as Midshipman of the
PoMpfeE, at the reduction of Martinique in Feb.
1809 ; served in the Belleisle during the ensuing
expedition to Flushing ; was in the Grampus at the
defence of Cadiz in 1812 ; and saw much detached
service on the coast of America, where, in 1814-15,
he took part in the storming of Washington, the
attack upon Baltimore, and the occupation of St.
Mary's. He obtained his commission 1 March,
1815; and, from 20 March, 1822, until 1831, was
employed in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Severn, Ramillies, and Htpe-
Biox, Capts. Wm. M'CuUocIi and Wm. Jas. Miu-
gaye. Since the latter date he has been on half-
pay.
Lieut. Francillon appears to have officiated for
some time as Lloyd's Agent and Surveyor at the
port of Gloucester.
FRANCILLON. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 18 ;
H-p., 22.)
Thomas Francillon, bom 19 Sept. 1792, at Har-
wich, CO. Essex, is son of the late Eras. Francillon,
Esq., Purser B.N. ; and brother of Lieut. J. G.
Francillon, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1807, and
from that period until Sept. 1814 served in the
same ships, and, including we believe the attack
upon Washington, shared in the same service as his
brother ; in addition whereto he received a wound
in an affray with the Americans at Pungoteague.
Being confirmed, in consequence of the latter occur-
rence, to a Lieutenancy, 5 Oct. 1814, in the Ramil-
lies 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, Mr.
Francillon, on 14 Dec. following, previously to the
attack on New Orleans, served with the boats of
that ship and of a squadron at the capture, on Lake
Borgne, of five American gun-boats under Com-
modore Jones, which did not surrender until the
British, after a desperate conflict, had been occa-
sioned a loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded.
Returning to England in May, 1815, on board the
Madagascar 38, Capt. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle,
he next, on 29 March, 1820, obtained an appoint-
ment in the Water Guard, which he resigned on
being transferred, in 1826, to the command of the
Lapwing Revenue-cruizer. He left that vessel in
April, 1830, and has not since been afloat.
On 3 April, 1832, Lieut. Francillon was appointed
Harbour-Master at Gloucester.
FRANKLAND. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 16;
H-p., 21.)
Charles Colville Fkankland, bom 10 Feb.
1797, at Bath, is next brother of Capt. E. A.Frank-
land, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 10 Aug.
1810; and embarked, 13 Jan. 1813, as a Volunteer,
on board the Aquilon 32, commanded by his cousin,
Capt. Wm. Bowles, with whom he returned home
from South America, in July, 1814, as Midshipman
of La Ceres 32. He subsequently served in the
West Indies, and again on the South American sta-
tion, in the Magnificent 74, Capt. Willoughby
'Thos. Lake, and in his old ship the Amphion, bear-
ing the broad pendant of his relative, Commodore
Bowles, who appointed him Acting-Lieutenant, 15
Oct. 1818, of the Andromache ^, Capt. Wm.
Henry Shirreff. At the period of his official pro-
motion, which took place 26 March, 1819, Mr.
Frankland was filling the confidential post of pri-
vate Secretary to his Captain, then senior officer in
the Pacific. In the following month he crossed the
Andes and Pampas mountains as the bearer of de-
spatches for the Admiralty, and on 26 April, 1825,
after a servitude of three years and a half in the
Semiramis 42, as Flag-Lieutenant at Cork to his
uncle. Lord Colville, he was promoted to the rank
of Commander. His next appointment was, 4 Feb.
1840, to the Pearl 20, in which ship we find him
discharging the duties of senior officer on the
northern coast of Brazil, and in the Rio de la Plata,
until July, 1842, when he was superseded, having
been advanced to Post-rank on 23 of the previous
Nov. He afterwards served as Secretary to Rear-
Admiral Bowles on the Irish station from 29 May
to 15 Sept. 1843 ; and from 8 Oct. 1845, until Oct.
1846, he had command of the Alarm 26, on the
North America and West India station.
Capt. Frankland officiated as Page of Honour to
Lord Colville at the coronation of George IV. He
has published two books of travels. Agents —
Goode and Lawrence.
FRANKLAND. (Captain, 1835. f-p., 14;
H-p., 26.)
Edward Augustus Frankland, bom 23 May,
1794, at Yarlington, is second son of the late Rev.
FRANKLIN.
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Roger Frankland, Bectoi of Yarlington, and Vicar
of Dulverton, co. Somerset, Xty Catherine, sister of
Admiral Lord Colville; grandson of Sir Thos.
Frankland, Bart., M.P., Admiral of the White, who
died 20 Nov. 1784; nephew of the late Wm. Frank-
land, Esq., M.P., a Lord of the Admiralty, and of
the late Sir Boyle Roche, Bart. ; and first-cousin of
the present Sir Robt. Russell Frankland, Bart., as
also of Rear-Admiral Wm. Bowles, C.B., M.P., and
of Capt. Henry Gosset, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 2.S May, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capts. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge, John Halliday, and Rich.
Hussey Moubray, on the Mediterranean station.
He removed, as Midshipman, in May, 1812, to the
Unite 38, commanded in the Adriatic by Capt.
Edwin Henry Chamberlayne ; and while next serv-
ing in the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw.
Pellew, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
16 March, 1814. Until Sept. 1815, he was further
employed in the Elizabeth 74, Capt. Hon. Geo.
Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and CUKA90A 36, Capt.
John Tower ; after which we believe he discharged
the duties, from 9 April, 1816, until advanced to
the rank of Commander 19 May, 1820, of Private
Secretary to Commodore Bowles, in the Amphion
and Creole frigates, on the South American sta-
tion. His last appointment was to the command,
17 Feb. 1830, of the Dispatch 18, on the Irish sta-
tion; which sloop he paid off 6 Feb. 1832. He at-
tained Post-rank 28 March, 1835. Agents — Case
and Loudonsack.
FKANKLIN. (Commander, 1846.)
Edwaed Fkanklin entered the Navy 26 March,
1810 ; passed his examination in 1817 ; and ob-
tained his first commission 14 Sept. 1825. His
appointments, as Lieutenant, were — 10 Nov. 1830,
to the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary of the
Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 5 April,
1831, to the Coast Guard— 15 July, 1843, as First-
Lieutenant to the Conway 26, Capt. Rebt. Fair,
on the Cape of Good Hope station — and, 12 Feb.
1845, in a similar capacity, to the Vindictive
60, bearing the flag in North America and the West
Indies of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen. He was super-
seded from the last-mentioned ship on promotion
to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846; and is
now on half-pay.
He married, in May, 1829, Charlotte, eldest
daughter of Capt. White, of the 80th Regt. Agents
— Messrs. Chard.
FEANKLIN, Kt., K.C.H., K.R.G., D.C.L., F.E.S.
(Captain, 1822. f-p., 28; h-p., 19.)
Sir John Franklin, horn in 1786, at Spilsbury,
CO. Lincoln, is brother of the late Sir WilUngham
Franklin, Kt., Chief-Justice at Madras.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1800, as
a Boy, on board the Polyphemus 64, Capt. John
Lawford, under whom he served as Midshipman in
the action off' Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. He then,
in the Investioatok sloop, Capt. Matthew Flinders,
sailed on a voyage of discovery to New Holland,
where, on joining the Porpoise armed store-ship,
Lieut. -Commander Robt. Merrick Fowler, he was
wrecked on a coral-reef near Cato Bank, 17 Aug.
1803. While afterwards on his passage home in the
Earl Camden East Indiaman, commanded by Capt.
Nathaniel Dance, the Commodore of a China fleet
of 16 sail, Mr. Franklin appears to have had charge
of the signals, and to have distinguished himself
at the celebrated repulse of a powerful French
squadron under Admiral Linois 15 Feb. 1804. Join-
ing, on his arrival in England, the Bellerophon
74, Capts. John Loring, John Cooke, and Edw.
Rotheram, he subsequently, under Capt. Cooke,
took part in the battle of Trafalgar ; and on that
occasion, 21 Oct. 1805, we again find him super-
intending the Signal department, and evincing very
conspicuous zeal and activity. On being next trans-
ferred to the Bedford 74, Capts. Adam Mackenzie
and Jas. Walker, of which ship he was confirmed a
Lieutenant 11 Feb. 1808, Mr. Franklin escorted the
Royal Family of Portugal from Lisbon to South
America. During the after part of the war he
was chiefly employed at the blockade of Flushing ;
and he then, towards the close of 1814, joined in
the expedition to New Orleans. On 14 Dec. in the
same year he was slightly wounded, while leading
the Bedford's boats, in unison with those of a
squadron, at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five
American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, which
did not surrender until, after a desperate conflict,
they had occasioned the British a total loss of 17
men killed and 77 wounded.* During the attack
on New Orleans Mr. Franklin assisted in con-
ducting the indescribably arduous operation of
cutting a canal across the entire neck of land be-
tween the Bayou Catalan and the Mississippi ; and
for his conduct on the morning of 8 Jan. 1815,
when he commanded the small-arm men under
Capt. Rowland Money at the brilliant defeat of a
body of Americans strongly entrenched on the
right bank of that river, he was officially and very
warmly recommended for promotion. After serv-
ing for a short time during the summer of 1815 as
First of the Forth 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, he
assumed command, 14 Jan. 1818, of the hired brig
Trent, in which he accompanied Capt. David
Buchan of the Dorothea on a perilous voyage of
discovery to the neighbourhood of Spitzbergen.f
In April, 1819, having paid off the Trent in the
preceding Nov., he was invested with the con-
duct of an expedition destined to proceed over-
land from the shores of Hudson's Bay for the pur-
pose, more particularly, of ascertaining the actual
position of the mouth of the Coppermine River and
the exact trending of the shores of the Polar Sea
to the eastward of that river. The details of that
fearful undertaking, which endured until the sum
mer of 1822, and in the course of which he reached
as far as Point Turnagain, in lat. 68° 19' N. and
long. 109° 25' W., and effected a journey altogether
of 5550 miles, Capt. Franklin (whose Commander's
and Post commissions bear date respectively 1 Jan.
1821, and 20 Nov. 1822) has ably set forth in his
' Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar
Sea in the Tears 1819-22.' On 16 Feb. 1825 this
energetic officer again left England on another ex-
pedition to the Frozen Regions, having for its ob-
ject a co-operation with Capts. Fred. Wm. Beechey
and Edw. Wm. Parry in ascertaining from opposite
quarters the existence of a north-west passage. The
results of this mission, which terminated at Point
Beechey, in lat. 70° 24' N., long. 149° 37' W., will also
be found in Capt. Franklin's ' Narrative of a Second
Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea in 1825-7.'
On his return to England, where he arrived 26
Sept. 1827, he was presented by the Geographical
Society at Paris with a gold medal, valued at 1200
francs, as having made the most important acqui-
sitions to geographical knowledge during the pre-
ceding year, and on 29 April, 1829, he received
the honour of Knighthood, besides being awarded,
in July following, the Oxford degree of a D.C.L.
From 23 Aug. 1830, until paid off' in Jan. 1834, he
next commanded the Rainbow 28, on the Medi-
terranean station, for his exertions during which
period as connected with the troubles in Greece
he was presented with the order of the Redeemer
of Greece. Sir John Franklin, who was created a
K.C.H. 25 Jan. 1836, and was afterwards for some
time Lieut.-Govemor of Van Diemen's Land, has,
as Captain of the Erebus discovery-ship, been en-
gaged, since 3 March, 1845, in a fresh attempt to
explore a north-west passage through Lancaster
Sound and Bering Strait.
He married, first, 16 Aug. 1823, Eleanor Anne
youngest daughter of Wm. Porden, Esq., Architect,
of Berners Street, London; and secondly, 5 Nov.
* Vide Gaz. 1815, p. 448.
f See * A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole,
performed in H.M. Ships Dorothea and Trent, under the
command of Capt. David Buchan, in 1818.' By Capt. F. W.
Beechey, Ii.N. 8vo. Lend. 1843.
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FRANKLIN-FRANKLING— FEANKLYN-FRASER.
1828, the second daughter of John Griffin, Esq.,
ot Bedford Place. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
FRANKLIN. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
John Franklin passed his examination 14 June,
1836 ; was for some time employed in South Ame-
rica as Mate of the Obestes 18, Capt. Peter Samp-
son Hamhly; obtained his commission 7 March,
1842; and was appointed, a few days afterwards.
Additional Lieutenant of the Queen 110, flag-ship
of Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen, in the Mediterranean,
where, from 11 June in the same year, until Oct.
1844, he further served in the Snake 16, Capt. Hon.
Walter Bourohier Devereux. He has been attached,
since 8 Feb. 1847, to the Amphion steam-frigate,
Capt. Woodford John Williams.
FEANICLING. (Retired Commander, 1844.
F-p., 21; H-p., 33.)
Feux Fkankling entered the Navy, 14 Aug.
1793, as A.B., on board the Falcon sloop, Capt.
Jas. Bissett, of which vessel, stationed in the Chan-
nel and North Sea, he became Midshipman 17 Dec.
following. After serving for some time off New-
foundland, as Midshipman of the Active 3S, Capt.
Thos. WoUey, he accompanied that officer, as Mas-
ter's Mate of the Arethusa 38, to the West Indies ;
where he appears to have assisted at the reduction
of Ste. Lucie in May, 1796, also in quelling an in-
surrection among the inhabitants of St. Vincent and
Grenada, and at the capture of Trinidad in 1797.
On 10 Aug. in the latter year he further aided in
talcing La Gaiete corvette, of 20 guns. He ob-
tained a Lieutenancy, 1 March, 1800, in the Tromp
arTne'e en flute, Capt. Terence O'Neill, which vessel
he subsequently commanded for a short time as a
prison-ship at one of the Leeward islands. At the
commencement of the peace of Amiens we find him
serving in the Hornet, Capt. John Nasli. He next
held an appointment for 10 months iu the Sea Fen-
cibles at Southampton ; was then employed from
May, 1804, to Nov. 1807, on board the Amelia and
Thalia frigates, Capts. Lord Proby and Jas. Wal-
Icer, in the West Indies, East Indies, and North
America ; and, on the date last mentioned, assumed
command of a Signal station, which he retained
until 16 March, 1816. Having been on half-pay
since that period, he at length accepted the rank of
Retired Commander, on the Junior List, 7 Jan.
1833. His promotion to the Senior List toolc place
2 Sept. 1844.
Commander Frankling has a daughter married
to Chas. Stark, Esq., Mathematical Instructor in
H.M.S. Excellent.
FRANKLYN. (Lieutenant, 1807.)
George Franklyn entered the Navy, in the au-
tumn of 1798, as A.B., on board the Eling schooner,
Lieut.-Commander Wm. Peake, on the Home sta-
tion ; became Midshipman, in 1801, of the London
98, Capts. Robt. Waller Otway and Geo. Murray,
attached to the fleet in the Baltic ; and after serving
for some time with Capt. Otway in the Edgar 74,
and again with Lieut. Peake in the Escort gun-
brig, joined the Lively 33, Capts. Graham Eden
Hamond and Geo. M'K.inley. On 5 Oct. 1804 the
latter vessel assisted at the capture of three Spanish
frigates laden with treasure, and the destruction of
a fourth, off Cape St. Mary ; and, on 29 May, 1805,
she sustained a very spirited skirmish with a Spa-
nish 74. Mr. Franklyn, who obtained a Lieute-
nancy, 7 Nov. 1807, in the Royalist 18, Capt. John
Maxwell, was afterwards employed on the North
Sea, Mediterranean, and American stations, in the
Victorious 74, Capts. G. E. Hamond and Sir John
Talbot — under the latter of whom, if we mistake
not, he assisted at the capture of the French 74-gun
ship RmoU. He went on half-pay in 1814; but has
been in command, since 5 July, 1836, of a station in
the Coast Guard.
He married, 22 Jan. 1820, Barbara, daughter of
the late John Duthman, Esq. Agent— J. Hinxman.
FRANKLYN. (Liedt., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
John Franklyn died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1806, as
Midshipman, on board the Colossus 74, Capts. Jas.
NicoU Morris and Thos. Alexander; in the boats
of which ship, after serving on the Lisbon and Me-
diterranean stations, he was taken prisoner in a
gallant attack on an enemy's flotilla off Isle d'Aix,
27 Deo. 1811. On his release, in 1814, he joined
the Salvador del Mdndo, and next, as Acting-
Lieutenant and Admiralty-Midshipman, the Mar-
tial 12, Capt. Henry Forbes, and Hyperion 36,
Capt. Wm. Pryce Cumby, on the Cork and Lisbon
stations. From the receipt of his commission, which
bore date 25 Feb. 1815, Lieut. Franklyn, who was
then serving on board the Telegraph 12, Capt.
Scriven, remained on half-pay.
He married, and had issue.
PHASER. (Commander, 1823. f-p., 23; h-p., 23.)
Charles Fraser entered the Navy, 2 May, 1801,
as Midshipman, on board the Prince George 98,
Capt. John Tremayne Rodd, bearing the flag in the
Channel of Sir Chas. Cotton ; removed successively,
in 1802-3, to the Aurora 38, Capt. Micajah Malbon,
and RussEL 74, Capt. Robt. Williams ; then re-
joined Sir C. Cotton in the San Josef 110; and on
11 July, 1808, was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in
the Argo 44, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby. In com-
mand of the boats of the latter ship we find him, on
10 March, 1809, cutting out, in the most cool and
gallant manner, and with a loss of 7 men wounded,
the Josef French felucca, of 3 guns and 53 men,
under a heavy fire of grape and musketry from the
vessel herself, as well as from a whole range of
batteries on the island of St. Domingo.* In the
course of the same year he became attached to the
Shark sloop, and Polyphemus 64, bearing each the
flag of Vice- Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley ;
after which he served, from 7 Aug. 1812 until 5
July, 1816, in the Stag and Spartan frigates, both
commanded by Capt. Phipps Hornby, vrith whom
he visited the Cape of Good Hope and Mediterra-
nean. His last appointments, as Lieutenant, were —
7 April, 1818, to the Bulwark 76, flag-ship at
Chatham of Sir John Gore— and, 24 May, 1819, to
the command of the Mermaid Revenue-cruizer.
He assumed his present rank 29 Sept. 1823; and,
since 10 Sept. 1844, has been conducting the Packet
service at Holyhead, as Additional-Commander of
the RovAL Sovereign yacht.
He married, 25 July, 1832, Miss Mary Elizabeth
Fraser, of Chichester, by whom he has issue.
Agests — Pettet and Newton.
FRASER. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 22; H-p., 15.)
George Eraser is youngest son of the late Gen.
J. H. Fraser, of Ashling House, near Chichester,
CO. Sussex.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Sept. 1810, as
Midshipman, on board the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir
John Gore ; under whom (vrith the exception of an
interval of a few months in 1813, when we find his
name borne on the hooks of the Elizabeth 74,
Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower) he continued to serve,
latterly in the Revenge 74, until July, 1814 ; during
which period he assisted in the boats of the last-
mentioned ship at the cutting out of a French pri>
vateer from the mole of Palamos, 8 Nov. 1813.
Until July, 1816, he was next employed, also in the
Mediterranean, on board the Crocus 10, Capt.
John Stoddart, and Spartan 38, Capt. Phipps
Hornby. In April, 1818, he rejoined Sir John Gore
in the Bulwark 76, at Chatham; and from the
close of the same year until his promotion, 1 Nov.
1821, he further served, on the South American
and West India stations, in the Hyperion 42, Cant.
Thos. Searle, and Sybille 48, flag-ship of Sir Chas.
Rowley. ■ He then joined the Pyramus 42, Capt.
Iras. Newcome, but invalided home 26 Sept. 1822;
and was subsequently appointed— 23 Nov. 1826, to
the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship at the Nore of
* Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 787.
FRASER— FRAZER-FREDERICK— FREELAND.
379
Sir Eobt. Moorsom--3 Jan. 1829, to the Victoky
104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, guard-ship at Ports-
mouth—1 May, 1830, and 18 Feb. 1831, to the St.
Vincent 120. and Asia 84, both commanded by
Capt. Hyde Parker, whom he left in Sept. 1831 —
and, 30 Nov. 1839, to the command of the Sema^
Ehore station at Compton Down, Petersfield, which
e still retains.
He married, 10 Deo. 1825, Emmeline, daughter
of Mr. Bedford, of Bedford Eow, London, and has
issue. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
FEASEE. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 24; h-p., 18.)
John Fraser entered the Navy, 11 Nov. 1805,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Acasta 40, Capt.
Kich. Dalling Dunn, with which ojfBcer he conti-
nued to serve, in the EoyAx George, flag-ship of
Sir John Duckworth, San Josef 110, Hibeknia 110,
and Armide 33, until Aug. 1812. He took part, on
board the Acasta, in the action off St. Domingo,
6 Feb. 1806 ; was in the Eoyal George at the pas-
sage of the Dardanells, in Feb. 1807; and, while
attached to the San Josef, served with the flotilla
in the expedition to the Walchercn in 1809, and
co-operated in the defence of Cadiz, where, in
April, 1810, he beheld the fall of Fort Matagorda.
Being promoted to a Lieutenancy, 1 Jan. 1813, in
the San Juan, flag-ship at Gibraltar of Eear-Ad-
miral Sam. Hood Linzee, he next served, from Aug.
1814 to Oct. 1815, in the Granicus 36, Capt. Wm.
Furlong Wise, off Lisbon, and was afterwards ap-
pointed, on the West India and Mediterranean
stations— 21 March, 1821, to the Glasgow 50, Capt.
Bentinck Cavendish Doyle — 10 Aug. 1826, to the
Barham 50, Capt. Sir John Louis— and, 15 May,
1828, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Hon. Dun-
cdmbe Pleydell Bouverie. As Commander, a rank
he assumed 22 Feb. 1831, Capt. Fraser served, from
21 Sept. 1835 until 22 Aug. 1839, in the Nimrod 20, on
the West India station. He acquired his present
rank 23 Nov. 1841, but has not since been employed.
He married, 29 Dec. 1838, Catherine, daughter
of J. Edwards, Esq., Keceiver-General at Jamaica.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
TEASER. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 17.)
. Thomas Fraser, bom in May, 1796, is youngest
son of the late Vice-Admiral Alex. Fraser, Equerry
to H.E.H. the Duke of Cambridge, by Helen,
eldest daughter of John Bruce, Esq., Advocate,
and Collector of the Customs in" Shetland ; and
brother of Lieut. John Fraser, who was lost in
H.M.S. Magnet in Sept. 1812. He is lineally de-
scended, on his father's side, from Alexander, fifth
Lord Lovat, and derives, through his mother, from
the first Marquess of Hamilton.
This ofilcer entered the Eoyal Naval College 7
Feb. 1809; and embarlced, 11 Nov. 1811, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Hotspur 36, Capt. Hon. Josce-
line Percy, whom he accompanied to South Ame-
rica. After a subsequent attachment of a few
months to the Ister 36, Capt. Thos. Forrest, and
EocHFOBT 80, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson,
both at Portsmouth, he joined, in July, 1816, the
Leander 50, bearing the fiag of Eear-Admiral
David Milne, and, on 27 Aug. 1816, was present in
that ship at the bombardment of Algiers. Being,
in consequence, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant,
by commission dated 5 Sept. in the same year, Mr.
Fraser was next in succession appointed — 29 April,
1818, to the Scout 18, Capt. Wm. Eamsden, bn the
Mediterranean station — 20 March, 1822, to the
Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, lying at Deal —
and, 26 March, 1823, to the Larne 20, Oapts. Fred.
Marryat and Wm. Burdett Dobson. As a reward for
liis " conspicuously exemplary zeal and gallantry,"
his "steady offlcer-like conduct," his "unremitting
exertions," his " zeal and activity," and his "steady
bravery and good conduct " throughout the whole
of the war in Ava, where he had the sole charge
and conduct of many important operations, and
was incessantly in contact with the enemy, Mr.
mander 22 July, 1826, but he continued to serve as
Lieutenant in the Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. xlrthur
Murray, until 18 April, 1827.* From 28 Feb. 1837,
until promoted to the rank of Captain, 23 Nov.
1841, he commanded the Sappho 16, on the West
India station. Since the latter date he has been
on half-pay. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
FEAZER. (COMMANDEK, 1841.)
George Alexander Frazer entered the Navy
18 March, 1817 ; passed his examination in 1824 ;
and obtained his first, commission 6 April, 1827.
His ensuing appointments were — 29 July, 1830, to
the Eoyal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Edw. Galwey,
on the Irish station — and 1 May, 1833, and 5 Sept.
1835, to the San Josef and Eoyal Adelaide, flag-
ships at Plymouth of Sir Wm. Hargood. He ac-
quired his present rank 13 Oct. 1841 ; and has
since assumed the successive command, 15 July,
1842, and 12 Feb. 1844, of the Comet and Lucifer
steam-surveying vessels, in the latter of which he
is now serving on the coast of Ireland.
Commander Frazer is married, and has issue.
FREDEEICK. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 20;
H-p., 17.)
Charles Frederick was bom 7 May, 1797.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 June, 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the TiMERAiRE 98, Capt.
Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, flag-ship oflr Cadiz
and in the Mediterranean of Eear-Admiral Fras.
Pickmore, whom he accompanied, in Dec. 1811,
into the Eoyal George 100. From Oct. 1812,
until July, 1817, we find him officiating as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate, under Sir John
Louis, of the Aigle, Semibamis, and Edrotas
frigates ; in the first of which he saw much boat-
service, was at the capture and detention of a
convoy at Porto Maurizio, and witnessed the fall
of Genoa. On leaving the Forth, which ship had
for some time borne the flag at Bermuda of Eear-
Admiral Edw. Griffith, Mr. Frederick rejoined Ad-
miral Pickmore, in the Sir Francis Drake 36, at
Newfoundland, where he continued until promoted,
20 April, 1818. His appointments, as Lieutenant,
were— 4 Jan. 1823, to the Trinculo 18, Capt. Eod-
ney Shannon, on the Cork station— and, 27 July,
1826, as First, to the Alacrity 10, Capts. Geo. Jas.
Hope Johnstone and Joseph Nias. For his gallant
conduct in boarding and capturing, when in a boat
belonging to the latter sloop, a piratical mistico, on
which occasion he received a gunshot wound in
the head, and had 4 of his men hurt, Mr. Frederick
was advanced to the rank of Commander 6 May,
1829.t He procured an Inspectorship in the Coast
Guard 29 March, 1837 ; and on next obtaining com-
mand, 15 Nov. 1841, of the Apollo troop-ship,
sailed for India and China. In consideration of his
services in the Tang-tse-Kiang, where he was pre-
sent at the capture of the city of Chin-Kiang-Foo,
and at the pacification of Nanking, Capt. Frederick
was rewarded with Post-rank 23 Dec. 1842.1 He
has not since been employed.
FREELAND. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
John Osmond Freeland entered the Navy 3
July, 1825 ; served at Navarin as Midshipman of
the Albion 74, Capt. John Acworth Ommanney •
passed his examination in 1831 ; and obtained his
commission 28 June, 1838. His appointments have
since been— 26 Jan. 1839, to the Presidest 50, flag-
ship in South America of Eear-Admiral ChiS
Bayne Hodgson Eoss- 18 July, 1840, to the Strom-
BOLi steamer, Capt. Woodford John Williams
under whom he took part in the operations on the
coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St
Jean d'Acre-20 April, 1841, as First, to the Bea-
con surveying-vessel, on the Mediterranean station
—and, 10 May, 1845, to the Coast Guard, in which
service he is still employed. Agent^J. Hinxman.
* 5^e Gaz. 1825, pp. 325, 498, 1493, I9(>7, 2277, 2278.
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FREELING-FREER-FREESE-FREESTUN-FREMANTLE.
FREELING, Bart. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Sir Francis Freelisg was bom 11 Dec. 1816,
and died 14 Sept. 1845. He was eldest son, by
Jane, daughter of Eobert Lang, Esq., of Moor
Park, CO. Surrey, of the late Sir Geo. Henry Free-
ling, a Commissioner of the Customs, whom he suc-
ceeded as third Baronet in Nov. 1841.
This oiEcer entered the Navy 22 June, 1831;
passed his examination 6 Jan. 1836 ; and at the pe-
riod of his promotion, which took place 10 Feb.
1842, was serving in the Mediterranean, as Mate,
on board the Howe 120, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Mason.
He was afterwards appointed — 16 April, 1842, to
the Talbot 26, Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge
Thompson, on the South American station — and,
28 Oct. 1843, to the Formidable 84, flag-ship of Sir
Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the Mediterranean. He
returned to England in 1844, and remained thence-
forward on half-pay.. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
FREER. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 18; h-p., 22.)
Thomas Freer entered the Navy, 24 Aug. 1807,
as Ordinary, on board the Wrangler gun-brig,
Lieut.-Commander J. B. Pelter, employed in the
North Sea and Baltic ; on which stations he served
as Midshipman, from Sept. 1809, to June, 1814, in
the Nymphen 36, Capts. Keith Maxwell and John
Hancock, Dictator 64, Capt. Robt. "Williams, and
Gloucester 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John
Ferrier. During the next two years and a half he
appears to have been employed on Lake Ontario
underSir Jas. Lucas Yeo andSir Edw.W.C. R. Owen.
He afterwards, until promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, 19 July, 1821, served, as Admiralty Mid-
shipman and Acting-Master, on the Home and Me-
diterranean stations, in the Vengedr 74, Capt. Thos.
Alexander, and Spey 20, commanded by various
ofBcers. He became First-Lieutenant, 19 Sept.
1843, of the Hydra steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio
Beauman Young, on the coast of Africa, and, on
7 Sept. 1844, joined the Madagascar 44, Capt.
John Fbote, on the same station. Mr. Freer, since
10 March, 1845, has been employed as Admiralty
Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
FREESE. (LlEUTfiNANT, 1842.)
AucHMUTY TyLden Freese entered the Navy
19 Sept. 1830; passed his examination 5 April,
1837 ; and for his services on the coast of China,
wherehe served, as Mate, on board the Hon. E.LC.'s
steamer Nemesis, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Hutcheon
Hall, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23
Dec. 1842.* His next appointments, we find, were
—12 July, 1843, to the Conway 26, Capt. Robt.
Fair, at the Cape of Good Hope— and, 9 Sept. 1844,
to the OsPREY 12, Capt. Fred. Patten, under whom
he was wrecked oif New Zealand in 1846.. Since 1
March, 1847, this officer has had charge of a station
in the Coast Guard. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
FREESTUN. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.)
Humphrey May Freestun entered the Navy, in
June, 1803, as Fat.-cl. Vol., on board the Maria,
Lieut.-Commander Joseph Whitby, on the Irish
station ; and (with the intervention of a few months
in 1809-10, when he appears to have acted as Lieu-
tenant of the Lyra 10, and Armide 38, Capts.
Robt. Southeyj Robt. Bloye, and Lucius Ferdinand
Hardyman) serVed as Midshipman, from May, 1804,
to Sept. 1810, In the K^volutionnaire 38, and De-
fiance 74, both commanded by Hon. Henry Ho-
tham. During that period he shared, in the Rivo-
LUTIONNAIKE, in Sir Rich. Strachan's action 4 Nov.
1805 ; was on board the Defiance when that ship,
besides being much cut up in her masts aild rigging,
sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 25 wounded, at
the destruction of three French frigatea under the
batteries of Sable d'Olonne, 24 Feb. 1809 ; and as-
sisted, in the Lyra, at the destruction of an armed
vessel and convoy under the batteries of Quiberon.
* FtAGaz. 1842,p. 3881.
While subsequently attached to the Scipion 74,
flag-ship of Hon. Robt. ■ Stopford, Mr. Freestun
served on shore at the storming of Fort Cornelia
and the reduction of Java in Aug. 1811. He then
became Acting-Lieutenant of the Harpy 18, Capts.
Henderson Bain and Sam. Here; and from that
vessel, to which he was confirmed 2 Jan. 1812, he
subsequently removed to the Lion 64, flag-ship at
the Cape of Rear-Admirals Hon. R. Stopford and
Chas. Tyler. Invaliding home in June, 1813, he
was next appointed, 15 April, 1815, to the Dee 24,
Capt. John Wm. Andrew, with whom he made a
voyage to Hudson's Bay. Lieut. Freestun has been
on half-pay since 28 Feb. 1816. Agents — Messrs.
Halford and Co.
FREMANTLE. (Captain, 1826. f-p., 20;
H-p., 15.)
Charles Howe Fremantle, bom 1 June, 180
is second son of Tioe-Admiral the late Sir Tho^
Fras. Fremantle, G.C.B.,* by Elizabeth, daughterX
and co-heir of Rich. Wynne, Esq., of Falkingham,|
CO. Lincoln ; brother of the present Sir T. F. Fre-
mantle, Bart., and of Capt. S. G. Fremantle, R.N. ;
brother-in-law of Lord Wto. Hervey, second son of
the Marquess of Bristol ; nephew of Colonel John
Edwards Fremantle, of the Coldstream Guards, who
died in 1798— of Colonel Stephen Fras. Wm. Fre- '
mantle, who died in 1794— of the Right Hon. Sir
Wm. Henry Fremantle, K.G.H., Treasurer of the
Household, and Ranger of Windsor Great Park —
and of the late Vice- Admiral Wells ; and uncle of
the present Sir Jas. Geo. Fitzgerald, Bart., of Castle
Ishen, CO. Cork.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 12 Dec. 1812, as
Midshipman, on board the Ramillies 74, Capts.
Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy and Sir Chas. Ogle ;
under the first of whom he served at the blockade
of New London, assisted in occupying the islands
in Passamaquoddy Bay, witnessed the bombard-
ment of Stonington, and joined in the attack on
New Orleans. In the course of 1815 he became
successively attached to the Wye 24, bearing his
father's flag off Jersey, Challenger 16, Capt.
Henry Forbes, and Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley
Deans Dundas. On 4 Nov. 1818 Mr. Fremantle re-
joined his father, whose flag was then flying in the
Mediterranean on board the Kochfort 80. In that
ship, of which he was coniirmed a Lieutenant 11
Nov. 1819, he continued, we believe, to serve, lat-
terly as Signal officer to Sir Graham Moore, until
advanced to the rank of Commander, 23 April, 1822.
He was afterwards employed in the Coast-Guard
service at Lymington, but resigned that appoint-
ment on being invested with the command, 24 June,
1824, of the Jasper 10, in which sloop he visited
Mexico. Acquiring his present rank, 4 Aug. 1826,
Capt. Fremantle was next selected to command, 5
Nov. 1828, the Challenger 28, first at the Cape of
Good Hope, and then in the East Indies, whence
he returned to England and was paid off 12 June,
1833. Since 20 May, 1843, he has been employed
as Captain of the Inconstant 36, in the Mediterra-
nean.
He married, 8 Oct. 1836, Isabella, daughter of
David Lyon, Esq., and relict of Jas. Wedderbum,
Esq., of Portland Place. Agents — Goode and
Lawrence.
FREMANTLE. (Captainj 1842. f-p., 15;
H-p., 9.)
Stephen Grenville Fremantle, bom 30 Aug.
1810, is youngest brother of Capt. Chas. Howe
Fremantle, R.N.
* Vice-Admiral Sir Tlios. Fras. Frertantle, G.G.B.,
K..M.T., K.S.F., and a Baron of tlie Austrian Empire, dis-
tinguislied himself aa Captain of the Inconstant 36, in
Hotham's action, u March, 1195; was wounded while in com-
mand of the StAHORsE 38, at Teneriffe, 24 JUly, 1797 ; after-
wards commanded the Ganoes 74, and Neptune 98, in the
battles of Copenhagen and Trafalgar, and, with his Hag on
board the Mii.yoRD 74, conducted the Naval operations at tlie
redaction of Trieste in Oct. 1812. He died Commander-in-
<-.!,. „fi„ ,!,„ Mo,Ht„„anMn 19 nac..l819.
FRENCH— FRERE-FRICKER— FRIEND.
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This otBoer entered the Royal Naval College 5
June, 1823 ; and embarked, 26 June, 1824, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Sebingapatam 46, Capt.
Chas. Sotheby, on the Mediterranean station. Until
hie promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 25 Oct.
1829, he next served on board the Chaliengek 28,
and Pallas 42, both commanded by Capt. Adolphus
FitzClarenoe, Briton 42, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon,
and VojLAGE 28, Capt. Lord Colchester. He was
afterwards appointed, on the South American,
Home, and "West India stations — 9 Aug. 1830, to
the Clio 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow— 13 Oct. 1831,
to the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walde-
grave— 1 Nov. 1832, to the Comds 18, Capt. Wm.
Price Hamilton— 17 Dec. 1832, to the Vernon 50,
flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockbum — in July and Aug.
1833, to the command of the Skipjack and Pincher
schooners— and, 16 July, 1834, to the President 52,
bearing/also the flag of Sir G. Cockbum. Ascend-
ing tl« next step in his profession 22 Deo. 1836,
CaptyTremantle mrther joined, at the Cape of Good
Hon6— 24 May, 1839, the Clio 16—12 Aug. 1841, as
AMing-Captaln, the Southampton 50. flag-ship of
Edw. Durnford King— and, 6 Nov. 1841, the
Wanderer 16. He was elevated to the rank he
iiow holds 26 Feb. 1842, but did not leave the
Wanderer until 31 July, 1842, previously to which
lie appears to have made a visit to China. Since
11 Jan. 1847 Capt. Fremantle has been in command
of the Kaleigh 50, bearing the broad pendant of
Sir Thos. Herbert on the S.E. coast of America.
He successively ofl&ciated as Private Secretary,
during Sir Robt. Peel's administration, to the Se-
cretary at War and the Chief Secretary for Ire-
land. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
FRENCH. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
John Tracev William French obtained his
commission 30 March, 1837. He was appointed, 12
May following, to the Hazard 18, Capt. Jas. Wil-
kinson, on the Mediterranean station, where he
joined, 27 Deo. 1838, the Carysfort 26, Capt.
Henry Byam Martin. He went on half-pay in 1839,
but since 8 Jan. 1847 has been employed as First
of the Dasher steam surveying-vessel, Capt. Wm.
Louis Sheringham.
FRERE. (Commander, 1846.)
John James Bartholomew Edward Frere was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 7 May, 1838.
His appointments in that capacity were — 8 May,
1838, to the Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of
Sir Robt. Stopford, under whom, in 1840, he served
throughout the operations on the coast of Syria, in-
cluding the bombardment of St. Jean d'Aore — and,
31 Dec. 1841, to the CARVsroRT 26, CaptsJ Lord
Geo. Paulet and Geo. Henry Seymour, of which
vessel, stationed in the Pacific, he ultimately became
First-Lieutenant. Since his advancement to the
rank of Commander, 9 Nov. 1846, he has been on
half-pay.
He married, 4 Feb. 1846, Anne, third daughter of
Geo. Frere, Esq., of Bedford Square. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
FEICKER. (Retired Commander, 1833.)
Robert Fricker died 12 Aug. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1775, on board
the Atalanta, and was afterwards employed, until
Aug. 1786, part of the time as Midshipman, in the
CouRACEUX, Flirt, and Assistance, Capts. Mul-
grave, Nath. Brunton, Wm. Lake, and Sir Chas.
Douglas, on the West India, Home, and North
American stations. From the date of his re-em-
barkation, 2 Aug. 1790, until within a few weeks of
his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, Which
took place 13 May, 1795, he served, on the Home
station, in the Alfred, Capts. Henry Harvey
and Thos. West, Romulus, Capt. Thos. Lennox
Fredterlck, Sandwich, Capt. Mosse, and Arrogant
74) Cant. Jas. Hawkins Wnitshed. He then accom-
panied the latter officer into the Namur 98, end,
fliirinn- fi (innt.iniin.Tir.n nf npnTlv aiv vian.ra in ihnt
ship, was present in the action off' Cape St. Vincent,
14 Feb. 1797. His succeeding appointments were
— 20 Dec. 1800, to the Formidable 98, Capt. Rich.
Grindall, with whom he made a .voyage to the West
Indies— 19 Jan. 1804, to the Signal station at New
Biggin Point — 14 Oct. 1805, to the Charles armed
ship, commanded in the North Sea by Capt. Davis
— 3 March, 1806, to the Majestic 74, bearing the
flag there of Vice- Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell
—and lastly, 18 April, 1809, to the Signal station at
Kerry Head, where he continued until 26 Sept. 1813.
He became a Retired Commander on the Junior
List 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 13 Sept. 1833.
FRIEND. (LiEOT., 1812. F-P., 10 ; H-p., 32.)
Charles Friend, bom 16 Sept. 1793, at Rams-
gate, is brother of Lieut. M. C. Friend, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Dec. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Camel store-ship, Capt.
John Joyce, from which, after visiting Gibraltar
and the Rio de la Plata, he was transferred, as
Midshipman, in Nov. 1807, to the Grampus 50, Capt.
Jas. Haldane Tait, then at the Cape of Good Hope.
In the boats of the Active of 46 guns, Capt. Jas.
Alex. Gordon, whom he joined, 22 July, 1809, Mr.
Friend, on 29 June, 1810, contributed to the cap-
ture of a convoy in the harbour of Groa. He next,
on 12 Feb. 1811, assisted in bringing out another
from Ortona, although encountered by the most
fearful obstacles ; and, on 27 July in the same year,
he was officially reported in the highest terms for
his instrumentality, as Master's Mate, in capturing
and destroying 28 sail of merchantmen, defended,
in a creek of the island of Ragosniza, by 3 gun-
vessels and a body of 300 troops.* On 13 March,
1811, Mr. Friend was further present in the memo-
rable action off Lissa, when a British squadron,
carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, com-
pletely routed, after a conflict of six hours, and a
loss to the Active of 4 killed and 24 wounded, a
Franco-Venetian armament, whose force amounted
to 284 guns and 2655 men ; and, on 29 Nov. en-
suing, he shared in a hard-fought combat of an
hour and a half, which, in rendering the Active
captor of the Pomone, of 44 guns and 332 men, 50
of whom were killed and wounded, occasioned her
a loss of 8 killed and 27 wounded, including Capt.
Gordon, who lost a leg. As a reward for his con-
duct off Lissa, Mr. Friend, on his passing certificate
reaching the Admiralty, was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant by commission dated 12 June, 1812 ;
and, on 5 Oct. following, he was appointed to the
Eclipse 18, Capt. Henry Lynne, in the West In-
dies. From 21 April until 9 Dec. 1815, he served
on board the Hardy 14, Capt. Jas. Athill ; but he
has not, since the latter date, been afloat.
Lieut. Friend holds the appointment of Govern-
ment Agent for Emigration at Cork. He married,
24 Sept. 1829, Eliza Malpas, eldest daughter of Geo.
Weatherall, Esq., of Brompton, co. Kent. Agents
— Goode and Lawrence.
FRIEND, F.E.S. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 10;
H-p., 31.)
Matthew Curling Friend is brother of Lieut.
C. Friend, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 July, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Argo 44, Capt. Stephen
Thos. Digby, with whom he continued to serve, in
the Theban and Cornwallis, on the African and
West and East India stations, nearly the whole
time as Midshipman and Master's Mate, until Oct.
1814. He thbn successively joined the Monmouth
64 and NAMUii 74, flag-ships in the Downs of Sir
Thos. Foley aiid Sir Thos. WilUams; and while
afterwards serving in the We6t Indies, as Admi-
ralty-Midshipman of the BombAt 74, Capt. Henry
Bazely, he was promoted to his present rank 16
Feb. 1815. On 6 June, 1815, he was appointed to
the Bucephalus 32, Capts. Geo. Wm. Hughes
D'Aeth and Amos Freeman Westropp, with whom
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FUGE-FULFORD-FULLARTON-FULLER-FURBER.
he served off St. Helena until Aug. 1816. He has
not since been employed.
He holds a civil situation at Van Digmen'a Land.
Agents— Goode and Lawrence.
FUGE. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Editakd Phillott FnGE passed his examina-
tion 23 June, 1836 ; and after serving for some
time as Mate of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship at
Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore, and Savage 10,
Lieut. -Commander John Harrison Bowker, on the
Mediterranean station, obtained a commission
dated 8 Nov. 1844. Since 18 of the following Dec.
he has been serving in the Mediterranean, on board
the Fantome 16, Capts. Sir Fred. Wm. Erskine Ni-
cholson and Thos. Philip Le Hardy, latterly as First-
Lieutenant.
FULFOKD. (Commander, 1840. r-p., 22;
H-p., 4.)
John Fclfokd, bom 16 Feb. 1809, is third son of
Baldwin Fulford, Esq., of Great Fulford, co. Devon,
Lieut.-Colonel of the Devon Militia, by Anna
Maria, eldest daughter of the late Wm. Adams,
Esq., of Bowdon, Totness, M.P. for that borough.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6
Dec. 1821 ; and embarked, 10 Oct. 1823, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Tamah 26, Capt. Jas. John
Gordon Bremer, with whom he proceeded to the
East Indies. After an attachment of three years,
as Midshipman and Master's Mate, to the Chal-
lenger 28, Capt. Adolphus FitzClarence, and
"Wasp 18, Capts. Rich. Dickinson, Hon. Wm.
Wellesley, Chas. Basden, Edw. Hoste, and Bruns-
wick Popham, on the Home and Mediterranean sta-
tions, he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 14 Nov.
1830, of the Bbmannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Pul-
teney Malcolm. He |returned to the Wasp in a
similar capacity 3 Dec. following ; and being offi-
cially promoted 29 July, 1831, was afterwards ap-
pointed, chiefly in the Mediterranean — 14 Feb. and
8 May, 1833, to the Donegal 74 and Britannia
120, bearing each the flag of Sir P. Malcolm — 20
Aug. 1834, to the Edinburgh 74, Capt. JSs. Rich.
Dacrcs — 30 Nov. 1835, to the Orestes 18, Capts.
Henry John Codrington, Jidius Jas. Farmer Newell,
and Wm. Holt— 8 Sept. 1838, to the Princess'
Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Stopford —
and, 25 Oct. following, to the Talbot 28, Capt.
H. J. Codrington. For his services as Senior Lieu-
tenant of the latter frigate at the bombardment of
St. Jean d'Acre, he was advanced to the rank of
Commander 4 Nov. 1840 ; in which capacity his
appointments have since been — 31 May, 1841, to the
Benbow 74, Capt. Houston Stewart, also in the
Jlediterranean — 27 May, 1842, to the Camperdown
104, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Brace at Sheerness — 3
July, 1844, to the Coast Guard at Hastings — and 29
Oct. 1845, to the President 50, flag-ship at the
Cape of Good Hope of his old Captain, Kear-Ad-
miral J. R. Dacres, with whom he is now serving.
He married, 6 June, 1844, Isabella, eldest daugh-
ter of John Russell, Esq., Principal Clerk of Session
in Scotland, by whom he has issue. Agent — J.
Hinxman.
FULLAETON. (Liehtenant, 1828. f-p., 18;
H-p., 14.)
John Campbell Fdllarton was bom 2 Oct.
1802, at Fairfield, in Ayrshire.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 May, 1815, as
a Volunteer, on board the Larne 20, Capt. Sir
John Gordon Sinclair, on the Home station, where
he next joined the Nimrod 18, Capts. John Mao-
pherson Ferguson and John Windham Dalling.
From 1 Feb. 1819, until 2 Oct. 1821, on which date
he passed his examination, he further served on
board the Vengedr and Genoa 74'b, both com-
manded by Capt. Fred. Lewis Maltland— in the
former of which ships he visited South America
and the Mediterranean. During the next six years
we find him successively officiating as Mate, on
various stations, of the Impregnable 98, flag-ship
of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, Jupiter 60, Capt.
Geo. Aug. Westphal, Lifpey 50, Capt. Chas. Grant,
Asia 84, Capt. Mark John Currie, Ganges 84, Capt.
Patrick Campbell, and Doris 42, Capt. Sir J. G.
Sinclair. In the Jupiter Mr. Fullarton escorted
Lord Amherst to India in 1822. On 27 Nov. 1827
he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Menai 26,
Capts. Chas. Gordon and Thos. Bourchier, in South
America. Being confirmed while in that vessel by
commission dated 29 March, 1828, he was after-
wards appointed on the same and East India sta^
tions— 4 June, 1831, to the Samarang 28, Capt.
Chas. Henry Paget— 11 Aug. 1832, as FirstrLicute-
nant to the Clio 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow, in
which sloop he continued until 17 June, 1833 — 17
July, 1837, in a similar capacity, to the Wellesley
74, flag-ship of Sir F. L. Maitland— and, 11 March,
1818, to the Zebra 18, Capt. Robt. Contart M'Crea.
He has been on half-pay since 27 Oct. 1838.
Lieut. Fullarton married, 3 Feb. 1835, Rosa, only
daughter of — Sherwood, Esq., of Chichester.
FULLER. (Commander, 1814. r-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
Rose Henry Fuller is youngest son of the late
John Trayton Fuller, Esq., of Ashdown House, co.
Sussex, by Anne Eliott, daughter of Geo. Augustus
Eliott, who was created Baron Heathfield for his
memorable defence of Gibraltar. He is collaterally
descended from the great Sir Eras. Drake, and is
brother of Augustus Eliott Fuller, Esq., M.P. for
East Sussex — of the present Sir Thos. Drake, Bart.,
of Nutwell Court, co. Devon — and of Commander
Wm. Stephen Fuller, B.N., who died 10 Sept. 1815.
This officer entered the Navy, in 180^ as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Lapwing 28, Capts. Fras. Wm.
Fane and Clotworthy Upton, in which frigate he
cruized among the Western Islands and on the Cork
station until the summer of 1805, when he rejoined
Capt. Fane on board the Hind 28. In June, 1808,
he followed the same officer into the Cambrian 40,
commanded afterwards by Capt. Chas. Bullen ; and,
on 13 Dec. 1810, he appears to have been twice
wounded, as Master's Mate, while serving in her
boats, with those of a squadron, at the destruc-
tion, in the Mole of Palamos, of a large convoy pro-
tected by two batteries, on which occasion, out of
600 British officers and men, upwards of 200 were
killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. Obtaining
his first commission 21 March, 1812, Lieut. Fuller,
on 12 Aug. 1812, was appointed to the Swiftsure
74, Capts. Jeremiah Coghlan and Edw. Stirling
Dickson ; and in the boats of that ship he was again
very severely wounded, 26 Nov. 1813, at the cap-
ture, by boarding, of the CharlematiTie privateer, of
8 guns and 93 men, whose fire, besides wounding
14 of the Swiptsdre's people, killed 5 of their
number.* Since his last promotion, which took
place 15 June, 1814, Commander Fuller, who for
his wounds receives a pension of 1502., has been on
half-pay.
He married, in Nov. 1831, Margaretta Jane, sister
of the present Sir Robt. Sheffield, Bart., of Nor-
manby, co. Lincoln, by whom he has issue.
FULLER. (Liedtenant, 1827.)
William Fuller entered the Navy 1 Uov. 1809 ;
passed his examination in 1824 ; obtained his com-
mission 31 Dec. 1827 ; joined tlie Coast Guard 28
June, 1841; and, since 7 Feb. 1844, has been in
command of the Dolphin Revenue-vessel.
He married, 25 Sept. 1828, Elizabeth Mary, eldest
daughter of the late Wm. Bampton, Esq., of Clarc-
mont Square, London, and has issue. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
FURBER. (C0MMANDEK,1824. f-p.,21;h-p.,31.)
Thomas Forber had a brother who was Signal
Officer, on board the Blenheim, to Sir Thos. Trou-
bridge, when that ship was lost in 1807.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1795, on
board the Undaunted 40, Capts. Henry Roberts
and B'**-JiuiiJtliroD. bearing the broad pendant
FUUNEAUX-GABRIEL.
383
for some time of Commodore John Thos. Duck-
worth, in which frigate, after assisting at the cap-
ture of Demerara and Ste. Lucie, he was wrecked
on the Morant Keys 27 Aug. 1796. Until advanced
to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Oct. 1801, he next suc-
cessively served on board the Alfred 74, Capts.
Thos. Drury and Thos. Totty, Scipio, Capt. Davies,
VAKODAnD 74, flag-ship of Sir Horatio Nelson,
Cruizer 18, Capt. Chas. WoUaston, Ardent 64,
Capt. Thos. Bertie, and De Ruyter 64, Capt. Rich.
Dacres. During that period he contributed to the
capture of Trinidad, and, as aide-de-camp to Capt.
Totty, commanded the seamen employed on shore
in the unsuccessful attack on Puerto Rico in 1797 —
was present in the Crdizer at the taking of six
French privateers, carrying in the whole 68 guns
and 282 men — and had charge of the Ahdent's
signals in the action off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801.
In May, 1802, Mr. Furber, who had been promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant on 7 of the preceding
Oct., joined the Blenheim 74, Capts. Thos. Graves
and Wm. Ferris, stationed in the West Indies,
where, with two of that ship's boats under his
orders, he boarded and carried, in a most spirited
manner, after a puU of an hour and a half in the
heat of the sun, and under a fire of grape and mus-
qu'etry, La Fortunes French privateer, of 2 guns,
6 swivels, and 29 men, 15 Sept. 1803.* On 16 of
the following Nov. we find him eliciting the warmest
praise of Capt. Graves for his gallant conduct at
the cutting out from the harbour of Marin, Mar-
tini(iue, not without mutual loss, of the Harmonie, a
notorious privateer, of 8 guns and 66 men ;t after
which, on the night of 4 March, 1804, he further
acquired the approbation of Capt. Ferris, and was
severely wounded over the left eye in a dashing
although unsuccessful attack made by him with
two boats and 50 men on the French national and
desperately-defended schooner Curieuse, lying chain-
moored close under a fort at the town of St. Pierre,
whose fire, conjointly with that from the shore,
killed and wounded more than half of her brave
assailants-l After acting for two months as Cap-
tain of the Blenheim, Mr. Furber, on 8 May, 1805,
was appointed to the Flora 36, Capt. Loftus Otway
Bland, as First Lieutenant of which frigate he
again took command of two boats, and, on 25 Nov.
1806, succeeded by his exertions in capturing, off
Oporto, after rowing for six hours, the Spanish
privateer El Espedarte, of 6 guns, 6 swivels, and
41 men.§ The Flora being unfortunately wrecked
off the coast of Holland, 19 Jan. 1808, Mr. Furber,
who had previously been in acting-command of that
ship for the space of a month, was, on 12 of the
following June, after a short captivity, appointed
to the CnEROKEE 10, Capt. Rich. Arthur, with
whom he continued until 10 Oct. in the same year,
when he joined the Lively 38, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley.
In March, 1809 (having fitted out and ballasted a
schooner for that purpose in four Jiours), he was sent
home with the despatches relative to the fall of
Vigo and Santiago, after delivering which he re-
joined the Lively, and continued, as he had pre-
viously done, to officiate as her First Lieutenant
until again wrecked, off Malta, in Aug. 1810. From
22 March, 1811, until 21 Feb. 1814, he subsequently
served, also as Senior, on board the Elizabeth and
Bellona 74's, Capts. Edw. Leveson Gower and G.
M'Xiinley, chiefly off the coasts of Portugal, France,
and Spain. At length, on 1 Sept. 1824, after having
held a Lieutenant's commission for 23 years, 10 of
which had been passed os First Lieutenant of fri-
gates and line-otbattle ships, he was promoted,
from the Isis 50, Capt. Thos. Forrest (to which ship
}ie had been appointed 5 July, 1823), to the com-
mand, in consequence of a death vacancy, of the
Helicon sloop. In that vessel he returned home
from Carthagena in July, 1825, with Colonel Hamil-
ton, the Senior Commissioner, on board, bringing
at the same time the first treaty of commerce be-
tween Great Britain and Columbia. He was then
paid off, and has not since been employed,
In consideration of his gallantry at the capture
of the Hai-manie, Commander Furber, in 1804, was
presented by the Patriotic Society with a sword
valued at bOl. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
• V. Gnu. l«n<, p. .1.
J V. Gaz. 1804,^.630.
t V. Gaz. 1804, pp. no, 111.
j y. (laz. 180(i, p. 1608.
FUENEAUX. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
James Holmes Fdrneaux passed his examina-
tion 29 Aug. 1839 ; and served, as Mate, on board
the Southampton 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good
Hope of Sir Edw. Dumford King, Excellent gun-
nery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings,
Mdtine 12, Capt. Rich.; Borough Crawford, fit-
ting at Devonport, and Excellent again, Capts.
Sir T. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads. For a
few months subsequent to his promotion, which
took place 30 Dec. 1845, Mr. Furneaux was em-
ployed at the Cape of Good Hope, as Additional-
Lieutenant of the President 50, bearing the flag of
Rear- Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres ; and, since 3 Oct.
1846, he has been again serving with Capt. Chads
in the Excellent.
FUENEAUX. (Capt., 1829. f-p., 17 ; h-p.,25.)
John Fdrneaux, born 27 April, 1793, at Swilly,
Stoke Damerel, is third son of the late Rev. Jas.
Furneaux ; grandson of Jas. Furneaux, Esq., R.N.,
many years First-Lieutenant to Hon. Rich. Byron ;
and grand-nephew of Capt. Tobias Furneaux, R.N.,
who commanded the Adventure, and accompanied
Capt. Cook.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 May, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Acasta, 40, Capt. Rich.
Dalling Dunn, and, after sharing in the pursuit of
'Jerome Buonaparte, and participating in the action
off St. Domingo, successively joined, as Midship-
man, the Royal George 100, and San Josef 1 10,
bearing each the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth,
under whom, in the Royal George, he received a
severe wound in the left jaw at the passage of the
Dardanells, 19 Feb. 1807.* On quitting the San
Josef, from which ship he had been for some time
lent to the Amazon 38, Capt. Wm. Parker, Mr.
Furneaux, in May, 1810, accomplinied Sir John
Duckworth, who had been appointed Commander-
in-Chief at Newfoundland, into the Antelope 50 ;
and of that ship he was created a Lieutenant 13
June, 1812. After a servitude of 16 months in the
Pomone 38, Capts. Eras. Wm. Fane and Philip Car-
teret, on the Home station, he obtained command,
19 July, 1814, of the Cephalds 18, in which sloop
he co-operated with the Royalists on the coast of
France, and up the Gironde, during the war of a
Hundred Days, and was otherwise employed until
paid off 24 Sept. 1815. His next appointment, we
find, was, 26 May, 1818, to the Carron 20,t fitting
for the East India station, where he was unfortu-
nately wrecked, in the Bay of Bengal, and with
difficulty saved, 6 July, 1820. On next assuming
command, 15 Sept. 1825, of the Hind 20, Capt. Fur-
neaux returned to India ; whence he brought home
the Andromeda, a new 46-gun frigate, towards the
close of 1829— on 16 March in which year he had,
been promoted to Post-rank. He has not since been
employed.
Capt. Furneaux, in consideration of the wound he
received on board the Royal George, obtained a
gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. Agents— Messrs.
Halford and Co.
G.
GABEIEL, K.H. (Captain, 1831. f-p., 18;
H-p., 35.)
James Wallace Gabriel, bom 5 April, 1783,
at Hamwortb, co. Middlesex, is third son of the
late Rev. Robt. Burd Gabriel, D.D., Rector of Has-
lington and Hamworth. His eldest brother, Burd,
is a Colonel in the Army, a C.B. and K.H. ; an-
other, John, was a Major in the Hon. E. I. Go's
* fide Gaz. 1807, p. 557.
t The Carron, on her passage out, conveyed Sir Ralph
Darling, as Governor, to the Isle of France.
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GABRIEL— GAGE.
service, and died in India in 1815 ; and a third,
Tere, died while First-Lieutenant of H.M.S. Active
in 1824.
This officer entered the Navy, in the early part
of the French Revolutionary war, as a Boy, on
hoard the Komnet 50, Capt. Frank Sotheron, bear-
ing the flag at Newfoundland of his godfather. Sir
Jas. Wallace ; the former of whom he accompanied
into the Latona 38. He was promoted to a Lieu-
tenancy, 17 March, 1800, in the Aiecto 16, Capts.
Lenox Thompson and llobt. O'Brien, and was after-
wards appointed — 1 June, 1802, to the Phcebe 36,
Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel — and, in 1805-6, as
First-Lieutenant, to the BBiLtiANT 28, and Pomone
38, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Barrie. On 14
July, 1803, Mr. Gabriel appears to have been shot
through the body and to nave had his thigh dread-
fully lacerated by a pike during a sanguinary conflict
which terminated in the Phoebe's boats obtaining
temporary possession of a large fully-manned ship
near Civita Veochia. For his gallantry and exertions
on this occasion the Patriotic Society presented
him with a sword valued at 50/., and also with the
sum of 501. While under Capt. Barrie, with whom
he continued until vprecked, on the Needles Point,
14 Oct. 1811, Lieut. Gabriel obtained the official
thanks — of Sir Rich. Keats for his zealous exertions,
in 1807, in burning H.M. brig Atalaste, in face
of the enemy, when on shore among the breakers
on Isle St. Martin, after the boats of the Penelope
had failed in the attempt, as also for his merito-
rious exertions to save the crew of H.M. cutter
Pigmy, during a tremendous gale and the most in-
tensely cold weather, off He de Re — of Sir Rich. ,
Strachan and Lord Gardner (the latter of whom
strongly recommended him to the Admiralty for
promotion) for his able and gallant conduct in cap-
turing and destroying, with the boats of the Po-
mone, 14 of the enemy's vessels under Sable
d'Olonne, 5 June, 1807* — and of Lord Henry Paulet
and Lord Collingwood for his gallant conduct in
cutting out a large French brig from under the guns
of the batteries yf Oneglia.f He was also publicly
thanked for his spirited behaviour, on 11 May,
1810, in capturing, with the boats of the Pomone,
the French privateer Le Jupiter, of 12 12-pounders
and 68 men; and on 1 May, 1811, he was again
very highly lauded for the share he took in a
valiant action of an hour and a half in Sagone Bay,
where the Pomone, in company vrith the tlNiTi; 36
and Scout 18, effectually destroyed, after incurring
an individual loss of 2 men killed and 19 wounded,
the two armed store-ships Giraffe and Nourrice,
■ each mounting from 20 to 30 guns, and protected
by a 5-guu battery, a martello tower, and a body of
about 200 regular troops.J He attained the rank
of Commander 21 March, 1812, but was unable to
procure employment until 2 June, 1830, when he
commissioned the Coldmbine 18, fitting for the West
India station ; where he was posted, 2 July, 1831,
into the Magnificent receiving-ship. After cre-
ditably conducting the port duties for a short time
at Port Royal, he returned to ^England, and has
not since been afloat.
Capt. Gabriel was awarded a pension of 1501. for
his wounds 2 Dec. 1815, and nominated a K.H. 1
Jan. 1837. He married, in 1815, Maria, sister of
Commander Thos. Holbrook, R.N., by whom he has
issue a son and daughter. ,
GAGE, Kt., G.C.H. (Admiral of the Blde,
1846. F-P., 26 ; H-P., 32.)
SiE William Hall Gage, born 2 Oct. 1777, is
youngest son of General the late celebrated Hon.
Thos. Gage, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in
North America, by Margaret, daughter of Peter
Kemble, Esq., President of the Council of New
Jersey ; brother-in-law of Admiral Sir Chas. Ogle,
• Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 838.
f As a mark of tneir admiration, Lord Henry Paulet and
his crew, who witnessed this affair, refused to participate in
tlieir sliare of tlie capture.
t F. Gaz. ISU.p. 1249.
Bart, and of the Earl of Abingdon ; and uncle of
the present Viscount Gage.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1789, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74, guard-ship
at Portsmouth, Capt. Eras. John Hartwell ; and, on
1 Sept. 1790, became Midshipman of the Captain
74, Capt. Arch. Dickson. Until 19 Jan. 1796, he
next served, on the Home, West India, and Medi-
terranean stations, in the Colossus 74, Capt. Henry
Harvey, Pkoserpine frigate, Capt. Jas. Alms,
Amekica, Capt. Hon. John Rodney, Egmont 74,
Capt. A. Dickson, Pkincess Rotal 98, flag-ship (in
the actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795) of Viee-
Admiral Sam. Cranston Goodall, Bedford 74,*
Capt. Augustus Montgomery, and Victobf 100,
flag-ship of Sir John Jervis. On leaving the Vic-
tory, Mr. Gage (whose confirmation took place 11
March, 1796) was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of
the MiNERVE, of 42 guns and 286 men, Capts. Geo.
Henry Towry, Chas. Ogle, and Geo. Cockbum,
bearing the broad pendant latterly of Commodore
Nelson, by whom he was awarded every praise that
gallantry and zeal could entitle him to for his con-
duct, on 20 Deo. 1796, at the capture, in face of the
Spanish fleet, of the Sabina of 40, and defeat of the
Matilda of 34 guns— the former of which did not
surrender to the Minerve (whose loss altogether
amounted to 7 men killed and.44 wounded) until after
a combat of three hours and an individual loss of 14
killed and 44 wounded, f Mr. Gage, who had pre-
viously assisted at the capture of L'Etonnant na-
tional corvette, of 18 guns, next witnessed the eva-
cuation of Porto Ferrajo, and, on 14 Feb. 1797, was
present in the action off Cape St. Vincent. He
also, on 28 May, 1797, served with the boats of the
Minerve and Lively, and particularly distin-
guished himself at the capture, close to the to?ra of
Santa Cruz, after a loss to the British of 15 men
wounded, of La Mutine French national corvette
of 14 guns, which was brought out notwithstanding
a smart fire of musketry from the crew, 113 in
number, and a heavy discharge of artillery and
small arms from the shore, as also the fire of a
large ship at anchor in the road. J Attaining the
rank of Commander 13 June following, Capt. Gage,
on 26 July in the same year, was made Post into
the Terpsichore 32. While in that frigate he as-
sisted in seizing several French vessels lying at
Tunis, served at the blockade of Malta until Feb.
1799, then escorted the King of Sardinia from Leg-
horn to Sardinia, captured on 23 of the ensuing
June the San Antonio^ a Spanish brig-of-war, of 14
guns and 70 men,§ and in July, 1800, contributed
to the detention of the Freija Danish frigate, in
consequence of a refusal on the part of her Com-
mander to allow the British to search a convoy
under his orders. Capt. Gage's subsequent ap-
pointments were — 5 March, 1801, to the Ubanie
38, on the Channel station, where he elicited the
warmest thanks of his senior officer, Capt. Chas.
Brisbane, for his judicious arrangement of his
boats previously to the cutting out, by them and
those of the Doris and Beaulieu, of the French
national ship La Chevrette, of 20 guns and 350 men,
one of the most brilliant exploits of the kind ever
performedll— 20 July, 1805, after an interval of three
years, to the Thetis 38, employed in the North Sea
and also in the Mediterranean, which ship, on his
return home with Sir Arthur Paget, who had been
on an embassy to the Ottoman Porte, he left, in
1808— and, 5 Feb. 1813, to the Indus 74, part of Sir
Edw. Pellew's fleet in his partial action with the
French off Toulon 13 Feb. 1814. He again went
on half-pay on 14 Sept. in the latter year ; and, as-
suming the rank of Rear-Admiral, 19 July, 1821,
was afterwards employed as Commander-in-Chief
of H.M. ships in the East Indies from 13 Dec. 1825,
to 9 Jan. 1830— of a squadron in the Downs from
10 May to 13 July, 1833— and of the Naval force
* The Bedford was in company with the Censeur 74,
when that ship and several merchantmen were captured l»y
the French Admiral Riohery, 7 Oct. 1795.
+ Vide Gaz. 1797, p. 200. 1 V. Gaz. 1797, p. 644.
5 r.Gaz. I799,p.741. || V. " -"
.Gay.. 1801, p. 919.
GAHAN-GALE-GALLAWAY-GALLICHAN.
385
on the Lisbon station, from 9 April, 1834, to 17 Dec.
1837.
Sir Wm. Hall Gage, who has not since been
afloat, and had been knighted and nominated a
G.C.H. 19 April, 1834, became a Vice-Admiral 10
Jan. 1837, and a full Admiral 9 Nov. 1846. From
3 Feb. 1842, until 1846, he occupied a seat at the
Board of Admiralty.
GAHAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 21.)
George Gahas, born 12 Aug. 1794, at Plymouth,
is of an Irish family of very ancient descent, and
nearly allied to many of the nobility of the present
day. His father, an old oificer in the Navy, was
Master's Mate of the Irresistible in Bridport's
action, afterwards commanded the William and
Lucy gun-vessel at Plymouth for several years, and
was on board the Delight in Jan. 1808, when that
sloop was destroyed by the enemy on the coast of
Calabria, on which occasion he was taken prisoner.
His grandfather served as an Ensign under George
II. at the battle of Dettingen in 1743, and died
Commandant of the Isles of Soilly in 1785.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 7 Aug. 1805, as
L.M., on board the Hornet, guard-ship at Scilly,
Lieut.-Commander Chas. Williams ; joined, in May,
1807, the Salvador del Mundo, bearing the flag
at Plymouth of Admiral Wm. Young; and while
next attached, from Aug. 1809 to June, 1812, to the
Jalouse sloop, Capt. Henry Gage Morris, assisted
at the capture, 29 Jan. 1810, of .Le Charles privateer,
of 14 guns and 90 men, and was much employed in
escorting convoys to the West Indies. He then
removed to the Childers 18, Capts. John Bedford
and John Brand Umfreville, with whom he succes-
sively served until Aug. 1815 ; during which period
he appears to have seen much active service, and
on 15 Sept. 1814 to have taken part in an unsuc-
cessful attack on Fort Bowyer, Mobile, where the
Hermes, one of the British sijuadron, was destroyed.
Wo also find Mr. Gahan frequently officiating as
prize-master of captured merchantmen. In Dec.
1815, being then on board the Pique 36, Capt. Hon.
Anthony Maitland, at Plymouth, he was promoted
for his services to the rank he now holds by com-
mission dated back to 5 of the previous Oct., the
day after that on which he had passed his exa-
mination. He joined the Coast Blockade, as Super-
numerary-Lieutenant of the Talavera 74, Capts.
Hugh Pigot and David Colby, 9 July, 1830. In
consequence of injury brought on by his zeal, acti-
.vity, and perseverance in the suppression of smug-
gling, he was obliged, on 16 Nov. 1832, to resign an
appointment in the Coast Guard, to which service
he had been transferred, and enter a naval hospital,
where he was confined for the space of nine months.
He was, however, re-appointed 22 Sept. 1835, and
in Sept. 1837 was invested with a three years' com-
mand of the Dove Revenue-vessel. Since 3 Jan.
1843 he has again been in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Gahan, who bears a very high character
for successful activity, has been presented with a
silver medal from the Royal Humane Society for
his exertions in saving the lives of three men who
had been cast away near Winterton. He married,
first, in 1819, his cousin, Elizabeth Gahan, by whom
he had one daughter, now living ; and, secondly, 18
May, 1838, Honor Cole, third daughter of Wm.
Cornish, Esq., of Merazion, a Magistrate and De-
puty-Lieutenant for CO. Cornwall, grand-niece of
the late Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, R.N., K.C.B.,
and sister-in-law of Lieut. Jas. Clayton, R.N., by
whom he has issue two sons.
Colins Deacon, nearly the whole time as Midship-
man, until 1815. He then successively joined the
FuRiEusE 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, Primrose 18,
Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, and Bermuda 10,
Capt. John Pakenham ; which latter vessel, while
on her passage from the Gulf of Mexico, was lost
near Tampico Bar, 16 Nov. 1816. From the occur-
rence of that event, and until again wrecked in
Kingstown Harbour, DubUn, 3 March, 1824, Mr.
Gale further served, on the Home, West India, and
Mediterranean stations, in the Tigris 36;^ Capt.
Robt. Henderson, Spartan 38, Capt. Wm. Furlong
Wise, Ptramds 42, Capt. Fras. Newoombe, Severn
40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, andDwARF, Capt. Nicholas
Gould. During the period of his being borne on
the books of the Severn, from 1820 to 1822, he ap-
pears to have been employed in the Coast Block-
ade. During the latter months of 1824 we find him
serving on board the Meteor and Bramble, Capts.
Jas. Scott and Thos. Favell. He was then pro-
moted by commission dated back to 21 Jan. in that
year. Since 2 July, 1840, he has been in command
of a station in the Coast Guard. Agents— Messrs.
Chard.
GALE. (Lieutenant, 1824. p-p., 23; h-p., 16.)
Charles Gale entered the Navy, 14 Feb. 1808,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, Capts. Wm.
Lukin, Jas. Ivaton, John Surman Garden, and Henry
Raper, bearing the flag at first of Rear-Admiral
Rich. Goodwin Keats, on the Baltic station ; where,
and on the coasts of Spain, Portugal, and America,
he continued to serve, in the same ship and in the
NioBE 38, Capts. Wm. Augustus Montagu andllcnry
GALLAWAY. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 32.)
Alexander Gallaway, born 28 May, 1792, at
Gisborough, co. York, is son of a Boatswain in the
Royal Navy.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1800, as a
Boy, on board the Topaze frigate, Capt. Geo.
Church, and in the following May became Fst.-cl.
Vol. of the Renown 74, fiag-ship in the Channel
and Mediterranean of Sir John Borlase Warren.
While next attached, from May, 1805, to Nov. 1808,
to the Thunderer 74, Capts. Wm. Lechmere, John
Stockham, and John Talbot, he assisted, as Mid-
shipman, in Sir Robt. Calder's action, was wounded
at the battle of Trafalgar,* served at the siege of
Gaeta, was again wounded at the passage of the
Dardanells, and attended the expedition to Egypt.
Until officially promoted, 21 March, 1812, he after-
wards, occasionally as Acting-Lieutenant, served, on
the Home and Jamaica stations, in the Cordelia,
Capt. Thos. Fprtescue Kennedy, Hound, Capt.
Nicholas Lockyer, Cordelia again, Capt. T. F.
Kennedy, (under whom he served during the expe-
dition to the Walcheren,) Podargus, Capt. Wm.
Hellard, Polyphemus 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral
Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, Racoon, Capt. Wm.
Black, and Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Mait-
land. From 15 March, 1813, to 18 April, 1815, he
officiated as Lieutenant, on the Baltic and Ja-
maica stations, of the Thracian sloop, Capt. John
Carter. He has since been employed in the Mer-
chant Service.
Lieut. Gallaway was pecuniarily rewarded for
his wounds by the Patriotic Society. He married,
28 July, 1812, and has issue four children. Agents
— Messrs. Stilwell.
GALLICHAN. (Lieut., 1810. p-p., 12; h-p., 37.)
James Gallichan entered the Navy, 7 April,
1798, as L.M., on board the Belliqueux 64, Capts.
John Inglis and Rowley Bulteel, under the latter
of whom, in Aug. 1799, he attended the expedition
to the Holder. During the last two years of the
French revolutionary war he served, as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, in the Act-«:on brig ; and on
next joining the Kite, Capt. Philip Pipon, he co-
operated in the bombardment of Granville in Sept.
1803. He was afterwards employed for five years
in the Cesar 80, Capts. Sir Rich. John Strachan,
Thos. Geo. Shortland, Chas. Richardson, and Wm.
Granger. He was consequently present at the cap-
ture of the four line-of-battle ships which had
efiected their escape from Trafalgar, 4 Nov. 1805 ;
the destruction, oif Cape Henry, of the 74-gun ship
L' Impe'tueitx, 14 Sept. 1806 ; the destruction also of
three French frigates under the batteries of Sable
d'Olonne, and of the shipping in Aix Roads, in 1809 ;
and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the expedition to the
Walcheren. Since his official promotion, which
» Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 1484.
3D
386
GALLOWAY-GALLWEY-GAMBIER.
took place 4 May, 1810, Lieut. Galliohan has been
on halt-pay.
GALLOWAY. (Commander, 1806. f-p., 21 ;
H-p., 3.3.)
James Gallovfat died 12 Aug. 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1793, as
A.B., on board the Berwick 74, Capt. Sir John
Collins, and during the six following years served,
as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Bsitan-
MiA 100, flag-ship of Admiral Wm. Hotham, Tartar
28, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elpliinstone, Queen 98, flag-
ship of Sir Hyde Parker, and Ceres 32, Capts.
Eobt. Waller Otway and R. Pearson. During that
period he officiated as Signal-Midshipman of the
Britaknia in the actions of 14 March and 13 July,
1795 ; was wrecked in the Tartar, off St. Domingo,
in April, 1797 ; and was on board the Ceres at the
evacuation of Port-au-Prince in May, 1798. Being
promoted to a Lieutenancy, 24 July, 1799, in the
IlOEBUCK 44, Capt. John Buchannan, he attended
the ensuing expedition to Holland ; after which he
joined the Success 32, Capt. Shuldham Peard, and
on 13 Feb. 1801 was captured in the Mediterranean
by a French squadron under M. Ganteaume. On
being released a few days afterwards, he went on
board the Hector 74, bearing the flag of Lord
Keith ; for his services under whom, during the
expedition to Egypt, lie received the Turkish gold
medal. At the cessation of hostilities we find
Mr. Galloway paying off, as First-Lieutenant, the
FouDROYANT 80, to whicli Ship Lord Keith had
transferred his flag. From 1803 until advanced to the
rank of Commander, 22 Jan. 1806, he further served
with the latter nobleman, as his Flag-Lieutenant,
in the Monarch and Edgar 74's, on the Mediter-
ranean and Home stations. In 1809 he obtained a
command in the Sea Fencibles at Killybegs, in Ire-
land; and he was afterwards appointed— 24 May,
1810, to the Princess guard-ship at Liverpool — 19
Dec. 1812, to the Despatch 18, in which sloop he
appears to have been very actively employed at the
blockade of Santona and San Sebastian in 1813,*
and at the destruction of Stonington, in America —
in Oct. 1814, 7?ro tern, to the Narcissus 32, off New
London — and, in DeCi following, to the Penelope
frigate, amwe en fi-ute^ which he had the misfortune
to lose in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 30 April, 1815.
He was not afterwards employed.
Commander Galloway obtained the out-pension
of Greenwich Hospital 11 Feb. 1830. He married
Jane Athol, youngest daughter of Wm. Duthie,
Esq., of Cambusbarron, Stirlingshire, N. B.
GALLWEY. (Commander, 1841.)
Henry John Windham Sherbrook Payne
Gallwey entered the Navy 1 April, 1824 ; passed
his examination in 1830 ; and obtained his first
commission 6 June, 1834. His appointments, as
Lieutenant, were, on the Cape of Good Hope, Home,
and Mediterranean stationa— 8 Sept. 1834, to the
Thalia 46, Capt. Eobt. Wauchope— 21 Jan. 1835,
to the Pelorus 16, Capt. Rich. Meredith — 5 April,
1836, to the Bellerophon 74, Capt. Sam. Jackson —
15 March, 1837, to the Revenge 78, Capt. Wm.
Elliott— 30 Nov. 1837, to the Volage 28, Capt.
Henry Smith— 19 Dec. 1837, to the Howe 120, flag-
ship of Sir Robt. Waller Otway— and, 25 Nov. 1839,
to the Pique 36, Capt. Edw. Boxer. Besides com-
manding the boats of the latter frigate at the cap-
ture of the towns of Caiffa and Tsour, on the coast
of Syria — on the former of which occasions he was
officially spoken of in the highest termsf- he served
on board of her at the bombardment of St. Jean
d' Acre. He was advanced to his present rank 23
* On 1 Sept. 1813, Commander Galloway was sent witli a
division of boats, as was Commander Robert Bloye, of the
IjYba , to make a demonstration on the back of the rock of
iSt. Sebastian — an operation which, although conducted under
a heavy fire from the enemy's batteries, had the successful
effect of diverting a large proportion of the garrison fVom the
defence of the breach which had been created in the walls of
the town, and of thereby enabling the British to enter Vide
Gaz. IS13, p. 1825.
t Vide Giz, ISfO, p. 2601.
Nov. 1841 ; and, from 27 Dec. 1845 until superseded
in March, 1847, had command of the Rapid 10, on
the coast of Africa. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
GALLWEY. (Retired Captain, 1844.)
Thomas Gallwey entered the Navy, 1 June,
1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plover 18,
Capts. Edw. Galwey and Matthew Forster, chiefly
employed on the West India station, where he at-
tained the rating of Midshipman 5 May, 1802. In
May, 1803, he joined the Melpomene 44, Capts.
Robt. Dudley Oliver, Christopher Laroche, arid
Peter Parker, and, on 22 Sept. 1807 (after an inter-
mediate servitude in the North Sea, Channel, and
Mediterranean, latterly in the Amphion 32, Capt.
Wm. Hoste), was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant. During the next two years and a half we
find him employed, on the Home station, in the
Shannon 38, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke ; after
which he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope in the
Menelaus 38, Capt. Peter Parker, and assisted at
the capture of the Isle of France in Deo. 1810.
His advancement to the rank of Commander took
place 17 March, 1812, at which period he was serv-
ing on board the Lion 64, flag-ship of Hon. Robt.
Stopford. He joined the Water-Guard service 11
Aug. 1819 ; obtained a three years' command in
the Ordinary at Chatham, 3 Feb. 1831 ; and retired
with the rank of Captain 27 Aug. 1844.
Capt. Gallwey is at present H.M. Consul at Naples.
He is married and has issue. Age>ts — Messrs.
Hallett and Robinson.
GAMBIER. (Captain, 1821. f-p., 15; h-p., 24.)
George Cornish Gambier is brother of Capt.
Robt. Gambier, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 June, 1808, as
Seo.-cl. Boy, on board the Thisbe 28, Capt. Wm.
Rogers, bearing the flag in the river Thames of
Hon. Hen. Edwin Stanhope; served, as Midship-
man, from 20 Oct. 1809, to 14 Nov. 1811, of the
Unicorn and Acasta frigates, both commanded by
Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, in the Bay of Biscay ; then
joined the Malta 80, bearing the flag in the Medi-
terranean of Rear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell ; and,
on 6 March, 1815, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant. His next appointments were, on the
East India station, to the Orlando 36, Capt. John
Clavell, Minden 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, and
TopAZE 46, Capt. John Rich. Lumley. He assumed
command, 7 Dec. 1819, of the Curlew sloop, and
on 4 June, 1821, was posted into the Dauntless 24.
He was paid off, on his return from India, towards
the close of 1823, and since that period has been
on half-pay. Agents — Collier and Snee.
GAMBIER. (©aptailt, 1814.)
Robert Gambier, bom 3 Aug. 1791, at Water-
ingbury, co. Kent, is son of the late Commissioner
Sam. Gambier, R.N., who died 11 May, 1813, by
Jane, youngest daughter of Dan. Mathew, Esq.,
of Felix Hall, oo. Essex; brother of Capt. G. C.
Gambier, R.N., and of Sir Edw. John Gambier,
Judge of Madras ; nephew of Admiral Lord Gam-
bier, G.C.B. ;"■ and second-cousin of Capt. R. F.
Gambier, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lively 38, Capt. Graham
* Lord Gambier was born at tlie Bahamas 13 Oct. 1756.
He commanded the THnNDiK bomb when that vessel was
captured by the Comte d'Estaing in 177B ; served on shore
with the naval brigade, while Captain of the Raleiob 32, at
the reduction of Cliarlestown, in 1780; commanded the
Defence 74, on 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794, on which
latter occasion he was the ftrst to out through the enemy's
line ; became Governor and Commander-in-Chief at flew-
foundland in 1802 ; co-operated with Lieut.-General Lord
Catlioapt, and was created a Baron of the United Kinjidom
for his seizure of the Danish fleet, in 1807 ; and was Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Channel fleet when Ijord Cochrane
made his celebrated attack on the French shipping in Aix
Roads in April, 1809. On 30 July, 1814, his Lordship was
nominated the head of a commission for negociating a treaty
of peace with the plenipotentiaries duly authorized for that
purpose on the part of the United States of America. He had
previously for many years fllled a seat at the Board of Ad-
'-■ "-•'=-J »^"-ir,l oftho Fleet 19 April, 1833.
GAMB1EB,-GAPE- GARDINER.
387
Eden Hamond, lying in the river Thames, and from
the following Sept. until the receipt of his first
commission, dated 5 Sept. 1810, served, in the same
capacity, and as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and
Acting-Lieutenant, in the Weymouth, Capt. John
Draper, Diadem 64, Commodore Sir Home Popham,
Sampson 64, Capt. Wm. Cuming, Sukveillante 38,
Capt. Sir Geo. Kalph Collier, and Salvador del
MuNDo and Namur, flag-ships of Admirals Wm.
Young and Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope. Of
these ships, the Diadem assisted at the reduction
of the Cape, Buenos Ayres, and Maldonado, in 1806,
and the Sorveillante, besides contributing- to the
fall of Copenhagen, in Sept. 1807, effected the cap-
ture of Le Milan French national corvette, of 18
guns, off Ushant, 30 Oct. 1809. As Lieutenant, Mr.
Gambler's appointments, we find, were, to the Ca-
ledokia 120, flag-ship of Lord Gambler, Loire 38,
Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, and Edikburgh 74,
Capt. lU)bt. lioUes, on the Channel, Baltic, and
Mediterranean stations. He assumed command, 30
Sept. 1812, of the Pelorus sloop, and, being pro-
moted to Post-rank, 6 Jime, 1814, was afterwards
employed as Captain, from 25 April, 1815, to 19
Nov. 1818, of the Myrmidon 20, and, from 18 June,
1825, until July, 1826, of the Pyramus 42. In Dec.
1820, Capt. Gambler also obtained an appointment
in the Water Guard. While in the Myrmidon he
was employed, under Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland,
in blockading the Maumusson passage until the sur-
render of Buonaparte, when he accompanied the
BsLLEROPnoN to England, bringing with him seve-
ral French officers, &c., belonging to the Emperor's
suite. He then sailed for the Mediterranean. In
the Pyramus Capt. Gambler conveyed to Vera Cruz
Mr. Morier, H.M. Commissioner to the republic of
Mexico, and at the same time afforded a passage to
Sir Kobt. Ker Porter, Consul-General at Columbia.
He accepted the lletirement 1 Oct. 1846.
He married, 27 Oct. 1815, CaroUne, fourth daugh-
ter of Major-General Gore Browne, Lieutenant-
■ Governor of Plymouth and Commandant of the
western district. Agents— Collier and Snee.
■ GAMBIEK. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 12; h-p., 19.)
lloBERT Fitzgerald Gambiee, bom 21 Nov.
1803, at Lisbon, is second son of Sir Jaa. Gambler,
F.R.S., H.M. Consul-General in the Netherlands;
grandson of the late Vice- Admiral Gambior, whose
nephew, James, was the late Admiral Lord Gam-
bier, G.C.B., and second-cousin of Capt. K. Gam-
bior, R.N. One of his brothers, Mark, is an ofBcer
in tie Army ; and another, Ferdinand, served on
board the Philomel at tbe battle of Navarin.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1816, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mvkmidon 20, com-
manded by his relative, Capt. Robt. Gambler, on
the Mediterranean station. In Dec. 1818 he be-
came Slidsliipman for some months of the Bul-
wark 76, flag-ship of Sir John Gore in the river
MedWay ; after which we find him serving in South
America and the East Indies, on board the Owen
Glendower42, Capt. Hon. Robt, CavendishSpencer,
Dauntless 24, Capt. Geo. Cornish Gambler, Lir-
IX I- 50, Commodore Chas. Grant, and Tees 26, Capt.
Thos. Coe, of which latter vessel he became Acting-
Lieutenant 1 April, 1823. Being officially pro-
moted 22 Oct. following, he was appointed, 7 June,
182-t, to the Blonde 46, Capt. Lord Byron, under
whom he was employed in conveying the remains of
tlie late King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands to
Otaheite ; and, 6 Oct. 1826, to the Asia 84, bearing
the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington. After partici-
pating in the battle of Navarin, Mr. Gambler was
jiresented by the latter officer with tlie extra com-
mission placed at his disposal, dated 21 Oct. 1827.
H e obtained command, 2 Aug. 1845, of the Sappho
16, at the Capo of Good Hope ; and, on 9 Nov. 1846,
was advanced to the rank he now holds. He is at
present on half-pay.
Capt. Gambler married, 18 Jan. 1838, Hester,
only daughter of Thos. Butler, Esq., of Berry Lodge,
Hants. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
GAPE. (Captain, 1841. i-p., 19 ; h-p., 25.)
Joseph Gape is the son of a clergyman and ma-
gistrate of St. Alban's, co. Herts.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Romney 50, Capt. Wm.
Brown, on following whom, after an intermediate
servitude on the West India station, into the Ajax
74, he bore a part in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22
July, 1805. On 21 Oct. following we find him pre-
sent in the same ship, under Lieut. John Pilfold, at
the battle of Trafelgar. In May, 1806, he became
Midshipman of the Smius 36, Capt. Wm. Prowse ;
subsequently to which he joined the Madras 54,
and Juno 32, both commanded by Capt. Chas. Marsh
Schomberg, and Amphion 32, Capt, Wm. Hoste.
While in the latter frigate Mr. Gape, on 12 May,
1808, shared in a very spirited engagement of many
hours with several batteries in the Bay of Rosas, in
an attempt to cut out the French frigate-built 800-
ton store-ship Balline, mounting from 26 to 30 guns,
with a crew of 150 men. He also, on 27 Aug. 1809,
served with a detachment under Lieut. C. G. R.
Phillott at the storming of the strong fort of Cor-
telazzo, near Trieste, the capture of which occa-
sioned the simultaneous surrender, within sight of
the Italian squadron off Venice, of six of the enemy's
gun-boats and a large convoy of merchant traba-
colos anchored for protection under its walls.* On
29 June, 1810, Mr. Gape further landed, near the
town of Groa, and, after defeating a large body
of French troops, assisted at the capture and de-
struction of a convoy of 25 veSsels.f He was ulti-
mately promoted to a Lieutenancy, 19 March, 1811,
in the Achille 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis,
with whom he continued to serve in the Mediter-
ranean until 1812 ; between which period and his
promotion to the rank of Commander, 16 Feb. 1814,
he officiated, as Flag-Lieutenant, in the Alonzo,
Escort, and Shark, to Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown,
on the Guernsey and Jamaica stations. He after-
wards, from 18 Feb. 1814, to 15 Dec. 1815, and from
24 April, 1830, to 11 March, 1834, commanded the
Snake and Pelican sloops, on the West India and
Blediterranean stations. Capt. Gape, whose next
appointment was to an Inspecting Commandership,
4 Oct. 1837, in the Coast Guard, acquired his pre-
sent rank 23 Nov. 1841. He has not since been
employed. Agent — J. Hinxman.
GARDINER. (Commandek, 1826. f-p., 14;
H-p., 25.)
Allen Francis Gardiner is youngest son of
Sam. Gardiner, Esq., of Coombe Lodge, co. Oxford.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
May, 1808, and embarked, 23 June, 1810, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the ForthnJee 36, Capt. Henry
Vansittart, in which ship he proceeded to the Me-
diterranean with Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fre-
mantle. On next joining the Ph<ebe, of 44 guns
and 271 men, he contributed, 20 May, 1811 (while
cruizing off Madagascar in company with the As-
TEEA and Galatea, frigates nearly equal in force
to the Phcebe, and 18-gun brig Racehorse), to the
capture — after a long and trying action with the
French 40-gun frigates RenomrMe, Chrinde, and
Nmide, in which the Ph(ebe had 7 men killed and
24 wounded — of the Rmammee. On 25 of the same
month he was further present at the surrender of
the Ne're'ide, and of the settlement of Tamatave ;
and in the following summer he co-operated in the
reduction of the island of Java. Proceeding sub-
sequently to the Pacific, the Phiebe, whose force
then consisted of 46 guns and 300 men, succeeded,
in company with the 18-gun sloop Cherhb, in effect-
ing the capture, 28 May, 1814, off Valparaiso, of the
American frigate Essex, of 46 guns and 265 men,
who only struck her colours at the close of a warm
action of two hours, in which the Phcebe lost 4 men
killed and 7 wounded, and the enemy 24 killed and
45 wounded. Mr. Gardiner (whose conduct on the
occasion was the cause of his being officially recom-
mended by his Captain to the notice of the Admi-
* Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1907. f V- Gas. 1810, p. I8j8.
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GARDINER-GARDNER-GARFORTH.
ralty*) appears, in the capacity of Acting-Lieu-
tenant, to have assisted in conducting the prize to
England, and was confirmed by the Admiralty on
13 Dec. in the same year. He was afterwards ap-
pointed— 29 July, 1819, to the Leander 60, flag-
ship in the East Indies of Hon. Sir Henry Black-
wood—11 May, 1820, to the Dauntless 24, Capt.
Hon. Valentine Gardner, on the same station — 6
Feb. 1824, to the Jupitbk 60, Capts. David Dunn
and SirWm. Saltonstall "Wiseman, at Halifax— and,
30 May, 1825, to the command of the Clinker 12,
which vessel he paid off on his return from the
latter station in Aug. 1826. He was advanced to
the rank of Commander 13 Sept. 1826, but has not
since been afloat.
Commander Gardiner married, first, in July, 1823,
Julia Susanna, second daughter of John Keade,
Esq., of Ipsden House, co. Oxford, by whom (who
died 23 May, 1834) he had issue ; and secondly, 7
Oct. 1836, Elizabeth Lydia, eldest daughter of the
Kev. E. Marsh, Minister of Hampstead. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
GARDINEK. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
William Gardiner entered the Navy, 12 July,
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Naiad 38, Capt.
Thos. Dundas, with whom h« became attached, as
Midshipman, in Oct. 1809, to the Ganges 74, on the
Baltic and Channel stations. In April, 1811, he
joined the Fame 74, Capt. "Walter Bathurst, in the
Mediterranean, where he removed, 9 March, 1814,
to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth.
He was promoted (from the Prince Frederick,
receiving-ship at Plymouth, Capt. Rich. Pridham)
to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Feb. 1815 ; and since
that period has been on half-pay. Agent — J.
Hinxman.
GARDNER. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Alan Henry Gardner, born 25 Aug. 1817, is
second son of Major-General Hon. "Wm. Henry
Gardner, by Elizabeth Lydia, daughter of the late
Lieut.-General Fyers; grandson of Admiral the
first Lord Gardner, who distinguished himself, with
his flag on board the Queen 98, in the action of 1
June, 1794, was afterwards second in command in
Lord Bridport's action, 23 June, 1795, and died
1 Jan. 1809 ; nephew of Admiral (Alan Hyde) se-
cond Lord Gardner, who died 27 Dec. 1815, and of
Rear- Admiral Francis Farington Gardner, who died
in 1821 ; and first-cousin of the present nobleman —
as also of Commander John Cornwall, R.N. Lieut.
Gardner has one brother, William Bethell, in the
Royal Artillery, and two others, Edward Cornwall
and Herbert Calthorpe, in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s ser-
vice.
This officer entered the Navy 14 Sept. 1832 ;
passed his examination 4 Oct. 1836; served for
some time, as Mate, on board the Dido 18, Capt.
Lewis Davies, on the Mediterranean station ; and
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 30 Oct.
1841. He joined, 8 Nov. 1841, the Aigle 24, Capt.
Lord Clarence Edw. Pa,get, on the Mediterranean
station ; and since 30 April, 1846, has been em-
ployed with the Channel squadron as First of the
Polyphemus steam-sloop, Capt. Jas. Johnstone
M'Cleverty.
GARDNER. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
George Henry Gardner entered the Navy 2
April, 1829; passed his examination 2 Dec. 1835;
and, during the last two years of his Mateship,
served on the South American station in the Cuka-
50A 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones. His appointments,
since his promotion, which took place 10 Nov. 1842,
have been— 20 March, 1843, to the Excellent gun-
nery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings
— 29 June, 1843, to the Eurydice 26, Capt. Geo.
Elliott, on the North America and West India sta-
tion— and 11 Aug. 1846, as Senior, to the Sidon
steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson,
with whom he is now employed on Home service.
• VUe Gaz. 1814, p. M85.
GARDNER. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 18; h-p., 24.)
George Johnson Gardner entered the Navy, 1
July, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L'Argos sloop,
Capt. Edw. Kittoe; on removing with whom to the
Sabrina 18, commanded afterwards by Capt. Abra^
ham Lowe, he visited the Mediterranean and South
America, and served as Midshipman in the expedi-
tion against Walcheren in Aug. 1809. Until the
receipt of his commission, dated 10 March, 1815, he
was subsequently employed, on the North Sea, Lis-
bon, East and West India, North American, and
Home stations, in the Venerable 74, flag-ship of
Sir Thos. Williams, Stirling Castle 74, Capt. Sir
Home Popham, Magnificent 74, Capt. Willoughby
Thos. Lake, Florida 20, Capt. Nathaniel Mitchell,
and Argo 44, and Antelope 50, bearing each the
flag of Rear-Admirals Matthew Henry Scott and
John Harvey. He obtained an appointment in the
Coast Guard 31 May, 1838, but resigned in 1840,
and since 19 Jan. 1842 has been employed as Ad-
miralty Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel.
GARDNER. (Retired Commandeb, 1832. r-p.,
27; H-p., 38.)
James Anthony Gardner died 24 Sept. 1846, in
his 76th year. He was son of Capt. Fras. Geary
Gardner, R.N., who died at St. Lucie in Sept. 1780;
brother of the late Capt. Gardner, R.M. ; and cousin
of Sir Fras. Geary Gardner Lee, who died Senior
Lieutenant-Colonel R.M.
This oificer entered the Navy, in May, 1782, as
Ordinary, on board the Panther 60, Capts. Thos.
Piercy and Robt. Swinnerton ; in which ship he
assisted in saving a portion of the crew of the
Royal George, and took part, after the reUef of
Gibraltar, in Lord Howe's action with the com-
bined fleets of France and Spain, 20 Oct. 1782.
During the ensuing peace he served, as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, on the Newfoundland and Home
stations, of the Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Vice-
Admiral John Campbell, Orestes 18, Capt. Manley
Dixon, Edgar 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Hon.
John Leveson Gower and John Peyton, Barfleuk
98, bearing the successive flags of Admirals Rod-
dam, Hon. Sam. Barrington, Sir John Jervis, Elliot,
and Jonathan Faulknor, and Queen 98, Capt. John
Hutt. After a further attachment of nearly two
years, chiefly in the Mediterranean, to the Ber-
wick 74, Capts. Sir John Collins, Wm. Shield, Geo.
Campbell, and Geo. Henry Towry, Gorgon 44,
Capt. Jas. WaUis, and Victory 100, Capt. John
ICnight, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 12 Jan.
1795, m the Hind 28, Capts. Rich. Lee and John ^
Bazely, in which vessel he visited North America,
and then proceeded to the Irish station, whence, in
J an. 1797, he was sent into Plymouth in charge of
La Favorite privateer, of 8 guns and 60 men.*' His
next appointments were— 8 March, 1798, to the
Blonde 32, Capt. Daniel Dobree, under whom he
assisted in conveying troops to Holland during the
expedition against Holland in Aug. 1799—13 April,
1801, to the Brunswick 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell
Stephens, in which ship he returned home from the
West Indies, and was paid off, in July, 1802— and,
29 Jan. 1806, to the command of the Signal-station
at Fairlight in Sussex, where he continued until 7
Dec. 1814. Having been on half-pay since that pe-
riod, he at length accepted rank as a Retired Com-
mander on the Junior List, 26 Nov. 1830. His pro-
motion to the Senior List took place 31 July, 1832.
Commander Gardner married, first, 11 Deo. 1798,
the daughter of Wm. Pugh, Esq., of the city of
London ; and, secondly, in 1834, Ellen Mary, only
daughter of S. Johnson, Esq., of Marlborough-place,
Kent-road. By his former marriage he has left is-
sue six children. Agents— Case and Loudonsack.
GARPORTH. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 31.)
William Garpoeth entered the Navy, 19 Feb.
1806, as a Volunteer, on board the Medusa 32,
Capt. Hon. Dunoombe Pleydell Bouverie, with
whom he continued to serve, in the same frigate,
* f^ide Gai. 1797, p. 02.
GARLAND-GARNHAM-GARNIER-GARRETT.
389
for more than seven years. During that period he
participated in all the operations in the llio de la
Plata, from Oct. 1806 until the Meddsa's return
home with Lieut.-General Whitelocke on the
final evacuation of Spanish America in Sept. 1807,
including the capture of Maldonado and of the
island of Gorriti; assisted in taking several pri-
vateers ; was for three months exposed to consi-
derable hardships during a fruitless pursuit of two
French frigates to the coast of Labrador ; and co-
operated much with the patriots on the north coast
of Spain. He also, on the night of 4 June, 1812,
served in the boats under Lieut. Josiah Thompson
at the capture and destruction, in the harbour of
Arcasson, of La Dorade, of 14 guns and 86 men,
after a desperate struggle, in which the assailants
had 5 men wounded, and the enemy, who had hailed
the latter in their approach and were in every way
prepared for the attack, 63 killed and drowned. Mr.
Garforth — who obtained a Lieutenancy, 25 Oct.
1813, in the Sabrina 20, Capt. Alex. Kich. Mac-
kenzie— was paid off from that vessel on her return
from the Mediterranean, 28 Dec. 1815. He has not
since been afloat.
GARLAND, (ffastain, ISIS. f-p., 12 ; H-p., 40.)
Joseph Gulston Garland was bom 23 April,
1781.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 April, 1795, on
hoard the Raisonnable 64, commanded by the late
Sir Wm. Parker, in the West Indies ; where, and on
the Lisbon, Cadiz, and American stations, he served
the whole of his time under the same officer, in the
above ship, and in the Swiftsure 74, Blenheim 74,
Prince George 98, and America 64. He was then,
by commission dated 2 May, 1801, promoted to a
Lieutenancy in the Cleopatra 32, Capt. Israel
Pellew, with whom he returned home and was paid
off 6 March, 1802. From 4 Nov. 1803, until July,
1804, he served as Flag-Lieutenant, in various
ships, to Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell,
on the Yarmouth station; after which he com-
manded the Escort gun-brig, until 22 Jan. 1806,
when he attained Commander's rank. His ensuing
appointment was, on 7 Oct. 1813, to the Alert 18 ;
and in that sloop he continued, on the North Sea
station, until posted, 19 -iug. 1815. He accepted
the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. Agents— Messrs. Stil-
well.
GARLAND. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.)
William Garland entered the Navy, 17 July,
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bulwark 74,
Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, off Cadiz ;
cruized, from June, 1808, to July, 1810, latterly as
Midshipman and Master's Mate, in tlie Hind 28,
Capts. Rich. Budd Vincent and John Rich. Lumley,
on the Mediterranean station ; tliere joined the Bel-
LEROPHON 74, flag-ship in the North Sea of Bear-
Admiral John Ferrier ; and from Sept. 181 1, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Feb. 1815,
again served with Capt. Lumley, in the Crocodile,
Narcissds, and Pomone frigates, on the Guernsey
and North American stations. Since the latter
date he has been on half-pay.
GARNHAM. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
John Garnham was born 14 Feb. 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt.
Geo. Hart, bearing the flag in Yarmouth Roads of
Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell. On 29
May following he became Midshipman of the
Stately 64, Capts. Geo. Parker and Wm. Cumber-
land; in which ship and the. Princess Caroline
74, Capts. Chas. Dudley Pater and Hugh Downman,
he served very actively, on the North Sea, Baltic,
and Channel stations, the four last years as Master's
Mate, until Jan. 1813. He then proceeded to the
West Indies as Midshipman of the Vengeur 74,
Capt. Thos. Dundas ; and after a further servitude
<if ayear and nine months as Master's Mate, on the
Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, of the Volom-
TAiRE 38, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave,
was invested with the rank he now holds 18 Feb.
1815. H e has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Garnham married, in Jan. 1824, Miss Eliza-
beth Sparke Edgar, of Buxhall Vale, near Stow-
market, co. Suffolk, sole heiress of Thos. Edgar, Esq.
GAENIER. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Brownlow North Garnier is second son of the
late Rev. Wm. Gamier, of Rookesbury, Hants,
Prebendary of Winchester, and Rector of Drox-
ford, by Henrietta, eldest daughter of Brownlow
North, Bishop of Winchester, and sister of the Earl
of Guildford. He is brother of the present Wm.
Garnier, Esq., of Rookesbury. His uncle, Thomas,
married a sister of Capt. SirWm. Edw. Parry. R.N.,
F.R.S.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Feb. 1817 ; passed
his examination in 1823 ; and was promoted to a
Lieutenancy, 4 Feb. 1826, in the Wellesley 74,
Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, in South America. He
was next appointed, 23 Feb. 1827, to the Hussae
46, Capt. Edw. Boxer, on the Halifax station, but
left that frigate in the following May, and has not
since been employed.
Lieut. Garnier married, 3 Dec. 1835, Henrietta
Maria, second daughter of Thomas, fourth Lord
Walsingham. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
GiVREETT. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 23.)
Charles Garrett entered the Navy, 6 March,
1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board -the Aurora 28, of
which ship, on the West India station, he became
Midshipman 25 July following. After an attach-
ment of a few months to the Namur 74, bearing
the flag, at the Nore of Vice-Admiral Thos. Wells,
he removed, in June, 1811, to the America 74,
Capt. Josias Rowley ; and while in that ship he
witnessed the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, and
the surrender of Genoa, in 1813-14. From Dec. in
the latter year, until the receipt of his commission
dated 21 Jan. 1824, he further served, as Ma.ster's
Mate and Admiralty Midshipman, on the Channel,
Cape of Good Hope, Home, and East India stations,
in the Ph<ebe 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, Jupiter and
Newcastle 60's, both commanded by Capt. Henry
Meynell, Andromache 38, Capt. Wm. Henry
Shirreff, Euryalus 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas.
Clifford, and Liffey 50, Commodore Chas. Grant.
Lieut. Garrett, since his promotion, has been on
half-pay. Agent — J. Hinxman.
GARRETT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Edward Garrett (6) entered the Navy, 1 Oct.
1806, as Midshipman, on board the Explosion
bomb, ^Capt. Edw. Ellicott, under whom he was
wrecked, off Heligoland, 10 Sept. 1807. He then
joined the Majestic 74, bearing the flag in the
North Sea and Baltic of Vice-Admiral Thos. Mac-
namara Russell ; and on his return from China,
whither he had proceeded with convoy, in the
Grampus 50, Capt. Wm. Hanwell, became attached,
in Jan. 1812, to the Royal Oak 74, flag-ship of Sir
Pulteney Malcolm. When afterwards on the coast
of America Mr. Garrett, as Master's Mate, assumed
command of a tender, in which we find him co-ope-
rating in the attack on New Orleans in 1814-15.
On 16 Feb. in the latter year he was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant, and placed in charge of the
Express cutter. He left that vessel, however, in
the following Sept., and has since been unemployed.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
F-P., 17;
GARRETT. (Commander, 1809.
HP., 36.)
Edward William Garrett was born in 1781.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 Nov. 1794 as
Ordinary, on board the Ambuscade 32, Capt. Geo.
Duff, and, until promoted, 19 Sept. 1801, further
served with that officer, as Midshipman in the
Glenmore 36, and Vengeance 74, on the North
Sea, Irish, Baltic, and Channel stations. He ap-
390
GARRETT.
peaxs to have been then appointed to the Amethtst
as Capts. Henry Rich. Glynn and Alex. Campbell,
and afterwards, in 1803-4-8, to the Windsor Castle
• i, Capts. John Wells and Davidge Gould, Mabs
74, Capts. Geo. Duff, Robt. Dudley Oliver, and Wm.
Lukin, and Osix sloop, Capt. Chas. Gill. While in
the Mars he was wounded at the battle of Tra-
falgar, 21 Oct. 1805*— assisted, in 1806, at the cap-
ture of Le Shin of 44 guns, and also of La Gloire
46, and L'lnfatigabk 44, two out of four French
frigates that had been pursued and brought to ac-
tion by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood— and dur-
ing the expedition of 1807 against Copenhagen was
employed in landing troops, and in fitting out the
Danish ships preparatory to their being sent to
England. On 1 Jan. 1809, being at the time First
of the O.NTX, of 10 guns and 75 men, Mr. Garrett
aided, and was strongly recommended for his
valuable conduct, at the capture, after a severe
action, in which the enemy lost 5 men killed and 6
wounded, and the British only 3 wounded, of the
Dutch brig Manly, of 16 guns and 94 men.f He
subsequently, with the assistance of only a boat's
crew, succeeded in conducting the prize with all
the prisoners into port ; and, being rewarded for
his gallantry by commission dated 16 of the same
month, was next appointed, 22 Oct. 1810, to the
Hope 10, on the Channel station, where he cap-
tured, 23 June, 1813, an American lugger privateer,
armed with swivels and small arms, and manned
with 31 men. He was placed on half-pay 14 July
following ; and, on 6 Feb. 1844, was admitted into
Greenwich Hospital.
Commander Garrett obtained a grant from the
Patriotic Society in consideration of the wound he
received at Trafalgar. He married, in 1815, the
only daughter of the late John Burrell, Esq., Hon.
E. I. C.'s service, and sister of Wm. Burrell, who
was lost when Alidsfaipman of H. M. S. Saldanha
36, Capt. Hon. Wm. Pakenham, 4 Dec. 1811.
GARRETT. (Vice-Admiral of the White,
1840. r-p., 46; h-p., 15.)
Henry Garrett was bom in 1774, and died 11
April, 1846. He was son, we believe, of the late
Daniel Garrett, Esq., of Portsmouth ; and uncle of
the present Capt. John Brett Purvis, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1785, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Trimmer sloop,
Capt. Chas. Tyler, on the Irish station ; and, during
the after-part of the peace, served, chiefly as iMid-
shipman, in the Hebe frigate, Capt. Edw. Thorn-
brough, Bellona 74, Capt. Fras. John Hartwell,
Hebe, again, Capt. Alex. Hood, and Romnet 50,
bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Rear-
Admiral Sam. Cranston GoodaU. Being promoted,
under the latter officer, to a Lieutenancy, 24 June,
1793, in the Princess Royal 98, he served on shore
at the occupation of Toulon, assisted at the reduc-
tion of Corsica, and participated in the actions of
13 March and 14 July, 1795 ; after which he suc-
cessively assumed command of the VisuvE and
Trial ; and in the latter vessel, a cutter of 12 guns,
took, near Portland, 25 July, 1797, a French brig
privateer, Le Courrier de Mer, of similar force,t be-
sides energetically contributing, off Havre, to the
destruction, 1 May, 1798, of La Conflante frigate,
and a republican cutter.§ He was promoted to the
command, 27 Dec. 1798, of the Alecto fire-ship ;
afterwards commanded the Calypso sloop, and
Pdissant hulk ; attained Post-rank 16 Sept. 1799 ;
officiated as Captain, during the early part of the
peace of Amiens, of the Texel 64, and Endymion
40; and from 21 Sept. 1805, until 1 Aug. 1808, com-
manded the Kent 74, and also the Yille de Paris
and Royal Sovereign, flag-ships of Vice-Admiral
Thornbrough. On 31 Dec. in the latter year
Capt. Garrett was appointed Agent for Victualling
at Deptford, where he continued until nominated
Governor, 24 Feb. 1820, of Haslar Hospital. The
* ride Gaz. 1806, pp. 1411, H8<.
t V. Gaz. 1809, p. 47.
J v. Gm. nS'i p. fiS®- i '• ^^- 1798> P- i"^.
latter appointment he held until April, 1838. He
was created a Eear-Admiral 6 Oct. 1833, and a
Yice-Admiral 12 Nov. 1840.
By his wife, who died 26 Aug. 1812, he had issue.
His eldest son died Acting-Lieutenant of the Cob-
lew, at Bombay, in Nov. 1819 ; and another son, in
the Hon. E. I. C.'s Civil service, married, 29
June, 1835, Sarah, third daughter of Capt. John
Clavell, R.N.
GARRETT. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 28; h-p., 20.)
Henry Gabrett was bom 19 Dec. 1786, at Ham-
bledon, co. Southampton.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 Aug. 1799,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lmpregnaele 98,
Capt. Jonathan Faulknor, under whom, on 19 Oct.
following, he was wrecked, as Midshipman, between
Langstone and Chichester. He then joined the
Puissant, at Spithead, and, while afterwards at-
tached, from Jan. 1801, to Jan. 1806, to the Belle-
isle 74, Capts. Wm. Domett, Chas. Boyles, John
Whitby, and Wm. Hargood, accompanied Lord
Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit of the com-
bined fleets of France and Spain, and took part in
the battle of Trafalgar. On subsequently joining
the CuLLODEN 74, bearing the flag in the East In-
dies of Sir Edw. Pellew, he was there appointed
Acting-Lieutenant, 18 April, 1807, of La Bellone
28, Capt. John Bastard ; in which capacity he fol-
lowed the latter officer into the DicAiGNEUSE 36,
and next removed to the Psyche 36, Capts. John
Edgecombe and Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing. Mr.
Garrett, who commanded the boats of the latter
vessel at the attack on a fort and the destruction
of several vessels at Rutterah, during a rebellion
among the natives of Travancore, on the Malabar
coast, was not, however, confirmed by the Admi-
ralty until 21 Aug. 1809 ; at which period he had
been fulfilling for eight months the duties of First-
Lieutenant of a frigate. In 1810-11, being still
Senior of the Psyche, he assisted at the reduction
of the Mauritius and of the island of Java. ' As
Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Rhin 38, Capt.
Chas. Malcolm, he afterwards, during the summer
of 1812, served on shore in co-operation with the
patriots on the north coast of Spain, and was
wounded while in command of a battery at Santan-
der. His next appointments, we fimd, wxre — 11
Deo. 1813, to the Medway 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas.
Tyler at the Cape of Good Hope — and, 7 Feb. 1815,
to the Harpy 18, Capt. Geo. Tyler, with whom he
returned home and was paid off in March, 1816.
From 8 March, 1832, to 8 March, 1837, he appears
to have had charge of the Semaphore station at
Holder Hill, co. Sussex. Since 10 Dec. 1841, he
has been similarly employed at Petersfield, co.
Hants.
Lieut. Garrett married, 10 Oct. 1816, a daughter
of the late Mr. Goldsmith, of Southampton.
Agents — ^Messrs. Chard.
GARRETT. (Commander, 1833. f-p., 19;
H-p., 18.)
John Garrett is second son of the late John
Garrett, Esq., of Ellington, near Ramsgate, co.
Kent; and brother of Lient.-Colonel Garrett, K.H.,
commanding the 46th Regiment.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 May, 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hamadryad 36, Capt.
Sir Thos. Staines, in which ship he visited St.
Helena and cruized on the Irish station until June,
1812, when he followed the same Captain, as Mid-
shipman, into the Beiton 38. On his return from
the Pacific m Aug. 1815, he joined the Niger 38,
Capt. Peter Rainier; and then the Granicos 36,
Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise. After sharing, as a
passed Midshipman, in the battle of Algiers, 27
Aug. 1816, Mr. Garrett became successively at-
tached, on the Irish, American, and Home stations,
to the Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll,
Spartan 46, Capt. Wm. F. Wise, Wolf 14, Capt.
Bernard Yeoman, and Valorods 26, Capt. J as.
Murray. He was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 26
UAilRICK— GARVEY-GASCOYNE-GAUSSEN-GAYTON-GEALE.
391
March, 1822, in the Euryalus 42, Capt. Augustus
Wm. Jas. CliiFord, on the Mediterranean station,
and was afterwards appointed— 18 Sept. 1828, to
the Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clement— 19 March,
1829, to the Sianey 20, Capt. Joseph O'Brien— 22
March, 1830, to the Mersey 26, Capt. Geo. "Wm.
Conway Courtenay— and, 5 July, 1831, to the Race-
horse 18, Capt. Chas. Hamlyn Williams ; all em-
ployed in the West Indies, where, on 18 of the latter
month, he assumed the acting-command of the
Falcon 10, in which ship he continued, latterly on
the North Sea station, until 9 Dec. 1831. He ac-
quired his present rank 19 Nov. 1833 ; and has since
been on half-pay.
GAKRICK. (Retired Commander, 184.5.
F-p., 14 ; H-p., 42.)
William Garrick died 22 April, 1846, aged 77.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 July, 1790, as
A.B., on board the Alfred 74, Capt. Henry Harvey,
but was discharged from that ship in the following
Dec, and did not again go afloat until July, 1793,
when ho embarked, as Quartermaster, on board
the Marlborough 74, Capts. Hon. Geo. Cranfield
Berkeley and Ross Donnelly. In June, 1795 (hav-
ing previously borne a part in Howe's action of 1
June, 1794), he rejoined Capt. Berkeley, as Mid-
shipman, in the Formidable 98, commanded after-
wards by Capts. Robt. Williams, John Irwin, Jas.
Hawkins Whitshed, and Edw. Thornbrough. On
17 Nov. 1800, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in
the Xemeraire 98, and in that ship, under the flags
of Rear-Admirals J. H. Whitshed and Geo. Camp-
bell, he continued to serve, on the Channel and
West India stations, until 5 Oct. 1802. He was
afterwards, for a few months in 1804, employed in
the Channel on board the Gloey 98, Capts. Geo.
Martin, Wm. Champain, and Chas. Craven; and
from 4 June, 1807, to 28 Feb. 1810, he held an ap-
pointment in the Sea Fencibles at Chatham. He
became a Retired Commander on the Junior List
26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the Senior, 1 July, 1845.
GARVEY. (Lieut., 1816. e-p., 10; h-p., 30.)
George Garvey entered the Navy, 14 March,
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74,
Capts. Geo. Hart and Thos. Harvey, bearing the
flag for some time of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macna^
niara Russell. In Sept. following he witnessed the
surrender of Heligoland, and, while afterwards em-
ployed in escorting convoys through the Great Belt,
was in constant collision, as Midshipman, with the
Danish gun-boats.- From March, 1810, until Sept.
1815, we find him serving under the late Sir Geo.
Burlton as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Act-
ing-Lieutenant, on the Home, Mediterranean, and
East India stations, in the Rodney 74, Vxlle de
Paris 110, Boyne 98, and Cobnwallis 74. During
that period he was employed, while in the Rodney,
with the flotilla at the defence of Cadiz in 1810-11 ;
bore a warm part, in the Boyne, in Sir Edw.
Pellew's two skirmishes with the Toulon fleet, 5
Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814; and in the following
April was detached from the same ship to serve on
shore at the capture of Genoa. On leaving the
CoRNWALLis, Mr. Garvey immediately became
Acting-Lieutenant also of the Wellesley 74,
Capts. John Harper, Robt. O'Brien, and John
Bayley. He was confirmed by the Admiralty 19
March, 1816; and since the following June has
been on half-pay.
GASCOYNE. (Retired Captain, 1840. p-p.,
18; H-P., 45.)
John Gascoyne died 16 Jan. 1845. He was son
of the late Bambor Gascoyne, Esq. ; and brother of
General Gascoyne, M.P. for Liverpool.
Tills officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1782, as
Midshipman, on board the Assistance, Capt. Jas.
Worth, and, on his return from a voyage to Quebec,
became successively attached, on the West India
and Home stations, to the Lato.\a, Capts. Thos.
Boston, Chas. Sandys, and Velterers Comewall
Berkeley, Perseus, Capt. John Gibson, and Royal
George, bearing the flag of Hon. Sam. Barrington.
He was promoted from the latter ship to the rank
of Lieutenant 17 Nov. 1790, and in that capacity
was afterwards employed in the Alfred 74, Capt.
John Bazely, Vestal 28, Capt. John M'Dougal,
and Bellona 74, Capt. Geo. Wilson. He obtained
command, in the Leeward Islands, of the Pelican
brig, 27 May, 1797 ; exchanged, in Jan. 1798, into
the Thorn ship-sloop, for the purpose of returning
to England for the recovery of his health, which
had suffered much from yellow fever; left that
vessel, after escorting some traders from Liverpool
to the Orkneys, and from Cuxhaven home, in Jan.
1799 ; was next appointed, 31 May, 1808, to the
Sea Fencible service on the coast of Kent, in which
he continued until 1810 ; and, during the latter part
of the war, commanded the Impress service at
Limerick and Swansea. He retired with the rank
of Captain 10 Sept. 1840.
Capt. Gascoyne married, 24 Sept. 1799, Charlotte,
daughter of the late Rev. C. E. De COetlogon,
Rector of Godstone, co. Surrey.
GAUSSEN. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Thomas Lovette Gadssen entered the Navy in
1832 ; passed his examination 27 Sept. 1838 ; served
for some time as Mate, on the Cape of Good Hope
and Home stations, of the Isis 44 and Rodney 92,
Capts. Sir John Marshall and Edw. Collier ; and
obtained his commission 9 Dec. 1845. Since 13 of
the latter month he has been employed in the Pa-
cific on board the Calypso 20, Capt. Henry John
Worth.
GAYTON. (Commander, 1841.)
Charles Gayton entered the Navy 26 July,
1811 ; and was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 30
Dec. 1824, in the Rifleman 18, Capts. Wm. Carle-
ton and Wm. Webb, on the Halifax station. He
was afterwards appointed— 24 July, 1827, to the
Prince Regent 120, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir
Robt. Moorsom and Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood— 1
May, 1830, to the St. Vincent 120, in which and
other ships he officiated for three years as Flag-
Lieutenant to Sir Thos. Foley at Portsmouth— 1
Sept. 1835, to the Britannia 120, bearing the flag
at the same place of Sir Thos. Williams— 1 May,
1836, to the Royal Adelaide 104, flag-ship at Ply-
mouth of Lord AmeUus Beauclerk— and, 13 Feb.
1837, to the command in the Mediterranean of the
Scorpion 10. He was promoted from the lattrr
vessel to the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 1841 ; anti,
since 8 April, 1843, has been employed as an In-
specting Commander in the Coast Guard. Agents
— Messrs. Ommanney.
GEALE. (Lieutenant, 1815. p-p., 7 ; h-p., 32.)
Daniel Geale entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 1808,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the FoRTONiE 36, Capt.
Henry Vansittart, with whom he continued to
serve, on the Irish, Mediterranean, and Home sta-
tions, until 1814— the last two years as Midshipman
and Master's Mate of the Clarence 74. While in
the FoRTUNEE he conveyed Rear-Admiral Thos.
Eras. Fremantle to the Mediterranean in 1810, and
assisted at the capture, 11 Oct. 1811, of the famous
French ship privateer Le Vke-Amiral Martin, of 18
guns and 140 men. After an attachment of some
months to the Tay 24, Capts. Wm. RobilUard and
Robt. Bloye, he was awarded a commission dated
6 March, 1815. He has since been on half-pay.
GEAREY. (Lieutenant, 1823.)
William Henry Geakey was promoted to a
Lieutenancy, 22 March, 1823, in the Surinam 18
Capt. Chas. Crole, on the West India station,
whence he afterwards invaUded. He next joined
22 Nov. 1826, the Acorn 18, Capt. Alex. Ellice, em-
ployed on Particular Service ; but, since the period
of his leaving that vessel, has not been afloat.
Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
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GEARY-GEDDES-GEDGE.
GEARY. (Commander, 1831. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 32.)
John Geary, born 8 Sept. 1787, at St. Margaret's,
CO. Kent, is member of a family eminently naval,
enumerating amongst its ancestral connexions the
late Admiral Fras. Geary, the celebrated Capt.
Percy, who flourished in the reign of Queen Eliza-
beth, and also Sir Cloudesley Shovel. His three
brothers, Wm. Charles, Fras. Daniel, and Joseph
Vincent, all died Lieutenants in the Navy; as did
his maternal uncles, John and Nicholas Tucker,
the latter of whom had been for 18 years attached
to the Military Department of Greenwich Hospital.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Deo. 1797, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Scokpion 16, Capts.
Horace Pine and John Tremayne Kodd, on the
Home station, where he assisted at the capture of a
Dutch brig-of-war of equal force, and served until
April, 1802, latterly as Midshipman, in the Cam-
PERDOWN prison-ship, Lieut.-Commander M*Gee,
and RoBT and Texel 64's, Capts. Alan Gardner,
Rich. Incledon, and Henry Garrett. In 1804-5 we
find him employed in the East Indies on board the
Trident 64, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Peter Rai-
nier, and Centurion 50, Capt. John Sprat Rainier ;
after which, on joining the Revenge 74, Capt.
Robt. Moorsom, he took part and was wounded in
the battle of Trafalgar, as Master's Mate of the
Monarch 74, Capt. Rich. Lee (to which ship he
had been transferred from the Resolution 74, Capt.
Geo. Burlton). Mr. Geary was again wounded,
while serving with a detachment of boats at the
capture, 15 July, 1806, in face of a desperate and
well-concerted resistance, at the entrance of the
river Gironde, of the French corvette Le Cesar,
mounting 16 guns, with a complement of 86 men,
who, with a loss to themselves of 14 killed and
wounded, occasioned the British one altogether of
9 killed and 39 wounded. On 25 Sept. following he
appears to have been a third time wounded at the
capture, by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood, of
four heavy French frigates, ofi' Rochefort ; on which
occasion the Monarch enacted a very conspicuous
part, compelled La Minerve, of 44 guns and 650 men,
to surrender, and experienced a total loss of 4 killed
and 25 wounded.* Mr. Geary, who was promoted
to a Lieutenancy, 29 May, 1810, in the Champion
24, Capts. Kenneth Mackenzie, Jas. Coutts Craw-
ford, and Robt. Henderson, and who, while in that
vessel, escorted Admiral Seniavin and the men of
his fleet to Russia, afterwards commanded the
Shade gun-brig, and Mullet schooner, on the
river Elbe and in the Channel, from June to Nov.
1810. He then, until paid off, 24 Aug. 1815, became
successively attached, nearly the whole time as
Senior-Lieutenant, to the Neptune 98, Capt. Volant
Vashon Ballard, Audacious 74, Capt. Donald Camp-
bell, TiiRACiAN 13, Capts. Henry Hart, Joseph
Symes, and John Carter, and Tigris 36, Capt. Robt.
Henderson. Previously to joining the latter frigate
he had had his right leg dreadfully fractured while
in command, in July, 1813, of No. 1 gun-boat on the
river Elbe, where he had been endeavouring with
the boats of a squadron to get off a vessel which had
been run on shore by the enemy. From 15 April,
1818, Mr. Geary next, until Oct. 1819, officiated as
First-Lieutenant, on the Home and East India sta-
tions, of the Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon ;
in which capacity he joined, in Sept. 1828, the Ma-
dagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish
Spencer. On the death of that gallant officer he
became Acting-Captain of the ship, and for his
great exertions in subsequently saving part of H.M.
90th Regt., who had been wrecked in the Countess
OF Hakcourt on the coast of Sicily, was honoured
with the thanks of the Governor, Sir F. Ponsonby.
He was advanced to his present rank 17 Feb. 1831,
but did not leave the Madagascar until the fol-
lowing April ; since which period he has not been
employed.
Commander Geary, who for the two first wounds
he received during the war was at the time re-
warded by the Patriotic Society, stands at the head
* Fide Gaz. 1806, p. 1306.
of the list of Commanders of 1831. During the
term of his official servitude he had the good for-
tune on different occasions to save the lives of
three persons who had fallen into the sea by jump-
ing overboard after them ; and he has since com-
manded several East Indiamen and private steam-
ships. He married, 29 March, 1808, Catherme,
second daughter of the late Jas, M'Arthur, Esq., of
Stoke Damerel, co. Devon, and sister of Capt. John
M'Arthur, R.M., Governor of Port Essington, N. S.
Wales, of Lieut. Jas. Earle M'Arthur, of H.M.
14th Regt., and of Hanibal Hawkins M'Arthur,
Esq., of Vineyard, Sydney, Member of Council in
the government at that place. He has had issue
ten children, of whom the second son, Wm. Chas.,
is a Lieut. R.N. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
GEARY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
William Charles Geary is second son of Com-
mander John Geary, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 20 June, 1839;
and served, as Mate, in the Mediterranean, of the
Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen Pell and Robt.
Smart, flag-ship for some time of Sir Fras. Mason,
and Beacon surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Graves.
He obtained his commission 9 Jan. 1846 ; and, since
20 Feb. 1847, has been employed on board the Vo-
lage, another surveying-vessel, Lieut.-Commander
Thos. Abel Bremage Spratt, on the Home station.
GEDDES. (LiECT., 1819. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 28.)
John Geddes entered the Navy, 10 Aug. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Astrea of 42 guns and
271 men, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg; and, on
20 May, 1811, contributed (while cruizing off Mada-
gascar, in company with the Ph<ebe and Galatea,
frigates about equal in force to the Astrea, and
18-gun brig Racehorse) to the capture— after a
long and trying action with the French 40-gun
frigates Renommee, Clorinda, and Wereide, in which
the Astrea had 2 men killed and 16 wounded — of
the ReTtomme'e. On 25 of the same month he was
further present at the surrender of the Ne're'ide, and
of the settlement of Tamatave. After a prolonged
servitude with Capt. Schomberg, as Midshipman,
in the Nisus 38, Mr. Geddes removed, in 1814, to
the Liverpool 40, Capt. Arth. Farquhar, whom
he accompanied home from the Cape in 1816. Until
promoted to his present rank, 9 April, 1819, he ap-
pears to have been next employed in the Vengedr
74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, and, for two years, as
Master's Mate, in the Leander 50, flag-ship of Sir
David Milne, on the Portsmouth and North Ame-
rica stations. He then joined the Grasshopper 18,
Capts. Henry Forbes and David Buchan, and since
his return to England, in the following June, has
been on half-pay. Agent— Fred. Dufaur.
GEDGE. (Captain, 1821. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 34.)
John Gedge entered the Navy, 10 Sept. 1790, as
A. B., on board the Aquilon 32, Capt. Robt. Mon-
tagu, on the Mediterranean station, in which ship
and the Formidable 98, bearing the flag in the
Channel of Hon. John Leveson Gower, he served
until 22 Sept. 1791. In July, 1793, he became Mid-
shipman of the D^DALUs 32, Capt. Sir Chas. Henry
Knowles ; and, on his return from a voyage to Ha-
lifax, he joined, in July, 1794, the Diana 38, Capt.
Jonath. Faulknor, under whom, on 7 of the follow-
ing Aug., he assisted at the destruction, near the
Penmarcks, of the French 36-gun frigate VoUmtaire.
Removing next to the Penguin of 16 guns and 124
men, Capts. J ohn King Pulling and Bendall Robt.
Littlehales, Mr. Gedge, on 21 Aug. 1797, further
contributed, after a running fight of an hour and 40
minutes, to the capture, on the Irish station, of
L' Oiseau privateer of 16 guns and 119 men, and of
her prize the Express, late of Dartmouth. Wliile
yet in the Penguin, he was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant by commission dated 10 July, 1798;
and, on leaving that sloop, he joined, 3 Dec. 1799,
the Galatea 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, with whom
he s«rved until July, 1802. He was afterwards ap-
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pointed— 22 July, 1803, to the Penelope 36, Capt.
Wm. Kobt. Broughton— 28 Feb. 1804, to the Ro-
MULDS, Capt. Woodley Loeack — in the course of the
same year to the Sea-Fencible Ber^rice at North
Yarmouth— and, 25 June and 27 Sept. 1805, to the
command of the Cakkieb cutter, and Locost gnn-
brig. On 10 Noy. 1811, being in company, in the
latter vessel, with the Skylark sloop, Lieut. Gedge
effected the capture of one and destruction of an-
other of a flotilla of 12 vessels, undera heavyflre of
four hours from the enesny's batteries and mus-
ketry, near Calais; and, for hi? conduct on that
occasion, which was officially reported as deserving
the highest praise and recommendation, he was pro-
moted to the rank of Commander on 5 of the same
month.* He had previously, on 26 Feb. 1811, taken,
close in with Dunkerque, a Frencli national apmed
vessel carrying 2 long 12-pounder9 with small arms.t
His next appointment was, 7 June, 1814, to the
Cadmus 10, on the North Sea station, where he
served until paid off in Dec. 1818. He attained
Post-rank 19 July, 1821 ; and accepted the Retire-
ment 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Gedge is married, and has issue,
GENNYS. (COMMANDEE, 1845.)
John Henn Gennys entered the Navy (from the
Koyal Naval College), in 1824, ^8 a Volunteer, on
board the Cambrlan 48, Capt. -GawenWm. Hamil-
ton, under whom, after participating, as Midship-
man, in the battle of Navarin, as also in the capture
of numerous pirates, he was wrecked, during an at-
tack on a nest of those marauders at Carab^sa, 31
Jan. 1828. He then joined the Pylades 18, Capt.
Pat. Duff Henry Hay ; and, from 1829 until hjs first
promotion, 19 Feb. 1838, served, as Mate, on the
Mediterranean, North America, West India, ^nd
Lisbon stations, of the Favourite 18, Capt. Joseph
Harrison, Winche^e^p 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw.
Griffith Colpoys, ISorth Star 28, Capts. Hon. Geo.
RoUe Walpole Trefusis and Lord Wm. Paget, i)<j-
NEOAL 78, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, Royalist 1^,
Lieut.-Commander Ghas, 4-nBtruther Barlow, and
Vanguard 80, Capts. Hon. Djmcontbe Pleydell
Bouverie and Sir Thos. Fello,wes. During his ser-
vitude in tl)e North Star, in 1832, he appears to
have been employed on shore with a detachment of
men for the protection of Montqgo Bay, at the pe-
riod of the rebellion in Jamaica ; and, when in the
Royalist, in 1835, he took part in the operations
against the Carlists on the North Coast of Spajn.
In the course of 1838, Jlr. Gennys assumed com-
mand, in the Mediterranean, of the Confiance
steamer, and he next became ^ucoe??ively attached
to the Princess Caroline ,104, flag-ship of Sir
Robt. Stopford, an^EoDNEY 92, Capt. Hyde P^ker.
In 1840-1 he served at Plymouth, on board the
Belleisle 72, Capt. John Tonp Nicolas; and, on
19 Jan. 1844, he was appointed to the Camperpown
104, as Flag-Lieutenant at the Nore to Vioe-Ad-
miral Sir John Chambers White. Since his attain-
ment of his present ranjc, 17 ApriL 1845, Connnander
Genpys has been oii half-pay.
GENNYS. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
William Uenn Gennys entered the Navy 2 July,
1826 ; passed hia examination in 183^ ; and, ifor his
services On the coast of Syria, where he assisted in
theCARysFQjtj''8 barge ait the attack upon Torto?a,t
and witnessed the fall ^f St. Jean d'Acre, was pro-
mpted to tjie rank of I^ieqteqant 5 Nov. 1840. His
appointments have «ince \ieea — 1 Dec. 1840, to the
Talbot 26, Capt. Robt. Fanshawe Stopford, in the
Mediterranean— and, 29 April, 1843, to the Castor
36, Capt. Chn». Grahoin, under jrhom he is now
serving in the' East Indies as First-Lieutenant.
GEORGE. (Retired Commander, 1844.
F-p., 21 ; H-p., 33.)
Georoe George entered the Navy, 3 Sept. 1793,
as Fst.-cl. Vol.j on board the Globy 98, Capt. Fras.
• Vide Oaz. 1811, p. .2193. f V. Gaz. 1«I1, p. 205.
J riife G(U. 1«40, p. 2607.
Pender, bearing the broad pendant in the Channel
of Hon. Geo. Murray, whom he accompanied, the
year following, to North America, as Midshipman
of the Resolution 74. From that ship, after serv-
ing for some time also on board the Cleopatba 32,
Capts. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose and Chas. Rowley,
he was promoted to an Acting-Lieutenancy, in May,
1797, in the Lynx 16, Capt. Robt. Hall ; under whom
he assisted at the capture, 27 June, 1798, after a
running fight of several hours, of Le Mentor priva-
teer of 14 guns and 79 men. On leaving the Lynx,
which vessel he had had the good fortune to preserve
from destruction during a violent hurricane, Mr.
George was confirmed, by commission dated 26
Nov. 1799, into the Boston 32, Capt. John Erskine
Douglas. While in command, during the following
year, of a boat belonging to that frigate, he suc-
ceeded in capturing off St. Domingo, both on the
same day, a French schooner of 6 guns, and a Dutch
sloop mounting 4 swivels. He afterwards, when on
his passage home, towards the close of 1802, in the
Chichester troop-ship, Capt. Joseph Spear, again
proved instrumental, through great presence of
mind, in saving that vessel from being lost on the
rocks near the Isle of Wight. After assisting, as
First-Lieutenant of the same ship, at the reduction,
in June, 1803, of the islands of Tobago and Ste.
Lucie, Mr. George was successively appointed — 5
July, 1804, as Senior, to the Aleacoee sloop, Capt.
Major Jacob Henniker, on the Guernsey station —
in the course of 1806, to the Ocean, Queen, and
Prince 98's, Capts. Fras. Pender and Wm. Lech-
mere — and, 25 Oct. 1808, to the command of a
Signal Station. On 8 Oct. 1804, while in the Al-
bacore, Mr. George induced, and obtained the high
approbation of his Captain for the very animated
part he bore in, an attack which led to the destruc-
tion of five armed luggers, under a heavy fire from
the enemy's battery and vessels near Grosnez de
Flamanville.* He subsequently fitted out the Ocean
at Spithead, as her First-Lieutenant, and, for the
activity he di^l^ed on that occaraon, received the
thanks of the Port-Admiial; Six Geo. Montagu.
The subject of this memou", who haa been on half-
pay since 1816, assumed the rank of Retired-Com-
mander on the Senior List 31 May, 1844.
GEORGE- (LlEDT., 1812. F-p., 10 ; H-p., 32.)
James Geoege was bom 25 Dec. 1786.
This officer entered tie Navy (into which he was
impressed), 29 March, 1805, as A. B., on board the
Ariadne 20, Capt. Hon. Edw. King ; and, on 7
July following, became Midshipman of the Lucifer
bomb, Capts. Robt. Elliot and Robt. Hall. After
assisting, as Master's Mate, at the passage of the
Dardai^ells, and participating in other services, he
successively joined, as- Acting-Master, in the course
of 1809-10, the Hesfer, Blanche, and Cornwallis,
ajl commanded by Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare, and
Illustrious 74, Capts. Wnk Robt. Broughton, Robt.
Worgan Geo. Festing, and Robt. MaonseU. In the
two latter ships he appears to have been employed
at the blockade of the Isle of France, and, as Act-
ing-Lieutenant, at the reduction of Java. He was
confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 8 May, 1812, in the
BARRAcpDTA 18, Capts. Chas. Rayley and Chas.
Hawkey; and, while in that sloop, was actively
engaged i^ the suppression ot piracy in the Java
sea and on the coast of Borneo. He has not been
afloat since 16 Nov. 1814.
Lieut. George is at present employed as Assistant
Superintendent of Quarantine at Mllford Haven.
He married, first, in Sept. 1816, and again in 1829 ;
and has issue seven children. Agents — Holmes
and Folkard.
GEORGE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Thomas Gethy George entered the Navy 6
April, 1809; passed his examination in 1815; and
was made Lieutenant 24 July, 1825, into the Fly
18, Capts. Fred. Augustus Wetherall and Follett
Walrond Pcnnell, on the Fast India station. Since
* WifcGai. 1804, p. 1284.
3E
394 GEORGES-GERARD-GERRARD-GIBBONS— GIBSON- GIFFARD.
the paying off of that Tessel he has been unem- on the junior list 5 April, 1831 ; and on the senior
ployed. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 23 Nov. 1836.
GIBSON. (Lieutenant, 1844.) _
Paul Weli-ington Gtbson died in 1846.
This officer passed his examination 1 June, 1836 ;
and, during the last three or four years of his Mate-
ship, served on board the Thdndekeb 84, Capt.
Dan. Pring, and Helena 16, Capt. Comwallis Rick-
etts. He acquired the rank of Lieutenant 17 Feb.
1844 ; joined, 1 March following, the Winchester
50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Hon.
Josceline Percy ; and, from 8 July, 1845, until the
period of his death, served there on board the
Cleopatea 26, Capt. Christopher Wyvill.
GEORGES. (Commander, 1845.)
Henry St. John Georges was promoted to the
command, as Lieutenant, of the Harpy 10, on the
North America and West India station, 18 Jan.
183S. His appointments were, afterwards — 14 May,
1839, to the Eevenge 76, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walde-
grave, fitting at Portsmouth— 24 Sept. 1840, to the
Belleisle 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, lying at
Plymouth— 15 Dec. 1841, to the St. Vincent 120,
flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Codrington —
8 March, 1842, to the Resistance 42, Capt. Chas.
Geo. Edw. Patey, employed on Particular Service
—31 May, 1843, as First, to the Racer 16, Capt.
Arch. Reed, on the South American station — and,
22 Nov. 1843, as Additional, to the Growler steam-
sloop, Capt. Claude Henry Mason Buckle, on the
coast of Africa. He assumed his present rank 25
July, 1845, and has since been on half-pay.
GEEARD. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Henry Gerard entered the Navy 28 Dec. 1807 ;
passed his examination in 1815 ; and obtained his
commission 27 May, 1825. We are not aware that
he has been since employed. Agents — Messrs.
Stilwell.
GERRARD. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 23.)
William Collikson Gerrard entered the Navy,
14 July, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ven-
geor 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, and, after visiting
the West Indies, became Midshipman, 22 Nov. 1813,
of the Madagascar 38, Capt. Lucius Curtis, off
Brest. From July, 1814, until Nov. 1815, he served
in the Galatea 42, Capt. Woodley Losack, on the
Newfoundland and West India stations ; subse-
quently to which we find him employed, at home
and on the coast of North America, in the Qdeen
Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough,
Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, Phaeton 46,
Capts. Wm. Henry Dillon and Wm. Augustus Mon-
tagu, and Apollo and Royal George yachts, Capts.
Hon. Sir Chas. Paget and Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel.
He acquired the rank he now holds 6 Sept. 1823,
and was next appointed, 4 April, and 31 July, 1824,
to the Britannia 120, and Ocean 98, flag-ships at
Plymouth and off Lisbon of Sir Jas. Saumarez and
Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Since 18 Oct. in the
latter year he has not been afloat. Agents — Hal-
lett and Robinson.
GIBBONS, (Ketirbd Commander, 1836. f-p.,
16; H-P., 42.)
William Gibbons is second son of the late Sir
Wm. Gibbons, Bart., LL.D., by Rebecca, eldest
daughter of Vice-Admiral Chas. Watson (who died
Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, 15 July,
1757) ; brother of Capt. Geo. Gibbons, who fell at
Albuera, 16 May, 1811; grand-uncle of Sir John
Gibbons, Bart., of Stanwell Place, co. Middlesex;
and first-couan of Sir Chas. Wager Watson, Bart.,
of Falmer, co. Bucks.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1789, as Cap-
tain's Servant, on board the Pegasus 28, Capt.
Herbert Sawyer, off Newfoundland, and during the
six following years served as Midshiprian, chiefly
on the Home station, in the Porcupine, Capt. Geo.
Martin, Spitfire, Capts. Geo. Woodley and Philip
Chas. Durham, Maqicienne, Capt. G. Martin, Hind,
Capt. P. C. Durham, Santa Margarita, Capt.
Eliab Harvey, and Victory, flag-ship of Lord Hood.
Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 9 Feb. 1796, he
became attached in succession to the Jason, Capt.
Chas. Stirling, and Diana, Capt. Jonathan Faulk-
ner, and commanded at intervals between the years
1799 and 1803, the Queen, Drake, and Joseph
cutters, in the latter of which he took, 8 Sept. 1803,
VEspoir priva,teer, of 6 guns and 52 men. His
last employment was as Commander, from March,
1808, to Oct. 1811, of the Alphea schooner, in the
English Channel. He became a fietired Cc„ ^--
GIFFARD. (Captain, 1845.)
George Giffakd, bom in 1815, is third son of
the late Sir Ambrose Hardinge Giflard, Kt., Chief
Justice of Ceylon, by Harriet, daughter of Lovell
Pennell, Esq., of Lyme Regis ; nephew of Lieut.
Wm. Giffard, of the 82nd Regt., who was murdered
by the rebels in Ireland in May, 1798 ; and brother-
in-law of the late Sir Wm. Webb FoUett, Her Ma-
jesty's Attorney-General.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 June, 1827;
passed his examination in 1834 ; and obtained his
first commission 30 Oct. 1835. His appointments, as
Lieutenant, were— 1 Nov. 1835, and 14 Feb. 1&38,
to the Cruizer 16, and Medea steamer, Capts.
Wm. Alex. Willis and John Neale Nott, on the
North America and West India station— and, 27
Nov. 1839, to the Cyclops steamer, Capt. Horatio
Thos. Austin. In the following year he bore a
very active part in the operations on the coast of
Syria, and particularly distinguished himself by
the able assistance he afforded his Captain in an
attack on the strong tower of Gebail, 12 Sept. 1840,
on which occasion he formed one of a party that
very gallantly landed and advanced to the walls,
although ultimately compelled to retire with loss.*
For his services throughout the campaign he was
awarded a Commander's commission, dated 4 Nov.
1 840. His next appointment, we find, was, 5 Jan.
1843, to the Vixen steam-sloop, attached to the
force in the East Indies, during his continuation
on which station he destroyed a nest of pirates, of
his own accord ; and, on 19 Aug. 1845, bore the
flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, the Commander-
in-Chief, pending an attack made by the boats of
his squadron upon a formidable settlement at Mal-
loodoo, on the north end of the island of Borneo,
where he was subsequently employed in accomplish-
ing the ruin of the remaining pirates.t He was
promoted, in consequence of those performances,
to the rank of Captain, 26 Dec. 1845, and he is now
on half-pay. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
GIFFARD. (Captain, 1841. b-p., 17; h-p., 6.)
Henry Wells Giffard is son of Admiral Giffard.
This officer entered the Navy 1 April, 1824;
passed his examination in 1830 ; obtained his first
commission 4 March, 1831 ; and, on 14 May, 1833,
and 26 Sept. 1837, waS appointed to the Volage 28,
Capts. Geo. Bohun Martin and Peter Richards, and
Hyacinth 18, Capt. Wm. Warren. In those ships
he was successively employed on the Mediterranean
and East India stations, chiefly in the capacity of
Senior Lieutenant, until some months after his pro-
motion to the rank of Commander, which took
place 22 Feb. 1838. Being appointed, on 10 May,
1839, to the Cruizer 16, Capt. Gifiiard, in 1840, ac-
companied the expedition to China, and in the
course of the same year was present, with great
zeal and alacrity, at the capture of Chusan,| and
also at the blockade of Ningpo. On his return with
Sir Hugh Gough, after having been sent with de-
spatches to Calcutta, we find him, on 13 March, 1841,
ably supporting Capt. Herbert at the capture of
the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton ;
and in the following Slay, the period of the second
• FtifeGai. 1840.pp. 82.?3-4. + f'. Gra. 1845, p. 6034.
■ t V. Gaz. 181U, p. 2991.
GIFFARD— GIFFORD-GILBERT.
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capture of that city, again eliciting the best thanks
of the same officer for his conduct at the destruc-
tion of the whole line of defences extending about
two miles from the British factory.* On 8 June,
1841, Capt. Giffard was in consequence rewarded
with a Post-commission. Continuing, howeyer, to
serve in the Crdizer, he was further present in
her in the ensuing operations of Aug. and Oct.
against Amoy, Chusan, and Chinghae. At each of
those places he was entrusted with the debarkation
of the troops ; and when at Amoy he was attached
to the army during the whole period of its stay.
In the performance of the duties which were thus
imposed upon him Capt. Giffiird was quite inde-
fatigable, and acquitted himself as much to the
satisfaction of Sir Wm. Parker, the Naval Com-
mander-in-Chief, as of the General. On every op-
portunity, indeed, his ardour and activity were
eminently displayed.! He left the Cruizer in the
early part of 1842 ; and, since 13 Oct. 1846, has been
in command of the Peneiope steam-frigate, bear-
ing the broad pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham on the
coast of Africa.
Capt. Giffard married, 19 March, 1846, Ella Ame-
lia, fourth daughter of the late Major-General Sir
Benj. C. Stevenson, G.C.H., and niece of the Rev.
Sir Henry Kivers, Bart. Agent — J. Hinxman.
GIFFAED. (LlEtTTENANT, 1814.)
James Giffabd died aboat the commencement
of 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Aug. 1807, as
Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the T£m£raire 98, Capt.
Sir Chas. Hamilton, flag-ship afterwards in the
Baltic and Mediterranean of Bear- Admirals Manley
Dixon and Eras. Pickmore, In Dec. 1811, he be-
came Midshipman of the Ville de Paris, 110,
Capt. Geo. Burlton, on the latter station, where,
until his promotion, 6 July, 1814, he continued to
serve, in the Blossom, Capt. Wm. Stewart, Swal-
low and Kite sloops, Capts. Geo. Canning, Kow-
land Mainwaring, and Thos. Forster, San Josef 110,
flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, Endymion prize-brig,
Capt. Cornish, and Rainbow 26, Capt. Jas. Wemyss.
From 3 Jan. to 31 May, 1815, he cruized on the
Irish station in the Menai 24, Capt. Watkin Owen
Pell ; after which he obtained an appointment in
the Water Guard, 14 Dec. 1820, and was invested
with the command, 16 Dec. 1825, of the Dolphin
Revenue-cutter. From the date of his quitting the
latter vessel Mr. Gifflixd remained, we believe, un-
employed.
Post by Sir John Jervis into La Mxgnonne, of 32
guns, 19 Oct. 1796, Capt. Giffard, we find, was sub-
sequently appointed— 29 Dec. 1796, to La Maho-
nesa 40, off Lisbon and Cadiz— 23 Sept. 1800, to
the Active 38, off Cherbourg, where he took, 26
Jan. 1801, Le Quinola privateer, of 14 guns and 48
men— 23 Feb. 1801, to the Magnificent 74, in which
ship he was the instrument, early in the month of
April, 1802, of suppressing a dangerous insurrec-
tion of the 8th West India Regt., then in garrison
at Fort Shirley, Dominica— 23 April, 1803, to the
Prince of Wales 98, lying at Portsmouth— 7 June,
1803, to theDKYAD 36, on the Cork station, whither
he conveyed Lord Gardner— 8 Oct. 1805, to L'Athe-
NiENKE 64, in which ship he assisted at the defence
of Gaeta^and, 27 Sept. 1806, to the Zealous 74,
on the Mediterranean station. From 23 March,
1807, until his attainment of Flag-rank, 12 Aug.
1819, Capt. Giffard was next employed as Lieutenant-
Governor of the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth.
He became a Vice- Admiral 22 July, 1830, and a full
Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
Admiral Giffard married, 20 Nov. 1802, a daughter
of the late Sir John Carter, Kt., of Portsmouth, and
has, with other issue, a son, the present Capt. Henry
Wells Giffard, R.N., and a daughter, married to
Capt. Geo. Evans, R.N.
GIFFAED. (Admiral OF THE White, 1841. f-p.,
34 ; H-p., 330
John Giffard entered the Navy, 25 April, 1780,
as a Boy, on board the Canada 74, Capts. Sir Geo.
Collier and Hon. Wm. Comwallis; and while in
that ship was present, as Midshipman, at the relief
of Gibraltar in 1781, the ensuing capture of the
Spanish frigate Leocadia, of 36 guns, also in Sir
Sam. Hood's action off St. Kitt's, and in Rodney's
actions with the Comte de Grasse, 9 and 12 April,
1782. He next joined in succession the Dragon
74, Capt. Lee, Ardent 64, Capt. Henry Harwood,
Trimmer sloop, Capt. Chas. Tyler, Victory 100,
flag-ship of Lord Howe, and Crown 64, bearing the
broad pendant in the East Indies of Commodore
Hon. Wm. Comwallis, by whom he was promoted
to a Lieutenancy, 20 Oct. 1790, in the Vestal 28,
Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan, and afterwards re-
moved to the Crown and Minekva. Mr. Giffard,
whose proximate appointments were, 14 Nov. 1793,
and 12 July, 1794, to the Theseds 74, Capt. Robt.
Calder, and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Earl
Howe, was advanced, after participating under Sir
Andw. Snape Douglas in Lord Bridport's action,
to the command, 1 Feb. 1796, of the Raven sloop,
for his conduct in which vessel, in safely escort-
ing a large convoy into Lisbon, he received the
thanks of the Board of Admiralty. Being made
* fide Gtx. 1841, pp. 1503-4, 2506.
t r. G«z. 1S48, pp. 82, 383, 385, 388, 393-5-6.
GIFFOED. (Eear-Admibal, 1846. f-p., 19;
H-p., 45.)
James Gifford (whose name had been pre-
viously borne for upwards of three years, as
Captain's Servant, on the books of the Hannibal
and Agamemnon, both commanded by Capt. Benj.
Caldwell) entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1783, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Assistance, Capt. Wm. Beu-
tinck, bearing the broad pendant on the Halifax
station of Commodore Sir Chas. Douglas. Until
the receipt of his first commission, 22 Oct. 1793, he
served, latterly in the West Indies, Channel, and
Medi'terranean, on board the Weazlb and Juno,
Capt. Sam. Hood, Colossus 74, Capt. Henry Har-
vey, Robust 74, Capt. Rowland Cotton, and St.
George 98, flag-ship, during the occupation of
Toulon, of Rear-Admiral John Gell. He then
joined the Lutine 32, Capts. Jas. Macnamara and
Wm. Haggitt ; and on 7 Oct. 1795, was in company
with the Censeur 74, when that ship was cap-
tured by a French squadron under M. Richery,
from whom the Lutine herself with difficulty ef-
fected her escape. As Lieutenant, Mr. Gifford' s
subsequent appointments were — to the Pomp^e 74,
Capt. Jas. Vashon, and Prince and Prince George
98's, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Chas. Cotton.
Being properly qualified, by commission dated 7
May, 1802, he subsequently, after officiating for a
few months as Acting-Captain of the Braave fri-
gate, assumed command, 8 May, 1804, 16 May, 1808,
and 17 Feb. 1812, of the Speedy, Sarpen, and
Sheldrake sloops, on the Channel and Baltic sta-
tions. He attained Post-rank 12 Aug. 1812 ; and on
1 Oct. 1846, became a Rear-Admiral. Agents—
Hallett and Robinson.
GILBERT. (Commander, 1822. e-p., 27;
H-p., 21.)
Edmund Williams Gilbert, bom in 1787, is
fourth son of the late Rev. Edm. Gilbert, Vicar of
Constantino, and Official of the Archdesiconry of
Cornwall (grandson of Admiral Edm. Williams of
Plymouth), by Anne, daughter of Henry Garnett,
Esq., of Bristol; brother of Lieut. Henry Garnett
Gilbert, R.N., who was lost at sea in H.MS
Hawke in May, 1805, of Major-General Walter
Raleigh Gilbert, Hon. E. I. Co.'s service, and of
Capt. Eras. Yarde Gilbert, R.E. ; and brother-in-
law of Sir Walter Roberts, Bart., and of Lord Robt.
Kerr. Commander Gilbert, who belongs to one of
the oldest families in the co. of Devon, is a collate-
ral descendant of the celebrated Sir Walter Raleigh
and lineally derives from Sir Humphrey Gilbert, a
seaman noted for his discoveries in the northern
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OltCHRIST--GILfiS.
seas during the r«ign of Qaefen lilizibelh, iind for
the establishment of the colony of Newfoundland.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 Sept. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fisgakd, of 46 guns and
281 men, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin ; under whom
he assisted in taking, 22 Oct. 1800, La Venus French
frigateof 32 guns, wasjiresent at the capture of alarge
number of privateers, and Saw much boat service.
The Fisgakd being paid Off at the peace, Mr. Gil-
bert, on the renewal of hostilities, became succes-
sively attached, as Mklshipman, to the Mii^BEOOK
schooner, Lieut.-ConAander M. A. N. De Starck,
and, with the late Sir Thos. Louis, to the Coir-
QDEKOR 74, Leopard 50, a,nd Cahopus 80. While
in the Leopard he served in a fire-boat at the
bombardment of the Boulogne flotilla in 1804 ; arid
on his removal to the Canopus, he aceomjpatii'ed
Lord Nelson to the "West Indies in his celebrated
pursuit of the combined fleets in 1805, took part in
the action off San Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, was pre-
sent, as Acting-Lieutenant, at the ca,pture of Le
President French frigate, landed and assisted, after
passing the Dardanells, in dislodging sOme Turks
from the island of Prota, 27 Feb. 1807, fend then
attended the expedition to Egypt, where he wit-
nessed the unsuccessful attack on Rosetta. Being
confirmed in the Casopus, by oommissioii dated 29
Sept. 1808, Mr. Gilbert, after serving for some
months under the flag of the present Sir Geo.
Martin, successively joined — 5 Deo. 1809, and 13
Aug. 1810, as Senior Lieutenant, the Apelles and
Tykijin sloops, Capts. Thos. Oliver and Heilry
Davies, on the Home station — 4 Jan. 1811, the Akgo
44, Capt. Fred. Warren— 1 May, 1811, the REVENGi;
74, bearing the flag of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge,
under whom he served at the defence of Gamz,
assisted in cutting out an American vessel from
beneath a heavy battery, and was constantly' un-
der fire— 6 Jan. 1813, and 5 Juty, 1815, again as
First, the DoKis 36 and GRAMtns 50, CaptS. Robt.
O'Brien and Fras. Augustus fcoUier, on the East
India station — 4 July, 1816, as a Voluhteeir, the
Glasgow 40, Capt. Hon. Ahthony Maitlattd ; during
his attachment to which ship he received a splinter-
wound across his chest #hile in command of hei: '.
fire-boat at the battle of Algiefs, 27 Aug. 1816—21 :
July, 1817, to the command of S, Re venue-oruizer.^ i
and, 8 Soft. 1817, as Senior, to his former ship, the ;
Glasgow, Capt. Hon. A. Maitland, oh the Meditter- i
ranean station. Attaining his t)resent rank 26 Deb.
1822, he subsequently, on 8 Dec. l827, and 30 Oct.
1828, assumed cofflniand of the Isfernal bomb
and ZEBkA 18. On 4 Aug. 1841, he joined the Coast
Guard ; and, since 9 Oct. 1846, he has been in com-
mand of the Andromeda store-ship.
Commander Gifford married, in 1822, Mary,
daughter of J. Simpson, fesq., and niece of the late
wealthy Mr. ArkWright, by whom he has issue four
children. Agents — Messrs. Hallett and Robinson.
GILCHRIST. (Ketibed Commandeb, 1843.
F-P., ^6 ; HJp., 37.)
Willlam Gilchrist was born 5 May, 1775. His
father was also in the Service.
This officer entered the Nayy, 2 May, 1784, as
Captain's Servant, on board Wie Ftite 14, Capts.
Wm. Luke and Percy Brett, on the Home station,
where, until 1791, he continued to serve, in the
same vessel, and in the Fame 74 and Impregnable
98, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Philip Cosby. He
re-embarked, 30 June, 1793, on board the Sceptre
64, Capts. Jas. Rich. Dacres, Wm. ESsington, Thos.
Alexander, and Valentine Edwards ; under the two
first of whom he witnessed the attack on Cape
Tiburon and Port au Prince, St. Domingo, in 1794,
and the capture of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha
Bay, 17 Aug. 1796. While detached, on one occa-
sion, in a captured Indiaman, he had the misfor-
tune to be wrecked ; on another, he discovered a
conspiracy which but for him would have resulted
in the surrender to the French of a British Squadron
of seven sail by their own crews ; and for his sub-
sequent exertions in securing the ScEPTRE'e 2"!>o
during a hUrribane, he was i-eceited, 16 Ja6. 1798,
on board the Tkemendods 74, bearing the flag at
the Cape of Rear-Admiral Thos. Pringle— by whose
successor. Sir Hugh Clobferry Christian, he was ap-
pointed, as a reward for his presence of mmd m
saving that ship from being driven on a bed of
Moks, to a Lieutenancy, 1 Aug. following, in thd
Hoi?E sloop, Capt. Augustus Brine. When next m
L'OisEAt 36, Capt. Sam. Hood Lihzee, to which
ship he was confirmed by commission dated 22
June, 1799, Lieut. Gilchrist, in command of three
boats, cut out a privateer and a laden brig from
under a battery at St. Denis, Bourbon ; and on an-
other occasion, in only a six-oared cuttet, he took
two boats with 12 men under a desperate fire from
numerous batteries and field-pieces in a harbour of
the Isle of France. In the course of the same year
he also bore part in an engagement of several hours
with two French frigates ; some time after the close
of which he contrived by his owa personal exertions
to prevent L'OiseAu, whose masts and rigging had
been greatly damaged, from being lost on the Bel-
lair's Rock. His subsequent appointments wer&,
on the East India and Home stations, frequently as
First-Lieutenant, to the Rattlesnake 16, Capt.
Roger Curtis, Ihoi»EDE 50, Capt. Sam. Stottley,
Lancaster 64, bearing the flag of Sir Roger Curtis,
La Concorde 36, Capts. John Wood and John
Cramer, Wetmouth 36, Capt. John Drape*, to the
command of the El Corso receiving-ship, Maida
74, Capt. S. H. Linzee, and to the command of the
Irresistible prison-ship, and Utile 16 — of these
ships he had the good fortune of also preserving
from destruction the Rattlesnake, Concorde, and
Wetmouth, as he likewise did, on her passage
home, the Knm Prindtz Prederick, one of the Danish
74's token in 1807 at Copenhagen, at the siege of
which place he had assisted as First of the Maioa*
Having been on half-pay since 1813, he at length
became a Retired Commander on the Junior List,
26 Nov. 1830, from which he was promoted to the
Senior, 1 Aug. 1843.
Commander Gilchrist, when in the Impregnable,
fell from the mizen-top, fractured his skuU, tore
the calf of his left leg, and greatly injured his arm ;
and in consideration of his sufferings he obtained a
pension from the chest of Chatham. The injuries
he experienced on other occasions have been nu-
merous and extreine.
GILES. {LlECTENANOS 1841.)
Henrv John Giles entered the Navy 2 April,
1824 ; served as Midshipman of the Genoa 74,
Capt. Walter Bathurst, at the battle of Navarin,
20 Oct. 1827 ; passed his examination 2 Feb. 1831 ;
served as Mate, latterly, of the Caledonia 120,
flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore ; and
obtained his comUaission 14 Dec. 1841. He was re-
appointed, 18 Oct. 1842, to the Caledonia 120, then
flag-ship of Sir David Milne. He has not been
employed since 1844.
H« married, 14 March, 1844, Mary, only daughter
of the late Mr. T. Webb, of Darley, near Lifikeard,
Cornwall.
GILES. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
William Giles was born 22 Sept. 1787.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1805, as
Midshipman, On board the I'rincess Roval 98,
Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds ; on removing from
which ship to the Inflexible 64, Capt. Joshua
Rowley Watson, he attended the expedition to
Copenhagen in Aug. 1807, served on shore vrith the
naval brigade throughout the whole of the siege,
and subsequently assisted in fitting out the Danish
shipping. After serving for some months as Mas-
ter's Mate, on the Home station, of the Vdltdre
18 and Hope 10, both commanded by Capt. Joseph
Pearce, he rejoined Capt. Watson on board the At-
FRED 74, in time to unite in the operations of 1809
against the island of Walcheren, where he com-
manded a magazine-boat. During his continuance
in the Alfred, Mr. Giles further served with the
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397
brigade of seamen/ittached to the army at the re-
duction of the islands of Guadeloupe, St. Martin's,
and St. Eustatius— was employed for four months
with the flotilla at the defence of Cadiz, during
which he appears to have been engaged upwards of
forty times with the enemy's batteries and forces,
and to have received two flesh-wounds in the
right leg— and assisted in removing the dead and
wounded after the battle of Barrosa. In April,
1811, he removed with Capt. Watson to the Im-
placable 74, attached to the fleet off Toulon, and
during the last two years of the war he served in
the Impetdecx, Stately, and KoDNEr, flag-ships of
Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin, on the Lisbon station.
Having passed his examination 19 June, 1811, he
was at length promoted to his present rank by com-
mission dated 3 Feb. 1815 ; since which period he
has not been afloat.
Lieut. Giles married first, 25 Nov. 1817, Sarah,
daughter of Thos. Kosewell, Esq., of Emsworth, co.
Hants ; and, secondly, 13 April, 1843, Sarah, daugh-
ter of Mr. John Rogers, of Everton, near Lyming-
ton, in the same county. He has issue by both
marriages.
GILL. (LiEnTENAST, 1828.)
Hakbt Gill entered the Navy, 5 Sept. 1811, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kaisonnable 64, lying
at Sheerness, and during the latter part of the war
served on the North American and West India
stations in the Albion and Scepthe 74' s, both com-
manded by Capt. John Ferris Devonshire, and
Araxes 38, Capt. Geo. Miller Bllgh. In 1816 he
joined the Bulwark 74, flag-Ship of Sir Chas.
Rowley at Chatham ; and from 1819, in which year
he passed his examination, be was next employed,
until the date of his promotion, 11 Sept. 1828, aa
Mate, on the West India, Halifax, Cape of Good
Hope, East India, and Home stations, of the Salis-
bury 50, flag-ship of Rear- Admirals Donald Camp-
bell and Wm. Chas. Fahie, Samarang 28, Capt.
David Dunn, Java 52, and Boadicea 46, both
commanded by Capt. John Wilson, and Ligbtning
steamer, Capt. Geo. Evans. He has had charge,
since 8 Nov. 1836, of a station in the Coast Guard.
He married, 27 Oct. 1842, Sarah Jane, eldest
daughter of Lieut. Wm. Coleman, R.N.
GILL. (CoMMANDEft, 1842. P'P,, 18; H-P., 24.)
Joseph Collings Gill has lost several near rela^
tives in the service.
This officer entered the Navy, 31 March, 1805, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Aohille 74, Cants. Rich.
King, John Hayes, Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence
Dundas, and Aiskew Paffard HoUis; with whom,
"successively, he continued to serve, latterly as Lieu-
tenant (commission dated 21 March, 1812) until
Jan. 1814. During that period he fought, as Mid-
shipman, at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805 ;
was with a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood at the
capture of four French frigates off Rochefort, 25
Sept. 1806 ; commanded the second boat that
effected a landing on the island of Walcheren dur-
ing the hostile operations of 1809; and, for upwards
of eight months, in 1810-11, was day and night em-
ployed with the flotilla at the defence of Cadiz.
He also took part in a variety of other hazardous
services ; and being intrusted, in 1813, at a period
when the plague was raging at Malta, with the
charge of the shore duty on that island, contracted
a disease which nearly terminated his existence.
Lieut. Gill's subsequent appointments were — 3
May, 1814, as Senior, to the Goldfinch 10, Capt.
Edm. Waller, in the Channel— 7 Oct. 1815, to the
RocHFORT 80, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson,
at Portsmouth, where he was paid off 26 Aug. 1818
—29 Oct. 1823, and 2 April, 1824, to the command
of the Kite and Vandeledh Revenue-vessels— 31
Aug. 1837, as First, to the President 52, flog^ship
in the Pacific of Kear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodg-
son Ross— 1 July, 1839, in a similar capacity, to the
Electra 20, Capt. Edw. R, P. Mainwaring, on the
same station-^l Wov. 1839j to the command .there
of the Basilisk 6 — and, 27 Nov. 1841, again to the
President, in which he returned home and was
paid off 14 May, 1842. During the period of his
servitude in the Pacific Mr. Gill appears to have
been the oldest Lieutenant employed in a sea-going
ship. He conducted, while in the Basilisk, various
services of secrecy and importance ; and during the
revolution he received the thanks of the French
Consul, who placed himself and the French ma-
rine under his protection. Since his last promotion,
19 Aug. 1842, Commander Gill has been on half-
pay.
GILL. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 37.)
Thomas Gill, bom 19 Feb. 1782, is descended in
a direct line from the Rev. Alex. Gill, D.D., who
flourished at the commencement of the sixteenth
century.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Jan. 1794, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Swan 18, Capt.
Hugh Pigot, under whom he assisted, among other
services, at the ensuing capture of Port-au-Prince, St.
Domingo. Until the peace of Amiens he was further
employed on the West India and Home stations, a
great part of the time as Midshipman, in the Suc-
cess 28, Capt. H. Pigot, Royal William, Capt.
Wm. Lechmere, Conquest gun-brig, Lieut.-Com-
mander W. Green, Magnanime 44, Capt. W. "Taylor,
and Cambridge 80, Capt. C. H. Lane. He then
joined the Racoon 18, Capt. Austin Bissell ; and in
the early part of July, 1803, succeeded, while in
command, as prize-master, of a merchant schooner,
having on board 2 six-pounders and only 6 men, in
capturing, after a gallant struggle of 10 minutes, a
French national cutter, armed also with 2 six-
pounders, besides svrivels, musketry, &c., and
manned with 33 able-bodied seamen, in addition to
whom were a Lieut.-Colonel, two subalterns, several
soldiers, and other passengers. On 11 of the same
month, having rejoined the Racoon, Mr. Gill, whom
we find his Captain officially describing as " a very
worthy promising young man," took part in a very
warm action of 40 minutes, which terminated in the
capture, in Leogane Roads, of the French corvette
Le Lodi, of 10 guns and 61 men.* On that occa-
sion, although the only person hurt, he lost his left
arm close to the shoulder ; he had previously been
deprived of a finger, and had received three other
very painful wounds, but had heroically refused to
leave his quarters. On 17 of the following Aug.
we discover the Racoon effecting the destruction,
off the island of Cuba, of the national brig La Mv-
tine, of 18 guns ; after which, on 14 Oct. with but
42 men on board, ^she most gallantly brought to
action, and compelled to strike their colours, in
spite of a desperate resistance, a French gim-brig,
cutter, and sohdoner, carrying altogether between
300 and 400 men. For his conduct on the latter
occasion Mr. Gill, whose wounds were still open,
but who did not quit the deck for 27 hours, was
presented with 50 guineas by the Patriotic Society,
and was a few days afterwards promoted by the
Commander-in-Chief to a Lieutenancy in the
Creole 38, to which frigate his Captain had also
been transferred. We had almost neglected to re-
cord that, having been sent in the preceding March
to demand from the Spaniards at Truxillo, on the
Spanish Main, the restoration of a merchant-vessel
which had been unlawfully detained, Mr. Gill had
been seized and confined for twenty days on board
a ship in the harbour, whence he was only rescued
by a signal effort of judgment and valour, first
in contriving to despatch a boat during a dark
night to the Racoon, which vessel was at the time
at Honduras, and then by keeping the enemy at
bay until her arrival. To return to the Cheole
That ship, being shortly afterwards ordered to Eng-
land, unfortunately foundered on her passage, and
would mevitably have consigned all on board to a
watery grave, had not the Cumberland 74, miracu-
lously hove in sight at the eleventh hour, and with
great difficulty effected their rescue. Mr. Gill
• fide Gaz. 1803, p. I SS9.
398
GILL-GILLMOR— GILMORE— GILMOUR.
■whose promotion was confirmed on his arrival home
hy commission dated 8 May, 1804, subsequently
served, until promoted to the rank of Commander
at the conclusion of the war, 15 June, 1814, in the
Pkihce 98, Capt. Kich. Grindall, Combatant 20,
Capt. A. Bissell, Auroka 28, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot,
Kingfisher 18, Capt. Wm. Hepenstall, Medwat
74, Capt. Augustus Brine, and Semiramis 36, Capt.
Chas. Richardson. He also for short periods, in
1804-6-9, commanded the Tartak Revenue-cutter,
the Aurora (as Acting-Captain), and the Panther
prison-ship. While Lieutenant of the Aurora,
under Capt. Elliot, he participated in an action of
three hours with some Spanish'gun-boats nearTarifa,
three of which were captured. He likewise either
conducted in person, or bore a prominent share in, a
variety of boat operations on the coast of Italy, and
on every occasion disi^layed a gallant and charac-
teristic bearing, particularly in the month of De-
cember, 1806, when, in command of two boats be-
longing to the Kingfisher, he chased an armed
felucca on shore, then landed at the head of a party
of 40-:officers, seamen, and marines, secured the
prize, plundered a neighbouring village, and ulti-
mately brought off the spoil, although the enemy
had rallied, and had brought together a force of
500 men to oppose him. On 27 June, 1808, he was
again wounded at the capture, after a smart action of
nearly 30 minutes, of the letter-of-marque Le HermU,
of 12 guns and 57 men, which vessel he subsequently
conducted into Malta. Capt. Gill's appointments,
after his promotion to the rank of Commander,
were, we find— 28 April, 1829, to the Spakkowhawk
19, on the West India station— and, 22 July, 1830,
as Acting-Captain, to the Magnificent, receiving-
ship at Port Royal, Jamaica, whence he invalided
19 Feb. 1831. He was promoted to the rank he
now holds 10 Jan. 1837 ; and has since been imem-
plOTed.
Capt. Gill married, 16 Aug. 1816, and has issue,
with six daughters, three sons, of whom the eldest
Thos. Cadman Roberts, is a Mate, R.N. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
GILL. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
William Young Gill entered the Navy 17 Sept.
1808 ; served as Mate of the Albion 74, Capt. John
Coode, at the battle of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816 ; and
obtained his commission 13 July, 1824. He was
afterwards appointed— 26 July, 1830, to the Coast
Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the
Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 15 Oct.
1831, to the Coast Guard— 2 July, 1840, to the Vic-
toria Revenue-vessel — and, 4 March, 1843, as
Eirst, to the Stvx steamer, Capt. Alex. Thos.
Emerie Vidal, employed in surveying the Azores.
He has been on half-day since 1845.
Lieut. Gill is married, and has issue. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
GILLMOR. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p.,
14 ; H-p., 39.)
CiOTwoETHT GiLLMOR, bom 5 April, 1773, is
youngest son of Wm. Gillmor, Esq., who was High
Sheriff for co. Sligo in 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1794, as
A.B., on board the Ambuscade 32, Capt. Geo. Duff,
with whom he served, in the same ship, and in the
Glenmore 36, on the North Sea and Irish stations,
until promoted to a Lieutenancy, 13 Feb. 1801, in
the Serpent 16, Capt. Thos. Roberts. On the 30
Oct. in the latter year he joined for a few months
the San Fiorenzo 40, Capt. Chas. Wm. Paterson,
and we afterwards find him serving, from 8 April,
1803, to 27 Jan. 1806, on board the Texel 64, Ma-
labar 50, and Belliqoedx 64, all commanded by
Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, under whom, in the last-
mentioned ship, he assisted at the capture of the
Cape of Good Hope. After an attachment of some
months in 1807 to the Zealand, flag-ship at the
Nore of Vioe-Admiral Thos. Wells, Mr. Gillmor
joined the Maklbokodgh 74, Capt. Graham Moore ;
and while in that ship, ho escorted the Royal Fa-
mily of Portugal to the Brazils, and attended the
expedition of 1809 to the WalcHeren. Being next
appointed, 14 July, 1810, to the Melpomene fngate,
Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, he for some time
commanded the Naval Brigade, consisting of 500
men, employed in co-operation with the army under
the Duke of Wellington at the lines of Torres Ve-
dras, and materially assisted in battering the town
of Santarem, and in destroying all the boats with
which General Massena's army was to have crossed
the Tagus. The subject, of this memoir, who has
not been employed since the summer of 1811, be-
came a Retired Commander on the Junior List 1
Dec. 1830, and on the Senior 17 Nov. 1845.
He is married, and has issue. His son, the Rev.
Clotworthy Gillmor, M.A., is Vicar of Dartford,
CO. Kent; and his youngest daughter is the wife
of Capt. C. H. Thomas, Hon. E. I. Co.'s service.
GILMORE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p.," 9 ; h-p., .32.)
JoHK GiLMOEE entered the Navy, in July, 1806,
as A.B., on board the Prince George 98, Capt. Geo.
Losack, and, on his return from a visit to the West
Indies, successively joined, in 1807-8, the Enchan-
tress gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Paisley, and, as
Midshipman, the Tribune 36, Capt. Geo. Reynolds.
On 12 May, 1810, we find the latter frigate very gal-
lantly beating off, on the coast of Norway, after a
smart action of two hours and a quarter, in which
she lost 9 men killed and 15 wounded, four Danish
man-of-war brigs, carrying altogether 74 guns. Mr.
Gilmore, who continued to serve in the Tribune
until July, 1813, then joined the Impregnable 98,
and, next, the Tonnant 80, flag-ships of Admirals
Toung and Sir Alex. Cochrane, under the latter of
whom he saw much active service on the coast of
North America. Among other operations he ap-
pears, on 14 Dec. 1814, to have served with the
boats of a squadron at the capture, on Lake Borgne,
of five American gun-boats under Commodore Jones,
which did not surrender until the British, after a
desperate conflict, had been occasioned a loss of
17 men killed and 77 wounded. From Dec. 1814
until 4 June, 1815, he commanded, as Acting-Lieu-
tenant, the Harlequin and Firebrand gim-vessels,
in the Gulf of Mexico. He then assumed his pre-
sent rank by commission dated back to 28 Peb.
1815, and since that period has been on half-pay.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
GILMOUR. (Retired Commander, 1836. f-p.,
33 ; H-P., 35.)
Alexander Gilmour entered the Navy, in 1779,
as A.B., on board the Fortune cutter, Lieut.-Com-
manders Brown and Rich. Donell; on his trans-
ference from which vessel to a Midshipman's berth
in the St. Fermin, Capt. Jonathan Faullcnor, he
was captured, in April, 1780, and detained for 14
months a prisoner of wai in Spain. From the
period of his release, until promoted to a Lieute-
nancy, 4 Dec. 1795, in the Impregnable 98, Capt.
John Thomas, he then served, on the Home and
West India stations, in the Dragon, Edrydice,
Proselyte, Triumph, Orestes, Advice,* Spitfire,
Marie Antoinette, and Swan. His after appoint-
ments, until 1807, were, to the Juste 80, Orion 74,
Glory 98, Castor frigate, and Diomede 50. In
the Orion, commanded by Sir Jas. Saumarez, he
participated in the glories of 14 Feb. 1797, and 1
Aug. 1798 ; and, in the Diomede, Capts. Joseph
Edmonds and Hugh Downman, he witnessed the
capture of the Cape in Jan. 1806, and of Monte
Video in Feb. 1807. We subsequently find him
commanding the Vengeance and Suffolk, prison-
ships at Portsmouth, from 19 Jan. 1808 to Nov.
1812, and, for some months in 1814, the Signal
station at Beechey Head. Not having been since
employed, he at length accepted the rank of Re-
tired Commander on the Senior List '26 Nov. 1830.
• The AnviCE cutter, Lieut. Commander Edwitrd Tvrrel,
was wrecked in the Bay of Honduras, in Dec. 1793. "Crew
saved.
GILSON— GITTINGS-GLADSTONE-GLAIRE— GLANVILL— GLANVILLE. 399
His promotion to the Senior took place 28 April,
1836.
Commander Gilmore married, 4 Aug. 1832, Mrs.
Harding, widow of Sam. Harding, Eaq^., formerly of
tile Victualling Yard, Portsmouth.
GILSON. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
Thomas Andeew Gilson entered the Navy 21
May, 1812; passed his examination in 1818; ob-
tained his commission 16 Jan. 1829 ; and since 3
April, 1333, has been in the Coast Guard. He is
the Senior Lieutenant of 1829.
GITTINGS. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
Henrst Gittinos (4) entered the Navy, 2 Dec.
1810; and passed his examination in 1821. Since
his promotion, which took place 5 Sept. 1830, he
has been on half-pay.
He married, in May, 1830, Hannah, only daughter
of Longley, of Gillingham, co. Kent.
GLADSTONE. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 11;
H-P., 16.)
John Neilson Gladstone is third son of John
Gladstone, Esq., of Fasque, co. Kincardine, N. B.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 March, 1820 ;
and passed his examination in 1826. Obtaining his
first commission 7 July, 1827, he was afterwards
appointed— 22 Jan. 1829, and 14 Oct. 1830, to the
Wahspxte 76, and Dkuid 46, Capts. Wm. Henry
Shirreff and Gawen Wm. Hamilton, on the South
American station— and, 15 Jan. and 7 Feb. 1834, to
the Kainbov and Tvne 28's, both commanded, the
latter in the Mediterranean, by Viscount Ingestrie.
He was placed on halt-pay 30 June, 1835, and has
not since been employed. The commission he now
holds bears date 26 Feb. 1842.
Commander Gladstone is M.P. for Ipswich. He
married, 7 Feb. 1839, Elizabeth Honoria, second
daughter of Sir Eobt. Bateson, Bart., M.P., and has
issue. Agents- Messrs. Stilwell.
GLAIEE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., U ; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Glaire entered the Navy, 4 May, 1804,
as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Nahtilos 18, Capts.
Geo. Oldham, John Sykes, and Edw. Palmer, which
vessel (whose Captain and 62 of the crew were de-
stroyed by famine) was wrecked on Cerigotto, a
barren rock in the Levant, 4 Jan. 1807. In July
following he became Midshipman of the Adbora
28, Capt. Geo. Fras. Seymour ; and we afterwards
find him serving on board the Pallas 32, com-
manded by the same officer, and by Capts. Hon.
Geo. Cadogan, Edwards Lloyd Graham, and Geo.
Paris Monke, under the latter of whom, after wit-
nessing the destruction of the French shipping in
Basque Koads, and attending the expedition to
Flushing, he was again wrecked, off Edinburgh
Frith, 18 Dec. 1 810. Between that period and his
attainment of the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Feb. 1815,
Mr. Glaire served as Master's Mate, chiefly on the
Home station, of the Port Mahon 18, Capts. Vil-
liers Fras. Hatton and Fred. Wm. Burgoyne, Bbune
38, armee enfiute^ Capt. Wm, Stanhope Badcock, and
Mekoubius 16, Capt. Thos. Renwick. He has not
since been employed. Aqent — J. Hinxman.
GLANVILL. (Ebtikbd Commander, 1843.
F-p., 18; H-p., 39.)
George Glanvill entered the Navy, 3 June
1790, as L.M., on board the Winchelsea, Capt.
Hon. Chas. Carpenter, on the Channel station, from
which ship he was discharged in the following De-
cember. Be-embarking, in Nov. 1793, as Midship-
man, on board the Fortitude 74, Capts. Wm.
Young and Thos. Taylor, he witnessed the ensuing
evacuation of Toulon, assisted at the reduction of
the island of Corsica, took part in Hotham's two
actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795, and on 7
Oct. in the latter year was in company with the
Censeur 74, when that ship was captured by a
French squadron under M. Kichery. After a fur-
ther servitude of three years and a half with Capt.
Taylor in the Fame 74, and with Capts. Jas. Young
and Philip Wilkinson in the Unicorn 32, Mr. Glan-
vill was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 13 July, 1799,
in the Cynthia 18, Capts. Mioajah Malbon, John
Dick, and John Wesley Wright ; under the two first
of whom he attended the expeditions. to Holland,
Ferrol, and Egypt. For the services he performed
on the latter occasion he was presented. with the
Turkish gold medal. Being next appointed, 13
Oct. 1803, to the Malta 80, Capts. Sir Edw. Buller,
Wm. Shield, and Robt. Waller Otway, the subject
of this memoir, who continued to serve in that ship
for the space of five years, had the fortune to parti-
cipate in Sir Robt. Calder's action 22 July, 1805,
and also to assist at the capture, 27 Sept. 1806, of
the French frigate Le President. We afterwards
find him commanding, from Nov. 1808 to Aug. 1809,
the RowENA and Ann hired brigs, on the Channel
station, whence he was then sent to serve with the
flotilla at the siege of Flushing. His last appoint-
ments were, 13 April, 1811, to the Christian VH.
80, flag-ship of Admiral Young in the North Sea —
and, 13 Feb. 1813, to the Spitfire sloop, Capt. John
Ellis, on the coast of Africa, whence he invalided,
in July, 1814. He assumed the rank of Retired
Commander, on the Junior List, 26 Nov. 1830 ; and
on the Senior, 14 Oct. 1843.
GLANVILLE. (Capt., 1846. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 10.)
William Fanshawe Glantille is son, we be-
lieve, of Fras. Glanville, Esq., of Catchfrench, co.
Cornwall, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for
that county, and formerly M.P. for Malmesbury, by
Elizabeth, second daughter of Robt. Fanshawe,
Esq., Commissioner of Plymouth Dockyard; and
nephew of Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, E.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1821 ; and
obtained his first commission 15 Deo. 1827. He was
afterwards appointed— 28 Aug. 1828, to the Pallas
42, Capts. Adolphus FitzClarence and Manley Hall
Dixon, employed on Particular Service — 7 Nov.
1832, to the Spartiate 76, Capt. Robt. Tait, in
South America— 25 Nov. 1836, to the Dido 18,
Capt. Lewis Davies, on the Mediterranean station
—6 Jan. 1839, to the Princess Charlotte 104,
bearing the flag there of his uncle Sir Robt. Stop-
ford— 29 April, 1839, to the Castor 36, Capt. Edw.
Collier — and, 6 March, 1840, again to the Princess
Charlotte. For his services as Flag-Lieutenant
of the latter ship at the capture of St. Jean d'Acre
(where, besides the duties he had to perform in the
signals, he was actively employed in the boats com-
municating with the different ships along the hue
of the two divisions as necessity required, and was
in consequence personally recommended to the no-
tice of the Admiralty*) he was promoted to the
rank of Commander by commission dated 4 Nov.
1840. He afterwards served, from 10 Jan. 1843
until Nov. 1845, as Second-Captain of the St. Vin-
cent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley at Ports-
month ; and on 9 Nov. 1846, was advanced to his
present rank. He is now on half-pay.
He married, 7 July, 1841, his cousin Mary Anne,
youngest daughter of the late Vice-Admiral Bed-
ford, of Stonehall.
GLASCOCK. (Capt., 1833. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 23.)
William Nugent Glascock entered the Navy,
in Jan. 1800, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Glen-
more frigate, Capt. Geo. Duif ; on removing with
which officer to the Vengeance 74, he is reported
to have commanded a launch at the battle of Co-
penhagen, 2 April, 1801. Being paid off' on his re-
turn from a voyage to the West Indies, in 1802, he
next, on the renewal of hostilities, became succes-
sively attached, as Midshipman, to the Colossus 74,
Barfleur 98, and Foetonee 36, Capts. Geo. Mar-
tin and Henry Vansittart ; under' the first of whom,
in the Barfleur, he officiated as Signal-Mate in Sir
Robt. Calder's action 22 July, 1805 ; and also wit-
* Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 3988.
400 GLASCOCK— GLASGOW— GLASSCOTT—GLASSE-GLENNIE—GLINN,
tieseed Admiral Cornwallis' ensuing pursuit of the
French fleet into Brest. He obtained a Lieute-
nancy, 8 Nov. 1808, in the Dahnemabk 74, Capt.
Jaa. Bissett, and was afterwards successively ap-
pointed, chiefly on the Home, but latterly on the
Mediterranean and Newfoundland stations — 17 Jan.
1810, to the Theban 36, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby
—23 April, 1811, to the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon.
Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie— 1 July, 1812, to the
CtAKENCE 74, Capt. H. Vansittart— 5 July, 1814, to
the TiBEK 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres— 24 Nov.
1815, and 24 Oct. 1816, ,to the Madagascar and
M^ANDEK frigates, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon — 1
April, 1817, to the Ganymede 26, Capt. Hon. Robt.
Cavendish Spencer— and 4 May, 1818, to the Sib
Francis Drake 38, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Hamilton.
"While in the Dannemark, Mr. Glascock appears
to have suffered much from Walcheren fever during
the operations of Aug. 1809 ; and by his coolness
and presence of mind he was greatly instrumentai
in saving the M.a:ANDER, when that vessel struck
on the Garbard Sand^ near Orfordness, in a gale of
wind, 19 Dec. 1816. Being conflrmed in .the com-
mand, 31 Dec. 1818, of the Carnation 18, Capt.
Glascock continued to serve both in that sloop and
in the Drake 10, uatil Dec. 1819, when he was
compelled to invalid. His next appointment, we
find, was, on 10 March, 1831, to the Orestes 18 ; a
vessel whose arduous services in the river Douro
procured her Commander, who there acted as Senior
Officer for nearly twelve months of a small squa^
dron employed for the protection of British com-
merce during the hostilities carried on between
Pedro and Miguel, a Post-commission dated 3 June,
1833. Capt. Glascock was subsequently, from 18
April, 1843, until Jan. 1847, employed in the Tyne
26, on the Mediterranean station. He has since
been on half-pay.
This officer is well known in the literary world as
the author of the 'Naval Sketch Book,' 'Talcs of
a Tar,' ' Land-Sharks and Sea-GuUs,' ' Sailors and
Saints,' &c. He was appointed, immediately after
the paying-off of the Tyne, to act as one of the In-
spectors of Relief in Ireland ; and he has since re-
ceived the thanks of the French Government for
his conduct in having, when on his passage home in
the Tyne, rescued from destruction, during a hurri-
cane in the Bay of Biscay, the French bark Marie
et Pauline, on board of which was a cargo worth
20,000?. 'The bark, it appears, was in such a perilous
condition, that the Tyne was obliged to remain by
her for five days and nights. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
Bissett and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, on the North
American station. His succeeding appointments
were— 27 March, 1814, to the Bakfledr 98, Capt.
John Maitland, oflF Toulon— 13 May, 1815, to the
Falmouth 20, Capt. Geo. Wm. Henry Knight, on
the coast of France— 18 Sept. 1815, to the Tiber
38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the Newfoundland
station— 13 Sept. 1816, for passage home, to the
Hazard sloop, Capt. John Cookesley— and, 11 July,
1818, to the Favorite, Capt. "W. Robinson, off St.
Helena. Since the period of his quitting the latter
vessel he has been on half-pay.
The Earl is Deputy-Lieutenant for the counties
of Bute and Renfrew. He married, 4 Aug. 1821,
Georgiana, daughter of the late Edw. Hay Mac-
kenzie, Esq., of N«w Hall and Cromarty.
GLASGOW, Eabl of, formerly VisconijT Kev
bdrne. (Liedt., 1814. ii-:e., 10 ; H-p., 30.)
The Right Honourable James, Earl of Glas-
gow, born 10 April, 1792, is second son of the late
Earl of Glasgow, G.C.H., F.R.S., by Augusta,
daughter of James, 14th Eail of ErroU ; brother of
the late Yiscount Kelburne, an officer in the Navy,
who died in 1818 ; and brother-in-law of Lord Fred.
FitzClarence. His Lordship succeeded his father,
as fifth Earl, in July, 1843.
This officer (then Hon. Mr. Boyle) entered the
Navy, 17 May, 1807, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the
Alcmene frigate, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, under whom
— with the exception of an attachment of a few
months in 1810-11 to the Ganymede 26, and Hot-
spur 36, Capts. Robt. Cathcart and Hon. Josceline
Percy — he continued to serve, the greater part of
the time as Midshipman of the Belle Poule'38,
■and Pembroke 74, until 12 Dec. 1812. During that
period, besides contributing to the capture of other
smaller vessels, he assisted in the Belle Poule at
the taking of Le Var of 26 guns, laden with corn
for the relief of the French garrison at Corfu, 15
Feb. 1809, and was also present at the reduction,
in 1809-10, of the islands of Zante, Cephalonia, and
Sta. Maura. Until confirmed in his present rank
by commission dated 8 Jan. 1814, Mr. Boyle was
■further employed, for some time as Acting-Lieu-
tenant, in the Bqyal Sovereign 100, Cart?. J9«
GLASSCOTT. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Adam Giffobd Glasscott entered the Navy 12
Oct. 1821; passed his examination 5 Aug. 1829;
and obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841. He
has not since been employed.
GLASSE. (Captain, 1846. r-p., 20; h-p., 9.)
Frederick Henry Hastings Glasse, bom 11
April, 1806, is only son of the late Rev. Geo. Henry
Glasse, A.M., Rector of Hanwell, co. Middlesex,
Chapl<ain to the Duke of Cambridge, and a Magis-
trate for Middlesex, by his second wife, Harriet,
daughter and heiress of Thos. "Wheeler, Esq., R.M.,
of "Waterford ; and half-brother of the present Geo.
Henry Elliot, Esq., of Binfield Park, Berks. His
mother married, secondly, Commodore Sir Jas. John
Gordon Bremer, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 20 Nov. 1818 ; and
passed his examination in 1825. Obtaining his first
commission 20 Feb. 1826, he was afterwards ap-
pointed— 28 Nov. 1828, to the Coast Blockade, as
Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42,
Capt. "Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 7 Sept. 1829 and 1 May,
1830, to the St. Vincent and Caledonia, flag-ships
at Plymouth — and, 28 Aug. and 11 Nov. 1833, to the
command, on the Home, Lisbon, and African sta^
tions, of the Magpie 4, and Rolla 10. He paid
the latter vessel ofl" towards the close of 1837 ; at-
tained the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838 ;
served from 28 June, 1841, until put out of commis-
sion at the close of 1844, in the Nimkod 20, on the
East India station ; and was awarded a Post-com-
mission 9 Nov. 1846. He is now unemployed.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
GLENNIE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
"William Glennie entered the Navy 14 Aug.
1812; passed his examination in ISl*; and attained
his present rank 14 Jan. 1825. He has not, we be-
lieve, been since employed.
He married, 26 Nov. 1833, Elizabeth Catherine,
eldest daughter of H. A. Barker, Esq., of Wil-
bridge, Gloucestershire, by whom he has issue.
Agents — ^Holmes and Folkard.
GLINN. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Chakles James Pbice Glinn entered the Navy
2 Oct. 1829 ; passed his examination 11 Nov. 1836;
and served for some time, as Mate, in the Gorgon
steam-vessd, Capt. "Wm. "Wilraott Henderson, and
Camperdown 104, flag.ship at the Nore of Sir Edw.
Brace. While in the Gorgon he commanded a
boat during the operations of 1840 on the coast of
Syria. His appointments, since his promotion, whicji
took place 21 Sept. 1842, have been— 17 Nov. 1842,
again to the Camperdown— 13 Deo. 1843, to the
Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Hear- Admiral "Wm.
Bowles, employed on Particular Service— 30 Jan.
1844, to the Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, at
Portsmouth— 11 March, 1845, as Senior, to the Cy-
clops steam-frigate, Capt. "Wm. Fred. Lapidge, on
the S.E. coast of America— and, 6 Feb. 1847, as
Additional, to the Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheer-
ness, m whose tender, the Feabless, he is now
•erving. Agents— Messrs. StilwcU.
GLINN-GLYNN— GODBY— GODDARD.
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GLINN. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
CoNSTANTiNE George Glinn possed his examina^
tion 29 May, 1837. During the last four years of
his Mateshlp he appears to have served on board
the Cyclops steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio Thos. Aus-
tin, Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hast-
ings, and Vestal 28, Capt. Chas. Talbot; while in
the first of which, he landed and took part in an
attaclc on a convoy on the coast of Syria in 1840.
He attained his commission 6 Jan. 1844 ; and, on 15
of the same month, was appointed to the Hyacinth
18, Capt. Fras. Scott, on the North America and
West India station, where he continued until 15
Jan. 1845. His appointments have since been — 4
April, 1845, to the Apollo troop-ship, Capt. Wm.
Badcliffe, employed on Particular Service — and, 3
July, 1845, as First, to the Vesuvius steam-sloop,
Capts. Geo. Wm. Douglas O'Callaghan and Ashley
La Touche ; with the latter of whom he is at present
on the West India station.
He married Margaret, eldest daughter of the late
John Kearney, Esq., co. Kilkenny.
GODBY. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
Charles Godby died 23 Jan. 1846.
This officer entered the/Navy 3 Jan. 1812 ; passed
his examination in 1818; and was promoted to a
Lieutenancy, 2 Dec. 1829, in the Briton 46, Capt.
Geo. Fras. Seymour, which ship was paid off 27
April, 1830. He was not afterwards employed.
Agent— J. Hinxman.
GLYNN. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Edmund Anthony Glynn is sou, we believe, of
Admiral H. K. Glynn.
This officer entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1825 ; passed
his examination in 1831 ; and acquired the rank he
now holds 6 Nov. 1840. His appointments, we find,
have since been, on the North America, "West In-
dia, Home, and African stations — 19 Jan. 1841, to
the ■Winchester 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos.
Harvey— 21 Aug. 1841, to the Pique 36, Capt.
Henry Forbes — 2 March, 1842, as First, to tlie Vo-
LAGE 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson— 17 Oct. 1842, to'
the Caledonia 120, fiag-ship of Sir David Milne —
and, 25 May, 1844, as First, to the Cygnet sloop,
Capts. Henry Layton, Fred. Wilmot Horton, and
Fred. Byng Montresor, with the latter of whom he
is at present serving.
GLYNN. (Admiral of the Blue, 1846.
F-p., 16; H-p., 51.)
Henry Richard Glynn entered the Navy, 19
May, 1780, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Bellona
74, Capt. Kich. Onslow, whom he accompanied, as
Midshipman, to the West Indies. From 1783 until
the receipt of his first commission, dated 28 Oct.
1790, he served, at Portsmouth, Jamaica, and Ha-
lifax, in the Pegase, Capt. Sam. Marshall, Camilla,
Capt. John Hutt, and Adamant, flag-ship of Sir
Richard Hughes ; and he then successively joined —
17 Sept. 1791, the Syren, Capt. John Mauley — and,
24 Feb. 1794, the Royal George 100, bearing the
flag of the late Lord Bridport, under whom he took
part in the actions of 1 June, 1794, and 23 June,
1795. Attaining the rank of Commander 29 June,
1795, Capt. Glynn, on 3 Oct. 1796, procured an ap-
pointment to the Scourge 16, in which sloop he
captured, 21 Feb. 1797, Le Furet French privateer
of 10 guns and 50 men. As Post-Captain, a rank he
attained on 10 April in the latter year, his appoint-
ments appear to have been — 21 Sept. 1801, for about
12 months, to the Amethyst frigate, on the Channel
station — and lastly, 27 Jan. 1809, to the Vanguard
74, in which he served in the Baltic until Dec. 1811.
Ho became a Rear-Admiral 19 July, 1821 ; a Vice-
Admiral 10 Jan. 1837 ; and a full Admiral 9 Nov.
1846.
This officer was Mayor of Plymouth in 1838. He
is a widower ; and has a family. _
GLYNN. (Lieutenant, 1836.)
Henry Richard Glynn is eldest son of Ad-
miral Glynn.
This officer passed his examination in 1828 ; ob-
tained his commission 9 May, 1836; served from
that period until 1839 in the Coast Guard ; was af-
terwards attached for a short time, in 1839-40, to
the Winchester 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey
in North America and the West Indies ; and, for a
few months in 1844, was again employed in the
Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay.
GODBY. (daptain, 1814. e-p., 17 ; h-p., 36.)
John Hardy Godby is son of the late John
Godby, Esq., Steward of the Royal Hospital, Green-
wich, by a daughter of Josiah Hardy, Esq. (grand-
son of Josiah Burchett, Esq., many years Secretary
of the Admiralty), H.M. Consul at Cadiz, and for-
merly Governor of the Jerseys, North America.
He is cousin of Capt. John Duff Markland, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 23 June, 1794, on
hoard the Monarch 74, Capt. John Cooke, bearing
the flag at Newfoundland of Sir Jas. Wallace. On
next joining, as Midshipman, the Hebe 38, Capt.
Paul MincMn, he assisted. In company with the
Melampus, at the capture, 3 July, 1795, of six out
of 13 French vessels, laden with military stores, and
convoyed by a ship of 26 guns, a lugger, and also
by two armed brigs, one of which. La Ve'suve^ was
likewise taken. Until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 15 Oct. 1800, we next find Mr. Godby
successively serving in the Touetehelle, Capt.
John Cooke, Seahorse 38, Capt. John Peyton, La
Nymphe 36, Capts. J. Cooke and Percy Fraser,
Royal George 100, flag-ship of Lord Bridport, and
Amethyst 36, Capt. J. Cooke. La Nymphe, during
the period of his attachment to her, took, in com-
pany with the San Fiorenzo 36, the French frigates
La Resistance of 48, and La Constance of 24 guns, 9
March, 1797. After serving for nearly five years,
as Lieutenant, on the Mediterranean, Newlound-
land, and Home stations, in the Experiment, Capt.
John Saville, Athenienne 64, Capt. Sir Thos. Li-
vingstone, Lapwing frigate, Capts. Alex. Skene and
Fras. Wm. Fane, and Boadicea 38, Capt. John
Maitland, Lieut. Godby was promoted to Com-
mander's rank by commission dated 25 Sept. 1806.
His subsequent appointments were, in 1808-9, to the
RoLLA, Trompeuse, and Prospeko sloops ; in the
latter of which he destroyed a Danish privateer
cutter, of 2 guns and 25 men, near Christiansand, on
the coast of Norway, 17Feb. 1811. He continued in
the Peospero until his advancement to Post-rank
27 June, 1814; and on 1 Oct. 1846 he accepted the
Retirement.
Capt. Godby msirried, 24 April, 1832, Catherine,
daughter of the late John Andrews, Esq. Agents-
— Messrs. Halford and Co.
GODDAKD. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 17; h-p., 29.)
George Goddard entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1801,
as A. B., on board the Amazon 38, Capt. Sam. Sut-
ton, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson in the Downs ;
and, in March, 1802, became Midshipman of the
Magicienne 32, Capts. Ogilvie and Henry Vansil-
tart. From the following October, until his pro-
motion to the rank he now holds, 3 Sept. 1810, he
appears to have served a great part of the timeVs
Master's Mate, Acting-Lieutenant, and Acting-Mas-
ter, in the Snipe, Lieut.-Commainder Chas. Cham-
pion, Ruby 64, Hon. Capt. Gardner, Galykiieid,
Capts. Gardner and Wooller; Leopard 50, flag-ship
of Rear-Admiral Billy Douglas, Ruby again, Capt.
Chas. Rowley, Antelope 50, Capts. Henry Bazely
and Edw. Galwey, flag-ship for some time of Sir
Wm. Sidney Smith, Challenger sloop, Capt. Wm.
Bamham Rider, Polyphemus 64, bearing the flag
of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, and
Sparrow, Capt. Joshua Ricketts Rowley, — on the
Home, East India, Mediterranean, and West India
stations. His after-appointments, we find, were —
26 Nov. 1810, and 29 April, 1811, to the Sappho and
Pelorus brigs, commanded by various officers, in
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GODDARD-GODDEN-GODENCII-GODFREY.
the West Indies— 30 May, 1815, to the Hydra troop-
ship, Capts. Joseph Digby and Dan. Koberts, with
whom he served, on the North America and "West
India stations, until 26 Not. 1817— and 26 Nov.
1823, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Kamilmes 74, Capt. Wm. M'Cul-
loch. Since the period of his quitting the latter
service Lieut. Goddard has been on half-pay.
GODDAED. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
William Henry Goddard passed his examina-
tion in 1818 ; vras promoted to a Lieutenancy, 20
July, 1827, in the Helicon 10, Capt. Chas. Dylie
Acland, at the Cape of Good Hope ; obtained an
appointment, 19 Feb. 1830, in the Coast Blocliade,
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Talaveba 74,
Capt. Hugh Pigot ; served in the Coast Guard from
9 Nov. 1831 until 1836 ; became attached for three
years, 7 July, 1840, to the Poictiebs 72, Capt. "Wm.
Henry Shirreff, guard-ship at Chatham ; and on 31
Aug. 1843 rejoined the Coast Guard. He has not
been employed since the early part of 1846.
GODDEN. (Lieut., 1827. r-P., 17 ; h-p., 20.)
Geoege Henky Godden, born 17 July, 1795, at
Fortsea, Hants, is brother of Lieut. J. S. Godden,
K.N.
This oiiicer entered the Navy, 12 May, 1810, as
Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Apollo 38, Capt. Bridges
"Watkinson Taylor, under whom he assisted, as Mid-
shipman, at the capture, 13 Feb. 1812, of the French
frigate-built store-ship Merinos of 20 guns and 126
men, beneath the batteries of Corsica, and also at
the reduction, 29 Jan. and 3 Feb. 1813, of the islands
of Augusta and Curzola. From Aug. 1814, until pro-
moted, through the interest of Sir Herbert Taylor,
to the rank of Lieutenant, 30 April, 1827, Mr. God-
den served, the last 11 years as Mate, in the Tiber
38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the Irish station,
and Queen Charlotte and Victory, flag-ships at
Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Tholnbrough, Sir Geo.
Campbell, Sir Jas. Hawkins "Whitshed, and Sir Geo.
IMartin. He has since been on half-pay.
He married, first, 17 Aug. 1827, Miss Elizabeth
Batchelor, of- Portsmouth, who died 16 Nov. 1831 ;
and, secondly, 10 Dec. 1833, Elizabeth, only daugh-
ter of Capt. Burgess, formerly of the 6th Begt.
GODDEN. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 33; h-p., 11.)
Joseph Shaw Godden, born about 1791, is bro-
ther of Lieut. G. H. Godden, R,N.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Nov. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Puissant 74, Capt. John
Irwin, lying at Spithead; and, from July, 1804,
until Feb. 1812, served, nearly the whole time as
Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Avenger
18, Capts. Thos. White and Urry Johnson. During
that period he assisted in sinking Le Hazard priva-
teer of 14 guns and 70 men, and witnessed the cap-
ture, in May, 1809, of the island of Anholt. He was
afterwards employed, as Acting-Master, Midship-
man, and Master's Mate, in the Wanderer 24,
Capt. Eras. Newcombe, Gorgon 44, Capt. Alex.
Milner, Kainbow 28, Capt. Geo. Henry Guion,
S PAEROWHAWK 18, Capt. Jas. Pringle, Barpledr 98,
Capts. Sir Edw. Berry and John Maitland, and
Quebec, Lieut.-Comraander Kobt. Scallon. In the
Barfleur Mr. Godden participated in Sir Edw.
Pellew's two actions with the French fleet oif Tou-
lon, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814. His promotion
to the rank of Lieutenant taking place 3 Feb. 1815,
wa next find him, while officiating, from 1824 to
1829, as Agent for Transports Afloat, supplying the
squadron in the Pacific with provisions, then bring-
ing home Mr. Ricketts, H.M. Consul at Peru, and
altogether acquiring a very enviable reputation.
On 8 June, 1831, he rejoined the Transport Ser-
vice, but left it again in Jan. 1832. With the ex-
ception of a command, from 4 Sept. 1838 to Oct.
1843, of the Stag Revenue-oruizer, during which
period he efiected the capture of not fewer than 17
smuggling-vessels, Lieut. Godden has been employed
in the Coast Guard ever since 24 Oct. 1834.
He married, 3 Sept. 1816, Harriet, daughter of
Thos. Radcliffe, Esq., late Builder's Assistant at
Portsmouth Dockyard, by whom he has issue five
children.
GODENCH. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 29.)
Francis Godench entered the Navy, 31 Aug.
1800, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Prince of
Wales 98, Capt. Wm. Prowse, bearing the flag in
the Channel of Sir Robt. Calder, under whom he
attained the rating of Midshipman 1 March, 1801.
Being paid off at the peace, on his return from a
voyage to the West Indies, he next, in March, 1803,
joined the Grampus, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez
on the Guernsey station, but, rejoining the Prince
OF Wales in the following June, continued to
serve in that ship, under Admirals Sir R. Calder,
Billy Douglas, Sir Edw. Thombrough, Sir J. Sau-
marez, and Lord Gambler, until Sept. 1807, and
was consequently present in the action of 22 July,
1805, and in the attack upon Copenhagen. He
then became Acting-Lieutenant of the Fearless
gun-brig, Lieat.-Commanders John Williams and
Abraham Garland, and, being confirmed in the
rank he now holds, by commission dated 25 March,
1809, was afterwards appointed, in succession, to
■the Leyden 64, Capt. Thos. TJssher, Inflexible
64, Capt. Thos. Brown, Horatio 38, Capt. Geo.
Scott, Bedpolb 10, Capt. Colin Macdonald, Ac-
tion brig, Capts. Bertie Cornelius Cator, Wm.
Jackson, and John Ross, and Rifleman 16, Capt.
Geo. Bennett Allen. "While in the Inflexible
and Bedpole, we find him visiting Halifax, the
Baltic, Bermuda, New Providence, the Chesapeake,
and Norway. Since 18 May, 1843, Lieut. Godench,
who had not been employed for a period of 27 years,
has been officiating as First of the Victory 104,
guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Wm. Wihnott
Henderson, Geo. Moubray, and John Pasco. Agents
— HaJlett and Robinson.
GODFREY. (Lieut., 1806. r-p., 27 ; h-p., 29.)
GpoRGE Robert Godfrey was born in May, 1775
or 6, and died, after a protracted illness of five
years, 10 April, 1845- He was son of Robt. Godfrey,
Esq. ; nephew qf Geo. Godfrey, Esq., at one time
Purser of H.M.S. Andromeda, who married a
sister of Admiral Sir John Duckworth, G.C.B. ;
a,nd cousin of Admiral John Child Purvis.
•This officer entered the Navy, in 1789, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board La Prudente 38, Capt. Henry
Trollope, and afterwards made two voyages round
the world with Capt. Ellis in the Stodrmount and
Eliza. In Oct. 1794 he became Midshipman of the
Experiment lugger, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Hayes,
on the Home and Mediterranean stations, where,
until Sept. 1803, he also served, latterly as Master's
Mate, in the Mahonesa 34, Capts. Devonshire and
John Giffard, Achille 74, Capts. Hon. Henry Ed-
win Stanhope, Geo. Murray, Edw. BuUer, and Jas.
Wallis, Amelia frigate, Capt. Lord Proby, and
Utrecht 64, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thombrough.
He then joined the Prince of Orange 74, bearing
the flag of Admiral Drury, from whom (having
passed in 1800) he received an order to officiate as
Acting-Lieutenant 1 Nov. 1804. After a continued
servitude in that capacity, both in the Princess of
Orange and in La FlSche, Capt. Thos. White,
Mr. Godfrey was at length formally promoted on
24 April, 1806, and appointed First-Lieutenant 23
Aug. following of the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers.
On 13 Dec. 1810 he received a very severe wound
while serving, as FirstrLicutenant, with the boats
of that ship and a squadron, under Capt. Fras. Wm.
Fane, at the destruction, in the mole of Palamos, of
a large convoy, protected by two batteries— on
which occasion, out of 600 British officers and men,
upwards- of 200 were killed, wounded, and taken
prisoners.''' My. Godfrey, whose exertions through-
out were conspicuous, continued in the Kent until
the early part of 1813. He then joined the Viao
74, bearing the flag in the Baltic of Rear- Admiral
• Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 229.
GODFREY-GODWrn-GOLDFINCH-GOLDlE.
403
Jas. NiooU Morris, and, on 3 Sept. 1814, was ap-
pointed Senior of the Aquilon 32, Capts. Thos.
Burton and Kich. Budd Vincent, on the Mediterra-
nean station. He went on half-pay 30 April, 1816 ;
and was not afterwards employed.
The subject of this memoir, who obtained the
out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 9 Jan. 1843,
gufiered much in the service of his country. He
was often under the enemy's iire, was much bat-
tered in liis person from the effects of numerous
wounds, and had the misfortune to be deprived in
action of the faculty of hearing. He married a Miss
Swaycr.
GODFREY. (Lieut., 1815. F-p., 22; h-p., 22).
John Race Godfrey, born 11 March, 1790, is son
of the late John Godfrey, Esq., of Bath, by Sarah,
daughter of the late Wm. Wigget, Esq., and sister
of the late General Bulwer, of Heydon Hall, co.
Korfolk.
This ofiScer entered the Navy, 9 June, 1803, as Fst.-
cl. Vol., on board the Prince of Wales 98, bearing
the flags in succession of Admirals Sir Kobt. Calder,
Sir Jas. Saumarez, Edw. Thombrough, and Lord
Gambier ; while in which ship he took part, as Mid-
shipman, in the action of 22 July, 1805, and served
on shore throughout the operations connected with
the attaclc on Copenhagen. After the latter event
he served, until his promotion to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, 15 March, 1815, in the Sdiwan 74, Capt.
Edw. Griffith, Lavinia 44, Capt. John Hancock,
Thames 32, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave,
President 58, Capt. Sam. Warren, and Acasta 40,
Capt. Alex. Eobt. Kerr. During the four years of
his continuance in the latter ship, Mr. Godfrey, who
had previously visited the Mediterranean and Cape
of Good Hope, assisted at the re-capture of the 20-
gun ship Levant, and also at the taking of five pri-
vateers, carrying in the whole 61 guns and 439 men.
In 1820 he obtained an appointment in the Coast
Guard; after 12 years' retention of which he was
placed on half-pay. He has not since had any offi-
cial occupation.
Lieut. Godfrey married, 7 July, 1817, Augusta
M&ria, daugliter of the late John Marsh, Esq., of
Thornbury, Gloucestershire, by whom he has issue
six children.
and Home stations, in the Pigmy trig, Capt. Wm.
Mltchel, Triumph 74, Capt. Rich. Onslow, Flirt
brig, Capt. 3aa. Norman, Pbudeste 38, Capt. Henry
Trollope, Active frigate, Capt. Edm. Nagle, and
Royal George 100, flag-ship of Lord Bridport. He
then joined the Bellerophon 74, Capts. Wm. Hope
and Lord Cranstoun, and was afterwards appointed
to the Commerce de Marseilles, Capt. Child, and
to the Prince Georce, Glory, Thunderer, and
Teemendoos, flag-ships, latterly at the Cape of Good
Hope and in the East Indies, of Sir Hugh Cloberry
Christian. In the capacity of Commander, a rank
he attained 15 Jan. 1802, Capt. Godwin next, on 23
June, 1803, joined the Trompedse sloop, in which
he cruized off the south-west coast of Ireland until
30 Sept. 1804. Having been promoted to Post-rank
on 8 of the preceding May, he was then superseded ;
and since that period he has not been employed.
He became a Flag-Officer 17 Aug. 1840. Agents—
Messrs. Chard.
GODFREY. (Liectenant, 1841.)
Peter M'Kenzie Godfrey is nearly related, we
believe, to Edw. Godfrey, Esq., of Old Hall, co.
Suffolk, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for
that county.
This officer entered the Navy 4 June, 1831 ; passed
his examination 26 Oct. 1838 ; and, during the latter
period of his servitude as Mate, was employed in
the Mediterranean on board the Powerful 84, Capt.
Geo. Mansel. Obtaining his commission 30 Aug.
1841, he was afterwards appointed, on the same
station — 6 Oct. 1841, to the Snake 16, Capt. Hon.
Wm. Bourchier Devereux— .11 June, 1842, to the
Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn— and, 23 Oct.
1843, to the Warspite 50, Capt. Prove Wm. Parry
Wallis. He returned to England in 1846 ; and,
since 28 Deo. in that year, has been employed in
the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the broad
pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham, on the coast of Af-
rica. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
GODWIN. (Reab-Admiral of the Red, 1840.
r-P., 18; H-p., 49.)
Matthew Godwin was bom 25 Deo. 1766.
This oiiicer entered the Navy, 17 May, 1780, as a
Volunteer, on board the Foudroyant 84, Capt.
John Jervis, and, on 21 April, 1782, assisted, as
Midshipman, at the capture, after a gallant action
of nearly an hour, attended, however, with no ca-
sualty to the British, of the French 74-gun ship Pe-
ffose, whoso loss, besides being seriously damaged,
amounted, out of a crew of 700 men, to 80 killed
and wounded. From May in the same year, until
the receipt of his first commission, 1 Aug. 1794, Mr.
Godwin, with intervals, served, on the West India
GOLDFINCH. (Commander, 1846.)
George Goldfinch entered the Navy 26 June,
1807; and passed his examination in 1815. He
afterwards, as Acting-Lieutenant of the Sophie 18,
Capt. Geo. Fred. Kyves, contributed by his zealous
exertions and cool intrepidity to the successful re-
sult of various operations undertaken by the British
during the Burmese war. On 7 Oct. 1824 he ap-
pears to have been highly spoken of by Capt. Chads
for his conduct in a brilliant and decisive attack on
the village of Than-ta-bain. He also, on 4 Dec.
following, proved himself a valuable officer, and
worthy of the highest praise, for the gallant part he
took in an attack made by the boats under Lieut.
Augustus Henry Kellett upon an enemy's flotilla ;
on which occasion he succeeded in personally cap-
turing the vessel which carried the flag of the Bur-
man chief.* His conduct, in the course of the
same month, was again most conspicuous during
the investmentby the enemy of the strong fortress
of Kemmerdine ; and on the 15th he was once more
recommended in consequence of the spirit he dis-
played in an action fought between a small British
force and 200 of the enemy's, boats on the Lyne
river, which terminated in the latter being defeated
with great loss. On 6 Feb. 1825 we find his name
mentioned in connection with the capture of a large
36-gun stockade at Than-ta-bain ;f and at all times
do we observe him spoken of in the strongest
terms.} As a reward for these services, he was
confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 25 July, 1825, in the
Lahne 20, Capt. Wm. Burdett Dobson ; but, his
health soon obhging him to invalid, he returned
home and remained unemployed until 17 April,
1831, when he joined for a few months the Pearl
20, Capt. Robt. Gordon, then engaged on Particu-
lar Service. His succeeding appointments were —
18 Dec. 1838, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington
Reynolds, in the Mediterranean — 10 Dec. 1842, as
First, to the Warspite 50, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry
Wallis, off Lisbon— 25 Feb. 1845, as Senior, to the'
Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, part of the
Channel squadron — and, 6 July, 1846, in the capa-
city of Additional-Lieutenant, to the Caledonia
120, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, lying at Devonport.
He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846 ; and is
now on half-pay.
GOLDIE. (Commander, 1839. f-p., 18;
H-p., 5.)
Alexander Taubman Goldie, born 24 Jan.
1811, is third son of General Alex. John Goldie, of
the Nunnery, Isle of Man.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Deo. 1824, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Brazen 26, Capt. Geo.
AVickens Willes, in which frigate, and in the Ganges
84, and Druid 46, Capts. Sam. Hood Inglefleld and
Gawen Wm. Hamilton, he served the whole of his
time on the African and South American stations.
He obtained his first commission 30 May, 1832 ; was
125, p. 723. f r. Gai. 1825, p. H93.
± V. Ga-i. 1825, p. 2277.
3 F 2
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GOLDIE-GOLDSMITH— GOOCH.
afterwards appointed, 23 April, 1833, and 3 Fet.
1838, to the Volage and Akdkomeda 28's, Capta.
Geo. Bohun Martin, Peter Richards, and Koht.
Lambert Baynes, on the Mediterranean and North
America and "West India stations ; acquired his pre-
sent rank 9 May, 1839 ; and, from 23 March, 1841,
until 1846, was employed as an Inspecting Com-
mander in the Coast Guard. He has since been on
half-pay.
Commander Goldie married, 14 July, 1841, Mary,
youngest daughter of Rich. Simpson, Esq., of the
Clifie, Isle of Man, by whom he has issue two
daughters. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
GOLDIE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., U ; h-p., 33.)
John Goldie (i) entered the Navy, 15 Aug. 1803,
as Ordinary, on board the St. Albans 64, Capt.
John Temple, bearing the flag in the North Sea of
Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell, by whom
he was awarded the rating of Midshipman 1 Oct.
following. From Aug. 1805, imtil March, 1812,
we find him serving on board the Dictator 64,
Capts. Jas. Macnamara, Donald Campbell, Rich.
Harrison Pearson, and Robt. Williams. In Aug.
1807 he accompanied, as Master's Mate, the expe-
dition sent against Copenhagen ; and on that occa-
sion, being the first officer who efiected a landing,
he was sent for by the British Minister, and was by
him minutely interrogated on various particulars
connected with the land and sea forces. After
the fall of Copenhagen, Mr. Goldie appears to have
been much engaged with the enemy's gun-boats in
the Great Belt, and in one instance he assisted at
the cutting out, by the boats of the Dictatok and
Edgak, 01? three schooners from under the protec-
tion of a battery. He also witnessed the capture
of the island of Anholt in May, 1809. During the
last two years of the war he served with Capts. R.
Williams and Edw. Boys, latterly as Acting-Lieu-
tenant, in the Gloucester 74 and Donika 38,
chiefly on the West India station. He was ofiicially
promoted 8 July, 1814, but was paid off' in the fol-
lowing Sept. ; and has not since been employed.
He married, first, Elizabeth Rae, eldest daughter
of Louis FuUarton, Esq., of Kilmichael, Island of
Arran, N. B. ; and se'condly, Mrs. Elizabeth M'Ken-
zie. He has issue nine children.
GOLDSMITH. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Charles Goldsmith entered the Navy 6 July,
1806 -, passed his examination in 1814 ; and obtained
his commission 10 Jan. 1825. He has been nearly
ever since employed either in command of a Re-
venue-vessel (he served in the Lapwing, Dolphin,
and Shamrock) or in charge of a station in the
Coast Guard.
He married, 4 Sept. 1844, Mrs. Williams, of Stone-
house.
GOLDSMITH. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 18;
H-p., 8.)
George Goldsmith is son of John Goldsmith,
Esq., Purser and Paymaster, R.N. (1795), who
served in that capacity, on board the Amazon, at
Copenhagen in 1801, in the same vessel at the cap-
ture in 1806 of the 80-gun ship Marengo and 40-gun
frigate Belle Poale, and in the Superb 74 at Algiers,
and who is now attached to the William and
Mary yacht.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 June, 1821, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Martin 18, Capts.
Christ. Craokenthorp Askew and Henry Eden, sta^
tioned in the Mediterranean, where he became Mid-
shipman, 16 May, 1824, of the Phaeton 46, Capt.
Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt. While next borne on
the books, from 18 Oct. 1825 until promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant, 8 Aug. 1828, of the Hyperion
42, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye,
he was lent to the Royal George yacht, and served
in her tenders, the Calliope and Onyx, as he did
in the Royal Sovereign, when that yacht bore the
flag of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence as Lord High
Admiral. Mr. Goldsmith's ensuing appointments
were— 29 Sept. 1828, and 1 March and 26 Aug.
1829, to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Roht.
Cavendish Spencer, Samarang 28, Capt. Wm. Fan-
shawe Martin, and Madagascar again, Capts. Hon.
Sir R. C. Spencer and Edm. Lyons, all on the Me-
diterranean station— 16 May, 1834, as Senior, to the
Childees 16, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, succes-
sively employed on the south-east coast of Spain
and on the African station — and in April, 1839, in
a similar capacity, to the Druid 44, Capts. Henry
John Spencer Churchill and Henry Smith. While
in the latter ship, during 'the China war, we find
him commanding her boats at the capture of
Tycooktow, 7 Jan. 1841 ; also present, on 26 Feb.,
at the takiiig of the forts in the Boca Tigris ; and
next displaying the character, when in charge of
her launch, of a judicious and gallant officer in the
operations which led to the second fall of Canton.*
Being awarded a second promotal commission 6
May, 1841, and invested with the command, on 14
Aug. in the same year, of the Hyacinth 18, Capt.
Goldsmith obtained the recommendation of Sir
Wm. Parker for his further conduct at the capture
of Chinghae 10 Oct. following.t He was promoted
for his services to the rank he now holds 16 Sept.
1842; paid the Hyacinth off' on 24 of the next
month ; and has since been unemployed. Agents
— Hallett and Robinson.
GOOCH. (Commander, 1824. f-p., 12;
H-p., 25.)
George Thomas Gooch, horn 27 Jan. 1797, at
Saxlingham Rectory, co. Norfolk, is third son of
the late Venerable John Gooch, Archdeacon of
Sudbury, by Barbara, daughter of Ralph Sneyd,
Esq., of Keele Hall, co. Stafford, and granddaughter
of Sir Walter Bagot, Bart., father of the first Lord
Bagot. One of his brothers, Henry Edward, who
served at Waterloo, is a field-officer in the army.
He is first-cousin of the present Sir Thos. Sherlock
Gooch, Bart. ; and is also closely related to Com-
mander Thos. Lewis Gooch, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 June, 1810, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Amelia, of 48 guns, Capt.
Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, with whom he served on flie
Channel and African stations, the last few months
as Midshipman, until May, 1813. On 7 Feb. in that
year he appears to have been wounded, off' the lies
de Los, during a desperate conflict of more than
three hours and a half with L'Arethuse French fri-
gate, of 44 guns and 340 men, which terminated in
the separation of the combatants, after a loss to the
enemy of 105 killed and wounded, and to the Bri-
tish, out of an original force of 300, of 141 men
killed and wounded. On next joining the Rippon
74, Capt. Sir Christ. Cole, we find Mr. Gooch as-
sisting at the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of Le Wiser of
44 guns. He afterwards served on the Mediterra-
nean and St. Helena stations, in the M^iander 38,
Capt. John Bastard, and Conqueror 74, flag-ship of
Rear- Admiral Robt. Plampin; and, attaining the
rank of Lieutenant 14 JiUy, 1818, was next ap-
pointed— 18 Sept. following and 12 Nov. 1819, to
the Racoon 26, Capt. Jas. Wallis, and Vigo 74,
flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Roht. Lambert, both on
the St. Helena station-^and, 17 March, 1823, to the
Ranger frigate, as Flag-Lieutenant of Sir Chas.
Hamilton at Newfoundland. Since his advance-
ment to his present rank, 8 July, 1824, Commander
Gooch has been on half-pay.
GOOCH. (Commander, 1842. b-p., 14 ; h-p„ 13.)
Thomas Lewis Gooch Is a near relative of Com-
msinder Geo. Thos. Gooch, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Feb. 1820 ; passed
Ins examination in 1826 ; and acquired the rank of
Lieutenant 28 April, 1827. He was afterwards ap-
pointed, on the Mediterranean and Home stations
—9 June, 1827, to the Jasper 10, Capt. Leonard
Chas. Rooke — 29 May, 1828, to the Wellesley
74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland — 1 Feb. 1839,
• -Tilfe'GiM. 1841, pp. 1164, 2507, 2510.
t f..Gaz. 1842, p. 2388.
GOODE-GOODING-GOODLAD-GOODRIDGE-GOOLD.
405
to the Implacable 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey— and,
12 Feb. 1842, to the command of the Kite steamer.
He attained the rank he now holds 7 May, 1842 ;
and from 27 Oct. 1843, until the commencement of
1847, had command of the Sealakk 16, on the
coast of Africa. Agest — Joseph Woodhead.
GOODE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.)
Sephas Goode entered the Navy, 13 May, 1806,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Madras 54, Capt.
Chas. Marsh Schomberg, stationed in the Medi-
terranean ; where, until the conclusion of hostilities,
he also served in the Active 48, Capt. Jas. Alex.
Gordon, Cebberus 32, Capts. Henry Whitby and
Thos. Garth, and Kevenoe 74, flag-ship of Sir John
Gore. On 13 March, 1811, he had the fortune to
enact a part in the memorable action off Lissa,
when a British squadron, carrying in the whole 156
guns and 879 men, completely routed, after a con-
flict of six hours, and a loss to the Cerberus (in
which frigate he was at the time serving) of 13
killed and 41 wounded, a Franco-Venetian arma-
ment consisting of 284 guns and 655 men ; and he
appears to have been subsequently very severely
burnt while endeavouring to extinguish a fire on
board La Corona, one of the priaes taken on that oc-
casion.* After an attachment of a few months to
the Tamar 38, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, and Prince
98, flag-ship at Spithead of Sir Kioh. Bickerton, Mr.
Goode was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by
commission dated 16 Feb. 1815. He has not since
been afloat.
Lieut. Goode is at present Deputy-Postmaster in
Canada. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
GOODING. (Retibed Commander, 1838. f-p.,
26 ; H-p., 26.)
James Glassford Gooding entered the Navy,
in Dec. 1795, as Midshipman, on board the Lion 64,
Capts. Edm. Crawley and Manley Dixon. On 15
July, 1798, being off Carthagena, he took part in a
brilliant action between the Lion and four Spanish
frigates of 42 guns each, which terminated in the
surrender of one of the latter, the Saxta Dorothea.
During the afterpart of the French Revolutionary
war Mr. Gooding served under Capt. Dixon in the
Gen^reux and Alexander 74's, also on the Medi-
terranean station. On the renewal of hostilities in
1803 he joined the Centaur 74, bearing the broad
pendant off Martinique of Sir Sam. Hood, by whom,
in Oct. of the same year, he was appointed to the
command, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of
the Berbice schooner. In that vessel, to which he
was confirmed 20 Nov. 1805, he continued to serve
until May, 1806. He then removed to the North-
umberland 74, bearing the flag of Sir Alex. Coch-
rane, but being soon afterwards again invested
with the command of a schooner, the FLriNO Fish,
he joined in a successful expedition against a nest
of privateers located at Batabano, in Cuba, and was
likewise a participator in the Bueno-Ayrean opera-
tions of 1807. In June, 1809, Mr. Gooding was ap-
pointed to the Dannemabk 74, Capt. Jas. Bissctt,
under whom he accompanied the expedition to the
Walchcren, whence, after the reduction of Flush-
ing, he invalided. His last appointments were — be-
tween 1810 and 1813, to the Kosario 10, Capt. Booty
Harvey, and to the First-Lieutenancy of several
line-of-battle ships, bearing the flag on the Baltic
and Brazilian stations of his old Captain, Eear-Ad-
miral Manley Dixon— and, 28 Nov. 1823, to the
command of the Cygnet packet, which he retained
until paid off' 18 Oct. 1832. He assumed the rank
of Retired Commander 18 April, 1838.
GOODLAD. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 16; fi-p., 27.)
Edward Goodlad entered the Navy, 2 March,
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Neptune 98,
Capts.Wm. O'Brien Drury, Sir Thos. Williams, and
Thos. Fras. Fremantle, under the latter of whom
he fought, as Midshipman, at Trafalgar, 21 Oct.
1805. In Dec. 1806 he removed to the St. George
98, Cajit. Thos. Bertie, and while afterwards at-
• VideGta.. 1811, p. S95.
taohed, from 1808 to 1810, to the Neptune and
PoMP^E, flag-ships of Sir Alex. Cochrane, he assisted
at the reduction of Martinique and Guadeloupe.
During the remaining portion of the war we &id
him successively serving, on the Home and Medi-
terranean stations, in the Blonde frigate, Bellona
74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, Standard 64,
Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, Bulwark 74, Capt.
Joshua Sidney Hprton, Milford 74, flag-ship of
Rear- Admiral T. F. Fremantle, and, as Lieutenant
(commission dated 22 Jan. 1814), in the Edinburgh
74, Capt. Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas.
Under the latter officer Mr, Goodlad, in 1813-14,
witnessed the capture of Port d'Anzo, the unsuc-
cessful attack on Leghorn, the reduction of the for-
tress of Santa Maria, and of the enemy's other forts
and defences in the Gulf of Spezia, and the fall of
Genoa. He was afterwards employed in the Boynb
98, Queen Charlotte 100, and Hyacinth 20,
Capts. Fred. Lewis Maitland, Chas. Inglis, and
Alex. Renton Sharpe, on the Cork and Home sta-
tions ; and, being then placed on half-pay, was not
again employed until appointed, 23 June, 1823, to
the Cambridge 82, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, in
which ship he served on the South American sta-
tion, until paid off in June, 1827. Since that pe-
riod (with the exception of two years, from 14
April, 1836, to 10 April, 1838, during which he ofl-
ciated as Agent for Transports Afloat) Lieut. Good-
lad has not been employed. Agents — Hallett and
Robinson.
GOODKIDGE. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 18; h-p., 21.)
Richard Goodridge entered the Navy, 26 July,
1808, as Seo.-cl. Boy, on board the TiMEHAiRE 98,
Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, bearing the flag after-
wards, in the Baltic and off the Port of Cadiz, of Rear-
Admirals Manley Dixon and Fras. Pickmore, in
which ship he continued to serve, the last 18 months
as Midshipman, until March, 1811. Joining then
the Unite, 36, Capt. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne,
he took part, on 1 of the following May, and was
wounded, in a very gallant action of an hour and a
half in Sagone Bay, where that frigate, in company
with the PoMONE 38, and Scout 18, effectually de-
stroyed the two armed store-ships Giraffe and
Nourrice, each mounting from 20 to 30 guns, and
protected by a 5-gun battery, a martello tower, and
a body of about 200 regular troops. He also, on
29 Nov. in the same year, assisted in capturing,
after a severe running fight of four hours, the 26-
gun store-ship La Persanne, who, until the moment
of her surrender, had been taken for a frigate. In
Jan. 1813, Mr. Goodridge removed for a few months
tothe Pylades sloop, Capt. Jas. Wemyss, but then
rejoined the Unit^, and continued to serve in that
frigate until transferred, in Oct. 1814, to the Menai
24, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell. On his return home
from North America, in Jan. 1817, he joined the
Coast Blockade, as Midshipman of the Severn 40,
Capt. Wm. M'Culloch; under whom he remained
until promoted 16 Aug. 1819. Mr. Goodridge— who
appears to have been again employed in the same
service, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, from 12 May,
1829, to Sept. 1830, of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm.
Jas. Mingaye— has been in charge, since 6 Dec.
1841, of a station in the Coast Guard.
GOOLD. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 28.)
Hugh Goold, born 31 March, 1786, is only son of
Hugh Goold, Esq., Purser, R.N., who served in
that capacity on board the Buffalo 60, Capt. John
HoUoway, at the relief of Gibraltar in 1782, was
afterwards the first to establish the Navy Agency
business at Portsmouth, and ultimately died in the
year 1787.
This ofBoer entered the Navy, 16 Aug. 1800, as
Midshipman, on board the Beaakhel 54, Capt.
Geo. Clarke, bearing the fls^ at Portsmouth of
Rear- Admiral John Holloway ; and, on next joining
the Isis 50, Capt. Jas. Walker, took part in the
battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. From the
following Joly until Oct. 1806 wo find him serving
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GOOSE— GORDON.
■with the latter officer and with Capts. John Perkins
and Edw. Hawker in the Taktak 32 ; during which
period he witnessed the capture, 25 June, 1803, of
the 74-gun ship Duqiiesne, and schooner Oi^eau, and
was present at the blockade of Cape Franfois, and
the ensuing surrender of a Frencli scLuadron with the
remains of General Eochambeau's army on board.
He also on one occasion, when in charge of a prize,
succeeded in suppressing a desperate attempt made
by the prisoners to regain their vessel, but not until
he had been personally engaged in a deadly struggle
of nearly an hour's duration with the chief of his
assailants. So great indeed was the admiration en-
tertained of Mr. Goold's conduct in this desperate
affair, that the Captain, officers, and crew of the
Taetak united in presenting him with the sum of
a hundred guineas. After serving for some time
with Capt. Hawker in the Melampcs 36, he was at
length appointed Acting-Lieutenant, in 1807, of til e
Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, on the
Halifax station ; where, and in the Channel, he
commanded the Vesta and Pokget schooners, from
March, , 1808, to June, 1810— his promotion being
confirmed during that period by commission dated
16 June in the former year. Mr. Goold, who ap-
pears to have been employed in the Walcheren ex-
pedition, was afterwards attached for four years to
the Cadiz flotilla, part of the time as divisional
officer. On 1 March, 1811, while in the execution
of his duty, he had the misfortune to have one or
two of his fingers broken and his hand otherwise
fearfully lacerated, but he refused to resign the
command of his gun-boat, and altogether con-
ducted himself in such a manner as to draw forth
the, warm approbation of the present Sir Geo.
Cockburn. In 1815-16 Mr. Goold next served on
board the Contest and Childers sloops, Capts.
Jas. Kattray and Rich. Wales, on the Home and
"West India stations ; and he was subsequently ap-
pointed—16 Dec. 1826, to the Transport service —
and, in 1828-9-30, to the Senior-Lieutenancy of the
Britannia, St. Vincent, and Caledonia, flag-
ships at Plymouth of Lord Northesk and Sir Manley
Dixon. . He attained the rank of Commander 22
July, 1830 ; and since 27 Aug. 1846 has been offici-
ating as Second-Captain of the Ocean 80, and Vic-
TOitr 104, guard-ships at Sheerness and Portsmouth.
It is right that we should here record the fact
that this officer has never been able to procure
the slightest compensation for his wound, although
he still acutely feels its effects. He married, 1 July,
1819, Harriet, only daughter of Jas. Knight, Esq., of
Landport Terrace, Southsea, Portsmouth, by whom
he has issue six sons and one daughter. One of the
former, Hugh Hamilton, is a Eirst-Lieutenant, K.M.
Agent — Frederick Dufaur.
GOOSE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 1 9.)
WiELiAM Go06e entered the Navy, 29 April, 1804,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vesuvius bomb, Capt.
Jas. Lillicrap ; as Midshipman of which vessel, and
of the KenommAe frigate, Capt. Sir Thos. Living-
stone, he appears to have been frequently engaged
with the enemy's flotilla and batteries in the neigh-
bourhood of Boulogne. The Renomm^e afterwards,
on 4 April, 1806, captured, under Fort Callartes,
near Cape de Gata, the Spanish man-of-war brig
Vigilante, of 18 guns and 109 men. During the
last seven years of the war, Mr. Goose successively
served, on the Mediterranean and Home stations,
in the Bombay 74, Capt. "Wm. Cuming, Perlen 38,
Capts. Joseph Swabey Tetley and John Allen, Rod-
ney 74, Capt. Edw. Durnford King, Maes 74, Capt.
Henry Raper, Soakboeough and Namur 74's, flag-
ships of Rear-Admirals John Ferrier and Sir Thos.
Williams, and Merope 10, Capt. Wm. Benj. Suck-
ling. The Peblen, on 22 Nov. 18U, was pursued,
and for several hours endured a close running-fight
with a French line-of-battle ship and frigate from
Toulon ; yet she succeeded in gallantly effecting her
escape. Mr. Goose, who attained. his present rank
8 Feb. 1815, was afterwards employed in the Coast
Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, from Dec.
1827 to Oct 1828, of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm.
Jas. Mingaye. He has been in command, since 23
Jan. 1835, of a station in the Coast Guard.
GORDON. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Alexander Crombie Gordon, born 3 Deo. 1818,
is third son of John Gordon, Esq., F.S.A.S., of
Caimbulg, co. Aberdeen, one of the Deputies of the
Vice-Admiral of Scotland, and a Director of the
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland; by
Catharine Anne, daughter of the late Sir Wm.
Forbes, fifth Baronet of Craigievar, by the Hon.
Sarah Sempill, daughter of John, 12th Lord Sem-
pill. One of his brothers, John, is a Lieutenant in
the 6th Eegt. of Bengal Native Infantry ; another,
William, is a Lieutenant in the 17th Regt. of Foot ;
and a third, Charles, is a Lieutenant in the 92nd
Highlanders.
This officer entered the Navy 31 May, 1831 ; passed
his examination 3 Jan. 1838 ; and after serving for
some time as Mate, on the North America, West
India, and Mediterranean stations, in the Cleopa-
tra 26, Capt. Christopher Wyvill, and Queen 110,
flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, was promoted
to the rank he now holds 17 Sept. 1842. Since 18
of the following month he has been employed on the
Station last mentioned in the Inconstant 36, Capts.
Fred. Thos. Michell and Chas. Howe Fremantle, of
which frigate he is now Second-Lieutenant. Agent
— Joseph Woodhead.
GORDON. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Alexander Duff Gordon is yoimger brother of
Lieut. D. M. Gordon, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy in 1832 ; passed his
examination 12 Feb. 1840 ; was employed as Mate,
in 1842-3, on board the Excellent gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; then joined
the Illustrious 72, bearing the flag of Sir Chas.
Adam on the North America and West India sta-
tion ; and, within a few months after the paying-off
of that ship, was promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant— his commission bearing date 6 Dec. 1845.
He has been serving, since 12 Jan. 1846, in the
Electra 14, commanded, on the same station as
was the Illustrious, by Capts. Wm. Heriot Mait-
land and Wm. Fred. Pleydell Bouverie.
GORDON. (Lieutenant, 1836.)
Augustus Gordon passed his examination iil
1830 ; and obtained his commission 16 Feb. 1836.
His appointments have since been — 18 March, 1836,
to the Talaveka 74, Capts. Thos. Ball Sulivan and
Wm. Bowen Mends, on the Mediterranean station —
1 Oct. 1840, after a few months of half-pay, to the
Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen Pell, Robt.
Smart, and Thos. Forrest, flag-ship for some time of
Sir Fi-as. Mason, also in the Mediterranean, whence
he returned home and was paid off in 1843 — and, 30
Oct. 1844, as Senior, to the Thunder surveying-
vessel, Capt. Edw. Barnett, with whom he is now
serving on the North America and West India star
tion. Agent — Fred. Dufaur.
GORDON, C.B. (Eear-Admirai, of the Blue,
1841. r-p., 19 ; H-p., 36.)
Charles Gordon (a) is younger brother of Kear-
Admiral Henry Gordon.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 19
Dec. 1792; and embarked in June, 1796, as Mid"
shipman, on board the C^sar 80, Capt. Chas. Edm.
Nugent, stationed in the Channel. In June, 1799,
after having further served on the Baltic and East
India stations, in the Impetceux 74, Capt. John
Willet Payne, Virginie frigate, Capt. Anthony
Hunt, and Suffolk 74, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Peter Rainier, he was appointed Acting-
Third-Lieutenant of La Forte 44, Capt. Lucius
Ferdinand Hardyman ; in which ship he was
wrecked, in Jedda Harbour, on the Red Sea, in
June, 1801. Being confirmed a Lieutenant, 11
March, 1802, in the Diamond frigate, Capt. Edw.
Griffith, Mr. Gordon was next, until the receipt of
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his second promotal commission, dated 20 May,
1806, employed in tliat capacity in tlie same, ship,
and in the Venerable 74, Capt. John Clarke Searle,
and Dbeadnodght 98, and Viile de Paris 110,
both flag-ships of Hon. Wm. Comwallis, and all at-
tached to the fleet in the Channel, where for three
years ha ofUciated as Signal-officer to the last-named
Admiral. He then assumed command of the St.
LociA sloop, off Antigua, and continued to be em-
ployed in that vessel until May, 1807 ; at which pe-
riod, we believe, he had the misfortune to be cap-
tured by the enemy. He was promoted from the
Eclair to the Captaincy, on 21 Dec. in the latter
year, of the Caroline 36, one of a squadron em-
ployed at the destruction, during the month of Nov.
1809,' of more than 80 piratical vessels at Kas-al-
Khyma and other ports in the Persian Gulf, where
the assistance he afforded to Capt. John Wain-
wright, the senior officer, was of the most effectual
nature.* Capt. Gordon's next appointment we find
was to the command, in April, 1810, of the Cetlon
adopted Indiaman ; which frigate, having at the
time 40 guns and 295 men, including Major-General
Abercromby and staff, on board, was taken off the
Isle of France, on 18 of the following September,
after a violent intermittent night-actipn of three
hours, and a loss of 10 killed and 31 (among whom
was Capt. Gordon severely) wounded, by the French
ships Venus of 44 guns and 380 men, and Victor of
16 guns. The latter vessel joined in at the tail of
the fight, when both the other combatants were
partially disabled, and induced the British frigate
to strike to her ; t an honour, it appears, she would
not have achieved, had she not, by carrying three
masts instead of two, conveyed an idea of her being
equal in force to the Vimis. The Ceylon was, how-
ever, retaken in the course of the same day by the
BoADiOEA 38, in company with the Otter brig.
Her Captain, whose Court-martial acquitted him
and his officers of all blame in the catastrophe, went
on half-pay on 10 of the next December, and has not
since been employed. He was nominated a C.B. 4
July, 1840; and advanced to Flag-rank 23 Nov.
1841.
The Rear-Admiral married, 20 Nov. 1818, Anne,
eldest daughter of Lieut.-General Lord Blayney.
Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
GORDON. (Captain, 1828.)
Charles Gordon (4) entered the Navy, 19 June,
1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hdssar 38, Capts.
Alex. Skene and Jas. Coutts Crawford, part of the
force employed at the reduction of Java in Sept.
1811. He continued to serve with Capt. Crawford
in the East Indies, latterly as Midshipman of the
MoDESTE frigate, until his return to England in the
spring of 1813, when he joined for a brief period the
TnisBE 28, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Hamilton in
the river Thames. The after-part of the French
and American wars was passed by Mr. Gordon on
the Newfoundland, Home, and Chesapeake sta-
tions, in the Bellerophon 74, flag-ship of Sir Kich.
Goodwin Keats, Kotal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir
Edw. Berry, and Erebus rocket-ship, Capts. John
Forbes and David Ewen Bartholomew. While un-
der the latter officer, he was actively employed in
the brilliant expedition conducted by Sir Jas. Alex.
Gordon against Alexandria in Aug. 1814, during the
operations connected with which the Erebus sus-
tained a loss of 3 men killed and 14 wounded ; and
he also shared in the attack upon Baltimore. Until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 14 July, 1818,
Mr. Gordon next served in the East Indies and Me-
diterranean on board the Larne 20, Capt. Sir John
Gordon Sinclair, Challenger and Zebra sloops,
both commanded by Capt. Henry Forbes, and Ga-
NVMEOE 26, Capt. Hon. Kobt. Cavendish Spencer.
He was then successively appointed, on the Medi-
terranean and Cape of Good Hope stations, in Aug.
1818, to the Tagos 42, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans
Dundas— 12 Jan. 1819, to the Active 46, Capt. Sir
Jas. Alex. Gordon— and 29 JIarch, 1822, to the
• Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1023. f V- G>z- 1811, p. 864.
Ariadne 26, Capts. Constantine Richard Moorsom.
and Isham Fleming Cbapman. Assuming the rank
of Commander 6 Jan. 1826, he next, on 17 April,
1827, joined the Cadmus 10, stationed in South
America. He returned home on the receipt of his
Pflst-commission, bearing date 17 April, 1828, and
has since been on half-pay. Agents— Hallett and
Robinson.
GORDON. (LiEiTT., 1813. F-p., 15; H-p., 27.)
Charles Rumbold Gordon entered the Navy,
8 Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Zealand
64, Capt. Hen. Lidgbird Ball, lying at the Nore;
and afterwards, until promoted to the rahk of Lieu-
tenant 13 Dec. 1813, served as Midshipman, on the
Home, Baltic, and North American stations, in the
Calypso 18, Capts. Matthew Barton Bradby and
Matthew Forster, Malabar, Capt. John Temple,
Zealand again, Capt. Robt. Devereux Fancourt,
AiMABLE 32, Capts. Lord Geo. Stuart and WooU-
combe, Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. RoUes, Han-
nibal 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral P. C. Durham,
Christian Vn. 80, Capt. H. L. Ball, and Bulwark
and St. Domingo 74'a, bearing the respective flags
of Admirals Philip Charles Durham and Sir John
Borlase Warren. Of the above ships, the Calypso,
on 18 July, 1805, bore a part, and particularly dis-
tinguished herself, in a very gallant attack made
upon a division of the enemy's flotilla under the
powerful batteries on Cape de Gris Nez. Another
of them, the Aimable, effected the capture, on 3
Feb. 1809 (with a loss to herself during a shbrt
running fight of 2 men wounded, and to the enemy
of 2 killed and 8 wounded), of L'Iris, French na-
tional ship, pierced for 32 guns, but only mounting
24, the fire from w^ich also materially damaged the
Aimable in her masts, spars, sails, and rigging.
Mr. Gordon, who served for several months imme-
diately consecutive on his promotion in the Co-
lumbia sloop, Capt. Hen. Ducie Chads, on the
North America and West India station, was after-
wards employed on the Coast Blockade as Super-
numerary-Lieutenant, from 22 Dec. 1824, until April,
1829, of the Ramillies, Hyperion, and Ramillies,
Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch, Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and
Hugh Pigot. He has not since held any appoint-
ment. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
GORDON. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
David Macdowall Gordon is second son of
Thos. Gordon, Esq:, of Park House, co. Banff (Lieu-
tenant-Colonel of the Inverness and Banff Militin,
a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, and Convener
of Banffshire since 1812), by the eldest daughter of
David Macdowall Grant, Esq., of Arndilly. His
eldest brother, Lachlan Duff, is a Captain in the
20th Regt. ; and his youngest, Alexander Duff, is a
Lieutenant R.N. One of his imcles, Mr. Alex.
Duff, Master's Mate of the Mars 74, was killed on
board that ship at Trafalgar.
This officer entered the Navy in 1832 ; passed his
examination 6 Feb. 1839 ; and served as Mate, on
the Mediterranean, Home, East India, and North
America and West India stations, in the Thunderer
84, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley
and Dan. Pring, Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt.
Sir Thos. Hastings, and Agincoubt and Illustrious
72's, flag-ships of Sir Thos. John Cochrane and Sir
Chas. Adam. On obtaining his promotion, 24 March,
1845, Mr. Gordon rejoined the Agincourt as an Ad-
ditional-Lieutenant. Since 27 Feb. 1846 he has
been in command, also in the East Indies, of the
Young Hebe tender, and Royalist brig.
GORDON, K.S.F. (Captain, 1846.)
George Thomas Gordon entered the Navy 5
March, 1818 ; passed his examination in 1825 ; and
on obtaining his first commission, 6 May, 1829,
joined the Revenge 76, commanded in the Medi-
terranean by Capt. Norborne Thompson. His sub-
sequent appointments were, on the same, and on the
North America and West India, Home, and Lisbon
stations— 4 May, 1830, to the Erebus 10, Capt.
408
GORDON.
Philip Broke— 5 Oct. 1832, to the Ehadamanthus
steam-vessel, Capt. Geo., Evans— 9 Sept. 1835, as
First, to the Phcenix, another steamer, Capt. Wm.
Honeyman Henderson, his services under whom on
the coast of Spain and at the siege of Bilbao pro-
cured him the first class of the Order of San Fer-
nando—7 Jan. 1837, as Additional, to the William
AND Maky yacht, Capt. Sir John Louis— and, 1
July, 1837, to the command of the Comet steamer.
He was promoted from the latter vessel to the rank
he now holds 1 Aug. 1840; and, since 11 April, 1843,
has been In command of the Coemokant steam-
sloop, on the Pacific station. His Post-commission
bears date 9 Nov. 1846.
GOEDON. (Keab-Admikai, of the Red, 1840.
r-p.; 19; H-p., 37.)
Henry Gordon is second son of Capt. Fras.
Grant Gordon, R.N. (who died in 1803), by Mary,
daughter of Sir Willoughby Aston, Bart. ; brother
of Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Sir Jas. "Wil-
loughby Gordon, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H., Colonel of
the 23rd Foot and Quartermaster-General of the
Forces, and of Rear-Admiral Chas. Gordon, C.B. ;
and brother-in-law of the late Sir Robt. Wemyss.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1791, as
Midshipman, on board the Robust 74, Capt. Row-
land Cotton, on the Home station, -^here, and in
the West Indies, he was afterwards employed, until
Dec. 1796, in the Edgak and Ganges 74's, both
commanded by Capt. A. J. P. MoUoy, and Cjesar
80, and Beaulieu frigate, bearing the flags of Hon.
Wm. CornwaUis and Sir John Laforey. He then
became Acting-Lieutenant of the Malabak 54,
Capt. John Parr, and on 13 July, 1798, was con-
firmed into the Matilda 24, Capt. H. Mitford,
both likewise stationed in the West Indies. Joining
next, 22 Nov. 1799, the Repulse 64, Capt. Jas.
Alms, Mr. Gordon continued to serve in that ship
until 10 March, 1800, on which date he had the
misfortune to be wrecked on a sunken rock near
Ushant, and taken prisoner. On regaining his liberty
a few months afterwards he joined the Princess of
Orange 74, fiag-ship in the North Sea of Admiral
Dickson, under whom he appears to have been
serving at the time of his promotion to the rank of
Commander, 29 April, 1802. On 24 March, 1804,
while on his passage to Newfoundland with a con-
voy of 8 merchantmen in the Wolverene, a flimsy
sloop of 13 guns and 76 men, to which he had been
appointed 19 Oct. 1803, Capt. Gordon fell in with
and was captured, after a furious and most noble
resistance of 50 minutes, by the French frigate-
built privateer Blonde, of 30 guns and 180 men,
6 of whom only were wounded, while the British
sustained a loss of 5 killed and 10 wounded. The
gallantry of the Wolverene in prolonging the fight
until she was actually going down enabled the
greater part of the convoy to accomplish their
escape. Her intrepid Captain was rewarded with
a Post-commission dated 8 April, 1805 ; and he
had the further gratification, on his return to Eng-
land in Nov. 1811, of being most honourably ac-
quitted by a Court-Martial. He has not since, how-
ever, been afloat. His promotion to Flag-rank took
place 17 Aug. 1840.
The Rear-Admiral married, 18 Deo. 1826, Char-
lotte, daughter of the late Sir John Wrottesley,
Bart., and widow of the Rev. John Heylar. Agents
— Messrs. Halford and Co.
GORDON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Henry Cranmer Gordon entered the Navy, 26
Dec. 1806, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Meleager
36, Capts. John Broughton and Fred. Warren, in
which frigate he visited the latitude of Greenland,
and was ultimately wrecked, as Midshipman, on
Barebush Key, near Port Royal, Jamaica, 30 July,
1808. After that catastrophe Mr. Gordon served
for nearly six years with Capt. Wm. Pryce Cumby in
the Polyphemus 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Bar-
tholomew Sam. Rowley, and Hyperion 36. During
that period he witnessed the surrender of the town
of St. Domingo to the British and Spanish arms in
July, 1809 ; made a voyage to Davis Strait, where
he cruized during the whole of the summer of 1812
for the protection of the whale-fishery; then es-
corted convoy from Newfoundland to Barbadoes;
was afterwards frozen up in St. John's Harbour ;
and was further actively employed in the Channel.
He next became attached for a period of six months
to the Puissant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, and
then sailed for the East Indies in the Cornwallis
74, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Burlton. He there acted
for a short period as Lieutenant of the Wellesley
74, Capt. John Harper, but since the receipt of his
commission, which bears date 4 Feb. 1815, has been
on half-pay.
GORDON. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 14; h-p., 31.)
James Gordon (a) entered the Navy, 29 Sept.
1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Akgo 44, Capt.
Benj. Hallowell, one of the ships employed in the
following year under Sir Sam. Hood at the reduc-
tion of the islands of Ste. Lucie and Tobago. Ac-
companying Capt. Hallowell, as Midshipman, in
Aug. 1804, into the Tigre 80, he next, in the course
of 1805, revisited the West' Indies with Lord Nel-
son in pursuit of the combined squadrons of France
and Spain, and in 1807 took part, we believe, in the
expedition to Egypt. In July of the latter year he
became Master's Mate of the Moselle 18, Capt.
Alex. Gordon, with whom he served on the Jamaica
station until within a short period of his promotion
to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 12 Dec.
1808. Between that period and the conclusion of
hostilities in 1815, Mr. Gordon appears to have
been further employed, chiefly on the Home station,
in the Osprey 18, Capt. Timothy Clinch, Gany-
mede 26, Capts. Alex. Robt. Kerr and Robt. Oath-
cart, Rattler sloop, Capt. Alex. Gordon, Ebky-
DicE 24, Capt. Jas. Bradshaw, Circe 28, Capt. Edw.
WooUcombe, Nymphen 36, Capt. Matthew Smith,
and RoTAL Sovereign and 'Tonnaht, flag-ships of
Sir Benj. Hallowell. His last appointment was, 28
July, 1819, to the Leander 60, flag-ship in the East
Indies of Hon. Sir Hen. Blackwood, under whom
he was serving as First Lieutenant at the time of
his promotion to the rank of Commander, 29 Jan.
1821.
GORDON. (Commander, 1834. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 9.)
James Gordon (4) was bom 5 Aug. 1795.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 Dec. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rattler 16, Capt. Alex.
Gordon, stationed ofi' the coast of North America,
where, until Aug. 1813, he further served with
great activity in, among other ships, the Maid-
stone 36, Capt. Wm. Skipsey, Narcissus 32, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton, and Akbar 50, Capt.
Chas. Bullen. He was next employed for upwards
of three years in the Vengeok and Queen Char-
lotte, guard-ships at Portsmouth, and then succes-
sively joined the Rochfort and Revenge 74's, flag-
ships in the Mediterranean of Sir Thos. Fremantle,
Sir Graham Moore, and Sir Harry Burrard Neale.
While on the latter station he commanded a tender,
the Express schooner, from Sept. 1821 until his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 June, 1826,
and was employed for five months of 1824 at the
blockade of Algiers. On the receipt of his com-
mission Mr. Gordon removed to the Medina 20,
Capt. Timothy Curtis, in which vessel he returned
home and was paid ofi" in 1827. He afterwards
served, from 2 April, 1828, until 16 April, 1831, on
board tlie Pearl 20, commanded on the Cork sta-
tion by Capt. Geo. Chas. Blake. He attained his
present rank 6 June, 1834, and has been twice in-
vested with a command in the Coast Guard, first at
Fowey, in Cornwall, and next at Whitby, in York-
shire. The former appointment he held for three,
and the other for five, years. He has since been
on half-pay.
GORDON".
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GORDON. (Lieut., 181.5. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
James Gordon (a) entered the Navy, 6 May, 1806,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Akibl sloop, Capt.
Joseph Oliver; of which vessel, stationed in the
North Sea, he became Midshipman 13 Deo. 1807.
After a servitude of about 12 months in the river
Thames on board the Thisbe 28, flag-ship of Hon.
Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope, and Royal Sovereign
yacht, Capt. Sir Harry Burrard Neale, he joined, in
July, 1809, the Mtsa bomb, Capts. Wm. Godfrey,
Peter Lawless, and John Bowker, part of the force
employed in the ensuing expedition to the "Walche-
ren. Until Jan. 1816 he appears to have next served
in succession on the Home, North American, and
Mediterranean stations, in the Thisbe and Belvi-
DERA, bearing the respective flags of Hon. Sir Henry
Edwin Stanhope and Sir Herbert Sawyer, Melam-
pus 36, Capt. Edw. Hawker, Guehri^re 38, Capt.
Jas. Rich. Dacres, Earl of Moira tender, I.ieut.-
Commander John Pitman, Salvador del Mdndo,
flag-ship of Sir Wm. Domett, and Asia 74, Capt.
Alex. Skene. He then went on half-pay, having
been awarded a commission dated 3 March, 1815 ;
and has not since been afloat. Agent— Joseph
AVoodhead.
GORDON, K.C.B. (Eear-Admiral of thk Red,
1837. r-P., 30 ; H-P., 24.)
Sir James Ale.\ander Gordon is eldest son of
the late Chas. Gordon, Esq., of Wardhouse, co.
Aberdeen, by a daughter of the late Major Jas.
Mercer, of Auchnacant, in the same shire ; and
uncle of Commander Thos. Fred. Birch, R.N.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 25 Nov. 1793, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Arrogant 74, Capt.
Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, employed on the Home
station ; where, and in the Mediterranean, he after-
wards served, part of the time as Midshipman, in
the Invincible, Ramillies, and Defence 74's,
Capts. Hon. Thos. Fakenham, Sir Rich. Bickerton,
and Thos. Wells, Eukydice and RivoLUTiONNAiRE
frigates, both commanded (the latter in Bridport's
action) by Capt. Fras. Cole, Namur 98, Capt. J. H.
Whitshed, Goliath 74, Capt. Thos. Foley (one of
the victorious fleet in the battle oif Cape St. Vincent,
14 Feb. 1797), and EorAL William, flag-ship of
Admiral Milbanke. Being promoted to a Lieute-
nancy, 27 Jan. 1800, in Le Bodrdelois, of 24 guns
and 195 men, Capts. Thos. Manby and John Hayes,
he particularly signalized himself in that ship, on
28 Jan. 1801, at the capture, after a close cannonade
of half an hour, of the French national brig La
Curieuse, of 18 guns and 168 men, about 50 of whom
were killed and wounded, while the British only
sustained a loss of 1 man killed and 7 wounded.
Towards the end of 1802 Mr. Gordon became First-
Lieutenant of the Racoon 18, Capts. Wilson Rath-
borne and Austin Bissell ; by the latter of whom
we find his conduct on many occasions described as
highly exemplary and praiseworthy, but especially
lauded in a very warm action of 40 minutes, which,
on 11 July, 1803, led to the capture, in Leogane
Roads, of the French corvette Le Lodi, of 10 guns
and 61 men.* Succeeding Capt. Bissell, on 3 March,
1804, in the command of the Racoon, Capt. Gordon
had the good fortune, during his continuance in
that sloop, to make prize of many of the enemy's
vessels, and, among others, of the French national
transport L'Argo, of 6 guns and 30 men, and the
privateers L'Aventure, of 1 gun and 28 men, and
L' Alliance, of 6 ^uns and 68 men. He was posted,
16 May, 1805, into the Diligentia, afterwards
Legera, employed, as was the Racoon, on the
Jamaica station, but resigned the command in a
few months, and was next appointed, 18 June, 1807,
to the Mercury 28. After visiting Newfoundland
with convoy, he proceeded off Cadiz, where, in
company with the Alceste 38, and Grasshopper 18,
he took a distinguished part, 4 April, 1808, in a
gallant action of two hours and a half, which ter-
minated in the defeat, under the batteries of Rota,
and in the teeth of 11 French and Spanish line-of-
• r'iileGaz. 1803, p. 1229.
battle ships, of 20 of the enemy's gun-boats, having
a fleet of merchantmen under their charge.'* During
a subsequent command, from 27 June, 1808, to 11
June, 1812, of the Active, of 46 guns and 300 men,
Capt. Gordon, whose prompt and zealous co-opera-
tion in thp different services on which he was em-
ployed appears to have raised his name to a high
pitch, planned several cutting-out affairs, and on
the occasion of one which took place at Ortano, 12
Feb. 1811, won the particular thanks of Capt. Henry
Whitby, his senior otficer, for the judicious manner
in which he placed his ship and prevented any body
of the enemy from forming in the rear of the men
detached on the expedition.t On 13 March in the
same year he had the fortune to render himself
conspicuous by his valour in the memorable action
off Lisbon, when the Active and three other fri-
gates, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men,
completely routed, after a conflict of six hours, and
a loss to the former of 4 killed and 24 wounded, a
Franco-Venetian armament, whose force amounted
to 284 guns and 2655 men-I A few months subse-
quent to the latter event, on 29 Nov., the Active,
whose complement had been reduced to about 218
men, again distinguished herself in becoming the
captor of ia Ptmone, of 44 guns and 332 men, 50 of
whom were killed and wounded. The British did
not sustain a loss of more than 8 killed and 27
wounded ; among the latter of whom, however, was
the gallant Gordon himself, " an officer whose
merits," as expressed by Capt. Murray Maxwell, of
the Alceste, who had witnessed the action, and
been simultaneously engaged with La Pauline, ano-
ther of the enemy's frigates, "are known to his
country, and who lives in the hearts of all who
have the happiness to know him."§ A 36-pounder
took his leg clean off, just at the knee-joint, while
he was standing on a shot-rack, and leaning on the
capstan. Capt. Gordon's next appointment was, on
14 Sept. 1812, to the Seahorse 38, in which frigate,
after cruizing for some time in the Channel, making
a voyage also to South America, and effecting the
destruction, 13 Nov. 1813, of Le Suhitile privateer,
of 16 guns and 72 men, he joined Sir Alex. Cochrane
in the Chesapeake. On 17 Aug. 1814 Capt. Gordon,
with a squadron under his orders consisting, besides
the Seahorse, of the Euryalos 36, Devastation,
JEtna, and Meteor bombs, Erebus rocket-vessel,
and Anna Maria tender, entered the river Poto-
mac. After ten days of unequalled labour, during
which the British were constantly impeded by
shoals and contrary winds, and every ship in the
squadron grounded not less than 20 times, they
reached and attacked Fort Washington ; the which,
together with a battery on the beach, a martello
tower, and a battery in the rear, containing in the
whole 21 heavy cannon and 6 field-pieces, fell into
their possession. The city of Alexandria, having
thus lost its only defence, was, on the next day, the
29th, forced to capitulate on the most humiliating
terms. On the 31st the conquerors, animated vrith
the success they had encountered, retired in charge
of 21 of the enemy's vessels, laden with all kinds of
merchandize ; the whole of which they brought
down in triumph, notwithstanding that the Ame-
ricans, to the natural difficulties with which their
invaders had previously had to contend, how added
all the obstacles that the most determined spirit of
opposition could suggest. The loss endured by the
squadron fbrtunately did not exceed 7 killed and 35
wounded ; yet some idea of the operations may be
formed when it is asserted that during the 23 days
they lasted the hammocks of the men were down
but for two nights. The issue, indeed, of the enter-
prise was stated by Sir Alex. Cochrane to have sur-
passed his most sanguine expectations. || Capt. Gor-
don afterwards accompanied the expedition against
New Orleans, and throughout all its details afforded,
as officially recorded, his unwearied and cheerful
assistance to Rear-Admiral Pulteney Malcolm.^
The importance of his services met a just reward,
• Vide Gai. 1808, p. 570. f ^. <'>'■■ ISIl, p. 99T.
t V. Gai. 1811, pp. 893-4. 5 y. Gaz. 1812, pp. 450, 506.
(I r. Gul. 1814, pp. 1940, 2080. ^J F. Gax. 1815, p. 450.
3G
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GORDON.
on 2 Jan. 1815, by the oonferrence upon him of the
K.C.B, Hia after-appointments were— 7 Not. 1815
and 24 Oct. 1816, to the Madagascar and Me-
ander frigates, the latter of which was all but lost,
off Orfordness, in Dec. 1816—11 Jan. 1819, to the
Active 46, employed on the Halifax and Mediter-
ranean stations— and, in July, 1832, to the superin-
tendentship of Chatham Dockyard, where he re-
mained, with his name part of the time on the
books of the Chatham yacht, until his promotion
to Flag-rank 10 Jan. 1837. He has been Lieutenant-
Governor, since 1 July, 1840, of the Royal Hospital
at Greenwich.
Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon was presented by the
Board of Admiralty in 1812 with a gold medal, de-
scriptive of the action off Lissa, to be worn with his
uniform in the usual manner; and he has been in
the receipt, since 31 July in that year, of a pension
of 300/. In 1817 he was presented with the freedom
of Aberdeen. He married, 27 Aug. 1812, the
youngest daughter of John Ward, Esq., of Marlbo-
rough, CO. Wilts, by whom he had issue an only son,
the late Commander J. A. Gordon, K.N.
GORDON. (Commander, 1842.)
James Alexander Gordon was born 19 March,
1816, and died 6 Jan. 1847. He was only son of
Reai'-Admiral Sir Jas. A. Gordon, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 16 March, 1829 ;
passed his examination 6 May, 1835 ; and obtained
his first commission 27 June, 1838. His appoint-
ments, as Lieutenant, were — 17 Sept. 1838, as Addi-
tional, to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom,
on the Lakes of Canada — 23 Oct. 1839, in a similar
capacity, to the Donegal 78, flag-ship off Lisbon of
Sir John Acworth Ommanney — and (after several
months of halfway), 18 Aug. 1841, as Senior, to the
Wakspite 50, Capt. Lord John Hay, on the North
America and West India station. He attained the
rank of Commander 15 Oct. 1842 ; and, from 17 Jan.
1845 until the period of his death, which took place
as above off Labuan, on the coast of Norway, com-
manded the Wolf sloop, of 18 guns. Agents —
Coplands and Burnett.
GORDON. (Lieut., 1814. p-p., 12; h-p., 31.)
James Alexander Gordon (a) entered the Navy,
16 April, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville
DE Paris 110, Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin,
•bearing the flag of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, Com-
mander-in-Chief in the Channel, where he attained
the rating of Midshipman 1 Nov. following. Re-
moving, in Nov. 1806, to the Rotal Sovereign 100,
flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Vice-Admiral
Edw. Thornbrough, he there served for four years,
principally at the blockade of Toulon. He then
returned to England in the Montagu 74, Capt. John
Halliday, and after a brief attachment to the Eg-
mont 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, fitting at Sheer-
ness, joined the Lahrestinus 24, Capts. Hon. Wm.
Gordon and Thos. Graves ; in which ship, having
first visited the Rio de la Plata, and escorted con-
voy to Halifax, he took a wai-m part, as Master's
Mate, in the hostilities against the Americans in
the Chesapeake, and was present in the attack upon
Crany Island. The LAHRESTiNts being in the end
wrecked, on the Silver Keys, off the Bahamas, on
the night of 21 Aug, 1813, Mr. Gordon came home
in the Diomede troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Montagu
Fabian, but sailed soon after his arrival for Ber-
muda as Admiralty-Midshipman of the Asia 64,
flagship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane ; by whom he
was appointed, 1 April, 1814, Lieutenant of the
Manly 14, Capts. Henry C. Merser, Nagle Lock,
and Chas. Simeon. His promotion being confirmed
by commission dated 26 May in the same year, he
continued to serve in the Manlv until paid off in
Sept. 1815, and had thus an opportunity of being
again employed in the Chesapeake, and of accom-
panying the expedition to New Orleans. He has
since, however, been on half-pay.
GORDON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.)
James Edward Gordon entered the Navy, 16
April, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville db
Paris 110, Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, flag-
ship in the Channel of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, by
whom he was soon awarded the rating of Midship-
man. Between 25 Nov. 1806 and 5 May, 1811, he
served, on the Mediterranean and Lisbon stations, in
the Royal Sovereign 100, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Edw. Thornbrough, Malta 84, Capt. Robt.
Waller Otway, Ville de Paris again, flag-ship at
the time of Lord Collingwood, and Barfleur 98,
bearing the flag of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley.
He then became Acting-Lieutenant of the Vestal,
Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, and
on 17 of the same month had the fortune to be con-
firmed by the Admiralty. His succeeding appoint-
ments were — on the North Sea and American sta-
tions—16 Nov. 1811, to the Valiant 74, Capt.
Robt. Dudley Oliver— 21 Dec. 1812, to the Lace-
D.a:MONiAN 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson— and 16 Nov.
1814, to the command of the St. Lawrence schooner,
of 12 12-pounder carronades, 1 long 9-pounder, and
51 men. In the latter vessel Mr. Gordon had the ill
luck, while proceeding with despatches from Rear-
Admiral Cockbum relative to the peace between
Great Britain and the United States, to be captured,
after a desperate and sanguinary action, by the Ame-
rican privateer brig Chasseur, of 6 long 9-pounders, 8
18-pounder carronades, and 115 men, 26 Feb. 1815.*
Being shortly afterwards, however, retaken, the St.
Lawrence, in compliance with the orders of Sir
Jas. Alex. Gordon, was commissioned afresh at the
Havana by her late Commander, who nevertheless
went on half-pay on 23 of the following April, and
has not since been employed.
Lieut. Gordon sat for some time as M.P. for Dun-
dalk. He married, 25 Oct. 1836, Barbara, daughter
of the late Sam. Smith, Esq., of Berkeley Square,
London, and of Woodnall Park, Herts. Agents—
Coplands and Burnett.
GORDON. (Commander, 1815. p-p., 17;
H-p., 29.)
James Gabriel Gordon entered the Navy, 19
Aug. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vengeance
74, Capt. Geo. Duff, of which ship, successively sta-
tioned in the Channel and West Indies, he became
Midshipman 5 Sept. following. During the years
1802-3 he appears to have been employed at Ports-
mouth on board the Neptune 98, Capts. Eras.
Wm. Austen and Wm. O'Brien Drury, Topaze 38,
Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake, and Puissant 74,
Capt. John Irwin. Joining, then, the Illustriods
74, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton, Michael Seymour,
Wm. Shield, and Wm. Robt. Broughton, he com-
manded the barge belonging to that ship at the
cutting out of a brig from Vivero Harbour, was also
present at the attack on the French fleet in Aix
Roads, and had further charge of a gun-boat
during the expedition to the Walcheren, where he
was severely wounded. We are informed that on
18 Dec. 1809 Mr. Gordon, while in the Freija fri-
gate, witnessed the capture, at Guadeloupe, of the
two French frigates Loire and Seine. He shortly
afterwards joined the Pompee 80, bearing the flag
of Sir Alex. Cochrane, by whom, on 22 Jan. 1810,
he was promoted, in consequence of a death va-
cancy, to a Lieutenancy in the Guadeloupe sloop,
Capt. Michael Head, part of the force employed at
the ensuing reduction of the island bearing that
name. Being confirmed by the Admiralty 3 Oct.
following, Mr. Gordon nextjoined— on6ofthesame
month, the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir John Gore— and
in 1812-14, the Egmoxt, Porcupine, and Queen,
flag-ships on the Home and Mediterranean stations
of Rear-Admirals Sir Geo. Hope and Chas. Vini-
combe Penrose, under the latter of whom, after
sharing in the operations connected with the forcing
• Mr. James, in his Naval History, has erronfously attri-
buted the command of the St. Lawkence to Lieut. Henry
Crnnmer Gordon, an account of whose services y, e have rfven
above. *
GORDON.
411.
of the Gironde in April, 1814, he officiated as Flag-
Lieutenant until the receipt of his second promotal
commission bearing date 20 July, 1815. With the
exception of a three years* command in the Ordi-
nary at Sheerness, which he held from 28 April,
1827, until 1830, he remained on half-pay till 31
Dec. 1846 ; since which period he has been in com^
mand of the Oceak 80, guard-ship at Sheerness.
Agents— Holmes and Folkard.
GORDON. (Eeak-Admibal of the Blue, 1846.
FP., 14 ; H-p., 39.)
James Murray Gokdo.v, born 6 March, 1782, is
son of the late Thos. Gordon, Esq. ; and brother of
the late Lieut.-Colonel Thos. M'm. Gordon, of the
Fusileer Guards.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1794, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Bbitansia 100,
Capt. John HoUoway, bearing the flag in the Medi-
terranean of Admiral Wm. Uotham, in whose en-
suing action of 13 July with the French fleet we
believe he was a participator. After serving for
rather more than five years as Midshipman, on the
same, and on the Home and East India stations, in
the Tarlton, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and
ViRGiNiE, Capts. Anth. Hunt and Geo. Astle, Mr.
Gordon became Acting-Lieutenant, 18 July, 1800,
of the Vulcan bomb, Capts. Jeremiah Skelton, Peter
Heywood, and Chas. Jas. Johnston, also stationed
in the East Indies ; where he removed in a similar
capacity to the TniNcOiMAiEE 13, and Dbdaignedse
frigate, both commanded by Capt. Heywood; to
which latter vessel he was confirmed by commission
dated 25 Feb. 1803. He assumed the acting-com-
mand, on 26 May, 1805, of the Albatross sloop,
and, being officially appointed to that vessel 1 Feb.
1806, continued to serve in her in the East until 28
Feb. 1807. He then returned to England, but was
soon again ordered to India in the Prooris 18, of
which vessel he assumed command on 19 of the fol-
lowing Oct. As a Post-Captain, a rank he attained
15 Feb. 1808, Capt. Gordon was further employed
on that station, in the Terpsichore frigate, from
28 April in the same year, until 28 July, 1809. We
do not find that he has since held any appointment.
His promotion to Flag-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846.
Rear-Admiral Gordon married, 10 Dec. 1810,
Sarah Almeria, daughter of Archdeacon Caulfeild,
and relict of Capt. Charlton, E. I. Co.'s Service.
By that lady, who died 21 Deo. 1821, he had issue
two sons and two daughters. The second son,
James, Lieutenant in the 92nd Highlanders, died in
1841. Agents— Pettet and Newton.
GORDON. (CTHptai'n, 1818. f-p., 12; h-p., 30.)
The Honourable JohnGordonIs youngest bro-
ther of Rear-Admiral Hon. Wm. Gordon, E.N., M.P.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1805, as
L. M., on board the Mebusa 38, Capt. Sir John
Gore, with whom, after accompanying the late Mar-
quess Cornwallis to India, and returning home with
the remains of that distinguished nobleman, he re-
moved, as Midshipman, in Feb. 1806, to the Re-
venge 74, and furtner served for a period of two
years and nine months in the Channel and off' Cadiz,
lie then successively joined the Ardent 64, bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon, Conqueror
74, Capt. Edw. Fellowes, Peacock 38, Capt. Wm.
Peake, Nymphe 36, Capts. Hon. Josceline Percy
and Edw. Sneyd Clay, and Aquilon 32, Capt. Wm.
Bowles, all employed on the Home station, wh,ere,
ill the NvMPHK, he was wrecked, at the entrance of
the Frith of Forth, 18 Dec. 1810. Being promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 21 March, 1812, Mr.
Gordon's appointments in that capacity, we find,
were, to the Ri6voi.otionnaire and Seahorse fri-
gates, commanded on the Western Island and North
American stations by Capts. John Chos. WooU-
combe and Sir Jas. Alox. Gordon ; the latter of
wfiich ships he left a few days subsequently to his
advancement to the rank of Commander 15 June,
1814. After a ten months' command of the Cau-
nat;o.v 18, on the Newfoundland station, Capt.
Gordon was there appointed, on 20 Nov. 1818, Act-
ing-Captain of the Tamar 26. He was confirmed
in Post-rank 31 Dec. following, but does not appear
to have been invested with any further employment
until appointed, 22 Feb. 1844, to the America 50.
He resigned the command of that ship, after having
intermediately served in her on the Pacific and
Mediterranean stations, for the purpose of accept-
ing the Retirement, 1 Oct. 1846. Agents— Pettet
and Newton.
GORDON. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 25.)
Robert Gordon, born 7 Sept. 1796, is third son
of the late David Gordon, Esq., of Abergeldie, co.
Aberdeen (a direct descendant of Alexander Lord
Gordon, who was created Earl of Huntly in 1449),
by Anne, third daughter of Michael Biddulph, Esq.,
of Ledbury, co. Hereford; and next brother of
Michael Eras. Gordon, Esq., now of Abergeldie, a"
Magistraite and Deputy-Lieutenant for Aberdeen-
shire.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 May, 1810, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Ph<ebe of 44 guns and
271 men, Capt. Jas. Hillyar; in which frigate, sub-
sequently to the reduction of the Isle of France, he
contributed, 20 May, 1811 (while cruizing ofi'Mada-
, gascar in company with the Astrea and Galatea,
' frigates nearly equal in force to the Phiebe, and
18-gun brig Racehorse), to the capture — after a
; long and trying action with the French 40-gun fri-
gates Renomrme, Clorinde^ and Kereide, and a loss to
the Ph<ebe of 7 men killed and 24 wounded — of
the RenommAe. On 25 of the same month he was
further present at the surrender of the Nereide, and
of the settlement of Tamatave ; and in the follow-
ing summer he co-operated in the conquest of the
island of Java. Removing, as Midshipman, in Jan.
1813, to the Centaur 74, Capt. John Chambers
White, Mr. Gordon cruized in that ship on the North
Sea and Channel stations, until again transferred,
in Jan. 1814, to the Tonnakt 80, bearing the suc-
cessive flags, on the North American and Cork sta-
tions, of Sir Alex. Cochrane and Sir Benj. Hallowell,
under the former of whom he took part in many
operations against the American enemy, and was
present in the attack upon New Orleans. He left
the ToNNANT in July, 1816, for the purpose of join-
ing the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord
Exmouth, who, investing him soon with the rank
of Acting-Lieutenant, enabled him to share in that
capacity in the ensuing bombardment of Algiers.
He was accordingly awarded an Admiralty com-
mission dated 16 of the following Sept. ; but he did
not again go afloat until 6 Sept. 1819. He then
obtained an appointment to the Ipiiigenia frigate,
Capt. Hjfde Parker, on the Jamaica station, where
he next joined, 3 June, 1820, the Ontario 18, Capt.
Whitworth Lloyd, and where, on 13 of the following
month, he assumed the acting-command of the Con-
FiANcE 18. The latter sloop, to which he appears
to have been confirmed 3 Oct. 1820, Capt. Gordon
paid off 28 Sept. 1821. His subsequent appoint-
ments were— 20 Nov. 1830, for a period of two
months, to the Herald yacht, lying at Portsmouth
—and, 22 Nov. 1831, to the Pearl 20, on the West
India station, which vessel was put out of commis-
sion 20 Dec. 1834. Capt. Gordon, who has not since
been employed, attained Post-rank 10 Jan. 1837.
He is one of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity
House. '
GORDON, M.P. (Eeab-Admiral of the Blue
1846. F-P., 18; H-p., 32.)
The Honourable William Gordon is second
son of George Lord Haddo (who died in Oct. 1791)
by Charlotte, youngest daughter of 'Wm. Baird'
Esq., of Newbyth ; and next brother of the Earl of
Aberdeen, late Secretary of State for Foreign Af-
fairs. He is brother, also, of Capt. Hon." John
Gordon, R.N. ; as likewise of Sir Alex. Gordon
K.C.B., an officer of rank in the Army, and Aide-
de-Camp to the Duke of Wellington, who was killed
at Waterloo— of Liout.-Colonel Sir Chas. Gordon,
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who died in 1835— and of Sir Rett. Gordon, G.C.B.,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary at Vienna. Capt. Gordon's sister-in-law,
the Countess of Aberdeen, is the mother, by a
former marriage, of Lady Harriet Hamilton, wife of
Capt. W. A. B. Hamilton, K.N., Second Secretary
of the Admiralty.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1797, as
Midshipman, on board the Romulus 36, Capt. Geo.
Hope, whom he successively followed, on the Lisbon
and Mediterranean stations, into the Alcmene 32
and Majestic 74. Between Dec. 1799 and Sept.
1803 he served, chiefly on the Home station, in
the iMMOETAMTfe 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham,
Dryad 36, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield,
Leda 38, Capt. Geo. Hope, Minotaur 74, Capt.
John Louis, and 1?isgard and Naiad 38's, both
commanded by Capt. Jas. "Wallis. "While under the
latter officer he contributed to the cutting out, by
the Naiad's boats, on the evening of 4 July, 1803,
of the Prench national schooner La Providence^ of 2
guns and 22 men, laden with timber and cannon,
and lying near Brest ; a service which was effected
■without casualty, notwithstanding a great rapidity
of tide, and the difficulties offered by a number of
rocks and shoals with which the enemy's vessel was
surrounded.* In Sept. 1804 Mr. Gordon joined the
Trident 64, bearing the flag of Admiral Rainier,
Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies ; where he
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 2 July,
1804, and further served, until Feb. 1806, in the
Arrogant 74, Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, and
CuLLODEN 74, flag ship of Sir Edw. Pellew. After
a brief attachment, towards the commencement of
1807, to the Clyde 38, bearing the broad pendant
oS' the coast of France of Commodore Edw. W. C. R.
Owen, he obtained command, 24 April, 1807, of the
Charwell sloop, in which vessel he visited South
America, and then proceeded to the Cape of Good
Hope. Being there posted, from the Sapphire into
the Minerva hired armed ship, 12 March, 1810,
Capt. Gordon, in the following autumn, visited the
Isle of France. His after-appointments afloat were
—23 June, 1811, to the Laukestinds 24, on the
South American station — 21 Aug. 1812, to the Ma-
GiciENNE 36, which frigate, after having captured
the Thrmlier American privateer, of 14 guns and
80 men, and witnessed the fall of St. Sebastian, he
left, 20 July, 1814— and, 5 March, 1827, to the
Briton 46. "The latter ship was employed on va-
rious particular services, and was ultimately paid
off 27 April, 1830. 'Flag-rank was conferred upon
Capt. Gordon 9 Nov. 1846.
The Rear- Admiral, who has for many years re-
tained a seat in Parliament as Member for Aber-
deenshire, held ofiice as a Lord of the Admiralty
from 1841 until 1846.
GORDON. (Captain 1841. f-p., 12;h-p., 31.)
William Gordon entered the Navy, in July,
1804, as Ffit.-cl. Vol., on board the Northumber-
land 74, Capt. Jas. Oswald, bearing the flag, off
Ferrol, and then in the "West Indies, of Rear-Ad-
miral Hon. Alex. Cochrane. Being appointed Mid-
shipman, in Aug. 1805, of the KiNGMSbER 18, Capt.
Nathaniel Day Cochrane, he shared in that vessel
in the action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806 ; after
which he served under the present Earl of Dun-
donald in the Pallas and Imperieuse frigates, and
figured in all the glittering scenes which we have
described in his Lordship's memoir as having been
enacted between 6 April, 1806, and 4 Aug. 1809.
Continuing to serve in the Imperieuse under Capts.
Alex. Skene and Thos. Garth, Mr. Gordon accom-
panied the latter officer in the expedition to the
Walcheren. During the two years and a half im-
mediately prior to his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, which took place 21 March, 1812, he
appears to have been further employed, on the
Baltic, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the
Hussar 3S, Capts. Alex. Skene and Jas. Coutts
Crawford, Argo 44, Capt. Fred. Warren, and Ca-
* T'idc Gaz. 1803, p. 840.
ledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew. His
next appointments were to the Pylades 18, Capt.
Jas. Wemyss, Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington,
Bucephalus troop-ship, Capt. Geo. Wm. Hughes
D'Aeth, and Seahorse 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex.
Gordon ; in the two last-mentioned of which ships
he took part in the operations connected with the
attack upon New Orleans. The Pylades and
Blake were employed on the Mediterranean sta-
tion. Having obtained his second promotion 13
June, 1815, and been in command, from 8 Jan. 1823
until 27 July 1825, of the Pandora 18, on the New-
foundland station, Capt. Gordon was ultimately, on
23 Nov. 1841, presented with a Post-commission.
He is now on half-pay. Agents — Messrs, Stilwell.
GORDON. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
William Everard Alphonso Gordon entered
the Navy 29 April, 1830 ; passed his examination
7 Dec. 1836 ; and after serving for some time as
Mate in the Cambridge 78, commanded in the
Mediterranean by Capt. Edw. Barnard, and also in
the Dmo, 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 Jan. 1842.
His appointments have since been — 7 March, 1842,
to the Winchester 50, flag-ship at the Cape of
Good Hope of Hon. Josceline Percy — on 26 of the
same month to the Vindictive 50, Capt. John Toup
Nicolas, on the East India station — 15 Dec. 1842,
to the Driver steam-sloop, Capts. Sam. Fielding
Harmer and Courtenay Osbom Hayes, also em-
ployed in the East— 2 Sept. 1844, and 22 Jan. 1845,
to the Firebrand steam-frigate, Capt. Jas. Hope,
and Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, both
attached to the Channel squadron — and 15 June,
1846, as First, to the Inflexible steam-sloop, Capt.
John Cochrane Hoseason, in which vessel he is
now serving in the East Indies.
GOEE. (Commander, 1828. r-p., 12; h-p., 25.)
The Honourable Edward Goke, born 14 May,
1797, is fourth son of the second Earl of Arran, K.P.,
by his third wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Rich. Un-
derwood, Esq. ; brother of Col. Hon. Chas. Gore,
C.B., K.H., Deputy Quartermaster-General in Ca^
nada, and of Her Grace the Duchess of Inverness;
half-brother of Col.Wm. John Gore, who died in Jan.
1836 ; uncle, through that gentleman, of the present
Earl of Arran, and of Commander Hon. Robt. Gore,
R.N. ; and first-cousin of Retired Commander Ralph
Gore, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1810, as a
Volunteer, on board the Revenge 74, Capts. Hon.
Chas. Paget and John Nash ; under the former of
whom he witnessed an attack made, 15 Nov. 1810, by
Capt. Chas. Grant, of the Diana, upon the two French
frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by the fire
of several strong batteries, near Cherbourg. Quit-
ting the Revenge in May, 1811, Mr. Gore, during
the next six years and a half, served, principally as
Midshipman and Master's Mate, on board the
Royal George, flag-ship of Sir Thos. WiUiams,
Royal Oak 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, Vene-
rable 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, Superb 74
(commataded at first by Hon. Chas. Paget, then em-
ployed as flag-ship of Hon. Henry Hotham, and
afterwards commanded by Capt. Chas. Ekins),
Fury boJnb, Capt. Constentine Rich. Moorsom,
and Egeria 24, Capt. Robt. Rowley. While in
the Venerable on tibe north coast of Spain, he was
present at the capture of several towns and forts,
including those of Lequeytio, Bermeo, Plencia, Ga^
lea, Algorta, Bagona, El CampiUo las Quersas, Xe-
biles, Castro, and St. Ano. Among the boat-services
participated in by Mr. Gore while employed in the
Superb on the North American station, we may
enumerate the destruction, 13 June. 1814, of the
Fair Trader of 444 tons, fitting as a letter-of-marque ;
—next, of the Independent of 300 tons, pierced for
14 guns, and about to be launched as a privateer ;
—also, of 1778 tons of merchant-shipping;— and of
a cotton-manufactory, near Wareham, valued, with
its stores, at half a million of dollars. He »us pre-
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sent, besides, in a rocket-boat, at the bombardment
of Stonington, 11 Aug. 1814; and, when in the
Fury, he fought at Algiers. After having acted for
two months, Mr. Gore was confirmed a Lieutenant,
9 Deo. 1817, in the Flt sloop, Capt. John Baldwin ;
which vessel, in Feb.l818,hadto cut her way through
the ice at St. John's, Newfoundland, for the purpose
of bringing home the remains of Vice-Admiral
Pickmore, and was afterwards all but lost on her
passage. Mr. Gore's next appointments were —
26 April, 1819, to the Tamar 26, Capt. Hon. John
Gordon— in the course of 1827, to the Fairy 10,
Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, Melville 74,
Capt. Henry Garrett, and Victory 104, Capt. Geo.
ElUot — and 10 June, 1828, to the KoY al Sovereign
yacht, as Flag-Lieutenant to the Lord High Ad-
miral. He was promoted to his present rank on
8 of the following Aug. ; and has since been on
half-pay.
Commander Gore married in 1797, and has issue
a son and two daughters. Agents— Hallett and
Bobinson.
GOEE. (Lieutenant, 1843. f-p., 15; h-p., 0.)
George Edward Knox Gore entered the Navy,
12 March, 1832, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Con-
way 28, Capt. Henry Eden, employed, until Oct.
1835, on the West India, Home, Lisbon, and Soutli
American stations. After serving next for short
periods in the Scout 18, Howe 120, and Hercdles
74, he appears to have been three years employed
off the coast of Spain, and on the North America
and West India station, on board the Pique 36,
Capts. Hon. Henry John Rous and Edw. Boxer.
Removing in June, 1839, to the Druid 44, Capts.
Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill and Henry
Smith, Mr. Gore, we find, served in that ship
throughout the whole of the campaign in China ;
where he commanded her launch at the taking
of the Macao barrier in Aug. 1840, was present at
the subsequent capture of the Bogue forts and of
the city of Amoy, and was constantly employed on
boat-service. He was promoted, soon after the
paying off of the Druid, to his present rank, by
commission dated 20 Sept. 1843. His appointments
have since been — 18 Oct. 1843, to the Stromboli
steam-sloop, Capt. Hon. Edw. Plunkett, employed
on particular service — and 7 May, 1844, to the Col-
lingwood 80, now flag-ship in the Pacific of Sir
Geo. Fras. Seymour. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
GORE. (Commander, 1846.)
Graham Gore entered the Navy 27 April, 1820;
served, as Midshipman of the Albion 74, Capt.
John Aoworth Ommanney, at the battle of Na-
varin, 20 Oct. 1827 ; passed his examination in
1829 ; and obtained his first commission 10 Jan.
1837. His appointments as Lieutenant, we find,
were— 22 Nov. 1837, to the Modestb 18, Capt.
Harry Eyres, lying at Woolwich— 23 Jan. 1838, to
the VoLAGE 28, Capt. Henry Smith, in which ship
he assisted at the capture of Aden in 1839, and of
the Bogue forts and Chusan in 1840—28 Oct. 1840,
to the Heeald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, on the East
India station, whence he returned home and was
fjaid off in the early part of 1843—11 Dec. in the
atter year, as First, to the Cyclops steam-^gate,
Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, employed on particular
service — and, 8 March, 1845, tp the Erebus disco-
very-ship, Capt. Sir John Franklin, with whom he
sailed on a North-west Passage explorative oxpe-
dition. He was advanced to the rank he now holds
9 Nov. 1846, but is still serving in the Erebus.
Commander Gore was also for a considerable time
First-Lieutenant both of the Volage and Herald.
Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
While next attached, from July, 1791, until Sept.
1793, to the Assistant armed tender, Lieut.-Com-
mander Nathaniel Portlock, we find him engaged,
in company with H. M. S. Providence, in carrying
the bread-fruit plant to the West Indies. From the
latter date, until promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant 19 Aug. 1795, he served, on the Home station,
in the Resolution, Arrogant, and Defence 74's,
Capts. Cumming, Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, and
'I'hos. Wells, and in the Namue 98, Capt. J. H.
Whitshed. His subsequent appointments were, on
the Channel, West India, and South American sta-
tions—19 Aug. 1795, to the Minerva frigate, Capt.
Thos. Peyton— 27 Dec. 1796, to the Ramillies 74,
Capts. Sir Rich. Bickerton and Bartholomew Sam.
Rowley— in the course of 1799, to the Formidable
98, Capt. J. H. Whitshed, Melampus 36, Capt.
Graham Moore, and T4meraihe 98, flag-ship of
Admirals J. H. Whitshed, Sir John Warren, and
Geo. Campbell — 11 July,, 1803, after nine months of
half-pay, to the Indefatigable 44, Capts. Graham
Moore and John Tremayne Rodd — and, 29 Oct.
1805, and 30 July, 1807, to the Fame and Marlbo-
rough 74's, both commanded by Capt. G. Moore,
under whom, in the last-mentioned ship, he escorted
the Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils. When
with the same officer in the Indefatigable, Mr.
Gore appears to have contributed to the capture of
three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the
destruction of a fourth, off Cape St. Mary, 5 Oct.
1804 ; and to have been recommended in the
strongest manner for his conduct on that occasion.*
He attained the rank of Commander 23 June, 1808,
but did not again go afloat until appointed, 13 Feb.
1818, to the Dotterel 18, on the St. Helena station,
where he served until promoted to Post-rank, 19
July, 1821. Capt. Gore accepted the Retirement 1
Oct. 1846. Agents— Pettet and Newton.
GORE, (flrnptttiii. 1821. F-p., 22; H-p., se.)
John Gore (a) entered the Navy, 3 June, 1789,
as A. B., on board the Guardian, Lieut.-Com-
inandcr Edw. Riou, of which ship, employed in
conveying provisions to N cw South Wales, he suc-
cessively oecame Midshipman and Master's Mate.
GORE. (Captain, 1825. r-p., 21 ; h-p., 29.)
John Gore (b) entered the Navy, in Sept. 1797,
as Midshipman, on board the Santa Margarita
36, Capt. Geo. Parker, on the Irish station. He
came home in 1802, after visiting the West Indies,
in the Porcupine 24, Capt. Bridges Watkinson
Taylor, and, prior to his return thither in 1804,
served, further, in the Oiseau, Capt. Phillips, Ne-
mesis 28, Capt. Somerville, and Chlloden 74, and
San Josef 110, flag-ships of Sir Edw. Pellew and
Sir Chas. Cotton. Being confirmed a Lieutenant,
on 10 Oct. in the latter year, in the Clorinde fri-
gate, Capt. M'Donald, Mr. Gore was next employed
in that capacity, on the Channel, North Sea, Baltic,
and Jamaica stations, in the Aimable 32, Capt.
Sir Wm. Bolton, Stately 64, Capt. Geo. Parker,
Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Lord
Gambler, Polyphemus 64, flag-ship of Vice-Ad-
miral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, and Shark sloop,
Capt. Edw. Henry A'Court. After the reduction
of Copenhagen, where he had been present on
board the Prince or Wales, he brought home, in
Oct. 1807, the Nijaden, one of the enemy's captured
frigates. From 1 March until 17 July, 1809, he
acted as Commander of the Thrush and Griffon
sloops, in the latter of which he was engaged at the
blockade and surrender of the city of St. Domingo.
He then returned to the Polyphemus, as Flag-
Lieutenant to Admiral Rowley, and was afterwards
employed, still on the Jamaica station, in the Hebe,
Capt. John Fyffe, Sapphire, Capt. Henry Haynes,
and Shark, Capt. Morrison. He was confirmed
(after having acted for upwards of seven months)
in the command of the latter sloop, by commission
dated 10 Oct. 1812. He left the Shark in July,
1814, for the purpose of joining the Emulous ; the
command of which vessel he resigned 3 Feb. 1815.
Capt. Gore's last appointment was, on 18 Aug. 1815
to the Saracen 16, employed on the American sta-
tion, whence he returned home and was paid off in
Dec. 1818. He acquired Post-rank 27 July, 1825;
and was placed upon the list of Retired Captains
1 Oct. 1846. Agents- Pettet and Newton.
• I'ide Gaz. 1804, p. 1310.
414
GORE-GOSLIN.
GORE. (Retired CoMMAKDEB, 1835. p-p., 23;
H-P., 29.)
Ealph Gore, bom 15 May, 1781, is son of the
Hon. Paul Gore, of Wexford (brother of the second
Earl of Arran, K.P.), by Anne, daughter ofWm.
Leonard, Esq. ; uncle of Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Gore ;
and first-cousin of Commander Hon. Edw. Gore,
E.N.
This officer entered the Nayy, 15 May, 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Meiamfos of 42 guns
and 267 men, Capts. Sir Kioh. John Straohan and
Graham Moore ; under the former of whom, when
off St. Maloes, in company with the Hebe 38, he
assisted at the capture, 3 July following, of six out
of 13 French vessels, laden with military stores,
and convoyed by a ship of 26 guns, and also by two
armed brigs, one of which. La Vesuve, was likewise
taken. While employed under Capt. Moore, we find
him contributing to the further capture of the
French national ships Etonnant of 18 guns, JKtna of
20 guns, Voloffe of 22 guns and 195 men, and Hesolue
of 40 guns and 500 men, including troops. The
latter frigate was taken on 14 Oct. 179S, and was
one of a squadron of ships that had been previously
defeated under Commodore Bompart during an
action in which the Meeampcs had had but 1 man
wounded. After leaving the latter vessel, Mr. Gore
joined a 50'gun ship, whose name has escaped us,
and was for some time employed, as Master's Mate,
in the conveyance of Russian troops from Bevel to
Holland. Bemoving, in 1800, to the Cerberus 32,
Capt. J as. Macnamara, he served, dunng the re-
mainder of the war, in that ship on the Jamaica
station, where, on 14 April, 1802, he was > engaged
in the capture of a pirate. He was confirmed a
Lieutenant, 15 Oct. following (after having acted
for nearly three months as such), in the Shark
sloop, Capt. J. B. Heron; and was subsequently
appointed — in 1803, for a short time, to the Belle-
ROPHON 74, Commodore John Loring, under whom
he witnessed the surrender of Cape Fran5oi3, St.
Domingo — 6 Dec. 1804, to the Proselyte 24, Capt.
Geo. Sayer, also on the West India station, whence
he returned home, as First of L'Alexandke ship
of the line— 21 Nov. 1806, as Senior, to the De-
cade 38, Capt. Stewart, in the Channel — in 1809
to the Sea Fencibles — in 1812, after two years of
half-pay, to the Deptford tender, which he com-
manded, on Impress service, until Aug. 1816— and,
in 1820, to the Coast Guard. He left the latter ser-
vice in 1826, and accepted his present rank 15 April,
1835.
Commander Gore appears to have been employed
for some time previously to Dec. 1841 in the lioyal
Hospital at Chelsea. He married, 4 Feb. 1809,
Frances, daughter of Major Alex. Hay, Esq., of
Dublin, and has issue two sons. Agents — Case and
Loudonsack.
GOEE. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Ealph Goke (b) entered the Navy 26 Sept. 1808;
obtained his commission 15 May, 1824; and was
employed, from 27 May, 1830, until paid off, 23
March, 1832, in the Ganges 84, Capts. Edw. Stir-
ling Dickson and Geo. Burdett, on the Mediterra-
nean station. He does not appear to have been
since afloat. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
GORE, M.P. (Captain, 1846.)
The Honourable Egbert Gore, boi'n in 1810, is
fourth son of Colonel Hon. Wm. John Gore, by
Caroline, youngest daughter and co-heir of the late
Sir Thos. Pym Hales, Bart. ; brother of the present
Earl of Arran, also of Capt. Hon. Wm. John Pym
Gore, and of Hon. Chas. Alex. Gore, Commissioner
of Woods and Forests ; and uncle of Commander
Hon. Edw. Gore, E.N.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Sept. 1823;
passed his examination in 1829 ; and obtained his
first commission 13 June, 1832. His appointments,
as Lieutenant, were— 25 Nov. 1832, to the Mel-
ville 74, Capt. Henry Hart, on the East India sta-
tion—1 Dec. 1834, to the Akdrcmache 28, Capt.
Henry Ducie Chads, in the boats of which frigate-
he was frequently engaged in action with the Malay
pirates— and, 5 Feb. 1838, to the command, in North
America and the West Indies, of the Chartbdis 3.
Ascending the next step in his profession 9 May,
1839, Capt. Gore was immediately appointed to the
Serpent 16, also on the North America and West
India station, where he served the time required to
qualify him for the receipt of Post-rank, to which
he was advanced 9 Nov. 1846. He is at present on
half-pay.
Capt. Gore is M.P. for New Eoss, co. Wexford.
Agents — Hallett and Eobinson.
GORE. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 16; h-p., 26^)
Robert Goke entered the Royal Naval College
in April, 1805 ; and embarked, in Dec. 1808, as
Midshipman, on board the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon.
Sir Henry Blackwood, with whom he served, until
March, 1813, on the Home and Mediterranean sta^,
tions. After a further attachment to the Defiance
and Vigo 74's, flag-ships in the Baltic of Sir Geo.
Hope and Sir Graham Moore, he was there con-
firmed a Lieutenant, 6 Dec. 1813, in the Orion 74,
Capt. Sir Arch. CoUingwood Dickson. He subse-
quently joined— 26 Jan. 1814, the Horatio 38, Capt.
Wm. Henry Dillon, successively employed, until
paid off in Jan. 1817, in escorting convoy to New-
foundland, protecting the whale-fishery at Green-
land against the Americans, cruizing off "the coast
of France for the interception of Buonaparte after
the battle of Waterloo, and in a voyage to China
29 April, 1818, to the Scout 18, Capt. Wm. Kams-
den, on the Mediterranean station— and, 6 Aug.
1819, to the Leander 60, flag-ship in the East In-
dies of Hoii. Sir H. Blackwood. He was promoted
on that station to the command, 23 July, 1821, of
the Satellite 18. He ultimately invalided home,
and has since been on half-pay.
GOSLIN. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 30 ; h-p., 9.)
William Henry Goslin is of Norman extraction,
and immediately descends from Wm. Goslin (or
Gosselin), an officer of rank in the army of Crom-
well, from whom he obtained a large tract of land
in CO. Kilkenny.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Nov. 1S08, as.
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville de Paris 110,
Co.pt. John Surman Garden, in the boats of which,
ship he assisted at the embarkation of the army
after the battle of Corunna. He subsequently re-
moved for a short time with Capt. Garden to the
Ocean 98, and was next employed as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, until the general peace of 1815,'
in the Weasel 18, Capt. Henry Prescott, Fee-
derickstein 32, Capt. Fras. Beaufort, Fylla 22,
and Ebidands 36, both commanded by Capt. H.
Prescott, Resolute 10, Capt. J. Green, Orestes 18,
Capt. Wm. Rich. Smith, and Aggressor 12, Lieut-
Commander Jas. Morgan, on the Mediterranean
and Home stations. He assisted during that pe-
riod, while in the Weasel, at the capture, besides
other armed vessels, of VEole privateer, pierced
for 20 guns, but mounting only 14, with a comple-
ment of 140 men, which surrendered, on 25 Dec.
1809, after a gallant resistance of one hour and
thirtyjninutes, a loss to herself of 5 men killed and
9 wounded, and to her antagonist of only 1 man
killed and another wounded. He was also con-
stantly engaged in the same sloop with the French
batteries and flotilla on the Calabrian shore during
Murat's meditated invasion of Sicily ; and, when
with Capt. Beaufort in the Frederiokstein, he as-
sisted in the survey of the coast of Karamania,
and contributed in the boats to the capture and
destruction of a Greek pirate, carrying 1 gun and
40 men, who landed and defended themselves on
a barren island in the Archipelago. Between Oct.
1815 and the date of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant 28 April, 1827, Mr. Goslin served, as
Admiraltjr-Midshipman, Second-Master, ond Mate,
on the Irish, Newfoundland, Channel, East India^
and Portsmouth stations, in the Picton 12 Lieut -
GOSNOLD— GOSSELIN.
415
Commander Jas. Morgan, Sir Fbancis Dkake 36,
Capt. John Bowker, Flt 18, Capt. John Baldwin,
Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon, Hyperion 42,
Capt. Thos. Searle, Hasty 12, Lieut.-Commander
Lewis Fitzmaurice, Alligator 28, Capt. Thos.
Alexander, Liffet 50, Capt. Thos. Coe, and Vic-
tory 104, Capt. Chas. Inglis. He obtained an ap-
pointment in the Coast Guard 17 Oct. 1833; re-
moved, 12 Sept. 1840, to the command of the Dol-
phin Revenue-cruizer ; and, since 17 Nov. 1843, has
again been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Goslin's services to the Revenue have been
very effective. He was instrumental, in 1835, to
the condemnation of V Eugene smuggler, at the Isle
of Man ; and in the course of the same year he seized
three American traders having a quantity of illicit
goods on board. On 23 May, 1837, he had the good
fortune to effect the similar capture of three smug-
gling yawls and of 21 men. He also, on one occa-
sion, towed two water-logged vessels Into Galway
Roads, thereby saving the crews, together with pro-
perty valued at 13,000/. ; and on another he suc-
ceeded in rescuing from the wrecks of four vessels
goods amounting to 8900/. On 5 Dec. 1843 he pre
served from destruction the barque Margarette of
New Brunswick, and property worth 5000/.
Lieut. Goslin was honoured, 28 Feb. 1839, with a
letter of thanks from the Royal National Shipwreck
Institution, for his conduct on 27 of the previous
Nov. in having saved the lives of 17 persons at the
imminent hazard of his own. Agent — Fred. Du-
faur.
Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, in which frigate he
returned to England.
GOSNOLD. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 31.)
James Gosnold entered the Navy, 16 June, 1802,
as Sec.-ol. Boy, on board the Cruizer 18, Capts.
John Hancock and Pringle Stoddart, with whom he
served, before the mast, until Jan. 1811. On 16
May following he was present in a gallant attack
on a division of the enemy's ilotilla, consisting of 59
sail, passing alongshore from Flushing to Ostend, in
which the above vessel had 1 man killed and 4
wounded ; and indeed he appears, during that and
the following year, to have been not less than 104
times in action, either with the enemy's flotilla or
land-batteries. In 1807 he further attended the
expedition against Copenhagen. On leaving the
Cruizer he was appointed Midshipman of the Bri-
tomart 10, Capt. Wra. B. Hunt, from which vessel,
stationed in the North Sea, he removed, in Feb.
1812, to the Algehine 10, Lieut.-Commander Dan.
Carpenter; under whom, on 8 Feb. 1813, he was in
an action in which the British had 3 men killed and
7 or 8, including himself, wounded. The Algerine
being lost off the Bahamas, 20 May, 1813, Mr. Gos-
nold was next appointed, as Master's Mate, to the
Alexandria store-ship, Master-Commander Josiah
Oake, employed on the American coast. Since the
receipt of his commission, which bears date 4 Jan.
1816, he has been on half-pay.
GOSSELIN. (Lieutenant, 1810.)
Joshua Carteret Gosselin, born 19 July, 1789,
is second and youngest son of the late Joshua Gos-
selin, Esq., by Mary, daughter of Thos. Priaulx,
Esq., of Guernsey ; and nephew of Admiral Thos.
Le Marchant Gosselin.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1804, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Latona 38, Capt. Thos. Le
Marchant Gosselin ; on accompanying whom as
Master's Mate into the Audacious 74, he was em-
ployed on the services detailed in the ensuing me-
moir. He afterwards, wo find, joined the Victory
100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, Owen Glen-
dower 36, Capt. Wm. Selby, Ph«ebe 36, Capt. Jas.
Hillyar, and Victory again, all on the Baltic sta-
tion ; where, on 22 Sept. 181Q, he was confirmed a
Lieutenant in the Ruby 64, bearing the flag of Ad-
miral Manley Dixon. His last appointments were
— 26 March, 1811, to the Acasta 40, Capt. Alex.
Robt. Kerr, on the North American station— and
10 June, 1813, for a short time, to the Spartan 38,
GOSSELIN. (Admiral of the Eed, 1841.
F-p., 29 ; H-p., 40.)
Thomas Le Marchant Gosselin, born 7 May,
1765, is second son 'of Joshua Gosselin, Esq., Co-
lonel of the North Regiment of Militia, by Martha,
daughter of Thos. Le Marchant, Esq., of Guernsey.
He is brother of General Gerard Gosselin, of Mount
Ospringe, co. Kent, and also of Lieuts. Corbet and
Chas. Gosselin, of the Navy and Army, both of
whom died at Trinidad in 1803. His nephew, Lieut.
J. C. Gosselin, is a Lieut. R.N.
This oificer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1778, on
board the Action 44, Capt. P. Boteler, with whom
he removed, in June of the following year, to the
Ardent 64. That ship being captured on 16 Aug.
1779, by the combined fleets of France and Spain,
he remained for three months a prisoner at Alen9on,
in Normandy. He next joined the Babfleur 98,
bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, in which ship,
after witnessing the reduction of the Dutch island
of St. Eustatius, he fought in the action with the
Comte deGrasse off Martinique, 29 April, 1781, and
in those of 25 and 26 Jan. 1782, off St. Kitt's. Re-
moving then to the Champion, commanded by Capt.
Hood, Mr. Gosselin took further part in the memo-
rable operations of 9 and 12 April, 1782, as also in
the capture, on 19 of the same month, of two French
line-of-battle ships, a frigate, and a corvette, the
latter of which struck to the Champion after a few
broadsides. After an additional servitude in the
Aimable 32, Carnatio 74, Nautilus 16, Grampus
50, Triumph 74, and Barfledr 98, on various sta-
tions, he was promoted, 1 Deo. 1787, to the rank of
Lieutenant ; his appointments in which capacity
were, it appears, to the Atalanta 16, Crown 64,
and Minerva 38, all on the East India station ;
where he was invested with the command, 20 April,
1793, of the Despatch sloop. Capt. Gosselin, whose
next appointment was, 19 March, 1794, to the King-
fisher 18, subsequently assisted the Hon. Wm.
Cornwallis in the capture of a small convoy off
Belleisle, and compelled a French frigate to cast off
a large store-ship she had in tow.'* Being confirmed
to Post-rank 23 July, 1795, in the Brunswick 74, he
further obtained command, on 22 April and 25 July,
1796, of the Diamond 38, and Syren 32. At the
conclusion of the mutiny at Spithead in 1797 (pre-
viously to which he had captured the Sans Peur
French cutter privateer, carrying 2 swivels, some
small arms, and 18 men) Capt. Gosselin proceeded
in the latter frigate, with the Pearl 32, and 20-
gun ships Dart and Arrow, under his orders, to
the relief of Sir Rich. Strachan off St. Marcon. In
March, 1798, he sailed in charge of a large convoy
for Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, carrying out
at the same time Major-General Bowyer, the Go-
vernor-General, and Staff; and on this occasion the
Masters of the merchantmen presented him with a
very valuable sword, as a mark of their respect and
esteem. After contributing, in Aug. 1799, to the
reduction of the Dutch colony of Surinam, Capt.
Gosselin returned to England with another convoy.
He was next employed for three months during the
summer of 1800 in attendance upon George III. at
Weymouth. In Feb. 1801 we again find him escort-
ing the trade to the West Indies, where he conti-
nued until the peace. The Melampus, to which
frigate Capt. Gosselin had been removed in the
previous Oct., being paid off 23 June, 1802, he
did not again go afloat until 2 Feb. 1804, on which
date he was appointed to the Ville de Paris 110
bearing the flag of the Hon. Wm. Cornwallis off
Brest; where, on being appointed in the following
summer to the Latona 38, he so distinguished him-
self by his energy in command of the in-shore squa-
dron of frigates as to attract the successive thanks
of the above oflicer and of Lord Gardner and Sir
Chas. Cotton. From the Latona Capt. Gosselin
(who had captured m her the Amphim Spanish pri-
• f^ide Gm. IT95, p. 655.
416
GOSSET— GOSTLING.
vateer of 12 guns and 70 men) removed, on 4 Feb.
1306, to the AoDAcions 74. In that ship, after
having gone to the West Indies in pursuit of Jerome
Buonaparte, and been dismasted in a hurricane, he
appears to have been employed, first in escorting
the army under Sir John Moore to and from Got-
tenborg, next in conveying that oificer and Lieut.-
Generals Sir Harry Burrard and Sir John Hope to
the shores of Portugal, whither he took charge also
of the transports, and finally in superintending the
embarkation of the army after the battle of Corunna.
Capt. Gosselin's unremitted exertions on the latter
occasion procured him the thanks of Sir John Hope,
whom he brought home, and also of both Houses of
Parliament.* He had previously, when ordered to
Sweden, carried out Major-General Sir Edw. Paget
and Sir John Murray ; and he had had the honour, on
his return from that country, of affording a passage
to Sir John Moore and the above-named Sir John
Hope. He left the Audacious in March, 1809.
Although subsequently appointed to the Ckessy 74,
his health prevented him from joining, and he has
since been on half-pay. He became a Rear- Admiral
4 June, 1814; a Vice- Admiral 27 May, 1825; and a
full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.^
Admiral Gosselin, a Magistrate for Hertfordshire,
married, 18 March, 1809, Sarah, daughter of Jere-
miah Rayment Hadsley, Esq., of Ware Priory, in
that CO., by whom he has issue a son and three
daughters. The son is married to the eldest
daughter of Capt. Sir John Marshall, R.N., C.B.,
K.C.H.
GOSSET. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 10; h-p., 27.)
Charles Gosset entered the Navy, 12 May, 1810,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Apollo 38, Capt.
Bridges Watkinson Taylor ; while under whose com-
mand he assisted as Midshipman at the capture, 13
Feb. 1812, of the French frigate-built store-ship
Merinos, at 20 guns and 126 men, under the bat-
teries of Corsica, and was further present at the
reduction of the Tower of St. Cataldo, and of the
islands of Cin'zola, Paxo, and Anti-Paxo. From
March, 1814, until promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 26 March, 1819, he served, on the Adri-
atic, Home, West and East India, and South Ame-
rican stations, occasionally as Acting-Lieutenant, in
the Revenge 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore, Slanet
20, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, Iphigenia 36, Capt. Andw.
King, Elk 18, Capt. Lardner Dennys, Amphion 32,
Commodore Wm. Bowles, Icabus 10, Capt. Hon.
Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, Amphion again, Commo-
doreiBowles, Tyne 26, Capts. Gordon Thos. Falcon
and Hon. C. O. Bridgeman, and once more in the
Amphion, Capt. Wm. Bateman Dashwood. He was
then employed for some time in the Favorite 26,
Capt. H ercules Robinson, on the Brazilian station.
Since the paying off of that vessel, however, be has
not been afloat.
GOSSET. (Captain, 1829. p-p., 17 ; h-p., 21.)
Henry Gosset is son of Matthew Gosset, Esq.,
by Grace, youngest daughter of Admiral Sir Thos.
Frankland, Bart. ; and first-cousin both of Rear- Ad-
miral Wm. Bowles, C.B., M.P., and of Capt. Edw.
Augustus Frankland, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 June, 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Eueyalus 36, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Ueneage Lawrence Dundas. After at-
tending the ensuing expedition to Flushing he pro-
ceeded to the Mediterranean, where he frequently
came into contact with divisions of the Toulon fleet,
and where, on his removal with Capt. Dundas to
the Edinbitbgh 74, he witnessed, as Midshipman, in
1813-14, the capture of Port D'Anzo and Via Reggio,
the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, the occupation
of Santa JIaria and of the enemy's other forts in
the Gulf of Spezia, and the taking of Genoa. Being
subsequently appointed to the Havannah 36, Capt.
Gawen Wm. Hamilton, he took part in many of the
anti- American operations in the Chesapeake— was
present during the hostilities against Baltimore —
* Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 90.
and on one occasion, while in the Havannah's'
barge, assisted in boarding and carrying the armed
schooner Franklin, in charge at the time of a Lieu-
tenant and 34 seamen belonging to the U.S. frigate
Constitution. He afterwards, on returning to Eu-
rope, contributed to the cutting out, 18 July, 1815,
of a convoy and several armed vessels lying under
the protection of a fort at Corrijou, near Brest.
Towards the close of the same year Mr. Gosset
escorted Napoleon Buonaparte to 8t. Helena, where
he served for some time under Sir Geo. Cock-
bum in the Northumberland 74. On 18 March,
1816, he joined the Naval Establishment on the
island of Ascension, in the capacity of Acting-Lieu-
tenant. His first commission was dated on 30 of
the following Dec, but he did not quit Ascension
until July, 1817 ; subsequently to which period he
became attached, on the Cork and Jamaica stations
—22 July, 1821, to the Harlequin 18, Capts. Chas.
Christ. Paiker and John Weeks — and, 22 March,
1823, to the Hussar 46, Capt. Geo. Harris. He
was advanced to the command, 10 July, 1826, of
the Ferret sloop, also employed in the West Indies,
and was next appointed on that station to the
EsFiEGLE and Valorous. He was confirmed to
Post-rank, 1 Jan. 1829, in the Mersey 26, but in-
valided home immediately afterwards, and has not
since been afloat.
Capt. Gosset is Senior of 1829.
GOSTLING. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 20.)
Philip Gostling is third son of Nathaniel Gost-
ling, Esq., of Doctor's Commons, a Proctor and#
Registrar in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
His grandfather and uncle each held the office of
Admiralty Proctor and Registrar ; and his brother,
Francis, who was ultimately killed in a gallant
affair off the coast of Manfredonia, fipeqnently dis-
tinguished himself while serving as a Lieutenant
with the late Sir Wm. Hoste in H.M.S. Bacchante.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Dec. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Unicorn 32, Capt. Lucius
Ferdinand Hardyman ; previously to accompanying
whom into the Armide 38, he participated, as Mid-
shipman, in many boat operations of great spirit on
the coast of France, assisted in embarking the
army after the battle of Corunna, and witnessed
Lord Cochrane's destruction of the French shipping
in Aix Roads. While in the Armide, commanded
latterly by Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, Mr. Gostling
was earnestly employed in intercepting the enemy's
coasting-trade, and on one occasion we find him
succeeding to the command of the boats in an
attack upon an armed lugger, in consequence of
the death of Lieut. Townley, his cousin, who was
killed while in the act of boarding. From Oct.
1810, until promoted by the Admiralty to the rank
of Lieutenant, 25 April, 1815, he was employed,
on the Mediterranean and Home stations, in the
Lavinia 38, Capts. Thos. Garth and Geo. Digby,
Raisonnable 64, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay; Sj>s
Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, and Puis-
sant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page ; of which ships the
Lavinia appears to have taken part in reducing
the Castle of Medas, in the Bay of Rosas, and the
San Josef to have shared in Sir Edw. Pellew'a
partial actions of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814,
with the Toulon fleet. Being then appointed to
the Pactolus 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer,
Mr. Gostling, in the following summer, attended a
most successful expedition up the Gironde, which
terminated in the royal colours being hoisted on
the Castle of Bordeaux, and in all the surrounding
districts. He afterwards, on accompanying Capt
Aylmer into the Severn 50, contributed to the
famed demolition-of the Algerine fortifications, 27
Aug. 1816. Being paid off in Feb. 1817, he subse-
quently joined— 6 Feb. 1821, and 18 Jan. 1823, the
Impregnable 104, and Britannia 120, flag-ships
of Sir Alex. Cochrane and Lord De Saumarez at
Plymouth, where, after officiating for a short time
as Flag-Lieutenant to the former officer, he was in-
vested with the command of the Partridge tender
GOUGH— GOULD-GOULLET.
417
—18 April, 1826, as First, the Raleigh 18, Capt.
John Windham Balling, in the Mediterranean —
and, 6 April, 1827, in a similar capacity, the Hussar
46, bearing the flag in North America of Sir Chas.
Ogle. He was promoted by the latter officer to
the rank of Commander in the same ship, in con-
sequence of a death vacancy, 2 March, 1828, and in
that capacity he continued to serve with him until
paid oft", on the return of the HussAn to England,
26 July, 1830. Capt. Gostling, whose next appoint-
ment was, 25 June, 1841, to the Electea 18, on
the "West India station, was advanced to his present
rank on 23 of the following Nov. Since March,
1842, when he was superseded in the Electka, he
has been unemployed. Agents— Messrs. Halford
and Co.
GOUGH. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
^ Frederick William Gocgh passed his examina^
tion 15 April, 1844 ; and after an intermediate ser-
vitude as Mate, on the Home and Cape of Good
Hope stations, in the Excellent gunnery-ship,
Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and President 50, bear-
ing the flag of Kear-Admiral Jas. Kich. Dacres,
was made Lieutenant, 18 April, 1846, into the
Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christopher Wyvill, also at
the Cape. Since 19 Deo. 1846 he has been em-
ployed in the East Indies on board the Dido 18,
Capt. John Balfour Maxwell.
GOULD, G.C.B. (Admiral of the Eed, 1825.
F-p., 27 ; H-p., 48.)
Sir Davidge Gould was born in 1758, at Bridge-
water, 00. Somerset, and died, 23 April, 1847, at
Hawkshead, Herts. He was son of Kich. Gould,
Esq., of ShariJham Park, in the same shire ; and
nephew of Sir Henry Gould, one of the Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1772, as
a Volunteer, on board the Alarm, Capt. Stott,
stationed in the Mediterranean, where, and on the
coast of North America, he afterwards served as
Midshipman, imtil the date of his first promotion,
7 May, 1779, in the Winchelsea, Capt. Wilkinson,
and Phcenix, Capt. Hyde Parker. During an at-
tacliment of four years to the latter ship Mr. Gould
took an active part in the earlier operations of the
American war, and was much engaged in attacking
the enemy's batteries, cutting out their vessels, and
contesting, not without loss, with their boats up
the North River. He then joined the Ulysses,
Bristol, and Conqhekor, the two former com-
manded by Capt. Thos. Dumaresq, and the latter
by Capt. Balfour, under whom he fought in the
van division on the memorable 12 April, 1782. On
13 of the following June, after having further
served as First of the Formidable, Capt. Sir Chas.
Douglas, he was promoted to the command of the
Pachahuntek sloop, on leaving which vessel he
successively joined, on the Home and Mediterranean
stations, the Pylades 18, and Ferret, another
sloop-of-war. The Pylades, during 13 months that
she was commanded by Capt. Gould, appears to
have won considerable reputation as an anti-smug-
gler. Acquiring Post-rank 25 March, 1789, the sub-
ject of this sketch, who had been on half-pay for a
period of four years, immediately obtained com-
mand of the Brune frigate, on the West India
station. He subsequently commanded the Cyclops
at the reduction of Corsica in 1794 ; the Bedford
74, in the two actions of 14 March * and 13 July,
1795, on the former of which occasions he came
into close and severe contact with the Censeur 74
and Ca Ira 80, whose fire killed 9, and wounded 17 of
his 'men ; and the Audacious 74, at the bombard-
ment of Cadiz,t the battle of the Nile, | and the
blockade of Malta and Genoa. The latter ship
being paid off on her return home with convoy to-
wards the close of 1800, after having witnessed the
capture of a French squadron under Kear-Admiral
Perre'e,§ Capt. Gould, by whom she had been com-
' rVrfcGaz. 1795, p.-'OS. t f'. Oaz. 1797, p. 717
t r. Ga7.. 17Sf, p. 916. } r. Gai. 1800, J. 297.
manded seven years, was next, in the spring of 1801,
appointed to the Majestic 74, employed on the
Home and West India stations. He went on half-
pay in 1802, and, with the exception of a brief
command, in 1803-4, of the Windsor Castle 98,
attached to the fleet in the Channel, which his
health obliged him to resign, did not again go
afloat. He was created a Rear-Admiral 2 Oct.
1807 ; a Vice-Admiral 31 July, 1810 ; and a full
Admiral 27 May, 1825. He was honoured with a
medal for his valour at the Nile ; and on 7 June,
1815, and 24 Jan. 1833, he was successively invested
with the dignity of a K.C.B. and G.C.B. He ob-
tained the Good-Service Pension 28 Aug. 1840.
Sir Davidge Gould, who was the last of the Nile
Captains, died Vice-Admiral of the United King-
dom. He married, in 1803, Harriet, eldest daughter
of the late Archdeacon Willes, son of the Bishop of
Bath and Wells, and nephew of the Lord Chief
Justice Sir John Willes. Agent — J. Hinxman.
GOULD. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 19; h-p., 23.)
William Gould was bom 4 Sept. 1790. '
This officer entered the Navy, 31 March, 1805, as
First-cl. Vol., on board the Endymiok 40, Capts.
Hon. Chas. Paget and Edw. Durnford King, ffom
which frigate, after assisting at the siege and eva-
cuation of the strong fortress of Gaeta, he removed,
in Aug. 1806, to the Seahorse 38, Capt. John
Stewart. Joining soon afterwards the Liberty 14,
Lieut.-Commander John Codd, he proceeded to the
West Indies, where he served at the capture of
Marie-galante in March, 1808, and commanded one
of the boats of a squadron in an unsuccessful at-
tempt to cut out a French corvette moored to the
shore at St. Pierre's, Martinique. After contribut-
ing, in the Neptune 98, to the reduction of the
latter island, Mr. Gould rejoined Lieut. Codd in the
Liberty, and he afterwards served with him in
the EsnioLE 18, on the Plymouth station, until
transferred, in Jan. 1811, to the Foxhound, Capt.
John Parish, also employed on Home duty. From
Dec. 1814 until 11 Feb. 1815 he appears to have
been confined as a patient to Haslar Hospital. He
was promoted on the latter date to the rank of
Lieutenant, and, on 25 Nov.' 1834, was appointed
to the Coast Guard. He left that service in the
early part of 1836, but has been again emploved in
it since 21 Nov. 1839.
Lieut. Gould served at Salisbury as a Special Con-
stable during the riots of 1830, and was strongly
recommended to Government for the active part
he took in their suppression.
GOULLET. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 18; h-p., 24.)
Charles Goullet, born in 1792, at Sowerby in
Yorkshire, is son of the late Peter Goullet, Esq.' of
Heavitree, co. Devon. His grandfather was a Ma-
gistrate for CO. York.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 June, 1805 as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caesar 80, Capt. after-
wards Kear-Admiral, Sir Rich. John Strachan •
under whom, in the course of the same year, he
joined, as Midshipman, in Cornwallis' pursuit of
the French fleet into Brest, and contributed to the
capture of the four French line-of-battle ships which
had effected their escape from Trafalgar. He next
in 1809, when under the flag of Hon. Robt. Stop-
ford, witnessed the destruction of three of the
enemy's frigates near Sable d'Olonne, and also of
the shipping in Basque Roads. The CiESAR beins
then ordered to re-hoist the flag of Sir R J
Strachan, for the purpose of attending the expe'
dition to the Walcheren, Mr. Goullet accordinglv
accompanied that officer to the river Scheldt, where
he was intrusted with the command of No 70 gun
boat. In April, 1810, he became Master's' Mate of
the Semiramis 36, Capt. Chas. Richardson sta-
tioned off Lisbon, and on there removing in Jan
J^^"'«'?j *5^ Barfleur 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo!
Cranfield Berkeley, he appears to have been for
some time employed in command of a boat up the
river Tngus. On his return to England in the
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418
GODRLY.
C^SAK in the following July, Mr. GouUet obtained
a Midshipman's berth on board the Nijaden 36,
Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, with whom, after
having effected a masterly escape from five French
line-of-battle ships, and simultaneously prevented
three large Indiamen from being taken by them, he
was transferred, in May, 1812, to the Nymphe 38.
Being ordered in that ship to the coast of North
America, he assisted for a considerable time, as
Master's Mate, in blockading the port of Boston,
W'here was lying the powerful U. S. frigate Consti-
tution. On 15 Aug. 1813, while detached in a boat,
he had the fortune, by an exercise of great zeal and
of the most persevering and spirited conduct, to
effect the capture, although the Nymphe at the
time was hull-down in the distance, of the Paragon
letter-of-marque (pierced for 14 guns), carrying 4
long twelves and 25 men, which did not surrender
until after a chase and running fight of eight hours.*
He was subsequently attached for a period of four
months to the St. Domihgo, flag-ship of Sir John
Borlase "Warren, but being then, in March, 1814,
permitted to rejoin the Nymphe, was speedily in-
vested with the command of her tender ; in which
vessel he rendered himself so obnoxious to the
enemy in consequence of the large number both of
coasters and towns he captured and ransomed, that
a price was actually set on his head. On one occa-
sion his gallantry led him to enter the port of Bos-
ton in a boat with six other persons for the purpose
of destroying the Independence ship of the line, then
but recently launched. Although the enterprise
was not crowned with the success its boldness de-
served, still was every danger that the most glowing
triumph could have demanded fully met and over-
come. Having pulled past a whole tier of heavy
batteries, the Uttle band of adventurers entered the
inner harbour, where they boarded a schooner, which
they quickly fitted out as a fire-ship, and then sent
blazing in thedirection of the Independence. Day now
dawning, and the enemy being in a state of commo-
tion, they were obliged to make off with all speed,
pursued by a number of boats, from whom, as well
as the batteries, they contrived to escape in safety.
Mr. Goullet's previous conduct in capturing the
Paragon having been rewarded with a commission
dated 29 Sept. 1814, he was next appointed to the
Newcastle 50, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, with whom
he returned home and was paid offin Sept. 1815. He
joined the Coast Guard 11 Oct. 1837, and continued
to be employed on that service until the close of
1839, when he was obliged to retire for two years in
consequence of a severe sprain received in both
legs while in the execution of his duty. Since 10
Aug. 1841 he has again been in charge of a Coast
Guard station.
Lieut. GouUet married, 8 Feb. 1825, Emma,
daughter of Thos. Britten, Esq., of Forrest Hill, co.
Kent, and has issue eight children. Agents —
Goode and Lawrence.
GOURLY. (ffaptam, 1817. f-p., so ; h-p., 36.)
John Goukly entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1781, as
Ordinary, on board the Beljce Podle 38, Capt. Philip
Patton, and on 5 of the following Aug., after having
assisted, in company with the Berwick 74, at the
capture of the Cologne French privateer, of 32 guns
and 215 men, commanded by the famous Luke Ryan.
was present in Sir Hyde Parker's action with Admiral
Zoutman, off the Dogger Bank. In Nov. 1782 he re-
moved to the SelPio, Capts. Mann and Fitzgerald, on
the Home station, where, and in the West Indies,
he was further employed during the peace, as A.B.,
Midshipman, and Master's Mate, in the Dictator
64, Capt. Wm. Parker, Elizabeth 74, Capt. Bour-
master, Goliath 74, Capt. Arch. Dickson, Chi-
chester, Capt. Chas. Craven, Victory 100, flag-
ship of Lord Hood, Bedford 74, Capt. Sir Andrew
Snape Hamond, and Duke 98, Capt. Geo. Murray.
At the commencement of the war in 1793 he sailed
for the Mediterranean in the Alcide 74, Capt.
Robt. Linzee; shortly after his re-transference
* Vide Gar.. Is;.?, p. 2167.
from which ship to the Victoey, he was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, by cominission dated 13
Sept. in the same year, and sent to command a
floating battery, mounting 4 long 24-pounders and
a 10-inch how itzer, stationed above all the shipping
in the N.W. arm of the harbour of Toulon. He
then opened his fire upon a neighbouring encamp-
ment^ and with so much effect, that the enemy, in
order to get rid of him, threw up three field-
batteries, and continued to cannonade the vessel,
until, having received about 40 shot under water,
and more than 60 above, she went down with her
colours nailed to the head of her tottering mast.
After cruizing in command of the Vigilant, of 10
guns, and co-operating in the reduction of St. Fio-
renza and Calvi, Mr. Gourly joined the Britannia
100, bearing the flag of Vioe-Admiral Wm. Hotham,
by whom, on 8 Nov. 1794, he was invested with the
command of the Vannead armed-brig, recently
captured from the French, and employed in carry-
ing despatches to various parts of Italy. In June,
1796, when Buonaparte took possession of Leghorn,
the Lieutenant contributed by his exertions to the
rescue of the British Factory, with property of con-
siderable value ; and on 10 of the following month
he witnessed the surrender of Porto Ferrajo, in
Elba, to the forces under Commodore Nelson and
Major Duncan, B.A., the latter of whom had sailed
from Corsica under the protection of the Vannead.
He also, in the ensuing Sept., bore an important
part in the capture of the island of Capraja, where
his zeal and intelligence rendered him most con-
spicuous. The Vanmead being shortly afterwards
wrecked on a sunken and previously uiilaiown rock,
near Porto Ferrajo, Mr. Gourly was next appointed,
in March, 1797, to L'Aurore, Capt. Geo. Clarke,
from which vessel, lying at Gibraltar, he was
speedily removed to the command of theTnuNnER
bomb. In July of the same year we find him earn-
ing the commendations of Sir Horatio Nelson by
the effectiveness of his aid at two consecutive bom-
bardments of Cadiz. He invalided home about the
close of the year, but after a few months of relaxa-
tion was appointed, 27 June, 1798, to the Forti-
tude, we believe a prison-ship at Portsmouth, the
charge of which he retained until April, 1802.
While next in command, from 5 April, 1803, until
Jan. 1805, of the Mary tender, Mr. Gourly was
presented by the owners of some Greenland ships,
resident at Leith, with a gold watch, for the care
with which he had attended to them on their voy-
age outward ; and on one occasion he was treated
in the most handsome and flattering manner by the
Dutch Admiral Verdroon, in compliment to the
seamanship and perseverance he had exhibited in
entering the Isieuwe Diep, under circumstances of
the greatest difliculty and danger. On leaving the
Mary he joined the Texel, bearing the flag in the
North Sea of Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon, to whom,
on 13 Sept. 1806, he became Signal-Lientenant.
Returning, about the end of 1807, to the Mediter-
ranean in the Trident 64, Capt. Campbell, Mr.
Gourly, on the arrival of that ship at Malta, was
sent by the Governor, Sir Alex. Ball, to the coast
of Barbary, in command of the Tuscan brig. On
his return from that mission he received, dated 14
Sept. 1808, an Admiralty commission promoting
him to the command of the San Juab, formerly a
Spanish 74, then lying at Gibraltar, without guns
and with only men enough for a single boat's
crew belonging to her. On 9 Nov. 1808 Capt.
Gourly removed to the Acting-Captaincy of the
Atlas 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John
Child Purvis, whom he assisted in equipping the
Spanish men-of-war at Cadiz, and in removing them
out of the reach of the invading French aimy. In
March, 1809, he went back to Gibraltar, where he
soon completed the crew of the San Jdan, and also
fitted out a small frigate for the Emperor of Morocco.
He further undertook the superintendence of the
dockyard, the victualling office, and other naval
establishments on the rock; restored 20 decayed
gun-vessels to a serviceable state ; and, indeed, did
all that the most indefatigable exertions could ac-
GOVETT— GRACE— GRAEME.
419
oomplish. His health obliging him to invalid in
June, 1810, he remained on half-pay from that pe-
riod until Feb. 1812. He then, acting under the
orders of the Admiralty, raised for the service
about 200 men and boys from among those em-
ployed in the Scotch fisheries ; and he afterwards,
from 16 Sept. 1814 until paid off, 2 Sept. 1815, com-
manded the Pelokhs 18, on the coast of Ireland.
He acquired Post-rank 1 Jan. 1817, and accepted
the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
A short time previous to his junction of the Pe-
i-onns, Capt. Gourly elicited the encomiums of the
civil authorities of Aberdeenshire for the aid he
had rendered in the suppression of two very serious
riots. He published in 1838 a work ' On the great
Evils of Impressment.' His only son, Lieut. John
Gourly, E.N., was drowned, 18 Dec. 1815, while
endeavouring to save the life of a boy in Loch End,
near Edinburgh.
GOVETT. (Lieut., 18 !.'■>. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 32.)
James Govett entered the Navy, 1 April, 1808,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tioee 74, Capt., after-
wards Rear-Admiral, Benj. Hallowell, whom, in
Aug. 1811, he accompanied, as Midshipman, into
the Malta 80. The latter rating he had attained
in May, 1810. From the Malta, Mr- Govett, the
whole of whose servitude appears to have been on
the Mediterranean station, was transferred, as Act-
ing-Lieutenant, on 5 Oct. 1814, to the Wizard 18,
Capts. Edw. Boxer and Walter Croker. He was
superseded on the occasion of his official promotion,
23 March, 1815, and has since been on half-pay.
GRACE. (Captain, 1825. f-p., 16; h-p., 30.)
Pekcy Grace is third son of the late Rich.
Grace, Esq., M.P., of Boley, Queen's County (the
representative of a family of considerable antiquity,
seated in Ireland since the days of Strongbow), by
Jane, daughter of Hon. John Evans, of Bulgaden
Hall, grandfather of John Evans Freke, sixth and
present Lord Carbery. He is younger brother of
SirWm. Grace, Bart., of Grace Castle, oo. Kilkenny;
and also of Sheffield Grace, Esq., D.C.L., F.S.A.,
K.H., of Knole House, co. Sussex, a gentleman
well known in the literary and antiquarian world
for his profound and accomphshed writings.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 March, 1801, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Ganges 74, Capts. Thos.
Fras. Fremantle and Geo. M'Kinley, under the
former of whom he fought, on 2 of the following
April, at the battle of Copenhagen. In Dec. 1804,
after having further served, as Midshipman, on the
Home, West India, American, and Irish stations,
Mr. Grace removed from the Ganges to the Grey-
hound 32, Capts. Chas. Elphinstone and Edw. Thos.
Troubridge, in which frigate he cruized for some
time off Cherbourg, and then sailed for the East
Indies, where, on his return to Poulo-Pinang from
Calcutta, whither he had been ordered to conduct
a large recaptured vessel, he was received on board
the Blenheim 74, bearing the flag of Sir Thos.
Troubridge, to await an opportunity of rejoining
the Greyhound ; which, however, did not present
itself until after the former ship had taken the
f round and been nearly lost at the entrance of the
traits of Malacca, in April, 1806. In the beginning
of the following July, his removal to the Greyhound
having been at length efieoted, Mr. Grace assisted
at the destruction of a Dutch armed-brig under the
Fort of Manado, and also at the capture of a similar
vessel ofif the island of Tidore ; and, on 26 of the
same month, he proved himself an officer deserving
of promotion by his conduct in a smart action with
a Dutch squadron, which terminated in the sur-
render, to the Greyhodnd and Harrier sloop, of
the Pallas frigate, and two armed and richly-laden
Indiamon.*' The Greyhound, of which he had
been nominated a Master's Mate in Nov. 1806, and
an Acting-Lieutenant in June, 1807, being wrecked
in Oct. 1808 off' the coast of Luconia, Mr. Grace
and his companions had to perform a fatiguing
* VideGaz. 18or, p. 423.
march of 12 days over mountains and through
rivers and woods hitherto unpassed by European,
in a state of utter destitution. They then became
captives of the Spanish at Manilla, where they were
detained for a period of three months ; but it was
not until after a further and most cruel imprison-
ment of eight months at Batavia, whither they were
taken by two French frigates, with whom they had
unluckily fallen in while on their passage, en parole,
from Manilla to Prince of Wales Island, that they
were fully restored to liberty. Being then, in Sept.
1809, allowed to depart in the Pibdmontatse fri-
gate, Capt. Chas. Foote, Jlr. Grace, whose promo-
tion had been confirmed by the Admiralty on 28 of
the preceding Feb., was shortly afterwards, on 30
of the same month, placed in command of the boats
of that ship, and sent to reconnoitre a flotilla of 20
Malay pirates, two of whom he succeeded in cap-
turing, although not without a loss of 2 men killed
and 20, including himself severely, wounded. The
effects of the injury he received he still feels, but
no compensation, has ever been granted to him.
Proceeding subsequently to Madras, he thence took
a passage, in the Sarah Christiana Indiaman, to^
England, where he arrived in Dec. 1810. On 16 of
the following March we find him joining the Se-
MiRAMis 36, Capt. Chas. Eichardson, in command
of one of the boats of which frigate he had the
good fortune, on 24 of the ensuing Aug., to contri-
bute to the capture of five French vessels anahored
four miles up the Gironde. On the morning of
25 of the same month he similarly assisted in
taking Le Pluvier corvette, of 16 guns and 13G men,
under the batteries of Royan, and on that occasion
his handsome conduct obtained him the official
thanks of his Captain.* After an unemployed in-
terval of eight months, Mr. Grace, on 12 Aug. 1812,
was appointed to the San Domingo 74, hearing the
flag on the coast of North America of Sir John
Borlase Warren, under whom he witnessed the
attack upon Crany Island, &c., and served until
promoted to the rank of Commander, 15 June, 1814.
His last appointment was, on 17 Jan. 1822, to the
Cyrene 20, fitting for the African station, where
he cruized, between the river Gambia and the
Bights of Benin and Bianfra, until 14 Deo. 1823, at
which period he sailed for England, where he
arrived 7 Feb. 1824, after having encountered a
hurricane so violent that it had been found neces-
sary to throw 11 of the ship's guns overboard. The
Cyrene, who during the summer of the preceding
year had conveyed Sir Chas. M'Cartliy from the
Gold Coast to Bathurst, a new settlement on St.
Mary's Island, in the river Gambia, was next
ordered to the Mediterranean, on which station she
arrived in time to form part of the force employed
before Algiers under Sir Harry Neale, prior to the
settlement of the dispute then existing between
Great Britain and the Dey. In Nov. 1824 Capt.
Grace became Senior officer in the Levant. He
attained Post-rank 1 Feb. 1825, and on 20 Aug. in
the same year was paid off".
Capt. Grace is Senior of 1825. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson,
GRAEME. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 15; h-p., 19.)
Alexander John Graeme, bom in March, 1799,
is a younger son of Colonel Graeme, of Inchbrahie,
in Perthshire (who at the period of his death was
the oldest officer who had served throughout and
survived the famous siege of Gibraltar), by Mar-
garet Oliphant, of Condie, N.B. He belongs to the
ancient family now represented by the Duke of
Montrose, being a direct descendant from WilUam,
the first Earl, so created in 11504-5. His father was
heir-presumptive to the Earldom after the late
Duke's brother.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 April, 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Qdeen Charlotte 100,
Capt. Robt. Jackson, bearing the flag off Brest of
his relative Lord Keith. Proceeding in Aug. 1814
to the Mediterranean as a passenger in the Gbani-
• Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1752.
3H 2
420
GRAHAM.
cus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, he there became
Midshipman of the Elizabeth 74, flag-ship of Hon.
Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, under whom he con-
tinued until April, 1815. From that period until
promoted to tile rank of Lieutenant, 5 Dec. 1822,
he was successively employed, part of the time
as Master's Mate, on the Gibraltar, Lisbon, Ports-
mouth, St. Helena, and Jamaica stations, in the
MiNSTREi, 26, Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, Gkanicds
again, Capt. W; F. Wise, Vengeub 74, Capt. Thos.
Alexander, Orontes 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Coch-
rane, Racoon and Falmouth sloops, both com-
manded by Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, Vengedr again,
Capt. Alexander, Parthian brig, Capt. Wilson
Braddyll Bigland, and Serapis 4, Lieut.-Commander
Geo. Vernon Jackson. He then joined the Pyra-
MDS 42, Capt. Fras. Newcombe, also in the West
Indies, whence he returned home in the Gloucester
74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Edw. W. C. R.
Owen, and was paid off 10 June, 1825. Soon after
this, in consequence of the weakened circulation
produced by the great variety of climate under
which Lieut. Graeme had served, and the exposure
to which he had been subjected, he had the misfor-
tune, during a moderately frosty day, to lose, from
the effects of cold, the last two joints of the four
fingers of his left hand ; and, indeed, slight expo-
sure since that time has often caused alarming
numbness and discoloration of his ears and nose.
Being thus prevented from energetically pursuing
his profession, he remained unemployed until 13 Jan.
1840, when he was appointed to the Victory 104,
guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch.
He was promoted, shortly after his removal to the
First-Lieutenancy of the Queen 110, to the rank he
now holds in honour of Her Majesty's visit to that
ship when on the eve of sailing from Spithead with
the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, by commission
dated 7 March, 1842; sihoe which period he has
been on half-pay.
Commander Graeme married, in 1826, Eleanora,
daughter of John Johnson, Esq., of Liverpool.
GKAHAM, C.B. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 20:
H-p., 17.)
Charles Graham entered the Navy, 9 June,
1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74,
Capt. John Erskine Douglas, stationed in the North
Sea, whence, in 1812, he accompanied the same
officer to the Mediterranean, as Midshipman of the
Prince of Wales 98. On his rejunction of the
latter ship, after having witnessed in the Imperi-
EDSE 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, the capture of
Porto d'Anzo, and the operations against Leghorn
and Genoa, he returned home and was paid off in
July, 1814. Until 26 Oct. 1816 he further served, on
the Home and Jamaica stations, in the Glasgow 50
Capt. Hon. H. Duncan, Romney 50, Capt. John
Mackellar, Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral
J. E. Douglas, Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo.
Rodney Phillott, and Salisbury again, Capt. John
Mackellar. He then became successively Acting-
Lieutenant, also in the West Indies, of the Active
and Pique frigates, Capts, Philip Carteret and J.
Mackellar; and, on 9 July, 1817, was confirmed into
his former ship, the Primrose 18, still commanded
by Capt. Phillott. Having returned to England in
Aug. 1818 on board the Rifleman brig, Capt. Nor-
wich Duff, Mr. Graham next joined— 15 Sept. 1819
the Tartar 42, bearing the broad pendant of Sir
Geo. Ralph Collier on the coast of Africa— and 14
Dec. 1822 and 11 March, 1823, the ImpregnaLle
104, and Britannia 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Hon.
Sir Alex. Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief at Ply-
mouth. In the capacity of Commander, a rank he
attained 17 April, 1824, Capt. Graham was subse-
quently, 16 June, 1829, appointed to the Philomel
16, on the Mediterranean station. He was promoted
to the command, 4 Nov. 1830, of the Rattlesnake
28, attached to the force in South America, whence
he returned home and was paid off' 10 Nov. 1833
He has been employed on the East India station
since 28 April, 1343, as Captain of the Castor 36.
In Dec. 1845, while Senior officer of the squadron
at New Zealand, he there landed in command of
about 340 officers, seamen, and marines, for the
purpose of co-operating with a body of troops under
Colonel Despard in the reduction of a pah belong-
ing to a rebel chieftain named Kawiti, and situated
in a thick forest on a mountain 14 miles inland
from the head of the river Kawakawa. After more
than three weeks of indefatigable labour and exer-
tion, during which the British, notwithstanding
great wetness in the weather, were constantly em-
ployed in cutting roads through the woods and over
the hills of a hitherto untraversed country, in
erecting batteries near the pah, in then breaching,
shelling, and rocketing it, and had moreover to live
under what shelter they could temporarily contrive
out of the bush, the enemy's stronghold was assault-
ed and carried in triumph. For this service Capt.
Graham was nominated a C.B. 27 July, 1846.*
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
GRAHAM. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
George Tempest Graham passed his examina-
tion 26 Feb. 1841 ; and served as Mate, on the
North America and West India, Mediterranean,
South American, East India, and Cape of Good
Hope stations, in the Electra 18, Capt. PhiHp
Gostling, Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey,
Satellite 18, Capts. Robt. Fitzgerald Gambler
and Robt. Hibbert Bartholomew Rowley, and Pre-
sident 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich.
Dacres. He obtained his commission 2 June, 1846,
and, since 19 Aug. in that year, has been serving
in the East Indies on board the CBiLnERS 12, Capt.
John Chas. Pitman.'
GRAHAM. (CTaptain, 1825. r-p, U; h-p., 24.)
John George Graham entered the Navy, 24
April, 1809, as A.B., on board the Victory 100,
Capt. Philip Dumaresq, of which ship, bearing the
flag in the Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he became
Midshipman 30 June following. From May, 1810,
until the receipt of his first commission, which
bears date 20 Sept. 1815, he was successively em-
ployed, on the Home and Cape of Good Hope
stations, in the Solebay 32, Capt. Hon. Granville
Leveson Proby, Malacca frigate, Capt. Wm. But-
terfield. Victory again, Capt. Dumaresq, Bellero-
phon and Scabborodgh, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral
John Ferrier, Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos. Baker,
and Harpy sloop, Capt. Geo. Tyler. He afterwards
joined, in the capacity of Lieutenant — 3 June, 1818,
the Carron 20, Capt. John Furneanx, under whom
he was wrecked, in the Bay of Bengal, 6 July, 1820
—and, 6 April, 1821, the Hyperion 42, Capt. Jas.
LiUicrap, at the Cape of Good Hope. He was pro-
moted to the command, 16 June, 1823, of the Ic.4.rds
10, on the Jamaica station ; was invested with Post-
rank 3 Oct. 1825 ; and on 1 Oct. 1846 accepted the
Retirement.
GKAHAM. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 19;
H-p., 25.)
Philip Graham, born at Stonehouse, co. Devon,
is son of the late Lieut.-Colonel Rich. Graham,
R.M. ; and only brother of the present Capt. For-
tescue Graham, R.M. He is a relative of the Mar-
chioness of Thomond.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1803, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Rambler sloop, Capt. Thos.
Innes, employed on the Home station. On his re-
turn from a subsequent voyage with convoy to
Quebec, whither he had gone as Midshipman of
the Uranie 38, Capt. Hon. Chas. Herbert, he
joined the Prince of Wales 98, successive flag-
ship of Admirals Edw. Thornbrough, Sir Jas. Sau-
marez, and Jas. Gambler, under the latter of whom
he attended the expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen.
He then returned to Portsmouth on board the
Waldanaar, one of the captured 80's, commanded
by Capt. Andw. King, but, soon rejoining Lord Gam-
bier, continued to serve with that officer, in the
* F. Gai. 1846, pp. 2345. 2347.
GRAMSHAW— GRANDY.
421
ViLLE DE Paris 110, and Caledonia 120, until
after the destruction of the French shipping in Aix
Koads in April, 1809. During the proximate siege
of Flushing, we find Mr. Graham, who had just
passed his examination, employed as a volunteer
with the Scheldt flotilla. Being next ordered to
Lisbon, he there, as Acting-Lieutenant, assumed
the command, 28 Feb. 1810, of the Triton hospital-
ship, an appointment which the Admiralty con-
firmed by commission dated on 14 of the following
April. In the autumn of the same year, shortly
after his removal to the Zealous 74, Capt. Thos.
Boys, he took voluntary command of several armed
boats, and was sent up the Tagus to co-operate with
the British troops at Alhandra, where he served
with the present Capt. M. F. F. Berkeley, from the
very day on which "Wellington first occupied the
lines of Torres Vedras until Massena had retreated
to Santarem. His subsequent appointments, after
further cruizing In the Zealous on the North Sea
and Baltic stations, were — 17 June, 1813, to the
Blenheim 74, Capt. Sam. "Warren, whom he accom-
panied to the Mediterranean — 27 Aug. 1814, to the
N AMUK 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. "Williams at Sheer-
ness — 29 Oct. 1814, to the CoMus 22, Capt. John
Tailour, which ship, after assisting at the capture,
in,spite of a desperate resistance, of seven Spanish
and Portuguese slavers on the coast of Africa, he
left 1 Nov. 1815— and, 14 Sept. 1818, to the Coast
Blockade, in which service he officiated, as Super-
numerary-Lieutenant of the Severn 50, andRAMiL-
LiEs 74, both commanded by Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch,
until May, 1825. He was promoted to his present
rank 29 July following, but does not appear to have
been since employed.
Commander Graham, in 1830, was presented with
the gold medallion of the Royal Institution for Pre-
serving Lives from Shipwreck, for his intrepidity in
having saved the master and part of the crew of
the brig Mountaineer, wrecked near Deal, on her
voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to London.
Agents — Copland and Burnett.
GEAMSHA"W. (Rktired Commander, 1839.
F-P., 16; H-p.,33.)
Joseph George Hijlzen Gramshaw is the grand-
son of an old Post-Captain. He is brother-in-law of
Commander G. A. Seymour, K.N. ; and a relative
of the late Lieut. Jas. Henry Garrety, R.N., who
lost an arm, and was captured, while in command
of the Plumper gun-brig, after a brave defence, by
seven French gun-vessels, off the port of Granville,
16 July, 1805.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1798, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Tigre 74, Capt. SirWm.
Sidney Smith, under whom, after assisting at the
defence of Acre, and witnessing the defeat of the
Turks at Damietta, he served on shore in the expe-
dition of 1801 to Egypt. The Tigre being paid off
in Sept. 1802, he next, in March, 1803, rejoined Sir
Sidney Smith, as Midshipman, on board the Ante-
lope 50 ; in the boats of which ship and of the
Magicienne, commanded by Lieut. Jas. Boxer, he
took part, 31 March, 1804, in the cutting out, after
a very sanguinary and obstinate conflict of three-
quarters of an hour, of the Sclirik guard-vessel of 6
guns and 94 men. On 16 of the following May Mr.
Gramshaw appears to have been further present in
a gallant attack made by a squadron, under the or-
ders of Sir Sidney Smith, upon a division of the
enemy's flotilla passing alongshore from Flushing
to Ostend. Towards the close of 1805 we find him
appointed, with the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, to the
command of a rocket-boat, for the purpose of join-
ing in an attack (afterwards postponed) on the ene-
my's flotilla at Boulogne. Attaining the full rank
of Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1806, he was appointed,
in that capacity— 28 March, 1806, to the Bonetta
14, Capts. Chas. Philip Butler Bateman and Jas.
Kobt. Philips, successively employed in affording
protection to the North Sea convoys, and in con-
tributing to the reduction of Copenhagen, where
she led the fleet to its anchorage, and then as-
sisted at the debarkation of the troops — 13 Sept.
1807, as First, to the AValdemaae 80, Capt. Andw.
King, which ship, one of those taken on the latter
occasion, he assisted in navigating to England — 11
March, 1808, after having aided in clearing the
Danish prizes, when brought to Portsmouth, of
their lading and stores, to the Barfledr 98, Capts.
Donald M'Leod and Sam. Hood Linzee, bearing the
flag for some time of the late Sir Chas. Tyler, in
which ship, besides escorting the Russian Rear- Ad-
miral Seniavin's squadron from Lisbon to England,
and visiting Vigo, he assisted in embarking Sir
John Moore's army after the battle of Corunna, on
which occasion he brought off Marshal Beresford,
who was the last man to leave the shore — 14 May,
1809, to the Ganges 74, Capts. Peter Halkett and
Thos. Dundas, part of the force employed in the
ensuing expedition to the Scheldt, where she was
stationed off Bergen-op-zoom to watch the move-
ments of the enemy's flotilla— 6 May, 1811 (on the
return of the Ganges from the Baltic, whither she
had been next sent to act as an escort to the trade
passing through the Great Belt), to the Armada 74,
Capts. Adam Mackenzie, John Ferris Devonshire,
and Chas. Grant, the latter of whom he accompa-
nied to the Mediterranean— and, 2 Oct. 1812, to the
HiBEHNiA 120, bearing the flag on that station of
his old Captain, Sir W. S. Smith. On 18 Aug. 1813
he served with distinguished bravery in the boats
of a small squadron, under Capt. Thos. Ussher, in a
very gallant attack made on the batteries at Cassis,
where, after sustaining a loss of 4 men killed and 16
wounded, the British, in four hours, succeeded in
capturing three heavy gun-boats, and 26 vessels
laden with merchandise.'*' Not having been em-
ployed since the peace, Mr. Gramshaw, on 5 Jan.
1839, accepted the rank of Retired Commander.
His son, Frederick Gramshaw, in the R.N., was
lately surveying with Capt. Bullock in the Porcu-
GRANDY. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
John Samuel "William Grandt entered the
Navy 26 April, 1823; passed his examination in
1831 ; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard
12 Dec. 1839 ; and on 1 Jan. 1842 was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant. Continuing to serve in the
Coast Guard, he had the good fortune, in Jan. 1845,
to render much assistance to the Pelican sloop,
when that vessel, with 250,000i. of specie on board
took the ground between Stoke's Bay and Fort
Monckton. Mr. Grandy has been in command
since ] April, 1845, of the Active Revenue-cruizer.
He is the Senior Lieutenant on the List of 1842.
GRANDY. (Commander, 1837.)
Samuel Geandt entered the Navy, in Feb. 1795
as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Lion 64, Capts. Geo'
Palmer, Edm. Crawley, and Manley Dixon, employed
on the Home station ; and, on subsequently joinina
the OvEEYSSEL 64, Capt. John Bazely, attended thi
expedition to Holland in Aug. 1799. During the
latter part of the war he served in the Mediterra-
nean, as Midshipman of the Diadem 64, Capt. John
Larmour. From the renewal of hostilities in March
1803, until July, 1807, he appears to have been em!
ployed, on the Home and Baltic stations, chiefly
as Master's Mate, in the Thunderer 74, Capt "Wm
Bedford, HiBERNiA 110, bearing the flag of Lord
Gardner, Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Chas. Aid-
ham, and Pkinoe OF TV^LES 98, flag-ship of Admi-
rals Edw. Thornbrough and Jas. Gambler. After
participating, as Sub-Lieutenant of the Forward
gun-bng, Lieut.-Commander Daniel Shields in the
operations against Copenhagen, he became succes-
sively Actmg-Lieutenant, in 1808, of the Lightning
sloop, Capt. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, Vultuhp
Capt. Joseph Pearce, and Alaakt ^6 ' Capt Jas'
Tillard ; which latter vessel, on 10 Aug. 1809 was
aken, at the close of a very obstinate resistancrof
two hours, by two Danish brigs of war and a^vUion
•GreSaS?" ""' "• '»"' '^""^ '^e name is mi.pe.t
422
GRANGER— GRANT.
of 15 gun-boats, near Fredericksvaen, on the coast
of Norway. Mr. Grandy, whose appointment to
the Alaart had been confirmed on 25 of the ^re-
vious March, subsequently joined — 6 Nov. 1809, the
Echo 18, Capts. Kobt. Keen, Arden Adderley, John
Haswell, and Thos. Peroival, under the first of
whom he contributed to the capture of the Capri-
cieux privateer of 16 guns, near Dieppe, 11 March,
1810—30 July, 1812, the Pkimeosb 18, Capt. Chas.
Geo. Rodney ]?hillott, in which vessel he served, on
the Home, north coast of Spain, West India, and
American stations, until Oct. 1815—14 Sept. 1818,
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, the Severn, Coast
Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch— 22 Jan. 1822,
the Coast Guard— 10 Feb. 1824, the Kamillies 74,
Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, under whom he again served,
as a Supernumerary, jn the Coast Blockade — 20
March and 23 June, 1829, the Fasoy and Harpy
Revenue-vessels, which he successively commanded
until April, 1832— and again, on 3 May in the latter
year, the Coast Guard. He left that service on ad-
vancement to his present rank, 2 Jan. 1837 ; but,
returning to it, as an Inspecting Commander, 5 May,
1812, continued to officiate in that capacity untU
1846. He is now on half-pay.
Commander Grandy is Senior of 1837. Agent —
Fred. Dufaur.
GRANGER. (Vice-Admirai, of the Eed, 1837.
r-p., 19; H-p., 43.)
William Grauger was born about 1769.
ibhis officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 178.5, as
A. B., on board the HY.a:NA 24, Capt. Pat. Sinclair,
employed off the coast of Ireland. From Jan.
1787, until March, 1793, he served, as Midshipman,
on the same, and on the Channel and West India
stations, in the Triumph, flag-ship of Lord Hood,
Sqoikrel, Capt. John Drew, Bedne, Capt. Davidge
Gould, AoROEA, Capt. John Sutton, Bombay Castle,
Capt. John Thos. Duckworth, Nemesis, Capt. Alex.
John Ball, and Sandwich, Capt. Jas. Robt. Mosse.
He then sailed for the Mediterranean in the FoR-
TiTiiDE 74, Capts. Wm. Young and Thos. Taylor, of
which ship he was created a Lieutenant by com-
mission dated 7 Oct. 1793. After assisting at the
reduction of Corsica in 1794, and being for a short
time attached to the Fame 74, Capt. Thos. Taylor,
he was appointed, at the Cape of Good Hope, 27
Jan. and 16 July, 1796, to the Crescent 36, Capt.
Edw. BuUer, and Monarch 74, flag-ship of Sir Geo.
Keith Elphinstone ; under the former of whom he
witnessed the surrender of the Dutch squadron in
Saldanha Bay. He was promoted, on the latter sta-
tion, to the command, 10 May, 1797, of the Hope
sloop ; from which vessel he removed, 8 Nov. 1797,
to the Rattlesnake 16. On 16 Sept. 1799, Capt.
Granger was made Post into the Jupiter 50, bear-
ing the broad pendant, also at the Cape, of Commo-
dore Geo. Losack. In that ship, on 11 of the fol-
lowing Oct. during the absence of the Commo-
dore, he brought to close action, after a long run-
ning fight, the French frigate La Preneuse of 40
guns and 300 men. Being, however, unable, in con-
sequence of the boisterous state of the weather, to
open her lower-deck ports, the Jdpiter was ulti-
mately obliged to discontinue the action, in order
to repair her damages ; and the enemy accordingly
effected his escape. Capt. Granger's subsequent
appointments were, after an interval of 12 months
— 1 Jan. 1801, to the HYiENA 24, employed, until
Jan. 1802, in the Baltic and Channel— 3 Jan. 1805,
for rather more than two months, to the Malta 80,
on the coast of Spain— and lastly, 11 Aug. 1808, and
21 April, 1810, to the Semieamis 36, and Caesar 80,
both on the Lisbon station, where he continued
until 25 May, 1811. He became a Rear-Admiral 22
July, 1830; and a Vice- Admiral 10 Jan. 1837.
GRANT. (Commander, 1846.)
Aetiiue Grant passed his examination in 1829 ;
and obtained his first commission 9 May, 1836. His
appointments, as Lieutenant, were — on 18 of the
same month, to the Dublin SO, flag-ship in South
America of Sir Graham Eden Hamond— 22 Jan.
1839, to the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Stephen Lushing-
ton, on the North America and West India station
—16 Nov. 1839, as First, to the Andromache 26,
commanded at the Cape by Capt. Robt. Lambert
Baynes— and, 25 May, 1843, in a similar capacity,
to the FiSGAED 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, sta-
tioned in the Pacific. He attained his present rank
9 Jan. 1846 ; and since 17 of the following Dec. has
been employed as Second-Captain of the Supekb 80,
Capt. Armar Lowry Corry. Agents — Messrs. Stil-
well.
GRANT. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Duncan Brooks Gordon Grant passed his ex-
amination in 1824 ; and obtained his commission 22
Oct. 1827. His appointments have since been — 26
Nov. 1830, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the
Hyperion 42, Capt, Wm. Jas. Mingaye, under
whom he served on the Coast Blockade until March,
1831—9 May, 1837, to the Victoby 104, bearing the
flags of Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland and Hon. Dun-
combe Pleydell Bouverie, Admiral-Superintendents
at Portsmouth, where he continued the usual period
of three years — and, 25 June, 1840, to the Coast
Guard, in which service he is now employed.
GRANT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
Edward Grant entered the Navy, 15 April, 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gibraltar 80, Capts.
John Halliday, Jas. Johnstone, Henry Lidgbird
Ball, and Valentine Collard ; in which ship he be-
held, as Midshipman, the destruction of the French
squadron in Basque Roads in April, 1809. In June,
1810, he removed to the Courageux 74, Capt. Wm.
Butterfield, stationed off the coast of France, wherej
in the following month, he again joined the Gib-
raltar, then commanded by Capt. Robt. Plam-
pin. From April, 1811, until Oct. 1813, he served
in the Andromache 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin, under
whom, after assisting at the siege of St. Sebastian,
he escorted the French garrison to England, and
on 23 of the ensuing month, Oct. 1813, contri-
buted, we believe, to the capture of La Trave, of '14
guns and 321 men, which frigate, although disabled
in a previous action, did not surrender until she had
sustained a close conflict of 15 minutes. On the fol-
lowing day Mr. Grant was nominated Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Cyane 22, Capt. Thos. Forrest, and,
while in that vessel, he was present, in Jan. 1814, at
the capture, off Madeira, of the French 40-gun fri-
gates Iphigenie and Alcmene. Being then succes-
sively appointed Admiralty-Midshipman of the
Newcastle 50, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, and ToN-
NANT 80, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, he took
part, under the latter ofllcer, in the expedition
against New Orleans. He was confirmed a Lieu-
tenant, 29 March, 1815, in the Regulus troop-ship,
Capt. Fras. Truscott, but since the following Nov.,
when he returned to England and was paid off, has
been unemployed. Agents — Coplands and Bur- •
nett.
GRANT. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Henry James Grant passed his examination 5
Jan. 1842 ; and after serving for some time in North
America and the West Indies on board the Tweed
20, Capt. Hugh Donald Cameron Douglas, was ap-
pointed Mate, 15 May, 1844, of the Collihgwood
80, flag-ship in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras. Sey-
mour. He attained his present rank 13 June,
1846.
GRANT. (Commander, 1835. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 24.)
John Grant entered the Navy, in May, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tribune frigate, Capt.
Thos. Baker, whom he accompanied as Midshipman,
in 1807, into the Vanguard 74, commanded after-
wards by Capt. Henry Rich. Glynn. In 1811, hav-
ing hitherto served on the Home and Baltic stations,
latterly as Master's Mate of the Christlan VII. 80,
bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, he sailed with
tliat officer for the Mediterranean on board the
GRANT-GRANTHAM.
423
Caledonia 120. Being promoted, 25 June, 1812,
to a Lieutenancy in the Milforo 74, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle, he assisted,
in the course of 1813, at the capture of Fiume, Ro-
vigno, Piran, Capo d'lstria, and Trieste ; and on 5
Aug. in the same year ho commanded the boats,
under Capt. Jas. Black, at the capture, on the island
of Ragosniza, of a battery mounting 6 24-pounders
and 2 71-inch mortars, and the destruction of a
newly-erected signal-tower. Between 1814 and May,
1816, Mr. Grant next served, in the Adriatic, and
on the Home and Jamaica stations, in the Revenge
74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore, Edbtdice 24, Capt.
Hon. Valentine Gardner, Romney 50, Capt. John
Mackellar, and Salisbury 50, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas. He was
afterwards appointed First-Lieutenant, 21 Sept.
1829, and 18 Oct. 1832, of the Ganges 84, and Spar-
TiATE 76, commanded on the Mediterranean and
South American stations by Capts. Geo. Burdett
and Robt. Tait — the latter as flag-ship for some
time of Sir Michael Seymour. He attained his pre-
sent rank 10 Dec. 1835, and — with the exception of
two years' command, from 30 March, 1838, until
paid oif in the early part of 1840, of the Talavera
72, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, on the Mediterranean
station — has since been on half-pay.
GRANT, Kt. (Capt., 1828. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 23.)
Sir Richard Grant, bom in 1783, is son of the
late Rich. Grant, Esq., Proctor at Jamaica.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, in July, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sovereign 100,
Capt. "Wm. Bedford, successive flag-ship in the
Channel of the late Lord Gardner and Sir Henry
Harvey. He became Midshipman, in July, 1801,
of the Revoldtionnaiee 44, Capts. Thos. Twysden,
Hon. John Murray, Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, Wal-
ter Lock, and Hon. Henry Hotham, with whom he
continued to serve until Sept. 1804; when, on his
return from a voyage to Jamaica, he rejoined Lord
Gardner in the Trent, off Cork. In the early part
of 1805 he returned to the West Indies as Acting-
Lieutenant of the Elk sloop, Capts. R. M'Donnell
and Jas. Rich. Dacres. His official promotion tak-
ing place on 5 Oct. in the same year, he shortly
afterwards joined, in the capacity of Lieutenant, the
Penguin, Capt. Henry Gage Morris, also stationed
in the West Indies, where, in June, 1806, and May,
1807, he became attached to the Wolfe, Capt. Hall,
arid Veteran, flag-ship of Vioe-Admiral Jas. Rich.
Dacres. His next appointments were, on the Home,
Baltic, Cape of Good Hope, Mediterranean, and
Irish stations— 30 Sept. 1809, to the Solebay 32,
Capt. Edw. Henry Columbine— 8 March, 1809, to
the BELLEROriioN 74, bearing the flag of Lord
Gardner— 8 Sept. 1810, and 17 June, 1813, to the
President 38, and Blenheim 74, both commanded
by Capt. Sam. Warren, under whom, in the former
ship, he assisted at the reduction of Java in Sept.
1811 — 15 April, 1815, after six months of half-pay,
to the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Edw. Pelham
Brenton— and, 7 June following, to the Tonnant
80, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell. He attained
the rank of Commander 7 Nov. 1818; was nomi-
nated Second Captain, 17 May, 1827, of the Hussar
46, bearing the flag at Halifax of Sir Chas. Ogle ;
and on 17 May, 1828, was there posted into the
Tyne 28. Having paid that vessel off in June,
1830, he subsequently joined— 2 Jlay, 1832, for a
period of four months, the Castor 36, lying at
Chatham — 15 Feb. 1837, the Cornwallis 72, as
Flag-Captain to Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, on the North
America and West India station, whence he re-
turned in the spring of 1839— and, 7 Nov. 1845, to
the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir
Chas. Ogle. He resigned the latter appointment in
1846 ; and is now on half-pay.
Sir Rich. Grant, who had been Knighted on the
presentation of a civic address in 1820, married, 29
July, 1846, Lydia, widow of Jas. Lambert, Esq., of
Fowlers, Hawkhurst, Kent. Agent— J. Hinxman.
GRANT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
William Grant was born 14 May, 1789, at Taun-
ton, in Somersetshire, and died 1 Dec. 1845. He
was son of Capt. John Grant, who obtained a medal
for his services in the 40th Regt. during the first
American war, and who afterwards, when belonging
to the Prince of Wales' or Leicestershire Fencibles,
fought in Ireland during the rebellion of 1798. One
of his cousins, Wm. Cottell, Lieutenant R.M., was
mortally wounded on board the Robust 74, at the
defeat, in the latter year, of a squadron under Com-
modore Bompart ; and another, the late Capt. Jas.
Cottell, R.M., who died in 1842, served in the Ton-
nant at Trafalgar. He has left a brother, a Surgeon
in H.M. 10th Regt., now at Calcutta.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 13 Sept. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Quebec 32, Capt. Hon.
Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, with whom he
continued to be employed, in the same ship, and in
the EuRYALus 36, and Edinburgh 74, until May,
1814. He frequently came into contact, while in
the EuRYALOs, with divisions of Spanish and Danish
flotillas. He saw, also, an immense deal of boat- -
service ; conveyed Sir John Moore to the shores of
Portugal, the Duke of AngoulSme to Gottenborg,
and other members of the French royal family from
the latter place to Harwich ; assisted, during the
Walcheren expedition, in forcing the passage of the
batteries between Flushing and Cadsand ; was for
eight months employed, without once dropping an
anchor, with the in-shore squadron off Toulon ; par-
took, while so stationed, of various encounters with
the French fleet ; contributed, in the boats, to the
capture of a large number of armed and other ves-
sels ; was often in warm collision with the Italian
batteries ; and frequently landed for the purpose of
destroying the enemy's stores. On his removal to
the Edinburgh, Mr. Grant, in Oct. 1813, com-
manded the storming-party from that ship at the
capture of the defences at Port d'Anzo ; and he
further served on shore in the unsuccessful attack
on Leghorn, at the capture of Santa Maria and
other strongholds in the Gulf of Spezia, and finally
at the reduction of Genoa. On the latter occasion
he was sent to take possession of the Sphynx cap-
tured sloop-of-war. From the Edinburgh, which
had been recently commanded by Capt. John Lam-
pen Manley, he was transferred, in Dec. 1814, to
the Boyne 98, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, flag-
ship afterwards of Lord Exmouth, under whom he
served at the siege of Gaeta. He went on half-pay
in Sept. 1815, having been promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant on 11 of the preceding Feb., and did not
again go afloat.
Lieut. Grant married in 1837. Agent — J. Hinx-
man.
GEANTHAM. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 36.)
Charles Grantham (a), bom 4 Dec. 1790, is son
of the late Thos. Bennett Grantham, Esq., Captain
in the 15th Regt., by Margaret, daughter of Capt.
Arthur Webber, R.N. He is brother of Capt. Thos.
Grantham, of the Royal Artillery, and of Arthur
Grantham, Esq., of the R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 Feb. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alcm&ne 32, Capts. J ohn
Styles, Jas. Brisbane, and Wm. Henry Brown Trem-
lett ; in the boats of which frigate, stationed off tlie
coasts of France and Spain, he appears to have been
frequently employed, the greater part of the time
as Midshipman, until wrecked off Nantes, while
blockading two of the enemy's frigates, 29 April,
1809. Being confirmed, 23 Oct. following, to a
Lieutenancy in the Bulwark 74, Capt. Hon. Chas.
Elphinstone Fleeming, he subsequently, while on
the books of that ship, served with the flotilla at
the siege of Cadiz, and was instrumental to the de-
fence of Fort Matagorda during its siege by the
French. In Oct. 1810 he exchanged, at Vera Cruz,
into the Helder frigate, Capt. John Serrel, and
returned to England. Since March, 1811, in the
course of which month he went on half-pay, Lieut.
Grantham has been unemployed.
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GRAVE— GRAVES— GRAY.
This gentleman, in 1844, was High Sheriff for co.
Rutland. He married, 25 July, 1811, the Hon.
Emily Grace Fortescue, youngest daughter of the
late Eight Hon. Jas. Fortescue, M.P., of Ravens-
dale Park, CO. Louth, and niece of the late Earl of
Claremont.
GRAVE. (LiEDT., 1818. F-P., 9 ; h-p., 29.)
John Castellow Grave entered the Navy, 6
Aug. 1809, as L.M., on board the Nebeds 36, Capt.
Peter Heywood, with whom, after bringing home
from the Mediterranean the remains of Vice-Ad-
miral Lord Collingwood in April, 1810, he proceeded
as Midshipman to South America. In July, 1813,
he accompanied Capt. Heywood into the Montagh
74 ; which ship, bearing the flag for some time of
Rear-Admiral Edw. Jas. Foote, appears to have
been employed, fU'St with the force off Flushing,
next in escorting Louis XVIII. to France, after-
wards in conveying part of the British army from
Bordeaux to England, and finally as one of the fleet
in the grand naval review held at Portsmouth on
the cessation of hostilities. From Dec. 1814 until
Feb. 1817 we find Mr. Grave serving in the East
Indies on board the Coknwallis 74, flag-ship of Sir
Geo. Burlton, and Tyne 24, Capts. John Allen and
another. He then joined the Cadmus 10, Capt.
John Gedge, on the Home station ; and on 20 Jan.
1818, while employed as Admiralty-Midshipman of
the Amphion 32, bearing the broad pendant in
South America of Commodore Wm. Bowles, was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. "We are not
aware that he has been since afloat.
Lieut. Grave is Senior of 1818. He married, in
Dec. 1835, Mary, widow of the late J. Treacher,
Esq^., of Chiselhurst, co. Kent.
GRAVES. (Captain, 1846.)
Thomas Graves entered the Navy 9 March,
1816 ; passed his examination in 1823 ; and obtained
his first commission 30 April, 1827. He joined, 14
Aug. following, the Adventobb surveying-vessel,
Capt. Philip Parker King, on the South American
station; and on 11 May, 1832, and 2 Aug. 1836, was
successively invested with the command of the
Mastiff and Meteor, alias Beacon, vessels em-
ployed in the survey of the Mediterranean. He
obtained a second promotal commission, 22 Feb.
1841, but did not leave the Beacon until appointed,
2 April, 1846, to the Ceylon receiving-ship at Malta.
He was advanced to his present rank 3 Aug. fol-
lowing ; and is now on half-pay.
Capt. Graves married, 29 Feb. 1839, Frances
Sarah, daughter of Major C. A. Bayley, Lieut. -Go-
vernor of Gozo. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
GRAY. (Commander, 1846.)
Edward Evans Gray passed his examination
in 1821 ; and obtained his first commission 13 Nov.
1827. He was afterwards appointed — 19 Sept. 1834
and 25 April, 1837, as First, to the Raleigh and
Ringdove sloops, Capts. Michael Quin, Horatio
Stopford Nixon, and Hon. Keith Stewart, on the
East India, and North America and West India
stations— and, 13 Jan. 1842 and 8 Dec. 1845, to the
successive command of the Bonetta and Viper
brigantines, employed off the coast of Africa, and
in North America and the West Indies. He left
the last-mentioned vessel on attaining his present
rank, 9 Nov. 1846. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
GRAY. (LiEOT., 1814. F-p., 20; h-p., 24.)
Francis Gray has lost three brothers in the
Navy, all of whom had attained the rank of Lieu-
tenant, viz. George, who fell in the Defiance at
Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801, aged 26— Richard, who,
after having captured, in command of the Active
schooner, a Spanish polacre of very superior force,
died, from the effects of a tropical climate, while
on his passage home on board LaPromptb, in May,
1801, at the age of 18— and William, who obtained
a pension for wounds, and died in 1835.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1803, as Fst.-cl.
Boy, on board the PicASE, Lieut.-Commander
Edw. Crouch ; and on becoming Midshipman, in
1805, of the Orion 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, offi-
ciated as that oflScer's sole Aide-de-Camp at the
battle of Trafalgar. Continuing to serve in the
Obion, under Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson,
until Dec. 1813, he next accompanied the expedi-
tions of 1807 and 1809 to Copenhagen and the Wal-
cheren. He was ordered, after the surrender of
the Danish shipping, to assist Lieut. Geo. Hilton
in navigating to England the JPerien of 44 guns ;
and during the siege of Flushing he was arduously
employed on board a gun-vessel. On the Orion
being paid off, Mr. Gray took a passage from Ply-
mouth in the Fortune hoy, for the purpose of
joining the Venekable 74, then fitting at Ports-
mouth for the flag of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas.
Durham, but he was unfortunately wrecked during
the voyage, on the Shag-stone, when, out of about
70 persons who were on board, not more than 11
were saved. On that occasion, perceiving that the
only chance of escape was in keeping the vessel on
the reef, Mr. Gray nobly refused a place in the boat
he had assisted in launching, that he might remain
on board, and afford to those who were left the
benefit of his advice and exertions towards effect-
ing that object. As a reward for this singularly
intrepid act of humanity, he was rewarded by being
placed first upon Rear-Admiral Durham's list for
promotion. He had previously distingmshed him-
self in the month of Oct. 1809, in jumping over-
board when the Orion was refitting in Portsmouth
Harbour, and rescuing the life of a boy named
Edw. Simmons, who had fallen overboard, and could
not swim. Shortly after joining the Venerable,
and when off Madeira, we find Mr. Gray contribut-
ing to the capture, on 16 and 20 Jan. 1814, of the
French 40-gun frigates Iphigenk and Alcmene — the
latter of whom he was among the first to board.
On 7 of the following June, having passed Ms exa-
mination nearlj' five years, he was appointed Acting-
Lieutenant of the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony
Maitland, to which frigate the Admiralty confirm-
ed him on 26 of the next Aug. The Pique, sta-
tioned in the West Indies, being placed out of com-
mission in Aug. 1815, he remained unemployed
until 6 June. 1831, when he joined the Ordinary at
Chatham. During his continuance in that service,
which he did not quit until 1 Oct. 1834, he appears
to have been twice deputed to assist Capt. John
Marshall in the conduct of the Quarantine Esta-
blishment at Standgate Creek. From 11 Jan. 1834
until Nov. 1835, he next had the direction of the
Police department of Chatham Dockyard. He then
went on half-pay for the purpose of joining the
merchant-service, and has not been since officially
employed.
Lieut. Gray is married, and has issue two sons
and three daughters.
GRAY. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Herbert Blachford Gray entered the Navy
18 Feb. 1816; was wounded, 20 Oct. 1827, at the
battle of Navarin, while serving on board the Genoa
74, Capt. Walter Bathurst ; * passed his examinar
tion 4 Nov. 1829 ; procured an appointment in the
Coast Guard 4 Dec. 1839 ; and obtained his com-
mission 5 Jan. 1844. He has since joined— 2 Feb.
1844, the Penelope steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Jones,
on the coast of Africa — 16 July, 1844, the Hydra
steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young, on the
same station— 3 March, 1846, the Tortoise store-
ship at Ascension, Capt. Arthur Morrell— and 2
Dec. 1846, as Senior, the Resistance troop-ship,
Capt. Geo. Lowe. Lieut. Gray is. Senior of 1844.
GRAY. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 30.)
Matthew (Philpot Beery) Gray, bom 13 Dec.
1793, at Ballinrobe, co. Mayo, is son of the late
Capt. Owen Wynne Gray, of the 6th Dragoon
Guards. He is brother of Lieut. Chas Gray, of
the 30th Regt., who was killed at the storming of
* Fide Gaz. 182r, p. 2Ui.
GRAY.
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Badajoa ; of Capt. Wm. Gray, who died of wounds
received in Canada ; of Major Owen Wynne Gray,
of the 62nd, who fell in action ; and of Hugh Gray,
who lost his life during the Burmese war. He is
uncle of the present Governor of South Australia.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 April, 1805,- as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Isis 50, Capt. John Ac-
worth Ommanney, bearing the flag of Sir Erasmus
Gowor, Governor of Newfoundland, from which
place he returned to England in March, 1807. He
re-embarked (having been intermediately employed
in the study of navigation), 3 Jan. 1807, on board
the Bkilliamt 28, Capt. Thos. Smyth, and during
the next two years was actively engaged on the
. coast of France, where, besides blockading the ports
of Cherbourg and St. Malo, he joined in many cut-
ting-out affairs, contributed much to the obstruction
of the enemy's coasting-trade, and assisted at the
capture of a privateer. Becoming Midshipman,
then, of the Thalia 36, Capts. Thos. Manby and
Jas. Giles Vashon, Mr. Gray presently accompanied
the former officer in supposed pursuit of two French
frigates to Davis Strait. On his return to Europe,
after a fruitless exposure of several weeks to many
severe hardships, and a prolonged stay on the coast
of Labrador, he accompanied the expedition to the
Waloheren, and, on 11 Aug. 1809, assisted in forcing
the passage between the batteries of Flushing and
Cadsand. Prior to sailing in the Thalia for the
West Indies, Mr. Gray next, in one of that frigate's
boats, and while in attendance on the King off
Weymouth, assisted in saving the royal barge ; an
occasion on which the late Sir Harry Neale lost his
son. In Feb. 1810, having arrived in the West
Indies, he there joined the Hebe 32, Capt. John
Fyffe, and (with the exception of a brief attachment,
in the autumn of 1811, to the Thisbe 28, guard-ship
in the river Thames) he continued to serve on that
station, both in the Hebe and in the Akethdsa 38,
bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Stirling, Poly-
phemus 64, Capt. Douglas, and Vakiable 6, Lieut. -
Commander Rich. Augustus Yates, until June, 1813.
During the period of his servitude in the latter
vessel, Mr. Gray was thrice placed in charge of
prizes of great value, the whole of which he suc-
ceeded in conducting through the difficult and dan-
gerous navigation which leads into Nassau, New
Providence. On his return home with Vice-Ad-
miral Stirling, in the Bedfohd 74, he was ordered
to join the Asia 74, bearing the flag in North
America of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, by whom he
was invested, 29 July, 1814, with the command, as
Sub-Lieutenant, of the Anna Makia advice-vessel.
After witnessing the ensuing capitulation of Alex-
andria, we Aid him leading Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon's
sqtedron down the Potomac, and effecting the de-
struction, during the descent, of one of the enemy's
forts. Having further attended the expedition to
Baltimore, he was next employed in covering a
foraging party at Windmill Point, where he laYided
and, with only 24 men, defeated a large detachment
of American militia, but not without receiving a
slight sword-wound on the elbow, and two buck-
shot in the leg. In reward for the zeal, diligence,
and activity he had displayed in the performance
of these services, he was promoted by Sir Alex.
Cochrane to the rank of Lieutenant 3 Sept. 1814.
After the attack upon Cumberland Island Mr. Gray,
who had previously shared in the operations against
Crany Island, . proceeded to Bermuda with de-
spatches for the Governor, Sir Jas. Cockbum.
While there he had the good fortune to recover
the Countess of Harcourt East Indiaman, which had
been abandoned by the persons in charge of her,
and which, with the assistance of the Coqdette,
who subsequently came up, he brought into port.
Sir Alex. Cochrane, after this, appointed him to
the command, 22 April, 1815, of the St. Lawrence
14, on leaving which vessel he successively joined
the GoREE 16, Capt. John Willson, and Niger 38,
Capt. Sam. Jackson. He returned home from North
America in Aug. 1816, on board the Buffalo, having
been officially promoted by commission dated 9 Feb.
1815, and has since been on half-pay.
He married, 8 March, 1820, Anne, eldest daughter
of Thos. Lennon, Esq., of Colehill House, late High
Sheriff for co. Longford, and has issue two sons and
two daughters. His youngest son is a Midshipman
in the K.N.
GRAY. (LlEDTENANT, 1830. F-p., 13 ; H-P., 21.)
RioHABD Gray entered the Navy, 10 March,
1813, as F8t.-cl. Vol., on board the Plantagenet
74, Capt. Kobt. Lloyd, employed in North America
and the West Indies. From May, 1815, until the
summer of 1820, when he passed his examination,
he officiated, as Midshipman, on the Home, North
American, and West India stations, in the Havock
10, Capt. Geo. Truscott, Dee 24, Capt. Sam. Cham-
bers, and Pyeamus 36, Capt. Eras. Newcombe.
He continued from the latter date to serve in the
Pyramos, as Mate, until May, 1821, and then joined
the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Thos. Gill. In the
summer of 1829, after an interval of nearly four
years, he returned to the West Indies on board the
Grasshopper 18, Capt. Chas. Deare. He was there
appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 4 April, 1830, of the
Barham 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Chas. Elphrn-
stone Fleeming, but left that ship on the occasion
of his official promotion, which took place 12 July
following, and has not since been afloat.
He married, 28 Oct. 1830, Eleanor Charlotte,
daughter of the late W. A. Pengree, Esq., of
Lloughor, Glamorganshire.
GEAY. (LlEDTENANT, 1815. F-P., 12 ; H-p., 28.)
Thomas Gray (6) was born 5 Nov. 1787, and
died 18 Sept. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1806, as
A.B., on board the Elector 16, Capt. Geo. Trol-
lope. After cruizing for some time in the North
Sea he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he
became Master's Mate of the Delight 16, Capts.
John Brett Purvis and Lord Balgonie, with the
latter of whom, and with Capts. G. W. H. Knight
and Sir Thos. John Cochrane, he served, from
Aug. 1810 until 8 May, 1815, in the Romdltis 36,
and Surprise 38, latterly on the American station.
He then went on half-pay, having been advanced
to the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 10
Feb. 1815 ; and, with the exception of a servitude,
from 7 Feb. 1829, until 31 Deo. 1830, in the Coast
Guard, was not afterwards employed.
Lieut. Gray has left a family of seven children.
Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
GRAY. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
William Gray (b) was bom 9 April, 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 April, 1808, aa
Midshipman, on board the Zebra bomb, Capt.
Thos. Rich. Toker, stationed in the Baltic, where
he accompanied the same officer into the Cruizer
18. In Feb. 1813 he joined tjie Lacedemonian 38,
Capt. Sam. Jackson, employed off the coast of North
America ; and, in June, 1815, the month in which
he passed his examination, he became Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Pique 36, commanded in the West
Indies by Capts. Fanshawe, Tait, and Mackellar.
Between Sept. 1818 and the early part of 1825,
Mr. Gray was employed, chiefly as Mate, in the
Sybille and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships at Ja-
maica and Portsmouth of Sir Home Popham and
Sir Geo. Campbell, Owen Glendowee 42, bearing
the broad pendant of Sir Robt. Mends on the west
coast of Africa, Pylades 18, Capt. Fras. Fead,
stationed in the Channel, and Esk 20, Capt. Wm.
Jardine Purchas, on the African coast. On 1 July,
1825, he was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the
Maidstone 36, Commodore Chas. BuUen, employed
on the station last mentioned, where, as he had
done while belonging to the Owen Glendower, he
commanded, a tender at the capture of a slave-
vessel. He has been on half-pay since 6 April
1826. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. '
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GRAYDON- GREATHED-GREEN.
GEAYDON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
James Newenham Gratdon entered the Navy,
3 March, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Axc-
MENE 32, Capts. Jas. Brisbane andWm. Hen. Brown
Tremlett, in which frigate he served off the coasta
of France and Spain, latterly as Midshipman, until
wrecked, off Nantes, while blockading two of the
enemy's frigates, 29 April, 1809. In June following
he joined the Milfokd 74, Capt. Broughton, sta-
tioned off L'Orient ; and he was next successively
employed, between Aug. 1810 and June, 1814, to-
wards the close of the time as Acting-Lieutenant,
in the Dove cutter, Lieut.-Commanders Rich. Cross-
man and Jas. Allen, and Chargek and Imogeke
brigs, Capts. Jas. Askey and Wm. Ross Bamber,
on the Cadiz, Mediterranean, and Home stations.
He then became attached, in the capacity last men-
tioned, to the Tartards 20, Capt. John Pasco, and
Banterer brig, Capt. Chas. Warde. Since the re-
ceipt of his commission, which bears date 13 March,
1815, he has been on half-pay. Agents — Pettet
and Newton.
GEEATHED. (Liectenabt, 1846.)
George Herbert Harris Greathed passed his
examination 16 May, 1840, and served as Mate, on
the Mediterranean and Home stations, in the Indus
78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, and Qdeen 110, For-
midable 84, and St. Vincent 120, flag-ships of Sir
Edw. W. C. B. Owen and Sir Chas. Ogle. He ob-
tained his commission 7 Feb. 1846, and has been
since serving, again in the Mediterranean, on board
the HABtEQDiN 12, Capt. John Moore.
GEEEN, Kt., K.C.H., K.S.S. (Captain, 1814.
F-p., 22 ; H-p., 32.)
Sir Andrew Pellet Green entered the Navy,
14 April, 1793, as Midshipman, on board the Illcs-
triods 74, Capt. Thos. Lennox Frederick, under
whom, after serving at the investment of Toulon,
also at the reduction of Bastia, and in Hotham's
first action, he was wrecked, during a gale, near
Avenza, 18 March, 1795. On 7 of the following
October, having intermediately joined the Censedr
74, armee-enr-flute, Capt. John Gore, he had the fur-
ther misfortune to be captured, after a brave de-
fence of 40 minutes, by a French squadron under
M. Bichery. On his restoration to liberty, in March,
1796, he became Midshipman of the Thunderer 74,
bearing the flag of Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian,
Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies, where he
beheld the reduction of Ste. Lucie, the destruction
of the French frigate Hanmmie^ and the evacuation
of St. Domingo. From the Thunderer, of which
ship he had been nominated Acting-Lieutenant 22
June, 1799, he removed in that capacity, 16 April,
1800, to the Brunswick 74, Capt. Jas. Wallace.
Being ofBcially promoted on his return to England,
by commission dated 8 Aug. 1800, Mr. Green next
joined in succession — 17 Septjrin the same year, the
Ganges 74, Capts. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, Baker,
and Geo. M'Kinley, under the first of whom, pre-
viously to sailing for America and the West Indies,
he served at the battle of Copenhagen 2 April, 1801
— 9 Sept. 1803, to the Eurydice 24, Capts. Nicholas
and Wm. Hoste, in command of the boats of which
vessel, on her arrival in the Mediterranean from
the coast of Africa, he acquired great praise for his
gallantry in an attack made, 6 Oct. 1805, on the
Mestuo la Solidad Spanish privateer of 6 guns, and
a convoy of which the latter had charge * — imme-
diately after the latter event, to the Neptune 98,
Capt. T. F. Fremantle, one of the victorious fleet
in the ensuing action off Trafalgar, and part of the
force next employed at the siege of Danzig — and,
after 15 months of half-pay, 23 March, 1807, and
23 July, 1808, to the command, on the Baltic, Home,
Mediterranean, and American stations, of the Fa-
vobite and Gleaner cutters. Obtaining a second
promotal commission 1 Feb. 1812, Capt. Green sub-
sequently joined the Shamrock and Harrier sloops.
In the former of those vessels he distinguished hun-
• Vide Gai. 18C5, p. 1376.
self at the capture of Cuxhaven;* and he was
further present, as a volunteer, at the reduction of
Gluckstadt.t He acquired Post-rank 12 April, 1814,
and was afterwards appointed — 16 May, 1815, and
25 Aug. 1818, to the Wye 24, and Kochtort 80, as
Flag-Captain to Sir T. F. Fremantle, on the Jersey
and Mediterranean stations. He left the Wye in
March, 1816 ; and, since the paying off of the RocH-
fort in 1820, has again been on half-pay.
Sir Andw. Pellet Green, who had been created a
K.H. and K.S.S. for his services at Cuxhaven and
Gluckstadt, received, in 1832, the honour of Knight-
hood and the K.C.H. He is also a Knight of the
Order of the Iron Crown of Austria. He was ap-
pointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to William IV. (whose
funeral he attended in that capacity) 8 July, 1837,
and to Her present Majesty 23 Nov. 1841. He is
now Senior Captain of 1814. Agent — J. Chippen-
dale.
GEEEN. (Lieutenant, 1809.)
John Green served as Midshipman on board the
CouRAGEUX 74, Capt. Sam. Hood, in the expedition
of Aug. 1800 to Ferrol ; and, in July, 1801, having
accompanied the same officer into the Venerable
74, was next present in Sir Jas. Saumarez' actions
off Algeciras and Cadiz. He afterwards commanded
a boat belonging to the Eclair at the cutting out
of a vessel from under the enemy's batteries at
Martinique. He also saw a good deal of boat-ser-
vice off St. Eustatius and on the Spanish Main;
was in a boat of the Galatea 32, Capt. Geo. Sayer,
at the taking of several armed vessels in the har-
bour of Barcelona in 1806 ; and, on 21 Jan. 1807,
led, as Master's Mate, the five boats of that frigate,
carrying altogether 75 officers, seamen, and marines,
the whole under command of Lieut. Wm. Coombe,
at the boarding and capture, after a pursuit (part
of the time under a vertical sun) of eight hours, a
sharp contest of a quarter of an hour, two repulses,
and a loss of 9 men killed and 22 (including himself
twice) wounded, of the Frencli national corvette
Le Lynx, of 16 guns and 161 men, 14 of whom were
slain and 20 wounded. For their zeal and gallantry
in the consummation of this desperate exploit, Mr.
Green and the other surviving officers were each
presented with a sword by the Patriotic Society.
During his continuance in the Galatea the sub-
ject of this sketch, who, previously to the latter
event, had served in her boats at the capture, 12
Nov. 1806, of ia Beumon schooner, of 10 guns, fur-
ther witnessed the surrender of the Danish West
India islands in Dec. 1807 ; and on one occasion,
while in command of a tender, armed with a light
caxronade and 20 men, he captured a vessel of very
superior force, after an action in which he was
again wounded. He had the misfortune, however,
to be soon taken prisoner by a national cutter of
14 guns. He ultimately attained the rank of Lieu-
tenant by commission dated 1 1 Aug. 1809 ; and, on
subsequently joining the MusQurro, succeeded in
capturing an armed vessel at the mouth of the river
Oost. His last appointment appears to have been,
on 20 Aug. 1826, to the Coast Blockade, in which he
served for some time as Supernumerary-Lieutenant
of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye.
Lieut. Green married, 22 May, 1827, Caroline,
youngest daughter of the late Edw. Golding, Esq.,
of Maiden Eligh, co. Berks, by whom he has issue.
Agents — Collier and Snee.
GEEEN. (Lieut., 1806. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 30.)
William Pbingle Green died in Nov. 1846, at
the age of 61.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Resolution 74, Capt.
Fras. Pender, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Geo.
Murray on the Halifax station, where, towards the
close of the same year, he became Midshipman of
the Cleopatra 32, Capt. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose.
While next attached, from Aug. 1797 until Oct.
1801, to the TopAZE 36, Capt. Stephen G. Church,
he appears to have seen mu(^ active boat-service in
• Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 2«MS. -f V. Gai.lBM, p. 126.
GREENAW AY-GREENE.
427
ihe West Indies ; to have been al80 in action, off
the Havana, with a Spanish ship of the line, as well
as with the batteries in Gibraltar Bay ; and to have
accompanied the Duke of Kent from Halifax to
England as his Naval Aide-de-Camp. On leaving
the TopAZE Mr. Green successively joined the
CiBCE frigate, Capt. Isaac WoUey, and Sans Pa-
REiL 80, and Trent 36, both commanded, the former
as flag-ship to Kear-Admiral Robt. Montagu, by
Capt. Jas. Katon, and all stationed in the West
Indies, whence, after having passed throtigh scenes
of awful mortality, and been employed for 14
months as Master's Mate, he returned to England
in June, 1803. He was then at once draughted into
the CoNQUEROB 74, Capt. Israel Pellew, under whom,
in the capacity last mentioned, he cruized for some
time in the Channel, and ultimately shared, on his
return with Lord Nelson from a pursuit of the com-
bined fleets to the West Indies, in the glories of
Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. The CoNanEEon, on that
day, had the honour of taking possession of the
Bvtentaure, the French Commander-in-Chief's ship ;
and Mr. Green, we are informed, had command of
the boats, which were twice sunk in their attempt
to take the prize in tow. On 8 Jan. 1806 this officer,
whom the exigencies of his_| profession had deprived
of an opportunity of passing his examination
earlier than 1805, was promoted, for his conduct at
Trafalgar, to a Lieutenancy in the Formidable 98,
bearing the flag in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent.
His subsequent appointments were — 28 Nov. 1807,
through the interest of the Duke of Kent, to the
Decade frigate, commanded on the Home station
by Capt. John Stewart— 4 June, 1808, as First, to
the EuBTDioE 24, Capt. Jas. Bradshaw, employed,
during the American embargo of that year, as a
ship of observation on the American lines adjoining
Nova Scotia— 11 June, 1812, again through the
Duke of Kent, to the command of the Kesoldte 14,
in which vessel, stationed until Oct. 1815 ofi' the
coasts of Ireland and Scotland, he put into practice
a mode of training the crew afterwards adopted
throughout the whole Navy— 16 Deo. 1826, to the
Transport service, in which he officiated as Agent
Afloat until 21 March, 1827—19 Aug. 1829 to the
AsTBiEA packet, Capt.Wm. King, on the Falmouth
station— 3 Nov. 1829 to the command of the Fbolic,
another Falmouth packet, in which he continued
until paid off, 26 Nov. 1832— and 10 May, 1842, to
the ViCTORr 104, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson,
guard-ship at Portsmouth. He was superseded in
the latter appointment in the spring of 1843, and
not afterwards employed.
Lieut. Green was an officer of great mechanical
powers. Although his exertions, rewarded in gene-
ral with the most blasting iU-luck, seldom fructified
into good to himself, he nevertheless unflinchingly
devoted the greater portion of his life to the pro-
motion of inventions and improvements connected
with the service, many of which indeed are so valu-
able as to have been universally introduced into the
Navy. In 1808 he suggested to Sir John Borlase
Warren, then Commander-in-Chief on the North
American station, the expediency of a change in
the construction, armament, and discipline of British
ships of war, in order that they might be rendered
capable of more equally copmg with the enemy.
He afterwards submitted to the Navy Board a plan
for lowering and Adding topmasts, an imitation of
which, at a later period, procured another person,
we understand, a reward from the Admiralty of
5000/. The Society of Arts, in 1823, presented him
with a silver medal for his improvements in rigging
ships ; as they subsequently did for his " tiller for
a disabled rudder," and his "gun-carriage and
jointed ramrod for naval use." In 1837 he took
out a patent for an "invention of improvements
in capstans and machinery employed in raising,
lowermg, and moving ponderous bodies and mat-
ters." He had previously, in 1833, published a
work, entitled 'Fragments on Electricity, Mag-
netism, Aerolites, &c. Lieut. Green, who died Se-
nior of 1841, has left a widow with three sons and
seven daughters. His second son, John, is a Clerk
of the Victory ; and his youngest, Gilbert Elliot,
Second Master of the Dragon steam-frigate.
Agent- J. Woodhead.
GREENAW AY. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 11
H-p., 33.)
Richard Grebnawav entered the Navy, in July,
1803, as Midshipman, on board the Ruby 64, Capt.
Fras. Farington Gardner, flag-ship afterwards of
the late Sir Edw. Thombrough, in which he
served, on the North Sea, Cadiz, and Lisbon sta-
tions, the last three years as Master's Mate, until
transferred in that capacity, in April, 1809, to the
Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley. While under the
latter officer he attended the expedition of 1809 to
the Walcheren, co-operated in the defence of Cadiz
in 1810, assisted at the capture, 27 Nov. 1811, of La
Corceyre frigate, carrying 28 guns, together with 170
seamen and 130 soldiers, and beheld the fall, in 1813,
of Fiume, Trieste, and other places in the Adriatic.
He also, on 8 June, 1813, partially commanded the
boats at the destruction, close to Omago, of a 2-gun
battery and the capture of four scuttled vessels
loaded with wine ;* and on 8 of ^e following month
he led the storming party which took and annihi-
lated the fortress of Farasina, mounting 5 long 18-
pounders.j' After further escorting Louis XVIII.
to France, Mr. Greenaway, who had been created a
Lieutenant 13 Dec. 1809, and had been a long time
First of the Eagle, was advanced to the rank of
Commander by commission dated 26 May, 1814.
He has not since been afloat.
He married, 8 Nov. 1837, Catherine, youngest
daughter of the late John Cookson, Esq., of Clap-
ham. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
GRPJENE. (LranTENANT, 1842.)
AuGDSTns Percival Greene died, we believe, in
January, 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 23 June, 1831 ;
passed his examination 7 May, 1838 ; and, for his
services during the war in China, where he officiated
as Mate of the Cobnwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm.
Parker, and served on shore in the operations
against Chapoo and Woosung, was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842.t His last appoint-
ment was, 8 July, 1843, to the Ploveb surveying-
vessel, commanded in the East Indies by Capt. Rich.
Collinson, with whom he continued until the period
of his death. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
GREENE. (COMMABDEB, 1814. F-p., 13; H-P., 33.)
Chables Gbeene is son of the Rev. Doctor
Greene.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in
Dec. 1801 ; and embarked, 2 Nov. 1805, as A.B., on
board the EnRYALcs 36, Capts. Hon. Hen. Black-
wood and Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas,
employed off Cadiz. In April, 1806, he joined the
Ajax 74, Capts. John Pilford and Hon. H. Black-
wood ; on the accidental destruction of which ship
by fire off the Dardanells, 14 Feb. 1807, he became
attached to the Active 38, Capt. Rich. Hussey
Moubray, and immediately accompanied Sir John
Thos. Duckworth in the passage of those straits,
where he assisted at the destruction of the Turkish
squadron off' Point Pesquies. Rejoining the Hon.
H. Blackwood, in Feb. 1808, on board the War-
spite 74, he continued to serve with that officer, as
Midshipman, in the North Sea and Mediterranean,
until nominated Acting-Lieutenant, 6 Feb. 1810 of
the Tjgbe 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell. He was con-
firmed, 4 May following, into the Atlas 74, Capt.
Jas. Sanders, off Cadiz; and next appointed, 15 Feb.
» Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 2010.
f In the preceding April he had commanded the boats of
the Eaole, in conjunction with those of the Elizabeth 74
under Lieut. Mitchell Roberts, and had assisted, much to his
credit, at the capture of one, and destruction of another of
an armed convoy who had run themselves on shore into a
tremendous surf, under the protection of a galling fire from a
2-gun battery, two schooners, and three settee eun-boats
FT Gal. 1813, p. 1793. ' '
t K Gaz. 1842, pp. 3400, 3694, 3821.
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GREENE-GREENING— GREENSWORD-GREENWAY.
1811, to the Ladeei, 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Row-
ley, in which frigate he was wrecked, on the Govivas
rock, in the Teigneuse passage, under a heavy fire
from the French batteries, 3l' Jan. 1812. Being
sent on shore on that occasion to solicit assistance
from the enemy, and to request the French com-
mandant to cease his cannonade, he was detained
prisoner ; nor did he succeed in procuring his en-
largement until the conclusion of hostilities in May,
1814. He was then successively appointed to ,the
Impregnable 98, bearing the flag of H.E.H. the
Duke of Clarence, and Magicienne 36, Capt. Hon.
"Wm. Gordon ; and on 23 of the following July was
advanced to the rank of Commander. He has not
been since employed. Agents — Messrs. Halford.
GREENE. (CoMMANDEK, 1833. f-p.,23; h-p., 12.)
Thomas Greene entered the Navy, in Jan. 1812,
as a Volunteer, on board the Tonnamt 80, Capt. Sir
.John Gore, stationed in the Channel. In June fol-
lowing he became Midshipman of the Fawn 20,
Capt. Thos. Fellowes, in which ship, we believe,
after accompanying a convoy to the West Indies, he
assisted at the recapture of the Perthshire letter-
of-marque, of 14 guns, and destruction of the
Rosamcmd, a notorious American privateer, of 8
heavy guns and 105 men. From Oct. 1813 until
June, 1817, he was employed, on the Home station,
in the Eridands 36, Capts. Hen. Prescott, Wm.
Paterson, and Wm. King ; and between the latter
date and March, 1823, he further served, on the
Cork, West India, Home, and South American sta-
tions, in the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Benj.
Hallowell, Tribdne 36, Capt. Nesbit Josiah Wil-
loughby, Tartar frigate. Commodore Sir Geo.
Ralph Collier, Bulwark and Gloucester 74's,
bearing each the flag of Sir B. HalloweU, and
Beaveb 10, Capts. Arch. M'Lean and Thos. Bour-
chier. He was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 7 June,
1823, in the Doris 42, Capts. Fred. Edw. Venables
Vernon, Thos. Bourehier, and Wm. Jas. Hope
Johnstone, under the latter of whom he was for
some time employed ofi" the port of Pernambuco for
the protection of British property. His next ap-
pointment, we find, was to the Semiramis 42, Capt.
Kobt. Rowley, in which frigate he served on the
Cork station until May, 1827. He attained his
present rank 2 July, 1833 ; and he subsequently,
from 9 Oct. 1834 until the autumn of 1837, and
again from 27 Sept. 1838 until the same period in
1843, officiated as an Inspecting-Commander in the
Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
GREENE. (Captain, 1834. r-p., 17 ; h-p., 20.)
William Burnabt Greene Is son of Capt. Pitt
Bumaby Greene, R.N. (1811), who died in 1837.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 27
Jan. 1810 ; and embarked, 3 May, 1812, as Midship-
man, on board the Ganymede 26, Capt. John Brett
Purvis, under whom he appears to have been em-
ployed until Sept. 1814 on the coast of Spain, where
he frequently came into action with the enemy and
saw much active hoa1>service. During the next
four years we find him successively joining the
Bonne Citotenne 20, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas.
Clifford, Astr^a 36, Capt. Edw. Kittoe, Furieuse
36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, Challenger 16, Capt.
Hen. Forbes, Falmouth 20, Capt. Robt. Worgan
Geo. Festing, Phaeton 46, Capt. Fras. Stanfell, and
RorAL Sovereign and Royal George yachts,
Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen and Hon. Chas.
Paget. In all of those ships, with the exception of
the Falmouth and Phaeton, in which he visited
St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope, Mr. Greene
served on the Home station. Obtaining his first
commission 9 Nov. 1818, he was next appointed, in
the capacity of Lieutenant— 22 May, 1821, to the
Rose 18, Capt. Thos. Ball Clowes, in which vessel,
on proceeding to the Mediterranean, he had the
misfortune to be severely wounded — 8 July, 1822,
to the William and Mary yacht, Capt. Chas. Mal-
colm, lying at Dublin— and, 25 Nov. 1823, to the
Revenge 76, bearing the flag on the Mediterranean
station of Sir Harry Burrard Neale. He was pro-
moted, 30 Deo. 1826, to the command of the Medina
20, which sloop he paid off' in 1827 ; and he next,
from 22 July, 1830, until put out of commission 13
Dec. 1821, officiated as Second-Captain, again in the
Mediterranean, of the Kent 78, Capt. Sam. Pym.
He was advanced to the rank he now holds 6 June,
1834 ; but has not since been afloat.
Capt. Greene married, 21 April, 1829, Catherine,
eldest daughter of the late Sam. Powell, Esq. (of
Hammerton and Brandlesome Halls, cos. Tork and
Lancaster, and of Barley Street, London), and
sister of Capt. Hen. Folliott Powell, of the Ceylon
Rifle Regt, by whom he has issue;
GREENE. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
William Pomeroy Greene died in the autumn
of 1846.
This officer entered the Navy 1 March, 1810;
passed his examination in 1816 ; and obtained his
commission 30 Jan. 1826. We do not believe he
was afterwards employed.
GREENING. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
Richard Greening was bom 20 Oct. 1783.
This officer (who had been previously employed
for flve years in the merchant-service) entered the
Navy, into which he was impressed, 7 Nov. 1803, as
Midshipman, on board the Hero 74, Capts. Hon.
Alan Hyde Gardner and John Poo Beresford. In
that ship he fought and was slightly wounded in
Sir Robt. Calder's and Sir Rich. Strachan's actions,
22 July and 4 Nov. 1805 ; and on 13 of the following
March he further witnessed the capture of the
French 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the flag of
Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. In
the summer of 1807, after a brief attachment with
Capt. Beresford to the Ville de Paris 110, he
sailed for the Mediterranean as Master's Mate of
the Minstrel 18, Capts. John HoUinworth, Ralph
Randolph Wormeley, and John Campbell ; in which
sloop, besides assisting at the capture, 16 July, 1808,
of the national schooner Ortenzia, pierced for 16,
but carrying only 10 guns, he was present, 13 Dec.
1810, at the destruction of a large convoy protected
by two batteries in the Mole of Palamos, where the
boats, commanded by Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, sus-
tained a loss, out of 600 officers and men, of upwards
of 200 killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. Mr.
Greening, who also participated while in the Min-
strel in many boat-sldrmishes in the Adriatic,
next, in 1813, proceeded to the East Indies in the
Salsette 36, Capt. John Bowen. He was there
appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 19 June, 1815, of the
MiNDEN 74, Capt. Donald Hugh Mackay; and on
his return home for the purpose of being paid off" in
March, 1816, he found that he had been officially
promoted by commission dated 20 Sept. in the same
year. He has not since been employed.
Lieut. Greening married, in 1831, Miss Frances
Bruton.
GREENSWORD. (Retired Commander, 1842.)
Edward Nathaniel Greessword died 17 June,
1845, at Boulogne-sur-Mer, aged 71.
This officer (whose name had been previously
borne for upwards of seven years on the books of
the Brune and London) embarked, 2 July, 1795, on
board the Coromandel, Capt. John Inglis, under
whom, on removing to the Belliqoedx 64, he bore
a part in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797.
He was promoted, 8 Oct. 1798, to a Lieutenancy in
the Woolwich, arme'e-en-flute, Capt. Michael Halli-
day, from which vessel, after visiting the Cape of
Good Hope, he was sent, sick, to Haslar Hospital,
24 Feb. 1800. He became a Retired Commander,
on the Junior List, 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the Senior,
5 Jon. 1842. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
GREENWAY. (Lieut., 1814. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 30.)
George Codrtenay Greenway entered the
Navy, 2 Oeti 1806, as Fst,-ol. Vol., on board the
GREENWAY—GREER-GREET— GREGORY.
429
AcHiLLE 74, Capts. Sir Rich. King and Aislcew
Paffard Hollia. After serving for some time in the
Bay of Biscay, and co-operating in the reduction of
Flushing, he joined, as Midshipman, in the defence
of Cadiz, where he was lent to the Spanish 74-gun
ship Neptune. On his return home in 1811 on board
the San Josef 110, late flag-ship in the Mediterrar
nean of Sir Chas. Cotton, he became successively
attached to the Endymion 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton,
York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton, and Macedoniam, of
48 guns and 254 men, Capt. John Surman Carden.
'While in the latter ship he commanded her cutter,
in company with another boat under Lieut. Geo.
Kich. Pechell, at the capture, 7 Aug. 1812, of a
French lugger, lying aground within musketrshot of
the formidable batteries on Be d' Aix ; and on 25
Oct. 1812 he was present and severely wounded in
a desperate action of two hours and 10 minutes,
which rendered her a shattered prize, after experi-
encing a loss of 36 men killed and 68 wounded, to
the American frigate United States, of 56 guns and
474 men, 12 of whom only appear to have been
killed and wounded.* The injury he received on
tlie occasion was produced by a grape-shot, weigh-
ing 14 ounces, which entered the left side under the
centre of the dorsal vertebrae, and, cutting away
the right shoulder-blade, took an oblique direction
and lodged immediately over the fifth and sixth
ribs, whence it was extracted. Joining next, in
April, 1813, the Dragon 74, Capt. Kobt. Barrie,
Mr. Greenway was by that officer detached for a
period of six months in the Erie, of 2 guns and 30
men, for the purpose of harassing and destroying
the enemy's trade in the Chesax^eake and Penobscot.'
He afterwards came into frequent contact with
Commodore Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent, and
assisted also in the attacks on St. Mary's, Bangor, '
and other places. He came home in April, 1815,
having been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on
11 of the previous October; and was next, from
Sept. in the same year until July, 1817, employed
at Plymouth on board the St. George 98, Impreg-
nable 98, Berwick 74, and Impregnable again, all
flag-ships of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. He has
not held any further appointment.
Lieut. Greenway has been in the receipt, since
12 Aug. 1816, of a pension for his wound of 91Z. 5s.
GREENWAY. (Lieut., 1805. f-p., 8; h-p.,39.)
Richard Croft Greenway entered the Navy, in
Jan. 1800, as A.B., on board the Syren 32, Capt.
Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, with whom, after an
attendance of three months on George III. off
Weymouth, and a voyage with convoy to the West
Indies, he removed, as Midshipman, in Aug. 1801,
to the Melampus 36. That frigate being paid off
in June, 1802, he next, in Aug. 1803, joined the
ViLLE DE Paris 110, bearing the flag in the Channel
of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis; of which ship he was
created a Lieutenant 8 March, 1805. Continuing
to serve in the Ville de Paris until June, 1806,
Mr. Greenway, on 22 of the Aug. following his pro-
motion, had an opportunity of sharing in Cornwallis'
pursuit of the French fleet into Brest. His last ap-
pointment, we believe, was to the Avon sloop, Capt.
Thos. Thrush, in which vessel he served in the
Channel and West Indies until May, 1808, at which
period ho invalided. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
GEEER. (Retiiied Commander, 1840. r-p., 16;
H-p., 38.)
John Miers Greer, born 4 April, 1778, is sixth
son of the late John Greer, Esq., of Grange M'Gre-
gor, CO. Tyrone, a Justice of the Peace, and Deputy-
Governor of COS. Armagh and Tyrone for upwards
of 50 years, by Catherine, daughter of John Cup-
page, Esq., of Garden Hill, co. Antrim.
This offloer entered the Navy, 13 May, 1793, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Invincible 74, Capt.
Hon. Thos. Pakenham, one of Lord Howe's victo-
rious fleet in the action of 1 June, 1794. In 1796,
after having further served with the same ofiioer in
• I'ideGni. 1812, p. ?596.
La Jdste 80, he became Midshipman, in the Medi-
terranean, of , the Amphiteite frigate, Capt. Hon.
Chas. Herbert; on subsequently accompanying
whom into the Amelia 38, he was present at the
defeat of Commodore Bompart's squadron off the
coast of Ireland in Oct. 1798. After that event he
removed to the Royal George 100, bearing the
flag in the Channel of Lord Bridport, by whom he
was soon appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Nep-
tune 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon. He was confirmed, 20
Sept. 1799, into La Suffisante sloop, Capts. Jonas
Rose and Christ. John Williams Nesham, employed
on the Plymouth station, where he continued until
the peace. His next appointments were — 12 April,
1803, to the Grampus 50, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulr
feild, on the East India station, whence he invalided
in June, 1804—22 July, 1805, to the Espoir brig,
Capts. Joseph Edmonds, Wm. King, and Hen. Hope,
in which vessel, after assisting at the reduction of
the Cape of Good Hope, he proceeded to the Medi-
terranean— 8 July, 1808, to the Podargus, Capts.
Wm. HeUard and John Lloyd, from which vessel
he was superseded about 1811— and, 21 Feb. 1829,
to the command of the Plumper 12, on the coast of
Africa. He invalided from the latter station in
Jan. 1830 ; and, on 14 March, 1840, he accepted the
rank he now holds.
Commander Greer was admitted to the out-pen-
sion of Greenwich Hospital 10 Aug. 1832.
GREET. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
William Greet is son of the late Alex. Greet,
Esq., and nephew of Thos. Young Greet, Esq., many
years Mayor and Chamberlain of the borough of
Queensborough, Isle of Sheppey; and stepson of
Lieut. Jas. Tilley, R.N.
This oflcer entered the Navy, 29 Nov. 1825 ;
passed his examination in 1832 ; and obtained his
commission 20 Aug. 1840. He became, 1 Oct. fol-
lowing, Additional-Lieutenant of the Camperdown
104, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Henry Digby and
Sir Edw. Brace; and since 1 Jan. 1843 has been
in command of the Perseus, off the Tower.
Lieut. Greet is married and has issue.
GREGORY. (Retired Commander, 1831. r-p.,
19; H-p., 42.)
Arthur Thomas Gregory entered the Royal
Naval Academy 26 Feb. 1786 ; and embarked, 3
May, 1790, as A.B., on board the Fury, Capt. Berke-
ley. In the following Aug. he became Midship-
man of the Thames 32, Capt. Thos. Troubridge, on
the East India station, where, in Aug. 1792, he
joined.the Phcenix 36, Capt. Rich. John Strachan.
On the return of the latter frigate to England about
the close of 1793, he removed in succession to the
Alexander 74, Capt. West, and Royal George
100, bearing the flag of Lord Bridport ; and from
the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
4 Aug. 1794, until 1799, he was next employed,
also on the Home station, in the Glory, CoSmerce
DE Marseilles, Alexander, Dart, and Irresist-
ible. His subsequent appointments were — 19 Sept.
1800, to the Zealand 64, flag-ship at the Nore — in
1803 to the Sea Fencibles at Folkestone— 30 May,
1805 and 17 April, 1806, to the Utrecht 64, and
Glatton 54, both employed in the Downs — and
6 Sept. 1806, to the Impress service at Dover, where
he continued until 1810. He accepted the rank of
retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov.
1830; and on the Senior 29 June, 1831.
GREGORY. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 10 ; h-p.,
32.)
Cave Gregory entered the Navy, 10 April, 1805,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alert 18, Capt. Jas.
Johnstone, employed in watching the Boulogne
flotilla. After serving for some time also mth the
same officer in the Curieux 18, off Lisbon; he re-
moved, in March 1806, to the Pomone38; in which
frigate he continued to be employed, under Capts.
Wm. Grenville Lobb and Robt. Barrie, on the
Channel and Mediterranean stations, chiefly as
430
GREGORY— GRENFELL-GRESHAM.
Midshipman, until wrecked, while on his passage
home, on the Needles Point, 14 Oct. 1811. During
his servitude with the last-mentioned officer, he
appears, independently of a participation in many
cutting-out aftairs, to have assisted, in company with
the Unite 36, and Scoot 18, at the destruction,
on 1 May, 181 1, after a gallant action of an hour
and a half in Sagone Bay, where the Pomone in-
curred a loss of 2 men julled and 19 wounded, ot
the two armed store-ships Giraffe and JVourrice^ each
mounting from 20 to 30 guns', and protected by a
5-gun battery, a martello-tower, and a body of about
200 regular troops. In Dec. 1811, Mr. Gregory
joined the Cephalds 18, Capt. Augustus "Wm.
Jas. Clifibrd ; and in the course of the following
year we find him engaged, in company with the
EuKYALDS frigate and Pilot brig, in a five hours'
attempt to destroy a convoy and some land batte-
ries on the coast of Calabria, on which occasion the
Cephalus had her First-Lieutenant, Mr. Jenkins,
killed, and 19 men wounded, besides sufiering con-
siderably in her masts and rigging. In consequence
of this event he was for a short time invested with
the rank of Acting-Lieutenant. Until officially
promoted 8 Feb. 1815, he afterwards served, on
the Mediterranean, Channel, and Cork stations, in
the Ajax 74, Capt. Sir Kobt. Laurie, Hokatio 38,
Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, Caledonia 120, flag-ship
of Sir Edw. Pellew, and Bonne Citotenne20, Capt.
A. W. J. Clifford, under whom he again officiated
as Acting-Lieutenant. He has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Gregory married, 17 Oct. 1840, Louisa,
daughter of the late Kev. T. Sheepshanks, of Wim-
pole, CO. Cambridge. Agent — Frederick Dufaur.
GREGORY. (Retired Commaudek, 184.5. f.p.,
17 ; H-p., 35.)
John Ghegobt was bom 28 Sept. 1774, at Bide-
ford, CO. Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 April, 1795, as
A.B., on board the Defiance 74, Capts. Geo. Kep-
pel. Sir Geo. Home, and Theophilus Jones, of which
ship, employed in the North Sea and Channel, he
became Midshipman 15 June following. On remov-
ing, in April 1797, to the Royal William, he had
the honour of acting as Aide-de-camp to Admirals
Earl Howe and Sir Peter Parker on the occasion
of the meeting held on board that ship vrith the
delegates from the mutinous fleet at Spithead.
From the following July, until captured, 13 Feb.
1801, by a French squadron under M. Ganteaume,
we find him serving, on the Channel, Irish, and
Mediterranean stations, in the Sdccess 32, Capts.
Philip 'Wilkinson and Shuldham Peard ; under the
latter of whom he assisted at the blockade of flWalta,
and the capture, 18 Feb. and 24 Aug. 1800, of the
French 74r-gun ship Le Getiereux, and 40-gim frigate
La Diane, He also, during his continuance in the
Success, commanded one of her boats at the cut-
ting out, 9 June 1799, from under the fire of a bat-
tery and musketry In the port of Seva, of the Bella
Aurora Spanish polacre, of 10 guns and 113 men, a
vessel whose desperate resistance occasioned the Bri-
tish a loss of 3 men killed and 10 badly wounded.
In June, 1801, on his release from captivity, Mr.
Gregory joined the Mermaid 32, Capt. Robt. Dud-
ley Oliver, and he afterwards, until paid ofi' in July,
1802, served with Lord Keith on board the Fou-
DROYANT 80. Ke-embarking, 7 May, 1805, as Mas-
ter's-Mate, in the Weasel 18, Capts. Peter Parker,
John Clavell, and Henry Prescott, he again sailed
for the Mediterranean, and thence proceeded to the
Adriatic, where, among other operations, he con-
tributed, in 1807, to the reduction of one of the
enemy's forts. On 16 April, 1808, Mr. Gregory,
who appears for some months to have discharged
the duties of Acting-Lieutenant in the last-named
vessel, was officially promoted, from the Ocean 98,
bearing the flag of Lord Collingwood, to a death-
vacancy in the Royal Sovereign 100, flag-ship off
Toulon of Vice-Admiral Edw. Thornbrough. He
invalided from the Mediterranean July 1811. He
was subsequently, from 28 Oct. 1813 until Jime
1814, employed in a prison-ship at Portsmouth, and
from 6 July, 1820, until 1823, In the Ordinary at
Plymouth. He accepted his present rank 18 J an.
1845. Agent— J. Chippendale.
GREGORY. (Commander, 1833. r.p.,21 ; h-p., 23.
Thomas Gregory entered the Navy, 1 July, 1803,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Texel 64, Capt. Hon.
Geo. Byng, with whom he continued to serve, in
the same ship, and in the Malabar 50, and Belli-
QOEux 64, on the Home and East India stations,
latterly as Lieutenant (commission dated 20 July,
1810), until Aug. 1811. During his attachment to
the Belliqubox we find him assisting at the reduc-
tion of the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806 ; the
capture and destruction, on 27 Nov. following, of a
Dutch frigate, seven brigs of war, and about 20
armed and other vessels, lying in Batavia roads;
and the occupation, in 1809, of the Island of Rodri-
guez. His subsequent appointments were — 30 Sept.
1811, to the Dauntless sloop, Capt. Daniel Barber,
on the Cork station — 13 Sept. 1813 to the Ntmphen
36, Capts. John Hancock and Matthew Smith, em-
ployed, until 28 Aug. 1815, in the North Sea and
Channel — in Aug. 1818, to the Revolutionnaibe
46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pel-
lew, with whom he served in the Mediterranean
until paid oflF about June, 1822—13 Dec. 1824, and
14 May, 1826, to the Rose 18, and Cambrian 48,
Capts. Hon. Chas. Abbot and Gawen Wm. Hamil-
ton, on the same station, where he commanded the
boats of the latter ship at the capture of a piratical
vessel — and, 22 Nov. 1830, after three years of
half-pay, as First, to the Sapphire 28, Capts. Hon.
Wm. Wellesley and Hon. Geo. Rolle Walpole Tre-
fusis, attached to the force in the West Indies.
Since the attainment of his present rank, 7 Jan.
1833, Commander Gregory has not held any official
employment. He is the Senior officer of his rank on
the List of 1833. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
GRENFELL. (Commasdeb, 1840.)
Sidney Gbenfell entered the Navy 25 June,
1822 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; and obtained
his first commission 20 May 1833. His appoint-
ments, as Lieutenant, were — 18 Dec. 1833, to the
Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos.
Hastings — 27 Feb. 1835, as Additional, to the Win-
chester 52, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir Thos.
Bladen Capel — 19 Aug. 1835, to the Thalia 46, com-
manded at the Cape of Good Hope by Capt. Robt.
Wauchope — 23 April, 1839, again to the Excellent
— and, 26 Nov. in the same year, as Senior, to the
Cyclops steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin,
For his services on the coast of Syria, where his
name was officially mentioned In connection with
the bombardment of the strong castle of Gebail
and the storming of Sldon, Mr. Grenfell was ad-
vanced to his present rank by commission dated 5
Nov. 1840. On the former occasion he had gone
back with a seaman (when the British had in the
first Instance been compelled to retire), and had
rescued, amidst the cheers of the ships, an EngUsh
flag which had been accidentally left on a garden-
wall, under a most destructive fire ; and on the latter
he had again landed In command of the boats, and
had effected the capture of 36 bags of barley and of
four camels, on their way from Sldon to Beyrout.*
He has been employed, since 15 July, 1842, as an
Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard. Agents
—Messrs. Stilwell.
GRESHAM. (Lieut., 1843. p-p., 11; h-p., 0.)
Thomas Gresham is only survivmg son of "Thos.
Gresham, Esq., of Doncaster, co. York, a lineal de-
scendant of Sir Thos. Gresham, the celebrated
founder of the Royal Exchange. One of his sisters
is married to a son of the late General Skelton,
E.LC.S.
This officer entered the Navy 29 July, 1836;
Eassed his examination 7 May, 1843 ; and obtained
is commission 7 June following. His appointments
have since been — 1 Sept. 1843, to the Fobmidable
84, Capt. Sir Chas. SuUivan, flag-ship afterwards of
* Vide Gai. 16<0, pp. 2252, 260S.
GRETTON— GREVILLE-GREY.
431
Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, on the Mediterranean sta-
tion—13 May, 1845, as Additional, to the Vernon
50, bearing the flag in South America of Rear- Ad-
miral Sam. Hood Inglefield— and, 19 March, 1846,
to the Melampus 42, Capt. John Norman Camp-
bell, with whom he is at present serving on the
latter station. Agent— Fred. Dufaur.
GRETTON. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 16.)
Walthall Gretton, born 1 Feb. 1799, is son of
the late Rev. Walthall Gretton, Vicar of Audlem,
Cheshire, by Ann, second daughter of Marshall
Wright, Fort-Major of Dartmouth Castle.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 May, 1810, as a
Volunteer, on board the Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir
Peter Parker, under whom he took part in the en-
suing reduction of the Isle of France, and after-
wards in different skirmishes with the enemy's fleet
off Toulon. Removing, as Midshipman, in the early
part of 1813, to the Uibernia 120, flag-ship of Sir
Wm. Sidney Smith, he continued to serve for a
considerable time at the blockade of that port,
where, on 5 Nov. in the same year, and on 13 Feb.
1814, he witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew's two actions.
He subsequently joined — in 1814, the Cyrus 20,
Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, employed in the
Bay of Biscay and off the coast of Ireland — in 1819
(three years previously to which period he had
passed his examination), the Owen Glendower 42,
Capt. Hon. Bobt. Cavendish Spencer, whom he ac-
companied to South America and Copenhagen — in
1822, the Phaeton 46, commanded on the West In-
dia and Mediterranean stations by Capt, Henry
Evelyn Pitfield Sturt— in 1824, the Doris 42, Capt.
Sir John Gordon Sinclair, in which frigate he re-
turned to South America^and, in 1827, as Acting-
Lieutenant, the VoLAGE 28, Capts. Robt. Tait and
Michael Seymour, also on the South American sta-
tion. He came home in 1829 on board the latter
ship, of which he had been confirmed a Lieutenant
3 March, 1828. His last appointment was to the
Coast Guard, in which service he was employed
from 1 May, 1838, until 1841.
Lieut. Gretton married, 9 Jan. 1834, Sarah,
youngest daughter of the late Rev. Henry Peach,
of Derby.
GREVILLE. (Captain, 1832. f-p., 17; h-p., 24.)
Henry Francis Greville, born ,24 Aug. 1794,
at Ebberston, co. York, is second son of the late
Lieut.-Colonel Henry Francis Greville, by Cathe-
rine, second daughter of Sir Bellingham Graham,
Bart. He is grandson of Fulke Greville, Esq., En-
voy Extraordmary and Minister Plenipotentiary to
the Court of Bavaria ; nephew of Capt. Wm. Fulke
Greville, R.N., who died in 1837 ; and first-cousin
of the late Viscountess Combermere. His great-
grandfather, who married a granddaughter of the
Duke of Beaufort, was the second son of the fifth
Lord Brooke, ancestor of the present Earl of Brooke
and Warwick ; and his only brother, George Mac-
arteney, died a Major in the Army, in India, in 1834.
One of his uncles married Lady Charlotte Bentinck,
daughter of the third Duke of Portland.
This officer entered the Navy, early in 1806, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Renown 74, Capt. Philip
Chas. Durham, employed off Cape Finisterre and
in the Mediterranean. On next joining the Are-
thusa 38, Capt. Robt. Mends, he took part, as Mid-
shipman, in many active operations on the north
coast of Spain, where on one occasion he was shot
through the leg in a boat affair. After witnessing
the capture, 6 April, 1809, of the French 40-gun
frigate Le Niemm, and serving for a short time on
board the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Chas.
Cotton, Mr. Greville became attached to the Vo-
LAGB 22, Capt. Phipps Hornby ; under whom, on 13
March, 1811, he shared in the memorable action off
Lissa, where a British squadron, carrying in the
whole 156 guns and 879 men, completely routed,
after a battle of six hours, and a loss to the Volage
of 13 killed and 33 wounded, a Franco-Venetian
armament, whose force amounted to 284 guns and
2655 men. He subsequently removed in succession
to the Naiad and Junon 38's, and St. Domingo 74,
in the two former of which ships, under Capts.
Philip Carteret and Jas. Sanders, he saw much ser-
vice on the Boulogne and North American stations ;
as he also did on the Chesapeake and up the Poto-
mac, in command of the Abeona, tender to the St.
Domingo, Sir John Borlase Warren's flag-ship.
Being appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 20 July, 1813,
of the Woolwich 44, Capt. Thos. Ball Sulivan, he
continued to be employed with that officer until
wrecked, on the north end of the island of Bar-
buda, during a violent hurricane, 6 Nov. following.
After a sojourn of four months at the latter place,
Mr. Greville, whose first commission bears date 4
Jan. 1814, retiimed to England on board the Dia-
dem 64. His subsequent appointments were — for a
short period in 1814, to the Minerva and Abaxes
frigates— 31 July, 1820, as First, to the Menai 26,
Capt. Fairfax Moresby— and, 6 July, 1821, to the
Vigo 74, Capt. Thos. Brown. While borne on the
books of the two latter ships, he appears to have
had command of the Wizarix tender, in which he
carried despatches to Calcutta, and cruized with
success against the slave-trade on the east coast of
Africa. He was promoted to the command, 19 July,
1822, of the Heron 18, on the St. Helena station,
whence he returned to England, and was paid off in
Feb. 1823. He next, from June, 1824, until March,
1827, officiated as Inspecting Commander of the
Norfolk district of Coast Guard ; and he was lastly,
from 1 May, 1827, until put out of commission 15
Jan. 1831, employed in the Espom 10, on the Cape
station, whither he was sent with treasure. He ac-
quired his present rank 27 Aug. 1832.
Capt. Greville held the office, in 1817, of Private
Secretary, and Captain of Charles Fort, Barbadoes,
under Gen. Viscount Combermere. He married,
in June, 1816, Harriet, only child of the late Gen.
Despard, by Harriet Anne, sister of Sir Thos. Dal-
rymple Hesketh, Bart., of Rufford Hall, co. Lan-
caster, by whom he has issue one son, a Lieutenant
in the Royal Artillery, and five daughters. Agents
— Hallett and Robinson.
GREY. (Commander, 1842. P-p., 13 ; H-p., 5.)
Charles Conrad Grey, born 2 Jan. 1817, is se-
cond son of Lieut.-Col. Hon. Wm. Grey (brother of
the late Premier), who died 10 Aug. 1817, by Maria,
daughter of General Wm. Shirreff; and first-cousin
of Capt. Hon. Wm. Fred. Grey, B.N., C.B. His
brother, Wm. Thos. Grey, Esq., is married to a
daughter of the present Rear-Admiral Wm. H.
Shirreff.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 April, 1829, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Forte 44, Capt. Jeremiah
Coghlan, stationed in South America, where, until
Aug. 1832, he further served, latterly as Midship-
man, in the Tribune 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze,
and Seeingapatam 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walde-
grave. During the next three years we find him
employed in the North Sea and Mediterranean, on
board the Malabar 74, and Canopds 84, both com-
manded by Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, and Endy-
MiON 60, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts. He then, in the
Cleopatra 26, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, returned to
South America, on which station he passed his exa^
mination 28 Jan. 1836, and served vmtil Nov. 1838.
Obtaining his first commission 10 May, 1839, Mr.
Grey was next appointed — 18 June following, as
Additional, to the Princess Charlotte 104, bear-
ing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Robt. Stop-
ford — on 10 Aug. and 3 Nov. in the same year, to
the Vanguard 84, and Daphne 18, Capts. Sir Thos.
Fellowes and John Windham Dalling, also in the
Mediterranean— and, in the latter part of 1841, to
the Queen 1 10, and St. Vincent 120, as Flag-Lieu-
tenant to Sir Edw. Codrington at Portsmouth. He
was promoted to his present rank on the occasion of
Her Majesty's visit to that place, 7 March, 1842 ;
and, since 12 Nov. 1846, has been in command of
the Columbine 16, in the East Indies.
Commander Grey married, 23 April, 1844, Caro-
line Nesbit, daughter of the late Major Turner Mo-
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GREY— GRIERSON— GRIEVE
can, of Carriff, co. Armagh. Agents— Hallett and
Kobinson.
GREY, C.B. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 8.)
The Honourable Fkedekick William Gkest,
bom 23 Aug. 1805, is third son of the late Earl
Grey (who held the office of Prime Minister from
1830 until 1834), by Mary Elizabeth, only daughter
of Lord Ponsonby. He is brother of the present
Earl Grey, H. M.'s Secretary of State for the Co-
lonies ; also of Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Chas. Grey,
M.P. ; and of Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, R.N. One
of his uncles, the Hon. Sir Geo. Grey, Bart., K.C.B.
Capt. R.N., who died in 1828, was Resident Com-
missioner of Portsmouth Dockyard, and Marshal
in the island of Barbadoes. His first cousin, Chas.
Conrad Grey, is a Commander R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1819 ; and
while serving as Midshipman of the Naiad 46, Capt.
Hon. Eobt. Cavendish Spencer, contributed in the
boats under Lieut. Michael Quin, to the brilliant
destruction, on the night of 23 March, 1824, of a
16-gun brig moored in a position of extraordinary
strength alongside the walls of the fortress of Bona,
in which was a garrison of 400 soldiers, who, from
cannon and Imusket, kept up a tremendous fire al-
most perpendicularly on the deck. He was pro-
moted, immediately on passing his examination, to
a Lieutenancy, 7 April, 1825, in the Sybille 48,
Capt. Sir Sam. John Brooke Pechell, stationed in
the Mediterranean ; whence we believe he returned
home in the following Aug. on board the Cthene
20, Capt. Percy Grace. His next appointment was,
on 26 Sept. 1825, to the Volage 28, Capt. Hon.
Rich. Saunders Dundas, with whom he sailed for
South America ; on which station he obtained com-
mand, 17 April, 1827, of the Heeon 18. He ac-
quired Post-rank 19 April, 1828, and was subse-
quently appointed — 25 Nov. 1830, to the Action
26, which frigate, after an intermediate servitude
in the Mediterranean, he paid oS 4 Sept. 1834 —
21 Aug. 1835 to the Jopiter 38, fitting for the East
Indies, whither he took out .the present Earl of
Auckland as Governor-General — and (the latter
ship having been put out of commission 27 Sept.
1836), 30 Oct. 1840, to the Endtmion 44. For his
services in that ship during the war in China (where,
in the attack upon Chin-Kiang-Foo, 21 July, 1842,
he elicited the best thanks of Major-Gen. Schoedde
for the manner in which he superintended the de-
barkation of the troops under the orders of that
officer, whom he accompanied as a volunteer through-
out the day*), Capt. Grey, who paid her ofi' to-
wards the close of 1843, was nominated a C.B. He
is at present unemployed.
He married, 20 July, 1846, Barbarina Charlotte,
daughter of the Rev. i'. Sullivan. Agests — H allett
and Robinson.
GREY. (Captain, 1834. f-p., 20; h-p., 5.)
The Honookable George Grey, born 16 May,
1809, is fourth son of the late Earl Grey; and next
brother of Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, R.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 17 July, 1822;
passed his examination in 1828; and was made
Lieutenant, 17 Feb. 1829, into the Windsor
Castle 76, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bou-
verie, attached to the force in the Mediterra^
nean ; where, after sharing in a particular ser-
vice performed by the Alfred 50, Capt. Robt.
Maunsell, he was successively invested with the
command, 3 Sept. 1831, and 10 Dec. 1833, of the
18-gun sloops ScYLLA and Scoot. Being advanced
to the rank he now holds 14 July, 1834, he was next
employed, from 12 Aug. 1835 until the autumn of
18.38, and from 28 Aug. 1841 until the spring of
1845, latterly on the Mediterranean station, in the
Cleopatra 26, and Bblvidere 38. In the former
ship he escorted the Countess of Durham and suite
to St. Petersburg, then sailed for South America,
and ultimately, conveyed the Marquess of Clanri-
carde as Ambassador to the former Court.
On 29 Sept. 1846, Capt. Grey was appointed Cap-
t Fide Gaz. 1642, pp. 3391, 3402.
tain of the port of Gibraltar, and, on 16 of the fol-
lowing Oct., officer in charge of the naval stores
belonging to the Dockyard at that place. He mar-
ried, 20 Jan. 1845, Jane Frances, second daughter
of Lieut.-General Hon. Sir P. Stuart, Governor of
Malta. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
GKIERSON. (Retired CoMMANDEK, 1838. f-p.,
16 ; H-p., 34.)
James Geierson entered the Navy, in Oct. 1797,
as a Boy, on board the Ibis 32, Capt. Geo. Brisac,
with whom, and with Lieut. Rice of the Chakger
brig, he served on the North Sea station until Oct.
1802. On 20 Sept. 1805, after a further employment
of exactly two years, as Midshipman and Master's
Mate, in the Northumberland 74, bearing the flag
off Ferrol and in the West Indies of the late Sir
Alex. Cochrane, he was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, and appointed First of the Princess
Charlotte 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin ; in which ship,
on 5 of the following month, he bore a part, off
Tobago, in a severe action, of an hour's duration,
with La Cyane of 26, and La Naiade of 16 guns, the
former of whom was captured. Continuing in the
same ship until Nov. 1810, Mr. Grierson was further
employed in her in affording protection to different
convoys, and also for some time on the Irish sta-
tion. His last appointments were — 21 Jan. 1811,
and 25 March, 1812, as First-Lieutenant, to the
Dictator 64, commanded in the Baltic by Capt.
Robt. Williams, and Gloucester 74, bearing the
flag off the coast of Holland of Rear-Admiral John
Ferrier. He went on half-pay 22 Oct. 1814; and
accepted his present rank 10 Aug. 1838. Agekt —
J. Chippendale.
GRIERSON. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 36).
John Geieeson entered the Navy, 20 Oct. 1797,
as Ordinary, on board the Iris 32, Capt. Geo. Brisac,
on the Home station ; where, from July, 1801, until
Sept. 1802, he next served in the Charger brig,
Lieut.-Commander Kice. In May, 1804, he re-em-
barked, as Midshipman, on board the Mart tender,
Lieut.-Commanders John Gourly and Mat. Smith ;
from which vessel he removed, in Aug. 1805, to
the Lynx sloop, Capt. John WiUoughby Marshall ;
under whom we find him, from 4 Jan. until 9 July,
1808, and again from 17 July, lfe09, until 6 March,
1810, discharging the duties of Acting-Lieutenant on
the North Sea and Baltic. stations. On 29 Nov. in
the latter year, after having been attached for short
periods to the Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas.
Saumarez, and, again as Acting-Lieutenant, to the
Edgar 74, Capt. Stephen Poyntz, he was confirmed
to his present rank in the Princess Caroline 7't,
Capt. Hugh Downman, also stationed in the Baltic.
He left that ship in Sept. 1811 ; and was afterwards
employed in command, from 5 March, 1813, until 9
May, 1814, of the Isabella and Anna tenders. He
has since been on half-pay. Agent — J. Chippen-
dale.
GRIERSON. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
William Charles Grierson passed his examin-.
ation 8 Sept. 1837 ; and served, as Mate, from the
close of 1842 until his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, 20 Jan. 1845, in the Queen 110, and
Formidable 84, flag-ships in the Mediterranean of
Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He joined, on 19 May in
the latter year, the Styx steam-sloop, Capt. Wm.
Windham Hornby, on the coast of Africa; and,
since 8 of the following Oct., has been employed
in the Pacific on board the Juno 26, Capt. Patrick
John Blake.
GRIEVE. (Retired Commander, 1843.)
Adam Grieve was born 25 April, 1770, at Leith,
and died about Sept. 1845, at Weymouth.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1797, as
Master's Mate, on board the Kite 18, Capt. Wm.
Brown, and, after an intermediate employment in
the North Sea, assumed charge, 3 May, 1798, of the
Olive Branch fire-ship, lying at Woolwich. Re
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turning to the Kite in the following Sept., he con-
tinued to serve in that vessel, under the command
of Capt. Chas. Lydiard, on the same station as
before, until Jan. 1801, at which period he became
attached to the Leda 38, Capt. Geo. Hope. We
subsequently find him, in 1802, 3, and 4, joining the
PiQHE 36, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, TJtkecht 64,
and Prince of Orange 74, both commanded by
Capt. Thos. Rogers, and Daut 28, Capt. Wm.
Brownrigg, all on the Home station; and, on being
next removed to the Defence 74, Capt. Geo. Hope,
particularly distinguishing himself by his exertions
at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. When in
the Leda Mr. Grieve appears, in consequence of an
accident, to have had several of his teeth knocked
out, and to have lost some large pieces of his jaw ;
and, when in the Dart, to have officiated as Act-
ing-Master in an operation against the enemy off
Calais. On his eventual return from a voyage to
the Cape, whither he had gone with Capt. Hope in
the Theseos 74, he was promoted, 30 June, 1807,
to a Lieutenancy in the Klizabeth 74, Capt. Hon.
Henry Curzon. His subsequent appointments were
—17 Aug. 1808, to the Spakrow 16, Capt. Edw.
Burt, in the West Indies— 18 Sept. 1810, to the
Abercrombt 74, Capt. Wra. Chas. Fahie, off Lisbon
— and, 17 April, 1812, to the command of a Signal
station on the island of Alderney. He went on
half-pay 4 June, 1814, and, unable from the state
of his health to seek further employment, accepted
the rank of Retired Commander 6 April, 1843.
Commander Grieve married, 22 July, 1811, Miss
Elizabeth Terrell, and by that lady has left issue
two sons and three daughters. His eldest son,
Adam John Geo. Grieve, commands the Rob Roy
Revenue-vessel.
GRIFFIN. (Captain, 1842. p-p., 25 ; h-p., 10.)
William Griffin is son of W. GrifiSn, Esq., of
Norwich, co. Norfolk ; and brother of Commander
Chas. Wm. Griffith Griffin (1843), who died 15
Aug. 1844.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hobatio 38, Capt. Lord
Geo. Stuart, employed in the North Sea, where he
was taken prisoner by the French in 1813, while
engaged on a detached service. Rejoining the same
nobleman, as Midshipman, in March 1814, on board
the Newcastle 50, he proceeded to the coast of
North America, on which station, during the con-
tinuance of the war with the United States, he bore
a part in many active operations. After an attach-
ment of some months in 1815-16 to the Queen
Charlotte 100, and Boyne 98, flag-ships at Ports-
mouth of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, Mr. Griffin, on
12 July in the latter year, removed to the Minden
74, Capt. Wm. Paterson, with whom, after sharing
in the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, he proceeded
to the East Indies, and there served, until Nov.
1820, ^art of the time as Master's Mate, under the
flag of Sir Rich. King. Wo next find him (having
passed his examination in Aug. 1818) employed
as Admiralty-Midshipman, again at Portsmouth, on
board the Impregnable 104, and Britannia 120,
flag-ships of Sir Alex. Cochrane. In Feb. 1824 he
became Master's Mate of the Maidstone 42, bear-
ing the broad pendant on the coast of Africa of the
present Sir Chas. BuUen; and on 12 Jan. 1825 he
was confirmed a Lieutenant in the same ship. Re-
turning home in Dec. 1825, he was next appointed —
4 Aug. 1827, to the command, for a period of nearly
three months, of the Eclipse, a Falmouth packet
— 1 Au^. 1829, to the Gloucester 74, Capt. Henry
Stuart, in the Mediterranean— 28 June, 1831, to the
Talavera 74, Capts. David Colby, Thos. Brown,
and Edw. Chctham, of which ship, on again pro-
ceeding to the latter station, he became First Lieu-
tenant—and, 15 Sept. 1835, to the Asthma, another
Falmouth packet, Capt. John Clavell. He was pro-
moted from that vessel to the rank of Commander
28 June, 1838 ; and on 26 of the ensuing Oct. was
appointed Second Captain of the Ganges 84, Capt.
Barrington Reynolds, in whicli ship, during the
year 1840, he served on the coast of Syria and at
the blockade of Alexandria. Capt. Griffin, who
was paid off from the Ganges 18 April, 1842, aijd
who has not since been employed, was rewarded
for his Syrian services by a Post-commission dated
18 Oct. in the same year.
He married, 26 Sept. 1842, Mrs. Borlase, daugh-
ter of T. Gryles, Esq., of Bosahan, co. Cornwall.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
GRIFFITH. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 16; h-p., 20.)
Henky Allan Griffith is fourth son of the late
Rich. Griffith, Esq., of Milleoent, co. Kildare, M.P.
for Askeaton during the Irish Parliament, by Mary,
third daughter of the late Lord Chief Baron Hussey
Burg, of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 1811, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Aquilon 32, Capt. Wm.
Bowles, in which ship, previously to sailing for
South America, he served at the blockade of the
Texel, and escorted Lord Cathcart as Ambassador
to St. Petersburg, besides being occasionally em-
ployed in boat a&airs in the North Sea and Baltic.
In 1814, on his return to England with Capt. Bowles
in the Ceres frigate, he became Midshipman of the
Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres ; and he after-
wards joined in succession the Havannah 36, Capt.
Gawen Wm. Hamilton, Rivou 74, Capt. Sir Chas.
Ogle, and Grecian schooner, Lieut.-Commander
Henry Jewry — the two latter vessels employed at
Portsmouth. During his servitude in the Havan-
nah Mr. Griffith contributed, in the boats of that
ship and a squadron, to the cutting-out, 18 July,
1815, of a convoy and several armed vessels lying
under the protection of a fort at Corrijou, near
Brest ; and he next proceeded in her to St. Helena,
in escort of Napoleon Buonaparte. From Nov.
1817, in the course of .which month he passed his
examination, until 1820, he appears to have been
employed in the East and West India merchant-
service. He then rejoined the Navy by becoming
Mate of the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm.
Hamilton, under whom, with the exception of 18
months spent in the Hind 20, Capt. Lord John
ChurchlU, he continued to be employed, on the
Mediterranean station, latterly as Acting-Lieu-
tenant, until his removal in that capacity, in March,
1826, to the Sybille 48, Capt. Sam. John Brooke
Pechell. While in the Hind, in 1824, Mr. Griffith
volunteered into H.M.S. Meteor, for the purpose
of co-operating in the attack then meditated upon
Algiers. Shortly after his confirmation to the
Sybille, which took place 5 June, 1826, we find
him participating in a desperate action with some
pirates off Candia, where the British sustained a
loss of 12 men killed and 29 wounded. The Sybille
being paid off in Nov. following, he subsequently
joined— 24 July, 1827, the Prince Rehent 120, flag-
ship at the Nore of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood
30 Nov. in the same year (through the recommend-
ation of the latter officer, and with a promise
from the Lord High Admiral of promotion), to the
Mersey 26, Capt. Alex. Barclay Branch, fitting
for the West Indies— 11 Jan. 1829, to the Magni-
ficent receiving-ship at Port Royal, Capts. Abra-
ham Crawford and Jas. Thome— next, to the com-
mand of the Nimble schooner, which vessel, al-
though incomplete in her rigging, and destitute of
stores, provisions, and ammunition, he contrived,
on a sudden emergency, to place in a sea-going
state in the space of one night— and, subsequently
(after having successfully cruized in suppression of
the slave-trade), to the Victor and Spakrowhawk
sloops, Capts. Keane and Gill. He has been on
half-pay since July, 1830.
Lieut. Griffith married, in Nov. 1830, Mary, third
daughter of the Rev. Dr. Buck, Rector of Clono.
and Demtereat, co. Tyrone.
GRIFFITH. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 32 ; h-p , 3 ■)
Smyth Griffith entered the Navy, 6 Nov 1812
asThird-cl. Boy, on board the Malta 84, Cant'
Sam. Hood Inglefield, bearing the flag in the Medi-
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GRIFFITHS.
terranean of Eear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell. To-
wards the close of 1815 he sailed for St. Helena as
Slidshipman of the Phaeton 38, Capt. Fras. Stan-
fell, under whom — with the exception of a servi-
tude of a few months in 1818 on board the Koch-
roKT 80, and Liffey 50, commanded at Portsmouth
and Chatham hy Capts. Sir Archibald Collingwood
Dickson and Hon. Henry Duncan — ^he continued to
be there employed, in the same ship, and in the
CoNQUEBOK 74, until Oct. 1820. He then joined
the Stbille frigate, bearing the flag of Sir Chas.
Rowley on the Jamaica station, where, on 16 June,
1823, he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the Suri-
nam 18, Capt. Chas. Crole. His appointments have
since been— 12 Aug. 1824, 24 Oct. 1824, and 17
March, 1825, to the Eden 26, Isis 50, and Thkacian
18, Capts. John Lawrence, Thos. Forrest, and Andw.
Forbes, stationed in the "West Indies and South
America— 23 Feb. 1827, to the Tyne 28, Capt. Sir
Eich. Grant, employed, until June, 1830, on Par-
ticular Service— 25 Nov. 1831, and 9 July, 1836, to
the successive command of the Swallow and Mag-
net Falmouth packets — 22 July, 1842, to the Coast
Guard — and, 14 March, 1846, to be Admiralty Agent
on board a contract mail steam-vessel, in which
capacity he is now serving.
Lieut.' Griffith married, 29 March, 1834, Ellen,
eldest daughter of Thos. Galloway, Esq., Surgeon
R.N. (1801). Agent — J. Chippendale.
GRIFFITHS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 28.)
Edward Griffiths was born 22 Nov. 1792, at
Plymouth, co. Devon,
' This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1803, as
Third-cl. Vol., on board the Gladiator, Lieut. -
Commander John Bell Connolly, bearing the flag at
Portsmouth of Rear- Admiral John HoUoway ; from
which ship he soon afterwards removed to" the Mag-
nificent 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis, forming part
of the in-shore squadron off" Brest, where he was
wrecked during a gale of wind on the Black Rocks in
March, 1804. Between 21 June, 1804, and 17 Feb.
1814, he was employed in succession with Capt.
Chas. Dashwood on board the Bacchante 20, Fran-
chise 36, Pyramus 38, and Cressy 74, chiefly as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate. In addition to the ser-
vices detailed in our memoir of that officer, Mr. Grif-
fiths, in 1806, while serving in theFRANCHisE, fought
and was wounded by a musket-ball passing through
his right thigh in an action with four Spanish armed
brigs off the Havana. Shortly after leaving the
Cressy he joined the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag
of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, under whom, besides
participating in many active operations in the
Chesapeake, he attended the expedition against
New Orleans, where he was attached to the Rocket
Brigade, and assisted in taking the enemy's fort on
the left bank of the Mississippi. Attaining the rank
of Lieutenant 2 Feb. 1815, he next, from 18 March to
24 June following, served in that capacity on board
the Majestic 58, Capt. John Hayes. From 27 July,
1825, until Sept. 1827, and from 14 July, 1843, until 22
Feb. 1844, wefind him employed both in the Coast
Blockade and in the Transport service. Between 18
April, 1845, and May, 1847, Mr. Griffiths was again
engaged in the latter department of the Navy.
While employed on the Coast Blockade he re-
ceived two letters of thanks from the Admiralty
and the French Consul-General for his exertions
in saving the hull and cargo of vessels driven on
shore in gales of wind off Winchelsea.
GRIFFITHS. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Herbert Lloyd Griffiths is eldest son of Com-
mander Joseph Griffiths, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 11 May, 1828;
passed his examination 5 Jan. 1833 ; obtained an
appointment in the Coast Guard 25 June, 1840; and,
on 7 March, 1842, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant. His appointments have since been —
5 April, 1842, as Additional, to the Illustrious 72,
flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of
Sir Chas. Adam— 31 Dec. 1842, to the Electra 18,
Capt, Arthur Darley, on the same station— 18 Oct,
1843, to the Imaum 72, receiving-ship at Jamaica,
Capt. Alex. Kenton Sharpe— 22 Deo. 1844, to the
ScYLLA 16, Capt. Robt. Sharpe, also employed in
North America and the West Indies— and 14 April,
1846, as First, to the Wanderer 12, Capt. PhiUp
Hodge Somerville, with whom he is now serving on
the coast of Africa.
GRIFFITHS. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 28;
H-p., 31.)
Joseph Griffiths was born in Dec. 1776.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1788, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Royal Charlotte
yacht, Capt. Sir Hyde Parker, whom he soon ac-
companied into the BRnHS\YicK 74. In June, 1790,
he removed as Midshipman to the Windsor Castle
98, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Herbert Saw-
yer in the Channel, whence, towards the close of
the same year, he proceeded to North America
and the West Indies in the Winchelsea 32, Capt.
Rich. Fisher. On his return home, at the com-
mencement of the French Revolutionary war, he
joined the Sheerness 44, and next the Repulse 64,
both commanded by Capt. Wm. Geo. Fairfax;
with whom he continued until promoted to a Lieu-
tenancy, 19 Aug. 1795, in the Calcutta 54, Capt.
Wm. Bhgh. He was subsequently appointed, on
the Home, Mediterranean, and West India stations
— 4 Jan. 1796, to the Director 64, also commanded
by Capt. Bligh— 10 March, 1797, to the Formi-
dable 98, Capt. Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley — 3
Nov. 1797, to the Barfleur 98, Capt. Jas. Rich.
Daores— in Dec. 1798 and June, 1799, to the FoD-
droyant 80, and Vanguard 74, in wliich ships,
each commanded by Capt. Wm. Brown, he served
at the siege of St. Elmo, and throughout the opera-
tions under Lord Nelson in the Bay of Naples — 31
March, 1800, to the Magnificent 74, Capts. Edw.
Bowater and John Giffard, in partial command of
whose boats he ably supported those of the Mon-
tagu 74, at the cutting-out, 12 Oct, following, of
12 French merchantmen from under the heavy fire
of a battery in the port of Danenne, near L'Orient*
— 17 Oct. 1803, after an interval of 17 months, to
the Sea Fencibles at Barnstaple — and, 15 Sept. 1806,
11 Dec. 1807, and 10 June and 10 Sept. 1815, to the
successive command, on the Baltic, North Sea,
Channel, and Irish stations, of the Rook schooner,
Mariner gun-brig, Sylvia cutter, and Musquedo-
BET schooner, in the two former of which vessels
he attended the expeditions to Copenhagen and
the Walcheren. Having paid off the Mdsquedobet
in Dec. 1818, he was advanced, 12 Aug. 1819, to the
rank he now holds. He has not since been afloat.
Commander Griffiths, who married in April, 1804,
has issue four sons and one daughter. His eldest
son, Herbert Lloyd Griffiths, is a Lieutenant R.N.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
GRIFFITHS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 32.)
William Griffiths entered the Navy, in 1802,
as Ordinary, on board the Spitfire sloop, Capt.
Robt. Keen, employed on the Cork station ; and
from 1804 until March, 1812, served, the last six
years as Midshipman, in the Thrasher gun-brig,
commanded in the Downs by Lieuts. Jas. Milne,
Sam. Knight, B. Forfar, and Josiah Dornford. He
then successively joined the Gloucester 74, Capt.
Robt. Williams, and Brune 38, arme'e-en-fute, Capt.
Wm. Stanhope Badcock ; and, after a servitude of
more than two years in the North Sea and Baltic,
and also on the coast of North America, where he
participated in many active operations, was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Nov. 1815. He
has since been on half-pay.
GRIFFITHS. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 10; h-p., 26.)
William Nelson Griffiths entered the Navy,
9 April, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salva-
dor del Mundo, Capt, Nash, lying at Plymouth.
Between 13 May and 6 Nov, in the same year, he
successively served, on the Mediterranean station,
* ride (iaz. 1800, p. 1205,
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in the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew,
Fame 74, Capt. "Walter Bathurst, Unite 36, Capt.
Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, Cekberds 32, Capt.
Henry Whitby, and Cambrian 40, Capt. Chas.
BuUen. In April, 1812, he rejoined Capt. Whitby on
board the Briton 38, at Chatham, whence he almost
immediately sailed for North America, as Midship-
man, in the Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, under
whom we find him, in Jan. 1815, witnessing the
capture of the U. S. frigate President. From Oct.
in the latter year until Feb. 1818, Mr. Griffiths,
with the exception of a few months at Portsmouth,
was employed, at Plymouth, on board the Ramil-
LiES 74, Mai/ta 84, and KivoLi and Melville
74's, Capts. Chas. Ogle, Aiskew PafFard HoUis,
and Henry Chas. Pemberton. He then proceeded
to the West Indies in the Drake sloop, Capt. Henry
Shiffner; and was afterwards, during the years
1819-23, attached to Capt. Parry's polar expeditions,
in the Griper brig, Lieut.-Commander Matthew
J/iddon, and Heola bomb, Capt. Geo. Eras. Lyon.
Since the attainment of his present rank, 13 Nov.
1823, Lieut. Griffiths has been on half-pay.
GRIFFITHS. (Commander, 1846.)
William Tomlin Griffiths is son of the late
Lieut.-Gen. J. Griffiths.
This officer entered the Navy 29 Jan. 1814;
passed his examination in 1821 ; and obtained his
first commission 16 Aug. 1825. His subsequent ap-
pointments were— 17 Dec. 1826 and 12 April, 1830,
to the Rifleman 18, and Samarano 28, Capts.
Fred. Thos. Miohell and Wm. Eanshawe Martin,
on the Mediterranean station— 2 April, 1833, after
an interval of more than two years, to the Donegal
78, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, off Lisbon— 8 May,
1833, and 21 MEirch, 1834, to the Britannia 120,
Capt. Peter Rainier, and Barham 50, Capt. Hugh
Pigot, again in the Mediterranean, whence he came
home shortly after joining the latter ship — 13 Jan.
1837, again to the Britannia, bearing the flag at
Portsmouth of Sir Philip Chas. Durham, with whom
he served until the summer of 1838— and 29 June,
1843, to the Penelope steam-vessel, Capt. Wm.
Jones, employed on particular service. He was
superseded in the following Sept. ; and, on 9 Nov.
1846, was advanced to his present rank.
Commander Griffiths married, 17 Nov. 1831,
Louisa Catherine, daughter of the late J. Griffiths,
Esq., of Argyll Street, London. Agents— Messrs.
StilweU.
Lieut. Grindred has not been afloat since his pro-
motion. Agents— Messrs. StilweU.
GRINT. (Commander, 1818. r-p.,14; h-p., 33.)
William Grint entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1800,
as Seo.-cl. Vol., on board the Zephyr 14, Capts.
Wm. Burgundy Champain and Clotworthy Upton,
of which vessel, stationed in the Baltic and N orth
Sea, he soon became Midshipman. We are informed
that on 2 April, 1801, he fought at Copenhagen on
board the Amazon 38, Capt. Henry Riou. In Oct.
1803, after having served for exactly two years, on
the Home and West India stations, in the Glatton
54, Capt. John Ferris Devonshire, and the Achille
and CoDRAGEOx 74's, in the latter of which he a,p-
pears to have witnessed the surrender of Ste. Lucie,
he joined the Britannia 100, Capt. (afterwards
Rear-Admiral) the Earl of Northesk, under whom
he was wounded at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct.
1805.* Removing, as Master's Mate, in May, 1806,
to the Latona 38, Capt. Jas. Athol Wood, Mr. Grint
was next present at the celebrated capture of Cura-
90a, 1 Jan. 1807, on which occasion he was invested
with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant. He was con-
firmed, 27 July following, into the Anson 44,t Capts.
Fred. Langford and Chas. Lydiard, and afterwards
appointed, on the Channel and Cadiz stations — 10
March and 28 Sept. 1808, to the Vulture and Hope
sloops, both commanded by Capt. Joseph Pearce — 3
Nov. 1810, to the Pompee 74, Capt. J. A. Wood —
20 Nov. 1811, to the Zenobia sloop, Capts. Alex.
Rich. Mackenzie and Rich. Foley— and, in July,
1814, to the command, for a few weeks, of No. 1
gun-boat. He attained the rank of Commander 7
Dec. 1818; but has not since been employed.
Commander Grint has had the honour of receiv-
ing a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
GRINDRED. (Lieut., 181.5. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
John Grindred entered the Navy, 28 June, 1805,
as A.B., on board the Atlas 74, Capt. Sam. Pym,
under whom, after serving for some time with the
flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, he fought in the^
action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. In July of
that year he joined the Colossus 74, bearing the
flag off Lisbon of Earl St. Vincent; and he next,
from Jan. 1807 until Oct. 1811, performed the duties
of Midshipman and Master's Mate in the Terrible
and Namur 74's, flag-ships of Lord Collingwood and
Sir Rich. John Strachan, off Cadiz, Toulon, and
Sheemess. Until confirmed in his present rank,
28 Sept. 1815, Mr. Grindred was subsequently em-
ployed, alternately asMaster's Mate and Acting-Lieu-
tenant, in the Trinculo sloop, Namur again, Capt.
Alex. Shippard, Raleigh, Namdr, and Rifleman,
flag-ships in the North Sea of Rear-Admiral Thos.
Williams, and Star, bearing the broad pendant of
Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on Lake Ontario. In Aug.
1814, while detached from the latter vessel, he ob-
tained the particular mention of Capt. Alex. Dobbs,
his commanding officer, for his gallant conduct at
the capture on Lake Eric of the American armed
schooners Ohio and Somers, and his skill in carrying
one of them into the Niagara, through shoals and
rapids, and under a constant and heavy fire.* The
British on this occasion, who numbered only 75,
and were altogether inferior in force to the enemy,
sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 4 wounded.
• fliteOaz. 18H, p. 20Sli.
GROOM. (Lieut., 1823. r-P., 13 ; h-p., 24.)
John Groom was bom in April, 1797. He is ne-
phew, maternally, of the late Roger Sutton, Esq.,
uncle of Admiral Sir John Sutton, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vengeance 74, Capt.
Thos. Brown, flag-ship in the Channel and off Lis-
bon of the late Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke. He next
joined in succession the Bulwark 74, bearing the
broad pendant of Sir "Rich. King, and, as Midship-
man, the Loire 38, Capt. Brown. In the autumn of
1814, while absent in a prize — the second with
which he had been intrusted — Mr. Groom had the
misfortune to he himself captured by the Ameri-
cans, who detained him a prisoner until the end of
the war. He then joined the Tonnant 80, bearing
the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane, and before long
sailed for China in the Horatio 38, Capt. Wm.
Henry Dillon. Passing his examination in Jan.
1817, he next served, between April, 1818, and the
date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 22
Oct. 1823, on the East India, Home, and West India
stations, part of the time as Acting-Lieutenant, in
the Phaeton 46, Capts. W. H. Dillon, Sir Wm.
Augustus Montagu, and Henry Evelyn Pitfield
Sturt, Bustard 10, Capt. Rawdon Maclean, and
Eden 26, Capt. John Lawrence. He continued to
be employed in the latter ship until Jan. 1825. He
then invaUded, and has since been on half-pay. On
25 July, 1834, he was nominated First of the Mala-
bar 74, Capt. Sir W. A. Montagu ; but, his health
at the time preventing the possibility of his joining,
the appointment was cancelled.
Lieut. Groom, prior to his promotion, appears to
have been in the enjoyment of a small pension for
injuries received in the service. Agent — J. Chip-
pendale.
• VideGnz. 180.0, p. 1484.
t Tlie Anson was totally wrecked in Mount's Bay in Dec.
1807, but Mr. Grint, on the occa.sion of the catastrophe, had
the good fortune to be absent in a prize.
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GROSE-GROSETT— GROTE— GROUBE.
GKOSE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
Aethuk Grose entered the Navy, 21 Oct. 1806,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the AtcMiNE frigate, Capt.
Jas. Brisbane, with whom he contmued to serve, in
the same ship, and in the Belle Poole 38, and
'Pembroke 74, on the Irish, Channel, and Mediter-
ranean stations, until 1814. During that period,
besides contributing to the capture of other smaller
vessels, he assisted in the Belle Poule at the tak-
ing, 15 Feb. 1809, of Le Var of 26 guns, laden with
corn for the relief of the French garrison at Corfu ;
the reduction, in 1809-10, of the islands of Zante,
Cephalonia, and Sta. Maura ; and the destruction,
5 May, 1811, under a heavy hostile fire in the har-
bour of Parenza, of a French 18-gun-brig.* In the
Pembkoke, Mr. Grose took part in Sir Edw. Pel-
lew's skirmish with the Toulon fleet, 5 Nov. 1813 ;
and he was also present in the same ship at the cap-
ture of a large convoy under the guns of Porto
Maurizio, 11 April, 1814. After witnessing the
surrender of Genoa, he was sent home from that
place in a prize. He was next for a short time em-
ployed on the coast of Africa, in the CoMus 22,
Capt. John Tailour. His promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant took place 27 Feb. 1815 ; and his ap-
pointment to the Victory guard-ship at Ports-
mouth, where he is now serving, 12 Nov. 1846.
GROSETT. (Reak-Admirai,, 1846. f-p., 23;
H-P., 45.)
Walter Grosett is uncle of John Rock Grosett,
Esq., formerly M.P. for Chippenham.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1779, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Sandwich 90,
Capt. "Walter Young, bearing the flag of Sir Geo.
Bridges Rodney. In Jan. 1780, while on his pas-
sage to the relief of Gibraltar, he assisted at the
capture of a 64-gun ship in charge of a large con-
voy, and was also present in the action with Don
Juan de Langara. In Sept. following, after having
further participated in the three actions with M.
de Guiohen, ofi' Martinique, he became Midshipman
of the Boreas 32, Capt. John Rodney, whom he
subsequently followed into the Sybil 28 (one of the
repeating-frigates in the action of 12 April, 1782),
and Anson 64. From 1784 until 1787 he was em-
ployed in the Thisbe 28, bearing the broad pend-
ant on the North American station of Commodore
Herbert Sawyer. Re-embarking early in 1794, as
Master's Mate, on board the- Boyne 98, flag-ship in
tlie West Indies of Sir John Jervis, he frequently
distinguished himself while serving on shore with
the army at the ensuing sieges of Martinique, Stc.
Lucie, and Guadeloupe. He was promoted, on 25
Oct. in the same year, to a Lieutenancy in the
Quebec 32, Capts. Josiah Rogers, Jas. Carpenter,
and John Cooke, and next appointed, on the Lisbon,
Mediterranean, and Channel stations, to the Success
32, Capt. Philip Wilkinson, Hector 64, Capt. Peter
Aplin, Mahonesa 32, Capt. John Gifikrd, Centaue
74, Capt. John Markham, Ville de Paris 110, flag-
ship of Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis,
and Queen Charlotte yacht, Capt. Sir Harry Bur-
rard Neale. While in the Quebec, Mr. Grosett ap-
pears to have received the thanks of the President
and Council of Granada for his able and gallant
conduct in having landed with a detachment of 150
seamen and marines on that island, and materially
contributed to its tranquillity and preservation ;
and on another occasion, 16 Feb. 1799, we find him,
in command of the Centaur's boats, destroying the
guns of a battery near the Spanish town of Cam-
brelles, where he' burnt five settees, and brought out
a similar number.f Obtaining a second promotal
commission 6 Oct. 1801, he was next appointed to
the command — in Aug. 1802, of the Poet Mahon
brig, on the Guernsey station — and, 18 June, 1803,
of the Trent 32, armen-en-flute, successive flag-ship
at Cork of Admiral Lord Gardner, Rear-Admiral
Wm. O'Brien Drury, and Vice-Admirals Jas. Haw-
kins Whitshed and Edw. Thombrough. He was
« r;* Gaz. 181 1, p. i6ir. t v: da. \~n, p. ass.
posted from the latter vessel 21 Oct. 1810 ; and on
1 Oct. 1846 was advanced to his present rank.
Rear-Admiral Grosett, on his supercession from
the Trent, was presented with the freedom of the
city of Cork, and the unanimous thanks of the Com-
mittee of Merchants for the great attention he had
exhibited to their interests. His conduct, during
the term of his previous servitude under Lord St.
Vincent, so met the approval of that nobleman as
to have obtained from him the gift of a medal. The
Rear-Admiral is married and has issue. Agents —
Messrs. Halford and Co.
GROTE. (Lieut., 1823. r-p., 13 ; h-p., 20.)
Joseph Geote, bom 5 Feb. 1801, is fourth son of
the late Geo. Grote, Esq., a Justice of the Peace
for COS. Kent and Oxford, by Selina Mary, daughter
of the Rev. Dr. Peckwell. He is brother of Geo.
Grote, Esq., M.P. for the city of London, the emi-
nent banker ; also of Wm. Henry Grote, Esq., late
Major in the 33rd Foot ; and of Andw. and Arthur
Grote, Esqs., of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s Civil Service,
Bengal.
This oificer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1814, as
Third-cl. Vol., on board the Eurotas 38, Capts.
Hon. Edm. Sexten Pery Knox, Robt. Bloye, and
Jas. Lillicrap ; in whicli ship, after conveying the
Due de Berri to Cherbourg, and Admiral Fleemiug
to Gibraltar, he served, until Dec. 1815, on the
Home station, and was employed for some time in
that year in guarding Napoleon Buonaparte during
his detention at Plymouth. Until his promotion to
the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 20 March,
1823, just three years after he had passed his exa-
mination, Mr. Grote was next successively em-
ployed; as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the
West India, Cork, and Newfoundland stations, in
the Brazen 18, Capt. Jas. Stirling, Tonnant 80,
and SiE Francis Drake 38, flag-sMps of Sir Benj.
Hallowell and Sir Chas. Hamilton, DrakI: 10 (which
vessel, on 23 June, 1822, was totally wrecked in St.
Shott's Bay), Capts. Octavius Venables Vernon and
Chas. Adolphus Baker, and Clinker 12, Lieut.-
Commander John Eagar. For his exertions on the
occasion of the wreck of the Drake, Mr. Grote,
who was left the senior surviving officer, had the
satisfaction to be presented, immediately after the
sitting of the consequent Court-martial, with a
commission dated as above, appointing him to the
NiEMEN 28, commanded on the Halifax station 'by
Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly. On 18 Oct. 1824 he
joined the Boadicea 46, bearing the broad pendant
of Sir Jas. Brisbane in the East Indies ; where,
from July, 1825, until the cessation of hostilities, he
took an active part in the Burmese war. He was
employed in command, during that period, of a divi-
sion of boats on the river Irawady, beingfive months
in the ship's pinnace without once sleeping out of
her, and 800 miles away from the ship. Since the
paying-off' of the Boadicea in 1827, Lieut. Grote
has remained unemployed.
GROUBE. (Captain, 1814. r-p., 19 ; h-p., 35.)
Thomas Geoube entered the Navy, in June, 1793,
as A.B., on board the Leviathan 74, Capt. Lord
Hugh Seymour, and in the course of the same year
was present at the investment of Toulon. In Feb.
1794, he became Midshipman of the Aeethusa 38,
Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew ; under whom, when in com-
pany with other ships, he successively witnessed the
rapture of La Ponuyne of 44 guns and 341 men, Le
Babet of 22 guns and 178 men, L' Evgageante of 38
guns and 300 men, and La Eaiolutiontmire of 44
guns and 351 men. On his removal with the same
officer to the Indefatigable of 46 guns, he further
assisted at the capture of L' Unite of 38 guns and
265 men, and La Virginie of 44 guns and 340 men;
besides contributing, in company with the Amazon
36, to the destruction, vrith a loss to the Indefatig-
able of 19 men wounded, of Les Droits de V Homme
74. On 21 Aug. 1799, a few months after he had
accompanied Sir Edw. Pellew into the Impetoeux
74, Mr. Groubc was appointed a Lieutenant of that
GROVE.
437
ship, and he continued to he home on her hooks
until April, 1802; previously to which period he
had heen taken by a French privateer, while in
charge of a prize-hrig, but not until after a brave
defence. He subsequently, on 11 March, 1803, re-
joined his patron on board the Tomnant 80, com-
manded afterwards by Capt. Wm. Henry Jervia,
with whom he served until his health obliged him
to invalid in Feb. 1805. In the following Oct. he
was appointed to the Woolwich 44, armee-en-flute,
and sailed for the East Indies, where he was nomi-
nated, 13 Aug. 1806, First-Lieutenant of the Cul-
toDEN 74, then flag-ship of his friend Sir Edw. Pel-
lew, and where, on 27 of the ensuing Nov., he
commanded a division of boats at the capture and
destruction of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs of war,
and about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels
Ij'ing in Batavia Roads. In the course of 1807 we
find him successively placed by his Admiral in com-
mand of the Psyche and Dover ships-of-war, and
Victor sloop ; in which latter vessel he co-operated
in the further annihilation of the dockyard and
stores at Griessee, in the island of Java, and of all
the naval force remaining to Holland in the East
Indies. From Oct. 1808 until Jan. 1811, he next
had charge of the Marine Hospital at Madras ; after
which, having been officially advanced to the rank
of Commander, by commission dated 31 July, 1809,
he joined, 29 June, 1812, the Calypso brig, sta^
tioned in the Baltic. For his services in that vessel,
particularly at the siege of Danzig in 1813, Capt.
Groube, whom we previously find conveying Lord
Walpole to St. Petersburg, was promoted to Post-
rank 7 June, 1814. His acceptance of the Retire-
ment took place 1 Oct. 1846.
He married, 17 March, 1810, Mrs. Watson, daugh-
ter of the late Jas. Dudson, Eso[.
GROVE. (Commander, 1838. f-p., 17; h-p., 17.)
Francis Grove, born in 1799, is second son of
Edw. Grove, Esq., D.C.L., of Shenstone Park, co.
Stafford, a Deputy-Lieutenant for that shire, by his
first wife, Caroline, third surviving daughter of the
VeryKev. Baptist Proby, Dean of Lichfield, youngest
brother of John, first Lord Carysfort. His great-
grandfather, Wm. Grove, Esq., D.C.L., represented
the city of Coventry in Parliament from 1741 to
1761. One of his brothers, Wm. Grove, Esq., is a
Police Magistrate ; and another, Edm. Sneyd Grove,
Esq., an officer in the R.N. His first-cousin, Mary
(daughter, by one of his father's sisters, of Thos.
Lister, Esq., of Armitage Park, co. Stafford), who
died in 1838, was the successive wife of Thos. Lord
Ribblesdale, and of the present Lord John Russell.
Her Iiadyship's sister is now a maid of honour to
the Queen.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Jan. 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Djedalus 38, Capt.
Murray Maxwell, and on 2 of the following July
was wrecked near Ceylon. From that date until
his return to England in July, 1815, he continued
to be employed in the East Indies, chiefly as Mid-
shipman, on board the Minden 74, flag-ship of Sir
Sam. Hood, Theban 36, Capt. Sam. Leslie, Vo-
LAQE 22, Capt. Joseph Drury, and Malacca 36,
Capt. Geo. Henderson. His name was then placed
for very short periods on the books of the Manly
12, Capt. Chas. Simeon, and Hyacinth 20, Capt.
Alex. Ronton Sharpe, both lying at Portsmouth ;
whence, on being appointed to the Leander 50,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral David Milne, he
sailed for Algiers. After assisting at the bombard-
ment of that place, 27 Aug. 1816, Mr. Grove pro-
ceeded to the coast of North America, where he
remained until the summer of 181 9. He then, on
his return to England, joined the Queen Char-
lotte, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Camp-
bell, but in the following Dec. was again ordered
abroad, having been appointed Mate of the Vigo 74,
flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-Admiral
Robt. Lambert. He was confirmed a Lieutenant,
29 Nov. 1821 (upwards of two years after he had
passed his examination), in tlie Beaver 10, Capts.
Archibald Maclean and Thos. Bourchier, on the
South American station, and next appointed Senior
—9 March, 1824, of the Brisk 10, Capt. Chas. Hope,
employed on Home duty — 1 Jan. 1828, of the Chal-
lenger 28, commanded on paarticular service by
Capts. Joseph Harrison and Chas. Howe Fremantle
—and 26 Oct. 1830, of the Tyne 28, Capt. Chas.
Hope, with whom he returned to South America.
He went on haif-j)ay 2 Sept. 1832 ; and was ad-
vanced to his present rank 28 June, 1838.
Commander Grove married, first, 9 Dec. 1825,
Emily, only daughter of the late Geo. Ure, Esq.,
of the Bengal Medical Establishment; and, se-
condly, 10 Sept. 1839, Mary, eldest daughter of the
late Wm. Roberts, banker, of Glasgow. He has
issue, by his first marriage, four sons and two daugh-
ters ; and, by his second, two sons.
GROVE. (Eetibed Commander, 1846. f-p., 18;
H-p., 34.)
Henry Leslie Grove entered the Navy, 9 June,
1795, as a Volunteer, on board the Narcissus fri-
gate, Capt. Percy Eraser, whom he accompanied to
the Bahama Islands. From 1796 until promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Aug. 1801, he served
as Midshipman, on the Home station, in the Por-
cupine, Capt. John Draper, London 98, flag-ship
of the late Sir John Colpoys, La Nymphe 36, Capt.
P. Eraser (one of Lord Bridport's ships in the
action of He de Groix, 23 June, 1795), Namdr 98,
Capt. Hon. Michael De Courcy, and Narcissus
again, Capt. P. Eraser. He was then successively
intrusted with the command, until July, 1802, of
the William and Constant gun-brigs. Independ-
ently of a further command, from Nov. 1803 to
April, 1804, of the Hope cutter, stationed off Havre,
Mr. Grove was employed, between June in the
former year and Jan. 1806, in the Beaver 10,
Capt. Chas. Pelly, Cerberus 32, Capt. Wm. Selby,
Pallas frigate, Capt. Lord Cochrane, and Impb-
TUEUX 74, Capts. John Erskine Douglas, Thos.
Byam Martin, and John Lawford. Being in May
1807 appointed an Agent for Transports, he visited
in that capacity Copenhagen, Gibraltar, Cadiz, and
Lisbon ; after which we find him officiating, between
1809 and 1815, as agent for prisoners of war at Got>
tenborg, and again, in the Transport service, as
Resident Agent at Deptford, Guernsey, and Cork.
He was invested with the rank of Retired Com-
mander on the Junior List 19 Oct. 1831 ; and on the
Senior 12 Oct. 1846.
Commander Grove holds the appointment of Col-
lector of the Customs at Exeter.
GROVE. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 34.)
William Grove entered the Navy, 26 Dec. 1799,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impetueux 74, Capt.
Sir Edw. Pellew, whom he accompanied in the ex-
peditions of 1800 to Quiberon and Ferrol. Being
paid off in April 1802, he next, in the following
Dec, joined the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier,
fitting for the East Indies, where he attained the
rating of Midshipman 1 Jan. 1804, and where, in
Feb. 1806, he rejoined Sir E. Pellew, whose flag was
then flying on board the Culloden 74. On 10 June
1807, after having assisted at the capture and de-
struction of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs of war
and about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels'
lying in Batavia roads, Mr. Grove was appointed
Acting-Lieutenant of the Dasher sloop, Capts.
Nevinson De Courcy and Robt. Worgan Geo. Fes-
ting. He invalided home in April, 1809, and, be-
tween Nov. in that year and June, 1811, was next
employed in the Channel, and again in the East
Indies, on board the Orestes brig, Capt. John Ri-
chards Lapenotiere, Scipion 74, Capt. Chas. Philip
Butler Bateman, Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Mal-
colm, and Hecate sloop, Capt. Hen. John Peachey
He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 4 March, 1812 iii
the Primrose, 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phil-
lott, on the Home station ; where, and in the Medi-
terranean, he subsequently joined— 30 July 18!-:'
the Echo sloop, Capt. Thos. Percival— 12 Feb I8I3'
438 GROVES-GCNNELL-GUNNING-GURLEY-GUTZMER-GUYON.
the Indds 74, Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, part of Sir
Edw. Pellew's force in his action of 13 Feb. 1814
with the Toulon fleet— and 26 Sept. 1814, the Hope
10, Capt. Henry Fyge Jauncey. Since the period
of his leaving the latter vessel, 24 June, 1815, Lieut.
Grove has been on half-pay.
GROVES. (Lieut., 1827. f^iP., 17; h-p., 31.)
John Geoves was born 29 March, 1795, at God-
manstone, co. Dorset.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1809, as a
Volunteer, on board the Akgo 44, Capt. Stephen
Thos. Digby, with whom, until the peace of 1815,
he continued to serve, a great part of the time as
Midshipman, in the same ship, and in the Theban
36, CoKuwAiiis 74, and Hybea 38. While on her
passage out with convoy, the Theban, at noon on
8 Sept. 1812, being at the time in the China Sea,
was caught in a typhoon, and before midnight had
nothing standing but the foremast and bowsprit.
During his attachment to the Hydea, Mr. Groves
attended the expedition to New Orleans, where
constant exposure to wet and cold in an open boat
deprived him for some time of the use of his Umbs.
In Jan. 1816, shortly after he had passed his exa-
mination, he was appointed Mate of the Newcastle
50, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm at St. Helena,
from which station he returned to England and
was paid off 10 Sept. 1817. Ee-entering the service
in Dec. 1818, he joined the Ebvolutionnaire 46,
Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew,
whom he soon afterwards accompanied, as Admi-
ralty-Midshipman, to the Mediterranean. On 18
May, 1821, we find Mr. Groves serving, under Lieut.
Arthur Morrell, in one of two boats belonging to
the latter ship, and assisting at the capture, in the
harbour of St. Jean, in the Gulf of Patras, of two
Greek pirate-boats, together with two others sup-
posed to be their prizes; on which occasion the
British sustained a loss of 1 man killed and 3 slightly
wounded. While next borne on the books, from
May 1823 until March, 1825, of the Bulwark 74,
and William and Maky yacht, Capts. Thos. Dun-
das and Chas. Malcolm, he was part of the time
employed in the British and Irish Channels on board
the Falcon and Tigek tenders. He was ultimately,
on 28 April, 1827, advanced to his present rank,
while serving in the Victokt 104, flag-ship at Ports-
mouth of Sir Geo. Martin. Since that period he
has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Grove, whose first marriage took place
25 Sept. 1827, wedded, secondly, 16 April, 1838,
Harriet, daughter of the late Mr. Levi Groves, of
Minterne, co. Dorset. Two children are the sur-
viving issue of his first marriage.
GUNNELL. (LlEtlTENANT, 1841.)
EcMnND Hall Gunnell entered the Navy 21
Jan. 1826 ; parsed his examination 28 Aug. 1832 ;
and was promoted, while serving in the East Indies,
as Mate of the Bndtmion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred.
Wm. Grey, to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Nov. 1841.
His appointments have since been — 23 Nov. 1841,
and 29 JuAe, 1842, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship
of Sir Wm. Parker, and Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry
Keppel, both on the above station — and 1 March,
1845, to the Eagle 50, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin.
Of that ship, which has been successively employed
on the south-east and north coasts of America, he
is now Senior Lieutenant.
VEREiGN 100, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, bearing
the flag of Sir Benj. Hallowell at Plymouth, where
he was speedily transferred with the same officers
to the Tonnant 80. Between 1816 and the date
of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 25 Sept.
1821, we find him employed, on the St. Helena,
Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the Ra-
coon 18, Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, Liffet 50, Capt.
Hon. Henry Duncan, and REVOLnTioNNAiHE 46,
Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew.
He subsequently joined, in the course of 1823, the
Meksey 26, Capt. John Macpherson Ferguson, and
Isis 50, and Spabtiate 76, both commanded by
Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, and all employed on
the coast of South America^20 Nov. 1825, the
Wellbsley 74, also commanded by the latter offi-
cer—and 18 Sept. 1829, the Ganges 84, Capt. John
Hayes. He assumed command, 26 Feb. 1830, of the
Wasp 18, from which vessel, on 30 April in the
same year, he removed to the Infernal bomb. He
was paid off on his return from the Mediterranean
11 June following, and has not since been afloat.
Commander Gunning married, 22 June, 1830,
Mary Dora, fourth daughter of the late Rear-Ad-
miral Sir Michael Seymour, Bart., by whom he has
issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
GURLEY. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
John Gurlet passed his examination in 1816 ;
and obtained his commission 14 June, 1827. He
has since been on half-pay.
This officer Is at present, we believe, a Stipendi-
ary Magistrate at Jamaica. Agent — J. Chippen-
dale.
GUTZMER. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
John Gutzmek entered the Navy 22 Aug. 1814 ;
passed his examination in 1821 ; and was promoted
to a Lieutenancy, 14 July, 1829, in the Mersey 26,
Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, employed on
the Jamaica station, where he successively removed,
on 31 July following, and 21 March, 1831, to the
Harpy 10, Capt. Joseph P. D. Lawson, and Mag-
nificent receiving-ship, Lieut.-Commander John
Paget. H e left the latter vessel, in consequence of
her establishment being reduced, in Dec. 1832 ; and,
since 1 Feb. 1837, has been in charge of a station in
the Coast Guard. Agent— J. Hinxmau.
GUNNING. (Commander, 1830. f-p., U ;
H-p., 21.)
Orlando George Sutton Gunning, born 12 May,
1799, is fourth son of the late Sir Geo. Wm. Gun-
ning, Bart., by Elizabeth, daughter of Henry, first
Lord Bradford. He is brother of the present Sir
Robt. Henry Gunning, Bart., of Horton, co. North-
ampton ; also of Lieut. Geo. Orlando Gunning, of
the 10th Hussars, who fell at Waterloo ; and of Oc-
tavius Wm. Gunning, Esq., a Captain in the Army.
This oflicer entered the Navy (from the Royal
Naval College), in 1815, on board the Rotal So-
GUYON. (Lieutenant, 1838. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 6.)
John Frederick Guton was born 21 Nov. 1807.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Feb. 1823, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tribune 42, Capt. Gar-
diner Henry Guion, in the boats of which frigate
he served at the capture of several piratical vessels
in the Grecian Archipelago. In the course of 1826
he successively joined the Gloucester 74, com-
manded at Sheerness by Capt. Joshua Sydney Hor-
ton, and Ganges 84, fitting for the flag of Sir Robt.
Otway, then about to assume the direction of naval
affairs in South America. In Sept. 1829, a few
months after he had parsed his examination, Mr.
Guyon returned to England. He subsequently
joined, in the capacity of Mate— 10 June, 1830, the
Ganges again, Capts. Edw. Stirling Dickson and
Geo. Burdett, attached to the force in the Mediter-
ranean—21 April, 1832, the Trinculo 18, Capt. Jas.
Rich. Booth, off the coast of Ireland— 9 Nov. fal-
lowing, the Malabar 74, Capt. Hon. Josceline
Percy, with whom he returned to the Mediterra-
nean, and there served, latterly in the Canopos 84,
until Feb. 1837— and 9 Aug. 1837, the Rhadaman-
THUS steam-vessel, Capt. Arthur Wakefield, em-
ployed on the same station. His appointments, as
Lieutenant, which rank he attained 28 June, 1838,
were, also in the Mediterranean — 25 July, 1838,
to the Barbam 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry — 19
Nov. 1839, to the Cyclops steamer, Capt. Horatio
Thos. Austin, in which vessel he participated In the
capture of the castle of Gebail, the town of Sidon,
and other places on the coast of Syria— and, 3 Feb.
1841, to the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence. He
has been on half-pay since Feb. 1842.
GWYN— GWYNNE— HACKETT.
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GWYN. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p.,8; h-p.,31.)
"William Gwyn, a gentleman of ancient Welsli
extraction, is fourth and youngest son of the late
Hamond Gwyn, Esq., by Frances, daughter of John
Pigge, Esq. ; and brother of the present Anthony
Gwyn, Esq., of Baron's Hall, Fakenham, co. Nor-
folk.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., in the Racehorse 18, Capt. Wm.
Fisher, with whom he served at the Cape of Good
Hope and in the East Indies, part of the time as
Midshipman of the Coknwallis 50, until Feb. 1811.
He then returned home in the Bakbadoes 28, Capt.
Brian Hodgson, and, after a continued attachment
of a short period to the same vessel off Cherbourg,
where she was commanded by Capt. Edw. Kush-
worth, was employed, between Deo. 1811 and Aug.
1815, in the Niobe 38, Capts. John Wentworth Lo-
ring and Wm. Augustus Montagu, and Madagas-
car 36, Capts. Lucius Curtis and Bentinck Caven-
dish Doyle. In the latter ship, besides participating
in other operations of the last American war, he
attended the expeditions against Washington and
Baltimore ; and on one occasion he served in her
boats with those of the Havannah at the capture,
after a spirited action, of the Franklin American
schooner of war. On 9 May, 1816, Mr. Gwyn, who,
on leaving the Madagascab, had taken up a com-
mission bearing date 6 March,|1815, joined the Dee
24, Capt. Sam. Chambers, on the Halifax station.
He returned home in June, 1817, and has since been
unemployed.
Lieut. Gwyn is a Magistrate for the county of
Norfolk. He married Mary, daughter of Edw.
Kudge, Esq., by whom he has issue five sons and
seven daughters. One of the former, Hamond
Weston Gwyn, Esq., First-Lieutenant K.M. (1845),
is now serving on board the Tbafalgab 120.
GWYNNE, LL.D. (Eetired Commander, 1836.
E-p., 8 ; H-p., 50.)
Lawrence Gwynne entered the Navy, in Oct.
1789, as Admiral's Servant, on board the Tbusty
50, Capt. John Drew, bearing the flag of Sir John
Laforey in the West Indies, where he served, lat-
terly as Midshipman, for nearly four years. In
Aug. 1793 he became attached to the Caeyspobt
28, Capt. Francis Laforey, stationed in the North
Sea and Baltic ; and, on removing to the Ramillies
74, Capts. Henry Harvey and Sir Rich. Bickerton,
of which ship he successively officiated as School-
master and Master's Mate, he fought in Lord
Howe's action, 1 June, 1794. Returning subse-
quently to the West Indies, he there rejoined Sir
John Laforey on board the Majestic 74; from
which ship, on 30 Oct. 1795, he was promoted to a
Lieutenancy in L' Aimable 32, Capts. Chas. Sydney
Davers and Jemmet Mainwaring. While serving
with the last-mentioned officer, we find him, on 23
July, 1796, taking part in a very warm and gallant
action with the French 36-gun frigate La Pensee,
whose loss on the occasion is stated to have
amounted to 90 men killed and wounded, while
that of the British ship did not exceed 2 wounded.
Mr. Gwynne's last appointment was to the Marl-
borough 74, Capts. Henry NichoUs and Joseph
EUison, with whom he served in the Channel and
off Brest from Feb. to Sept. 1797. He became a
Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov.
1830; and on the Senior 7 March, 1836.
This officer, a member, we understand, of the
EngUsh Bar, was lately Mathematical Master at
Christ Church. He married Miss Strangways.
H.
HACKETT. (Lieut., 1818. p-p., 10; h-p., 28.)
Edward Hackett was born 1 Dec. 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Feb. 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magicienne 36, Capt.
Lucius Curtis, stationed off the Isle of France.
Between the following year, when he returned to
England as Midshipman of the Leopard 50, Capt.
Jas. Johnstone, and the period of his examination,
which he passed in the summer of 1815, he served
on the Channel and West India stations, chiefly as
Master's Mate, in the Vengeuk 74, flag-ship of Sir
Joseph Sydney Yorke, Ttrian 10, Capt. Augustus
Baldwin, Warrior 74, bearing the flag of Kear-
Admiral John ErsMne Douglas, and Shark re-
ceiving-ship, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Strangways.
From the latter date) until officially promoted, 15
May, 1818, Mr. Hackett was further employed, as
Acting-Lieutenant, also in the West indies, on
board the Carnation 18, Capt. Geo. Bentbam,
Jdnon 38, Capt. Jas. Haldane Tait, Active 38,
Capt. Philip Carteret, Primrose 18, Capt. Chas.
Geo. Rodney Phillott, Larne 20, Capt. Abraham
Lowe, PiQOE 36, Capt. John Mackellar, and Beaver
10, Capt. Robt. Rochford Felix. He returned home
soon afterwards in the Semiramis frigate, bearing
the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, who died
on the passage ; and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Hackett has been upwards of 13 years Go-
vernor of the County Gaol of Berkshire. He mar-
ried 22 May, 1830. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
HACKETT. (Captain, 1838. e-p., 16; h-p., 32.)
John Hackett entered the Navy, 16 Dec. 1799,
as A. B., on board the Raisonnable 64, Capts.
Chas. Boyles, John Dilkes, and Wm. Hotham, in
which ship, after participating, as Midshipman, in
the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801, he cruized
on the Downs station until Jan. 1805. On next
joining, in May, 1806, the Argo 44, Capt. Stephen
Thos. Digby, he proceeded to the coast of Africa,
and thence to the West Indies, where, in March,
1808, having removed to the Cerberus 32, Capt.
Wm. Selby,Jhe witnessed the capture of the islands
of Marie-galante and Desirade. Soon after his re-
turn to England Mr. Hackett, on 26 Sept. in the
latter year, was promoted, from a Master's Mate-
ship in the Semiramis 36, Capt. Wm. Granger, to
an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Ned Elven brig,
Capt. Rich. Jas. Lawrence O'Connor, with whom
he served, in the North Sea and Baltic, until March,
1809. Obtaining a similar appointment, 1 May fol-
lowing, in the Renard sloop, Capt. Hew Steuart,
he had an opportunity of attending the ensuing ex-
pedition to the Walcheren; but it was not until 11
May, 1811, that, after a re-employment, as Midship-
man and Master's Mate, in the Charger brig, and
CiESAR 80, commanded in the Channel and off Lis-
bon by Lieut. Jas. Askey and Capt. Wm. Granger,
as also in the Barflbuh 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo.
Cranfield Berkeley, he succeeded in procuring his
first Admiralty commission. He then served for a
very brief period in the Diadem 64, Capt. John
Phillimore, and was next appointed, 18 Aug. 1812,
and 16 Jan. 1814, to the Success troop-ship, Capt.
Thos. Barclay, and Epervier of 18 guns and 117
men, Capt. Rich. Walter Wales, employed on the
North America and West India station. The latter
vessel, on 29 April, 1814, had the misfortune, after a
desperate engagement of an hour, in which, besides
being fearfully damaged, she sustained a loss of 23
men killed and wounded, to be taken by the U. S.
sloop Peacock of 22 guns and 185 picked seamen, 2
only of whom were hurt.* Among the Epervieh's
wounded on the occasion was Mr. Hackett, who,
about the middle of the action, had his left arm
shattered, and received a severe splinter-wound in
the hip, but whose gallantry would hardly suffer
him to be carried below. He was ultimately, at
the expiration of a short servitude in the Glouces-
ter 74, Capts. Joshua Sydney Horton and Henry
Stuart, promoted to the rank of Commander by
commission bearing date 2 Sept. 1828. His last ap-
pointment was, 4 Nov. 1833, to the Jaseur 16,
which sloop he paid off, on her return from the
Mediterranean, in the spring of 1837. His services,
as connected, during a portion of that period, with
the civil war in Spain, were rewarded with the first
* The Epekvieb had previously, on 23 Feb., effected the
capture of the American privateer Alfred^ of 16 guns and
440 HADAWAY-HAGAN-HAGGARD-HAINES-HAINS-IIALAHAN-HALE.
class of the order of Charles III. He attained his
present rank 28 June, 1838.
Capt. Hackett is in the receipt of a pension for
his woimds of I82t. 10s. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
HADAWAY. (Commander, 1846.)
Cdmbebland Hadaway entered the Navy 14
April, 1810 ; passed his examination in 1816 ; and
was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 5 Feb. 1828, in the
Heeon 18, Capts. John Alex. Duntze and Jas. Bur-
ney, stationed in South America, whence he re-
turned home and was paid off in March, 1830. His
subsequent appointments were — 27 Oct. 1840, to the
Impkegnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, of which
ship, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, he
served for a considerable time as First-Lieutenant
—25 Sept. 1843, in the latter capacity, to the Pene-
lope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of
Commodore "Wm. Jones on the coast of Africa,
where he continued until the early part of 1845 —
and, 20 Oct. 1845, again as Senior, to the Albion
90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, forming part of the
Channel squadron. He attained his present rank 9
Nov. 1846 ; and is now on half-pay.
HAGAN,Kt. (Captain, 1843. f-p., 27; h-p., 13.)
Sir Robert Hagan, born 3 Nov. 1794, at Mag-
herafelt, co. Londonderry, is fifth son of the late
John Hagan, Esq., of that place, a descendant of
the princely house of O'Neill.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Dec. 1807, as
Third-cl. Vol., on board the Shrveillante 38,
Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, of which frigate he
became Midshipman 2 Sept. 1809, and Master's
Mate 1 March, 1813. During the six years of his
attachment to her, he made a voyage to Brazil, and
was very actively employed, after conveying Sir
Arthur Wellesley to Portugal, in the Bay of Bis-
cay (where he assisted at the capture, 30 Oct. 1809,
of the national corvette Le Milan of 18 guns), and
also on the north coast of Spain. "While on the
latter station Mr. Hagan was present at the reduc-
tion, in 1811-12-13, of several of the enemy's towns
and forts, including those of Lequeytio, Bermeo,
Galea, Algorta, Bagona, El Campillo las Quersas,
Xebiles, Castro St. Ano, Guetaria, Santander, Santa
Clara, and St. Sebastian. Removing, in Dec. 1813,
to the PoRonpiNE 22, 'bearing the flag of Rear- Ad-
miral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, he witnessed, in
the early part of the following year, the celebrated
entrance into the Adour of a British flotilla sent to
co-operate with Lord Wellington's army in its in-
vestment of Bayonne ; as he further did, in the
Gironde, the destruction of a French line-of-battle
ship, three brigs of war, and several smaller vessels,
together with all the enemy's forts and batteries
on the north side of that river. From Nov. 1815,
Mr. Hagan (who during the last sixteen months
had been officiating as Acting-Lieutenant of the
Porcupine), until May, 1819, commanded the Prin-
cess Charlotte and Prince Regent Colonial ves-
sels on the coast of Africa, where he was officially
promoted by commission dated 25 Oct. 1816. In
the last-mentioned brig he appears to have been
wounded, and to have gained distinction by his
conduct in capturing the Paz, a piratical vessel
superior to him in force. "While in subsequent com-
mand, from May, 1819, until his advancement to the
next superior rank in his profession, 15 May, 1823,
of the "Thistl? gun-brig, he contrived, without col-
lateral assistance of any sort, to capture 40 sail of
vessels, and rescue 4000 persons from bondage.
Previously to his departure from the scene of his
surprising exertions, the members of Council and
foreign Judges at Sierra Leone addressed a letter
of thanks to him, accompanied by a piece of plate
as a mark of their esteem ; and the mercantile com-
munity equally manifested the feelings with which
he had impressed them by presenting him with a
similar address and a sword valued at 100 guineas.
"With the exception of a period of two years in
1836-8, Capt. Hagan was afterwards, from 10 Oct.
1829, until elevated to his present rank, 11 Jan. 1843,
employed as an Inspecting Commander in the Irish
Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay.
Sir Robt. Hagan, upon whoin the honour of
knighthood was conferred in 1835, married, in 1819,
the only daughter of Capt. Henry Levitt Hall, of
Park Hall, Notts, by whom he has issue. Agents—
Collier and Snee.
HAGGARD. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Henry Tachell Haggard passed his examin-
ation 6 Sept. 1841 ; and served as Mate, on the
Home and Cape of Good Hope stations, in the
Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, St. Vincent
120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley, Sappho 16,
Capt. Hon. Geo. Hope, and Winchester 50, bear-
ing the flag of Hon. Josceline Percy. He was pro-
moted, 8 June, 1846, to a Lieutenancy in the Cro-
codile 8, commanded on particular service by Capt.
GowerLowe ; with whom, since 18 of the following
Nov., he has been employed on board the Resist-
ance troop-ship.
HAINES. (Commander, 184.5.)
Berry Haines entered the Navy 18 Aug. 1812 ;
passed his examination in 1819 ; and was made a
Lieutenant, 25 Aug. 1826, into the Bustard 10,
Capt. Chas. Elliot, on the Jamaica station, where
he had command for some time of the TJsioN ten-
der. His subsequent appointments were — 20 Aug.
1831, to the Galatea 42, Capt. Chas. Napier, em-
ployed on particular service — 15 Oct. 1832, as Se-
nior, to the Serpent 16, Capt. John Chas. Symonds,
fitting at Portsmouth — 22 Jan. 1835, in a similar
capacity, to the Victor 16, Capt. Rich. Crozier,
with whom he served on the East India station
until the early part of 1839— and, 11 May, 1841,
again as First-Lieutenant, to the Ddblin 50, bear-
ing the flag in the Pacific of Rear- Admiral Rich.
Thomas, He was promoted, on returning home
from the latter station, to his present rank, by com-
mission dated 25 July, 1845, but has not since been
afloat.
Commander Haines married, 3 March, 1840, Eli-
zabeth, widow of John Parker, Esq., of BUdeston,
CO. Suffolk. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
HAINS. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
John Hains served as Master's Mate of the
Standard 64, Capt. Thos. Harvey, and was wound-
ed at the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807.
His appointments, since his promotion to the rank
of Lieutenant, which took place 2 Feb. 1815, hav«
been — 26 May, 1827, to the Coast Blockade, in which
service he was employed, until Nov. 1830, as Super-
numerary of the Ramilljes and Talavera 74'sv
Capt. Hugh Pigot— 24 May, 1831, to the Coast
Guard — 2 July, 1840, to the command l)f the De-
fence revenue-vessel — and 18 June, 1845, again to
the Coast Guard, in which he is at present employed.
Lieut. Hains* services in the last-mentioned depart-
ments of the Navy extend over a period of more
than 20 years.
HALAHAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Halahan entered the Navy, at the com-
mencement of 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
Redwing 18, Capts. Thos. Ussher, Edw. Augustus
Down, and Sir John Gordon Sinclair, stationed in
the Mediterranean, where, during a servitude of
six years in that vessel, he figured, part of the time
as Midshipman, in a variety of brilliant operations.
He was subsequently employed with Capt. Ussher
and Sir John Poo Beresford, latterly as Master's
Mate, in the Undaunted 38, and Duncan 74, on
the same and the Brazilian stations. He has not
been afloat since his promotion to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, which took place 27 Feb. 1815. Agent
J. Hinxman.
HALE. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Jeffrey Hale entered the Navy 9 May, 1815 :
passed his examination in 1822 ; and obtained his
commission 8 June, 1826. He has not been since
employed.
HALFORD-HALKETT-HALL.
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HALFOED. (LiEDT., 1812. f-p.,14; h-p., 32.)
Charles Halford entered the Navy, 13 Jan.
1801, as A.B., on board the C^sar 80, Capts. Jah-
leel Brenton and Hugh Downman, bearing the flag
of Sir Joe. Saumarez, under whom, in July follow-
ing, he foUght as Midshipman in the actions off
Algeciras and Cadiz. In Nov. 1802, after having
been for a short time transferred to the Heecdie
74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, lying at Portsmouth, he
f ejoined Capt. Brenton, as Master's Mate, in La
MiNEBVE of 48 guns ; and on 2 July, 1803, he had
the misfortune to be on board that frigate when
she took the ground under the batteries of Cher-
bourg, and was compelled, in spite of a desperate
and sanguinary resistance, to strike her colours.
He was accordingly detained a prisoner in France
until May, 1811, at which period, having been de-
prived of his parole, he succeeded in effecting his
escape from the citadel of Verdun, where he had
been placed in close and rigorous confinement. He
was promoted to the rank he now holds 21 March,
1812 ; and from 15 of the ensuing April until 2 Aug.
1815, was employed in the Valtant 74, bearing the
flag of the late Sir Manley Dixon on the North Sea
and American stations. He has since been on half-
pay. Agehts — Messrs. Halford and Co.
HALKETT, Bart. (Commander, 1837.)
Sir John Halkett, born in Jan. 1805, is eldest
son of Admiral of the Blue Sir Peter Halkett, Bart.,
G.C.H. (who commanded the Circe frigate in the
action off Camperdown, and died in Oct. 1839), by
Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Todd, Esq. One of
his uncles, John Halkett, Esq., was late Governor
of the Bahamas, and First Commissioner of West
India Accounts ; and a second. Sir Alex. Halkett,
K.C.H., a Lieut. -General in the Army.
This officer passed his examination in 1825 ; was
made Lieutenant, 20 Oct. 1827, into the Challenger
frigate, Capt. Joseph Harrison ; served next, from
Nov. 1828 until Deo. 1829, in the Ariadne 28, com-
manded in the Atlantic by Capt. Fred. Marryat ;
and, on 15 Feb. 1836, was appointed to the Mel-
ville 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to his father, on the
West India station. He has not been employed
since his promotion to the rank of Commander,
which took place 4 Aug. 1837.
Sir John Halkett, a Deputy-Lieutenant for oo.
Fife, married, in April, 1831, Amelia Hood, daughter
of Colonel Conway, by whom he has issue. Agents
— Collier and Snee.
HALKETT. (Lieutenant, 1 842.)
Peter Alexander Halkett passed his examin-
ation 6 Sept. 1840, and was employed as Mate on
board the Hy^tcinth and Modeste sloops, Capts.
Wm. Warreft, Geo. Goldsmith, and Bundle Burges
Watson. Joining, under the latter oificer, in the
hostilities on the coast of China, he assisted, on
10 March, 1842, in towing four fire-rafts clear of
the shipping off Ningpo during an attack made by
the Chinese ; and on 18 of the following May he
served on shore at the capture of Chapoo.* He
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec.
1842, and next appointed— 27 Aug. 1844, to the
Eclair steam-sloop, Capt. Walter Grimston Buck-
nail Estcourt, fitting at Portsmouth— 19 Dec. 1844,
to the AcTJEON 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, lying at
Devonport— 20 Jan. 1845, to the Excellent gun-
nery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings
—and, 1 July, 1845, to the Crocodile 26, bearing
the flag of Sir Hugh Pigot at Cork. He has been
serving, since 22 Nov. in the latter year, in the
Stromboli steam-sloop, Capt. Thos. Fisher.
HALL. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 22.)
Charles Hall entered the Navy (into which he
was impressed, being at the time Mate of a fine
West Indiaman), 8 Aug. 1804, as A.B., on board the
Champion 24, Copt. Kobt. Howe Bromley, stationed
in the Downs. Becoming Master's Mate, in June,
* fide Gia.. 1842, pp. 2:i««, 30114.
1805, of the Orion 74, Capts. Edw. Codrington and
Sir Arch. Dickson, he fought in the ensuing action
off Trafalgar, and in 1807 accompanied the expe-
dition against Copenhagen. In Dec. 1808, and Dec.
1811, he was successively appointed Acting-Master
and Acting-Lieutenant of ,the Prometheus sloop,
Capts. Thos. Forrest and Hercules Kobinson, in
command of whose cutter he succeeded in totally
destroying, off Pillau, in the Baltic, a French pri-
vateer. La Messalina, of 6 guns and 38 men, although
protected by the fire of a body of troops on the
beach, 2 Aug. 1810. After serving for some time
on the Jamaica station, where disease swept off all
his messmates, Mr. Hall was superseded from the
Prometheus, and, in Aug. 1812, appointed Mid-
shipman of the Warspite 50, Capt. Hon. Henry
Blackwood, employed in Basque Roads. In April,
1814, he removed, as a Supernumerary, to the Han-
nibal 74, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, with whom
he again sailed for the West Indies. On his arrival
on that station he was once more, on 19 July, in-
vested with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, and.
appointed to the Venerable 74, flag-ship of Sir
Philip Durham ; but, the vacancy not proving a
legitimate one, he remained unconfirmed tiU the
general promotion, 7 Feb. 1815. He officiated,
during the seven following months, as First of the
Columbine sloop, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle, also
on the West India station ; and was subsequently
appointed— 1 Jan. 1824, to the Coast Blockade, as
Supernumerary Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74,
Capt. Wm. M'CuUooh— 27 July, 1826, as Senior, to
the Jasper 10, Capt. Henry Martin Blackwood, on
the Mediterranean station, whence he invalided in
Nov. 1826—10 July, 1835, and 1 Aug. 1836, to the
Ordinary at Sheemess and Plymouth, in which ser-
vice he continued, with his name part of the time
on the books of the T^MiRAiEE 104, and San Josef
110, Capts. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy and Rich.
Thomas, for upwards of three years — and, 20 Sept.
1838, to the command of the Rolla 10, on the coasts
of Spain and Africa, where (with the exception of
a few months, from 23 Nov. 1840 until 15 June,
1841, passed in acting-command of the Persian 16)
he continued to serve, in the same vessel, until paid
off 18 Aug. 1842. Commander Hall, who had been
promoted to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841, has
been employed, since 31 March, 1846, as Second
Captain of the Caledonia 120, fiag-ship of Sir John
Louis, Admiral-Superintendent at Devonport.
A son of this gentleman, Chas. O. B. Hall, is a
Mate in the Navy. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
HALL. (Ret. Capt., 1846. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 40.)
Edward Hall entered the Navy, in Nov. 1786,
as a Boy, on board the Cygnet sloop, Capt. NichoUs,
with whom, and with Capt. Manley Dixon of the
Orestes, and Lieut. Jas. Hill of the Pilote, he
served, on the Channel and Irish stations, until
Jan. 1789. Re-embarking in Aug. 1793 on board
the Juno 32, Capt. Sam. Hood, he proceeded to the
Mediterranean, and in Jan. 1794 was present in
that ship when she effected a memorable escape
from the inner harbour of Toulon, into which she
had entered in ignorance of the previous evacuation
of the place by the British. In Jan. 1795, after
having assisted at the siege of Bastia as Midship-
man of the Illustrious 74, Capt. Thos. Lennox
Frederick, he became attached to the Berwick 74,
Capt. Adam Littlejohn, under whom, who fell in
the action, he was captured by the French fleet,
notwithstanding a brave defence, 7 March following.
Being soon afterwards, however, restored to liberty,
he rejoined Capt. Frederick on board the Blen-
heim 74, and had thus an opportunity of witnessing
the evacuation of Corsica, and of sharing, 14 Feb.
1797, in the action off Cape St. Vincent. He re-
moved, immediately subsequent to the latter event,
to the Victory 100, and V ille de Paris 1 10, suc-
cessive flag-ships of Earl St. Vincent ; before he
had been long under whom he was appointed, I
May, 1797, Acting-Lieutenant of the Namur 98,
Capt. Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, stationed off the
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HALL.
port of Cadiz, where he wag confirmed, on 10 June
in the same year, into his former ship, the Victory,
Capts. Thos. Sotheby and Wm. Cuming. During
the last four years of the French revolutionary war
we find him further employed, on the last mentioned,
and on the Mediterranean, Channel, and West India
stations, in the BLENHjGiiM and Princess Rotal,
both flag-ships of his old Captain, then Rear- Admiral
Frederick, and Jdste 80, Capts. Sir Henry TroUope,
Rich. Dacres, and Sir Edm. Nagle. Having spent
a few months of the short-lived peace in the Afbi-
CAiNE 38, commanded in the North Sea by Capt.
Thos. Manby, Mr. Hall was subsequently appointed
— in Dec. 1803, to the charge of a Signal Station at
North Yarmouth— 3 July, 1805, as Senior, to the
Zeeka sloop, Capt. Wm. Standway Parkinson, em-
ployed in the Downs— 8 Oct. 1805, to the command
of the Speculator lugger, on the same station —
22 May, 1806, and 18 Oct. 1807, again as First, to
the, Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. Campbell, and Pbisce
OF Wales 98, bearing the flag of Lord Gambler,
in the former of which ships (besides commanding
her boats, in conjunction with those of the Mos-
quito, at the cutting-out and destruction of several
vessels at Ebeltofi", in Jutland) he contributed to
the reduction of Copenhagen — 30 Nov. 1807, to the
command of the Eijeeren, a Danish prize lying in
the river Medway — 20 May, 1808, again to the
Nassau, Capt. E. Campbell, attached to the force
in the North Sea — in Jan. 1809, to the Impress ser-
vice at Dundee, where he remained until Nov. 1810
—and, 16 April, 1811, as First, to the Tremendous
74, commanded by his friend Capt. Campbell, on
the Baltic and Channel stations. He obtained a
second promotal commission 12 Aug. 1812; and ac-
cepted his present rank 5 Nov. 1846. Agents —
Messrs. Halford and Co.
HALL. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Edward Hall entered the Navy, 6 April, 1806,
as Midshipman, on board the Tkustv 50, Capt.
Brian Hodgson, in which ship, with the exception
of a few months passed in 1806 in the MnsqoiTO
sloop, Capt. Sam. Jackson, he served until March,
1808, when, having previously attended the expe-
dition to Copenhagen, and participated in several
skirmishes with the batteries and flotilla on the
French coast, he joined the Ranger 18, Capt. Geo.
Acklom. During a continuance of nearly six years
in that vessel he made surveys of dift'erent ports
and harbours in the Kattegat, Baltic, Sound, Great
and Little Belt, &c., all of which were transmitted
to the Hydrographical Office at the Admiralty by
Sir Geo. Hope, the Captain of the Fleet. On one
occasion he came into contact with the Danish gun-
boats at Fladstrand, and in 1809 he was present at
the capture of the island of Anholdt. In the sum-
mers of 1811 and 1812 we find him cruizing in
command of a tender off' the ports of Pillau and
Danzig against the enemy's privateers, from which
service he was removed for the express purpose of
surveying the river Dwina, preparatory to the em-
ployment of English and Russian gun-boats at the
defence of Riga, where, during the absence of tlie
Flag-Lieutenant, he officiated on shore as aide-de-
camp to the present Sir Thos. Byam Martin, who
recommended him in consequence to the notice of
the Admiralty. In the winter of 1812-13, after an
officer superior to him in rank had failed in the
attempt, Mr. Hall was selected from the squadron,
then frozen up at Carlskrona, to be the bearer of
despatches from Mr. Thornton, the British Minister
at Stockholm, to Lord Cathcart, who was at the
time at the Imperial head-quarters of the Russian
army in Poland. The Earnest gun-brig having
been cut out of the ice to coiivey him across the
Baltic, he landed on the coast of Prussia, and, after
travelling by a circuitous route through 500 miles
of country, occupied in many parts by the enemy,
into whose hands he was in continual danger of
falling and being treated as a spy, he succeeded in
five days in accomplishing the object of his mission.
On his return with despatches from Lord Cathcart
to Mr. Thornton he was again officially recom-
mended both by that nobleman and by his Commo-
dore, Capt. Acklom. During the remaining nine
months of 1813 he acted as aide-de-camp to H.R.H.
the Duke of Wurtemberg at the siege of Danzig^
with a view of keeping up the communication be-
tween the Russian army and the Anglo-Russian
squadron blockading that port. The services he
performed during that period procuring him a fur-
ther recommendation from Lord Cathcart and Capt.
Acklom, as well as from the Duke and from the
Russian Admiral, he was promoted on his return
to England to a Lieutenancy, 15 Dec. 1813, in the
Rattler 18, Capt. Henry Bourne, with whom he
served on the North America and West India sta-
tion until 25 Jan. 1815. He has since been on
half-pay.
Lieut. Hall (who appears to have been employed
on many important missions by his late Majesty
when Duke of Clarence) married, 21 Sept. 1826,
Sarah Miles, daughter of the late John Smith, Esq.,
of Liverpool. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
HALL. (Retired Commander, 1841.)
George Hall entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1800,
as Midshipman, on board the Ville de Paris 110,
Capt. Sir Thos. Troubridge, bearing the flag in the
Channel of Earl St. Vincent ; and, from Aug. 1802
until June, 1 806, was employed, on the Home and
West India stations, in the Unicorn and Etha-
LioN frigates, both commanded by Capt. Chas.
Stuart. He then joined the Northumberland 74,
flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, who, on 11
of the following Sept., appointed him Lieutenant
of the Port d'Espagne 14, Capt. Jas. Pattison
Stewart — an act which the Admiralty confirmed by
commission dated 29 Oct. in the same year. While
cruizing in the latter vessel in the Gulf of Paria,
Mr. Hall, on being detached in a prize schooner
with 25 men, succeeded, in a very cool and brave
manner, in boarding and carrying, on 6 June, 1807,
although not without a mutual loss, the Mercedes
privateer, mounting 2 carriage-guns and 2 swivels,
and having on board a crew of 30 men (an exploit
for which he was highly recommended to notice) ;
and on 12 of the ensuing Sept. he had joint charge
of the boats with Lieut. Cotgrave, when they cap-
tured JSl Rosario schooner, of 1 gun and 34 men.*
Invaliding home from the West Indies in Nov. 1807,
he afterwards served, from Jan. 1808 until Dec.
1811, and from July, 1812, until Sept. 1813, on board
the Audacious 74, Capts. Thos. Le Marchant Gos-
selin and Donald Campbell, and Adamant 50, bear-
ing the flag at Leith of Kear-Admiral Wm. Albany
Otway. In the former ship he was employed em-
barking the army after the battle of Corunna, and
next in the expedition to the Walcheren. His last
appointment was, in April, 1820, to the Coast Guard
service. He accepted his present rank 3 Aug.
1841.
HALL. (Lieutenant, 1812. p-p., 10 ; H-p., 32.)
Henkt John Hall entered the Navy, 8 Feb.
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74,
Capt. Robt. Moorsom, bearing the flag afterwards
of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell in the
North Sea and Baltic. Although the Majestic,
upon whose books he was borne until Jan. 1809,
formed part of the victorious fleet in the action off
Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, we do not believe this officer
had the good fortune to be present in her on the
occasion. He subsequently, however, in 1807, as-
sisted at the capture of Heligoland. From the
period of his quitting the Majestic until promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1812, Mr.
Hall was employed on the Guernsey, Madeira,
Newfoundlanc^ and West India stations, in the
Albacore sloop, Capts. Corbet Jas. D'Auvergne
and Hen. Thos. Davies, Bahbadoes frigate, Capt.
Rush worth, and Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras.
Laforey. He was then successively appointed, 5
May, 1812, 14 Jan. 1813, and 2 Sept. 1814, to the
Ringdove sloop, Albacoke again, and Nekeds 32,
• VideQa.7,. 1807, pp. 1126, 1747.
HALL.
443
Capts. Wm. Dowers, H. T. Davies, Jag. Boxer, and
Manley Hall Dixon, employed on the North Ame-
rican, African, and Brazihan stations. He has been
on half-pay since U Jan. 1815. Agents— Messrs.
Stilwell.
HALL. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 18.)
Henky Watson Hall entered the Navy, 6 March,
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Culloden 74,
Capt. Chas. Hen. Lane, on the Home station, where
he successively removed, in the course of the same
year, to the Salvador del Mundo and Monakch,
flag-ships of Sir John Colpoys and Lord Keith.
Being discharged in Oct. 1804 he did not again go
afloat until Jan. 1810, when he re-embarked on
board the Emekald 36, Capt. Fred. Lewis Mait-
land, whom he soon afterwards accompanied to the
Cape of Good Hope. During the years 1812-13 we
find him cruizing in the Channel and off Newfound-
land, as Midshipman, in the Pheasant 18, Capt.
John Palmer. He then rejoined Lord Keith on
board the Queen Chaklotte 100 ; and, obtaining
his commission 16 Aug. 1814, was subsequently ap-
pointed— 18 Dec. 1814, for a period of seven months,
to the Khin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, off the coast
of France— 25 Deo. 1819, to the Tamar frigate,
Capts. Arthur Stow and Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wise-
man, in which he served on the Jamaica station
until his health obliged him to invalid — 27 April,
1830, to the Coast Guard— and, 14 March, 1834, to
the Directorship of Police at Portsmouth Dockyard,
a situation he still holds.
HALL. CLiEUTENANT, 1811. F-P., 13 ; H-P., 31.)
John Hall (a) entered the Navy, 7 June, 1803,
as A.B., on board the Cekeeeds 32, Capt. Wm.
Selby, and in the following Sept. assisted at the
bombardment of Granville. Proceeding, imme-
diately after the latter event, to the West Indies,
he there, on 2 Jan. 1807, served as Master's Mate,
and was extolled for his unsurpassable bravery, at
the cutting out of two of the enemy's vessels, de-
fended by a most tremendous fire from the batteries
near Pearl Bock, Martinique, which killed 2 men
and wounded 10 ;* and he further, we believe, wit-
nessed the capture, in March, 1808, of the islands of
Marie-galante and Desirade. In July of the latter
year he joined the Leviathan 74, Capts. John
Harvey and Donald Campbell, with whom he served
off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean (where he
beheld the self-destruction, 26 Oct. 1811, of the
French ships of the line Robuste and Lion) until ap-
pointed Acting-Lieutenant, 1 Aug. 1811, of the
York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton ; to which vessel he
was confirmed on 26 of the ensuing Sept. He was
afterwards, from 4 Sept. 1812 until 31 Aug. 1815,
employed on the West India and North American
stations in the Suhprise 38, Capt. Sir Thos. John
Cochrane ; but has not, that we are aware, been
since afloat. Agents- Messrs. Ommanney.
HALL. (LlEDTENANT, 1843.)
Kobekt Hall entered the Navy 27 May, 1833;
passed his examination 3 June, 1839 ; and, after
serving for some time as Mate, in the Pacific and at
■ the Nore, of the Dublin 50, and Campekdown 104,
flag-ships of Kear-Admiral Rich. Thomas and Sir
Edw. Brace, was promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant 28 Nov. 1843. His appointments have since
been— 2 Feb. and 15 July, 1844, and 30 Jan. 1845, to
the Campekdown again. Queen 110, and Trafal-
gar 120, bearing the flags at Sheerness of Sir John
Chambers White and Sir Edw. Durnford King—
and, 19 Nov. 1845, to the Grampus 50, Capt. Hen.
Byam Martin, with whom he is now employed in
the Pacific. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
HALL. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 26.)
Roger Hall entered the Navy, in May, 1801, as
Midshipman, on board the Princess Charlotte,
Capt. Hon. Fras. Farington Gardner, with whom,
until Sept. 1805, ho successively served, on the Irish
• Vide Gaz. isor, p. 304.
and Channel stations, in the same ship, the Ruay,
and Galtkheid, and again in the Princess . Char-
lotte. In May, 1806, he joined the Theseus 74,
Capt. Geo. Hope, and on the following Oct., after
an intermediate cruize in the Atlantic, he removed
to the Imperiedse 38, Capts. Lord Cochrane, Thos.
Garth, and Hon. Hen. Duncan ; during his attach-
ment to which frigate he appears to have fallen into
the hands of the enemy, and to have been confined
for a considerable time in a French prison. On 9
Aug. 1811 Mr. Hall was noininated Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, sta-
tioned in the Mediterranean, where he was con-
firmed on 26 of the following month, and next ajj-
pomted, 23 June, 1812, and 4 July, 1816, to the
Berwick 74, and Impregnable 104, both com-
manded by Capt. Edw. Brace, under whom he co-
operated in the reduction of the towns of Genoa
and Gaeta in 1814-15, and in the bombardment of
Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He afterwards, on 30 Dec.
1816, joined the Egeria 26, Capt. Robt. Rowley,
from which vessel, employed off Newfoundland, he
was promoted, 11 Sept. 1819, to the acting-command
of the Carnation sloop. He was confirmed, 10
Nov. following, into the Drake; but, since the
autumn of 1821, has been on half-pay. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
HALL. (Lieutenant, 1816. f-p., 28; n-p., 11.)
Thomas Samuel Hall entered the Navy, 26
Sept. 1808, as a Volunteer, on board the Aketiiusa
38, Capt. Robt. Mends, under whom he took part in
many active operations on the north coast of Spain,
and witnessed the capture, 6 April, 1809, of the
French 40-gun frigate Le Niemen. He afterwards,
between May, 1810, and May, 1815, served, chiefly
as Midshipman, in the Hazard sloop, Capts. Wm.
EUiot and John Cookesley, Vigo 74, Capt. Hen.
Manaton Ommanney, Antelope 50, Capt. Sam.
Butcher, Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland,
Emulous brig, and Arachne 18, both commanded
by Capt. Wm. M'Kenzie Godfrey, Warrior 74,
flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas,
and Shark receiving-ship, Capt. Houston Stewart,
on the Newfoundland, Baltic, Home, and Jamaica
stations. He was then successively nominated Act-
ing-Lieutenant, in the West Indies and South Ame-
rica, of the North Star 20, Capt. Thos. Coe, Emu-
lous, Capts. Thos. Wren Carter arid Caleb Jackson,
and Forester 16, Capt. Wm. Hendry. Being offi-
cially promoted by commission dated 1 Jan. 1816,
he was subsequently appointed — 5 March, 1825, to
the Coast Blockade, in which service he continued,
with his name successively on the books of the
Bamillies and Talavera 74's, Capts. Wm. M'Cul-
loch and Hugh Pigot, until its abolition in March,
1831 — on 31 of the latter month, to the Coast Guard
— 12 Oct. 1836, to the Ranger Revenue-vessel, the
command of which he retained until superseded in
Nov. 1839—18 Aug. 1840, again to the Coast Guard
— 3 Sept. 1841, to the Victory 104, guard-ship at
Portsmouth, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson — and,
12 Dec. 1845, to an Admiralty agency in a contract
mail steam-vessel. He has been on half-pay since
the spring of 1846.
Lieut. Hall is Senior of 1816. Agents— Messrs.
Chard.
HALL. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 18; h-p., 32.)
William Hall entered the Navy, 1 Dec. 1797, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boadicea 3% Capt.
Rich. Goodwin Keats ; previously to accompanying
whom, as Midshipman, into the Superb 74, he wit-
nessed, 2 July, 1799, an attack made by Rear-Ad-
miral Chas. Morice Pole on a Spanish squadron
lying in Aix Roads. On his removal to the last-
mentioned ship he was afforded an opportunity, in
July, 1801, of sharing in Sir Jas. Saumarez' cele-
brated actions off Algeciras and Cadiz. On his
ultimate return to England from the Mediterranean
as a passenger m the Kent 74, Capt. John Cham-
bers White, he was successively appointed Acting
and Sub-Lieutenant, in 1804-5, of the Musquito 18
3 L 2
444
HALL.
Capt. Sam. Jackson, stationed in the North Sea and
Downs. Between the date of his promotion to the
full rank of Lieutenant, 1 May, 1807, and of his
elevation to that of Commander, 29 July, 1814, he
was next employed in the Fame 74, Capt. Rich.
Hen. Alex. Bennett, Active 38, Capt. Jas. Alex.
Gordon, Ganges 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, Sdpere
again, and T4mebaiee 98, bearing each the flag of
Kear- Admiral R. G. Keats, Atlas 74, Capt. Jas.
Sanders, Milford 74, Hiberkia 120, Centaur 74,
all flag-ships of Sir R. G. Keats, Lacedemonian 38,
Capt. Sam. Jackson, and Bellehophon 74, bearing
the flag again of Sir R. G. Keats. Besides visiting
the Mediterranean and Newfoundland, Mr. Hall
served (while in the Sdperb) and was earnestly re-
commended to notice for his exertions in a battery
before Flushing ; * and he had charge (during his
attachment to the Temeraire and Atlas) of the
BoHNCEE gun-brig at the defence of Cadiz, where
he was severely wounded. He afterwards, from Oct.
1814 until Jan. 1816, commanded the Sabine and
Jalouse sloops, on the Halifax and Jamaica stations;
but has not, since the latter date, been afloat.
Commander Hall married, in 1816, Ann, youngest
daughter of Peter Churchill, Esq., of Dawlish, co.
Devon.
HALL. (COMMANDEK, 1840.)
William Hathurst Hall entered the Navy 25
Sept. 1813; passed his examination in 1820; and,
on 23 Dec. 1826, was awarded a commission by the
Admiralty in acknowledgment of his meritorious
conduct during the war in Ava, where, in the course
of the same and the preceding year, he had contri-
buted, in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant, to the
destruction of a large 36-gun stockade at Than-ta^
bain, the annihilation of numerous fire-rafts and
canoes on the river Irawady, and the capture of the
formidable fortresses of Donoobew and Mellone.
His gallantry at the storming of the stockade at
Than-ta-bain, which he was one of the very first to
enter, was so conspicuous, that it obtained him the
particular notice of the Governor-General of India
in Council. Mr. Hall, whose health had latterly
become seriously affected, joined, at the period of
his promotion, the Slanev 20, Capt. Sam. Thornton,
with whom he returned to England and was paid
off' in May, 1827. His subsequent appointments
were— 31 Dec. 1829 and 19 Feb. 1830, to the Ra-
MiLLiES and Talavera 74's, both commanded on
the Coast-Blockade service by Capt. Hugh Pigot —
4 March, 1830, to the Curlew 10, Capts. Geo.
WooUcombe and Hen. Dundas Trotter, stationed at
the Cape of Good Hope, whence he invalided in
Feb. 1833—18 March, 1836, again to the Talavera,
Capts. Thos. Ball Sulivan and Wm. Bowen Mends,
under whom he served the greater part of four
years on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations,
nearly the whole time as First-Lieutenant — and, 19
March, 1840, also as Senior, to the Thunderer 84,
Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley. He
was promoted, for his services in the latter ship at
St. Jean d'Acre, 4 Nov. 1840; but has not been
since afioat. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
HALL, F.E.S. (Captain, 1844. r-p., 29; h-p.,7.)
William Hutcheon Hall entered the Navy, 24
Oct. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Warrior
74, Capts. Hon. Geo. Byng (afterwards Viscount
Torrington) and John Tremayne Rodd. While in
that ship, of which he became Midshipman 20 Oct.
1813, he assisted at the blockade of various ports in
the Channel, North Sea, and Baltic, contributed to
the capture of several armed and other vessels, es-
corted the Prince of Orange to Holland in Nov.
1813, and experienced a furious hurricane in which
the Warrior was dismasted, received 11 feet water
in her hold, and all but foundered. In Nov. 1815
he became attached to the Lyra 10, Capt. Basil
Hall, and on his return home in Nov. 1817, after
having attended Lord Amherst's expedition to
China, he successively joined the Falmouth 18,
* Vide Ga.z. 1803, p. 1327.
Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, Dwarf cutter, Iphigenia'
36, bearing the broad pendant on the coast of Alrica
of Sir Robt. Mends, and, as Master (warrant dated
in 1822 or 3), the Moegiana 18, Capt. Christ.
Knight, on the same station. During the term of
his servitude in the Iphigenia, Mr. Hall volun-
tarily conducted the navigation of a squadron of
boats, which effected the capture, although op-
posed, of a well-armed Portuguese schooner, full
of slaves, several of whom were killed ; and when
in the Mobgiana he took part in the capture of
two other slave-vessels. On 30 May, 1823, he ob-
tained an appointment to the Parthian 10, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Barrington,'under whom he made a voyage
with despatches to Vera Cruz, and took, in the Bay
of Campeachy, the San Jose, a noted Spanish pi-
ratical schooner. Soon after the latter event, which
occurred on 18 June, 1824, he nearly lost his life
by intrepidly jumping overboard to the rescue of
Mr. Price, Captain's Clerk, who by s6me means
had fallen into the sea. The Parthian being paid
off' 25 Sept. 1825, he was subsequently appointed —
7 June, 1826, to the Blonde 42, Capt. Lord Byron,
in which frigate he went on a special mission to
Bermuda — 7 March, 1827, to the Briton 46, Capts.
Geo. Fras. Seymour and Hon. Wm. Gordon, em-
ployed on various particular services — next, for a few
months, to the Herald yacht, Capt. Robt. Gordon —
23 Feb. 1831 to the Alfred 50, Capt. Robt. Maunsell,
in which ship, under the flag of Hon. Sir Henry
Hotham, he witnessed the establishment of King
Otho on the throne of Greece, and was afterwards,
when off' Alexandria, presented, in common with
the other officers on board, with , a sword by Me-
hemet All— and, in Aug. 1834, to the St. Vincent
120, lying at Portsmouth, where he continued until
the close of 1836. During the next two years Mr.
Hall employed himself in studying steam at Glas-
gow, and in making passages from the Clyde to Ire-
land, as he also did on the river Mersey . He likewise,
for the purpose of obtaining a competent knowr
ledge of ocean steaming, went as an amateur in the
British Queet^ to North America, where he spent
some time in voyaging in U. S. steamers on the
Hudson and Delaware rivers. In Nov. 1839 he
procured command of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s iron war-
steamer Nemesis, and, as the brilliancy of his ser-
vices in that vessel was officially recognised, and
made the subject of future extraordinary reward,
we have no hesitation in here introducing tliem,
especially as their omission would involve an exclu-
sion of some of the most important of those achieve-
ments which contributed to the ultimate humiliation
of the Chinese. In March, 1840, the Nemesis sailed
from Portsmouth for the East Indies, on her passage
whither, however, and while endeavouring to double
the Cape of Good Hope, the first time indeed the
act had ever been attempted by an iron steamer,
she was encountered by a succession of terrific
gales, and had the misfortune to split amidships
on both sides. Escaping destruction by a mere
miracle, she eventually arrived in China, where, on
7 Jan. 1841, she commenced her distinguished
career by a conspicuous attack on the enemy's
forts atChuenpee, and the annihilation of 11 power-
ful war-junks, the flower of the Celestial Navy. In
the course of the following day she joined in
action with the largest of the Anunghoy forts in
the Boca Tigris ; and on 26 of the same month,
with Capt. Elliot, H. M. plenipotentiai-y, on board,
she was the first steamer that entered the Canton
river, preparatory to the several meetings with
the High Commissioner Keshen, at all of which
her Commander was present.* On 23 Feb. we find
Mr. HaU attracting the attention of Capt. Herbert,
who was on board the Nemesis at the time, by his
co-operative conduct at the destruction of a 20-gun
battery at the back of the island of Anunghoy, and
by the quick and eff'ectual manner in which he as-
• Mr. HaU, not long afterwards, was fired at while await-
ing despatches from the Chinese authorities at the Bogue, a
circumstance we are induced to mention, as it was the first
act of overt hostility committed after the formal conference
with Keslien.
HALL.
445
sisted in hauling up the stakes and partially clear-
ing the water-passage at Sammonhow.* Two days
after that event, while proceeding with 100 soldiers
to assist a body of artillery in erecting a mortar-
battery on South "Wantong Island, he came into
warm collision with the enemy, to whose incessant
fire, on reaching the latter place, he was for a
whole night exposed. On 26 the Nemesis was next
found signally figuring in the operations connected
with the celebrated attack on the Bogue forts ; of
the last remaining one of which, Little Tycocktow,
Mr. Hall (having landed with Lieut. W. H. Mait-
land and a party of seamen and marines belonging
to his own ship and the Wellesley) took possession,
spiking at the same time its guns, and destroying
a neighbouring encampment. During an attack"
made on 27 by a squadron under Capt. Herbert
on the enemy's camp, fort, and ship Cambridge,
bearing the Chinese Admiral's flag, at their position
below Whampoa Reach, where 98 guns were in the
whole destroyed, the Nemesis, who had previously
led the British force and signalled the soundings,
gained particular notice by the excellent and effi-
cient nature of her fire.f Her Commander, on that
occasion, besides being among the first to board
the Cambridge, again landed, and had the satisfac-
tion of planting Her Majesty's flag on the fort.
After -further contributing, on 3 and 6 March, to
the capture of Howqua and Napier Forts, above
Whampoa, we find him frequently acquiring the
warmest praise of Capt. Jas. Scott, whom he had
on board, and reported by that officer worthy of
every reward that could be bestowed on him, for
his cool, unwearied, and zealous performance of his
duties in forcing the inner passage from Macao to
"Whampoa ; during her advance on which place his
vessel, in conjunction with the boats of the Sa-
UABANG, destroyed, between 3 a.m. on 13 and
4 P.M. on 15 March, five forts, one battery, two
military stations, and nine war-junks, in which col-
lectively were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls.J After par-
ticipating in an action with Bird's-nest and Shaming
Forts, as also with several war-junks, on^ 16, and
sharing in the general attack made on the Canton
batteries on 18 of the same month, Mr. Hall, who
on the latter occasion had commenced the conflict,
immediately landed and displayed the British co-
lours from the window of the factory ; but, while on
his way back to the boats, he was assailed with his
party by a body of the enemy's troops, whom how-
ever he quickly routed.§ Joining, in the follow-
ing May, in the second series of operations against
the same city, this meritorious officer, although
wounded, added afresh to his already well-earned
fame by a continued display of that enterprising
and never-flinching spirit which had hitherto cha-
racterised all his actions. On 21 and 22 of that
month he received a large tribute of praise for his
exertions in defeating an attack of fire-rafts, and
destroying a fleet of more than 30 war-junks and
fishing-vessels — a success which led to a discovery
of the most desirable place for landing the troops. ||
On 26 he next, in conjunction with a detachment
of the 18th, 37th, and 49th Begts., under Lieut.
John Grant, landed in command of half of the
crew belonging to the Nemesis, and of a party of
seamen from H.M. ships Sulphcr, WEtLESLEY, and
Blonde, at Tsingpoo, near Canton, where he over-
threw 500 of the enemy, who for some time kept
up a heavy fire of grape, and drove them, with the
loss of their field-pieces, into the town. In the at-
tack made on 26 Aug. on the citadel of Amoy, Mr.
Hall, having disembarked Sir Hugh Gough and the
18th Koyal Irish, joined in the common assault, and
was the first to mount the walls, whence he un-
furled the British flag.t He subsequently elicited
the high official commendation of Sir Wm. Parker
for his conduct in alone entering the port of Sheipoo,
where, in the course of an arduous day's labour, he
landed at the head of his men and annihilated three
forts, mounting in the whole 13 heavy guns, besides
+ V. Gaz. 1841, p. 1501.
i V.r ■'
• VideGax. 1841. p. 149T.
t V. Gnz. IH'il, pp. 1507-9.
Il V. Gaz. 1841, p. 2511.
. Gaz. 1841, p. 1505.
ll V. Gaz. 1842, p. 83.
causing the destruction of three war-junks, one of
which carried 14 guns. Towards the close of the
same month he once more obtained the flattering
notice of his Commander-in-Chief in consequence of
the admirable precision of his fire in resenting one
which had been opened on the Nemesis by the
batteries at Chusan. On 1 Oct. he united in the
reduction of the last-mentioned place, and during a
portion of the operations had the honour of bearing
the Admiral's flag ; not many days after which event
he again signalised himself by his zeal at the taking
of Chinghae.* Ascending the Ningpo river, in
Jan. 1842, with the Naval and Military Com-
manders-in-Chief on board, the Nemesis, on 10 of
that month, assisted, in company with the Phle-
gethon, in destroying the government-buildings
belonging to the town of Fungwah. Her Captain
afterwards, on 9 March, landed, with the present
Capt. Richard CoUinson and only 66 men under
his orders, and defeated a body of 500 Chinese
troops on the island of Taishan, near Chusan. Pre-
paratory to the attack on Tsekee, 15 March, Mr.
Hall there debarked Sir Wm. Parker and Sir Hugh
Gough ; and he next, on 15 April, succeeded by his
alacrity in ruining 13 out of a numerous flotilla of
fire-boats intended for the destruction of H.M.
shipping in the harbour of Tinghae.t "Within four
days of that affair he destroyed several other fire-
vessels fitting out in the neighbourhood of Chu-
san. At the reduction, on 18 May, of Chapoo, at
which place his exertions materially facilitated the
landing of the troops, Mr. Hall made a despe-
rate, although unsuccessful attempt, to dislodge
a body of Tartar soldiers from a house in which
they had taken refuge. Two of his men were on
the occasion shot dead by his side. In the famous
battle fought with the Chinese at Woosung, 16
June, the Nemesis, being the advanced ship, ap-
pears to have again distinguished herself by cap-
turing 11 out of 14 of the enemy's war-junks ;t
five of which vessels presented the singular appear-
ance of being worked by wheels, two on each side.
Mr. Hall, who next shared in the reduction of
Shanghae, 19 June, 1842, and was in the Yang-tsc-
Kiang during the operations against the city of
Chin-Kiang-Foo,§ wound up his China services by
witnessing the pacification of Nanking. Fully im-
pressed with the importance of his services, the Ad-
miralty had, in the mean while, applied for an Order
in Council to empower his receiving the rank of Lieu-
tenant, which was accordingly conferred on him by
commission dated 8 Jan. 1841. The fame of his
deeds increasing, they obtained a similar authority
for enabling his after-time in the Nemesis to count
as if it had been actually passed on board a Queen's
ship ; and, on 10 June, 1843, they promoted him to
the rank of Commander. Being shortly afterwards,
on 1 July, appointed Second-Captain of the Vic-
toria AND AiBEKT steam-yaoht, Capt. Adolphus
FitzClarence, he was only allowed to continue in
that vessel until 22 Oct. 1844, when, as a further
mark of favour, he was advanced to the rank he
now holds. He was nominated Additional Captain
of the William and Makt yacht 3 March, 1847 ;
and has since been in command of the Tekkible
and Dbagon steam-frigates.
On finally leaving the Nemesis, at Calcutta, in
1843, Capt. Hall was invited to a splendid dinner
in the Town-hall, by his officers, who presented him
with a pair of Post^Captain's epaulettes ; and his
crew availed themselves of the same opportunity to
present him with an elegant sword. In token of
their gratitude for the fearless manner in which, at
the hazard of his life, he had plunged into the
Clarence Dock at Liverpool, 17 Jan. 1840, and had
saved the fife of Robt. Kelly, one of their number,
the engineers and firemen of the Nemesis had
united, soon after their arrival at Canton^ in pre-
senting him with a piece of plate. The Captain is
the inventor of the iron bilge-tanks for large and
small vessels now in use in the Royal Navy, and also
of "Hall's Patent Anchor." In the early part of
■• Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 393-6. + V. Gaz. 1842, p. 2393.
t r, Gaz. 1842, p. 339SJ. j F. Gaz. IN4S, p. 34U4.
446
HALL— HALLETT—HALLIDAY— HALLO WES.
1847 he was elected a F.E.S. He married, 30 April,
1845, the Hon. Hilare Caroline Byng, third daughter
of the late Vice-Admiral Viscount Torrington
(under whose orders he first went to sea),' and
sister of the present Viscount Torrington, Governor-
General of Ceylon, as likewise of Lieut. Hon. J.
M. K. Byng, R.N. Agemts — Collier and Snee.
HALL. (LlEUTKNANT, 1841.)
William King Hall entered the Navy 22 Sept.
1829 ; passed his examination 1 March, 1837 ; and
was subsequently nominated Mate of the Benbow
72, Capt. Houston Stewart. For his services in
that ship on the coast of Syria, where he com-
manded her launch at the attack made on the town
of Tortosa 25 Sept. 1840,* and further assisted at
the bombardment of St. J ean d'Acre, he was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 July, 1841, and
appointed, the same day, Additional of the Bri-
TANMiA 120, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean
of Sir John Acworth Ommanney. From 17 Sept.
in the latter year, until paid off in the early part of
1844, he was employed, on the same station, in
the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling ; and on 18 of
the following Sept. he was appointed for a short
time First of the Pantaloon 10, Capt. Edm. Wil-
son, fitting at Portsmouth. He has been serving,
since 7 Jan. 1845, in the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of
Sir Fras. Wm. Austen on the North America and
West India station. Agents — Holmes and Folkard.
HALLETT. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
CiiAKLES William Hallett entered the Navy
22 July, 1829 ; passed his examination 23 Jan. 1836 ;
and was. for some time employed as Mate in the
Wanderer 16, Capt. Hon. Joseph Denman, on the
coast of Africa. His appointments, since his pro-
motion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place
3 Sept. 1841, have been— 2 May, 1842, and 12 May,
1844, to the Malabar 72, and Wahspite 50, Capts.
Sir Geo. Kose Sartorius and Provo Wm. Parry
Wallis, both on the Mediterranean station — and
24 Aug. 1846, as First, to the Hound 6, Capt. Gran-
ville Hamilton Wood, in which vessel he is again
serving on the African coast.
HALLETT. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 9.)
Edward Knatchedll Hdghes Hallett was
born 20 May, 1808.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College
1 Feb. 1821 ; and embarked in Feb. 1823, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Tribdne 42, Capt. Gardiner
Henry Guion, employed in the Mediterranean. In
1827, after having served for some time in the East
Indies in the Java 52, and Boadicea 46, both com-
manded by Capt. John Wilson, he passed Ms exa-
mination ; and between that period and the receipt
of his first Admiralty commission, bearing date
16 Oct. 1830, he discharged the duties of Mate and
Acting-Lieutenant, on the North America and West
India station, in the Hussar 46, and Winchester
52, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Ogle and Sir Edw. Grif-
fith Colpoys, and Sparrowhawk 18, Cai)t. Thos.
Gill. Mr. Hallett, who next, from 19 Deo. 1831,
until paid off' 28 July, 1834, served off Lisbon in
the Asia 84, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm.
Parker — was lastly, on 14 April, 1836, appointed to
the Bellerophon 80, Capts. Samuel Jackson and
Chas. John Austen. Returning in the latter ship
to the Mediterranean, he ultimately, in 1840, com-
manded her boats in the attacks on Gebailf and
Sidon; and he also fought at the siege of Acre.
Having paid the Bellekophon off, as her First-Lieu-
tenant, in Juno, 1841, he was promoted, on 23 of the
following Nov., to the rank he now holds. He has not
since been afloat. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
tlALLIDAY. (LlElITENANT, 1841.)
George Richard Halliday entered the Navy
(from the Royal Naval College) 24 June, 1830;
passed his examination 7 Jan. 1835 ; was promoted,
while serving on board the Britannia 120, flag-
• Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2607. f K Gaz. 1640, p. 2253.
ship in the Mediterranean of Sir John Acworth
Ommanney, to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov.
1841 ; and afterwards joined— 3 Dec. 1841, as Ad-
ditional, the Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant
of Commodore John Brett Purvis — and 24 Oct.
1843, the Daphne 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow. He
returned home from the Pacific (where he had been
employed ever since Ms appointment to the Al-
fred) in the early part of 1846; and is now on
half-pay.
HALLIDAY. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Lionel Haluday died about the commence-
ment of 1846.
This officer entered the Navy 1 May, 1812 ; and
obtained Ms commission 6 May, 1828. His last ap-
pointments afloat, were, 5 Aug. 1831, and 21 Dec.
1832, to the Sapphire 28, Capt. Hon. Wm. Welles-
ley, and Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Thos. Maitland,
both stationed in the West Indies. He paid the
latter vessel off, as First-Lieutenant, in the spring
of 1833.
Lieut. Halliday married, in 1833, Sophia Noel,
granddaughter of the late Lord Wentworth.
HALLOWES. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 12;
H-p., 32.)
Francis Hallowes entered the Navy, 16 July,
1803, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Monarch 74,
Capt. John Clarke Searle, bearing the flag in the
Downs of Lord Keith, whom he followed as Mid-
sMpman, in Aug. 1805, into the Edgar 74. In
Feb. 1806, after a short attachment to the Revenge
74, commanded at Portsmouth by Capt. Hon. Chas.
Elphinstone Fleeming, he joined the Ph(ebe 36,
Capts. Jas. Oswald, Hassard Stackpoole, and Jas.
Hillyar, with whom he successively served in the
North Sea, Channel, Mediterranean, and Baltic.
On Ms return home from the latter station in Nov.
1809, in the Monkey gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander
Fitzgerald, he was received on board the Namur
74, bearing the flag at the Nore of Vice-Admiral
Wells. In the following summer he sailed for the
Mauritius as Master's-Mate in the Menelaus 38,
Capt. Peter Parker ; from which ship, after as-
sisting at the reduction of the above island, he
was removed, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Ac-
TJ30N brig, Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator, then on
the point of returning to England with the intelli-
gence of the event. Resuming, in March, 1811, his
former duties in the Menelaus, he proceeded to
the Mediterranean, where Sir Edw. Pellew, the
Commander-in-Chief, appointed him Lieutenant,
25 June, 1812, of the Aleked 74. That ship being
however ordered to England before he could join,
Mr. Hallowes was obliged to serve for some time
as a Supernumerary on board the Imp4tueux 74,
and Stately 64, flag-ships at Lisbon of the present
Sir Geo. Martin, who, on 26 May, 1813, gave Mm
an order to act as Lieutenant of the Zenobia brig,
Capts. Rich. Foley and Nich. Chas. Dobree — an
appointment which the Admiralty confirmed on 14
of the following June. He was transferred from
the Zenobia in May, 1815, to the Ville de Paris
110, bearing the flag of Lord Keith at Plymouth,
where he remained until the following Aug. He
then went on half-pay, and has not since been afloat.
Agent — J. Woodliead.
HALLOWES. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 21 ; h-p,
23.)
John Hallowes is second son of the late Col.
John_ Hallowes, of Glapwell Hall, co. Derby.
This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1803, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Ranger 18, Capt. Chas.
Coote. That vessel being unfortunately captured
by the Rochefort squadron 17 July, 1805, he was
sent a prisoner to Verdun, and there detained for
a period of nearly five years and a half. On his
release in Dec. 1810, he joined the Helder 36,
Capt. John Serrell, stationed in the Baltic, where,
on 10 July, 1811, wo find him serving in a boat with
the present Lieut. Wm. Henry Dixon at the cutting
HALLOWES— HALLYBURTON-HALSTED.
447
out of four Danish vessels from under the protec-
tion of a 6-gun battery and two gun-boats in Kioge
Bay. In May, 1813, after a brief attachment to
the Ceees 32, flag-ship at Chatham of Rear-Admi-
ral Thos. Surridge, Mr. Hallowes was invested with
the command of No. 5 gun-boat, in which he co-
operated with Capt. Arthur Farquhar in an attack
made on 30 Nov. following upon the strong bat-
teries that defended Cuxhaven, and in the ensuing
and very arduous siege of Gluckstadt.* Being pro-
moted for the latter service, by commission dated
22 Jan. 1814, he was subsequently appointed, in the
capacity of Lieutenant — 28 March, 1814, to the
PiMCHER brig, Capt. Jas. Wallis, in the Downs —
7 April, 1815, to the Redpole 10, Capt. Edm. Den-
man, employed off the coasts of France and Hol-
land— 2 June, 1815, to the command, for a short
period, of No. 25 gun-boat, again in the Downs —
23 Nov. 1822, to the Dolphin Revenue-cutter, of
which he retained command until 1826— and 25 Sept.
1830, 4 April, 1833, and 21 Aug. 1834, as Senior,
to the Welleslet 74, Serpemt 16, and Malabar
74, Capts. Sam. Campbell Rowley, John Chas. Sy-
ilionds, and Sir "Wm. Augustus Montagu, on the
Home, Lisbon, West India, and Mediterranean sta^
tions. He was promoted from the latter ship to
the rank of Commander 10 Jan. 1837 ; and after-
wards employed as Second-Captain, from 4 Dec.
1841 until the receipt of his Post-commission, bear-
ing date 5 Dec. 1842, of the St. Vincent 120, flag-
ship at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Codrington. He
has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Hallowes married Margaret, only daughter
of the late Col. Nich. Ramsay, by whom he has
issue seven sons and two daughters. Agent — John
P. Muspratt.
HALLOWES. (LiECT., 1815. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Hallowes entered the Navy, 8 Jan.
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Edgar 74, Capt.
Robt. Jackson, bearing the flag in the Downs of
Lord Keith ; and while next attached, from May in
tlie same year until Jan. 1814, to the Resistance
38, and Invincible 74, both commanded by Capt.
Chas. Adam, was very actively employed, particu-
larly in co-operating with the patriots on the coast
of Spain, where, in 1811-12-13, he witnessed, as Mid-
shipman, the defence of Tarragona, the reduction
of the town of Almeria, and the capture of the fort
of St. Philippe, in the Col de Balaguer. He after-
wards served for short periods, on the Home station,
in the Dublin 74, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, and
ViLLE DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Lord Keith ; and
on 3 Aug. 1815 was advanced to his present rank.
H e has not been since employed. Agent — John P.
Muspratt.
HALLYBUETON, formerly Gordon, G.C.H.,
M.P. (Captain, 1836.)
The Right Honourable Lord John Frederick
Gordon Halltbcrton, born 15 Aug. 1799, is third
son of the Marquess of Huntley, by Catharine,
daughter of Sir Chas. Cope, Bart. ; brother of Lords
Cecil and Fras. Arthur Gordon, of the Army ; and
nephew of the late Dukes of Richmond, Manchester,
and Bedford, as also of the second Marquess Corn-
wallis. He assumed the name of Hallyburton in
1843.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indus 74, Capt. Wm.
Hall Gage, under whom, on proceeding to the Me-
diterranean, he witnessed, as Midshipman, Sir Edw.
Pellew's partial action with the Toulon fleet, 13 Feb.
1814. During the seven following years we find him
successively employed, on the Home, South Ameri-
can and again on tlie Mediterranean station, in the
EuROTAS 38, Capts. Robt. Bloye and Jas. LiUicrap,
CuRACOA 36, Capt. John Tower, Euphrates 36,
Capt. Robt. Preston, Ampiiion 32, Commodore Wm.
Bowles, and Laene sloop, Capts. Henry Forbes and
Robt. Tait. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 13
Deo. 1821, in the Rochfort 74, bearing the flag in
• VideGm. 1814, p. 127.
the Mediterranean of Sir Graham Moore ; rose to
the rank of Commander 6 Aug. 1828 ; paid off the
Pandora sloop, on his return from the East Indies,
in Feb. 1830 ; and acquired the rank he now ^olds
4 Aug. 1836. He has not since been afloat.
His Lordship, who is M.P. for Forfar, was nomi-
nated a G.C.H. 22 Aug. 1836. He married, 24 Aug.
1836, Lady Augusta Kennedy Erskine, relict of the
Hon. John Kennedy Erskine, and sister of Lord
Adolphus FitzCIarence, Captain R.N. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
HALSTED. (Capt., 1842. f-p., .19; h-p., 7.)
Edward Pellew Halsted is son, we believe,
of the late Admiral Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted,
G.C.B.,* by Emma Mary, eldest daughter of the
first Lord Exmouth, and sister of Rear-Admiral
Hon. Sir F. B. R. Pellew, Kt., K.C.H. The late
Capt. Geo. Halsted, R.N., was his uncle.
This officer entered the Navy 1 March, 1821;
passed his examination in 1828 ; and obtained his
first commission 28 Jan. 1829. He was subsequently
appointed — 15 Oct. 1829, to the Nimeod 20, Capt.
Sam. Radford, on the Irish station — and 28 Jan. and
25 Feb. 1831, and 26 March, 1834, to the Asia 84,
St. Vincent 120, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships in
the Mediterranean of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham and
Sir Josias Rowley. He was promoted to the rank
of Commander 6 Dec. 1836 ; and from 8 April, 1839,
until the close of 1842, was next employed, on board
the Childers 16, in the East Indies, and also in
China, where he served in the Yang-tse-Kiang dur-
ing the operations against the city of Chin-Klang-
Foo 21 July, 1842.t He then went on half-pay, hav-
ing been advanced to his present rank on 15 of the
preceding April; and has not since been afloat.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
HALSTED. (Ketiked Captain, 1840. p-p.,
14 ; H-P., 44.)
George Halsted died 25 March, 1846. He was
brother of Admiral Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted,
G.C.B. ; and uncle of Capt. E. P. Halsted, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1788, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Ganges 74, Capt. Sir Roger
Curtis, on the Home station, where, and for a short
time in the West Indies, he afterwards, until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 May, 1796,
served, in the Wasp, Capt. J. K. Mosse, Magnifi-
cent 74, Capt. Rich. Onslow, Edgar 74, Capt. J.
A. P. Molloy, Beaulied and Andromeda frigates,
both commanded by Capt. Lord Northesk, Theseus
74, Capt. Robt. Calder, and London and Queen
Charlotte, flag-ships of Sir John Colpoys and
Earl Howe. He then joined, for a few weeks, the
Plover sloop, Capt. John Chesshyre, lying at Sheer-
ness ; was next, from 28 Juhe, 1796, until the spring
of 1800, employed in the Channel and Mediterranean
on board the Phcenix 36, commanded by his bro-
ther, Capt. L. W. Halsted ; and served lastly, ^rom
May in the latter year until 1801, and from 4 Feb.
1807 until advanced to the rank of Commander 21
Jan. 1809, in the Alkmaar and Royal William,
hearing the flags on the Mediterranean and Home
stations of Admirals John Holloway and Geo. Mon-
tagu. H e was superannuated with the rank of Cap-
tain 10 Sept. 1840.
• Sir L. W. Halsted (whose father, Capt. W. A. Halsted,
R.N., died about 1778) was born 2 April, 1764, and entered
the Navy in 1776. He served as midshipman of the St.
Albans 64, in Admiral Harrington's two actions with the
Comte d'Estaing ; was in tlie same ship at the reduction of
Ste. Lucie; fought in the Bei.lona 74, at the capture, 30
Dec. 1780, of the Dutch 54-gun ship Princess Caroline; and
officiated as third Lieutenant of the Canada in Rodney's
actions, 9 and 12 April, 1782. On 12 May, 1796, he com-
manded the Phcenix, of 44 guns and 271 men, at the taking
of the Dutch frigate Argo, of 36 suns and 237 men ; and he
was afterwards presented with a medal for his conduct as
Captain. of the Namuk 74, in Sir Richard Strachan's action
4 Not. 1805. From 1834 until 1827 he commanded in chief
on the Jamaica station. At the period of his death, which took
place 22 April, 1841, he was an Admiral of the White, and
in the receipt of the Good-Service pension.
+ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3404.
448
HALSTED-HAM-HAMBLY-HAMBY.
Capt. Halsted has left a son, the present Com-
mander Geo. Anthony Halsted, B.N.
HlLSTED. (COMMANDEB, 1827. F-p., 19;
H-P., 12.)
George Anthony Halsted is son of the late
Capt. Geo. Halsted, R.N.
This officer entered the Koyal Naval College 7
March, 1816, and embarked, 18 Feb. 1819, as Fst.-
cl. Vol., on board the Revoldtionnaire 46, Capt.
Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. After
serving for five years on the Mediterranean station
in that frigate,'- and in the Rose sloop, Capt. Thos.
Ball Clowes, and Rochpoet 80, flag-ship of Sir
Graham Moore, he sailed for the West Indies in the
Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Hngh Patton, and was there
promoted to a Lieutenancy, 25 Feb. 1824, in the
IcAKUS 10, Capt. John Geo. Graham. On 24 Dec.
1825, having been further employed in the Sekapis
schooner, and Hcssar and Dartmouth frigates,
Capts. Jackson, Geo. Harris, and Henry Dundas,
he became Flag-Lieutenant, in the Isis 50, to his
uncle, Sir L. W. Halsted, then Commander-in-Chief
on the same station. He was in consequence ad-
vanced to his present rank by commission dated 13
June, 1827. "With the exception of some months in
1837-8, and again in 1843-4, he has been employed
in the Coast Guard ever since 18 March, 1834.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
HALSTED. (LiEDT., 1841. f-p., U ; h-p., 1.)
Lawrence George Halsted died suddenly, 7
Nov. 1846, while serving, as below, on board the
Spitefdi,.
This officer entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1834; passed
his examination in 1840 ; and for his performances in
China, where he was mentioned in the despatches as
having served on shore as Mate of the "Welleslet
72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, at the capture of Amoy
and Chinghae,* was promoted, towards the close of
1842, to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission
dated back to 8 Oct. 1841. He afterwards, from 23
Sept. 1843, until the period of his death, served in
the Spiteful steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Maitland, on
the East India station; where, during an expedi-
tion conducted in July, 1846, by Sir Thos. John
Cochrane against the Sultan of Borneo, he com-
manded the pinnace, and assisted at the destruc-
tion, on 8 of that month, of the enemy's forts and
batteries in the river Brune.f Agent — J. Hinx-
man.
HAM. (Lieutenant, 1815. e-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
William Ham entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1806,
aS' A.B., on board the Cuba 36, Capt. John Parish,
on the Jamaica station ; and in Sept. following be-
came Midshipman of the Diomede, bearing the
flag off Guernsey of Sir Jas. Saumarez; with whom,
from March, 1808, until Dec. 1812, he further served
in the Baltic as Master's Mate of the Victory 104.
He then, in a similar capacity, joined the Orion 74,
Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, from which
ship, after a continued servitude of more than 12
months on the same station, he removed to the
Cressy 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood. He subse-
quently cruized ofi' the Western Islands and in the
Mediterranean on board the Bombay 74, Capt.
Henry Bazely; but since the receipt of his com-
mission, which bears date 20 March, 1815, has been
unemployed.
HAMBLY. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 29.)
Peter Sampson Hambly entered the Navy, 1
Dec. 1797, as Midshipman, on board the Ville de
Paris 110, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, bearing the flog
off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean of Earl St.
Vincent. Removing, subsequently, to the Emerald
36, Capt. Thos. Moutray Waller, he assisted in that
ship, in company with the Leviathan 74, and was
slightly wounded, at the capture, 7 April, 1800, of
the two Spanish frigates Carmen and JFlwentinaj
each laden with 500 quintals of quicksilver, for the
* Vide Gai. 1842, pp. 82, 396. f f'- Gaz. 1846, p. 3442.
use of the mines at Lima. Independently of that
service, he was frequently employed in the Emer-
ald's boats, off the port of Cadiz, was instrumental
to the capture of several privateers, and was »
second time wounded. While next attached, as
Master's Mate, between the summers of 1800 and
1802, to the Florentina 36, Capt. John Broughton,
he served at the landing of the troops in Egypt,
and received a sabre-cut in the right wrist, 21
March, 1801, in the battle in which Sir Ralph Aber-
cromby was killed. In April, 1803, after he had
been for a short period borne on the books of the
ToNNANT 80, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, he joined the
Prince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, under whom he
fought at Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. At the close of
the conflict, Mr. Hambly was sent on board the
Spanish 130-gun ship Santissima Trinidad, and he
remained until within a short time of her going
down, the water, when he left, having reached
above her lower deck. Being promoted, in honour
of the victory, by commission dated 24 Dec. in the
same year, he was next appointed — 27 March, 1806,
to the Morgiana sloop, Capts. Robt. Raynsford
and Wm. Landless, on the Mediterranean station —
18 Dec. 1806, to the Queen 98, Capts. Eras. Pender,
Wm. Shields, Chas. Inglis, and Thos. Geo. Short-
land, employed off Cadiz, the Dardanells, &C.- — 11
July, 1808, to the Defence 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins,
by whom, after assisting at the blockade of Flushing
and Kronstat, he was intrusted with the erection
and command of a battery on an island in the Gulf
of Finland, for the purpose of obstructing the move-
ments of the Russians — and, in Oct. 1810, to the
command of part of the flotilla employed at the de-
fence of Cadiz, where, and at Tarifa, he continued
in almost daily collision with the enemy, until the
autumn of 1813, when be invalided.* In June, 1814,
he joined the flotilla on the river St. Lawrence, and
when the 100-gun ship of that name was ready for
launching he was appointed her First-Lieutenant.
By the time she was nearly equipped for sea, he
was sent to take the command on Lake Cham-
plain, where he remained until the month of Dec.
He then became Senior of the Psyche 32, Capt.
Peter Fisher, from which ship, stationed on Lalce
Ontario, he removed to the acting-command, 11
July, 1815, of the Star sloop. From 12 of the fol-
lowing Oct. until 30 Nov. 1816, we next find him
superintending the naval establishment on Lake
Huron. He obtained a second promotal commis-
sion 12 Aug. 1819 ; and from 3 Aug. 1838, until his
Post-promotion, 23 Nov. 1841, was employed in
command of the Orestes 18, on the South Ameri-
can station. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Hambly, we believe, has been twice mar-
ried— the second time, 17 Nov. 1842, to Caroline,
second daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Maule.
He has four sons. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
HAMBLY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Thomas Tocker Hambly passed his examination
2 Sept. 1844 ; became Mate, 17 April, 1345, of the
Melampus 42, Capt. John Norman Campbell, sta-
tioned on the south-east coast of America; and
attained the rank of Lieutenant 9 Nov. 1846.
HAMBY. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 30.)
Thomas Hamby entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1804,
as A.B., on board the Ruby 64, in which ship, un-
der Capts. Chas. Rowley, John Acworth Omman-
ney. Temple Hardy, John Draper, and the flag of
Rear- Admiral Manley Dixon, he continued to serve,
on the Cadiz, North Sea, Lisbon, and Baltic sta-
tions, nearly the whole time as Midshipman and
Master's Mate, until June, 1811 ; during which pe-
riod, in 1807-8, he shared vrith Capt. Draper in the
bombardment of Copenhagen and the blockade of
the Russian squadron in the Tagus. The remaining
years of the war were passed by Mr. Hamby on
• On one occasion a shot passed tlirough the side of Mr.
Hambly's gun-boat, and it was with the greatest difficulty she
could be kept afloat; and on another she had a marine killed
during an attack on the batteries at St. Mary's, the guns in
one ol" which were spiked.
HAMILTON.
449
board the Vigo and Montagu 74'8, both flag-ships
for some time of Rear- Admiral Dixon at liio Ja-
neiro ; on his return whence in the Mostagu, he
was employed, as Acting-Lieutenant, off Flushing,
under Capt. Peter Heywood, who, during six months
of 1813, caused him to be occupied on shore at South
Beveland. He was promoted, after attending on
the Allied Sovereigns in the Royal Sovereign
yacht, Capt. Sir i;dw. Berry, to the rank of Lieute-
nant, by commission dated 27 June, 1814 ; and next
employed, from 14 May, 1816, until 13 Nov. 1818, in
theScAMANDEB 36, Capt. Wm. Elliott, on the West
India station. He has since been on half-pay. Agent
—J. 'Woodhead.
HAMILTON. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Alexander Hamilton entered the Navy 14 Aug.
1830 ; passed his examination 19 Pcb. 1836 ; and,
after serying for some time in the Mediterranean,
as Mate of the Powerf)]i. 84, Capts. Gep. Mansel
and Michael Seymour, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 28 Jan. 1842. His apppintments have
since been — 15 J)j}yj 1842, as 4.dditional, to the
.QufE^ 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Siy
Edw. W. C. R. Owen— 4 April, 1843, as First, to
the Geyser steamisloop, Capt. Edw. John Car-
penter, on tjje same station, whence he returned
towards the close of 1845— and, 14 Feb- 1846, tp
the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt.
Henry Ducie Chads, with whom he is now serving.
AopNT?— Goode and Lawrence.
HAMILTON, (ffaptain, 1816. f-p., 13;k-p.,84.)
Arthdr Philip Hamilton entered the Navy, ia
Oct. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on "board La To»aze
36, Capts. Stephen G. Church and Robt. Hpnyman,
.stationed in the West Indies, where he attained the
rating of Midshipman in Sept. 1801. Returning
hO:me at the peace on board the Raven brig, Capt.
Edm. Saunders, he joined for a short period the
Endymion 40, Capts. H.enry Garrett and John Lar-
mour, lying at Portsmouth. He then served for
two yeai'S on t^e Newfoundland and Chauiiiel s1^
tions in the Isis 50, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral jas.
Gambler ; and, while next attached, froni Jupe,
1804, to Oct. 1806, to the Athenienne 64, Capts.
Fras. Fayerman and John Giifard, visited China, and
also the Mediterranean, where he assisted, as Mas-
ter's Mate, at the defence of Gaeta. On 26 Dec.
1806, after an intermediate servitude with Capt.
Giffard in the Zealohs 74, off Cadiz, Mr. Hamilton
bepame Acting-Lieutenant of the A..tax 74, Capt.
Hon. Henry Blackwood, in which ship he conti-
nued, until she was burnt, off' the Dardanells, 14
Feb. 1807. Being officially promoted on 28 of the
following April, he was next ^.ppointed, on 18 July
in the same year, and 16 Aug. 1809, to La Syeille
38, Capt. Clotworthy Upton (under whom he con-
tributed to the capture, 16 Aug. 1808, of the French
18-gun sloop Espiegle), and Caledonia 120, bearing
the flag, on the Cork,^Channel, Cadiz, and Basque
Roads stations, of Admirals Lord Gambier, Fras.
Pickmore, and Sir Harry Burrard Neale. While
First of the lat,ter ship, he took command of her
boats, and of those of the VUeiant 74, and Armide
38, .and, on 28 Sept. 1810, had the good fortune, by
dint of a well-conducted, gallant, and successful
attack, to capture two brigs, and destroy a third,
lying under the protection of a strong battery at
Pointe du Che, near Rochelle.* He was advanced .
to the rank of Commander on 21 of the following
month, and, from 6 Nov. 1813, until ppsted 31 May,
1816, was employed in the Ceylon troop-ship on the :
North American and St. Helena stations. He ao-'
cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
. Capt. Hamilton married, 26 Feb. 1828, Caroline,
only child of the late Lieut.-Colonel Cook, of Ching-
fordj CO. Essex. Agents— Messrs. Oramanney.
HAMILTON. (Lieut., 1802. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 4.3.)
Augustus Barki.ngton Price PoivEr.L Hamil-
'I'O.N', born 22 May, 1781, is second sou of the late
• KtdeGaz. 1810, p. ia;)7.
Chas. Powell Hamilton, Esq., Admiral of the Red,
who died 12 March, 1825 ; brother of Hamilton
Chas. Jas. Hamilton, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary at Brazil ; and great-
grandson of James, fourth Duke of Hamilton.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 April, 1796, as
Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, commanded
by his father in the Channel. On next joining the
London 98, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral John
Colpoys, he was an eye-witness in that ship of the
mutiny at Spithead in 1797 ; after which event he
became successively attached to the MELpoBiiiNE
and Phaeton frigates, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton
and Jas. KicoU Morris. In the boats of the latter
ship, after escorting the Earl of Elgin as Ambassa^
dor to Constantinople, Mr. Hamilton assisted, under
the orders of Lieut. Fras. Beaufort, in cutting out,
28 Oct. 1800, after an obstinate engagement, the
Spanish polacre-rlgged ship San Josef, carrying 14
brass guns, 34 seamen, and 22 soldiers, moored un-
der the protection of 5 guns in the fortress of Fuen-
girola, near Malaga. The enemy in this very spirited
affiiir sustained a loss of 19 men wounded, and the
British of 1 killed and 4 wlunded, including among
the latter Mr. Hamilton himself, who, although shot
through the thigh in the onset, gallantly boarded
with the rest, and was highly spoken of for his
conduct.* Between the date of his quitting the
Phaeton, 2 Feb. 1802, and his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant, which took place 8 Oct. follow-
ing, he appears to have been next occupied for
short periods in the Latona 38, Capt. Frank So-
theron, Resistance 36, Capt. Hon. Philip 'Wode-
house, and Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Sir
Harry Neale. He then joined the KivOLUTiON-
NAiRE frigate, Capt. LocJi, and was afterwards, be-
tween April and Aug. 1804, employed in the Medi-
terranean on board the Victory 104, flag-ship of
Lord Nelson, and Amazon 38, Capt. Wm. Parker.
He has not, we believe, been since afloat.
lieut. Hamilton married, 2 April, 1805, Maria
Catherine, daughter of tlie late John Hyde, Esq.,
and granddaughter of Lord Francis Seymour, by
whom he has had issue eight sous and three daugh-
ters. His eldest surviving son, Charles Henry, is a
Commander R.N.
HAMILTON, Bart, K.C.B. (Admibai, of the
Red, 1830. F-p., 36 ; h-p., 35.)
Sir Charles Hamilton, born 25 May, 1767, is
eldest son of Capt. Sir John Hamilton, R.N. (who
was created a Baronet 6 July, 1776, for the import-
ant part he had borne, as Commander of H.M.S.
Lizard, at the defence of Quebec in the preceding
yes^r), by Cassandra Agnes, daughter of Edw. Cham-
berlayne, Esq., of Maugersbury, co. Gloucester. He
is brother of the present Admijral Sir Edw. Hamil-
ton, Bart.j K.C.B. ; first-cousin of Commander John
Chamberlaype, R-N. ; and a relation of the Mar-
quess of Abercorn. He succeeded his father in the
Baronetcy 24 Jan. 1784.
This officer entered the Navy, in the summer of
1776, as Captain's Servant, on board the Hector 74,
commanded by his father, from which ship he was
transferred, about the middle of 1777, to the Royal
Academy at Portsmouth, where he remained for a
period of two years. He then rejoined Sir John
Hamilton, as Midshipman, in -the Hector, and, after
sharing with him in Cornwallis' action in 1780, re-
moved in succession to the Pelican ajjd Lowestoff,
both commanded by Capt. Haynes, Ramillies 74,
Capt. Cooling, and Hinchinejiook, flag-ship of Sir
Peter Parker — all stationed in the West Indies,
where he became Lieutenant, in Oct. 1781 and Feb.
1782, of ithe Tojbago, Capts. Mark Robinson and
Geo. Martin, and Badger, _Capt. Hill. On his re-
turn to England in -the latter year in the Flora,
Capt. Sam. Marshallj Mr. Hamilton was appointed
to the Geafton, commanded by .his lather; which
ship, being dismasted on her passage to the Ea^t
Indies, ihe left in March, 1783. In Dec. 1789, having
been the last two years re-employed in the West
* VideiixL. 1800, p. 1260.
3 M
450
HAMILTON.
Indies, on board the Jupitee 50, Commodore Wm.
Parker, he there obtained command of the Scor-
pion sloop ; and, on 22 Sept. 1790, he was adTanoed
to Fost-ranlt. Sir Chas. Hamilton's succeeding ap-
pointments were— in April, 1793, to the Dido 28—
in July and Sept. 1794, to the St. Fiorehzo 36, and
KoMNEY 50— in April, 1795, to the JMELPOMisE 38
—in Not. 1803, to the Illustkious 74 — in July,
1805, to the Sea Fencibles at Harwich — and in
March, 1807, and Dee. 1809, to the TiMiKAiKE 98,
and ToNNANT 80. While in the first-named of those
ships, he acquired, after cruizing in the North Sea,
the official acknowledgments of Lord Hood for his
meritorious conduct and steady perseverance in
maintaining, under manifest difficulties, the station
assigned him olF Calvi,* during the operations of
1794 against Corsica, where he commanded the
Dido and Atmable, in unison with 300 of the na-
tives, in attack on the out-post of Girilata, which
-surrendered at the close of a siege of 10 days.
During the nearly seven years and a half of his con-
tinuance in the Melpomene, Sir Chas. Hamilton
captured upwards of 40 of the enemy's vessels, in-
eluding La Revanche of^l8 guns and 167 men, UEe-
pie0le armed lugger of SO men, and Le ^i^' priva-
teer of 16 guns and 69 men. He also, as second in
command under Sir Andw. Mitchell, accompanied
the expedition to the Helder in 1799, on which oc-
casion he had charge of a division of about 80 sail
of transports, the whole of which he conducted in
safety to a place of debarkation, although encoun-
tered by many sev«re difficulties. He was then for
geven weeks employed in the blockade of Amster-
'dam, where, ovving to the insufficiency of water for
so large a ship as the Melpomene, his officers and
crew were all removed into schuyts and boats. f
On his return to England he was presented with
the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. In April,
1800, having assumed the command on the coast of
Africa, Sir Chas. Hamilton, with only his own frigate,
the Ruby 64, and Magnanime, of 48 guns, under his
■orders, contrived, by a bold front, and the stratagem
of dressing the crews of several merchantmen in his
charge with red shirts, for the purpose of imparting
to the latter the appearance of transports, to obtain
possession of the island of Gor^e. He afterwards, in
the same ship, captured the French letter-of-marque
^■u^ust^, of 10 guns and 50 men ; and prior to the
peace he acted for some time as Commissioner of
the Naval Yard at Antigua. The Illustbiocs,
Temeraire, and Tomnant were commanded by Sir
Chas. Hamilton oi\ the Home, West India, and
North American stations. In 1809 he was nomi-
nated a Colonel of Marines ; and from the period of
his promotion to Flag-rank, 31 July, 1810, until his
receipt of a Vice-Admiral's commission bearing
dp.te 4 June, 1814, we find him oiBciating as Com-
jnander-in-Chief on the river Thames with his flag
in tjie Thisbe 28. His last employment was that
pf Gbverpp^ and Commander-in-Chief at New-
foundland, the duties of which office he filled from
13 May, 1818, until 5 July, 1824. During that
pe)?iod"he had the gratification of receiving a very
flattering address from the princjpai inhabitants
iof St. John's. He became a fuU Admira,l 22 July,
1830, and a K.C.B. 29 Jan. 1833.
Prioj: to the French revolutionary war Sir Chas.
Hamilton held a seat in Parliament for the borough
of St. German'.s, co. Cornwall; and he was after-
wards returned for Honiton in Devonshire, and
Dungannon, eo. Tyrone. He married, 19 April,
180.3, Henrietta Martha, only daughter of the late
Geo. Drummond, Esq., of Stanmore, co. Middlese:;,
■the well-known banker, of Charing Cross, London.
His only son, Chas. John Jas., is a Captain in the
Scotch Fijsileer Guards. Agen*s— Messrs. Stilwell.
HAMILTON. (Commander, 1841.)
Charles Henry Hamilton, born 7 Oct. 18Q8, Js
eldest surviving son of the present Lieut. A. B. P.
P. Hamilton, B.N.
This officer entered the Navy 15 Oct. 1822;
passed his examination in 1829 ; and obtained his
' Vide Gaz. 1794, p. 887. f K-Ga?. 1799, p. 995.
first commission 9 July, 1831. From 28 Aug. 1833
until the close of 1835, at which period he invalided,
he served in North America and the West Indies
on board the Cbuizer 16, Capt. John M'Causland ;
and he was afterwards appointed, on the Mediter-
ranean station— 8 Dec. 1836, to the Dido 18, Capt.
Lewis Davies— 5 April, 16 Aug. and 1 Nov. 1837, to
the Caledonia and Princess Charlotte, flag-ships
of Sir Kobt. Stopford, and Bellerophon 80, Capts.
Sam. Jacfcson and Chas. John Austen — and, 21 Oct.
1839, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds,
under whom he took part in the operations on the
coast of Syria, and assisted at the blockade of Alex-
andria. Since the attainment of his present rank,
23 Nov. 1841, Commander Hamilton has been on
half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
HAMILTON. (Commander, 1844.)
CosPATRicK Baillie HAMILTON, bom 27 Feb.
1817, is youngest brother of Capt. W. A. B. Hamil-
ton, R.N., Second-Secretary of the Admiralty.
This officer entered the Navy, from the Royal
Naval College, 24 Deo. 1831 ; passed his examinaA
tion in 1836 ; and, on attaining the rank of Lieute-
nant, 25 June, 1840, joined the Melville 72j Capt.
Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, under whom, among
other early operations of the China war, he assisted,
7 Jan. and 26 Feb. 1841, at the capture of Tycock-
tow and the forts at the Boca Tigris. He after-
wards joined — 2 Oct. 1841, the Queen 110, fitting
at Portsmouth for the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R.
Owen, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean —
and 22 Feb. 1842, the Winchester 50, in which
ship he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. Jos-
celine Percy, at the Cape of Good Hope, until ad-
vanced to his present jank 10 Feb. 1844. He ob-
tained command, on 8 April in the latter year, of
the Frolic 16, which sloop, after having been for
three years employed on the Brazilian and Pacific
stations, he brought home with a freight of more
than 1,500,000 dollars, and paid off, in June, 1847.
HAMILTON, Bart, Kt.,K.C.B., M.A. (Abmikai,
of the Blue, 1846. r-P,, 30 ; h-p., 38.)
Sir Edward Hamilton, born 12 March, 1772,
is younger brother of Admiral Sir Chas. Hamilton,
Bart., K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 May, 1779, as
Midshipman, on hoard the Hector 74, then under
the command of his father. Sir John Hamilton,
with whom, in 1780, he partook of an action fought
between the French fleet and a force under the late
Admiral Cornwallis. With the exception of an at-
tachment of a few months in 1781-2, to the Ramil-
LiES 74, Capt. Jas. Moutray, he continued to serve
in the Hector until Jan. 1784. He re-embarked,
in Oct. 1787, on board the Standard 64, Capt.
Chamberlayne, and between April, 1788, and the
date of his first commission, 9 June, 1793, was
employed, with intervals, in the Calypso, com-
manded on the Jamaica station by Capt. Sir Wm.
Mitchell, Melampus, Capt. Chas. Morioe Pole, ofi'
Ushant, and Victory and Queen Charlotte, flag-
ships in the Channel of Lords Hood and Howe.
Joining, then, the D&o 28, commanded by his
brother, he soon had the good fortune, in a boat
with only 8 men, to effect the capture of Le Vrai
Poiriote privateer, of 13 guns and a crew of 45 men,
13 of whom, after they had betaken themselves
to the shoye, he compelled to surrender. In the
eariy part of 17H after assisting at the reduction
of Bastja, Mr. Hamilton commfinded a party of
Britjsh apd Corsicans at the sjege of Girilata, a
strong post near Calvi. against which he erected
batteries within point-bWk shot, and kept up an
incessant fire until the enemy yielded. In July fol-
lowing he becajns First of the Victory 100, bearing
the successive flags of Lord Hood, Rear-Admiral
Eobt. Maijn, and Sir John Jervis, with whom he
continued to serve (participating intermediately in
Admiral Hotham's partial action of 13 July, 1795)
until promoted to the command, 11 Feb. 1796, of
the Comet fire-ship. After serving for 12 months
HAMILTON.
451
in the West Indies, where he captured two pri-
vateers, Capt. Hamilton, on his arrival with de-
spatches at Lisbon, was posted, II June, 1797, into
the San Josef 110, from which ship he soon ex-
changed into the Sukprise, of 32 guns and 197 men.
In July, 1798, having been previously employed in
escorting the trade to and from Newfoundland, he
was ordered with convoy to Jamaica. While on
that station he took and destroyed upwards of 80
armed and other vessels, of which those that were
preserved sold for no less a sum than 200,0OOZ. On
one occasion he chased a privateer and her prize
into Laguna, on the north side of the island of
Cuba, and, after having effected their destruction,
was two days and nights in constant action with the
batteries, the baffling winds and light airs prevent-
ing his clearing the port. On the night of 24 Oct.
1799 Capt. Hamilton achieved an exploit unsur-
passed, if ever paralleled, in the mightiest efforts of
British valour— namely, the actual boarding and
capture, with three boats and about 50 men, of a
Spanish (formerly British) frigate, the Hermione, of
44 guns and 365 men, moored head and stern be-
tween two strong batteries at the entrance of the
harbour of Puerto Cabello, said to mount nearly
200 guns.* It was not until after a bloody struggle
of nearly an hour, in which the enemy had 119
killed and 97 wounded, and the British the compa^
ratively trifling number of 12 wounded, that the
former were completely divested of the power of
further resistance. By that time, her stern and
bower cables having, with the assistance of two
other of the Sukprise's boats, been cut, the prize
was standing out of port, under, however, a furious
cannonade from the batteries, whose fire occasioned
her considerable damage. Although the loss of the
assailants was trivial, it yet included the chivalrous
conductor of this most noble enterprise, the gallant
Capt. Hamilton. He first received a tremendous
blow from the butt-end of a musket, which broke
over his head and knocked him senseless on the
deck ; and he next received a severe sabre-wound
on the left thigh, another wound by a pike on the
right thigh, and a contusion on the right shin-bone
by a grape-shot. One of his fingers was also much
■cut, and his loins and kidneys were so much bruised
that he still at times suffers considerable pain. Not-
withstanding all this, he refused a pension of 300/.,
which Earl Spencer, the First Lord of the Admi-
ralty, had afterwards ordered to be settled on him
for life ; and he even declined an offer made by the
same nobleman of adding to his armorial bearings.
The King, however, created him a Knight by letters
patent under the Great Seal, and conferred on him
the Naval Gold Medal of Merit, besides ultimately
nominating him a K.C.B., 2 Jan. 1815, and elevating
him to the dignity of a Baronet, 20 Oct. 1818. The
House of Assembly at Jamaica also voted him an
elegant sword valued at 300 guineas ; and on his
return to London he was invited by special invita-
tion to dine at the Mansion House, and presented
on the occasion with the thanks of the Corpora^
tion, and the freedom of the city in a gold box
worth fifty guineas. Previously to his arrival,
however, and while on his passage home, in the
Jamaica packet, for the cure of his wounds. Sir
Edw. Hamilton was captured by a French privateer,
and taken to Paris, where, during a sojourn of six
weeks, he was much noticed by Buonaparte, who in
the end allowed him to be exchanged for six Mid-
shipmen. His last appointments were — 23 Oct.
1800, to the Trent 36, employed, until Jan. 1802,
off the coast of France, where he occasionally com-
manded a small squadron at the blockade of Havre
de Grace, Cherbourg, and St. Maloes— and 19 June,
1806, and 7 Dec. 1815, to the Mary and Prince
Kegent yachts, which he successively commanded,
on the river Thames and at Portsmouth, until Jan.
1819, at which period he resigned. He became a
Rear-Admiral 19 July, 1821 ; a Vice-Admiral 10
Jan. 1837 ; and a full Admiral 9 Nov. 1846.
Sir Edw. Hamilton is a Deputy-Lieutenant for
CO. Brecon. He married, 1 Nov. 1804, Frances,
* Vide Gaj. laoo, p. 61.
daughter of John Macnamara, Esq., of Langoed
Castle, CO. Brecon, by whom (who died 27 March,
1840) he has issue a son and daughter.
HAMILTON. (COMMANDEK, 1834. F-p., 10 ;
H-P., 15.)
Henry George Hamii/ton is second son of W.
K. Hamilton, Esq.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Oct. 1822 ; passed
his examination in 1828; obtained his first commis-
sion 26 Aug. 1829 ; joined, 30 Jan. 1832, the Chil-
DERS 18, Capt. Robt. Deans, employed on particular
service ; became Flag-Lieutenant, 7 Dec. 1832, to
Sir Geo. Cockburn, in the Vernon 50, on the North
America and West India station ; and was promoted,
in consequence of a death vacancy, to the command,
12 Aug. 1834, of the Tweed 20. He was paid off 22
Nov. following, and has not since been employed.
Commander Hamilton married, 7 June, 1845y
Fanny Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Rev.
Chas. Tower, of Shengfield Place, Essex.
HAMILTON. (Lieut., 1821. r-p., 8; h-p., 25.)
James Hamilton, born in Nov. 1799, is son off
the late Wm. Hamilton, Esq., of Bangour, co. Ayr,
by Anne, daughter of Edw. Lee, Esq., of Tramore
Lodge, CO. Waterford. His great-grandfather, Wm.
Hamilton, joining in the last attempt made to re-
store the house of Stuart to the throne, fought at
the battle of Culloden in 1745, and, after the issue
of that memorable conflict, fled to France, where he
died in 1754.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Feb. 1814, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leander 50, Capt. Sir
Geo. Ralph Collier, on the North American station ;
removed in Aug. following, for a short period, to
the Iris 36, receiving-ship at Greenwich, Capt. Wm.
Henry Shirreff ; and from Feb. 1816, until promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 Jan. 1821, was next
employed, on the American, Channel, and Mediter.*
ranean stations, in the Edrotas and Forth frigates,
both commanded by Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Cykene
20, Capt. Aaron Tozer, and Active 46, Capt. Sir
Jas. Alex. Gordon. He then, until paid off in the
following Nov., served with Capt. Hon. Henry
Duncan, on board the Liffey 50, but has not been
since afloat.
Mr. Hamilton is a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieu-
tenant for CO. Ayr. He married, in Oct. 1824,
Mary, daughter of Lord Panmure.
HAMILTON. (CoMMANBZR, 1827. F-P., 14;
H-p., 21.)
John Hamilton entered the Navy, 17 July, 1812,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince of Wales 98,
Capt. John Erskine Douglas, stationed in the Medi-
terranean, where he attained the rating of Midship-
man 29 Feb. 1814. He next served for a few
months in the Bermuda 10, commanded in the
Channel by Capt. Wm. Wolrige ; and between Feb.
1815 and March, 1820, was chiefly employed on the
Jamaica station, part of the time as Master's Mate,
in the Tanais 38, Capt. Joseph James, Royalist
and Rifleman sloops, both commanded by Capt.
Houston Stewart, Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral J. E. Douglas, Florida 24, Capt. Chas.
Sibthorp John Hawtayne, and Wasp sloop, Capt.
Thos. Wren Carter. He then became Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Sapphire 26, Capts. Henry Hart and
Alex. Montgomerie, and, being confiimed by com-
mission dated 11 Sept. in the same year, 1820, was
subsequently appointed — 13 March and 31 May,
1823, to the Severn and Bamillies Coast Block-
ade ships, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch— and 29 Oct. 1825
to the Brisk 10, Capts. Chas. Hope and Hon. Wm.
Anson. He was promoted, for his conduct as First
of the latter vessel at the battle of Navarin, to the
rank of Commander 22 Oct. 1827, and has since
been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
HAMILTON. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.)
John Hamilton (a) entered the Navy, 25 March,
1806, as Midshipman, on board the Bonetta sloop'
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452
HAMILTON.
Capt. Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, and, after serv-
ing for some time in the North Sea, proceeded off
Lisbon, where he removed with the same officer
to the Gannet 16, commanded subsequently by
Capt. Jas. Stevenson. Being discharged from the
latter vessel in April, 1808, he was next, between
June, 1809, and the date of his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant, 17 Feb. 1815, employed, on the
Channel, Mediterranean, and West India stations,
in the Nstmphe 38, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percys
Gkowler gun-l^rig, Lieut.-Commander John "Weeks,
Magnificent 74, Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake,
San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, and
SwiFTSUKE 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley. While
in the Magnificent, in 1812, Mr. Hamilton was
much employed in co-operation with the patriots
on the north coast of Spain, where he witnessed
the reduction of Castro, Puerta Galletta, Guetaria,
St. Alio, &0. He has not been afloat since his pro-
motion.
HAMILTON. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
John Fane Charles Hamii/ton is son, we be-
lieve, of Colonel John P. Hamilton, by Charlotte,
daughter of John Fane, Esq., of Wormsley, LL.t).,
an eminent agriculturist, and many years M.P. for
CO. Oxford. His uncle, Rear-Admiral Fras. Wm.
Fane, died 28 March, 1844.
This officer entered the Navy 28 Aug. 1835 ; and
in 1841-2, while attached to the Blonde 42, Capt.
Thos. Bourchier, was present, either in the boats or
on shore, at the taking of Amoy, the storming of
Chinghae, the attack on the Chinese entrenched
camp on the heights of Segoan, the capture of
Chapoo, and the engagement with the enemy's bat-
teries at Woosung.* He also, on 10 March, 1842,
served in the boats under Capt. Geo. Goldsmith at
the destruction of 10 fire-vessels with which the
Chinese had attempted to annih^ate the liritish
shipping and transports at their anchorage off
Chinghae. t Having passed his examination ip
Nov. 1841, and been further employed, as Mate, in
the Warspite 50, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis,
and St. Vincent 120, flag-sMp of Sir Chas. Rowley,
on the Lisbon and Portsmouth stations, he was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 March, 1844, and
subsequently appointed, 24 May and 1 Aug. 1844^
to the America 50, and Racer 16, Capts. Hon. John
Gordon and Archibald Reed, both on the South
American station. He left the latter vessel in the
summer of 1846. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
HAMILTON. (Commander, 1828.. f-p., 18;
H-P., 16.)
Joseph Hamilton died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1811, aS
a Supernumerary, on board the Phipps gun-brig,
Capt. Christ. Bell, from which vessel he almost im-
mediately removed to the Caledonia 120, bearing
the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Edw. Pellew.
After participating, as Midshipman, in the partial
action of 5 Nov. 1813 with the Toulon fleet, he be-
came attached to the Alcm^ine 38, Capt. Jeremiah
Coghlan, under whom, in 1814-15, he witnessed the
capture of a large convby under the guns of Porto
Maurizio, as also the surrender of Genoa and
Naples. Rejoining Lord Exmouth in Oct. of the
latter year On board the Bovne 98, he continued to
serve with that nobleman, latterly in the Queen
Charlotte 100, until after the battle of Algiers,
27 Aug. 1816. He then went back to the Bothe,
in which ship, and again in the Qdeen Charlotte,
we find him for two years employed at Portsmouth
under the flags of Sir Edw. Thombrough and Sir
Geo. Campbell. After a further servitude of three
years on the Home station in the Lifpey 50, Capt.
Hon. Henry Duncan, and of a few weeks in the
Andromache frigate, Capt. Joseph Nourse, he ob-
tained a commission dated 29 Jan. 1822. His suc-
ceeding appointments were — chiefly in the West
Indies— 1 Feb. 1822, to the Helicon 10, Capts. Wm.
• Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 307, 3400, 3694.
t V. Gaz. 1812, p 3388.
Robt. Dawkins and Thos. Tucker— 8 Feb. 1825, to
the Rattlesnake 28( Capts. Hugh Patton and
John Leith— and, 2 July, 1827, to the Babilam 50,
Capt. Sir John Louis. He attained the rank of
Commander 4 Oct. 1828, but was not afterwards
employed afloat.
Comiriander Hamilton was for some time, we un-
derstand, a Commissioner of Taxes and Stipendiary
Magistrate at British Guiana. Agents — Goode
and Lawrence.
HAMILTON. (Commander, 1841.)
Peter William HAMiivroN entered the Navy 19
Nov. 1825 ; served as Midshipman of the Brisk 10,
Capt. Hon. Wm. Anson, at the battle of Navafin,
20 Oct. 1827 ; passed hiS examination in 1833 ; and,
obtaining his first commission 2 March, 1838, was
subsequently appointed, on the East India station
—16 Aug. 1838, to the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph
Nias— 16 June, 1839, to the Volage 26, Cia.pt. Henry
Smith— and, 13 Oct. 1840, as First, to th* Colum-
bine 16, Capt. Thos. Jordaine Clarke. He served
in the VolaBE in an attack made in 1839 on a fleet
of Chihese war-junks ; and, in 1841, he was attached
to the Coldmei.ve during the first and second series
of operations against Canton, where he appears to
have had commaiid of that vessel's boats, and td
have been spoken of in the highest terms.* H6
was, in consequence, promoted to his present rank
8 Oct. 1841. t
Comnlahder Hamilton has for several 3'ears been
Vice-Consul at Boulogne. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
HAMILTON. (LiEOT., 1825. F-P., 34; h-p., 1.)
Thomas Hamilton was born 1 Aug. 1801i
This ofRcer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1812, as
A.B., on board the Barbara 12, Lieut.-Commander
Jas. Morgan, under whom be shared in many dash^
ing affairs with the enemy's armed vessels off the
coast of France and in the Baltic. On one occasion)
in particular, he came into destructive conflict
with a flotilla of seven gun-boats off Fladstrand ;
and, on another, he assisted in cutting out 10 sail
from Randers Fiord. After further serving off St.
Sebastian, and witnessing the embarkation of the
British troops in the Garonne, Mr. Hamilton ac-
companied the expedition against New Orleans, and
bore an active part in all the harassing operations
connected Vrith it. At the commencement of 1816>
having been for short periods employed in different
vessels on the Home station, he proceeded to Sti
Helena and the Cape, where for three years he
served, as Midshipman, in the Griffon 14, Capts.
Geo. Hewson, JaS. Arthur Murray, and Wm. Elliot
Wright, Spey 20, Capt. J. A. Murray, and Favor-
ite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson. He next, on his
return to England, joined the Queen Charlotte
100, Capt. Edm. Boger, and Camelion 10, Capt.
Wm. Jas. Mingaye ; and, in 1819, a year or two
after he had passed his examination, he became at-
tached to the Severn frigate, Capt. Wm. M'CuI-
loch, under whom, with his name latterly on the
books of the Ramillies 74, he was for a consider*
able time employed on the Coast Blockade. In
consequence of certsiin acts performed by Mr.
Hamilton at Dymchurch while in the execution of
his duty, he was imprisoned for U day s in the black-
hole at that place, and afterwards conveyed to Lon-
don, and thence to Maidstone. He was ultimately
however, on 7 Aug. 1823, honourably acquitted,
and had the satisfaction of being highly compli-
mented by his judge, as well as by Capt. M'CuUoch
and the Blockade officers. On the occasion of a
subsequent and very fierce affray with a band of
smugglers, many of whom were killed. Mr. Hamilton
was so desperately wounded as at the moment to
be oimsidered lifeless. His arm, jaws, and one of
his fingers were broken, and, independently of
injuries inflicted on his left eye and breast, he
received three sabre-wounds in the head. He was
advanced to his present rank 14 Feb. 1825; and
since 3 of the following Oct. has been employed in
» Vide Gai. 1841, pp. ISOS, 2506. f F.'Gaz. 1841, p. 2539.
HAMILTON.
453
the Coast Guard — the last four years as an Inspeot-
ing-Lieutenant.
Lieut. Hamilton married, 2S Dec. 1830, Ann,
daughter of John Miller, Esq., of Rossyvolan House
and Ballintree, co. Donegal, a lady connected with
many of the principal families in the north of Ire-
land, by whom he has issue four sons and three
daughters.
HAMILTON. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 16; h-p., 32.)
"William Hamilton entered the Navy, in Aug.
1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Resoldtion 74,
Capts. Wm. Mitchell and Alan Hyde Gardner, of
which ship, successively stationed in the Channel
and West Indies, he became Midshipman 17 Dec.
1800. In Feb. 1803, having been unemployed since
the preceding July, he joined the Hound, Capt.
Keith Maxwell, with whom, on returning to the
West Indies after visiting the Baltic, he removed
to the Shaek sloop, and next to the Tartar fri-
gate. While attached, between Sept. 1804 and Sept.
1808, to the Franchise 36, Capts. Hon. John Mur-
ray and Chas. Dashwood, Mr. Hamilton bore hie
full share in a variety of active services. On the
night of 6 Jan. 1806, in particular, he proved instru-
mental to the achievement of an exploit of more
than ordinary gallantry, nothing less than the cut-
ting-out, jn Campeachy Bay, of a Spanish corvette
JSl Hapma, carrying 12 guns and 75 men, besides
swivels and cohorns ; which vessel, after an obsti-
nate conflict of 10 minutes' duration, and a loss to
the enemy of f> men killed and 26 wounded, was
boarded and carried by the British, who, in three
boats with 64 men, of whom only 7 were wounded,
had also to contend against a brig of 20 guns, a
schooner of 8 guns, and 7 gun-vessels. On leaving
the Franchise, Mr. Hamilton successively became
Acting-Lieutenant, 12 Sept. 1808 and 6 Jan. 1809,
of the PoLYPHEMDS 64, nag-ship of Admiral Bar-
tholomew Sam. Eowley, and D.s:dalds frigate,
Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield. In Sept. of the latter
year he went back, in a similar capacity, to the
Franchise, and continued in that ship on the Ja-
maica station until confirmed 20 Jan. 1810. He
then joined the Rose sloop, commanded in the
Baltic by Capt. Thos. Mansell, and, invaliding from
that vessel in Sept. 1812, was next (appointed — 27
March, 1813, to the Doterbl 16, Capt. Wm. West-
cott Daniel, on the Jamaica and Halifax stations —
and, 1 Oct. 1814, to the command there of the
Sheleurne schooner, in which he remained until
June, 1816. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Hamilton holds the appointment of Branch
Pilot at Nassau. He has received a gratuity, we
are informed, from the Patriotic Fund.
HAMILTON. (Captaik, 1828. p-p., 13; h-p.,18,)
William Alexander Baillie Hamilton, born
6 June, 1803, at Normanby, co. York, is third son of
the late Ven. Chas. Baillie Hamilton, Archdeacon
of Cleveland, by Lady Charlotte Home, youngest
daughter of the ninth, and aunt of the present. Earl
of Home; brother of Sir Geo. Baillie Hamilton,
K.C.H., H.M. Minister at the Court of Tuscany,
and of Commander Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton,
R.N. ; first-cousin of Capt. Thos. Baillie, R.N. (to
whose family connections rifer) ; and second-cousin of
the present Earl of Haddington, late Lord Privy
Seal.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Aug. 1816, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Eochfort 80, command-
ed at Portsmouth by Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood
Dickson, with whom he served until his removal, in
April, 1817, to the Royal Naval College. In Oct.
1819 he again embarked on board the Vigo 74,
Capt. Thos. Brown, fitting for the flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Robt. Lambert, but was soon afterwards
transferred to the Active 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex.
Gordon, in which we find him visiting the Mediter-
ranean, and, in Aug. 1821, attending George IV. to
Ireland. After a further attachment of nearly two
years to the Eueyalhs 42, Capt. Aug. Wm. Jas.
Clillbrd, and Revenue 78, flag-ship of Sir Harry
Burrard Neale, both on the Mediterranean station,
Mr. Hamilton was promoted, 1 Dec. 1823, to a
Lieutenancy in his old frigate, the Active, Capt.
Andrew King, then off' Lisbon. He was subse-
quently appointed— 26 Jan. 1824, to the Blanche
46, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, in which ship he
conveyed Vice- Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk to
the Tagus, and next proceeded to South America —
2 Dec. 1824, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capt.
Hugh Downman, lying at Plymouth— 26 July, 1825,
to the Dbdid 46, Capt. Sam. Chambers, forming
part of an experimental squadron — 1 March, 1826,
to the Ganges 84, fitting for the flag of Ecar-Ad-
miral Robt. Waller Otway— and, lastly, to the
Blonde 46. In that frigate he immediately pro-
ceeded to Bermuda with despatches for the Com-
mander-in-Chief, Rear-Admiral WUloughby Thos.
Lake, by whom, on his arrival, he was placed in
command of the Doterel sloop. His promotion
meeting with official sanction, 17 Nov. 1826, Capt.
Hamilton was next, 2 July, 1827, appointed to the
Pelican 18, in the Mediterranean ; previously, how-
ever, to joining which vessel he appears to have
elicited the approbation of Sir Edw. Codrington,
while employed by that Admiral in communicating
with the officer in command of the Turkish forces
in the Morea. He afterwards watched the harbour
of Navarin, until at length enabled to report to the
Commander-in-Chief at Malta the intelligence of
its evacuation by the remains of the enemy's fleet ;
and, in Oct. 1828, he witnessed the final departure
of Ibrahim Pacha's army from the Morea. Capt.
Hamilton, who, during his cruize off' that peninsula,
as well as with Sir Thos. Staines at Grabusa, had
been very efficaciously employed in the suppression
of piracy, and had been advanced to Post-rank by
commission dated 9 Aug. 1828, resigned the com-
mand of the Pelican on 1 Dec. in the same year.
He has not since been afloat.
Capt. Hamilton was appointed, in 1841, Private
Secretary to his relative. Lord Haddington, then
First Lord of the Admiralty, and after acquiring, in
the discharge of the duties of that delicate and im-
portant post, the affection and esteem of the Service
to an extent, we believe, unparalleled, was selected,
in Jan. 1845, to succeed Sir John Barrow, Bart., in
the Second-Secretaryship of the Admiralty.* He
married, 15 Aug. 1836, Lady Harriet Hamilton,
sister of the Marquess of Abercom, and daughter
of the late Viscount Hamilton, by Harriet, grand-
daughter of the 15th Earl of Moreton, who, on the
Viscount's death, married, secondly, the present
Earl of Aberdeen, late H.M. Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs. Capt. Hamilton has issue a son
and two daughters. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
HAMILTON. (Captain, 1836. i^P., 16; h-p., 21.)
William Price Hamilton died 21 May, 1847, at
Belair, near Plymouth, in the 46th year of his age.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Scipion 74, Capts. Philip .
Chas. Butler Bateman and Jas. Johnstone, bearing
the flag of Hon. Robt. Stopford, whom he accompa-
nied to the Cape of Good Hope. Being there lent
to the Harpy 18, Capt. Henderson Bain, he joined
in the operations of 1811 against the island of Java,
where he appears to have been very actively em-
ployed in the erection of batteries. On returning,
as Midshipman, in Jan. 1812, to the Scipion, he
proceeded in that ship with Capt. Hen. Heathcote
to the Mediterranean, and was for some time en-
gaged at the blockade of Toulon. In Jan. 1816,
after a voyage to the Brazils in the Centaur 74,
Caipt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and a second visit to
the Cape, Mr. Hamilton was received on board the
Geanicus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, by whom,
for his conduct when stationed in the fore-top of
that ship at the ensuing battle of Algiers, he was
recommended in a very strong manner to Hon.
Sir Hen. Blackwood, on that officer assuming the
chief command in the East Indies. From Oct.
• In 1835, when Lord Haddington BUed the office of Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland. Captain Hamilton had also acted as
his Lordsliip's private secret/iry.
454
HAMLEY.
1817, in the course of which month he passed
his examination, until July, 1819, he was next
employed as Admiralty-Midshipman, on the Irish
and South American stations, in the Pandoea 18,
Capts. Hon. Fred. Noel and Geo. Matthew Jones,
and Favoeite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson. He
then removed to the Leandee 50,. bearing the flag
in the East Indies of Sir H. Blackwood, who pro-
moted him to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Aug. 1820,
and on 3 March following made him his Signal
officer. In July, 1821, he was appointed by the
same Admiral i'irst-Lieutenant of the Topaze 46,
Capt. Chas. Richardson, and ordered to China,
where, in the course of the same year, owing to an
unprovoked and barbarous attack made by the
natives on an unarmed part of the crew who were
peaceably employed on shore, he was imperatively
called upon to adopt measures which proved fatal
to several of the assailants. He afterwards went
back to the Leandek and continued to officiate as
Flag-Lieutenant to Sir H. Blackwood until nomi-
nated, in Oct. 1822, to the acting-command of the
Heron 18 — an appointment, however, which was
not confirmed. On his return to England Mr. Ha-
milton, in Nov. 1823, was brought to a court-martial
for having occasioned the death of the persons above
alluded to; but so honourably was he acquitted,
and so highly complimented for his zealous, meri-
torious, and otiicer-iike conduct, that the Admiralty,
on receipt of the sentence, forwarded him by return
of post a Commander's commission, bearing date 13
of the same month. Capt. Hamilton's next and
last appointment was to the command, 31 Oct. 1832,
of the CoMUS 18, attached to the force in North
America and the "West Indies. "While on that sta-
tion he was more than once selected by Sir Geo.
Cockburn, the Commander-in-Chief, to conduct
secret and confidential services of a more than ordi-
narily arduous nature ; of all of which he most cre-
ditably acquitted himself. On the ultimate passage
home of the Comus, via Tampico, we find her Cap-
tain, during a short stay at that place, affording
effective protection to the British merchants and
their property. So favourable was the Port-Ad-
miral's account of the efficiency and discipline of
his ship on her being paid off at Portsmouth in Aug.
1836, that Capt. Hamilton was presented with a
Post-commission 28 Oct. following.
He married, in Nov. 1831, Harriet, only daughter
of the late R. H. Faulconer, Esq., formerly of
Lewes, co. Sussex, by whom he has left issue.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
HAMLEY, K.L.A. (Captain, 1834. f-p., 21;
H-p., 27.)
William Hamlet, born in July, 1786, at Bod-
min, CO. Cornwall, is second son of the late "Wm.
Ilamley, Esq., of that place (a lineal descendant of
Osbertus, youngest grandson of Sir John Hamley,
Kt., who, in the 12th of Edw. III., was chosen
High Sheriff of Cornwall, and subsequently elected
a Member of Parliament for the same co.), by Sarah,
daughter of John Pomeroy, Esq. His ancestor,
Espire Hamley, wasM.P. for the borough of Bodmin
in 1308 ; and his youngest brother, "Wymond, is now
a Commander R.N.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pomone 40, Capt. Robt.
Carthew Reynolds, with whom, and Capt. Kobt.
Cuthbert, he continued to serve, in the same ship
and in the Okion 74, on the Home and "West India
stations, latterly as Midshipman, until the summer
of 1802. After a further employment of more than
three years in the Heecdle 74, as Aide-de-Camp at
Jamaica to Sir John Tho3. Duckworth and "vice-
Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, he was appointed Sub-
Lieutenant, 1 Jan. 1806, of the Pitt schooner,
Lieut.-Commander Michael Fitton. Being offici-
ally promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by com-
mission dated 20 Jan. 1807, Mr. Hamley was next,
from Oct. in that year until Jan. 1814, employed,
chiefly as First-Lieutenant, in the Crocodile, Pal-
las, and Havannah frigates, all commanded by
Capt. Hon. Geo. Cadogan. Besides conveying Sir
Arthur AVellesley in the Crocodile to Portugal,
and attending in the Pallas the expedition to the
Walcheren, he took part, when in the Havannah,
in a variety of important detached services, and
acquitted himself with a degree of skill and gal-
lantry that redounded much to his credit. In com-
mand of the boats of that frigate he in the first
place, on 6 Sept. 1811, spiked 3 12-pounder guns
mounted on a battery on the S.'W. side of the
Penmarcks, whence he brought out a schooner and
five chasse-marees, principally laden with wine and
brandy.* He next, with only a division of the
ship's boats, and a loss of a Master's Mate killed
and 2 men wounded, attacked and carried, 6 Jan.
1813, a gun-boat, No. 8, greatly his superior in
force, carrying 1 long 24-pounder and 35 men, pre-
pared in every respect, and su^jported by musketry
from the shore, where she was made fast.f On 7
of the follomng month Mr. Hamley had the good
fortune, with the boats and marines, to capture and
destroy, without any casualty whatever, four Franco-
Venetian gun-vessels, 21 transports laden with ord-
nance stores, and a 7-gun battery, on the coast of
Manfredonia. He again, on 22 March, effected the
capture of a large trabacolo of 3 9-pounders and
small arms, and the destruction by fire of a similar
vessel laden with oil, under the town of Vasto ; and
four days afterwards he took, in face of a strong
opposition, five armed trabacolos, and five feluccas
laden with salt, near the town of Fortore.| "With
a loss of only 3 men slightly wounded, he further
contrived to capture an armed convoy, consisting of
10 sail (laden with oil), close in with Vasto, where,
although the enemy had assembled in force and
had taken every possible precaution to prevent
their vessels being got off, he landed, drove them
from their guns, 8 in number, and ultimately
effected his purpose.§ He finally served on shore
in command of the batteries and of a force of 60
men at the reduction, in Nov. and Deo. 1813, of the
strong fortress of Zara, mounting 110 pieces of
brass cannon, 7 large mortars, and 11 howitzers,
and garrisoned by 2000 veteran troops ; and on
every occasion he won the admiration of his Cap-
tain, and was strongly recommended by him for
promotion for his uniform skill and gallantry. On
leaving the Havannah, as above, Mr. Hamley,
who had received a very handsome letter from the
Emperor of Austria, returned to England, and on
his arrival found himself promoted to the rank of
Commander by commission bearing date 15 June,
1814. He was subsequently, 9 April, 1823, appoint-
ed to the Pelorus sloop, on the Irish station, where,
during a servitude of three years, he captured more
smuggling-vessels than any other cruizer, and seized,
at various times, not less than 62,000 lbs. of tobacco.
On the paying oif of the Peloeds, all her officers
were promoted, with the exception of Capt. Hamley,
who, on 10 June, 1830, next obtained command of
the Wolf 18, in the East Indies. He was paid off,
on his return from that station, 10 May, 1834, and
on 20 Oct. following was advanced to Post-rank.
He has not been since employed.
Including the occasions alluded to above, Capt.
Hamley, we may observe, commanded the Havan-
nah's boats in 10 successful attacks on the enemy's
batteries, gun-boats, and other armed vessels, the
fruit whereof was the capture and destruction of
100 pieces of cannon and upwards of 100 sail of
shipping. In 1815 he obtained the royal licence
and authority to accept and wear the insignia of the
order of Leopold, with which the Emperor of Aus-
tria had been pleased to honour him, as a testimony
of the high sense which his Imperial Majesty enter-
tained of the services rendered by him at Zara.
Capt. Hamley, who appears to have been wounded
in the course of his professional career, married
Barbara, eldest daughter of Chas. Ogilvy, Esq., of
Lerwick, Shetland, by whom he has issue. Agents
— Hallett and Robinson.
• Firfe Gaz. 1811, p. 1829. + r. Gaj. 1813, p. IMS.
t r. Gaz. 1813, p. 1481. ^ V. Gaz, 1813, p. 2010.
HAMLEY—HAMMET— HAMMOND- HAMOND.
455
HAMLEY. (Commander, 1846.")
Wymond Hamley is yonneest brother of Capt.
Wm. Hamley, R.N.
, This officer entered the Navy 1 April, 1811 ;
passed his examination in 1817 ; and obtained his
first commission 29 June, 1826. His subsequent
appointments were, 30 Sept. 1837, and 20 Aug.
1841, as First Lieutenant, to the Edisburgh and
Malabar, of 72 guns each, Capts. Wm. Wilmott
Henderson and Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, in the
former of which ships he participated in the opera-
tions of 1840 on the coast of Syria, including the
bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. He was paid
ofl' from the Malabar in the early part of 1844 ;
and on 9 Nov. 1846 was advanced to the rank of
Commander. He is now on half-pay.
HAMMET. (Lieutenant, 1846.) •
Lacon Ussher Hajiimet passed his examination
28 Feb. 1840; served as Mate of the Belleropiion
80, Capt. Chas. John Austen, at the bombardment
of St. Jean d'Acre in Nov. 1840; and from the
close of 1841 until the attainment of his present
rank, 7 Feb. 1846, was employed on the North
America and "West India station in the Illustrtous
72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, and Eurydice 26,
Capt. Geo. Elliot. He has been attached, since 30
of the following March, to the Spartan 22, com-
manded in the Mediterranean bj CaptfcThos. Mat-
thew Chas. Symonds.
HAMMOND. (Lieut., 1S05. f-p., 18; h-p„ 32.)
Charles Hammond entered the Navy, 10 May,
1797, as Midshipman, on board the Havock, Capt.
Philip Bartholomew, lying in Hamoaze ; and, from
the close of the same year until the summer of
1802, was employed, on the African, Home, and
West India stations, in the Hornet 18, Capt. Jas.
Nash. In 1803, on his return from the West Indies,
where he had continued to serve, as Master's Mate,
in the Excellent 74, Commodore Hon. Robt. Stop-
ford, he joined the Topaze 36, Capts. Willoughby
Tbos. Lake, Anselm John Griffiths, Henry Hope,
and Edw. Harvey, to which frigate he continued
attached, on the Cork and Mediterranean stations,
the greater part of the time as Lieutenant (com-
mission dated 23 March, 1805), until Jan. 1812.
During that period, among other dashing services,
Mr. Hammond, on 12 March, 1809, took part, near
Corfu, in a very spirited action which terminated
in the beating off by the Topaze of the two French
40-gun frigates Danae and Flore; and about the
same period he received a severe woiind, which
nearly deprived him of the use of his right hand,
at the cutting out of two vessels on the coast of
Italy. Notwithstanding this misfortune, he again,
on 31 of the following May, took command of the
boats, and, by dint of sterling gallantry, succeeded,
with a loss of only 1 man killed and another
wounded, although encountered by a galling fire
from the enemy and many severe obstacles, in
capturing nine vessels lying at anchor in the road
of Demata, behind a reef of rocks under the fort-
ress of Santa Maura. The prizes on the occasion
were loaded with timber and brandy on Govern-
ment account, and were bound to Corfu, where
their cargoes were much needed. They consisted,
besides four trabacolos, of a xebec of 8 carriage-
guns, 6 swivels, and a crew of 55 men ; of one cut-
ter of 4, and one felucca of 3 guns ; and of two
gun-boats of 1 gun each. So great was the admi-
ration entertained of this exploit by Capt. Griffiths,
that we find him recommending Mr. Hammond,
who was at the time his First Lieutena|||^in the
very strongest manner to notice.'* The next occa-
sion on which we perceive mention of our valiant
but ill-rewarded officer was on 31 Oct. 1809, when he
took charge of the boats of the Topaze, and, in
unison with those of a squadron under Lieut. John
Tailour, contributed to the capture and destruction,
in the Bay of Rosas— despite a fierce opposition
from the crews, and a fire from the batteries in-
• rWcGaz. 1608, p. 1!3«.
flictive of a loss on the British of 15 men killed and
55 wounded— of the French armed store-ship Lam-
proie, of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Vicloire
and Grandeur, armed xebec Normande, and a con-
voy of seven merchantmen.'*' His last appointment
was, 11 Aug. 1812, to the Nimrod sloop, Capts.
Nathaniel Mitchell, Vincent Newton, and Geo. Hil-
ton, stationed oflT the coast of North America,
whence he returned in May, 1815. On 21 of the
ensuing June he again presents himself to our no-
tice as commanding the boats of the Topaze, and
effecting the capture, in conjunction with those of
the Alceste under Lieut. Andw. Wilson, of two
vessels in the Bay of Martino, in the island of
Corsica, where a 3-gun battery which protected
the entrance of the bay was carried by a detach-
ment of seamen and marines, and the guns rendered
unserviceable ; the enemy in the affair being occa^
sioned a loss of several men killed and wounded,
and the British 1 man killed and 2 wounded.:)^
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
HAMMOND. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Robeet Hammond served on board the Hebrhs
36, Capt. Edm. Palmer, at the forcing of the
Gironde in 1814. He passed his examination in
1818 ; was made Lieutenant, 23 June, 1827, into
the Glasgow 50, commanded in the Mediterranean
by Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude ; and, on 23
Aug. following, removed to the Gannet sloop,
Capts. Lord Ingestrie and Hon. Wm. Edwardes.
That vessel being paid off in 1828, he next joined,
24 Jan. 1835, the Dublin 50, bearing the flag in
South America of Sir Graham Eden Hamond. He
was superseded at his own request 12 April, 1836,
and has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Hammond married, in 1836, Sophia, daugh-
ter of John Musters, Esq., of Colwick Hall, co.
Nottingham (a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant
for that shire), by Mary, only daughter and co-
heiress of Wm. Chaworth, Esq., of Annesley, Notts.
HAMOND. (Captain, 1846.)
Andrew Snape Hamond, born 3 Oct. 1811, is
eldest son of Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond,
Bart., K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1824 ;
served as Midshipman of the Talbot 28, Capt.
Hon. Fred. Spencer, at the battle of Navarin, 20
Oct. 1827; passed his examination in 1830; and,
obtaining his first commission 25 May, 1831, was
successively appointed- 30 Sept. 1831, to the Mei^
viLLE 74, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir John
Gore— and, 2 Oct. .1834, to the Dublin 50, as Flag-
Lieutenant to his father, on the South American
station. He was presented with a second promotal
commission 19 May, 1838, and, on 24 June, 1842,
was invested with the command of the Salamander
steam-sloop in the Pacific. He has been on half-
pay since the attainment of his present rank, 8
June, 1846.
Capt. Hamond married Mary, second daughter
of Edw. Miller, Esq., co. Cambridge, and niece of
General Miller, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul-
General for the islands in the Pacific.
HAMOND, Bart., K.C.B., K.C.T.S. (Admiral
OF THE Blue, 1847. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 34.)
Sir Graham Eden Hamond, born 30 Dec. 1779,
in London, is only son of the late Sir Andw. Snape
Hamond, Bart., F.R.S., Captain R.N.,| by Anne,
• Fide Gaz. 1809, p. 1907. + T. Gal. ISlO.p. Ja05.
J Sir Andrew Snape Hamond was born in 1738, and en-
tered the Navy in 17.^3. He served as Lieutenant of the
Maonanime 74, in the action off Quiberon, 20 Nov. 1759 •
was in the same ship throughout a great part of the SeveiJ
Yeais' War ; attained Post-ranH 7 Dec. 1770 ; and, for the dis-
tinguished nature of his conduct as Captain of the Rosbuok
44, during the hostilities witli America, was awarded the
honour of Knighthood in 1778. Prom 1780 until 17K3, to-
wards tlie close of which year he was created a Baronet l>e
officiated as Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief
of Nova Scotia, and Commodore and Resident Commissioner
at Halifax. He afterwards, between 1785 and 17S8, rtis-
charged the duties of Commodore and Commander-in-Chief
456
I-IAMOND.
daughter and heiress of Henry Graeme, Esq., of
Hanwcfll, co. Middlesex, a Major in the Army, who
was severely wounded at the battle of Minden,
when a Captain in the 37th Kegt., in 1759, and died
Lieutenant-Governor of St. Helena in 1786. He is
uncle of the present Viscount Hood ; and succeeded
his father as second Baronet 12 Sept. 1828.
This oificer entered the Navy, 3 Sept. 1785, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Irkesistible 74,
on the books of which ship, bearing the broad pend-
ant of his father in the river Medway, his name
appears to have been borne until March, 1790. In
Jan. 1793, after a further servitude with Sir A. S.
Hamond, as Midshipman, in the Vangcakd and
Bedford 74'8, and Duke 98, he joined the Phaeton
■38, commanded by" his cousin Sir Andw. Snape
Douglas, on the Channel station, where, in the
«oursc of the same year, he assisted at the capture
of JLe Gen&ral Dumourier^ of 22 guns and 196 men,
having on board 2,040,000 dollars ; her prize, the St.
Jayo, laden with a cargo worth nearly 300,000^. ; La
Prompte, frigate, of 28 guns and 180 men ; another
privateer, of 16 guns and 60 men ; and La Blonde
national corvette, of 24 guns. Accompanying the
last-mentioned officer, in April, 1794, into the Queen
Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Earl Howe, Mr. Ha^
mond, besides witnessing the capture of H.M. late
ship Castor, and of other vessels, had an opportu-
tunity of sharing in the triumph achieved by the
British on 1 of the ensuing June. In June, 1795,
having previously acted for a short period as Lieu-
tenant of the Aqoilon 32, Capt. Kobt. Barlow, and
Zealous 74, Capt. Christ. Mason, he proceeded
overland to the Mediterranean, and there got on
board the Britaknia 100, bearing the flag of Ad-
miral Wm. Hotham, just in time to behold the de-
struction of L'Alcide, a 74-gun-ship taken in the
action of 13 July. Being confirmed a Lieutenant in
the Britannla, by commission dated 19 Oct. iu the
same year, he subsequently joined, in that capacity,
20 July, 1796, and 11 March, 1797, the Aiule 38,
bearing the flag, also in the Mediterranean, of Sir
Hyde Parker, and Niger 32, commanded on the
Lisbon and Home stations by Capt. Edw. Jas.
Foote. While afterwards in the Echo 18, of which
sloop he ohtaiiied command 20 Oct. 1798, Capt.
Hamond destroyed a French cutter privateer, con-
tributed to the capture of 30 large Dutch fishing-
vessels, conveyed Prince Prederick of Orange from
Yarmouth to Cuxhaven, was for some time em-
ployed at the blockade of Havre, and was intrusted
on different occasions with the charge of convoys.
After a continuance of about 12 months in tlie
Echo, he was made Post, 30 Nov. 1798, into the
CHAMnON of 24 guns ; in which ship we find him
successively engaged in convoying a fleet of mer-
chant-vessels to the Elbe ; guarding the mouths of
that river, and the Weser, to prevent the enemy's
■gun-boats from entering; cruizing off Norway;
carrying specie from the river Thames to the Bri-
tish army in Holland ; and watching the return
of the trade from Archangel. He likewise, on 28
June, 1799, efl^ected the capture of L'Anacre'on, a
notorious French privateer, of 16 guns and 125 men,
and was employed during the early part of 1800 in
convoying to Minorca the officers and crew of the
captured French ship of the line Le Gvillavme Tell^
as also at the blockade of Malta, where he occa-
sionally served on shore at the siege of La Valette.
In July of the latter year, owing to the state of his
health, Capt. Hamond exchanged into the Lion 64,
and returned with despatches to England, but he
had scarcely arrived when he was a,ppointed to
commission ithe Blanche 36 ; iu which frigate, pre-
viously to participating in the battle of 2 April,
1801, he embarked at Copenhagen Mr. Drummond,
H. B. Majesty's Minister, and the whole British
on the river Medway ; and in 1793-4 was suocessively ap-
pointed ii CominissioneT of the Navy Board and Deputy
Comptrolleriand Comptroller of the Navy. He resigneu-the
latter post with a retiring pension of 1500^. per annum in
1806. He died at Lynn, co. Norlollf, in the 90th year of bis
■ age, 12 Sept. 1828 ; at which period, had his previous tenure
of office permitted his acceptanceofFlag-runlt, lie would have
been Admiral of ■the Fleet.
Factory. On the Sunday following the action,
Capt. Hamond had the peculiar satisfaction of
holding the Prayer-Book from which Lord Nelson
read thanks to Almighty God for the signal victory^
the British had obtained over their enemies. The.
Blanche ultimately returned to England with the
flag of Sir Hyde Parker, but was not paid off until
22 Sept. 1802, by which period she had been further
employed with activity in the Channel,^ and had
been for many weeks in attendance on George III.
off Weymouth. From 21 Feb. to 12 Nov. 1803,
Capt. Hamond next commanded the Plantageset
74, in which ship he contrived to capture Le Courier
de Terre Neuve, a French brig privateer of 16 guns
and 54 men, and three days afterwards L'Atalante,
a beautiful corvette of 22 guns and 120 men. After
an interval of half-pay, occasioned by ill health, he
joined, 30 July, 1804, the Lively 38. In that fri-
gate, on 5 of the following Oct., he distinguished
himself, and had 2 of his men killed and 5 wounded,
at the capture, off Cape St. Mary, of three Spanish
frigates laden with treasure, and the destruction
of a fourth.* During a subsequent cruize off Cape
St. Vincent, Capt. Hamond captured, on 7 Dec,
the San Miguel, a Spanish merchant-ship having on
board 196,639 dollars, four cases of M-rought plate,
2064 bales of indigo, and other valuable property ;
and in the course of the same day he was in com-
pany with the Polyphemus 64, at the taking of the
Santa Gertruyda, a frigate of 36 gniis, laden, besides
a cargo of the most costly merchandise, with
1,215,000 dollars in specie. All this treasure being
however disposed of as droits of Admiralty, not
more than a fourth of their proceeds was given to
the captors. In March, 1805, the whole of the
specie and bullion that had been taken, amounting
to 5,000,000 dollars, was intrusted to the sole charge
of Capt. Hamond, who brought it all in safety to
England, but unfortunately just at a period when
the payment of freight-money had been suspended ;
and he consequently received no remuneration
whatever for the tremendous responsibility to which
he had been subjected. Not long after this, being
off Cadiz, the Lively, on 29 May, 1805, alone, and
of her own accord, endured a very spirited skirmish
with the Spanish 74-gun ship Glorioso, whom she
sorely galled. She next, towards the close of 18p3,
embarked Gen. Sir Jas. Craig, and accompanied
an expedition having for its otject the defence of
Naples against the threatened and eventually suc-
cessful invasion of the French. Quitting the
Lively in June, 1806, Capt. Hamond was subse-
quently appointed — 22 Dec. 1808, to the Victori-
ous 74, the command of which ship, after she hiid
assisted at the reduction of Flushing, he resigned
in Sept. 1809—14 May, 1813, to the RivoLi 74, em-
ployed in the Mediterranean, whence he invalided
in March 1814— and 30 March, 1824, to the Wel-
LESi.EY 74, stationed at first as a guard-ship at
Portsmouth, and next employed in conveying to the
Brazils the present Lord Stuart de Kothesay.
Being advanced to the rank of Eear-Admiral, while
on the latter station, by commission dated 27 May,
1825, he was ordered home in the Spaktiate 74,
charged with the delivery, en rovte, of the treaty
of separation between Brazil and Portugal to the
King of Portugal, who, on its reception, created
him a K.C.T.S. ; an order, however, which, as it
was not obtained for war-service, he has not been
permitted to wear. In 1828 Sir Graham Eden
Hamond was selected by the Lord High Admiral
to succeed the then Commander-in-Chief in the
East Indies, but the resignation of office of H.K.H.
did not allow the arrangements to mature. His
last eilpioyment was on tie South American station,
where, with his flag successively in the Spartiate
76, and Dublin 50, he commanded in chief from
16 Sept. 1834, until 17 May, 1838. His attainment
of the rank ofVice-Admiral took place 10 Jan. 1837,
and of that of Admiral 22 Jan. 1847.
Sir Graham Eden Hamond (a Deputy-Lieute-
nant for CO. Norfolk and the Isle of Wight) was
nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; and a K.C.B. 13
* Firfe Gaz. 1804, p. ISl 9.
IIAMOND— HANCOCK.
457
Sept. 1831. He married, 30 Deo. 1806, Elizabeth,
daughter of John Kimber, Esq., of Fowey, co.
Cornwall, by whom he has had issue two sons (the
present Capt. A. S. Hamond, K.N., and the late
Commander G. E. "W. Hamond, R.N.) and three
daughters, of whom the second is married to her
first-cousin Lieut.-Col. Hon. Eras. Grosvenor Hood,
of the Grenadier Guards. Agents — Messrs. Om-
manney.
HAMOND. (Commander, 1843. f-p.,14; h-p.,5.)
Gkaham Eden William Hamond was born 3
March, 1814, at Fowey, co. Cornwall, and died 23
Jan. 1847, at 'Woolwich, while in command of the
Medea steam-sloop. He was second and youngest
son of the present Admiral Sir Graham Eden Ha^
mond, Bart., K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Feb. 1828, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm.
Lyons, to whom, in the following Oct., after having
for some time blockaded the port of Navarin, he
ofiBciated as Aide-de-Camp at the bombardment and
storming of the Morea Castle. In the summer of
1829 he accompanied Sir Robt. Gordon as British
Ambassador to Constantinople, where, during an
audience with the Sultan, he was presented with a
cloak by that potentate. He next visited the
Black Sea, and in the spring of 1830 was em-
ployed in partially surveying and wholly sounding
of the Bosporus, the Golden Horn of Constan-
tinople, and many places in the Sea of Marmara.
In Feb. 1831, shortly after he had escorted Sir
John Malcolm from Alexandria to Malta, Mr. Ha^
mond became Midshipman of the Madagascak
46, also commanded by Capt. Lyons, in which ship
he had an opportunity, in May, 1832, of witnessing
Ibrahim Pacha's bombardment of St. Jean dAcre.
We subsequently find him, in the early part of 1833,
attending King Otho and the Bavarian Regency
from Trieste to Greece, and for several months in
that year employed in tine Madagascar's barge as
steersman to His Majesty. On the paying off of
the latter frigate in Jan. 1835 Mr. Hamond (who,
previously to passing his examination in Feb. 1834,,
had had charge of a watch for 12 months) sailed for
South America in the Action 26, Capt. Lord Bdw.
Russell, for the purpose of joining the flag-ship of
his father, by whom be was transferred to the
Rapid 10, Lieut. -Commander Fred. Patten. Being
awarded the rank of Lieutenant by commission
dated 1 Feb. 1835, he was afterwards appointed in
that capacity— 29 June, 1835, to the Nokth Star 28,
Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt, under whom he
surveyed in part several harbours on the N.W.
coast of North America— 23 July, 1836, to the
Blonde 46, bearing the broad pendant in the Pa^
cific of Commodore Eras. Mason— 4 July, 1837, to
the Imogene 26, Capt. Hen. Wjm. Bruce, employed
among the South Sea Islands — 17 Jan. 1838, to the
RovEK 18, Capt. Chas. Eden, in which sloop he re-
turned to England in the following summer — 23 Feb.
1839, to the Implacable 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey,
attached to the force in the Mediterranean, whence
he invalided in May, 1840— and, 13 Jan. 1842, to the
Howe 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Eras. Mason,
on the same station. He attained the rank of Com-
mander 5 June, 1843, and was lastly appointed, 5
Nov. 1846, to the Medea steam-sloop. He died as
above.
Commander Hamond married, 7 Dec. 1843, Lucia,
only daughter of Luke Dodds, Esq., of Hythe
House, Hythe, near Southampton, co. Hants, by
whom he has left issue. Agents— Messrs. Om-
manney.
HANCOCK. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
George Hancock entered the Navy 3 March,
1834 ; passed his examination 12' Deo. 1840 ; and
after an intermediate servitude as Mate, in the
Mediterranean and Home stations, in the Veknon
50, and Excellent gunnery-ship, Capts. Wm. Wal-
poie and Sir Thos. Hastings, was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 1 July, 1844. He has been em-
ployed, since 5 of the following Nov., in the Eagle
50, Capt. Geo. Bnhun Martin, bearing the flag at
first of Rear- Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield on the
S.E. coast of America, and now stationed in North
America and the West Indies.
This officer obtained his commission as a reward
for having passed the best examination at the
Royal Naval College.
HANCOCK. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
James Kinneeh Hancock is son of the late
Rear-Admiral Rich. Turner Hancock.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7
June, 1832 ; and embarked, in 1834, as a Volunteer,
on board the North Stab 28, commanded in South
America by Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt. Be-
coming Midshipman, in Nov. 1836, of the Sama-
RANG 26, Capts. Wm. Broughton and Jas. Scott, he
eventually, after a continued servitude on the latter
stajson, where he passed his examination in the
sununer of 1839, proceeded to China. He came
home in Aug. 1841, but being again ordered to
China towards the close of the same year in the
Belleisle troop-ship, Capt. JohnKingcome, arrived
there in time to witness the final operations in the
Yang-tse-Kiang. For a short time previous to the
receipt of his commission, which bears date 20 Sept.
1843, and which was given to him in consequence
of the recommendation of Capt. Kingcome, we find
Mr. Hancock successively employed in the Star-
ling , surveying-vessel, Capt. Hen. Kellett, and
CoRNWALLis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker. He
then Joined the Minden, Capt. Michael Quin,
Hospital-ship at Hong Kong, whence he returned
to England in Jan. 1845 on board the Pelican 16,
Capt. Philip Justice. He has been serving on the
coast of Africa since 26 May, 1845, as First of the
Hecate steam-sloop, Capt. Joseph West.
HANCOCK. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 18; h-p., 34.)
John Hancock (a) entered the Navy, 8 April,
1795, as A.B., on board the Britannia 100, Capt.
John HoUoway, bearing the successive flags of Ad-
mirals Lord Hotham, Sir Hyde Parker, Chas.
Thompson, and Sir Peter Parker ; in which ship he
participated in the actions of 13 July, 1795, and 14
Feb. 1797, otf Capes Rioux and St. Vincent. In
Feb. 1798 he removed to the Alarm 32, Capts.
Edw. Fellowes and Robt. RoUes, on the West India
station, where, during a continuance of three years,
he appears to have been instrumental to the capture
of a large number of the enemy's vessels. He then
became Master's Mate of the Galgo 14, Capts.
Rich. Hawkins and Michael Dodd, employed in the
Channel and off Newfoundland, but, being dis-
charged in Deo. 1802, he did not again go afloat
untU Jan. 1806, when he joined, in a similar capa-
city, the Lion 64, commanded at first by Capt.
RoUes, and afterwards by Capt. Hen. Heathcote,
with whom he served in the East Indies until the
early part of 1808. In April, 1809, after an inter-
mediate attachment to the Coquette, Capt. Kobt.
Forbes, and Royal William, Capt. Hon. Courte-
nay Boyle, Mr. Hancock was nominated Acting-
Lieutenant of the Rhodian 10, Capts. Geo. Mou-
bray and John Geo. Boss. His appointment to
that sloop being confirmed by commission dated 24
April, 1811, he continued to serve in her on the
West India station — participating intermediately in
the capture of two French privateers and of up-
wards of 20 American merchantmen — until wrecked,
off' Port Royal, Jamaica, in Feb. 1813. His subse-
quent appointments were — 15 Oct. 1813, to the
Dasher sloop, Capt. Wm. Henderson, also in the
West Indies, whence he invalided in March, 1815 —
and, 24 Feb. 1829, to the Coast Blockade, in which
service, with his name on the books of the Ramil-
LiES and Talavera 74's, Capt. Hugh Pigot, he re-
mained until 1830. He has since been on half-pay.
HANCOCK. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
John Hancock (J) entered the Navy 1 Feb. 1827'
passed his examination in 1833 ; and was promoted'
3N '
45S
HANCOCK— HAND— HANDLEY—HANHAM.
for his services on the coast of China, to the rank
of Lieutenant 6 May, 1841. His appointments hare
since been— 28 May, 1841, as Additional, to the
■Wellesley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, in the East
Indies — 17 March, 1842, to the Excellent gunnery-
ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— 27
April, 1843, to the Piqde 36, Capt. Hon. Montagu
Stopford, attached to the force in North America
and the West Indies— and, 25 Nov. 1844 and 28
April, 1845, a.gain as Additional, to the Illdstkious
72, and Vindictive 50, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Adam
and Sir Fras. "Wm. Austen, on the same station,
where he is now employed in surveying. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
HANCOCK. (Eeak-Admiral of the Blue,
1841. F-P., 29 ; H.P., 38.)
Richard Turner Hancock was bom 23 June,
1764, and died 5 March, 1846, at Weymouth. ,
Tliis officer entered the Navy, 24 July, 1779, as
Midshipman, on board the Formidable 98, Capt.
John Stanton, in which ship, under the flag of Sir
Geo. Kodney, he took part in the actions of 9 and
12 April, 1782. Keturning home from the West
Indies in the course of the same year in the Ardent
64, Capt. Kioh. Lucas, he next, until promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 26 Aug. 1789, served, in the
Channel and at Portsmouth, on board the Orestes,
Capt. Jas. Elhs, Expedition cutter, Lieut.-Com-
mander Chas. C. Crooke, and Triumph and Bar-
FLEDR, bearing the flags of Admirals Lord Hood
and R, Roddam. His first commission was pre-
sented to him in consequence of his having been
sent to attend on George III., on the occasion of a
visit made by that monarch to Weymouth. His
succeeding appointments, we find, were — 11 May,
1790, to the Saturn 74, Capt. Robt. Linzee, in the
Channel— 21 Feb. 1792, to the Hussak 28, Capts.
Rupert George, John Poo Beresford, Chas. Wemyss,
and Chas. Rowley, on the Halifax station — 7 Oct.
1796, to the Unite 38, commanded in the Channel
and West Indies by Capts. C. Rowley, Wm. Shield,
and J. P. Beresford — and, 5 Jan. 1800, to the Prince
OF Wales 98, bearing the flag on the latter station
of Lord Hugh Seymour. In all but the first of
those ships Mr. Hancock officiated as Senior-Lieu-
tenant ; and while in the HnssAR he contributed, in
company with the Thetis 36, to the defeat, 17 May,
1795, of five sail, two of which, ia Frevoyante of 24,
and La Raison of 18 guns, were captured after a
close action of more than an hour's duration. He
also, when in the Unite, assisted at the reduction
of the Devil's Islands, near Cayenne. Being at
length (on the earnest and repeated application of
Capt. Beresford, under whom he had served on the
two latter occasions) awarded a Commander's com-
mission, dated 4 Sept. 1800, Capt. Hancock was
next appointed, 27 May, 1803, to the Plover 18, in
which sloop he cruized on the Channel station until
posted 25 Sept. 1806. He afterwards served as
Flag-Captain, in the 80-gun ships Tonnant and
Foudroyant, to Hon. Michael De Courcy, from
July, 1807, until Dec. 1812; during which period,
besides pursuing a French squadron to the West
Indies, he escorted the army home after the battle
of Corunna, and was for a long time employed on
the Brazilian station. While there Don John, the
Regent, offered to invest him with a Portuguese
order of knighthood ; but, as Capt. Hancock did
not conceive he had performed any military service
deserving of the honour, it was modestly declined.
The Regent, persisting, however, in his resolution
of conferring on the Captain some mark of his re-
gard, presented him with his portrait set with dia^
monds in a valuable gold box. Rear- Admiral Han-
cook, who had not been afloat since the period of
his leaving the Foudroyant, attained Flag-rank 23
Nov. 1841.
He married, first, 1 Jan. 1813, Jane Love, daughter
of Rear-Admiral Kinneer ; and secondly, 21 Sept.
1826, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of the late
John Harwood, Esq., who died 11 Dec. 1843. By
his first marriage the ReartAdmiral has left issue
three children, one of whom, James Kinneer, is a
Lieut. R.N.
HAND. (Commander, 1841.)
George Sumner Hand entered the Navy 1 Feb.
1821 ; and bore a part in the hostilities in Ava,
where, in 1825, he commanded a boat at the capture
of the formidable fortress of Donoobew, and the
Alligator's two cutters at the taking of Melloone.*
He passed his examination in 1827 ; obtained his
first commission 14 July, 1829 ; and was afterwards
appointed — 8 Aug. in the same year, to the Shan-
non 46, Capt. Benj. Clement, in the West Indies —
13 Sept. following, to the Grasshopper 18, Capt.
John Elpbinstone Erskine, in which sloop he re-
turned to England, and was paid off 6 Sept. 1831 —
and 20 Jan. 1834, and 23 Nov. 1838, as Senior, to
the Racehorse 18, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home,
and Vestal 26, Capts. Thos. Wren Carter and John
Parker, both on the North America and West India
station. He attained his present rank, while serv-
ing in the latter ship, 23 Nov. 1841 ; and since 14
Dec. 1844, has been in command of the Espoir 10,
on the coast of Africa. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
HANDLEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
John William Henry Handley entered the
Navy, 2 March, 1805, as Third-cl. Vol., on board
the Puissant 74, ;Capt. John Irwin, lying at Ports-
mouth ; and on 4 of the following Nov., having
joined the Namur 74, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted,
was present in Sir John Strachan's action off Ferrol.
After that event he served, until July, 1807, in the
West Indies, and on the African and American sta^
tions. He then removed, as Midshipman, to the
Valiant 74, Capts. Young, Alex. Robt. Kerr, John
Bligh, John Nash, and Robt. Dudley Oliver; in
which ship, under Capt. Bligh, he assisted at the
destruction of the French squadron in Aix Roads
in April, 1809, and at the capture, near Belleisle, 3
Feb. 1810, of the French 40-gun frigate Cannoniere,
laden with the spoil of the principal prizes which
the enemy ha'd taken in the East Indies during the
three preceding years. He also, while borne on the
books of the Valiant, commanded a gun-boat dur-
ing the operations of 1809 against the island of
Walcheren. On leaving the last-mentioned ship,
Mr. Handley, in Dec. 1811, joined the Bellero-
PHON 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John
Ferrier off the Texel, where he served unt^ Nov.
1812. Becoming Master's Mate, in March, 1813, of
the San Josef 1 10, flag-ship in the Mediterranean
of Sir Rich. King, he there, on 5 Nov. in the same
year, and 13 Feb. 1814, witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew*s
two actions with the Toulon fleet; after which,
on being transferred to the Cvane, of 32 guns
and 171 men, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, he was
on board that vessel when captured, 20 Feb. 181,'),
together with her consort, the Levant, of 20 guns
and 131 men, by the United States frigate Constitu-
tion, of 54 guns and 469 men, at the close of a des-
perate conflict in which the Cyane sustained a loss
of 6 men killed and 13 wounded. He was soon,
however, restored to liberty, and, on his arrival in
England, found that he had been promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant by commission bearing date 7
Feb. 1815. He has since been on half-pay. Agents
— Hallett and Robinson.
HANHAM. (Liect., 1818. f-p., 9; H-p.,29.)
William Hanham entered the Navy, 29 Aug.
1809, as Fst.-cl. VoL, on board the Royal William,
Capt. John Irwin, bearing the flag of Sir Roger
Curtis, at Spithead, where, in April, 1810, he accom-
panied the same officers into the Puissant 74. In
Aug. 1811, after serving for some time on the Jer-
sey station with Capt. Corbet Jas. D'Auvergne of
the Albacore sloop, he joined the Nijaden 36,
commanded by Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth,
with whom, and latterly with Capt. Hugh Pigot, he
continued actively employed, oft' the coasts of Por-
• Vide Gaz. 1825.
HANKEY—HANMER—HANNANT— HANSARD— HARCOURT.
459
tugal and America, and also in the "West Indies, on
board the same frigate and the Nymphe 38, until
Aug. 1815. He then removed in succession to the
Prince and Qdebn Chaklotte, flag-ships at Ports-
mouth of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, but being soon
again ordered to the West Indies, was there ap-
pointed Acting-Lieutenant, 24 March, 1816, of the
Salisbohy 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
John Erskine Douglas. In May, 1817, he was trans-
ferred, in the latter capacity, to the Rifleman brig,
Capts. Robt. Rochfort FeUx and Norwich Duff, in
which vessel (being confirmed to her by commission
dated 15 May in the following year) he remained
until paid off in Aug. 1818. He has not been since
employed. Agents— Case and Loudonsack.
HANKEY. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 4.)
Frederick Thomas Barnard Hankev, born 3
April, 1813, is third son of John Barnard Hankey,
Esq., of Fetcham Park, co. Surrey, by the Hon.
Elizabeth De Blaquiere, daughter of John, first
Lord De Blaquiere. He is brother of Lieut. Henry
Barnard Hankey, R.N. ; nephew of General Lord
De Blaquiere ; and a connexion of Sir Hugh Dillon
Massy, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1826, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 84, Capt. Sam.
Hood Inglefield, bearing the flag in South America
of Rear-Admiral Robt. Waller Otway; became Mid-
shipman, in the autumn of 1829, of the Winchester
52, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir Edw. Griffith
Colpoys ; and from Aug. 1831 until the receipt of
his first commission, bearing date 11 April, 1833,
was employed in the Mediterranean, the last twelve
months as Mate, on board the Alfred 60, Capt.
Robt. Maunsell, and St. Vincent 120, flag-ship
of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham. He continued to
serve for some months, on the latter station and off
Oporto, in the Belvidera 42, Capt. Hon. Rich.
Saunders Dundas, and was afterwards appointed —
9 June, 1834, to the Orestes 18, Capts. Henry John
Codrington, Julius Jas. Farmer Newell, and Wm.
Holt, which sloop, also attached to the force in the
Mediterranean, he fitted, during a violent gale, with
a temporary rudder, and by that means enabled her
to proceed 200 miles under close-reefed sails— 2 Feb.
1839, as First, to the Acorn 16, Capt. John Adams,
with whom he served for three years on the coast
of Africa — and 7 Stay, 1844, in a similar capacity,
to the CoLLiNGVfooD 80, flag-ship in the Pacific of
Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. During the period of his
continuance in the Acorn, Mr. Hankey was instru-
mental to the liberation of about 1500 negroes, and
the condemnation of about 3300 tons of shipping.
On one occasion he was strongly recommended
to Rear-Admiral Fred. Warren, the Acting-Com-
mander-in-Chief at Plymouth, for his conduct in
having intrepidly boarded, with a party of volun-
teers, during a passage made by the Acorn to Eng-
land, and in the midst of a heavy gale, a schooner
which had been utterly abandoned, and to which,
having lost her own, he fitted a new rudder. He
subsequently, on 6 July, 1841, after a running-fight,
assisted in capturing the Gabriel^ a notorious pirati-
cal vessel, well armed, and equally well defended.
His previous services as interpreter during a nego-
ciation carried on between his Captain and the Go-
vernor-General of Mozambique, had obtained Mr.
Hankeya very complimentary letter from the-latter
personage, as well as a flattering appeal in his behalf
to the British and Portuguese Governments. He
ultimately left the Acokn in consequence of fever
contracted on board a slave-vessel of which he had
been placed in charge. He was promoted to his
present rank, while serving in the Collingwood,
26 June, 1846 ; and is now on half-pay.
Commander Haukey, we must not omit to record,
had distinguished himself when a Lieutenant in the
Orestes, by voluntarily going ashore for assistance
in the jolly-boat, during a tempest which had dis-
masted that vessel in the Mole of Malaga. Agents
— Messrs. Stilwell.
HANKEY. (LlEDTENANT, 1845.)
Henry Barnard Hankey is a younger brother
of Commander F. T. B. Hankey, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy in 1832 ; passed his
examination 6 March, 1839 ; and, after serving as
Mate in the Britannia 120, and, for three years, in
the Agincourt 72, flag-ships of Sir John Acworth
Ommanney and Sir Thos. John Cochrane, on the
Mediterranean and East India stations, was pro-
moted, 2 July, 1845, to a Lieutenancy in the Hazard
18, Capts. Fras. Philip Egerton, under whom he is
still employed. During an expedition conducted
in July, 1846, by Sir T. J. Cochrane, against the
Sultan of Borneo, Mr. Hankey officiated as Beach-
Master, and assisted at the capture and destruction
of the enemy's forts and batteries up the river
Brune.*
HANMEK. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.)
David Hanmer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1804,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Capts. Lord
Garlics, Christopher Laroche, and Wm. Brown, one
of Sir Robt. Calder's fleet in the action of 22 July,
1805. From the following Sept. until Dec. 1808, he
served in the Mediterranean and off Lisbon in
the Apollo frigate, and Conqueror 74, both com-
manded by Capt. Edw. Fellowes ; and he was after-
wards, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 7
April, 1813, employed, off the coasts of Portugal,
France, and America, chiefly as Master's Mate, in
the Semiramis 36, Capt. Wm. Granger, Unicorn 32,
Capts. Alex. Kobt. Kerr and Geo. Burgoyne Salt,
AcASTA 40, Capt. A. R. Kerr, and St. Domingo 74,
flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren. He then
joined the Statira 38, Capts. Hassard Stackpoole
and Spelman Swaine, also attached to the force on
the American station, whence he returned home
and was paid off in April, 1815. He has not been
since afloat. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
HANNANT. (Liedtenant, 1842.)
Henry Hannant entered the Navy 13 Sept. 1828;
passed his examination 13 Feb. 1837 ; was for some
time employed as Mate in the Termagant brigan-
tine, Lieut.-Commander Henry Frowd Seagram, on
the coast of Africa ; and on 16 Sept. 1842, was pro-
moted to his present rank. His appointments have
since been — 18 May, 1843, to the Racer 16, Capt.
Arch. Reed, on the Brazilian station — and 1 Aug.
1844, to the America 50, Capts. Hon. Wm. Gordon
and Sir Thos. Maitland, with whom he has been
successively employed in the Pacific and Mediter-
ranean. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
HANSARD. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Alfred Ogle Hansard passed his examination
4 Oct. 1836 ; and was for a long time employed in
the Mediterranean on board the Implacable 74
Capt. Edw. Harvey, and Geyser steam-vessel, Capt.
Edw. John Carpenter. He obtained his commission
19 Deo. 1844; and since 11 March, 184.5, has been
serving on the coast of Africa in the Flying Fish
12, Capt. Peche Hart Dyke.
HAKCOUET, formerly Vernon. (Captam,
1814.)
Frederick Edward Vernon Harcourt, born in
1790, is fourth son of the Right Hon. Edw. Har-
conrt, D.D., D.C.L., P.C., Archbishop of York, Pri-
mate of England, and Lord High Almoner to the
Qneen, by Anne, third daughter of Granville, first
Marquess of Stafford. He is brother of G. G. V.
Harcourt, Esq., M.P. for the co. of Oxford ; of the
Rev. L. V. Harcourt, Chancellor of York ; of Capt.
O. V. Harcourt, R.N. ; of H. V. Harcourt, Esq., a
Lieut.-Colonel in the army ; and of Lieut.-Colonel
Fras. Harcourt, of the Grenadier Guards, Equerry
to the Duchess of Kent. He is cousin of the pre-
sent Lord Vernon ; and is closely ^connected with
the Earls of Lucan, Oxford, Liverpool, Harcourt,
and Leicester.
' -Vide Gaz. 1846, pp. 3441-42.
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460
HARCOURT-nAKDING.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1803, as
Midshipman, on board the Calcdtta 50, armee en
flute, Capt. Dan. 'Woodriff. On his return from a
voyage round the world, performed by that ship in
the short period of 10 months and three days, he
joined, in July, 1804, the Latona 38, Capt. Thos.
Le Marchant Gosselin, with whom, on removing
to the AnDACiOHS 74, he went in pursuit of Je-
rome Buonaparte to the "West Indies. Being ulti-
mately promoted, from the Centadk 74, bearing
the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, to a Lieutenancy, 29
April, 1809, in the Implacable 74, commanded in
the Baltic by Capts. Thos. Byam Martin and Geo.
Cockburn, he tooli: part in the boats of that ship in
numerous detached services under Lieut. Joseph
Hawkey, and on 7 of the enduing July was espe-
cially mentioned for his highly exemplary conduct
in a brilliant cutting-out affair, the particulars of
which have been detailed in our narrative of the
present Capt. Chas. Allen.* He was in consequence,
as soon as he had completed his two years' servi-
tude as Lieutenant, advanced to the rank of Com-
mander, by commission dated 29 April, 1811. Pre-
viously, however, to the consummation of that
event, iie appears to have been further employed in
making a voyage to the Havana, and assisting at
the defence of I'lsla de Leon. In Sept. 1813, Capt.
Harcourt, who had assumed command, on 25 of the
preceding May, of the Challenger 16, took part
in the siege of St. Sebastian ; and on 13 of the fol-
lowing Oct. we find him contributing to the cap-
ture of ie FUbustier French national brig, mounting
16 guns, a brass howitzer, and 4 swivels, and laden
with treasure, arms, ammunition, and salt provi-
sions. He next, in March, 1814, co-operated with
the force under Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe
Penrose in forcing the passage of the Gironde. At-
taining Post-rank on 7 June in the same year, he
was afterwards employed in command of the Blos-
som 24, and DoKis frigate, on the South American
station. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Harcourt married Martha, daughter of the
late Vice-Admiral John Richard Delap Tollemache
(grandson of Lionel, third Earl of Dysart), by Lady
Elizabeth Stratford, daughter of John, third Eai'l
of Aldborough. H« has issue. Agents — Messrs.
Halford and Co.
HARCOURT, formerly Veknon. (Captain,
1827. I-P., 18 ; H-p., 23.)
OoTAViDS Vernon Harcourt, born 25 Dee. 1793,
at Rose Castle, co. Cumberland, is eighth son of the
Archbishop of York; and brother of Capt. F. E. V.
Harcourt, R.N.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1806, as
Midshipman, on board the Tigke 74, Capt. Benj.
Hallowell, and, on attending the expedition of 1807
to Egypt, witnessed the surrender of Alexandria,
and was much employed on boat-service up the
river Nile. After assisting at the blockade of Tou-
lon, and contributing to the destruction, towards
the close of Oct. 1809, of the French ships of tlie
Kne Robuste and Lion, he accompanied Capt. Hallo-
well, on his promotion to the rank of Rear-Admiral,
into the Malta 80, and continued to serve with
him in that ship, on the Mediterranean station, un-
til the receipt of his first commission, bearing date
1 1 Jan. 1814 — co-operating intermediately with the
troops on the south-eas{ coast of Spain, and serving
in the batteries at the siege of Tarragona. Be next
joined the Mulgrave 74, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling,
and, while cruizing in that ship off the coast of
Italy, landed with a party of seamen and marines
near Piombino, where he captured a martello tower,
and brought out or destroyed a convoy anchored
under its protection. During the war of a Hundred
Days, Mr. Harcourt, then belonging to th« Amelia
38, Capt. Hon. Granville Proby, served at the
blockade of Elba, and, on the- intelligence arriving
of the surrender of Buonaparte after the battle of
yftXetloo, he was sent with a Major of the Tuscan
army to summon the town of torto Ferrajo. Quit-
' Vide Qaz. 1809, p. 1210.
ting the latter vessel in 1816, he remained on half-
pay until appointed, 2 Feb. 1818, to the Sir Francis
Drake, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Hamilton at New.
foundland; where he obtained command, 3 Feb.
1820, of the Drake sloop, and, for a short time in
the same yeaj-, of the Carnation 18. He after-
wards joined, 5 June, 1824, and 30 May, 1825, the
Britomart 10, and Primrose 18, both employed
in the "West Indies, from which station he returned
to England, with upwards of a million of dollars, in
July, 1827. He was promoted to his present rank
on 7 of the following month', and, about the same
period, was selected by the Lord High Admiral to
act as his Aide-de-Camp, in the Royal Sovereign
yacht, on the occasion of a visit of Inspection to the
various seaports. Capt. Harcourt's last appoint-
ment was, 26 March, 1834, to the North Star 28,
in which vessel he took out H. Hamilton, Esq., the
British Minister, to Buenos Ayres, was then em-
ployed in surveying the coast of central America
and California, and ultimately returned home with
a large freight. He has been on half-pay since 27
Oct. 1836.
Capt. Harcourt, during the year 1820, discharged
the duties of Surrogate at Newfoundland. He mar-
ried, 22 Feb. 1838, Anne Holwell, daughter of "Wm.
Guter, Esq., and relict of "Wm. Danby, Esq., of
Swinton Park, Yorkshire.
HARDING. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 20; h-p., 15.) .
Francis Harding, born 28 April, 1799, is fifth
son of the late "Wm. Harding, Esq., of Baraset
House, Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, a gentle-
man of the Privy Chamber to George HI. ; and bro-
ther-in-law of Capt. Geo. Baker, R.N.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 24 Jan. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amazon 38, commanded
in the Channel by his patron, the present Sir Wm.
Parker. Removing, in a few weeks, to the North-
umberland 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, he as-
sisted, on 22 May in the same year, at the destruc-
tion, near L'Orient, of the 40-gun frigates L'Ariemie
and L' Andromaque, and 16-gun brig Mamelouek,
whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy
battery, killed 5 and wounded 28 of the British.
On being afterwards ordered to the Mediterranean,
in the Pembroke 74, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, he shared,
5 Nov. 1813, in a partial action, witli the Toulon
fleet, and, in the course of the next April, was pre- .
sent at the capture of a large convoy under the
guns of Porto MauriAio, and also at the surrender
of Genoa. Between Aug. 1814 and Aug. 1821, Mr.
Harding (who passed his examination in 1818) was
successively employed, as Midshipman and Mate, on
the South American, Home, Newfoundland, and
East India stations, in the Valiant 74, flag-ship of
Sir Manley Dixon, Albion 74, Capts. Philip Soraer-
ville and Jas. Walker, Perseus 22, and Tamar 28,
both commanded by Capt. Thos. Rich. Toker,
Dauntless 26, Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner, Li-
verpool 50, Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier, and
Leander 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Henry
Blackwood. He then became Acting-Lieutenant of
the TopAZE 46, Capts. Chas. Richardson and Price
Blackwood, and in that vessel (being confirmed to
her by commission dated on 30 of the following
March) he continued to serve until Oct. 1822. His
next appointment was, 7 April, 1824, to the Griper
discovery-ship, Capt. Geo. Fras. Lyon, whom he
accompanied in the same year in a disastrous at-
tempt made to reach Repulse Bay, an enterprise,
tlie harassing and distressing nature of which nearly
ruined the constitutions of all those who were con-
nected with it. He went on half-pa.y at the close of
1824, and remained thenceforward unemployed un-
til 22 May, 1827, when he joined the Espoik 10,
Capt. Henry Fras. Greville, and sailed for the Cape
of Good Hope. In Nov. 1809 he assumed the act-
ing command of the Hecla surveying-vessel, va-
cant by the death of Capt. Thos. Boteler, who, with
the greater part of his crew, had been swept away
by African fever. Immediately on his arrival home
in the latter vessel, with such hands as had been
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461
left to navigate her, Capt. Harding was confirmed,
23 July, 1831, into the Jasedk 18, in which sloop he
returned to the Cape. He was transferred, 16 Sept.
following, to the Second-Captaincy of the Wahspite
76, bearing .the flag in South America of Sir Thos.
Baker, with whom he remained until paid off in
March, 1833. He was lastly, from 21 Jan. 1837 until
Aug. 1839, employed in command of the PEiORns 16,
on the East India station ; during which period we
find his services eliciting the thanks of the Gover-
nor-General in Council, also of Sir Jas. Stirling, the
Governor of Western Australia, and of Sir John
franklin, the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. At
the expiration of the above period, nine months
whereof he had acted as Senior naval officer in the
Australian colonies, Capt. Harding's health obliged
him to seek a temporary cessation from the active
duties of his profession. He acquired his present
rank 23 Nov. 1841.
Capt. Harding married, 23 Oct. 1833, Davidona
Eleanor, daughter of Gen. Chas. Dallas, Governor
of St. Helena, by whom he has issue one son and
one dajjghter.
HARDING. (LiECT., 1815. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 10.)
Geokge Hakding entered the Navy, 5 March,
1806, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Isis 50, Capt.
John Laugharne, successive flag-ship at Newfound-
land of Vice- Admirals Sir Erasmus Gower and John
Holloway. He afterwards, on removing to the
Stork 18, Capt. Geo. Le Geyt, contributed, as Mid-
shipman, to the capture and destruction, 12 and 13
Deo. 1808, of Le Cygne corvette of 18 guns, and two
schooners, near St. Pierre, Martinique. Quitting
the latter vessel in Jan. 181 1, he next, between that
period and March, 1816, served, on the North Sea,
Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope, Channel, and
Leith stations, in the Edimbcegh 74, Eurtalus,
Thames, Laurel, and Stag frigates, Swiftsure 74,
and Driver 16, Capts. Robt. Eolles, Rowland Main-
waring, Jeremiah Coghlan, John Strutt Peyton,
Hon. Granville Proby, Phipps Hornby, Wm. Henry
Webley, and John Ross. While attached with Capt.
Proby to the Thames, Mr. Harding served on shore
with the patriots at the siege of Tarragona in 1813.
He was presented, on leaving the Driver, with a
commission dated back to 20 March, 1815 ; and,
since 28 Feb. 1826, has been employed in the Coast
Guard.
HAEDING, (CoMMANDEK, 1846. F-P., 23;
H-P., 19.)
John Harding entered the Navy, 19 Dec. 1805,
on board the FooDRorANT 80, Capt. John Cham-
bers White, in which ship, until Nov. 1812, he con-
tinued, chiefly as Midshipman, to serve, on the
Home, Lisbon, and Brazilian stations, under the
successive flags of Admirals Sir John Borlase War-
ren, Albemarle Bertie, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and
Hon. Michael De Courcy. Returning then to Eng-
land he joined the Djedalus 38, Capt. Murray
Maxwell, under whom, on eventually arriving in
the East Indies, he was wrecked, off the island of
Ceylon, 2 July, 1813. In consequence of that cata-
strophe he was received on board the Minden 74,
bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, in which ship he
remained until Sept. 1814, when he became Acting-
Lieutenant of the Hecate 18, Capt. John Allen.
Being confirmed, 11 Feb. 1815, into the Sphynx 10,
Mr. Harding, during a continuance of a few months
in that vessel, and prior to the arrival of the proper
Captain, the Hon. Arthur Tnrnour, appears to have
discharged the duties of sole commander. He was
subsequently appointed— 7 Jan. 1824 and 5 March,
1825 to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, and Hyperion 42,
Capts. Wm. M'CuUoeh and Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 21
April, 1832, to the Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt.
Edw.Galwey, lying at Dublin— 29 Sept. 1832 and 5
Sept. 1835, to the San Josef 110, and Royal Ade-
laide 104, flag-ships at Plymouth of Sir Manley
Dixon and Sir Wm. Hargood— U Dec. 1842 (after
seven years of half-pay), to the command of the
Columbia steam surveying-vessel, employed, until
the close of 1844, on the North American station —
4 April, 1845, to the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt.
Wm. Fred. Lapidge, on the S. E. coast of America
—and, 1 Deo. 1845, to the Crocodile 8, Capt.
Gower Lowe. With the exception of the Colum-
bia, Mr. Harding was attached as an Additional-
Lieutenant to all the above ships, and was employed
the whole time on surveying service. Since his
promotion to the rank of Commander, which took
place 9 Nov. 1846, he has been on half-pay.
HARDMAN. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Henry Bowman Hardman passed his examina-
tion 1 June, 1839 ; and from the latter part of 1841
until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 30 Dec.
1845, was employed as Mate, on the Mediterranean
and East India station, in the Formidable 84,
Capts. Sir Chas. Sullivan and Geo. Fred. Rich, flag-
ship latterly of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Es-
piiGLE 12, Capt. Thos. Pickering Thompson. He
has since been on half-pay.
HAKDWICK. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 31.)
John Haedwick died 8 March, 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 180?, as
Fet.-ol. Vol., on board the Isis 50, Capt. John
Laugharne, in which ship, and the Antelope 50,
bearing each the flag of Vice- Admiral John Hollo-
way, he served at N ewfoundland, the greater part
of the time as Midshipman, until May, 1810.
During the next two years we find him continuously
employed with Capt. John Allen, in the Franchise
36, Rodney 74, and Peklen 38, on the Greenland,
Mediterranean, and Channel stations. He was then
transferred to the Magnificent 74, Capt. Wil-
loughby Thos. Lake, and in the course of the fol-
lowing summer was very actively employed in co-
operation with the patriots on the north coast of
Spain, where he witnessed the reduction of Castro,
Puerta Galletta, Quetaria, St. Ano, &c. He was
promoted, after making a voyage in the same ship
to the West Indies, to the rank of Lieutenant by
commission dated 8 March, 1815 ; but he .'did not
again go afloat.
HAKDWICKE, Earl of. (Captain, 1825.
F-p., 15 ; H-p., 19.)
The Right Honourable CharlesPhilipTorke,
Earl of Hardwicke, bom 2 April, 1799, is son of
the late Admiral Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke,*
K.C.B., M.P. (whose father and- grandfather were
each Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain), by
his first wife, Elizabeth Weake, daughter of Jas.
Rattray, Esq., of Atherstone ; and nephew of the
Right Hon. Chas. Philip Torke, who filled the office
of First Lord of the Admiralty from Nov. 1809 to
March, 1812. One of his grand-uncles, the late
Lord Dover, K.B., held high rank in the Army, and
acted as Aide-de-Camp to H.R.H. tlie Duke of Cum-
berland at the battle of Fontenoy ; and another,
James, died Bishop of Ely in 1808. His Lordship
succeeded to his titles on the demise of his uncle
Philip Yorke, third Earl of Hardwicke, formerly
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 18 Nov. 1834.
• Sir J. S. Yorke was born 6 June, 1768. Entering the
Navy 15 Feb. 17S0, he acted as Aide-de-Camp to .Sir George
Rodney in the actions of 9 and 12 April, 17R2 ; and he after-
wards, between the period of his Post-promotion, 4 Feb. 1793,
and of his ad van cement to Flag-rank, 31 July, 1810, commanded
in succession the Circe 28, Stag 32, Jason 3fi, Canada 74,
Prince Geobqe andBAEFi.EUR98's, and Christian VII. 80 ;
in the second-named of which ships, the Stag, he captured
22 Aug. 1795, after a close and spirited action, the Dutch
86-gim frigate Alliance. In 1811 we find him command-
ing a squadron and escorting a large body of troops in trans-
ports to the Tagus for the reinforcement of Lord Wellington's
army. He had been awarded, in the preceding year, a seat
at the Board of Admiralty, and he continued to hold it until
April 1818. From 1790 until drowned, in consequence of
the upsetting of a yacht in Stokes Bay 5 May, 1830, Sir J, S.
Yorke, with the exception of an interval of two years in
1810-12, had the honour of being uninterrupted representative
in Parliament for the towns of Reygate, St. Germans, Sand-
wich, and, again, for Reygate. He was nominated a K.C.B.
in 1815, and died an Admiral of tlie Blue.
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HARDY— HARE.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 4
Feb. 1813, and, after carrying off the second medal,
embarked, 15 May, 1815, as Midshipman, on board
the Pbince 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, flag-ship at Spit-
head. In the course of the same and the following
year he successively joined the Spabkowhawk 18,
and Leviathan 74, commanded in the Mediterra-
nean by Capts. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne and Thos.
Briggs, the QoEEN Charlotte 100, flag-ship of
Lord Exmouth, by whom he was intrusted with the
charge of a gun-boat at the bombardment of Al-
giers, and the Leandek 60, bearing the flag of Sir
David Milne on the North American station, where
he appears to have had command of the Jane, a
Etaall vessel employed in carrying despatches be-
tween Halifax and Bermuda. After acting for a
few months as Lieutenant of the Grasshopper 18,
Mr. Yorke was confirmed in that rank by commis-
sion dated 14 Aug. 1819 ; and on 29 of the following
Oct. he joined the Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. Augustus
Montagu ; in which frigate he served, on the Hali-
fax station, until advanced another step in his pro-
fefisaoa 18 May, 1822. His next appointment was,
S Aug. 1823, to the command of the Alacrity 10,
fittjng for the Mediterranean, where, prior to the
receipt of his Post-commission, which bears date 6
Jaajne, 1825, we find him very actively employed in
the suppression of piracy, and in watching the
movements of the Turco-Egyptian forces. While
subseqaently ofiiciating as Captain, from 20 Nov.
1828 until the summer of 1831, of the Alligator 28,
on the same station, Capt. Yorke further assisted
in settling the affairs of Greece. He lastly, in
iS44-5, assumed the command, for short periods, of
the BI.ACK Eagle steam-yacht, and St. Vincent
120 ; in the former of which he conveyed the Em-
peror of Kussia from England, and was presented
on the occasion with a snuii-box, bearing a highly-
Ifinished portrait of His Imperial Majesty, studded
with a profusion of brilliants, valued at 1000
graineas.
The Earl of Hardwicke, who was lately a Lord-
5n-Waiting on the Queen, is Lord-Lieutenant and
'Gustos Rotulorum of co. Cambridge. He married,
4 Oct. 1833, Susan, sixth daughter of Lord Ravens-
worth,- and by that lady has issue three sons and
four daughters.
HARDY. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Edward Hardy entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1824;
passed his examination 28 Aug. 1832 ; and after
serving for some time as Mate, in the Mediterra-
nean, of the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, and
AiGLE 24, Capt. Clarence Edw. Paget, was presented
with a commission dated 16 Feb. 1843. He then,
for a brief period, became Additional-Lieutenant of
the Queen 110, bearing the flag on the same station
of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen; whom, however, he
rejoined, 23 April, 1844, on board the Formidable
84. *Since 30 Dec. 1845 he has been serving in the
Vernon 50, flag-ship in the East Indies of Rear-
Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield.
he attended the expedition to New Orleans. He
has not since been afloat. Agent— Joseph Wood-
head.
HARDY. (LlEtTTENANT, 1815. F-p., 9 ; H-P., 32.)
Robert William Hale Hardy entered the
Navy, 8 June, 1806, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the
Ganges 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, lying at Ports-
mouth, where he shortly afterwards joined the
Royal William, flag-ship of Admiral Montagu.
Between Sept. 1807 and Sept. 1813 we find him
serving on the East India station, chiefly as Mid-
shipman, in the Monmodth 64, and Rhssel 74,
bearing each the flag of Rear- Admiral Wm. O'Brien
Drury, Caroline 36, Capt. Christopher Cole, and
BncEPHALus 32, Capt. Barrington Reynolds. While
in the Caroline he appears to have assisted at the
celebrated capture of Banda Neira, in Aug. 1810, as
also, in Aug. 1811, of the island of Java. He after-
wards, from Jan. 1814 until his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant 20 Feb. 1815, served in the
Asia 74, Capt. John Wainwright, and Tonnant 80,
flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, both on the North
American station, where, among other operations,
HARDY. (Lieutenant, 1821. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 23.)
Thomas Hardy entered the Navy, in May, 1807,
as L.M., on board the Conqueror 74, Capts. Israel
Pellew and Edw. Fellowes, successively employed
ill the Channel and in blockading the Russian Rear-
Admiral Seniavin's squadron in the Tagus. In
Aug. 1808, two months after he had attained the
rating of Midshipman, he removed to the Planta-
GBNET 74, Capts. Wm. Bradly and Thos. Eyles,
with whom he actively served on the Lisbon and
Baltic stations until 1811; in the course of which
year he joined the Stromboli, commanded in the
Downs by Capts. Thos. Cuthbert Hichens and Sam.
Grove, and Arethdsa 38, Capt. Fras. Holmes
Coffin. On his return in June, 1813, from the West
Indies, where he had been serving two years, and
had been twice engaged in boat-actions with the
enemy's privateers, Mr. Hardy became attached to
the Kangaroo 16, Capt. Wm. Sumner Hall, and in
that sloop he was continuously employed in the
protection of convoys in the Baltic and Channel
until Aug. 1S15. The next six years were passed
by this officer on the East India, Plymouth, West
India, and Irish stations, as Adrairalty-jMidshipman,
Acting-Lieutenant, and Chief Mate, in the Bac-
chus 1 6, Capts. Wm. Hill and John Peiigelly Parkin,
Favorite 20, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude,
Spencer 74, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, Raleigh
18, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baumgardt, and Castle
CoOTE Revenue-cruizer, Lieut.-Commander John
Elwin. During a servitude of more than a year
and a half in the latter vessel he contributed to the
capture of two smuggling schooners ; and on 20 Sept.
1820, while pursuing in the boats a Dutch lugger of
12 guns and 42 men, he had the misfortune to have
his eyes severely injured by the flash from a blun-
derbuss fired by one of his men close to him. He
received in consequence the thanks of the Com-
mander-in-Chief at Cork, and of the Collector of
Customs for Londonderry. Attaining the rank of
Lieutenant 19 July, 1821, he was next appointed,
18 Dec. 1824 and 18 March, 1836, to the Genoa 74,
Capts. Wm. Cumberland and Walter Bathurst, and,
as First, to the Cornwallis 74, Capt. Robt. Wor-
gan Geo. Festing. He was superseded from the
former ship at his own request in Oct. 1826 ; and
he left the Cornwallis, in consequence of the im-
paired state of his sight from the injury above
alluded to, in the Oct. following his appointment to
her. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Hardy married, 31 July, 1821, Miss Eliza
Phillips, of Kinsale, in Ireland.
HAKE. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 15; h-p., 31.)
Charles Hare is son of Capt. Rich. Hare, R.N.,
who commanded the Vulcan fire-vessel, with dis-
tinction, at the destruction of the French shipping
at Toulon in 1793, and died in 1801 while command-
ing the Madras. He is brother-in-law of the late
Admiral Alexander ; and cousin of the present Ge-
neral of that name, a very gallant officer, who served
as Aide-de-Camp to the late Lord Lynedoch. Mr.
Hare, who has lost two brothers of his own rank in
the Navy, is also cousin of Lieut. Rich. Hare, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Madras, commanded by
his father, Capt. Chas. Hare, whom he attended in
the ensuing expedition to Egypt. In Feb. 1803,
after having served for some time in the Minotadb
74, and Amphion 32, Capts. Rich. Henry Alex.
Bennett, Alex. Frazer, and Thos. Masterman Hardy,
he joined La Minerve, of 48 guns, Capt. Jahleel
Brenton ; and, on 2 July, 1803, he was on board
that frigate when she took the ground under the
batteries of Cherbourg, and was compelled, in spite
of a desperate and sanguinary resistance, to strike
her colours. Being in consequence taken prisoner,
he remained in captivity until 1809, when, con-
triving to escape, he was received on board the
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RoTAL Oak 74, Capt. Lord Araelius Beauolerk.
During the early part of 1810, we next ;find him
(with his name successively on the books of the
CiBCE, Atlas, Ville de Paris, and San Josef)
employed at the siege of Cadiz. On 8 June in the
same year, having for a few weeks acted as Lieu-
tenant of the Cyane 20, Capt. Thos. Forrest, he
was confirmed to that rank in the Porcupine 24,
Capt. Robt. Elliot, stationed in the River Plate.
He removed, in Nov. 18U, to the Bakbadoes 28,
Capts. Edw. Rushworth and Thos. Huskisson, sta-
tioned in the Channel and West Indies ; and was
lastly, from Oct. 12 until Sept. 1815, employed in
command of the Bream and Manly schooners, and
PicTON brig. In those vessels he appears to have
cruized with great activity in the Bay of Fundy,
where he effected the capture of several privateers
of superior force. On 9 June, 1811, in particular,
when off Cape Forchu, in the Bream, he fell in
with the American private armed sloop JFasp,
mounting 2 6-pounder carriage-guns, with a crew
of 33 men, which did not surrender until after a
chase of seven hours and a half and a smart running
action.* Agents— Coplands and Burnett.
HARE. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 17; h-p., 22.)
Marcus Theodore Hare died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 Nov. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nymphe 36, commanded
by his cousin, Capt. Conway Shipley, with whom he
continued until the death of the latter in a gallant
but unsuccessful endeavour to cut out an enemy's
vessel in the river Tagus in April, 1808. He then
joined the Centaur 74, bearing the flag in the
Baltic of Sir Sam. Hood, and, after attending the
expedition to the Walcheren, he successively fol-
lowed that officer into the Hieernia 120, Tighe 74,
Owen Glendower 36, and Illustrious 74, and was
employed with him, latterly as Midshipman, on the
Mediterranean, Home, and East India stations. In
Nov. 1812 he removed to the Malacca 36, Capt.
Donald Hugh Mackay, also in the East Indies,
where, on accompanying the same Captain into the
Minden 74, he received an order, 1 March, 1815, to
act as Lieutenant of that ship. He was confirmed
to her by commission dated on 20 of the following
Sept., and, being paid ofi' in the early part of 1816,
was next appointed— 22 Dec. 1817, to the Erne 20,
Capt. Timothy Scriven, which vessel was wrecked
off the Cape de Verde Islands 1 June, 1819—31 Oct.
1823, to the Pelobus 18, Capt. Wm. Hamley, sta-
tioned, until 1826, off the coast of Ireland — 7 June,
1828, to the CeocodilE 28, Capt. John Wm. Mon-
tagu, in the East Indies— in Dec. 1830 (in conse-
quence of his having been placed on the Lord High
Admiral's list for promotion), to the acting-com-
mand of the Southampton 52, flag-ship on the same
station of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen— and, 12 May,
1831, to the acting-command of the Satellite 18.
He brought that sloop home and paid her off in
May, 1832, but, a change of ministry having in the
mean time taken place, he was, to his great morti-
fication, allowed to remain unpromoted. He did
not again go afloat.
Lieut. Hare married, 24 Sept. 1833, Lucy, daugh-
ter of Lord Stanley of Alderley, and by that lady
has left issue three children.
HAEE. (LiEnTENANT, 1814. r-p., 9 ; H-p., 32.)
Richard I^re, born 20 Nov. 1793, in the parish
of St. Pancrad7 CO. Middlesex, is son of Rich. Hare,
Esq., of the same place ; and first-cousin of Lieut.
Chas. Hare, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 March, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon.
Dunoombe Pleydell Bouverie, and removed soon
afterwards to La Chiffonne 36, Capt. John
Wainwright, in which frigate he was occasionally
in action with the Spanish batteries and gun-boats
in the Jlediterranean, and, on proceeding to the
East Indies, accompanied an expedition against the
pirates of the Persian Gulf, where he assisted, as
* Vide Ghz. 1813, p. 1990.
Midshipman, at the destruction of the strong town
of Ras-al-Khyma, and of more than 80 vessels In
Nov. 1810 he was transferred to the Bellkjueux
64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, then at China; and, ea
his subsequent return to England in La Chifkonne,
he further joined, in Aug. 1811 and Dec. i813, the
Bulwark and Venerable 74's, flag-shiiis of the
late Sir Philip Durham in the Channel and West
Indies. On his passage to the latter station, Mr-
Hare contributed, in company with the Cyrenk
sloop, to the capture, not without opposition, of the
French 44-gun frigates Jphigenie and Alanine, 16.
and 20 Jan. 1814. On 28 of the following month
he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Spider.
12, Capt. Robt. Jas. Gordon, employed off Antigua;,
and, on 16 Sept. in the same year he was confirmed
into the Oeontes36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane,
also in the West Indies. He has been on half-pay
since March, 1815.
Lieut. Hare married, 18 June, 1835, Mary Combe,
daughter of John Maddison, Esq., of Bath, for-
merly of Little Grimsby, co. Lincoln, by whom he
has issue two sons and a daughter. Agents — Cop-
lands and Burnett.
HARE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 25.)
Thomas Hare entered the Navy, 25 Jan. 180.5,
as A.B., on board the Fervent 12, Lieut.-Com-
mander John Edw. Hare, whom he accompanied to
the Mediterranean. He there removed, as Midship-
man, in Nov. 1806, to the Morgiana sloop, Capt.
Thos. Landless ; and he next, from Aug. 1807 until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Feb. 1815,
served uninterruptedly on the Home station in the
Snake, Capt. Thos. Young, Namur, Capt. Rich.
Jones, Starling, Lieut. -Commander Chas. Fred.
Napier, Exertion, Lieut.- Commander Jas. Murray,
Raisonnable 64, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, and Im-
pregnable, flag-ship for some time of Admirals
Wra. Young, and of H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence,
and afterwards commanded by Capts. John Went-
worth Loring, Robt. Hall, and Jas. Nash. On 2
Aug. 1811, while Sub-Lieutenant of the Exertion,
Mr. Hare assisted in the boats of a squadron, 10 in
number, and carrying 116 men, under the command
of Lieut. Sam. Blyth, at the cutting-out, from with-
in the island of Mordeney, near the 'Texel, of four
Danish gun-vessels, each armed with 1 long-12,
and 2 long 6 or 8 pounders, and 25 men, includ-
ing 5 soldiers, and commanded by a Lieutenant-de-
Vaisseau of the French Navy ; an exploit that was
not accomplished until the enemy had sustained a
loss of 4 men killed and 12 wounded, and the Bri-
tish, after an exposure to a fire of grape and canis-
ter, and a hard struggle, of 2 killed and 9 wounded,
independently of 19 persons who were killed and
wounded in the early part of the contest by an ac-
cidental explosion on board one of the gun-boats.
Mr. Hare subsequently, when in the Impregnable
under the Duke of Clarence, escorted the Emperor
of Russia and the King of Prussia to England. He
was lastly employed in command, from 26 Oct. 1836
until 1844, of a station in the Coast Guard. Agent
— J. Hinxman.
HAKGOOD. (Captain, 1837. r-p., 16; h-p., 18.)
William Hargood, born 22 June, 1801, is nephew of
the late Admiral Sir Wm. Hargood, G.C.B., G.C.H.,*
• Sir Wm. Hargood bore a part, when a Lieutenant of the
Magnificent 74, in Sir Geo. Rodney's action with tlie Comte
de Grasse 12 April, 1782. He commanded the Hyjena 24,
when that vessel was captured by the French in May, 1793 ;
and between 1794 and his attainment of Flag-ranic 31 July*,
1810, he successively officiated as Captain of the Iris frigate,*
Leopakd 60, Nassau and Intrepid 64's, Belleisle 80 (part
of the victorious fleet in the action off Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805),
and NoRTHDMBEBLAND 74. In April, 1808, he was appointed
a C:olonel of Marines. From the close of 1810 until made
a Vice-Admiral in 1814, we find him discharging the duties
of Admiral Superintendent at Portsmouth, and of Com-
mander-in-Chief on the Jersey and Guernsey station ; in
which latter capacity he was subsequently employed at Ply-
mouth from April, 1833, until April, 183fe. He was created a
K.C.B. in 1815, and in 1831 a G.C.B. and G.C.H. He died
at Bath, an Admiral of the White, 12 Dec. 1839.
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HARLEy—HARNAGE— HARNESS.
and is descended in the male line from the ancient
and noble family of Harcourt, the last of whose Earls
died in 1830, at which period the title became ex-
tinct. Capt. Hargood's father, a gentleman in the
law, was an elder brother of the Admiral.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 June, 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fylla 22, Capt. Wm.
Shepheard, bearing the flag of his uncle on the
Jersey and Guernsey station, where he accompanied
the Admiral into the Alonzo sloop, and continued
until June, 1814. During the next three years we
find him employed as a student at the Royal Naval
College. On leaving that institution he re-em-
barked, as a Volunteer, on board the Blossom 24,
Capts.,Fred. Hickey and Fred. Edw. Vernon, and
sailed for South America, where he appears to have
been employed, the last 20 months as Midshipman,
until Sept. 1820. He then joined the SrBiLLE 44,
of which ship, bearing the flag in the "West Indies
of Sir Chas. Rowley, he was created a Lieutenant
5 Oct. 1822. Being paid off' in June, 1823, Mr. Har-
good was next appointed — 6 Dec. following, to the
Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, with whom he was
once more ordered to South America— 27 Oct. 1825
(after seven months of half-pay), to the Hyperion
42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, lying at Newhaven
for the purposes of the Coast Blockade — and, 5
Dec. 1826, again to the Sybille, bearing the broad
pendant of Sir Fras. Augustus Collier on the coast
of Africa, where, on one occasion, while officer of
the watch, he received so severe a contusion of the
fore-finger of the left hand as to render its imme-
diate amputation necessary. He remained in the
Sybille until promoted to the rank of Commander
15 Jan. 1828 ; after which he procured an appoint-
ment, 20 July, 1832, to the Scoht 18. In that sloop
he proceeded to the North Sea, whence, in the fol-
lowing year, after having been intermediately em-
ployed in imposing an embargo on the ships belong-
ing to the subjects of the King of the Netherlands,
he was ordered to the Mediterranean. Exchanging,
in Dec. 1833, into' the Scslla 16, Capt. Hargood
soon afterwards returned to England, and on 8
March, 1834, was paid off. He has not been since
afloat. His present rank was conferred on him 10
Jan. 1837.
Capt. Hargood married, 1 Oct. 1828, Catherine,
eldest daughter of Henry Harison, Esq., of Seaford,
CO. Sussex, by whom he has issue two sons and two
daughters. Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
HARLEY. (Retired Commandek, 1837. f-p.,
26 ; H-P., 39.)
Edward Hakley died in Aug. 1846, in the 71st
year of his age.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1781, as A.B.,
on board the "Warspite 74, Capt. John Reynolds,
lying at Portsmouth, where, in the following year
and in 1785-6, he became Midshipman of the Dili-
GENTE and Queen, flag-ships of Sir Thos. Pye and
Admiral Montagu, and Hector, Capt. Sir John
Collins. Between 1787 and Nov. 1794^ he was em-
ployed, on the "West India and Home stations, as
Midshipman, in the Aleut, Capt. Geo. Burden,
Active, Capt. Peter Rainier, Vanguakd and Bed-
ford, both commanded by Sir Andrew Snape
Hamond, and Ddke, Glory, and Resolution, bear-
ing each the broad pendant of Commodore Geo.
Murray. He was then appointed Acting-Lieutenant
of the TmsBE, Capt. John Okes Hardy, on the
Halifax station, and in Jan. 1795 he removed in a
similar capacity to L*Esperance sloop, Capt. Jonas
Rose, also employed off the coast of America.
Being confirmed in the latter vessel by'commission
dated 8 Oct. 1796, Mr. Harley was subsequently
appointed— in Jan. 1798, to the Isis 50, Capt. 'Wm.
Mitchell, with whom he made a voyage to St. He-
lena— 1 Aug. 1799, to the Andromache frigate,
Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie, employed, until Feb. 1804,
on the North American and Jamaica stations — 14
Oct. 1807, to the Cestukion 50, Capt. Chas. 'Webb,
in which ship he proceeded to Gibraltar — 2 June,
1808, to the Gorgon 44, Capt. Robt. Brown Tom,
successively stationed at Woolwich and the Nore —
and, 9 July, 1808, to the command of the Ilde-
FONSO, at Spithead. He went on half-pay in July,
1814; and became a Retired Commander on the
Junior List 26 Nov. 1830. His promotion to the
Senior List took place 26 Dec. 1837. Agents—
Hallett and Robinson.
HARNAGE, Bart., formerly Blackman. (Com-
mander, 1820. r-p., 12; h-p., 28.)
Sir George Harnagb, bom 19 July, 1792, is
eldest son of the late Sir Geo. Hamage, Bart., by
Mary, eldest surviving daughter of Henry Hamage,
Esq., of Belswardyne, co. Salop, Lieut.-Colonel in
the Army, who served as Major of the 62nd Regt.,
under General Burgoyne, during the first American
war, and was severely wounded at the battle of
Freeman's Farm 19 Sept. 1777. Sir George (whose
brother, Capt. John Lucie Blackman, of the Cold-
stream Guards, fell at Waterloo) assumed the name
of Hamage in 1821 ; and succeeded his father, as
second Baronet, 19 Nov. 1836.
This oiScer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1807, as
Midshipman, on board the Hibernia 120, flag-ship
in the Channel and off* Brest of Sir Jas. Saumarez.
Removing, in July following, to the Penelope 36,
Capt. John Dick, he was for some time employed
at the blockade of Ferrol ; after which he visited
North America and the West Indies, and in Feb.
1809 was present at the capture of Martinique.
Having been further attached for three years to
the Defiance 74, commanded in the North Sea
and Baltic by Capt. Rich. Raggett, he had the
fortune, on 12 Aug. 1813, to be awarded a Lieute-
nant's commission. His subsequent appointments
were — 4 Feb. 1814, to the Hamadktad 36, Capt.
Edw. Chetham, stationed off Newfoundland, where,
in the following Sept., that vessel suffered so se-
verely from the effects of a hurricane as to neces-
sitate her being in a few months broken up — 11
April, 1815, to the Boyne 98, as Flag-Lieutenant to
Sir Israel Pellew, Captain of the TMediterranean
fleet, in which capacity he officiated until 29 June,
1816 — and, 4 Aug. 1818, to the Salisbury 58, bear-
ing the successive flags in the Leeward Islands of
Rear-Admirals Donald Campbell and Wm. Chas.
Fahie. While in the latter ship, in Sept. 1819, Mr.
Blackman, being at the time at anchor in the har-
bour of the island of St. Thomas, was again present
in a hurricane of so fearful a nature that on the
following morning the wrecks of 96 vessels were
counted, independently of numerous others which
had foundered — the Salisbury, indeed, out of 115
sail, being the only ship left afloat. He obtained
command of the Raleigh sloop 16 Aug. 1820, and
continued to serve in the West Indies until the
close of 1821, when he returned to England with a
freight of 320,000 dollars. He was paid off 14 Jan.
1822, and has not since been afloat.
Sir Geo. Hamage married, 26 Jan. 1826, Caroline
Helena, youngest daughter of Bartlett Goodrich,
Esq., of Saling Grove, Great Saling, oo. Essex, and
by that lady has issue an only son. Agent— J.
Chippendale.
HARNESS. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 9;
H-p., 33.)
Richard Stephens Harness, born in July, 1792,
at Wickham, co. Hants, is son of the late Dr. John
Harness, F.L.S., many years a Commissioner of the
Transport Board ; a gentleman who ipis twice mar-
ried, the second time to the widow of Admiral
Robt. Linzee.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 July, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diadem 64, Capt. Sir
Home Riggs Popham, and in the course of 1806 at-
tended the expeditions to the Cape of Good Hope
and Buenos Ayres. In Dec. of the latter year he
became Midshipman of the Sampson 64, Capt. Wm.
Cuming, from which ship, on her return to Eng-
land, he removed to the Inflexible 64, Capt.
Joshua Rowley Watson, part of the force employed
at the bombardment of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807.
After, that event he joined the Volontaire 33,
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Capts. Chas. BuUen and Joseph Nourse, and pro-
ceeded to the Mediterranean ; where, on the night
of 31 Oct. 1809, he served with the boats of a
squadron at the capture and destruction, in the
Bay of Rosas — despite a fierce opposition from the
crews, and a galling fire from the batteries, in-
flictive on the British of a loss of 15 men killed
and 55 wounded — of the armed store-ship Lamproie,
of 16 guns and 116 men, with three armed and
seven merchant vessels.* In the course of 1809 he
appears to have been also present in the Volon-
taike's boats under Lieut. Isaac Shaw at the capture
—with a loss to the enemy of 5 men killed and 8
wounded, and to the English of 2 wounded— of Fort
Kioux, near Cape Croisette, mounting 14 guns ; and,
under Lieut. Dalhousie Tait, at the destruction, near
Marseilles, of the fort of Cassis, and the bringing
out thence of several merchant-vessels, in July and
Oct. 1811. Mr. Harness next joined the CnMEEE-
tAND 74, Capt. Kobt. Waller Otway, and Malta
84, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell. On
the receipt of his first commission, bearing date 18
Feb. 1812, he removed to the Fame 74, Capt. Walter
Bathurst, with whom he continued to serve (as-
sisting intermediately, in 1813, at the defence of
Tarragona) until advanced to his present rank, 27
Aug. 1814. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander Harness is a widower with two
children.
HARPER. (LiEnTENANT, 1841.)
Fkanois Henry Harpek entered the Navy 1
June, 1826; passed his examination 11 Sept. 1833;
and on 23 Nov. 1841 (while serving as Mate, in the
Mediterranean, of the Rodnef 92, Capt. Robt.
Maunsell) was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
His subsequent appointments were — 31 Jan. 1842,
to the Daphne 18, Capt. John Windham Dalling,
in the Mediterranean — 4 June, 1842, to the Talbot
26, Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, lying
at Sheerness — 23 July, 1842, again to the Daphne,
Capt. John Jas. Onslow, whom he accompanied to
the Pacific— and, 20 June, 1844, to the SATBLLrrE
18, Capt. Robt. Hibbert Bartholomew Rowley, sta-
tioned on the south-east coast of America. He left
the latter vessel in Aug. 1846. AoENi^Joseph
Woodhead.
HAKPEE. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
George Harper passed his examination in 1830 ;
and obtained his commission 6 June, 1837. His
appointments have since been — on 12 of the same
month, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings — 14 April, 1838, to the
Malabar 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey, on the North
America and West India station — 1 Feb. 1839, to
the Implacable 72, commanded in the Mediterra-
nean by Capt. Edw. Harvey— and, 3 June, 1842, as
First-Lieutenant, to the Talbot 26, Capt. Sir Thos.
Raikes Trigge Thompson, attached to the force in
the Pacific, whence he returned in 1847. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
HARPEK. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 18; h-p., 24.)
James Harper entered the Navy, 27 Nov. 1805,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Active 38, Capt.
Rich. Hussey Moubray; with whom, in the same
ship, and, as Midshipman, in the Montagu and Re-
pulse 74's, he continued to serve, on the Cork, and
Mediterranean stations, until June, 1814. He was
present during that period, in the Active, at the
passage of the Dttrdanells and the destruction, of
the redoubt at Point Pesqjiies in Feb. 1807 ; on
shore, while belonging to the Montagu, at the re-
duction of Santa Maura in April, 1810; and, in the
Repulse's boats, in conjunction with those of the
VoLONTAiRE and Undaunted frigates, at the anni-
hilation of two important batteries and the capture
of a convoy near the port of Morjean 2 May, 1S13.
He next, on leaving the Rei'Ulse, joined the La».
tona 38, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope at
Leith, where he remained until promoted to the
* Vide Gaz. 180P, p. 1307.
rank of Lieutenant, 1 Feb. 1815. From the latter
date Mr. Harper remained unemployed until 12
Jan. 1839, when he was appointed to the Niagara
20, Capt. Williams Sandom, in which ship, stationed
on the lakes of Canada, he continued to serve, the
greater part of the time as First-Lieutenant, until
the early part of 1843. While so attached he ap-
pears to have had charge of a steamer in action
with the rebels at Prescott, in Upper Canada. He
has been in successive command, since 16 Dec. 1843
and 1 Aug. 1846, of the Experiment and Minos
steam-vessels, on Lakes Huron and Erie. Agent —
Fred. Dufaur.
HARPER, C.B., K.L.A. (CTaptatn, 1814. f-p.,
35; H-p., 31.)
John Harper, born 18 Sept. 1772, at Chatham,
CO. Kent, is son of an ofl&cer in the Navy, who was
mortally wounded on board the Britannia, in
Lord Howe's partial action with the combined
forces of France and Spain, ofi" Cape Spartel, 20
Oct. 1782. His younger brother attained the rank
of Lieutenant at an early age, and was drowned in
La Lutine frigate 9 Oct. 1799.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1781, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Bellona 74, Capt.
Rich. Onslow, and, on removing in the following
year to the Britannia 100, bearing the flag of Hon.
Sam. Barrington, fought in that ship in the action
in which his father received his death-wound.
During the six first years of the ensuing peace he
appears to have been successively employed on the
Portsmouth station, chiefly as Midshipman, in the
Edgar 74, Capt. Chas. Thompson, and Triumph
74, and Barfleur 98, flag-ships of Sir Sam. Hood.
He then proceeded to the coast of Africa in the
Pomona 28, Capt. Henry Savage ; and in Nov. 1793,
after a further servitude in the Channel on board
the Duke 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Robt.
Roddam, Sprightly cutter, and Edgar 74, Capt.
Albemarle Bertie, he was ordered to the West In-
dies in the Boyne 98, flag-ship of Sir John Jervis.
For his conduct at the proximate reduction of Mar-
tinique, where he had command of a flat-bottomed
boat, Mr. Harper was promoted, 21 Feb. 1794, to a
Lieutenancy in the Avenger 20, Capts. R. Grifliths
and Chas. Ogle. Soon after that event, while rowing
guard one night in a six-oared boat ofi' the Carcnage,
during the siege of Ste. Lucie, he entered the har-
bour and, under the veil of a shower of rain,
boarded, carried, and brought out a French schooner
privateer, mounting 10 guns, fully manned, and
perfectly ready for sea. He subsequently, on the
surrender of Ste. Lucie, landed and co-operated
with the army in the reduction of Guadeloupe.
Removing, in Oct. of the same year, to the De-
fence 74, Capts. Thos. Wells, John Peyton, and
Lord Henry Paulet, Mr. Harper, during a conti-
nuance of five years under those oflicers, was pre-
sent in Hotham's partial action 13 July, 1795, arid,
as Second Lieutenant, in the battle of the Nile, 1
Aug. 1798, besides participating in much boat-
service ofi' Cadiz in the summer of 1797. He once,
from having volunteered, while watering at Syra-
cuse, to superintend the performance of that fa-
tiguing duty, contracted, in consequence of alter-
nate exposure to the sun and dews, a fever so
severe that his life was for a long time despaired
of. On leaving the Defence in Dec. 1799, he
joined the Gloky 98, Capt. Thos. Wells, with whom
he served in the Channel until April, 1802. In the
summer of 1803 he was placed by Rear-Admiral
Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, Commander-in-Chief
at _ the Nore, to whom he had been recently ap-
pointed Flag-Lieutenant, in charge of the-AnMiRAL
Mitchell l^red cutter, and sent on a secret ser-
vice of importance to the coast of France, where
his gallant conduct, in an almost immediate action-
with the Boulogne flotilla, procured him the thanks
of Rear-Admiral Robt. Montagu. After command-
I ing for many months the Duke of Clarence, an-
other hired cutter, on the Jersey and Guernsey
I station, Mr. Harper was further appointed— 27 Oct
30
466
HARRIES— HARRIOTT.
1804, to the Wasp 18, Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm.
Aylmer and John Simpson, which vessel, in A«g.
1805, effected a very wonderful escape from a pur-
suing squadron of French ships— 4 Oct. in the latter
year, to the Stak 18, commanded by Capt. Simpson,
on the coast of Portugal, where, with two boats
containing about 20 men, he boarded and captured,
in Jan. 1806, a Spanish lugger privateer, of 1 long
6-pounder, 6 swivels, and 45 men — and, 28 Jan.
1807, to the Excellent 74, Capts. Thos. West and
K. GriflBthfi, under the former of whom he assisted
at the defence of the citadel of llosas, when be-
sieged by the French in Nov. 1808. During the
period of his attachment to the Exoellekt, Mr.
Harper saw a great deal of detached service, and
on every occasion he displayed the character of a.
most experienced and enterprising officer. He par-
ticularly, however, on 29 July, 1809, excited the ad-
miration of his beholders by the prompt, gallant,
and determined manner in which, under a covering
fire from the Acohbt and Bustard sloops, he boarded
and carried, with the Excellent's boats, six ItaUan
gun-vessels, armed with long 18 and 24-pounders,
and each manned with 20 men ; the whole of them,
together with a convoy of 10 laden trabacolos,
being broaght out, with but trifling loss to the
British, from the harbour of Duino, near Trieste.*
In the following Sept. he again presents himself to
our notice as destroying, with only two boats under
his orders, a large armed schooner lying aground
under some heavy batteries in the neighbourhood
of Brindisi. He soon after this received the thanks
of the Admiralty for his valorous conduct in the
affair at Duino -, but it was not until 17 April, 1810,
that he had the satisfaction of being promoted by
their lordships to the rank of Commander. On 19
Aug. 1812, Capt. Harper obtained command of the
Saracen 18, in which sloop he remained for a pe-
riod of two years, and performed a train of brilliant
services. In the first place, he contrived, on 23 of
the month following his appointment, having at the
time but his marines and a few harbour-duty men
on board, to capture, near Beachy Head, one of two
fugitive privateers, Le Coureur, mounting 14 guns,
with a crew of 50 men, commanded by an able and
experienced Captain. f He next, in the early part
of 1813, proceeded to the Adriatic, where, on the
night of 17 June following, he landed with his boats,
containing 40 men, in a storm on the island of
Zupano, of which, after a difficult march of three
miles, he succeeded in obtaining possession, al-
though the whole of his ammuniUon had been ren-
dered unserviceable, and he had to contend with a
garrison of about 60 men.J Encouraged by this
good fortune, Capt. Harper, in the course of the
next month, determined, in unison with Capt. Jas.
Black of the Weasel sloop, to make a similar at-
tempt on the adjoining island of Mezzo ; and in
this instance also the same bappy issue crowned his
endeavours; the castle, after an investment of
several days, being compelled to surrender, and
the troops taken prisoners of war.§. As a reward for
these achievements he was intrusted by the Com-
mander-in-Chief with the entire direction of the
blockade of Ragusa and Boco di Cattaro, where his
activity and vigilance kept the whole coast in a
constant state of alarm. On one occasion, in Sept.
1813, he landed near the former place with his
Master, Boatswain, and 20 men (all he had on
board, the rest of the crew being employed on de-
tached service), and intercepted a convoy of 50
oxen, the whole of which were embarked in fishing-
boats, and brought safe alongside the Saracen.
In Oct. 1813, the Bacchante frigate, Capt. Wm.
Hoste, having arrived off Kagusa, Capt. Harper
handsomely volunteered the command of her launch
and barge, together with two Sicilian gun-vesseig
and the boats of his own sloop ; with which force
he not only took four heavy gun-boats lying be-
tween the island of St. Giorgio and the town of
Cattaro, but also gallantly made himself master of
the former place, the Commandant and garrison
• FirfeGaz. 180!), p. 1931, -j- f'. Gai. 1812, p. 1937.
J F. Gaz. 1813, p. aoio. } F. Gaz. 1813, p. 2340.
(139 in number) surrendering at discretion. The
capture of St. Giorgio was an event of the utmost
importance, and was so highly esteemed by Capt.
Hoste, that he declared himself unable in too warm
terms to characterize the conduct which had led to
it.* Its subjugation was followed by that of Castel-
nuovo and ;Fort Espagnol, mounting 6 brass guns,
19 iron ditto, and 7 swivels, and garrisoned by 299
officers and men. Capt. Harper afterwards, by his
indefatigable zeal, contributed in a very signal
manner to the arduous reduction of the towns of
Cattaro and Ragusa, both which places fell in Jan.
1814.t His successful career in the Adriatic closed
with the blockade and surrender of Venice. He
attained Post-rank 7 June, 1814, and was subse-
quently appointed, in the course of that year and
of 1815-16, to the command, on the East Lndia and
North American stations, of the Tthe 24, Welles-
ley 74, Doris 36, and Wve 28. He went on half-
pay in Dec. 1818 ; and accepted the Retirement 1
Oct. 1846.
Capt. Harper was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815.
He had been previously presented by the Emperor
of Austria with the Order of Leopold, as a reward
for his distinguished conduct at Cattaro and Ra^
gusa. He has been twice married — the second time,
30 Oct. 1834, to Susannah Maria, widow of the late
H. Young, Esq., of Soldens, co. Surrey. His eldest
son, John Horatio Harper, was educated at the
Koyal Naval College, and perished on board the
Arab.
HAERIES. (Lieutenant, 1833.)
Edward Thornborodgh Harries was bom 5
June, 1804, and died towards the close of 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 15 Jime, 1815, and,
between that period and his promotion to the rank
of Lieutenant, which took place 11 March, 1833,
nine years after he had passed his examination,
served on board the Ferret 12, Phaeton 36, Ra-
MiLLiES 74, Tamar 24, Queen Charlotte 100,
Starling cutter, and Hvperion 42. He was ap-
pointed, 9 Nov. following, to the Sparrowhawk 16,
Capt. Chas. Pearson, under whom he was employed
for nearly three years on the South American sta-
tion ; and he lastly, from 23 June, 1837, until the
period of his death, commanded a station in the
Coast Guard.
Lieut. Harries married, first, Anna Maria, young-
est daughter of Hercules Jenkings, Esq., of Bra-
ganza Lodge, co. Cornwall ; and, secondly, 17 Nov.
1840, Elizabeth Ann, only daughter of John Hill,
Esq., of the same county. He has left issue two
children.
HARRIOTT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 37.)
Thomas Harriott is brother of Wm. Harriott,
Esq., Master R.N. (1828), now Superintendent of
Convicts at Bermuda.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1800, on board
the Hannibal 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, which ship,
having grounded under the enemy's batteries, was
compelled, after a long and •deadly resistance, in-
flictive on her of a loss of 81 men killed and 62
wounded, to strike her colours, in the action off Al-
geciras, 6 July, 1801. Being soon, however, restored
to liberty, Mr. Harriott returned to England, and
in the following Nov. was discharged. He re-em-
barked, in Oct. 1803, on board the Terrible 74,
Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, fitting at Portsmouth ;
and in May, 1804, and March, 1805, we find him
joining the Tigre and Renown 74's, Capts. Benj.
Hallowell and Sir Rich. John Strachan; in the
last-mentioned of which ships he came home from
the Mediterranean, immediately after his removal
to her, and was paid off. He did not again go
afloat until Jan. 1808, when he succeeded in ob-
taining a berth on board the Erebus 18, Capts.
Wm. Autridge, Henry Lyford, Geo. Brine, John
Forljes, and David Ewen Bartholomew, under
whom he thenceforward served, on the Home, Bal-
tic, and North American stations, until Sept. 1814.
• Vide Gaz. 18H, p. 83. + V. Gai, 1814, p. 700.
HARRIS.
467
During the closing portion of that period Mr. Har-
riott bore a warm part in the different Potomac
operations connected with Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon's
brilliant expedition against Alexandria, in the
course of which the Eeebds particularly signalised
herself and incurred a Joss of 17 men killed and
wounded. He was afterwards employed for nearly
12 months, latterly on, the coast of France, in the
EuETALUs 36, Capts. Chas. Napier and Thos. Hus-
kisson. He then took up a commission bearing
date 28 Feb. 1815, and has since been, on half-pay.
Lieut. Harriott is married and has issue three
children.
tower, and a body of about 200 regular troops ; and
on 29 Nov. he contributed to the capture, after a
severe running-fight of four hours, of the 26-gun
store-ship La Persanne, supposed, until the moment
of her surrender, to be a frigate. Mr. Harris, who
i subsequently participated in many boat affairs in
the Adriatic, and witnessed the Unite's capture of
three Turkish ^ips, was transferred, in Oct. 1814,
to the Dee 24, Capt. John Wm. Andrew, on the
Leith station, and advanced, 1 March, 1815, to the
rank of Lieutenant. "With one slight interval, he
has been continuously employed in the Coast Block-
ade and Coast Guard since March, 1826.
HARRIS,. M.P. (Captain,. 184U r-p., 13;
H-p., 13.)
The Honouhaele Edward Alfred John Har-
ris, born 20 May, 1808, in London, is second son of
Jas. Edw., second Earl of Mahnesbury, by Harriet
Susan, daughter of Fras. Batemau Dashwood, Esq.,
of Well Vale, oo. Linoohi. He is brother and heir-
presumptive to the present Earl of Malmesbury ;
and brother of the Hon, and Rev. Chas. Amyand
Harris, Prebendary of Salisbury.
This oificer entered the Royal Naval College 6
Sept. 1821 y and embarked, in March, 1823; as Mid-
shipman, on board the Isis 50, Capt. Gordon Thos.
Falcon, fitting for the flag of Sir Geo. Eyre, Com-
mander-in-Chief in Souih America; where, until
1827, he further served with the Admiral in the
Spaetiatb 76, and with Capts. John Macpherson
Ferguson and Henry Presoott in the Mersey 26,
and Adrora 46. In the course of the latter
year, in the June of which he passed a distin-
guished examination, Mr. Harris cruised experi-
mentally in the Pyramus 42 and Galatea 46,
Capts. Geo. Rose Sartorius .and Sir Chas. Sullivan.
He then rejoined the Isis, commanded at the time
by Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, and, after attending an
expedition against the pirates of Grabnsa in the
Grecian Archipelago, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 28 Feb. 1828, Between that period and
the attainment of the next step in his profession
21 Nov. 1833, Mr. Harris was successively em-
ployed, on the Mediterranean, Home, and Lisbon
stations, in the Ocean 80'; as Flag-Lieutenant to
Sir Edw. Codrington, in the Asia 84 ; for some time
as First-Lieutenant in the Peucan 18, Capts. Wm.
Alex. Baillie Hamilton and Geo. Hutchison; and
in the Stag 46, Capt. Nich. Lockyer. His last ap-
pointment was to the command, 29 April, 1839, of
the Racehorse 18, in which sloop he served in
North America and the West Indies until March,
1841. He was advanced to the rank he now, holds
on 23 Nov. in the latter year.
Capt. Harris has been in Parliament,, since 1.844;
as member for Christchurch. He married, 4 Aug.
1841, Emma Wylly, youngest daughter of the late
Capt. Sam. Chambers, R.N., by whom he has issue
two sons.
HAEEIS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 30 ; h-p., 12.)
Francis Harris is half-brother of Retired Com-
mander John Read Bindon, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 July, 1805, as
Fst-ol. Yol., on board the TfcaiRAiRE 98, Capts.
Eliab Harvey and Sir Chas. Hamilton, in which ship
he fought in the ensuing battle of Trafalgar, and
(with an exception of 15 months in 1896-7) was
afterwards employed, under the flags of Rear- Ad-
mirals Manley Dixon and Fras. Pickmore, on the
Baltic and Mediterranean stations, and at the de-
fence of Cadiz, until Feb. 1811— two years and four
months of the time as Midshipman. He then joined
the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Joseph Spear,
and on removing to the Unite 36, Capt. Edwin
Henry Chamberlayne, assisted at the capture, 31
March, 1811, of the French 80Won store-ship Bro-
madaire. On 1 of the following May he was further
present in the same frigate, and in company with
the PoMONE 38, and Scout 18, at the destruction
of two vessels of the like description, the Giraffe
and Noum'ce, each mounting from 20 to 30 guns,
and both protected by a 5-gun battery, a marteilo-
HAKEIS. (Ketibed Commander, 1845. i-p., 12 ;
H-P., 36.)
Henry Harris entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1799;
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ariadne 20, Capt.
Jas. Bradley, with whom, after serving for some
time in the North Sea, he removed to the Andro-
meda frigate, and proceeded to the West Indies,
where he continued to serve under Capts. Edw.
Durnford King and Chas. Fielding, latterly as Mid-
' shipman, until Oct. 1802. In March, 1803, a few
days after he had been appointed Midshipman of
the Dbterm.in4e 24, arme'e en flute-, Capt. Alex. Be-
cher, he had the misfortune to be wrecked off the
island of Jersey; owing to which event he next
joined the Dreadnought 98, flag-ship off Brest of
the Hon. Wm. Comwallis, commanded subsequently
by Capt, John Child Purvis, and also by Capt. Robt.
Carthew Reynolds, whom we find him accompany-
ing into the Princess Royal 98. Proceeding in
1805 to the East Indies on board the Greyhound
32, Capt. Chas. Elphinstone, Mr: Harris, in July of
the following year, assisted at the destruction of a
Dutch armed brig under the fort of Manado, as
also of a similar vessel off the island of Tidore^and
on 28 of the same month he participated in a sharp
action which terminated in- the surrender, to the
Greyhound and Harrier sloop, of the Pallas fri-
gate and two armed and richly-laden Indiamen.
On 10 Jan. 1807, having been for the last four
months Master's-Mate of the Blenheim 74, flag-
ship of Sir Thos. Troubridge, he was nominated
Sub-Lieutenant of the Harrier brig, Capt. Justice
Finley ; which vessel, on 5 of the ensuing month,
was in company with the Blenheim and Java fri-
gate in the hurricane which, it is supposed, proved
so fatal to those ships. Prior to his official pro-
motion, which took place 16 Aug. 1808, Mr. Hoaris
appears to have been further employed, as Acting-
Lieutenant, in the Malabar, Capt. John Temple,
and DEriA.\CE 74, Capt. John M'Kerlie. His suc-
ceeding appointments were— 12 Sept. 1808, to the
Arethusa 38, Capt. Robt. Mends, in the Channel
—11 Jan. 1809 and 2 June, 1810, to theViRGiNiE 38,
and Endymion 40, commanded on the Irish station
by Capts. Edw. Brace, Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel,
and Sir Wm. Bolton— and, 2 Feb. 1813, to the Ha-
madryad 36, Capt. Edw. Chetham, employed in
the Baltic. He went on half-pay 18 Feb. 1814; and
accepted his present rank 6 i\ov. 1845. Agents —
Messrs. StilWell-.
HARRIS. (Eetired Commander; 1845. e-p., 13 ;
H-P., 34.)
Isaac Harris entered the Navy, 1 Jan, 1800, as
A.B., on board the Bravo,, commanded on the Jer-
sey station by Capt. Philip d'Auvergne, Due de
Bouillon^ In the following year he became Mid-
shipman of the Insolent gun-brig, Lieut--Com-
monders Bevon, Kortwright, Smith, and Morris ;
from which vessel, sucae.ssi.vely employed off tlie
coasts of Wales and Bermuda he removed, in 1805,
to the Pike, Lieut.-Commander Duncan M'Donald,
and sailed for Jamaica ; where, towards the close
of the same year; he joined the Veteran 64, Cap*.
Andrew Fitzherbeit Evans, flag-ship subsequently
of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Daeres. He attained
the rank of Lieutenant 5 June, 1808, and was next
appointed — on 12 of the same month, to the Bebe
frigate, Capt. John Fyffe— 11 July, 1809, as First,
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HARRIS.
to the Favorite sloop, Capt. Benj. Clement, under
whom, while soon afterwards returning with the
Jamaica trade to England, he was nearly lost in a
hurricane— and, 14 Sept. 1810, in a similar capacity,
to the Helena sloop, Capts. Jas. Andrew "Worth,
Henry Haynes, and Henry Montresor, in which
vessel he thrice escorted convoy to the "West Indies.
Having been on half-pay since 1813, at which period
the state of his health had caused him to inva-
lid, Commander Harris, on 30 April, 1845, was
induced to accept the rank he now holds. Agent
— J. , Chippendale.
HARRIS. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
James Harris, bom 15 April, 1791, is second
son of Joseph Harris, Esq., solicitor, of Leomin-
ster, CO. Hereford, by Elizabeth, daughter of "Wm.
Hooper, Esq., a descendant of the celebrated Bishop
of that name.
This ofBcer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La "ViRGiNiE 38, Capt., after-
wards Admiral, Sir John Poo Beresford, in which
ship, until she was paid off in Aug. 1804, he was em-
ployed cruizing in the North Sea and Downs, and
was on one occasion all but lost during a three
weeks' gale. From Dec. in the latter year until
advanced to the rank of Commander 23 June, 1815,
Mr. Harris further served, under the command of
Sir J. P. Beresford, on the Halifax, "West India,
Home, and North and South American -stations, in
the Cambrian 38, Theseus and Poictiers 74's (of
which latter ship he was created a Lieutenant 26
Feb. 1810), and, as Signal-officer, in the Duncan 74.
"While in the Cambrian, Mr. Harris assisted at the
capture of three privateers carrying in the whole 40
guns and 225 men ; and on one occasion, while serv-
ing in the boats, he was not only wounded,' but so
distinguished himself as to be noted for early pro-
motion. He subsequently, when in the Theseus,
commanded the pinnace belonging to that ship, and
was employed covering the retreat of the officers
and men who had been engaged in the attack on
the French squadron in Aix Roads, 11 April, 1809.
During the operations of the following day against
the enemy, Mr. Harris, then on board the Theseus,
received a splinter-wound in the left leg ; the injury
he had formerly received having been in the right
onfi. The Theseus being next attached to the force
at the siege of Flushing, our officer, on the surrender
of that place, was sent on shore, with the carpenter
and :a party of shipwrights and seamen, for the pur-
pose of completing a frigate and two brigs, and of
taking to pieces the frame of a 74. In the Poic-
tiers, after having participated in many boat-
attacks on the coast of France, Lieut. Harris pro-
ceeded off the Tagus ; up which river he was sent,
in command of that ship's bajge and two cutters, as
tax as Alhandra, the extreme right of Lord "Wel-
lington's army, then at the lines of Torres Tedras,
where he remained until Marshal Massena's retreat ;
on which occasion he followed the troops to San-
tarem, and rendered much valuable service. He
•subsequently, when on the North American station,
commanded the Poictier's Isiunch in an attack
•made in 1812 on Lewis Town, at the entrance of
Delaware river^; rand a few daysafter that event he
had the good fortune, with a single boat's crew, to
effect the capture of an East Indiaman of 20 guns,
■which within a week was ransomed at 45,0001
Com-mander Harris has not been afloat since the
•attainment of his present rank.
He married, 31 July, 1821, Elizabeth Anne, only
daughter of the Rev. Henry Beavan, Rector of
■Whitton, 00. Radnor, ¥ioar of LlanguuUo, and
Rural Dean of the Diocese of St David's, by whom
he has issue one son.
gustus "Wm. Jas. Clifford, and in the course of the
year 1824 was employed at the blockade of Algiers.
In June, 1825, after having served for a few months
in the Algekine 10, Capt. Hon. Montagu Stopford,
he joined the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen "Wm.
Hamilton, under whom we find him enacting a part
in the battle of Navarin, sharing also in the capture
of numerous pirates in the Grecian Archipelago, and
ultimately suffering shipwreck during . an attack on
a nest of those marauders at Carabusa, 31 Jan. 1828.
In Jan. 1829, on his return to England, Mr. Harris
was received, as Mate, on board the Ferret 10,
Capt. Thos. Hastings, through whose agency he
soon succeeded in obtaining an appointment to the
Royal George yacht, Capts. Geo. Mundy and Lord
Adolphus FitzCIarence. During the four years his
name was borne on the books of that vessel, he ap-
pears to have been continuously employed, as officer
in charge of a watch, on board the Onyx and Pam-
TALooN tenders, in which vessels he visited South
America, the "West Indies, and the coasts of Spain
and Portugal, "was employed in surveying the coast
of Ireland, and cruized in the Channel. Attaining
the rank of Lieutenant 21 May, 1833, he subse-
quently joined— 28 Dec. 1833, theExcELLENT, Capt.
I'hos. Hastings, gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, where
his scientific attaiuments procured him the highest
awardable certificate— and 19 Jan. 1836, the Mel-
viLLi! 72, Capts. Peter John Douglas and Hon. Rich.
Saunders Dundas, in which ship, bearing the flags
for some time of Sir Peter Halkett and Hon. Geo.
Elliot, he served for four years as Gunnery-Lieu-
tenant in North America and the "West Indies, at
the Cape of Good Hope, and on the China coast.
"While on the latter station, Mr. Harris, besides par-
ticipating in the capture, 26 Feb. 1841, of the forts
at the Boca Tigris, commanded a rocket-boat in the
operations against the various defences in the Can-
ton river, between the "First Bar" and Napier's
Fort. He was advanced, in consideration of the
action at the Boca Tigris, to the rank of Commander
8 June, 1841. In the following Aug. he was paid off.
His last appointment was, 7 Sept. 1844, to the Fly-
ing Fish 12, fitting for the coast of Africa, whence
he returned in May, 1846.
Commander Harris, who has acquired a know-
ledge of steam machinery, was employed as a stu-
dent at the Royal Naval College from Jan. to Dec.
1842. In 1841, on his return from China, he pub-
lished, under the title of ' Remarks on Heaving-
down a 72-gun Ship,' an account of the peculiar cir-
cumstances which had attended that operation as
regarded the Melville, when at Chusan ; touching
at the same time upon some nautical subjects pre-
viously but little noticed. This work attracted the .
favourable notice of the Admiralty, and was ordered
to be supplied to the different seamen's libraries.
Its author married, 10 Jan. 1843, Priscilla Sophia,
daughter of Capt. Peuruddocke, of the FusiUer
Guards, and granddaughter of the late Chas. Pen-
ruddooke, Esq., of Compton Park, M.P. for North
Wilts. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
HARRIS. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 19; h-p., 6.)
Robert Harris, born 9 July, 1809, is son of Jas.
Haraie, Esq., of "Wittersbam Hall, co. Kent; and
grandson of Mrs. Trimmer, the authoress.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 Jan. 1822, as a
"Fohinteer, -on board the Euryalus 42, Capt. Au-
HARRIS. (Lieut., 1811. p-p., 25 ; h-p., 22.")
"William Clark Harris entered the Navy, 6
Jan. 1800, as a Volunteer, on board the Alarm
frigate, Capt. Robt. RoUes, on the Jamaica station,
where, from the following Oct. until Feb. 1806, he
served, as Midshipman, in the Apollo frigate,
Capt. Peter Halkett, Hunter and Goelan sloops,
Capts. Sam. Hood Inglefield and John Aysoough,
and Pitt schooner, Lieut.TCommander Michael Fit-
ton. He then, for the purpose of returning home.
Joined Le Brave, Capt. Edm. Boger, which ship,
however, one of those taken in the action off St.
Domingo, unfortunately foundered during her pas-
sage in a gale between the "Western Islands and the
banks of Newfoundland, 12 April, 1806, just afford-
ing time for her officers and crew to be rescued by
the Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, then in
company. Owing to the consequent loss of his cer-
tificates and other papers, and to the Pitt's books
not being sent to England, Mr. Harris, although he
had served his time, was unable to pass his examina-
HARRISON.
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tion at Somerset House until the summer of 1808,
by which period he had been further employed for
two years, chiefly as Master's Mate, and on various
stations, in the Ganges 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, and
HiBERNiA 120, flag-ship of Sir Cha«. Cotton. From
the latter date, until oflicially promoted, 18 April,
1811, we find him successively officiating as Acting-
Lieutenant, on the Lisbon and Mediterranean sta-
tions, of the HiNDOSTAN 50, armee en flute, Capts.
Geo. Skinner and John Pasco, Merope, Capts. John
Houstoun and Edw. Flinn, Pelorus 18, Capt. Thos.
Huskisson, Thaua 36, Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon,
and Shark receiving-ship, Capt. Nicholas Pates-
hall. He was afterwards re-appointed to the Shark,
but, being obliged to invalid in Feb. 1812 from a se-
vere aifection of the eyes, was next employed, from
13 of the following Oct. until 4 Oct. 1814, in the
Kron Princessinn Maria, prison-ship at Ports-
mouth, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Burdwood, and
Enterprize, Impress service-ship, on the river
Thames, Capt. Thos. Kiohbell. His appointments
have since been — 3 Sept. 1825, to the command of
the Dove Revenue-vessel — 15 July, 1829, to be
Agent for Transports Afloat, the duties of which
office he continued to fill, with the exception of a
few months in 1830, until 1834— and 21 May, 1842,
again to the Transport service, in which he is still
employed. Agents— Pettet and Newton.
HARRISON. (Lieutenant, 1834.)
George Harrison entered the Navy 21 July,
1816; passed his examination in 1824; and obtained
his commission 6 Jan. 1834. He has since been on
half-pay. Lieut. Harrison, the Senior of his rank
on the List of 1834, is a Magistrate at Van Dieman's
Land. Agent — J. Hinxman.
HARRISON. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 21; h-p., 22.)
John Harrison entered the Navy, 26 Jan. 1804,
as L. M., on board the Ieflexible 64, Capt. Thos.
Bayley, stationed in the Downs. He became Mid-
shipman, in June, 1805, of the Elephant 74, Capt.
Geo. Dundas, and in Sept. 1807, after an interme-
diate servitude in the North Sea and West Indies,
he was Appointed Master's Mate of the Statiba 38,
Capt€. Kobt. Howe Bromley and Edwin Henry
Chamberlayne, under whom he cruized on the
American and Spanish coasts until Feb. 1809.
Joining, then, the Valiant 74, Capts. John Bligh,
Thos. Geo. Shortland, and Kobt. Dudley Oliver, he
witnessed the ensuing attack on the French ship-
ping in Basque Koads, and was present, in the
course of the same year, at the siege of Flushing.
The Valiant being ultimately ordered to North
America, Mr. Harrison there removed, in Aug. 1813,
to the St. Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir John
Borlase Warren. He obtained his commission 27
June, 1814, four years after he had passed his exa-
mination, and was subsequently, from 1817 until
1827, employed in command of diiJerent Telegraph
stations on the Chatham and Portsmouth lines. He
has not since held any ofllcial occupation.
HARBISON. (CoMMANDEK, 1842. F-p., 19;
H-P., 5.)
John Gustavus Harbison, born 19 Nov. 1810,
Is son of the Rev. Wm. Harrison, Vicar of Fare-
ham, and Prebendary of Winchester Cathedral.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 March, 1823, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kamillies 74, com-
manded on the Home station by Capt. Edw. Brace,
with whom he was afterwards employed for some
time in the West Indies as Midshipman of the
Ganges 84. While next attached, from Nov. 1824
until Jan. 1827, to the Boadicea 42, Commodore
Sir Jas. Brisbane, we find him serving in the East
Indies and participating in many of the operations
connected with the Burmese war. He then for a
few months joined the Java 52, bearing the fla^ of
Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage, on the same station ;
where, until the close of 1829, he further served in
the Rainbow 28, Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous, and
again in the Java, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll.
In Feb. 1830, immediately on passing his examina-
tion, Mr. Harrison was appointed Mate of the Vic-
toby 104, flag-ship at Plymouth of Hon. Sir Robt.
Stopford. He was next transferred in succession to
the St. Vincent 120, and Asia 84, bearing each the
flag of Sir Thos. Foley, Commander-in-Chief at
Portsmouth; and for several months of 1831 he
cruized in the Channel on board the Brisk 3, Lieut.-
Commander Edw. Harris Butterfield. During the
four following years he appears to have been again
employed in the East Indies, for twelve months of
the time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Melville 74,
flag-ship of Sir John Gore. Being at length pro-
moted (from the Britannia 120, bearing the flag at
Portsmouth of Sir Philip Durham) to the rank of
Lieutenant, by commission dated 3 April, 1837, he
was appointed, on 10 of that month, to the Larne
18, Capt. Patrick John Blake, and again ordered to
the East Indies. H e afterwards took part in the
hostilities on the coast of China, where, in command
of the Larne's pinnace, he contributed, with much
credit to himself, to the capture, 7 Jan. 1841, of the
enemy's forts at Chuenpee, and the destruction of
11 powerful junks, forming the flower of the Celes-
tial Navy — a service for which he was recommended
to the notice of the Admiralty.* Mr. Harrison's
next and last appointment was, 16 Oct. 1841, to the
First-Lieutenancy of the Calliope 26, Capt. Au-
gustus Leopotd Kuper, in which vessel he shared in
the operations of 1842 up the Yang-tse-Kiang. His
advancement to the rank he now holds took place
on 23 Dec. in the latter year. It was made the re-
ward of his services in China. -f-
Commander Harrison married, first, in 1836, Jane,
daughter of the late W. Hindmarch, Esq., of Bishop-
wearmouth; and, secondly, 19 July, 1843, a daughter
of the late J. Pooke, Esq., of Fareham. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
HARRISON. (Captain, 1832. f-p., 24; h-p., 24.)
Joseph Harbison is son of thejate Lieut. Har-
rison, R.N., who died Agent for Transports at Ply-
mouth in 1808.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 July, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spider, Lieut.-Com-
mander Rich. Harrison, of which vessel, succes-
sively stationed in the Channel and Mediterranean,
he became Midshipman 1 Jan. 1800. During se-
veral months of the short-lived peace we find him
again employed in the Channel on board the Oiseau,
Capt. John Philips. He afterwards, in March,
1803, joined the Aurora frigate, Capts. Micajah
Malbon and John Wentworth Loring, with whom
he served on the Newfoundland station until trans-
ferred, in Jan. 1805, to the Pallas 42, Capt. Lord
Cochrane. Proceeding subsequently to the West
Indies in the Merlin sloop, Capt. John Parkinson,
he was there, after ashort attachment to the Nobth-
UMBEELAND 74, fiag-sMp of Hon. Sir Alex. Coch-
rane, appointed Sub-Lieutenant, 11 Sept. 1806, of
the Grodpeb gun-brig. Attaining the full rank of
Lieutenant 10 May, 1807, he afterwards joined, in
that capacity — 11 May, 1808, the Epeevjee brig,
Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy, John Bowker,
Thos. Tudor Tucker, Alex. Nesbitt, Thos. Barclay,
and Jas. Pattison Stewart, also in the West Indies
—16 Nov. 1809, the Achille 74, Capts. Sir Rich.
King, Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and
Aiskew Paffard Hollis, during an attachment of
nearly six years to which ship, besides commanding
a Spanish gun-vessel at the defence of Cadiz, he
served ofi' Toulon, on the coast of Sicily, in the
Adriatic, off' Cherbourg, and on the South American
station— and, 22 Sept. 1815, and 23 Oct. 1817, to the
Inconstant and Semieamis frigates, respectively
employed oS' the coast of Africa and at Portsmouth,
and both commanded by Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo. On the
occasion of his promotion to the rank of Com-
mander 14 Sept. 1818, Capt. Harrison was invested,
pro tern., with the charge of the Challenger 28.
He afterwards obtained command, 6 May, 1829, of
the Favobite sloop, fitting for the coast of Africa,
» Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 122I-a. f F. Gaz. 1842, p. 3821.
470
HARROP— HARROW— HARSTON- HART.
whence he returned home and was paid off in Aug.
1833— having heen elevated to Post-rank on 9 of
the previous Oct. He has not been since afloat.
Capt. Harrison married, 15 ApriJ, 1820, Catherine,
daughter of Mr. Mottley, of Portsmouth.
HARROP. (LiEOT., 1815. F-p., 14 ; H-p., 25.)
David Hareop entered the Navy, 9 Jan. 180S,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sultan 74, Capt. Edw.
Grifath, einployed off Cadiz and in the Mediterra^
nean ; and in Aug. 1809 became Midshipman of the
Formidable 98, Capts. Fras. Fayerman and Jas.
Nicoll Morris. In Dec. 1811, after having served
for some time on the Baltic and North Sea stations,
in the latter ship and in the Cheistiah VII. 80,
bearing the flag of Admiral Wm. Toung, he joined
the Manilla 36, Capt. John Joyce, in which fri-
gate he had the misfortune, on 28 of the following
January, to be wrecked, on the Haak Sands, near
the Texel. He was in consequence detained a pri-
soner of war until the peace of 1814, when, on his
return to England, he was received on board the
Impkegnablb 104, flag-ship at the time of H.R.H.
the Duke of Clarence, but subsequently commanded
ofi' Lisbon by Capt. John Wentworth Loring. Mr.
Harrop was next transferred in succession to the
NiOBE 40, armee en Jiute, Capt. Henry Collins Dea^
con, and Centurion 50, and Bulwa^ 74, bearing
each the flag of Kear- Admiral Edw. Griflath on the
Halifax station ; where, being created a Lieutenant
of the lasf^mentioned ship, by commission dated 1
May, 1815, he continued to serve until paid off in
Aug. of the same year. His succeeding appoint-
ments were — 19 Oct. and 4 Dec. 1818, to the Bei-
TOMART and Wolf sloops, both commanded by Capt.
Bernard Yeoman, under whom, in 1821, he escorted
George IV. to Ireland— early in 1822, to the Heli-
con 10, Capt. Wm. Robt. Dawkins, in which vessel
he sailed for the West Indies— and, 4 Feb. 1824, to
the Valoeods 26, Capt. Jas. Murray. Since the
paying off of the latter vessel, on her return from
Jamaica to England, Mr. Harrop has been unem-
ployed. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
HARROW. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Heney Haerow entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 1806,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Adamant 50, Capts.
John Stiles, John Fyffe, and Micajah Malbon, of
which vessel, successively employed on the African
and West India stations, he soon became Midship-
man. From Dec. 1807 until Oct. 1813, we find
him serving, chiefly in the West Indies, Baltic, and
Channel, on board the Goelan and Favorite
sloops, both commanded by Capt. Benj. Clement,
Kover 18, Capt. Justice Finley, Crescent frigate,
Capt. John Quilliam, and Boyne 98, and Ville de
Paris 110, bearing each the flag of Sir Harry Bur-
rard Neale. During his attachment to the Favor-
ite, a period of nearly two years, he appears to
have been very arduously employed, and to have
passed through scenes of great mortality. On one
occasion, we believe, he assisted by his indefa-
tigable exertions in subduing an alarming fire which
had broken out at Falmouth, on the north side of
the island of Jamaica; and he was afterwards,
while returning with convoy to England, present in
a desperate hurricane, in which the same vessel lost
her topmasts and sustained considerable injury.
On leaving the Ville de Paris, as above, he was
appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Feeret brig,
commanded on the north coast of Spain by Capt.
Wm. Kamsden, but he went back to the former
ship in Feb. 1814, and continued to serve in her
until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 J une
following. Mr. Harrow, who was subsequently em-
ployed for 10 months in the West Indies and Chan-
nel on board the Swiftshee 74, Capt. Wm. Henry
Webley, has been on half-pay since Aug. 1815.
He married, in April, 1834, Ann, youngest daugh-
ter of the late E. D. Bridger, Esq., of Barton
Farm.
HARSTON. (Commander, 1845.)
Henrt Cooke Haeston entered the Navy 16
Aug. 1826; passed his examination in 1832; and,
on his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 26 Oct.
1840, was appointed to the Albeet steamer, Capt.
Henry Dundas Trotter, employed on an expedition
up the river Niger. Quitting the latter vessel to-
wards the close of 1841, he was subsequently ap-
pointed First, 15 April, 1842, and 25 Jan. 1845, of
the Philomel surveying-vessel, and Eclaie steam-
sloop, commanded on the Brazilian and African
stations by Capts. Bartholomew Jas. Sulivan and
Walter Grimston Bucknall Estcourt. Having the
good fortune to survive the ravages of the fearful
disease which, in Sept. 1845, swept away the Cap-
tain and nearly the whole of the crew belonging to
the Eclair, Mr. Harston, on his arrival home, was
promoted to his present rank by commission bear-
ing date 6 Deo. in the same year. He has since
been on half-pay.
HART. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
Benjamin Hart entered the Navy, 9 Jan. 1807,
as Clerk, on board the Peterel sloop, Capt. John
Lambom, employed on the Jamaica station, whence
he returned in Nov. 1808. Becoming Midshipman,
in April, 1809, of the Minotaue 74, Capt. John
Barrett, he continued to serve under that officer, on
the Baltic station, until 22 Dec. 1810, when he had
the misfortune to be wrecked, on the Haak Sands,
near the Texel, and taken prisoner. On his release
from captivity in May, 1814, he joined the Levia-
than 74, Capts. Adam Drummond and Thos. Briggs,
in which ship we find him employed, off Lisbon and
Cork and in the Mediterranean, until Nov. 1815.
He then took up a commission, dated on 6 of the
previous March, and has since been on half-pay.
HART. (Commander, 1830.)
Francis Hart died in March, 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Niobe 40, Capts. John
Wentworth Loring and Wm. -Augustus Montagu, in
which frigate he served on the coasts of Ireland,
Spain, Portugal, and France, also in the West In-
dies, and off Greenland and the Western Islands,
until Dec. 1813 ; participating during that period,
as Midshipman, in an attack made, 15 Nov. 1810, by
Capt. Chas. Grant of the Diana, upon the two
French frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by
the fire of several strong batteries near Cherbourg,
as likewise in the subsequent destruction of one of
the same ships, near Barfleur, 25 March, 1811.
Joining, next, the San Josef 110, bearing the suc-
cessive flags of Rear-Admirals Edw. Jas. Foote and
Sir Rich. King, he witnessed, on proceeding to the
Mediterranean, the two partial actions with the
Toulon fleet of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814. To-
wards the close of the latter year he sailed for the
East Indies in the Cornwallis 74, bearing the flag
of Sir Geo. Burlton, from which ship, commanded
latterly by Capt. Robt. O'Brien, he removed, 9
April, 1816, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Leda 36,
Commodore Geo. Sayer. He was officially pro-
moted 20 Jan. 1818, and subsequently appointed —
6 Oct. and 3 Dec. following, to the Minden 74, flag-
ship of Sir Rich. King, and Conway 26, Capt. Edw.
Barnard, also in the East Indies— 3 Dec. 1821, to
the Semieamis frigate, bearing the flag at Cork of
Lord Colville— 22 Sept. 1825, to the Volage 28,
Capts. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas and Michael
Seymour, on the South American station— and, 22
Aug. 1829, to the Alligator 28, Capt. Chas. Philip
Yorke, in the Mediterranean. He attained the rank
of Commander 26 Nov. 1830, but was not after-
wards employed. Agents— Goode and Lawrence.
HART. (Lieut., 1827. i^P., 11 ; h-p., 16.)
George Vadohan Hart is son of the late Gen.
G. V. Hart, M.P. for co. Donegal, and Military
Governor of Londonderry and Culmore forts.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1820, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Roohfort 80, Capt. Chas.
HART— HARVEY.
471
Marsh Schomberg, bearing the flag of Sir Graham
Moore on the Mediterranean station, where, until
1825, he also served in the Medixa 20, Capt. Hawk-
ins, and Dispatch 18, Capt. Edw. Hinton Scott.
He then became attached to the Bkisk 10, Capt.
Chas. Hope, and, after cruizing for some time in
the North Sea, was appointed to the Calliope 10,
Lieut. -Commander John Powney, tender to one of
the Royal yachts, in which vessel, we believe, he
attended the Lord High Admiral and his consort in
their visit to the dift'erent dockyards in 1827. Being
in consequence promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
on 11 Aug. in the same year, he afterwards served
in that capacity on board the Gloucester 74, Capt.
Henry Stuart, Prince Kegent 120, Capt. Hon. Geo.
Poulett, and Victor 18, commanded on the Lisbon
station by Capt. Alex. EUice. He has been on
half-pay since 1832.
Lieut. Hart is a Magistrate for co. Donegal. He
married, in 1835, his cousin, Jane Maria, daughter
of the Rev. G. V. Hart, Rector of Castlebar, and
granddaughter of the late Very Rev. Dean Hume, of
Derry, by whom he has issue six children. Agents
^Messrs. Ommanuey.
HART, Kt., K.C.H. (Rear-Admiral, 1846.
F-p., 21 ; H-p., 30.)
Sir Henrv Hart, born in 1781, is son of Rich.
Hart, Esq., of Uckfield, co. Sussex, and belongs to
an ancient and very respectable family, being a
descendant of Sir Percival Hart, of Lullingstone
Castle, CO. Kent, and a distant relative of the pre-
sent Sir Percival Hart Dyke, Bart., of the same
place.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 46, Capt.
Sir Edw. Pellew, and on 13 of the following Jan.,
being at the time in company with the Amazon 36,
took part in a very gallant engagement of 10 hours,
which ended in the loss of the French 74-gun ship
Les Droits de I' Homiiu:, whose opposition had had
the effect of wounding 19 of the Indefatigable's
people. Being next transferred with Sir Edw.
Pellew to the Impetuehx 74, he had an opportunity
of distinguishing himself during the blockade of
Belleisle, besides attending the expedition of 1800
to Ferrol, where he commanded a flat-bottomed
boat, and assisted at the cutting out from under
the batteries in Vigo Bay of La Guepe, a vessel of
22 guns, desperately defended. On 2 April, 1802,
having just completed his time, Mr. Hart was ap-
pointed by ord Keith to a Lieutenancy in the
Medusa 32, Capt. Sir John Gore— an act which the
Admiralty confirmed on 12 of the next June. On
becoming Senior of that frigate we find him making
prize, in one of her boats, of a French privateer off
Gibraltar ; and afterwards contributing to the cap-
ture of three Spanish frigates laden with treasure,
and the destruction of a fourth, near Cape St.
Mary, 5 Oct. 1804; as also, in Nov. following, to the
detention of the Matilda 36, a ship laden with a
cargo of quicksilver worth 200,000?. He ultimately
accompanied Lord Cornwallis, as Governor-General,
to India, where, in July, 1805, he became Flag-
I,ieutenant, in the Culloden 74, to his old friend
Sir Edw. Pellew ; by whom, in the course of 1807,
he was successively appointed Acting-Captain of
the Terpsichore, Duncan, Caroline, and Fox
frigates. While in the Caroline, Capt. Hart (in-
dependently of the cutting out from the coast of
Java, in open day, of a Dutch sloop-of-war of 14
guns and 75 men) was instrumental to the annihila-
tion at Griessee, 11 Dec. 1807, of the dockyard and
stores, and of all the men-of-war remaining to
Holland in the East Indies ; being on that occasion
intrusted with the duty of landing the troops and
of commanding the seamen on shore. He subse-
quently, in the same frigate, partook of an engage-
ment with the batteries and gun-boats at the en-
trance of Manilla Bay. Being superseded in the
Fox in 1808, Capt. Hart, whose second promotal
commission had been dated 12 Oct. 1807, was next
appointed, in 1810, to the command of the Thba-
ciAN 18, in which sloop he cruized off Cherbourg
until posted 1 Aug. 1811. His subsequent appoint-
ments were— 10 Deo. 1813, to the Cvrijs 20, in the
Mediterranean — for some months in 1814, to the
Revenge 74, bearing the flag of his former Captain,
Sir John Gore— 27 Aug. 1818, to the Sapphire 26,
in which vessel, prior to invaliding in Aug. 1820,
we find him watching, with high credit to himself,
the British interests at Porto JBello, at a time when
that place was attacked by a force under Sir Gregor
M'Gregor in unison with the Mexican patriots, and
next intrusted with a mission to the Governor-Ge-
neral of South America, who had been driven from
Mexico to Carthagena — and, 30 Sept. 1831, to the
Melville, 74, again as Flag-Captain to Sir J. Gore,
then just appointed Commander-in-Chief in the
East Indies. While on that station Capt. Hart was
placed in temporary command of the Imogene 28,
and specially deputed to conduct an important ne-
gotiation with the Imaum of Muscat ; on the happy
issue of which he went to Bombay with a ship of 74
guns, intended as a present from that potentate to
William IV., who added her to the British Navy
under the name of Imadm. The Melville returned
to England with the Earl of Clare, and was paid
off 22 July, 1835 ; a few months after which period,
on 25 Jan. and 23 Feb. 1836, Capt. Hart, in acknow-
ledgment of his services, was invested with the in-
signia of a K.C.H., and awarded the honour of
Knighthood. ' He obtained the Captain's Good-Ser-
vice Pension 12 April, 1842 ; and on 1 Oct. 1846 he
accepted the rank he now holds.
The Rear- Admiral was appointed, in 1845, a Com-
missioner of Greenwich Hospital. He married, in
1808, a daughter of Andrew Williams, Esq., of
Southampton, sister of the present Lady Page
Turner. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
HARVEY. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 16 ; h-p., sry.)
Charles Bernhard Harvey entered the Navy,
in March, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dia-
mond 38, Capts. Sir Wm. Sidney Smith and Sir
Rich. John Strachan ; the former of whom, after a
servitude of more than two years in the Channel,
he rejoined, in July, 1798, as Midshipman, in the
TiGRE 74, on the Mediterranean station; where,
during a continuance of four years, he witnessed
the defence of Acre, and attended the expedition to
Egypt. While next attached, between the summer
of 1802 and the spring of 1806, to the Meddsa 32
(of which vessel, commanded by the late Sir John
Gore, he was confirmed a Lieutenant 13 Jan. 1803),
Mr. Harvey, besides much active service in the Gut
of Gibraltar, and ultimately escorting Lord Corn-
wallis as Governor-General to India, assisted at the
capture of three Spanish frigates laden with trea-
sure, and the destruction of a fourth, near Cape St.
Mary, 5 Oct. 1804 ; as he also did at the detention,
in the following month, of the Matilda 36, a frigate
laden with a cargo of quicksilver worth 200j000?.
He subsequently, on leaving the Meddsa, joined,
for a short period, the Aimable 32, Capt. Clotwor-
thy Upton, lying at Portsmouth, and then the
PoMPEE 74, in which ship, under the successive flags
of Sir W. S. Smith and Hon. Hen. Edwin Stanhope,
he attended the expeditions of 1807 to the Darda>-
nells (where he contributed to the destruction of
the Turkish shipping at Point Pesquies) and Copen-
hagen. With the exception of an interval in 1809-
10, and of a few months in 1811 and again in 1812,
during which he served with Capts. Hon. Anthony
Maitland and Leveson Gower in the Pique 36 and
Elizabeth 74, Mr. Harvey was further employed
with Sir W. S. Smith, from Feb. 1808 until pro-
moted to the rank of Commander 19 July, 1814, in
the FooDROTANT 80 and Hibersia 120, on the
Brazilian and Mediterranean stations — participat-
ing, in the latter ship, in Sir Edw. Pellew's partial
actions with the Toulon fleet of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13
Feb. 1814. He has since been on half-pay. Agents
—Messrs. Halford and Co.
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HARVEY.
HARVEY. (Captain, 1811. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 30.)
Edwakd Hakvei, born 3 March, 1783, is third
and youngest son of Capt. John Harvey, R.N. (who
was mortally wounded in command of the Bruns-
wick 74 on the glorious 1 June, 1794, and whose
services are recorded by a public monument in
Westminster Abbey), by Judith, daughter of Hen.
Wise, Esq., of Sandwich, co. Kent. He is brother
of the late Admiral Sir John Harvey, K.C.B. ;*
brother-in-law, as well as iirst-cousin, of the late
Tice-Admiral Sir Thos. Harvey, K.C.B. ; and uncle
of Commanders Thos., Hen., and John Harvey,
K.N., and of Commander Hen. Boteler, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1793, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Brunswick 74, commanded by
his father, on the books of which ship his name con-
tinued until 1794. Ke-embarking, in April, 1796,
on board the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag
of his uncle, Rear- Admiral Hen. Harvey, and com-
manded by his brother, Capt. John Harvey, he pro-
ceeded to the West Indies, where, in Feb. 1797, we
find him assisting, as Midshipman, at the capture of
Trinidad, and the seizure and destruction of four
line-of-battle ships and a frigate in Chaguaramas
Bay. On his ensuing return to England in the
Zebra sloop, Capt. John Hurst, he was received on
board the Beaulieu 40, Capt. Eras. Fayerman,
under whom, on 11 Oct. in the same year, he shared
In the action off Camperdown. In 1798 he rejoined
his brother in the Southampton 32, and, proceeding
again to the West Indies, was present in that frigate,
of which he soon became Acting-Lieutenant, at the
reduction of the Danish and Swedish islands in
March, 1801. He was confirmed, shortly after ac-
companying his relative into the Amphitritb 28,
by commission dated 24 July, 1801, and afterwards
appointed — 14 Oct. following, to the Iris 32, Capts.
Hon. Philip Wodehouse and David Atkins, stationed
in the North Sea— 21 Nov. 1802, to the Apollo 36,
Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon, which frigate, with
her Captain and 60 of the crew, was lost on the
coast of Portugal 1 April, 1804, the remainder of
the men being in a great measure saved through
the instrumentality of Mr. Harvey — next, to the
Amethtst 36 and Amaranthe 18, Capts. John
AVm. Spranger and Edw. PeUiam Brenton, on the
Home station — 17 Aug. 1805, to the Intrepid 64,
Capt. Hon. P. Wodehouse, under whom he com-
manded a detachment of seamen and marines at
the capture of the island of Capri, and was also
present at the defence of Gaeta — and, 24 Nov. 1807,
to the Trident 64, Capt. Campbell, lying at Chat-
ham. Being promoted to the command, 7 Jan. 1808,
of the Cbphalus 18, and re-ordered to the Medi-
terranean, Capt. Harvey there succeedied in cap-
turing four privateers and several small merchant-
vessels, and, while, co-operating in the defence of
Sicily, came frequently into contact with the gun-
boats on the Calabrian shore. After having acted
for a short time in command of the Cumberland
74, he was officially posted, 18 April, 1811, into the
ToPAZE 36, which frigate he brought home from
the Mediterranean and paid off 30 Jan. 1812. His
succeeding appointments were — 3 Nov. 1830, to the
Undaunted 46, successively employed, until put
out of commission in Eeb. 1834, on the Cape of
Good Hope, African, and East India stations, during
• Obtaining bis first -commission in 1790, Sir .Tohn Harvey
served as a Lieutenant of the Iphioekia 32, at the liard'-
wrought capture, by tlie latter ship and the Penelope 32, of
the French 36-gun frigate InconstanU 25 Nov. 1793. He
commanded L'ACTIF sloop when that vessel foundered in
Nov. 1794, and, being shortly afterwards posted, in honour of
his father's valour in the action of the 1st of June, he subse-
quently officiated as Captain of the Phince of Wales 98
(employed, as above,'at the 'reduction of Trinidad), South-
ampton 32, AoAMEMNoN 64 (one of Sir Robert Calder's
most distinguished ships in the action of 22 July, 1805),
Canada 74, Leviathan 74 (part o'f the squadron under Sir
George Martin at the destruction, in Oct. 1809, of the Byhusie
80 and lAon 74), and Royal Sovereign 100. As a Rear-
Admiral, which rank lie attained in Dec. 1813, he com-
manded in chief in the Leeward Islands from 1810 until
1819. lie was nominated a K.C.B. 6 June, 1833, and died
an Admiral of the Bhie, at Upper Deal, 17 Feb. 1837, in the
•^5th year of his at^e.
which period he commanded a squadron at the
time of an insurrection in the Isle of France— 14
Feb 1838, to the Malabar 74, attached to the
force in North America and the West Indies--and,
1 Feb. 1839, to the Implacable 74 in the Mediter-
ranean, where his services in 1840, on the coast of
Syria and at the blockade of Alexandria, procured
him a gold medal, sabre, and decoration from the
Grand Turk. He has not been afloat since he was
paid off, 31 Jan. 1842.
Capt. Harvey married Miss Cannon, of Sandwich,
and by that lady has had issue six children.
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
HARVEY. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 17.)
Edward Harvev was born 7 April, 1801.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 March, 1815, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pompee 74, commanded
in the Mediterranean by Sir Jas. Athol Wood ; and
from the close of the same year until June, 1821,
when he passed his examination, was chiefly em-
ployed as Midshipman in the Childers 16, Capts.
Rich. Wales and Amos Freeman Westropp, and in
the WvE and Dover, of 26 guns each, Capts. Geo.
Wickens Willes and Arthur Batt Bingham, on the
West India and Home stations. He next, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 Oct. 1826,
served off the coast of Ireland, at Plymouth, and in
the West Indies, on board the Sappho 18, Capts.
Hen. Wm. Bruce, Hon. Hen. John Rous, and Jen-
kin Jones, Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Alex.
Cochrane, Diamond 38, Capt. Lord Napier, and
Dartmouth and Hussar frigates, Capts. Hon. Jas.
Ashley Maude and Geo. Morris. He continued for
a further period of 12 months in the West Indies
on board the Bkitomart 10, Capt. Fred. Chamicr ;
and was lastly, from April, 1833, until April, 1838,
employed in the -Coast Guard.
Lieut. Harvey married, in 1836, Jane, daughter
of the Rev. Jas. Morewood, of co. Antrim, by whom
he has issue four children.
HARVEY. (Commander, 1846.)
GiLLMORE Harvev entered the ' Navy 5 March,
1817 ; passed his examination in 1823 ; and was
promoted to a Lieutenancy, 27 Aug. 1828, in the
Druid 46, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton. He inva-
lided from that frigate in 1829, and afterwards
joined, on the Mediterranean station — 23 Nov. 1836,
the MiNDEN 74, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe — 26
Aug. 1840, as First, the Medea steam-sloop. Capt.
Fred. Warden — and 19 June, 1845, in a similar
capacity, the HiBERirtA 104, bearing the flag of Sir
Wm. Parker. He served in those ships for a period
of nearly 10 years, and on 9 Nov. 1846 was advanced
to his present rank. Commander Harvey is now on
half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
HARVEY. (Commander, 1841. f.p., 16 ; h-p., 9.)
Henry Harvev, born 28 April, 1812, is a younger
brother of Commander Thos. Harv«y, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Dec. 1822, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gloucester 74, bearing
the broad-pendant of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen
on the West India station, where, previously to his
return home in Jan. 1825, he was for some time
lent, we believe, to the Hyperipn 42, Capt. Geo.
Fred. Rich. In Oct. 1826, after having been at-
tached for three months to the Prince Regent 120,
flag-ship of Sir Robt. Moorsom at the Nore, he
joined the Asia 84, bearing the successive flags of
Sir Edw. Codrington and Sir Pulteaey Malcolm,
under the former of whom he officiated as Signal-
Midshipman at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827.
Removing in Nov. 1830 to the Undaunted 46, Capt.
Edv?. Harvey, he served for upwards of two years
in that frigate at the Cape of Good Hope and on
the coast of Africa— the last nine months (havin"
passed his examination 9 May, 1831) as Mate in
charge of a watch. We next, from March to Aug.
1833, find him acting in a similar -capacity on board
the Favorite 18, Capt. Joseph Harrison, also on
the African station. He obtained his first com-
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mission 26 Feb. 1834, and was subsequently ap-
pointed—30 April, and 20 Dec. 1834, to the Sala-
mander steamer and Victor 16, Capts. Wm. Lang-
ford Castle and Rich. Crozier, from the latter of
which vessels he invalided, at Sydney, N.S. "Wales,
in Feb. 1837—15 Jan. 1838, to the Coast Guard—
and 18 March, 1839, to the ■Winchester 50, bearing
the flag of his father, Sir Thos. Harvey, on the
North America and West India station. He was
sent home from Halifax towards the close of 1840,
in acting-command of the Serpent 16, but then
went back to the Winchester, and continued in
that ship as Additional and Flag-Lieutenant until
promoted to the rank he now holds 28 May, 1841.
He has since been unemployed.
Commander Harvey married, 19 July, 1838, Jane,
daughter of Dr. Denison, of Margate. He was
left a widower 9 May, 1842. Agents — Hallett and
Robinson.
HARVEY. (LranTENANT, 1834.)
Henry John Harvey is second son of Major-
Gen. Sir John Harvey, K.C.B., Governor of New-
foundland.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Nov. 1824 ; served
as Midshipman of the Talbot 28, Capt. Hon. Fred.
Spencer, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827;
passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his
commission 6 Jan. 1834. He was appointed, 5 July
following, Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Win-
chester 52, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Ca-
pel, on the East India station ; where, from 12 April,
1836, until paid ofii at the close of 1838, he further
served, in the Raleigh 18, Capt. Michael Quin. He
has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Harvey has 'been for a long time private
secretary to his father. He married, 1 Sept. 1842,
Ella Louisa, eldest daughter of the Right Rev.
Aubrey George, then Bishop of Newfoundland, and
now of Jamaica.
HARVEY. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 28.)
Henry Wise Harvey is youngest brother of
Commander John Harvey, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1811, as
Fst,-cl. Vol., on board the Belleeophon 74, Capt.
Geo. Halsted, bearing the flag in the North Sea of
Kear-Admiral John Ferrier, with whom he was
transferred, in Feb. 1813, to the Scarborough 74.
In March, 1814, he became Midshipman of the
Spencer 74, commanded in North America by Capt.
Rich. Raggett ; and he next, from Sept. 1815, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 April, 1819,
served in the Antelope 50, flag-ship of his uncle
Rear- Admiral John Harvey on the West India sta^
tion. He has not been since afloat.
He married first, in July, 1821, Alice Holness,
only daughter of Jas. 'Simpson, Esq., of London;
and, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Geo.
Leith, E8q.,of Walmer, CO. Kent. Agents— Messrs.
Ommanney.
HARVEY. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 15;
H-p., 28.)
John Harvey, born 31 Dec. 1793, is eldest son
of Henry Wise Harvey, Esq., of Harnden, co. Kent,
whose father, the gallant Capt. John Harvey, R.N.,
was mortally wounded in command of the Brens-
WICK 74, in the action of 1 June, 1794. He is bro-
ther of Lieut. H. W. Harvey, R.N. ; nephew of the
present Capt. Edw. Harvey, R.N. ; and brother-in-
law of Commander Geo. Hilton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Sept. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, com-
manded by his uncle Capt John Harvey. In Sept.
1805, after having served on the north coast of
Spain, and participated in Sir Robt. Calder's action,
he accompanied his relative into the Canada 74,
and sailed for the West Indies, where he remained,
until transferred, about Jan. 1808, to the Orion 74,
commanded in the Baltic by Sir Archibald Colling-
wood Dickson. From June, 1809, until Dec. 1811,
he again served with Capt. Harvey in the Levia-
than 74, and Royal Sovereign 100, both attached
to the force in the Mediterranean ; on which station
he aided in the Leviathan in causing the self-
destruction of the French ships-of-the-line Rohuste
and XioM, between Cette and Frontignan, 25 Oct.
1809. Until Sept. 1813, we next find Mr. Harvey
employed on the North Sea and North American
stations in the Sceptre and Marleoroogh 74's,
Capts. Thos. Harvey and Robt. Honyman, and St.
Domingo 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren.
He was then appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the
Success 32, armee en flute, Capt. Thos. Barclay, to
which vessel the Admiralty confirmed him by com-
mission dated 13 Nov. 1813. Joining next the
Epervier, of 18 guns and 117 men, Capt. Rich.
Walter Wales, Mr. Harvey continued to serve on
the American coast until 29 April, 1814, when that
vessel, after a severe action of an hour, and a loss
of 23 men killed and wounded, became a shattered
prize to the United States sloop Peacock, of 22 gims
and 185 picked seamen, two only of whom appear
to have been hurt. On regaining his liberty he
was appointed, 22 Aug. 1815, to the Astr.«a 36,
Capt. Edw. Kittoe ; and from 22 Aug. 1815, until
advanced to his present rank, 2 April, 1819, he fur-
ther served in the Antelope 50, as Flag-Lieute-
nant to his uncle Rear-Admiral John Harvey, Com-
mander-in-Chief in the Leeward Islands. He has
since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Omman-
ney.
HARVEY. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Robert Beazley Harvey entered the Navy 2
March, 1827 ; passed his examination 27 July, 1833;
and obtained his first commission 23 Nov. 1841.
He has been serving since 10 June, 1842, in the
Wolf 18, Capts. Courtenay Osborn Hayes, Arthur
Vyner, Geo. Evan Davis, and Jas. Alex. Gordon,
on the East India station. Agents — Messrs. Hal-
ford and Co.
HARVEY. (Commander, 1840. f-p. 17;
H-p., 8.)
Thomas Harvey, born in Dec. 1810, at Walmer,
CO. Kent, is eldest son of the late Vice- Admiral of
the White Sir Thos. Harvey, K.C.B.,* by Sarah,
youngest daughter of his grand-uncle Capt. John
Harvey, R.N., who was mortally wonnded in com-
mand of the Brunswick 74, in the action of 1 June,
1794. He_is grandson of the late Admiral Sir
Henry Harvey, K.B. ; f brother of Commander
Henry Harvey, R.N. ; nephew, maternally, of Capt.
Edw. Harvey, R.N. ; and first-cousin of Commander
John Harvey, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Dec. 1822, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Gloucester 74, bearing
the broad pendant in the West Indies of Sir Edw.
W. C. K. Owen. He continued to serve on that
station, part of the time in the Tyne 28, and He-
licon 10, Capts. John Walter Roberts and Wm.
Robt. Dawkins, until Feb. 1824 ; and from the fol-
lowing May until Dec. 1825, he was employed
as a student at the Koyal Naval College. Re-em-
* Sir Thomas Haivey served as Master's Mate of the Ra-
MiLLlES 74, in Lord Howe's action I June, 1794, and as
Lieutenant of the Pkince of Wales in Lord Briilport's en-
gagement 23 June, 1795. Immediately after the reduction
of Trinidad, where he had commanded the Pelican sloop,
he was advanced to Post-rank 27 March, 1797 ; aubseqiientfy
to which he officiated as Captain of^ the Pkince of Wales
9H, Concorde, Lapwing, and Unite frigates, Standard 64,
and Majestic, Sckptre, and Northumberland 74's. He
was present in the Phincb of Wales at the attack on Puerto
Rico in April, 1797 ; in the Lapwino in the expedition of
1799 against the Duti-h colony of Surinam; in the Unite at
the reduction of the Danish and Swedish islands in 1801 •
and in the Standard at the passage of the Dardanells in
Feb. 1807. He was nominated a C.I3. in iMl."), a Colonel of
Marines and a Rear- Admiral in \S-i\, a K.C.B. in 1833, and
a Vice-.ldmiral in lii37. He died Commander-in-Chief on
the North America and West India station 2s May, 1841, in
his 66th year, and was buried at Bermuda.
t Sir Henry Harvey commanded the Ramillies 74, on
the 1st of June, 1794 ; captured, in conjunction with' Sir
Ralph Ahercromby, the Spanish island of Trinidad in Feb
1797; and died an Admiral of the White 28 Dec. 1810.
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HARWARD— HASKOLL— HAST.
barking, then, as Midshipman, on board the Dbtad
42, Capts. Hon. Robt. Rodney and Hon. Geo. Al-
fred Crofton, he proceeded, after cruizing for a
period on tlie Channel and Irish stations, to the
Mediterranean, where, and in South America, he
further, until Deo. 1829, served on board the Isis
50, Commodore Sir Thos. Staines, Camelion 10,
Capt. Christ. Wyvill, Philomel 10, Capt. Edw.
Hawes, Seeingapatam 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walde-
grave, and Warspite 76, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
Thos. Baker. On 24 of the month last-mentioned
we find him promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Tki-
BUNE 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, with whom he
served, latterly in the North Sea, until paid off in
Dec. 1831. He subsequently joined— 4 Dec. 1833,
the AsLA 84, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Parker, off
Lisbon, whence he returned in June, 18.34—28 July,
1835, the Russell 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon,
employed on the latter station, and also in the Me-
diterranean, where, on one occasion, he took charge
of the Ariadne from Malta to Alexandria, and on
another was lent to the Portland 50, Capt. David
Price — and, in the course of 1839, the Ihcon-
STANT 36, and "Winchester 50, as Flag-Lieutenant,
in each ship to his father, on the North America
and West India station. He was there promoted
to the command, 6 Nov. 1840, of the Racer 16, in
which sloop he remained until put out of commis-
sion in Oct. 1842. He has not been since afloat.
Commander Harvey married, 9 April, 1844, Chris-
tian Bargreve, eldest daughter of Wm. Bridger,
Esq., of Eastry Court, co. Kent. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson.
HARWARD. (Capt,, 1809. f-p., 14; h-p., 36.)
Richard Hakward i^ied 2 May, 1845, at Geneva.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 June, 1795. as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cesar 80, Capts. Chas.
Edm. Nugent and Roddam Home, of which ship,
successively employed in the Channel and North
Sea, he soon became Midshipman. Proceeding in
1798 to the Mediterranean in the Perseus, Capts.
Jas. Oswald and Henry Compton, he assisted in the
following year at the bombardment of Alexandria,
and served in the ship's launch in action with an
enemy's flotilla in the Bay of Naples. He subse-
quently became Acting-Lieutenant of the Blanche
36, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, and, on 3 Sept.
1801, after participating in the victory gained by
Lord Nelson at Copenhagen, was offioially promoted.
His next appointments were — 26 March, 1803, to
the Plantacenet 74, Capts. E. Hamond, Hon.
Michael De Courcy, and Eras. Pender, on the Home
station— 17 Sept. 1804, to the Endymion 40, Capt.
Hon. Chas. Paget— in 1805, to the command of the
Netley schooner and Swinger gun-brig, in the
former of which vessels he conveyed despatches to
the West Indies— and, in Nov. 1805, to the North-
umberland 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Hon. Alex. Cochrane. For his conduct as First-
Lieutenant of the latter ship in the action off St.
Domingo, Mr. Harward was promoted to the rank
of Commander 2 April, 1806. He subsequently
joined, 2 March, 1808, the Delphinen 18, but, that
sloop being unfortunately vreecked off the coast of
Holland 4 Aug. following, he was next appointed,
in Oct. of the same year, to the Parthian 10 ; in
which vessel we find him capturing La Nomelle
Girondej a notorious privateer of 14 guns and 58
men,* and ultimately attending the expedition to
the Walcheren. Capt. Harward, whose Post-com-
mission bore date 31 July, 1809, was lastly em-
ployed, from June, 1810, to June, 1812, as Flag-
Captain to Sir Edw. Pellew in the Christian TIL
80, and Caledonia 120, on the Mediterranean
station.
Capt. Harward was Deputy-Lieutenant for co.
Gloucester. He married, first, 11 Jan. 1810, Julia,
youngest daughter of Admiral the late Lord Ex-
mouth ; and, that lady dying in 1831, secondly, in
1834, Julia, daughter of Admiral Sir Lawrence Wm.
Halsted, G.C.B., and granddaughter of the above
nobleman.
* Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 669.
HASKOLL. (CoMMANDEK, 1841. F-p., 16;
HP., 22.)
William Haskoll was born 9 Oct. 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victorious 74, Capts.
Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot, under
whom he served on the Home, Mediterranean, and
North American stations, chiefly as Midshipman,
until Aug. 1814. He attended, during that period,
the expedition to the Walcheren; was much em-
ployed against the enemy's flotilla and batteries at.
the defence of Sicily, where, on 18 Sept. 1810, a
large body of troops having landed and been de-
feated near Stefano, he succeeded in the ship's pin-
nace in capturing, after some resistance, a boat with
15 soldiers besides the crew ; partook, next, of many
active operations in the Adriatic, omitting however
the celebrated capture of the French 74-gun ship
RivoU, at which period he was in temporary charge
of a Signal station on the island of Lissa; com-
manded, on proceeding to the American station, a
tender in Hampton Roads and up James River;
was captured in a prize by a privateer, in May,
1814, and detained for a short time in captivity;
and on one or two occasions was very nearly
wrecked. From Aug. 1814 until Jan. 1817, Mr.
Haskoll further served, as Midshipman and Master's
Mate, in the Sdltan 74, Capt. John West (which
ship lost her mizenmast, fore and main topmasts,
mainyard, and quarter and stern boats, in a heavy
gale on the south bank of Newfoundland 16 Feb.
1815), and Horatio 38, commanded on the Channel,
and East India stations by Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon.
His health then obliging him to remain on shore,
he did not again go afloat until April, 1824, when
he rejoined his old Captain, Ifamond, in the Wel-
lesley 74. In the early part of 1825 he was trans-
ferred to the Owen Glendower 42, bearing the
broad pendant at the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-
Admiral Hood Hanway Christian, by whom, on 20
June, 1826, he was invested, .as Acting-Supernume-
rary-Lieutenant, with the command of the colonial
brig Wizard, in which vessel we find him cruizing
on the coast of Madagascar and among the Sey-
chelle Islands. He was subsequently lent for a short
time to the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Jas. Polking-
home, employed on the same station ; and, on 18
Dec. 1826 (upwards of 11 years after he had passed
his examination), he was officially promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant. On leaving the Owen Glen-
dower, about April, 1828, Mr. Haskoll served for a
term of five months, until be was again compelled
to invalid, on board the Helicon 10, Capt. Robt.
Henry Stanhope. His next and last appointment
was, 17 Feb. 1838, as First, to the Cruizek 16,
Capts. Rich. Henry King and Henry Wells Giffard,
fitting for the East India station, where, besides at-
tending an expedition to the, mouths of the Indus,
he assisted at the capture of Aden. He afterwards,
in 1840, accompanied the armament to China, and
in the course of the same year was present at the
capture of Chusan and the blockade of Ningpo.
On the return of the Cruizer with Sir Hugh
Gough to China, after having been sent in charge
of despatches to Calcutta, Mr. Haskoll, it appears,
commanded the second division of boats at the
taking of Fort Macao 13 March, 1841, and assisted
in the two series of operations against Canton —
having charge, during the second, of the gun-boats
at the capture, on 25 May, of the fort below the
Folly.* He invalided 30 June, 1841, and on his
arrival in England found that he had been pro-
moted to the rank of Commander by commission
dated 8 of that month. Agent — W. H. B. Barwis.
HAST. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 18; H-p., 10.)
Philip Hast entered the Navy 11 April, 1819;
passed his examination in 1825 ; and was promoted,
10 July, 1826, to a Lieutenancy in the Pylades
sloop, Capt. Geo. Vernon Jackson, on the West
India station. His subsequent appointments were,
11 Aug. 1827, to the Procris 18, Capts. Hon. Wm.
* Vide Gaz. 1S41, pp. 1503-6, 2506.
HASTINGS.
475
■Waldegrave and Chas. Henry Paget, employed off
the coast of Ireland — 16 March, 1830, to the Welles-
LEr 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maltland — 16 Aug.
1831, to the Warspite 76, Capt. Chas. Talbot, in
South America — 4 June, 1832, to the Kattlesnake
28, Capt. Chas. Graham, in which vessel he came
home from the latter station and was paid off in
Nov. 1833—17 Nov. 1834 and 20 April, 1835, as
First, to the Pique 36, and Champion 18, Capts.
Hon. Henry John Rous, Robert Fair, and Geo. St.
A'^incent King, employed off Lisbon and in the West
Indies— and, 18 July, 1837, to the command of the
Pickle schooner, on the North America and West
India station. He was superseded from the last-
named vessel in March, 1839, and has since been
on half-pay.
Lieut. Hast has for several years been in com-
mand of a steamer belonging to the Royal West
India Mail Packet Company. He married, 22 Aug.
1840, Mary, daughter of John Warrington, Esq., by
whom he has issue. Agent — John P. Muspratt.
HASTINGS. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 21.)
Francis Decimus Hastings entered the Navy,
19 Aug. 1807, as Third-cl.'Vol., on board the Teme-
KAiRE 98, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton and Edw.
Sneyd Clay, successively stationed in the Channel
and Baltic. In June, 1809, having attained the
rating of Midshipman a few months previously, he
removed to the Amethyst 36, Capt. Jacob Walton,
with whom he appears to have been employed on
Home service until wrecked in Plymouth Sound
16 Feb. 1811. He then joined, for a short period,
the Acasta 40, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr ; after
which we find him, until Aug. 1815, employed, on
the Spanish, North American, Jamaica, and Home
stations, latterly as Master's Mate, in the Iris 38,
Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, St. Domingo 74,
flag-ship of Sir John Borla^e Warren, Emulous brig,
Capt. Wm. M'Kenzie Godfrey, and Argo 44, and
Vxllede Paris 110, bearing the flags of Rear-Ad-
miral Wm. Brown and Lord Keith. With the ex-
ception of a few months in 1818-19, and until offi-
cially promoted on 18 Nov. in the latter year, Mr.
Hastings next served, alternately as Acting-Lieu-
tenant and Admiralty Midshipman, on board the
Charwell sloop, Capt. Allen Otty, Icarus 10,
Capt. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, and Car-
nation 18, Capts. Henry Shiffner, Wm. Nugent
Glascock, and Roger Hall. His succeeding appoint-
ments were, as First-Lieutenant — 14 April, 1831, to
the Stag 46, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge and
Nich. Lockyer, on the Lisbon station, where he re-
mained until superseded in Aug. 1834— and 31 Jan.
1835, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings. Being awarded a
second promotal commission 10 Jan. 1837, he was
nominated, 25 July following, Second-Captain of
the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson,
with whom, after again serving with the force off
Lisbon, he proceeded to the Mediterranean. For
his conduct in the operations on the coast of Syria,
where he displayed the greatest coolness and gal-
lantry in command of the boats of the latter ship
and of the Hastings 72, in an attempt made to re-
move the powder from the castle at Beyrout, and
was slightly wounded at the bombardment of St.
Jean d'Acre, Capt. Hastings was advanced to the
rank he now holds 4 Nov. 1840.* He has since
been unemployed.
Capt. Hastings was left a widower 31 July, 1846.
HASTINGS. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 18; h-p., 5.)
The Honourajle George Fowler Hastings,
bom 28 Nov. 1813, is second son (by Frances, third
daughter of the Rev. Rich. Chaloner Cobb, Rector
of Great Marlow, co. Bucks) of Hans Francis, 1 1th
Earl of Huntingdon, a Captain in the R.N. (1824),
who was for some time Governor of Dominica, and
died 9 Dec. 1828. He is brother of the present
Earl; and brother-in-law of Commanders Henry
Parker and Chas. Calmady Dent, R.N.
• Fide Gaz. 1840, pp. 2609, 8901.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Sept. 1824 ; passed
his examination 7 Jan. 1832 ; and was promoted, 7
Jan. 1833, to the rank of Lieutenant. His appoint-
ments in the latter capacity were— 25 June, 1833,
to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth,
Capt. Thos. Hastings— 13 May, 1834, to the Re-
venge 74, commanded in the Mediterranean by
Capt. Wm. Elliott— and, 8 Sept. 1837, as First, to
the Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, Capt. Arthur
Wakefield, on the same station. Obtaining a second
promotal commission 30 June, 1838, he was nomi-
nated, 5 Jan. 1839, to an Inspectorship in the Coast
Guard, and, 16 Aug. 1841, to the command of the
Harlequin 16. While in that sloop, Capt. Hast-
ings, besides sharing in the closing operations of the
Chinese war, acquired the public thanks of the
Commander-in-Chief for his conduct in leading her
boats, in conjunction with those of the Wanderer
and Diana, in an attack on the piratical towns of
Murdoo and Quallo Batto, in the island of Sumatra.
He was promoted to the rank of Captain, on the
paying off of the Harlequin, 31 Jan. 1845; and
has since been unemployed. Agents — Coplands
and Burnett.
HASTINGS, Kt. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 32;
H-p., 12.)
Sir Thomas Hastings, born 3 July, 1790, is eld-
est son of the Rev. Jas. Hastings, Rector and Im-
propriator of the living of Martley, and Patron of
Areley Regis, co. Worcester. His femily, of which
the celebrated Warren Hastings was the head, is a
branch of that of Hastings of Dalesford, in the lat-
ter shire, and of Yelford Hastings, co. Oxford.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Roval 98,
commanded in the Channel by Capts. Jas. Vashon,
Herbert Sawyer, Dan. Oliver Guion, and Robt.
Carthew Reynolds ; and, froin Oct. 1804 until Sept.
1807, served, as Midshipman, on the latter and on
the north coast of Spain, Cadiz, and West India sta-
tions, in the Illustrious 74, Capts. Sir Chas. Ha-
milton, Michael Seymour, Wm. Shield, and Wm.
Robt. Broughton. His name, during the two fol-
lowing years, was successively borne on the books
of the Salvador del Mundo, Capt. Isaac WoUey,
lying at Plymouth, Texel and Ardent 64's, flag-
ships at Leith of his former Captain, the late Ad-
miral Vashon, and Letden 64, Capt. Thos. Ussher.
As a reward for his conduct in command of a gun-
boat at the siege of Flushing, Mr. Hastings was
promoted, 17 Jan. 1810, to a Lieutenancy in the
Badger 10, Capt. John Lampen Manley, under
whom we understand he assisted, as First of
that vessel, in causing the destruction, off the
river Ems, of the French privateer La Comtesse
d'Emerieau of 11 guns and 110 men. His suc-
ceeding appointments were — 7 June, 1811, to the
Hyacinth 26, Capts. Thos. Ussher and Alex. Ren-
ton Sharpe — 7 April, 1813, to the Undaunted 38,
Capts. Thos. Ussher and Chas. Thurlow Smith, in
which frigate he continued until Nov. 1815 — 28
Junn. 1817, to the Icarus 10, Capt. Hon. Chas. Or-
lando Bridgeman, fitting for the South American
station, whence he invalided in Jan. 1819— and 27
Oct. 1821, as Senior, to the Eubyalus frigate, Capt.
Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, attached to the force
in the Mediterranean. On the night of 29 April,
1812, we find Mr. Hastings commanding the Hya-
cinth's pinnace, under Capt. Ussher, -and acquiring
the greatest praise for his undaunted courage, in a
brilliant boat-attack on the enemy's privateers and
batteries in the mole of Malaga; an enterprise
which, although partially successful, terminated in
a loss to the British, out of 149 officers and men, of
15 killed and 53 wounded. He also, in the course
of the following month, assisted at the reduction of
the strong castle of Almunecar ; and, on 18 Aug.
1813, he served in the boats of the Undaunted and
of a small squadron in a very gallant attack made
on the batteries at Cassis, where, after sustaining a
loss of 4 men killed and 16 wounded, the British, in
four hours, succeeded in capturing three heavy
gun-boats, and 26 vessels laden with merchandise
3 P 2
476
HAS WELL.
On 9 Nov. 1813 he was again in the hoats at the
taking of a vigorously-defended tower at Port Nou-
velle, and the destruction of 7 French vessels lying
there under the protection of several batteries ;
after which, in April, 1814, he participated, as First-
Lieutenant, in the honour of conveying Napoleon
Buonaparte from Frejus to Elba. On the latter
occasion, and when within four or five miles of the
harbour of Porto Ferrajo, Mr. Hastings went on
shore with the foreign ministers, as one of the
commissioners for talcing possession of the island,
and making the proper arrangements for the recep-
tion of its future sovereign. During the war of a
Hundred Days this officer further presents himself
to our notice by his conspicuous exertions in the
Undaunted's boats in preventing supplies from
being thrown into Ancona ; in destroying different
armed towers ; in capturing a Neapohtan flotilla,
consisting of two schooners and nine gun-boats, pro-
tected by the fortress of Barletta ; and in erecting,
with wonderful celerity, a battery on the island of
Tremiti, in the Adriatic, which his prompt and
skilful measures soon forced to surrender. When
subsequently in the Eukvalus, Mr. Hastings was
employed at the blockade of Algiers, preparatory
to the concessions made by the Dey to Sir Harry
Burrard Neale in 1824. On 9 May, 1825, having
earned a reputation for merit of a very high order,
he was at length advanced to the rank of Com-
mander ; and on 4 Nov. 1828 he was appointed to
the Fekret sloop ; in which vessel he appears to
have been again employed for a period of 10 weeks
off Algiers, with the view of observing and report-
ing to the British Government the proceedings of
the French in their j)reparations for the attack and
capture of that place ; a delicate and important ser-
vice, of which he acquitted himself to the high sa-
tisfaction of his Commander-in-Chief, Sir Pulteney
Malcolm. Capt. Hastings, who continued in the
Ferket until posted, 22 July, 1830, afterwards,'
from 13 April, 1832, until Aug. 1845, commanded
the E.\CEi:,LE>T gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, where,
during the last six years, he simultaneously dis-
charged the duties of Captain Superintendent of
the Royal Naval College.
In compliment to the professional and scientific
attainments of Capt. Hastings, the honour of Knight-
hood was, at the request of the Admiralty, con-
ferred on him 5 June, 1839. On leaving the Excbl-
lENT he was appointed Storekeeper to the Ord-
nance ; and he is also a Magistrate and Deputy-
Lieutenant for CO. Hereford. He married, 12
May, 1827, Louisa Elizabeth, sister of the Dean
of Exeter, and daughter of Thos. Humphrey Lowe,
Esq., of Bromsgrove, by Lucy, eldest daughter and
co-heir of Thos. Hill, Esq., of Court of Hill, co. Sa-
lop, M.P. for Leominster. Agemts — Messrs. Om-
manney.
HASWELL. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Charles Symes Haswell passed his examination
In 1821 ; obtained his commission 4 April, 1827 ;
and was appointed, 7 Aug. following, to the Bust-
ard sloop, commanded in the West Indies by Capt.
Geo. Sidney Smith. With the exception of a com-
mand, from 6 Oct. 1840 until Sept. 1845, of the Fox
Kevenue-vessel, Mr. Haswell has had charge, since
13 Sept. 1832, of a station in the Coast Guard.
He is married, and has issue.
HASWELL. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., U; h-p., 31.)
Edward Haswell entered the Navy, in Feb.
1805, as Ordinary, on board the Centaok 74, bear-
ing the broad pendant in the West Indies of Sir
Sam. Hood. Being appointed Midshipman, in the
early part of the following year, of the Inuefati-
GABiE 46, Capts. John Tremayne Rodd, Henry Edw.
Reginald Baker, John Broughton, and Edw. Tucker,
he continued to serve in that frigate, on the Bay of
Biscay and Channel stations, until June, 1812 ; in
the course of which, and of the following year, he
was successively transferred with Capt. Tucker to
a Master's Mateship in the Cornwall 74, and In-
constant 36— the latter ship attached to the force
in South America. He became Acting-Lieutenant,
18 June, 1814, of the Elk 18, Capt. John Bartholo-
mew Hoar Curran, on the East India station, where
he was confirmed 10 Feb. 1815. He went on half-
pay in 1816, and has not been since afloat.
HASWELL. (Lieut., 1815. r-P., 12 ; h-p., 32.)
John Dawes Haswell entered the Navy, 15 July,
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dreadnohght
98. Capts. Edw. Brace, John Child Purvis, Kobt.
CartheW Reynolds, Geo. Reynolds, Edw. Rother-
ham, and John Conn, flag-ship for some time of
Admirals Hon. Wm. Cornwallis and Cuthbert Col-
lingwood, in which he fought at Trafalgar in the
capacity of Midshipman. Between Aug. 1806 and
his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 10 Feb.
1815, he served, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the
Revoldtionnaire 38, Capt. Chas. Fielding, Defi-
ance 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, Royal George
100, bearing the flag of Sir John Duckworth, San
Josef 110, Hibernia 120, Armide 38, and Dublin
50, all commanded by Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn,
and Statira 38, Capts. Jas. Nash and Thos. Brovni,
on the Channel, Spanish, and Halifax stations. He
has since been on half-pay.
HASWELL. (Commander, 1830.)
William Henry Haswell is son of Mr. Haswell,
R.N., who died suddenly, in the 77th year of his
age, 5 Jan. 1831.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1800, as
Ordinary, on board the Royal William, guard-
ship at Spithead, and in the course of the following
year was employed off Cadiz in the Dreadnought
98, Capt. Jas. Vashon. In Nov. 1802, after an em-
ployment of nearly 12 months, as Midshipman,
in the Hydra 38, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, he
joined the Ph<ebe 36, Capts. Hon. Thos. Bladen
Capel and Jas. Oswald, under the former of whom
it was his fortune to be present at the battle of
Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. Removing, in March, 1806,
to the Endymion 40, Capts. Edw. Dumford King,
and Hon. T. B. Capel, he accompanied the expedi-
tion of 1807 to the Dardanells, where, we believe,
he was taken prisoner, and detained on board the
Turkish Admiral's ship until he had participated in
two general actions with the Russian fleet, by which
he was re-captured. He was ultimately, on 28 Feb.
1809, promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Impetdeux
74, Capt. John Lawford, and, being shortly after-
wards appointed to the Revenge 74, Capts. Hon.
C. Paget and Jolm Nash, was attached to the force
sent against Flushing ; during the operations con-
nected with the siege of w'hich place he appears to
have had charge of an armed transport. We after-
wards, until Aug. 1814, find him commanding the
Landrail, and serving, again with Capt. Paget, on
board the Superb 74, off the coasts of Ireland,
France, and America. He obtained an appointment
in the Coast Guard 1 Nov. 1820 ; the command of
the Bramble 10 May, 1827 ; the rank he now holds
22 July, 1830 ; a three-years' Inspectorship in the
Coast Guard 20 March, 1832 ; and the command, 31
Oct. 1846, of the Poictiers 72, guard-ship at Chat-
ham— an appointment he still enjoys.
Commander Haswell has been twice married —
the second time, 9 Feb. 1839, to Frances Maria^
third daughter of Lieut. Wm. Taylor, R.N. (1794),
of Greenwich Hospital, who died in 1835. He has
issue. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
HASWELL. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
William Henry Haswell entered the Navy in
1830 ; passed his examination 2 May, 1838 ; and
served, as Mate, on the Mediterranean, Home, and
South American stations, in the Talbot 26, Capt.
Hon. Robt. Fanshawe Stopford (under whom he
was slightly wounded at the bombardment of St.
Jean d'Acre, 3 Nov. 1840'*), Agincourt 72 (fitting
for the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane), St. Vin-
cent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley, and Dolphin
■• F.Gaz. 1840, p. 8901.
HATHORN— HATTON— HAULTAIN.
477
brigantine, Lieut.-Commanders "Wm. O'Bryen Hoare
and Beginald Thos. John Levinge. He was ap-
pointed, on being advanced to tbe rank of Lieute-
nant, 8 Aug. 1845, Additional of the Vekijon 50,
bearing the flag on the station last named of Rear-
Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield ; and, since 3 Aug.
1846, has been employed on the coast of Africa in
the Devastation and Penelope steamers, Com-
modore Sir Chas. Hotham.
HATHORN. (Captain, 1840.)
George Hathorn, bom 17 Nov. 1803, is son of
Geo. Hathorn, Esq., of Brunswick Square, London,
and is of the family of Hathorn, of Castle Wigg, co.
Wigtoun, N.B. He is brother-in-law of Commander
Matt. Dixon, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Aug. 1817, on
board the Active 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon ;
passed his examination in 1824; obtained his first
commission 30 April, 1827 ; and was afterwards ap-
pointed, 22 Jan. 1829, and 25 Nov. 1833, to the Van-
GDARD 76, Capts. Wm. Henry Shirreff, Sam. Bur-
gess, and Chas. Talbot, and Canopus 84, Capt. Hon.
Josceline Percy, on the South American and Medi-
terranean stations. Having officiated for a consi-
derable time as First-Lieutenant of those ships, he
was advanced, 10 Jan. 1837, to the rank of Com-
mander ; and, on 9 April, 1839, he was nominated
Second-Captain of the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston
Stewart ; his services in which ship on the coast of
Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre
procured him a Post-commission dated 4 Nov. 1840.
He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Hathorn married, 28 Sept. 1843, Mary Isa-
bella, eldest daughter of the Rev. Wm. M'Douall,
Vicar of Luton and Canon of Peterborough, and
grand-niece of the late Earl of Dumfries, by whom
he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
HATTON, M.P. (Captain, 1812. f-p., 11;
H-p., 37.)
ViLMERS Francis Hatton, born 20 Aug. 1787,
at Dromana, co. Waterford, is eldest son of Geo.
Hatton, Esq., formerly M.P. for Lisbuxne, co. An-
trim, by Lady Isabella Rachel Seymour Conway,
sixth daughter of Francis, first Marquess of Hert-
ford. He is brother of Commander Henry John
Hatton, R.N. (1815), a Gentleman Usher of the
Privy Chamber, who died 21 Dec. 1831 ; nephew of
the late Major-General John Hatton ; and cousin of
the present Marquess of Londonderry. His uncle,
the late Henry Hatton, Esq., of Clonard, oo. Wex-
ford, married the eldest daughter of the second Earl
of Arran ; which lady espoused, a second time, the
first Marquess of Abercorn.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1799, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Sans Pakeil 80, Capt. Chas.
Vinicombe Penrose, bearing the flag in the Channel
and West Indies of his uncle, Lord Hugh Seymour.
In 1801 he removed, as Midshipman, with Capt.
Penrose to the Carnatic 74 ; and he next, between
1802 and 1805, served, on the Home and East India
stations, in the St. Fiorenzo 36, Capt. Joseph
Bingham, and Trident 64, flag-ship of Vice-Ad-
miral Peter Rainier, by whom he was then ap-
pointed Lieutenant of the Grampus 50, Capt. Thos.
Gordon Caulfeild. Returning home shortly after
his official promotion, which took place 31 Jan.
1805, he joined, on 3 Oct. in that year, the Seagull,
of 16 guns and 94 men, Capt. Robt. Cathcart, and
proceeded to the North Sea station, where he dis-
played gi'eat zeal for the public service, and often
cruized, for days at a time, in an open boat for the
suppression of smuggling. On 19 June, 1808, being
at the time First of the Seagull, Mr. Hatton par-
ticipated, off the coast of Norway, in a desperate
and heroic action of two hours and a half, which,
after the British had sustained a loss of 8 men killed
and 20 wounded, and had been actually reduced to
a sinking state, terminated in the surrender of that
vessel to the Danish sloop Lougen, of 20 guns and
160 men, and six gun-boats, each armed with 2 long-
24-pounder3, and manned with from 60 to 70 men.
During the contest Mr. Hatton lost an arm, and
received two other wounds, one of which, in the
knee, nearly deprived him of the use of his right
leg ; yet, although he was so dangerously wounded,
he continued to give his support and encourage-
ment to the last.* So distinguished indeed was bis
conduct that it not only called forth the highest
approbation of the court-martial which assembled
to try the officers and crew of the Seagull for the
loss of their ship, but procured for him a Com-
mander's commission dated back to the day of the
action. From 3 March, 1810, until posted, 7 Feb.
1812, Capt. Hatton served in the Port Mahon
brig, on the Portsmouth station and on the north
coast of Spain. He has not been since afloat.
Capt. Hatton, who is M.P. for co. Wexford, en-
joys a pension of 300^. in consideration of his
wounds. He married, 24 May, 1817, Harriet, se-
cond daughter of the Right Hon. David La Touche,
M.P. for CO. Carlow, by Lady Cecilia Leeson,
daughter of the first Earl of Miltown ; and by that
lady has issue one son, in the Army, and two
daughters. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
HAULTAIN, K.H. (Commander, 1814. f-p.,
13 ; H-P., 33.)
Charles Hadltain was bom, in Dec. 1787, in
Loudon, and died 4 June, 1845, at Fairford, co.
Gloucester. He was eldest son of Lieut.-Colonel
Theodore Haultain, of the Commandry, in the city
of Worcester, who served as Captam of the 37th
Begt. at the battles of Minden, Warburg, Filling-
hausen, &c., and saw much other service, both in
Germany and North America. He was brother of
Capt. Fras. Haultain, of the Royal Artillery; of
Capt. Arthur Haultain, of the Hon. E. L Co.'s
service ; and of Fred. Haultain, Esq., a Midship-
man B.N., who died on board the Thetis frigate,
in the West Indies, of yellow fever, in 1809.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Jan. 1800, as
A. B., on board the Aoincourt 64, Capts. John
Bligh and Geo. Fred. Ryves, bearing the flag of
his patron, the late Sir Chas. Morice Pole, in which
ship, after serving for some time at Newfoundland,
he proceeded to the North Sea, and ultimately con-
veyed the 25th Regt. to Egypt. In 1801-2, having
previously attained the rating of Midshipman, he
successively joined the Bonne Citoyenne and
ViNCEJO sloops, both commanded in the Mediterra-
nean by Capt. Jas. Prevost ; after which, on re-
moving to the Cerberus 32, bearing the flag of Sir
Jas. Saumarez, he assisted at the bombardment of
Granville 14 Sept. 1803. On leaving the latter ship,
Mr. Haultain became attached to the Speedwell
schooner, Lieut.-Commander W. Robinson, Thisbe
28, arTne'e-en-flite, Capt. Lewis Shepheard, and
Glory and Ocean 98's, flag-ships of Sir John Orde,
Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling, and Lord Colhng-
wood, under the second-named of whom he was
present, in the Glory, in Sir Robt. Calder's action
22 July, 1805. On 26 April, 1806, we find him pro-
moted to a Lieutenancy in the Prince 98, Capt.
Wm. Lechmere, off Cadiz, where, until 1809, he
further served in the Queen 98, Capt. Fras. Pender
Excellent 74, Capt. John West, and Queen again'
Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland. He then cruized for
a short period on the Irish station as Senior of the
Decade 36, Capt. John Stuart ; and in the course
of the same year, 1809, he proceeded to the Adriatic
in the Active 38, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon. On 29
June, 1810, Mr. Haultain commanded the ship's
launch, and assisted at the capture and destruction
of a convoy of 25 vessels near the town of Groa.
He took part in many other boat operations, and
was employed on so much harassing service that his
health in the end became seriously affected, and he
was in consequence obliged to invalid. His next
appointments were, 3 Sept. 1811, and 23 May, 1812
to the San Josef 110 and Egmont 74, flag-ships of
Sir Chas. Cotton and the late Sir Geo. Hope ; under
the latter of whom he escorted a Russian fleet from
the Baltic to England. Volunteering about June
* Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 1285.
478
HAWES—HAWKE— HAWKER.
1813, to serve with the force employed on the Ger-
man rivers under the command of Capt. Arthur
Farquhar, Mr. Haultain was nominated for that
purpose the Senior officer of a flotilla of 12 gun-
boats ; in discharging the duties of which post he
underwent for several months many very severe
hardships. During that period he frequently came
into close contact with the enemy, but especially on
one occasion in the month of Sept., when he made
a vigorous, although, from unforeseen circura-
.stances, an unsuccessful attack on eight Danish
vessels lying at Busum, a small and intricate har-
bour near the mouth of the Elbe— a service which
procured him the thanks of Capt. Farqaihar. He
afterwards co-operated and displayed great merit
at the reduction of the strong forts of Blexen and
Bremerlehe in the Weser, and of Cuxhaven in the
Elbe ;* besides serving as a volunteer at the head-
quarters of the Crown Prince of Sweden ; and sub-
sequently on shore at the siege of Gliickstadt-t As
a reward for his conduct fin the latter occasion he
was advanced to the rank of Commander 15 June,
1814, and, in 1819, presented with the Swedish gold
medal. The K.H. was conferred on him 1 Jan.
1833, but he was never able to procure further em-
ployment.
Commander Haultain was 'the originator and
compiler of the ' New Navy List' — the editorship
of which, since his decease, has passed into the
hands of the talented Mr. Allen, of Greenwich Hos-
pital. He married, 13 Aug. 1814, Eliza, daughter
of — Saward, Esq., of Thorp Ball, PrittleweU, co.
Essex. Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
HAWES. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 20; h-p., 19.)
Edwakd Hawes entered the Navy, 15 July, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alonzo sloop, Capt. Wm.
Buckley Hunt, fitting at Deptford. In the following
month he removed with the same officer to the
Bhitomart 10, and in that vessel (with the excep-
tion of an attachment of a few months in 1813-14
.to the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dick-
son) he continued to serve, latterly with the present
Capt. Eobt. RiddeU Carre, until Oct. 1816. During
that period Mr. Hawes, who at the early age even
of 13 was intrusted with the charge of a prize, at-
tended as Midshipman the expedition to the Scheldt,
and saw a vast deal of active service on the North
■Sea and Baltic stations. Among the numerous de-
tached operations in which he bore an active and
prominent part, we may enumerate the destruction
of several privateers and gun-vessels, in the Vlie
Passage, in May, 1810 ; the proximate cutting out,
by two of the Britomart's boats, of L Intrepick
privateer of about 8 guns and 40 men, from under
the fire of an enemy's battery, and within sight of
several armed ships ; and the boarding and carry-
ing, off' Heligoland, 17 July, 1812, oiL'Eole, ano-
ther privateer, pierced for 14, but carrying only 6
guns, with a complement of 31 men, which vessel
did not surrender until she had sustained a loss of 2
slain and 7 wounded, and had killed 3 and wounded
10 of the crews belonging to the British boats. In
the summer of 1811 we find Mr. Hawes, while in
the execution of his duty, receiving so severe an
injury in the right eye that its effects have since
nearly deprived him of the sight. For his subse-
quent services, as Master's Mate, at the battle of
Algiers he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
by commission dated 16 Sept. 1816 ; and he was
afterwards appointed — 1 Nov. 1821, to the Andro-
mache frigate, bearing the broad pendants at the
Cape of Good Hope of Commodores Joseph Nourse
and Constantine Richard Moorsom — 6 Oct. 1825, to
the Beagle 10, Capt. Pringle Stokes, attached to
the force in South America, whence he invalided
in Aug. 1826— and 9 March, 1827, as Senior, to the
Weasel 10, Capts. John Burnet Dundas, and Hon.
Wm. Wellesley, on the Mediterranean station.
While under Commodore Moorsom Mr. Hawes was
despatched from the Cape in charge of the York,
a small tender of only 30 tons, for the purpose of
• Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 2437. f V. Gaz. 1814, p. 126.
ascertaining'the fate of a party vrho had gone some
time before to form a settlement on the east coast
of Africa, and who had not since been heard of.
By dint of steady perseverance, and the exercise of
the most seamanlike conduct, he overcame the ob-
stacles offered to his progress by a succession of
south-east gales, accompanied by heavy seas and
strong currents, and contrived, in his mere epitome
of a ship, fully to carry out the object of his mis-
sion— having the good fortune ultimately to find
those of whom he had been sent in quest at Port
Natal, where, owing to the loss of their vessel, they
had been cut off' from all means of communication.
The York then returned to the Cape, which she
reached in safety, long after every hope had dis-
appeared of her having been able to survive the
tempestuous weather she had encountered. The
Andromache was at the time on the eve of sailing
for England, and the vacancy supposed to have
been occasioned by the death of Mr. Hawes had
actually been filled up. On 18 Aug. 1828 our officer
was promoted to the command of the Philomel 10,
in which sloop he served in the Mediterranean
until paid off, 15 June, 1829. From the latter date
he appears to have remained unemployed until 23
April, 1842, when we find him receiving the ap-
pointment of Principal Agent for Transports in
China ; the harassing, and in some cases the deli-
cate duties attached to which office (until the
transport shipping had been all finally disposed of)
he continued to discharge, with a zeal for the ser-
vice, and a degree of activity, prudence, and judg-
ment, that elicited the warmest thanks of bis Com-
mander-in-Chief, Sir Thos. John Cochrane. He re-
turned to England in Sept. 1843, and since 21 May,
1844, has been Superintendent of the Packet" Ser-
vice at Portpatrick, with his name on the books of
the EoTAL Sovereign yacht.
Commander Hawes married, 6 Oct. 1829, Mary
Ann Cornelius, daughter of his old Captain, Wm.
Buckley Hunt, who died in Nov. 1812, by vrfiom he
has issue five children. Agents — HaUett and Ko-
binson.
HA'WKE. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Bladen Edward Hawke, bom 14 March,' 1820,
is second and youngest son of the Hon. Martin
Bladen Edw. Hawke, by Hannah, only daughter of
Thos. Nisbet, Esq., of Mersington ; and first-cousin
of the present Lord Hawke.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Nov. 1833 ; passed
his examination 18 Nov. 1839 ; studied next for
many months at the Koyal Naval College ; and from
the early part of 1842, until promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant, 24 Feb. 1844, served as Mate of the
TnALiA 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, on the East India
station. He then, until the following summer,
officiated as Additional of the Agincourt 72, flag-
ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane ; but has since
been on half-pay.
HAWKER. (Eeab-Admikal of the Eed, 1837.
Edward Hawker is son of Capt. Jas. Hawker,
R.N., who commanded the Hero 74, and was with
the squadron under Commodore Johnstone when
attacked by M. de Suffrein, at Porto Prava, in
1781. •'^
This officer (whose name had been borne since
28 May, 1786, on the books of the Pegasus 28, com-
manded by H. R. H. Prince Wm. Henry, Power-
FOL 74, and Impregnable 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Byard)
successively became Midshipman, in 1793, of the
Pegasus, and of the Swiptsure 74, each commanded
by Capt. Chas. Boyles, imder whom he was nomi-
nated, 14 July, 1796, Lieutenant of the Raison-
nable 64. His other appointments, in the latter
capacity, were— 22 July. 1799, and 2 Oct. 1800, to the
Spitfire sloop, Capt. Michael Seymour, and Gar-
land 28, Capt. Eobt. Honyman, both on the Chan-
nel station— 13 June, 1801, as Senior, to the Thames
32, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, in which frigate,
after witnessing, we believe. Sir Jas. Saumarez' ac-
tion of 12 and 13 July following in the Gut of Gib-
IIAWKER-HAWKEY-HAWKINS.
479
Taltar, and commanding her iDoats at the very spi-
rited capture, 21 Sept. 1801, of a Spanish privateer
called the Sparrow, carrying 2 4-pounders, 2 brass
swivels, and 31 men,* he visited the shores of Egypt
— 30 June, 1803, to the command of the Swifd
cutter, employed off Martinique and Jamaica — and,
22 Aug. in the same yeai, again as First, to the
Bellbbophon 74, Capt. John Loring. He was pro-
moted, on 29 of the latter month, to the command
of the Port Mahon brig, also on the Jamaica sta-
tion, where he was shortly afterwards transferred
to the MiGSONNE. Attaining Post-rank, 6 June,
1804, he joined, on 15 of the following month, the
Theseus 74, bearing the flag of llear-Admiral Jas.
Rich. Dacres ; from which ship, after experiencing
a very dreadful hurricane, he removed, in the next
Dec, to the Tartar 32. In that vessel Capt.
Hawker cruized for nearly two years in the West
Indies and off the coast of America, and captured,
on 9 Jime, 1806 (in company with the Bacchus
cutter), L' Observateur, French national brig, of 18
guns and 104 men. -I* The Tartar being then or-
dered to England, in consequence of the damages
she had sustained in a recent hurricane, he ex-
changed into the Melampus 36 ; in which frigate
we find him, in Jan. 1809, convoying a fleet of trans-
ports from Halifax to Barbadoes; and, on 16 of that
month, capturing Le Colihri, a French brig-of-war
mounting 16 guns, with a complement of 92 men,
having on board 570 barrels of flour and a large
quantity of gunpowder for the relief of St. Do-
mingo.t On 14 of the ensuing Dec. he intercepted
tie Seauhamais, of 16 guns and 109 men, laden with
flour and warlike stores, from Bayonne bound to
Guadeloupe ; § after assisting at the reduction of
which island, and capturing, in company with the
Driver sloop-of-war, La FantSme, French letter-of-
marque, pierced for 20 guns, with a complement of
74 men, he returned to the Halifax station, where
he continued until Jan. 1812. From 6 March, 1813,
to Dec. 1815, he appears to have next commanded
the Bellerophon 74, and Salisbury 58, bearing
each the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats at New-
foundland ; on his passage whither in the former
ship he captured Le Genie French privateer, of 16
guns and 73 men. His last appointments were, 30
April, 1827, and 7 Sept. 1829, to the Britannia and
St. Vincent 120's, flag-ships at Plymouth of the
Earlof Northesk. He went on half-pay 30 April,
1830 ; and attained Flag-rank 10 Jan. 1837.
The Rear- Admiral is married, and has issue.
HAWKER. (Commander, 1846.)
Henbv Samuel Hawker obtained his first com-
mission 6 March, 1838 ; and then joined for a short
period the Pearl 20, Capt. Lord Clarence Edw.
Paget, lying at Sheemess. He was afterwards ap-
pointed— 14 Aug. 1839, to the Edinburgh 72, Capt.
"Wm. Wilmott Henderson, in which ship (besides
commanding her launch and covering in a very ex-
cellent manner a party who had landed for the pur-
pose of destroying a train which had been laid be-
tween the town and one of the castles at Beyrout
containing 200 barrels of gunpowder ||) he witnessed
the fall of St. Jean d.'Acre, 3 Nov. 1840—7 Sept.
1841, to the AiGLE 24, Capt. Lord C. E. Paget, on
the Mediterranean station — and, 11 Deo. 1845, to
the Sampson steam-frigate, Capt. Thos. Henderson,
attached to the force in South America, whence he
came home in the spring of 1846. He was promoted
to his present rank on 9 of the following Nov., and
is now on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Oramanney.
HAWKEY. (LiEnTENANT, 1843.)
Charles Hawkev entered the Navy 31 Aug.
1831; passed his examination 4 June, 1838; and, we
are informed, served as Mate on board the Stkom-
BOLi steam-vessel, Capt. Woodford John Williams,
in the operations of 1840 against Beyrout, Sidon,
* riic Gaz. 1801, p. 1339,
1 V. (jas. ISOa, p. 326.
* Iff-"
t V. Gaz. 1806, p. 362.
<j V. Gaz. 1810, p. 176.
Gaz. 1840, p. 2609.
and Acre. He afterwards rejoined the latter vessel
when she was commanded by Capt. Wm. Louis ;
and, obtaining a commission 20 Nov. 1843, was next
appointed, 27 Dec. following, to the Hegate steam-
sloop, Capt. Jas. Paterson Bower, employed, until
1845, in the execution of various particular services.
He has been successively attached, since 13 April,
1846, to the Retribution steam-frigate, and Ven-
geancb 74, both commanded by Capt. Stephen
Lushington.
Lieut. Hawkey married, 9 June, 1844, the Hon.
Christabella De Moleyns, eldest daughter of Lord
Ventry. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
HAWKINS. (Capt., 1835. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 24.)
Abraham Mills Hawkins, bom at Kingsbridge,
CO. Devon, is second son of Rich. Hawkins, Esq., of
that place, and enumerates amongst his ancestors
the celebrated Sir John Hawkins, who was knighted
for the conspicuous part he had enacted, as Rear-
Admiral, in the defeat of the Spanish Armada ; and
Sir Rich. Hawkins, his son, an oflicer also distin-
guished in the naval annals of those days. Queen
Elizabeth, in consideration of the important ser-
vices rendered to his country by Sir John Hawkins,
granted honourable augmentations to the family
arms, which are still borne by Capt. Hawkins.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 March, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the BABrtBUR 98, Capt. Jas.
Rich. Dacres, employed in the Channel and off Ca^
diz ; and in Jan. 1799 became Midshipman of the
Peince 98, bearing the flag of Sir Roger Curtis,
whom he soon accompanied to the Cape of Good
Hope in the Lancastee 64. He there removed for
a few months in 1800 to the Rattlesnake, Capt.
Roger Curtis, but afterwards rejoined the Lancas-
tee, and continued to serve in that ship until Nov.
1803. He was then transferred to the Tbident 64,
flag-ship of Admiral Rainier on the East India sta-
tion; where, from July, 1804, until his retium to
England towards the close of 1806 in the Woolwich
armee-en-ftute, Capt. Fras. Beaufort, he was further
employed, as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Vic-
tor sloop, Capt. Jas. Johnstone, Sheerness 44,
Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart (under whom he was
wrecked, in a, gale of wind, off Trincomalee, 7 Jan.
1805), Psyche frigate, Capt. Wm. WooMdge, and
Duncan 38, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart. On being
officially promoted, U June, 1807, Mr. Hawkins
was appointed to the Aimable 32, in which frigate,
and the Horatio 38, both commanded by the last-
mentioned officer, he served on the North Sea sta^
tion, principally as First-Lieutenant, until Sept.
1812. While in the former ship he assisted at the
capture, on 3 Feb. 1809, of L'Iris French national
ship, pierced for 32 guns, but mounting only 24,
after a short running-fight in which the latter sus-
tained a loss of 2 men killed and 8 wounded, and
the Aimable (besides being materially damaged in
her masts, spars, sails, and rigging) of 2 wounded ;
and in the course of the following July we find him
earning the thanks of his Captain for his indefati-
gable exertions at the reduction of the batteries of
Cuxhaven and Bremerlehe, and the expulsion of the
enemy from Gessendorf. On 2 Aug. 1812, being
then in the Horatio, he took command of four
boats belonging to that ship, and, in a manner in-
describably gallant, succeeded, at the end of a most
sanguinary combat, in which the assailants suffered
a loss of 9 men killed and 16 wounded, and their
opponents of 10 killed and 13 wounded, in capturing
a Danish schooner and cutter, mounting 10 guns
between them, lying at anchor in a position of ex-
traordinary strength near a village on an arm of
the sea, 35 miles inland, on the coast of Norway.*
He unfortunately, however, received a severe wound
in the right hand while advancing to the attack, and
another in the left arm when in tte act of boarding •
in consideration whereof he was awarded a pension
of 150/., and presented with a gratuity from the Pa-
triotic Society. The valour of his exploit was also
acknowledged by a Commander's commission dated
• Vide Ga/. 181?, p.l7l0.
480
HAWKINS-HAWKSHAW— HAWTAYNE.
on 12 of the following Dec. Capt. Hawkins' subse-
quent appointments were— 18 March, 1814, to the
Conflict sloop, in which vessel he served on the
Home station until Sept. 1815—30 Aug. 1819, to a
five-years' Inspectorship in the Water Guard— and
13 July, 1830, to the Kaleigh 18, fitting for the Me-
diterranean, whence he returned and was paid off 31
May, 1834. He was advanced to his present rank 6
Feb. 1835, but has not since been afloat.
Capt. Hawkins married, in 1819, Mary TVise, only
daughter of Christopher Savery, Esq., of South
EfFord, 00. Devon, and by that lady has issue two
sons, of whom the eldest is an of&cer in the Army.
HAWKINS. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 28.)
Charles Hawkins entered the Navy, 24 Dec.
1797, as A.B., on board the Chapman hired armed
ship, Capt. Robt. Keen, with whom he continued
to serve, principally as Midshipman, in the same
vessel, and in the Spitfire sloop, until April, 1803 ;
being much employed in the former in co-operation
with the King's troops, in the neighbourhood of
Wexford, during the rebellion of 1798. On leaving
the Spitfire he joined the Pickle schooner, of 10
guns and 35 men, Lieut.-Commanders John
Kichards Lapenotiere and Daniel Callaway, in which
vessel he had an opportunity of rendering much as-
sistance to the Magnificent 74, when that ship was
wrecked, near Brest, 25 March, 1804 ; of also par-
ticipating in the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805,
with the despatches announcing the glorious result
of which the Pickle was sent home ; and of par-
ticipating, as Sub-Lieutenant, in the capture, 3 Jan.
1807, of La Favorite privateer, of 14 guns and 70
men. Mr. Hawkins, who on the latter occasion re-
ceived a slight wound, and distinguished himself
by his activity and exertions in boarding and after-
wards getting the prize clear, was for his conduct
made Lieutenant, by commission dated on 7 of the
same month, into the Hombee armed ship, Capt.
John Hill.* He afterwards joined— 26 Nov. 1807,
the Hekcule 74, Capt. Hon. John Colville, off Lis-
bon—8 Nov. 1808, the Nokge 74, Capt. Joh'n Sprat
Bainier, which ship, employed on the same and
Cadiz stations, he left in Aug. 1811—11 Sept. 1812,
the Cordelia 10, Capt. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy,
attached to the force in the Downs— and, 21 July,
1813, the Colossus 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, sta^
tioned in the North Sea, whence he invalided in
Feb. 1814. He assumed command, 12 Aug. 1839,
of the KoMNEY receiving-ship at the Havana ; and
since 9 Oct. 1841 has been in charge of a Semaphore
station.
HAWKINS. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Frank Keene Hawkins served as Midshipman
of the Pique 36, during the operations of 1840 on
the coast of Syria, and was mentioned in the high-
est terms by his Captain, Edw. Boxer ;t passed his
examination 7 July, 1841 ; and served as Mate, on
the Mediterranean and American stations, in the
Queen 1 10, and Formidable 84, flag-ships of Sir
Edw. W. C. K. Owen, Warspite 50, Capt. Provo
AVm. Parry Wallis, and Eagle 50, Capt. Geo. Bo-
hun Martin. He obtained his commission 9 Dec.
1845 ; joined, a few days afterwards, the Gladiator
steam-frigate, Capt. John Eobb, lying at Woolwich ;
and since 8 May, 1846, has been successively em-
ployed with Capt. Woodford John WiUiams in the
Avenger and Amphion steam-frigates, on the Home
station.
HAWKINS. (Commander, 1842.)
Henry C^sar Hawkins, born 19 March, 1809,
is second surviving son of the present Sir John
Cffisar Hawkins, Bart., by Charlotte, eldest daughter
of Wm. Surtees, Esq., of Hedley, co. Northumber-
land. One of his brothers is a Captain in the In-
dian, and three others are officers in the Queen's,
Army.
This officer entered the Navy 2 May, 1822;
passed his examination in 1828 ; was employed on
• Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 34. f ^- Gal. 1840, p. 2001.
shore in Oct. of that year in constructing batteries
and otherwise co-operating with the French army
during the siege of Morea Castle ;* and obtained his
first commission 6 Sept. 1838. Being appointed,
11 April, 1839 (after a short servitude as Additional-
Lieutenant in the Donegal 78, flag-ship at Lisbon
of Sir John Acworth Ommanney), to the Blen-
heim 72, Capts. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse
and Sir Thos. Herbert, he ultimately proceeded to
China, where he went through the whole campaign,
including the storming of Chinghae,t on which oc-
casion he served on shore in command of a party of
seamen. He was in consequence advanced to his
present rank 23 Dec. ] 842,| but has not been since
employed. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
H.'^.WKSHAW. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 12; h-p., 25.)
Hugh Hawkshaw is son of the late Rev. Rich.
Hawkshaw, Rector of Fahan, co. Londonderry.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 24 Dec. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Foutunee 36, Capt.
Henry Vansittart, on the Home station, where he
assisted at the capture, 11 Oct. 1811, of Le Vice-
Amiral Martin, a notorious privateer, of 18 guns
and 140 men, and where he afterwards followed
the same Captain into the Clarence 74. While
next attached, between Sept. 1813 and Feb. 1817,
to the Pactolus 38, and Severn 50, both com-
manded by Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, we find
him accompanying the Duke of Cambridge to Cux-
haven and his late Majesty to the Scheldt, serving
for some time also on the North American station,
and (besides attending an eminently successful
expedition sent in the summer of 1*815 to the Gi-
roude in support of the French king) enacting a
part in the memorable battle of Algiers 27 Aug.
1816. He was subsequently for nearly twelve months
employed on the African and West India stations
in the Semiramis 42, Capts. Sir Jas. Lucas Teo
and Joseph Harrison; after which he successively
joined the Severn 50, Newcastle 60, and Leander
50, commanded on the Home and Bermuda stations
by Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch, Arthur Fanshawe, and
Edw. Chetham. He was promoted, 12 July, 1819,
to a Lieutenancy in the Newcastle, bearing the
flag at the time of Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith,
Commander-in-Chief at Halifax ; but since the
paying off of that ship in 1822 has not been afloat.
Lieut. Hawkshaw, who is an Inspector of the Car-
low Constabulary Force, married Catherine Eliza,
fourth daughter of Robt. Miller, Esq., of Black-
heath Park, CO. Kent.
HAWTAYNE. (Eeak Admirai, of the White,
1841. F-p., 18; h-p., 36.)
Charles Sibthorpe John Hawtayne is second
son of the Rev. Wm. Hawtayne, 34 years Rector
of Elstree, co. Hertford, in the early part of his
life an Ensign in the 3rd Regt. of Foot Guards ;
and brother of the Rev. John Hawtayne, D.D.,
Archdeacon of Bombay.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 July, 1793, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Defence 74, Capt.
Jas. Gambler, of which ship his father was then
Chaplain. In Oct. 1794, after having shared in the
action of 1 June, he accompanied Capt. Gambler
into the Prince George 98, commanded subse-
quently by Capt. Sir John Orde, in the river Med-
way. With the exception of an attachment of a
few months in 1798-9 to the Ze.m,and 64, flag-ship
at the Nore, he next, from April, 1795, until Aug.
1799, served with Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb, on
the Home and West India stations, in the Martin
and Babel sloops, and Aimable and Crescent
frigates. Being made Lieutenant, on 24 of the
latter month, into the EspiSgle sloop, Capts. Jas.
Boorder and Jas. Slade, Mr. Hawtayne attended
the ensuing expedition to Holland. He was after-
wards appointed— U July, 1800, to the Greyhound
32, Capts. Chas. Ogle and Wm. Hoste, on the Me-
diterranean station, where his services under tlie
• riifc Gaz. 1828, p. 2201. + V. Gaz. 1842, p. 396.
J V. Gaz. 1842, p.S821.
HAY.
481
former officer on the coast of Egypt procured him
the Turkish gold medal— and 18 May, 1803, and 26
May, 1804, to the Isis 50, and Culloden 74, flag-
ships at Newfoundland and in the East Indies of
Vice-Admiral Gamhier and Sir Edw. Pellew. In
the early part of 1805, we find him successively no-
minated Acting-Captain of the Doncan frigate,
and Governor, pro tempore, of the Royal Naval Hos-
pital at Madras ; the latter of which posts he re-
signed about Sept. in the same year. On 31 Jan.
1806, Mr. Hawtayne was promoted to the rank of
Commander, and in that capacity he was next ap-
pointed, 6 May, 1807, to the Cepbalus 18^ in which
sloop he conveyed Mr. Gambler, as Consul-General,
to Lisbon, and then proceeded to the Mediterra-
nean. He was posted, at the request of Lord Gam-
bier, on 13 of the following Oct., but he does not
appear to have again gone afloat until March, 1810,
when he succeeded in obtaining an appointment to
the Quebec 32, on the North Sea station, where he
captured the privateers V Imperatrice of 14 guns
and 60 men, ie Renard of 6 guns and 24 men
(taken in company with the Kite sloop), and
L' Olympia, of 10 guns and 78 men. The Quebec
being paid off in Feb. 1812, Capt. Hawtayne next
joined, 15 Jan. 1816, the Scamamdek 42, fitting for
the "West India station. He exchanged, however,
in the ensuing April, into the Flokida 24, and until
placed out of commission in 3>ec. 1818, was chiefly
employed in superintending the Revenue-cruisers
in the North Sea. This was his last service afloat.
He attained Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841.
The Kear-Admiral married, first, Elizabeth, se-
cond daughter of the late Geo. Griffin Stonestreet,
Esq., of Clapham, High Sheriff' for co. Surrey, in
1800; and secondly, in Feb. 1820, Anne, sister of
the present Rear-Admiral Henry Hope, C.B. He
was again left a widower in 1825.
HAY. (Captain, 1846.)
George James Hay is second son of the late
Lieut.-General Hay, Lieut.-Governor of Edinburgh
Castle.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thames 32, Capt. Bridges
■Watkinson Taylor, with whom, and with Capt. Ed-
wards Lloyd Graham, he continued to serve, in the
same ship and the ApoiiLO 38, on the West India
and Mediterranean stations, principally as Midship-
man, until July, 1814. He assisted, in the latter
vessel, in capturing, 13 April, 1812, the French fri-
gate-built store-ship Merinos^ of 20 guns and 26
men, under the batteries of Corsica, and, on 20 of
the following Sept., the ;National xebec Ulyase, of 6
guns. Participating also in nearly every one of the
numerous affairs in which the Apollo's boats were
engaged when in the Adriatic, he was in conse-
quence present at the reduction of the islands of
Augusta and Curzola 29 Jan. and 3 Feb. 1813 ; the
capture, on 11 April, of the Devil's Island, near the
north entrance of Corfu; and the cutting-out, 13
days later, after a body of the enemy's troops had
been defeated, of a felucca from under the batteries
of St. Cataldo. On 6 July, 1815, while next serv-
ing on board the Eukotas 38, Capts. Jas. LiUicrap
and liobt. Bloye, Mr. Hay was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant. Being appointed, on 7 of the
following Nov., to the Alceste 38, Capt. Murray
Maxwell, he sailed in that ship with Lord Amherst
for China, and continued in her until wrecked, in
the Straits of Gaspar, on her passage home, 18 Feb.
1817, soon after the occurrence of which disaster
he appears to have acquired honourable mention
for his gallant conduct in pursuing with a single
boat, and capturing, a Malay proa, whose crew de-
fended themselves with so much desperation, that
the vessel went down as soon as she had been taken.
Mr. Hay's succeeding appointments were— 24 AprU,
1819, to the Menai 26, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, by
whom his exertions on proceeding to the coast of
Africa were often noticed, particularly when in
command of the Wizard tender, and once when
cutting-out in the boats the piratical slaver Industry
from under the batteries of Zanzibar— 10 Dec. 1823,
to the Maidstone 42, bearing the broad pendant
of Commodore Chas. Bullen, also on the African
station, whence, although on the Admiralty List
for promotion, his health obliged him to invalid —
and, 4 Dec. 1827, to the command of the Meteor
steam-vessel. He obtained a second promotal com-
mission 18 Sept. 1828, but did not again go afloat
until 14 Dec. 1844, when he obtained command of
the Racehorse 18, and sailed for the East Indies.
In Dec. 1845, being at the time at New Zealand, he
landed in command of a detachment of seamen and
marines, and on the 11th of the following month,
after having participated for three weeks in a series
of the most trying operations (more fully alluded
to in our memoir of Capt. Chas. Graham), during
which his zeal and exertions were very conspicuous,
stormed and carried, notwithstanding a desperate
resistance of four hours, a strongly fortified pah,
belonging to a rebel chieftain, named Kawiti.'* -He
was in consequence advanced to his present rank by
commission bearing date the day of the action, 11
Jan. 1846, and nominated a C.B. 27 July following.
He is now on half-pay.
Capt. Hay married, 24 June, 1830, Georgiana
Middleton, fourth daughter of Sir John R. White-
ford. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
HAY. (Captain,, 1819. f-p., 16; h-p., 32.)
James Hay is son of the late Jas. Hay, Esq., of
Belton; great-grandson of John, first Marquess of
Tweeddale ; and a distant relative of the present
Lord John Hay, Capt. ILN.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Anson 44, Capt. Philip
Chas. Durham, on the Home station, where, until
Nov. 1804, he further served with the same Captain,
as Midshipman, in the Endymion 40, and with
Capts. Jas. Athol Wood and Jas. Oswald in the
Acasta 40. He then rejoined Capt. Durham in
the Defiance 74, and on 1 March, 1806, after hav-
ing participated in that ship in Sir Robt. Calder's
action, and in the battle of Trafalgar, was promoted
to a Lieutenancy in the Electra 18, Capt. Geo.
Barne Trollope, on the Leith station. Being next
appointed, 11 May, 1807, to the Amaranthe 18,
Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, he proceeded to the
West Indies, where, on 13 Dec. 1808, he took com-
mand of the boats of a small squadron, and much
distinguished himself by the gallant manner in
which, although under a heavy fire 'from the enemy's
batteries and troops on the beach, he boarded and car-
ried the French 18-gun brig Le Cigne, lyiftg aground
to the northward of St. Pierre's, Martinique.! On
the subjugation of the latter island, during the
operations connected with which he acted as Com-
mander of the Amaranthe, in consequence of Capt.
Brenton's absence on shore, Mr. Hay became Sig-
nal-Lieutenant to the present Sir Geo. Cockburn in
the Belleisle 74, and immediately returned to
England. On again proceeding to the West Indies,
in the Racoon, he joined the Glommbn sloop, Capt.
Chas. Pickford, under whom he continued until
wrecked, and saved by the Gloire frigate, in Car-
lisle Bay, Barbadoes, in N ov. 1809. He was nomi-
nated, on 29 of the following Dec, to the Acting
command of the Papillon 16, and in that vessel
(being confirmed to her by commission dated 2 May,
1810) we find him uninterruptedly employed, on
the West India, Cadiz, and Lisbon stations, until
24 April, 1815. He attained his present rank 12
Aug. 1819, and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Hay is a Lieutenant of Yeomanry Cavalry,
and Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Haddington. He is
married and has issue three sons and one daughter.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
HAY. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 14.)
James Beckfokd Lewis Hay, bom 25 Nov. 1797
is son of Capt. John Baker Hay, R.N. (1798) who
fought under Lord Rodney in his various actions,
* Vide Gaz. 1846, pp. 2346, 2348.
t V. Gaz. 1809, p. 146.
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482
HAY.
and was Midshipman of his flag-ship in the battle
of 12 April, 1782 ; who was afterwards present as a
Lieutenant in the actions of 29 May, and 1 June,
1794, and in the mutiny at the Nore in 1797 ; and
who ultimately died while commanding the Queen
Chaklotte, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Jas.
Hawkins Whitshed, 13 May, 1823, in his 63rd year.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Poissant 74, Capt. John
Irwin, lying at Spithead. From the following June
until June, 1814, we find his name successively borne
on the books of the Clyde 38, Inconstant 36, and
Cornwall 74, all commanded, principally on the
Home station, by Sir Edw. Wm. CampbeU Kich
Owen, by whom, during four months in the winter
of 1813-14, he was employed on shore with the army
at South Beveland, -where, on one occasion, six
French brigs were driven aground by a battery
mounting only one 18-pounder. "While next cruiz-
ing in the Esk 20, Capt. Geo. Gustavus Lennock,
Mr. Hay participated in the capture of the Sine
qva jion American privateer, and in a smart action,
ofi' Teneriffe, with two other American vessels, the
Grampus and Terpsichore. In Oct. 1815 he removed
to the Bulwark 74, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir
Chas. Rowley ; and on his being subsequently trans-
ferred to the QoEEN Chaklotte 100, bearing the
flag of Lord Exmouth, he assisted, as a passed Mid-
shipman, at the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug.
1816 ; after which event he served for a short period
in the Prometheus sloop, Capt. Wm. Bateman
Dashwood, and for two years as Master's Mate in
the Conqueror 74, flag-ship at the Cape of Good
Hope of Rear- Admiral Robt. Plampin. Being con-
firmed a Lieutenant 10 April, 1819, in the Tees 26,
Capt. Geo. Rennie, Mr. Hay, who continued to serve
in that vessel on the station last-mentioned until
Aug. 1821, was further, until April, 1831, employed,
at home and in the West and East Indies, on board
the Ramillies 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, GLOnoESTER
74, Commodore Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, Tyne 28,
Capt. John Walter Roberts, Gloucester again,
Arachne 18, Capt. Wm. Robt. Ashley Pettman
(in which sloop he served as First-Lieutenant from
Nov. 1826 until Jan. 1828), Monkey and Nimble
schooners, commanded by himself, and Southamp-
ton 52, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen,
under whom he ofiiciated as Signal-Lieutenant for
upwards of two years. When First of the Tyne,
of which ship he acted for some time as Captain,
Mr. Hay, in 182.3, was recommended by his patron
Sir E. Owen, to the Admiralty for his conduct dur-
ing a successful expedition against the pirates of
Cuba. The same officer ultimately, in April, 1831,
appointed him to the command of the Cruiser 18,
and, in the course of the following month, of his
own flag-ship, the Southampton, to which the Ad-
miralty confirmed him by commission dated 14 Oct.
1832. He went on half-pay in Jan. 1833, and on
23 Nov. 1841, a few weeks after his rejunction of
his friend in the Queen 110, was advanced to the
rank he now holds. He has not been since afloat.
Capt. Hay married, 14 Dec. 1842, Clotilda Hen-
rietta, second daughter of Rear- Admiral Edw. Wallis
Hoare, K.N.
HAY, LoBD, C.B., G.C.C. (Captain, 1818.
F-P., 23 ; H-P., 20.)
The Right Honourable Lord John Hay, born
1 April, 1793, is third son of Geo., seventh Marquess
of Tweeddale, by Lady Hannah Charlotte Mait-
land, daughter of Jas., seventh Earl of Lauderdale.
His eldest brother, the present Marquess of Tweed-
dale, K.T., a Major-General in the Army, and Lord-
Lieutenant of CO. Haddington, served as Aide-de-
camp to the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular
War, and was wounded in that capacity at the
battle of Busaoo, 27 Sept. 1810. Two other of his
brothers, Lords Jas. and Edw. Geo. Hay, are offi-
cers of high rank in the Army. His Lordship, who
is a distant relative of the present Capt. Jas. Hay,
R.N., is brother-in-law of John Henry Ley, Esq.,
Clerk to the House of Commons ; and of Sir John
Cam Hobhonse, Bart., President of the Board of
Control.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Dec. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monarch 74, Capt. John
Clarke Searle, bearing the flag in the Downs of
Lord Keith, whom he followed, in Aug. 1805, into
the Edgar 74. After a further servitude on the
Home station in the Egyptienne frigate, and Re-
venge 74, both commanded by Hon. Chas. Elphin-
stone Fleeming, Phoebe 36, Capt. Jas. Oswald, and
Puissant 74, Capt. John Irwin, he joined, in Dec.
1806, the Seahorse, of 42 guns and 281 men, Capt.
John Stewart, attached to the force in the Medi-
terranean, where he continued until June, 1811.
During that period Lord John Hay, besides being
in attendance on various diplomatic personages,
bore an ample part in many gallant operations
against the enemy. Among other services, he was
employed in the boats, and lost his left arm at the
cutting out of some vessels in Hieres Bay ; and on
the night of 5 July, 1808, he contributed to the
capture, after a memorably furious engagement,
and a loss to the Seahorse (30 of whose crew were
absent) of 5 men killed and 10 wounded, of the
Turkish man-of-war Sadere Zc^er, mounting 52
guns, with a complement of 543 men, of whom 170
were slain and 200 wounded. The Alis Fezan, ojf
26 guns and 230 men, a ship which had been also
opposed to the Seahorse, was at the same time put
to flight. Obtaining a commission 1 May, 1812,
Lord John Hay was next appointed, 1 June follow-
ing, and 31 May, 1814, to the Pique 36, Capt. Hon.
Anthony Maitland, and Venerable 74, bearing
the flag of the late Sir Philip Durham, both on the
West India station. On 15 Nov. in the latter year,
having been advanced to the rank of Commander on
15 of the previous June, his Lordship joined the
Bustard 10, off Lisbon, and he next, in the course
of 1815, obtained command of the Opossum 10, in
which sloop he served on the Channel and North
American stations until paid ofi' 5 Aug. 1818. He
attained Post-rank 7 Dec. following, and was subse-
quently appointed, 24 Sept. 1832, 19 Nov. 1836, and
8 March, 1837, to the Castor 36, Phcenix steamer,
and North Star 28, which vessels he commanded
until 1840. He had charge of a battalion of marines,
during that period, and acted as Commodore of a
small squadron on the north coast of Spain, where
the importance of his services as connected with
the civil war, especially at the siege of Bilbao, pro-
cured him, in 1837, the Grand Cross of the Order
of Charles III., and the Companionship of the Bath.
Lord John Hay, who next, from 17 Aug. 1841 until
Oct. 1843, commanded the Warspite 50, on the
coast of North America (whither he conveyed Lord
Ashburton) and in the West Indies, was succes-
sively appointed in 1846, Acting-Superintendent of
Woolwich Dockyard, Chairman of the Board of
Naval Construction, and a Lord of the Admiralty
— which latter office he still retains.
His Lordship, a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Had-
dington, sat in Parliament for that shire in 1826 and
30. In 1833, he received a large silver medal from the
"Society for the Encouragement of Arts," &c., for
his invention of a telescope-holder for the use of a
person with only one hand. Agents— Messrs. Stil-
well.
HAY. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 8.)
John Hay, born 23 March, 1804, is second son,
we believe, of Jas. Hay, Esq., of Seggieden, co.
Perth, and of Killicranky Cottage, in the pass of
Killicranky, a Deputy-Lieutenant for that shire, by
Margaret, daughter of John Richardson, Esq., of
Pitfour. One of his brothers, Jas. Richardson, is a
Captain in the Army; and another, Patrick, is a
Lieutenant in the Bengal Native Infantry.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
Jan. 1817, and embarked 12 Oct. 1819, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Phj:eton 46, Capts. Wm. Henry
Dillon and Sir Wm. Augustus Montagu, of which
frigate, employed on the Home and Halifax stations,
he soon became Midshipman. On his removal, in
1822, to the Redwing 18, Capt. Hon. Gfeo. RoUe
HAY.
483
Walpole Trefusis, we find him sharing in the boats
of that sloop in an expedition against the pirates in
the West Indies, and compelled, during a period of
eight days, to subsist on the provisions of two. He
afterwards served for about four years in South
America, latterly as Mate, on board the Mersey 26,
Capt. John Maopherson Ferguson, Jasedr 18, Capt.
Thos. Martin, and Cambridge 80, Capt. Thos. Jas.
Maling ; and he next, in 1827-8, joined the Prince
Kegent 120, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Kobt.
Moorsom, Martial 14, commanded on the coast
of Scotland by Lieut. Kobt. M'Kirdy, and Blonde
46, Capt. Edm. Lyons ; under whom, towards the
close of 1828, he was employed on shore in con-
structing batteries, and otherwise co-operating with
the French army during the siege of Morea Castle.*
Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 12 Nov. 1829, Mr.
Hay, until June, 1831, served in that capacity on
board the Meteor bomb, Capt. David Hope, Bri-
tannia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Pulteney Mal-
colm, and Samarang 28, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe
Martin. His next appointment was, 27 March, 1837,
to the Talavera 74, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends,
stationed, as were the three ships last-mentioned,
in the Mediterranean; on his return whence he
became, 4 Jan. 1840, First-Lieutenant of the Py-
LADES 18, Capt. Talavera Vernon Anson. Proceed-
ing in that vessel to China, he there commanded
her boats, 29 July, 1840, in a severe action with
three piratical junks, one of which he succeeded in
capturing after a loss of 2 men killed and 8 wounded.
With the exception of the attack on the forts at
the Boca Tigris, Mr. Hay afterwards shared, and
was particularly recommended for the ability he
displayed in all the operations which led to the first
and second capture of the city of Canton ;t and on
one occasion he rendered himself particularly con-
spicuous by his exertions at night in cutting through
a raft which had been moored across the river, and
had efiectually obstructed the passage of the ship-
ping. He was advanced to his present rank by
commission dated 6 May, 1841 ; and since 15 May,
1844 (some months previously to which period he
had been admitted a student at the Boyal Naval
College), has been in command of the Prometheus
steam-sloop, on the coast of ^Africa. Agents —
Messrs. Halford and Co.
HAY. (LlEOTENANT, 1814. F-p., 9 ; H-p., 32.)
John Hay (a) is second son of the late John Hay,
Esq., of Morton, by Jane, daughter of Provost
Wyllie, of Glasgow.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Dec. 1806, as
L. M., on board the Texel 64, Capt. Donald Camp-
bell, bearing the flag at Leith of Bear- Admiral Jas.
Vashon. On his removal, as Midshipman, in 1807,
to the Dictator 64, also commanded by Capt.
Campbell, he attended the expedition of that year
to Copenhagen j after which we find him, while
stationed in the Great Belt, sharing, 26 June, 1808,
in an action with several Danish gun-boats, whose
flre killed 1 and wounded 2 of the Dictator's
people. In Aug. 1809, having followed the same
Captain into the Audacious 74, Mr. Hay assisted,
as Master's Mate, at the bombardment of Flushing.
On the evacuation of the Waloheren he returned to
England in one of the prizes, but he subsequently
rejoined the Audacious, and, proceeding off the
Tagus, was sent up that river with a flotilla, com-
manded by the present Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitz-
hardinge Berkeley, for the purpose of co-operating
with the troops occupying the lines of Torres Ve-
dras. Between Nov. 1811 and the date of his pro-
motion to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 July, 1814, he
further served, on the North Sea and Mediterranean
stations, in the Warrior and Kivoli 74's, Capts.
Hon. Geo. Byng and Graham Eden Hamond. With
the exception of an attachment, from 8 Oct. 1823
until June, 1824, to the Prince Regent 120, flag-
ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell at the Nore, he has not
been since afloat.
Lieut. Hay married, 1 June, 1824, his cousin,
• Fide Gil. 1828, p. 2201.
+ r. Gai. 1841, pp. 1503, 1606, 2605, 2510.
Marion, eldest daughter of the late David Carrick
Buchanan, Esq., of Drumpilear, Lancashire, by
whom he has issue.
HAY. (LlEDTENANT, 18.32. F-p., 26 ; H-P., 9.)
John Hay (i), born 22 March, 1802, is brother of
Lieut. Wm. Hay, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 April, 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Union 98, Capt. Sam.
Hood Linzee and Kobt. RoUes, in which ship he
served at the blockade of Toulon and the reduction
of Genoa. In Aug. 1815, after having been em-
ployed for a period of 12 months on the coasts of
Ireland and France in the Scylla 18, Capt. Allen,
and PiKEBE 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, he was nomi-
nated Midshipman of the Podahgus 14, Capt. Jas.
WalUs, under whom he further served, at the Cape
of Good Hope, latterly in the Racoon 26, until Dec.
1818. In July, 1820, we next find him joining the
Pigmy schooner, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Hills, in
which vessel he cruized for three years with much
success against the smugglers of the Channel, the
greater part of the time as a passed Midshipman.
He then, in Aug. 1820, became attached to the Su-
perb 74, Capt. Adam Mackenzie, in whose tender,
the Lyra 10, he was for many months employed ;
and he subsequently, from March, 1825, until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 April, 1832, offi-
ciated as Chief Mate of the Rose, Dolphin, and
Harpy Revenue-cutters, Lieut.-Commanders 'Thos.
Strong, Jas. Giffard, John Roche, and Sam. Grandy.
Mr. Hay's commission was presented to him at the
especial recommendation of the Board of Customs,
for the daring conduct he had evinced in the pre-
vious October, in taking a hawser on board H.M.
steamer Echo, and thereby enabling that vessel to
be hove off from a perilous position under the Hoe
at Plymouth, where she had been driven on shore
in the night during a violent gale. His last appoint-
ments were— 10 Oct. 1832, to the Coast Guard, in
which service he continued until 1838 — and, 5 Nov.
1840, to the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen
Pell and Robt. Smart, flag-ship for some time of Sir
Fras. Mason, on the Mediterranean station. He
has been on half-pay since March, 1843.
Lieut. Hay married, 26 Aug. 1824, Miss Mary
James Lawrence, and by that lady has issue three
children.
HAY. (Captain, 1842.)
John Baker Porter Hay entered the Navy, 28
Dec. 1811; and, obtaining his first commission 24
April, 1824, was afterwards appomted Lieutenant —
12 March, 1827, of the Romney 50, ari'ne'e en flute,
Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, which ship was paid off 12
Oct. following— in 1828, of the Wasp 18, Capts.
Rich. Dickinson, Hon. Wm. Wellesley, Thos. Edwd.
Hoste, Orlando Geo. Sutton Gunning, and Bruns-
wick Popham, on the Mediterranean station, whence
he invalided 15 June, 1831 — 4 May, 1836, of the
CoRNWALLis 74, Capts. Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing,
Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, and Sir Rich. Grant,'
stationed at first off Lisbon, but afterwards em-
ployed as flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, Com-
mander-in-Chief in North America and the West
Indies. On the death of the totter officer, Mr. Hay,
who for upwards of three years had officiated as
First of the Cornwallis, was advanced to the
command, by commission dated 30 Jan. 1839, of the
Snake 16, which sloop he brought home and paid
off towards the close of the same year. His last
appointment was, 26 Nov. 1841, to the Second-Cap-
taincy of the Queen 110, fitting for the flag of Sir
Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; in honour of Her Majesty's
visit to which ship, when lying at Spithead, and on
the eve of her departure for the Mediterranean, he
was advanced to his present rank 7 March 1842.
Agents — Case and Loudonsack. '
HAY. (Commander, 1846.)
John Charles Dalrymple Hay served as Mid-
shipman of the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart
during the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria'
where, previously to assisting at the bombardment
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484
HAY— HAYCOCK— HAYDON.
of St. Jean d'Acre, he commanded a boat, and was
officially reported as deserving of every credit for
his spirited conduct in the attack on Tortosa.*
Passing his examination 17 Feb. 1841, he subse-
quently, until hjs attainment of the rank of Lieu-
tenant, 15 Aug. 1844, officiated as Mate, on the
Mediterranean and East India stations, of the same
ship, and of the AaiNconRT 72, bearing the flag of
Sir Thos. John Cochrane, and Spitefdi. steam-sloop,
Capt. "Wm. Maitland. His succeeding appointments
were — 12 Nov. 1344, again to the Agincodrt, as
Flag-Lieutenant— and, 1 March, 1846, to the Yestal
26, Capt. Chas. Talbot, also in the East Indies. He
attained his present rank on 28 Aug. in the latter
year.
HAY. (Captain, 1833. f-p., 16; h-p., 26.)
Patrick Ddff Henry Hat entered the Navy, 16
June, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Roebuck
44, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, on the Leith station ; and,
in the early part of 1806, became attached, in the
North Sea and at Halifax, to the Majestic 74, bear-
ing the flag of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara
Kussell, and Milan 38, Capt. Sir Kobt. Laurie j in
which frigate he attained the rating of Midship-
man, 2 July, 1808, and continued to serve until
Sept. 1810. In Deo. of the latter year he joined
the Barfleor 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield
Berkeley on the Lisbon station, whence, in June,
1812, he returned to England as Acting-Liejitenant
of the Regdlos, vrmie en flute, Capt. John Tailour.
Being eonflrmed on 31 of the next month, Mr. Hay,
towards the close of 1812, was appointed a Lieute-
nant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Master-
man Hardy, under whom, on proceeding to North
America, he served at the blockade of New London,
the capture of the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay,
and the bombardment of Stonington. As a Com-
mander, a rank he attained 31 Aug. 1815, Capt.
Hay appears to have joined — 10 Nov. 1820, and 3
Dec. 1821, the Redpole and Medina sloops, both
on the Mediterranean station— and, 6 March, 1828,
the Pylades 18, which vessel he paid off 21 May,
1831. He attained the rank he now holds 15 Nov.
1833, but has not since been employed. Agents —
Case and Loudonsack.
HAY. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 22 ; H-p., 24,)
Peter Hay entered the Navy, about April, 1801 ,
as A. B., on board the Cambridge 74, Capt. Rich.
Lane, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Sir Thos.
Pasley. In Oct. following he became Midshipman
of the Centaur 74, Capt. Bendall Robt. Littlehales,
stationed in the Channel ; where, in April, 1803,
after an unemployed interval of 12 months, he
joined the Spitfire sloop, Capt. Robt. Keen. While
next attached, between June in the latter year and
Nov. 1812, to the Foudroyant 80, successive flag-
ship, on the Home, Lisbon, and Brazilian stations,
of Admirals Sir Thos. Graves, Sir John Borlase
"Warren, Albemarle Bertie, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith,
and Hon. Mich. De Courcy, we find Mr. Hay, wh6
during a great portion of the period bore the rating of
a Master's Mate, assisting at the capture, 13 March,
1806, of the JUarenc/o ^0, bearing the flag of Admiral
Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Pcmle ; and next, in
1807, witnessing the departure for South America of
the Royal Family of Portugal. He subsequently, from
Dec. 1812 until within a few weeks of his promotion
to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 20 Sept.
1815, served under Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on the Ca-
nadian lakes, and participated in many acts of hos-
tility with the American enemy. His after-ap-
pointments were — 2 March, 1827, to the Coast
Blockade, in which service he remained, with his
name on the books of the Ramihies and Talavera
74's, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot, until
Noy. 1830— and, 1 Nov. 1833, to an Agency for
Transports afloat. He resigned the duties of the
latter office in the spring of 1834, but, resuming
them in Oct. 1835, continued in discharge of them
until the close of 1839. He has since been on half-
pay.
• Vide Gaz. 184U, p. 2607.
HAY. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 23; h-p., 12.)
Robert Sinclair Hay is second son of Robt.
Hay, Esq., of Charterfield, East Lothian, N.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pique 36, Capt. Hon.
Anth. Maitland, and sailed for the West Indies,
where, we believe, he attained the rating of Mid-
shipman 20 Dec. 1813, and served until Aug. 1815.
From 1816 until 1818 we next find him employed,
in the Mediterranean, on board the Satellite 16,
Capt. Jas. Murray, and Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon.
Anth. Maitland. In Ma,y, 1820, he became Master's
Mate of the Bochfort 74, flag-ship on the same
station of Sir Graham Moore. He was promoted, 4
Oct. 1823, to a Lieutenancy in the Cambrian 48,
Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, and he subsequently,
in the course of the same month, and on 6 Sept. 1825,
joined the Rose 18, Capt. Henry Dundas, and Tal-
bot 28, Capt, Hon. Fred. Spencer. Being Senior of
the last-mentioned ship at the battle of Navarin,
where he was slightly wounded,* Mr. Hay was ad-
vanced to the rank of Commander, by commission
dated 22 Oct. 1827. He afterwards, from 28 March,
1832, until 1835, and again from 24 June, 1836, until
1839, officiated as an Inspecting Commander in the
Coast Guard ; in which capacity he has been re-em-
ployed since 29 Dec. 1841.
Commander Hay married, in Jan. 1831, Jane,
eldest daughter of Andw. Knox, Esq., of Prehen,
CO. Derry.
HAY. (Lieutenant, 1830,)
William Hay is brother of Lieut. John Hay (V),
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 2 Nov. 1809 ; passed
his examination in 1817 ; and was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 22 July, 1830. His appoint-
ments have since been — 22 July, 1831, to the Coast
Guard, which he left in 1834, and rejoined 26 April,
1837—16 Jan. 1841, as First, to the Pelican 16,
Capt. Chas. John Elers Napier, fitting at Ports-
mouth— 16 Aug. 1841, again to the Coast Guard —
and, 2 July, 1844, to the command of the Lively
Revenue-cutter, in which he is still serving.
HAYCOCK. (LiEDT., 1813. P-P,. 10; H-p„ 31.)
Charles Haycock entered the Navy, 18 May,
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diligence sloop,
stationed in the North Sea ; served next, from May,
1807, until April, 1811, chiefly as Midshipman, in
the Cossack 24, commanded in the Great Belt, off
the north coast of Spain, and in the Mediterranean,
by Capts. Geo. Digby and Thos. Garth ; rejoined
Capt. Digby, then, in the Lavikia frigate, on the
latter station ; and, after having acted for 11 months
as Lieutenant of the Onyx 10, Capts. Philips, Squire,
Cobb, and Julian, and for a short time also in com-
mand of the Vesta schooner, off Cadiz and Lisbon,
was confirmed, 6 Dec. 1813, into the San Juan,
flag-ship at Gibraltar of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood
Linzee. He was lastly, from 22 June, 1814, until 4
Dec. 1815, employed in the Mediterranean, on board
the VoLONTAiRE 38, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave.
HAYDON. (LiEDT., 1810. F-p, 17; H-p., 27,)
Charles Haydon was born 30 June, 1793, "at
Shute House, near Axminster, Devon, the seat of
Sir John Wm. Pole, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Oct. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Northumberland 74,
Capt., afterwards Rear-Admiral, Hon. Alex. Inglis
Cochrane, with whom he was for several months
employed in watching a French squadron in the
port of Ferrol. He then accompanied the same
officer to the West Indies, where, in 1805, he joined
Lord Nelson in his celebrated pursuit of the com-
bined fleets. Removing, in Sept. of the latter year,
to the Ramillies 74, Capt. Eras. Pickmoro, he wit-
nessed, as Midshipman of that ship, the capture, 13
March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of
Admttal Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Pcmle;
after which, on being transferred, in 1807, to the
* Vide Gaz. 1827, p. 2320.
HA.YDON.
485
Epervier brig, Capta. John Bowker and Thoa.
Tudor Tucker, he saw a good deal of boat-service,
and assisted at the reduction of the islands of
St. Thomas and Ste. Croix. "While next employed
with Capt. Tucker, as Master's Mate and Acting-
Lieutenant, from Nov. 1808 to Sept. 1809, in the
Cherdb 18, Mr. Haydon, besides contributing to
the cutting-out of an American sloop protected by
a very heavy fire from the enemy's batteries at
Martinique, and participating in the destruction of
one of those means of defence, served on shore at
the capture of the above island, and was present in
the Cherub's yawl in a frustrated attempt made,
in May, 1809, to annihilate the French frigates Fvr
rieuse and Fe'Ucite, lying in Basseterre, Guadeloupe.
On leaving the Cherub, our officer, whose conduct
in that sloop had been marked by a very conspi-
cuous degree of gallantry, zeal, and energy, became
successively Master's Mate of the Neptune 98, and
PoMPEE 74, bearing each the flag of his old Com-
mander, Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, under whom,
previously to sharing in the operations which led to
the surrender of Guadeloupe, he beheld the de-
struction, 18 Deo. 1809, of the 40-gun frigates Loire
and Seine, laden with stores and provisions, moored
in Ance la Barque, and defended by numerous bat-
teries. Being ultimately obliged, from the im-
paired state of his health, to return to England in
the CoRiBUX sloop, Capt. Colin Campbell, Mr. Hay-
don had the satisfaction, on his arrival, of being
presented, as a reward for his services, with a com-
mission bearing date 28 Deo. 1810. He almost im-
mediately afterwards sailed, in the Stately 64,
Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, for Cadiz, where,
with a view to, assisting in its defence, he joined
the flotilla, and was for nearly two years incessantly
employed in a gun-boat. During that period, one
of more than ordinary fatigue and excitement, he
frequently landed for the purpose of storming the
enemy's batteries, under whose immediate fire he
appears to have been not less than 16 times per-
sonally in action. For many days at a time he was
compelled to subsist upon raw salt meat ; and, al-
though an extraneous fact, it may not be uninter-
esting to add^that he was instrumental to the em-
barkation of the mortar which now stands, an object
of curiosity, in St. James' Park. Proceeding, in
Dec. 1812, to the Mediterranean, in the Barfleuh
98, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, Mr. Haydon was there
successively appointed, in the course of 1813, to the
Tremendous 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, Prince of
Wales 98, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, and Gua-
deloupe 16, Capts. Arthur Stow, Chas. Hole, and
Chas. Pengelly ; which latter vessel, after having
served as her First-Lieutenant at the reduction of
Genoa and its dependencies, he left in Aug. 1S14.
His subsequent appointments were — 26 June, 1815,
to the Cephalus 18, Capt. John Furneaux, under
whom, during the war of 100 days, he was em-
ployed in co-operation with the Royalists, on the
coast of France and up the Gironde — 6 Nov. 1815,
to the Ramillies 74, flag-ship at Leith of Sir Wm.
Johnstone Hope— and, 5 June, 1818, to the Carron
20, commanded by his former Captain, J. Furneaux,
at whose especial request, it appears, he was se-
lected to fill the office of First-Lieutenant. He
proceeded in the latter vessel to the East Indies,
escorting eti route Sir Ralph Darling, Governor of
the Mauritius, and continued to serve on that sta-
tion until wrecked, in the Bay of Bengal, and with
difficulty saved, 6 July, 1820. He then, after en-
countering many perils, Inflictive of serious injury
to his health, returned to England, and has since
been on half-pay.
Lieut. Haydon has for many years resided at
Axminster, and the.re discharged, with credit, the
various duties of Churchwarden, Overseer, Col-
lector of Taxes, Assessor, Guardian, &c. He mar-
ried, 12 March, 1822, Miss Sarah Lincoln, of Crin
Chard, Chard, co. Somerset, and by that lady has
issue two sons and three daughters. Aoents —
Messrs. Chard.
H.A.YDON. CLiEtJT,, 1807. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 34.)
George Haydon is brother of Capt. Wm. Hay-
don, R.N.
This ofiloer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1800, as a
Boy, on board the Royal George 100, Capt. Wm.
Domett, stationed in the Channel. In Feb. 1801
he became Midshipman of the Belleisle 74, com-
manded by the latter officer, and subsequently by
Capts. Chas. Boyles, John Whitby, and Wm. Har-
good ; under the latter of whom, on proceeding to
the Mediterranean, he fought at Trafalgar, 21 Oct.
1805. On 9 June, 1807, after having been for 18
months employed on the coasts of Ireland and of the
north of Spain on board the Amethyst 36, and
Warrior 74, both commanded by Capt. John Wm.
Spranger, Mr. Haydon was promoted to a Lieute-
nancy in the Rosamond sloop, Capt. Jas. Whitley
Deans, and Benj. Walker, on the North Sea station.
His last appointment was, 1 Feb. 1808, to the Me-
dusa 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie,
in which frigate, besides assisting at the capture of
three heavy privateers, he experienced great hard-
ships during a fruitless pursuit of two French fri-
gates to the coast of Labrador, and was actively
employed in 1812 in co-operation with the patriots
on the north coast of Spain. He left the Medusa
30 May, 1813.
HAYDON. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 38.)
William Haydon is brother of Lieut. Geo.
Haydon, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1793, as
Admiral's Servant, on board the Royal George
100, Capt. Wm. Domett, bearing the flag on the
Channel of the late Lord Bridport ; and, from the
following Sept. until his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant 26 Sept. 1799, was successively em-
ployed on the Home station in the Niger, Latona,
and Cambrian frigates, all commanded by Capt.
Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge ; under whom, in the
Niger, one of Vice- Admiral Graves' repeaters, he
officiated as Signal-Midshipman in the action of
1 June, 1794. Until he invalided in Nov. 1801, Mr.
Haydon next served on the Irish and West India
stations in the Hazard 18, and Cerberus 32, Capts.
Wm. Butterfleld and Jaa. Macnamara. He waa
subsequently, on 4 April, 1803, appointed First of
the Mercury 28, in which frigate, and in L' Aimable
32, and Medusa, of similar force, he uninter-
ruptedly served for five years with Capt. Hon. Dun-
combe Pleydell Bouverie. He was at first employed,
during that period, on the Jersey and Guernsey
station ; next, under Lord Nelson in the Mediter-
ranean ; and ultimately in South America, where,
in Feb. 1807, he served on shore with a brigade of
seamen and marines under Capt. Ross Donnelly,
and obtained the high eulogiums of Sir Sam. Auch-
muty for his conduct at the storming of Monte
Video. On the return of the Medusa to England,
Mr. Haydon was sent with a strong recommenda^
tion to Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, then at Rio de Ja-
neiro, where, in July, 1808, he was invested by that
officer with the command of the Hospital Island,
and the rank of Commander. The Admiralty,
however, refusing to confirm the appointment, he
returned to England, and was not promoted until
1 Aug. 1811, from which period, with the exception
of three months' acting-command (from Dec. 1811
to March, 1812), of the Ckane 18, he remained on
half-pay until nominated, 15 May, 1828, Second
Captain of the Windsor Castle 76, flag-ship in the
Mediterranean of his friend Hon. D. P. Bouverie.
In May, 1830, his private aflTairs requiring his pre-
sence in England, Capt. Haydon was obliged to re-
sign his appointment ; and he has not since been
afloat. His elevation to the rank he now holds
took place 23 Nov. 1841.
HAYDON. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 12; h-p., 32).
William Phippard Haydon entered the Navy
12 April, 1803, as Master's Mate, on board i^e
WiNCHELSEA, Lieut.-Commander Pope, lying at
Sheerness. &i Aug. following he removed to the
486
HAYE— HAYES.
RoMNET 50, Capts. Wm. Brown and Hon. John Col-
TiUe, under the latter of whom, on his return from
a voyage to the coast of Africa, he was wrecked,
m a fog, on the Haaks, near the Texel, 19 Nov.
1804. He was then received on board the Vestai,
28, Capt. Stephen Thos. Djgby, and after partici-
pating, during the summer of 1805, in many warm
engagements with the enemy's flotilla and batteries
near Calais, he accompanied that officer into the
Argo 44, and again sailed for the African station.
In the course of 1808 we find him successively trans-
ferred to the Belleisle 74, and Neptune 98, bear-
ing each the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, by
whom, subsequently to the fall of Martinique, he
was nominated, 29 June, 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of
the AtcMiNE frigate, Capt. Wm. Maude. He was
confirmed, 8 Dec. following, into the GuADEtonpE
16, Capt. Michael Head, also attached to the force
at the "West Indies; on his return whence, he
joined, 6 Sept. and 20 Nov. 1810, the Hibernia 120,
and Centaur 74, both commanded by Capt. John
Chambers White. In the latter ship Mr. Haydon,
after serving for some time with the inshore squa-
dron off Toulon, co-operated in the defence of Tar-
ragona, and, in April, 1814, witnessed the destruc-
tion, up the Gironde, of a French line-of-battle ship,
three brigs of war, several smaller vessels, and of
all the ports and batteries on the north side of the
river. He was superseded from the Centadh at
his own request 24 Dec. 1814, and has since been
on halt-pay.
HAYE. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 20; h-p., 26.)
George Haye was born 15 April, 1788, at Cal-
Ijngton, CO. Cornwall.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Herodlb 74, Capt. Wm.
Luke, stationed in the Channel. From May, 1802,
until April, 1807, he was next employed, as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate, chiefly in the East
Indies, in the St. Fiorenzo 36, Capts. Joseph Bing-
ham, Johu Batt, Henry Lambert, and Geo. Nicholas
Hardinge. He then rejoined Capt. Bingham for a
short time on board the Sceptre 74, and was after-
wards, between July, 1807, and his promotion to
the rank of Lieutenant, 9 Aug. 1808, transferred in
succession to the Grampus 50, Capt. Jas. Haldane
Tait, St. Albans 64, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, and
Iphigenia 36, Capt. Henry Lambert. In the latter
frigate he made a voyage to Quebec; on his re-
turn whence he was appointed, 11 Feb. and 26
June, 1809, to the Vulture 16, Capt. Martin White,
and Active 46, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon. Accom-
panying the last-mentioned officer to the Adriatic,
Mr. Haye there, on 3 Feb. 1811, commanded the
barges of his own frigate and of the Cerberus, at
the capture of four Venetian trabaccolos, under a
heavy fire of musketry from a body of troops quar-
tered at Pestichi ; nine days after which event we
find him conspicuously assisting in the boats of the
same ships, under Lieut. Jas. Dickinson, at the cut-
ting-out, near the town of Ortano (where two im-
portant magazines were at the same time destroyed),
and in the face of a teasing fire, which was kept up
for five hours, of a convoy of 10 sail, protected by
a trabaccolo of 6 guns.* On 13 of the following
March Mr. Haye had the fortune to participate in
the memorable action ofi' Lissa, where a British
squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879
men, completely routed, after a conflict of six hours,
and a loss to the Active of 4 men killed and 24
wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, "whose force
amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. At the close
of the action he was placed on board the Corona,
one of the prize-frigates, and for his exertions in
extinguishing a fire which soon afterwards threa-
tened the destruction of that ship, he appears to
have elicited the warmest thanks of Capt. Wm.
Hoste, the senior officer of the British squadron,
and to have been strongly recommended by him to
the Commander-in-Chief t On 27 July, 1811, Mr.
Haye, who had been severely burnt on the latter
• Vide Gai. I8U, p. 997. f V. Gaz. 1811, pp. 893-7.
occasion, and had not yet recovered, very hand-
somely volunteered to assist, which he accordingly
did, at the capture of a convoy of 28 merchant-
men, defended, in a creek of the island of Ragos-
niza, by 300 troops and three gun-vessels.* He
subsequently, on 29 Nov. in the same year (Capt.
Gordon and the First-Lieutenant, Mr. Wm. Bate-
man Dashwood, having been put hors-de-cambat),
succeeded to the command of the Active, and was
himself slightly hurt in the course of a hard-fought
action of an hour and 40 minutes, which in rendering
that frigate captor of La Pomone, of 44 guns and
332 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded, oc-
casioned her a loss of 8 killed and 27 wounded, t As
a reward for his highly-lauded gallantry in these
and other Instances, Mr. Haye was ultimately, on 19
May, 1812, promoted to the rank of Commander..
His last appointments were, 17 Feb. 1814, to the
Pelter 12, employed, until Sept. 1815, on the
North American station — 1 Jan. 1821, to the Coast
Guard service in Ireland, where his conduct in soon
after efiecting the destruction of the Dandy, a large
smuggling cutter, , procured him the particular no-
tice of the Lords of the Treasury— 8 Dec. 1827
(having left the Coast Guard in the previous Jan.),
to the Erebus bomb, attached to the force in the
Mediterranean — and, 8 July, 1828, to the Raxeigh,
18, on the same station. He returned to England
on being advanced to his present rank 4 March,
1829.
Capt. Haye married, 15 May, 1834, Nanny, young-
est daughter of Wm. Davey, Esq., of Redruth, co.
Cornwall, by whom, who died 6 June, 1843, he has
issue two sons and one daughter. Agents — Cop-
lands and Burnett.
HAYES. (Captato, 1846.)
Courtenay Osborn Hayes is eldest son of that
distinguished seaman and able naval architect the
late Rear-Admiral John Hayes, C.B.,J who died 7
April, 1838 ; brother of Commander John Montagu
Hayes, R.N. ; and nephew of Capt. Geo. Hayes,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Nov. 1826;
passed his examination in 1833 ; and obtained his
first commission 17 Feb. 1835. His appointments
as Lieutenant were — 13 April and 28 Nov., in the
latter year to the Pelorus 16, Capt. Rich. Mere-
dith, and Hastings 74, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Hall
Gage, on the African and Lisbon stations — and, 2
Sept. 1836, to the Inconstant 36, Capts. John Hayes
(his father), and Dan. Pring, employed on Particu-
lar Service. Attaining the rank of Commander 20
Sept. 1839, he afterwards, from 8 June, 1842, until
the receipt of a Post commission bearing date 9
Nov. 1846, served in the East Indies on board the
Wolf 18 and Driver steam-sloop.
Capt. Hayes married, 14 May, 1840, Caroline
Anne, only daughter of the late Alfred Slocock,
Esq., of Donnington Cottage, Berks, by whom he
has issue. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
HAYES. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 30.)
George Hayes, born 13 May, 1769, is grand-
nephew of the late Adam Hayes, Esq., Master Ship-
wright of Deptford Dockyard ; brother of the late
Rear-Admiral John Hayes, C.B. ; and uncle of
Capt. C. O. and Commander J. M. Hayes, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 April, 1784, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thisbe 28, Capt. Geo.
Robinson, on the Newfoundland station, whence he
returned in March, 1786. He was next, between
1787 and the early part of 1793, employed in the
Channel with Capts. Rowley Bulteel and John
Salisbury, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Act-
ing-Lieutenant, in the Termagant 18, Narcissus
20, and Andromeda 32 ; in the boats belonging to
which frigates he appears to have arduously cruized,
and not unsuccessfully, for the protection of the
Revenue. On leaving the Andromeda he was for
• r;&Ga..lRll p.2193. t r'-.Gai. 1818, pp. 566-7.
I lUai^Admiral Hayes was the cnnstractor of the 36-fun
frigate Inconstant, now on the list of the Navy. "
HAYES.
487
a short time borne on the books of the Cambeidge,
puard-ship at Plymouth, for the purpose of inspect-
ing the building of the Experiment lugger. On 25
May, 1793, Mr. Hayes was made Lieutenant into
the Adventdke 44, Capt. Edw. BuUer, from which
ship we find him removing to the command, in the
following June, of the above-named Experiment.
In that vessel, one of 10 guns, he accompanied Sir
John Borlase "Warren on his expedition of 1795 to
Quiberon Bay in support of the Koyalist cause.
After a subsequent attendance of some time on
TVilliam Pitt, off Walmer Castle, and experiencing
several skirmishes with the enemy's gun-boats in
the Channel, Mr. Hayes proceeded, off Toulon, with
despatches ibr Sir John Jervis, by whom he was
sent with others for Sir Gilbert Elliot, the Vice-
roy of Corsica. On his passage to that island he
had the gallantry to beat off a French brig of 12
guns, together with two gun-boats, mounting each
1 gun — an exploit whose importance procured him
a very flattering testimonial from the Viceroy.
When afterwards on his way to England, again in
charge of despatches, the Experiment had the mis-
fortune, on 2 Oct. 1796, to be captured by a Spanish
fleet in a calm off the Cape de Gata. On being ex-
changed, in Jan. 1797, for the Captain of the Ma-
honesa, a frigate which had been recently taken by
Capt. Kich. Bowen of the Terpsichore, Mr. Hayes,
whose pecuniary loss by the above catastrophe had
been great, joined the Lively 32, Capt. Lord Garlies,
under whom, on 14 of the next Feb., he fought in
the action off Cape St. Vincent. His subsequent
appointments were to the command, on the Home
station — 10 April, 1798, of the Kedbridge schooner
—11 Dec. 1800 and 6 Feb. 1803, of the George
cutter and Aggressor gun-brig, which vessels he
respectively left in Oct. 1801 and Dec. 1803—19
Nov. 1805, of the Daring gun-brig, part of the
force employed in the expedition to the Walcheren,
where he exhibited a conspicuous degree of courage
and conduct, and obtained a vigorous letter of re-
commendation from Capt. Philip Carteret, who
commanded the gun-boats, to Commodore Owen,
not only for his distinguished share in the siege of
Flushing, but also for the means he had been of
saving the Reynard and Cracker brigs-of-war
from destruction, after they had grounded within
point-blank shot of the enemy — 11 Dec. 1810, for
eight months of the Braave, prison-ship at Ply-
mouth— and, 5 Jan. 1813, of the Whiting schooner.
Obtaining a second promotal commission 15 June,
1814, Capt. Hayes was next, from 1817 to 1824, em-
ployed as an Inspecting Commander in the Water
Guard ; the very arduous and harassing duties at-
tached to which office he discharged with so much
zeal, activity, and ability, that upon being super-
seded, he received from the Comptroller General a
spontaneous offer of recommending his merits to
the notice of the Admiralty. His last appointment
was, 4 Dec. 1826, to the Wolf 18, the command of
which sloop he retained, on the Mediterranean sta-
tion, until Feb. 1830. He then went on half-pay,
having been advanced to his present rank on 2 of
the preceding Dec.
During the term of his servitude as Lieutenant,
Capt. Hayes was employed for six months in the
Sea Fencibles at Exmouth ; for five months with a
boat's crew at the Isle of Wight for the purpose of
detecting deserters from the fleet ; and for a year
and five months at Torpoint, in command of a party
of Marines for the apprehension of deserters and the
entering of men for the Service. He married, 4
March, 1802, Phoebe, relict of Lieut. Chas. Henry
Haswell, E.N., daughter of Capt. Wm. Starr, of
Dover, and daughter-in-law of the late Admiral
Eobt. Haswell. By that lady he has~issue two sons
(one, the present First-Lieutenant Geo. Jas. Hayes,
E.M.) and two daughters. Agents — Messrs. Om-
manney.
HAYES. (Commander, 1841. f-p.. 13; h-p., 5.)
John Montagu Hayes, bom 23 March, 1816, is
brother of Capt. C. O. Hayes, B.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1829, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Melville 74, Capt. Alex.
Wilmot Schomberg, stationed in the Mediterra-
nean ; removed as Midshipman, in July, 1830, to
the Dryad 42, commanded on the western coast of
Africa by his father, Capt. John Hayes; and at the
commencement of 1833 sailed for South A.merica in
the Spahtiate 76, successive flag-ship of Sir Michael
Seymour and Sir Graham Eden Hamond. Being
lent in July, 1834, to the Sparrowhawk 16, Capt.
Chas. Pearson, he made a voyage from Kio de Ja-
neiro to Falkland Islands, and on 9 Aug. anchored
in Berkeley Sound. On 6 Sept. he was thence sent
with Lieut. Sam. Fielding Harmer and four men in
a whale-boat for the purpose of endeavouring to
save the crew of a merchant brig, which had been
wrecked on the western point of the East Falkland
Island, a distance of nearly a hundred miles along a
most dangerous coast. Owing to contrary winds
and stormy weather, sixteen days elapsed before
the boat reached the point near which the wreck
lay. At the end of that period, being unfortunately
caught in a heavy snow-storm, she upset and was
lost, together with 1 mau and the whole of her pro-
visions and arms, a misadventure which rendered
it necessary for the survivors, now in a state of
perfect destitution, to trace their way back to
Berkeley Sound, as best they could, across a diffi-
cult and unknown country, and in the most incle-
ment weather. The hardships and sufferings they
underwent it is not easy to describe. The first two
days were passed without food of any kind ; on the
third they contrived to catch a wild calf, whose raw
flesh for ten days formed their scanty and only sub-
sistence. Lieut. Harmer and two of the men by
that time had become so weak that they were un-
able to proceed; and it was not until after a further
lapse of^ six days that Mr. Hayes and his only re-
maining companion, supported en route by the car-
cass of a half-starved dog, were enabled in a death-
like state to reach the settlement, and despatch as-
sistance to their wretched associates, all of whom,
as was subsequently the case with the crew of the
merchantman, were found and happily preserved
from what had long appeared inevitable destruc-
tion. In Nov. 1834 Mr. Hayes, whose health con-
tinued for many months in a very impaired state,
rejoined the Spartlate, and on 12 of the following
May he passed his examination. He was ultimately,
after having further served for two years in the Me-
diterranean as Mate of the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde
Parker, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by a com-
mission bearing date 21 Oct. 1837. Being next ap-
pointed, 13 Feb. 1838, to the Cruizer 16, Capts. Rich.
.Henry King and Henry Wells Giffard, he sailed in
that sloop for the East Indies, where, besides attend-
ing an expedition to the mouths of the Indus, he
assisted at the capture of Aden. He afterwards, in
1840, accompanied the armament to China, and in
the course of the same year was present at the cap-
ture of Chusan and the blockade of Ningpo. On
the return of the Cruizer with Sir Hugh Gough to
China, after having been sent in charge of de-
spatches to Calcutta, Mr. Hayes, we find, was in
the boats at the capture of several of the forts in
the Canton river, and had charge of one of those
forming the western division in the first attack on
the outworks of that city. During the second se-
ries of operations against it, he was successively
employed, in a manner that gained him the highest
praise, on board the brig, then in the boats, and
ultimately on shore at the capture of the French
Folly.* On 26 Aug. 1841 he was in acting-com-
mand of the Cruizer at the capture of Amoy, and
in the course of the next Oct. he served in the
boats and with the small-arm men at the re-
capture of Chusan, and was also present at the
storming of Chinghae and the occupation of Ningpo.
From 1 Nov. in the same year until 20 Jan. 1842,
Mr. Hayes was again entrusted with the charge of
the Cruizer. He then returned home, having been
rewarded for his services by a Commander's com-
* Fide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1605-2505.
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HAYMES-HAYTER— HEA-HEAD— HEALES.
mission dated 8 Oct. 1841 ;* and has since been on
half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
HAYMES. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 14 ; h-p,, 30.)
Philip Geobge Hatmes entered the Navy, 1
June, 1803, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Romdhis,
Capt. Woodley Loeack, and after serving for some
time with the same officer as Midshipman in the
Helena sloop on the Home station, joined, in 1806,
the Pkince George 98, Capt. Geo. Losack, and
sailed for the West Indies. Between 1807 and 1812,
he was next employed, on the Guernsey, Baltic, and
Mediterranean stations, in the Diomede 50 and
VicTonr 100, flag-ships of Sir Jas. Saumarez, Ph(ebe
36, Capts. Hassard Stackpoole and Jas. Hillyar, and
San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton.
He then rejoined Sir Jas. Saumarez on board the
Victory, and on 23 July in the same j^ear, 1812,
was appointed, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant,
to the command of a gun-boat, in which we find
him co-operating with the Russian flotilla in the
defence of Riga, and participating in a successful
expedition against the French and Prussians at
Mittau, on the river Aa. Being rewarded for his
services with a commission dated on 20 of the fol-
lowing Nov., Mr. Haymes was subsequently, after
an intermediate attachment to the Russian Admi-
ral's flag-ship, appointed, 30 Dec. 1812, to the Royai.
Oak 74, bearing the successive flags, on the Home
and American stations, of Lord Amelius Beauclerk
and the late Sir Pulteney Malcolm. On 13 March,
1815, having acted as Naval Aide-de-Camp to Major-
Generals Ross and Gibbs during the expeditions
against Washington, Baltimore, and New Orleans, he
was advanced to the rank of Commander. Capt.
Haymes' only appointment in the latter capacity
appears to have been, 18 Dec. 1841, to the Fan-
tome 16, in which sloop he returned home from
South America, and was paid off towards the close
of 1843. He attained Post-rank 9 Nov. 1846.
Capt. Haymes is married and has issue. Agents
^Messrs. Halford and Co.
HAYTEE. (Liedt., 1818. F-P., 14 ; h-p., 30.)
Benjamin Hatter entered the Navy, 7 June,
1803, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the Magnificent
74, Capt. Wm. Hen. Jervis, under whom he was
wrecked, on a sunken rock, near Brest, 25 March,
1804. From that period he remained a prisoner in
France until the peace of 1814, when, being restored
to hberty, he joined the Scipion 74, Capt. Hen.
Heathcote, in which ship, and in the Slanev 20,
Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius, he served on the Medi-
terranean and Home stations until Aug. 1815 —
witnessing, in the latter vessel, the surrender of
Napoleon Buonaparte. Joining, next, the Impreg-
nable 98, he fought in that ship under the flag of
Rear-Admiral David Milne at the bombardment of
Algiers. Being, however, discharged in Oct. 1816,
Mr. Hayter did not again go afloat until nominated
Admiralty-Midshipman, in Jan. 1818, of the Drake
sloop, Capt. Hen. Shiffner. He returned to England
in Feb. 1819, having been advanced to the rank of
Lieutenant by commission bearing date 19 of the
previous Sept., and has not been since employed.
HEA. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 31.)
Robert Hea entered the Navy, 25 April, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boadicea 38, Capt. John
JMaitland, with whom, and with Capt. John Hatley,
lie continued to serve, in the same ship, and in the
Baisonnable 64, on the Cork, Newfoundland,
iChannel, and Cape of Good Hope stations, princi-
pally as Midshipman and Master's Mate, until July,
1810. He then became attached, for a short period,
as a Supernumerary, to the Namhb 74, flag-ship at
the Nore of Vice- Admiral Thos. Wells ; after which
he fierved, until Dec. 1815, in the Crane sloop,
iCapt. Jas. Stuart, Seine frigate, Capt. John Hatley,
and Horatio 38, and Newcastle 60, both com-
manded by Lord Geo. Stuart. He was employed,
in the first mentioned of those vessels, on the West
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India station; and was present, in the Horatio,
after re-visiting the Cape, at the capture of the
islands of Schouwen and Tholen, in the North Sea.
While in the Newcastle, of which ship he was
confirmed a Lieutenant 11 March, 1815, he cruized
with activity on the North American station. Since
Dec. of the latter year he has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Hea has for a long time held the office of
Inspector of Convicts at Norfolk Island. Agents —
Collier and Snee.
HEAD. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 22; h-p., 25.)
Richard John Head was born at Helston, co.
Cornwall.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 May, 1800, as a
Volunteer, on board the Conquest gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander Green, attached to the force in the
Channel, where, on his removal to the Pelican 18,
Capt. John Thicknesse, he was in the following
winter cast away. He then, until the peace of
Amiens, served on board the Hebcole 74, Capt.
Wm. Luke ; on leaving which ship he successively
joined the Childers and Dasher sloops, both com-
manded by Capt. J. Delafons ; whom, in the latter
vessel, he accompanied to the East Indies. Being
there confirmed, 12 June, 1807, a Lieutenant (after
having acted as such for a period of nine months)
in the Sin Francis Drake 32, Capt. Hon. Pownoll
Bastard Pellew, he had the misfortune, during a
continuance of three years in that ship, to be twice
severely wounded, once at the destruction of six
pirate vessels in the straits of Malacca, and again
when beating off an attack made by the French
frigate Piedmcmtaise on the Sir Francis Drake
and a convoy of Chinamen. Returning to England
in 1810, Mr. Head was next, until Aug. 1814, em-
ployed, on the Channel, Baltic, and Mediterranean
stations, in the Dreadnougbt 98, Capt. Sam. Hood
Linzee, and Venerable, Mars, and Pembroke
74's, Capts. Sir Home Popham, Hen. Raper, and
Jas. Brisbane. While in the last-mentioned ship
he participated, 5 Nov. 1813, in a partial action
with the Toulon fleet, and in the course of the fol-
lowing April, besides commanding the boats at the
capture of a large convoy under the guns of Porto
Maurizio, served at the reduction of Genoa and the
taking of Corsica. From Sept. 1814, until his pro-
motion to the rank of Commander 15 May, 1819, he
was employed in the Queen and Albion 74's,
chiefly as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Chas. Vinioombe
Penrose, by whom he was sent on a secret service
to Rome, whence he brought away and delivered to
the British Government aU the valuable papers of
the Cardinal de York, the last of the Stuart family.
Commander Head's only other appointment was to
the Coast Guard, in which service he continued
from 1824 to 1827. On his retirement he was en-
tertained at a dinner given to him by the officers of
his district, who at the same time presented him
with a snuff-box, of heart of oak, manufactured
from a beam of St. Mawe's Castle, of 200 years
standing, suitably ornamented, with an inscription
commemorative of their feelings of respect and
attachment to him.
He married, 16 Oct. 1832, Sarah Vigurs, daughter
of the Rev. F. L. Bluett, Vicar of Mullion, by whom
he has issue three sons.
HEALES. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 16; h-p., 22.)
Thomas Heales was bom 23 April, 1794^ and
died 22 Nov. 1846 at Dalston, co. Middlesex.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1809, as
a Volunteer, on board the Rota 38, Capt. Philip
Somerville. In the boats of that frigate, after at-
^tending the expedition to the Walcheren, he served
at the siege of Cadiz, and assisted, 22 May, 1812, at
the capture, vrtth great loss to the British, of L'Es-
pardon privateer, of 3 guns and 45 men. He subse-
quently, during a cruize off the Western Islands,
participated, as Midshipman, in an unsuccessful
attempt made on 26 Se^t. 1814 to cut out from the
road of Fayal the American privateer General Arm-
strong, a vessel whose resistance killed 34, and
HEALY-HEARD-HEARLE-HEASLOP— HEASTEY.
489
wounded 86 of her assailants, consisting originally
of about 180 seamen and marines. In the course
of 1815 Mr. Heales joined the Albion and Queen
74's, Capts. P. Somerville and Jas. Walker ; from
the latter of which ships he volunteered, in July,
1816, into the Infernal homb, Capt. Hon. Geo.
Peroival, for the purpose of attending the expedi-
tion against Algiers, where he fought as Master's
Maije, having at the time the charge of a Lieute-
nant's watch. For his conduct on the occasion Mr.
Heales was to have been promoted, but the com-
mission, we understand, which had been actually
intended for him being by some fatahty given to
another person, a Mr. Geo. Hales, he did not suc-
ceed in effecting his advancement until after a lapse
of nearly 11 years; during which period he appears
to have been employed, on the North and South
American, St. Helena, Irish, East India, and Home
stations, as Admiralty-Midshipman, in succession,
of the Pactolus 38, Capt. Hugh Dobbie, Blossom
18, Capts. Fred. Hickey and Fred. Edw. Vernon,
Brazen 18, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, Alligator 28,
Capt. Thos. Alexander, Prince Regent 120, flag-
ship of Sir Kobt. Moorsom, and Ramillies Coast-
Blockade-ship, Capt. Hugh Pigot. He was then at
length created a Lieutenant by commission bearing
date 28 April, 1827 ; and in that capacity he after-
wards, from 10 Jan. 1838 until Feb. 1839, served at
Sheemess on board the Howe 120, and Ocean 80,
Capts. Chas. Hen. Paget and Sir John Hill.
Lieut. Heales married Maria, daughter of Mr.
Butler Wm. Mountain, coach proprietor, of the
Saracen's Head, Snow Hill, London, and of Whet-
stone House, Whetstone, near Barnet, co. Middle-
sex, by whom he has left issue.
HEALY. (Retired Commander, 1839. f-p., 14;
H-p., 35.)
John Healt died 27 April, 1846, at Bordeaux,
aged 70.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 July, 1797, as
A. B., on board the Monmouth 64, Capts. Lord
Northesk, Jas. Walker, Robt. Deans, and Geo. Hart,
and on 1 1 of the following Oct. fought as Midship-
man in the action off Camperdown. After attend-
ing the expedition of 1799 to the Holder, he again,
from Aug. 1800 until April, 1802, served with Capts.
Walker and Lord Northesk, in the Prince 98.
Proceeding then to the Cape of Good Hope in the
Imogene 18, Capt. Hen. Vaughan, Mr. Healy served
on that and the Indian stations for a period of five
years on board the Lancaster 64, Centurion 50,
and Trident 64, bearing the flags of Sir Roger
Curtis and Vice-Admiral Rainier, Geampds 50,
Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild (of which ship he was
created a Lieutenant 26 Feb. 1805), and Sceptre
74, Capt. Joseph Bingham. He was lastly, from
Aug. 1808 until he invalided in Oct. 1812, employed,
at home and in the West Indies, chiefly as First-
Lieutenant, in the Neptune 98, Capt. Sir Thos.
Williams, Latona frigate, Capts. Jas. Athol Wood
and Hugh Pigot, York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton,
Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Saunders, Aboukib 74, Capt.
Geo. Parker, and Vestal 28, arme'e en flute^ Capt.
Sam. Bartlett Deeckar. He accepted the rank of
Retired Commander 12 Sept. 1839. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
HEARD. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Thomas Heard entered the Navy 9 April, 1826;
passed his examination in 1832 ; and on 4 Nov. 1840
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant as a reward
for the services he had rendered on the coast of
Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre.
His appointments have since been— 15 Dec. 1840, to
the Powerful 84, Capts. Sir Chas. Napier, Geo.
Mansel, and Michael Seymour, in the Mediterranean
— 25 May, 1842, as First, to the Albatross 16,
Capt. Reginald Yorke, fitting at Portsmouth— 29
Nov. 1842, to the Samarang 26, Capt. Sir Edw.
Belcher, employed as a surveying-vessel in the East
Indies — next, as a Supernumerary, to the Agincourt
72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, Com-
mander-in-Chief on the latter station, where it
appears he had charge of a gim-boat and was
wounded at the capture and destruction, 19 Aug.
1845, of Maloodoo, a strong fortification in the pos-
session of Scheriff Osman, a rebel Borneo chieftain*
—and, 27 Nov. 1845, as Senior, to the Wolf 18,
Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, in which sloop he still
serves in the East Indies. Agents — Messrs. Chard,
HEAELE. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 26;
H-p., 30.)
Robert Hearle entered the Navy, in 1791, as
A.B., on board the Flt sloop, Capt. Jas. Drew, on
the Newfoundland station; served, next, in the
Hannibal 74, commanded at Plymouth bjr Capt.
John Colpoys; and in July, 1792, became Midship-
man of the Porcupine 24, Capts. Edw. BuUer and
Robt. Barlow, employed ofi' the coast of Ireland and
in the Channel. From July, 1793, until promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 9 May, 1797, he further
served with Capt. Barlow on the Home station, the
last two years as Master's Mate, in the Pegasus 28,
Aquilon 32, and Ph(ebe 36. He then joined the
Pomona armed brig, Capt. Joseph Eyles, and, in
Feb. 1798, the Nemesis 28, Capts. Robt. Dudley
Oliver, Thos. Baker, Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and
Philip Somerville; under the second named of
whom he shared, 25 July, 1800, in a smart conflict
of 25 minutes, which terminated in the capture of
the Danish frigate Freija. From Aug. 1802, the
date of his quitting the Nemesis, until 1817, Mr.
Hearle commanded a cutter under the Board of
Customs. He was placed on the Junior List of Re-
tired Commanders 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior
14 Jan. 1840.
Commander Hearle was left a widower 21 June,
1837. One of his daughters is married to the pre-
sent Lieut. B. Hooper, R.N.
HEASLOP. (Commander, 1817. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 31.)
John Colpots Heaslop entered the Navy, in
April, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dragon
74, Capt. Edw. Griffith, one of Sir Robt. Calder's
fleet in the ensuing action of 22 July. In 1807 he
successively became Midshipman of the Topaze 38,
Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, and Sultan 74, com-
manded by his former Captain, Griffith, under
whom, on 26 Oct. 1809, he assisted in causing the
self-destruction, between Frontignan and Cette, of
the French ships of the line R^huste and Lion.
While afterwards serving with Capt. Chas. Bullen
in the Volontaire and Cambrian frigates, Mr.
Heaslop was much employed in co-operation with
the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, particularly
at the capture of Palamos and the siege of Tarra-
gona. On 6 Nov. 1813, having been further at-
tached for short periods to the Bulwark, Queen,
and Bellona 74's, Capts. Thos. Brown, Lord Col-
ville, and Geo. M'Kinley (in the latter of which
ships he had made a voyage to St. Helena), he was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant ; a capacity in
which he subsequently joined — 4 May, 1814, the
Dladem 64, Capt. John Martin Hanohett, on the
American station, where, previously to invaliding in
the following Sept., he accompanied the boats of a
squadron up St. Mary's river, and was present in
the attacks on Washington and New Orleans — 28
Oct. 1815, the Akbar 50, bearing the flag at Hali-
fax of his patron,. Rear-Admiral Griffith — 21 June,
1816, the Niger 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson— and, in
Nov. of the same year, the Forth frigate, as Flag-
Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Griffith. He attained
his present rank 24 June, 1817 ; but has not been
since afloat. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
HEASTEY. (LiEDT., 1810. p-p., 14; h-p., 32.)
George Heastey was born 19 June, 1788, at De-
vonport.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1801 as
A.B., on hoard the Ville de Paris 110, bearing'
the flag in the Channel of Hon. Wm. Comwallis •
proceeded to the Mediterranean in 1802 as Midshipl.
• Vide Gaz. 1846, p. 6536.
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490
HEATH— HEATHCOTE.
man of the BellbisiiE 74, Capts. John Whitby and
Wm. Hargood; r^oined the Ville de Paris in
1805 (after having gone in pursuit of the Franco-
Spanish fleet to the West Indies) ; and between
Nov. 1806 and Oct. 1S08, was again employed in the
Mediterranean on board the Koyal Sovekeign 100,
and Ocean 98, flag-ships of Vice-Admirals Edw.
Thombrough and Lord Collingwood. Being then
appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Montagd 74,
Capts. Rich. Hussey Moubray and John Halliday,
he was much employed in the boats of that ship up
the Adriatic, and commanded a battery at the re-
duction of Santa Maura in April, 1810. He was
officially promoted on 4 May in the latter year, but
he did not leave the Montagu until May, 1811 ; on
25 Sept. in which year we find him joining the Re-
cruit 18, Capts. Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, John
Evans, Geo. Rich. Pechell, Thos. Sykes, and John
Lawrence, on the North American station, where,
prior to his being paid off in Jan. 1815, he served as
First-Lieutenant at the taking of Washington, and
of other places in the Chesapeake. His last appoint-
ment was, 28 Feb. 1818, to the Carnation 18, Capts.
Hon. John Gordon and Wm. Nugent Glascock,
with whom he served as Senior on the Newfound-
land and Halifax stations, until Sept. 1815, at which
period he invalided.
Lieut. Heastey married, 23 Aug. 1821, and has
issue four children. Agent — J. Hiuxman.
HEATH. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Leopold George Heath entered the Navy, 24
Dec. 1831; passed his examination in 1836; and
obtained his commission 22 Dec. 1840. He then
joined the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest,
on the Mediterranean station ; and on 19 Oct. 1843,
he was appointed to the Iris 26, Capt. Geo. Rodney
Mundy, whom he accompanied to the East Indies.
During an expedition conducted in July, 1846,. by
Sir Thos. John Cochrane against the Sultan of Bor-
neo, we find Mr. Heath, on 8 of that month, assist-
ing, as second in command of the rocket-party, at
the capture and destruction of the enemy's forts
and batteries on the river Brune. On the ensuing
ascent of a branch of that stream, by a force under
Capt. Mundy, he led the boats, and by his efficient
command of a body of pioneers proved of the
greatest utility in clearing the passage of the many
overhanging trees and other obstructions with
which ite navigation was beset. After the disem-
barkation of the British at the village of Mallout,
he accompanied them in their arduous and fruitless
pursuit of the Sultan to a place called Damuan, and
again performed va.luable service.* He has been in
acting-command, since Jan. 1847, of the Wolf 18,
on the same station.
terly as Senior Lieutenant— 19 March, 1840, to the
President 50, flag-ship in South America of Kear-
Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Boss— 25 Feb. 1841,
and 27 June, 1844, to the Electra 18, Capts. Edw.
Reeves Philip Mainwaring, Philip Gostling, and
Arthur Darley, and Eurvdice 26, Capt. Geo. Elliot,
both on the North America and West India station
—and 8 July, 1846, to the Constance 50, Capt. Sir
Baldwin Wake Walker, with whom he is now serv-
ing in the Pacific.
He married, in 1844, Elizabeth Lucy, eldest
daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Law, K.H., command-
ing the Royal Newfoundland Companies.
HEATH. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
William Andrew James Heath entered the
Navy in 1832 ; passed his examination 4 Dec. 1839 ;
and served for nearly five years, on the Mediter-
ranean and North American stations, as Mate of
the PiQOE 36, Capts. Edw. Boxer; Rich. Augustus
Yates, Henry Forbes, and Hon. Montagu Stopford;
under the first-named of which officers (by whom
his conduct was mentioned in the highest terms f)
he took part, during the operations of 1840 on the
coast of Syria, in the capture of Caitia and Tsour,
and the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. H« ob-
tained his commission 26 Nov. 1844; was appointed,
13 Dec. following, Additional-Lieutenant of the II-
ldstrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam in North
America and the West Indies; and since 27 Jan.
1845, has been employed on the same station in the
Hyacinth 18, Capt. Fras. Scott.
HEATHCOTE. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Edmund Heathcote entered the Navy 19 Dec.
1828; passed his examination in 1833; and attained
his present rank 10 Jan. 1840. His appointments
have since been, at first as Additional, but lat-
* yide Gai. 1846, pp. 3441, 3444, 3446.
t f. Gaz. 1840, p. 2601.
HEATHCOTE. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
George Henry Heathcote was born 13 May,
1798.
This officer entered the Navy, in the vpinter of
1812, on board the Medina 20, Capt. Henry Bour-
chier, whom he accompanied to Newfoundland. In
1813 he proceeded, with the consent of Sir Josiah
C. Coghill, to the West Indies in the Ister 36 ; and
we afterwards, in 1815, find him employed at St.
Helena on board the Conqdehok 74, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral Robt. Plampin. In Aug. 1816, he
fought and was wounded at Algiers in the Glas-
gow 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland. The next
ship he joined was, we believe, the Liffey 50, Capt.
Hon. Henry Duncan, fitting at Chatham. From
1820 until within a short period of his promotion
to the rank of Lieutenant 31 March, 1824, Mr.
Heathcote was lastly employed, on the Mediter-
ranean station, in the Revolutionnaire 46, Capt.
Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and
BocHFORT 80, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
HEATHCOTE, Kt. (Admikal of the Blue,
1846. F-P., 18; H-P.,39.)
Sir Henry Heathcote, born 20 Jan. 1777, is
fourth son of the late Sir Wm. Heathcote, Bart., of
Hursley Park, near Winchester, M.P. for co. Hants,
by Frances, daughter and co-heir of John Thorpe,
Esq., of Embley, oo. Hants ; and brother of the late
Capt. Gilbert Heathcote, R.N. (1806).
This officer entered the Navy, 3 July, 1790, on
board the Captain 74, Capt. Arch. Dickson, sta-
tioned in the Channel, where, and in the West In-
dies and Mediterranean, he was employed, during
the six following years, in the Colossus 74, Capt.
Henry Harvey, Proserpine frigate, Capt. J as.
Alms, America 74, Capt. Hon. John Rodney, In-
constant 36, Capt. Augustus Montgomery, Eg-
mont 74, Capt. Arch. Dickson, Princess Royal 98,
flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sam. Cranston Goodall,
Cyclops frigate, Capt. Wm. Hotham, Windsor
Castle 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Robt.
Mann, Amphion 32, Capt. Israel Pellew, Goliath
74, Capt. Sir Chas. Henry Knowles, and Victory
100, flag-ship of Sir John Jervis. He served on
shore, while in the Egmont, at the reduction of
Corsica in 1794; and on 14 March and 13 July,
1795, he was present, as Midshipman of the Prin-
cess Royal, and Master's JIate of the Cyclops,
in Admiral Hotham's partial actions. On 19 Sept.
1796 Mr. Heathcote was confirmed a Lieutenant in
the Britannia 100, Capt. Thos. Fbley, in which
ship, and the Meleager frigate, he further served
in the Mediterranean, until nominated, 5 June,
1797, Acting-Commander of the Alliance store-
ship — an appointment sanctioned by the Admiralty
on 11 of the following Aug. From the latter vessel,
then at Lisbon, he was removed, 7 Nov. 1797, to
the Captaincy, by an order from his Admiral, of
the Romulus 36, which frigate he paid off shortly
after his official advancement, 5 Feb. 1798, to Post-
rank. Capt. Heathcote's subsequent appointments
were— 4 April, 1803, to the Galatea 32, employed
at first on the coast of Ireland, and then in convoy-
ing a fleet of 150 sail to the West Indies, where,
during a continuance of many months, he performed
much valuable service, and gave proofs not only of
great seamanship, but of more than ordinary gal-
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491
lantry, always seeking oppoTtunitics of distinction,
and on one occasion actually bidding defiance to
two first-class French frigates, lying in Basseterre,
Guadeloupe — 19 April, 1805, by exchange, to the
l>£Siii]^E 36, for a passage to England, whither he
escorted a convoy of 101 sail— 21 March, 1807, to
the Sea Fencibles in the Isle of Wight— and, 13
Feb. 1808, and 28 April, 1812, to the Lion 64, and
SciPiON 74. In the former of those ships he imme-
diately sailed, in charge of 14 Indiamen, for Bengal
and China, and in many instances during his so-
journ in the East did he again display the character
of an efficient and spirited officer. On his first
arrival there, after having parted company with
the Bengal division of the convoy, he volunteered
to conduct the remainder to their destination, not-
withstanding that a French squadron, consisting of
three sail of the line, had been reported (although,
as it was subsequently discovered, erroneously) to
have just before passed through the straits of Ma-
lacca into the China sea. After remaining for some
time at Chuenpee with two frigates under his or-
ders, and arranging, by his firmness, a dispute which
had arisen between the natives and a select com-
mittee of Hon. Company's supercargoes, Capt.
Heathcote returned with the trade to England. As
soon as his ship had been re-fitted, he was again
ordered to India, and directed to convey to Persia
their Excellencies Sir Gore Ouseley and Mirza Ab-
dul Hassan, the Persian ambassador. When after-
wards at Bombay, in June, 1811, Capt. Heathcote,
owing to the absence of Commodore Broughton,
the Commander-in-Chief, on the expedition to Java,
was induced to open a set of despatches from Eng-
land, from whose contents he learnt that a large
force from France might reasonably be expected to
be on its way to Java, for the purpose of defeating
any attack on that settlement. From a feeling of
zeal for the public service, which was subsequently
approved by court-martial, Capt. Heathcote at once
left his station for the purpose of communicating
the intelligence to Commodore Broughton, and, in
so doing, actually surrendered his right to a freight
from China to India, worth the sum to him of at
least 10,0002. On his return to England, after the
subjugation of Java, and his appointment to the
ScipiON, our officer joined the fleet in the Mediter-
ranean, where, in the autumn of 1813, he assumed
command of the in-shore squadron off Toulon, and
conspicuously participated, on 5 Nov. in that year,
in Sir Edw. Pellew's skirmish with the enemy's
fleet. On the conclusion of the war he was sent
with four sail of the line to Marseilles, for the pur-
pose of thence conveying the British prisoners of
war to Port Mahon. He was paid off in Oct. 1814,
and has not been since employed. He became a
Rear- Admiral 27 May, 1825; a Vice-Admiral 10
Jan. 1837 ; and a full Admiral 9 Nov. 1846.
Sir Henry Heathcote (upon whom, at the joint
request of the diplomatic personages he had for-
merly conveyed to Persia, the honour of Knight-
hood was conferred 20 July, 1819) had the satisfac-
tion, during the term of his career afloat, frequently
to receive the thanks of the Directors of the Hon.
E. I. Co., the Governor in Council of Bombay, the
West India merchants, and the Committee at Lloyd's.
In 1823 he took out a patent for an improvement of
the stay-sails between the masts of ships and other
square-rigged vessels, and the better security of
the masts ; and in 1824 he published a treatise on
the subject, which was by permission dedicated to
the King. The plan, we understand, was tried on
board two frigates, and reported to the Admiralty
as worthy of its acceptance. Sir Henry Heathcote
married, 10 Nov. 1799, Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of
Thos. Guscott, Esq., many years Naval Storekeeper
afloat at Sheerness, by whom he has issue, living,
three sons (the eldest in the army) and seven
daughters. His second son, Henry, a Major in the
88th Foot, died in 1829. Agents — Coplands and
Burnett.
HEDDINGTON. (Commander, 1806.)
Thomas Heddington entered the Navy, pre-
viously to the year 1786, as a Boy, on board the
Invincible 74, and, after an intermediate servitude
in the Pegase and Castor frigates, Capts. Sam.
Marshall and John Sam. Smith, became Midship-
man, in Feb. 1791, of the Chatham, Lieut.-Com-
manders Wm. Eobt. Broughton and Peter Puget,
under whom he made a voyage of discovery round
the world, and was lior a considerable time engaged
in surveying the coast of America. He was pro-
moted, on his return home, to a Lieutenancy, 6
Nov. 1795, in the Kangaroo 18, Capt. Hon. Cour-
tenay Boyle ; and, between July, 1796, and the
early part of 1802, he was next employed, on the
Channel and Irish stations, in the Deyad 36, Capt.
Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Havock, Capt. Philip
Bartholomew, Satdkn 94, Capts. Jacob Waller
and Thos. Totty, Venus frigate, Capt. Thos.
Graves, and Okion 74, Capt. Eobt. Carthew Rey-
nolds. Attaining the rank of Commander, after
having for two years and a half had charge' of a
Signal-station at Hawkesley Point, 25 Sept. 1806,
he was subsequently, between Feb. 1808 and April,
1814, employed at various places as Regulating Cap-
tain, and Agent for Prisoners of War. He has since
been on half-pay.
HELBY. (Commander, 1847. r-p., 38 ; h-p., 2.)
John Hasler Helby entered the Navy, 1 June,
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Success 32, Capt.
John Ayscough ; during an attachment of nearly
four years to which frigate he cruized off Havre de
Grace, attended the expedition of Dec. 1807 to
Madeira, afforded protection for some time to the
Greenland fisheries, assisted in 1809 at the reduc-
tion of Ischia and Procida, and co-operated, as Mid-
shipman, in the defence of Sicily against the threat-
ened invasion of Murat. He also, among other
boat-services, contributed, 4 April, 1810, to the de-
struction, with a loss to the British of 2 men killed,
of two vessels laden with oil, and protected by a
heavy fire of great guns and musketry, on the
beach, near Castiglione ; and, on 25 of the same
month, he assisted at the capture of an armed ship
and three barks, under the castle of Terracina.
On the Success being ordered to England in 1811,
Mr. Helby volunteered to continue in the Mediter-
ranean, and he was therefore received on board the
Cerberus 32, Capts. Henry Whitby and Thos.
Garth. By those officers he appears to have been
again employed on many cutting-out affairs, some
of them of a very dashing nature, on the coasts of
Corfu and Italy. On one occasion, however, while
absent in a prize, he had the misfortune to be
wrecked on the Calabrian shore, and taken pri-
soner, although he was happily not detained beyond
a period of three months. He ultimately, in July,
1814, returned to England and was paid off, but,
before he had been many weeks at home, he again
sailed for the Mediterranean, in the Ph<enix 36,
Capt. Chas. John Austen ; under whom, after hav-
ing been very actively employed, in particular at
the port of Pavos, where he had served in the boats
in a sharp action which had preceded the capture
of two pirate vessels, he was once more wrecked,
near Smyrna, 20 Feb. 1816. On the occurrence of
the latter catastrophe, Mr. Helby, we find, distin-
guished himself in an especial manner by his daring
conduct in swimming on shore through a violent
surf with a hauling-line, for the purpose of receiv-
ing a hawser to save the ship's company. Volun-
teering again to remain in the Mediterranean, our
officer there became successively attached to the
BoYNE 98, and Queen Charlotte 100, both flag-
ships of Lord Exmouth, whose favourable notice he
had the good fortune to attract by the extreme gal-
lantry of his behaviour at the ensuing battle of Al-
giers. Towards the close of 1816 he joined the
Conqueror 74, bearing the flag of Eear-Admiral
Kobt. Plampin at St. Helena, where, on 19 Sept
1818, he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the
Eurydice 24, Capt. Eobt. Wauchope. He
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HELLARD— HELPMAN— HEMER— HEMMANS.
however, superseded in the next December, and in
a fortnight afterwards was compelled from the state
of his health to invalid. In May, 1819, he obtained
an appointment, as Admiralty-Midshipman, to the
Albion 74, commanded at Portsmouth by Capt.
Kich. Eaggett, with whom he continued until Sept.
1821, when he was nominated to a similar rating in
the IPHiGENiA 42, bearing the broad pendant of Sir
Kobt. Mends on the coast of Africa. He was there
again, on 4 March, 1822, appointed an Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Pheasant 18, Capt. Douglas Chas.
Clavering, to which sloop the Admiralty at length
confirmed him on 1 of the following July. Since
his return to England in Feb. 1823, Mr. Helby's
appointments appear to have been — 19 Oct. 1824, and
5 March, 1825, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to
the Ramillies and Hyperion, Capts. Wm. M-Cul-
ioch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, employed on the Coast
Blockade— 5 Nov. 1828, to the Coast Guard— 18
March and 20 May, 1835, to the successive command
of the Hound and Camelion Revenue-vessels- and,
15 June, 1838, again to the Coast Guard, in which
he continued until advancedjto the rank he now
holds 1 Jan. 1847.
Lieut. Helby is married, and has issue.
HELLAED. (Capt., 1839. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 16.)
Samoel HEI.I.ARD entered the Navy, 7 Sept. 1798,
as a Volunteer, on board the Dikectok 64, Capt.
"Wm. Bligh, from which ship, on his return from a
voyage to St. Helena, he removed to the Gladia-
TOH, Lieut.-Commander John Bell ConoUy, lying
at Portsmouth. Joining, in 1802, the Blenheim
74, Capts. Henry Matson, Thos. Graves, Wm. Fer-
ris, and Loftus Otway Bland, bearing the broad-
pendant at first of Sir Sam. Hood, he proceeded to
the West Indies, where, on 16 Nov. in the following
year, he assisted at the cutting-out, from the har-
bour of Marin, Mai-tinique, of the Harmonie, a no-
torious privateer, of 8 guns and 66 men, after a
gallant conflict in which the enemy had 2 men
killed and 14 wounded, and the British, out of 74,
1 lulled and 5 wounded. In the spring of 1805, he
accompanied Capt. Bland, as Midshipman, into the
FiiOSA 36, in the boats of which frigate, commanded
by Lieut. Thos. Furber, we find him contributing,
off Oporto, to the capture, 25 Nov. 1806, at the end
of a row of six hours, of the Spanish privateer El
JSspedarte, of 6 guns, 6 swivels, and 41 men. The
Flora being wrecked on the coast of Holland 19
Jan. 1808, Mr. Hellard next, in the course of the
same and of the following year, joined the Ma-
jestic 74, flag-ship in the North Sea of Vice- Ad-
miral Thos. Macnamara Russell, Podakgds sloop,
commanded in the Downs and off Lisbon by Capt.
Wm. Hellard, and Castor 32, Capt. Wm. Roberts.
While in the latter frigate he took part, as Master's
Mate, in a gallant action which preceded the cap-
ture, 17 April, 1809, of the French 74-gun ship
D^Haupoult; was present as Acting-Lieutenant, on
18 of the following Dec, at the destruction of the
40-gun frigates Loire and Sdne, laden with stores
and provisions, moored in Ance la Barque, Guade-
loupe, and defended by numerous strong batteries ;
and in Feb. 1810, commanded a detachment of sea-
men on shore at the reduction of Guadeloupe.
After serving for a few months as Acting-Lieute-
nant also of the Neptune 98, Capt. Volant Vashon
Ballard, he was officially promoted by commission
dated 29 Oct. 1810, and re-appointed to the Podar-
Gus 14, Capts. John Lloyd, John Bradley, George
Rennie, and Wm. Robilliard ; under the latter of
whom, when in company with the Dictator 64,
Caltpso 18, and Flamer gun-brig, he shared, as
First-Lieutenant, 6 July, 1812, in the capture and
destruction, within the rocks of Mardoe, on the
Norwegian coast, of a Danish squadron, consisting
of the Nayaden of 48 guns, the LaUind^ Samsoe^ and
Kiel sloops, and several gun-boats. The Pooargus,
whose loss on the latter gallant occasion amounted,
we find, to 9 men wounded, was subsequently pre-
sent at the relief of Danzig. Quitting her in Dec.
1813, her First-Lieutenant next, until April 18,
served, on the West India and Home stations, in
the Besbow 74, Capt. Rich. Harrison Peaison, and
Scout 18, Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray ; after which
he successively joined— 31 Oct. 1820, and 31 May,
1823, the Severn and Ramillies Coast Blockade
ships, both commanded by Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch—
28 April, 1824, the Dover 28, Capt. Sam. Cham-
bers, lying at Leith— 9 Dec. 1824, the Ramillies
again, Capts. W. M'CuUoch and Hugh Pigot— and
15 Sept. 1829, the Talavera 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot,
also attached to the Coast Blockade service. At-
taining the rank of Commander 22 July, 1830, he
was afterwards employed in that capacity in the
Coast Guard from 13 April, 1831, until 1836, and
again from 1 March, 1838, until advanced to his
present rank 1 Jan. 1839. He has since been on
half-pay.
Capt. Hellard is Senior of 1839.
HELPMAN. (LlEDTENANT, 1841.)
Benjamin Francis Helpman entered the Navy
16 Dec. 1829 ; passed his examination 3 Jan. 1831 ;
and was promoted from the Welleslev 72, bearing
the broad pendant on the China station of Sir Gor-
don Bremer, to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Oct. 1841.
He has not been since officially employed.
Lieut. Helpman has been in command for a con-
siderable time of the Champion Colonial schooner,
in Western Australia. Agent — J. Hinxman.
HELPMAN. (Commander, 1842.)
Philip Augcstus Helpman entered the Navy,
19 July, 1821 ; passed his examination in 1828 ;
obtained his first commission 26 March, 1839 ; be-
came, 3 Jan. 1840, Additional-Lieutenant of the
Wellesley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitlaud, on the East
India station ; and on 19 Jan. 1841, was there ap-
pointed to the Columbine 16, Capts. Thos. Jordaine
Clarke and Wm. Henry Anderson Morshead. For
his services during the campaign in China, where,
besides sharing in the hostilities of May, 1841,
against Canton, he served on shore in those of
March, 1842, against Tsekee, and further partici-
pated in the attack of 16 June on the batteries at
Woosung, Mr. Helpman was advanced to the rank
of Commander on 23 Dec. in the same year.* Since
20 Feb. 1846, he has been employed in the Coast
Guard. Agent — J. Hinxman.
HEMEE. (Lieut., 181.5. r-p., 27; h-p., 15.)
Robert Hemer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1805,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Acting-Capt.
John Pilfold, under whom he fought at the ensuing
battle of Trafalgar. In Dec. 1806, after having
served for some time off Cadiz as Midshipman of
the Prince 98, Capt. Wm. Lechmere, he accom-
panied the latter officer into the Dreadnought 98,
bearing afterwards the flag of Rear- Admiral Thos.
Sotheby, in the Channel, where he continued imtil
26 July, 1809 ; on which date he was taken prisoner
in an attempt to cut out a brig lying inside the He
d'Aix. On his restoration to liberty at the peace
of 1814, he joined the Telegraph 12, Capt. Timo-
thy Scriven, and cruized for a period of nearly 12
months on the Channel and American stations.
In the capacity of Lieutenant, a rank he attained
9 Feb. 1815, Mr. Hemer's appointments, we find,
were, in succession — 20 Sept. 1827, to the Coast
Blockade, as a Supernumerary of the Hyperion 42,
Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 19 Sept. 1829, to the
Coast Guard- 13 June, 1839, to the command of
the Lively Revenue vessel— and 2 July, 1844, again
to a station in the Coast Guard. Agents— Messrs.
Chard.
HEMMANS. (Lieutenant, 1813.)
Samuel Hood Hemmans entered the Navy, 10
July, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boreas 22,
Capt. Robt. Scott, which vessel, after having effected
the capture of La Victoire privateer, of 8 swivels
and 28 men, was lost, together with her Commander
* Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 2506, and Gaz. 1842, pp. 8391, 3400,
HEMPSTED-HEMSWORTH— HENDERSON.
493
arid all but 68 of her crew, on the Hannois rocks,
near Guernsey, 5 Dec. 1807. Mr. Hemmans, who
previously to that catastrophe had attained the
rating of Midshipman, was subsequently, until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Feb. 1813, em-
ployed, on the Home, Baltic, and Mediterranean
stations, in the Resolution and Pomp^e 74's, Capts.
Geo. Burlton and Geo. Hope, Victory 100, flag-
ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, and Volage 22, and Re-
sistance 36, Capts. Philip L. J. Rosenhagen, Chas.
Hole, Wm. Hamilton, and Hon. Fleetwood Brough-
ton Reynolds Pellew. Being then appointed to the
Undaunted 38, Capts. Thos. Ussher and Chas.
Thurlow Smith, he assisted in that frigate in con-
veying Napoleon Buonaparte from Frejus to Elba
in 1814, and was present in her at the capture of the
Tremiti islands in 1815. He afterwards joined—
22 Sept. 1815, the Bulwark 74, bearing the flag of
Sir Chas. Rowley in the river Medway— 27 Feb.
1818, the Curlew 10, Capts. Wm. Walpole and Geo.
Cornish Gambler, vmder the former of whom he
was actively employed, in Jan. 1820, against the
pirates of the Persian Gulf, where Ras-al-Khyma,
their principal resort and head-c[uarters, was taken,
the fortifications destroyed, all their vessels burnt
or sunk, and a large quantity of treasure seized —
7 Feb. 1824, the Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen
Mends, fitting for the South American station,
whence he returned to England and was paid off
25 Oct. 1827— and 6 April, 1829, the Herald yacht,
Capt. Geo. Berkeley Maxwell, which vessel, em-
ployed in attendance on various diplomatic per-
sonages, be left about Aug. 1830. He has not been
since afloat.
Lieut. Hemmans has for some time, we believe,
filled the post of Emigration Agent at Greenock.
Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
HEMPSTED. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Edmund Hempsted entered the Navy in 1831 ;
passed his examination 2 May, 1838 ; and was em-
ployed, as Mate, on the Mediterranean, Home, and
Pacific stations, in the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin
Owen Pell, Robt. Smart, and Thos. Forrest, bearing
the flag for some time of Sir Fras. Mason, Excel-
lent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and
America 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon. He ob-
tained his commission 1 Dec. 1845, and has been
since serving, also in the Pacific, as Additional of
the CoLLiNGWooD 80, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Fras.
Seymour.
HEMSWOETH. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 19;
H-p., 28.)
William Glassford Hemswobth entered the
Navy, 1 Nov. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
Formidable 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, with whom
he bruized in the Channel and West Indies until
Sept 1802. He re-embarked, 22 May, 1805, on
boE^d the Brilliant 28, Capts. Robt. Barrie, Rich.
Budd Vincent, and Smyth, in which vessel he
served for two years and a half on the Irish and
Guernsey stations, and was on one occasion wounded
while in charge of some French prisoners. From
Nov. 1807 until Aug. 1808, Mr. Hemsworth offi-
ciated, we find, as Midshipman of the Neptune 98,
Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, both in the Channel and
West Indies. In June, 1809, he joined the Ajax
74, Capts. Robt. Waller Otway, Robt. Clephane,
and Sir Robt. Laurie, on the Mediterranean station,
where (besides commanding, as Master's Mate, a
boat in an attack on a French brig of war in the
Piombino passage, and participating in a very gal-
lant skirmish, in which the British with a slender
force beat back a powerful division of the French
Toulon fleet) he received a slight injury in a spi-
rited but unfortunate attempt made by the boats
of a squadron under Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane upon
the enemy's shipping in the Mole of Palamos, on
which occasion the British sustained a loss, out of 600
teamen and marines, of at least 200 killed, wounded,
and taken prisoners. He also, we understand, con-
tributed to the capture, 31 March, 1811, of Le Dro-
madaire store-ship, of 20 guns and 150 men. Being
discharged from the Ajax in Dec. 1811, Mr. Hems-
worth, during the next two years served, in the
Mediterranean, off Lisbon, and at Spithead ■ and
Plymouth, on board the York 74, Capt. Robt.
Barton, Andromeda 24, Capt. Rich. Arthur, and
Puissant and Saturn 74's, Capts. Benj. Wm. Page
and J. Nash. He then proceeded to the East In-
dies in the Minden 74, bearing the flag of Sir Sam.
Hood, and on 28 Feb. 1815, after having further
served for a short time on board the Hecate 18,
Capt. John Allen, was there appointed Acting-Lieu-
tenant of theWELi.ESLEY 74, Capt. Mich. Matthews.
He was officially promoted on 20 of the following
Sept., and in July, 1816, he returned home in the
Salsette 36, Capt. John Bowen. His appoint-
ments have since been — in 1840, to an Agency for
Transports Afloat— 17 Nov. 1842, to the post of Ad-
miralty Agent on board a contract mail steam-
vessel — and, 9 July, 1844, to the command of the
Crescent receiving-ship at Rio de Janeiro, where
he is at present employed. Agents — Messrs. Stil-
well.
HENDERSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9;
H-p., 32.)
David Henderson entered the Navy, 16 Nov.
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Speedy brig,
Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle, on the Newfonndlaiid
station ; removed, in March, 1808, to the Thetis
38, Capt. Geo. Miller, with whom he visited St.
Helena, and cruized in the Bay of Biscay ; became
Midshipman and Master's Mate, in March, 1809,
and April, 1813, of the Comet sloop, Capts. R. H.
Muddle, Wm. Sbepheard, and Geo. Wm. Blarney,
again at Newfoundland ; and was next, in March,
1814, transferred to the Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir
Rich. Bickerton at Spithead. He went on half-pay
on the receipt of his commission, which bears date
3 March, 1815, and he has not been since afloat.
Lieut. Henderson married, 23 Feb. 1819, Anne,
daughter of the late G. Brettell, Esq., of Baker
Street. He was left a widower 18 July, 1836.
HENDERSON. (Eear-Admbbai., 1846. f-p.,
14; H-p., 39.)
George Henderson is son of the late John Hen-
derson, Esq., many years Secretary to Admiral
Lord Bridport ; and brother-in-law of Capt. W. W.
Henderson, R.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1794, as
part of the Admiral's retinue, on board the Royal
George 100, Capt. Wm. Domett, on the books of
which ship, bearing the flag in the Channel of the
late Lord Bridport, then Sir Alex. Hood, he was
borne until Dec. 1795. In May, 1799, he rejoihed
the Royal George, still the flag-ship of his patron,
Lord Bridport, from which, in Nov. 1800, he re-
moved, as Midshipman, to the Belleisle 74, Capts.
Wm. Domett and Chas. Boyles, bearing the flag
afterwards of Hon. Wm. Comwallis. Proceeding,
in the summer of 1802, to the West Indies as Mas-
ter's Mate of the Ulysses 44, Mr. Henderson served
in that frigate, under the broad pendant of Sir
Sam. Hood, at the capture of Tobago, 1 July, 1803.
On rqoining the last-mentioned officer, after having
gone to England for the purpose of passing his exa-
mination, he was promoted by him to the rank of
Lieutenant 28 Jan. 1804, and appointed to the Alli-
gator 28, arme'e-enr-flute, Capt. Chas. Richardson, part
of the force employed at the ensuing reduction of
the Dutch colony of Surinam, where he was severely
wounded.* During the year 1805 Mr. Henderson
presents himself to our notice as serving with Capt.
Murray Maxwell, on board the Centaur 74, and
Galatea and Hy^na frigdtes, in the first named
of which ships he accompanied Rear-Admiral Hon.
Alex. Cochrane in his pursuit of the celebrated
Rochefort squadron. On his rejunction, in the
early part of 1806, of Sir Sam. Hood in the Centaur,
he cruized for some time off Rochefort, where, on
* Vide Gaz. 1804, p. 759.
494
HENDERSON.
25 Sept. 1806, he assisted, in company with the
Mars and Monarch 74's, at the capture of four
heavy French frigates, whose resistance was not
overcome until the Commodore had lost an arm.
Mr. Henderson, who was sent with the despatches
announcing the latter event to the fleet oS Brest,
next accompanied Lord Gambler's expedition to
Copenhagen. On the surrender of Madeira in Dec.
1807, being at the time the Centaur's First-Lieu-
tenant, he was again entrusted with Sir Sam. Hood's
despatches,* and sent with a strong recommenda-
tion to England, where, on his arrival, he was pre-
sented with a Commander's commission bearing
date 22 Jan. 1808. After an interval of half-pay he
was appointed, 13 July, 1809, to thefire-vessel division
of the expedition then fitting for the "Walcheren,
during the operations connected with which we find
him frequently distinguishing himself, in particular,
however, by the highly satisfactory nature of his con-
duct, at the destruction, under Capt. Nicholas Tom-
linson, of the basin, arsenal, and sea-defences of
Flushing on its evacuation by the British. f Capt.
Henderson, it appears, next, in the course of 1810,
joined the Eclipse and Hecate sloops, and Ne-
B^iDE frigate ; the latter of which vessels he brought
home, after having assisted at the reduction of the
Isle of France, and put out of commission in May,
1811. Attaining Post-rank on 1 of the following
Aug., he was further appointed, on the East India
station— 23 June, 1813, to the Acorn 20—20 April,
1814, to the MiNDEN 74, bearing the flag of his
friend Sir Sam. Hood — and 14 Jan. 1815, to the
Malacca 42. The latter ship, the last he com-
manded, he paid off in the ensuing July. He ac-
cepted Flag-rank 1 Oct. 1846.
The Rear-Admiral married, first, 26 Nov. 1817,
Frances, eldest daughter of Edm. Walcott, Esq., of
Winkton, near Christchurch, Hants, and sister of
Capt. J. E. Walcott, R.N., by whom (who died 1
Deo. 1836) he has issue four sons and two daugh-
ters ; and, secondly, in 1842, Rachel, relict of R. P.
Cazalet, Esq., and only daughter of the Rev. H.
Davies, of Singwood.
HENDERSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 10;
H-P., 31.)
John Henderson («) entered the Navy, 1 Oct.
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74,
Capt. Geo. Hart, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral
Thos. Macnamara Russell on the North Sea station,
where, and on the Baltic, he served in the same
ship, chiefly as Midshipman, until Jan. 1810. He
then in succession joined the Imp^rieuse 38, Capts.
Thos. Garth and Hon. Henry Duncan, Rodney 74,
and ViLLE DE Paris 110, both commanded by
Capt. Geo. Burlton, Cossack 22, Capts. Thos. Garth
and Geo. Price, Vigo 74, flag-ship of Sir Jas. NicoU
Morris, Illustrious 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, Prince
98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, Ariel 16, Capt. Dan. Ross,
and St. Lawrence 98, bearing the broad pendant
of Sir Edw. W. C. B. Owen, on the Mediterranean,
Baltic, Portsmouth, African, and Canadian Lake
stations. He was promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant 10 March, 1815, and on leaving the St. Law-
rence was appointed to the Prince Regent 56, in
which vessel, commanded by Capt. Wm. Fitzwil-
liam Owen, he remained on the Lakes of Canada
until Nov. 1816. He has since been on half-pay.
HENDERSON. (LieotenaKt, 1822. f-p., 16;
H-P., 24.")
John Henderson (d) entered the Navy, 23 Oct.
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Experiment
packet, Lieut.-Commander Fegen, employed on the
Falmouth station. On being appointed, early in
1809, Midshipman of the Mercurids sloop, Capt.
Thos. Renwick, we find him, in the course of that
year, cruizing in the North Sea and Baltic, then
visiting the north coast of Spain, and finally at-
tending the expedition to the Walcheren. From
Feb. 1810 until Sept. 1815 Mr. Henderson, besides
making a voyage to Rio de Janeiro and the Cape of
• Fide Gai. 1808, 102. f V. Gaz. 1809, p. 2006.
Good Hope, served on the stations above alluded
to, principally as Master's Mate, in the iMPisTUEUx
74, Capts. John Lawford, David Milne, Chas. Inglis,
and Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, and Niger 38,
Capt. Peter Rainier. He was then employed for
nearly two years in North America as Admiralty-
Midshipman of the Pactolcs 38, Capt. Wm. Hugh
Dobbie, and was afterwards appointed, in a similar
capacity— 10 Aug. 1817, to the Ramillies 74, Capt.,
Thos. Boys, on the Home station— 12 Sept. 1818, to
the Severn frigate, Coast Blockade depot, Capt. Wm.
M'Cullooh— and, 11 Feb. 1821, to the Fury bomb,
Capt. Wm. Edw. Parry, whom he accompanied in
his second north-west passage explorative mission,
returning with him to England in the autumn of
1823. Since that date Mr. Henderson, who had
been advanced to his present rank on 26 Deo. in the
preceding year, has been on half-pay.
HENDERSON. (Capt., 1840. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 10.)
Thomas Henderson, bom in June, 1795, in Scot-
land, is brother of Jas. Henderson, Esq., Master-
Attendant at Plymouth Dockyard.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 May, 1810, as a
Volunteer, on board the Pomone 38, Capt. Robt.
Barrie, under whom, prior to being wrecked on the
Needles Point, 14 Oct. 1811, we find him sharing,
as Midshipman, in a gallant action of an hour and
a half in Sagone Bay, where the Pomone, in com-
pany with the UNiTi 36, and Scout 18, effectually
destroyed, after incurring an individual loss of 2
men killed and 19 wounded, the two armed store-
ships Giraffe and Nourriee, each mounting from 20
to 30 guns, and protected by a 5-gun battery, a
martello tower, and a body of about 200 regular
troops. We may add that he was also present at
the capture, among other vessels, of one from Salem,
the Hercules, on board of which were Lucien Buo-
naparte and his family. Joining next the Furieuse
36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, Mr. Henderson served, as
Midshipman and Master's Mate of that frigate, at
the blockade of Toulon, the reduction of the island
of Ponza and of the town of Via Reggio, the un-
successful attack upon Leghorn, the occupation of
Santa Maria and of the enemy's other forts in the
Gulf of Spezia, and the capture of Genoa and its
dependencies. Among the numerous boat affairs
in which it was his fortune to participate we may
enumTate the cutting-out of a bombard from Sa-
gone Bay ; of a xebec, mounting 2 six-pounders,
from under the tower and batteries of Orbitello,
7 May, 1813 ; and, 4 Oct. following (with a loss to
the British of 12 men killed and wounded) of a
large convoy, protected by the galling fire of two
gun-vessels and several batteries in the harbour of
Marinelo. The Furieose being ultimately ordered
to North America, Mr. Henderson had the ill luck
to be there captured, while detached in a small
schooner in the Bay of Fundy, and detained a
prisoner-of-war during the winter of 1814-15. In
Aug. of the latter year, a few months after he had
rejoined the Furieuse, he was received by his old
Captain, Robt. Barrie, on board the Dragon 74,
from which ship, however, he almost immediately
removed to the Rochfort 74, Capt. Sir Arch. Dick-
son, lying at Portsmouth, where he continued until
he was enabled, in June, 1816, to pass his exaraintC-
tion. He then served for three months in the
Channel, as Mate of the Snapper cutter, Capt.
Rich. Steel, on leaving which vessel in the following
Oct. he joined, in a similar capacity, and was for
more than 13 years employed in, the Prince of
Wales Revenue-vessel, Capt. Benj. Oliver. As a
reward for the activity of his services during that
period, both in the Prince op Wales herself, and
in her tender and boats, Mr. Henderson, in Dec.
1829, was appointed, on promotion, to the Win-
chester 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys
on the North America and West India station. He
was accordingly advanced to the rank of Lieutenant
on 2 of the next April, and appointed, about the
same period, to the Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Cle-
ment, attached to the force in the West Indies,
HENDERSON.
495
whence, however, he invalided in the ensuing month
of July. On that occasion he took a passage home
in the Prospect merchantman, of London, and was
wrecked in her in the Gulf of Florida. After an
interval of half-pay he succeeded, on 16 March, 1831,
in obtaining an appointment to the Coast Guard,
during his continuance in which service he once, on
22 Feb. 1832, came into conflict with an armed party
of smugglers, and was severely wounded. From
27 June, 1832, until the spring of 1834, he succes-
sively commanded the Victokine, Sylvia, and
Speedy Revenue-cutters, and while in the second
named of those vessels he was employed on the
river Suir, and obtained the acknowledgments of
the Lord-Lieutenant for his exertions in suppressing
a combination which had been entered into by the
lightermen for the purpose of preventing the col-
liers from proceeding above the bridge of Water-
ford. Being advanced, for his services and wounds
in the Customs department of the Navy, to the
rank of Commander 12 Feb. 1834, and appointed,
2 June following, to the Columbine 18, Capt. Hen-
derson sailed for the Mediterranean, and in the
early part of 1835 accompanied the Euphrates ex-
pedition, under Lieut.-Colonel Chesney, from Malta
to the mouth of the river Orontes. "While engaged
in superintending its debarkation, his boat upset on
the bar of the stream, and, the strength of the
current carrying him into the surf beyond all power
of assistance from the shore, he was compelled to
swim to sea, in the hope that the ships at anchor
outside might have observed the accident, and have
sent their boats to his rescue, which providentially
proved to be the case. The Columbine being paid
off in April, 1838, on her return from a successful
anti-slavery cruize on the coast of Africa, Capt.
Henderson was next appointed, 31 Aug. 1840, to
the Vesuvius steam-vessel, and again ordered to
the Mediterranean, whither he proceeded, carrying
out a detachment of troops to Gibraltar and Malta.
For the part he subsequently took in the bombard-
ment of St. Jean d'Acre he was advanced to Post-
rank by commission dated 4 Nov. 1840, but he did
not resign the command of the Vesuvius until
25 March, 1841, previously to which period he had
further rendered himself useful to the Commanders
of the British and Turkish forces by his transport-
ance of their troops, guns, and stores, and by the
assistance he had afforded in filling up the breaches
formed in the battlements of Acre. He had also,
during the same period, it appears, been of signal
aid to the Pique when dismasted off' Caiffa, and had
conveyed to Malta the despatches announcing the
evacuation of Syria by the Egyptians. Since 8 Dec.
1845 Capt. Henderson has been in command of the
Sampson steam-frigate, in the Pacific.
He married, first, Jane, only daughter of the late
John M'Cormick, Esq., of the firm of Stirling and
Sons, Glasgow, by whom he has issue one daughter ;
and secondly, 30 Oct. 1841, Frances Maria, eldest
daughter of the late Jas. Way, Esq., Captain in the
Royal Horse Artillery. By the latter lady Capt.
Henderson also has issue. Agents — Coplands aiid
Burnett.
HENDERSON, C.B., K.S.F. (Captain, 1838.
F-p., 26 ; H-P., 13.)
William Honyman Henderson is son of the
late Alex. Henderson, Esq., of Sempster, Caithness,
N. B.
This oflScer entered the Navy, 25 Deo. 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hero 74, Capt. Jas.
Newman Newman, employed on the North Sea and
Baltic stations, where, and in South America, he
afterwards, until Oct. 1814, served, as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, in the Ardent 64, Capt. Kobt.
Honyman, and Aquilon and Ceres frigates, Capts.
Wm. Pakenham and Wm. Bowles. He was then
for some time employed at Newfoundland in the
Plover sloop, Capt. John Skekel; after which he
joined the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of Hon.
Sir Alex. Cochrane, and on 14 Dec. 1814, previously
to participating in the expedition against New Or-
leans, assisted in the boats of that ship and of a
squadron at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five
American gun-boats under Commander Jones, who
did not surrender until, in a severe conflict, he had
occasioned the British a loss of 17 men killed and
77 wounded. Between June, 1815, and Jan. 1820,
Mr. Henderson, we find, was next employed, on
the Home, and again on the South American sta^
tions, as Master's Mate and Admiralty Midshipman,
in the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Broughton,
Childeks 16, Capt. Rich. Wales, Rivoli 74, Capts.
Chas. Ogle and Aiskew Paffard HoUis, Dover 28,
Capts. John Ross and Chas. Hope Reid, Creole 42,
Capts. Wm. Bateman Dashwood and Wm. Bowles,
and Superb 74, Capt. Thos. White. On leaving
the latter ship he rejoined Capt. Bowles as Acting-
Lieutenant on board the Creole, which frigate,
however, he quitted soon after his oficial promo-
tion, which took place on 10 of the following May.
His next appointments were — in the course of 1824,
to the Seringapatam frigate, Albion 74, and Tri-
bune frigate, Capts. Chas. Sotheby, Sir Wm. Hoste,
and Gardiner Henry Guion, on the Portsmouth and
Lisbon stations— 20 Feb. 1826, to the Forte 44,
Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan — 22 March, 1826, to the
Blonde 42, Capt. Lord Byron, in the Pacific— 14
Sept. 1827, to the Columbine sloop, Capts. Chas.
Crole and John Townshend, on the Halifax station,
whence he returned home and was paid off 1 June,
1830— in March, 1831, to the Barham 50, Capt.
Hugh Pigot — and 7 May, 1831, as First Lieutenant,
to the Dublin 50, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend,
with whom he served, again in South America,
until 1834, on 2 Oct. in which year the Dublin was
put out of commission. Being advanced to the
rank of Commander 19 Dec. following, Capt. Hen-
derson, on 9 Sept. 183.5, was placed in charge of the
Phcenix steamer, and immediately ordered to the
coast of Spain, where the importance of his services
during the civil war was ultimately acknowledged
by his investiture with the second class of the
order of San Fernando. He was superseded from
the Ph<enix on being awarded a Post-commission,
dated 27 June, 1838. His next appointment was, 19
June, 1839, to the Gorgon, another steam-vessel, in
which he was for three years employed in the Me-
diterranean— participating during that period in
the operations on the coast of Syria, including those
against Sidon and St. Jean d'Acre.*' He was in
consequence nominated |,a C.B. 18 Dec. 1840. He
has been in command, since 25 Aug. 1846, of the
SiDON steam-frigate.
Capt. Henderson married, 4Sept. 1844, Elizabeth
Martha, relict of his old Captain, Lord Jas. Towns-
hend. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
HENDERSON, C.B., K.H. (Captain, 1815.
F-p., 24 ; H-p., 24.)
William Wilmott Henderson is brother of
Lieut. John Henderson, R.N., who was lost in com-
mand of the Maria schooner in a hurricane among
the Leeward Islands, 16 Oct. 1807 ; of Benj. W.
Henderson, Esq., Admiralty-Midshipman of the
Leven, who died on board that ship's tender, in
Delagoa Bay, while employed in surveying the east
coast of Africa, in March, 1823 ; and of Lieut. Rich.
Wilmott Henderson, R.N. (1823), who died in 1836.
He is nephew, further, of the gallant Capt. David
Wilmot, R.N., who was eight times wounded in
battle, and closed a distinguished career at St. Jean
d'Acre, where he fell in command of the Alliamce
36; and cousin of Lieut. John Blackmore, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1799, on
board the Royal George 100, Capt. Wm. Domett
bearing the flag in the Channel of Lord Bridport •
removed, in Oct. 1800, to the Ville de Paris lio'
flag-ship on the Mediterranean station of his patron
Earl St. Vincent ; was subsequently employed for
three years and a^half on board the Belleisle 74
Capts. John Whitby and Wm. Hargood, under the
latter of whom he accompanied Lord Nelson to the
West Indies in pursuit of the combined squadrons
and, on his return to the Mediterranean, fought at
Trafalgar ; and on 26 March, 1806, was promoted,
* fide Gaz. 1840, p. 2603.
496
HENDRY— HENN.
from the Hieeenia 110, bearing the flag of Lord
St. Vincent, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Kiobe
40, Capt. John Wentworth Loring— to which vessel,
after having assisted at the capture of Le Nearque
national brig, of 16 guns and 97 men, he was con-
firmed on 1 1 of the following April. On the capture
of Oporto by the French in March, 1809, Mr. Hen-
derson, who had been sent thither with despatches,
and for the purpose of superintending the landing
of supplies, unfortunately fell into their power. He
was accordingly placed in confinement, and ulti-
mately obliged to accompany them in their retreat
as far as the vicinity of Amaranta, where, however,
he succeeded, on 16 May, in efl'ecting his escape.
Having contrived to get back to Oporto, in spite of
many severe difficulties and privations, he there
took a passage home in the Nadtilds brig, Capt.
Thos. Bench; and on his arrival he was immediately
appointed First of the Active 46, Capt. Jas. Alex.
Gordon. Continuing to serve under that officer,
principally in the Adriatic, until 1 Aug. 1811, Mi:.
Henderson, besides assisting at the capture of many
of the enemy's vessels, was present, on 13 March,
18U, in the celebrated action off Lissa, where a
British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns
and 879 men, completely routed, after a conflict of
six hours, and a loss to the Active of 4 men killed
and 24 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament,
whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men.
As a reward for his gallantry, which was described
by Capt. Gordon in the warmest terms, Mr. Hen-
derson had the satisfaction of being promoted to
the rank of Commander by a commission ante-dated
tq the day of victory. Prior, however, to the re-
ceipt of the intelligence, we again, on 27 of the en-
suing July, find him signalizing and recommend-
ing himself in the strongest manner to notice,
by his conduct at the capture and destruction of a
convoy of 28 sail, defended, in a creek in the island
of Eagosniza, by 300 troops and 3 gun-vessels ; on
which occasion, while the boats were left to attack
the enemy from without, he landed with the small-
arm men and marines, stormed and carried a hill
which commanded the creek, and, having put the
military to flight with great loss, annihilated in a
great measure the difficulties of the enterprise.
"When subsequently on his voyage home in the Po-
MONE 38, Capt. Robt. Barrie, Capt. Henderson, it
appears, had the misfortune to be wrecked, on a
sunken rook, near the Needles Point, 14 Oct. 1811.
He was next, on 3 April, 1812, appointed to the Ro-
SAKio brig, from which vessel, after cruizing for
some months in the Downs, and conveying the
Duke of Brunswick Oels from Harwich to the Elbe,
he removed, 7 June, 1813, to the Dashek sloop. In
the following Oct. he accompanied the outward-
bound trade to the West Indies, and during his con-
tinuance on that station he co-operated in the re-
duction of Guadeloupe in Aug. 1815. He attained
Post-rank on 9 Oct. in the same year, but did not
leave the Dasher * until May, 1816, and on 13 Jan.
1835, was created a K.H. Capt. Henderson's last
appointments were, 25 July, 1837, and 2 Sept. 1841,
to the Edinbuhgh 72, and Victory 104, on the Me-
diterranean and Portsmouth stations ;, his services
in the former of which ships in the operations on
the coast of Syria and at the bombardment of St.
Jean d' Acre were acknowledged by his nomination
to the C.B. 18 Dec. 1840. He was superseded in
the command of the Victory in Sept. 1844.
Capt. Henderson married, in June, 1817, a sister
of the present Eear-Admiral Geo. Henderson, R.N.
HENDRY. (CTaptatlt, 1822. r-p., 25 ; h-p., 27.)
"William Hemdey was born 16 Aug. 1777, at
Paisley, N. B.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 April, 1795, as
Midshipman, on board the Alcm^ne 32, Capt. "Wm.
Brown, with whom, in the same frigate, and in the
Defence 74, be served, in the' North Sea and off
• It is due to Capt. Henderaon to state, that during the two
years and a half the Das|1£b remained on the West India,
station she did not lose a single man from the effects of the
climate.
Lisbon and Cadiz, until May, 1798. He then re-
moved to the ViLLE DE Paris 110, bearing the flag
of Eari St. Vincent, by whom, we believe, he was
appointed, in Feb. 1799, Acting-Lieutenant ot the
Transfer brig, Capt. Geo. Mundy, on the Medi-
terranean station. In the following -Aug. he re-
joined Capt. Brown, as Midshipman, on board the
Vanguard 74, in which ship, and in the Adrora
28, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and Robust 74,
and Hussar 38, both commanded by his friend
Capt. Brown, he further served, on the Lisbon,*
Newfoundland, Channel, and Irish stations, until
promoted, immediately on passing his examination,
to a Lieutenancy, 11 July, 1801, in the Hazard
sloop, Capts. "Wm. Butterfield and Rich. John Neve.
Joining next (after a prolonged employment of four
years off the coast of Ireland and in the Channel)
the Hero 74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, Mr.
Hendy fought in that ship in Sir Rich. Strachan's
action off Ferrol 4 Nov. 180.5, and was also present,
13 March, 1806, at the capture of the French 80-gun
ship Marengo, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Linois, and 40-gun frigate Selle Poule. In the
course of the latter year, he was again placed under
the orders of Lord St. Vincent, in the Hibernia
110; and while next attached, between Aug. 1807,
and March, 1810, to the Statiba 38, Capts. Kobt.
Howe Bromley, Chas. Worsley Boys, and Geo. Paris
Monke, he attended, as First-Lieutenant, the expe-
dition to the "Walcheren (where, with the frigate-
squadron under Lord "Wm. Stuart, he assisted in
forcing the passage between the batteries of Flush-
ing and Cadsand), and co-operated in the reduction
of Guadeloupe. From the period of his leaving the
Statira until that of his advancement to the rank
of Commander, 27 April, 1814, Mr. Hendy succes-
sively officiated as Senior and Flag-Lieutenant, in
the "West Indies and at home, on board the Blonde
38, Capt. Thos. Huskisson, Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir
John Gore, and Ulysses and Aego 44's, flag-ships
of Rear-Admiral "Wm. Brown. Being appointed,
on 19 of the ensuing July, to the Forester 18, our
officer, who retained command of that vessel on tlie
Jamaica station until Aug. 1816, had the good for-
tune, although four other Captains had failed in the
attempt, to obtain the liberation at Santa Martha of
the officers and crews belonging to some vessels
which had been confiscated by the authorities of
Carthagena. Capt. Hendry's only other appoint-
ments were, 5 Jan. 1819, and 21 July, 1821, to the
RosARio 10, and Doterel 18, on the St. Helena
and North American stations, from the former of
which he was selected to carry home, in the Heron
18, Capt. Job Hanmer, the despatches annoimcing
the death of Napoleon Buonaparte. On the morn-
ing immediately after the decease of the unfortu-
nate Emperor, 6 May, 1821, Capt. Hendry appears
to have formed one of the three naval Captains who
were admitted to view the body.* He attained
Post-rank 19 July, 1822, and accepted the half-pay
of Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
On the first opening, in 1829, of the College in
Portsmouth Dockyard for the instruction of officers
in subjects connected with their profession, Capt.
Hendry was the Senior of those admitted. The
Frolic 16, a sloop constructed by him, was launched
23 Aug. 1842.
HENN. (Lieut,, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
Richard Henn was born in March, 1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1806, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Centauk 74, Capt. "Wm.
Henry "Webley, bearing the broad pendant of Sir
Sam. Hood. On 25 of the following Sept. he as-
sisted, in company with the Mars and Monarch
74's, at the capture, off Rochefort, of four heavy
French frigates, whose complete subjugation was
not effected until Sir Sam. Hood had lost an arm ;
and he subsequently, it appears, besides attending
the expedition against Copenhagen, and witnessing
the surrender of Madeira, contributed, in conjunc-
tion with the Implacable 74, to the taking, 26
• Vide Gaj. 1821, p. 1409.
HENNAIi—HENNING— HENRI.
497
Aug. 1808, in sight of the whole Kuesian fleet near
Kogerswick, of the 74-gun ship Sewolod, after a elose
and furious conflict in which the CBSTAnn lost 3
men killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180
killed and wounded. From 1810 until 1812 we find
Mr. Henn serving under the successive flags of Sir
S. Hood and Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, as Midship-
man and Master's Mate of the Hieernja 120, on
the Mediterranean station. In 1813, being at the
time in the StirIjIng Castle 74, Capt. Sir Home
Popham, he escorted the Marquess of Hastings as
Governor-General to India, where, on his arrival,
he rejoined Sir S. Hood, who had been recently
nominated Commander-in-Chief, on board the MiN-
DEN 74. On 27 Sept. 1814 he was appointed Acting-
Lieutenant of the Salsette 36, Capt. John Bowen,
with whom he continued to serve until paid off, on
his return to England, in July, 1816. Mr. Henn,
whose commission bears date 2 March, 1815, has not
been since afloat.
He is married, and has issue a son and one daugh-
ter. Agent — J. Hinxman.
HENNAH. (LlE0T., 1821. P-J';,14; a-P., 19.)
Edward Hennah, born 12 Aug. 1800, is only
son of Capt. Wm. Hennah, R.N., C.B. (1806), who
died in 1832; grandson of the Rev. Rich. Hennah,
Vicar of St. Austle, and Rector of St. Michael Pen-
kirell, both in the county of Cornwall, and domestic
Chaplain to Viscount Falmouth ; and cousin of the
Rev. Wm. Veale Hennah, Retired Chaplain, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 April, 1814, as
Midshipman, on board the Rippon 74, comtoanded
in the Channel by Capt. Sir Christopher Cole.
From Sept. 1814 until July, 1815, he was em-
ployed on the American coast in the Bedpord 74,
Capt. Jas. Walker ; and he afterwards, until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 Nov. 1821,
served, on the Home, Halifax, and Mediterranean
stations, in the Pdissant, Albion, Queen, and
Northumberland 74's, Capts. Benj. Wm. Page,
Philip Somerville, and Jas. Walker, and Active 46,
Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon. He then received an
appointment to the Ordinary . on the Canadian
Lakes, under Capt. Sir Robt. Barrie, but, returning
home in the spring of 1822, was not again employed
until 1841, on 27 Aug. in which year he joined the
Coast Guard, in which service he still continues.
Lieut. Hennah married, 28 Oct. 1825, Anne,
daughter of Sam. Jewel, Esq., Surgeon, of Tregony,
CO. Cornwall, a descendant of John Jewel, Bishop
of Salisbury, the celebrated Anglican Reformer.
By that lady he has issue five children.
HENNAH. (LlEDTENANT, 1829.)
Frederick Hennah died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy in Jan. 1821 ; passed
his examination in 1827 ; and obtained his commis-
sion 8 Aug. 1829. He then obtained command of
the Speedwell schooner, on the Jamaica station,
and was afterwards appointed— 26 Oct. 1830, to the
Revenge 78, Capts. J as. Hillyar and Donald Hugh
Mackay, employed on particular service and on the
Lisbon station— 30 Oct. 1832, to the Spabtiate 76,
flag-ship of Sir Michael Seymour in South America
— 5 Sept. 1835, for a few days, to the Pvlades 18,
Capt. Wm. Langford Castle, fitting for the Cape of
Good Hope— 18 March, 1836, 26 Sept. 1839, and 31
Oct. 1840, to the Talavera 74, Capts. Thos. Ball
Sulivan and Wm. Bowen Mends, Pembroke 72,
Capt. Fairfax Moresby, and Monarch 84, Capt.
Sam. Chambers, all oh the Jamaica station, where,
with the exception of a few months in the last men-
tioned year, he served until the close of 1843— and
27 April, 1844, to the command of a station in the
Coast Guard, which he retained until the period of
his death.
HENNING. (Lieut., 181.5. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 31.)
Alexander Henning entered the Navy, 17 May,
1803, as Fst.-cl.' Vol., pn board the Christian VII.
80, Capts. Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, Woodley Lo-
sack, and Rich. Ilarward, of which ship, employed
on the Home station, he became Midshipman 7 Aug.
following. While in her he served for some time
under the flag of Sir EdW. Pellew ; and on two
separate occasions, 20 Jan. and 13 Feb. 1810, he was
employed in boat affairs of considerable gallantry;
assisting, on the first, at the capture and destruction
of part of a convoy of 30 sail, under a heavy fire of
grape and musketry, and within a stone's throw of
the batteries, in the IWaumusson passage ; and, on
the second, at the destruction, with a loss to the
British of 2 men killed and 3 wounded, of three
deeply-laden chasse-marees, which had grounded on
a reef between Roohelle and He d'Aix, and were
protected by nine French boats, each carrying a 12-
pounder carronade and 6 swivels, and rowing from
20 to 30 oars. The British, who in the latter in-
stance succeeded in capturing one and dispersing
the rest of the boats, were in both cases commanded
by Lieut. Gardmer Hen. Guion. From Sept. 1810
until May, 1814, Mr. Henning again, we find, served
with Capt. Woodley Losack, chiefly as Master's
Mate, in the Galatea 42, on the Cape of Good
Hope, Channel, and West India stations ; during
which period he shared, 20 May, 1811 (while
cruizing off' Madagascar, in company with the As-
TREA and Ph(ebe, frigates about equal in force to
the Galatea, and 18-gun brig Racehorse), and
was slightly wounded in the left arm, in a long and
trying action with the French 40-gun frigates i2e-
nommee, Chrinde, and Nereide, in which the Gala-
tea, besides being cut to pieces in her hull, masts,-
and rigging, sustained a loss of 16 men killed and
46 wounded.* Between the date of his discharge
from the Galatea and that of his promotion to
the rank of Lieutenant, 11 Sept. 1815, Mr. Henning
was lastly employed in the West Indies on board
the Venerable 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Philip
Chas. Durham, and Spider sloop, Capt. Robt.
Caulfeild.
He married, 11 Dec. 1838 (while in command of
the Earl of Sardwicke Indiaman), Melina, only sur-
viving daughter of the late E. W. Smith, Esq.
HENRI. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 41 ; h-p., I.)
Alphonso Henri entered the Navy, 28 Nov.
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Astrea 32,
Capt. Jas. Carthew ; in which frigate, and in the
Crescent 36, commanded by the same officer, he
was for many months employed with the in-shore
squadron off Brest, and off the Texel. In Aug..
1807 he was sent, as Midshipman, with only 1 man,
to navigate into Yarmouth Roads a prize under
Kniphausen colours, on board of which were 15
prisoners, who, on the wind suddenly shifting, and
blowing hatd on the Dutch coast, rose and retook
their vessel. The- latter being soon, however,
chased by a British cruizer, ran on shore and was
wrecked, owing to which catastrophe several of the
crew were drowned. Mr. Henri, we may add, was
himself saved by the intrepidity of a gendarme,
who, witnessing his peril, swam off' on hoiseback to
his rescue. After nine months of imprisonment he
joined, 27 May, 1808, the Roebuck 44, flag-ship at
Yarmouth of Vice- Admiral Billy Douglas, but re-
moving in a few days to the Gloire 38, commanded
by his old Captain, Jas. Carthew, he was for some
time employed in that frigate at the blocluide of
Cherbourg, and then at the reduction of Martinique.
Immediately after the latter event Mr. Henri was
appointed Master's Mate of the Frolic 18, Capt.
Thos. Whinyates, part of the force engaged in the
ensuing capture of the Saintes. Rejoining the
Gloire, a few months subsequently, he assisted at
the taHng of Guadeloupe in Feb. 1810, and conti-
nued to be borne on her books until June, 1811.
During that period, while Mr. Henri had charge of
an American prize, the watch below, it appears^
subjected themselves to the stupifijoation of opium,
and thereby aff'orded the enemy an opportunity of
making an attack upon the watch on deck, and,,
after a fierce struggle, of regaining their ascend-
ancy. Being allowed the option of either going to
• Vide Guz. 1811, p. 2191.
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HENRY.
America or of taking his chance in the long-boat,
Mr. Henri accepted the latter, and, accompanied by
some others, had the good fortune, with no other
shelter than that yielded by a blanket, to make the
island of Barbuda, and in the end reach Antigua,
where lay the Gloire. He was ultimately, while
in the Dkagon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey,
promoted, 20 Dec. 1811, three days after he had
passed his examination, to an Acting-Lieutenancy
in the Amabanthe 18, Capt. Geo. Pringle. He was
superseded at Antigua 30 June, 1812, bnt on his
ensuing return to England found that, by a strange
coincidence, he had been that very day promoted
iiy the Admiralty. His appointments have since
been — 13 Dec. 1812, to the Combekland 74, Capt.
Thos. Baker, with whom he again sailed for the
West Indies— 27 Jan. 1813, to the Gbampds 50,
bearing the flag on that station of Sir F. Laforey —
14 Feb. 1813, to the Tribune 36, Capt. Geo. Rey-
nolds—18 Sept. 1813, to the Eaten 16, Capts. Geo.
Gustavus Lennock and Edw. Lloyd, during his
continuance in which vessel he was employed on a
branch of the Scheldt in the campaign of 1813-14,
and commanded a division of boats on special ser-
vice up the Gulf of Paria— 27 Oct. 1815, to the Hope
10, Capt. Hen. Fyge Jauncey, employed in the
Channel, where he served until snperseded at his
own request in March, 1817—17 Feb. 1818, to the
Kamillies 74, flag-ship at Leith of Sir Wm. John-
stone Hope— 11 Sept. 1818, to the command of the
Viper cutter, in which he cruized very successfully
against the Channel smugglers, and was on one
occasion so nearly murdered that the Treasury
offered a reward of 200/. for the apprehension of
the offenders- and, 17 Dec. 1821, to the Coast
Guard, ia which service he still continues.
"While on the books of the Hope, but detached in
some other vessel, Lieut. Henri was wrecked on the
coast of Devon, on which occasion, out of eight
persons, himself and another, whom he had the
good fortune to rescue, were the only persons
saved. He has been in the compiission of the
peace for eo. Mayo since Dec. 1834. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
HENEY. (Lieutenant, 1842. f-p.,15; h-p., 1.)
Arthur Robert Henry entered the Navy, 20
Feb. 1831, as a Volunteer, on board the Pallas 42,
Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, with whom he served in
the West Indies, latterly as Midshipman, until May,
1834. In the following Sept. he joined the Tyne 28,
Capt. Lord Viscount Ingestrie, on the Mediterra-
nean station, where, for some months in 1837, he
was further employed on board the Rodney 92,
Capt. Hyde Parker. Having passed his examina^
tion on 15 Aug. in the latter year Mr! Henry, in
May, 1839, was appointed Mate of the Chilbers 16,
Capt. Edw. Pellew Halsted, and ordered to India,
whence he ultimately, in June, 1841, carried, in the
capacity of temporary Commander, the Plover 12
to China. During his continuance in that vessel,
which was latterly commanded by Capt. Rich. Col-
linson, he assisted at the reduction of Amoy, was
present at the re-capture of Chusan, witnessed the
storming of the fortified heights and citadel of
Chinghae, commanded a party on shore in the
attack on Chapoo, and co-operated in the reduction
of Chin-Kiang-Foo. He was promoted for his ser-
vices to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842,* and
has been since appointed— 18 March, 1843, to the
Pylades 18, Capt. Louis Symonds Tindal, with
whom he returned to England from the East Indies,
and was paid off in the following Oct. — 18 Dec. 1844,
to the Ranger 6, Capt. Jas. Anderson, fitting for
the coast of Africa— and, 17 March, 1845, to the
Racehorse 18, Capts. Geo. Jas. Hay and Edw.
Southwell Sotheby, in which vessel he is now again
serving in the East Indies. In Dec. 1845, being at
the time at New Zealand, Lieut. Henry landed in
command of a division of small-arm men, and on 11
of the following month, after having most usefully
participated for three weeks in a series of the most
* Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3821.
trying operations (more especially alluded to in our
biography of Capt. Chas. Graham), assisted, and
was officially mentioned for his conduct, at the
storming and capture, not^i'ithstanding a desperate
resistance of four hours, of a strongly fortified pah,
belonging to a rebel chieftain named Kawiti.*
Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
HENRY. (Commander, 1841- f-p., 1 6 ; h-p., 8.)
Geoboe Augustus Henry, born 6 Oct. 1809, in
Dublin, is brother of Capt. Hastings R. Henry, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 Aug. 1823, as a
Volunteer, on board the Prince Regent 120, Capt.
Wm. Hen. Webley Parry, flag-ship at the Nore of
Sir Benj. Hallowell. In 1825, having previously
attained the rating of Midshipman, he joined the
Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, in the
boats belonging to which frigate he appears to have
been very often employed in the suppression of
piracy in the Mediterranean ; where, on removing
to the Talbot 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, he
bore a part in the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827.
Passing his examination in 1829, he was next, for
upwards of two years, employed again at Chatham,
and then in South America, on board the Prince
Regent 120, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Hen. Blackwood,
and Druid 46, Capt. G. W. Hamilton. Attaining
the rank of I^ieutenant 24 Jan. 1832, Mr. Henry
was in that capacity appointed — 27 Feb. and 23
Nov. 1832, to the Warspite 76, bearing the flag of
Sir Thos. Baker, and Clio 18, Capt. John Jas. On-
slow, both on the station last mentioned, whence he
returned home and was paid ofl" in Jime, 1833 — 6
June, 1834, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir
Thos. Bladen Capel in the East Indies, where he
remained about four years — and, 16 May, 1840, as
First, to the Southampton 50, bearing the flag of
Sir Edw. Durnford King, at the Brazils and Cape
of Good Hope. He acquired his present rank 23
Nov. 1841, and is now on half-pay.
Commander Henry for four months held the
acting-command of the Lily 16, on the coast of
Africa. He married, 30 Oct. 1845, Etheldreda Lucy
Emily, only daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel
Ferris, Treasurer 'of the Island of Mauritius.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
HENRY. (Captain, 1843. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 7.)
Hastings Reginald Henry, born in March, 1808,
is son of the late John Joseph Henry, Esq., of
Straffan, co. Kildare, by the Lady Emily Elizabeth
Fitzgerald, daughter of the late and sister of the
present Duke of Leinster. Capt. Henry, whose
brother, Geo. Augustus, is a Commander R.N., has
several other relatives in the service.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1823, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sybille 48, Capt. Sam.
John Brooke Pechell, and, proceeding to the Medi-
terranean, was present, 18 June, 1826, in a desperate
action with some pirates ofi' Candia, in which the
British sustained a loss of 12 men killed and 29
wounded. He afterwards served on the Home
station, as Midshipman and Mate, in the Columbine
sloop, Capt. Wm. Symonds, Undaunted 46, Capt.
Augustus Wm. Jas. CliflFord, and St. Vincent 120,
Capt. Hyde Parker ; and, subsequently to his pro-
motion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place
18 Dec. 1830, was appointed— 7 Sept. 1831, to the
Asia 84, flag-ship off Lisbon of Rear-Admiral Wm.
Parker— and, 20 Dec. 1834, to the Rattlesnake 28,
Capt. Wm. Hobson, on the East India station.
Capt. Henry, whose second promotal commission
bears date 28 June, 1838, next joined in succession,
between 14 Sept. 1840 and his advancement to Post-
rank 5 Sept. 1843, the Salamander, Styx, and
Devastation steamers, and, as Acting-Captain,
the Queen 110, and Aigle 24, on the Channel and
Mediterranean stations. Since the latter date he
has been on half-pay.
Capt. Henry married, in 1845, the Dowager Mar-
chioness of Hastings, Baroness Grey de Ruthyn.
• Vide Gaz. 1846, p. 2346.
IIENRY-HENSLEY-HENSLOW— HERBERT.
HENRY. (LlECTENANT, 1823. F-P.,2l ; H-P., 18.)
John HENRy entered the Navy, 8 June, 1808, as
a Volunteer, on board the Iphigenia ■36, Capt.
Hen. Lambert, in which ship, after making a voyage
to Quebec, he proceeded to India, where he wit-
nessed the conq,ue8t of lie Bourbon in July, 1810,
and in the course of the following month assumed a
share, as Midshipman, in a series of gallant but un-
fortunate operations, which, by the 28th, terminated
in the self-destruction of the British frigates SiBins,.
bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sam.
Pym, and Magicienne, the capture of the Neseide,
and the surrender to a powerful French squadron
of the Iphigenia herself, after incurring an indi-
vidual loss of at least 5 men killed and 13 wounded,
at the entrance of Port Sud-Est, Isle of France.
From the date last mentioned Mr. Henry remained
subject to the horrors of a loathsome captivity,
until released at the subsequent reduction of the
Mauritius, when he was re-appointed to the Iphige-
nia, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, with whom, he
returned to England and was paid off in May, ISll.
He then served for three years in the Baltic' and
Channel, part of the time as Master's Mate, on
board the Pyramus 36, Capts. Chas. Dashwood
and Jas, "Whitley Deans Dundas; which frigate, to-
wards the close of 1812, brought Sir Jas. Saumarctt
from Gottenborg to England. Between May, 1814,
and Aug. 1824, Mr. Henry was employed, oa the
West India, Mediterranean^ Home, and African
stations, in the Suktan 74, Capt. John "West, Eu-
phrates 36, Capt. Kobt. Preston,, TajGhs 38,. Capt.
J. W. D. Dundas, Active 46, Capt. Jas. Alex.
Gordon, Bajuillies 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, Owem
Glendower 42, Commodore Sir Kobt. Mends, and
Driver sloop, Capt. Chas. Bowen. "While in the
latter vessel, of which he was confirmed a Lieute-
nant 22 Oct. 1823, we find him co-operating with
the troopa engaged in the Ashantee war. His last
appointment afloat was, 6 Nov. 1828, to the Chai.-
lenger 28, Capt. Chas. Howe Eremantle, with
whom he served in the East Indies, as First Lieute-
nant, until he returned home and was paid off 12
June^ 1833.
Lieut. Henry, who has long officiated as an Emi-
f ration Agent, is now employed in that capacity at
>ublin.
HENRY. (Lieut., 1815. f-P:, 14; h-p., 26.)
"William Henry entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the- Neptune 98, Capt.
Sir Thos. "Williams, bearing the flag afterwards of
Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, with whom he also served
for some time in the Pompee 74, and Statiea 38.
During the term of his attachment to the two for-
mer of those ships he assisted as Midshipman at
the redaction of Martinique and the Saintes, aided
on shore at the- taking of Guadeloupe, witnessed
the capture of the French 74-gan ship D'HaupouU,
and was at the destruction of the 44-gun frigates
Lohre and SeiTw, in L'Ance la Barque. In Feb.
1811, after having served for a short time with Sil:
Fras. Laforey in the Dragon 74, Mr. Henry joined
the Castor 32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, and proceeded
to the Mediterranean, where, on 23 June, 1813, he
contributed, in the boats, to the cutting-out, from
under the protection of a strong fort, on the coast
of Catalonia, of La Fortune, French privateer, of 2
guns, 2 swivels, and 48 men— an exploit which oc-
casioned the British a loss of 4 men killed and 9
wounded. In 1814 Mr. Henry, we find, participated
in another affair of the same description. Quitting
the Castor' in April, 1815, he next, for short pe-
riods, joined the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir
Alex. Cochrane, and Koyal Sovereign 100; and
on 13 of the following June he was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant. Since 21 Dec. 1841 he has
been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
Capt. Kobt. CampbelL After serving for some
time at the blockade of the Texel, and attending,,
as Midshipman, the expedition to Copenhagen, he
assisted, 22 March, 1808 (on the Nassau's hard-
wrought extrication from a mass of ice in which
she had been blocked up during the whole winter),
at the. capture and destruction, when in company
with the Stately 64, of the Danish 74-gun ship.
Prindts Chistian. Frederic— an achievement accom-
plished at the close of a long running fight in which
the Nassau sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 16.
wounded. "While next attached, between Nov.
1809 and Aug. 1813^ to the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas.
Rowley, Mr. Hensley served with great activity on
the Mediterranean and Adriatic stations, contri-
buting, during that period, to the capture, 27 Nov-
1811, of La Cwcei/re French frigate, pierced foe
40 but mounting only 28 guns, and the reduction,,
in July, 1813, of the town of Fiume. On leaving
the Eagle he became Master's Mate of the Union
98, Capt. Kobt. Rolles, in which ship (being conr
firmed to her by commission dated 20. Oct. 1813) he-
further served in the Mediterraneaa until July,,
1814. His last appointment was, 4 May, 1815, to
the TowEY 24, Capt. Hew Steuart, with whom,,
during a continuance of three months in, that ship,,
he served at Falmouth and oflT Havre de Grace.
HENSLOW, K."W. (Lieutenant,. 1829,)
Frederick John Francis Henslow entered the
Navy 22 Aug. 1811;. passed his examination in,
1819 ; and was made Lieutenant, 16 March, 1829,
into the Java 52, flag-ship in the East Indies of
Rear- Admiral "Wm, Hall Gage, with whom, in 1830,
he returned to England. From 19 Sept. 1833 until
Oct. 1836f he commanded the Rose, Revenue-vessel j
and in 1841 he was appointed one of the Naval
Knights of "Windsor. Agents— Goode and Law-
rence.
HENSLEY. (LiEtTT., 1813. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Charles Hensley entered the Navy, 31 Jan.
1806, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Nassau 64,
HERBERT. (Lieutenant-, 1846.>
Douglas HERBERT.served for some time as Mid-
shipman of the Edinburgh 72, Capt. "Wm. Wilmott
Henderson, on the- Mediterranean station, where>
including the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, he
shared in the operations of 1840 on the coast of
Syria, and was officially mentioned for his services.*
Having passed his examination, 6 Oct. 1843, he was
promoted, after an employment of some months, as
Mate, on board the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt.
Henry Dncie Chads, and Victoria and Albert
steam-yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitaCIarence, to
the rank of Lieutenant 7 Oct. 184& He has sUiee
been on half-pay.
HERBERT. (Lieut., 1844.. f-p., 13; h-p., 1.)
Frederick Charles Herbert, born 25 Feb.
1819, at Spofforth, near Wetherby, co. York, Js
second son of the Hon. and Very Rev. "Wm. Herbert,
LL.D., Dean of Manchester, by Letitia Dorothea,
second daughter of Joshua, fifth Viscount Allen ;
nephew of the late, and first-cousin of the present,
Earl of Carnarvon; and nephew of Capt. Hon.
Chas. Herbert, R.N., a gallaa,t seaman who was ac-
cidentally drowned in 1808.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 4
Aug. 1831 ; and embarked, 17 Aug. 183S, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Forte 44, Capt. "Watfcin Owen
Pell, with whom, latterly as Midshipman, he served
on the North America and West India station, until
Aug. 1836. He then Joined the Pinchbr schooner,
Lieut.-Commander Geo. Byng, and, after an em-
ployment of some months in that vessel on the
coast of Africa, removed successively, on the Home
station, to the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Lord
Amelius Beapclerk, Modeste 18, Capt. Harry Eyres,
and Royal Adelaide 104, bearing the flag again
of Lord A. Beauclerk. His health obliging him to
leave the latter ship in Aug. 1838, he remained on
shore for a period of 10 months, and became an
under-graduate at Trinity College, Cambridge. H e
re-embarked, in June, 1839, onboard the Howe 120,
* Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2610.
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HERBERT.
bearing the flag at' Sheemess; of Sir Robt. Waller
Otway; and on passing his examination 27 Sept.
1839, proceeded, in the Fikeflt steamer, Lieut.-
Commander "Wm. Winniett to the Canadian Lakes,
where, until his promotion to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 2 March, 1844, he served with great activity,
chiefly on board the Niagaha 20, Capt. Williams
fiandom, Mohawk steam-vessel, Lieut. -Commander
John Wm. Bedford, and Montkeal schooner, com-
manded by Lieut. John Tyssen, and, for some time
also, by himself. Since 9 Sept. 1844 Mr. Herbert
has been occupied on the Home and on the North
America and West India stations in the Daring 12,
Commanders Henry Jas. Matson and Wm. Peel.
HERBEET. (Commandek, 1828. f-p., 25 ;
H-p., 19.)
George Flower Herbert is eldest son of Joseph
Herbert, Esq., President of the island of Mont-
serrat.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Sept. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 74, Capt. Thos.
Fras. Fremantle, of which ship, employed on the
India station and off Ferrol, he almost immediately
became a Midshipman. Between Deo. 1804 and Jan.
1811 he served, on the Home, Cadiz, and West India
stations, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Bar-
FLBDH, Neptdne, andDREADN0UGHT98's, Capts.Geo.
Martin, T. F. Fremantle (under whom he fought in
the Neptdne at Trafalgar, and took part, while for
a time detached, in several actions with the Spanish
gun-boats near Gibraltar), and Wm. Leohmere,
RovAL George 100, and San Josef 110, flag-ships
of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, Nijaden 36, Capt.
Fred. Cottrell, Neptune 98, and Statira 38, bear-
ing each the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Inglis Cochrane,
and Port d'Espagne 18, Capt. Geo. Grey Burton.
On 28 Feb. 1811 (after having been for a few weeks
borne as a Supernumerary on the books of the
Dragon 74, Eear-Admiral Sir Fras. Laforey) he
rejoined the Nijaden, in the capacity of Acting-
Lieutenant; and, being confirmed to her 16 May
fpllowing, was sijbsequently, in March, 1812, pre-
sent, when, under Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth,
she contrived, during her passage home from Lis-
bon, to effect an escape from a pursuing squadron
of five French line-of-battle ships. Mr. Herbert's
subsequent appointments were — 30 April, 1812, with
Capt. Epworth, to the Ntmphe 38, from which ves-
sel, fitting at Portsmouth, an attack of illness ob-
liged him at once to invalid— 21 April, 1813, to the
San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King in the
Mediterranean, where he witnessed, 5 Nov. 1813
and 13 Feb. 1814, two partial actions with the
Toulon fleet, and was present at the capture of
Genoa in April, 1814—28 Sept. 1814, to the Ulysses
44, Commodore Thos. Browne, on accompanying
whom to the coast of Africa, he assisted at the de-
struction of a slave-factory — in the course of 1816,
to the Impregnable, Berwick, and Impregnable
agaiuj flag-ships at Plymouth of Sir John Thos.
Duckworth and Lord Exmouth— 6 April, 1820, after
17 months of half-pay;- to the command of the
Harpy Revenue-cutter — 25 Oct. 1824, to the
Herald yacht, Capt. Henry Jphn Leeke — 7 June,
1825, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Acworth Om-
manney, lying at Portsmouth— and 22 Aug. 1825,
4 Aug. J826, and 18 Jan. 1827, to the Wabspite 76,
BoADicEA 46, and Java 52, all flag-ships in the
East Indies of Rear- Admiral Wm. Hall Gage. He
attained his present rank 7 July, 1828 ; and, vrith
the exception of a command, from 18 May, 1837,
until Aug. 1840, of the TiMERAiRE 104, Ocean 80,
and PoicTiERS 72, guard-ships at Sheemess and
Chatham, has since been on half-pay.
Commander Herbert married Mary, youngest
daughter of the late Capt. Harding, R.N., and
niece of Rear-Admiral Jas. Bowen, formerly a Com-
missioner of the Navy. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
HERBERT. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 12; h-p., 30.)
John Fletcher Herbert entered the Navy, 15
May, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thun-
derer 74, Capts. Wm. Lechmere, John Stockham
(Acting), and John Talbot ; which ship, after serv-
ing in Sir Robt. Calder's action, and the battle of
Trafalgar, passed the Dardanells With Sir John
Duckworth in Feb. 1807, and assisted on that occa-
sion at the destruction of a Turkish squadron near
Point Pesquies. In Nov. 1808 Mr. Herbert be-
came Midshipman of the Cheerful cutUer, Lieut.-
Commander Carpenter, with whom he cruized off
Yarmouth and in the Baltic until April, 1810. He
was then for three years employed in the Theseus
74, Capt. Wm. Prowse, both in the North Sea and
at St. Helena ; and, from April, 1816, until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 June, 1819, he
further served, the last two years and a half as
Master's Mate, on board the Martial gun-brig,
commanded at Leith by Lieut. Robt. M'Eardy. He
has since been on halt-pay.
HERBERT, K.C.B. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 20;
H-p., 24.)
Sir Thomas Herbert, born in Feb. 1793, is son
of the late Rich. T. Herbert, Esq., of Cahernan, co.
Kerry, where the Herbert family has been seated
since the reign of Charles II. Among the early
ancestors of Sir Thomas we discover the name of
Sir Rich. Herbert, of Coldbrook, who, with his
brother William, Earl of Pembroke, was beheaded
at Banbury, the day after the battle of "Danes
Moor," 26 July, 1469.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 July, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, Capt.
Frank Sotheron, and, on proceeding to the Medi-
terranean, was there invested with the rating of
Midshipman 1 Jan. 1804. After assisting at the
defence of Gaeta and the capture of Capri, he re-
moved to the Blonde 38, Capt. Volant Vashon Bal-
lard, whom he accompanied to the West Indies, on
which station we find him witnessing the reduction,
in Dec. 1807, of the Danish West India Islands, and
contributing to the capture of five privateers, car-
rying in the whole 58 guns and 515 men. On 1
Aug. 1809, as a reward for the conduct he had in
particular exhibited as prize-master of L' Alert of
20 guns and 149 men, Mr. Herbert, on the recom-
mendation of his Captain, was nominated by Sir
Alex. Cochrane to a Lieutenancy in his flag-ship
the Neptune 98. Being officially promoted on It)
of the following Oct., he was next, between March,
1810, and June, 1814, employed, as a Lieutenant, in
the PoMi'EE 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, on the
West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations.
He then became First of the Euryalus 36, Capt.
Chas, Napier, in which frigate he served until the
close of the American war, and obtained the official
mention of Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon for the ability
and the conspicuous exertions he displayed through-
out the operations on the river Potomac, including
the capture of Fort Washington, and of the city of
Alexandria.* On 19 Oct. 1814, Mr. Herbert, who
by that period had been upwaids of 20 times en-
gaged with the enemy, in cutting-out affairs and
otherwise, and had been thrice wounded, was ad-
vanced to the rank of Commander. He did not,
however, take up his commission until Feb. 1815 ;
from which period he appears to have remained on
half-pay until 6 Sept. 1821. He then obtained an
appointment to the Ioards 10, fitting for the Jar
maica station, where he removed, 6 May, 1822, to
the Carnation 18, and was posted, 25 Nov. follow-
ing, to a death vacancy in the Tamar 26. Conti-
nuing to serve in the latter vessel until paid off in
Aug. 1823, Capt. Herbert succeeded during that
period in destroying three piratical vessels on the
coasts of Cuba and Yucatan. On 10 Nov. 1837, not
having been afloat for a period of 14 years, he was
next appointed to the Calliope 26, and ordered to
the Brazils. Until the arrival there from the Pacific
of Commodore Thos. Ball Sulivan, Capt. Herbert,
we find, conducted in person the duties of Senior
Officer. He was subsequently directed to assume
tlie command of the naval force in the Rio de la
Plata for the protection of the British interests at
• Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 2081.
HERBERT-IIERRICK.
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Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, during the block-
ade of the former place by a French squadron ;
and, while in discharge of the duties which were
thus imposed upon him, he had the satisfaction of
being twice officially assured of the entire approba^
tion of the Admiralty at his proceedings. In Jan.
1840 Capt. Herbert went round Cape Horn, and
joined Bear- Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Boss at
Valparaiso, whence, in the ensuing June, he sailed
for China via St. Bemardin's Passage, encountering
en route, while among the Philippine Islands, a ty-
phoon, which the Calliope was only enabled to
surviye through the extreme exertions of her officers
and crew. Arriving in the Canton river on 10
Oct., Capt. Herbert immediately assumed, and,
until the advent of Rear- Admiral Hon. Geo. Eliot
on 20 Nov., retained, the command of the block-
ading force. The important nature of his ser-
vices, as one of the chief actors in the scenes of
hostility that followed, demands our particular at-
tention. On 7 Jan. 1841, having been placed by
the Kear-Admiral in charge of the advanced squa^
dron off the Boca Tigris, he conducted the attack
made on the enemy's ibrts at Chuenpee, where were
annihilated 11 powerful junks, the flower of the
Chinese navy ;* and on 23 Feb., being at the time
on board the Nemesis, he effected the destruction
of a 20-gun battery at the back of the island of
Anunghoy.f Three days after the latter event we
find him, in the Calliope, heading the operations
against the celebrated Bogue Forts, and on the
27th (with the Calliope, Herald 26, Alligator
26, MoDESTE 18, Sulphur 8, and Nemesis and Ma-
dagascar steamers, under his orders), attacking
the enemy's camp, fort, and ship Camiridf/e, bearing
the Chinese admiral's flag, at their position below
Whampoa Beach, where 98 guns were on the whole
destroyed.! After capturing, on 13 March, the last
fort protective of the approaches to Canton, Capt.
Herbert's squadron advanced towards the city, and
on the 18th attacked all the batteries and flotilla in
its immediate vicinity ; the former of which, in the
course of two hours and a half, were in succession
destroyed, and the latter either burnt or dispersed ;
thus enabling the British to plant the Union-Jack
on the walls of the factory, and placing totally in
their power the huge capital of Quang-tong.§ On
the renewal, in the following May, of the hostilities
against Canton, the Chinese, on the night of 21
of that month, made a vigorous attack, with fire-
rafts and armed boats, and from several masked
and newly raised batteries, on the British shipping
there located, and still commanded by Capt. Her-
bert. They were, however, totally defeated, and
on the next day their batteries were dismantled,
and their floating armament ruined. On 26 the
water-defences between the Factories and Howqua's
fort, mounting 64 guns, were levelled, and forcible
possession taken of their naval arsenal and war-
junks.ll In the month of June Capt. Herbert, who
until then had directed, as we have stated, the
movements of the advanced squadron on the Can-
ton river, succeeded, owing to the death of Sir
Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, to the command of
the whole force employed on that stream. On the
arrival, a few weeks afterwards, of Bear-Admiral
Sir Wm. Parker, as Commander-in-Chief, he was
removed to the Blenheim 72 ; in which ship, in the
course of the following Aug. and Oct., he assisted,
vrith great distinction, at the capture of Amoy, the
retaking of Chusan, and the reduction of Ching-
hae.Tf On the latter occasion, after the necessary
breachings hadjbeen accomplished, he landed in
command of the light column of attack, consisting
of a body of upwards of 700 seamen, marines, and
troops, and stormed and carried the citadel, situ-
ated on the left bank of the Tinghae river ; while
the General, Sir Hugh Gough, with the laud forces,
made himself equally master of the extensive and
formidable works on the right bank. Capt. Her-
* Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. lies, 1282, 1424, 1496.
t F. Gaz. 1841, p. 1498. J K Gaz. 1841, p. 1500
i r. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1603-4-5. || T. Gaz. 1841, pi. 2502-5.
^ r. Gaz. 184S, pp. 82, 389, 393, 395, 396.
bert, who was next present at the surrender of
Ningpo, and subsequently accompanied several re-
connoitring parties up the Tinghae, returned to
Hong-Kong from off Ningpo and Chusan in Feb.
1842, and resumed command of the squadron in the
Canton river. In the month of July he left Hong-
Kong in a steamer, for the Yang-tse-Kiang, for the
purpose of visiting Nanking, where he remained
until H. M. Plenipotentiary, in Oct., took leave of
the Imperial Commissioner. Sir Thos. Herbert,
whose brilliancy of service had been rewarded, 14
Oct. 1841, with the dignity of a K.C.B.,* returned
to England by the Cape of Good Hope — thus ac-
complishing a circumnavigation of the globe — and
paid the Blenheim off in March, 1843. Since 11
Jan. 1847 he has been employed on the south-east
coast of America, with a broad pendant in the Ka-
leigh 50.
Sir Thos. Herbert, a Magistrate and Deputy-
Lieutenant for Kerry, was High Sheriff for that co.
in 1829.
HERBEKT. (Lieut., 1845. f-p., 12; h-p., 0.)
William George Herbert entered the Navy in
1835 ; acquired official mention for his services as
Midshipman of the Edinbokgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wil-
mott Henderson, during the operations of 1840 on
the coast of Syria ; passed his examination 20 Jan.
1841 ; and (until promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant 1 Dec. 1845) served, as Mate, on the Home
and Mediterranean stations, in the Excellent gun-
nery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and Queen 110,
and Formidable 84, bearing each the flag of Sir
Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He rejoined the Excellent
17 Jan. 1346 ; and since 9 of the following May has
been employed, with the Channel squadron, in the
Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier.
HEREICK. (Lieut., 1815. p-p., 21 ; h-p., 21.)
Edward Hekkick is brother of Commander Wm.
Henry Herrick, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 June, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Revenge 74, Capts. Robt.
Moorsom, Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, John
Gore, Hon. Chas. Paget, and John Nash. After
participating, as Midshipman, in the action off Tra-
falgar, witnessing also Lord Cochrane's destruction
of the French shipping in Basque Roads, and serv-
ing in the batteries during the operations against
Flushing, he sailed in 1811 for the East Indies, on
board the Dromedabt store-ship, Master-Com-
mander Pritchard. On his arrival on that station
he joined the Illustrious 74, bearing the broad
pendant first of Commodore Wm. Robt. Broughton
and the flag afterwards of Rear-Admiral Sir Sam.
Hood. He returned to England in March, 1813, in
the MoDESTE 38, Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford, and,
between May, 1814, and June, 1815, was next em-
ployed, latterly as Master's Mate, in the President
frigate, Capt. Arch. Duff, on the Cork station. He
then took up a commission bearing date 3 Feb. 1815,
but did not again go afloat until appointed, 6 Aug.
1830, to the Prince Regent 120, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker in the river Tagus. The
latter ship being paid off 21 Feb. 1832, he subse-
quently joined— 29 June, 1832, as First-Lieutenant,
the Champion 18, Capt. Hen. Arthur Duncombe,
with whom he served in the Mediterranean until 16
Dec. 1834—18 March, 1836, in a similar capacity,
the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, frcm
which ship, fitting at Plymouth, he was immedi-
ately superseded— 13 July, 1838, the Astrjsa 6,
Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, employed as a
packet on the Falmouth station— and, 4 Jan. 1840
the Express, another Falmouth packet, which he
himself commanded, with the exception, we believe
of some months in 1843-4, until June, 1846. He has
since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Herrick married, in 1836, Charlotte, only
daughter of the late Capt. Thos. Alexander, R.N.,
Jun "' '""' ^^'' "°™"*'*'' " '^■^- "" Sa of 'he previous
502 HERRICK -HERRINGHAM-HESELTINE-HETHERINGTON.
C.B., and niece of Commander Nicholas Alexander,
R.N. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
F-P., 15;
HEREICK. (Commander, 1813.
H-p., 34.)
William Henut Heerick, born 13 Feb. 1784, is
eldest son of the late Thos. Bousfield Herrick, Esq.,
of Shippool, near Inni^hannon, co. Cork, by Anne,
only daughter of Henry Moore, Esq., of Frankfort
House, CO.' Cork ; brother (with the present Lieut.
Edw. Herrick, R.N.) of Capt. Henry Moore Herrick,
of the 45th Regt., who was killed at the storming of
Badajos ; and brother-in-law of the late Capt. Rich.
Plnmmer Davies, R.N. His grand-uncle, Edw. Her-
rick, Esq., Lieutenant R.N., himself a nephew of
the first Sir Riggs Falkiner, Bart., of Anne Mount,
CO. Cork, was killed on board the Dorsetshire in
Sir Edw. Hawkes' action 20 Sept. 1759.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 May, 1798, as
A.B., on board the Dryad 36, Capt. Lord Amelias
Beauclerk, under whom he very soon attained the
rating of Midshipman. With the exception of a
few months during the peace of Amiens, he was
next, until the autumn of 1805, employed in the
Doris, Fortdnee, and Aigle frigates, Capts. Lord
Viscount Ranelagh, Lord A. Beauclerk, and Geo.
Wolfe, Majestic 74, Capt. Lord A.. Beauclerk, and
Leda 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman. Mr. Herrick,
who had hitherto served on the Irish and Channel
stations, and had been frequently engaged with
the boats in destroying the enemy's convoys on the
coast of France, was then appointed Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Diadem 64, Commodore Sir Home
Fopham, to which ship, after assisting on shore at
the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, he was
confirmed by commission dated 5 Feb. 1806. In
the course of the same and of the following year he
presents himself to our notice, while attached to
the Diadem and to the Raisonnable, another 64,
Capt. Josias Rowley, as further employed with the
land forces in the operations against Buenos Ayres,
Maldonado, and Monte Video. At the period, how-
ever, of the re-capture of the former place by the
Spaniards in Aug. 1806, he was in the temporary
command of the Dolores, an armed schooner, and
obtained the favourable notice of Sir Home Pop?
ham for the very creditable manner in which he
worked out of the harbour, and thereby escaped cap-
ture.* Mr. Herrick, whose conduct, indeed, during
the whole term of his sojourn in South America
appears to have been much above the average, at-
tracted the attention also of Rear-Admiral Geo.
Murray, by the infinite service he rendered in pilot-
ing the squadron, immediately prior to the unfor-
tunate attempt made by Lieut.-General Whitelocke
to regain possession of Buenos Ayres in June, 1807. t
His appointments, on leaving the Raisonnaele,
were, on the East India station— 23 Feb. 1808, to
the Procris sloop, Capt. Jas. Murray Gordon, of
which vessel he acted as Commander for nearly
eight months— 25 Jan. and 28 Feb. 1809, to the
MoDESTE 36, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, and Russell
74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. O'Brien
Drury — 1 March, 1810, to the acting-command, for
upwards of two months, of the Blanche 28 — then
again, we presume, to the Russell — 28 Feb. 1812,
to the Hecate sloop, Capt. Henry John Peachy —
and, 4 Aug. 1812, to the acting-command of the
Arrogant guard-ship at Bombay, whence he in-
valided home in Jan. 1813. He was advanced to
his present rank on 17 Aiig. in the latter year, and
has not been since afloat.
Commander Herrick is in the Commission of the
Peace for co. Cork. He married, 8 Sept. 1814,
Mary, only daughter of Robt. de la Cour, Esq., of
Bear Forest, by whom he has issue four sons and
five daughters. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
after having served oS Dungeness and Boulogne,
into the CoLOSSDS 74, he fought, as Midshipman,
and was wounded, at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct.
1805.* Joining then the Adamant 50, Capta. John
Stiles, John Fyffe, and Micajah Malbon, he escorted
in that ship a valuable fleet of Indiamen to the
Cape of Good Hope, accompanied another home
from St. Helena, and was subsequently, until the
autumn of 1808, employed on the African and Ja-
maica stations. The time which intervened between
the date last mentioned and that of his official pro-
motion, 2 Nov. 1810, was passed by Mr. Herring-
ham in the Mediterranean and Channel, latterly in
the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant, on board the
Thames 32, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegraye,
and Caledonla 120, flag-ship of Admirals Lord
Gambler, Fras. Pickmore, and Sir Harry Burrard
Neale. On 30 Sept. 1811, he joined the York 74,
Capt. Robt. Barton, with whom he served, again in
the Mediterranean and on the North Sea station,
until next appointed, 17 Aug. 1812, to the Java, of
46 guns and 377 men; as Second-Lieutenant of
which frigate he had the misfortune, on 29 of the
following Dec, to be captured, while on his passage
to India, by the American ship Cmistitution, of 55
guns and 480 men, after a close and fierce action
sustained by the British for a period of 3 hours and
40 minutes, and until they had had 22 of their men
killed and 102, including their Captain, Henry Lam-
bert, mortally, wounded. On his restoration to
liberty Mr. Herringham (whose able exertions du-
ring the conflict had obtained for him the highest
commendation of his commanding officer)f was ap-
pointed, 8 Oct. 1813, to the Tigris 36, Capt. Robt.
Henderson, under whom he served for four years
on the Irish, West India, and Channel stations.
Attaining the rank of Commander 16 Jan. 1818, he
was subsequently, on 8 Sept. 1831, and 12 June,
1833, nominated to the Second Captaincy of the
Talaveea 74, commanded on particular service
by Capts. David Colby and Thos. Brown, and of
the Forte 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, employed
on the North America and West India station. He
left the former ship, for the recovery of his health,
in Dec. 1832, and was paid off from the Forte a
few weeks after his advancement, 10 Jan. 1837, to
Post-rank. He has not since been afloat.
Capt. Herringham, in consideration of his wound,
was presented, after the battle of Trafalgar, with
a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. In 1817 he
had the honour of steering H.R.H. the Duke of
Gloucester when on a visit to the flag-ship at
Plymouth.
HESELTINE. (Commander, 1846.)
Albert Heseltine passed his examination in
1832; obtained his first commission 28 Sept. 1837;
and on 14 of the following Nov. joined the Electra
18, Capt. Wm. Preston, fitting for the South Ame-
rican station, where he became, 3 April, 1839, First
Lieutenant of the Grecian 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth.
He was afterwards appointed, in the latter capacity,
on the Brazilian and the Cape of Good Hope sta-
tion~19 July, 1840, to the Stag 46, bearing the
broad pendant of Commodore Thos. Ball Sulivan —
22 March, 1843, after nearly two years of half-pay,
to the Sappho 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Hope— and, 12
Mai-ch, 1844, to the Conway 26, Capt. Wm. Kelly.
He was advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846,
and has since been unemployed.
Commander Heseltine, in the earlier part of his
career, served in the Andromeda frigate, in the
East Indies, and was frequently engaged in her
boats against the pirates of Malacca. He married,
28 Sept. 1840, Georgina, only daughter of Lieut.
J. O'Reilly, R.N. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
HERRINGHAM. (Cap/ 1837. p-p.,18; h-p.,26.)
William Allan Herringham entered the Navy,
6 Nov. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leopard
50, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, on accompanying whom,
• Fide Gaz. 1807, p. 113. f V. Gaz. 1607, p. 1210.
HETHERINGTON. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p.,
10; H-p., 34.)
Richard Hetherington entered the Navy, in
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Montagu 74,
Capt. Robt. Waller Otway. During five years of
• V, Gaz. 1805, p. 1464. t f. Gaz. 1813, p. 771.
HEWES-HEWETT.
503
servitude in that ship he assisted at the blockade
of the enemy's ports from Brest to the Dardanells ;
■was present, 22 Aug. 1805, in Admiral Hon. Wm.
Cornwallis' attack on the French fleet close in with
Brest harbour, on which occasion the Mostagu
exchanged fire with L^ Alexandre^ of 80 guns; aided,
in the winter of 1807, at the evacuation of Scylla,
a fortified rock in the Faro of Messina, the garrison
of which was embarked under a smart &e from
the enemy on the Calabrian shore ; and co-operated
with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia. Iji
1808 he removed with Capt. Otway to the Malta
80, off Toulon ; and in the course of 1809 we find
him joining the Ville de Paris 110, and Neptdne
98, flag-ships in the Mediterranean and "West Indies
of Lord CoUingsvood and Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane.
On 8 Nov. 1810, nearly four months after he had
been appointed to act as Lieutenant, Mr. Hether-
ington was confirmed to that rank in the Bellette
18, Capt. David Sloan, under whom he continued
to serve, still in the West Indies, until 1 May, 1811,
when, we believe, he was taken prisoner in a cut-
ting-out afiair. His subsequent appointments, it
appears, were — 30 Oct. 1811, to the Princess Caro-
line 74, Capt. Hugh Downman, employed in cruiz-
ing among the Western Islands— 14 Sept. 1812, to
the Arab sloop, Capts. John Wilson, Kobt. Standley,
and Geo. Elliott, from which vessel, successively
stationed in the West Indies and off Passages, he
invalided in March, 1813— and 31 Jan. 1814, to the
Martial 12, Capts. Edw. Collins and Henry Forbes,
lying at Plymouth. He went on half-pay in the
following Aug., and has not been since employed.
killed and 16 wounded.* Lieut. Hewes, who left
the Edgar in Dec. 1810, acquired the rank of
Commander 1 Aug. 1811, and accepted that he now
holds 10 Feb. 1842.
HEWES. (Retired Captain, 1842. f.p., 16;
H-P., 37.)
Thomas Oldaores Hewes entered the Navy, 2
Sept. 1794, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rdbt 64,
Capts. Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, John Wm.
Spranger, and Jacob Waller, in which ship he was
present, as Midshipman, at the detention of five
Dutchmen-of-war, and of a large convoy, in Plymouth
Sound, 19 Jan. 1795 — also at the reduction of the
Cape of Good Hope— and, on 17 Aug. 1796, at the
surrender of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay.
From Aug. 1797, until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 15 Oct. 1800, Mr. Hewes served, chiefly
with Capt. Stanhope, although likewise with Sir
Erasmus Gower and Capt. Geo. Murray, in the
Neptune 98, and Achille 74, on the Home station.
He was then employed for upwards of three years
on board the Snake sloop, Capts. John Mason Lewis,
Chas. Tinling, and Wm. Roberts, in the Channel,
off the coast of Africa, and in the West Indies ;
after which he served, until Oct. 1808, with Capt.
Zachary Mudge, in the Blanche and Pbosnix fri-
gates,' on the Jamaica station, and again in the
Channel. While in the former of those vessels Mr.
Hewes, on 19 July, 1805, participated, as First Lieu-
tenant, in an action of 45 minutes, which terminated
in her surrender, after a loss of 8 men killed and
15 wounded, and when on the verge of sinking, to a
powerful French squadron, consisting of La Tapaze
frigate, of 44 guns and 410 men, one ship of 22 guns
and 236 men, a corvette of 18 guns and 213 men,
and a brig of 16 guns and 123 men. His last ap-
pointments were— 10 April, 1809, to the Heroine
32, Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, part of the Wal-
oheren expeditionary armament, and one of the
10 frigates which, under Lord Wm. Stuart, forced
the passage between Flushing and Cadsand— and,
2 March, 1810, as First, to the Edgar 74, Capt.
Stephen Poyntz. On 7 of the following July he
took command of the boats of the Edgar and Dic-
tator, and captured three Danish row gun-boats,
each mounting 1 long gun and 4 brass howitzers,
with a complement of 28 men— an exploit which
so won the approbation of Rear-Admiral Manley
Dixon that to one of the prizes he gave the name
of Hewes. The British on the occasion sustained
a loss of 1 man killed and 3 wounded ; the enemy,
who were under the protection of a fire of guns and
musketry from the shore near Granna, of 6 men
HEWETT. (Commander, 1845.)
Graham Hewett entered the Navy 22 Feb. 1808 ;
passed his examination in 1814; obtained his first
commission 27 May, 1825 ; and was afterwards ap-
pointed— 10 June, 1826, to the Coast Blockade, in
which he was for upwards of three years employed
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74,
Capt. Hugh Pigot— and 18 Feb. 1832, to the Coast
Guard. He left the latter service on advancement
to his present rank, 16 Jan. 184.5, and has since
been on half-pay.
HEWETT. (Ketired Commander, 1843. f-p.,
16; H-p., 34).
James Hewett is the son of a Captain in the
Navy, and has many relations in both services.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 July, 1797, as
A.B., onboard the Plumper, Lieut.-Commander M.
T. Hewett; served next for a year and a half with
Capt. David Milne in the Seine 36, on the coast of
Africa and in the West Indies ; and on 8 July, 1800,
was appointed Midshipman of the Queen 98, Capt.
ManDobson. Between the close of the latter year
and the peace of Amiens, he was further employed
under the flag of Sir Hyde Parker on board the
Royal George 100, and London 98, and during
that period was present in the latter ship at the
battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. In 1802 he
sailed in the Glatton 50, Capt. Jas. Colnett, for
New Holland, on his return whence, in 1803, he suc-
cessively joined the Utrecht 64, Capt. John Went-
worth Loring, Fortunee 36, Capt. Henry Vansit-
tart, and Inconstant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dick-
son. On the night of 7 March, 1804, immediately
previous to the capture of the African island of
Goree, we find Mr. Hewett assisting in the boats of
the last-mentioned frigate at the cutting-out of a
ship under a heavy fire from its batteries, which,
however, although it sank one of the boats, wounded
but one man. In Nov. 1804, he became Acting-
Lieutenant of L'Aimaele 32, Capts. Clotworthy
Upton, Hon. Duncomhe Pleydell Bouverie, and
Lord Geo. Stuart, under whom (his appointment
being confirmed by a commission dated 8 March,
1805) he continued successively to serve until April,
1809. He was chased, during that period, by a
French squadron under M. Richery, when proceed-
ing to join Lord Nelson's fleet off Cadiz, and (after
having escorted Sir Arthur Wellesley's army from
Cork to Vimeira, and been an eye-witness, as we
understand, of the battle of Vimeira) was present
at the capture, on 3 Feb. 1809, of IJIris French
National ship, pierced for 32, but mounting only
24 guns, which did not surrender until she had her-
self sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 8 wounded,
and the Aimable, besides being materially damaged
in masts, spars, sails, and rigging, of 2 wounded.
Removing, in April, 1809, to the Sceptre 74, Capts.
JosephBinghamandSam. Jas. Ballard, Lieut. Hewett
accompanied the ensuing expedition to the Wal-
cheren, and on being ordered to the West Indies
contributed, antecedently to a participation in the
operations against Guadeloupe, to the destruction,
18 Dec. 1809, of the French 40-gnn frigates Loire
and Seine, lying under the protection of several
strong batteries in L'Ance la Barque. Quitting the
Sceptre in March, 1811, he next and lastly, in the
course of 1812, joined the Asia 74, Capt. Geo. Scott,
and Crocodile 28, Capt. Wm. Elliott. He inva-
lided home from the Mediterranean in 1814 ; and
accepted the rank he now holds 18 April, 1843— ex-
actly a week after he had been admitted to the out-
pension of Greenwich Hospital.
Commander Hewett is agent for Beachy Head
Lights.
* VideGe.1.. 1810, p. Ilea.
504
HEWETT— HEWITT— HEWLETT-HEWSON.
HEWETT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.)
William Hewett (c) died 16 Feb. 184.5, at Exe-
ter.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 July, 1803, aS
Midshipman, on board the ImpItueux 74, Capts.
Thos. Byam Martin, John Lawford, and David
Milne, bearing the flag afterwards of Vice-Admiral
Geo. Martin, in which ship he served for nearly 10
years — the last four as Master's Mate. Besides
attending the expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren,
he was much employed, during that period, off Brest,
Ferrol,and Corunna, as also in the Baltic and IV
gus. In the course of 1813 he successively accom-
panied Vice-Admiral Martin into the Stately and
KuBT 64's, also on the Lisbon station ; and on l7
June, 1814, he was promoted from the San Juan 74,
flag-ship at Gibraltar of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone
Fleeming, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Papil-
LON 16, Capt. Jas. Hay. He returned home from
the Mediterranean on the occasion of his official
promotion, 1 April, 1815, and did not afterwards go
afloat.
HEWITT. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 27.)
Thomas Hewitt was born 10 Jan. 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Aug. 1809, as
rst.-ol. Vol., on board the Ftlla 20, Capt. Hon.
Edw. Rodney, with whom, after an intermediate
servitude in the Channel, he ultimately proceeded
to the East Indies, as Midshipman of the Apri-
CAINE 38. On his return to England in the early
part of 1816, he passed his examination, but in the
following year, being unable to procure an appoint-
ment in any way desirable, he joined the Merchant
service, and again sailed for India, where he re-
mained until the close of 1823. In March, 1824,
having applied for re-employment in the Navy, he
was appointed Admiralty-Mate of the Prince Re-
gent 120, flag-ship at the Nore. On 24 of next
June he removed to the Brisk 10, Capt. Chas.
Hope, and on being subsequently transferred to
the Doris 42, Capt. Sir John Gordon Sinclair^ he
was ordered to South America, whence he invalided
home in March, 1826, on board the Briton 46,
Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell. Between the ensuing
Aug. and Nov. 1828, we find Mr. Hewitt employed
on the Home, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations,
in the Victory 104, Terror bomb (which vessel
was wrecked on the coast of Portugal), and Ocean
80, Capt. Patrick Campbell. He was then nomi-
nated by Sir Pulteney Malcolm Acting-Lieutenant
of the Wolf 18, Capt. Geo: Hayes— an appointment
which the Admiralty confirmed. He left the Me-
diterranean, an invalid, in June, 1829, and has
since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Hewitt married, 25 Nov. 1829, Miss Bai-
low, and by that lady has issue four childxen.
HEWLETT. (Commander, 1845.)
Richard Strode Hewlett is son of John Valen-
tine Hewlett, Esq., of Barnstaple, Devon, by Ad-
monition, youngest daughter of Rich. Strode, Esq.,
of Boterford and N ewnham Park, in the above shire.
He is nephew of the present Geo. Strode, Esq., of
Newnham Park, a magistrate and Deputy-Lieute-
nant for Devon, who served as High Sheriff of the
CO. in 1825.
This officer passed his examination in 1829 ; and
obtained his first commission 10 Jan. 1837. His
appointments, in the capacity of Lieutenant, were
— 27 Jan. 1837, to the Asia 84, commanded in the
Mediterranean by Capt. "Wm. Fisher— 3 April, and
16 Aug. 1837, as Additional^ to the Caledonia 120,,
and Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flags of
Sir Josias Rowley and Hon. Robt. Stopford, on the
same station — 9 Oct. 1837, again in the Asia, still
commanded by Capt. Fisher, under whom he parti-
cipated in the operations of 1840 on the coast of
Syria, and served at the blockade of Alexandria^
and 10 Aug. 1841, to tlje Illustrious 72, flag-ship in.
North America ai!d the West Indies of Sir Chas.
Adam. He was advanced, a few months after he
had been paid off, to the rank of Commander, by
commission dated 23 Sept. 1845, and, since 7 Jan.
1846, he has been officiating as Second Captain ot
the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt.
Henry Ducie Chads.
HEWLETT. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
William Hewlett, born 1 J'an. 1795, iS son ot
the late Wm. Hewlett, Esq., Master R.N. (1799). .
This officer entered the Navy, 20 July, 1807 ; and
while attached to the Ulysses 44, commanded in
succession by Capts. Christ. John Williams Nesham,
Wm. Maude, and Hon. Warwick Lake, was present,
in 1808-9, at the reduction of Marie-galante,- De-
seada, Martinique, and Flushing. He passed his
examination in 1814, and was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant, while serving in the Coast Blockade,
10 Jan. 1825. His appointments since that period
have been to the command — 29 Aug. 1833, of^a star
tion in the Coast Guard — 17 March, 1835, to the
Sprightly Revenue-vessel — 17 March, 1838, again
to a Coast-Guard station— 6 Oct. 1840, of the Cheer-
FDL, another Revenue-cruizer — and 21 July, 1842,
once more of a station in the Coast Guard, which
he still retains.
Lieut. Hewlett married, in June, 1829, Rebecca,
only daughter of W. Atkins, Esq., of Gosport, Hants,
by whom he has issue three sons and three daugh-
ters.
HEWSON. (raiitatn, 1817. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 37.)
George Hewson, born 26 July, 1776, is second
son of the late Rev. Fras. Hewson, M. A., of Wood-
ford, near Listowel, co. Kerry, by Margaret, daugh-
ter of Lancelot Sandes, Esq., of Kilcavan, Queen's
Co. He is brother of John Fras. Hewson, Esq., of
Ennismore, a Deputy-Lieutenant for Kerry, and
of the present Lieut. Maurice Hewson, R.N. ; first-
cousin of the Right Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald, the
Knight of Kerry ; and second-cousin of Lord
Monteagle.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1788,, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Racehorse 18, Capts.
Thos. Foley and Mackay, under whom he served
for four years on the Home station, latterly as
Midshipman. In Nov. 1792 he became attached to
the Kingfisher 18, Capt. Thos. Graves, lying at
Portsmouth ; and on 19 March, 1793, he rejoined
Capt. Foley, on board the St. George 98, bearing
tlie flag of Bear-Admiral John Gell, and fitting for
the Mediterranean, on his passage whither he wit-
nessed the capture of Le General Dumourier pri-
vateer, and her prize the St. logo, a galleon, with
treasure on board to the value of a million sterling..
On the occupation of Toulon by Lord Hood, Mr.
Hewson was employed on shore with a party of sea-
men at Fort Mulgrave ; after which we find him
uniting in the operations of 1794 against Corsica,,
and — immediately on passing his examination, which,
he did before Nelson— appointed (through the in-
strumentality of Sir Hyde Parker, who had suc-
ceeded Rear-Admiral Gell) to the Britanni.4 100,.
bearing the flag of Admiral Hotham ; from which
ship, subsequently to that officer's first partial
action with the French fleet, he was promoted, 16
March, 1795, to the rank of Lieutenant, and placed
on board Le Censeur 74, Capt. Thos. Boys, one of
the prizes taken on that occasion. His next ap-
pointments were— 18 April, 1795, to the Inconstant
36, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, also in the Medi-
terranean, where he assisted at the capture, 20
April, 1796, of the French 28-gui> frigate Vnite'-^
in Oct. 1797, to tlie ImpStueox 74, Capt. John
Willet Payne, in i|^e Channel— 1 March, 1799, as
First, to the Boadicea 38, Capts. Rich. Goodwin
Keats and Chas,, Rowley, by whom, as he had been
by Capt. Payne, he was frequently employed on
boat expeditions, on one of which occasions, we are
informed, he contributed to the destruction of a
convoy in the passage du Razj and on another was
; officially noticed fojj his conduct at the cutting-out
of a lugger of 6 guns from under the batteries of St.
Matthew— 13 June and 19 Oct. 1803, also as First,,
to the Rdby and Gelvkheid 64's, Capts. Hon. Fras.
Farington Gardner and Isaac Wolley, both on the
HEWSON.
505-
Home station— 28 Feb. 1805, as Second, to the
EoTAL Sovereign 100, Capts. Mark Robinson and
John Conn, flag-ship for some time of Sir Rich.
Hussey Bickerton on the east coast of Spain — 11
Oct. 1805, to the Dkeadsoijght 98, Capt. Conn,
under whom he fought at Trafalgar, virtually we
believe as First-Lieutenant, bnt was left unpro-
moted, owing to the circumstances of his position
not being known at the Admiralty, and to bis in-
ability to enter into an explanation — and, 17 June,
1806, again as Senior, to the Shpeeb 74, commanded
by his friend Capt. Keats. Being at length, after
having attended the expedition to Copenhagen, pre-
sented with a second promotal commission bearing
date 13 Oct. 1807, he further joined, in the capacity
of Commander — 15 July, 1809, La Fl^che 14, in
which vessel be assisted at the reduction of Flush-
ing, and, on its evacuation by the British, covered
their retreat— 22 Oct. 1810 (having lost La Fl4che
off the mouth of the river Elbe on 24 of the pre-
vious May) the Coqdette 18, employed at Ports-
mouth and Leith until Jan. 1812 — and 7 June, 1814,
the Grifeon 14, in the Downs, where he served
until his health obliged him to invalid in May, 1816.
Capt. Hewson attained Post-rank 1 Jan. 1817 ; and'
accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
He married, in 1808, Grace, daughter of W. Mar-
shall, Esq., of Great Grimsby, co. Lincoln, second-
cousin of the Duke of St. Albans, and first-cousin
of Sir J. M. Braokenbury, late Consul at Cadiz,
and of Colonel Sir Edw. Brackenbury, K.T.S. By
that lady he has issue three sons, all in the medical
profession, and one daughter.
HEWSON. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 18; h-p., 33.)
Maurice Hewson, born 5 Nov. 1786, is youngest
brother of Capt. Geo. Hewson, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 May, 1796, as
A. B., on board the Savage sloop, Capt. Geo.
Winckworth, in which vessel, and in the OvERrssEi,
64, bearing each the flag of Admiral Peyton, he
served for twelve months in the Downs, latterly as
Midshipman. He was then obliged to invalid from
an attack of fever, and, when afterwards on his pas-
sage to Ireland in a merchant-vessel, he was cap-
tured by one of the enemy's row-boats and taken
to Calais, whence, however, through the generous in-
terference of the Prussian Consul, who claimed him
as a relative, he was soon allowed to return home.
Re-embarking, 18 March, 1798, on board the Neme-
sis 28, Capts. Kobt. Dudley Oliver and Thos. Baker,
he made a voyage with convoy to Quebec, and was
for some time employed in watching the movements
of the enemy off Boulogne and Calais. On his
subsequent rejunction of Capt. Oliver in the Mer-
maid 32, we find him visiting the Mediterranean,
where, after many months of active boat and other
service off Toulon, and assisting at the capture of
La Cruelle French brig of war, he accompanied
Lord Hutchinson, the conqueror of Egypt, to va-
rious places in Sicily and Naples. On the return
of the Mermaid with that nobleman to England,
Mr. Hewson* who for sixteen months had held the
rating of Master's Mate, was received on board the
Diamond 38, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, with whom
he served on the Home station until shortly after
the renewal of hostilities, when he was sent into
port in charge of a prize. "While next awaiting off
Brest, in the PioKtE schooner, Lieut.-Commander
John Richards Lapenotiere, an opportunity (which,
however, never presented itself) of rejoining the
Diamond, he was at times intrusted with the sole
management of that vessel, and often commanded
her boats in operations against the enemy's coast-
ing trade— a species of service in which he so at-
tracted the attention of Rear-Admiral Collingwood
as to obtain from him a promise of early recom-
mendation to the Admiralty. On the evening of
4 Sept. 1803, the boats of the Emerai,d frigate
having been placed under his orders by direction
of the Admiral, for the purpose of procuring intel-
ligence from Brest in regard to a report then afloat
of a counter-revolution at Paris, Mr. Hewson, while
the rest of his force took the direction of Ushant,
landed with one boat's crew on a projecting rock
in Le Goulet passage. While engaged in recon-
noitring his position, the keepers whom he had
left in charge of the boat deserted with it, and,
being thus cut off from all chance of escape, he had
no alternative but to surrender himself and his men
as prisoners of war. After five years of captivity,
during which he had once escaped from Verdun,
but had been recaptured, and had undergone all
the sufferings that tyranny could suggest and bar-
barity enforce, he contrived, in company with the
present Capt. Donat Henchy O'Brien and two
others, to effect a miraculous flight from the re-
nowned fortress of Bitche— the details of which
have been published by the latter gentleman. On
ultimately arriving at Trieste, after having tra-
versed on foot more than 3000 miles of country,
and been exposed for a month to a series of the
most trying privations, Mr. Hewson and his com-
panions, in March, 1808, contrived to get on board
a boat belonging to the Amphion Mgate, Capt.
Wm. Hoste, which had been sent inshore on the
look-out under the command of Lieut. Geo. Matthew
Jones. Previously, however, to reaching the ship,
it was his fortune to participate in a desperate at-
tack made by that officer on two powerful vessels,
whose successful resistance killed 2 and wounded 5
of the boat's crew. Lieuts. Jones and O'Brien
being among the latter, the command of the boat
was thereupon conferred on Mr. Hewson, who soon
afterwards obtained a passage in the Speedy to
Malta, where he eventually, in Jan. 1809, joined
Lord Collingwood on board the Ocean 98. On 11
of the following April (having passed his examina-
tion 25 Jan. 1803) he was nominated Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Magnificent 74, Capt. Geo. Eyre — an
appointment which received the sanction of the
Admiralty by a commission dated 15 July in the
same year. When again off Malta, during a violent
gale which occurred soon after he had taken up his
quarters on board the last-mentioned ship, Mr.
Hewson was intrusted by his Captain, who hap-
pened to be a total stranger to the harbour of
Valetta, with the sole duty of conducting her into
port. In Oct. 1809 we find him contributing to the
reduction of Zante, Cephalonia, &c. ; and in March
and April, 1810, serving on shore in command of
the naval brigade during nearly the whole of the
arduous operations which preceded the fall of Sta.
Maura. Owing to the paucity of officers on board
the Magnificent he was recalled a few hours only
previous to the surrender 'of the fortress— a cir-
cumstance which had the mortifying effect of pre-
cluding his name from appearing as it otherwise
would in the Gazette announcii^ the conquest.
While subsequently attached, between July, 1812,
and June, 1814, to the Clarence 74> Capt. Henry
Vansittart, he was very actively employed off the
coast of France, and on one occasion, when in com-
mand of the boats, he displayed so much skill and
gallantry in an affair with a powerful division of
the enemy's gun-vessels, that on his return to the
ship the Captain oh the quarter-deck presented
him, in testimony of his regard, with a sword which
had been given to himself on his first going to sea.
He was frequently also sent on shore with flags of
truce for the purpose of sounding the loyalty of
the authorities, and of inducing them to join the
standard of Louis XVHI. ; and in every instance
he had the satisfaction of seeing his exertions
crowned with the most flattering and complete
success. The only other appointment which Mr.
Hewson was ever able to procure was, on 29 May,'
1815, to the Prometheds sloop, Capt. Wm. Bate-
man Dashwood, which vessel, on Napoleon Buona-
parte's surrender, formed part of his escort into
Plymouth. He left her 9 Sept. 1815.
Lieut. Hewson, we believe, was the very first
person who established the practicability of a
double-engine to the purposes of steam navigation,
as he was also to navigate a steam-vessel on the
Atlantic. He married Anna, daughter of John
Hunt, Esq., of Dublin, Barrister-atrlaw.
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HEXT— HEYLAND.
HEXT. (Captain, 1841, r-p., 22 ; h-p., 34.)
WttMAM Hext, born 5 July, 1780, at Bodmin, co.
Cornwall, is second and only surviving son of the
late Fras. John Hext, Esq., Attomey-at-law, of Tre-
dethy, by Margaret, daughter of EUas Lang, Esq.,
Surgeon, of Plymouth. One of his brothers, Samuel,
a Major in the Army and a C.B., served with dis-
tinction, both in Egypt xmder Abercromby, and
throughout the peninsular war, and died 24 July,
1822, aged 40 ; and another, George, Lieutenant of
H.M.S. Baekosa, was killed by a rifle-shot while
leading a boat-attack in the Chesapeake in 1813,
aged 29.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1791, on
board the Scodt 14; and in Aug. 1793 joined the
BcssELL 74, Capts. John Willet Payne and Thos.
Larcom, part of the force under Lords Howe and
Bridport in the actions of 28 and 29 May and 1
June, 1794, and 23 June, 1795. "With the exception
of a year in 1797-8, during which he was lent to the
Phaeton 38, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford, he next,
between Oct. 1796 and the peace of Amiens, served
with Capts. Payne, Sampson Edwards, and Sir Edw.
Pellew, on board the Impetcedx 74, of which ship,
employed on the Home station, he was created a
Lieutenant, 8 Aug. 1799, as a reward for the con-
duct he had displayed on the occasion of a recent
mutiny. In June, 1802, Mr. Hext became Second
of the Clyde 38, Capt. John Larmour, under whom
he shortly afterwards conveyed Sir John Borlase
Warren as British Ambassador to St. Petersburg,
whence he had the honour of being sent home in
personal charge of his Excellency's despatches. In
Jan. 1803 he was sent with an armed boat into the
port of Leith for the purposes of impressment, and,
although exposed for many hours to the attacks of
a furious mob, he succeeded in fully effecting the
service with which he had been entrusted. The pru-
dence and forbearance manifested in this instance
by Mr. Hext, notwithstanding the severe bruizes
inflicted upon him and many of his men by the
volley of stones incessantly kept up by the populace,
were so marked as to elicit the warm plaudits of
his Captain. In the following Nov. we find the
CtTDE employed in removing from Cronstadt the
valuables (estimated at about 300,000^.) belonging
to the King, which had been saved from the palace
at Hanover when entered by the French. On her
passage to England she took the ground, and re-
mained in a state of jeopardy until at length righted
through the instrumentality of Mr. Hext, who,
having been sent for assistance, seized a British
barque, and anchored her in such a position as en-
abled her to heave the frigate oflf. In the early
part of 1804, while detached in a six-oared cutter,
our officer appears, on his own responsibility, and
with much difficulty and danger, to have detained
and brought out from the river Ems a neutral laden
with masts supposed to be for the use of the enemy.
On reaching his ship the next day he had the satis-
faction of learning that his Captain had just re-
ceived orders for the apprehension of the very same
vessel. In May, 1804:, he assumed command of the
Sheerness hired cutter, off Brest, from which sta-
tion he was ultimately driven in a violent gale,
which occasioned the necessity of all his guns being
thrown overboard, and of his making the best of
his way to Ireland, where he only arrived after a
week of .consummate exertion. On leaving the
Sheekness in Jan. 1805, Mr. Hext was appointed
Senior of the Santa Makgarita 36, Capt. Wm.
Kathbome, under whom, on 4 of the ensuing Nov.,
he fought in Sir Rich. Strachan's action off Ferrol.
During the long chase which preceded the battle,
the Santa Margarita, from the unwearied atten-
tion bestowed by her First-Lieutenant on the trim-
ming of her sails, left the British squadron far
astern. On the achievement of the victory the
Commodore, while hailing Capt. Rathborne, availed
himself of the opportunity of making particular
mention of Mr. Hext, and in so especial a manner
as to lead the latter to imagine that immediate pro-
motion awaited him. This however he did not ob-
tain until 28 April, 1809, by which time he had
further served on the East India station in the
Bakbacocta 18, Capt. Geo. Harris, Cdlj:.oden 74,
and Blanche frigate, both commanded by Capt.
Geo. Bell, Culloden again, Capt. Hon. PownoU
Bastard Pellew, and, as Acting-Commander, in the
WiLHELMiNA hospital-ship at Poulo-Pinang, where
his exertions in suppressing two fires which endan-
gered the public stores procured him the thanks of
the Governor. Being superseded in the Wilhel-
MiNA by her proper Captain in Feb. 1810,j Capt.
Hext returned home in an Indiaman, and was not
again employed until June, 1813, when he obtained
an appointment to the Vesuvius bomb, but was
ordered to assume the command, pro tempore^ of the
Unicorn 32, and to assist Capt. John Hancock, of
the Ntmphen 36, in escorting the outward-bound
trade to Portugal ; after which he proceeded, with
some merchantmen under his convoy, to Gibraltar.
When off St. Andero, on the north coast of Spain,
in the Vesuvius, Capt. Hext, at the commencement
of 1814, had the fortune, although at great personal
risk, of saving the crew of a Spanish merchantman,
and also a transport with Spanish troops on board.
During the subsequent operations in the river Gi-
ronde he behaved in a very conspicuous manner,
and was for several days engaged, amidst great diffi-
culties of situation, in throwing shells into the for-
tress of Blaye. His services, in the whole, called
forth the warm acknowledgments of Admiral Pen-
rose. Capt. Hext, who left the Vesuvius in Sept.
1814, and has since been on half-pay, was not ad-
vanced to Post-rank until 23 Nov. 1841.
The subject of the foregoing narrative is a Ma-
gistrate, as was also his father, for co. Cornwall.
He married, 15 Sept. 1812, Barbara, youngest
daughter and last-surviving child of the late Jas.
Read, Esq., M.D., of Tremear, near Bodmin, and
sister of Lieut. John Read, R.M., who was killed in
Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo's attack on Cayenne in 1809.
By that lady he has issue two sons (the eldest of
them, Fras. John, a Lieutenant in the 83rd Regt.)
and one daughter.
HEYLAND. (Lieut., 1814. f-p.,11; h-p., 31.)
James Heyland, bom 29 Sept. 1790, is son of a
gentleman (himself the son of the Rev. Robt. Hey-
land, D.D., Rector of Coleraine) who lost his right
leg when Midshipman of H.M.S. Thetis — was after-
wards attached to the Ordnance service in Ireland
— and in 1798 was killed by the rebels while com-
manding a division of gun-boats for the relief of
New Ross. He is first-cousin of the present Capt.
Wm. Cuppage, R.N. — that gentleman's father,
Lieut.-General Cuppage, having married his pater-
nal aunt.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 May, 1805, as
Third-cl. Boy, on board the Helena sloop, Capts.
Woodley Losack and Jas. Andrew Worth, in which
vessel he served for nearly five years on the Cork
station, and was instrumental to the capture, during
that period, of many of the enemy's privateers and
merchantmen. From the early part of 1810 until
the summer of 1812 he was next activdy employed
with Capt. Fras. Beaufort, as Midshipman, in the
Blossom sloop, Ville de Paris 1 10, and Frede-
rickstein frigate, chiefly on the Mediterranean
station, where he took part in the survey of the
coast of Karamania. He then joined the Salsette
and Endymion frigates, both commanded by Capt.
Henry Hope, under whom he served, latterly on the
coast of North America, until Nov. 1814. The
number of prizes he there assisted in making was
extremely great. He was also for some time en-
gaged in the blockade of New London ; and on one
occasion, 8 April, 1814, he served in the boats under
Capt. Rich. Coote, at the gallant destruction, near
Pettipa^e Point, on the Connecticut River, with
but trifling loss to the British, of 27 of the enemy's
vessels, three of which were heavy privateers, and
the aggregate burden of the whole upwards of 5000
tons. He left the Endymion, as above, having
been advanced to the rank of Lieutenant by com-
mission dated 19 July, 1814, and has since been on
half-pay.
HEYSHAM— HIATT— HIBBS-HICKES.
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Lieut. Heyland married, 19 April, 1819, Miss
Mary Matilda Barrett, and by that lady has issue a
son and daughter. Agents — Pettet and Newton.
HEYSHAM. (Lieut., 1827. e-p., 17; h-p., 18.)
James Heysham entered the Navy 17 May, 1812,
and was for 15 years employed as Fst.-ol. Vol.,
Midshipman, and Mate, on board the Pmkce of
Wales 98, Bombay and Beewiok 74's, and other
ships, on the North Sea, Mediterranean, Western
Island, West India, English Channel, South Ame-
rican, and African stations. Having passed his ex-
amination in 1818, he was at length, on 4 May, 1827,
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His last ap-
pointments were— 21 April, 1831, to the Peael 20,
Capts. Wm. Broughton and Kobt. Gordon, at first
employed in protecting the British interests in the
AVestern Islands, during the disputes between Don
Pedro and Don Miguel, and then attached to the
force in the West Indies— and, 29 Oct. 1832, to the
Winchester 52, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley, on the
latter station. He invalided home 15 March, 1833.
until the end of the war. He accepted the rank he
now holds 25 Jan. 1834.
Commander Hiatt married, 'first, Ann, eldest
daughter of Hugh Fishley, Esq., Master-Builder
of H. M. Dockyard, Jamaica, by whom he had
issue; and, secondly, 11 March, 1843, Elizabeth,
eldest daughter of John Avery, Esq., of the Cus-
toms, Southampton, and sister of the Kev. John
Symons Avery, of Efford House, Cornwall.
HIATT. (Retibed Commander, 1834. f-p.,
19 ; H-p., 33.)
John Hiatt was born 3 April, 1784, at Portsea.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 March, 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Namuk 98, Capts. Jas.
Hawkins Whitshed, Thos. Sotheby, and Wm. Luke.
After serving as Midshipman in the action off Cape
St. Vincent, and for some time at the blockade of
Cadiz, he rejoined his former Captain, then Rear-
Admiral Whitshed, in July, 1799, on board the
Barfletjk 98, and in the course of the same year
followed him into the T^meraike 98, flag-ship sub-
sequently of Rear-Admiral Geo. Campbell, with
whom he served on the Channel and Irish stations
until March, 1802. On 29 of the following month,
in consideration of his having been thrown down
the fore cockpit during a mutiny, and as a reward
for his general services, he was promoted to a Lieu-
tenancy in the Theseus 74, Capt. John Bligh. Soon
after the commencement of hostilities, being then
in the West Indies, Mr. Hiatt, in command of the
boats of the latter ship and of the Tartar 32, cut
out .from the port of Jeremie, St. Domingo, with
but little loss to the British, not fewer than three
ships, two brigs, and 11 schooners— a service for
which the thanks in general orders of the Com-
mander-in-Chief were on the quarter-deck commu-
nicated to him. He also assisted at the capture of
Le Jhiquesne 74, and of La Creole, of 44 guns, with
the French General, Morgan, and 530 troops on
board ; was present at the reduction of Port Dau-
phin, where two forts, and a 28-gun-ship, La Sa^iesse,
were taken from the enemy ; witnessed the capture
of a French squadron with the remains of General
Ilochambeau's army from Cape Francois ; and took
part in the unsuccessful attack upon Cura^oa. Mr.
Hiatt's subsequent appointments, we find, were — 8
April, 1804, to the Fortunee 36, Capt. Henry Van-
sittart, during his continuance in .which vessel he
made frequent descents upon the island of Cura9oa,
and succeeded in the boats in capturing several pri-
vateers— 16 June, 1805, to the Reindeer of 18 guns
(16 32-pounder carronades and 2 long sixes), Capt.
John FyiFe, under whom, on 24 March, 1806, he par-
ticipated, off Puerto Rico, in a single-handed and
very gallant action of many hours with the French
corvettes Phaeton and Voltigeur, of 16 long 6-
pounders and 115 men each — next, to the command
of the Ladeone 4, fitted as a tender, which vessel,
while in the conveyance of despatches from Cura9oa
to Jamaica, was boarded and taken, 28 Oct. 1806,
by a large French privateer, after a conflict of four
hours and a half, and carried into Santiago de Cuba,
where she sank a few hours subsequently to her
arrival— 8 March, 1808, to the Sea Fencibles at
Poole, in Dorset — 18 June, 1810, to the Experi-
ment 44, Capt. Jas. Slade, on the Falmouth station
—and in July, 1811, to the command of a Signal-
station near Mount Edgecumbe, which he retained
HIBBS. (Libdtenant, 1796. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 34.)
Robert John Hibbs entered the Navy, 22 Nov.
1788, as a Volunteer, on hoard the Porcupine 24,
Capts. Brabazon, Geo. Martin, and Edw. Buller.
With the exception of an attachment of three
months, towards the close of 1790, to the Nassau
64, Capt. Andw. Sutherland, he continued to serve,
in the above vessel, on the Channel and Irish sta-
tions, until 1793, when, accompanying Capt. Buller
into the Adventdee 44, he proceeded with him to
Quebec and Halifax, and was afterwards nearly
captured by a French squadron while in escort
home of a valuable fleet of merchantmen. On his
ultimate arrival with the same officer at the Cape
of Good Hope as Acting-Lieutenant of the Cres-
cent 35, Mr. Hibbs there joined in succession the
Monarch 74, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Keith
Elphinstone (under whom he witnessed the surren-
der of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay), Mo-
selle sloop, Capt. Chas. Brisbane, and Stately 64,
Capts. Billy Douglas, Patrick Campbell, and John
Osborne— of which latter ship he was confirmed a
Lieutenant 29 Dec. 1796. He continued to serve
on the Cape station, in L'Oiseau 36, Capt. Sam.
Hood Linzee, and Jupitee 50, Capt. Geo. Losack,
until the end of the French revolutionary war. He
then returned home in the Diomede 50, and, after
serving for some time in that ship on the Jersey
and Guernsey station under the flag of Sir Jas.
Saumarez, was further employed, between 1803 and
1809, in the Malta 84, Capt. Edw. Buller, Ajax
74, Capt. Lord Viscount Garlies, San Josef 110,
flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton, La Fl4che sloop,
Capt. Thos. White, and Defiance and Bulwark
74's, Capts. Chas. Ekins and Hon. Chas. Elphin-
stone Fleeming — off Cadiz and Ferrol, in the Chan-
nel, off Cherbourg ond Madeira, and in the Medi-
terranean. Until Dec. 1813, Lieut. Hibbs next
held an Admiralty appointment at Greenock. He
has since been on half-pay.
This officer, who is the Senior of his rank in the
Navy, was admitted to the out-pension of Green-
wich Hospital 11 Feb. 1830. Agents — Goode and
Lawrence.
HICKES. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 12; h-p., 31.)
Augustus Thomas Hickes entered the Navy, 16
Aug. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance
74, Capts. Philip Chas. Durham and Hon. Henry
Hotham. During a continuance of nearly six years
in that ship, he served, in 1805, in Sir Robt. Calder's
action and the battle of Trafalgar, and, on 24 Feb.
1809, at the destruction of three French frigates
under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, on which oc-
casion the Defiance, besides being much cut up in
her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men
killed and 25 wounded. He was also much em-
ployed in co-operation with the patriots on the
north coast of Spain. After a further attachment
of some months with Capt. Hotham to the North-
umberland 74, and a short servitude in the Bar-
FLEUR 98, bearing the flog at Lisbon of Hon. Geo.
Cranfield Berkeley, he was promoted, 8 March,
181 1, to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed, for
passage home, to the Formidable 98, Capt. Jas.
NicoU Morris. He next, from 8 of the following
Oct. until April, 1815, served in the Bay of Biscay
and at the Cape of Good Hope on board the Dan-
NEMARK 74, Capts. Jas. Bissett and Henry Edw.
Reginald Baker; and he was lastly appointed, 17
April, 1818, to the Falmouth sloop, Capt. Geo. Fred.
Rich, successively stationed in the North Sea and
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HICKLEY— HICKMAN— HICKS.
off the coast of Iceland. He has been on half-pay
since March, 1819. Agent— Joseph "Woodhead.
HICKLEY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
TicTOB Gkant Hickley passed his examination
18 Aug. 1842 ; served for some time in North Ame-
rica and the West Indies as Mate of the Vindic-
tive 50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen ; and
obtained his commission 2 Jan. 1846. He continued
to serve in the Vindictive, as Additional-Lieute-
nant, until the receipt, 3 Oct. following, of his pre-
sent appointment in the Vesdvius steam-sloop,
Capts. Geo. Wm. Douglas O'Callaghan and Ashley
La Touche, in which vessel he is still employed on
the above station.
HICKMAW. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 24.)
John Hickman, born in Jan. 1787, at Islington,
CO. Middlesex, is son (and one of 11 children) of the
late Geo. Hickman, Esq., a gentleman who origin-
ally possessed considerable landed property, but
afterwards endured great losses.
.This officer (having cut and run from the mer-
chant service, after three years of wearisome em-
ployment in it) entered the Navy, in March, 1804,
on board the Deptfokd tender, Lieut.-Commander
Geo. Antram, lying in the river Thames. Becom-
ing Midshipman, in April, 1805, of the Kamillies
74, Capts. Fras. Pickmore and Robt. Tarker, he
witnessed, 13 March, 1806, the capture of the French
80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the flag of Kear-
Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belh JPoule, be-
sides aiding in the boats at the cutting-out, in the
course of the same year, of a schooner protected by
a battery at Martinique, and serving on shore, in
Dec. 1807, at the reduction of the Danish West In-
dia islands. Towards the close of 1808 he sailed in
the Cornelia 36, Capt. Henry Folkes Edgell, for
the East Indies, where, in 1810, he joined the Rns-
SELL 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm.
O'Brien Drury, and became Acting-Lieutenant of
the Emma armed ship, Capt. Benj. Street. In 1811,
having been slightly wounded in the arm during
the operations connected with the capture of He
de Bourbon and the Isle of France, at the latter of
which he was the officer who landed and first
hoisted the British colours on Fort Cannonier, Mr.
Hickman returned home on board the Entrepre-
NANTE brig, Capt. Edw. Brazier. Being, however,
unable to procure his commission, he was under the
necessity of again going afloat as Midshipman, in
which capacity, and that of Master's Mate, he was
for a further period of 17 months borne on the
books of the Onyx sloop, Capt. Hamilton, Thunder
bomb, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, and Revenge 74,
flag-ship of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge. As a reward
for the services he had during that period rendered
in command of a gun-boat at the defence of Cadiz,
he was then advanced to the rank of Lieutenant
by commission dated 21 Nov. 1812. He continued
off Cadiz, in the Stately 64, Capt. Philip Chas.
Butler Bateman, until May, 1813 ; between which
period and Aug. 1814, we find him serving with the
flotilla in the North Sea, and attached to the Illds-
TRioos 74, and Redwing 18, Capts. Alex. Skene,
and Sir John Gordon Sinclair, on the Portsmouth
and Mediterranean stations. He next, from 5
April to 12 Aug. 1815, held command of a gun-boat
in the Downs ; and he was afterwards appointed — 10
Oct. 1829, to the Coast Blockade, in which service,
with his name on the books of the Hyperion 42,
Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, he continued until March,
1831^12 July, 1832, to the Ordinary at Sheernoss,
where he remained until 2 Aug. 1835— and 9 March,
1843, to the Victory 104, bearing the flag at Ports-
mouth of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker. Since the
summer of 1846 he has been again on half-pay.
While in the Coast Blockade in 1831 Lieut. Hick-
man's exertions in extinguishing a fire which had
broken out in a rick-yard proved so valuable that
they were reported to the Admiralty. He married,
in 1814, Miss Mary Boyle Holt, of Islington, by
whom he has issue two sons (William and George,
both Clerks in the R.N.) and two daughters.
Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
HICKS. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 29.)
Edward Buller Hicks was bom, 15 Sept. 1792,
in Devonshire, and died 9 Feb. 1845, at Newport,
Isle of Wight. He was youngest son of the late
Admiral Thos. Hicks ; brother of the late Com-
mander Thos. Bickerton Ashton Hicks, R.N. ; and
godson of Vice-Admiral Sir Edw. BuUer, Bart.
Paternally he was descended of an old Gloucester-
shire family ; and through his mother he claimed
kindred with Lord Chancellor Hyde. Among his
ancestors was the distinguished Capt. Jasper Hicks,
who, in conjunction with the equally gallant Capt.
Jumper, in the barges of their respective ships,
attacked and took the Mole of Gibraltar.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1805, as
Midshipman, on board the Foddeoyant 80, com-
manded by his brother-in-law, Capt. Edw. Kendall,
with whom, until the following Oct., he served in
the Channel under the flag of Sir Thos. Graves. In
June, 1806, he re-embarked on board the Malta
84, Capt. Bdw. BuUer, in which ship, after witness-
ing the capture, on 27 of the next Sept., of the
French 44-gun frigate Le President, he proceeded
to the Mediterranean ; where, in the summer of
1807, he removed to the Queen 98, bearing the flag
of Bear-Admiral Geo. Martin. Between Oct. 1808
and Aug. 1812 we find him successively employed
at home, off Cadiz (during the siege of which place
he aided in the boats at the defence of Fort Mata-
gorda), again in the Mediterranean, and at New-
foundland, on board the Salvador del Mondo
and San Josef, flag-ships of Admirals Wm. Young
and Sir John Thos. Duckworth, Hibernia 110,
Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, and Antelope 50, bear-
ing also the flag of Sir J. T. Duckworth. He then
became Acting-Lieutenant of the EleotSa sloop,
Capt. Wm. Gregory, in which vessel (being con-
firmed to her by commission dated 2 Dec. 1812) he
continued to serve on the Newfoundland station
until April, 1814, contributing during that period
to the capture, after a short running fight, of the
American privateer Growler, of 5 guns and 60 men.
His last appointments were, in July and Sept. 1815,
to the TiGRE and Spencek 74'b, Capts. John Halli-
day and Wm. Robt. Broughton, both lying at Ply-
mouth. The latter ship was paid off 31 Aug. 1818.
Lieut. Hicks married, 1 June, 1820, Sarah, only
daughter of the late Thos. Atkinson, Esq., of Berry
House, CO. Hants.
HICKS. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 33.)
John Hicks was born 6 Nov. 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 Sept. 1805, as a
Volunteer, on board the Powerful 74, Capts. Robt.
Plampin, Rich. Buck, Fleetwood Broughton Rey-
nolds Pellew, and Chas. Jas. Johnston. Proceeding
in that ship to the East Indies, he there (besides
assisting at the capture of the privateers La Hen-
riette, of 20 guns and 124 men, and La Bellone,* of
30 guns and 194 men) served as Midshipman in the
boats at the capture and destruction, 27 Nov. 1806,
of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs-of-war, and about 20
armed and other merchant-vessels lying in Batavia
Roads. On 11 Dec. 1807 he similarly contributed
to the annihilation, at Griessee, of the dockyard
and stores, and of all the men-of-war remaining to
Holland in the East Indies. On his ultimate return
to Europe Mr. Hicks accompanied the expedition
to the Walcheren, where, during the bombaidment
of Flushing, he commanded a gun-boat under the
very walls of that city, and was in the end towed
out with the loss of his mast, and of 1 man killed
and 1 wounded. His conduct on the occasion, we
may add, was deservedly marked by the approba-
tion of his Captain. From Oct. 1809 to Feb. 1812
he again served with Capt. Plampin on board the
* La Beltme wag not taken undl after a running Bght of
considerable length, in which 1 of her men was killed and
6 or 7 wounded. The PowEKruL on the occasion had 2 killed
and 61 wounded.
HICKS— HIGGINS—HIGGINSON.
509
CoHRAGEDx 74, and Gibraltar 84 ; and while in
the latter ship he was for nearly two years con-
stantly employed as a volunteer in her boats in
operations against the enemy's coasting trade, and
was in frequent action with their hatteries and
gun-vessels. In March, 1812, he joined the Stir-
ling Castle 74, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, lying at
Chatham, hut before he had been many weeks in
that ship he was appointed Master's Mate of the
Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, and ordered to
North America. While on the latter station he
assisted at the capture of some of the finest priva-
teers belonging to the United States, and in parti-
cular of U Invincible NapoU(m^ of 16 guns, which he
cut out, when in command of the frigate's boats,
from under the heights of Gloucester, near Cape
Anne, in Boston Bay, in April, 1813, although ex-
posed to a most galling fire from the enemy's field-
pieces and musketry. As a reward for his conduct
in this afifair Mr. Hicks was ultimately, on 27 May,
1814, appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Victori-
ous 74, Capt. John Talbot, with whom he made a
voyage to Davis Strait, and remained until the fol-
lowing Aug. He was offtoially promoted 21 Feb.
1815, but has not been since afloat.
He married 10 May, 1826.
HICKS. (Lieutenant, 181 5. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 22.)
William Hicks entered the Navy, 10 May, 1805,
as Midshipman, on board the Theseus 74, Capt.
Fras. Temple, on the Jamaica station. While next
attached, between the following Sept. and Oct. 1809,
to the Powerful 74, Capts. Plampin, Buck, Pellew,
and Johnston, he went through much active service
in the East Indies, where he assisted in the boats
at the destruction of a Malay pirate, and co-operated
(as illuded to in our memoir of Lieut. John Hicks)
in the capture and destruction of La Henriette and
La Bellone, the shipping in Batavia Roads, and the
dockyard, &c., at Griessee. He was also present, as
Master's Mate, at the bombardment of Flushing.
After that event he joined the Milford 74, com-
manded at first, as a private ship, by Capt. Hen.
Wm. Bayntun, and next employed under the flag of
Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, with whom he for some
time participated in the defence of Cadiz, and then
proceeded to the Mediterranean. From Aug. 1811
until July, 1812, Mr. Hicks further served on the
latter station with his former Captain, Buck, on
board the Franchise frigate. In the spring of
1813 he joined the Wolfe 24, hearing the broad
pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Teo on Lake Ontario,
where, in May of the same year, he took part in an
attack made by that officer and Sir Geo. Prevost
upon the Americans at Sacket's Harbour. He sub-
sequently commanded a division of gun-boats at
the defeat of the American army at La Cole ; and
officiated as Acting-Lieutenant in command of the
Finch schooner in an attack on the squadron at
Plattshurg. He returned to England in Aug. 1815,
having been confirmed in the rank he now holds on
15 of the previous March ; and since 12 July, 1837,
has been employed in command of a station in the
Coast Guard.
HIGGINS. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Higgins entered the Navy, 16 May, 1807,
as Seo.-cl. Vol., on board the Caesar 80, Capt. Chas.
Kichardson, successive flag-ship of Rear-Admirals
Sir Rich. John Strachan, Hon. Robt. Stopford, and
Wm. Albany Otway. In the course of 1809, previ-
ously to which he had made a voyage to the Medi-
terranean, we find him assisting in the destruction
of three heavy French frigates under the batteries
of Sable d'Olonne, also of the shipping in Basque
Roads, and in the expedition to Flushing. In April,
1810, he removed with Capt. Richardson to the
Semikamis frigate, and was for upwards of two
years employed in that ship on the Lisbon and
Channel stations. During the rest of the war he
served, on the coast of North America, in the
Ardent 64, Capt. Bell, and St. Domingo 74, bear-
ing the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren. He ob-
tained his commission 3 June, 1814; but has not
been since afloat.
HIGGINSON. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Francis Higginson entered the Navy, 15 Nov.
1813 ; and on 25 Feb. 1814, while serving, as we
are informed, on board the Eurotas, of 46 guns
and 320 men, Capt. John Phillimore, was present in
an engagement of two hours and 10 minutes, which
rendered captive to that ship, after she had incurred
a loss of 20 men killed and 40 wounded, the French
frigate La Clorinde, mounting 44 guns and 12 brass
swivels, with a complement of 360 picked men, of
whom 120 were killed and wounded. He subse-
quently (when in the Severn 40, Capt. Hon. Fred.
Wm. Aylmer) shared in the bombardment of Al-
giers, 27 Aug. 1816; and on 1 Jan. 1839, having
passed his examination in 1828, he was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant. He obtained an appoint-
ment in the Coast Guard 27 Feb. following; hut
has been on halt-pay since the autumn of 1845.
Lieut. Higginson, who is Senior of 1839, has been
presented with a medal by the Royal Humane So-
ciety. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
HIGGINSON. (Eetired Commander, 1835.
F-p., 23 ; H-P., 40.)
George Montagu Higginson entered the Royal
Naval Academy in 1784 ; and embarked, in 1787, as
Midshipman, on board the Adventure 44, Capts.
Parry and John Nicholson Inglefield. After two
years of servitude on the coast of Africa in that
vessel, he was next, until the commencement of the
French revolutionary war, employed, on the Home
and West India stations, in the Chichester store-
ship, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Papps Price, Triton
20, Capt. Geo. Murray, and Hector 74, Capt. Geo.
Montagu. Under the latter ofiicer he witnessed the
unsuccessful attack of 1793 upon Martinique. He
then became Master's Mate of the Alert 16, Capt.
Chas. Smith, and in May, 1794, while on his passage
out to America, he had the misfortune to be cap-
tured by the French 36-gun frigate Unite, after an
action of an hour and 40 minutes, in which the
British vessel sustained a loss of 3 men killed and
15 wounded. On his arrival at Rochefort Mr. Hig-
ginson, by a decree of the National Convention,
was sentenced to death, together with the rest of
his companions. They were thereupon all com-
mitted to a bare hulk, and for the space of three
weeks were forced to subsist upon an allowance of
one pound of black bread and a pint of sour wine
each arday, with the addition of some horse-bean
broth, and of 14 ounces, per man, of meat in 10
days. Their sentence being at the expiration of
that time commuted, they were marched to Cognac,
without any alteration, however, being made in
their rations. Medical aid, too, was totally denied
to them, and in the course, in consequence, of 13
months, a full third of their number fell helpless
victims to the ravages of sickness. Mr. Higginson
himself was so inveterately attacked by fever that
the upshot was a liver complaint, whose effects,
continuing to be felt for many years, frequently in-
capacitated him from service. In July, 1795
having at length effected his escape, he joined the
Prince 98, bearing the flag at Spithead of Admiral
Harvey ; from which ship he was soon, on 1 Sept.
in the same year, promoted to a Lieutenancy in the
TopAZE 36, Capt. Stephen G. Church. When after-
wards on the coast of North America, Mr. Higgin-
son, about the close of 1797, was compelled, owing
to injury received in the execution of his duty, to
go to sick-quarters at Norfolk, in Virginia, where
he suffered a relapse of his liver complaint. He
ultimately found himself under the necessity, at a
personal expense of 30/., of returning to England.
During a few months in 1798, and again of a few
in 1799, we find him employed at the Nore and in
the Meditenanean on board the Hecla bomb and
Defiance 74, Capts. Jas. Oughton and Thos. Eevell
Shivers, appointments which his health obliged him
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HIGGON— HIGGS— HIGMAN.
in each case to resign. At the commencement of
the late war, being at the time in France for change
of air, he was a second time made prisoner of war,
and detained for a period of 14 months at Valenci-
ennes, from which place he then had the fortune to
contrive a flight. His ne.xt and last appointments
were— in 1804-5, to the command of the Happy
Eetuhn and Fly hired cutters, and Enchanteess
10, on the Channel station— 29 March, 1806, to the
KoYAL William, bearing the flag of Admiral Mon-
tagu at Spithead— and, 23 June, 1806, to the com-
mand of the Pigmy 14, which vessel, through the
ignorance of her pilot, and at a moment when he
himself was confined by illness to his bed, he lost,
off' lie d'Ole'ron, 2 March, 1807. He remained
thenceforward a captive in France until the peace
of 1814. Unable afterwards to procure employment,
our unlucky ofiicer accepted the rank of Ketired
Commander on the Junior List 17 Jan. 1831 ; and
on 19 March, 1835, he was promoted to the Senior
List. Agent — J. liinxman.
HIGGON. (LiEDT., 1828. F-P., 28 ; H-p., 8.)
Henry Miller Higgon was bom 22 Jan. 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Aug. 1811, as
Midshipman, on board the Abercromey 74, Capt.
"Wm. Chas. Fahie, stationed in the Channel ; and
was next, between Feb. 1814 and Sept. 1821, em-
ployed, chiefly in the "West Indies, on board the
Halcyon sloop, Capt. John Houlton Marshall,
Ulysses 44, Capt. Thos. Browne, Lakne 20, Capt.
Abraham Lowe, and Sapphire 26, Capt. Henry
Hart. He then joined the Bann 20, Capt. Chas.
Phillips, and sailed for the western coast of Africa,
where that vessel cruized with success against the
slave-trade, and lost, when at Ascension in 1823, the
greater part of her crew from the effects of the
climate. In Oct. 1823 Mr. Higgon, who had passed
his examination in Jan. 1818, and had for the last
six months acted as First-Lieutenant, was super-
seded from the Bann ; nor was he promoted until
6 April, 1828, by which period he had further served
for four years and a half as (Admiralty) Midship-
man, almost continuously on the African coast, in
the Jasper 10, Capt. Alex. Dundas Young Arbuth-
nott, Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, Blonde
42, Capt. Lord Byron, and Syeille 48, Commodore
Sir Fras. Augustus Collier. He returned to Eng-
land in May, 1828, after having been fmrther at-
tached for a few weeks to the North Star 28,
Capt. Septimus Arabin ; and, with the exception of
a period of two years in 1840-2, has been employed
in the Coast Guard since 7 Oct. 1833.
Lieut. Higgon, during his servitude afloat, was
eight times attacked with yellow fever and once
with cholera. His testimonials for character and
conduct are of a very high order.
HIGGS. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 24.)
William Henry Higgs entered the Navy, 1 Jan.
1796, as a Volunteer, on board the Daphne hired
armed lugger, employed in keeping up a communi-
cation with the French Royalists on the coast of
Normandy. From Sept. following imtil April, 1797,
he served on the Jersey station, onboard the Bravo
16, Capt. D'Auvergne, Prince de Bouillon : and he
then became in succession Midshipman of the Mo-
narch 74, Capt. John Elphinstone and Qdeen
Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord Keith. In June,
1798, he joined the Maidstone frigate, Capt. Ross
Donnelly, attached to the force in the West Indies,
where, during a continuance of rather more than
two years, he was thrice attacked by the yellow
fever. Arriving in the Mediterranean, about the
commencement of 1801, in the Chichester store-
ship, Capt. John Stephens, Mr. Higgs was there re-
ceived, first on board the Salamine brig, Capt.
Thos. Briggs, and then in the Foddroyant 80,
bearing the flag of Lord Keith, and, as Master's
Mate, in the Peterel sloop, Capts. Chas. Inglis and
John Lambom. While in the latter vessel, which
he left in March, 1802, he participated, as he like-
wise did in the Foddkoyant, in the operations of
the Egyptian campaign ; but it was not until 7 May,
1804 (by which period he had further served, chiefly
on the Home station, in the Cambrikge 80, flag-
ship of Sir Thos. Pasley, Hcntee sloop, Capts. Geo.
Jones and Sam. Hood Inglefleld, Conqheeoe 74,
Capt. Thos. Louis, and Monarch 74, bearing the
flag of his friend Lord Keith), that he succeeded in
obtaining his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant.
He then joined the Sulphur bomb, Capts. Donald
M'Leod and Matt. Forster, in which vessel he wit-
nessed, 2 Oct. 1804, the celebrated " Catamaran "
attack made upon the Boulogne flotilla ; and he was
next, it appears, appointed — in the course of the
same month, to the Cygnet sloop, Capts. D. M'Leod
and Kobt. Bell Campbell, with the latter of whom
he again proceeded to the West Indies — in Aug.
1806, as First, to the Alligator 26, Capt. R. B.
Campbell, in which ship he returned to England —
in the spring of 1807, to the Barfleor 98, Capt.
Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, employed in the Channel
— and, in June of the same year, as Senior, to
L'EsPOiR sloop, commanded, on the Mediterranean
station, by Capts. Henry Hope, Robt. Mitford, and
Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, and occasionally,
pro tempore, by himself. During nearly seven years
of employment in L'Espoir, Mr. Higgs saw a
great deal of active service in the Mediterranean,
where he assisted, in 1809, at the reduction of the
islands of Isohia and Procida ; in April, 1810, at the
capture and destruction of several Neapolitan ves-
sels on the coast of Italy ; and on 8 Aug. 1813, at
the taking, in a gallant attack on the town of Cassis,
near Toulon, of flve land-batteries, three heavy
gun-boats, and 25 sail of merchant-vessels. On 25
July, 1814, five months after he had left L'Espoir^
the subject of this narrative, who had acquired the
highest reputation for his ability and zeal as an of-
ficer, became First-Lieutenant to Capt. Hon. Henry
Duncan, in the Glasgow 50, in which ship he cruized
in the Western Ocean until paid off at Chatham, 1
Sept. 1815. He rejoined Capt. Duncan, 27 June,
1818, in a similar capacity, on board the Litfet 50 ;
and on 11 Oct. 1819, after having made a voyage to
the Mediterranean, he was at length promoted to
the rank of Commander, in honour of the Prince
Regent's visit to that ship. His next and last ap-
pointments were — 11 Jime, 1831, to the Second-
Captaincy of the Revenge 78, Capt. Jas. Hillyar,
an appointment he was induced to resign on 20 of
the same month — and, 5 Feb. 1839, as Additional-
Commander, to the Royal Sovereign yacht, for
the purpose of superintending the Packet Service at
Pembroke, where he remained until June, 1845.
His elevation to Post-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846.
We may here add that Capt. Higgs' appointments
to the Cygnet, Alligator, Espoir, Glasgow, and
Liffey were all made at the especial request of
their respective Captains. Agents — Collier and
Snee.
HIGMAN. (eraptaill, 1817. r-p., 18; h-p., 35.)
Henry Higman entered the Navy, 28 Dec. 1794,
as A. B., on board the Chakon, hospital ship, Capt.
Walter Locke, attached to the Channel fleet. In
Sept. 1795, after having participated in Lord Brid-
port's action, he removed, as Midshipman, to the
Tridmph 74, Capts. Sir Erasmus Gower, Wm.
Essington, and Thos. Seccombe, with [whom he
served for upwards of four years in the Channel,
North Sea, and Mediterranean, latterly under the
flag of Rear-Admiral Cuthbert CoUingwood. He
consequently had an opportunity of sharing with
Capt. Essington in the glories of Camperdowu 11
Oct. 1797, on which occasion he performed the
duties of Master's Mate. On leaving the Tridmph,
Mr. Higman joined the Raisonnable 64, Capt.
Chas. Boyles, at Chatham, for the purpose of await-
ing a passage to the West Indies, where, on his ar-
rival in the following June, in the Severn 44, Capt.
John Whitby, he was received by Lord Hugh Sey-
mour, to whom he had been recommended by Sir
Erasmus Gower, on board his flag-ship the Sans Pa-
reil 80. In Aug. of the same year— seven months,
HILL.
ill
indeed, before he had passed his examination — he
■was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Caltpso
sloop, Capts. Joseph Baker and Kobt. Barrie, on
the Jamaica station ; and in Dec. 1801 he joined, in
a similar capacity, the Goliath 74, to which ship,
commanded at first by Capt. Wm. Essington, and
afterwards by Capts. Chas. Brisbane and Robt.
Barton, he was in the end confirmed by commission
dated 3 Sept. 1803. Mr. Higman (who on 28 June
in the latter year had contributed, while in escort
of a homeward-bound convoy, to the capture of La
Miffnonne French coryette, of 16 guns and 80 men)
subsequently took command of the boats of the
Goliath, and in a very seamanlike manner brought
out a gun-brig from under a most destructive fire
of the batteries at Sable d'Olonne, on the coast of
Prance. Being next, on 28 May, 1805, allowed, on
the application of Capt. Brisbane, to rejoin that
officer, as his First-Lieutenant, in the Arethusa
38, he assisted, in company with the Anson 44, at
the capture, 23 Aug. 1806, near the Havana, after a
spirited action, in which the Akethosa had 2 men
killed and 32 wounded, of the Pomtma Spanish fri-
gate, of 38 guns and 347 men, laden with specie and
merchandize, and defended by a castle mounting 11
36-pounders, and a flotilla of 10 gun-boats, all of
which were destroyed. A slight wound received
by Mr. Higman on the occasion procured him a
pecuniary grant from the Patriotic Society.* He
was promoted, as a reward for the share he had
borne at the brilliant reduction of Curajoa, to the
rank of Commander, 23 Feb. 1807; subsequently
to which we find him joining — 18 Aug. 1809, the
Kattlee 16, on the Newfoundland station — 13 Jan.
1810, the Gluckstadt 18, employed in the convey-
ance of despatches to and from Gottenborg and
Heligoland— 11 Feb. 1811, the Fly 16, which vessel,
through the obstinacy of her pilots (although Capt.
Higman's exertions were so great as to elicit the
plaudits of the subsequent court-martial), was lost
on a reef near the island of Anholt 29 Feb. 1812 —
and, 6 Deo. 1813, the Brisk 16. In the latter sloop
he served for some time on the Irish station, where
he contrived by stratagem to recapture a prize be-
longing to the American privateer Prince de JVevf-
chatel. He then proceeded with convoy to the
coast of Africa, on which station he cruized for
nearly twelve months, and took four slavers having
between 700 and 800 negroes on board. Owing,
however, to a suspension in the payment of the
ordinary bounty, neither the officers nor crew of
the Brisk (the first vessel that felt the effects of
the regulation) received any reward for their exer-
tions; and in consequence Capt. Higman was de-
prived of nearly 4000i. He was paid off 31 Aug.
1815, but it was not until 1 Jan. 1817 that he was
advanced to Post-rank. Unable from that period
to procure employment, he at length, on 1 Oct.
1846" accepted the half-pay of Retirement.
Capt. Higman i« a widower with five sons, the
eldest of whom, a Midshipman ll.N., was lately
serving with Capt. Glascock on board lie Tyne 26.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
HILL. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
Chables Him. entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plantagenet 74, Capts.
Wm. Bradley, Thos. Eyies, and Robt. Lloyd, in
which ship he was for six years and a half em-
ployed, chiefly on the Home station. During that
period, however, he witnessed the departure, in
1807, of the royal family of Portugal for the Brazils,
and was for some time prior to the convention of
Cintra engaged in blockading the Russian squadron
in the Tagus. From March, 1812, until Oct. 1814,
he was ne.xt employed, in the Baltic and Mediter-
ranean, as Midshipmanj- and Master's Mate, on board
the Bristol troop-ship, Capts. Wm. Kent, John
Thompson, and Geo. Wyndham, besides serving in
a gun-boat at Cadiz. He was ultimately promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 Feb. 1815, while at-
» Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 1535.
f A rating he had attained in Oct. 1806,
tached to the Lightning 20, Capt. Geo. Kennie, on
the Irish station ; but he has not, to our knowledge,
been since afloat.
Lieut. Hill's eldest daughter is married to a son
of Lieut. John Skinley, R.N.
HILL. (Lieutenant, 1833. f-p., 19; h-p., 19.)
Charles Thomas Hill, bom 4 July, 1796, is
fourth and eldest surviving son of the late West
Hill, Esq., M.D., Deputy Inspector of Hospitals,
who accompanied Lord Comwallis to America, was
at the head of the Medical Staff during several
campaigns in the War of Independence, and died
in 1834 in the 93rd year of his age. Three of the
Lieutenant's brothers. West Tertius, John Hilde-
brand, and Justly, died officers in the Army ; the
first being a Lieutenant in the 5th Regt. Madras
N.I. — the second a Captain and D. A. A. General
in H. M. 27th — and the third a Lieutenant R.A.
His youngest brother, Henry, is now serving in
India as a Captain of the 57th. Lieut. Hill is first-
cousin of the present Vice-Admiral Hill.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol. (under the auspices of his last-named
relative), on board the CjESar 80, Capt. Chas.
Richardson, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Wm.
Albany Otway ; and, on attending the ensuing ex-
pedition to the Walcheren, was employed on shore
with the Naval Brigade during the bombardment
of Flushing. He subsequently became Midshipman
of the Naiad 38, commanded at first by Capt. Hill
and afterwards by Capt. Philip Carteret, under
whom he participated, 20 and 21 Sept. 1811, in two
actions with divisions of the Boulogne flotilla. On
the last-mentioned occasion the Naiad sustained a
loss of 2 men killed and 14 wounded, but succeeded
in taking one of the enemy's prames. La Ville de
Lt/on ; which vessel, of whose people upwards of 30
were either slain or wounded, Mr. Hill was the
second officer to board. After further assisting at
the capture and destruction of three privateers, he
removed, in 1812, to the Impregnable 98, succes-
sive flag-ship of Admirals Wm. Young and H.R.H.
the Duke of Clarence on the Home station, where,
in June, 1814, he served in attendance on the Allied
Sovereigns during their visit to England. He was
next for two years employed in the West Indies
and America on board the Abaxes 38, Capt. Geo.
Miller Bligh, and Takais, of similar force, Capt.
Joseph James; and he subsequently (having passed
his examination 7 Nov. 1815) officiated as Admi-
ralty-Midshipman, on the Plymouth, Mediterranean,
and Portsmouth stations, of the Sealabk schooner,
Capt. Philip Helpman, Rochfort 80, flag-ship of
Sir Thos. Eras. Fremantle and Sir Graham Moore,
Glasgow 50, bearing the broad pendant of Hon.
Anthony Maitland, Racehorse 18, Capt. Hon.
Chas. Abbot, and Albion 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste.
In 1823 Mr. Hill, when at Portsmouth, volunteered
to fit out a small schooner of 28 tons, designed as a
tender to the flag-ship at Newfoundland ; for his
conduct and exertions in further navigating her to
which place he elicited the approbation of the Ad-
miralty. After an interval of eight years he re-em-
barked, in 1831, onboard the Victory 104, in which
ship he served at Portsmouth under the flags of
Sir Thos. Foley and Sir Thos. Williams, until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 Aug. 1833.
His after appointments afloat were — 14 Feb. and 27
Aug. 1834, to the President 52, and Vernon 50,
both commanded by Capt. John M'Kerlie, at Hali-
fax and in the Mediterranean— 20 July, 1835, to the
command of the Alban steam-vessel, on the latter
station— and, for a short time at the commence-
ment of 1836, to the Howe 120, Capt. Alex. Ellice,
lying at Sheemess. With the exception of a few
months spent in 1841-2 in raising volunteers at
Glasgow and Greenock, he has not held any addi-
tional employment.
Lieut. Hill married, 16 June, 1828, Mary Romman,
third daughter of John Holmes, Esq., an opulent
merchant of Kingston-upon-Thames, by whom he
has issue three sons and one daughter.
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HILL.
HILL. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 23.)
Edward Hill (a) entered the Navy, 12 Nov.
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aimaele fri-
gate, Capt. "Wm. Bolton, stationed in the North
Sea and Channel. In 1805 he removed to the Mek-
CDKY 28, Capt. Chas. Felly, and, on his return from
a voyage with convoy to Quebec, he proceeded off
Lisbon. From 1806 to 1809 he again served in the
Channel, the last two years as Midshipman, on
board the Pallas frigate, Capt. Geo. Miller, and
Champion 24, Capts. Kenneth Mackenzie, Jas.
Coutts Crawford, and Kobt. Henderson. He then
joined the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley, with
whom, after attending the expedition to the Wal-
cheren and cruizing for some time in the latitude
of the Western Islands, he proceeded to the Medi-
terranean, where, among other performances, he
witnessed, 27 Nov. 1811, the capture of La Corceyre
French frigate, pierced for 40 guns, but mounting
only 28, with a complement of 170. seamen and 130
soldiers, laden with 300 tons of wheat and a quan-
tity of military and other stores. Between 1813
and the date of his official promotion, 11 Feb. 1815,
Mr. Hill was next employed, as Acting-Lieutenant,
in the Niger 38, Capt. Peter Rainier, and Laurel
and Amelia frigates, both commanded by Capt.
Hon. Granville Proby, in South America (whither
he escorted convoy), at the Cape of Good Hope, off
the coast of Africa, and at home. He has been in
charge, since 14 July, 1838, of a station in the Coast
Guard. Agent— Fred. Dufaur.
HILL. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Edward Hill (6) is youngest son of Vice-Ad-
miral Hill.
This officer entered the Navy 15 Aug. 1833;
passed his examination 21 May, 1840 ; and served as
Mate on board the Herald 26, Capt. Jos. Nias,
Childers 16, Capt. Geo. Greville Wellesley, and
CoRNWALLis '72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker— all
on the East India station, where he fought during
the war in China. He obtained a commission 16
Sept. 1843; and from 11 April, 1844, until paid off,
on his return to England, in the autumn of 1845,
was employed, still in the East Indies, in the Cam-
brian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads. Since 28 Nov.
1845 he has been serving on the coast of Africa
in the Nimrod 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres.
HILL. (Vice-Admibal of the Eed, 1841. f-p.,
22 ; H-p., 38.)
Henet Hill, bom about 1775, is son of the late
Colonel Wm. Hill, of St. Boniface, in the Me of
Wight, who served during the German war asAide-
de-Camp to Count de Lippe, and was afterwards
for some time Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
He is brother of Lieut.-Colonel Chas. Fitzmaurice
Hill, who commanded the 10th Regt. of Foot, and
died in 1811 ; and firs1>cousin of the present Lieut.
Chas. Thos. Hill, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 Nov. 1787, as a
Volunteer (under the auspices of Sir John Jervis),
on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Sir Rich. John
Strachan, with whom he proceeded on an embassy
to China, and removed as Midshipman, about Aug.
1791, to the Phcenix 36. On 19 of the following
Nov., while cruizing off the Malabar coast, he took
part, in company with the Perseverance frigate,
in an obstinate action (produced by a resistance on
the part of the French Captain to a search being
imposed by the British upon two merchant-vessels
under his orders) with La lUsolue^ of 46 guns, whose
colours were not struck until she had herself sus-
tained a loss of 25 men killed and 40 wounded, and
had occasioned one to the PhIenix of 6 killed and
11 wounded. On his return to England in the
autumn of 1793, Mr. Hill joined the Boyne 98,
bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis, through whom
he was promoted, on 17 Dec. in the same year, to a
Lieutenancy in the Zebra bomb, Capts. Robt.
Faulknor, Geo. BoVen, Geo. Vaughan, and Lan-
celot Skynner. In 1794 he was present in every
distinguished operation connected with the reduc-
tion of the French West India islands, and in par-
ticular at the capture of Fort Royal, Martinique,
where,. landing with Capt. Faulknor, he participated
in the heroic attack which, to the admiration of all
who witnessed it, accomplished the premature fall
of that stronghold. In March, 1795, he was again
sent on shore, with a detachment of seamen and a
6-pounder, to co-operate with the British forces on
the island of St. Vincent in their endeavours to sup-
press an insurrection which had there broken out
among the Charibs. On the 14thj the insurgents
having taken possession of Dorchester Hill, an emi-
nence immediately commanding the town of Kings-
ton, which they were preparing to cannonade, Mr.
Hill suggested the propriety of driving them from
their position ; and accordingly, at midnight, his
plan being adopted, he placed himself at the head
of a storming-party, commanded by Capt. Skynner,
and, commencing a furious assault, succeeded in
utterly routing the enemy — thereby restoring con-
fidence to the inhabitants of the colony, and saving
its fall. In this brilliant affair, however, so despe-
rate a wound was inflicted on his right shoulder,
that he was obliged, as soon as the victory had been
achieved, to retire to his ship, and soon afterwards
to return home. Previously to his final departure
from the island Mr. Hill had the satisfaction of
receiving the thanks of the Governor and the House
of Assembly, together with the most marked atten-
tion and the strongest expressions of gratitude
from all classes. He was promoted to the rank of
Commander on 24 of the following July ; and in
Feb. 1797 he had the further honour of being men-
tioned with Capt. Skynner in a letter of thanks
from the agents for the colony of St. Vincent.
Continuing long to feel the effects of his wound,
Capt. Hill remained on half-pay until the spring of
1798i when he was appointed to the Sear-Fencibles
in the Isle of Wight. From 27 June, 1799, until
posted, 1 Jan. 1801, he commanded the Gorgon 44,
arme'e-en-jiute, in the Mediterranean; and also the
Meg^eba fire-vessel on the Channel station, where
he had a narrow escape from capture while recon-
noitring the French fleet in Camaiet Bay, with a
view to ascertaining the praotibility of burning it.
His next appointments were— 3 Jan. 1801, for a very
brief period, to the Princess Royal 98—8 March,
and 14 June, 1802, to the Ruby 64, and Camilla 24,
in the latter of which ships he went to Newfound-
land— 29 April, 1803, to the Orpheus 32, employed
at first in escorting convoy to Newfoundland, and
then in very successfully cruizing on the coast of
France— ,14 Dec. 1805, to the Agincodkt 64, sta-
tioned in the North Sea and off St. Helena — and 1
Sept. 1809, after. 18 months of half-pay, to the
Naiad 38. In the latter ship Capt. HiJl, besides
visiting the West Indies, was much employed, until
superseded in the summer of 1811, in blockading
the enemy's ports on the French coast. On"one
occasion, when in a gale off Cherbourg, the pilot, in
attempting to pass through the Monkey Passage, by
the island of Aldemey, failed, and, by his igno-
rance, placed the Naiad in a state of great jeo-
pardy, from which she was only extricated by dint
of the greatest exertion and skill, and by a hitherto
unknown outlet being found in the rocks called the
Casketts. This accident occurred in 1810 ; in the
course of which year the Naiad appears to have
been in constant action with the enemy's batteries,
and to have destroyed much of their coasting-trade.
Capt. Hill's last appointments were, 20 Dec. 1825,
and 31 March, 1826, to the Superb 78, guard-ship
at Portsmouth, and Melville 74 ; in the latter of
which he served, on the coast of Portugal and at
Gibraltar, until shortly previous to her being paid off,
28 Feb. 1829. He became a Rear-Admiral 22 July,
1830 ; and attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841.
In every ship commanded by the Vice^Admiral
when afloat he won the approbation of the Admi-
ralty. In the Melville he was particularly for-
tunate in eliciting that of H.R.H. the Lord High
Admii-al. On 26 Feb. 1845 he was granted the
Good Service pension ; and he is also in the receipt
of a pension of 250Z. for his wound.
HILL.
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He married, first, Anne, daughter of the late Eev.
Jas. Worsley, of Gatoombe, in the Isle of 'Wight ;
and secondly, Caroline, daughter of the late Joseph
Bettesworth,. Esq., of Ryde, in the same i^and.
He has issue, with four daughters, six sons, all of
whom are in the service of their country — the eldest,
Henry Worsley, a Commander, and the youngest,
Edward, a Lieutenant, K.N. Agents — Messrs.
Halford and Co.
HILL. (Lieutenant, 1825. f-p., 24; h-p., 17.)
Henry Joseph Hill, bom 3 Sept. 1780, is eldest
son of the late Thos. Hill, Esq., of Gough Square,
Fleet Street, London.
This officer (who had previously been in the Hon.
E. I. Co.'s service) entered the Navy, 8 July, 1806,
as Midshipman, on board the Speedwell 14, Lieut.-
Commander "Wm. Robertson, on the Home station,
where, on 24 of the following Dec, having been
appointed Prize-Master of a Danish brig, he was
captured by a French privateer and sent to Calais.
He did not in consequence regain his liberty until
the peace of 1814, when he returned to England
and joined the guard-ship at Plymouth. He was
soon afterwards removed into the Resolute 12,
Lieut.-Commander Wm. Pringle Green ; while serv-
ing with whom he passed his examination, 2 Nov.
in the same year. From Jan. 1815 until Feb. 1818,
Mr. Hill served at Liverpool, Gibraltar, and Ports-
mouth, a great part of the time as Admiralty Mid-
shipman, in the Princess, Capt. Wm. Simpson,
Serapis store-ship, Capt. Wm. Lloyd, Queen Char-
lotte 108, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thombrough, and
KocHFORT 80, Capt. Sir Archibald CoUingwood
Dickson ; and he was next for upwards of seven
years employed, as Chief Mate, in the Hawke Re-
venue oruizer, Lieut.-Commander Rich. Ward. He
at length attained his present rank 27 May, 1825,
and, after three years and four months' servitude
in the Coast Guard, was appointed, 26 Nov. 1830, to
the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant
of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye.
He was paid off in March, 1831, and has not been
since able to procure employment. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
HILL. (Commander, 1841.)
Henry Worsley Hill is eldest son of Vice-Ad-
miral Henry Hill.
This oflioer entered the Navy 24 March, 1810 ;
obtained his first commission 13 July, 1824; and
was afterwards appointed^ — 20 Dec. 1825, and 31
March, 1826, to the Superb 78, and Melville 74,
both commanded by his father — 18 Jan. 1828, to the
Tribune 42, Capts. John Wilson' and John Alex.
Duntze, employed on the South American station,
whence he returned to England and was paid off
16 Dec. 1831—21 Sept. 1833, as First, to the An-
dromache 28, Capts. Bernard Yeoman and Henry
Ducie Chads, in which vessel he sailed for the East
Indies — 1 Dec. 1834, to the Melville 74, bearing
the flag of Sir John Gore, with whom he came home
and was put out of commission in July, 1835 — and
14 April, 1837, to the command of the Saracen 10,
on the coast of Africa, where he served until a few
months after his promotion to the rank he now
holds, which took place 15 March, 1841.
Commander Hill, since 6 March, 1843, has filled
the office of Lieut.-Governor of Her Majesty's
Foi'ts and Settlements on the Gold Coast. He
married, 1 July, 1845, Amelia Jane, eldest daughter
of Henry Pytches Boyce, Esq., and the late Lady
Amelia Sophia Boyce, daughter of George third
Duke of Marlborough. Agents— Messrs. Halford
and Co.
HILL, Kt. (Captain, 1815. r-p., 51; h-p., 15.)
Sir John Hill entered the Navy, 25 Sept. 1781,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Infernal bomb, Capt.
Jas. Alms, on the books of which vessel he was
borne until March, 1783. On 20 April, 1788, he
joined the Nautilus sloop, Capt. Thos. Boulden
Thompson, stationed at Newfoundland ; and he
next, between 1789 and his promotion to the rank
of Lieutenant, 28 July, 1794, served in the Channel
and West Indies, as Midshipman and Master's Mate,
on board the Goliath and Bedford 74's, Capts.
Archibald Dickson and Robt. Mann, and Porcu-
pine 24, Capt. Jas. Alms. In the course of the
latter, and the following year, he was successively
appointed to the Invincible 74, and Juste 80, both
commanded by Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham, on the
Channel station, where, for a few months in 1797,
he again served with Capt. Alms, in the Repulse
64. He then joined the Princess Royal 98, bear-
ing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir John Orde,
with whom he remained until transferred, in May,
1798, to the Minotaur 74, Capt. Thos. Louis, part
of the victor-fleet at the ensuing battle of the Nile ;
for his conduct as Senior Lieutenant on which oc-
casion, he was advanced to the rank of Commander
by commission dated 8 Oct. in the same year.
From 2 Feb. 1800, to 6 March, 1802, and from 31
March, 1804, until 27 Oct. 1808, we next find Capt.
Hill commanding the Heroine, andHuMBER, in the
Mediterranean and Channel. On 24 March, 1813,
he was appointed to an Agency for Transports —
the duties of which post he continued to discharge,
in the Baltic, and on the coasts of Holland and
France, for a period of nearly six years. Having
attained Post-rank 28 Oct. 1815, he was subse-
quently, from 1820 until 1838, employed as Captain-
Superintendent of Deptford Victualfing Yard. He
was appointed, on 9 March in the latter year. Super-
intendent of the Dockyard at Sheemess ; and,
since 11 Dec. 1841, be has been again officiating in
a similar capacity at Deptford.
The honour of Knighthood was conferred on Capt.
Hill 31 Aug. 1831. His only son is a Captain in the
Army ; and one of his daughters, now deceased,
was the wife of the present Capt. W. L. Castle,
R.N.
HILL. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 23.)
John Hill (a) entered the Navy, 6 March, 1798,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Europa 50, Capt. Jas.
Stevenson, under whom he attained the rating of
Midshipman 1 Jan. 1799, and continued to serve, in
the same ship, and inL'EoYPriENNE 50, and L'Afri-
CAiNE 38, on the Channel and Mediterranean sta-
tions, until Feb. 1802. Attending, during that pe-
riod, the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, he served in
a launch with a carronade, and had two men wound-
ed, while engaged, on 8 March, in covering the de-
barkation of the troops ; and he was afterwards for
six months employed on shore with the army. In
May, 1803, he re-embarked on board the Leyden
64, Capt. John Seater, lying in the river Thames,
whence, however, he soon sailed for the West In-
dies, with Capt. John Ayscough, in the Camel
store-ship. In the course of 1804-5 Mr. Hill there
accompanied the same Captain in the Reynard,
Shark, and Goelan sloops ; in the first and last
mentioned of which we find him frequently coming
into contact with the enemy's privateers. From
the Goelan, which during the last two years and
four months had been commanded by Capts. Arth.
Lysaght, Benj. Clement, and Fred. Hoffman, he
removed, in June, 1808, to the Hebe frigate, Capt.
John Fyffe. On 4 April, 1809, he became Acting-
Lieutenant of the Pelican 18, Capt. Edw. Henry
A'Court, also attached to the force in the West In-
dies, where, being confirmed to that vessel by com-
mission dated 4 May, 1810, he continued to serve
for a further period of 17 months. During nearly
the whole of 1811 Mr. Hill was employed off North
Cape in the Thinculo sloop, Capt. Alex. Rennie.
His subsequent appointments were, to the command
—26 Aug. 1812, of the Landrail 10, in which vessel
he performed a service of some importance con-
nected with the restoration of Louis XVIII.— in
June, 1814, of the Pioneer 10, on the Newfound-
land and Downs stations — 18 May, 1816, after a few
months of half-pay, of the Surly 10, employed,
until paid off in Sept. 1818, on Home duty— 2 March,
1829, of the Kinaldo Fahuouth packet, which he
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HILL— HILLDRU P— HILLIER.
put out of commission 19 Aug. 1834— and, 20 Aug.
1839, of the Ckane, another packet, also on the
Falmouth station. On 11 of the following Sept.,
while fitting at Woolwich, Lieut. Hill had the ho-
nour, owing to the absence on leave of the Captain-
Superintendent, of receiving their Majesties the
Queen and Queen Dowager, the King and Queen of
the Belgians, and the Duke of Saxe Coburg, and
conveying them oa board the Lightning steamer,
on the occasion of the departure of the latter per-
sonage from this country. He had likewise, a few
days .previously, received the King and Queen of
the Belgians on their arrival in the Veloce French
steamer. He has been on half-pay since May, 1842.
Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
HILL. (Lieutenant, 181.5. f-p., 34; h-p., 17.)
John Hill (6), bom 5 Oct. 1789, is a relative of
John Hill, Esq., Purser and Paymaster, K.N. (1808).
This of&cer entered the Navy, in 1796, on board
the Goliath 74, Capts. Sir Chas. Henry Knowles
and Thos. Foley. After sharing in the action ofi'
Cape St. Vincent, and in the battle of the Nile, he
accompanied Capt. Foley, in Dec. 1799, into the
Elephant 74, in which ship, commanded latterly
by Capt. Geo. Dundas, he fought at Copenhagen
2 April, 1801, and served, in the Channel and "West
Indies, until Jan. 1804. He then became Midship-
man in succession of the Racoon and Diligence
sloops, both under the orders of Capt. Jas. Alex.
Gordon, with whom he continued on tlie West India
station until appointed Master's Mate, in Sept. 1805,
of the Savage 16, Capt. Jas. Wilkes Maurice, at-
tached to the force on the coast of Ireland. He
next, towards the close of 1806, joined the Snake
18, Capt. Edw. Crofton, from which vessel, how-
ever, he was soon transferred to the Linnet 12,
Lieut.-Commander John Tracey, part of the arma-
ment employed in 1809 in the expedition to the
Waloheren. From Jan. 1810 until March, 1813,
Mr. Hill ofBoiated, on the Home station, as Mid-
shipman, and alternately as Acting-Lieutenant and
Master's Mate, in the Tkomp 12, Lieut.-Commander
Michael M'Carthy, Experiment 12, Capt. Jas.
Slade, Fylla 20, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, Mon-
modth 64, bearing the flag of Admiral Foley, Phipps
14, Capt. Thos. Percival, Cadmds 10, Capt. Thos.
Fife, MoNMODTH again, and Cordelia 10, Capt.
Thos. Fortescue Kennedy. For five months of
1813, he was next employed with Sir Jas. Lucas
Yeo on the Canadian Lakes. Between Jan. 1814
and Aug. 1815, we further find him employed on the
Home and East India stations in the Experiment,
Capt. Jas. Slade, once more in the Monmouth, and
in the Termagant 20, Capt. Chas. Shaw.* He lastly
served— in 1828, in the Coast Guard — from 2 March,
1830, to March 1833, in command of the Camelion
and Badger Revenue-oruizers — and from 26 Aug.
1834 until 1845, again in the Coast Guard.
HILL. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Joseph Augustus Witham Hill entered the
Navy 10 Dec. 1811 ; passed his examination in 1818;
obtained his commission 4 Oct. 1825 ; and from
that date until June, 1827, was employed mth Capt.
Hugh Patton in the Iris frigate. His last appoint-
ments afloat were — 23 July, 1832, as First-Lieute-
nant, to the Rover 18, Capt. Sir Geo. Young — and,
2 Sept. 1833, to the Pelican 16, Capt. Joseph Gape,
both on the Mediterranean station, whence he re-
turned home and was paid ofi' in March, 1834.
The Lieutenant, who has been for some time em-
ployed under the Commissioners of Public Works,
married, 23 July, 1831, Mrs. Heslop, vridow of Capt.
Heslop, formerly of the 60th Regt., and daughter
of Jacob Owen, Esq., of Landport.
HILL. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 6; h-p., 36.)
Samuel Hill entered the Navy, in Oct. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt.
Geo. Hart, bearing the flag in Yarmouth Roads of
Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell. In Jan. 1806,
* He then took up a commission, dated 7 Feb. 1815.
he became Midshipman of the Stately 64, Capt.
Geo. Parker, under whom, when in company with
the Nassau 64, he assisted at the capture and de-
struc'tion, after an obstinate running fight, andji
loss to the Stately of 4 men killed and 28 wounded,
of the Danish 74-gun ship Prindts Christian Frederic
off the coast of Zealand, 22 March, 1808. He was
next, between May, 1809, and Aug. 1812, employed,
at first with Capt. Parker, and then with Rear-Ad-
miral Thos. Byam Martin, on board the Aboukir
74, on the Baltic and Channel stations. Until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Nov. 1812, Mr.
Hill further served with the flotilla at the siege of
Riga. He has since been on half-pay.
HILL. (Lieutenant, 1833.)
Thomas Sharp Hill died in 1845, on board the
Inconstant.
This officer entered the Navy 22 May, 1822;
passed his examination in 1828 ; and obtained his
commission 21 Nov. 1833. His subsequent appoint-
ments were— 15 Feb. 1834, as First, to the Sala-
mander steam-vessel, Capt. Wm. Langfprd Castle,
employed on Home service — 2 March, 1835, as a
Supernumerary, to the Thalia 46, Capt. Robt.
Wauchope, at the Cape of Good Hope — 11 Feb. 1836,
as Senior, to the; Pylades 18, Capt. W. L. Castle,
an active anti-slaver— 29 Oct. 1838, in a similar ca-
pacity, to the Rose 18, Capt. Peter Christie, em-
ployed on the Spanish and Brazilian stations — 21
Aug. 1841, to the Acting command of the South-
ampton 50, which ship, after having borne the flag
at the Cape of Sir Edw. Dumford ICing, was paid
off in Dec. 1842— and 5 Oct. 1843, again as First,
to the Inconstant 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle,
attached to the force in the Mediterranean, where
he died, as above. Agents — Messrs. Halford and
Co. .
HILLDEUP. (Lieut., 1815. r-P., 8 ; h-p., 32.)
John Hilldrup entered the Navy, 23 June, 1807,
as Ordinary, on board the Mediator 32, Capts.
Wm. Furlong Wise and Jas. Rich. Daores, on the
Jamaica station; served from the following Dec.
until March, 1809, in the Talbot sloop, Capt. Hon.
Alex. Jones, off Oporto ; and was employed during
the next two years in the Baltic and off the coast
of Africa as Midshipman and Master's Mate of the
Nemesis 28, Capt. Wm. Ferris. After a further
attachment of 11 months to the Namur 74, flag-
ship of Sir Thos. Williams at the Nore, he returned
to the Baltic and there served, between Feb. 1812,
and Sept. 1813, on board the Daphne 20, Capts.
Philip Pipon and Jas. Green. He then sailed with
Capt. Pipon to South America in the Tagus 36, in
which ship, when subsequently cruizing among
the Cape de Verde Islands, in company with the
Niger 38, he assisted at the capture, 6 Jan. 1814^ of
the French 40-gun frigate Ceres. He obtained his
commission 21 Sept. 1815, but has not been since
afloat.
HILLIER. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 22; h-p.,
35.)
Curry William Hillier, born 6 Jan. 1778, is
the son 'of a superannuated Warrant-officer who
died at Devonport, 13 March, 1829, aged 89.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1790, as a Ser-
vant, on board the Alfred 74, Capts. Harvey and
John Bazely, under the latter of whom he fought
as Midshipman in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794.
While next attached, during a period of three years,
to the Blenheim 98, successively commanded by
Capts. Bazely, Thos. Lennox Frederick, and Wm.
Bowen, we find him participating in one of Ho-
tham's engagements in 1795, sharing also in the
victory gained by Sir John Jervis off Cape St. Vin-
cent 14 Feb. 1797, and witnessing the ensuing bom-
bardment of Cadiz by Sir Horatio Nelson. After
further figuring in many boat encounters with the
enemy's flotilla at the latter place, he removed, in
Sept. 1797, to the Emerald 36, Capts. Lord Proby
andThos. Moutray Waller, on the Mediterranean
station, whore he was for a long time employed at
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515
the blockade of Alexandria and Malta, and -where,
on 3 Sept. 1798, he managed, in one of the ship's
boats, to rescue the Captain and 7 men belonging to
the French cutter L'Animma from the fury of the
Arabs, who put to death all the remainder of the
crew, originally 60 in number. Once, while on
detached service in the Crucifix, an armed tender,
Mr. Hillier had the misfortune to be wrecked, on
the Maltese coast. For his subsequent conduct as
Master's Mate of the Pompee 74, Capt. Chas. Stir-
ling, in Sir Jas. Saumarez' action oif Algeciras 6
July, 1801, on which occasion he received a severe
wound,* he was eventually promoted to an Acting-
Lieutenancy in the San Antonio 74, Capt. Hon.
Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, one of the prizes
taken in the battle fought six days afterwards in
the Gut of Gibraltar. Being confirmed, 8 Oct. fol-
lowing, into the VASGnARD 74, he served for four
years in that ship on the West India station under
Capts. Sir Thos. "Williams, Jas. Walker, Lord Wm.
FitzRoy, Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, and Jas. New-
man Newman — two years of the time as First-Lieu-
tenant. He was consequently present at the cap-
ture, in 1803, of the French 74-gun ship Le Du-
quesne, and of ia Creole, of 44 guns, with the French
General Morgan and 530 troops on board ; and he
was for some time employed on shore at St. Marc's,
St. Domingo, whereGeueraldeHonen and 1100 troops
surrendered to him. On landing the latter at St.
Nicolas Mole, he was sent with the General and a
few prizes to Jamaica. On 4 June, 1806, Mr. Hil-
lier was appointed to the Akgo 44, Capt. Stephen
Thos. Digby, in whose boats, during a servitude of
nearly two years on the Coast of Africa, he was
very constantly engaged. In May, 1808, on his
arrival at Jamaica, he was under the necessity of
going to the hospital at Port Koyal, from which he
was soon invaUded and sent to England, where for
a prolonged period of 10 weeks he was confined to
the hospital at Deal. On his recovery, he was ap-
pointed, 21 Feb. 1809, First of the Koyalist 18,
Capts. John Maxwell and Geo. Downie ; in the boats
of which vessel, after attending the expedition to
the Walcheren, he served off Calais, Boulogne, Es-
taples, Dieppe, and Havre, and proved instrumental
to the capture of not fewer than 11 privateer lug-
gers and a cutter. The manner in which he once,
in Dec. 1811, destroyed a gun-boat, procured him
the mention of Capt. Downie in two official letters.
So extreme was the exertion undergone by Mr.
HiUier while in the Royalist, that in the month
of June, 1812, he was again obliged to be sent to
the hospital. During the three years and a half he
had been employed in her, she had had as many as
six Second-Lieutenants, nearly all of whom had
been obliged to leave from the same cause as was
ultimately himself; and both her Captains, for ser-
vice in which he participated, were promoted to
Post-rank. His next and last appointments were
to the command— 29 April and 30 Dec. 1813, of the
Ei, CoRSO and Defiance, lying (the latter "as a pri-
son-ship) at Graveaend and Chatham. His advance-
ment to the rank he at present holds took nlace
7 June, 1814.
Commander Hillier's health during the war be-
came so shattered, that ho hag never since ceased
to feel the efiects of what he then underwent.
During the whole term of his career afloat, he was
never off duty, except when actually compelled to
1)0 so by illness. He was left a widower 19 June,
1844. Agents — Collier and Snee.
HILLIER. (Commander, 1824. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 42.)
Georoe Hillier is brother of Commander C. W.
Hillier, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1787, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Alfred 74, Capts. West,
Harvey, and Bazely, employed on the Home station,
where, on 1 June, 1794, he was present, as Midship-
man, in Lord Howe's action. Removing in the fol-
lowing Aug. to the liEcraiON 36, commanded in the
North Sea by Capt. Jas. Alms, he took part in that
* Fii/cGm, 1801, p. 931.
ship, when in company with several others, in an
obstinate fight, wliich terminated in the capture,
22 Aug. 1795, of one of three Dutch vessels — the
Alliance 36. He continued to serve on the German
Ocean in the Ardent 64, Capts. Rich. Rundell
Burgess (under whom, who was killed, he shared in
the glories of Camperdovra) and Thos. Bertie, until
Jan. 1798, on 16 of which month he was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the
Alliance, arme'e-en-fiute, Capts. Davis, John Baker
Hay, and David Wilmot. After participating with
much credit in the defence of St. Jean d'Acre he
became, 7 June, 1799, First Lieutenant of the Tigre
80, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Wm. Sidney
Smith.* On the 8th, 13th, and 21st of March, 1801,
Mr. Hillier was attached to the army under Gene-
ral Abercromby, and on those occasions he con-
ducted himself to the entire satisfaction of Sir
Sidney, who was in command of the seamen on
shore. At the close of the Egyptian campaign he
was presented with the Turkish gold medal. In
March, 1803, having quitted the Tigre in the pre-
vious Sept., he rejoined Sir W. S. Smith, again as
Senior, on board the Antelope 50, stationed in the
North Sea, where, on 16 May, 1804, he was present
in a gallant attack made by a British squadron
upon a division of the enemy's flotilla passing along
shore from Flushing to Ostend. Although at the
time he was in an ill state of health, he affdrded Sir
Sidney, on the quarter-deck, all the assistance and
support in his power. t He continued in the Ante-
lope until June, 1805, and was lastly employed, as
a Volunteer, with the fire-ships under Capt. Nicho-
las Toralinson in the expedition of 1809 to the
Scheldt. His promotion to the rank of Commander
did not take place until 21 Jan. 1824.
HILLS. (Csjtain, 1814. r-p., 23 ; H-p., 32.5
George Hills, born 8 Nov. 1777, is only sur-
viving son of Lieut. Wm. Hills, R.N., of Buckland,
CO. Kent, who perished when in command of H.M.
cutter Mdtine, in a heavy gale of wind, in Dec. of
the same year; grandson of the late Admiral John
Barker; and nephew of Capt. John Hills, R.N.,
who lost his life from yellow fever, at Jamaica, in
1794, while commanding the Hermionb 32.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 June, 1792, as
Captain's Servant (under the auspices of his uncle,
Capt. John Hills), on board the Bulldog 16, Capt.
Geo. Hope, on the Mediterranean station. Accom-
panying the same Captain, in Aug. 1793, into
L'EcLAiR 18, commanded next by Capt. Geo. Henry
Towry, he served in that vessel at the ensuing oc-
cupation of Toulon ; after which we find him (untU
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 17 July, 1798)
employed for a few months in the Leviathan 74,
Capt. Lord Hugh Seymour, and for four years, as
Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Ranger 18,
commanded on the Home station by Capts. Jas.
Hardy and Chas. Campbell. He then joined L'Ata-
LANTE 18, Capts. Digby Dent and Anselm John
Griffiths, and was afterwards appointed, on the
Channel, Irish, and Halifax stations— 6 May, 1799
to the Amethyst 36, Capts. John Cooke, Henry
Rich. Glynn, Alex. Campbell, John Wm. Spranger,
and Thos. Alexander— in the autumn of 1804 to
the Dkyad 36, Capts. John Giffard and Adam
Drummond— 7 Dec. 1807, to the Swiftsuke 74
bearing the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren— and'
28 Jan. 1808, to the Atalante 18, Capt. John
Evans. During an attachment of more than five
years to the Amethyst, Mr. Hills (besides assisting
at the debarkation of the troops in the expedition
of 1800 to Ferrol, and being employed in the con-
veyance of royal and diplomatic personages) con-
tributed to the capture of three privateers, carrvinff
34 guns and 270 men, and was present at the takini?
28 Jan. and 9 April, 1801, of the French 36-gun
tngate ia Bedaiffneuse, and national corvette ie
* In June, 1800, Jjent. Hillier accompanied Sir W S
.ZlZ IT\ 'l "'' ?°'5' CSty. A jo^al of his exiur:
s.on from Jaffd to Jerusalem is given in the 'Naval Chron-
icle,' vol. xxni., p. 297 et seq. -"vai i^uron-
t Fide Gaz. 1804, p. 641.
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HILLS— hillyar;
General Brune, of 14 guns. He also, on the night
of 29 Aug. 1800, fought in the boats of a squadron,
20 in number, commanded by Lieut. Henry Burke,
at the cutting-out, close to the batteries in Vigo
Bay, of La Guepe prlTateer, of 18 guns and 161
men, which vessel, 25 of whose people were killed
and 40 wounded, was In 15 minutes boarded and
carried, with a loss to the British of 3 seamen and
1 marine killed, 3 Lieutenants, 12 seamen, and 5
marines wounded, and 1 seaman missing. "When
in the Deitad, in 1806-7, Mr. Hills was for six weeks
employed, in company with H.M.S. Diana, in a
fruitless quest of two French frigates among the
ice-bergs on the coast of Greenland and in Davis'
Strait. He was ultimately advanced, 20 April, 1808,
to the command of the Coiumbine sloop, on the
North American station, whence he returned home
and was paid off in March, 1810. He attained Post-
rank 7 June, 1814, and was last employed as an
Inspecting Commander in the Preventive Water-
Guard, from Dec. 1820 to Nov. 1825. He accepted
the half-pay of retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. HiUs married, 10 March, 1815, Diana, third
daughter of the late Thos. Hammersley, Esq., by
whom he has issue eight children. Agents— Messrs.
Halford and Co.
HILLS. (Commander, 1841. r-p., 36; h-p., 3.)
John Hills entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Northdmberland 74,
Capt. Wm. Hargood ; and during the two following
years was often under the fire of the enemy's bat-
teries in the Adriatic. From Aug. 1310 until Dec.
1814 he was employed in the Channel, off the north
coast of Spain, and on the Brazilian station, as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate, in the Ikis 36, Capts.
Thos. Geo. Shortland and Hood Hanway Christian.
While on the Spanish coast he was frequently en-
trusted with the hazardous duty of landing arms for
the use of the Guerillas. He figured also as a volunteer
in two cutting-out expeditions, and, besides otherwise
coming into contact with the enemy, assisted in the
bombardment and capture of Bermeo and Castro.
On leaving the Ikis Mr. Hills, who had passed his
examination 7 June, 1814, successively joined the
Namuk 74, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, and Forth 44,
Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, in which latter ship he es-
corted the Duchesse d'Angouleme from Portsmouth
to Dieppe, and on the occasion of her arrival and
departure was each time selected to attend her at
the side of the vessel. Between Sept. 1815 and
Dec. 1817 we find him serving on board the Di-
siREE and Active frigates, commanded in the West
Indies by Capt. Philip Carteret, and Queen Char-
lotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough at
Portsmouth. After a subsequent servitude of six
years in the Coast Blockade as Admiralty Midship-
man and Mate of the Severn frigate, and Ramil-
LIES 74, both under the command of Capt. Wm.
M'CuUoch, Mr. Hills at length obtained a commis-
sion dated 21 Jan. 1824. Rejoining the Coast Block-
ade, however, in the following April, he continued
in it until its abolition in March, 1831, from which
period until advanced to the rank of Commander,
23 Nov. 1841, he officiated as a Chief Officer in the
Coast Guard. Since 15 May, 1844, he has been
again employed in that service.
During the term of his original servitude in the
Coast Blockade and Coast Guard, Commander Hills
was five times engaged in conflict with smugglers.
In one of them his arm was broken, and in some of
the others he had the misfortune to receive per-
manent injury.
HILLS. (Lieutenant, 1806.)
Thomas Hills entered the Navy, in Dec. 1794,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victory 100, Capt.
John Kjiight, in which ship he was present under
the flag of Rear-Admiral Robt. Mann in Hotham's
action of 13 July, 1795, and under that of Sir John
Jervis in the battle fought off Cape St. Vincent
14 Feb. 1797. He continued to serve with the last-
mentioned officer as Midshipman of the Yille de
Paris 110, on the Mediterranean and Channel sta-
tions, until Jan. 1801, between which period and
the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
7 Nov. 1806, he was further, it appears, employed
on board the Eueydice 24, Capts. Walter Bathurst
and Chas. Malcolm, Seahoksb and Amphithite
frigates, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Courtenay
Boyle, Bellona 74, Capts. Chas. Dudley Pater and
John Erskine Douglas, and Hibernia 110, bearing
the flag of Earl St. Vincent. He made a voyage in
the EuRYDicE to the East Indies, and on his return
to the Mediterranean in the Seahorse he served in
the boats at the destruction of a convoy in Hyeres
Bay in 1804. From 28 Nov. 1806 until 27 May,
1811, Lieut. Hills was employed on board the Phi-
lomel sloop, Capts. Geo. Crawley, Geo. Downie,
Geo. Davies, Spelman Swaine, and Gardiner Henry
Guion, under the first named of whom, besides
witnessing the surrender, in 1809, of the island of
Ithaca, he assisted, on 31 Oct. in that year, in
covering the boats of a squadron during a despe-
rate and successful attack made by them on a con-
voy in the Bay of Rosas. In Sept. 1811 he was
appointed to the Leyden 64, armee-en-flute, Capts.
Edw. Chetham and John Davie, also in the Medi-
terranean, where he remained until Deo. 1814. He
afterwards assumed command, in Feb. 1818 and
June, 1820, of the Industry Revenue-cutter, and
Pigmy schooner, on the Home station; and, since
8 March, 1837, he has been in charge (with a brief
interval between 9 Oct. and 13 Dec. 1841) of the
Semaphore Station at Holder Hill, Mildhurst.
Lieut. Hills is married and has issue.
HILLYAE. (Liedtenant, 1842.)
Chakles Farrell Hillyar is son of the late
Rear-Admiral Sir Jaa. Hillyar, K.C.B., K.C.H. ; *
brother of Lieut. H. S. Hillyar, R.N. ; and nephew
of Capt. Wm. Hillyar, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 18 March, 1831 ;
passed his examination 17 March, 1837 ; served for
some time in South America as Mate of the Presi-
dent 50, Capt. Wm. Broughton ; and was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 24 March, 1842. He was
then employed for several months at Portsmouth on
board the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David
Milne; and from 12 May, 1843, until paid off at the
commencement of 1847, he officiated as a Lieutenant
of the Tyne 26, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock, on
the Mediterranean station. Agents — Messrs. Om-
manney.
HILLYAE. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Henry Shank Hillyar is brother of Lieut. C.
F. Hillyar, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 24 Dec. 1831 ; passed
his examination 14 May, 1838 ; and was employed,
as Mate, during the latter part of the hostilities in
China, on board the Coenwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir
Wm. Parker. He attained his present rank 23
Dec. 1842; and since 18 March, 1843, has been
serving in the Wolf 18, Capt. Arthur Vyner, and
Wolverene 16, Capts. Wm. John Cavendish CUf-
* Sir James Hillyar was created a Lieutenant 8 March,
1794, and a Ckjmmander 16 April, 1800. He soon afterwards
distinguished himself, when in command of tlie Niozr troop-
ship, by liis gallantry, in cutting out, with the boats of that
vessel and the Minotaur 74, two Spanish corvettes, lying in
the road of Barcelona; and in 1801 he bore a conspicuous
part in the operations of tlic Egyptian campaign. On the
recommendation of Lord Nelson, and in consideration of his
services, he was advanced to Post-rank 29 Feb. 1804. When
subsequently in command of the Phcebe frigate, he contri-
buted to the reduction of the Isle of France in Deo. 1810;
participated, off Madagascar, in an action fought 20 May,
1811, between a British squadron under Commodore Charles
Marsh Schomberg, and a French force under Commodore
Frangois Roquebert ; co-operated next in the capture of the
island of Java ; and on 28 May, 18H, succeeded, in company
with the Cherub sloop, in making prize of the American
frigate Bssea:, of 46 guns and 265 men. In acknowledgment
ot the importance of his professional career Capt. Hillyar
was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1816 ; a K.C.H. 1 Jan. 1834 j
and a K.C.B. 4 July, 1840. He acquired Flag rank 10 Jan.
1837 ; and died a Rear-Admiral of the White, at Tor House.
Torpoint, 10 July, 1843, aged 73.
HILLYAR— HILTON.
517
ford and John Chas. Dalrymple Hay, both on the
East India station. On 19 Aug. 1845, as Senior of
the latter vessel, he took command of her pinnace,
and served with the boats of a sq^uadron, carrying
altogether 530 officers, seamen, and marines, at the
destruction, under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the pirati-
cal settlement of Malloodoo, on the north end of the
island of Borneo, where the British encountered a
desperate opposition, and sustained a loss of 6 men
killed and 15 wounded.* Agests— Messrs. Om-
manney.
HILLYAR. (Captain, 1836. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 26.)
William Hillyar, born 3 June, 1788, is son of
Jas. Hillyar, Esq., Surgeon K.N. ; brother of the
late Rear-Admiral Sir Jas. HiUyar, K.C.B., K.C.H.,
and of the present Dr. Kobt. Purkis Hillyar, K..H.,
K.T.S., Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets, who
served as Surgeon of the Boebdck and Apollo in
the expeditions of 1801 and 1807 to Egypt, and was
Surgeon of the Albion 74, at the battle of Navarin ;
and uncle of Lieuts. C. E. and H. S. HiUyar, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phaeton 38, Capts. Hon.
Kobt. Stopford and Jas. N. Morris, of which frigate
his brother, the late Sir Jas. Hillyar, was then Se-
cond-Lieutenant. During the five following years
he presents himself to our notice as being very ac-
tively employed— a great part of the time as Mid-
shipman— oft" the coast of France, also in cruizing
to the westward, and ultimately in the Mediterra^
nean, where he co-operated for several months with
the Austrian army on the northern shores of Italy,
and beheld the surrender of Genoa. Towards the
close of 1800 he joined the Nigek troop-ship, un-
der the orders of his brother, with whom he con-
tinued uninterruptedly to serve, chiefly on the Me-
diterranean station, until Jan. 1808. On the 18th
of Aug. 1803, while at the blockade of Genoa, Mr.
Hillyar was sent with a prize felucca and a small
boat, under the command of Lieut. Jones, to eftect
the capture of a large Greek ship steering for that
port. Determined, apparently, to reach their des-
tination, and availing themselves of a light breeze
which had sprung up and retarded the advance of
the British, the enemy maintained a stern and fierce
resistance. Lieut. Jones, at the commencement of
the conflict, was mortally wounded, but, although
they were at first repulsed, the crew of the felucca,
now led by Mr. Hillyar, returned to the charge, and
in a few minutes gained possession of the ship's
deck, the Greeks being compelled either to run be-
low or jump overboard. To evince his estimation
of this exploit. Lord Nelson, on the 27th of the
same month, promoted Mr. Hillyar to the vacancy
created by the death of Lieut. Jones, and as he had
but just accomplished his 15th year, his Lordship
further obtained an Order in Council to confirm
this mark of extraordinary favour. Of the Niger,
which ship was afterwards employed for a long
time, as an active frigate, at the blockade of Toulon
and Cadiz, our officer eventually became First-
Lieutenant. His appointments on leaving her were
—18 March and 18 Nov. 1808, to the Woolwich
armee-en-fldte, and Hind 28, Capts. Eras. Beaufort
and John Rich. Lumley, also in the Mediterranean,
where he officiated for 20 months as Senior Lieute-
nant of the last-mentioned vessel — and 16 Aug.
1810 and 8 May, 1811, to the Christian VII. 80,
and Caledonia 120, bearing each the flag, off the
Scheldt and again in the Mediterranean, of the late
Lord Exmouth, under whom, besides witnessing the
partial actions of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814, with
the Toulon fleet, he was again, in April, 1814, pre-
sent at the fall of Genoa — we believe as First-Lieu-
tenant. Being advanced to the rank of Commander
by commission dated 27 Aug. 1814, Capt. Hillyar
was subsequently appointed in that capacity— 6
July, 1824, to the Coast Guard at Merazion, where
he remained three years— and, 14 March, 1834, to
the Revenge 78, Capt. Wm. Elliott, in which ship,
successively employed on the Lisbon and Mediter-
• Vide Gaz. 1845, p. 6536.
ranean stations, he remained until posted 20 Jan.
1836. During the preceding year he had been or-
dered to observe and report upon the sailing-trials
between H.M. ships Vernon, Barham, and Colum-
bine, and so completely did the report he made win
the approbation of the Sea Lords of the Admiralty,
that in the June following his promotion he was
nominated Secretary (in the Bellerophon 80) to
Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, for the purpose of making
all the observations and reports required in a series
of experimental cruizes then about to take place.
He left the Bellerophon in Dec. 1836 ; and was
lastly employed, from 15 May, 1840, until he re-
signed 7 Aug. 1841, on board the Sodthampton 50,
as Flag-Captain to Sir Edw. Durnford King, Com-
mander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope.
Capt. Hillyar is married and has issue. Agents
— Messrs. Ommanney.
HILTON. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 19; h-p.,.33.)
George Hilton, bom 18 Feb. 1782, is brother
of Retired Commander Stephen Hilton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Andromache 32, Capt.
Chas. John Moore Mansfield, with whom he served,
in the same ship, and in the Drvad 36, until April,
1801. While in the Andromache, he participated,
as Midshipman, in three sharp encounters with the
enemy — the first time, on 31 Jan. 1797, when, in a
mistaken engagement of 40 minutes with an Alge-
rine of similar force, 66 of whose people were killed
and 50 badly wounded, the British sustained a loss
of 3 men killed and 6 wounded ; the second, in an
action fought, in the same year, off Cadiz between
the Andromache and three British ships on the
one side, and a Spanish 74 on the other ; and the
third, in an affair with some Spanish gun-boats
near the batteries of Algeciras, in which the An-
dromache, while in escort of a convoy, had 4 men
killed and 19 wounded. When in the Dryad, in
the summer of 1800, Mr. Hilton assisted in taking
captive a small Swedish frigate, the Vila Fersen,
a step rendered necessary by opposition the latter
had offered to being detained. He was ultimately
(while serving in the Channel on board the Ville
DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Comwallis)
made Lieutenant, 29 July, 1801, into the Royal
George 100, Capt. John Child Purvis, with whom
he continued until paid off in April, 1802. On 23
of the following July he rejoined the Dryad, then
commanded by Capt. Robt. Williams, on the Irish
station. On the renewal of hostilities in 1803, Com-
modore Wm. Domett having hoisted his broad pen-
dant on board that frigate, Mr. Hilton was sent by
him in a Revenue-cutter for the purpose of raising
seamen, of whom the Navy was at the time in great
need. Having put into a small harbour, to the
south-west of the Cove of Cork, he landed with a
party of men and proceeded towards Skibbereen
with a view to the impressment of some sailors
known to be at that place. On his way, however,
he sustained a furious attack from a body of pea^
santry, who, besides more or less beating his men,
inflicted upon him two severe cuts in the head, and
all but deprived him of life. Being again, in Aug.
1804, placed under the orders of Admiral Comwallis
in the Ville de Paris, Mr. Hilton had an oppor-
tunity, on 22 Aug. 1805, of joining in that officer's
pursuit of the French fleet into Brest, and of after-
wards acting for five months as his First-Lieutenant.
His next appointment, we find, was, in Feb. 1807, to
the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson,
whom he accompanied in the ensuing expedition to
Copenhagen, whence, on the surrender of the Danish
shipping, he was sent home in command of the Pek-
LEN, one of the largest of the enemy's frigates.
While subsequently attached, between July, 1808,
and May, 1810, in the capacity of First-Lieutenant,
to the Atlas 98, bearing the flag of his old Cap-
tain, Purvis, he witnessed many of the operations
connected with the defence of Cadiz, and was for
a considerable time charged, in addition to his
other duties, with the province of translating all
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the public, as well as private, Spanish correspond-
ence. In Oct. 1810, Mr. Hilton became First of
the Africa 64, bearing the flag of the late Sir
Herbert Sawyer on the Halifax station ; where,
from 14 Sept. 1813, until 7 June, 1814, he further
served as Flag-Lieutenant to the same ofScer in
the Trent 36. He was then invested with the
command of the Nimrod 18, which he retained,
on the North American and Cork stations, until
paid off in Sept. 1815. He has not been since
afloat.
Commander Hilton married, 23 April, 1816, Eliza-
beth, eldest sister of the present Commander John
Harvey, E.N., and was left a widower 25 Feb. 1819.
Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
HILTON, K.F.M. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 15;
H-p., 33.)
John Hilton entered the Navy, 12 July, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hecla sloop, Capt. Peter
Turner Bover, part of the force employed in the
ensuing expedition to the Helder. After further
serving for a short time with the same oflBcer as
Midshipman in the Meg^ha fire-vessel, he joined
Sir Andrew Mitchell, in Sept. 1800, on board the
"Windsor Casti.b 98, in which ship and in the
Blenheim 98, bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral
Manley Dixon, he did duty, in the Channel and
North Sea, until Nov. 1802. Between April, 1803,
and Deo. 1805, we find him employed off the coast
of Ireland, and again in the Channel, on board the
Thunderer 74, Capt. Wm. Bedford, and Hibernia
110, flag-ship of Lord Gardner ; and participating,
during that period, in the capture, by the Thun-
derer and other vessels, of the French frigate ha
Franchise, of 36 guns. In Feb. 1806 he became
Acting-Lieutenant of the Topaze frigate, Capts.
Wm. Luke and Anselm John Griffiths, attached to
the force on the coast of Ireland, where he re-
mained until the period of his official promotion,
which took place 15 Aug. following. His subse-
quent appointments were — 15 Oct. 1806, to the
Gloht 98, Capt. Wm. Albany Otway, off Cadiz —
21 Oct. 180? and 15 Feb. 1808, to the Sultan 74,
and Chiffonne frigate, Capts. Edw. Griffith and
John Wainwright, fitting at Woolwich and Ports-
mouth—and, 6 June, 1808, 16 Nov. 1811, and 7
June, 1813, to the Bustard 10, Ganymede 26, and
Minstrel 20, Capts. John Duff Markland, John
Brett Purvis, and Robt. Mitford, all on the Medi-
terranean station. On 24 July, 1809, he received
four wounds while attempting to burn an armed
felucca under Cape del Arme ; and, on 23 Sept.
1811, he obtained the royal authority to accept and
wear the insignia of a XC.F.M., which his Sicilian
Majesty had been pleased to confer on him " as a
testimony of his royal approbation of the great cou-
rage and intrepidity displayed by him in various
actions with the enemy's vessels near Messina."
His promotion to the rank of Commander took
place 15 June, 1814 ; since which period he has not
been employed. Agents— Coplands and Burnett.
HILTON. (Eetiked Commander, 1839. f-p., 21;
H-p., 31.)
Stephen Hilton, born 9 Aug. 1785, is brother of
Commander Geo. Hilton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Aug. 1795, as
Third-cl. Vol., on board the Bristol, Lieut.-Com-
mander Hutchison, lying at Chatham ; and, from
July, 1796, until Jan. 1798, was borne at Sheerness
on the books of the Grana, Lieut.-Commander
Dixon. Re-embarking, in Aug. 1799, on board the
Pearl 32, Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard, he proceeded
to the Mediterranean, where, during a continuance
of two years, he participated as Midshipman in va-
rious cutting-out affairs in the vicinity of Toulon,
and attended the expedition of 1801 to Egypt. Be-
tween Feb. 1802 and March, 1805, he served on the
Home station in the Acasta 40, Capts. Edw. Fel-
lowes and Jas. Athol Wood, Revolutionnaire
frigate, Capt. Walter Lock, and Queen 98, Capts.
Thos. Jones and Manley Dixon. He then became
Master's Mate of the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas.
John Moore Mansfield, and, after sharing in the
glories of Trafalgar, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1806. Being appointed, on 14
of the foUovidng June, to the Revenge 74, Capts.
Sir John Gore, Hon. Chas. Paget, and Alex. Robt.
Kerr, he witnessed, 25 Sept. in the same year, the
capture of four heavy French frigates by a squa-
dron under Sir Sam. Hood, off Rochefort, and was
further present, in 1809, at the destruction of the
French shipping in Basque Roads, and the siege of
Flushing. On the latter occasion he was sent on
shore with a party of 80 seamen, and while em-
ployed in a battery was slightly wounded by the
explosion of a cartridge, which killed 3 of his men
and seriously injured a Midshipman.* His subse-
quent appointments were, always as First-Lieute-
nant—in 1810-11, to the Primrose 18, Capts. Thos.
Burton and Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, Sophie 18,
Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, and Pique 36, Capt. Hon.
Anthony Maitland, on the Home station — 14 March,
1812, to the Leopard 50, armee en flute, Capt. Wm.
Henry Dillon, under whom he was actively em-
ployed in the Mediterranean and on the coast of
Spain in the conveyance of troops and provisions
for Lord Wellington's army — 28 April, 1814, to the
Desiree 36, Capt. Wm. Woohridge, in which frigate
he made a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, and
was next stationed in the Downs and off the Scheldt
—and, 19 Sept. 1815 and 11 March, 1816, to the
Spencer 74, and Malta' 80, Capts. Wm. Kobt.
Broughton and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, guard-ships
at Plymouth. He went on half-pay 28 Feb. 1817;
and accepted the rank he now holds 7 Jan. 1839.
Commander Hilton married in 1818, and has issue
nine children.
HINDE. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Edwin Thomas Hinde entered the Navy 24
July, 1829 ; and in 1831, while Midshipman of the
Dryad 42, Capt. John Hayes, was officially reported
for the conduct he displayed in her tender, the
Black Joke, at the capture, by boarding, of a
slave-vessel of superior force. He passed his exa-
mination 6 July, 1836 ; was employed, from 1841
until the close of 1843, in the Mediterranean, as
Mate of the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers ;
obtained his commission 10 June, 1844 ; and since
9 Sept. 1844, has been stationed in the East Indies
on board the Chuizek 16, Capts. Edw. Gennys Fan-
shawe, Wm. Maclean, and Edw. Peirse.
HINDMARSH, K.H. (Captain, 1831. f-p., 22;
H-p., 32.)
John Hindmarsh entered the Navy, in May,
1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellerophon
74, Capts. Thos. Pasley, Wm. Hope, Lord Crans-
toun, John Loring, and Henry D'Esterre Darby, in
which ship he was employed for the long period of
seven years, and was consequently present in Lord
Howe's action of 1 June, 1794, in Cornwallis' re-
treat of 16 and 17 June, 1795, and at the battle of
the Nile, besides sharing, as Midshipman, in most
of Nelson's boat-operations off Cadiz in 1797, and
contributing, in 1799, to the capture of the forts at
Naples and Gaeta. During the action off the Nile
he was for some time the only person left on the
Bellerophon's quarter-deck, and being so at the
moment her opponent, L' Orient, caught fire, he or-
dered the cable -to be cut and the spritsail to be set,
a measure which, in the opinion of Capt. Darby
(who returned to the quarterdeck from the Sur-
geon's hands immediately afterwards), saved the
ship from destruction. For his conduct on that
glorious day Mr. Hindmarsh had the honour of
eliciting the public thanks of Lord Nelson, to whom,
as subsequently to Earl St. Vincent, and to all the
Nile Captains, he was personally presented by Capt.
Darby. Although, on the occasion, he received so
severe a contusion as ultimately to lose the sight
of an eye (a misfortune for which he never obtained
• FWeGai. 1809, p. 1327.
HINGSTON-HIPPISLEY-HIRE.
519
any pension), yet, to his honour be it recorded, no-
thing could induce him to leave his station. Ac-
companying Capt. Darby, in May, 1800, into the
Spencer 74, he had an opportunity, in July, 1801,
of sharing both in the action off Algeciras, and in
the victory gained by Sir Jas. Saumarez in the
Gut of Gibraltar ; where he also came into fre-
quent boat-contact with the Spaniards, and was
once in particular engaged in repelling a serious
attack made by their flotilla upon H.M.S. North-
umberland, of 74 guns. The Spencer being paid
off in Sept. 1802, on her return from a voyage to
the West Indies, Mr. Hindmarsh next, in April,
1803, joined the Victory 100, bearing the flag in
the Mediterranean of Lord Nelson, through whose
influence he waa promoted, on 1 of the following
Aug., to a Lieutenancy in the Phcebe 36, Capt.
Hon. Thos- Bladen Capel. During a servitude of
more than two years in that frigate, he commanded
her boats at the capture of many of the enemy's
vessels, and in one instance, having successfully
stormed some batteries in the neighbourhood of
Toulon, he brought out a ship which had been lying
under their protection. After participating in the
battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, he contributed, at
its close, to the preservation of two of the prizes,
the Smiftmre and the Balutma, and was subsequently
placed in charge, first of the JFouguettx, and then of the
JBaluzma. On leaving the Phgsbe he was appointed,
in Nov. 1805, Senior of the Beagle 18, Capts. Geo.
Digby and Fras. Newcombe, under whom he was
for a long time employed on the coast of France,
and proved instrumental to the capture of many
very heavy privateers. During the operations con-
nected with the destruction of the French squadron
in Aix Roads, in April, 1809, the Beagle, with a
degree of gallantry that procured her general ad-
miration, took up a position between H. M. ships
and the enemy, and remained on the quarters of
the Aquilon 74, and Ville de Varsotiie 80, until they
successively struck their colours. She then fol-
lowed the Ocean 120, up the river Charente, and,
having moored across the stern of that ship, con-
tinued in hot action with her for a period of five
hours, when the turning of the tide compelled her
to desist. After assisting at the reduction of
Flushing, Mr. Hindmarsh was nominated First-
Lieutenant of the Nisus 38, Capt. Philip Beaver,
and ordered to the Isle of France, where he ar-
rived in time to aid in its subjugation, and to
command a large detachment of boats sent to take
possession of its coast batteries. He next, in Sept.
1811, beheld the fall of Java, and in May, 1813,
he invalided home. His promotion to the rank of
Commander took place 15 June, 1814, but it was
not until 8 March, 1830, that he succeeded in ob-
taining another appointment. He was then placed
in command of the Scylla 18, fitting for the Me-
diterranean, from which station, on advancement
to Post-rank 3 Sept. 1831, he returned home. On
21 April, 1836, Capt. Hindmarsh (who had been al-
lowed, previously to joining the Scylla, to study
at the Koyal Naval College) was next appointed to
the Bdpfalo 6, for the purpose of founding the
colony of South Australia— a settlement of which
he became the first Governor. He left the Buffalo
in June, 1837, and has not since helii any employ-
ment afloat.
On 4 May, 1836, Capt. Hindmarsh had the honour
of being invested with the insignia of a K.H. His
nomination to the Lieutenant-Governorship of Heli-
goland, which he still retains, was effected on 28
Sept. 1840. Capt. Hindmarsh's only son, John, now
a Barrister, was formerly in the Navy, having en-
tered the College in 1833 (where he continued two
years and carried off the first medal) and been sub-
sequently employed for six months with Capt. Thos.
Brown in the Caledonia 120. One of his daugh-
ters, Mary, is married to G. M. Stephen, Esq., son of
Judge Stephen, and brother of Sir Alfred Stephen,
Chief Justice of New South Wales ; and another,
Jane, is the wife of A. M. Mundy, Esq., Colonial
Secretary for South Australia, nephew of Admiral
Sir Geo. Mundy, G.C.B., brother of E. M. Mundy,
Esq., M.P., of Shipley Hall, co. Derby, and brother-
in-law of the Duchess of Newcastle.
KINGSTON. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
George Hingston entered the Navy 28 April,
1807 ; passed his examination in 1814 ; and obtained
his commission 10 Jan. 1825. He has not been since
employed.
HIPPISLEY. (Liedt., 1836. r-p., 30 ; h-p., 6.)
Charles James Hippisley, born 23 Sept. 1798,
is third son of the late Gustavus Mathias Hippisley,
Esq., by Ellen, third daughter of Thos. Fitzgerald,
knight of Ghn, of Ghn Castle, co. Limerick ; and
grandson of the late Robt. Hippisley Trenchard,
Esq., of Abbot's Leigh Court, co. Somerset, Cut-
teridge, co. Wilts, and Mount Trenchard, Ireland.
One of his brothers, Robt. Fitzgerald Hippisley,
now deceased, was also a Lieutenant in the Navy.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1811, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Audacious 74, Capt.
Donald Campbell, stationed in the North Sea, and
from the following Dec. until July, 1814, was em-
ployed in the Prince of Wales 98, Capts. Thos.
Burton and John Erskine Douglas, on the Medi-
terranean station, where, in April of the latter year,
he was present, as Midshipman, at the capture of
Genoa. Prior to Oct. 1815, he next, we iind, served
in the West Indies on board the RiNALiio 10, Capts.
Arch. Tisdall and John Undrell, but, being then
paid off, he did not again go afloat until April, 1822,
on 14 of which month he was nominated Master's
Mate of the Pigmy 10, Lieut.-Commander Thos.
Hills, with whom he cruized on the Channel and
Irish stations until March, 1823. His name was
then borne for two years on the books of the Bul-
wark 76, from which ship, commanded at Plymouth
and Portsmouth by Capt. Thos. Dundas, he was
lent as Mate in July, 1824 (having passed his exa-
mination on 4 of the preceding Feb.) to the He-
rald yacht, Capt. H. J. Leeke, for the purpose of
making a voyage to St. Petersburg. After a further
employment of 2 years at Plymouth and off Lisbon
in the Windsor Castle 74, Capts. Hugh Downman
and Edw. Durnford King, Mr. Hippisley, in June,
1827, was appointed Chief Mate of the Hornet
Revenue cutter, Lieut.-Commanders Henry Nevill
Eastwood, Henry Crocker, and Dan. M'Neale
Beatty, on the coast of Ireland. In July, 1831,
and May, 18.32, he successively removed to the
Sprightly and Hakpy, other Revenue vessels,
commanded, on Channel service, by Lieut. Thos.
HoUoway Holman and Edw. Youel. He left the
Harpy on the ultimate attainment of his present
rank, 15 Jan. 1836, and since 9 of the following
March has been in charge of a station in the Coast
Guard.
Lieut. Hippisley, who is Senior of 1836, is in pos-
session of testimonials that do him much credit.
He married, 14 Deo. 1826, Mary Eliza Temple, se-
cond daughter of the late John Wills, Esq., Purser
and Paymaster, R.N. (1797.)
HIRE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 36; h-p., 6.)
Frederick Hire was bom 15 Jan. 1796, and died
in 1846. He was brother of the present Lieut. Henry
Hire, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard L'Aiglb 36, Capt. Geo.
Wolfe. He was present, in the course of the same
year, in Admiral Hon. Wm. Comwallis' pursuit of
the French fleet into Brest, and also in an action off
Vigo, in which the British frigate captured one and
defeated the rest of a flotilla of nine gun-boats by
whom she had been attacked. In March, 1808, he
enacted a Midshipman's part, and was wounded in
a very gallant engagement fought by L'Aigle with
two Erenoh frigates and the enemy's batteries on
He de Groix, where, besides having 3 of her guns
split and dismounted, a bower-anchor cut in two,
and her mainmast and bowsprit irreparably iiyured
the former ship had two-and-twenty of her people
more or less severely hurt. One of her antagonists
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HIRE— HIRTZEL.
was compelled to take shelter under a fort ; and the
other to run on shore on Pointe des Chats. In
April, 1809, immediately prior to the destruction of
the shipping in Aix Boads, Mr. Hire served in the
boats under Lieut. Rich. Devonshire at the destruc-
tion of the works on the Boyart Rock, a hazardous
achievement, which elicited the thanks of Lord
Gambler; and he subsequently, on becoming at-
tached to the Walcheren armament, assisted in
forcing the passage between Flushing and Cadsand ;
on which occasion L' Aigle, in consequence of a shell
bursting in her after-gun-room, sustained a loss of 5
men wounded, and had her stem-frame greatly da-
maged. Continuing in the same ship until Nov.
1810, our officer had an opportunity, during a cruize
to the westward, of contributing to the capture of
Le Phoenix privateer, of 18 guns and 120 men. In
Feb. 1811 he joined the Prince Frederick 64,
Capt. Peter Fisher, lying at Plymouth, where he
remained until the ensuing Oct. ; between which
period and the date of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, 11 Feb. 1815, he presents himself to our
notice as employed on the Channel, Mediterranean,
and Irish stations, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the
Pelorus 18, Capts. Joshua Ricketts Rowley, Hon.
Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Robt. Gambier, Lord
Algernon Percy, Chas. Hole, and John Gourly ; and
as assisting at the capture, during that period, of a
convoy off Rochefort in Jan. 1811, and of Genoa
and its dependencies in April, 1814. From 8 May to
31 Dec. 1815, Mr. Hire was again employed under
the orders of Capt. Gambier on board the Myr-
midon 20, which vessel, being part of the squadron
present at the surrender of Napoleon Buonaparte,
was charged with the conveyance to England of a
portion of the unfortunate Emperor's suite. His
subsequent appointments were — for a short time in
1818, to the Water Guard— 4 July, 1823, to the same
service — 10 Feb. 1824, to the Coast Blockade, in
which he continued, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant
of the Ramillies 74 and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm.
M'CuUoch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, until its aboli-
tion in March, 1831 — on 16 of the latter month, to
the Coast Guard — 23 March, 1835, to the command
of the Adelaide Revenue cutter — and, 17 March,
1838, again to the Coast Guard, in which service he
died.
Lieut. Hire married a daughter of the late Capt.
Wm. Stephens, H.N., by whom he has left issue.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
HIKE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
George AnoKSTus Hire passed his examination
4 Jan. 1831 ; obtained an appointment in the Coast
Guard 4 Dec. 1839 ; and continued in that service
until advanced to his present rank, 1 July, 1846.
He has since been on halt-pay.
Donald Campbell, on the North Sea station. On
leaving that ship he served mth great activity,
from March, 1810, to Aug. 1813, in the Naetilds
18, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt.
Thos. Dench {whom see) ; and he then cruized for
15 months with Capts. Benj. Crispin and Jas. Ar-
thur Murray in the Scout 18, also in the Mediter-
ranean. We believe he has been in command, ever
since Oct. 1823, of the Convict ship at Bermuda.
Lieut. Hire is married and has issue. One of his
children, Henry William, is a Lieutenant, R.N. ;
and another. Unity Isabella, the wife of John Scott
Tucker, Esq., third son of the late Joseph Tucker,
Esq., Surveyor of the Navy. Agents— Messrs.
Halford and Co.
HIRE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Henry William Hire is son of Lieut. Henry
Hire, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 9 Feb. 1830 ; passed
his examination 6 April, 1836; and, during the
latter portion of his servitude as Mate, was em-
ployed in North America and the West Indies on
board the Pilot 16, Capt. Geo. Ramsay. Being
made Lieutenant, 15 Sept. 1841, into the Race-
horse 18, Capt. John Coghlan Fitzgerald, attached
to the force on the same station, he there continued
to serve, both in the last-mentioned vessel and in
the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christ. Wyvill, until the
spring of 1842. His next appointments, it appears,
were, in the Mediterranean — 20 June, 1842, as Ad-
ditional, to the QcEEN 110, bearing the flag of Sir
Edw. W. C. B. Owen— and, 21 Jan. 1843 and 25
Oct. and 16 Nov. 1844, as First, to the Snake 16,
Bonetta surveying-vessel, and Hecla steatn-sloop,
Capts. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux, Thos.
Saumarez Brock, John Dufflll, and Chas. Starmer.
He has been employed, since 13 March, 1847, in the
Rattler steam-sloop, Capt. Rich. Moorman, on
Particular Service.
HIRE. (Lieutenant, 1808.)
Heney Hire is brother of the late Lieut. Fred.
Hire, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 July, 1801, as
Midshipman, on board the Prince George 98, Capt.
John Tremayne Rodd, bearing the flag in the Chan-
nel of Sir Chas. Cotton, with whom he continued
until April, 1802. Re-embarking, in Feb. 1803, on
board the Boadicea 38, Capt. John Maitland, he
took part, in the following Aug., while on his re-
turn from Ferrol, in a sel^sought and very gallant
skirmish fought by that frigate with the French 74
Le Duguay Trouin. Towards the close of the same
year he rejoined Sir C. Cotton in the San Josef
110, flag-ship afterwards of Sir Jas. Saumarez, in
which he remained until June, 1807. He then re-
moved to the ViLLE DE Paris 1 10, bearing the flag
of Lord Gambier, but in May, 1808, was again
placed under the orders of Sir C. Cotton, on board
the HiBERNiA 110, part of the force employed on
the Lisbon station, where, on 16 of the following
Oct., he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the Prim-
rose 18. He removed soon afterwards to the Adda-
cious 74, Capts. Thos. Le Marchant Gosseliu and
HIRTZEL. (Commander, 1842. r-p., 22;
H-p., 13.)
George John Hirtzel, born at Exeter, is son of
the late Geo. Hirtzel, Esq., of that place.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Andromeda 24, Capt.
Rich. Arthur, vrith whom he served on the Lisbon
and Mediterranean stations, for some time as Mid-
shipman, until Deo. 1815. Until Jan. 1821 he was
next employed in the Comds 22, Capt. Thos. Tudor
Tucker, also in the Berwick 74 and Impregnable
104, both flag-ships at Plymouth, and in the Spar-
tan 46, commanded on Particular Service by Capt.
Wm. Furlong Wise. While under the latter officer
he passed his examination, 4 June, 1819 ; and on
leaviiig him he was for upwards of ten years conti-
nuously employed in North America and the West
Indies on board the Niemen 28, Capt. Edw. Rey-
nolds Sibly, Jdpiter 50, Capts. David Dunn, Sir
Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman, and Wm. Webb, Hdssak
46, and Winchester 52, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Ogle
and Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys (under the latter of
whom he officiated as Acting-Signal-Lieutenant from
May to Oct. 1830), and Grasshopper 18, Capt. John
Elphinstoue Erskine. After he had also acted for
nine months as Lieutenant of the latter sloop, Mr.
Hirtzel was at length officially promoted by com-
mission dated 7 June, 1831. His subsequent ap-
pointments were— 8 July, 1836, to the Dublin 50,
bearing the flag at the Brazils of Sir Graham Eden
Hamond— 28 Deo. 1836, as Senior, to the Harrier
18, Capt. Wm. Henry Hallowell Carew, of which
vessel, stationed until 1839 in the Pacific, he acted
for some time as Commander— and, 1 Dec. 1841, as
First, to the Alfred 50, fitting for the broad
pendant of Commodore John Brett Purvis. He
was promoted to his present rank in honour of Her
Majesty's visit to Portsmouth, 7 March, 184^ but
has not been since afloat.
When a Mate in North America, Commander
Hirtzel appears to have had frequent charge of
small vessels. He is married and has issue.
HITCHINS-HOAR— HOARE.
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HITCHINS. (Retired Commander, 1836. f-p.,
IC; H-p., 34.)
Joseph Hitchins entered the Navy, in Aug.
1797, as Midshipman, on board the Royai, George
100, Capt. John Draper, bearing the flag off Cadiz
of Sir John Orde. In June, 1799, he joined La
LoiKE frigate, Capt. Jas. Newman Newman ; and
after a servitude of nearly two years and a half
with that officer in the Channel he removed, in
Nov. 1801, to the Theseus 74, Capt. John Bligh,
and sailed for the "West Indies, where, on 4 Nov.
1803, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the
J3oLDS frigate, Capt. Andrew Fitzherbert Evans.
His subsequent appointments were — 3 July, 1804,
to the Veteran 64, Capts. J. N. Newman and A. F.
Evans, also in the West Indies— 29 July, 1806, and
6 Feb. 1807, to the Blonde 38 and Leyden 64,
Capts. Volant Vashon Ballard and Wra. Cumber-
land, on the Home station — 21 March, 1807, to the
Sdrveillante 38, Capt. Sir Geo. Kalph Collier,
with whom he accompanied the expedition to Co-
penhagen and then made a voyage to the Brazils —
in Oct. 1809 and May, 1810, to the Echo 18, Capt.
Robt. Keen, and Fylla 20, Capts. Hon. Edw.
Rodney and Henry Prescott, both in the Channel —
and, 29 Sept. 1812, to the Doncan 74, Capts. Robt.
Lambert, Smith, and Thos. Ussher. He left the
latter ship on her return home from the Mediterra^
nean in Aug. 1814 ; and on 4 May, 1836, accepted
the rank of Retired Commander. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson.
HOAR. (LiBDTEN ANT, 1803. F-P., 1.5 ; H-P., 36.)
Balch Nun Hoar entered the Navy, in Oct.
1796, as A. B., on board the Prince 98, Capt. Thos.
Larcom. In that ship, which afterwards bore the
flag of Sir Roger Curtis, he continued to serve as
Midshipman on the Channel, North Sea, and Irish
stations, until 1798, when he removed to the Incen-
diary 14, Capt. Geo. Barker, and sailed for the
Mediterranean. In 1799 he rejoined Sir Roger
Curtis at the Cape of Good Hope on board the
Lancaster 64, from which vessel he was promoted,
6 Jan. 1803, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Tre-
mendous 74, Capt. John Osborn — an appointment
officially sanctioned on 15 of the following April.
On 21 April, 1806, while on her passage with a
homeward-bound convoy from India, where she had
been employed for upwards of three years, the latter
ship pursued and fought a close action of an hour
and a quarter with the French 40-gun frigate Can-
7ioniere, who in the end elFected her escape, with a
loss, besides being greatly damaged, of 7 men killed
and 25 wounded. Mr. Hoar's appointments, after
he left the Tremendous, were— 9 Aug. 1806, to the
Illustrious 74, Capt. Wm. Shield and Wm. Robt.
Broughton, in the Mediterranean — 8 Aug. 1808, to
the Pelorus sloop, Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King — 7
April, 1809, to the Diomede 50, Capt. Hugh Cook,
for passage to the East Indies — 11 July, 1809, to
the Lion 64, Capt. Henry Heathcote, at St. Helena
—18 May, 1810, to the Leda 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer,
under whom he witnessed the earlier operations
connected with the reduction of Java — and lastly,
17 May, 1813, after one-and-twenty months of half-
pay, to the Grasshopper sloop, Capt. Henry Robt.
Battersby, again on the Mediterranean station,
whence he invalided in Jan. 1814.
For many years prior to 1838 Lieut. Hoar was one
of the Naval Knights of Windsor. Since 28 June
in that year he has been on the out-pension of
Greenwich Hospital.
HOARE. (Captain, 1810. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 36.)
Edward Wallis Hoare, born 4 May, 1779, in
the city of Cork, is son of the late Sir Edw. Hoare,
Bart., of Annabelle, M.P. for Carlow, and a Captain
of Dragoons, by Clotilda, second daughter and co-
heir of Wm. Wallis, Esq., of Ballycrenan Castle.
He is brother of the present Sir Joseph Wallis
Hoare, Bart., and uncle of Commander Wm. O'B.
Hoare, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1790, as
Fst.-cl. Vol. (under the auspices of Sir John Col-
S)ys), on board the Squirrel 24, Capt. Wm. O'Brien
rury, employed at first on the Irish station, and
then off the coast of Africa, where, in 1793 or 4, he
took part, as Midshipman, in an engagement with
a Portuguese fort on the island of Pines. In May
of the latter year he removed to the Ruby 64, Capt.
Sir Rich. Hussey Bickerton ; and on next joining
Sir John Colpoys in the London 98 (of which ship
he was confirmed a Lieutenant 4 Aug. 1796), he
shared, 23 June, 1795, in Lord Bridport's action with
the Frencli fleet off the lie de Groix. During the
famous mutiny at Spithead in 1797, Mr. Hoare, who
was at the time Signal-Lieutenant of the London,
was condemned to death by the delegates. In Dec.
of the same year, a few months after he had been
transferred to the Nymphe 36, Capt. Percy Eraser,
he had the misfortune to be wounded and taken
captive by the enemy, in an attempt to obtain pos-
session of a cutter on the coast of France. While
filling next, from April, 1798, to Sept. 1802, the
post of Senior Lieutenant on board the Northum-
berland 74, Capt. Geo. Martin, he served at the
reduction of Malta — was present, during its block-
ade, at the surrender of the French 74-gun ship
Le Gmereux and frigate La Diane — and attended
the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, where he assisted
at the landing of the troops. In June, 1803, Mr.
Hoare rejoined Capt. Martin as his First-Lieutenant
in the Colossus 74; and on 25 Oct. 1804, while offi-
ciating in a similar capacity on board the Glory
98, flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, he was at
length advanced to the rank of' Commander. His
succeeding appointments appear to have been, 29
July, 1806, 19 May, 1807, and 18 Aug. 1809, to the
Goshawk 16, Amsterdam 20, and Hesper 18 ; in
which vessels we find him continuously employed
on the African, Irish, and East India stations, until
nominated, 5 March, 1810, Acting-Captain of the
Blanche frigate. In the following summer he was
further invested with the acting-command of the
Cornwallis 50, and Russel 74 ; which latter ship,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral W. O'B. Drury,
was employed in the earlier portion of the operations
that preceded the fall of the Isle of France. Capt.
Hoare, whose promotion to Post-rank was confirmed
16 Oct. 1810, next, on 31 Jan. 1811, joined the Min-
den 74. In the ensuing spring he was despatched
from Madras to the coast of Java, with two com-
panies of troops on board, in order to await the
arrival of the expedition then fitting out at the dif-
ferent ports of £idia for the attack of that island.
After performing much arduous service in the Strait
of Sunda, he landed on the 5th of June, and, with
not more than 200 seamen and soldiers, succeeded in
utterly routing a chosen body of the enemy's troops,
500 strong, whose close and desperate mode of fight-
ing occasioned the gallant British a loss of 2 men
killed and 23 wounded. The enemy had upwards of
50 killed and 100 wounded.* Capt. Hoare has been
on half-pay since 13 Aug. 1812.
He married, in June, 1803, Mary, third daugh-
ter of Col. Robt. Uniacke Fitzgerald, M.P. for
CO. Cork, by whom he has issue two daughters,
one of whom is married to Lieut. Thos. Burton
Maynard, B.N., and the other to Capt. J. B. L.
Hay, R.N. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
HOARE. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 17; h-p., 25.)
Richard Hoare, born 1 Sept. 1793, is third son
of the late Sir Henry Hugh Hoare, Bart., F.S.A.,
F.B.S., of Stourhead, co. Wilts, by Maria Palmer,
daughter of Arthur Acland, Esq., of Fairfield, co.
Somerset. He is brother of the present Sir Hugh
Rich. Hoare, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 July, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tribune frigate, Capt.
Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, with whom he served
in the Channel and North Sea until compelled by
sickness to be sent on shore in Jan. 1806. Re-em-
barking, 25 July, 1807, on board the Powerful 74,
bearing the flag of the late Lord Gambler, he ac-
• Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 2406.
3 X
522
HOARE— HOBART-HOCKIN-HOCKINGS.
companied that officer in the ensuing expedition
to Copenhagen ; on liis return whence, he was for
four years employed with Capt. Edw. Fellowes
in the Apollo 38, and Conqoekok 74, chiefly on
the Mediterranean station. Between Feb. 1812,
and July, 1813, he served in the Channel on board
the San Josef 110, and Queen Charlotte 100,
flag-ships of Lord Keith, by whom he was then
appointed Lieutenant of the Spabkow sloop, Capt.
John Campbell. While employed, soon afterwards,
in rowing guard in a 6-oared cutter oif St. Jean de
Luz, Mr. Hoare, in spite of all the resistance he
could offer, was captured by four French gun-boats
and taken to Bayonne. On his exchange and re-
turn to England, he was at once, by a commission
dated 13 Nov. 1813, officially advanced to the rank
of Lieutenant, and on 30 of the same month nomi-
nated to the Dragon 74, Capt. Kobt. Barrie, under
whom he enacted a prominent part in the after-
scenes of the American war. His succeeding ap-
pointments were— 30 Aug. and 27 Oct. 1815, to the
Madagascar and Phaeton frigates, commanded
by Capt. Fras. Stanfell, at Sheerness and at the
Cape of Good Hope— 7 June, 1818, as First-Lieu-
tenant, to the Blossom 26, Capts. Fred. Hickey and
Fred. Edw. Venables Vernon, in South America —
and 9 Feb. 1821, in a similar capacity, to the Nie-
MEN 28, Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly, fitting for ser-
vice at Halifax. He was promoted, on the latter
station, to the command, 19 July, 1822, of the
DoTEREL 18, which sloop he brought home and paid
off in 1825. He acquired his present rank 7 July,
1827, but has not been since afloat.
Capt. Hoare married, first, 15 March, 1823, Mary
Offley, youngest daughter of the late Admiral Sir
Wm. Chas. Fahie, K.G.B., by whom (who died 27
Sept. 1826) he had issue; and secondly, in 1834,
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Wm. Praed, Esq., of
Tyringham, Bucks, and of Trewithon, Cornwall.
HOAEE. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 12; h-p., 14.)
William O'Brten Hoare, born 23 March, 1807,
is second son of Sir Joseph Wallis Hoare, Bart., of
Annabelle, co. Cork, by Lady Harriet O'Bryen,
sister of the present Marquess of Thomond, Vice-
Admiral of the Red, G.C.H. He is brother of John
Willoughby H oare, Esq., of the 13th Bombay Native
Infantry; nephew of Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare,
R.N. ; and brother-in-law of Commander Matthew
Chas. Foster, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 23 Feb. 1821 ;
passed his examination in 1827 ; obtained his first
commission 30 Aug. 1828 ; and was afterwards ap-
pointed — 6 Nov. 1829, to the Drdid 46, Capt.
Gawen Wm. Hamilton, in South America — 14 April,
1831, to the Stag 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Trou-
bridge, employed on particular service, which vessel
he left in January, 1832 — and 25 May, 1843, to the
command of the Dolphin brigantine, on the Bra-
zilian station, where he continued until superseded
in Feb. 1845. He attained his present rank 9 Nov.
1846, and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Hoare married, 2 May, 1834, Caro-
line, daughter of John Hornby, Esq., of the Hook,
Hampshire, by whom he has issue.
HOBART. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Augustus Charles Hobart entered the Navy
in 1835 ; passed his examination 28 Dec. 1842 ; and
served, as Mate, on board the Excellent gunnery-
ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings —
also in the Dolphin brigantine, commanded on the
Brazilian station by Lieut. Wm. O'Bryen Hoare —
and in the Victoria and Albert steam-yacht,
Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarenoe. He obtained
his commission 25 Sept. 1845; joined, 11 Nov. fol-
lowing, the Rattler steam-sloop, Capts. Henry
Smith and Rich. Moorman, on the Channel station ;
and since 11 March, 1847, has been borne, as Ad-
ditional-Lieutenant, on tl;e books of the Hibernia
104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, Commander-in-
Chief in the Mediterranean.
HOCKIN. (Commander, 1846.)
Charles Luxmore Hockin passed his examina-
tion in 1831 ; attained the rank of Lieutenant 2
March, 1838 ; was employed in the Mediterranean,
from 8 of the following May until paid off in the
summer of 1841, on board the Dido 18, Capt. Lewis
Davies; and on 18 Oct. 1842 was appointed Senior
of the Wasp 16, Capts. Andrew Drew, Henry Ba-
got, and Sidney Henry TJssher. After serving for
nearly four years in the latter vessel on the North
American, West India, and African stations, he
was advanced to the rank he now holds 5 Aug.
1846. He has since been on half-pay.
HOCKIN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 17; h-p., 24.)
Henbv Hockin was born 21 April, 1794. His
father was a banker; and his mother a sister of
the late Sir Wm. Adams.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 June, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 74, Capt. (subse-
quently Rear- Admiral) Rich. Goodwin Keats, under
whom, after serving at the blockade of Rochefort, he
attended the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. and
Sept. 1807, was present at the embarkation from
Nyeborg of the Marquis de la Romana and his army,
11 Aug. 1808, and assisted as Midshipman at the
bombardment of Flushing in Aug. 1809. He was
next, from Nov. 1809 to Aug. 1810, borne at Spit-
head on the books of the Puissant 74, Capts. Robt.
Hall and John Irwin ; after which he rejoined Rear-
Admiral Keats on board the Milford 74, and con-
tinned to serve with him in that ship and in the
Hibernia 120, at the defence of Cadiz (where he
participated in the duties of the flotilla) and off
Toulon, until Sept. 1812. During the two following
years we find him attached to the Franchise 36,
Capt. Rich. Buck, by whom, with a view to co-ope-
rating with the Spanish patriots, he was intrusted
with the command of a boat, armed with a brass
6-pounder, for the purpose of annoying the French
land-convoys on their way from the foot of the Py-
renees to Barcelona. On leaving the Franchise,
Mr. Hockin successively joined the Meander 38,
Capt. John Bastard, and Elizabeth 74, bearing the
flag of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, on the
Gibraltar and Cadiz stations. In June, 1815, after
having cruized for five months off Lisbon as Acting-
Lieutenant of the Jasper 10, Capt. Thos. Carew,
he took up a commission dated on 17 of the previous
Feb. With the exception of an appointment in the
Coast Guard, which he held from 13 Nov. 1833 un-
til 1841, he has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Hockin married Miss Elizabeth Dodd, of
Cheshire, and by that lady has issue one son.
HOCKINGS. (flTaptatn, 1821. r-p., 19; h-p., 38.)
Robert Hockings, bom 1 May, 1776, at Gibraltar,
is eldest son of the late Thos. Hockings, Esq., a gen-
tleman who held an appointment for nearly fifty
years in the Civil department of the Ordnance at
that place, and was severely wounded during its
siege. He is nephew of Major Rich. Hockings, who
died of yellow fever at Trinidad while commanding
the Royal Engineers ; brother of Lieut. Geo. Hock-
ings, of the 10th Begt., who lost a leg in Egypt un-
der Sir Ralph Abercromby, and ultimately died of
fever at Gibraltar ; and uncle of Robt. Hockings,
Esq., First-Lieutenant R.M., of Hockings,
Esq., of the 40th Regt., and of Thos. Hockings, Esq.,
Purser and Paymaster R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 Oct. 1790, as
A.B. (under the auspices of H. B. H. the late Duke
of Kent), on board the Ambuscade 32, Capt. Robt.
Devereux Fancourt, stationed in the Mediterranean,
where, until Feb. 1793, he further served, part of
the time as Midshipman, in the Ecrydice 24, Capt.
Geo. Lunisdaine, Zebra 18, Capt. Wm. Brown,
Pearl 32, Capt. Geo. Wm. Augustus Courtenay,
MuTiNE cutter, Lieut.-Commander Henry We§t, and
RoMNEY 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sam.
Cranston Goodall. During the next four years he
was employed in the Channel, and agun in the Me-
diterranean, on board the Lapwing 28, and Pallas
32, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon,
HOCKLEY— HODDER.
523
under whom, in the latter frigate, he shared in
Comwallis' celebrated retreat of 16 and 17 June,
1795. The Pallas having on one occasion cap-
tured a merchant-brig, Mr. Hockings wad sent with
her as Prize-Master to Elba. 'While on his way
thither, and when in the Piombino Passage, he was
attacked by two large row-boats containing about
50 or 60 men, whom, however, he beat off after a
conflict of an hour, although he had but 5 hands
on board, and only 2 rusty 4-pounder guns. This
achievement was considered so gallant that on reach-
ing Porto Ferrajo, where lay the Blakche frigate,
Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, he was highly comph-
mented by that officer, and recommended by him to
Earl St. Vincent, the Commander-in-Chief, by whom
he was received on board his flag-ship the Ville de
Paris 110, and at once appointed, 29 April, 1797,
First-Lieutenant of the Hamadkyad 36, Capt.
Thos. Elphinstone — an act which the Admiralty
confirmed by a commission dated on 10 of the fol-
lowing June. Being wrecked on 25 Dec. in the
same year during a violent gale in the Bay of Algiers,
Mr. Hockings, who on the occurrence of the cata-
strophe was so seriously bruised that he still feels
the efi'eots, became First of the Adroka 28, Capts.
Menry Digby, Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and Micajah
Malbon. With those oflioers he served uninterrupt-
edly on the Lisbon, Mediterranean, and Newfoimd-
land stations until March, 1803 ; participating inter-
inediately in the capture of many privateers, also in
several cutting-out affairs (in one of which he was
slightly wounded), in the destruction, too, of the
French 20-gun ship Egalite, and in the land-operations
at the reduction of Minorca. On 12 June, 1803, he
was appointed Senior of the Phaeton 38, Capts. Reo.
Cockburn and John "Wood, and ordered to North
America in escort of Mr. Merry, the British Minis-
ter Plenipotentiary. He then proceeded to the East
Indies, and, while on a subsequent cruize in the
China Seas, he shared in an action with the French
frigate Semillante, and in the capture of a ship of
immense value on her annual passage from Manilla
to Lima. In Jan. 1807 Mr. Bookings' health com-
pelled him to invalid, and he in consequence re-
turned home, where, in May and Aug. 1808, he suc-
cessively became Signal-Lieutenant to Lord Gam-
bier in the ViLLE DB Paris 110, and Caledonia
120. As a reward for his subsequent conduct in
command of a fire-ship during the celebrated attack
made by the gallant Cochrane on the enemy's ship-
ping in Basque Hoads, ho was presented with a se-
cond promotal commission dated 11 April, 1809 —
previously to which period, as has been seen, he
had been for nearly ten years First-Lieutenant of a
frigate. Although not included in the hst of the
wounded on the last-mentioned occasion, Capt.
Hockings was severely hurt by the explosion of his
vessel. Not vrishing to remain idle on shore, he
obtained permission soon after his promotion to re-
join the Caledonia, then the flag-ship of his friend
Sir Harry Neale, with whom he served as a volun-
teer until the close of 1810. From 25 May, 1811,
until driven home by the effects of the yellow fever
in Oct. 1812, we find him in command of the DoMi-
HICA 14, in the Channel and West Indies, and on 11
Sept. in the latter year effecting the capture of the
Providence American privateer schooner, of 4 guns
(pierced for 12) and 60 men. Capt. Hockings' next
and last appointment was, 26 Dec. 1820, to the Me-
dina 20, in which sloop he appears to have aflTorded
protection to the European consuls and merchants
at Smyrna during the fearful outrages which were
there perpetrated by the populace in June, 1821.
lie was advanced to Post-rank on 19 of the fol-
lowing month ; and on 1 Oct. 1846, awarded, at his
own request, the half-pay of Retirement.
Capt. Hockings married, 13 March, 1821, Mag-
dalena, eldest daughter of the late Gerard Mon-
tagu, Esq., formerly of Burlingham, co. Norfolk,
grandniece of Admiral John Montagu, and a rela-
tive of the Duke of Manchester. By that lady he
has issue two daughters. Agents— Messrs. Hal-
ford and Co.
HOCKLEY. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
John Baker Hockley passed his examination
in 1831 ; obtained his commission 21 July, 1837 ;
and on 29 of the same month was appointed Ad-
ditional-Lieutenant of the Princess Charlotte
104, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford on the
Mediterranean station, where he removed, 1 Dec.
foUowing, to the Barham 50, Capt. Armar Lowry
Corry. With one or two slight interruptions he
has been employed in the Coast Guard since 19
Nov. 1838.
HODDEE. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 30.)
Michael Hodder— born at Founfainstown, co.
Cork, the seat of his father— is brother of Lieut.
Peter Hodder, B.N. ^ ,o„.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the D^dalds .32, Capt.
Fred. Warren, whom he accompanied with convoy
to the West Indies. He then proceeded to Ber-
muda in the Ladra, Lieut.-Commander Robt. Yates,
and on his arrival at that place he took a passage
home in the Prince George 98, Capt. Geo. Losack.
From Sept. in the same year until Dec. 1813 he was
employed, in the capacity of Midshipman, chiefly on
the Home and Baltic stations, in the Alexandria
32, Capts. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, John Quilham,
and Robt. Cathcart. During that period, besides
being at the blockade of many ports on the coast ot
Holland, he served in a boat at the cutting out of a
Dutch guard-vessel from the river Elbe, was pre-
sent at the capture of two armed vessels and of a
convoy of 27 sail in a calm at sea, came frequently
into contact with the enemy's gun-boats, and was
concerned in the cutting out on diff'erent occasions
of at least 150 vessels, many of them well armed.
In most cases Mr. Hodder had the personal com-
mand of a boat. On the return of the Alexandria
from Greenland, where she had arrived just in time
to prevent the British whalers from falling into the
hands of the American Commodore Rodgers, he.
rejoined Capt. Cochrane on hoard the Orontes 36,
and went with him in protection of a large convoy
to the West Indies. On the Orontes being recom-
missioned by the same Captain in the spring of
1815, Mr. Hodder, whose promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant took place on 18 Feb. in that year, was
again appointed to her. Continuing on her books
until paid off' in March, 1817, he was first employed
in forwarding troops to Flanders, next in bringing
the wounded and prisoners over after the battle of
Waterloo, then in carrying out an Austrian commis-
sioner to St. Helena for the security of Buonaparte,
and finally in the suppression of the slave-trade at
Madagascar. Since the date last named the Lieu-
tenant has not held any official occupation.
HODDER. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 35.)
Peter Hoddee is son of Geo. Hodder, Esq., of
Fountainstown, co. Cork, an extensive landed pro-
prietor ; and brother of Lieuts. Michael and Robt.
Hodder, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amethyst 36, in which
ship, and in the Warrior 74, both commanded by
Capt. John Wm. Spranger, he served on the North
Sea, Irish, Channel, and Mediterranean stations,
until April, 1811. He held, during the four last
years, the rating of Midshipman, and in Oct. 1809
he was consequently present in that capacity at the
surrender of the islands of Zante, Cephalonia, &c.
On leaving the Warrior he joined the Colossds 74,
Capt. Thos. Alexander, stationed off the coast of
France, where, on 27 I)eo. 1811, he was taken pri-
soner in an attack on a flotilla near the lie d'Aix.
His promotion to the rank of Lieutenant took place
21, March, 1812, since which period— with the ex-
ception of an attachment of a few months in 1815 to
the Levant 20, commanded on Home service "by
Capts. Jonathan Christian and John Theed— he has
been on half-pay.
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HODDER-HODGE-HODGKINSON-HODGSKIN.
HODDER. (Lieut., 1817. f-p., 8; h-p., 30.)
KoBERT HoDDEK IB brother of Lieut. Peter H od-
der, R.N., and ninth son of Geo. Hodder, Esq., of
Fountainstown.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 June, 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jamaica 26, Capt. Ar-
thur Lysaght, stationed at Newfoundland. In Nov.
1810 he joined the SonTHAMPTON 32, Capt. Jas.
Lucas Yeo, lying at Spithead ; and in the following
Feb. he removed to the Defiance 74, Capt. Kioh.
Eaggett. During his servitude in the latter ship,
which bore the flag for some time of Rear-Admiral
Geo. Hope, we find him employed at the blockade
of Flushing and the Texel, and superintending the
transport of troops from Carlskrona to Swedish
Pomerania. Between Oct. 1813 and June, 1814, he
was borne on the books of the Devonshire 74, Capt.
Koss Donnelly, and Harlequin 18, Capt. Wm.
Kempthorne, both fitting at Sheerness ; and in the
next Nov. he was received on board the Ethalton
36, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie. On a subsequent
occasion, while in escort of a convoy from Gibraltar
to Cork, he very courageously volunteered, in com-
pany with Mr. Lane, another Midshipman, to take
charge of one of the merchantmen which had been
dismasted in a gale and abandoned by her master
and crew. He accordingly went on board the vessel
with his friend, and, having rigged jury-masts, re-
tained possession of her for a period of 12 days,
when they were both burnt out by the effects of a
spontaneous combustion which took place in the
hold. In Oct. 1815 Mr. Hodder was appointed
Master's Mate of the Congo sloop, Capt. Jas. Hing-
ston Tuckey, for the purpose of exploring the river
of that name on the coast of Africa. Being ulti-
mately the only officer spared by the ravages of the
climate, he assumed, in Oct. 1816, the rank of Act-
ing-Lieutenant, although he had not yet passed his
examination. He brought the Congo home from
Bahia in the spring of 1817, and on 24 May in that
year, as soon as he had passed, was officially pro-
moted. He has not been since afloat.
Lieut. Hodder has been employed in the Customs
since Aug. 181^. He married, in March, 1834, Ellen
Jane, eldest daughter of Capt. "Wm. Henry Craig,
K.M.
HODDER. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Thomas Eyre Hodder is third son of the late
Wm. Henry Moore Hodder, Esq., of Hoddersfield,
CO. Cork, by Harriet, daughter of the Right Hon.
Henry Theophilus Clements, brother of the first
Earl of Leitrim. He is grandson of the late Capt.
Henry Moore, of the 48th Foot ; and brother of the
present Wm. Henry Moore Hodder, Esq., of Hod-
dersfield, Colonel of the North Cork Militia, and a
Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for that county.
This officer entered the Navy 26 Jan. 1811 ; was
made Lieutenant, 19 June, 1824, into the Eden 26,
Capt. John Lawrence, on the West India station ;
and from 24 April, 1828, until paid off in April,
1829, was employed, on Home service, in the Clio
sloop, Capt. Kobt. Deans. With the exception of a
brief attachment in 1836 to the Vanguard 80, Capt.
Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, fitting at Ports-
mouth, he has not been since afloat.
Lieut. Hodder is at present Emigration Agent
at Liverpool.
HODGE. (Commander, 1846. r-p., 33 ; h-p., 9.)
Stephen Hodge was born 12 Jan. 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1805, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Autumn sloop, Capt. Thos.
Searle ; and in the course of the same year he par-
took, as Midshipman, of an action with the Boulogne
flotilla. He next joined the Regulus 44, Capt.
Chas. Worsley Boys, with whom he served, on the
Home station, until April, 1806, when he was again
placed under the orders of Capt. Searle, in the Fury
bomb. On subsequently accompanying ■ the same
officer to the Mediterranean in the Grasshopper,
of 18 guns and 120 men, he shared, 11 Dec. 1807, in
a gallant action with three Spanish vessels-of-war,
carrying in the whole 30 guns and 226 men, thft
largest of which, the San Josef, of 12 24-pounders
and 99 men, was in 15 minutes compelled to strike
her colours. He was also, on 4 April, 1808, present,
in company with the Mercdby frigate, in a success-
ful attack made off the town of Rota upon a Sj)amsh
convoy passing alongshore unde» the protection of
about 20 gun-boats, and a numerous train of flying
artillery on the beach; on which occasion the
Grasshopper, who sustained very serious damage,
actually silenced the batteries at the above place,
and attracted general admiration by her noble con-
duct. Nineteen days after the latter event we
find him participating in the capture, at the end
of a severe action of two hours and a half, fought
among shoals and within grape-shot distance of
a battery, of two Spanish vessels laden with car-
goes worth 30,0OOZ. each, and further protected by
four gun-boats, two of which were forced to surren-
der, and the remainder driven on shore. The col-
lective loss of the Grasshopper in the three en-
gagements above recorded amounted to 1 man
killed and/ 10 wounded. In Sept. 1809 (the Grass-
hopper having been latterly commanded by Capt.
Henry Fanshawe) Mr. Hodge rejoined Capt. Searle
for a short time as Master's Mate on board the
Fredbrickstein 32. He next served for 18 months
on the Channel station in the Coquette 18, Capts.
Robt. Forbes and Geo. Hewson ; and on then re-
moving to the Druid 32, Capts. Thos. Searle,
Eras. Stanfell, and Wm. King (of which vessel he
was created an Acting-Lieutenant 17 July, 1811),
he was successively employed at the defence of
Cadiz and Tarifa. On the night of 17 Sept. in the
latter year he was severely wounded during a
mutiny of his boat's crew in Cadiz Harbour, where
he was stripped of his clothes, and thrown over-
board in a state of insensibility. On recovering
his senses in the water, he swam a distance of
nearly four miles, and was ultimately picked up by
some Spanish fishermen on the beach in a state of
great exhaustion. He was confirmed in the rank
of Lieutenant 16 Feb. 1813, and, leaving the Druid
in the ensuing July, was next appointed, 5 Oct.
1813, and 18 Oct. 1814, to the Wolverene and Bit-
tern sloops, Capts. Chas. Kerr and Geo. Augustus
Hire, both in the Channel. After nearly six years
of half-pay Mr. Hodge, on 3 Oct. 1821, obtained an
appointment to the Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Li-
vingstone; in command of a tender belonging to
which ship it fell to his lot to form part of George
IV.'s escort, on the occasion of His Majesty's vi-
sit to Ireland. Having been in the Coast Guard
since 19 March, 1823, he was at length advanced
to the rank of Commander 5 Jan. 1846. He has
since been on half-pay.
Commander Hodge married, in June, 1821, Miss
Trout, of East Looe, Cornwall, and by that lady
has issue five children.
HODGKINSON. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Thomas Hodgkinson entered the Navy 18 Dec.
1828; passed his examination in 1833 ; and obtained
his commission 4 May, 1841. His appointments
have since been— 30 Aug. 1841, to the Excellent
gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hast-
ings—14 June, 1842, to the Pique 36, Capts. Henry
Forbes and Hon. Montagu Stopford, in which
frigate he served for two years on the North Ame-
rica and West India station — 23 May, 1845, as Ad-
ditional, to the Caledonia 120, Capt. Manley Hall
Dixon, lying at Devonport — and, 29 Jan. 1847, as
Senior, to his former ship, the Excellent, Capt.
Henry Ducie Chads, with whom he is now serving.
Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
HODGSKIN. (Lieutenant, 1841. f-p., 13;
H-p., 7.)
James Archibald Hodgskin is son of the late
John Arundel Hodgskin, , Esq., Lieutenant R.N.
(1793.)
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1827, as
A.B., on board the Albion 74, Capt. John Ac-
worth Ommanney, After participating in the
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battle of Navarin, he joined, iit March, 1828, the
Chanticleer 2, Capt. Henry Foster, with whom
he served, on a scientiflo mission, as rst.-cl. Vol.
and Midshipman, until Dec. 1829, when, being in
the West Indies, his health ohliged him to return
to England. In April, 1831, he joined the Dublin
50, Capt. Lord J as. Townshend, fitting for the
South American station, whence he returned home
in the capacity of Mate in Oct. 1834. Between Feb.
1835 and Oct. 1837, and again between April, 1838,
and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, 23 Nov. 1841, we find Mr. Hodgskin em-
ployed in the Medea steam-frigate, Capt. Horatio
Thos. Austin, and Andromache 26, Capt. Robt.
Lambert Baynes, on the Mediterranean, North
America and West India, and Cape of Good Hope
stations. His last appointments were, 28 March,
1843, and 8 Sept. 1846, to the Cyclops and Devas-
tation steamers, Capts. H. T. 'Austin and Sir C.
Hotham, to which vessels, stationed off the coasts
of Ireland and Africa, he was but for a very short
time attached.
HODGSKIN. (Ketibed Commander, 1846.
P-P., 12 ; H-p., 35.)
Thomas Hodgskin entered the Navy, in March,
1800, as a Volunteer, on board the Active 38, Capts.
Chas. Sydney Davers and Kioh. Hussey Moubray,
in which frigate he served for upwards of six years
on the North Sea and Mediterranean stations. The
next five years and a half were passed by this
ofiicer, as Lieutenant, in the Star sloop, Capt.
John Simpson, Ntmpiie frigate, Capts. Edm. Hey-
wood, Conway Shipley, and Hon. Josceline Percy,
Saturn 74, Capt. Cumberland, Nemesis 28, Capt.
Wm. Ferris, and Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir Peter
Parker. While in the Nymphe, besides attending
the expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen, he took
partial command of the boats of that frigate, and
on the night of 23 April, 1808, participated in a
valorous but unsuccessful attack made by Capt.
Shipley (who was killed in the act of boarding) upon
a French corvette, La Gavotte, of 22 guns and 150
men, lying at anchor in a bight above Belem Castle,
in the river Tagus. In the same ship, "under Capt.
Percy, we find Mr. Hodgskin escorting General
Junot to Rochelle, after the convention of Cintra.
He subsequently, when in charge of the boats of
the Nemesis, in company with those of the Belve-
DERA 36, contributed to the spirited capture, on the
coast of Norway, of two Danish gun-vessels, the
Bolder and Thar , (carrying each 2 long 24's, 6 6-
pounder howitzers, and 45 men), and the destruction
of a third, 23 July, 1810.* If we mistake not, he
was present in the Menelaus, at the reduction of
the Isle of France. He was placed on half-pay 25
April, 1812 ; and awarded the rank of Retired Com-
mander 27 Jan. 1846.
HODGSON. (Eear-Admiral of the Eed,
1838. F-P., 27; H-P., 33.)
Brian Hodgson entered the Navy, in 1787, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salisbury 60, Capt.
Erasmus Gower, on the Newfoundland station,
where he continued until 1789. From 13 Dec. 1794
until Oct. 1802 he served uninterruptedly with Capt.
Edw. Jas. Foote in the Niger 32, and Seahorse, of
46 guns and 292 men ; in the former of which ships
he assisted, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, at
the capture of a French convoy, near Granville, 9
May, 1795— the destruction, 27 April, 1796, ofi' the
Penmaroks, of L' Eeureuil national corvette, of 18
guns and 105 men— and the battle off Cape St. Vin-
cent 14 Feb. 1797. When in the Seahorse, of
which frigate he was created a Lieutenant 11 Dec.
1799, Mr. Hodgson, besides witnessing the capture
of LeBelliqueux privateer, of 18 guns and 120 men,
was present, off the island of Pantellaria, at the
taking, 27 June, 1798, after a close action of eight
minutes, a loss to the British of 2 men killed and 16
wounded, and to the enemy of 18 killed and 37
* VideGm. 1810, p. 1348.
wounded, of the French frigate La Sensible, of 36
guns and 300 men. In 1799, during the absence of
Lord Nelson, we find the Seahorse blockading the
Bay of Naples; and, in July of the same year, es-
corting their Sicilian Majesties from Palermo to
the latter place. Being shortly afterwards driven
on shore in a violent gale near Leghorn, she was
under the necessity, from the injuries she received,
of returning to England, whence, in May, 1800, she
was again ordered to the Mediterranean with Rear-
Admiral Sir Rich. Bickerton and Sir Ralph Aber-
cromby on board. During the ensuing summer she
was employed in attendance upon the King and
Queen off Weymouth ; after which she was sent in
escort of 10 sail of Indiamen to Calcutta. While
on the Indian station her ofiicers and crew suc-
ceeded by great exertion in rescuing the stores of
La Semible, a frigate that had been wrecked a
few miles to the southward of the MoUiwally shoal.
The Seahorse being paid off in Oct. 1802, Mr.
Hodgson was next, in Jan. 1805, appointed to the
TopAZE 38, Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake, on the
Cork station, where he remained until appointed,
in Jan. 1805, Flag-Lieutenant to Lord Gardner, in
the Hibernia 110, part of the Channel fleet. He
obtained his second promotal commission on 8 of
the following April ; and, on 22 Jan. 1806, after
having commanded, for very short periods, the In-
spector and Pylades sloops, he was made Post
into the Trusty 50. In that ship, in Aug. 1807, he
accompanied the expedition sent against Copen-
hagen. He left her in May, 1809, and was lastly,
in April, 1810, and July, 1811, appointed to the com-
mand of the BARBAD0ES24, and Owen Glendowee
42, both on the East India station. The latter ship
returned to England in May, 1816; and, on 28
June, 1838, her Captain was advanced to Flag-rank.
Rear- Admiral Hodgson, who has issue, was left a
widower 11 Nov. 1824. Agent— J. Hinxman.
HODGSON. (LiEtTT., 1842. F-P., 14 ; H-P., 1.)
George Henry Hodgson entered the Navy, 14
June, 1832, as Midshipman, on board the Revenge
78, Capt. Donald Hugh Mackay, employed off Lis-
bon. In the summer of 1834 he proceeded to South
America in the North Star 28, Capt. Octavius
Vernon Harcourt. On his return to England, to-
wards the close of 1836, he joined the Dido 18, Capt.
Lewis Davies, in which sloop, and in the Pembroke
74, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, we find him, until Feb.
1840, employed on the Mediterranean station— the
last 16 months in the capacity of Mate. In Oct.
1840 he was appointed to the Excellent gunnery-
ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and
in June, 1842, he sailed for China, on board the
CoRNWALLis 72, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Parker.
Joining subsequently in the hostilities in progress
against the Celestial empire, Mr. Hodgson partici-
pated in the attack on the enemy's entrenched
camp on the heights of Segoan (where he displayed
very spirited conduct and was slightly wounded in
a personal encounter with a Chinese), and was pre-
sent at the capture of Chapoo, Woosung, Shang-
hae, and Chin-Kiang-Foo, as also at the pacification
of Nanking.* At Chin-Kiang-Foo, having landed,
he distinguished himself by the manner in which
with three other officers, he rushed into the Impe-
rial Canal for the purpose of ascertaining its forda-
bility.t Being rewarded for his services with a
commission bearing date 23 Dec. 1842,t and ap-
pointed to the Wanderer 16, Capt. Geo. Henry
Seymour, he served in the boats of that sloop in
company with those of H.M.S. Harlequin, and
Hon. E. I. Co.'s steamer Diana, in an attack
upon some pirates at Murdoo, on the Pedir coast
12 Feb. 1843. On 27 Nov. 1844, five months after
he had returned to England, he obtained a re-ap-
pointment to the Excellent. Since 4 March 1845
he has been employed on board the Terror disco-
very-ship, Capt. Fras. Rawdon Moira Crozier, in
* FideGia. 1S«, pp. 2336, 2390. 3400, 3405, 3694
t r. Gaz. 1842, p. 3389. J y. Qaz. 1842, p. 3881.
526 HODGSON-HOFFMAN -HOFFMEISTER-HOGGE-HOGHTON.
a renewed attempt to explore the N.W. passage
through Lancaster Sound and Behring Strait.
HODGSON. (Retired Commandeb, 1843. f-p.,
16; H-p.,48.)
James Hodgson was born 24 Oct. 1766.
This officer entered the Navy (into which he was
impressed from the merchant-service), in 1783, on
board the Mohawk sloop, Capts. R. Tripp and J.
Sutton, from which ship, on her return from the
West Indies, he was paid off. In Oct. 1793 he was
again impressed, and placed on board the Bellona
74, Capts. Geo. Wilson and Thos. Boulden Thomp-
son. Under the former of those officers we find
him present, as Master's Mate, at the capture, in
Jan. 1795, of Le Duras, a French ship of 20 guns,
having on board 400 troops ; and also of Xe Dvquesne
frigate of 44 guns. In Feb. 1797 he further served
with Capt. "Wilson at the reduction of Trinidad by
the forces under Rear- Admiral Harvey and Lieut.-
General Sir Ralph Abercromby ; and in the follow-
ing April be was likewise with him in the unsuc-
cessful attack made by those commanders on Puerto
Rico. Obtaining, 11 April, 1799, a Lieutenancy in
the Nekeide 36, Capts. Fred. Watkins, Henry
Wm. Bayntun, and Robt. Mends, he assisted in
that frigate at the capture, 2 and 3 March, 1800, of
La Vengeance privateer of 16 guns and 174 men,
and of an American ship with a cargo on board
worth 30,000/. In the next Sept. he was present in
her at the surrender of Cura9oa, where the character
he had won for zeal, bravery, and ever-steady con-
duct, so gained him the confidence of his Captain,
that the latter was induced to place him in com-
mand of the principal fortress commanding the
town. He had previously been of the utmost ser-
vice in a newly-erected battery in annoying the
enemy, and had been a principal cause of their re-
treat.* On II Aug. 1801, a few weeks after his
junction of the Lowestoffe 32, Capt. Robt. Plam-
pin, Mr. Hodgson had the misfortune to be wrecked
on the island of Heneaga. His last appointment
Was, 15 May, 1804, to the Barryhead Signal station,
in Ireland, the charge of which he retained until
superseded, at his own request, 9 April, 1812. He
accepted the rank of Retired Commander on the Se-
nior List 8 May, 1843.
Commander Hodgson is married, and has issue.
HOFFMAN. (Retired Captain, 1840. r-p., 14 ;
H-p., 40.)
Frederick Hoffman entered the Navy, 18 Oct.
1793, as Midshipman, on board the Blonde 32,
Capt. John Markham, with whom, after co-operat-
ing in the reduction of the French "West India
islands, he removed, in 1794, to the Hanhibal 74,
commanded subsequently by Capts. Joseph Bing-
ham, Lewis, and Edw. Tyrrell Smith. In that ship
he was present with Capt. Markham at the capture,
11 April, 1795, of the French frigate La Geniille of
42 guns, and also of several privateers. In 1798 he
joined the Queen 98, bearing the flag of Sir Hyde
Parker, by whom, on 17 Oct. in the following year,
.he was appointed to a Lieutenancy in the "V"olage
frigate, Capt. Fras. Vesey. At the peace of Amiens
Mr. Hoffman, after many years of servitude in the
"West Indies, returned to England. His next ap-
pointments were — 14 March, 1803, to the Minotaur
74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, from which
ship, employed off the coast of France and in the
Channel, he soon invalided— 28 Feb. 1805, to the
Tonnant 80, Capt. Chas. Tyler, under whom he
fought and was wounded at Trafalgar — and, 8
March, 1806, to the Diamond 38, Capt. Geo. Argles,
employed off Havre de Grace and the coast of
France. He was promoted, 22 Feb. 1808, to the
command of the Favourite sloop, in which vessel,
and in the Goelan, he again served on the West
India station until the ensuing Oct. Capt. Hoff-
man's last appointment was, 19 Dec. 1810, to the
Apelles, another sloop. In that vessel, at the com-
mencement of May, 1812, he was unfortunately run
* rWeGaz. 1800, p. 1331.
on shore to the westward of Boulogne, where him-
self and 19 of his people were obliged to surrender
as prisoners of war. The remainder of his officers
and crew contrived to effect their escape. He ac-
cepted his present rank 12 Sept. 1840.
In consideration of the wound he received at Trar
falgar, Capt. Hoffman was at the time presented
with a gratuity by the Patriotic Society.
HOFFMEISTER. (Lieutenant, 1841. r-p., 18;
H-p., 2.)
Charles John Hoffmeister was bom 31 March,
1813, at Portsmouth.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1827, as
Fst.-cl. "V"ol., on board the Victort 104, Capt. Hon.
Geo. Elliot, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Hon.
Sir Robt. Stopford. In Feb. 1828 he became Mid-
shipman of the Revenge 78, Capt. Norborne Thomp-
son, on the Mediterranean station, where, until the
close of 1833, he continued to serve, In the Action
26, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey. He then joined
the Belvidera 42, Capt. Chas. Borough Strong,
fitting for the West Indies ; on which station he
removed, in Nov. 1834, a few months after he had
passed his examination, to a Mateship in the Flt
18, Capt. Peter M'Quhae. Joining, next, in Nov.
1835, the Quail cutter, Lieut.-Commander Philip
Bisson, he was Se>nior Mate of that vessel in April,
1836, when she was dismasted 50 leagues S.W. of
Ushant, lostH? of her men, and was reduced to so
pitiable a condition, that nine days of the greatest
privation and suffering elapsed before the surviving
crew were enabled to get her into Jersey. Being
appointed, soon after the catastrophe, to the Pem-
broke 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Fellowes, Mr. Hoffmeistfer
served off Lisbon until Aug. 1837, when his heal^
obliged him to invalid. While next borne on the
bboks, from Oct. 1837 until June, 1839, of the Meit-
viLLE 74, bearing the flag of Hon. Geo. Elliot at
the Cape of Good Hope, we find him lent in succesr
sion to various small vessels for service on the coast
of Africa. During the 11 months immediately an-
tecedent to his promotion to the rank of Lieute-
nant, which took place 23 Nov. 1841, Mr. Hoffmeis-
ter presents himself to our notice as employed, on
the Home and Mediterranean stations, in the Im-
pregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest. He was then
appointed to the Belleisle troop-ship, Capt. John
Kingcome, and ordered to China, where he arrived
in time to witness the storming of Chin-Kiang-Foo,
and to participate in the different operations on the
"Jang-tse-Kiang, terminating with the pacification
of Nanking. He returned to England, an invalid,
in Oct. 1842; and, on 5 June, 1843, was appointed
to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth,
Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, with whom he served for
a period of 19 months. He has been employed,
since 13 Nov. 1844, latterly as First-Lieutenant, in
the Amazon 19, Capt. Jas. John Stopford, part of
the force stationed in the Mediterranean. Agents
—Messrs. Stilwell.
HOGGE. (Liedtenant, 1841.)
Edward Martin Hogge entered the Navy 9
April, 1823 ; passed his examination 5 May, 1829 ;
and, while serving, as Mate, in the Seaflower
cutter, Lieut.-Commander Nicholas RobiUiard, was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Aug. 1841.
His succeeding appointments were — 31 Aug. 1841,
to the Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, in the
Mediterranean — 14 Oct. 1842, to the Impregnable
104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, on the same station— 29
March, 1843, to the Howe 120, also commanded by
Capt. Forrest, with whom he returned to England
—11 Aug. 1843, to the Coast Guard— and, 19 April,
1845, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the
Home station. He has been on half-pay since Sept.
1846. . ^
Lieut. Hogge is married, and has issue.
HOGHTON. (Lieut., 1815. p-p., ll ; h-p., 31.)
AViLLiAM HoGiiTON entered the Navy, 20 May,
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., On board the ST. Albans 64,
HOLBECH-HOLBERTON-HOLBROOK.
627
Capt. Johii Temple, lying in the Downs, where, in
the following Aug., he accompanied the same officer,
as Midshipman, into the Utrecht 64. He was af-
terwards employed for several years in the Medi-
terranean; on board the Glattos 50, Capt. Thos.
Seccombe, and Spideb, Lieut.-Commander Wm.
Olliver. With the latter and another officer he
further seryed, from Dec. 1811 to Sept. 1812, in
the Marshal 12, on the Channel station. He then
sailed for the West Indies in the Istbr 36, com-
manded by the present Sir Josiah Coghill Coghill,
and, until his return to England in the summer of
1815, was there employed, as Master's Mate and
Acting-Lieutenant. On the paying off of the Ister
at the latter period, he took up a commission bear-
ing date 24 Feb. 1815 ; but he has not been since
afloat. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
HOLBECH. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 13;
H-p., 28.)
George Holbech, bom 24 Dec. 1793, is son of
the late Wm. Holbech, Esq., of Molllngton, M.P.
for Banbury from 1792 to 1796, by Anne, daughter
of Wm. Woodhouse, Esq., M.D., of Lichfield ; and
uncle of the present Sir John Mordaunt, Bart.,
M.P., of Walton, near Stratford-on-Avon. One of
his brothers, Edward, is an officer in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 74, Captain
(afterwards Kear-Admiral) Hon. Kobt. Stopford.
In Aug. 1807, on his return from the Cape of Good
Hope, he accompanied the expedition to Copen-
hagen; and from Jan. 1809 (11 months previously
to which period he had attained the rating of Mid-
shipman) until Nov. of the same year we find him
stationed oft' the north coast of Spain in the Amazon
38, Capt. Wm. Parker. He then rejoined Kear-
Admiral Stopford on board the Scipjon 74, and,
continuing to serve with that officer for upwards of
three years in the same ship, and in the Lion 64,
and President 38, was present with him, in the
former, at the reduction of Java in 1811. From
July, 1813, until Aug. 1814, he was further employed
on board the Stately 64, and Kodney 74, bearing
each the flag of Vice- Admiral Geo. Martin on the
Lisbon station, where he was created a Lieutenant
of the last-mentioned ship by commission dated 16
June, 1814. His succeeding appointments were —
in Oct. 1814, to the Clorinde 40, Capt. Sam. Geo.
Pechell, fitting for the purpose of attending the
Princess of Wales during her visit to the Mediter-
ranean, whence he returned in July, 1816— and, 9
Nov. 1823, to the Menai 26, Capt. Houston Stewart,
with whom he served on the Halifax station until
paid off; about Jan. 1827. He assumed his present
rank 22 July, 1830, but has not been since afloat.
Commander Holbech married, 2 June, 1846, Ellen
Catherine, eldest daughter of Chas. M. Bicketts,
Esq., of Alverton, Stratford-on-Avon.
HOLBERTON. (Lieutenant, 1816.)
John Holbebton entered the Navy, 16 Dec. 1809,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Implacable 74, Capt.
Thos. Byam Martin, lying at Plymouth. In Feb.
1810 he joined the Scipion 74, bearing the flag of
lion. Robt. Stopford, with whom, after sharing in
the reduction of Java, he removed as Midshipman,
in Jan. 1812, to the Lion 64. From 1813 to July,
1816, he was employed on board the Ajax 74, C'apts.
Kobt. Waller Otway and Geo. Mundy ; and he as-
sisted, during that period, at the siege of St. Sebas-
tian, also at the capture of V Ahyon corvette, of 16
guns and 120 men, and in many active operations
in the Mediterranean, where he visited Algiers,
Tunis, and Tripoli, for the purpose of obtaining the
liberation of the Christian slaves in bondage at
those places. For his subsequent conduct at the
battle of Algiers in the Impregnable 104, flag-ship
of Kear-Adnjiral David Milne, Mr. Holberton was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission
dated 16 Sept. 1816; but, with the exception of
some time passed in the Coast Blockade as a Super-
numerary-Lieutenant of the Kamillies 74, Capt.
Wm. M'CuUoch, he has since been on half-pay.
HOLBEOOK. (Commander, 1842. r-p., 19;
H-p., 22.)
Charles Holbrook, born in 1795, is brother of
Commander Thos. Holbrook, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1806, as
Midshipman, on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Ed-
wards Lloyd Graham, with whom, after witnessing
the first trial made with the Congreve rockets
against the Boulogne flotilla^ and being very actively
employed on the Home and Newfoundland stations,
he removed, in May, 1810, to the Pallas 32, com-
manded subsequently by Capt. Geo. Paris Morike.
Previously, however, to joining that frigate we find
him assisting, in particular, at the capture, 19 Nov.
1809, of L'lntrepide, French brig-ot-war, pierced
for 20 guns. He afterwards, during a cmi2e off
the Naze of Norway, contributed, in the boats of
the Pallas, to the capture of four Danish priva-
teers. Of one of these, which had offered a spirited
resistance, Mr. Holbrook was constituted Prize-
Master, and sent with her into Leith. On his pas-
sage he encountered a severe gale, and, as his vessel
was minus an anchor, he found himself under the
necessity, when in the Frith of Forth, of supplying
its place with two of her guns. The Pallas being
wrecked off St. Abb's Head, 18 Dec. 1810, he was
next, in Jan. and Feb. 1811, received on board the
Southampton 32, and Alcm^ne 38, commanded by
his friend Capt. Graham. On arriving in the Adri-
atic Mr. Holbrook there saw much detached service ;
and on one occasion, 22 May, 1812, he was present
in a most gallant but sanguinary attabk made by
four boats under Lieut. Edw. Saurin upon an ene-
my's convoy, the result of which was the capture
of one of their principal vessels, after nearly the
whole of the crew had been either killed or wounded.
The slaughter on the part of the British was like-
wise dreadful — the pinnace alone sustaining a loss
of at least 20 officers and men killed and wounded.
Among the latter was Mr. Holbrook, who received
a shot through the body, and suffered in conse-
quence a protracted illness of four months. On
being eventually transferred with Capt. Graham to
the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Lord Ex-
mouth, he shared in the partial action fought with
the French fleet off Toulon 13 Feb. 1814 ; and during
the ensuing siege of Genoa he was employed with
a battering-party on shore. After serving for a
few months at Plymouth on board the Prince
Frederick receiving-ship, and Malta 84, Capts.
Kich. Pridham and Wm. Chas. Fahie, he was pre-
sented with a commission dated 16 Feb. 1815. ]jn
the summer of 1827 Lieut. Holbrook joined the
Blonde 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon, from which
frigate, after cruizing for a short time in the At-
lantic, he was transferred to the command of the
Cockburn schooner, bearing the broad pendant of
Commodore Robt. Barrie on the Canadian Lalces
where he continued for the long period of seven
years, during 18 months of which, owing to the
absence of the latter officer in England, he had'the
supreme direction of naval affairs. He ultimately
in Sept. 1834, returned home, in consequence of the
establishment on the lakes being broken up ; but it
was not until after a lapse of another seven years
namely, on 7 Feb. 1842, that he succeeded in ob'
f aining the rank of Commander. During the three
years immediately preceding that event he had
been further employed onboard the San Josef 110
beanng the flag of Kear-Admiral Fred. Warren'
Admiral-Superintendent at Plymouth. In 1839'
during the conflagration which broke out in the
dockyard at that place, his exertions proved of pre
emment utility— the preservation, indeed, of two
hne-of-battle ships, the Minden and Canopds, beine
alone attributable, as officially asserted to. the
energetic conduct he displayed, and to tiie iuds-
m?nt with which he placed and usedthe fngines of
which he had charge. His promotion was at lensth
conferred upon him in consideration of his having
528
HOLBROOK— HOLBURNE.
been in command of the state barge in which the
King of Prussia embarked at Woolwich on the
occasion of His Majesty's departure &om England.
He has since been on half-pay.
In reference to the wound Commander Holbrook
received while belonging to the ALCMi:NE, it may
be further remarked, as indicative of its severity,
that the ball entered before the left shoulder, pass-
ing under the shoulder-blade and out at the spine,
and injuring, in its course, the clavicle bone— that,
four years afterwards, the wound broke out afresh,
and many pieces of bone were extracted from it —
that an extraneous substance, frequently productive
of pain, has been, in consequence, deposited in his
left breast — and that the free use of his left arm
has been lastingly affected. Not only has he never
received any pay or remuneration for his sufferings,
but even was his application refused for the repay-
ment of his surgical expenses. Commander Hol-
brook is married, and has numerous issue.
HOLBROOK. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 24.)
James Holbrook entered the Navy, 30 Oct. 1799,
as Midshipman, on board the Abundance store-
ship, Master-Commander "Wm. Price ; and in June,
1801, on his return from the Cape of Good Hope,
he removed to the TJnicoks 32, Capts. Chas. We-
myss and Chas. Stuart, attached to the force on the
Home station ; where, between Jan. 1803 and May,
1805, we find him employed on board the Etha-
LioN and Melampus frigates, Capts. Chas. Stuart
and Stephen Poyntz. In the course of the latter
year he proceeded to the East Indies in the Wooi-
wicH 44, armee-en-Jlute, Capt. Fras. Beaufort, with
whom, we believe, he remained until April, 1807.
From Nov. 1809, until Jan. 1813, he served on board
the Magnificent 74, Capts. Geo. Eyre and Wil-
loughby Thos. Lake, in the Mediterranean, and
also on the north coast of Spain, where, in co-ope-
ration with the patriots, he assisted at the reduc-
tion of Castro, Puerta Galletta, Guetaria, St. Ano,
&c. Until Sept. 1814, Mr. Holbrook was further
occupied on the Channel station, in the "Whiting
schooner, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Hayes, and In-
solent brig, Capts. Edw. Brazier and Wm. Kelly.
He obtained his commission 15 Feb. 1815, but, with
the exception of an appointment in the Coast Block-
ade, which he held as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of
the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, from
4 Sept. 1826, until Aug. 1827, he was not again em-
ployed until 27 Jan. 1837 ; since which period he
has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
HOLBROOK. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 16;
H-p, 25.)
Thomas Holbrook, bom in Dec. 1792, at Led-
bury, CO. Hereford, is son of Wm. Holbrook, Esq.,
a solicitor at that place ; brother of Commander
Thos. Holbrook, R.N. ; and brother-in-law of Capt.
J. W. Gabriel, K.N., K.H.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ocean 98, Capt. Fras.
Pender, in which ship, and the Ville de Paris
110, bearing each the flag of Lord Collingwood, he
served off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean, until
April, 1809— the last 20 months in the capacity of
Midshipman. After further attachment with Capt.
John Rich. Lumley to the Hind frigate,he joined, in
April, 1810, the Pomone 38, Capt. Robt. Barrie, under
whom, until wrecked, on the Needles Point, 14 Oct.
1811, he cruized with activity, also on the Mediter-
ranean station, where — besides assisting at the de-
struction of L'Etourdie national brig of 18 guns
and 200 men, and being on many occasions em-
ployed in the boats — he participated, 1 May, 1811,
in a gallant action of an hour and a half in Sagone
Bay, in which the Po.mone, in company with the
Unite 36, and Scout 18, accomplished the annihi-
lation, with a loss to herself of 2 men killed and
19 wounded, of the two armed store-ships Giraffe
and Nourrice, each mounting from 20 to 30 guns,
and defended by a 5-giin battery, a marteUo tower,
and a body of about 200 regular troops. Being
appointed, soon after the loss of the Pomone, to the
Alcmene 38, Capt. Edwards Lloyd Graham, he
proceeded in that ship to the Adriatic ; on which
station, in the course of 12 months, he came at least
10 times into conflict with the enemy, either in the
boats or on shore. On 22 May, 1812, while the boats
under Lieut. Saurin, as alluded to in our memoir of
Commander Chas. Holbrook, went in pursuit of an
armed convoy, the subject of the present narrative
was left with the launch at a neighbouring island
for the protection of some prizes already taken.
Immediately on hearing the report of firing he
hastened to the assistance of his friends, and was
of great service in securing their dearly-purchased
capture, in towing her during the night, and in
attending to the wounded. On 23 Sept. 1812, a
few months after he had been appointed Acting-
Lieutenant of the Alcmene, Mr. , Holbrook was
nominated to a death-vacancy in the Eagle 74,
Capt. Chas. Rowley. In the following April he
obtained warm mention for his conduct in the boats
of that ship and the Elizabeth 74, at the capture
of one and destruction of another of an armed
convoy, who had run themselves on shore into a
tremendous surf, under the protection of a galling
fire from a 2-gun battery, two schooners, and three
gun-boats, near Goro.* He also, on 8 June, 1813,
contributed to the destruction, close to Omago, of
a battery of 2 guns, and the bringing off of four
scuttled vessels, loaded with wine ; and he was next,
between the latter period and May, 1814, present
at the reduction of Fiume, Trieste, Boca Re, and
nearly all the towns and forts on the coast of Istria,
and at the mouths of the Po. During his con-
tinuance in the Eagle, Mr. Holbrook was likewise
concerned in the capture and destruction of about
150 sail of the enemy's vessels. His subsequent ap-
pointments were — 25 July, 1814, to the Wanderer
20, Capts. Fras. Newcombe, John Palmer, and Wm.
Dowers, with whom he served in the Channel until
Dec. 1815 — 5 Sept. 1818, as Senior Lieutenant, to
the Fly 18, Capts. Jas. Tomkinson and John Towns-
end Coflin, in which sloop he was employed for
three years and a half on the West India and Irish
stations, where he contributed to the capture of
several contraband traders— and, 22 Aug. 1825, to
the Dryad 42, Capts. Hon. Robt. Rodney and Hon.
Geo. Alfred Crofton. During the protracted ill-
ness of the former of those officers, he thrice had
command of the Dryad at sea; and on his demise
he again had temporary charge of her on the west-
em coast of Ireland. In Dec. 1827 we find him
escorting Mr. Stratford Canning, H. M.'s Ambassa-
dor at Constantinople, from the Dardanells to
Vorla, Corfu, ;and Ancona. He was promoted to
the rank of Commander, on the representation made
of his services by the last-mentioned personage,
6 May, 1828 ; but he has not been since employed.
Commander Holbrook was a student at the R. N.
College, from the summer of 1829 until Dec. 1831.
He married, in 1832, Mary, widow of the late Lieut.
Wm. Stock, R.N. (1807).
HOLBURNE, Bart. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p.,
10 ; H-p., 32.)
Sir Thomas William Holbdrne is only surviv-
ing son of the late Sir Fras. Holbume, Bart, (whom
he succeeded as fifth Baronet 13 Sept. 1820), by
Alicia, daughter of Thos. Brayne, Esq., of co.
Warwick ; grandson of Fras. Holbume, Esq., Ad-
miral of the White, Rear-Admiral of Great Bri-
tain, Governor of Greenwich Hospital, and M.P.
tor Plymouth ; and cousin of Sir Alex. Holbume,
Bart., a Captain in the R.N., who died 22 Jan. 1772.
His elder and only brother, Francis, an officer in
the 3rd Foot Guards, died of a wound he received
before Bayonne, 14 April, 1814.
This officer e.itered the Navy, in July, 1805, as
Fst.-el. Vol., on board the Orion 74, Capts. Edw.
Codrington and Sir Archibald Collingwood Dick-
• Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1793.
HOLE— HOLLAND.
529
son, under the former of whom he fought at Tra-
falgar. In Feb. 1807, after having been for some
time employed at the blockade of Toulon, he be-
came Midshipman of the Tonnant 80, bearing the
flag of Hon. Michael de Couroy; in which ship
we find him, in 1808, accompanying Sir John Duck-
worth to the West Indies in pursuit of a French
squadron from Rochefort ; and, in Jan. 1809, assist-
ing at the embarkation of the army after the battle
of Corunna. Until Nov. 1812 he next presents
himself to our notice as serving with Rear- Admiral
De Courcy on the Brazilian station in the Fod-
DKorANT 80. He was made Lieutenant, 5 Feb. 1813,
into the Stromboli bomb, Capts. John Stoddart
and Rich. Croker, with whom he cruized in the
Mediterranean until the autumn of 1814 ; and he
was lastly, from April to Oct. 1815, employed in the
Channel on board the Euphrates 36, Capt. Robt.
Preston. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
HOLE. (Kear-Admibal, 1846. F-p., 17; h-p.,
37.)
Lewis Hole, born 16 Jan. 1779, at Strodeley, in
Devonshire, is son of the late Rev. W. Hole, of
Kuscott HiU, Surrogate of Barnstaple, by a lady
descended from Sir John Berry, Knt., who was a
■Captain in the R.N. in 166.'5. He is brother of
Capt. Henry Hole, R.M. (1812), who died in 1838 ;
and of Commander Chas. Hole, R.N. (1812), a very
excellent officer, who died 8 Sept. 1844, in his 64th
year. One of his nephews, Wm. Hole, is a Lieute-
nant R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, at the commence-
ment of 1793, as A.B., on board the Sampson 64,
Capt. Geo. Montagu; and was soon afterwards
ordered to Quebec in the Severn 44, Capt. Paul
Minchin. Being next, on his return, appointed
Midshipman of the Belliqueux 64, Capt. Jas. Brine,
he assisted in that ship at the capture of Port-au-
Prince, 4 June, 1794 ; after which event, and until
promoted ;to the rank of Lieutenant 6 July, 1798,
he served on the Home station in the Sandwich,
Capt. Moss, Camilla 20, Capts. Dacres, Rotheram,
and' Poyntz, Astrjea frigate, Capt. R. Dacres, and
Kent 74, Capt. Wm. Johnstone Hope. He was
then employed for two years on board the Explo-
sion bomb, in the Channel ; and at the expiration
of that time he joined the Ramillies 74, Capts.
Rich. Grindall, John Wm. Taylor Dixon, Sam. Os-
bom, and Henry Nicholls, bearing the flag for
some time of Sir Chas. Morice Pole. Continuing
in the latter ship until 1802, he accompanied the
expedition sent in 1801 to act against the Northern
Confederacy. Previously to the attack made upon
the Danish line of defence before Copenhagen, he
had the fortune to be placed in command of a (ivi-
sion of boats attached to Lord Nelson's squadron ;
and on the memorable 2 April he served as a vo-
lunteer on board the PoLvrHEMus 64. Mr. Hole's
next appointments were, 9 March, 1804, and 18 April,
1805, to the Trusty, 50, and Revenge 74, Capts.
Geo. Argles and Robt. Moorsom. In the former
ship he cruized off Boulogne ; and in the Revenge
he was fiercely engaged, as First-Lieutenant, at
Trafalgar; for his conduct on which occasion he
was promoted to the rank of Commander 24 Dec.
1805. The ships he last joined were— 2 Dec. 1807,
the HiNDOSTAN 50, lying at Plymouth — 10 March,
1 808, the Egeria, in which sloop he served on the
Channel and Leith stations until Aug. 1812— and
21 A,pril, 1813, the Bacchus 16, on the coast of
Ireland. While in the Egehia, he captured the
Naesois privateer, of 10 guns and 26 men, the Aal-
harg cutter, of 6 guns and 25 men, and the Alvor
privateer, of 14 guns and 38 men. He became a
Post-Captain 4 Dec. 1813; left the Bacchus in the
following Feb. ; and assumed his present rank 1 Oct.
1846.
Rear-Admiral Hole married a daughter of the
late Wm. Finch, Esq., Bai-rister-at-Law, and Mas-
ter of the Grocers Company, by whom he has issue
HOLE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 30; h-p., 12.)
William Hole, bom 10 Nov. 1793, is only son
of the late W. B. Hole, Esq., of the island of Ja-
maica; and nepliew of Rear-Admiral Lewis Hole.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Oct. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Stab sloop, Capt. John
Simpson ; on accompanying whom, after an active
servitude on the Lisbon, Channel, and Newfound-
land stations, into the Wolverene 18, he co-ope-
rated as Midshipman in the reduction of Marti-
nique in Feb. 1809. While next attached, between
March in the latter year and June, 1811, to the
Bacchus schooner, Lieut. Commander Chas. Day-
man Jermy, he commanded one of the boats of a
squadron at the cutting-out, 12 Dec. 1809, of Le
Nisus, a French 16-gun brig-corvette, lying, vigo-
rously defended, under the protection of a fort in
the harbour of Hayes, Guadeloupe^shared, also, in
a gallant action, in which the BAgcHus, with a loss
of 5 men badly wounded, beat off two French
schooner-privateers — and contributed, in Feb. 1810,
to the reduction of the island of Guadeloupe. H6
was likewise twice engaged with French row-boats
who had designedly approached the Bacchus ; and
was on more than one occasion invested with the
navigation of prizes into port. In June, 181 1, Mr,
Hole, who had been for nearly two years in dis-
charge of the duties of Acting-Master, was trans-
ferred, as Master's Mate, to the Ganymede 26,
Capts. Robt. Preston and John Brett Purvis. Dur-
ing the two following years we find him employed
both in the West Indies and Mediterranean ; at
the expiration of which period he assumed the
charge of a watch on board the Bacchus sloop,
con^manded by his uncle, Capt. Lewis Hole, on the
Cork station. Being subsequently, in April, 1814,
appointed to the Trave arrme-en^Jlvte, Capts. Row-
land Money and John Codd, he proceeded in that
vessel to North America, where, after having com-
manded a boat at the destruction of Commodore
Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent, he landed and
served with the army in the attack upon Baltimore.
On 14 Dec. 1814 he next commanded one of the
boats of a squadron at the capture, on Lake Borgne,
of five American gun-boats under Commodore
Jones, which did not surrender until the British,
after a stem conflict, had endured a loss of 17 men
killed and 77 wounded. Joining then in the hosti-
lities against New Orleans, he iigain had charge of
a boat, an 8-oared cutter, on the river Mississippi,
and bore an active part in all the scenes which were
there enacted, including the storming and capture
of a heavy battery. During six whole weeks he
was in consequence exposed, in his unsheltered
boat, to the inclemency of the season which then
prevailed, undergoing the greatest hardships, and
being often, with his men, severely frost-bitten.
Having passed his examination in Sept. 1812, Mr.
Hole was at length, on 3 Feb. 1815, rewarded with
a Lieutenant's commission. Since 3 March, 1827,
he has been continuously employed in the ,Coast
Guard — a service in which his exertions have been
of a very signal nature, as testified by numerous
high testimonials from his superior officers, as well
as by various letters of thanks addressed to him
by Lloyd's for salvage of property in cases of ship-
wreck. He has been instrumental, we understand,
in the conviction of an extraordinary number of
smugglers.
Lieut. Hole married, 28 Oct. 1816, Eliza, daugh-
ter of the late Rich. Mallard Herbert, Esq., of
CO. Somerset, by whom he has issue a son and
a daughter.
HOLLAND. (Commander, 1840.)
Edward Holland entered the Navy 31 Jan.
1814; passed his examination in 1820; and from 26
July, 1826, the date of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, until he invalided in Dec. 1830, was in
successive command, on the West India station of
the Monkey schooner. Nimble cutter, and Union
Minx, and Firefly schooners. He became Flae-
Lieutenant, 31 March, 1836, to Hon. Chaa. Elphin-
3T
530
HOLLAND-HOLLINWORTH— HOLLOWAY— HOLMAN.
stone Fleeming, on board the Howe 120, at Sheer-
ness ; was transferred, 8 Oct. following, to the com-
mand, on particular service, of the Scorpion brig,
in which vessel he remained for a period of three
months ; from 2 Aug. 1838 until the spring of 1840
commanded the Dolphin brigantine, of 36 guns, on
the coast of Africa, whence he removed early in 1840 ;
and on 3 of the next July was advanced to his present
rank. Hehas been employed in the Coast Guard since
10 July, 1845. Agents— Hallett and Kobinson.
HOLLAND. (Commander, 1846.)
Frederick Holland obtained his first com-
mission 13 Aug. 1836 ; joined, on 24 Oct. following,
the Satellite 18, Capt. John Kobb, on the North
America and West India station ; and on 9 March,
1839, was there removed to the command of the
Pickle schooner. He was superseded from the
latter vessel in Dec. 1840 ; and advanced to the
rank he now holds 9 Nov. 1846. He is at present
on half-pay.
Commander Holland married, first, 14 Sept. "1842,
Susan, eldest daughter of Sam. Christian, Esq., of
Malta; and (having been left a widower 11 July,
1844) secondly, 18 Aug. 1846, Anne, fifth daughter
of Lord Denman, Chief Justice of the Court of
Queen's Bench. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
HOLLINWORTH. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Henry Augustds Hollinworth entered the
Navy 14 Feb. 1834 ; passed his examination 15 July,
1840; served on board the Thdnderer 84, Capt.
Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, during
the proximate operations on the coast of Syria,
including the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre ;
and on proceeding to China as Mate of the Corn-
WALLis 72, flag-ship of Sir "Wm. Parker, was there
employed in 1842, at the capture of Chapoo, Woo-
sung, and Chin-Kiang-Foo.* He acquired his pre-
sent rank, on his return to England, 20 Sept. 1843 ;
since which period his appointments have been —
28 Dec. 1844, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at
.Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry
Duoie Chads— and 29 Jan. 1847, as Additional, to
the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Louis,
Admiral-Superintendent at Devonport.
HOLLINWOETH. (Reak-Admirai,, 1846. f-p.,
15;h-p., 37.)
John Hollinworth is son of M. Hollinworth,
Esq., many years a clerk of the Admiralty ; and
brother of Thos. Hollinworth, Esq., formerly Naval
Storekeeper at Devonport.
This oflicer entered the Navy, in June, 1795, as
Midshipman, on board the Repulse 74, Capt. Wm.
Geo. Fairfax, employed on the Home station, where
he removed, in March, 1797, to the D^dalds 32,
Capt. Hall. Towards the close of the same year he
sailed for the Cape of Good Hope in the Garland
28, Capts. John Clarke Searle and Jas. Athol Wood ;
under the latter of whom he had the misfortune to
be wrecked, while in pursuit of an enemy's vessel,
off Madagascar, 26 July, 1798. On his return to
England, in 1799, on board the Sphtnx 20, Capt.
Lord Augustus Fitzroy, he became attached in suc-
cession to the Temeraire, Barpleur, and Teme-
kaiee again, 98's, in which ships we find him serv-
ing until May, 1800, in the Channel, under the flag
of Rear- Admiral Jas. Hawkins Whitshed. Joining,
then, the Endymion 40, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams,
he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where — being
appointed on his arrival Acting-Lieutenant of the
Vestal arm^e-en-flute, Capt. Valentine CoUard — he
accompanied the expedition to Egypt in 1801. On
10 June, 1802, he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the
Cark^re, Capt. Maitland. Between Feb. 1803 and
April, 1806 (on 22 Jan. in which latter year he was
promoted to the rank of Commander), he presents
himself to our notice as next serving, in the Channel
and West Indies, on board the Venerable 74, fl!»g-
ship of Rear-Admiral Cuthbert CoUihgwood, Mer-
maid 32, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollia, and Heb-
• Vide Gaz. 1S4S, pp. 3iOO,,3iflS, 36il4.
cuLE 74, bearing the flags of Sir John Duckworth
and Kear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres. His suc-
ceeding and last appointments were, on the Medi-
terranean station— 25 March, 1807, to the Minstrel
18,. in which sloop he captured, 16 July, 1808, the
Italian schooner Orteazia, pierced for 16 guns, but
carrying only 2 long 24-pounders, 6 long 9-pounder
and 2 3-pounder swivejs, with a complement of 56
men, who effected their escape-*- and, 22 Nov. 1809,
and 7 April and 12 July, 1810, to the Acting-Cap-
taincy of the Invincible 74, and Resistance and
Salsettb frigates. He returned to England soon
after his official advancement to Post-rank, which
took place 3 April, 1811 ; and on 1 Oct. 1846 he
became a Kear-Admiral.
He married, in 1808, a daughter of John Jackson,
Esq., Master-Attendant at Portsmouth ; by whom
he has, Vith other issue, a daughter, Marianne, who
married, in 1844, a son of Colonel Shadforth.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
HOLLINWOETH. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
John Hollinworth entered the Navy 21 Nov.
1818; obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1837; and
from 4 of the following March until paid off in the
summer of 1842 was employed, a great part of the
time as First-Lieutenant, in the Sappho 16, Capts.
Thos. Eraser and Edw. Iggulden Parrey, on the
North America and West India station. He has
not been since afloat. Agents— Messrs. StilweU.
HOLLOWAY. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Holloway entered the Navy, in Jan.
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64,
Capt. Thos. Seccombe. With that officer, after
having served a few months in the Downs under
the flag of Rear-Admiral John Holloway, he re-
moved to the Glatton 50, and proceeded to the
Mediterranean, where, until the close of 1808, he
was actively employed with Capt. Robt. Waller
Otway on board the Montagu 74, and Malta 84.
During the next 12 months we find him serving, on
the Downs and Newfoundland stations, in the Isis
50, Capts. Laugharne and D. M'Leod, and Ante-
lope 50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Holloway. He
then rejoined Capt. Otway in the Ajax 74, and on
20 July, 1810, was on board that ship in a very gal-
lant skirmish, in which the British, with a slender
force, beat back a powerful division of the French
flotilla. After an attachment of some time to the
Cumberland 74, commanded on the Home station
by Capt. Thos. Baker, Mr. Holloway was made
Lieutenant, 10 March, 1812, into the Fame 74,
Capt. Walter Bathurst, under whom he long ,co-
operated with the patriots on the coast of Spain,
and came into frequent contact with the French.
Since he was paid off, in Oct. 1814, he has not been
afloat.
HOLMAN, K.W., F.E.S. (Lieutenant, 1807.)
James Holman is brother of Capt. Wm. Holman,
R.N.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 7 Dec. 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rotal George 100, Capt.
Chas. Morice Pole, bearing the flag in the Channel
of Lord Bridport; served, from Sept. 1799 until
April, 1805, in the Cambrian 40, Capts. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge, Geo. Henry Towry, Wm.
Bradley, and John Poo Beresford, on the Home
and North American stations ; then joined in suc-
cession the Leander 50, Capts. John Talbot and
Henry Whitby, and Cleopatra 32, of which fri-
gate, commanded by Capts. John W"ight, Love, and
Simpson, he was created a Lieutenant 27 April,
1807 ; and from Oct. 1808 to Nov. 1810, when he
invalided, was employed in the GuERRiiRE frigate,
Capts. Alex. Skene, Robt. Lloyd, and Sam. John
Pechell, stationed, as was also the Cleopatra, on
the coast of North America. He has since been on
half-pay.
Lieut. Holman (who is totally deprived of sight,
and whose extensive peregrinations have procured
* rirfeGai. 1808, p. 1S56.
nd(LMAN-HOLMES.
531
him the title of the "Blind Traveller") has been a
Naval Knight of Windsor since the commencement
of the peace. He is the author of ' A Narrative of
a Journey taken in the years 1819-20-21 through
France, Italy, Savoy, &o.,' published in 1822 ; and
also of 'A Voyage round the World, including
Travels in Africa, Asia, Australia, and America,'
published in 1834-5, in 4 volumes.
HOLMAN. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 19; h-p., 28.)
Robert Holman is brother of Capt. Wm. Hol-
man, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Eoyal George 100,
Capts. Wm. Domett and Kobt. Waller Otway, bear-
ing the flag for some time of Sir Hyde Parker in
the Channel. On accompanying that Admiral, as
Midshipman, in Feb. 1801, into the London 98, he
witnessed the ensuing memorable conflict oflF Co-
penhagen; after which event he was for three
years and a half employed with Capt. John Han-
cock on board the Cruizek sloop. He assisted,
during that period, at the capture, 14 June, 1803,
when in company with L'Immortalite 36, and
Jalohse 18, of the French gun-brigs L' Inabordable
and La Commode, after an hour's engagement with
the batteries on the east side of Cape Grisnez;
participated also in a skirmish fought by the
Cbuizer, in March, 1804, with 13 armed vessels full
of troops, which had come out of Flushing appa-
rently for the purpose of carrying her by boarding ;
and on 16 May, 1804, was present in a gallant action
of six hours and a half with a division of the French
flotilla, consisting of 59 sail, passing alongshore
from Flushing to Ostend, whose fire occasioned the
Ckdizer a loss of 1 man killed and 4 wounded.
He further shared, 23 Oct. following, in the Cruizer's
close action with a praam, which was completely
silenced in less than an hour and a half; and he
contributed to the destruction, among other priva-
teers, of a very notorious one, Le Contre Amiral de
Magon, of 17 guns and 84 men, 17 Nov. 1804. On
22 July, 1805, having joined the Prince op Wales
98, we find Mr. Holman acting as Aide-de-camp to
Sir Robt. Calder in his action with the combined
squadrons off Cape Finisterre. He subsequently, in
Jan. 1806, rejoined Capt. Otway on board the Mon-
tagu 74, in which ship, on his return from a visit
to the West Indies, he proceeded to the Mediterra^
nean ; where, in Feb. 1808 (nearly 12 months after
he had passed his examination), he served in the
boats at the evacuation of Scylla, a fortified rock in
the Faro of Messina, the garrison whereof was em-
barked under a heavy fire from the enemy on the
Calabrian shore. While on the books of the Mon-
tagu, Mr. Holman succeeded on one occasion, when
in charge of two boats, in cutting out, close in with
the town of Reggio, a vessel laden with wine, in
tow of a gun-boat. On being removed to the Ca-
Nopus 80, bearing the flag of ReaivAdmiral Geo.
Martin, he had an opportunity, in 1809, besides
witnessing the annihilation of a flotilla of gun-boats
on the coast of Italy, of aiding in the capture of the
islands of Ischia and Procida, and of joining in the
pursuit which led to the self-destruction of the
I'rench ships of the line Robuste and Lion. From
Nov. 1809 to July, 1812, he was employed as Acting-
Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission dated 11
Aug. 1810) in the Bombay 74, Capts. Wm. Cuming
and Norborne Thompson. In the boats of that
ship, which was stationed the whole time in the
Mediterranean, Lieut. Holman, in the year 1811,
had the fortune and gallantry, at noonday, to bring
out several vessels laden with wine from under
Fort Trinidad, in the Bay of Rosas. With the ex-
ception of a cruize, during the latter months of
1813, off Cherbourg, in the Eridancs 36, Capt.
Henry Prescott, he was uninterruptedly employed
at Plymouth, from Sept. 1812 until Nov. 1819, on
board the Salvador del Mundo, Impregnable,
St. George, Impregnable again, Berwick 74, and
a third time in the Impregnable, under the flags
of Sir Eobt. Calder, Sir Wm. Domett, and Sir John
Tho^. Duckworth. In Oct. 1814, on the occasion
of an ofdcial visit made by the Lords of the Admi-
ralty to the above port, it was the honourable lot
of Lieut. Holman, then in temporary command of
the Impregnable, to hoist their Lordships' flag.
He has been on half-pay since 1819.
In June, 1838, he was appointed Superintendent
of the Plymouth Police— a post he still continues to
fill. He married, 2 Nov. 1824, Mary, daughter of
the late Wm. Holman, Esq., of Hayne House, co.
Devon, and by that lady, who died 4 Nov. 1840, has
issue six children. Agents — Case and Loudonsack.
HOLMAN. (Commander, 1841.)
Thomas Holloway Holman is first-cousin of
Capt. Wm. Holman, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Feb. 1804, as
Midshipman, on board the Tisiphone sloop, Capt.
Wm. Williams Foote, employed on the Home sta-
tion ; and on removing, in May, 1806, to the The-
seus 74, Capts. Geo. Hope, Rich. Turner Hancock,
and John Poo Beresford, was for some time em-
ployed at the Cape of Good Hope and on the coast
of Spain. While afterwards attached, between
May, 1808, and March, 1812, to the Egeria sloop,
Capt. Lewis Hole, he served on the Channel and
Leith stations, and assisted at the capture of three
privateers, carrying altogether 30 guns and 89 men.
Being then appointed Master's Mate of La Mi-
nerve frigate, Capt. Rich. Hawkins, we find him
cruizing, during the next two years, in the West
Indies and along the American shores. He then
joined for a few months the Namur 74, bearing the
flag of Sir Thos. Williams at the Nore ; and between
Aug. 1814 and his promotion to the rank of Lieute-
nant, 6 Feb. 1815, he served, in the Channel and
among the Western Islands, on board the Leyden
64, arme'e-en-Jlute, Capts. John Davie and Henry
Bazely. On 9 April, 1832, having previously had
charge of a station in the Coast Guard, Mr. Holman
obtained command of the Harpy Revenue-vessel.
He returned to the Coast Guard 30 June, 1834, and
continued in that service until advanced to his
present rank 15 Jan. 1841. Since 16 Feb. 1842 he
has been again attached to it in the capacity of
Inspecting-Commander.
HOLMAN. (Retired Captain, 1844.)
William Holman is brother of Lieuts. Jas. and
Robt. Holman, R.N. ; and first-cousin of Commander
T. H. Holman, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 30 Deo. 1790, and
was Midshipman of the Royal George 100, flag-
ship of Lord Bridport, in the action off He de Groix
23 June, 1795. Having attained the rank of Lieu-
tenant by commission dated 26 Sept. 1797, and
been appointed to the Regolus 44, Capt. Geo. Eyre
we find him, in the course of that year, serving in
the boats at the capture of several vessels fiom
under the fort of GuadiUa, on the island of Puerto
Rico ; and again, on 11 July, 1798, ably contributing
to the cuttmg-out of three others, beneath an in-
cessant fire from the batteries in Aguada Bay on
the same island.* When afterwards in the London
98, flag-ship of Sir Hyde Parker, Mr. Holman was
present at the victory achieved off Copenhagen 2
April, 1801. He obtained his second promotal com-
mission 20 Feb. 1812, and accepted the rank of
Captain 26 March, 1844.
Capt. Holman is married and has issue. His
second daughter, Emily, is married to J. Kersey
Esq;, of the Madras Medical Service. Agents--
Pettet and Newton.
HOLMES. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Edward Holmes entered the Navy 20 Aug 1826 •
passed his examination 28 Jan. 1833; and at the
penod of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant
which took place 23 Nov. 1841, was serving on the
North America and West India station as Mate of
* Fide Gaz. 1798, p. 947.
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HOLT— HOME
-HONf:
MAN.
the Eacehoese 18, Capt. John Coghlan Fitzgerald.
His appointments have since been — 26 Dec. 1841,
again to the Kacehokse, Capt. Edm. Peel— 14 Sept.
1843 (after about 12 months of half-pay), as First,
to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Fras. Scott, fitting at
Sheemess— 19 Oct. 1843, and 14 June, 1844, to the
WiHCHESTER 50, flag-sMp of Hon. Josceline Percy,
and Bittern 16, Capt. Edm. Peel, both at the Cape
pf Good Hope— and, 23 July, 1845, to the Calliope
26, Capt. Edw. Stanley, with whom he is now serv-
ing in the East Indies. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
HOLT. (Captain, 18-38. f-p., 18; h-p., 26.)
William Holt entered the Navy, 4 July, 1803,
as a Volunteer, on board the San Josef 110, Capts.
John Tremayne Rodd and Tristram Robt. Kicketts,
bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton off Brest. On
removing, in Jan. 1806, to the Mineeva frigate^
Capt. Geo. Ralph Collier, stationed off Cape Finis-
terre, he frequently distinguished himself in the
boats against the enemy, particularly on one occa-
sion, 3 Oct. 1806, when, led by Capt. Collier in
person, they boarded and carried, after a row of
seven hours, a Spanish gun-boat, mounting 1 long
24-pounder and 2 short brass 4's, with a comple-
ment of 30 men, besides soldiers, together with a
launch armed with a brass 4-pounder.* In Aug.
1807, having followed the same Captain into the
SoEVEiLLANTE 38, he accompanied the expedition
against Copenhagen, during the bombardment of
which city he was more than once intrusted with
the command of a rocket-boat. On 7 Nov. 1810,
after he had acted for some time as Lieutenant of
the Nautilus sloop, Capt. Thos. Dench, and Bae-
ELEUB and San Josef, flag-ships in the Tagus and
Mediterranean of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley
and Sir Chas. Cotton, we find him appointed First
of the Blossom sloop, Capt. Wm. Stewart. During
an attachment of three years to that vessel, from
which he was lent for a short period at the close of
1811 to the Temekaiee 98, flag-ship of Admiral
Fras. Pickmore at Port Mahon, Mr. Holt assisted
at the capture of upwards of 20 French and Ame-
rican merchantmen in the neighbourhood of Mar-
seilles, where he also came into frequent affray with
the enemy's batteries and naval force. At the
commencement of Sept. 1811 he served on shore at
the reduction of a French fort on the smaller Medis
Island, mounting 1 mortar, 2 long 18-pounders, and
2 sixes — an achievement performed in the presence
of a formidable force assembled on Cape Begu, on
the coast of Catalonia. He next, on 23 Feb. 1812,
aided at the capture of a schooner privateer, Le
Jean Bart, of 7 guns and 106 men ; and, on 29 of
the following April, he commanded the boats of
the Blossom, in conjunction with those of the Un-
daunted and VoLONTAJRE frigates, in an attack
upon 26 vessels near the mouth of the Rhone, 7 of
which were brought oiit, and 12, including a na^
tional schooner of 4 guns and 74 men, left stranded
on the beach. When subsequently in the San Josef,
with Sir Rich. King, Mr. Holt presents himself to
our notice as co-operating, in April, 1814, in the
reductioii of Genoa. On 18 July in the following
year, having become First-Lieutenant of the Feeeet
sloop, Capt. J as. Stirling, he served with the boats
of that vessel and it squadron, and enacted a dis-
tinguished part, at the cuttiug-out of a convoy and
several armed vessels lying under the protection of
a fort at Corrijou, near Brest. On that occasion
his exertions called forth the warmest approbation,
especially the promptness he displayed in taking
possession of a ]?rench man-of-war brig, and bring-
ing her to an anchor when she attempted to run
for the rocks. Equally conspicuous was his conduct
in the following year, when the Feeeet, with only
8 12-pounder carronades mounted, captured, after
a running fight of two hours, and a loss of 3 men
killed and 2 wounded, the American-built brigan-
tine Dolores, having on board nearly 300 slaves,
armed with 1 long 32-pounder on a pivot, 4 long
9-pounders, and 2 12-pounder carronades, a vessel
• Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 1373.
by whom she had been at first attacked. Quitting
the Feeeet in June, 1816, Lieut. Holt next, on 2
April, 1823, joined the Hussar frigate, Capt. Geo.
Harris, fitting for the West India station, where
his gallantry and perseverance in exterminating
(during 67 days of absence from the ship in operi
boats) a horde of pirates who had taken possession
of the Isle of Pines procured him the rank of Com-
mander by commission dated 20 Aug. 1824. His
succeeding and last appointments were, on the Me-
diterranean station.— 21 July, 1834, to the Scout 18,
which sloop he paid off 8 Oct. 1835— and, 22 March,
1836, to the Second-Captaincy of the Asia 84, Capt.
Wm. Fisher. He continued in the latter ship until
advanced to his present rank 28 June, 1838.
Capt. Holt, who has several children, was left a
widower in 1839.
HOME, Bart., C.B., F.K.S. (Captain, 1837.)
Sie James Eveeaed Home, born 25 Oct. 1793,
in London, is son of the late Sir Everard Home,
Bart., F.R.S., Sergeant-Surgeon to the King, and
Physician to the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, by
Jane, daughter and heiress of Jas. Tunstall, Esq.,
D.D., and viddow of Stephen Thompson, Esq. ;
nephew of Capt. Wm. Home, E.I.C.S., and of John
Hunter, Esq., Surgeon-General to the Army ; and
brother-in-law of Capt. Henry Forbes, E.N., and of
the late Capt. Bernard Yeoman, R.N. He succeeded
his father, as second Baronet, 31 Aug. 1832.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 April, 1810, as
Midshipman, on board the Eueyalus frigate, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dnndas. Proceeding
in that ship to the Mediterranean, he there joined,
in Aug. 1812, the Malta 80, bearing the flag of
Sir Benj. Hallowell, with whom, subsequently to
the peace, he served at Cork on board the Tonnant
80. On his ultimate arrival in the West Indies in
the SrniLLE frigate, bearing the flag of Sir Home
Popham, he was promoted, 14 July, 1814, to a Lien-
tenancy in the Laene 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe,
and next appointed to the Pique 36, Capt. John
Mackellar. After a further servitude of eight months
on the Home station in the Helicon 10, Capt. Wm.
Robt. Dawkins, he succeeded in obtaining a second
promotal commission, dated 28 Jan. 1822, but he
did not again go afloat until Feb. 1834, on 1 of
which month we find him assuming command of
the Racehorse 18i fitting for the West Indies.*
He acquired his present rank soon after he had been
paid ofi; 5 Dec. 1837 ; and he was lastly, from 30
Aug. 1841, until the summer of 1846, employed iik
the East Indies on board the Noeth Star 26.
During the period he commanded the latter ship
Sir Jas. Everard Home contributed to the capture
of Woosung and Shanghae, and participated in the
operations on the Tang-tse-Kiang-|' — services for
which he was nominated a C.B. 24 Dec. 1842. In
Dec. 1845, when Senior Naval Officer at New Zea-
land, he originated the instructions which were
afterwards adopted by Capt. Chas. Graham, during
whose siege of Kawiti's stronghold, as detailed in
our memoir of that officer, he was intrusted with, and
behaved with unwearied zeal, exertion, and attenr
tion at, the defence of a pah situated at the point of
debarkation, six miles up the river and 12 from the
pah destroyed.!
Sir J. E. Home was elected a F.R.S. in 1825.
HONYMAN. (Admiral op the Blue, 1847.
F-p., 29 ; H-p., 36.)
Robert Hontman is son of the late Patrick
Honyman, Esq. (a descendant of Robert, first Earl
of Orkney, natural son of James V. of Scotland),
by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Patrick
Sinclair, Esq., of Durwin ; half-brother of the late
Lord Armadale, one of the Lords of Session, and
Justiciary in the Supreme Courts of Scotland; and
'^ The Racehojise took an active part in the siege of
Pana in 1835, and was for several days in contest with the
batteries, in company with a Brazilianaquadron.
t Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 3391, 3404,
t V. Gaz. 1846, pp. 2345, 234".
HOOD.
533
uncle of the present Sir Ord Honyman, Bart., Lieut.-
Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, who married a
daughter of Admiral Geo. Bowen, of Coton Hall,
This officer entered the Navy, 20 April, 1782, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Queen, Capt.
Patrick Sinclair, stationed in the North Sea, where
he removed, with the same Captain, to the Tek-
MAGANT sloop. In Sept. 1783, after he had served
for six months with Capt. Benj. Archer in the
Unicoen 32, he rejoined him as Midshipman on
board the Hy.s;na 24, on the Irish station ; and he
was next, from Oct. 1785 until promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 21 Oct. 1790, employed, chiefly
at home, in the Powerfdl 74, Capt. Andrew Suth-
erland, LoWESTOFFE frigate, Capt. £dm. Dod, Orios
74, Capts. A. Sutherland and Chas. Chamberlayne,
Iphigenia frigate, Capt. P. Sinclair, and Kegtjltjs
44, Capt. Wm. Mitchell. On the renewal of hostili-
ties in 1793 he obtained an appointment to the
Diadem 64, Capts. A. Sutherland and Wm. Smith,
and sailed for the Mediterranean, where, after wit-
nessing the occupation of Toulon, he removed in
succession to the Berwick 74, Capts. A. Sutherland
and Wm. Smith, and St. George 98, flag-ship of
Sir Hyde Parker, under whom he was wounded in
Hotham's first partial action, 14 March, 1 795.* Being
awarded (while serving in the Channel on board
the Defiance 74, Capt. Theophilus Jones) a second
promotal commission 13 Aug. 1796, Capt. Honyman,
on 4 May, 1797, assumed command of the Tisiphone
sloop, in which, in the course of the same year, he
captured the French privateers Xe Prospered of 14
guns and 73 men, and Le Ceif Volant^ of 14 guns,
6 swivels, and 63 men. He attained Post-rank in
the DoRTRECHT, On the Home station, 10 Dec. 1798,
and was subsequently appointed — 16 Oct. 1800, to
the Garland 28, in which ship he conveyed Kear-
Admiral Robt. Montagu to Jamaica — 19 Oct. 1801,
to the ToPAZE frigate, employed on the latter sta-
tion, whence he returned towards the close of 1802
—21 Dec. 1802, to the Leda 38—14 March, 1809,
to the Ardent 64, attached to the force in the
Baltic, on which station he continued until April,
1812 — 1 Jan. and 28 June, 1813, to the Sceptre
and Marlborough 74's, both in North America —
and, 11 June, 1814, to the office of Regulating Cap-
tain at Portsmouth. When in the Leda, at the
commencement of the late war, we find Capt. Hony-
man stationed on the coast of France, with a small
squadron under his orders, for the purpose of ob-
structing the progress of the enemy's flotilla from
the eastward towards Boulogne. On 29 Sept. 1803
part of his force attacked a division of gun-boats,
and drove two on shore, where they were bilged ;
and on 24 April, 1805, having discovered 26 of the
enemy's vessels rounding Cape Grisnez, he suc-
ceeded, during an engagement of about two hours,
in cutting off seven schuyts, carrying altogether
18 guns, 1 howitzer, and 168 men, from Dunkerque,
bound to Ambleteuse.t The Leda afterwards as-
sisted in a conspicuous manner at the reduction of
the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806 % — was present
at the o&pture, 21 Feb. and 4 March following, of
the Holla brig and Volxmtaire frigate in Table Bay
— took an active and zealous share, on accompany-
ing Sir Home Popham to the Rio de la Plata, in all
the operations which preceded the evacuation of
Spanish America in 1807 §— formed part of the
ensuing expedition to Copenhagen — effected the
capture, 4 Dec. 1807, of VAdolphe privateer, of 18
guns and 70 men— and was finally wrecked, near
the entrance of Milford Haven, 31 Jan. 1808. The
subject of the present narrative, whom a court-
martial acquitted of all blame in the catastrophe,
and who has been unemployed since Jan. 1816, be-
came a Rear- Admiral 27 May, 1825, a Vice-Admiral
10 Jan. 1837, and a full Admiral 19 Feb. 1847.
Admiral Honyman was elected M.P. in 1802 for
the shires of Orkney and Shetland. He is married.
Vide Gaz. 17ff6, p. 306. + V. Gaz.1805, p. S54.
J V. Ghz. 1806, p. 258.
} V. Gaz. 1807, pp. 112, 113, 126.
HOOD. (Liedtenant, 1846.)
AKTH0R William Acland Hood, bom 14 July,
1824, is second son of Sir Alex. Hood, Bart., of Tid-
lake, CO. Surrey, by Amelia Anne, youngest daugh-
ter and co-heir of Sir Hugh Bateman, Bart., of
Hartington Hall, co. Derby ; grandson of the gal-
lant Capt. Alex. Hood, B.N., who accompanied
Capt. Cook in one of his voyages round the world,
and, after much distinguished service, fell in com-
mand of the Mars 74, during a tremendous yard-
arm-and-yard-arm conflict which preceded the sur-
render to the latter ship of the French 74 L'Her-
cuh, 21 April, 1798; and grand-nephew of that
excellent officer, the late Vice-Admiral Sir Sam.
Hood, K.B., K.F.M.* His elder and only brother,
Alex. Bateman Periam Hood, is a Lieutenant in the
Royal Horse Guards.
This officer passed his examination 2 Aug. 1843 ;
and, after serving for nearly two years, as Mate, in
the Excellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, Capt.
Sir Thos. Hastings, and for a short time in the
President 50, fitting for the flag of Rear-Admiral
Jas. Rich. Dacres, was promoted to the rank he
now holds 9 Jan. 1846. He was then re-appointed
to the President, in the capacity of Additional-
Lieutenant, and is at present serving in her at the
Cape of Good Hope.
HOOD. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 32.)
Silas Thomson Hood, born in 1789, at Devon-
port, is elder and only brother of Captain W. J. T.
Hood, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Suffisante 14, Capts.
Joseph Whitman, Jonas Rose, and Christopher John
Williams Nesham, attached to the force in the
Channel, where he served until Aug. 1802, and as-
sisted at the capture of several privateers and
merchantmen. In March, 1803, he re-embarked on
board the Plantagenet 74, Capts. Graham Eden
Hamond, Hon. Michael de Courcy, Fras. Pender,
and Wm. Bradley, in which ship he was for five
years actively employed on the Channel, St. Helena,
and Lisbon stations, chiefly as Midshipman and
Master's Mate. Being then, in March, 1808, ap-
* Sir Samuel Hood 'was born in 1762, and entered the
Navy at the age of 14, on board the Couraoeux 74, com-
manded by his father's first-cousin, the lirst Viscount Hood.
He commanded the Ren.4RD sloop on the glorious 12 April,
1782 ; and in 1784 he was advanced, for his services, to Post-
rank. In Dec. 1793, being then in the Juno frigate, he en-
tered Toulon, unapprized of its evacuation, but succeeded,
with consummate skill and presence of mind, in ejecting
his escape . He was next employed at the reduction of Corsica,
and in command of a small squadron in the Archipelago. As
Captain of the Zealous 74, he accompanied Nelson to Tene-
riffe in 1797, and fought with him at the Nile, where he
captured Ze Giterrier 74, and, until called off by signal, was
singly in combat with four French ships. His valour on the
occasion procured him the thanks of Parliament, and a sword
from the City of London. In 1799 his conduct in expelling
the French from Naples was acknowledged with the order of
St. Ferdinand and Merit from the King of the Two Sicilres.
He subsequently commanded the Courageux 74, in Sir John
Borlase Warren's expedition to Ferrol ; enacted a conspicuous
part in the Venerable 74, in Sir James Saumarez' actions
of 6 and 12 July, 1801, off Algeciras and in the Gnt of
Gibraltar ; and in 1803, on being appointed Commodore of
the West India squadron, with his broad pendant in the
Centaur 74, won the distinction of a K.B. for his capture
of the Dutch settlements of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice.
In Sept. 1806, being still in the Centaur, and in command
of a squadron off Rochefort, Sir Samuel Hood made prize of
four heavy French frigates. Having on that occasion lost
his right arm, he was awarded, in consideration of the wound
and of his numerous services, a pension of 500/. In 1807 he
was elected M.P. for Westminster, and in the ensuing Oct.,
on his return with Lorrl Gambler from Copenhagen, he was
promoted to Flag-rank. In Dec. of the same year we find
him obtaining possession, with Major-General Beresford, of
the island of Madeira ; and next, when in company with the
Implacable 74, eflecting the destruction, in Aug. 1808, of
the 74-gun ship Sewolod, after a close and furious contlict
fought in sight of the whole Russian fleet near Kogerswick.
In 1809 he received the thanks of Parliament for his services
at Corunna. He was created a Baronet on 13 of the following
■April ; and on 24 Dec. 1814, a few months after his assump-
tion of the rank of Vice-Admiral, died, on the East India
station, where he had been appointed Commauder-in-Chief.
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HOOD.
pointed Sub-Lieutenant of the Conflict 12, Lieut.-
Commander Joseph B. Batt, he witnessed Lord
Cochrane's destruction Tof the French shipping in
Basque Roads in April, 1809 ; and on one occasion,
when in command of a single boat belonging to that
vessel, had the good fortune and gallantry to effect
the capture, during a heavy gale of wind, of La
Grande Decidee letter-of-marque, armed with 1 long
18-pounder and 2 nines, and having on board a crew
of 45 men. As a reward for this service, as also for
the conduct he displayed in cutting out two sloops
laden with naval stores from under the battery of
St. Nicholas, near Sable d'Olonne, Mr. Hood was
appointed, 28 July, 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Dkeadkocght 98, to which ship, bearing the flag
in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby, he
was confirmed by commission dated on 19 of the
next Dec. During his continuance in her we find
him, on the night of 8 Sept. 1810, commanding one
of her boats, under Lieut. Kobt. Pettman, at the
re-capture of the Maria Antonia Spanish merchant-
man among the rocks on the west side of Ushant, a
desperate exploit, which was not achieved without
a loss to the British of 6 men Isilled, 31 wounded,
and 6 missing. The behaviour manifested in this
affair by Mr. Hood led to his being appointed, in
Dec. 1811 (after many months of servitude in the
Valiant 74, Capt. Kobt. Dudley Oliver), Second-
Lieutenant of the Bacchante 38, Capts. Wm.
Hoste and Fras. Stanfell. On 18 Sept. 1812, the
Bacchante having chased a convoy of 18 sail be-
tween the islands of Tremiti and Vasto, he was sent
with her boats, six in number, containing 72 officers
and men, the whole under the orders of Lieut. Do-
nat Henchy O'Brien (whom he most ably seconded),
to assist in bringing them out.* Although the mer-
chantmen had been hauled on shore, and lay under
the protection of eight armed vessels, carrying in
all 8 long 12-pounders, 6 swivels, and 104 men, yet
were they unable to withstand the impetuosity of
the valiant seamen, who, rushing like lions to the
attack, pushed through a heavy fire of grape and
musketry, and boarded and carried each opponent,
driving the crews over the sides in every direction ;
while the marines, under Lieut. Wm. Haig, land-
ing, forced the fugitives from a neighbouring wood,
where they would have had complete command of
the coast, and thereby secured possession of the
whole of the convoy and armed vessels. On 6 Jan.
1813 he was further present in the boats with Lieut.
O'Brien at the capture of five gun-vessels near
Otranto';"!" and, on the consequent promotion of that
officer, he became the Bacchante's First-Lieute-
nant. On 14 of the following month we find him
receiving a severe contusion, by a fall, while com-
manding the barge of the same ship, at the capture
of L* Alcljiovs, a national vessel mounting 2 long 24-
pounders, with a complement of 45 men — his own
party not consisting of more than 23. The injuries
he then received were so severe as to result in the
loss of the use of both his legs, for which, in 1815,
he was granted a pension of 2001. On 15 May, 1813,
having somewhat recovered, Lieut. Hood was en-
abled to land with a detachment of seamen, and
blow up the castle of Karlebago, whence, after de-
stroying all the public works, he brought off 2 12-
pounders, 4 nines, and 2 brass sixes. J His next
achievement was the capture, 12 June, 1813, from
under the town of Gela Nova, on the coast of
Abnizzo, of seven large gun-boats, mounting each 1
long 18-pounder in the bow, three smaller gun-ves-
sels, with a 4-pounder in the bow, and 14 sail of mer-
chantmen, four of which also had guns in the bow.
The British, as they advanced, were exposed to a
heavy fire of grape and musketry ; and it was not
until they were fairly alongside the gun-boats that
the crews of the latter slackened their fire : they
were then driven from their vessels with great loss.
The shore astern of the assailed was at the com-
mencement lined with 100 troops, who, however,
fled on the first fire, leaving behind them two field-
pieces, whicli were destroyed by the marines under
* Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 164. f V. Gaz. 1813, p, 626.
J r. Gan. 1813, p. 1793.
Lieut. Haig. In performing this brilliant exploit
the boats of the Bacchante sustained a loss of 2
seamen and 1 marine killed, and 5 seamen and 1
marine wounded.* The gallant conductor of the
enterprise was justly recommended by Capt. Hoste
in the strongest manner to the notice of the Com-
mander-in-Chief. After witneBsing the reduction,
in the early part of 1814, of the fortress of Cattaro
and the town of Ragusa, he proceeded to North
America, where he served at the capture of Castine,
Belfast, and Machias. He was at length made Com-
mander, 27 April, 1815, into the Poktia 14, in which
vessel he was employed, chiefly off Bermuda, until
April, 1816, when he invalided. He has since been
on half-pay.
In reviewing Commander Hood's services in the
Bacchante, it may be observed that, in the space
of two years, he assisted in making at least 1000
prisoners, and in capturing 27 national gun-vessels,
87 sail of merchantmen, and one privateer. He mar-
ried, in Feb. 1822, Catharine, eldest daughter of the
late Kev. Wm. Hamilton, D.D., Rector of Clondava-
dog, 00. Donegal, and a Magistrate, who lost his life
in the service of his country in 1797.
HOOD. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
William Henkt Hood passed his examination
27 Feb. 1840 ; and, after officiating for some time
as Mate of the Vulcan Revenue-steamer and Sea-
flower cutter, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Crispin
and Nicholas Robilliard, was appointed to a station
in the Coast Guard 28 Feb. 1842. He left that ser-
vice, on advancement to his present rank, 21 May,
1846 ; and, since 17 of the following June, has been
employed on the coast of Africa in the Contest 12,
Lieut.-Commander Arch. M'Murdo.
HOOD. (Captain, 1843.)
William John Thompson Hood was bom 6 Nov.
1794. He is younger brother of Commander S. T.
Hood, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 16 April, 1805. He
served on board the Achille 74, Capt. Rich. King,
at the battle of Trafalgar ; was in the Daphne 20,
Capt. Fras. Mason, at the capture of Monte Video
in Feb. 1807, and during the operations on the Rio
de la Plata ; assisted, when in the Plovek and Shel-
drake sloops, at the capture of several privateers,
and the blockade of the French and Danish coasts ;
and, on being appointed Master's Mate of the
Malta 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Benj.
Hallowell, commanded the Spanish gun-boat No. 5,
in co-operation, during the latter part of the war,
with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. Being
advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 25 Feb. 1815
(nearly two years after he had passed his examina-
tion), he was successively appointed Senior — 24 May,
1821, of the Helicon 10, Capt. Wm. Robt. Dawkins,
stationed in the Channel— and, 24 July and 24 Dec.
1824, of the Romnet and Hyperion Coast Blockade
ships, both commanded by Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye.
He was promoted to the rank of Commander in the
Hyperion, 9 Jan. 1828, and continued on the books
of that frigate imtil paid off in Dec. 1829. His next
and last appointment was, 27 April, 1842, to the
Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne at
Plymouth, where he remained imtil advanced to his
present rank 25 Sept. 1843.
Independently of the thanks of the Board of
Longitude, Capt. Hood, on 26 May, 1824, received
from the Society for the Encouragement of Arts,
&c., its gold Vulcan medal for his improved screen-
glasses for quadrants and sextants for naval use.
He has also been voted the silver medal of the same
body for his invention of an ice-saw, for facilitating
the progress or escape of ships navigating the high
Polar latitudes, when surrounded by field-ice. In
1828 he obtained a similar honorary reward for his
method of constructing a floating bridge, from the
materials to be found on board all ships of war and
vessels generally. In 1830 he agajn received the
Society's medal for his invention of an improved
* Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1795.
HOOKEY-HOOPER.
635
rocket-shaft. Capt. Hood has also invented a ro-
tatory lifting and forcing pump. He married, 16
Dec. 1830, Sophia Janet, second daughter of the
late Bobt. Henderson, Esq., Physician and Inspector
of the Forces. Agents— IVTessrs. Stilwell.
HOOKEY. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 16.)
James Hookey, bom 31 Dec. 1798, at Portsea, is
son of Wm. Hookey, Esq., late Timber Master of
H.M. Dockyard at Deptford.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1814, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Newcastle 60, Capts.
Lord Geo. Stuart, Sam. Roberts, and Henry Mey-
nell, in which ship we find him employed, on the
North America and "West India stations, half the
time as Midshipman, until Jan. 1816. From the
following Aug. until Sept. 1817 he served on Lake
Erie in the Confiance, Capt. Dan. Pring. He was
next, during the summer-months of 1818, engaged
on Home duty, in the Weymodth 12, Master-Com-
mander Turner ; after which he was borne, be-
tween May, 1819, and Jan. 1823, on the books of
the Swan 6, Lieut.-Commanders Thos. Dilnot Stew-
art and Benj. Aplin. In 1822 he elicited the thanks
of Capt. John Toup Nicolas, the Senior officer, and
of the Mayor of N ewcastle-upon-Tyne, for his con-
duct in command of the boats of that vessel during a
severe dispute which had there broken out between
the keelmen and the shipmasters and shipowners.
After a servitude of three years on the Home and
Mediterranean stations on board the Tribune 42,
Capt. Gardiner Henry Guion, Mr. Hookey, in Feb.
1826, joined the Prince Regent 120, bearing the
flag at the Nore of Sir Robt. Moorsom. Early in
the following year he became Admiralty Midship-
man of the Barham 50, bearing the flag of Hon.
Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming in the West Indies,
where (having passed his examination in March,
1822) he was constituted, 14 Sept. 1828, First-Lieu-
tenant of the Slanby 20, Capt. Joseph O'Brien.
He invalided home in May, 1829, but, returning to
the same station in the next Dec, was further ap-
pointed to the Magnificent receiving-ship at Port
Royal, Jamaica, Capts. Smith and Gill. On 21 March,
1831, he was transferred to the command of the
Kangaroo schooner. He came home and was paid
off in Aug. 1833, and has not been since afloat.
Lieut. Hookey was presented, in 1827, by the
" Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c.," with
a large silver medal for his invention of an improved
log-ship. He married, 15 Jan. 1839, Mary, third
daughter of John M'Coy, Esq., of the Royal Artil-
lery, and sister of Capt. John M'Coy, of the same
corps. Agents — Pettet and Newton.
HOOPER. (Lieut., 1809. f-p.,37; h-p., 12.)
Benjamin Hooper was bom 18 Feb. 1789, at
Torpoint, co. Cornwall.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Foudroyant 80, Capt.
Sir Thos. Byard. In that ship, after witnessing the
capture, in the following Oct., of a French squadron
under Commodore Bompart, destined for the inva-
sion of Ireland, he sailed with the flag of Lord
Keith for the Mediterranean; where, on Lord
Nelson shifting his flag to the Foddroyant, he was
employed in affording escort to King Ferdinand and
the N eapolitan Court ; and, in particular, in per-
sonally ministering, with Messrs. W alpole and Smith,
Midshipmen, to the entertainment of the young
princes on board. Continuing attached to the
same ship under Sir Edw. Berry, Mr. Hooper, while
at the blockade of Malta, assisted, as Midshipman,
at the capture, on 18 Feb. 1800, of ic Genereux 74,
and Ville de Marseilles armed store-ship, and on 31
March, after a desperate conflict, in which the Fon-
DEOTANT (then in company with the Lion 64, and
Penelope 36) sustained a loss of 8 men killed and
64 wounded, of Le Guillaume Tell, of 84 guns and
1000 men, flag-ship of Kear-Admiral Decres. He
came home with Sir Edw. Berry at the commence-
ment of 1801 in the Princess Charlotte frigate,
but, returning to the Mediterranean on the renewal
of hostilities in 1803 on board the Canopus 80,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Geo. Campbell,
was for some time engaged at the blockade of
Toulon, off which port he once participated in a
brush with a powerful division of the enemy's fleet.
Being again ordered to England in 1805 in the Di-
ligent store-ship, Master-Commander Wm. Lloyd,
he was appointed, on his arrival, to the London 98,
Capts. Sir Robt. Barlow, Robt. RoUes, Sir Harry
Burrard Neale, Edw. Oliver Osborn, and Thos.
Western; in which ship, under Sir H. B. Neale, we
find him, on- 13 March, 1806, aiding, in company
with the Amazon 38, at the capture of the French
80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the flag of Admiral
Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule, whose fire,
in the course of a long running action, occasioned
the London a loss of 10 men killed and 22 wounded.
In Sept. 1808, after having accompanied the Royal
Family of Portugal to the Brazils, and been for
several months employed on that station, Mr. Hooper
became Sub-Lieutenant of the Alban cutter, Lieut.-
Commander Henry Weir, with whom he returned
home and then proceeded to the Baltic, where he
appears to have seen a good deal of boat service,
and to have carried into Prussia secret despatches
from the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Jas. Saumarez.
On 27 Oct. 1809 he was appointed an Acting, and
on 13 of the following Dec. a confirmed. Lieutenant
of the Princess Caroline 74, Capts. Chas. Dudley
Pater and Hugh Downman. In 1810, during a cruize
in the Gulf of Finland, he was intrusted with the com-
mand of the boats employed among the rocks and
small islands inshore ; and in 1811 we again discover
him serving in the boats, and sharing in a cutting-
out affair off the island of Zealand, in which they
endured a loss of 1 man killed and 1 severely wound-
ed. Rejoining Capt. Weir, in Oct. ISll, on board
the Calypso 18, he had an opportunity, on 6 July,
1812,of enacting a part, in company with the Dic-
tator 64, PODARGUS 14, and Flamer gun-brig, at
the gallant capture and destruction, mthin the
rocks of Mardoe, on the coast of Norway, of an
entire Danish squadron, consisting of the Nayaden,
of 48 guns, the Laland, Samsoe, and Kiel sloops, and
several gun-boats, at the close of a long conflict,
productive of a loss to the Calypso of 3 men killed,
1 man wounded, and 1 missing, and to the enemy of
300 killed and wounded. Although Capt. Weir
was made Post for this exploit, and the First-Lieu-
tenant of the Dictator was advanced to the rank
of Commander, Lieut. Hooper, who was himself
Senior of the Calypso, and was officially praised
for his exertions,* received no reward — an act of
neglect he the more felt from the fact of the Acting-
Lieutenant on board the latter vessel, and of course
his inferior, being confirmed to the vacancy created
in the Dictator. To add to his mortification he
was even superseded in his post as First-Lieutenant,
and another officer appointed over him. Continu-
ing in the Calypso under Capts. Thos. Gronbe
and Chas. Hope Reid until Aug. 1814, he was fur-
ther employed in conveying Lord Walpole to St.
Petersburg, and in co-operating in the siege of
Danzig. On the occasion of the Grand Naval Re-
view held at Portsmouth in 1814, he was again
Senior of the Calypso. His last appointment
afloat was, 20 Jan. 1815, to the Penelope 36, armee
en flute, Capt. Jas. Galloway, which vessel was lost,
with part of her crew, in the gulf of St. Lawrence,
on 30 of the ensuing April. Since 10 April, 1826,
Lieut. Hooper has been in charge of a station in
the Coast Guard.
He married, first, in 1829, Miss M. Webb, daughter
of a naval officer ; and secondly, 5 Jan. 1831, a
daughter of Commander Robt. Hearle, R.N. By
his first wife the Lieutenant has issue three chil-
dren, and by his second he has had a further family
of six children.
HOOPER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 7; h-p., 31.)
John Sackett Hooper was bom 27 Dec. 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Feb. 1809, as
* Fide Gaz. 1812, p. 1362.
536
HOOPER-HOOPS— HOPE.
Midshipman, on board the Standakd 64, Capt.
Thoa. Harvey, with whom he was for some months
employed in the Majestic 74, on the Baltic station ;
where, in the course of 1810, he joined the Kuby
and DiCTATOB 64' s, both commanded by Capt. Eobt.
"Williams. During the action of 6 July, 1812, with
the Danish squadron, alluded to in our narrative of
Lieut. Benj. Hooper, he is represented to have been
on board the latter ship, whose loss on the occasion
amounted to 4 persons killed and 24 (including
himself*) wounded. The three years preceding
his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took
place 20 Sept. 1815, were passed by Mr. Hooper on
the North Sea, North American, West India, and
Newfoundland stations, in the Sceptre and Marl-
borough 74's, Capts. Thos. Harvey and Robt.
Honyman, and Perseos 22, Capt. Edw. Henry
A'Court. He has since been on half-pay.
HOOPER. (Lieut., ISIO. f-p., 16; h-p., 31.)
EiCHAED Hooper entered the Navy, in 1800, as
L.M., on board the Severs 44, Capts. John Whitby
and Geo. Barker, employed in the West Indies;
where, and in the Channel, he served, from Deo.
1803 until Aug. 1809, as A.B., Midshipman, Mas-
ter's Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Port
Mahon brig, Capt. Sam. Chambers. During the
three first years of that period he assisted at the
capture, re-capture, and destruction of at least 50
vessels ; among which were El Galgo Spanish
packet, the Aranzana letter-of-marque, and Et
Courier privateer. In 1808 the Port Mahon took
two other privateers — Le Furet, of 16 guns and 47
men, and Le General Paris, of 3 guns and 38 men.
After an attachment of nearly 12 months to the
San Josef 110, under the flags of Sir John Thos.
Duckworth and Sir Chas. Cotton, Mr. Hooper was
made Lieutenant, 4 July, 1810, into the Tem^raire
98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore in the
'Mediterranean. His last appointments were — 10
Sept. 1812, to the Insolent 14, Capts. Edw. Brazier
and Wm. Kelly, with whom he served in the Chan-
nel and Baltic until compelled by illness to invalid
in Sept. 1814— and, 3 Feb. 1816, to the Dee 24,
commanded by Capt. Sam. Chambers on the Halifax
station. The latter vessel was paid off 8 Dec. 1818.
HOOPER. (Ltedt., 1824. p-p., 11; h-p., 25.)
William Hooper (5) entered the Navy, 3 May,
1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fisgakd frigate,
Capt. Fras. Mason ; and on removing, after serving
for some time in the Baltic, to the Niobe 40, Capts.
John Wentworth Loring and Wm. Augustus Mon-
tagu, sailed for North America. In 1813 he became
Midshipman of the President 38, Capts. F. Mason
and Archibald Duff, in time, we believe, to witness
the fall of St. Sebastian. Between Oct. 1815 and
April, 1816, he was employed in the North Sea on
board the Florida 20, Capts. Wm. Elliott and
Chas. Sibthorpe .John Hawtayne. He then pro-
ceeded to the West Indies, where, for a period of
two years and a half, he served under Capt. Elliott
in the Scamander 36. In 1820 he returned to the
same station in the Forte 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John
Cochrane ; on quitting which ship he successively
joined, in 1822-3, the Phaeton 46, Capt. Henry
Evelyn Pitfield Sturt, Gloucester 74, Commodore
Sir Edw. Owen, and 'Tine, Capt. Roberts. He ob-
tained his commission 12 Jan. 1824, and has since
been on half-pay.
Lieut. Hooper married Elizabeth, youngest
daughter of the late Thos. Gardiner Bramston, ESj.,
of Skreens, M.P. for co. Essex ; and sister of the
present Thos. Wm. Bramston, Esq., of Skreens,
who married a daughter of the late Admiral Sir
Eliab Harvey, G.C.B., M.P. He was left a widower
6 Aug. 1839.
HOOPS. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Richard Hoops entered the Navy 11 June, 1823 ;
passed his examination in 1829 ; and for his ser-
vices on the coast of Syria and at the bombardment
* rideGllz. 1812, p. 1363.
of St. Jean d'Aore was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840. His appointments have
since been— 15 Dec. 1840, as Additional, to the
Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship in the Mediter-
ranean of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford— 24 Jan. 1841,
to the Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, on the
same station— and, 2 Feb. 1844, to the Tortoise 12,
Capts. Wm. Finlaison, Arthur Morrell, and Fred.
Hutton, store-ship at Ascension, where he is at
present employed.
HOPE. (Captain, 1826. r-p., 20; h-p., 16.)
Charles Hope, born in 1798, is second son of
the Right Hon. Chas. Hope, Lord President of the
Court of Session in Scotland, by Charlotte, daughter
of John, second Earl of Hopetoun; nephew of
Lieut.-General Sir John Hope, G.C.H,, and of Vice-
Admiral the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Johnston Hope,
G.C.B. ;* brother of Wm. Hope, Esq., a Major in
the Army and Captain in the 7th Foot ; and fir^t-
cousin of the late Capts. Wm. James, Chas. Jas.,
and Geo. Jas., Hope, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 June, 1811, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Sarpedon 10, Capt. Jas.
Green, on the Leith station, where he removed, ijx
the following Nov., to the Adamant 44, flag-ship
of Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway. In Apri]^
1812, he became Midshipman of the Semiramis 36,
Capt. Chas. Richardson, bearing the flag afterwards
of Rear-Admiral Chas. Tyler at the Cape of Good
Hope. On his return home in Aug. 1814 he joined
the Chatham 74, Capt. David Lloyd, lying at
Portsmouth, whence, towards the close of the same
year, he sailed for North America in the Erne 20,
commanded by the late Lord Napier. In the course
of 1815 he was successively received on board the
Endymion, Tagds, and Alceste frigates, Capts.
Henry Hope, Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, and
Murray Maxwell ; under the latter of whom he ac-
.companied Lord Amherst on his embassy to China,
and was wrecked, while returning home with that
nobleman, in the Straits of .Caspar, 18 Feb. 1817.
Obtaining his first commission on 20 of the follow-
ing Oct., he was next, 22 Feb. 1818, appointed Lieu-
tenant of the LiFFEY 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan,
in which ship he visited the Mediterranean and
cruized for some time off Lisbon. After serving
with Capt. Chas. Adam in the Royal Sovereign
yacht he was invested, 15 Oct. 1822, with the rank
of Commander, and on 28 Feb. 1824 nominated to
the Brisk 10. In the month of Sept. following he
captured, off Flamborough Head, a large smuggling
lugger, with a cargo of considerable value. Capt.
Hope, whose advancement to Post-rank took place
26 Jan. 1826, was subsequently appointed — 21 Oct.
1830, to the Tyne 28, a vessel in which he served on
the South American station, and, prior to being
paid off in Jan. 1834, passed over 82,000 miles, a
greater distance than had been traversed by any
vessel since the war — 24 Jan. 1835, to the Dublin
50, fitting at Plymouth, where he was superseded in
the ensuing July — and, 28 Aug. 1841, to the Thalia
42. He was employed in the latter frigate on the
East India and Pacific stations until the close of
1845, when she returned to England and was put
out of commission. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Hope married, 12 Sept. 1826, Anne, eldest
* Sir W. J. Hope was born 16 Aug. 1766, and entered the
Navy in 1776. He cominanded the Bei^lebophon 74, as
Flog-Captain to Rear-Admiral Thomas Paaley, and obtained
a gold medal fop his services, in the actions of 28 and 29
May and 1 June, 1794. He afterwards served on board the
Kent 74, bearing the flag of Lord Sancan, during the expe-
dition to Holland in 17!)9. With the despatches announcing
tlie results of tliat enterprise he was sent to England ; and
he was in consequence presented with a purse of 500i. in
Dec. 1 son, being still in the Kent, he conveyed Sir Ralph
Abercromby from Gibraltar to Egypt. He was nominated a
Colonel of Marines in 1811 ; advanced to the rank of Rear-
Admiral in 1812 ; appointed to the chief command at Leith
in Nov. 1813; created a K.C.B. in 181S j re-appointed. to
Leith inl8l6; made a Vice-Admiral in 1819; invested ^ith
the dignity of a G.C.B. in 1 825 ; and sworn a Privy Ronncillop
about the close of 1 830. Sir W. J. Hope, who was for a long
time one of the Lords of the Admiraltv, and sat for many
years in Parliament tor Dumfries, died 2" May, 1831.
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daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Wm. Henry
Webley Parry, C.B., by whom, who died 24 Deo.
1836, he has issue. Agents — Uallett and Robinson.
HOPE. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 31.)
David Hope, born 9 Jiily, 1787, in Edinburgh,
ia third son of Wm. Hope, Esq., of Newton, near
that city, and descends from Sir Thos. Hope,
Bart., of Edminstone and Cauld Coats, in co. Mid
Lothian. One of his brothers, James, a Lieu-
tenant in H.M. 1st Regt. of Foot, was severely
wounded in Holland, and died from extreme fatigue
during the campaign in Egypt ; and another, Wil-
liam, an officer in the 19th Regt. of Foot, was mas-
sacred at Candy, in the island of Ceylon. A third
brother of Capt. Hope was in the 89th.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 May, 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kite sloop, Capt. Wm.
Brown, and in May, 1798, accompanied, as Midship-
man, an expedition under Sir Home Popham, having
for its object the destruction of the locks and sluice-
gates of the Bruges Canal, during the operations
connected with which he was employed on shore.
After witnessing, in the Tisiphone sloop, Capt.
Chas. Grant, the surrender to Sir Andrew Mitchell
of the Dutch fleet under Rear-Admiral Story, Mr.
Hope proceeded to the West Indies, where he suc-
cessively followed Capt. Grant, as Master's Mate,
into the AnEKGAVENNy 54, and Quebec 32. Between
Nov. 1802 and June, 1803, we find him employed
on the Irish station in the Dhvad frigate, Capts.
Robt. Williams and Wm. Domett ; and on his re-
moval to the Pbince of Wales 98, flag-ship of Sir
Robt. Calder, sharing in the action with the com-
bined squadrons of France and Spain, ofi' Cape
Finisterre, 22 July, 1805. Being confirmed a Lieu-
tenant, 30 Aug. 1806, in the Sin Fkancis Deake
36, Capts. Jas. Haldane Tait and PownoU Bastard
Pellew, on the East India station, he continued in
that frigate until Marcft, 1807, when he joined the
WiLHEMiiNA, Capt. Chas. Foote, whom, it appears,
he accompanied, as his First-Lieutenant, into the
PiEDMONTAiSE. Towards the close of 1808 he in-
valided home on board the PowEKrni, 74, Capt.
Chas. Jas. Johnstone. In Sept. 1809, a few months
after his arrival, he had the fortune to be appointed
to the Feeija frigate, Capt. John Hayes, fitting
for the West Indies, where, in the next Deo. and
Feb., he witnessed the destruction of the French
44-gun frigates Loire and Seine, in L'Ance-la-Barque,
and the surrender of Guadeloupe. During the
operations which led to the latter event Lieut.
Hope commanded the boats of a small squadron at
the capture and destruction of all the sea batteries
on the N.W. side of the island; and on the night
of 20 Jan. 1810,* with four of the ship's boats, and
83 officers, seamen, and marines under his orders,
he entered Bay Mahaut under a most galling fire
from the enemy in every direction, and, besides
making prize, by boarding, of a brig mounting
6 guns, and setting fire to two other vessels, one of
them a fine national schooner, pierced for 16, but
carrying only 12 guns, stormed and took two bat-
teries. The first of these was found to consist of
1 24-pounder, in addition to 6 howitzers, which had
been dragged to the beach to oppose the landing of
the British ; and the second, of 3 24-pounders. To
add to the lustre of this valorous exploit, successful
in its every detail, it was efiected with no greater
loss than 3 persons wounded. Among them, how-
ever, was the gallant leader, whose conduct im-
pressed the Commander-in-Chief with so high a
sense of his bravery and merit as to elicit from him
a declaration that he was deserving the notice of
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. On
24 Nov. 1810 Lieut. Hope was appointed First of
the Macedonian, of 48 guns and 254 men, Capts.
Lord Wm. FitzRoy, Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, and
John Surman Carden, in which frigate he was very
actively employed on the coasts of Portugal and
France, and came often into contact with the bat-
teries in the neighbourhood of He d'Aix. On 25
• Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 388.
Oct. 1812 it was his lot to be on board the Mace-
donian, when, after a glorious resistance of 2 hours
and 10 minutes, in which she had been reduced to
a perfect wreck, with a loss of 36 of her crew killed
and 68 wounded, she was forced to strike to the
American ship United States, of 56 guns and 474
men, of whom the killed and severelywouuded do
not appear to have exceeded the united amount
of 12. At the commencement of the conflict Lieut.
Hope was severely wounded in the leg, and towards
the close he was still more seriously injured in
the head, and taken below ; but he was soon again
upon deck, displaying that greatness of mind aild
exertion which, though it may be equalled, can
never be surpassed.* At the subsequent trial, in-
deed, of the surviving officers and crew of the
Macedonian, the Court declared itself unable to
dismiss Lieut. Hope without expressing its highest
approbation of the support given by him to his
Captain, and of his courage and steadiness during
the contest. In June, 1813, within a few days of
this honourable acquittal, he was appointed by Sir
John Borlase Warren to the command of the Shel-
BUKNE schooner, of 14 guns. In the course of the
next 12 months he drove on shore and destroyed a
number of the enemy's small privateers and mer-
chantmen ; and on 20 April, 1814, he was the in-
strument, through great exertion, of rendering the
U.S. sloop-of-war Frolic a captive to the British
frigate OnPHEns. Continuing in the same vessel
until Dec. 1814, Capt. Hope, whose commission as
Commander was at length signed on 15 June in
that year, was for about four months employed in
blockading New Orleans, and in occasionally afford-
ing assistance to our allies, the Creek Indians, on
the Apalachicola river. In Oct. 1814 we find him,
with a zeal for the service highly honourable to
him, voluntarily relanding a large sum of money
which had been consigned to him for conveyance
from New Providence to the Havana, for the sole
purpose of affording to a newly-arrived squadron
under Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon the benefit of his ex-
perience in navigating the Gulf of Florida. On
leaving the Shelbukne he assumed the duties of
aide-de-camp to Sir Alex. Cochrane on board the
ToNNANT 80, and proved of much assistance to him
throughout the arduous campaign against New Or-
leans. On one occasion, while so employed, he was
near losing his hfe by jumping into the Pearl river
to save a soldier of the 95th Regt., who would have
been drowned but for his humane efforts. Capt.
Hope, who left the Tonnant in March, 1815, did
not again go afloat until 12 Jan. 1828, when he ob-
tained an appointment to the Tekrob bomb, in
which he sailed with stores for the Mediterranean,
but was wrecked on his passage out, under very
awful circumstances, on the coast of Portugal, near
Villa-Nova-de-mille-fuentes, 19 Feb. following. Al-
though a survey held by the officers of a frigate
and brig sent to the assistance of the Terror an-
nounced it as impossible for her to be saved, and
recommended her being sold, she was nevertheless
got off by the extraordinary exertions of her officers
and crew, and placed in a condition to return to
England. On her arrival the Senior Lieutenant,
Chas. Hotham, and Midshipman Robt. Cleugb, were
rewarded for their labours by immediate promotion,
and Capt. Hope himself, to whom every prospect
of early advancement was held out by the Lord
High Admiral, was at once, 26 July, appointed to
the Meteor, another bomb. In that vessel he was
at first employed in blockading the port of Tangier,
for the purpose of obtaining the restoration of two
merchantmen captured by Barbary cruizers. He
returned home from the Mediterranean, on attaining
his present rank, 4 Feb. 1830, and has since been
on half-pay.
HOPE. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 17; h-p., 6.)
TnE Honourable George Hope, born 12 April,
1811, is fourth son of John, fourth Earl of Hopcj
toun (a General Officer in the Army, Colonel of the
• Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 2595.
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HOPE.
42nd Eegt., and a G.C.B.), by his second wife,
Louisa Dorothea, third daughter of Sir John Wed-
derbum, Bart. He is brother of Hon. Jas. Hope
"Wallace, of Featherstone Castle, co. Northumber-
land, Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd Foot
Guards, and Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Linlithgow ;
and vuicle of the present Earl of Hopetoun.
This officer entered the Navy 1 April, 1824, and
obtained his first commission 20 Nov. 1830. His
appointments as Lieutenant were — 25 Nov. 1830,
to the AcTa;oN 26, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey,
on the Mediterranean station, whence he returned
home and was paid off in Sept. 1834 — and, 5 April,
15 July, and 2 Sept. 1836, to the Bellekophon 80,
Capt. Sam. Jackson, Inconstant 36, Capt. John
Hayes, and Fly 18, Capts. Eussell Elliott and Gran-
. ville Gower Loch. In the latter vessel he served
for nearly four years in South America, and on her
being put out of commission was advanced to the
rank of Commander 26 Oct. 1840. His last ap-
pointment was, 18 March, 1843, to the Sappho 16,
on the Cape station, where he continued until within
a short period of his advancement to Post-rank,
24 July, 1845.
Capt. Hope married, 23 April, 1845, Katherine
Frances, daughter of Wm. Leveson Gower, Esq.
Agents — Hallett and Kobinson.
HOPE. (COMMANDEK, 1828.)
Geokge Hope, born in 1801, is youngest brother
of Eear-Admiral Henry Hope, C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1813, as
Third-cl. Boy, on board the Latona 38, Capt. An-
drew Smith, bearing the flag at Leith of his cousin,
the late Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope. In Aug. 1814
he became a Student at the Koyal Naval College at
Portsmouth, where he remained until June, 1816.
He then re-embarked on board the Granicus 36,
Capt. "Wm. Furlong Wise, and, after serving for a
short time in the Channel, joined the Leandek 60,
bearing the flag of Sir David Milne at Halifax, from
which station he returned to England in July, 1819.
Until Sept. 1821 Mr. Hope, who had attained the
rating of Midshipman in Feb. 1817, was next em-
ployed on Home duty in the Lipfet 50, Capt. Hon.
Henry Duncan, and Kotal Sovereign yacht, Capt.
Chas. Adam. He acquired the rank of Lieutenant
29 Jan. 1822, but did not again go afloat until 23
June, 1823, when he procured an appointment to
the Spaktiate 76, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, and
sailed for South America. He there removed, 14
May, 1825, to the Jasedk sloop, Capts. Thos. Mar-
tin and Edw. Handfield, and on 5 March, 1828, was
advanced to his present rank.
Commander Hope married, in 1833, Charlotte,
daughter of Vice-Admiral Delap ToUemache, and
by that lady, who died 14 April, 1837, has issue.
HOPE, C.B. (Eear-Admiral of the Blue, 1846.
r-p., 17; H-p., 32.)
Henkt Hope, born in 1787, is eldest son of the
late Commissioner Chas. Hope, E.N. (son of Hon.
Chas. Hope Vere, by Ann Vane, eldest daughter of
Henry, first Earl of Darlington, and grandson of
the first Earl of Hopetoun), by Susan Anne, daugh-
ter of Admiral Herbert Sawyer. He is brother of
Fred. Hope, Esq., a Major in the Army, and of the
present Commander Geo. Hope, E.N. ; brother-in-
law of Eear-Admiral C. S. J. Hawtayne ; nephew of
Henry Hope, Esq., who was Lieut.-Govemor of
Canada, and died in 1789 ; and cousin of the late
Eear-Admiral Sir Geo. Hope, K.C.B,, and the late
Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Johnstone
Hope, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1798, as
Third-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Augusta
yacht, employed on the river Thames. Being dis-
charged, as Midshipman, in May, 1800, into the
Kest 74, commanded by his relative Capt. Wm.
Johnstone Hope, he proceeded to the Mediterra-
nean, where we find him, in the following Dec,
escorting Sir Ralph Aberoromby from Gibraltar to
Egypt. After serving at the blockade of Alexan-
dria, he removed to the Swipisube 74, Capt. Benj.
Hallowell, and on 24 June, 1801, was on board that
ship in a desperate engagement of more than an
hour's duration, which reduced her to a wreck, and
rendered her a prize to a French squadron of four
sail of the line under Kear-Admiral Ganteaume.
In the ensuing Sept., on his restoration to Uberty,
Mr. Hope joined the Leda frigate, Capts. Geo.
Hope, Thos. Masterman Hardy, and Eobt. Hony-
man, with whom he served on the Mediterranean
and Home stations until June, 1803 ; between which
period and his attainment of Lieutenant's rank, 3
May, 1804, he was further employed with Capts.
George and Wm. J. Hope, in the North Sea, on
board the Defence and Atlas 74's. After he had
next cruized with Capt. Geo. Burlton in the Ada-
mant 50, and had aided, in the Narcissus 32, Capt.
Eoss Donnelly, at the reduction of the Cape, Lieut.
Hope was promoted, 22 Jan. 1806, to the command
of the EspoiR sloop ; in which vessel he served in
the Channel and Mediterranean, and off the coast
of Portugal, until made Post, 24 May, 1808, into the
GtATTON 50. His subsequent appointments were —
17 Nov. 1808, 4 May, 1809, and 17 May, 1810, to the
Leonidas, Topaze, and Satellite * frigates, all on
the Mediterranean station, where he assisted Capt.
Hallowell, in Oct. 1809, in making the preparations
which led to the capture and destruction of a con-
voy in the Bay of Rosas, as detailed in our memoir
of Sir Augustus Clifford— and, 18 May, 1813, to the
Endtmion, of 48 guns and 319 men. In that frigate
Capt. Hope won perpetual fame by his ardour in
pursuing, his intrepidity in bringing to close action,
and his undaunted spirit in maintaining for two
hours and a half a conflict with the American ship
President, of 56 guns and 465 men, who at length
hauled down her colours, after a loss to herself of
35 killed and 70 wounded, and to the British of 11
killed and 14 wounded.f Previously to this bril-
liant affair, which took place 15 Jan. 1815, Capt.
Hope had taken the Perry letter-of-marque, had
also served at the blockade of New London, and
had contributed, during an expedition up the
Penobscot, to the capture of the town of Castine, 1
Sept. 1814. On reaching Bermuda, after the cap-
ture of the President, the magistrates, merchants,
and inhabitants, deputed a committee to wait upon
him with a complimentary address, and with a request
that he would accept a piece of plate as a token of
their esteem ; they also presented his officers with a
goblet, to " be considered as attached to that or
any future ship which might bear the gallant name
of Endtmion." On arriving with his prize at Spit-
head, Capt. Hope was presented by the Admiralty
with a gold medal in acknowledgment of his gallant
conduct ; and on 4 June, 1815, be was nominated a
C.B. He was put out of commission in the fol-
lowing Sept., and has since been on halt-pay. His
advancement to Flag-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846.
During the fifteen years immediately previous to
his last promotion Eear-Admiral Hope filled the
appointment of extra and full Aide-de-Camp to
William IV. and to Her present Majesty. He mar-
ried, 21 July, 1828, Jane Sophia, youngest daughter
of Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer, K.C.B., which ladv
died in 1829.
HOPE, C.B. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 9.)
James Hope, bom 8 March, 1808, is son of Eear-
Admiral Sir Geo. Hope, K.C.B., by his first wife.
Lady Jemima Hope Johnstone, fifth daughter of
James, third Earl of Hopetoun ; brother-in-law of
Sir Harry Verney, Bart. ; and cousin of the present
Eear-Admiral Henry Hope, C.B.
This officer entered the R. N. College 1 Aug. 1820 ;
embarked about June, 1822; and, after serving in
the West Indies and Mediterranean on board the
Forte and Cambrian frigates, was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 9 March, 1827. His next
• The Satellite, on 21 April, 1812, effected the capture
of La CooiJte privateer, of two IS-pounders and 45 men ; and
on 13 of the following Nov. she took, on her passage home,
Le Mercure, a similar description of vessel, carrying 16 guns
and 70 men.
t TtieGaz. 1815, p.281-2.
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appointments were, 16 Sept. and 3 Oct. 1827, to the
Maidstone 42, Capt. Wm. Skipsey, andUsDAUNTED
46, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, in the latter
of which ships he escorted Lord Wm. Bentinck
as Governor-General to India, and hrought home
Major-General Bourke, late Lieut.-Govemor of the
Cape. He became, in Aug. 1829, Flag-Lieutenant to
Lord Northesk, Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth ;
and, obtaining a second promotal commission 26
Feb. 1830, Capt. Hope was, from 13 July, 1833,
until paid off in 1838, employed on the North Ame-
rica and West India station in command of the
Kacjbr 16. He acquired his present rank on 28
June in the latter year; and, since 13 Dec. 1844,
has been Captain of the Firebrand steam-frigate,
on the south-east coast of America. On 20 Nov.
1845, Capt. Hope enacted a conspicuous part in the
battle of the Parana, where a hard day's fighting re-
sulted in the destruction, by the combined squadrons
of England and France, of four heavy batteries be-
longing to General Rosas at Punta Obligado, also of
a schooner-of-war carj'ying 6 guns, and of 24 vessels
chained across the river. On that occasion, having
volunteered, he gallantly pulled up in his boat and
cut the chain which impeded the upward progress
of the allies. At the close of the action he landed
as Aide-de-Camp to Capt. Chas. Hotham, the Senior
British officer, and assisted in giving the coup-de-
ffrace to the defeat of the enemy, whose numbers
originally consisted of 3500 men, in cavalry, in-
fantry, and artillery, and whose batteries had
mounted 22 pieces of ordnance.* As a reward for
his conduct he was nominated a C.B. 3 April, 1846.
Capt. Hope is a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieute-
nant for CO. Linlithgow. He married, 16 Aug. 1838,
the Hon. Frederica Kinnaird, daughter of Charles,
eighth Lord Kinnaird. Agents — Hallett and Ro-
binson.
HOPE. (Captain, 1840. p-p., 22; h-p., U.)
Sackett Hope is brother of the present John
Minter Hope, Esq., Paymaster and Purser, K.N.
(1814) ; and of Lieut. Thos. Hope (a), R.N. (1825),
an officer who entered the service in 1809, and was
in almost constant employment from that period
until 1838, when he was lost in command of H.M.
schooner Pincher, with all on board, while working
into Spitbead.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1814, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Icarus 10, Capt. Thos.
Barker Devon, which vessel^ after serving in the
Channel, escorted Napoleon Buonaparte to St. He-
lena, and was then sent with despatches to the Isle
of France and Calcutta. On joining the Liver-
fool 50, Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier, he accompa-
nied an expedition sent, in 1819, against the pirates
of the Persian Gulf, where he assisted at the bom-
bardment and destruction of Ras-al-Khyma, their
principal stronghold, and was very actively em-
ployed both in the gun-boats and on shore. After
visiting China and various parts of India^ and pass-
ing through scenes of great mortality, he returned
to England in 1822 on board the Ganges 84, a new
teak-built ship. Having passed his examination in
Nov. of the previous year, he was then appointed
Mate of the GtoocESTER 74, bearing the broad
pendant of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the West
Indies, on which station we find him cruizing in a
tender, off the island of Cuba, for the suppression
of piracy and the slave-trade. On his arrival home,
Mr. Hope attended the Duke of Clarence on a
summer cruize in the Royae Sovereign yacht,
Capt. Chas. Adam, and went with the Lords of the
Admiralty on a visit of inspection to Plymouth.
While next attached, during a period of a few
months, to the Brisk 10, Capt. Chas. Hope, he
served in the North Sea and Channel, and was oc-
casionally detached in the boats of that vessel for
the suppression of smuggling. Between Feb. 1825
and Oct. 1826, he again served in the West Indies
on board the Ferret and Scylla sloops, both com-
manded by Capt. Wm. Hobson. In the boats of
• ri'ife Gaz. 1846, pp. 816-17.
the former vessel he once assisted in taking a
slaver ; and he was in her at a period of so much
sickness that 12 out of 75 were all who were en-
abled to remain on board. During the whole term
of his attachment to the ScYttA, a period of seven
months, Mr. Hope had charge of a watch, and was
twice invested with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant.
On 11 Dec. 1826, shortly after his rejunction to the
Ferret, he was promoted to be her First-Lieute-
nant^a rank in which he was afterwards appointed
—25 May, 1828, to the Arachne 18, Capt. Henry
Smith— 30 Aug. in the same year, to the Ferret
again, Capt. Chas. Deare, with whom he returned
home from the West Indies, much impaired in
health, and was paid off in the following Nov.— 11
July, 1832 (after many ineffectual attempts to pro-
cure employment) to the Beacon surveying-vessel,
Capt. Rich. Copeland, on the Mediterfanean station
—and, 15 July, 1836, to the Inconstant 36, Capts.
John Hayes and Dan. Pring. In April, 1833, Lieut.
Hope took command of, the boats of the Beacon,
manned by 36 officers and men, and of a gun-boat
with 5 Turks on board, and contrived to effect the
capture, near the island of Thasos, not, however,
without opposition, of 140 out of a notorious band
of 200 armed pirates, who had become the terror of
the Grecian Archipelago. Prize was at the same
time made of seven of their vessels. In consequence
of the detention of Capt. Copeland at Malta from ill
health, Lieut. Hope, in the spring of 1836, was en-
trusted with the duty of navigating the Beacon to
England. On his arrival he was immediately or-
dered to Greenock to volunteer men for the fleet.
After that service had been accomplished he was
paid off 4 June, 1836 ; and on the next day he re-
ceived instructions to recommission the Beacon.
On his removal, as above, to the Inconstant, we
find him employed in experimentally cruizing, also
in performing Particular Service, and in carrying
troops to North America. In Dec. 1838, having at-
tained the rank of Commander on 28 of the pre-
vious June, he went on half-pay, on which he con-
tinued until appointed, 10 May, 1839, Second Cfip-
tain of the Revenge 76, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wafde-
grave. In that ship he was at first stationed off
Lisbon, and then sent to the Mediterranean, where
he partook of the operations on the coast of Syria,
and was present at the bombardment of St. Jean
d'Acre. He was in consequence advanced to Post-
rank 4 Nov. 1840 ; and, since Jan. 1841, when he
left the Revenge, has been on half-pay.
Capt. Hope is in the receipt of a pension of 6/.
per annum for a very severe injury he sustained in
the left hand, attended with the loss of a finger,
while endeavouring, in H.M.S. Liverpooi., to clear
a seaman, who by some accident had been jammed.
HOPE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 15; h-p., 7.)
Thomas Hope, bom 10 July, 1810, is third son
of Sir John Hope, Bart., of Craighall, co. Fife, by
Anne, fourth daughter of the late Sir John Wedr
derbum, Bart., of Blackness and Ballindean ; bro-
ther of Lieut. Wm. Hope, of the 71st Regt., and
of Jas. Wedderburn Hope, Esq., an officer in the
26th Bombay Native Infantry; and nephew of Wm.
Hope, Esq., Master- Attendant at Calcutta, who died
in 1837.
This officer entered the Navy 16 Feb. 1825 ; passed
his examination in 1831 ; obtained his first commis-
sion 6 July, 1832 ; and was successively appointed —
20 Feb. 1833, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the
Melville 74, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir
John Gore— 9 Oct. 1833, to the Hyacinth 18, Capt.
Fras. Price Blackwood, on the same station — and 14
March, 1837, as First, to the Sappho 16, Capt. Thos.
Fraser. He served in the latter sloop in North
America and the West Indies until promoted to his
present rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; but has not been since
employed. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
HOPKINS. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., IS; h-p., 18.)
Charles Hopkins (6) was bom 7 July, 1796, at
Milford, CO. I'embroke.
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HOPKINS— HOPKINSON—HORE.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 April, 1811, as a
Boy, on board the Niemen 38, Capt. Sir Michael
Seymour, employed in the Bay of Biscay, where,
accompanying the same officer as Midshipman in
May, 1812, into the Hahnibal 74, he assisted, in
March, 1814, at the capture, we Jbelieve, of the
French 40-gun frigate Sult&ne. Soon after that
event he rejoined the Niemen, then commanded by
Capt. Sam. Pym; and cruized until May, 1815, on
the North American station. During the next six
months we find him employed off the coast of Ire-
land in the Myrtle 20, tjapt. Arthur Batt Bingham.
He then served for a period of three years with
Capt. Jas. Kioh. Dacres of the Tiber 38, on the
Channel and Newfoundland stations ; after which
he became in succession attached to the Noktbdm-
EEKLAND 74, Capts. Sir Michael Seymour and Thos.
Harvey, Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'CulIoch, North-
CMBEKLAND again, Capts. Thos. Harvey and Thos.
Jas. Maling, and Briton, Blonde, and Sybille
38's, Capts. Murray Maxwell, Lord Byron, and
Fras. Augustus Collier. The three latter ships were
employed on the South American, Pacific, and Afri-
can stations; the others on the Home. On 30
April, 1827, Mr. Hopkins, who had passed his exar
mination in June, 1817, and had served for a consi-
derable time in the capacities of Admiralty-Mid-
shipman and Mate, was at length promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant ; but he did not leave the Sy-
bille until the following Oct. His last appoint-
ment was, 23 April, 1830, to the Prince Regent
120, bearing the flags of Admirals Hon. Sir Henry
Blackwood, Sir John Poo Beresfcrd, and Wm.
Parker. In that ship he served at the Nore, then
took part in an experimental cruize under Sir Edw.
Codrington, and eventually proceeded off Lisbon,
whence he returned home and was paid off in Feb.
1832.
Lieut. Hopkins married, 18 Dee. 1832, Miss Sarah
Ledsam, of Birmingham, co. Warwick.
HOPKINS. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Edward Jebvis Hopkins entered the Navy 26
Sept. 1809 ; passed his examination in 1815 ; was
made Lieutenant, 10 July, 1826, into the Tweed 28,
Capt. Fred. Hunn, on the Jamaica station, whence
he invalided; and on 18 Sept. 1828, joined the
Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clement, from which ship
he was superseded at his own request.
He married, in 1838, Elizabeth, widow of the late
Isaac Field, Esq. Agent— J. Chippendale.
HOPKINS. (Lieut., 1842. r-p., 17; h-p., 1.)
KoBEET Hopkins entered the Navy 12 Feb. 1829 ;
passed his examination 20 Aug. 1835; and, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Oct. 1842,
served as Mate on board the Castor 36, and North
Star 28, both commanded by Lord John Hay, Sa-
vage 10, Lieut.-Commander John Harrison Bowker,
Caledonia 120, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Sir
Graham Moore, and Wakspite 50, Capt. Lord John
Hay. He was employed in the three former ships
on the coast of Spain, during the operations con-
nected with the civil war in 1835-40; and in the
Wabspite, he was attached to the force in North
America and the West Indies. His appointments,
subsequently to his promotion, were, on the last
mentioned and the Mediterranean stations 29
April, 1843, and 24 July, 1844, as Additional Lieu-
tenant, to the Illdstbiods 72, and Formidable 84,
flag-ships of Sir Clias. Adam and Sir Edw. W. C.
K. Owen— 1 Oct. 1845, as Senior, to the Sieen 16,
Capt. Harry Edm. Edgell— and 10 April, 1846, to
the Tyne 26, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock. He
was paid off from the latter vessel in the early part
HOPKINSON. (Commandek, 1821. f-p., 22;
H-p., 34.)
Simon Hopkinson entered the Navy, in June,
1791, as A.B., on board the Magnificent 74, Capt.
Eich. Onslow, lying at Spithead, from which ship
he was discharged in the following Seirt. In June,
1795, he re-embarked on board the Lynx 20, Capt.
Cbas. Kowley, with whom, after serving, as Master's
Mate, in the Kaison and Hussar, he sailed for the
West Indies in the Unite 38. From that frigate,
on the books of which his name was borne for four
years, he removed, in Sept. 1800, with Capt. John
Poo Beresford, who had latterly commanded her, to
the Diana 38, also on the West India station, where,
subsequently to the reduction of St. Bartholomew,
St. Martin, &c., he joined the Leviathan 74, bear-
ing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. He was
made Lieutenant, 18 July, 1801, into the Hawk sloop,
Capt. Benj. Walker, and, leaving her in Sept. 1802,
was afterwards appointed — 16 Aug. 1803, to the St.
Albans 64, Capt. John Temple — 14 Sept. 1804, to
the Ruby 64, Capts. Chas. Rowley, John Temple,
Thos. Masterman Hardy, John Draper, and Robt.
Hall, in which ship he served off the ports of Cadiz
and Lisbon, attended the expedition to Copenhagen,
and, until he invalided in April, 1810, was further
employed in the Baltic, under the flag of Rear-
Admiral Manley Dixon — 27 Aug. 1810, to the Ven-
GEDB 74, Capt. Thos. Brown, attached to the force
in the Channel — 28 Deo. 1810, to the command of
the Tickler cutter, off Flushing, where he conti-
nued until Aug. 1815 — and 13 Aug. 1818, to the
Pike. He retained the command of the latter ves-
sel, on the Home station, until advanced to his pre-
sent rank, 19 July, 1821 ; and has since been on half-
pay.
Commander Hopkinson has a daughter, Caroline,
who married, 29 Aug. 1836, Lieut.-Colonel Bowyer,
C.B. Agent— J. Hinxman.
HOEE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Cavendish Beadstreet Hore is youngest son
of Walter Hore, Esq., of Harperstown, Wexford
(who is a magistrate for that county, and served the
office of High Sheriff in 1828), by the Hon. Mary
Ehzabeth Thornton Ruthven, daughter of the late
Lord Ruthven. Two of his brothers, William and
Walter, are officers in the Royal and Indian armies ;
and his uncle, Samuel Bradstreet Hore, a Commanr
der E.N.
This officer passed his examination 7 Feb. 1843 ;
and after an intermediate servitude, on the North
American, West India, and Channel stations, on
board the Illustkiods 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas.
Adam, and Vanguard 80, Capt. Geo. Wickens
WiUes, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 15
Jan. 1846. Since 25 of the following month he has
been employed.iA the Pacific on board the Cabys-
POET 26, Capt. Geo. Henry Seymour.
HOEE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Edward George Hoee, born 17 Sept. 1823, is
second son of Commander Herbert Wm. Hore, R.N.
(1814), who died 10 Jan. 1823, by Eliza, daughter
and co-heir of Geo. Curling, Esq., of West Hatch,
CO. Essex. He is brother of the present Herbert
Fras. Hore, Esq., of Pole Hore, co. Wexford, and
is the descendant of a very ancient family.
This officer (who was officially noticed for his ser-
vices on the coast of Syria, where, as Midshipman
of the Castoe 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, he assisted in
planting the Ottoman flag, and in destroying the
guns on the ramparts of Caiffa*) passed his examina-
tion in Aug. 1842. Between that date and his pro-
motion to the rank he now holds, which took place
15 Jan. 1846, we find him employed as Mate, on the
Mediterranean and North America and West India
stations, in the Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W.
C. R. Owen, Devastation steam-sloop, Capt. Wm.
Hewgill Kitchen, and Vindictive 50, bearing the
flag of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen. He continued in the
Vindictive, in the capacity of Additional Lieute-
nant, until appointed, 13 Oct. 1846, to the Viper
brigantine, which vessel he is now commanding on
the station last-mentioned.
He married, 17 June, 1847, at Barbadoes, Maria
second daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Reid, Governor
of the ^Yindward Islands.
* Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2G01.
HORE.
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HORE. (LiEDT., 1811. F-p., 15 ; h-p., 29.)
Henrt Cavendish Hoke, bom 31 March, 1790,
is brother of Commanders S. B. and J. S. Here,
11.N.
This officer enter'ed the Koyal Naval Academy,
in July, 1803, and, having gone through a distin-
guished course of studies, embarked, in March,
1807, as Midshipman, on board the Diamond 38,
Capt. Thos. Elphinstone. Kemoving, in the follow-
ing month, to the Naiad 38, Capt. Thos. Dundas,
he served in the boats of that frigate on two
successful cutting-out affairs; after which, while
under the late Sir Kobt. Stopford in the Spencer,
Cjesar, and Scipion, ships-of-the-line, he attended
the expedition to Copenhagen, witnessed the de-
struction of the French fleet in Aix Roads, served
on shore during the operations against Flushing,
and ultimately proceeded to the Cape of Good
Hope; where, a few days after his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant, which took place 29 March,
1811, he removed to the Habpy sloop, Capt. Hen-
derson Bain. In the proximate attack upon the
island of Java we find him commanding a detach-
ment, and receiving a slight wound in the left knee,
at the storming and capture of Fort Comelis. Be-
tween Jan. 1812 and March, 1814, he again served
at the Cape as First of the Lion 64, flag-ship of
Rear-Admirals Stopford and Chas. Tyler. His next
appointment was, in Oct. of the latter year, to the
Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, on the West In-
dia station, whence, after he had for some time offi-
ciated as Aide-de-Camp to Lieut.-General Sir Jas.
Leith, the military Commander-in-Chief, he came
home and was paid off in Sept. 181.5. In 1821, Lieut.
Hore entered the Water Guard Service, in which
he continued three years, and particularly signalized
himself by his efforts in the cause of the Kevenue.
His health at the expiration of that period being
materially impaired from the effects of over-exer-
tion, he resigned his appointment. He has not been
since employed.
He married, 15 Sept. 1835, Clarissa Isabella,
daughter of John Christopher Beauman, Esq., of
Hyde Park, co. Wexford, and niece of Rear-Admi-
ral Fras. Beauman, by whom he has issue three
children.
HORE. (Commander, 1828. p-p., 18; h-p., 21.)
James Stoppokd Hore, born in April, 1795, is
brother of Commander S. B. and of Lieut. H. C.
Hore, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 Feb. 1808, as
Midshipman, on board the Meepom^ne 38, Capt.,
afterwards Sir Peter, Parker, and was present in a
desperate action in the Belt, in which that frigate
beat off a flotilla of 19 Danish gun-boats by whom
she had been attacked. Among the numerous cut-
ing-out affairs in which he bore a part, during his
continuance in the Melpomene, was the brimant
capture, 7 July, 1809, of the six Russian gun-vessels
mentioned in our history of the services of Capt.
Chas. Allen, Between Oct. in the latter year and
May, 1810, he cruized on the Irish station in the
Rota 38, Capt. Philip Somerville ; and he was then
re-employed for upwards of four years with Sir Peter
Parker in the Menelahs 38. On proceeding in that
ship to the Mediterranean, after having assisted in
her at the reduction of the Isle of France, and been
there employed in one of the blockading boats, Mr.
Hore again contributed to the cutting-out of many
of the enemy's vessels, one of them a brig pierced
for 14 guns, and conducted four prizes in safety into
port. In May, 1812, he was on board the Menelahs
when she pui'sued a frigate and brig close in with
the batteries of Toulon, and then effected a masterly
retreat from the French fleet, by passing through
their line a-head of one 74, and astern of another.
On being ordered to America, with the rating of
Master's Mate, he frequently went on shore with
armed parties of seamen and marines for the pur-
pose of dislodging the enemy and destroying their
stores, and on every occasion he evinced the greatest
gcaj and gallantry— qualities wliich were in parti-
cular displayed on 30 Aug. 1814, when a detachment
of the British, 134 in number, having landed at Bel-
lair, near Baltimore, succeeded in gallantly routing
an overwhelming number of the Americans, whose
resistance, however, occasioned the former a loss
of 14 killed, including Sir Peter Parker, and 27
wounded. About the close of 1814, Mr. Hore be-
came Acting-Lieutenant of the Thais 20, Capt.
Henry Weir, by whom he was soon afterwards,
when off Madeira, sent home in charge of a French
ship for adjudication, with discretionary power to
hberate her or not, as might prove expedient from
the state of hostilities at the time with France. On
reaching Lisbon, deeming it unwise to risk a longer
detention, he accordingly released the prize, and
returned himself to England on board L'Aigle fri-
gate. He was officially promoted on his arrival by
commission dated 7 March, 1815, and was after-
wards appointed — in April, ',1818, to the Phaeton
38, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon, whom he accompanied
to the East Indies— 25 Dec. 1819, to the Tamar 26,
Capts. Arthur Stow, Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman,
John Theed, and Thos. Herbert, on the Jamaica
station, where he obtained the honourable official
mention of the last-mentioned officer for his con-
duct in the ship's boats in effecting the capture and
destruction of four piratical vessels — and 2 Sept.
1824, to the Owen Glendower 42, bearing the
broad pendant of Commodore Hood Hanway Chris-
tian at the Cape of Good Hope. He was promoted,
on being paid off, to the rank of Commander 28
Aug. 1828 ; but has not been since afloat. Agents
— Messrs. Ommanney.
HORE. (Commander, 1813. f-p., 17; h-p., 30.)
Samuel Bkadstreet Hore, bom in April, 1791,
is third son (by Eleanor Catherine, daughter and
heiress of Sir Simon Bradstreet, Bart., and niece of
the Right Hon. Sir Henry Cavendish, Bart.) of
Wm. Hore, Esq., of Harperstown, High Sheriff in
1788, and a Ma^strate for co. Wexford, who was
killed during the rebellion of 1798 while serv-
ing with the militia on the bridge of Wexford. He
is brother of Commander Jas. Stopford, and of
Lieut. Henry Cavendish, Hore, both of the R.N. ;
also of Major Wm. Hore, of the 67th Foot, who died
in 1830, and of Capt. Thos. Hore, of the R.E. ; and
uncle of Lieut. Cavendish Bradstreet Hore, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1800, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Santa Margahita 36,
Capt. Geo. Parker, on the North American station ;
became Midshipman, in March, 1801, of the Excel-
lent 74, Capt, afterwords Rear-Admiral, Hon.
Robt. Stopford ; and (with the exception of a brief
attachment, in 1803, to the Endtmion 40, Capt.
Hon. Chas. Paget) continued to serve with that
officer, until July, 1807, in the Castor frigate, and
Spencer 74. The latter ship, during the time he
was in her, formed part of Lord Nelson's force in
his pursuit of the combined squadrons to the West
Indies, and of Sir John Duckworth's in the action
off St. Domingo. On being appointed Master's
Mate of the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag
of Admiral Gambler, Mr. Hore accompanied the
expedition to Copenhagen, where he served with
the flotilla, and was appointed Acting-Lieutenant
of the Leyden 64, Capt. Wm. Cumberland. He
was confirmed, on 19 Oct. in the same year, in his
old ship the Spencer, in which he continued with
Rear-Admiral Stopford until Dec. 1808. On again
joining his friend in the C^SAH 80, we find him
present at the destruction of three heavy French
frigates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, and
also of the shipping in Basque Roads. In the sum-
mer of 1809, he assumed command of a gun-boat,
and shared in all the operations connected with the
Walcheren expedition. Being subsequently ap-
pointed Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Stopford
in the Scipion 74, Mr. Hore proceeded with him to
the Cape of Good Hope ; on his return from which
station, after having participated in the reduction
?Q,„ t "If""^ °^ •f*'^*' ^^ ^"^ promoted, 26 Jan.
1812, to the acting-command of the Habpy sloop.
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HORNBY.
On the breaking out of war with the tinited States,
he conveyed the despatches announcing that event
to the Mauritius — encountering on his passage a
very fearful hurricane, which rendered it neces-
sary for his guns to be thrown overboard. Com-
mander Hore, who left the Hakpt in March, 1813,
and was ofSoially promoted on 13 of the following
May, held an appointment in the Coast Guard from
1821 to 1825. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander Hore has been 25 years a Magistrate
for cos. "Wicklow and "Wexford. He married, 8
Sept. 1821, Jane Caroline, daughter of Eich. Solly,
Esq., of Walthamstow, by Frances, only daughter
of Sir Fred. Flood, Bart., LL.D., M.P.
HORNBY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Fkederick John Hobnby passed his examina-
tion 5 May, 1841 ; and, until March, 1845, was em-
ployed, as Mate, in the Belleisie 72, andTiNDic-
TiVE 50, both commanded by Capt. John Toup
Nicolas, Magniticent 72, Commodore Hon. Henry
Dilkes Byng, and Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Chas.
Sullivan and Geo. Fred. Rich, flag-ship for some
time of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen— on the Home,
Jamaica, and Mediterranean stations. He has been
since serving in the Terror discovery-ship, Capt.
Fras. Rawdon Moira Crozier, in an attempt to as-
certain the existence of a north-west passage
through Lancaster Sound and Bering Strait. His
commission bears date 21 May, 1846.
HORNBY, C.B. (Rear-Admibal of the Blue,
1846. F-P., 34; H-P., 16.)
Phipps Horhbv, born 27 April, 178.5, is fifth son
of the Rev. Geoffrey Hornby, Rector of Winwick,
Lancashire, by the Hon. Lucy Stanley, sister of
Edward, 12th Earl of Derby; brother of Lieut.-
Colonel Charles Hornby, of the Scots Fusileer
Guards; brother-in-law of the present Earl of
Derby; and uncle both of Capt. W. W. Hornby,
R.N., and of Edm. Geo. Hornby, Esq., late M.P.
for Warrington, who married a cousin of the Right
Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 May, 1797, as
Midshipman, on board the Latona frigate, Capt.
John Bllgh, bearing the flag of Hon. Wm. Walde-
grave at Newfoundland, where, removing succes-
sively to the RoMNEY 50, and Agincourt 64, he
served with the same officers until 1800. He next
cruized for several months in the Channel on board
the Active frigate, Capt. John Giffard, and on
then rejoining Capt. Bligh in the Theseus 74, was
for upwards of two years employed with him in
the West Indies, on which station we find him
repeatedly engaged in cutting out armed and other
vessels from the enemy's different ports and har-
bours in St. Domingo. In July, 1803, he returned
home in the Santa Margarita 36, Capt. Wilson
Rathbome, and in the spring of the following year
he sailed in the Leviathan 74, Capt. Henry Wm.
Bayntun, for the Mediterranean, where, on 1 Aug.
1804, he was promoted from the Victory 100, flag-
ship of Lord Nelson, to an Acting Lieutenancy in
the Excellent 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron — an ap-
pointment which the Admiralty confirmed by a
commission dated on. 16 of the ensuing Nov. In
May, 1806, besides serving on shore at the defence
of Gaeta, Mr. Hornby was entrusted with the com-
mand of the seamen and marines during the opera-
tions connected with the capture of the island of
Capri. He soon afterwards joined the Swiftsure
74, Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford, and on 15 Aug.
1806 was promoted to the command of the Dochess
or Bedpord of 16 guns. In that vessel, when in the
Gut of Gibraltar, he succeeded in beating off two
Spanish privateers who had endeavoured to carry
her by boarding. Capt. Hornby's next appointment
was, about Feb. 1807, to the Minorca 18, in which
sloop, previously to visiting the Adriatic, he came
into frequent contact with the enemy's gun-boats
and batteries, both in the vicinity of Cadiz and
while employed in the blockade of Ceuta, a port on
the coast of Morocco. On 31 March, 1810, he was
appointed (having been advanced to Post-commis-
sion on 16 of the preceding month) to the temporary
command of the Fame 74, off Toulon. On his proxi-
mate removal to the Volagb 22, he co-operated for
some time in the defence of Sicily against the
threatened invasion of Murat; and on 13 March,
1811, he had the honour of enacting a conspicuous
part in the celebrated action off Lissa, when a
British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns
and 879 men, gloriously defeated, after a shattering
battle of six hours, and a loss to the Volage of 13
killed and 33 wounded, a Franco- Venetian arma-
ment, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655
men.* The brave and gallant conduct displayed on
the occasion by Capt. Hornby, who himself received
a slight wound, was rewarded by the Admiralty with
a gold medal. He continued in the Volage until
Oct. 1811, and was next, on 6 Aug. 1812, and 3 Dec.
1814, appointed to. the command of the Stag 36,
and Spartan 38. In the former of those frigates
he made a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope ; and
on returning, in the latter, to the Mediterranean,
he was employed as Senior officer, in conjunction
with a Tuscan land-force, to secure the accomplish-
ment of a treaty stipulative of the surrender to
Tuscany of the island of Elba by the French. For
this service Capt. Hornby was presented by the
Tuscan Government with the Cross of the Imperial
Order of St. Joseph of Wurtzbourgh. He paid the
Spartan off in July, 1816, and from that period
remained unemployed until 1832, when he was
appointed Superintendent of the Royal Naval Hos-
pital and Victualling Yard at Plymouth. He re-
moved, 6 Jan. 1838, to the command of the Wil-
liam AND Mary yacht, and the superintendentship
of the Dockyard at Woolwich ; and from 16 Dec.
1841, until promoted to flag-rank, 9 Nov. 1846, he
filled the office of Comptroller-General of the Coast
Guard.
The Rear-Admiral was nominated a C.B. 4 June,
1815. He married, 22 Nov. 1814, Sophie Maria,
eldest daughter of the late Right Hon. General Bur-
goyne, by whom he has issue eight children. His
second daughter, Caroline Lucy, is married to Lieut.
W. T. Denison, R.E. Agents — Messrs. Halford
and Co.
HORNBY. (LlEDTENANT, 1825.)
William Hornby entered the Navy 21 Aug.
1811 ; passed his examination in 1818 ; and obtained
his commission 4 Oct. 1825. He does not appear
to have been since employed. Agent — Joseph
Woodhead.
HORNBY. (Capt., 1846. f-p., 15; h-p.,7.)
William Windham Hornet, born 23 July, 1812,
at Huyton, in Lancashire, is eldest son of the Rev.
Geoffrey Hornby, Rector of Bury, in that co., by
the Hon. Georgiana Byng, sister of the late Vice-
Admiral Viscount Torrington; and nephew of
Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby, C.B.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 1
Deo. 1825 ; and embarked, in June, 1827, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas.
Sullivan, with whom he was for some time employed
on particular service. On proceeding in 1828 to
the Mediterranean as Midshipman of the Rattle-
snake 28, Capt. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgcman, he
assisted at the blockade of Navarin, and took part
in several boat affairs with pirates. In 1831, after
an attachment vrith Capt. Bridgeman to the Re-
venge 78, he joined the Gannet 18, Capt. Mark
Halpen Sweny, and sailed for the West Indies,
where he was present at Jamaica during the insur-
rection of 1832. Passing his examination in the
course of that year, he became Mate of the Ranger
28, Capt. Manley Dixon. Prior to his advance-
ment to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place
9 Sept. 1833, Mr. Hornby was further employed in
the Satellite 18, Capt. Robt. Smart, at the block-
ade of the Dutch coast, and in the Caledonia 180,
» r'tifeGaz. 1811, p. 894.
HORNSBY-HORTON— HOSEASON.
543
flag-ship of Sir Josias Kowley in the Mediterranean.
His next appointments were — 25 Nov. 1833, and
20 Aug. 1836, to the Canopus 84, Capt. Hon. Jos-
celine Percy, and Beacon surveying-vessel, Lieut.
Commander Thos. Graves, hoth on the latter sta-
tion, whence his health obliged him to return in
June, 1838—10 April, 1839, to the Benbow 72, Capt.
Houston Stewart, from which ship also in the Medi-
terranean, he was again under the necessity of in-
validing in Jime, 1840— and 21 Aug. 1841, as First-
Lieutenant, to the "Warspite 50, Capt. Lord John
Hay, fitting at Portsmouth. He obtained a second
promotal commission 23 Nov. following ; and on
9 Nov. 1846, having been in command from 7 Feb.
1845 until April of the former year, of the Styx
sloop, on the coast of Africa, he was promoted to
Post rank. He is at present on half-pay. Agent
— Joseph Woodhead.
HOKNSBY. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 14; h-p., 34.)
"William Hobnsby entered the Navy, in Sept.
1799, on board the Experiment 44, arTite'e en fliUe,
Capts. John G. Saville and Geo. Chas. Mackenzie ;
to which ship (attending intermediately the expe-
dition of 1801 to Egypt) he continued attached
until the close of 1805. He afterwards joined the
Meg^ra fire-vessel, Capt. Arch. Duff, and Bose
18, Capts. Lucius Curtis and Philip Pipon, in the
Channel ; served, from June, 1807, to July, 1810, in
the Resolution and Rodney 74's, each commanded
by Capt. Geo. Burlton, under whom he was present,
as Midshipman of the Resolution, at the bombard-
ments of Copenhagen and Flushing ; then became
Acting-Lieutenant, for a short time, of the Ton-
NANT 80, Capt. Sir John Gore ; and, after a further
employment, off Havre and Lisbon, in the Cyane
22, and Abercromby 74, Capts. Fras. Augustus
Collier and Wm. Chas. Fahie, was officially pro-
moted, 26 Sept. 1811, into the Canopus 80, Capt.
Chas. Inglis. His last appointments were — to the
Rose 18, Capt. Roht. Maunsell, and VimiE de Paris
110, and BoYNE 98, both under the orders of Capt.
Burlton. He served in the Rose on the Baltic sta^
tion ; and was a participator, in the Boyne, in Sir
Edw. PeUew's partial actions of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13
Feb. 1814, with the Toulon fleet. He has been on
half-pay since Sept. of the latter year.
HOKTON. (Commander, 1844. f-p., 13;
H-p., 2.)
Frederick Wilmot Hokton is a relative of Sir
Eobt. J. W. Horton, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Nov. 1832 ; passed
his examination in 1838 ; obtained his commission 9
May, 1839 ; and was successively appointed — on 22
of the same month, to the Jaseur 16, Capt. Fred.
Moore Boultbee, stationed in the Mediterranean —
and, 31 Oct. 1840, and 29 Aug. 1842, to the Endy-
MION 44, and, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the Dido 18,
Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey and Hon. Henry Kep-
pel, both in the East Indies. For his spirited and
zealous exertions in command of the boats of the
latter vessel at the destruction of the forts and set-
tlements belonging to the pirates in the Sarebus
river, on the coast of Borneo, he obtained the ex-
pressed approbation of the Commander-in-Chief,
Sir Wm. Parker, and of the Board of Admiralty,
and was promoted to the rank of Commander 6
Jan. 1844. He was appointed, 17 Feb. 1846, to the
Cygnet 6, on the African station, where, since 24 of
the following April, he has been serving in the
KiNcnsHEB 12. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
HORTON. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
WittiAM HoRTON is son (by Grace, daughter of
— — Treacher, Esq., and widow of Henry Whor-
wood, Esq., of Headington House, co. Oxford) of
Joshua Sydney Horton, Esq., Kear-Admiral of the
"White (1830), who died 24 Nov. 1834, at Boulogne-
sur-mer, aged 67. His grandfather's first wife was
a daughter of Geo. Clarke, Esq., Lieut.-Govemor of
New York ; and hia uncle, the late Thos. Horton,
Esq., of Howroyde, co. York, married the Lady
Mary Gordon, youngest daughter of George, third
Earl of Aberdeen. The Lieutenant is nephew of
Geo. Wm. Horton, Esq., a Lieut.-Colonel in the
Army.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Deo. 1832 ; passed
his examination 13 Dec. 1839 ; and served, as Mate,
on board the Talbot 26, Capts. Henry John Co-
drington and Robt. Fanshawe Stopford (under the
former of whom he participated in the bombard-
ment of St. Jean d'Acre), and Queen 110, and St.
Vincent 120, flag-ships at Portsmouth of Sir Edw.
Codrington. He obtained his commission 7 March,
1842, but, rejoining the St. Vincent soon after-
wards, continued in that ship until appointed, 6
Dec. following, to the Gorgon steamer, Capt. Chas.
Hotham, on the South American station. On 25
Nov. 1844, after about 12 months of half-pay, he
went back to the St. Vincent, then bearing the
flag of Sir Chas. Rowley, with whom, however, he
continued but a few months. Lieut. Horton, whose
next appointment was, 25 July, 1846, to the Queen,
Commodore Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, has been
attached, since 14 Oct. in that year, to the Thetis
36, commanded by his former Captain, Codrington.
He married, 18 Feb. 1846, Agnes Jane, second
daughter of the late J. Jeddere Fisher, Esq., of
Great Culberden, Tunbridge Wells.
HOSEASON. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 30.)
Andrew Hoseason died about the commence-
ment of 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1809, as
A. B., on board the Strenuous gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander John Nugent, employed on the Leith
station. Removing, in the next Dec, to the Leda
36, Capt. Geo. Sayer, he sailed in that ship with a
convoy for the East Indies, where we find him, in
Aug. 1811 and Jan. 1813, assisting, as Master's
Mate, at the reduction of Java, and in a very des-
perate attack made upon the pirates of Sambas, in
the island of Borneo. In the spring of 1816 he was
for a short time transferred to the Philomel 10,
Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, but he then went
back, in a similar capacity, to the Leda, and conti-
nued in her until confirmed by a commission dated
on 30 Dec. in the same year.
HOSEASON. (Commander, 1844.)
John Cochrane Hoseason entered the Navy 20
July, 1823 ; passed his examination in 1829 ; and
obtained his first commission 10 Jan. 1837. His
succeeding appointments were — 12 Jan. and 24
April, 1837, and 18 Jan. 1838, to the Dublin 50,
flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Rover 18,
Capt. Chas. Eden, and Imogene 26, Capt. Henry
Wm. Bruce, all on the South American station,
whence he returned to England, and was paid off
at the close of 1839— and, 3 Feb. 1840, to the Cam-
bridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, with whom he
served for nearly two years, and was present in the
operations on the coast of Syria, and at the blockade
of Alexandria. He acquired the rank he now holds
6 Sept. 1844 ; and, since 10 June, 1846, has been in
command of the Inflexible steam-sloop, on the
East India station. Agents — Hallett and Rohin-
HOSEASON. (Commander, 1846.)
William Hoseason entered the Navy 24 May,
1811; passed his examination in 1818; and was
made Lieutenant, 28 Dec. 1826, into the Bustard
10, Capt. Chas. Elliot, on the Jamaica station. He
returned home in 1827, on board the Primrose 18,
Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt; and was after-
wards appointed — 17 Feb. 1831, to the Nimrod 20,
Capt. Sam. Radford, on the Cork station — 14 April,
1832, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings — 15 Oct. 1833, to the
Thunderer 84, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, in the
Mediterranean— and, 31 May and 4 Aug. 1837, 26
Oct. 1839, and 9 April, 1846, to the successive com-
mand of the Pigmy, Peospero, Axecto, and Torch
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HOSKEN— HOSKINS-HOSTE-HOTCHKIS-HOTHAM.
steamers. He attained his present rank 9 Nov.
1846 ; and is now on half-pay. Agents — Messrs.
StUwell.
HOSKEN. (Lieut., 1828. p-p., 24; h-p., 15.)
James Hosken entered the Navy 23 Feb. 1808 ;
passed his examination in 1816 ; and, between that
period and 1824, was employed on the West India
and Home stations, in the Piqde 36, Capts. Fan-
shawe, John M'Kellar, and Jas. Haldane Ttdt, Woir
sloop, Capt. Bernard Teoman, and Bolvtahk 74,
Capt. Dundas. On 9 Aug. 1828, as a reward for
four years of very active servitude, as Mate of the
ScoDT Kevenue-outter, Lieut.-Commanders Cook
and Fitzmaurice, he was promoted to his present
rank. He was then, until paid off in May, 1830,
employed on the Mediterranean station in the
Mtsa bomb, Capt. Stephen Lushington; and he
afterwards, until put out of commission in Oct.
1832, had charge of the Princess Elizabeth and
Ttbian packets, in the West Indies and South Ame-
rica. He has since been on half-pay.
On leaving the Tykian, Lieut. Hosken took com-
mand of a merchant-ship ; and, in July, 1836, he
assumed that of the celebrated steamer the Great
Western, in which he made 33 voyages, or 66 pass-
ages to and from New York. In Jan. 1844 he was
appointed to that leviathan of the deep the Great
Britain steam-ship.
HOSKINS. (Commandeb, 1814. f-p., 11 ;
H-p., 33.)
Samuel Hoskins entered the Navy, 10 July, 1803,
as A.B., on board the Amazon 38, Capt. Wm.
Parker. Continuing to serve with that officer for a
period of nearly seven years, he in consequence
commanded a boat at the cutting-out of a brig from
under the batteries of Palma — accompanied Lord
Nelson in his celebrated pursuit of the combined
squadrons to the West Indies — assisted, on 13
March, 1806, in company with the London 98, at
the capture, after a long running fight, and a loss to
the Amazon of 3 men killed and 6 woimded, of the
French 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the flag of
Hear- Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule
—and co-operated with the patriots on the coast of
Gallicia, where many of the enemy's batteries were
destroyed. On 4 April, 1810, he was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant in the Rota 38, Capt. Philip
Somerville ; in the boats belonging to which frigate
he appears to have been wounded at the capture of
a privateer, off the island of Ushant, in 1812. He
was advanced — aftijr having officiated for 18 months,
on board the San Joan 74, as Flag-Lieutenant at
Gibraltar to Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee — to
the rank of Commander 4 July, 1814 ; but he has
not been since afloat.
Commander Hoskins married, in 1820, Mary Anne,
youngest daughter of the late Commander Folliott,
B.N. (1790), and by that lady has issue.
HOSTE, Babt. (Commandek, 1843. f-p., 14;
H-p, 3.)
SiK William Legge Geokge Hoste, born 19
March, 1818, is son of that distinguished officer, the
late Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, Bart., K.C.B.,* by Har-
riet, third daughter of Horatio, second Earl of Or-
• Sir Wm. Hoste entered the Navy at the commencement
of the French revolutionary war, waa with Nelson at Tene-
rilfe in 1797. and attained Post-rank m 1802. On 13 March,
181 1, being at the time in the Amfhion 32, and in command
(including that ship) of four frigates, carrying, in the whole,
156 guns and 879 men, he effected the brilliant defeat, after
a battle of six hours, and a loss to the Amphion of 15 killed
and 47 wounded, of a Franco- Venetian armament, whose
force amounted to 284 guns and S6&5 men. When in the
Bacchante, in ims, he commanded the Naval force em-
ployed at the reduction of the important fortresses of Cattaro
and Ragusa. For the above and other dashing services, Capt.
Hoste was raised to the dignity of a Baronet in 1814. In the
same year he obtained an honourable augmentation to the
family arms; and in ISl.^i he was nominated a K.C.B. In
consideration of his services at Cattaro and Kagusa, the.-Em-
peror of Austria also conferred on him the insignia of a K.M.T.
He died 0 Dec. ItiSS.
ford; and nephew of Sir Geo. Chas. Hoste, C.B.,
Colonel of the Royal Engineers.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1830, as a
"Volunteer, on board the Bbiton 46, Capt. John
Duff Markland, employed on the Home station;
became Midshipman, in Feb. 1833, of the Victoky
104, Capt. Edw. Rich. Williams, guard-ship at Ports-
mouth; and proceeded soon afterwards to South
America, in the Coswat 28, Capt. Henry Eden.
Between March, 1834, and his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant 27 June, 1838, we find him em-
ployed in the Mediterranean, the last 15 months as
Mate, on board the Thunderer 84, Capt. Wm.
Furlong Wise, Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, and
Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag of Hon.
Sir Bobt. Stopford. Being then, however, reap-
pointed to the latter ship, he continued attached to
her, on the same station, until Nov. 1839. He sub-
sequently, from 12 April, 1841, until paid off" in Dec.
1842, served in the Southampton 50, under the flag
of Sir Edw. Dumford King, Commander-in-Chief
at the Cape of Good Hope and Brazils, and assisted
during that period in taking possession of Port Na-
tal. Being next, on 1 July, 1843, appointed to the
Victoria and Albert yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus
FitzClarenoe, Sir Wm. Hoste was present in the
ensuing Sept. at the meeting which took place at
Treport between the Sovereigns of France and
England. He was advanced to his present rank, at
the request of H.R.H. Prince Albert, 5 Nov. 1843;
and, since 17 Dec. 1845, has been in successive com-
mand of the Ringdove and Spiteedl steam-sloops,
on the East India station.
Sir Wm. Hoste received in 1845 the appointment
of Gentleman Usher to the Queen Dowager.
HOTCHKIS. (Eethusd Commander, 1833. f-p.,
9 ; H-P., 60.)
John Hotchkis was born 28 Aug. 1766. One
of his brothers, Adam, was killed in India, in the
Medical Service of the Company, in 1780 ; another,
Alexander, a Lieutenant of Marines, perished in
the same year on board the Stirling Castle 64,
on the coast of America ; and a third, David, lost
his left leg while serving as a Lieutenant of the
Preston 50, in the action off the Dogger Bank in
1781.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1778, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Crescent 28, Capt.
Chas. Hope, with whom he continued to serve as
Midshipman of the Iphigenia 32, and Leocadia 38,
on the Home and Newfoundland stations, until the
peace of 1783. Re-embarking, in 1793, as Master's
Mate, on board the Gibraltar 80, Capts. Thos.
Mackenzie and John Pakenham, he had an oppor-
tunity, under the former officer, of witnessing Lord
Howe's action of 1 June, 1794, on which occasion
he was sent into port as Acting-Master of the
Northumberland 74, one of the prizes taken by
the British. On proceeding to the Mediterranean
Mr. Hotchlcis was there promoted, 17 June, 1795,
to a Lieutenancy in the Oa Ira 80, Capt. Chas.
Dudley Pater. He remained in that ship until
burnt out, in consequence of her having acoidentr
aUy caught fire, in San Fiorenza Bay, U April,
1796 ; after which we find him employed, from 26
Sept. in the same year until May, 1797, on board
the Monmouth 64, Capt. the Earl of Northesk, in
the North Sea. He then invalided, from badness
of sight, and did not again go afloat. He became
a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov.
1830, and on the Senior 21 Dec. 1833.
Commander Hotohlds married, first, 9 Nov. 1800,
Mary, daughter of Rich. Pcarce, Esq., co. West-
meath. That lady dying in 1830, he espoused,
secondly, in 1832, a daughter of Thos. Hart, Esq.,
a Major in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s service, by whom he
has issue one sou.
HOTHAM, K.C.B. (Captain, 1833. p-p., 19 ;
H-p., 10.)
Sin Charles Hotham, born in 1806, is eldest son
of the Rev. Fras. Hotham, Prebendary of Rochester
HOTIIAM.
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(second son of the second Lord Hotham, one of the
Barons of the Court of Exchequer), by Anne Eliza-
beth, eldest daughter of Thos. Hallett Hodges, Esq.,
of Hemsted Place, Kent; and first cousin of Capt.
Hon. Geo. Fred. Hotham, R.N. Sir Charles, who
is brother-in-law of Lieut.-Colonel Grieve of the
75th Regt., has also a brother, Augustus Thomas
Hotham, in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Nov. 1818 ; and
on the night of 23 May, 1824, when Midshipman of
the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer,
served in the boats under Lieut. Michael Quin at
the gallant destruction of a 16-gun brig, moored in
a position of extraordinary strength alongside the
walls of the fortress of Bona, in which was a gar-
rison of about 400 soldiers, who, from cannon and
musket, kept up a tremendous fire, almost perpen-
dicularly, on the deck. He was made Lieutenant,
17 Sept. 1825, into the Revenge 76, flag-ship of Sir
Harry Burrard Neale in the Mediterranean ; and
next appointed — 15 May, 1826, to the Medina 20,
Capts. Timothy Curtis and Wm. Burnaby Greene,
on the same station — and, 8 Deo. 1827, and 26 July,
1828, as First, to the Terror and Meteor bombs,
Capts. "Wm. Fletcher and David Hope. As a re-
ward for his distinguished exertions on the occasion
of the wreck of the Terror, more particularly
alluded to in our memoir of Capt. Hope, Mr.
Hotham was promoted by the Lord High Admiral
to the rank of Commander 13 Aug. 1828. After
an interval of half-pay he obtained an appointment,
17 March, 1830, to the Cordelia 10, and returned
to the Mediterranean, whence he ultimately came
home and was paid off in Oct. 1833— having been
raised to Post-rank on 28 of the preceding June in
compliment to the memory of his uncle the late
Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, G.C.B.,
G.C.M.G. His next appointment was, 25 Nov. 1842,
to the Gorgon steam-sloop, stationed on the S.E.
coast of America. In Nov. 1845, having assumed
command of a small squadron, he ascended the
river Parana, in conjunction with a French naval
force under Capt. Trehouart, and on 20 of that
month, after a hard day's fighting, succeeded in
effecting the destruction of four heavy batteries
belonging to General Rosas at Punta Obligado, also
of a schooner-of war carrying 6 guns, and of 24
vessels chained across the river. Towards the close
of the action he landed with 180 seamen and 145
marines, and accomplished the defeat of the enemy,
whose numbers had originally consisted of at least
3500 men, in cavalry, infantry, and artillery, and
whose batteries had mounted 22 pieces of ordnance,
including 10 brass guns, which latter were taken off
to the ships, the remainder being all destroyed.
The loss of the British in this very brilliant affair
amounted to 9 men killed and 24 wounded. In
acknowledgment of the gallantry, zeal, and ability
displayed throughout its various details by Capt.
Hotham, he was recommended in the most fervent
terms of admiration by his Commander-in-Chief,
Rear- Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield, in his despatches
to the Admiralty, and he was in consequence nomi-
nated a K.C.B. 9 March, 1846. Since 13 May in
that year he has been employed as Commodore on
the coast of Africa, with his broad pendant succes-
sively flying in the Devastation and Penelope
steamers.
While Sir Chas. Hotham was in the Goegon, that
vessel was blown far on shore in a hurricane at
Colonia, and it was only by the most indomitable
and procrastinated exertion on the part of himself
and his crew that she was saved. Agents — Messrs.
Halford and Co.
Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. (who
died Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean in
1833, aged 56), and of Admiral Sir John Sutton,
K.C.B. ; and cousin both of the present Admiral
Sir Wm. Hotham, G.C.B., and of Capt. Sir Chas.
Hotham, K.C.B.
This ofScer entered the Navy, 16 Sept. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Northumberland 74,
commanded by his uncle Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham.
On 22May, 1812, when in company with theGROWLEK
gun-brig, we find him contributing to the gallant
destruction, at the entrance of L'Orient, of the
French 40-gun frigates L'Arienne and L'Andro-
maque, and 16 gun-brig Mamebmch, whose united
fire, conjointly with that of a destructive battery,
killed 5 of the Noethumberland's people, and
wounded 28. Becoming Midshipman, in Jan. 1813,
of the Ramillies 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman
Hardy and Chas. Ogle, he sailed for the coast of
North America, where he continued until the ter-
mination of hostilities, and, independently of the
blockade of New London, participated in the opera-
tions against Moose Island, Baltimore, and New
Orleans. After a brief re-employment under the
orders of his uncle in the Sdperb 74, stationed off
the coast of France for the interception of Napoleon
Buonaparte, Mr. Hotham, in Oct. 1815, joined the
Pactolos 38, Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer and
Wm. Hugh Dobbie, the latter of whom he accom-
panied into the Severn 40. On next joining the
MiNDEN 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson, he assisted in that
ship at the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816,
and then sailed for the East Indies, on which station
he served until after his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, which took place 7 Deo. 1819. On 22
Oct. 1821, he obtained an appointment to the EuRr-
ALus 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, fitting
for the Mediterranean, whence he returned to Eng-
land on his advancement to the rank of Commander
25 March, 1822. On 16 May, 1828, Capt. Hotham
had the misfortune, when off' the coast of Egypt, to
lose the Parthian 10, a sloop of which he had
been awarded the command 28 April,- 1827. He
attained the rank he now holds 7 June, 1828, and
has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Hotham married, 12 Aug. 1824, Lady Susan
Maria O'Bryen, eldest daughter of William, second
Marquess of Thomond, by whom he has issue.
HOTHAM. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 12; h-p., 25.)
The Honourable George Frederick Hotham,
bom 20 Oct. 1799, is son of the late Hon. Beaumont
Hotham (eldest son of the second Lord Hotham,
one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer), by
Philadelphia, daughter of Sir John Dixon Dyke,
Bart. Capt. Hotham, who is only brother of the
present Lord Hotham, is nephew of Vice-Admiral
HOTHAM. (LiEDO^NANT, 1832.)
John William Hotham, bom in 1809, is. third
son of Admiral Sir Wm. Hotham, G.C.B., by his
first marriage.
This officer passed his examination in 1830, and
was made Lieutenant, 13 March, 1832, into the
Alfred 50, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, on the Mediter-
ranean station. He was paid off on his return to
England 28 July, 1834, and has since been un-
employed.
Lieut. Hotham married, 29 April, 1838, Sarah
Eliza, eldest daughter of Wm. Hawkesley, Esq., of
the Circus, Bath.
HOTHAM, G.C.B. (Admikai, of the Eed, 1837.
F-P., 22 ; H-p., 46.)
Sir William Hotham, bom in Feb. 1772, is
second son of Geo. Hotham, a General in the Army,
and Colonel of the 14th Regt. of Foot, by Diana,
youngest daughter of Sir Warton Pennyman, Bart. ;
brother-in-law of the late Lord Edw. O'Bryen,
Capt. R.N. ; and nephew of the first Lord Hotham,
who commanded the Bdgae 74, at the relief of
Gibraltar in 1782, fought the well-known actions of
14 March and 13 July, 1795, with the French fleet,
was raised for his services to the peerage, and died
2 May, 1813.
This officer (whose name had been borne on the
books of different ships since 21 Dec. 1779) went to
sea from Westminster School, in the autumn of
1785, on board the Gra.mpiis .50, Capt. Edw. Thomp-
son. On his return home from the African station
in the following spring, he entered the Royal Naval
Academy at Portsmouth, but he re-embarked in
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HOTHAM.
Sept. 1786 on board the Sglebay 32, Capt. John
HoUoway, and sailed for the Leeward Islands,
where he remained until the close of 1789. In 1790
we find him cruizing in the Channel in the Hebe
36, Capt. Alex. Hood, and also in the Pkincess
KoFAL 98, bearing the flag of his uncle Rear-Ad-
miral Hotham. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant
on 27 Oct. in the same year, and being shortly
afterwards appointed in that capacity to the Alli-
gator 28, Capt. Isaac Coffin, he proceeded to Hali-
fax, whence, in 1791, he returned home with Lord
Dorchester, the Governor-General. In 1792 he was
again ordered to Halifax, in the "Wjnchelsba 32,
Capt. Fisher ; and in June, 1793, subsequently to
his removal to the Ddke 98, Commodore Geo.
Murray, he shared in the unsuccessful operation
against Martinique. In January, 1794, on his ar-
rival off Toulon in the Inconstant .36, Capt. Augustus
Montgomery, Mr. Hotham was appointed Seventh
Lieutenant of the Victory 100, bearing the flag of
Lord Hood, by whom, during the siege of Bastia,
he was allowed to serve on shore as a Volunteer
with the brigade of seamen employed under the
orders of Capt. Nelson. On 11 Aug. 1794, when
before Calvi, which place also surrendered to the
British arms, he was invested (being at the time First
of the Victory) with the command of L'Eclair
sloop ; and on 7 Oct. in the same year he was made
Post into the Cyclops 28, previously to his actual
junction of which frigate he acted for a short time
as Captain of the Bedford 74, lying in Leghorn
Boads. After she had spent some time in block-
ading the port of Smyrna, in unison with a force
under Capt. Sam. Hood, the Cyclops went to Gib-
raltar, and was thence ordered with despatches to
England, where, on her arrival after an extra-
ordinary passage of six days, she was paid off in
March, 1796. Owing to this unexpected departure
from the Mediterranean, Capt. Hotham appears to
have lost the command of La Minerve, one of the
finest frigates in the service, to which the Com-
mander-in-Chief, we are informed, had in ignorance
of his absence appointed him. With the exception
of the command, held for a very brief period, of
La RioNiON 36, he did not succeed in again pro-
curing employment until Jan. 1797, when he re-
ceived instructions to join the Adamant 50. In
that ship, which, to the credit of her Commander,
was the only two-decker that preserved its loyalty
intact during the mutiny at the Nore, Capt. Hotham
was stationed with Lord Duncan off the Texel, and,
besides occasionally bearing the flag of that noble-
man, was with him in the memorable victory
achieved over the Dutch, off Camperdown, 11 Oct.
1797. On that occasion he took charge of the
Haerlem, a captured 64, and succeeded, after a
great deal of blowing and unsettled weather, in
carrying her through the Cockle Gatway into Yar-
mouth Roads. The share borne by Capt. Hotham
in the engagement was recompensed with a gold
medal, and his First-Lieutenant was promoted to
the rank of Commander. After several months of
employment on the coast of France, the Adamant
proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope, and was ulti-
mately sent on a cruize off the Isle of France. On
11 Dec. 1799, being at the time in company vrith
the Themendods 74, she drove the French frigate
La Preneiise on shore, under a heavy fire from the
batteries in the neighbourhood of Port Louis, which
harbour, with his own ship, and the Lancaster,
Rattlesnake, and Euphrosyne under his orders,
Capt. Hotham was subsequently sent to blockade.
Having returned with convoy to England, and been
paid off, Capt. Hotham, in March, 1803, procured
command oi the Raisonnable 64. He at first
served off the Dutch coast, and for a short time
carried the flag of Admiral Thornbrough, as he
afterwards did, in the Downs, of Admiral Montagu.
He was also engaged in watching the movements
of the enemy off Boulogne, at a moment when an
invasion of England was anticipated ; and during
a very tempestuous winter, in which the York 64,
was lost, he was stationed in the North Sea. His
health obliging him to resign the command of the
Raisonnable in 1804, ne remained on half-pay
until appointed to the Liverpool district of bea
Fencibles, which, however, he only joined a short
time previously to the disbandment of the corps in
1810. He then acquired command of the Royal
Sovereiqn yacht, and remained in that vessel until
advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral 4 Dec.
1813. He has since been on half-pay. He was
created a K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815; a Vice-Admiral 19
July, 1821; a full Admiral 10 Jan. 1837; and a
G.C.B. 4 July, 1840.
Sir AVm. Hotham married, first, in June, 1804,
Anne, daughter of Sir Edw. Jeynes, Kt., of Glou-
cester, and sister-in-law of the late Admiral Sir
Edw. Thornbrough, G.C.B., who died in 1827 ; and
secondly, in 1835, Jane Seymour, widow of Roger
Pettiward, Esq., formerly of Great Finborough,
Suffolk. By his first marriage he had issue, with
one daughter, four sons, of whom the eldest, Au-
gustus, is in the Army, and the third, John "Wil-
liam, a Lieutenant R.N.
HOTHAM, K.H. (Captain, 1825. f-p., 13;
H-P., 31.)
William Hotham, born in 1794, is eldest son of
Lieut.-Colonel Geo. Hotham (elder brother of Ad-
miral Sir Wm. Hotham, G.C.B.), by his first wife,
Caroline, daughter of Robt. Gee, Esq., of Bishop
Burton ; and brother-in-law of Sir John Wm. Lnb-
bock, Bart., the eminent banker. One of Capt.
Hotham's brothers, George, is a Captain in the
Royal Engineers ; a second, Charles, Prebendary of
York; and a third, John, an officer in the East
India Company's Artillery.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1803, on
board the Raisonnable 64, commanded by his
uncle, Capt. Wm. Hotham, in the North Sea. With
the exception of a few weeks towards the close of
1811, during which he served as Acting-Lieutenant
of the Unite 36,* Capt. Edwin Henry Chamber-
layne, he appears to have been continuously, fromi
1804 until 1814, employed under the orders of Capt.
Chas. Rowley, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and
Lieutenant (commission dated 12 Feb. 1812), on
board the Rdby 64, and Eagle 74. While in the
latter ship he assisted at the defence of Gaeta, and
the storming of Capri in 1806 ; attended the expe-
dition of 1809 to the Walcheren ; was employed at
the siege of Cadiz in 1810; and participated, in
1813, in the operations against Finme, Rovigno, and
Trieste, during the siege of the citadel at which
latter place he served on shore, and manifested an
admirable degree of courage and activity.! He
also, on 8 June, 1813, had partial command of the
boats at the destruction, close to Omago, of a 2-gnn
battery, and the capture of four scuttled vessels
loaded with wine ; and on 7 of the following month
accompanied a party that stormed, carried, and
levelled the fortress of Farasina, mounting 5 long
18-pounders.J From Aug. 1813 until Jan. 1814
Lieut. Hotham commanded a flotilla employed, in
the River Po, in co-operation with the Austrian
army ; and honourable mention is made of him in
several official letters from Capt. Rowley to Admiral
Fremantle, as well as in a despatch from Count
Nugent to Earl Bathurst, then H.M. Secretary of
State for the War Department. The Eagle formed
part of the squadron which accompanied Louis
XVni. to France in April, 1814 ; and was paid off
at Chatham in the course of the following month.
A few days after his promotion to the rank of Com-
mander, which took place 15 June, 1814, we find
Capt. Hotham appointed to the Fervent sloop.
After witnessing the grand naval review held before
the Allied Sovereigns at Spithead, he proceeded to
Bermuda and the West Indies. In June, 1815, the
Fervent was put out of commission; and on 27
April, 1824, Capt. Hotham obtained command of
* While in this ship, Mr. Hotham was creditably noticed
for his cool and steady conduct at tlie capture, after a severe
running fight of four hours, of the 26-gun store-ship, Persannet
who, until' the moment of her surrender, had been taken for
a frigate.— Fide Gaj. 1812, p. 567.
+ Fide Gai. 1813, p. 2478. J V. Gaz. 1803, p. 2010.
IIOUGH-IIOUGHTON.
547
the Sappho 18, fitting for the Halifax station,
whence he returned on his advancement to Post-
rank 4 April, 1825. He accepted the half-pay of
Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Hotham was nominated a K.H. 25 Jan.
1836.
HOUGH. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 28.)
John James Hough was born about Feb. 1785.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, Capt. John
Monckton, bearing the flag in the Channel of Hon.
Geo. Cranfield Berkeley. He served next, from
Jan. 1801 to Aug. 1805, part of the time as Mid-
shipman, in the Anson 44, Capt. Wm. Edw. Cra-
craft, on the Mediterranean station ; then joined,
for short periods, the Saturn 74, Capt. Lord Ame-
lius Beauclerk, Kent 74, Capt. Henry Garrett, and
Hibernia 110, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent, all en-
gaged on Home service ; and on 2 Oct. 1807 was
nominated Acting-Lieutenant, after an unemployed
interval of 17 months, of the Bellona 74, com-
manded at Halifax by Capt. John Erskine Douglas,
to which ship he was confirmed by commission
• dated 19 Nov. following. His next appointments,
until paid off in Aug. 1814, were, on the last men-
tioned, and on the Lisbon, West India, and Home
stations — 18 Nov. 1808, to the Horatio, of 46 guns
and 270 men, Capt. Geo. Scott— 27 Nov. 1810, to
the Formidable 98, Capt. Jas. NicoU Morris— 9
March, 1811, to the Barfleur 98, bearing the flag
of Hon. G. C. Berkeley— 27 July, 1812, to the Asia
74, Capt. Geo. Scott— and, 5 Feb. 1814, to the Eg-
MONT 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham. Of the above
ships the Hokatio appears, when in company with
the Latona 38, and Supekieuke and Driver sloops,
to have effected the capture, 10 Feb. 1809, off the
Virgin Islands, of La Junon French frigate, of 46
guns and 323 men, after a close and sanguinary
action of nearly three hours, a loss to herself of 7
men killed and 33 wounded, and to her antagonist
of 130 killed and wounded. We also, on 21 Feb.
1810, find her making prize, at the close of a long
chase, and of a running fight of one hour, of La
^ecessitSy pierced for 40 guns, but not mounting
more than 28, with a complement on board of 186
men, and laden with naval stores and provisions
from Brest bound to the Isle of France. Mr.
Hough, who on the latter occasion ofiiciated as the
Horatio's First-Lieutenant, was in both instances
the officer sent to take possession of the French
ships, and he each time likewise conducted the
prizes into port. He subsequently, on joining the
Egmont, served in that ship under the flag of Kear-
Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose at the forcing of
the passage of the Gironde, in the spring of 1814.
His last naval appointments were to the command,
3 May, 1817, 1 March, 1824, and 21 March, 1826, of
the Active, Basilisk, and Cracker cutters ; in
which vessels he effected the capture of several
smugglers, twice conveyed large amounts of specie
from London to DubUn, sailed on two occasions
with squadrons of observation under the flag of
H.K.H. the Duke of Clarence, and was employed
as Senior officer in protecting the fisheries off
Jersey. He attained his present rank 29 Sept.
1827.
In May, 1834, Commander Hough was nominated
one of the six stipendiary magistrates appointed at
Barbadoes under the Slavery Emancipation Act ;
and when he resigned that situation in Oct. 1838 he
was presented with a sum for the purchase of a
piece of plate, as a mark of the satisfaction he had
afforded by the just and impartial manner in which
lie had administered its duties. He was afterwards
employed in the Indian Navy, as Captain, from 7
April, 1840, until 29 July, 1846, of the Proserpine
war-steamer. During the operations of 21 July,
1842, against Chin-Kiang-Foo, he was stationed on
the Yang-tse-Kiang and blockaded an entrance to
the Grand Canal.* He married, 28 Aug. 1815, a
daughter of Geo. Thos. Traoey, Esq., Purser and
Paymaster R.N. (1805), and sister of Lieut. Benj.
Wheatley Trafeey, R.N. By that lady he has issue
a son and three daughters. Agent— Joseph Wood-
head.
HOUGHTON. (Retired Commander, 1838.
r-p., 11; H-p., 39.)
Charles Evelyn Houghton, bom 20 Sept. 1784,
is eldest son of Major Houghton, of the 69th Regi-
ment, who lost his life in exploring the interior of
Africa; grandson of Capt. Wm. Houghton, of the
3rd Light Infantry, who was wounded at the battle
of Bunker's Hill; and great-grandson of Sir Wm.
Houghton, Bart., of Hoghton Tower, Lancaster.
Maternally, Commander Houghton is nephew of
the present Sir Hugh Evelyn, Bart., of Wotton
Place ; grand-nephew of the late Gen. Wm. Evelyn,
Colonel of the 29th Kegt., .and M.P. for Helston, in
Cornwall; and a descendant of the learned and
distinguished John Evelyn, F.R.S., who was a Com-
missioner of the Navy, also Treasurer of Green-
wich Hospital (to which institution he was a donor
of 3000?.), and the last joint Sheriff for cos. Surrey
and Sussex. One of the Commander's brothers,
Frederick, a Lieutenant R.N., avas lost with Capt.
F. Moore Maurice in the Magnet sloop, in 1812 ;
and another, Ralph, a Lieutenant in the Army, died
in the West Indies.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Aug. 1797, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Standard 64, Capts.
Thos. Parr and Thog. Revell Shivers, stationed in
the North Sea; removed, in April, 1798, to the
Blonde 32, armee-ea-flute, commanded by Capt.
Dan. Dobree, in the Baltic, off the Texel, and on
the Irish coast; and in Nov. 1799 rejoined Capt.
Shivers on board the Defiance 74, flag-ship after-
wards of Rear-Admiral Thos. Graves. Under the
latter officer he bore a warm part, as Midshipman,
in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801 ; and at
its close, when the Dannebrog, bearing the Danish
Admiral's flag, caught fire, and was drifting towards
the Defiance, he was sent with the boats to tow
her head round, and had actually hold of the tow-
rope at t'ne moment she blew up. Between Oct.
1801 and Jan. 1805 Mr. Houghton was employed, on
the West India, Home, and Mediterrane.an stations,
in the Audacious 74, Capt. Shuldham Peard, Juno
32, Capt. Henry Richardson, Triumph 74, Capt.
Sir Bobt. Barlow, and Drake 10, Capt. Drury.
Having passed his examination in 1804, and been
for six months in charge of a watch, he was then-
appointed Sub-Lieutenant of the Locust gun-brig,
Lieut.-Commander John Lake; which vessel, in
Feb. 1805, took the ground off Boulogne, while en-'
deavouring to cut off a boat, and lay exposed for
some time to a very heavy fire from 11 of the
enemy's batteries, and several thousands of their
troops. Although the sails and rigging of the
Locust were cut to pieces, and she was otherwise
damaged, the only person hurt on board was Mr.
Houghton, who received a musket-ball in the right
leg. On 24 of the following April we find the same
vessel uniting with the Railleur and Starling
gun-brigs in an attack upon a powerful division of
the invasion flotilla. Six schuyts were on that occa-
sion captured, after a spirited resistance; and in
boarding one of them Mr. Houghton was again
wounded by a bayonet under the left arm. He
was made full Lieutenant, on 14 Sept. in the same
year, into the Regulus 44, armee-en-fi'ute, Capt.
Boys, lying at Portsmouth, but continued only a few
weeks in that ship, and was lastly, from 3 July, 1807,
until 26 Feb. 1810, employed, in the Channel, off
the coast of Portugal, and in the North Sea and
Baltic, on board the Plastagenet 74, Capts. Wm.
Bradley and Thos. Eyles. He accepted his present
rank 17 Jan. 1838.
Commander Houghton married, in 1806, Char-
lotte, youngest daughter of the late Fras. Dancer,
Esq., of the Treasury, and of Wealdstone House,
Harrow, co. Middlesex, by whom he has issue
three sons and two daughters. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
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IIODLTON—HOUSTOUN— HOWARD— HOW AT— HOWE.
HOULTON. (Retired Commander, 1840.
F-P., 10; H-P., 47.)
Robert Houlton is second son of the late Joseph
Houlton, Esq., of Farley Castle, oo. Somerset, a
Captain in the Army, by Dorothea Sarah, daughter
of Chas. TorrianS, Esq., Capt. K.A. ; and brother
(with the present Sir Geo. Houlton, Kt., late Capt.
43rd Regt.) of John Houlton, Esq., Colonel of the
1st R6gt. of Somerset Militia, and a Deputy-Lieu-
tenant for that CO., who died 17 Feb. 1839— of
Lieut. Joseph Houlton, of the 40th Regt. of In-
fantry, who died in 1795— and of Capt. Sam. Houl-
ton, of the 11th Regt. of Native Infantry, who died
at Dinapore, in the East Indies, in 1827.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1790, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Bellona 74, Capt. Fras.
John Hartwell, guard-ship at Spithead, and after
serving with Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, in the Swan
and Atalanta sloops, joined, in 1792, the Coura-
GEox 74, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave. After that
ship had assisted in the occupation of Toulon, and
had been disabled in an engagement at Corsica,
Mr. Houlton, while she was being hove down, was
sent in the Moselle sloop to Gibraltar for ammu-
nition. On his return to Toulon he was unfortu-
nately captured by the enemy, who detained him
in France until 1796. He was then appointed Mas-
ter's Mate of the Glenmoke 36, Capt. Geo. Dufi',
stationed in the North Sea; and on 18 May, 1797,
he was made Lieutenant into the Triton 32, Capt.
John Gore, attached to the force on the French
coast. Invaliding, however, in the following year,
he did not again go afloat until Dec. 1805, on 15 of
which month he obtained an appointment to L'Im-
piTDEHX 74, Capt. John Lawford, off Brest. In
1806 he joined the Irish Sea Fencibles ; and in 1807
he assumed charge of a Signal tower in co. Donegal.
The latter, his last appointment, he held but a few
months ; a serious attack of asthma compelling him
to invalid. He became a Retired Commander on
the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 18
Jan. 1840. Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
HOUSTOUN. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 18 ;
H-p., 5.)
Wallace Hodstodn entered the Navy 2 Dec.
1824 ; passed his examination in 1830 ; obtained his
first commission 3 March, 1832 ; and was appointed
—8 Dec. 1832, to the Childers 18, Capt. Robt.
Deans — 10 Jan. 1833, to the Spartiate 76, flag-ship
of Sir Michael Seymour in South America — 10
March, 1834, to the Conway 28, Capt. Henry Eden,
with whom he returned to England and was paid
off in Oct. 1835—9 June, 1836, to the Macagascar
44, Capts. Sir John Strutt Peyton and Provo "Wm.
Parry Wallis, in which ship he served on the North
America and West India station, latterly as First-
Lieutenant, until put out of commission in the
summer of 1839—23 July and 27 Oct. 1840, to the
Impregnable 104, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships
of Sir Graham Moore at Plymouth — and, 17 Aug.
1841, to the Illustriods 72, as Flag-Lieutenant to
Sir Chas. Adam, in North America and the West
Indies. Attaining his present rank 7 May, 1842, he
was invested with the command, 3 Aug. following,
of the Pilot 16, on the station last named ; and on
4 March, 1843, was transferred to that of the Imaum
72, bearing the broad pendant at Jamaica of Com-
modore Alex. Ronton Sharpe. He has been on
half-pay since June, 1844.
HOWARD, M.P. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 12;
H-p., 12.)
The Honourable Edward Granville George
Howard, born 23 Dec. 1809, is fourth son of the
present Earl of Carlisle, K.G., by Georgiana, eldest
daughter of William, fifth Duke of Devonshire,
K.G. ; brother of Lord Morpeth, M.P., Chief Com-
missioner of Woods and Forests, of Hon. C. W. G.
Howard, M.P., and of Hon. Fred. Geo. Howard,
an officer in the Army, who was accidentally killed
in Nov. 1834 ; brotherJn-law of the Duke of Suther-
land and of the Earl of Burlington ; and nephew of
Hon. Fred. Howard, Major of Hussars, who was
killed at Waterloo, and of the late Duchess of Rut-
land.
This oflicer entered the Navy 5 April, 1823 ; ob-
tained his first commission 19 Sept. 1829 ; and, from
15 April, 1830, until promoted to the rank of Com-
mander, 3 June, 1833, served in the Mediterranean
on board the Pelican 18, Capt. Joseph Gape. His
next appointments were, 24 Sept. and 13 Oct. 183G,
to the Serpent and Wolverene, of 16 guns each;
in the latter of which sloops he was again employed
on the Mediterranean station until advanced to the
rank he now holds 27 Deo. 1838. He has since
been on half-pay.
Capt. Howard has been in Parliament, since 1840,
as Member for Morpeth. He married, in 1842,
Diana, only daughter of Hon. Geo. Ponsonby, and
niece of the present Viscount Ponsonby, G.C.B.,
and of the late Major-General Sir Wm. Ponsonby,
K.C.B. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
HOWARD. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 18; h-p., 19.)
Richard Howard entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1810,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diana 38, Capts.
Chas. Grant and Wra. Ferris, employed on Channel *
service. In May, 1812, he became Midshipman of
the Coi.ossos 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, also on
the" Home station ; and between Dec. 1813 and
June, 1815, he was employed in North America on
board the Saturn 56, Capt. Jas. Nash. Until the
early part of 1817 he again served at home in the
Surprise 38, and Malta 84, Capts. Sir Thos. John
Cochrane and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild. Towards
the close of 1818 he joined the Coast Blockade, in
the capacity of Admiralty-Mate, having passed his
examination in Oct. 1816 ; and after an attachment
of three or four years to it he was successively ap-
pointed, with the same rank, to the Rifleman 18,
Capts. Jas. Montagu, Wm. Webb, and Wm. Carle-
ton, Briton 46, Capts. Geo. Fras. Seymour and
Hon. Wm. Gordon, and Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir
Edw. Codrington, on the Halifax and Mediterra^
nean stations. He was made Lieutenant, 5 June,
1828, into the Ocean 98, Capt. Patrick Campbell ;
but since May, 1830, when he returned from the
Mediterranean, and was put out of commission, has
been unemployed.
HO WAT. (Commander, 1846.)
William How at passed his examination in 1820 ;
and was made Lieutenant, 13 Nov. 1826, into the
CvREui 20, Capt. Alex. Campbell, on the East
India station, whence he came home with that officer
in the Bombay 84, in Sept. 1828. His subsequent
appointments were — 4 Jan. 1832, to the Talavera
74, Capts. Thos. Brown and Edw. Chetham, with
the latter of whom he returned to England from
the Mediterranean and was paid oflT 12 Feb. 1835 —
25 March, 1836, to the Pembroke 74, Capts. Sir
Thos. Fellowes and Fairfax Moresby, in which ship
he was for nearly four years employed, part of the
time as Midshipman, on the Lisbon and Mediter-
ranean stations — 27 Nov. 1841, in the latter capa-
city, to the Vanguard 80, ofi' Lisbon, where he
continued until the summer of 1S43— and, 14 Feb.
1845, again as Senior, to the same ship, then com-
manded by Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes as part of
the Channel squadron. He attained his present
rank 9 Nov. 1846 ; and is now on half-pay.
HOWE. (Lieut., 1803. f-p., 35; h-p., 17.)
Alexander Borgoyne Howe, born 30 June, 1783,
is second son of Alex. Howe, Esq., of Annapolis
Royal, Nova Scotia; and grandson of Edw. Howe,
Esq., of Annapolis, who was treacherously murdered
while under a flag of truce and in parley with a
French officer in New Brunswick in 1752.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Jan. 1795 (under
the patronage of H.R.H. Prince Edward) as Mid-
shipman, on board the Aprica 64, Capt. Roddam
Home ; and in March, 1796, was present in the un-
successful attack made by the forces under Rear-
Admiral Wm. Parker and Major-General Forbes on
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549
the town of Leogane, St. Domingo. After serving
for upwards of three years in the Channel and on
the coast of Ireland in the TJNiTi frigate, Capt.
Chas. Rowley, and C^sak 80, Capts. R. Home and
Sir Jas. Saumarez, Mr. Howe joined the America
64, which ship, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Parker,
struck, 13 Dec. 1800, upon the Formicas rocks, and
was rendered unfit for further service. He then
became attached in succession to the St. Albans
64, Capt. John Okes Hardy, flag-ship at HaUfax,
and Pheasant 16, Capt. Henry Caxew ; and in the
latter vessel he was employed throughout the sum-
mer of 1801 in blockading an enemy's ship, Le her-
ceau, lying in the port of Boston. From May, 1802,
until Dec. 1805, we find him serving on board the
Leviathan 74, at first under Sir John Duckworth in
the "West Indies (where he beheld the capture of
the national vessels, La Migiimnte and La Superieure),
and then under Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun in the
Mediterranean ; on which station he had the for-
tune to participate in the battle of Trafalgar. In
Jan. 1806 Mr. Howe, who had been promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 28 May, 1803, was ap-
pointed to the Renown 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Dur-
ham. Towards the close of the same year, having
been intermediately employed in blockading the
port of Rochefort, he returned to the Mediter-
ranean, and was there very actively employed until
March, 1810. In Oct. 1809 he united in the pursuit
which led to the self-destruction, near Cape Cette,
of the French ships of the line Robuste and Lion.
On leaving the Renown, Lieut. Howe became First
of the Theseus 74, Capt. Wm. Prowse, under whom,
with the exception of a voyage made to St. Helena
for the purpose of bringing home an East India
convoy, he served on the North Sea station until
Dec. 1813. The ship he next joined was the New-
castle 50, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, stationed off
the coast of North America, where he further
served as Senior Lieutenant, from Feb. 1814 until
compelled to invalid from the effects of rheumatism
in Jan. 1815. His last appointments were — 2 Oct.
1827 and 27 March, 1828, to the successive com-
mand of the Spkightly and Gheyhoond Revenue-
vessels, the latter of which he left in Oct. 1830—16
Sept. 1831, to the command of the Onyx, on the
Cork station, where he remained until paid off in
Nov. 1832— and 13 Nov. 1833, to an Agency for
Transports Afloat. He left the latter service in
June, 1844.
Lieut. Howe married, 15 April, 1815, Elizabeth,
relict of Robt. Carpenter, Esq., of Bradford, co.
Somerset, by whom he has issue two sons and one
daughter. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
HOWELL. (CoMMANDEK, 1816. F-P., 16 ; h-p., 32.)
Joseph Benjamin Howeli, is brother-in-law of
Capt. Wm. Blight, R.N.
This oflioer entered the Navy, in April, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Success 32, Capt. Shuld-
ham Peard. Continuing in that frigate until cap-
tured, 13 Feb. 1801, by a French squadron under
M. Ganteaume, he was for nearly the whole of
the time employed at the blockade of Malta,
and assisted at the taking, 18 Feb. and 24 Aug.
1800, of the French 74-gun ship Le Ge'ncreux, and
40-gun frigate La Diane. On his release from cap-
tivity in March, 1801, he was nominated Midship-
man of the Heotok 74, Capts. Thos. Elphinstone
and Wm. Skipsey, and after participating in the
operations connected with the Egyptian expedition,
he successively joined the Woolwich 44, Capt.
Rich. Bridges, Gladiatok, flag-ship of Rear-Ad-
miral John Holloway, Blenhei.m 74, Capt. Bou-
verie, and Pkevoyante store-ship, Master-Com-
mander Wm. Brown ; and he was next, between
May, 1803, and Sept. 1805, employed rinder Lords
Northeak and Gardner, in the Britannia 100, Hi-
bernia 1 10, and Trent frigate, on the Channel and
Irish stations. On 21 Oct. 1805 Mr. Howell was
confirmed to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant in the
Turbulent gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Thos.
Spearing Osmer, lying at Plymouth. The 22 of
the following Jan. was marked by his promotion to
a full Lieutenancy in the Gibraltar 80, Capts.
Wm. Lukin, Willoughby Thos. Lake, John HalUday,
Jas. Johnstone, and Henry Lidgbird Ball, with
whom we find him continuously serving on the
Channel statioii until appointed, 27 April, 1808, to
the Dryad 36, Capts. Adam Drummond and Edw.
Galwey. During the whole of the siege of Flush-
ing in 1809, he ofiiciated on shore in command of a
party of seamen attached to General Houston's bri-
gade. On that occasion he superintended the erec-
tion of a battery of 6 24-pounders, and while in
command of it had one Master's Mate and more
than half his men killed. The exertions of Mr.
Howell on this service were so conspicuous as to
obtain for him an earnest recommendation to no-
tice.* When afterwards on the north coast of
Spain, he was detached for a period of 21 days in
an open Spanish boat with 25 men, for the purpose
of stopping the enemy's supplies. While on the
same station he contrived, with the boats of a squa-
dron under his orders, to efiect the destruction of
20 large guns mounted on different batteries. On
26 Feb. 1814 he witnessed the capture of the French
frigate La Clorinde, of 44 guns. The Dryad, of
which he had been three years First-Lieutenant,
being paid off in April, 1814, he was next, in Oct.
1815 and March, 1816, appointed in a similar capa-
city to the Eridanus 36, and Minden 74,. both
commanded by Capt. Wm. Paterson. The part
taken by Mr. Howell in the latter ship at the bom-
bardment of Algiers, was rewarded with a Com-
mander's commission dated 16 Sept. 1816. He has
since been on half-pay.
Commander Howell married, 1 Oct. 1823, Pa-
tience Blackburrow, youngest daughter of the
Rev. Wm. George, M. A., Vicar of North Petherton,
CO. Somerset, by whom he has issue two sons and
three daughters. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
HOWES. (Commander, 1847. f-p., 34 ; h-p., 6.)
George Howes entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, Capt.
Geo. Hart, bearing the flag in the North Sea of
Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell. Between
the following summer and March, 1809, we find
him cruizing, part of the time on the Baltic sta-
tion, in a small vessel commanded by Lieuts. C. C.
Dobson and Thos. Mitchell. He was then em-
ployed for nine months off Greenwich under the
flag of Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope ; and from
Dec. 1809 until Aug. 1814, he again served in the
North Sea, as Midshipman of the Prospeko sloop.
The two following years were passed by Mr. Howes
(whose first commission bears date 24 Feb. 1815) in
theWest Indies, as Master's Mate, Acting-Master, and
Supernumerary-Lieutenant, on board the Forester
18, Capt. Wm. Hendry. His subsequent appoint-
ments were — 9 June, 1821, 31 May, 1823, and 13
Feb. 1829, in the capacity last-mentioned, to the
Severn, Ramillies, and Hyperion Coast Blockade
ships, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch, Hugh Pigot, and Wm.
Jas. Mingaye— 16 March, 1831, to the Coast Guard
— and 22 Jirne, 1843, and 17 Jan. 1846, to the com-
mand of the Mermaid and Ranger Revenue-ves-
sels. He was advanced to his present rank 1 Jan.
1847 ; and is now on half-pay.
Commander Howes is married and has issue.
HOWNAM. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., U ; h-p., 33.)
Joseph Robert Hownam entered the Navy, 13
March, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Afbi-
CAixE 38, Capt. Thos. Manby, stationed in the
North Sea ; and in the early part of 1804 became
Midshipman of the Lively 38, Capt. Graham Eden
Hamond. On 5 of the follovring Oct. the latter
frigate had 2 of her men killed and 5 wounded, at
the capture, off' Cape St. Mary, of three Spanish
frigates, laden with treasure, and the destruction of
a fourth ; and in the course of 1805 we find her sus-
taining a self-sought and very spirited skirmish
with the Spanish 74-gun ship Glorioso. On next
* fide Gnv. ISO?, p. 1327.
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HUBBARD^HUDSON.
joining the Centaue 74, bearing the hroad pendant
of Sir Sam. Hood, Mr. Hownam was present, 25
Sept. 1806, at the capture, by that ship and the
Mars and Monaech 74's, of four heavy French
frigates from Kochefort, on which occasion the
British Commodore lost his arm. He also attended
the expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen, and in Deo.
of the same year was at the surrender of Madeira.
After an attachment of more than 12 months to
the Bakfledk 98, flag-ship off Lisbon of Rear-
Admirals Wm. Albany Otway and Chas. Tyler,
and Lavisia 40, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, he was
made Lieutenant, 4 May, 1809, into the Resistance
38, Capts. Chaa. Adam, Philip L. J. Rosenhagen,
and Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, sts/-
tioned in the Mediterranean ; where, from 22 July,
1813, until he invalided in Jan. 1814, he Was further
employed, as Senior, in the TjNDAnNTED 38, Capt.
Thos. Ussher. On 9 Nov. 1813 Mr. Hownam com-
manded a detachment of seamen and marines, and
distinguished himself by the gallant manner in
which he effected the capture of a vigorously de-
fended tower, 30 feet high, together with several
batteries in the harbour of Port Nouvelle, where
lay seven French vessels, whose destruction was at
the same time accomplished.* Since he left the
TJndadnted he has been on half-pay.
HUBBAED. (CoMMAKDEK, 1838.)
William Hubbakd entered the Navy, 24 April,
1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tbiomph 74,
Capt. Sir Thoa. Masterman Hardy, in which ship,
and as Midshipman, in the Bakfleur 98, he served
with the same otiicer, on the American and Lisbon
stations, until March, 1811. Being then appointed
Master's Mate of the Manilla 36, Capts. Geo.
Fras. Seymour 'and John Joyce, he was in that fri-
gate wrecked, on the Haak sand, near the Texel,
28 Jan. 1812; from which period until the peace of
1814, it was his misfortune to be detained a prisoner
of war. After again serving for a few months with
Sir T. M. Hardy in the Ramillies 74, Mr. Hubbard
took up a commission dated 4 March, 1815. His
succeeding appointments were — in July, 1816, and
Feb. 1817, to the Perseus 22, and Tamak 28, both
commanded by Capt. Thos. Rich. Toker, on the
Newfoundland station — about April, 1822, to the
Ariadne 26, Capts. Constantino Rich. Moorsom
and Isham Fleming Chapman, at the Cape of Good
Hope— 25 Feb. 1826, to the Prince Regent 120,
flag-ship of SirRobt. Moorsom at the Nore, where
he was paid off in July, 1827—9 Oct. 1829, as Se-
nior Lieutenant, to the Volage 28, Capt. Lord
Colchester, under whom he escorted the ex-Empe-
ror and Empress of Brazil to Cherbourg in April,
1831, and was employed during the winter of 1832
in enforcing the Dutch embargo — and 28 Jan. 1837
(after four years of half-pay), in a similar capacity,
to the Malabar 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Augustus Mon-
tagu, off Lisbon. He was promoted to the rank of
Commander 28 June, 1838 — a few months after the
latter ship had been put out of Commission — but
has not been since afloat.
HUBBARD. (LlECTENANT, 1828.)
William Hubbard (6) entered the Navy 1 Jan.
1810; passed his examination in. 1817; and was
made Lieutenant, 13 Nov. 1828, into the Rattle-
snake 28, Capt. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman,
on the Mediterranean station, whence he invalided
in Feb. 1829. His next and last appointments were
— 18 Nov. 1834, to the charge of the Semaphore
station on Putney Heath— and, 23 Nov. 1835, to the
Directorship of Police at Chatham Dockyard. He
has been on half-pay since Sept. 1841.
Lieut. Hubbard was granted, 10 April, 1829, a
pension of 103/. 5s. for wounds.
HUDSON. (Commander, 1831. f-p., 23; h-p.,
13.)
John Hudson is second son of the Rev. J. Hud-
son, late Vicar of Stanwie.
* Vide Git. 1814, p. 124.
This officer entered the Navy in Aug. 1811, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the America 74, Capt. Josias
Rowley. He soon removed to the Alfred 74, Capt.
Joshua Sydney Horton, employed at the time at the
siege of Cadiz, where he was transferred to the
Druid 32, Capts. Thos. Searle and Fras. Stanfell.
While in that frigate, besides actively co-operating
in a flat-bottomed boat in the defence of Tarifa, he
visited Egypt, and thence escorted the Prince of
Morocco to Tangier. Following Capt. Stanfell, as
Midshipman, in Deo. 1812, into the Cossack 22, he
sailed with convoy for Jamaica, and was employed
for many months off that island in cruizing against
the American enemy. In June, 1814, having re-
turned to the Mediterranean, lie was for a short
period appointed to the Indus 74, Capt. Wm. Hall
Gage ; after which ■ we find him serving for 12
months in the Channel on board the Sheldrake 16,
Capt. Geo. Brine ; and again with the same officer
from Sept. 1815 to Nov. 1818, as Master's Mate, in
the Mosquito 18, on the African and South Ameri-
can stations. During the latter period he cruized
with much success against the slave trade, part of
the time in command of a tender ; and he was for
nine months stationed off St. Helena for the security
of Buonaparte. In Nov. 1820, Mr. Hudson, who had
passed his examination in 1817, again proceeded to
the coast of Africa, where, as Master's Mate of the
Tartar 42, Commodore Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, he
assisted in the boats in effecting the capture of nu-
merous vessels up the different rivers. Volunteer-
ing, on the return home of the Tartar in June,
1821, to continue on the same station, he joined the
Pheasant 18, Capt. Benedictus Marwood Kelly,
with whom he remained until appointed Acting-
Lieutenant, 4 Dec. following, of the Myrmidon 20,
Capt. Henry John Leeke. In Feb. 1822, on the ar-
rival from England of Commodore Sir Eobt. Mends
in the Iphigenia 42, he was superseded and nomi-
nated Admiralty Midshipman of the latter frigate.
During a cruize of six weeks in the Bights of Biafra
and Benin, he contributed to the taking of many
more slave-vessels ; and on one occasion, when in
the river Bonny, he distinguished himself in the
boats of the Iphigenia and Myrmidon, under Lieut.
G. W. St. J. Mildmay, at the capture, after a des-
perate resistance, of five vessels, having on board
upwards of 1800 negroes. For this service he was
promoted by the Commodore to a Lieutenancy, 14
June, 1822, in the Bann 20 — an act which the Ad-
miralty confirmed by a commission signed on 26 of
the next Aug. Invaliding home in May, 1823, Lieut.
Hudson was subsequently appointed — 20 April, 1826,
to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant
of^the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigol^and 16
June, 1829, and 26 Jan. 1831, to the Philomel 10,
and Rattlesnake 28, both commanded by Capt.
Chas. Graham on the Mediterranean station, whence
he returned to England, and was paid off in April,
1831. He attained his present rank on 5 Dec. in
the same year ; and was afterwards, from 6 June,
1833, until 1836, and again from 13 July, 1838, until
1843, employed on the Coast Guard.
Commander Hudson, since 1843, has been Gover-
nor of the Queen's Bench Prison. He married, 12
April, 1832, Emily, only child of the late Rev. Par-
trick Keith, Rector of Ruckinge and Stalisfield, co.
Kent, by whom, who died 9 Oct. 1844, he has issue
six children.
HUDSON. (Lieut., 1813. p-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
John Hudson entered the Navy, 6 April, 1803,
as A.B., on board Ihe Dryad 36, Capts. Wm. Do-
mett, John Giffard, and Adam Drummond, stationed
off the coast of Ireland. In July, 1805, he removed
to the Orion 74, Capts. Edw. Codrington and Sir
Arch. CoUingwood Dickson, in which ship he fought
at Trafalgar, assisted at the capture of Copenhagen,
and was altogether for more than seven years em-
ployed, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the
Mediterranean and Baltic stations. He next, in
Oct. 1812, joined the Barfleue 98, Capt. Sir Edw.
Berry; o,nd on 31 March, 1813, having returned to
the Mediterranean, he was there made Lieutenant
HUDSON— HUGGINS-HUGHES.
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into the Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Mouhray.
He was paid off, on his arrival home with convoy,
in June, 1814 ; and was lastly employed in command,
from 22 Oct. 1828 until Oct. 1831, of the SKYtAEK
Revenue-vessel, on the coast of Ireland.
HUDSON. (LlEDTENANT, 1846.)
Philip Hudson passed his examination 28 Sept.
1840 ; and served, as Mate, in the Caledonia 120,
flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore, Champion 18, Capt.
Rich. Byron, Dolphin and Spy hrigantines, Lieut.-
Commanders Philip Bisson and Sam. Otway Wool-
dridge, and St. Vincent 120, bearing the flag of
Sir Chas. Ogle— on the Plymouth, South American,
African, and Portsmouth stations. He obtained
his commission 31 Jan, 1846 ; and since 2 of the
following month has been employed in the Mediter-
ranean on board the Hakleqdin 12, Capts. Douglas
Curry and John Moore.
HUGGINS. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 18;
H-P., 33.)
Jambs Edward Hdgoins was bom in Aug. 1782,
at Nevis.
This officer (who had previously been in the East
India Company's service) entered the Navy, in Nov.
1796, as A.B., on board the Vindictive frigate,
Capts. Dan. Oliver Guion, Gardner, and Aiskew
Paffard HolUs, stationed at the Cape of Good Hope ;
and on his return to England in 1798, appears to
have been employed for upwards of seven months
ofi:' Woolwich as Midshipman in command of the
Experiment fire-vessel. After an attachment of
some time to the Zealand 74, flag-ship at the Nore
of Vioe-Admirals Slcefflngton Lutwidge and Sir
Andw. Mitchell, he joined the Amazon 38, Capt.
Edw. Riou, under whom he was severely wounded
on the occasion of that ship running foul of Le
Sourgainville French 18-gun privateer, in Feb. 1800.
From the following April until April, 1802, he again
served vrith Capt. Guion, on board the EuKUS 36,
and Tbdstit 50. In the former of those ships he
attended,the expeditions to Ferrol and Cadiz, and
also the one to Egypt, where he was in command of
a flat-boat during the battles of 8, 13, and 21 March,
1801, at the destruction of Rosetta Castle, and at the
surrender of Grand Cairo and Alexandria. On the
night of 29 Aug. 1800, he had served with the boats
of a squadron, 20 in number, commanded by Lieut.
Henry Burke, at the cutting-out, close to the bat-
teries in Vigo Bay, of La Guepe privateer, of 18
guns and 160 men; which vessel, 25 of whose people
were killed and 40 wounded, was boarded and car-
ried in 15 minutes, with a loss to the British of 3
seamen and 1 marine killed, 3 Lieutenants, 12 sea-
men, and 5 marines wounded, and 1 seaman missing.
From June, 1802, to Oct. 1803, we find Mr. Huggins
serving at Newfoundland as Admiralty-Midshipman
of the Camilla 20, Capts. Edw. Brace, Henry Hill,
and Bridges Watkinson Taylor. In March, 1804,
having joined, as Master's Mate, the Inconstant 36,
Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, he assisted at the re-
capture of the African island of Gore'e ; with the
despatches relative to which event he was sent to
England. He was then, after having passed his ex-
amination, ordered to the West Indies, where he
frequently distinguished himself in command of the
tenders of the Heecdlb and Veteran flag-ships —
particularly when in the Ghacieose, in which vessel,
while in the act of boarding a French national
schooner, off St. Domingo, he received a wound so
severe as to deprive him of the entire use of his
arm, and to elicit the presentation of a sword from
the Patriotic Society.* In March, 1806, in conse-
quence of the injury he had sustained, he was sent
home to Haslar Hospital ; but in the summer of the
following year he returned to the West Indies, and
joined the Wolf 16, Capt. Wm. Sumner Hall. Be-
tween May, 1808, and the date of his oflicial promo-
tion, which took place 27 Sept. 1810, Mr. Huggins
was further employed on the same 'station, chiefly
as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Shark, Griffon, Elk,
• Vide Gaz. 1805.
and Pert sloops, Capts. Edw. Henry A'Court, H.
S. Jones, Jeremiah Coghlan, and W. S. Hall. In
the Griffon, he also for some months discharged
the duties of Acting-Commander. Obtaining an
appointment, 16 Oct, 1810, to the Rover 18, Capt.
Justice Finley, he served in that vessel in co-opera-
tion with the patriots on the north coast of Spain
until Aug. 1812, when he was again obhged to be
sent to Haslar in consequence of a serious hurt he
had received while engaging the batteries at Bilboa.
He next, on 3 March, 1813, joined the Majestic, a
cut-down 74, Capt, John Hayes, under whom, dur-
ing a cruize in the North American station, he con-
tributed, 3 Feb, 1814, to the capture, after a running-
fight of two hours and a^half, of the Terpsichore
French frigate, of 44 guns. Since his advancement
to his present rank, 15 June, 1814, Commander
Huggins has been unable to procure employment.
He was awarded a pension of 150Z, for his wounds,
28 May, 1816. Agent— Fred. Dufaur.
HUGHES. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
John, Constantine Hughes passed his examina-
tion 5 June, 1833 ; was employed for some time, as
Mate, in the Badger Revenue-cruizer, Lieut,-Com-
mander Rich. Percival ; obtained an appointment in
the Coast Guard 8 June, 1842; and continued in
that service until advanced to the rank of Lieute-
nant 3 July, 1846, He has since been on half-pay.
HUGHES. (Ebtjbed Commander, 1842. r-p.,
17; H-p., 33.)
Robert Hughes entered the Navy, 1 Dec. 1797,
as A.B,, on board L'Aiglb 38, Capt, Chas. Tyler,
and on 18 July, 1798, was wrecked, near Tunis,
on which occasion he suffered many severe hard-
ships. In the ensuing Sept. he became Midshipman
of the Marlborough 74, Capt, Thos. Sotheby ; but
that ship being also lost, off Belleisle, 4 Nov. 1800,
he next, in Jan. 1801, joined the Trent 36, com-
manded at first by Sir Edw. Hamilton, and after-
wards by Capt, Chas, Brisbane, whom he succes-
sively followed, as Master's Mate, into the Goliath
74, and Akethdsa 38 ; assisting, in the Goliath, at
the capture, 28 June, 1803, of La Mignonne French
national corvette of 16 guns and 80 men. In June,
1805, he removed to the Astrea 32, Capt. Jas. Car-
thew, at the Nore ; and on 25 Aug. in the same year,
he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Com-
batant sloop, Capt. Alex. Robt, Kerr, in the Downs.
In about a month afterwards, however, he went
back to the Arethusa, still commanded by Capt.
Brisbane ; in which ship we find him present at the
capture, 23 Aug. 1806, near the Havana, after a spi-
rited action, in which the Arethusa had 2 men
killed and 32 wounded, of the Pomona Spanish fri-
gate, of 38 guns and 347 men, laden with specie and
merchandize, and defended by a castle, mounting 11
36-pounders, and a flotilla of 10 gun-boats, all of
which were destroyed. After further sharing in
the memorable capture of Cura90a, Mr. Hughes was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission
dated 23 Feb. 1807. With the exception of a brief
command, in June and July, 1812, of the Merope
10, he next, from Aug. 1808 until May, 1813, served
with the same Captain and the present Sir Edw.
Codrington on board the Blake 74. He took, dur-
ing that period, a warm part in the hostilities of
1809 in the Scheldt, served at the siege of Cadiz,
and, among other operations on the coast of Spain,
united in the defence of Tarragona. On the night
of 26 Sept. 1812, some time after the latter place
had fallen into the hands of the French, we find
Mr. Hughes, who was then First of the Blake, as-
suming command of her boats, and sweeping the
mole of all the vessels and boats which had there
sought protection, notwithstanding an angry dis-
charge of shot and shells from the town. In the
execution of this service, which was conducted si-
multaneously with a land-operation under the Baron
d'Eroles, he greatly acquired the approbation of his
Captain, Codrington.* His last appointment was,
* Vide Gaz, 1812, p, 2296.
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HUGHES— HUGO.
20 Sept. 1813, to the Rippon 74, Capt. Sir Christo-
pher Cole, on the Channel station, where he assisted
in capturing, 21 Oct., the French frigate Le Weser,
of 44 guns, and, in Feb. 1814, a Spanish treasure-
ship of immense value. He went on half-pay in
Aug. of the latter year ; and accepted his present
rank 4 Feb. 1842.
HUGHES. (LlEOTENANT, 1815.)
KoBERT Andrew Hughes obtained his commis-
sion 2 March, 1815; and has since been on half-
pay.
HUGHES. (EetikedCommanbek, 18.39.)
Thomas Hughes died 29 Jan. 1845, at Brompton,
CO. Jliddlesex.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Dec. 1796, as
Midshipman, on board the Madras 54, Capt. John
Dilkes, in which ship he continued to serve as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate, on the West India,
Mediterranean, and Home stations, until Feb. 1804.
He then removed to the Agincourt 64, Capt. Thos.
Briggs ; and on 22 Jan. 1806, after a servitude of
some months, as Sub-Lieutenant, in the Mercator,
Capt. Jas. Welch, and Snipe, Lieut.-Commander
Champion, he was presented with a commission
conferring on him the rank of full Lieutenant. He
joined, about the same period, the Spitfire sloop,
Capt. Henry Sam. Butt, employed in the North Sea
and Channel, but in Oct. following was obliged to
go on shore in consequence of a wound in the side.
In the course of 1807 he obtained appointments
to the Belleeophon and Elizabeth 74'8, Capts.
Edw. Rotherara and Hon. Henry Curzon, under the
latter of whom he served for a short time at the
blockade of Lisbon. He again went on half-pay in
Deo. 1807, and owing to the effedts of his wound,
was unable, we believe, to accept further employ-
ment afloat. During a few months in 1815-16, and
for some time subsequent to Oct. 1822, he appears
to have had charge of the Telegraph at Chelsea
Hospital. He became a Retired Commander 5 Jan.
1839.
HUGHES. (Ketiked Captain, 1840. r-p., 16 ;
H-P., 36.)
William James Hughes, born 15 Aug. 1783, at
Halifax, Nova Scotia, is son of Mr. Hughes, who
died Builder of the Naval Yard at that place. His
eldest brother died Purser of a line-of-battle ship ;
and two others, also deceased, were Lieutenants in
the R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 April, 1795, as
A.B., on board L'Esperance 18, of which sloop,
commanded on the Halifax station by Capt. Jonas
Rose, he became Midshipman 10 June, 1796. Re-
moving, in June of the following year, to the Rover
18, Capt. Geo. Irvine, he assisted, under that officer,
at the capture of Le Jean JSart, a noted privateer,
and continued with him until wrecked, in the Gulf
of St. Lawrence, in Aug. 1798. He then joined the
Asia 74, bearing the flag of Vioe-Admiral Vande-
put, from which ship he was transierred, in Oct.
1799, to the Cleopatra 32, Capt. Israel Pellew.
He was afterwards detached in charge of a prize-
schooner, and when in the Gulf of Mexico had the
misfortune to be captured by a Spanish letter-of-
marque. On being retaken by the Acasta frigate,
he was received, in April, 1801, on board the Sans
Pabeil 80, flag-ship at Jamaica of Lord Hugh Sey-
mour ; who, on 31 Aug. following, appointed him
Lieutenant of the Tisiphone sloop, Capts. John
Hayes and John Thompson— an act which the Ad-
miralty confirmed 24 Feb. 1802. Soon after the re-
newal of hostilities, being at the time on leave of
absence at Halifax, Mr. Hughes took a passage for
England on board the Labv Hobart. That vessel
having, three days subsequently to her departure,
effected the capture of a I'rench fishing-schooner,
he volunteered, with five others, to navigate her
into Liverpool, and he accordingly went on board,
leaving all his effects, for better security, in the
Lady Hobart. The latter, however, was unluckily
wrecked, the very next morning, on an island of ice,
and he thus, as he had before done in the Rover
and the Cleopatra's prize, lost everything he pos-
sessed. Reaching England in safety, he was ap-
pointed, 12 Aug. 1803, to the Scourge 18, Capt.
Wm. Woolridge; as Senior Lieutenant of which
vessel we find him, with 2 boats and 20 men, dis-
tinguishing himself at the boarding and recapture,
in Jan. 1804, of a large English ship, of 20 men,
mounting 8 guns, and lying close under the batteries
in the Vlie Passage.'* He invalided in March, 1804,
but was appointed, for a short time in the same year,
to the Swift 18, Capt. John Wright, and on 2 July,
1806, to tie command of the Phosphorus fire-brig,
of 4 12-pounder carronade^ and 24 men. On 14 of
the ensuing Aug., Lieut. Hughes displayed a very
high degree of valour in beating off a French lugger
privateer, L'Elize, mounting about 12 guns, with a
crew of between 70 and 80 men, after a brave and
determined action on the part of the British of an
hour and 10 minutes ; 45 minutes of which period
the enemy, who attempted to carry the Phos-
phorus by boarding, lay close alongside. Among
the wounded on the occasion, eight in number, was
Lieut. Hughes himself.f The gallantry of his ex-
ploit, indeed, was so fully appreciated, that, besides
attracting the notice of H. R. H. the Duke of Kent
and eliciting a letter of approbation from the Lords
of the Admiralty, it obtained for him a sword from
the Patriotic Society valued at lOOZ., also the same
sum in money, and, more than all, a Commander's
commission dated 25 Sept. 1806. His subsequent
appointments were — 11 June, 1807, to the office of
Agent for Prisoners of War and "Transports at Ja^
maica — 4 July, 1808, to the command of the Ephira
10, in the North Sea and Downs, on which stations
he continued until May, 1809—19 March, 1813, to
the duties of Transport Agent in a secret expedi-
tion to the Baltic under Rear-Admiral Hope — 21
Mayj 1813, to act as Port-Admiral at Carlskrona —
and in Sept. 1813 (after having brought a body of
Russian seamen from Kronstadt to England), to the
Governorship of the Naval Hospital at Halifax.
The latter appointment he accepted under the im-
pression that it was a permanent one ; an error he
only discovered in June, 1816, when he was super-
seded, and found that it had only served to debar
him from such chance as the war might have afforded
of his obtaining further promotion. Unable to
procure re-employment, he suffered his name to be
added to the list of Retired Captains 10 Sept. 1840.
Capt. Hughes, in consideration of his wound,
which was in the left hand and considered equiva-
lent to the loss of a limb, obtained a pension of 150/.
2 Dec. 1815. He married, 7 March, 1804, Elizabeth
Frances, daughter of the late Thos, Clay, Esq., a
merchant In London, and granddaughter of the late
Capt. Adler, in the Swedish service ; by whom he
has issue 10 children. Agent — Fred. Dufaur.
HUGO. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
George Hugo, born 13 Jan. 1789, at Newton,
is sixth son of the late Rev. Thos. Hugo, Rector of
Newton, Dunohidiock, and Shillingford, all in oo.
Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 April, 1803, as
Midshipman, on board the Foudroyant 80, Capt.
Peter Spicer, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Graves
in the Channel, where, and in the Baltic and Medi-
terranean, he served — for two years in the Dis-
patch 18, Capt. Edw. Hawkins— for three years
and eight months in the St. George 98, flag-ship
of Rear- Admirals Eliab Harvey and Fras. Pickmore
— and for two years and nine months in the San
JosEf no, bearing the flags of Sir Chas. Cotton and
Lord Keith. In March, 1813, Mr. Hugo, who had
passed his examination in Feb. 1810, and had been
for the last two months employed under Lord Keith
on board the Queen Charlotte 100, at Plymouth,
sailed with Sir Jas. I-ucas Yeo in the Woolwich
44, Capt. Thos* Ball Sullivan, for the Lakes of Ca-
nada. In the foUovring May he accompanied the
• Vide Gai. 1804, p. 112. f V. Gaz. 1806, p. 1065.
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553
unsuccessful expedition to Sackett's Harbour ; and
in July of the same year we find him commanding
one of several gun-boats in an action with the
enemy at Goose Creek. On that occasion he re-
ceiyed a rifle-ball through the left elbow, which
destroyed the joint and disabled two fingers. He
was also present, 28 Sept. 1813, in a partial action
fought with the Americans on Lake Ontario ; and
on 6 May, 1814, at the capture of Fort Oswego.
During the remainder of the war he was employed,
as Acting-Lieutenant of the Chaewell, in convey-
ing troops from one part of the lakes to another,
and in serving on shore with them. When Sir
Edw. W. C. R. Owen superseded Sir J.L. Yeo, Mr.
Hugo was sent to Quebec for the purpose of raising
men to supply the places of those whose time had
expired. On the breaking up of the establishment
on the lakes in Oct. 1816, he was ordered to take
command of the Diana, a merchant-ship laden with
spars for the Dockyard at Portsmouth, and to re-
turn with a party of men to England. He was
placed on half-pay in Feb. 1817, having been
awarded a commission dated 20 Sept. 1815, and has
not been since employed.
On his arrival in England, Lieut. Hugo was pre-
sented by the Patriotic Society with a sword, va-
lued at 50^, in consideration of his wounds. He is
married, and has issue two daughters.
HULL. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 33.)
William Hollamby Hull entered the Royal
Naval College 23 May, 1804 ; and embarked, 3 June,
1807, as Midshipman, on board the Nioee 40, Capt.
John Wentworth Loring. After participating in
an attack made, 15 Nov. 1810, by Capt. Chas. Grant
of the Diana, on the two French frigates Am<i-
zone and Eliza^ under the fire of several formidable
batteries in the neighbourhood of Cherbourg, he
joined the Milford 74, bearing the flag of Sir
Rich. Goodwin Keats off Cadiz — with the flotilla at
the defence of which place he was for some time
employed. In July, 1811, having been advanced to
the rank of Lieutenant on 1 of the previous May,
he removed in that capacity to the Comus 22, Capts.
Matthew Smith and Fras. Geo. Dickins. He served
in the latter vessel on the Mediterranean and Chan-
nel stations until May, 1814; and has since been
on half-pay.
HUME. (LlEDTENANT, 1813. F-P., 10; H-P., 31.)
Joseph Hume entered the Navy, in April, 1806,
as a Volimteer, on board the Theseus 74, Capt.
Geo. Hope, whom he accompanied to the Cape of
Good Hope. From June, 1807, until Oct. 1812, we
find him successively employed with Capt. Henry
Hope, as Midshipman, in the Espoib sloop, Glat-
TON 50, and Leonidas, Topaze, and Satellite fri-
gates, all on the Mediterranean station ; where,
until he invalided in March, 1814, he further served
in the Goshawk sloop, Capt. Napier, Stbomboli,
Capt. Stoddart (of which vessel he was confirmed a
Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1813), and Alcm^ne frigate,
Capts. Edwards Lloyd Graham and Jeremiah Cogh-
lan. On the night of 31 Oct. 1809, while in the
Topaze, he assisted in her boats, with those of a
squadron ui^der Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture
and destruction, after a desperate struggle and a
loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded,
of the French store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and
116 men, bombards Victoire and Grandeur, and
armed xebec ^ormande, with a convoy of seven
merchant-vessels, defended by numerous strong
batteries in the Bay of Rosas.* In the Alcm^ne,
Mr. Hume, in Deo. 1813, contributed to the capture
of La Fleche national schooner, of 12 guns and 99
men. His last appointments were, 16 June, 1815,
and 19 Feb. 1816, to the Eurotas and Firth fri-
gates, Capts. Jas. LiUicrap and Sir John Louis.
He returned home from North America in July,
1817, having been superseded at his ovm request.
Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
• Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1907.
HUNGATE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
William Hungate was born 7 Sept. 1786. He
was presented to William IV. by the Earl of Den-
bwh, as a Baronet, 27 April, 1831.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1803, as
Ordinary, on board the Pique 36, Capts. Wm. Cum-
berland and Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross. In the
course of the same year he witnessed the evacu-
ation of Aux Cayes, St. Domingo, the capture,
with other vessels, of Le Goekm 18, and the sur-
render of three French frigates with the remains
of General liochambeau's army from Cape Fran-
cois on board. He was also, in Jan. 1804, present
in the unsuccessful attack on the island of Cura5oa ;
and in Dec. 1804 and Feb. 1805, we find him assist-
ing at the capture of the Spanish ships of war Dih-
gentia and Orquijo. On 26 March, 1806, he further
contributed to the taking of the French corvettes
Phaeton and VoUigeur of 16 guns and 115 men each ;
the former of which vessels offered so fierce a re-
sistance that 9 of the British were killed, and 14 of
them (including Mr. Hungate in the knee) wounded,
while in the act of boarding. For their gallantry
on the occasion the officers were each presented by
the Patriotic Society with the sum of \<X)l. for the
purchase of a sword, and the men with 201. a-piece.
In Aug. 1807, on his return with a large convoy to
England, Mr. Hungate removed to the Elizabeth
74, Capts. Hon. H. Curzon, Thos. Searle, and Edw.
Leveson Gower. In that ship, in which he served
as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Second Master,
until June, 1812, he witnessed the departure of the
Koyal Family of Portugal for the Brazils, aided in
blockading the Russian Rear-Admiral Seniavin's.
squadron in the Tagus, was employed in embarking
the troops after the battle of Corunna, and was for
some time stationed in South America. From June,
1812, until Feb. 1816, Mr. Hungate officiated as
Second Master of the Minden 74, bearing the flag
at flrst of Sir Samuel Hood, and afterwards com-
manded by Capt. Donald Hugh Mackay, on the
East India station. He then, having passed hia
examination in Dec. 1809, took up a commission
bearing date 2 March, 1815 ; and has since been on
half-pay.
Lieut. Hungate married, 27 Aug. 1818, Jane,
daughter of the late Lieut. Wm. Avery, K.N., and.
by that lady, who died 21 June, 1845, has issue six
sons and four daughters. Agents — Goode and
Lawrence.
HUNGEEFORD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 15;
H-p., 28.)
John Hdngebford entered the Navy, 22 Jan.
1804, as Master's Mate, on board the Sandwich,
Lieut.-Commander Emanuel Hungerford, lying in
the river Medway ; where, and in the North Sea,
Baltic, and Channel, he served, from Sept. 1805,
until Nov. 1811, in the Virginie 38, Capt. Edw.
Brace, Imogene sloop, Capt. Thos. Garth, Sand-
wich again, Procbis 18, Capt. Fras. Beauman (in
which vessel he attended the expedition of 1807 to
Copenhagen), Sandwich once more, Waespite 74,
Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, Peincess of Orange
74, Capt. Fras. Beauman, and St. Domingo 74,
bearing the flag of Sir Rich. John Strachan. Prior
to the receipt of his first commission, which bears
date 4 Feb. 1815, he was further employed on board
the Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos. Baker, under
whom, besides serving on the coast of Holland, he
escorted convoy to and from the West Indies and
the Cape of Good Hope. With the exception of
the command of the Hound Revenue-vessel, which
he held from 20 March, 1829, until April, 1832,
Lieut. Himgerford, since 1815, has been on half-pay.
HUNGEEFORD. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Thomas Hungerford entered the Navy, in 1809,
on board the Fobtunee 36, Capt. Henry Vansit-
tart. In the boats of that ship, during a cruize on
the coast of Ireland, he united in an attack upon
an enemy's schooner, in which the British were
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repulsed with a loss of 21 men killed and wounded.
Towards the close of 1810 he escorted Rear-Ad-
miral Thos. Fras. Fremantle to the Mediterranean ;
and on 11 Oct. 1811, after having returned with an
Algerine JAmbassador to England, he assisted at
the capture of a most notorious privateer, Le Vice-
Amiral Magon, of 18 guns and 140 men. During
the last two years of the war, Mr. Hungerford fur-
ther served with Capt. Vansittart on board the
Clakence 74, at the blockade of the Texel, Brest,
and Rochefort. He then joined the Trent, flag-
ship of Sir Herbert Sawyer at Cork ; where he re-
mained until paid off in Nov.' 1815. In 1819 he
entered the Coast Guard ; and in 1823, as a means
of procuring his promotion, he again went afloat, in
the Haeleqoin 18, Capt. John Weeks. His com-
mission was at length signed on 27 March, 1826 ;
from 29 Nov. in which year until the close of 1843,
he again served in the Coast Guard. He has not
since been employed.
Lieut. Hungerford married, in Sept. 1835, Caro-
line, daughter of the late W. H. Trotter, Esq., of
Downpatrick, and niece of a gentleman who was
formerly private sesretary to the Right Hon. Chas.
Jas. Fox. He has issue three children. Agent —
Joseph Woodhead.
HUNN. (fflaptain, 1822. r-p., 18; h-p., 26.)
Frederick Hunn is son of the late Mr. Hunn,
formerly of Exeter, by a lady nearly related to the
Sheridan family, who had been twice before mar-
ried— the first time to Geo. Canning, Esq., Barris-
ter-at-law, the father of the future Prime Minister.
This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dolphin sloop, Capt.
John Shortland, with whom he continued to serve
in the Trompedse and Squirrei,, on the Irish,
African, and North American stations until Nov.
1808. After cruizing for 12 months in the Channel
as Midshipman and Master's Mate of the Shrveil-
LANTE 38, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, he joined
the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Rear- Ad-
miral Fras. Pickmore off Cadiz, where, on 2 May
and 1 June, 1810, he was successively appointed
Acting-Lieutenant of the Zealous and Aohille
74's, Capts. Thos. Boys and Sir Rich. King. In
Jan. 1811 he removed in a similar capacity to the
Lavinia frigate, Capt. Geo. Digby, stationed in
the Mediterranean; and on 5 April, 1811, he was
confirmed into his former ship, the Aohille, then
commanded by Capt. Aiskew Faffard Hollis, under
whom we find him employed for 18 months at the
blockade, in Venice, of three line-ot-battle ships
and a frigate ready for sea. His next appointment
was, 10 April, 1813, to the Roval George 100,
bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Pickmore, also
on the Mediterranean station. Obtaining a second
promotal commission 27 Aug. 1814, Capt. Hunn, on
14 Aug. 1818, and 25 June, 1822, was awarded the
command of the Redwing and Pandora sloops, of
18 guns each, on the St. Helena, Cork, and New-
foundland stations. He acquired Post-rank 26 Dec.
1822 ; and from 28 Nov. 1823, until May, 1827, had
the further command of the Tweed 28, on the
South American, Irish, and Jamaica stations; on
which last he captured, in 1826, a fine schooner with
276 slaves on board. He accepted the retirement
1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Hunn married, in Oct. 1814, Emma, only
daughter of Vice-Admiral Pickmore. Agents —
Messrs. Chard.
HUNT. (LiEDT., 1830. F-p., 18 ; h-p., 19.)
Edward Hunt entered the Navy, 8 June, 1810,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leveret 10, Capts.
Jas. Andrew Worth, Geo. Wickens Willes, and
Jonathan Christian, on the books of which vessel
he was borne until Aug. 1815. He came frequently
into contact, during that period, with the enemy's
batteries on the coast of Norway and Denmark;
assisted at the capture of four privateers, carrying
in all 27 guns and 117 men ; was in the gale in which
the Hero, St. Geobge, and Defence were lost;
and, in the severe winter of 1813-14, saw a good
deal of active night-service in the boats while en-
gaged in protecting the fleet stationed in the Scheldt
under Admiral Young from being attacked by the
enemy's fire-rafts. He was also ifrequently sent in
charge of captured vessels into port; and on the
first of those occasions he was of such tender age
and diminutive stature as to attract the peculiar
notice and praise of the Commander-in-Chief.
After having taken part in the grand naval review
held at Spithead at the termination of hostilities
in 1814, the Leveret proceeded with convoy to
Gibraltar, and soon after her arrival anchored, in
company with the San Josef 110, bearing the flag
of Sir Rich. King, off Ceuta, on the coast of Mo-
rocco. While there Mr. Hunt, as Midshipman in
charge of a boat's crew, proceeded on shore, accom-
panied by the Second-Lieutenant, Master, Purser,
and Mate, for the purpose of bathing and of pro-
curing a supply of sand for the use of the ship. On
landing, the British were suddenly, and without
parley, assailed by a large party of Moors, who, rid-
ing down, opened a murderous fire upon such as
had approached within a few paces with a view of
speaking them ; and indeed their evident intention
of sacrificing the whole party was only arrested by
the appearance of an aged man, unarmed, who was
seen rushing down a hill calling upon them to de-
sist. By this time, however, Mr. Hunt had re-
ceived numerous wounds in the head, body, and
arms, and several stabs from their scimitars and
daggers. He was in consequence sent to the hos-
pital at Gibraltar, where he remained until careful
treatment had enabled him to recover. Rejoining
the Leveret at Portsmouth in Feb. 1815, he was
employed in that vessel during the war of 100 days
in conveying despatches and specie for the use of
tlie army in Belgium ; and, being at Ostend when
the British army advanced from Brussels to meet
the French at Waterloo, he had an opportunity of
accompanying home the despatch which reported
that fact, and announced the commencement of the
glorious battle of the 18th of June. In Nov. 1815
he joined the Falmouth 20, Capt. Robt. Wergan
Geo. Festing, which vessel appears, in the early
part of 1816, to have co-operated with the fleet
under Sir Edw. Pellew in procuring the release of
the Christian slaves in bondage at Algiers, and to
have been assigned an honourable post in the order
of battle instituted before Tunis pending the ac-
complishment of the negotiations instituted for the
same object at that place. On being ordered to the
St. Helena station, Mr. Hunt assisted, in the Fal-
mouth, in establishing a settlement at Tristan d'A-
cunha ; as he did, on his temporary removal to the
Racoon sloop, Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, on the island
of Ascension. Passing his examination in 1817,inthe
course of which year he returned to England and
left the Falmouth, Mr. Hunt was subsequently
employed as Mate— from Aug. 1820 to April, 1822,
of the Severn, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm.
M'CuUooh— from April, 1822, vmtil July, 1825, of
the Protector, Capt. Wm. Hewett, engaged as a
surveying-vessel on the east coast of England,
where, in Oct. 1824, she was extricated from a
perilous position on a lee-shore during a violent
storm, which proved fatal to all the ships and their
crews in the vicinity— from July, 1825, until Nov.
1829, of the Badger, Revenue cruizer, on the Irish
station— and, from Nov. 1829 until Jan. 1831, of the
Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Col-
poys, and Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clement, in the
West Indies. He then took up a commission dated
22 July, 1830; and has since been on half-pay.
Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
HUNT. (Commander, 1846.)
Henry Samuel Hunt passed his examination in
1832 ; obtained his first commission 10 Dec. 1835 ;
and was appointed— 13 Jan. 1836, to the Racer 18,
Capt. Jas. Hope, on the North America and West
India station— 14 June, 1839, as First, to :the Cmo
16, Capt. Stephen Groaville Fremantle, iu South
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America— 25 Sept. 1839 and 26 Oct. 1840, to the
Okestes 18, Capt. Peter Sampson Hambly, and
President 50, Capt. Wm. Broughton, both on the
same station — and, 26 Nov. 1841, to the command
of the Basilisk 6, which vessel, employed in the
Pacific, he left towards the close of 1845. He was
advanced to his present rank 10 March, 1846 ; and
is at present on half-pay.
HUNT. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., 13; h-p., 1.)
James Host was bom 27 Oct. 1817, at Oxford.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 July, 1833, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Wasp 18, Capts. Jas.
Burney and John Sam. Foreman, stationed in the
West Indies, whence, in April, 1836, he returned
home as Midshipman of the Pkesidest 52, flag-ship
of Sir Geo. Cockbum. In the following Sept. he
joined the Heuohles 74, Capts. Maurice Fred.
Fitzhardinge Berkeley and John Toup Nicolas, with
whom he cruized experimentally, and served on the
coasts of Spain and Portugal until transferred, in
April, 1838, to the Nautilus 10, Lieut.-Commander
Geo. Beaufoy, on the African station. Joining, in
Aug. 1840, after an interval of four months, the
Stkomboli steamer, Capt. Woodford John Williams,
Mr. Himt shared in that vessel in the whole of the
ensuing operations on the coast of Syria, including
the storming of Sidon and the bombardment of St.
Jean d'Acre. On the former occasion he evinced a
degree of zeal, activity, cool determination, and
courage, most animating to the men, and not to be
surpassed. He was intrusted with the colours, and
ran a complete race with an Austrian officer as to
who should be the first to display his national flag
on the walls of the Castle — an honourable rivalry
in which he had the good fortune to come off suc-
cessful. From April to June, 1841, Mr. Himt served
in the Mediterranean on board the Bellerophon
80, Capt. Chas. John Austen ; and on 12 of the fol-
lowing Aug., immediately after he had passed his
examination, he was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant. His next appointment being, 2 Sept. 1841,
to the Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, he sailed
in that sloop for China, where he beheld the cap-
ture of Woosung and Shanghae, and the other ope-
rations on the Yang-tse-Kiang. On 21 May, 1843,
when off Point Datou, on the coast of Borneo, in
command of a native-built boat armed with a brass
6-pounder and 2 swivels, and manned with 18
officers, seamen, and marines, he simultaneously
effected the destruction of one, and the utter defeat
of another, of two piratical proas, each carrying
about 2 guns and 50 men, by whom he had been at-
tacked. His spirited and zealous exertions in this
affair drew forth letters of approbation both from
the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Wm. Parker, and
from the Board of Admiralty. He continued on
the books of the Dido until he invalided in Feb.
1845 ; but appears, previously to that date, to have
been allowed, from 1 Aug. to 1 Oct. 1843, to com-
mand the Starling surveying-vessel, and to have
been lent, from 6 June, 1844, to 15 Oct. 1844, to the
Driver steamer, Capt. Courtenay Osborn Hayes.
He has been employed, since 12 Nov. 1845, on the
south-east coast of America, as First of the Alecto
steam-sloop, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen and Vincent
Amcotts Massingberd.
the Impress service at Hull. He became a Retired-
Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on
the Senior, 15 Dec. 1842. Agents— Halford and Co.
HUNT. (Retired Commandeb, 1830.)
William Hdnt entered the Navy, 9 May, 1790,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Otter sloop, Capt.
Thos. Williams, employed in the North Sea, where,
in the course of the same month, he became Mid-
shipman of the Speedy sloop, Capt. Geo. Maude, and
afterwards of the Lord Mulgkave 20, Capt. Kobt.
BoUes, and Superb 74, Capt. John Sutton — of which
latter ship he was created a Lieutenant 24 Jan. 1799.
Prior to the peace of Amiens he further served on
the Home station on board the Sally armed ship,
Capt. Wolfe, Vengeance and Irresistible 74's,
Capts. Geo. Duff and Wm. Bligh, and Agamemnon
64, Capt. Robt.- Devereux Fancom-t. On the re-
newal of hostilities be obtained an appointment in
HUNTER. (COMMANDEK, 1844.)
George Martin Hdnter is fourth son of Gene-
ral Sir Martin Hunter, G.C.M.G., G.C.H., of
Medomsley, co. Durham, and Anton's Hill, co. Ber-
wick, a Deputy-Lieutenant for the latter shire, and
Governor of Stirling Castle, by Jean, only daughter
and heiress of Jas. Dickson, Esq., of Anton's Hill.
One of his brothers, James, is a Major in the
Army ; and two others, Robt. M'Keller and Thos.
Harvey, are officers in the Military Service of the
Hon. E. I. Co.
This officer was made Lieutenant, 8 Deo. 1828,
into the Harpy sloop, Capt. Chas. Rich ; and after-
wards appointed— 3 Aug. 1831, to the Racehorse
18, Capts. Chas. Hamlyn Williams and Fras. Vere
Cotton, in the West Indies— 1 May, 1834, to the
Portland 52, Capt. David Price, on the Mediter-
ranean station— and, 7 Nov. 1838, to the command
of the Camelion 10, employed in South America
and the East Indies. He paid the latter vessel off
towards the close of 1843 ; and has since been on
half-pay. His promotion to the rank of Com-
mander took place 3 May, 1844. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson.
HUNTER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 31.)
Hugh Hunter entered the Navy, 25 March, 1808,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Achates 10, Capt.
Hugh Cameron ; on accompanying whom into the
Hazard 18, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the cap-
ture, in Jan. and April, 1809, of the French 40-gun
frigate Tqpazc, the Saintes Islands, and the D'Hau-
pouU ship of the line. He also, on 17 Oct. in the
same year, served in the boats of the Hazard and
Pelorus, under Lieut. Jas. Robertson, when they
succeeded, after having incurred a loss of 6 men
killed and 9 wounded, in gallantly blowing up a
privateer, of 1 gun and 2 swivels, lying within 10
yards of 2 field-pieces and a long line of musketry
on the beach, defended too by a heavy fire of grape
from a battery, and moored to the shore with a
chain from the mast-head and from each quarter ;
and on 18 of the following Dec. we find him contri-
buting in the boats of a squadron under the per-
sonal command of Capt. Cameron, who was killed,
to the destruction, in L'Ance la Barque, of the 40-
gun frigates Lcdre and Seine, laden with stores, and
protected by numerous batteries. After witnessing
the fall of Guadeloupe, Mr. Hunter successively
joined the Pompee, Neptune, and Statira, flag-
ships of Hon. Alex. Cochrane ; and in Dec. 1810,
the Castor 32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes. On 23 June,
1813, being still in the latter ship, he served in her
boats, under the directions of Lieuts. Bassett, Love-
less, and Edwyn Fras. Stanhope, at the boarding
and bringing out from under the protection of a
strong fort, on the coast of Catalonia, of La For-
tune French privateer of 2 guns, 2 swivels, and 48
men ; a service in the performance of which the
British had 4 men killed and 9 wounded. In May
1814, Mr. Hunter proceeded to North America in
the Pylades sloop, Capt. John Chas. Gawen Ro-
berts, and on arriving on that station joined the
Tonnaht 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane,
from which, on 9 of tiie ensuing Nov., he was trans-
ferred, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Rota 38, Capts.
Philip Somerville and John Pasco. The boats of
the latter ship he commanded at the taking of St.
Mary's, on the coast of Georgia. He went on half-
pay in Aug. 1815, having been officially promoted on
24 of the previous Feb. ; and has since been unem-
ployed. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
HUNTER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
James Hunter was born 21 July, 1794.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 1807 as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thalia frigate, Capt
Jas. Walker, with whom, in the same ship and in
the Bedford 74, he continued to serve for the
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space of eight years, principally as Midshipman and
Master's Mate, on the Home, South American,
North Sea, West India, and North American sta/-
tions. Towards the close of 1807 he escorted the
Koyal Family of Portugal to the Brazils ; and on 14
Dec. 1814 he served with the boats of a squadron
at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five American
gun-hoats under Commodore Jones, which did not
surrender until the British, after a desperate
struggle, had sustained a loss of 17 men killed and
77 wounded. On the occasion Mr. Hunter, while
in the act of boarding one of the enemy's vessels,
received a musket-baU through his left hand, a
grape-shot wound in his right cheek, and one over
the left eye.* In consideration of his gallantry and
suiferlngs he was appointed to act as Lieutenant
and Commander of one of the prizes, the Harlequin,
which, with the remainder, was paid off at Bermuda
in the following June. He has not since been em-
ployed. His commission bears date 27 Feb. 1815.
Lieut. Hunter never obtained any gratuity for his
wounds. Since the peace he has had a command in
the Merchant Service. He married 14 Dec. 1832 ;
and has issue four children.
HUNTER. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 23; h-p., 31.)
KoEERT HuHTER, born 2 Dec. 1779, is a relative
of the late Admiral "W. Hunter.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1793, as a Boy,
on board the Santa Mabgaeita 36, Capt. Eliab
Harvey, and in 1794 assisted at the reduction of
the French West India Islands. Being discharged
from the service in 1795, at which period he was
employed in the Mediterranean in the Saturn 74,
Capt. Jas. Douglas, he re-entered it, in April, 1802,
as A.B. on board the VeiSds 32, Capts. Thos. Graves
and Henry Matson. After an attachment of twelve
months to the Nimkod sloop, Capts. Orde and
Bennett, he removed, in Sept. 1805, to the Unicorn
32, Capts. Lucius Ferdinand Hardy man and Alex.
Kobt. Kerr, in which frigate he continued for four
years, and was employed on shore during that pe-
riod in the operations against Buenos Ayres and
Monte Video, besides witnessing Lord Cochrane's
destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads.
On rejoining Capt. Hardyman, on board the Ah-
MiDE 38, he was frequently sent in the boats to co-
operate with the patriots on the coast of Spain,
where in effecting on one occasion the capture of
several chasse-Tnarees, he received a severe splinter-
wound in the breast, and by extreme exertion
brought on a violent hemorrhage, with which he
has ever since been periodically affected. He was
next transferred, for short periods, to the St. Do-
mingo and MiiFORD 74'b, flag-ships in the Downs
and off Cadiz of Sir Rich. Strachan and Sir Rich.
Goodwin Keats ; and from Dec. 1810 imtil confirmed,
26 Sept. 1811, we find him discharging the duties of
Acting-Lieutenant on board the TnnNDER bomb,
Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, and the Milfoed and
HiBEENiA, bearing each the flag of Sir R. G. Keats.
He continued in the latter ship under Sir Wm. Sid-
ney Smith imtil Oct. 1812 ; after which he served,
from Feb. 1813 to Feb. 1814, on board the Resist-
ance 36, Capt. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds
Pellew, and from July, 1830, until April, 1839, in
the Coast Blockade and Coast Guard — the latter of
which services he left from ill health. He has since
been unemployed.
Being at Paris when Buonaparte arrived there
from Elba in 1815, Lieut. Hunter brought to Eng-
land the despatches communicating that event. He
was then repeatedly charged by Mr. Hamilton, one
of the Under Secretaries of State, with the convey-
ance of despatches to and from France ; which
service he continued to perform in a private vessel,
at a period when no other British ship would ven-
ture, until the said vessel was at last detained at
Havre, whence she was only liberated after the
battle of Waterloo. For the loss he thus incurred,
Lieut. Hunter declined receiving any compensation
from the Admiralty other than his mere expenses,
• J'ideGxi. 1815, p. 448.
in order that he might thereby establish a claim
(which has never been met) to future consideration.
He married, in 1810, Miss Caroline Burton, and by
that lady has issue four children. Agents— Messrs.
Chard.
HUNTER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 24.)
Valentine Peter Hunter was bom 21 Aug.
1794.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Raisonnable 64, Capts.
Wm. Hotham, Robt. Barton, Josias Rowley, and
John Hatley ; in which ship, under Capt. Rowley,
he participated in Sir Robt. Calder's action, was
present at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope,
of Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video, served at the
blockade of the Isles of France and Bourbon, and
assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture of the town
of St. Paul's. Returning home in July, 1810, he
was next, in March, 1811, received on board the
Laurei, 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley. In the
following May he rejoined Capt. Josias Rowley in
the Ameeica 74, and, continuing to serve with him
until Oct. 1814, was most actively employed during
that period on the Mediterranean station, where,
besides enacting a part in numerous cutting-out
affairs, and other detached services against the
enemy's towns and batteries, he witnessed the un-
successful attack upon Leghorn, and co-operated in
the reduction of Genoa. Proceeding in the autumn
of 1814 to New Orleans in the Vengeuh 74, Capt.
Tristram Robt. Ricketts, he served on shore with
the army, and was wounded in the legs in the
battle which proved so disastrous to the British.
He was also present at the capture of Fort Bowyer,
Mobille, on which occasion he took the American
Colonel, Lawrence, a prisoner to Sir Alex. Cochrane,
and had the honour, we believe, of firing the last
shot of the war. In April, 1815, he received a com-
mission dated on 7 of the previous Feb. ; and he
was afterwards, with the exception of an interval of
three months in the autumn of 1832, employed, from
27 Dec. 1830 until 31 May, 1839, in the Coast Block-
ade (as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Tala-
veea 74, Capts. Hugh Pigot and David Colby) and
Coast Guard. He has since been unemployed.
Lieut. Hunter married Miss M. Gibbs, by whom
he has issue a son and four daughters.
HUNTLEY, Kt. (Commandeb, 18-38. r-p., 23;
H-p., 15.)
Sir Henet Veke Huntley is third son of the
late Rev. Rich. Huntley, A.M., of Boxwell Court,
Gloucestershire, by Anne, daughter and sole heiress
of the Venerable Jas. Webster, LL.B., Archdeacon
of Gloucester ; and brother of Major Wm. 'Warbur-
ton Huntley, who fought at Waterloo, was after-
wards Captain of the 3rd Dragoon Guards, and died
in 1844, while serving in India with the 9th Lancers.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 March, 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thalia 36, Cajit. Jas. Giles
Vashon, of which ship, stationed in the West Indies,
he became Midshipman 17 Sept. following. From
Aug. 1812 until the receipt of his first commission,
10 Oct. 1818, he served, part of the time as Acting-
Lieutenant, in the Victoeious 74, Capt. Sir John
Talbot, Albion and Noethumbeeland 74's, flag-
ships of Sir Geo. Cookbum (under whom, after
serving on the coast of North America, he escorted
Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena), Havannah
36, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, Spet 20, Capt.
John Lake, and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship at
Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Campbell. He then joined
the Forth frigate, Capt. Sir John Louis, at Hali-
fax, and was afterwards appointed — 10 Nov. 1820,
to the Redpole 10, Capt. Pat. Duff Henry Hay— 28
March, 1826, as Senior, to the Paetihan 10, Capts.
Henry Byam Martin and Hon. Geo. Fred. Hotham,
on the Mediterranean station, where he actively co-
operated in the suppression of piracy, and was
eventually wrecked, off the coast of Egypt, 15 May,
1828— in 1829-30, to the Childers 18, and Ganges
80, Capts. Wm. Morier and John Hayes— 24 May,
HURDIS— HURST— HUSKISSON.
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1830, again as First, to the Dryad 42, bearing the
broad pendant of the last-named officer on the coast
of Africa — and, 23 Sept. 1833, to the command, on
the same station, of the Lynx brigantine of 3 guns.
While in the Dbyad, Mr. Huntley had successive
charge of the Seaflower, Fair Rosamond, and
Black Joke tenders, in the second of which,
mounting but 1 gun, and having only 21 effective
men on board, he very gallantly took, on 10 Sept.
1831, the Megulo and jkapido slavers, carrying be-
tween them 13 guns and 140 men. In the Lynx,
which vessel he paid off in 1837, we also find him
making several captures. Since the attainment of
his present rank, 28 June, 1838, he has been on half-
pay.
Sir Henry Vere Huntley, who afterwards re-
ceived the honour of Knighthood, 9 Oct. 1841,
■very ably assisted Capt. Kobt. Craigie, R.N., in
conducting a difficult negotiation with the King
and Chiefs of Bonny in the early part of 1837, on
which occasion he was sent home with intelligence
of the proceedings. In 1839 he was appointed
Lieut.-Governor of the settlements on the river
Gambia ; and, while there, he repelled an irruption
made into Cartabar by the barbarous chiefs of
Dunkasseen. Since Aug. 1841 Sir Henry has fiUed
the office of Lieut.-Governor of Prince Edward's
Island. He married, 20 Sept. 1832, Anne, eldest
daughter of the late Lieut.-General John Skinner,
and sister both of Lieut.-Col. Thos. Skinner, C.B.,
of the 31st Regt., who figured in Affghanistan, and
died from the effects of the hardships he there un-
derwent, and of the late Capt. Jas. Skinner, chief
Commissariat officer at Cabul, who had the good
fortune, through his interest with Akbar Khan, to
preserve Lady Sale and her friends from destruc-
tion in the disastrous retreat from Affghanistan.
He has issue two sons and a daughter. Agent — J.
Hinxman.
HUEDIS. (Ebtihed Captain, 1840. f-p., 20;
H-p., 44.)
George Clarke Hurdis is son of the late Jas.
Hurdis, Esq. of Seaford, co. Sussex ; and brother-
in-law of Lieut. John Reddie Black, E.N.
This officer entered the Navy, I Nov. 1783, on
board the Griffin cutter, Lieut.-Commander Jas.
Cook, from which vessel, employed in the Channel,
he was discharged 12 July, 1786. On 4 May, 1791,
he re-embarked, as Midshipman, on board the II-
tosTKions 74, Capt. Chas. Slorice Pole ; and, from
the following Sept., until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 16 tfune, 1795, he served with Capts.
Rich. Goodwin Keats, Edw. Jas. Foote, and Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge, in the Niger and Latona
frigates, on the Home station ; where, while lent,
we believe, to the Brunswick, he was wounded in
Lord Howe's action,* and escorted, in the Latona,
the Princess Caroline of Brunswick to this country.
He then joined the Leander 50, Capt. Thos. Boul-
den Thompson, under whom he accompanied Sir
Horatio Nelson's expedition to Teneriffe, and then
visited the North Sea, Baltic, and Mediterranean ;
and on 27 April, 1798, and 15 March, 1801, he was
appointed to the Diomede 50, Capt. Hon. Chas.
Elphinstone Fleeming, and Wilhelmina, Capt.
Jas. Lind, both on the East India station. He at-
tained the rank of Commander 29 April, 1802 ; was
employed in that capacity in the Galway district of
Sea Fencibles from March, 1804, to March, 1810 ;
and accepted his present rank 10 Sept. 1840.
HUEST, K.W. (LiEDT.,1810. F-p., 17; h-p., 32.)
George Hdrst entered the Navy, in Dec. 1798,
as Ordinary, on board the Diana 38, commanded
at Cork by Capts. Jonathan Faulknor and Alex.
Fraser ; proceeded to Lisbon, towards the close of
1799, as Midshipman of the Impregnable 98, Capt.
J. Faulknor ; and, from Oct. 1799, until June, 1802,
served, on the Home station, in the Glory 98, Capt.
Thoa. Wells, and Achille 74, Capts. Sir Edw.
Buller and John Okes Hardy. He then accompa-
• Viie Gai. 1704, p. 567.
nied Capt. Hardy into the Couragecx 74, in the
boats of which ship he assisted at the reduction of
Ste. Lucie in 1803; and he was subsequently, until
July, 1807, employed, in the Channel, and off Cork
and Cadiz, in the Britannia 100, Captain (after-
wards Rear- Admiral) the Earl of Northesk, Virgi-
nie 38, Capt. Edw. Brace, and Atlas 74, flag-ship
of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis. The next
three years were passed by Mr. Hurst, as Acting-
Lieutenant, in the Illdstriods 74, Capt. Wm. Robt.
Broughton, Minorca 18, Capt. Phipps Hornby, and
Excellent and Bombay 74's, Capts. John West
and Wm. Cuming, chiefly on the Mediterranean
station. In Nov. 1808 we find him serving on shore
in command of a party of the Excellent's seamen,
and uniting in tbe defence of Rosas, a citadel on
the north-eastern extremity of Spain. Being con-
firmed 4 Dec. 1810, and appointed a few days after-
wards to the Guadeloupe of 16 guns and 102 men,
Capts. Joseph Swabey Tetley, Geo. Rose Sartorius,
and Arthur Stow, he served in that vessel, on 27
June, 1811, in a close and spirited action of an hour
and 35 minutes, fought by her, off the town of
Vendre, with the French corvette Tactique of 18
guns and at least 150 men, and armed xebec Guepe
of 8 guns and 65 or 70 men ; both of whom were in
the end beaten off with great slaughter to them-
selves, and with a loss to the British (who for some
time had been simultaneously opposed by the fire
of two heavy batteries) of 1 man killed and 12 or
13 wounded. On 9 Nov. 1813 Mr. Hurst commanded
the boats of the Guadeloupe, in conjunction with
those of the Undaunted, and distinguished himself
by the gallant manner in which he aided at the
capture of a vigorously defended tower, 30 feet
high, together with several batteries in the harbour
of Port Nouvelle, where lay 7 French vessels, whose
destruction was fully effected.* After further con-
tributing, in the boats of the same sloop and of the
Salsette frigate, to the capture of a French priva-
teer in the Archipelago, he removed, 24 Nov. 1813,
to the Ganymede 20, Capts. John Brett Purvis and
Wm. M'CuUooh, with whom he served, as First-
Lieutenant, in the Mediterranean and at Bermuda,
until 5 Aug. 1815. He was next employed, in a
like capacity, from. 15 Oct. 1832 until he invalided
in March, 1833, on board the Rhadamanthos
steamer, Capt. Geo. Evans, with whom, during that
period, he served in the North Sea, and made a
voyage to Lisbon. He has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Hurst was appointed a Naval Knieht of
Windsor in 1838.
HUSKISSON. (Capt., 1811. p-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Hdskisson was bom 31 July, 1784, at
Oxley, near Wolverhampton, co. Stafford, and died
21 Deo. 1844. He was brother of Geo. Huskisson,
Esq., formerly an officer of the Royal Marines, who
died Collector of the Customs at the island of St.
Vincent in Feb. 1844, having held that appointment
since 1820; and half-brother of the late Right Hon.
Wm. Huskisson, one of H.M. Principal Secretaries
of State, as also of Major-General Sam. Huskisson.
One of his sisters married the Rev. Jas. Walhouse,
uncle to the present Lord Hatherton.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 July, 1800 (un-
der the patronage of Admiral Mark Milbanke), as
A.B., on board the Beaveb sloop, Capt. Christo-
pher B. Jones, lying at Portsmouth; and, on re-
moving, in the following Oct., to the Romney 50,
Capt. Sir Home Popham, proceeded to the Red Sea,
where he was detached, as Midshipman, during a
few months of 1802, in a small hired brig, to assist
in surveying the coast of Arabia. After visiting
other parts of India he returned home, and joined
in June, 1803, the Defence 74, Capt. Geo. Hope'
under whom we find him enacting a warm part in
the action off Cape Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. Being
next transferred to the Foudroyant 80, successive
flag-ship of Admirals Sir John Borlase Warren and
Albemarle Bertie, he had an opportunity, on 13
March, 1806, of witnessing the capture of the Mar-
* Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 124.
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IIUSSEY-HUTCHESON.
rengo of 80 guns, having Rear-Admiral Linois on
board, and 40-gun frigate Belle Pmile. On 9 Aug.
in the same year Mr. Huskisson was nominated
Acting-Lieutenant of the Focdkotant; an ap-
pointment which the Admiralty sanctioned by a
commission signed on 15 of the ensuing Nov. In
July, 1807, he was ordered to join the Pkince of
Wales 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Gambler, to
whom he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant during the
operations which led to the subsequent fall of Co-
penhagen. In Jan. 1808 he obtained an appoint-
ment to the Htpekion 36, Capt. Thos. Chas. Brodie,
fitting at Chatham, whence, in the spring, he sailed
for Jamaica in the Melpomene 38, with Tioe-Ad-
miral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, who, on their ar-
rival, placed him in charge, on 5 July, of the Fledk
DE LA Mek schooner, in which vessel he appears to
have been for some time employed at the blockade
of St. Domingo. Being advanced, 18 Jan. 1809, to
the command of the Pelokus 18, Capt. Huskisson,
on 17 Oct. in that year, distinguished himself by
the very gallant style in which he supported Capt.
Hugh Cameron ot the Hazard 18, at the destruc-
tion of a battery near Pointe-§,-Pitre, Guadeloupe,
while the boats of the two sloops were effecting the
annihilation of a privateer in tlie manner alluded to
in our memoir of Lieut. Hugh Hunter. The loss of
the Pelokhs on this occasion amounted to 2 men
killed and 6 wounded. After assisting at the re-
duction of Guadeloupe, Capt. Huskisson was ap-
pointed Acting-Captain of the Blonde frigate, and
directed to escort home a valuable fleet of mer-
chantmen. The vacancy which he had been selected
to fill not being of a nature to entitle hira to con-
firmation, he rejoined the Peloros, and continued
to serve in her, on the Jamaica station, until posted,
14 March, 1811, into the Garland 28. In June,
1812, being still in the West Indies, he was removed
by Vioe-Admiral Chas. Stirling to the Barbadoes
24; in which ship he succeeded, while in protection of
a convoy, in capturing, at the close of a seven hours'
chase, the tJ. S. Kevenue-cruizer James Maddison,
pierced for 14, but carrying only 10 guns, with a
complement of 65 men. A few days after this event
the Barbadoes was separated from the convoy in
a violent gale, during which she lost her top-masts
and main-yard. Having refitted at Bermuda, Capt.
Huskisson took charge of three small vessels bound
to Halifax, and was proceeding thither with 60,000
dollars on board for the dockyard, when, on the
night of 28 Sept. 1812, the Barbadoes and two of
her consorts were unfortunately wrecked on the
W.W. bar of Sable Island. The specie, however,
was saved by being thrown overboard with a buoy
attached to each of the cases ; and at the expira-
tion of 12 days the sufi'erers were released from
their unpleasant position by the advent of a frigate
and schooner sent to their assistance. Capt. Hust
kisson, who was most fully acquitted by court-mar-
tial of all blame for the loss of his ship, was next
employed, from 12 June to 28 Nov. 1815, in the
EuKYALus 42, and Perseus 22 ; in the former of
which ships he cruized in command of a small
squadron off Havre and the mouth of the Seine,
until the surrender of Napoleon Buonaparte. Ke-
joining the Ehetalds in July, 1818, he sailed in
that frigate for the West Indies, where, on 18 Nov.
1819, in consequence of the death of Rear-Admiral
Donald Campbell, he became Senior officer of the
squadron in the Caribbean seas, and hoisted a
broad pendant. On the arrival of Kear-Admiral
Fahie from England in May, 1820, Capt. Huskisson
was instructed to repair to Jamaica, and place him-
self under the orders of Sir Home Popham ; and on
16 June, eight days only after he had reached his
destination, he again hoisted a broad pendant, and
assumed the chief command on the station, owing
to the health of the Admiral necessitating his re-
turn to England. On being relieved by Sir Chas.
Rowley in Dec. 1820, Capt. Huskisson himself in-
valided. His last appointment afloat was to the
Semiramis 42, flag-ship at Cork of Lord John Col-
ville, the command of which he retained from 1
Sept, 1821 until superseded, at his own request, in
March, 1822. He was admitted into Greenwich
Hospital 15 Oct. 1830.
Capt. Huskisson filled the office of Paymaster of
the Navy from 28 March, 1827, until its abolition
in Oct. 1830. He married, 22 Aug. 1813, Miss E.
Wedge, daughter of an agriculturist eminent in the
west of Staffordshire, by whom he had three sons
and two daughters. His eldest son, Thomas, died
at Malta, 16 May, 1833, while serving as Midship-
man of H.M.S. Cordelia. His second son, Wm.
Milbanke, holds an appointment in the Foreign Of-
fice ; and his youngest, John, is a First-LieUtenant,
R.M.
HUSSEY. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 35 ; h-p., 4.)
Richard Hussey was born 24 Oct. 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Peruvian sloop, Capts.
Fras. Douglas, Berkeley, Dickinson, Bobt. Win-
throp, and Geo. Kippen, stationed at first in the
Channel, and next in the West Indies, where he
attained the rating of Midshipman in Sept. 1810,
and continued to serve until Nov. 1814. He then
accompanied Capt. Kippen into the Djomede troop-
ship, and on 14 Deo. following served with the boats
of a squadron at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of
five American gun-boats under Commodore Jones,
whose capture was not accomplished until the
British, after a severe conflict, had sustained a loss
of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. In the summer
of 1815 he successively joined the Havock sloop,
and PiQDE frigate, Capts. Geo. Truscott and Hon.
Anthony Maitland, on removing vrith the latter of
whom to the Glasgow 50, it was his fortune to
share, as Master's Mate, in the bombardment of
Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. During the next seven years
Mr. Hussey, we find, served as Admiralty Midship-
man and Mate in the Prometheus 22, Capt. Con-
stantino Rich. Moorsom, Queen Charlotte 100,
flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, Spet 20, Capt.
Jas. Kearney White, and Ganymede 26; and Hy-
perion 42, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Bobt.
Cavendish Spencer, on the Home, Mediterranean,
and South American stations. On 26 Dec. 1822, he
was created a Lieutenant in the Sparrowhawk 18,
Gapts. Edw. Boxer, Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas,
and Robt. Stuart, which sloop, after having for a
length of time had charge of her, he brought home
from the Mediterranean (she had previously been
on the Halifax station) and paid off in 1825. Lieut.
Hussey's next appointments were, 29 April, 1828,
and 1 March, 1829, to the Samabang 28, and Mada-
gascar 46, Capts. Wm. Fanshawe Martin and Hon.
Sir R. C. Spencer, also in the Mediterranean. He
invalided in Aug. 1829 ; and, since 3 April, 1831,
has been employed in the Coast Guard.
He married, in Dec. 1825, Sophia, third daughter
of Jas. Cockrell, Esq., by whom he has issue four
children.
HUTCHESON. (Captain, 1841.)
Francis Deane Hutcheson entered the Navy
13 Oct. 1813; and, while serving on board the
America 74, Capt. Josias Rowley, was present at
the unsuccessful attack upon Leghorn, also at the
occupation of Santa Maria, and of the enemy's
other forts in the Gulf of Spezia, and at the reduc-
tion of Genoa and its dependencies. In 1815, being
at the time in the Undaunted 38, he assisted at
the_ capture of a convoy at Barletta, and at the
taking of the Tremiti islands. When afterwards
with Rear-Admiral David Milne in the Impreg-
nable 98, Mr. Hutcheson had an opportunity of
sharing in the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug.
1816. He was made Lieutenant, 19 Jan. 1822, into
the Pyramus 42, Capt. Fras. Newoombe, on the
West India station, and next appointed, 15 June,
1826, and 8 Dec. 1827, to the Hyperion 42, Coast
Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and Mtsa.
bomb, Capts. Thos. Edw. Hoste and Stephen Lush-
ington, on the Mediterranean station. He was
promoted, 9 Aug. 1828, to the command Of the
Pelican sloop, and, having paid that vessel off 14
HUTCHINSON.
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April, 1830, was lastly, from 20 March, 1832, until
1836, employed in the Coast Guard. His advance-
ment to Post-rank took place 23 Nov. 1841.
"We are informed that Capt. Hutcheson, in Oct.
1828, co-operated with the French Army in the
reduction of the Morea Castle. Agent — J. Hinx-
man.
HUTCHINSON. (Commander, 1814. f-p. 17 ;
H-p., 30.)
Chahi/ES Hutchinson entered the Navy, 16 Nov.
1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tkent 36, Capt.
Sir Edw. Hamilton, stationed in the Channel ; pro-
ceeded, towards the close of 1801, to Madeira, in
the Arethosa 38, Capt. Thos. Wolley ; and served,
from Jan. 1802 until July, 1806, on the Jamaica
station, chiefly as Midshipman and Master's Mate,
in the ^otus frigate, Capts. John Wm. Spranger
and AndrewFitzherbert Evans, VANcnARD 74, Capt.
A. F. Evans, and Veteran 64, flag-ship of Sir John
Thos. Duckworth. He then came home with con-
voy in the Pengcin sloop, Capt. Smith, and on 16
April, 1807, was confirmed a Lieutenant in the
Valiant 74, Capts. Jas. Young, Alex. Kobt. Kerr,
John Bligh, John Nash, Thos. Geo. Shortland, and
Kobt. Dudley Oliver, in which ship we find him
assisting at the bombardment of Copenhagen, wit-
nessing Lord Cochrane's destruction of the French
shipping in Basque B^ads, and attending the expe-
dition to Flushing. From 3 May, 1811, until within
three weeks of his promotion to the rank of Com-
mander 21 July, 1814, Mr. Hutchinson further served
on the Home station as Flag-Lieutenant to Admirals
Wm. Toung and to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence
in the Christian VH. 80, Impregnable 98, and
Magicienne 36. He was consequently on board
the Impregnable when she brought the Allied
Sovereigns to England, and likewise at the grand
naval review held on the occasion at Spithead.
His next and last appointment was to the Coast
Guard, in which he continued from 6 July, 1831,
until 1834.
Commander Hutchinson is married and has issue.
5 Nov. 1814, and from 26 June, 1815, until 20 Feb.
1816, employed as Agent for Prisoners-of-'War at
Chatham and Plymouth. He accepted his present
rank 10 Sept. 1840. Agent— J. Hinxmau.
HUTCHINSON. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p.,
26 ; H-P., 39.)
Edward Hutchinson was born 16 March, 1771.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1782, as
a Servant, on board the Nin.iiLK, Lieut.-Commander
Gabriel Bray, on the Home station, where, and in
the East Indies, he continued to corve until March,
1793, chiefly as Midshipman and Mate, in the Cleo-
patra 32, Capt. Henry Harvey, Speedwell 14,
Lieut.-Commander Bich. Willis, and Bdsy 14, Scoot
16, and Swan and Atalanta i8's, all commanded
by Capt. John Elphinstone. He then joined the
Berwick 74, Capts. Sir John Collins, Wm. Shield,
Geo. Campbell, Geo. Henry Towry, Chas. Tyler,
and Wm. Smyth, attached to the force in the Medi-
terranean, on which station, after a brief servitude
in the Britannia 100, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Wm. Hotham, he was successively ap-
pointed Acting-Lieutenant, at the commencement
of 1795, of the St. George 98, flag-ship of Sir Hyde
Parker, and Inconstant 36, Capts. Thos. Fras.
Fremantle and Geo. Oakes. On 13 March in the
latter year, the day preceding Admiral Hotham's
first partial action with the French fleet, the In-
constant particularly distinguished herself by the
gallant manner in which she attacked, raked, and
harassed one of the enemy's line-of-battle ships,
the Ca Ira, of 80 guns. Mr. Hutchinson, who on
the occasion performed the duties of Senior Lieu-
tenant, did not obtain his first commission from
the Admiralty until 30 Dec. 1796. He was, how-
ever, on 14 Oct. 1797, a few weeks after he had left
the Inconstant,* promoted to the rank of Com-
mander. He was lastly, from 1 June, 1803, until
* TliG Inconstant took, 20 April, 1796, the corvette
X' Unite, of 84 guns and S18 men. The enemy had made an
attempt to set her on fire, but by the exertions of Lieut.
Hutchinson it was soon extinguished.— .rit/e Gaz, 1796, p.
iii.
HUTCHINSON. (Lieut., 1833. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 9.)
Joshua Hutchinson is son of a veteran naval
officer, now deceased, who had been wounded in
the service of his country; and only brother of
Wm. Hutchinson, Esq., R.N., who died while em-
ployed under Capt. Wm. FitzwilUam Owen in the
survey of the coast of Africa. One of his uncles.
Commander Joshua Kneeshaw, K.N. (1814), lost his
right arm in the service, received a gold medal for
the capture of Gliickstadt, and died 1 Nov. 1843,
aged 70 ; and another, the late Lieut. Sam. Knee-
shaw, R.N., died while Agent of a Transport on
the African coast.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1824, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince Kegent 120,
Capt. Wm. Henry Webley Parry, guard-ship at
Chatham, and in the following year proceeded to
the West Indies as Midshipman of the Bustard 10,
Capt. Williams Sandom. After having there served
for a short time with Capt. Hugh Patton on board
the Isis 50, he returned home in Jan. 1827, and
rejoined the Prince Kegent, then commanded by
Capt. Constantine Kich. Moorsom. He was next,
for upwards of three years, employed in the Espoib
10, Capt. Henry Fras. Greville, at the Cape of Good
Hope ; and in Feb. 1831, having passed his exami-
nation on 20 of the previous Oct., he was appointed
Mate of the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship in the Medi-
terranean of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham. Removing,
in Nov. of the same year, to the Philomel 10, Capt.
Wm. Smith, Mr. Hutchinson, on 4 of the ensuing
March, had the misfortune to be very severely
wounded by two musket-balls passing through his
left hand and arm while he was in the act of board-
ing, from a boat, a Spanish smuggler near Gibraltar.
He continued in the Philomel until Nov. 1832;
and, on 11 Feb. 1833, as a reward for the gallantry
he had evinced in the above affair, he was presented
with a Lieutenant's commission. His subsequent
appointments were — 6 Juno, 1834, to the Talbot
28, Capt. FoUett Walrond Pennell, with whom he
served on the South American and East India sta-
tions until June, 1837—26 Jan. 1839, as Senior, to
the Zebra 16, Capt. Kobt. Fanshawe Stopford, on
the Mediterranean station — and, 5 Oct. 1839, to the
Bellerophon 80, Capt. Chas. John Austen. During
the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, Lieut.
Hutchinson volunteered with another officer to guard
a mountain pass of great importance, called the
Dog River, a very arduous service, which imposed
upon him the necessity of being on the alert from
sun-set to sun-rise for the purpose of burning blue
lights in the event of an attempt made by the
Egyptian troops to pass the bridge. His zeal, at-
tention, and abihty in this, and in every other
instance throughout the campaign, including the
bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, gained him the
warm plaudits of Capt. Austen, as did his seaman-
like conduct on the occasion of the Bellerophon
being caught, 2 Dec. 1840, in a dreadful tempest,
on a lee shore and iron-bound coast. He was paid
ofi" in June, 1841, and has not since been employed.
Lieut. Hutchinson is Senior of 1833. He married,
in Aug. 1837, Hannah, daughter of J. Lacy, Esq.,
of Upleatham, Yorkshire.
HUTCHINSON. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 24 ;
H-p., 33.)
William Hutchinson (6) entered the Navy, in
Aug. 1790, as A.B., on board the Nassau 64, Capt.
Andrew Sutherland, from which ship, after serving
in the Channel, he was discharged, as Midshipman,
in Feb. 1791. Between the commencement of the
French revolutionary war in 1793 and Aug. 1804,
he appears to have been employed on the Home
station, chiefly_ as Master's Mate, Second Master,
Pilot, and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Belleeofhon
74, Capt. (afterwards Kear-Admiral) Thos. Pasley
560
HUTCHISON.
(one of Lord Howe's victorious fleet on the memor-
able 1 June), Caboline gun-brig, Capt. Benj. But-
ler, Garland 28, Capt. John Erskine Douglas,
Robert gun-brig, and Union schooner, each com-
manded by himself, 'Woolwich, Lieut.-Commander
John Cox, Galikheid 64, bearing the flag of Kear-
Admiral Edw. Thombrough, and Kuby 64, and
Eagle 74, both under the orders of Capt. David
Colby. He was oflioially promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, and appointed to the command of the
El Coeso, 9 Feb. 1805 ; and he was afterwards em-
ployed—in 1807, as an Agent for Transports in the
North Sea and Baltic, on the coasts of Spain and
Portugal, and in the Mediterranean — from Oct. to
Dec. 1809, in command of the Brevdeageren 12,
off Heligoland — from 14 May to 5 June, 1810, as
Eirst^Lieutenant, in the Thisbe 28, flag-ship of Hon.
Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope in the river Thames —
during the next 13 months in command of various
small vessels on the rivers Elbe, 'Weser, and Ems —
from Aug. 1811 until Aug. 1814, and from April to
Oct. 1815, in command of the Hope, Pigmy, and
Earnest gun-brigs, on the Irish, Channel, Baltic,
Mediterranean, and North Sea stations — from 21
March, 1816, until March, 1819, in the Ordinary at
Chatham — and, we believe, from 14 Sept. 1820 until
advanced to his present rank 1 Dec. 1827, in com-
mand of the Plumper gun-brig, on the Cork station.
His last appointments were— 21 July, 1829, to the
Coast Guard, in which he served for a period of
nearly three years— and, 20 Oct. 1840, to the com-
mand of the Victory 104, Capts. Eras. Erskine
Loch and Wm. Wilmott Henderson, guard-ship at
Portsmouth. He has been on half-pay since Oct,
1843.
HUTCHISON. (Commandek, 1821. f-p., 22;
H-p., 29.)
George Hutchison entered the Navy, 1 March,
1796, as Midshipman, on board a small vessel lying
at Sheerness under the command of Lieut. Thos.
Hutchison ; removed for a short period in 1798 to
the Nassau 64, Capts. Wm. Hargood and Geo.
Tripp, stationed at the Nore ; and during the four
following years was employed in the Baltic, North
Sea, and Mediterranean, under Admiral John Pey-
ton and Capt. John Larmour, with the latter of
whom, in the Diadem 64, we find him attending
the expedition of 1801 to Egypt. Erom June, 1802,
until the same month in 1806, he served with Sir
Bich. John Strachan in the Donegal and Kenown
74' s, and C^sar 80; and he was thus afforded an
opportunity of assisting at the Donegal's capture,
in 1804, of the Spanish 44-gun frigate Amjitrite, and
of a ship with a cargo on board worth 200,000?.,
and of contributing in the Cssar to the capture,
4 Nov. 1805, of the four line-of-battle ships which
had effected their escape from the battle of Tra-
falgar. He was confirmed a Lieutenant (after
having acted for nearly five months as such) in the
Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, 11 Nov.
1806, and was afterwards appointed — 12 Jan. 1807,
to the Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman
Hardy, in the Chesapeake, whence he returned in
March, 1808—30 March, 1809, to the Defiance 74,
Capts. Hon. Henry Hotham and Bich. Kaggett,
employed on the coasts of Spain and France, and
in the North Sea — 19 Oct. 1811, to the St. Domingo
74, flag-ship on the latter and on the North Ameri-
can stations of Sir J. Strachan and Sir John Borlase
Warren — 31 Aug. 1814, to the Briseis 10, Capt.
Wm. Rush Jackson, which vessel he left in May,
1815— and, 10 April, 1818, and 18 May, 1821, to the
Vengeub and Genoa 74's, Capts. Thos. Alexander
and Fred. Lewis Maitland, on the Home and South
American stations. He assisted, while in the Bel-
LONA, at the destruction, 14 Sept. 1806, off Cape
Henry, of the French 74-gun ship L' Impetumx ;
co-operated, in the Defiance, with the patriots on
the north coast of Spain, and partially commanded
her boats at the cutting-out of three chasse-marees
laden with wine and rosin from under two batteries
at Bclleisle, and the fire of some field-pieces and
armed vessels, in 1810;* and commanded for some
time the Dolphin and Highflyeb, tendersf to the
St. Domingo, on the coast of America, where he
was taken prisoner 30 March, 1814. He attained
his present rank 9 Nov. 1821, and has since been
on half-pay.
HUTCHISON. (LtEUT.,1813. f-p., 21 ; b-p., 26.)
William Hutchison entered the Navy, 3 May,
1800, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Windsor Castle
98, Capts. Albemarle Bertie and Jas. Oughton, in
which ship, bearing for some time the flag of Sir
Andrew Mitchell, he continued to serve as Mid-
shipman, on the Channel and Irish stations, until
April, 1804. From June, 1805, imtil taken prisoner
in Jan. 1808, he performed the duties of Master's
Mate in the Mediterranean and Channel on board
the BosE 18 ; and on regaining his liberty in March,
1811, he joined the Norge 74, Capts. John Sprat
E-ainier and Wm. WaUer. Being promoted from
the St. Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir John
Borlase Warren, to a Lieutenancy, 28 May, 1813, in
the Mohawk 16, Capts. Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng
and Henry Litchfield, he appears to have been
much employed in that vessel up the rivers and
along the shores of North America, and to have
commanded a boat at the capture of the United
States schooner Asp, mounting 1 long 18-pounder
gun, and 2 18-pounder carronades, with swivels, &c.,
and having 25 men, which vessel, although she had
been hauled close to the beach under the protec-
tion of a large body of militia, was boarded and
carried with cool and determined bravery, the
British sustaining a loss of 2 men killed and 6
wounded, and the enemy of their Commander (a
Lieutenant) killed and several men drowned.J Mr.
Hutchison, who invalided home in Dec. 1813, was
lastly employed — from 5 Sept. 1822 until Sept. 1826,
in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary Lieutenant
of the Severn and Ramillies, Capts. Wm. M'Cul-
loch and Hugh Pigot — and, from 24 July, 1829,
until the early part of 1834, in the Coast Guard.
HUTCHISON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
William Hutchison (i), bom 26 May, 1793, in
Dublin, is youngest son of the late Ephraim Hutchi-
son, Esq. (great-grandson of an oflicer who served
as Major of Cavalry at the battle of the Boyne, and
to whose famUy liing William HI. made a grant of
the extensive district of Cooliskrane, otherwise
Quinsborough, in the Barony of Ophaly, in co. Kil-
dare, free from quit and crown rent), by Elizabeth,
daughter of Redmond Morres, Esq., a King's Coun-
sel, and for many years M.P. for the city of Dublin
in the Irish Parliament, and sister of the first Vis-
count Frankfort de Montmorency.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Delight 16, Capt. Philip
Cosby Handfield, and in the course of the follow-
ing year was employed as Midshipman in scouring
the Calabrian shore, and destroying the enemy's
coasting-trade. On 30 Jan. 1808, the Delight, in
an endeavour to re-capture four Sicilian gun-boats,
unfortunately took the ground near Reggio, and
was obliged to surrender, after losing, from an ex-
posure of 15 hours to a galling fire from the enemy's
batteries and troops, two-thirds of her crew, toge-
ther with her Commander and Capt. Thos. Secombe
of the Glatton, who was serving on board at the
time. Escaping in .the boats, Mr. Hutchison got
on board the Bittern sloop, from which, in a short
period, he was transferred to the Malta 84, Capt.
Wm. Shield. In May of the same year, he again
joined a sloop named the Delight, commanded by
Capt. John Brett Purvis, with whom he remained
until Jan. 1810, when he was received on board the
Atlas ,74, bearing the flag off Cadiz of Rear- Admi-
ral John Child Purvis. After assisting in the boats
of the latter ship at the defence of Fort Mata-
gorda, Mr. Hutchison removed to the Apollo 38,
Capts. Bridges Watkinson Taylor and Edwards
* Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 858. + V. Gaz. 18U, p. I33S.
J F.Gaz. 1813, p. 1767.
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Lloyd Graham, to wliieh frigate he continued at-
tached, in the capacities of Master's Mate and Act-
ing-Lieutenant, until June, 1814 — a period of rather
more than four years. On 29 Jan. and 3 Feb. 1813,
we find him serving with credit at the reduction of
the islands of Augusta* and Curzola; and on 28
of the following May uniting in a brilliant attack
made by four of the boats belonging to the Apollo
and Cekbekhs, under Lieuts. John Wm. Montagu
and Wm. Henry Nares, upon a convoy, protected
by 11 gun-boats, near Otranto, where the cUfi'swere
covered with French troops. Upon this occasion,
Mr. Hutchison, who commanded the Apollo's gig,
and had only seven men with him, actually boarded
and carried a gun-vessel mounting one 12 and two
4-pounders, vrith a complement of 40 men, besides
similarly making prize of four armed merchant-
men.t In the month of June he further assisted
at the capture of a gun-boat mounting 2 long guns,
and the driving of another vessel on shore. | He
attained his present rank 18 Feb. 1815, nearly three
years after he had passed his examination ; and was
next, from 6 of the foUovring May until 30 Nov. 1816,
employed on the Channel and West India stations,
in the Plumpek, Bbisejs, and Sabine sloops, Capts.
Geo. Domett and Geo. Campbell. He has since been
on half-pay.
Lieut. Hutchison has for many years filled, with
pre-eminent zeal and spirit, the post of Harboiir-
Master at Kingstown, Dublin. His exertions in
the preservation of life at different periods have
been of a singularly humane and intrepid charac-
ter. The first instance of the kind was on 23 April,
1818, when he was the means of saving H.M. sloop
Pandora from destruction, during a violent gale
and tremendous sea, by his voluntary efforts and
example in manning a fife-boat for the purpose of
enabling pilots to be put on board — a service which
procured him the approbation of the Admiralty,
and the sum of 100/. from the Navy Office. The
heroic manner in which he afterwards, under the
most awful circumstances, rescued the crews of the
schooner Curmin of Carlisle, and the brigs Ellen
of Liverpool and Duke of Maryport, was such as
to obtain the thanks of the Ballast-Office at Dub-
lin, the presentation from the Corporation of a piece
of plate of the value of 50 guineas, a recommenda-
tion in his favour to the Admiralty from the Vice-
roy of Ireland, the Duke of Northumberland, and
the gold medallion of the London Shipwreck Insti-
tution. On 25 Jan. 1838, during a heavy gale from
the east, he received a very severe wound, which
totally deprived him of the sight of one eye, while
in the act of bringing to anchor an Indiaman which
he had boarded outside the harbour. The Lieute-
nant married, 25 Nov. 1818, Elizabeth, daughter of
the late John Knox, of Warringsford, co. Down,
by whom he has issue six sons and four daughters.
BUTTON. (Captaik, 1844. f-p., 29 ; H-P., 5.)
Fbedertck Hutton, born in 1801, is son of the
Rev. Jas. Harriman Hutton, Vicar of Leckford, co.
Hants.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Jan. 1813, on
board the Salseti'e 36, Capt. John Bowen, em-
ployed in the East Indies; served from 1816 until
1818 on the Home station in the Ekidanus 36,
Capt. Wm. King, and Kochfort 80, Capt. Sir Ar-
chibald ColUngwood Dickson ; then sailed for South
America in the Creole 42, Capt. Wm. Bateman
Dashwood, for the purpose of hoisting the broad
pendant of Commodore Wm. Bowles; became Mate,
in 1821, of the Starling 10, Lieut.-Commander
John Keeve, on the Guernsey station ; and was next
employed for a considerable time in the South
Seas and East Indies on board the Tees 26, Capt.
Thos. Coe, and Liffet 50, bearing the broad pend-
ant of the same officer. After acting for some
months as Lieutenant in the Sophie 18, Capt. Geo.
• At Augusta he had nharge of one of sevewl boats which
were mentioned for tlieir great exertions in drawing upon
themselves the fire of a fort and battery.— Ttde Gaz. 1S13, p.
1307. '^
■ t r. Gai. 1S13, p. 1795. J V. Gaz. 1S13, p. 1795.
Fred. Ryves, he went back to the Tees, to which
vessel, commanded at the time by Capt. Fred. Mar-
ryat, he was confirmed by commission dated 17
May, 1825. He was shortly afterwards, while at
Rangoon during the Burmese war, placed in com-
mand of the armed transport Satellite, and sta-
tioned at Panlang on the river Irawady. His suc-
ceeding appointments were — 19 Aug. 1826, to the
Despatch 18, Capt. Bobt. White Parsons, with
whom he chiefly served as First-Lieutenant on the
African, Irish, and Lisbon stations, until paid off in
1829— in the early part of 1831, to the command of
the Meteor steamer, for the purpose of escorting
the Duchess and Princess of Saxe-Weimar to the
Continent— 20 July, 1831, to the Magicienne 24,
Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, again in the East
Indies— and, 13 April, 1835, as Senior, to the Bar-
ham 50, Capt. Armai Lowry Corry. In the capa-
city of Commander, a rank he attained 28 June,
1838, Capt. Hutton was, from 10 Dec. 1838, until
finally put out of commission in Aug. 1843, re-em-
ployed in the Mediterranean and Tagus on board
the Vanguard 80, Capts. Sir Thos. Fellowes and
Sir David Dunn, under the latter of whom we find
him assisting at the blockade of Alexandria during
the' Syrian campaign. He attained his present
rank 3 July, 1844 ; and since 12 Nov. 1846, has been
employed as Governor of the Ascension and Cap-
tain of the Tortoise store-ship.
Capt. Hutton was presented by the Queen of
Portugal with the Order of the Tower and Sword,
for his exertions, with a party of the Vanguard's
people, on the occasion of a fire whilh broke out
at Lisbon in 1843, and destroyed the Military
Schools. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
HYDE. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
George Hyde entered the Navy, 27 July, 1805,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98, Capts. John
Knight and Fras. Pender, bearing the flag after-
wards of Lord CoUingwood in the Mediterranean
and off Cadiz. He came home in 1807 in the Juno
frigate, Capt. Hon. Granville Proby, but remained
unemployed from that period until Sept. 1810, when
he was ordered to the West Indies. On his return
from the latter station, where he had been inter-
mediately employed as Midshipman, in the Dragon
74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, and Star sloop,
Capt. Fras. Kearny White, he joined in Oct. 1811
the Belle Poule 38, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, whom
he ultimately followed into the Pembroke 74. He
was again, in Dec. 1812, placed under the orders of
Capt. White, in the Thistle 12, in which vessel he
cruized off the coast of North America until Oct.
1813. He then marched with Capt. Edw. CoUier
from Halifax to Kingston, in Upper Canada, and
on his arrival was appointed to the Charwell 14,
Capt. Alex. Dobbs. In Aug. 1814, having assisted
in transporting the gig belonging to the latter ves-
sel from Queenstown to Frenchman's Creek, a dis-
tance of 20 miles, and thence, with the addition of
five batteaux, through the woods to Lake Erie, a
further distance of eight mUes, he served with a
detachment of 75 seamen and marines at the cap-
ture of the Samers and Ohio, two out of three fine
American schooners, whose aggregate force amount-
ed to 92 lbs. weight of metal and 105 men, while
the British were perfectly destitute of artillery.
The enemy on the occasion had 1 man killed and
7 womided ; the assailants 2 killed and 4 wounded.
For his gallant conduct in the attack, and the skill
he displayed in afterwards navigating one of the
prizes through shoals and rapids, and under a con-
stant and heavy fire, into the river Niagara, Mr.
Hyde obtained the particular mention of Capt!
Dobbs.* About the same period, however, he was
unfortunately taken prisoner, and he was in con-
sequence detained in the United States until March
1815. After he had again served for three months in
the Chakwell, commanded by Capt. Edw. Rowley
on Lake Ontario, he returned to England on board
a transport, and on 20 Sept. 1815 was promoted
* Fide Gaz. 18U, p. 2036.
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HYDE— H YETT- HYNE— HYNSON- IMPEY— IMRIE.
(from the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Edm.
Boger) to the rank of Lieutenant. With the ex-
ception of a servitude of some time in the Tyne 26,
commanded by his former Captain, White, on the
Halifax station, Mr.Hydehas since beenon half-pay.
He is married and has issue.
HYDE. (Leeutenant, 1824.)
Richard Dawbkey Hyde obtained his commis-
sion 5 Dec. 1824 ; and has since been on half-pay.
He holds the appointment of Dock-Master on the
Glamorgan Canal. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
HYETT. (Lieut., 181.5. p-p., 16; h-p., 26.)
Joseph Htett entered the Navy, 28 March, 1805,
as Third-el. Vol., on board the Royai. William,
Capts. John Wainvrright and Hon. Courtenay Boyle,
bearing the flag of Admiral Montagu at Ports-
mouth ; and after a further servitude on the Home
station in the Ospeet sloop, Capt. Timothy Clinch,
and, as Midshipman, in the Ckown 64, Lieut. -Com-
mander Jas. Rose, sailed in March, 1809, for the
West Indies in the Khodian 10, Capt. Geo. Mou-
bray. From May, 1812, until Aug. 1815, we find
him employed with the last-mentioned officer, and
with Capts. Henry Litchfield and John Moberly,
on board the Moselle 18— the latter part of the
time as Acting-Master, Acting-Lieutenant, and
Master's Mate. He joined, therefore, in the at-
tacks upon Norfolk and Hampton ; saw a good deal
of detached service in the Chesapeake ; was in the
boats when .they cut out a 600-ton merchantman
from under the forts in Charleston Bay; received,
on 29 June, 1814, a musket-ball through the lower
jaw in a boat-engagement with a pirate in the Gulf
of Mexico ; and was most severely frost-bitten in
the legs during the expedition to New Orleans,
where he was constantly away from his ship on
boat-duty. On leaving the Moselle, as above, he
took up (Tie had passed his examination in June,
1812) a commission dated 10 Feb. 1815; and he
was lastly, from Dec. 1826, until Jan. 1831, em-
ployed as an Agent for Transports afloat. In con-
sideration of the wound he had received in his
cheek, involving the loss of hearing in one ear, and
of the injuries he had sustained at New Orleans,
which, after occasioning him much suffering, re-
sulted in the amputation, 28 June, 1846, of the
right leg high above the knee, Lieut. Hyett was
admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital
13 Oct. following.
HYNE. (Lieutenant, 1822. I^p.,11; h-p., 25.)
Thomas Madge Hyne entered the Navy, 13
April, 1811, as Ordinary, on board the Royal
Gbokge 100, Capt. John Clavell, with whom, after
a brief attachment to the Laceistinus 24, he was
for six years employed on the Mediterranean, North
American, and East India stations, as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, in the Orlando 36. He then,
in 1817, returned to England with Capt. ChaS.
Henry Pemberton in the Melville 74; and be-
tween the month of Sept. in the following year and
his official promotion, which took place 4 June,
1822, he was employed on the West India, Home,
and African stations, latterly in the capacity of
Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Bann 20, Capt.
Andrew Mitchell, Shearwater 10, Capt. Douglas
Cox, Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Thos. Briggs,
Severn 40, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'Cul-
looh, and Iphigenia 42, Commodore Sir Robt.
Mends, by whom he was intrusted for a short time
with the command of the ShappJir, a small vessel.
He left the Iphigenia in the course of the month
last mentioned ; and (with the exception of a re-
employment for about twelve months in 1829-30 in
the Coast Guard as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of
the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye) has
since been on half-pay.
HYNSON. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
Joseph Hynson entered the Navy, 10 Aug. 1804, as
Midshipman, on board the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj.
Hallowell, in which ship he accompanied Lord
Nelson to the West Indies in his celebrated pursuit
of the combined squadrons. In Nov. 1812, Capt.
Hallowell having hoisted his flag as Kear-Admiral
on board the Malta 84, he joined him as Master's
Mate in that ship. He continued with him until
made Lieutenant, 23 Dec. 1814, into the Partridge
sloop, Capt. John Miller Adye; and since Sept.
1815 has been on half-pay. Agents— Coplands and
Burnett.
IMPEY. (Eeab-Admiral of the Red, 1840.)
John Impby is son of the late Sir Elijah Impey.
This offlcjer entered the Navy, 28 April, 1785, as
Midshipman, on board the Victory 100, Capt. John
Knight, bearing the flag of Lord Hood at Forts-
mouth ; and on his return from a voyage to Ota-
heite, whither he had been sent for the produce of
the breadfruit-tree as Master's Mate of (the Pro-
vidence store-ship, Capt. Wm. Bligh, was received
on board the Boyne 98, lying at Spithead under the
flag of Sir John Jervis. On being advanced to
the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Nov. 1793, he joined the
Vesdvihs bomb, Capt. Chas. Sawyer, on the West
India station ; and he was next appointed in that
capacity — 17 March, 1795, to the Cumberland 74,
Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, part of Admiral
Hotham's fleet in the action fought off the Hyerea
Islands 13 July following— 9 March, 1797, to the
Syres frigate, Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin,
employed in the Channel— and, 27 April, 1799, 4
Jan. 1800, and 21 April, 1801, to the Prince or
Wales 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Harvey,
Unitb frigate, Capt. John Poo Beresford, and Le-
viathan 74, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth,
all on the West India station. He was confirmed,
15 Jan. 1802, in the command of the Fairy sloop,
likewise in the West Indies ; on his return whither
in the Eperviek 16, after having for some time
commanded the Alonzo on Home service, we find
him effecting the capture, 26 Jan. 1805, of V Elisa-
beth schooner privateer, of 4 guns and 34 men. He
attained Post-rank 22 Jan. 1806, and in the follow-
ing Feb. was ordered to England in the Alexandre
80, one of the prizes taken in the action off St. Do-
mingo. He has since been on half-pay. He became
a Rear- Admiral on the Retired List 28 June, 1838 ;
and, on 17 Aug. 1840, his name was added to the
roll of active flag-officers.
IMRIE. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 26; h-p., 28.)
John Imrie was born 23 Nov. 1784, at Rochester,
CO. Kent.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1793, as
Boatswain's Servant, on board the Robust 74, Capts.
Hon. Geo. Keith Elphinstone, Edw. Thombrough,
Geo. Countess, Wm. Brown, and Wm. Henry Jervis.
Continuing in that ship for upwards of eight years
he served in consequence at the occupation of
Toulon in Aug. 1793 — escorted to England the ships
that were there taken — bore a part in Lord Brid-
port's action 23 June, 1795 — attended the ensuing
ill-fated expedition to Quiberon in support of the
French Royalists — and on 12 Oct. 1798 was present
as Midshipman with the force under Sir John Eor-
lase Warren at the defeat of Commodore Bom-
part's squadron, when the Hoche 74 struck to the Ro-
bust, after a very severe action, in which the latter
sustained a loss of 10 men killed and 40 wounded.
In Sept. 1801 Mr. Imrie was discharged into the
Edgar 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, which ship
being paid off on her return from the West Indies
in July, 1802, he shortly afterwards, on passing his
examination, joined the Port Mahon 18, Capta.
Walter Grosett and Martin Neville, and, in May,
1803, as Master's Mate, the Plover 18, Capt. Rich.
Turner Hancock. From April, 1804, until May,
1808, we find him serving, chiefly in the capacity
last mentioned, on board the Couragedx 74, Capts.
Chas. Boyles, Rich. Lee, and Jas. Bissett ; and par-
ticipating during the period in Sir Rich. John
Strachan's action 4 Nov. 1805, as also in the cap-
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ture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing
the flag of Hear- Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate
Selle Fouk. He then proceeded to the Mediter-
ranean in the Hvperion 36, Capt. Thos. Chas.
Brodie, through whose recommendation and that
of his former Captain, Bissett, he was ordered, on
his arrival home with convoy towardp the close of
1809, to the West Indies for the purpose of joining
Sir Alex. Cochrane as Admiralty Mate on promo-
tion. After he had accordingly served with that
oificer for six months in the Pompeb 74, and Nep-
tune 98, he was nominated, 16 July, 1810, Acting-
Lieutenant of the Frolic 18, Capt. Thos. Whin-
yates. ^It was not, however, until he had again
served as Master's Mate in the Dkagon 74, flag-
Ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, and once more as Acting-
Lieutenant in the Soeinam sloop, that he succeeded
in obtaining ofiicial promotion. His commission
bears date 10 Sept. 1811. After twelve months of
half-pay Mr. Imrie was next, in Sept. 1812, ap-
pointed to the BoxEK 12, Capt. Sam. Blyth, fitting
at Portsmouth, where, in the following month, he
removed to the Bakham 74, Capt. John Wm.
Spranger, with whom he cruized in the Channel
until March, 1813. Joining, 1 July following, the
Egmont 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, he was first
employed at the blockade of Bochefort, and after-
wards, in April, 1814, under the flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, during the opera-
tions up the Gironde, where he witnessed the de-
struction of a French Une-of-battle ship, three brigs
of war, several smaller vessels, and of all the forts
and batteries on the north side of the river. He
left the Egmont 28 June, 1814; and was lastly,
from 13 Nov. 1841, until the early part of 1846, em-
ployed as an Agent for Transports Afloat.
Lieut. Imrie married 27 Sept. 1812 ; and has issue
10 children.
INCE. (Commander, 1846.)
John Matthew Robert Ince entered the Navy
14 Dec. 1828; passed his examination 24 April,
1835 ; and at the period of his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant, which took place 23 Nov. 1841,
was serving in the Mediterranean as Mate of the
Locust steamer, Lieut.-Commander John Lunn.
He was appointed on 30 of the same month to the
Implacable 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey, also^in the
Mediterranean ; and from 7 March, 1842, until paid
off on his return to England in 1846, was employed
in the East Indies on board the Flt 18, Capt. Fras.
Price Blackwood. Commander Ince, who attained
his present rank on 9 Nov. in the latter year, is at
present on half-pay.
INCLEDON. (Commander, 1813. E-p., 17;
H-p., 33.)
Robert Incledon entered the Navy, in June,
1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spitfike sloop,
Capts. Michael Seymour and Robt. Keen, on the
Channel station, where he continued to serve as
Midshipman, latterly in the Namur 98, Capt. Hon.
Michael De Courcy, until paid off at the peace. In
the summer of 1802 he proceeded to the Mediter-
ranean as Master's Mate in the Raven 18, Capt.
Spelman Swaine ; and on that vessel being wrecked,
near Mazara, in Sicily, in Jan. 1804, he joined the
Kent 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Bickerton.
Proceeding in the course of the same year to the
East Indies in the Culloden 74, flag-ship of Sir
Edw. Pellew, he was there, in March, 1805, ap-
pointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Duncan, after-
wards Dover, 38, Capts. Chas. Sibthorpe John
Hawtayne, Clement Sneyd, Lord Geo. Stuart, Wm.
Warden, Henry Hart, Thos. Groube, Wm. Wells,
and Edw. Tucker; to which frigate (being con-
firmed to her by commission dated 28 Sept. 1807)
he continued attached until again wrecked in
Madras Roads 2 May, 1811. In Feb. 1810 Mr.
Incledon, then First-Lieutenant of the Dover, was
Btrongly recommended by his Captain, Edw.
Tucker, to the notice of the Commander-in-Chief,
for the very great support he had afforded him in
. his operations against the island of Amboyna ; and
in the following Aug. he acquired the further praise
of the same officer for his conduct at the reduction
of the important island of Ternate.* On his arrival
home in Aug. 1814, after he had been employed
for a prolonged period of three years in the East
Indies on board the Piedmontaise and Phcenix
frigates, Capts. Dawson, John Bowen, and Wm.
Henry Webley, he found that he had been promoted
to the rank of Commander on 4 May in the previous
year. He is the senior ;officer of his rank on the
List of 1813.
INGESTRIE, Viscount, C.B., K.S.L, K.S,A.,
K.E.G., M.P. (Captain, 1827.)
The Right Honourable Henrv John Chet-
WYND, Viscount Isgestrie, born 8 Nov. 1803, is
eldest surviving son of Earl Talbot, K.G., K.P.,
formerly Viceroy of Ireland, by Fras. Thomasine,
eldest daughter of Chas. Lambert, Esq., of Beau
Pare, CO. Meath. His Lordship is uncle of the
Marquess of Lothian and of Viscount Lewisham.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Feb. 1817 ; ob-
tained his first commission 1 Jan. 1824; joined, 7
June following, the Blonde 42, Capt. Lord Byron ;.
and was promoted, 18 Oct. 1826, to the command
of the Philomel 10. For his vahant services in
the latter vessel at the battle of Navarin, with the
despatches relative to which he was sent home, he
was advanced to the rank of Captain,t by com-
mission dated 22 Oct. 1827, and invested with the
orders above indicated. His last appointments
were, 9 and 30 Jan. 1834, to the Rainbow and Ttne
28's, in the latter of which ships he again served in
the Mediterranean. He has been on half-pay since
1837.
The Viscount, who is Lieut.-Colonel of the
Queen's Own Regiment of Staffordshire Militia,
formerly sat in Parliament for the borough of
Hertford and the city of Dublin, and now represents
South Staffordshire. He married, 8 Nov. 1828,
Sarah Elizabeth, only surviving daughter of Henry,
second Marquess of Waterford, and has issue three
sons and four daughters. Agents — Messrs. Stil-
well.
INGLEFIELD. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 13 ;
H-P., 2.)
Edward Augustus Inglefield, bom in March,
1820, is son of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield,
C.B.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6
Oct. 1832; and embarked, 11 Oct. 1834, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the jEtna 6. He removed, in
the course of the following month, to the Action
26, Capt. Lord Edw. Russell ; was next, from the
early part of 1835 until the close of 1839, employed,
chiefly as Midshipman, in the Dublin 50, flag-ship
of Sir Graham Eden Hamond, and Imogene 26,
Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, on the South American
station; became Mate, in March, 1840 (having
passed his examination in the previous Nov.), of
the Thunderer 84, Capt. Maurice Fred. Fit^ar-
dinge Berkeley ; and after participating in the ope-
rations on the cosst of Syria, where he formed one'
of the storming party at the capture of Sidon, and
assisted at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre,
was employed, from Oct. 1841 until June, 1842 (the
last three months of the time as Acting- Lieutenant),
in the Illustrious 72, bearing tile flag of Sir Chas.
Adam, and Pique 36, Capt. Henry Forbes, both on
the West India station. He was invested (after
having attended Her Majesty on the occasion of
her visit to Scotland in the Rotal George yacht,
Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence) with the rank
of Lieutenant 21 Sept. 1842 ; and next appointed' —
25 Nov. 1842, to the Samarang 26, Capt. Sir Edw.
Belcher, employed as a surveying-vessel in the East
Indies— 6 March, 1845, to the Eagle 50, as Flag-
Lieutenant to his father on the S.B. coast of Ame-
rica, where he removed with him to the Vernon 50
— and, a few months afterwards, to the acting-
command of the CoMus 16. In that vessel it waS)
» Vide Gaz. 1810, p. HSS, and Gaz. 1811, p. 1199.
t V. Gaz. 1887, p. 2382.
4 0 2
564
INGLEFIELD.
his fortune to be present in the battle of the Parana,
where the combined squadrons of England and
France effected the destruction, after a hard day's
fighting, of four heavy batteries belonging to General
iKosas at Punta Obligado, as also of a schooner-of-
war mounting 6 guns, and of 24 vessels chained
across the river. He was in consequence confirmed
in the rank of Commander by commission dated
18 Nov. 1845.* Agents— Hallett and Robinson..
INGLEFIELD, C.B. (Eeab-Admiral of the
White, 1841. r-p., 28; h-p., 28.)
Samuel Hood Inglefield, born in 1783, at Sin-
glewell, in Kent, is son of the late Capt. John
Nicholson Inglefield,t K.N. ; and brother-in-law of
the late Admiral Sir Benj. Hallowell Carew, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Sept. 1791, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medusa 50, bearing the
broad pendant of his father on the coast of Africa;
and from April, 1793, until Jan. 1798, served,
chiefly as Midshipman, in L'Aigle 40, also com-
manded by Capt. Inglefield, Victokt 100, flag-ship
of Lord Hood, L'Aimable 32, Capt. Sir Harry
Burrard, SouTHAMPTorr, Capt. O'Brien, Cumber-
land 74, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Kowley, and
again in L'Aigle, as likewise in the Zealous 74,
both under the orders of Capt. Sam. Hood. He
was present during the above period in L'Aimable
at the reduction of Calvi, and at the capture, after
a running fight, of La Moselle corvette of 18 guns,
23 May, 1794 ; and, besides being actively employed
in the Zealous, off Toulon, witnessed in that ship
the evacuation of St. Fiorenza, officiated as Aide-
de-camp to Capt. Hood at the destruction of the
tower of Mortella, and accompanied the expedition
under Nelson to Teneriffe. In Jan. 1798 he was
nominated by Earl St. Vincent to the command,
with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of the Spit-
riRE gun-vessel, in which it appears he came into
very frequent and warm conflict with the enemy's
flotilla off Algeciras. In Dec. 1798, having been
confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant by commission
dated 26 of the previous July, he was appointed to
the Theseus 74, Capt. Ealph Willett Miller, under
whom, during the operations connected with the
defence of St. Jean d'Acre, he much distinguished
himself; and on one occasion in particular, 21
March, 1799, when he shared in a gallant and san-
guinary, although unsuccessful, attempt made to
cut out from the port of Caiffa four djerms, or sail-
ing lighters, which had got in there on the 18th
from Alexandria, with supplies for the French
!(rmy.| While in personal charge of the ship's
boats Lieut. Inglefield had the fortune to capture a
variety of vessels In the very teeth of the enemy's
batteries ; and when with onlj' the barge under his
command he contrived to take a French national
settee, mounting 4 brass 4-pounders, and having 20
soldiers on board besides her own crew. From
Sept. 1800 (in the course of which year he had also
served at the siege of Genoa), until a few weeks
after his advancement to the rank of Commander,
which took place 29 April, 1802, we find him serving
as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Kich. Bickerton and
Lord Keith in the Swiftsure and Kent 74'«, Ma-
dras 54, and Foddkoyant 80; and in 1801 receiv-
ing the Turkish gold medal for the part he had
• Vide Gaz. 1846, pp. 815, 861.
t Capt. Inglefield attained the rank of Lieutenant in 1768 ;
and that of Post-Captain in 1780. He commanded the Bab-
FLEUR 98, bearing the flag of Sir Samuel Hood, in the partial
action with the Comte de Grasse, 29 April, 1781 ; the Centaur
74, in the battle of 12 April, 1782, on which occasion he cap-
tured Le CSsar 80 ; and subsequently the Adventure 44,
Medusa 50, and Aigle 40. After he had assisted in drawing
up the articles of tlie capitulation by which Bastiawas sur-
rendered to the British arms, he was appointed in the spring
of 1794 to succeed Sir Hyde Parker as Captain of the Medi-
terranean fleet ; and towards the close of the same year he
leturned to England with Lord Hood in tile Victory 100.
He was successively employed, from that period until the
summer of 1811, as a resident Commissioner of the Navy at
Corsica, Malta, Gibraltar, and Halifax.
J F. Gaz. 1799, p. €10.
borne in the Egyptian campaign. Being appointed,'
16 Sept. 1802, to the Hunter 18, Capt. Inglefield in
the early part of 1803 was sent to Jamaica with
despatches for Kear-Admiral Sir John Thos. Duck-
worth and Lieut.-General Nugent, the naval and
military Commanders-in-Chief, announcing the re-
newal of hostilities with France. During his con-
tinuance in the West Indies he distinguished him-
self as a most zealous and active cruizer. In Aug.
1803 he accomplished the destruction of La Mutine,
a national brig of 18 guns, which had been driven
on shore in the neighboijrhood of Cumberland
Harbour, in the island of Cuba; and he further
effected the capture of the following French and
Spanish privateers; — in July, 1803, of La Selle
Verms, of 1 gun and 4 swivels, off Cape Dame Marie,
St. Domingo, where the crew effected their escape —
10 June, 1804, of La Liberie, of 3 guns and 37 men,
off the N.E. end of Jamaica — 7 March, 180.5, of the
Saxta Rosa, of 3 guns and 90 men (captured in
company with the Keindeer sloop), off the north
side of Jamaica— 5 Oct. 1805, of a schooner of 5
guns and 65 men (taken in company with the Suc-
cess 32), off Point Maysi, island of Cuba— 21 Sept.
1806, of the San Jose y Animas, of 1 gun and 13 men,
off the Isle of Pines— 25 Jan. 1807, of the Isabella,
of 3 guns and 64 men (taken after an arduous chase
of eight hours and much labour at the sweeps),
off Negril Point, Jamaica^and, 28 July, 1807, of
L'Esperance, armed with blunderbusses and small
arms, and mannedwithl8 men, off Cape Dame MSrie.
Capt. Inglefield also, on 13 April, 1804,j when off
St. Jago de Cuba, chased and drove under the guns
of the Moro Castle a French privateer of 14 guns,
and a smaller one full of men, crippling them to
such an extent in their sails and rigging as to pre-
vent their proving of annoyance to a homeward-
bound convoy then on the eve of its departure
from Jamaica. On another occasion, 4 Feb. 1805,
we find him capturing a Spanish frigate-built ship,
the Piedad, of 600 tons, pierced for 24 guns, having
20 in her hold and 6 mounted, and laden with jerk
beef, from Valparaiso bound to the Havana. Inde-
pendently of the above capture he had the good
fortune to obtain possession at different periods of
20 of the enemy's merchantmen. He once too, on
29 July, 1805, contrived to bring out an American
brig, prize to a French privateer, after having
silenced the fire (under which she lay) of a battery
in Lagoon Harbour, near Baracoa, in the island of
Cuba. During Capt. Inglefield's command of the
Hunter he was twice (the first time in 1803, the
next in 1807) charged with the duty of protecting
the British settlements in the bay of Honduras;
and for his conduct in both instances he had the
satisfaction of receiving a letter of thanks from the
merchants of the colony. In Aug. 1807 Capt. In-
glefield was appointed by Vice- Admiral Dacres to
the command of the Bacchante 20, a post-ship, to
which the Admiralty confirmed him on 6 of the
following Oct. Continuing his successful exertions,
he took, on 13 Sept. in the same year, when in com-
pany with the Reindeer, the Amor de la Patria
Spanish privateer, of 3 guns and 73 men, off Port
Morant, Jamaica ; also, on 10 Jan. 1808, off the
west end of Cuba, the ISl Carmen letter-of-marque,
of 9 guns and 43 men, valuably laden ; next, after a
spirited action fought (in company with the Elk
sloop-of-war) with several gun-vessels near the
Havana, of one of a convoy under their protection ;
and, 11 May, 1808, at the close of an action of 30
minutes, preceded by a long chase, of Le Griffon
French national brig, of 16 guns and 105 men.' In
Dec. 1808, a few months after his assumption of the
command of the DjiDALUs 32, Capt. Inglefield co-
operated with a force under Capt. Chas. Dashwood
in the reduction of the fort and tower of Samana,
St. Domingo, almost the last port of refuge on the
station for the enemy's privateers. About this
period the Daedalus fell in with a Haytian squa-
dron, consisting of the Lord Mulgrave, of 22 guns
and 300 men, two brigs of 18 and 16 guns, and three
large armed schooners ; the w hole under the com-
mand of an Englishman, styling himself Admiral •
INGLEFIELD— INGLIS.
565
Goodall, whom, with his flag-ship the Lord Mulgrave,
Capt. Inglefield thought it his duty to detain and
send to Port Boyal. The ship, from motives of
policy, was restored to the Haytian government,
but the Admiral was taken a state-prisoner to Eng-
land. For his conduct in this affair the Captain of
the D^DALUS received the approbation of tho
Commander-in-Chief. He was at length, in the
summer of 1810, ordered home in charge of a fleet
of 133 valuable merchantmen ; the whole of which
he conducted in perfect safety to the Channel.
The D^DALus* being paid off in Sept. 1810, Capt.
Inglefield was next, on 28 Oct. 1811, ordered to
commission the Malta 84, as Flag-Captain to his
brother-in-law, Rear-Admiral Hallowell, whom he
accompanied to the Mediterranean, where, during
the remainder of the war, he was occasionally em-
ployed with the in-shore squadron off Toulon, and
in co-operation with the British army on the east
coast of Spain. When preparations were made, in
June, 1813, for the investment of Tarragona, he
commanded the boats! at the debarkation of the
troops ; and during the siege 600 seamen were put
under his orders for the arduous purpose of placing
the guns and howitzers in the breaching batteries,
erected within 500 yards of the town works. He
further assisted, in the course of the operations, in
directing the fire of the gun-vessels, and on the
siege being raised he was charged with the duty of
bringing off the spare guns and military stores, and
of ire-embarking the troops. At the subsequent
evacuation of the fort of St. Philippe in the Col de
Balaguer, Capt. Inglefield, at the head of 1000 sea^
men from the fleet, was employed in dismantling
and effecting the destruction of that fortification, in
conjunction with the Chief Engineer of the Army,
Major Thaokery. For this he received the thanks
in public orders both of Sir Edw. Pellew, the Com-
mander-in-Chief, and of Rear-Admiral Hallowell.
Being superseded from the Malta in Jan. 1815,
for the purpose of attending as a witness the court-
martial assembled at Winchester to try Lieut-
General Sir John Murray for the failure of the
attack upon Tarragona, Capt. Inglefield did not
succeed in obtaining re-employment until appointed,
1 March, 1826, to the Ganges 84, flag-ship of Sir
Bobt. Waller Otway, Commander-in-Chief in South
America. In June, 1828, the Koyal Marines of the
squadron present at Rio Janeiro were placed under
his command and landed for the protection of the
Emperor Don Pedro's person, in consequence of a
serious mutiny which had broken out among the
German troops (about 1700 in number, joined by
nearly 2000 Irish recruits) in the service of His Im-
perial Majesty ; who, in acknowledgment of the
important part Capt. Inglefield on the occasion
acted in subduing the riots, presented him with the
Second Class of the Order of the Southern Cross.
The Ganges, after she had completed her term of
servitude, returned to England and was paid off in
Sept. 1829. In 1837 the subject of the present nar-
rative was awarded the Captain's Good-Service pen-
sion ; he was nominated a C.B. 18 April, 1839 ; and
on 23 Nov. 1841 he was advanced to the rank of
Rear-Admiral. Being appointed, 5 March, 1845, to
the chief command on the S.E. coast of America,
he sailed thither with his flag in the Eagle 50.
He afterwards shifted it to the Veknon of similar
force ; and since 24 June, 1846, has had the supreme
direction of naval affairs in the East Indies.
Rear-Admiral Inglefleld married, 21 Oct. 1816,
Priscilla Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Vice-
Admiral Wm. Albany Otway. By tjiat lady, who
died 18 June, 1844, he has, with one daughter
(Hannah Georgina Elizabeth, married, 5 March,
1846, to Capt. Augustus De Butts, Madras Engi-
• The D;tvDat.us, on 3 Aug. 1809, had been dismasted in
a violent liurricane off the Island off Puerto Rico, and obliged
in consequence, although with gteat hazard and difficulty, to
be taken to Port Royal, Jamaica, where she remained l(i
weeks refitting, owina to the extreme weakness of the dock-
yard artificers from sickness ; yet during all that time, through
tile sanitary arrangements of Capt. Inglefield, she herself only
lost I man and 1 boy from the fever.
neers, eldest son of Lieut.-General Sir Augustus De
Butts, R.E., K.C.H.), six sons, of whom the eldest,
Edw. Augustus, is a Commander R.N., and the
second a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. Agents
— Hallett and Robinson.
INGLEFIELD. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Valentine Otway Inglefield obtained his com-
mission 3 Feb. 1846 ; and since 16 of the following
April has been attached to the Vehnon 50, now
flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield in
the East Indies.
INGLIS. (C0MMANDEB,1829. F-p., 20 ; H-p., 20.)
Charles Inglis is eldest son of Commissioner
Chas. Inglis, R.N. (Captain, 1802), who distinguished
himself, as Lieutenant of the Jason 38, at the cap-
ture of the French frigate La Seine in 1798 ; ob-
tained the rank of Commander for his gallantry in
the Penelope at the capture of the 80-gun ship
Guillaume Tell in 1800; was afterwards for many
years Flag-Captain to the late Sir Geo.iMartin ; and
died at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, 27 Feb. 1833. His
brother, Patrick, is a Lieutenant R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 May, 1807, as
Fst-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98, commanded
by his father, with whom he continued to serve as
Midshipman, chiefly under the flag of Admiral
Martin, in the Canopus 60, Impetuedx 74, Stately
64, and Rodney 74, until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 1 July, 1814. He was in consequence
stationed for a long time off Sicily and Lisbon, and
was on board the Canopus at the pursuit and de-
struction, in Oct. 1809, of the French ships of the
line Rohuste and Lion. In Sept. 1814 Lieut. Inglis
took charge of a frigate-rigged boat named the
Frederick William, and was sent with her as a
present from the Prince Regent to the King of
Prussia. He afterwards joined— 18 Nov. 1814, the
Chesapeake frigate, Capt. Fras. Newcombe, at the
Cape of Good Hope— 19 Sept. 1815, the Queen
Charlotte 100, in which ship and the Boyne 98,
bearing each the flag of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, he
served at Portsmouth until May, 1818—24 May,
1819, and 5 April, 1822, the Larne 18, Capts. Henry
Forbes and Robt. Tait, and Rocbtort 80, flag-ship
of Sir Graham Moore, both in the Mediterranean —
22 June and 20 Sept. 1824, the Champion sloop,
Capt. John Fitzgerald Studdert, and Victory 104,
bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth
—and, 7 May and 26 June, 1827, to the Royal
Charlotte and William and Mary yachts, both
commanded by Capt. John Chambers White. He
attained the rank he now holds 23 April, 1829, but
has not since been employed.
Commander Inglis married, 10 April, 1828, Joanna
Harriet, second daughter of the late John Chas.
Lucena, Esq., Consul-General from Portugal.
Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
INGLIS. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., U; h-p., 31.)
George Inglis, horn about July, 1787, is son of
the late Admiral John Inglis.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 27 Aug. 1805, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Texel 64, Capt. Donald
Campbell, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas.
Vashon, at Leith ; and was soon lent, for a cruize
off the coast of Norway and the Shetland islands,
to the Amaranthe 18, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton.
Becoming Midshipman, in May, 1806, of the Ganges
74, Capt. Peter HaUcett, he assisted in that ship at
the capture, 27 Sept. following, of the French 44-
gun frigate Le President, and, after escorting Gene-
ral Crawford's brigade of troops to the Cape de
Verde Islands, and cruizing for some time in that
vicinity with a squadron commanded by Sir Sam.
Hood, served under the broad pendant of Commo-
dore Rich. Goodwin Keats in the expedition to
Copenhagen. On his return to England with the
2nd battalion of the 32nd Regt., in the Princess
Sophia Frederica, one of the Danish prizes, he joined
the Cambrian 40, Capts. Rich. Budd Vincent' and
Fras. Wm. Fane, and proceeded oft' the east coast of
566
INGLIS- INGRAM.
Spain, where he was much employed in co-opera-
tion with the patriots, and assisted, on 31 July, 1808,
in reducing the Castle of Mongat. Subsequently to
his removal to the Colossus 74, Capt. Thos. Alex-
ander, we find Mr. Inglis uniting, in Oct. 1809, in
the chase which preceded the self-destruction, near
the mouth of the Rhone, of the French ships of the
line Rob-uste and Lion. After a servitude of more
than two years at the blockade of Flushing and
Brest in the Marlborough 74, Capts. Graham
Moore and Matthew Henry Scott, and on the Leith
station in the Clio 16, Capt. Wm. Ffarington, he
successively joined, in 1812, as a passed Midship-
man, the Africa 64 and St. Domisgo 74, bearing
the respective flags of Admirals Herbert Sawj'er
and Sir John Borlase Warren on the coast of North
America. On 25 March, 1813, Mr. Inglis was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to
the RoTAL George, Capt. "Wm. Howe Mulcaster,
on, we believe. Lake Erie, where he partook, soon
afterwards, of an action in which two schooners
were taken from the Americans. On 10 Sept. in
the same year, having removed to the Detroit 19,
Capt. Root. Heriot Barclay, the senior officer of a
small, miserably equipped squadron of six sail, car-
rying altogether 63 guns (yielding a broadside
weight of 478 lbs.) and 345 men, the greater part of
them nondescripts, he was further present in a most
desperate action which terminated in the capture
of the whole by an American force under Commo-
dore Perry, consisting of nine excellently appointed
vessels, carrying 54 guns (throwing 928 lbs. in
broadside weight of metal) and 580 picked men.
Shortly previous to the fatal issue of the battle, in
which the British it appears lost 41 men killed and
94 wounded, and the enemy 27 killed and 96 wounded,
the command, owing to the disablement of Capt.
Barclay, devolved upon Lieut. Inglis, who, with a
degree of calm intrepidity that reflected high credit
upon him, continued the action until further resist-
ance became impossible.* His late appointments
were, for very brief periods, to the Bothe 98, Capt.
Fred. Lewis Maitland, Piqde 36, Capt. Hon. An-
thony Maitland, and Ramillies 74, Capt. Wm.
M'Culloch. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
INGLIS. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
James Inglis entered the Navy 29 April, 1810 ;
passed his examination in 1816 ; and obtained his
commission 14 Deo. 1826. His appointments have
since been — 8 Aug. 1839, to the Edinbdrgh 72,
Capt. Wm. Wihnott Henderson, under whom he
served in the operations on the coast of Syria, and
at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, in 1840 —
30 Nov. 1841, to the Victokt 104, bearing the suc-
cessive flags at Portsmouth of Admiral-Superin-
tendents Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie and
Hyde Paiker— and, 29 Dec. 1845, to be Admiralty-
Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel, in which
capacity he is now employed.
Lieut. Inglis is married, and has issue.
INGLIS. (LiEnTENANT, 1827.)
Patrick Inglis is brother of Commander Chas.
IngUs, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 17 Dec. 1812;
passed his examination in 1819 ; attained the rank
of Lieutenant 26 Jan. 1827 ; served at Portsmouth,
as Lieutenant of the Victory 104, Capts. Thos.
Monok Mason and John Wilson, from 23 Feb. 1828
until 30 April, 1830 ; and was employed for about
twelve months in 1843-4 in the Coast Guard. He is
now on half-pay.
Lieut. Inglis — the Senior of his rank on the list
of 1827— married, 24 Oct. 1833, Mary Ann, only
daughter of the late J. G. Cocks, Esq., R.N.
Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
served from the following Sept. until Sept. 1819, on
the Mediterranean and Leith stations, chiefly as
Midshipman, in the Ister and HrPERiON frigates,
Capts. Thos. Forrest and Thos. Searle ; then sailed
for the East Indies on board the Leander 50, flag-
ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood ; and on 4 June>
1821, was there confirmed a Lieutenant, if we mis-
take not, in the Dauntless 24, Capt. Geo. Cornish
Gambier. His last appointments were, 8 Jan. 1824
and 6 Feb. 1828, to the Jupiter 60, Capts. David
Dunn and Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman, and Mel-
ville 74, Capts. Henry Hill, Alex. Wilmot Sohom-
berg, and Christ. John Williams Nesham, on the
Halifax and Mediterranean stations. He has been
on half-pay since 29 Sept. 1831.
INGRAM. (Commander, 1841.)
AuGnsTos Henrv Ingram entered the Navy 13
Feb. 1821 ; passed his examination in 1827 ; acquired
the rank of Lieutenant 10 Jan. 1837 ; received an
appointment, two days afterwards, to the Dublin
50, flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond in South
America ; was employed during the earlier portion
of 1839 on particular service in the Hercules 72,
Capt. Edw. Barnard; and on 29 Nov. 1839, joined
the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier. He was re-
warded for his conduct in the latter ship at the
taking of Canton (where, during the operations of
March, he had been employed in the boats*) with a
Commander's commission dated 8 June, 1841 ; and
since 5 Nov. 1846 he has been in command of the
Birkenhead steam-frigate.
Prior to the receipt of his present appointment
Commander Ingram was employed as a Student at
the Royal Naval College. Agents — Messrs. Stil-
well.
INGRAM. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Herbert Frederick Winnington Ingram passed
his examination 12 Oct. 1840; was employed for
several years in the Mediterranean as Mate of the
Talbot 26 and Aigle 24, Capts. Robt. Fanshawe
Stopford and Lord Clarence Edw. Paget ; obtained
his commission 30 Dec. 1845 ; and, since 12 Feb.
1846, has been serving on the south-east coast of
America on board the Raleigh 50, Commodore
Sir Thos. Herbert.
INGLIS. (Lieutenant, 1821.)
Stewart Nash Inglis entered the Navy, 20 May,
1815, as a Volunteer, on board the Queen Char-
lotte 100, Capt. Chas. Inglis, fitting at Chatham ;
» riifeGaz. 1814, p. 331.
INGRAM. (CoMMANDEK,1829. F-p., 13 ; H-P., 36.)
Robert Ingram entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1798,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Formidable 98, Capt.
Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, stationed in the Channel.
In the following Nov. he joined the Thiton 32,
Capt. John Gore, with whom he continued to serve,
as Midshipman, in the Medusa" 32, on the Home
and Mediterranean stations, until July, 1802 ; wit-
nessing, in the former ship, her capture, 18 Oct.
1799, when in company ofi' Cape Finisterre with the
Naiad 38 and Alcmene 32, of the Santa Brigida, a
Spanish 36-gun frigate, having on board 1,400,000
dollars, besides a cargo of equal value ; and partici-
pating, in the Medusa, in an attack made by Lord
Nelson during tlie year 1801 on the Boulogne flo-
tilla. After an intermediate servitude in the Me-
diterranean on board the Cyclops and Termagant
sloops, commanded by various ofiicers, Mr. Ingram
rejoined Capt. Gore, in Feb. 1804, in the Medusa,
and on 5 Oct. following was present at the farther
capture of three Spanish frigates laden with trea-
sure, and the destruction of a fourth, off Cape St.
Mary. In the course of the following year he suc-
cessively became Sub-Lieutenant of the Fervent
and Rebuff gun-brigs, and also of the Favourite
sloop, Capt. John Davie, stationed on the coast of
Africa, where we find him displaying an eminent
degree of zeal and perseverance in towing and
sweeping the latter vessel during an arduous chase
of three days, which terminated in the capture, iii
Dec. 1805, of Le General Blanchm-d, privateer of 16
guns and 130 men.f He was made full Lieutenant,'
1 Sept. 1806, into the Princess of Orange 74, flag-
ship in the Downs of Vice- Admiral John Holloway ;
* Vide Gai. 1841, pp. 1904-S. + V. Gaz. 1806, p. 448.
INMAN-INNES-INSKIP-IRBY.
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•and in May, 1807, after he had been for a short
time re-attached to the Favorite, Capt. John
Naime, on the Guernsey station, he was appointed
to the Mdtine sloop, Capt. Hew Steuait, part of
the force employed in the ensuing expedition to
the Waloheren. Quitting the latter vessel in April,
1808, Mr. Ingram did not again go afloat until July,
1826 ; on 27 of which month he received an ap-
pointment to the Gloucester 50, Capts. Joshua
Sydney Horton and H. Steuart, with whom, it ap-
pears, he served until advanced, 28 Oct. 1829, to
the command of the ./Etna bomb. He paid that
vessel off 26 May, 1830 ; and has not since been em-
ployed.
Commander Ingram married, 7 Sept. 1806, Miss
Wilmot, of Oyster Street, Portsmouth.
INMAN. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 10; h-p., 23.)
Robert Inman died 2 June, 1845.
This officer entered the Koyal Naval College 4
Feb. 1813 ; and embarked, 21 May, 1815, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Rotal Sovereign 100, Capt.
Edw. Pelham Brenton, bearing the flag of Sir Benj.
Hallowell, whom he soon followed into the Tonnant
80 — both ships lying in Plymouth Sound. From
Aug. in the same year until Dec. 1818 he served on
the St. Helena and Cape stations, as Admiralty
Midshipman, in the Racoon sloop, Capts. John
Cook Carpenter, Geo. Fred. Rich, Robt. Worgan
Geo. Festing, Jas. Wallis, and Geo. Brine ; and he
next, until May, 1822, officiated in the same capa-
city, on the Channel and Halifax stations, on board*
the Camelion brig, Capt. "Wm. Jas. Mingaye,
Phaeton 38, Capts. Wm. Henry Dillon and Wm.
Augustus Montagu, and Newcastle 60, Capt. Ar-
thur Fanshawe. He then became Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Atholl 28, Capt. Henry Bourchier, in
which vessel (being confirmed to her on 29 of the
following Aug.) he continued until Jan. 1823. He
did not afterwards go afloat.
Lieut. Inman married, 16 June, 1839, Anne, eldest
daughter of Jas. Upton, Esq., of Okey Lodge, Sed-
bergh, co. York.
INNES. (LiECT., 1813. F-p., 27; h-p., 13.)
Robert Wintle Innes is brother of the late Re-
tired Commander Wm. John Innes, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 April, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Favoette sloop, Capts.
John Nairne and Fred. Hoffman, employed at first
off the coast of Africa, and then in the West Indies,
where he accompanied Capt. Hoffman into the Goe-
tAN 18. Proceeding in 1808 to the East Indies in
the Cornelia frigate, Capt. Henry Folkes Edgell,
he there, in 1810-11, served on shore, as Midship-
man, at the taking of the Isle of France, and simi-
larly assisted at the storming of Fort Cornells dur-
ing the operations connected with the reduction of
Java. He returned home in 1812 with Capt. Edgell
on board the Piedmontaise 38 ; and on 6 Dec. 1813,
after he had further served on the Home station in
the TnisBE 28, Capt. Thos. Dick, and San Josef
and Queen Charlotte flag-ships of Lord Keith
and Sir Pulteney Malcolm, he was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent appointments
were— 22 Feb. 1814, to the Harrier 18, Capts.
Andw. Pellet Green, John Forbes, and Sir Chas.
Thos. Jones, employed off the Canary Islands —in
1815, to the Rifleman 18, and Pique 36, Capts.
Henry Edw. Napier and Hon. Anthony Maitland—
21 Feb. 1816, to the Glasgow 40, Capt. Hon. A.
Maitland, under whom he fought at Algiers— in
April, 1821, to the command of the Ionia colonial
vessel— 13 Dec. 1827 and 2 March, 1829, to the In-
ternal bomb, Capts. Edm. WilUams Gilbert and
Brunswick Popham— and Madagascar 46, Capt.
Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer, both on the Me-
diterranean station — for a short time in 1832 to the
Vernon 50, Capt. SirFras. Augustus Collier, fitting
at Woolwich— and 5 March, 1836, to the command
of the Pandora packet on the Falmouth station.
He has been on half-pay since Jan. 1842. Agents
— Goode and Lawrence.
INNES. (Eetibed Commander, 1845. f-p., 15;
H-p., 31.)
William John Innes died 24 March, 1847, at 23,
Oxford-terrace, Hyde Park, in his 58th year. He
was brother of the present Lieut. R. W. Innes,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Feb. 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 98,
Capt. Jas. Oughton, bearing the flag in the Channel
of Sir Andw. Mitchell; with whom, from May, 1802,
until Aug. 1806, he served, as Midshipman, in the
Leandee 50, on the North American station ;
where, after he had been further employed on
board the Milan frigate, Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie,
Vesta schooner, Lieut.-Commander Atkin Hayman,
and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Indian sloop,
Capt. Chas. John Austen, he was confirmed, 30
March, 1808, into the Atalantb, Capt. Fred.
Hickey. Continuing in North America until Oct.
1811, he commanded, from June, 1809, to Dec. 1810,
the Chekdb schooner, and served, during the rest
of the period, in the Belvideea frigate, Capt.
Rich. Byron. His last appointments were, 30 Jan.
1812, and 6 May, 1813, to the Queen 74, and Vo-
LONTAiRE 38, Capts. Lord Colville and Hon. Geo.
Waldegrave, on the Home and Mediterranean sta-
tions. He was paid off from the latter ship 4 Dec.
1815 ; and on 18 Jan. 1845, he accepted the rank of
Retired Commander. Agents — Case and Loudon-
INSKIP. (Lieutenant, 1834.)
Peter Palmer Inskip entered the Navy 9 Dec.
182 1 ; served as Midshipman on board the Genoa
74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, at the battle of Navarin,
20 Oct. 1827 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; ob-
tained his commission 27 Aug. 1834 ; and (with the
exception of a command from 13 June, 1839, until
Oct. 1842, of the Roial George Revenue-vessel)
has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard
smce 25 Feb. 1836.
His exertions in the preservation of life from
drowning have been acknowledged by the presenta-
tion of a medal from the Royal Humane Society.
Agents— Pettet and Newton.
IRBY. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 31.)
The Honourable Charles Leonard Ieey was
bom 9 Oct. 1789, and died 3 Dec. 1845. He was
youngest son of the second Lord Boston, by Chris-
tiana, only daAighter of Paul Methuen, Esq., of
Corsham House, Wilts; and brother of Rear- Admi-
ral of the Red Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, C.B., who
commanded the Amelia 38 in a desperate action
with the French 40-gun frigate L'Aretkuse, off the
lies de Los, 7 Feb. 1813, and died 24 April, 1844,
aged 65.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Narcissus 32, Capts.
Percy Eraser and Ross Donnelly. In that frigate,
after cruizing in the North Sea, and also in the
Mediterranean, where he assisted at the capture, 8
July, 1803, of the French corvette L'Aloion, of 16
guns and 96 men, he accompanied the expedition to
the Cape of Good Hope in 1805 ; on her passage
whither the Narcissus, besides effecting the cap-
ture of Le Prudent privateer of 12 guns and 70 men,
retook the English merchant-ship Horatio Nelson,
mounting 22 guns, and drove on shore the Napokm
privateer of 32 guns and 250 men. Subsequently to
the reduction of the Cape, and the capture of the
46-gun frigate Volontaire, Mr. Irby proceeded to the
Rio de la Plata, whence we find him returning to
England with the despatches announcing the con-
quest of Buenos Ayres. Being again ordered out,
however, with Capt. Donnelly in the Ardent 64
he joined in the operations of Feb. 1807 against
Monte Video, and was slightly wounded while serv-
ing on shore in the advanced battery.* After the
place had surrendered to the British, he took a pas-
sage home on board the Leda 38, Capt. Robt. Ho-
nyman ; and prior to his advancement to the rank
• Vide Gm. 1807, p. 473.
568
IRVINE.
of Lieutenant, 13 Oct. 1808, be was further employed
for periods of a few months in the Theseus and In-
vmciBLE 74'b, Capts. John Poo Beresford and R.
Donnelly, off Ferrol and Flushing. He then joined
the Syeios 36, Capt. Sam. Pym, under whom, on
returning to the Cape station, he assisted at the
hlockade of the Mauritius, and contributed to the
capture, 21 Sept. 1809, of St. Paul's, in the He de
Bourbon. Between May, 1810, and June, 1814, we
find Lieut. Irby serving on the Cape, Newfound-
land, Channel, Irish, and Halifax stations, in the
Leopakd 50, Capt. Jas. Johnstone, Nakcissds 32,
Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, Conqcestador 74,
Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, Sybille 38, Capt. Clot-
worthy Upton, and Armide 38, Capt. Sir Edw.
Thos. Troubridge. On 7 of the month last men-
tioned our officer (who in the Armide had shared
in the capture of an American privateer of 17 guns
and 100 men, and a French letter-of-marque of 16
guns and 60 men) was promoted to the command of
the Thames 32, arme'e enflUie, in which ship he con-
tinued (attending intermediately the expedition
against New Orleans) until superseded at his own
request, for the recovery of his health, in May,
1815. His next appointment was, 8 Aug. 1826, to
the Pelican 18, fitting for the Mediterranean,
where he cruized with great anti-piratic activity
until Sept. 1827, when (having been advanced to
Post-rank on 2 of the previous July) he removed to
the Ariadne 26. He came home in the Genoa 74,
which ship he paid off at Plymouth 21 Jan. 1828 ;'
and did not again go afloat.
Capt. Irby was the author, in conjunction with
Mr. Jas. Mangles, of a work entitled 'Travels in
Egypt, Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor, in 1817-18,'
published in 1823. He married, 8 Feb. 1825,
Frances, second daughter of John Mangles, Esq.,
of Hurley, co. Berks, by whom he has left issue a
son and daughter. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
lEVINE. (Eetired Captain, 1840. f-p.,12;
H-P., 46.)
Charles Chambehlayne Irvine entered the
Navy, in Aug. 1789, as Midshipman, on board the
Orion 74, Capt. Chas, Chamberlayne, from which
ship, after having made a voyage to the West In-
dies, he was discharged in April, 1790. Rejoining
the same officer in Oct. 1794, as Master's Mate, in
the Bombay Castle 74, he proceeded to the Medi-
terranean, where he had an opportunity of sharing
in Admiral Hotham's partial action of 13 July, 1795.
On 7 Oct. following, having in the mean while re-
moved to the Censedr 74, Capt. John Gore, he was
in that ship when she was taken, after a gallant de-
fence, by a French squadron under Admiral Kichery.
On his exchange taking place, Mr. Irvine was re-
ceived, in the spring of 1796, on board the Porcu-
pine, a small frigate, commanded by Capt. John
Draper. In 1797, on his return from a second visit
to the "West Indies, during her passage whence the
Porcupine had been dismasted in a hurricane, it
was his lot to be one of the officers proscribed by
the mutineers at Spithead, in opposing whom he in-
curred an injury which greatly crippled his right
hand. During three months of the ensuing sum-
mer, Mr. Irvine, it appears, commanded a gun-brig,
named the Brothers, lying at Plymouth, He then
successively joined the Pomone frigate, Capt. Robt.
Carthew Reynolds, employed in cruizing with the
western squadron, and the Queen Charlotte 100,
fiag-ship in the Mediterranean of Lord Keith ; and
on 30 Aug. 1799, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy
in the Princess Royal 98, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Thos. Lennox Frederick. Being next ap-
pointed to the Melpomene 38, Capt. Sir Chas. Ha-
milton, he served with the expedition to the Texel,
and in April, 1800, was present at the surrender of
the African island of Goree. On the latter~occa-
sion he was placed in charge of the Goree schooner
of 10 guns, and sent on a cruize off' Senegal. This
vessel, in the course of a month, being condemned
as unfit for service, he obtained acting-command of
the ship-sloop Goree of 16 guns, in which he fur-
ther cruized in the same vicinity until compelled
to invalid in Feb. 1801. Mr. Irvine, who also offi-
ciated for a short time as Lieut.-Governor of Goree
itself, subsequently, in Oct. 1804, assumed command
of the Tickler gun-brig, off the coast of France.
Between June, 1805, and April, 1808, he served, on
the West India and Mediterranean stations, in the
Dolphin, Capt. Isaac Ferrieres, Ocean 98, Capt
Eras. Pender, Endymion 40, Capt. Edw. Durnford
King ; and, as First-Lieutenant, in the Eagle 74,
Capt. Chas. Rowley. On the date last mentioned
he became Acting-Captain of the Glatton 54; and
on 24 of the proximate month he was made Com-
mander into the Duchess of Bedford armed ship
of 18 guns. He came home with convoy in 1809 in
the Lord Eldon 18 ; was then paid off; and, not
having since been employed, accepted his present
rank 10 Sept. 1840.
Capt. Irvine married Susan, daughter of the late
Sir John Reade, Bart., and aunt of the present Sir
John Chandos Beade, Bart., of Shipton Court, co.
Oxford.
lEVINE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.)
James Irvine entered the Navy, 17 Jime, 1807,
as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambrian 40, Capt.
Hon. Chas. Paget, and, after serving at the capture
of Copenhagen, removed to the Eclair sloop, Capt.
Chas. Kempthome Quash. From Oct. 1808 (during
the three months immediately antecedent to which
period he had been attached, off Flushing and the
Texel, to the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Black-
wood) he joined L'Aimable 32, in which frigate,
and in the Horatio 38, both commanded by Lord
Geo. Stuart, we find him continuously employed, as
Midshipman, until Feb. 1811. He was in conse-
quence present in the former ship at the blockade
of the Elbe, and at the capture, 3 Feb. 1809, of
L'Iris French national ship, pierced for 32 guns,
but mounting only 24, after a short running fight,
in which the latter sustained a loss of 2 men killed
and 8 wounded, and L'Aimable (besides being ma^
terially damaged in her masts, spars, sails, and rig-
ging) of 2 wounded ; and in the Horatio, on her
return from the Cape of Good Hope to the North
Sea, at the reduction of the islands of Schouwen
and Tholen in Dec. 1813. In March, 1814, Mr. Ir-
vine was transferred to the Tonnant 80, bearing
the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane on the coast of North
America, where, from 1 Oct. following until 7 June,
1815, he performed the duties of Acting-Lieute-
nant on board the Spencer 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett.
He then took up a commission dated on 8 March in
the latter year ; and has since been on half-pay.
IKVINE. (Lieut., 1813. r-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Johnson Irvine entered the Navy, 30
Sept. 1805 (under the auspices of H.R.H. the Duke
of Clarence), as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb
74, commanded by the late Sir Rich. Goodwin
Keats, in which ship he fought under the flag of
Sir John Duckworth in the action off St. Domingo,
6 Feb. 1805, and attended, in the capacity of Mid-
shipman, the expeditions to Copenhagen and Flush-
ing. He was also present, in Aug. 1808, at the em-
barkation from Nyeborg of the Spanish army under
the Marquis de la Bomana, to whom he acted on
the occasion as Aide-de-Camp. In July, 1810, after
he had cruized for a short time off Brest in the
Poictiers 74, Capt. John Poo Beresford, he rejoined
SirR. G. Keats on board the Milford 74, employed
at the^ defence of Cadiz, where he assumed a com-
mand in the flotilla, and assisted in storming several
of the enemy's batteries. He continued, until Nov.
1813, to serve with the last-mentioned oflioeron the
Mediterranean, Homo, and Newfoundland stations,
in the Hibeenia 120, Centaur 74, and as Lieute-
nant (commission dated 20 June, 1813) in the Bel-
leeophon 74. While belonging to the Hibeenia,
Mr. Irvine twice jumped overboard, and had each
time the happiness of saving the life of a man. He
was lastly, from 8 Feb. 1826 until 31 Dec. 1827, cm-
ployed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-
IRVING-IRWIN-ISAACSON.
569
Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. 'Wm. Jas.
Mingaye.
Lieut. Irvine has taken out a patent for certain
improvements in pacldng-cases, boxes, trunks, port-
manteaus, and other articles for containing goods,
which improvements may be made applicable to the
preservation of life at sea. He is married, and has
issue. Agents— Coplands and Burnett.
lEVING. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
John Irving entered the Navy 25 June, 1828 ;
passed his examination 24 June, 1834 ; and, at the
period of hia promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
which took place 23 March, 1843, had been serving
for some time in the East Indies, on board the Fly
surveying-vessel, Capt. Fras. Price Blackwood, and
Favourite 18, Capt. Thos. Ross Sulivan. His ap-
pointments have since been — 10 Aug. 1843, to the
VOLAOE 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson, employed on
Particular Service— 14 Dec. 1844, to the Excellent
gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hast-
ings—and, 13 March, 1845, to the Terror disco-
very-ship, Capt. Fras. Kawdon Moira Crozier, under
whom he is at present engaged in a renewed at-
tempt to explore the North-West passage through
Lancaster Sound and Bering Strait.
lEWIN. (Lieutenant, 1827. p-p., 19; h-p., 16.)
James Irwin is son of Commander Jas. Irwin,
K.N. (1802), who was a Midshipman of the Eoyal
George when that ship went down at Spithead in
1782, was afterwards Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. Wm.
Cornwallis, distinguished himself in 1807, as Agent
for Transports before Buenos Ayres, and died in
1825. He is nephew of Capt. John Irwin who com-
manded the Prince George 98, as Flag-Captain to
Rear- Admiral Wm. Parker, in the action off Cape
St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797 ; and cousin of Capt. Geo.
Wickens Willes, R.N., now commanding the Van-
guard 80, and of Capt. Jas. Irwin Willes, R.M.
■ This officer entered the Navy, 13 Aug. 1812, as a
Volunteer, on board the Achille 74, Capt. Aiskew
Faffard Hollis ; became Midshipman, in April, 1813,
of the MiLFORD 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Thos. Fras. Fremantle ; and from May, 1814,
until March, 1818, served with Capt. Fras. Stan-
fell in the Bacchante, Madagascar, and Phae-
ton frigates. While attached to the Milford (he
had been employed in the Achille at the blockade
of Venice) he commanded a 10-oared cutter at the
reduction of the towns of Fiume, Bocca Rea, &c.,
assisted at the capture of the fort of Ragosniza,
took part in a successful engagement with a battery
in the neighbourhood of Capo d'Istria, and served
in the batteries at the siege of Trieste. When on
the American station, in the Bacchante, we find
him present at the blockade of the American fri-
gates Constitution and ConffresSj the capture of the
towns of Castiue and Belfast in Penobscot Bay, and
the taking of Machias. In Aug. 1818, Mr: Irwin,
who had passed his examination in the previous
March, and had been since borne on the books of
the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship at Portsmouth
of Sir Geo. Campbell, obtained a Mateship in the
Rochfort 80, bearing the successive flags of Sir T.
F. Fremantle and Sir Graham Moore, on the Me-
diterranean station ; where he commanded from
March, 1823, to Aug. 1825, the Racer tender ; and
where, until the summer of 1829, he further served
(with but two slight interruptions in 1826 and again
in 1827) on board the Revenge 76, flag-ship of Sir
Harry Burrard Neale, Isis 50, Capt. Sir Thos.
Staines, and, as Lieutenant (commission dated 31
Deo. 1827) in the Philomel 10, Capts. Hon. Wm.
Keith and Edw. Hawes. During his servitude in
the Rochfort he had the misfortune to receive a
compound fracture of the right leg ; and while in
command of the Racer he endured a brush with
several A'gerine gun-boats. His last appointment
was, 11 Oct. 1834, to the Coast Guard, in which
service he remained until the autumn of 1836.
IRWIN. (Lieutenant, 1814. r-p., 35; h-p., 6.)
Joseph Irwin, born 27 Feb. 1792, is third son of
the late Thos. Irwin, Esq., of Justustown, near Car-
hsle, by Jane, second daughter of John Senhouse,
Esq., of Calder Abbey. He is brother of the pre-
sent Thos. Irwin, Esq., of Justustown and Calder
Abbey, a Captain on half-pay of the Enniskillen
Dragoons, and a Magistrate for Cumberland, for
which county he served as High Sheriff in 1836 ;
and of Lieut. John Irwin, of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s
service, who died 21 Sept. 1824.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 April, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol. (under the auspices of Admiral Skef-
fington Lutwidge), on board the Thetis 38, Capts.
Wm. Hall Gage and John Miller, under whom he
was actively employed, part of the time as Mid-
shipman, on the coasts of Spain and France, and on
various parts of the Mediterranean until Feb. 1808.
He then became attached to the Royal William,
Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle ; and in the following
April he joined the Undaunted 38, Capts. Thos.
Jas. Maling and Geo. Chas. Mackenzie. After he
had cruized for nearly three years in that ship off
the Western Islands, in the West Indies, and again
on the Mediterranean station, he was received, in
March, 1811, on board the Fame 74, Capt. Walter
Bathurst, and sent to co-operate with the patriots
on the Spanish coast, where, having attained the
rating of Master's Mate, he assumed command of a
division of small-arm men, and frequently came
into contact with the enemy, particularly at Xavia
and Denia. On the issue of the unsuccessful attack
made by General Donkin on the latter fortress, Mr.
Irwin, who hkd been employed on shore throughout
the operations, took charge of a boat and brought
off the last half company of the 81st Regt., under a
destructive fire from the French garrison, who had
advanced to the very beach. So gallant was his
conduct in this instance, that on reaching the Fame
he was publicly thanked by Capt. Bathurst on the
quarter-deck, as likewise by the General in public
orders. He afterwards commanded a gun-boat
with a Midshipman and 16 men under his orders at
the siege of Tarragona ; and it was his fortune like-
wise to co-operate in the reduction of the strong
fort of St. Philippe in the Col de Balaquer. The
representations that were in consequence made in
his favour to Lord Exmouth induced the latter, in
May, 1814, to afford him a berth on board his
flag-ship the Caledonia 120. On 1 of following
Sept. he had the gratification of being promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant ; and in the course of the
next Nov. he received an appointment to the Opos-
sum 10, Capts. Sir John Chas. Richardson and Lord
John Hay ; in which vessel, prior to her being paid
off in Sept. 1815, we find him engaged in affording
assistance to the French Royalists in La Vendee.
Since Dec. 1821 Lieut. Irwin has been uninter-
ruptedly employed as an Inspecting Commander in
the Coast Guard — a service from the heads of
which he has had the satisfaction of eUcitlng strong
testimonials.
He married, 1 Sept. 1826, Emily, second daughter
of John Dixon, Esq., of Dublin, by whom he has
issue six sons and four daughters. His second son
is a Midshipmnn in the R.N. Agents — Messrs.
Halford and Co.
ISAACSON. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Charles Augustus Isaacson died in Sept. 1845,
on board the Eclair steamer sloop, a victim, with
nearly all the officers and crew, to African fever of
the most inveterate description.
This officer passed his examination 6 July, 1836 ;
served for about three years in the Mediterranean
as Mate of the Malabar 72, and Formidable 84
Capts. Sir Geo. RosC' Sartorius, Sir Chas. Sullivan'
and Geo. Fred. Rich, latterly under the flag of Sir
Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; obtained his commission 10
July, 1844 ; became, 3 Sept. following, Additional-
Lieutenant of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir
David MiUie on the Home station ; and, on 21 Oct.
in the same year, received his ill-fated appointment
4D
570
JACK— JACKSON.
to the Eclair, Capt. "Walter Grimstbn Buoknall
Estcourt.
J.
JACK. (Eetiked Commander, 1840. f-p., 18 ;
H-P., 31.)
Leigh Spabk Jack entered the Navy, 7 May,
1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Powekfdi. 74,
Capt. Wm. O'Brien Drury, employed off Cadiz and
in the Mediterranean ; and in the following July
attained the rating of Midshipman. He continued
to serve on the station last named from Jan. 1800
until Aug. 1804 in the Cyclops sloop, Capt. John
Fyffe ; after which we find him employed for five
years on board the Pheasant 18, Capts. Robt. Paul,
Kobt. Henderson, and John Palmer ; being during
that period successively created, on 2 Nov. 1804
and 28 Aug. 1806, an acting and a confirmed Lieu-
tenant. In the latter capacity, after he had en-
dured a servitude of two years in the West Indies,
Mr. Jack accompanied the expedition to the Kio de
la Plata under Sir Sam. Achmuty, and was in con-
sequence present at the capture of Monte Yideo in
Feb. 1807. He then served for some time on the
coast of Africa, and ultimately on the Home sta-
tion; where, off the Western Islands, and at the
Cape of Good Hope, he was next, from Aug. 1809
until April, 1816, employed on board the DESmiE
36, and Livehpool 40, both commanded by Capt.
Arthur Farquhar. In the former ship he distin-
guished himself by his activity as Senior Lieutenant
at tbe blockade of the German rivers, and at the
reduction of Cuxhaven and Gliickstadt, in Dec. 1813
and Jan. 1814; and when on his return to England
in the Livehpool, after having been engaged at the
blockade of He de Bourbon, he appears to have
been nearly lost off Dover, in consequence of that
frigate having taken the ground at the foot of
Shakspeare's Cliff, from which perilous position she
was only extricated by cutting away all her masts
and spars, and throwing overboard her guns, provi-
sions, and stores. Mr. Jack, who had been on
half-pay since 1816, accepted his present rank 21
April, 1840.
JACKSON. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 14;
H-p., 34.)
Caleb Jackson, born 3 Jan. 1791, in oo. Surrey,
is a younger brother of the present Capt. Geo.
Vernon Jackson, R.N.
This ofScer entered the Navy, 5 Feb. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fame, Lleut.-Commander
Witherston, lying in Portsmouth Harbour. In
March, 1801, he joined the Vengeance 74, Capt.
Geo. Duff; and in that ship, until paid off in July,
1802, he served in the Baltic, Bay of Biscay, and
West Indies. He re-embarked, in March, 1806, as
Midshipman, on board the Edgak 74, bearing the
flag at first of Lord Keith in the Downs, and after-
wards commanded in the Baltic by Capt. Jas. Mac-
namara, with whom he continued until removed, in
May, 1809, to the Antelope 50, Capt. Donald
M'Leod, fitting for the flag of Vice-Admiral John
HoUoway, Commander-in-Chief at Newfoundland^
where he was soon invested with the rank of Lieu-
tenant, and appointed, in that capacity, to the
Comet sloop, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle. On
leaving the latter vessel (to which he had been con-
flrmed by commission dated 11 Dec. 1810) Lieut.
Jackson, in the early part of 1812, joined the
Valiant 74, Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, lying at
Portsmouth, and Herald 18, Capts. Geo. Jackson
and Clement Milward, employed on the West India
station. After serving for a short time in the
Anoo 44, bearing the flag at Jamaica of Rear- Ad-
miral Wm. Brown, he became, in the autumn of
1814, Acting-Commander of the Shark receiving-
ship at Port Royal. On his return to the West
Indies in April, 1815, id the Warrior 74, bearing
the flag of Rear- Admiral John Erskine Douglas, he
rejoined the Shark, commanded at the time by
Caft. Houston Stewart, and next by Capt. Alex.
Campbell and himself. In Nov. of the same year
and Feb. 1816 he was successively nominated to the
acting-command of the Carnation 16, and Emu-
lous 16; the latter of which sloops he brought
home and paid off in June, 1816. He was not, how-
ever, officially promoted until 12 Aug. 1819 ; since
which period he has not held any appointment.
Commander Jackson married, in 1828, Ursula;
widow of Capt. Andrew Dudie, H.M. 44th Infantry.
JACKSON. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 15; h-p., 0.)
Charles Keats Jackson is eldest son of the late
Rear-Admiral Sam. Jackson, C.B., a history of
whose services we have recorded in the proper
place.
This ofiicer entered the Royal Naval College 2
March, 1832 ; and embarked, in 1833, as a Volunteer,
on board the Belvidera 42, Capt. Chas. Borough
Strong. On Ms return home in 1837 from the West
Indies, where he had been for a long time employed
as Midshipman, he sailed, in the Ttne 26, Capt.
John Townshehd, for the Mediterranean, for the
purpose of joining the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher,
under whom, it appears, he shared in the operations
of 1840 oh the coast of Syria, and was present at
the blockade of Alexandria. Proceeding next to
China as Mate (he had passed his examination 12
June, 1839) in the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir
Wm. Parker, he served on shore in a distinguished
manner with the rocTcet brigade under Lieut. Jas.
Fitzjames, and was woun'ded in the attack on the
heights of Segoan and Tsekee 15 and 16 March,
1842;* and he was present, in the course of the
same year, at the taking of Chapoo, the destruction
of the batteries at Woosung, the storming of Chin-
Kiang-Foo,f and the pacification of Nanking. Being
in consequence promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
by commission dated 23. Dec. 1842,J he was in that
capacity appointed, 18 March, 1843, to the Siren 16,
Capt. Wm. Smith, with whom he remained in the
East Indies until ordered home to be paid off at the
close of 1844. Since 9 April, 1845, he has been
serving on board the Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir
John West at Devonport. Agents — Messrs. Om-
manney.
JACKSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 1 6 ; h-p., 27.)
Charles Scott Jackson entered the Navy, 12
April, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98,
commanded in the Channel by Capts. Theophilus
Jones and Manley Dixon ; served from Aug. J804
to Aug. 1805, on the Mediterranean station, in the
Conqueror 74, Capt. Israel Pellew, and AMPHrrnrrE
frigate, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle ; and was next
employed, between June, 1806, and Dec. 1809, on
board the Captain 74, Capts. Geo. Cockbum,
Isaac Wolley, Jas. Athol ,Wood, and Christopher
John Williams Nesham. In the latter ship we find
him present at the capture, 27 Sept. 1806, of Le
President French frigate, of 44 guns ; at the bom-
bardment, in 1807, of Copenhagen ; and, in 1808-9,
at the reduction of Marie-galante, Martinique, and
the Salntes. In Nov. 1810, after his name had been
borne for nearly 12 months as a Supernumerary on
the books of the Royal William, flag-ship at Spit-
head, he joined the Helena sloop, Capt. Henry
Haynes, on the Cork station ; whence, we believe,
he accompanied the same officer in 1811 to the
West Indies on board the Sapphire ; from which
vessel, in Dec. 1814, he was transferred to a Master's
Mateship in the Chesapeake 38, Capt. Fras. New-
combe, at the Cape of Good Hope. He was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 7 Deo. 1815; and
afterwards appointed— in Aug. 1818 and July, 1819,
to the Sapphire again, Capt. Henry Hart, and
Bann 20, Capts. Jodrell Leigh, Wilson Braddyll
Bigland, and John Ralph Blois, both on the Jamaica
station— and, 9 Oct. 1828 and 19 Feb. 1830, to the
Ramillies and Talavera Coast-Blockade ships,
each commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot. He has
been on half-pay since the close of the latter year.
* Vide Gaz. 1S42, pp. 23P6, 2390, 2391.
t y. Gas. 1842, p. 3405. J V. Gaz. 1842, p. 3821.
JACKSON.
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JACKSON. (Lieutenant, 1836.)
Cyril Jackson, bom 23 Feb. 1812, is son of the
late Wm. Ward Jackson, Esq., of Uormanby Hall,
CO. York (N. R.).
This officer entered the Koyal Naval College in
1825 ; and embarked, in 1827, on board the Hussar
46, Capt. Edw. Boxer, bearing the flag of Sir Chas.
Ogle in North America. In 1831 he became Mate
of the Usdahnted 46, commanded at the Cape of
Good Hope by Capt. Howard Harvey. On his re-
moval from that ship, in 1833, to the Belvideba 42,
Capt. Chas. Borough Strong, he proceeded to the
West Indies ; and he subsequently, we find, took an
active part in quelling some disturbances which
had broken out at Para, where the ringleaders were
pursued into the interior of the coimtry and cap-
tured. On obtaining his commission, 28 Nov. 1836,
Mr. Jackson was appointed Additional-Lieutenant
of the Melville 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas.
Paget on the North America and West India station.
His next appointment was, 1 June, 1837, to the
Wolvekene 16, in the Mediterranean, whence he
returned in 1839 ; and his last, for a short period in
1840, to the Howe 120, Capt, Sir Watkin Owen
PeU.
JACKSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.)
George Jackson died 24 Nov. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1803, as
Ordinary, on board the Puissant 74, Capt. John
Irwin, lying at Spithead ; and in May, 1804, became
Midshipman of the Wasp 18, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm.
Aylmer'; which vessel, when in convoy of a ship
from Gibraltar in Feb. 1805, was attacked by a fleet
of Spanish gun-boats, and only escaped capture by
a breeze springing up and enubling her to bring
her guns to bear on the enemy, two or three of
whom were sunk. In the following Aug. the Wasp
was chased by the celebrated Eochefort squadron ;
from which however she contrived to free herself
by an elFort of gallant perseverance, so marked that
the Captain, John Simpson (the successor of Capt.
Aylmer), his officers, and crew, received the public
thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, and the strong
approbation of the Admiralty. In Oct. 1808, Mr.
Jackson, who until then had continued to serve
with the last-named Captain in the Stab and Wol-
verene sloops, on the Newfoundland and Halifax
stations, obtained command of the Cdttle schoo-
ner, and was sent to Boston to await the Presi-
dent's Message after the well-known aifair of the
Leaneer and Chesapeake. Joining next in the
operations which led to the capture of Martinique
in Feb. 1809, he was one of the first that landed on
that island, where, it appears, he wrested a musket
from the hands of a sentinel and hoisted the Bri-
tish flag. After the conquest he successively joined
the Martin, Halifax, and Observatedk sloops,
Capts. John Evans, Alex. Fraser, and Wm. Simpson,
under the last mentioned of whom we find him
sharing in an action with a French corvette, who
made ofi' during the night. Immediately on passing
his examination, on which occasion, 8 Feb. 1811, he
produced certificates of his having had charge of a
watch three years previously, Mr. Jackson was or-
dered on board the Aqdilon 32, Capts. Hon. Wm.
Pakenham and Wm. Bowles, employed at first off
Leith, and then in the Channel. Towards the close
of the same year he joined the Akethdsa 38, flag-
ship of Vice-Admiral Chas. Stirling, for a passage
to the West Indies ; on which and the North Ame-
rican station he served until 1815, as Mate and Act-
ing Lieutenant, in the Thetis 38, Capt. Wm. Henry
Byam, Brazen sloop, Capt. Jas. Stirling, Amelia
38, Capt. Hon. Fred!'. Paul Irby, Rivoli 74, Capt.
Graham Eden Hamond, Niemen 38, Capt. Sam.
Pym, Mohawk sloop, Capt. Henry Litchfield, and
Cockchafer schooner, of 5 guns (4 12-pounder car-
ronades and 1 long 12-pounder) and 22 men. While
in the latter vessel, the command of which was
given to him in March, 181^, ie was employed in
the performance of much valuable service. He
was in the first place sent to Nassau, New Provi-
dence, for the purpose of affording protection to
the coasting-trade, and of escorting convoys to the
Havana and the Gulf of Mexico. He was also em-
ployed m negotiating with the Creek, Chocktaw,
and other tribes of Indians at Pensacola, whom he
induced to join the British against the Americans,
conducting several of their chiefs to the officer in
command at Apalatchabola, and thence back again
with arms and ammunition, and a British agent
appointed to organise them, to Pensacola. He was
then sent with despatches for the Commander-in-
Chief in the Chesapeake, and on his arrival there
he was ordered up the Potomac to assist the British
in their descent of that river, after the capture of
Alexandria. He subsequently led the starboard
division in the attack upon Baltimore, on which
occasion he took the soundings that are now laid
down in Anthony Demain's Chart. These ope-
rations over, Mr. Jackson returned to his station
off New Providence, taking with him a brig laden
with valuable government stores and presents for
the Indian Chiefs. He afterwards had the good
fortune, while yet in the Cockchafer, to effect the
capture of six of the enemy's vessels, two of which,
were greatly his superiors, namely, the letters of
marque Aurora of 10 long 9-pounders and 28 men,
and Java, of 8 long nines and 22 men. In May,
1815, he took up a commission dated on 8 of the
previous Slarch, but he did not again go afloat.
Lieut. Jackson married, 15 Aug. 1839, Ann,
daughter of the late John Shaw, Esq., of Id,enshall
Hall, CO. Cheshire.
JACKSON. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
George Melville Jackson entered the Navy
in 1831 ; passed his examination 21 April, 1838 ;
served in the Mediterranean, from 1840 until paid
off in 1844, as Mate on board the Indus 78, Capt.
Sir Jas. Stirling ; then joined in succession the St.
Vincent 120, Queen 110, and Trafalgar 120,
flag-ships at Portsmouth and Sheemess of Sir Chas.
Rowley and Sir John Chambers White ; and on 24
March, 1845, was promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant. He has been since serving on the S.E. coast
of America in the Grecian 16, Capts. Alex. Leslie
Montgomery and Louis Symonds I'indal.
JACKSON. (Capt., 1841. p-p., 26 ; h-p., 20.)
George Vernon Jackson, horn 13 July, 1787, at
Chalwood, co. Surrey, is eldest son of the late Geo.
Jackson, Esq., of the Isle of Wight ; and brother
of the present Commander Caleb Jackson, R.N.
Three of his brothers lost their lives in the service,
viz., Thos. Vernon, who died Lieutenant of the
Isis in 1809, from over exertion in bringing home
despatches from Portugal ; — William, who was lost
off the Isle of France, when Purser of the Delight,
in Feb. 1824; — and Chas. Reynolds, Midshipman
of the Redwing, who was murdered on the coast
of Africa in Nov. 1825.
This officer (whose name had been borne, since
5 May, 1795, on the books of the Trident, Mi-
nerva, Princess Augusta, and -Maidstone) first
embarked, in 1801, as Midshipman, on board ithe
Trent 36, Capt. Sir Edw. Hamilton. After serv-
ing for some time in the Lapwing 28, Capt. Edw.
Rotheram, in one of whose boats he narrowly es-
caped destruction, he joined, in Nov. 1802, the
Cabtsfort 28, Capt. Robt. Fanshawe, who, on their
arrival with convoy in the West Indies, caused a
Lieutenant's commission to be made out for Mr.
Jackson, but was dissuaded from handing it to him
by reason of his extreme youth. In June, 1804, on
leaving the hospital at Antigua, our officer— one
of the only two survivors out. of 14 who had entered
it together— was received on board the Ste. Ldcie
sloop, Capt. Geo. Edm. Byron Bettesworth. When
next in the Bust 18, Capt. Wm. Henry Byam, he
happened to be on duty at the fore-topmast-head
of that brig when both topmasts were carried away,
and again at the mast-head when she rolled her
mainmast over the side. While attached, between
May, 1805, and Nov. 1808, to the Cleopatra 32,
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JACKSON.
Capts. John Nairne, John Wight, Wm. Love, and
Kobt. Simpson, it was his lot to be twice sent away
in prizes. On the first occasion, after having been
for three days without water, the crew mutinied
and attempted to throw him overboard, but his pre-
sence of mind enabled him to seize the ringleader,
and subdue the remainder. When in the second
vessel (on board of which were himself, two sea^
men, and a Lieutenant), the topmast being carried
away in a heavy gale, he ascended to the mast-
head for the purpose of reaching the wreck, and
had scarcely done so, when by a sudden jerk he was
pitched into the sea, many yards to leeward. In
March, 1808, we find Mr. Jackson appointed to the
command, with the rank of Acting Lieutenant, of
a schooner, mounting 4 guns, from which however,
as he had not passed his examination, he was super-
seded in the next June, and sent back to the CiEO-
PATRA. In Nov. of the same year, in consequence
of the recommendation of two captains, he was ap-
pointed by the Commander-in-Chief, Sir John Bor-
lase Warren, Master's Mate of his flag-ship the
SwiFTSHEE 74. He was soon again placed in charge
of a prize, a French West Indiaman ; from which
vessel, on her being taken in tow by the Swiftsuhe,
he intrepidly jumped overboard and, nearly at the
cost of his own life, rescued a seaman who had
fallen from the latter. As a reward for this act of
humanity Sir John Warren immediately sent him
with the prize and despatches to England, and dur-
ing his absence nominated him, 20 April, 1809,
Second-Lieutenant of the Junon 38 — an appoint-
ment which the Admiralty confirmed by commis-
sion dated on 18 of the following Aug. It was Mr.
Jackson's consequent misfortune, on 13 Dec. in the
same year, to be on board the Junon off Guade-
loupe when she was captured, after an heroically
desperate resistance of 45 minutes, and a loss of 20
men killed and 40 wounded, by a French squadron,
consisting- of the 40-gun frigates Senomme'e and Clo-
rinde^ and ai-mees-en-Jlute Loire and Seine, carrying
each 20 guns— with the two former of whom she
sustained a yard-arm and yard-arm conflict until
on the verge of sinking. In Jan. 1810, he arrived
a prisoner at Brest, and from that place he was sent
under an escort of soldiers to Verdun. During
the march he succeeded with, a fellow-captive,' Mr.
F. Whitehurst, in effecting his escape, and after
vainly endeavouring for 14 months to get off the
coast, he at length, with his companion, found
means of launching a flat-bottomed boat, with a
sheet for a sail, in which he put to sea, followed
however by some fishermen, 11 in number, who re-
took him. Lieut. Jackson was then imprisoned in
the citadel of Verdun, whence with four others he
again got away. Being discovered two days after-
wards through the imprudence of his associates, he
was placed in close confinement in the Porte Chaus-
see ; from which place he twice attempted to es-
cape, but was foiled, the first time by his companion
breaking his thigh, and the second by the mal-
adroitness of others. He was now conducted, part
of the way in chains to the strong fortress of Bitche,
situate one dajjj^ourney from the Rhine. Here
he remained many months a close prisoner, but, his
daring spirit and ingenuity never forsaking him, he
in the end formed a plan by which both himself and
Lieut. L'Estrange of the 71st Regt. were enabled
to break their bonds. After travelling together a
distance of 40 leagues, the two, from prudential
motives, parted company — Lieut. Jackson making
his way to the coast of Normandy.* He there, on
• Lieut. L'Estrange succeeded in reaching Bordeaux, where
he took a boat and got on board the Hannibal 74, Capt,
Sir Michael Seymour, who immediately wrote a strong letter
in his favour to liead-quarters. On his arrival in England,
three months after Lieut. Jackson, he was received at the
Horse Guards by the Duke of York in the most gracious
manner, was allotted three years retrospective rank as Cap-
tain, with many indulgences, and in two years attained his
majority. Lieut. Jackson, however, to whose plans and ex-
ertions he had been entirely indebted for his escape, on
waiting on the Port- Admiral at Portsmouth, had not the
satisfaction of being greeted with even a word of approbation,
nor; on repairing to the Admiralty, could he obtain cither an
a Saturday in April, 1812, embarked, alone and un-
seen, in a small boat, and on the following Monday
was picked up off the Owers in a state of great ex-
haustion by the Mutise sloop. His subsequent
appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant, we
find, were— 9 July, 1812, to the Indefatigable 44,
Capt. John Fyffe, employed for nearly four years
on the Home, Brazilian, and South Sea stations —
3 July, 1816, as Senior, to the Hecla bomb, Capt.
Wm. Popham, under whom he fought at Algiers,
and continued to serve until the following Nov. —
9 Oct. 1817, to the Stbille 38, flag-ship of Sir
Home Popham in the West Indies, whence he inva-
lided in July, 1818 — and 24 Dec. in the latter year,
to the command of the Sekapis receiving-ship at
Port Royal, Jamaica. During a period of nearly
seven years that Capt. Jackson remained in the
Seeapis (in which he was made Commander by
commission dated 13 July, 1824) he served with
credit under, and occasionally bore the flags of, five
successive Commanders-in-Chief, Sir Home Pop-
ham, Commodore Thos. Huskisson, Sir Chas. Row-
ley, Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Sir Lawrence
Wm. Halsted. After his name had been borne for
short periods, as Supernumerary-Commander, on
the books of the Pyeades, Primrose, and Brito-
MART sloops, he was confirmed, 16 Sept. 1825, in
the command of the Pylades ; in which vessel he
was for six months Senior officer off the Havana,
and in one instance gained the approbation of the
Commander-in-Chief for his conduct in detaining a
steam-vessel clandestinely carrying slaves. He at
length, in Feb. 1328, returned to England with a
valuable freight of dollars and cochineal; and on
his arrival he received from the Bishop of Jamaica,
to whom he had afforded a passage, a very flatter-
ing letter, accompanied by a piece of plate. He
was then paid off, and has not been since able to
procure employment. His advancement to the
rank he now holds took place 23 Nov. 1841.
Capt. Jackson, since he has been on h&lf-pay,
has been offered the command of a line-of-battle
ship in the service of the Pacha of Egypt, of whicli
however the existing regulations prevented his
acceptance. Several ingenious improvements and
contrivances as connected with shipping have at
various times been submitted by him to the Admi-
ralty. He married, in 1842, Jane Oldham Johnson,
of Kirby, Lancashire. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
JACKSON. (Retired Commandek, 1845. r-p.,
20; H-P., 30.)
John Jackson (a) entered the Navy, in Aug. 1797,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Veteran 64, Capts.
Geo. Gregory, Jas. Robt. Mosse, and Sir Archibald
Collingwood Dickson, under the last mentioned of
whom he was present in the action off Copenhagen
2 April, 1801. Joining next, in 1802, the Centaur 74,
Capt. Bendall Robt. Litthales, he sailed for the AVest
Indies, where he served for upwards of ten years—
at first with Capt. Conway Shipley in the Ste. Lu-
cie, Cyane, and Hippomenes— then again with Sir
Sam. Hood in the Centaur, as also with Capt. Hon.
Geo. Cadogan in the Cyane, and with Sir Alex.
Cochrane in the Northumberland 74— for a short
time with Capt. Wm. Hargrove, as Acting Lieute-
nant (order dated 11 Oct. 1805) in his former ship
the Cyane— and finally, as Acting-Lieutenant and
Lieutenant, in command, from Jan. 1806, to Oct.
1812, of the Mozambique schooner, and Netley
brigantine. He assisted, during the period of his
original attachment to the Centaur, at the reduc-
tion of Ste. Lucie in June, 1803 ; and when in com-
mand of the Mozambique (in which vessel, mount-
ing 14 guns, he was confirmed a Lieutenant by
commission dated 16 June, 1808) he was the gaUant
cause, although in company with the Lilt 18, and
Express 4, of the capture, on 21 April in that year,
of the Jean Jacques French privateer of 6 guns.'*
His last appointments afioat were — 27 July, 1813, to
interview with the first Lord, or the slightest notice, from any
one in authority, of his manifold sulTerings and privations.
• Vide Gay.. 1808, p. 872.
JACKSON.
573
the command, at Portsmouth, of the Spkightit
cutter— 7 Feb. 1814, to the Spencer 74, Capt.Rich.
llaggett, off the coast of North America^-and 1 Oct.
1814, and 25 Aug. 1815, to the command of the St.
Lawrence and Whiting schooners, on the latter
and Plymouth stations. He went on half-pay in
Oct. 1816, and after having been further employed
in the Coast Guard from 28 Jan. 1835, until the
close of 1836, was invested, 30 April, 1845, with
the rank of Retired Commander. Agents— Messrs.
StilweU.
JACKSON. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
John Henry Jackson entered the Navy 27 July,
1808 ; passed his examination in 1815 ; obtained his
commission 29 July, 1825 ; and from 28 May, 1839,
until 1846, was employed in the Coast Guard. He
has since been on half-pay.
JACKSON. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
John Milbourne Jackson is son of an old Post-
Captain, who died from the effects of service in the
West Indies.
This officer passed a very distinguished exami-
nation, 24 July, 1840 ; was for some time employed,
as Mate, in the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; and served from
1842, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 31
Jan. 1846, on board the Daphne 18, commanded in
the Pacific by Capt. John Jas. Onslow. He was
then appointed Additional of the Collingwood 80,
flag-ship of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour; but since the
early part of 1847, has been on half-pay.
Feb. 1812, to Aug. 1815, in the San Josef, Queen
Charlotte, and Ville de Paris. He became a
Rear- Admiral 10 Jan. 1837 ; and a Vice- Admiral
8 March, 1847. Agent— John P. Muspratt.
JACKSON. (Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 1847.
F-p., 24; H-p., 42.)
EoBERT Jackson entered the Navy, 20 April,
1781, as Ordinary, on board the Santa Margarita
36, Capt. Elliot Salter, employed on the American
station, where, in the following year, he assisted, as
Midshipman, at the capture of the French frigate
Amazone. Between March, 1784, and his promo-
tion to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Nov. 1790, he
served at Newfoundland, in the Santa Leocadia,
Capt. Alex. Udgar, Winchelsea, Capt. Edw. Pel-
lew, and Salisbort flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Mil-
hanke ; and he was afterwards appointed in succes-
si<^ — 1 April, 1791, to the Savage sloop, Capt.
Alex. Fraser, under whom he was at the capture of
the town and garrison of Ostend in April, 1793 —
1 July, 1793, 25 March, 1794, and 25 June, 1795, to
the Kose 18, and Beaulieu and Aimable frigates,
Capts. Edw. Riou and Chas. Sidney Davers, all on
the West India station, where he contributed, in
the Rose, to the reduction of Martinique in 1794 —
in Sept. 1795, to the Doris frigate, Capt. Lord Vis-
count Ranelagh, off the coast of Ireland — and in
1797-8-9, to the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of
Lord Keith, Formidable 98, Capt. Jas. Hawkins
Whitshed, and Foudrovant, Bakfleur, and Queen
Charlotte again, each bearing the flag of Lord
Keith. On the destruction of the last-mentioned
ship by fire in Leghorn Roads in March, 1800, Lieut.
Jackson (who in the course of the same year be-
held the fall of Savona* and the surrender of Malta)
assumed the acting command of the Camelion sloop,
as he did, in May following, of the Bonne Citoy-
ENNE corvette ; in which vessel he captured, 31 Dec.
1800, the Spanish privateer Fives of 10 guns and 80
men, and gained, in 1801, the Turkish gold medal
as a reward for his services during the campaign in
Egypt. Two days after his official advancement
to the rank of Commander, which did not take place
until 6 Oct. 1801, Capt. Jackson was appointed by
the Commander-in-Chief to the Tigre 74 — an act
sanctioned by the Admiralty 29 April, 1802. He
returned to England in the ensuing June, and was
lastly employed as Flag-Captoin to Lord Keith, on
the North Sea and Channel stations, from Jan. 1806
to June, 1807, in the Edgar 74, and again (with
the exception of a few months in 1814-15) from
• Vida Gaz. 1800, p. fiso, where it will be seen he distin-
guished himself by the extent of his perseverance.
JACKSON, C.B. (Rear-AdmibaloftheBlue,
1841. F-P., 31; H-p., 24.)
Samuel Jackson was bom in 1775, and died 16
Jan. 1845, at Bognor in Sussex.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1790, as
Midshipman, on board the Kite cutter, Lieut.-Com-
mander B. Mitchell, in which vessel he served,
principally against the smugglers on the Irish sta-
tion, until the commencement of the war in 1793,
when he was appointed Master's Mate of the Ro-
mulus 36, Capt. John Sutton, and ordered to the
Mediterranean. After witnessing the occupation
of Toulon, commanding a boat also at the destruc-
tion of a nest of privateers in the island of Corsica,
and uniting in an attack upon the forts and batte-
ries of Bastia, he accompanied Capt. Sutton, in
May, 1794, into the Egmont 74, and was thus af-
forded an opportunity of sharing in Hotham's
actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795 (on the for-
mer of which occasions he was wounded), and of
assisting in command of the Egmont's barge at the
cutting-out from Tunis Bay, 9 March, 1796, of the
French vessels Nemesis of 28, and Sardine of 22 guns,
together with a polacre mounting 20 guns. On
3 Nov. 1796, Mr. Jackson, whose name had been
for a short time borne on the books of the Victory
100, bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis, was made
Lieutenant into the Alliance store-ship, Capt.
Wm. Cuming. Rejoining the Egmont almost im-
mediately afterwards, he had the singular good
fortune, in Dec. of the same year, to be the means
under Providence of saving the whole of the ofB-
cers and crew belonging to the Bombay Castle 74,
when wrecked at the entrance of the Tagus. His
most extraordinary and intrepid "exertions, in col-
lecting the boats of the squadron, then in leading
them to the rescue, and in finally consummating
the work of humanity by jeopardising his own life,
called forth the thanks of the Court-Martial which
subsequently assembled to try the Captain and
crew of the Bombay Castle. After sharing in the
battle off Cape St. Vincent, we find Lieut. Jackson
assisting in the Egmont's barge in a gallant attack
made upon the Cadiz flotilla under Don Miguel
Tynason, who had come out with a large force in
order to cut off the Thunder bomb, during her
retreat from before the walls of that city ; on which
occasion he had the honour of boarding the Don's
desperately-defended vessel on one quarter, while
the immortal Nelson did so on the other. On the
Egmont being paid off in the early part of 1798,
Lieut. Jackson was appointed Senior of the Superb
74, commanded at first by Capt. Sutton and after-
wards by Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, to whom he
rendered able and active assistance in the action
fought in the Gut of Gibraltar 12 July, 1801, and
at its close was sent to take possession of the St.
Antoine 74, prize to the Superb.* As a reward for
his valour in the conflict he was advanced to the
rank of Commander on 18 of the ensuing Aug. His
next appointment was, 10 May, 1803, to the Au-
tumn 16 ; and in the course of the sapie year, by
order of Rear-Admiral Robt. Montagu, he assumed
the direction of a small squadron stationed off Ca-
lais, for the purpose of preventing the gun,vessels
in that port from forming a junction with the Bou-
logne flotilla, a service then of the utmost import^
ance. His first operation was an attack of several
hours, made on 27 Sept., upon the enemy's gun-
boats in Calais pier, which provoked a heavy fire
from the French in all directions, and gained the
high approval of the Commander-in-Chief Lord
Keith. f The second affair appears to have been
at the commencement of 1804, when the Autumn
had 1 man killed and 6 others wounded, in an at-
tempt upon a division of the enemy's flotilla, several
of which, although under the protection of formi-
• riie Gaz. 1801, p. 946. + K Gaz. 1803, p. 1323.
574
JACKSON.
dable landL-batteries, were driven on the beach ; —
the third, on the evening of the 19th and the morn-
ing of the 20th July, when the decisive promptness
exhibited by Capt. Jackson, in annoying a detach-
ment of the enemy, and thereby preventing its
reaching its destination in safety, again elicited the
approbation of Lord Keith, and of the Lords of the
Admiralty;* — and the last, during the celebrated
catamaran expedition against the Boulogne flotilla,
on which occasion he was intrusted with the charge
of one of the principal explosion- vessels, and evinced
a wonderful degree of gallantry and presence of
mind-t During a subsequent command (which he
held from Oct. 1804 until the summer of 1807) of
the MosquiTO 18, we successively discover Capt.
Jaclsson effecting the capture, 13 April, 1805, of the
French privateers Orestes and Pylades, of 1 gun,
6 swivels, and 33 men each — escorting, towards the
close of the same year, a fleet of transports with
5000 troops, &c., for Lord Cathoart's army in Ha^
nover — commanding a detachment on the Calais
and Boulogne stations, where the MosQurro in one
instance fell in with five of the enemy's armed
schooners, two of which were driven on shore and
destroyed — directing a number of rocket-boats in
an attack made in Oct. 1806, upon the flotilla at
Boulogne — and ultimately accompanying the expe-
dition to Copenhagen, during the operations con-
nected with which he was stationed in the Belt to
prevent supplies being thrown into the island of
Zealand. On the surrender of the Danish fleet, he
was appointed Acting-Captain of the Surveil-
lANTE 38, in which frigate he returned to England.
His ofiicial promotion to Post rank taking place
5 Nov. 1807, Capt. Jackson, on 8 of the following
month, was appointed to the Sdpbkb 74, bearing
the flag of his former Commander, Rear- Admiral
Keats. Continuing in that ship until paid of in
Oct. 1809, he went, in consequence, to the Medi-
terranean in pursuit of a French squadron which
had effected its escape from Rochefort— superin-
tended the embarkation from Nyeborg, in Aug.
1808, of the Spanish army under the Marquis de la
Romana| — was in the Superb when, frozen up at
Gottenborg in Jan. 1809, she was only extricated
by a canal being cut through four miles of ice — and
in the following Aug. accompanied the force sent
to the Walcheren. Capt. Jackson's subsequent ap-
pointments were— 14 Jan. 1812, to the Poictiers 74,
in which he prevented a French squadron from
entering the port of Brest — 21 Dec. 1812, to the
Lacedemonian 38, stationed off the coast of North
America, whence, after blockading the enemy's
ports and rivers between Cape Fear and Amelia
Island, co-operating in the attacks on fort St. Petre
and the town of St. Mary's, and participating in
the capture of property calculated at more than half
a million sterling, he returned to England in June,
1815—29 Aug. 1815, to the Niber 38, in which fri-
gate he first conveyed Hon. Chas. Bagot as Ambas-
sador to the United States, then escorted Sir John
Sherbrooke, Governor of Canada, from Halifax to
Quebec, and served as Senior officer on the coast
of Nova Scotia until Sept. 1817, when, owing to her
being found unserviceable, he returned home with
his officers and crew in a transport — 29 Oct. 1822,
to a three years' command of the Ordinary at Sheer-
ness — 5 April, 1836, to the Bellerophon 80, fitting
for the Mediterranean, where he remained for about
twenty months — and 19 Feb. 1838, to the command
of the Royal Sovereign yacht, and the Superin-
tendentship of Pembroke Dockyard. He was su-
perseded in the latter appointment on his attain-
ment of Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841, and not again
employed.
Roar-Admiral Jackson was nominated a C.B.
8 Dec. 1815. He married, 6 Deo. 1817, Clarissa
Harriet, daughter of Capt. Madden, Agent for the
Portsmouth division of Royal Marines, and niece
of Major-General Sir Geo. Madden, Kt., K.T.S.,
by whom he has left issue two sons, Chas. Keats,
a Lieutenant R.N., and Geo. Edw. Owen, Second-
* Vide Gaz. 1804, p. Silo. + V. Gaz. 1S04, p. 1337.
t V. Gaz. ISOti, p. 1 150.
Lieutenant R.M., 1842. His youngest son, Outram
Montagu, who had been educated at Addiscombe,
died in the East Indies 17 March, 1844, a few months
only after he had been appointed an Ensign of the
26th Native Infantry. Agents— Messrs. Ommaifc
ney.
JACKSON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 18 ; h-p., 23.)
Robert .Smimhs Jackson, bom 29 Nov. 1793,
is son of Robt. Jackson, Esq., of Hampton, Ja-
maica, who was Supreme Judge of the Court of
Justiciary and Member of the House of Assemblyy
and in the Maroon war commanded a brigade or
3000 nien. He is brother of Major John Serocold
Jackson, late of the 22nd Regt. of Foot, and for
many years Brigade-Major at Plymouth; and of
Capt. Jas. Irving Jackson, of the 6th Foot, Aide-
de-Camp to Prince William of Gloucester, who died
in 1809.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Aug. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Malta 84, commanded
in the Mediterranean by Capts. Edw. Buller and
Wm. Shield ; and in Sept. 1807 attained the rating
of Midshipman. Removing in Oct. 1808 to the
Montagu 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, he
served in one of the boats of that ship at the re-
duction of Sta. Maura in April, 1810 ; after which
we find him, from May, 1811, until Aug. 1815, em-
ployed, on the Home, north coast of Sp^n, Cork,
and West India stations, latterly as Master's Mate,
in the Egmont 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, Insolent
14, Capt. Edw. Brazier, and Tigre 74, Capt. John
Halliday. During the term of his attachment to
the Insolent Mr. Jackson co-operated, in 1812, in
the reduction of the Spanish town of Santander.
He was frequently also placed in the command of
prizes; and on one of tliose occasions, in Oct. 1813,
while he was conducting a Norwegian boat from off
Flekeroe to Gottenborg, he was benumbed in the
right thigh from extreme exposure to the cold, and
so injured that he was ultimately for many years
rendered incapable of the least exertion, and is even
now scarcely able to bend the knee — effects which
we believe were accelerated, if not aggravated, by
his endeavours to stop a leak in the stern-plank of
a Danish sloop, with which he was shortly ^fterr
wards sent to Yarmouth. On leaving the Tigre,
as above, Mr. Jackson, who had passed his .exami-
nation 7 Oct. 1812, took up a commission da!ed
1 March, 1815. His last appointment was to the
Coast Guard, in which he served from 12 Jan. 1835,
until July, 1843.
He married, 24 Dec. 1816; and has issue six
children.
JACKSON. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 29.)
Thomas Jackson (a) entered the Navy, in March,
1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Marlborough
74, Capt. Thos. Sotheby, stationed in the Channel,
In the following Nov. he removed to the Superb 74,
commanded at first by Capt. John Sutton, next by
the late Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, and finally by
Capt. Donald M'Leod, with whom he continuously
served until Oct. 1807; participating during that
period in Sir Jas. Saumarez' action of 12 July, 1801
—in Nelson's celebrated pursuit of the combined
fleets to the West Indies— in Sir John Duckworth's
action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, on which occa-
sion he was slightly wounded*— and in the expedi-
tion to Copenhagen. He then became Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. Campbell,
which ship (on being extricated with much difficulty
from a mass of ice in which she had been blocked
up during the whole winter) effected, in company
with the Stately 64, the capture and destruction,
22 March, 1808, on the coast of Zealand, of the
Danish 74, Prindts Christian Frederic, after a run-
ning fight of great length and obstinacy, in which
she (the Nassau) sustained a loss of 2 men killed
and 16 wounded. Mr. Jackson, whose confirmation
in the rank of Lieutenant took place on 17 of the
ensuing May, assumed voluntary command, 6 Sept.
* Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 373.
JACKSON-JAOOBS-JACOMB— JAGER.
575
1809, of one of four boats, and assisted in boarding
iind carrying Le Jean Bart, of 4 guns and 25 men.*
His succeeding appointments were— 22 Nov. 1809,
to the CoRDEUA 10, Capt. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy,
stationed in the Downs— 26 April, 18U, to the Co-
quette, Capt. Geo. Hewson, with whom he served
on the Leith station until paid off in Jau. 1812 —
and, 10 Feb. 1813, to the Wasp sloop, Capts. Thos.
Evferard, John Fisher, and Wm. Wolrige. He
served in the latter vessel, on the North American
and Mediterranean stations, until put out of com-
mission in Sept. 1818 ; and has since been on half-
pay.
In consideration of the wound alluded to above,
Lieut. Jackson received at the time a pecuniary re-
ward from the Patriotic Society. Agents — Cop-
lands and Burnett.
JACKSON. (LiEDT., 181.5. F-P., 27 ; h-p., 14.)
Thomas Jackson (6) entered the Navy, 9 July,
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74,
Capts. J. Hanwell, Henry Hart, Valentine CoUard,
Nathaniel Forster, and Fred. Watkins, in which
ship, bearing the flag at iirst of Vice-Adtniral Thos.
Macnamara Kussell, he witnessed the surrender of
Heligoland, and continued to serve, as Midshipman,
on the North Sea and Baltic stations, until March,
1809. He then joined the Standard 64, Capt.
Aiskew PaflFard Hollis, in time to participate in the
reduction of the island of Anhold ; and on becoming
attached, in March, 1811, to the Fearless gun-brig,
Lieut.-Commamders Geo. Le Blanc, Chas. Basden,
Jas. Guy Osborn, and Hehry Lord Richards, he co-
operated in the defence of Cadiz and Tarifa. While
next on the books of the San Juan 74, bearing the
ifiag of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee, we find
him much employed with the Gibraltar gun-boats.
In 1814 he escorted convoy to the West Indies in
the Sultan 74, Capt. John West ; and from March
to Sept. 1815 he discharged the duties of Master's
Mate in the Ajax 74, Capt. Geo. Mundy, on the
Mediterranean station. Mr. Jackson then took up
a commission dated 28 Feb. 1815. He obtained
command, 31 March, 1829, of the Dolphin Kevenue-
vessel ; and since 17 April, 1832, has been employed
in the Coast Guard.
JACKSON. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
William Travers Forbes Jackson served as
Midshipman of the Wellesley and Blenheim 72's,
during the operations on the coast of China ; and
was mentioned as having served on shore at the
capture of Amoy and Chinghae.f He passed his
examination 22 Oct. 1842 ; was employed for two
years and a half, as Mate, in the Camperdown 104,
flag-ship of Sir Edw. Brace, and Inconstant 36,
Capt. Chas. Hovre Fremantle, on the Home and
Mediterranean stations ; obtained his commission
15 Jan. 1846 ; and has been since attached, as Addi-
tional-Lieutenant, to the HiBERNiA 104, flag-ship of
Sir Wm. Parker, also in the Mediterranean.
JACOBS. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
William Jacobs entered the Navy, in July,
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Emerald fri-
gate, Capt. Jas. O'Bryen, stationed in the West In-
dies ; became Midshipman, in 1804, of the Galatea
32, Capt. Henry Heathcote, whom he accompanied
to the Mediterranean as Midshipman of the D4-
siREE 36 ; was transferred, in 1805, to the Orion
74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, off' the port of Cadiz ;
joined in succession, towards the close of 1806, the
St. George and Prince George 98's, Capts. Thos.
Bertie and Geo. Losack, on the St. Helena station ;
and from Feb. 1807 until confirmed in his present
rank, 6 Oct. 1813, was again employed in the West
Indies, occasionally as Master's Mate, Sub-Lieute-
nant, and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Heoeeux 24,
Capt. John Ellice Watt, Circe and Latona frigates,
both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot, Pompbe,
Neptune, and Statira, flag-ships of Sir Alex.
Cochrane, Dragon 74, bearing the flag of Sir Fras.
• Fide Gaz. 1809, p. 1439. + V. Gaz. 1842, pp. 88, 396.
Laforey, Castor 32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, Dragon
once more. Liberty 14, Lieut.-Commander Geo.
M'Guire, and Bulwark 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood.
He assisted in the Circe at the reduction of the
island of Marie-galante in March, 1808 ; and at the
capture, 31 Oot. following, under the fire of a bat^
tery which Idlled and wounded 2 of the British, of
the Palineur, French national brig of 16 guns and
70 men, 7 of whom were slain and 8 wounded. In
the Latona he was severely wounded while recon-
noitering, at the commencement of 1809, off Guade-
loupe, the French 44-gun frigate La Jtmon, previ-
ously to her capture. His last appointments were,
24 Dec. 1813 and 13 May, 1815, to the Bulwark
again, Capts. David Milne and Farmery Predam
Epworth, and for a short time to the Borer, Capt.
Wm. Rawlins, both on the North American station.
Agents— Holmes and Folkard.
JACOMB. (Eetiked Commander, 1842. f-p., 14 ;
H-p., 33.)
Robert Jaoomb entered the Navy, 3 Nov. 1800,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fisgard 36, Capts;
Thos. Byam Martin and Michael Seymour, on the
Home station ; where^ until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 12 March, 1807, he further served in
the Kite brig, Capt. Philip Pipon, Impetuedx 84,
Capts. T. B. Martin and John Erskine Douglas,
and Dragon 74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and Matthew
Henry Scott. He then proceeded to the Rio de la
Plata and the Cape of Good Hope in the Cormo-
rant, Capt. Wm. Hughes ; and was afterwards,
until July, 1814, employed, on the Irish, Channel,
Cape, and P^mouth stations, in the Decade, Capt.
J. Stewart, Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm,
ScipioN, Lion, and President, flag-ships of Sir
Robt. Stopford (under whom he co-operated in the
reduction of the island of Java), and, as Flag-Lieu-
tenant to Rear-Admiral T. B. Martin, in the Prince
Frederick. The latter was his last appointment.
He accepted his present rank 29 Dec. 1842. Agents
' — Halford and Co.
J-i-GER. (Retired Commander, 1842. F-p., 21;
H-p., 28.)
Thomas Jagee entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1798,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Southampton 32,
Capt. John Harvey, stationed in the West Indies,
whence, after assisting as Master's Mate at the re-
duction of the Virgin Islands, he returned to Eng-
land with the same Captain in 1801 in the Amphi-
trite. He then Joined in succession the Iris 32,
Capts. Hon. Philip Wodehouse aind David Atkins,
and Resistance 36, Capt. Hon. P. Wodehouse ; and
on the latter ship being wrecked off Cape St. Vin-
cent, 31 May, 1803, he further served, until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1807,
on board the Termagant 18, Capt. Robt. Petler
(by whom he was employed at the cutting out, near
Bastia, of the national armed xebec Podesta), Guer-
RiER, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Knight
(during his attachment to which ship he shared, in
1805, in some gun-boat service at Gibraltar), Eury-
DicE frigate, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, and Dread-
nought 98, Capt. Wm. Leohmere. His succeeding
appointments were, on the Home and North Ame-
rican stations, to the Hesper, Capt. Geo. Acklom
Barracouta, Capt. Geo. Harris, Agincourt 64*
armee-en-flute, Capt. Wm. Kent, Lauhestinus 24*
Capt. Thos. Graham, Nymphen 36, Capt. Matthew
Smith, and Statira 38, Capt. Spehnan Swaine
Among the above ships the Agincourt formed part
of the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809 ; and the
Laurestinus and Statira were each wrecked ■ the
former (after having served in the Chesapeake,' and
witnessed the attack upon Crany Island, StcS off
the Silver Keys, Bahama Islands, 22 Oct. 1813 ; and
the latter on a sunken rock, off the island of Cuba,
26 Feb. 1815. In June and Aug. 1816 Lieut. Jager
successively assumed command of the Hawke Md
liGER Revenue-vessels. He was superseded from
the Tiger in June, 1819, and was lastly employed
in the Coast Blockade, as Supernnmerary-fieute-
576
JAGO— JAMES.
nant, from June, 1828, to March, 1831, of the Hype-
KION 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. His present
rank was conferred on him 19 July, 1842.
JAGO. (Lieutenant, 1816. p-p., 10 ; h-p., 30.)
John Sampson Jago entered the Navy, 20 April,
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable
44, Capts. John Tremayne Redd, Henry Edw. Re-
ginald Baker, and John Broughton, in which ship,
after witnessing Lord Cochrane's destruction of the
French shipping in the Basque Roads, he proceeded
with convoy to China. In July, 1812, having re-
turned home, he accompanied Capt. Broughton into
the Cornwall 74, commanded subsequently by Sir
Edw. Tucker ; with whom, and with Sir Jas. Lucas
Yeo, he served, from March, 1813, iintil Oct. 1815,
on board the Inconstant 36, on the Brazilian and
Portsmouth stations. He shortly afterwards joined
the BoYNE 98, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth ;
and, on being transferred with that gallant Admiral
to the Queen Charlotte 100, he shared as Acting-
Lieutenant, and was slightly wounded, in the battle
of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816.* He was in consequence
confirmed in his present rank by commission dated
on 5 of the ensuing Sept. ; but he has not been since
employed.
JAMES. (Lieut., 1829. p-p., 20; h-p., 15.)
Henry James was born 1 Aug. 1799.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pompbe 74, Capt. Sir
Jas. Athol "Wood, with whom he served in the Me-
diterranean until 1815, latterly as Midshipman. He
then successively joined the Berwick and Impreg-
nable, flag-ships of Sir John Thos. Duckworth at
Plymouth, where he was further employed under
the orders of Lord Exmouth, inclusive of a short
period passed in the Fox and Wolf cutters, until
1818. The next four years were spent by Mr. James
again in the Mediterranean, on board the Bevolu-
TiONNAiRE 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Fleetwood Broughton
Reynolds Pellew. In 1822 he proceeded to the
Brazils and Pacific in the Tartar 42, Capt. Thos.
Brown ; and on his retui-n in that frigate to Rio de
Janeiro he removed to the flag-ship of the Com-
mander-in-Chief, Sir Geo. Eyre. ' On his arrival in
England in 1826 Mr. James made a trip to Lisbon
with Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. In July, 1827,
he joined the Victory 104, lying at Portsmouth,
whence he soon sailed, in the Fairy sloop, for the
West Indies, and was there, it appears, transferred
to the Skipjack schooner. On 3 July, 1829, being
at the time in the Bahham 50, the flag-ship on the
latter station of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming,
he waB promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Harle-
quin 18. He came home in the course of the same
year in the Deuid 46 ; and he was lastly appointed,
7 Oct. 1834, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Win-
CHESTEK 52, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen
Capel, and, 7 July, 1835, to the Wolf 18, Capt.
Edw. Stanley, both on the East India station. He
invalided home in 1838 on board the Zebra sloop.
Lieut. James married, 27 Aug. 1833, Mary,
daughter of the late Thos. Ridley, Esq., of Chester
Square, London, by whom he has issue three child-
JAMES. (Commander, 1841. p-p., 24; h-p., 19.)
Horatio James entered the Navy, 28 Deo. 1804,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jason 32, Capts. Wm.
Burgundy Champain and Thos. John Cochrane;
under the former of whom he assisted at the cap-
ture, 13 Oct. 1805, near Tobago, of the Nalade cor-
vette of 16 guns, 4 swivels, and 170 men. Under
Capt. Cochrane he was present as Midshipman off
the coast of Surinam at the capture, 27 Jan. 1807,
of La Favorite French national ship of 29 guns and
150 men ; and in the course of the next Dec. he
witnessed the surrender of the Danish West India
islands. In the autumn of 1808, shortly after his
removal with the same Captain to the Ethalion 38,
he further served in an action with the French 40-
* Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1792.
gun frigate AmpMtrite, as he did, in 1809, at the
reduction of Martinique and the Saintes. The 19
months which immediately preceded his promotion
to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1812, were em-
ployed by Mr. James on the Home and Brazilian
stations in the Donegal, Marlborough, and Poic-
tiers 74's, Capts. Pulteney Malcolm, Graham Moore,
and John Poo Beresford, and Foodroyant 80, flag-
ship of Hon. Michael De Courcy. His subsequent
appointments were— 21 April, 1813, to the Royal
Sovereign 100, Capts. Jas. Bissett and Thos. Gor-
don Caulfeild, employed in the Channel and Medi-
terranean— 29 March, 1814, as Senior, to the Sara-
cen sloop, Capts. John Harper and Alex. Dixie, in
which he proceeded from the Adriatic to the Chesa-
peake— 22 Aug. 1815, to the Antelope 50, bearing
the flag of Rear- Admiral John Harvey in the West
Indies — 9 Sept. 1822, to the Eden, Capt. John Law-
rence, on particular service — 12 Nov. 1823, to the
Surinam 18, Capt. Chas. Crole, again on the West
India station — 29 May, 1828, to the Coast Blockade
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the H yperion 42,
Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye— and 22 July, 1830, 15
June, 1831, and 27 Aug. 1834, to the command of
the Surly cutter. Viper schooner, and Tartarus
steam-vessel. Commander James, who has not
been afloat since he was paid off in the early part
of 1837, assumed his present rank 23 Nov. 1841.
He is married and has issue. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
JAMES. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 48 ; h-p., 1 9.)
James James was born, 9 Aug. 1760, at Liver-
pool, and died 13 Nov. 1845.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 14 April, 1779, as
Midshipman, on board the Duke 90, Capts. Sir
Chas. Douglas, Sir Walter Stirling, and Alan Gard-
ner, in which ship he participated in Rodney's
actions of 9 and 12 April, 1782, and on one of those
occasions was severely wounded in the* left leg.
Between June, 1783, and his promotion to the rank
of Lieutenant, 16 Nov. 1790, he successively served
on the Home station in the Scipio 64, Capt. John
Nicholson Inglefield, Irresistible, Capt. Sir Andrew
Snape Hamond, Scipio again, Director, Capt. Thos.
West, and Courageux 74, Capt. Sir A. Gardner.
After an employment of three years on the coast of
Ireland in the Medusa, Capt. Jas. Newman New-
man, he obtained an appointment, in July, 1794, in
the Transport service, and was sent to the West
Indies. On 24 May, 1797, as a reward for the con-
duct he had exhibited in the Prince 98, flag-ship
of Sir Roger Curtis, during the never-to-be-forgotten
mutiny, Mr. James was nominated to the command
of the Hasty gun-brig. He afterwards, in Feb.
1798, and May, 1803, assumed charge of the Eagle
and Matilda prison and hospital ships at Gilling-
ham and Woolwich ; and, from 1 Aug. 1804 until
the receipt of his second promotal commission, bear-
ing date 1 July, 1828, he commanded the Argonaut
hospital-ship at Chatham. The remainder of his
life was passed on half-pay.
Commander James married, first, in 1789, Miss
liucy Gifford : and secondly, in 1800, Miss Margaret
Copp. He has left two children by each marriage.
JAMES. (Lieutenant, 1821, p-p., 22 ; h-p., 13.)
Thomas James is son of the late John James,
Esq., of Truro, Cornwall.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 May, 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Baeham 74, Capt. John
Wm. Spranger, stationed in the North Sea; and
from the following Nov. until the conclusion of the
war was employed in the Channel and West Indies,
the latter part of the time as Midshipman, in the
Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm. He next served for
SIX years on the African station in the Orontes 36,
Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, Podargus 14, Capts.
Jas. Walhs, Henry John Rous, and Jas. Cairnes,
Racoon 26, Capt. Jas. Wallis, Myrmidon 20, Capt.
§'',°7/'„^^'^^' Tartar 42, Commodore Sir Geo.
Ralph Collier and Pheasant 18, Capt. Benedictus
Marwood Kelly. In Sept. 1821, after having acted
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577
for six months as Lieutenant of the latter vessel, ^''''k P'''-'^ 1« ^t- 1815 he wa, ser^ang ^a S«per_
he took up a commission dated 28 of the previous °""|'*/5Xi if assumed c^^^^^^ 1824,
April. His appointments have since been-3 May, mot Schomher^. He assumed '^"^^g^'l^ ^„ j
1833, to theCoLt Guard-24 July, 1833, to the com- ^''^J'^^^rt penod, we h^he
maud of the Pigeon Falmouth packet-25 Jan. 1843 ^e h*^„ '^"yi^HO ™a^^^^ the North Ame-
(after a few months of half-pay), to be Admiralty \ 1839, of the J!;CHO/t«™/f ^^'' ""
mand of the Pigeon Falmouth packet— 25 Jan. 1843
Bw months of half-pay), to be Admiralty
Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel — and, 26 June,
1846, to the command of the Express brig, in which
he is again employed on the Falmouth station.
He married, in 1833, Emma, daughter of the late
H. P. Andrews, Esq., of Bordean, Cornwall, by
whom he has issue. Agents— Holmes and Folkard.
JAMES. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 21 ; h-p., 20.)
Thomas Edward James entered the Navy, 3
April, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hibehnia
120, Capt. Tristram Eobt. Bicketts, in which ship
he served under the flags of Earl St. Vincent, Sir
"Wm. Sidney Smith, and Sir Chas. Cotton, on the
Channel, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations, until
Nov. 1810-nearly the whole time in the capacity
of Midshipman. He had an opportunity, thereforCj
of witnessing, while with Sir W. S. Smith, the de-
parture of the Koyal Family of Portugal for the
Brazils in 1807. In Deo. 1810, after he had further
served for a shoirt time with Sir Chas. Cotton in the
San Josef 110, he joined the Nautilus 18, Capt.
Thos. Bench, under whom, during a continued em-
ployment of nearly four years in the Mediterranean,
he participated, among other performances, in the
capture of three armed vessels, carrying in the
whole 23 guns and 235 men. From Nov. 1814 until
Aug. 1815 Mr. James, whose commission bears date
20 Feb. in the latter year, served in the North Sea
and Channel as Master's Mate of the Alert sloop,
Capt. Joseph Gulston Garland. His subsequent
appointments were— 26 Oct. 1820, to the Lee sloop,
Capt. Stewart Blacker, lying at Plymouth — 17 Jan.
and 22 March, 1822, to the Cybene and Arab,
Capts. Percy Grace and Wm. Holmes, from the
latter of which vessels he was superseded at his
own request— and, 1 July, 1834, to the Coast Guard.
He left that service in 1844, and has since been on
half-pay.
JAMES. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 29.)
William James entered the Navy, 12 Feb. 1806,
as Fst.-cl Vol., on board the Experiment packet,
Capt. Jas. Manderson, on the Falmouth station.
After serving off Guernsey as Midshipman of the
Uranie 38, Capt. Christopher Laroche, he joined,
in Aug. 1807, the Bulwark 74, Capt. Hon. Chas.
Elphinstone Fleeming, off Cadiz ; and he was next,
from May, 1808, until March, 1814, employed in
the Mediterranean on board the Espoik 18, Capts.
Bobt. Mitford and Hon. Bobt. Cavendish Spencer.
During that period, besides witnessing the sur-
render of the islands of Ischia and Procida, and
participating in the capture, 26 June, 1809, of 18
French gun-boats, as also in an action with the
French 40-gun frigate Cere's, Mr. James, on 4 April,
1810, assisted at the destruction, by the boats of
the EspoiH and Success 32, under Lieut. Geo. Bose
Sartorius, of several vessels well protected on the
beach abreast of Castiglione. On another occasion
he contributed, in the boats of the same sloop and
of the Spartan 38, to the capture of other craft
from beneath the fire of a battery and musketry
at Terracina; and, on 18 Aug. 1813, we find him
serving in the boats of a small squadron under Capt.
Thos. Ussher in a very gallant attack on the bat-
teries at Cassis, where, after sustaining a loss of
4 men killed and 16 wounded, the British, In four
hours, succeeded in capturing 3 heavy gun-boats
and 26 vessels laden with merchandize. In March,
1814, having returned to England and removed
with Capt. Spencer to the Cabron 20, Mr. James
sailed for Gibraltar. In the course of the same
year he further joined the Caledonia 120, and
Prince Frederick, bearing the flags in the Medi-
terranean and at Hamoaze of Lord Exmouth and
Bear-Admiral Thos. Byam Martin. At the period
of bis promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which
he had lastly the command, from S
1839, of the Echo steam-vesf-' "
rica and West India station.
JAMESON. (Ketibed Commandeb, 1837. f-p-i
18; H-P., 51.)
Walter Jameson entered the Navy, 25 Nov.
1778, as L.M., on board the Janus, Capts. Bom"?'
Glover, — Dixon, and Horatio Nelson, on the West
India station, where, and in North America and
the Channel, he continued to serve, chiefly as Mid-
shipman, in the Niger frigate, Capt. John Brown,
and again in the Janus, Capts. W. H. O'Hara and
Eobt. M'Evoy, until Sept. 1783. On the renewal ot
hostilities in 1793, after having been for nearly 10
years employed in the merchant-service, he joined
the Illustrious 74, Capt. Thos. Lennox Frederick,
attached to the force in the Mediterranean. In the
course of 1795 he there removed in succession to
the Windsor Castle 98, flag-ship of Bear-Admiral
Bobt. Linzee, and Blenheim 98, commanded by
his former Captain, Frederick; and in the early
part of 1796 he was appointed by Sir John Jervis,
in whose flag-ship, the Victort, he had been for a
short time serving, to a Lieutenancy in a sloop
under the orders at the time of Capt. Bobt. Sauce.
His official promotion took place on 28 July in the
same year; after which period he was employed,
we find, from March, 1797, to Dec. 1798, in the
Naiad and MfiLPOMiNE 38's, Capts. Wm. Pierre-
pont and Sir Chas. Hamilton— from Nov. 1799 until
July, 1800, in the Thames 32, Capt. Wm. Lukin—
from Aug. 1800 until 18(B, in command of a Signal
station on Black Castle Hill, Lammermuir, N. B. —
and, from July, 1804, until 1808, in the SeaFencible
service in Scotland. While in command of the
boats of the Thames, and in the act of boarding
two of the enemy's vessels in Quiberon Bay, Lieut.
Jameson received a musket-ball in the shoulder,
which, although his back has been cut open in the
attempt, has never been extracted. He became
a Betired Commander on the Senior List 27 Oct.
1837.
JAMISON. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
William Papillon Jamison entered the Navy
27 April, 1827 ; passed his examination in 1833 ;
and obtained his commission 23 March, 1840. His
succeeding appointments appear to have been— 30
May, 1840, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Win-
chester 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey in North
America and the West Indies — 7 March, 1841, to
the Pilot 16, Capt. Geo. Bamsay, on the same sta-
tion—29 Nov. 1842, to the Thunderbolt steam-
vessel, Capt. Geo. Nathaniel Broke, under whom
he served at the Cape of Good Hope, for some time
as First-Lieutenant— 2 Sept. 1845, to the President
50, fitting at Portsmouth for the flag of Bear-Ad-
miral Jas. Bich. Dacres— and, 4 Feb. 1846, again
as Senior, to the Thunderbolt, Capt. Alex. Boyle,
in which vessel he was wrecked in Algoa Bay in
Feb. 1847.
JANNS. (Retired Commander, 1842. f-p., 11 ;
H-P., 36.)
Charles Janns entered the Navy, 29 July, 1800,
as a Supernumerary, on board the Puissant 74, re-
ceiving-ship at Spithead, Capt. Symes ; removed,
in the course of the same year, to the Suffisant,
Capts. Jonas Bose, Whitman, and Christopher
John Williams Nesham, stationed in the Channel;
served, from Oct. 1801 until Nov. 1806, at Home
and in North America, on board the Jamaica 24,
Capts. Jonas Bose and John Dick ; then rejoined
Capt. Bose in the Agamemnon 64, lying at the
Nore ; and on 24 March, 1807, was made Lieutenant
into the Alligator, Capt. Campbell. In the fol-
lowing Aug., having received an appointment to
the Inflexible 64, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson
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he accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen.
He afterwards served — from Feb. 1808 until he in-
valided in Jan. 1811— on the Channel, Bay of Bis-
cay, and Mediterranean stations, in the Eclaik
sloop ; which vessel, during the illness of her proper
Captain, Chas. Kempthome Quash, he personally
commanded at the defence of Sicily in 1810. The
latter was his last appointment. He accepted his
present rank 19 July, 1842. Agents— Hallett and
Kobinson.
JAUNCEY. (CoMMiNDER, 1843. F-P., 23; H-p., 8.)
Horatio Jauncey is eldest surviving son of
Capt. Henry JFyge Jauncey, R.N.* (1821), who died
in July, 1834.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1816, as
Fst.-cl. Vol,, on board the Hope 10, commanded by
his father in the Channel ; and, from Oct. 1818
until July, 1822, served on the Irish and West India
stations in the Tribune 42, Capt. Nesbit Josiah
Willoughby. He then joined the Gloucester 74,
flag-ship at Chatham of Sir Benj. Hallowell; and
in the following Dec, after having passed his exa-
mination, he sailed for South America in the
Bkiton 46, Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell. Beturning
to England in Sept. 1826, Mr. Jauncey was next, in
March, 1827, nominated to a Mateship in the Hossar
46, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Ogle at Halifax,
where he continued until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 26 Feb. 1830. His appointments in the
latter capacity were- 10 Deo. 1833, to the Endv-
MiON 50, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, on the I/isbon and
Mediterranean stations— and, 28 Dec. 1836, 3 Nov.
1840, and 17 Jan. 1843, as Senior, to the Snake 16,
Capts. Alex. Milne and John Baker Porter Hay,
Veknon 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, and Caledonia
120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne, on the West
India, Mediterranean, and Plymouth stations. He
was advanced to his present rank in honour of a
visit paid by Her Majesty to the Caledonia 25
Sept. 1843; and has been employed, since 16 Nov.
1846, as Second-Captain of the Albion 90, part of
the Channel squadron. Agents- Messrs. Ilalford
and Co.
JAY. (CoMMANnER, 1841.)
Charles Hawse Jay entered the Navy, 1 May,
1801, as A. B., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt.
Geo. Hart, under whom (we except an attachment
of a few months in 1803-4 to the Amphion 32, Capt.
Sam. Sutton) he continued to serve, on the Medi-
terranean and North Sea stations, the greater part
of the time as Midshipman, until May, 1805. He
was then borne for a few months, as a Supernume-
rary, on the books of the Winchelsea frigate, Capt.
Wm. Cockraft, lying atSheerness, whence, towards
the close of the same year, he returned to the Me-
diterranean in the Standard 64, Capt. Thos. Har-
vey. After Assisting at the passage of the Darda-
nells in Feb. 1807, on which occasion he was slightly
wounded,t Mr. Jay, on Capt. Aiskew Paifard HoUis
succeeding to the command of the Standard, pro-
ceeded to the Baltic. Arrived on that station, he
removed, in Jan. 1810, to the Snipe cutter, Lieut.-
Commander Chas. Champion, and was there ac-
tively employed until June, 1811. During the next
two years he presents himself to our notice as
serving atSheerness on board theRAisoNNABLE 64,
Capts. Thos. New, Chas. Hewitt, and Edw. Sneyd
Clay ; and from July, 1813, until July, 1814, we find
him in command, the last six months with the rank
of Acting-Lieutenant, of the gun-boats Nos. 14 and
19, on the north coast of Spain. On his return to
Sheerness Mr. Jay was received as a Supernumerary
on board the Namuh 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Wil-
liams. During the few months immediately ante-
cedent to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant
6 Feb. 1815, he served, it appears, in the Vene-
* Capt. Jauncey, when Second- l^ieutenant of the Kthai.ion
frigate, Capt. James Younj^, assisted, in Oct. 1799, at the
capture of a Spanish {galleon so valuable that his own share
alone amounted to 5000/.
f Vide GJ.Z.. 1807, p. .507
RABLE 74, bearing the flag in the West Indies of the
late Sir Philip Durham. His next appointments
were— 15 July, 1818, to the Ontario 18, Capt. Geo.
Gosling, fitting at Plymouth— and, 13 Sept. 1822,
and 31 May, 1823, to the Severn and Bamillies
Coast-Blockade ships, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and
Hugh Pigot. He has held the oifice, since 26 June,
1828, of Superintendent of Semaphores at the Ad-
miralty. The commission he at present holds bears
date 22 Oct. 1841.
Commander Jay, in consideration of the wound
he received at the Dardanells, obtained a pecuniary
grant from the Patriotic Society. He is married,
and has issue. Agent — Fred. Dufaur.
JEAYES. (LiEDT., 1825. F-p., 25 ; H-p., 9.)
John Jeates, born 25 Dec. 1799, at Coventry, is
son of the late Henry Jeayes, Esq., of that city ;
step-son of the late, and step-brother of the present
Capt. John Masoal, B.M. ; and brother-in-law of
Rich. Rodney Bligh Hopley, Esq., Surgeon R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1813, as
Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Asia 74, Capts. Geo.
Scott, John Wainwright, and Alex. Skene ; in which
ship we find him present, as Fst--cl. Vol., in the
attacks on Washington, Alexandria, Fort Bowyer,
Baltimore, and New Orleans. Having attained
the rating of Midshipman 1 Sept. 1815, he joined, in
Feb. 1816, the Ramillies 74, Capt. Thos. Boys,
with whom he served for two years and seven
months on the Home station ; after which he ap-
pears to have been employed on the coast of Africa
from 28 May, 1819, until 10 Aug. 1823, nearly the
whole time as Master's Mate, in the Snapper brig,
commanded in succession by various Lieutenants.
During that period Mr. Jeayes was twice in action
with pirates. He assisted also at the destruction
of several slave-factories in the river Pongo ; and,
in Aug. 1821, having volunteered his services, he
succeeded, in a boat with only 14 hands, in cutting
out from Duke's Town the Portuguese schooner Con-
ceicao of 6 guns and 36 men, with 256 slaves on
board — for his skill in navigating which vessel to
Sierra Leone, although making three feet water per
hour, he received the thanks of his Commander,
Lieut. Christopher Knight. In Sept. 1822 Mr.
Jeayes (who had passed his examination in the pre-
vious Feb.) was again sent in charge of a prize to
Sierra Leone, during the last nine days of his pass-
age whither he suffered great privations, being re-
duced to half a pint of water and a pint of Indian
corn a-day. On the return to England of the Snap-
per in Aug. 1823, he voluntarily joined the Prince
Regent colonial brig, for the purpose of co-operat-
ing with the troops in the Asliantee war. Succeed-
ing soon to the command of that vessel, Mr. Jeayes,
among other important and particular services, ef-
fectually covered the retreat of Lieut. Erskine and
149 of his men, after the death of Sir Chas. M'Car-
thy at the battle of Assamacow, and, by his exer-
tions in procuring fresh provisions, had the good
fortune of preventing the garrison of Capo Coast
Castle from delivering themselves into the hands of
their ferocious enemy. He likewise on one occa-
sion, in 1824, proceeded with the boats from Sierra
Leone off the lies de Los, a distance of about 70
miles, and captured Les Deux Sceurs with 136 slaves
on board. In consequence, however, of the great
fatigue endured by him in the performance of that
service, having been exposed in an open boat for
eight days and nights, he was for two months laid
up with an attack of African fever. On being'sent
home with despatches for the benefit of his health,
he was at length, through the strong recommenda-
tion of Major-General Chas. Stuart, Governor of
Sierra Leone, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
by commission dated 17 Oct. 1825. Returning again
to his former station, as second in command of the
African steamer, he there assumed the successive
Captaincy, 3 April and 16 May, 1826, of the colo-
nial vessels Susan and Revenge. In the following
Aug. Mr. Jeayes was once more compelled to in-
valid. His subsequent appointments were— 23 Fob.
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579
1830, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Talaveea 74, Capts. Hugh Pigot
and David Colby— 18 April, 1831, to the Coast
Guard— 1 Aug. 1836, to the Victory 104, flag-ship
at Portsmouth of Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland— 18
May, 1839, again to the Coast Guard— and, 4 Feb.
1840, and between Feb. 1843 and 14 Aug. 1844, to
the successive command of the African, Alban,
Pluto, and AtBAN steam-vessels, on the West India
and Home stations. He then again invalided ; but,
since 29 Sept. 1846, has held a second appointment
in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Jeayes married, 8 Feb. 1826, Josephina,
eldest daughter of the late John Wm. Alston, Esq.,
of Edinburgh, hy whom he has issue a son and five
daughters.
JEFFEKIES. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 38 ; h-p., 3.)
John Head Jeffesies entered the Navy, 12 Feb.
1806, as A.B., on board the Captain 74, commanded
in the Channel by Capt. Stevens. He became Mid-
shipman, in the following July, of the Ocean 98,
bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Lord Col-
lingwood ; removed, in July, 1809, to the Milfokd
74, Capts. Henry Wm. Bayntun and Edw. Kittoe,
stationed in the Channel and ofl' Cadis ; joined, in
Aug. 1811, the Franchise frigate, Capt. Kich.
Buck, again in the Mediterranean ; and was next,
from Sept. 1814 until Aug. 1816, employed on the
East India station, chiefly as Master's Mate and
Acting-Lieutenant, in the Favorite 20, Capt.
Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, Camelion 10, Capt. Lovr,
Leda 38, Capt. Geo. Sayer, and Philomel 10, Capt.
Jas. Hanway Plumridge. Lieut. Jefferies, whose
commission bears date 8 June, 1815, has been in
charge of a station in the Coast Guard ever since 17
March, 1820.
JEFFERIS. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 13; h-p., .33.)
Charles Jefferis entered the Navy, 19 Feb.
1801, as Fat.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74,
Capts. Sir Thos. Boulden Thompson and Thos.
Bertie, under the former of whom he shared in the
action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801, and then vi-
sited Cadiz and the West Indies. In the course of
1802 he successively joined the Childers and
Dasher sloops, both commanded by Capt. John
Delafons, on whose death, in the East Indies, in
1804, he removed to the Sceptre 74, Capt. Joseph
Bingham. Besides participating in that ship in an
engagement with a French frigate and the batteries
in St. Paul's Bay, He de Bourbon, he was frequently
employed in her boats against the enemy, and was
once reduced to such extremity as to be compelled
to subsist for several weeks, upon two ounces of bad
biscuit a-day. In Nov. 1808 he was promoted from
the CuLLODEN 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pel-
lew, to the rank of Acting-Lieutenant in the Rat-
tlesnake 18, Capt. Jas. Jbhn Gordon Bremer— an
act which the Admiralty sanctioned by commission
dated 22 May, 1809. On 7 Sept. following, the firm-
ness and humanity of Mr. Jefferis were strikingly
displayed in the circumstance of his taking com-
mand, during a heavy gale, of the boats of the
Rattlesnake, and persevering in his efforts to
succour a ship under convoy, whereby 68 persons
and a large amount of treasure were rescued from
destruction. On that occasion he went on board
and remained until every soul had been safely
taken off, he himself leaving a few minutes only
before the vessel foundered. A few days after the
occurrence &f tiiis event we find Mr. Jefleris join-
ing the Dover 38, Capt. Edw. Tucker, an officer
whose warm approbation it was his frequent for-
tune to elicit. Being on one occasion sent in com-
mand of a watering party to the island of Engono,
he was there attacked by a band of armed savages,
to whom, had it not been for the skill and deter-
mination he evinced, the whole of the British must
have fallen a sacrifice. He afterwards saw much
boat-service oil' the island of Java; and in Feb.
18l0 he greatly signalized himself throughout the
operations which led to the capture of the island of
Amboyna, where, it appears, he was tlie senior
naval oflicer landed from the squadron, and where,
although wounded by a spent grape-shot at the
storming of the second battery, he continued to
afford his valuable assistance until the last.'* After
the surrender of the island Mr. Jefferis was often
detached in the command- of armed vessels for the
purpose of defending it against the pirates. He
also, when in charge of an armed brig, co-operated
with the Dover in the capture of the Dutch settle-
ments of Gorontello, Manado, and Kema. In Aug.
1810, having rejoined his ship, he was again em-
ployed on shore in command of the seamen at the
taking of the island of Temate, and on his return
on board, after the storming of Fort Kyo-Merah, he
exerted himself, greatly to the satisfaction of his
Captain, in the attack on Fort Orange and several
of the enemy's batteriea.f When subsequently on
his way with despatches in the Mandarin, a cap-
tured sloop of war, from Amboyna to Madras, Lieut.
Jefferis was unfortunately wrecked, by his vessel
striking on an unknown reef off Bed Island, in the
Straits of Singapore, where, with his crew, who were
saved from immediate destruction solely through
the instrumentahty of his own great exertions, he
was picked up in a state of utter exhaustion by
H.M.S. Chiffonne, then most providentially pass-
ing through. Lieut. Jefferis, who contrived, how-
ever, to save the despatches, was actually on board
the Mandarin at the very moment she went down.
He soon afterwards took a passage back to Am-
boyna in the Phoinix frigate, and served, en route,
as a volunteer in a boat expedition against the
Dutch settlement of Palemhang. On his re-junction
of the Dover, he had the ill luck, on 2 May, 1811,
to be again wrecked in Madras Roads, on which
occasion, in common with the rest of the officers
and crew, he endured the greatest misery, being
lashed to the ship from 11 p.m. until 8 in the fol-
lowing morning, with a tremendous surf breaking
over him at intervals of every four or five minutes.
In consequence of this disaster he sustained a con-
siderable loss of prize property, and, as he happened
to be in command of the Dover at the time, was
detained in India nearly 12 months at his own ex-
pense, not being allowed any pay until after the
court-martial, which took place at Portsmouth in
July, 1812, and which not only fully acquitted him
of all blame, but complimented him for his conduct.
It had indeed been everything that could be ex-
pected from a skilful, expert, and excellent seaman.
After having further served for nearly two years
and a half with eminent credit, as First-Lieutenant,
on the Cork, Brazilian, and West India stations, of
the Bacchus sloop, Capts. Lewis Hole, Geo. Wickens
Willes, and Wm. Hill, Mr. Jefferis was paid off in
Oct. 1815. Since that period he has not been able
to procure either employment or promotion.
The Lieutenant, whose testimonials of service
are of a brilliant character, married, 28 Dec. 1824,
Maria, daughter of the late John Pearson, Esq., of
Rutland Place.
JEFFERSON'. (Lieut., 1807. F-p., 15; h-p., 33.)
Francis Jefferson entered the Navy, in Sept.
1799, as Midshipman, on board the Director 64,
Capt. Wm. Bligh ; and in Aug. 1800, on his return
from a voyage to St. Helena, joined the Grey-
hound 32, Capts. Chas. Ogle, Alex. Campbell, and
Wm. Hoste, stationed in the Mediterranean ; where,
after attending the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, he
removed, as Midshipman, in Oct. 1802, to the Mon-
mouth 64, Capt. Geo. Hart. From May, 1804, until
his, return to England in Oct. 1806, we find him
serving in the West Indies, chiefly as Master's
Mate, Suh-Ijeutenant, and Acting-Lieutenant, on
board the Beaulieu 44, Capt. Chas. Ekins, Netley
schooner, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Carr, and Dol-
phin 44, Capts. Thos. Tudor Tucker and Daniel
Tandy. He then joined, in the capacity last men-
tioned, .the Weymouth 18, Capt. Martin White, of
which vessel, successively stationed at "Woolwich
• Fide Gaz. 1810, p. 14S3.
t F. Gaz. ISn.p. T196.
4 E 2
580
JEFFERY— JEFFREYS— JENKIN-JENKINS.
and Plymouth, he was confirmed a Lieutenant by
oommission dated 12 June, 1807. After he had
been employed for a further period of two years on
the Home station in the Dreadnought 98, Capts.
W"m. Lechmere and Geo. Burgoyne Salt, flag-ship
for some time of Rear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby, he
was appointed, in April, 1803, First of the Cadmus
10, Capts. E. Wynter, J. "Williams, and Thos. Fife.
When at Vigo, in June of the same year, Lieut.
Jefferson volunteered to take command of a gun-
boat, and, in unison with three others, manned by
Spaniards, to attack two batteries which the French
had lately erected in the vicinity.* A short time,
however, after the commencement of the operations
the Spaniards were observed retreating from the
conflict, in consequence whereof the British were
under the necessity of firing ball-cartridges over
their heads, and of thus compelling them to return
to their duty. Nothing, on the other hand, could
exceed the valour and good conduct of the men
under the command of Lieut. Jefferson, who, after
they had expended all their cartridges, cut up their
jackets, shirts, and stockings, for the purpose of
making bags for the loose powder, and, when they
victoriously rejoined their ship, were almost in a
state of nudity. Struck with admiration at their
conduct, the Cadmus had telegraphed to the LivEur
frigate, Commodore Geo. M'Kinley, then within
signal-distance, the words — "our boat doing glo-
riously." Besides receiving a strong letter of ap-
probation from the latter officer, Mr. Jefierson had
the satisfaction of being mentioned in Lord Gam-
bier's despatches as deserving his highest praise.
Previously to the above affair he had volunteered
to go in-snore with the boats at Corunna, and had
brought off a brig from under the batteries. On 24
Dec. 1809 he effected the similar capture, with but
one boat under his orders, of two of the enemy's
vessels in Quiberon Bay — an exploit which obtained
him a letter of thanks from the Commander-in-
Chief, Rear-Admiral Hon. Bobt. Stopford. On
4 Jan. 1810 he further took two vessels off' the river
Eenerve ; as, on 17 of the same month, he did three
others in the Valeine. Illness at length, induced by
severe duty and continual night-service in the boats,
obliged him to invalid in Aug. 1810; from which
period he remained on half-pay until appointed, 24
Nov. 1825, to the office of Agent for Transports
Afloat. In April, 1830, on the night previous to his
leaving the ship in which he had been employed as
Agent, he hastened on shore, with the whole of his
crew, in consequence of the danger which existed
of the dockyard at Deptford being set on fire, and
removed everything of a combustible nature from
the threatened side. For this service he received
the thanks of the Navy Board. He has had the
command, since 1836, of Her Majesty's yachts on
the Virginia "Water, at "Windsor.
Lieut. Jefferson married in 1812, and has issue six
children.
JEFFERY. (Lieut., 1837. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 5.)
Bartholomew jEFPERxisnephewof Commander
John Molesworth, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy in 1820 ; passed his
examination 1 Nov. 1826 ; and obtained his commis-
sion 10 Jan. 1837. His appointments have since
been— 8 Sept. 1837, to the Thunder surveying-ves-
sel, Lieut.-Commanders Bird Allen and Edw. Bar-
nett, on the North America and "West India station
^27 Oct. 1838, to the Magnificent receiving-ship
at Jamaica, Commodore Peter John Douglas— for a
few months in 1840-1, to the Transport Servite—
and 3 Jan. 1846, to the Coast Guard, in which ser-
vice he is now employed.
Lieut. Jeffery, who had been left a widower with
three children, married, secondly, 25 April, 1845,
his cousin Mary Anne, youngest daughter of the
late John and Hon. Jane Stephenson, and niece of
the late General Sir Benj. C. Stephenson, K.C.G.
JEFFKEYS. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
George Barbor Jeffreys entered the Navy 27
March, 1828; passed his examination in 1834; and
was for some time Mate of the Pylades 18, Cap*.
Talavera Vernon Anson. "While so attached, he
shared in the principal operations in China, where
(besides commanding a boat at the capture of one
out of three piratical junks) he served with the flo-
tilla at the taking of several rafts and of the last
fort protecting the approaches to the city of Can-
ton, 13 March, 1841 — was similarly employed at the
capture of that city on 18 of the same month— and,
during the second series of operations against it,
was again employed in the boats at the destruction
of the whole line of defences extending about two
miles from the British factory.* Being rewarded
for these services by commission dated 6 May, 1841,
and successively appointed to the Welleslet 72,
Commodore Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer, and Blonde
42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, he further assisted at
the capture of Amoy, Chusan, and Chinghae. He
subsequently joined— 22 Jan. 1842, the "Wellesley
again, Capt. Thos. Maitland — 20 Sept. 1842, the Al-
fred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore
John Brett Purvis on the South American station —
11 May, 1844, after an interval of a few months,
the same ship — 1 Aug. 1844, as First-Lieutenant,
the Frolic 16, Capt. Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton,
in the Pacific— and 13 June, 1846, the Talbot 26,
Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, with
whom he returned to England in 1847.
JEFFREYS. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Richard Gunning Jeffreys entered the Navy
28 Nov. 1812; passed his examination in 1819; ob-
tained his commission 30 April, 1827 ; served from
that period until Feb. 1830, in the Alligator 28,
Capts. "Wm. P. Canning and Chas. Philip "Torke,
on, we believe, the East India and Mediterranean
stations ; obtained an appointment in the Coast
Guard 6 Dec. 1836 ; removed, 7 May, 1840, to the
Lucifer steam-vessel, Capt. Fred. "Wm. Beechey,
on the coast of Ireland ; and went back to the
Coast Guard 18 Sept. following. He has been on
half-pay since the close of 1841. Agents — Messi's.
Chard.
JENKIN. (Commander, 184G.)
Charles Jenkin entered the Navy 7 Feb. 1814;
passed his examination in 1823 ; and was made
Lieutenant, 24 Dec. 1829, into the Barham 50,
Capt. Sir John Louis. His subsequent appoint-
ments were, to the command — 1 Nov. 1832, of a
station in the Coast Guard — 13 May, 1837, of the
EOMNEY receiving-ship at the Havana — 9 Sept. 1841,
of the Avon steamer, at "Woolwich— 2 July, 1842,
of the Griffon brigantine, on the North America
and West India station— and 23 Deo. 1845, of the
Myrmidon steamer, employed on particular ser-
vice. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846 ;
and is at present on half-pay.
Commander Jenkin married, in 1832, Henrietta
Camilla, daughter of the Hon. Bobt. Jackson, of
the island of Jamaica. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
• Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1006.
JENKINS. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 28.)
Henry Jenkins entered the Navy, 10 May, 1804,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 98,
Capts. Davidge Gould and Chas. Boyles; under
the latter of whom he participated in Sir Robt.
Calder's action 22 July, 1805, witnessed the sur-
render of four French frigates to a squadron under
Sir Sam. Hood off' Rochefort 25 Sept. 1806, and
passed the Dardanells in Feb. 1807. Removing in
Sept. 1808 to the Pallas 32, Capt. Geo. Fras. Sey-
mour, he was present, in the course of the following
year, at the destruction of the French shipping in
Basque Roads, and also at the bombardment of
Flushing; after which, it appears, he served for
about 12 months with the same Captain in the Ma-
nilla frigate, on the Lisbon and African stations.
Being made Lieutenant, 27 Sept. 1810, into the
* Vide Gai. 1811, pp. 1503, 1505, 2.i05.
JENKINSON-JENNER-JENNINGS.
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Imp^tuedx 74, Capts. John Lawford, David Milne,
and Chas. Inglis, he further served in that ship off
the coasts of Portugal and Africa, as also in the
Baltic and Channel, part of the time under the flag
of the present Sir Geo. Martin, until Dec. 1812.
His subsequent appointments were— 12 Nov. 1813,
to the Myrmidon 20, Capts. Wm. Paterson and
Eobt. Gambier, with whom he cruized in the
Channel and off Madeira and Teneriffe until Oct.
1815—26 Aug. 1818 and 29 March, 1820, to the
KocHFORT 80, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Fras.
Fremantle, and Liffev 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Dun-
can, both on the Mediterranean station, whence he
returned in the latter ship to England in the summer
of 1821—27 Feb. 1827, to the Dartmouth 42, Capt.
Sir Thos. Fellowes, from which frigate he invalided
in the following May— 17 Sept. 1842, to the San
Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir David Milne at Plymouth
—and, 22 May, 1845, as Senior, to the Caledonia
120, Capt. Manley Dixon, lying at the same port.
He has been on half-pay since the close of the
latter year.
JENKINSON. (firajtain, 1814. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.)
Henby Jenkinson is eldest son of Lieut.-General
John Jenkinson.
This otBcer (who had been for three years a
student at the Koyal Naval Academy) first em-
barked, in Oct. 1806, as a Supernumerary Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Koyal William, flag-ship of
Admiral Montagu at Spithead. He removed soon
afterwards to the Decade 36, Capt. John Stuart,
with whom he cruized on the Bermuda, Channel,
and Irish stations, the greater part of the time as
Midshipman, until June, 1809. On 11 of the fol-
lowing Dec, after having accompanied the expedi-
tion to the Walcheren in the Venerable 74, Capt.
Andrew King, Mr. Jenkinson was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant. He was employed, during the
next two years and a half, chiefly on the North Sea
and Lisbon stations, in the Clyde and Inconstant
frigates, bearing each the broad pendant of Com-
modore Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Impbtueux 74,
flag-ship of Vice Admiral Geo. Martin; was made
Commander, 13 Aug. 1812, into the Jasper sloop ;
and after commanding that vessel for nearly two
years was advanced to Post-rank 7 June, 1814.
His acceptance of the Retirement took place 1 Oct.
1846.
Capt. Jenkinson married, 25 Aug. 1823, EUzabeth
Lucy Theresa, youngest daughter of the late Sir
Thos. Dyke Acland, Bart., M.P. for North Devon.
JENNEK. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
George Jenner was bom 21 Nov. 1791, in Suf-
folk.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Milan 38, Capt. Eobt.
Laurie, in which frigate he was employed in escort-
ing convoy to Halifax, blockading the Chesapeake,
and conveying troops and stores to Lisbon. On 23
Sept. 1810, a few days after he had been paid off,
he became Midshipman of the Desieee 36, Capt.
Arthur Farquhar, attached to the force in the
North Sea, where he served for some time off the
Texel, and assisted at the capture, among other
vessels, of the Velociftre, French privateer of 14
guns and 56 men. From the DisiREE, in whose
boils he had been more than once employed, Mr.
Jenner removed, in Oct. 1811, to the Ajax 74, Capts.
Sir R. Laurie, llobt. "Waller Otway, and Geo.
Mundy. Continuing in that ship until Oct. 1814,
he was at first stationed off Toulon and Sicily. He
afterwards cruized in the Bays of Biscay and Qui-
beron, and, besides witnessing the fall of St. Se-
bastian in Sept. 1813, was present at the taking, 17
March, 1814, of L'Alct/on, national brig of 16 guns
and 120 men. In the boats of the Ajax he proved
instrumental to the capture of several merchant-
men ; and on one occasion in 1812 he had the satis-
faction of being complimented by Ids Captain,
Otway, for his conduct at the capture of the Ned
American schooner. Since the attainment of his
present rank, 20 March, 1815, Lieut. Jenner (who,
prior to leaving the Ajax, had made a voyage with
troops to Quebec) has been on half-pay.
He married, 22 Feb. 1822, Sarah, daughter of
Thos. Youngs, Esq., of Mendham, Suffolk.
JENNER. (Commander, 1847.)
Robert Jenner is third son of the Right Hon.
Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, D.C.L., Dean of the
Arches, and Judge of the Prerogative Court of
Canterbury, by the youngest daughter of the late
General Laseelles ; and first-cousin and brother-in-
law of the present Robt. Fras. Jenner, Esq., ol
Wenvoe Castle, co. Glamorgan.
This ofacer entered the Navy 19 June, 1826;
passed his examination in 1832 ; obtained his first
commission 26 Oct. 1840 ; was then appointed Addi-
tional-Lieutenant of the Pkincess Charlotte 104,
flag-ship in the Meditereanean of Hon. Sir Robt.
Stopford ; and afterwards joined— 17 Feb. 1841, the
Thunderer 84, Capt. Dan. Pring, employed on the
latter station and in attendance on the Queen off
Walmer Castle— 3 Dec. 1843, the St. Vincent 120,
bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley at Portsmouth
—and, 26 Sept. 1845, the Excellent gunnery-ship,
Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, of which he became
First-Lieutenant. He attahied his present rank 27
Jan. 1847.
The Commander married, in 1843, Selina Helen,
youngest daughter of the late Jas. Jameson, Esq.,
of Calcutta, by whom he has issue. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
JENNINGS. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 23; h-p., 19.)
Edward Jennings, bom 28 Aug. 1793, at Kelve-
don, 00. Essex, is eldest son of David Jennings,
Esq., of Ballingrove, Ireland, a Captain in the Army,
by Mary, eldest daughter of Colin Campbell, Esq.,
of Jamaica.
This oflicer entered the Royal Naval College in
Aug. 1805 ; and embarked in Jan. 1809, as Midship-
man, on board the Valiant 74, Capts. John Bligh,
Thos. Geo. Shortland, John Nash, and Robt. Dudley
Oliver. After witnessing Lord Cochrane's destruc-
tion of the shipping in Aix Roads, sharing also in
the attack upon Flushing, and serving off Roche-
fort and L'Orient, he successively joined, in 1811-12,
the Christian VII. and Impregnable, both flag-
ships in the North Sea of Admiral Wm. Young,
and the Inconstant 36, bearing the broad pendant
of Commodore Edw. W. C. R. Owen. During a
winter-cruize of three months in the latter ship
among the Western Isles, in 1812-13, Mr. Jennings,
who had passed his examination in Sept. 1812, had
charge of a watch, and was employed, with the
Dublin 74, in search of an American squadron. On
27 May, 1813, he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant
of the Calliope 10, Capt. John M'Kerlie, under
whom we find him stationed in the river Elbe
during the occupation of Hamburg and Cuxhaven
by the French. In the following Sept. he joined
the Richmond 12, Capt. Edw. O'Shaughnessy, into
which vessel, it appears, he had been confirmed by
commission bearing the same date as his actingorder.
Mr. Jennings' next appointment was, 27 March,
1814, to the NioBE 38, commanded at first by Capt.
•Wm. Augustus Montagu as an active frigate on the
Lisbon station, and afterwards as an hospital and
troOp ship by Capt. Henry Colins Deacon; under
whom he conveyed the sick of the Russian Imperial
Guards to Cronstadt, and, independently of a par-
ticipation in several particular services, assisted at
the reduction of Guadeloupe in 1815. The Niobe
being paid off in March, 1816, he was afterwards
employed in command— from 24 Nov. 1823 until
June, 1828, again from 6 June, 1834, until Feb.
1839, and from the latter date until March, 1842—
of the Plover, Tyrian, and Alert packets, on the
Mediterranean, North and South American, West
India, and Lisbon stations.
Lieut. Jennings is the author of a nautical work
of great practical utility, teeming with instruction
to ofiioers of all ages, stamped with the approbation
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JEPHSON-JERNINGHAM-JERRARD— JERVIS.
of the Lords of the Admiralty, and adapted as well
to the merchant as the naval service.* He married,
17 Dec. 1818, Mary Jane, eldest daughter of Lieut. -
Col. J. C. Tufnell, of Bath, by whom he has issue
three sons and two daughters.
JEPHSON. (LiEDT, 1824. p-p.,12; H-p., 20.)
James SaumarezJephson was bom 15 Feb. 1802.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 March, 1815, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Contest 12, Capt. Jas.
Kattray, on the Home station, where he continued
to serve until Aug. 1818 in the Childeks 16, Capts.
Eattray and Rich. "Wales, Madagascar and M.^-
ANDER frigates, both commanded by Sir Jas. Alex.
Gordon, and Impregnabij: 104, flag-ship of Lord
Exmouth. He was then employed for nearly four
years in the Mediterranean as Midshipman of the Ri-
volutionnaire 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Brough-
ton Reynolds Pellew ; and on 25 March, 1824, after
having acted for several months in the Owen Glen-
dower 42, Commodore Sir Robt. Mends, and Cv-
bene 20, Capt. Percy Grace, he was confirmed in
the rank of Lieutenant. His last appointment was,
on 18 Oct. in the latter year, to the Britannia 120,
flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Jas. Saumarez, with
whom, if we mistake not, he served until paid off in
1827.
Lieut. Jephson is Secretary to the Carlton Club.
He is married and has issue. Agent — J. Hinxman.
JERNINGHAM. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 22;
HP., 2.)
Arthur William Jerningham, bom 26 Feb.
1807, is second son of the late Wm. Chas. Jerning-
ham, Esq., an officer of rank in the Austrian service,
by Anne, eldest daughter of Thos. Wright, Esq., of
Fitzwalters, co. Essex ; brother of Fred. Wm. Jer-
ningham, Esq., late of the 29th Regt. ; and nephew
of the present Lord Stafford. One of his sisters is
married to the eldest son of Viscount Gormanston.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 June, 1823, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mersey 26, Capt. John
Macpherson Ferguson, stationed in South America,
where he exchanged into the Flv 18, Capt. Wm.
Fanshawe Martin. On being paid off in 1825 he
became Mipshipman of the Victory 104, bearing
the flag of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth ; and he
afterwards, until Dec. 1829, served in the Channel
and Mediterranean on board the Galatea 42,
Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, and Pelican and Raleigh
sloops, Capts. Alex. Wm. Baillie Hamilton, Fras.
Deane Hutcheson, Geo. Haye, and Sir Wm. Dick-
son. In Jan. 1830 we find Mr. Jerningham, who
had passed his examination in the previous Sept.,
joining the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney
Malcolm, also on the Mediterranean station, where,
on 28 Feb. 1832, after having served as Mate with
Capts. Hugh Berners and Wm. Smith in the Phi-
i,OMEL 10, he was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, while employed under Hon. Sir Henry
Hotham in the St. Vincent 120. His succeeding
appointments were— 27 July, 1833, to the Raleigh,
16, Capt. Abraham Mills Hawkins, with whom he
returned to England in the early part of 1834 — 17
Nov. 1835, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings — and 23 June, 1837, to
theWELLESLEY 74, bearing the successive flags of
Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer and Hon. Geo. Elliot.
For his services as Gunnery and First Lieutenaiit
in the latter ship during the early portion of the
China war, he was advanced to his present rank
by commission dated 22 Feb. 1841. He has been
employed in the Coast Guard since 4 of the fol-
lowing Aug., at first as an Inspecting Commander and
latterly as Inspector of small-arm exercise to that
service, with his name on the books of the Excel-
lent.
Commander Jerningham married, 19 April, 1836,
Sophia Mary, eldest daughter of Rich. O'Farrell
•_* Practical Hints addressed to Seamen, for preventing
Accidents on board Ship, and especially for guarding against
Hunieanes, Collision, Fire, i^c.' Lon'd. kvo. K. B. Hate,
1844.
Caddell, Esq., of Harbourstown, oo. Meath, by the
Hon. Paulina Southwell, sister of the present Vis-
count Southwell. By that lady he has issue.
JEERAED. (LiEDT., 1813. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
Michael Jebrard entered the Navy, 1 March,
1805, as Midshipman, on board the PuTO sloop,
commanded, we believe, by Capt. Rich. Gaire Jan-
vrin, on the Channel station ; whence, in 1809, he
sailed for the coast of Africa in the Hawk 16, Capt.
Henry Bourchier. With his name on the books of
the Revenge 74, bearing the flag of Hon. Arthur
Kaye Legge, we find him actively employed in com-
mand of a gun-boat at the defence of Cadiz in
1811 and 12. He afterwards served for about
12 months as Master's Mate of the same ship
in the Mediterranean under Sir John Gore; and
on 30 Dec. 1813 he was there made Lieutenant into
the Royal George 100, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Fras. Pickmore. He has been on half-pay
since July, 1814. Agent — J.Chippendale.
JERVIS, Bart. (Lieut., 1814. r-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
Sir Henry Meredyth Jervis White Jebvis,
born 20 Nov. 1793, is eldest son of the late Sir John
Jervis White Jervis, by Jane, daughter of Henry
Nisbett, Esq., of Ashmore, co. Longford. He suc-
ceeded his father, as second Baronet, in 1830.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kent 74, Capt. Thos.
Rogers, of which ship, stationed in the Mediter-
ranean, he became Midshipman in Jan. 1808. FVom
Nov. 1809 until Feb. 1813 he served off Lisbon,
and again in the Mediterranean, on board the La-
viNiA 40, Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and Geo. Digby ;
and while so attached he assisted, in 1811, at the
capture, under a heavy fire from a division of
Suchet's army, of a well-defended island in the Bay
of Rosas, which had long been a place of refuge for
French privateers. On 26 Aug. 1814, after having
witnessed (in the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir
Rich. King) the two partial actions fought by Sir
Edw. Pellew with the Toulon fleet. Sir Henry was
confirmed a Lieutenant in the Blenheim 74, Capt.
Sam. Warren, with whom he returned to England.
His last appointment was, on 16 of tlie ensuing Sept.,
to the Pelorcs 18, Capts. Chas. Hole and John
Gourly. In that vessel he served for 12 months
on the Cork and Channel stations.
He married, 16 Dec. 1818, Marian, third daughter
of Wm. Campbell, Esq., of Fairfield, in jl.yrsliire,
by Catherine, his second wife, daughter of Capt.
Geo. Gunning, of the Guards. By that lady he has
issue four sons and three daughters — of the former,
one, Henry, is a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery;
and another, Joscelyn, a Midshipman R.N.
JERVIS. (Captain, 1846.)
William Henry Jervis entered the Navy 16
April, 1816; passed his examination in 1823; and
was made Lieutenant, 2 March, 1828, into the Hos-
SAR 46, bearing the flag at Halifax of Sir Chas.
Ogle, who transferred him, in the following May,
to the Ringdove 18, Capt. Chas. English. After
nine months of half-pay he obtained an appointment,
3 Oct. 1829, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir
Edw. Griffith Colpoys on the North America and
West India station. He was nominated, 25 June,
1831, Flag-Lieutenant, in the Prince Regent 120,
to Rear- Admiral \\m. Parker, off Lisbon, where he
continued to serve, in the same capacity, on board
the Asia 84, until promoted to the rank of Com-
mander 16 July, 18.34. He was subsequently, with
the exception of a few months in 1839-40, employed
in the Coast Guard from 26 March, 1836, until July,
1843 ; and from the latter date until superseded in
Oct. 1845 he commanded the Ploto 16, in the East
Indies. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846,
and is now on half -pay.
Capt. Jervis married, 12 Jan. 1835, Susan Ara-
bella, third daughter of the late John Starr, Esq.,
I Member of the Provincial Parliament at Halifax
I for CO. King's, and has issue.
JERVOIS-JESSE-JESTON-JEWELL-JEWERS-JOACHIM. 5S3
JERVOIS. (Commander, 1827. r-P.,18; h-p.,28.)
Sampson Jervois entered the Navy, 25 Nov. 1801,
as Midshipman, on board the Princess Chaklottb
38, Capt. Hon. Fras. Farington Gardner, bearing
the flag of Lord Gardner at Cork. He subsequently
cruized with the same Captain on the North Sea
station in the Gaitkheid and Rdbt 64's, and, on
re-aocompanying him in 1804 into the Pkincess
Charlotte 33, sailed for the West Indies, where
he assisted at the capture of several valuable Spanish
merchantmen and of a French privateer brig, Le
Regulus, of 14 guns and 84 men. Joining next, in
Sept. 1805, the Ramihies 74, Capt. Fras. Fickmore,
Mr. Jervois witnessed the capture, 13 March, 1808,
of the French 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate
Beik Poule, as, in Dec. 1807, he did of the Danish
islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and Sta. Croix.
After a brief servitude in the Belleisle 74, flag-
ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, he was nominated,
16 May, 1803, Acting-Lieutenant of the Demarara
sloop, Capt. Henry Bourchier, and in the course of
the same year of the Asp 18, Capts. Kobt. Preston
and Wm. M'CulIoch, to which vessel he was con-
firmed by commission dated 24 Dec. 1809. "While
in her he witnessed the capture, 10 Feb. 1809, of
the French frigate La Junon, and had the command
of her boats during the operations against Guade-
loupe in Jan. and Feb. 1810. He returned home in
June of the latter year, and was subsequently ap-
pointed—11 May, 1812, to the Talbot 20, Capt.
Spelman Swaine, in the Channel — 15 Nov. 1813, to
the Martial sloop, Capt. Geo. Elliot — 3 Jan. 1816,
and 12 Feb. 1817, as First, to the Perseus 22, Capt.
Thos. Kich. Toker, and Sir Francis Drake 38,
flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Fras. Piokmore, both at
Newfoundland — 18 Nov. 1818, in a similar capacity,
to the Dauntless 26, Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner,
fitting for the East Indies— 29 Dec. 1823, three
months after liis return home, to the Brisk 10,
Capt. Adolphus FitzClarence— and, 3 March, 1824,
to the Eedvving 18, commanded by the same Cap-
tain in the North Sea, where he served until paid
oflF in 1825. He attained his present rank 26 April,
1827, but has not been since employed.
Commander Jervois married, in Oct. 1828, Elizar
beth, daughter of John M'Clary, Esq., and by that
lady has issue.
JESSE. (LlECTENANT, 1841.)
Richard Jesse entered the Navy 12 Dec. 1826 ;
passed his examination 7 Oct. 1835 ; and obtained
his commission 23 Nov. 1841. His appointments
have since been— 18 May, 1843, to the Caledonia
120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne at Devonport—
and, 13 Deo. 1845, to the Gladiator steamer,
Capt. John Robb, now employed with the Channel
squadron.
He married, in 1842, Emily, second daughter of
the late Rev. G. C. Tenyton, D.C.L., Rector of
Somersby,, co. Lincoln. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
1805.* On his removal, in Oct. 1807, to the Bed-
ford 74, Capts. Jas. Walker and Adam Mackenzie,
Mr. Jewell accompanied the Royal Family of Por-
tugal to the Brazils. In the course of 1809, 10, and
11° being still on the South American station, he
was there successively appointed Acting-Sub-Lieu-
tenant of the Nanct gun-brig, Lieut-Commander
Edw. Killwick, Porcupine 24, Capt. Robt. Elliot,
and Nancv again, Lieut.-Commander Killwick.
After a continued servitude at the Brazils as Mas-
ter's Mate of the Foudboyant 80, flag-ship of Hon.
Michael De Courcy, he was at length promoted to
the full rank of Lieutenant by commission dated
6 Nov. 1812. His last appointment was, 6 Nov.
1813, to the Chatham 74, in which ship he served,
on the Home station and among the Western Islands,
under the flag of Rear-Admiral Matthew Henrj-
Scott, until Aug. 1815.
In consideration of the wound he received at
Trafalgar, the Lieutenant was presented with a
pecuniary reward by the Patriotic Society. He
married, 9 April, 1840, Miss Weavers. Auest —
W. H. B. Barwis.
JESTON. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Humphrey Jeston entered the Navy 9 June,
1808; passed his examination in 1814; was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 Jan. 1825 ; and
since 28 Sept. 1841 has been in charge of a station
in the Coast Guard.
JEWELL. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 37.)
William Nunn Jewell entered the Navy, in
Deo. 1796, on board the Grampus, Capt. Kobt.
Philpot, on the Jamaica station, where he served
with the same officer, and with Capts. Parker and
John Thicknesse, in the Pelican sloop, until July,
1800. He re-embarked, in May, 1804, as Midship-
man, on board the Bkuizer gun-brig, Lieut.-Com-
mander Thos. Smithers, lying in the Downs ; and
on next joining the Bellerophon 74, Capts. John
Loring, John Cooke, and Edw. Rotheram, sailed
for the Mediterranean, and was wounded, under
Capt. Cooke, at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct.
JEWERS, K.W. (Lieutenant, 1809. i^p., 11;
H-p., 33.)
Richard Francis Jewebs entered the Navy, in
June, 1803, as A.B., on board the Matilda hosijital-
ship at Woolwich, Lieut.-Commander Jas. James ;
and from July, 1804, until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 5 July, 1809, served as Midshipman and
Master's Mate in the Cleopatha 32, and Milas
38, both commanded by Sir Robt. Laurie, Cam-
BEiAN 40, Capts. John Poo Beresford and Hon..
Chas. Paget, and Theseus 74, Capt. J. P. Beresford,
on the North American and Home stations. He
was in consequence in the Cleopatea when cap-
tured, 17 Feb. 1805, after a brilliant and self-sought
action of nearly three hours, and a loss of 20 killed
and 38 wounded, by La ViUe de Milany of 46 guns;
and 350 men, 10 of whom were slain ; and also when
retaken, a few days subsequently, by the Leandeic
50, Capt. John Talbot. While on the books of the
Theseus Mr. Jewers was severely wotmded in the
head and hands in a fire-ship in Lord Cochrane'»
attack upon the French shipping in Aix Roads im
April, 1809. t He continued to serve with Capt.
Beresford on the stations above named in the The-
seus and PoiCTiERS 74' s, until Feb. 1814, and was.
present in the latter ship at the capture of four
American vessels, carrj'ing in all 55 guns, and at
the retaking of the British brig-of-war Frolic.
The Lieutenant, who has since been on half-pay, la
now one of the Naval Knights of Windsor.
The wound he received in 1809 was compensated
by a grant from the Patriotic Society.
JOACHIM. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 33; h-p., 10.)
Richard Joachim had two brothers in the Navat
service, who died in the West Indies in the earlj-
part of the late war.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Aug. 1804, as.
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Argo 44, Capt. Geo.
Parker, under whom (with the exception of about
12 months passed in 1811-12 on board the Dragon
74, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. Lafcrey in the
West Indies) he continued to servBj as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, in the Stately 64, and Aboueir
and Bombay 74's, on the North Sea, Baltic, and
Mediterranean stations, until Joncj. 18.14. When
in the Stately, in company with the Nassau 64,
we find him assisting at the capture^ after an obsti-
nate running fight, and a loss to the former of 4
men killed and 28 wounded, of the Danish 74-gun
ship Prindts Christian Frederic, oS the coast of Zea-
land, 22 March, 1808. He remained in the Bombay
with Capt. John Bazely until promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant 7 Feb. 1815, an event that took place
rather more than three years after he had passed
his examination. He joined the Coast Blockade,
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Htpebion 42,
Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, 14 Nov. 1825, »nd since
» Vide Gaz. 1805, p. I4S4. f V. Gal. 1S09, p. 63i).
584
JOHNSON.
its abolition in March, 1831, has been employed in
the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Joachim married, 23 Aug. 1832, Elizabeth,
daughter of Thos. Beard, Esq.
JOHNSON. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Chaki.es Richardson Johnson entered the Navy
27 Oct. 1826 ; passed his examination in 1834 ; ob-
tained his commission 19 Feb. 1840; and on 6 of
the following March joined the Princess Charlotte
104, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford, to
whom he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant for a few
months at the commencement of 1841. During the
operations on the coast of Syria he commanded the
boats in the attack upon Gebail,* served a good
deal on shore, assisted at the bombardment of St.
Jean d'Acre, and, subsequently to the fall of that
city, was contused by the explosion of a magazine.
His appointments have since been — 11 May, 28 Aug.,
and 12 Nov. 1841, to the Ganges 84, Powerful 84,
and RoDKEy 92, Capts. Harrington Reynolds, Geo.
Mansel, and Robt. Maunsell, all in the Mediterranean
—17 Oct. 1842, to the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw.
Barnard, with whom he returned to England — 23
Feb. 1843, to the Coast Guard— 3 Sept. 1844, as
First-Lieutenant, to the Eclair steam-sloop, Capt.
Walter Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, fitting for the
coast of Africa —25 Jan. 1845, to the Ardent, another
steamer, on the same station — 21 Nov. 1845, to the
Trafalgar 120, Capt. John Neale Nott, attached
to the Channel squadron — and, 29 June, 1846, to
the command of the Comet steamer, of 80-horse
power, in which he is now employed on particular
service.
He married, at Malta, 17 Oct. 1842, Jnlia, daughter
of Major-General Bredin, of the Royal Artillery, by
whom he has issue.
JOHNSON. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 19;
H-p., 34.)
Edward Johnson was bom, 12 Oct. 1777, at
Lame, co. Antrim.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1794, as
A.B., on board the Botne 98, Capt. Geo. Grey,
bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis in the West
Indies. During the operations connected with the
ensuing reduction of Martinique he was successively
employed in erecting batteries on shore previously
to the bombardment of Fort Bourbon — in a gun-
boat under Lieut. T. Sparks at the bombardment of
Fort Royal — and in personal command of a boat at
the gallant cutting-out of the 28-gun frigate Sien-
venue, the storming of Fort Royal, the debarkation
of the troops at St. Pierre, and at the bringing out
thence of the Avengewr sloop. On being transferred
to the latter vessel, and placed under the command
of Capt. Edw. Griffith, we find him affording assist-
ance, as Midshipman, to the capture of Guadeloupe
and Ste. Lucie. He came home with Capt. Griffith
in the course of the same year in the Undaunted
frigate, and was next, until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 4 April, 1801, employed on the North
Sea, Mediterranean, and Baltic stations, in the Asia
64, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Pringle,
Edgar 74, Capts. John M'Dougall and Edw. BuUer,
and San Josef 110, and St. George 98, flag-ships
of Lord Nelson, under whom he served as a volun-
teer on board the Elephant 74, in the action off
Copenhagen. He then joined the Dart 20, Capts.
John Ferris Devonshire and Wm. Bolton, with
whom, it appears, he further served on the Home
station until Sept. 1802. In Aug. 1805, after he
had been for two years attached to the Sea Fen-
cible service in Ireland, Lieut. Johnson obtained
an appointment to the London 98, Capts. Sir Robt.
Barlow, Robt. Rolles, Sir Harry Burrard Neale,
and Edw. Oliver Osborn, under the third-named of
whom he assisted, in company with the Amazon
33, at the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the French
80-gun ship Marengo^ bearing the flag of Rear- Ad-
miral Linois, and 40-gun frigate BellePoule, after a
long running fight, in which the London sustained
• T'ide Gai. 1 SiO, p. 2243.
a loss of 10 men killed and 22 wounded. On 11 of
the following June he assumed command of the
Magpie 8, in which vessel he continued until driven
on shore, 19 Feb. 1807, during a violent gale, on the
coast of France, where himself and the whole of his
crew were made prisoners-of-war. Being honour-
ably acquitted on his return from captivity, in 1814,
of all blame in the disaster, he was in consequence
promoted to the rank of Commander by commission
dated 27 Aug. in that year ; but he has not been
since able to procure employment.
He married, in Aug. 1803, Sarah, second daughter
of Hugh Mountford, Esq., of Belfast, co. Antrim,
by whom, who died in 1823, he had issue two sons
and four daughters, now living. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
JOHNSON, F.E.S. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 13;
H-P., 27.)
Edward John Johnson is youngest son of the
late Rev. Henry Johnson, of Bywell, Northumber-
land.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1807, as
Fst-cl. Vol., on board the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt.
Campbell. In that ship he attended the ensuing
expedition to Copenhagen, and (on her subsequent
extrication from a mass of ice in which she had
been blocked up during the whole winter) was pre-
sent, 22 March, 1808, in company with the Statelt
64, at the capture and destruction, on the coast of
Zealand, of the Danish 74 Prindts Christian Frederic^
after a running fight of great length and obstinacy,
in which the Nassau sustained a loss of 2 men killed
and 16 (including himself slightly) wounded.* The
latter vessel being paid off in Nov. 1809, he was
next, until June, 1815, employed, as Midshipman
and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Solebay 32, Capt.
Hon. Granville Leveson Proby, Malacca 36, Capt.
Wm. Butterfield, Ethalion 36, Capt. Edm. Hey^
wood, Endtmion 44, Capt. Henry Hope, St. Do-
mingo, Asia, and Tonnant, flag -ships of Sir John
Borlase Warren and Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Dra-
gon 74, Capt. Robt. Barrie, on the Home, Baltic,
and North American stations. While in the Etha-
lion, Mr. Johnson served in various cutting-out'
affairs, and on more than one occasion was sent into
port as prize-master ; and, when in the Tonnant,
we find him co-operating on shore in the attacks
upon Washington and Baltimore, and employed in
the boats during the expedition against New Or-
leans. Being presented, on leaving the Dragon as
above, with a commission dated 28 Feb. 1815, he
obtained, 16 May, 1818, an appointment to the
Shamrock surveying-vessel, Capt. Martin White,
with whom he did duty in the Channel and off the
coast of Ireland until Feb. 1820. On 4 March,
1829, shortly after he had joined the William and
Mary yacht. Commodore Sir John Chambers
White, he was promoted to the command of the
Britomart 10, in which vessel he remained, chiefly
on the Lisbon station, until paid off in 1831. He
was then ordered by the Admiralty to complete the
survey of the Faerbe Islands— a service he had
commenced at his own expense when last on half-
pay. His advancement to the rank he now holds
took place 27 Deo. 1838.
Capt. Johnson, in Oct. 1835, was appointed by
the Admiralty to conduct certain magnetic experi-
ments on iron steam-vessels in the river Shannon;!
and on 10 May, 1836, he was elected a Fellow of
the Royal Society. He was nominated a member
of the Magnetic Compass Committee of the Admi-
ralty in 1838 ; and invested, 14 March, 1842, with
the superintendence, which he still retains, of the
Compass department of the Royal Navy. Agent
— Fred. Dufaiar.
JOHNSON. (Commander, 1846.)
George Johnson entered the Navy, 13 Sept.
1824 ; passed his examination in 1831 ; was pro-
* Vifle Gaz. IPOfl, p. 536.
,. t ?? H_ *^ *"*'"■ "f * paper on the above subject, pub-
lished m the Philosophical Transactions of the Rovai Society;
and or articles in other scientific journals.
JOHNSON.
f,85
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, as a reward for
his services on the coast of Syria, 4 Nov. ISW;
became attached, a few weeks afterwards, to the
Princess Chaklotte 104, flag-ship in the Medi-
terranean of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford ; served on
the East India station from 17 Sept. 1841 until hjs
return home in 1846, chiefly as First-Lieutenant, in
the North Star 36, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home;
and on 9 Nov. in the latter year was advanced to
his present rank. He is now on half-pay.
Commander Johnson married, 5 Aug. 1841, Geor-
giana Margaretta, daughter of Vioe-Admiral Chas.
Carter, but has been a widower since 6 Feb. 1842.
and since 31 Dec. 1846 has been employed in the
Coast Guard.
JOHNSON. (LiEDT., 1841. F-P., 13 ; H-P., 7.)
George Charles Jefeeryes Johnson was bom
26 March, 1814.
This officer entered thoRoyalNaval College 6 Sept.
1827, and embarked, 27 June, 1829, as Fst.-ol. Vol.,
on hoard the Philomel 10, Capts. Chas. Graham,
Hugh Berners, and Wm. Smith, attached to the
force in the Mediterranean, where he remained
until the summer of 1833. In May, 1834, eight
months after he had passed his examination, he
returned to the latter station, as Mate, in the Port-
land 52, Capt. David Price, under whom he served
for » period of exactly four years. Joining next,
in March, 1839, the Implacable 74, Capt. Edw.
Harvey, he bore a part in that ship in the operations
on the coast of Syria in 1840; in Dec. of which
year he removed to the Thunderer 84, Capts. Mau-
rice Fred. Fitshardinge Berkeley and Daniel Pring.
He eontinued in the Mediterranean until promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Nov. 1841 ; and has
since been on half-pay. Agent — J. Chippendale.
JOHNSON. (LlEOTENANT, 1844)
John Oemsby Johnson entered the Navy 20 Sept.
1835 ; passed his examination 16 Nov. 1841 ; and
while holding a Mateship in the Blonde 42, Ca,pt.
Thos. Bourchier, was employed on shore in the
operations against Tzekee in China, 15 and lb
March, 1842.* After further serving at Ports-
mouth and in the Mediterranean in the St. Vin-
cent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley, and Incon-
stant 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, he was pre-
sented with a Lieutenant's commission dated ^a
June, 1844. He then became attached to the Il-
lustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam in North
America and the Weat Indies; and from 16 Jan.
1845 until paid off in 1847 was employed on the same
station in the Hyacinth 18, Capt. i'ras. Scott.
JOHNSON. (LlEPT., 1809. F-p., 15 ; h-p., 34.)
George Child Johnson entered the Navy, 28
June, 1798, as L. M., on board the Northumber-
land 74, Capt. Geo. Martin, under whom he wit-
nessed the capture, 18 Feb. 1800, of the French
74-gun ship Le Genereux, served at the blockade
and surrender of Malta, and attended the expedi-
tion of 1801 to Egypt. Between Sept. in the latter
year and April, 1805, we find him officiating, still
in the Mediterranean, as Midshipman and Master's
Mate of the Aginoourt 64, Capts. Geo. Fred. Ryves
and Thos. Briggs ; and afterwards joining the Me-
diator 44, Capt. John Searle, Dolphin and North-
umberland, flag-ships in the West Indies of Sir
Alex. Cochrane, Seine frigate, Capt. David Atkins,
and iETNA bomb, Capt. Wm. Godfrey. While in
the latter vessel, in which (after having officiated in
her for 18 months as Sub and Acting Lieutenant)
he was confirmed in his present rank 31 Jan. 1809,
Mr. Johnson served under Lord Gambier at the
bombardment of Copenhagen, and the destruction
of the shipping in Basque Roads. He left the
jExNA in J une, 1809, and during the rest of the war
waa successiveljr employed on the Mediterranean
and Home stations in the Ajax 74, Capt. Robt.
Waller Otway, Raven sloop, Capt. Geo. (Justavus
Lennock, Bristol arme'e-en^ute, Capt. Wm. Kent,
Echo sloop, Capt. Thos. Percival, Christian VII.
80, Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, Salvador del
MuNDO flag-ship of Yioe-Admiral Wm. Domett,
and NiOBE anne'e-enrflvtef Capt. Henry Colins Dea-
cou. He has since been on half-pay.
JOHNSON. (LiEPT., 1815. F-p., U; h-p., 81.)
John Johnson entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 1886,
as Third-«1. Vol.,, on board the Santa Margarita
36, Capt. Wilson Rathborne, stationed in the Chan-
nel and ofi' the coast of Ireland ; and from Deo.
1807 until Nov. 1815 served as Midshipman and
Master's Mate in the Ranger 18, Capt. Geo. Ack-
lom, Flamer gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders John
Cameron and Thos. Cowper Sherwin, and Oberon
and Derwent sloops, Capts. Geo. Manners Sutton
and Thos. Williams, principally in the Downs, ofi'
the north coast of Spain, and at Newfoundland.
He then took up a commission dated 25 Feb. 1815,
JOHNSON. (Capt., 18*46. f-p., 16; h-p., 24. )
John Samuel Willes Johnson, born 3 July,
1793, at South Stoke, near Bath, is eldest son of
the Rev. Chas. Johnson, Prebendary of Wells, Rec-
tor of South Stoke, and Vicar of South Brent and
Berrow, co. Somerset, by Miss Willes, daughter of
the late Archdeacon of Wells, and granddaughter
of the late Bishop of Bath and Wells. He is ne-
phew of the late Admiral Sir Davidge Gould,
G.C.B.; and brother-in-law of the late Capt. Geo.
Gosling, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Ed-
wards Lloyd Graham, in which ship he was em-
ployed for nearly two years on the Home and
Newfoundland stations. In Nov. 1809, being then
a Master's Mate, he was placed in charge of the
Fortitude, a re-captured English merchantman, and
sent, with the intelligence of the Vestal having
fallen in with an enemy's squadron, to Lisbon and
Cadiz ; on his passage whither, although without a
gun on board, he succeeded by a bold ruse-de-ffuerre
in inducing an enemy's armed vessel, by whom he
must have been otherwise inevitably taken, to sheer
off. After delivering his despatches to the flag-
officer in the Tagus, Mr. Johnson proeeeded to
England, and on his arrival was received for three
months on board the Port Mahon sloop, Capt. Vil-
liers Eras. Hatton. In Aug. 1810 he rejoined Capt.
Graham in the Pallas 32, then on the eve of her
departure for the coast of Norway, where, it ap- '
pears, he assisted at the capture of four Danish pri-
vateers and of several sail of merchantmen, one of
the former of which he was ordered to conduct to
Leith roads. Accompanying the same Captain in
succession into the Southampton 32, and ALCMiNE
38, Mr. Johnson proceeded in the latter frigate to
the Adriatic, where he bore a part in several boat
affairs. On one of those occasions, 22 May, 1812, a
Franco-Venetian trabacolo, of 4 guns and 30 men,
was captured near the island of Lessina, after a
sanguinary conflict in which most of the enemy's
crew were killed and all the remainder wounded ;
while on the part of the British 4 were slain and
22 wounded, 1 of the former and 3 of the latter
in the boat commanded by Mr. Johnson, whose
conduct was officially mentioned in the highest
terms of commendation. On leaving the Alcmkne
in Deo. 1813, he Joined the Pylades sloop, Capt.
James Wemyss, from which vessel, on the occasion
of the surrender of Genoa, 18 April, 1814, he was
transferred, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Cale-
donia 120, hearing the flag of the late Lord Ex-
mouth— an appointment sanctioned by the Admi-
ralty on 18 of the ensuing month. He went on
haJt-pay in Sept. 1814, but, being again placed, in
Apri^ 1815, under the orders of the same noble-
man, continued to serve with him, in the Boyne 98,
and QuEBN Charlotte 100, until Oct. 1816 — visit-
ing, in the former ship, Naples, Marseilles, and the
Barbary States ; and participating, in the Queen
Charlotte, in the battle of Algiers. After an
• Fide Oit. lUfl, p. 2391.
4F
586
JOHNSON— JOHNSTON.
interval of half-pay he was nominated, 13 Sept.
1817, Flag-Lieutenant to his Lordship in the Im-
PEEGNABLE 104, at Plymouth, where he remained
until promoted to the rank of Commander 6 Feb.
1821. His subsequent appointments were — 22 Sept.
1835, to the Coast Guard, in which he continued
for a period of nearly three years — and 16 Dec. 1841,
to the command of the Wolverene 16, fitting for
China, where he arrived in time to witness some
of the closing operations of the war. Capt. John-
son, who was superseded in the latter vessel in Aug.
1842, and has not been since employed, acquired
his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
In 1827 the Captain published ' A Journal of a
Tour through parts of France, Italy, and Switzer-
land, in the years 1823-4.' He married, 14 May,
1821, Eliza, only daughter of John De Windt, Esq.,
of the Island of Ste. Croix, and of Gloucester Place,
London, by whom he has issue. Agent — J.
Hinxman.
JOHNSON. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 11; h-p., 35.)
"William Johnson entered the Navy, in Jan.
1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aghille 74,
Capts. Geo. Murray and Edw. Buller, stationed in
the Channel, where he served as Midshipman until
April, 1802. Ke-embarking, in July, 1803, on board
the Cereekus 32, Capt. Wm. Selby, he served in
that frigate at the ensuing bombardment of Gran-
ville, and was present in her as Master's Mate at
the reduction of the islands of Marie-galante and
De'sirade, in March, 1808. In the course of the
latter year he successively joined the Cherokee
10, Capt. Rich. Arthur, and Venekaele 74, flag-
ship of Sir Rich. John Strachan, both on the Home
station ; and on 10 May, 1809, he became Acting-
Lieutenant of the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codring-
ton. While in that ship, to which he was confirmed
by commission dated 4 May, 1810, he accompanied
the expedition to Flushing, assisted at the defence
of Cadiz, and was much employed in co-operation
with the patriots on the coast of Spain, particularly
-at Tarragona. He has been on hali-pay since
April, 1813.
JOHNSON. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
William Ponsonby Johnson passed his exami-
nation 22 Aug. 1837 ^ served during the operations
on the coast of China in the Blenheim 72, Capts.
Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse and Sir Thos.
Herbert, and Coenwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm.
Parker^ was in consequence promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842:;* and oiiiciated in that
■capacity, from 11 Dec. 1844 until the early part of
1847, in the Eagle 50, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin,
on the American station.
JOHNSON. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 19.)
William Ward Percival Johnson entered the
Navy, 2 July, 1803, as a Supernumerary, on board
the Prevoyant store-ship, Master-Commander
Brown, in which he took a passage to the Mediter-
ranean, for the purpose of joining the Victory 100,
Capt. Sam. Sutton, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson,
with whom he served until transferred as Midship-
man, in Aug. 1804, to the Childers sloop, Capt.
Sir Wm. Bolton. With the latter officer he conti-
nued employed off Gibraltar, and on the Channel
and Cork stations, in the Guerrier, Edrydice, and
Drdid frigates, until promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, 18 Oct. 1809. Joining, soon afterwards, the
CnRA90A 36, Capt. John Tower, he proceeded in
that frigate to the Gape of Good Hope, and then
again to the Mediterranean, where he co-operated
•with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, and as-
sisted at the capture of the Marsouin and Venus
J)rivateer8, each mounting 14 guns, and carrying in
the whole 127 men. In Aug. 1812, being" at the
.time in charge of a prize, he had the mi^brtune to
be made prisoner by the French, who detained him
in captivity until the peace. His succeeding ap-
jiointments were— 16 Aug. 1814, to the PoMPiE 74,
• VideGu?.. \H3, p. 2961.
Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, fitting for the Mediter-
ranean, whence he returned in Nov. 1815—25 June,
1828, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieu-
tenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot— 28
July, 1830, as First, to the Talavera 74, Capts. Da^
vid Colby and Thos. Brown, employed on particular
service— and 26 Dec. 1831, in a similar capacity, to
the Melville 74, bearing the flag in the East In-
dies of Sir John Gore. On 19 Sept. 18315, about
three months after the latter ship had been paid
off, Lieut. Johnson was advanced to the rank of
Commander. He obtained an appointment, 20 Feb.
1836, in the Coast Guard, from which service, on
18 March, 1839, he was removed to the Second-Cap-
taincy of the Winchester 50, flag ship of Sir Thos.
Harvey, on the North America and West India sta-
tion. He was superseded on the occasion of his
elevation to the rank he now holds, 14 Dec. 1841,
and has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Johnson married, in 18.30, Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Thos. Harvey,
C.B. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
JOHNSTON. (Commander, 1844. f-p., 31;
H-p., 13.)
Charles Alexander Johnston is son of Lieut.
Chas. Johnston, R.N., who died in 1804.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1803, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Teibdne 36, Capts. Geo.
Henry Towry and Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, in
which ship he assisted at the capture and destruc-
tion of several of the enemy's vessels, came fre-
quently into contact with the Cherbourg batteries
while employed in blockading the Minerve frigate
in that port, and contributed at the commencement
of the war with Spain to the capture of four ships
laden with specie and colonial produce. Becoming
Midshipman, in Sept. 1805, of the Agamemnon 64,
Capts. Sir Edw. Berry and Jonas Rose, he had an
opportunity of sharing in the battles fought off Cape
Trafalgar and St. Domingo, of witnessing the cap-
ture of a national corvette {La Imtine) and two
schooners, and (independently of a participation in
various particular services) of attending the expedi-
tion to Copenhagen. On arriving with the Danish
prizes at Spithead, Mr. Johnston was under the ne-
cessity of entering Haslar Hospital, in consequence
of a severe injury he had received in the foot. On
20 June, 1809, having rejoined the Agamemnon, he
had the misfortune to be wrecked in the Rio de la
Plata ; whereupon he was received on board the
FouDROYANT 80, flag-ship of Hon. Michael De
Courcy, who retained him under his orders on the
South American station until Nov. 1812. The next
three years were passed by Mr. Johnston in the
Baltic, W-est Indies, Channel, and Mediterranean,
on board the Vigo 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Jas. Nicoll Morris, Benbow 74, Capt. Rich.
Harrison Pearson, Snap 12, Capt Geo. King, and
Pompee 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood. On his
passage to the West Indies in the Benbow he was
placed in charge of an American prize, and sent
with her to Barbadoes. In Sept. 1815 he was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission
ante-dated to 8 Feb. in the same year ; but he did
not again procure employment until 8 Feb. 1825,
when he joined the Coast Blockade, a service to
which he continued attached, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Ramillies and Talavera 74's,
Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch, Hugh Pigot, and David
Colby, until transferred to the Coast Guard, 18
April, 1831. He tvrice during that period elicited
the special approbation of the Lords of the Admi-
ralty and of H. R. H. the Lord High Admiral— the
first time, for the singularly gallant manner in
which, with only 3 seamen, he compelled a gang of
150 armed smugglers to retreat, leaving behind
them 1 of their number a prisoner, whose apprehen-
sion led to the complete suppression of the rest ;
and the second, for his successful intrepidity in cap-
turing, in a small galley, with not more than 4
hand6,in spite of a desperate resistance, the French
lugger La Jeune JRitsalie^ of 13 men, and two tub-
JOHNSTON.
587
boats. These exploits indeed were so highly esti-
mated both by Capt. Pigot and by the Commander-
in-Chief, Sir John Poo Beresford, that they each re-
commended him for promotion. This, however, did
not take place until 5 Jan. 1844, when, after having
been employed in the Coast Guard for a further
period of nearly thirteen years, and been instru-
mental to the seizure of 60 vessels and boats, with
their crews, he was at length invested with the rank
of Commander. He has since been on half-pay.
JOHNSTON. (Kear-Admiral of the White,
1841. F-p., 23; H-p., 37.)
Charles James Johnston entered the Navy,
about 1787, as Captain's Servant, on board the Sa-
vage sleop, Capts. Rich. R. Burgess and Dickinson,
with whom he served on the Greenock station until
transferred, as Midshipman, in 1790, to the Fok-
MiDABLE 98. In the course of the same year he-
removed to the Scorpion sloop, Capt. Benj. Hal-
lowell, and, after an attachment of two years to that
vessel on the African and West India stations, he
successively joined the Svren frigate. Stately 64,
and Excellent 74, the two latter bearing the flag
of Sir Rich. King and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis at
Newfoundland and in the Channel. In the latter
ship he continued until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 26 Feb. 1795 ; four months subsequently
to which period we find him appointed to the Rdbv
64, Capt. Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, part of the
force employed at the ensuing reduction of the
Cape of Good Hope. Exchanging, after that event,
into the Arrogant 74, Capts. Rich. Lucas and Edw.
Oliver Osborn, Lieut. Johnston witnessed the sur-
render of Columbo 15 Feb. 1796 ; and, on 9 of the
following Sept., when off the coast of Sumatra, par-
ticipated, in company with the Victorious 74, in a
long conflict of nearly four hours with six heavy
French frigates under M. Sercey, which terminated
in the separation of the combatants, after each had
been well crippled, and the Aeeogant occasioned a
loss of 7 men killed and 27 wounded. In July, 1800,
our ofBcer, who had for a long time discharged the
duties of First-Lieutenant of the latter ship, and
had assisted at the capture and destruction of many
armed vessels and valuable merchantmen, off Bata-
via, and in other parts of the Java seas, joined the
Suffolk 74, bearing_ the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew,
who (besides intrusting him with the government,
for a short time in 1802, of the Naval Hospital at
Madras) successively appointed him to the com-
mand, between May, 1801, and June, 180.5, of the
D^DALus frigate, Vulcan bomb, Victor sloop,
Trident 64, Dedaigneuse frigate, and Cornwal-
Ljs 50. His official promotion to the rank of Com-
mUnder took place while he was serving on board
th(J Victor, 18 Jan. 1803 ; and to that of Captain
while in the Cornwallis, 5 Sept. 1806. In the
course of the latter year Capt. Johnston appears to
have several times engaged the enemy's formidable
batteries on the Isle of France; and on 11 Nov. he
made a dash with Capt. Bingham, of the Sceptre
74, into St. Paul's Bay, He de Bourbon, and opened
a fire upon the shipping there at anchor, consisting
of the Semillante French frigate, three armed ships,
and 12 sail of merchantmen which had been cap-
tured from the British. Had it not been that the
breeze soon subsided and impeded the manoeuvres
of their assailants, the enemy on this occasion
would in all probability have incurred great loss.
The Cornwallis was afterwards, in 1807, the first
regular man-of-war that ever, we believe, passed
between New Holland and Van Diemen's Land.
Capt. Johnston's next and last appointments were
18 Feb. 1808, and 23 Dec. 1813, to the Powerful
and Scarborough 74's ; the former of which ships,
after having brought her home from India, and
then accompanied the expedition to the Waloheren,
he paid off 11 Oct. 1809. In the Scarborough,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Ferrier in the
North Sea, he served until 5 May, 1814. His ad-
v.inoement to Flag-rank took place 23 Nov. 1841.
The Rear-Admiral is married, and has issue.
JOHNSTON. (Commander, 1846.)
Frederick Erskine Johnston is second son of
the Right Hon. Sir Alex. Johnston, F.R.S., of Carn-
salloch, CO. Dumfries (late Chief Justice and Presi-
dent of Her Majesty's Council in the island of Cey-
lon), by Louisa, only daughter of the late Lord
Wm. Campbell, Captain R.N., son of John, fourth
Duke of Argyll. The Commander is nephew of
Major-General Fras. Jas. Johnston, C.B. ; and great-
grandson of Francis Lord Napier.
This ofiicer entered the Navy 4 Sept. 1828; passed
his examination in 1834 ; obtained his first commis-
sion 28 June, 1838 ; and was successively appointed
—25 July, 1838, and 6 Jan. 1841, to the Ttne 26,
Capt. John Townshend, and (as Flag-Lieutenant to
Sir Chas. Napier) to the Powerful 84, both in the
Mediterranean — 28 Aug. 1841, to the Formidable
84, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, fitting at
Sheerness-2 Oct. 1841, and 23 April, 1844, to the
Queen 110, and again to the Formidable, bearing
each the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen on the
Mediterranean station — and, 18 Dec. 1845, as Senior,
to the Terrible steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Ramsay,
attached to the Channel squadron. He attained
his present rank 9 Nov. 1846 ; and has since been
on half-pay.
JOHNSTON. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Gabriel Johnston entered the Navy 12 Aug.
1826 ; passed his examination 1 Oct. 1832 ; and at
the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieute-
nant, which took place 23 Nov. 1841, was serving at
the Cape of Good Hope, as Mate, on board the
Fawn brigantine, Lieut.-Commander John Foote.
His appointments have since been— 3 Dec. 1841, to
the Southampton 50, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Dum-
ford King on the same station- 7 March, 1842, to
the Acorn 16, Capt. John Adams, on the coast of
Africa, whence he returned early in 1843—19 April,
1844, to the Stromboli steam-sloop, Capt. Hon.
Edw. Plunkett, employed on particular service—
25 Jan. 1845, to the Beaoon surveying-vessel,- Capt.
Thos. Graves, stationed in the Mediterranean
and, 20 Feb. 1847, after a few months of half-pay,
to the Volage 26, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Abel
Bremage Spratt, under whom, he is again engaged
on surveying-duty. AoENTS^Messrs. Stilwell.
JOHNSTQN. (Lieut:, 1826. f-p., 20; h-p, 18)
Henry Johnston, born 2 Dec. 1795, is second
son of the late Henry Johnston, Esq., merchant by
his wife Henrietta Ogilvie, of Dundee, N.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Feb; 1809 as
Fst.-cl'. Vol., on board the Nightingale 16, Capts
Wm. Wilkinson, John Eveleigh, and Christopher
Nixon, stationed in the North Sea, where, and in
the Baltic, he served, as Midshipman, from 1812 to
1814, in the Gloucester 74, Capt. Robt. Williams
Towards the close of the latter year, after he had
been again employed for a few months under the
orders of Capt. Wilkinson, in the Monmouth 64 on
the Downs station, he joined the Tvne 24, Capt
John Harper, with whom, on arriving in the East
Indies, he removed, as a passed Midshipmani to the
Wellesley 74. Returning to England with Capt
John Bayley m the last-named ship in June 1816
,; ,^.?^,'™ ^'^ immediately appointed Admi-
ralty-Midshipman of the Leandeb 5&, Capt. Edw
Chetham, and was thus aftbrded an opportunitv of
shanng m the bombardment of Algiers. He was
afterwards employed, from April, ISl-7, until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 March 1826 in
JJ^I'^T^'" "■"'^ ""^"""^ frigates, commanded,' on
the North American and Channel stations, bv Cants
Wm. Hugh Dobbie and Robt. Henderson, Ramii-
LiES 74, and Queen Charlotte 100; both lying in
Portsmouth harbour, and Severn and Ramillies
again, each commanded, for the purposes of th»
Coast Blockade, by Capt. Wm. M'Sch Hit
succeeding appointments were— 9 Oct. 1828 to iht
Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, underwhom
I'J'llls' Z' T' °° '1' Coaltilockade, untTi
Deo. 1829-for a few months in 1834, as Supernu-
4 F 2
588
JOHNSTON— JOHNSTONE.
jnerary and First-Lieutenant, to the Thalia 46,
dnd RA1..EIGH 16, Capts. Bobt. Waucbope and Mich.
Cain, fitting at Chatham and Sheerness — and, 9
May, 1837, to the TiM^BAiEE 104, Capts. Thos.
Fortescue Kennedy and Sir John Hill, guard-ship
at the latter place. He has been on half-pay since
1838.
Lieut. Johnston married, in 1835, Louisa Drusilla
Sidney, youngest daughter of the late Jas. Cum-
mings, Esci., K.N.
JOHNSTON. (LiEDT., 1827. f-p., 17; h-p, 13.)
James Charles Johnston, born in Nov. 1803, is
maternal grandson of the late Sir Geo. Richardson,
Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1817, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Semieamis 42, bearing
the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Teo on the
coast of Africa ; was next employed, between Oct.
1818 and March, 1825 (in the course of which month
he passed his examination), in the Yengedk 74,
Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and Adeoka 46, Capt.
Henry Prescott, chiefly as Midshipman, on the
Home, Mediterranean, and South American sta-
tions; and, in Nov. of the latter year, became Mate
of the Philomei 10, Capts. Lord Wm. Paget and
Viscount Ingestrie, similarly employed. He was
promoted for his services in the Asia 84, flag-ship
of Sir Edw. Codrington, to the rank of Lieutenant,
by commission dated 22 Oct. 1827 ; and was subse-
quently appointed — 1 1 May, 1833, to the Donegal
78, Capt. Arthur FanShawe, oif Lisbon— 24 Feb.
1835 (after several months of half-pay), to the
"Winchester 52, flag-ship in the East Indies of
Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel— 20 Oct. 1836, to the
Hercules 74, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge
Berkeley, John Toup Nicolas, and Edw. Barnard,
employed until Nov. 1839 on the Channel, Lisbon,
West India, and Halifax stations— 10 Oct. 1840, to
the Campeedown 104, flag-ship of Sir Henry Digby
at the Nore— 11 Sept. 1841, as First, to the Thalia
42, Capt. Chas. Hope, fitting for Chatham— and, 13
Dec. following, to the Waespite 50, Capt. Lord
John Hay. He invalided home from the North
America and West India station in June, 1842, and
has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Johnston married, 25 April, 1843, Jane
Dunlop, daughter of the late Capt. Thos. Hamilton,
of Dowan, and granddaughter of the late Sir Geo.
Louis Augustus Colquhoun, Bart. Agents — Messrs.
Halford and Co.
JOHNSTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p,, 12; h-p., 32.)
Jahes Henet Johnston entered the Navy, 16
April, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spae-
tiate 74, Capts. Geo. Murray, John Manley, and
Sir Fras. Laforey. In that ship, after serving, as
Midshipman and Master's Mate, off Ferrol and
Kochefort, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and
on 21 Oct. 1805 was present in the battle of Tra-
falgar. He removed, in Oct. 1809, to the Ocean 98,
bearing the flag of Lord Collingwood, who, on 4 of
the next Dec, nominated him Lieutenant of the
Canopds 80, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin
— an act wliich the Admiralty confirmed by com-
mission dated 16 Feb. 1810. Being superseded from
the Canopus in Nov. of the latter year, Mr. John-
ston was subsequently appointed — 23 Sept. 1811, to
the Kite sloop, Capts. Benj. Crispin and Geo. Can-
ning, employed off the Texel and in the Mediterra-
nean—in Jan. 1813, to the coi£mand of the Quail
schooner, stationed in the Archipelago under the
orders of Capt. John Clavell — in Aug. 1813, again
to the Kite, Capts. Rowland Mainwairing and Thos.
Forster, off the coast of Syria— and, 3 Deo. 1814,
to the Leveeet 10, Capt. Jonathan Christian, in the
Downs. He has been on half-pay since July, 1815.
JOHNSTON. (I.IEUT., 1815. F-P., 9 : h-p., 31.)
KoBEBT Johnston entered the Navy, 21 Feb.
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Malabar 74,
Capt. John Temple ; attained the rating of Mid-
shipman in Nov. of the same year ;■ and, between
June, 1808, when he returned home from a voyage
to the Brazils and the Cape of Good Hope, and J uly,
1814, was successively employed, in the Invincible
74, Capt. Ross Donnelly, Se!Hira.mis 36, Capt. Wm.
Granger, Norge 74, Capts. John Sprat Rainier and
Wm. Waller, and Asia 74, flag-ship of Sir Alex.
Cochrane, on the Home, Lisbon, Cadiz, Mediterra-
nean, and Bermuda stations. He then assumed
command, with the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, of the
Jane advice-vessel, in which he served, on the
American coast and in the West Indies, until the
close of the war with the United States. He was
promoted to his present rank in his former ship,
the AsLi, Capt. Alex. Skene, 15 Feb. 1815; and in
Feb. 1816, after having re-visited the Mediterra*
nean and West Indies, was placed on half-pay. He
has not been since employed. Agent — Fred.
Dufaur.
JOHNSTONE. (Lieutenant, 1818. f-p., 10;
H-p., 26.)
Henrt Hope Johnstone entered the Navy, 24
June, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rifleman
18, CSpt. Joseph Pearce, and, after serving for
some time on the Home station, proceeded to the
coast of North America, where he was present with
the squadron in Penobscot Bay at the capture of
the town of Castine and the destruction of the
U. S. frigate John Adams, in Sept. 1814. Becoming
Midshipman, soon afterwards, of the Royal Oak
74, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, he attended
in that ship the ill-fated expedition against New
Orleans ; and, on her return to England in the sum-
mer of 1815, he became attached, as a Supertiume-
rary, to the Prince 98, Capt. Edm. Boger, lying at
Spitbead. In July, 1818, after he had been em-
ployed for a period of more than two years and a
half in the North Sea and West Indies, in the Pe-
lican 18, Capts. Robt. Lisle Conlson and Edw.
Curzon, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of
the Pique 36, Capt. John Mackellar, to which fri-
gate he was confirmed on 20 of the following Nov.
He was paid off 21 Dec. 1818 ; and was lastly,
from 6 Dec. 1824 until about the close of 1826, em-
ployed in the Ramillies 74, Coast Blockade ship,
Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and Hugh Pigot.
Lieut. Johnstone is married, and has issue.
JOHNSTONE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 13;
H-p., 10.)
Henet Wedderburn Johnstone entered the
Navy 29 June, 1824; passed his examination in
1830 ; obtained his first commission 18 Aag. 1831 ;
and was subsequently appointed — 23 Jan. and 8
May, 1833, to the Donegal 78, and Britannia 120^
flag-ships of Sir Pulteney Malcolm in the Mediter-
ranean— 16 July, 1834, to the Endtmion 50, Capt..
Sir Sam. Roberts, with whom he returned home
from Lisbon and was paid off in Nov. 1836 — 30 Jan.
1837, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings— 7 Dec. 1837, as Se-
nior-Lieutenant, to the Racehorse 18, Capt. Heniy
Wm. Craufurd, fitting for the North America and
West India station, where he was superseded a few
months afterwards— a.nd, 9 Aug. 1841, in a similar
capacity, to the Aedent steam-vessel, Capt. John
Russell, lying at Chatham. He was advanced to
his present rank on 23 of the following Nov., but
has not been since afloat.
JOHNSTONE. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 7 ;
H-p., 32.)
Robert Ballard Johnstone entered the Navy,
in April, 1808, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Resistv
ANCE 38, Capt. Chas. Adam, with whom he conti-
nued to serve, in the same ship and, as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, in the Invincible 74, Capt.
Chas. Adam, until Jan. 1814— witnessing, in the
former, the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo
80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and
40-gun frigate Belle Poule; and assisting, in the
Invincible (independently of a participation in
many particular services), at the defence of i'arra-
JOHNSTONE-JOLLIFFE-JOLLY— JONES.
589
gona, the destruction of the castle of St. Elmo, and
the capture of the fort of St. Philippe, in the Col
de Balaguer. He then joined in succession the
Queen ChablOtte and Impresnable, flag-ships of
Ijord Keith and the Duke of Clarence ; and, on 27
June, 1814, after having escorted the Allied Sove-
reigns to England, and taken part in the grand
naval review held at Spithead, was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant. During the latter part of 1814,
and again for some months in 1815, we find him
employed, on the Downs and Irish stations, in the
Bermuda 10, Capt. Wm. Wolrige, and Nymphen
36, Capt. Matt. Smith. Being next, in July, 1816,
appointed to the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, he
sailed with the expedition against Algiert, where,
on the day of the bombardment, he commanded
gun-boat No. 24. He soon afterwards returned to
England with Lord Exmouth in the Queen Char-
lotte 100, and has since been on half-pay.
JOHNSTONE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 22;
H-P., 14.)
William Johnstone was born in 1795, at Edin-
burgh.
This officer entered the Navy, S Nov. 1811, as
Ordinary, on board the Nightinoale 16, Capt.
Christopher Nixon, in which vessel he served in
the North Sea and Channel, latterly as Midship-
man, until Aug. 1815. He was next, between Nov.
1815 and Sept. 1818, employed in the Newcastle
50, Capts. Sam. Roberts and Henry Meynell, fitting
at Woolwich, and in the CvRCS 20, Capt. Wm. Fair-
brother Carroll, on the coast of Ireland ; after
which (having passed his examination in March of
the latter year) he served, from July, 1820, to Nov.
1823, part of the time as Admiralty-Midshipman, in
the Martial 10, Lieut. -Commander llobt. M'Kirdy,
Tees 26, Capt. Thos. Coe, and Liffey 50, Commo-
dore Chas. Grant, on the Home and East India sta-
tions. He then officiated for about 18 months as
Acting-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission
dated 10 May, 1824) of the Satellite 18, and Asia
84, both commanded by Capt. Mark John Currie,
with whom he returned to England. His succeed-
ing appointments were— 24 Jan. 1827, to the Alert
18, Capts. Sam. Burgess and John Coghlan Fitzge-
rald, on the South American station— 13 Feb. 1832,
as Senior, to the Conway 28, fitting for the Pacific,
whence he returned home and was paid off in Oct.
1835— and, 18 Oct. 1838, in a similar capacity, to
the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds. He
served in the latter ship, on the Mediterranean sta-
tion (where he was present at the blockade of Alex-
andria), until advanced to his present rank 23 Nov.
1841 ; and has not been since employed.
JOHNSTONE. (Captain, 1823.)
William James Hope Johnstone, born 28 July,
1798, is second son of the late Vice-Admiral the
Right Hon.SirWm. Johnstone Hope,* G.C.B., M.P.,
Treasurer and Receiver-General of the Royal Hos-
pital at Greenwich, by his first wife. Lady Anne
Hope Johnstone, eldest daughter of James, third
Earl of Hopetoun ; and brother of the late Capts.
Chas. Jas. Hope Johnstone and Geo. Jas. Hope
Johnstone, both of the R.N. By his father's second
marriage he is connected with the noble families of
Athlone, Auckland, and Henley.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 June, 181 1, as
Seo.-ol. Vol., on board the SARrEnoN brig, Capt.
Jas. Green, on the Leith station, where he removed,
in Sept. following, to the Adamant 50, fiag-ship of
Vice-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway. Joining next,
in April, 1812, the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home
Popham, he assisted, in the course of that year, at
the reduction of Lequeytio and Castro, on the north
coast of Spain ; also in the attacks made upon Puerta
Galetta, Guetaria, and Santander; and at the de-
struction of the fortifications of Borneo, Plencia,
Galea, Algorta, Begona, El Carapilln las Quersas,
and Xobiles. On his return to England in June,
1814, Mr. Hope .Tohnstone, after having escorted
* Vide Note, p. 636
Earl Moira to India in the Stirling Castle 74,
Capt. Sir H. Popham, joined the Latona 38, bearing
his father's fiag at Leith. During the three years
immediately antecedent to his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant, which took place 2 May, 1818,
we find him employed in the Channel, at Ports-
mouth, in the Mediterranean, and again at Leith,
on board the Endymion 44, Capt. Henry Hope,
Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, Sa-
tellite sloop, Capt. Jas. Murray, and Ramillies,
bearing the flag of his father. On 3 June, 1819, he
obtained an appointment to the VengeuIi 74, Capt.
Fred. Lewis Maitland, which ship, it appears, con-
veyed Lord Beresford from Rio de Janeiro to tht
river Tagus, and the King of the Two Sicilies from
Naples to Leghorn, in 1820. Being presented on 9
Sept. in that year with a Commander's comnlissioil,
which had been placed at the disposal of Sir Home
Popham on his return from the chief command at
Jamaica, Capt. Hope Johnstone, on 28 Feb. 1823,
was invested vrith the command of the Eclair
sloop, and ordered to South America, where, in the
same vessel, and in the Doris 42 (into which fri-
gate he was posted 21 Oct. 1823), he was employed
in affording protection to the British interests at
Pemambuco, and on other parts of the Brazilian
coast, frequently under very trying circumstances,
until the close of 1824. He paid the DoEis off 12
Jan. 1825 ; and officiated, lastly, as Flag-Captain,
from 6 June, 1828, until Oct. 1831, to Sir Pulteney
Malcolm, in the Asia 84, and Britannia 120, On
the Mediterranean station, and from 6 May, 1845,
until 1847, to Sir Thos. John Cochrane, in the Agin-
CODHT 72, on the East India station. During an
expedition conducted, in July, 1846, by the Com-
mander-in-Chief against the Sultan of Borneo, Capt.
Hope Johnstone assumed command of the whole of
the seamen and of the field-piece and rocket-partie^,
and on 8 of that month assisted at the capture and
destruction of the enemy's forts and batteries in
the river Brune.*
He married, in 1826, Eleanor, eldest daughter of
the late Sir Thos. Kirkpatriok, Bart., and has issue'.
JOLLIFFE. (Liectenant, 1845.)
William Kynaston Jolliffe passed his exami-
nation 20 May, 1835 ; and at the period of his pro-
motion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place
30 Deo. 1845, had been serving for about 18 months
in the Mediterranean as Mate of the Flamer steam-
vessel, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Jas. Postle. He
was appointed, 9 Feb. following, to the Virago
steam-sloop, Capt. John Lunn, on the same station ;
and has been there employed, since 1 Oct. 1846, as
Senior of the Piicenix, another steamer, Capt. Jas.
Sam. Akid Dennis.
JCLLY. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Archibald Douglas Jolly entered the Navy
21 Aug. 1829 ; passed his examination 6 Dec. 1836 ;
and, as we are informed, served as Mate in the
boats of the Pluto at the destruction of some slave-
factories at the Gallianos Islands in 1842; on 23
July in which year he was p^lmoted to the rank of
Lieutenant. His .succeeding appointments were—
29 April, 1843, as Additional, to the Illustrious 72
bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Adam in North Ame-
rica and the West Indies— 30 Dec. 184.3, to the Ring-
dove 16, Capt. Sir Wm. Daniell, on the coast of
Africar-and in 1844-5, to the Scylla 16, Capt.
Robt. Sharpe, Imaum 72, Commodores Alex, llenton
Sharpe and Damiel Pring, and Hyacinth 18, Capt.
Fras. Scott, all on the North America and West
India station, whence he returned home and was
paid off in the early part of 1847. Ages't— Joseph
Woodhead.
JONES. (CAPTAIlSf, 1811. F-p., 19; H-P., 38.)
The Honourable Alexander Jones, born 9
March, 1778, is youngest son of Charles, fourth
Viscount Ranelagh, by Sarah, only daughter of
Ihos. Montgomery, Esq.; brother of Charles, fifth
* ^ideGaz. 1646, pp. .3441-2.
590
JONES.
Yisoount, who died a Captain R.N. in 1800; and
uncle and heir-presumptive to the present noble-
man. One of Capt. Jones' brothers, Benjamin,
was a Lieutenant-Colonel, and two others, Richard
and John, were Majors, in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1790, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Echo sloop, commanded by his
brother, then Hon. Chas. Jones, whom he succes-
sively followed into the Kingfisher and Andro-
mache, on the Channel and Newfoundland stations.
Being discharged, in 1794, into the Providence 16,
Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, he sailed in that ves-
sel on a voyage of discovery, and continued in her
until wrecked among the Japan Islands 16 May,
1797 ; whereupon he took a passage home in the
Camatic Indiaman. On his arrival however at the
Cape, he volunteered to serve with the Commander-
in-Chief, Rear-Admiral Thos. Pringle, who, on the
occasion of a mutiny breaking out on board his
flag-ship, the Tremendous 74, made him the instru-
ment of communication between himself and the
refractory seamen, by whom the Captain and all
the officers had been put on shore. As a reward
for this service Mr. Jones was immediately ap-
pointed, 14 Deo. 1797, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Sceptre 64, Capt. Valentine Edwards, in which
ship he remained until she was lost, with 291 of her
crew, in Table Bay, 5 Nov. 1799. Joining, about
the period of his official promotion, which took
place 15 May, 1800, the Ajax 74, Capt. Hon. Alex.
Inglis Cochrane, he attended, in the course of the
same year, the expeditions to Belleisle and Ferrol ;
and was the means, when at the latter place, of
saving H.M.S. Tartarus, during a heavy gale, and
after she had been abandoned by her officers and
crew. In consideration of the intrepidity and judg-
ment he had evinced on the occasion, Lieut. Jones
was sent by his Captain to the Commander-in-
Chief, Sir John Borlase Warren, and ordered to
report himself as the officer who had achieved the
performance. After witnessing (in the Minerve
frigate, Capt. beo. Cookbum) the capture, 2 Sept.
1801, of the Succes and JBravoure, of 42 guns each,
Lieut. Jones, until he was advanced to the rank of
Commander 22 Jan. 1806, served on various stations
in the Clyde 38, Capt. John Larmour, Champion
24, Capt. Robt. Howe Bromley, Thisbe 28, Capt.
Shephard, Naiad 38, Capt. Jas. Wallis, and Lively
38, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond. In the latter
frigate we find him present at the capture, 5 Oct.
1804, of three Spanish frigates, and the destruction
of a fourth, oif Cape St. Mary ; and on 29 May,
1805, participating in her single-handed and self-
sought skirmish with the Spanish 74-gun ship Gh-
rioso. He was also in the Lively in several en-
counters vfith the enemy's gun-boats in the Gut of
Gibraltar, and was further employed in her on the
Italian coast. Assuming command, 6 Oct. 1807,, of
the Talbot sloop, Capt. Jones, who continued in
that vessel until posted, 1 Aug. 1811, assisted, dur-
ing the period, at the blockade of Oporto, came
also into frequent contact with the batteries on the
coasts of Portugal, Spain, and Norway, and effected
the capture (including the Loven of 2 guns and 11
men) of three private^s, besides a large number of
other vessels. For his conduct .at Oporto, where
he was for some time employed on shore, he was
placed by Sir Chas. Cotton, at the period of the
Convention of Cintra, in temporary charge of a
Portuguese frigate. His last appointment was to
the command, for a short period in 1814, of the
Levant 20.
Capt. Jones married, 2 Aug. 1807, Caroline,
daughter of Thos. Palmer, Esq., of Hambledon,
Hants, and niece of General Sir Wm. Myers, Bart.,
formerly Commander-in-Chief in Ireland and the
West Indies, by whom he has issue three sons and
two daughters. His second son, Robt. Molesworth
Jones, is a Clerk in the Admiralty at Whitehall.
Midshipman, on board the Monmouth 64, Capt.
Jas. Walker, under whom— if we except an attach-
ment, from Oct. 1798 until April, 1800, to the Vic-
tor sloop, Capt. Jas. Bennie, part of the force em-
ployed under Sir Andrew Mitchell in the expedition
to the Texel — he continued to serve in the Veteran
64, Braakel 56, Prince George and Prince 98's,
Isis 50, Tartar 32, and Vanguard 74, until Jan.
1804. He was in consequence wounded, in the Isis,
at the battle of Copenhagen 2 April, 1801 ;* and
was on board the Vanguard, in 1803, at the cap-
ture, besides a variety of smaller vessels, of Xe
Duquesne 74, and La Creole of 44 guns, with the
French General, Morgan, and 530 troops on board ;
as also in the same ship at the surrender of the
town of St. Marc, St. Domingo ; the garrison of
which place, amounting to about 1 100 men, were
brought off by the Vanguard and her prizes to
rescue them from the vengeance of the black Ge-
neral Dessalines. He left the Vanguard, which
had been latterly commanded by Capt. Andrew
Fitzherbert Evans, in Oct. 1804 ; and on 5 April,
1805, after having acted for four months as Lieu-
tenant of the GoELAN sloop, and Desiree 36, Capts.
Wm. Templar and Henry Whitby, was confirmed
into the Thesebs 74, Capt. Fras. Temple. Return-
ing to England with convoy in the following Sept.,
he next, between that period and Dec. 1807, served,
on the Home and Baltic stations, in the Powerfui.
74, Capt. Robt. Plampin, Boadicea 38, Capt. John
Maitland, and Vanguard 74, Capt. Alex. Fraser,
under whom he accompanied Admiral Gambler's
expedition against Copenhagen. He was then em-
ployed for two months in command of a cartel on
the coast of Holland ; after which he had charge,
from May, 1808, to Feb. 1810, and from Aug. in
the latter year to Aug. 1814, of the Indignant and
Rebuff gun-brigs, on the North Sea and Mediter-
ranean stations — participating, in the Indignant,
in the operations of 1809 against Walcheren. His
last appointment was, 1 April, 1822, to the Ordinary
at Sheemess. The rank of Retired Commander
was conferred upon him 23 Oct. 1837.
He was married, and has left issue.
JONES. (Retired Commandek, 1837.)
Charles Jones died 19 Jan. 1847, aged 65.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1797, as
JONES, Kt. (ffajtain, 1819. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 33.)
Sir Charles Thomas Jones, bom in 1778, is
representative of the Jones' of Frontraith, co.
Montgomery, a family seated there since 1608.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1791, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Vulcan fire-ship,
Capt. Solomon Ferris, lying at Spithead ; and in
the course of the same year removed, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., to the Alcide 74, Capt. Sir Andrew Snape
Douglas, stationed in Portsmouth Harbour. Dur-
ing the first five years of the French revolutionary
war we find him serving with Lord Hugh Seymour
in the Leviathan 74, and Sans Pareil 80 ; in the
former of which ships he witnessed the occupation
of Toulon in Aug. 1793, and was wounded in Lord
Howe's action 1 June, 1794 ; and in the latter par-
ticipated as Midshipman in the action fought off He
de Groix 23 June, 1795. He was made Lieutenant,
16 Oct. 1798, into the Fairy 18, Capt. Joshua Syd-
ney Horton, on the coast of Africa ; and was after-
wards appointed— 26 Aug. 1799, to the Neptune
98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, flag-ship for some time of
the late Lord Gambler in the Channel— in 1802, 3,
and 5, to the Concordf, Lancaster, and Hindos-
TAN, Capts. John Wood, William Fothergill, and
Alex. Fraser, all on the East India station— and
16 May, 1807, to the Trent frigate, bearing the
flag at Cork of Vice-Admiral Jas. Hawkins Whit-
shed. In the capacity of Commander, a rank he
attained 15 Aug. 1810, Capt. Jones was employed,
from 16 June, 1814, until paid off in Deo. 1818, in
the Harrier sloop, among the Canai-y Islands, off
the coast of France, and on the Halifax station.
He attained Post-rank 12 Aug. 1819, and accepted
the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Sir Chas. Thos. Jones,, upon whom the honour
of Knighthood had been conferred in 1809, mar-
* Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 401.
JONES.
591
ried, in 1817, Miss Salton, daughter of Gilbert Sal-
ton, Esq., Collector of Customs at Bermuda.
JONES. (Lieutenant, 1827. r-p.,17; h-p.,17.)
Edward Leslie Jones, bom 30 Dec. 1800, Is
fifth son of the late John Jones, Esq., of Woolley,
near Bradford, Wilts ; and nephew of the late Co-
lonel Leslie Grove Jones, of the Grenadier Guards.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 July, 1813, as a
Volunteer, on board the Medosa 32, Capt. Geo.
Bell, employed in the blockade of Cherbourg ; and
after conveying the 27th Kegt. to Quebec in the
■Waespite74, Capt. Lord Jas. O'Bryen, joined the
Mai/ta 80, Capt. Wm. Chas. Eahie, on the Medi-
terranean station, where he assisted, as Midshipman,
at the reduction of the strong fortress of Gaeta
in 1815. He served during the next three years on
the coast of Africa in the 20-gun ships Bann and
Chekdb, Capts. Wm. Fisher and Geo. Wiokens
Willes ; on accompanying the latter of whom into
the Wye 26, commanded afterwards by Capt. Peter
Fisher, he was employed for a similar period in
the suppression of smuggling in the North Sea and
Channel, and was for upwards of two whole months
engaged in cruizing in an open boat. In Jan. 1823,
having passed his examination in Feb. 1820, he
rejoined Capt. Willes, as Mate, in the Brazen 26,
and sailed with him for the South American sta^
tion, whence he returned to the coast of Africa,
and was there made Lieutenant, 12 May, 1827, into
the Maidstone 42, Commodore Chas. BuUen. After
tour years of hall-pay, Mr. Jones was next, on
15 Aug. 1831, appointed to the Isis 50, Capts. Geo.
FCennie and Jas. Polkinghorne, under whom he
, again served on the African coast until the close of
1834. His last appointment was, 19 May, 1835, to
the Carron steamer, Capt. Edw. Belcher, in which
vessel he was for about seven months occupied in
surveying the Irish Channel. His health (impaired
by his long servitude, of nine years, on the African
station, where he passed a great part of the period
on board slave-vessels, and underwent great hard-
ships) has since prevented his seeking active em-
ployment.
He married, 26 May, 1840, Mary, second daughter
of the late Eev. Rich. Thos. Whalley, Prebendary
of Wells, and Rector of Ilchester and Y eovilton, co.
Somerset, and niece of the late John Paine Tred-
way, Esq., M.P. for Wells. Agents — Messrs. Stil-
well.
JONES. (LlEDTENAMT, 1814.)
Henbt Paget Jones was born in June, 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Jan. 1806, as
Midshipman, on board the Egyftienne frigate,
Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, and on the evening of 8
March following served in the boats, under Lieut.
Philip Cosby Handfield, at the cutting-out, beneath
an incessant fire from two batteries, <'f the French
frigate-built privateer L'Alcide, pierced for 34 guns,
and moored to the beach in the harbour of Muros,
in Spain. He next, in the course of 1807, joined
the HiBERNiA 110, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent,
Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, and Cam-
brian 40, commanded by his former Captain, Paget,
under whom he accompanied the expedition against
Copenhagen. In Aug. 1808, after he had been
attached for a few months to the Spencer 74, flag-
ship of Hon. Robt. Stopford, and Leviathan 74,
Capts. Paget and Thos. Harvey, he was further
received by Capt. Paget on board the Revenge,
another third-rate, and was thus aflbrded an oppor-
tunity of sharing in the prominent part borne by
that ship on the occasion of Lord Cochrane' s cele-
brated attack on the «nemy as they lay at anchor
in Basque Roads in April, 1809. He continued to
serve in the Revenge under th« flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, latterly at the
defence of Cadiz, until April, 1812, from which
period until the following Oct. he acted as Lieute-
nant of the .St. Albans 64, Capt. John Ferris De-
vonshire. In March, 1813, we find him resuming
the duties of Midshipman on board th* Rippon 74,
Capt. Sir Christ. Cole, stationed oflT Rochefort, and
in about 12 ^nths after that period transferred to
the Venerable 74, bearing the flag in the West
Indies of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, who,
on 19 July, 1814, caused him to be again invested
with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant— an appoint-
ment which the Admiralty sanctioned by a com-
mission dated on 26 Sept. in the same year. His
succeeding appointments were — for a few months
in 1815, to the Heron sloop, Capt. Fras. Chas. An-
nesley, in which vessel he returned to England and
was paid off— 13 Nov. 1821, to the Brazen 26, Capt.
Wm. Shepheard, on the Irish station— 11 March,
1823, to the Sdpehb 74, Capt. Adam Mackenzie,
with whom he served in the West Indies, and off
Bermuda and Lisbon, until the close of 1825— and,
in 1826, to the command, we believe, of the Otter
steamer, which he retained until 1844.
Lieut. Jones, who is at present Commissioner of
Pilotage at Holyhead, married, 13 Oct. 1837, Mar-
garet, daughter of Norris M. Goddard, Esq., for-
merly Agent for conducting the Packet Service at
that place. By that lady he has issue three child-
JONES. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 25; h-p., 18.)
Herbert John Jones entered the Navy, 24
March, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Qdeen
98, Capts. Theobald Jones, Manley Dixon, and Fras.
Pender, employed at first in the Channel and after-
wards in the Mediterranean under the flags of Rear-
Admirals John Knight and fcir Rich. Bickerton.
On his return with Capt. Pender to England in Jan.
1806, as Midshipman of the Roval Sovereign 100,
he joined the Renown 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Dur-
ham, with whom he continued to serve for upwards
of four years off Rochefort and again in the Medi-
terranean, where, in Oct. 1809, he joined in the
pursuit which terminated in the self-destruction of
the French ships-of-the-line Bobuste and Lion. After
a further attachment, for very brief periods, to the
St. Domingo 74, and Dictator and Khbt 64's,
bearing each the flag in the Downs and Baltic of
Rear-Admiral Dixon, Mr. Jones was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 23
Nov. 1810. His subsequent appointments were —
14 Dec. 1810, to the Jasper sloop, Capt. John
Eveleigh, on the Portsmouth and Lisbon stations —
12 March, 1812, to the Sultan 74, Capt. John West,
employed, we believe, in Basque Roads, where he
continued until April, 1813—8 March, 1814, to the
Conflict sloop, Capt. Abraham Mills Hawkins,
which vessel, stationed off Lisbon, he left in April,
1815—1 May, 1830, and 26 Nov. 1831, to the Cale-
donia 120, and San Josef 110, flag-ships at the
Nore of Sir Manley Dixon, under whom he served
until paid off in April, 1833—12 July, 1836, to the
Coast Guard— and, 22 May, 1845, again to the Cale-
donia 120, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, lying at De-
vonport. Since the attainment of his present rank,
9 Nov. 1846, Commander Jones has been on half-
pay.
He is married and has issue.
JONES. (LieutenaSt, 1815. F-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.)
James Jones entered the Navy, 8 May, 1805, as
A.B., on board the Raisonnablb 64, commanded
by the late Sir Josias Rowley, in which ship he
served as Master's Mate in Sir Robt. Calder's action
at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, in all
the operations in the Rio de la Plata, and at the
capture of the town of St. Paul's in the He de
Bourbon. In the course of 1810, having followed
Capt. Rowley into the Boadicea 38, he was further
present at the conquest of the latter island itself
,th^ recapture of the Africaine 38, the taking'
after a spirited action of 10 minutes, a loss to the
Boadicea of 2 men wounded, and to the enemy of
9 killed and 15 wounded, of La Venus, of 44 guns
and 380 men, bearing the broad pendant of Com-
modore Hamelin, and of her prize the Ceylon 32
and the successful operations against the Isle of
France. After his name had been borne for about
hM
JONES.
five months on the books of the Africaine and
KoYAL William, flag-ships at the Cape of Good
Hope and at Plymouth of Vice-Admi!^ls Albemarle
Bertie and Sir Roger Curtis, Mr. Jones, in May,
1811, rejoined Capt. Kowley on board the America
74, and was afforded an opportunity, in consequence,
of witnessing the unsuccsssful attack upon Leg-
horn in Deo. 1813, and of participating in the en-
duing capture of Genoa and its dependencies. Ke
continued in the Mediterranean in the Queen 74,
and Impregnable 98, under the flags of Kear-Ad-
mirals Chas. Vinicombe Penrose and his friend
Sir J. Kowley, until Aug. 1815; then took up a
commission dated on 21 of the previous Feb. ; and
has since been on half-paj-.
JONES. (Ketibbd Commandeb, 1832. f-p., 18;
H-P., 3.5.)
John Jones (a) entered the Navy, in Dec. 1794,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., ,an board L'EspiioLE sloop, Capt.
Bartholomew Koherts, employed in the North Sea;
and, from Feb. 1796 until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 14 Oct. 1801, served as Midshipman and
Master's Mate in the Windsor Castle 98, flag-ship
of Admiral Kobt. Mann, Saturn 74, 'Capt. Jas.
Douglas, MoNAHCB 74, bearing the flag of Sir Kich.
Onslow, Crescent 36, Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb
(under whom, when in company with the Calypso
sloop, he assisted at the oaptiire, 15 Nov. 1799, in
sight of a Spanish Une-of-battle-ship and frigate, of
tine corvette El <}(ilffO, of 16 guns), and Sans Pareil :
80, and Carnatic li, bearing the flags of Lord
Hugh Seymour and Admiral Kobt. Montagu on
the Mediterranean, Home, and Jamaica stations.
He thea rejoined the Sans Pareil as Flag-Lieu-
tenant to the last-namedoificer, with whom, in 1802,
he returned home in a similar capacity on board
the Melampus frigate. Towards the close of the
same year we find him appointed to the Autumn
sloop, Capt. Richardson; and in June, 1804 (after
having again ofSciated as Signal-Lieutenant to Ad-
miral Montagu in various ships on the Downs sta-
tion), ordered to jojn the Isis 50, bearing the flag
of Sir Erasmus Gower at Newfoundland. While
next attached, between Feb. 1805 and April, 1811,
to the PoMONE 38, Capts. W. G. Lobb and Robt.
Barrie, he presents himself to our notice as actively
employed w the Channel and JMediterranean ; and
on one occasion, 5 June, 1807, displaying great
judgment and gallantry in safely obtaining posses-
sion, near Sable d'Olonne, of an enemj's vessel, al-
though his boat in the attempt was pierced through
iind through by grape from the shore and from
three armed brigs.* His last appcantments were,
between Feb. 1812 and Aog. 1815, to the Strom-
soli bomb, Capt. John Stoddart, CuKAgoA frigate, j
Capt. John Tower, Royal George 100, flag-ship ',
iof VicerAdmiral Fras. Pickmore, .and Dragon 74, '
'.Capt. Robt. Barrj.e, again on the Mediterranean
.and Home stations. He accepted his present rank
a July, 1832.
JONES, (Ketibed Commander, L835, r-p., 16 ;
H-P, 38.)
John Jones (6) entered lie Na^y, 1 July, 1793,
^s A.B., on board the Goelan sloop, Capts. Thos.
WoUey and Geo. Hopewell Stephens, imder the
■former of whom he assisted in soon afterwards
taking possession of Jeremie and of Cape Nicolas
Mole, both on the islandof St. Domingo. He next,
from Sept. 1794 until Sept. 1801, served as .A.B.,
Jtlidshipman, Master's Mate, ^nd Acting-Lieutenant^
in the D^dalus, of 38 gan«, Capts. Thos. Williams,
Geo. Countess, Henry Ledgbird Ball, and Chas.
Jas. Johnston, on the Channel, North Sea, Coast of
Africa, and West and East India stations. On 9
Feb. 1799, while under Capt. Ball, he contributed
to the capture, after an ^action of more than an
hour's duration, of the French frigate La Pmdenta,
.of 30 guns and 301 men, 27 of whom were killed
,-and 22 wounded, with a loss to the British, out of
212 men,pf not more than 2 killed and 12 wounded.
• Vide G^z. 1 809, p, -838.
In the following Aug., being at the time in the Gulf
of Suez, we find him participating in a three" days*
bombardment of the Egyptian town of Kosseir, gar-
risoned by a number of French troops. On leaving
the D.a:i>ALUs Mr, Jones became Acting-Lieutenant
of the Intrepid 64, Capt. Wm. Hargood, to which
ship, also stationed in the East Indies, he was con-
firmed by commission dated 27 July, 1802. In Jan.
1804, a few months after his return to England, he
joined the Foddkoyant 80, bearing the flag of Sir
Thos. Graves in the Channel, where, and among the
Western Islands, he served from Dec. 1805 until he
invalided in Nov. 1809 on board L'lMpfeTOEux 74,
Capt. John Lawford. This was his last appoint-
ment. He accepted his present rank 6 Jan. 1835,
JONES, (Lieutenant, 1809, r-p„ 31 ; h-p., 19.)
John AVilliam Jones entered the Navy, in 1797,
as a Volunteer, on board the Edgar 74, Capt.
M'Doiigall, with whom he served for about thrpe
years in the Mediterranean and Channel, chiefly in
the capacity of Midshipman. He then removed to
the AcHiLLE 74, Capt. Edw. Buller; and, after a
short employment under that officer on the coast
of France, became Master's Mate of the Imogene
sloop, in the West Indies. From 1802 until con-
firmed in his present rank, 28 Feb. 1809, he served
again in the Achille, as also in the Malta 80,
both commanded by Capt. Buller, and in the Con-
fiance sloop, Capt. Jas. Lucas Yeo, Indignant
gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Petley, Orion 74, Capt,
Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson (part of the
force employed in the expedition to Copenhagen),
Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez,
and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Prometheus sloop,
Capt. Thos. Forrest. H e then joined the Diligence *
18, Capt. Abraham Lowe, employed, as had been
some of the ships last named, in the Baltic. He
was afterwards appointed— 16 Aug. 1811, to the
TiGRE 74, Capt. John Halliday, stationed off' Brest
and Rochefort — 2 Nov. 1814, to the Crescent 36,
Capt. John Quilliam, with whom he returned home
fjrora the West Indies and was paid off in Sept. 1815
—and, 26 Jan. 1821, to the Coast Guard, in which
service he continued until 1834. He has since been
on half-pay.
JONES, (Captain, 1840, p-p,, 30; h-p,, 9,)
Lewis Tobias Jones, born in Dec. 1799, is second
son of Capt. L. T. Jones, formerly of the 14th Regt.,
who wrote and published a history of the Duke of
York's campaign in H olland in 1793, 4, and 5, having
served under H.R.H. during that period in the 57th
Regt. His family, originally of Denbigh, in Wales,
has been seated since the Commonwealth at Ardna-
glass, CO. Sligo.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 18D8, as
Midshipman, on board the Thrasher gun-brig,
Lieut.-Commander Josiah Dornford, which vessel
formed part of the force sent to the Walcheren in
1809. In May, 1812, he removed to the Stirling
Castle 74, commanded at first by his relative Sir
Jahleel Brenton off' Brest, and afterwards by Capt.
Augustus Brine, whom he successively followed into
the Belleropbon and Medway 74's. The latter
ship, it appears, sailed in Jan. 1814 with Lord Chaa.
Somerset for the Cape of Good Hope, and on her
arrival on that station hoisted tlie flag of Sir Chafi.
Tyler. During a subsequent cruize in the neighs
bourhood of St. Helena she contrived to effect the
capture, after a long chase, of the American sloop-
of-war Syren, of 16 guns. On leaving her Mr.
Jones, m Nov. 1815, became for a short time Acting-
Lieutenant of the Ariel sloop, Capt. Dan. Ross.
He subsequently officiated for upwards of six years
as Admiralty Midshipman, on the Mediterranean,
Home, West India, and North American stations,
of the Granicus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise,
Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, Spahtah
^^Sate, Capt. W. F. Wise, Newcastle 60, flag-ship
of Sjr Edw, Griffith Colpoys, and Jasedr slooi?,
Capt^ Henry Edw. Napier. He received, when in
tlie Granicus, a wound in each knee at the batUe
JONES.
593
of Algiers, the effects of which still continue ; and
on his junction of the Spahtan he accompanied
the Duke of Gloucester on a trip along the coast
of France from Brest to Bordeaux. Being made
Lieutenant, 29 Aug. 1822, into the Atkol 28, Capt.
Henry Bourchier, Mr. Jones remained in that vessel
until 1824, when he returned to England with Lord
Dalhousie, Governor-General of Canada. His suc-
ceeding appointments were — 3 Oct. 1827, to the
CoRDEiiA 10, Capts. Geo. Wm. St. John Mildmay,
Courtenay Edm. Wm. Boyle, and Chas. Hotham,
in which vessel he served for six years, chiefly as
First-Lieutenant, on the North Sea, Lisbon, West
India, Newfoundland, and Mediterranean stations
— and, 31 Oct. 1833 and 9 Feb. 1837, in a similar
capacity, to the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Jas. Rich.
Dacres, and Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of
Sir Kobt. Stopford, both also in the Mediterranean.
He was promoted to the Second-Captaincy of the
latter ship by a commission dated 28 June, 1838 ;
and, continuing in her until Jan. 1841, was in con-
sequence present in the operations of 1840 on the
coast of Syria, where, in the month of Sept.,
he landed with the Anglo-Turkish battalions at
D'Journi, and served on shore, during the occupa^
tion of the encampment, as officer in charge of the
beach department and of the issue of arms and
ammunition to the mountaineers of Lebanon. On
4 Nov. 184^ as a reward for his services at the
capture of St. Jean d'Acre, Capt. Jones was ad-
vanced to the rank he now holds. He has not,
however, been afloat since the period he left the
Princess Charlotte.
In 1844 Capt. Jones was a student at the B. N.
College.
JONES. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Maurice Jones passed his examination 1 Feb.
1843 ; and after an intermediate servitude as Mate
in the Caledonia 120, and Collingwood 80, flag-
ships of Sir David Milne and Sir Geo. Fras. Sey-
mour at Devonport and in the Pacific, was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Aug. 1846. He has
been attached, since 12 of the following Nov., to
the Sampson steam-frigate, Capt. Thos. Henderson,
on the station last mentioned.
JONES. (LlEnTENANT, 1839.)
Oliver John Jones, born 15 March, 1813, is
second son of the late Major-General Oliver Jones,
who commanded the 18th Hussars under Sir John
Moore in the Peninsula, by his second wife, Maria
Antonia, youngest daughter of the late Henry Swin-
burne, Esq., of Homsterly, co. Durham, and grand-
daughter of Sir John Swinburne, Bart., of Caphea-
ton, CO. Northumberland. His only brother is the
present Kobt. Oliver Jones, Esq., of Fonmon Castle,
CO. Glamorgan, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant
for that shire, who served as High Sheriff' in 1838.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Sept. 1826 ; passed
his examination in 1832 ; and obtained his commis-
sion 21 Deo. 1839. His appointments have since
been— 6 July, 1840, to the SouTHAMriON 50, flag-
ship of Sir Edw. Durnford King at the Brazils and
Cape of Good Hope — 8 Jan. 1842, to the Calcutta
84, Capt. Sir Sam. Koberts, off Lisbon— 5 July,
1842, as First, to the Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter
Bourchier Devereux, in the Mediterranean — 21 Jan.
1843, as Additional, to the Queen 1 10, flag-ship of
Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen, on the same station —
and, 11 Aug. 184.3, again as Senior Lieutenant, to
the Pilot 16, Capts. Wm. Henry Jervis and Geo.
Knyvett Wilson, under the latter of whom he is at
present employed in the East Indies. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
JONES. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
PniLiP Button Jones passed his examination in
1820 ; and was made Lieutenant, 16 Nov. 1827, into
the Arachne 18, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courte-
nay, on the West India station, whence he soon
afterwards invalided. He has not been since em-
ployed. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
JONES. (Commander, 1844.)
Bicharo Jones died 7 May, 1847, at Southsea.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1811, as Sec.-cl.
Boy, on board the Orlando 36, Capt. John Clavcll,
in which frigate, after serving on the Mediterra-
nean and North American stations, he proceeded, as
Midshipman, to the East Indies, whence he returned
to England with the same Captain, in the Mala-
bar 74, in 1819. In July, 1820, he assumed the
duties of Master on board the Morgiana sloop,
Capt. Wm. Finlaison, on the African station, where,
it appears, he subsequently officiated as Acting-
Lieutenant of the same vessel, and as Admiralty-
Midshipman of the Owen Glendower 42, Commo-
dore Sir Bobt. Mends, until within a short period
of his being confirmed, 26 May, 1823, into the Bann
20, Capt. Chas. Phillips. He invalided home, after
having acted for some months as Commander of
the Bann, in Oct. 1823; and was next appointed —
18 May, 1824, and 5 March, 1825, as a Supernume-
rary, to the Bamillies 74, and Hyperion 42, Coast
Blockade ships, Capts. Wm. M'Cullooh and Wm.
Jas. Mingaye— 26 June, 1829, to the Coast Guard—
27 June, 1837, to the command of the Defence Be-
venue-vessel — U June, 1840, again to the Coast
Guard— and, 27 July, 1844, to the Victory 104,
flag-ship of the Admiral-Superintendent at Ports-
mouth, Bear-Admiral Hyde Parker. Being the
only Lieutenant on board the latter ship on the
occasion of Her Majesty's visit, he was in conse-
quence promoted to the rank of Commander by
commission dated 22 Oct. 1844.
He has left five motherless sons in a state of des-
titution.
JONES. (Eetibed Commandee, 1844. f-p., 21;
H-P., 33.)
BicBARD Jones (a) entered the Navy, 5 Oct.
1793, as A.B., on board the Bellona 74, Capt. Geo.
Wilson, with whom, and with Sir Thos. Boulden
Thompson, he continued to serve, as Midshipman,
on the Channel, West India, and Mediterranean sta-
tions, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27
March, 1800. He assisted, in consequence, at the
defence of Fort Matilda, Guadeloupe, in 1794 ; con-
tributed, in Jan. 1795, to the capture of the French
frigates Le Ducas of 20, and Le Duquesne of 44
guns ; was present at an attack on a French squa-
dron at St. Eustacia, Puerto Bico, and at the re-
duction of Trinidad, in 1797 ; commanded a tender
in the course of the latter year, and fought an ac-
tion against a very superior force, in which he lost
an arm, and was otherwise severely wounded ; and,
on 19 June, 1799, witnessed the capture of Bear-
Admiral Perree's squadron of three frigates and
two brigs, from Jaffa, hound to Toulon. For his
services in Egypt in the Fury bomb, Capts. Bich.
Curry and Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, to which vessel
he was attached from 6 April, 1800, until 13 July,
1802, Lieut. Jones obtained the Turkish gold medal.
He was next, in March, 1803, appointed to the
Malta 80, Capt. Edw. BuUer, one of Sir Bobt.
Calder's ships in his action with Admiral ViUe-
neuve 22 July, 1805. He left her in April, 1806,
and was lastly employed in command of a Signal
station, which he held from March, 1807, to Feb.
1815. He became a Betired Commander on the
Senior List 5 Nov. 1844.
He enjoys a pension for his wounds of 91Z. 5s.
JONES. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 33.)
BoBERT Jones entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1804, as
A.B., on board the Sheerness receiving-ship at
Hull, where he was employed for a period of four
years and a half under the command of Lieut. Geo.
Fox, nearly the whole time in the capacity of Mas-
ter's Mate. He next, in the course of 1809 and 10,
joined, in succession, the Ariel sloop, Capts. Thos.
White and John and Daniel Boss, and Victory 100,
flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, on the Baltic and
Lisbon stations ; after which, obtaining a commis-
sion dated 11 Feb. 1812, he was employed on Home
duty, us Lieutenant, between June in the same
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594
JONES.
year and Aug. 1814, in the Prince William armed
ship, Capt. Andw. Mott, and Ceylon and Porpoise,
hoth commanded by Capt. Peter Rye. Since the
latter date he has been on half-pay. Agent — J.
Hinxman.
JONES. (Eetiked Commander, 1840. f-p., 19;
H-p., 32.)
EoBEBT Parker Jones was born 30 April, 1786.
This oiBcer entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1796, as a
Volunteer, on board the Agincourt 64, Capt. John
"Williamson and John Lawford, under the former of
whom he bore a part, as Midshipman, in the battle
fought off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. In Feb. 1798
he removed to the Nautilus sloop, Capt. Henry
Gunter, which vessel was wrecked, off Flamborough
Head, 2 Feb. 1799. Joining then the Hakpt 18,
Capts. Henry Bazely, Wm. Birchall, and Chas.
TVorsley Boys, he was afforded an opportunity of
witnessing in that vessel the capture of the French
frigate Pallas, and of participating in the action
off Copenhagen 2 Apri^ 1801. He was next em-
ployed for a period of three years, on the Irish, Af-
rican, and West India stations, in the Princess
Charlotte frigate, Capt. Hon. Fras. Farington
Gardner, Penguin 18, Capt. Geo. Morris, and In-
constant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson ; after
which he proceeded in the Weymouth to India^ and
was there (having passed his examination in July,
1803) appointed, 25 Dec. 1805, Acting-Lieutenant of
the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier. Being eon-
iirmed to that ship 30 Aug. 1806, he continued in
her until he returned to England in June, 1809.*
His succeeding appointments were, in March and
Dec. 1810, and in Feb. 1812, to the Edgar, Tre-
mendous, and Cresst 74's, Capts. Stephen Poyntz,
Robt. Campbell, Chas. Dudley Pater, and Chas.
Dashwood, employed on the Baltic, Channel, and
West India stations. The Cressy, of which he had
been for upwards of two years First-Lieutenant, he
left in May, 1814. He accepted his present rank 9
July, 1840.
Commander Jones married, 23 July, 1819, Jane,
second daughter of the late Lieut-General Lewis,
of the Royal Artillery.
JONES, M.P. (Capt., 1828. r-p., 17; h-p., 27.)
Theobald Jones, born in 1790, is second son of
the late Rev. James Jones, of Merrion Square,
Dublin, Rector of Urney, in the diocese of Derry,
by his first wife, Lydia, daughter of Theobald
Wolfe ; grandson of the Right Hon. Theophilus
Jones, M.P., who married a daughter of the Earl
of Tyrone ; and nephew of the late Vice-Admiral
Theophilus Jones. His father's second wife was
a daughter of Sir Robt. Blackwood, Bart., by the
Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye, and relict of the
Very Kev. John Ryder, Dean of Lismore, son of
John, Archbishop of Tuam.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Melpomene frigate,
Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, and in the course of
the following year was twice engaged, as Midship-
man, in the bombardment of Havre. In Nov. 1805
he removed to the Euryalus 36, Capt. Hon. Henry
Blackwood, with whom, on 14 Feb. 1807, he was on
board the Ajax 74 when that ship took fire and
blew up near the island of Tenedos. Being then
received into the Endymios 40, Capt. Hon. Thos.
Bladen Capel, he served at the ensuing passage of
the Dardanells ; after which, on his return to Eng-
land in May, 1808, he rejoined Capt. Blackwood on
board the Wapspite 74, and continued to serve
with him, as Lieutenant (commission dated 8 July,
1809), until Feb. 1814, in the North Sea and Chan-
nel, and also in the|Mediterranean, where, in July,
1810, he shared in a very gallant skirmish with the
Toulon fleet. In Feb. 1815, on his arrival home,
after having gone with convoy to the Cape of Good
* On her passage home the Albion encountered a dreadful
hurricane, which proved fatal to three East Indiamen under
her convoy. It was with the greatest difficulty that she her-
self could be kept afloat during the remainder of the Voyage.
Hope, in the DisiEEE 36, Capt. Wm. Woolridge,
Mr. Jones found that he had been promoted to the
rank of Commander on 19 of the previous July.
His succeeding appointments were — 26 Feb. 1819,
to the Cherokee 10, of which vessel he retained
command, on the Leith station, for a period of more
than three years— and, 12 May, 1827, to the Second-
Captaincy of the Prince Regent 120, Capts. Con-
stantino Rich. Moorsom and Hon. Geo. Poulett,
flag-ship for some time of Hon. Sir H. Blackwood
at the Nore. He was advanced to his present rank
25 Aug. 1828, but has not been since afloat.
Capt. Jones has sat ia Parliament for co. Lon-
donderry since 1830.
JONES. (Ketibed Commander, 1844. f-p., 14 ;
H-p., 34.)
Thomas Jones (a) died 27 Sept. 1845, in his 60th
year, at Lewisham, in Kent.
This oflicer entered the Navy, in July, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hornet sloop, Capt.
John Nash, stationed in the Channel, where, from
1799 until paid off in 1802, he served, part of the
time as Midshipman, in La Juste 80, Capts. Sir
Henry Trollope, Rich. Dacres, and Sir Edm. Nagle.
In 1804 he re-embarked on board the Hini>qstan
50, Capt. Alex. Frsiser, with whom he made a voy-
age to the East Indies ; and, on 4 June, 1808, after
having served for some time on the Mediterranean
station, in the Formidable 98, Capt. Fras. Fayer-
man, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
His last appointments were — 25 Nov. 1808, to the
Aboukir 74, Capt. Geo. Parker, in the North Sea —
and, 2 Dec. 1809, and 27 July, 1811, to the Ranger
and Bbiseis sloops, Capts. Geo. Acklom, Chas.
Thurlow Smith, and John Ross, both in the Baltic.
On the night of 19 June, 1812, Lieut. Jones per-
formed a signal act of gallantry in cutting out from
Pillau roads, with the pinnace of the last^mentioned
vessel, containing a Midshipman and 18 men, under
his orders, the (lately British) merchant-ship Ura-
nia, mounting 6 carriage-guns and 4 swivels, then
in the possession of some French troops, who, not-
withstanding a spirited resistance, were driven off
the decks into their boats, which were on the oppo-
site side, with no greater loss to the assailants than
1 man killed and the Midshipman and 1 man
slightly wounded.* He went on half-pay in the
early part of 1813, and retired with the rank of
Commander 22 Oct. 1844.
JONES. (LiEOT., 1827. F-p., 17; h-p., 21.)
Thomas Jones (b) entered the Navy, 20 July,
1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74,
Capts. Andw. King and Sir Home Popham, which
ship formed part of the ensuing expedition to
the Walcheren. Between 1811 and 1815, in Dec.
of which year he passed his examination, we find
him employed, on the Mediterranean and North Sea
stations, as Midshipman of the Comus 22, Capts.
Matthew Smith and Fras. Geo. Diokins, Havre
gun-brig, and Mercurius 18, Capt. Thos. Renwick.
The time which intervened between the latter date
and that of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
28 April, 1827, was passed by Mr. Jones in the ca-
pacities of Admiralty-Midshipman and Mate, on
board the Bulwark 74, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, Blos-
som 20, Capts. Fred. Hickey, Fred. Edw. Vernon
(now Harcourt), and Arch. M'Lean, Blonde 42,
Capt. Lord Byron, aai Arachne 18, Capt. Wm.
Robt. Ashley Pettman, on the Home, South Ame-
rican, St. Helena, Pacific, and West India stations.
Since he left the Arachne he has been on half-
pay.
JONES. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 13.)
Valentine Herbert Jones entered the Navy,
19 May, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hussar
38, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, under whom he assisted at
the bombardment of Copenhagen, and further
served, as Slidshipman, in the GoEBRiiiiE 38, and
SwiFTSUEE 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren,
• Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 1364.
JONES.
595
on the 'West India and North American stations,
until April, 1811. He then removed to the Edin-
BUKGH 74, Capts. Robt. RoUes and Hon. Geo. He-
neage Lawrence Dundas, and, after a cruize among
the Western Islands, proceeded to the Mediterra-
nean, where, in 1813-14, he successively witnessed
the capture of Port d'Anzo, the unsuccessful attack
upon Leghorn, the reduction of the fortress of
Santa Maria, and of the enemy's other forts and
defences in the Gulf of Spezia, and the fall of Ge-
noa. In the course of 1814 he joined the Apollo
38, Capt. Edwards Lloyd Graham, and Conflict
12, Capt. Abraham Mills Hawkins, respectively em-
ployed in the Mediterranean and Channel ; and he
next, between Sept. 1815, and the receipt of his
commission, bearing date 19 July, 1821, served, as
Admiralty-Midshipman, on the Cape of Good Hope
and Newfoundland stations, in the Obontes 36,
Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, Sik Francis Drake,
flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Eras. Pickmore, Egeria
26, Capt. Henry Shiffner, Favorite 26, Capt. Her-
cules Robinson, and Sir Francis Drake again,
bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Hamilton. His sub-
sequent appointments were — 27 July, 1831, to the
Coast Guard— 12 Oct. 1836, and 17 March, 1838, to
the command of the Rose and Spkightli Revenue-
vessels— 18 May, 1839, a second time to the charge
of a station in the Coast Guard — 6 July, 1840, to
the office of Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel
— and, 24 June, 1842, once more to the Coast
Guard. He has been on half-pay since 1843.
JONES. (Captain, 1828. r-p., 23 ; h-p., 18.)
William Jones died 24 May, 1846, at Haslar
Hospital, from the effects of disease contracted on
the coast of Africa.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 June, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Flora 36, Capt. Loftus
Otway Bland, with whom (including two years and
a half spent on the Lisbon station) he served until
wrecked, as Midshipman, off the coast of Holland,
where he was taken prisoner, 19 Jan. 1808. In the
following July, having been released, he joined the
Aboukir 74, bearing the flag of Hon. Alan Hyde
Gardner in the North Sea and Baltic, where, from
March, 1809, until promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant 24 July, 1811, we find him employed, again
with Capt. Bland, as also with Capts. Keith Max-
well and John Hancock, as Master's Mate, in the
Africa 64, and Nympben 36. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — 16 Aug. 1811, to the Pique 36,
Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, stationed in the
Channel — 1 June, 1812, to the Cossack 22, Capts.
Wm. King, Eras. Stanfell, Lord Algernon Percy,
and Hon. Kobt. Rodney, under whom he was em-
ployed in the Mediterranean and North America
till July, 1815—12 Sept. 1819, to the Hind 20, Capt.
Sir Chas. Burrard, lying at Portsmouth— 29 Juncj
1821, and 20 March, 1822, to the Bulwark and
Glodcbster 74's, bearing each the flag of Sir BenJ.
Hallowell in the river Medway— and 23 Nov. 1822,
to the command of the Mermaid Revenue-vessel.
He was made Commander into the Orestes 18, on
the HaUfax station, 1 May, 1826 ; attained the rank
of Captain 18 Aug. 1828; and was subsequently
appointed — 6 May, 1833, to the Vestal 26, in which
vessel he served for a period of four years and a
half on the North America and West India station
— and 27 June, 1843, to the Penej.ope steam-frigate.
He continued in that ship on the coast of Africa,
latterly with the broad pendant of Commodore,
until within a short time of his death. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
JONES. (LlEtiT., 1809. F-p., 10 ; h-p., 36.)
William Jones (a), bom 21 Aug. 1783, is third
son of the Rev. H. Wynne Jones, Prebendary of
Penymunidd, Anglesey.
This officer (who had previously been in the Hon.
E. I. Co.'s service) entered the Navy, about Oct.
1801, as A.B., on board theRoMNBy 50, commanded
in the East Indies by Capt. Sir Home Popham ; and
on next joining the Sensible 36, arme'e-en-flute, Capt.
Robt. Sauce, was cast away on a quicksand off Cey-
lon, 2 March, 1802. On being taken off the island
seven weeks afterwards by the Trincomalee sloop-
of-war, he became Midshipman of the Victorious
74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, bearing the flag of the
late Vice-Admiral Peter Rainier. In Aug. 1803
he removed to the Windsor Castle 98, Capts. Al-
bemarle Bertie, Davidge Gould, Thos. Wells, and
Chas. Boyles, with the latter of whom, after enact-
ing a part in the action off Ferrol 22 July, 1805, and
witnessing Sir Sam. Hood's capture of four French
frigates near Roohefort 25 Sept. 1806, he proceeded
to the Mediterranean, where, having first served in
a boat at the destruction of the Turkish squidron
off Point Pesquies, he was slightly wounded at the
repassage of the Dardanells in March, 1807.* Re-
turning to England in April, 1808, for the purpose
of passing his examination, he joined, in the ensu-
ing Dec, the Sybille 44, Capt. Clotworthy Upton,
stationed off the coast of Ireland. He was con-
firmed a Lieutenant, 16 May, 1809, in the EspiioLE
sloop, Capts. Henry Gage Morris and Arthur Atchi-
son ; and in the course of the same year he was
transferred to the Jalodse sloop, also commanded
by Capt. Morris, with whom he was for two years
employed, again on the Irish station. His last ap-
pointment was to the First-Lieutenancy, 27 Jan.
1813, of the Stork sloop, Capt. Robt. Lisle Coul-
son. In that vessel he continued for a period of six
months. Lieut. Jones was presented with a pecur
niary grant from the Patriotic Society in consider-
ation of the wound he received at the Dardanells.
He married, 3 Nov. 1811, Maria Ellen, daughter
of Major Geo. Goodman, by whom he has issue a
son and nine daughters.
JONES. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
William Jones (6) entered the Navy, 8 June,
1805, as a Volunteer, on board the Captain 74,
Capts. Geo. Hopewell Stephens, Geo. Cockbum,
Isaac Wolley, Jas. Athol Wood, and Christ. John
Williams Nesham; and, during a period of four
years and a half that he continued in that ship,
assisted at the capture, 27 Sept. 1806, of the French
frigate Le President of 44 guns, was present in 1807
at the reduction of Copenhagen and Madeira, and
served at the taking of Martinique in Feb. 1809. Re-
moving in Deo. of the latter year to the Dictator 64,
Capts. Rich. Harrison Pearson and Robt. Williams,
he was for 16 months employed under those offi-
cers on the Baltic and Leith stations ; after which,
until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Feb.
1815, he served, off the coasts of France and Spain,
among the Western Islands, and in North America,
as Midshipman, in the Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam. Jas.
Ballard, Constant gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander
John Stokes, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Hon.
Sir Alex. Cochrane. With the exception of some
time passed in the Coast Guard as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant, subsequently to Nov. 1824, of the Ra-
MiLLiES 74, and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'Cul-
loch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, he has since been on
half-pay.
JONES. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 31.)
William Jones (c) entered the Navy, 13 March
1807,asFst.-cl.Vol., on board the Speedy sloop, Capt.
Henry Rich. Muddle. With that officer he continued
to serve as Midshipman, and for a short time as Act-
ing-Lieutenant, in theCoMET and Columbine sloops,
on the Newfoundland, Cadiz, Lisbon, and Leeward
Island stations, until Oct. 1815. He then took up a
commission bearing date 15 March in that year,
and has since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs
Stilwell.
JONES. (LlEnx., 181.5. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
WiLLLAM Charles Jones is second son of the
late Rev. Rich. Jones, A.M., Rector of Charfield,
Gloucestershire.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dragon 74, Capt. Mat-
• Viie Gaz. )807, p. 597.
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596
JUDD- JULIAN- JUL YAN- JUSTICE.
thew Henry Scott, stationed in the Channel and
Bay of Biscay ; and, after serving for a period of
more than two years in that ship, became Midship-
man of tlie ACHII.I.E 74, Capt. Sir Rich. King, under
whom we find him accompanying the expedition to
the Walcheren, and then employed for three months
in a gun-boat at the siege of Cadiz, where he co-
operated in the defence of Fort Matagorda. In
April, 1811, on his return from the Mediteri'anean,
he rejoined Capt. Scott on board the MAittBOKODGH
74, otf Flushing. He proceeded, in the course of
the same year, to the East Indies in the ItLnsTEi-
oos 74, bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, whom
he there followed into the Minden, of similar force.
He was lent from the latter ship, in 1814, as Act-
ing-Lieutenant, to the Hesper sloop, Capt. Chas.
Biddulph; and on H Feb. 1815 he was oflcially
constituted First of the Victor, Capt. Robt. Hall.
He returned to England and was paid off in the
following Sept., and has not been since afloat.
AgentS' — Messrs. Ommanney,
JUDD. (Retired Captain, 1840. f.p., 19 ;
H-P., 51.)
Robert Hatlet Judd entered the Navy, 28 Feb.
1777, as Captain's Servant, on board the Bali.
armed ship, Capt. Hill, on the West India station.
He removed, in 1778, to a vessel commanded in
the Channel by Capt. Cromwell; served next in
the East Indies as Midshipman, from 1780 to 1784,
of the Monmouth 64, Capt. Jaa. Alms ; and on 30
Oct. 1794, soon after he had joined the Qdeen 98,
bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Alan Gardner,
was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Sandwich,
flag-ship of Admiral Dalrymple, Commander-in-
Chief at the Nore. His succeeding appointments
were— 24 Feb. 1795, to the Fokmidable 98, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, in the Channel —
3 Nov. 1797, to the Baeflede 98, Capt. Jas. Rich.
Dacres, whom he accompanied to the Mediterra-
nean—30 Dec. 1798, and 14 March, 1799, to the
Prince 98, and Maks 74, flag-ships of Sir Roger
Curtis and Hon. G. C. Berkeley, on the Home sta-
tion— and 12 June, 1801, to the Formidable again,
Capt. Rich. Grindall, in which ship he proceeded
to the West Indies. He obtained a second pro-
motal commission 29 April, 1802 ; and was lastly
employed in command, from 3 April, 1804, until
Dec. 1807, of the Hbee armed ship, on the Leith
station. He retired with the rank of Captain 10
Sept. 1840.
Capt. Judd's eldest son died 13 Feb. 1835, at
Sierra Leone, in his 22nd year, while serving as
Midshipman of H.M. brig Peloeus, Capt. Rich.
Meredith. Agents— Coplands and Burnett.
JULIAN. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
HuMPHEEY John Julian entered the Navy,
8 April, 1824; passed his examination in 1831 ; and
was made Lieutenant, 27 April, 1840, into the Wol-
VEEENE 16, Capt. Robt. Tucker, attached to the
force on the coast of Africa, where we soon after-
wards find him employed in the boats at the de-
struction pf a slave-factory at Corisco. He returned
to England and was paid off in the summer of 1841 ;
and has been since appointed — 1 Dec. 1841, to the
MiNDEN 20, Capt. Michael Quin, fitting for the
East Indies— 29 Aug. 1843, to the Coenwallis 72,
flag-ship on that station of Sir Wm. Parker — and,
1 March, 1845, as First, to the Hieeenia 104, bear-
ing the flag of the same officer in the Mediterra-
nean, where he is now serving. Agents— Messrs.
Chard.
JULYAN. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 22; h-p., 32.)
Robeet Julyan entered the Navy, 4March, 1793,
as a Boy, on board the Diadem 64, Capts. Andrew
Sutherland and Chas. Tyler, in which ship he served
at the occupation of Toulon in the following Aug.,
and in Hotham's actions of 14 March and 13 July,
1795. After witnessing, in the Moselle sloop,
Capts. Chas. Brisbane and Wm. Essington, the sur-
render of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay 17
Aug. 1796, and serving for two years and a half in
the Channel on board the Roval George 100,
flag-ship of Lord Bridport, he became, 8 May, 1799,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Robust 74, Capt. Geo.
Countess. He was confirmed, 3 June in the same
year, into the Penguin sloop, Capt. Bendall Robt.
Littlehales, on the Irish station; and was subse-
quently appointed— 13 Oct. 1800, to the Defence 74,
Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, with whom (having first
shared in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801)
he proceeded to Cadiz and then to the West Indies
— 17 Oct. 1803, to the Sea Fencibles on the north
coast of Cornwall, where he remained nearly six
years and a half— and 11 Aug. 1810, to the San
Juan sheer-hulk, bearing the broad pendant at first
of Commodore Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, and the
flag afterwards of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, at
Gibraltar. During three years that he was borne
on the bucks of that ship, Lieut. Julyan held at
different times the acting-command of the Rich-
mond, Stsomboli, and Onyx gun-brigs ; in the
boats belonging to the former of which vessels he
destroyed two French privateers under a battery
near Malaga in .1811. He also held a responsible
appointment at the defence of Tarifa. He was
promoted, 7 June, 1814, to the command of the
ROLLA sloop, but W£is paid off, after having visited
the coast of France, Halifax, and New York, 2 Dec.
1815, and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Julyan has been for some time Har-
bour-Master at Quebec. Agent — Joseph Wood-
head.
JUSTICE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Fkancis Wall Justice entered the Navy 13
Feb. 1811; passed his examination in 1817; and
obtained his commission 4 Oct. 1825. He has not
been since employed. Agents— Goode and Law-
rence.
JUSTICE. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 18; h-p., 22.)
Philip Justice is brother, we believe, of the
present Henry Justice, Esq., of Hinstock, co. Sa-
lop, who served as High Sheriff for that shire in
1842; and also of Lieut. Robt. Justice, R.N.
This oflScer entered the Navy, 25 March, 1807,
as Fst.-cl. VoL, on board the Shannon 38, Capt.
Philip Bowes Vere Broke, with whom he served
during a period of five years and a half, and was
present at the surrender of Madeira amd the cap-
ture of a great number of the enemy's armed and
other vessels. In Sept. 1813, rather more than two
years after he had attained the rating of Midship-
man, he removed, as Master's Mate to the Africa
64, bearing the flag of the late Sir Herbert Sawyer
on the North American station. On 5 Aug. 1813,
after having served for a few months in the North
Sea and Mediterranean on board the Scarborough
74, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships of Admirals John
Ferrier and Sir Edw. Pellew, Mr. Justice was no-
minated Acting-Lieutenant of the Kite sloop, Capt.
Thos., Forster — an appointment which the Admi-
ralty confirmed. He was afterwards, until pro-
moted to the rank of Commander 6 Dec. 1824, em-
ployed, on the Home, Brazilian, and Mediterranean
stations, in the M^iandee and Madagascae fri-
gates, Capts. John Bastard, Arthur Fanshawe, and
Wm. Augustus Baumgardt, Supebe 74, Capt. Chas.
Eldns, Raleigh ^^, Capt. W. A. Baumgardt, Nau-
tilus 18, Capt. Isham Fleming Chapman, Alaceity
sloop, Capt. Henry Stanhope, Active 46, Capt.
Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, and Apollo and Royal
Geoege yachts, Capts. Sir Chas. Paget and Hon.
Thos. Bladen Capel. He obtained command, 11
Nov. 1841, of the Pelican 16, on the East India
station, whence he returned home with specie to
the amount of 250,000^. on board, and was paid off,
in Jan. 1845. He acquired his present rank 2 July,
1846. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
JUSTICE. (Lieut., 1816. r-p., 12 ; h-p., 27.)
RoBEET Justice, born 27 July, 1795, is, we imor
gine, brother of Capt. Philip Justice, R.N.
KAINS-KANE-KATON.
597
This officer entered the R. N. College 8 Aug.
1808, and embarked, 9 Aug. 1811, as Midshipman,
on board the Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen.
After serving for two years and four months in
that ship, on the North Sea and Baltic stations, he
successively joined the Pkesident and Mjeandek
frigates, Capts. Fras. Mason, Archibald Duff; and
John Bastard, under whom he served, off the coasts
of Ireland and Portugal and in the East Indies,
until Jan. 1816. Having passed his examination in
the previous Oct., he was shortly afterwards ap-
pointed Mate of the Minden 74, Capt. Wm. Pater-
son, with whom, subsequently to the battle of
Algiers, he proceeded to India, where he officiated
as Signal Officer to Sir Rich. King until May, 1820.
He then returned to England with a broken consti-
tution, as Acting-Lieutenaut, in the Sekikgasatam
46, Capt. Wm. Walpole ; and, on his arrival home
in the following Oct., found that for his conduct at
Algiers he had been promoted, four years previously,
to the rank of Lieutenant, although his commission,
bearing date 16 Sept. 1816, had not, in consequence
of some mistake, been forwarded to him. His health
has not permitted him to serve since. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
K.
KAINS. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 23.)
John Kains was bom 21 Jan. 1788.
This officer (whose name had been home, since
1798, on the books of the Northumberland, For-
titude, and St. Domingo 74's) embarked, in 1800,
as Sec.-ol. Boy, on board the Theseus 74, Capts.
John Bligh, Edw. Hawker, Fras. Temple, and Bar-
rington Dacres. Proceeding in that ship to the
West Indies, he there, in 1803-4, assisted, as Master's
Mate, at the blockade of St. Fran9ois, St. Domingo
— the reduction of Port Dauphin, where two forts
and a 28-gun ship. La Saffesse, were taken from the
enemy — the capture of the French squadron with
the remains of General Kochambeau's army from
Cape Fran9ois — and the unsuccessful attempt upon
Cura^oa. He was also, while at St. Domingo, em-
ployed in cutting out merchant- vessels from most of
the harbours in that island. Quitting the Theseus
in Sept. 1805, he joined the Ruby 64, Capt. Chas.
Rowley, stationed in the North Sea, where, with
the exception of a few weeks passed as Acting-
Lieutenant in the Amaranthe 18, Capt. Edw. Pel-
ham Brenton, he further served, from Dec. in the
same year until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
1 July, 1807, on board the Majestic 74, flag-ship of
"Vice- Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell. Being then
appointed to the Thais 18, Capt. Isaac Ferrieres,
he was present in that sloop at the ensuing reduc-
tion of the Danish West India islands, and also, on
his return from a visit to South America and the
Cape of Good Hope, in the operations of 1809
against the island of Waloheren. After he had
been attached for a short period, as First-Lieutenant,
to the Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Wm. Saunders, Mr.
Kains joined, in a similar capacity, 5 Feb. 1810, the
Grampus 50, Capt. Wm. Hanwell, and sailed with
a fleet of Indiaraen for China. During his absence
from England, and when in the Java Sea, he took
command of the boats and disarmed a Malay pira-
tical proa. His last subordinate appointment was,
23 Oct. 1811, to the Senior Lieutenancy of the
Wahbiok 74, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, afterwards
Viscount Torrington, whose highest praise, as well
as that of the Commander-in-Chief, we find him
eliciting by his cool and gallant conduct, on 13 July,
1813, in boarding and capturing, with the boats of
the latter ship and the JEtna bomb under his
orders, the Danish national lugger Teigeren, mount-
ing 3 6-pounders, and defended by a heavy fire
of musketry from the shore, whither the crew, on
the approaoli of the British, had effected their es-
cape. To add to the excellence of the achievement,
it was performed in the proximity of three of the
enemy's gun-boats, at a moment, too, when the
vessel, having been fired by her crew, was in a
perfect blaze, with the flames raging on her maga-
zine-chest, and with every indication of an instant
explosion. On 30 Nov. following Lieut. Kains had
the honour of steering the boat which conveyed
II.S.H. the Prince of Orange from the Warrior to
the Dutch shore. He attained the rank of Com-
mander 8 Jan. 1814, and was afterwards employed
—from 6 June, 1833, until July, 1836, in the Coast
Guard— from 18 April, 1837, until Feb. 1839, in the
Ordinary at Chatham, as Commander of the Brume
22, and Poictiers 74— and, from 5 Feb. 18.S9 until
Oct. 1844, as Superintendent, with his name on the
books of the Royal Sovereign yacht, of the Packet
Service at Holyhead. He acquired his present rank
9 Nov. 1846, and is now on half-pay.
Capt. Kains married, 2 Feb. 1814, Miss Gold, of
Gillingham, co. Kent.
KANE. (LlEOTENANT, 1841.)
Colin Campbell A. Kane entered the Navy
5 Sept. 1834 ; passed his examination 3 Oct. 1840 ;
and, while Mate of the Conway 26, Capt. Chas.
Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, was employed in the
operations of May, 1841, against Canton, where he
landed and assisted at the destruction of the whole
line of defences, extending about two miles from
the British factory, and mounting in the whole 64
pieces of cannon.* He assumed the rank of Lieu-
tenant 8 Oct. 1841, and was afterwards appointed —
22 Oct. 1842, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir
David Milne at Plymouth— 14 Feb. 1843, to the
Thunderer 84, Capt. Dan. Pring, employed on
particular service — 4 May, 1843, to the Lily 16,
Capt. Geo. Baker, at the Cape of Good Hope— in
1843-4, to the Corhwallis 72, and Agincourt 72,
flag-ships of Sir Wm. Parker and Sir Thos. John
Cochrane on the East India station — and, 9 June,
1845, as First, to the Ospbey 12, Capt. Fred. Patten,
in which vessel he was wrecked on the western
coast of New Zealand in Slarch, 1846.
KATON. (Vtce-Admibal of the Blue, 1841.
F-p., 21 ; H-p., 42.)
James Katon was born 5 July, 1770, and died
14 Deo. 1845, at Gosport. He was son of Lieut.
Edw. Katon, R.N., who died in 1779, and brother-
in-law of the late Capt. Henry Vaughan, R.N. Two
of his brothers, both in the Royal Marines, fell
victims to the yellow fever in the West Indies ; and
a third died a Captain of that corps and Barrack-
Master of the Portsmouth division.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 July, 1783 (under
the auspices of Lord Hood), as Midshipman, on
board the Princess Royal 98, Capt. Jonathan
Faulknor, whom he followed into the Triumph 74,
both guard-ships at Portsmouth. He was next, be-
tween May, 1786, and Sept. 1791, employed, on the
Newfoundland, Channel, and West Cidia stations,
in the Echo, Falcon, and Orestes sloops, Capts.
Robt. Carthew Reynolds, Thos. Laugharne, and
Thos. Revell Shivers, and Maelboroogh 74, Capt.
Sam. Cornish. Joining Commodore Linzee, in Dec.
1792, on board the Alcidb 74, he served in 1793
at the occupation of Toulon, and was present in the
early part of the following year at the siege of St.
Fiorenza, where he landed with a detachment of
men under Capt. Edw. Cooke, and assisted at the
storming of Convention Hill, preparatory to the
evacuation of the town by the enemy's troops. On
14 March, 1794, having been promoted on 18 of the
previous month to a Lieutenancy in the Coorageux
74, Capts. Benj. Hallowell, Wm. Waldegrave, Chas.
Elphinstone, and Augustus Montgomery, he shared
in the conspicuous part home by that ship in Vioe-
Admiral Hotham's partial action off' Genoa; after
which he again served with his old Commander,
then Rear-Admiral Linzee, on board the Windsor
Castle 98, and Victory 100— also with Capt. Shuld-
ham Peard in the St. George 98- once more with
Rear-Admiral Linzee In the Princess Royal 98—
for 20 months with Sir Roger Curtis in the Prince
* Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 2512.
598
KATON— KAY— KEANE.
98— and for two years and a half with Earl St. Vin-
cent in the Ville de Paris 110. In Jan. 1801 he
was appointed by the latter nobleman Acting-Cap-
tain of the Pkincess Kotal, and also of the Cum-
berland 74, from which ship, on his arrival in the
following April at Jamaica, whither he had gone in
quest of a French squadron under Admiral Gan-
teaume, he was removed by Lord Hugh Seymour to
the command of the Lark sloop — an appointment
which the Admiralty, we believe, ratified on 7 May.
He was confirmed a Post^Captain, 23 Oct. 1801, in
the Carnatic 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Robt.
Montagu, with whom he soon removed to the Sans
Pakeil 80. In March, 1802, previously to the de-
parture of the latter oflicer from Port Royal, he
presented Capt. Katon with a sword, as a token of
his regard and approbation. In the same spirit Lord
St. Vincent, in the preceding year, had awarded
him a medal. He returned to England in June, 1803,
as Captain of the Trent frigate ; and afterwards
held the temporary command, from 13 Jan. 1809 to
4 May, 1810, of the Mars 74, and, from 16 April to
9 Sept. 1811, of the Niobe 40. While in the former
ship he received the thanks of the Admiralty for
his protection of the Baltic trade ; and when in the
NiOEE he visited the coasts of Spitzbergen and
Greenland, for the purpose of afibrding security to
the British fisheries. He became a Rear-Admiral
on the Retired List 22 July, 1830 ; was transferred
to the Active List 17 Aug. 1840 ; and rose to the
rank of Vice- Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
He married, 28 Feb. 1804, Adeliza Arabella,
second daughter of Geo. Moubray, Esq., of Cock-
aimey, co. Fife, sister of Capt. Geo. Moubray,
R.N., and cousin of the late Admiral Sir Rich.
Hussey Hussey, K.C.B., by whom he has left issue
a son, the present Commander J. E. Katon, R.N.,
and five daughters.
KATON. (CoMMANDEi!,1845. E-p., 21; h-p., 3.)
Jambs Edward Katon, born 18 Nov. 1810, is
only son of the late Vice-Admiral Jas. Katon.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5
Nov. 1823 ; and embarked, 25 Sept. 1825, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Pyramds 42, Capts. Robt.
Gambler and Geo. Rose Sartorius. In that ship,
after accompanying Mr. Morier, the British Com-
missioner, to Mexico, and serving for some time
under the flag of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy on
the Home station, he was employed in conveying
troops to Malta, Gibraltar, and also to Lisbon, where
we find him present at the period of Don Miguel's
first occupation of the throne. Joining next, in 1828,
the Pallas 42, Capts. Chas. Howe Fremantle, Adol-
phus FitzClarence, Manley Hall IMxon, and Wm.
"Walpole, he continued attached to her on various
stations until June 1834 — the last four years in the
capacity of Mate. He accordingly assisted, under
Capt. FitzClarence, in escorting Lord Dalhousie
and the Bishop of Calcutta from Portsmouth to
Bengal, General Viscount Combermere from India
home, and Colonel Fox from Halifax. After a
further servitude of nearly two years and a half in
the Ocean 80, and Howe 120, flag-ships of Hon.
Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming at Sheerness (where he
had command for some time of a dockyard lighter),
he was presented with a commission dated 15 Feb.
1837. His succeeding appointments were — 4 April,
1837, to the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, in the
Mediterranean — 11 May, 1839, to the Britannia
120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. C. E. Fleeming at
Portsmouth — 1 Feb. 1840, to the Cambridge 78,
Capt. Edw. Barnard, under whom he participated
in the operations on the coast of Syria, and was
present at the blockade of Alexandria — and, 20
Aug. 1841, to the Illdsthioos 72, bearing the flag
in North America and the West Indies of Sir Chas.
Adam, to whom he became Signal-Lieutenant 17
June, 1842. He was promoted to the rank of Com-
mander on being paid off, 31 May, 1845, and has
not been since afloat. Agents — Messrs. Halford
and Co.
KAY, F.R.S. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Joseph Henry Kat entered the Navy 18 Dec.
1827 ; passed his examination in 1834 ; obtained his
commission 6 Aprils 1839 ; and, from 15 of the fol-
lowing May until his return to England in 1843,
was employed on an explorative mission to the
Antarctic regions in the Terror, Capt. Fras. Raw-
don Moira Crozier, part of an expedition conducted
under the orders of the present Sir Jas. Clark
Ross.
Lieut. Kay, a Fellow of the Koyal Society, is now
Director of H.M. Magnetic Observatory at Hobart
Town. He married, 6 Nov. 1845, Maria, daughter of
Geo. Meredith, Esq., of Cambria, Great Swan Port.
KEANE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 19; h-p., 22.)
Edward Keane entered the Navy, 11 July, 1806,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Royal 98,
commanded in the Channel by Capt. Robt. Carthew
Reynolds ; and on removing, in 1807, to the Leyden
64, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, accompanied the expe-
dition to Copenhagen. While next attached, between
Nov. in the latter year and Oct. 1810, to the Amelia
38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, he assisted, as
Midshipman, at the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of
three French frigates under the batteries of Sable
d'Olonne, and was much employed in co-operation
with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. In
Nov. 1813, after he had served for three years, on
the Lisbon, Home, and American stations, in the
Poictiers 74, Capt. Sir John Poo Beresford, and
had aided in the capture of several of the enemy's
vessels, among which were the Wa^, of 20 guns,
and the late British brig-of-war Frolic, Mr. Keane
became Acting-Lieutenant of the Diomede troop-
ship, Capt. Chas. Montague Fabian, whom he fol-
lowed, in a similar capacity, in Aug. 1814, into the
Orpheus 36. He left the latter vessel in the en-
suing Nov., and in May, 1815, joined, again as Mid-
shipman, the Chatham 74, Capt. Edw. Lloyd, on
the Channel station, where he cruized for a period
of three months. He then took up a commission
bearing date 7 March, 1815. His appointments have
since been — 4 Jan. 1837, to the Coast Guard — 5 Dec.
1839, 30 March, 1840, and 5 Feb. 1842, to the com-
mand of the Diligence Revenue-vessel, and Pros-
PERO and Merlin steam-packets — and (on leaving
the latter), 6 Feb. 1847, as Additional-Lieutenant;
to the Redwing, another packet, in which he is now
serving at Liverpool, under the orders of Capt.
Thos. Bevis.
He married, in 1834, Sarah, eldest daughter of
John Peake, Esq., then Master-Shipwright at Ports-
mouth Dockyard, by whom he has issue.
KEANE. (Commander, 1846.)
The Honourable George Disney Keane, born
26 Sept. 1817, is third son of Lieut.-General Lord
Keane, G.C.B., G.C.H., Colonel of the 43rd Begt.,
and late Commander-in-Chief in India (who was
raised to the Peerage in 1839, as a reward for the
brilliant expedition he had conducted against Affi
ghanistan, and died in 1844), by his first wife,
Grace, second daughter of Lieut.-General Sir John
Smith, R.A. His eldest brother, the present Peer,
is a Major in the Army, and Captain in the 37th
Regt. ; his second, also an officer in the Army ; and
his third, a Lieutenant R.E.
This officer entered the Navy 8 Oct. 1831 ; passed
his examination in 1837 ; obtained his first commia-
sion 26 Dec. 1840 ; then joined the Excellent gun-
nery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings:
was next, from 25 Aug. 1841 until the close of 1843,
employed in the Mediterranean, on board the For-
midable 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge
and Sir Chas. Sullivan; and, on 9 Nov. 1846, after
having served for exactly 1 1 months in the Channel,
as First-Lieutenant of the Scourge steam-sloop,
Capt. Jas. Crawford Caffin, was advanced to the
rank of Commander. He is at present on half-pay.
KEATLEY-KEATS-KEELE.
599
KEATLEY. (Liedtenant, 18280
John Savell Keatley entered the Navy 4 Feb.
1812; passed his examination in 1818; and was
made Lieutenant, 9 Feb. 1828, into the Bdstard 10,
Capt. Geo. Sidney Smith, on the West India sta-
tion, whence he invalided in the course of the same
year. He was afterwards appointed — 27 April, 1830,
to the Coaat Guard— 14 Oct. 1833, to the command
of the RovAL Charlotte Revenue-vessel — 5 Feb.
1836, again to the Coast Guard — 20 June, 1836,
to the command of the Royal George, another
Revenue-cruizer— and, 13 June, 1839, a third time
to the Coast Guard. He has been on half-pay since
the early part of 1841.
Lieut. Keatley is married, and has issue.
KEATS. (Captain, 1826. f-p., 14; h-p., 28.)
William Keats is nephew of the late Admiral
Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, G.C.B.*
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 74, Capt. R. G.
Keats, bearing the flag at first of Sir John Thos.
Duclcworth, under whom he bore a part in the ac-
tion off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. After attending
the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807, and witness-
ing the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Spanish
troops under the Marquis de la Romana, he served
i»ntU July, 1813, as Midshipman, on the Home, Ca-
diz, and Mediterranean stations, in the Puissant
74, Capt. Irwin, Milfohd 74, and Hibernia 120,
bearing each the flag of Rear-Admiral Keats, and
Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew. In
Aug. of the latter year he became Acting-Lieutenant
of the Paktridge sloop, Capt. John Miller Adye,
to which vessel (being confirmed to her by commis-
sion dated 6 of that month) he continued attached
• sir R. G. Keats was born 16 Jan. 1757, and entered the
Navy 25 Nov. 1780, on hoard the Bellona 74, Capt, John
Montagu. He served, at the commencement of the American
war, at the burning of Norfolk, in an attack upon Hamptou,
Virginia, and at the capture of New York, Fort Washington,
and Rhode Island. As a Lieutenant, a rank he acquired in
1777, he was on board the Ramillies in the action between
Keppel and D'OrviUiers 27 July, 1778, also at the defeat of
Don Juan de Langara 16 Jan. 1780, and at ttie ensuing relief
of Gibraltar. In Jan. 17H2, as a reward for the skilful manner
in which he had conducted the naval part of an expedition
against tlie enemy's small craft at New Brunswick, he was
made Commander into the Rhinoceros sloop of war. In
Sept. 1783, being at the time in the Bonetta, another sloop,
Capt. Keats bore a conspicuous part at the capture of the
French 40-gun frigate VAigte, Attaining Post-rank in 1 789,
he successively commanded, between that period and 1807,
the Southampton 32, Nioeb 32, London as, Galate.4 36,
BoADicEA 38, and, for upwards of six years, the Superb 74.
In the Galatea he attended the expedition to Quiberon,
and participated in the capture and destruction of several of
the enemy's frigates and other vessels. He was a long time
employed, in the Boadicea, in watching the port of Brest,
and on 2 July, 1799, commanded part of the force under Rear-
Admiral Chas..Morice Pole in an attack on a Spanish squadron
in Aix Roads; and in the Supebb he acquired fame in Sir
James Saumarez' action with the Franco-Spanish squadron in
the Gut of Gibraltar 1 2 July, 1801; accompanied Lord Nelson
to the West Indies, in 1805, in pursuit of tlie combined fleets ;
fought as Flag-Captain to Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the
action otf St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and was in consequence
presented with a sword valued at 100 guineas ; and commanded
a flying squadron of line-of-battle ships in the Bay of Biscay
in the early part of 1807. In Aug. 1807, having lioisted a
broad pendant on board the Ganoes 74, he sailed with the
expedition under Admiral Gambler against Copenhagen. In
Oct. of the same "year he became a Rear- Admiral ; and in
Aug. of the following year he was the instrument, w^th his
flag on board his old snip, the Superb, of emancipating from
French thraldom the Spanish troops stationed In the Danish
provinces under the Marquis de la Romana — a service for his
able management of whicn he was created a K.B. He after-
wards held the chief command in ttie Baltic ; served in 1809
under Sir Rich. Strachan during the operations against
Walcheren; assumed charge, in 1810, of the squadron em-
ployed at the defence of Cadiz ; became second in command,
in 181 1 , of the fleet in the Mediterranean ; and enjoyed, from
1813 untill816, the government and command at Newfound-
land. Sir Rich. Keats, who had been appointed to a Colonelcy
in the Royal Marines in Nov. 1805, and promoted to the rank
of Vice-Admiral in 1810, was nominated Major-General of
Marines in 1818, and made a full Admiral in 1825. From
1821 until the period of his death, which took place 5 April,
1834, he held tlie Governorship of Greenwich Hospital. He
died an Admiral of the White.
until Oct. 1814. He next, from 23 March to 9 Dec.
1815, ofliciated as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir R. G.
Keats, in the Salisbury 50, at Newfoundland ; and,
on 17 April, 1816, after having been intermediately
employed m the Albion 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas.
Rowley at Sheerness, he was promoted to the rank
of Commander. He obtained command, 7 Oct. 1822,
of the Cherokee 10, on the Leith and Cork sta-
tions; but has not been since employed. His eleva-
tion to his present rank took place 27 March, 1826.
Capt. Keats married, first, 10 April, 1833, Cathe-
rine Jane, eldest daughter of Jas. Pitman, Esq., of
Dunchideock House, Devon, who was drowned a
few weeks after her marriage by the upsetting of a
boat ; and, secondly, 6 July, 1835, Augusta Maria,
daughter of Giles King Lyford, Esq., of Win-
chester.
KEELE. (Captaik, 1843. f-p., 16; h-p., 24.)
Charles Keele, born 19 Feb. 1795, at South-
ampton, is fourth son of John Keele, Esq., many
years a surgeon at that place ; and brother of Mr.
Edw. Keele, R.N., who was mortally wounded on
board the Java, when captured by the American
ship Constitution^ at the age of 13.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the SupiBiEURE 10, com-
manded by his relative Capt. Edw. Rushworth,
whom he accompanied with convoy to the West
Indies. In the following Oct., after his name had
been borne for four months on the books of the
Prince George, Tisiphone, and Princess of
Orange, he rejoined Capt. Rushworth, as Midship-
man, in the Satellite 16, and again sailed with
the West India trade. Between the latter part of
1808 and the date of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, 24 Sept. 1814, we find him employed on
various stations in the Tisiphone, Capt. Foote, Ca-
ledonia 120, and Boyne 98, bearing each the flag
of Sir Harry Neale, Barbadoes 28, Capt. E. Rush-
worth, Thetis 36, Capt. Wm. Henry Byam, Java
of 46 guns and 377 men, Capt. Henry Lambert, and
RivOLi and Edinburgh 74's, Capts. Graham Eden
Hamond, Edw. StirUng Dickson, and John Lampen
Manley. When in the Caledonia, Mr. Keele served
in her boats at the defence of Cadiz. He was on
board the Barbadoes in Sept. 1811, when, being at
the time in company with the Hotspur frigate and
Goshawk sloop, she made a successful attack on
seven French gun-brigs in the neighbourhood of Cal-
vados ; and on 29 Dec. 1812 it was his lot to be in the
Java on the occasion of her capture, after a close
and dreadful action of three hours and 40 minutes,
and a loss of 22 men killed and 102 (including the
Captain mortally, and himself severely) wounded,
by the American ship Constitution of 55 guns and
480 men, many of whom also sufiered.* Soon after
his promotion, as above, Lieut. Keele went back to
the RivOLi, and was on board of her, as a Super-
numerary, when she intercepted the Melpomene
French frigate, in 1815. In the short and spirited
action which preceded that event he received a
severe blow in consequence of one of the gun-
breeohings giving way. Being paid oft' on his return
from the Mediterranean in Feb. 1816, the Lieute-
nant did not again go afloat until 24 Nov. 1823,
when he was appointed First of the Arachne 18,
commanded by his friend Capt. Henry Ducie
Chads, fitting for the East Indies. On his arrival
on that station he was immediately ordered to
Ava, for the purpose of co-operating in the hostili-
ties then in force against the Burmese. On 21 and
24 Sept. 1824 we accordingly find him (the Arachne
having reached Rangoon on 15 of that month) as-
suming command of a division of gun-vessels and
row-boats, and assisting at the destruction of eight
stockades, on the Panlang river. He subsequently .
commanded the naval part of an expedition, con-
sisting of six gun-vessels, one mortar-boat, seven
row-gun-boats, and an armed transport, sent to co-
operate with a small body of troops under Lieut -
Colonel Henry Godwin in the reduction of the city
of Martaban. After the destruction had been ac-
* ViieQia. 1813, p. 772.
600
KEELING— KEITH— KELLETT.
complished of atout 30 of the enemy's war-boats, the
defences of the plaqe, although of amazing strength,
and resolutely defended by between 3000 and 4000
men, were stormed and carried with the most de-
termined gallantry by not more than 220 of the
British, conspicuous among whom was Lieut. Keele,
who, with Capt. Borrowes of the 41st Begt., was
the first on the occasion to enter a battery mount-
ing 2 guns. His exertions throughout the whole of
the affair were unremitting, and he elicited both
the praise of his coadjutor and the acknowledg-
ments of the Governor-General of India in Council.
In Jan. 1825, shortly after his return from Marta-
ban, we find him, with 48 officers and men under
bis command, accompanying Lieut.-Colonel Elring-
ton to the attack of a strong hill-fort, situated on
the left bank of the Pegu river, about eight miles
from Kangoon, and the pagoda of Syriam, five miles
in the interior. Previously to the immediate assault
of the former, it was necessary for the party, sol-
diers and seamen, who had landed, to cross a deep
unfordable nullah, the bridge over which had been
removed purposely to check their progress. A new
one being, however, soon constructed, under a gall-
ing fire, which killed and wounded 30 of the Bri-
tish, inclusive of 6 belonging to the Navy, the
enemy were in an instant put to flight. In the suc-
cessful attack made the next morning on the Sj'-
riam pagoda the sailors assisted in manning the
scaling ladders, and Lieut. Keele was the first over
the outer stockade. In the words, indeed, of Lieut.-
Colonel Elrington, the naval part of this expedition
he nobly conducted. The warmest thanks of Com-
modore Coe, the Commander-in-Chief on the star
tion, were in conseq^uence conveyed to him. On 6
Feb. 1825 he led one of three divisions of boats
against Than-ta-bain, a large and imposing stock-
ade, mounting 36 guns, and garrisoned by 2000
fighting men ; and on that occasion he was again
mentioned as being the first, with Lieut. Hall of
the AitiGATOR, to enter the enemy's position. Bis
characteristic gallantry again obtained the applause
of the Supreme Government. In the course of the
same month he destroyed several boats and fire-
rafts up the Lyne river; and he was afterwards
attached to the light division of the flotilla in the
operations against Donoobew in March, 1825.* He
ultimately, on his arrival at Portsmouth with Capt.
Chads, as First-Lieutenant of the Alligator 28,
about Jan. 1827, found that be had been advanced
to the rank of Commander by commission dated 22
July, 1826. His subseq^uent appointments were —
26 March, 1836, to a three-years' Inspectorship in
the Coast Guard — and, 13 March, 1841, to the Kover
18, on the West India station, whither he sailed,
after only 48 hours' notice, in the Tweed 20. He
was promoted, a few months after he had been paid
ofi; to the rank of Captain, 19 July, 1843. He has
not been since able to procure employment.
KEELING. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 32; h-p., 11.)
John James Keelikg entered the Navy, in May,
1804, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Montagu 74,
Capt. Bobt. Waller Otway. During the period he
continued in that ship he was present as Midship-
man in 1805 in Admiral Cornwallis' attack on the
French fleet close in with Brest Harbour, on which
occasion the Montagu exchanged fire vrith L'Akx-
andre, a French 80-gun ship. He also assisted at
the evacuation of Scylla in 1808, and co-operated
with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia. After
he had further served with Capt. Otway in the
Malta 80, and with Bear- Admiral Hon. Bobt. Stop-
ford in the Spencek 74, he joined, in Jan. 1809, the
VicTOKioDS 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and
John Talbot. In the course of the same year we
find him accompanying the expedition to the Wal-
cberen. He was next employed on boat-service
in the Faro of Messina ; and on 21 Feb. 1812, the
Victorious being at the time in company with the
Weasel 18, he shared, as Master's Mate, and at-
tracted the notice of Capt. Talbot by his conduct,
• Fide Gaz. 1825, pp. 501, 690, 1434, 1967, 2277.
in a most gallant conflict of four hours and a half,
which terminated in the capture, with a loss to the
former ship of 27 men killed and 99 wounded, and
to the enemy of 400 killed and wounded, of the
French liRivoli, whose consorts, three brigs and
two gun-boats, were at the same time defeated.*
Being re-appointed to the Victorioos, 10 Aug.
1812, Mr. Keeling (who had left her when pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant on 13 of the pre-
vious May) commanded her tender in the attacks
upon Crany Island and New Hampton in 1813.
From 4 Oct. 1814 until Feb. 1815, and from 27 Aug.
in the latter year until he invalided 4 May, 1816,
he presents himself to our notice as serving in the
Channel and East Indies on board the Amaranthe
18, and Challenger 16, Capts. Bich. Augustus
Yates and Henry Forbes. His appointments have
since been — 7 July, 1826, to the Coast Guard — 29
Sept. 1832, to the command of the Shamrock Be-
venue-vessel — 24 Sept. 1835, a second time to the
Coast Guard — 10 Oct. 1838, again to the Shamrock
--and 20 June, 184-3, once more to the Coast Guard,
in which service he is at present employed.
Lieut. Keeling, we understand, enjoys a pension
of 91i. 5s. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
KEITH. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 22.)
The Honodrable William Keith was bom
16 Dec. 1799, and died 5 Jan. 1846, at Monkrigg,
Haddington, N. B., aged 46. He was second and
yoimgest son of William, sixth Earl of Kintore, by
Maria, daughter of Sir Alex. Bannerman, Bart., of
Kirkhill.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 Feb. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Invincible 74, Capt.
Chas. Adam, and, besides assisting in boat and other
operations on the coast of Spain, was present, in
June, 1813, at the reduction, after a siege of five
days, of the fort of St. Philippe, in the Col de Ba-
laguer, near Tortosa, armed with 12 pieces of ord-
nance, including 2 10-inch mortars and 2 howitz-
ers, with a garrison of 101 officers and men. After
he had been for a short period Midshipman of the
Ddblin 74, flag-ship at Plymouth of Lord Keith,
he became attached, in April, 1814, to the Rotal
Oak 74, bearing the flag of the late Sir Pulteney
Malcolm, under whom he was employed in the ex-
peditions against Baltimore and New Orleans. From
Aug. 1815 until about the commencement of 1820,
Mr. Keith further served on the Home and New-
foundland stations in the Taetards, also the flag-
ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, Madagascar and
Mjeander frigates, both commanded by Sir Jas.
Alex. Gordon (under whom, in the Meander, he
narrowly escaped being wrecked, off' Orfordness, in
Dec. 1816), and Egeria 26, Capts. Eobt. Bowley
and Henry Shiflher— of which latter ship he was
created a Lieutenant 10 Nov. 1819. His next ap-
pointments were to the Blonde 42, and Dart-
mouth 42, Capts. Lord Byron and Thos. Fellowes.
Under the former of those officers he accompanied
from this country the remains of the late king and
queen of the Sandwich Islands. He was promoted,
14 Aug. 1827, to the command of the Philomel 10,
one of the vessels present, on 20 of the following
Oct., at the battle of Navarin. Strange to record,
however, he was not permitted to join her until
after the action, being compelled on the occasion
to perform Lieutenant's duty on board the Dart-
mouth. He attained Post-rank IS Aug. 1828, and
remained from that period on half-pay.
Capt. Keith married, 24 June, 1830, Louisa,
daughter of the late Wm. Grant, Esq., of Congal-
ton, by whom he has left issue a son and daughter.
Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
KELLETT. (Commander, 1839.)
Arthur Kellett is cousin of Capt. Henry Kel-
lett, B.N., C.B. ■'
This officer entered the Navy 24 June, 1811 ;
passed his examination in 1819 ; and was made
Lieutenant, 16 Dec. 1825, into the ESk 20, Capt.
* FtrfeGaz. 1812, p. 85S.
KELLETT— KELLO CK.
601
Wm. Jardine Furchas, on the coast of Africa,
whence he returned to England in May, 1828. He
attained his present rank, after having had com-
mand, from 20 Dec. 1837 until July 1839, of the
Brisk brigantiue,'on the station last named, 7 Nov.
1839; and was lastly, from 2 Sept. 1841 until the
close of 1846, employed in the Coast Guard.
He married, in 1834, Maria Lucinda, eldest daugh-
ter of the late Major Hanna, 56th Kegt. Agents —
Messrs. Chard.
KELLETT, C.B. (Captaik, 1842.)
Henhy Kellett, horn 2 Nov. 1806, is cousin of
Commander Arthur Kellett, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Jan. 1822, and
from 1823 until 1826 served in the West Indies on
board the Ringdove. Towards the close of the
latter year, after having accompanied a body of
troops to Lisbon in the Glodcesteb 74, Capt.
Joshua Sydney Horton, he joined the Edes 26,
Cajjt. "Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, under whom he was
again emplcwed on the coast of Africa (whither he
proceeded for the colonization of Fernando Po)
until his return to England in the summer of 1831
— the last three years as First-Lieutenant (commis-
sion dated 15 Sept. 1828). He had command dur-
ing part of that time of the Coenema tender, and
was on board the Eden at a period of dreadful
sickness, when 46 men were laid up with fever
without a surgeon, and only 2 officers besides him-
self were left to perform duty. Being next ap-
pointed, 7 Nov. 1831, to the iETNA surveying-ves-
sel, Capts. Edw. Belcher, Wm. Geo. Skyring, and
Wm. Arlett, he returned to his former station,
where, at the time that Capt. Skyring was mur-
dered, he held the post of First-Lieutenant, and
was afterwards detached in charge of the Kaven,
an assistant to the JEtsa.. On 29 Oct. 1835, shortly
after the latter vessel had been paid off, Lieut.
Kellett assumed command of the Stabling cutter,
of 105 tons, and was ordered upon surveying-ser-
vice to the west coast of South America. While
there, he held the acting-command, from July, 1836,
until Feb. 1837, of H.M.S. Sdlphdk, during the
interval which elapsed between the resignation of
Capt. Beechey and the advent of Capt. Belcher.
He then went back to the Starling, and in that
small vessel, on his return to the Pacific after a
voyage round Cape Horn, he proceeded to China,
visiting era route the Marquesas and Tahiti, and
touching at the New Hebrides, Salomon Islands,
Borneo, &c. Arriving at his destination in Dec.
1840, Lieut. Kellett (whose vessel on her passage
had been struck by lightning and dismasted) joined
in the warfare then commencing against the Chi-
nese, in which, as will be seen, he bore a very emi-
nent part. On 7 Jan. 1841 we find him uniting in
the operations against the enemy's forts at Chuen-
pee ; and in the course of the same day serving with
the Nemesis and the boats of the Calliope under
Capt. Belcher, by whom he was spoken of in terms
of high commendation, at the destruction of 11 out
of 13 large war-junks, an exploit which was achieved
in admirable style.* He next, on 26 Feb., acquired
the thanks of Sir Gordon Bremer for his gallantry
and zeal in the action which preceded the capture
of the forts at the Boca Tigris. f During the ope-
rations of March against Canton he acquired every
favourable consideration for his useful exertions
in sounding, conjointly with Lieut. Kich. Collin-
son, and Mr. Rich. Browne, Master of the Cal-
liope, the various inlets through which the ships
had to pass, and conducting them in safety to an
anchorage off that city. In the discharge of these
duties Mr. Kellett was indeed indefatigable. | At
one period, in addition to his own vessel, the Al-
GEKiNB, and the YoDNG Hebb and Louisa tenders,
were simultaneously placed under his order^ In
May, 1841, when the British renewed hostilities
against Canton, our officer, whose promotion to the
rank of Commander took place on 6 of that month,
* fllfeGan. 1841, pp. 1102, 1222. t r. Gaz. 1841, p. 1438,
J F. Gaj. 1841, pp. 1S04-5.
again found opportunity of distinction.* Proceed-
ing afterwards to the northward, he succeeded, on
the night previous to the attack upon Chapoo, 18
May, 1842, in thoroughly sounding (with the assist-
ance of Capt. Collinson) between the anchorage of
the ships and the shore, and thus enabled the Cokn-
WALLis, Blonde, and Modeste, while the troops
were landing, to take up excellent positions against
the sea-batteries-t In the ensuing June he appears
to have again, with much zeal and perseverance,
co-operated with Capt. Collinson in surveying the
channel before Woosung.| After the fall of Shang-
hae, to her position in front of which place he had
piloted the Noeth Stab 26, Capt. KeUett pro-
ceeded with Capt. Bourchier 30 miles up the river
into the interior, and contributed to the destruc-
tion, on 20 June, of two batteries mounting 5 guns
each.§ He, was also present in all the operations
up the Yang-t8e-Kiang,|| where he led the Com-
mander-in-Chief's ship to Nanking. As a further
reward for his particularly useful services Capt.
Kellett was advanced to Post-rank 23 Dec. 1842,^
and nominated, the next day, a C.B.** He ob-
tained leave to return to England in Aug. 1843 ;
but since 8, Feb. 1845 has been again afioat, as Cap-
tain of the Herald 26, now engaged in surveying
the Pacific. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
KELLOCK. (Liedt., 1824. F-P., 23; H-P., 24.)
Heney Geat Kellock is son of an old Warrant
officer who was presented with a service of plate
for his distinguished conduct on board the Queen
98, Rear-Admiral Gardner's flag-shipin Lord Howe's
action 1 June, 1794, and died Master-Rigger of
Sheemess Dockyard. His grandfather and his four
uncles also held warrants in the Navy. The only
one of the latter now living, Robert, has retired
on a pension. Mr. Kellock's elder brother, James,
a Lieutenant R.N., was drowned at sea in com-
mand of a merchant-ship.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1800, as
Third-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Soveeeign 100,
Capt. Gardner, with whom he served in the Chan-
nel until April, 1802. Re-embarking, 27 Nov. 1803,
on board the Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Rich. Rag-
gett, bearing the flag afterwards of Hon. Wm. Com-
wallis, he was present as Midshipman in that offi-
cer's pursuit of the French fleet into Brest, and
skirmish with the enemy's batteries, 22 Aug. 1805.
When next in the Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine
Douglas, we find him witnessing the destruction
of the French 74-gun ship L' Impetueux, near Cape
Henry, 14 Sept. 1806. After a servitude of three
years and eight months on the Halifax, North Sea,
and Baltic stations, as Midshipman, in the Nemesis,
Capt. Philip Somerville, Leveret and Kite sloops,
both commanded by Capt. Benj. Crispin, and Dar-
ing 10, Lieut.-Commander Campbell, he joined, in
Feb. 1812, the Ranger sloop, Capt. Geo. Acklom,
and was for some time employed at the siege of
Danzig, where he was twice lent to the Meteoe
bomb. In Feb. 1814, having left the Ranger in
the preceding June, Mr. Kellock, who shortly after-
wards passed his -examination, was received on
board the Espoir sloop, Capts. Bobt. Russell and
Norwich Duff. During the remainder of the war
with the United States he was actively employed
in the Chesapeake, part of the time in a tender,
in carrying troops to the attacks upon Washington
and Alexandria. From 23 Sept. 1815, until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 21 Jan. 1824, he
served uninterruptedly, as Admiralty Midshipman
and Chief Mate, in the Alban 10, and Griper and
Scoot Revenue-cruizers, Lieut.-Commanders Hugh
Patton, Wm. Smith, Cook, and Chas. Cromer. He
twice shared, during that period, in the annual
bounty awarded to the Vessel which had convicted
* fiifeGaz. 1841,p. 2510. f f. Gaz. 1842, p. 3692
J r. Gai. 1842, p. 3397. « r. Gm. 1842, p. 3401"
\\ r. U«z. 1842, p. 3404. ^ V. Ga2. 1842, pp. 3821-3864
** To enable Capt. Kellett to receive Poat-rank the Stae-
LiNa had been rated a sloop-of-war.
4H
602
KELLY.
the greatest nilmber of smuggl^rg. Since he left
the ScoDT the Lieuteilant has been on half-pay^
He U now Agent for Lloyd's at Southpol-t, Orms-
Mrk, Lancashire ; and is mdi-ried and has issue.
KELLY. (Captain, 1821. f-p., 17; h-r, 32.)
_ ' Beuedictus Makwood Kelly, born 1 Sept. 1790,
is second son of Benedictus Miirwood Kelly, Esq.,
Attorney-at-Iaw, of Holsworthy, co. Devon, by
Mary, daughter of ArsoottCoham, Esq., of the same
piMfe. He is brother of Commander Wm. Kelly,
R-N., and of the late Lieut. John Tucker Kelly,
of the Horse-Artillery at Madras ; and first-cousin
of the present Arthur Kelly, Esq., of Kelly, Devon.'
One bf hii uncles, Francis John, was a Ctlptaih in
the l8th, or Koyal Irish Regt. ; another, William H an-
cock, died a Vice-Admiral bf the Blue 2 May, 1811,
aged 60, leaving a son, the hite Lieut. Magnus
Mortoii Kelly, R.N, (1808) ; and a third, Capt.
Lewis Robertson, of the Veteran 64, fell at the
head of a brigade of seamen while serving on shore
at the storming of Pointe-fi-Pitre, Guadeloupe, in
1794. The eldest son of Capt. Fras. John Kelly,
now deceased, wis a Captain in the Royal African
Corps.
■This officer entered the Navy, 19 Oct. 1798, as
A.B., on board the Niger 32, Capt. Hon. Philip
Wodehouse, on the Guernsey station ; and in the
following Nov., after having accompanied the same
officer into the Voeags 28, joined the GibraltaH
80, commanded at first by his uncle; Capt. W. H.
Kellyj and next by Capt. Geo. Fred. Ryves. Dur-
ing a continuance of nearly six years in the latter
ship, he assisted at the capture, 19 June, 1799, of
Rear-Admiral Perree's squadron of three frigates
and two brigs, attended the expeditions of 1800
and 1801 to Ferrol and Egypt, and was wounded
while serving in the boats in a successful attack
made upon the French while they were besieging
the town of Porto Ferrajo in the island of Elba.
In Oct. 1804, Mr. Kelly, who had been borne for
short periods on the books of the Eoval William,
flag-ship at Spithead of Admiral Geo. Montagu, and
SwiJETSURE 74, Capt. Mark Robinson, rejoined his
relative on board the Tbmeraire 98, in which ship
he continued to be employed under Capt. Eliab
Harvey, until made Sub-Lieutenantj 12 Jan. 1805,
into the ElIng schooner, Lieut.-Commander Wm.
Archbold. Being promoted to a full Lieutenancy,
31 Jan. 1806, inthS Adamant 50, Capt. John S'tiles,
he sailed with an East India convoy for the Cape
of Good Hope, and on 6 Of the" ensuing May was
present, during the passage, at the capture of the
Spanish frigate-built privateer La S^aradora, of
30 guns and 315 men. From the Adamant, which
ship had been latterly cruizing very productively
on the coast bf Guinea, and a,lso ofi' the Havana,
where she appears to haVe been employed in block-
ading a Spanish ship of the line, Lieut. Kelly re-
moved, in Aug. 1807, to the VmbAlvs 32, Capts.
Fred. Warren, Wm. Ward, and Sam. Hood Ingle-
field. Under the latter offlxjer, in company with a
small squadron comihanded by Capt. Chas. Dash-
wood, he bontribiited, in Dec. 1808, to the reduction
of the fort and town of Samana, St. Domingo, al-
most the la«t port of rSfuge on the station for the
enemy's privateers. The officers and crews of the
latter having on the occasion efiected their escape,
Mr. Kelly was placed in charge of the boats of the
D.a2DALus and AueoRA frigates, and sent in pursuit
of them. After a search of four days and nights
under an incessant rain, which afterwards proved
fatal to most of the persons employed, they were
traced up a small river, and found in ambuscade on
its banks behind a breastwork, which had been
thrown up as a means of defence. This however
was instantly charged in face of a ga:lling 'Sie of
musketry, and the whole of the enemy made pri-
soners. In March, 1810, Mr. Kelly became First of
the PoltpHeMus 64, bfearing the flag of Vice-Ad-
miral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley; upon the obcir
sion of \vho8e death he was sent with despatches, in
the BramSble, Lieut.-Commander Johh Fleming, to
England, where, on his arrival, he was 'advanced to
the rank of Commander by commission dated 28
iSfov. 1811. From that period, although incessant
in his applications for employment, and ofiering to
serve as a volunteer during the American war, and
again with Lord Exmouth at Algiers, Capt. Kelly
remained on half-pay until appointed, 28 Sept. 1818,
to the command of the Pheasant, of 22 guns. In
that sloop he was employed on the coast of Africa
Until Feb. 1822, during the greater part of which
period he was senior officer of the squadron on the
fetation. As a reward for his zeal, activity, and
vigilance, he was presented with a Post-bommission
dated 19 July, 1821. Since he left the Pheasant,
tis above stated, in Feb. 1822, Capt. KeUy has again
been on half-pay.
He married, 31 Aug. 1837, Mary Anne, only
daughter and heir of Richard Price, Esq., of High-
field Park, CO. Sussex, and was left a widower 14
July, 1838.
KELLY. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Edward Kelly entered the Navy 2 Nov. ISIO;
passed his examination in 1817 ; and was made
Lieutenant, 21 Dec. 1825, into the Owen Glen-
Sower 42, Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, stationed
at the Cape of Good Hope, whence he ultimately
invalided. He has since been on half-pay^
Since May, 1847, the Lieutenant has been Har-
bour-Master fl.t the Mauritius. Agents — Messrs.
Stilwelh
kELLY. (Lieutenant, 1812. p-p., 28; h-p., 15.)
Ricbakd Nugent KeLlt entered the Navy, 14
Jan. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Inconstant
S6, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, successively em-
ployed, until April, 1808, bn the African, Jamaica,
b,nd Home stations — for some time under the flag of
Sir jas. Saumarez. During the earlier portion of
his attachment to that frigate he witnessed the sut-
tender of the island of Goree, and was on one oC'Ca-
teion taken prisoner by the FanteSs, an African
tribe, after a contest in Which the whole bf his
Iparty bad been killed. In April, 1808, he became
llidshipman Of the Bareleue 98, Successive flag-
ship of Rear-Admirals Wm. Albany Otway, Chas.
Tyler, and Sir Sam. Hood, on the Lisbon station,
whence, after serving in the TfeinMPH 74, Capt.
Sam. Hood Linzee, he returned home, in Jan. 1810,
on board the UenoVn 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Dur-
ham, for the purpose of passing his examination.
Between the following Sept. and the date of his
promotion tb the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March,
1812, we again find him serving on the Lisbon sta^
tion, as also in the Baltic and at Spithead, in the
Drsadnought 98, Capt. S. H. LinZee, Barfledr,
flag-ship of Son. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, Dkead-
NottGHT, commanded as before, and Victory 100,
Capt. Philip Dumaresq. His appointments have
since been— in March and May, 1813, to the Union
98, Capts. S. H. Linzee, Wm. Kent, and Eobt.
RoUes, and San Juan 74, fla'g-Ship of Rear-Admiral
S. H. Linzee, both on the Mediterranean station—
20 Sept. 1813, to the office of Acting Resident-
Agent for Transports and Prisoners of Wa* at
Gibraltar, where he remained until Feb. 1814^20
July, 1837, to the Coast Blockade, in which service
he was employed as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant of
the Ka1hil!lies and TaXaveba 74's, both com-
manded by Capt. Hugh Plgot, until Nov. 1830—
and, 10 June, 1831, to a station in the Coast Guard,
the bomttiand whereof. With the exception of about
two years in 1838-40^ he has ever since retained.
Agent— Fred. Dufaur.
KELLY. (Captain, 1844. r-p., 26 ; h-p., 13.)
William Kelly entered the Navy, early in 1808,
as Fs|p.cl. Vol., on board the Lively 38, Capt. Geo.
M Kinley, in which frigate, after participating in
various operations in the river Tagus, and witness-
ing the deduction of Vigo and Santiago, he was
wrecked, as Midshipman, ofi' the island of Malta, in
Ang. IBIO. Prom Nov. in the latter year until
June, 1815, when he took up a commission dated on
KELLY-KELSALL-KEMEALL^I^EMBLE.
603
8 of the previous Mareh, we find him uninterrupt-
edly employed as Midshipman and Master's Mate
in the Leonidas 38,* Capts. Ansehn John Griffiths,
Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, Geo. Fras. Seymour, and
Wm- King, on the Mediterranean, Irish, West India,
and North American stations. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — 5 April, 1816, to the Kosakio 10,
Capt. Thos. Ladd Peake, with whom he served in
the Channel until Dec. 1818—28 May and 25 June,
1822, to the Jupiter 60, Capt. Geo. Augustus West-
phal, and Pandoka 18, Capts. Fred. Hunn and
Wm. Gordon, in the latter of which vessels he pro-
ceeded to Newfoundland -=-10 Dec. 1823, to the
Tweed 28, Capt Hunn— next, to the Aukoea 46,
Capt. Henry Preseott— 23 Nov. 1826, after 21 months
of half-pay, to the Gloijcjster 74, Capt. Joshua
Sydney Horton — 2 May, 1828, to the Phihce Kehent
120, Capt. Hon. Geo. Poulett— and, 11 Nov. follow-
ing, to the Pallas 42, Capt. Adolphus FitzClarence.
Under the latter officer Mr. Kelly was employed in
conveying the Earl of Dalhousie and the Bishop gf
Calcutta from Portsmouth to Bengal, General Vis-
count Combermere from India home, and Colonel
Fox from Halifax. He obtained a second promptal
commission 85 April, 1831, and was next employed —
from 23 Jan. 1835 until 1838, in the Coast Guard—
and from 7 March, 1842, until advanced to his pre-
sent rank 5 April, 1844, as Second-Captain of the
Winchester 50, flagrship of Hon. Josceline Percy
at the Cape of Good Hope. He has since been in
command of the Conway 26, on the last-named
station. Agehts— Messrs. Stilwell.
KELLY. (Commander, 1811. f-p.,17; h-p., 38.)
William Kelly, bom 27 Feb. 1782, is elder
brother of Capt. B. M. Kelly, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1792, as Cap-
tain's Servant, on board the St. George 98, com-
manded by his uncle, Capt. Wm. Hancock Kelly,
■ vrith whom he continued to serve in the Windsor
Castle 98, Solebay 32, and Veteran 64, until
Sept. 1706 — the Ijst two years as Midshipman.
While in the Solebay we &id him assisting at the
reduction of the French West India Islands in 1794,
where he was employed in the batteries as Aide-de-
Camp to Lord Garlics, and to his uncle Capt. Kelly,
at the siege of Fort Bourbon, and again on shore, as
Aide-de-Camp to Capt. Lewis Kobertson, who was
killed at the storming of Pointe-a-Pitre, Guade-
loupe. In March, 1798, after he had ifurther served
in the Royal Sovereign 100, and Ville de Paris
110, flag-ships of Sir Alan Gardner and Lord St.
Vincent, he was nominated, by the latter nobleman,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Hector 74, Capt. Peter
Aplin, as a reward for his previous conduct at the
destruction of a convoy of market-boats, together
with their protectors, thiee gun-vessels, at the en-
trance of Cadiz Harbour. He was confirmed, 4
July, 1798, into the Incendiary &e-ship, Capts.
Geo. Barker and Rich. Dalling Dunn, on the Medi-
terranean sttition, and during the latter portion of
the VTBiT was there employed on board La Minerve
42, commanded by the present Sir Geo. Cockburn,
at whose express desire he bad been appointed.
Besides numerous boat and other affairs he was in
conseq^uence present at the capture and destruction,
2 Sept. 1801, of Le Suci^s of 32, and Le JBraeoia-e
of 42 guns ; oif which occasion, being at the time
First-Liei;itenant, his Captain reported his conduct
in the handsomest manncr.f His subsequent ap-
pointments were — 16 Dec. 1803, to the Montagu 74,
Capt. Kobt. Waller Otway, statioited in the Channel
—28 Oct. 1804, to the Princs 98, jCapts, Rich.
GrindaU and Wm. Lechmere, of which ship, after
participating in the battle of Trafalgar,! he became
3?irst-Liouteuant— 30 Dec. 1806, and 27 May, 1807,
• The Lkonidas effected the capture, 23 May, 1813, of the
Paul Junes American privateer, of 16 guns and '85 men.
t Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 1895.
J At the close of tlie action Lieut. Kelly was placed in
char^re, as Prize-Master, of the Santmima Tvinidad, .of 130
guns, in which he remaineij two (lays and nights; when, by
order of Lord ColUngwood, he removed his men and sank
her. ■ '
in the latter capacity, to the Deeadnodght 98,
Capt. Wm. Lechn^ere, and Ville de Paris 110,
flag-ship of Lori} Gardner— and, 8 Aug. 1808 and
14 May, 1811, to the Caledonia 120, and Royal
George 100, bes,ring each the flag of Lord Gambier,
to whom, subsequently to Lord Cochrane s memo-
rable fichievement in Basque Roads, on which oc-
casion he was intrusted with the command of the
Caledonia's boats, he became Signal-Lieutenant.
He attained his present rank on Lord Gambler
striking his flag, 23 Aug. 1811 ; and has since been
on half-pay.
Commander Kelly is th^ only officer of his rank
on the List of 1811.
KELSALL. (Lieut., 1819. ?-?., 10; h-p., 28,)
John Thedphilus Kelsall entered the Navy
3 Oct. 1809, as Midshipman, Di> board the Valiaijt
74, Capt. John Bligh. Removing in the following
May to the Menelaos 38, Capts. Sir Peter Parker
and Edw. Dix, he assisted at the proximate reduc-
tion of the Isle of France, and afterwards visited
the Mediterranean and Chesapeake. He was pre-
sent on the former station when the Menblaus
gallantly pursued the Frenc)i 40-guii frigate Pauline
and 16-gun^brig Scureuil under the batteries in the
neighbourhood of Toulon, and then gffpcted a mas-
terly retreat from the French fleet, which had come
out to their protection, 28 May, 1812; and on pro-
ceeding to the Chesapeake he was on board when
Sir Peter Parker was killed in a land operation at
Bellair, near Baltimore, 30 Aug. 1814. Quitting
the Menelads in May, 1815, Mr- Kelsall was next
(until promoted to the rank he now holds 2 April,
1819) employed on the East India station, part of
the time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Coenwallis
74, Capt. Andrew King, and Challenger and
Trincomalee, both commanded by Capt. Philip
Bridges. He has since, we believe, been on half-
pay.
He married, 3 March, 1827, Elizabeth Anne,
daughter of the late Vice-AdmiraJ Stephens.
KEMBALL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
William Heney Kemeall entered the Navy, 8
Nov. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Northum-
berland 74, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, bear-
ing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane on the
West India station ; where, from June, 1807, until
the close of 1810, he served with Capt. Volant Va-
shoH Ballard, chiefly as Midshipman, in the Blonde
and Statiea frigates, and Neptune 98, assisting,
during that period, at the capture of five privateers,
carrying in the whole 58 guns and 515 men, as also
at the destruction, previously to the fall of Guade-
loupe, of the French 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine,
together with a heavy battery by which they were
defended, in Anse la Barque. He was next, be-
tween Dec. 1810 and Jan. 1814, employed in the
Channel on board the Sceptke 74, Capt. Sam! Jas.
Ballard, and Boyne 88, and Ville de Paris 110,
both flag-ships of Sir Harry Burrard Neale. He
then rejoined Sir Alex. Cochrane in the Tonnant
80, and, continuing with him until promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 18 Feb. 1815, bore an active
part in consequence in the hostilities with America,
and was present in the operations against New Or-
leans. He has not been afloat since the general
peace.
KEMBLE. (Commander, 1845. r-p., 16: h-p., 2.)
Frederick Kemble was bom 17 Sept. 1815. '
This officer entered the Navy, 29 Sqit. 1829, as
Midshipman, on board the Ganges 84, Capts. John
Hayes, Edw. Stirlmg Dickson, and Geo. Burdett
on the Home station. From Feb. 1831 until Nov!
1836 he served in the Mediterranean, latterly as
Mate, in the St. Vikcest 120, and Caledonia 120
flag-ships of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham and Sir Josias
Rowley ; after which we find him, until promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 13 Nov. 1841, employed
on the South American and Worth America and
West India stations, in the Stab 46, Commodone
4H2 ■
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KEMP— KEMPE—KEMPSTER—KEMPTHORN— KENDALL.
Thos. Ball Sulivan, and Winchester 52, bearing
the flag of Sir Thos. Harvey. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — 21 Jan. 1842, to the Rover '18,
Capt. Chas. Keele, on the station last named — 31
Jan. 1843, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— and, 20 March
following, to the Caledonia 120, as Flag-Lieutenant
to Sir David Milne, Commander-in-Chief at Ply-
mouth. He attained his present ranlt 29 April,
1845, and has since been on half-pay. Agent —
Joseph Woodhead.
KEMP. (LlEtlTENANT, 1827.)
James Kemp died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 1 July, 1809 ; passed
his examination in 1815 ; obtained his commission
28 April, 1827 ; and, from 16 Nov. 1832 until the
period of his death, was uninterruptedly employed
in the Coast Guard.
KEMPE. (LiETJT., 1828. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 6.)
John KEMrE is grand-nephew of the late Admiral
Kempe.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 Deo, 1820, as
Pst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dovek 28, Capts. Arthur
Batt Bingham and Sam. Chambers, on the Leith sta^
tion. Prior to his promotion to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, which took place 13 Nov. 1828, he was fur-
ther employed, as Midshipman and Mate, at home
and in South America, in the Martial 12, Lieut.-
Commander M'Kirdy, Blonde 42, Capt. Lord Byron
(under whom he escorted from this country the re-
mains of the late King and Queen of the Sandwich
Islands), and Britannia 120, and Ganges 84, flag-
ships of Sir Jas. Saumarez and Sir Roht. "Waller
Otway. He served during the next two years, still
in South America, on board the Beagle surveying-
vessel, Capt. Robt. FitzRoy ; and, from 1 Jan. 1833
until the summer of 1843, he had charge of a station
in the Coast Guard. He has since been on half-
pay.
He married, 23 May, 1831, Susannah Rundle,
daughter of J. Prynne, Esq., of H.M. Customs,
Fowey, by whom he has issue three children.
KEMPSTER. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 14; h-p.,28.)
Ralph Richard Tomkin Kempster entered the
Navy, 15 Jan. 1805, as a Volunteer, on board the
Princess floating-battery, Capt. Sam. Martin Col-
quitt, lying in the River Mersey. Quitting the
latter vessel in the following July, he served,
during the remainder of the war, as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, chiefly on the Home, West
India, and Mediterranean' stations, in theBoADicEA
38, Capts. John Maitland and John Hatley, Satel-
lite sloop, Capts. Robt. Evans and Hon. Willoughby
Bertie, Dannemark 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, Rodney
74, Capt. Edw. Dumford King, and Prince 98,
bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Hussey Bickerton. In
April, 1815 (after he had been also borne, as a Su-
pernumerary for passage, on the books of the
Snake, Tigre, and Tanais, Capts. Joseph Gape,
John Halliday, and Joseph James, he was nomi-
nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Onyx 10, Capts.
Smith Cobb and Chas. Strangways, then at Jamaica.
On his return home for the purpose of being paid
off in July, 1816, he found a commission awaiting
him dated 1 Feb. 1815. His next and last appoint
ment was, 27 Feb. 1823, to the Clio sloop, com-
manded by the officer last mentioned, with whom
he was for three years employed in the North Sea.
KEMPTHOEN. (Lieut., 1813. r-p.,24; h-p.,16.)
Charles Henry Kemptiiorn, born 12 Oct. 1792,
is son of the late Capt. T. Kempthorn.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Nov. 1807, as
Ordinary, on board the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm.
Hoste> with whom he served, nearly the whole time
as Midshipman, until paid off in Aug. 1811. He
was consequently present in that frigate on 12 May,
1808, in a very spirited engagement of many hours
with several batteries in the bay of Rosas, in an
attempt tx) cut out the French 800-ton store-ship
Baleine, mounting from 20 to 30 guns, with a crew
of 150 men. H e also, on 23 April, 1809, served with
the boats of the Amphion, Spartan, and Mercury,
under Lieut. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, at the
capture of 13 valuable merchantmen lying in the
mole of Pesaro ; and on 27 Aug. following he was
employed with a detachment, commanded by the
same officer, at the storming of the strong fort of
Cortelazzo, near Trieste, the capture of which oc-
casioned the simultaneous surrender, within sight
of the Italian squadron off Venice, of six of the
enemy's gun-boats and a large convoy of merchant-
trabaocolos anchored for protection under its walls.*
Besides participating in similar affairs at Biseglia,
Umago, and other plapes, it was Mr. Kempthorn's
lot to be Senior Midshipman of the Amphion in the
famous action of 13 March, 1811, off Lissa, where a
British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns
and 879 men, completely routed, after a battle of
six hours, and a loss to the above ship of 15 men
killed and 47 wounded, a Franco-Venetian arma-
ment, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655
men. On leaving the Amphion he joined the Py-
LADES 18, Capt. Geo. Ferguson, likewise in the
Mediterranean, where, becoming Signal-Mate of the
Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, he
served in that capacity in the partial action fought
with the Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813. He attained
the rank of Lieutenant on 25 Dec. in the latter year,
and in the course of 1814, after having served on
shore as Naval Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Sir
Henry Montressor during the operations against
Genoa, joined the Bacchante 38, Capt. Fras. Stan-
fell, on the North American station, whence he
returned home and was paid off in July, 1815.
Since 7 July, 1831, he has been in charge of a station
in the Coast Guard.
KENDALL. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Edward Nicholas Kendall died 12 Feb. 1845,
at Southampton, in his 45th year.
This officer entered the Navy 26 Oct. 1814; and
passed his examination in 1822. He served in se-
veral expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic Seas,
including the one to the Polar Sea under Sir John
Franklin in 1825-7, on which occasion he was the
companion of Dr. Richardson in that branch of it
which discovered and delineated the northern coast
of America lying between the Mackenzie and Cop-
permine Rivers. He was awarded a commission
dated 30 April, 1827, but does not appear to have
been further officially employed.
At the period of his death Lieut. Kendall was
Superintendent of the Peninsula and Oriental Steam-
Packet Company. He married, in May, 1832, Mary
Anne, eldest daughter of Joseph Kay, Esq., of
Greenwich Hospital, and of Gower Street, Bedford
Square, by whom he has left issue four children.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
KENDALL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Kendall entered the Na^-y, 1 April,
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98, Capt.
Fras. Pender, with whom he afterwards served in
the Royal Sovereign 100, Ocean 98, and Queen
again, which latter ship bore the flag for some time
of Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin on the Mediterranean
station. Becoming Midshimnan, in Oct. 1808, of
the Castor 32, Capts. Wm. Roberts and Hon. Vsr
lentine Gardner, he proceeded to the West Indies,
where, after having assisted at the capture of the
French ship of the line D'HaupouU, and the de-
struction, in Anse la Barque, Guadeloupe, of the
frigates Loire and Seine, he removed, in July, 1810,
to the Neptune 98, Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard.
Between the close of the latter year and Sept. 1814
Mr. Kendall served in the Mediterranean, as Mid-
shipman, Acting-Lieutenant, and Master's Mate, on
board the Standard 64, and Aciiille 74, both
commanded by Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, Cale-
donia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, Tremen-
dous 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, and Caledonia
• ride Gaz. 1809, p. 10O7.
KENDALL-KENDERDINE— KENMURE-KENNEDY.
605
120, bearing the flag, as before, of Sir E. Pellew,
under whom he participated in the actions of 5
Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814 with the Toulon fleet.
He was promoted (from the Phisce Frederick
prison-ship at Plymouth, Capt. Rich. Pridham) to
the rank of Lieutenant 8 Feb. 1815 ; but has not
been since employed.
KENDALL. (Commander, 1845.)
Walter Kendall entered the Navy 29 Nov.
1327 ; passed his examinatian in 1834 ; and served,
as Mate of the Nimrod 20, Capt. Chas. Anstruther
Barlow, during the operations of March and May,
1841, against Canton, where he gained the character
of being a very deserving officer, but had the mis-
fortune to lose a leg.* Being in consequence pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission
dated 8 June in the latter year, he was afterwards
appointed, in that capacity — 10 Oct. 1842, to the
Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir
Thos. Hastings— and, 31 Jan. 1843, to the Caledo-
nia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne at Devonport.
He attained his present rank 13 March, 1845, and
has since been on half-pay. Agents— Case and
Loudonsack.
KENDERDINE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 7;
H-p., 32.)
John Kendebdine entered the Navy, 22 July,
1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Caro-
line frigate, Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater, on accom-
panying whom, as Midshipman, into the Cressy 74
(commanded afterwards by Capt. Chas. Dashwood),
he was in company with theST. George andDEFENCE
when those ships were lost on their passage home
from the Baltic during a violent gale in Dec. 1811.
He continued in the Cbessy, on the West India and
Home stations, until Feb. 1814 ; between which
period and Aug. 1815 we find him employed, at
Portsmouth, in North America, and at Plymouth,
part of the time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Pois-
sant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, Tonnant 80, flag-
ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, Diadem 64, Capt.
John Martin Hanchett, and St. George 98, bearing
the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. He then
toolc up a commission dated 7 March, 1815, and has
since been on half-pay.
He married, in 1827, Elizabeth Harriet, daughter
of Mr. Brutton, Governor of the County Prison,
Stafibrd.
KENMURE, Viscount. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p.,
12; H-p., 31.)
The Right Honourable Adam Gordon Vis-
count Kenmure, born 9 Jan. 1792, at Drungan
Lodge, near Dumfries, N.B., is son of the late Hon.
Adam Gordon, by his first wife. Miss Harriet Da-
vies. His eldest brother, John, died a Lieutenant
In the R.N. 31 Dec. 1813; and his youngest, Ed-
ward Maxwell, a Lieutenant in the 22nd Infantry,
lost his life at Jamaica 14 Deo. 1827. The Viscount
succeeded his uncle in the Peerage 21 Sept. 1840.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 July, 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Capts. Lord
Garlies, Christopher Laroche, Wm. Brown, and
John Pilfold, in which ship we find him sharing, in
the course of 1805, in Sir Robt. Calder's action,
also in Hon. Wm. Cornwallis' pursuit of the French
fleet into Brest, and in the battle of Trafalgar.
Removing, in April, 1806, to the ^Seahorse of 42
guns, he was present, on the night of 5 July, 1808,
when that ship, with only 251 men on board, put to
flight the Turkish frigate Alis-Fezan of 26 guns
and 230 men, and captured, after a memorably fu-
rious engagement, and a loss to the British of 5
men killed and 10 wounded, her consort, the Badere-
Zqffer, mounting 52 guns, with a complement of
543 men, of whom 170 were killed and 200 wounded.
During his continuance in the Seahorse Mr. Gor-
don was often engaged with the enemy's batteries
and gun-boats at Cadiz ; he assisted, too, in reduc-
• VUe Gaz. 1841, pp. 1S03, 1S06, 2501, 8513.
ing the islands of Gianuti and Pianosa ;* and in one
of several boat afiiiirs on- the coast of Italy he re-
ceived a slight contusion. Being unfortunately, on
21 Oct. 1809, taken prisoner in a prize, oif Sardinia,
by the Lette'ros letter-of-marque, he was carried to
Genoa, and subsequently to Verdun, where it was
his lot to be detained en parole until 1814. He then
sailed for Quebec in the Psyche, Capt. Peter
Fisher, for the purpose of joining the Canadian
Lake service, to which he continued attached, as
Acting-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (order and com-
mission respectively dated 9 April and 1 July, 1815),
until he invalided in Aug. 1816. He has since been
on half-pay.
Viscount Kenmure is Deputy-Lieutenant for
Kirkcudbrightshire. He married, 2 Nov. 1843, Mary
Anne, daughter of the late Jas. Wildey, Esq., of
the Oxford Militia.
KENNEDY. (Commander, 1809. f-p., 16;
H-p., 33.)
Alexander Kennedy (a) entered the Navy, 24
Oct. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magna-
NiME frigate, Capt. Hon. Mich. De Courcy, with
whom he served on the Irish, Channel, and Medi-
terranean stations, latterly as Midshipman of the
Canada 74, until April, 1800. Removing then to
the Thames 32, Capts. Wm. Lukin and Aiskew
PaArd HoUis, he witnessed Sir Jas. Saumarez' ac-
tion of 12 July, 1801, in the Gut of Gibraltar, and
was present, in the course of the same year, at the
cutting out of a gun-boat and convoy from the Bay
of Estapona. The Thames being paid ofi' in Jan.
1803, he next, in the following April, joined the
Plahtagenet 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond,
under whom he assisted at the capture of ie Courier
de Terre Neuve privateer of 16 guns and 60 men,
and L'Atalante, a beautiful corvette of 22 guns and
120 men. In 1804 we find Mr. Kennedy sailing in
the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, for the East
Indies, where, after an attachment of a short period
to the Concoede 36, commanded by the present Sir
Josiah Coghill, he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 2
April, 1806, in the Sceptee 74, Capt. Joseph Bing-
ham; which ship, on 11 of the ensuing Nov., made
a dash, with the Cobnwallis 50, into St. Paul's
Bay, lie de Bourbon, and opened a fire upon the
shipping there at anchor, consisting of the Semil-
lante French frigate, three armed ships, and 12 sail
of merchantmen, the whole protected by seven bat-
teries, mounting upwards of 100 pieces of cannon.
On his return home in 1808, Lieut. Kennedy was
appointed to the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Cockburn,
and ordered to the West Indies ; on his arrival on
which station he was invested with the acting-
command, on 28 Oct. in the same year, of the Port
d!EspagrK sloop, in which, we under.5tand, he con-
tributed to the reduction of Martinique. At the
period of his official promotion to the rank he now
holds, which took place 2 June, 1809, our officer
had charge of the St. Pieeee sloop. In the course
of 1810 he obtained successive command of the Pe-
LORos, Surinam, and Forester, all on the Halifax
station ; where, and again in the West Indies, he
served until April, 1814. He has since been unem-
ployed. The Forester, on 5 May, 1813, assisted,
in company with the Sapphire sloop, in capturing
the Mary Ann American privateer of 2 guns and 30
men. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
KENNEDY. (Commander, 1822. f-p., 15-
H-p., 30.) '
Alexander Kennedy (6) entered the Navy in
Nov. 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tonnant
80, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, employed off the coast
ot Spain ; and m 1804, on that officer hoisting his
flag in the Colloden 74, sailed with him for the
East Indies. In Dec. 1805 he became Midshipman
of the Concorde 36, commanded by the present Sir
Josiah Coghill, but, rejoining the Colloden in
Deo. 1806, was afforded an opportunity of witness-
ing the destruction, 11 Dec. 1807, of the dockyard
* Vide Capt. Thos. Bennett.
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KENNEDY.
and stores at Griessee, in tlie island of Java, and of
all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in India.
Between Jan. 1808 and his promotion to the rank
of Lieutenant, 25 July, 1811, Mr. Kennedy served
in various ships, principally on the Home station ;
after which we find him, until 1815, employed in
the Mediterranean, on board the Centaok 74, Capt.
Thos. White, Bainbow 26, Capts. Gardiner Henry
Guion and Gawen Wm. Hamilton, Botne 98, flag-
ship of Lord Exmouth, and Aboukik 74, Capt.
Norborne Thompson. When in the IIainbow he
took command of her boats, and captured, oif the
island of Corsica, a lateen-rigged vessel, laden with
oak-planks.* On 24 May, 1819, he assumed charge
of the Hound Revenue-cruizer, as he also did, for
some time, in 1821, of the Stlvia, a similar vessel.
He attained his present rank 9 Oct. 1822, and has
since been on half-pay.
Commander Kennedy married, 2 Feb. 1821, Eli-
zabeth RoUeston, niece of A. Boyd, Esq., of Gostler,
CO. Donegal. Agemts — Goode and Lawrence.
KENNEDY. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 23;
H-P., 16.)
Andrew Kenned r was born 24 Aug. 1787, at
Devonport. His father was 55 years in the Service.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Jan. 1808, as a
Volunteer, on board the Penelope 36, Capt. John
Dick, under whom he served, as Midshipman, at
the reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809.t Until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 9 Feb. 1815, he
was further actively employed on the Halifax and
Newfoundland stations, chiefly as Master's Mate, in
the .SloLus 32, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, and
Bellerophon 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Goodwin
Keats. Between April and Sept. of the latter year
we find him doing duty at Portsmouth in the Prince
98, bearing the successive flags of Sir Rich. Bicker-
ton and Sir Edw. Thombrough. He next, from
June, 1824, until July, 1827, served on the North
American and West India stations, as First of the
Niemen 28, Capts. Wallis, Canning, and Simeon.
He was subsequently appointed to the command —
in Sept. 1828, of the African, the first Government
steamer stationed between Corfu and Ancona, in
which he was employed in carrying despatches re-
lative to the war between Turkey and Russia, and
also in communicating with the Pacha of Egypt on
the subject of steam with India— 24 June, 1830, of
the Hermes, another steam-vessel, also stationed in
the Mediterranean— 27 Nov. 1832, and 4 June, 1834,
of the Alban and Spitfire Falmouth packets — and,
27 Nov. 1838, of the Acheron steamer. In the
Alban, the first steam-vessel that returned to Eng-
land from the West Indies, Lieut. Kennedy went
208 miles up the river Orinoco, as far as Angostura,
where no British man-of-war had ever before been.
He proved, in the Spitfire, what had been before
doubted, namely, the ability on the part of a
steamer to resist the effects of a hurricane ; and
when in the Acheron, in which vessel he remained
until Dec. 1841, he conveyed to Sir Robt. Stopford
the despatches directing the attack upon St. Jean
d'Acre, and afforded a passage to the British am-
bassador from Constantinople to Malta, and thence
to Naples. He was advanced to his present rank
27 May, 1842, but has not been since employed.
Commander Kennedy married Maria, daughter
of Dennis Pinnoek, Esq., of the island of Jamaica,
by whom he has issue six children.
KENNEDY. (L,iect„ 1838. p-p.,22; h-p., 1.)
Arthur Kennedy was bom in March, 1811.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 June, 1824, on
■board the Jaseur 18, Capt. Thos. Martin, and was
Boon afterwards severely hurt by a fall from aloft
while on duty. The Jaseor being ordered to South
America, he was aflbrded an opportunity of there
witnessing the revolutionary proceedings in Brazil,
Chili, and Peru. In 1828, on his arrival in the Medi-
* FirfcGaz.lSH.p. 1411.
+ While in the PE.vEr.0PE Mr. Kennedy lost the tops of
three fingers of 1h8 right haud. i
terranean in the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, lie
was present, it appears, at the reduction of tlje
Morea Castle. In the course of 1830 Mr. Kennedy
successively joined the Donegal 76, Capt. Sir Jah-
leel Brenton, and Cordelia 10, Capt. Chas. Hotham,
of which latter vessel, on his return to the Medi-
terranean, after having visited the West Indies and
North America, he was created, in 1831, an Acting-
Lieutenant by Sir Henry Hotham— the last appoint-
ment of the kind ever conferred by that Admiral.
During this second sojourn in the Mediterranean,
we find Mr. Kennedy affording protection to the
trade against the pirates of Smyrna, and employed
in the boats in cruizing against those in the neigh-
bourhood of Grabusa. The Cordelia being Mid
off in 1834, he was at once appointed to the Ex-
cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos.
Hastings. He next, in 1835, proceeded to South
America in the Blonde 46, Commodore Fras. Mason,
who, upon the death of the Commander-in-Chief,
Sir Michael Seymour, again gave him an order, as
a reward for his services and conduct, to act as
Lieutenant, although at the time there were 11
Mates on the station senior to him. About this
period Mr. Kennedy was often engaged on shore
with a party of men for the protection of British
property during the civil commotions in Peru and
Chili. He continued to serve in South America on
board the Satellite 18, Capt. Robt. Smart, and
again in the Blonde, until the return of the latter
ship to England in 1837, when he immediately joined
the Britannia 120, bearing the flag at Portsmouth
of Sir Philip Chas. Durham. His appointments
since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which
took place 6 Sept. 1838, have been— 26 June, 1839,
to the Stag 46, Commodore Thos. B^U Sulivan, on
the South American station — 25 Sept. 1839, to the
Clio 16, Capt. Stephen Grenville Fremantle, em-
ployed in cruizing for slaves off Rio de Janeiro and
other places — 28 April, 1841, to the Acorn 16, Capt.
John Adams, on the coast of Africa, where, among
a host of other captures, he assisted in taking, at
the close oif a running fight of nine hours, the pirar
tioal slave-brig Gabriel, a vessel 10 feet longer than
the Acorn, noted for its injury to cpmmerce and
the frequency of its insults to the British flag ; ^s
also, after a boatrchase of seven hours, the Mit^erva,
having 550 slaves on board — and, 27 May, 1842
(four months after his health had obliged him to
invalid), to the command of a station in the Coast
Guard, which he still retains.
Lieut. Kennedy married, 25 Deo. 1840, Miss C.
Jenkins, only • daughter of A. Jenkins, Esq., of
Navany, co. Donegal, by whom he has issue two
children. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
KENNEDY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Charles Dotle Buckley Kennedy passed his
examination 28 July, 1841 ; and served, as Mate, in
the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, Hecate
steam-vessel, Capt. Jas. Hamilton Ward, St. Vin-
cent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley, Daring
12, Capt. Henry Jas. Matson, and Locust steamer,
Lieut.-Commander Henry Eden, chiefly on the
Mediterranean station. He obtained his commis-
sion 2 June, 1846, and has been since employed 4s
First-Lieutenant of the Ceylon receiving-ship at
Malta, Capt. Thos. Graves.
KENNEDY. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., 14; h-p., 0,)
John Jai«es Kennedy, bom in April, 1821, at
Waterford, js son of the Venerable Jas. Kennedy,
Archdeacon of that place.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
June, 1833, and embarked, in June, 1835, as a Volun-
teer, on board the Magicienne 24, Capt. Geo. Wm.
St. John Mildmay, employed off the coasts of Spain
and Portugal. Becoming Midshipman, in Nov. 1837,
of the Favorite 18, Capt. Walter Croker, he pro-
ceeded in that vessel to the East Indies, where, in
Oct. 1839, he joined the Wellesley 72, Capt.T?ho8.
Maitland. Uniting afterwards in the operations
against) Chin?, BJr, Kennedy satyei, W Mjite, either
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607
in the boats or on shord, at the &st capture of
Chusan ; the attack vipon the enemy's forts at Chu-
enpee and the Bogue, as also upon their camp, fort,
and ship Cambridge, hearing the Chinese Admiral's
flag, below Whampoa Reach, where 98 gnnS were
in the whole destroyed ; the towing of H.M.8. Sbl-
TnuH from under the fire of a masked battery ; the
storming of the heights above Canton in May, 1841 ;
and the reduction of Amoy, the recapture of Chusan,
the storming of Chinghae (where he commanded
the barge), "^ and the occupation of Ningpo. He
attained his present rank 8 Oct. 1841 ; returned to
England at the conclusion of tlie war in the Blen-
heim 72, Capt. Sir Thos. Herbert; and, from 12
June, 1843, until paid off in the summer of 1847,
was employed at the Cape of Good Hope as Second
and First Lieutenant of the Conwa* 26, Capt, Wm.
Kelly.
■ Lieut, Kennedy holds testimonials of the highest
description from Sir Gordon Bremer, Sii' Thos.
Maitlamd, and Sir Thos. Herbert, the former of
whom had bis broad pendant on board the Wei/-
i/ESLEt ; and he has been awarded a first-olasS oeiv
tificate fot his proficiency in naval gunnery.
KENNEDY. (Capt., 1813. r-p., 25 ; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Foktescue KeJinedy was bom 9 Nov.
1774, and died 15 May, 1846. He was son of the
late Dr. Kennedy; Physician to George IV. when
Prince of Vfales, and Inspector-General of Army
Hospitals, who died in April, 1795, from the effects
of excessive fatigue in the performance of his duties
oji the Contiiient under the Duke of Tork, by the
third daughter of the late Thos. Chattiberlaine, £^q.,
of Wardington, co. Oxford. One of his brothers, a
Captain in the 19th Foot, died at Ceylon in 1801 ;
and another, Sir Kobt. Hugh Kennedy, Kt,, was at
the head of the Commissariat department of the
Army Under the Duke of WeUington during the
whole of the Peninsular war.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1789
(under the patronage of Lord Hood), as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Colossus 74, Ga,pts. Hugh Clo-
Berry Christian and Henry Harvey, gUard-Ship at
Portsmouth; and, on being lent to the Pomona
frigate, Capt. Henry Savage, sailed on a voyage to
Africa and the West Indies. He next, between
Sept. 1790 and the commencement of the French
revolutionary war, served on the Home and New-
foundland stations, as Midshipman, in the Cbescent
frigate, Oapt. Wmi. Young, Alcide 74, Capt. Sir
Andrew Snape Douglas, and Bonetta sloop, Capts.
Wm. Elliot and Graham Moore ; , after which he
joined the Terrible 74, Capts. Skefflngton Lutwidge
and Geo. Campbell, and proceeded to the Mediter-
ranean, where he served oft shore with the army
during the occupation of Toulon, and obtained great
praise from Sir Hyde Parker, the Cafitain of the
fleet, for his exertions in embarking and bringing
off' more than 60 unfortunate emigrants, chiefly
females, at the Very moment When their blood-
thirsty countrymen were rushing into the town.
In 1794 Mr. Kennedy returned to England in La
Svbille frigate, Capt. Edw. Cooke. He was then
detached for a short period into the LiVelv 36,
Capts. Lord Garlics and Geo. Burlton, at the expi-
tation of which he rejoined La Stbille, and con-
tinued to serve in that frigate, as Lieutenant (com-
mission dated 5 July, 1796), until April, 1798. In
Jan. of the latter year he captured, with the ship's
barge and only 13 men, a gun-boat, in the Bay of
Manilla, carrying 5 guns, besides swivels, and a
complement of SO men. He was in consequence
invested witti the command of his prize, which he
retained until she was broken up subsequently to an
attack made a few days afterwards by La Sybille,
in company with the Fox frigate, on the settlement
of Samboangon, in the island of Magindanao. His
next appointment was, 16 Nov. 1798, to the Triumph
74, Capts. Wm. Essingfcon, Thos. Seccombe, Eliab
Harvey, and Sir Kobt. Barlow, under whom, and
for some time under the flag of Kear-Admlral Cutll-
• Viie Gai. 1842> p, 897.
bett Collingwood, he served on the Channel and
Mediterranean stations until Jan. 1803— from 5 Oct.
to 15 Nov. in which year he commanded the Eliza
AND Jane tender, employed in conveying impressed
men from Dublin to Plymouth. He then, at the
request of Capt. Eliab Harvey, became that officer's
First-Lieutenant in the Tem^raibe 98, which ship
was next astern of the Victory, and bore a most
distinguished share, in the action off Cape Trafalgar
21 Oct. 1805. As a reward for the part he had
taken in the battle Lieut. Kennedy was promoted
to the rank of Commander by commission dated 24
Dec. in the same year. He did not, however, again
go afloat until 29 Aug. 1808, from which period
until posted, 4 Dec. 1813, he had command of the
Cordelia 10. In that sloop, we understand, he ac-
companied the expedition to the Walcheren, effected
the capture of three privateers and several mer-
chantmen, and commanded a squadron of eight
brigs at the blockade of two 40-gun frigates in the
Port of Dunkerque, where he remained until the
latter were dismantled and laid up. His last ap-
pointment was, 24 June, 1834, to the Superintendent-
ship of Sheemess Dockyard, which he held, part of
the time as Captain of the Temebaire 104, until
March, 1838.
Capt. Kennedy married, first, 2 Sept. 1806, Louisa,
second daughter of Colonel Adlam, K.M. ; and
secondly, 2 Oct. 1834, Hannah Sarah, now deceased,
daughter of Dr. Hope, and relict of Dr. Kennedy,
M.D., of Gillingham, Kent. By his former wife he
has left issue two sons, George, a Captain in the
K.A., and Hugh, a Lieutenant in the R.M. Agent
— J. Hinxman.
KENNEDY. (Commander, 1846.)
William Hogh Kennedy entered the Navy 27
June, 1828; passed his examination in 1834; ob-
tained his first commission 15 Dec. 1838; and was
subsequently appointed — 9 March, 1839, to the Ser-
pent 16, Capt. Hon. Eobt. Gore, employed in North
America and the West Indies, whence he returned
towards the close of 1840—13 Aug. 1841, to the
Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, with
whom he served for upwards of three years on the
same station — 10 Nov. 1845, to the Queen 110, bear-
ing the flag of Sir John West at Devonporfr— and,
24 April, 1846, as First-Lieutenant, to the Constance
50, Capt. Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, fitting for the
Pacific. He attained his present rank on 4 July
in the latter year ; and since 29 of the following
Sept. has been employed in the Coast Guard.
He married, 1 April, 1841, Georgiana, fourth
daughter of the late Admiral Hon. Sir Chas. Paget,
and niece of the Marquess of Anglesey. Agent—
J. Hinxman.
KENNETT. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Edward Hoile Kennett entered the Navy 15
July, 1826 ; passed his examination in 1832 ; obtained
his commission 12 Nov. 1839 ; and, with the excep-
tion of a few months at the commencement of 1841,
was employed, from 13 Noy. 1839 until the latter
part of 1846, in the Satellite 18, Capt. John Kobb,
and Pique 36, Capts. Rich. Augustus Tales, Henry
Forbes, and Hon. Montagu Stopford, on the North
America and West India station. He is now on
half-pay.
KENNEY. (Commandes, 1841. f-p., 15; h-p., 9.)
Edward Herbert Kenney entered the Navy
1 Oct. 1823; and was promoted, immediately on
passing his examination, to the rank of Lieutenant,
by commission dated 30 Oct. 1829. His succeeding
appointments were— 16 Dee. 1831, to the Mada-
gascar 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, in the Mediterranean
— 15 April, 1835, to the Excellent gunnery^ship
at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos, Hastings— 29 July, 1836,
to the Misden 74, Capt. Alex. Kenton Sharpe, from
which ship, employed on particular service he soon
afterwatds invalided— 8 Sept. 1837, to the Her-
cules 74, Capts. John Tonp Nicolas and Edw.
Barixard, with whoMi he served, chiefly on the Lis-
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KENNICOTT— KENT.
bon station, until the close of 1839 — 7 Dec. 1840, as
First-Lieutenant, to his old ship the Excellent —
and, 27 May, 1841, to the Dublin 50, flag-ship in
the Pacific of Kear-Admiral Bich. Thomas. He
was advanced to the rank of Commander on 23 of
the following Not., and has since been on half-pay.
KENNICOTT. (Commandek, 1846. f-p., 24;
H-p., 20.)
Gilbert Kennicott was bom in 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capt.
Geo. Reynolds, bearing the flag in the Channel of his
friend and patron the late Lord Collingwood, whom
he successively followed, as Midshipman, into the
Cdlloden 74, Prince 98, Venerable again, Dread-
MooGHT 98, Royal Sovereign 100, and Ocean 98.
In the Royal Sovereign at Trafalgar he received
nearly 40 wounds and lost the sight of his right eye ;*
in consequence whereof he was allowed a pension of
10/. so long as he should continue a petty officer,
and was presented by the Patriotic Society with
the sum of 501. In Oct. 1807, a few months after
he had been appointed Master's Mate of the Hind
frigate, Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, Mr. Kennicott had
the misfortune, while in charge of a small detained
Greek vessel, to be wrecked off the island of Cyprus.
He fell in consequence into the hands of the Turks,
and was by them held a prisoner until late in 1809.
He then joined the Seahorse 38, Capt. John Stewart,
and, on 28 Jan. 1810, he was nominated by Lord
Collingwood to a Lieutenancy in his ovrn ship, the
ViLLE DE Paris— an act which the Admiralty con-
firmed by commission dated 22 Aug. in the same
year. Removing, not long afterwards, to the Mi-
norca 18, Capt. Ralph Randolph Wormeley, Lieut.
Kennicott, in Nov. 1810, was again placed in com^
mand of a detained (American) vessel, whose crew,
of themselves equal in number to the British, con-
joined with one-half of the latter, and succeeded in
re-capturing and carrying her into Marseilles. A
second time thus a prisoner-of-war, the Lieutenant,
after he had been for some time confined in a com-
mon gaol, was conducted to Verdun, and there kept
en parole until the conclusion of the war. His next
appointments were, in April and Sept. 1815, to the
MosQDiTO 18, Capts. Jas. Tomkinson and Geo. Brine,
and Leveret 10, Capt. John Theed ; in the latter
of which vessels he remained on the St. Helena
station until obliged to invalid, for the benefit of
his health, 3 June, 1817. From 17 Sept. 1836, until
advanced to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846,
he was employed in the Coast Guard, and on more
than one occasion rendered good service to the
revenue. He is now on half-pay.
Commander Kennicott was re-awarded, 20 Sept.
1817, a pension for his wounds of 91/. 5s., together
vrith two years' arrears. He is married, and has
issue two daughters, one of whom, Sophia Elizabeth,
became the wife, in Nov. 1841, of Capt. W. Calder,
late of the 8th Begt. Agent— Joseph Woodhead.
KENT. (Lieutenant, 1847.)
Charles Kent passed his examination 4 June,
1845 ; and after serving as Mate on board the Ex-
cellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Henry Duoie Chads,
Spartan 26, Capt. Thos. Matthew Chas. Symonds,
and DiBO 18, Capt. John Balfour Maxwell, on the
Home and East India stations, was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 9 June, 1847. He has been since
employed as Additional of the Vernon 50, flag-ship
in India of Rear- Admiral Samuel Hood Inglefield.
KENT. (Commander, 1822. f-p., 22; h-p., 25.)
Henry Kent, bom at Glasgow, is youngest bro-
ther of Commander Wm. G. C. Kent, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fortitude prison-ship
at Portsmouth, Lieut.-Commander John Gourly,
from which he was discharged in Aug. 1801. He
re-embarked, in April, 1803, on board the Salva-
dor DEL MuNDO guard-ship at Plymouth, bearing
* rirfe Gaz. 1805, pp. 1411-1484.
the flags of Sir John Colpoys and Sir Wm. Toung,
under whom he continued until appointed Midship-
man, in March, 1804, of the Goliath 74, Capts.
Chas. Brisbane, and Robt. Barton. In Feb. 1806,
after he had been intermediately employed in the
Channel and off the coast of Ireland, he joined the
Rbvolutionnaibe frigate, Capt. Chas. Fielding,
stationed off the coast of Spain; on his removal
from which ship to a Master's Mateship in the
Hussar 38, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, he accompanied the
expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen, and then pro-
ceeded to the West Indies and North America. In
June, 1809, Mr. Kent was promoted, from the
SwiFTSURE 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren,
to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Horatio 38, Capt.
Geo. Scott. He next, in Nov. 1809, and April, 1810,
joined, again in the capacity of Midshipman, the
PoMriE 74, and Neptdne 98, flag-ships of Sir Alex.
Cochrane in the Leeward Islands. On 14 March,
1811, it was Mr. Kent's fortune to be confirmed a
Lieutenant in La Fantome sloop, Capt. John Law-
rence. In that vessel, which was at first stationed
in the North Sea and on the Spanish coast, he ulti-
mately proceeded to the Chesapeake, where, in dif-
ferent attacks made upon the enemy's works, he
distinguished himself as a brave and meritorious
officer. In Jan. 1814, with a degree of zeal highly
creditable to him, Lieut. Kent started from Halifax
as a volunteer, at the head of upwards of 100
officers, seamen, and marines, for the purpose of
proceeding to Lake Ontario, there to join the force
under Sir Jas. Lucas Te<j. After traversing a dis-
tance of nearly 1000 miles across an uninhabited
country, covered with snow and woods, he at length,
in the month of March, reached Kingston, where
he was immediately appointed First-Lieutenant of
the Princess Charlotte frigate, Capt. Wm. Howe
Mulcaster, then on the stocks, but which his officer-
like, active, unremitting, and strenuous exertions
were the main cause of being ready to join in
the expedition of May against Oswego. On the
occasion of the attack he had the personal command
of the Princess Charlotte, owing to the absence
of her Captain ; and his conduct, we are informed,
was zealous, brave, and intelligent in the extreme.
Continuing in Canada, he assumed command, in
June, 1814, of a division of the flotilla on Lake On-
tario, as he did, in Aug. 1815 and Nov. 1816, of the
Tecumseh and New ash schooners on Lakes Erie
and Huron. In June, 1817, he was appointed Su-
perintendent of the Naval Dep6t on the eve of con-
struction at Penetenguishne, on the lake last men-
tioned. In 1819, in consequence of a severe attack
of fever and ague, which lasted eight months, and
reduced him to a mere skeleton, he removed to the
establishment on Lake Champlain, where he re-
mained until Oct. 1822. He then returned home'with
his officers and men after an absence of 10 years,
during which period he had undergone hardships
of no ordinary character ; and on 26 Dec. in that
year he was at last promoted to the rank of Com-
mander. He has since been on half-pay.
In Nov. 1834 Commander Kent was appointed a
Stipendiary Magistrate at Jamaica, a post he still
retains. He married, 24 Aug. 1824, his first-cousin,
Eliza, relict of the late Jas. Chas. Grant, Esq., of
Burton Crescent, London, and eldest daughter of
Capt. Wm. Kent, R.N., who died in command of
theljNiON 98, on the Mediterranean station. By that
lady he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
KENT. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 15; h-p., 34.)
William George Carlile Kent, bom about
1788, in Lanarkshire, N.B., is second son of the late
John Kent, Esq., who, after having served for up-
wards of 20 years as a Purser in the Navy, was ap-
pointed, in 1803, Steward of the Royal Naval Hos-
pital at Plymouth, where he died in 1827; and
brother (with the present Commander Henry Kent,
R.N.) of Lieut. John Kent, R.N. (1809), formerly
Senior of the Thais 20, who died from the effects
of over-exertion in his 'profession in Jan. 1816, as
also of Commander Bartholomew Kent, R.N. (1815),
KENYON— KEPPEL.
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who served at the 'bomhardineiit of Copenhagen in
1807 in the GuekeiJibe when captured by the U.S.
ship Constitution in Aug. 1812, and on shore at New
Orleans in 1814-15, and died in Feb. 1835, aged 55.
His paternal grandfather married the eldest sister
of the late Vice- Admiral John Hunter, many years
Governor of New South Wales, and grand-niece of
the Lord-Provost Drummond, of Edinburgh. One
of his father's brothers, William, died Captain of
the Union 98, oif the mouth of the Rhone, in
Aug. 1812 ; and another, Henry, Commander of
the Dover 44, arvn/e-en-flute, died on the coast
of Egypt in 1801. Of his maternal uncles, one,
Eobt. Wright, a Colonel of the Koyal Regiment of
Artillery, commanded that corps in Scotland, and
served as Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Kent in
Nova Scotia and at Gibraltar ; a second, Peter, a
Captain in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s Infantry, died of
wounds received in battle at Ceylon ; and a third,
George, became a Colonel in the R.E. His cousins,
Bartholomew and Mark Kent, were both Lieu-
tenants in the R.N.; the former was killed in a
boat affair, in 1803, while First of the Goliath 74,
Capt. Chas. Brisbane; and the latter died at sea
in 1828.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board Le Tigre 80, Capt. Sir Wm.
Sidney Smith, under whom, after visiting Constan-
tinople and the coast of Egypt, he served on shore
at the defence of St. Jean d'Acre. In March, 1800,
having previously witnessed a variety of operations
on the Egyptian coast, he removed to the Theseus
74, Capt. John Stiles, and was for some time em-
ployed at the blockade of Genoa. On his return
home, towards the close of the same year, he joined
the Atlas 98, Capt. Theophilus Jones, stationed in
the Channel ; and we next, from Jan. 1802 until
Jan. 1807, find him discharging the duties of Mid-
shipman, Master's Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant in
the Buffalo store-ship, commanded in the East
Indies and at New South Wales by Capts. Wm.
Kent, Philip Gidley King, and John Houston. On
the date last mentioned he became Acting-First-
Lieutenant of the Porpoise store-ship, bearing the
broad pendant of Commodore Wm. Bligh, in which
he continued until invested with the command of
the Lady Nelson armed brig, then about to be em-
ployed in removing the settlers from Norfolk Island
to the Derwent and Port Dalrymple. In April,
1803, Mr. Kent, whose confirmation in the rank of
Lieutenant did not take place until 17 May, 1809,
rejoined the Pokpoise in the capacity of Acting-
Commander. In Jan. 18U, on his return to England,
after having endured a long and rigorous imprison-
ment on board the Porpoise "at New South Wales
by order of Commodore Bligh, he was brought to a
court-martial upon certain charges preferred against
him by that officer, of all of which, however, he
was acquitted, being at the same time compli-
mented for the conduct he had evinced under the
extreme and extraordinary difficulties in which he
had been placed. His last appointments were —
25 April and 19 Deo. 1812, to the Union 98, Capts.
Sam. Hood Linzee, Wm. Kent, and Robt. RoUes,
and, as First-Lieutenant, to the Sparrowhawk
sloop, Capt. Thos. Ball Clowes, both on the Medi-
terranean station ; where, in the latter vessel, he
had the misfortune to encounter an accident which
caused liim excruciating torture, and to be confined
to his bed for a considerable length of time, blind
of both eyes, and without surgical assistance. In
Sept. 1814 he took up a Commander's commission
dated on 15 of the previous June. He has since
been on half-pay.
He married, 30 Deo. 1830, Susannah EUzabeth,
third daughter of the late John Rankin, Esq., mer-
chant, of Greenock, N.B., by whom he has issue.
KENYON. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 17; h-p., 7.)
George Kesyon, born 10 March, 1811, is fourth
son of the Hon. Thos. Kenyon, of Pradoe, near
Shrewsbury, Clerk of the Outlawries in the Court of
Queen's Bench, by Louisa Choxlotte, second daugh-
ter of the Rev. John Robt. Lloyd, of Aston Hall,
Shropshire ; and nephew of the present Lord Ken-
yon. His eldest brother, Lloyd, is a Captain in the
Royal Horse Guards ; and his next, William, is in
the Hon. E. I. Co.'s military service.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 May, 1823, as
Fst.-cl, Vol., on board the Jasper 10, Capt. Alex.
Dundas Young Arbuthnott, whom he followed into
the Redwing 18, and Terror bomb— visiting St.
Petersburg in the former vessel, and Algiers in the
latter. Between Sept. 1824 and May, 1828, he
served uninterruptedly, as Midshipman, on the
Home, South American, and Mediterranean sta-
tions, in the Bulwark 74, Capt. Dundas, Wellesley
74 and Spaetiate 76, both commanded by Capt.
Graham Eden Hamond, and Ariadne, Capt. Adol-
phus FitzClarence. In May, 1829, having passed the
last 12 months in study on shore, he joined the Vic-
tory 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot ; and, towards the
close of the same year, he returned to South Ame-
rica in the Volage 28, Capt. Lord Colchester. In
that frigate, of which he became Mate 1 Oct. 1830,
Mr. Kenyon escorted the ex-Emperor and Empress
of Brazil to Cherbourg in April, 1831, and was em-
ployed during the winter of 1832 in enforcing the
embargo on the coast of Holland, whence, in Dec.
of that year, he brought to England, under circum-
stances of great difficulty, the Ondermening, a de-
tained Dutch vessel. He next, until promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 1 Dec. 1837, served, off
Lisbon, in the Mediterranean, at Devonport, and
again off Lisbon, in the Belvidera 42, Capt. Hon.
Rich. Saunders Dundas, San Josef and Royal Ade-
laide, both fiag-ships of Sir Wm. Hargood, and
Hercules 74, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge
Berkeley and John Toup Nicolas. His succeeding
appointments were— 15 Feb. 1838, to the Sala-
mander steamer, Capts. Sidney Colpoys Dacres
and Hastings Reginald Henry, in which vessel he
was at first employed on the north coast of Spain
under Lord John Hay, then in crujzing after the
unfortunate Fairy, and finally in making a voyage
to St. Petersburg— and 20 Oct. 1841, to the Mada-
gascar 44, Capt. John Foote, on the coast of
Africa. Soon after his arrival on the latter station
Lieut. Kenyon assumed the temporary command of
the BoNETTA brigantine. On rejoining the Mada-
gascar he assisted in capturing five slave-vessels,
and in effecting the release of 1400 negroes ; and
on one occasion, while in command of the ship's
boats, 60 miles up the Congo river, he destroyed all
the baracoons on its banks, and entered into a treaty
with the native chiefs for the suppression of the slave-
trade. On being subsequently placed in charge of
a prize, he destroyed several other baracoons, and
succeeded in rescuing 120 slaves after a contest
with a very superior number of the natives, and a
loss to the British of 4 men killed and wounded. In
Aug. 1842 Lieut. Kenyon was sent to St. Helena
with a Brazilian prize, but in consequence of the
leaky condition of the vessel he was under the ne-
cessity of leaving her at Fernando Po, where he
took command of the Soudan, a small flat-bottomed
steamer, built for the navigation of the Niger, and
with only stowage-room for a week's fuel, in which
he proceeded to Sierra Leone. Owing to the pre-
valence of calms, and to the cause last named, he
did not reach his destination until after a length-
ened voyage, during which the greatest distress was
occasioned by a failure both in water and provisions.
He invalided home from severe and nearly fatal ill-
ness in April, 1843, and on 1 of the following July
was advanced to his present rank. He has since
been on half-pay.
KEPPEL. (Captain, 1837. r-P., 18 ; h-p., 7.)
The Honourable Henry Keppel, born 14 June,
1809, is fourth son of the Earl of Albemarle, by
Hon. Elizabeth Southwell, fourth daughter of Ed-
ward Lord de Clifford.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Feb. 1822 ; passed
his examination in 1828; obtained his first com-
mission 29 Jan. 1829; joined, 11 Feb. 1830, and 20
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KERR.
July, 1831, the Galatea 42, Capt. Chas. Napier,
and Maoicienne 24, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge
— the latter on the East India station ; was pro-
moted to the rank of Commander 30 Jan. 1833;
served from 16 May, 1834, until the spring of 1838,
in the Childers 16, in the Mediterranean and at
the Cape of Good Hope ; attained his present rank
5 Dec. 1837 ; and, from 30 Aug. 1841 until his return
to England in 1845, commanded the Dido 18. He
served, in the latter vessel, at the capture of Woo-
sung and Shanghae, and in the operations on the
Yang-tse-Kiang, in 1842;* and in Aug. 1844, with
only the Dioo and Hon. E. I. Co.'s steamer Phle-
GETHON under his orders, he attacked a large pira-
tical settlement on the island of Borneo ; where, while
the loss of the British amounted to 32 men killed
and 30 wounded, the enemy had five of their towns
destroyed, 250 men killed, some thousands of
houses and 200 or 300 proas of various descriptions
burnt, and 70 brass guns and 13 flags taken. Since
he was paid off Capt. Keppel has been unemployed.
He married, 25 Feb. 1839, Katherine Louisa,
daughter of the late General Sir John Crosbie,
G.C.H., of Watergate, co. Sussex. Agent — Jo-
seph Woodhead.
KERR, Lord. (Commander, 1846.)
Lord Frederick Herbert Kerr, born 30 Sept.
1818, is third son of WiUiam, sixth Marquess of
Lothian, K.T., by his second wife, Harriet, daugh-
ter of Henry, third Duke of Buccleuch. His lord-
ship, who is half-uncle of the present Marquess, is
brother of Lord Chas. Lennox Kerr, an officer in
the 42nd Regt., and Aide-de-Camp to the late Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, and of Lord Mark Ralph
Geo. Kerr, a Captain in the Army ; brother-in-law
both of Lord Clinton and of Sir John Stuart Forbes,
Bart. ; and first-cousin of Commander Hon. M.
Kerr, R.N., as also of Lieut. H. A. Kerr, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 14 June, 1831 ;
passed his examination in 1837 ; and was made Lieu-
tenant, 21 Oct. 1840, into the Gorgon steamer, Capt.
Wm. Honyman Henderson, on the Mediterranean
station, where he removed, 16 Jan. 1841, to the
Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart. The latter
ship being paid off in the spring of 1842, he was
next appointed, 7 Feb. 1843, and 18 April, 1844, to
the Thondereolt steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Natha-
niel Broke, and Winchester 50, bearing the flag of
Hon. Josceline Percy, in which ships he was for
three years employed at the Cape of Good Hope.
He attained his present rank 3 July, 1846, and has
since been on half-pay. Agents— Hallett and Ro-
binson.
KERR. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
George Kerr passed his examination 22 May,
1837 ; and was employed as Mate in the Hastings
72, Capt. John Lawrence, Agincoort 72, and Cam-
perdown 104, fiag-ships of Sir Thos. John Cochrane
and Sir Edw. Brace, and Pluto steam-vessel, Lieut.-
Commander Wm. Pearson Crozier, on the Mediter-
ranean and Home stations. He attained his present
rank 14 Aug. 1844, and on 9 of the following Sept.
was appointed to the Flying Fish 12, Capt. Robt.
Harris, fitting at Portsmouth. He was almost im-
mediately afterwards superseded, and has since been
on half-pay.
KERE. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
George Collier Kerr entered the Navy in
1831 ; passed his examination 15 Feb. 1839 ; and
after serving for nearly three years as Mate of the
Agincodrt 72, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir
Thos. John Cochrane, was made Lieutenant, 15 Jan.
1845, into the Plover surveying-vesselj'Capt. Rich.
CoUinson, with whom he returned home from the
East Indies and was paid off at the close of 1846.
KERR. (Lieutenant, 1844.)'
Henry Ashburton Kerr, bornin 1821, is third son
of the late Lord Robt. Kerr, a Lieutenant-Colonel
* ride Gaz. 1842, pp. S400, 3404.
in the Army, by Mary, daughter of the Kev. Edm.
Gilbert, of Windsor House, Cornwall ; and grand-
son of William John, fifth Marquess of Lothian,
His eldest brother, Wm. Walter Raleigh, is Assist-
ant Auditor-General at the Mauritius; and his
youngest, Robt. Dundas, is an officer in the R.E.
The Lieutenant (whose first-cousin, Lord Fred.
Herbert Kerr, is a Commander in the Navy) is
brother-in-law of Lieut-General Sir Wm. Maynard
Gomm, K.C.B., and of Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Henry
Cornwall, of the Coldstream Guards.
This officer passed his examination 26 May, 1841 ;
and from the early part of 1842 until promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant, 19 Deo. 1844^ was employed
in the Pacific as Mate of the Caeysfort 26, Capt.
Lord Geo. Paulet. He has been serving since 16
Aug. 1845 in the President 50, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, at the Cape_ of Good
Hope.
KERR. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
James Kerr was born 30 March, 1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseos 74, Capt. Geo.
Hope, employed at the Cape of Good Hope. In
Nov. 1807, after he had been for a short time at-
tached to the Ganges 74, commanded in the Baltic
by Capt. Peter Halkett, he rejoined Capt. Hope as
Midshipman in the Pompee 74, then lying at Chat-
ham. From March, 1808, until Oct. 1811, we again
find him in the Baltic on board the Victory 100,
flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, and Tartar frigate,
Capt. Joseph Baker. He was then received into
the Namur 74, bearing the flag at the Nore of Sir
Thos. Williams ; on leaving whom, in May, 1812, he
went back to the Victory. He was confirmed a
Lieutenant, 20 Nov. 1812, in the Plover sloop, Capt.
Colin Campbell ; and was subsequently, on his re-
turn from a voyage to Quebec, appointed — 24 Dec.
1813, and 3 Hay, 1814, to the Scarborodgh and
AcHiLLE 74's, flag-ships in the North Sea and at
the Brazils of Admirals John Ferrier and Manley
Dixon — and, 28 Aug. 1815, to the Alert 18, Capt.
John Smith, on the Home station. He has been. on
half-pay since 1816.
Lieut. Kerr married, 1 Jan. 1833, Helen, eldest
daughter of the late Adam Smith, Esq., of Stock-
bridge ; and has issue one son.
KERR. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
John James Kerr entered the Navy 6 July, 1813 ;
and was Midshipman of the Impregnable 98, flag-
ship of Rear- Admiral David Milne, at the battle of
Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816: He passed his examination
in 1819 ; obtained his commission 13 Aug. 1830 ; and,
with the exception of a period of rather more than
three years (from 28 Jan. 1837 until the spring of
1840) employed in the Coast Guard, has since been
on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
KERE. (Commander, 1846.)
The Honourable Mark Kerr, born 3 April,
1814, is second surviving son (by Charlotte, late
Countess of Antrim, third daughter of Randall, late
Marquess of Antrim) of the late Lord Mark Robt.
Kerr, Vice-Admiral of the White.* He is grand-
son of Wm. John, fifth Marquess of Lothian, K.T.,
Colonel of the 11th Regt. of Dragoons; brother of
the present Earl of Antrim ; brother-in-law of the
Earl of Abingdon ; and first-cousin of Lord Fred.
Herbert Kerr, Commander R.N.
This officer passed his examination in 1834 ; ob-
tained his first commission 10 Oct. 1837 ; and was
subsequently appointed — 29 April, 1838, to the
Wellesley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, in which ship
• Lord Mark Robert Kerr w.os horn in 1776. He was Mid-
shipman of the Lion 04 in Lord Macartney's expedition to
China in 1702 ; Lieutenant of the Sans Pareil 80 in Loid
liridport's action in 1795 ; and Capt. of the Cormorant 20 at
the reduction of Minorc \ in 1798. On the renewal of hos-
tilities in 1 803 his Lordship obtained command of the Fisqard
frigate. He became a Rear-Admiral in 1821, attained the
rank of Vice-Admiral in 1837, and died 9 Sept. 1840. .
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he served under Sir Gordon Bremer during the
war in China— 9 Feb. 1842 and 15 April, 1844, to
the FoitMiDABLE 84 and Queen 110, both com-
manded by Sir Chas. Sullivan on the Mediterranean
station— and 21 Aug. 184.5, to the President 50,
flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Kich. Dacres at the
Cape of Good Hope. He attained his present rank
12 Jan. 1846 ; and has since been on half-pay.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
KEER. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 14; h-p., 24.)
Patkick Kekr entered the Navy, 20 Sept. 1809,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dbsiree 36, Capt.
Arthur Farquhar, employed off the Texel ; and from
Aug. 1810, until April, 1815, served on the North
Sea and American stations, chiefly as Midshipman,
in the San Domingo 74 and Cleopatra frigate,
both commanded by Capt. Chas. Gill — the former
as flag-ship to Sir Kich. Strachan and Sir John Bor-
lase Warren. He then returned to England in the
ToNNANT 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane ;
and in Oct. 1815, after his name had been borne for
short periods on the books of various ships, he re-
moved to the TowET 24, Capts. Hew Steuart and
Wm. Hill, fitting for the East Indies, where he was
employed for a period of three years. He next, in
April, 1819, joined the Dover 28, bearing the flag
at Leith of Hear- Admiral liobt. Waller Otway, with
whom he remained until Nov. 1821 . In the early
part of 1822 we again find him sailing for the East
Indies in the Liffey 50 ; of which ship, bearing the
broad pendant of Commodore Chas. Grant, he was
created an Acting-Lieutenant 23 Dec. in the same
year. He was confirmed, 7 March, 1823, into the
Madagascak frigate, Capt. Evan Nepean; but
since his arrival home in the following Oct. has
been on half-pay.
KERR. (Commander, 1838.)
Robert Kerr entered the Navy 2 Dec. 1819 ;
passed his examination in 1826 ; and on the occa-
sion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23
Aug. 1828, was appointed to the Abachne 18, in
which vessel he served with Capts. Nixon, Erskine,
and Deare, on the West India station. Until the
summer of 1830. His succeeding appointments
were— 17 Feb. 1832, to the Conway 28, Capt. Henry
Eden, employed at first in the North Sea, and after-
wards in the Tagus and South America— and 6 May,
1837, to the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the
Mediterranean station. He attained his present
rank 28 June, 1838 ; and since 11 Oct. 1842 has been
employed in the Coast Guard.
KEVERN. (Retired Commander, 1827. p-p.,
19; H-p., 43.)
Richard Kevern entered the Navy, in 1785, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Irresistible 74,
Capt. Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, guard-ship at
Chatham, where he served for a period of four
years. He was next, until Nov. 1794, employed on
the Newfoundland station, part of the time as Mid-
shipman, in the Pegasus, Capts. Herbert Sawyer
and Wm. Domett, Assistance, flag-ship of Sir Rich.
King, and Tbepassey cutter, Lieut.-Commander
Jahleel Brenton — of which latter vessel he was
created a Lieutenant 24 Oct. 1793. His succeeding
appointments .were, on the Home station — 7 Jan.
1795, to the Cjesar 80, Capts. Chas. Edra. Nugent
and Roddam Home — 2 June, 1798, to the Cjesar
80, Capt. Collis— 5 April, 1799, to the St. George
98, Capt. Sampson Edwards— in 1801, to the San
Josef 110, Capt. Wm. Wolseley, which ship was
paid off in the following year— 6 March, 1804, to the
Jamaica 24, Capt. Jonas Rose— 21 May, 1805, to
the command of the Exertion gun-brig— 11 Jan.
1806, to the Sea Fencibles at Weymouth— and 26
April following, as Senior, to the Sheldrake 16,
Capt. John Thicknesse. On 12 Oct. 1806 Lieut.
Kevern took part in an action of an hour and a
quarter, fought in the Bay of Erqui, between a
British squadron, consisting of the Sheldrake,
Constance 22, Strenuous gun-brig, and Britannia
cutter, on the one hand, and, on the other, a French
force, amounting to the Salamandre of 26 guns and
80 men, a 2-gun battery planted on a hill, and one
or two field-pieces, together with a few troops, on
the beach ; the termination whereof was the sur-
render of the enemy's ship, after a loss to herself
of about 29 men killed, independently of several
wounded, and to the British of 10 killed and 23
wounded. The assistance afforded by Lieut. Kevern
on the occasion was particularly noticed by Capt.
Thicknesse, who, in his letter to the Admiralty, de-
scribed him as a most meritorious and able officer,
and recommended him in consequence to their lord-
ships' favourable attention.* He left theSHELDRAKE
in a state of ill health in the following Nov., and
accepted his present rank 3 Dec. 1827.
He is married, and has issue a son, the present
Lieut. Rich. C. Kevern, R.N.
KEVERN. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Richard Charles Kevern, bom 20 July, 1811,
is son of Retired Commander Rich. Kevern, R.N.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 14 April, 1825, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Britannia 120, Capt.
Philip Pipon, lying in Hamoaze ; and after a servi-
tude of nearly twelve months in the Channel on
board the Camelion 10, Capt. Michael Seymour,
became Midshipman, in Aug. 1826, of the Windsor
Castle 74, Capt. Edw. Durnford King. Removing,
in Feb. 1828, to the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons,
he was for upwards of three years employed in that
ship on the Mediterranean station ; after which we
find him doing duty as Mate, off Lisbon, again in
the Mediterranean, as also in the West Indies and
in China, on board the Ro-mney troop-ship, Master-
Commander Chas. Brown, Thunderer 84, Capt.
Wm. Furlong Wise, Crocodile 28, Capt. Jas.
Polkinghorne, and Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Hum-
phrey Le Fleming Senhouse. For his services in
the latter ship during the early part of the hosti-
lities with the Chinese he was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant 8 June, 1841, but he did not receive
his commission until the middle of the following
Oct., by which period he had further assisted at the
capture of Amoy and Chinghae.f He then became
First of the Larne 18, Capt. Patrick John Blake,
with whom he returned home and was paid off' in
July, 1842. His last appointments were for short
periods — 9 Sept. 1844, to the Cruizer 16, Capt.
Edw. Gennys Fanshawe, fitting at Chatham— 21
Oct. 1845, as Additional, to the Penelope steiim-
frigate, Commodore Wm. Jones, on the coast of
Africa — and, 3 March, 1846, to the Pantaloon 10,
Capts. Edm. Wilson and Henry John Douglas. He
came from the West Indies at the commencement
of 1847, and has since been on half-pay.
KEY. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 1.)
AsTLEY Cooper Key entered the Navy 2 Aug.
1833; passed his examination 19 Aug. 1840; and
after an intermediate servitude as Mate in the Ex-
cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir
Thos. Hastings, was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 22 Dec. 1842. His succeeding appointments
were, 28 Feb. 1843 and 9 Feb. 1844, to the CURA50A
24, Capt. Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley, and Gorgon
steam-sloop, Capt. Chas. Hotham, both on the South
American station. On 20 Nov. 1845 it was his lot
to command the Fanny tender, and to be slightly
wounded, during the battle of the Parana ; on which
occasion the combined squadrons of England and
France effected the destruction, after a hard day's
fighting, of four heavy batteries belonging to Gene-
ral Rosas at Pimta Obligado, also of a schooner-of-
war mounting 6 guns, and of 24 vessels chained
across the river.J He was in consequence promoted
to his present rank by commission dated 18 Nov.
1845 ;§ and since 3 May, 1847, has been in command
of the Bulldog steam-sloop, of 500 horse-power, on
the coast of Portugal.
* Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 1364. + V. Ga?,. 1842, pp. 82, 307.
t r. Gaj. 1846, pp. 8I.% 818. } T. Gai. 1846, p. 861.
412
612
KEYS-KIDDLE— KING.
KEYS. (Retieed Commander, 1841.)
Datid Keys entered the Navy, in 1786, as Ordi-
nary, on board the Dictator 64, Capt. Wm. Parker,
lying at Sheerness, where he remained but a short
period. He served next, for some months in 1790,
and again in 1792-3, in the Brune frigate, Capt. Da^
vldge Gould, as also in the Centdhion 50, Capt.
Sam. Osborne, on the West India station; after
which he was for about four years employed on the
Home station, as Midshipman and Master's Mate,
in the Comet, Capt. Wm. Bradley, Hebo, Lieut.-
Commander John Thomson, and Prisce, flag-ship
of Sir Roger Curtis. He was confirmed a Lieute-
nant, 21 July, 1798, in the Centaur 74, Capt. John
Markham, under whom he was present at the sur-
render of the island of Minorca, the destruction of
the Spanish frigate El Guadahvpe of 40 guns, and
the capture of a French squadron of three frigates
and two brigs commanded by Rear- Admiral Perree.
He left the Centaur in July 1798, and was after-
wards appointed— 3 April, 1804, to the Roebdck 44,
flag-ship at Leith and at Plymouth of Rear-Admirals
Jas. Vashon and Billy Douglas— 6 Dec. 1805, for a
brief period, to the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. Camp-
bell, lying in the river Thames— 5 Sept. 1822, to the
Coast Guard, in which service he continued until
the close of 1833— and 3 March, 1834, to the Ordi-
nary at Plymouth, where he remained for about
three years and a half. He became a Retired Com-
mander on the Senior List 12 Oct. 1841.
He is married and has issue.
KIDDLE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 26; h-p., 15.)
John Kiddie entered the Navy, 24 Dec. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, Capts. \Vm.
Lukin, Jas. Katon, John Surman Carden, and Henry
Raper, in which ship, after attending Admiral Gam-
bier's expedition to Copenhagen, he continued to
serve as Midshipman, on the Channel and Lisbon
stations, until Feb. 1813. He then joined the Bel-
jlerophon 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin
Keats ^t Newfoundland, where, shortly after his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took
place 29 July, 1814, he removed to the Challenger
16, Capts. Fred. Edw. Vernon and Henry Forbes.
His appointments, since the paying off of the latter
vessel in Sept. 1815, have been — 15 Oct. 1830, to the
Talavera Coast Blockade ship, Capts. Hugh Pigot
and David Colby— 16 April, 1831, to the Coast
Guard — 11 June, 1833, to the command of the Fox
Revenue-vessel — 22 June, 1836, to the Coast Guard
■ — 29 Jan. 1844, to the command of the Harpy, an-
other Revenue-cruizer — and 22 April, 1847, again
to the Coast Guard, in which he is at present
serving.
KING, Kt, K.C.H. (Vice-Admibal of the Red,
1841. F-p., 24; H-p., 37.)
Sir Edward Dhrnford King is son of the late
"Wm. King, Esq., of Southampton, and of Harbest
and Brockley, co. Suffolk, by Hannah, daughter and
co-heiress of Anthony Isaacson, Esq., of Fenton, co.
Northumberland; and brother of the late Capt.
Andw. King, R.N.*
This officer (whose name had been borne, from 24
March, 1786, until 1788, on the books of the Irre-
sistible 74, guard-ship at Chatham, Capt. Sir Andw.
Snape Hamond) embarked, in June, 1789, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Director 64, Capt. Thos.
■West, and was next, between Nov. 1790 and Feb.
1793, employed, on the Home, American, and New-
* The above officer was Midshipman of the Beller^hon
in the actions of 28 and 29 May and 1 June, \794, He served
as Senior Lieutenant of the Andromeda frigate at the de-
struction of a French squadron in Dunherque harbour 7 July,
1799 ; was First also of La DislREE in the action off Copen-
hagen 2 April, 1801 ; and, as Fourth of the Victory, par-
ticipated in the glories of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. In 1807
he commanded the Heb e armed ship at the siege of Copen.
hagen ; as lie did the Venerable 74 in the attack upon
Flushing in 1 809, and the Iphioe ma frigate at the reduction
of Genoa in 1814. His promotion to Post-rank took place
13 Oct. 1807. He died Superintendent of the Packet Esta-
blishment at Falmouth 30 June, 18.35. j
foiindland stations, in the Eotne 98, Capt. Geo.
Bowyer, Carnatic 74, Capt. John Ford, Belloha
74, Capt. Fras. John Hartwell, Resistance, Capt.
John O'Brien, Alcide 74, Capt. Sir Andw. Snape
Douglas, and Assistance, flag-ship of Sir Rich.
King. He then successively joined, in the capa-
city of Master's Mate, the Prince, Barfleor, and
Glory 98's, the latter commanded by Capt. Bour-
master, and the two former by Capt. Cuthbert Col-
lingwood, Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral Bowyer,
through whose recommendation of his conduct on
board the Barfleur in the actions of 29 May and
1 June, 1794, he was promoted, on 5 Sept. in that
year, to a Lieutenancy in the Robust 74, Capt.
Edw. Thombrough. Being appointed, 30 June,
1795, to the Dryad of 44 guns and 251 men, Capts.
Rohit. Forbes and Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Mr.
King, as First-Lieutenant to the latter officer, as-
sisted at the capture, 13 June, 1796, after a close
and spirited action of 45 minutes, attended with a
loss to the British of only 2 men killed and 7
wounded, of the French frigate La Proserpine^ of
42 guns and 348 men, 30 of whom were slain and 45
wounded. Being recommended by his Captain on
the occasion as an officer truly deserving the notice
of the Lords Commissioners,* and being in conse-,
quence rewarded with a Commander's commission
hearing date 23 of the same month, he was ap-
pointed, 21 June, 1798, to the command of the
Gaiete sloop-of-war, employed at first in the North
Sea, and then in the West Indies, where he co-ope-
rated, as senior officer of a squadron in the Gulf of
Paria, in the protection of Trininad, cruized with
much success off the island of Guadeloupe, and was
often under the fire of the enemy's batteries. On
28 Sept. 1800 Capt. King was nominated Acting-
Captain of the Leviathan 74, flag-ship of Sir John
Thos- Duckworth — an appointment which the Ad-
miralty confirmed 8 Jan. 1801. In the following
June, after he had assisted at the reduction of the
French island of St. Martin, and of the Danish and
Swedish islands of Ste. Croix, St. Thomas, and St.
Bartholomew, and had gained the approbation of
the Commander-in-Chief for the manner in which,
in conjunction with Brigadier-Generals Maitland
and Fuller, he had settled the terms of capitula-
tion,t he removed to the Andromeda frigate, also
on the West India station, whence, in Nov. of the
same year, he invalided. His next appointment was,
16 April, 1805, to the Endymion 40, in which frigate
we find him, until the ensuing September, employed
in the blockade of Cadiz. On 19 Aug., being on
the look-out off Cape St. Mary, Capt. King fell in
with the combined fleets, of France and Spain, c.on-
sisting of 26 sail-of-the-line and nine frigates, whom,
although he was chased by two of the former and
one of the latter, he contrived to watch J into the
port of Cadiz. He then, having closely reconnoitred
the enemy, repaired with the intelligence of their
situations, and of their partially dismantled state, to
Vice-Admiral ColUngwood, at the time off the Gut
of Gibraltar with only four ships-of-the-line, who
thereupon immediately returned to Cadiz and re-
sumed the blockade. Impressed with a full sense of
Capt. King's zeal and ability, the Vice-Admiral
afterwards selected him to follow the enemy, in the
event of their quitting Cadiz, and communicate to
the government at home, and the squadrons to the
northward, the circumstance of their approach and
probable destination— a service of the utmost im-
portance. Napoleon being at the period in anxious
expectation of their arrival in the Channel in order
to enable him to carry into execution his long-pro-
jected descent upon England. The Franco-Spanish
fleet, however, as is well known, remained in Cadiz
until the arrival of the force Under Lord Nelson,
shortly after which the battle of Trafalgar for ever
checked its career. At that particular epoch Capt.
• Vide Gaz. 1796, p. 579.
t K Gaz. 1801, pp. 516, ."119, 521.
t He even, by a ruse de fjuerret deterred them from con-
tinning the pursuit they had commenced of the few ships
subsequently alluded to as being under the command of
Vice-Admiral Collingwood.
KING.
613
King was absent on a special service at Gibraltar,
and he was in consequence deprived of an oppor-
tunity of sharing in the triumph that was then
achieved. He continued in the Endymion until
Aug. 1806, and was subsequently appointed — 23
March, 1807, to the Monmouth 64, in which ship,
on his arrival with a valuable convoy in India, he
assisted at the capture of Tranquebar — 24 Sept.
1811, after three years of half-pay, to the Rodney
74, part of the force employed at the blockade of
Toulon, where he continued until Nov. 1812 — 14
Nov. 1814, to the Coknwallis 74, fitting for the
East Indies, the command of which ship his health
obliged him to resign 21 Dec. following— and 27
May, 1825, to the Windsor Castle 74, stationed
at first as a guard-ship at Plymouth, and next at-
tached to an expedition to Lisbon, whence he re-
turned to England and was paid off in May, 1828.
On 22 July, 1830, our officer was advanced to the
rank of Rear- Admiral ; and in Jan. 1833 he was
knighted and created a K.C.H. He afterwards
commanded-in-chief, at first on the Brazil and Cape
of Good Hope stations, and then on the Cape station
alone, from 29 July, 1840, until the close of 1842 ;
and since 18 April, 1845 (his promotion to the rank
of Vice- Admiral having taken place 23 Nov. 1841),
he has had the chief command at the Nore. Agents
— Messrs. Ommauney.
KING. (COMMANDEK, 1814. F-P., 11 ; H-p., 32.)
George King (a) entered the Navy, 1 May, 1804,
as Midshipman, on board the Utrecht 64, Capts.
John Wentworth Loring, Fras. Pickmore, and
Henry Inman, lying in the Downs ; and from Jan.
1805, until his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
3 Sept. 1810, was employed under the present Sir
Edw. W. C. R. Owen, latterly as Master's Mate, in
the iMMORTAtiTi and Clyde frigates. He was con-
sequently present in several affairs with the enemy's
flotilla ; also in the attack made with Congreve's
rockets on the town of Boulogne in Oct. 1806, and
in the operations against Flushing in 1809. On the
occasion of his promotion as above, Mr. King joined
the Ariel sloop, Capt. Daniel Ross, and sailed for
the Baltic. From March, 1812, until within a few
days of his attainment of the rank of Commander,
15 June, 1814, he served off the mouth of the Scheldt
in the Inconstant 36 and Cornwall 74, both com-
manded by Capt. Owen. He has since been on half-
pay.
Commander King is a Magistrate at Van Die-
men's Land. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
KING. (Commander, 1821.)
George Morison King entered the Navy, in
June, 1807, as Midshipman, on board the Theseos 74,
commanded by the late Sir John Poo Beresford, and
was for some time employed in the Channel and off
Ferrol. Sailing next for the East Indies in the
Clorinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, he witnessed the
capture of tlie Isle of France in Dec. 1810; after
which he returned to England in the Iphigenia 36,
Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and in 1812, having
rejoined Sir J. P. Beresford on board the Poic-
TiERS 74, proceeded to the Chesapeake, where he
saw a good deal of boat-service and assisted at the
bombardment of Louis Town. In 1813 he was pro-
moted by Sir John Borlase Warren to a Lieutenancy
in the Ringdove 18, Capt. Wm. Dowers, also on the
North American station, whence, owing to some in-
formality which had there occurred in his examin-
ation, he was under the necessity of returning to
England, and of undergoing a second probationary
ordeal. His official promotion did not in conse-
quence take place until 22 Oct. 1814. He after-
wards became Flag-Lieutenant to Lord Exmouth
in the Boyne 98, and, on accompanying that officer
into the Queen Charlotte 100, it was his fortune
to participate in the same capacity in the battle of
Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, on which occasion he was
wounded in the leg.* In July, 1821, after he had
been for a period on half-pay, he was ordered to
* rirfoG«7,.lsl6, p. 1972.
join the Royal George yacht, on the King's staff,
two Lieutenants not being at the time allowed, and
one having been already appointed. While in that
vessel he attended His Majesty (George IV.) on the
occasion of his visit to Ireland, and he was always
present in the boat in which the royal personage
landed and re-embarked. He was promoted to the
rank of Commander by a commission bearing date
14 Dec. 1821 ; and he was lastly, from Feb. 1823
until 1832, employed in the Coast Guard ; on leav-
ing which service the officers and men late under
his superintendence presented him with a handsome
snuft-box "as a testimony of their respect and
esteem."
He married, 27 June, 1825, Anne Sarah, relict of
Fras. Hoey, Esq., of Dunganstown, co. Wicklow,
and sister of Matthew Forde, Esq., M.P. for co.
Down. By that lady he has issue.
KING. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 13; h-p'., 12.)
George St. Vincent King, bom 15 July, 1809, is
second son (by his first wife, Sarah Anne, only
daughter of Admiral Sir John Thos. Duckworth,
G.C.B.) of the late Vioe-Admiral Sir Rich. King,
Bart., K.C.B.,* whose second wife was a daughter
of Admiral Sir Chas. Cotton, Bart. Capt. King is
brother of the present Sir Rich. Duckworth King,
Bart., of Belle Vue, co. Kent ; brother-in-law of
Sir Jas. S. Lake, Bart. ; and nephew, by marriage,
of the late Admiral Sir Chas. Rowley, G.C.B. His
grandfather. Admiral Sir Rich. King, Bart., who
died in 1806, distinguished himself in India during-
the conflicts between Sir Edw. Hughes and Admiral
de Sufii-ein in 1782-3.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 8
Feb. 1822, and embarked in 1824, as Midshipman,
on board the Revenge 76, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard,
bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Harry
Burrard Neale, with whom he continued until 1827.
In 1828 he joined the Java 52, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Wm. Hall Gage in the East Indies, whence
he returned to England on the occasion of his pro-
motion to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Jan. 1830.
His next appointments were, 2 June, 1830, and 29
Dec. 1831, to the Columbine 18 and Pallas 42,
Capts. Jas. Wallace Gabriel, Manley Hall Dixon,
and Wm. Walpole, both on the West India station.
He left the Pallas in Deo. 1833, and, obtaining a
second promotal commission 8 Aug. 1834, was lastly
employed in command, from 25 Jan. 1837 until paid
ofi'at the close of 1838, of the Champion 18, on the
West India station. He acquired his present rank
28 Aug. 1841. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
KING. (Commander, 1814. r-p., 18; h-p., 34.)
Henry King entered the Navy, 28 Dec. 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nam or 98, Capt. Jas.
Hawkins Whitshed, with whom, and latterly with
Rear- Admiral Geo. Campbell, he continued to serve,
as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Acting-Lieute-
nant, in the Barfleuk and TiM^RAIRE 98's, on the
Home, Mediterranean, and West India stations,
until Oct. 1802. His first commission bears date
18 of the latter month. His succeeding appoint-
ments were — 13 April, 1803, to the Canopus 80,
bearing the flag of the last-mentioned officer in the
Mediterranean — 27 March, 1805, to the Ambuscade
32, Capt. Wm. D'Urban, with whom he was for four
years employed as Senior-Lieutenant on the same
station— 26 Sept. 1809, in a similar capacity, to the
Unit^ 36, Capts. Patrick Campbell and Edwin
Henry Chamberlayne, also in the Mediterranean,
whence (after having taken part in a very gallant
* Sir Rich. King was bom iu Nov. 1774. and in May 1794
was made a Post-Captain. He commanded the SlRiua 36
at tlie capture of the Dutch ships fVaahzcmlieid of 2fi guns
and 100 men, and Furie of 36 guns and 153 men, 24 Oct.
1798 ; was in the same ship, in company with L'Qiseau 36
at the taking, 27 Jan. IPOl, of the French fWgate La Dedaign-
euse of 36 guns ; and commanded the Achille 74 at the
battle of Trafalgar. He became a Rear-Admiral in 1812-
was nominated a K.C.B. in 1815; held the chief command
in the East Indies from 1816 to 1820 ; acquired the rank of
Vice- Admiral in 1821 ; and died Commander-in-Chief at the
Norc 4 Aug. 1834.
614
KING.
action of an hour and a half in Sagone Bay, where
that frigate, in company with the Pomone 38, and
ScoDT ■ 18, effectually destroyed the armed store-
ships Giraffe and Nburrice, 'each mounting from 20
to 30 guns, and protected by a 5-gun hattery, a
martello tower, and a body of about 200 regular
troops) he invalided in Aug. 1811. — 1 May, 1812, to
the TiGEE 74, Capt. John Halliday, in the Channel
— and, 14 Sept. following, as First, to the Seahorse
38, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon. In Aug. 1814, Lieut.
King (who had made a voyage to South America,
and had been for some time actively employed in
the Chesapeake) accompanied the brilliant expedi-
tion up the Potomac, where he assisted at the de-
struction of Fort Washington and witnessed the
capitulation of Alexandria. Such was his eagerness
to participate in the hardships and dangers encoun-
tered by the British during their subsequent descent
of the river that he actually left a sick bed for the
purpose of commanding at his quarters ; and the
two first guns he pointed each disabled a gun of the
enemy.* Proportionately great, therefore, was the
official praise bestowed upon him by Capt. Gordon.
He was in consequence promoted to his present
rank on 19 of the following Oct., but has not been
since afloat.
Commander King is a Police Magistrate at New
Zealand. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
KING. (COMMANBEB, 1846.)
Henry King (6) passed his examination 18 June,
1839; served as Mate of the Weliesley 72, Com-
modore Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer, at the capture of
Canton and Chinghae, t in 1841 ; and was for some
time employed in the same capacity on board the
CoKNWALLis 72, Hag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, and
Herald 26, Capt. J.oseph Nias. "We are informed
that Mr. King, whose first commission bears date 8
Oct. 1841, was Lieutenant of the Ai<3EEIne at the
attack upon Chapoo and Woosung, and in the ope-
rations on the Yang-tse-Kiang in 1842. He after-
wards, from 7 Nov. 1843 until the summer of 1845,
served in the Apoi.lo troop-ship, Capts. Wm. Mao-
lean and Wm. Eadcliffe ; and on 9 Nov. 1846 he
was advanced to the rank of Commander. He has
since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
KING. (Lieutenant, 1818. p-p., 10; h-p., 28.)
Henky King (a) entered the Navy, 21 May, 1809,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capts.
Andrew King and Sir Home Popham, in which
ship, after attending the expedition to the Walche-
ren, he served in co-operation with the patriots on
the north coast of Spain until unfortunately taken
prisoner in a land affair at Guetaria 17 July, 1812.
On his return to liberty he joined, in May, 1814, the
Stirling Castle 74, commanded at first by Sir H.
Popham, and afterwards by Capt. Wm. Butterfield ;
and in the follovring Aug. he removed to the M.E-
ANDER 38, Capt. John Bastard, stationed off Lisbon
and Gibraltar. From June, 1815, until May, 1816,
we find him employed on board the Iris, flag-ship in
the Thames of his friend Sir Home Popham. In
Oct. 1817 he accompanied that officer, in the Sy-
BiLLE frigate, to the West Indies, where, on 29 Jan.
1818, he was nominated by him to a Lieutenancy in
the Rifleman 18, Capt. Norwich Duff — an act
Which the Admiralty confirmed by a commission
dated 30 April in the same year. Mr. King's next
appointments were to the Primrose 18, Capt. Chas.
Geo. Bodney Phillott, Beaver sloop, Capts. Wm.
Popham and Rich. Saumarez, Iphigenia frigate,
Capt. Hyde Parker, and Sybille again, Capt. Wm.
Popham. He has been on half-pay, we believe,
since 1820. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
KtNG. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Henry Bartlett King was Midshipman of the
Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, during the operations
of 1840 on the coast of Syria. He passed his exa-
inination 12 April, 1842; served as Mate in the
Daphne 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow, Excellent
• Fide Gaz. 1814, p. 2081. •(■ V. Gaz. 1842, p. 398.
gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and Cboizee
16, Capt. Edw. Gennys Fanshawe, on the Pacific,
Home, and East India stations; obtained his com-
mission 7 Feb. 1846; and on 11 of the same month
was appointed Additional-Lieutenant of the Agin-
coDRT 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, also
in the East Indies. While in the Ckuizer we find
him assisting at the destruction, 19 Aug. 1845, by a
force under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the piratical set-
tlement of Malloodoo, the fiercely-defended strong-
hold of a Borneo chieftain named Scheriff Osman.
KING. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
James King passed his examination 11 July,
1840 ; and was for several years employed on the
Mediterranean, East India, and other stations, as
Mate, in the Belleisle 72, Capt. John Toup Nico-
las, Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, Childers
16, Capt. Geo. Greville Wellesley, and Apollo
troop-ship, Capts. Wm. Maclean and Wm. Radcliffe.
He obtained his commission 6 April, 1846, and is
still serving in the Apollo.
KING. (Eeae-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 33.)
The Honourable James William King is sixth
son of Robert, second Earl of Kingston, by Cathe-
rine, only daughter of Rich. Fitzgerald, Esq., of
Mount Ophaley, co. Kildare. He is brother of the
late Capt. Edw. King, R.N., as also of the late
Major-General Sir Henry King, K.C.B. ; brother-
in-law of the late Earl of Mountcashel ; and uncle
of the present Earl of Kingston. His nephew,
Lieut. Rich. Fitzgerald King, R.N. (1832), died
Senior of the Persian sloop, on the coast of Africa,
in 1840.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 .4.ug. 1797, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Sans Pareil 80, Capt.
Wm. Browell, bearing the flag of Lord Hugh Sey-
mour, at first in the Channel, and afterwards in the
West Indies, where, subsequently to the reduction
of Surinam, he became Midshipman, in 1801, of the
Carnatic 74, Capt. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose.
Quitting the latter ship in 1802, he was next, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 3 March, 1804,
employed, on the Home station, in the Bittern
sloop, Capt. Robt. Arlett, Jamaica 24, Capt. Jonas
Rose, Unicorn and Ethalion frigates, both com-
manded by Capt. Chas. Stewart, and Minotaur 74,
Capt. Chas. John, Moore Mansfield. In the follow-
ing April he joined the Vanguard 74, Capts.
Andrew Fitzherbert Evans and Jas. Newman New-
man, with whom he served, again in the West
Indies, until 1805. In Dec. of that year we find
him appointed to the JEolvs 32, Capt. Lord Wm.
FitzRoy, on the Irish station. Being advanced, 15
Aug. 1806, to the command of the Melville sloop,
Capt. King was once more ordered to the West
Indies, where, in Dec. 1807, he assisted at the re-
duction of the Danish islands. While on the same
station he was removed, 29 July, 1808, to the Pelo-
Eus 18, and was posted, 18 Jan. 1809, into the Alc-
MENE frigate. His last appointment was, on 2 June
in the latter year, to the Jason 32 ; which frigate,
after having been employed at Newfoundland and
off Flushing, bore the flag of the Duke of Clarence
when H.R.H. escorted Louis XVIH. to the French
shore in April, 1814. Capt. King subsequently
conveyed the Emperor Alexandria, the King of
Prussia, and the Duchess of Oldenburgh to Calais,
on their return from England. He paid the Jason
off 14 Nov. 1814; and acquired his present rank 9
Nov. 1846.
The Rear-Admiral married, 28 Nov. 1815, Caro-
line, second daughter of the late Most Rev. Euseby
Cleaver, Archbishop of Dublin, and has issue two
sons and three daughters. Agents — Messrs. Stil-
well.
KING. (Commander, 1825. r-p., 17; h-p., 24.)
John King was born 12 Sept. 1793. He belongs
to an old and very respectable family.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 Dec. 1806, as
KING.
615
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess of Orange 74,
Capts. Joshua Sydney Horton and Fras. Beauman,
on the Downs station ; served in the Channel and
Mediterranean, from Aug. 1808 until July, 1810, as
Midshipman of the Sparkowhawk 18, Capt. Jas.
Pringle ; and then joined the Alceste 38, Capt.
Murray Maxwell. While in the latter ship he
aided, in company with the Belle Poule 38, in
destroying, 5 May, 1811, a French national brig
lying in the harbour of Parenza, and defended by a
galling cross-fire from two batteries; and, inde-
pendently of many dashing boat-services, he bore a
part, 29 Jfov. 1811, in an action of two hours and 20
minutes, fought with consummate gallantry, between
the Alceste and the Active 38 on one side, and
the French 40-gun frigates Pauline and Pamone on
the other, which terminated in the capture of the
Pomone and escape of the Pauline, after a loss had
been occasioned to the Alceste of 7 men killed and
13 wounded. Kemoving with Capt. Maxwell, in
Sept. 1812, to the D^dalus 38, Mr. King continued
to serve with that officer until wrecked, off Ceylon,
2 July, 1813, He then joined the Minden 74, flag-
ship in the East Indies of Sir Sam. Hood, who, in
Oct. 1814, sent him to England in charge of the
Hunter, of Boston, a valuable American prize. On
his arrival, in May, 1815, he was received on board
the Ramillies 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman
Hardy and Chas. Ogle ; and in the following Aug.
he took up a commission dated on 3 of the preceding
March. Unable to procure immediate employment
in his profession, Lieut. King soon afterwards as-
sumed command of a merchant-vessel trading to
the coast of Africa, where it was his fortune on
more than one occasion to prove of service to Sir
Geo. Collier and other officers by affiarding them
information relative to the Bights of Benin and
Bianfra ; in consideration whereof, we understand,
he was brought under the favourable notice of the
Admiralty. On 19 Nov. 1821 he at length suc-
ceeded in procuring an appointment, as Senior-
Lieutenant, to the Driver sloop, Capts. Thos. Wol-
rige and Chas. Bowen. Continuing in that vessel
on the African station throughout the whole period
of her being in commission, he had constant charge
of her boats, and conducted them up nearly all the
rivers on the coast. On one occasion he contrived,
with only two of them, to cut out a Portuguese
brig mounting 6 guns, and having on board a crew
of 38 men, together with a cargo of 189 slaves. In
July, 1823, when the King of Ashantee was ad-
vancing with his hosts upon the British settlements
at Cape Coast, Lieut. King volunteered to serve on
shore with Major Chisholm, the Governor, who ac-
cordingly placed under his orders a body of .3000
men, consisting of the militia, troops in the employ
of the native chiefs connected with British interests,
and volunteers. Marching with these into the inte-
rior of the country, where he remained four months,
the Lieutenant succeeded, in unison with a force
under Capt. Laing, of the Royal Cape Coast Light
Infantry, distant two or three days' march on his
right, in cutting the enemy off from all communica-
tion with the sea, and in obliging them to retreat
to their capital. In the execution of the duties he
had thus of his own accord brought upon himself,
he underwent all the hardships and privations at-
tendant upon a campaign carried on in the midst of
a barbarous people, under a tropical sun, and in a
climate notoriously ruinous. He had the misfor-
tune, too, to receive a severe wound in the calf of
the right leg, which entailed so much pain as to
produce an attack of the fever common to the
country. He was therefore under the necessity of
returning to Cape Coast Castle for the benefit of
medical aid. Reinforcements having by that time
arrived from England, and the Driver being on
the eve of her departure for Rio de Janeiro, Lieut.
King resumed his avocations afloat. On the return,
however, of his ship in May, 1824, he again joined
the army, and on 21 of that month was twice
wounded in a great battle, in which, although the
enemy were repulsed, the British and their black
allies had 88 men killed, 678 wounded, and 88 miss-
ing.* He was promoted for his services to the rank
of Commander 25 April, 1825; and from 13 July,
1838, until 5 July, 1843, was employed in the Coast
Guard. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander King is a Magistrate and Deputy-
Lieutenant for CO. Monmouth. He married, 5 April,
1831, Margaret, daughter of the late Joseph Harris-
son, Esq., of Tydd Mansion, Cambridge, and sister
of Everson Harrisson, Esq., of Tolethorpe Hall,
Rutlandshu-e ; and was left a widower 25 Nov.
1841.
KING, F.R.S., F.L.S. (Captain, 1830. f-p.,
19; H-p., 21.)
Philip Parker King, born 13 Dec. 1793, in Nor-
folk Island, in the Pacific, is son of Capt. Philip
Gidley King, R.N., many years Lieutenant-Go-
vernor, and for six years Governor, of New South
Wales, who died 3 Sept. 1808, at Lower Tooting,
CO. Surrey.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diana frigate, Capt.
Chas. Grant ; whose First-Lieutenant, the late
Capt. Robt. Heriott Barclay, he well supported in
an attack made by the ship's boats in the following
year upon a French convoy passing between Nantes
and Rochefort. On the night of 2 Dec. 1809 he
was again noticed for his gallantry in the boats
under Lieut. Daniel Miller at the cutting-out of
three schuyts moored to the shore at Odenskirk,
and provided with heavy ordnance. f In Sept.
1810 (he had attained the rank of Midshipman 18
May, 1808) he proceeded, as Master's Mate of the
Hibernia 110, Capt. John Chambers White, to the
Mediterranean, where he followed the latter officer
into the Centadr 74, and joined, in Aug. 1811, the
Cdmberland 74, Capts. Robt. Waller Gtway and
Thos. Baker. Towards the close of the same year
he was received on board the Adamant 50, flag-
ship at Leith of Admiral Wm. Albany Otway. After
he had again served for 18 months with Capt. Grant
in the Armada 74, on the Mediterranean Itation, he
was there, in Jan. 1814, transferred to the Cale-
donia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, through
whom he was promoted, 28 Feb. following, to a Lieu-
tenancy in the Trident 64, guard-ship at Malta,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Laughame. He
next, from July, 1814, until July, 1815, served on
board the Elizabeth 74, Capt. Edw. Leveson
Gower, flag-ship part of the time of Rear-Admiral
Chas. Elphinstone Fleoming at Gibraltar, and in
Feb. 1817 he was intrusted with the conduct of an
expedition having for its object a survey of the
coasts of Australia; a service on which he continued
employed, in the Mermaid cutter and Bathdrst
sloop (to the command whereof he was promoted
by commission dated 17 July, 1821), until his re'turn
to England in 1823. The results of the undertaking
are contained in a ' Narrative of the Survey of the
Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia,' and
in an Atlas, both compiled by Capt. King, and pub-
lished, the former by Murray, and the latter by the
Hydrographical Office at the Admiralty. In Sept.
1825, from the feeling of confidence with which he
had impressed the Admiralty in the discharge of
his late duties, he was appointed to the Adventdre
sloop, and ordered to survey the southern coast of
America, from the southern entrance of the Rio
Plata round to Chiloe, and of Tierra del Fuego. He
was paid ofi" on his arrival in England, 16 Nov.
1830, and has not been since employed. His Post-
commission bears date 25 Feb. 1830.
In 1832 Capt. King published, as the partial fruit
of his recent voyage, a volume entitled ' Sailing
Directions to the Coasts of Eastern and Western
Patagonia, including the Straits of Magalhaen and
the Sea-Coast of Tierra del Fuego.' J: Besides being
a F.R.S. and a F.L.S., the Captain is a Member of the
Royal Asiatic Society of London, and a Correspond-
ing Member of the Zoological Society. He married
Harriet, daughter of Christopher Lethbiidge, Esq.,
* Fide Ga?,. 1824, pp. lOU, 1273. + V. Gaz. 1805, p. S057.
X v., also, Capt. Uobert FitzUoj, note, p. 365.
616
KING— KINGCOME— KINGDON.
of Launoeston, co. Cornwall, by whom he has nu-
merous issue. Agents — Messrs. StilweU.
KING. (Caitain, 1839. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 21.)
RiCHABD Henky King is sixth son of the late
Rev. John King, A.M., Rector of Witnesham, near
Ipswich, by Elizabeth Sarah, only daughter of the
Rev. Thos. Bishop, Rector of Trimley St. Martin
and Ash-by-Campsey in Suffolk, and Perpetual Cu-
rate of St. Mary-at-Tower and St. Mary-at-Elms in
Ipswich.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dhbid 32, Capt. Philip
Bowes Vere Broke, employed on the Irish station,
where he assisted, we find, at the capture of Le
Pri-nce Murat privateer of 18 guns, and Le PaTidour
national brig of similar force. Following Capt.
Broke, in Sept. 1806, into the Shaknon frigate, he
continued to serve uninterruptedly with him on
the Downs, Greenland, and Halifax stations until
8 March, 1813. He then became Acting-Lieutenant
of the Sylph sloop, Capt. Browne. He was con-
firmed into his old ship the Shannon 12 July, 1813,
and was afterwards appointed — 25 Feb. 1814, to the
Alekt 18, Capt. Joseph Gulston Garland, in the
Downs — 13 Oct. 1815, to the Bermuda 10, Capt.
John Pakenham, on the Jamaica station, whence
he returned in the early part of 1817 — 28 June, 1820,
to the Forte 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane,
under whom he served at Halifax and in the West
Indies, attendedGeorgelV. toScotland, and brought
home a large amount of specie from Vera Cruz and
the Havana — and 5 Nov. 1824, to the Owen Glen-
dower 42, bearing the broad pendant at the Cape
of Good Hope of Commodore Hood Hanway Chris-
tian. On the return of the latter ship to England
in 1828, Lieut. King was promoted to the rank of
Commander by a commission bearing date 27 Aug.
in that year. His last appointment was, 12 Feb.
1838, to the Crdizek 16, fitting for the East Indies,
where he attended an expedition to the mouths of
the Indu^ and assisted at the capture of Aden. He
was advanced, as a reward for his conduct on the
latter occasion, to the rank he at present holds
1 May, 1839 ; but he has not been since afloat.
Capt. King married, 4 May, 1830, Mary, daughter
of the late Sam. Twyford, Esq., of Trotton, co.
Sussex.
KING. (Commander, 1834.)
William George Nash King embarked (we pre-
sume from the R. N. College) 12 March, 1823;
passed his examination in 1828 ; and was made
Lieutenant, 15 Feb. 1830, into the Tribune 42,
Capt. John Alex. Duntze, stationed in the Pacific,
whence he returned to England, in the course of
the same year, in the Sapphire 28, Capt. Henry
Dundas. His next appointments were, 28 Feb. and
29 July, 1831, to the Windsor Castle 76, Capt.
Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, and Dublin
50, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, in which ships he
served in the Mediterranean and again in South
America until ordered home for the purpose of
being paid off in 1834. He was promoted to his
present rank on 13 Oct. in that year ; and has since
been on half-pay.
Commander King married, in 1837, Sarah, daugh-
ter of the late T. Bulkeley, Esq., of Montagu
Square. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
KINGCOME. (Captain, 1838.)
John Kingcome entered the Navy, 28 May, 1808,
as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Emerald 36, Capt.
Fred. Lewis Maitland, with whom he continued to
serve as Midshipman, on the Channel, Irish, and
Cape of Good Hope stations, until Dec. 1813. He
was in consequence present at the destruction of
the French shipping in Aix Roads in April, 1809 ;
and had an opportunity of witnessing the capture
of a large number of the enemy's vessels, armed
and otherwise. On leaving the Emerald, as above,
he was received on board the Tigke 74, Capt. John
Halliday, stationed in tie Channel, where he re-
mained until again placed, in May, 1813, under the
orders of Capt. Maitland, at that time commanding
the Goliath 74, on the coast of North America.
In July, 1814, he became Master's Mate of the St.
Lawrence, bearing the broad pendant On Lake
Ontario of Sir Jas. Lucas Tec, who nominated him,
9 March, 1815, Acting-Lieutenant of the Princess
Charlotte, Capt. Rich. O'Connor — an appoint-
ment which the Admiralty confirmed by commis-
sion dated 1 July in the same year. In Oct. 1815,
after having served for some time with Capt. Peter
Sampson Hambly in the Star sloop, he obtained
command of the Confiance schooner on Lake
Huron ; and from Oct. 1816 until July, 1817, he
was again employed on Lake Ontario, in the Net-
let 10, Capt. Fras. Brace. His next appointment
was, 29 July, 1822, to the Tees 26, Capts. Thos.
Coe and Fred. Marryat, the former of whom, on
becoming Senior officer in India, appointed him to
the command, in 1824, of the Larne sloop; which
vessel, he being at the time engaged in the Bur-
mese war, and she at New South Wales, he was not
able to join until 15 April, 1825. While in her, we
find him conveying Lady Brisbane (wife of Com-
modore Sir Jas. Brisbane) and her two daughters
from Madras to Pinang, and the Archdeacon Scott
from Sydney to Van Diemen's Land ; and after-
wards visiting New Zealand, Norfolk and Melville
Islands, Batavia, and Singapore. Being superseded
on his return to Madras in the following July,
Lieut. Kingcome was next appointed to the Pan-
dora sloop, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise. From
that vessel, he removed, in 1826, to the Warspite
76, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Brisbane.
Attaining the rank of Commander 8 Jan. 1828,
Capt. Kingcome served in that capacity in the
Coast Guard from 24 Oct. 1835 until appointed,
18 June, 1837, to the Wellesley 74, bearing the
flag of Sir F. L. Maitland on the East India station,
whence he returned on attaining his present rank
28 June, 1838. On 23 Oct. 1841 it was his fortune
to be appointed to the Belleisle troop-ship, in
which he sailed for China, and arrived there in
time to witness the closing operations on the Yang-
tse-Kiang.* He paid the Belleisle off at the close
of 1843, but since 24 March, 1846, has again had
the command of her.
One of Capt. Kingcome's children was drowned
while serving with him as a Midshipman in Jan.
1847. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
KINGDON. (LiEDT., 1812. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 33.)
John Kingdon entered the Navy, 9 March, 1796,
as L.M., on board the Shannon 32, Capt. Alex.
Fraser, stationed in the North Sea ; and from Aug.
1798 until Sept. 1801 was employed, chiefly as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate, in the Chapman armed
ship, Capts. Robert Keen and Thos. Browne, at New-
foundland and in the Dovnis. During the next
three years we find him discharging the duties of
Acting-Master in the Rosario sloop, Capts. Rich.
Byron and Wm. Mounsey, on the West India, Home,
Mediterranean, and Irish stations. After a further
servitude of some months, as Master's Mate, in the
HiEERNiA 110, flag-ship in the Channel of Lord
Gardner, he was successively appointed Sub-Lieu-
tenant, 21 Sept. 1805, and 1 April, 1806, of the
Pickle and Inveterate gun-brigs, Lieut.-Com-
manders John Richards Lapenotiere, Daniel Callar
way, and Geo. Norton ; the former of which vessels
had the fortune, while participating in the battle
of Trafalgar, to save a great part of the crew of the
French 74-gun ship L'Achille when in flames, and
was afterwards sent home with the despatches an-
nouncing the victory. The Inveterate being
wrecked near St. Valery-en-Caux 18 Feb. 1807,
Mr. Kingdon had the misfortune to be detained a
prisoner in France until the peace of 1814. He has
not been since afloat. His commission bears date
20 Nov. 1812.
* Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3404.
KINGSTON-KINSMAN— KIRBY.
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KINGSTON. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Arthur Buerard Kingston entered the Navy
19 July, 1827 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; and
was made Lieutenant, 3 July, 1840, into the Wol-
verene 16, Capt. Wm. Tucker, on the coast of
Africa. Since the paying-oflF of the latter vessel in
1841 (with the exception of a short time passed to-
wards the close of 1843 in the Volage 26, Capt.
Sir Wm. Dickson) he has not been employed.
Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
KINGSTON. (LiEOT., 1820. p-p., 11 ;h-p.,27.)
James Kingston entered the Navy, 25 Nov. 1809,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Muros brig, Capt.
Clement Sneyd, on the Guernsey station ; removed,
in Aug. 1810, to the Hibernia 110, Capt. John
Nash, lying in Portsmouth Harbour ; and from the
close of the same year until April, 1812, was em-
ployed at the defence of Cadiz in the Revenge 74,
flag-ship of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge. He then
joined the MtrtiiE sloop, commanded at &st by
Capt. Sneyd, and afterwards by Capt. Henry Bour-
chier, off Lisbon, whence, on his removal with the
latter officer, in 1813, to the Medina 20, he pro-
ceeded to Newfoundland. Returning home in Jan.
1816, he next, in April, 1817, joined the Rochfort
80, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson. In
Oct. 1818 he was placed on board the Iphigenia
42, Capt. Hyde Parker, of which ship he was cre-
ated a Lieutenant 25 July, 1820. While in her he
visited Jamaica, and was employed in the North
Sea and Mediterranean. He was paid off 12 June,
1821 : and has not been since afloat.
KINGSTON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 29.)
Robert Kingston entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1805,
as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Aurora 28, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Elliot, with whom, after having inter-
mediately served in the Mediterranean, he removed,
in Oct. 1806, to the Modeste 36, and sailed for the
East Indies ; where, in Oct. 1808, he assisted at the
capture of La Jena French national corvette of 18
guns and 150 men, at the end of a running fight of
nearly an hour, in which the Modebte had her
Master killed and 1 man wounded. On his return
to Europe in' 1809, in the Albion 74, Capt. John
Ferrier, he joined the Active of 46 guns and 300
men, Capt. jfas. Alex. Gordon, under whom he saw
much service in the Adriatic. In March, 1811, in
particular, having been left in charge of one of two
prizes in the port of Lissa, he actually, in conjunc-
tion with Mr. Jas. Lewe, a Midshipman, who had
been placed in command of the other, successfully
summoned a body of 200 French seamen and troops
to surrender, who had escaped thither ' after the
famous battle of the 13th of that month. These
two spirited young men also at the same time res-
cued from capture a Sicilian privateer brig of 14
guns, besides beating off a Venetian schooner of 1
gun, and preserving the British and Venetian ves-
sels in the bay from being destroyed by her.* After
a servitude of nearly three months with the late
Sir Wm. Hoste, in the Amphion 32, Mr. Kingston
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by a com-
mission bearing date 17 Sept. in the same year.
His succeeding appointments were — 23 Oct. 1811,
and 30 Jan. 1813, to the Imferieuse 38, and Re.
PULSE 74, Capts. Hon. Henry Duncan and Rich.
Hussey Moubray, both in the Mediterranean, where,
in the former ship, he witnessed the destruction of
a French convoy under the batteries of Languelia
and Alassio, and shared in a spirited skirmish with
a powerful Neapolitan sijuadron in the Bay of Naples
—and, in Nov. 1815, to the Vengeub 74, Capt. Thos.
Alexander, lying at Portsmouth. While in the lat-
ter ship, Lieut. Kingston was for some time em-
ployed in cruizing in the Channel in command of
her tender, the Hawk. He has been on half-pay
since Sept. 1818. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
KINSMAN. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Hugh Mallett Kinsman is son of the late Major
Kinsman, R.M.
• ViieGax,. 1811, p. 897.
This officer passed his examination 10 Deo. 1833 ;
served for some time, as Mate, in the Belleisle 72,
Capt. John Toup Nicolas ; obtained his commission
23 Nov. 1841 ; and, from Dec. 1841 until paid off
in 1846, was employed in the Mediterranean, on
board the Warspite 50, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry
WaUis. Since 30 April, 1847, he has been First-
Lieutenant of the Avenger steam-frigate of 650
horse-power, Capt. Sidney Colpoys Dacres.
He married Josephine, daughter of Capt. John
Pasco, B.N.
KINSMAN. (Lieutenaut, 1846.)
James Bybn Kinsman, whose commission bears
date 21 Jan. 1846, was appointed, on 25 March in
that year, to the Wanderer 12, Capt. Philip Hodge
Somerville, on the African station. He has been
attached, since 14 Feb. 1847, to the Tortoise store-
ship at the Ascension, Capt. Fred. Hutton.
KIRBY. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Kirbt, bom 2 Nov. 1790, is third son of
the Rev. John Kirby, Vicar of Mayfield, co. Sussex.
His younger brother, WiUiam, was promoted for
his services as Acting-Lieutenant of the Cherub at
the capture of the American frigate Essex in 1814,
and afterwards died from the effects of the fatigue
he had undergone in bringing some prizes home
from the South Sea.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 May, 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capts. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge and John Halliday, in which
ship he was employed for upwards of seven years,
chiefly as Midshipman and Master's Mate. He was,
in consequence, present in Sir Robt. Calder's action
22 July, 1805 ; at the capture of the Marengo of 80
guns, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and 40-
gun frigate Belle Poule, 13 March, 1806 ; at the
taking, 27 Sept. following, of Le Pre'sident French
frigate ; at the passage of the Dardanells, and de-
struction of the Turkish squadron at Point Pes-
quies, in Feb. 1807 ; at the siege of Flushing in
Aug. 1809; and, on 30 Aug. 1810, when the Re-
pulse, in gallant style, rescued the Philomel sloop
from capture, by interposing herself between that
vessel and an advanced division of the Toulon fleet,
which she compelled to put back. In Aug. 1811
Mr. Kirby became Acting-Lieutenant of the Imo-
CENE 16, Capt. Wm. Stephens, with whom (the ap-
pointment being confirmed on 17 of the following
Oct.) he continued to serve until 30 Nov. 1813—
witnessing in the interim the reduction of the
islands of Angusta and Curzola. He has since
been on half-pay.
He married, in Jan. 1831, Louisa, eldest daughter
of Robt. Becher, Esq., of Tunbridge Wells, by
whom he has issue two sons and two daughters.
Agents — Case and Loudonsack.
KIEBY, K.H. (Commander, 1830. p-p., 17;
H-p., 7.)
Walter Kirby, born 14 Nov. 1791, is son of the
late W. Kttby, Esq., M.D., F.L.S., and belongs to
a respectable Norfolk family.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Oct. 1823, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dart sloop, Capts. W. C.
Brownrigg, Thos. Tudor Tucker, Mich. De Courcy,
and Joseph Speai ; and, until the early part of
1805, was constantly employed with the inshore
squadron on the coast of France, where he came
into frequent colhsion with the enemy at Boulogne
and Calais, and was engaged in the celebrated ca-
tamaran expedition of Oct. 1804. In March, 1807,
the Dart being at the time in the West Indies, ie
there removed to the Venus 32, Capt. Henry Mat-
son. On next joining the Astrjea 32, Capt. Edm.
Heywood, he had the misfortune to be wrecked,
near the island of Anagada, 24 May, 1808. During
the 12 ensuing months we find him serving with the
present Sir Thos. John Cochrane, in the Jason 32,
and Etbalion 38 ; and, while in the latter of those
ships, sharing in a skirmish with the French 40-gun
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KIRKES—KIRKWOOD—KISBEE— KITCHEN.
frigate Amphitrite, employed on shore at 'the storm-
- ing of Fort Edward, Martmique, and affording his
aid to the capture of the Saintes and tlie French
74-gun slrip I)' HaupmiU. In June, 1809, he joined
the Undaiinted 38, Capt. Thos. Jas. Malony, under
"whom be took part, in the following year, in the
defence of Cadiz. Keturning to the West Indies in
the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, he
was promoted on that station to a Lieutenancy, 6
Feb. 1811, in the Fhomo 18, Capt. Thos. Whin-
yates ; in command of the boats of which sloop he
succeeded, in the course of the same year, in bring-
ing out a French schooner from off the shoals of
Cuba. Lieut. Kirby, who left the FitOLic in March,
1812, was subsequently appointed — 2 Nov. in that
year, to the^SATELLiiE 18, Capt. John Porteous, in
South America — 9 Feb. 1814, after nine months of
half-pay, to the Benbow 74, Capt. Rich. Harrison
Pearson, attached to the force in the "West Indies,
whence he returned in the ensuing Nov. — 28 July,
1815, for a few weeks, to the Rota 38, Capt. John
Pasco, on the Home station — 10 June and 12 Aug.
1825, to the Gloucestek and 'Windsor Castle 74' s,
Capts. Joshua Sydney Horton and Edw. Dumford
King, employed at Shoemess, at Plymouth, and off
Lisbon — and (the latter ship having been paid off
in May, 1828), 22 Jan. 1829, as First, to the 'War-
spite 76, bearing the flag of R«ar-Admiral Thos.
Baker in South America, He attained his present
rank 22 July, 1830 ; and has since been on half-pay.
In Jan. 1828, being at the time in the 'Windsor
Castle, Commander Kirby elicited the approbation
of the Lord High Admiral for the manner in which,
on 12 of that month, he effected the preservation of
the Union 104, when adrift and^on shore during a
violent storm. On 13 Jan. 1835 he was nominated a
K.H. He married, 24 Deo. 1814, Hannah, daughter
of Jas. Smith, Esq., of Langford, co. Essex, by
whom he has had issue two sons and two daughters.
His second son, Sidney, died, while a Gentleman
Cadet, at the Royal Military Academy at "Wool-
wich. Agents— Pettet and Newton.
KIKKES. (LiEnTENANT, 1840.)
Martin Stockdale Kirkes died 9 Feb. 1845, at
Glasgow, aged 31.
This officer entered the Navy 17 April, 1829 ;
passed his examination in 1835 ; and was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, as a reward for his ser-
vices on the coast of Syria and at the Ijombard-
ment of St. Jean d'Acre, 4 Nov. 1840. He did not
afterwards go afloat. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
KIEKWOOD. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 31.)
Charles Kirkwood entered the Navy, 19 Aug.
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tkibdnb frigate,
Capts. Geo. Henry Towry and Rich. Henry Alex.
Bennett ; in which ship, and in the Fame 74, com-
manded at first by Capt. Bennett, and afterwards
by Capts. Hornby and Ferris, he continued to
serve, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the
Home and Mediterranean stations, until promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 14 Aug. 1810. He was
then employed for several months in the gun-boat
service at the defence of Cadiz a^d Tarifa ; and, on
8 Sept. 1811, having joined the Hotspdr 36, Capt.
Hon. Josceline Percy, he was present in an attack
made by that officer on seven of the enemy's gun-
brigs off Calvados, on which occasion the Hotspue
took the ground, lay exposed for four hours to a
heavy fire from the vessels, a battery, and some
field-pieces, and sustained a loss of 5 men killed and
22 wounded. He has been on half-pay since Nov.
1815, when the Hotspur was put out of commission.
Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
KISBEE. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Thomas Kisbee entered the Navy 22 June, 1808 ;
passed his examination in 1815 ; obtained his com-
mission 27 March, 1826 ; and on 7 of the following
July was appointed to the Coast Guard, in which
service he was employed for a period of 15 years.
Being nominated, 7 Sept. 1841, First-Lieutenant of
the Driver steam-sloop, of 280 horse-power, Capts.
Sam. Fielding Harmer and Courtenay Osbom
Hayes, he continued so to officiate on the East India
station until the early part of 1847, when he returned
home and was paid ofi'. He is now unemployed.'
KITCHEN. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Henry Kitchen entered the Navy 17 Sept. 1807 ;
passed his examination in 1814 f obtained his com-
mission 10 Jan. 1825 ; and was for some time em-
ployed in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-
Lieatenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. 'Wm. Jas.
Mingaye. Since he left that service he has been
on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
KITCHEN. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 17.)
'William Hewgill Kitchen was bom in June,
1787.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Feb. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monarch 74, Capt. Jas.
Kobt. Mosse, and, on 2 April, 1801, after having
served for some time in the North Sea, under the
flag of Sir Arch. Dickson, was present in the action
off Copenhagen. During the remainder of the war
we find him employed with Sir Hyde Parker, as
Midshipman, in the London 98. Joining next, in
Sept. 1802, the Argo 44, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, he
commanded a tender belonging to that ship at the
reduction of Ste. Lucie and Tobago in 1803. On
becoming Master's Mate of the Speedy sloop, Capt.
Jas. Gifford, he received, in 1804, a contusion of
the right knee while firing at the enemy's flotilla
off Ostend ; and in 1805, being at the time in com-
mand of a rocket-boat under Sir Sidney Smith off
Boulogne, he was severely burnt in both hands.
Prior to the receipt of his first commission, which
bears date 12 May, 1808, he was for nearly two
years employed, chiefly as Sub and Acting Lieute-
nant, in the Dauntless 20, Capts. Hugh Pigot and
Chas. Jones, Sparkler 12, Lieut.-Commander Jas.
Sam. Akid Dennis, Alligator, Capt. Hugh Pigot,
Northumberland 74, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Coch-
rane, Dominica 16 (commanded at first by Lieut.
"Wm. Dean, and then by himself), and Melville
18, Capt. Hon. Jas. 'Wm. King. "While Sub-Lieu-
tenant of the Dominica, Mr. Kitchen, with her gig
and cutter under his orders, captured, on 4 Oct.
1806, the French national schooner La Chiffonne,
carrying 17 men, and having on board a French
General and his suite on their passage from Guade-
loupe to Martinique. On another occasion, during
his attachment to the same vessel, he was shghtly
wounded in the leg at the cutting-out of four of the
enemy's vessels from under a battery on the former
island. 'When in the Melville, Mr. Kitchen as-
sisted at the reduction of the Danish 'West India
islands in Dec. 1807. Between the date of his pro-
motion, as above, and Jan. 1813, we find him serving,
on the West India, Home, and Lisbon stations, in
the Wolverene, Asp, and Beagle sloops, Capts.
Fras. Augustus Collier, Bobt. Preston, Wm. M'Cul-
loch, and Wm. Brooking Dolling, Bellona 74, Capt.
John Erskine Douglas, and Zenobia 16, Capt. R.
Mackenzie. As Senior of the Asp, he served, in
1809-10, at the taking of Martinique, the capture of
the French frigate La Junan, and in the boats at
the destruction of the forts and magazines of Port
St. Louis, Guadeloupe. Under Capt. Dolling of the
Beagle he was employed in the dangerous service
of landing papers on the French coast. His ap-
pointments, after leaving the Zenobia, were, in the
capacity of First-Lieutenant— 8 Oct. 1813, to the
Tyrian 10, Capts. Augustus Baldwin and Wm.
Popham, with whom he was for five years employed
in the Channel and West Indies— 16 Jan. 1819, to
the Wye 26, Capts. Geo. Wickens Willes and Peter
Fisher, on the Home station— 11 Nov. 1820, to the
Forte 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, fitting
for the West Indies, whence he invalided in 1822—
and, 13 April, 1824, to the Terror bomb, Capt.
Alex. Dundas Young Arbuthnott, part of the force
employed in the ensuing expedition against Algiers.
On 13 April, 1825, he assumed command of the
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Nightingale cutter in the Channel, where he
cruized until some time in 1826. Obtaining a se-
cond promotal commission 2 March, 1827, Capt.
Kitchen, on 6 July, 1830, was appointed to a three-
years' Inspectorship in the Coast Guard at Har-
wich. In the following winter he so distinguished
himself by his exertions in suppressing riots and
extinguishing incendiary fires, that he elicited the
thanks of the Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment, of the Duke of Grafton, Lord-Lieutenant
of Suffolk, of Lord Maynard, Lord-Lieutenant of
Essex, and of the Magistrates of Suffolk and Essex.
The Duke of Grafton, indeed, and Lord Maynard
were so Impressed with the value of his services,
that they strongly recommended him to the notice
of Lord Minto, then First Lord of the Admiralty ;
who, however, retired from ofiice without confer-
ring upon Capt. Kitchen the promotion which, we
understand, he had been in consequence induced to
promise. His last appointments were — 9 March,
1842, to the Second-Captaincy of the Queen 110,
bearing the flag of Sir Edw. "W. C. K. Owen in the
Mediterranean— and, 17 Feb. 1844, to the command
of the Devastation steam-sloop on the same sta^
tion, whence he returned home and was paid off at
the close of 1845. He acquired his present rank 9
Nov. 1846, and is now unemployed.
He married, in 1820, Miss Bell, of Shields, co.
Durham. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
KNAPMAN. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 22.)
Edward Knapman, born in 1794, is brother of
Lieut. John Knapman, B.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magnanime 44, Capt.
John Broughton. In 1804, after he had assisted at
the bombardment of I-Iavro de Grace, he removed,
as Midshipman, to the Spartiate 74, Capt. Sir
Fras. Laforey, under whom he fought and bled at
Trafalgar, being there wounded in the leg and arm,
and in consequence presented with a gratuity from
the Patriotic Fund.* With the exception of a few
months passed, in 1810-11, in the Dictator 64,
Capts. Bich. Harrison Pearson and Robt. "Williams,
on the Baltic station, where he served in the boats
at the capture of three Danish luggers, Mr. Knap-
man continued with Sir F. Laforey in the Spar-
tiate, and in the Dragon, another 74, until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1812,
latterly in the West Indies ; previously, however,
to proceeding whither he assisted, in the former
ship, at the reduction of the islands of Ischia and
Procida in 1809. His appointments have since been
—11 Feb. 1813, to the Eoyal Sovereign 100, Capts.
Jas. Bissett and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, by the
former of whom he was placed in command of gun-
boat No. 16, and sent to co-operate in the siege of
St. Sebastian — 11 April, 1814, to the Achates sloop,
Capts. Isaac Hawkins Morrison and Thos. Lambe
Polden Laugbame, with whom he cruized in the
Bay of Biscay and Channel until paid off in Nov.
1815— .5 Dec. 1826, to the Windsor Castle 74,
guard-ship at Plymouth, Capt. Edw. Dumford King,
of whose tender, the Leveret 10, he was intrusted
with the charge — 20 Dec. 1827, to the Erebus
steamer, Capt. Geo. Haye, from which vessel, sta-
tioned in the Mediterranean, he was superseded at
his own request — 7 July, 1836, to the Ordinary at
Plymouth, where he was for three years employed
with his name on the books of the San Josee 110,
Capts. Bich. Thomas, John Hancock, and Joseph
Needham Tayler— and, 6 April, 1841, to the Coast
Guard, in which service he is now employed.
He married, 22 Aug. 1822, the second daughter
of K. Burgoyne Watts, Esq., of Treburifoot, co.
Cornwall, by whom he has issue five sons and three
daughters.
KNAPMAN. (Lieutenant, 1809.)
John Knapman is brother of Lieut. Edw. Knap-
man, K.N.
This oiBcer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1801, as
• Vide GaJ. 1805, p. H84.
Midshipman, on board the Prince of Wales 98,
Capt. Wm. Prowse, bearing the flag of Sir Bobt.
Calder in the Channel, where, in 1802, he joined
the SiBius 36, also commanded by Capt. Prowse.
In 1803 he removed to the TiMinAiKE 98, Capt.
Eliab Harvey, and from that ship, after he had
fought at Trafalgar, he was draughted, in March,
1806, into the Achille 74, Capt. Rich. King. On
25 of the following Sept. we find him present at the
capture, off Rochefort, of four heavy French frigates
by a squadron under the orders of Sir Sam. Hood.
He was next, between 1807 and his promotion to
the rank of Lieutenant 14 Sept. 1'809, employed, off
Cape Finisterre, Cadiz, and Toulon, in the Tonnant
80, and Ocean 98, flag-ships of Admirals E. Harvey
and Lord CoUingwood. During the remainder of
the war he served on the Mediterranean and Home
stations in the Nettjino (afterwards Cretan), Fa-i
vouBiTE, Electba, and Albacore sloops, and
Cressy 74, Capts. Chas. Fred. Payne, Benj. Cle-
ment, H. Gregory, Henry Thos. Davies, and Chas.
Dashwood. Under Capt. Davies of the Albacore,
Lieut. Knapman took part, 18 Dec. 1812, in a gal-
lant action, in which that vessel, when in company
with the 14-gun schooner Pickle, 12-gun sloop
Borer, and 4-gun cutter Landrail, beat off the
French 40-gun frigate La Gbire, with a loss to her-
self of 1 Lieutenant killed and 6 or 7 men wounded.
Through the influence of his late Majesty he ob-
tained, 20 Nov. 1827, an appointment in the Coast
Guard, which he retained until 18 Dec. 1832. He
has since been on half-pay.
He is married and has issue.
KNEVITT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 18; h-p., 25.)
Thomas Lepard Kmevitt was born 16 Feb. 1780.
His only brother, a Midshipman of the Bulwark
74, was drowned in Cawsand Bay in 1813.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Aug. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Penguin 18, Capt. Geo.
Morris, with whom he continued to serve in the
Elk, Renard, and Magnet sloops, on the Jamaica
and Baltic stations, nearly the whole time as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate, until wrecked on the
ice, 11 Jan. 1809. He then joined the Sceptre 74,
Capts. Joseph Bingham and Sam. Jas. Ballard, and
while in that ship was employed in the expedition
to the Waloheren, where, in a gun-boat, he assisted
at thp landing of the troops. Proceeding next to
the West Indies, he there, on 18 Dec. 1809, served
in the boats of a squadron under Lieut. John Wy-
born at the destruction of the two French 40-gun
frigates Loire and Seine, and of the batteries in
L'Anse la Barque, Guadeloupe, by which they had
been protected. During the operations which led
to the reduction of the latter island Mr. Knevitt
landed with 100 seamen under the orders of Lieut.
Elliot ; but that oflicer being killed at the onset,
the command devolved upon him, and he retained
it until the island was thoroughly conquered. In
March, 1811, a few months after he had passed his
examination, he removed to the Vengedk 74, flag-
ship of Sir Joseph Sydney Torke off Cherbourg;
and in the following Deo. we find him joining the
Bulwark 74, bearing at first the broad pendant of
Sir Rich. King, and afterwards the flag of Rear-
Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, on the Home station.
On 16 and 20 Jan. 1814, being at the time on his
passage to the West Indies with the last-mentioned
officer in the Venerable 74, we find him contri-
buting to the capture, not without opposition, of the
French frigates Iphigenie and Alcmene, of 44 guns
each.* On the latter occasion he led the boarders,
and received the French Captain's sword ; and on
28 of the ensuing month, as a reward for his dis-
tinguished conduct, he was promoted to an Acting-
Lieutenancy in the Palma 38, Capt. Jas. Andrew
Worth. He was officially promoted 1 Feb. 1815,
and was afterwards appointed— 19 Oct. 1824, to the
Coast Blockade, in which service he continued, as
Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74,
and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm .
* Vide Ga.7.. 1814, p. 440.
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KNIGHT.
Jas. Mingaye, until superseded in Sept. 1826, in
consequence of a wound he had received from a
spring-gun when in pursuit of a party of smugglers
—and, 8 March, 1827, to the command of the Sema-
phore station at Holder Hill. He has been on half-
pay since March, 1832.
Lieut. Knevitt's testimonials are of a very flatter-
ing character, proving his gallantry to have been
most exemplary, and his conduct at aH times worthy
of the highest commendation. He married, first, in
Jan. 1820, Amelia, daughter of Capt. Thos. Morris ;
and secondly, in Dec. 1822, Miss Elizabeth Williams
Price. He has issue nine sons and two daughters.
by his own act he saved the whole of the crew,
consisting of 40 persons, he was nominated a K.H.
1 Jan. 1837. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
KNIGHT, K.H. (Commandek, 1822. f-p., 20 ;
H-P., 21.)
Christophek Knight entered the Navy, 25 Deo.
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotauk 74,
Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, successive flag-
ship of Admirals Sir Chas. Cotton and "Wm. Essing-
ton, under the latter of whom he served as Mid-
shipman in the expedition of 1807 against Copen-
hagen. Joining next the Foddkotant 80, bearing
the flag of Sir "Wm. Sidney Smith, he was present
under that officer ofi" Lisbon when the Royal Family
of Portugal took its flight to the Brazils. H e after-
wards proceeded himself to South America, and
continued there, in the Pkesident 38, Capt. Chas.
Marsh Schomberg, until ordered home in 1810 in
the Elizabeth 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon. To-
wards the close of the same year, having rejoined
Capt. Schomberg on board the Astr^a, of 42 guns
and 271 men, he proceeded to the Cape of Good
Hope ; and, on 20 May, 1811, when in company, ofi'
Madagascar, with the Ph(Ebe and Galatea frigates,
similar in force to the Astrjea, and 18-gun brig
Racehorse, he assisted, after a long and warmly-
contested action with the French 40-gun frigates
MeTiommse, Chrinde, and N&reide, and a loss to the
A8tr;ea of 2 killed and 16 wounded, at the capture
of the Rmommee, and, on 25 of the same month, of
the Nereide and the settlement of Tamatave. On
the former of those occasions Mr. Knight received
two contusions. Returning to England, in Sept.
1812, on board the Galatea 36, Capt. Woodley
Losack, he was employed during the next two years
on the Home and Canadian stations in the Thisbe
28, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Hamilton, El Corso 12,
Lieut.-Commander Curry Wm. Hillier,QnEEN Char-
lotte 100, flag-ship of Lord Keith, and Princess
Charlotte 42, Capt. Edw. Collier. In Sept. 1814,
being still in Canada, he was nominated Acting-
Lieutenant of the Prince Regent 56, Capt. Davies
— an appointment which the Admiralty confirmed
on 19 Deo. in the same year. In the summer of
1815 he came home with Capt. Wm. Walpole in the
Thames 32; and in July, 1816, after he had been
for nearly 12 months on halt-pay, he became attached
to the Impregnable 104, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral David Milne. Continuing in that ship for
a period of nearly four months, he was in conse-
quence present in the battle of Algiers, and on that
occasion he had the misfortune to be contused in
three places. Being next, in June 1818, appointed
to the Tartar 42, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier,
the Lieutenant sailed for the coast of Africa, where,
on 8 June, 1821, he assumed command of the Snap-
per gun-brig, in which vessel he proceeded, without
a pilot, 60 miles up the old Calabar river in search
of slave-vessels — a greater distance, we believe, than
accomplished by any other man-of-war before or
since. In Nov. 1822, having been promoted to the
command of the Mokgiana sloop on 3 of the pre-
vious June, he returned home and paid that vessel
ofi'. His last appointments were, 1 Sept. 1828,
and 18 March, 1834, to the Coast Guard, in which
service he was each time employed for a period of
three years. While so engaged he was very suc-
cessful in the capture of smuggling-vessels and their
crews ; and in one instance, when in the execution
of bis duty, he broke his collar-bone. For his sin-
gular exertions on the occasion of the wreck of the
HoDND Revenue-cruizer, in Weymouth Bay, when
KNIGHT. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 13.)
John Ellis Knight was bom 11 Sept. 1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 March, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Trompeuse corvette,
Capt. Wm. Brooking Dolling, successively employed
in the North Sea, ofi' Lisbon, and in the Downs.
During the expedition of 1809 to the Scheldt we
find him engaged on shore in the defence of the
fort of Balthz, when in vain attacked by a flotilla
under the orders of the French Rear-Admiral
Massiessy. Previously to the evacuation of the
Waleheren he accompanied Capt. Dolling into
the Beagle sloop, commanded afterwards by Capt.
John Smith, with whom he continued until Oct.
1813, assisting during that period at the cutting
out of two gun-boats under Cape Grisnez, the de-
struction of part of a convoy near Calais, the cap-
ture of three armed and other smugglers (services
for which Capt. Dolling and a Master's Mate were
each promoted), and the reduction and fortification,
during the investment of St. Sebastian, of the im-
portant island of Sta. Clara. From Nov. 1813
until Aug. 1815 Mr. Knight was further employed,
as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Lightning
20, Capts. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle and Geo.
Rennie, on the Channel and Cork stations. Being
then awarded a commission dated on 1 of the pre-
vious March, he was appointed, 5 Jan. 1827, to the
Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the
Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, from which, how-
ever,, he was obliged, in Oct. 1829, to retire, in con-
sequence of a severe rupture of the left groin, re-
ceived in the execution of his duty, but for which
he has never been able to obtain remuneration.
Since 22 April, 1831 (unable to procure other em-
ployment), Lieut. Knight has been in command of
a station in the Coast Guard. His exertions in that
service, as exhibited by numerous strong testimo-
nials, have been most suocessessful. On 8 of the
Oct. following his appointment he had the good
fortune, at Atherfield, in the Isle of Wight, to save
the lives of 19 of the crew and passengers belonging
to the ship Baiiibridge, of Halifax, which had been
wrecked in a heavy gale.
He married, 7 Aug. 1816, Miss S. Mason, of
Tealmpton.
KNIGHT. (Retired Commander, 1844.)
AViLLiAM Knight died 6 May, 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1790, as
a Boy, on board the Arrogant 74, Capt. John
Harvey, from which ship, lying at Portsmouth, he
was paid off in the following year. Rejoining Capt.
Harvey, in 1793, on board the Brunswick 74, he
took part, we believe, in the action of 1 June, 1794;
after which he served for five years as Midshipman
in the Robust 74, Capt. Edw. Thombrough, and
was ultimately promoted from the Royal George
100, flag-ship of Lord Bridport, to a Lieutenancy,
26 Aug. 1799, in the Fanny 18, Capt. Joshua Syd-
ney Horton. While in the Robust Mr. Knight,
besides accompanying the unfortunate expedition
of 1795 to Quiberon, was present with the force
under Sir John Borlase Warren at the defeat of
Commodore Bompart's squadron 12 Oct. 1798, on
which occasion that ship compelled the Hoclie 74
to strike, and sustained a loss of 10 men killed and
40 wounded. On 6 Feb. 1800, being then in the
Fairy, and in company with the Loire 38, Dana4
20, Harpy 18, and Railleur 16, we find him wit-
nessing the capture, 6 Feb. 1800, of the Pallas, of
46 guns and 362 men, with which frigate the Fairy
and Harpy had previously sustained a very warm
and spirited action of an hour and three-quarters,
attended with a loss to the former of 4 men killed
and 8 wounded. His subsequent appointments were
— in 1800, to the Cambridge 74, flag-ship of Sir
Thos. Pasley, and Naiad 38, Capt. Philip Wilkin-
son, both on the Home station — in Jan. 1802, to the
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command, for three months, of the Ticklek gun-
brig— in April, 1803, to the Impress service at Lynn,
in Norfollc, where he remained until Nov. 1812— in
April, 1813, to the Experiment receiving-ship at
Falmouth, Capt. Jas. Slade— and subsequently to
the Ordinary at Chatham. He became a Retired
Commander on the Junior List 28 Nov. 1833, and
on the Senior 6 Feb. 1844.
KNIGHT. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 34.)
"William Knight (c) entered the Navy, in Dec.
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Galgo 16, Capt.
Michael Dod, stationed in the North Sea. Joining
next, in Nov. 1804, the Atlas 74, Capt. Sam. Pym,
he served in that ship in the action off St. Domingo
6 Feb. 1806 ; after which we find him employed for
upwards of four years in the Channel and Mediter-
ranean on board the Colossus 74, Capt. Jas. NicoU
Morris, and, on 28 Nov. 1810, promoted from the
ViLLE DE Paris 110, flag-ship on the latter station
of Kear- Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle, to an Act-
ing-Lieutenancy in the Alfred 74, commanded off
Cadiz by Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson. He was
coufirmed in his present rank 19 Jan. 1811, and be-
tween the close of the same year and April, 1814,
he endured a further servitude in the Devastation
bomb, Capt. Wm. Taylor, Calliope 10, Capt. John
M'Kerlie, York 74, Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg,
and Rapid sloop, Capt. John Foote, chiefly on the
Home station. He has since been on half-pay.
Agent — J. Hinxm^n.
KNIGHTON. (Retired Commander, 1843.
F-P., 21 ; H-P., 34.)
Charles Knighton is a near relative of Lieut.
C. Knighton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 1792, as
A.B., on board the Fury bomb,. Capt. Hon. Wm.
Paget, attached to the force in the Mediterranean.
Removing as Midshipman, in March, 1794, to the
Centurion 50, Capt. Sam. Osborne, he witnessed,
we believe, the capture, 5 May following, of the
French 74-gun ship Duguay Trceuin^ off the Isle of
France. He also, on 22 of the next Oct., partook
of a stiff action fought in the same neighbourhood
between the Centurion and DiOMiOE 44 on the
one side, and, on the other, a French squadron con-
sisting of the 40-gun frigate Ci/bele, 36-gun frigate
Prudente, 20-gun corvette Jean Jiart, and 14-gun
brig-corvette Courier^ terminating in the flight of
the enemy, with a loss to the Centurion of 3 men
killed and 24 wounded. In 1797, after he had fur-
ther contributed to the reduction of Trincomalee
and of the islands of Amboyna and Banda, Mr.
Knighton was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the
Victorious 74, Capt. Wm. Clark. He was con-
firmed, while officiating in a similar capacity on
board the Carysfort frigate, 27 March, 1799; and
was afterwards appointed — 11 xVug. 1800, and 14
July, 1803, to the Cumberlard and Leviathan
74'3, Capts. Thos. Graves and Henry Wm. Bayn-
tun, on the Channel, "West India, and Mediterra-
nean stations— in Sept. 1805, to the Sea Fencible
service in Ireland, where he continued until the
corps was disbanded in May, 1810—24 Feb. 1813,
to the command of a Signal station, which he re-
tained until June, 1814— and 26 March, 1823, for
three years, to the Ordinary at Plymouth. He
became a Retired Commander on the Senior List
7 April, 1843.
KNIGHTON. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Charles Knighton (i) is closely related to Re-
tired Commander Charles Knighton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 29 Nov. 1826;
passed his examination 5 June, 1833 ; and at the
period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
which took place 23 Nov. 1841, was serving, on the
Brazils and Cape of Good Hope station, as Mate of
the Grecian 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth. His succeed-
ing appointments were— 15 Deo. 1841, as Addi-
tional, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship at Plymouth
of Sir Graham Moore— next, to the Jaseur 16,
Capt. Wm. Alex. Willis, on the Mediterranean sta-
tion—17 July, 1843, again as Additional, to the
Winchester 60, bearing the flag at the Cape of
Hon. Josceline Percy— and 6 March, 1844, to the
Conway 26, Capt. Wm. Kelly, with whom he con-
tinued employed on the station last named until
ordered home, for the purpose of being paid off, in
1847. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
KNOCKER. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
John Bedingfield Knocker, born 1 April, 1793,
at Dover, co. Kent, is brother of Lieut. Wm.
Knocker, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 Jan. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the PoMPiE 74, Capt. Rich.
Dacres, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of
Sir Wm. Sidney Smith; and in the following July,
having removed to the Aurora 28, Capt. Hon. Geo.
Elliot, was present at the bombardment and cap-
ture, notwithstanding a very firm resistance, of a
battery mounted on Cape Licosa, in Spain. Re-
joining the PoMPEE soon afterwards, he served in
that ship under the flag of Hon. Henry Edwin Stan-
hope in the expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen,
whence he assisted in bringing home the Christian
VII. 80, one of the Danish prizes. In Nov. of the
latter year he obtained a berth on board the Diana
38, Capts. Chas. Grant and John Cramer, under
whom, on his return from a visit to the Brazils, we
find him, from Oct. 1809 until the commencement
of 1810, employed with the advanced squadron up
the Scheldt. During that particular period he was
constantly absent on boat service, and on the night
of 2 Dec. assisted, with much gallantry, in cutting
out three sehuyts, moored to the shore at Odens-
kirk, and provided with heavy ordnance.* In Nov.
1810 he participated, as Master's Mate, in an attack
made on the two French frigates Amazone and
JSliza^ lying aground under the protection of several
strong batteries in the neighbourhood of La Hogue.
On 23 of the ensuing month the latter vessel (the
other having effected her' escape) was effectually
destroyed by two of the Diana's boats— one of
them commanded by Mr. Knocker, to whom a
Lieutenant's commission was in consequence sent,
but which, as he had not served his time, he was of
course unable to retain. During his attachment
to the Diana, he was once struck with violence
by a splinter on the occasion of a vessel being
driven under the fire of some batteries on the
French coast ; and in Aug. 1811 he was sent home
in charge of a fine schooner, of which he had him-
self effected the capture under the walls of St. Se-
bastian while in command of the ship's boats.
With the exception of a few months, from Nov.
1812 to March, 1813, during which he was confined
to the Naval Hospital at Port Mahon, Mr. Knocker
continued to serve with Capt. Grant in the St. Al-
ban's 64, and Armada 74, off Cadiz and Toulon,
until nominated Acting-Lieutenant, 9 April, 1813,
of the Royal George 100, Capt. Thos. Fras. Chas.
Mainwaring. He was confirmed to that ship 10
July following, and was lastly, in Nov. of the same
year, appointed to the Hibesnia 120, flag-ship of
Sir Wm. Sidney Smith. He returned home from
the Mediterranean and was paid off in July, 1814.
He married, 14 Oct. 1822, Elizabeth, daughter of
Anthony Cox, Esq., Banker, of Harwich, co. Essex,
by whom he has issue 14 children.
KNOCKER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 30.)
William Knocker was born 18 Dec. 1794. He
is brother of Lieut. John B. Knocker, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glory 98, Capt. Wm.
Albany Otway, employed in the Channel and off
Cadiz; removed, in July, 1807, to the Niger 32,
Capt. Jas. Hillyar, on the Mediterranean station;
and in April, 1808, became Midshipman of the Bar-
FLEUR 98, Capts. Donald M'Leod and Sam. Hood
Linzee. While in that ship we find him, after the
convention of Cintra, escorting the Russian Kear-
* Vide GxL. 1809, p. 2067.
622
KNOLLES— KNOTT— KNOX.
Admiral Seniavin's squadron from lisbon to Eng-
land, then visiting Vigo, and, in Jan. 1809, assisting
at the embarkation of Sir John Moore's army after
the battle of Corunna. In the course of the latter
year, having joined the Thalia 36, Capt. Jas. Giles
Tashon, Mr. Knocker made a voyage to Quebec,
and accompanied, as Midshipman, the expedition to
the Walcheren. He next, it appears, joined the
Princess of OnAiGi 74, commanded in the Do^™s
by Capt. Fras. Beauman, and Tartar 32, Capt.
Jos. Baker, on the Baltic station. On the occasion
of the latter ship being wrecked, 18 Aug. 1811, it
was Mr. Knocker's fortune to be absent in a prize.
He was afterwards, until Aug. 1815, employed in
the IS'aiad 38, Capt. Philip Carteret, Impregnable
98, flag-ship of Admiral Vm. Young, Babrosa 36,
Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff, Amaeastble 18, Capt.
Rich. Augustus Tales, and Astr^^a 36, Capt. Edw.
Kittoe. He served, during that period, with Ad-
miral Young, at the blockade of the Scheldt^ was
present with Capt. Shirreff in many active opera-
tions in the Chesapeake, and went with him to the
AVest Indies, where, while on duty aloft, he met an
accident from the eflects of which he has never re-
covered— and was sent in the Astr^a to Prance,
during the war of 100 days, on a mission of peculiar
delicacy and hazard. On the date above mentioned
Mr. Knocker, who then took up a commission dated
8 March, 1815, received an appointment to the He-
ron 18, Capts. Timothy Scriven, Geo. Bentham, and
Herbert Brace Powell, under the second of whom
he fought at Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He was super-
seded at his own request in Feb. 1817, for the pur-
pose of recruiting his health, and has since been on
half-pay.
From 1819 until 1832 Lieut. Knocker had com-
mand, on the Harwich station, of the Dover packet,
under the direction of the Post-office. He has been
in charge, since, of different private steamers.* He
married, 10 Sept. 1821, Augusta Ann, daughter of
Capt. Thos. Bridge, and by that lady, who died in
1839, has issue nine children.
KNOLLES, K.T.S. (Liehtenant, 1824.)
Henry Ksolles entered the Navy in 1808; and
served for nearly four years with Admiral Hon.
Michael De Courey, under whom, in the Tonnant
80, he assisted in embarking the army after the
battle of Corunna, and was for a long time em-
ployed, in the Foodroyant 80, on the Brazilian
station. In Sept. 1813 we find him employed at
the siege of St. Sebastian in the Revoldtionnaire
38, Capt. John Chas. Woolcombe. He passed his
examination in 1814; and after an intermediate
servitude in various ships, part of the time on the
Cape station, was promoted, 3 June, 1824, to a
Lieutenancy in the "Windsor Castle 7-1, Capt.
Chas. Dashwood, at the particular request of Don
John of Portugal, upon whose fugitive family,
while Mate of that ship, he had been in especial
attendance during the height of the rebellion. As
a further mark of favour, the same monarch created
him a K.T.S. He has been on half-pay since 1825.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
KNOTT. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Nathaniel Sydenham Knott passed his exami-
nation in 1828 ; obtained his commission 28 June,
1838; and was subsequently appointed — 20 Nov.
1839, to the President 50, flag-ship in the Pacific
of Kear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross — 26
Feb. 1841, to the Action 26, Capt. Robt. Rus-
sell, with whom he returned home from the latter
station and was paid off in the summer of 1842 —
and 22 March, 1845, to the Vernon 50, flag-ship
of Kear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield on the south-
east coast of America. Since 1846 he has again
been on half-pay.
KNOTT. (Commander, 1846.)
Owen Phibbs Knott entered the Navy 1 Sept.
1823; passed his examination in 1830; and on the
occasion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
26 Oct. 1840, was appointed to the Sodthampton 50,
fiag-ship of Sir Edw. Dumford King on the Brazils
and Cape of Good Hope station, whence he returned
to England and was paid off towards the close of
1842. On 5 July, 1843, he became Additional of
the Dublin 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Rich. Thomas in South America, where, from 29
Nov. 1843, until promoted to the rank of Com-
mander 9 Nov. 1846, he officiated as First-Lieute-
nant of the CDRA90A 24, Capts. Sir Thos. Sabine
Pasley and Wm. Broughton. He is now on half-
pay-
KNOX. (Eeab-Admibai., 1846. f-p., 12;
H-p., 36.)
The Honoorable Edmund Sexton Pery Knox,
bom in 1787, is second son of Thomas, first Earl of
Ranfurly, by Diana Jane, eldest daughter and co-
heir of Edmund Viscount Pery, Speaker of the
Irish House of Commons in the Parliaments of 1771,
1776, and 1783. He is brother of the present Earl
of Ranfurly.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ethalion 38, Capt. John
Clarke Searle, and on 25 of the following Dec. was
wrecked on the Penmarck rocks. In May, 1800, he
joined the Seahorse 38, Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote,
under whom we find him escorting Rear-Admiral
Sir Rich. Bickerton and General Sir Ralph Aber-
cromby to the Mediterranean, the latter back again
to England, and 10 sail of Indiamen to Calcutta,
besides being for some time employed in attendance
upon the King and Queen oif"Weymouth. From
Oct. 1802 until F.eb. 1806 Mr. Knox served in the
Mediterranean as Midshipman of the Jnso 32, Capt.
Henry Richardson. He then became attached for
short periods to the Halcyon 16, Capt. Henry
Whitmarsh Pearse, Queen 98, flag-ship of Lord
Collingwood, and Entreprenaktb cutter, Lieut.-
Commander Robt. Benj. Young ; and on 1 Sept. in
the same year, 1806, he was made Lieutenant into
the AcASTA 40, Capts. Rich. DaUing Dunn and
Philip Beaver, lying at Plymouth. His succeeding
appointments were — on 18 of the latter month, to
the Narcissus 32, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, stationed
in the Channel — 16 Jan. 1808, to the Princess
Charlotte 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin, with whom he
was for eight months employed on the coast of Ire-
land— and 5 July, 1809,* to the acting-command of
the PuLTUSK sloop in the West Indies, whence he
invalided in the ensuing Aug. On 24 Feb. 1810
Capt. Knox, who had been confirmed in the rank of
Commander by commission dated 2 June, 1809, was
appointed to the Castilian sloop off DeaL Con-
tinuing but two months in that vessel, he next, on
3 Aug. 1810, obtained command of the St. Fiorenzo
troop-ship. He attained Post-rank 28 Feb. 1812;
and was lastly, from 22 March until 21 Jime, 1814,
employed as Flag-Captain to Rear-Admirals Hon.
Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming and Sam. Hood Linzee,
in the Eurotas 38, off Cadiz and Gibraltar. He
accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
The Rear-Admiral married, 3 July, 1813, Jane
Sophia, fifth daughter of Wm. Hope Vere, Esq., and
sister of Jas. Hope, Esq., of Craigie Hall^ West
Lothian, N. B. By that lady he has issue one son
(an officer in the Army) and three daughters.
* In.one way or another, Lieut. Knocker, with the short
exception of eighteen months in 1817-18, has been constantly
afloat ever since he first went to sea in 1806.
KNOX. (Lieu-tenant, 1840.)
Marcus Knox entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1824 ;
passed his examination in 1831; and, including the
civU war in 1834, was for many years employed on
the north coast of Spain in the Castor 36, and
North Star 28, both commanded by Lord John
Hay. He obtained his commission 1 Aug. 1840;
served for nearly two years as Lieutenant in the
* He had been appointed Supernumerary-Lieutenant, a
few weeks , previously, of the Neptune 98, flag-ship of Sir
Alex. Cochrane. '^
KNOX— KOOySTRA.-KORTRIGHT-KUPER— KYLE.
623
Phcesix steamer, Capt. John Kichardson, on the
Mediterranean station ; and since 22 Nov. 1842 has
been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
KNOX. (Captain, 1842.)
Thomas Owen Knox entered the Navy 14 Feb.
1816; and was made Lieutenant, 24 April, 1824,
into the SrAKTiATE 76, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Eyre
in South America. His next appointments were —
5 June, 1824, to the Eclair 18, Capt. Thos. Bour-
chier, on the same station — 7 July, 1828, to the
Pyramcs 42, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius— 30 Aug.
1828, to the Pallas 42, Capts. Adolphus FitzCla-
rence and Manley Hall Dixon, under the former of
whom we find him accompanying Lord DaUiousie
and the Bishop of Calcutta from Portsmouth to
Bengal, General Viscount Combermere from India
home, and Col. Fox from Halifax— and 10 Aug.
1831, as First, to the Magicienne 24, Capt. Jas.
Hanway Plumridge, on the East India station,
whence he returned to England and was paid off in
March, 1835. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 15
Feb. following, he was successively nominated, 29
March, 1836, and 13 May, 1840, Second-Captain of
the MiNDEN 72 and Kodney 92, Capts. Alex. Renton
Sharpe and Robt. Maunsell, both on the Mediterra-
nean station. He has been on half-pay since the
receipt of his Post-commission, which bears date 14
June, 1842. Agents — Messrs. StilweU.
KOOYSTRA. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Justus Bartholomew Koovstra entered the
Navy 25 July, 1812 ; passed his examination 8 Jan.
1819 ; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard
9 Oct. 1840 ; and was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 23 Nov. 1841 . His appointments have since
been— 2 Aug. 1842, as Additional, to the Mada-
gascar 44, Capt. John Foote, on the coast of Africa
—2 Nov. 1842, to the Persian 16, Capt. Thos. Kod-
ney Eden, on the same station — 22 June, 1843, again
to the Madagascar— 7 Feb. 1844, to the Hydra
steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young, also on
the African coast — 2 Dec. 1844, to the Tortoise
store-ship at the Ascension, Capt. Arthur Morrell—
18 Dec. 1845, to the Bittern 16, Capt. Thos. Hope,
stationed as were the above vessels — and 16 Sept.
1846, to the Coast Guard, in which service he has
been nearly ever since employed. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
KORTEIGHT. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Alfred Koktright entered the Navy 18 May,
1822; and obtained his commission 11 Sept. 1828.
His appointments have since been — 28 Nov. 1828,
to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieute-
nant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye
— 22 Nov. 1831, to the JETTfA surveying-vessel,
Capt. Edw. Belcher, employed on the coast of
Africa, whence he returned in Aug. 1832— for a
few months in 1835, to the San Josep 110, and
Royal Adelaide 104, bearing each the flag of Sir
Wm. Hargood at Plymouth— 4 May, 1842, to the
command of the Columbia surveying-vessel, on the
North American station, where he was superseded
in Oct. of the same year — and 28 April, 1845, to the
Vindictive 50, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. Wm.
Austen, under whom he is now employed on sur-
veying service on the North America and West
India statibn.
Lieut. Kortright is married and has issue. Agent
— Joseph Woodhead.
KUPEK, C.B. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 17 ;
H-P., 7.)
Augustus Leopold Kuper, born 16 Aug. 1809, is
son of the Rev. Wm. Kuper, D.D. and K.H., Chap-
lain to Her Majesty the Queen Dowager.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 April, 1823, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Isis 50, flag-ship of Sir
Geo. Eyre in South America, where he continued to
serve until the summer of 1827, the greater part of
the time as Midshipman, in the Spartiate 76, Capt.
Thos. Gordon Falcon, Meksey 26, Capt. John Mac-
pherson Ferguson, and Cambridge 80, Capt. Thos.
Jas. Maling. He was then, until within a short
period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
which took place 20 Feb. 1830, employed on the
Channel and Mediterranean stations, in the Royal
Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir "Wm. Hoste, Isis again,
Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, and Raleigh 18, Capt. Sir
"Wm. Dickson. His succeeding appointments were
—17 Oct. 1831, to the Savage 10, Capt. Lord Edw.
Russell, on the Irish station — 9 April, 18.32, to the
NiMROD 20, Capts. Lord E. Russell and John
M'Dougall, employed off the coasts of Spain and
Portugal— 30 March, 1836, to the Minden 74, fitting
for service off Lisbon — and 12 July, 1837, as Senior
Lieutenant, to the Alligator 28, Capt. Sir Jas.
John Gordon Bremer, whom he a,ided in forming
the settlement of Port Essington in North Australia.
On 27 July, 1839, Mr. Kuper was nominated to the
acting-command of the Pelorus 18,* an appoint-
ment which the Admiralty afterwards confirmed.
He became Acting-Captain of the Alligator 5
March, 1840; and from 14 June, 1841 (on 8 of which
month he was officially posted), until 15 March,
1843, he commanded the Calliope 26. In the
former ship it appears he obtained mention for his
zeal and alacrity at the capture of Chusan in July,
1840.t In Feb. 1841 it was his fortune to elicit the
thanks of the Commander-in-Chief for his conduct
in the action with the Bogue forts ; as he again did
for the gallant and able support he afforded Capt.
Thos. Herbert in an attack upon the enemy's camp,
fort, and ship Cambridge^ bearing the Chinese
Admiral's flag, at their position, below Whampoa
Reach, when 98 guns were in the whole destroyed. J
On 13 March Capt. Kuper was once more men-
tioned in terms of praise for the assistance he ren-
dered at the capture of the last fort protecting the
approaches to Canton.§ At the taking, a few days
afterwards, of the city itself, he commanded the in-
vesting force on the east side, and by his unremit-
ting attention effectually guarded the approaches
in that quarter.]] During the second series of ope-
rations against Canton his prompt and decisive con-
duct had the happy result of repelling an attack
made by the Chinese with fire-rafts, chained in
pairs, upon the Alligator, as she lay off Howqua's
Folly.t In July, 1842, being then in the Calliope,
Capt. Kuper accompanied Sir 'Win. Parker up the
Yang-tse-Kiang.*"* As a reward for his services he
was nominated a C.B. 21 Jan. 1842.
He married, 19 June, 1837, Emma Margaret,
eldest daughter of Commodore Sir J. J. G. Bremer,
K.C.B. Agent— Joseph Woodhead.
KYLE. (Retired Commander, 1837. f-p., 19;
H-p., 32.)
George Kyle entered the Navy, 22 June, 1796,
as Midshipman, on board the Viper sloop, Capts.
John Scoffln and H. H. Parker, on the Cork station ;
and from Sept. in the same year until Oct. 1800
was employed on Channel service, the last three
years as Master's Mate, in the Chapman armed
ship, Capts. Wm. Cumberland, Robt. Keen, and
Thos. Browne. He then joined the Elephant 74
Capts. Thos. Foley and Geo. Dundas, in which ship,'
after participating under Lord Nelson in the action
off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801, he proceeded to the
West Indies, where, in 1803, he assisted at the
blockade of Cape Fran5ois, St. Domingo, and wit-
nessed the capture of a squadron with the remains
of General Rochambeau's army on board. Remov-
ing next to the Hercule 74, bearing the flag of Sir
John Thos. Duckworth, Mr. Kyle, in Jan. 1804,
served on shore with the seamen and marines in
the unsuccessful attempts upon Cura^oa. On 7 of
the following July, after having acted for nearly
• While Capt. Kuper was in the Pelohi/s that vessel was
driven high and dry on her beam-ends during a violent hur-
licane in Port Essington ; and it was onlv after she had been
for 86 days on shore that she was with difficulty hove off
t rilfe Gaz. 1840, p. 2991.
t F. Qaz. 1841, pp. 1498, 1500, 1501.
0 r.Gaz. I841,p. 1503. II r. Gaz. 1841, p. 1604.
IT f. Gaz. 1841, p. 2502. ** F. Gaz. 1842, p. 2504.
624 KYNASTON— LACON— LACY— LADD— LAFARGUE— LAFFER.
four months as Lieutenant, he was confirmed in that
rank in the Vigilahte alias Sdffisante sloop,
Capts. Wm. Croft and Henry Laroche. His last
appointments were, 16 Jan. 1806 and 24 Oct. 1811,
to the Kangaroo sloop, Capts. H. Laroche, John
Baker, John Bradley, and John Lloyd, and Aboukir
74, Capts. Geo. Parker, Thos. Browne, and Norbome
Thompson. During his attachment to the Kas-
CAROo, besides cruizing in the Channel, he attended
the expedition to the Walcheren, and was employed
in escorting convoys to Spain, Portugal, and the
"West Indies ; and while in the Aboukir he com-
manded a gun-boat on the rivers Dwina and Aa
during the defence of Kiga in 1812, and was present
at the siege and capture of Genoa in 1814. He
went on half-pay in Sept. 1815, and accepted the
rank he now holds 25 Jan. 1837.
Commander Kyle married, 4 Nov. 1817, Bliss
Mary Irwin, and has issue two children.
KTNASTON. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Augustus Frederick Kynaston entered the Navy
30 Sept. 1830; passed his examination 27 April,
1837; and served as Mate in the Vanguard 80,
Capt. Sir David Dann, Phcenix steamer, Capt. John
Kichardson, Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos.
John Cochrane, Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir
Thos. Hastings, and Shearwater steamer, Capt.
John Washington, on the Mediterranean and Home
stations. He obtained a commission 10 Nov. 1842;
was appointed, on 28 of the same month, to the
Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, on the African
station ; and since 24 July, 1844, has been employed
in the Pacific on board the Collingwood 80, flag-
ship of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson.
L.
L.ACON. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 5.)
Henrt Jajies Lacon, bom 27 Nov. 1810, is third
son of the late Sir Edm. Knowles Lacon, Bart., of
Ormesby House, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, by
Elinor Dixon, eldest daughter and co-heir of Thos.
Beecroft, Esq., of Saxthorpe Hall, co. Norfolk.
This ofiicer entered the Royal Naval College 5
Nov. 1823 ; and embarked, 22 June, 1825, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Doris 42, Capt. Sir John
Gordon Sinclair, with whom he was for four years
employed, part of the time as Midshipman, on the
South American station. He then joined the
Childers 18, Capt. Wm. Morier, attached to the
force in the North Sea, where he cruized until Nov.
1829, in the course of which month he passed his
examination. Between Jan. 1830 and his promo-
tion to the rank of Lieutenant 21 March, 1835, Mr.
Lacon served on the West India, Home, and Medi-
terranean stations, in the North Star 28, Capt.
Lord Wm. Paget, Firefly schooner, Lieut. -Com-
mander John M'Donell, Shannon 46, Capt. Benj.
Clement, Conway 28, Capt. Henry Eden, Vestal 26,
Capt. Wm. Jones, and Portland 52, Capt. David
Price. His succeeding appointments were — 28 Sept.
1835 and 20 Jan. 1837, to the Castor 36 and
North Star 28, both commanded by Lord John
Hay, under whom he served for five years on the
north coast of Spain, and was constantly employed
on shore with the Naval Brigade— 5 April, 1841, to
the Cornwallis 72, fitting for the fiag of Sir Wm.
Parker, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies—
and, 22 Jan. 1842, as Senior, to the Blonde 42,
Capt. Thos. Bourchier. For his services in the
latter ship at the capture of Chapoo and in all the
operations to the northward of that place he was
advanced to the rank he now holds 23 Dec. 1842.*
He has officiated, since 13 Nov. 1846, as Second-
Captain of the Vanguard 80, Capt. Geo. Wickens
Willes, and is at present in the Mediterranean.
Commander Lacon married, 9 July, 1844, Caro-
lina Louisa Bartlett, second daughter of the late J.
* Fide Gaz. 1843, p. 2950.
Roberts, Esq., of Buckingham. Agents— Messrs.
Ommanney.
LACY. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Edward Lacy entered the Navy in 1833 ; passed
his examination 5 June, 1839 ; and served as Mate
in the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, Cal-
cutta 84, Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, Excellent gun-
nery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and for two
years and a half in the Cormorant steam-sloop,
Capt. Geo. Thos. Gordon, on the Mediterranean,
HomCj and South American stations. He obtained
his commission 13 Dec. 1845, and has been ever
since attached to the Collingwood 80, flag-ship in
the Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour.
LADD. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 25; h-p., 17.)
Charles Pybus Ladd, bom 17 June, 1790, at
Dover, co. Kent, is son of the late Edw. Ladd, Esq.,
who, in conjunction with his brother Henry, raised,
during the first American war, and partly equipped,
a volunteer corps of Light Artillery for the defence
of their native town. The latter gentlemaij (who
was for many years Captain of Archcliffe Fort, and
died at the age of 93) received a silver salver from
the then Duke of Richmond, as an acknowledgment
of the services he rendered on the occasion.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. Thos.
Seccombe, bearing the flag in the Downs of Vice-
Admiral John Holloway ; and, from May, 1806, until
Oct. 1809, was employed on the Channel and Medi-
terranean stations, chiefly as Midshipman, in the
Glatton 50, commanded at first by Capt. Seccombe,
and afterwards by Capts. John Clavell, Henry
Hope, and Geo. Miller Bligh. We next find him,
until confirmed in his present rank 7 Feb. 1815,
serving in 12 different vessels on the Home station ;
during which period he six times performed the
duties of Acting-Lieutenant. His succeeding ap-
pointments were— 5 Aug. 1831, to the Skylark
packet, the command of which he retained, on the
Falmouth station, for upwards of nine years— 8
Sept. 1841, to the Redwing steam-packet, Capt.
Thos. Bevis, under whom he was for three years
and a half employed at Liverpool— and, 21 May,
1845, to the command of the Zephyr steamer, in
which vessel, stationed as a packet between Holy-
head and Kingstown, Dublin, hje still serves.
Lieut. Ladd married in 1823, and has issue.
LAFAEGUE. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Charles Augustus Lafargue passed his exami-
nation 4 July, 1821 ; obtained an appointment in
the Coast Guard 2 June, 1842 ; and was advanced
to the rank of Lieutenant 25 June, 1845. He has
since been on half-pay.
LAFFEE. (Eetiked Commander, 1847. f-p.,
15; H-p., 34.;
Nathaniel Laffer was born in 1781.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1798, as
Second-cl. Boy, on board the Cambridge 80, guard-
ship at Plymouth, Capt. Poger. Removing in
April, 1799, to the MELPOMisE 38, Capt. Sir Chas.
Hamilton, he served in that ship in the ensuing ex-
pedition to the Helder, and was present in her at
the capture of the African island of Goree in April,
1800. In the course of the latter year he succes-
sively became Midshipman of a schooner and armed
ship, bearing each the name of Goree, and com-
manded, the first by Lieut. Chas. Chamberlayne
Irvine, and the second by Capt. Thos. Tidy, with
whom he served on the coast of Africa and in the
West Indies until Dec. 1801. During the next
seven years he presents himself to our notice as em-
ployed on the Home and South American stations
in the Pdissant 74, Capt. "W^m. Syme, Clyde 38,
Capt. John Larmour, Reindeer 18, Capt. John
Fyffe, Lapwing 28, Capt. Clotworthy Tipton, and
London 98, Capts. Sir Harry Neale and Thos.
Western. While in the latter ship he contributed,
in company vrith the Amazon 38, to the capture, 13
LAKE.
625
March, 1806, of the Marengo of 80 guns, hearing the
flag of Admiral Llnois, and 40-g:ua frigate BeUe
Poule, after a long running fight in which the Lon-
don sustained a loss of 10 men killed and 22
■wounded. He also, in 1807-8, escorted the Koyal
Family of Portugal to the Braails. On leaving
the London, as above, Mr. Lafier was nominated
Acting-Lieutenant of the Agamemnon 64, Capt.
Jonas Kose, from which ship he was confirmed, 10
May, 1809, into the President 38, Capt. Chas.
Marsh Schomberg. H e invalided home from South
America in April, 1810, and was next appointed —
8 April, 1811, to the Plantagenet 74, Capt. Thos.
Eyles, under whom, during a servitude of 21
months in the Baltic, he came frequently into con-
tact with the Danish gun-boats — and, 22 Nov. 1813
and 26 Sept. 1814, to the Royal Sovekeign 100, and
G6LDFINCH 10, Capts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild and
John Foote, on the Mediterranean and Channel
stations. He went on half-pay in May, 1815, and
accepted his present rank in July, 1847. Agents—
Messrs. Stilwell.
LAKE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 7.)
Edward Lake is second son of the late Sir Jas.
Sam. Wm. Lake, Bart., by Maria, daughter of Sam.
Turner, £s(^. ; and nephew of the late Admiral Sir
Willoughby Thos. Lake, K.C.B. His brother, the
present Sir Jas. Samuel Lake, married the eldest
daughter of the late Yice-Admiral Sir Bich. King,
Bart., K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 April, 1820;
passed his examination in 1826 ; obtained his first
commission 20 Aug. 1827 ; and was subsequently
appointed — 24 June and 29 Sept. 1828, to the Gloh-
OESTER 74, and Madagascar 46, Capts. Henry
Stuart and Hon, Sir Bobt. Cavendish Spencer, both
in the Mediterranean — 1 March, 1829, to the Rat-
tlesnake 28, Capts. Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley and
Chas. Graham, on the South American station —
1 Aug. 1831, to the Blanche 46, bearing the broad
pendant in the West Indies of Commodore Arthur
Farquhar, to whom he acted for some time as Flag-
Lieutenant — 12 June, 1833, to the Caledonia 120,
Capt, Thos. Brown, attached to the force in the
Mediterranean — 2 June, 1835, after 12 months of
half-pay, to the Canofus 84, Capt. Hon. Josceline
Percy, also on the latter station, whence he re-
turned in the early part of 1837— and 27 June,
1839, to the Coast Guard. He attained his present
rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; and from 3 July, 1844, until the
summer of 1847 was again employed in the Coast
Guard.
Commander Lake married, in Sept. 1839, Clara,
third daughter of the late SirWm. Johnston, Bart.,
of Hilltown House, near Aberdeen. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
LAKE. (COMMANDEB, 1827. F-p., 14; H-p., 23.)
WiLLOUGHBY Lake is son of the late Admiral Sir
Willonghby Thos. Lake, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 18
Aug. 1810; and embarked, 5 April, 1813, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Magnificent 74, commanded
by his father, whom he accompanied to the West
Indies. He afterwards, between Aug. 1815 and
Feb. 1821, served, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in
the Taods 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas,
and Superb 78, Commodore Sir Thos. Masterman
Hardy, on the Mediterranean and South American
stations. He was officially promoted 18 May, 1821,
and was lastly employed, from 14 April, 182^ until
within a few days of his advancement to the rank
of Commander 20 Aug. 1827, as Flag-Lieutenant to
his father, in the Superb 74, on the Halifax station.
He has since been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs.
Stilwell.
of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His appointments have
since been— 10 May and 25 Oct. 1841, to the Bit-
tern 16, Capt. Hon. B. C. F. P. Cary, and Alfred
50, Commodore John Brett Purvis, on the African
and Brazilian stations, from the latter of which he
returned home in the early part of 1845— and 21
Jan. 1847, to a station in the Coast Guard, the com-
mand whereof he still retains. Agents— Messrs.
Stilwell.
LAKE. (LlEDTENANT, 1840.)
Willodghby J. Lake entered the Navy 3 April,
1829 ; passed his examination in 1835 ; and for his
services on the coast of Syria, and at the bombard-
ment of St, Jean d'Acre, was promoted to the rank
LAKE, K.C.B. (Admiral of the White, 1841.
F-p., 29 ; H-p., 38.)
Sir Willohghbt Thomas Lake was born about
1773, and died 18 Feb. 1847, at Blackheath, co.
Kent. He was second son of Sir Jas. Winter Lake,
Bart., by Joyce, daughter of John Crowther, Esq.,
of Bow ; and uncle of the present Commander £dw.
Lake, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1780, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Roebuck 44, Capt.
Andrew Snape Hamond, under whom and the late
Sir Andrew Snape Douglas he continued to serve
(with the exception of an interval between May,
1783, and Dec. 1785) in the Chatham and Irre-
sistible 74's, SooTHAMPTON 32, and Goliath, Bed-
ford, and Vanguard 74's, on the North American,
Mediterranean, and Home stations, chiefly as Mid-
shipman, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
22 Nov. 1790. In Sept. 1793, after he had been for
a short time attached to the Rdssel 74, Capt. John
Willet Payne, he was invested with the command
of the Charlotte armed cutter, employed off Os-
tend and Flushing. On leaving that vessel in the
following Nov., Mr. Lake officiated for four months
as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear- Admiral John Macbride
in the Flora, Cumberland, Eurydice, and For-
midable, on the Home station, where, in March,
1794, he became his First-Lieutenant in the Mino-
taur 74. On 25 Nov. in the same year he was
promoted to the command of the Weasel sloop,
stationed between Yarmouth and Flamhorough
Head; and in April, 1795, he removed to the Rat-
tler 18, employed as a Channel cruizer. Being
made Post, 11 Jan. 1796, into the Proserpine 28,
Capt. Lake, while in that frigate, succeeded in cap-
turing, 3 Aug. 1797, the Dutch privateer Unity, of
10 guns and 50 men, in the neighbourhood of Shet-
land. He went on half-pay a short time afterwards,
and was subsequently appointed — 4 April, 1803, to
the ToPAZE 38, on the Irish station, where he took
the privateers Napoleon, of 14 guns and 180 men,
Minerve, of 14 guns and 111 men, Genital Augereau,
of 14 guns and 88 men, and El Fenin, of 14 guns
and 85 men— 16 June, 1806, to the Gibraltar 80,
in which ship he was intrusted with the command
of a small squadron off L'Orient, for the purpose of
watching the enemy's vessels then ready for sea in
that port— 3 April, 1807, to the Sea Fencibles on the
coast of Sussex, where he continued imtil the corps
was disbanded in 1810— and, 29 Feb. 1812, to the
Magnificent 74. While in the latter ship Capt.
Lake, being ordered to co-operate with the force
imder Sir Home Popham on the north coast of
Spain, assisted at the reduction of Castro, and in
the attacks upon Puerta Galletta, Guetaria, &c. He
also commanded a detachment of seamen and ma-
rines, to which was added the Guerilla regiment of
Campillo, landed to act against the castle of St
Ano. During his pursuit of the French from that
place to Santander, on their road whither the British
were exposed to an incessant and galling fire from
numerous small houses, walls, and hedges, Capt.
Lake received a musket-ball in his right arm'
and on his way back he was further wounded in
the head, and for a time deprived of his senses.
In consequence of these severe injuries he was
for four months unable to discharge the active
duties of his profession. He at length, however
rejoined his ship, which had been commanded, pro
tern., by Capt. John Hayes, and continued in her
until paid off 8 Aug. 1815. During that period he
effected the capture, 30 Oct. 1813, of an American
letter-of-maique, W^Amiabk, of 6 guns and 21 men
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626
LAMB— LAMBART- LAMBERT.
and was sent with the trade to the West Indies,
where he arrived at the period Sir Alex. Cochrane
was proceeding on the expedition against New Or-
leans, and was left by him to carry on the duties of
Senior officer on the Jamaica station. In 1815 the
Magnificent returned with another convoy to
England. On 12 Aug. 1819 Capt. Lake, who had
been appointed a Colonel of Marines 4 June, 1814,
and nominated a C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, was advanced to
the rank of Kear- Admiral. He commanded-in-chief,
subsequently, on the Halifax station, with his flag
.in the Superb 74, from 18 May, 1824, until 15 Aug.
1827 ; became a Vioe-Admiral 27 May, 1825 ; was
created a K.C.B. 17 Nov. 1830; and attained the
rank of full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
Sir Willoughby Thos. Lake married, in 1795,
Charlotte, daughter of Admiral Macbride, by wljom,
who died 5 Sept. 1836, he has left, with other issue,
a son, the present Commander Willonghby Lake,
B.N., and a daughter, Emily, married to Capt. Wm.
"Webb, R.N. His third son, Edward, now deceased,
was a Major in the Madras Engineers, and had dis-
tinguished himself in India, where he had been
twice wounded. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
LAMB. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., ! 1 ; h-p., 28.)
James Thomas Lamb entered the Navy, 22 Dec.
1808, as Fst-cl. Vol., on board the Amethvst, of 42
guns and 222 men, Capt. Michael Seymour ; and on
6 April, 1809, took part in a severe intermittent
action of about four hours, which terminated in the
capture, with a loss to the Amethyst of 8 men
killed and 37 wounded, of the French frigate Le
Niemeiiy of 46 guns and 339 men, of whom 47 were
slain and 73 wounded. After attending the expe-
dition to Flushing he accompanied Capt. Seymour
into his prize, which had been added to the Navy
as a 38-gim frigate. He continued with him in that
ship, on the Channel and Irish stations, until the
spring of 1812, when he again followed him, as Mid-
shipman, into the Hannibal 74. In March, 1814,
being then on a cruize off Cherbourg, Mr. Lamb
was present at the capture of the iS-gan frigate
Sultane. We then find him proceeding to the West
Indies, where, in the course of the same year, he
successively joined the Bedtord and Venerable
74's, Capts. Jas. Walker and Geo. Pringle — the
latter bearing the flag of Sir Philip Chas. Burham,
by whom he was at first sent on a cruize in the
Adams tender, and then nominated Acting Sub-
Lieutenant of the Grecian schooner. He was
made Lieutenant, 1 March, 1815, into the Faibt 18,
Capt. Henry Loraine Baker, part of the force pre-
sent at the ensuing surrender of Guadeloupe, with
the despatches relative to which she returned to
England ; and he was next, from 29 of the following
Sept. until superseded at his own request 27 March,
1817, employed on the Irish station in the Helicon
and Martin sloops, both commanded by Capt.
Andrew Mitchell. His last appointment was, 29
Aug. 1833, to the Coast Guard, in which service he
remained until the early part of 1836,
We understand that on one occasion, while in
command of a merchant-ship, Lieut. Lamb per-
formed service which was acknowledged by a re-
ward from Lloyd's.
LAMB. (Ketired Commandeb, 1846. f-p., 12 ;
H-p., 34.)
John Lamb entered the Navy, in 1801, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Port Mahon sloop, Capt. Wm.
Buchanan, on the Mediterranean station, where, in
the course of the same year, he became Midshipman
of the Northumberland 74, Capt. Geo. Martin.
Between 1803 and the date of his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant 20 June, 1808, he presents him-
self to our notice as serving in the Channel and off
the coast of Ireland in the St. Axban's 64, Capt.
John Temple, Warrior 74, Capts. Wm. Bligh,
Sam. Hood Linzee, and Michael Seymour, and
Amethyst, of 42 guns and 261 men, Capt. M. Sey-
mour. While in the latter ship we find him contri-
buting to the capture, 11 Nov. 1808, off L'Orient,
of the French frigate La Thetis, of 44 guns and
436 men, including troops, which was boarded and .
carried at the close of a furious contest of more
than three hours, in which the British lost 19 men
killed and 51 wounded, and the enemy 135 killed
and 102 wounded. His last appointments were — 23
June, 1808, to the Leviathan 74, Capt. John Har-
vey, under whom, after serving off Flushing and
Cadiz, he witnessed the self-destruction, in Oct
1809, of the French ships of the line Sobuste and
Lion, off Cape Cette — in 1810, to the Pbrlen fri-
gate, Capt. Norbome Thompson, in the Wejt Indies
— 11 Oct. 1811, to the Fantome brig, Capt. John
Lawrence— 27 April, 1812, to the Union 98, Capts.
Sam. Hood Li zee, Wm. Kent, and Robt. Rolles, in
which ship he witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew's partial
actions of 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814, with the
Toulon fleet— and, 29 March, 1814, to the HibebiJia
120, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith. He
returned to England in the following Aug., and
accepted his present rank 7 May, 1846.
During his servitude afloat Commander Lamb was
presented, we are informed, with s,' gratuity from
the Patriotic Fund. He married, in March, 1823,
Emma, daughter of J. Robinson, Esq., of Holloway,
CO. Middlesex.
LAMBAET. (Liedt., 1844. P-P., 10 ; H-p., 0.)
The Honoobable Oliver William Matthew
Lambart, bom 26 Aug. 1822, is youngest son of
Richard, seventh Earl of Cavan, K.C., a general
officer in the Army, and Colonel of the 45th Regt.
of Foot, by his second wife, Lydia, second daughter
of Wm. Arnold, Esq., of Slatswood. He is half-
imcle of the present Earl of Cavan.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Jime, 1837, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hazard 18, Capt. Jas.
Wilkinson. In that vessel, after visiting the coast
of Africa, he proceeded to the Mediterranean,
where, until 1839, he served as Midshipman in the
Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, Talaveea 74,
Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, and Wasp 16, Capt. Hon.
Dudley Worsley Anderson Pelham. Sailing then
for China in the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier,
he took part in the chief operations of the war, in-
cluding the first and second attacks upon Canton,
the reduction of Amoy, the re-taking of Chusan,
the capture of Chinghae, Ningpo, and Chapoo,* the
battle of Woosung,t the storming of Chin-Kiang-
Foo,J and the various hostilities on the Yang-tse-
Kiang terminating with the pacification of Nanking.
At Chin-Kiang-Foo, 21 July, 1842, Mr. Lambart
was employed in the boats under Lieut. Edw.
Crouch when they sustained, in an attempt to land
the artillery-guns, a loss of 17 out of 24 persons
wounded, including the officer last mentioned, whom
he consequently succeeded in the command. In
March, 1843, on his return to England, he joined
the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley
at Portsmouth, where he passed his examination 6
Sept. following, and was for some time employed as
Mate in the Victoria and Albert yacht, Capt.
Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. He obtained his
commission 11 Oct. 1844, and since 19 Feb. 1845 (a
few days previously to which period he had been
appointed to the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier)
has been serving in the Vangdard 80, Capt. Geo.
Wickens Willes, on the Home and Mediterranean
stations.
Lieut. Lambart married, 26 Nov. 1844, Anne Eli-
zabeth, second daughter of Capt. G. W. Wales, K.N.
LAMBERT. (Lieut., 1813. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.)
Charles Lambert was bom 28 June, 1790.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nemesis 28, Capt. Philip
Somerville, stationed in the Channel. In the course
of 1805 he successively joined the Dreadnought 98,
and Royal Sovereign 100, bearing each the flag of
Lord Collingwood, under whom, after serving at
the blockade of Cadiz, he fought in the latter ship
at the battle of Trafalgar. From Nov. in the same
* Ptde Gaz. 1842, pp. 396, 2388, 3694.
t r. Gaz. 1842, p. 3400. J V. Gil. 1848, p. 3405.
LAMBERT.
627
year, 1805, until the spring of 1810, we find Mr.
Lambert employed on the Channel and Cape of
Good Hope stations, principally as Midshipman, in
the Bbllerophon 74, and Leopard 50, flag-ships of
the late Sir Albemarle Bertie. He then became
attached to the Nereide 36, Capt. Nesbit Josiah
■Willoughby, under whom, we are informed, he took
part in the boats in a gallant attack made on the
enemy's batteries and troops at Jaootel, in the
Mauritius. He also assisted, in July, 1810, at the
capture of lie de Bourbon; and on 17 Aug. he
landed, we believe, at the storming of a fort on
Pointe du Diable, in the Isle of France. He wit-
nessed, next, the capture of He de la Passe ; was on
board the Nereide when she compelled the enemy's
sloop Victor to surrender, and exchanged broadsides
with the 40-gun frigate Minerve ; and was slightly
wounded during a series of unhappy although heroic
operations, which, by 28 Aug., terminated in the
self-destruction, in Port Sud-Est, of the British
frigates Magicienne and Sirids, and the capture,
by a French squadron, of the Nekeide and Iphi-
GENiA — the former after being reduced to a mere
wreck, and incurring a loss of nearly her whole
crew. Being restored to liberty on the fall of the
Isle of France in the following Dec, Mr. Lambert
returned to England in La Manchb frigate, Lieut.-
Commander Edw. Grimes. In Nov. 1812, having
been for the last 15 months employed in the Favo-
rite and Stork sloops, Capts. Kobt. Forbes and
Robt. Lisle Coulson, on the Plymouth and Cork
stations, be was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of
the Peacock, of 18 guns and 122 men, Capt. Wm.
Peake ; which sloop (of whose crew 5, including the
Commander, were killed, and 33 wounded) was
sunk, at the close of a desperate action of 25 minutes,
by the American ship Hornet, of 20 guns and 165
men, 1 only of whom was killed and 2 wounded.
On his release from captivity in May, 1814, Mr.
Lambert found that he had been promoted to a
Lieutenancy in the Euryalus 36, Capt. Chas. Na-
pier, by commission dated 6 Dec. 1813. In the fol-
lowing Aug., being still in that ship, he accompa-
nied Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon's brilliant expedition
up the Potomac, and was in consequence present at
the capture of Fort Washington, the capitulation of
Alexandria, and the destruction of the American
batteries on the banks of the river. During these
operations he was again slightly wounded. He in-
valided from the Euryalus in the month ensuing,
and was lastly, from July to Sept. 1815, employed
on the Leith station in the Fincher 12, Capt. T.
Smith.
He married 24 March, 1816, and has issue six
children. Agents — Holmes and Folkard.
LAMBERT. (Lieutenant, 1846.')
Edward Henry Gaoe Lambert passed his exa-
mination 7 Sept. 1844; anfl at the period of his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took
place 9 Nov. 1846, was serving on the south-east
coast of America as Mate of the Raleigh 50, Com-
modore Sir Thos. Herbert. He is now on half-pay.
LAMBERT. (Capt., 1825. f-p., 15; h-p., 2.3.)
George Robert Lambert, a son of Robt. Lam-
bert, Esq., many years a Captain B.N., is brother
of the late Vice-Admiral Robt. Lambert,* and the
late Capt. Henry Lambert, R.N.,t and of two gen-
tlemen holding high rank in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1809, as
* Vice- Admiral Lambert attained the rank of Tjieutenant
in 1791, and served in that capacity on board the Barfleur
9S in Lord Howe's action I June, 1794. In 1795-6 he acted
a$ Flag-Captain to ReaT-Admiral Rainier, in the Suffolk 74,
at tiie reduction of Ceylon, Amboyna, Banda, &c, ; and in
1801, beinff at the time in the Saturn 74, he accompanied
the expedition under Sir Hyde Parker to the Baltic. He
became a Rear-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819'; commanded in chief
on the St. Helena station, for the secure detention of Buo-
naparte, from 1820 to 1822; was constituted a Vice-Admiral
22 July, 1830 ; and died about Sept. 1S36.
.f A' partial sketch of the services of Capt. Henry Lambert
may be found in our memoir of Oapt. Hen. Ducie Chads.
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas.
Rowley. Continuing in that ship for a period of
five years, he attended in consequence the expedi-
tion to the Waloheren, co-operated in the defence
of Cadiz in 1810, assisted at the capture, 22 Nov.
1811, of La Carceyre frigate, carrying 28 guns, to-
gether with 170 seamen and 130 soldiers, and be-
held the fall, in 1813, of Fiume, Trieste, and other
places in the Adriatic. After a further servitude
of eleven months in the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon.
Henry Duncan, on the Channel station, he was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 May, 1815, and
appointed to the Ister 36, Capt. Thos. Forrest.
Quitting the latter frigate in Jan. L817, he next, from
1 Jan. 1820, until within a few days of his promotion
to the rank of Commander, 19 Jan. 1822, officiated as
Flag-Lieutenant, in the Vigo 74, to his brother, Bear-
Admiral Robt. Lambert, on the St. Helena station.
On 23 Feb. 1824 Capt. Lambert was awarded com-
mand of the Camelion sloop, in which we find him
employed on particular service until advanced to
Post-rank, 8 Aug. 1825. His appointments have
since been— 23 Sept. 1831, to the Alligator 28,
fitting for the East Indies, whence he returned
home and was paid off 27 Aug. 1835—8 Dec. 1845,
to the Endymiom 44, on the North America and
West India station— and 23 Jan. 1847, to be Com-
modore at Jamaica, where he is now serving with
his broad pendant in the Imaum 72. Agents —
Messrs. Chard.
LAMBERT. (Retired Commander, 1845.
F-p., 11; H-p., 36.)
William Lambert was bom in the early part of
1788, and died at the commencement of 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1800, as
A. B., on board the Furious gun-brig, Lieut-Com-
mander Wm. Froth, with whom he served in the
North Sea and Baltic tmtil April, 1802. From Jan.
1803 until May, 1804, we find him employed as
Fst.-cl. Vol. and Midshipman, in the Princess
Charlotte 38, and Ruby and Galykheid 64's, all
commanded by Capt. Hon. Fras. Farington Gard-
ner, on the Irish and North Sea stations. During
the next three years he presents himself to our
notice as again attached to the Princess Char-
lotte, commanded at first by Capt. Gardner, but
afterwards by Capt. Geo. Tobin, under whom, be-
sides being occasionally employed in escorting con-
voys, he saw a good deal of boat service on the
coast of Cuba, and took part, as Master's Mate, 5
Oct. 1805, in a severe action of an hour, near To-
bago, with La Cyane of 26 and La Ndt'ade of 16
guns, the former of which then surrendered. In
the course of 1807 Mr. Lambert successively joined
the HiBERNiA 110, Capt. Wm. Bedford, Ville de
Paris 110, bearing the flag of Lord Gardner, and,
as Acting-Lieutenant, the Dreadnouobt 98, Capts.
Wm. Lechmere and Geo. Burgoyne Salt, to which
ship he was confirmed by commission dated 7 May,
1808. His subsequent appointments were — 1 Sept.
1810, to the MuTisE 18, Capts. Chas. Montagu
Fabian and Nevinson De Courcy, on the Brazilian
station, whence he invalided 18 Feb. 1811 — 20 Jan.,
1812, for three months, to the Conqdestador 74,
Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, employed on the coast of
France— 29 April, 1813, to the Medway 74, Capt.
Augustus Brine, with whom he proceeded to the
Cape of Good Hope— 22 May, 1814, to the Hakpv
18, commanded by Capt. Thos. Griffith Allen, and
also, for five months, by himself, off' the Isle of
France— and lastly, 7 Feb. 1815, again to the Med-
WAT, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Tyler at the
Cape, whence he returned to England in April,
1816. In July, 1814, while First of the Harpt, Mr.
Lambert took command of her boats and, at great
peril, rescued the crew of L* Eugenie schooner, who
had been wrecked, on 19 of the previous April, on
Sandy Island, while on their passage from the
Seychelles to the Manritins. The Master and one
seaman belonging to the Harpy were on the occa-
sion drowned by the upsetting of a boat. "The sub-
ject of the foregoing narrative accepted the rank of
Retired Commander 30 April, 1845.
4 L 2
628
LAMBERT-LAMBRICK-LAMONT-LANCASTER.
He was in the commission of the' peace for co.
Cork ; and married, 29 March, 1832, Anne, daughter
of the late Adam Carr, Esq^. By that lady he has
left issue.
LAMBERT. (Liedtenant, 1842.)
William Leigh Lambert entered the Navy 12
Sept. 1828 ; passed his examination 10 May, 1837 ;
served for some time as Mate on the Mediterranean
and North America and West Lidia stations, in the
Ttne 26, (Japt. John Townshend, and ItLnsTRiona
72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam ; and was made Lieu-
tenant, 19 June, 1842, into the Volage 22, Capt.
Sir Wm. Dickson. His appointments have since
heen— 13 Oct. 1843, as Additional, to the Cobn-
WALLis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the East
Indies— 5 Nov. 1844, and 2 April, 1845, to the Driver
steam-sloop and Vestal 26, Capts. Courtenay Os-
born Hayes and Chas. Talbot, both on the same sta-
tion—and 13 Nov. 1846, to the Castor 36, Capt.
Chas. Graham, in which frigate be is still serving in
the East Indies.
LAMBEICK. (Retired Commander, 1837.
F-p., 15 ; H-p., 49.)
John Lambrick entered the Navy, in 1783, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Fairy sloop, Capt. W.
Thomas, and was for three years employed in that
vessel in the Channel. For several months in 1788,
and from 1790 until the commencement of the
French revolutionary war, we find him serving on
the Newfoundland and Home stations, as A. B. and
Midshipman, in the Echo, Capt. Robt. Carthew
Reynolds, Termagant, commanded by an officer
whose name has escaped us, Ntmphe, Capt. Geo.
Campbell, and Spider, a small vessel commanded
by a Lieutenant. During the next four years Mr.
Lambrick was uninterruptedly employed in the
Mediterranean on board the Leda, Berwick, and
Terrible, all under the orders of Capt. Campbell,
Britannia 100, flag-ship of Admiral Hotham, Dol-
phin, Capt. Rich. Retalidk, and Inconstant, Capts.
Thos. Fras. Fremantle and G. Oakes. Of the Dol-
phin he was confirmed a Lieutenant 23 May, 1796.
After serving for two years on the North Sea sta-
tion in the Agamemnon, Capt. Fancourt, he ob-
tained command of the Signal station at the Lizard ;
and he was lastly, between the years 1801 and 1803,
employed off Cadiz and in the Channel on board
the Addacioos 74, Capt. Shuldham Peard, and
Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Rich. Curry. He be-
came a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26
Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 4 July, 1837.
LAMONT. (Retired Commander, 1838.
r-p., 10 ; H-P., 39.)
James Lamont entered the Navy, 28 Deo. 1798,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repdlse 64, Capt.
Jas. Alms, lying at Portsmouth ; and in the course
of 1799 joined the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing
the flag of Sir Chas. Thompson, and Charon 44,
Capt. John Mackellar ; in which latter ship, on his
return from a visit to the Mediterranean, he as-
sisted at the evacuation of the Holder. Becoming
Midshipman, in Jan. 1800, of the Hebe, Capts. Wm.
BirohaU and Geo. Reynolds, he accompanied the
expedition of 1801 to Egypt ; after which he was
for more than two years employed in the North Sea
in the ClyivE 38, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase
Warren, and for nearly one, as Master's Mate, in
the Mediator and RENOMMfes; both commanded
by Sir Thos. Livingstone on the Channel station.
He was then, in Aug. 1805, appointed Sub-Lieute-
nant of the Staunch gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander
Benj. Street; and on 16 of the following Oct. he
was confirmed a full Lieutenant of the Moselle 18,
Capts. John Surman Carden and Alex. Gordon, em-
ployed at first in the Mediterranean and next in
the West Indies. In 1808 it was Mr. Lament's lot
to be very severely wounded while boarding an
enemy's vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, for which he
received a gratuity of 80/. lis. 6d. He was obliged
in consequence to invalid in June of that year.
Unable to procure further employment, he accepted
his present rank 18 April, 1838.
LANCASTER. (Lieutenant, 1813. r-p., 10;
H-p., 32.)
Henry Lancaster, bom 12 May, 1791, is young-
est son of the Rev. Thos. Lancaster, Rector of Mer-
■fhis officer entered the Navy, 14 Sept. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., under the especial patronage of Lord
Nelson, on board the Victory 100, Capt. Thos.
Masterman Hardy, bearing the flag of that distin-
guished nobleman, under whom he was present m
the ensuing action off Cape Trafalgar. After a
servitude of two years with Lord Collingwood as
Midshipman in the Ocean 98, he joined the Thames
32 in which frigate and the Apollo 38, both com-
manded by Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor, we
find him employed, chiefly on the Mediterranean
station, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant,
20 Oct. 1813. While in the latter ship Mr. Lancas-
ter served in her boats, with those of a squadron
under Lieut. John Tailour, on the night of 31 Oct.
1809, at the capture and destruction, notwithstand-
ing a fearful struggle and a loss to the British of 15
men killed and 55 wounded, of the French store-
ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards
Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec Normande,
with a convoy of seven merchant-vessels, defended
by numerous strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas.""
He assisted also in capturing, 13 Feb. 1812, the
French frigate-built store-ship Merinos, of 20 guns
and 26 men, imder the batteries of Corsica, and, on
20 of the following Sept., the national xebec Ulffsse
of 6 guns.t He was further, it appears, present at
the reduction, in Jan. and Feb. 1813, of the islands
of Angusta and Curzola, as well as on shore, as a
volunteer, in 1813, at the siege of Trieste, where
he was slightly wounded, and, by his conduct, ob-
tained the thanks of Rear- Admiral Thos. Fras. Fre-
mantle, and a particular letter of introduction from
that officer to Sir Sidney Smith, to whose flag-ship
he had been appointed. During the term of his
attachment to the Apollo Mr. Lancaster, we must
too record, was twice the instrument of preserving
life by his intrepidity in jumping overboard, once
in the Adriatic, and another time, at night^ near
Malta. In Nov. 1813, a short time after he had
joined Sir Sidney Smith, our officer found himself
appointed to the Prince of Wales 98, Capt. John
Erskine Douglas ; in which ship he had an oppor-
tunity of sharing in Sir Edw. Pellew's second par-
tial action with the Toiilon fleet, and of witnessing
the fall of Genoa and Savona. His last appoint-
ment was, 10 Sept. 1814, to the Myrtle 18, Capt.
Arthur Batt Bingham, with whom he served at
Cork until 30 Nov. 1815.
He married, in May, 1823, and has issue. Agents
— Case and Loudonsack.
LANCASTER. (Lieut., 1805. f-p., 20; h-p., 31.)
Robert Dahiell Lancaster was born 6 Oct.
1783 or 1784.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Aug. 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Duke 98, Capt. John
HoUoway, and was afterwards, until Sept. 1802, em-
ployed with the same Captain and with Capts. Samp-
son Edwards, Geo. Parker, Erasmus Gower, and
Bridges Watkinson Taylor, chiefly as Midshipman,
in the St. George 98, Santa Margarita 36, and
Porcupine 22, on the Channel, Mediterranean, and
West India stations. He next, in April, 1803, and
Nov. 1804, joined the San Josef 110, bearing the
flag off Brest of Sir Chas. Cotton, and Nimrod 18,
Capt. Orde, attached to the force in the West Indies,
where, on 26 Feb. 1805, he was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant, and appointed to the command of the
Nelly schooner, in which vessel he was shortly
afterwards sent home with despatches. His suc-
ceeding appointments were — 10 April, 1805, to the
• Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1907.
+ In Jan. 1812 Mr. Lancaster narrowly escaped drowning,
being on board a prize that foundered an hour after lier capture. <
LANE.
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Malabar 50, CaptB. EoM. Hall, John Ayscough,
end Geo. Scott, stationed in the North Sea and
West Indies— 16 Aug. 1806 and 27 Feb. 1809, to the
command of the Phosphorus fire-brig, and Ltka
Impress- tender, employed off Boulogne and at North
Shields and Sheemess— in 1812 or 13, to the Basi-
lisk 12, Capt. Geo. French, lying at Hamoaze— 21
June, 1814, and 27 Nov. 1818, to the command of
the Lakdrail schooner and Serapis convalescent
ship— and, lastly, 26 March, 1819, to the Ordinary
at Plymouth, where he remained until April, 1822.
■While in the Malabar, Mr. Lancaster served, in
the boats of that ship and the Wolf 18, at the de-
struction, on the coast of Cuba, 2 Jan. 1806, of the
two French privateers Le Megulatem and NapoUon,
of 5 guns each, and a crew united of 146 men, after
a well-contested action of an hour and three-quar-
ters. During his command of the Lyra he made
suggestions to the Admiralty relative to the Impress
service which caused a saving in one port alone of
3000/. per annum, and for wMch he obtained their
Lordships' thanks. On 12 July, 1814, being then
in the Landrail, which vessel carried only 4
12-pounder carronades and 19 men, Mr. Lancaster
had the misfortune to be captured by the Ameri-
can privateer-schooner Syren (mounting 1 long 18-
pounder on a travelling-carriage, 4 long 6-pounders
and 2 18-pounder carronades, with a crew of 75
men), at the end of a running fight of one hour and
10 minutes, and a close action, within pistol-shot,
of 40 minutes, in all 2 hours. This strenuous and
most gallant resistance on the part of the Landrail
was the occasion of a loss to herself of 7 men
wounded, and to her antagonist of 3 men killed
and 15 wounded. Her brave commander was in
consequence detained a captive in America until
the conclusion of the war.
Mr. Lancaster is the Senior Lieutenant of 1805.
His eldest son, John James Lancaster, Esq., M.D.,
is a Surgeon in the E.N. (1835). Agents— Hallett
and Bobinson.
LANE. (LlEnTENANT, 1841.)
Dennts Lane died in 1846. He was third son
of the Bev. Rich. Lane, of Coffleet and Bradley,
CO. Dev(m, by Lucy, daughter of Nicholas Dennys,
Esq., of Ashley, near Tiverton ; and brother-in-law
of Sambornc Stuckley Palmer, Esq., of Timsbury
House, CO. Somerset.
This officer entered the Navy 24 May, !832;
passed his examination 11 Aug. 1838 ; attained the
rank of Lieutenant, while serving as Mate on board
the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in
the East Indies, 27 Oct. 1841 ; and was appointed,
31 March and 17 Nov. 1842, to the Modeste 18, and
North Stab 26, Capts. Bundle Burges Watson and
Sir Jas. Everard Home, both on the same station,
whence he returned home and was paid off in the
summer of 1846.
LANE. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., IJj h-p., 29.)
John Edward Lane entered the Navy, in 1801,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambridge 74, Capt.
Lane, lying at Hamoaze, where, in May, 1802, he
joined the Centaur 74, bearing the flag of Bear-
Admiral Jas. Bich. Dacres. Between June in the
same year and June, 1807, we find him serving, as
Midshipman, on the Mediterranean and Home sta-
tions, in the Spider, Lieut.-Commander Harding
Shaw, Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Eobt. Barlow, Dryad
36, Capt. Adam Drummond, Barfleur 98, Capt.
Jos. Sydney Yorke, and Success 32, Capt. John
Ayscough. During the next two years he acted as
Lieutenant of the Belle Poole 38, Capt. Jas. Bris-
bane, under whom, besides contributing to the cap-
ture of other smaller vessels, he assisted in taking,
13 Feb. 1809, ie Var of 26 guns, laden with corn
for the relief of the French garrison at Corfu.
From the following July until Sept. 1810 he again
served as Midshipman in the Ville de Paris and
San Josef llO's, flag-ships of Lord Collingwood
and Sir Chas. Cotton. He was then a second time
invested with the rank of Lieutenant, in the Vo-
LONTAiRE 38, Capts. Chas. BuUen, Abel Ferris,
Henry Evelyn Pitfleld Sturt, and Joseph Nourse, in
which frigate he continued, co-operating interme-
diately with the patriots on the coast of Spain, until
at length confirmed, 17 Jan. 1811, into the Trident
64, Capt. Bich. Budd Vincent, stationed at Malta.
His last appointments were — 4 Nov. 1811, to the
Frederickstein frigate, Capt. Fras. Beaufort, also
in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in Oct.
1812—8 Oct. 1813, to the Telegraph 12, Capt.
Timothy Soriven, in which vessel he was for nearly
two years employed on the Channel and North
American stations — and 25 June, 1831, to the com-
mand of the Swan cutter of 10 guns, on the Home
station, where he remained until paid off in 1835.
He has not been since afioat.
He married, 16 May, 1832, Lauretta Maude,
daughter of the late W. Blewett, Esq., of Halton
Court, Cornwall.
LANE. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
John William Lane entered the Navy 8 June,
1809; and from that period until Dec. 1814 was
employed on the Home and American stations in
the Agincourt 64, Capt. Wm. Kent, Unicorn 32,
Capt. Alex. Bobt. Kerr, Amethyst 36, Capt. Mich.
Seymour, Venerable 74, Capt. Andw. Kjng, San
Domingo 74, Capt. Chas. Gill, Cje'sar 80, Capt.
Chas. Bichardson, Namur 74, Capt. Alex. Ship-
pard, Chanticleer 10, Capt. Bich. Spear, Paz
schooner, Lieut.-Commander Dan. Pring, Ephira
10, Capt. John Strutt Peyton, and Edinburgh 74,
Capts. Bobt. BoUes, Bowland Mainwaring, Hon.
Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and John Lam-
pen Manley. During his attachment to the Ve-
nerable he accompanied the expedition to the
Waloheren in Aug. 1809 ; and when in the Edin-
burgh he witnessed, in 1813-14, the capture of Port
d' Anzo, the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, the re-
duction of the fortress of Santa Maria and of the
enemy's other forts and defences in the Gulf of
Spezia, and the fall of Genoa. On 17 June, 181.5,
being then in the Pilot 18, Capt. John Toup Nico-
las, Mr. Lane, who had previously served for a short
time in the Boyne 98, Capts. Fred. Lewis Maitland
and Jas. Brisbane, contributed to the defeat, near
Cape Corse, of the French corvette Legere, of 28
guns, who made off at the close of a gallant conflict
in which the British vessel sustained a loss, besides
being otherwise disabled, of 1 man killed and 15
wounded, and the Frenchman of 22 killed and 79
wounded. He left the Pilot in June, 1816, and,
passing his examination in the following Oct., was
afterwards, between Jan. 1821 and 13 Dec. 1828,
employed, as Admiralty-Midshipman, Acting-Lieu-
tenant, and Admiralty-Mate, in the Medina 20,
Capts. Eobt. Bookings, the Earl of Huntingdon, B.
Anderson, and Patrick Duff Henry Hay, Tweed 24,
Capt. Fred. Hunn, Semiramis 42, bearing the flag
of Vice-Admiral Bobt. Plampin, Badger 10, Capt.
Chas. Crowdy, Despatch 18, Capt. Eobt. White
Parsons, and Tribune 42, Capt. John Wilson, on
the Mediterranean, Cork, Lisbon, and South Ame-
rican stations. He was then made Lieutenant into
the Thetis 46, Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham, also in
South America, whence he invalided 17 Aug. 1829.
He has since been on half-pay.
LANE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p. 25; h-p., 17.)
William Lane (6) entered the Navy, 13 Aug.
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Wolverene
sloop, Capts. Thos. Smith and Fras. Augustus Col-
lier, with the latter of whom he further served in
the CiHCE 32, Star sloop, and Peloros 18, on the
West India station, until July, 1809. He assisted
in consequence, at the capture of several of the ene-
my's privateers and armed vessels, took part also in
a successful attack made in Dec. 1808 by the Cyane
and a small squadron on some batteries, a corvette
and two schooners near the town of St. Pierre, Mar-
tinique, ond co-operated in the Star in the reduc-
tion of the latter island in Feb. 1809. During the
remainder of the war we find Mr. Lane employed •
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LANG-LANGDON-LANGFORD-LANGLEY— LANGTON.
latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Gdachapis,
Lieat.-Commander Wm. Weoland, Elizabeth 74,
Capts. Hon. Henry Curzon and Thos. Searle, The-
SEDs 74, Capt. Wm. Prowse, Nakcissds 32, Capt.
John Bich. Lumley, Tbibdse 36, flag-ship of Sir
Fras. Laforey, and Grampus 50, Capt. F. A. Col-
lier, on the Home, West India, and China stations.
On leaving the latter ship in Aug. 1815, he toolt up
a commission dated on 13 of the previous March.
His appointments have since been — 8 Nov. 1815, to
the Alban 12, Capt. Hugh Fatten, from which ves-
sel, employed in the Solway Frith, he was super-
seded at his own request 29 Jan. 1817 — 17 Jan. 1828,
and 29 March, 1829, to the Wasp and BAiiEiGH
sfoops, Capts. Hon. Wm. Wellesley, Thos. Edw.
Hoste, and Sir Wm. Diclsson, attached to the force
in the Mediterranean, whence he returned home,
and was paid off in Dec. 1829—19 June, 1833, to the
Coast Guard, in which he continued for a period of
11 years— and 8 June, 1846, to the Caledonia 120,
Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, with whom he is now
serving in the Channel.
LANG. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Edward Wollaston Lang entered the Navy
(from the Royal Naval College) 13 Jan. 1833 ; passed
his examinatiqp 5 April, 1837 ; and was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant while serving as Mate in the
SoHTHAMPTON 50, flag-sUp at the Cape of Good
Hope of Sir Edw. Dumford King, 12 May, 1842.
He was then appointed to the Fantome 16, Capt.
Philip Geo. Haymes, on the South American sta-
tion ; and since 16 May, 1843, has been employed In
the Pacific on board the Fisgahd 42, Capt. John
Alex. Duntze. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
LANGDON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
William Langdon was born 6 Nov. 1790, at
Montacute Vicarage, co. Somerset.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 April, 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Weymouth 44, Capt.
John Draper, and after serving for 'a year and a
half, the chief part of the time as Midshipman, on
the East India and Brazilian stations, removed, in
April, 1806, to the Monarch 74, Capts. John Clarke
Searle and Bich. Lee. On 15 of the following July
we find him employed with a detachment of boats
at the cutting out, in face of a desperate and well-
concerted resistance, at the entrance of the river
Gironde, of the French corvette Le Cesar, mounting
16 guns, with a complement of 86 men, who, with a
loss to themselves of 14 killed and wounded, occa-
sioned the British one altogether of 9 killed and 39
wounded. He was also, on 25 Sept. in the same
year, present at the capture, by a squadron under
Sir Sam. Hood, of four heavy French frigates off
Eochefort; on which occasion the Monarch en-
acted a very conspicuous part, compelled La Mi-
nerve, of 44 guns and 650 men, to surrender, and
experienced a total loss of 4 killed and 25 wounded.
In the Champion 24, Capts. Jas. Coutts Crawford
and Robt. Henderson, to which vessel he removed
in Aug. 1807, Mr. Langdon came frequently into
contact with the batteries on the coast of France,
and contributed to the capture of a French pri-
vateer near St. Maloes. Removing, as Master's
Mate, in Jan. 1810, to the Badger 10, Capt. John
Lampen Manley, he served for 14 months in that
vessel in the North Sea and in the rivers Elbe, Ems,
and Weser. In Aug. 1811, after he had been for
five months borne as a Supernumerary on the books
of the Dragon 74, bearing the flag in the West In-
dies of Sir Fras. Laforey, he became Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Bingdove 18, Capt. Wm. Dowers— to
which vessel he was confirmed by commission dated
29 of the ensuing Oct. He invalided in May, 1812,
and was lastly, from the next Oct. until Sept. 1814,
employed in the Bermdda 10, Capts. Jas. John
Gordon Bremer and Wm. Wolrige, on the Downs
station (where he was often in action with the Bou-
logne batteries, and assisted in making several cap-
tures), and also off Gottenborg and the north coast
of Sweden.
Lieut. Langdon married Anne, daughter of Wm.
Elliott, Esq., of CO. Somerset, by whom, who died 20
May, 1844, he has issue an only child, Anne Elliott,
now the wife of Sir Thos. Howland Roberts, Bart.,
of Brightfieldstown, co. Cork. Agents— Pettet and
Newton.
LANGFOKD. (Commander, 1829.)
Thomas Nethebton Langford, bom in 1805, is
second son of Edw. Langford, Esq., of Trungle, co.
Cornwall, Captain in the Royal Cornwall Militia,
and late of H.M. 49th Regt. of Foot, by Mary,
eldest daughter of Henry Whltmarsh, Esq., of Batt's
Place, near Taunton, J. P.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Oct. 1818 ; passed
his examination in 1824 ; obtained his first commis-
sion 30 Nov. 1826 ; and was successively appointed
— 15 Feb. 1827, to the Badger 10, Capt. Chas.
Crowdy, in the North Sea— 18 March, 1828, to the
Sapphire 28, Capt. Henry Dundas, in South Ame-
rica^and, 13 Nov. 1828, to the Ganges 84, as Flag-
Lieutenant to Sir Robt. Waller Otway, on the same
station. He was promoted, on being paid off, to
his present rank 19 Sept. 1829 ; and has since been
on half-pay.
Commander Langford married, 11 Feb. 1835,
Caroline, eldest daughter of the late Hon. and Rev.
Jas. St. Leger, brother of Viscount Doneraile, and
by that lady has issue. Agents— Hallett and Ro-
binson.
LANGLEY. (Lieut., 181.5. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
William Langley entered the Navy, 2 April,
1805, as Master's Mate, on board the Sib Edward
Hughes 38, Capts. Hood Hanway Christian, Gilbert
Heathcote, and Edw. Ratsey, attached to the force
in the East Indies. Removing, in Oct. 1807, to the
Cumberland 74, he was for five years employed
in that ship on the Mediterranean and North Sea
stations under the orders of Capts. Hon. Philip
Wodehouse, Eliab Harvey, Robt. Clephane, Robt.
Waller Otway, and Thos. Baker ; after which we
find him, from Oct. 1812 until promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant 3 Feb. 1815, serving on board the
Imp4tueux 74, flag-ship off Lisbon of the late Sir
Geo. Martin, Magicienne 36, Capt. Hon. Wm.
Gordon (under whom he witnessed the fall of St.
Sebastian in Sept. 1813), and Prince 98, and Mon-
tagu 74, commanded at Spithead and Cork by
Capts. Geo. Fowke and Peter Heywood. He has
since been on half-pay.
LANGTON. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 1 5.)
Thomas William Langton was bom in the au-
tumn of 1796 at Leicester.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Dec. 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm.
Hoste, stationed in the Adriatic. While in that
frigate, besides participating in much boat-service,
it was his fortune to be present, 13 March, 1811, in
the celebrated action off Lissa, where a British
squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879
men, completely routed, after a battle of six hours,
and a loss to the Amphion of 15 killed and 47
wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, whose force
amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. On that oc-
casion Mr. Langton was one of only three out of 10,
composing the Midshipman's berth, who escaped
without injury. When subsequently with the same
Captain in the Bacchante 38, he commanded a
boat under Lieut. Silas Thomson Hood, and was
spoken of in the highest possible terms for his con-
duct at the capture, 12 June, 1813, from under the
town of Gela-Nova, on the coo^t of Abruzzo, of
seven large gun-boats mounting each 1 long 18-
pounder in the bow, 3 smaller gun-vessels with a
4-pounder in the bow, and 14 sail of merchantmen,
four of which also had guns in the bow. The Bri-
tish, as they advanced, were exposed to a heavy fire
of grape and musketry ; and it was not until they
were fairly alongside the gun-boats that the crews
of the latter slackened their fire : they were then*
driven from their vessels with great loss— one, thfr
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!argest of them, falling a prize to Mr. Langton.
The shore astern of the assailed was at the com-
menoement lined with 100 troops, who, however,
fled on the first fire, leaving two field-pieces hehind
them.* Our officer, who afterwards landed with
Capt. Hoste near Trieste, under a tremendous fire
from the citadel, continued in the Bacchante,
which was latterly commanded by Capt. Fras. Stan-
fell, untiljuly, 1815; in the course of which year
we find him passing his examination, and succes-
sively joining the Seahorse 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex.
Gordon, and Bdlwakk 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas.
Kowley at Chatham. In May, 1818, he removed as
Admiralty Midshipman to the Liffey 50, Capt.
Hon. Henry Duncan, in which ship he was for
nearly three years and a half employed in the Chan-
nel. He next, in Oct. 1821, joined the Hind 20,
Capts. Sir Chas. Burrard and Hon. Henry John
Kous, with the latter of whom he ultimately went
to the Mediterranean, where, after having acted
for three months, he was confirmed a Lieutenant,
25 April, 1823, in the Chanticleer 10, Capt. Bur-
ton Macnamara. In the following June he inva-
lided. His appointments have since been — 10 June,
1825, to the Gloucester 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney
Hortcn, lying at Sheerness — in Nov. 1825, to the
Coast Guard in Scotland, in which service he con-
tinued until Oct. 1830— and 8 April, 1843, to he
Admiralty Agent In a contract mail steam-vessel,
a capacity in which he is now employed.
Lieut. Langton, while in the Coast Guard, was
presented with a silver medal by the Royal Humane
Society, and with a stock of wine by the owners,
for his exertions in saving a vessel which had struck
on the sands near Aberdeen. He married, in 1826,
a daughter of the late Walter Mansell, Esq., of
Woodperry House, Oxfordshire. Agents— Messrs.
Chard.
LANGTEY.'(CoMMANBER, 1842. f-p. 21 ; h-p., 8.)
Joseph Millar Langtry is third son of the
late Joseph Langtry, Esq., of Bishop's Waltham,
Hants, and of Townabraohe, co. Antrim ; and
elder brother of the late Wm. Henry Langtry, Esq.,
Master K.N. (1842), who entered the Navy in 1825,
served as Master's Assistant of the Dartmouth 42
at the battle of Navarin, was for five years and
three months Acting-Master and Master of the
Clio sloop on the East India station, took part
during that period in the operations on the coast
of China and up the Yang-tse-Kiang, and died in
1846.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1818, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Slanev 20, Capts. Donat
Henchy O'Brien and Henry Stanhope, in which
vessel and the Aurora 46, Capt. Henry Prescott,
he served on the South American station, part of
the time as Midshipman, until Feb. 1822. He then
became Mate of the Albion 74, Capts. Sir Wm.
Hoste and John Acworth Ommanney ; and, on pro-
ceeding to the Mediterranean, took part in the
battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827. On that occasion
he boarded and hauled down the colours of an
Egyptian frigate, but was soon afterwards under
the necessity, from her having caught fire, of cut-
ting her cables for the purpose of allowing her to
(irift clear of the Albion, a work in which he was
assisted by Rich. Harris, A. B. As a reward for
his conduct, Mr. Langtry, on the recommendation
of his Captain, was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant by commission dated 22 Oct. 1827. He then
served for nearly four months in the Lyra 10,
Capt. John Harvey Boteler, off Lisbon ; and was
afterwards appointed — 10 Oct. 1829, and 19 Feb.
1830, to the Ramillies and Talavera 74's, Coast
Blockade ships, both commanded by Capt. Hugh
Pigot — 5 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard service,
In which he continued until March, 1833 — 7 Aug.
1835, to the Pylades 18, Capt. Wm. Langford
Castle, fitting at Plymouth, where he soon after-
wards invalided— 25 March, 1835, to the Hercules
74, Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley,
• VideGti. 1813, p. 17B5,
which ship, stationed in the Channel, his health, in
the following Oct., also obliged him to leave — 2
Oct. 1837, and 13 Oct. 1840, to the Donegal 78,
and, as Flag-Lieutenant, to the Britannia 120,
bearing each the flag of Sir J. A. Ommanney on the
Lisbon and Mediterranean stations— and 23 Sept.
1841, to the Powerful 84, Capt. Michael Seymour,
with whom he returned home in Dec. of the same
year. He attained his present rank 4 Jan. 1842 ;
and since 8 May, 1847, has been employed in the
Coast Guard. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
LANGWORTHY. (Lieutenant, 1832.)
John Langworthy entered the Navy 14 April,
1811 ; passed his examination In 1822; and obtained
his commission 27 March, 1832. He has since been
on half-pay.
He married Mary, daughter of — Langworthy,
Esq., of Exeter.
LANPHIEE. (Eetieed Commander, 1846.
P-p., 13 ; H-p., 35.)
Yernon Lanfhier entered the Navy, In the
spring of 1799, as Midshipman, on board the Ter-
rible 74, Capt. Wm. Wolseley, in which ship he
went to the Mediterranean and back in pursuit of
a French fleet. He was next, between Feb. 1800,
and Nov. 1801, employed off the coasts of France
and Spain in the Triton 32, Capts. Sir John Gore
and Robt. Lewis Fitzgerald, and San Josef 110,
Capts. W. Wolseley and Jas. Carpenter; after
which we find him, from Jime, 1803, until Aug.
1808, serving on board the Spartiate 74, Capts.
John Manley and Sir Fras. Laforey. . During that
period he assisted in chasing a French squadron to
the West Indies, returned with Lord Nelson to
Europe in quest of the combined fleets of France
and Spain, aided in blockading the enemy in Cadiz
harbour, and shared in the glories of Trafalgar.
On leaving the Spartiate, as above, Mr. Lanphier
was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Leonidas
38, Capts. Jas. Dunbar and Anselm John Griffiths ;
in which frigate (being confirmed to her by com-
mission dated 26 Nov. 1808) he ^continued to serve,
off Toulon, in the Adriatic, and on the Irish station,
until May, 1812. While in the Adriatic he saw a
good deal of boat-service, contributed to the cap-
ture of a variety of vessels, and co-operated in the
reduction. In Oct. 1809 and April, 1810, of Cephar
Ionia and Santa Maura, on which latter occasion he
was slightly wounded.* His last appointment was,
1 Dec. 1813, to the Vengeur 74, Capt. Tristram
Robt. Ricketts, with whom he served on the coasts
of France and America until Oct. 1814, when his
health obliged him to invalid. He accepted his
present rank 13 April, 1846. Agents- Messrs. Om-
manney.
LAPENOTIERE. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
John Good Lapenotiere entered the Navy 5
Aug. 1819; passed his examination in 1825; and
was made Lieutenant, 17 March, 1827, into the Py-
LADES 18, Capt. Geo. Vernon Jackson, on the Ja-
maica station, whence he returned to England In
Feb. 1828. Since 21 April, 1847, he has been em-
ployed In the Coast Guard.
Having lost his first wife, 8 Feb. 1840, Mr. La-
penotiere married, secondly, 12 Dec. following,
Harriette Maria, daughter of John Booth, Esq., of
Whitchurch.
LAPIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Charles Horace Lapidge was promoted, 31
Aug. 1824, to a Lieutenancy in the Scout 18, Capt.
Jas. Wigston, which vessel returned home from the
West Indies and was paid off in the summer of
1825. His subsequent appointments were — 19 Dec.
1837, as First, to the Lily 16, Capt. John Reeve,
on the African station— 10 July, 1838, as Addi-
tional, to the Stag 46, Capt. Thos. Ball SuUvan,
employed in South America, where he continued
until 1839— and 24 Nov. 1841, to the command of
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LAPIDGE-LARCOM-LARKE-LAROCHE.
the Pantaloon 10, on the coast of Africa, whence
he returned in 1844. He has not been since afloat.
He was left a widower 21 June, 1846. Agent —
J. Chippendale.
LAPIDGE, K.I.C., K.S.F. (Captain, 1837.
F-P., 32; H-P., 12.)
William Feedekick Lapidge entered the Navy,
10 Nov. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plan-
TAGENET 74, Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy, Fras.
Pender, and Wm. Bradley, in which ship, with the
exception of a voyage to St. Helena, he served on
the Channel station until July, 1807. After at-
tending the expeditions to Copenhagen and the
"Walcheren as Midshipman of the Dictator 64 and
Addacioos 74, both commanded by Capt. Donald
Campbell, he joined, in Nov. 1809, the Imperieuse
38, Capts. Thos. Garth and Hon. Henry Duncan,
andfproceeded to the Mediterranean, where he re-
mained employed, chiefly as Master's Mate, Acting-
Master, and Acting-Lieutenant of the same ship,
and as Lieutenant (commission dated 9 April, 1814)
of the Franchise 36, and Florida 20, until the
summer of 1816. He was on board the Imperieuse
at the destruction, 27 June, 1812, of a French con-
voy under the batteries of Languelia and Alassio ;
and he was in her, on 17 of the ensuing Aug., in a
spirited skirmish with a Neapolitan squadron in
the Bay of Naples. After he left the Florida,
Mr. Lapidge's appointments in the capacity of
Lieutenant were — 23 Oct. 1819, to the Raleigh 18,
Capt. Wm. Augustus Baumgardt, whom he accom-
panied to the West Indies— 27 June, 1822, and 23
Oct. 1823, to the Superb 74, and Ocean 80, guard-
ships at Plymouth, Capts. Adam Mackenzie, Lucius
Ferdinand Hardyman, and John Sykes — 9 Jan.
1827, to the Spartlate 78, Capt. Fred. Warren—
and in 1830-1, to the successive command of the
Messenger and Cakron steamers, Vigilant ketch,
and Leveret brig. In the last vessel he appears
to have been employed during the civil war in Por-
tugal. Being awarded a second promotal commis-
sion 2 Oct. 1833, Capt. Lapidge, on 21 of the follow-
ing Nov., obtained command of the Ringdove 16.
The services performed by him in that vessel on
the north coast of Spain,'particularly at the defence
of Portugalete and the siege of Bilbao in Nov. and
Dec. 1836, were acknowledged by the Queen Re-
gent, who created him a Commander of Isabella la
Catolica, and presented him with the second class
of San Fernando. He attained Post-rank 6 Jan.
1837, but did not leave the Ringdove until the fol-
lowing April. His last appointment was, 23 Nov.
1843, to the Cyclops steam-frigate, in which we
find him employed on particular service, and on
the S.E. coast of America and Channel stations,
until paid oif at the commencement of 1847.
Capt. Lapidge married, in 1817, a sister of the
late Capt. Sir Wm. Elliott, B.N., C.B. Agents—
Messrs. Stilwell.
LAKCOM. (Captain, 1841. p-p., 20; h-p., 19.)
Joseph Pafford Dickson Larcom, born 14 Sept.
1795, is son of Commissioner Joseph Larcom, of
Malta Dockyard, who had been promoted to the
rank of Commander for his conduct as First of the
Thunderer 74 in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794,
and died at Gibraltar, on his way to England, 17
Feb. 1818 ; and nephew of the present Vioe-Admiral
Geo. M'Kinley, and of the late Vice- Admiral A. P.
Hollis, and the late Capt. Thos. Larcom, K.N., who
commanded the Russel 74 in Lord Bridport's ac-
tion in 1795, and was afterwards Flag-Captain to
Rear-Admirals Sir Chas. Cotton and Cuthbert Col-
Ungwood, in the Prince 98, and Triumph 74.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 13
Feb. 1808 ; and embarked, 22 June, 1810, as a Su-
pemumerary, on board the San Josep 110, Capt.
R. J. Neve, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cot-
ton, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean;
where, from the following Sept. until the close of
1817, he was successively employed on board the
ViLLE DE Paris 110, C^t. Fros. Beaufort, Satel-
lite sloop, Capt. Walter Bathurst, Frederickstein
frigate, Capt. F. Beaufort, Thames 32, and Eury-
ALDS 36, both commanded by Capt. Chas. Napier,
Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, Castor
32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, Aboukir 74, Capt. Norborne
Thompson, Paulina sloop, Capt. Rowland Mainwar-
ing, WooDLARK 10, Capt. Wm. Cutfield, Satellite
again, Capt. Jas. Murray, and Albion 74, bearing
the flag of Sir Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. In May,
1813, being then Midshipman of the Euryalus, Mr.
Larcom served in the boats of that ship, and the
Berwick 74, at the capture and destruction of La
Fortune xebec of 10 guns, 4 swivels, and 95 men,
and of 22 vessels collected under the batteries in
the harbour of Cavalaoie. The 26 Sept. 1814 was
marked by his promotion to a Lieutenancy in the
Castor. His appointments, after he left the Al- '
BiON, were — 28 Nov. 1820, to the Atholl 28, Capt.
Henry Bourchier, fitting for the Halifax station,
whence he returned in 1824 — 7 March, 1825, to the
Aurora 46, Capts. John Maxwell and Chas. John
Austen, employed off Lisbon and in the West In-
dies—and, in 1828-9, to the Druid 46, Mersey 26,
and Icarus 10, Capts. Williams Sandom, Geo. Wm.
Conway Courtenay, and Hon. Thos. Best, all on the
Jamaica station. He was there promoted, 8 Aug.
1829, to the command of the Harpy 10, which
vessel he paid ofi' 11 June, 1831 ; and from 10 Jime,
1841, until advanced, 23 Nov. following, to Post-
rank, he had command of the Scout 18, on the Medi-
terranean station. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Larcom married, 17 Sept. 1844, his cousin,
Westmoreland Jane, youngest daughter of Vice-
Admiral M'Kinley. Agent — J. Hinxman.
LAEKE. (Retired Commander, 1834. f-p., 18;
H-p., 33.)
William Larke entered the Navy, 10 Jan. 1796,
as A.B., on board the Hebe 38, Capt. Matt. Henry
Scott, and sailed for the West Indies, where, in the
course of the same year, he assisted, as Midship-
man, at the re-conquest of Ste. Lucie, and the sup-
pression of an insurrection in the islands of St.
Vincent and Grenada. On his return to Europe, in
the following Nov., he joined the Prince George
98, successive flag-ship of Admirals Wm. Parker
and Sir Chas. Thompson, under the former of whom
he took part in the action off Cape St. Vincent 14
Feb. 1797. After a servitude of four years with
Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. Comwams, as Mas-
ter's Mate, in the Ville de Paris 110, and of two
months with Capt. JohnWm. Spranger, as a Super-
numerary, in the .Xolus, on the Mediterranean,
Channel, and West India stations, Mr. Larke was
nominated, 2 March, 1802, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Brunswick 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens. He
was officially promoted 1 July following, and, in
May, 1804, after an intermediate employment, for
short periods, in the Magnificent 74, Capt. Wm.
Henry Jervis, and in the Sea Fencibles at Cromer,
in Norfolk, he was invested with the Governorship
of the R.N. Hospital at North Yarmouth, where he
continued until 30 Sept. 1814. He accepted his pre-
sent rank 7 July, 1834.
LAROCHE. (Captain on Retired Half-pat,
1800. F-p., 22 ; H-p., 43.)
Christopher Laroche is second son of the late
Henry Laroche, Esq., of Halburton, Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Feb. 1782, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Trusty 50, Capt.
Jas. BradlCT, on the Home station, where, and in
the West Indies and Mediterranean, he further,
until Sept. 1793, served, as Midshipman and Master's
Mate, in the Alexander and Powerfdl 74's, both
commanded by Capt. Thos. Fitzherbert, Eoeopa
50, flag-ship of Admirals Gambler and Innes, Por-
cupine sloop, Capt. Herbert Sawyer, Orion, Power-
ful, and Orion again, Capts. Hyde Parker, Andw.
Sutherland, and Chas. Chamberlayne, Berwick 74,
Capts. H. Parker and Roger Curtis, and Victory
100, bearing the flag of Lord ;Hood. While in the
latter ship, Mr. Laroche, whose promotion to the
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rank of Lieutenant took place 11 Sept. 1793, was
intrusted, during the investment of Toulon, with
the command of a floating battery, in which, ren-
dering intermediately the most important services,
he remained until that implement of destruction
was nearly knocked to pieces, and he himself se-
verely wounded. He was then sent to direct a
battery on shore. His appointments, subsequently
to the evacuation of Toulon, appear to have been —
in Jan. 1794, to the Podlette 28— in April follow-
ing and Jan. 1796, to the St. Geoege 98, and Bri-
tannia 100, bearing each the flag of Sir Hyde
Parker, under whom he took part in Hotham's par-
tial actions in 1795—30 Aug. 1796, as First, to the
Satdrh 74, Capt. Jas. Douglas— in Jan. 1797, to
the PnosBLTTE 32, Capt. John Loring, for passage
to thp West Indies — in April following,, again as
Senior, to the Queen 98, bearing the flag on that
station of his friend Sir H. Parker— and in the
course of 1798 (so great was the confidence reposed
in him by the latter ofiicer) to the acting-command
of theDsAKE 16, Pelican 18, Phoseltte 32, Swal-
low 18, Adventure 44, and Stoek 18. From the
Jast-mentioned vessel (to which he had been con-
firmed by commission dated 18 Aug. 1798) Capt.
Laroche was promoted, 11 Nov. 1799, to the acting-
captaincy of the Abergavenny 64, on the Jamaica
station, where, on 29 Jan. 1800, he was officially
posted into the Surprise 32. He returned to Eng-
land in June, 1801, and was afterwards appointed —
25 Aug. 1804, to the Texel 64, flag-ship at Leith of
Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon — 24 Mov. in the same
year (during the temporary absence of Capt. Robt.
Dudley Oliver), to the Melpomene 38, in which
ship, while commanding a squadron of observation
off Havre de Grace, he received the thanks of Lord
Keith for effecting the capture of two privateers,
each of 17 guns, which had hitherto, to the great
prejudice of trade, baflled the vigilance of the Bri-
tish cruizers — 1 March, 1805, for a very short pe-
riod, to the Ajax 74, in which ship he proceeded to
join Sir Eobt. Calder off Ferrol— and, 27 Dec. fol-
lowing, to the TJeanie 38. In that frigate, an old
one of very inferior pretensions, whose long 18-
pounders had been exchanged, for a battery of long
12-pounders, Capt. Laroche was at first employed
in cruizing among the Channel isl&nds and on the
north-west coast of France. It being afterwards
understood that the enemy had fitted out at Cher-
bourg and equipped for sea a frigate, La Mancke,
rated at 40, and a brig-corvette, Le Cigne, mounting
16 guns, our officer was deputed, on 30 April, 1807,
to keep a rigid blockade on that dangerous and
intricate port. Such were the energy and perse-
verance he evinced in the execution of this onerous
and responsible duty, that he frustrated every at-
tempt on the part of the French to escape, nor
woudd they ever allow him to entice them out of the
reach of their batteries. Nevertheless, on returning
to Spithead in July, to report, the officers applied
for a court-martial on their Captain, on the ground
that he had not done his utmost to bring the enemy
to action, particularly on 15 May and 22 June. In
regard to the former of those days, 15 May, it was
assorted that La Manclie, with the brig and five
launches, had been discovered standing out and steer-
ing towards the Uranie. Although, however, Capt.
Laroche protested that he never saw the vessels,
■ — notwithstanding, too, that the ship at the time
was enveloped in fog, and in spite of very conflict-
ing evidence on the side of his accusers — the court
was of opinion that the charge had been in part
proved, and in consequence sentenced him to be
dismissed from the command of his ship. Now, as
far as concerns the charge we have here detailed, it
very fortunately happens that we have it in our
power to refute the whole of it on the authority of
two official documents which have passed through
our hands, the first, bearing date Cherbourg, 23
March, 1841, signed by M. Kedon, surveyor of the
port, and authenticated both by the Kear-Admiral
Superintendent, Martineng, and the French Minis-
ter of Marine, Admiral Duperre, declaring the fact
that the frigate La Marwhe (so far from making to-
wards the Uranie) was Jying in the roads of Cher-
bourg on 15 May, 1807, and did not sail until 15 of
the following Nov. ; and the second (dated Cher-
bourg, 21 July, 1842, and authenticated by the sig-
nature of M. Parsenof, then Kear-Admiral Superin-
tendent) proving, from further research into the
archives of the port, that not only was the French
frigate in the roads on the day in question, but that
a man was actually sent on shore to the hospital,
and that several embarkations and debarkations
took place. It thus is manifest that, unless Capt.
Laroche had had the rashness to enter Cherbourg,
it was perfectly impossible for him to have come to
an engagement. The hght now therefore thrown
on the testimony by which the gallant officer was
convicted of the first part of the charge brought
against him gives so very doubtful an appearance
to all the consecutive evidence, that, had the fact
been earlier known, he would neither, we may pre-
sume, have been suffered to pass the remainder of
his days in inactivity, nor have been deprived of
his flag.
In 1841 (prior, unfortunately, to the arrival of the
documents above quoted) Capt. Laroche's case was
brought before Parliament by the then Member
for Hertford; but so strong were the objections
entertained by Ministers to any control being exer-
cised in the House over the decisions of courts-
martial, especially after such a lapse of time, that
the motion was withdrawn. Capt. Laroche served
as an Esquire at the installation of Sir Thos.Graves,
16 May, 1803. While afloat, we may add, he made
capture of a more than ordinary number of priva-
teers and other vessels. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
LASCELLES. (Lieutenant, 1828. f-p., 16;
H-p., 20.)
John LAsoEtLES, born 25 Aug. 1798, is son of the
late Colonel, and grandson of the late General, Las-
celles.
This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1811, as a
Volunteer, on board the Ultsses 44, Capt. Henry
Edw. Reginald Baker, stationed off Jersey. He
afterwards followed the same Captain, as Midship-
man, into the Dannemark 74, in which ship, and
in the San Josef 110, and Florida 20, Capts.
Jeffry Raigersfeld and Wm. Elliott, he continued
employed, as Midshipman, until the spring of 1816.
He then served for nearly three years and a half in
the West Indies, latterly as Mate, in the Scamandee
36, also commanded by Capt. Elliott ; and he after-
wards joined— 8 Sept. 1819, the Coast Blockade, as
Midshipman of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'Cul-
loch— 8 April, 1822, the Britannia 100, flag-ship of
Sir Alex. Cochrane at Plymouth — 23 May, 1824, as
Acting-Lieutenant (a rank he held for more _than
three years), the Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bbwen
Mends, in South America — and, 12 July and 13
Aug. 1827, as Admiralty-Mate, the Asia 84, flag-
ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, and Brisk 10, Capt.
Bruce, both in the Mediterranean. He was con-
firmed a Lieutenant, 19 April, 1828, in the Came-
LioN 10, also on that station, but was superseded, at
his own request, in the following Sept., and has not
been since employed.
Since he has been on half-pay, Lieut. Lascelles
has for upwards of three years had command of a
steam-packet.
LASCELLES. (Commander, 1814. r-p., 12;
H-p., 35.)
John Francis Lascelles, bom 22 March, 1787,
at Northallerton, co. Tork, is second surviving son
of the Rev. Lascelles Sturdy Lascelles, by Jane,
eldest daughter of Simon Bntterwiok, Esq., of
Thirsk, in that county. His father was the sole
heir and representative of the late Colonel Thos.
Lascelles, Chief Engineer of Great Britain.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Syren 32, Capt. Thos.,
Le Morchant Gosselin, and, after being for some
time in attendance on George HI. off Weymouth
accompanied the same Captain to the West Indies
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LASH-LASTON-LA TOUCHE-LAUGHARNE.
■with convoy as Midshipmftu of the Melampus 36,
which frigate returned home and was paid off 23
June, 1802. In the following Nov. he joined the
Leda 38, Capts. Jas. Hardy and Kobt. Honyman,
under whom he served as Midshipman, Master's
Mate, Acting-Lieutenant, and Lieutenant (order
and commission respectively dated 27 Sept. 1806
and 28 April, 1807), until wrecked, near the entrance
of Milford Haven, 31 Jan. 1808. He consequently,
during that period, came into frequent contact with
the Boulogne flotilla— assisted at the reduction of
the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806 — was present
at the capture, 21 Feb. and 4 March following, of
the Rolla brig and Vohntaire frigate, in Table Bay
— attended Sir Home Popham's ensuing expedition
to the Rio de la Plata— served in the same year with
the boats at the destruction of a brigantine off
Monte Video- — participated in the operations of
1807 against Copenhagen — and was at the taking of
L' Apropos French privateer of 16 guns and 70 men.
In May, 1808, Mr. Lascelles received an appoint-
ment to the VENERAEtE 74, Capt. Andrew King,
lying in the Downs. He was next, for several
months of 1810, employed in the Saturn 74, Capt.
"Wm. Cumberland, on the Baltic station, whence
excessive fatigue obliged him to invalid; and he
lastly, from 10 Sept. 1812, until advanced to the
rank of Commander 27 Aug. 1814, served in the
Channel and Mediterranean on board the MuL-
GEAVE 74, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling.
He married, 30 Nov. 1830, Henrietta, second
daughter of Sam. Higham, Esq., of Torrington
Square, London, by whom he has issue one daugh-
ter.
LASH. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
James Lash entered the Navy 31 Jan. 1810;
passed his examination in 1817, and obtained his
commission 29 Jan. 1828. He has since been on
hall-pay.
He married, 28 Deo. 1839, Elizabeth Sarah,
daughter of the late J. Harris, Esq., of Pentonville,
and was left a widower 27 June, 1841.
LASTON. (Ljeht., 1815. f-p., 25; h-p., 16.)
Samuel Hoknigold Laston entered the Navy,
in Sept. 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Spaktan
38, Capts. Geo. Castle and Jahleel Brenton. Con-
tinuing in that ship until April, 1809, he served in
her boats at the cutting out of a vessel under the
batteries of Civita Vecchia, participated in an at-
tempt made to cut off a convoy under the batteries
of Leghorn, and was present in an attack upon a
disguised armed poiacre off Nice, on which occasion
he brought off the barge and pinnace "vrith only
three men, and received a severe contusion. On
leaving the Spaktan Mr. Laston became Master's
Mate of the Bdstakd 10, Capts. John Duff Mark-
land, Chas. Borough Strong, and Lord John Hay,
with whom, it appears, he was for a period of six
years employed on the Mediterranean, "West India,
and Lisbon stations. While so attached he assisted,
as Acting-Lieutenant, at the capture and destruction
of some gun-boats under the Castle of Diiino, co-
operated in the defence of Sicily, and was often
engaged with enemy's gun-vessels in the Faro of
Messina. His official advancement to the rank he
now holds took place 15 Feb. 1815. He shortly
afterwards joined the Bombay 74, flag-ship in the
Mediterranean of Sir Chas. Vinicombe Penrose;
and in the following year, we are informed, he was
present at the bombardment of Algiers. His last
appointments were- — in 1824 and 1830, as a Super-
numerary, to the Ramillies and Talaveba, Coast
Blockade ships, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and Hugh
Pigot — and, 18 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard, in
which he remained until the close of 1839. Agents
— Coplands and Burnett.
Comwallis "Viscount Hawarden. His grandfather,
the Right Hon. David La Touche, of Marlay, co.
Dublin, was for many years Member in the Irish
Parliament for his own borough of Newcastle and
other places.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Feb. 1825 ; served
as Midshipman of the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons,
at the bombardment of the Morea Castle in 1828 ;
and passed his examination in 1832. Becoming
Mate of the Imogene 28, Capt. Price Blackwood,
he proceeded in that ship to China, where he as-
sisted, in 1834, in forcing the passage of the Boca
Tigris. For his services on the coast of Syria and
at St. Jean d'Acre in the Revenge 76, Capt. Hon.
Wm. Waldegrave, Mr. La Touche was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His appoint-
ments haye since been, on the North America and
West India station— 21 April, 1841, as Additional,
to the WiNCBESTEK 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey
—27 Aug. 1841, to the Vestal 26, Capt. John Parker,
with whom he returned home and was paid off in
1842—19 Sept. 1843, again as Additional, to the
Illusthious 72, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Adam
— 1 Jan. 1844, as First, to the Scylla 16, Capt.
Robt. Sharpe— and, 17 Nov. 1844, in a similar capa-
city, to the Imaum 72, bearing the broad pendants
of Commodores Alex. Ronton Sharpe, Dan. Pring,
and Geo. Robt. Lambert at Jamaica, where he is
still employed. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
LA TOUCHE. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Ashley La Touche is one of the 14 children of
the late Peter La Touche, Esq., of Bellevue, co.
Wioklow, by the Hon. Charlotte Maude, daughter of
LAUGHARNE. (Capt., 1832. p-p., 24; h-p., 25.)
Thomas Lamb Polden Laughahne was bom in
June, 1786.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 8 April, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Van Tkomp 50, Capt.
Rich. Hill, on the Irish station ; removed, as Mid-
shipman, in March, 1799, to the Agincouet 64, flag-
ship at Newfoundland of Hon. Wm. Waldegrave ;
and, from 1800 until April, 1805, served on the
Home and Halifax stations in the Active 38, Capt.
John Giffard, Theseus 74, Capt. John Bligh, and
Cambrian 40, Capts. Wm. Bradley and John Poo
Beresford. He then became Acting-Lieutena,nt of
the Bermuda 10, Capt. Keilly, and, after a servi-
tude of seven months in that vessel, proceeded in
the Driver sloop, Capt. John Simpson, to the West
Indies, where, on joining the Northumberland 74,
flag-ship of Hon. Alex. Cochrane, he took part in
the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. In the
course of the following month he received an order
to act as Lieutenant of the Unicorn 32, Capt. Lucius'
Ferdinand Hardyman, in which frigate (being con-
firmed to her on 8 of the following Aug.) he con-
tinued to serve until June, 1809, witnessing during
that period the siege of Monte Video, the embark-
ation of the army after the battle of Corunna, and
the destruction of the French shipping in Basque
Roads. Sailing next for the Cape of Good Hope
in the Camel store-ship, Mr. Laughame there, in
Nov. 1809, joined the Nereide 36, Capt. Nesbit
Josiah Willoughby, under whom, it appears, he was
present in a dashing attack made on the enemy's
batteries and troops at Jacotel, in the Mauritius,
1 May, 1810, as also at the capture, in the folloTrang
July, of the He de Bourbon. On 13 Sept. 1810,
being then Senior of the Boadicea 38, Capt. Josias
Rowley, we find him recommended to the favourable
notice of the Commander-in-Chief for the steadiness
and zeal he manifested at the re-capture of H.M.S.
Africaine in the presence of two French frigates ;
and on 21 of the same month he presents himself
to our notice as contributing to the capture, after
a spirited action of 10 minutes, and a loss to the
Boadicea of 2 men wounded, and to the enemy of
9 killed and 15 wounded, of La Venus, of 44 guns
and 380 men, bearing the broad pendant of Com-
modore Hamelin, and of her prize the Ceylon 32.
Being again strongly recommended for his able
assistance in taking charge of and conducting into
port both the Africaine and La Venus, Lieut. Laugh-
ame was promoted, U Oct. 1810, to the acting-
command of the Otter sloop, and ordered to Eng-
land with despatches announcing Vioo- Admiral Ber-
LAUGHARNE-LAURIE.
635
tie's intention of resuming the blockade of Port
Louis. His advancement to the rank of Commander
took place 12 Feb. 1811. After nearly 12 months
of half-pay Capt. Laugharne was next, 6 Feb. 1812,
appointed to the Alert sloop (formerly a Newcastle
oollier), mounting 14 18-pounder carronades and
2 long sixes, with a complement of 86 men. On 13
of the ensuingAug. this vessel, at the time in search
of the U.S. ship Hornet^ fell in with and most gal-
lantly bore down upon the Essex frigate, of 46 guns
and 328 men, by whom, however, she was in 15
minutes unfortunately taken captive, with seven feet
water in her hold and three of her men wounded.
By a court-martial which, on 8 of the proximate
Oct., assembled at Newfoundland, Capt. Laugharne
was of course most honourably acquitted of all
blame in the loss of his ship. His last appointment
afloat was to the Achates 18, in which sloop he
cruized in the Channel until Nov. 1815. He be-
came an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard
in Nov. 1823, and on 4 April, 1832, as a reward for
his exertions in that service, he was advanced to
Post-rank. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Laugharne has had his skuJll severely frac-
tured and trepanned in two places — the first time
through a fall in a gale of wind when Midshipman of
the Theseus 74, in Aug. 1802 ; and the second, in the
same part of the head, when cutting out, with the
Ukicorn's boats, in July, 1808, an armed schooner
from the harbour of St. Sebastian, on the north
coast of Spain. On the latter occasion he also lost
a great portion of the upper jaw. Among the
numerous other boat affairs in which Capt. Laugh-
arne took part, we may instance his capture of a
French national schooner when in command of the
boats of the Boadicea. In consideration of his
wounds he is allowed a pension of 91Z. 5s. He mar-
ried, in Feb. 1820, Mary Amelia, eldest surviving
daughter of Sir Stewkely Shuckburgh, Bart., of
Shuckburgh Park, co. Warwick, by whom he has
issue two children.
LAUGHAKNE. (Commandeh, 1814. f-p., 16;
H-p., 33.)
"William Laughahne, born 21 Deo. 1785, at
Poole, CO. Dorset, is son of the late Capt. Thos.
Laugharne, R.N., and nephew of the late Vice-Ad-
miral John Laugharne. His only brother, Lieut.
Thos. Laugharne, perished in the J asedb brig when
crossing the Bay of Bengal, on his way to China, in
Aug. 1809.
This ofBcer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bakeleuk 98, Capt. Jas.
Kich. Dacrcs, with whom he removed as Midship-
man, in the following Sept., to the Foudrovant 80,
commanded afterwards by Capts. Wm. Brown, Thos.
Masterman Hardy, and Sir Edw. Berry. While in
the latter ship, besides witnessing the surrender of
Naples, we find him, while at the blockade of Malta,
assisting at the capture, 18 Feb. 1800, of Le Gene-
rcux 74, and Ville de Marseilles armed store-ship,
and on 31 March, after a desperate conflict, in
which the Foudroyant (then in company with the
Lion 64, and Penelope 36) sustained a loss of 8
men killed and 64 wounded, of Le Guillaume Tell,
of 84 guns and 1000 men, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Decres. From Nov. 1800 until April, 1802,
Mr. Laugharne further served with Sir Edw. Berry
and Capt. Henry Hill in the Princess Charlotte
38, and Kunr 64, in the Mediterranean and in the
North Sea and Baltic. He then, in the Concorde
36, Capts. llobt. Barton and John Wood, proceeded
to the Cape of Good Hope, where, in Feb. 1803, he
joined the Tremendous 74, Capt. John Osborne.
In March, 1805, being at the time in the Culloden
74, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir Edw. Pellew,
he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Corn-
wallts frigate, Capt. Wm. Jones Lye. Being con-
firmed, 14 Nov. 1806, into the Kdssell 74, bearing
the flag of Kear-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, he
was present in that ship at the ensuing destruction
of the Dutch force in Batavia Boads. His subse-
quent appointments were — 27 Sept. 1809, to the
Rattlesnake 18, Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer,
with whom he returned to England— 2 Nov. 1810,
to the Southampton 32, Capts. Edwards Lloyd Gra-
ham and Jas. Lucas Yeo, stationed in the Channel
—31 Jan. 1811, to the AlcmAne 38, Capt. E. L.
Graham, in which frigate he again went to the
Mediterranean— and, 3 Dec. 1813 and 19 July, 1814,
to the Trident 64, and Swiftsube 74, as Flag-
Lieutenant at Malta to his uncle Kear-Admiral
Laugharne. He was advanced to his present rank
23 Sept. 1814, and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Laugharne married, first, in Nov.
1818, Louisa, daughter of Retired Commander Peter
Tait (1800); and secondly, in June, 1825, Mary
Emilia, daughter of the late Sam. Kawlings, Esq.,
of Charlton, oo. Kent.
LAURIE, Bart., K.C.B. (Admiral of the Blue,
1846. F-P., 30; H-P., 37.)
Sir Robert Laurie, bom 25 May, 1764, is son
of the late Lieut.-General Sir Robt. Laurie, Bart.,
Knight-Marshal of Scotland, and for upwards of
30 years JI.P. for co. Dumfries, by Mary Eliza-
beth, daughter of the sixth Lord Kuthven, and
niece of the Earl of Bute. He succeeded his father
as sixth baronet in 1804.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 April, 1780, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Surprize, Capt.
Sam. Reeve, in which ship, and, as Midshipman, in
the Crown, he served with the same ofBcer on the
Newfoundland and Home stations until the autumn
of 1783. He afterwards, until confirmed in the
rank of Lieutenant 12 Nov. 1790, served at New-
foundland and Jamaica, part of the time as Acting-
Lieutenant, in the Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Ad-
miral Campbell, Edgar 74, Capt. Adam Buncan,
Expedition and Eueopa, bearing each the broad
pendant of Commodore Alan Gardner, and Alert
sloop, Capt. Geo. Burden. In Jan. 1793 he rejoined
Commodore (then Rear-Admiral) Gardner, on board
the Queen 98, in which ship he fought and was
wounded in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794.*
Being made Commander, 25 June, 1795, into the
Zephyr sloop, Capt. Laurie was for some time em-
ployed in that vessel on the North Sea station,
whence he ultimately returned to the West Indies,
capturing on his passage out, 8 Jan. 1797, La Re-
fle'chie, French privateer of 12 guns and 67 men, and
assisting, on his arrival, at the reduction of Trini-
dad. On 17 July in the same year Capt. Laurie was
advanced to Post-rank. His next appointment, we
therefore find, was to a frigate, the Andromache
32, the command of which he retained, on the West
India and American stations, from Nov. 1798 nntil
Feb. 1804. On one occasion during that period, 22
March, 1801, while cruizing off Punta de Mulas, on
the north-east coast of the island of Cuba, in com-
pany with the Cleopatba'32, Capt. Israel Pellew, he
took charge of the boats of both ships for the pur-
pose of capturing or destroying 25 Spanish vessels,
richly laden, and lying at anchor in the bay of
Levita under the protection of three armed galleys
or gnn-vessels, armed -nith long 24 and 18 pounders.
Soon after midnight the boats arrived within gun-
shot of the galleys, and were received, quite unex-
pectedly, with a heavy and destructive fire of
grape, langridge, and musketry. In spite of this
opposition the British gallantly pushed on, and
boarded several vessels, but from the heavy loss
they sustained (9 killed and 12 wounded) were only
able to bring off one of the galleys. Obtaining
command, 9 July, 1804, of the Cleopatra, of 38
guns and 200 men. Sir Robt. Laurie continued in
that frigate until 17 Feb. 1805 ; on which date he
had the misfortune to be captured, after a brilliant
and self-sought action of nearly three hours and a
loss to his own ship of 20 killed and 38 wounded, by
La Ville de Milan, of 46 guns and 350 men, 10 of whom
appear to have been slain. The latter frigate being
however so shattered in the combat as to be
scarcely able to protect herself, the two, on falling
in, SIX days afterwards, with the 50-gun ship Lean^
* Vide Gaz. 17ii4, p. 557.
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LAUZUN-LAVIE-LAVINGTON.
DER, Capt. John Talbot, became easy prizes to that
officer.* In the following April Sir Robt. Laurie
had the satisfaction of being appointed to his late
antagonist, which had been added to the British
Navy as a 38-gun frigate, and named the Milan.
He continued in her until the summer of 1810, and
was lastly, towards the close of 1811, intrusted with
the successive command of the Brunswick and
Ajax 74's ; in the latter of which ships he served
in the Mediterranean until superseded 26 July, 1813.
He became a Kear-Admiral 19 July, 1821 ; a Vice-
Admiral 10 Jan. 1837 ; and a fuU Admiral 9 Nov.
1846.
In consideration of the wound he received in
Lord Howe's action. Sir Robt. Laurie, was at the
time rewarded with a pecuniary grant from the
Patriotic Fund. Agents — Case and Loudonsack.
LAUZUN. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 33.)
Francis Daniel Lauzijn entered the Navy, 14
Oct. 1800, as Midshipman, on board the Prince 98,
commanded by the Earl of Northesk, with whom he
served in the Channel until April, 1802. In June,
1803, after he had been for nearly five months em-
ployed on the Guernsey station in the Alcm^ne 32,
Capt. John Stiles, he rejoined the same nobleman
«n board the Britankia, and for his subsequent
conduct as one of jhis Aides-de-Camp at the battle
of Trafalgar he had the satisfaction of receiving his
Lordship's thanks. On the last-mentioned ship
being paid off in June, 1806, Mr. Lauzun Joined the
Lavinia 40, Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and John
Hancock, under whose orders he remained until
Nov. 1808. During that period, it appears, he was
much employed with the in-shore sq^uadrons off
Brest and Toulon, ^aw a good deal of arduous
boat-service on the shores of France, Spain, and
Italy, and was twice taken prisoner in a prize, the
first time by a Spanish privateer, and the second
by a national brig. Removing next to the Norge
74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier, Mr. Lauzun in Jan.
1809 proceeded to Corunna for the purpose of as-
sisting at the embarkation of the axmy under the
late Sir John Moore. While there, the pinnace, of
which oiff of&cer had the charge, was sunk by a
gun-shot at a moment when she was crowded with
soldiers, women, and baggage. Luckily, owing to
his presence of mind, and to the manner in which
he preserved his authority in the midst of so much
peril, not a soul was lost, the whole being rendered
able to get on board a neighbouring frigate, the
Unicorn 32. A full share of credit was of course
awarded to Mr. Lauzun for his conduct under such
very trying circumstances. In the following year we
find him employed on shore at Ferrol, and receiving
in common with others the thanks of the Regency
for his exertions in equipping several Spanish men-
of-war lying there dismantled, and in also Removing
the naval stores to prevent their falling into the
hands of the French. In April, 1810, being then
at Lisbon, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of
the Ulysses 44, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker,
fiag-ship afterwards of the Due de Bouillon off
Guernsey. Owing to some informality in the ap-
pointment, the Admiralty, although requested by
the latter officer, refused to confirm it, and in Nov.
of the same year Mr. Lauzim was accordingly super-
seded. He was however made Lieutenant, 2 Feb.
1811, into the Diadem anme-en^fiute, Capt. John
Phillimore, and was afterwards appointed — 19 Sept.
1811, again to the Ulysses, at first employed as be-
fore, but afterwards commanded, in the Baltic, by
Capt. Tbos. Browne — and, 15 Jan. 1814, to the
Dannemark 74, Capt. H. E. R. Baker, which ship,
after having escorted an East India convoy to the
Cape of Good Hope, returned home and was paid
off 29 April, 1815. He has not been since afloat.
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 74, Capt. Thos.
Dundas, lying at Plymouth, where he followed
the same officer into the Bulwark 74. From Sept.
1823 until Feb. 1827 we find him employed in
South America as Midshipman of the Spartiate
76, and Welleslev 74, flag-ships of Sir Geo. Eyre.
During the next seven months he was again sta-
tioned at Plymouth, in the Britannia 120, and
Ocean 80, Capts. Philip Pipon and Patrick Camp-
bell. He then joined the Talbot 28, Capt. Hon.
Fred. Spencer, attached to the force in the Medi-
terranean, where, from July, 1828, until advanced
to the rank of Lieutenant 6 April, 1830, he dis-
charged the duties of Mate on board the Asia 84,
Capts. Edw. Curzon and Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone.
His succeeding appointments Were — 9 May, 1832,
and 6 Jan. 1834, to the Ariadne 28, and Comus 18,
Capts. Chas. Phillips and "Wm. Price Hamilton, both
on the West India station, whence he invalided in
May, 1835—27 Oct. 1836, to the Samarang28, Capt.
Wm. Broughton, with whom he served in South
America until Nov. 1839—20 Dec. 1841, to the Vin-
dictive 50, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, lying at Ports-
mouth—and 26 May, 1842; to the Calcutta 84,
Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts. He returned home from
Quebec in Nov. of the latter year, and has since
been on half-pay.
LAVIE. (Commander, l«46. p-^., 17; h-p., 4.)
George Lavie, bom 24 July, 1813, is son of the
late Sir Thos. Lavic, K.C.B., who received the
honour of Knighthood in 1806, as a reward for his
conduct in having in the Blanche, of 46 guns and
265 men, effected the capture of the French frigate
Guemere of 50 guns and 317 men. He is brother
of Lieut. Augustus Lavie, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
Nov. 1826; and embarked in Nov. 1828, as a Volun-
teer, on board the Madagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir
Robt. Cavendish Spencer. Proceeding in that ship
to the Mediterranean, he there became Midshipman,
in Nov. 1830, of the Windsor Castle 76, Capt.
Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie ; and he was
afterwards, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
15 Dec. 1834, employed on the Home and South
American stations, latterly as Mate, in the Re-
venge 78, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, Alligator 28, Capt.
Geo. Robt. Lambert, Algerine 10, CaptJ Hon.
John Fred. Fitzgerald de Roos, and Excellest
gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings. His succeed-
ing appointments were — 26 Aug. 1835, again to the
Excellent— 30 Dec. 1836, to the Scylla 16, Capt.
Hon. Joseph Denman, on the Lisbon station — 11
May, 1839, to the Revenge again, Capt. Hon. Wm.
Waldegrave, in the Mediterranean — 12 July, 1842,
as Senior, to the Isis 44, Capt. Sir John Marshall, at
the Cape of Good Hope, whence he returned in Jan.
184.5 — and, 31 Dec. in the latter year, to the Flamer
steam-vessel, stationed in the MecUterranean. He
was advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846, and
still commands the Flamer.
LAVIE. (LiETJT., 1830. F-p., 15; H-P., 10.)
Augustus Lavie, bom 6 April, 1805, is brother
of Commander Geo. Lavie, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Jan. 1822, as
* Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 540.
LAVINGTON. (Liedtenant, 1827.)
Thomas Lavington entered the Navy, 31 Jan.
1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sove-
reign 100, Capt. Wm. Bedford, employed in block-
ading Basqxie Roads and Brest. Removing as Mid-
shipman, in Nov. 1813, to the MELPOMiNE troop-
ship, Capt. Robt. Rowley, he proceeded to North
America, where he commanded a boat up the Pa-
tuxent at the destruction of Commodore Barney's
flotilla, was present at the capture of Washington,
served on shore in the attack upon Baltimore, and
had charge of one of the boats of a squadron at
the capture, 14 Dec. 1814, on Lake Borgne, of five
American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, which
did not surrender until the British, after a fierce
contest, had been occasioned a loss of 17 men killed
and 77 wounded. During the first three years of
the general peace Mr. Lavington was stationed in
South America on board the Hyacinth 20, Capt.
Alex. Ronton Sharpe. He then, in Oct. 1818, passed
his examination, and between that peripd sud 1822
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637
became in euccession attached to the Severs Coast-
Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'CuUooh, and Qdeen
CnAnLOTi'E 100, and Victory 104, commanded at
Portsmouth by Capts. John Baker Hay and Chas.
Inglis. On leaving the latter ship, he proceeded, as
Admiralty Midshipman of the Driver sloop, Capt.
Thos. Wolrige, to the coast of Africa, but, being
soon compelled to invalid; he next, in 1823, joined,
in a similar capacity, the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon.
Kobt. Cavendish Spencer, and sailed for the Medi-
terranean. Arrived on that station, he contributed,
31 Jan. 1824, to the complete defeat of the Tripoli
Algerine corvette of 18 guns and 100 men ; and on
the night of 23 May following, he aided in the boats
under Lieut. Michael Quin at the valiant destruc-
tion of a 16-gun brig moored in a position of extra-
ordinary strength alongside the walls of the fortress
of Bona, in which was a garrison of 400 soldiers,
who, from cannon and musket, kept up a tremendous
fire almost perpendicularly on the deck. We sub-
sequently ind him ordered to the East Indies in
the Wahspite 76, in which ship, bearing the flag at
first of Eear-Admiral "Wm. Hall Gage, he ulti-
mately returned to the Mediterranean, where, after
the battle of Navarin, he was promoted from the
Asia 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington,
to a death-vacancy in the Rose 18, Capt. Hon. Wm.
Wellesley. His commission bears date 17 Dec.
1827. He returned to England in 1828 ; and with
the exception of a period of nearly three years,
between 1835 and 1838, ha3 been in the Coast Guard
since 1 Dec. 1829.
Lieut. Lavington married, 25 May, 1830, Anne,
eldest daughter of Wm. Eerris, Esq., of Lymington,
Hants, by whom he has issue six children.
LAWLESS. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 22.)
Henry Lawless entered the Navy, in May, 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Procris 18, Capt. Eras.
Beauman, attached to the force in the North Sea ;
and between the close of the same year and the
date of Ms promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 27
April, 1814, was successively employed, chiefly as
Midshipman, in the Inflexibee 64, Capt. Joshua
Kowley Watson, Eclair sloop, Capt. Chas. Kemp-
thorne Quash, Princess of Orange 74, flag-ship of
Vice-Admiral Campbell, Perlen 38, and Bombay
74, both commanded by Capt. Norbome Thompson,
Barham 74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger, and Argo
44, Capts. Wm. Browne and Wm. Fothergill, on
the Home and West India stations. He then joined
the Statira frigate, Capt. Spelman Swaine, and,
continuing in that ship until Jan. 1815, was present
in her in the expedition against New Orleans. His
next appointments were — 17 Eeb. and 26 Nov. 1830,
to the Kamileies and Talavera Coast Blockade
ships, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot— and
15 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard, in which he
remained until the commencement of 1833. Since
7 March, 1843, he has been again employed in the
latter service.
S He married, 17 Jim. 1825, Miss Catherine Gask,
of Bury Street, St. James's. Agent — J. Chippen-
dale.
LAWEANCE. (Retired CJommander, 1836.
F-P., 13 ; H-p., 37.)
George Bell Lawrance died 9 April, 1846.'
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1797, as
Master's Mate, on board the El Corso 18, Capt.
Bartholomew James, with whom he served, in the
same vessel and the Canophs 80, on the Medi-
terranean and Lisbon stations, until Sept. 1799.
During the next three years and a half he was
employed off St. Helena and in the Downs and
West Indies on board the Director 64, Capt. Wm.
Bligh, and Leviathan 74, flag-ship of Sir John
Thos. Duckworth. He then, in March, 1803, be-
came Acting-Lieutenant of the Racoon 18, Capt.
Austen Bissell, and while in that sloop, to which he
was confirmed by commission dated 8 Sept. follow-
ing, we find him in the course of the same year
participating in a very warm action of 40 minutes,
which terminated in the capture, in Leogane Koads,
of the French corvette Le Lodi, of 10 guns and 61
men — contributing, also, to the destruction, off the
island of Cuba, of the national brig La Mutine, of
18 guns — and further present, with distinction, in
an action in which the Eacoon, with only 42 men
on board, most gallantly took, notwithstanding a
long and desperate resistance on the part of the
enemy, a French gun-brig, cutter, and schooner,
carrying altogether between 300 and 400 men.* In
1805, Lieut. Lawrance — who had for some time had
command of the Gipsy schooner of 10 guns, and
been also employed in the Echo sloop, Capt. Ed-
mund Boger — successively joined the Acasta 40,
Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, Hercdle 74, flag-ship
of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, and Theseus
74, Capt. Fras. Temple, all on the West India sta-
tion ; and he next, from 10 July 1806 until 15 July,
1808, served with the late Sir Sam. Hood on board
the Centaur 74. While in the Echo he cut out a
brig from the Bight of Leogane ; he captured, in
the Gipsy, a privateer of 4 guns off Trinidad ; and,
when in the Centaur, he assisted, in company with
the Mars and Monarch 74' s, at the defeat, 25 Sept.
1806, of four heavy French frigates off Rochefort,
on which occasion Sir Sam. Hood lost his arm —
accompanied, in Aug. and Sept. 1807, the expedition
to Copenhagen, where he was employed in taking
soundings during the siege — and was present in
Dec. of the same year at the surrender of Madeira.
His last appointment was, 5 June, 1810, to the Cad-
mus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, with whom he served on
the coast of France until 17 Dec. 1811. He retired
with the rank of Commander 4 May, 1836.
Commander Lawrance married, in 1814, a daugh-
ter of Rich. Bennett, Esq., of Lostwithiel, co. Corn-
wall, by whom he has left, with one daughter, a
son, the present Lieut. Geo. Bennett Lawrance,
R.N.
LAWKANCE. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
George Bennett Lawrance is only surviving
son of the late Retired Commander Geo. Bell Law-
rance, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 19 June, 1829 ;
passed his examination 6 Jan. 1836 ; and since his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 15 Feb. 1843,
has been in command, on the North America and
West India station, of the La rk surveying-vessel,
in which he had been previously employed for
many months in the capacity of Mate.
LAWRANCE. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 34; h-p., 5.)
Henry Lawrance was bom 4 Aug. 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 June, 1808, as
Ordinary, on board the Van Tromp, Lieut.-Com-
mander Michael M'Carthy, lying at Falmouth ; and
from Feb. 1809 until June, 1816, was employed, on
the Home and Mediterranean stations, as Midship-
man and Master's Mate, in the Nonpareil 12,
Lieut.-Commander Jas. Dickinson, Argo 44, Capt.
Fred. Warren, Euryalus 36, Capt. Hon. Geo. He-
neage Lawrence Dundas, and Trident 64, Capt.
Rich. Budd Vincent. While in the latter ship, in
Aug. 1815, he passed his examination. Until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 June, 1826, he
appears to have further served, on the same stations
as above, as Admiralty Midshipman and Mate, in
the Calypso 18, Capt. Sam. Sison, Florida 20,
Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, Wye 26,
Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, Hind 20, Capts. Sir
Chas. Burrard, Hon. Henry John Rous, and Lord
John Churchill, and Revenge 76, flag-ship of Sir
Harry Burrard Neale. He then joined the Sering-
APATAM 46, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, also in the Medi-
terranean, whence he returned in Dec. 1827 ; and
since 1 Jan. 1833 he has been employed in the
Coast Guard.
He married, in Jan. 1837, Mary, daughter of
Pierce Chute, Esq., of Tralee, co. Kerry.
• Vi4e Gaz. 1804, p. M2.
638
LAWRENCE.
LAWRENCE. (Captain, 1816. f-p., 17;
H-p., 32.)
Daniel Lawrence has two brothers, we believe,
in the Koyal Marines, both of whom served with
great credit during the late war with America.
This officer entered the Navy in March, 1798, as a
Volunteer, on board the Grand Falconer hired
cutter, Lieut.-Commander John Chilcott, stationed
off the coast of France ; and on removing to the
Cynthia sloop, Capt. Micajah Malbon, was em-
ployed as Midshipman and Master's Mate in the
expeditions to Holland, Quiberon, Ferrol, and
Egypt. He continued to serve with Capt. Malbon
in the Adkoba 28, and Hebe 32, on the Newfound-
land, Home, and African stations, until April, 1806,
and, while in the latter ship, was often engaged with
the enemy's flotilla and batteries near Boulogne.
Proceeding next to the "West Indies, Mr. Lawrence,
after he had been there borne for short periods as a
Supernumerary on the books of the Dolphin, Ca-
nada, and Northumberland, flag-ships of Hon. Sir
Alex. Cochrane, was successively nominated, in
June, 1806, and Jan. 1807, Sub and Acting Lieute-
nant of the Orinoco, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Alex.
Briarly, and Heureux 16, Capts. "Wm. Coombe and
John Watt. Being confirmed to the latter vessel by
commission dated 19 May, 1808, we find him, on 28
of the following Nov., accompanying three boats
under the personal command of Capt. Coombe in
an attempt to cut out seven vessels lying under the
protection of two batteries in the harbour of Ma-
haut, Guadeloupe. Having arrived at their destina-
tion after a row of about six hours, Lieut. Lawrence
— while Capt. Coombe, in the barge with 19 men,
was boarding a schooner of 2 guns and 39 men —
landed with the remainder of the party, amounting
to about 44 of&cers and men, and spiked the two 24-
pounders upon the nearest battery. He then suc-
ceeded in boarding a brig; but, before either the
schooner or the brig could be got off, the shore was
lined with musketry, and 3 field-pieces were brought
to bear upon the two captured vessels. These, hav-
ing the misfortune to ground on their way out, be-
came fixed objects for the enemy's fire, and were
ultimately abandoned, but not until Capt. Coombe
had been kiiled^ and Lieut. Lawrence wounded by
a musket-ball just above 'the wrist. Having dis-
tinguished himself in various other boat attacks,
our officer (to whom the Patriotic Society awarded
a gratuity for the injury we have alluded to) was
permitted, as soon as he had served the necessary
time, to ascend the next step in his profession, and
his commission as Commander accordingly bears
date 19 May, 1810. Previously, however, to his
promotion, Capt. Lawrence appears to have been in
acting-command of the Wanderer sloop at the re-
duction of Guadeloupe. His next and last appoint-
ments were, 28 May, 1814, and 21 Oct. 1815, to the
Alceste and Weser troop-ships, in the former of
which he attended the expedition to New Orleans.
He acquired his present rank 2 Sept. 1816, and ac-
cepted the Ketirement 1 Oct. 1846.
LAWRENCE. (Liedt., 1815. f-p., 22; h-p., 19.)
James' Lawrence entered the Navy, 22 July,
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Colossus 74,
Capts. Jaa. NicoU Morris and Thos. Alexander, in
which ship he was for upwards of six years employed
off Lisbon and in the Channel and Mediterranean
— the last four as Midshipman. He next, in the
course of 1812-13, became in succession attached, on
the Channel, Baltic, and Irish stations, to the Sur-
prise 38, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, Vigo,
flag-ship of Kear- Admirals J. N. Morris and Graham
Moore, and Ethalion 36, Capts. Edra. Heywood
and Wm. Hugh Dobbie. He obtained his commis-
sion 18 March,1815, and was afterwards employed —
from March to Aug. 1819, and again from 18 April,
1825, to May, 1828, in the Coast Blockade, as Super-
numerary-Lieutenant of the Severn 40, and Ramil-
LiES 74, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and Hugh Pigot—
and, from 31 Oct. 1828 until the early part of 1838,
in the Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay.
The Lieutenant married, 5 Oct. 1816, Mary Eliza,
daughter of Christopher Jennings, Esq., Clerk in
H. M. Dockyard at Portsmouth, by whom he has
issue seven children.
LAWRENCE. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 18.)
James Ross Lawrence entered the Navy, 17
July, 1812, as Midshipman, on board the Bittern
sloop, Capt. Geo. Augustus Hire, and was employed
in that vessel, on Impress service, until Deo. 1815.
Joining next, in July, 1816, the Lxakder 50, Capt.
Edw. Chetham, he had an opportunity of partici-
pating in the ensuing bombardment of Algiers.
After a further servitude in the same ship, on the
Halifax station, he became, in Sept. 1819, Master's
Mate of the Owen Glendower 42, Capt. Hon. Robt.
Cavendish Spencer, and sailed for South America.
He left the Owen Glendower in Feb. 1822, having
been advanced to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 of
the previous Nov. ; and he was lastly, from 30
April, 1825, until the commencement of 1833, em-
ployed in the Coast Guard.
LAWRENCE, C.B. (Captain, 1817. f-p., 28 ;
H-p., 26.)
John Lawrenc? entered the Navy, 18 Feb. 1793,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Berwick 74, Capts.
Sir John Collins and Wm. Shield, and in the fol-
lowing Aug. was present at the occupatioii of
Toulon. Accompanying Capt. Shield as Midship-
man, in May, 1794, into the Sincere 20, he served
in that vessel at the sieges of Bastia and Calvi ;
after which, on joining the Windsor Castle 98,
flag-ship of the late Admiral Robt. Linzee, he took
part in Hotham's actions of 14 March and 13 July,
1795. Towards the close of the same year, being
then with Capt. Jas. Macnamara in the Southamp-
ton 32, Mr. Lawrence assisted in compelling La
Vestale of 36 guns, one of several French men-of-
war that had just come out of the port of Genoa, to
strike her colours. Between April, 1796, and Feb.
1799, we find him serving on the Mediterranean,
Home, and Cadiz stations, in the Egmont 74 and
Princess Royal 98, flag-ships of Admiral Linzee,
Prince 98, bearing the flag of Sir Roger Curtis,
Lively 32, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, Ville de Paris
110, bearing the flag of Earl St. Vincent, Romdlos
frigate, Capt. Geo. Hope, and Lively again, Capt.
Jas. NicoU Morris. He then became Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Alexander 74, Capts. Alex. John
Ball and Manley Dixon, in which ship (being con-
firmed to her by commission dated 28 June in the
same year) he continued until Oct.. 1802. He was
in consequence present at the capture, 18 Feb. 1800,
of Le Genereux 74 and Ville de Marseilles store-ship ;
and he served also on shore at the sieges of Malta
and the Castle of St. Elmo, at Naples. His after-
appointments, as Lieutenant, were, on the North
American station — 4 Feb. and 6 Oct. 1803, to the
Lapwing and Boston frigates, Capts. Alex. Skene
and John Erskine Douglas— 30 June, 1804 and 19 j^
Aug. 1806, to the Leander and Leopard 50's,
Capts. A. Skene, John Talbot, and Salusbury Pryce
Humphreys — and, 17 Sept. 1807, to the Bellona 74,
Capt. J. E. Douglas. Of the Lapwing Mr. Lawrence
was Senior when she effected an escape from a
French squadron : he was present, in the Lean dek,
at the capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of the Ville de Milan
of 46 guns, and retaking of her prize the Cleo-
patra 32 ; and, when in the Leopard, he witnessed
the surrender to that ship of the U. S. frigate
Chesapeake, 22 June, 1807. In Jan. 1808 our oflicer
was nominated Acting-Commander of the Observ-
ATEUR sloop, to which it was his fortune to be con-
firmed on 30 of the ensuing March. In 1809 he re-
moved to the Driver, another sloop, in which,
when in company with the Melampus 36, he as-
sisted in taking the French 20-gun ship Fanimie.
Being placed, in Aug. 1810, in command of the
prize, Capt. Lawrence, who continued in her until
Oct. 1814, was for some time, we understand, em-
ployed at the defence of Cadiz. In the early part
of May, 1813, having returned to' America, he took
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639
charge, at the particular request of Rear-Admiral
Cockburn, of an expedition against the town of
Havre de Grace, at the entrance of the Susque-
hanna_ river, and by the able and judicious manner
in which he there silenced a heavy battery, as well
as by the gallantry, zeal, and attention he showed at
the destruction of a neighbouring cannon-foundry,
one of the most valuable works of the kind in Ame-
rica, he called forth the Admiral's highest enco-
miums and acknowledgments.* From the Fan-
tome, which for a short time bore the flag of the
latter officer, and proved the captor, 5 Oct. 1813, of
a privateer, the Portsmouth Packet, of 5 guns and 4.5
men, Capt. Lawrence removed to the Kecruit 16.
He came home and was paid off in June, 1815; and
on 8 Dec. in that year, as a reward for his services,
was nominated a C.B. As a Post-Captain, a rank
he attained 1 Jan. 1817, his appointments appear to
have been— 31 Aug. 1822, to the Eden 26, fitting
for the West Indies, where, we believe, he remained
the usual period— and 4 June, 1839, to the Hastings
72, part of the force employed during the opera-
tions on the coast of Syria in 1840. Since the com-
mencement of 1842, at which period the Hastings
was put out of commission, Capt. Lawrence has been
on half-pay.
His eldest daughter, Margaret Frances, was mar-
ried, in 1840, to Kich. S. Bimce, Esq., First-Lieute-
nant R.M. (1839). Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
LAWRENCE. (Retiked Commandeb, 1845.
F-P., 23; H-p., 30.)
Paul Sandby Lawrence has lost two brothers
in the Naval Service of their country.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 Sept. 1794, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambridge 80, bearing
the flag at Plymouth of Sir Kich. King. He was
employed as Midshipman, during the five following
years, in various ships, on the Home and Mediter-
ranean stations ; was confirmed a Lieutenant (after
having acted for several months as such) in the
Resolution 74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, 6
May, 1801 ; and served during the whole of the late
vfar, under different officers, in the Malta 80,
AsTREA frigate. Centurion 50, Primrose sloop,
Zealous 74, Barfleur 98, and Ramillies and
ScEFTRE 74's, on the Channel, Baltic, Mediterra-
nean, Lisbon, and American stations. By periling
his existence, Mr. Lawrence was the means, on one
occasion, of saving one of H.M. ships from destruc-
tion. His last appointment was, 5 June, 1833, to
the Ordinary at Plymouth, where he remained until
13 July, 1836. He became a Retired Commander
on the Senior List 25 Deo. 1845. Agents — Messrs.
Halford and Co.
LAWRENCE. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 31.)
Thomas Lawrence entered the Navy, 29 Jan.
1806, on board the Centaur 74, bearing the broad
pendant of Sir Sam. Hood. While in that ship he
assisted, in company with the Mars and Monarch
74's, at the capture, 25 Sept. 1806, of four heavy
French frigates from Rochefort, after an action in
which Sir Sam. Hood lost his arm. He also at-
tended, in Aug. and Sept. 1807, the expedition to
Copenhagen ; beheld, in Dec. of the same year, the
surrender of Madeira — aided, in conjunction with
the Implacable 74, at the taking, 26 Aug. 1808, in
sight of the whole Russian fleet near Rogerswick,
of the 74-gun ship Sewolod, at the end of a close and
furious couflict, in which the Centaur lost 3 killed
and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180 killed and
wounded — and, in Aug. 1809, was engaged, under
Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, in the attack upon Wal-
oheren, where he had charge of a gun-boat. Be-
,tween Nov. 1810 and Aug. 1812 Mr. Lawrence
officiated as Midshipman, in tho Mediterranean, of
the HiBERNiA 120, flag-ship of Sir S. Hood and Sir
Rich. Goodwin Keats. He then came home in the
Invincible 74, Capt. Watson ; and on 29 Dec. in
the same year, 1812, being then on his passage to
the East Indies as a Supernumerary (for the pur-
• rWoGaz. 18U, p. 1331.
pose of there joining Sir Sam. Hood) of the Java
of 46 guns and 377 men, he had the misfortune to
be captured by the American ship Constitutimi, of
55 guns and 480 men, after a desperate struggle and
a loss to the Java of 22 killed and 102 (including
her Captain, Henry Lambert, mortally) wounded.
Mr. Lawrence, whose commission bears date 29
Dec. 1813, ultimately reached India in the Acorn
20, Capt. Geo. Henderson, in the early part of 1814.
He remained on that station with Sir S. Hood in
the Minden 74, and with Capts. Robt. O'Brien and
John Harper in the Doris 36, until 1816 ; since
which period he has heen on half-pay.
LAWS. (Captain, 1833. f-p., 19; h-p., 19.)
John Milligen Laws, born 14 Feb. 1799, is son
of the late G. Laws, Esq., of Waltington, co. Nor-
folk, by Lydia, eldest daughter of the late Robt.
Seppings, Esq., and sister of the late Sir Robt.
Seppings, Surveyor of the Navy, and of the late
Lieut. John Milligen Seppings, for a long time
Comptroller of Revenue-cruizers.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 Dec. 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sophie 18, Capt. Nicho-
las Lookyer, in which vessel he was for nearly two
years employed in the Channel. In Oct. 1812 he
became Midshipman of the Ramillies 74, Capts.
Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy and Chas. Ogle, at-
tached to the force on the coast of North America,
where, besides participating in many boat affairs,
and being frequently invested with the charge of a
prize, he landed, it appears, at Washington, Balti-
more, and Moose Island, and was wounded at New
Orleans. After a brief servitude in the Iphigenia
36, Capt. Andrew King, lying at Chatham, Mr.
Laws, in Oct. 1815, joined the Antelope 50, bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Harvey in the
West Indies ; whence, in 1818, he came home as
Acting-Lieutenant of the Scamandee 36, Capt.
Wm. Elliott. On his arrival in England he was
confirmed by commission dated 11 Nov. in that
3'ear. His succeeding appointments were — 14 Oct.
1819, to the Spartan 46, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise,
whom he accompanied to the West Indies and South
America— in 1821, to the Pyramus 42, Valorous
26, and Aurora 46, Capts. Fras. Newcombe, Jas.
Murray, and Henry Prescott, employed at Home
and again in South America — 7 May, 1824, to the
command of the Falmouth mortar- vessel, in which
he joined Sir Harry Neale off Algiers— and, next, to
the Wellesley 7^ Capt. Graham Eden Hamond,
under whom he accompanied Lord Stuart de Rothe-
say to the Brazils. Attaining the rank of Com-
mander, 1 July, 1825, Capt. Laws was next, 22
Nov. 1826, appointed in that capacity to the Sa-
tellite 18, employed at first as an experimental
cruizer, and then on service in the East Indies.
While on the latter station we find Capt. Laws
affording rehef to some settlers in New Holland
who had been hemmed in by the natives, and dis-
charging for fourteen months the duties of Senior
officer at Sydney. He also effected the capture of
a band of convicts who had turned pirates, and, be-
sides making a survey of the Society Islands and
New Zealand, demonstrated the necessity of fre-
quent visits to those parts. In Jan. 1831, after he
had extensively examined the east coast of the Bay
of Bengal, Capt. Laws was removed to the Cbuizer
18, and sent to Pondicherry for the purpose of ac-
knowledging the government of Louis Philippe. On
17 of the following April he became Acting-Captain
of the Southampton 52, bearing the flag on the
same station of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, with
whom he returned to England towards the close of
1832. He was then sent to join the fleet employed
under Sir Pulteney Malcolm off Antwerp during
the period of General Gerard's attack on the citadel
oi that place. On 7 Jan. 1833, in the course of
which month the Southampton was paid off Capt
Laws was confirmed in his present rank. He has
not been since employed.
Capt. Laws is the Senior Officer of his rank on
tho List of 1833. Ho married, 20 June, 1836, Mary,
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LAYE-LAYTON-LEACH-LEAN.
only daughter of Chas. MatMas, Esq., of Lamphey
Court, CO. Pembroke, by whom he has issue two
LAYE. (LlECTEKANT, 1836.)
HENKr Thomas Late entered the Navy, 26 April,
1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tkincuio 18,
Capt. Rodney Shannon, on the Irish station ; and
was afterwards, until 1829, employed, as Midship-
man, in the Jasper 10, Capt. Henry Martin Black-
wood, JoprrER 60, flag-ship at Halifax of Rear- Ad-
miral Willoughby Thos. Lake, and 'Welleslet 74,
Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland — which latter ship,
when in company with a French 74, enforced the
evacuation of two places in the Mediterranean.
During the period which elapsed between the date
last mentioned and that of his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant, 10 Sept. 1836, we find him
serving in the Mediterranean, North Sea, and East
Indies, as Mate, on board the Donegai. 78, Capts.
John Dick and Arthur Fanshawe, and Jopiter
again, employed at first as a troop-ship, under Mas-
ter-Commander Richmond Easto, and then in escort-
ing, under Capt. Hon. Fred Wm. Grey, the Earl
of Auckland as Governor-General to India. The
Donegal, we may add, bore the flag of Sir Pulte-
ney Malcolm during the siege of Antwerp. As
Lieutenant, Mr. Laye's only appointments appear
to have been — 12 Jan. 1837, to the Stag 46, bear-
ing the broad pendant of Commodore Thos. Ball
Sulivan in South America, where he was super-
seded in the early part of the following year — and
4 Nov. 1840, to the Endymion 44, commanded by
his former Captain, Hon. F. W. Grey, with whom
he continued until paid ofi' at the close of 1843.
During that period he visited the Persian Gulf, the
Red Sea, and China, and was in the Yang-tse-Kiang
previously to the pacification of Nanking. While
there he commanded a detached force that esca-
laded the walls of Chin-Kiang-Foo, and, owing to
the illness of the commanding officer, brought the
Rattlesnake 28 down the river.
LAYTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., U ; h-p., 32.)
BnxTON Latton entered the Navy, 27 May, 1804,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ethalion frigate,
Capts. Chas. Stuart and Joseph Spear, employed at
first in the North Sea, and then in the West Indies,
where, in March, 1806, he became Midshipman of
the Amelia 38, Capt. Wm. Champain. From the
following Aug. until Dec. 1810, he appears to have
been again stationed in the North Sea, as also in
the Baltic, on board the Nassad 64, Capt. Robt.
Campbell, Edgar 74, Ca,pt. Stephen Poyntz, and
Stately 64, Capt. R. Campbell. While in the
Nassau, which ship was for a long time employed
in blockading the Texel, and formed part of the
expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807,
Mr. Layton (on her being extricated from a mass
of ice in which she had been blocked up during the
whole winter) assisted, 22 March, 1808, in company
with the Statelt 64, at the capture and destruc-
tion, on the coast of Zealand, of the Danish 74-gun
ship Prindts Christian Frederic, after a running fight
of great length and obstinacy, in which the Nas-
sau sustained a loss of 2 men kUled and 16 wounded.
In Dec. 1810 he accompanied Capt. Campbell into
the Tremendous 74, and sailed for the Mediter-
ranean, where he remained with that officer until
May, 1815, participating intermediately in a va-
riety of important services. He then took up a
commission dated 10 Feb. 1815, and has since been
on half-pay.
LAYTON. (Captain, 1846. p-p., 16 ; h-p., 19.)
Henry Layton, bom 2 Feb. 1799, at Chigwell,
CO. Essex, is second son of the Rev. Thos. Layton,
M.A., Vicar of that place and of Theydon Bois,
and a magistrate for the above co.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 May, 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Barfleur 98, Capt. Sir
Thos. Masterman Hardy, whom he followed aa Mid-
shipman in the ensuing Sept. into the Ramillies
74. While in that ship, besides serving at the cap-
ture of Washington, Baltimore, and Stonington,
and participating in the operations against New
Orleans, he assisted in the boats of a squadron at
the taking, 14 Dec. 1814, on Lake Borgne, of five
American gun-boats under Commodore Jones,
which did not surrender until the British, after a
violent conflict, had been occasioned a loss of 17
men killed and 77 wounded. From Nov. 1815,
when he left the Ramillies, until Dec. 1818, Mr.
Layton was employed on the Home station in the
Malta 80, and Rivoli 74, both commanded by the
present Sir Chas. Ogle, and Rosario 10, Capt. Thos.
Ladd Peake. He shortly afterwards passed his
examination ; and was then for nearly three years
and a half stationed in South America, once more
under Sir T. M. Hardy, in the Superb 78, Creole
42, and again in the Superb. He was during that
period promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by com-
mission dated 2 Nov. 1821. His next appointment
was, 9 June, 1824, to the Bulwark 76, Capt. Thos.
Dundas, guard-ship at ;Plymouth, where he was
paid off 28 Feb. 1825. Attaining the rank of Com-
mander 10 June following, Capt. Layton was in
that capacity employed in the Coast Guard at Kil-
lybegs and Gosport from 30 June, 1834, until 26
July, 1837 ; and on 19 April, 1844, appointed to the
Cygnet 6, in which sloop he sailed for the suppres-
sion of the slave-trade on the coast of Africa, car-
rying out Mr. Duncan, the African traveller, to
Cape Coast, on his way to the Niger, together with
presents for the chiefs of the Cameroon river. He
was superseded in Feb. 1846 ; was advanced to his
present rank on 9 Nov. in the same year ; and since
12 of that month has been in command of the Bel-
viDERA store-ship.
Capt. Layton married, 16 May, 1839, Charlotte
Elizabeth, second daughter of the Rev. Edw. Bar-
nard, Rector of Alverstoke, Hants.
LEACH. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 21 ; h-p.,12.)
Charles Leach was born 12 Sept. 1800.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1814, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt.
Wm. Wilkinson, flag-ship in the North Sea of the
late Sir Thos. Foley, fii the following month he
removed to the Forester 18, Capt. Wm. Hendry,
lying at Portsmouth ; and during the next seven
years we find him employed, on the Cape of Good
Hope, Home, African, and South American stations,
principally as Midshipman, in the Harpy 16, Capt.
Geo. Tyler, Malta 80, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caul-
feild. Inconstant and Semiramis frigates, bearing
each the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Tec, and
Alert 18, and Myrmidon 20, both commanded by
Capt. Henry John Leeke. He then, in Nov. 1821,
passed his examination, but it was not until 9 April,
1828, that he succeeded in obtaining a commission.
By that time he had further served, almost without
interruption, in the Fly 18, Capts. Geo. Tyler and
Edw. Curzon, Doris 42, Capts. Thos. Bourchier
and Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone, Prince Regent
120, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Moorsom at Chat-
ham, and Ranger 28, Capt. Lord Henry Fred.
Thynne — all which ships, excepting the Prince
Regent, were stationed in South America, where,
from the date of his promotion, as above, until the
early part of 1830, and again from 6 Oct. 1832,
until he invalided in March, 1834, he was further
employed on board the Cadmus 10, Capt. Sir Thos.
Raikes Trigge Thompson, and Spartiate 76, bear-
ing the flag of Sir Michael Seymour. His last ap-
pointment was 28 July, 1834, to the Winchester
52, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel in the
East Indies, whence he returned home and was
paid oflF in June, 1838. He attained his present
rank 23 Nov. 1841.
LEAN. (LlEDTENANT, 1810. F-P., 18; H-P., 31.)
James Sedgwick Lean entered the Navy, in
July, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kanga-
roo 18, Capt. Edw. Brace ; and in the following
Oct. was twice engaged, in a very gallant manner,
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641
with ha Loire of 46 guns (part of a force originally
under the orders of Commodore Bompart, and des-
tined for the invasion of Ireland), previously to the
surrender of that ship to the Kangaroo and her
consort the Anson 44. He continued in the same
vessel untU the close of 1800; and iI^^ept. 1804,
after an intermediate servitude in the Ciiannel and
North Sea on board the Clyde 38, Capts. Chas.
Cunningham and John Larmour, he joined, as
Midshipman, the Camel store-ship, Capts. Thos.
Garth and John Joyce, under the latter of whom,
having first visited the Mediterranean and Cape of
Good Hope, he commanded a gun-boat daring the
unfortunate attempt made to recover Buenos Ayree
in July, 1807. In the course of 1808 Mr. Lean
became in succession Master's Mate, on the Home
station, of the Invincible 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly,
and.REDPOLE 10, Capts. John Joyce and Colin
M'Donald. While in the latter of those vessels we
find him serving in the Zephyr, fire-ship on the
occasion of Lord Cochrane's memorable attack on
the enemy's squadron in Aix Koads in April, 1809 ;
and, among other services, commanding a boat on
the river Scheldt during the siege of Flushing.
Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 4 Jan. 1810, he
served from that period until Dec. 1813 in the
Thracian 18, Capts. Jas. Grant, John Lawson,
Henry Hart, Joseph Symes, and John Carter, on
the Channel and Baltic stations. His next appoint-
ment was, 4 Sept. 1826, to the Coast Blockade, in
which service he continued for two years as Super-
numerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Ca^t.
"Wm. Jas. Mingaye.
Lieut. Lean at present holds the appointment of
Emigration Agent in London.
LEAEY. (LlEDT., 1821. F-P., 21 ; H-P., 17.)
George Alexander Leary died 31 Jan. 1845, a
victim to the climate of Sierra Leone.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1807, as
Schoolmaster, on board the Dictator 64, Capt.
Donald Campbell ; on accompanying whom, after
he had attended the expedition to Copenhagen,
into the Audacious 74, he took part, as Midship-
man, in the operations of 1809 against Walcheren.
From the period of his quitting the latter ship, in
Dec. 1811, until May, 1814, Mr. Leary, with the
exception of four months passed in 1813 on board
the Redwing 18, Capt. Sir John Gordon Sinclair,
served continuously with Capt. John Erskine Dou-
glas in the Prince of Wales 98, on the Mediter-
ranean station, where he beheld Sir Edw. Fellow's
two partial actions with the Toulon fleet, and the
fall, in April of the latter year, of Genoa. During
the short period of his attachment to the Redwing,
Mr. Leary, besides sharing in a hostile operation
under the batteries of Morgean, near Marseilles,
assisted, we understand, in capturing, beneath those
of Cassis, a convoy of 26 sail, together with 2 heavy
gun-boats, after an opposition had been encoun-
tered which occasioned the British a loss of 4
men killed and 16 wounded. Removing, in May,
1814, to the FuBiEUSE 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey,
he served during the next 15 months in that fri-
gate on the coast of North America; after which
we find him, until promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant 19 July, 1821, employed on the West India,
Mediterranean, and Home stations, in the Frim-
KOSE 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, Land-
rail 4, Master-Commander Anthony De Mayne
(under whom he was for a considerable time occu-
pied among the Bahama Islands as Assistant-Sur-
veying Master), Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Donald Campbell, Fly 18, Capt. Jas.
Tomkinson, Rochfokt 80, bearing the flag of Sir
Graham Moore, Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Anthony
Maitland, Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. John Baker
Hay, and Rose 18, Capt. Thos. Ball Clowes. His
subsequent appointments were — 8 Oct. 1830, for
six months, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernume-
rary-Lieutenant of the Talavera 74, Capt. Hugh
Figot — 31 May, 1831, to the Coast Guard, which he
letl at the dose of 1832-16 Aug. 1837, to the Her-
cules 74, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, off Lisbon— 16
Juno, 1838, to the command of the Bullehog schoo-
ner on the Lakes of Canada^-next, as Senior, to the
Niagara 20, commanded there by Capt. Williams
Sandom, under whom he assisted, 16 Nov. 1838, in
defeating a band of rebels, on which occasion he
was sent with a flag of truce, and induced them to
surrender— 13 Jan. 1840 (having been superseded
from the latter ship in the previous Oct.), to the
command of the Asp, a Portpatrick steamer, wherein
he remained until May, 1841— and 28 Jan. 1843, to
the office (which he retained until his death) of
Agent on board the Glen Huntley emigration
transport.
LEATHAKT. (Lieut., 1833. f-p., 13; h-p.,11.)
Alfred Leathart entered the Navy, 13 June,
1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle
74, Capts. Chas. Dashwood, Hugh Downman, and
Edw. Durnford King, employed at first in the
Channel and off Lisbon, and then as a guard-ship
at Plymouth. In July, 1827 (he had attained the
rating of Midshipman in 1824) he removed to the
Vigilant 10, Lieut.-Commander Meredith; and
he was next, between July and Aug. 1828, em-
ployed, again in the Windsor Castle, Capt. Hon.
buncombe FleydeU Bouverie, on the Mediterranean
station ; where, in the Downs, and on the coast of
Portugal during the Pedro and Miguel disputes, he
further, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
27 Aug. 1833, served on board the Ramillies and
Talavera 74's, and Caledonia 120, Capts. Hugh
Figot, David Colby, and Thos. Brown. Mr. Leat-
hart, who had passed his examination 7 Oct. 1829,
was subsequently appointed — 21 Feb. 1834, to the
Coast Guard — and (on leaving the latter service)
13 Oct. 1836, to the Wolverene 16, Capt. Hon.
Edw. Howard. He invalided home from the Me-
diterranean about June, 1837, and has siuce been
on half-pay. Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
LECHMEKE. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
Edmund Lechmere died 30 Jan. 1841, at Here-
ford. He was a relative of the present Lieut. John
Lechmere, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1806, as
Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, Capt. Wm.
Lechmere, stationed off Cadiz. Removing, in the
following Dec, to the Acasta 40, Capt. Philip
Beaver, he was for nearly three years employed in
that ship on the West India station, where, in Feb.
1809, he witnessed the reduction of Martinique.
After a short servitude in the Basque Roads on
board the Scipion 74, flag-ship of Hon. Robt. Stop-
ford, he rejoined Capt. Beaver, in May, 1810, in the
NisBS 38, and in the following Dec. was present, as
Master's Mate, at the capture of the Isle of France,
as also, in 1811, in the operations against Java.
Quitting the Nisus, which had been latterly com-
manded by Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, in May,
1813, Mr. Lechmere next, for a few months in 1814,
served off Lisbon in the Rodney 74, flag-ship of
Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin. He attained the rank
of Lieutenant 3 Feb. 1815, and was lastly, from
April in that year until July, 1816, and from April,
1828, until March, 1829, employed in the Mediter-
ranean in the Spartan 38, Capt. Phipps Hornby,
and in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieu-
tenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot.
LECHMERE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.)
John Lechmere, bom 9 Jan. 1793, is eldest sur-
viving son of the late Vice-Admiral Wm. Lechmere,
of Steeple Aston, co. Wilts, by Elizabeth Dashwood,
youngest daughter of Sir John Dashwood King,
Bart., of West Wycombe, co. Bucks ; younger bro-
ther of Commander Chas. Lechmere, R.N. (1815),
who died on board H.M.S. Leven 9 Nov. 1822 ;
brother-in-law of the present Lord de Saumarez ;
and a distant cousin of the late Lieut. JLim.. Lech-
mere, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1805, as
Midshipman, on board the Thunderer 74, oom-
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LECKIE— LECOUNT— LEE.
manded by his father ; after serving in which ship
in Sir Kobt. Calder's action he was lent, in time to
participate in the battle of Trafalgar, to the Okion
74, Capt. Edw. Codrington. In Sept. 1806, having
during the last few months been again employed
with Capt. Lechmere in the Pkince 98, and with
Capt. Bich. Balling Dunn in the Acasta 40, he
joined the Kotai. George 100, flag-ship of Sir John
Thos. Duckworth, with whom, in Feb. 1807, he
passed the Dardanells. In May, 1809, he followed
the same Admiral into the San Josef 110; and
between Oct. in that year and Dec. 1811 he served,
we find, on the Cape of Good Hope, Lisbon, and
Baltic stations, in the Inconstant 36, Capt. Edw.
Stirling Dickson, Fokmidable 98, Capt. Jas. Nicoll
Morris, and Ckesst 74, Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater.
On 24 of the month last mentioned Mr. Lechmere
was on board the Grasshopper 18, Capt. Henry
Fanshawe, when that vessel, to avoid being lost,
as was her consort the Hebo 74, surrendered to the
Dutch fleet in the Texel. He accordingly remained
a prisoner until the peace of 1814, when he returned
to England, and, on 3 Feb. 1815, was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant. During the Hundred Days'
War we find him employed on board the AsTR.a;A
36, Capt. Edw. Kittoe, in which frigate he escorted
to La Vendee the celebrated Larochejaquelin,
with whom, owing to his knowledge of the French
language, h« was afterwards made the constant
medium of communication. Three days before his
death that personage did Mr. Lechmere the honour
^jf extracting from him a musket-ball with his own
hands ; and he actually, in the presence of General
Eoget and other of his officers, promised him the
■Cross of St. Louis— an intention his premature death
•unfortunately prevented him from realizing. On
one occasion, relying upon an assurance conveyed
to him from his Admiral, to the effect that the
latter would do all in his power towards procuring
him his promotion, Mr. Lechmere, although warned
from the same source that in so doing he exposed
himself to the probability of being hanged by the
Republicans as a spy, volunteered to land for the
purpose of ascertaining the correctness of a report
that the Koyalist party had been surprised and
entirely cut off. He accordingly went on shore,
and, having satisfied himself that such was not the
fact, returned on board with the pleasing intelli-
gence. He still, however, remains a Lieutenant.
His last appointment was, 19 Jan. 1816, to the Dee
24, Capt. Sam. Chambers, with whom he served on
jjhe Halifax station until Aug. 1817, when heinvalided.
Lieut. Lechmere is a Deputy-Lieutenant for co.
Oxford. He married, 3 March, 1823, Anna Maria,
youngest daughter of the late Hon. Andrew Foley,
M.F., of Newport House, co. Hereford, and Hately
Court, Oxon, and cousin of the present Lord Foley.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
LECKIE. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Charles Taylor Leckie is nephew of Vice-Ad-
miral Sir Chas. Malcolm.
This officer entered the Navy In 1834 ; passed his
examination 14 Dec. 1840; served as Mate, from
1842 until 1844, in the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope,
-on the Pacific station; and next joined, in that
capacity, the Hibernla. 104, bearing the flag in the
Mediterranean of Sir Wm. Parker, who promoted
him, 12 Nov. 1845, to a death vacancy in the In-
constant 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, and, on
presenting him with his commission on the quarter-
deck of the HiBERNLi, informed him that he did so
on account of his invariably good conduct, and be-
cause he possessed qualities which would do honour
to the service. The Inconstant returned hom^
and was paid off in 1847.
Midshipman, in the Colombine and Comet sloops
until 1812. While in the Thunder at the siege of
Cadiz in 1810 he appears to have been not less
than 45 times in acUon with the enemy, witnessing,
during that period, the destruction of Fort Mata.-
gorda— shajjing, also, in an engagement with Fort
Napoleon, when one of the prison-ships, filled with
d-'teniis, had broken from her moorings and drifted
under the enemy's fire, as likewise with Fort Cata-
lina in an attempt to afford assistance to a Spanish
74 which had grounded near it — serving, too, in
the boats when they were thrice beaten oflf in an
effort to board the Argomaut 80, another prison-ship
(ultimately burnt), which had got under the French
batteries — engaging the enemy, next, while they
were erecting a battery on the Trocadero — contri-
buting, further, to the bringing out of the American
schooner Priscilla, after the latter had been deserted
by her crew under Catalina — and present in an at-
tack made by the British flotilla on a strong detach-
ment of gun-vessels on their way from Rota to Port
Santa Maria. Among the numerous (many of them
fierce) cutting-out affairs in which Mr. Lecount took
part when in the Columbine, was the capture, by
three boats, after 40 had failed, of the Guadalquiver
privateer, near San Lucar, on which occasion he lost
the sight of his right eye and was slightly wounded
in the right foot and left arm. In a previous expe-
dition of the same nature every man in his boat
had been either killed or knocked overboard. From
1812 until Feb. 1816, in the course of which month
he .passed his examination, Mr. Lecoimt (who had
co-operated, we should state, in the defence of
Tarifa, and been present at the battle of Bar-
rosa) served with activity on the Home, Jamaica,
and Newfoundland stations, in the Circe 32, Capt.
Edw. Woolcombe, Ftlla 22, Capt. Wm. Shepheard
(in which ship he assisted at the capture, in Jan.
1814, of L'l-nconnu French privateer, of 15 guns
and 109 men). Harlequin 18, Capt. Wm. Kemp-
thorne,'and Afrioaine 38, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney.
He was subsequently appointed Admiralty-Midship-
man— in April, 1816, of the Meander 38, Capts.
John Bastard and Arthur Fanshawe, stationed in
the Channel— next, of the Infeknal bomb, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Jas. Percival, under whom he served at
the bombardment of Algiers — in Oct. 1816, of the
CoNQOEROE 74, bearing the flag of Eear-Admiral
Robt. Plampin at St. Helena — and, in Dec. 1820, of
the Queen Charlotte 100, Capts. Thos. Briggs,
John Baker Hay, and J. Nash, lying at Portsmouth.
On quitting the latter ship in April, 1824, Mr. Le-
count became Admiralty-Mate of the Prince Re-
gent 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Sir Robt.
Moorsom, who, at the expiration of his command,
most unexpectedly presented him, 6 Aug. 1827,
with the hauling-down commission at his ^sposal.
He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Lecount, a Civil Engineer, is the author,
among other works, of a pamphlet entitled ' A Prac-
tical Treatise on Railways,' being an article which
originally appeared under that head in the seventh
edition of the Ericyclopeedia Britannica; also of three
treatises on railway bearings ; and of one on the po-
larization and inflection of light. An important dis-
sertation, published by him in 1820, on Variable
Magnetism, led to his being elected a Fellow of the
Royal Astronomical Society while yet a Midship-
man, the only instance of the kind known. He held
an appointment for some time on the London and
Birmingham Railway.
LECOUNT, F.E.A.S. (Lieutenant, .1827. f-p.,
18; H-p., 20.)
Peter Lecount was born 25 May, 1794.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 Dec. 1809, as
L.M., on board the Thunder bomb, Capt. Wm.
Shepheard, under whom he continued to serve, as
LEE. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
^ William Alfred Rose Lee entered the Navy
in 1828 ; passed his examination 26 Deo. 1837 ; and
served as Mate, between 1840 and the early part of
1845, in the Tweed 20, Capt. Hugh Donald Cameron
Douglas, Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos.
Hastings, and Hecla steam-sloop, Capt. John Duf-
fiU, on the North America and West India, Home,
and Mediterranean stations. He obtained his com-
mission 30 Aug. 1845 ; and, from 3 of the following
Sept. until the commencement of 1847, was employed
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in the Kingfisher 12, Capts. Chas. Foreman Brown
and Fred. Wilmot Horton, on the coast of Africa.
LEE. (Lieutenant, 1827. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 10.)
William Valentine Lee, born 14 Feb. 1806, at
Reculvers, co. Kent, is son of Lieut. Wm. Lee, R.N.
(1796), who died 24 Feb. 1817, at the Telegraph,
West Square.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 June, 1821, as
Schoolmaster, on board the Wye 26, Capt. Peter
Fisher, stationed in theNorth Sea ; and, on removing
with that officer to the Kangek 28, visited North
America and the West Indies, and then the Medi-
terranean, where, in 1824, we find him employed as
Midshipman under Sir Harry Neale at the blockade
of Algiers. During the three following years he
presents himself to our notice as serving at Sheer-
ness, and again in the Mediterranean, on board the
Gloocestek 74, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. B. Owen
and Joshua Sydney Horton, Philomel 10, Capts.
Wm. Paget and Viscount Ingestrie, and Asia 84,
bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington. For his
conduct as Mate of the Hind, tender to the latter
ship, Lieut. -Commander John Kobb, at the battle
of Navarin, where he lost a leg, Mr. Lee was ad-
vanced to his present rank by commission dated 22
Oct. 1827. His next appointment was, 25 Oct. 1836,
to the Victory 104, Capts. Thos. Searle, Fras. Ers-
kine Loch, and Wm. Wilmott Henderson, under
whom, in succession, he was for nearly six years
and a half employed at Portsmouth. He has had
charge, since 20 June, 1844, of the Semaphore sta-
tion at Chelsea.
Lieut. Lee is in the receipt of a pension for his
wound of 45Z. 10s. He married, 4 Dec. 1828, Har-
riet, yoimgest daughter of John Pearce, Esq., of
Haslar Hospital, by whom, he has issue six children^
LEECH. (Lieut:, 1811. F-p., 12 ; h-p.„32.)
lloBEBT Leech entered the Navy, 9 March,, 1803,
on board the Ethalion 36, Capts. Chas. Stewart
and Hon. Michael De Courcy, and, after serving for
some time in the North Sea, proceeded to the West
Indies; where, from March, 1806, until she was cap-
tured by two French privateers in April, 1807, he
served, as Master's Mate and Acting-Master, in the
St. Lboia16, commanded at first by Capt. De Courcy
and next by Capt. Chas. Gordon. Personally, Mr.
Leech escaped falling into the hands of the enemy
on the latter occasion through the providential cir-
cumstance of his having been, placed, the night be-
fore, in charge of a priae.* Although still clinging
to the rating of Midshipman, he further acted (on
an assurance from the Commander-in-Chief, Sir
Alex. Cochrane,, that he would receive him as such
on board his, flag-ship as soon as he had served his
time) as Master, for two years and three months, of
the PuLTusK 16, Capts. Chas. Napier, Geo. Pringle,
and David Sloan. During that period he assisted,
it appears, at the reduction of the Danish islands of
St. Thomas and Ste. Croix, was present in many
gallant boat affairs under Capt. Napier (whom he
aided in destroying a garda-costa on the Spanish
main), and co-operated in the capture of Martinique.
On one occasion, too, 12 Feb. 1809, he contrived,
with two small boats, to cut out a French letter-of-
marque brig, of 8 guns and 20 men, from under a
battery on the island of Guadeloupe; an exploit
which induced his Captain, Pringle, to forward a
recommendation in his favour to Sir Alex. Coch-
rane. In the following July, as had been agreed,
he at length joined that officer, as a Supernumerary-
Midshipman, on board the Pomp^e 74 ; and on 14
Sept. in the same year he passed his examination.
After witnessing the destruction, in L'Ance la
Barque, of the 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine, Mr.
Leech, in Feb. 1810, united in the operations against
Guadeloupe, where he served on shore in command
of a party of seamen, and was present at the storm-
ing of the forts of Matuba. In July, 1810, at the
rfquest of his former Captain, Sloan, our officer,
who had accompanied Sir Alex. Cochrane into the
* ]Fle hod, however, left all his elTects behind him.
NEPTmjB 98, was nominated Acting First-Lieute-
nant of the Bellette 18; from which sloop, on her
sailing, in the ensuing Oct., for England, he was re-
moved, in a similar capacity, to the Amaranthe 18,
commanded by another of his old Captains, Geo.
Pringle. The state of discipline into which he soon
brought that vessel was such that, on the occasion of
a visit of inspection from Sir Francis Laforey, the
new Commander-in-Chief, he had the satisfaction of
receiving the thanks of that Admiral— his Captain
generously acknowledging that to him alone was the
credit due. Continuing in the Amaranthe until
superseded in April, 1811, he proved himself a se-
cond time worthy of a strong recommendation from
Capt. Pringle for his behaviour during the latter
month in an arduous five days' chase of a national
brig, who had hitherto been the destruction of
British trade, but who, although she effected her
escape, was so battered as to be afterwards incapable
of further mischief. On leaving the Amaranthe,
as above, Mr. Leech returned, at his own expense,
to England, and on his arrival was immediately pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission
dated 26 July, 1811 . His next appointment was, 21
Sept.. following, to the Edinbhegh 74, Capts. Robt.
RoUes, Rowland Mainwaring, Hon. Geo. Heneage
Lawrence Dundas, and John Lampen Manley, with
whom he continued to serve, in the North Sea and
Mediterranean, until the close of 1814. While under
Capt. Dundas, we find him,.in 1813, commanding the
Edinburgh's boats at the capture of Port d'Anzo,
and of a large convoy under its batteries ; and also
at the destruction of the batteries at Via Bfeggio,
the reduction of Lucca, and the unsuccessful attack
on Leghorn, where, after landing the troops, he took
command of the Edinbdrgh's small-arm men. In
1814, being again in charge of the boats of the same
ship, Lieut. Leech destroyed all the batteries and
towers along the coast of Italy from Via Reggio to
the Gulf of Spezia. He next, when at Lerici, took
possession of the castle at that place, and suocessr
fully defended it against a party of French troops,
having previously blown up a large fort and de-
stroyed the arsenal. At the subsequent siege of
the fortress of St. Mary, the Lieutenant was there
invested with the command of a battery, and had
the honour of opening the first fire. On the ad-
vance of the squadron towards Genoa, Mr. Leech,
owing to the absence of Capt. Dundas and the First
and Second Lieutenants, was left in sole charge of
the ship, and while so intrusted waited upon Lord
Wm. Bentinck, the military Commander-in-Chiel^
at the time on hoard the America 74, Capt. Josiah,
Rowley. For this hd obtained the thanks of Capt;
Dundas in his public despatches.''' The Edinburgh
returned to England after the fall of Genoa, and
was put out of commission in Dec. 1814 ;. since which
period, unable to procure employment, Lieut. Leech
has been on half-pay.
LEEKE, Kt., KJI. (Captain, 1826. e-b., 17;
H-p., 27.)
Sir Henry John Leeke is son of Sam. Leeke;
Esq., a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for co.
Hants, who lost his Ufe from the effects of over-
exertion in the suppression of a riot ; and brother-
in-law of Rear-Admiral Sir Edw. Tucker, K.C.B.,
and of Capt. W. B. Bigland, R.N., K.H. One of
his brothers was killed in command of a gun-boat
at the defence of Cadiz-,; and another carried the
colours of the 52nd Light Infantry at the battle of
Waterloo.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1803.
(under the auspices of his godfather Lord Henry
Paulet), as.Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Wil-
liam, Capt. John Wainwright, bearing the flag of
Admiral Montagu at Spithead. In the course of
1806 he successively joined the Iris 32, Capt. John
Tower, Ville de Paris and Royal Sovereign^
both commanded by Capt. Henry Garrett, and Ter-
rible 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet; as Midship-
man of which latter ship, and the Volontaire 38
Capt. Chas. Bullen, we find him continuously em-
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LEFEBVRE.
ployed off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean until
January, 1810. Previously to leaving the Volon-
TAiKE, he had an opportunity, besides commanding
one of her boats at the destruction of a French
vessel near Marseilles, of serving with those of a
squadron which, on the night of 31 Oct. 1809, cap-
tured and destroyed, after a fearful struggle and a
loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded,
the French store-ship Lamproie^ of 16 guns and 116
men, bombards Victoire and Gnmdeur, and armed
sebec Namumde^ with a convoy of seven merchant-
vessels, lying under the protection of numerous
strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas.* Between the
period of his advancement to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, which took place while he was serving with
Capt. Sam. Martin Colquitt on board the Persian
sloop, 24 Nov. 1810, and the receipt of his second
promotal conmiission, bearing date 15 June, 1814,
he was again employed in the Mediterranean, and
also at the Cape of Good Hope, in the Volontaike
and Cambrian frigates, each under the orders of
Capt. Chas. BuUen, Lion 64, flag-ship of the late
Sir Chas. Tyler, Hakpt sloop, Capt. Allen, and
Medway 74, bearing the flag of Sir C. Tyler. On
one occasion, while the Persian, with a host of
French prisoners on board, was off Cape Trafalgar
on her passage home, the latter, availing themselves
of the absence of the crew (who, worn out by fatigue,
had all, with the exception of Mr. Leeke, the Quar-
termaster, and two men, gone below), assembled
on the deck, and were in the act of making a rush
aft, when Mr. Leeke seized a cutlass, threw another
to the Quartermaster, and with much gallantry
succeeded in keeping them off until the alarm had
brought the ship's company to his assistance. On 26
March, 1819, after he had had the command for about
six months of the Alert sloop, and had served as the
■senior officer of a small squadron ordered to escort
the Grand Duke Michael to Calais, Capt. Leeke
was appointed to the Myrmidon 20, on the western
coast of Africa, where he cruized with great activity
^against the slave-trade, and either liberated, or con-
tributed to the release of, upwards of 3000 human
beings. In May, 1820, having the command at the
time of H.M. ships Myrmidon, Moroiana, Thistie,
and Snapper, he landed at the Pongas, in the
neighbourhood of Sierra Leone, and, at the head of
only 170 seamen and marines, added to 180 black
soldiers of the 2nd West India Regt., contrived to
bum eight towns, to demohsh a battery, and to
■effect the utter defeat of a barbarian force of 5000
men, commanded by King Munga-Brama, a ruffian
who had murdered an officer, and several men be-
longing to the Thistle, and had retained three
others as prisoners. The combination, indeed, of
skill, perseverance, prudence, and bravery exhibited
by Capt. Leeke, proved the means of not only reco-
vering the captives, but of saving the colony itself
from much anarchy and bloodshed. Correspondent,
therefore, with the importance of the exploit were
the terms of gratitude on the one hand, and of ad-
miration on the other, with which its achievement
was hailed by Brigadier-General Sir Chas. M'Carthy,
the Governor of Sierra Leone, and Sir Geo. Ralph
Collier, the Commodore of the squadron employed
on that station. In Sept. 1820 Capt. Leeke sup-
pressed a mutiny which had broken out on board a
Brazilian sloop-of-war, Xes Trois Moyawnes [TniSj
and then restored the vessel to her Commander.
He next succeeded by his exertions in saving a Por-
tuguese schooner from being wrecked in the Sierra
Leone river; and on a subsequent occasion he car-
ried the Myrmidon over the fearful bar of the
river Bonny for the purpose of attacking two.slave-
vessels who had beaten off bis boats and had
•woimded two officers and several men. After he
had accomplished their capture, he compelled the
King of that part of the country to enter into a
treaty fixing the duty to be paid by British mer-
chants trading to the river for palm-oil — an ar-
rangement which in particular saved many thou-
sands per annum to the importers of Liverpool.
During the three years that he remained on the
• Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1908.
African station, Capt. Leeke surveyed the coast to
the extent of 600 miles. When afterwards in the
Herald yacht, to which vessel he was appointed
31 May, 1824, he made a voyage to St. Petersburg,
conveyed the Bishops of Jamaica and Barbadoes to
their respective sees, brought upwards of a million
of dollars home from the Havana, took the Earl of
Dalhousie out to Quebec, and landed the Marquess
of Hastings at Malta. He attained his present rank
27 May, 1826 ; and, on 18 Oct. 1845, after having
held for a short period the command of the Cal-
liope 26, was appointed to the Qdeen 110, in which
ship, now bearing the flag of Sir John West, Com-
mander-in-Chief at Devonport, he has repeatedly
cruized with experimental squadrons.
Sir H. J. Leeke, a Magistrate for cos. Hants
and Sussex, and a Deputy-Lieutenant for the for-
mer, received the honour of Knighthood, as a re-
ward for his eminent services on the coast of
Africa, 1 April, 1835, and was nominated a K.H.
25 Jan. 1836. In acknowledgment of some good
offices he had the fortune to render the King of the
French when a Midshipman, he has been presented
by that monarch with a gold medal.; as he has also
been by the King of Prussia. Sir Henry married,
IS Nov. 1818, the second daughter of Jas. Dash-
wood, Esq., of Parkhurst, co. Surrey. Agents—
Messrs. Stilwell.
LEFEBVRE. (Commander, 1838. r-p., 19;
H-P.,17.)
Nicholas Lefebvke entered the Navy, 18 Jan.
1811, as a Volunteer, on board the Victokt 100, Capt.
Philip Dumaresq, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Sauma-
rez in the Baltic ; and in the following Deo. was on
his passage home in company with the St. George
and Defence when those ships were lost. Becoming
Midshipman, in July, 1812, of the Ethalion36, Capts.
Edm. Heywood and Wm. Hugh Dobie, he was, for
some time prior to Dec. 1814, employed on the
North American and Irish stations. He then re-
moved, as Master's Mate, to the Zekobia sloop,
Capt. Nicholas Chas. Dobree, and while in that ves-
sel had themisfortune, during the war of a hundred
days, to be taken prisoner by the French. Contriv-
ing soon to effect his escape, he rejoined the Zeno-
BiA, and was in her when she escorted Napoleon
Buonaparte to St. Helena. Previously to the return
of the latter vessel to England he landed, it appears,
at Ascension with a party of marines from the flag-
ship, and was for some length of time employed on
shore. We subsequently, from April, 181'6, until
Sept. 1818, and from Feb. 1819, to Jan. 1822, find
Mr. Lefebvre serving on the Leith and North Ame-
rican stations on board the Driver 18, Capts. John
Ross and Chas. Hope Keid, and Newcastle 60, flag-
ship of the late Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys. He next,
in July, a823, joined the Spabtiate 76, *nd, in Aug.
1825, the Wellesley 74, bearing each the flag of
Sir Geo. Eyre in South America; whence, in the
following Nov., he returned to England on board
the Tartar 42, Capt. Thos. Brown. On 3 Jan.
1826, nearly nine years after he had passed his ex-
amination, Mr. Lefebvre was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant. In the course of the ensuing month
he obtained an appointment to the Britannia 120,
flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez at Plymouth, where
he remained until April, 1827 ; and he was lastly,
from 9 June, 1834, until paid off in Oct. 1838, em-
ployed, as First-Lieutenant, in the .Zebra 16, com-
manded by Capt. Robt. Contart M'Crea (whom see),
on the East India and South Sea stations. For his
gallant conduct during that period, and more espe-
cially for the zealous perseverance he exhibited in
the boats when in quest of pirates, Mr. Lefebvre,
on the earnest recommendation of the Commander-
in-Chief, Sir Thos. Bladen Capel, was promoted to
the rank of Commander by commission dated 27
Dec. 1838.
Commander Lefebvre has been presented by the
Royal Humane Society with a medal as a reward
for his conduct in having frequently saved the lives
of seamen.
LE FEUVRE— LEGARD-LE GEYT.
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LE FEUVRE. (Retiked Commander, 1839.
r-p., 14; H-P., 34.)
John Le Feuvre was born 16 April, 1786. i
This officer (whose name had been borne, from
24 April, 1794, to 3 Deo. 1795, on the books of the
RoTAt William, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir
Peter Parker) embarked, 12 July, 1799, as a Volun-
teer, on board La Juste 80, Capt. Sir Henry Trol-
lope ; and in July of the following year, being then
in the Andhomeda 32, Capt. Henry Inman, wit-
nessed the capture of the French Mgate La De'siree ;
to which, on her being soon afterwards added to the
British Navy, he was transferred, as Midshipman,
with Capt. Inman, under whom he took a waim part,
2 April following, in the action off Copenhagen.
Continuing to serve in La Desihee, with Capts.
Rich. Dacres, Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, and
Henry Whitby, until 1804, Mr. Le Feuvre (besides
assisting in the ship*s barge at the capture, on 21
Feb. in the latter year, of a French armed row-boat)
•was present, in 1803, »t the blockade of Cape Fran-
cois, the reduction of Port Dauphin, where two forts
and a 28-gun ship, La Sagesse, were taken from the
enemy, and the capture of the French squadron
with the remains of General Roohambeau"s army on
board from Cape Francois. Previously to the sur-
render of L-a Sciffesse he appears to have Bccompa^
nied the First-Lieutenant on board that vessel in
the capacity of interpreter. In July, 1804, we find
him transferred to the Theseds 74, bearing the flag
of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Daores ; and, in the fol-
lowing Sept., present in a violent hurricane in which
the latter ship lost her three lower masts and tiller,
sprang her bowsprit, had all her boats stove or
washed away, parted with 13 of her guns, and sprang
so bad a leak that the officers even were obliged to
work at the pumps. On 7 Oct. 1805, being then with
Admiral Dacres in the Hercule 74, Mr. Le Feuvre
was appointed Sub-Lieutenant of the Pitt schooner,
lieut.-Commander Michael Fitton; from which ves-
sel, however, he removed sa Acting-Lieutenant, on
30 of the same month, to the Veteran 64, Capt.
Andw. Fitzherbert Evans. Being confirmed in the
rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 31 March,
1806, he was subsequently appointed, in that capa-
city—13 June, 1806, to the Fisgard 36, Capt. Sir
Wm. Bolton, still in the West Indies, where, imme-
diately prior to the brilliant capture of Curacoa, he
was sent for (having been at the island before) by
Capt. Brisbane, and interrogated as to the strength
of Fort Amsterdam— 10 Dec. 1807 (after rather
more than seven months' half-pay), to the Rakger
18, Capt. Geo. Acklom, under whom he assisted at
the reduction of the Island of Anholdt in May, 1809
—30 Nov. 1809 and 14 May, 1810, to tlie Clto 10,
Capt. Thos. FolHott Baugh, and Adamant 50, flag-
ship of Kear-Admirals Sir Edm. Nagle and Wm.
Aibany Otway, both on the Leith station — and,
lastly, 6 July, 1813, to the Severn 40, Capt. Joseph
Nourse, which fcigate he left, after having made a
voyage from Deptford to Portsmouth, in the follow-
ing Nov. He accepted his present rank, 15 July,
1839.
LEGARD, K.T.S. Commander, 1838.)
James Anlaby Legard passed his examination
in 1825 ; and for his services at the battle of Nava-
rin was made Lieutenant, 22 Oct. 1827, into the
Brisk 10, Capt. Thos. Smith. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — 2 March, 1829, to the Infernal
bomb, Capts. Popham and Orlando Geo. Sutton
Gunning, on the Mediterranean station — 30 Aug.
1832 (after two years of half-pay) to the JStna 6,
Capt. Edw. Belcher, employed in the river Douro
for the protection of British property during the
civil vi'ar — 14 May, 1833, as Senior, to the Volage
28, Capts. Geo. Bohun Martin and Peter Richards,
in which ship, with the exception of a short time
passed at the close of 1835 in the Caledonia 120,
under the flag of Sir Josias Rowley, he served in
the Mediterranean for three years and a half— and,
18 Jan. 1837, in a similar capacity, again to the
CaI/Edonia. He was paid offin the following sum-
mer ; and on 28 June, 1838, was advanced to his
present rank. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander Legard, in 1844, obtained the royal
permission to accept and wear the Insignia of a
k.T.S.
LE GEYT, C.R (Ebak-Admibal, 1846, p-p.,
21 ; H-P., 35.)
George Le Geyt, born 20 March, 1777, at Can-
terbury, CO. Kent, is son of the late Robt. Le Geyt,
Esq., of that place (first-cousin of the late Vice-
Admiral d'Auvergne, Prince de Bouillon), by Jane,
daughter of the Rev. Wm. Byrch, Rector of St.
Mary's, Dover, and of Mongham, also in co.
Kent. His grandfather and great-grand-uncle both
held the office 'of Chief Civil Magistrate of the
Royal Court and President of the States of Jersey.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1791, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Colossus 74, Capt.
Henry Harvey, lying at Spithead. Being disi-
charged in the following Aug., he next, in March,
1792, joined the Hussar 28, Capt. Rupert George,
and sailed for the Halifax station, where he assisted
at the capture of the two privateers iJ^'"*''"''™ *nd
Jou-jou. On the former of those vessels being
brought into the service, named the Prince Eih
ward, and the command given to Lieut. John G.
Saville, we find Mr. Le Geyt appointed to her as
Master's Mate, and in that capacity witnessing, 17
May, 1795, the capture, by a force under the orders
of Capt. Hon. Alex. Cochrane, of two French ships.
La ■FTffOQi/ante of 24, and La liaison of 18 guns^
After their surrender, he went on board La Pre-
vo^ante, and aided in fitting her with jurymasts.
That frigate being subsequently added to the Bri-
tish Navy, Mr. Le Geyt continued in her under the
command of Capt. John Poo Beresford, until the
spring of 1796, and was twice sent into port in
charge of detained vessels. He then removed to
the lliESOLunos 74, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral
Geo. Murray, under whom he was further present,
28 Aug. 1796, at the capture of the French frigate
Elisabeth, On 5 of the following Nov. Mr. Le
Geyt wag nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the
Rover 16, Capt. Geo. Irvine, in which vessel (being
confirmed to her 27 Jan. 1797) he remained, assist-
ing intermediately at the taking of Le Jean Bart,
a noted privateer, until wrecked in a fog in the
Gulf of St. Lawrence in Aug. 1798. On his return,
immediately afterwards, to England in the Reso-
lution, Capt. Wm. Lechmere, our officer, who had
then been for upwards of six years on the Halifax
station, was at once, at the request of Capt. John
Holloway, of the St. George 98, appointed to that
ship. Removing as Second-Lieutenant, in March,
1799, to the Tamar, of 46 guns and 281 men, Capt.
Thos. Western, he proceeded soon with the flag of
Lwd Hugh Seymour, to the West Indies, where, be-
sides contributing to the reduction of Surinam, he
served at the capture, among numerous other ves-
sels, of ia Mepublicaine French national corvette, of
32 guns and 175 men (after a close action of about
10 minoites, a loss to the enemy of 9 killed and 12
wounded, and to the British of only 2 wounded) ;
also of Le Gmeral Massena, ship privateer,
of 16 guns (pierced for 18) and 150 men 5 and
of a -schooner privateer of 10 guns and 50 men.
Towards the close of 1801 (he had been the last
year and a half First-Lieutenant of the Tamar) Mr.
Le Geyt joined the Leviathan 74, bearing the
flag at Jamaica of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, who
promoted him, 28 May, 1803, to the command
of the Stork 18 — an act which the Admiralty
approved. While in that ■sloop, in which he con-
tinned upwards of nine years, Capt. Le Geyt
effected the capture, 24 Feb. 1804, of the French
national schooner Coquette of 2 guns and 95 men
after a chase of 265 miles,* and, on 30 of the ensuing
month, of L'HirondeUe privateer, of 3 guns and 44
men. In Aug. 1806 he was sent with a small sqna-
dron, consisting, besides his ovm vessel, of the
Sdpkriedke sloop, and Flying-Fish and Pike
schooners, to attack a number of small vessels lo-
* Vide Giu 1804, p. 618.
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LE HARDY— LE HUNTE.
Gated atBatabano, in the island of Cuba. Although
the Stork, from her draught of water, was unable
to approach within 30 leagues of the place, the ob-
jects of the expedition were nevertheless fully ac-
complished by the other vessels, aided by her boats,
under the command of Capt. Edw. Rushworth.*
In 1807 Capt. Le Geyt was ordered with convoy to
England, whence, in 1808, after he had been for
some months employed on the Guernsey station, he
took out the Pope's Nuncio to the Brazils. Keturn-
ing next to the West Indies, he united in the block-
ade of Martinique, and was so employed until its
surrender. While off that island, on 12 Dec. 1808,
he co-operated with the Circe 32, Capt. Eras.
Augustus Collier, and Mokne Eortunee gun-brig,
and displayed much coolness and intrepidity, in
silencing the fire of two batteries and of a body
of troops which protected an enemy's schooner
aground between the Pearl Rock and the town of
St. Pierre ; and he then, in company with the Cibce
and Express schooner, commenced an action with
four adjoining batteries, under which lay two other
vessels, one of whom, Le Cygne corvette, 16 guns,
was in the end destroyed.f In April, 1809, being
on a cruize with the Circe, then commanded by
Capt. Edw. WooUcombe, the Stork fell in with a
Erench squadron of three line-of-battle ships and
two frigates^ steering for the Saintes, With the
intelligence of this she was instantly despatched to
the Commander-in-Chief j the result whereof was
the capture of the 74-gun ship D'JSaupouU. On 12
Aug. 1812, Capt. Le Geyt, at that time on the Cork
station, was at length advanced to Post-rank. Un-
able, however, to procure further employment, he
accepted, 1 Oct. 1846, the rank he now holds.
The Rear-Admiral was nominated a C.B. 4 July,
1840. He married, in 1812, Rose Marie, daughter of
the late Rear-Admiral Heath, by whom he has issue
11 children. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
LE HAKDY, K.S.F., K.I.C. (Commandeb, 1837.
F-P., 20 ; H-p., 9.)
Thomas Philip Le Hardy, born 1 May, 1803, is
a native of Jersey, where his family for many cen-
turies past has occupied a prominent position.
Three of his ancestors attained Flag-rank. One of
them was Sir Thos. Hardy, whose decisive conduct,
when in command of H. M.S. Pembroke, led to the
action off Vigo under Sir Geo. Rooke 11 Oct. 1702;
and another. Sir Chas. Hardy, who commanded the
Channel fleet, and died Governor of Greenwich
Hospital about 1780.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1818, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Confiance 18, Capt.
Alex. Montgomerie ; and sailed for the West Indies,
where, until 1823^ he served, the last three years as
Midshipman, in the SYBiLtE 48, Capt. Wm. Popham,
Ontario 18, Capt. Jodrell Leigh, and Syeille
again, Capt. Joshua Ricketts Rowley. From Dec.
1823 until May, 1827, we find him employed on the
South American, Irish, and Jamaica stations, as
Midshipman, Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant (he
passed his examination in April, 1825), on board
the Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn. He was then
for four months engaged on home duty in the
Melville 74, Capt. Henry Hill; and at the expi-
ration of that period he proceeded to the coast of
Africa as Mate of the Primrose 18, Capt. Thos.
Saville GrifBnhoofe. On his removal there, in Jan.
1829, to his old ship the Sybille, bearing the broad
pendant at the time of Commodore Fras. Augustus
Collier, Mr. Le Hardy was sent to cruize, as Senior
Mate, in the Black Joke tender, mounting but 1
gun, a long 18-pounder on a pivot, with a crew of
34 men, Lieut.-Commander Henry Downes. In
that vessel it was soon his fortune to participate in
a most brilliant exploit •, nothing less than the cap-
ture of the Spanish slaver JSl Almirante^ of 14 guns
(10 eighteens and 4 long nines) and 80 men,
after 11 hours had been absorbed in sweeping up,
and a close action endured of 80 minutes, in which
the British had 3 men killed and 7 wounded, and
* Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 1537. f V. Saz. ISOS-j'^l U6.
the enemy 15 killed and 13 wounded. Mr. Le
Hardy, who was himself wounded, and who appears
to have shared in two other engagements, was re-
warded for his valour on the occasion by a commis-
sion dated 2 May, 1829. He did not, however,
succeed in obtaining a fresh appointment until
Nov. 1833 ; on 20 of which month he assumed com-
mand of the Sakacen brig, of 10 guns. Being
ordered at first to the coast of Portugal, we find
him serving for some time at Lisbon and off Oporto
during the contest between Pedro and Miguel ; and
afterwards sent to the north coast of Spain, where
he was actively employed with the squadron under
Lord John Hay, particularly on the Bilboa river.
For his conduct at the relief of that city in Dec.
1836, he not only received, in common with others,
the thanks of the Admiralty, but was promoted to
the rank of Commander 6 Jan. 1837, and presented
by the Queen of Spain with the Third Class of the
Order of San Fernando, as also with the Compani-
onship of the Order of Isabella la CatoUea, and a
decoration commemorative of the event. He left
the Saracen in April, 1837 ; was employed, next,
in the Coast Guard, from 13 July, 1838, until July,
1843 ; and since 4 June, 1846, has been in command
of the Fantomb 16, in the Mediterranean.
Commander Le Hardy married, in Nov. 1833,
Louisa Jane, second daughter of Chas. de la Garde,
Esq., of Jersey. Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
LE HUNTE, K.F.M. (Commander, 1814.
F-p., 11; H-p., 36.)
Francis Le Hdnte entered the Royal Naval
Academy 1 Nov. 1800, and, after a course of more
than four years' study at that institution, embarked,
18 April, 1805, as a Volunteer, on board the Neme-
sis 28, Capt. Phihp Somerville, stationed in the
Channel, where, from Sept. 1806 to April, 1808, he
cruized as Master's Mate in the Narcissds 32,
Capt. Chas. Malcolm. The next nine months were
employed by this officer in the Pallas 32, Capt.
Geo. Eras. Seymour, on the coast of Spain. In
July, 1811, exactly two years after he had passed
his. examination, he received, with the rank of
Acting-Lieutenant, an appointment to the Sicilian
flotilla at Messina. His confirmation took place 26
Sept. following ; and on 15 Feb. 1813 we find him
serving on shore in command of a party of seamen,
and co-operating with the troops under Brigadier
Hall, in an attack upon a strong body of the enemy,
consisting of a complete battalion, with two troops
of cavalry and two pieces of artillery, located at
Pietra Nera, on the Calabrlan coast. On that oc-
casion he stormed and carried, in a very gaUant
style, several obstinately defended batteries, and by
his exemplary conduct attracted as well the admi-
ration of the Brigadier as the observation both of
soldiers and sailors.* He was afterwards sent with
a division of gun-boats to guard the island of
Ponza; and in March and April, 1814, being at-
tached to the expedition against Genoa and its de-
pendencies, he particularly distinguished himself
by his gallant and able conduct at the reduction of
the enemy's forts in the Gulf of Spezia.t During
the short war of 1815, Commander Le Hunte, who
had been advanced to his present rank on 15 June
in the preceding year, was selected to serve in the
river Scheldt with a brigade of seamen under the
orders of Capt. Chas. Napier. After the overthrow
of Napoleon he assumed command, 20 June, 1815,
of the Erebus 16, and retained it, in the Downs,
until 4 Sept. following. He has since been on half-
pay-
In consideration of the valour and intrepidity he
had displayed at Pietra Nera, Commander Le Hunte
was presented by the King of the Two Sicilies with
the insignia of the Small Cross of the Order of St.
Ferdinand and of Merit. Agent— Joseph Wood-
head.
• The enemy al Pietra Nera had upwards of 150 men
killed and wounded, and 1C3 taken prisoners. The loss of
the British was very trifling.— ficfe Gaz. 1813, p. 726.
t.f. Gaz. 1814, p. 984.
LEIGH -LEITH.
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LEIGH. (Retired Commander, 1833. r-p., 24;
H-P., 40.)
Benjamin Leigh died 22 Feb. 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1782, as Fst.-cl.
Boy, on board La FoRTUNfeE, Capt. Hugh Cloberry
Christian, and cruized, until the peace of 1783, on
the coast of North America. He served next, from
1786 to 1792, part of the time as Midshipman, in
the Atalante sloop, Capts. Delgano, Schomberg,
Halsted, Foote, and Elphinstone, on the East India
station; and after a further attachment to the
AtciDE 74, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Spit-
fire sloop, was confirmed, 10 March, 1795, into the
Hornet sloop, Capts. Wm. Lukin and Kobt. Larkan,
in Vfhieh vessel he made a voyage to St. Helena.
His subsequent appointments were— 27 Dec. 1796,
to the Minerva frigate, Capt. Thos. Peyton, in the
Channel— 28 Sept. 1797, to the iNriEXiBLE, Capt.
Ferris, on the Downs station— 28 June, 1799, to La
JosTE 80, Capt. Sir Henry TroUope, which ship a
serious injury compelled him to leave in the follow-
ing year— for a short time in 1801, to the command
of the Crown prison-sWp at Portsmouth — and, in
1804, to the charge of a signal station in the Isle of
Wight, where he remained until 1814. He became
a Ketired Commander, on the Senior List, 10 Jan.
1833.
He was father-in-law of the present Commander
Geo. Caswell, E.N.
LEIGH. (One of the Junior Liectenants.)
Frederick George Leigh entered the Navy 16
Sept. 1831 ; passed his examination 2 Dec. 1835 ;
and, after having served as Mate in the Medea
steamer, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt.
Fred. Warden, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir
Graham Moore at Plymouth, was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 7 Feb. 1842. His succeeding
appointments were — 16 March, 1842, as Additional,
to the Driver steam-vessel, Capt. Sam. Fielding
Harmer, in the East Indies — 25 Aug. 1842, to the
Apollo troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Frederick, with
whom he returned to England in 1843— and, 5 Feb.
1845, to the Stromboli steam-sloop, Capt. Thos.
Fisher. On 25 Sept. following he was dismissed
his ship by sentence of court-martial, and placed
for two years at the bottom of the List of Lieute-
nants, for having over abused and punished the
stoker. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
LEIGH. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 26.)
Jodrell Leigh, baptized 27 Feb. 1790, at Goose-
trey, is third son of the late Egerton Leigh, Esq.,
of the West Hall, High Leigh, co. Cheshire, by Eli-
zabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Fras. Jodrell,
Esq., of Yeardsley and Tremlow, in the same co.
He is brother-in-law of Lord Dunfermline, formerly
the Hon. Jas. Abercromby, M.P., Speaker of the
House of Commons ; and also of John Smith, Esq.,
of Dale Park, co. Sussex, youngest brother of Lord
Carrington, and M.P., in 1833, for Buckingham-
shire.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Malta 80, Capt. Albe-
marle Bertie, attached to the Channel fleet. Be-
coming Midshipman, in 1802, of the Leander 60,
he continued to serve in that ship on the Halifax
station under Capts. Jas. Oughton, Fras. Wm. Fane,
Alex. Skene, John Talbot, and Salusbury Pryce
Humphreys, until AugA806; and was in conse-
quence present with Capt. Talbot at the taking, 23
Feb. 1805, of La Ville de Milan French frigate, of
46 guns, and the simultaneous recapture of her
prize the Cleopatra 32. In Aug. 1806 Mr. Leigh
followed Capt. Humphreys into the Leopard 50;
and in April, 1807, he was nominated Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Bermuda 18, Capt. Wm. Henry
Byam ; in which vessel (being confirmed to her 29
Feb. following) he continued imtil wrecked on the
Memory Rook, Little Bermuda, 22 April, 1808.
His next appointment was, 22 Aug. in the same
year, to the Melami'us 36, Capt. Edw. Hawker,
under whom, during a servitude of three years and
a half, we find him assisting at the capture of the
French ships of war Le CoUbri, of 16 guns and 92,
men, and Le Beauhamais, of 16 guns and 109 men,
and co-operating in the reduction of Guadeloupe.
Quitting the Melampos in Feb. 1812, Mr. Leigh,
further served, between that period and March,
1820, on the Channel, Newfoundland, Cork, St. He-
lena, and Jamaica stations, in the Mars 74, Capt.
Henry Raper, Dryad 36, Capt. Edw. Galwey,
Bonhb CiTotENNE 20, Capts. Pitt Bumaby Greene
and Augustus Wm. Jas. Cliftbrd, Falmouth 20,
Capts. Eobt. Worgan Geo. Festing and Geo. Fred.
Rich, and Stbille 44, bearing the flag of Sir Home
Popham. He then assumed the acting-command
of the Bann 20, also in the West Indies, where,
soon after his official promotion, which took place
12 June following, he removed to the Ontario 18.
He returned to England, after a dreadfully tem-
pestuous passage, in Dec. 1821 ; and was lastly ap-
pointed, 28 Feb. 1829, to the Royal Charlotte
yacht, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy. He attained
his present rank 2 June in the same year.
LEIGH. (Commander, 1835. f-p., 22; h-p., 21.)
Thomas Leigh died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 June, 1803, as a.
Volunteer, on board the Consueroe 74, Capts-
Thos. Louis and Israel Pellew ; under the latter of
whom, after pursuing the combined squadrons of
France and Spain to the West Indies and back, he
shared in the action off Cape Trafalgar 21 Oct-
1805. Being discharged from the Conqueror in
Jan. 1806, he served during the next eight years, as
Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Melampus
36, Capts. Stephen Poyntz and Edw. Hawker, PoR-
gey schooner, Lieut.-Commander Hugh Goold,
Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, Pilot
18, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, Royal George 100,
flag-shjp of Rear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore, and Im-
PETOEUX, Stately, and Rodney, bearing each the
flag of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin, on the North
American, Home, Mediterranean, and Lisbon sta^
tions. While in the Pilot, Mr. Leigh served, 25
July, 1810, in her boats, with those of the Thames
32, and Weasel 18, and was officially alluded to for
his conduct, at the very gallant capture and de-
struction, near Amanthea, notwithstanding a most
spirited opposition, of 31 transports, seven large
gun-boats, and five armed vessels.* He was con-
firmed a Lieutenant, 26 Jan. 1814, in the Bristol
troop-ship, Capt. Geo. Wyndham, employed in the
Channel and off Lisbon, and was subsequently ap-
pointed— in the course of 1815, to the Havock 12,
Capt. Geo. Truscott, Rifleman 16, Capts. Henry
Edw. Napier and Geo. Bennet Allen, and Vengedk
74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, all on the Home station,
where he served, until superseded from ill health
in May, 1818— and, 4 Dec. 1827, to the Coast Guard.
He left that service, on attaining the rank of Com-
mander, 23 June, 1835 ; and remained thencefor-
ward on half-pay. Agents— Coplands and Burnett.
LEITH. (Captain, 1825- f-p., 20; h-p., 24.)
John Leith, born at Leith Hall, co. Aberdeen,
the seat of his father, is second son of the late
General Alex. Leith Hay, by Mary, daughter of
Chas. Forbes, Esq., of Ballogie; brother of the
present Sir Andw. Leith Hay, Kt., of Rannes and
Leith Hall, a Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, and M.P.
for the Elgin district of burghs; and nephew of
Lieut.-General Sir Jas. Leith, G.C.B., K.T.S., Grand
Cordon of the Order of Merit of France, Governor
of Barbadoes, and Commander-in-Chief of the forces
in the Windward and Leeward Islands, who died 16
Oct. 1816.
This officer entered the Navy, U June, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lapwing 28, Capt.
Alex. Skene, which vessel, when soon afterwards
off the banks of Newfoundland, was so closely
chased for three days by the French 74-gun ship
Dvgvay Trouin and 40-gun frigate Gueiriere, that,
in order to effect her escape, she was under the ne-
* Fide Gaz. 1810, p. 1860.
648
LEITH— LE MESURIER.
cessity of throwing overboard her guns, boats, all
her anchors and cables but one, and all but one
week's provisions and water. In Oct. of the same
year he removed with Capt. Skene to the Leandek
50, commanded next by Capts. John Talbot, Henry
Whitby, and Salusbury Pryce Humphreys ; and, on
23 Feb. 1805, he was present, under Capt. Talbot, at
the capture of La Ville de Milan French frigate oi
46 guns, and re-capture of her prize the Cleoi'ATra
32. Following Capt. Humphreys, in Aug. 1806, into
the Leopard 50, Mr. Leigh was in that ship on 22
June, 1807, when she compelled the U. S. frigate
Chesapeake to surrender, in consequence of a refusal
on the part of the latter to allow the British to
search her for deserters. In April, 1808, he joined
the Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterraan Hardy,
and after serving, as Master's Mate, in the North
Sea and at the blockade of L'Orient, became at-
tached with that officer to the Barfleur 98, bear-
ing the flag off Lisbon of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berke-
ley, who, on 26 June, 1809, nominated him Act-
ing-Lieutenant of the NoRGE 74, Capts. £dm. Boger
and John Sprat Rainier. In the course of the same
summer we find Mr. Leith engaged in fitting out
some Spanish men-of-war at Ferrol, then threat-
ened by the French. In the following Oct., on 10
of which month he was confirmed a Lieutenant, he
went back to the Barfledr, and on the promotion,
in Dec. 1810, of the present Capt. Berkeley, suc-
ceeded him in the office of Flag-Lieutenant. Pre-
viously, however, to that event, he had been in-
vested with the command (which he retained until
the final expulsion of the French army under Mas-
sena from Portugal) of the telegraph posts on the
lines of Torres Vedras. During the last siege of
Badajos Mr. Leith, it appears, was present at the
head-quarters of Lord Wellington; and in April,
1811, he was there when it was stormed and carried.
The Barfledr being ordered home in 1812, he was
next (after an interval of a few months, the first he
had enjoyed since his entrance into the Navy) ap-
pointed, in April, 1813, to the Sceptre 74, Capt.
Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, flag-ship of Rear-Ad-
miral Geo. Cockbum ; previously to accompanying
whom into the Albion 74, he took part in the at^
tack upon Hampton, the capture of Ocracoke and
Portsmouth islands (whence were brought off" the
Anaconda of 20, and Atlas of 12 guns), the occupa^
tion of Kent Island, and other services. In June,
1814, he returned to England on hoard the St. Do-
mingo 74. He attained the rank of Commander 13
June, 1815, but was not again employed until Sept.
1822, on 4 of which month we find him appointed to
the BEHEirrE 18, fitting for the West Indies, where
he removed, 28 June, 1825, to the Ptlades 18, was
appointed, 28 June following, Acting-Captain of the
Isis 50, and was confirmed, 11 Nov. in the same
year, into the Rattlesnake 28. Being paid off on
his return home with the Duke of Manchester, late
Governor of Jamaica, in Sept. 1827, Capt. Leith
remained on half-pay until appointed, 6 Feb. 1837,
to the Seringa pat AM 46, in which frigate he was
again ordered to the West Indies, there to take
charge of the Barbadoes station. On his passage
out lie took with him the Romney 50, destined to
form a depot for liberated negroes at the Havana,
where he succeeded in installing her after encoun-
tering much opposition from the governor. With
the exception of a visit to Jamaica, on the occasion
of Sir John Strutt Peyton being sent home in 1838,
he remained senior officer at Barbadoes until July,
1841, when he sailed for Halifax to recruit his own
health and that of his crew. Before his departure,
however, he had the satisfaction of being presented
with an address and a piece of plate by the inhabit-
ants. He invalided at last from Halifax in Oct.
1841 ; and has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Leith is married, and has issue.
LEITH. (LlBHTENANT, 1815. F-p., 10 ; H-p., 33.)
LocKHART Leith entered the Navy, 24 July,
1804, as Midshipman, on board the Devastation
bomb, Capt. Ales. Milner, and, until discharged in
the following Dec, was employed oflT Boulogne and
in the Downs. Re-embarking, in July, 1806, on
board the Monarch 74, Capt. Rich. Lee, we find
bim, in company with a squadron under Sir Sam.
Hood, at the capture, 25 Sept. following, of four
heavy French frigates from Rochefort, on which
occasion the above ship enacted a very conspicuous
part, compelled La Minerve, of 44 guns and 650 men,
to surrender, and sustained a loss of 4 men killed
and 25 wounded. The Monarch, it appears, was
afterwards employed in blockading the Tagus, in
escorting, towards the close of 1807, the Royal Fa-
mily of Portugal to the Brazils, and in the expedi-
tion to the Walcheren in Aug. 1809. In Dec. 1811
Mr. Leith removed to the Mablbobough 74, Capt.
Matt. Henry Scott, stationed off Flushing and in
the Channel, where he served until Aug. 1812. In
the following month, the latter officer having hoisted
his flag in the Chatham 74, he rejoined him on
board that ship, in which he continued employed,
under Capts. Wm. Lukin and David Lloyd, on the
Home and Cork stations, until July, 1815. He then
took up a commission dated on 10 of the previous
March ; and has not been since afloat.
LEITH. (Commander, 1814. v-v., 16; h-p., 35.)
William Forbes Leith entered the Navy, IS
Deo. 1796, as A.B., on board the Peince George
98, Capt. Wm. Bowen, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Wm. Parker, with whom he continued to
serve, in the Channel, off Cadiz and Lisbon, and in
the Mediterranean, as Midshipman of the Blen-
heim 98, and again of the Pbinoe George, until
Sept. 1799. During the next three years and a half
we find him employed, on the Home station, in the
Amethyst frigate, Capts. Cook, Glynn, and Camp-
bell ; and, on 7 May, 1804, after having for a few
months acted as Lieutenant of the Malta 80, and
Ganges 74, Capts. Edw. BuUer and Thos. Fras.
Fremantle, formally promoted to that rank. His
succeeding appointments were — 19 June, 1804, to
the Nemesis 28, Capt. Philip Somerville, lying at
Plymouth — 16 April, 1805, to the Dbdid 32, in which
frigate, commanded by Capts. Broke, Astley, Ben-
nett, Mackay, Bolton, and Louis, he served for
nearly six years on tbe Cork and Cadiz stations,
and assisted at the capture of Le Pandour national
brig of 18 guns and 114 men — and 30 Sept. 1811, to
the Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, at-
tached to the force in the Mediterranean, whence
he invalided in Jan. 1813. He attained his present
rank 15 June, 1814 ; and has since been on half-
pay.
LEMESUEIEE. (Liedtenant, 1815. p-p., 10;
H-p., 30.)
Edward Le Mesdrier entered the Navy, in
Sept. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Inconstant
36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, in which ship and
in the Diomede 50, and VibTOBY 100, all flag-ships
of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he continued to serve as Mid-
shipman, on the Guernsey station, until April, 1810,
He then joined the Eurtalus 36, commanded off
Toulon by Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas,
and after a short attachment to the Ville de Paris
110, Capt. John Duff Markland, was received, in
March, 1811, on board the TjNrri 36, Capt. Edwin
Henry Chamberlayne ; under whom, on 1 of the
following May, he assisted, in company vrith the
Pomone 38, and Scodt \^j^t the destruction, after
a gallant action of an hour and a half in Sagone
Bay, of the store-ships Giraffe and Nourrice, each
mounting from 20 to 30 guns, and both protected by
a 5-gun batteiy, a martello tower, and a body of
about 200 regular troops. On 29 May in the same
year we find him further contributing to the cap-
ture, at the close of a severe running fight of four
hours, of the 26-gun store-ship La Petsamte, sup-
posed, until the moment of her capture, to be a fully
armed frigate. Removing, in July, 1814, to the
Undaunted 38, Capt. Chas. Thurlow Smith, Mr.
Le Mesurier was present, in that ship, during the
war of 100 days, at the reduction of the Tremiti
LE MEStJRIER-LEMPRIERE— LE NEVE-LENNOCK.
649
isUnds and the cutting out of a convoy from Bar-
letta. On being paid oif in Oct. 1815, he took up a
commission dated on 24 of the preceding March.
His last appointment was, 19 March, 1816, to the
Florida 24, Capts. Wm. Elliott and Chas. Sibthorpe
,Tohn Hawtayne, stationed in the North Sea, where
he was superseded at his own request 16 Oct. 1817.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
LE MESUEIEE. (Lieutenant, 1824. r-p., 16;
H-p., 22.)
Feedekick HENRy Le Mesurier, born 1 Sept.
1795, is brother of Lieut.-General Le Mesurier, late
Governor of Alderney.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Jan. 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Daphne 20, Capt. Philip
Fipon, stationed in the Baltic, where, in the same
ship, and as Midshipman in the Victory 100, bear-
ing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he served until
March, 1812. He then sailed for the East Indies in
the Theban 36, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, which
frigate, when in the China Sea in the following
Sept., had the misfortune to be dismasted in a
typhoon. On his return to England with Capt.
Digby in the Cornwallis 74, Mr. Le Mesurier, in
Oct. 1813, joined the Amphion 32, Capts. Jas. Pat-
tison Stewart and John Brett Purvis, and, until the
close of the American war, was employed at Ber-
muda. For a short period in the summer of 1815,
in May of which year he passed his examination,
we find him on duty at Portsmouth in the Prince
98, Capt. Edm. Boger. Being appointed, in July,
1816, A,dmiralty-Midshipman of the Fury bomb,
Capt. Constantine' Kich. Moorsom, he assisted in
that vessel at the bombardment of Algiers ; after
which, and until confirmed in his present rank, 12
Nov. 1824, he served in the same capacity, and also
as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Severn 40, Capt. Hon.
Fred. Wm. Aylmer, Myrmidon 20, Capt. Robt.
Gambler, Venoeub 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland,
Niemen 28, Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibley, Ramil-
dies 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, Andromache frigate,
Capt. Joseph Nourse, and EspiAgle 18, Capt. Isham
Fleming Chapman — on the Home, Mediterranean,
American, and Cape of Good Hope stations. He
continued to officiate as Lieutenant of the latter
vessel until July, 1825, when, being at the time at
the Mauritius, he was compelled to invalid and re-
turn to England in consequence of the repeated
attacks of a severe complaint which for the last ten
years has completely lp,id him up. From 10 April,
1826, until May, 1827, Mr. Le Mesurier served at
Plymouth in the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir
Jas. Saumarez.
He married, 11 Sept. 1828, Jane Catherine, only
daughter of the late Thos. Cecil MaunselJ, Esq., of
Thorpe Malsor, co. Northampton, by whom he has
issue five sons.
LEMPKIERE. (©ajtailt. 1825.)
George Ourry Lempriere obtained his first
commission 25 May, 1807 ; was advanced to the
rank of Commander 30 Jan. 1813; procured an ap-
pointment to the Trent hospital and receiving ship
at Cork 7 May, 1814 ; acquired the rank of Captain
27 May, 1825 ; and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct.
1846.
Capt. Lempriere has been twice married — the se-
cond time, 10 Aug. 1833, to Frances, daughter of
Wm. Dumaresq, Esq., of Pelham Place, Hampshire.
He has issue.
LE NEVE. (Lieut., 1814. p-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Anselm Peter Le Neve entered the Navy, 25
Deo. 1806, as L. M., on board the Majestic 74,
Capts. Geo. Hart, Valentine CoUard, Matthew
Forster, Fred. Watkins, and Thos. Harvey. While
in that ship, which bore the flag of Vice-Admiral
Thos. Maonamara Russell, we find him present as
Midshipman at the surrender of Heligoland in Sept.
1807, and afterwards employed in escorting the
trade through the Great Belt, where he constantly
came into collision with the Danish gun-boats.
Removing, in Feb. 1810, to the Grampos 50, Capt.
Wm. Hanwell, he accompanied a convoy in that
ship to China ; on his return whence, in Dec. 1811,
he joined the Maidstone 36, Capts. Geo. Burdett
and Wm. Skipsey, with whom, until Dec. 1814, he
served as Master's Mate on the North American sta-
tion. He then took up a commission bearing date
25 July in the latter year ; and was lastly, from 24
Nov. 1815 mitil 6 June, 1816, employed with Capts.
Wm. Skipsey and Edw. Chetham, in the Leandek
50, on Home service. Agent— Joseph Woodhead.
LENNOCK. (Eetired Commander, 1845. f-p.,
19 ; H-p., 35.)
Charles Adam Lennook entered the Navy, in
May, 1793, as Fst.-el. Vol., on board the Veteran
64, Capt. Chas. Edm. Nugent ; and sailed, towards
the close of the same year, with the expedition in-
tended for the reduction of the French West India
Islands. In Aug. 1794, being at the time in the
Santa Margarita 36, Capt. Eliab Harvey, we find
him assisting at the apparent destruction, near the
Penmarcks, of the French 36-gun frigate Vohntaire,
and corvettes Espion and Ahrt. After again serv-
ing with Capt. Nugent, as Midshipman, in the
CssAR 80, and Pompee 74, and with Capt. Eras.
Pickmore in the Royal William, Mr. Lennock, in
March, 1796, joined the Assistance 50, Capt. Henry
Mowat, on the North American station, where he
witnessed the capture, 28 Aug. following, of the
French frigate Elisabeth of 36 guns, and where he
continued to serve as Master's Mate in the Asia 64,
Capt. Robt. Murray, and as Acting-Lieutenant and
Lieutenant (order and commission respectively
dated 16 April and 29 Nov. 1800), in the St. Al-
bans 64, Capt. John Okes Hardy, until the peace
of Amiens. His subsequent appointments were— 28
Oct. 1802, to the Sea Fencibles— 14 Sept. 1804, to
the St. Albans again, Capt. John Temple, on the
Home station — 22 Aug. 1805, to the Standard 64,
Capts. Thos. Harvey, Aiskew Pafiard Hollis, and
Joshua Sydney Horton, in which ship, during a con-
tinuance of five years and a half, he assisted at the
passage of the Dardanells, and the reduction of the
island of Anholdt— 22 April, 1811, to the Bdlwark
74, also commanded by Capt. Horton, and employed
at the defence of Cadiz— and 7 Dec. following, to
the CoLRAGEDX 74, Capt. Philip Wilkinson, sta-
tioned in the Baltic, where he remained until May,
1813. He was placed on the Junior List of Retired
Commanders 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the Senior 11
Sept. 1845.
LENNOCK. ((ffaptain, 1814. r-p., 29 ; h-p., 29.)
George Gdstavcs Lennoce entered the Navy,
in April, 1789, as Captain's Servant, on board the
Blanche frigate, Capt. Robt. Murray, with whom
he was for three years employed in the West Indies,
latterly in the capacity of Midshipman. Returning
to the same station (after he had been for a short
time attached on Home service to the Juno 32,
Capt. Sam. Hood) in the Veteran 64, Capt. Chas.
Edm. Nugent, he there co-operated in the reduction
of the French Islands, and afterwards joined the
BoYNE 98, flag-ship of Sir John Jervis. He was
made Lieutenant, 8 May, 1795, into the Shark
sloop, Capt. John O'Brien, at Newfoundland ; and
was subsequently appointed— 11 Nov. 1795, to the
Assistance 50, Capt. Henry Mowat, under whom
he witnessed the capture, 28 Aug. 1796, of the
French 36-gun frigate Elisabeth, off Cape Henry —
21 April, 1798, to the Resolution 74, bearing the
flag at Halifax of Vice-Admiral Vandeput — 11 Aug.
following, to the Asia 64, Capts. Robt. Murray and
John Dawson, employed, until the peace, on the
same station and in the Baltic and North Sea — 28
Sept. 1802, to the Ambuscade alias Seine 36, Capts.
Hon. John Colville and David Atkins, in one of
whose boats, on his return to the West Indies, he
was severely wounded in an attempt to cut a pri-
vateer out from St. Jago * — and in 1805-6, to the
* He obtained, in consequence, a gratuity from the Patriotic
Society.
40
650
LEROUX— LESLIE.
acting-command of the Shahk, Drake, and Min-
NONNE sloops, on the Jamaica station. While in
the latter vessel Mr. Lennock was confirmed a Com-
mander by commission dated 6 Aug. 1806. He re-
turned to England, after having further had com-
mand of the MoSETTE and Moselle sloops, in Feb.
1809 ; and was next, in Oct. of that year, appointed
to the Raven 16, attached to the force in the North
Sea. On 3 July, 1812, in face of the enemy's fleet
at Flushing, and under the very guns of that enemy's
forts, Capt. Lennock made a dashing attack on 14
brigs (each armed with 3 or 4 long 24-pounders)
and drove three of them on shore. His .quickness,
indeed, in deciding upon this exploit, and his skill
and spirit in executing it, obtained him very high
approbation.* His last appointment was, 21 Jan.
1814, to the EsK corvette, of 20 guns; in which
vessel we find him continuously employed off the
Canary Islands, and in the Channel and South Ame-
rica, until paid off in Deo. 1818. During the ear-
lier part of that period Capt. Lennock (whose Post
commission bears date 4 June, 1814) effected the
capture of the Sine-qud-non American privateer, of
7 guns and 81 men, and fought a smart action, off
Teneriffe, with two other American vessels, the
Grampus and Terpsichore. He accepted the Retire-
ment 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Lennock married, in 1829, Anna, eldest
daughter of J. Walker, Esq., of Crawford Town,
by whom he has issue.
LEROUX. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p.,
17; H-p., 37.)
Fbedehick James Lerodx entered the Navy, in
Nov. 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Charon
hospital-ship, Capt. Geo. Countess, whom, after
sharing in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794, he suc-
cessively followed as A.B., Midshipman, and Mas-
ter's Mate, into the Pegasds 28, D.ffiDALDS 32,
Ethai.ion 38, and Robust 74. In those ships he
served on the North Sea, West India, Channel, and
Cork stations until the commencement of the year
1800 ; and, while in the Ethalion, was present, on
the coast of Ireland, at the capture, 12 Oct. 1798, of
the French 40-gun frigate La Bellone, after a sharp
conflict and a trifling loss to the British. On 25
April, 1800, being at the time a Supernumerary of
the Royal George 100, flag-ship of Lord Bridport,
Mr. Leroux was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the
AsTR^A armee-en-fiute, Capts. Peter Ribouleau and
Alex. Campbell, imder the former of whom he won
the Turkish gold medal for his services in Egypt.
Quitting the AsTEiEA in Dec. 1801, he was subse-
quently appointed— 12 March, 1803, to the Utrecht
64, flag-ship on the Home station of Admirals Mon-
tagu, Fatten, and HoUoway — 31 Deo. 1804, to the
Ramillies 74, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, in which ship
he beheld the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Ma-
rengo 80, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and
40-gun frigate Belle Foule— 17 Sept. and 3 Oct. 1808
(having invalided from the Eamillies in June,
1806), to the Cordelia 10, and Bombay 74, Capts.
Thos. Fortescue Kennedy and Wm. Cuming, on the
Home and Mediterranean stations— 5 Nov. 1809, to
the Fame 74, Capts. Bennett, Hornby, Ferris, and
Bathurst, also in the Mediterranean— and, lastly, 19
Nov. 1811 (eight months after his return to Eng-
land), to the command (which he retained until 6
June, 1814) of the Ganges prison-ship at Plymouth.
He became a Retired Commander on the Junior List
26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the Senior 15 Nov. 1844.
LESLIE. (Reab-Admikal, 1846. r-p., 32 ; h-p.,
22.)
Samdel Leslie, bom in March, 1779, at Rock-
field, CO. Antrim, is son of the late Ven. Edm. Leslie,
Archdeacon of Down, by his second wife, Eleanor,
daughter of Geo. Portis, Esq., of London ; and de-
scends from a noble Hungarian family who settled
in North Britain in 1067. His grand-aunt, Pene-
lope, wife of E. F. Stafford, Esq., was mother of the
first Viscountess Dungannon, and grandmother of
• yide Gaz. 1612, p. 1319.
the late Countess of Mornington, mother of the
Duke of Wellington.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1793, as
Ordinary, on board the Pomona 28, Capt. Henry
d'Esterre Darby ; and until the early part of 1794
was employed, chiefly in the capacity of Midship-
man, in annoying the enemy's coasting-trode, a ser-
vice which frequently brought him under fire of
the batteries on the French shore. During the
next three years we find him cruizing, at first with
Capt. Darby, and then with Capt. Wm. Hotham, in
the Adamant 50,'on the West India, Newfoundland,
and Lisbon stations. On next joining the Impe-
TUEDX 74, Capt. John Willett Payne, Mr. Leslie
served for many months at the blockade of Brest ;
after which, on being again placed under the orders
of Capt. Darby in the Bellerophon 74, he fought
as Master's Mate at the battle of the Nile 1 Aug.
1798. In the summer of 1799, as soon as he had
passed his examination, he was received on board
the FouDROYANT 80, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson,
who, as a reward for his conduct in having volun-
teered in a heavy gale of wind to recover one of the
ship's boats which had broken adrift in Palermo
Bay, nominated him, in the following Nov., Acting-
Lieutenant of the Success 32, Capt. Shuldham
Peard. While in that frigate, to which he was not
confirmed until 16 Oct. 1800, Mr. Leslie served at
the blockade of Malta, assisted at the capture, on
18 Feb. and 24 Aug. in the latter year, of the
French 74-gun ship Xe GeTiereux, and 40-gun frigate
La Diane, and was on board her when she was her-
self taken, 13 Feb. 1801, by a French squadron
under M. Ganteaume. Being soon exchanged, he
joined, in the ensuing May, the Haehlem 64, Capts.
Geo. Burlton, John Stuart, John Geo. Saville, and
— Northey, with whom he continued in the Medi-
terranean until the close of 1802. After a servitude
of two years and five months at Newfoundland and
among £|ie Western Islands, in the Camilla 20, Mr.
Leslie, in Sept. 1803, was appointed to La Chip-
PONNE 36, Capts. Patrick Campbell and John Wain-
wright; which frigate was at first employed in attend-
ance on George IH. off Weymouth, and afterwards
at the blockade of Cadiz, and in the Mediterra-
nean and East Indies. Previously to his depar-
ture for the latter station, Mr. Leslie, it appears,
took part in many cutting-out affairs, and on one
occasion had 2 men kiUed and 3 wounded in a boat
under his immediate orders. In Nov. 1809, being
then Senior of La Chipfonne, he accompanied an
expedition conducted by Capt. Wainwright and
Lieut.-Colonel Lionel Smith against the pirates of
the Persian Gulf. During the attack which was
there made upon Ras-al-Khyma, the stronghold of
the freebooters, he distinguished himself in a very
remarkable manner. In the first place, he burnt,
within twice her own length of the shore, the Mi-
nerva, an English ship, which had some time before
fallen into their hands.* Besides being very active
in the cannonade of the place, he also, with excel-
lent judgment and gallantry, executed, on the north-
ern end of the town, a feint, which had the effect
of facilitating the main attack on the southern end ;
and he then, while the operations of the troops
were in progress, performed much valuable service
with the gun-boats attached to his ship. In the
course of the same day, Nov. 13, he set fire to all
the dows which were afloat in the harbour, and was
of further essential assistance in the re-embarka-
tion of the military. The active and unwearied
nature of Mr. Leslie's services, indeed, was such as
to call forth, togetherwith awarm recommendation
on his behalf for promotion, the strongest expres-
sions of admiration and gratitude from the Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, and a most glowing panegyric
from his own Captain. He was not, however, in
any way rewarded until Jan. 1811, when at length
the Commander-in-Chief promoted him into the
Wilhelmina hospital-ship at Poulo-Pinang — an
appointment which the Admiralty confirmed 1
March following. On 31 July, 1812, exactly four
months after he had been nominated Acting-Captain
• ride Gaz. \S10, p.lOSa.
LESLIE— LESTER-LETCH.
651
of the SiE Fhancis Drake frigate, Capt. Leslie,
who afterwards assumed command of the Malacca
36, VoLAGE 22, and Thebas 36, was officially ad-
vanced to Post-rank. While In the Volaqe we find
him heading a party of seamen belonging to H.M.S.
HussAK, and co-operating, 28 June, 1813, with a de-
tachment of troops under Colonel Watson, in an
attack upon the defences of Sambas, a piratical
state on the western coast of Borneo, where, after
six hours' march in an almost impenetrable jungle,
five batteries were in succession assaulted and car-
ried with the utmost intrepidity. His zeal' and
gallantry in this instance also obtained for him the
congratulations of his senior officer, Capt. Geo.
Sayer, and the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief,
Sir Sam. Hood. He was slightly wounded on the
occasion in each leg. In Sept. of the same year the
Captain, then under the orders of Hon. Geo. Elliot
of the Hussar, with whom was employed a body of
troops under Lieut. -Colonel Macgregor, proved a
chief instrument to the re-estabUshment of the
Nagor Ordeen on the throne of Palambang, pre-
cluding, by the greatness of his expedition and
efforts, and the completeness of the surprise he
produced on the enemy, the possibility of resistance.
Proportionate, of course, were the acknowledgments
of Sir Sam. Hood; to whom, on removing, in Jan.
1814, to the Theean, he became Flag-Captain. He
subsequently commanded a squadron in the Java
seas. He paid the Theban off in April, 1816 ; and
was lastly, from April, 1823, until April, 1832, em-
ployed as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast
Guard. His advancement to the rank he now holds
took place 1 Oct. 1846.
The Kear-Admiral is a Magistrate for co. Down.
He married, in Sept. 1817, Martha, only daughter
of the late Geo. v aughan, Esq., the descendant of
an old English family.
LESLIE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 27.)
Walter Leslie entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1803,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hazard sloop, Capt.
R.J. Neve, stationed in the Channel ; and, in Nov.
1804, removed to the Niobe 40, Capts. Matthew
Henry Scott and John Wentworth Loring, under
the latter of whom, on 28 March, 1806, he witnessed
the capture of the French corvette Le Ne'arque of
16 guns and 97 men. Rejoining Capt. Scott, in the
following July, as Midshipman, in the Dragon 74,
he sailed in that ship for the West Indies ; on his
return whence, in Dec. 1808, he was received on
hoard the Achii,le 74, Capt. Sir Rich. King. After
co-operating in the defence (during the siege of
Cadiz) of Fort Matagorda, where he was wounded,
Mr. Leslie, in July, 1810, became Acting-Lieutenant
of the TiM:fenAiRE 98, bearing the flag on that sta^
tion of Rear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore. He went
back, however, in the following Oct., to a Midship-
man's berth in the Achii>le ; and he was next, from
Feb. 1811 until March, 1813, employed in the North
Sea as Master's Mate of the Maelbokough 74, Capt.
M. H. Scott, and Christian VII. 80, and Impreg-
nable 9&, flag-ships of Admiral Wm. Young, by
whom, for a few weeks in the former year, he was
lent, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Britomart sloop,
Capt. Wm. Buckley Hunt. He then repaired to
the Canadian lakes, where he joined in an attack
on the enemy's army and flotilla, and continued to
serve as Lieutenant (commission dated 24 Aug.
1814) of the P.KiNoE Regent and St. Lawrence,
bearing the broad pendants of Commodore Sir Jas.
Lucas Yoo and Edw. W. C. K. Owen, until Sept.
1815. His last appointment was to the Penguin, a
Falmouth packet, the command of which he re-
tained from 5 Nov. 1841 until Nov. 1846.
LESTER. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 30;
H-p., 17.)
William Lester is brother of Lieut. Jas. Lester,
R.N. (1827), who died in 1844, while commanding
the Lapwing Revenue-vessel.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 April, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 98,
Capts. Albemarle Bertie and Jas. Oughton, bearing
the flag for some time of Sir Andrew Mitchell in
the Channel, where he served until April, 1802 —
the last seven months in the capacity of Midship-
man. Re-embarking, in the following June, on
board the Bittern 18, Capt. Roht. Corbet, he was
at first employed in that vessel in cruizing against
the smugglers on the Yorkshire coast ; after which
he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and there as-
sisted at the capture, 10 Sept. 1803, and 28 April,
1804, of the French privateers La Caille, of 6 guns
and 60 men, and L' Hirondelle, of 14 guns and 80
men— the latter at the close of an arduous chase
with the sweeps during a calm of nearly two days.
After further serving for a short time with Capt.
Corbet in the AmpAitrite frigate, he removed with
him, in June, 1805, to the Seahorse, of 42 guns and
281 men, commanded subsequently by Capt. John
Stewart, under whom, on the night of 5 July, 1808,
we find him contributing to the capture, after a
signally furious engagement, and a loss to the Sea-
horse (30 of whose crew were absent) of 5 men
killed and 10 wounded, of the Turkish man-of-war
Badere Zcfi'er, moimting 52 guns, with a comple-
ment of 543 men, of whom 170 were killed and 200
wounded. The Alls Fezan, of 26 guns and 230 men,
a ship which had been also opposed to the Seahorse,
was at the same time put to flight. Being declared
by his Captain very worthy of promotion for his
conduct on the occasion,'* Mr. Lester was accord-
ingly awarded a commission bearing date 6 of the '
same month, and appointed to the Nettuno 18,
Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne. In the early part of
1809, however, he rejoined the Seahorse, and while
in that ship, in which he remained until 1811, as-
sisted in taking several privateers, co-operated in
the reduction of the islands of Gianuti and Pianoza,
and commanded the boats at the capture of a large
armed merchant-ship on the Roman coast. When
afterwards in the Fdrieuse 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey,
he witnessed the conquest of the island of Ponza
26 Feb. 1813— commanded her boats (having gal-
lantly volunteered to do so), in conjunction with
Tjieut. Walter Croker, at the cutting out, 4 Oct.
following, with a loss to the British of 2 men killed
and 10 wounded, of 14 out of a convoy of 19 vessels,
protected, in the harbour of Marinelo, by the galling
fire of 2 gun-boats, a fort of 2 long 24-pounders,
and a strong fortified tower and castlef — destroyed
a privateer under the batteries of Orbitello — was
again in charge of the boats daring the unsuccessful
attack upon Leghorn — beheld the occupation of
Santa Maria and of the enemy's other forts in the
Gulf of Spezia— and aided at the reduction of Genoa
and its dependencies in March and April, 1814. He
left the FuRiEUSE in Aug. 1815; and was lastly,
from 24 June, 1824, until Jan. 1839, employed as an
Agent for Transports afloat. He accepted his pre-
sent rank 6 Feb. 1846.
When Commander Lester was a Midshipman of
the Bittern, that sloop had her main-topmast and
mizen top-gallantmast carried away in a squall in
the Faro of Messina, in clearing away the wreck
of which he sustained an injury that procured him
on his arrival in' England a pension of 41. This
ceased on his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
but was restored to him in 1843. We may add that
when in the Fubieuse he was on one occasion left
at the island of Milo in charge of 14 sail of prizes.
He is married.
LETCH. (Eetirkd Commander, 1837. r-p., le-
H-p., 33.) '
Chabt.es Letch was born in Nov. 1782.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 July, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dragon 74, Capts. Geo.
Campbell, Fred. Lewis Maitland, John Aylmer, and
Edw. Griffith, in which ship he continued to serve
as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Channel
and also m the Mediterranean (where he attended
the expedition of 1801 to Egypt), until nominated,
m Jan. 180d, Sub-Lieutenant of the Daring gun-
' Vide Gaz. 1808, p. H38.
t V. Gaz. I8I4, p. 123.
402
652
LETHBRIDGE-LETT— LEVELL.
trig, Lieut.-Commaiider Chas. C. Ormsby, then at
Portsmouth. He was made Lieutenant, 19 March,
1805, into the Albacoee sloop, Capt. Major Jacob
Henniker, but, exchanging back a few months after-
wards into the Dkagon, continued in that ship,
which was latterly commanded by Capt. Matthew
Henry Scott, until paid off at the close of 1808. H e
then became First-Ueutenant of the Plover 18,
Capt. Philip Browne, with whom (following him in
J.uly, 1811, into the Herales 20) we find him em-
ployed, on the Home .and South American stations,
until the end of the war. He assisted during that
period at the capture of many privateers, and was
in the Plover in the expedition to the Walcheren,
where he served under the broad pendant of the
present Sir Geo. Cockbnm, who, both personally
and by letter, expressed his acknowledgments for
the meritorious conduct he had displayed. He ac-
cepted his present rank 15 July, 1837. Agehts —
Messrs. Chard.
LETHBEIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1827. f-p., 19;
H-E., 19.)
John Lethbkidge was born 24 Nov. 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Feb. 1809, as
Jst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fkedehickstein 32, Capt.
Joseph Nourse, on the Mediterranean station, where
he followed the same Captain as Midshipman into
.the VoLONTAiRE 38, and continued, latterly in the
HiBERNiA 120, Capt. Edw. Kittoe, until Aug. 1811. ,
He then returned to England with Capt. Kobt.
Waller Otway in the Chmeerland 74 ; and towards
the close of ithe year, having been received on board
the Andromache 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin, proceeded
• off the north coast of Spain. While there he served
at the blockade of St. Sebastian, preparatory to its
■reduction, and, on 23 Oct. 1813, assisted at the cap-
ture of La Trave, of 44 guns and 321 men, which ;
■ ship surrendered, after a short but smart action, '
and a loss of 1 man killed and 28 wounded. In the
■spring of 1814 Mr. Lethbridge participated in the
operations up the Gironde, where, on shore and
afloat, we-find him concerned in the destruction of
a French line-of-bflittle-ship, three brigs of war,
•several smaller vessels, and all the forts and bat-
teries on the north side of the river. In July, 1814,
he removed to the Tana is 38, Capt. Joseph James,
and diu:ing the two following- years was stationed
in the West Indies. Having_ passed his examination
■3 July, 1815, he was next, between -Oct. 1816 and
the period of his advancement to the. rank of Lieu-
tenant 28 April, 1827, employed at Portsmouth,
Plymouth, and the Cape of Good of Hope, and again
-on the Home station, as Admiralty-Midshipman and
Mate, in the Qdeen Charlotte 100, Capt. Edm.
Soger, Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, Tees 26,
Capt. Geo. Eennie, Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'Ciil-
loch, Kacehobse 18, Capt. Wm. Besj. Suckling
(under whom he was wrecked on a reef of rocks,
off Langness Point, Isle of Man, 14 Deo. 1822),
Gannet 18, Capt. Wm. Simpson, and Ramillies
74, Capt. Hugh Pigot. At the period of his pro-
emotion Mr. Lethbridge, who has since.been on half-
jay, was the oldest Mate, as to age, in the service.
.LETHBRIDGE. (Lxeutenant, 1811. f-p., 11;
iH-P., 33.)
Robert Lethbridge entered the Navy, 5 Dec.
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the. Princess Roval
:98, Capts. Jas. Vashon, Herbert Sawyer, and Robt.
Cartbew Reynolds ; of which ship;'stationed m the
Channel, he became Midshipman 7 April, 1804.
.Removing,. in May, 1805, to the UnitI 36,-Capts.
>Chas. Ogle and Pat. Campbell, he was for five
.years and a half employed under those officers on
the Mediterranean station, where — besides assisting,
in May, 1808, at the taking of IlRonco brig of war,
of 16 guns and 100 men, and, in Jime following, at
the simultaneous capture of the Neltuva and Toulie,
•of similar force — he commanded one of six boats
belonging to the Unite and Topaze in an affair
near Toulon, and w as officially commended for his
conduct in defending, in a 10-oared cutter, four
prizes, taken on the occasion, against the subse-
quent attacks of six armed boats. On 29 Oct. 1810,
and 17 Jan. 181 1, he was successively appointed an
acting and a confirmed Lieutenant of the York 74,
Capts. Robt. Barton and Alex. Wilmot Schomberg,
with whom we find him successively employed in
the Mediterranean and North Sea until May, 1813.
His last appointment was, on 9 Nov. in the latter
year, to the Conqhestador 74, Capt. Lord Wm.
Stuart, stationed at first in the Channel and then
in the West Indies, whence he ;returned in Sept.
1814. Agents— Pettet and Newton.
LETT. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Stephen Joshua Lett was born 2 Nov. 1801, at
Ennisoorth.y, co. Wexford.
This officer entered the Navy 15 July, 1815 ;
passed his examination in 1821.; and,. as a reward
for his meritorious services as Mate of the Arachne
18, Capt. Henry Duoie Chads, during the war in
Ava, was made Lieutenant, 26 Dec. 1826, into the
Larne sloop, Capt. Win. Burdett Dobson, with
whom he returned home and was paid off in April,
1827. He has been in charge, since 3 April, 1837,
of a station in the Coast Guard.
LEVELL. (Retiked Commandee, 1847. r-p.,
14 ; H-p., 33.)
Thomas LEVELLwas bom 19 Jan. 1788, at Bildes-
ton, in Suffolk.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 Oct. 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol,, on board the Excellent 74, Capts.
Hon. Robt. Stopford, Robt. Tucker, and John Nash,
with whom he served in the Channel and West In-
dies until May, 1803 — the-last two years in the ca-
pacity of Midshipman. After a short attachment
to the Topaze frigate, Capt. Willoughbj Thos.
Lake, he rejoined Capt. Stopford,.in the course of
the latter year, on board the Spencer 74, in which
ship, commanded subsequently by Capt. John Quil-
liam, he was for upwards of tfive ^years employed.
During that period we find him assisting at the
blockade of Ferrol, Corunna,.and Toulon; uniting
in Lord Nelson's pursuit of the combined fleets to
the West Indies and back ; participating in Sir John
Duckworth's search.atter the celebrated Rochefort
squadron ; present, 6 Feb. 1806,in the action-off St.
Domingo ; escorting General Crawford and. a body
of troops to the Cape of Good Hope-; : and serving
on shore, in the erection of batteries, at the siege of
Copenhagen. Having passed his examination 1
July, 1807, Mr. Levell was nominated, 14 Sept. 1808,
Sub-Lieutenant of the Attack gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander Thos. Swain ; and on 27 Jan. 1809 was
promoted to the full rank of Lieutenant. .Being
then appointed to the Little Belt of 20 gunsand
121 men, Capts. John Crispo and Arthur Batt Bing-
ham, it was his fortune, on 16 May, 1811, to be on
board that sloop in the furious and well-knowmac-
tion fought between her and the American 44-gun
' frigate president, whose fire in half an hour killed
and wounded 32 of the British. He was paid off
from the Little Belt in Sept. 1811 ; and was after-
wards appointed — 25 Jan. 1812, to the Osprey 18,
Capt. Tim. Clinch,iin the boats of which-sloop he
was occasionally, employed up the . river Elbe — 12
Jan. and 28 June,il813, to the Fervent 12, Capt.
Chas. Hope Reid, and Flamek, of. similar force,
' Capts. John Baldwin and Job Hamner, with'.whom
he.served^until put out of commission dn Aug. '1814
—and, lastly, 8 May, 1815, to the command of a
Telegraph .station in the county of Surrey, where he
was relieved in the following March. While in the
Flamer, Mr. Levell was engaged in escorting con-
voys to Gottenborg ; and on one occasion, when off
the Skawe, look command of her boats, and drove
a Danish privateer cutter on shore. He accepted
the rank he now holds 3 Feb. 1847.
Commander Levell is married, and has issue three
sons and two daughters.
LEVEN AND MELVILLE-LE VESCONTE— LEVINGE.
653
LEVEN AND MELVILLE, Earl of, formerly
Viscount Balgonie. (Kear-Admirai, 1846.)
The Right Honourable David Earl ofLeven
AND Melville, bom 22 June, 1785, is eldest son
(by Jane, daughter of John Thornton, Esq., of Lon-
don) of the late Earl, whom he succeeded, as eighth
Earl of Leven and seventh Earl of Melville, 22 Feb.
1820.
This ofSoer attained the rank of Lieutenant 8
Aug. 1806 ; and, while attached to the Ville de
Paris 110, bearing the flag of Lord Collingwood,
was mentioned for his conduct in her boats with
those of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour, at
the capture and destruction, on the night of 31
Oct. 1809, of the French armed store-ship Lamproie
of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and
Grondeur, armed xebec Narmande, and seven mer-
chant-vessels, defended by numerous strong bat>
teries in the Bay of Rosas, after a desperate struggle,
and a loss to the British of 15 killed and 85 wound-
ed.* Although not aware, we believe, of the cir-
cumstance, his Lordship had been awarded a second
promotal commission on 16 of the preceding Sept.
He was posted,after having for some time had com-
mand of the Delight sloop in the Mediterranean,
28 Feb. 1812 ; and advanced to his present rank 1
Oct. 1846.
The Earl married, 21 June, 1824, Elizabeth Anne,
daughter of Sir Arohd. Campbell, Bart., by whom
he has issue three sons and four daughters.
LE VESCONTE. (Commander, 1828.)
Henry Le Vesconte is brother of Commander
Philip Le Vesconte.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 June, 1790, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambridge 74, Capt.
Boger, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Admiral
Graves. He was discharged, in the following Jan. ;
but re-embarked, in March, 1793, on board the
Duke 98, bearing the broad pendant in the West
Indies of Commodore Geo. Murray, and between
the close of that year and the receipt of his first
commission, bearing date 27 Oct. 1800, was em-
ployed on the Home, North American, and Cape of
Good Hope stations, in 12 different ships, in the
capacities of Volunteer, Midshipman, and Acting-
Lieutenant. Joining, then, the •Jamaica 24, Capts.
John Mackellar and Jonas Rose, he shated in that
vessel in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801 ;
and on 21 of the following Aug. took command, in
conjunction vnih Lieut. J as. John Chas. Agassis, of
the boatS'Of a squadron, and gained the praise of
Lord Nelson for his gallantry and zeal at the cap-
ture and destruction, with but slight loss to the
British, of six flat-bottomed gun- vessels which had
been driven on shore near St. Valery, and were
protected by the fire of a body of military and five
field-pieoes.f He invalided from the Jamaica in
Jan. 1804, and was subsequently appointed — 16
June following, to the Naiad 38, Capts. Jas. Wallis
and Thos. Dundas, under the . latter of whom he
fought at Trafalgar, and on that occasion assisted
in extricating the Beeleisle 74. from a perilous po-
sition near the shoals, whither she was fast drifting
— 5 July, 1808, after seven months of half-pay, to
the Raven, sloop, Capt. Jas. Grant, on the Mediter-
ranean station— 1 Feb. 1809, and 18 March aftd 1
Aug. 1811, to the Ville de Paris 110, and, as
First-Lieuteiuint, to the Rodney and Milfokd 74's,
flag-ships in the Mediterranean of Admirals Lord
Collingwood and Thos. Fras. Fremantle— 1 Feb.
1812, to the acting-command, for a few weeks, of
the Epervier slooj), on the same station — and, af-
terwards, to the Queen 74, bearing the flag, also in
the Mediterranean, of the late Sir Chas. Vinicombe
Penrose. He attained his present rank 5 Jan. 1828 ;
and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Le Vesconte is Senior of 1828.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
• ride Gai. 1803, p. 1907. f V.Olz. 1801, p. 1U37.
LE VESCONTE. (Lieutenant, 1841 .)
Henky Thomas Dundas Lb Vesconte entered
the Navy 19 May, 1829 ; passed his examination in
1836 ; and, joining (as Mate of the Calliope) in
the China war, assisted at the destruction of a 20-
gun battery at the back of the island of Anunghoy,
23 Feb. 1841*— served in the boats, on 13 March, at
the capture of several rafts and of the last fort pro-
tecting the approaches to Cantonf — was similarly
employed at the capture of that city on 18 of the
«ame monthj — and, during the second series of hos-
tilities against it, was afresh engaged in the boats
at the destruction, 26 May, of the whole line of
defences, extending about two miles from the Bri-
tish factory. In consequence of these performances
he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by com-
mission dated 8 June, 1841;.S His appointments
have since been — 16 Oct. following, to the Hya-
cinth 18, Capt. Geo. Goldsmith, in the East Indies
—15 June, 1842, to the Clio 16, Capts. Edw. Nor-
wich Troubridge and Jas. Fitzjames, under whom
he was for upwards of two years employed on the
same station and off" the coast of Africa — 17 Dec.
1844, as Senior, to the Superb 74, Capt. Armar
Lowry Corry, attached to the Channel squadron —
and, 4 March, 1845, to the Ebebus discovery-ship,
Capt. Sir John Franklin, in which he is at present
concerned in a renewed attempt to explore the
North-west Passage through Lancaster Sound and
Bering Strait. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
LE VESCONTE. (Commander, 1816. r-p., 21 ;
H-p., 32.)
Philip Le Vesconte is son of Philip Le Vesconte,
Esq., who lost a leg in Earl Howe's action 1 June,
1794, and died Purser of the RoYAi William, flag-
:ship at Spithead, 25 May, 1807. He is brother of
Commander Henry Le Vesconte, R.N.
This officer, entered the Navy, in 1794, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Saturn 74, Capt. Jas. Douglas,
and on 13 July, 1795, was present as Midshipman in
Hotham's partial action with the French fleet off the
Hyeres Islands. He removed, in 1797, to the St.
Alban's 64, Capt. Fras. Pender, and, after serving
for two -years in that ship on the 'Channel and Hali-
fax stations, .joined the Lynx sloop, Capt. Alex.
Skene, attached to the force in the North Sea. On
being received into the Monarch 74, Capt. Jas.
Robt. Mosse, Mr. Le Vesconte bore a part and was
wounded in the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April,
1801 ;|| -in consequence whereof he was promoted,
23 May following, to a Lieutenancy in the Glatton
50, Capts. Wm. Birchall, Wm. Nowell, and John
Ferris Devonshire, stationed in the Baltic, where he
remained until April, 1802. His next appointment
■was, 6 Sept. 1803, to the Magnificent 74, Capt.
Wm. Henry Jervis, in which ship, when forming
part of the in-shore squadron off Brest, it was his
misfortune to be wrecked, during a gale of wind, 25
.March, 1804. On being restored to liberty after
seven years of captivity, we.find him joining, in the
course of 1811, the Leopard 50, annee cm .^Kfe, Capt.
Wm. Henry Dillon, and Elephant 74, Capt. Fras.
Wm. Austen. With the tetter officer he served in
the North Sea and Baltic until May, 1814 ; in Aug.
of 'Which -year he obtained an appointment to the
QuEEM 74, Capts. Lord John Colville and John
Coode, flag-ship for some time of Rear-Admiral
•Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. He returned home from
the Mediterranean in Dec. 1815 ; and has since been
on half-pay. His promotion to the rani; he now
holds took place 7 Nov. 1816.
Commander Le Vesconte is at present Vice-Con-
sul at L' Orient. He is married and has issue.
Agents — Pettet and Newton.
LEVINGE. (Commander, 1845.)
Reginald Thomas John Levinge, bom 20 Oct.
1813, is third son of Sir Rich. Levinge, Bart., of
Knockdrin Castle, go. Westmeath, by Elizabeth
* firfe Gaz. 1841, p. 1497. + V. Gaz. 1841,-0. 1503
t y. Gaz. 1841, p. 1506. ^ v. Gaz. 1841, p. 2512.
B r. Gaz. ,1801, p. 404.
654
LEWIN— LEWIS.
Anne, eldest daughter of Thos. Boothby, first Lord
Radcliffe. One of his brothers, Richard, the eldest,
is a Captain in the Army ; another, George, a Lieu-
tenant in the Koyal Horse Artillery; a third, Au-
gustus, a Lieutenant in the 71st Infantry; a fifth,
Charles, also in the Army ; and, a sixth, Vere Henry,
in the Hon. E. L Co.'s service.
This ofiicer entered the Navy 7 Jan. 1827 ; passed
his examination in 1832 ; obtained his first commis-
sion 18 Oct. 1839 ; and was afterwards appointed —
24 Oct. 1839, as Additional Lieutenant, to the Mel-
ville 72, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Elliot in the East
Indies— 12 Feb. 1840, to the Wolverene 16, Capt.
"Wm. Tucker, on the coast of Africa — 25 Aug. fol-
lowing, to the command of the Buzzard brigantine,
on the same station, whence he returned in 1842 —
17 Jan. 1844, as Senior, to the Volage 26, Capt. Sir
"Wm. Dickson, employed on particular service — and
7 Feb. 1845, to the command of the Dolphin bri-
gantine, of 3 guns, on the south-east coast of Ame-
rica. On 20 Nov. in the latter year we find him
present in the battle of the Parana, where a hard
day's fighting terminated in the destruction, by the
combined squadrons of England and France, of four
heavy batteries belonging to General Rosas at Punta
Obligado, as also of a schooner-of-war mounting 6
guns, and of 24 vessels chained across the river.
The little Dolphin on that day occupied a berth
better suited to a frigate, and was so much exposed
that the Commodore, the present Sir Chas. Hotham,
declared in his public despatch that he sometimes
trembled when he beheld the shower of shot, shell,
grape, and rockets flying over her. The gallantry
of Mr. Levinge was in consequence rewarded with
a Commander's commission dated 18 Nov. 1845.*
He has since been on half-pay.
LEWIN. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
Elisha Lewin entered the Navy 19 April, 1807 ;
passed his examination in 1815 ; and obtained his
commission 22 July, 1830. He has since been on
half-pay.
LEWIN, Kt. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 11 ; h-p.. 28.)
Sib Gregory Allnutt Lewin died 12 Oct. 1845,
at Exeter, aged 51. He was son of Rich. Lewin,
Esq., of Eltham, co. Kent.
'This officer entered the Navy, 24 March, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj.
Hallowell, with whom, on the latter hoisting his flag,
he removed, in Aug. 1811, to the Malta 80, and
continued to serve, as Midshipman and as an Acting
and a confirmed Lieutenant (order and commission
respectively dated 7 Sept. and 23 Dec. 1814), until
Feb. 1815. In the former of those ships, after hav-
ing served in the North Sea, he united, in Oct. 1809,
in the chase which preceded the self-destruction,
near the mouth of the Rhone, of the French ships-
of-the-line liobvste and Lion ; and on becoming at-
tached to the Malta we find him co-operating
with the patriots on the east coast of Spain, where
he assisted at the siege of Tarragona, and at the
capture of the fort of St. Philippe, in the Col de
Balaguer. On his return to England in 1815, Mr.
Lewin attended as a witness the court-martial as-
sembled at Winchester to try Sir John Murray for
the failure of the attack upon Tariagona. He
was lastly, from April in the same year until paid
off in March, 1818, employed in the Royal Sove-
reign 100, and Tonnant 80, as Flag-Lieutenant to
Sir Benj. Hallowell, during that period Commander-
in-Chief at Cork.
Sir G. A. Lewin, who was knighted while in the
Tonnant by the Viceroy of Ireland, Earl Talbot,
on the occasion of that nobleman visiting the naval
establishment at Cork, afterwards went to the bar,
and became a Queen's Counsel. He married, in
1824, Elizabeth Caroline, daughter of Wm. Buller,
Esq., of Maidwell Hall, Northamptonshire, and has
left issue two sons and three daughters. Agent —
r. Dufaur.
LEWIS. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 9 ; h-p.. 32.)
Benjamin Lewis entered the Navy, 15 Dec. 1806,
as A.B., on board the Meleager 36, Capts. John
Broughton and Fred. Warren, employed at first in
the N orth Sea and off Greenland, and then on the
Jamaica station, where he was wrecked, while hold-
ing the rating of Master's Mate, 30 July, 1808.
After serving for nearly five years as Midshipman,
in the West Indies and at Newfoundland, uf the
POLYPHEMOS 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Bartho-
lomew Sam. Rowley, Hyperion 36, Capt. Wm.
Pryce Cumby, and Antelope 50, and Bellekophon
74, bearing the flags of Sir John Thos. Duckworth
and Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, he was nominated, 7
June, 1813, Acting-Lieutenant of the MuROS 12,
Capts. Thos. Saville Griffinhoofe, H. E. Gordon,
Fras. Wemyss, and Geo. Gosling, to which vessel
(being confirmed to her 19 July following) he con-
tinued attached on the South American and Lee-
ward Island stations until Dec. 1815. He has since
been on half-pay.
• Fide Gm. 1846, pp. 815, 817, 861.
LEWIS. (Captain, 1830. r-p., 29; h-p., 29.)
Francis James Lewis is son of the late Lieut-
General Lewis.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1789, as Lieute-
nant's Servant, on board the Andromeda Irigate,
Capt. Salusbury, on the books of which ship he was
borne until 17B0. Becoming Midshipman, in 1793,
of the Hectoe 74, Captain, afterwards Rear- Admi-
ral, Geo. Montagu, he took part in the unsuccessful
attack made, in June of that year, on the island of
Martinique. In July, 1794, we find him joining the
London 98, bearing the fiag of the late Sir John
Colpoys, under whom he was still serving at the
period of the Spithead mutiny. After an attach-
ment to various other ships, he was nominated, in
April, 1804, Acting-Lieutenant of the Wasp 18,
Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer and John Simp-
son ; on board which vessel it was his fortune to be
present in Aug. 1805, when she effected a most gal-
lant escape from the celebrated Rochefort squadron,
compelUng, on the occasion, by the excellent fire of
the only six guns her perilous position had not com-
pelled her to throw overboard, a large frigate and
brig, who for 40 minutes had been engaging her on
each quarter, to give up the pursuit. He was con-
firmed a Lieutenant on 11 of the ensuing month ;
and between that period and May, 1814, he was in
succession employed, on the Home, East India, and
North American stations, in the Hibernia 120,
flag-ship of Admiral Douglas, Mars 74, Capts.
Robt. Dudley Oliver and Wm. Lukin, JEoLus 32,
Capt. Lord Wm. FitzRoy, Decade frigate, Capt.
Stuart, Pallas 32, Capts. Geo. Fras. Seymour and
Hon. Geo. Cadogan, Argus sloop, Capts. Stuart and
Bott, Malacca 36, Capts. Wm. Butterfield and
Sam. Leslie, Modeste 36, Capt. Jas. Coutts Craw-
ford, and Satdun 56, Capt. Jas. Nash. While in
the Mars, he contributed to the capture, 28 July,
1806, of ie Rhinj of 44 guns and 318 men, and was
with Sir Sam. Hood's squadron on 25 Sept. in the
same year at the taking, off Rochefort, of four heavy
French frigates, two of which, the Gloire 46, and
Infatigahle 44, struck to the Mars. During his
servitude in the Pallas he witnessed Lord Coch-
rane's destruction of the French shipping in Basque
Roads, and co-operated in the siege of Flushing.
In Aug. 1814 he obtained an appointment to the
Albion 74, flag-ship in the Chesapeake of the pre-
sent Sir Geo. Cockburn ; upon being appointed
Signal-Lieutenant to whom in the Northumber-
land 74, we find him escorting Napoleon Buona-
parte to St. Helena; where, from March to Aug.
1816, he held the acting-command of the Julia 14.
He next, in Nov. 1819, joined the Vigo 74, flag-ship
on the Leith and St. Helena stations of Rear-Admi-
rals Robt. Waller Otway and Robt. Lambert, mth
whom he continued until advanced to the rank of
Commander 29 Jan. 1821. His last appointment
was, 12 May, 1827, to the Ocean 80, Capt. Patrick
Campbell, then stationed as a guard-ship at Ply-
mouth, but afterwards employed in withdrawing the
LEWIS.
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British troops from Portugal, and finally attached
to the force in the Mediterranean, whence he re-
turned home and was paid off in May, 1830. Capt.
Lewis was advanced to Post-rank 22 July following.
He married, 3 Feb. 1831, Anne, second daughter
of the late Wm. Land, Esq., of Hayne House, Sil-
verton.
LEWIS. (Retired Commander, 1839. f-p., 19;
H-p., 30.)
Frederick Lewis entered the Navy, 28 July,
1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol,, on board the Discovery
bomb, Capt. John Dick, lying at Sheemess ; and on
removing, in the following Dec, to the Champion
24, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, was for some
time most actively employed in the North Sea,
where he assisted at the capture, 28 June, 1799, of
L'Anacre'on, a notorious French privateer, of 16
guns and 12.5 men. In Dec. of the latter year he
became Midshipman of the Pomp^e 74, Capt. Chas.
Stirling, under whom he was afforded an opportu-
nity of sharing in the action off Algeciras 6 July,
1801. He was next, for several months of 1802,
stationed in the West Indies on board the Magni-
ficent 74, Capt. John Giffard ; after which we find
him, in 1803, proceeding to the East Indies in the
BossELt 74, Capt. Robt. Williams, and on 9 March,
1805, promoted, from the Trident 64, flag-ship of
Kear-Admiral Peter Rainier, to an Acting-Lieute-
nancy in the Wilhelmina frigate, Capts. Hon.
Alex. Cochrane and Chas. Foote. From that vessel,
to which he had been confirmed 29 Jan. 1806, he
followed Capt. Foote, in May, 1808, into the Pii-
montaise 38. Ho invalided from India in Dec.
1809; and was subsequently appointed— 27 April,
1811, and 3 Feb. 1812, to the Hannibal 74, and
Christian VII. 80, flag-ships in the Baltic and
North Sea of Rear- Admiral PhiUp Chas. Durham —
17 April, 1813, to the Ulysses 44, Capt. Thos.
Browne, under whom he escorted the army under
Sir Thos. Graham to the Scheldt and a convoy to
Jamaica— 8 Oct. 1814, to the Sybille 44, Capt.
Thos. Forrest, employed among the Western Islands
—in June, 1815, to the direction of the Telegraph
at the Admiralty— and, in May, 1816, to the com-
mand of the Hound Revenue-vessel, in which he
remained until superseded in May, 1819. He ac-
cepted his present rank 4 April, 1839.
The Commander is married, and has issue.
LEWIS. (Lieutenant, 1832.)
George Wenham Lewis entered the Navy in
1815, on board the Swiptsdre 74; passed his exa-
mination in 1823 ; and was promoted to the rank he
now holds 8 Jan. 1832. He has not been since em-
ployed.
Lieut. Lewis is Senior of 1831.
P. Miuspratt.
Agent — John
LEWIS. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 13; h-p., 33.)
Henry Lewis (a) entered the Navy, 24 Sept.
1801, as A.B., on board the Diana 38, Capts. John
Poo Beresford and Thos. Jas. Maling, of which fri-
gate, successively stationed in the Mediterranean,
Channel, and West Indies, he became Midshipman
in the following Oct., and Master's Mate in May,
1805. On 3 Feb. 1806, being at the time prize-
master on board a detained American brig, he had
the misfortune to be taken prisoner by a French
privateer off the Scilly islands, and carried to
France. He effected his escape in Dec. 1809, and,
attaining the rank of Lieutenant 10 Feb. 1810, was
Afterwards appointed in that capacity— in the course
of the same month, to the Resolution 74, Capt.
Hardy, stationed in the Baltic— 12 Jan. 1811, to the
CONQUESTADOR 74, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, with
whom he was for two years employed in the North
Sea and Channel— and, 8 Oct. 1813, to the Orontes
36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane. In the latter
ship he served on the Irish and West India stations,
and again in the Channel, until Sept. 1815. He has
since been on half-pay.
LEWIS. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.)
Henry Lewis (4) entered the Navy, 27 April,
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol, on board the Amethyst fri-
gate, Capts. Alex. Campbell and John Wm. Spran-
ger employed in the North Sea and Baltic ; and in
May, 1805, became Midshipman of the Diomede 50,
Capts. Hugh Downman and Joseph Edmonds. On
his return to England in the summer of 1807, after
having witnessed the reduction of the Cape of Good
Hope and the operations against Buenos Ayres and
Monte Video, he joined the Bkunswick 74, Capt.
Thos. Graves, and forthwith accompanied the ex-
pedition to Copenhagen under Admiral Gambler.
Between Dec. of the same year and the date of his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 Feb. 1815,
Mr. Lewis was successively employed, the latter
part of the time as Master's Mate, on board the
MiNOTAOR 74, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith,
Africa and Stately 64's, Capts. Loftus Otway
Bland, Geo. Fred. Ryves, Edw. Stirling Dickson,
and Chas. Bateman, Impetueux 74, Capt. Bateman,
Eridahus 36, Capt. Henry Prescott, Cekes 32,
Capt. Jas. Prevost, and Scamandeb 36, Capt. Gil-
bert Heathcote. The Stately was attached to the
force engaged in the defence of Cadiz ; the other
ships occupied on the Home station. Since his
promotion Mr. Lewis has been on half-pay.
LEWIS. (Lieut., 1838. F-p., 28; h-p., 13.)
Richard Fellowes Lewis, bom 16 March, 1799,
is nephew of the late Lieut. John Lewis, R.N., a
protege of the Duke of Kent, who was First-Lieute-
nant of H. M. S. Ariadne in 1806, and lost his life
in the service of his country.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Jan. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Babfleur 98, Capts.
Joseph Sydney Yorke, Donald M'Leod, Sam. Hood
Linzee, and Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. During
an attachment of nearly six years to that ship we
find him serving at the blockade of Lisbon, escort-
ing the Russian Rear-Admiral Seniavin's squadron
to England after the convention of Cintra, assisting
as Midshipman at the embarkation of the army
after the battle of Corunna, and employed on boat-
duty in the river Tagus during the occupation of
the lines of Torres Vedras by Lord Wellington's
army. He was next, between June, 1812, and Dec.
1815, stationed at the Cape of Good Hope and
St. Helena on board the Minden 74, Capt. Alex.
Skene, Lion 64, Capt. Henderson Bain, and Med-
WAY 74, Capt. Augustus Brine ; and while in the
last-mentioned ship he assisted at the capture, after
an eight hours' chase, of the United States brig
Syren of 18 guns. In Jan. 1816 Mr. Lewis was ap-
pointed Chief Clerk to the Master Attendant at the
Naval Arsenal at the Cape of Good Hope ; in which
capacity and that of Chief Clerk to the Comptroller
of Customs he continued to ofSciate until Nov. 1820.
Re-embarking in Feb. 1822, he served for four years
and ten months, on the Home and South American
stations, in the Pioneer schooner, Lieut.-Com-
mander Thos. Favill, Northumberland 74, Spar-
tiate 76, and Cambridge 82, all commanded by
Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, and Gloucester 74, Capt.
Joshua Sydney Horton. He left the latter ship in
Dec. 1827, and, having passed his examination in
Jan. 1823, was employed during the ten following
years as Chief Mate in the Tartar and Camelion
Revenue-cruizers ; in which he proved instrumen-
tal to the capture of 967 tubs of spirits and to the
destruction of 2917 tubs, as also of eight ves-
sels and boats. When in pursuit, on one occasion,
of a smuggler, he was severely wounded in the right
hand. His zeal and activity at length procuring
him a commission dated 29 Jan. 1838, he was ap-
pointed, on 25 May in that year, to a Lieutenancy
in the Tribune 24, Capt. Chas. Hamlyn Williams,
and ordered to the Mediterranean, where he had
the misfortune to be wrecked, near Tarragona, 28
Nov. 1839. He then returned home on board the
Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Ronton Sharpe ; and was
lastly, from 2 March, 1840, until superseded at his
own request in 1841, employed in the Coast Guard.
When in the Cambridge, on the South American
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LEWIS— LEWORTHY-LEY-LEYCESTER.
station, he saved at different times the lives of two
seamen, although at the hazard of his own.
From every Captain with whom he served Lieut.
Lewis had the satisfaction of receiving the most
flattering testimonials. He married, 12 June, 1830,
Miss Eliza Watson, and by that lady has issue a son
and three daughters.
LEWIS. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 23; h-p., 15.)
Thomas Arundel Lewis entered the Navy, 13
June, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nemesis
28, Capt. Wm. Ferris, stationed in the Baltic ; and
on becoming Midshipman of the Pallas 32, Capt.
Geo. Paris Monke, was wrecked in that frigate, off
St. Abb's Head, 18 Deo. 1810. He then joined the
Laurel 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, with
whom he served until again wrecked, on the Govi-
vas Rock, in the Teigneuse passage, 31 Jan. 1812.
After an attachment of two years to the Pomone
frigate, Capts. Fras. Wm. Fane and Philip Carte-
ret, on the Newfoundland and Lisbon stations, Mr.
Lewis, in Feb. 1814, was received on board the
TiLLE DE Paris 110, flag-ship in the Channel of Sir
Harry Burrard Neale ; and towards the close of the
same year, having removed to the Bedford 74,
Capt. Jas. "Walker, he accompanied the expedition
to New Orleans. He was next, from Sept. 1815 to
Aug. 1818, employed on the coast of Africa in the
Inconstant and Semiramis frigates, bearing each
the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo. During
the two years which immediately succeeded his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 June, 1821,
we find him borne on the books of the Bulwark
74, commanded in the river Medway by Capt.
Warren, and Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch,
lying in the Downs. His appointments have since
been — 9 April, 1823, again to the Bulwark, Capt.
Thos. Dundas, stationed at the time at Plymouth —
27 Dec. 1825 and 31 March, 1826, to the Superb 78,
and Melville 74, guard-ships at Portsmouth, both
commanded by Capt. Henry Hill — 12 Sept. 1826, to
the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, with
whom, until paid off in Jan. 1829, he participated
in various services— and 9 May, 1842, to the com-
mand (which he still retains) of the Crane 6, on the
Falmouth station. Agent — Fred. Dufaur.
LEWIS. (Retired Commander, 1837.)
William Lewis (b) entered the Navy, in the
summer of 1796, as A. B., on board the Overyssel
64, commanded in the Downs by Capt. Wm. Bowen,
with whom, until the peace of Amiens, he further
served, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, In the
ViLLE DE Paris 110, Blenheim and Prince George
98's, flag-ships of Sir Wm. Parker, and Caroline
frigate, on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations.
After an employment of exactly two years, at home
and on the north coast of Spain, in El Corso,
Lieut.-Commander Joshua Kneeshaw, Illustrious
74, Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, and Northumber-
land 74, flag-ship of Hon. Alex. Inglis Cochrane,
he was made Lieutenant, 23 March, 1805, into the
St. George 98, Capts. Hon. Slichael De Courcy and
Thos. Bertie, with whom he was employed, it ap-
pears, in the Channel until Jan. 1808. From the
following May until Jan. 1815 he officiated as
Agent for Transports Afloat on the Lisbon Embassy
station ; and he afterwards discharged the duties of
Agent at Cork. In 1809 Mr. Lewis assisted in fit^
ting out the fire-ships intended for the destruction
of the French squadron in Basque Roads. He ac-
cepted the rank of Commander 23 Oct. 1837. Agents
— Messrs. Stilwell.
was lastly, from 10 July, 1834, until the early part
of 1837, employed on that station in the Thunderer
84, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise.
LEWOKTHY. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 35 ; h-p., 9.)
Henky Leworthy was born 23 Feb. 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 July, 1803, as
Ordinary, on board the Gkappler gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander Abel Wantner Thomas ; and on 31 of
the following Dec. was wrecked on the Res de
Chausey, near Granville ; after sustaining a despe-
rate engagement with an overwhelming force sent
from which place to effect their capture, Mr. Le-
worthy and his companions were compelled to sur-
render and were taken prisoners to Verdun. In
consideration of the distinguished bravery they had
shown on the occasion. Napoleon Buonaparte in the
course of a short time ordered the swords of all the
officers to be restored to them, and that they should
be allowed to wear them during the remainder of
their captivity. After he had been for more than
ten years in bondage, and had undergone incon-
ceivable hardships in three thwarted attempts at
escape, Mr. Leworthy at length, in the early part
of 1814, succeeded in accomplishing a flight. He
was then for upwards of two years employed on the
American and Home stations in the Akbae 50,
Capts. Jas. John Gordon Bremer and John Pasco;
and on 14 Nov. 1816 he was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant. His appointments have since been
— 21 Oct. 1825, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernu-
merary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm.
Jas. Mingaye — II July, 1831, to the command of the
Hawke Revenue-vessel — and 30 June, 1834, to the
Coast Guard Service, in which he still continues.
On 7 Dec. 1840, at the hazard of his life and of his
boat's crew, the Lieutenant rescued 8 persons from
the French brig L' £sperajice, which vessel was in
fifteen minutes dashed to pieces against the rocks
at the entrance of Salcombe Harbour. Agents —
Goode and Lawrence.
LEY. (Lieutenant, 1813.)
George Ley entered the Navy, in July, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Barfledr 98, Capt.
Joseph Sydney Torke, attached to the Channel
fleet. Removing as Midshipman, in June, 1807, to
the Brunswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves, he attended
the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen, and then re-
turned to the Channel ; where, and in the North
Sea, he served from May, 1808, until promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant, 6 Dec. 1813, on board the
Christian VII. 80, and Impregnable 98, flag-ships
of Sir Edward Pellew and Admiral Wm. Young.
While in the Christian VII., during the years
1809-10, we find him assisting at the destruction of
several convoys under the batteries on the coast of
France. His next appointments were — 14 Feb. 1814,
to the Hope 10, Capts. Edward Saurin and Henry
Fyge Jauncey, with whom he was employed on home
service until paid off in Oct. 1818 — and 18 April, 1829,
to the Ordinary at Sheemess, where he remained un-
til July, 1831. He is now on Quarantine duty.
LEWIS. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
William Lewis (5) entered the Navy 5 Dec.
1810 ; passed his examination in 1817 ; and was
promoted, 18 Oct. 1826, into the Menai 26, Capt.
Houston Stewart, on the Halifax station, whence he
returned to England and was paid off in the follow-
ing Dec. On 18 Nov. 1833 he became Additional
Lieutenant of the Britannia 120, bearing the flag
of Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean ; and be
LEYCESTER. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Edmund Mortimer Leicester is third son of
Geo. Hanmer Leycester, Esq., of White Place, co.
Berks, by Charlotte Jemima, youngest daughter of
the late Hans Wintrop Mortimer, Esq., of Caldwell,
CO. Derby, M.P. for Shaftesbury, who married a
granddaughter of the Duke of Hamilton.
This officer entered the Navy 9 Oct. 1825; passed
his examination 2 July, 1834; and at the period of
his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took
place 23 Nov. 1841, was serving in the Mediterra-
nean as Mate on board the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir
David Dunn. His appointments have since been,
on the same station — 30 Nov. 1841, to the Indus 78,
Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling— 21 Dec. 1843, to the Orestes
18, Capt. Edw. St. Leger Cannon— 13 Dec. 1845, as
Additional, to the Hibernia 104, flag-ship of Sir
Wm. Parker — and, 4 June, 1846, to the Bonetta
surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Saumarez Brock, un-
liardet;
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der whom he Is now employed. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
LIARDET. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 25;h-p., 13.)
Fkanois Liardet, born 14 June, 1798, at Chel-
sea, CO. Middlesex, is eldest son of John Liardet,
Esq., by the Lady Perpetue Catherine de Paul de
Lamanon d'Albe; and brother of Lieut. Wm.
Liardet, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 June, 1809, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Mercury 28, Capt. Hon.
Henry Duncan, with whom he sailed for the Medi-
terranean. On next joining, in March, 1810, the
Belvidera 36, Capt. Rich. Byron, he cruized for
some time off the coast of Africa ; and on being
then ordered to North America, was slightly
\vounded, as Midshipman, on the occasion of the
Belvidera's celebrated escape from a powerful
squadron under Commodore Rodgers, after a long
running fight and a loss of 2 men killed and 22
wounded, 23 June, 1812. Besides participating in
much active boat-service he beheld the subsequent
capture and destruction of the privateers Bunker's
Sill of 7, and Mars of 15 guns; and from the pay-
ing off of the Belvidera in Oct. 1814 until Oct.
1816, he served in the West Indies as Midshipman
and Master's Mate of the Warrior 74, flag-ship of
Rear- Admiral John Erskine Douglas, and Forester
16, Capt. Wm. Hendry. After an unemployed in-
terval of three years and a half, Mr. Liardet, in
May, 1821, joined the Hyperion 42, Commodore
Jas. LilUcrap, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope ;
whence he ultimately returned to the West Indies,
and was there appointed, 30 Jan. 1823, Senior Mate
of the Union schooner, commanded at first by
Lieuts. Jas. Marriott and Wm. Henderson, and
then by himself. During the next 15 months we
find Mr. Liardet evincing a conspicuous degree' of
bravery, skill, and perseverance in the suppression
of piracy, and on one occasion, 25 July, 1823, re-
ceiving two severe gun-shot wounds ; long before
his recovery from which he resumed the active
duties of his profession. As a reward for these
services he was officially promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 18 March, 1824, and appointed to the
command of the Lion, another schooner. Con-
tinuing his zealous exertions in that vessel, he suc-
ceeded in destroying several piratical estabUsh-
ments on the coast of Cuba — retook (at the same
time that he captured nine piratical vessels) the
French ship Calypso, which was loaded and brought
off the shoals, under circumstances of the greatest
difficulty — and made prize of a slaver. He was
afterwards, as First-Lieutenant, appointed — 28 Feb.
1827, to the Peochis 10, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walde-
grave, in which sloop he appears to have been in
attendance on the Duke of Clarence during two
successive summers — 24 Sept. 1828, to the Jasedr
18, Capts. John Lyons, Fras. Harding, and Archi-
bald Sinclair, under whom he served for four years
at the Cape of Good Hope— 16 March, 1833, to the
Snake 16, Capt. Wm. Robertson, employed for the
suppression of slavery on the South American sta-
tion— and 12 Aug. 1835, to the Cleopatra 26, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Grey, in which he escorted the Countess
of Durham and suite to St. Petersburg, then re-
turned to South America, and eventually conveyed
the Marquess of Clanricarde as Ambassador to the
former court. Having attained the rank of Com-
mander 28 .lune, 1838, Capt. Liardet, who did not
take up his commission until paid off in the follow-
ing Nov., was next, 12 Jan. 1839, appointed to the
Second-Captaincy of the Powerful 84, Capt. ClTas.
Napier. For his services during the war in Syria,
where he was in command of the Powerful during
the period of Sir C. Napier's absence on shore, and
assisted in the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre,
he was promoted to Post-rank 4 Nov. 1840. He
has been on half-pay since Jan. 1841.
The heroism displayed by Capt. Liardet in fre-
quently perilling his existence for the preservation
of others — a quality as indicative of a chivalrous
spirit as the proudest deed of arms — has rendered
him an ornament and a boast even to his own noble
profession. We offer no apology, therefore, for
pausing to record the following facts:— It was
late on an evening in Aug. 1816, the Forester
being at the time in Portsmouth Harbour, that the
cry was raised of " A man overboard ! " The next
instant, Mr. Liardet, plunging in, was by the
side of the drowning man : but so strong was the
tide then running, that 20 minutes elapsed before a
boat could reach them, by which time they had
both been carried under the side of a distant vessel,
and were on the verge of sinkinjg. On another
occasion, 12 Jan. 1829, being on his passage to the
Cape of Good Hope in the Jaseur, he again, in a
fresh breeze and heavy sea, sprang overboard, and
snatched from the deep a seaman who had fallen
from the maintopsail-yard. In the following Sept.,
the same ship being IbO miles off the east coast of
Africa, going at the rate of seven knots an hour,
with studding-sails set, Mr. Liardet, although the
Jaseur had been surrounded with sharks during
the whole day, a third time dashed into the sea, to
the rescue of a Midshipman. A fourth, a fifth, and
even a sixth time, did this meritorious officer
equally distinguish himself. He was also in 1830,
as on other similar occasions, the chief instrument,
by his nautical skill and intrepid conduct, of saving
a French merchant-brig from almost inevitable de-
struction, near '1 amatave, in the island of Mada-
gascar. It is needless to add that his gallantry has
been deservedly rewarded by several medallions
from the Royal Humane Society ; and that he has
received the thanks of those who have benefited
by his single-minded and generous exertions. Capt.
Liardet married, 11 Oct. 1842, Caroline Anne, wi-
dow of the late Lieut. John Jervis Gregory, R.N.,
and sister of the present Sir Edm. Fihner, Bart.,
M.P. for the Western Division of Kent, by whom
he has issue two daughters and one son. Agents
— Messrs. Ommanney.
LIARDET. (LiE0T., 1814. f-p., 12 f h-p., 29.)
William Liardet, born 29 Sept. 1794, is brother
of Capt. Fras. Liardet, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Nov. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Redwing 18, Capts.
Thos. Ussher, Edw. Augustus Down, and Sir John
Gordon Sinclair, under whom he successively served,
on the Mediterranean station, a great part of the
time as Midshipman and Master's Mate, until Aug.
1814. During that period he took part, 20 April,
1807, in a very spirited action with a division of
Spanish gun-boats and several batteries near Ca-
britta Point, in which the British lost 3 men killed
and 4 wounded ; and while absent, on one occasion,
in a detained vessel, he was taken prisoner. On 31
March, 1813, having rejoined the Redwing, he wit-
nessed the capture and destruction of two strong
batteries and 14 sail of vessels at Morjean; where,
in charge of a cutter, he subsequently, on 2 May,
co-operated with the boats of the Undaunted, Vo-
lontaiee, and Repulse, in cutting out a well-pro-
tected convoy. In the course of the following sum-
mer he commanded one of four boats at the capture
of a merchantman under some batteries near Mar-
seilles ; and he also, on 18 Aug., served, with the
Redwing's two cutters under his orders, in abrilliant
attack on the batteries at Cassis, where, after sus-
taining a loss of 4 men killed and 16 wounded, the
British succeeded in capturing two heavy gun-boats
and 26 vessels laden with merchandize, two of which
were brought out by Mr. Liardet himself. Indeed,
during the whole term of his attachment to the
Redwing, the last two yeors of which he had charge
of a watch, Mr. Liardet proved instrumental to
the capture of a large number of merchantmen and
privateers, was engaged in nearly every boat and
battery affair in which that ship was concerned,
and, in whatever service employed, always distin-
guished by a " degree of zeal and activity highly
creditable." We may add that, including the occa-
sion above alluded to, he twice fell into the hands
of the enemy, although in both instances he was
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LIBBY— LIDDELL— LIDDON.
speedily released. After he had further served,
still in the Mediterranean, as Admiralty Midship-
man of the Granicus 36, Capt. "Wm. Furlong Wise,
and Elizabeth 74, Capt. Gardner Henry Gulon,
he there became, 31 Oct. 1814, Acting-Lieutenant
of the Jaspek 10, Capt. Thos. Carew, to which
vessel he was confirmed 23 Dec. following. Invo/-
liding home in Feb. 1815, he was next, from 5 Jan.
1816 until 3 Oct. 1818, employed, latterly as First-
Lieutenant, on board the Perseus 22 and Tamar
26, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Kich. Toker,
on the Newfoundland station. He has been in
charge since 29 Sept. 1846 of a station in the Coast
Guard.
He married, 13 Oct. 1836, Adeline Ehza, young-
est daughter of the late Thos. Pinnock, Esq., of
Jamaica, and has had issue two sons and one daugh-
ter. The eldest son, "William Francis, died at the
Royal Naval School, 22 April, 1846, in his ninth
year. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
LIBBY. (Eetibed Commander, 1839. f-p., 13 ;
H-p., 45.)
Edward Libbt entered the Navy, 21 May, 1789,
as a Volunteer, on board the Cumberland 74,
Capt. John Macbride, and was employed, until Sept.
1791, on the Home and West India stations, chiefly
in the capacity of Midshipman. Re-embarking, 19
Dec. 1792, on board the Loivestoffe frigate, he
was for three years and a half in that vessel on the
Mediterranean station, under Capts. Wolseley, Cun-
ningham, Middleton, and Plampin ; after which
he joined the VicTORr 100, bearing the flag of Sir
John Jervis, and on 8 Feb. 1797 was appointed
Acting-Lieutenant of the Blenheim 98, Capt. Thos.
Lennox Frederick. For his conduct in the latter
ship in the action off .Cape St. Vincent, where he
was wounded,* he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 22
March following, in the Dolphin 44, Capts. Rich.
Retalick, Robt. Williams, Josiah Nisbet, Jas. Bay-
ley, Philip Beaver, and Jas. Dalrymple, with whom
he served on the Lisbon, Mediterranean, and Home
stations, until Dec. 1800. He then joined the
Athenxenne 64, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, in
which ship he returned to England from the Medi-
terranean at the peace ; and he was lastly, from
Nov. 1804, until the close of 1805, employed in the
Channel and North Sea on board the Sulphur
bomb, Capt. Matthews, and Namur 74, Capt. Law-
rence Wm. Halsted. In compensation of his wound
the Commander was presented with a grant from
the Patriotic Fund. He was placed on the Junior
List of Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on
the Senior 20 March, 1839.
LIDDELL. (LiEDT., 1822. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 22.)
James Liddell entered the Navy, 23 July, 1812,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Clarence 74, Capts.
Henry Vansittart and Fred. Warren, attached to
the Channel Fleet; and in Oct. 1814 became Mid-
shipman of the Queen 74, bearing the flag of the
late Sir Chas. Vinicombe Penrose in the Mediter-
ranean ; where, until May, 1819, he continued to
serve, in the Partridge sloop, Capt. John Miller
Adye, and Albion 74, Capt. John Coode. In the
last-mentioned ship he assisted at the bombard-
ment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816, and was again em-
ployed under the flag of Sir C. V. Penrose. In the
summer of 1821, after he had been for 18 months
borne on the books of the Bulwark 74, com-
manded at Chatham by Capts. Sam. Warren, Fras.
Newcombe, and Alex. Skene, Mr. Liddell sailed for
South America in the Aurora 46, Capt. Henry
Prescott. On his arrival on that station he was
nominated, in the following Sept., Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Alackitv sloop, Capt. Hon. Fred.
Spencer; of which vessel, in April, 1822, he became
Acting-Master. He went back, a few weeks after-
wards, to the Aurora, in the capacity of Acting
Second-Master ; w^as awarded a commission on 26
of the ensuing Aug. ; and, with the exception of
three months in the same year, during which period
* Fide Gaz. 1797, p. 212.
he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. Mas-
terman Hardy, remained in the Aurora until her
return to England in Feb. 1825. He has since been
on half-pay.
LIDDON. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 16; h-p., 27.)
Matthew Liddon entered the Navy, 3 May, 1804,
as Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Lily 18, Capts. Geo.
Morrison and Donald Campbell, and sailed for the
West Indies, where, when Midshipman in charge of
a prize, he had the misfortune to be captured by
two French privateers, and taken to Cumana. From
that place, however, he contrived in the dead of
night to effect his escape by swimming oflT with
10 or 12 companions to a schooner in the harbour,
the crew of which, after a struggle, were secured.
Having returned to England, and been, in Aug.
1806, received on board the Pheasant 18, Capt.
John Palmer, Mr. Liddon accompanied the expedi-
tion under Sir Sam. Auchmuty to the Rio de la Plata,
where, in Feb. 1807, he served on shore at the
storming of Monte Video. While next attached,
between Dec. 1808 and Feb. 1811, to the Thames
32, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, on the
Mediterranean station, he participated in a variety
of detached operations, and, on 25 July, 1810, was
oflicially alluded to for his conduct in her boats,
with those of the Pilot and Weasel sloops, at the
very gallant capture and destruction, notwithstand-
ing a most spirited opposition, of 31 transports, 7
large gun-boats, and 5 armed vessels.* On leaving
the Thames we find him acting for two months as
Lieutenant of the Herald 20, Capt. Geo. Jackson,
and during that period commanding her boats in
an expedition on the coast of Italy conducted under
the directions of Capt. John Toup Nicolas of the
Pilot. On the day on which the latter occurrence
took place Mr. Liddon saved the life of a man by
jumping overboard after him. Being confirmed in
the rank of Lieutenant 3 May, 1811, he took a pas-
sage home, as soon as he had received his commis-
sion, on board the Cumberland 74, Capt. Robt.
Waller Otway, from the poop of which ship, while
passing rapidly through the water, with all her can-
vass spread, he again dashed into the sea for the
same humane purpose as before. On 6 of the fol-
lowing Nov. he obtained an appointment to the
Maidstone 36, Capt. Geo. Burdett, with whom he
served at first in the Channel and then in North
America. On 8 Feb. 1813, being at the time in the
Chesapeake, he took command of the Maidstone's
barge, and assisted the boats of a squadron under
Lieut. Kelly Nazer in capturing, after a most de-
termined resistance, the Lottery letter-of-marque,
of 6 12-pounder carronades and 28 men — an exploit
which was acknowledged by the especial thanks of
Rear-Admiral Cockburn. He next, on 3 April fol-
lowing, accompanied a brilliant boat expedition 15
miles up the Rappannock river, where, acting, in
the Maidstone's launch, in conjunction with Lieut.
Geo. Bishop in the Statira's large cutter, he most
gallantly boarded and carried the Dolphin schooner,
of 12 guns and 98 men.t On 8 April, 1814, hav-
ing further accompanied a detachment of six boats
under Capt. Rich. Coote to the neighbourhood of
Pettipague Point, on the river Connecticut, he there
contributed to the destruction of 27 of the enemy's
vessels, three of which were heavy privateers, and
the aggregate burden of the whole upwards of 5000
tons. From the Maidstone, while in which ship
he had a third time intrepidly rescued a man from
drowning, Mr. Liddon exchanged, 11 Aug. 1814,
into La Hogue 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel,
with whom he soon returned to England and was
paid off. His subsequent appointments were— in
1815-16, to the Albion, Queen, and Northumber-
land 74's, all commanded by Capt. Jas. AValker at
Sheerness, where he served until paid off in Sept.
1818— and, 29 Jan. 1819, to the command of the
Griper brig. In the latter vessel he accompanied
an expedition to the Arctic regions under the pre-
sent Sir Edw. Parry. He paid the Griper off 21
* r/iicGaz. IS'.O, p. I860. + r. Gaz. 1SI3, p. 995.
LIDDON— LILBUllN-LILLICRAP.
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Dec. 1820, and has not been since employed. His
commission as Commander bears date 8 Not. 1821.
He married, in 1827, Anne, only daughter of the
late Sam. Bilke, Esq^., Stamford Street, Blackfriars.
LIDDON. (LlECTENANT, 1828.)
Matthew John Liddon entered the Navy 13
July, 1815 ; passed his examination in 1822 ; and
obtained his commission 23 May, 1828. His ap-
pointments have since been— 16 Sept. 1828, to the
ViCTOB 18, Capt. Eich. Keane, on the Jamaica sta-
tion, whence he returned to England in 1830 in the
Faiey 10, Capt. Eras. Blair— and 14 July, 1838, to
the Coast Guard, in which service he still con-
tinues.
LILBUKN. (LiEDT., 1829. r-p., 21 ; h-p., 6.)
James Kobeet Koddaim Lilburn, born 1 April,
1807, is son of Commander Jas. Lilburn, R.N. (who
was killed in a cutting-out affair under the Mole-
head batteries in the port of Malaga 29 April, 1812),
byPhillis, youngest daughter of Gilbert Selby, Esq.,
of Holy Island. He is brother of the present Lieut.
Selby Lilburn, R.N. ; and nephew of Lieut. Robt.
Lilburn, R.N., who died while commanding a schoo-
ner in the West Indies.
This officer entered the R.N. College 3 Feb. 1820 ;
embarked 7 Feb. 1822, as a Volunteer, on board the
Active 46, Capt. Andrew King, lying at Ports-
mouth; and in the following Nov., after having
been borne as a Supernumerary on the books of
various ships, joined the Martin 20, Capts. Christ.
Crackenthorp Askew and Henry Eden, on the
Mediterranean station. He next, from Feb. 1825
until Oct. 1826, served in South America as Mid-
shipman on board the DoKis and Thetis frigates,
Capts. Sir John Gordon Sinclair and Sir John Phil-
limore ; and he was then for two years and a half em-
ployed as Mate, at home and in the Mediterranean,
in the Herald yacht, Capts. Henry Eden and Edw.
"Wm. Corry Astley, Prince Regent 120, flag-ship
of Sir Robt. Moorsom, Pearl 20, Capt. Geo. Chas.
Blake, and Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Mal-
colm. On 9 July, 1829, he was made Lieutenant
into the "Wellesley 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Mait-
land, also on the Mediterranean station, whence he
returned in Sept. 1830. His appointments have
since been — 6 April, 1831, for a ^w months, to the
Savage 10, Capt. Lord Edw. Russell, employed at
Lisbon and at Cork— 15 April, 1835, to the Magi-
CIENNE 24, Capt. Geo. Wm. St. John Mildmay, sta-
tioned off the coasts of Spain and Portugal — 19 Nov.
1838, and 3 Nov. 1839, to the Daphne 18, and Van-
GUAED 80, Capts. John Windham Bailing and Sir
Thos. FcUowes, again in the Mediterranean — and
6 Dec. 1841, to the Coast Guard, in which service
he continues.
When in the Doris, Wellesley, and Maoici-
enne, Lieut. Lilburn distinguished himself by
thrice jumping into the sea after persons who had
fallen overboard. He married, 19 Sept. 1843,
Christian, daughter of G. Markwell, Esq., of Holy
Island, by whom he has issue. Agents — Messrs.
Stilwell.
LILBURN. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Selby Lilburn is brother of Lieut. J. R. R. Lil-
burn, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 11 Nov. 1834;
and at the period of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, which took place 13 Aug. 1845, had
been serving for several years on the East India
and African stations in the Camelion 10, Lieut.-
Commander Geo. Martin Hunter, and Phometheds
steam-sloop, Capt. John Hay. He was appointed,
a few days afterwards, Additional-Lieutenant of
the Penelope steam-frigate. Commodore Wm.
Jones ; with whom he returned home in the spring
of 1846. He has since been on half-pay.
LILLICEAP. (Reab-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 36;
H-r., 31.)
James Lillicka!', a native of Plymouth, is uncle
of Jas. Lillicrap Marchant, Esq., Purser and Pay-
master E.N., one of whose brothers died a Midship-
man, and another a Lieutenant, R.N.
This officer entered the Kavy, 5 Sept. 1780, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Cambridge 74,
Capt. Eras. John Hartwell, lying at Plymouth,
where his name, during several months in 1782-3,
was borne on the books of the Dunkirk, Capt. Mil-
ligan. Joining, in Sept. 1784, the Racehorse sloop,
Capt. Thos. Wilson, he was for two years and a half
employed in that vessel on the Halifax station, and
in the suppression of smuggling on the coast of
Scotland. On leaving her he became for a short
period attached to the Termagant, another sloop,
Capt. Rowley Bulteel ; and he was n^t, between
1788 and 1793, stationed at Home and ill the Medi-
terranean, as Midshipman, in the Cumberland 74,
Capt. John Macbride, Syren 32, Capt. John Man-
ley, St. George and Windsor Castle 98's, flag-
ships of Rear-Admiral Phillips Cosby, and Victory
100, bearing the flag of Lord Hood. On 30 Oct. in
the year last mentioned, after having served on
shore at the occupation of Toulon, Mr. Lillicrap
was promoted to a Lieutenancy in La Moselle 20,
Capt. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett ; in which vessel
he continued until 7 Jan. 1794, when he had the
misfortune to be taken prisoner in the jolly-boat
while voluntarily reconnoitring the harbour at the
above place subsequently to its evacuation by the
British. Being exchanged in 1795, he embarked at
Marseilles, and proceeded to Genoa, whence he re-
turned overland to England via Cuxhaven, bringing
with him despatches from Mr. Drake, the British
Minister at Genoa. On his arrival he was ap-
pointed, 12 Oct. in the same year, to the Trusty 50,
Capts. John Osborne and Andrew Todd ; under
the former of whom he partook of a variety of ser-
vices in the North Sea and Channel, and assisted in
conveying Lord Macartney to the Cape of Good
Hope. During the mutiny which broke out on
that station in 1797, Mr. Lillicrap was placed by
Rear-Admiral Pringle in charge of the Rattle-
snake sloop ; which vessel he succeeded in placing
so close under the guns of the Amsterdam battery,
in Table Bay, that the ringleaders were obliged to
surrender. Returning to England in the early part
of 1799 on board the Trusty, he next, in the fol-
lowing April, joined the Venerable 74, Capts. Sir
Wm. Geo. Fairfax and Sam. Hood, and was thus
afforded an opportunity of sharing in an attack
which was soon afterwards made by Rear-Admiral
Chas. Morice Pole on a Spanish squadron in Aix
roads, and of also participating in Sir Jas. Sanma-
rez' actions of 6 and 13 July, 1801, off Cadiz and in
the Gut of Gibraltar. In consideration of his dis-
tinguished conduct as the Veneeable's First-Lieu-
tenant on the latter occasion, and of the most able
manner in which he supported Capt. Hood,* Mr.
Lillicrap was rewarded with a Commander's com-
mission dated 18 Aug. 1801. His first appointment
in his new rank was, 2 April, 1804, to the Vesuvius
bomb, employed under Sir Wm. Sidney Smith on
the Boulogne station ; where, in Nov. 1805, he had
1 man killed and several wounded in an attack upon
the enemy's flotilla. While next in the Despatch
18, to which sloop he removed 25 Sept. 1806, Capt.
Lillicrap, in the course of 1807, sailed from the
Downs in command of a light squadron and -nith a
large fleet of transports under his protection,
having on board two divisions of the King's Ger-
man Legion. These his indefatigable exertions
and active measures enabled him to land in safety
on the island of Rugen, at a time when the French
army was besieging Stralsund, the capital of Swedish
Pomerania. After he had for some time discharged
the duties of Senior officer in Pert Bay, Capt. Lilli-
crap conducted the last division of troops under
Lord Rosslyn from Rugen to Zealand, where he
rendered good service by the mode in which he
superintended their disembarkation in Kioge Bay
During the operations against Copenhagen he was
the Senior Commander employed in the in-shore
squadron under Capt. Paget, and, until its surrender
was in constant action with the enemy. Although'
* Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 1104.
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in the general promotion wliioli followed the capture
of the Danish fleet, 17 Commanders, all junior to
him, attained superior rank, Capt, Lillicrap, not-
withstanding that the important nature of his ser-
■viees was set forth in the strongest manner by
Lord Cathoart, the Earl of Rosslyn, Sir Chas. Mo-
rice Pole, and the commanding officers of the Ger-
man Legion, was passed over, and not promoted
until three years afterwards ; two of which he
spent, generally in command of a detached squadron,
on the West India station, on his passage whither
he effected the capture, 2 Oct. 1808, of La Dorade
French privateer, of 1 gun and 20 men. On 24
Jan. 1815, Capt. Lillicrap, whose advancement to
Post-rank had at length taken place hy a commis-
sion dated 21 Oct. 1810, assumed command of the
Htperion 42 ; in which frigate he visited Lisbon
and escorted a large fleet of merchantmen home
from Oporto. Subsequently to his appointment, 8
April following, to the EnKOTAS 38, we find him,
while lying in ]?lymouth Sound, invested by Lord
Keith with the command of the boats of the fleet,
for the purpose of nightly guarding Napoleon Buo-
naparte, at the time on board the Belleeophon.
On his return to Plymouth, after witnessing the ex-
Emperor's removal to the NonTHDMSERLAND off
Berry Head, he was ordered to Malta, there to
deliver Generals Savary and Lallemand, with three
Colonels and several other officers, late belonging
to Buonaparte's suite, into the hands of Sir Thos.
JMaitland. The Eurotas being paid off 22 Jan.
1816, Capt. Lillicrap did not again go afloat until
re-appointed, 6 April, 1821, to the Hyperion. In
the following Sept. he sailed with Lord Chas. So-
merset for the Cape of Good Hope, where he had
no sooner arrived than he hoi-Sted a broad pendant.
He continued for about 12 months to fill the post
of Commodore on the same station ; during which
period, 10 June, 1822, the officers and seamen under
■his orders were so thoroughly the means of saving
the Albion, an Indiaman of immense value, from
being lost in a gale in Simon's Bay, that the Hon.
Company awarded the sum of 500^. to be distributed
among them. Capt. Lillicrap was himself presented
viith the same amount.'" Proceeding, next, to the
"West Indies, he cruized for a time off Cuba with a
detachment under his orders for tlie suppression of
piracy, and on 24 Oct. 1823 was appointed to the
Gi/ODCESTER 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir
Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He returned home with
the latter officer in March, 1824, and was lastly,
from 6 April, 1830, until 4 June, 1833, employed as
Captain-Superintendent of the Ordinary at Ports-
mouth. He was admitted to the out-pension of
Greenwich Hospital 17 Feb. 1837 ; and advanced to
his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
Rear-Admiral Lillicrap, while in the Ordinary at
Portsmouth, transmitted to the Admiralty a model
for rendering the numerous warping or transporting
buoys available to the preservation of life. The
plan was at once adopted ; and the Royal Humane
Society, to mark their appreciation of its utility
and excellence, forwarded him their medallion.
He married, 30 Dec. 1811, Frances Adams, youngest
daughter of Giles Welsford, Esq., of Plymouth, by
whom he has issue six sons and three daughters.
One of tb« former, Walter Welsford, is a First-
Lieutenant R.M. (1838).
LINCOLN. (Lieut., 1837. p-p., 12; h-p., 11.)
Henry Lincoln was bom 26 July, 1811.
This otBcer entered the Navy, 18 March, 1824,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lively 46, Capt. Wm.
Elliott, employed at first off Lisbon (where his par-
ticipation, as Midshipman, in the operations against
Don Miguel procured him the medal of the Tower
and Sword of Portugal), and -afterwards on the
West India, African, and Channel stations. Having
left the Xu'ELY in Deo. 1826, he next, in March,
1827, joined the Wellesley 74, Capts. Fred. Lewis
Maitland and Sam. Campbell Rowley, attached to
• Two Russian men-of-war were rescued from danger
during the same gale ; a service for which Capt. Lillicrap
received letters of thanks from their Captains.
the force in the Mediterranean, on which station
(with the exception of an interval between Jan.
1832 and Nov. 1833) he served, in the capacity of
Mate, from 1830 until within a short period of his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 26 Dec. 1837,
in the same ship and in the Favohbite 18, Capt.
Geo. Rodney Mundy, and Malabar 74, Capts.
Henry Shovell Marsham andWm. Augustus Mon-
tagu. His commission was awarded to him while
an invalid at Plymouth Hospital, whither he had
been sent in consequence of illness contracted in
the performance of duty at Cadiz; and which,
having produced lameness, has since kept him on
half-pay.
LIND. (Lieutenant, 181.'). f-p., 16; h-p., 32.)
James Lind died 17 July, 1847.
This ofiBcer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1800, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Canada 74, Capts. Hon.
Michael De Courcy and Joseph Sydney Yorke,
stationed in the Channel, where he attained the
rating of Midshipman 2 July, 1801. Removing, in
March, 1802, to the Donegal 74, Capt. Sir Rich.
John Strachan, he was for upwards of three years
employed in that ship, chiefly at the blockade of
Cadiz; after which we find him, from Aug. 1804
until June, 1809, and from Aug. in the latter year
until April, 1815, serving, on the Mediterranean
and Home stations, part of the time as Master's
Mate, in the Amboscade 32, Capt. Wm. D'Urban,
and Bombay 74, Capts. Wm. Cuming, Norbome
Thompson, Geo. Parker, and Henry Bazely. He
then took up a commission bearing date 7 Feb. 1815 ;
and remained thenceforward on half-pay. Agent
— Joseph Woodhead.
LINDSAY. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
Colin William Lindsay passed his examination
in 1827 ; obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1837 ;
and was afterwards appointed — 8 Feb. 1837, to the
Rdssell 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, employed
in the Mediterranean and off Lisbon — 8 April, 1839,
to the CoEASOA 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, fitting for
the South American station, whence he returned
home and w-as paid off at the close of 1842 — and,
23 Feb. 1844, to the America 50, Capt. Hon. John
Gordon, attached to the foroe in the Pacific. He
left the latter ship on her airival in England in
1846 ; and is at present on half-pay.
LINDSAY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p,, 12 ; h-p, 30.)
James Lindsay died 18 Sept. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Aug. 1803, as
A.B., on board the Snake 18, Capt. Wm. Roberts,
on the West India station, whence he returned to
England with the same Captain in the summer of
1804, as Midshipman of La Veetu. He was then,
until Deo. 1810, employed on board the Mars 74,
Capts. Geo. Duff, Robt. Dudley Oliver, Wm. Lukin,
Jas. Katon, and John Surman Garden ; and while so
attached he took part, as Acting Second-Mate, in
the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805 — assisted in
taking, 28 July, 1806, Le Rhin, of 44 guns and 318
men — was present, 25 Sept. following, with Sir Sam.
Hood's squadron, at the capture, off Rochefort, of
four heavy French frigates, two of which, the Gloire
46 and Infatigable 44, struck to the Maes — at-
tended the expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen —
and was actively employed in affording protection
to the Baltic trade. On leaving the Maes, Mr.
Lindsay joined the Bakfleur 98, bearing the flag
in the Thames of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley,
with whom he served for a period of 13 months.
He then, in Jan. 1812, became Acting-Sub-Lieu-
tenant of the Heeeing, Lieut.-Commander John
Murray, and sailed for Halifax, where in July,
1813, he followed the latter officer into the Mus-
qhedchet 12. He came home in April, 1814; ob-
tained his commission 13 Feb. 1815 ; and was lastly,
from 27 March, 1828, until April, 1829, employed
in command of the Stork Revenue-vessel. Agents
— Coplands and Burnett.
LINDSEY-LIPSCOMB-LIPSON-LITCHFIELD.
661
LINDSEY. (Commander, 1814. f-p., U;
H-P., 33.)
John Lindset entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1803, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the San Josef 110, Capt.
John Tremayne Rodd, hearing the flag in the Chan-
nel of Sir Chas. Cotton ; and from Deo. 1806 until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 June, 1810,
was employed oflTL'Orient, and on the Lishon, Cork,
and Mediterranean stations, as Midshipman, in the
Pallas 32, Capts. Geo. Miller, Henry Manaton
Ommanney, and Geo. Fras. Seymour, Hibebnia
120, flag-ship of Sir C. Cotton, Vikginie 38, Capt.
Edw. Brace, and again in the San Josef. He was
then appointed to the Achille 74, Capt. Sir Rich.
King, and he afterwards joined — 5 Jan. 1811, the
Impeeiehse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, also in
the Mediterranean — 1 May, 1812 (after an interval
of four months), the Coquette 20, Capt. John
Simpson, on the West India station — 23 Oct. 1813,
the Jason 32, Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King, employed
off Helvoetsluys — and 22 June, 1814, the Impreg-
nable 104, bearing the flag of H.R.H. the Duke
of Clarence, whom he accompanied to Bordeaux.
He was advanced to [his present rank 27 Aug. fol-
lowing ; and has since been on half-pay. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
LIPSCOMB. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 1 6 ; h-p., 25.)
Edwin Lipscomb, bom 24 Aug. 1796, is son of the
late Rev. "W. Lipscomb, Rector of "Welbury, York-
shire ; and nephew of the gallant Capt. John Cooke,
R.N., who fell at Trafalgar, in command of the
Bellekophon 74.
This ofBoer entered the Navy, 10 May, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Avenger 16, Capt. Thos.
"White, part of the force on the Newfoundland sta^
tion. Becoming attached, in March, 1811, to the
Elizabeth 74, Capts. Edw. Leveson Gower and
Gardiner Henry Guion, he was for upwards of four
years employed as Midshipman and Master's Mate
of that ship off Lisbon, and also in the Mediterra^
nean and Adriatic, where h* served in the boats at
the capture and destruction of many of the enemy's
armed vessels, and was present at the reduction,
in June and July, 1813, of the towns of Oraago,
Dignano, and Fiume. He next, in Oct. 1815,, joined
the Active 46, Capt. Philip Carteret, on the Ja-
maica- station, whence he returned to England in
Sept. 1817; and he was afterwards (he had passed
his examination in Aug. 1816) employed, between
Jan. 1819 and his promotion to the rank of Lieute-
nant 3 May, 1826, on board the Newcastle 60,
flag-ship ot Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith, Albion
74, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, and Revenge 76, bearing
the flag of Sir Harry Burrard Neale — on the North
American, Home, and Mediterranean stations. He
then obtained an appointment to the Isis 50, flag-
ship at Jamaica of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted,
with whom he returned to England in June, 1827.
He has since been on half-pay.
He married, 16 July, 1846, Mary, eldest daughter
of the late Dansey Dansey, Esq., of Brincep Court,
Herefordshire.
LIPSON. (Commander, 1619. r-p., 23 ; h-p., 31 .)
Thomas Lipson entered the Navy, in 1793, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 98,
Capt. Sir 'I'hos. Byard, with whom he served in
that ship at the reduction of Corsica; in the Bed-
ford 74 in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797,
and in the FonDROYANT 80 at the capture, in Oct.
1798, of a French squadron under M. Bompart,
destined for the invasion of Ireland. He continued
in the last-mentioned ship under the flags of Lord
Keith and Nelson until 1799— latterly on the Medi-
terranean station ; where, and in the North Sea, he
was during the rest of the war employed, as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate, in the Princess CSae-
I.OTTE 38, Ruby 64, and Isis 50, Capts. Sir Edw.
Berry and Thos. Masterman Hardy. In 1803, after
his name had been borne for short periods on the
books of the Neptune 98, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen,
Amphion 32, Ca,pt. T. M. Hardy, and Hydra 38,
Capt. Geo. Mundy, he joined the Montagu 74,
Capt. Robt. Waller Otway. During his continu-
ance in that ship he assisted at the blockade of the
enemy's ports from Brest to the Dardanells ; and
was present, 22 Aug. 1805, in Adm. Hon. Wm.
Cornwallis' attack on the French fleet close in with
Brest Harbour, on which occasion the Montagu
exchanged broadsides -vith L' Akxandre of 80 guns.
On 24 Jan. 1808 Mr. Lipson was nominated Acting-
Lieutenant of the Sabbina 18, Capt. Edw. Kittoe,
then off Cadiz. He was officially promoted 29
June, 1809, and was subsequently appointed— 29
Jan. 1810, as Senior, to the Bonne Citoyenne cor-
vette, Capt. Pitt Burnaby Greene, in South Ame-
rica—1 March, and 21 Sept. 1812, to the Laubes-
tinus 24, and Barflecr 98, Capts. Hon. Wm. Gor-
don and Sir Edw. Berry, on the Brazilian and
Mediterranean stations— in 1814-15, as First, to the
Iphigenia 36, Capt. Andrew King, Tonnant 80,
flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Royal
Sovereign 100, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, em-
ployed on the coast of North America and at home
^and, 20 Nov. 1816 (after several months of half-
pay), to the command of the Lapwing Revenue-
cutter, which vessel, in Jan. 1817, was driven from
her anchorage in Mill Bay, Plymouth, and went
ashore high and dry, over a ridge of rocks, with
comparatively httle injury. He attained his pre-
sent rank 4 March, 1819; and has not been since
afloat.
Commander Lipson is now Harbour-Master at
Adelaide, South Australia. He married, 30 July,
1812, Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Took, Esq., of
Weymouth. Agent— Joseph Woodhead.
LITCHFIELD. (CTajtam, 1826. f-p., 23;
H-p., 24.)
Henry Litchfield was born 7 Oct. 1786, at Great
Torrington, co. Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1800, as
Midshipman, on board the Imi-etueux 74, Capt. Sir
Edw. Pellew, under whom he assisted in blowing up
Zi' Insolente in the Morbihan river, and accompanied
the expeditions to Quiberon, Ferrol, and Vigo.
While at the latter place, we find him, on the night
of 29 Aug. 1800, aiding in the boats of a squadron,
20 in number, commanded by Lieut. Henry Burke,
at the cutting-out, close in with the enemy's bat-
teries, of La Guepe privateer, of 18 guns and 161
men, which vessel, 25 of whose people were killed
and 40 wounded, was in 15 minutes boarded and
carried, with a loss to the British of 3 seamen and
1 marine killed, 3 Lieutenants, 12 seamen, and 5
marines wounded, and 1 seaman missing. In the
course of 1802 Mr. Litchfield successively joined
the Courageux 74, Capt. Thos. Sotheby, and Pique
36, Capts. Wm. Cumberland and Chas. Bayne
Hodgson Ross ; under the latter of whom he was
employed, in 1803-4, at the blockade of Aux Cayes
and Cape Fran9ois, St. Domingo, and on shore in
the unsuccessful attack on Cura^oa. On the occasion
of General Rochambeau's evacuation of Cape Fran-
cois, he served, it appears, in a boat, and assisted
the present Sir Nesbit Josiah Willoughby in rescu-
ing the French 40-gim frigate La Chrinde, and 900
souls who were on board, from the destruction with
which they were threatened by the blacks under
General Dessalines, at the time in possession of Fort
St. Josef, on the rocks immediately beneath which
La Chrinde had grounded. On leaving the Pique
in Dec. 1804, Mr. Litchfield joined Le Kenard, of
18 guns and 121 men, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan ; as
Acting-Master of which vessel he contributed, 20
March, 1805, to the annihilation, after a brisk action
of 35 minutes, of Le Ge'neral Emovf French pri-
vateerof 20 guns and 160 men; as also, in May,
1806, to the capture, at the end of a chase of three
days and nights, of La Diligente national brig, of 16
guns and 125 men. On 12 Oct. 1806 Mr. Litchfield
was nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Ferret 18,
Capt. Hon. Geo. Cadogan ; and on 24 March, 1807,
he became Acting First-Lieutenant of the Rein-
deer 18, Capts. John Fyffe and Peter John Douglas.
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LITTLE— LITTLEHALES.
In the latter sloop, to which he was confirmed 29
June following, he participated in the "Walcheren
operations of 1809. After again serving in the West
Indies, chiefly as Senior Lieutenant, in the Elk 18,
Capts. J. Coghlan and Clement Milward, Polyphe-
mus 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Bartholomew
Sam. Rowley, Thetis 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Byam,
BiiAZEN sloop, Capt. Jas. Stirling, and Shark, bear-
ing the flag of Vice- Admiral Chas. Stirling, he was
there appointed, in March, 1813, Acting-Commander
of the Moselle 18. Being confirmed in the com-
mand, on 12 July in the same year, of the Mohawk
sloop of 8 guns, Capt. Litchfield, who continued in
her until Oct. 1814, was during that period most ac-
tively employed in the Chesapeake ; where, besides
co-operating in the attacks upon Crany Island and
Hampton, he commanded his own gig, at the cap-
ture, by the boats of the Mohawk and Contest,
under the orders of Capt. Jas. Rattray, of the
United States gun-vessel Asp, of 3 guns and 25 men,
hauled up close to the beach, under the protection
of a large body of militia, after an action in which
the British had 2 killed and 6 wounded, and the
enemy 10, including their Commander, killed and
wounded. His next appointment was, 10 Oct.
1817, to an Inspecting-Commandership in the Coast
Guard ; in which service he continued until in-
vested, 1 June, 1824, with the command of the
Orontes 18, employed at first as an experimental
vessel, and subsequently on the Halifax station ;
whence he returned on being promoted, as a reward
for his long and active services, to Post-rank, 20
Nov. 1826. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct.
1846.
Capt. Litchfield, in 1815-16, was Acting-Post-
master at Norwich. He married, 1 Jan. 1831,
Louisa Elizabeth, only daughter of Henry Chas.
Litchfield, Esq,, of the Treasury. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson.
LITTLE. (Commander, 1846.)
Alexander Little passed his examination in
1834; obtained his first commission 26 Dec. 1837;
and was afterwards appointed — 14 Feb. and 22
Aug. 1838, to the Malabar 74 and Racehorse 18,
Capts. Edw. Harvey and Henry Wm. Craufurd,
both on the North America and West India station,
whence he returned in 1839 — 1 Feb. 1840, to the
Thunderer 84, Capt. Daniel Pring, employed in
the Mediterranean and in attendance on the Queen
at Walmer Castle— and 19 Oct. 1843, as Senior, to
the Iris 26, commanded in the East Indies by Capt.
Geo. Rodney Mundy. He was superseded from the
latter ship on attaining his present rank 9 Nov.
1846 ; and has since been on half-pay. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
LITTLE. (COMMANBER, 1846.)
Edward Little passed his examination in 1832 ;
and on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, 30 Dec. 1837, was ordered to Join the
Donegal 78, Capt. John Drake, on the Lisbon sta^
tion. His appointments have since been — 1 Oct.
1840, to the Britannia 120, flag-ship in the Medi-
terranean of Sir John Aoworth Ommanney — 2 March,
1842, to the Vindictive 50, Capt. John Toup Nico-
las, in South America— and 4 March, 1845 (after 18
months of half-pay), to the Terror discovery-ship,
Capt. Fras. Eawdon Moira Croaier, now employed
on a north-west passage explorative mission. He
acquired the rank he now holds 9 Nov. 1846.
LITTLEHALES. (Vicb-Admibai, of the Eed,
1840. r-P., 26;h-p., 43.)
Bendall Robert Littlehales died in Aug.
1847, at Compton Bishop, Somersetshire, aged 82.
He was second son of Baker John Littlehales, Esq.,
of Moulsey House, Surrey, by Maria, daughter and
sole heiress of Bendall Martyn, Esq. His brother,
Sir Edw. Baker, Bart., a Lieutenant-Colonel in the
Army, married a daughter of the second Duke of
Leinstcr.
This oflSoer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1778, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Vigilant 64, Capts.
Robt. Kingsmill and Sir Digby Dent ; and on 27 of
the ensuing month was present in the action between
Keppel and d'Orvilliers. Accompanying Sir Digby
Dent, as Midshipman, into the Royal Oak 74, he
next, 6 July, 1799, took part in Byron's action oif
Grenada; after which we find him, until promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 Sept. 1790, employed,
on the Channel and Newfoundland stations, on
board the Cumberland and Repulse 74's, both
commanded by Sir D. Dent, and Portland and
Salisbury, flag-ships of Admirals John Campbell
and John aiilbanke. His succeeding appointments
were — 16 Aiiril, 1791, for a short period, to the
Duke 98, Capt. R. Kingsmill- 22 June, 1793, and 25
March, 1794, as Senior, to the Rose and Beaulieo
frigates, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Eiou— in
May and July, 1795, as First and Flag-Lieutenant,
to the Majestic 74 and Blanche frigate, bearing
each the flag of Vice-Admiral Benj. Caldwell in the
Leeward Islands— and 21 Nov. 1795, again as Senior,
to the Amazon 36, Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds.
Attending, in the Rose, the expedition of 1794
against the French West India islands, Mr. Little-
hales was much employed there both on shore and
afloat, particularly at the reduction of Martinique,
where he served in one of the batteries on Pointe
Carriere, and assisted in storming Fort Louis, op-
posite to which they had been erected. His gal-
lantry, when in the Beaulieu, in voluntarily board-
ing and destroying a French ordnance store-ship,
mounting 18 guns, under a battery at St. Fran9ois,
Guadeloupe, won the admiration of every beholder,
and led to his being appointed by Vice-Admiral
Caldwell, under whose eye the exploit was achieved,
to his own flag-ship the Majestic, on promotion ;
although, unfortunately, no vacancy occurred prior
to the Admiral's supersession. In the Amazon,
when that frigate, in company at the time with the
iNDErATiGABLB 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, sus-
tained a loss of 3 men killed and 15 wounded in an
action of 10 hours with Les Droits de V Homme 74,
and was at its close wrecked, near He Bas, 14 Jan.
1797, Mr. Littlehales again distinguished himself,
and was in consequence recommended by his Cap-
tain to the notice and patronage of the Admiralty ;
who, on his returning from captivity, promoted him,
27 Sept. following, to the rank of Commander, and
soon afterwards, 8 Nov., invested him with the com-
mand of the Penguin sloop. In the latter vessel
Capt. Littlehales served on the Irish station until
about two months subsequently to his attainment of
Post-rank, 15 May, 1800. Being next, 14 Jan. 1801,
appointed, pro tempore, to the Centaur 74, in the
command of which ship he was ultimately con-
firmed, he cruized during the remainder of the war
off Brest and Rochefort, then hoisted the flag of
Vice-Admiral Dacres at Plymouth, and was after-
wards ordered to the West Indies, where he con-
veyed Lieut. -General Grinfield, the military Com-
mander-in-Chief, on a tour of inspection to the
different islands. In the summer of 1803, after
having displayed much assiduity and attention in
the attack upon Ste. Lucie,* on which occasion the
Centaub bore the broad pendant of Sir Sam. Hood,
Capt. Littlehales was sent home by that ofiicer with
his despatches announcing the conquest, in the
MoRNE FoRTUNEE brig. Incapacitated at first, from
accepting, in consequence of illness contracted dur-
ing his sojourn in the West Indies, and lacking the
power afterwards to obtain, active emiJoyment
afloat, his only other appointments were— 6 May,
1808, to the Sea Fencibles at Liverpool, where he
remained until the corps was disbanded in 1810—
and 23 Aug. 1811, to the superintendence of ship-
payments at Plymouth, the duties attached to which
oflioe he continued to discharge until the peace.
He became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830, and a
Vice-Admiral 17 Aug. 1840.
Vice-Admiral Littlehales married, in Aug. 180.3,
Mary Anna, daughter of Thos. Cleather, Esq., of
Plymouth, by whom he has left, with other issue,
* fiie Gaz. 1803, p. 918.
LITTLEHALES—LITTLEWORT— LIVINGSTONE— LLOYD.
663
a son, the present Commander Edw. Littlehales,
K.N.
LITTLEHALES. (Commander, 1841.)
Edwabd LiTTLEHAiiES is second son of the late
Vice-Admiral Littlehales.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1818 ; served
for some time in the Mediterranean as Midshipman
of the Revenge 76, flag-ship of Sir Harry Burrard
Neale; passed his examination in 1825; and was
made Lieutenant, 1 1 March, 1828, into the Success
28, Capts. Jas. Stirling and Wm. Clarke Jervoise.
In Nov. 1829 the latter ship was all but lost on a
reef, while making for Cockburn Sound, in Western
Australia ; on which occasion Mr. Littlehales' ex-
emplary conduct was of so signal a nature that he
not only received the warmest thanks of Capt. Jer-
voise, but was permitted by the Lords of the Ad-
miralty to succeed the present Captain Edmund
Yonge, whose own conduct on the occasion pro-
cured him promotion, in the post of First-Lieute-
nant, and to retain it until paid off 16 Deo. 1831.
His subsequent appointments" were — 8 April, 1834,
as Senior, to the Hastings 74, Capt. Henry Shiffner,
bearing the flag afterwards of Sir "Wm. Hall Gage
on the Lisbon station, whence he returned at the
close of 1837 — and, 2 March, 1840, to the command
of the Dolphin brigantine on the coast of Africa.
He attained the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 1841 ;
and since Jan. 1842 has been on half-pay. Agents
— Messrs. Halford and Co.
LITTLEWORT. (Liedt., 1817. f-p., 20 ;
H-P., 19.)
RiCHAKD John Pike Littlewokt, bom 5 Nov.
1792, is son of Lieut. Kich. Littlewort, R.N. (1777),
who was on board the Saiisbory 50, in 1779, lost
an eye in the service of his country, and died on
full-pay in 1798. •
This officer entered the Navy, 25 May, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leviathan 74, com-
manded in the North Sea and Mediterranean by
his friend and patron Capt. John Harvey ; with
whom, after having witnessed, as Midshipman, the
destruction of the "two French line-of-battle ships
Robuste and Lirni near Cape Cette, he removed in
March, 1811, in the capacity of Master's Mate, to
the Royal Sovekeign 100. On leaving the last-
mentioned ship, which had been recently com-
manded by Capt. "Wm. Bedford, Mr. Littlewort was
successively employed between Aug. 1812 and Aug.
1815, part of the time as Acting-Master, in the
Helena 18, Capt. Henry Montresor, Indds 74,
Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, Cossack 22, Capts. Hon.
Algernon Percy and Hon. Robt. Rodney, and
Driver sloop, Capt. Hon. A. Percy — on the Cork,
North Sea, Mediterranean, Halifax, and Ports-
mouth stations. He then joined the Antelope 50,
bearing the flag in the West Indies of his former
Commander, Rear-Admiral Harvey, who procured
him a commission dated 1 Jan. 1817. He continued
in the Antelope until paid off in April, 1819 ; and
since 12 March, 1838, has been in command of a
station in the Coast Guard.
Previously to the receipt of his present appoint-
ment Lieut. Littlewort (who is Senior of 1817) was
for a long time employed in the Merchant service,
in which, we understand, he endured the heaviest
misfortunes. His eldest and only surviving son
was drowned in his arms when wrecked off the
coast of Portugal in 1831. He has one daughter
now living. He had married in May, 1823. Agents
— Messrs. Ommanney.
LIVINGSTONE, Bart. (Vice-Admiral of the
Red, 1838. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 40.)
Sir Thomas Livingstone is son of the late Sir
Alex. Livingstone, Bart., by his first wife, Anne,
daughter of John Atkinson, Esq., of London. He
succeeded his father, as 10th Baronet, in 1795 ;
and is heir and representative of the attainted Earl
of Linlithgow.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Sept. 1782, on-
board the Brune frigate, Capt. Rich. Husaey Bick-
erton, on the Home station; where, and in the
West Indies, he served, until promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant 22 Nov. 1790, in the D^dalos 32,
Capt. Thos. Pringle, Dictator 64, Capt. Wm. Par-
ker, Irresistible 74, Commodore Sir AndrewSnape
Hamond, Sybil frigate, Capt. R. H. Bickerton, and
BoYNE 98, Capt. Geo. Bowyer. His succeeding ap-
pointments were— for a few months in 1791, to the
Camel store-ship, Capt. Chas. Paton— 16 Jan. 1793,
to the Monarch 74, commanded by the late Sir
Jas. Wallace, under whom he vritnessed the unsuc-
cessful attack made in the following June upon
Martinique— and in April, 1795, and April, 1796, to
the AsLA and Tremendous 74's, flag-ships of Rear-
Admiral Thos. Pringle in the North Sea and at
the Cape of Good Hope. On 26 Dec. 1796, after
having acted for four months on the latter station
as Commander of the Echo sloop. Sir Thos. Living-
stone was confirmed in his appointment to that
vessel. In Feb. 1797, in consequence of her being
condemned as unfit for service, he took a passage
home, and was next, 2 June, 1798, appointed to the
Expedition 44, armee-en-Jlutej in which vessel we
find him, in 1799, employed in conveying part of
the Russian contingent from Revel to England.
He was posted, 13 Jan. 1800, into the Diadem 64,
employed as a troop-ship in the expeditions to
Quiberon and Belleisle ; and he was subsequently
invested with the command — 10 Dec. 1800, of the
Athenienne 64, in which vessel, prior to her being
paid off in Oct. 1802, he accompanied Sir John
Borlase Warren to the coast of Egypt in quest of a
French squadron under M. Ganteaume — 17 July,
1804, and 23 Jan. 1805, of the Mediator and Re-
nommee frigates, stationed at first in the Downs
and off Boulogne, for the purpose of watching the
enemy's flotilla, and then in the Mediterranean,
where the Renommee, in effecting the capture,
4 April, 1806, under the fire of Fort Callaretes, of
the Vigilante Spanish brig of war of 18 guns and
109 men, sustained a loss of 2 wounded, and occa^
sioned her antagonist one of 4 killed and wounded*
— and lastly, 3 Oct. 1821 (not having been afloat
since the Renommee was put out of commission in
June, 1808), of the Genoa 74, on the Lisbon sta-
tion. He became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830 ;
and a Vice-Admiral 28 June, 1838.
Sir Thos. Livingstone, a Deputy-Lieutenant for
CO. Linlithgow, is Keeper of the Royal Palace of
Linlithgow and of the Castle of Blackness. He
married, in 1809, Janet, daughter of the late Sir
Jas. Stirling, Bart., of Mansfield, and was left a
widower in 1831. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
LLOYD, K.H., F.E.S. (Captain, 1821. f-p., 15 ;
H-p., 34.)
Edward Lloyd entered the Navy, in Sept. 1798,
as Midshipman, on board the Dictator 64, Capt.
Jas. Hardy, under whom, besides sharing in a mul-
tiplicity of particular services, he attended the ex-
pedition of 1801 to Egypt, where he commanded a
boat at the debarkation of the troops in Aboukir
Bay on 8 March, witnessed the battles fought on 13
and 21 of the same month, and had the subsequent
charge of a djerm employed on the river Nile in
keeping up a communication between Rosetta and
the Anglo-Turkish shipping. While on the latter
service he was intrusted with the care of Madame
Menou, who was going to join her husband, the
French Commander-in-Chief, at Alexandria. He
continued in his djerm on Lake Mareotis until com-
pelled to return to the Dictator by the effects of
a severe contusion, which his zeal had prevented
his attending to when it first occurred. In March,
1802, Mr. Lloyd joined, for a short period, the
Hermes sloop, Capt. Jas. Watson ; and in the fol-
lowing Oct. he became Master's Mate of the Leda
38,t Capts. Jas. Hardy and Robt. Honyman. At
the commencement of the late war we find him in
• FiieGaz. 1806, p. 601.
t Mr. Lloyd had charge of a Lieutenant's watch during
nearly the whole period of his servitude in the Leda.
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LLOYD.
the constant voluntary command of a boat near
Boulogne, and on the night of 29 July, 1804, distin-
guishing himself, under Lieut. Neil M'Lean, who was
killed, in a most gallant but unsuccessful attempt to
cut a mortar-vessel, on which occasion only 14 out
of 38 of the British succeeded in effecting their
escape. Fortunately for him, Mr. Lloyd, although
wounded, was among the number that got off. In
consideration of the injury he received, and of his
gallant conduct, the Patriotic Society voted him a
pecuniary reward, and presented him with an hono-
rary testimonial. Among numerous other affairs
with the enemy's flotilla in which he took part, we
may instance the capture, 24 April, 1805, of seven
schuyts, armed with 18 guns and 1 howitzer, and
having on board 168 men. About the same period,
too, he volunteered his services in a catamaran ex-
pedition, and placed one of the explosion machines
in the precise position he had been directed. On 1
Nov. 1805 Mr. Lloyd, as ofiicer of the middle watch,
had the fortune, by means of a careful look-out and
timely exertion, of saving the Leda from destruc-
tion, at a moment when the King Georp'e transport and
Sritannia Indiaman were both totally lost by strik-
ing on the Roccas, near Fernando Norunha. After
assisting at the reduction, in Jan. 1806, of the Cape
of Good Hope, where he was employed in bringing
forward the field-pieces and howitzer belonging to
the division of the army that first effected a landing
under Brigadier-General Ferguson, he removed to
the Diadem 64, bearing the broad pendant of Sir
Home Popham, who, on 10 of the ensuing March,
nominated him Acting-Lieutenant of the Volon-
TAiKE frigate, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy. Ex-
changing soon afterwards, in a similar capacity, into
the Raisonnable 64, Capt. Josias Rowley, to which
ship he was confirmed 14 Jan. 1808, Mr. Lloyd dis-
played, during an attachment to her of four years,
a considerable degree of zeal, courage, and ability,
and was foremost to volunteer his services on every
occasion of difficulty or danger. Landing at first
in the Rio de la Plata in command of a detachment
of seamen styled the " Royal Blues," he assisted in
the attacks upon Monte Video and Buenos Ayres,
and partook, latterly as Aide-de-Camp to Capt.
Rowley, in every military operation which preceded
the final evacuation of Spanish America in the
summer of 1807. When next at the blockade of
the Isles of France and Bourbon, he frequently ac-
companied the present Sir Nesbit Josiah "Willoughby
in boat expeditions alongshore ; and was frequently
employed in reconnoitring the strength of the
enemy's positions. He once, while so engaged, in a
ten-oared cutter, boarded, carried, and brought out,
under a heavy cross fire from two batteries, a large
armed ship named the Tadg Bax^ although moored
with springs and fully prepared for defence. Thir-
ty-two of the enemy were on the occasion taken
prisoners. On 21 Sept. 1809 Mr. Lloyd had the
misfortune to be a second time severely wounded,
when serving on shore as a volunteer in command
of the Raisonnable's small-arm men, at the cap-
ture of St. Paul's, in the He de Bourbon.* In July,
1810, having followed Capt. Rowley into the Boa-
i>icea frigate, he united in the attack upon Bourbon
itself, where his conduct obtained him the thanks
of Lieut.-Colonel Keating,! and had confided to
him the difficult task of placing a transport as a
breakwater to facilitate the landing of the troops.
After the conquest of the island he was left in
charge of the Signal-posts for the purpose of re-
porting the motions of a French squadron then
blockading it ; an arrangement which led to the re-
covery of H. M. ships Afkicaine and Ceylon, and
the capture of La Venus of 44 guns, bearing the
broad pendant of Commodore Haraelin, senior
ofiicer of the enemy's force in the Indian Ocean.
On 28 Nov. 1810, being at the time First-Lieutenant
of the Afkicaine, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Bertie,
Mr. Lloyd, previously to the first debarkation of the
army at the Mauritius, landed by himself, with the
view of ascertaining whether there lay any hostile
force concealed behind the sea-wall that girted the
• Vide Gar.. 1810, p. 215. f F. Gaz. 18:o, p. 1683.
island. During the operations that followed he
joined the naval brigade under Capt. Wm. Augustus
Montagu ; and was directed, in addition to his other
duties, to communicate the movements of the troops,
by telegraph, to the Admiral. In the advance on
Port Louis, Mr. Lloyd, who received the first flag of
truce sent out by Governor-General De Caen, had
charge of the guns with the leading column ; and
so signalized himself by his zeal, ability, and gal-
lantry, that he drew forth the high encomiums of
Capt. Montagu and the military Commander-in-
Chief, and was warmly recommended by Vice-Ad-
miral Bertie to the notice of the Admiralty. Being
invested, 6 Dec. 1811, with the acting-command of
the Hesper sloop, he was immediately selected by
Major-General Abercromby to convey him and his
staff to Bombay ; on his arrival at which place he
had the mortification to find himself superseded by
the present Capt. Barrington Reynolds, who had
been appointed by the then recently deceased Vice-
Admiral Drury. Unwilling to return home, he
continued as a passenger on board the Hesper
until her arrival at Malacca, where, meeting with
Lieut.-General Sir Sam. Auchmuty, he volunteered
to serve imder him during the Javese campaign.
Landing accordingly with that officer's staff at Chil-
lingching, he bore a part in the skirmish between
the advanced divisions of the British and Dutch
armies, which ended in the defeat of the latter and
the capture of the important post of Weltervreeden.
He was also present when the enemy made a sortie
from Meester Cornelis; where, it appears, he as-
sisted in storming their entrenched camp. On his
arrival home in Dec. 1811, in the Caboline frigate,
Capt. Christ. Cole, Capt. Lloyd had the satisfaction
of finding that he had been confirmed a Commander
• on 9 of the previous May. His next appointment
was, 21 Jan. 1814, to the Raven 16, in which vessel,
prior to her beijig paid off in Oct. 1815, he served
at the blockadeTif the enemy's flotilla at Ter Veere
during the occupation of the East Scheldt by the
fleet under Admiral Wm. Young — witnessed the
operations against Balthz — encountered on his pas-
sage to Halifax a hurricane, which compelled him
to throw half his guns overboard — received the
public thanks of Sir Ralph Woodford, Governor of
Trinidad, for his exertions in obtaining some ex-
clusive and important privileges for British mer-
chants trading to the Spanish Main — and succeeded,
while in charge of the Gulf of Paria, in putting a
stop to a system of bloodshed which political ani-
mosity, prior to his arrival, had carried to a fright-
ful extent. From the period the Raven was put
out of commission, Capt. Lloyd remained on shore
until appointed, 9 Aug. 1820, to the Esk 20, fitting
for the Leeward Islands. He was superseded on
being advanced to his present rank 19 July, 1821 ;
since which period, unsuccessful in his applications
for employment, he has remained on half-pay.
Capt. Lloyd was nominated a K.H. 1 Jan. 1834.
He married, in Aug. 1816, Colin Campbell, youngest
daughter of the late Jas. Baillie, Esq., of Ealing
Grove, co. Middlesex, formerly M.P. for Horsham,
in Sussex ; by whom he has issue. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson.
LLOYD. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Edward Alexander Ttlden Lloyd entered the
Navy 7 June, 1833 ; passed his examination 20 Jan.
1841 ; served, as Mate, on the Mediterranean arid
Home stations, in the Rodney 92, Capt. Robt.
Maunsell, Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, and
Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R.
Owen ; and, in honour of Her Majesty's visit to the
latter ship when lying at Spithead, was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 7 March, 1842. His suc-
ceeding appointments were, again in the Mediter-
ranean — 16 March, 1842, as Additional, to the
Queen— 31 Oct. 1842, to the Vernon 50, Capt. Wm.
Walpole — 23 March, 1844, as Additional, to the
Geyser steam-sloop, Capt. Edw. John Carpenter — ■
and, 31 Dec. 1844, to the Orestes 18, Capt. Edw.
St. Leger Cannon. He became attached, 3 Oct.
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1845, to the Excellent gurmery-sliip at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads; and, since 5
May, 1847, has been serving in the Dkagon steam-
frigate, Capt. Wm. Hutoheon Hall, now on the
Lisbon station.
LLOYD. (Captain, 1828. r-p., 13 ; h-p., 30.)
George Lloyd, born 13 Oct. 1793, is third son of
John Lloyd, Esq. (Major in the 46th Regt., and
Aide-de-Camp to Sir Henry Clinton during the
American war, in which he received three wounds,
the ultimate cause of his death), by Corbetta, daugh-
ter of the Rev. Geo. Holcombe, Archdeacon of
Caermarthen, and Rector of Pwllcrochon, in Pem-
brokeshire. He is brother (with Major Wm. John
Lloyd, R.A., who died at Brussels, 29 July, 1815, of
a wound received at Waterloo) of the present John
Wm. Lloyd, of Dan-yr-allt, co. Caermarthen, and
South Park, Penshurst, Kent, and also of Lieut.
Vaughan Lloyd, R.N. Capt. Lloyd, a distant rela-
tive of the late Admiral Wm. Lloyd, is nephew, by
marriage, of the late Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer,
K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy,. in the spring of
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Roval
98, Capts. Herbert Sawyer, Gardiner Henry Guion,
and Robt. Carthew Reynolds, stationed in the Chan-
nel, where, until Feb. 1808, he continued to serve,
as Midshipman, in the San Josef* and Hieeknia,
flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton and Earl St. Vincent,
and Plover sloop, Capt. Philip Browne. While
next employed, between the latter date and Jan.
1812, in the Volontaire 38, and Cambrian 40,
each commanded by Capt. Chas. BuUen, we find
him coming into frequent contact with the enemy
both on board those frigates and in their boats,
particularly at the defence of Tarragona, the de-
struction of the batteries at Palamos, the capture
of 19 merchantmen at Cadaques and of others at
Selva, and the cutting out of a French vessel from
under the Medas Islands. After he had been for
some time Master's Mate of the Africa 64, bearing
the flag in North America of Rear- Admiral Herbert
Sawyer, and had for a short period acted as Lieu-
tenant of the Rattler sloop, Capts. Alex. Gordon
and John Thomson (under whom, it appears, he as-
sisted at the capture of many vessels off New York
and up the Chesapeake), Mr. Lloyd was confirmed
to the latter vessel by commission dated 3 Nov.
1812. His next appointment was, 7 Dec. 1813, to
the Trent 32, flag-ship on the Cork station of his
friend Admiral Sawyer, who, on different occasions,
allowed him to act as Commander of the Castilian
18, Pelican 18, and also of the Trent. On 1 Sept.
1814 Capt. Lloyd, then in command of the Casti-
lian, fell in with the U. S. sloop Wasp of 22 guns,
just as the latter had reduced H.M. brig Avon to
the necessity of striking her colours. Having driven
the American off the field, he immediately, in con-
sequence of her repeated signals of distress, stood
towards the British vessel, who, such had been her
gallant resistance, went down almost before her
crew could be removed. t Being ofiicially promoted
to the rank of Commanders Nov. 1815, Capt. Lloyd
was in that capacity appointed, 22 Aug. 1827, to the
Victor 18, fitting for the Jamaica station, where he
made prize of Las Damas Argentinas, a notorious
piratical schooner of 2 guns and 40 men, 28 of whom
were hanged at St. Kitt's. Since the receipt of his
Post-commission, which bears date 26 Aug. 1828, he
has been on half-pay. Agents — Goode and Law-
LLOYD. (LlECTTENANT, 1846.)
Geoffyd Clayton Lloyd passed his examina-
tion 8 April, 1844 ; served, as Mate, from Feb. 1845
until Aug. 1846, in the Excellent gunnery-ship at
• The San Josef formed part of the lleet: under Admiral
Cornwallia when that gallant officer pursued the French into
lirest 22 Aug. 1805.
f Mr. James, in his ' Naval History,' and Lieut. Marshall,
in his ' Naval Biography,' erroneously represent the Cas-
Tir.TAN to have been commanded, on the occasion, by Capt.
David Biaimer.
Portsmouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads ; then joined
the Victoria and Albert steam-yacht, Capt. Lord
Adolphus FitzClarence ; and on 7 Oct. in the same
year was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He
has been serving, since 30 of the following Dec, in
the Terrible steam-frigate of 800 horse-power,
Capt. Wm. Ramsay, and is now on the coast of
Portugal.
LLOYD. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Henry Lloyd entered the Navy 3 Feb. 1828 ;
passed his examination 26 Sept. 1834 ; and obtained
his commission 23 Nov. 1841. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — in the course of 1842, to the Il-
lustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, Thunder
surveying-vessel, Capt. Edw. Barnett, and Electra
18, Capt. Arthur Darley, all attached to the force
in North America and the West Indies — 17 Feb.
1844, again to the Thunder, as Senior-Lieutenant
— 11 Dec. 1844, as Additional, to the Caledonia
120, flag-ship at Devonport of Sir David Milne— 11
Jan. 1845, to the Waterwitch 10, Capt. Thos. Fras.
Birch, on the coast of Africa — and, 24 Aug. 1845,
as only Lieutenant, to the Star 6, commanded on
the same station by Capts. Robt. John Wallace
Dunlop and Fred. Leopold Augustus Selwyn. He
returned to England and was paid off in 1847.
LLOYD. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.)
John Lloyd entered the Navy, 17 Sept. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monarch 74, Capt. Stew-
art, bearing the flag on the Downs of Lord Keith,
whom he followed, in Aug. 1805, into the Edgar
74. From Feb. 1806 until June, 1809, he again
served in the Monarch, commanded during that
period by Capts. John Clarke Searle and Rich. Lee ;
under the latter of whom (besides assisting, as Mid-
shipman, at Sir Sam. Hood's capture, 25 Sept. 1806,
of four heavy French frigates, on which occasion
the Monarch acted a very prominent part, com-
pelled La Minerve of 44 guns and 650 men to sur-
render, and sustained a loss of 4 men killed and 25
wounded) he was employed in blockading the Tagus,
and in escorting, towards the close of 1807, the
Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils. Joining,
next, the Alfred 74, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson,
in which ship he continued until Sept. 1810, Mr.
Lloyd, previously to making a voyage to the West
Indies, accompanied the expedition to the Walche-
ren. In June, 1811, he was received on board the
San Juan 74, Capt. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, lying
at Gibraltar, where, and off Lisbon, he served, until
Jan. 1814, in the Sabhina 20, Capt. Mackenzie, and
Stately 64, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Geo. Martin.
He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 22 July following,
in the San Juan, bearing the flag at the time of
Hon. Chas. Elphmstone Fleeming; and he was
lastly, from Aug. to Nov. In the same year, em-
ployed on gim-boat service in the Straits and at
Cadiz. Agents — Pettet and Newton.
LLOYD. (Lieutenant, 1831.)
John Hughes Lloyd, born 7 July, 1803, is second
son of the late Rich. Hughes Lloyd, Esq., of Ply-
mog, Gwerclas, and Bashall, Major of the Royal
Merioneth Militia, by CaroUne, daughter of Henry
Thompson, Esq. This gentleman, whose family Is
of illustrious Welsh extraction, and who is a colla-
teral descendant of King Henry VII., is brother of
Capt. Edw. Salubury and Hugh-Hughes Lloyd, both
of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s service.
This officer entered the Navy 13 June, 1815;
passed his examination in 1822 ; obtained his com-
mission 12 Sept. 1831 ; and, with the exception of a
servitude, from 23 Sept. 1834 until paid off 3 Oct.
1835, in the.S;TNA surveying-vessel, commanded on
the coast of Africa by Lieut. Wm. Arlett, has since
been on half-pay.
He married, 13 Feb. 1843, Mary, only child of
Lucas Yeo Ward, Esq., a scion of the Wards of
Northamptonshire. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
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LLOYD. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 19; h-p., 29.)
RicKAKD LtoTD, bom in Sept. 1790, is third son
of the late Rickard Lloyd, Esq., of BallinoolUg
Castle, CO. Cork ; and a near relative of Lieut.-Co-
lonel Lloyd, who fell at the head of his regiment,
the 84:th, at the battle of the Nive, 6 Dec. 1813.
Lieut. Lloyd, whose uncle was a Captain in the
Navy, has a brother in the Army, who has seen
nearly 30 years' full-pay service in every climate.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Sept. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pomone 40, Capts. Kobt.
Carthew Reynolds and Edw. Leveson Gower. Con-
tinuing in that ship until 1803, he served in her in
the expedition to the Holder under Sir Andw.
Mitchell; and was present, on proceeding to the
Mediterranean, at the capture, 3 Aug. 1801, after a
stiff action of 10 minntes, in which the British en-
dured a loss of 2 killed and 4 wounded, of the Car-
rere of 40 guns and 320 men ; as also, on 2 of the
following Sept., of the frigates Sycces and Sravoure.
During a subsequent attachment to the Pique 36,
Capts. Wm. Cumberland and Chas. Bayne Hodgson
Ross, we find him witnessing the evacuation of Aux
Cayes, St. Domingo, the capture, with other vessels,
of Le Goelan 18, and the surrender of three French
frigates with the remains of General Rochambeau's
army from Cape Fran5ois on board. He was also,
in Jan. 1804, a participator in the unsuccessful at-
tack on the island of Curajoa ; and in Dec. 1804
and Feb. 1805 he assisted at the capture of the
Spanish ships of war Diligentia and Orquijo. On 26
March, 1806, he further contributed to the taking
of the French corvettes Phaeton and Voltigeur, of 16
guns and 115 men each ; the former of which ves-
sels offered so fierce a resistance, that 9 of the Bri-
tish were killed and 14 of them wounded while in
the act of boarding. For their gallantry on the
occasion the officers were each presented by the
Patriotic Society with the sum of lOOZ. for the pur-
chase of a sword, and the men with 20Z. a-piece.
Becoming Midshipman, in Aug. 1806, of the Peli-
can sloop, Capts. "Ward and Morrison, Mr. Lloyd,
while in that vessel, accompanied the expedition
against Copenhagen, where, it appears, he was lent
to the gun-boat service. In March, 1808, being then
Acting-Lieutenant of the Pelicas, he landed and
carried the colours with the naval brigade at the
reduction of the island of Descada ; and in the
course of the same year he presents himself to our
notice as cutting out, with only two boats, a heavily-
laden merchant-brig, lying under the batteries of
Omoa, in the Bay of Honduras. Prior to the re-
ceipt of his commission, which bears date 22 Sept.
1810, Mr. Lloyd further acted for several months
as Lieutenant in the Dart and Sukinam sloops,
Capts. Bertie and Hodge, and Alfred 74, Capt.
Joshua Rowley Watson. In the Sdrinam he offi-
ciated as her Senior Lieutenant at the reduction of
Martinique and Guadeloupe ; and, with her boats
under his orders, he cut out an armed schooner
from beneath the batteries of St. Eustatius. Dur-
ing the remainder of the war Mr. Lloyd served on
the Home, Jamaica, and American stations, in the
Neptune 98, Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard, Sceptre
74, Capt. Jas. Ballard, Fawn 20, Capt. Thos. Fel-
lowes. Alert 18, Capt. Joseph Gulston Garland,
RippoN 74, Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, and Nokge
74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood. While in the Sceptre,
besides assisting at the blockade of the French fleet
in Aix Roads, he was frequently employed on boat-
service, and on one occasion obtained the thanks of
Sir Harry Neale, the Commander-in-Chief, for cut-
ting off from an armed convoy a chasse-maree, not^
withstanding a heavy fire which had been opened
upon him from the batteries at Belleisle. Among
the other ships above alluded to, the Fawn appears
conspicuous for her activity and success as a cruizer,
and the Alert for the frequency of her engage-
ments with the batteries in the neighbourhood of
Dunkerque and Calais. Accompanying the Norge
on the New Orleans expedition, Mr. Lloyd, in com-
mand of her barge, aided, with the boats of a squa-
dron, in capturing, on Lake Borgne, 14 Dec. 1814, a
flotilla of five American gun-vessels under Commo-
dore Jones, which did not surrender until they had
inflicted on the British a loss of 17 men killed and
77 wounded. The casualties in Mr. Lloyd's boat
alone amounted to 2 of the former and 3 of the
latter. He was afterwards employed on shore with
the army in all its operations. The Lieutenant, who
had been on half-pay since 1815, was lastly, from 15
March, 1827, until March, 1830, employed in the
Ordinary at Portsmouth.
He married, 2 May, 1816, Susan, second daughter
of the late Edw. Heard, Esq., of Patna, co. Cork, a
Major in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s Service, by whom he
has issue two sons and two daughters. The eldest
son is a Lieutenant in H.M. 36th Regt.
LLOYD. (Vice-Admiral of the White, 1837.
r-p., 24 ; H-p., 43.)
Robert Llotd was born 24 March, 1765, and died
17 Jan. 1846, at his seat, Tregayan, co. Anglesey.
He was eldest son of Robt. Lloyd, Esq., of Gunys,
CO. Caernarvon, by Margaret Edmunds, of Tre-
gayan, . only daughter of the Rev. Dr. Edmunds,
Rector of Aber, in the same shire.
This officer entered the Navy, 31 March, 1779, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Valiant 74, Capt.
Goodall ; on removing from which ship to a Mid-
shipman's berth in the Fairy 18, Capts. Berkeley,
Keppel, and Brown, he was wounded in a sharp
action which preceded the capture of that sloop by
the French frigate Madame. After a captivity of
some time in France, he was exchanged about
March, 1781, and on his return to England was re-
ceived on board the Medway 74, Capts. Harwood
and Edgar. He next, between May, 1782, and July,
1787, served on the Channel station in the Hebe
frigate, Capts. Keppel and Edw. Thornbrough, and
on 22 Nov. 1790, he was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant. Obtaining an appointment, in Dec.
1792, to the Latona 38, Capts. Thornbrough and
Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, Mr. Lloyd fought under
the former of those oflicers in the action of 1 June,
1794; and on rejoining him as Senior Lieutenant in
the RoBDST 74, he served in Lord Bridport's action,
and was severely wounded in the expedition to
Quiberon. On 6 Deo. 1796 we find him promoted
to the command of the Racoon sloop in the North
Sea ; where, after a short running fight, in which
the Racoon had 1 person, the Master, killed, and 4
wounded, he succeeded in taking, 11 Jan. 1798, Le
Policrate French privateer, of 16 guns and 72 men ;*
and, on 22 of the same month, La Pensee, of 2 guns,
9 swivels, and 32 men. Capt. Lloyd, who had pre-
viously captured Les Amis, of 2 guns, 6 swivels, and
31 men, made further prize, 20 Oct. following, at
the end of a running action of two hours, of ia
Vigilante, of 14 guns and 50 men.f Prior to his at-
tainment of Post-rank 6 Dec. 1799, he had the in-
creased good fortune to sink a French lugger, and
to eifect the capture of the privateers Le Vrai
Decide, of 14 gims, 4 swivels, and 41 men, and IJIn-
trepide, of 16 guns and 60 men, 13 of whom were
killed and wounded. | On the latter occasion he
unfortunately received a wound in the head from a
half-pike. His last appointments were — 12 Jan.
1801, to the Mars 74, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Thornbrough in the Channel, where he
remained until April, 1802—25 March, 1807, to the
IlussAK 38, in which ship, after assisting at the re-
duction of Copenhagen, he visited North America
and the West Indies— 31 May, 1809, and 25 Sept.
1810, to the GuERRiJiRE 40, and Swiftsdre 74, flag-
ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, both on the North
American station — and, 11 Feb. 1812 (after ten
months of half-pay), to the Plantagenet 74. Con-
tinuing in the latter vessel until paid off in April,
1815, Capt. Lloyd was at first employed in the
Baltic, and afterwards again in North Americaj
where he captured a large number of coasters,§
and accompanied the expeditions against Washing-
• Vide Gaz. 1798, p. 35. •}■ V. Gaz. 1798, p. 1026.
t V. Gaz. 1799, p. 1266.
9 Between 8 Sept. and 17 Dec. 1813, Capt. Lloyd took not
less than 20 sail of vessels, measuring, in the whole, about
12J0 tans— Vide Gaz. 1614, p. 512.
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ton and New Orleans. On his return to England
he brought with him the bodies of Generals Gibbs
and Pakenham. He became a Rear-Admiral 22
July, 1830 ; and a Vice- Admiral 10 Jan. 1837.
In 1790 Vice- Admiral Lloyd was High Sheriff for
Caernarvon ; as he was, in 1820, for Anglesey. At
the period of his death he was a Deputy-Lieutenant
for the latter county, and a Magistrate for both.
He married, first, in 1789, Elizabeth Charlotte,
daughter of Henry Gibbs, Esq., of Portsmouth,
Surveyor-General of Customs; and secondly, 28
Nov. 1839, Ellen, daughter of the late Thos. Roberts,
Esq., Surgeon, of Garth View, Bangor, NorthWales.
His only daughter was the wife of the late Capt.
Thos. Parry Jones Parry, R.N.
LLOYD. (LiECT., 1815. F-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 27.)
VAUGiL.i.N Lloyd, born 29 Jan. 1795, is brother
of Capt. Geo. Lloyd, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 June, 1809, as
Est.-ol. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Capt. Robt.
"Waller Otway ; previously to accompanying whom,
in the summer of 1811, into the Cumbbbland 74,
he participated, as Midshipman, in a very gallant
skirmish in which the British with a slender force
beat back a powerful division of the French Toulon
fleet ; witnessed a disastrous yet most valorous
attack made by Capt. Eras. Wm. Fane on the
enemy's shipping in the mole of Palamos ; and con-
tributed to the capture, 31 March, 1811, of ie Dro-
madalre store-ship, of 20 guns and 150 men. On
leaving the Combeeland, in which ship, com-
manded the greater part of the time by Capt. Thos.
Baker, he had escorted convoy to the West Indies
and back, Mr. Lloyd, in June, 1813, rejoined the
Ajax, then again under the orders of Capt. Otway,
with whom he served at the reduction, in the fol-
lowing Sept., of the town of St, Sebastian, and at
the capture, 17 March, 1814, of UAlqjon French
corvette, of 16 guns and 120 men. After cruizing
for ten months on the Irish station as Master's
Mate of the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres,
and for two more as Acting-Lieutenant of the Eu-
BYDicE 24, Capt. Rich. Spencer, he was confirmed
in his present rank by commission dated 20 Sept.
1815. His last appointments were, in 1816-17, to
the EuRYDicE again, Capt. Robt. Wauchope, Le-
veret 10, Capt. John Theed, and CoNQOEEon 74,
flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Robt. Plampin — all on
the St. Helena station, whence he returned in Sept.
1820.
Lieut. Lloyd married Augusta, daughter of John
Adams, Esq., of Lydstep House, co. Pembroke.
LLOYD. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 17;
H-p., 33.)
William Llotd (a) entered the Navy, 1 May,
1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Montagu 74,
Capt. John Knight, stationed in the North Sea ;
served as Midshipman, from Jan. 1798, until
wrecked 4 Nov. 1800, in the Maeleorohgh 74,
commanded in the Channel and Mediterranean by
Capts. Joseph Ellison and Thos. Sotheby; and in
Jan. 1801 joined the Sdpeeb 74, Capts. John Sutton
and Rich. Goodwin Keats. While under the latter
officer we find him sharing in Sir Jas. Saumarez'
action in the Gut of Gibraltar 12 July, 1801, accom-
panying Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back
in 1805 in pursuit of the combined squadrons of
France and Spain, and on 6 Feb. 1806 enacting a
part in the action off" St. Domingo. Immediately
after the latter event he returned to England as
Acting-Lieutenant of the Jupiter, Capt. Chas. Gill ;
and on 9 June in the same year he was officially
promoted. His succeeding appointments were — 25
July, 1806, to the Aedent 64, Capts. Geo. Eyre,
Ross Donnelly, and Edwin Henry Chamberlayne,
in which ship he beheld the attack on Jlonto Video
in Feb. 1807—28 April, 1808 (he hml left the Ar-
dent in the preceding Dec), .ind 7 Jan. 1809, to
the Zebra and Cruizee sloops, Capts. Geo. Barne
Trnllopo and Thos. Uirli. Toker, employed on the
Baltic and North Sea stations— and lastly, 12 Sept.
1814, after 10 months of half-pay, to the Kaxqakoo,
Capt. Hall, with whom he cruized in the Channel
and on the American coast until his return home
in Aug. 1815. He accepted his present rank 19
Aug. 1840.
Commander Lloyd is a Police-Magistrate at Port
Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope.
LLOYD. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
William Liotd (6) died 12 July, 1847, at Mon-
treal, of typhus fever, contracted while ministering
to the wants of the sick and destitute Irish immi-
grants.
This officer passed his examination in 1826 ; and
for his conduct as Mate of the Albion 74, Capt.
John Acworth Ommanney, at the battle of Navarin,
where he was wounded,' was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant 22 Oct. 1827. He remained thence-
forward on half-pay.
LLOYD. (Lieut., 181.5. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 1 8.)
William Hatman Lloyd, bom in July, 1792, is
son of Wm. Lloyd, Esq., Surgeon, of London.
This officer entered the Navy, in Deo. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cssae 80, Capt. Thos.
Geo. Shortland, to which ship, bearing the succes-
sive flags of Rear- Admirals Sir Rich. John Strachan,
Hon. Robt. Stopford, and Wm. Albany Otway, he
continued attached as Midshipman and Master's
Mate until June, 1811. He was in consequence
present, during the year 1809, at the destruction of
three French frigates under the batteries of Sable
d'Olonnc, in the attack also on the enemy's shipping
in Aix Roads, and in the operations against Wal-
cheren, where he served in an armed transport at
the bombardment of Flushing, and commanded a
gun-boat until its final evacuation by the British.
On leaving the CiESAE, Mr. Lloyd successively
joined the Venerable and Tigee 74's, Capts. Sir
Home Popham and John Halliday ; by the latter of
whom, during Lord Wellington's occupation of the
lines of Torres Vedraa, he was there intrusted with
the command of a signal station for five months.
The ship into which he was next received was the
Pembroke 74, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, under whom, it
appears, he beheld the fall of Genoa in April, 1814.
In the ensuing summer he went on a timber-getting
voyage to South America, as Second-Master of the
Sebafis store-ship, Master-Commander Wm. Lloyd ;
and on his return to England, in Aug. 1815, he
found that he had been awarded a commission
dated 6 Feb. in that year. From Dec. 1822 until
the close of 1833, and from 13 May, 1841, until the
summer of 1844, Lieut. Lloyd held appointments in
the Coast Guard. He is now on half-pay.
He married the only daughter of Lieut. Jas.
Nichols, formerly Resident Agent of Transports at
Gibraltar, by whom he has issue two sons and five
daughters.
LOCH. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 27; h-p., 21.)
Francis Eeskine Loch, bom in April, 1788, is
youngest son of Geo. Loch, Esq., of Drylaw, co.
Edinburgh, by Mary, daughter of John Adam, Esq.,
of Blair, co. Kinross, sister of the Right Hon. Wm.
Adam, Lord Chief Commissioner of the Scotch
Jury Court, and aunt of the present Vice-Admiral
Sir Chas. Adam, K.C.B., Governor of Greenwich
Hospital. Capt. Loch (whose grandmother was her-
self the grand-daughter of David, fourth Earl of
Buohan) is uncle of Capt. Granville Gower Loch,
R.N., and of Lieut. Geo. John Loch, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen Charlotte 100,
Capt. Andrew Todd, bearing the flag of Lord
Keith ; and on 17 of the following March narrowly
escaped involvement in the destruction of that ship,
being on board when she took fire in Leghorn
Roads. After he had further served with Lord
Keith, as Midshipman, in the Audacious and Mi-
notaur 74's, and Foudroyant 80, and had assisted
in the Minotaur at the blockade of Genoa, he re-
moved to the Mondovi 14, Capt. John Stewart.
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LOCH.
While under that officer he landed as his Aide-de-
Camp at the island of Rhodes for the purpose of
accelerating the fitting out of the numerous gun-
boats intended for the conveyance of troops to
Egypt ; was employed in a boat at the debarkation
in Aboukir Bay ; assisted in cutting out a Greek
vessel from under the guns of the castle at that
place; was present in the battles of 13 and 21
March; and was for a long time again Aide-de-
Camp to his Captain on Lake Mareotis. In the
course of the same year Mr. Loch successively
joined the Africaine and Peael frigates; the
former commanded by Capt. Stewart, and the latter
by Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard ; under whom, while at
the blockade of Malta, he beheld the capture of ie
Carrere, of 40 guns, and was serving on shore with
the seamen and marines belonging to Sir John Bor-
lase Warren's squadron when they were repulsed
at Porto Ferrajo. On leaving the Pearl, in Nov.
1801, he returned, as Signal-Midshipman, to the
FouDEOYANT, Still On the Mediterranean station,
whence, in 1802, he came home in the Pkincess
Augusta yacht, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey. Being dis-
charged, in May, 1803, into La Chipfonne 36, com-
manded by his cousin, Capt. Adam, he cruized
with much success in that ship in the North Sea
and Channel until the summer of 1805 ; on 10 June
in which year La Cbiffonne (the Falcon sloop,
Clinkek gun-brig, and FeAnces armed-cutter in
company) drove on shore under the batteries of
Fecamp a division of the French flotilla, consisting
of two corvettes and 15 gun-vessels, carrying in all
51 gxms, 4 8-inch mortars, and 3 field-pieces, accom-
panied by 14 transports. In Dec. 1805, after he
had been for a short time stationed with Capt.
Adam off" the mouth of the Scheldt in the Resist-
ance 38, Mr. Loch was nominated Sub-Lieutenant
of the Seagull 16, Capt. Robt. Cathcart. His ap-
pointments in the capacity of Lieutenant, a rank
he attained 22 Jan. 1806, were, it appears — 5 Aug.
1806, to the Diadem 64, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Chas. Stirling — II Aug. 1808, to the Semi-
RAMis 36, Capts. Wm. Granger and Chas. Richard-
son— 8 May, 1811, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship
of Sir Edw. Pellew— and, in 1812, to the San Josef
110, and Queen Charlotte 100, bearing each the
flag of Lord Keith. During the operations of 1807
in the Rio de la Plata, Mr. Loch, then in the Dia-
dem, commanded a party of seamen attached to the
guns under Brigadier-General Auchmuty and Lieut.-
General Whitelocke at the capture of Monte Video
and in the unsuccessfiol attack upon Buenos Ayres.
On the fall of the former place he was intrusted
with the charge of 60 prizes taken in the harbour,
many of them vessels-of-war. When in the Semi-
ramis, in 1808, we find him escorting to Corunna
Mr. Frere, the British Minister, together with the
patriot general the Marquis de la Komana ; and, on
his appointment to the Caledonia, participating
in a skirmish between the British and French fleets
oif Cape Sepet. While Flag-Lieutenant in 1812 of
the Queen Ciiaelotte, he was sent in the hired-
cutter Fanny to reconnoitre Brest Roads ; and so
well did he carry out his instructions, that he suc-
ceeded in making a sketch of the position of .each
of the enemy's vessels ; not however without much
peril, as the Fanny was at first nearly sunk by the
batteries in Le Goulet, and next all'but captured
by a ship of the line. As a rewardfor this service,
Mr. Loch was, in Oct. 1812, invested by Lord Keith
with the acting-command of the Rover sloop, and
ordered to cruize between Ushant and lie de Bas,
where he forced an armed convoy to seek protection
among the rocks. Prior to his official promotion to
the rank of Commander, which took place 6 Jan.
1813, he had the fortune to capture the Experiment
American letter-of-marque, of 6 guns and 17 men,
laden with cotton and rice, from Charlestown bound
to Bourdeaux — the first vessel of .the kind that had
attempted a voyage to Europe since the declaration
of war. On then leaving the Rover (although he
had been in her so short a period) the oflieers and
crew united in presenting him with an elegant
Bword, accompanied by an equally handsome com-
plimentary address. Being next appointed, 16 Aug.
1813, to the Spareow 16, Capt. Loch was for some
time stationed at the mouth of the river Bidasoa ;
and on 10 of the following Nov., while Lord Wel-
lington's army was forcing the French lines along
the coast to St. Jean de Luz, we find him assisting
in a naval demonstration in the rear of Socoa, where
the Spaekow sustained some slight damage in her
hull and sails, and had 1 man wounded.* On 26
March, 1814, the latter vessel, when ofi' Brest, fell
in during thick weather with the two French fri-
gates Etoile and Sultane ; in closely reconnoitring
which she sustained further injury, and had her
Master killed and 1 man wounded. The Hebrus
36 heaving in sight while she was so engaged, and
the Hannibal 74 soon joining in the chase, the
enemy's ships were fortunately both captured.
Capt. Loch's conduct in this afiair procured him
the thanks of the Admiralty. In the ensuing sum-
mer the Spaeeow was employed in bringing to
England some of the Generals (among whom were
the famous Barclay de Tolly and Hetman Platofi)
attached to the suites of the Allied Sovereigns.
On the occasion of the grand naval review her
Captain was directed by the Admiral of the Fleet
to superintend the procession of boats which at-
tended the embarkation of the Prince Regent and
his royal visitors on board the Impeegnable. He
was then despatched to Genoa, in convoy of several
transports with Sardinians discharged from the
British army; and on 29 Sept. 1814, as soon as he
had accomplished the mission, he was made Post
into the Minsteel 26. In that ship, which he paid
off in Dec. 1815, Capt. Loch was employed, during
the war of a hundred days, in conveying arms and
ammunition to the adherents of the Due d'Angou-
leme on the coast of Spain ; and in blockading,
previously to the surrender of the island of Elba,
the harbour of Porto Ferrajo, where lay the French
frigate Alcmene and ^several gun-boats. Obtaining
command, 21 Marcii, 1818, of the Eden 26, he
equipped and sailed for the East Indies, and on his
arrival on that station was appointed, 16 Oct., Senior
officer in the Persian Gulf^ in which capacity he
contrived to capture or destroy nine piratical ves-
sels. In Nov. 1819 he became second in command
of an expedition sent under the orders of Capt.
Fras. Augustus ColUer to act against the head-
quarters and principal resort of the freebooters at
Ras-al-Khyma. At the commencement of the ope-
rations Capt. Loch conducted the debarkation of
the troops, 3000 in number ; and he then, landing
in person, performed the duties of Beach-Master,
and served in one of the breaching batteries. When
the bulk of the armament returned, he remained
with Major Colebrook to arrange any difierences
that might afterwards arise. His conduct through-
out the whole proceedings, we may add, afibrded
the highest satisfaction both to the Admiralty and
to the Government of India. f The Eden being
paid off in Aug. 1821, Capt. Loch did not again go
afloat imtil Jan. 1838; on 31 of which month he re-
ceived an appointment to the Hastings 72. In the
following April that ship took the Earl of Durham
to Quebec. On her return to England she sailed,
in the early part of Oct., for the Mediterranean
with the Queen Dowager, whom, after visiting
Gibraltar, Naples, Messina, and Syracuse, she landed
at Malta on 1 Dec. In April, 1839, Capt. Loch
again had the honour of receiving Her Majesty on
board, and of being ordered to conduct her to Eng-
land, where, having been driven back to Palermo
by stress of weather, and having touched on his
passage at Lisbon and Vigo, he arrived 24 May.
His health obliging him almost immediately to in-
valid, he was appointed, 19 Sept. following, to the
VicTOEY 104, ordinary guard-ship at Portsmouth.
Since Sept. 1841, about which period he left the
VicTOEY, he has been Superintendent of Quarantine
at Standgate Creek, in the river Medway.
On 4 May, 1847, Capt. Loch was appointed a
Naval Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty. He married,
17 June, 1822, Jesse, daughter of Major Robertson,
* Fide Gaz. I81.S, p. 2406. t ^- Gaz. 1820, p. 1672.
LOCH— LOCK-LOCKYER.
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Barraok-Master-General for North Britain, and
niece of General Robertson, of Lawyers, Perthshire,
N.B., and by that lady has several children, of
whom two are in the Bombay Cavalry and one in
the Royal Navy. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
LOCH. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
George John Loch is son of John Loch, Esq.,
formerly M.P. for Hythe, a Director of the East
India Company, by Marion, daughter of Archibald
CuUen, Esq., K.C. ; and nephew of Capt. Fras.
Erskine Loch, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 16 April, 1842 ;
and served as Mate, on the East India, Home, North
America and "West India, and African stations, in the
Endymion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, Excel-
lent gunnery-ship, Capt. SirThos. Hastings,lLi,tis-
TRious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, and Bit-
tern 16, Capt. Thos. Hope. He obtained his com-
mission 15 Jan. 1846 ; and since 20 of that month
has been serving, stiU'on the coast of Africa, in the
NiMROD 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres.
LOCH. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 15; h-p., 6.)
Granville Gower Looh, born in 1813, is second
eon of Jas. Loch, Esq., of Drylaw, co. Edinburgh,
an Advocate at the Scottish bar, and M.P. for Kirk-
wall, &c., by Ann, youngest daughter of P. Orr,
Esq., of Kincardineshire ; and nephew of Capt.
Fras. Erskine Loch, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 23 Feb. 1826;
passed his examination in 1832 ; obtained his first
commission 23 Oct. 1833 ; was appointed, 21 Aug.
1834 and 27 Aug. 1835, to the Ocean 80 and Howe
120, as Flag-Lieutenant at the Nore to Hon. Chas.
Elphinstone Fleeming ; joined, 18 March, 1836, the
Vanguard 80, Capt. "Hon. Duncombe Pleydell
Bouverie, fitting for the Mediterranean ; ascended
the next step in his profession 28 Feb. 1837 ; and
was invested, 12 July, 1838, and 26 Dec. 1840, with
the command of the Fly 18 and Vesuvios steamer,
in which vessels (with the exception of a short pe-
riod which intervened between his paying ofi" the
one and his appointment to the other) he served, on
the South American and Mediterranean stations,
until advanced to his present rank 26 Aug. 1841.
On his return to England on the occasion of his
last promotion, Capt. Loch volunteered to join the
expedition in China, where, it appears, he acted as
extra Aide-de-Camp to Sir Hugh Gough at the
storming of Chin-Kiang-Foo 21 July, 1842,* and
was present with Sir Henry Pottinger in his negoci-
ations with the natives. In the course of 1842 he
published an able and very interesting work entitled
* The closing Events of the "War in China.' Agent
—John P. Muspratt.
LOCK. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
Campbell Lock is son, we understand, of the
late Vioe-Admiral Walter Lock (who served as
Lieutenant of the Qdeen Charlotte in Lord
Howe's action, commanded the Charon hospital-
ship in the affair off He de Groix, and was for some
time Agent for Prisoners of War), by a sister of
Capt. Michael Head, R.N. His brother James, a
Lieutenant in the K.N., fell a victim to the climate
of the West Indies in 1808.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Nov. 1806, as
Third-cl. Boy, on board the Puissant 74, Capt. John
Irwin, lying at Spithead ; and from 14 Deo. 1808
until 19 Jan. 1811 served as Midshipman and Mas-
ter's Mate in the Aeethusa 38, Capt. Robt. Mends ;
under whom he witnessed the capture, 6 April, 1809,
of the French 40-gun frigate Le Niemen, and ac-
tively co-operated with the patriots on the north
coast of Spain, where, with the exception of Castro,
he assisted at the destruction, during the summer
of 1811, of all the batteries from S^ Sebastian to St.
Andero, upon which were found altogether about
100 pieces of cannon. On leaving the Arethusa
we find him successively joining, on the Home and
North American stations, thePoMPEE 74, Capt. Sir
• Fide Gaz. 1 842, p. 3404.
Jas. Athol Wood, Spartan 38, Capt. Edw. Pelham
Brenton, and Plantagenet 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd.
He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 30 May, 1814, in
the MoRGiANA sloop, Capts. David' Scott and Vin-
cent Newton, stationed, until July, 1815, at HaUfax
and Bermuda; and he was lastly, from 1 Feb. 1827,
until promoted to the rank of Commander 17 July,
1828, employed in the Victory 104, guard-ship at
Portsmouth, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot.
Commander Lock is married, and has issue.
Agent — J . Hinxman.
LOCKYEE, C.B. (Captain, 1815. f-p., 26 ;
H-p., 22.)
Nicholas Lockter died 27 Feb. 1847, while in
command of H.M.S. Albion, at Malta, aged 65.
He was brother of the present Colonel H. F'. Lock-
yer, Ji.C, commanding H.M. 90th Regt., now in
garrison at that place.
This officer (whose name had been borne from
1790 to 1792 on the books of the Syren 32, Capt.
John Manley) embarked, in 1799, as Master's Mate,
on board the Voltigeur sloop, Capts. Thos. Geo.
Shortland and Lennox Thompson, with whom he
served until 1801 in the Channel and at Newfound-
land. He then joined in succession La Constance
24, and Blanche 36, both commanded by Capt.
Zachary Mudge ; and on 17 Deo. 1803, after having
been for some time actively employed on the Lisbon
and West India stations, especially at the blockade
of St. Domingo, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy
in the Tartar 32, Capts. John Perkins, Keith
Maxwell, Edw. Hawker, and Stephen Poyntz.
While with Capt. Maxwell, Mr. Lockyer assisted, as
second in command of three boats under Lieut.
Henry Mullah, in boarding and carrying, on a reef
of rocks midway between the islands of Saona and
St. Domingo, L' Hirotidelle privateer, of 10 long
4-pounders and 50 men, notwithstanding that the
British in their advance, besides having to pull
against a strong sea-breeze, were assailed by a heavy
fire of grape and musketry, and on reaching the
vessel found the whole crew drawn up round the
deck. Although the victors in this very gallant
affair had but 2 men hurt, their opponents sus-
tained a loss of 9 killed and 6 wounded. The un-
daunted spirit and perseverance of the former were
most highly eulogized by Capt. Maxwell, who, in
regard in particular to Lieuts. Mullah and Lockyer,
declared himself unable to express the sense he
entertained of their brave and intrepid_ conduct.'*'
Obtaining a second promotal commission 25 Sept.
1806, the subject of the present narrative assumed
command, 25 March, 1807, of the Hound bomb;
which vessel, in Aug. 1808, bore the flag of Rear-
Admiral Rich. Goodwin Keats, and assisted in em-
barking the Spanish troops under the Marquis de
la Romana from the vicinity of Nyeborg.-j- On 26
Oct. 1809 Capt. Lockyer removed to the Sophie 18
and in her he continued most actively and success-
fully employed on the Channel and HaUfax stations
for more than five years ; effecting the capture or
destruction during that period of one privateer (the
Pioneer) of 320 tons, 17 guns, and 170 men, of an-
other of 2 guns and 25 men, and of a merchant-ship,
two brigs, 10 schooners, and two sloops. The Sophie
also, while attached to the Chesapeake squadron,
proved instrumental to the taldng of numerous
merchantmen ; and, on 15 Sept. 1814, forming part
at the time of a small force under Capt. Hon. Wm.
Henry Percy, she endured a loss of 6 men killed and
16 wounded in an attack on Fort Bowyer. In com-
mand, 14 Dec. 1814, of the boats of a squadron, 45
in number, containing altogether about 980 persons,
Capt. Lockyer, after a tedious row of 36 hours on
Lake Borgne, attacked a flotilla of five gun-vessels,
under the American Commodore Jones, with such
judgment and determination,! that, in spite of the
enemy's formidable force (consisting of 16 long
guns, 14 carronades, 2 howitzers, 12 swivels, and 245
men), their advantage of a chosen position, and their
studied and deliberate preparation, they were all cap-
* J'ideGsa. 1804, p. 1282. f V. Gaz. 1808, p. '150.
J V. Gaz. 1815, p. 440.
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LOCKyER-LODDER-LODWICK— LOFTUS-LONEY.
tured in so serviceable a state as to afford the most
essential aid to the operations connected with the
expedition against New Orleans.* On at first clos-
ing with the enemy, Capt. Lockyer made for the
Commodore's vessel, in boarding which it was his
lot to be dangerously wounded. So stern was the
general resistance offered by the Americans, that,
before they were finally subdued, their own loss
amounted to not less than 6 killed and 35 wounded,
nor that of the British to less than 17 killed and 77
wounded. The prizes being collectively placed
upon the establishment of a 36-gun frigate, the
command of them was at once given to Capt.
Lockyer by Sir Alex. Cochrane, who in his public
despatch declared him justly entitled to the protec-
tion of the Admiralty. On 29 March, 1815, he was
in consequence confinned in Post-rank. His subse-
quent appointments, it appears, were — 26 June,
1816, to a command on Lake Ontario, which he re-
tained until 18 June, 1817—17 Dec. 1824, to the
RoMNET 50, avTme-en-jiute^ variously employed, until
paid off 12 Oct. 1827, in passages to Quebec, the
Tagus, the Mediterranean, and Sierra Leone — 12
Oct. 1832, to the Stag 46, stationed off the coast of
Portugal, whence he returned in Dec. 1835 — and 10
Nov. 1843, to the Albion 90. In that ship, in
which he continued until the period of his death,
Capt. Lockyer served at first as Flag-Captain to Sir
David Milne at Devonport, then on the Lisbon sta-
tion, and finally with the Channel squadron.
He had been nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; and
awarded, about the same period, a gratuity for his
wounds of 301Z. 2s. dd. Agents— Messrs. Omman-
ney.
LOCKYER. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
William Nicholas Love Lockter entered the
Navy in 1832 ; passed his examination 2 Nov. 1838 ;
and after having been for some time attached, as
Mate, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, was employed in
that capacity in the Aigle 24, Capt. Lord Clarence
Edw. Paget, on the Mediterranean station, from the
close of 1841 until promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant 1 Sept. 1845. His appointments have since
been — on 15 of the latter month, as Additional, to
the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pen-
dant on the coast of Africa of Commodore Wm.
Jones— 26 Doc. 1845, to the Albion 90, Capt. Ni-
cholas Lockyer, part of the Channel squadron — and
6 May, 1847, again to the Excellent, Capt. Henry
Ducie Chads, under whom he is at present serving.
Harvey on the same station— and, 19 March, 1842,
again as First, to the Gbowleb steam-sloop, Capt.
Claude Henry Mason Buckle, on the coast of Africa,
where he remained until promoted to the rank of
Commander 1 May, 1845.
LODDEE. (Lieutenant, 1846.3
Chakles Aktheb Louder served as Midshipman
of the Powerpul 84, Commodore Chas. Napier, dur-
ing all the operations on the coast of Syria, including
the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. He passed
his examination 7 July, 1842 ; was employed in the
Mediterranean, as Mate, from the close of that year
until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 26 Juno,
1846, of the Orestes 18, Capt. Hon. Swynfen Thos.
Carnegie, and "Virago steam-sloop, Capts. Geo.
Graham Otway and John Lunn ; and since 22 Oct.
in the latter year has been serving in the Sidon
steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson, now
on the coast of Portugal.
LODWICK. (Commander, 1845.)
John Lodwick died in the summer of 1845.
This officer passed his examination in 1831 ; ob-
tained his first commission 19 Jan. 1837 ; and was
appointed — 20 Jan. 1837, to the Phcenix steam-ves-
sel, Capts. "Wm. Honyman Henderson and Anthony
"Wm. Milward, with whom he was employed on par-
ticular service until paid oft' at the close of 1838 —
22 May, 1839, as Senior Lieutenant, to the Dee
steamer, Capt. Joseph Sherer, attached to the force
in North America and the "West Indies — 7 March,
1841, to the "WiNcnESTER 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos.
* An armed sloop was on the same occasion talten by a
division of Capt. Lockyer "s boats under the present Sir Samuel
Koberts.
LOFTUS. (Lieut., 1813. e-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.)
Abthdr Loetus is second son of the Kev. Arthur
Loftus, by EUen, daughter of Sir Duke Gifford,
Bart., of Castle Jordan, co. Meath ; and brother of
the late Major Henry Duke Loftus, and the late
Capt. "Wm. Loftus, both in the Army. One of his
uncles, Thos. Loftus, was a M.P. and a Captain in
the 1st Horse Guards ; and another, "Wm. Loftus, of
Kilbride, co. "Wicklow, many years a Member of the
Irish and English Parliaments, was a General Officer
in the Army, Colonel of the 2nd Dragoon Guards,
and Lieutenant of the Tower of London. Lieut.
Loftus— a first-cousin of the present Major-General
Loftus of Kilbride— is a direct descendant of Adam
Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, and Chancellor of Ireland, who had (with
seven daughters, all married to Knights) a family of
five sons ; three of whom received the honour of
Knighthood. One of the Prelate's two other sons,
Adam, a Captain in the Army, was killed in action
with the O'Byrnes of co. "Wicklow 29 May, 1599.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 March, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Milan 38, Capt. Sir Robt.
Laurie ; and from 5 of the following April until 5
Oct. 1810 was employed, chiefly as Midshipman, in
the Qdebec 32, Capts. Geo. M'Kinley, Lord "Vis-
count Falkland, Hon. Geo. Poulett, and Chas. Sib-
thorpe John Hawtayne. He assisted during that
period at the cutting-out (he had not at the time
been a fortnight in the ser^ce) of several vessels
on the coast of Holland— made two voyages to the
shores of Greenland — witnessed the surrender, in
Sept. 1807, of the island of Heligoland — was twice
nearly wrecked, on the coasts of Norway and Den-
mark (on the first occasion during a tremendous
gale which lasted three days) — ^joined (after having
been blocked up for a whole winter in the ice at
Gottenborg) in the Quebec's gallant pursuit of the
Danish 74 Prindts Christian. Frederic, a pursuit that
led to the capture of that ship, 22 March, 1808, by
the Nassau and Statelt 64's — accompanied the
expedition of 1809 to the Scheldt, where he obtained
the thanks of Sir Rich. Strachan for his conduct in
command of a launch, armed with a 12-pounder car-
ronade, in an attack on the island of South Beve-
land — served at the blockade of an enemy's force
in Cherbourg— and co-operated in the defence of
Cadiz. Becoming attached, in Feb. 1811, to the Sci-
piON 74, bearing the flag of Hon. Robt. Stopford,
Mr. Loftus contributed, in the course of the same
year, to the conquest of the island of Java. In
April, 1812, having returned to England, he passed
his examination ; but he was not promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant until 14 June, 1813 ; prior to
which period he had been further employed in the
ScipiON, under Capt. Henry Heathcote, on the Me-
diterranean station. After he had been lent for
brief periods to the Ocean 98 and Mulgrave 74,
Mr. Loftus received an appointment, 7 Oct. 1813, to
the Royal George 100, Capt. Thos. Francis Chas.
Mainwaring; under whom, it appears, he beheld Sir
Edw. Pellew's two partial actions with the Toulon
fleet, and saw some boat-service. Since the paying-
off of the Royal George, in Aug. 1814, he has not
been afloat.
Lieut. Loftus, now a widower, married Anne
Abigail, only child and heiress of John Grey, Esq.,
a lady belonging to a junior branch of the family of
Lord Grey de Groby, by whom he has issue a son
and daughter. The former is a Lieutenant in the
10th Hussars.
LONEY. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 25; h-p., 31.)
John Jenkins Loney, bom 8 Dec. 1783, is son
of the late Mr. J. Loney, a warrant-officer in the
Royal Navy, who served his country with credit
for nearly 50 years.
LONEY— LONG.
671
This officer entered the Navy, early in 1791, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Thorn sloop, Capt.
Taylor, on the Leith station. In the course of the
same year he became attached to the Peosekpine
frigate, commanded in the "West Indies by Capt.
Jas. Alms; and enjoining, for a short time in 1794,
the Latona 38, Capt. Edw. Thombrough, he fought
and was severely wounded in Lord Howe's famous
action. "With the exception of a few months in
1796-7, during which we find him serving at Home
on board the Cabnatic, Colossus, and Russell 74's,
all commanded by Capt. Kich. Grindall, he did
not again go afioat uritil May 1803, on 5 of which
month he was received into the ■Windsor Castle
98, Capts. Philip Chas. Durham, Albemarle Bertie,
and Davidge Gould. "With those ofiicers Mr. Loney
was for two years employed in the Channel, princi-
pally in the capacity of Midshipman. He then in
succession joined the Thunderer 74, Capt. "Wm.
Lechmcre, and Dart sloop, Capt. Brownrigg ; and
on 6 Feb. 1806, having returned to the "West Indies,
it was his fortune to be present in the action ofi" St.
Domingo on board the Northumberland 74, flag-
ship of the late Sir Alex. Cochrane ; by whom he
was nominated, 5 May, 1807, Acting-Lieutenant of
the Chichester store-ship, Capt. Tait. On leav-
ing that vessel, to which he had been confirmed
11 Aug. in the same year, Mr. Loney was appointed,
26 April, 1808, to the Thisbe 28, bearing the flag in
the Thames of Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope. Re-
moving, a month afterwards, to the Thrush 18,
Capt. Chas. "Webb, he was again ordered to the
"West Indies, where, in July, 1809, he witnessed the
surrender of St. Domingo. About the early part of
1810, being at the time engaged in the defence of
Cadiz, he was placed by Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats in
acting-command of the Thunder bomb, in which
vessel he remained until superseded on the arrival
from England of a Captain appointed by the Admi-
ralty. "While next in command (from Nov. 1810
until compelled by illness to resign in March, 1811)
of the Dart cutter, Mr. Loney was employed in the
conveyance of despatches between Cadiz and Lord
"Wellington's army in Portugal. His subsequent
appointments were — 12 Deo. 1811, to the Spider 16,
Capt. Frank Gore "Willock, on the "West India sta-
tion, whence he invalided 6 Feb. 1813— 4 Sept. 1826,
to be Agent for Transports afloat, which service a
severe injury received in the head during a heavy
gale obliged him to quit in the ensuing March — and
2 April, 1827, and 6 Feb. 1837, to the command, for
a period each time of five years, of the Semaphores
at Beacon Hill and Portsmouth. He has been on
half-pay since 1 April, 1842.
Lieut. Loney married, 20 April, 1808, the daughter
of a respectable Government Contractor, by whom
he has issue ten children. One of his sons, John
Felix, a Master in the R. N. (1845), is now serving
in that capacity on board the Poictiers 72, guard-
ship at Chatham.
LONEY. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 26.)
Robert Lonev entered the Navy, in Sept. 1797,
as a Boy, on board the Atlas 98, Capts. Matthew
Squire and Theophilus Jones, with whom he served
in the Channel until March, 1801. In March, 1803,
he became Fst.-cl. Vol. of the Salvador del
MuNDo, bearing the flags of Admirals Sir John
Colpoys and "Wm. Young at Plymouth, where he
continued to officiate as Midshipman, until trans-
ferred, in Feb. 1806, to L'Aigle 36, Capt. Geo.
"Wolfe. In March, 1808, we find him participating
in a very gallant engagement fought by L'Aigle
with two French frigates and the enemy's batteries
at lie de Groix, where, besides having 3 of her
guns split and dismounted, a bower-anchor cut in
two, and her mainmast and bowsprit irreparably
injured, the former ship had 22 of her people more
or less severely wounded. One of her antagonists
was compelled to take refuge under a fort, and the
other to run on shore on Pointe des Chats. In
April, 1809, immediately prior to the destruction of
the shipping in Aix Roads, Mr. Loney served in the
boats under Lieut. Rich. Devonshire at the destruc-
tion of the works on the Boyart Rock, a hazardous
achievement which elicited the thanks of Lord Gam-
bier ; and he subsequently, on becoming attached
to the "Walcheren armament, assisted in forcing the
passage between Flushing and Cadsand ; on which
occasion L'Aigle, in consequence of a shell bursting
in her after gun-room, sustained a loss of 5 men
wounded and had her stern-framo greatly damaged.
After a servitude of three months in the "West In-
dies on board the Pert sloop, Capt. "Wm. Hall, Mr.
Loney, in Aug. 1810, rejoined the Salvador del
MuNDo, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Calder at Ply-
mouth, where he remained a few weeks, and had
command during the period of the Admiral's tender.
Joining, then, the Scipion 74, he served as Second-
Master of that ship, under the flag of Hon. Robt.
Stopford, at the reduction of Java in Sept. 1811 ;
immediately after which event he was nominated
Acting-Lieutenant of the Madagascar frigate,
Capt. Chas. Sullivan. He was confirmed a Lieute-
nant 8 May, 1812 ; and on 16 of the ensuing Oct.
was appointed to the Reindeer 18, Capt. "Wm.
Manners, with whom he cruized until compelled
from ill health to invalid 21 June, 1814. His sub-
sequent appointments were to the command — 16
Dec. 1825, of the Nimble Revenue-cutter — 12 Aug.
1829 (four months after he had left the latter vessel),
of the "Vigilant ketch, on the Plymouth station,
where we find him employed until paid off 21 Nov.
1831— and 1 Nov. 1832, of the Savage 10, which
vessel was put out of commission 23 July, 1836.
For his services in the Savage off Oporto during
the civil war in Portugal, and the protection he
afforded to British interests during the revolution
in Venezuela, Lieut. Loney was rewarded with the
rank of Commander 10 Jan. 1837. He has since
been on half-pay.
LONG. (Retired Commander, 1842. f-p., 20;
H-p., 30.)
James Long was born 17 April, 1774.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1797, as
A.B., on board the Svbille, of 48 guns, Capts.
Edw. Cooke, "Wm. "Waller, and Chajs. Adam ; and
was a Midshipman of that ship in Jan. 1798, when,
in company with the Fox 32, she entered the Spa-
nish harbour of Manilla under French disguise,
although three sail of the line and three frigates
belonging to the enemy were lying there, and suc-
ceeded, besides eliciting much information, in cap-
turing seven boats, about 200 men, numerous im-
plements of war, and a large quantity of ammuni-
tion. In the course of the same month, he joined
in an attack made by the Stbille and Fox on the
settlement of Samboangon in the island of Magin-
danao, where, in an action with a fort and battery,
the two ships sustained a loss of 6 men killed and
16 wounded. On 1 March, 1799, we find him pre-
sent, off the sand-heads of Bengal River, in a most
furious engagement of two hours and a half, which
terminated in the Syeille's capture of the French
frigate La Forte, of 52 guns and 370 men, after a
loss to the latter of 65 (including her Captain)
killed, and 80 wounded, and to the British, out of
371 men, of 5 killed and 17 (Capt. Cooke himself
being mortally) wounded. The damage done to
each ship was in proportion to her loss. Independ-
ently of a participation in other services, Mr. Long
assisted, while under Capt. Adam, at the capture
and destruction, 23 Aug. 1800, of five Dutch armed
vessels and 22 merchantmen in Eatavia Roads. He
further contributed, in the following Oct., to the
making prize of 24 Dutch proas, four of which
mounted 6 guns each ; and on 19 Aug. 1801 (when
off Mahe, the principal of the Seychelle Islands)
he aided in taking, with a loss to the Sybille (out
of 300 men) of 2 killed and 1 wounded, of ia Chif-
fonne of 42 guns and 296 men, 23 of whom were
killed and 30 wounded. This action, a very gallant
one of 20 minutes, was attended with the disadvan-
tage to the British of being fought among rocks
and shoals, and under the fire of an enemy's bat-
672
LONGCHAMP— LORD— LORING.
tery. _ Following Capt. Adam, on his return to Eng-
land in 1803, into his prize La Chiffonne, which
had been added to the British Navy as a 36-gun
frigate, Mr. Long proceeded on a cruize to the
North Sea, where he next, it appears, joined the
MoNAKCH 74, bearing the flag of Lord Keith,
and Edgar 74, Capts. John Clarke Searle and
Robt. Jackson. He attained the rank of Lieute-
nant 7 Nov. 1806 ; and was subsequently appointed
— 26 Dec. 1806, to the Ottek sloop, Capts. John
Davis and Nesbit Josiah "WiUoughby, in which
vessel he witnessed the evacuation of Monte Video
in 1807, and ^the capture of St. Paul's, He de Bour-
bon, in Sept. 1809—21 Nov. in the latter year, to
the Sapphike sloop, Capt. Hon. "Wm. Gordon, with
whom he returned 'to England — 18 Dec. 1810, and
25 June, 1811, to the Phipps 14, and Mosqcito 18,
Capts. Christopher Bell and Jas. Tomkinson, sta-
tioned in the Downs and North Sea, where he
cruized until superseded in April, 1813 — 8 March,
1837, to the command of the Semaphore on Ports-
down Hill — and 25 Oct. 1841, to a Kendezvous for
seamen in the Isle of Man, which closed a month
afterwards. He accepted his present rank 11 Feb.
1842.
Commander Long married, 27 Oct. 1827, Jacob-
ina, youngest daughter of Jas. Young, Esq., of
Lanark, N.B., by whom he has issue five children.
LONGCHAMP. (Commander, 1822. P-p., 34;
H-p., le.)
' John Longchamp entered the Navy, 18 July,
1797, as Midshipman, on board L'Espoir sloop,
Capt. Henry Inman ; continuing to serve with
whom in the Belliquedx 64, Andromeda 32, and
Desiree 36, he witnessed, in the Andromeda, an
attack made on a French squadron in Dunkerque
Roads 7 July, 1800, and was present, we believe, in
the D^siKEE in the action otf Copenhagen 2 April,
1801. In the course of the latter and the following
year he successively removed to the Princess of
Orange 74 and Leda 38, both commanded by
Capt. Geo. Hope, Acasta 40, Capt. Jas. Athol
Wood, and Princess Royal 98, Capts. Jas. Vashon,
Herbert Sawyer, and Robt. Carthew Reynolds. He
made a voyage, in the Leda, to the Mediterranean ;
and served on the Channel station, in the Princess
Royal, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
5 Dec. 1806. He then joined the Fdry bomb, Capt.
John Sanderson Gibson, attached to the force in
the Baltic, where he was taken prisoner in Oct.
1807 ; and he was subsequently appointed — 3 Jan.
1809 (three months after he had been exchanged),
to the Cordelia 10, Capt. Thos. Fortescue Ken-
nedy, lying in the Downs — 29 May following, to
the Pdissant 74, guard-ship at Spithead, Capts.
Irwin, Hall, and Patterson — 2 Nov. 1811, as Senior,
to the Tvkian 10, Capts. Fred. Burgoyne and Au-
gustus Baldwin, employed in the Channel — 18 Nov.
1814, to the BoYNE 98, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland,
on the Irish station — 25 Aug. 1815, to the Iphi-
genia 36, Capt. Andrew King, with whom he cruized
for exactly three months in the North Sea — in July
and Oct. 1816, to the command of the Industry
and "Watchful Revenue-vessels — and 27 Maich,
1819, to the Coast Guard, in which service he con-
tinued to discharge the duties of Inspecting Com-
mander until the early part of 1832. He has since
been on half-pay. The commission he at present
holds bears date 26 Dec. 1822. Agents— Messrs.
Ommanney.
LORD. (Lieutenant, 1835.)
William Lord passed his examination in 1829 ;
obtained his commission 11 Aug. 1835; and has
since been on half-pay.
The Lieutenant, who has been for a considerable
period Inspector of the River Mersey, married, 22
Nov. 1840, Fairlina Euphemia, only daughter of
Lieut. T. Anderson, of Stromness.
LORING. (COMMANDEK, 1845. F-p., 14;
H-p., 12.)
Hector Loring, born in Aug. 1808, at Fareham,
CO. Hants, is second and only surviving son of
Capt. John Loring, R.N., who commanded the
Bellerophon 74 at the blockade of St. Domingo
in 1803, and died 9 Nov. 1808; and first-cousin of
the present Vice-Admiral Sir John Wentworth
Loring, K.C.B., K.C.H. His elder brother, John,
a passed Midshipman in the R.N., died of yellow
fever at Bermuda on board the Ehrya-LUS frigate,
about 1820.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Aug. 1821, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Qdeen Charlotte 100,
Capt. John Baker Hay, bearing the fiag at Ply-
mouth of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed. Proceeding
towards the close of the same year to the East In-
dies in the Liffey 50, Commodore Chas. Grant, he
was afforded an opportunity, during the Burmese
war, of witnessing the capture of Rangoon, and of
participating, as Midshipman, in much boat-service
on the river Irawady. On his return to England
in Jan. 1326 he joined the Victory 104, flag-ship
of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth, where he re-
mained until the following Dec. ; in the course of
which month he was received on board the Chal-
lenger 28, Capts. Hayes, Joseph Harrison, and
Adolphus FitzClarence. After a further servitude
on the Home station in the latter ship and in the
Glodcestek 76, Capt. Henry Stuart, Mr. Loring
(whose examination was passed in Sept. 1827) again,
in 1829, sailed for the East Indies, as Mate of the
Southampton 50, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W.
C. R. Owen, who appointed him Acting-Lieutenant,
in 1831-2, of his own ship, and of the Satellite
18, Capt. Marcus Theodore Hare, Cruizer 18, Capt.
John Parker, and CnRA90A 26, Capt. David Dunn.
He continued to officiate in the capacity last men-
tioned for upwards of four years ; and on 23 June,
1835, was at length confirmed in the rank of Lieute-
nant, a few weeks only before the Cura^oa was
paid off. His next appointments were — 4 Oct. 1835,
to the .a^TNA bomb, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric
Vidal, fitting for the coast of Africa — 13 Nov. 1835,-
as Additional, to the President 52, flag-ship of
Sir Geo. Cockburn in North America and the West
Indies — 25 Jan. 1836, to the Nimrod 20, Capt. John
Frazer, of which vessel, employed on the same
station, he soon became FirstrLieutenant — 1 Feb.
1840, to the Thunderer 84, Capts. Maurice Fred.
Fitzhardinge Berkeley and Daniel Pring, under the
former of whom he discharged the duties of Second-
Lieutenant in the operations on the coast of Syria,
including the storming of Sidon and bombardment
of St. Jean d' Acre— and 1 Feb. and 19 July, 1844,
and 30 Jan. 1845, as First-Lieutenant (a post he had
for a long time held in the Thunderer), to the
Camperdown 104, Queen 110, and Trafalgar
120, flag-ships of Sir John Chambers White at the
Nore. He attained his present rank 25 July, 1845,
and since 30 April, 1847, has been serving as Second-
Captain of the Howe 120, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling.
Commander Loring married, in May, 1841, Char-
lotte Jessy, daughter of the late Jas. Jameson, Esq.,
of the Bengal Medical Service, by whom he has
issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
LORING, K.C.B., K.C.H. (Vice-Admiral of
THE White, 1846. F-p., 46; H-p., 12.)
Sir John Wentworth Loring, bom 13 Oct. 1775,
in America, is son of the late Joshua Loring, Esq.,
permanent High Sheriff of the province of Massa-
chusetts previously to the Transatlantic War of In-
dependence ; grandson of Commodore Loring, who
commanded on the Lakes of Canada, also prior to the
struggle with America ; and first-cousin of the pre-
sent Commander Hector Loring, R.N. One of his
brothers, Henry Lloyd, died Archdeacon of Cal-
cutta in 1822 ; another, William, a Captain in the
Horse Artillery, served under Sir John Moore
during his celebrated retreat, from the fatigues of
which he never recovered, dying at Madeira in
1809 ; and a third, a Major in the Army, was Mill-
LORING— LORY.
673
tary Secretary to Lieut. -General Sir Gordon Drum-
raond, G.C.B., Governor of the Canadas during the
late war with America.
This officer, whose name had been borne from
24 April, 1783, until 13 Dec. 1785, on the books of
the Salisbury 50, embarked, in June, 1789, on
board that ship, then bearing the flag of Vice-Ad-
miral Milbanke at Newfoundland, whence he re-
turned in Dec. 1791. He then in succession be-
came Midshipman, on the Home and Mediterranean
stations, of the Alcide 74, Capt. Sir Andrew Snape
Douglas, KoMNEY 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
Sam. Cranston Goodall, Okestes 18, Capt. Lord
Augustus FitzRoy, Conflagkation fire-vessel,
Capts. Thos. Freeman, Edw. Brown, and John
Loring, and Victokt 100, flag-ship of Lord Hood.
While with the latter nobleman at the occupation
of Toulon, Mr. Loring served as a volunteer at
Fort Mulgrave, where, on the night of its assault
and capture by the republican troops, 17 Dec. 1793,
he received a severe wound by a musket-ball just
below the knee, which obliged him to proceed in
the Dolphin hospital-ship to Gibraltar for reco-
very.* Rejoining the Victory while yet lame, he
again acted as a volunteer at the reduction of
Bastia, and was intrusted during the operations
with the command of a gun-boat, in which he was
every night employed, from dark till dawn, in
watching the Mole-head. On the surrender of that
place, Mr. Loring was promoted, 24 May, 1794, to a
Lieutenancy in La FlJohe 16, Capt. John Gore.
Being soon afterwards transferred, at the request
of Sir Hyde Parker, to his flag-ship, the St. George
98, he had an opportunity of sharing in Hotham's
actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795. In the early
part of 1796 we flnd him accompanying the same
Admiral into the Britannia 100 ; and towards the
close of that year taking a passage to the West In-
dies in the Comet flre-ship, Capt. Edw. Hamilton,
for the purpose of there rejoining him in the
Queen 98. In June, 1798, Lieut. Loring was ad-
vanced to the acting-command of the Ratteer of
16 guns ; in which sloop he so ably co-operated with
Brigadier Sir Brett Spencer in superintending the
evacuation of the Cayemites Islands, near St. Do-
mingo, that he had the gratiflcation of finding him-
self removed, in the ensuing Sept., to the Lark 18,
a vessel superior to any other of her class on the
station. The appointment being confirmed, 3 Jan.
1799, Capt. Loring succeeded, during the period of
his command, in taking as many as 8 privateers
and 27 merchant-vessels ; and on one occasion, the
Lark having been totally dismasted in a hurricane,
he re-equipped her with such remarkable expedi-
tion, and in face of so many difficulties, that Lord
Hugh Seymour, the new Commander-in-Chief, not
only returned him his public thanks, but succes-
sively appointed him, in April and Oct. 1801, to the
Abergavenny of 54, and the Syren of 32 guns.
In March, 1802, while cruizing alone ofi' Cape Fran-
9ois, Capt. Loring, with a degree of coolness that
called forth the highest admiration and applause of
Sir John Thos. Duckworth (who had succeeded
Lord Hugh Seymour), contrived to quell a most
dangerous mutiny that had broken out on board
the Syren, the crew having combined to seize their
Captain and take possession of the ship. The strong
manner in which he was in consequence recom-
mended to the Admiralty caused their Lordships, on
receipt of the intelligence, to confirm him in Post-
rank by a commission ante-dated to 28 April, 1802,
the day prior to the general promotion which had
taken place in honour of the peace. The Syren
being paid off in the following Oct., Capt. Loring's
after-appointments afloat, it appears, were — 14 Sept.
1803, to the UTKEcnT 64, flag-ship in the Downs of
Rear-Admirals Robt. Montagu, Philip Patton, and
John HoUoway — 5 Jan. 1805, to the Aurora 28, in
which frigate he made a voyage to Bermuda and
back — 13 Nov. 1805, to the Niobe 40, an active
cruizer — and, 19 July, 1813, to the Impregnable
98, flag-ship of Admiral Wm. Young, employed in
blockading the Scheldt. On 28 March, 1806, being
* Vide Gaz. 1791, p. it.
in the Niobe ofi' L'Orient, Capt. Loring observed
three large French frigates and a corvette standing
out to sea. Notwithstanding the great superiority
of the enemy, he immediately made sail in pursuit,
and in tlie course of the night, which fortunately
proved dark and rainy, contrived to come up with
the sternmost of their vessels, Le Nearque, of 16
guns and 97 men ; of which, by running close along-
side and dropping two boats' full of men from her
quarters, the Niobe took silent possession. This
neat action, as termed by Earl St. Vincent,* will be
further alluded to in our memoir of Capt. Barring-
ton Reynolds, the boarding officer. On 20 Oct. 1810
Capt. Loring captured V Hirondelle privateer of 4
guns and 30 men ; and in the course of the follow-
ing month he received the approbation of the Ad-
miralty for his zeal and gallantry in an attack made
in company with the Diana 38, Capt. Chas. Grant,
upon the two French 40-gun frigates ATnazone and
Eliza, who were driven under the batteries of La
Hogue, where the latter was ultimately burnt, f
While employed in alone watching the port of
Havre, whither the Amazone had efiected her escape,
the Niobe made prize, 4 March, 1811, of Le Loup
Marin privateer of 16 guns and 64 men. Towards
the close of the same month the Amazone, having
slipped in the night, was forced on shore near Cape
Barfleur by a squadron under the orders of Capt.
Jas. Macnamara of the Berwick 74, whom the
Niobe, with much judgment, there led in an attack
which ended with the self-destruction of the French
ship. From 21 March, 1816, until he resigned, 14
Oct. following, Capt. Loring was Superintendent of
the Ordinary at Sheerness. He became Lieutenant-
Governor of the Royal Naval College 4 Nov. 1819,
and continued in discharge of the duties of that
post until his attainment of Flag-rank 10 Jan. 1837.
He was promoted to the rank of Vioe-Admiral 9
Nov. 1846.
Sir John Wentworth Loring, who had been nomi-
nated a C.B. 4 June, 1815, and a K.C.H. 30 April,
1837, was created a K.C.B. 4 July, 1840. He mar-
ried, 18 July, 1804, Anna, second daughter of Vice-
Admiral Patton, who then held a seat at the Board
of Admiralty ; and by that lady has issue three sons
(the second, William, a Commander in the R.N.)
and three daughters.
LORING. (Commander, 1841.)
William Loring is second son of Vice- Admiral
Sir John Wentworth Loring, K.C.B., K.C.H.
This ofiBcer entered the Navy, in July, 1826, on
board the Undaunted 46, employed on particular
service ; was afterwards stationed in the Mediter-
ranean, at Home, and in the East Indies, in the
Alligator 28, Britannia 120, Melville 74, and
Wolf 18 ; obtained (having passed in 1832) his first
commission 26 Feb. 1836 ; and from 22 of the fol-
lowing Nov. until promoted to his present rank, 27
Aug. 1841, was again employed in the Mediterra-
nean, latterly as First-Lieutenant, in the Carts-
fort 26, Capt. Henry Byam Martin. He has been
in command, since 5 Jan. 1846, of the Scout 14, on
the East India station.
LORY. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 13.)
William Lory was bom 24 Dec. 1794, in the
parish of St. Keverne, co. Cornwall, where his
father was the principal resident freeholder and
agriculturist.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Unicorn 32, Capt. Lucius
Ferdinand Hardyman; with whom, after having
witnessed Lord Cochrane's destruction of the
French shipping in Aix Roads, he removed, 30 Aug.
following, to the Armide 38 ; in the boats of which
ship we find him frequently engaged in cutting out
the enemy's vessels and storming their batteries off
Rochefort, Rochelle, and the He de Rhe. With an
interval between March, 1812, and Feb. 1813, during
which he served with Capt. Edw. Galwey in the
Dryad 36, Mr. Lory was employed under Capt.
• Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 422. f V. Gaz. 1810, p. 1840.
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LOUDON— LOUIS.
Hon. Fred. 'Wm. Aylmer from Oct. 1810 to June,
1816, in the Nakcissds 32, FoBTUNiE 36, Pactoltis
38, and Sevekn 40. Participating, in the Pactolus,
in the operations on the coast of America, he there
commanded a boat at the capture and destruction
of many vessels, and assisted at the bombardment
of Stonington. In the summer of 1815, being still
in the same ship, he accompanied a most successful
expedition sent up the Gironde in support of the
French king. In Nov. 1818 Mr. Lory, who had
passed his examination in the summer of 1815, re-
joined the Severn, then commanded by Capt. Wm.
M'Culloch as a Coast Blockade ship ; on the books
of which, it appears, his name was borne as Admi-
ralty-Midshipman, Admiralty-Mate, and Lieutenant
(commission dated 14 Nov. 1821), until Oct. 1822.
His commission was given him as a reward for his
conduct, on 10 Nov. 1821, in an aifray on shore with
a large body of armed smugglers, from whom he
took a boat and part of her cargo, killing and
wounding at the same time several of their number.
On the occasion, however, it was his lot to be him-
self severely hurt by a ball through the right thigh,
and a painful contusion in the left breast, the effects
of which still continue. During a three-years'
command of the Stork Revenue-vessel, to which he
was appointed 11 July, 1831, Lieut. Lory, at the
time of the Dutch embargo, although he had only
2 guns and 25 men on board, detained on her pas-
sage from the East Indies the Dutch ship Priyice of
Orange of 1200 tons, armed with 12 guns and 48
men, which he conducted from off Beachy Head to
Portsmouth. In Feb. 1833 he captured the Sarah
of London, a smuggling smack that had been for
years successfully engaged in bringing over contra^
band goods to the coasts of Kent and Sussex. The
manner in which the latter exploit was achieved
afforded the Inspecting-Commander of the district
to which Lieut. Lory was attached an opportunity
of reporting him to the OomptroUer-General as
"one of the most zealous and best officers in
His Majesty's service." He subsequently, from
3 May, 1837, until Feb. 1842, had charge of the
Delight Falmouth packet; as, since 9 Jan. 1847,
he has had of the Swift, a similar description of
vessel.
"We understand that before he joined the Stork
Lieut. Lory had for four years and a half been in
command of a station in the Coast Guard. He
married, 3 Sept. 1823, Miss Pearce, a lady belonging
to the same place as himself, by whom he has had a
family of 15 children, seven of whom are still living.
LOUDON. (Lieut,, 1812. f-p., 10; h-p., 23.)
■William Loudon entered the Navy, 25 June,
1804, as a Volunteer, on board the Adamant 50,
Capt. Geo. Burlton, stationed off Boulogne ; where,
and in the Baltic, he served, from the following
Sept. until July, 1809, chiefly as Second-Master, in
the Wranglek, Lieut.-Commanders Chaa. Burlton
and John Bentinok Pettet. After discharging for
twelve months the duties of Master's Mate in the
Temebaike 98, Capts. Clay and Chamberlayne, he
was successively appointed Acting-Lieutenant, in
July, 1810, and Feb. and April, 1811, of the Hohnd
bomb, Capt. John Williams, and Bulwark 74, and
Standard 64, each commanded by Capt. Hon. Chas.
Elphinstone Fleeming. During his attachment to
those ships he co-operated in the defence of Cadiz and
made a voyage to Lima. He was confirmed in his
present rank 18 Aug. 1812; and was lastly, from
July, 1813, to Oct. 1814, and from Jan. to July,
1815, employed in the Vesgeur 74, commanded off
Brest by Capts. Thos. Dundas and Tristram Kobt.
Kicketts, and Elizabeth 74, flag-ship at Gibraltar
of Hon. C. E. Fleeming.
LOUIS, Bart. (Eeab- Admiral of the Ked, 1838.
F-p., 30 ; H-p., 22.)
Sir John Louis is eldest son of the late Rear-
Admiral Sir Thos. Louis, Bart., K.F.M.,* by Jac-
•"Sir Thos. Louis entered the Navy in 1770; was Lieu-
tenant of the BiENFAiSANT in KeppeVs action with the
quetta, daughter of Sam. Belfield, Esq. ; and brother
of the present Lieut.-Colonel Matthew Louis, R.A.,
and the late Commander Chas. Belfield Louis, K.N.
(1819), who died in Deo. 1834, at Chelston, near
Torquay. His nephew, Belfield Woolcombe, is a
Lieutenant in the K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, commanded
by his father in the Channel ; and, from Feb. 1797
until Aug. 1800, served as Midshipman in the In-
defatigable 46 and Impetueux 74, each under
the orders of Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, whom, in June
of the latter year, he accompanied in an expedition
to Quiberon. After an attachment of a few months
to the Ajax 74, Capt. Hon. Alex. Inglis Cochrane,
and Cambrian 40, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, he
again, in Feb. 1801, joined the Minotaur, of which
ship, still commanded by his father, he was created
a Lieutenant 21 April, 1801. While in her Mr.
Louis was employed in the expedition to Egypt.
Being next, in 1802, appointed to the Naiad 38,
Capt. Jas. Wallis, he took command, jointly with
Lieut. Wm. Dean, of the boats of that frigate, and
on the evening of 4 July, 1803, assisted in cutting
out the French national schooner La Providence, of
2 guns and 22 men, laden with timber and cannon,
and lying near Brest — a service which was effected
without casualty, notwithstanding a great rapidity
of tide and the difficulties offered by a number of
rocks and shoals with which the enemy's vessel was
surrounded. On 14 Dec. 1804, 12 months after he
had joined the Royal George 100, flag-ship in the
Mediterranean of Sir Kich. Bickerton, Mr. Louis
was there promoted to the acting-command of the
Childers sloop. He was confirmed a Commander
28 Feb. 1805 ; and on 22 Jan. 1806, several months
subsequent to his removal to the Bittern, he was
promoted to Post-rank. His succeeding appoint-
ments, it appears, were — 1 Aug. 1810, to the Druid
frigate, employed off the coast of Ireland and the
port of Cadiz — in April, 1811, to L'Aigle 36, star-
tioned in the Mediterranean and West Indies — 26
Aug. 1815, to the Scamander 36, lying at Sheemcss
—19 Feb. 1816, to the Forth 40, fitting for the
North American station, whence he returned home
and was paid off in July, 1819 — and, 30 Aug. 1826,
to the Barham 50, in which ship (put out of com-
mission 12 Aug. 1830) he served in the West Indies
as Flag-Captain to Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleem-
ing. During his command of L'Aigle Sir John
Louis earned a very high character, and was in
particular mentioned for the manner in which he
placed his ship, and the precision of her fire, on the
occasion of the capture and destruction of a French
convoy under the guns of Porto Maurizio, 1 1 April,
1814. On 6 Jan. 1838 he was appointed Super-
intendent, with the rank of Commodore, of Malta
dockyard, where he continued during the usual
period of five years. Since 16 Dec. 1846 (he had
acquired Flag-rank 28 June, 1838) he has been in
discharge of the duties of Admiral-Superintendent
at Plymouth.
During the reign of William IV. Sir John Louis
was one of His Majesty's Naval Aides-de-Camp.
He married, 15 Oct. 1807, the eldest daughter of
Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Kirkpatrick, 8th Regt. Bengal
Native Infantry, by whom he has a son, William,
.a Captain in the K.N. ; and a daughter, Clementina,
married to Capt. Kobt. Spencer Robinson, R.N.
Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
Comte d'Orvilliera In 1778 ; and in 1780 fought in the same
ship in the action with Don Juan de Langara, of whose flag-
shiphe was constituted Prize-Master. Obtaining Post-rank in
1783, and the command, subsequently, of the Minotaur 74,
it was his fortune to be present in that ship at the battle of
the Nile 1 Aug. 1798. In 1804 he was advanced to the rank
of Rear-Admiral ; and in April, 1806, as a reward for his
conduct under Sir John Duckworth in the action off St. Do-
mingo, he was raised to the dignity of a Baronet. In Feb.
1807 Sir Thomas Louis was the companion of the latter
officer in the passage of the Dardanells. He died 17 May
following on board the Canopus 80, 'while in command o'f
the naval portion of the Egyptian expedition.
LOUIS-LOVE— LOVELESS.
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LOUIS. (Captain, 1846. p-p., 15; h-p., 9.)
William Louis, born 21 May, 1810, is son of
Kcar-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 1
May, 1823, and embarked, 7 Deo. 1824, as a Volun-
teer, on board the Boadicea 46, Commodore Sir
Jas. Brisbane, previously to accompanying whom
into the Warspite 76 he took part in some of the
operations connected with the Burmese war. On
his return to England in 1827 he became for a short
period Midshipman of the Victoky 104, guard-ship
at Portsmouth, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot ; after which,
and until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant .30
May, 1829, we find him employed on the African,
Home, and West India stations, in the Primrose 18,
Capt. Thos. Saville Griffinhoofe, Galatea 42, Capt.
Sir Chas. Sullivan, Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clement,
and Barham 50, commanded by his father as Flag-
Captain to Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming. He
continued to serve in the West Indies, until the
close of 1832, in the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole,
Barham again. Grasshopper 18, Capts. Chas. Deare
and John Elphinstone Erakine, Winchester 52,
flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, and Hyacinth
18, Capt. Wm. Oldrey ; and he was next appointed
—5 July, 1833, to the Revenge 78, Capts. Donald
Hugh Mackay and Wm. Elliott, stationed off Lisbon
and in the Mediterranean — and, 6 Jan. 1838 (after
six months of half-pay), to the command of the
Ceylon receiving-ship, as Flag-Lieutenant to his
father at Malta. He was presented with a second
promotal commission 28 June, 1838; appointed, 11
June, 1841, to the command (which he retained
until June, 1843) of the Stromboli steam-vessel, in
the Mediterranean ; and advanced to his present
rank 9 Nov. 1846.
Capt. Louis married, 11 July, 1843, Mary, daughter
of J. Daniel, Esq., of Parson's Green, co. Middle-
sex. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
LOVE. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 28.)
Henry Ommanney Love, born 1 March, 1793, is
eldest son of the late Commander Wm. Love, R.N.,*
by Harriet, youngest daughter of Gabriel Acworth,
Esq., Purveyor of the Navy, nephew of Sir Jacob
Acworth, Surveyor of the Navy from March, 1715,
until the period of his death in March, 1749. His
grandfather, Mr. Thos. Lovell, also in the B.N.,
married a sister of Lovell Pennell, Esq., whoso
granddaughter became the wife of the Right Hon.
John Wilson Croker, M.P., late Secretary to the
Admiralty. One of Capt. Love's uncles, Thomas,
was Master's Mate of the Berwick 74 in Keppel's
action with D'Orvilliers, and Master of the Aleked
74 on the glorious 1 June, 1794.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 21
May, 1805, and embarked, 23 Dec. 1808, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Dannemark 74, Capt. Jas.
Bissett, part of the force employed in the expedi-
tion to the Walcheren. He removed, in Sept. 1809,
to the TisiPHONE sloop, commanded by his father
off Lymington, where he remained until June, 1810.
After serving for 18 months on the North American
and Leith stations in the Venus 32, Capts. Jas.
Coutts Crawford and Kenneth Mackenzie, he re-
joined the TisiPHONE, but had not been long in
that vessel before he was transferred to the Boyne
98, bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Harry
Burrard Neale, who, as a reward for his conduct in
having jumped overboard under very perilous cir-
cumstances and saved the life of a young Midship-
* Commander Wm. Love, a most meritorious officer, was
born in April, 1764. Entering the Navy in 1778 on board the
riv AiNA 2-1, he witnessed in that vessel the close of Byron's
action with D'Estaing in 1779 ; accompanied Sir George B.
Rodney to the relief of Gibraltar in 1780, and was present at
the defeat of Don Juan de I.angara. On the memorable
12 April, 1782, he was serving on board tlie PaoTHiiE G4, and
was wounded. He obtained his first commission in 1794;
was made Commander in 1807 ; had charge, during the after
part of the wiu:, of the Driver and Tisiphone sloops ; was
admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital in 1830;
and died at Yarmouth 17 April, 1839. His father, Mr. Tlios,
Lovell, alluded to above, was Ma-.teT of the Pro-thel, and
lost a leg, in the action of 12 April, 178.?.
man, and " as an encouragement to enterprise and
humanity," successively nominated him Acting-
Lieutenant of the TiGKE 74, Capt. Halliday, Boyne
and ViLLE DE Paris, his own flag-ships, and Spar-
row sloop, Capt. Eras. Erskine Loch. He was not,
however, confirmed until the Allied Sovereigns
visited the fleet at Spithead, when, being the Senior
passed Midshipman present (he had undergone his
examination in 1812), he received a comnussion
dated 27 June, 1814. His succeeding appointments
were— 11 April, 1821, to the Hyperion 42, Capt.
Jas. LiUicrap, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope,
where, previously to proceeding to the West Indies,
he assisted in saving from destruction the AVimn,
an Indiaman of immense value, which had broken
from her moorings during a gale, and had drifted
to within a few feet of the rocks— 13 May, 1824, to
the Pyramos 42, Capt. Fras. Newoombe, on the
Jamaica station— and, towards the close of the same
year, to the command of the Union and Renegade
schooners, also in the West Indies, whence he in-
valided in the summer of 1825. He obtained a
second promotal commission 10 July, 1826 ; and
was lastly, from 2 July, 1831, until paid off 12 March,
1834, employed in command, again on the West
India station, of the Columbine 18. During the
whole of that period Capt. Love did not lose a
single man through sickness. When at Barbadoes,
in Jan. 1833, he had succeeded in getting a ship off
shore after 48 hours of incessant labour— an achieve-
ment which every experienced person in the island
had considered impracticable. On the Columeine
being put out of commission, the officers gave their
Commander a parting dinner, as " a token of their
respect and esteem." He was advanced to Post-
rank 5 Dec. 1837.
Capt. Love lays claim to having suggested the
use of paddles, instead of wheels, for steam-vessels.
Ho is at present Sub-Commissioner of Pilotage for
the Port of Southampton and Superintendent of
Lights, Buoys, and Beacons for the Isle of Wight
district, between Portland and Beachy Head, under
the Trinity Corporation. The Captain has been
three times Mayor of Yarmouth. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
LOVELESS. (Lieut., 1811. r-p., 13 ; h-p., 33.)
Bassett Jones Loveless was bom, 19 Feb. 1785,
at Swansea, Glamorganshire.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1801, as
A.B., on board the Audacious 74, Capt. Shuldham
Peard, and on 6 and 12 July following was present
in the actions fought under Sir Jas. Saumarez off
Algeciras and in the Gut of Gibraltar. The Auda-
cious being paid off on her return from the West
Indies in Sept. 1802, Mr. Loveless next, in March,
1803, joined the Gannet 16, Capts. Edw. Bass and
Jas. Robt. Phillips, after cruizing for three years
and four months in which vessel on the Channel
station, he removed with Capt. Phillips, in July,
1806, to the Bonetta 18, and proceeded to the
Baltic, where, during the operations of 1807 against
Copenhagen, he came into frequent contact, as
Master's Mate, with the enemy's block-ships. On
leaving the Bonetta, which had been latterly com-
manded by Capt. Jas. Pringle, Mr. Loveless became
in succession attached to the Nautilus 18, Capt.
Matthew Smith, AsTBiEA 32, Capt. Edm. Heywood,
and Eelleisle 74 and Neptune 98, flag-ships of
Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. Being wrecked in the
AsTR^A (at the time under the command of Lieut.
Edm. Potenger Greenlaw) on a coral reef off Ane-
gada 24 May, 1808, he was reduced to the necessity
of remaining for three months on that barren and
swampy island, where ho endured many privations
from the want of clothing and wholesome food.
While acting as Lieutenant, from Jan. 1809 to Oct.
1810, of the Fawn 18, Capt. Hon. Geo. Alfred
Crofton, we find him assisting at the reduction of
Martinique and Guadeloupe ; and on one occasion
(with but two small boats under his orders, carrying
each 5 men) effecting the capture, off Basseterre,
of an armed row-boat, manned with 21 men, together
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LOVELESS— LOVELL.
■with her prize. In Nov. 1810 he was again ordered
to perform Midshipman's duty in the Dkagon 74,
flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey. He was, however,
confirmed a Lieutenant 2 Feb. 1811, in the Kosa-
MOND sloop, Capt. Dan. Camphell, also in the West
Indies, whence, on being appointed, 3 May follow-
ing, to the Castor 32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, he pro-
ceeded to the Mediterranean. On 23 June, 1813,
being off the coast of Catalonia, Lieut. Loveless
took command of the Castor's boats, in conjunction
with the present Sir Edwyn Fras. Stanhope, and,
after having had 4 of his men lulled and 9 wounded,
succeeded in bringing out from under the Castle of
Mongat the French privateer La Fortune, of 2 guns,
2 swivels, and 48 men. The vessel had been moored
in a very strong manner to the shore, and, when
attacked, was lying within pistol-shot distance of a
5-gun battery, of another mounting 2 howitzers,
and of a body of about 200 soldiers drawn up on
the beach for her protection. On 15 Jan. 1814
Lieut. Loveless succeeded in the large cutter with
15 men in making prize, off Barcelona, and close
under the guns of Monjui, of L'Heureux privateer,
of 1 12-pounder and 25 men. In this affair, how-
ever, besides having 1 of his men mortally wounded,
he had the misfortune to lose an arm at the shoulder-
joint,"' and he was in consequence obliged to in-
valid. Owing to an unsound cure he was for four
years subjected to severe suffering, and was under
the necessity of submitting to three painful opero^
tiong. Being compelled to retire from active ser-
vice, he was appointed, 8 May, 1844, to the Koyal
Hospital at Greenwich. In addition to a pension
from Government of 91Z. 5s., the Patriotic Society
voted him a gratuity.
The benevolent and humane exertions of Lieut.
Loveless in allaying the ravages of cholera at Swan-
sea in 1832 were acknowledged in the presentation
to him of a piece of plate by the inhabitants.
LOVELESS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 22.)
James Loveless was born 12 Nov. 1791, at Ports-
mouth.
This ofllcer entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capts.
Hon. Mich. De Courcy, Thos. Bertie, and Edw.
Sneyd Clay ; in which ship he went, as Midship-
man, to the West. Indies in pursuit of a French
squadron, and on his return to Europe, after hav-
ing been all but lost in a hurricane, was employed,
until July, 1808, on the Channel station. While
attached, from the latter date until March, 1811, to
the ToNNANT 80, commanded during that period by
various otiicers, he assisted in embarking the army
after the battle of Corunna, was engaged in nume-
rous cutting-out affairs under the enemy's batteries
on the coast of France, twice returned to Plymouth
in the capacity of Prize-Master, served for a month
on board the Nettuno Spanish block-ship at the
siege of Cadiz (where he nearly lost his right eye
by the bursting of a shell while voluntarily assist-
ing on shore at the defence of Fort Matagorda,
and where he was afterwards employed in a gun-
boat), and had charge, we believe, of the ship's
pinnace in the river Tagus for about two months
prior to the departure of the French from Santarem.
After serving for nine months, as Master's Mate, in
the Vestal troop-ship, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitz-
hardinge Berkeley and Sam. Bartlett Deeckar (by
the former of whom he was recommended for pro-
motion, and on one occasion sent in "(Sharge of an
American brig into Portsmouth), and for a short
period, as a Supernumerary, in the Royal William,
Capt. Kobt. Hall, Mr. Loveless, in Feb. 1812, joined
the Vigo 74, Capts. Henry Mauaton Ommanney and
Thos. White. During the period of his stay in that
ship we find him escorting a Russian squadron to
England ; and, on his return to the Baltic, intrusted
with the personal conveyance of despatches from
IMalmo to Gottenborg. Previously to quitting her
in April, 1813, he joined, further, in an attack on
Elsineur castle, and accompanied an immense fleet
* Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 483.
of merchantmen through the Sound. He then re-
turned to England on board the Courageux 74,
Capt. Philip Wilkinson ; and was next, from June,
1813, until Sept. 1814, actively employed in the Ai^
BioN and Sceptre 74's, Capts. John Ferris Devon-
shire and Wm. Waller, chiefly on the North Ame-
rican station, where he assisted in blockading the
U. S. frigate President in Rhode Island, and was
again invested with the charge of a captured vessel.
At the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, which took place 8 Feb. 1815, Mr. Loveless
had been for upwards of four months a Supernume-
rary of the Namdr74, guard-ship at the Nore. His
next appointment being, 13 Aug. 1827, to the Ra-
MiLLiES Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Hugh Pigot, he
was allowed, until paid off in March, 1830, to com-
mand the Antelope tender, for the purpose of
raising volunteers for the service, and for the sup-
pression of smuggling. He rejoined the Blockade
Service 26 Nov. 1830, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant,
for a few months, of the Talaveka 74, Capt. Hugh
Pigot ; and, with the omission of an interval be-
tween Oct. 1839 and April, 1842, has been employed
in the Coast Guard since 26 Aug. 1834.
Lieut. Loveless married, first, in Oct. 1815, Miss
Osbom, of Deptford, who died in Jan. 1829 ; and,
secondly, Mrs. Quik, widow, of Gloucester. By his
former marriage he has issue a son and two daugh-
ters.
LOVELL, formerly Badcock, K.H. (fflaptain,
1815. P-P., 16; H-P., 32.)
William Stanhope Lovell, bom about 1788, is
second son of the late Thos. Stanhope Badcock,
Esq., of Little Missenden and Maplethorpe Halls,'a
Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, and formerly
High Sheriff, for co. Buckingham, by Anne, daugh-
ter of Wm. Buckle, Esq., of the Mythe House,
Tewkesbury, co. Gloucester ; and brother of Lieut-
Colonel Benj. Lovell, commanding the 15th Hus-
sars, an oificer who served with distinction in the
14th Dragoons in France, Spain, and Portugal,
and was wounded at the battle of Fuentes d'Onor.
His father was a Lieutenant in the 6th Regt. of
Foot during the war between Great Britain and her
colonies, and served as such in America and the
West Indies ; he afterwards held a commission in
the Royal Bucks Militia, and was with that corps in
Ireland during the rebellion of 1798. Capt. Lovell,
who is brother-in-law of Major-General Sir Jasper
NicoUs, K.C.B., assumed his present surname, in
lieu of his patronymic, in 1840. He is a descendant
of Sir Salathlel Lovell, one of the Barons of the Ex-
chequer.
This oificer entered the Navy in May, 1799, on
board the Rotal William, Capt. Fras. Pickmore,
lying at Spithead ; and in the following Oct. joined
the Renown 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Bor-
lase Warren. Continuing in that ship iintil 1804,
he saw much active service on the Home and Me-
diterranean stations, particularly in 1800 ; in June
and July of which year he assisted in the boats of
a squadron at the capture and destruction of La
The'rese national ship of 20 giins, seven other armed
vessels, nine sail of merchantmen laden with go-
vernment supplies, three land-batteries, and the
same number of magazines. On the night of 29
Aug. following he further (after having attended
the expedition to Ferrol) contributed in the boats,
20 in number, commanded by Lieut. Henry Burke,
to the cutting-out, close to the batteries in Vigo
Bay, of La Gwepe privateer, of 18 guns and 161 men,
which vessel, 25 of whose people were killed and 40
wounded, was in 15 minutes boarded and carried,
with a loss to the British of 3 seamen and 1 marine
killed, 3 Lieutenants, 12 seamen, and 5 marines
wounded, and 1 seaman missing. On leaving the
Renown, Mr. Lovell (as we shall for convenience
name him) successively joined the Kent 74, Capt.
John Chambers White, and Bakfleur and Nep-
tone 98's, Capts. Geo. Martin and Thos. Fras. Fre-
mantle. On 2 Nov. 1805, 12 days after the battle
of Trafalgar, in which he had had the fortune
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to be present, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant
of the Melpomene 38, Capt. Peter Parker. While
in that frigate, to which the Admiralty confirmed
him 29 Jan. 1806, he was struck by lightning in a
tempest almost fatal to the ship ; co-operated in the
defence of Gaeta, when besieged by 30,000 troops
under Marshal Massena ; made prize, in a six-oared
cutter (although with only four cutlasses and two
pistols among the nine persons under his orders) of
a French row-boat, whose crew, 16 in number, and
well-armed, rose and re-took their vessel ;* partici-
pated in various particular services ; commanded
the Melpomene's boats on numerous successful oc-
casions ; and assisted at Malta in re-capturing Fort
Ricozali, when in possession of Fubourg's mutinous
regiment. In 1807 Mr. LoveU rejoined Sir John
Borlase Warren in the Swiftsure 74, on the Halifax
station, where he continued until Feb. 1811 ; en-
countering during that period, 4 May, 1810, a very
severe accident, which deprived him, while doing
duty as First-Lieutenant, of five teeth, and caused
him a fracture of the jaw. In the course of 1811,
having been sent to Lisbon on promotion, he was
there placed by Admiral Berkeley in command of
the ToPAZE hospital-ship. He chanced, shortly af-
terwards, to be present on shore at the siege of
Badajos. On 11 June, 1812, he received an order
to act as Commander of the Bruwe 38, avntee en
flute; and, on 13 of the ensuing Aug., he had the
satisfaction of finding the appointment confirmed.
"While employed, at first, in the Mediterranean,
Capt. LoveU prevented a French foraging party,
300 strong, from levying contributions on the inha-
bitants bf Altea ; drove a small privateer on shore
near the town of Denia ; was mentioned for the
assistance he afibrded while attached to the army
at the siege of the Col de Balaguer ; and conveyed
Sir John Murray to Palermo after his retreat from
before Tarragona. The meritorious nature of his
conduct, indeed, throughout the whole of the ope-
rations on the coast of Catalonia had the effect of
procuring him the public thanks of Sir Edward
Pellew, Eear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell, and the pre-
sent Sir Chas. Adam. On his return with Lord
Mahon to England, Capt. LoveU was ordered with
a large body of troops to Holland, and then sent to
North America; where, among different services
incidental to a troop-ship, we find him blockading
Commodore Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent —
commanding a subdivision of boats in the expedi-
tion to Washington, which occasioned his being 18
days and nights absent from his ship — serving also
on shore in the attack upon Baltimore, on the fail-
ure whereof, and the death of General Ross, he
conveyed in his own boat the body of that distin-
guished officer on board the Tonnant — accompa-
nying Capts. Kobt. Barrie and C. B. H. Ross, sub-
sequently, in expeditions up the Rapahannock and
St. Mary's rivers— and contributing to the destruc-
tion of the enemy's works on the coast of Georgia.
The activity, gallantry, and ability .manifested on
every occasion by Capt. LoveU procured him the
warm acknowledgments of Eear-Admiral Cock-
burn. He was promoted to Post-rank, on paying off
the Brune, 21 Aug. 1815 ; was nominated a K.H.
25 Jan. 1836 ; and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct.
1846.
Capt. LoveU married, 2 Jan. 1822, Selina, youngest
daughter of the late Sir Henry Harpur Crewe, Bart.,
of Caike Abbey, by whom, who died 30 March, 1838,
he has issue a son, a Lieutenant in the 16th Regt.,
and three daughters. Agents — Burnett and Holmes.
LOWCAY. (Commander, 1813. r-p., 22;
H-p., 34.)
Henry Lowcay is son of Mr. Henry Lowcay, a
veteran warrant-officer, who was Master's Mate of
the Swallow sloop of war in a voyage of discovery
to the South Seas in 1766-9, and died 5 Feb. 1827,
at Portsmouth, aged 87 ; and brother of Retired
• In this affair, which took place 18 May, 1806, Mr. LoveU
was wounded in the hand and stunned in the head. He was
exchanged three months afterwards.
Commander WiUiam, and Lieut. Robt. Lowcay,
R.N. He had three other brothers, one of whom
died a Lieutenant R.N. ; a second, a First-Lieute-
nant R.M., from the effects of fever caught at the
BrazUs ; and the third, from the sufierings he had
endured when cast away, as Midshipman, on the
coast of Africa.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1791, as
Midshipman, on board the Duke 98, Capts. Robt.
KingsmiU, Robt. Calder, and John Knight, flag-
ship for some time of Admirals Roddam and Lord
Hood in the Channel. Removing, in Aug. 1792, to
the Jdno,32, Capt. Sam. Hood, he assisted at the
commencement of the war at the capture of many
of the enemy's vessels, and was on board that fri-
gate in Jan. 1794, when she effected an extraordi-
nary escape from the inner harbour of Toulon, into
which she had entered in ignorance of the previous
evacuation of the British. After witnessing the
surrender of the tower of Mortella and the capture
of FomeUi, in the island of Corsica, he foUowed
Capt. Hood, in March, 1794, into L'Aigle 36, and
in the course of the same year was present at the
sieges of Bastia and Calvi. When next with the
same Captain, in the Zealous 74, Mr. Lowcay united
in Nelson's attack upon Santa Cruz, TenerifFe, 24
July, 1797. At the commencement of the opera-
tions he took voluntary command of a boat, but
had not been long in her before she was sunk, and
had 1 of her men killed, by the enemy's shot. In
consequence of this disaster he was obliged to swim
on shore under a tremendous fire of round, grape,
and musketry, and through a very high surf. On
landing he joined Capt. Hood, and continued by
him as his Aide-de-Camp during the remainder of
the proceedings. In Dec. 1797, a few weeks after
his removal to the Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship of
Earl St. Vincent, he was nominated Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Cdlloden 74, Capt. Thos. Troubridge,
then off Cadiz, where, while engaged one night in
rowing guard, he pursued, and, notwithstanding
some resistance, captured an armed brig. On 1
Aug. 1798 it was Mr. Lowcay's fortune to be pre-
sent at the battle of the Nile ; subsequently to
which we find him making prize, with the ship's
boats under his orders, of a vast number of laden
market-boats between Alexandria and Rosetta, and
at the same time intercepting a large quantity of
church-plate taken at Malta. Being confirmed a
Lieutenant of the Culloden by commission dated
7 Jan. 1799, he officiated in the course of that year
as Aide-de-Camp to Capt. Troubridge, and gained
great praise for his meritorious conduct, at the
sieges of St. Elmo and Capua, and in the various
operations which terminated with the expulsion of
the French from the Roman territory.* He was
then sent in an open country boat from Naples to
Palermo with despatches for Lord Nelson, and in
charge of all the colours that had been taken from
the enemy. The latter his Lordship deputed him
to present to the Sicilian King, who in return gave
him a valuable diamond ring, and made him the
bearer of another, as also of a snuff-box, for Capt.
Troubridge. After passing a fortnight as a guest
at Lord Nelson's house, Lieut. Lowcay went back
to the Culloden ; prior to the return of which ship
to England in the summer of 1800 he came into
further boat-contact with the enemy in the vicinity
of Cadiz, and saw good service along the Egyptian
and Italian shores. With the exception of a few
months in 1802-3, during which he served on board
the Pique 36, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, he presents
himself to our notice as attached, between Sept.
1800 and Feb. 1806, to the Prince of Wales 98,
bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Calder, under whom
he shared in the action off Cape Finisterre 22 July,
1805. He then performed the duties of Flag-Lieu-
tenant for upwards of two years to the late Sir Geo.
Martin, in the Gladiator, Montagu, Queen, and
Canopus, on the Portsmouth and Mediterranean
stations. In the summer of 1808, having returned
to England in the Biitern sloop, Capt. Thos.
Ussher, he obtained an appointment to the Sea
* Vide Gaz. 1799, p. 873.
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LOWCAY— LOWE.
Pencibles in the river Medway ; where he remained
until ordered, in June, 1809, to join the Namuk 74,
Capt, Kich. Jones, part of the force employed in
the ensuing expedition to the Scheldt. In June,
1810, he was again (in the Salvador dei. MnNDO)
placed under the orders of Sir Robt. Calder, then
Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth, who successively
invested him, 9 Nov. 1812, and 20 Jan. and 29
March, 1813, with the charge of the Favorite,
Sealark, and Achates sloops. In the first-men-
tioned of those vessels he retook a West Indiaman
that had been only the night before captured by a
French frigate ; and conducted safely info Bristol
and Liverpool a convoy for which he had been sent
to cruize between the 44th and 47th degrees of West
longitude. He was confirmed in his present rank
on the occasion of Sir Robt. Calder hauhng down
his flag 29 Oct. 1813 ; and has since been on half-
pay.
During his career afioat Commander Lowcay was
at times employed at the blockade of Brest, Eoohe-
fort, Ferrol, Corunna, Cadiz, Minorca, Genoa, Tou-
lon, Alexandria, and Smyrna. He was for 11 months
ofiE" Rochefort, without once returning to port. He
married, 3 May, 1836, Miss E. B. Steere, of Ply-
mouth.
LOWCAY. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
Robert Lowcay is brother of Commander Henry
Lowcay, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Jan. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince of Wales 98,
commanded in the Channel by Capts. Inglis and
Bedford ; and in the course of the same year be-
came Midshipman of the Protheus and Pearl,
Lieut.-Commanders Todman and Woodger, lying at
Portsmouth. He next, from Feb. 1807 to Sept.
1810, served on board the Dreadnought 98, Capts.
Wm. Lechmere, Geo. Burgoyne Salt, and Valentine
CoUard, also on the Home station ; where, during a
period of nearly three years, he was further em-
ployed in the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home Pop-
ham, Unicorn 32, Capt. G. B. Salt, Favorite sloop,
commanded by his brother, Capt. Henry Lowcay,
and Salvador del Mdndo, flag-ship of Sir Kobt.
Calder. Proceeding then to the Cape of Good
Hope in the Lion 64, bearing the flag of the late Sir
Chas. Tyler, he was by that oflcer nominated Act-
ing-Lieutenant, 8 Feb. 1814, of the Haept sloop,
Capt. Alleir, and on the occasion of his official pro-
motion, 7 Feb. 1815, received as his Signal-Lieute-
nant into the Medway 74. He returned home in
April, 1816; and was afterwards appointed — 5 Feb.
1820, to the Egeria 28, Capt. John Toup Nicolas,
fitting for the Newfoundland station— 11 Sept. 1823,
to the Cambridge 80, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, lying
at Sheerness— 16 Dec. 1823 and 31 Jan. 1824, to the
QoEEN Charlotte and Victory, Capts. Jas. Nash
and Chas. Inglis, both at Portsmouth — next, to the
Preventive Service — 25 April, 1834, to the Ordinary
at Portsmouth — 1 Aug. 1836, again to the Victory,
Capt. Thos. Searle — 13 Feb. 1837, to the command
of the Sparrow 10, in South America, where he
was superseded in Oct. 1839 — 27 Aug. 1841, as Se-
nior-Lieutenant, to the PoiCTiEES 72, Capt. Wm.
Henry Shirrefi', guard-ship at Chatham — and, 16
March, 1844, in a similar capacity, to the Bonetta
surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Saumarez Brock, on
the Mediterranean station. Lieut. Lowcay has been
on half-pay since 20 Oct. in the latter year.
His eldest daughter is the wife of Commander
John H. Noroock, K.N.
LOWCAY. (Ketieed Commandek, 1847. f-p.,
25; H-p., 26.)
William Lowcay, bom 21 Sept. ) 787, at Chatham,
CO. Kent, is brother of Commander Henry Lowcay,
K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Aug. 1796, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Duke 98,* Capt. John
Holloway, under whom he continued to serve as
• The Duke was one of the refractory ships during the
mutiny at Spithead.
Midshipman, on the Channel station, until April,
1798. He re-embarked, in July, 1802, as Master's
Mate, on board the Pique 36, Capt. Wm. Cumber-
land ; and, in Jnly, 1804, after having been for 12
months attached to the Defiance 74, Capt. Phihp
Chas. Durham, he joined the Ajax 74, Capts. Lord
Viscount Garlics, Christopher Laroche, Wm. Brown,
and John Pilfold. He was in consequence present,
during the year 1805, in Sir Robt. Calder's action,
also in Admiral ComwaUis' pursuit of the French
fleet into Brest, and in the battle of Trafalgar.
After further serving vrith Capt. Laroche in the
Ubanie 38, and with Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gos-
selin in the Audacious 74, he was appointed, 21
Sept. 1807, and 3 March, 1808, Sub-Lieutenant of
the Contest and Encounter gun-brigs, Lieut.-
Commanders John Gregory and Jas. Hugh Talbot.
In the boats belonging to the former of those ves-
sels Mr. Lowcay was engaged in frequent attacks
on the enemy's convoys on the French coast ; and
on one occasion he was slightly wounded. Being
created a full Lieutenant, 25 March, 1809, of the
Princess of Orange 74, Capt. Fras. Beauman, he ac-
companied the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren,
where he was lent to the gun-boat service. On his
return he was successively, until the peace of 1814,
employed, always on the Home station, in the Crane
18, Capt. D. Winter, Salvador del Mundo, flag-
ship of Sir Robt. Calder, Clarence 74, Capt. Henry
Vansittart, Gladiator 44, flag-ship of Rear- Admi-
ral Wm. Hargood, and Teazer 14, Capt. Hargrave.
He served next, from 27 April to 15 June, 1815, in
the RoLLA 10, commanded at Plymouth by Capt.
Robt. Julyan ; and from 29 Nov. 1820 until 5 July,
1833, had charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
He accepted his present rank 9 April, 1847.
Commander Lowcay married, 14 June, 1814, Mary
Anne, sister of Capt. John Lawrence, R.N., C.B.,
and by that lady, who died 1 Dec. 1844, has issue
two sons and one daughter.
LOWE. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 20 ; H-P., 36.)
Abraham Lowe was born in July, 1771.
This officer (whose name had been borne from
1777 to 1779 on the books of the Levant, Capt.
Geo. Murray) embarked, in Jan. 1791, as Midship-
man (under the auspices of the late Sir Erasmus
Gower), on board the London 98, Capt. Geo. Blag-
den Westcott, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Sam. Cranston Goodall in the Channel. In the fol-
lowing Oct. he joined the Edgar 74, Capts. Anthony
Jas. Pye Molloy and Albemarle Bertie ; and on be-
coming Master's Mate, in 1792, of the Lion 64, com-
manded by his patron Sir E. Gower, he sailed with
Lord Macartney on his embassy to China, and while
there was intrusted with the charge of the Jackal
tender. Being promoted, on his return home, to a
Lieutenancy, 24 Nov. 1794, in the Triumph 74,
Capt. Sir E. Gower, he was present in that ship,
which bore the brunt of the enemy's attack, in
Cornwallis' celebrated retreat of 16 and 17 June,
1795. His succeeding appointments, it appears,
were— 22 June, 1797, to the Diamond 38, Capt. Sir
Rich. John Strachan, on the Channel station — 18
Dec. following to the Neptune 98, Capts. Sir E.
Gower and Jas. Vashon, in which ship he proceeded
to the Mediterranean — 31 July, 1800, as Senior, to
the Thames 32, Capts. Wm. Lukin and Aiskew Paf-
fard Hollis, under the latter of whom (after having
witnessed the capture of two privateers carrying
between them 32 guns and 287 men, and of L'Aurore
national corvette of 16 guns) he bore a part in Sir
Jas. Saumarez' action of 12 .Tnly, 1801, in the Gut of
Gibraltar — in Oct. of the latter year, to the Prin-
cess Royal 98, bearing the flag of Sir E. Gower in
the Channel— 31 Jan. 1804 (he had been for nearly
two years on half-pay), to the command of the Con-
flict gun-brig in the North Sea — 22 May, 1804, to
the Isis 50, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Sir E.
Gower, who in 1806 authorized him to act as Ma^
gistrate and Surrogate for that island — and in July,
1807, to the Prince or Wales 98, bearing the flag
of the late Lord Gambler. Being First of the latter
LOWE.
679
ship in the ensuing attaclc upon Copenhagen, Lieut.
Lowe, at the conclusion of the operations, was no-
minated by his Admiral to the command, 13 Oct.
1807, of the Cdrlew sloop. This appointment the
Admiralty confirmed. From Dec. in the same year,
however, until June, 1809, Capt. Lowe remained un-
employed. He then yolunteered to serve in the ex-
pedition against Walcheren, and his offer being ac-
cepted he was intrusted by Sir Rich. Strachan with
the command of a division of the light flotilla en-
gaged at the bombardment of Camvere, and by his
conduct won the admiration of that officer. After
the surrender of Camvere and the reduction of the
fort of Bammekens, we find him employed in cut-
ting ofiF the communication between Flushing and
Cadsand ; and then assisting Sir Home Popham in
Bounding and buoying the channels of the West
Scheldt for the purpose of enabling the line-of-battle
ships and frigates to advance, and of thus aiding the
ulterior objects of the expedition — a service per-
formed with much judgment and correctness. Dur-
ing his stay in the Scheldt,* Capt. Lowe was in-
vested by Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway with
the charge, In Nov. 1809, of the Sabkina sloop. His
next appointments were— 12 Jan. 1810, to the Dili-
gence 16, attached to the force in the Baltic, where
he was most actively employed, and efiected the
capture of three or four Danish privateers — and 12
Aug. 1812, to the Jalouse 18. He served in the
latter vessel on the Cork and Jamaica stations until
posted 7 June, 1814; and with the exception of a
few months during the summer of 1815, had com-
mand, from 12 Jan. in that year until paid off 19
Jan. 1819, of the Larne 20, among the Western
Islands, and in the Channel and West Indies. He
accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Commander Lowe married, in 1802, a daughter of
R. Rogers, Esc[., of Beaulieu, near Southampton ; by
whom he has had, with other issue, two sons, the
present Commander Gower Lowe, R.N., and the
late Lieut. W. H. J. Lowe, R.N. Agent — J. Hinx-
LOWE. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 18; h-p., 2.)
Arthur Lowe, born 26 July, 1814, at Corfton,
CO. Salop, is third son of the Rev. Thos. Hill Pere-
grine Furye Lowe, D.D. (of Court of Hill, Salop,
and Norbiton House, Surrey), Dean of Exeter, by
Ellen Lucy, eldest daughter of Geo. Pardee, Esq.,
of Nash Court, Salop ; and nephew, by marriage, of
Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, R.N., Kt.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1827, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victory 104, Capt. Chas.
Inglis, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Geo.
Martin ; sailed soon afterwards for the Lisbon sta^
tion in the Melville 74, Capt. Henry Hill ; was
employed in the Mediterranean as Midshipman,
from 1828 to 1832, in the Ferret 10, Capt. Thos.
Hastings, and Donegal 78, Capt. John Dick; then
rejoined Capt. Hastings in the Excellent gunnery-
ship at Portsmouth, where he passed his examina-
tion in July, 1833 ; and after a servitude of about
three years in the East Indies and on the north
coast of Spain in the Andromache 28, Capt. Henry
Ducie Chads, and Pikenix steamer, Capt. Wm.
Honyman Henderson, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 3 Sept. 1837. On 28 of the following
Nov. he obtained an appointment to the Volage
28, Capt. Henry Smith, fitting at Chatham ; and on
2 Feb. 1838 he joined the Hastings 72, Capts. Fras.
Erskine Loch and John Lawrence. In that ship he
served in the Mediterranean until advanced to the
rank of Commander 28 Aug. 1841. His last ap-
pointment was, 3 June, 1842, to the Second-Cap-
taincy of the Excellent, still commanded by his
uncle, with whom he continued until promoted to
his present rank 30 Aug. 1845. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
LOWE. (Lieut., 1837. f-p., 21; h-p., 1.)
Frederick Lowe, born 30 Oct. 1811, is son of
Wm. Lowe, Esq., of the firm of J. and W. Lowe,
Attorneys, 2, Tanfield Court, Temple.
* Fi'rfe Gaz. 1809, p. 1298.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 3
March, 1825 ; and embarked, 2 Dec. 1826, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Columbine 18, Capts. Wm.
Symonds, Chas. Crole, and John Townshend, sta-
tioned at first in the Channel, and afterwards in
North America, where, in Sept. 1828, he removed
for a short time, as a Supernumerary, to the Hussar
46, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle. From the early
part of 1829 until 1831, in the course of which year
he passed his examination, we find him employed in
the Mediterranean on board the Madagascar and
Blonde frigates, Capts. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish
Spencer, Edm. Lyons, and Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley.
He then proceeded to South America in the Sama-
KANG28, Capt. Chas. Henry Paget; and in Aug.
1834, on the departure of that ship for England, he
accompanied an expedition sent from Lima to Para
under the orders of Lieutenant Smyth for the
purpose of exploring the Pachitca, Maranon, and
Ucayali rivers. On his arrival in England in the
spring of 1835, Mr. Lowe found that his name had
been allowed to remain until then on the books of
the Samarang. Sailing soon afterwards for the
East Indies in the Jupiter 38, Capt. Hon. Fred.
Wm. Grey, which ship carried out Lord Auckland
as Governor-General, he there joined the Winches-
ter 52, bearing the fiag of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen
Capel, by whom he was presented with a commis-
sion dated 17 Nov. 1837. He came home in June,
1838 ; and was next appointed — 14 Sept. following,
as Additional, to the Cornwallis 74, flag-ship of
Hon. Sir Chas. Paget in North America and the
West Indies — 28 March, 1839, to the Dee steam-
vessel, Capt. Joseph Sherer, with whom he served
for two years on the same station, half the time as
First-Lieutenant— and in Aug. and Sept. 1841, in
the latter capacity, to the Styx and Devastation
steamers, commanded by Capt. Hastings Reginald
Henry at Home and in the Mediterranean. On
leaving the last-mentioned vessel, he assumed com-
mand, 23 Feb. 1843, of the Prometheus, as he has
since done, 10 Aug. 1844 (after nearly 12 months of
half-pay), and 21 June, 1845, of the Alban and
Pluto — all of them steamers. He is now employed
on particular service. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
LOWE. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 8.)
Gower Lowe is son of Capt. Abraham Lowe,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 April, 1816, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Larne 20, commanded
by his father, with whom he served in the Channel
until Feb. 1817, in the course of which month he
entered the Royal Naval College. He re-embarked,
in April, 1819, as Midshipman, on board the Hind
20, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard, and during the next
three years was actively employed in the suppres-
sion of smuggling. He then joined the Ranger 28,
Capts. Peter Fisher and Lord Henry Fred. Tbynne,
successively stationed at Nevrfoundland, and in the
North Sea, West Indies, Mediterranean, and Chan-
nel ; and in July, 1825, having passed his examina-
tion in 1823, he became Mate of the Harlequin 18,
Capts. Jas. Scott and Chas. Elliot. Of that vessel,
on her arrival in the West Indies, he was appointed,
in Feb. 1816, Acting First-Lieutenant. Being con-
firmed to her, 2 Dec. following, he continued in the
Harlequin until transferred, in Jan. 1829, in a
similar capacity, to the Harpy 10, Capts. Chas.
Rich and Joseph Pafford Dickson Larcom, also on
the West India station ; where, in the summer of
1830, he removed to the Slaney 20, Capt. Chas.
Parker. Returning to England in Jan. 1831, he
was next, 7 July, 1834, appointed First-Lieutenant
of the Rose 18, Capt. Wm. Barrow, with the boats
of which sloop under his orders he was twice, it
appears, engaged with pirates in the Straits of Ma-
lacca. In the autumn of 1837, Capt. Barrow having
invalided at the Cape of Good Hope, Mr. Lowe was
sent home in personal command of the Rose. After
eight months of half-pay he became in succession
Senior, 11 July, 1838, and 11 May, 1839, of the Tri-
bune 24 and Revenge 76, Capts. Chas. Hamlyn
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LOM'E-LOWRY.
Williams and Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, employed on
the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations. For his
conduct in the latter ship during the operations on
the coast of Syria, where he commanded her hoats
at the landing of the troops at Gebail, again had
charge of them at the capture of Sidon, and served
at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, he was ad-
vanced to his present rank by commission dated 4
Nov. 1840. He continued in the Revenge, in dis-
charge of the duties of Second-Captain, until paid
off in Feb. 1842 ; and since 21 Nov. 1846 has been
in command of the Resistance 42, troop-ship.
LOWE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 25; hp., 13.)
Joseph Lowe died in 1845, in the Coast Guard.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1807, as
Clerk, on board the Sharpshooteh 14, Lieut.-Com-
mander John Goldie ; of which vessel, successively
employed on the Guernsey, Halifax, and Downs sta-
tions, he became Midshipman, in July, 1809, and
Acting-Master in Nov. 1814. He continued in her
until Sept. 1815, and, while so attached, was twice,
in the course of 1808, engaged with the enemy's
gun-brigs and luggers in the vicinity of Granville —
assisted, on one occasion, in saving a merchant-ship
from destruction, a service for which Lloyds' be-
stowed a reward of 8001. — was instrumental to the
cutting-out, in 1810, of the Alcide of 4 guns, although
lying under the protection of the enemy's batteries
— took part in other affairs of the same description
— and was on board the Sharpshooter when sent
home from New London with the duplicate de-
spatches of the peace. In Nov. 1815, being at the
time Midshipman of the Hope 10, Capt. Henry Fyge
Jauncey, Mr. Lowe was presented with a commis-
sion bearing date 15 March in that year. With the
exception of a few months in 1829, he served in the
Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of
the RAMiiLiES and Talavera 74's, Capts. Wm.
M'CuUoch and Hugh Pigot, from 21 March, 1825,
until the spring of 1831 ; and he was lastly, from 13
Dec. 1834 until the period of his death, employed
in the Coast Guard. In 1829 he won the thanks of
the Corporation of the City of London Insurance
Office for saving the brig London Packet of London ;
he was nearly drowned, in Feb. 1830, in rendering
assistance to the ship Huskisson when on shore in a
heavy gale ; and in the following Nov. he afforded
every aid to the bewrecked crew and passengers of
the Surprize of Plymouth. In 1831 we find his ex-
ertions towards the preservation of life obtaining
him the thanks of the Royal Humane Society, the
National Shipwreck Institution, and the French Go-
vernment. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
LOWE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Henry John Lowe died in 1847. He
was son of Capt. Abraham Lowe, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Sept. 1821 ; passed
his examination 15 Dec. 1828 ; and at the period of
his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov.
1841, was serving in the Mediterranean as Mate of
the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Acworth
Ommanney. His succeeding appointments were —
11 Jan. 1842, to the Minden Hospital-ship, Capt.
Michael Quin, stationed in the East Indies, whence
he returned at the close of 1844— and, 9 Oct. 1845,
to the Alarm 26, Capts. Chas. Colville Frankland
and Granville Gower Loch, with whom he served in
North America and the West Indies until the period
of his death. Agent — J. Hinxman.
LOWEY. (Commander, 1822. r-p., 26; h-p.,36.)
James Lowry was born 18 April, 1773.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1785, as Ordi-
nary, on board the Sprightly, Lieut.-Commander
Swan, with whom and with Capt. Salusbury of the
Termagant sloop, he served on theFalmouth station
until 1787. In Dec. 1795 he re-embarked, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Castor 32, Capt. Rowley
Bulteel ; and he was next, from Sept. 1796 until
Feb. 1806, uninterruptedly employed under the
orders of the late Sir Thos. Louis in the Minotaur
74 (of which ship he became an acting and a con-
firmed Lieutenant 10 Oct. 1798 and 28 Jan. 1802),
Conqueror 74, Leopard 50, Ambuscade 32, and
Canopus 80. During the term of his attachment
to the Minotaur he had charge of her forecastle at
the battle of the Nile 1 Aug. 1798— witnessed the
evacuation of Genoa by the French in June, 1800 —
commanded the ship's launch at the first debarka-
tion of the troops, and participated in all the after-
operations [of the campaign, in Egypt in 1801 —
and on 3 Sept. 1800 had under his orders one of
eight boats which brought out from Barcelona
Roads, after having sustained a loss of 3 men
killed and 5 wounded, the Spanish corvettes Esme-
ralda and Paz, of 22 guns each, although defended
by a heavy fire from four strong batteries, 10 gun-
boats, two schooners, armed between them with 4
long 36-pounders, and a fort upon Mount loni which
threw shells. In this affair the enemy had 3 men
killed and 21 wounded.* Besides being employed,
while on the books of the Leopard, in charge of a
fire-vessel in an attack on the Boulogne flotilla in
Oct. 1804,t Lieut. Lowry was present, when in the
Canopus, in Nelson's pursuit of the combined squa-
drons to the West Indies, and also in Sir John
Duckworth's action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806.
On leaving the Canopus he joined the North-
umberland 74, bearing the flag in the West Indies
of Hon. Alex. Cochrane, who, in Aug. 1806, sent
him home in charge of a schooner with despatches.
From May, 1807, until Oct. 1811, we find him em-
ployed, chiefly as First-Lieutenant, in the Mon-
tagu 74, Malta 80, and Ajax and Cumberland
74's, all commanded by Capt. Kobt. Waller Otway,
who publicly acknowledged the assistance he de-
rived from him in the Ajax on the occasion of a
gallant affair in which the British with a slender
force beat back a powerful division of the French
Toulon fleet, 20 July, 1810.J His subsequent ap-
pointments were — in April, 1812, to the Transport
service, in which he was for seven years employed
— 31 Jan. 1821, to the command of the Camelion
Revenue-vessel — and, 21 Feb. 1822, as First-Lieu-
tenant, to the Apollo yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas.
Paget, under whom he had the honour of escorting
George IV. to Scotland. He was in consequence
promoted to his present rank 12 Sept. 1822, but has
not been since afloat.
Commander Lowry married, 29 May, 1802, Miss
Jennings, by whom he has issue. His only son,
James, died a Lieutenant in the R.N.
LOWRY. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
James Lowry died 6 Feb. 1846. He was only
son of Commander Jas. Lowry, R.N.
This officer passed his examination in 1827 ; ob-
tained his commission 30 March, 1837 ; and was
afterwards appointed — 4 April, 1837, to the Spah-
RowHAWK 16, Capt. John Shepherd, on the Brazils
and Cape of Good Hope station, whence he returned
at the close of 1840—6 April, 1841, to the Impreg-
nable 104, commanded in the Mediterranean by
Capt. Thos. Forrest— and, 18 Jan. 1842, 8 July,
1843, and 28 Feb. 1844, as First-Lieutenant, to the
Stbomboli steamer, Edrydice 26, and Electra
18, Capts. Wm. Louis, Geo. Elliot, and Arthur
Darley, employed on the Mediterranean, and North
America and West India stations. The Electra
was paid off in 1845.
LOWRY. (Lieutenant, 1819. f-p., 8; h-p.,34.)
William Lowry is fifth and youngest son of the
late Robt. Lowry, Esq., of Pomeroy House, co.
Tyrone, by Eliza, daughter of Major Tighe ; and
grand-nephew of Galbraith Lowry, Esq., of Ahenis,
M.P. for Tyrone, father of Armar Lowry Corry,
first Earl of Belmore. Three of his brothers were
in the Army ; a fourth is the present Robt. Wm.
* Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 1 158. f J^- Gaz. 1801, p. 1237.
t F. Gaz. 1810, p. 1510.
LO WTHER-LOWTHIAN-LUARD— LUCE.
681
Lowry, Esq., of Pomeroy House, a Magistrate and
Deputy-Lieutenant, and in 1812 High-Sheriif, for
the above county, who married the only daughter
of Admiral Graves.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Dec. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bamillies 74, Capts.
Fras. Piokmore and Kobt. Yarker. Continuing in
that ship for nearlyfthree years, he was in conse-
quence present, as Midshipman, at the capture, 13
March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of
Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule;
and at tlie reduction, in Deo. 1807, of the Danish
islands of St. Thomas and Ste. Croix. He fell on
one occasion from the ship's side, and was so se-
riously injured that for many years he felt the
effects. Towards the close of 1808 we find him
proceeding in the Cornelia frigate, Capt. Henry
xolkes Edgell, to the Cape station, where, in Dec.
1810, he co-operated in the reduction of the Isle of
Prance. Returning home in the early part of 1811,
in consequence of ill health, in the Actjeon 16,
commanded by Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator, who
was charged with the despatches announcing the
conquest, Mr. Lowry did not again go afloat until
July, 1813 ; between which period and Dec. 1815, he
served on the Home and Mediterranean stations,
part of the time as Admiralty Midshipman, in the
Blehheim, Namor, and Bombay 74's, and Malta
80, Capts. Sam. "Warren, Chas. John Austen, Geo.
M'Kinley, Henry Bazely, and "Wm. Chas. Fahie.
From the date last mentioned until July, 1819, he
remained a second time on shore. It was his for-
tune to be then appointed Admiralty Midshipman
of the Royal Geohge yacht, Capt. Hon. Chas.
Paget ; during the presence of the Prince Regent
on board which vessel, he appears to have had the
care of the royal barge, and to have had the honour
of steering the Duke of York. He was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission dated
11 Oct. 1819; and has since been on half-pay.
One of his sons, Wm. J. Lowry, is a Midshipman
in the R.N. ; and another is Lieutenant in the 47th
Begt. of Foot.
LOWTHEK. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Mahccs Lowther entered the Navy in 1830;
passed his examination 8 June, 1838 ; and after serv-
ing as Mate of the Hastings 72, Capt. John Law-
rence, on the Mediterranean station, was employed in
that capacity, from 1842 until promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant 9 Aug. 1844, on board the Agincodrt
72, bearing the flag in the East Indies of Sir Thos.
John Cochrane. He was then re-appointed to the
same ship and continued attached to her until her
return to England in 1847. On 19 Aug. 1845 he
appears to have had charge of a gun-boat, and to
have served with the boats of a squadron, carrying
altogether 530 officers, seamen, and marines, at the
destruction, under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the pira-
tical settlement of Malloodoo, on the north end of
the island of Borneo, where the British encountered
a desperate opposition, and sustained a loss of 6
men killed and 15 wounded.* We also, in July,
1846, on the occasion of an expedition conducted
by the Admiral against the Sultan of Borneo, find
him commanding the third company of small-arm
men, and assisting at the capture and destruction
of the enemy's forts and batteries up the river
Brune.f
LOWTHIAN. (CoMMANDEB, 1813. r-p., 20 ;
H-p., 34.)
Robert Lowthian entered the Navy, 30 June,
1793, as .A.B., on board the Qdeen Charlotte 100,
Capt. Hugh Cloberry Christian, bearing the flag in
the Channel of Lord Hood. Removing, in March,
1794, to the Royal George 100, flag-ship of the
late Lord Bridport, he was afforded an oppor-
tunity of sharing in the ensuing action of 1 June,
and of also participating in the one fought off
the He de Groix 23 June, 1795. In Jan. 1797 he
sailed for the West Indies as Master's Mate of the
• me Gaz. 1845, p. 6536. f f^- Oiz. 1846, p. 3448.
York 74, Capt. John Ferrier. While in that ship,
of which he was confirmed a Lieutenant, after
having acted for 12 months as such, 2 Nov. 1799,
we find him engaged in numerous cutting-out
affairs at the islands of St. Domingo and Cuba. On
his return to the Downs he was the Senior Lieu-
tenant, it appears, employed from her in the boats
in the attack made by Lord Nelson on the Boulogne
flotilla in Aug. 1801. The York being put out of
commission in April, 1802, he was next, 3 June, 1803,
appointed to the Colossus 74, Capts. Geo. Martin
and Jas. NicoU Morris, with whom he served for
two years and 10 months in the Channel. He after-
wards became Senior Lieutenant — 22 April and 2
Sept. 1805, of the Trusty 50, and Inconstant 36,
commanded in the Downs and off Guernsey by
Capts. Geo. Argles and Edw. Stirling Dickson — 25
June, 1808, and 16 Aug. 1810, of the Brazen 18,
and Helder 32, Capts. Lewis Shepheard and John
Serrell, both on the Jamaica station — and, 15 Feb.
1811 and 29 Jan. 1813, of the Bellerophon and
Scarborough 74's, bearing each the flag off Flush-
ing of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier. He went on
half-pay in Jan. 1814, having been advanced to his
present rank on 4 of the previous month, and has
not been since able to procure employment.
LUAED. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Gaknham Luakd entered the Navy
8 Feb. 1833 ; passed his examination in 1840 ; and
was about the same period appointed Mate of the
Samarang 26, Capt. Jas. Scott. Joining soon after-
wards in the operations on the coast of China, he
there, by his zealous and promising conduct, drew
forth the repeated commendations of his Captain
— particularly by his gallantry at the storming of
the fort of Tycocktow 7 Jan. 1841, and by his sub-
sequent behaviour during the celebrated forced
passage, effected, between 3 a. m. on 13, and
4 p. M. on 15 March, by the Nemesis and the
Samarang's boats up the inner channel from Ma-
cao to Whampoa, a navigation never before tra-
versed by European boat or vessel, in the course of
which were destroyed five forts, one battery, two
military stations, and nine man-of-war junks, in
which collectively were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls.*
As a reward for his services he was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 6 May, 1841. His appoint-
ments have since been — 13 Sept. 1841, to the Belle-
isle 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, lying at Ply-
mouth— 16 Nov. 1841, to the Isis 44, Capt. Sir John
Marshall, with whom he was for three years em-
ployed at the Cape of Good Hope — 14 March, 1845,
to the Melampos 42, Capt. John Norman Camp-
bell, fitting at Devonport — and 14 April foUowlng,
as First, to the Grecian 16, Capt. Louis Symonds
Tindal, in which vessel he is now serving on the
S.E. coast of America.
LUCE. (LiEDT., 1814. F-p., 20 ; H-p., 20.)
William Luce entered the Navy, in Aug. 1807,
as A.B., on board the Pluto sloop, Capt. Rich.
Gaire Janvrin, stationed in the Channel; and in
Aug. 1808 joined the Christian VII. 80, Capt.
Joseph Sydney Yorke. In that ship, which shortly
afterwards hoisted the fiag of Sir Edw. Pellew, and
(with the same Admiral) in the Caledonia 120, he
continued to serve as Midshipman and Master's
Mate, on the North Sea and Mediterranean sta-
tions, imtU nominated, after having shared in a
skirmish with the French Toulon fleet, Acting-
Lieutenant, in Jan. 1814, of the Prince of Wales
98, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, part of the force
employed in a second encounter with the enemy.
He was confirmed a Lieutenant 16 March, 1814, and
was subsequently appointed— 16 Dec. 1814, to the
Bonne Citoyenne 20, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas.
Clifford, on the Irish station— for a few months in
1815 to the Favorite 20 and CnRA90A 36, Capts.
Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude and John Tower, both
employed on Home service— 25 June, 1828, and 19
Feb. 1830, as a Supernumerary, to the Ramillies
* Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1164, 1509.
4S
682
LUCKRAFT.
and Taiaveka Coast Blockade ships, Capt. Hugh
Plgot— 11 July, 1832 (after 15 months of half-pay),
as sole Lieutenant, to the Astk^a 6, Capts. Wm.
and Andrew King, on the Falmouth station — and
11 Sept. 1835, 22 Dec. 1836, and 24 July, 1838, to
the successive command of the Plovek, Pigeon,
and Penguin, all Falmouth packets. He has been
on half-pay since Nov. 1841.
He married, 1 June, 1840, the widow of Lieut.
John Downey, B.N., formerly Commander of H.M.
packet Beiseis. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
LUCKRAFT, K.L.H., K.R.G. (Captain, 1838.
r-P., 24; h-p., 24.)
Alfred Luckraet, bom 2 April, 1792, is brother
of the present Capt. William, and half-brother of
the late Lieut. John Luckraft, R.N.
This oiEcer, whose name had been borne since
25 July, 1799, on the books of the Monarch 74, Capt.
Jas. Robt. Mosse, embarked in that ship in Jan.
1801, and on 2 of the following April was present,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., in the action oif Copenhagen. After
a servitude of 19 months in the Blenheim 74, bear-
ing the flag of Sir Archibald Dickson, Oiseau fri-
gate, Capt. Phillips, and Courageux 74, Capt. John
Okes Hardy, he joined, in April, 1803, the Maes
74, Capts. John Sutton, Geo. Duff, Robt. Dudley
Oliver, and "Wm. Lukin. "While in that ship, in
which he soon attained the rating of Midshipman,
we find him present and slightly wounded in the
leg at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805*— con-
tributing, next, to the capture, 28 July, 1806, of ie
Mhin, of 44 guns and 318 men — assisting also, 25
Sept. in the same year, at the taking, by a force
under Sir Sam. Hood, of four heavy French fri-
gates, two of which, the Ghire 46 and Infcdigable
44, struck to the Maes — and accompanying, in
1807, the expedition to Copenhagen. In consider-
ation of the wound he received at Trafalgar he was
presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund.
He became Sub-Lieutenant, in March, 1808, of the
Steady gun-brig, Capt. Arthur Stow, and in the
course of the same year sailed for South America,
where, in Jan. and Feb. 1809, and May, 1810, he
was in succession nominated Acting-Lieutenant of
the Agamemnon 64, Capt. Jonas Rose, Hyacinth
18, Capt. John Carter, and President 38, Capt.
Adam Mackenzie. On his return to England he
was confirmed, 3 Sept. 1810, to a Lieutenancy in
the Bellerophon 74, bearing the flag in the North
Sea of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier, with whom he
continued to serve in the Scarboeodgh 74 until
May, 1814. From the following Sept. until Sept.
1815 we find him employed on the Home station as
Senior of the Foxhound sloop, Capts. John Parish
and Thos. Warrand. Being next, 4 Feb. 1828, ap-
pointed First to the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons,
he very highly distinguished himself, in Oct. of the
same year, during the operations conducted, in
unison with the French, against Morea Castle, the
last stronghold of the Turks in the Peloponnesus.
On that occasion, landing with a party of seamen,
he assumed command, supported by the present
Capt. Sidney Colpoys Dacres, of the central of five
breaching batteries, named George tlie Fourth's Bat-
tery. He remained in the trenches 12 days and
nights, during the three last of which he worked
his only 4 guns with such effect as to expend up-
wards of 1000 18-pound shot, and 6000 lbs. weight
of powder. The greatness indeed of Lieut. Luck-
raft's exertions not only procured a strong recom-
mendation in his behalf from his own Commander-
in-Chief Sir Pulteney Malcolm, hut had the effect
of eliciting the loud praise of the French Admiral
De Rigny, and of obtaining for him the insignia of
the Legion of Honour and of the Redeemer of
Greece. t His promotion to the rank of Com-
mander did not, however, take place until 28 Oct.
1829; at which period he was invested with the
command of the Prockis sloop. He was after-
wards appointed^SO Nov. 1829, to the Camelion
10, attached to the force in the Mediterranean,
* Vide Gaz. 1805, p. Ull. f V. Gaz. 1828, p. 8201.
whence he returned in March, 1830—20 June, 1831,
to the Revenge 78, Capts. Jas. Hillyar and Donald
Hugh Mackay, employed, until March, 1834, on the
Lisbon station— and 13 July, 1835, to the Russell
74, Capt. Sir "Wm. Henry Dillon, again in the Me-
diterranean. He was superseded from the latter
ship on being advanced to his present rank 28 June,
1838, and has since been on half-pay.
During the late war Capt. Luckraft was never a
single day on shore. He is married and has issue
two sons and two daughters. One of his sons,
Alfred, is a Lieutenant R.N.
LUCKRAFT. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Alfred Ldckkaft is son of Capt. Alfred Luck-
raft, B.N.
This of&cer passed his examination 21 April, 1841 ;
and from that period until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 15 Jan. 1846, was employed as Mate, on
the Mediterranean, Home, Brazilian, and Pacific
stations, in the Weasel 10, Capt. Wm. Edmond-
stone. Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos.
Hastings, and Fkolio 16, Capts. Wm. Alex. Willis
and Cospatriok Baillie Hamilton. He was then re-
appointed to the "Frolic, in which vessel he re-
turned to England and was paid off in 1847.
LUCKRAFT. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Charles Maxwell Luckraft is son of the late
Lieut. John Luckraft, K.N.
This officer passed his examination 8 June, 1837 ;
and at the period of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, which took place 28 May, 1845, had
been serving for several years on the Mediterra-
nean and Home stations, as Mate of the Cambridge
78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, Rodney 92, Capt. Robt.
Maunsell, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir
David Milne. He was then appointed to the Siren
16, Capt. Harry Edm. Edgell, fitting for the Medi-
terranean, where he is now serving as First of the
Harlequin 12, Capt. John Moore.
LUCKRAFT. (Lieot., 1802. r-p., 18 ; h-p., 42.)
John Luckraft was born 23 April, 1775, at Mil-
brook, in Cornwall, and died in 1846. He was half-
brother of the present Capts. Alfred and Wm. Luck-
raft, R.N. One of his own brothers, Adrian, died
Purser of H.M.S. Wolverene in the West Indies
in 1806 ; another, Frederick, also in the R.N., was
drowned at sea ; and a third, Robert, at one time
in the Navy, died in civil service in the West Indies
in 1823.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1786, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Leander 50, Capt.
Sir Jas. Barkley, bearing the broad pendant of Com-
modore (afterwards Rear- Admiral) Herbert Sawyer,
on the Halifax station, where, in the following year,
that ship was nearly lost by striking on a sunken
reef near Cape Despair. During the heaving-down
process which was in consequence rendered neces-
sary on her reaching port, Mr. Luckraft had the
misfortune to lose the total use of the index finger
of his left hand. The Leander being afterwards
ordered to the Mediterranean, he continued in her
on that station until April, 1791. He next, in July
and Dec. 1793, joined the Fury 16, and Oiseau 36,
Capts. Frank Sotheron and Robt. Murray, under
whom he was for two years and seven months em-
ployed on the Home and Halifax stations. Becoming
attached, in July, 1796, to La Nymphe 36, Capts.
John Cooke and Percy Fraser, he assisted, as Mid-
shipman of that vessel, at the capture, when in
company with the San Fiorenzo 36, of the French
frigates La Be'sislance of 4S, and La Constance of
24_guns, 9 March, 1797. Being immediately ap-
pointed second in command of the former ship, he
had the fortune to be the chief instrument of her
preservation under circumstances of a very trying
nature, in which he displayed so much ability that
he was greeted with the high encomiums both of
Capt. Cooke and the late Sir Harry Neale. In the
following month Mr. Luckraft was present in the
mutiny at Spithead. He was afterwards, in April,
LUCKRAFT.
683
1798, in company with the Mars 74, at the famous
capture of L'Hercule, a ship of similar force, on
which occasion he was sent on board the prize in
order to assist in clearing her decks of the dead,
the dying, and the general wreck. On leaving La
Nymphe in April, 1799, he was placed by his friend,
Admiral Sir Thos. Pasley, in command, with the
rating of Master's Mate, of the Cakoline gun-
vessel ; and in the course of the same and the two
following years was successively appointed by him,
with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, to the Tekp-
siCHOKE 32 and Seagdll 18, Capts. Wm. Hall Gage
and Thos. Lavie, to the command of the Swan
liired-cutter (in which vessel he captured the lugger-
privateer Vengeance), and to the San Fioeenzo 36,
Capt. Wm. Chas. Paterson. While the latter ship
was on one occasion becalmed and engaged with
12 or 14 Spanish gun-vessels off Cabritta Point, Mr.
Luckraft was despatched in a boat to Gibraltar for
assistance, and in executing this mission he was ex-
posed, in going and returning, to the whole fire of
the enemy. In July, 1801, although he had been
performing First-Lieutenant's duty, and was strongly
recommended, as he had frequently been before,
for promotion, he was superseded from the San
FiORENZo, and again ordered to serve as Midship-
man and Master's Mate, at first in command of
the Experiment fire-vessel, and then on board the
KoYAii Sovereign 100, flag-ship of Sir Henry Har-
vey. On 29 March, 1802, however, at the joint
instance of the last-mentioned officer and of Sir
Thos. Pasley, he was at length officially promoted
to a Lieutenancy in the Ranger sloop, Capts. Rich.
Goddard and Chas. Coote.* In that vessel he served
in the North Sea and off Boulogne until Sept. 1803 ;
and in June, 1804, after having been for a few
months employed in the Meteor bomb, Capt. Jas.
Master, and Tigre 80, Capt. Dacres, he obtained
command of the Phcebe hired cutter, of 12 guns.
In the following Nov. his intrepidity in giving chase
to the notorious privateer Le Contre Amiral de
Magon, of 17 guns and 84 men, was the fortunate
means of the latter being captured by the Cruizer
18, Capt. John Hancock. When next, in the early
part of 1805, in the Harpy 18, Capt. Edm. Heywood,
Mr. Luckraft was in almost daily collision with the
enemy's flotilla in the neighbourhood of Boulogne,
where, in an action with seven of their schuyts, he
boarded and carried one of them at the head of a
few men from the main chains of the Harpy, who
then proceeded in pursuit of the remainder. On
30 May in the same year, a few weeks previously
to which he had joined the Flora 36, Capt. Loftus
Otway Bland, we find him assuming command of
the Pigeon schooner. He shortly afterwards re-
ceived from on board H.M.S. Tribune the Earl of
Harrowby, at the time on an embassy to Berlin,
and conveyed his Lordship and suite up the Elbe
to Hamburgh. Towards the close of Nov. 1805,
the Pigeon, through the ignorance of her pilot, was
unfortunately lost off the Texel, while on her pas-
sage with despatches for General Don at Bremer-
lehe, and her Commander and crew in consequence
became prisoners to the Dutch. Being set at liberty
in 1806, Mr. Luckraft soon proceeded for the benefit
of his health to the Mediterranean, where, although
on half-pay, he cruized for some time as a Super-
numerary in various ships. In Nov. 1808, while on
his passage home for the purpose of taking up an
appointment awarded to him, he fell into the hands
of the Turks, among whom lie remained a captive
until enabled, at the end of 1809, to effect his escape.
With the exception of a few months passed in 1815
in the Impress service at Deal, the Lieutenant was
not again employed until 1825, in April of which
year he was appointed to the office of Agent on
board the Vibilia transport, and ordered to Ja-
* The magazine of the Ranger having in one instance
caught fire by the ignition of some loose powder, Lieut.
Luckraft, in tlie moat undaunted manner, and with the
greatest presence of mind (while the major part of the crew
wa3 hastening away), rushed into tlie flames, removed all the
Sowder-casks with his own hands, and saved the ship from
estruction.
neiro. During the voyage, and when off the Cape
de Verde Islands, the latter vessel was fallen in with
and chased by a powerful pirate, who, however,
notwithstanding her overwhelming force, was foiled
in every attempt to board, and ultimately compelled
to strike her colours, although she contrived to
effect her escape. Not long after this gallant affair
Mr. Luckraft was thrown by a roU of the ship down
the after-hatchway, and fractured his right leg.
There being no surgeon on board, the wound was
so badly treated as to be the cause of eventual
paralysis of the leg and thigh. He was discharged
on the return home of the transport in Dec. 1825,
and did not again go afloat.
Lieut. Luckraft married, 30 April, 1800, Miss
Martha Wilson, of Torpoint, Cornwall, by whom he
has left issue (with one daughter married to Lieut.
Wm. Geo. Peame, R.N.) two sons, the elder, John
Pasley, a Master R.N., and the other, Chas. Max-
well, a Lieutenant.
LUCKRAFT. (Capt., 1840. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 23.)
William Luckraft is an eider brother of Capt.
Alfred Luckraft, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1796, as
a Volunteer, on board the Asia 64, Capt. Robt.
Murray, and was for upwards of four years em-
ployed in that ship on the Halifax station, part of
the time in the capacity of Midshipman. He then
joined the Assistance 50, Capt. Rich. Lae, under
whom he was wrecked between Dunkerque and
Gravelines 29 March, 1802. Being set free after 10
days of captivity, he became in succession attached,
in the course of the same year, to the Brilliant
28, Capt. Adam Mackenzie, Suffisante 14, Capt.
Christopher John Williams Nesham, and Concorde
36, Capt. John Wood. In the latter ship we find
him proceeding to the East Indies, where, in 1805,
having previously assisted at the capture of La
Fortune, a very heavy privateer, he removed to the
Cdlloden 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew,
and was by him appointed Acting-Lieutenant of
the Sceptre 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, and Rattle-
snake 18, commanded by Capts. John Bastard and
Wm. Warden, and for a short time by himself. As
a reward for the manner in which he subsequently,
with the sloop's boats under his orders, boarded
and carried Les Deux Sceurs privateer, of 14 guns
and 76 men, Mr. Luckraft, who had witnessed
the capture of La BelUme, a similar vessel, mount-
ing 30 guns, with a complement of 194 men, was
confirmed a Lieutenant 11 Dec. 1807. Having,
however, several months prior to the receipt of
his commission, rejoined the Culloden, he contri-
buted on the date last mentioned, as it chanced,
to the destruction at Griessee, in the island of Java,
of the dockyard and stores, and of all the men-of-
war remaining to Holland in the East Indies. Re-
turning to Europe in 1809, he was next, in Nov.
of that year, in Nov. 1811, and in March, 1814,
appointed to the Sheldrake 16, Meteor bomb, and
Bombay 74, Capts. Jas. Pattison Stewart, Peter
Fisher, and Henry Bazely — the two former on the
Baltic, the latter on the Mediterranean station,
where he served until Aug. 1816. In March, 1811,
he officiated as First-Lieutenant of the Sheldrake
at the defence of Ahholdt, when attacked by a
powerful Danish flotilla, and on that occasion was
instrumental to the capture of two of the enemy's
largest gun-boats. He was Senior of the Meteor
in the operations against South Beveland, at the
siege of Danzig, and at the blockade of the Scheldt.
During the six years immediately antecedent to his
promotion to the rank of Commander, which took
place 27 July, 1825, he was employed in the Channel
and West Indies as First of the Spartan 46, and
Pyramds 42, Capts. Wm. Furlong Wise and Fras.
Newcombe. His last appointment was, 17 July,
1838, to the Second-Captaincy of the Bellebophon
80, Capt. Chas. John Austen, for his conduct under
whom in the operations on the coast of Syria, in-
cluding the bombardments of Beyrout and Acre
he was advanced to the rank he now hoMs 4 Nov!
1840.
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LUGG— LUNN-LUSCOMBE— LUSHINGTON.
Capt. Luokraft married, in 1815, Charlotte, only-
daughter of J. Camsell, Esq., of H.M. Brewery at
Weevil, near Gosport. He was left a widower in
Oct. 1827.
LUGG. (Eetired Commander, 1845. f-p., 22 ;
H-p., 29.)
WintiAM LuGG was born 17 March, 1774.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1796, as
Master's Mate, on board the Star 18, Capts. Hon.
John Colville and David Atkins. On his arrival in
that ship at the Cape of Good Hope he was ap-
pointed, in June, 1797, Acting-Master of the Hope
14, Capt. Wm. Granger, in which capacity, and
until his return to England in 1804, he continued
to officiate, on the same station and in the East
Indies, in the Rattx-eshake 16, also commanded
by Capt. Granger, and in the Sphynx 18, Capt.
Thos. AlexEinder, Bkaave 40, Capts. Josias Row-
ley, Lord Augustus FitzRoy, and T. Alexander,
DiOMEDE 50, Capts. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleem-
ing and Sam. Mottley, and Tremendous 74, Capt.
John Osbom. Joining next, in April, 1805, the
Medusa frigate, Capt. Sir John Gore, he again
sailed for the East Indies with the late Marquis
Cornwallis ; and on his passage out and home,
although without the rating of Master's Mate, he
performed all the duties of Lieutenant, having con-
fided to him the management of the chronometers
and the lunar observations. Rejoining Sir John
Gore (after a short attachment to the Hibernja
110, flag-ship off TJshant of Earl St. Vincent) in
June, 1806, as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the
Revenge 74, he was afforded an opportunity, on 25
of the following Sept., of witnessing the capture of
four French frigates by a squadron under Sir Sam.
Hood off Roohefort. He was confirmed a Lieu-
tenant, 8 Nov. in the same year, in the Hyaonth
18, Capt. John Davie, stationed in the North Sea ;
and was subsequently appointed — 10 June, 1807, to
the Bulwark 74, Capt. Hon. C. E. Fleeming, em-
ployed off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean, whence
he invalided in March, 1809 — 4 Oct. and 1 Deo.
following, to the Rapid 10, Capt. Mathew, and
Namur 74, bearing the flags at the Nore of Vice-
Admirals Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope and
Thos. Wells— 6 Feb. 1811, to the Prihcbss Caro-
line 74, Capt. Hugh Downman, under whom he
escorted convoy to Madeira, and then cruized off
Cherbourg until compelled by ill health to resign,
23 Jan. 1813 — and, 6 Aug. in the latter year, to the
Queen 74, Capt. Lord Colville, which ship, on her
return with the flag of Sir Fras. Laforey from the
West Indies, he left in June, 1814. From Oct. 1835
until May, 1836, again, from March, 1838, until
May, 1839, and from the following Oct. until Sept.
1843, Lieut. Lugg served as Agent for Transports
afloat. He was the Senior Agent employed under
Sir Wm. Parker during the campaign in China,
where we find him landing the troops at Amoy and
Chusan. He accepted his present rank 10 March,
1845.
From Oct. 1826 until May, 1831, Commander
Lugg had charge of the hired packet ^arfy Wel-
linfftcm, under the control of the Post-offlce. He
married in May, 1813, and has issue three sons and
two daughters.
LTJNN. (Commander, 1844.)
John Lunn served as Midshipman of the Phcebe,
of 46 guns and 300 men, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, and was
in company with the Cherub 18 at the capture, 28
March, 1814, off Valparaiso, of the American frigate
Essex, of 46 guns and 265 men, who struck her
colours at the close of a warm action of two hours, in
which the Phcebe lost 4 men killed and 7 wounded,
and herself 24 killed and 45 wounded. In 1821,
having passed his examination in 1817, and been
appointed Mate of the Revolutionnaire 46, Capt.
Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellcw, he
assisted in the boats of that ship at the capture of
several pirates in the Mediterranean. His appoint-
ments in the capacity of Lieutenant, a rank he at-
tained 12 June, 1829, were— 29 Nov. 1831, to the
Caledonia 120, Capts. Jas. Hillyar, Thos. Brown,
and Geo. Bohun Martin, in which ship he was for
nearly six years employed in the Mediterranean,
half the time under the flags of Sir Josias Rowley
and Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford— and, 10 Aug. 1838,
and 12 Oct. 1840, to the command of the Pluto and
Locust steamers. In those vessels, with the excep-
tion of a short period which intervened between
the paying off of the one and the commissioning of
the other, he served uninte'Truptedly on the North
America and West India and Mediterranean sta-
tions, until advanced to his present rank 19 Dec.
1844. Since 20 May, 1846, he has been in command
of the Virago steam-sloop, of 300 horse-power,
again in the Mediterranean. Agent— Joseph Wood-
head.
LUSCOMBE. (Lieut., 1810. r-P., 13; h-p., 30.)
Edward Luscombe, bom 6 Aug. 1791, at Efford
House, in the parish of Holbeton, Devon, is second
son of the Rev. John B. Luscombe.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 1804, as
■Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hazard sloop, Capt.
Robt. Jenner Neve, employed on the Home station,
where he became Midshipman, in May, 1806, of the
Sak Josep 110, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton and
Sir Jas. Saumarez, and, in June, 1807, joined the
Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Admiral
Jas. Gambier. After sharing in the hostilities
against Copenhagen, where he was frequently em-
ployed in the boats, he removed to the Implacable
74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, under whom we find
him taking part, 26 Aug. 1808, in a gallant action
of 20 minutes with the Russian 74-gun ship Sewohd,
which was completely silenced, and in the end, with
the assistance of the Centaur 74, flag-ship of Sir
Sam. Hood, captured and burnt, in sight of the
whole Russian fleet near Rogerswick, after a total
loss to the enemy of 303 men, and to the Impla-
cable, individually of 6 killed and 26 wounded.
He continued in the same ship, participating inter-
mediately in much boat-service in the Baltic, until
1810 ; in Feb. and April of which year he joined
the SciPioN 74, Capt. Chas. Philip Butler Bateman,
and Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Sau-
marez. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant by virtue
of a commission dated 3 Dec. 1810, he was next,
from Jan. 1811 until March, 1815, employed in that
capacity, on the Home and Mediterranean stations,
in the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife (in a boat be-
longing to which vessel he was severely frost-bitten
on the coast of France), Leopard 50, Capts. Wm.
Henry Dillon and Edw. Crofton, Horatio 38, Capt.
W. H. Dillon, Namur 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos.
Williams, and Granious 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong
Wise. His last appointments were, 13 April, 1818,
and 20 Sept. 1819, to the Topaze 38, Capt. John
Rich. Lumley, and Minden 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich.
King, both on the East India station, whence he
invalided in June, 1820.
Lieut. Luscombe married, 23 Nov. 1836, Emily,
relict of Chas. Murly, Esq., Solicitor, and youngest
daughter of Abraham Tucker, Esq.
LUSHINGTON, K.S.L., K.E.G. (Captain,
1829. r-P., 14; H-p., 17.)
Stephen Lushington, bom 12 Deo. 1803, is
second son of Sir Henry Lushington, Bart., of South-
Hill Park, CO. Berks, by Fanny Maria, eldest
daughter of Matthew Lewis, Esq., Under-Secretary
at War; and nephew of Stephen Lushington, Esq.,
D.C.L., the eminent civilian.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Oct. 1816, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tagus 38, Capt. Jas.
Whitley Deans Dundas, stationed in the Mediter-
ranean ; where and in South America he appears,
from the spring of the following year until 1821, to
have served as Midshipman in the Ganymede 25
and Owen Glendower 42, both commanded by
Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer. He then returned
to the Mediterranean in the Hind 20, Capt. Hon.
Henry John Rous, in the boats belonging to which
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vessel we find him actively employed in the sup-
pression of piracy in the Archipelago until promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 13 July, 1824. His next
appointments were— 5 Feb. and 7 Deo. 1825, to the
Zebra 18 and Cambkiam 48, Capts. Edw. Rich.
Williams and Gawen Wm. Hamilton, hoth in the
Mediterranean, where he again performed good
service against the pirates — and, 24 Oct. 1827, to
the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington on
the same station. Being advanced, 13 May, 1828,
to the command of the jEtna bomh, Capt. Lush-
Ington united in the following Oct. in the opera-
tions against Morea Castle, and so distinguished
himself by his exertions and skill as to obtain the
orders of St. Louis of France and the Redeemer of
Greece. On 28 Oct. 1829 he was further rewarded
with a Post-commission. His next appointment
was, 19 Jan. 1839, to the CiiEOPATUA 26, fitting for
the West Indies, whence, after nine months of
severe illness, he was ordered by Sir Thos. Harvey,
the Commander-in-Chief, to be invalided, in Nov.
1840. He has been in command, since 11 Oct. 1845,
of the Retbibdtion steam-frigate and Vengeabce
84, on the Home station.
Capt. Lushington married, 5 July, 1841, Henri-
etta, eldest daughter of Rear-Admiral Henry Pres-
cott, C.B., now a Lord of the Admiralty, by whom
he has issue. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
LUTMAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 27.)
CiiAKLES William Ldtman was born 20 Oct.
1790.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1804, as
Midshipman, on board the Royal George 100,
Capt. Joseph Sydney Yorke, and in 1806 removed
to the Nakcissus 32, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, both
ships stationed in the Channel. Joining, next, the
Taktakus 18, Capt. Thos. Fras. Chas. Mainwaring,
he served in that sloop at the bombardment of Co-
penhagen in 1807 ; and on 25 April, 1808, he as-
sisted in her boats, with those of^ the Daehne 20,
commanded by Lieut. Wm. Elliott, at the cutting
out, with a loss to the British of only 5 persons
wounded, of a convoy of 10 deeply-laden vessels,
moored close under the fort of a castle mounting 10
guns, in the harbour of Fladstrand, near the Skawe,
defended also by a heavy fire from another battery,
as well as from the crews of the vessels assembled
on the beach, and made fast to the shore by haw-
sers. While attached as Master's Mate, between
July, 1809, and July, 1811, to the Sheldrake 16,
Capts. John Thicknesse and Jas. Pattison Stewart,
we find him commanding a boat, in open day, at the
capture of a galliot under a fire of field-pieces and
musketry from the sand-hills on the Jutland beach ;
and also contributing in a very eminent manner,
when in the boats under Lieut. Watson, to the pre-
servation from capture of a valuable convoy of
transports. On one occasion, while endeavouring
to cut several vessels out from the coast of Jutland,
the boat he was in upset, and 5 men, with their
commanding officer, Lieut. Watson, were unfortu-
nately drowned. Mr. Lutman, who had supported
the latter until he was himself nearly exhausted,
afterwards succeeded, by swimming to the boat, in
saving three of his companions. TBeing all in the
end thrown on shore by the surf, they were made
prisoners, but were released on surrendering their
prizes. During the period which intervened be-
tween his discharge from the Sheldrake, as above,
and his confirmation in his present rank 18 Feb.
1815, Mr. Lutman was employed at Home and in
South America, for some time as Sub and Acting
Lieutenant, on board the Argonaut hosi)ital-ship,
Lieut.-Commander Jas. James, Montagu 74, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon, Nancv 12,
Lieut.-Commander Wm. D'Aranda, Nebeus 42,
Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, Ceres 32, Capt. Wm.
Bowles, and Ajax 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray.
His succeeding appointments were— 31 March, 1815,
to the Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, employed at
the siege of Gaeta, where for nearly 10 weeks he
had charge of a division of Sicilian gun-boats— 4
July, 1816, for four months, to the Impregnable
98, also commanded by Capt. Brace, under whom
he was slightly wounded at the battle of Algiers —
and, 20 June, 1823, and 23 March, 1827, to the
Ganges 74 and Ocean 80, Capts. Brace and Patrick
Campbell, principally employed on the Home sta-
tion. He has been on half-pay since April, 1828.
Independently of the instance above alluded to,
this officer has not less than five times displaj^ed the
intrepid humanity of his nature by his exertions in
rescuing others from a watery grave. The first ex-
ample of the kind was in 1810, when, chancing to
be on board the Hero 74, he dashed into the sea
and saved the life of Mr. Self, the Captain's Clerk ;
the second and third, in the course of the same
year, on which occasions, being Sub-Lieutenant of
the Nancy in South America, he similarly pre-
served from destruction the lives of the Assistant-
Surgeon (Mr. Bryson) and the Captain of the fore-
top, by jumping overboard after them at night;
the fourth, while in the Ganges at Portsmouth,
where, in his anxiety to save a drowning seaman, he
broke his arm ; and the last, during his servitude
in the Ocean. He plunged from that ship when at
sea, but, although he succeeded in his generous
efibrts and preserved the life of another man, Jas.
Leary, he underwent so much exertion that the
result was a severe attack of illness, which reduced
him to the necessity of invaliding. He married 12
Nov. 1838.
LUTWIDGE. (Retired Commander, 1845.
F-p., 22 ; H-p., 31.)
Henry Thomas Lutwidoe is third son of the late
Henry Lutmdge, Esq., of Holm Rook, co. Cumber-
land, by Jane, daughter of Rigby Mollneux, Esq.,
of Preston; and nephew of Admiral Skeffington
Lutwidge, who commanded the Terrible at the
occupation of Toulon in 1793, and had his flag on
board the same ship at the reduction of Corsica in
1794. His grandfather, Thos. Lutwidge, Esq., an
officer in King William's army, and High-Sheriif for
Cumberland in the 12th of George I., married Lucy,
daughter of Sir Chas. Hoghton, Bart., of Hoghton
Tower, by his wife. Lady Mary Skeffington, eldest
daughter of Viscount Massereene. The Com-
mander's eldest surviving brother, the present
Skeffington Lutwidge, Esq., of Holm Rook, is a
Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Cumberland.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1794, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Terrible 74, bear-
ing the flag in the Mediterranean of his uncle,
Rear-Admiral Lutwidge. Becoming Midshipman,
in March, 1795, of the Bahfleub 98, Capt. Jas.
Rich. Dacres, he served under that officer in the
actions fought, 23 June, 1795, and 14 Feb. 1797, off
lie de Groix and Cape St. Vincent; after which,
joining the Endymion 40, Capt. Sir Thos. WilUams,
he co-operated with the King's troops in an attack
made in June, 1798, upon the town of Wexford,
where were destroyed 100 large boats and vessels,
which the rebels had collected for their escape.
He continued in the Endymion, cruizing interme-
diately with much activity, until July, 1800; and
on 6 of the following Sept., being at the time on
board the Royal William, flag-ship of Admiral
Milbanke at Spithead, he was made Lieutenant into
the Prevoyante store-ship, Capt. John Seater.
His next appointments were, in the following Oct.,
and in May, 1801, and July, 1802, to the Lapwing,
Resistance, and Hussar frigates, Capts. Edw. Ro-
theram, Henry Digby, and Philip Wilkinson, all on
the Home station ; where, in the early part of 1804,
he was wrecked, off the coast of France. He was
in consequence detained a prisoner of war until
May, 1814 ; on 4 Aug. in which year he joined the
Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres. He left that
frigate, after having served on the Irish and Lisbon
stations, in Oct. 1814, and was lastly, from 2 Aug.
1821 until 31 Aug. 1822, employed in the Water
Guard. He became a Retired Commander on the
Junior List 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 27
March, 1845.
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LYALL— LYDE— LYDIARD— LYE— LYELL.
Commander Lutwidge married Mary, daughter
of Taylor, Esq., of Osbaston HaU, co. Lei-
cester.
LYALL. (LiEBT., 1825. f-p., 13; h-p., 21.)
Geokge Ltall, born 6 Jan. 1799, is second son
of the late Capt. Wm. LyaU, R.N., who fell into
the hands of the enemy during his passage home in
a packet from Halilax, suffered a consequent capti-
vity of eight years, and died in June, 1814, three
days only after his return to England. His brother,
James, is a Purser and Paymaster K.N. (1833).
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 9
Dec. 1813 ; and embarked, 10 Dec. 1816, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Larne 20, Capt. Abraham
Lowe, under whom he was for two years employed
in the West Indies, and was often sent away in the
boats for the purpose of cruizing after pirates and
slavers. Joining, in Jan. 1819, the Active 46, to
which ship, commanded by Capts. Sir Jas. Alex.
Gordon and Andrew King, he continued attached,
in the capacity of Admiralty-Midshipman, until
Sept. 1824, he partook of much special service, and
was for several months engaged at the blockade of
Algiers. On the date last mentioned (having
passed his examination in 1822) he removed, as
Mate, to the Dartmouth 42, Capts. Hon. Jas.
Ashley Maude and Henry Dundas, and was again
ordered to the "West Indies, where his conduct in
boarding and carrying, in a boat with only 11 men,
a piratical schooner oif the north coast of Cuba, on
which occasion he was slightly wounded in the left
leg, procured him a commission dated 1 July, 1825.
He remained in the Dartmodth until the following
Dec. ; and was then received as a Supernumerary
into the Eden 26, Capt. John Lawrence. He has
not been afloat since July, 1826.
The Lieutenant married, 6 Nov. 1827, Catherine,
youngest daughter of the late Kobt. Lindsay, Esq.,
of Almeriecloss, Forfar, N.B., by whom he has
issue five children.
LYDE. (LlEnTENANT, 1814. F-P., 11; H-P., 33.)
George Lyde entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1803, as
Midshipman, on board the Prince of Wales 98,
Capt. Wm. Cuming, bearing the flag of Sir Roht.
Calder. After sharing in the action fought off
Cape Finisterre 22 July, 1805, he successively fol-
lowed Capt. Cuming, in 1806, into the Isis 50, and
Sampson 64 — escorting Rear- Admiral Chas. Stirling,
in the latter ship, to the Rio de la Plata, and a con-
voy thence to the Cape of Good Hope. Returning
to Europe in the early part of 1807, he served from
May in that year until promoted to his present
rank 9 Sept. 1814, chiefly as Master's Mate, although
for a short time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the In-
flexible 64, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, Eclair
18, Capt. Chas. Kempthorne Quash, Bombay 74,
Capts. Wm. Cuming, Norbome Thompson, and Geo.
Parker, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Lord Ex-
mouth, on the Home, Baltic, and Mediterranean
stations. He has since been on hall-pay. He had
served in the Bombay from 19 Oct. 1808 until 20
April, 1814, and had passed his examination in
1809.
Lieut. Lyde married, 14 Deo. 1830, Catherine,
youngest daughter of Commander Wm. West, R.N.,
who died in 1811. He has issue six children.
LYDIAED. (Captain, 1842.)
George William Charles Lydiard entered the
Royal Naval College 22 Sept. 1815 ; and embarked,
17 Jan. 1818, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen
Charlotte 100, Capt. Edm. Boger, bearing the flag
of Sir Edw. Thornbrough at Portsmouth ; whence,
after having been for a short time borne on the
books of the Drake sloop, Capt. Henry Shiffner, he
proceeded to the Mediterranean in the Spbt 20,
commanded at first by Capt. Jas. Kearney White,
and next by Capts. Jas. Barnwell Tattnell and John
Donaldson Boswall. In May, 1821, and Aug. 1822,
being still on the station last named, he was there
received in succession into the RocnroRT 80, flag-
ship of Sir Graham Moore, and Laene sloop, Capt.
Robt. Tait. His appointments in the capacity of
Lieutenant, a rank he attained 20 March, 1823, ap-
pear to have been— 2 Sept. 1824, to the Owen Glen-
dower 42, Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, fitting
for the Cape of Good Hope, whence he obtained
leave to return— 18 Sept. 1829, to the Ganges 84,
Capts. John Hayes, Edw. Stirling Dickson, and
Geo. Burdett, again in the Mediterranean — 7 Nov.
1833, as Senior, after 20 months of half-pay, to the
Blonde 46, Capt. Fras. Mason, fitting for South
America — 7 Oct. 1834, to the acting-command of
the Satellite 18, on the latter station— and, 19
Feb. 1835, again to the Blonde. He was promoted
to the rank of Commander, on that ship being put
out of commission, 5 Deo. 1837 ; and was lastly,
from 31 July, 1838, until paid off at the close of
1841, employed as Second-Captain of the Donegal
78, and Britannia 120, flag-ships of Sir John Ac-
worth Ommanney on the Lisbon and Mediterranean
stations. He was posted 30 Aug. 1842.
LYE. (Rear -Admiral of the Bloe, 1841.
F-p., 18 ; H-p., 33).
William Jones Lye was bom 9 June, 1783, and
died 7 March, 1846, at Bath. He was brother of
Capt. Leigh Lye, who served throughout the Pe-
ninsular war and at Waterloo in the 11th Dragoons.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Formidable 98, Capts.
Berkeley and Murray, bearing the flag in the Chan-
nel of Sir Roger Curtis. In 1799, after he had
cruized with that Admiral off the coast of Ireland,
and off Cadiz and Gibraltar, as Midshipman of the
Prince 98, he sailed with him in the Lancaster
64, for the Cape of Good Hope, where, on 12 Sept.
1801, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of tiie
Tremendous 74, Capt. John Osborn. While in that
ship, to which he was confirmed 15 Jan. 1802, w^e
find him commanding a boat at the destruction of a
vessel under the enemy's forts on the Isle of France.
On 19 March and 26 May, 1805, Mr. Lye succes-
sively assumed the acting-command of the Corn-
WALLis 44, and Rattlesnake 18 ; and on 22 May,
1806 (having been officially appointed to the latter
vessel on 31 of the preceding Jan.), he was posted
into the Bombay, alias Ceylon, 32.* Removing, in
April, 1810, to the Doris 36, he was intrusted, in
the course of that year, with the conduct of two
expeditions that sailed from Madras and Bombay
for the Mauritius and Bourbon ; and he afterwards,
in Dec. 1810 and Sept. 1811, took part in the opera-
tions which led to the reduction of the islands of
France and Java. On the former occasion he com-
manded a division of boats at the landing of the
army. At Java he had charge, at first, of a small
blockading squadron. After its subjugation he was
for some time Senior officer at Batavia. He re-
turned to England with Sir Sam. Hood's despatches
(having been upwards of 13 years absent on the
Cape of Good Hope and East India stations), and
was paid oflT in Dec. 1812. The latter was Capt.
Lye's last appointment. He attained Flag-rank 23
Nov. 1841.
The Rear-Admiral married, 29 Jan. 1817, Eliza,
daughter of Benjamin Cobb, Esq., of New Romney,
CO. Kent, by whom ho has left issue four children.
His two eldest sons are in the East India Service.
LYELL. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Thomas Lyell is second son of Chas. Lyell, Esq.,
of Kinnordy, co. Angus, a Magistrate and Vice-
Lieutenant of that shire, by Frances, only daughter
of Thomas Smith, Esq., of Maker Hall, Swaledale,
CO. York ; and elder brother of Capt. Henry Lyell, of
the 43rd Bengal Light Infantry. One of his aunts
married Capt. Gilbert Heathcote R.N., brother of
the present Admiral Sir Henry Heathcote, Kt.
This officer entered the Navy 14 July, 1813 ; ob-
tained his commission 8 July, 1824 ; and was subse-
* The Bombay made prize, 10 July, 1807, of the French
national brig Le Jaseur of 12 guns and 55 men, after a chase
of nine hours. — Vide Gay. 1808, p. 71.
LYNE— LYON— LYONS.
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quently appointed — 2 July, 1825, to the Despatch
sloop, Capt. Robt. "White Parsons— 14 Jan. 1826, to
the Maidstone 42, bearing the broad pendant of
Commodore Chas. BuUen on the coast of Africa —
for a short time in the spring of 1830, to the post of
Flag-Lieutenant to the Earl of Northesk at Ply-
mouth—20 May, 1831, to the Tweed 20, Capt. Allan
Bertram, in the West Indies— 22 Feb. 1832, as First-
Lieutenant, to the Gannet 18, Capt. Mark Halpen,
on the same station— and, 6 June, 1834, in a similar
capacity (after several months of half-pay), to the
■Winchester 52, Capt. Edw. Sparshott, fitting at
Chatham. He was superseded from the latter ship
in the' following July, and has since been on hall-
pay. Agent — J. Hiuxman.
LYNE. (Eetieed Captain, 1840. r-p., 16;
H-P., 45.)
Thomas Lyne was born 17 Nov. 1768, at Ring-
wood.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 April, 1786, on
board the Thisbe 28, Capts. Isaac Coffin and Sam.
Hood, stationed at Halifax ; where, from 1789 until
1791, he served, as Midshipman, in the Dido 28,
Capt. Edw. BuUer. After an attachment for short
periods to various ships, he sailed for the Mediter-
ranean in the Alcide 74, Capt. Robt. Linzee, and
was present at the occupation of Toulon ; while in
command of a gun-boat at which place he was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 12 Oct. 1793. His
succeeding appointments were — 29 Dec. in the lat-
ter year, for seven months, to the Gokgon, Capt.
Jas. Wallis, also in the Mediterranean— 16 Dec.
1794, to the Culloden 74, Capt. Thos. Troubridge,
under whom he bore a part in the actions of 13 July,
1795, and 14 Feb. 1797, off the Hyeres islands and
Cape St. Vincent — and, 15 March, 1797, as Senior,
to the Akgo 44, Capt. Jas. Bowen. In Nov. 1798 he
was present in the latter ship at the reduction of
Minorca ; and on 6 Feb. 1799 he assisted in taking
the Spanish frigate Santa Teresa of 42 guns and 530
men, including 250 soldiers. During the chase
which preceded the surrender of the enemy Mr.
Lyne, as officially declared by his Captain, displayed
great merit in keeping sight, and observing the dif-
ferent shifts, of the enemy, whereby great advan-
tage accrued to the Akgo. Much commendation
was also bestowed on his professional skill and
great exertions, after possession had been taken of
the prize, in saving the tottering mast from tum-
bling overboard. The Akgo, it appears, subse-
quently brought Earl St. Vincent home from the
Mediterranean, conveyed nine homeward-bound
Indiamen from St. Helena, and was for some time
employed on the coast of Africa. Her First-Lieu-
tenant attained the rank of Commander 29 April,
1802 ; and accepted that of Captain, on the Retired
List, 10 Sept. 1840.
LYON. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 22.)
Francis Lyon was born 24 Aug. 1794.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Romulus frigate, arme'e
en flute, Capt. Thos. Burton, stationed in the Chan-
nel ; and from Aug. 1806, until wrecked on Sable
Island 3 Aug. 1812, was employed in the West In-
dies and on the coast of America, nearly the whole
time as Midshipman, in the Emulous 18, Capts.
Gustavus Stupart and Wm. Howe Mulcaster. He
assisted, during that period, in beating off, when in
the neighbourhood of Puerto Rico, 9 Nov. 1809, a
French frigate mounting 32 guns, after an action,
fought within pistol-shot, of an hour and 40 mi-
nutes, in which the Emulous was cut to pieces, and
sustained a loss of 10 killed and 20 wounded ; and,
on 26 Aug. 1811, and 30 July, 1812, he contributed
to the capture of L'Adele French letter-of-marque,
adcn with cotton, and the Gossamer American pri-
vateer of 14 guns and 100 men. During the whole
term of Capt. Mulcaster's command, a period of
nearly two years, he was in constant charge of a
watch, and was intrusted with the conduct into port
of every prize of the least value. On the occurrence
of the catastrophe above alluded to, he was turned
over with his Captain to the Nautilus brig, in
which vessel, it appears, he cruized with great acti-
vity and success. In April 1813, being then Master's
Mate, although performing the duties of Lieutenant,
of the Statiha 38, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, we
find him commanding one of the boats of a squa-
dron, containing 105 men, under the orders of Lieut.
Jas. Polkinghorne, at the dashing capture, 1 5 miles
up the Rappahannock river, of four schooners, carry-
ing in the whole 31 guns and 219 men, an exploit
which was productive of a loss to the British of 2
killed and 11 wounded, and to the enemy of 6 killed
and 10 wounded. After serving for a few months in
the St. Domingo 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase
Warren, and Prince Regent 56, bearing the broad
pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on Lake Ontario, he
was, in June, 1814, nominated, at the earnest re-
commendation of his friend Capt, Mulcaster, Act-
ing-Lieutenant of the Princess Charlotte 42,
commanded at first by that gallant officer, and next
by Capts. Edw. Collier and Rich. O'Conor, also on
the Canadian station ; where, being confirmed by a
commission dated 18 of the following Nov., he con-
tinued employed, in the same ship and the Psyche
32, Capt. Peter Fisher (participating in the mean
while in much valuable and important service),
until ordered home, in July, 1815, in the Calliope
10, Capt. Alex. Maconochie. From the latter date,
unable to procure an appointment, Lieut. Lyon re-
mained on half-pay until 1837 ; since 8 Feb. in
which year he has been in command of a station in
the Coast Guard.
He married, 17 Feb. 1817, Miss Eliza Fawcett, of
Portarlington, and by that lady has issue five chil-
dren.
LYON. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Henry Thomas Lyon, bom 28 Oct. 1825, is se-
cond son of Thomas Lyon, Esq., of Appleton Hall,
CO. Chester, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant
for COS. Lancaster and Chester, by Eliza, youngest
daughter of Geo. Clayton,* Esq., of Lostock Hall,
Lancashire. One of his uncles, John Lyon, also
in the R. N., died in 1821, at the Cape of Good
Hope, aged 24.
This officer passed his examination 9 June, 1845 ;
was appointed Mate, 19 Feb. 1846, of the Excel-
lent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry
Ducie Chads; attained his present rank 29 June,
1846 ; and, since 6 of the following Aug., has been
serving on board the Columbine 16, Capts. Jas.
Rich. Booth and Chas. Conrad Grey, now on the
East India station.
LYONS, Bart., G.C.B., K.C.H., K.S.L., K.C.R.G.,
(Captain, 1814. f-p., 19; h-p., 27.)
Sir Edmund Lyons, born 21 Nov. 1790, is second
surviving son of the late John Lyons, Esq., of An-
tigua, and of St. Austen's House, Lymington, Hants,
by Catherine, daiighter of Joseph Walrond, Esq.,
of Mountrath, co. Devon, and brother of Capt. John
Lyons, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Charlotte yacht,
Capt. Sir Harry Burrard Neale. In Jan. 1802 he
removed to the Maidstone frigate, Capt. Rich.
Hussey Moubray, with whom, in Aug. 1803, he was
transferred to the Active 38. After sharing in
much service on the Mediterranean station, and
enacting a Midshipman's part in Sir John Duck-
worth's expedition to the Dardanells, where he as-
sisted in demolishing the formidable redoubt on
Point Pesquies, he returned to England in 1807 on
board the Bergj^re sloop, Capt. G. B. Winyates.
Sailing towards the close of the same year for the
East Indies in the Monmouth 64, Capt. Edw. Dum-
ford King, he was there, in June, 1808, three months
after he had joined the Russell 74, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, appointed Acting-
* By Dorothea, sister of Admiral the first Lord Gardner,
and widow of Robert Bairie, Esq., by whom she was mother
of Kear-Admiral the late Sir Robert Barrie, K.C.B., K.C.H.
688
LYONS.
Lieutenant of the Caroline 36, Capt. Henry Hart.
In the following Aug. he became attached, in a
similar capacity, to the Bakacohta brig ; and to
that vessel, commanded by Capts. Wm. Wells and
"Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, he was confirmed by com-
mission dated 22 Nov. 1809. At the celebrated cap-
ture, in Aug. 1810, of the island of Banda Neira,
Mr. Lyons obtained mention as being among the
foremost to escalade the walls of the castle of Bel-
gica, an achievement for boldness in the design and
conduct in the execution rarely paralleled.* In
Dec. following, on the arrival of the Baracouta
with the news of the conquest at Madras, we find
him immediately appointed Flag-Lieutenant to
Eear-Admiral Drury in the Mikden 74. Conti-
nuing, on the death of the Commander-in-Chief, to
serve in the same ship under Capt. Edw. Wallis
Hoare, he proceeded in the spring of 1811 to the
coast of Java, there to await the arrival of an ex-
pedition fitting out at the different ports of India
for the subjugation of that island. "While stationed
in the Sunda Strait, Mr. Lyons' extreme zeal for
the service, and the gallantry of his nature, led him
to the performance of an exploit which so far sur-
passed all his Captain's ideas of possibility as to
elicit from him a declaration that it was beyond all
comment. This was nothing less than the storming
and capture, on the night of 30 July, 1811, with not
more than 35 men, and with but trifling loss, of the
strong fortress of Marrack, mounting 54 guns and
garrisoned by 180 soldiers and the crews of two
boats. f Previously to the latter event Mr. Lyons
had been of material assistance to Capt. Geo. Sayer,
of the Leda frigate, in reconnoitring and procuring
information relative to the force and position of the
enemy. During the operations which were shortly
afterwards regularly commenced, he was at first in-
trusted with the command of a flotilla of five gun-
boats recently captured by Capt. Robt. Maunsell
{whom see) ; and was then allowed to serve in the
batteries opposed to Fort Comelis. After the glo-
rious assaults on that stronghold his health became
so impaired from the exertions he had undergone
that he felt himself under the necessity of inva-
liding ; and he accordingly returned home in the
Caroline 36, Capt. Christ. Cole. Being awarded,
on his arrival, a second promotal commission, dated
21 March, 1812, Capt. Lyons was next, 5 April,
1813, appointed to the command of the Rinaldo
10 ; in which vessel, it appears, he escorted Louis
XVin. to France and the Allied Sovereigns to
England, besides affording a passage to Mr. Flanta,
the bearer of the treaty of Paris. Although ad-
vanced to Post-rank 7 June, 1814, he was not again
employed until 1828 ; on 18 Jan. in which year he
obtained command of the Blonde 46, fitting for the
Mediterranean. In the following Oct., after having
for some time blockaded the port of Navarin, we
find him directing the movements of the naval part
of an expedition ordered to co-operate with the
French in the siege of Morea Castle, the last hold
of the Turks in the Peloponnesus.]: During an ar-
duous service of twelve days and nights, in very
unfavourable weather, which preceded its uncondi-
tional surrender, he distinguished himself in an
especial manner, and, having landed, was almost
constantly in the trenches, exposed to a tremendous
fire of great guns and musketry. The greatness,
indeed, of Capt. Lyons' exertions, added to the
satisfaction afforded to the French by his cordial
behaviour towards them, led to his being invested
with the insignia of the order of St. Louis of France
and of a Knight Commander of the Order of the
Redeemer of Greece. In the summer of 1829 the
Blonde conveyed Sir Robt. Gordon as Ambassador
to Constantinople. She was afterwards the first
British man-of-war that ever entered the Black Sea ;
and in Jan. 1831 she took Sir John Malcolm from
Alexandria to Malta. Removing about the latter
period to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Lyons was
afforded an opportunity, in May, 1832, of witnessing
Ibrahim Pacha's bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre ;
• ride Gaz. 1811, p. 1196. + V. Gaz. 1811, p. 2407.
i r. Gaz. 1828, p. 8201.
and, in the early part of 1833, of attending King
Otho and the Bavarian Regency from Trieste to
Greece. He paid the Madagascar off 17 Jan.
1835, and has not been since afloat. In the course
of the month last mentioned he was nominated a
K.C.H., and received the honour of Knighthood.
Sir Edm. Lyons, who has filled the office of Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary at the court of Athens since
July, 1835, was created a Baronet for his civil ser-
vices in 1840, and a G.C.B. 10 July, 1844. He mar-
ried, 18 July, 1814, Augusta, second daughter of
the late Capt. Josias Rogers, R.N., who commanded
the Quebec frigate at the capture of the French
West India islands in 1794, and niece of the late
Kear-Admiral Thos. Rogers. By that lady he has
issue with two daughters (the one married to the
Baron Philip de Wurtzburg, the other to the Earl
of Arundel and Surrey) two sons, the elder of whom.
Rich. Bickerton Pemell, is an attaclie to the embassy
in Greece, and the younger, Edm. Moubray, a Com-
mander in the R.N. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
LYONS. (Commander, 1846.)
Edmund Moubray Ltons, born 27 June, 1819, is
second and youngest son of Capt. Sir Edm. Lyons,
Bart., G.C.B., K.C.H.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 10
July, 1829 ; passed his examination in 1838 ; ob-
tained his first commission 11 June, 1841 ; and was
subsequently appointed, always on the Mediterra-
nean station — in the course of the same year, as
Additional, to the Howe 120, flag-ship of Sir Fras.
Mason — 1 March, 1842, to the Rodney 92, Capt.
Robt. Maunsell — 11 Jan. 1844, again as Additional,
to the Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir Edw.
W. C. R. Owen— 15 April, 1844, to the Aigle 24,
Capt. Lord Clarence Edw. Paget — 19 June, 1845, to
the Tyhe 26, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock— and, 10
April, 1846, as First, to the Siren 16, Capt. Harry
Edm. Edgell. He attained his present rank 9 Nov.
1846 ; and is now on half-pay. Agent — Joseph
Woodhead.
LYONS. (Captain, 1830. r-p., 17; h-p., 32.)
John Lyons is brother of Capt. Sir Edm. Lyons,
Bart., G.C.B., K.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 Sept. 1798, as
Midshipman, on board the St. George 98, Capts.
John HoUoway, Sampson Edwards, Henry Nichols,
and Wm. Grenville Lobb ; in which ship, bearing
the flag for some time of Admirals Lord Nelson and
Chas. Morice Pole, he bore a part (previously to
visiting the Mediterranean) in the action off Copen-
hagen 2 April, 1801. He served during the peace
of Amiens, on the West India and Home stations, in
the Edgar 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, Childers
sloop, Capt. Delafons, and Apricaine 38, Capt.
Thos. Manby ; and on the renewal of hostilities in
1803 he joined the Magnificent 74, Capt. Wm.
Henry Jervis, under whom, while attached to the
in-shore squadron off Brest, he was wrecked, on the
Black Rocks, in March, 1804. Being received, in
the following Sept. (after three months' servitude
with Capt. Jervis on board the Tonnant 80), into
the Victory 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson, he was
afforded an opportunity, 21 Oct. 1805, of sharing in
the glories of Trafalgar. He was in consequence
promoted, while with Lord CoUingwood in the
Queen 98, to the rank of Lieutenant, 24 Dec. in the
same year ; and he was afterwards appointed — 17
Feb. 1806, to the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley, in
which ship, we understand, he vritnessed the re-
duction of the island of Capri— 18 Aug. 1806, to the
Queen 98, Capt. Fras. Pender, stationed off Cadiz
—18 June, 1807, to the Montagu 74, Capts. Robt.
Waller Otway and Rich. Hussey Moubray, again
on the Mediterranean station, where he assisted at
the evacuation of ScyUa in the winter of 1807, and
commanded a detachment of seamen at the reduc-
tion of Santa Maura in April, 1810* — 23 Feb. and 1
Sept. 1811, to the Repulse 74, Capt. R. H. Moubray,
and Bombay 74, Capts. Wm. Cuming and Norbome
• Fide Gaz. 1810, p. 1136.
LYONS— LYS—LYSAGHT—LYSTER.
689
Thompson, principally employed off Toulon— 21
May, 1813, after six mouths of half-pay, to the
Anaceeon sloop, Capt. John Davis, which vessel,
attached to the force on the Plymouth station, his
health obliged him to leave in the ensuing Aug. —
and, 29 Jan. 1814, to the Ville de Paeis 110, bear-
ing the flag in the Channel of Sir Harry Burrard
Neale. He attained the rank of Commander 27
June in the latter year; and from 26 Aug. 1828
until posted, 22 July, 1830, was employed in that
capacity at the Cape of Good Hope on board the
Jaseur 18. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Lyons, we believe, has been for some time
employed by the Government in Egypt. Agekt—
Joseph Woodhead.
LYONS. (Lteotenant, 1825.)
WitLiAM Lyons entered the Navy 20 March,
1810 ; passed his examination in 1820 ; obtained his
commission 20 July, 1825; was appointed, 31 Oct.
following, to the Beaver sloop, Capt. "Wm. Geo.
Hyndham Whish ; and since 18 March, 1834, has
been employed in the Coast Guard.
LYS. (Lieutenant, 1818. r-P., 12; h-p., 25.)
Matthew Lys entered the Koyal Kaval College 20
Oct. 1810 ; and embarked, 24 June, 1812, as A.B.. on
board the Nekeds 36, Capt. Peter Heywood. With
that officer he continued to serve in the Montago
74, on the South American and Home stations until
Nov. 1814 ; assisting as Midshipman, during the
latter year, in the conveyance of the British army
from Bordeaux to England, and particularly in the
grand naval review held at Spithead. He then
sailed for the East Indies in the Cokhwallis 74,
flag-ship of Sir Geo. Burlton ; and on his return
to England in 1816 in the Thbban 36, Capt. Sam.
Leslie, joined the Minden 74, Capt. "Wm. Paterson.
After assisting at the bombardment of Algiers he
again proceeded to India, where, in March, 1817, he
was nominated by Sir Rich. King Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Melville 74, Capt. Henry Chas. Pem-
berton. He was confirmed by the Admiralty on
his arrival home, 20 Jan. 1818, and was subse-
quently appointed — 29 Deo. 1820, to the Medina
20, Capt. Kobt. Hockings, on the Mediterranean
station — 22 March, 1821, to the Doris frigate, Capts.
Thos. Graham and Fred. Edw. Venables Vernon,
fitting for the Brazils, whence he invalided — and
2 Dec. 1823, to the Ocean 80, Capts. Lucius Ferdi-
nand Hardyman and John Sykes, flag-ship for some
time of Lord Amelius Beauclerk in the river Tagus.
He was paid off we believe in 1827, and has not
been since afloat.
LYSAGHT. (Keae-Admibal or the White,
1841. F-P., 14;h-p., 38.)
Arthur Lysaght belongs to the family of Lord
Lisle.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 June, 1795, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board La Sybille of 48 guns,
Capts. Edw. Cooke and Lucius Ferdinand Hardy-
man, stationed at first in the Channel and after-
wards in the East Indies ; where, in Jan. 1798, he
was Midshipman of that vessel when, in company
with the Fox 32, she entered the Spanish harbour
of Manilla (notwithstanding that there were lying
there three ships of the line and three frigates), and
captured seven boats, 200 men, and a large quan-
tity of ammunition and implements of war. In the
course of the same month he was present in an
action with the enemy's batteries at Samboangon
in the island of Magindanao, whose fire occasioned
the two ships a collective loss of 6 killed and 16
wounded ; and on the night of 28 Feb. 1799 he
contributed to the capture, at the mouth of the Ben-
gal Biver, of the French frigate La Forte of 52
guns and 370 men, after a deadly action of two
hours and a half, in which the enemy had 65 of
their number (including the Captain) killed and 80
wounded, and the British, out of 371 men, 5 killed
and 17 (among whom was Capt. Cooke mortally)
wounded. On the prize being added to the British
Navy and placed under the orders of Capt. Hardy-
man, Mr. Lysaght joined her, in May, 1799, in the
capacity of Master's Mate. He continued in her
until she was wrecked, in the Red Sea, about June
1801 ; and then removed to the Fox 32, Capt. Henry
Stuart, whom, in the following Oct. he accomjia-
nied, as Acting-Lieutenant, into La Chiffonne 36.
Invaliding home in March, 1802, Mr. Lysaght,
whose official promotion took place 3 Aug. in that
year, was next, 23 March, 1803, and 5 July, 1805,
appointed to the MELroaiNE 38, and Malabar 74,
Capts. Robt. Dudley Oliver and Robt. H all, on the
Channel and West India stations. He obtained a
second promotal commission 22 Jan. 1806 ; assumed
command, 8 Feb. following of the Goelan sloop,
also in the East Indies ; acquired Post-rank 25 Sept.
in the same year ; and was lastly, from 20 May,
1807, until 19 Nov. 1810, employed as Captain of
the Jamaica 24, on the Channel, Lisbon, and New-
foundland stations. He was advanced to Flag-
rank 23 Nov. 1841.
The Rear-Admiral married, first, in 1813, Caro-
line, daughter of Thos. Cuming, Esq., of Camden
Place, Bath ; and, that lady dying in 1825, secondly,
22 Aug. 1831, Eliza Dorothy, eldest daughter of the
late Henry Percy Pulleine, Esq., of Crake Hall, co.
York, by whom he has issue three sons.
LYSAGHT. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
TnoMAS Henry Lysaght entered the Navy (from
the Royal Naval College) 11 Feb. 1830 ; passed his
examination in 1835 ; and, participating, while Mate
of the Samarang 26, Capt. Jas. Scott, in the opera-
tions on the coast of China, was in particular men-
tioned for his gallantry and zeal at the forcing of
the inner passage from Macao to Whampoa ; dur-
ing their advance on which place the boats of that
ship, in conjunction with the Nemesis steamer, de-
stroyed, between 3 a.m. on 13 and 4 p.m. on 15
March, 1841, five forts, one battery, two military
stations, and nine war-junks, in which collectively
were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls.* He obtained a com-
mission 8 June following ; served, from 23 Aug. in
the same year until superseded in 1844, in the Spar-
tan 26, Capt. Hon. Chas. Gilbert John Brydone
Elliot, on the North America and West India sta-
tion ; and since 10 Nov, 1846 has been in command
of the Grappler steamer, of 220 horse-power, on
the coast of Africa.
LYSTEE. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 1 1 .)
Henry Lyster entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 1811,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Merchey, Capt. Cle-
ment Milward, with whom he continued to serve as
Midshipman and Master's Mate in the Peruvian
16, and Herald 20, on the West India and North
American stations until Oct. 1815. He was then
for two years and a half employed on the coast of
Africa in the Inconstant and Semiramis frigates,
bearing each the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas
Yeo. On his arrival home in the autumn of 1818
he became for a few weeks attached to the Severn
Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch ; after
which he sailed for South America, and was there
retained on service in the Slaney 20, Capts. Donat
Henchy O'Brien and Henry Stanhope, until trans-
ferred, in June, 1822, to the Jupiter 60, Capt. Geo.
Augustus Westphal, [fitting for the conveyance of
Lord Amherst to Bengal. After having acted for
six months as Lieutenant, he was confirmed in that
rank, on the return of the Juptter to England, 20
Jan. 1824; and he was next appointed— towards
the close of the same year, to the Ferret sloop,
Capt. Wm. Hobson, on the Jamaica station, whence
he invalided in March 1826—4 July, 1831, as Senior
to the Imogene 28, Capt. Price Blackwood, in which
vessel, on proceeding to China, he assisted in forc-
ing the passage of the Boca Tigris 9 Sept. 1834—
18 March, 1836, to the Coenwallis 74, Capt. Robt.
Worgan Geo. Festing, fitting at Plymouth— 12 July
1836, as First, to the Royal Adelaide 104, flag-
ship at that port of Lord Amelius Beauclerk, under
• FidoGxi. 1841, p. 1509.
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690
LYSTER-M'CLEVERTY— M'CLINTOCK.
whom he served for a period of nearly three years
— and 2 April, 1840, in a similar capacity, to the
Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, on the Me-
diterranean station. Obtaining a second promotal
commission 23 Nov. 1841, he was appointed, 3 March,
1842, to the Second-Captaincy of the Agincodkt 72,
fitting for the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane,
Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies. On 10
Aug. 1845, being at the time Acting-Captain of that
ship, he assumed charge, as second in command
under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the boats of a squad-
ron carrying altogether 530 officers, seamen, and
marines, and hy his valorous conduct materially
contributed to the destruction of the piratical set-
tlement of Malloodoo, on the north end of the island
of Borneo, where the British, owing to a desperate
opposition, experienced a loss of 6 men killed and
15 wounded. During the operations he was for
upwards of an hour undauntedly engaged, under a
well-sustained fire from 11 of the enemy's guns, not
200 yards distant, in endeavouring to effect an
opening through a remarkably well-constructed
boom which had been placed across the river to
obstruct the progress of the British ; and in which
he ultimately succeeded. He was in consequence
confirmed in his present rank by a commission dated
back to 30 of the previous June. He returned
home in 1846, and has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Lyster married, in April, 1831, at Wexford,
Elizabeth, second daughter of the late General
Hatton.
LYSTER. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
WiLLTAM DuKHAM Lystek passcd his examina-
tion 4 May, 1836 ; and after having been for some
time employed on the Mediterranean and East
India stations, as Mate, in the Geyser steam-vessel,
Capt. Edw. John Carpenter, Rodney 92, Capt. Robt.
Maunsell, and Iris 26, Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy,
was promoted, 13 Dec. 1845, to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, and appointed Additional of the Agincourt
72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane.
He continued attached to the latter ship imtil her
return home from the East Indies in 1847.
M.
M'CLEVERTY. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 17 ;
H-P., 7.)
James Johnstone M'Cleverty, torn 21 June,
1810, is third and youngest son of Major-General
Sir Kobt. M'Cleverty, Kt., C.B., K.C.H., formerly
Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Marines at Wool-
wich, who died in 1838, by Elizabeth, youngest
daughter of Daniel Maude, Esq., of Wakefield, co.
York, and first-cousin of the present John Maude,
Esq., of Moor House, near Wakefield. The Com-
mander's two brothers, William Anson and Robert,
are both in the Army, the one a Major in the 48th,
the other a Captain in the 79th Kegt. His paternal
grandfather, Wm. M'Cleverty, was a Captain in
the R.N.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 6 July, 1823, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hussar 46, Capt. Geo.
Harris, employed at first on the Home, and then
on the West India station, where, it appears, he
shared, as Midshipman, in the capture of numerous
piratical vessels. Becoming attached in Nov. 1826,
to the Asia 84, successive flag-ship in the Mediter-
ranean of Sir Edw. Codrington and Sir Pulteney
Malcolm, he was afibrded an opportunity of sharing,
under the former Admiral, in the action fought at
Navarin 20 Oct. 1827. He continued with Sir Pul-
teney Malcolm in the Britannia 120, until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Nov. 1831 ; and
was next appointed — 2 May, 1832, to the Castor
86, Capts. Sir Rich. Grant and Lord John Hay, with
whom he served at home and off the coast of Por-
tugal until Sept. 1834— and 4 Oct. 1835, as First, to
the ^TNA 6, Capt. Alex. Thos, Emerio Vidal, em-
ployed as a surveying vessel on the coast of Africa,
whence he returned to England and was paid off
in Nov. 1838. In Aug. 1841 Lieut. M'Cleverty ob-
tained command of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s war-steamer
PutEGETHON of 2 guns ; his services in which ves-
sel, as they led to his advancement to the rank he
now holds, we shall here state : — On 26, then, of
the month last-mentioned, he presents himself to
our notice as assisting at the capture of Amoy.*
He contributed, next, to the reduction of Chusan,
1 Oct. following ; and on 10 of the same month we
find him lauded in the despatches of Sir Wm. Par-
ker for the spirit of enterprise and zeal he dis-
played at the taking of Chinghae.f He subse-
quently, 10 March, 1842, obtained the thanks of
Capt. Kundle Purges Watson of the Modestb, the
senior officer present, for the valuable assistance
he afforded on the occasion of a night attack made
by the Chinese upon the British at Ningpo.]: In
the previous Jan. he had conjoined with the Ne-
mesis steamer in effecting the destruction of the
government buildings belonging to the town of
Fungwah. Preparatory to the attack made in the
ensuing May upon the enemy's fortifications at
Chapoo, he was employed with the same vessel in
making a very satisfactory reconnoissance of that
city.§ During the celebrated operations against
Woosung, the Phlegethon, having first towed the
Columbine to her proper position abreast of the
Chinese batteries, again united with the Nemesis,
and had the fortune to prove instrumental to the
annihilation of 13 wax-junks, each mounting 3 guns. [|
The activity of her Commander on the occasion
was exhibited as in all his other performances. He
afterwards beheld the fall of Chin-Kiang-Foo ;
and, prior to the pacification of Nanking, at which
he was also present, he was concerned in enforcing
(in company with the Starling sloop and Medusa
steamer) the silence of a 12-gun battery in the
Yang-tse-Kiang river.^ As a reward for the above
and other services, Mr. M'Cleverty, as already
intimated, was rewarded with a Commander's com-
mission dated 23 Dec. 1842.** Subsequently to his
return to England he was permitted by the Admi-
ralty to study at the R.N. College. He has been in
command, since 23 jVprii, 1846, of the Polyphemus
steam-sloop, and is now on the coast of Portugal.
Commander M'Cleverty married, 2 June, 1846,
Sophia, relict of Commander R. F. Cleveland, R.N.,
and fifth daughter of the Rev. Hubert Oakeley,
D.D., of Oakeley, Shropshire.
M'CLINTOCK. (LlEDTENANT, 1845.)
Francis Leopold M'Clintock is second son of
the late Henry M'Clintock, Esq., formerly in the
3rd Dragoon Guards, Collector of Dundalk, by
Elizabeth Melisina, daughter of the late Venerable
Geo. Fleury, D.D., Archdeacon of Waterford ; first-
cousin of Commander W. B. M'Clintock Bunbury,
R.N., whose memoir immediately follows ; and
brother-in-law of the late Capt. Chas. Henry Paget,
This officer entered the Navy in 1831 ; passed
his examination 23 Oct. 1838 ; and after having
been for several years employed as Mate in the
Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir
Thos. Hastings, and Gorgon steamer, commanded
on the south-east coast of America by Capt. Chas.
Hotham, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
29 July, 1845. Being appointed, 16 Aug. following,
to the Frolic 16, Capt. Cospatrick Baillie Hamil-
ton, he continued to serve in that vessel in the Pa-
cific until 1847, in the course of which year he
returned home and was paid off.
M'CLINTOCK, M.P., now Bdnbobt. (Com-
mander, 1835.)
William Bdneury M'Clintock Bdnburt, born
in 1800, is second son of John M'Clintock, Esq., of
Drumcar, co. Louth, Chief Serjeant-at-Arms for
Ireland since a period antecedent to the legislative
• rirteGaz. 1842, p. 83. f F. Gaz. 1842, pp. 394, 396.
■^ f. Gai. 1842, p. 2389. 5 V. Gaz. 1842, p. 3692.
r. Gaz. 1842, p. 3399. ^T f^- Gaz. 1842, p. 3402.
** K.Gaz. 1842, p. 3821.
I
M'CLURE-M'CORMICK— M'CORNISIi— M'COY.
691
Union, and formerly M.P. for the borough of Ath-
lone, and for co. Louth, by his first wife, Jane,
only daughter of the late Wm. Bunbury, Esq., of
Moyle, M.P. for co. Carlow, and sister of the late
Thos. Bunbury, Esq., also M.P. for that co. The
Commander, a first-cousin of Lieut. F. L. M'Clin-
tock, K.N., is connected vpith the noble houses of
Anglesey and Beaufort, and nearly allied to many
others of distinction. One of his half-brothers,
Charles, died a Captain in the 74th Kegt. ; another,
George, is at present an ofBoer in the 37th Regt.
He assumed the name of Bunbury, in addition to
his patronymic, on the death of his uncle, Thos.
Bunbury, Esq., M.P., in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Capts. Kobt.
Waller Otway and Geo. Mundy, under the former
of whom we find him co-operating in the siege of
St. Sebastian and contributing, 17 March, 1814, to
the capture of L'Alcyon French corvette, of 16
guns and 120 men. Towards the close of the year
last mentioned, after he had been for a short time
employed on the American coast, he sailed for the
Cape of Good Hope in the Niger 38, Capt. Peter
Bainier. Quitting that ship in 181,5, he next, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 12 Sept. 1822,
served on the Home, Mediterranean, Brazilian, and
Newfoundland stations, chiefly as Midshipman, in
the Pactolus 38 and Severn* 40, both commanded
by Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, Britomart
sloop, Capt. Hon. Geo. Jas. Perceval, Favorite 20,
Capt. Hercules Bobinson, Grasshopper sloop, Capt.
David Buchan, Qoeen Charlotte 100, bearing the
flag of Sir Jas. Hawkins "Whitshed, and Apollo
and Royal George yachts, each under the orders
of Hon. Sir Cbas. Paget. His subsequent appoint-
ments were— 11 Sept. 1823, to the Tamar 26, Capt.
Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, fitting in the river
Thames— 2 Feb. 1824, to the Samarang 28, Capts.
Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman and David Dunn,
employed at Halifax and the Cape of Good Hope —
21 Aug. 1828, to the Procris 10, Capts. Chas. Henry
Paget and Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley, stationed off
Cork and in the Mediterranean — and, 3 June, 1831,
again to the Samarang, Capt. C. H. Paget, in
which vessel he officiated for three years as First-
Lieutenant in South America. He was promoted
to the rank of Commander, on being paid off, 9 Feb.
1835, and has since been on half-pay.
In July, 1846, on the death of his uncle. Com-
mander Bunbury was elected M.P. for co. Carlow.
He was again returned in 1847. He married, 3 Nov.
1842, Pauline, second daughter of Sir Jas. Matthew
Stronge, Bart., of Tynan Abbey, co. Armagh.
M'CLURE. (LlEUTEKANT, 1837.)
Robert John Le Mesdhier M'CLnRE passed his
examination in 1830; and obtained his commission
30 Nov. 1837. His appointments have since been —
1 Feb. 1838, to the Hastings 74, Capt. Fras. Ers-
kine Loch, fitting at Portsmouth — 16 June following,
to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, on the
Lakes of Canada— 17 Aug. 1839, as First-Lieutenant,
to the Pilot 16, Capt. Geo. Ramsay, attached to the
force in North America and the West Indies— 18
June, 1842, to the command of the Bomney receiv-
ing-ship at the Havana, where he remained until the
early part of 1846— and, 29 Dec. in the latter year,
to the Coast Guard, in which service he is now em-
ployed.
JI'CORMICK. (Commandeb, 1841. f-p., 12;
H-p., 32.)
Shepherd M'Cormick was born in Jan. 1794.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Sept. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capts. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge and John Halliday, to which
ship he continued attached in the capacities of
Midshipman and Master's Mate until Feb. 1811.
It was his fortune to be present, in consequence, in
Sir Robt. Calder's action 22 July, 1805 ; at the cap-
ture of the Marengo of 80 guns, bearing the flag of
* In the Severn he fought at Algiers.
Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule, 13
March, 1806; at the taking, 27 Sept. following, of
Le President French frigate ; at the passage of the
Dardanells, and the destruction of the Turkish
squadron at Point Pesquies, in Feb. 1807 ; at the
siege of Flushing in Aug. 1809 ; and on 30 Aug.
1810, when the Repulse gallantly rescued the Phi-
lomel sloop from capture, by interposing herself
between that vessel and an advanced division of the
Toulon fleet, which she compelled to put back. In
Oct. 1811, after he had been for eight months em-
ployed with Capts. Halliday and Joseph Bingham
in the Montagu and Egmont 74's, he joined the
SwirrsuHE of similar force ; in the boats belonging
to which ship, when off the island of Corsica, we
find him assisting at the capture of a privateer,
whose resistance occasioned her assailants a heavy
loss. Being appointed Acting-Lieutenant, in March,
1813, of the Volcano bomb, Capts. Wm. Fairbro-
ther CarroU, David Price, and John Wyat Watling,
Mr. M'Cormick (whose promotion was confirmed 25
June following, and who continued in the same
vessel until Aug. 1815) was at first very actively
employed in co-operation with the army on the
coast of Catalonia, where he frequently landed and
was wounded during the ai^duous investment of the
fort of St. Philippe in the Cul de Balaguer, mount-
ing 12 pieces of ordnance, wiith a garrison of 101
officers and men. Proceeding subsequently to the
coast of America, he was afforded an opportunity,
previously to participating in the operations against
New Orleans, of serving with the boats of a squa-
dron at the capture, on Lake Borgne, 14 Dec. 1814,
of five American gun-vessels, after a very desperate
struggle in which the British sustained a loss of 17
men killed and 77 wounded. On 31 of the preced-
ing Oct., the Volcano, at the time in charge of a
transport, had succeeded, with a loss to herself of
2 persons killed, in beating off the U. S. privateer
Saucy Jack, a vessel of far superior force, 7 of whose
people were slain and 14 wounded. During the in-
surrection of 1837 in Canada, Mr. M'Cormick re-
ceived five balls through the body and a sabre-cut
across the right loin while effecting the capture of a
piratical steamer, the Caroline. This led to his pro-
motion to the rank he now holds, 23 Nov. 1841. He
is at present on half-pay.
Commander M'Cormick is in the receipt of a pen-
sion of 9U. 5s. for his wounds. He married, in Dec.
1821, Miss Charlotte Roe, ». lady by whom he has
issue six children. AGENTS^^umett and Holmes.
M'CORNISH. (LiEUTENAN-^, 1827.)
James M'Cornish died in the early part of 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 Jan. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas.
Malcolm. Continuing in that ship until paid off in
Aug. 1815, he oo-operated with the patriots on the
north coast of Spain, was for some time employed
in the West Indies, and cruized off the coast of
France during the war of 100 days. He passed his
examination 7 Feb. 1816, and between that period
and the date of his advancement to the rank of
Lieutenant, 21 Nov. 1827, was employed in vessels
of different descriptions— from 1817 to 1820, as chief
officer, in a Revenue-oruizer. At the period of his
promotion he was with Capt. Malcolm in the Royal
Charlotte yacht. He did not afterwards go
afloat.
M'COY. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 20; h-p., 33.)
Robert M'Coy is son of Daniel M'Coy, Esq.,
Master R.N. : (1788), who djed in April, 1835, at
Southsea, aged 75.
This officer entered the Navy, jn Nov. 1794, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Hannibal 74,
Capt. John Colpoys, attached to the force in the
Channel, whence, in 1794, he sailed for the West
Indies in the Ganges 74, Capt. Wm. Truscott.
Quitting that ship in June, 1795, he next, between
1797 and Oct. 1801, served on the Home and Medi-
terranean stations as Midshipman in the Jdste 80
Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham, Royal William'
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M'CREA— M'DANIEL— MACDONALD.
bearing the flag of Sir Peter Parker, Snake sloop,
Capt. John Mason Lewis, Peakl 32, Capt. Sam.
Jas. Ballard, and FODDnoTANT 80, flag-sbip of Lord
K.eith, under whom he took part in the operations
connected with the expedition to Egypt. Being
confirmed a Lieutenant (after having acted for six
months as such in the West Indies on board the
Defence 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet) by com-
mission dated 3 July, 1802, Mr. M'Coy was subse-
quently appointed in that capacity — 22 Nov. 1803,
to the Kaisonnaele 64, Capts. "Wm. Hotham,
Robt. Barton, Chas. Malcolm, and Josias Rowley,
in which ship, prior to serving on shore at the re-
duction of the Cape of Good Hope, he fought in
Sir Robert Calder's action 22 July, 1805— in Feb.
1806, to the Kakcissus 32, Capt. Ross Donnelly,
under whom he witnessed the fall of Buenos Ayres
— 17 July, 1807 (after nine months of half-pay), to
the Resolution 74, Capts. Geo. Burlton and Temple
Hardy, part of the force employed in 1809 at the
destruction of the French shipping in Basque
Roads and at the capture of Flushing — 14 Aug.
1811, to the SwiFTSHKE 74, Capts. T. Hardy, An-
drew King, "Wm. Stewart, Jeremiah Coghlan, and
Edw. Stirling Dickson, stationed in the Mediter-
ranean, where he shared in one of Sir Edw. Pellew's
partial actions with the Toulon fleet — and, 16 July,
1814, to the Tkemendods 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell.
In the following Nov. Mr. M'Coy, who had been
altogether upwards of seven years First-Lieutenant
of the Nakcissds, Resoldtios, Swiftsube, and
Tremendous, took up a Commander's commission
dated 15 of the previous June. "With the exception
of an appointment held in the Coast Guard from 6
April, 1831, until the commencement of 1834, he
has since been on half-pay.
His only daughter is the wife of Capt. "W. L.
Castle, R.N.
M'CREA. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 18; h-p., 2G.)
Robert Contaet M'Ckea was bom 13 Jan. 1793.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 23 Nov. 1803, as
Seo.-cl. Vol., on board the Decade frigate, com-
manded at the blockade of Cherbourg by Capt.
"Wm. Geo. Rutherford ; on accompanying whom as
Midshipman into the Swittsure 74, he went with
Lord Nelson in pursuit of the Franco-Spanish fleet
to the Yt'"est Indies, and took part, 21 Oct. 1805, in
the battle of Trafalgar. After again serving ioi a
few months off Cherbourg in the Thalia 36, Capt.
Thos. Manby, he successively joined, in March and
July, 1808, the Victory 100, flag-ship in the Baltic
of Sir .las. Saumarez, and Salsette 36, Capt.
"Walter Bathurst. In the latter ship Mr. M'Crea
saw much active service, passed through scenes of
a very trying nature, and assisted, in 1809, at the
reduction of Flushing. He continued with Capt.
Bathurst in the Fame 74, latterly on the Mediter-
ranean station, until April, 1811 ; and in Jan. 1812
he was a second time placed under the orders of
Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Victory, of which ship
it was his fortune to be confirmed a Lieutenant,
after having acted for five months in that capacity,
20 Nov. following. While next attached, between
6 May, 1813, and 27 April, 1815, to the Amphion 32,
Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart, we find him on one
occasion, viith two boats under his orders, cutting
off' two sloops laden with provisions for the relief of
Fort Balthz, and driving a third on shore under
the enemy's batteries, in the East Scheldt ; and, on
another, officiating as third in command of five boats
in a desperate attempt made to cut out five French
brigs from under the walls of Fort Lillo. Assum-
ing charge, in the early part of 1818, of the Scourge
Revenue-cruizer, Mr. M'Crea, who continued in
that vessel until 1821, succeeded in effecting the
capture of not less than 13 smuggling luggers,
sloops, and cutters. On 4 June, 1824, 10 weeks
after he had been nominated Flag-Lieutenant, in
the Bkitannia 120, to Sir Jas. Saumarez, Com-
mander-in-Chief at Plymouth, he was awarded a
second promotal commission ; but he did not again
go afloat until 1S31— on I June in which year he
obtained an appointment to the Zebra 16. "When
subsequently on the coast of New Holland that
sloop, it ai)pears, was thrown on her beam-ends and
compelled to part with her guns ; and she was also,
when in the Straits of Malacca, struck with light-
ning and dismasted. In April, 1837, her Com-
mander, who had been advanced to Post-rank on
10 of the previous Jan., succeeded in forcibly re-
moving the ex-Rajah of Quedah from his abode at
Bruas, on the coast of Perak, in the Straits of Ma^
lacca, and carrying him a prisoner to Pinang. In
the performance of this service the boats of the
Zebra, under the personal direction of Capt. M'Crea,
had had to sustain a severe action of an hour and a
half with a brig and a powerful stockade, defended
by a numerous band of Malays, mqre than 60 of
whom are reported to have been killed and wounded.
The loss of the British was also very severe. Be-
fore they could reach the stockade it had been
necessary for them to ascend a narrow, tortuous
river, enfringed with jungle on both sides ; where,
had a few trees been felled and allowed to fall across,
they would have been perfectly hemmed in, and
their destruction have been inevitable. To mark
their estimation of Capt. M'Crea' s conduct, the East
India Company presented him with a piece of plate
of the value of 100 guineas. He paid the Zebra off
in Oct. 1838 ; and has not been since employed.
He married, 10 April, 1822, Charlotte, elder
daughter of the Rev. W.P. Dobree, Rector of a place
in Guernsey, by whom he has issue eight children.
MDANIEL. (LiEtTT., 1814. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.)
Jeremiah M'Daniei. entered the Navy, 29 April,
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Franchise 36,
Capt. Chas. Dashwood, with whom until Jan. 1814
he continued most actively employed as Midship-
man and Master's Mate in the Pyeamos 38, and
Crbssy 74, on the Baltic, West India, and Mediter-
ranean stations. In the Franchise, in particular,
be was present at the bombardment of Copenhagen,
and at the capture of the tovra of Samaua, .St. Do-
mingo, almost the last port of refuge on the station
for the enemy's privateers. Joining, in July, 1814,
the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex.
Cochrane, he served, while in that ship, on shore at
the battle of Bladensburg, and was severely wounded
in the attack upon Washington.* He was in conse-
quence nominated Acting-Lieutenant, 2 Sept. in
the same year, of the SIajestic 56, Capt. John
Hayes; and on 19 of the following Oct. was con-
firmed into the Dispatch 16, Capt. Wm. Cobbe.
He went on half-pay in April, 1815, and has not
been since afloat.
MACDONALD. (Eetibed Commander, 1842.)
Archibald Macdonald, born in Nov. 1786, in
CO. Linlithgow, N.B., is a younger son of John
Macdonald Kinneir, of Sander and Kinneir, and is
descended in a direct line from the second son of
John, Lord of the Isles. His brother. Sir John
Macdonald Kinneir, was Envoy in Persia.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 March, 1798, as
Midshipman, on board the Ardent 64, Capt. Thos.
Bertie ; previously to accompanying whom into the
Bellona 74, he attended the expedition of 1799 to
the Helder, and was wounded in the action off Co-
penhagen 2 April, 1801. t In Feb. 1802, being then
in the West Indies, he removed to the Bellerophon
74, Capt. John Loring-, and during his attachment
to that ship he assisted at the capture, among other
vessels, of Le Duquesne 74, and La Creole of 44 guns,
with the French General Morgan and 500 troops
on board. After he had for a short time served in
the Cumberland 74, Capt. John Serrell, Mr. Mac-
donald was transferred, in July, 1803, to La Cp.iiole,
which had been added to the British Navy and
placed under the orders of Capt. Austin Bissell.
In Jan. 1804, however, the latter ship, during her
passage to England, unfortunately foundered, and
would have carried all on board to destruction had
* Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 1942.
t The Patriotic Society presented him, in consequence,
with a gratuity.
MACDONALD.
693
not the Cumberland miraculously hove in sight
at the elo\enth hour, and with great difficulty
effected tlieir rescue. In the following May (he
had been intermediately employed in the MoNTAon
74, Capt. Roht. Waller Otway, andViLLE de Paris
110, flag-ship of Hon. Wm. ComwaUis) Mr. Mac-
donald was placed, with the rank, we believe, of
Acting-Lieutenant, in command of the Capelin
schooner, on the JN ewfoundland station, where he
remained until Feb. 1807. He was then (having
been officially promoted on 22 of the preceding
Dec.) appointed a Lieutenant of the Tribune fri-
gate, Capts. Thos. Baker and Geo. Keynolds, with
whom, until he invalided in Nor. 1812, he served
in the Channel, Baltic, and West Indies. In April,
1807, we find him assisting, when in company with
the Isis, at the destruction of the greater part of a
convoy of 30 vessels passing from Ferrol to Bilbao
under the protection of several gun-boats. He was
also present, in 1809, in an action with some Danish
gun-boats in the Belt; and in the course of the
same year he chanced to be on board the Charger
gun-brig, in the Malmo Channel, when that vessel
preserved a convoy from capture. He had pre-
viously, we understand, been sent by Sir Rich.
Keats with despatches from off Gottenborg to Eng-
land in a small prize-boat of so crazy a description
that it was with the greatest difficulty he succeeded
in keeping her afloat, encountered as he was by
four days of the most desperate weather. On 12
May, 1810, being again on board the Tribune, Mr.
Macdonald partook of a gallant action of two hours
and a quarter, in which the latter, with a loss of 9
men killed and 15 wounded, beat off, on the coast
of Norway, four Danish brigs-of-war, carrying alto-
gether 74 guns. From Sept. 1813 to June, 1814, he
had charge of the Bienfaisant prison-ship at ]?ly-
mouth. Entering the Transport service in Jan.
1815, he superintended the debarkations of the
troops before and after the battle of Waterloo ;
and when at Antwerp in the following winter he
alone despatched upwards of 90 vessels with army
ordnance and stores to England. His last appoint-
ment afloat was to the command, in 1823, of the
Harpt Revenue-vessel, in which he cruized with
much success for a period of three years. He ac-
cepted his present rank 26 Jan. 1842.
Commander Macdonald has been for many j'ears
employed in the Quarantine service at Liverpool.
He married Miss Cox, of St. John's, Newfoundland,
and by that lady has had issue a large family.
MACDONALD, C.B. CWojltain, 1814. p-p, 20;
H-p., 34.)
Colin Macdonald is second son of Colin Mac-
donald, second Laird of Boisdale, by his second
wife, Isabella, daughter of Capt. Robt. Campbell,
of Glenfalloch, whose family are next in succession
to the Breadalbane titles and estates. One of his
half-brothers, Alexander, served as Captain in the
71st Regt. during the American war ; and another,
Donald, on attaining, in 1796, the rank of Colonel,
raised a regiment of the line, called the Macdonald
Regiment, of which he was Colonel-Commandant.
Capt. Colin Macdonald is a younger brother of the
late Sir Reginald Macdonald, an Advocate and H.M.
Sheriff-Depute for co. Stirling, and also of the pre-
sent Lieut. -Colonel Robt. Macdonald, C.B., of Inch-
kenneth and Gribune, oo. Argyle. He is uncle of
Sir Henry Jas. Seton Steuart, Bart., of Allanton,
CO. Lanark, and of Lieut. Jas. Archibald Macdonald,
R.N.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1793, as
Ordinary, on board the Southampton 32, Capt.
Hon. Robt. Forbes, which vessel was attached to
the fleet under Lord Howe in the action of 1 June,
1794. In April, 1795, Mr. Macdonald, who on that
occasion had performed the duties of Midshipman,
removed to the Dryad, of 44 guns and 251 men,
commanded at first by Capt. Forbes, and afterwards
by Lord Amelius Beauclerk, on the coast of Ireland,
where he took part, 13 June, 1796, in a close and
spirited engagement of 45 minutes, which resulted
in the capture, with a loss to the British of 2 killed
and 7 wounded, and to the enemy of 30 killed and
45 wounded, of the French frigate La Proserpine,
of 42 guns and 348 men. On 3 June, 1799, at which
time he was serving on board the Andromache 32,
Capt. Robt. Laurie, Mr. Macdonald was made Lieu-
tenant into the Beaver sloop, Capt. C. B. Jones.
His next appointments were — 4 Jan. 1800, to the
Neptune 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon— 17 Nov. 1800, to
the Resolution 74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner,
whom he accompanied to the West Indies— 15 Jan.
1803 (after six months of half-pay), to the Con-
stance 24, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, employed
in the North Sea— 19 Oct. 1803, to the Hero 74,
Capt. Hon. A. H. Gardner, also on the Home sta-
tion—and, 8 June, 1804, and 3 Aug. 1805, to the
Monarch and Edgar 74's, flag-ships, again in the
North Sea, of Admiral Lord Keith. Obtaining a
second promotal commission 4 June, 1807, Capt.
Macdonald successively assumed command, 8 Aug.
in that year and 13 Aug. 1812, of the Redpolb 10
and ScYLLA 18. In the former of those vessels,
after having co-operated in the reduction of Flush-
ing, he made prize, 9 Dec. 1809, at the end of an
action of half an hour, fought oif Beachy Head, of
Le Grand Bodevr French privateer, of 16 guns and
80 men, 1 of whom was killed and 2 wounded ;* and
on 21 Sept. 1811 he contributed, in a very zealous
manner, to the capture, in the course of a valiant
contest with a division of the Boulogne flotilla, of
La Ville de Lyons praam, of 12 long 24-pounders
and 112 men.f When in the Scylla, and in com-
pany with the Royalist 18, Capt. Macdonald, after
a long chase, commenced a spirited action, which
lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes, and terminated in
the surrender, 21 Oct. 1813, on the approach of the
RippON 74, of the French frigate Le Weser, of 40
guns and 340 men, at the time under jury main
and mizen masts. The loss of the enemy appears
to have been 4 killed and 15 wounded ; and that of
the sloops, united, of 2 killed and 11 wounded. f
Capt. Macdonald attained Post-rank 7 June, 1814 ;
was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; and accepted
the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
MACDONALD. (Captain, 1846.)
Gordon Gallib Macdonald entered the Navy
21 July, 1809; and was made Lieutenant, 15 Dec.
1824, into the Rattlesnake 28, Capts. Hugh Pat-
ton and John Leith. His succeeding appointments
were— 20 Deo. 1825, to the Prince Regent 120,
flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Robt. Moorsom — 13 Nov.
1828, to the Childers 18, Capts. Wm. Morier and
Robt. Deans, in which vessel, employed on various
services, he continued, latterly as First-Lieutenant,
until paid off in the early part of 1833 — 3 April,
1835, to the command (which he retained for nearly
four years) of the Basilisk ketch, on the South
American station — and 31 Oct. 1840, as Senior, to
the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, fitting for
the Mediterranean. He returned to England on
the receipt of his second promotal commission, bear-
ing date 23 Nov. 1841 ; and was lastly, from 28 Nov.
1842 until paid off in 1845, employed as Second-
Captain of the DoBLiN 50, flag-ship in the Pacific
of Rear- Admiral Rich. Thomas. He attained his
present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
Capt. Macdonald married, 13 Dec. 1842, Maria,
relict of Wm. Gray, Esq., of the Inner Temple, and
daughter of the Rev. Wm. Oddie, M.A. He was
left a widower 4 Jan. 1846. Agents — Messrs. Om-
manney.
MACDONALD. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
James Archibald Macdonald, bom 18 Jan.
1808, is third son of Lieut.-Colonel Robt. Macdo-
nald, C.B., of Inchkenneth and Gribune, co. Argyle,
a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for that shire,
by Mary, third daughter of Thos. Douglas, Esq.,
of Grantham. He is a younger brother of Capt.
Robt. Douglas Macdonald, late of the 42nd High-
landers, and of Capt. Chas. Kerr Macdonald, late
* Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 19-3. f r. Gaz. 1811, p. 1802.
J r. Gaz. 1813, p. 2102.
694
MACDONALD— M'DONELL.
of the 42nd Regt. ; and a nephew of the present
Capt. Colin Macdonald, R.N., C.B.
This officer was promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant, immediately on passing his examination,
8 Sept. 1827. His appointments have since been —
30 May, 1834, to the Wolf 18, Capt. Edw. Stanley,
fitting for the East Indies, where, in command of
the boats of that sliip, he came into contact in 1836
with 18 Malay piratical vessels of 2 guns each, and
where in 1837 (being at the time First-Lieutenant)
he destroyed several others off the island of Poulo
Linghy — 30 Jan. 1839 (a few months after the
"WoiiT had been paid ofiE) to the Coast Guard —
4 April, 1842, to the command (which he retained
for nearly 12 months) of the Chartbdis brigantine
in North America and the West Indies— 30 Oct.
1844, again to the Coast Guard — and 15 March and
12 June, 1845, to the successive command of the
Lizard and Meteor steamers, in the latter of
which vessels, of 140-horse power, he is now serving
in the Mediterranean.
Lieut. Macdonald married, in 1837, Martha,
daughter of — Greig, Esq., and niece of Lady RoUo,
by whom he has issue three daughters. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
MACDONALD. (Kktired Commander, 1829.
F-p., 31 ; H-p., 37.)
John Macdonald died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1777, as
Midshipman, on board the Cdu,odes 74, Capt.
Geo. Balfour, and in 1780-1 was present in that ship
in several engagements with the French fleet in the
"West Indies. Removing, in the course of the latter
year, to the Bedford 74, Commodore Affleck, he
was afforded an opportunity of sharing in Rodney's
action, 12 April, 1782. During the peace he was
employed, chiefly in the capacity of Master's Mate,
in the Edgar, Capt. Adam Duncan, Pegase, Capts.
Marshall and Rich. Rodney Bligh, Adventdre,
Capts. Fras. Perry and John Nicholson Inglefield,
Fairi-, Capt. Thos. Spry, Elephant, Capt. Chas.
Thompson, and Barfledr, flag-ship of Admiral
John Elliot. On 29 Nov. 1793, a few days after he
had joined Lord Hood in the Victory off Toulon,
Mr. Macdonald found himself promoted to a Lieu-
tenancy in an armed ship, commanded by Capt.
Walter Serocold. His subsequent appointments
were— 15 Dec. 1794, to the Windsor Castle 98,
flag-ship of Admirals Philip Cosby, Robt. Linzee,
and Robt. Mann, under the second-named of whom
he shared in Hotham's actions 14 March and 13
July, 1795—23 March and 10 Nov. 1797, to the De-
fiance 74, Capt. Theophilus Jones, and Monarch
74, flag-ship of Admirals Sir Rich. Onslow and
Arch. Dixon, both on the Home station — 19 May,
1800 (after eight months of half-pay), to the Im-
press service at Exeter, where he remained until
Oct. 1801 — in 1804-5, to the successive command of
the Chance, Nancy, and Vigilant, in which ves-
sels we find him employed, on the Mediterranean
and Home stations, until Jan. 1806 — and, 8 Aug.
1807, to the Transport service, in which he conti-
nued upwards of eight years. He became a Retired
Commander on the Senior List 14 Feb. 1829.
MACDONALD. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Reginald John James George Macdonald is
eldest son of Reginald Geo. Macdonald, Captain and
Chief of Clanranald, a Deputy-Lieutenant for In-
verness, by Lady Caroline Anne Edgcumbe, second
daughter of Richard, second Earl of Mount Edg-
cumbe. One of his sisters is married to Hon. Chas.
Cust, second son of the Earl of Brownlow ; and an-
other to the Hon. and Rev. Alfred Wodehouse,
yoimgest son of Lord Wodehouse.
This officer entered the Navy 11 May, 1833;
passed his examination 8 May, 1839 ; and, after
having served in the Mediterranean, as Mate of
the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen Pell and
Robt. Smart, flag-ship latterly of Sir Fras. Mason,
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 14 Dec.
1842. His appointments have since been — 15 Feb.
1843, again to the Howe, commanded at the time by
Capt. Thos. Forrest — 3 Nov. 1843, to the Albion
90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, off Lisbon — and, 30
May, 1844, to the Collingwood 80, Capt. R. Smart,
bearing the flag in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras.
Seymour, to whom he became Signal-Lieutenant 20
Jan. 1847. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
M'DONELL. (Capt., 1846. f-p., 25; h-p., 11.)
John M'Donell entered the Navy, 10 Feb. 1811,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leveret brig, Capt.
Geo. Wickens Willes, stationed at first in the North
Sea, and afterwards in the Mediterranean ; where,
on becoming attached to the UNiTi 36, Capt. Edwin
Henry Chamberlayne, he was wounded in the boats
of that frigate at the capture of two of the enemy's
vessels in 1812. Removing, as Midshipman, in Oct.
1814, to the Ph(enix 36, Capt. Chas. John Austen,
he continued to serve in the Mediterranean until
wrecked in a hurricane near Smyrna, 20 Feb. 1816 ;
after which, and until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 6 Sept. 1823, we find him employed, six
years of the time as a passed Midshipman, in the
Bulwark 74, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, MjSEIander 38,
Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Egeria 24, Capt.
Robt. Rowley, Active 38, Capt. Sir I. A. Gordon,
Albion 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, and Apollo and
Royal George yachts, Capts. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget
and Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel — on the Home and
Newfoundland stations. His succeeding appoint-
ments were — 9 Dec. 1S24, to the Pandora 18,
Capts. Wm. Gordon, Wm. Claxke Jervoise, and Hon.
John Fred. Gordon, with whom, until paid off in
Feb. 1830, he served at Newfoundland and in the
East Indies— 9 Nov. 1830, as First, to the Ariadne
28, Capt. Chas. Phillips, employed on particular
service — 9 Sept. 1831, in a similar capacity, to the
CDRA90A 26, Capt. David Dunn, on the East India
station — 26 June, 1832, again as Senior, to the
Ceuizer 18, Capt. John Parker, with whom he re-
turned home in the early part of 1833 — 25 March,
1836, still as First, to the Hercules 74, Capt. Mau-
rice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, on the Lisbon
station — and, 24 Jan. 1837, as only Lieutenant, to
the Royal George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus
FitzClareuce. He continued in the latter vessel
until promoted to the rank of Commander 28 June,
1838 ; and he afterwards, from 24 Aug. 1841 until
put out of commission in 1844, officiated as Second-
Captain of the Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose
Sartorius, on the Mediterraneon station. He was
advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846, and is
now on half-pay. Agents — Burnett and Holmes.
M'DONELL. (Commander, 1846.)
John Julius M'Donell entered the Navy 16 Jan.
1S16; and while Midshipman of the Cambrian
Irigate was intrusted with the charge of a mer-
chantman, in which he succeeded in beating off two
piratical boats in the Negropont. He passed his
examination in 1823 ; obtained his first commission
13 Sept. 1826 ; and was afterwards appointed — 3
Oct. 1829, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir
Edw. Griffith Colpoys in North America and the
West Indies — 8 Dec. 1830, to the command of the
Firefly schooner, which vessel, employed on the
station last mentioned, he had the misfortune to
lose in 1835—8 July, 1S44, to the Coast Guard—
and 1 July, 1845, to the command of the Nautilus
10. He was employed in the latter vessel on Home
service until advanced to his present rank 9 Nov.
1846 ; and is now on half-pay.
He married, in 1841, Louisa, relict of the late H.
Hyde, Esq., of London. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
M'DONELL. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 34.)
Thomas M'Donell entered the Navy, 4 March,
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Veteran 64,
Capts. Sir Rich. King, Jas. Newman Newman, and
Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, employed on the Home
and West India stations. On his return to Eng-
land in 1807, as Midshipman of the Hekcule 74,
Capt. Barrington Dacres, he cruized for several
M'DOUALL-M'DOUGALL.
695
months in the Narcissus 32, Capt. Chas. Malcolm,
and then rejoined Capt. Newman, as Master's Mate,
on board the IIeko 74. In Aug. 1809 he was sent
in command of a gun-boat to co-operate in the
attack upon Flushing. He attained the rank of
Lieutenant 18 July, 1810, and was employed, dur-
ing the last three years of the war, in the Opossom
10, ,Capt. Thos. Wolrige, and Valiant 74, Capt.
Robt. Dudley Oliver, on the West India and North
American stations. He has since been on half-pay.
Agents — Pettet and Newton.
M'DOUALL. (COMMANDEB, 1814. F-p.,21;
H-p., 30.)
James M'Douall died 30 Deo. 1845.
This officer entered the Nayy, 27 July, 1795, as
A.B., on board the Zebra sloop, Capts. Norborne
Thompson, David M'lver, and John Hurst, in which
vessel, stationed in the West Indies, he continued
to serve, in the capacities of Midshipman, Master's
Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant, until transferred, 25
April, 1797, to a Master's Mateship in the Intrepid
64, Capts. Kobt. Parker and Wm. Hargood. In
Sept. 1801, after having again acted as Lieutenant
in the ship last mentioned, Mr. M'Douall, then in
the East Indies, became Master's Mate of the Ar-
rogant 74, Capt. Edw. Oliver Osborne ; and on 11
of the following month he was appointed, a third
time, to the post of Acting-Lieutenant in the Tri-
dent 64, Capts. Thos. Surridge, Chas. Jas. John-
ston, Peter Rainier, and Benj. Wm. Page, bearing
the flag for a period of Vice- Admiral Rainier. Being
confirmed to the Trident by commission dated
22 April, 1802, he continued attached to her, on
the East India station, until Oct. 1805. While
cruizing next, for a few months in 1806, in the
Beli.eisle 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood, we find him
assisting at the destruction, off Cape Henry, on
the American coast, of the French 74-gun ship
L'Impetuaix. Between Aug. 1807 and his advance-
ment to the rank of Commander 12 Oct. 1814, he
served on the West India, Mediterranean, and Home
stations, in the York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton, Vilie
DE Paris 1 10, flag-ship of Lord CoUingwood, North-
umberland 74, Capts. Wm. Hargood and Hon.
Henry Hotham, Asia and Barham 74's, both com-
manded by Capt. John Wm. Spranger, and San
Josef and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships of Lord
Keith. His last employments were, from 15 Nov.
1814 to 6 Sept. 1816, as Regulating Ofiicer and Com-
mandant of gun-boats at Greenock — and, from 21
March 1816 to 25 March, 1819, as Superintendent of
the Ordinary at Portsmouth.
M'DOUGALL. (Retired Commander, 1844.
F-p., 20 ; H-p., 34.)
John M'Dougall entered the Navy, 1 April,
1793, as Captain's Servant, on board the Vestal 28,
Capt. John M'Dougall, attached to the force on the
Home station, where he further, until the receipt
of his first commission, bearing date 26 April, 1800,
served as Midshipman and Acting-Lieutenant in
the Asia 64, Capt. J. M'Dougall, Savage sloop,
Capt. G. Winokworth, and Edgar 74, Capts. J.
M'Dougall and Edw. Buller. He was then em-
ployed for several months at the blockade of Dun-
kerque in the Atalantb sloop, Capt. Anselm John
Griffiths ; on leaving which vessel he proceeded
to the West Indies, and there cruized, during the
remainder of the war, in the Crescent 36, Capts.
Wm. Grenville Lobb and Jas. Carthew. In July,
1804, after he had been for 14 months employed in
the Sea^Fencibles at Southend in Essex, Mr.M'Dou-
gall obtained an appointment to the Hecla bomb,
in which vessel, commanded by Capts. Sykes and
Scott, we find him assisting at the bombardment of
Havre in July and Aug. 1804. Joining next the
Cjesar 80, Capt. (afterwards Rear-Admiral) Sir
Rich. John Strachan, he was afforded an oppor-
tunity of participating in that ship in the action off
Ferrol 4 Nov. 1805. In Deo. 1806, his health com-
pelling him to invalid, he sailed from Halifax, Nova
Scotia, in a merchant-vessel, carrying with him Sir
R. J. Strachan's despatches. It was his misfortune
however, on 13 of the following month, to fall, when
off Scilly, into the hands of a French privateer, by
whom he was taken a prisoner to France, where he
remained in captivity until April 1814. Returning
then to England, he assumed, 11 May, 1815, the
command, which he held until 23 March, 1816, of
the Telegraph station at Beacon Hill in Kent. H e
became a Retired Commander on the Junior List
1 Deo. 1830 ; and on the Senior 9 Dec. 1844.
M'DOUGALL. (Captain, 1836. r-p., 19 ;
H-p., 26.)
John M'Dougall, bom in 1790, at Edinburgh, is
eldest surviving son of the late Patrick M'Dougall,
Esq., of DunoUy Castle, co. Argyle, by Louisa Max-
well, youngest daughter of John Campbell, Esq., of
Achaladcr, in Perthshire, and sister of the late
Generals Sir Alex. Campbell, Commander-in-Chief
at Madras, and Archibald Campbell, Governor of
Fort Augustus, N.B. His elder brother, Alex-
ander, a Captain in the 5th Regt. of Foot, was killed
at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo in Jan. 1812 ;
and his next, Patrick, is now a Lieutenant-Colonel
in the Army. Capt. M'Dougall's family are the
undisputed hneal representatives of the M'Dougalls
Lords of Lorn, or of Argyle, and are the admitted
chiefs of that name.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Dec. 1802, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cruizer 18, Capt. John
Hancock, and in the course of the following year
was five times in action with the enemy between
Calais and Flushing, once in particular, 14 June,
when the Cruizer, in company with the Immorta-
lity 36 and Jalodse 18, assisted at the capture of
the French gun-brigs Ulnabordable andXa Commode^
after an hour's engagement with the batteries on
the east part of Cape Blanc-nez. In June, 1804,
after having been in frequent contact with the
enemy in the Doris 36, Capt. Patrick Campbell, he
became Midshipman of the Foodroyant 80, bearing
the flag in the Channel of Kear-Admiral Thos.
Graves. He went back, however, in the following
Dec. to the Doris, and was in that frigate in Jan.
1805 when she was set on fire and abandoned near
the mouth of the Loire, in consequence of her
having struck upon a sunken rock in the vicinity of
Quiberon, and sustained so much damage as to
render her preservation impossible. Joining then
the Hero 74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, he
shared in the action fought by Sir Robt. Calder
with the combined fleets of France and Spain off
Cape Finisterre 22 July, 1805 ; after which he
joined the Chiffonne 36, Capt. P. Campbell, Done-
gal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, and, in June, 1806,
the Unite 36, Capt. P. Campbell. He commanded,
during his attachment to the latter ship, a boat at
the destruction of five vessels under a battery near
the town of Omago, in the Adriatic, 18 Oct. 1806;
assisted, ten days afterwards, at the storming of a
battery and the capture of several sail of merchant-
men near Point Salvooy ; was present at the reduc-
tion, 28 April, 1807, of the island of St. Piedro de
Niembo ; had charge, 12 June following, of a divi-
sion of boats at the capture of several vessels in the
river Po, and the annihilation of two signal posts ;
participated, in command of a boat, in a successful
attack made upon a French privateer near Ancona,
12 Jan. 1808 ; contrived, in an eight-oared cutter,
to take possession, 24 March in the same year, after
a sharp engagement, of another privateer, carrying
2 guns and 36 men ; contributed, 2 May ensuing, to
the capture of the Italian brig-of-war II Ronco, of
16 guns and 100 men ; aided, three days later, in
cutting out several vessels from under the batteries
at Paran ; enacted a part, on 1 June, at the simul-
taneous capture of the Nettuno and Toulie brigs,
equal in force to II Ronco ; took command of the
boats on 4 of the same month, and succeeded in
making prize, notwithstanding a desperate and mu-
tually destructive conflict, of three Turkish ships
and several coasting-vessels under Cape Palero;
was on board the Vmii. when she beat off, 18 Dec.
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1808, a flotilla of 12 gun-boats, by -wboiii she bad
been attacked during a calm; conducted, 12 Jan.
1809, a virtually successful attack made on six
vessels lying under the protection of two batteries
in the harbour of Vieste, and secured by cables
from their mast-heads to the shore ; had charge of
the boats, on 23 April, in an attempt to cut off some
vessels full of troops from the island of Fano, near
Corfu, under a heavy fire of musketry from the
shore ; was similarly employed at the bringing out,
30 July ensuing, of two large merchantmen from
under a fort at Citta Nuova, where the boats suf-
fered considerably ; and, on the night of 31 Oct.,
had command of one of the boats of a squadron
under Lieut. John Tailour at the capture and de-
struction, after a violent struggle, and a loss to the
British of 15 killed and 55 wounded, of the JFrench
armed store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men,
bombards Victoire and Grondeur, with a convoy of
seven sail, defended by numerous strong batteries
in the Bay of Kosas.* For his conduct in the latter
affair, in which he was wounded, Mr. M'Dougall, on
the earnest recommendation of his Captain, was
nominated by Lord CoUingwood to a Lieutenancy,
25 Nov. 1809, in his own flag-ship the Ville de
Paris 110 — an act sanctioned at home by a com-
mission dated 3 Jan. 1810. In March, 1811, having
been latterly under the flag of Rear- Admiral Thos.
Eras. Fremantle, he removed to the Tighe 74, Capt.
Benj. Hallowell, but he had not been long in that
ship before he again, in the month of May, joined
the Unite, then commanded by Capt. Edwin Henry
Chamberlayne. On 4 of the ensuing July we once
more find him serving in the boats, and co-operat-
ing with Lieut. Joseph Wm. Crabb, at the cutting
out, from under a shower of grape from a 2-gun
battery near Port Hercule, on the Roman coast, of
the jS^. Francois de Paule, a vigorously-defended
brig, mounting 8 six and three-pounders. Towards
the close of the next Nov., while in charge of a
large detained Austrian ship, and on his way to
Malta, Lieut. M'Dougall fell in with three French
men-of-war, on perceiving whom he immediately,
with a judgment and zeal which did him infinite
credit,t put back for the purpose of communicating
the intelligence to the Senior ofl&cer in the Adriatic,
Capt. Murray Maxwell of the Alceste. The result
was the capture, by the latter ship, of the Fomone,
of 44, and, by the Unite, of La Persanne, of 26
guns. On 16 June, 1812, Lieut. M'Dougall, who
had rejoined his ship previously to the last-men-
tioned event, presents himself to our notice as
effecting, with the boats of a frigate squadron under
his orders, the capture and destruction of three
vessels and several field-pieces in a small port near
Cape Otranto. He invalided from the Unite in
Sept. 1812, and was next appointed— 22 Dec. 1813,
as Senior, to the Leander 50, Capts. Gordon Thos.
Falcon and Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, under the latter
of whom he came several times into action with the
enemy on the coast of North America — 12 Dec.
1815, to the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, in which
ship he received two wounds at the bombardment
of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816^—23 June, 1818, as First
(after ten months of half-pay), to the Tartar fri-
gate, fitting for the broad pendant of Sir G. R. Col-
Uer — and, 4 Aug. following, as Flag-Lieutenant, in
the Salisbury 50, to Rear-Admiral Donald Camp-
bell on the West India station, where his conduct in
1819, in saving, during a hurricane at the island of
St. Thomas, the crew of a Danish vessel, after nu-
merous unavailing efforts had been made from the
shore, procured him the thanks of the King of Den-
mark, conveyed through the Lords of the Admiralty.
Obtaining a second promotal commission 9 Feh.
1820, Capt. M'Dougall did not again go afloat until
Aug. 1833, on 27 of which month he assumed com-
mand of the NiMROD 20. In that vessel he served
in the river Douro and on the coast of Spain and
Portugal during the revolutionary commotions, and
ultimately accompanied the Stag frigate, with Don
Miguel on board, from the neighbourhood of Lisbon
• Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1908. f V. Gaz. 1812, p. 566.
% V. Gaz. 1816, p. 1792.
to Genoa. He continued in the Nimrod* until
1835; and on 16 Aug. 1836, within a short period
of his appointment to the Salamander steamer,
was advanced to Post-rank. Since 15 Feb. 1845,
he has been in command of the Vdltuke steam-
frigate, of 470 horse-power, on the East India sta-
tion.
Capt. M*Dougall is a Magistrate and Deputy-
Lieutenant for Argyleshire. He married, 22 Aug.
1826, Elizabeth Sophia, only daughter of the late
Retired Commander Chas. Sheldon Timins, R.N.,
of Oriel Lodge, Cheltenham, by whom he has issue
six sons and three daughters. Agents — Collier and
Snee.
MACDOUGALL. (Commander, 1846.)
John Macdocgall passed his examination in
1831 ; obtained his first commission 30 April, 1S37 ;
assumed command, 12 Sept. following, of the Dol-
phin 3, on the coast of Africa ; and served from 18
July, 1838, until paid off in the summer of 1846, the
last five years as First-Lieutenant., in the Pique 36,
Capts. Edw. Boxer, Rich. Augustus Yates, Henry
Forbes, and Hon. Montagu Stopford, on the North
America and "West India, Mediterranean, and again
on the North America and West India stations.
During the Syrian operations of 1840 he assisted
at the capture of the towns of Caiffa and Tsour
(at the former of which places he was severely
wounded by the discharge of one of the enemy's
guns at the moment he was in the act of strikmg
it|), and was also present at the bombardment of
St. Jean d'Acre. He attained the rank of Com-
mander 28 July, 1846.
M'FARLAND. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p.,
28 ; H-p., 38.)
James M*Farland entered the Navy, 2 Dec.
1781, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Union 98, Capt.
John Dalrymple, attached to the Channel fleet;
and in the following Aug. became Midshipman of
the Harpv fire-ship, Capt. Sir Jas. Barclay. After
a short servitude in the Diligente, flag-ship at Spit-
head of Sir Thos. Pye, he joined, in Aug. 1783, the
Salisbury 50, bearing the flag of Admiral Camp-
bell at Newfoundland, where he continued until
Dec. 1785. He served during the remainder of the
peace on the Home station in the Druid 36, Capt.
Joseph Ellison, Powerful and Okion 74's, both
commanded by Capt, Andw. Sutherland, Windsor
Castle and London 98's, flag-ships of Rear-Admi-
rals Herbert Sawyer and Sam. Cranston Goodall,
and Alcide and Hector 74's, Capts. Sir Andw.
Snape Douglas and Geo. Montagu. In March, 1793,
Mr. M'Farland joined the Queen Charlotte 100,
bearing the flag in the Channel of Earl Howe ; for
his conduct as Acting-Lieutenant of which ship on
the memorable 1 June, 1794, he obtained a com-
mission dated 23 of that month. Continuing in her
under the orders of Sir A. S. Douglas until July,
1797, he was in consequence present in the action
fought by Lord Bridport with the French fleet off
the He de Groix. We afterwards find him ap-
pointed in succession to the Monarch 74, Prince
98, and Lancaster 64, flag-ships at Home and at
the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-Admiral Sir Roger
Curtis. On 12 Sept. 1800, at which period he was
Senior of the Lancaster, he received a compound
fracture of the right arm, and was oflicially com-
mended for his conduct at the cutting-out, by the
boats of that vessel and the Adamant 50, of a ship
lying under the fire of two heavy batteries at Port
Louis in the Isle of France. He was confirmed in
the rank of Commander, after having had charge
for 13 months of the Penguin sloop at the Cape,
18 June, 1803 ; and was lastly, from the following
July until March, ISIO, employed in the Sea Fcn-
cible service. He accepted the rank of Captain 10
Sept. 1840.
• In Jan. 1834 the boatswain and twelve of the Nimrod's
crew were swamped in the 'barge while Capt. M'Dougall was
endeavouring, with the rest of his boats, to save the Spanish
frigate Lealtad from being lost off Santander.
t Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2601,
MACFARLANE— M'GLADERY— M'GOWAN— M'GREGOBr-M'GRIGOR. C97
MACFAKLANE. (Liedtexant, 1815.)
William Macfaklane died 14 Feb. 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 March, 1805, as
A.B., on board the SaiiVadok del Mundo, Capt.
Cooke, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admiral Young;
and, between the following July and Feb. 1806, was
employed in the Channel as Master's Mate of the
Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens. He
joined, next, the Meklin sloop, Capts. Wm. Stand-
way Parkinson, Buckland Stirling Bluett, and Wm.
Fisher, with whom he cruized for some time on the
West India and Home stations. In 1807 he returned
to the West Indies in the Dragon 74, Capt. Matthew
Henry Scott ; and he afterwards, from 1803 until
the autumn of 1815, served on the Home, North
American, and Mediterranean stations, latterly in
the capacity of Master, in the Imp^tueux 74, Capt.
John Lawford (part of the Walcheren expedition-
ary force), Marlborough 74, Capt. M. H. Scott,
Chatham of similar force, bearing the flag of the
last-named officer, and Zealous and PoMpiE 74's,
Capts. Jas. Anderson and Sir Jas. Athol Wood.
He then took up a commission dated 21 Feb. 1815.
His last appointment was, 6 April, 1844, to the post,
which he retained until the autumn of 1845, of
Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel. Agents —
Coplands and Burnett.
M'GLADERY. (Lieot., 1811. f-p., 43 ; h-p., 10.)
John M'Gladery was born in Dec. 1776, near
Dungannon, co. Tyrone.
This officer (who had been seven or eight years
in the Merchant service) was impressed, 28 Nov.
1794, into the Navy, from the wreck of the ship
Witdnian, of London, and rated A.B., on board
the CuLLODEN 74, Capt. Thos. Troubridge ; under
whom, it appears, he was successively present in
Hothara's action 13 July, 1795, in the battle off Cape
St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797, at the ensuing attack
upon Santa Cruz, TenerifTe, in the action off the
Nile 1 Aug. 1798, and at the capture of Naples,
Kome, Genoa, &c. He received a splinter-wound
in the riglit eye in Hotbam's affair ; experienced a
similar injury in the St. Vincent achievement;
and, being one of the landed party at Santa Cruz,
was so severely hurt by a sabre-cut in the head as
to be reported among the slain. Removing in Aug.
1800 to La Victorieuse 12, Capt. John Richards,
he took part, in the capacity we believe of Quarter-
master, in most of the operations connected witli
the campaign of 1801 in Egypt, from the landing of
the troops in Aboukir Bay until the fall of Alexan-
dria, including the reduction of Marabout Castle
and a variety of boat skirmishes. In March, 1803,
Mr. M'Gladery, who had previously attained the
rating of Midshipman, was transferred to the Fou-
BROYANT 80, in which ship, bearing the flags of Ad-
mirals Sir Thos. Graves, Sir John Borlase Warren,
Albemarle Bertie, and Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, he
served for upwards of five years, on thg Home,
North American, Lisbon (whence he witnessed the
flight of the Royal Family of Portugal), and Brazi-
lian stations, lie was present, 13 March, 1806, at
the capture of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of
Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. In
Sept. 1803, on his arrival at the Cape of Good Hope
in the Sylvia cutter, Lieut.-Commander Augustus
Vere Drury, he was nominated, having passed his
examination 5 Oct. 1805, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Leopard 50, flag-ship of the above-named Admiral
Bertie. Exchanging, in May, 1810, into the Otter
sloop, Capt. Jas. Tomkinson, he witnessed, in the
following Sept., the re-capture of H. M. S. Afki-
CAiNE, and the capture of the French frigate La
Venus and her prize the Ceylon 32 ; and on re-
joining Admii'al Bertie, shortly afterwards, in the
Africaine, he co-operated in the reduction of the
Isle of France and its dependencies, being on the
occasion allowed to superintend the debai'kation of
the troops. Having unluckily mislaid his passing
certificate, he was not confirmed in the rank of
Lieutenant until 24 April, 181 1 ; from which period
he remained unemployed until the receipt of his
present appointment in the Coast Guard I Nov.
1821. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
M'GOWAN. (LlEDTENANT, 1827.)
Thomas M'Gowan entered the Navy 11 Nov.
1809; passed his examination in 1815; and obtained
his commission 28 April, 1827. We are not aware
that he has been since employed.
M'GREGOR. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
FiTZjAMES Stewart M'Gregor entered the
Navy 19 Nov. 1830; and was Midshipman of the
Andromache 28, Capt. Henry Duoie Chads, when
that vessel, in company with the Imogene28, forced
the passage of the Boca Tigris, in China, 7 and 9
Sept. 1834. He obtained a commisgion 14 Aug.
1838 ; and was afterwards appointed — 29 June, 1839,
to the Hydra steamer, Capt. Anthony Wm. Mil-
ward, in the Mediterranean— 21 Oct. 1839, to the
Bellekophon 80, Capt. Chas. John Austen, under
whom he took part in the different operations on
the coast of Syria, terminating with the bombard-
ment of St. Jean d' Acre— 17 Sept. 1841, 21 Feb. and
26 March, 1842, and 5 April, 1843, to the North
Star 26, Capt. Sir Jas. Evcrard Home, Vindictive
50, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, Agincourt 72, flag-
ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, and Bf.lleisle
troop-ship, Capt. John Kingcome, all on the East
India station— 23 May, 1844, as Senior Lieutenant,
to the Prometheus steam-sloop, Capt. John Hay,
on the coast of Africa— 24 Aug. 1844, to the Tor-
toise store-ship at the Ascension, Capt. Arthur
Morrell — and, 2 Dec. 1844, again as Senior, to the
Hydra steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young,
also on the African station. He has been on half-
pay since the commencement of Jan. 1846. Agents
— Messrs. Chard.
M'GKIGOR. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Charles Graeme M'Grigor passed his exami-
nation 16 July, 1840 ; served as Mate, on the East
India,- Home, and Pacific stations, in the Conway
26, Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune,
Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne, Cy-
clops steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, and
America 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon ; obtained
his commission 4 May, 1846 ; was then appointed
Additional-Lieutenant of the Collingwood 80,
flag-ship of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour in the Pacific ;
and since 30 Jan. 1847 has been employed on the
coast of Africa in the Mariner sloop, Capt. Chas.
Mitchell Mathison.
M'GWIRE. (Retiked Captain, 1840. f-p., 32 ;
H-p., 36.)
William M'Gwire, born 10 June, 1766, is third
son of the late Arthur M'Gwire, Esq., of Dawson
Street, Dublin, and Clonrea Castle, co. Waterford.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 14 April, 1779, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Egmost 74, Capts.
John Carter Allen and Robt. Fanshawe, under
whom he served as Midshipman until the close of
1781, witnessing during that period a hurricane
that spread desolation over the whole of the Carib-
bean Islands and Jamaica, and totally dismantled
the Egmont. In 1782 he joined the Proselyte
frigate, Capt. John Brovm, attached to the force
on the Home station ; and he was next, between
1783 and 1786, employed on the African and Ame-
rican coasts, and also in the North Sea, on board
the Racehorse sloop, Capt. Thos. Wilson. In Jan.
1792, after he had been for nearly three years on
the Jamaica station in the Centurion 50, flag-ship
of Rear-Admiral Philip Afiieck, he was there no-
minated to the command, with the rank of Acting-
Lieutenant, of the Advice cutter. He was con-
firmed a Lieutenant, 18 March, 1793, in the Helena
sloop, Capt. Wm. Charlton ; and on 18 of the fol-
lowing July he was transferred, from the Vestal
32, Capt. Jolm M'Dougall, in which ship he had
been again serving in the North Sea, to the Invin-
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M'GWIRE— M'HARDY— M'lLWAINE.
ciBZE 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham; -whom,
after having participated in the actions of 29 May
and 1 June, 1794, and risen to the post of First-
Lieutenant, he followed in that capacity, in Sept.
1795, into the Juste 80. From the period of his
promotion to the rank of Commander 22 May, 1797,
until the peace of Amiens, Capt. M'Gwire appears
to hare had under his orders the -whole of the gun-
hoats employed in protecting the coast of Ireland ;
where he further, from Sept. 1S0.3 until 1810, served
in the Sea-Fencible establishment between Cork
Head and Youghal. In Aug. of the latter year he
was appointed to the superintendence (which he
retained until Sept. 1814) of the Impress service at
"Waterford. He accepted his present rank 10 Sept.
1840.
Capt. M'Gwire married, in Nov. 1802, Mary,
eldest daughter of Sam. Hobson, Esq , Barrister-at-
Law, of Waterford and co. Cork, and sister of the
late Capt. "Wm. Hobson R.N., by whom he has
three sons and one daughter living. His eldest son
died of yellow fever at Jamaica, while serving with
Capt. Hobson as Midshipman in the Ferret sloop
of war.
M'HARDY. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 22; h-p., 13.)
John Bonch Bonnemaison M'Hardy was born
3 Dec. 1801.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 May, 1812, as
Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Tartarus 32, Capt. John
Pasco, in which frigate, and in, the Rota 38, also
commanded by Capt. Pasco, he served as Midsliip-
man on the American, Irish, North Sea, and Lisbon
stations until paid off in Aug. 1815. Proceeding
next to the West Indies in a merchant-vessel at his
own expense, he there, in Nov. 1816, succeeded in
obtaining a vacancy in the Bermuda 10, Capt. John
Pakenham, under whom however he was almost
immediately wrecked near Tarapico Bar. He then
successively joined the Esk 20, Capt. Geo. Gustavus
Lennock, and Landrail and Kangaroo surveying-
vessels, Master-Commander Anthony I>e Mayne,
all too on the West India station, where he remained
until the early part of 1821, at which period he
returned home for the purpose of passing his exa-
mination. As soon as that ordeal had been gone
through he was ordered a passage back in the Py-
KAMUS 42, Capt. Fras. Newcombe, and on his arrival
was received, first on board the Nautilus 18, Capt.
Isham Fleming Chapman, and next on board the
Sybille 46, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Kowley. On 23
Feb. 1823 we find him nominated Second in com-
mand, with the rating of Master's Mate, of the
Lion schooner, of 1 gun, Lieut.-Commander Wm.
Hobson, in order to assist in the suppression of
piracy on the coast of Cuba, where, it appears, he
participated in the capture of three schooners, and
came into contact with a very superior force on
shore. Towards the close of the same year, after
having been for a time attached to the Gloucester
74, Commodore Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and been
allowed to reside for the benefit of his health in
America, he joined the Icarus 10, Capt. John Geo.
Graham. Asa reward for his services both in that
sloop and in her boats, particularly in an affair
off the Isle of Pines, Mr. M'Hardy, in Feb. 1824,
was ordered by his Captain to act in the room of
Lieut. Laton, who, with 4 seamen, had been re-
cently murdered by the pirates. He continued to
ofRciate as Acting-Lieutenant of the Icarus until
19 Aug. 1824 ; and he was then, as an acknowledg-
ment fx>r his exertions on the above occasion, as
well as at the subsequent capture of two schooners,
two feluccas, and four row-boats, confirmed by
the Admiralty. Previously however to the receipt
of his comniission he took command of the boats,
carrying 34 men, under Lieut. Chas. Croker, and
contributed, on 20 of the month last mentioned, to
the capture, off the Havana, of, among other vessels,
the notorious piratical schooner Diabkto, mounting
6 guns, mth a complement of 55 men — an exploit
for which, as we should have recorded in our me-
moir of the now Commander Croker, those who
achieved it received the official approbation of the
Board. Being placed on half-pay in consequence of
his promotion, Lieut. M'Hardy, although the Com-
modore had recommended his being further em-
ployed in the West Indies, did not succeed in ob-
taining an appointment until Oct. 1827, on 18 of
which montli he received instructions to proceed,
in the Victor 18, Capt. Geo. Lloyd, to Jamaica,
there to join the Barham 50, flag-ship of Hon. Chas.
Elphinstone Fleeming, who, on 1 Jan. 1828, invested
him with the command of the Pickle schooner, of
3 guns, 30 men, and 6 boys. In that vessel it was
his fortune to effect the capture, 6 June, 1829, after
a severe action of an hour and 20 minutes, fought
within pistol-shot, of the famous slaver .Bofodera of
235 tons, pierced for 16 guns, mounting 2 long 18-
pounders and 2 long 12's, and manned, exclusive of
armed negroes, with a crew of 60 men, 10 of whom
were killed and 14 wounded — the loss of the Pickle
being confined to 1 person killed, and 10, three of
them mortally, wounded. For this very gallant
performance Lieut. M'Hardy deservedly received,
a second time, the official acknowledgments of the
Admiralty. On the Pickle being paid off at Ply-
mouth in Oct. 1830, the state of discipline and effi-
ciency in which she was found so attracted the
attention of the Commander-in-Chief Sir Manley
Dixon, that he was induced to bring his name in a
most favourable manner under the notice of their
Lordships ; and on 20 of the following Dec. he was
specially rewarded "for his meritorious services"
with the rank of Commander. On 8 March, 1831,
Capt. M'Hardy was appointed Inspecting-Com-
mander, for three years, of the Burnham (Norfolk)
district of Coast Guard ; on leaving which service
in 1834, the Lieutenants who had been employed
under his superintendence gave him a farewell din-
ner "in testimony of their esteem for so active and
enterprising an officer." He was re-appointed, 19
March, 1835, to the Cromer district, also on the
coast of Norfolk, whence he was removed, 1 July,
1836, to the Deal district. Owing to the increase
of smuggling in the Isle of Wight, Capt. M'Hardy,
in the ensuing Oct., was transferred to the district
at Ryde ; to which, on the expiration of his term of
command, he was again appointed 22 March, 1838.
He was selected, 1 Jan. 1840, to become the reci-
pient of the Captain's commission annually granted
for good service in the Coast Guard ; and has since
been on half-pay.
Capt. M'Hardy, who is Senior of 1840, was elected
Chief Constable for co. Essex 11 Feb. in that year.
He married, 11 Dec. 1830, Horatia Victoria Ehza-
beth Aitchison, daughter of the present Rear-Ad-
miral Pasco, the officer under whose orders he first
went to sea. By that lady he has issue four sons
and three daughters. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
M'lLWAINE. (Commander, 1838.)
William M'Ilwaine entered the Navy 4 Jan.
1811, and, being made Lieutenant, 20 Aug. 1824,
into the Liffey 50, Capts. Chas. Grant and Thos.
Coe, was employed in that ship during the Burmese
war. His succeeding appointments were— 11 May,
1827, to the Wellesley 74, stationed off Lisbon —
6 July, 1832, to the Coast Guard— 17 May, 1833, to
the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley
in the Mediterranean -and 1 Nov. 1834 and 6 Dec.
1836, to the command of the Portsmouth yacht
and Volcano steamer, in which vessels he continu-
ously served (in the former as Flag-Lieutenant to
the Admiral Superintendent at Portsmouth, Sir
F. L. Maitland, and in the latter on the Mediter-
ranean station) until advanced to his present rank
28 June, 1838. He was employed as an Inspecting
Commander in the Coast Guard from 4 July, 1839,
until July, 1844 ; and since 13 Feb. 1845 has again
been in that service.
Commander M'Ilwaine married, 14 April, 1842,
Ceciha, youngest daughter of the late Chas. Lam-
bert, Esq., of Fitzroy Square.
MACKAY— MACKELLAll.
699
MACKAY. (Rear-Admiral of the Ked, 1838.
F-p., 20; H-p., 35.)
The Honoueaele Donald Hugh Mackay, bom
31 Dec. 1780, is second surviving son of Hon. Geo.
Mackay, of Skibo, M.P.,iu 1754, for co: Sutherland,
and afterwards Master of the Mint of Scotland, by
Anne, third daughter of Eric Sutherland, only son
of the attainted Lord Duffus, who was at first a
Captain in the British, and then a Flag-ofl&cer in
the Russian Kavy. He is nephew of Lieut.-General
Hon. Alex. Mackay, appointed in 1780 Commander-
in-chief of the Forces in Scotland ; and brother of
the present Lord Keay.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in
Jan. 1792; and embarked, in Oct. 1794, as Midship-
man, on board the D/Edalus 32, Capt. Thos. "Wil-
liams ; on accompanying whom into the Unicoun of
38 guns, he assisted at the capture of the Dutch brig
of war Comet of 18 guns, as also, we are informed,
after a severe action, of the French frigate La Tri-
bune of 44 guns and 339 men, 37 of whom were killed
and 15 wounded, with impunity to the Britisli. Af-
ter an active servitude of more than 18 months with
Sir Kich. Strachan, in the Melampus and Diamond
frigates, on the Home station, he was made Lieute-
nant, 27 March, 1798, into the Akiadne 20, Capt.
Jas. Bradley, in which ship, it appears, he accom-
panied an expedition under Sir Home Popham hav-
ing for its object the destruction of the locks and
sluice-gates of the Bruges Canal. He removed,
towards the close of the same year, to the Melpo-
mene 38_, Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton ; and on next,
in 1799, joining the Isis 50, flag-ship of the late Sir
Andw. Mitchell, he witnessed the fall of the H elder
fortress and the surrender of the Texel squadron,
and commanded a tender at the capture of four
Dutch gun-vessels forming part of the flotilla col-
lected for the protection of Amsterdam. Prior to his
advancement to the rank of Commander, 29 April,
1802, Mr. Mackay further served with the Channel
fleet, in the Formidable 98, Capt. Edw. Thorn-
brough, and, again with Sir A. Mitchell, in the
"Windsor Castle of similar force. His ensuing ap-
pointments were, 20 April and 26 Sept. 1804, to the
command of the Pkince "William armed ship (em-
ployed in the escort of North Sea convoys) and
Scout sloop, on the Mediterranean station. He at-
tained Post-rank 22 Jan. 1806, and was afterwards
invested with the Captaincy — 20 June, 1807, of the
Druid frigate, on the coast of Ireland— 9 Aug. 1808,
for three months, of the Inflexible 64, fitting for
Halifax— 20 Sept. 1811, 13 Sept. 1812, and 4 Jan.
1815, of the VoLAGE 26, Malacca 42, and JIinden
74, all on the East India station, whence he returned
about April, 1816— and, 7 Nov. 1831, of the Ke-
VENciE 78, which ship, after having been interme-
diately attached to the force ofi" Lisbon, was put
out of commission in the early part of 1834. During
his command of the Volage, Capt. Mackay con-
veyed Sir Evan Nepean, Bart., to his government
at Bombay, and was actively employed, under the
orders of Sir Sam. Hood, in the Eastern .A-rchijie-
lago and China Seas, where his duties were of a
very arduous character. In the Malacca he co-
operated with a sqnadron under Capt. Geo. Sa3'er
in a serious attack made in June, 1813, upon the
piratical settlement of Sambas, in the island of Bor-
neo. He attained Flag-rank 28 June, 1838. Agent
— John P. Muspratt.
MACKELLAR. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 28.)
Duncan Mackellar entered the Navy, 1 June,
1808, as Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Porpoise store-
ship at New South "Wsries, Capts. "Wm. Geo. Carlile
Kent and John Porteous. On his return to Eng-
land, at tlie close of 1810, he became Midshipman, a
rating he had previously attained, of the Guade-
loupe of 16 guns and 102 men, Capts. Joseph Swa-
bey Tetley and Geo. Hose Sartoiius, fitting for the
Mediterranean; where he took part, 27 June, 1811,
in a close and spirited action of an hour and 35
minutes, fought by that vessel, ofi' the town of
Vendre, with the j?reuch corvette Tactique of 18
guns and at least 150 men, and armed xebec Guepe
of 8 guns and 65 or 70 men ; both of whom were in
the end beaten off" with great slaughter to them-
selves, and with a loss to the British (who for some
time had been simultaneously opposed by the fire
of two heavy batteries) of 1 man killed and 12 or
13 wounded. In Dec. 1811 Mr. Mackellar rejoined
Capt. Tetley on board the Perlen 38, in which
frigate, on Capt. John Allen succeeding to the com-
mand, he returned to England, in April, 1812. Be-
coming attached, then, to tlie Magnipicent 74,
Capt. "Willoughby Thos. Lake, he was at first em-
ployed in active co-operation with the patriots on
the north coast of Spain, and next on the "West In-
dia station, where he removed, in Aug. 1815, to the
Salisbury 50, Capt. John Mackellar, and obtained,
10 May, 1816, a Lieutenancy in the Variable 8,
Capt. John Sykes. He came home in the following
Aug., and has since been on half-pay. Agents —
Case and Loudonsack.
MACKELLAR. (Admiral op the Blue,
1847. F-p., 25; H-P., 41.)
John Mackellar, born about 1768, at Minorca,
is eldest son (by Miss Elizabeth Basaline, of that
island) of the late General Patrick Mackellar, a Co-
lonel of the Royal Engineers, who served as Chief
Engineer under General "Wolfe at Quebec, assisted,
in a similar capacity, at the reduction of Marti-
nique, Guadeloupe, and the Havana, and closed a
most honourable and valuable life as Chief En-
gineer, at Minorca, in 1779. The Admiral's only
brother, Neil, also attained high rank in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1781, as
A.B., on board the Romney 50, Capt. Roddam
Home, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore
Johnstone ; and in the course of the same year was
wounded in the leg during an action with a French
squadron under M. de Suffrein, in Porto Praya Bay.
Removing, in April, 1782, to the Enterpbize 28,
Capts. John "Willet Payne and Hon. "Wm. Carnegie,
he assisted, as Midshipman of that vessel, at the
capture or destruction, in the West Indies, of two
valuable Spanish polacres, a, privateer of 16 guns
and 70 men," six other armed vessels, the Comte de
Grasse of 20 guns and 120 men, and the MoJiawk of
22 guns and 125 men. He was on one occasion sent
up a river in charge of one of several boats, which
effected the annihilation, after a party of native
militia had been defeated, of the store-houses be-
longing to two plantations ; and on another, he took
command of one of two boats, and aided in destroy-
ing a privateer of 16 guns, notwithstanding the re-
sistance offered by her crew, supported by some
military, and the presence of several French men-
of-war lying in Boston harbour. Subsequently to
the general peace we find the Enterprize taking
formal possession of Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitt's,
and Dominica, in consequence of those islands hav-
ing been restored to Great Britain by the treaty of
"Versailles. Between Sept. 1784 and the date of his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Nov. 1790,
Mr. Mackellar was employed, on the Home and
Newfoundland stations, in the Edgar 74, Capt.
Adam Duncan, Hebe and Ph(enix frigates, Capts-
Edw. Thornbrough and John "Willet Payne, Alcidib
74, Capt. Bcnj. Caldwell, and Barfleur 98, Salis-
BURV 50, and Victory 100, flag-ships, the first and
last of Lord Hood, and the second of Vice- Admiral
Alilbanke. His next appointments were — 22 April,.
1791, to the CincE, Capt. Geo. Oakes, under whom
he cruized, in the Channel and offi.Cork, until the
following Oct. — 19 June, 1793, to the Assistance
50, Capts. Sir Rich. Bickerton and Henry Mowat,
in which ship, after having visited the Cape of
Good Hope, he contributed to the capture, 28 Aug.
1796, of the French 36-gun frigate EKsaheth, off
Cape Henry— and, 28 Jan. 1797, to the acting-com-
mand of the RovEB sloop. Being superseded in the
latter vessel in the ensuing May, he returned home
a passenger in the St. Albans 64, but had the satis-
faction on his arrival of being confirmed by a com-
mission dated 5 July in the same year. In Feb
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MACKENZIE— M'KENZIE.
1798 Capt. Mackellar obtained an appointment to
the MiNEKvA frigate, arme'e en flute, part of the force
sent three months afterwards, under Sir Home Pop-
ham, to destroy the locks and sluice-gates of the
Bruges Canal. In the execution of that service he
distinguished himself in a very remarkable manner,
and obtained the particular commendation of the
military Commander-in-Chief, Major-General Coote ;
■with whom, and the troops under his orders, he had
the misfortune to be taken prisoner, owing solely
to the circumstance of his having voluntarily re-
mained on shore for the purpose of assuming com-
mand of a detachment of seamen who had unavoid-
ably been left without an officer of sufficient rank
to direct them, at a moment when the presence of
one was absolutely necessary. Regaining his liberty
in the course of the next Dec, Capt. Mackellar was
rewarded for his conduct — after having held com-
mand for 14 weeks of the Wolverene sloop and
Charon 44, on the Home and Mediterranean sta-
tions— by advancement to Post-rank 27 April, 1799.
He continued some months in the ship last men-
tioned, performing during that period various par-
ticular services, and assisting at the evacuation of
the Helder ; and he was next, in Sept. 1800 and
March, 1801, appointed to the Jamaica 26 and
Terpsichore 32. In the former of those vessels he
escorted a fleet of merchantmen to and from the
Baltic, made one or two captures, and compelled a
large privateer, commanded by the famous Blacke-
man, to lighten herself of her guns, &c., in order to
effect her escape. On his removal to the Terpsi-
chore, Capt. Mackellar was at first employed at
the blockade of Boulogne and Calais, and then in
the East Indies. While on that station in Dec.
'1801, he volunteered, at a period when the Terpsi-
chore was in a (^smantled state, to take charge of
an expedition, consisting of the Marqois Cor^-
WALLis of 48 guns, and several of the Hon. Com-
pany's vessels, for the purpose of conveying a re-
inforcement of 1000 troops to the Portuguese settle-
ments of Dcmaun and Diu. The able and successful
manner in which he accomplished the objects of the
mission elicited the high approbation and thanks of ,
the Bombay Government. His exertions in subse-
quently conveying a body of 3000 men from Goa to
-the relief of the Governor of that Presidency, Hon.
Jonathan Duncan, when surrounded by his enemies
at Surat, again procured him similar acknowledg-
ments. He returned to England in 1802, having
been latterly emjiloyed at the blockade of Goa, and
was afterward* appointed — in May, 1804, to the
agency for prisoners of war and transports, and the
Governorship of the Naval Hospital at Halifax,
Kova Scotia, where he remained about six years —
2 Aug. 1815, to the lloMNEr 50, lying at Chatham
— 11 Dec. following, to the Salisbury 58, bearing
the flag at Jamaica of Rear-Admiral John Erskine
Douglas-and, 14 March, 1817, to the PiauE 36, on
the same station, whence he returned home (en-
countering on his passage an almost fatal hurricane)
and was paid off in'Dec. 1818. Previously to his de-
parture, Capt. Mackellar received an address signed
3by the Mayor and the heads of 49 commercial
•■houses, expressive of the sense they entertained of
the solicitude he had always evinced for the wel-
fare of the trade of the island. He became a Rear-
Admiral 27 May, 1825 ; > Vice- Admiral 10 Jan. 1837 ;
■and a full Admiral.
He is married, and has issue.
MACKENZIE. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p^ 10;
H-P., 33.)
Alexander Mackenzie was born 30 June, 1790.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1804, as
Pst.-cl. Vol., on board the Revenge 74, Capt. Robt.
Moorsora, stationed in the Channel ; and on becom-
ing Midshipman of the Neptune 98, Capt. Thos.
Fras. Fremantle, took part, 21 Oct. 1805, in the
battle of Trafalgar. In Nov. 1806 he removed to
the Phcebe 36, Capt. Jas. Oswald, in the boats of
which frigate, it appears, he was frequently em-
ployed in destroying the enemy's trade and signal-
posts along the French shores, and also saw much
service on the coast of Portugal. At the expirar-
tion of two years he next, in Nov. 1808, joined the
Lavinia40, Capt. LordWm. Stewart, under whom,
during the expedition of 1809 to the Waloheren,
he assisted in forcing the passage between the bat-
teries of Flushing and Cadsand, and participated in
all the boat operations on the East and West
Scheldt. After an attachment of 14 months to the
Thames 32, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, and Cum-
P.EKLAND 74, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, on the
Mediterranean station, where in the boats of the
last-mentioned ship he served for two months in
the Faro of Messina, and contributed to the capture
and destruction of a large convoy in face of a body
of troops in the Bay of St. Eufemia, Mr. Macken-
zie was nominated, in Jan. 1811, Acting-Lieutenant
of the Warrior 74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger,
and was for some time employed with the iiotilla at
the defence of Cadiz. He was officially promoted
27 April following, and was subsequently appointed
— 24 Aug. and 25 Sept. in the same year, to the
Dispatch 18 and Colossus 74, Capts. Aberdour
and Thos. Alexander, both on the Home station —
and 4 March, 1814, as Senior, after an interval of
six months, to the Ctane of 32 guns and 171 men,
Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon. On 20 Feb. 1815 it
was his fate to be on board the latter vessel when
taken, together with her consort, the Levant of 20
guns and 131 men, by the U. S. frigate ConMtution
of 54 guns and 469 men, at the end of a fierce con-
flict in which the Cyane, besides being cut to
pieces, sustained a loss of 6 men killed and 13, in-
cluding himself severely, wounded. We may add,
that the captives, after having been plundered of
all they possessed, were put on shore at Maranham,
on the coast of Brazil, and there left to find their
way home as best they could. Lieut. Mackenzie
has since been on half-pay.
He married a daughter of J. Worth, Esq., of
Worth House, co. Devon, and has issue two child-
M'KENZIE. (LiEOT., 1799. r-P.,22 ; H-p., 32.)
Charles M'Kenzie was born 1 Aug. 1773.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1793, as
A.B., on board the Quebec 32, Capt. Josias Rogers,
and, after visiting the coast of Holland, accompanied
the expedition under Vice- Admiral Sir John Jervis
and General Sir Chas. Grey against the French
West India islands, where he was wounded in the
left shoulder during the landing at Fort Royal,
Martinique. On hi« removal as Midshipman, in
April, 1794, to the Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Thos.
Rogers, he co-operated in the reduction of Ste. Lucie
and Guadeloupe, and then returned with convoy to
England. He was next, for a period of nearly two
years, employed in the Channel, off the coast of
Africa, and again in the West Indies, on board
L'EspiioLE 16, Capt. Bcnj. Roberts, and Sheer-
NESS 44, Capt. Simon M'Kenzie ; after which we
find him, from Sept. 1796 nntil advanced to his pre-
sent rank 9 Dec. 1799, commanding, with the rating
of Master's Mate, the Success gun-brig, on the Ply-
mouth station. He joined, on the occasion of his
promotion, the Cambridge 80, bearing the flag in
the Mediterranean of Sir Thos. Pasley; and was
subsequently appointed — 15 Sept. 1800, to the Pique
36, Capts. Jas. Young and Wm. Cumberland, under
the former of whom he assisted at the landing of
the troops in Egypt in 1801—29 Oct. 1803, nine
months after he had left the Pique, to the Malta
80, Capts. Edw. BuUer, Wm. Shield, and Robt.
Waller Otway, to which ship (with the exception
of a short time passed in 1807 with Capt. Shield,
as First-Lieutenant, in the Queen 98) he continued
attached until Nov. 1808, participating during that
period, and receiving a wound, in Sir Robt. Calder's
action — on 16 of the month last-mentioned, as Senior,
to the Implacable 74, Capts. Geo. Chas. M'Kenzie
and Thos. Byam Martin, part of the force employed
in embarking the army after the battle of Corunna
—for a few months in 1814 (he had not been fJloat
M'KENZIE-MACKENZIE— M'KERLIE.
701
since Deo. 1809), to the Sparroit 16 and Mikstkel
26, both commanded by Capt. Fras. Erskinc Loch
in the Mediterranean, and, 21 Oct. in the same year,
to the charge of the San Juan guard-ship at Gib-
raltar, where he remained until 6 Nov. 1816. Lieut.
M'Kenzie was admitted into Greenwich Hosijital
19 Dec. 1844.
He married 22 June, 1826, and has issue two
sons and four daughters. Agent— Joseph Wood-
head.
M'KENZIE. (LiEnTENANT, 1841.)
Donald M'Leod M'Kenzie entered the Navy
(from the Koyal Naval College) 25 June, 1830;
passed his examination 24 Oct. 1834 ; and at the
period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
23 Nov. 1841, was serving on the coast of Africa
as Mate of the Iris 26, Capt. "Wm. Tucker. His
appointments have since been— 18 Oct. 1842, to the
Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir
Thos. Hastings— and, 3 May, 1843, to the Castor
36, Capt. Chas. Graham, now in the East Indies.
MACKENZIE. (Commander, 1847, p-p, 15 ;
H-p., 9.)
James George Mackenzie entered the Navy
23 Dec. 1823 ; served as Midshipman of the Phi-
lomel 10, Capt. Jjord Viscount Ingestrie, at the
battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827 ; and was promoted,
soon after passing his examination, to the rank of
lieutenant, 15 May, 1830. His succeeding appoint-
ments wore — 19 July, 1833, to the Caledonia 120,
Capt. Thos. Brown, on the Mediterranean station
— 5 Feb. 1834, to the command (as I'lag- Lieutenant
to Sir Thos. Briggs, Admiral-Superintendent of
Malta) of the Ceylon receiving-ship, in which he
remained until the summer of 1837 — and, 31 Oct.
1840, to the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, fitting
for the Mediterranean, whence, after having offi-
ciated for two years and a half as First-Lieutenant,
he came liome and was paid off in 1844. He attained
his present rank 29 April, 1847; and has been em-
ployed, since 12 of the following May, as Second-
Captain of the Caledonia 120, Capt. Manley Hall
Dixon, at Devonport.
Commander Mackenzie married, 24 Sept. 1831,
Martha Catherine, third daughter of the late John
Kearney, Esq., of co. Kilkenny, Ireland, and sister-
in-law of Lieut. Wm. Breedon, R.N., by whom he
has issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
MACKENZIE. (Lieutknant, 1846.) .
John Francis Camphell Mackenzie passed his
examination 30 Aug. 1841 ; was employed for a few
months in 1843 on particular service in the Thun-
derer 84, Capt. Daniel Pring; theu became at-
tached for a period of two years to the Excellent
gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos. Has-
tings and Henry Ducie Chads ; and after having
further served for a short time in the Queen 110,
bearing the flag of Sir John West at Devonport, was
awarded a commission dated 26 June, 1846. He
has been borne as Additional-Lieutenant, since
9 April, 1847, on the books of the Vindictive 50,
flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of
Sir Fras. Wm. Austen.
MACKENZIE. (Lieutenant, ISIO. i^p., 20;
H-p., 27.)
Thomas Henry Mackenzie, born 1 Nov. 1782,
is son of His Excellency Sir Thos. Henry Macken-
zie, Kt., Itear-Admiral, and Commander-in-Chief
of all her Imperial Majesty Catherine the Second's
forces by land and sea in the Crimea.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1800, as
Midshipman, on board the Camel store-ship, Capt.
Matthew Buckle, on the Jamaica station, where he
continued to serve as Midshipman of the Juno fri-
gate, Capts. Dundasand Manby, until ordered home
at the peace of Amiens. In Oct. 1803 he re-em-
barked on board the Diamond 38, Capt. Thos.
Elphinstone, attached to the force in the Channel ;
and he was next, from Feb. 1804, until May, 1809,
employed, both on the Home and Jamaica stations,
in the BacchaktI: 20, Capts. Chas. Dashwood, Mac-
donald, Jas. Ward, Jas. Kich. Daores, Bell, and
Sam. Hood Inglefield. During that period, besides
contributing to the capture of a variety of the
enemy's armed and other vessels, including the
Daiipliin of 3, and the Griffon of 16 guns, he assisted
in gallantly storming the forts of Kio de la Hacha
and Samana {see Capt. Dacres), on the north side of
the island of St. Domingo. In the execution of the
latter service Mr. Mackenzie was unfortunately
very severely wounded in the face, and suffered a
fracture of the jaw ; in consequence whereof he was
presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund.
On leaving the Bacchante, as above, he joined the
Repulse 74, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and
John Halliday ; on board which ship we find him
present 30 Aug. 1810 when she intjepidly rescued
the Philomel sloop of war from capture by inter-
posing herself between that vessel and an advanced
division of the Toulon fleet, whom she compelled to
put back. He was promoted (after having taken
part in several cutting-out affairs) to a Lieutenancy,
18 Aug. 1810, in the Bombay74, Capts. Wm. Cuming
and Norborne Thompson; and was subsequently
appointed— in the course of 1812, to the Crocus
brig, Capt. Arden Adderley, Bombay again, and
Thunder bomb, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, aU on
the Mediterranean station— 23 Deo. 1813, to the
Reynard 10, Capt. David Latimer St. Clair, under
whom he served on the north coast of Spain, and in
all the operations of 1814 up the river Gironde,
where he witnessed the destruction of a French
line-of-battle ship, three brigs of war, several
smaller vessels, and of the forts and batteries on
the north side of the river— 26 June, 1815, as Senior,
to the Bucephalus 32, Capt. Amos Freeman West-
ropp, in which ship he served off St. Helena and at
the Cape of Good Hope until Aug. 1816— and,
lastly, 8 March, 1827, to the command, for five years,
of the Semaphore station at Pewley Hill, Guildford.
He married 29 June, 1814, and has issue a son
and da-ughter. Agent— J. Hinxman.
M'KERLIE. (Keab-Admibal, 1846. f-p., 20 ■
H-p., 33.) '
John M'Keulie, horn 7 June, 1774, is descended
from a Scottish warrior, who resided at Cruggleton
Castle, CO. Wigton, and was thence expelled by the
English for his faithful adherence to the renowned
Sir Wm. Wallace, who in consequence undertook
an expedition for the purpose of reinstating him.
This oflBcer entered the Navy, 23 April, 1794, as
A.B., on board the Arethusa 38, Capt. Sir Edw.
Pellew ; under whom, when in company with other
ships, he successively witnessed the capture of Le
Bahet of 22 guns and 178 men, L' Engageante of 38
guns and 300 men, and La Itc'volutimnaire of 44
guns and 351 men. On his removal with the same
officer to the Indefatigable of 46 guns, he furtlier
assisted, as Midshipman, at the taking of L' Unite'
of 38 guns and 265 men, and La Virginie of 44 guns
and 340 men; besides contributing, in company
with the Amazon 36, to the destruction, with a loss
to the Indefatigable of K men wounded, of Les
Droits del'Homme 74. On the latter occasion Mr.
M'Kerlie lost his sight arm, and received a wound
in the thigh. Following Sir Edw. Pellew, next, into
the Impetoeux 74, he accompanied in 1800 an ex-
pedition sent to co-operate with the Royalists in
Quiberon Bay ; and, on the occasion of a successful
attack made, 6 June in that year, upon the enemy's
shipping in the Morbihan River, he aided in the
boats, under Lieut. John Pilfold, in boarding and
blowing up L'ImoIente, an 18-gun corvette. We
may add that in services of a similar nature he was
always a volunteer. Three weeks after the latter
event he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the
Thames 32, Capt. Wm. Lukin. He was confirmed
18 Aug. in the same year, in the MEGiERA fire-ship
Capts. Henry Hill and John Newhouse, with tlie
former of whom, during the peace of Amiens he
served at Newfoundland in the Camilla 24. Being
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M'KILLOP— MACKINNON.
appointed First-Lieutenant, 13 March, 1804, of the
Spartiate 74, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, Mr. M'Ker-
lie in the year following went with Lord Nelson to
the West Indies in pursuit of the combined fleets of
France and Spain, and on his return shared in the
battle of Trafalgar. Although advanced in conse-
quence to the rank of Commander, 24 Dec. 1805,
he did not succeed in procuring another appoint-
ment until 1808, in June and Aug. of which year
we find him assuming successive command of the
Diligence 12, fitting for service in the straits of
Gibraltar, and Calliope of 10 guns (8 18-pounder
carronades and 2 long sixes) and 75 men, destined
for the North Sea station. In that vessel Capt.
M'Kerlie accompanied the expedition to the Scheldt,
where, after the fall of Flushing, he was invested
with the charge of a division of gun-brigs, and gave
so much satisfaction that Sir Kich. Strachan gave
him the north coast of Holland and the neighbour-
hood of Heligoland for a cruizing-ground. On 25
Oct. 1810 he contrived, at the end of a runningfight
of an hour and a half, fought with much spirit, and
attended with a loss to the British of 3 persons
wounded, to make prize of a large privateer, the
Comtesse d'JIambourff schooner of 14 guns (8 12-
pounders and 6 8-pounders) and 51 men. In March,
1813, after having driven another privateer of 16
guns into the Vlie passage, Capt. M'Kerlie was ap-
pointed to the command of the naval force stationed
at Heligoland ; and in the ensuing April he was di-
rected to employ the sloops, gun-brigs, and other
vessels at his disposal as much in co-operation as
possible with the Allies in the rivers Ems, Elbe,
Weser, and Jade. In the month of May lie was the
senior officer off Cuxhaven when that place was re-
occupied by the French. He continued to com-
mand the Heligoland squadron until Oct. 1813,
when he was superseded by Capt. Arthur Farquhar,
who, it appears, directed him soon afterwards to
proceed, with a gun-boat and a strong division of
row-boats, up the Weser as far as Braak, for the
purpose of there seizing two 20-gun corvettes build-
ing, as well as all other vessels, naval stores, &c.,
which could be found, belonging to the enemy.*
These orders he fully executed ; and when the cor-
vettes were ready for sea he was sent with them to
England ; on his arrival where, at the close of Dec.
1813, he had the satisfaction of learning that he
had been promoted to Post-rank on 4 of that month.
Capt. M'Kerlie's last appointments were, 14 Feb.
and 27 Aug. 1834, to the Pkesi dent 52 and Vernon
50. In the former of those ships he conveyed Sir
Colin Campbell, K.C.B., Governor-General of Nova
Scotia, to Halifax ; and in the latter, an experi-
mental ship, he served for two years and a half in
the Mediterranean, outsailing and beating during
that period every vessel that competed with him.
He accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
In 1806 Rear-Admiral M'Kerlie (who is a Magis-
trate for Wigtonshire, and is in the receipt of a
pension of 300/. for the loss of his arm) was in-
structed by the Admiralty to assist Mr. T. Telford,
a Civil Engineer, in making a survey of the line of
communication between the north of England and
the north of Ireland, and also in surveying the
harbours on each side of the Channel. He married
Harriet, second daughter of Patrick Stewart, Esq.,
of Cairnsmore and Burness, by whom he has issue
one daughter. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
M'KILLOP. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 34.)
John M'Killoi-, born in March, 1788, at Glen-
arm, CO. Antrim, is son of the late David M'Killop,
Esq., 50 years a Lieutenant in the R.N., and bro-
ther of the late Kich. M'Killop, who held the same
rank for a period of 18 years.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Loikb 46, Capt. Fred.
Lewis Maitland, with whom he continued almost
uninterruptedly to serve, in the same ship, and in
the VoLOSTAiRE 38 and Emerald 36, until Sept.
1810. He was under the fire, during that period,
• rWe Gaj. 1813,p. 2302.
of the batteries in Muros Bay, when they were gal-
lantly stormed and carried,,and the privateers Con-
fiance and Belter taken, by the boats under the late
Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, 4 June, 1805 ; assisted, on 25 of
the same month, in capturing Le Vaillant of 30
guns ; was in company, 24 Dec. following, with
L'Egyptienne frigate, at the capture, after an ob-
stinate resistance, of La Libre of 40 guns ; convej-eil,
in July, 1806, to Sir Kich. Keats, ofi' L'Orient, in-
telligence which led to the capture of Le Rhin of 44
guns ; contributed further, in the course of 1807, to
the capture of many other vessels and the blockade
of Rochefort ; witnessed, on the night of 13 March,
1808, the destruction, in Vivero harbour, in face of
a desperate opposition, of a large French schooner,
L^ Apropos^ of 8 guns ^nd 70 men ; and was present,
as Midshipman, in April, 1809, at the destruction
of the French shipping in Basque Roads. Becoming
Master's Mate, in Sept. 1810, of the Astr;ea of 42
guns and 271 men, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg,
Sir. M'Killop proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope ;
and on 20 May, 1811, when in company, off Mada-
gascar, with the Ph(ebe and Galatea frigates,
similar in force to the Astr^a, and 18-gun brig
Racehorse, he assisted — after a long and warmly-
contested action with the French 40-gun frigates
Rejumtriwe^ Clorinde, and JVereide, and a loss to the
Astrjea of 2 killed and 16 wounded — at the capture
of the McTtmnme'e, and, on 25 of the same month, of
the Nereide and the settlement of Tamatave. As
a reward for his conduct on the occasion he was
nominated, 30 June following, .Vcting-Heutenant of
the AsTH.a;A. He was confirmed to her 8 May, 1812,
but went on half-pay on her return, under Capt.
John Eveleigh, to England in Sept. 1813, and has
not been since afloat.
He married Anne, eldest daughter of the late
Thos.^Dickey, Esq., of Ballymena, co. Antiim, by
whom he has issue five childjen.
MACKINNON. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Lahchlan Bellingham MacKinnon, bom 21
April, 1815, is second son of Wm. Alex. Mackinnon,
Esq., a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for cos.
Middlesex, Hants, and Essex, JI.P. for Lyming-
ton, and Chief of the Clan Mackinnon in the West-
em Highlands of Scotland, by Emma, daughter and
sole heiress of Joseph Palmer, Esq., of Rush House,
CO. Dublin, and Palmerstown, co. Mayo. He is ne-
phew of Col. Dan. Blackinnon, of the Coldstream
Guards, and grand-nephew of Major-General Henry
Mackinnon, of the same corps, who fell at Ciudad
Kodrigo 19 Feb. 1812, and to whom a tablet has
been erected by the country in St. Paul's Cathedral.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Oct., 1829, on
board the Prince Regent 120, lying at Chatham,
and was afterwards employed, as Midshipman and
Mate, in the Columbine 18, Belvidera 42, Arrow
6, and Vanguard 80, on the West India, North and
South American, and Mediterranean stations. When
in the Belvidera in the West Indies, under Capt.
Chas. Borough Strong, he was lent in 1834 for a
period of 12 months to H.M. steam-vessel Flamer,
and was the only person on board during that time
who was not attacked by the yellow fever. In Nov.
1835, having made himself thoroughly acquainted
with the theory of the steam-engine, he volunteered
and took charge, in the capacity of engineer, of the
Meteor steamer, which he conducted from the
island of St. Thomas to English Harbour, Antigua,
and thence to Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes— again es-
caping the ravages of the yellow fever, although
most fatal in its effects to the officers and crew.
Having passed his examination in Feb. 1836, he was
promoted, 10 Feb. 1842, to the rank of Lieutenant.
His appointments have since been— 17 March, 1842,
for a few months, to the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship
of Sir Edvv. Codrington at Portsmouth— 22 Aug.
1844, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Formidable
84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen in
the JMcditerranean— 17 Dec. 1844, to the Superb 80,
Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, fitting at Devonport —
12 Nov. 1845, to the Alecto steam-sloop, Capt.
M'KINLEY.
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Fras. Wm. Austen, stationed on ttie south-east coast
of America— and, 1 Feb. 1847, to the Mastiff sur-
veying-vessel, Capt. Alex. Bridport Becher, now
employed in surveying the Orkneys. In June, 1846,
during an action which took place between the
combined squadrons of England and France and
the formidable batteries erected hy General Kosas
on the heights of San Lorenzo, in the river Parana,
Lieut. Macldnnon obtained tlie particular mention
of Commodore Sir Chas. Hotham for the slcill he
exemplified in the command of a rocket-party,
which had been obliged to remain two days and
nights concealed under the enemy's nose.*
He married, 9 Aug. 1842, Augusta, daughter of
the late John Entwisle, Esq., of Foxholes, M.P. for
Rochdale, by whom he has issue.
M'KINLEY. (Vicf.-Admiral of the White,
1841. F-P., 38; H-P., 36.)
Geokge M'Kinley, born at Devonport, is the
son of a Lieutenant in the R.N. One of his brothers,
Samuel, commanded the Comet galley, and died on
the American station ; and another, John, who
served as a Lieutenant under the late Sir Chas.
Morice Pole at the capture of the Santa Cataiina
Spanish frigate, died off St. Domingo in 1782.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1773, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Albion 74, Capts.
Hon. Jas. Barrington and Hon. John Leveson.
Gower, to which ship, lying at Portsmouth, he con-
tinued attached until 1777, In Jan. 1778 he rejoined
the former officer, then a Rear-Admiral, on board
the Pkince of Wales 98, and sailed for the West
Indies, where, on being discharged at the close of
the same year into the Ceres sloop, Capt. Jas.
Rich. Dacres, he was captured, while holding the
rating of Midshipman, by the French frigate Iphi-
genie. Regaining his liberty in the early part of
1779, he served during the next three years, still on
the West India station, in the Surprize, Alcmj£;ne
frigate (which vessel he had assisted in taking from
the French), and Belliqueux 64, all commanded
by Capt. Jas. Brine (whom he fought under in the
latter ship in the actions of 29 April and 5 Sept.
1781, off Martinique and the Chesapeake), and also
in the Barfleuk 98, bearing the flag of Sir Sam.
Hood. On 14 Jan. 1782 Mr. M'Kinley was made
liieutenant into the Stormont sloop, but that vessel
being captured before lie could join her he went
bade to the Barfleur, and was in consequence
present in the actions of 9 and 12 April, and at the
capture, on 19 of the same month, of the enemy's
ships Jason, Caton, Almable, and Ceres, in the Mona
passage. On the date last mentioned he removed
to the CHAMinoN 24, Capt. Alex. Hood, with whom,
in July, 1783, he returned home from America in
L'AiMABLE frigate. We next, between April, 1784,
and Aug. 1791, find him serving on the Newfound-
land and Home stations in the Thorn sloop, Capt.
AVm. Leclnnere, Eugar 74. Capt. Adam Duncan,
Trimmer 16, Capt. Chas. Tyler, and Illustrious 74
and Formidable 98, bearing each the flag of Hon.
J. L. Gowcr. When in the Trimmer in 1787, Mr.
M'Kinley was sent in pursuit of a smuggler in the
jolly-boat, and during an absence of 30 hours with-
out food was caught in a heavy gale and all but lost.
His first appointment, on leaving the Formidable,
was, 1 Deo. 1792, to the Alcide 74, Captain (after-
wards Commodore and Rear-Admiral) Robt. Lin-
zee; previously to accompanying whom, in 1794,
into the Windsor Castle 98, he participated (the
second time on board the Fortitude 74, Capt. Wm.
Young) in two unsuccessful attacks upon the tower
of MortcIIa in the island of Corsica. Assuming
command, in March, 1795, after four montlis of
half-pay, of the Liberty cutter, he cruized for up-
wards of three years in that vessel on the Channel
station, and on 17 March, 1796, gained the particular
notice of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith by the gallant and
judicious manner in which, having entered the
harbour of Herqui in company with the Diamond
frigate and Aristocrat lugger, he went into action
* rideGaz. 1816, p. 3;;55.
with the corvette Etourdie, of 16 guns, preparatory
to her destruction.'* On 16 May, 1798, Mr. M'Kin-
ley was promoted to the command of the Otter
fire-ship. In the following year, being ordered to
accompany the expedition to Holland, he witnessed
the surrender of Rear-Admiral Storey's squadron
in the Texel, and was placed in charge, with a de-
tachment of marines, of the town of Enkuysen,
where he remained until the evacuation of the
Helder and the removal of the British naval force
from the Zuyder Zee. On 2 April, 1801, immedi-
ately after the battle of Copenhagen, on which oc-
casion the Otter had formed part of the light
squadron attached to Lord Nelson's division, Capt.
M'Kinley was nominated to the temporary command
of the Bellona 74, whose Captain, Sir 'I'hos. Boul-
den Thompson, had lost a leg in the action. As
soon as he had refitted that ship he was superseded
and sent in charge of the Ardent 64 to England,
whence, on 20 of the ensuing Oct., the very day he
was confirmed in P.ost-rank, he sailed for the West
Indies in the Pelican sloop with despatches rela-
tive to the treaty of Amiens. He removed, imme-
diately on his arrival, to the Abergavenny 54, and
was subsequently appointed — 23 July, 1802, to the
Ganges 74, in which ship he returned home via
HaHfax— 11 July, 1803, to the Roebock 44, em-
ployed at first as a guard-ship at Leith (where the
explosion of a powder-horn, while on duty, deprived
him of sight for several weeks), and then as flag-
ship to Rear-Admiral Billy Douglas in Yarmouth
Roads— 23 Jan. 1806, to the Quebec 32, stationed
off the coast of Holland — 20 May following, to the
Lively 38—19 April, 1811, to the San Josef UO,
bearing the flag in the Mediterranean and Channel
of Sir Chas. Cotton, with whom he continued until
his death in Feb. 1812—5 May in the latter year, to
the Bellona 74, in which ship he cruized off the
Scheldt, made a voyage to St. Helena, and served
with the Channel fleet— and (after an interval of
nine months), 21 Nov. 1814, and 26 Aug. 1815, to
the Namub and Bulwark 74's, as Flag-Captain to
Sir Chas. Rowley in the River Medway. During
his command of the Lively, Capt. M'Kinley was
for some time Senior officer on the Lisbon station,
where he rendered an essential service in bringing
away the British factory and all the English mer-
chant-vessels lying in the Tagus, at a time when
General Junot was rapidly approaching with a pow-
erful French army to take possession of the Portu-
guese capital. His conduct, indeed, afforded so
much satisfaction to the merchants that they united
in presenting him with a piece of plate. In Jan.
1808 the Lively conveyed Rear-Admiral Wm. Al-
bany Otway to the squadron employed in the block-
ade of Lisbon ; and then went on a cruize off the
Western Islands. After the convention of Cintra
her Captain was sent into the Tagus, with orders to
take charge of the naval arsenal, which he retained
until it was delivered over to the Portuguese au-
thorities. He subsequently cruized off Oporto,
and received the thanks of the merchants there for
his exertions in clearing the river Douro of all the
British shipping previously to the French entering
that city. In March, 1809, his assistance being soli-
cited by the inhabitants of Galicia, he repaired
tliither, and took an active part in the operations
which led to the capture of Vigo and Santiago.f
On the advance of Marshal Soult towards St. Payo,
Capt. M'Kinley was the means of saving it from
capture by effectually destroying the bridge. In
July, 1809, he convoyed a fleet from Lisbon to Eng-
land ; and on 18 Sept. in the same year he contri-
buted to the capture of L' Aurore French lugger-
privateer, of 16 guns and 69 men. After lying for
a time in the Downs as flag-ship of the late Sir Geo.
Campbell, the Lively, in April, 1810, conveyed Sir
Chas. Cotton to Cadiz. On her return she was
ordered to escort the outward-bound trade to Por-
tugal and the Mediterranean. After executing that
service she was unfortunately wi-ecked, 10 Au"-.
1810, on a reef of rocks near Point Coura, in tha
• Vide Gaz. 1796, p. 277.
t V- Gaz. 1800, pp. 404, 490, 1006.
704
M'KIRDY-MACKWORTH-M'LEAN— MACLEAN.
island of Malta ; a disaster of any share in which
Capt. M'Kinley was by court-martial fully acquitted.
On afterwards leaving the Bulwakk, he was ap-
pointed, 16 Jan. 1818, a Captain of the Koyal Hos-
pital at Greenwich ; and in April, 1821, he was
nominated Superintendent of the Royal Naval Asy-
lum on the occasion of its incorporation with the
former institution. His services in the latter capa-
city were acknowledged in 18:^8 by a special increase
of 100/. per annum to his salary. He became a
Rear-Admiral 22 Jiily, 1830 ; and attained his pre-
sent rank 23 jS'ov. 1841.
Vice-Admiral M'Kiuley married a sister of the
late Vice-Admiral Aiskew Paffard Hollis, by whom
he has issue. Agent — J. Chippendale.
M'KIKDY. (Retired Commander, 1837. f-p.,
16; H-p., 3+.;
John M'Kiedt entered the Navy, in March, 1797,
as L.il., on board the Glenmore frigate, Capt. Geo.
Dufi; employed off the coast of Ireland ; and in 1798
became Midshipman of the Htjena 24, Capts. Hon.
Courtenay Boyle and David Lloyd, stationed at
first in the Channel, and then in the Mediterranean ;
where, in 1799, he joined the Santa Tekesa 32,
Capt. Robt. Campbell. While in that ship he com-
manded a boat under Lieut. John Chiene, and had
two of his men killed, in cutting out a vessel from
under a battery on the coast of Catalonia. He
assisted likewise at the capture, 19 June, 1739, of
Rear-Admiral Perree's squadron of three frigates
and two brigs, and served at the blockade of Malta
and in the operations on the coasts of Genoa and
Egypt. When next in the West Indies in the Blen-
heim 74, flag-ship of Sir Archibald Dickson, we find
him present, as Master's Mate, in one of two boats
commanded by Lieut. Thos. Furber, and aiding, in
a most spirited manner, at the boarding and carry-
ing, after a pull of an hour and a half in the heat of
the sun, and under a fire of grape and musketry, of
ia Fortune French privateer, of 2 guns, 6 swivels,
and 29 men, 15 Sept. 1803, On 16 of the following
Nov. he participated in another gallant exploit of
the same nature, also conducted by Lieut. Furber,
namely, the cutting out from the harbour of Marin,
Martinique, with loss to both parties, of the Sarmo-
nie, a notorious privateer of 8 guns and 66 men.
He was confirmed a Lieutenant, after having acted
for nearly five months as such, in the Heubeux 24,
Capts. Loftus Otway Bland, Geo. Younghusband,
and John Morrison, 8 May, 1804. He continued
actively employed in that vessel in the West Indies
until she was lost in 1806; and was subsequently
appointed— 4 Feb. 1807, to the Malabar 74, Capt.
John Temple, stationed in the North Sea — 14 Jlay,
1803, to the Ardent 64, flag-ship at Leith of Vice-
Admiral Jas. Vashon— 20 Jan. and 16 Nov. 1809, to
the Alcmkn-e 32* and Mcros brig, Capts. Wm.
Henry Brown Tremlett and Clement Sneyd, both on
the Channel station — 27 Aug. 1810, to the Hieer-
nia 120, Capt. John Nash, lying at Portsmouth— 14
Nov. following, to the Revenge 74, flag-ship of
Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, under whom he ofiiciated
as First-Lieutenant at the defence of Cadiz— and,
23 Dec. 1811, to the Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos.
Baker. He served in the ship last mentioned in the
North Sea and Channel until 22 April, 1314 ; and on
28 Feb. 1837, not having been further employed, he
accepted his present rank. Agents — Burnett and
Holmes.
M'KIRDY. (LiEnTENANT, 1814.)
Robert M'Kirdit died about the commencement
of 1847.
This officer entered the Navy (into which he was
impressed), 16 April, 1806, on board the Enter-
prize receiving-ship at the Tower. In the follow-
ing June, after he had for a short time been attached
to the Zealand, commanded at the Nore by Capt.
Henry Lidgbird Ball, he became Midshipman of
the Theseds 74, Capts. Geo. Hope and John Poo
• The Alcm tNE was wrecked off Nantes, wliile blockailing
two 01 the enemy*3 friyales, 2y Apiil, 1809.
Beresford, in which ship and the Poictiers 74, also
under the orders of Capt. Beresford, we find him
serving on the Home station, in the capacities of
Masters Mate and Second-Master, until July, 1812.
He was in consequence present, in the Theseos, at
the destruction of the enemy's shipping in Basque
Roads in April, 1809. On leaving the Poictiers
he sailed for the East Indies in the Minden 74, flag-
ship of Sir Sam. Hood, who nominated him, 2 May,
1813, Acting-Lieutenant of the Cornwallis 74,
Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby. He went on half-pay
in Aug. 1314, having been officially promoted on 4
of the preceding Feb. ; and he was afterwards em-
ployed, for a long time, in command of the Tickler
cutter and Martial gun-brig. In the former
vessel he was engaged in superintending the herring-
fishery on the N.W. coast of Scotland.
MACKWORTH. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 15;
H-p., 29.)
Herbert Mackworth, bom 1 Oct. 1791, is se-
cond son of the late Sir Digby Mackworth, Bart.,
by his first wife, Jane, only daughter of the Eev.
Matthew Deere; and brother of the present Sir
Digby Mackworth, Bart., K.H., a Lieut.-Colonel in
the Army, who served in the Peninsula, in France,
and at Waterloo, and was lately Aide-de-Camp to
Lord Hill, Commander-in-Chief. His father's se-
cond wife was a daughter of General Sir Jas. Affleck,
Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1303, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Eobyalds 36, Capt.
Hon. Henry Blackwood, and after a servitude of
17 months, on the Channel and Irish stations, was
transferred, in Sfay, 1805, to the Pearl, Lieut-
Commander Woodger, lying at Portsmouth. Pro-
ceeding in the summer of 1806 to the Mediterra-
nean in the Royal George 100, bearing the flag of
Sir John Thos. Duckworth, he there, in Oct. of
that year, rejoined Capt. Blackwood in the Ajax
74 ; on the destruction of which ship by fij-e near
the island of Tenedos, 14 Feb. 1807, he was received
into the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj, Hallowell, under
whom he took part in the ensuing operations on the
coast of Egypt. In April, 1808, he was again placed
under the orders of Capt. Blackwood in the War-
spite 74, also attached to the force in the Mediter-
ranean. He was confirmed a Lieutenant in the
Mdtine brig, Capt. Nevinson De Courcy, on the
Brazilian station, 29 April, 1811 ; and between Aug.
1812 and Nov. 1818 was successively employed in
the Prince of Wales 98, Capt. John Erskine
Douglas, Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Sidney
Smith, Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Chas. Thurlow
Smith, EuRYDicE 24, Capt. H on. Valentine Gardner,
ScAMANDER 36, Capts. Sir John Louis, Chas. Sib-
thorpe John Hawtayne, and Wm. Elliott, Brazen
18, Capt. Jas. Stirling, and Severn, Coast Blockade-
ship, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch— on the Jlediterranean,
Cork, West India, and Home stations. He has since
been on half-pay.
Lieut. Mackworth was lately High Sheriff for
Trinidad. He married Miss Jesse Anderson, and
by that lady has issue two sons and four daughters.
Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
M'LEAN. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Charles Clayton M'Lean entered the Navy
24 March, 1810 ; passed his examination in 1818 ;
obtained his commission 6 Dec. 1826 ; and since 2
Aug. 1833 has been employed in the Coast Guard
service.
MACLEAN. (Commander, 1823. f-p., 18;
H-p., 31.)
Rawdon Maclean entered thoNavy,24 Oct. 1798,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Terpsichore 32, Capt.
Wm. HaU Gage, employed in the Mediten-anean
and then in the Channel, where, from Oct. 1800
until April, 1802, he served as Midshipman in the
Atlas 98, Capt. Theophilus Jones. In Oct. 1803
he re-embarked on board the Leopard 50, Capt.
Jas. Nicoll Morris; on accompanying whom into
MACLEAN— M'LEOD— MACLEOD.
705
the Colossus 74, he received, in the battle of Tra-
falgar, a wound so severe that he still feels its
effects.* A gratuity from the Patriotic Fund was
his consequent reward. He removed, in Dec. 1805,
to the Camilla 20, Capt. John Tower, but had not
been many months in that vessel before he was pro-
moted, 7 July, 1806, to the rank of Lieutenant, and
re-appointed to the Colossus, commanded at first
by Capt. Morris, and subsequently by Capt. Thos.
Alexander. In Nov. 1808 we find him serving on
shore under the present Earl of Dundonald, at the
celebrated defence of the fortress of Bosas, on the
north-eastern extremity of Spain. He commanded
a gun-boat also during the siege of Cadiz by the
French; and on 1 Dec. 1811 he assisted at the cap-
ture and destruction of part of an enemy's convoy,
protected by several armed vessels, near Rochelle.
His health at length obliging him to leave the Co-
lossus in Sept. 1813, after he had been altogether
for nearly nine years attached to her, he was next
appointed — 31 Jan. and 31 Oct. 1814, to the Roval
Sovereign 100, Capts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild,
Chaa. Thurlow Smith, and Roht. Lambert, and
Stokk sloop, Capt. Roht. Lisle Coulson, in which
vessels he served in the Mediterranean and North
Sea until 18 Sept. 1815— and, 26 Nov. 1822, as Se-
nior, to the Gloucester 74, bearing the broad
Eendant of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the West
idles. He was there promoted to the command, 1
July, 1823, of the Bustard 10. He removed, in
the following Oct., to the Carnation 18, and after
cruizing with activity in the suppression of piracy,
returned home and was paid off in July, 1825. He
has not been since employed.
From 1 Oct. 1841 until 1 Deo. 1843, Commander
Maclean was Superintendent of the Royal Mail
Steam Packet Company in the "West Indies. He
married in Sept. 1829, and has issue one son and a
daughter. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
M'LEOD. (Retired Commander, 1824. r-p.,
24; H-p., 46.)
Alexander M'Leod (o) entered the Navy, 11
Nov. 1777, as Captain's Servant, on board the Va-
liant 74, Capts. Hon. John Leveson Gower and
Sam. Cranston Goodall. attached to the Channel
fleet. Between Sept. 1779 and May, 1783, he served
under various officers, chiefly in the capacity of Mid-
shipman, in the Ajax, Vengeance, Diligente, and
Argo, on the "West India and Home stations ; where,
and in the Mediterranean, he was further, until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Nov. 1790, em-
ployed on board the Solitaire, Capt. Robt. Mon-
tagu, Edgar 74, Capt. Adam Duncan, Kingfisher
sloop, Capt. Geo. Lumsdaine, Magnificent 74,
Capt. Rich. Onslow, and Princess Royal 98, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral "Wm. Hotham. During the
French revolutionary war we find him in succes-
sion appointed to the Beaulieu, Capts. Hon. "Wm.
Carnegie and John Salisbury, Rose, Capt. Roht.
Faulknor, Ulysses, Capt. Rich. Morris, Hectoh,
Capt. Cuthbert Collingwood, Sampson, Capt. Thos.
Lewis, "Weymouth armed transport. Diadem, Capt.
John Dawson, Cynthia, Capt. Micajah Malbon,
and Cakysfort, Capts. Adam Drummond and Geo.
Mundy. The Cynthia formed part of the expedi-
tions to Holland and Vigo in 1799 and 1800 ; the
other ships appear to have been chiefly employed
in the "West Indies ; where, at the commencement
of 1794, Mr. M'Leod, we believe, assisted at the re-
daction of the French islands. After having had
command for upwards of three years of the Sultan
and Suffolk, on the Home station, and been de-
prived of part of his right hand, he was admitted
an out-pensioner of Greenwich Hospital 22 Sept.
1806. He accepted the rank he now holds 4 Oct.
1824. Agent — J. Hinxman.
MACLEAN. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 16; h-p., 8.)
"William Maclean is ninth son of Colonel Alex.
Maclean, of Ardgour, by the Lady Margaret Hope,
daughter of John, second Earl of Hopetoun, and
granddaughter of Alexander, fifth Earl of Leven
and Melville. One of his brothers, Archibald, a
Captain in the R.N. (1822), died in 1832.
This officer entered the Navy, early in 1823, as a
Volunteer, on board the Briton 46, Capt. Sir Murray
Maxwell, and sailed for South America, where, at
home, and in India, he continued to serve as Mid-
shipman in the same frigate, and in the Prince
Regent 120, Capt. Constantine Rich. Moorsom,
Thetis 46, Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham, Ranger
28, Capt. Lord Henry Fred. Thynne, and Prince
Regent again and Southampton 52, flag-ships of
Sir Henry Blackwood and Sir Edw. "W. C. R. Owen,
until promoted, 10 Feb. 1830, to a Lieutenancy in
the Success 28, Capt. "Wm. Clarke Jervoiae, also on
the East India station, whence he came home in
Oct. 1831 in the Calcutta 84, Capt. Peter Fisher.
His succeeding appointments were — 7 Nov. 1833, to
the Blonde 46, Capt. Fras. Mason, fltting for South
America — 5 April, 1836 (soon after his return to
England), to the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir
Philip Chas. Durham at Portsmouth, where he re-
mained a period of three years— and, 27 Aug. 1841,
to the Howe 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Fras.
Mason in the Mediterranean. He attained the rank
of Commander 23 Nov. following; served in that
capacity, from 28 Sept. 1843 until Feb. 1845, on
board the Apollo troop-ship ; obtained command,
22 Dec. iti the latter year, of the Cruizer 16, on the
East India station ; and acquired his present rank
9 Nov. 1846. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Maclean married, 30 Aug. 1838, Elizabeth,
only daughter Of the late T. Melet Charter, Esq.,
of Lynchfield House, co. Somerset, and grand-
daughter of the late Mrs. Freke Gunston, of Frethey
Cottage, near Taunton, by whom he has issue.
Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
M'LEOD. (LiEOT., 1823. F-P., 15; h-p., 23.)
Alexander M'Leod (c) died 8 March, 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 July, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Snake sloop, Capts. Thos.
Young and "Wm. Hellard, on the Leith station ; and
in Oct. 1811, while holding the rating of Master's
Mate, was driven in a prize into Norway during a
gale of wind, and there taken prisoner. On being
restored to liberty in 1812, he again (after he had
been for a short time borne as a Supernumerary on
the hooka of the Dictator 64 and Adamant 50,
Capts. "Wm. Autridge and Matthew Buckle) joined
the Snake ; in which vessel he continued to serve,
under the orders of Capts. H ellard and Joseph Gape,
on the "West India, Cork, and Channel stations, until
Oct. 1815. He subsequently became attached — 15
Dec. 1815, to the Phaeton 46, Capt. Fras. Stanfell,
on the St. Helena station — 20 March, 1818, as Admi-
ralty-Midshipman, to the Vengeur 74, commanded
in the Channel by Capt. Thos. Alexander — and 3 Oct.
following, and 26 Sept. 1822, in the same capacity and
as Admiralty-Mate, to the Severn and Ramillies,
Coast Blockade ships, each under the orders of
Capt. "Wm. M'CuUoch. He obtained his commis-
sion 19 July, 1823 ; and (with the exception of a
few weeks again passed, in 1824, in the Ramillies)
remained thenceforward on half-pay.
Lieut. M'Leod married, 19 Jan. 1841, Sarah Eliza-
beth, second daughter of B. Alder, Esq., of Brixton.
* Vide Gn-i. 1805, p. 1484.
MACLEOD. (LlECTENANT, 1841.)
Robert Bruce .35neas MacLeod is eldest son of
Roderick Macleod, Esq., Lord Lieutenant of co.
Cromarty, Deputy-Lieutenant of Rosshire, and late
M.P. for CO. Sutherland, by Isabella, daughter of
Wm. Cunninghame, Esq., of Lainshaw, in Ayr-
shire; and grandson of the present Robt. Bruce
^neas Macleod, Esq., of CadboU, co. Cromarty,
and of Invergorden Castle, in Rosshire.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Feb. 1831 ; passed
his examination 19 Aug. 1837 ; and at the period of
his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 26 Aug.
1841, was serving in the Mediterranean as Mate of
the Thunderer 84, Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitzhar-
dinge Berkeley. His appointments have since been
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706 M'LEOD-M'MILLAN-M'MURDO— M'NAGHTEN-MACNAMARA.
—26 Feb. 1842, to the VANGCAno 80, Capt. Sir
David Dunn, on the Lisbon station, whence he re-
turned home and was paid off in the summer of
1843—10 Jan. 1S44, to the Resistance troop-ship,
Capt. Chas. Geo. Edw. Patey-and 3 Jan. 1846,
after a few months of half-pay, to the Calypso 20,
Capt. Henry John Worth, now in the Pacific.
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
M'LEOD. rLiEUT., 1811. F-p., 13; h-p., 32.)
William M'Leod entered the Navy, 18 June,
1802, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Blenheim 74,
Capts. Peter Turner Bover, Henry Matson, and
Thos. Graves, on the Leeward Island station, where
he removed, in March, 1804, to the Ulysses 44, Capt.
Edwin Henry Chamberlayne. In Aug. 1806, after
he had been for ten months attached to the Eoyal
William, bearing the flag of Admiral Montagu at
Spithead, he became Midshipman of the Pigmy 14,
Lieut.-Commander Geo. Montagu Higginson, under
whom it was his fate to be wrecked, off the lie
d'Oleron, and taken prisoner, 2 March, 1807. Be-
ing restored to liberty in Dec. 1809, he next, during
several months of 1810, served in the West Indies
on board the Neptune and Statira, flag-ships of
Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. He was there, in April,
1811, nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Pbklen
38, Capts. Norbome Thompson, Joseph Swabey Tet-
ley, and John Allen ; in which vessel, on proceeding
to the Mediterranean, he took part, under Capt.
Tetley, in a very gallant skirmish, which terminated
in her repulse, 22 Nov. 1811, of a French ship-of-the-
line and two frigates belonging to the Toulon fleet.
Mr. M'Leod, whose official promotion had taken
place on 10 of the preceding Sept., was next, 26
Aug. 1812, appointed to the Snap 16, Capts. Geo.
Rose Sartorius, Wm. Bateman Dashwood, and Geo.
King. While with Capt. Dashwood he assisted in
capturing, 1 Nov. 1813, ie jCiora privateer of 16 guns
and 69 men, after a close action of 10 minutes, fought
off the coast of France. In Jan. 1815 lie rejoined
Capt. Sartorius on board the Slaney 20. He cruized
in that vessel until the following Sept., and has since
been on half-pay. Agent — J. Uinxman.
M'MILLAN. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 36.)
Allan M'Millan entered the Navy, 25 Sept.
1791, as a Boy, on board the Bedford 74, Capt. Sir
Andw. Snape Hamond, in which ship, with the ex-
ception of an interval between Nov. 1795 and Jan.
1797, he continued to serve, under Capts. Robt.
Mann, Davidge Gould, Augustus Montgomery, and
Sir Thos. Byard, on the Home and Mediterranean
stations, until May, 1798 — latterly in the capacity of
Midshipman. He was in consecLuence present in
1795 in Hotham's partial actions, and in company
with the Censeur 74, when that ship was taken by
a French squadron under M. Richery. On finally
leaving the Bedford, he joined the Foddroyant
80, bearing the successive flags of Lords Nelson and
Keith, and commanded, among other Captains, by
Sir Edw. Berry, under whom, while at the blockade
of Malta, he assisted at the capture, 18 Feb. 1800,
of Xe Genereux 74 and Viile de Marseilles armed
store-ship, and, 31 March following, after a despe-
rate conflict in which the Foudhoyant (in company
at the time with the Lion 64 and Penelope 36)
sustained a loss of 8 men killed and 64 wounded, of
Le Guillaume Tell, of 84 guns and 1000 men, bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Decres. Continuing
in the same ship until the peace of Amiens, Mr.
M'Millan was afforded an opportunity of sharing in
the operations in Egypt in 1801. Between Feb.
1803 and the date of his official promotion, 31 Oct.
1810, he served, occasionally as Acting-Lieutenant,
in 13 different ships, under various distinguished
oflScers, on the Home and Baltic stations — com-
manding during that period the Convulsion mor-
tar-vessel, off Boulogne, for nearly 12 months in
1805-6, and accompanying, in the Skylark sloop,
Capt. Jas. Boxer, the expedition to the Walcheren
in 1809. His last appointments were— 12 Jan. 1811,
for nine months, to the Scylla 16, Capt. Arthur
Atchison, attached to the force in the Channel—
and, 20 April, 1812, to the Calliope 10, Capt. John
M'Kerlie. In that vessel, which he left in Jan.
1814, Lieut. M'Millan was actively employed off
Flushing, Heligoland, and the German rivers.
M'MUKDO. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 17;
H-p., 6.)
Archibald M'Mukdo, bom 24 Sept. 1812, is son
of Lieut.-Colonel M'Murdo, who lost his eyesight,
and in the end his life, from the effects of a wound
received in action in the West Indies.
This offtcer entered the Navy, 6 Oct. 1824, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pylades 18, Capts. Fras.
Fead, Geo. Vernon Jackson, and John Leith, sta^
tioned in the West Indies, where he removed, in
Sept. 1825, to the Bellette 18, Capt. Chas. Croker.
After serving for nearly two years at home, as Mid-
shipman of the Superb and Melville 74's, both
commanded by Capt. Henry Hill, and Britomaet
10, Capt. Russell Henry Manners, he proceeded in
1828 to the Mediterranean in the Blonde 46, Capt.
Edm. Lyons, under whom, in Oct. of that year, he
co-operated in the reduction of Morea Castle, the
last hold of the Turks in the Peloponnesus. He
had been previously employed at the blockade of
Navarin. ' The Blonde being put out of commis-
sion in June, 1831, Mr. M'Murdo (who had passed
his examination in the preceding Nov.) was ap-
pointed Mate, a few months afterwards, of the Al-
ligator 28, Capt. Geo. Robt. Lambert, and ordered
to the East Indies, whence he returned home and
was paid off in Aug. 1835. For the services he had
during that period performed in recovering the
crew of a wrecked whaler from the natives of New
Zealand, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
15 Feb.^1836. His succeeding appointments were —
23 May, 1836, to the Terror bomb, Capt. Geo. Back,
whom he accompanied on a disastrous voyage of
discovery to the northward of Charles Island, in
Hudson's Bay, returning to England in the autumn
of 1837—2 Feb. 1838, to the Volage 28, Capt. Henry
Smith, from which vessel, on her arrival in the East
Indies, his health obliged him to invalid, 27 Oct. in
the same year — and, 23 Aug. 1839, again, as First-
Lieutenant, to the Terror, Capt. Fras. Rawdon
Moira Crozier, fitting for an explorative mission to
the Antarctic regions, where he remained until ill-
ness compelled him to return in Aug. 1842. He
was advanced, in consequence, to his present rank,
4 Oct. 1843 ; and since 11 June, 1846, has been in
command of the Contest 12, on the coast of Africa.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
M'NAGHTEN. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Alexander M'Naghten passed his examination
6 Sept. 1837 ; and served as Mate, on the East India,
Mediterranean, and Home stations, in the Blen-
heim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse,
Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Chas. Sullivan and Geo.
Fred, Rich (flag-ship for some time of Sir Edw. W.
C. R. Owen), Waterwitch 10, Capt. Thos. Fras.
Birch, and Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry.
He obtained his commission 1 Sept. 1845 ; and since
8 of the following Oct. has been serving in North
America and the West Indies in the Axarm 26,
Capts. Chas. ColviUe Frankland and Granville
Gower Loch.
MACNAMARA, Kt. (Captain, 1833. f-p., 18;
H-P., 21.)
Sir Burton Macnamara, born in 1794, is sixth
son of the late Fras. Macnamara, Esq., of Doolen,
CO. Clare, by Jane, daughter of Geo. Stamer, Esq.,
of Camelly, in the same county ; and brother of the
present Wm. Nugent Macnamara, Esq., of Doolen,
a Major of Militia, and M.P., since 1830, for co.
Clare. He is a descendant of the ancient Admirals
of Munster, whose office is said to have originated
the name " Mac-na-mara," or " Son of the Sea."
This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Edgar 74, Capt. Jas.
Macnamara ; previously to accompajiying whom, as
MACNAMARA— M'NEALE-MACNEVIN-MACONOCHIE.
707'
TWidshipman, in March, 1810, into the Bekwtck 74,
he witnessed the embarkation from Nyeborg of the
Marquis de la Komana and his patriot army, and
the capture, which attended it, of the Danish vessels
Fama of 18, and Sahrman of 12 guns. After assist-
ing, in the Bekwick, in causing the self-destruction,
near Barfleur, 25 March, 1811, of the French 40-gun
frigate L'Amazone, Mr. Macnamara successively
joined, in the course of that and the following year,
the San Fioeenzo armee-en-flute, Capt. Hon. Edm.
Sexton Pery Knox, San Domingo 74, bearing the
flag of Sir Rich. Strachan, and Statiea 38, Capt.
Hassard Stackpoole. While attached to the last-
mentioned ship we find him frequently employed in
her boats on the coast of North America, particu-
larly on one occasion, 3 April, 1813, when he served
with those of a squadron, containing 105 men, under
the orders of Lieut. Jas. Polkinghorne, at the dash-
ing capture, 15 miles up the Rappahannock river, of
four schooners, carrying in the whole 31 guns and
219 men — an exploit whose achievement proved in-
flictive of a loss to the British of 2 killed and 11
wounded, and to the enemy of 6 killed and 10
wounded. In May, 1813, Mr. Macnamara com-
manded a boat, under Rear-Admiral Cockburn, in
an attack upon the town of Havre-de-Grace, at the
entrance of the Susquehanna river, and assisted in
destroying a valuable cannon-foundry in its imme-
diate vicinity. He was similarly employed in an
expedition against Frenchtown. In Aug. 1814, hav-
ing returned to England and passed his examination,
he volunteered his services on the Canadian lakes.
Proceeding thither accordingly, he continued on
that station Until Deo. 1815 — the last nine months
as Acting-Lieutenant of the Piunce Regent, Capt.
Henry Thos. Davies, and Niagara, Capt. Edw.
Collier. He then took up a commission bearing
date 1 of the previous July; but he did not again
go afloat until July, 1820, on 25 of which month he
received an appointment to the Cambrian 48, Capt.
Gawen "Wm. Hamilton, 'fitting for the Mediterra-
nean, where he was advanced, 19 July, 1822, to the
command of the Chanticleer 10. During his con-
tinuance in that sloop, a period of two years, Capt.
Macnamara was actively employed, owing to the re-
volution in Greece, in protecting the British and
Ionian trade in the Archipelago against the vio-
lence of the contending parties. His exertions pro-
cured him the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief,
Sir Graham Moore. His last appointment was, 1
June, 1825, to the Coast Guard, in which service he
remained, stationed we believe in co. Clare, until
the summer of 1832. In 1830, at a period of great
disturbance, he appears to have been very active in
the restoration of tranquillity. His Post-commis-
sion bears date 16 Nov. 1833.
Sir Burton Macnamara (who was knighted in
1839 by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, the Mar-
quess of Normanby) is a Magistrate for Clare, and
in 1841 was a candidate for the representation of
the borough of Ennis in Parliament. He married,
1 March, 1832, Jane, daughter of Daniel Gabbett,
Esq., of Strand, Limerick. Agents — Messrs. Hal-
ford and Co.
MACNAMARA. (Lieut., 1821. p-p.,21 ;h-p.,17.)
Timothy Macnamara entered the Navy, 26
April, 1809, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Edgar
74, Capt. Jas. Macnamara, stationed in the Baltic,
where he saw much boat-service. Removing, as
Midshipman, in March, 1810, to the Berwick 74,
commanded by the same officer, he took part, 25
March, 1811, in the operations which led to the self-
destruction, near Barfleur, of the French 40-gun
frigate L'Amazane. In the following Oct. he joined
the Tigre 74, Capt. John Halliday, under whom, it
appears, he served on the West India, St. Helena,
and Home stations, until Aug. 1815, and coalesced
at one time with the troops in an attack upon
Bergen-op-Zoom. During the first three years of
the peace Mr. Macnamara was employed on the
Ii'ish station in the Fit sloop, Capt. John Baldwin,
and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell.
He then, in Nov. 1818, joined the Coast Blockade,
as Midshipman of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm.
M'CuUoch, and while in that service, in which he
continued until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
29 Jan. 1821, he received, in 1819, a severe contu-
sion in an encounter with a band of smugglers. He
has had charge, since 1 March, 1838, of a station
in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Macnamara has received a gold medal from
the Royal National Shipwreck Institution. He was
left a widower 18 Aug. 1838. Agents— HaUett and
Robinson.
M'NEALE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Malcolm M'Neale entered the Navy 1 April,
1814 ; passed his examination in 1821 ; and in the
following year, while Mate of the Cyrene 20, Capt.
Percy Grace, assisted in the boats of that vessel in
an attack on a slave-factory on the coast of Africa.
He obtained his commission 4 Oct. 1825, and was
subsequently appointed— 5 Oct. 1832, as Additional-
Lieutenant, to the Isis 50, Capt. Jas. Polkinghorne,
at the Cape of Good Hope— 27 June, 1833, to the
Curlew 10, Capt. Henry Dundas Trotter, on the
same station — and, after he had been a few months
on half-pay, 22 Dec. 1834 and 1 Sept. 1835, to the
Victory 104, and BnrrANNiA 120, flag-ships of Sir
Thos. Williams at Portsmouth, where he remained
until 1836. Agent— John P. Muspratt.
MACNEVIN. (Lieutenant, 1810.)
John Macnevin entered the Navy, 10 Aug. 1797,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Shannon 32, Capt.
Alex. Eraser, on the coast of Ireland. He served,
between 1799 and Aug. 1808, on the Mediterraneai i
and Home stations, chiefly in the capacity of Mid-
shipman, in the Diana frigate, Capts. John Poi>
Beresford and Thos. Jas. Maling, and Heecule,
Superb,* Royal George, and Belleisle, flag-ships
of Admirals Dacres, Sir John Thos. Duckworth i,
and Sir Alex. Cochrane ; and on 31 Aug. 1810, after
having intermediately acted as Lieutenant of th e
Wolverene and Supebiedre sloops, he was con.-
firraed in that rank. His next appointments were
—24 Oct. 1810, to the Defiance 74, Capt. Rich.
Raggett, ofi'the Texel— 9 Dec. 1811, to the Spider:
brig, Capt. Frank Gore WiUock, in the West Indies
— 3 Nov. 1813, to the command of the Ballabou;
schooner, on the same station — and, 22 April, 1814,
to the Charybdis 16, Capt. Jas. Clephan, under
whom he accompanied the expedition against New
Orleans. He was paid off' from the last-mentioned
vessel in Aug. 1815 ; and, since 27 Nov. 1822, has
been in command of a station in the Coast Guard.
He married, in Jan. 1836, Eliza, second daughter
of John M'Maion Blackball, of Kilcard, co. Clare,
Ireland. Agent — J. Hinxman.
MACONOCHIE, K.H. (Commandeh, 1815.
F-p., 12; H-p., 32.)
Alexander Maconochie entered the Navy, in
Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the North-
umberland 74, Captain (afterwards Rear- Admiral)
Hon. Alex. Cochrane, under whom he was for some
time employed off" Ferrol, and then proceeded to
the West Indies in pursuit of a French squadron
escaped from Rochefort. In Sept. 1805 he removed
as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in March,
1804) to the Seine 36, Capt. David Atkins, also on
the West India station, where, in Sept." 1806, he
again joined Sir A. Cochrane in the Belleisle 74.
During the next two years we find him chiefly serv-
ing on board the Dispatch, tender to the ship last
mentioned. He then became attached to the
Ardent 64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral
Jas. Vashon in Leith Roads; -but, being a third
time, in March, 1809, placed under the orders of Sir
A. Cochrane, in the Pomp^e 74, was by that Ad-
miral nominated Lieutenant, 15 Sept. following, of
the Ethalion frigate, Capt. Thos. John Cochrane,
stationed at first among the Leeward Islands and
then off Cadiz — an act which the Admiralty con-
firmed. In Nov. 1810 Mr. Maconochie obtained an
* Part of the force emploved in the action off St. Dominsro
6 Feb. 1800.
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M'QUHAE— MADDEN-MADGE— MAGAN.
appointment to the (Jeasshopper 18, Capt. Henry
Fanshawe, in which vessel he continued until, in
order to avoid being lost, as was her consort the
Heko 74, she surrendered to the Dutch fleet in the
Texel24 Dec. 1811. The peace of 1814 restoring
him to liberty, he once more, in the course of the
same year, joined, on board the Tonnant 80, his
friend and patron Sir A. Cochrane, who, in Jan.
1815, invested him with the command of the Cai.-
LTOPE 10. He was officially promoted to the rank
he now holds 8 Sept. in the same year, and has
since been on half-pay.
Commander Maoonochie was nominated a K.H.
4 May, 1836. He was formerly Secretary to the
London Geographical Society, and is now Secretary
to the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land.*
He is married, and has issue.
M'QUHAE. CCaptaik, 1835. f-p., 18; h-p., 26.)
Peter M'Qohae entered the Navy, 22 Sept.
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74,
Capt. Frank Sotheron. In that ship, in which he
soon attained the rating of Midshipman, he served
for nearly three years in the Mediterranean, where
he took part in the defence of the Bay of Naples.
He was next, from Aug. 1806 until Nov. 1808, em-
ployed, chiefly on the Home statidn; in the Ph(eee
36, Capt. Jas. Oswald ; after which, becoming Mas-
ter's Mate of the Lavinia 40, Capt. Lord Wm.
! 5tuart, he assisted, previously to the fall of Flush-
i ng, in forcing a passage between the batteries of
t hat place and Cadsand. In Jan. 1810, having
fl .ttained the rank of Lieutenant 7 Oct. 1809, and
1 (een for a short time attached to the Apelles
s loop, Capt. Thos. Oliver, he joined the Ptramds
i rigate, Capts. Chas. Dashwood and Jas. Whitley
1 Jeans Dundas, under whom he served with activity
i a the Baltic and Mediterranean, among the West-
e m Islands, and along the coast of France, until
■\ pithin a short time of his advancement to the rank
of Commander, 15 June, 1814. From the latter
I'iate Capt. M'Quhae did not again go afloat until
1 5ept. 1831 ; on 17 of which month we find him ap-
pointed to the FtY 18, fitting for the West Indies,
trhence he returned home and was paid off in Oct.
1835. He was advanced to the rank he now holds
10 Dec. following ;' and since 11 Oct. 1844 has been
in command ot the D^sidalds 20, in the East Indies.
Capt. M'Quhae married (a second time), 19 Oct.
1831, Caroline, relict of S. Bloss Copping, Esq., of
Harleston, oo. Norfolk, by whom he has issue.
Agents — Hailett and Kobinson.
Indies. On that ship being paid off in Aug. 1815
Mr. Madden became in succession attached to th*
LACE0iEMONiAN and Niger frigates, in the latter
of which (they were both commanded by Capt. Sam,
Jackson) he escorted Hon. Chas. Bagot as Ambas-
sador to the United States, and Sir John Sherbrooke,
Governor of Canada, from Halifax to Quebec. In
Sept. 1818, after he had been for a period of 17
months on shore, and had passed his examination,
he joined the Tartar 42, fitting for the broad pen-
dant of Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, Commander-in-
Chief on the coast of Africa. On his return home
in June, 1819, he was transferred to the Syeille
frigate, bearing the flag at Jamaica of his early
friend Sir Home Popham, who promoted him, 23
Sept. following, to a death-vacancy in the Wasp 18,
Capt. Thos. Wren Carter. That sloop being paid
off in Aug. 1820, Mr. Madden's next appointments
were, again on the West India station— 3 Dec. 1822,
to the Ringdove 18, Capts. Geo. Frederick, and
Edwin Ludlow, Rich, in which vessel he was present
at Demarara during an insurrection of the negroes
in Aug. 1823—8 June, 1826, to the Valorous 26,
Capt. the Earl of Huntingdon— 29 Jan. 1828, to the
Magnificent 74, receiving-ship, Capts. Wm. Robt.
Ashley Pettman, Henry Gosset, Williams Sandom,
and Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay — in Nov. 1828, to
the temporary command of the Victor 18 — 14 Jan.
1829, to the Mersey 26, Capt. G. W. C. Courtenay
— and 1 June and 13 July following, to the acting
command of the Speedwell schooner and Harle-
quin 18. He came home in the ensuing Sept. on
board a transport, and on his arrival was confirmed
in his present rank by a commission bearing date
30 March, 1829. His last appointment was, 13 Nov.
1840, to the Coast Guard; in which service he re-
mained, as an Inspecting Commander, until 5 Jan.
1846.
MADDEN. (Commander, 1829. f-p., 20 ;
H-p., 16.)
ChAkIieS Madden is fifth son of the late Capt.
Wm. John Madden, R.M. (1780), Agent for the
Royal Marines at Portsmouth ; brother of Sir Fred.
Madden, Kt., Keeper of MSS. in the British Mu-
seum; nephew of the late Major-General Sir Geo.
Madden, Kt., C.B., K.T.S. ; and brother-in-law of
the late Rear-Admiral Sam. Jackson, C.B.
This ofllcer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1811, as
Thu'd-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capts.
Sir Home Popham, Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas,
and David Milne; under the first-named of whom
he assisted at the blockade of Brest, L'Orient, and
Cherbourg, and was actively employed in co-ope-
ration with the patriots on the north coast of Spain,
where, it appears) he witnessed, as Midshipman,
the reduction of Leqtieytio and Castro, the attacks
upon Puerta Galetta, Guetaria, and Santander, and
tile destruction of the fortifications of Bermeo,
Plencia, Galea, Algorta, Begona, El Campillo las
Quersas, and Xebiles. Rejoining Sir Home Pop-
ham in Feb. 1813 in the Stirling Castle 74, he
sailed soon afterwards with the Earl of Moira for
Calcutta ; on his return whence in the summer of
1814 he removed to the Magnificent 74, Capt.
Willoughby Thos. Lake, and proceeded to the West
* In 1818 he published a work entitled ' A Sammary
View of the Statistira and existing Uommerte of the Principal
Shores of the Pacilic Ocean,' &c.
MADGE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.)
Robert Pepperel Madge entered the Navy,
1 Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ada-
mant 50, Capt. Geo. Burlton, lying in the Downs ;
and from 27 of the same month until Nov. 1810,
served in the Bay of Biscay and Mediterranean,
the greater part of the time as Midshipman, in the
Fame 74, Capts. Graham Moore, Rich. Henry Alex.
Bennett, Phipps Hornby, and Abel Ferris. After
a prolonged servitude on the same station in the
SalseTte 36, Capt. John Hollinworth, and Volage
22, Capt. P. Hornby, he proceeded in the latter
vessel, under Capt. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, to
the East Indies, where, from Sept. 1812 until 1815,
he performed the duties of Master's Mate and Act-
ing-Master in the Malacca 36, Capts. Mackay and
Geo. Henderson. In Aug. 1815, at which period he
was officiating at Spithead as a Supernumerary of
the Prince 98, Capt. Edm. Boger, we find him pre-
sented with a commission dated 21 Feb. in that
year. He last appointment was, 16 Dec. 1817, to
the Florida 24, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Haw-
tayne, with whom he served on the Home station
until paid off in Dec. 1818. Agents — Burnett and
Holmes.
MAGAN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 33.)
Arthur Magan entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pearl, Lieut.-Com-
mander Woodriff, lying at Spithead ; cruized, from
May 1808 to July 1809, in the North Sea and Chan-
nel, in the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Black-
wood ; and, between the latter date and Sept. 1814,
served with Capt. Geo. Burlton, chiefly in the ca-
pacities of Slidshipman and Master's Mate, in the
Resolution and Rodney 74's, Ville de Paris 110,
and BoYNE 98, on the Home and Mediterranean
stations. The Resolution formed part of the force
employed at the destruction of the French shipping
in Basque Roads and at the siege of Flushing in
1809 ; and the Boyne, of the armament under Sir
Edw. Pellew in his partial actions of 5 Nov. 1813
and 13 Feb. 1814 with the Toulon fleet. On leav-
ing that ship Mr. Magan took up a commission
MAGIN-MAGUIUE-MAINGAY.
709
dated 16 June, 1814. He has since teen on half-
pay.
MAGIN. (EetibedCommandeb, 1844. f-p., 13;
H-p., 34.)
Joseph Magin, born about Christmas 1785, is
brother of Wm. Magin, Esq.jTirst-Lieutenant R.M.
(1805), who fought in that capacity on board the
ToNNANT 80, at the battle of Trafalgar ; and ne-
phew of Dr. John Magin, Surgeon R.N., who served
in the Monabch 74, flag-ship of Sir Kich. Onslow,
in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797, and died
Head Surgeon of the Royal Marine Infirmary at
Stonehouse, Plymouth, in 1812.
This ofiioer entered the Navy, 30 April, 1800, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Peincess Royal 98,
Capt. Thos. Macnamara Russell, of which ship, sta-
tioned in the Channel, his uncle was at the time
Surgeon. In the course of 1801 he successively
joined the Alkmaar, Capt. Rich. Poulden, and
Blenheim 74, bearing the flag in the North Sea of
Sir Archibald Dickson ; and on becoming, in 1803,
attached, as Midshipman, to the Seagull 18, Capt.
Henry Burke, he took part in a running flght of
12 hours which terminated in the capture, although
not without loss, of the Lord Nelson, East Indiaman.
Removing, in Deo. 1804, to the Amphion 32, Capts.
Sam. Sutton and Wm. Hoste, Mr. Magin was on
board that frigate when, in Nov. 1805, she effected
the defeat, notwithstanding that she was simulta-
neously opposed by the fire of an immense battery,
of a division of about 30 Spanish gun-boats, which
had come out of Algeciras in the hope of capturiug
a British convoy. On 25 Sept. 1806, a few months
after he had passed his examination and been trans-
ferred to the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye
Legge, he witnessed the capture of Le President
French frigate ; and in Feb. 1807 we find him pre-
sent, in the same ship, at the passage of the Darda-
nells. On the occasion of the attack made upon the
Turkish squadron at Point Pesquies, Mr. Magin
volunteered and proceeded with two boats under
the orders of Lieut. Kidd for the purpose of setting
flre to the Admiral's ship. During the stay of the
party between decks, the boats, owing to the blaze
which had speedily resulted from their exertions,
were under the necessity of putting off; in conse-
quence whereof, the Lieutenant and his companions
were compelled to jump overboard, and were picked
up when the ship exploded. On his arrival home
Mr. Magin, in consideration of a wound he had
received in the operations, was presented by the
Patriotic Society with a gratuity of 30Z. He was
promoted (while serving in the Atlas 74, flag-ship
of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis, off Cadiz) to a
Lieutenancy, 4 Jan. 1808, in the Gazi Mdsrett 36,
Capt. Geo. M. Honey, one of the prizes recently
taken at Alexandria. His succeeding appointments
were — 6 Oct. 1808, as Senior, to the Apelles sloop,
Capt. ;Thos. Oliver, under whom he accompanied
the expedition to the "Walcheren, and commanded
the boats at the cutting-out of a vessel from under
a very severe fire of the enemy's batteries at Etaples
— 13 Jan. 1810, to the Scipion 74, flag-ship of Hon.
Robt. Stopford, in which he co-operated in the re-
duction of Java— and, 24 Nov. 1812, again as First-
Lieutenant (after six months of half-pay) to the
Gbifton sloop, Capt. Geo. Barne Trollope, sta-
tioned in the Downs, where he cruized until Dec.
1813. He accepted his present rank 13 Sept. 1844.
Commander Magin married, 6 April, 1815, Eli-
zabeth, daughter of Rich. Magin, Esq., of Green-
hill House, 00. Down, by whom he has issue five
children. Agent— J. Hinxman.
MAGUIRE. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
RocHFOKT Magdire entered the Navy (from the
Royal Naval College) 12 Nov. 1830; passed his
examination in 1835 ; and in consideration of his
services as Mate of the Wasp 16, Capt. Geo. Man-
sel, during the operations on the coast of Syria,
Wlicre he was severely wounded at the capture of
Sidon, and behaved most gallantly,* was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 28 Sept. 1840. His ap-
pointments have since been — 23 Jan. 1841, to the
Vebnon 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, stationed in the
Mediterranean, whence he returned in the early
part of 1844— 30 Nov. in the latter year, as Addi-
tional, to the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos.
John Cochrane in the East Indies— and 10 Feb.
1845, as Senior, to the Herald 26, Capt. Henry
Kellett, now employed on Surveying-service in the
Pacific. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
MAINGAY. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 19;
H-p., 28.)
Henry Maingay was bom 26 Oct. 1785, in
Guernsey, and died 22 Aug. 1846, at Stoke, Devon-
port. He ;was first son of the late John Maingy,
Esq., of th'e island of Guernsey, and cousin of the
present Commander Peter Maingay, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in the summer of
1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the C^sak 80, Capt.
Jahleel Brenton, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Sau-
marez, under whom he fought in the actions of 6
and 12 July, 1801, off Algeciras and in the Gut of
Gibraltar. The CiESAR being paid off in Aug. 1802,
he next, between the following Oct. and Feb. 1806,
served as Midshipman, in the Mediterranean and
Channel, on board the Revoeutionnaire and De-
cade frigates, Capts. Walter Locke and Wm. Geo.
Rutherford, Speedtcell, Lieut.-Commander Wm.
Robertson, and Charwell, Capt. Dnmaresq. He
was confirmed a Lieutenant (after having acted for
some months as such in the Cerberus, Tourte-
relle, and Sqoirrel, Capts. Selby, Marshall, and
Shortland, on the West India and Halifax stations)
17 Sept. 1806 ; and was subsequently appointed —
in the course of 1807, to the Mermaid 32, Capts.
Aiskew Paffard Hollis, and, as First-Lieutenant, to
the Primrose and Racehorse sloops, Capts. Jas.
Mein and Wm. Fisher— 28 March, 1808, to the Vic-
tory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Bal-
tic— 15 Jan. and 9 June, 1813, again as Senior, to
the Fylla 20 and Ekidanus 36, Capts. Henry
Prescott and Wm. Paterson, with whom he served
in the Channel until paid off in Oct. 1815—8 March,
1816, in a similar capacity, to the Spencer 76, which
ship, commanded at Plymouth by Capt. Wm. Ro-
bert Broughton, was put out of commission 31 Aug.
1818 — and, 5 July, 1821, still as First-Lieutenant, to
the Royal George yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas.
Paget. On 14 of the ensuing Dec. Mr. Maingay,
after having' accompanied Geo. IV,. on his visits to
Ireland and Hanover, was promoted to the rank of
Commander. He did not again go afloat.
He married, 26 Oct. 1818, Harriet, fourth daugh-
ter of the Rev. W. Smith, formerly Rector of
Meavy, Devon.
MAINGAY. (Commander, 1815. r-p., 14;
H-p., 33.)
Peter Maingay, born 16 Dec. 1784, at Newton
Bushel, CO. Devon, is son of Peter Maingy, Esq.,
of the island of Guernsey ; and flrst-cousin of the
late Commander Jas. Maingay, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1800, as
Midshipman, on board L'iMPiTOEUx 74, Capt. Sir
Edw. Pellew, in which ship he accompanied an ex-
pedition to Vigo, and was employed off Brest and
Rochefort until April, 1802; during the latter
months of which year we find him serving in the
Channel with Capt. Edw. Bass, of the Gannet
sloop. In March, 1803, he rejoined Sir E. Pellew
on board the Tonnant 80, and in the following
year, after having been engaged in the blockade of
Ferrol, he sailed with him in the Culloden 74 for
the East Indies, whence in 1805 he returned to
England in the Trident 64, flag-ship of Vioe-Ad-
miral Peter Rainier. He then became attached in
succession to the San Josef 110, bearing the flag
in the Channel of Sir Chas. Cotton, Audacious 74,
Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin (under whom he
* Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2604.
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MAINWARING.
went in pursuit of Jerome Buonaparte to the West
Indies, and was present in a hurricane which dis-
masted the ship), and San Josef again, commanded
by Capt. John Conn as Flag-Captain to Sir Jas.
Saumarez off Guernsey. In April and July, 1807,
Mr. Maingay was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of
the Barfleur and Dreadnought 98's, Capts. Sir
Joseph Sidney Yorke and Wm. Lechmere ; and on
1 1 Sept. in the same year he was confirmed into the
Racehorse 18, Capt. Wm. Fisher, stationed, as
were the two ships last named, in the Channel.
His succeeding appointments were — 24 Dec. 1807, a
second time to the Audaciods, in which ship he
escorted the army under Sir John Moore to and
from Gottenborg, accompanied that officer and
Lieut.-Generals Sir Harry Burrard and Sir John
Hope to the shores of Portugal, and assisted in
embarking the army after the battle of Corunna
—21 April, 1809, as Senior, to La Ntmphe 36, Capts.
Hon. Josceline Percy and Edw. Sneyd Clay, under
the latter of whom he was wrecked in a gale at the
entrance of the Frith of Forth, 18 Dec. 1810—1 May,
1811, to the Argo 44, Capt. Fred. Warren, lying
at Spithead — 27 July following, and for a short
time in 1812, to the Swiftsdre 74, and Rainbow 26,
Capts. Temple Hardy and Gardiner Henry Guion,
both in the Mediterranean — 4 Sept. in the latter
year, to the Success 32, armee-en-Jiute^ Capt. Thos.
Barclay, stationed at first on the coast of Spain, and
then in the Chesapeake, where he had command of
the boats on an occasion in which they were cut up
by the musketry of the enemy, whose fire killed the
coxswain in his (Mr. Maingay's) own boat — 24 Nov.
1813, to the Harlequin 18, Capt. Wm. Kemp-
thorne, employed at Sheerness — 20 April, 1814, to
the Hermes 20, Capt. Hon. Henry Wm. Percy,
which vessel, after 25 of her men had been killed
and 24 wounded in an unsuccessful attack upon
Fort Bowyer, Mobile, was set on fire and destroyed
in order to prevent her falling into the hands of the
Americans, 15 Sept. 1814 — and 11 May, 1815 (hav-
ing previously united in the operations against New
Orleans), to the Vengeur 74, Capt. Tristram Robt.
Ricketts, attached to the force off Brest. He was
advanced to the rank he at present holds on 13 of
the ensuing June ; and was next, from 6 July, 1830,
until 1833, employed as an Inspecting Commander
in the Coast Guard. He has not been since able
to procure an appointment.
Commander Maingay married, in March, 1818,
Emeline, fourth daughter of the late John Carne,
Esq., of Falmouth, co. Cornwall. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
MAINWARING. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 17;
H-P., 26.)
Benjamin Mainwaring, bom 5 April, 1794, is
brother of Capt. Edw. R. P. Mainwaring, R,N.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1804, as
A.B., on board the T^meraiee 98, Capt. Eliab
Harvey, and on 21 Oct. 1805 was present in the
action off Cape Trafalgar, where that ship occupied
a position next astern of the Victory, and enacted
a most distinguished part. In March, 1806, he be-
came Midshipman of the Tonnant 80, bearing the
flag of the last-named officer, and afterwards of
Hon. Michael de Courcy, off Cadiz ; and he next,
between July 1808 and May 1814, served in the
St. George 98, successive flag-ship in the Baltic
and Channel of Rear- Admirals E. Harvey, Fras.
Pickmore, and Robt. Carthew Reynolds, Cordelia
10, commanded by Capt. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy
on the Downs station, and Revenge 74, bearing
the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir John Gore.
During the period he continued in the latter ship
he served in her boats and assisted in cutting out
two privateers from under the enemy's batteries
on the coast of Catalonia.* He was confirmed a
Lieutenant (after having acted for a few weeks as
such) in the Trident receiving-ship at Malta, Capts.
Rich. Budd Vincent and Chas. Hope Reid, 19 July,
1814. He came home in the early part of 1816,
• Vide G^z. 1814, p. 124.
and was lastly, from 26 July, 1831, until 1836, em-
ployed in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Mainwaring married, 6 Jan. 1819, Miss
Mary Milbon.
MAINWARING. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 33 ;
H-P., 15.)
Edward Reeves Philip Mainwaring, bom 16
June, 1788, is eldest son of the late Edw. Main-
waring, Esq., who served as an officer during the
first American war, and who eventually obtained a
considerable grant of land as an acknowledgment
for the services he had rendered in raising a com-
pany of loyalists at his own expense. His family is
a branch of that of Mainwaring of "Whitmore, co.
Stafford, now represented by Capt. Rowland Main-
waring, R.N. He is brother of Lieut. Benj. Main-
waring R.N. Another of his brothers, Senior Ma-
jor of the 51st Regt., served in most of the Penin-
sular actions and was present at Waterloo ; a third,
a Captain in the 22nd Regt., saw much service in
the Persian Gulf, in Ava, and at Hyderabad, and
was twice wounded ; a fourth, Charles, a Captain
in the 47th Regt., died, from the effects of cholera,
at Calcutta ; and a fifth, Edwin, a Lieutenant in
the 1st Regt., died at Madras. One of his uncles,
Capt. Jemmett Mainwaring, R.N., commanded the
Babet 20 when that vessel foundered with all on
board in the West Indies in 1801 ; and another,
Lieut.-General Mainwaring, who died in 1842,
served in 1809 at the siege of Flushing, where,
with two companies of the 51st and two of the 82nd
Regt., he repulsed the French on the occasion of a
sortie made by them, taking 600 of their number
prisoners, and capturing 2 9-pounders.
This officer entered the Navy, in the summer of
1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol. on board the Roebock 44,
Capt. Wm. Buchannan, and after accompanying
the expedition to Egypt, where he was employed at
the landing of the troops, removed as Midshipman,
in Nov. 1801, to the Haerlem 64, commanded at
first by Capt. Buchannan and next by Capts. Jas.
Murray Northey and John G. Saville. He subse-
quently, between Jan. 1803 and Aug. 1S06, served
on the North Sea and Mediterranean stations in
the Caroline 36, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, Raison-
NAELE 64, Capt. Wm. Hotham, and Queen 98,
Capts. Mauley Dixon and Fras. Pender, bearing
the flag latterly of Lord Collingwood. He then
became Acting-Lieutenant of the Espoir sloop,
Capt. Henry Hope, also in the Mediterranean ; and
on 11 June, 1807, he was confirmed into the Plan-
TAGENET 74, Capts. Thos. Eyles and Robt. Lloyd.
Continuing in that ship until paid off in April, 1815,
he served in her in the Baltic, and on the North
American and West India stations ; and on one oc-
casion, when off New York, was sent with two boats
in pursuit of a letter-of-marque, the Rapid, carry-
ing 1 long 24r-pounder, mth small arms and a crew
of 40 men, which vessel, after pulling for 11 hours
in a calm, he succeeded in capturing in so gallant a
manner as to elicit the thanks of the Commander-
in-Chief Sir John Borlase Warren. His succeeding
appointments were — 4 Nov. 1818,* as a Supernume-
rary, to the Severn Coast Blockade ship, Capt.
Wm. M'CuUoch, under whom he served until Sept.
1820-1 Aug. 1821, as First, to the Ra:.iillies 74,
Capt. Edw. Brace, lying at Portsmouth— and 31
May, 1823, to the Ganges 84,t to which ship (at
the particular request of her successive Captains,
E. Brace and Patrick Campbell, and of Rear-Ad-
miral Robt. Waller Otway, who hoisted his flag on
board her) he continued attached, in the capacity
last mentioned, on the West India, Home, and Bra-
zilian stations, until advanced to the rank of Com-
mander 27 May, 1826. He was afterwards em-
ployed—from June 1827 until 1830, and again from
20 March, 1832, until 1835, in the Coast Guard ser-
* For some time prior to the above date he had had com-
mand of a West Inrtiaman.
t The Ganges, through Mr. Mainwaring's exertions, was
got ready for sea with so much rapidity, that Capt. Brace
was induced to bring his name in an especial manner imder
the notice of the First Lord of tlie Admiralty.
MAINWARING.
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vice — and from 7 April, 1839, until paid off in June,
18-11, in command of the Electka 18, in South
America. He attained his present rank 23 Nov.
1841, but has not been since able to procure an ap-
pointment.
Capt. Mainwaring married, 1 Oct. 1827, Eliza-
beth, daughter of the Rev. M. Hill, Rector of Snail-
well, Cambridgeshire, and a descendant of the
Right Rev. Dr. Edm. Gibson, Lord Bishop of Lon-
don, by whom he has issue two sons and one
daughter.
MAINWARING. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 20 ;
H-p., 32.)
Rowland Mainwaring, born 31 Dec. 1783, is
eldest surviving son of Rowland Mainwaring, Esq.,
of Four Oaks, co. Warwick, a Field Officer, by Jane,
daughter of Capt. Latham, R.N. He is a cousin of
the present Rear-Admiral Mainwaring ; and is the
representative of an ancient Staffordshire family,
settled for many centuries at Whitmore Hall, near
Newcastle-under-Lyne.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1795, on
board the Jupitek, Capt. Wm. Lechmere, lying at
Sheerness ; and in the course of the same year be-
came Midshipman of the Scipio 64, Capt. Robt.
M'Doual, on the West India station, where, after
serving for a short time with Capt. Eras. Laforey
in the Beaolibu frigate and Ganges 74, he joined,
in the early part of 1796, the Majestic 74, Capts.
Geo. Blagden Westcott and Robt. Cuthbert, bear-
ing the flag at first of Sir John Laforey. Subse-
quently to the battle of the Nile, on which occasion
Capt. Westcott was killed, Mr. Mainwaring, in
Oct. 1798, removed to the Thalia 36, Capt. Lord
Henry Paulet, under whom he was further employed
in the Defence 74 on different European stations,
until within a short period of his being made Lieu-
tenant, 7 Deo. 1801, into the Habpi sloop, Capts.
Chas. Worsley Boys and Edm. Heywood. His suc-
ceeding appointments were — 4 Aug. 1802, to the
Leda 38, Capts. Geo. Hope, Jas. Hardy, and Robt,
Honyman, by the latter of whom he was intrusted
with the command of a boat charged with an ex-
plosion-machine in an attack upon the Boulogne
flotilla — 8 Nov. 1804, to the Tekkiele 74, Capt.
Lord Henry Paulet, which ship was totally dis-
masted in a hurricane while in pursuit, in the West
Indies, of a French squadron under Jerome Buona-
parte— 7 Oct. 1806, as First-Lieutenant, to the Nar-
cissus 32, Capts. Chas. Malcolm and Hon. Fred.
Wm. Aylmer — and 16 Aug. 1811, in a similar capa-
city, after nearly eight months of half-pay, to the
Menblads 38, Capt. Sir Peter Parker. In the
Narcissus Mr. Mainwaring assisted at the cap-
ture, 18 Aug. 1807, of the Spanish national ship
Cantela, pierced for 12 guns, besides witnessing the
reduction in April 1809 of the Saintes, near Guade-
loupe, and co-operating in 1810 with the patriots on
the north coast of Spain. During his servitude in
the Menelaos we find him repeatedly, in the course
of 1812, obtaining the official notice of Sir Peter
Parker — first, by the judgment and ability he ex-
hibited in capturing, without loss, the St. Josef, a
beautiful French brig, pierced for 16 guns, lying
within pistol-shot of one battery, flanked by ano-
ther, and also by musketry from the shore, near
the Bay of Frejus* — next, by the attention and
assistance he afforded on the occasion of the Me-
nelaus (together with the Havannah and Furi-
euse frigates and Pelohus brig) being chased by
the French Toulon fleet — a third time, by his ad-
mirable gallantry and good conduct when the Me-
nelaus, having pursued the French 40-gun frigate
Pauline and 16-gun brig Ecureuil under the bat-
teries in the vicinity of Toulon, once more effected
a masterly retreat from the fleet that had come out
to their protection, by passing through its line
ahead of one 74, and astern of another— again, by
the manner in which, under circumstances pecu-
liarly honourable to him, he boarded and brought
out the French xebec La Paix, mounting 2 long
* Vide Qaz 1812, p. 781.
6-pounder3, with a complement of 30 men, from
within pistol-shot of the towers of Terracina, under
a galling fire— a fifth time, by his highly creditable
behaviour in cutting out, under a heavy fire from
the batteries in the river Mignone, near Civita
Vecchia, the French letter-of-marque St. Esprit,
pierced for 12 guns, but with only 2 6-pounders
mounted*— and lastly, by his conspicuous gallantry
in burning the enemy's vessels in the port of Me-
jan, Marseilles. In acknowledgment of his valour
on so many occasions Mr. Mainwaring was awarded
a second promotal commission dated 13 Aug. 1812,
but he did not leave the Menelaus until the com-
mencement of the following Oct. ; between which
period and the autumn of 1813 he was successively
invested by Sir Edw. Pellew with the command of
the Edinbdrgh 74, Gorgon 44, hospital-ship at
Malta, Undaunted 38, Eubtalus 36, Caledonia
120, bearing that officer's own flag, and Kite and
Paulina sloops. While in command of the Kite
he was stationed for the protection of British trade
in the Archipelago, where he destroyed a French
privateer, rescued a valuable merchantman which
she had captured, and obtained from the Bey of
Salonica a promise that in future no vessels of the
same description should be equipped in his har-
bours. During his command of the Paulina Capt.
Mainwaring chased a large fast-sailing American
privateer into the harbour of Tripoli, and effectu-
ally prevented her escape for a period of six weeks,
until, indeed, the ratification of the treaty of peace
with theUnited States had placed it outof her power
to do further mischief. For this service he elicited
the thanks of Rear-Admiral Sir Chas. Vinicombe
Penrose. He was paid oft' in N ov. 1815, and has not
been since afloat. On the accession of William IV.
to the throne he was selected by Lord Melville as
one of the old war-officers deserving of promotion,
and he was accordingly posted by commission dated
22 July, 1830.
Capt. Mainwaring (a Magistrate and Deputy-
Lieutenant for Staffordshire) married first, 31 Dec.
1810, Sophia Henrietta, only daughter of Major Duff,
of the 26th Kegt., and step-daughter of Rear-Ad-
miral Geo. Tobin, by whom he had issue seven
sons and two daughters; secondly, 15 Nov. 1826,
Mary Ann, second daughter of John W. Clark, Esq.,
of Preshute, Wilts, who (at her death in 1834) left
an only daughter ; and thirdly, 11 Nov. 1836, Laura
Maria Julia Walburga, only child of Colonel Flo-
rian Chevillard, formerly in the service of Napoleon
Buonaparte, who died of wounds received in the
battle of Leipzig. By the last-mentioned lady he
has issue four sons. His eldest son, Rowland, died
Midshipman of the Wakspite 76, at Port Jackson,
27 Oct. 1826 ; and his next, Edward Pellew, is mar-
ried to a sister-in-law of the Duke of Calabritto,
and the Hon. Constantino Dillon, brother of Vis-
count Dillon.
MAINWARING. (Rear- Admiral, 1846.
F-p., 17; H-p., 37.)
Thomas Francis Charles JIaihwaeing, born
in 1780, is eldest son of the late Chas. Henry Main-
waring, Esq., by Julia, daughter of the Rev. Philip
Wroughton ; and grand-nephew of Edw. Mainwar-
ing, Esq., of Whitmore Hall, co. Stafford, whose
grandson is the present Capt. Rowland Mainwaring,
K.N. His only brother, George, an officer in the
Royal Artillery, died in 18.38.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy
in Feb. 1793 ; and embarked, 5 Nov. 1796, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Chas. Cun-
ningham. After serving for three years on the
Home station he proceeded as Midshipman of the
Lancaster 64, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis, to the
Cape of Good Hope, where, having previously
acted for several months as Lieutenant, he was con-
firmed to that rank, 11 July, 1800, in the Adamant
50, Capt. Wm. Hotham. On his return to England
about Dec. 1801, he joined the Fisguard 38, Capts.
Michael Seymour and Jas. Wallis ; the latter of
• Fide Gaz. 1812, p. 2017.
712
MAITLAND.
whom, in Sept. 1802, he accompanied into the
Naiad 38, commanded subsequently by Capt. Thos.
Dundas, and employed as one of Lord Nelson's
repeaters in the battle of Trafalgar. Being awarded
a second promotal commission 21 Jan. 1806, Capt.
Mainwaring assumed command, 23 Dec. following,
of the Tartakus fire-ship ; and in Aug. 1807 was
charged with the landing of the troops under Sir
Arthur "Wellesley in "Wibeck Bay, preparatory to the
investment of Copenhagen. In the early part of
1808 he removed to the Vangdabd 74, the first ship
of her class that ever wintered in the Baltic. After
he had commanded her for a period of six months
he went back to the Taktarus, in which vessel we
find him, in 1810, sinking two French privateers off
Pillau,* and then conveying Gustavus, the ex-King
of Sweden, from Riga to England, under circum-
stances of a particularly difficult and singular nature.
He was promoted for the latter service to the rank
of Captain 27 Nov. 1810; and was intrusted, dur-
ing the last two years of the war, with the command
of the RoTAii Geobge 100, on the Mediterranean
station. He accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
Rear- Admiral Mainwaring married, first, in 1811,
Mary Anne, daughter of Bacon Frank, Esq., of
Campsall, near Doncaster ; and (having been left a
widower in 1840) secondly, 14 Dec. 1841, Cecilia
Charlotte, only daughter of the late Dean of Dur-
ham and the Hon. Mrs. Hall. By his first wife he
has issue.
MAITLAND, K.C.M.G., C.B. (Keab-Admikai,
OF THE White, 1841. r-p., 19; h-p., 33.)
The Honodrable Sik Anthony Mattland,
bom 10 June, 1785, is second son of James, eighth
Earl of Lauderdale, K.T., by Eleanor, only daugh-
ter of Anthony Todd, Esq. ; brother (with Colonel
Hon. John Maitland, who died in 1839) of the pre-
sent Earl; nephew of Lieut. -General Hon. Sir
Thos. Maitland, G.C.B., Governor of Malta and the
Ionian Islands, who died in 1824 ; and cousin of the
present Capt. Sir Thos. Maitland, R.N., Kt., C.B.,
and of Commanders James, Lewis, and "William
Heriot, Maitland, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Oct. 1795, as
Admiral's Servant, on board the Victory 100, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Grey, on the books of which ship, bear-
ing the flag in the Mediterranean of the late Earl
St. Vincent, his name was borne until June, 1796.
In Oct. 1798 he became Midshipman, under the
same nobleman, in the Ville de Paris 110; and
he next, from Jan. 1801 until Dec. 1803, served
with Capt. Sir John Gore in the Triton and Me-
dusa frigates. In the latter vessel, which bore the
flag at the time of Lord Nelson, we find him particu-
larly distinguishing himself and severely wounded
in an attack made in Aug. 1801 on the Boulogne
flotilla.f On leaving the Medcsa he rejoined his
Lordship, as a Supernumerary, on board the Vic-
tory, then again in the Mediterranean, where, in
Aug. 1804, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of
the Childers sloop, Capt. Sir "Wm. Bolton. He
was confirmed a Lieutenant 2 Feb. 1805, and after
officiating for some months in that capacity in the
Blenheim 74, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir
Thos. Troubridge, was made Commander, 6 May,
1806, into the Arkogant guard-ship at Bombay.
He attained Post-rank 25 Sept. in the same year ;
and was next appointed — 1 Aug. 1811, to the Pique
36, in which ship he was for four years and a half
employed on the Downs, Lisbon, Brazilian, and
West India stations, capturing, during that period,
the Hawk American privateer, of 5 guns and 68
men — and 19 Feb. 1816, to the Glasgow 50, part of
the force engaged under Lord'.Exmouth at the
bombardment of Algiers. J On 21 Aug. 1817, Capt.
Maitland, who had paid the Glasgow off in the
preceding Nov., recommissioned that ship. He
served in her in the Mediterranean until March,
1821, and has since been on half-pay. He acquired
flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841.
* r/ie Gaz. 1810, p.1663.
f V. Gaz. ISOl, p. inor,. J V. Gaz.l8I6, p. 1792.
The Rear-Admiral, who was nominated a C.B.
for his conduct at Algiers, 19 Sept. 1816, and in
1832 created a Knight of the Order of St. Michael
and St. George, sat for some time in Parliament
as member for co. Berwick ; of which shire he is
now a Deputy-Lieutenant. In Aug. 1830 he was
appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King WiUiam
IV. ; and he continued to hold the same office
under her present Majesty until the date of his
promotion.
MAITLAND. (Commander, 1836. f-p., 16;
H-p., 13.)
James Maitland, born 18 April, 1806, is second
surviving son of the late Chas. Maitland, Esq., of
Rankeilour, co. Fife, by Mary, eldest daughter of
David Johnston, Esq., of Latheisk, in the same
shire. He is brother of Commander Lewis Mait-
land, E.N. ; nephew of the late Eear-Admiral Sir
Fred. Lewis Maitland, K.C.B.,* who made him
his heir ; first-cousin of the present Commander
Wm. Heriot Maitland, R.N. ; and cousin also of
Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir Anthony Maitland, C.B.,
K.C.M.G., and Capt. Sir Thos. Maitland, R.N., Kt.,
C.B. His grandfather, Hon. Fred. Lewis Mait-
land, a Captain in the R.N., was son of Charles,
sixth Earl of Lauderdale, and had one brother,
Richard, a Colonel in the Army, and another, John,
a Lieutenant-Colonel in the R.M. He commanded
the Elizabeth 74 in Keppel and Rodney's actions,
and afterwards captured a French 64-gun ship.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Dec. 1818, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred.
Lewis Maitland, and during the two following years
was employed on the North Sea, South American,
and Mediterranean stations. He then, until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 July, 1826,
served as Midshipman and Mate, again in South
America, as also at Portsmouth and in the West
Indies, in the Aurora 46, Capt. Henry Prescott,
Ganges 84, Capt. Patrick Campbell, and Alliga-
tor 28. He next cruized for some months on the
station last mentioned in the Ferret 10, Capt.
Henry Gosset, and was subsequently appointed —
18 Jan. 1828, to the Tribune 42, Capts. John Wil-
son and John Alex. Duntze, attached to the force
in the Pacific, whence he returned home at the
close of 1831—17 Oct. 1832, to the Portsmouth
yacht, as Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle. Sir F. L.
Maitland, Admiral-Superintendent at that port —
and 2 Sept. 1834, in a similar capacity, to the Tha-
lia 46, bearing the flag at the Cape of Good Hope
of Rear-Admiral Patrick Campbell. He went on
half-pay in the summer of 1835, and has not been
since afloat. He acquired his present rank 9 May,
1836.
Commander Maitland (the Senior of his rank on
the List of 1836) married, first, in March, 1836,
Emma, daughter of Thos. Magne Willing, Esq., of
Philadelphia ; and (that lady dying in June, 1838)
secondly, 20 Aug. 1840, Frances Harriet, daughter
of the late Rich. Sam. Short, Esq., of Ediington
Grove, Lincolnshire. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
MAITLAND. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 19;
H-p., 3.)
Lewis Maitland, born 12 April, 1811, is brother
of Commander Jas. Maitland, R.N.
• Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland was born in 1776. He served
as Midshipman of the Southamvton 32 in Lord Howe's
action 1 June, 1794 ; was employed, while holding the
rank of Commander, in^the expedition to Egypt in 1801 ;
attained Post-rank in the course of that year ; and had com-
mand, during the late war, of the Loire and Emerald
frigates (see Capt. Charles Bertram), Goliath 58, Bottne
98, and Bellerofhon 74. In the ship last mentioned he
had the honour of receiving Napoleon Buonaparte when he
surrendered after the battle of Waterloo. Duiing the peace
he commanded the Vengeur, Genoa, and Wellesley 74'8.
He was nominated a C.B. in 1815; advanced to Flag-rank in
July, 1830 ; and created a K.C.B. in the following November.
He filled the oiliee of Admiral-Superintendent at Portsmouth
from June, 1832, until July, 1837 ; and that of Commander-
in-Cliief in the East Indies from the latter period uatil the
date ofhis death, 30 NoTi 1889.
MAlTIiAND.
713
This officer entered the Koyal Naval College 28
Dec. 1825; and embarked, in March, 1827, as a
Volunteer, on board the Welleslei 74, commanded
by his uncle, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, at first
on the Lisbon, and then on the Mediterranean sta-
tion, where, in July, 1830, two yeaocB after he had
attained the rating of Midshipman, he removed to
the Wasp 18, Capt. Brunswick Popham. Towards the.
close of 1831, after he had served for a few months
in the Channel and North Sea in the Imogene 28,
Capt. Price Blackwood, he sailed for the East Indies
in the Melville 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore.
On his return in 1832 with the flag of Sir Edw.
W. C. R. Owen in the Southampton 52, Capt. John
Milligan Laws, we find him employed off Antwerp
during the period of General Gerard's attack on
the citadel of that place. He next, in Jan. 1833 (in
March of which year he passed his examination),
joined the Castor 36, Capt. Lord John Hay, with
whom he served off Lisbon and on the north coast
of Spain until Jan. 1836. On leaving the latter
vessel Mr. Maitland was placed under the orders of
Capt. Peter John Douglas in the Melville 74,
bearing the flag of Sir Peter Halkett in North
America and the West Indies ; and on again pro-
ceeding to the East Indies in the Welleslet 72,
flag-ship of his relative Sir F. L. Maitland, he was
by him nominated Lieutenant, in June, 1838, of the
Favokite 18, Capt. Walter Croker— an act which
the Admiralty sanctioned 15 Feb. 1839. Rejoining
the Welleslet in the course of the same year in
the capacity of Additional-Lieutenant, he served in
her, under the broad pendant of Sir Gordon Bremer,
at the capture of Chusan in July, 1840 ; after which,
on becoming attached to the Samarang 28, Capt.
Jas. Scott, he assisted in reducing the forts of the
Boca Tigris, and in demolishing the works on the
Canton river. He was also present, and gained the
public acknowledgments of his Captain for the gal-
lantry and zeal he displayed, at the forcing, by the
Nemesis steamer and the boats of the Samabang,
of the inner passage from Macao to Whampoa ;
during their advance on which latter place the
British, between 3 a.m. on 13 and 4 p.m. on 15
March, 1841, destroyed five forts, one battery, two
military stations, and nine war-junks, in which col-
lectively were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls.* On his
return to England in the following summer he took
up a Commander's commission dated 15 Feb. 1841.
He has been employed, since 3 July, 1844, in the
Coast Guard service.
He married, 23 Nov. 1841, Henrietta Louisa,
widow of the late W. Northage, Esq., jun., and
second daughter of the late Sir John H. Newbolt,
Chief Justice of Madras. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
MAITLAND, Kt., C.B. (Captaik, 1837.)
Sir Thomas Maitland, born in 1803, is only
son of Hon. Wm. Mordaunt Maitland, a General in
the Army, by his first wife, Mary, widow of John
Travers, Esq., of Fir Grove, co. Cork, and daughter
of the Rev. Rich. Orpen, of Killowen. He is grand-
son of James, seventh Earl of Lauderdale, a Lieu-
tenant-Colonel in the Army; and first-cousin of
Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir Anthony Maitland, C.B.,
K.C.M.G.
This oflicer entered the Navy 22 Sept. 1816, and
was made Lieutenant, 16 May, 1823, into the Edrv-
ALUS 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford. His
next appointments were, 20 Dec. 1825, and 1 March,
1826, to the Superb 78, Capt. Henry Hill, guard-
ship at Portsmouth, and Ganges 84, fitting for the
flag of Sir Robt. Waller Otway, Commander-in-
Chief in South America. Obtaining a second pro-
motal commission 30 April, 1827, he successively
assumed command, 14 June, 1832, and 4 April, 1835,
of the Sparrowhawk 18 and Tweed 20. In the
former vessel, which he paid off 7 May, 1833, Capt.
Maitland brought home 589,405 Mexican dollars
and 42 bales of cochineal ; in the Tweed, the com-
mand whereof he retained until posted, 10 Jan.
1837, he served during the civil war on the north
• Fide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1607, 1509.
coast of Spain, and was in consequence presented
with the Cross of Charles III. On 19 June in the
year last mentioned we find him nominated Captain
of the Welleslet 72, in which ship he continued
employed under the flags of Sir Fred. Lewis Mait-
land and Sir Gordon Bremer, until paid off in the
summer of 1842. In 1838 he commanded the seamen
and marines landed for the purpose of quelling an in-
surrection on the coast of Malabar ; he participated,
in 1839, in the operations on the coast of Sinde and
in the Persian Gulf; and during the hostilitiesin
China he obtained mention for his zeal and alacrity
at the capture of Chusan in July, 1840, and for the
valuable assistance he afforded Sir Gordon Bremer
at the reduction of Tycocktow, 7 Jan. 1841*— was
present with H.M. Plenipotentiary at a formal meet-
ing which was held with the Chinese Commissioner
on 26 of the same month t — again acquired the
public thanks of Sir G. Bremer for the cordial aid
he afforded him in the action which preceded the
capture of the Bogue Forts, 26 Feb.^- had charge
of the Welleslet's boats during the original ad-
vance of the British towards Canton § — commanded
the first naval battalion, consisting of 11 officers and
172 of other ranks, at the storming of the heights
in the vicinity of that city during the operations
which led to its re-capture [| — elicited notice for
the admirable manner in which he placed the Wel-
LESLEY (within 400 yards of the principal battery)
in the attack upon Amoy, 26 Aug.^f — and in Oct^
of the same year (1841) was further praised for his
skill, zeal, and ability at the reduction of Chusan
and Chinghae.** For these services Capt. Mait-
land was nominated a C.B. 29 June, 1841 ; and in
1843 invested with the honour of Knighthood. He
has been in command, since 10 Nov. 1846, of the
America 50, on the coast of Portugal.
Sir Thos. Maitland is a Deputy-Lieutenant for co.
Berwick. He married, 7 Feb. 1828, at Rio Janeiro,
Amelia, daughter of the late Wm. Young, Esq., and
by that lady has issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
MAITLAND. (Commander, 1840.)
William Maitland died in Oct. 1846, in com-
mand of H.M. steam-sloop Spiteful.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Feb. 1819; passed
his examination in 1825 ; obtained his first commis-
sion 13 June, 1827 ; and was appointed, on the Me-
diterranean station — 16 March, 1831, to the Bar-
ham 50, Capt. Hugh Pigot— 21 March, 1834, to the
Britannia 120, Capt. Peter Rainier, which ship
was paid off in the early part of 1835 — and, 12 April,
1839, as First-Lieutenant, to the Benbow 72, Capt.
Houston Stewart. For his services in the latter
ship, at the attack upon Tortosa (where he landed
and obtained warm praise for his very gallant con-
duct ft) "nd the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre,
he was promoted to the rank of Commander 4 Nov.
1840. On 14 Dec. 1842 he assumed command of
the Spitefol steam-sloop, which vessel, in July,
1846, bore the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. John
Cochrane during an expedition against the Sultan
of Borneo, whose forts and batteries in the river
Brune were all destroyed.!]; Agents — Hallett and
Robinson.
MAITLAND. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 12 ;
H-p., 3.)
William Heriot Maitland, bom 3 July, 1819,
is second son of Jas. Maitland, Esq., of Rambrny,
by Margaret, daughter of Wm. Dalgleish, Esq., of
Scots-craig; and first-cousin of Commander Jas.
Maitland, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Oct. 1832, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Castor 36, Capt. Lord
John Hay, and in July, 1836, after having been em-
ployed on the Home station and off the north coast
of Spain during the civil war, removed as Midship-
* Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2991, and Gaz. 1841, p. 1162
+ r. Gaz. 1841, p. 1496.. J T. Gaz. 1841, p. U98
} r. Gaz. 1841, p. 1501. II F. Gaz. 1841, p. 2496.
IT y. Gaz. 1842, p. 82. *• r. Gaz. 1842, p. 393-6.
tt V. Gaz. 1840, p. 2605. ++ F. Gaz. 1846, p. 3438.
4 y
714
MALCOLM.
man to the Vangdahd 80, commanded in the Me-
ditenanean by Capts. Hon. Buncombe Pleydell
Bouverie and Sir Thos. Fellowes. Joining next, in
June, 1837, the Wellesley 72, bearing the flag of
his uncle, Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland, he served as
Mate of tliat ship at the taking of Currachee in
Feb. 1839, and in her boats in a skirmish at Bushelir,
in the Persian Gulf, in April of the same year. His
appointments as Lieutenant, a rank he attained on
6 of the month last mentioned, appear to have been
—10 July, 1839, to the Htacihth 18, Capt. Wm.
"Warren— 23 June, 1840, again to the Wellesley,
Capt. Thos. Maitland— 16 Oct. 1841, to the com-
mand of the AiGBRiNE 10— and, 20 Sept. 1842, to
the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier. In the
Hyacinth Mr. Maitland was in action with the
enemy's junks at Chuenpee ; and, when in the Wel-
lesley, he assisted in demolishing the enemy's for-
tifications at the latter place — landed, during the
attack on the Bogue forts, in command, with Mr.
"W. H. Hall of the Nemesis, of a party of seamen
and marines, and took possession of Little Tycock-
tovY, spiking at the same time its guns, and destroy-
ing a neighbouring encampment — and united in the
operations against Canton, Amoy, Chusan, Ching-
hae,''' and Ningpo. In the attack upon Amoy his
skull was fractured and he was otherwise much in-
jured. During his command of the Algerine we
find him particularly mentioned for his conduct at
the capture of Chapoo, where, after he had assisted
in landing the troops, he accompanied them on
their advance, and with his own hands slew two
mandarins. t He was also employed in the same
vessel in surveying the Yang-tse-kiang, and was
present in action with the Woosung batteries, and
at the pacification of Nanldng.J On his return to
England in the Blonde in March, 1843, Mr. Mait-
land found that his services had procured him a
Commander's commission dated 23 Dec. 1842. His
last appointment was, 31 Jan. 1846, to the command
of the Electka 14, fitting for the North America
and West India station, where he remained until
his health obliged him to invalid, in March, 1847.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
MALCOLM, Kt. (Vice-Admiral of the Blue,
1847. F-P., 26 ; H-P., 30.)
SiK Charles Malcolm, born 5 Sept. 1782, is
tenth and youngest son of the late Geo. Malcolm,
Esq., of Burnfoot, co. Dumfries (a descendant of
the Malcolms of Lahore and Innertiel), by Mar-
garet, sister of Admiral Sir Thos. Pasley, who held
a Rear-Admiral's command, and was raised to the
dignity of a Baronet for his gallantry, in the action
of 1 June, 1794. He is brother of Sir Jas. Malcolm,
K.C.B., Colonel of Marines, who was with Lord
Howe at the relief of Gibraltar, and earned distinction
during the late war in Spain and North America — of
Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, G.C.B., G.C.M.G.,§
• Videiixl.. 1842, p. 396.
-f* In allusion to the conduct of Lieut. Maitland on the
occasion. Sir Wm. Parker, in his despatch, expresses himself
thus : — " He bids fair to rival the gallantry ot his lamented
uncle, that bright ornament of his profession, the late Sir
Frederic Maitland."— riite Gaz. 1842, p. 3693.
t Vtdr Gai. 1842, pp. 3397, 34114.
9 Sir Pulteney Malcolm was born 20 Feb. 1768, and en-
tered the Navy, 20 Oct. 1778, on board the Sydii- frigate,
commanded by his uncle, Capt. Pasley. He was promoted
(after having shared in an action between Commodore John-
stone and a French squadron under M, de Suifrein in Porto
Praya Bay) to the rank of Lieutenant 3 March, 1783 ; was
made Commander 3 April, 1794 ; and posted 22 Oct. in the
same year. Between the latter period and that of his ad-
vancement to Flag-rank, 4 Dec. 1813, he held command in
succession of the Fox 32, Sltffolk and Victorious 74's,
flag-ships of Vice-Admiral Rainier, Royal Sovereign 100,
Kent, Renown, Donegal, and Royal Oak 74's, and San
Josef 110. In those ships his general activity, and the skill
and judgment he exhibited on all occasions, gained him
much distinction. He commanded the Donkoal in Nelson's
pursuit of the combined squadrons to tlie West Indies ; also
in Sir John Duckworth's aciion (for which he obtained a gold
medal and a vase fiom the Patriotic Society, valued at 100/.);
and at the destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads.
In the Kent he ofliciated as Captain of tne Fleet under Lord
Keith. Durin:^ the latter portion of the openitions on tlie
Coast of North America he held a Rear-Admiral's command.
—and of the late Sir John Malcolm, G.C.B., a Gene-
ral Officer in the Army, who died in 1833. Another
of his brothers, George, a Lieutenant in the K.N.,
died at St. Domingo in 1794. Sir Charles is first-
cousin of Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Briggs, G.C.M.G.
This officer (whose name had been borne from 10
Sept. 1791 until Aug. 1792 on the books of the
Vengeance 74, bearing the broad pendant of his
uncle. Commodore Pasley, and from April to Dec.
1793 on those of the Penelope 32, Capt. Bartholo-
mew Sam. Kowley) embarked, in April, 1795, as
Midshipman, on board the Fox 32, commanded by
his brother, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, and fitting for
the East India station;* where, in Jan. 1798, he
was Master's Mate of that vessel, when, in company
with La Sybille 38, she entered the Spanish har-
bour of Manilla under French disguise, and (not-
withstanding that there were lying there three
ships of the line and three frigates) assisted in cap-
turing seven boats, 200 men, and a large quantity of
ammunition and implements of war. In the course
of the same month we find Mr. Malcolm present in
an action with the enemy's batteries at Samboan-
gon, in the island of Magindanao, in which the loss
sustained by the two ships amounted to 6 killed
and 16 wounded. Accompanying his brother in
June, 1798, into the Suffolk 74, bearing the flag
of Vice-Admiral Peter Rainier, he was promoted,
12 Jan. 1799, to a Lieutenancy in that ship. He
continued in her until nominated Acting-Com-
mander, 3 Oct. 1801, of the Albatross sloop — an
appointment which the Admiralty confirmed 28
May, 1802. On his arrival home in the spring of
1803, as Acting-Captain of the Eurydice 24, he
found that he had been officially posted on 29 of
the preceding Deo. His succeeding appointments
were — 6 April, 1804, for four months, to the Rai-
SONNABLE 64, Stationed in the North Sea — 17 Sept.
1806, to the Narcissus 32—17 June, 1809, to the
Rhin 38, in which ship he continued until Aug.
1815—15 Sept. 1817, to the Sybille 44, fittmg for
the flag of Sir Home Popham, Commander-in-Chief
in the West Indies, whence he invalided in Feb.
1819— and 8 July, 1822, and 30 June, 1826, to the
William and Mary and Botal Charlotte yachts,
Mng at Dublin for the purpose of attending on the
Lord Lieutenant, the Marquess Wellesley, a service
on which he continued until 28 Nov. 1827. On the
night of 30 Oct. 1807 Capt. Malcolm, then in the
Narcissus, made a desperate attack with four boats
on a convoy of 30 sail, lying in Couquet Roads,
near Brest, under the protection of several heavy
batteries, a cutter, and two gun-brigs, but was
eventually obliged to retire with a loss of 7 men
killed, and 16, including himself slightly, wounded.
Towards the close of the same year it was his for-
tune to be the chief instrument, as testified by an
address from the merchants, of preserving the pro-
perty of the British at Oporto from falling into the
hands of the French. So great was his anxiety on
the occasion to afford whatever assistance he could,
that, although on the point of starting on a cruize
which promised to be most productive, he relin-
quished that intention, and, when ordered to Eng-
land with a convoy of 49 sail, not only received on
board the plate and other valuable property belong-
ing to the merchants, but actually took charge of
180 pipes of wine — a service of which the Admiralty
and was employed in that capacity in the attack upon New
Orleans. In the summer of 1815, Sir Pulteney (wlio had
been nominated iti 1812 a Colonel of Royal Marines, and
in Jan. 1815 a K.C.B.) was appointed to the command of a
Naval force ordered to co-operate with the Duke of Wel-
lington and the allied armies. He next, from the spring of
1816 until the close of 1817, commanded in oliief on the St.
Helena station ; and, attaining the rank of Vice-Admiral
19 July, 1821, was further employed as CommandeMn-Chief
in the Mediterranean from June, 1828, until June, 1831, in
the Downs and on the coast of Holland with the combined
fleets of France aud Spain under llis orders in 1832, and again
in the Mediterranean from May, 1833, until April, 1834. He
was created a G.C.M G. in 1829, a G.C.B. in 1833, and a
full Admiral 10 Jan. 1837. He died 20 July, 1838.
* The Fox, in Nov. 1796, conveyed the present Duke of
Wellington, then Colonel Wellesley, of the 33rd Regt., from
the Cape of Good Hope to India.
MALDEN.
715
marked its approbation. After much active em-
ployment in the Channel he sailed, in the early
part of 1809, for the West Indies, with intelligence
for Sir Alex. Cochrane of a French squadron having
proceeded thither; and in April of that year he
gained the warmest acknowledgments of Major-
General Maitland for his conduct on shore at the
capture of the Saintes islands.* After their subju-
gation the Narcissus returned home with General
Maitland, Governor of Grenada, and General Mont-
gomery, Governor of Dominica. In 1812-13, at
which time he had command of the Rhin, Capt.
Malcolm was employed in active co-operation with
the patriots on the north coast of Spain, under the
orders of Sir Geo. Collier and Sir Home Popham ;
particularly at the attack upon Lequeytio, during
which he had command of the island of St. Nicholas,
situated near that town j-f at Guetaria, where he
landed for the purpose of reducing the town, but
was compelled, by the sudden appearance of more
than 2000 French troops, to retire, with the loss of
3 Midshipmen and 29 men taken prisoners ;% also at
Santander, where he again went on shore, took pos-
session of a fort, and rendered much important ser-
vice ; and at the defence of Castro. In the spring of
1813 he was ordered with convoy to the West Indies ;
and in the course of the following year he was sent,
with the PiQOE 36 and Mosquito brig under his
orders, to cruize after an American squadron on the
Brazilian station. On 18 July, 1815, Capt. Malcolm,
who was at that time Senior officer on the coast of
Bretagne, and had been joined by the Menelaos and
Havannah frigates, performed a very neat exploit
in landing at the head of a body of seamen and
marines ftom the three ships at Corrijou, near
Abervrach, where he stormed and carried a fort, and,
with the assistance of the Fly and Feruet sloops,
who had followed, effected the capture of an armed
cutter, a praam-brig, and a gun-vessel, together with
a convoy reposing in the harbour under their pro-
tection. This affair was the last of the sort achieved
during the war. While in the Narcissus and Rhin,
Capt. Malcolm, who appears to have been in frequent
command of small flying squadrons, contrived to
take, independently of a whole host of merchant-
men, upwards of 20 privateers and other armed
vessels, carrying 168 guns and 1059 men.§ On leav-
ing the Roval Charlotte as above, Sir Chas. Mal-
colm (he had received the honour of Knighthood at
the hands of the Irish Viceroy) was appointed Su-
perintendent of the Bombay Marine ; the duties of
which important post he continued to discharge for
ten years, faithfully and zealously watching over
and advancing the interests of the honourable and
scientific corps under his command, and ably assist-
ing Government in his station. During that period,
as we gain from the general order issued by the Go-
vernor in Council on the occasion of his being suc-
ceeded by the present Sir Robt. Oliver, he proved
eminently successful in elevating the character of
the service, instituted many extensive and import-
ant surveys, was the means by his judicious instruc-
tions and suggestions of making numerous interest-
ing and valuable additions to geography and navi-
gation, and rendered himself conspicuous by his
exertions in the introduction and establishment of
steam-navigation in the Red Sea. Indeed he effected
a complete revulsion in the administration of naval
affairs, converting the system as it had pre-existed
into what is now recognised as the Indian Navy, a
name he was himself the first to impart. His pro-
motion to the rank of Rear-Admiral took place 10
Jan. 1837, and to that of Vice-Admiral 28 April, 1847.
Sir Chas. Malcolm married, first, 4 June, 1808, his
cousin, Magdalene, daughter of Chas. Pasley, Esq. ;
• rWe Gaz. 1809, p. 780. f V. Gaz, 1812, p. 1278.
J V. Gaii. 1812, p. 1441.
$ Including the Cantela Spanish man-of-war schooner,
pierced for 12 guns, but carrying only 6, with 25 men, cap-
tured 19 Aug. 1807 (Fiifc Gaz. 1807, p. 1126) ; the Avantura
letter-of-marque of 10 guns and 43 men ; and the privateers
Navnrrois of 16 guns and 132 men, San Jusi'ph of 14 guns
and es men, Xm Cumtesse de Montalivet of 14 guns and 57
men, La Courageuse of 14 guns and 70 men, and Decatur of
223 tons.
and, secondly, 11 April, 1829, Elmira Riddell, young-
est daughter of Major-General Shaw. By his first
marriage he has issue one daughter, and by his se-
cond three sons— the eldest of whom, George John,
a Midshipman R.N., entered the service in June,
1842, and was in the Firebrand with the present
Capt. Jas. Hope in the expedition up the Parana in
Nov. 1845. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
MALDEN. (Lieut., 1818. r-p., 14 ; h-p., 24.
Charles Robert Malden was born, 9 Aug. 1797,
at Putney, co. Surrey. His father, a medical man
and general practitioner of repute, resided at Mai-
den, in Essex, a place from which his family, who
had been seated there for many generations, derives
its name.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 June, 1809, as a
Supernumerary, on board the Diligence Navy
transport, Master-Commander Alex. Black, in order
to await an opportunity of joining the Acasta 40,
Capt. Philip Beaver, from which latter vessel he
eventually, in Oct. of the same year, removed to the
SciPiON 74, bearing the flag in the Bay of Biscay of
Rear-Admiral Hon. Robt. Stopford. Being again,
in June, 1810, placed under the orders of Capt.
Beaver in the Nisus 38, and awarded the rating of
Midshipman, he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope
and the East Indies, and assisted, while on those
stations, at the reduction of the Mauritius and the
island of Java. Soon after the commencement of
the war with the United States, he was sent home
in a captured American Indiaman. On the Nisus
being paid off in May, 1814,* Mr. Maiden (he had
only rejoined her a short time previously, having
been intermediately employed on board the Prince
98, guard-ship at Spithead) became attached to the
Traave 38, arme'e enfvte, Capts. Rowland Money
and John Codd. In the following Sept. we find
him serving on shore as Aide-de-Camp to Capt.
Money in the attack upon Baltimore ; and in Dec.
of the same year accompanying the expedition
against New Orleans, where he suffered much from
exposure in open boats, and was for three weeks
deprived by the frost of the use of his feet — an in-
fliction of which he still feels the effects. We may
add that during a portion of the operations he again
officiated as Aide-de-Camp to Capt. Money. Quit-
ting the Traave in Aug. 1816, Mr. Maiden (who
about that period passed his examination) next, in
March, 1817, joined the Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whit-
ley Deans Dundas, on the Mediterranean station,
where the favourable report made by that oflicer
to the Admiralty of his proficiency in the science of
surveying led to his being confirmed a Lieutenant
(after he had acted for a few weeks as such on
board the Albion 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Vinicombe
Penrose) in the Aid surveying-vessel, Capt. Wm.
Henry Smyth, 1 Sept. 1818. He continued under the
latter officer until Jan. 1821, and was lastly appointed
— 14 Sept. 1823, to the Shamrock, another survey-
ing-vessel, commanded in the Channel and on the
coast of Ireland by Capt. Martin White — and in the
summer of 1824 (in the capacity of Supernumerary-
Lieutenant and Head-Surveyor), to the Blonde 42,
Capt. Lord Byron, fitting for the Pacific, whither
he escorted the remains of the late King and Queen
of the Sandwich Islands. During the voyage an
island was discovered in lat. 4° 0' S., long. Uffi 0'
W., to which Lord Byron gave the name of Mai-
den, in compliment to the subject of the present
memoir; who, pending his sojourn among the Sand-
wich Islands, surveyed the south coast and harbour
of Honorura, and also an important harbour in the
island of Ha-wai-i (or Owhyhee) capable of contain-
ing five or six sail-of-the-line in perfect security,
which had entirely escaped the observation both of
Cook and Vancouver, and to which he affixed the
name of Bytot^s Bay. He was discharged on the
return of the Blonde to England in the spring of
1826.
Lieut. Maiden is the present proprietor and con-
* She was at the time commanded by Capt. Chas. Marsh
Schomberg.
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MALING— MALLARD-MALLOCK.
ductor of a respectableeducational establishment in
Montp'ellier Eoad, Brighton. He married, 8 April,
1828, Frances, eldest daughter of the Rev. Wm.
Hodgson Cole, Kefitor of West Clandtfn, and Vicar
of Wonersh, near Guildford, Surrey, by whom he
has issue seven sons and one daughter.
MALING. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
Irwin Maling died 26 March, 1845, at sea, on
hoard the brig KoYAtiST, from Sierra Leone, aged
32, having Invalided at that place from H.M. steam-
frigate Penelope on 8 of the previous Feb.
This oflScer entered the Navy 2 Feb. 1823 ; passed
his examination in 1831 ; obtained his commission
16 Dec. 1839; and was appointed— on 20 of the
same month, as Additional, to the Princess Char-
lotte 104, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Hon.
Kobt. Stopford— 14 March, 1840, to the Hydra
steamer, of which vessel (commanded in the Medi-
terranean and in North America and the West
Indies by Capts. Robt. Spencer Robinson and Alex.
Murray) he became First-Lieutenant — and, 1 July,
1843, to the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the
broad pendant of Commodore Wm. Jones on the
coast of Africa.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
MALING. (Vice-Admiral of the Eed, 1841.
F-P., 27 ; H-p., 29.)
Thomas James Maling, born 15 July, 1778, is
son of Christopher Thompson Maling, Esq., J. P., ,
of Hendon Lodge, co. Durham ; and brother-in-law
of the late Earl of Mulgrave, G.C.B., a General
Officer in the Army, and Colonel of the 31st Regt.,
father of the present Marquess of Normanby.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 June, 1791, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Duke 98, Capt.
Robt. Kingsmill, lying at Spithead ; joined, next,
the Alcide 74, and Niger 32, Capts. Sir Andw.
Snape Douglas and Rich. Goodwin Keats ; and in
Aug. 1792 became attached to the Penelope 32,
Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, on the Jamaica
station, where he assisted at the capture, 16 April,
1793, of Le Goelan 14, the first republican vessel
taken during the war. In Dec. of the latter year
he became Midshipman of the Swiftsure 74, bear-
ing the flag at Cork of Rear-Admiral Kingsmill ;
and on being again, in the spring of 1795, placed
under the orders of Capt. Rowley in the Cumber-
land 74, he took part, 13 July in that year, in the
partial action fought by Admiral Hotham with the
French fleet off" the Hyeres Islands. In the course
of the ensuing Oct. Mr. Maling removed to the
Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis,
by whom, after having officiated as his Aide-de-
Camp and Signal-Mate in the action off Cape St.
Vincent, he was nominated, in Feb. 1797, Lieute-
nant of La Minerve frigate, Capt. Geo. Cockbum.
Previously to his confirmation in the rank of Lieu-
tenant, which took place 6 Oct. following, we find
him serving in the boats of the last-mentioned ship
and the Lively, and particularly distinguishing
himself at the capture, close to the town of Santa
Cruz, after a loss to the British of 15 men wounded,
of La Mutine French national corvette of 14 guns,
which was brought out, notwithstanding a smart
fire of musketry from the crew, 113 in number, and
a heavy discharge of artillery and small-arms from
the shore, as also the fire of a large ship at anchor
in the road.* Attaining the rank of Commander 24
Dec. 1798, Capt. Maling was immediately appointed,
in that capacity, to La Bonne Citoyenne 20 ; in
which vessel he had charge for many months of the
blockade of Malta, and was present at the capture
oi Le Genereux 74, La VilJe de Marseilles armed store-
ship, and Le Guillaume Tell of 84 guns and 1000
men. He was nominated Acting-Captain of Le
Guillaume Tell U April, 1800; was oflicially
posted, on 6 of the next Sept., into the Alkmaar
54 ; and was subsequently appointed — 10 Oct. 1801
(after seven months of half-pay), to the Diana 38,
actively employed, during six years, on the Modi-
* Vide Gaz. 1797, p. 644.
terranean, Cork, and North and South American
stations — 27 Oct. 1807, to the Undadnted 38, at-
tached to the force in the West Indies and Channel,
where he served until June, 1810—1 Sept. 1812, for
two years, to the Mdlgbave 74, in the Mediterrar
nean— and, 31 July, 1821, and 31 May and 23 June,
1823, to the Northumeerlakd 78, Spartiate 76,
and Cambridge 82, the two former on the Home,
the latter on the South American station, whence
he returned in 1827. It was his fortune, when in
command of the Diana, and in company with the
Pique 36, to eflTect the capture, in Dec. 1804, of the
Spanish ship of war Diligcntia of 28 guns ; as also,
18 Feb. 1807, of the French privateer La Charlotte
of 14 gims, pierced for 20, with a complement of 118
men. He conducted for a long time, too, the
blockade of Cura9oa, and, by taking possession Of
the island of Oruba, whence it had drawn its sup-
plies, succeeded in reducing it to the state in which
it was found by the late Sir Chas. Brisbane previ-
ously to its surrender. The Undaunted proved the
captor, 12 Feb. 1809, of the San Josephe privateer
of 14 guns and 96 men, and was for a time engaged
at the defence of Cadiz: the Mulgrave, besides
capturing two martello towers, was very successful
against the enemy's trade, and formed part of the
force under Sir Edw. Pellew in his action of 5 Nov.
1813 with the Toulon fleet. The subject of the pre-
sent narrative became a Rear-Admiral 22 July,
1830 ; and attained the rank he now holds 23 Nov.
1841.
The Vice-Admiral is a Magistrate for cos. Dur-
ham and Worcester, and a Deputy-Lieutenant for
the latter. He married, first, 2 Dec. 1811, Harriet,
youngest daughter of the late celebrated Dr. Dar-
win, of the Priory, near Derby ; and, secondly, 29
July, 1828, Jemima, second daughter of the late
Colonel Bromley, of Abberley Lodge, co. Worcester,
by whom he has issue a sou and two daughters.
MALLARD. (Liedt., 1821. r-p.,14 ; h-p., 26.)
Charles Mallard entered the Navy, 13 Nov.
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Neptune 98,
Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, attached to the Channel
fleet; and from Nov. 1808 until March, 181S, was
employed as Midshipman in the Ethalion frigate,
Capt. Thos. John Cochrane (under whom he shared
in a slight encounter with the French 40-giin fri-
gate Amphitrite, and assisted at the reduction of
Martinique and the Salutes), Hannibal 74, Royal
George 100, and Hibernia 120, flag-ships of Ad-
mirals Sir Thos. Williams, Fras. Pickmore, and Sir
Wm. Sidney Smith, Blake and Rippon 74's, Capts.
Edw. Codrington and Sir Christopher Cole, and
Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane
on the West India, Lisbon, Mediterranean, Home,
and North American stations. In the Rippon he
witnessed the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of the French
44-gun frigate l,e Weser. He returned home from
America (after having acted for a short time as
Lieutenant of the President frigate) in Sept. 1815
on board the Vengeur 74 ; and between that pe-
riod and the date of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, 29 Jan. 1821, served as Admiralty Mid-
shipman, chiefly on the South American station, in
the Hyacinth 20, Capt. Alex. Robt. Sharpe, Lee
20, Capt. Stewart Blacker, and Superb 78, Commo-
dore Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. He has since
been on half-pay. AoEhTS- Messrs. Stilwell.
MALLOCK. (Lieut., 1830. f-p., 18; h-p., 16.)
Thomas Mallock, bom 11 June, 1799, is second
son of Kawlin Mallock, Esq., of Axminster, co.
Devon; and is closely related to the Mallocks of
Cockington Court. His family had the honour of
representing the borough of Lyme Regis in Parlia-
ment in the reigns of Edward 1., Mary, and Eliza-
beth. One of its members, a daughter of John
Mallock, Esq., of Axmouth, was the wife of the first
Baron Mountflorence.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Julj', 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Capts. Robt.
Waller Otway and Geo. Mundy, in which ship he
MALONE— MANCHESTEE-MANGIN.
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served in the Channel, and on the Tforth American
and Mediterranean stations, part of the time as
Midshipman, until April, 1816. He then joined the
Erne 20, Capt. Rich. Spencer, also in the Medi-
terranean ; as he afterwards did — in 1818, the Bol-
■ffARK 74, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir John Gore —
in the course of the same year, the Vengedr 74,
bearing the flag at first of Rear- Admiral W. Otway
at Leith, but afterwards commanded by Capt. Fred.
Lewis Maitland in South America and the Medi-
terranean— in 1821, the Genoa 74, Capt. F. L. Mait-
land,. lying at Chatham — in 1822, as Mate (having
passed his examination 21 Dec. 1819), the Jupiter
50, Capt. Geo. Augustus Westphal, under whom he
escorted Lord Amherst, Governor-General of India,
to Bengal— in 1823 and 1827, the Minai 26, Capt.
Houston Stewart, and (as Admiralty Mate) the
HnsSAK 46, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle, both on the
North American station — and, in 1830 (in the ca-
pacity last mentioned), the Royal George yacht,
Capts. Geo. Mundy and Lord Adolphus FitzCla-
rence. During his attachment to the Jupiter Mr.
Mallock jumped overboard and had the good for-
tune to save the life of a boy, the son of the Purser,
Mr. Davies. In March, 182,5, he was sent with a
party of seamen from the Menai, then at Halifax,
to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, for the purpose of afibrd-
ing assistance to the Cheeuctoo Colonial Govern-
ment brig, which had been driven on shore during
a heavy gale and bilged. After contending for
three weeks with the greatest difficulties he suc-
ceeded in lifting the vessel from ofi' the rocks and
floating her between two schooners over the bar
into the harbour. This service had scarcely been
performed, when, another gale arising, the American
schooner Billmii was seen fast drifting towards the
very spot on which the Chebuctoo had been
bilged ; but she was luckily saved from wreck by
the prompt and decisive conduct of Mr. Mallock,
who instantly took a cable and anchor in boats
across the bar to her succour. In 1829 he was se-
lected by Sir C. Ogle to aid in fixing the geo-
graphical position of the most prominent points in
the Bay of Fundy. He was promoted from the
RoYAE George to the rank of Lieutenant 31 Dec.
M30 ; and was lastly, from 8 July, 1836, until paid
off in the early part of 1838, employed in the Ma-
tABAR 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Augustus Montagu, off
Lisbon.
He married, in 1838, Edith Stiles Paterson,
daughter of the late D. Goddard, Esq., and grand-
niece of the late Arthur Mills Raymond, Esq., of
Norfolk Street, Park Lane, London, and of the
Manor House, Ealing, co. Middlesex, by whom he
has issue four children. Agents — Messrs. Halford
and Co.
M'ALONE. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 39; h-p., 8.)
Edmund Malone was bom in 1786, in co. West-
meath.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince 98, Capt. Sam.
Sutton, bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Chas.
Cotton, under whom he continued to serve, in the
capacity of Midshipman, until May, 1801. Pro-
ceeding in 1803 to the East Indies in the Albion
74, Capt. John Ferrier, he there in succession
removed to the Russell 74, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, Arrogant
74, Capt. Wm. Flint, and Cetlon of 40 guns, Capts.
Wm. Jones Lye and Chas. Gordon— in which latter
ship he was confirmed a Lieutenant 18 Sept. 1809.
In May, 1803, we find him assisting at the capture,
by the Albion and other vessels, of the French
frigate La Franchise of 36 guns ; and, in 1808, wit-
nessing, as Mate of the Russell, the surrender of
the Danish settlement of Tranquebar. He was
also, when in the Ceylon, present, 18 Sept. 1810, in
a fierce intermittent night-action of four hours,
which terminated in the capture of that frigate
(after she had incurred a loss, out of 295 men, of 10
killed and 31 wounded) by the French ships Venus
of 44 guns and 380 men, and Victor of 16 guns. The
Ceylon being, however, retaken in the course of the
same day, Mr. Malone was aflibrded an opportunity of
officiating as her First-Lieutenant at the ensuing
reduction of the Mauritius. He invalided home in
Feb. 1811 ; and was next appointed, on the Home
station— 24 July following, to the Colossus 74,
Capt. ThoB. Alexander, in the boats of which ship
he was frequently employed under the enemy's bat-
teries on the coast of France in operations against
their trade— 30 May, 1814, to the Teazek 14, Capt.
Thos. Priekett— 3 May, 1815, to the Queen Char-
lotte 100, Capt. Chas. Inglis— and 9 Oct. 1815, to
the Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander. On leav-
ing the ship last mentioned Mr. Malone obtained an
appointment, 2 March, 1818, to the Royal Naval
College at Portsmouth, where he remained for a
period of 19 years. He has been attached, since 8
March, 1842, to the Royal Hospital at Plymouth.
His son, Robt. Edmund Malone, is at present
acting as Purser and Paymaster of the Stromboli
steam-sloop.
MANCHESTER, DnKE of, formerly Viscotot
Mandeville. (Commander, 1822. r-p., 11;
H-p., 24.)
His Grace George, Duke op Manchester,
bom 9 July, 1799, is eldest son of 'WiUiam, fifth
Duke of Manchester (Governor of Jamaica, Col-
lector of the Customs for the port of London, and
Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of co. Hun-
tingdon), by Lady Susan Gordon, third daughter of
Alexander, fourth Duke of Gordon. The Duke,
who succeeded his father 18 March, 1843, is brother-
in-law of the Marquess of Tweeddale, a General
Officer in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 Feb. 1B12, as
a Volunteer, on board the Antelope 50, Capt. Jas.
Carpenter, bearing the flag at Newfoundland of Sir
John Thos. Duckworth. In Feb. 1813 he joined the
San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King in the
Mediterranean, where, in Jan. 1814, he became
Midshipman of L'Aigle 36, Capt. Sir John Louis,
with whom, it appears, he continued to serve in the
Scamander and Forth frigates, on the Home and
Halifax stations, until transferred, in Sept. 1818, to
the Larne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe, then at Ja-
maica. He was promoted, 20 Nov. 1818, to a Lieu-
tenancy in the Confianoe sloop, Capt. Alex. Mont-
gomerie, also in the West Indies, on which station
he removed, 2 Feb. 1819, to the Syeille 44, flag-
ship of Sir Home Popham. His last appointments
were, 22 March and 30 Oct. 1821, to the Medina 20
and RocHFORT 80, Capts. Robt. Hockings and Chas.
Marsh Schomberg. He attained his present rank 19
July, 1822.
Prior to his accession to the Dukedom his Grace
(who is Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Armagh) sat in
the House of Commons for Huntingdonshire. He
married, 8 Oct. 1822, Mellioent, only daughter and
heir of the late General Robt. Bernard Sparrow, of
Brampton, in Northamptonshire, by his wife, the
Lady Olivia Acheson, eldest daughter of Arthur,
first Earl of Gosford, and has issue four sons.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
MANGIN. (Eeab-Admikal of the Blue, 1841.
F-p., 10 ; H-p., 42.)
Reuben Caillaud Mangin was born 1 Nov.
1780, in Dublin, and died 20 July, 1846, at Kings-
town, near that city. He was son of Lieut.-Colonel
Sam. Henry Mangin, of the 12th Dragoons, and
grand-nephew of Brigadier-General John Caillaud,
of Aston House, co. Oxford.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Oct. 1794, as
Midshipman, on board the Impregnable 98, Capt.
Sir Chas. Cotton; and from the following Dec.
until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 3 Dec.
1800, served (with the exception of a short attach-
ment in 1799 to the Naiad frigate, Capt. Wm
Pierrepont) in La Pomone 44, Canada 74, TiME-
RAiRE 98, and Renown 74, all under the orders of
his patron Sir John Borlase Warren. He was a
participator, during that period, in the capture of
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MANGLES— MANICO— MA NN.
an extraordinary number of vessels ; was in the
PoMONE in the expedition to Quiberon in 1795 ; and
was present in the Canada at the defeat of Com-
modore Bompart's squadron, off the coast of Ire-
land, 12 Oct. 1798. His succeeding appointments
were, 16 July, 1801, 19 May, 1802, and 16 July, 1803,
to the MiNERVE,* San Fiorenzo, and Virginie fri-
gates, Capts. Geo. Cockbum, Joseph Bingham, and
John Poo Beresford, employed on the Mediterra-
nean, East India, and Home stations. Obtaining a
second promotal commission 8 May, 1804, Capt.
Mangin was invested, 26 March, 1807, with the
command of the Valorous praam. In that vessel
he co-operated in the defence of Danzig, and was
honoured with the thanks of the King of Prussia for
the assistance he afforded in rescuing the garrison
of Fort Weeickselmunde at the very moment it was
about to be occupied by a division of Marshal Le-
febvre's troops. He was advanced, at the recom-
mendation of Admiral Gambier, to Post-rank for
his conduct off Copenhagen, 13 Oct. 1807 ; and from
March to May, 1811, he held temporary command
of the Saldanha frigate on the Irish coast. This
was the last appointment he was able to procure.
He acquired Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841.
The Rear- Admiral married, 11 April, 1803, Mag-
dalene, daughter of the Rev. H. D'AbZac, formerly
Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, by whom,
who died 13 Aug. 1840, he had issue four sons and
two daughters. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
Commander Mangles published in Aug. 1823, in
conjunction with the late Capt. Hon. Chas. Leonard
Irby, R.N., a work entitled * Travels in Egj'pt,
Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor, in 1817-18.' He is a
F.B.S., and a Member of the London Geographical
Society. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
MANGLES, F.R.S. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 15;
H-p., 32.)
James Mangi.es entered the Navy, in March,
1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Maidstone fri-
gate, Capt. Ross Donnelly ; previously to following
whom as Midshipman, in Nov. 1801, into the Nar-
cissus 32, he served off the coast of France, escorted
convoy home from Oporto, and made a voyage to
Quebec. In the Narcissdb, after cruizing in the
North Sea and also in the Mediterranean, where he
assisted at the capture, 8 July, 1803, of the French
corvette UAlcwti^ of 16 guns and 96 men, he accom-
panied the expedition to the Cape of Good Hope ;
on her passage whither the Nakcisshs, besides
effecting the capture of ie PrudeTit privateer, of 12
guns and 70 men, retook the English merchant-ship
Horatio JVelson, mounting 22 guns, and drove on
shore the Napoleon, privateer, of 32 guns and 250
men. Subsequently to the reduction of the Cape
and the capture of the 46-gun frigate Volontaire,
Mr. Mangles, who had been invested with the rank
of Acting-Lieutenant, proceeded to the Rio de la
Plata, whence we find him returning to England
■with the despatches announcing the conquest of
Buenos Ayres. He had previously, 11 July, 1804,
served with the boats of the Nahcisscs, Seahorse,
and Maidstone^ 10 in number, under the orders of
Lieut. John Thompson, at the capture and destruc-
tion of 12 settees, lying at La Vandour, in the Bay
of Hieres, where the British, encountered by a tre-
mendous fire of grape-shot and musketry, as well
from the vessels themselves as from a battery and
the houfees of the town, sustained a loss of 4 men
killed and 23 wounded. His appointments, after he
left the Narcissus, Were— 26 Sept. 1806, to the
PEnKlOpe 36, CaptS. Wm. Bobt. Broughton and
John Dick, employed at first on the coast of Spain
and at Halifax, and then on the West India station,
where he aided at the reduction of Martinique in
Feb. 1809— in 1811-13, to the Boyke 98, and Vilee
BE Paris 110, flag-ships in the Channel of Sir Harry
Burrard Neale, Under whom he was latterly in dis-
charge of the duties of Signal-Lieutenant, and was
J)resent at the grand naval review held at Spithead
— 5 Sept. 1814, as First, to the Duncan 74, bearing
the flag in South America of Sir John Poo Beres-
ford— and, in Jan. 1815, to the acting-command of
the Racoon sloop, in which he returned to Plymouth,
after escorting part of the Brazilian trade to Bristol.
He was confirmed in his present rank 13 June, 1815,
but has not been since afloat.
• The MiNERvE effected the capture antl destruction,
S Sept. 1801 , of the Succls of 32, and Bravmre of 42 guns. I
MANICO. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 13; h-p., 28.)'
Peter Smith Manico entered the Navy, 26
March, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ocean
98, Capt. Rich. Thomas, bearing the flag of Lord
Collingwood in the Mediterranean, where he soon
attained the rating of Midshipman, and continued
to serve, until Nov. 1815, in the Cambrlan 40,
Capts. Eras. Wm. Fane and Chas. Bullen, Un-
daunted 38, Capts. Rich. Thomas and Thos. Ussher,
Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. PcUew, and
Undaunted again, Capts. T. Ussher and Chas. Thur-
low Smith, of which latter ship he was confirmed a
Lieutenant 16 March, 1814, after having for nearly
three months acted in that capacity. On 13 Dec. 1810,
being at the time in the Cambrian, he witnessed
the destruction of a large convoy protected by two
batteries in the Mole of Palamos, at which place the
British, out of 600 officers and men, who had been
employed in the boats of a squadron, sustained a
loss of upwards of 200 killed, wounded, and taken
prisoners. He was otherwise much engaged in the
same ship in co-operation with the patriots on the
coast of Catalonia; and, when Lieutenant of the
Undaunted, assisted in conveying Napoleon Buona-
parte from Frejus to Elba, and was present at the
capture of the Tremiti islands. His last appoint-
ments were — 6 July, 1821, to the Perseus receiving-
ship off the Tower, Capt. Jas. Couch — and, 13 Jan.
1824, to the Griper discovery-ship, Capt. Geo.
Fras. Lyon. In the course of the latter year he
joined in a disastrous attempt made to reach Re-
pulse Bay — an enterprise whose harassing and dis-
tressing nature nearly ruined the constitutions of
all connected with it. He was paid off in Dec.
1824, and has not been since afloat.
MANN. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Adrian Thomas Mann entered the Navy 11
Feb. 1814; served as Midshipman of the Swinger
12, in action with an American privateer off Su-
rinam in 1815; passed his examination in 1820; was
employed in a boat of the Cambrian frigate at
the capture of a pirate in the Archipelago in 1826 ;
and in 1827 (on 24 April in which year he attained
his present rank) took command of the boats of
the Camelion, and cut out a similar description of
vessel. His appointments, since his promotion,
have been — 20 June, 1831, to the Coast Guard —
26 Sept. 1837, to the command of the Stork Re-
venue-vessel—6 Oct. 1840, again to the Coast Guiird
— 30 Dec. 1844, to the post of Agent on board a
contract mail steam-vessel — 19 June, 1846, to the
Redwing steam-packet, Capt. Thos. Bevis, lying
at Liverpool — and, 5 Feb. 1847, to the command of
the Merlin, another steam-packet, of 312 horse-
power.
Lieut. A. Mann married, in 1829, Sarah, daughter
of Jlr. Pearce, at that time chief officer of the
Coast Guard station at Hope, near Kingsbridge, by
whom he has issue.
MANN. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
James Saumarez Mann entered the Navy in
1835 ; passed his examination 8 June, 1842 ; and
after serving as Mate of the Excellent gunnery-
ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and
Pantaloon 10, commanded on the coast of Africa
by Capt. Edm. Wilson, was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant 21 Oct. 1845, and appointed Addi-
tional of the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the
broad pendant on the latter station of Commodore
Wm. Jones. He has been attached, since 15 Sept.
1846, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, now in
the Mediterranean.
MANN— MANNERS— MANNING-MANSEL.
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MANN. (C0MMANDEK,1845. f-p., 33; H-P., 4.)
KoBEUT Mann* is first-cousin of Commander H.
W. Scott, R.N., Lieut. R. Y. M. Darracott, K.N.,
and R. M. Read, Esq., Purser and Paymaster, R.N.
(1812.) His 11 paternal uncles (sons of Rotiert
Mann, Esq., of Barton, near Plympton, Devon, a
gentleman of property) were all swept away in the
Naval and Military service of their country.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 May, 1810, as
a Supernumerary (under the auspices of Vice-Ad-
miral Robt. Man, a distant relative), on board the
Salvador del Mundo, bearing the flag at Ply-
mouth of Admiral Wm. Young, for the purpose of
awaiting an opportunity to join the Royal George
100, commanded by Capt. Geo. Burgoyne Salt, with
whom, in April, 1811, he removed as Midshipman to
the Unicorn 32. Continuing in that frigate under
the orders of Capts. Wm. Hext and Sam. Geo.
Pechell until Oct. 1814, he served at the blockade of
Basque Roads, L'Orient, and Brest, co-operated much
with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, was
stationed off the coast of Holland during the severe
winter of 1813-14, escorted the Duke of Cambridge
from Hanover to England, and cruized for some
time off the coast of Norway. While on the latter
service he was sent in charge of a prize from Chris-
tiansand to Leith, but was compelled, in conse-
quence of the springing of a timber-head during a
gale of wind off Rattray Head, to run the vessel
ashore. On leaving the XInicobn we find him suc-
cessively joining — 11 Nov. 1814, the Goldfinch 10,
Capt. John Foote, whom he accompanied to the
West Indies— 13 Feb. 1816, the Malta 84, from
which ship, commanded at Plymouth by Capt. Thos.
Gordon Caulfeild, he was lent, from April to Aug.
1816, to the Traave 38, arme'e-en-fiute, Capt. John
Codd— 23 Feb. 1818 (after he had been for 12
months on shore), the Harlequin 18, Capts. Ben-
nett, Parker, and Weeks, employed on the coast of
Ireland, where he served upwards of six years —
and, 16 June, 1824, the Ocean 80, bearing the flag
in the Tagus of Lord Amelius Beauclerk, who, in
Oct. 1824, and again in June, 1825, nominated him
(solely for conduct) Lieutenant of the Sdpeeb 74,
Capt. Sir Thos. Staines. His promotion being con-
firmed by commission dated 6 July, 1825, he was
next, 28 Dec. 1829, appointed to the Coast Guard,
in which service he remained (stationed for two
years in Ireland, and for 14 at Hastings) until ad-
vanced, as a reward for meritorious behaviour, to
his present rank 16 Jan. 1845. Since 3 July follow-
ing he has been employed as Inspecting Commander
of the Coast Guard at Kilrush — an appointment he
received at the special recommendation of the Board
of Customs.
Commander Mann married, 21 Dec. 1826, Julia,
second daughter of Joseph Motton, Esq., of Teign-
mouth, by whom he has issue one son.
MANNERS. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 14; h-p., 20.)
RossELL Henry Manners entered the Royal
Naval College 6 May, 1813 ; and embarked, 6 March,
1816, as a Vohmteer, on board the Minden 74,
Capt. Wm. Paterson, in which ship, after assisting
we believe at the bombardment of Algiers, he pro-
ceeded to the East Indies, where he served, under
the flag of Sir Rich. King, until nominated Mid-
shipman, 1 July, 1818, of the Orlando 36, com-
manded by Capt. John Clavell, with whom, in 1819,
he returned to England in the Malabar 74. After
an intermediate employment on the Channel and
West India stations in the Spartan and Pybamus
frigates, Capts. Wm. Furlong Wise and Fras. New-
combe, he became, 29 July, 1822, Acting-Lieutenant
of the Tyne 26, Capt. John Edw. Walcott, to which
vessel the Admiralty confirmed him 19 Oct. follow-
ing. In May, 1823, he rejoined the 'Pybamus, still
commanded by Capt. Newcombe, under whom he
continued until awarded a second promotal commis-
sion 16 Aug. 1825. His last appointment was, 21
Oct. 1827, to the command of the Britoiiart 10, at
• The Commander's name, although spelt as above in his
baptismal certificate, is correctly * Man.*
Plymouth. He attained his present rank 4 March,
1829.
Capt. Manners married, 3 July, 1834, Louisa Jane,
daughter of Le Comte de Noe, a Peer of France,
by whom he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Om-
manney.
MANNING. (LlHJTENANT, 1824.)
George Manning is eldest son of Henry Man-
ning, Esq., of Wonford House, oo. Devon.
This officer entered the Navy 6 May, 1814 ; ob-
tained his commission 20 Aug. 1824 ; and was ap-
pointed—30 March, 1826, to the Spartlate 76, Capt.
Fred. Warren, employ ed off Lisbon and in the Medi-
terranean—and, 30 Sept. 1831, to the Melville 74,
bearing the flag of Sir John Gore in the East Indies.
He has been on half-pay since June, 1833.
He married, 9 Dec. 1834, Emma Jane, daughter
of the late W. H. Jones, Esq., of Ashurst Park, co.
Kent. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
HANSEL, K.L.H. (Captain, 1840. p-p., 17;
H-p., 22.)
George Mansel entered the Navy, 30 May,
1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venbeable 74,
Capts. Andw. King and Sir Home Popham, in which
ship, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. John Strachan,
he accompanied the expedition of 1809 to the Wal-
cheren. After cruizing for some time in the Eliza
tender, Lieut.-Commander Nicholas Kortwright, he
became attached, in July, 1811, to the Sdkvbil-
LANTE 38, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, under whom
he served, in co-operation with the patriots on the
north coast of Spain, until transferred, as Midship-
man, about March, 1812, to the San Domingo 74,
successive flag-ship of Sir R. J. Strachan and Sir
John Borlase Warren in the North Sea and North
America. He continued on the latter station in the
CoLiBBi sloop, Capt. John Thomson, Nymphe 38,
Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, and Albion 74
and Tonnant 80, bearing the flags of Admirals Geo.
Cockbum and Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, until the
summer of 1815 ; and he then, for a few weeks,
joined the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Wm. Robt.
Broughton, on the Channel station. In July, 1816,
he sailed for the Mediterranean in the Queen Char-
lotte 100, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth, who,
on their arrival, nominated him Lieutenant of the
Minden 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson, a capacity in
which he took part in the bombardment of Algiers.
He returned home shortly afterwards in the Queen
Charlotte, and was paid off; but he did not suc-
ceed in obtaining his ofiicial promotion until 29
Jan. 1821. His next appointment was, 24 July,
1824, to the Valorous sloop, Capt. the Earl of
Huntingdon, fitting for the Jamaica station, where
it was his fortune, 2 Deo. 1826, to be made Com-
mander into the Magnificent hospital and store-
ship at Port Royal. Returning home about the
commencement of 1828, Capt. Mansel, on a subse-
quent occasion, proceeded to the Mediterranean,
and there, during the operations of the French
against Algiers, performed such good service as to
lead to his being invested, 14 Nov. 1831, with the
order of the Legion of Honour. He afterwards, 20
April, 1840, assumed command of the Wasp 16;
and on 28 Sept. in that year, as a reward for his ser-
vices at the capture of Sidon * he was advanced to
Post-rank. In the following Nov. he witnessed the
fall of St. Jean d'Acre. His appointments have
since been — 9 Jan. 1841, to the Powerful 84,
also in the Mediterranean, whence he came home
in the following Sept.— and, 14 Dec. 1844, to the
ACT.EON 26, in which ship he is now on the coast of
Africa.
Agent — John Chippendale.
MANSEL. (Captain, 1834. p-p., 19; h-p., 30.)
Thomas Mansel entered the Navy, in 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the HviENA24, Capts. Hon.
Courtenay Boyle and David Lloyd, stationed at
* Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2603.
720
MANSELL.
first in the North Sea and afterwards in the Medi-
terranean. Removing as Midshipman, in 1800, to
the Elephant 74, Capts. Thos. Foley and Geo.
Dundas, he served in that ship under Lord Nelson
at the hattle of Copenhagen 2 April, 1801, and on
proceeding to the "West Indies took part in the ope-
rations of 1803 against the French at St. Domingo.
Between the summer of 1804, on 16 Sept. in which
year he was confirmed a Lieutenant, and the date
of his promotion to the rank of Commander, 15 June,
1814, we find him serving, in every quarter of the
globe, in the Port Mahon sloop, Capt. Sam. Cham-
bers, Bakkacouta schooner, commanded by him-
self, Kacoon 18, Capt. Edw. Crofton, Avon 18,
Capt. Mauritius Adolphus Newton J)e Starck,
DnEADNOuGHT 98, Capt. Wm. Lechmere, Volon-
taire 38, Capt. Chas. BuUen, Hibernia 110, Capt.
R. J. Neve, Troubridge armed ship, under his own
orders, Dragon 74, bearing the flag of Sir Fras.
Laforey, and Bakham 74, Capt. John "Wm. Spran-
ger. He was wounded, during that period, in the
boats of the Racoon at the recapture of a merchant-
vessel off Cuba — was present in the Avon (after
having escorted a Russian ship of the line to the
Baltic, and Mr. Erskine, H. M. Minister, to the
"United States) in a gallant escape made by that
vessel from the French 74-gun ship Regulvs — aided,
when in the "V"olontaire, in conveying the present
King of the French to Malta, as also in capturing
the island of Pomegue, near Marseilles, and in de-
stroying Fort Rioux, mounting 14 guns, near Cape
Croisette — and commanded the Troubridge at the
reduction of the Isle of France. His last appoint-
ment was, 13 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard, in
which service he continued until posted 12 Feb.
1834.
MANSELL. (LlEiTTEKANT, 1841.)
Arthur Lukis Manseli, is son of Capt. Sir Thos.
Mansell, R.N., Kt., K.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy from the Royal
Naval College 8 Sept. 1831 ; passed his examination
in 1835 ; obtained his commission 14 Dec. 1841 ;
and from 23 March, 1842, until 1846, was employed
in the Mediterranean as Additional-Lieutenant of
the Beacon surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Graves.
MANSELL. (Retired Commander, 1847.
F-p., 14 ; H-p., 33.)
BoNAMV Manseli., bom 13 Oct. 1786, at Guern-
sey, is brother of Capt. Sir Thos. Mansell, R.N.,
Kt., K.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the London 98, commanded
in the Channel by Capt. John Child Purvis, whom
he there followed as Midshipman, in April, 1801,
into the Royal George 100. Joining next, in 1802,
La Dedaigneuse 36, Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland,
Peter Heywood, and Chas. Jas. Johnston, he sailed
for the East Indies, where, in June, 1805, he ac-
companied the last-mentioned officer into the Corn-
WALLis 50. After participating, 11 Nov. 1806, in a
gallant attack made by that vessel, in company with
the Sceptre 74, on the Semillante French frigate,
three armed ships, and 12 sail of merchantmen,
the whole protected by seven batteries, mounting
upwards of 100 pieces of cannon, in St. Paul's Bay,
He de Bourbon, Mr. Mansell, in Jan. 1807, joined
the CuLLODEN 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pel-
lew; under whom, on 11 of the ensuing Dec, he
witnessed the destruction of the dockyard and stores
at Griessee, in the island of Java, and of all the
men-of-war remaining to Holland in India. Being
successively, 28 May, 1808, and 7 March, 1809, con-
stituted an acting and a confirmed Lieutenant of
the Sapphire sloop, Capts. George Davies and
Bertie Cornelius Cator, we find liim, on 1 May in
the latter year, uniting with the Nerejde frigate,
Capt. Robt. Corbett, in a successful engagement
with two batteries near St. Rose, in the He de
Bourbon, where he was severely hurt in the leg by
the premature explosion of a magazine containing
100 barrels of powder, which took place while he
was in the act of pulling off from the shore with a
message to Capt. Corbett from Lieut. Arthur Batt
Bingham of the N ebeide, with whom he had landed.
He was subsequently concerned in the capture of
the French frigate Caroline and of other vessels in
St. Paul's Bay, He de Bourbon ; and he was then
removed vidth Capt. Cator to the Ottee sloop. His
last appointments were — 23 May, 1810, for passage
home, to the Leopard 50, Capt. Jas. Johnstone—
20 Dec. 1810, to the Ttrian 10, Capt. Henry Thos.
Davies, attached to the force in the Channel — 6 Sept.
1811 (having left the Ttrian in the previous May),
to the Heldee 36, Capt. John Serrell, stationed in
the Baltic — 13 Sept. 1813 (after eight months of
half-pay), to the Salvador del Mdndo, flag-ship at
Plymouth of Yice-Admiral "Wm. Domett — and 21
Nov. following, as First-Lieutenant, to the Saturn
56, Capts. Jas. Nash and Thos. Brown, in which
ship, until 30 Nov. 1814, he was most actively em-
ployed on the coast of North America. During
the year 1812 Mr. Mansell, at the time in the Hel-
DER, succeeded, in the presence of a convoy of 300
sail, in setting fire, at noonday, to a galliot, defended,
on the beach, in the Great Belt, by a sharp fire from
3 or 4 field-pieces and musketry — an enterprise
which occasioned the boats under his orders a loss
of 2 Midshipmen and of at least 10 or 12 men killed
and wounded. He had also the good fortune, in a
boat of the same ship, in conjunction with another
belonging to the Bellette, to effect the capture
of a valuable merchantman laden with linen, and
afterwards sold we believe for 11,000Z. He accepted
his present rank 9 April, 1847.
MANSELL, Kt, K.C.H., K.S.S. (Captatn, 1814.
F-p., 20 ; H-P., 34.)
Sir Thomas Mansell, bom 9 Feb. 1777, is third
son of the late Thos. Mansell, Esq., of Guernsey;
and brother of Retired Commander Bonamy Man-
sell, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 1793, as
Midshipman, on board the Crescent, Capt. Jas.
Saumarez, of 42 guns and 257 men, and on 20 of
the following Oct. assisted at the capture, after
a close action of two hours, of the French frigate
La Reunion, of 36 guns and 320 men, 120 of whom
were either killed or wounded, without any casu-
alty whatever to the British.* He afterwards
accompanied an expedition sent under the orders
of Earl Moira and Rear-Admiral M'Bride to co-
operate with the French Royalists on the coasts
of Normandy and Brittany ; and on 8 June, 1794,
he was present when the Crescent, by a bold and
masterly manoeuvre, effected her escape from a
French squadron, consisting of two cut-down 74's,
each mounting 54 guns, two frigates, and a brig.
Following Sir Jas. Saumarez, in March, 1795, into
the Orion 74, Mr. Mansell was afforded an oppor-
tunity of sharing in that ship in Lord Bridport's
action, as Master's Mate in the battle fought off
Cape St. Vincent (where he was wounded t), and
in a similar capacity in the victory of the Nile.
On 22 Oct. 1798, owing to the strong manner in
which he was recommended by his Captain to Lord
Nelson, he found himself nominated Acting-Lieu-
tenant of L'Aqoilon 74, Capt. Thos. Bowen. He
was confirmed a Lieutenant 17 April, 1799, and was
subsequently appointed — 12 Aug. following, to the
Impregnable 98, Capt. Jonathan Faulknor, under
whom he was WTecked between Langstone and
Chichester 19 Oct. in the same year — 11 Dec. 1799
and 5 Feb. 1801, to the London 98 and Royal
George 100, in the former of which ships (they
were both commanded by Capt. John Child Purvis)
he accompanied the expedition to Ferrol in Aug.
1800—5 April, 1803, after nearly 12 months of half-
pay, to the Cekberus 32, Capt. "Wm. Selby, on the
Guernsey station, where, during an attack made in
the month of Sept. on the town of Granville, he
took command of the carronade launch, and elicited
the applause of his Admiral for the manner in which
* As a reward for this achievement Capt. Saumarez re-
ceived the honour of Knighthood.
+ Vide Gaz. 1797, p. 2 12.
MANSELL— MANSFIELD
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he assisted in silencing the fire of nine gun-vessels
by whom the Cekberus had been assailed when
for three hours aground on a sand-bank * — 8 June,
1804, to the DioMEDE 50, Capts. Hugh Downman
and Joseph Edmunds, in which ship, bearing the
flag at first of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he superintended
the landing of the troops under Major-General (now
Lord) Beresford in the operations against the Cape
of Good Hope, and had charge of the seamen at-
tached to that officer's brigade at Saldanha Bay —
27 Jan. 1806, as First, to the Diadem 64, bearing
the broad pendant of Sir Home Popham — 11 March
ensuing, to the command of an armed transport,
for the purpose of conTeying home intelligence of a
French squadron under Jerome Buonaparte having
arrived in the vicinity of the Cape — and, 29 Aug.
in the same year, to the post of Flag-Lieutenant
under Sir Jas, Saumarez, with whom he successively
served in the Channel and Baltic on board the
DioMEDE, HiBEKNiA, and VicTOKT. Being con-
firmed, 17 Sept. 1808, in the command of the KosE
sloop, Capt. ManseU, while in that vessel, assisted
at the capture of the island of Anholdt, 18 May,
1809, and succeeded, with much gallantry and good
conduct, in beating oiT, near the Skawe, 28 April,
1810, a Banish flotilla, consisting of four gun-vessels,
with other rowing-boats, whose fire, although it but
slightly wounded five of the Kosb's people, proved
nevertheless, during upwards of an hour's continu-
ance, most destructive to her sails and rigging, car-
rying away also the wheel, besides lodging 19 shot
in the hull, and rendering the mainyard and main-
mast unserviceable. In 1812 Capt. Mansell was
presented by Viscoimt Cathcart, the British Am-
bassador at St. Petersburg, with a valuable diamond
ring, which his Lordship had been directed by the
Emperor Alexander to forward to him as a mark
of the high sense that monarch entertained of his
services, especially in safely conducting through
the Belt a Russian squadron under Vice-Admiral
Crown ; and in the course of the same year he was
honoured by King Charles XIH. with the insignia
of a Knight of the Royal Military Order of the
Sword, in testimony of the esteem in which his ser-
vices were likewise held by his Swedish Majesty.
The Rose being paid ofi'in April, 1813, he was next,
23 Aug. following, appointed to the Pelican brig,
of 18 guns, in which vessel we find him serving on
the Irish station and off the north coast of Spain
until his promotion to Post-rank, 7 June, 1814.
During the period he commanded the Rose and
Pelican, Capt. Mansell evinced a degree of zeal
and activity that did not fail to procure him the
approbation of every officer under whom he was
employed. He contrived, indeed, to make prize of
at least 170 vessels of various descriptions, and
among them, 13 June, 1814, the Siro, American
letter-of-marque of 225 tons, pierced for 16 guns,
mounting 12 long nine-pounders, with a complement
of 49 men.t Unsuccessful, after his advancement
to Post-rank, in his applications for further employ-
ment, he accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Sir Thos. Mansell (whom Wilham IV. nominated
a K.C.H., and invested with the honour of Knight-
hood, in 1837) married, in Nov. 1806, Catherine,
daughter of John Lukis, Esq., merchant, of Guern-
sey, by whom he has issue four sons and four
daughters. Of the former, the eldest, a M.D., is a
Surgeon R.N. (1840); the second, Arthur Lukis,
a Lieutenant R.N. ; the third, William Mansell,
First-Lieutenant R.M. (1846); and the fourth,
George Hope, a Mate R.N. (1847).
MANSELL. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 13; h-p., 25.)
William Mansell is son of the late Walter
Mansell, Esq., of Woodbury House, co. Oxford.
• Vide Gaz. 1S03, p. 1273. Mr. Mansell, who was for
some time First-Lieutenant of the Gebderus, had, in the
preceding Aug., commanded her boats in two cutting-out
affaira. He brought out, on the tirst occasion, a large fishing-
vessel from Concalle Bay, and on the second he captured,
with but two boats, not less than seven smacks, mounting
from IC to 18 guns each, in St. Cas Bav. — Vide Gaz. 1803,
p. 1050.
t V. Gaz. 1814, p. 232.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1809, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capts.
Sir Home Popham and Andrew King, in which ship
he accompanied the ensuing expedition to the Wal-
cheren, escorted the Earl of Chatham thence to
England, and was all hut lost during a gale off the
coast of Holland. Between 1810and^Aug. 1815 we
find him serving, part of the time as Midshipman,
in the Orion and Sultan 74's, Capts. Sir Archibald
Collingwood Dickson and John West, and D4siree
36, Capt. Wm, Woobidge. The two former ships
were employed in the Baltic, Channel, and West
Indies; theDisiRiE in endeavouring to intercept
Napoleon Buonaparte after the battle of Waterloo.
After an employment of nearly three years on the
Home station in the Scamander 36, Capts. Chas.
Sipthorpe John Hawtayne and Wm. Elliott, and
Florida 24, also commanded by Capt. Hawtayne,
Mr. Mansell, having passed his examination in Dec.
1816, was appointed, in Jan. 1819, Admiralty Mid-
shipman of the MoRGiANA sloop, Capts. Chas.
Borough Strong, Alex. Sandilands, and Wm. Fin-
laison, in which vessel he sailed for the coast of
Africa, where, on 10 of the following Dec, he took
command of the gig and assisted- at the capture by
boarding, in open day, of the Spanish armed slave-
schooner Esperanfo, of greatly superior force. On
that occasion Mr. Mansell, followed by a marine
named Lord, was the first on the enemy's deck.
For the space of two minutes he and his brave
companion, from unavoidable circumstances, were
left unsupported in the presence of very fearful
odds, but they made ample use of their time, the
former attacking, wounding, and overcoming the
Captain of the slaver and another person ; and the
marine killing the man at the wheel. The loss of
the assailed in the affair amounted altogether to
2 men killed and 6 wounded : that of the British to
3 slightly wounded. Among the latter was Mr.
Mansell, who had been previously severely bruised
by cold shot thrown into the boats with a view of
sinking them during their approach. In consider-
ation of his gallant behaviour on the occasion he
was so strongly. recommended in the despatches to
the Admiralty, and his claim to promotion so
warmly pressed by the late Mr. Wilberforce, that,
on 14 Sept. 1821, he was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant. Prior, however, to that event he ap-
pears, in May, 1820, to have landed at the Pongas,
near Sierra Leone, and to have united in a series of
operations conducted by the present Sir Henry
John Leeke, at the head of 170 seamen and marines
and 180 black soldiers of the 2nd West India Begt. ;
the result whereof was the destruction by fire of
eight towns, the demolition of a strongly stockaded
battery, mounting four guns, and the defeat of a
body of 5000 men commanded by King Munga
Brama, a barbarian who had murdered an officer
and several men belonging to H.M.S. Thistle, and
had retained 3 as prisoners. On this, as on other
occasions, Mr. Mansell again distinguished himself.
He continued in the Mobgiana as her First-Lieu-
tenant until Feb. 1822 ; and was lastly, from 2 Dec.
1825 until Aug. 1827, employed on the Coast Block-
ade service as a Supernumerary of the Bamillies
74, Capt. Hugh Pigot.
In 1838 Lieut. Mansell was appointed Secretary
to the Metropolitan Public Carriage Office ; and in
1843, Deputy-Registrar of Metropohtan Public
Carriages. He married, first, 9 Dec, 1830, Phillis,
only daughter of Joseph Horsford, Esq,, of Wey-
mouth ; and, that lady dying in 1834, secondly, 10
Aug, 1836, Susannah Maria, only daughter of John
Surman, Esq,, of the Lodge, Malvern, co. Wor-
cester.
MANSFIELD. (Lieutbnant, 1845. f-p., 14;
H-p., 1.)
Walter George Mansfield, bom about 1818
is son of Walter H. Mansfield, Esq., of Yeomans-
town House, co. Kildare.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1832, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vernon 50, Capt. Sir
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MANX— MANTON— MAPLES.
Fras. Augustus Collier, and in the course of the
same year was employed with the squadron on the
coast of Holland. In 1833 he sailed for the West
Indies, where, it appears, he continued to serve in
the Vekhon, and in the President 52, PicKtE
schooner, and Snake 16, until 1839, in July of which
year he returned to England and passed his exa/-
mination at the R. N. College. He had passed for
seamanship 17 Sept. 1838. Joining next, in July,
1840, the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, he
proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he was af-
forded an opportunity of sharing in the ensuing ope-
rations on the coast of Syria. In 1843, being at the
time off Lisbon, Mr. Mansfield landed with a party
of seamen from the Vanguard and assisted in sub-
duing an alarming fire and disturbance which had
there simultaneously broken out. For this service
he was presented by the Queen of Portugal with
the Order of the Tower and Sword. After an at-
tachment of 12 months to the Queen 110 and Tra-
falgar 120, both commanded by Capt. Wm. Fan-
shawe Martin, whom he accompanied in various
experimental cruizes, he was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant by commission dated 1 Sept. 1845,
and appointed, a few days afterwards. Additional
of the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the broad
pendant of Commodore Wm. Jones on the coast of
Africa. He has been serving since 26 of the fol-
lowing Dec. on the same station, in the Waterwitch
10, Capt. Thos. Fras. Birch.
MANT. (Ketired Commandek, 1837. f-p., 15;
H-p., 51.)
Joseph Bingham Mant was born 15 July, 1768,
at Havant, in Hants, and died 2 March, 1845, at
Padstow, CO. Cornwall. He was brother-in-law, we
believe, of General Miller, K.M.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy
3 Feb. 1779, and continued a student at that insti-
tution until Sept. 1782 ; on 12 of which month he
embarked as Midshipman on board the Atlas 98,
Capt. Geo. Vandeput, and proceeded off Gibraltar.
He next, from 1783 to 1786, and for a short time in
1791, served on the Halifax and Channel stations
in the Mercury and Marlborough, Capts. Stan-
hope and Bazely; and in 1794-5 he became in
succession attached to the Victorv 100, flag-ship
of Lord Hood, and Abethusa and Phaeton fri-
gates, Capts. Mark Robinson and Hon. Robt. Stop-
ford. On 6 Sept. 1796, Mr. Mant, who had acted
for a period as Lieutenant of the Arethusa, was
confirmed to that rank in the Firm gun-vessel. His
succeeding appointments were, chiefly on the Home
station, to the Cumberland 74, Capt. Rowley,
Shannon frigate, Capt. Alex. Fraser, Powerful
74, Capt. Wm. O'Brien Drury, Dromedary store-
ship, Capt. Thos. Leith, Valiant 74, Capt. John
Cochet, Ruby 64, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner,
Atlas 98, Capt. Theophilus Jones, and Courageux
74, Capt. Chas. Boyles. He left the ship last men-
tioned in 1804 in consequence of ill health, and did
not again go afloat. He accepted the rank of Re-
tired Commander on the Senior List 26 Dec. 1837.
From 9 Oct. 1804 until July, 1812, Commander
Mant was a Poor Knight of Windsor. H c married,
14 Jan. 1813, Miss Jane Osborne, and by that lady
had iysue three sons and two daughters. His eldest
son was drowned in the merchant-service in 1834 ;
and his next, George, at present holds an appoint-
ment in the Excise.
MANTON. (Eetibed Commander, 1839. r-p.,
19 ; H-p., 32.)
John Manton was born 14 May, 1782, in London,
and died in July, 1846. He was son of John Man-
ton, Esq., of CO. Lincoln.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agincourt 64, Capt.
John Williamson, and after enacting a Midshipman's
part in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797, re-
moved to the RoMNEV 50, Capts. John Lawford and
Sir Home Popliam. Being lent on his arrival in
that ship at the Cape of Good Hope to the Spitfire
tender, it was his lot, after conveying despatches
to Bombay, to be wrecked in 1801 on a coral-reef in
the Indian Ocean ; in consequence whereof he was
subjected, with the rest of the ship's company, to
the severest privations for nearly a whole month
each person's allowance of water, during that pe-
riod, being restricted to half-a-pint a-day. The
advent of a vessel sent to their assistance at length
enabling them to be rescued, Mr. Manton rejoined
the RoMNEY, in which vessel he continued until
May, 1803. Prior to the latter date he appears, on
the occasion of a visit to the Red Sea, to have
landed, for the purpose of procuring a supply of
water, in the neighbourhood of Mount Felix, where
his party, 11 in number, was suddenly attacked by a
body of the natives, lying in ambush, who mur-
dered all but himself and a Midshipman, the pre-
sent Commander Wm. Savage. That officer was
severely wounded in the head, and only escaped by
being forcibly dragged to a boat by Mr. Manton,
who succeeded in keeping the enemy at bay until
they were both out of danger. In June, 1803, having
returned to England,'*' he was received on board the
Colossus 74, Capt. Geo. Martin ; and on 17 March,
1806, after a servitude of 18 months off the port of
Cadiz and in the Channel in the Polyphemus 64,
and Audacious and Impetueux 74'8, each under
the orders of Capt. John Lawford, he was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant and appointed to the
command of the Alphea schooner on the Bermuda
and Newfoundland stations, where he continued
until Feb. 1808. During the remainder of the war
we find him employed, with intervals, in the Red-
pole 10, Capt. John Joyce, Impetueux 74, Capt.
John Lawford, and Amelia and Niger 3S's, Capts.
Hon. Fred. Paul Irby and Peter Rainier. He was
wounded, in the Redfole, in an action with a
French brig-of- war off _Bordeaux ; accompanied, in
the Impetueux, the expedition to the Walcheren ;
and when Senior of the Niger, and in company
with the Tagus 38, assisted, 6 Jan. 1814, at the
capture, among the Cape de Verde Islands, of the
French 40-gun frigate Ceres. His conduct on the
latter occasion afforded Capt. Rainier, who sent
him home in command of the prize, an opportunity
of recommending him to the notice of the Admiralty
as a deserving officer.f During a subsequent cruize
off the coast of Africa, Lieut. Manton was placed in
charge of a Portuguese slaver, whose crew, with
50 of the negroes, rose in the night, and, after in-
flicting on him eight wounds in the head and hands,
retook their vessel and carried the British prisoners
to Pernambuco, where they were for a short time
confined. His last appointment was, 7 April, 1820,
to the Coast Guard, in which service he remained
for a period of 21 months. He retired with the
rank of Commander 15 July, 1839.
He married, in 1808, Elizabeth, daughter of John
Wills, Esq., Government Contractor, of Plymouth ,
by whom he has issue two daughters.
MAPLES, C.B. (Reab- Admiral, 1846. f-p.,
29 ; H-p., 36.)
John Fordyce Maples died 12 May, 1847, at
the Priory, Kilburn, aged 79.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Oct. 1782, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Triumph 74, Capt.
Peter Affleck, lying at Portsmouth ; served, from
Sept. 1784 to April, 1789, in the Hebe frigate, com-
manded in the Channel by Capt. Edw. Thorn-
brough ; and after an intermediate attachment, as
Master's Mate, on the West India station, to the
Blonde 32, Capt. Wm. Affleck, Centurion 50,
flag-ship of Rear-Admiral P. Affleck, and Pene-
lope 32, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, was
there nominated, 7 May, 1794, Acting-Lieutenant
of the EuROPA 50, bearing the broad pendant of
Commodore Ford. On 16 April, 1793, at which
period he was belonging to the Penelope, we find
* Before he left the East Indies Mr. Manton had the mis-
fortune to receive a CQUj'-de-solciL
t Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 881.
MAPLETON.
723
him assisting at the capture of Le Goelan 14, the
first republican vessel taken during the war,
and in the following Sept. present at the occu-
pation of Jeremie, St. Domingo, and at the capture
of about 2000 tons of shipping laden with colonial
produce, two neutral vessels with cargoes, and an
armed schooner, in the bays near St. Louis. He
also, when in company with the Iphigenia 32, took
part, 25 Nov. in the same year, in a warm action of
half an hour, which terminated in the capture, with
a loss to the Penelope of 1 man killed and 7
wounded, of the French 36-gun frigate L'lncon-
stante. At the commencement of 1794 the Pene-
lope was employed in the blockade of Port-au-
Prince, and soon afterwards in covering the de-
barkation of the troops under Lieut.-Colonel White-
locke, near Cape Tiburon. She subsequently en-
gaged the batteries of Aux Cayes, and brought out
thence several loaded merchantmen. On his re-
moval to the EuKOPA Mr. Maples served for seve-
ral weeks in a fort at St. Nicolas Mole. After
witnessing the subjugation of Port-au-Prince, 4
June, 1794, he removed (he had been confirmed a
Lieutenant on 16 of the preceding May) to La
Magicienne 32, Capts. Geo. Martin, Kich. Hussey
Moubray, Wm. Henry Bicketts, and Wm. Ogilvy,
and was for some time employed in co-operating
with the army in a vain attempt to complete the
conquest of the French posts in St. Domingo.
Continuing in La Magicienne for a period of
nearly five years, he assisted in consequence at the
capture of a variety of the enemy's vessels, and,
among these, of Le Cerf Volant corvette of 18 guns,
JjU FortUTie privateer of 8 guns and 74 men, Le
Poisson Volant, of 12 guns and 80 men, and two Spa-
nish brigs laden with cocoa. In Jan. and Feb. 1797,
with the boats of the same ship under his orders,
Mr. Maples cut out two privateers and a Spanish
armed brig from different anchorages at the west
end of Puerto Kico ; and on 6 of the ensuing April,
in conjunction with those of the Kegulus 74, he
effected the destruction of 11 sail of merchantmen
in the harbour of Cape Roxo, spiked 4 guns on
shore, and brought out two vessels, without the loss
of a man. On the occasion of a spirited and well-
timed attack made on 23 of the latter month on the
enemy in Carcasse Bay by La Magicienne and the
Kegulus and Fortune schooner, Mr. Maples, who
had become Senior Lieutenant of the first^named
ship, boarded a 6-gun sloop and took her in tow
under a tremendous fire of round-shot, grape, and
musketry — a service in the performance of which
his boat sustained a loss of 4 men killed, and Mr.
Morgan, Master's Mate, and 10 men wounded. On
28 Sept. he had 2 men badly wounded in an unsuc-
cessful attack upon two small privateers at Porto
Paix. He further, on 22 Dec. in the same year,
1797, commanded the boats at the capture of a pri-
vateer mounting 2 guns near Cape Causedo ; and
on 27 he was present with a small squadron at the
taking, in Guadilla Bay, Puerto Rico, of Le Brutus,
of 9 guns, a merchant-ship, three brigs, and a
schooner. La Magicienne and her consorts were
next employed in dislodging a large body of bri-
gands who had established themselves in Platform
Bay. On 19 March, 1798, Mr. Maples landed with
100 seamen under his orders to do garrison-duty at
Irois ; on returning whence to the ship he was
slightly wounded by a musket-ball in the right leg,
and had one of his party killed close to him. In
the early part of 1799 he was again intrusted with
the conduct of several boat enterprises, and con-
trived to make many prizes. In the course of that
and the following year we find him joining the
Queen 98, Koyal George 100, and London 98,
flag-ships in the West Indies, Channel, and Baltic
of Sir Hyde Parker. On 2 April, 1801, he served
as a volunteer with Nelson's division in the action
off Copenhagen; and during the four following
months he had charge of the O'rrER fire-brig, also
stationed in the Baltic. His subsequent appoint-
ments, in the capacity of Lieutenant, were to the
Ganges 74, Capts. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, Joseph
Baker, and Geo. M'Kinley, Prince George 98,
Capt. Joseph Sydney Torke, Defence 74, Cajit.
Geo. Hope, Tigre 80, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, Naiad
38, Capt. Thos. Dundas, Mars 74, Ca^ts. Wm.
Lukin and Jas. ICaton, and Atlas 98 ; in which
ships he was principally employed on the Jamaica,
HaUfax, Home, and Mediterranean stations. He
fought in the Naiad at Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805 ;
and during the 16 months which preceded his ad-
vancement to the rank of Commander 21 Oct. 1810, •
was First-Lieutenant of the Mahs and Atlas.
Obtaining command, 30 Aug. 1811, of the JEtna
bomb, Capt. Maples was for some time employed in
that vessel at the defence of Isla de Leon— a service
of a very harassing nature. In Oct. 1812 he re-
moved to the Pelican, of 18 guns, yielding a broad-
side weight of 262 lbs. ; and on 14 of the following
Aug. he had the good fortune, during a cruize on
the Cork station, to capture, after a spirited and
highly-creditable action of 45 minutes, the Ame-
rican sloop Argus, of 20 guns and 122 men, throwing
a weight in broadside of 228 lbs., whose resistance
occasioned a loss to themselves of 6 killed and 18
wounded, and to the British, out of 101 men, of 2
killed and 5 wounded.'*' As a reward for his
promptitude, skill, and gallantry in this affair, Capt.
Maples was deservedly advanced to Post-rank by a
commission dated 23 Aug. 1813. His last appoint-
ment was, 14 Dec. 1814, to the command of the
Larnb 20, which however he only retained until 15
of the ensuing month. He was nominated a C.B.
4 June, 1815 ; and accepted the rank of Retired
Rear-Adrairal 1 Oct. 1846.
He married, in 1814, the widow of John Carthew,
Esq., Solicitor, of Woodbridge, co. Suffolk, and
niece of Vice-Admiral Jas. Carthew. Agents —
Messrs. Chard.
MAPLETON. (CoMMANDEB, 1846.)
David Robert Buneuby Mapleton, born 4 Feb.
1810, is son of the late Commander David Mapleton,
R.N.,t of Newton Abbots, co. Devon.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
1822, and embarked in 1824, as a Volunteer, on
board the Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray,
fitting at Portsmouth. After serving for some time
in the Chanticleek 10, Boadicea 46, and Pak-
THEAN 10, Capts. Hope Johnstone, Sir Jas. Brisbane,
and Hon. Geo. Barrington, he became Midshipman
of the Diamond 46, Capt. Lord Napier, and sailed
for South America, where he continued, in the
Thetis and Bbiton frigates, Capts. Arthur Batt
Bingham and Hon. Wm. Gordon, until 1828. In the
following year, having returned to England and
passed his examination, he again proceeded to
Southern America in the Waespite 76, flag-ship of
the late Sir Thos. Baker, who, we believe, nominated
him Lieutenant of the Talbot 28, Capt. Rich.
Dickinson. He was not, however, officially pro-
moted until 10 Jan. 1837 ; previously to which
period he had been re-employed as Mate in the
Reindeer packet, Lieut.-Comraander Henry Percy
Dicken, and Wanderer 16, commanded on the
North America and West India station by Capt.
Thos. Dilke. His succeeding appointments were ■
28 Feb. 1837, to the Malabar 74, Capt. Sir Wm.
Augustus Montagu, fitting for the Lisbon station
24 March, 1838, to the Fairy 10, Capt. Wm. Hewett,
engaged in the survey of the North Sea— 9 May,'
1839, to the command (which he retained until 17
June, 1841) of the Raven cutter, employed on par-
ticular service — 4 May, 1842, to the Coast Guard
31 May, 1843, to the command of the Avon steam-
• filfeGaz. 1813, p. 1664.
f Commander Mapleton entered the Navy in 1797, antl
obtained his first commission 10 May, 1804. He served for a
long time as Second and First Lieutenant under Lord Coch-
rane (whose high official praise he repeatedly elicited) in the
Pallas and iMPiiRiEUSE frigates ; was in upwards, during the
term of his career alloat, of 1 00 engagements with the enemy
—principally in cutting out vessels and storming forts ; and
was on several occasions wounded, especially at the takin<i of
Genoa, where he was the only officer mentioned by Lord
Wm. Bentinck. He attained the rank of Commander 17
May, 1814 ; and died 22 March, 1842, aged 61.
4 Z 2
724 MARCH- MARCUARD-MARKETT— MAEKHAM— MARKLAND.
vessel, on the North America and West India sta-
tion, whence he returned in the following Sept. —
and, 27 April, 1844, and 1 Sept. 1846, to that of the
Sydenham and Tohch steamers, on the Mediterra-
nean and Home stations. He attained his present
rank 9 Nov. 1846.
Commander Mapleton married, first, in Jan. 1837,
Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. David Braimer, R.N.
(1817) ; and, that lady dying in March, 1838, se-
condly, 21 July, 1840, Ann, daughter of David Com-
pigne, Esq., of Gosport, Hants, by whom he has
issue a son and two daughters. Agent — Joseph
Woodhead.
MAECH. (Lieutenant, 1816. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 31.)
Charles March entered the Navy, 23 Deo. 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hindostan store-ship,
Capt. Lewis Hole ; and in the following April, on
his return from a visit to the Tagus, became Mid-
shipman of the Egeria sloop, also commanded by
Capt. Hole, with whom he continued to serve in
the Channel, off the coasts of Spain and Portugal,
and in the North Sea (assisting intermediately at the
capture of the Ntesois privateer of 10 guns and 26
men, Aalbarg cutter of 6 guns and 25 men, and
Alvor privateer of 14 guns and 38 men), until trans-
ferred, 1 Aug. 1812, to the Coenwall 74, Capts.
John Broughton, Edw. Tucker, and Edw. W. C. R.
Owen, employed off Flushing and with the Brest
fleet. In June, 1813, he rejoined Capt. Hole on
board the Baccbcs 16 ; and in Feb. and April, 1814,
he became in succession attached to the Salvador
DEL Mhndo, flag-ship at Plymouth of Vice- Admiral
"Wm. Domett, and Woodlark 10, commanded in
the Channel and Mediterranean by Capts. Robt.
Balfour and "Wm. Cutfield. Of the latter vessel he
was for a short time Acting-Lieutenant. Removing
as Admiralty-Midshipman, in July, 1816, to the
Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, Mr. March was
afforded an opportunity of sharing in that ship in
th« battle of Algiers. He was in consequence ad-
vanced to his present rank by commission dated 16
Sept. in the same year ; but has not been since
afloat.
Lieut. March married, first, Mary, only daughter
of the late J. Byles, Esq., of Stow Market, co. Suf-
folk ; and (having been left a widower 22 Jan. 1842)
secondly, 11 June, 1843, Emma, daughter of T.
Ebbs, Esq., of Beccles, in the same shire.
MARCH. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 31.)
Jeremiah March entered the Navy, 13 Sept.
1806, as Ordinary, on board the Escort gim-brig, to
which vessel, commanded by Lieuts. Wm. Smith
and Geo. Vandeput Crosbe, he continued attached
on the North Sea, Channel, and North American
stations, until July, 1815 — the last five years and a
half in the capacity of Midshipman. In the follow-
ing Oct., after having been intermediately borne, at
Sheernesa and Portsmouth, on the books of the
Namur 74, Qdeen Charlotte 100, and Wasp 16,
Capts. Geo. M'Kinley, Edmund Boger, and Wm.
Woolridge, he took up a commission bearing date 11
March in the same year, 1815. He has not been
since employed. Agents — Coplands and Burnett.
MAECUAKD. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Charles Richard Maecuard entered the Navy
19 Dec. 1828 ; passed his ejiamination in 1835 ; ob-
tained his commission 23 March, 1840; was then
appointed Additional-Lieutenant of the President
50, Capt. Wm. Broughton, as he subsequently was,
26 Dee. 1841, of the Dublin 50, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Rich. Thomas, both on the South American
station, whence he returned at the close of 1842 ;
and on 7 Nov. 1843, and 2 April, 1845, joined the
Vestal 26, and Driver steam-sloop, commanded in
the East Indies by Capts. Chas. Talbot and Cour-
tenay Osborn Hayes. The latter vessel was paid
off in 1847. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
MAEKETT. (Lieutenant, 1833.)
John Markett entered the Navy 12 April, 1814 ;
passed his examination in 1822 ; acquired the rank
of Lieutenant 31 May, 1833 ; was appointed, 1 June,
1837, to the Magsieicent receiving-ship at Ja-
maica, Capt. John Paget ; and since 14 July, 1838,
has been in command of a station in the Coast
Guard.
MAEKHAM. (Lieut., 1824. r-P., 11; h-p., 26.)
John Markham, bom 6 June, 1797, is second
son of the late Wm. Markham, Esq., of Becca Hall,
near Aberford, co. York, private Secretary to War-
ren Hastings, by Elizabeth, daughter of the late
Oldfield Bowles, Esq., of North Aston, co. Oxford.
He is brother (with the Rev. David Fred. Mark-
ham, Canon of Windsor, and Rector of Great
Horkesley, co. Essex) of the present Wm. Mark-
ham, Esq., of Becca Hall, Colonel of the West York
Militia, and a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant
for the West Riding ; also of Capt. Warren Mark-
ham of the 72nd Highlanders, who died at the Cape
of Good Hope 15 Nov. 1831 ; and of Lieut.-Colonel
Chas. Markham, of the 60th Rifles, who died at
Jamaica 2 April, 1842. His eldest sister, Laura,
is married to Wm. Mure, Esq., of Caldwell, Colonel
of the Renfrewshire Militia.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Galatea frigate, Capt.
Woodley Losack ; and on his arrival in the follow-
ing year at the Cape of Good Hope in the C0RA50A
36, Capt. John Tower, joined the Scipion 74,* bear-
ing the flag of Hon. Robt. Stopford ; with whom
he removed to the Lion 64, and in 1812 returned
to England in the President 50. He afterwards,
until 1819, served on the Home, Mediterranean,
St. Helena, and Jamaica stations, chiefly in the
capacity of Midshipman, in the Albion 74, flag-ship
of Sir Roger Curtis, Bellona and Devonshire 74* s,
Capts. Geo. M'Kinley and Ross Donnelly, Eukotas
38 and Elizabeth 74, bearing each the flag of Hon.
Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, Volontaire 38, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Granville Waldegrave, and Newcastle
and Sybille flag-ships of Sir Pulteney Malcolm and
Sir Home Popham. Returning home then as Act-
ing-Lieutenant, in the Esk 20, Capt. Geo. Gustavus
Lennock, he next, after an interval of three years,
joined, in Dec. 1822, and June, 1823, the Tartar
42, Capt. Thos. Brown, and Creole, of similar
force, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Mas-
terman Hardy, both on the Brazilian station, where
he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 30 Jan. 1824, in the
Doris 42, Capts. Thos. Bourchier and Wm. Jas.
Hope Johnstone. He invalided home in the follow-
ing Aug. on board the Brazen sloop ; and has not
been since afloat.
He married Miss Marianne Wood, and by that
lady has issue five sons. Agents — Messrs. Halford
and Co.
MAEKLAND, C.B., K.L.A. (Reak-Admibal,
1846. I^P., 19 ; H-P., 33.)
John Ddff Markland, born 14 Sept. 1780, at
Leeds, is son of Edw. Markland, Esq., of that place
(a descendant of the Marklands of Wigan, co. Lan-
caster, located there as far back as the reign of
Edw. in.), by Elizabeth Sophia, second daughter
of Josiah Hardy, Esq., H.M. Consul at Cadiz, and
formerly Governor of the Jerseys in North Ame-
rica. He is nephew, by marriage, of Capt. John
Cooke, R.N., who fell in command of the Belle-
ROPHON 74 at Trafalgar ; first-cousin of Capts. G.
W. H. D'Aeth and J. H. Godby, also of the R.N. ;
and a relative of Commander T. P. Le Hardy, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 May, 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hebe frigate, Capt. Paul
Minohin, stationed in the Channel ; and in the fol-
lowing July became Midshipman of La Tourte-
eellb 28, commanded by his uncle Capt. Cooke ;
whom, after cruizing for eight months on the Cork
station in the Seahorse 33, Capts. John Peyton
* We believe he was present, in the Scipion, at the reduc-
tion of tile island of Java.
MARLEY.
725
and Rott. Dudley Oliver, he rejoined, in Aug. 1796,
on board La Nymphe 36. On 9 of the following
March we find him assisting, in company with the
San Fiokenzo 36, at the capture of the French
frigates ha Hesistance of 48, and La Constance of 24
guns. On leaving La Nymphe, which ship had
been latterly commanded by Capt. Percy Fraser,
Mr. Markland, in April, 1798, joined the Royal
George 100, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of
Lord Bridport, with whom he remained until again
placed, in April, 1799, under the orders of Capt.
Cooke on board the Amethyst 38. "While cruizing
in that vessel in the Bay of Biscay and oflF the north
coast of Spain, he was afforded an opportunity of
contributing to the capture of i'^»«if are French
privateer of 14 guns and 75 men, Le Vaillant cutter
of 15 guns and 131 men, and Le Mars ship of 22
guns and 100 men ; and of witnessing the surrender
of La Dedaigneuse frigate of 36 guns and 300 men.
On 8 Jan. 1801 he was made Lieutenant into the
Mai/ta 80, Capt. Albemarle Bertie, on the Channel
station, where he served until April 1802. His
next appointment was, 29 Nov. in the latter year,
to the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, under whom,
it appears, he aided in taking, off Brest, 28 May,
1803, Xa Franchise French frigate, and, in the Bay
of Bengal, in the following Jan., La Clarisse cor-
vette. In Dec. 1805, after he had been for nearly
two years First-Lieutenant of the Albion, he inva-
lided home on board the Tremendods 74, Capt.
John Osborne ; and on his arrival he had the satis-
faction of finding that he had been promoted to the
rank of Commander by commission dated 22 Jan.
1806. Obtaining an appointment, 12 April, 1808, to
the Bustard 16, Capt. Markland was at first em-
ployed in that vessel off Boulogne and was then
ordered to the Mediterranean. On 29 July, 1809,
being at the time in the Adriatic, he coalesced with
the Acorn sloop, and the boats of the Excellent
74, and elicited the highest admiration of Capt.
John West, the senior officer on the station, by the
masterly manner in which he led into the little-
known harbour of Duino, near Trieste, and by his
well-directed fire assisted in capturing six heavy
gun-boats belonging to the Italian marine, and 10
coasting traders, laden with brandy, flour, rice, and
wheat.* At the commencement of July, 1810, the
Bustard took and destroyed nine of the enemy's
vessels in a harbour on the east side of Calabria ;
and during the next three months her Captain was
intrusted with the command of the sloops of war
stationed in the Faro of Messina for the purpose of
protecting Sicily from the threatened invasion of
Joachim Murat, whose army, consisting of nearly
40,000 men, was encamped on the opposite shore,
and who had collected more than 80 gun and mor-
tar boats between Scylla and Reggio. He was
thrown in consequence into frequent action with
the enemy's land-batteries and flotilla, and rendered
such good servicef that he not only obtained the
repeated thanks of Rear- Admiral Geo. Martin, but,
on 5 Feb, 1811, a few days after his removal to the
Eclair 18, was nominated by the Commander-in-
Chief, Sir Chas. Cotton, although personally un-
known to him. Captain of the Ville de Paris 110,
flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle,
whom he followed, in the course of the same year,
into the Rodney and Milford 74's. Capt. Mark-
land's confirmation to Post-rank took place while
he was in the Rodney, 18 April, 1811. Joining in
all the operations of 1813 in the Adriatic, he assisted
in reducing the town of Fiume, where, as soon as
the batteries had been silenced, he proceeded with
the armed boats and dislodged the enemy from
their last stronghold. He also landed at Porto Re ;|
was very active in exciting a spirit of revolt against
• Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1931.
f During llis command of the Bustard Capt. .Markland
toolt, in tlie wliole, 25 vessels, and destroyed 39, including
Sonne armed feluccas, which, witli tlie assistance of tlie Hal-
cyon sloop, were altogetlier annihilated under Cape del
Arme, where tliey were for a long time defended by their
crews, some soldiers, and the neighbouring peasantry. — V,
Gal. 1810, p. 1859.
X V.Gxl. 1813, p. 2000.
their oppressors among the inhabitants of the dif-
ferent islands at the head of the Adriatic ; beheld
the fall of Rovigno, Piran, and Capo d'Istria ;
landed, with Capt. Jas. Black of the Weasel sloop,
and, by a coup-de-main, took possession of the arse-
nal at Trieste, destroying its guns, and sawing into
many pieces the keel and stem-post of a large fri-
gate ; and, during the operations which led to the
surrender of the citadel at the latter place, was
again employed on shore, and called forth the
thanks of Rear-Admiral Fremantle for having in
every way exerted himself, particularly in the ar-
rangements of stores and provisions.* Resigning
command of the Milford 31 Oct. 1813, Capt. Mark-
land, in the ensuing Dec, returned to England with
despatches from the last-mentioned officer. He
was rewarded for his services by being nominated
a C.B. 4 June, 1815; and in 1816, " in testimony of
his Imperial Majesty's approbation of the distin-
guished services rendered by him at the capture of
Trieste, and the other operations in Italy during
the campaign of 1813," he was presented with the
Cross of the Order of Leopold of Austria. His last
appointment was, 28 April, 1830, to the command
(which he retained until paid off in Jan. 1833) of
the Briton 46, employed on particular service. He
obtained the Captains' Good Service pension 19 Feb,
1842, and accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
The Rear-Admiral married, 8 March, 1814, Helen
Ellery, eldest daughter of Lewis Dymocke Gros-
venor Tregonwell, Esq., of Cranbourn Lodge, co.
Dorset, by whom he has issue one son and three
daughters. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co,
MAELEY, (Lieut., 1809. r-p., 21 ; h-p., 34.)
Robert Roper Marley entered the Navy in
1792, as an Officer's Servant, on board the Power-
ful 74, in which ship, commanded by Capts. Thos,
Hicks, Wm. Albany Otway, Fisher, and Wm. O'Brien
Drury, he served, on the St. Helena, West India,
Channel, North Sea, and Mediterranean stations,
until 1800— the last five years in the capacity of
Midshipman. On 11 Oct. 1797 he was present in
the action off Camperdown. After a servitude of
20 months in the Proselyte, Capt. Geo. Fowke,
Mr. Marley, towards the close of 1802, at which
period he was in the West Indies, became attached
to the Leviathan 74, bearing the flag of Sir John
Thos. Duckworth, with whom and with the late Vice-
Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres he continued employed in
the same ship and in the Hercdle 74 until 1806 ;
during which period he took part in the operations
against the French at St. Domingo, and was for a
time detached in the Geaciedse tender of 12 guns,
commanded by Mr. T. B. Smith, Midshipman. In
that vessel, after having assisted at the capture of a
large Spanish schooner, and exchanged fire with a
French sloop within gun-shot of the forts of the city
of St. Domingo, he shared in a very gallant conflict
which terminated in the destruction, 11 April, 1805,
of a schooner carrying 1 long brass 12-pounder,
mounted on a circle amidships, 2 long brass 4-
pounder carriage-guns, and 4 brass 3-pounder swi-
vels, with a crew of 96 men. A wound he received
on the occasionf procured him a grant from the
Patriotic Society. In April 1806 and Jan. 1807 he
was successively nominated Acting Sub-Lieutenant
of the Pelican sloop, Capt. Wm. Ward, and Pike
schooner, Lieut.-Commander John Ottley, also in
the West Indies, where, after he had again served
for nine months as Midshipman in the Veteran 64
flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Dacres, he became Aet^
ing-Lieutenant of the Drake sloop, Capt. John
Fleming. He removed in a similar capacity, in
the following July, to the Jasper 10, Capt. Wm.
Westcott Daniel, stationed on the coasts of Spain"
France, and Portugal ; and on 31 Dec. 1809 he was
confirmed a Lieutenant in the Alfred 74, Capts
Joshua Rowley Watson and Joshua Sydney Hor-
ton. Being subsequently, on his return from a
second visit to the West Indies, ordered off Cadiz
he was there, in Feb. 1812, placed in command of
• Fide Gaz. 1813, p. 2478. f f- Gaz. 1805, p. 901.
726
MARRETT- MARRIOTT— MARRY AT.
gun-boat No. 7, and employed in the defence of
that place. He went back to the Axfred in the
ensuing April, but left her in Sept. of the same
year ; and was lastly, from 6 Aug. 1813 to 7 July,
1814, stationed off the coast of Ireland in the Avon
sloop, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius.
He is in the receipt, for his wounds, of a pension
of 911. 5s.
MAKEETT. (Retired Captain, 1845. f-p., 16 ;
H-p., 38.)
Joseph Mareett entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 1793,
as Midshipman, on board the Chescent of 42 guns
and 257 men, Capt. Jas. Saumarez ; and on 20 of the
following Oct. was present at the capture of the
French frigate La Reunion of 36 guns and 320 men,
120 of whom were either killed or wounded, without
however any casualty to the British. In Dec. of
the same year he accompanied an expedition under
Earl Moira and Kear- Admiral M'Bride to the coasts
of Normandy and Brittany ; and on 8 June, 1794,
we find him in action with an enemy's squadron of
very superior force, from which the Crescent es-
caped by the most bold and masterly manoeuvres.
On afterwards accompanying Sir Jas. Saumarez
(who had been knighted for the capture of La Bd-
■unicm) into the Orion 74, he shared in Lord Brid-
port's action, in the battle off Cape St. Vincent, and
in the victory of the Nile. He was confirmed a
Lieutenant of the Canopus 80, Capt. Bartholomew
James, after having acted for nearly five months in
that capacity, 5 April, 1799 ; and was subsequently
appointed — 12 Aug. 1799, to the Royai, Sovereign
100, flag-ship of Lord Gardner and Sir Henry Har-
vey in the Channel, where he served until Oct. 1801
— 19 Sept. 1803, to the EnRDS sloop, Capt. Alex.
Innes, on the Cork station — 24 Nov. 1804, and 8April,
1805, to the successive command of two gim-brigs,
in the latter of which, the Maetiai, he served in
the Channel and off the coast of Spain until com-
pelled by ill health to invalid in Nov. 1809 — and,
29 Sept. 1810, to the Ulysses 44 as Flag-Lieutenant,
on the Guernsey station, to the Due de Bouillon.
He was made Commander 26 May, 1812; and ac-
cepted his present rank 20 Oct. 1845.
Capt. Marrett's eldest daughter was the wife of
the late Lieut. Wakeman Edwards, R.N. (1810).
Agent — Fred. Dufaur.
MARRIOTT. (Lieut., 1842. r-P., 14; h-p., 2.)
George Marriott entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1831;
served for nearly six years and a half as Volunteer
and Midshipman on the West India station ; passed
his examination 5 Dec. 1837 ; and during the next
four years and a half was employed in the capacity
of Mate on the coast of Africa, where the valour he
exhibited in command of a boat belonging to the
RoiLA 10, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Hall, procured
him a commission dated 15 Aug. 1842. His appoint-
ments have since been— 20 Oct. 1843, to the St.
Vincent 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Chas.
Rowley— 9 March, 1844, to the Peneeope steam-
frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore
Wm. Jones on the coast of Africa, whence he re-
turned in the summer of 1845— and 26 May, 1846,
to the Trafalgar 120, Capt. John Neale Nott, now
employed on particular service. Agest — Joseph
"Woodhead.
MAREYAT, C.B., F.R.S., F.L.S. (Captain,
1825. J-P., 15; H-P., 260
Frederick Marrtat, bom 10 July, 1792, in
London, is second son of the late Joseph Marryat,
Esq., M.P. for Sandwich, Chairman of the Com-
mittee at Lloyd's, and Colonial Agent for the island
of Grenada, by Charlotte, third daughter of the
late Fred. Geyer, Esq., a distinguished American
loyalist, who suffered much from the fervency of
his attachment to the Throne at the period of the
separation of Great Britain from her colonies. He
is brother of Joseph Marryat, Esq., formerly M.P.
for Sandwich ; and a descendant of Le Sieur Thos.
Marriatte, a Protestant native of Normandy, and an
officer in the Huguenot army, who, having escaped
the massacre of St. Bartholomew, 24 Aug. 1572, fled
to England vrith the loss of all his property. His
grandfather, Thos. Marryat, Esq., M.D., was the
author of a work entitled ' Therapeutics, or the Art
of Healing.'
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Sept. 1806, as a
Volunteer, on board the Imp^rieose, 38, Capts.
Lord Cochrane and Thos. Garth, in which ship he
remained until Oct. 1809. "While under the gallant
Cochrane he contributed to the capture and de-
struction, within one month, of three French na-
tional transports and 12 merchant-vessels, and also
to the demolition of Fort Roquette, at the entrance
of Arcasson ; served in the boats when they incurred
a loss of 16 men killed and wounded in effecting
the capture of a Maltese privateer, supposed until
the moment of her surrender to be an enemy's ves-
sel, 15 Nov. 1807 ; was present at the cutting-out of
a Turkish ship from Port Valona, on the coast of
Dalmatia ; assisted, in the year 1808, during a cruize
of four months off the coast of Catalonia and among
the Balearic islands, in taking and destroying one
national brig, six gun-vessels, one privateer, and
about 50 sail of merchantmen ; aided, 31 July, 1808,
in reducing and levelling the castle of Mongat, by
which the road from Barcelona to Gerona, besieged
at the time by the French, had been completely
commanded ; participated in a variety of dashing
operations on the coast of France during the en-
suing months of Aug. and Sept. ; landed on return-
ing to the shores of Catalonia, and was particularly
mentioned for his conduct at the defence of Trini-
dad Castle, attached to the fortress of Rosas, against
a whole French army, 1000 of whose picked men
were completely repulsed by 80 of the British, sup-
ported by an equal number of Spaniards, on the
occasion of an assault made by the former, 30 Nov.
1808 ;* aided, 30 Dec. following, in obtaining pos-
session, in the harbour of Cadaques, after a short
action, of the enemy's batteries, two national ves-
sels, and 12 merchantmen, laden with wheat for the
garrison of Barcelona; and, besides acting a part
in other affairs of an equally spirited character,
served with credit in an explosion-vessel under
Lieut. TJrry Johnson in the memorable attack made
upon the French shipping in Aix Roads 1 1 April,
1809, and was on board the Imperiedse the next
day, when, unsupported, she approached the Cal-
cutta of 56 guns, and compelled that ship to strike
her colours. In Oct. 1809, at which period he was
with the Flushing expedition, Mr. Marryat took a
passage to England in the Victorioos 74, and on
his arrival joined the Centaur 74, flag-ship of Sir
Sam. Hood, with whom he soon again sailed for the
Mediterranean. He returned towards the close of
the following year in the Atlas 74, Capt. Jas.
Sanders ; and was next, until promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant, 26 Dec. 1812, employed, on the Home,
West India, and North American stations, in the
Namdr 74, Capt. Alex. Shippard, Aprica 64, Capt.
John Bastard, Chub schooner, Lieut.-Commander
Jas. Nisbett, .32oLns and Spartan frigates, Capts.
Lord Jas. Townshend and Edw. Pelham Brenton,
and Royal William, Capt. Geo. Fowke. On 30
Sept. 1811 we find him earning the general admi-
ration of the ship's company, and the high approval
of his Captain, for his courageous conduct, when
no other person would attempt it, in leading the
way aloft during a tremendous gale from the S.E.,
which had laid the .SlOLUS on her beam-ends, and
had literally blown away her topmasts and mizen-
mast, for the purpose of cutting away the main-
yard, as the only means left of saving the mainmast
and righting the ship. In Aug. 1812, a few days
prior to his discharge from the Spartan, he appears
to have been engaged in two boat-attacks in Hay-
cos Harbour and Little River, the result of which
was the capture of six American armed vessels. In
the capacity of Lieutenant, Mr. Martyat was ap-
pointed—8 Jan. 1813, to the EspiJ:gle sloop, Capt.
John Taylor, on the West India station, whence he
returned in the next April— and 31 Jan. 1814, to
* Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 307.
MARRYAT-MARSII.
727
the Newcastle 58, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart. In
that ship he lent his aid to the capture of the pri-
vateers Ida of 10 guns and 65 men, and the Prince
de Neufchatel of 18 guns and 135 men ; and on 19
Dec. 1814 he took command of her barge and cut
out four vessels from Boston Bay, an exploit which
occasioned him a loss of 1 1 men killed and wounded.
Illness compelling him to leave the Newcastle in
Feb. 1815, he returned home a passenger in the
Conway 26 ; and on 13 of the following June was
promoted to the rank of Commander. His succeed-
ing appointments were — 13 June, 1820, to the Bea-
ver sloop, in which vessel, after visiting Madeira,
Teneriffe, St. Jago, Trinidad on the Main, Tristan
de Cunha, and the Cape of Good Hope, he pro-
ceeded off St. Helena, where, on the morning after
the decease of Napoleon Buonaparte, 6 May, 1821,
he formed one of the three Naval Captains admitted
to view the body of the unfortunate Emperor* —
7 July, 1821, to the Eosario 10, part of the squad-
ron selected to escort the remains of Queen Caro-
line from Harwich to Cuxhaven — and, 31 March,
1823 (having paid the latter vessel off 7 Feb. 1822),
to the Larke 20, fitting for the East Indies. Join-
ing, in Hay, 1824, in the hostilities against Ava,
Capt. Marryat continued from that period until
the following Sept. to officiate as senior Naval Offi-
cer in co-operation with the expedition under Major-
General Sir Archibald Campbell, K.C.B., and won
considerable fame by the able, gallant, and zealous
manner in which he discharged the duties of that
conspicuous and responsible post. He subsequently,
during the months of Feb. and March, 1825, com-
manded an armament sent in conjunction with a
military force under Major Sale up the Bassein
River, where the services he rendered materially
operated in the general results of the campaign.f
His conduct from first to last, indeed, was so
marked that it procured him the repeated acknow-
ledgments of the Supreme Government and other
high authorities in India, and was the means of his
being included in a vote of thanks from both
Houses of Parliament, his rank proving the only
obstacle to his being personally named. In April,
1825, Capt. Marryat assumed acting-command of
the Tees 26, owing to a death vacancy ; but his
Post-commission was not signed until 25 July fol-
lowing. In the early part of 1826 he returned to
England and paid the Tees off. He was nominated
a C.B. 26 Deo. in the same year ; and was lastly,
from 10 Nov. 1828 until Nov. 1830, employed in the
Ariadne 28 on diplomatic service at Madeira and
the Western Islands, and in searching for supposed
dangers in the Atlantic.
In addition to the productions which have ren-
dered him famous as a novelist, Capt. Marryat is
the author of a work, published in 1822, entitled
* Suggestions for the Abolition of the present Sys-
tem of Impressment in the Naval Service,' a volume
in which he so clearly demonstrated the propriety
of all merchant^vessels carrying apprentices in pro-
portion to their tonnage, instead of "West Indiamen
only, as was then the case, that in a few months
Government adopted his views. He had previously
invented a code of signals for vessels in the mer-
chant-service, including a cipher for secret corre-
spondence, now in general use by our own and all
foreign navies.J On their being translated into
French, and supplied by ordjsmmance to the French
• VideGnz. 1821, p. 140!1.
t V. Gaa. 1824, pp. 1957, 1965 ; and Gaz. 1825, pp. 325,
327, 498, 1494, 2277.
X Not less than five times has Capt. Marryat generonsly
hazarded hia existence for the preservation of others. The
first instance of the kind occurred in 1807, when he jumped
from the ImpSrieuse and saved a midshipman, Mr. Henry
Cobbett; the second in 1810, in the course of which year,
belonging at the time to the Centaub he effected the rescue
of a man named Thomas Moubray, who had fallen from the
main-yard, while cruizing off Toulon ; the third in 1811,
when, running down the Trades at the rate of seven knots an
hour, he leaped from the Africa after another seaman,
James Walker, whom, however, his humane efforts failed to
benefit, being left nearly two miles astern of the ship, and
upwards of thirty minutes in the water before a boat arrived
to hia assistance ; the fourth in the same year, when he I
marine and merchant service, the King of the
French sent him the Croix d'Officier of the Legion
d'Honneur. In Dec. 1847 Capt. Marryat was awarded
the Good Service pension. He married, 21 Jan. 1819,
Catherine, youngest daughter of Sir Stephen Shairp,
of Kussell Place, formerly Charge' d' Affaires at the
Court of Russia, by whom he has, with other issue,
two sons, both in the ll.N. — the elder, Frederick,
a Lieutenant.
MARKYAT. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Frederick Makkvat is eldest son of Capt. Fred
Marryat, R.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy in 1830 ; passed
his examination 8 Jan. 1841 ; and after a servitude
of more than three years in the East Indies as
Mate of the Cambrian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie
Chads, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
1 Sept. 1845. His appointments have since been —
5 Oct. 1846, to the Sphynx steam-sloop, Capt. John
Bettinson Cragg, his exertions in rescuing which
vessel, when aground in Brixstone Bay in Jan. 1847,
procured him the thanks of the Admiralty, but
nearly cost him his life —and, 9 April, 1847, to the
Avenger steam-frigate of 650 horse-power, Capt.
Sidney Colpoys Dacres, now on the Lisbon station.
On two consecutive evenings in the month of Oct.
1847 Lieut. Marryat intrepidly plunged into the
sea after a man who had each time fallen overboard.
On the last occasion, the drowning person having
convulsively clasped him round the neck, he would
have been inevitably lost had it not been for the pre-
sence of mind of the First-Lieutenant, Hugh Mallett
Kinsman, who, observing the danger in which his
shipmates were placed, instantly jumped in himself
and was the means of their both being saved.
MARSH. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 20.)
DiGEV Mabsh is third son of the Rev. Jeremy
Marsh, Rector of Rosenallis, Queen's County, by
Rachel, daughter of Colonel Montgomery, who was
murdered during the rebellion of 1798. He is a
direct descendant of Francis and Narcissus Marsh,
Lords Primate of Ireland and Dublin ; as also of
the celebrated Jeremy Taylor. Among his profes-
sional relatives are the present Capt. Joseph and
Lieut. Edw. Digby, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 Jan. 1806, as
Fst.-cL Vol., on board the Edrus store-ship, Capt.
Ennis ; and on 15 of the following month removed
to the Minerva frigate, commanded by the late
Sir Geo. Ralph Collier ; with whom he continued
to serve as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and for a
short time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Surveil-
lante 38, until Nov. 1813. He assisted, in the
Minerva, at the capture of Copenhagen in Sept.
1807 ; and was actively employed, in the Sur-
VEiLLANTE, in co-operation with the patriots on
the north coast of Spain, where he was severely
wounded in a breaching battery at the siege of St.
Sebastian in Aug. and Sept. 1813.* On the occasion
of the second assault on that place he volunteered
to conduct a column of Portuguese infantry over
the breach ; as he also did to recross it under a
heavy fire for the purpose of conveying a pencil de-
spatch from the commander of the storming party
ordering a reinforcement. This service was hand-
somely and warmly acknowledged by the late Sir
Alex. Dixon, then in command of the Artillery.
Mr. Marsh had previously served in a boat belong-
ing to the SoRVEiLLANTE at the capture of a French
merchant^brig between the batteries of St. Guildas
and St. Jacques, in Quiberon Bay, 5 Sept. 1810 ; t
saved one of the crew of the .ffioLns; and the last in Feb.
1813, on 8 of which month, although his efforts were un-
fortunately not successful, he dashed from L'Espieole in
a heavy sea, in the hope of succouring a sailor, Jacob Small
and was picked up a mile and a half distant from the sloop
in an exhausted and nearly senseless state. His gallant and
benevolent exertions could not, of course, do otherwise than
elicit the warmest thanks of the Royal Humane Society with
whose medal he was subsequently presented for his inven-
tion of a life-boat, described in its 47th Report.
* Vide Gaz. 1813, pp. ie06, 1S56.
t V. Gaz. 1810, p. U88.
728
MARSH— MARSHALL.
and had commanded one of two boats under Lieut.
O'Reilly at the capture of a French gun-vessel car-
rying troops to the relief of St. Antonio ; besides
having so successfully contributed to the defence
of two valuable prizes against the attacks of a
French and American privateer as to have induced
Sir Edw. Tucker, at the time in temporary com-
mand of the Sdrveiklahte, to present him with a
sum of money for the purchase of a sword. On
leaving the Surveillante as above he became
Acting-Lieutenant of the Challenger 18, Capts.
Fred. Edw. Vernon (now Harcourt) and Henry
Forbes ; to which vessel (being confirmed to her
by commission dated 24 Deo. 1813) he continued
attached until Sept. 1815 — commanding her boats,
during that period, at the destruction, by a force
under Rear- Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, of a
French squadron and flotilla in the river Gironde.
He appears to have been in the same sloop when
she brought the Prince of Orange over to this
country on the eve of his intended marriage with
the Princess Charlotte. His next appointment was,
25 July, 1818, to the Tartar 42, fitting for the
broad pendant of his friend Sir G. R. Collier, Com-
mander-in-Chief on the coast of Africa ; where his
conduct, in twice preserving life under circimistances
of a very trying and hazardous nature, procured him
a strong recommendation to the Admiralty. On
the first occasion, a boat he had entered and had
been hastening to lower having broken at one end
from her holdings, he was precipitated into the
water, and in his endeavour to save himself lost all
the flesh off the inside of his hand. During his
continuance in the Tartar (he did not leave her
until 8 Oct. 1821) Lieut. Marsh succeeded in, her
boats in capturing several heavy-armed vessels, and
in one instance was nearly killed while in the act of
firing a brass 4-pounder, which broke from its car-
riage, struck him on the head, and, passing over,
severely wounded 2 of his men. He attained the
rank of Commander 5 Jan. 1822 ; but was not again
employed until 6 June, 1833, when he received a
three years' appointment in the Coast Guard. He
went back to that service 11 July, 1837, and conti-
nued in it until posted, 1 Jan. 1842. In admiration
of his Intrepidity in putting off in a boat during a
dark and stormy night in Nov. 1840, and rescuing
the crew of the brig Otterton of Sunderland,
wrecked on the beach between Blarshide and Black
Rock, CO. Cornwall, the Royal Humane Society pre-
sented Capt. Marsh with a gold medal. On the oc-
casion of his last promotion he was requested by
the officers of the Brighton district, over which he
had been latterly presiding, to accept at their hands
a pair of epaulettes, a compliment the existing re-
gulations of the service compelled him to decline.
He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Marsh (the Senior of 1842) married Ade-
laide, youngest daughter of John Rowley, Esq., of
the island of Tobago, by whom he has issue five
children. Agents — Collier and Snee.
Yates, on the Jamaica station. He has not been
since employed.
The Lieutenant is married and has issue.
MARSH. (Commander, 1844.)
John Barling Marsh passed his examination in
1828 ; and was made Lieutenant, 2 Feb. 1830, into
the Warspite 76, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Baker on
the South American station, whence he returned to
England and was paid off in the summer of 1833.
His succeeding appointments were — 6 Dec. 1834, as
Senior, to the Pelican 16, Capt. Brunswick Pop-
ham, under whom he was for three years employed
at the Cape of Good Hope and on the coast of
Africa — and, 4 Nov. 1840, in a similar capacity, to
the Endtmion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. "Wm. Grey.
In that ship, which was put out of commission at
the close of 1843, he took part in the hostilities
against China. He attained his present rank 20
May, 1844 ; but has not been since afloat. Agent
— Joseph Woodhead.
MAESH. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
RicriAnn John Maksh obtained his commission
12 Nov. 1824; and, from 21 Dec. 1825 until paid
off, served in the Espi^gle 18, Capt. Rich. Augustus
MARSHALL. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Edward Marshall entered the Navy 3 Jan.
1829 ; passed his examination 19 Dec. 1836 ; and
was for several years employed on the North Ame-
rica and West India and Home stations as Mate of
the Sappho 16, Capt. Edw. Iggulden Parrey, and
Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne. His
appointments (since his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, which took place 7 July, 1843) have
been, on the Cape of Good Hope station — ^29 July,
1843, as Additional, to the Winchester 50, flag-
ship of Hon. Joscehne Percy — 16 June, 1845, to the
CoNWAT 26, Capt. Wm. Kelly— and 1 May, 1847, to
the NiMROD 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, with whom
he is now serving.
MARSHALL. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 21;
H-p., 25.)
George Edward Marshall is the son of an old
Commander in the R.N., who lost his health on the
coast of Africa, and was from that cause, as well
as from the effect of wounds, obliged to retire from
active service. His brother, Lieut. Thos. Marshall,
R.M., was killed in the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge, at the passage of the Darda-
nells, in Feb. 1807.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Feb. 18(J1, on
board the Invincible 74, Capt. John Rennie, bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Totty in Yar-
mouth Roads ; and became Midshipman, soon after-
wards, of the Assistance 50, Capt. Rich. Lee, under
whom he was wrecked, between Dunkerque and
Gravelines, 29 March, 1802. During the five years
which preceded his promotion to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, Mr. Marshall, it appears, was employed on
the Newtbuudland and Channel stations in the
Falcon sloop, Capt. Henry Manaton Ommanney,
Goliath 74, Capt. Chas. Brisbane, and Phcenix
and Tribune frigates, both commanded by Capt.
Thos. Baker. In the Falcon, at the commence-
ment of the war, he assisted in taking possession of
the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon ; and in the
Ph<enix he was present, as Master's Mate, in Sir
Rich. Strachan's action, 4 Nov. 1805 ; on which
occasion he was sent on board one of the prize-ships
to aid in navigating her into port. While serving
in the Tribune, we find him contributing, 29 April,
1807, to the destruction, by that ship and the Iris,
of the greater part of a convoy of 30 vessels, pass-
ing from Ferrol to Bilboa under the protection of
several gun-boats. He was also a participator in
many boat affairs on the coast of France. On being
promoted, as above, he joined the Neptune 98,
Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, at the time in the Chan-
nel; and he was afterwards appointed — 18 Nov.
1808, to the AcASTA 40, Capt. Philip Beaver, under
whom he served as First-Lieutenant at the capture
of Martinique and the Saintes in 1809 — 25 June,
1810 (after seven months of half-pay), to the Ame-
lia 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, attached to the
force in the Channel— 17 Aug. following, and 27
April, 1811, to theHANNiBAL'74*andRoTALGEORGE
100, flag-ships of Sir Thos. Williams off Lisbon and
in the Channel — 2 Jan. 1812, to the Namur 74, as
Signal-Lieutenant to the same officer as Sheemess —
4 April, 1813, to the acting-command, for nearly six
weeks, of the Hasty 14, on the Baltic station — 5
Jan, 1814, again to the Namur, in his former capa-
city— 9 March ensuing, to the Horatio 38, Capt.
Wm. Henry Dillon, in which ship he was for about
twelve months employed off Newfoundland — and,
4 June, 1821, as Senior, to the Glasgow 50, Capt.
Bentinck Cavendish Doyle. In the last-mentioned
ship, which was paid off in No v. 1824, Mr. Marshall
* During the term of his servitude in the Hannibai., and
while acting as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. 'Williaras, he was
sent up the Tagus in command of a division of boats, and was
on that river when Lord Hill crossed it in sight of tlje
French armv at Santarem.
MAKSIIALL.
729
assisted in conveying the remains of the late Queen
from Harwich to CujthaTen ; Sir Edward Paget and
family from Portsmouth to the East Indies ; and the
Marquess of Hastings from Calcutta to Gibraltar.
He attained his present rank 27 May, 1825; and
from 15 June, 1832, until the summer of 1835, was
employed in the Coast Guard in Ireland. He has
since been on half-pay. Agents — Hallett and Eo-
binson.
F-P., 19 1
MARSHALL. (Commander, 1814.
H-P., 33.)
Hekkt Masterman Marshai.1,, bom 15 June,
1784, at St. Stephen's, near Saltash, co. Cornwall,
is son of the late Rev. — Marshall, of Saltash ;
grandson of Mr. Masterman, many years a Purser
and Secretary in the K.N. ; nephew of the late
Superannuated Rear- Admiral Thos. Gaberion ; and
first-cousin of the present Lieut. Chas. Henry Mas-
terman, R.N. One of the Commander's brothers,
Thomas Gaberion, a Lieutenant R.N., served as
Midshipman and Master's Mate of the Cdiloden
74 under the late Sir Thos. Troubridge ; was pre-
sent in that ship in the famous actions of 1 June,
1794, 14 Feb. 1/97, and 1 Aug. 1798 ; and was event-
ually killed in action in South America. Another
of his brothers, John, died a Midshipman in the
service.
This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1795, as
A.B., on board the Camel store-ship, Capts. Edw.
Rotheram, Rich. Raggett, Thos. Gordon Caulfeild,
and John Lee ; and was present in that vessel at
the detention of five Dutch men-of-war and a large
convoy in Plymouth Sound, and also in the opera-
tions which preceded the surrender to the British
of St. Fiorenza, in the island of Corsica. Removing,
some months after he had attained the rating of
Midshipman, to the Swiftsoke 74, Capt. Benj. Hal-
lowell, Mr. Marshall, who continued in the same
ship under the flag of Sir Rich. Bickerton until
the early part of 1801, saw a vastitude of active
service. While stationed at first off Cadiz (in the
vicinity of which place he came into frequent con-
tact with the enemy's gun-vessels) he so distin-
guished himself by the alacrity he exhibited in
being the first with his boat to take in tow the
Thalia frigate and Alexander 74, when those
ships lay becalmed under a torrent of shot and
shells from the enemy's flotilla and batteries, that
Earl St. Vincent was impelled to thank him on the
quarter-deck of his flag-ship, the Ville de Paris,
and to make him a promise of early promotion.
After sharing in the battle of the Nile, and assisting
at the capture of La Fortune corvette of 16 guns
and 70 men, we find him serving on shore as Aide-
de-camp to Capts. HaUowell and Troubridge at the
capture of Naples and its dependencies ; during the
proceedings connected with which he was constantly
employed, under a heavy fire, in carrying the de-
spatches of Lord Nelson and Capt. Alex. John Ball,
the second in command, to and from Naples and
the head-quarters before St. Elmo. He was not
unfrequently, too, selected to receive and re-oon-
duot a flag-of-truce. Besides participating in a
variety of boat-services along the Egyptian and
Italian shores, and lending his aid to the capture,
5 April, 1800, of the two Spanish 36-gun &igates
El Carmen and Florentina, each laden with 1500
quintals of silver, he was made, we may add, the
bearer of the celebrated coffin constructed out of
the mainmast of U Orient, the French Commander-
in-Chief's ship in the battle of the Nile, sent by
Capt. Hallowell as a present to Lord Nelson, whose
thanks Mr. Marshall had had the fortune of pre-
viously eliciting. Following Sir Rich. Bickerton
into the Kent 74, he was afforded an opportunity,
during the expedition to Egypt, of being present
at the landing of the troops, 8 March, 1801, and in
the actions of 13 and 21 of the same month. For
the important service he afterwards rendered in
piloting a number of frigates, brigs, and smaller
vessels into the western harbour of Alexandria,
where, it appears, he was intrusted with the charge
of all the prizes, he was nominated Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Madras 54, into which ship Sir Rich.
Bickerton had shifted his flag. He was not, how-
ever, confirmed a Lieutenant until 30 Aug. 1803,
by which period he had again served with the last-
mentioned officer in the Kent 74, and with Capts.
Wm. Hancock Kelly and Geo. Fred. Ryves |in the
Gibraltar 80. We must not omit to record here
that his Egyptian services had procured him the
superior 'Turkish gold medal; and that for his
official promotion he was indebted to the early
promise of Lord St. Vincent. He continued in the
Gibraltak until Aug. 1804 ; then joined the Dkead-
NODGHT 98, bearing the flag in the Channel of Vice-
Admiral CoUingwood; and was subsequently ap-
pointed—27 July, 180.5, to the Hind 28, in which
ship, successively commanded by Capts. Fras. Wm.
Fane and Rich. Budd Vincent, for four months by
himself, and by Capts. John Simpson and Geo.
Miller Bligh, he returned to the Mediterranean —
18 Nov. 1808, to the Woolwich 44, Capt. Fras.
Beaufort, on the same station— 9 Aug. 1809, to the
command of the Veteran prison-ship at Portsmouth
—and 23 Nov. 1812, and 27 July, 1813, to the Rotal
William and, as First-Lieutenant, to the Prince
98, flag-ships at Spithead of his old friend Sir B.
Bickerton. During the operations of 1807 in Egypt,
Mr. Marshall, then in the Hind, was very actively
employed; and on the final evacuation of Alex-
andria was ordered by the senior naval officer,
Capt. Hallowell, to sink several ships laden with
stores, for the purpose of destroying the entrance
into t1ie harbour. He soon afterwards volunteered
to land at the island of Cyprus, for the purpose of
conveying letters to the Acting-Consul, instructing
him to prevent the further transmission of supplies
to Egypt — a most perilous service, in the perform-
ance of which he was compelled to use every pre-
caution to avoid falling into the hands of the Turks,
and was for three days under the necessity of lying
concealed. On one occasion, while cruizing in the
Archipelago he contrived, with the Hind's jolly-
boat and only four unarmed men under his orders,
to board and make prize of a Turkish brig of 4
guns, having on board the Governor of Candia and
his body-guard, armed in the usual manner with
sabres, pistols, muskets, and dirks ; and on another
he succeeded, in a punt belonging to a one-masted
felucca in which he had been sent to Majorca for
the purpose of effecting an exchange of prisoners,
in capturing a large three-masted felucca, carrying,
in addition to her crew and 4 guns, a valuable cargo,
and as many as 50 refugees proceeding from Tar-
ragona to Palma. In the achievement of the latter
exploit Mr. Marshall's boat was again manned with
but four persons, natives of Gibraltar, commonly
called " Rock Scorpions," and was totally destitute
of arms. In 1808 he assisted, and was second in
command under Capt. TroUope, at the evacuation
of Scylla, where, as had been the case during the
last series of operations on the coast of Egypt, he
was wounded by a musket-ball in the left leg. He
was advanced to his present rank in honour of the
grand naval review held before the AUied Sove-
reigns at Spithead, 27 June, 1814, and has since
been on half-pay.
Commander Marshall is the author of ' An Appeal
to the British Nation on behalf of the Mercantile
Marine," published by Ridgway in 1836. He mar-
ried, first, 21 May, 1805, Ann, niece of the late Sir
Walter Ferguson, and also of Capt. Jas. Ferguson
R.N., who died Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich
Hospital, 14 Feb. 1793. By that lady he had issue
seventeen children, six only of whom, three sons
and three daughters, are now Uving. He married
a second time, 14 Feb. 1839, Ann, only daughter of
the late J. C. Bright, Esq., of Plaistow, Essex.
MARSHALL, Kt., C.B., K.C.H., K.S.G., K.SS
(Captain, 1814.)
Sir John Marshall, bom in 1785, is descended
trom a lamily of considerable antiquity.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1800, as
i'st.-cl. Vol., on board the Aurora 28, Capt. Thos
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MARSHALL.
Gordon Caulfeild; and in the course of the next
month attained the rating of Midshipman. Ke-
moving in March, 1802, after an intermediate ser-
vitude on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations,
to the Latona 38, Capt. Frank Sotheron, he was
for seven months employed in that ship in the
Channel and Baltic. Being again, in April, 1803,
placed under the orders of Capt. Caulfeild in the
Grampus 50, he cruized for some time on the Guern-
sey station, and then sailed for the East Indies,
vrhere, in Dec. 1805, he followed the same ofioer,
as Master's Mate, into the Rdssel 74. In Oct. 1806
Mr. Marshall was nominated by Sir Edw. Pellew
Acting-Lieutenant of his flag-ship the CDiLODEN 74,
in which, on 27 of the ensuing month, he contri-
buted to the capture and destruction of a Dutch
frigate, seven brigs of war, and about 20 armed
and other merchant-vessels in Batavia Koads. In
the spring of 1807 he went back, in the capacity
last mentioned, to his former ship the Rtjssel, still
commanded by Capt. Caulfeild, with whom he con-
tinued, latterly under the flag of Rear- Admiral Wm.
O'Brien Drury, until compelled by ill health to in-
valid in Feb. 1809. His next appointment we find
was, 24 Oct. in the latter year, to the AsonKiR 74,
Capt. Geo. Parker, then attached to the Walcheren
expedition. On 24 Oct. 1812, up to which period
he had been serving in the North Sea and Baltic,
part of the time under the flag of Rear-Admiral
Thos. Byam Martin, and latterly in charge of a
gun-boat at the defence of Riga, Mr. Marshall was
promoted to the command of the Peocris sloop,
on the East India station, whither he took a pas-
sage in the Java of 46 guns and 377 men, Capt.
Henry Lambert. It was his consequent misfortune
to be present on board that frigate 23 Dec. 1812,
when she was captured, after a close and terrific
action of three hours and 40 minutes, and a loss of
22 men killed and 102 (including the Captain mor-
tally) wounded, by the American ship Constitution
of 55 guns and 480 men, many of whom suifered.
His exertions and the advice he afforded through-
out the contest were particularly acknowledged in
the despatches of the senior surviving oflicer, the
present Capt. Henry Ducie Chads.* On 11 Nov.
1813 Capt. Marshall was invested vrith the com-
mand of the Shamrock brig ; and on joining that
vessel off Cuxhaven he was ordered higher up the
Elbe, with a detachment of gun-boats under his
orders, for the purpose of watching the enemy at
Gluckstadt until the arrival there of the Swedish
troops under the Baron de Boye. The zeal he
subsequently displayed in the arduous operations
which terminated in its surrender to the allied
forces called forth the official thanks of the late
Sir Arthiur Farquhar, who commanded the naval
force employed in the attack.f On 9 Jan. 1814,
four days after the event last mentioned had taken
place, the Shamrock entered the haven of Gluck-
stadt, and took possession of the Danish flotilla
found In it, consisting of one brig and seven gun-
boats. Her commander was then despatched to
Kiel, in order to establish the claims of the British
squadron to the enemy's vessels, naval stores, &c.,
taken in the Elbe. He next assisted at the block-
ade of Hamburg and Haarburg. The importance
indeed of Capt. Marshall's services on the German
rivers was fully acknowledged by his being ad-
vanced to Post rank 7 June, 1814 ; created, in the
early part of 1815, a Knight of the highest Russian
Military Order of St. George and of the Swedish
Military Order of the Sword, and a C.B. 4 June
in the same year. In Jan. 1826 he was selected to
fill the oiBce of Superintendent of Lazarettos at
Milford ; and, about Jan. 1827, of the Quarantine
establishment at Standgate Creek. William IV.,
in June, 1832, invested him with the insignia of a
K.C.H., and also conferred on him the honour of
Knighthood. His last appointment was, 18 Aug.
1841, to the Isis 44, fitting for the Cape of Good
Hope, whence he returned home and was paid off
at the commencement of 1845 ; in April of which
year he had the satisfaction of receiving a letter
* Fi'ifeGaz. 1813, p. 774. f F. Gslz. l&)4,-p. ISB. \
of thanks from the Committee at Lloyd's for the
great attention he had paid during his recent com-
mand to the interests of the mercantile community
generally, but especially for the arrangements he
had made for the preservation of peace and the
furtherance of trade at Icheboe.
Sir John Marshall married, a second time, 17
Sept. 1828, Augusta Eliza, youngest daughter of
John Wynne, Esq., of Garthmeillo, c6. Denbigh,
and grand-daughter of the Rev. S. Parr, D.D., Pre-
bendary of St. Paul's. His eldest daughter, Fran-
ces Orris, is married to Martin Hadsley Gosselin,
Esq., only son of Admiral T. Le M. Gosselin ; and
his third, Louisa Phillips, to Capt. Geo. Black, of
the Royal Canadian Rifles. Agents — Burnett and
Holmes.
MARSHALL. (Eetiked Commander, 1844.)
John Marshall (a) — whose name had been borne
in 1790 on the books of the Marlborough 74,
Capt. Cornish, and Qdeen Charlotte 100, bear-
ing the flag of Lord Howe — embarked, in 1793, sis
A.B., on board the Egmont 74, Capts. Archibald
Dickson and John Sutton ; in which ship he co-
operated in the reduction of Corsica, and was pre-
sent in Hotham's actions of 14 March and 13 July,
1795, and in the battle fought off Cape St. Vincent
14 Feb. 1797. He also, in 1796, assisted at the eva^-
cuation of the island above named. At the close
of 1799, after having further served with Capt. Sut-
ton in the Superb 74, with Lord Bridport in the
Royal George 100, and with Sir Thos. Boulden
Thompson as Acting-Lieutenant in the Bellosa
74, on the Home station, Mr. Marshall was unfor-
tunately obliged to be invalided and sent to the
hospital at Plymouth. Being, however, officially
promoted, 18 Feb. 1800, to a Lieutenancy in the Re-
NOMMBE irigate, Capt. M'Kellar, he was employed
in the course of that year in the expedition to
Egypt. His next appointment was, 17 Sept. 1802,
to the Port Mahon brig, Capts. Walter Grosett,
— Neville, — M'Donald, — Murray, and Sam.
Chambers, on the Jamaica station ; where, under
Capt. Chambers, he assisted at the capture, recap-
ture, and destruction of at least fifty vessels ; among
which were £Jl Galgo Spanish packet, the Ama-
ranza letter-of-marque, and JSl Courier privateer.
He further, 25 June, 1806, united in chasing the
San Jbse^ letter-of-marque brig (armed with 1 long
18-pounder on a pivot amidships, and 4 12-pounder
carronades and 2 long 4-pounders on her sides, with
swivels, pikes, and muskets, and 30 men), into the
intricate harbour of Banes, in the island of Cuba ;
and then, taking command of the boats of the Port
Mahon, succeeded with the utmost gallantry in
cutting her out without the loss of a man ; although
the vessel was protected by the fire from, and
moored by a line to, a tower mounting 2 heavy
guns, and notwithstanding too that in endeavouring
to conduct her out of the harbour she grounded
within pistol-shot of the battery, and was struck
by several shot from it.* He left the Port Ma-
hon, of which he appears to have been for some
time in charge, in 1807 ; and was afterwards em-
ployed in the Impress service at Poole, and in visit-
ing Quebec and other parts of North America in
the Woolwich 44, armee-en-flvte, Capt. Thos. Ball
Sulivan. Ill health, again, in Aug. 1813, compelled
him to leave his ship and to enter the hospital at
Bermuda. He became a Retired Commander on
the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830: and on the Senior
30 July, 1844.
MARSHALL. (Commander, 1845.)
William Marshall (6) was born in Jan. 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Sept. 1805, as a
Volunteer, on board the Tartar 32, Capt. Edw.
Hawker, employed on the Halifax station ; where
he continued to serve, until the conclusion of hos-
tilities, in the Melampus 36, also commanded by
Capt. Hawker, and in the Indian 18, Capt. Chas.
John Austen, Horatio 38, Capt. Geo. Scott, Ruet
* Vide Gaz, 1800, p. 1537.
MAUSHALL— MARSHAM— MARSINGALL.
731
64, Capt. Ferrier, GnERRiiRE of 48 guns and 244
men, Capt. Jaa. Kioh. Dacres, Belvidera 36, Capt.
Rich. Byron, Merope 10, Capt. Wm. Benj. Suck-
ling, and Wasp sloop, Capts. Peter Fisher and Wm.
Woolridge. He was on board the Hokatio at the
capture, 21 Feb. 1810, after a long chase and a run-
ning fight of one hour, of La Necessite, pierced for
40 guns, but not mounting more than 28, "with a
complement of 186 men ; and, as Midshipman, on
board the Gderhi^re, when taken, 19 Aug. 1812,
notwithstanding a struggle of nearly an hour and
three-quarters, attended with a loss of 15 killed
and 63 wounded, by the United States ship Consti-
tution^ of 56 guns and 460 men, 7 of whom at least
were killed and as many wounded. While attached
to the Belvidera he was afforded an opportunity
of seeing much boat-service. He remained in the
Wasp, on the Mediterranean station, latterly in
the capacity of Acting-Master, until the summer of
1818 ; and between that period and his promotion
to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 July, 1825, was em-
ployed in the Coast Blockade as Midshipman and
Mate of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'Cullooh.
He left the latter service, after having been fur-
ther borne on the books of the Ramillies and Ta-
LAVERA 74's, Capts. M'CuUoch and Hugh Pigot, in
April, 1831; and was subsequently appointed — 15
April, 1831, to the Coast Guard— 30 June, 1834, to
the command of the Nimble Revenue-vessel — 27
June, 1837, again to the Coast Guard — and 22 Dec.
1841, to the command of the Adelaide, another
Revenue-cruizer. He acquired the rank he now
holds 16 Jan. 1845, and has since been on half-pay.
He married in 1821, and has issue five children.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
Indies on board the Droo 18, Capt. John Balfour
Maxwell.
MARSHALL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 33.)
William Marshall (a) entered the Navy, in
1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Wrangler gun-
brig, commanded in succession by two Lieutenants,
under whom he was for three years employed on
the Leith station. In 1802 he proceeded to the
West Indies in the Reynard sloop, Capt. Peter
Spioer; and he was next, between 1803 and 1807,
employed on the St. Helena and Home stations,
chiefly we believe in the capacity of Second Master,
in the Egyptienne frigate and Revenge 74, both
commanded by Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming ;
assisting, in the Egyptienne, at the capture of
L'Epervier of 16 guns and 90 men, L'Acte'on of 16
guns and 126 men, and La Chiffonette privateer of
14 guns and 80 men ; and sharing, in the same ship,
in Sir Robert Calder's action 22 July, 1805. In
June, 1807, he removed to the Edgar 74, Capts.
Jas. Maonamara and Stephen Poyntz ; in which
ship, it appears, he served off Rochefort, in the Bal-
tic, and off Flushing, until Dec. 1810. During his
stay in the Baltic we find him witnessing the em-
barkation, from Nyeborg, of the Spanish General
the Marquis de la Romana, and his patriot troops.
On leaving the Edgar he joined the Tremendous
74, Capt. Robt. Campbell. With that officer he
continued to serve, again in the Baltic, and also in
the Mediterranean, until May, 1815. He then took
up a commission dated on 10 of the previous Feb.,
and has since been on half-pay. Agents— Goode
and Lawrence.
MARSHALL. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
WlLLOUGHBY CHARLES MARSHALL paSScd hiS
examination 30 Aug. 1837 ; and for several years
prior to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
which took place 1 Sept. 1845, was employed on
the South American station, as Mate, in the Ac-
tjeon 26, .Capt. Robt. Russell, Crescent receiving-
sliip, Lieut.-Commander Malachi Donellan, and
Gorgon steam-sloop, Capt. Chas. Hotham. He
was on board the latter vessel when she was driven
on shore in a hurricane at Colonia, and was con-
cerned in the long and arduous operations which
preceded her being got off. For several months of
1846 Lieut. JIarshall was employed in the East
MARSHAM. (Captain, 1833. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 20.)
Henby Shovell Mabsham entered the Navy,
17 May, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb
74, Capts. Donald M'Leod and Sam. Jackson, bear-
ing the broad pendant of Commodore Rich. Good-
win Keats. In that ship he went to the Mediter-
ranean in pursuit of a French squadron which had
effected its escape from Rochefort, witnessed the
embarkation from Nyeborg of the Spanish troops
under the Marquis de la Romana, and, previously
to accompanying the expedition to the Walcheren,
was in her when she was frozen up at Gottenborg
and only extricated by a canal being cut through
four miles of ice. After a servitude of three months
at Spithead in the Pdissant 74, Capt. Robt. Hall,
he became Midshipman, in March, 1810, of the
Defiance 74, commanded by Capt. Hon. Henry
Hotham, with whom he continued employed in the
Northumberland 74 iintil Jan. 1813; being in
consequence afforded an opportunity, in the latter
ship, of assisting, 22 May, 1812, when in company
with the Growler gun-brig, at the gallant destruc-
tion, at the entrance of L'Orient, of the French 40-
gun frigates L'Arienne and L' Andromaque, and 16-
gun-brig Mamelouci, whose united fire, conjointly
with that of a destructive battery, killed 5 of the
Northumberland's people and wounded 28. He
obtained his first commission while serving with
Sir John Borlase Warren on the coast of North
America in the San Domingo of 74 guns, 30 June,
1813 ; and was subsequently appointed — 1 July,
1813, to the Ramillies 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Master-
man Hardy, engaged in the blockade of New Lon-
don— 2 Sept. 1814, again to the Superb, bearing the
flag of Hon. H. Hotham on the coasts of America
and France — 26 Aug. 1818 (two years and seven
months after he had left the Superb), to the Roch-
FORT 80, Capts. Andrew Pellet Green and Chas.
Marsh Schomberg, to which ship, bearing the flags
in the Mediterranean of Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle
and Sir Graham Moore, he continued attached for
upwards of five years and a half — and 6 July, 1824,
as senior, to the Cambrian 46, Capt. Gawen Wm,
Hamilton, on the same station, where, in command,
in the Negropont Channel, of the boats of his own
ship and the Seringapatam, he contrived to board
and carry, in the most gallant manner, notwith-
standing a desperate resistance, two piratical ves-
sels, each with 1 gun and about 30 men, 31 Jan.
1825.* The terms of high commendation in which
his conduct on the occasion was reported procured
him a Commander's commission dated 21 of the
following April. His next appointments were — 10
Sept. 1829 and 25 Feb. 1831, to the Britannia 120,
Capt. Geo. Burdet, and St. Vincent 120, Capt.
Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, stationed in the
Mediterranean, where, at the period of his official
advancement to the rank of Captain, 24 Dec. 1833,
he was acting as such in the Malabar 74. Since
the paying off of the Malabar in July, 1834, he
has been on half-pay.
Capt. Marsham married, in 1838, Maria, daughter
of W. Jones, Esq., of Ballinamore, co. Leitrim, and
Hayle Place, co. Kent. Agents — Messrs. Om-
manney.
MARSINGALL. (Retired Commander, 1843.
FP., 13 ; H-p., 36.)
Samuel Mabsingall entered the Navy, 20 Jan.
1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Lutine, Capt.
John Monokton ; whom he followed as Midship-
man, in April, 1799, into the Mars 74, bearing
the flag in the Channel of Hon. Geo. Cranfleld
Berkeley. In Jan. 1801 he removed to the St.
Fiorenzo of 42 guns and 253 men, Capts. C. w!
Paterson and Joseph Bingham ; and in June, I8O3!
on his arrival in the East Indies, he joined the Wil-
helmina arme'e-en-fute, Capt. Henry Lambert, car-
rying 21 guns and 134 men. In that ship it appears
* Fide Guz, 1836, p. 698.
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MARTEN— MAETIN.
he took part, 11 April, 1804, in a very gallant con-
flict of an hour and a half, which terminated in
her beating off, with a loss to herself of 10 men
wounded, the French frigate-built privateer Psyche
of 36 guns and 250 men, 11 of whom were Idlled and
33 wounded. Returning subsequently with Capt.
Lambert to the St. Fiohenzo he assisted, 14 Feb.
1805, at the capture, after a desperate action of se-
veral hours, of the above named Psyche, which had
been since added to the French navy, and whose
loss on the present occasion amounted, out of 252
men, to 57 Itilled and 70 wounded, while that of the
British did not exceed 12 killed and 36 (including
himself) wounded. On 12 March, 1806, at which
time he had been for nine months attached to the
Cdlloden 74, bearing the flag, still on the East
India station, of Bear-Admiral Sir Edw. Pellew,
Mr. Marsingall was nominated Acting-Lieutenant
of the Grampus 50, Capt. Jas. Haldane Tait, to
which ship the Admiralty confirmed him 20 Aug.
1807. His last appointments were — 3 Nov. 1807, to
the Camel store-ship, Capt. John Joyce, for pas-
sage to England — 14 May, 1808, to the Tridmph 74,
Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, part of the Chan-
nel fleet— and 14 May and 4 Nov. 1809, to the Bak-
FEEDR 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley,
and Myrtle sloop, Capt. Thos. Innes, both on the
Lisbon station. He invalided home in March, 1810 ;
and accepted his present rank 1 Nov. 1843.
The wound received by Commander Marsingall
at the capture of the Psyche was rewarded with a
gratuity by the Patriotic Society. Agemts — Messrs.
Stilwell.
MARTEN. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Francis Marten, bom in 1814, is eldest son of
the late Geo. Sulivan Marten, Esc[., of Marshals
Wick near St. Alban's, Herts, by bis second wife,
Charlotte, daughter of Col. Tucker. He is half-
brother of the present Geo. Eobt. Marten, Esq., of
Marshals Wick, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieute-
nant for CO. Herts.
This officer passed his examination 28 Aug. 1837 ;
and between 1840 and his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant 20 Nov. 1844, was employed as Mate in
the Ferret 10, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Sidney
"^l^homas, and Siren 16, Capt. Wm. Smith, on the
African and East India stations. His appointments
have since been — 18 Dec. 1844, to the Persian 16,
Capt. Henry Coryton, from which vessel, fitting at
Devonport, he was shortly afterwards superseded
— and 16 Aug. 1845, to the President 50, now flag-
ship of Rear- Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres at the Cape
of Good Hope.
MARTIN. (Lieut., 1811. r-p., 19; h-p., 33.)
Alexander Martin entered the Navy, in June,
1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thidmph 74,
Capts. Sir Erasmus Gower and Wm. Essington,
under the latter of whom he fought in the action
off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. In Jan. 1799 he re-
moved to the Formidable 98, Capts. Jas. Hawkins
Whitshed, Edw. Thombrough, and Rich. Grindall ;
and in that ship he served in the Channel, Medi-
terranean, and West Indies until Sept 1802 — to-
wards the close of the period in the capacity of
Midshipman. Rejoining Capt. Grindall, in 1803, on
board the Prince 98, he was for upwards of three
years employed with him in the Channel and off the
Port of Cadiz, and was afforded an opportunity of
sharing in the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805.
After an attachment of some months to the Glory
98, Capt. Wm. Albany Otway, and Prince 98, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis, both
stationed off Cadiz, he was nominated, about Dec.
1807, Acting- Lieutenant of the Terrible 74, Capt.
Lord Henry Paulet, part of the force employed in
the Mediterranean, where, in Feb. 1810, he joined,
in a similar capacity, the Alacrity 18, Capt. Nes-
bit Palmer. In May, 1811, that vessel was unfor-
tunately captured by the enemy, a catastrophe,
however, Mr. Martin escaped, from the circum-
stance of his being at the time absent in charge of
a Greek prize. He was confirmed a Lieutenant
29 Oct. in the same year ; and was lastly, from 2 of
the ensuing month until 18 Jan. 1815, employed on
the Leith station in the Nightingale 16, Capt.
Christopher Nixon.
MARTIN, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., K.S.J. (Admikai,
or THE Fleet, r-p., 32 ; h-p., 39.) |
Sir George Martin died 28 July, 1847, at his
house in Berkeley Square, in the 83rd year of his
age. He was third and youngest son of the late
Capt. Wm. Martin, R.N., by Arabella, daughter of
Sir Wm. Rowley, K.B., Admiral of the Fleet, and
sister of Rear-Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, the first
Baronet of that name, father of the late Admiral
Sir Chas. Rowley, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H., and father-
in-law of Admiral Sir Chas. Cotton, Bart. His
grandfather, Bennet Martin, was a M.D. ; one of
his grand-uncles, Wm. Martin, died Admiral of the
Fleet in 1756; and another, Roger Martin, also an
Admiral, died in 1780. Sir George was brother of
the present Wm. Martin, Esq., of Hemingston, co.
Suffolk ; and uncle of the present Capt. Geo. Bo-
hun Martin, R.N., C.B. His mother married, a
second time. Colonel Gibbs, of Horseley Park, Sus-
sex, father of Major-General Sir Sam. Gibbs, K. C.B.,
who fell at New Orleans 8 Jan. 1815, and of Major-
General Sir Edw. Gibbs, Governor of Jersey, and
Colonel of the 68th Regt.
This ofiicer (whose name had been borne from 13
Dec. 1771 until 30 April, 1774, on the books of the
Maky yacht) embarked, 20 Nov. 1776, as Captain's
Servant, on board the Monarch 64, commanded
by his uncle Capt. Joshua Rowley, and was present
as Midshipman of that ship in Keppel's action with
the Comte d'Orvilliers 27 July, 1778. On next
joining theSoFFOLK 74, Capt. Hugh Cloberry Chris-
tian, he was afforded an opportunity of sharing in
Byron's action with d'Estaing 6 July, 1779 ; and on
16 July, 1780, after having participated in three
actions fought in the preceding months of April
and May between Rodney and De Gnychen, and
been for short periods employed in the Camelion,
Rover, and Alert sloops, Capts. Thos. Watson,
John 'Thos. Duckworth, and Jas. Vashon, he was
made Lieutenant into the Russel 74, Capt. Robt.
Hanwell. His succeeding appointments, it appears,
were, to the Princess Royal 98, Capt. J. T. Duck-
worth, Ulysses 44, Capt. John Thomas, and Sand-
wich, Capt. Silverius Moriarty. He was promoted,
9 March, 1782, to the command of the Tobago
sloop ; and on 17 March, 1783, was posted into the
Preston 50. In April, 1784, Capt. Martin, whose
services had hitherto been on the West India sta-
tion, returned to England. He was subsequently
appointed — 9 July, 1789, to the Porcupine 24, em-
ployed off the coast of Ireland until Aug. 1792 — 12
March, 1793, to the Magicienne 32, in the West
Indies — 9 Nov. 1795, to the Irresistible 74 — 15
July, 1798, to the Northumberland 74 — and (after
eight months of half-pay) 22 May, 1803, and 24
April and 21 Nov. 1804, to the Colossus 74, and
Glory and Barfleur 98' s, on the Channel station.
In the Irresistible Capt. Martin bore a conspicu-
ous part in the battle off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb.
1797, and towards the close of the action hoisted
the broad pendant of Commodore Nelson, whose
ship, the Captain, was completely disabled."* His
conduct on the occasion procured him a gold medal
and the thanks of Parliament. On 26 April in the
same year the Irresistible, in company with the
Emeraxd 36, pursued into Conil Bay, near Tra-
falgar, and, at the end of an hour's engagement,
succeeded in effecting the capture of the Spanish
frigates Ninfa and Santa Elena of 34 guns and 320
men each. The latter vessel, as soon as she had
struck, cut her cable and ran on shore ; her crew
effecting their escape. Although eventually got
off, she was found in too damaged a state to be kept
afloat ; and she accordingly went down. Part of
the Ninfa's crew also effected their escape to the
shore. The loss sustained by the two frigates
amounted to about 18 killed and 30 wounded : that
* Vide Gaz. 1797, p. 212.
MARTIN.
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of the Irresistible to 1 man killed and 1 wounded.
The skill exhibited by Capt. Martin in having
rounded a dangerous reef of rocks, called the Laja
de Cape Kocha, a little to the northward of Conil,
and his decision in the ensuing attack, were declared
by Earl St. Vincent to have displayed one of the
most notable actions that had ever come under hia
observation.* In Feb. 1800 we find Capt. Martin,
then in command of the Northumberland, ac-
quiring the approbation of Lord Nelson for his
alacrity and good conduct at the capture of the
French 74-gun ship Gemreux ; f and in the ensuing
May succeeding Capt. Troubridge in the command
of the blockading squadron before Malta. In the
month of Aug. the Diane and Justice frigates made
their escape from the harbour of Valetta, but not
unperceived by the Northumberland, who, join-
ing the Success 32, went in immediate chase and
contrived to capture the Diane-X On 5 Sept. in the
same year Capt. Martin, whose perseverance in the
discharge of his blockading duties had been unre-
mitting, had the honour of signing the capitulation
in virtue of which the important island of Malta
became annexed to the Crown of England. § He
afterwards, in 1801, accompanied the expedition
under Lord Keith and Sir Ralph Abercromby to
Egypt, where his activity and exertions a second
time caused his being included in the thanks of
Parliament. In April 1804 he was nominated a
Colonel of Marines ; and on 22 July, 1805, at which
period, as above shown, he was in command of the
Barfleur, he distinguished himself in Sir Eobt.
Calder's action with Admiral Villeneuve. || At-
taining Flag-rank 9 Nov. 1805, Rear-Admiral Rlar-
tin, on 17 Jan, 1806, was appointed second in com-
mand at Portsmouth,' where, with his flag in the
Gladiator 50, he remained for a period of 10
months — during, we believe, the absence of Sir
Isaac Cofl&n on Admiralty leave. In May 1807 he
proceeded, in the Cumberland 74, off Cadiz, for
the purpose of watching the enemy's ships in the
harbour ; after which, entering the Mediterranean,
he continued on that station, with his flag in the
Montagu 74, Queen 98, and Canopds 80, until
some months subsequent to his promotion, 31 July,
1810, to the rank of Vice-Admiral. At first, he
was employed off the coast of Italy, and- in protect-
ing Sicily from the hostile designs of the French ;
and in June, 1809, he took possession of the islands
of Ischia and Procida.^ On the night of 23 Oct.
1809, being at the time off Cape St. Sebastian in
the Canopus, the Kear-Admiral was detached by
Lord CoUingwood with eight of his best sailing
ships (two of which accidentally parted company)
in pursuit of a division of the enemy's fleet, con-
sisting of three ships of the line and two frigates.
By noon on the 25th his intrepid perseverance had
compelled the Robuste 80 and Lion 74, to run them-
selves on shore, within pistol-shot of each other, at
a spot about six miles north-east of the harbour of
Cette, and near to the village of Frontignan ; and
had Induced the Bore'e 74, and Pauline frigate to
seek refuge in Cette harbour, although it scarcely
contained depth sufficient to float them. The two
former ships were fired and blown up by their own
crews.** In the summer of 1810, Vice-Admiral
Martin returned to his station off Sicily, and while
there was presented with the Order of St. Janu-
arius by the King of Naples, as a mark of his Ma-
jesty's approbation of the essential and zealous
services rendered by him to that kingdom. We
may add that the cordial and friendly co-operation
he at all times afforded the troops, did not fail to
call forth the public thanks of the military com-
mander Lieut.-General Sir John Stuart, K.B.tt In
May, 1812, being appointed to the chief command
on the Lisbon station, he hoisted his flag on board
the Impetueux 74, and sailed for his destination,
where he remained, latterly with his flag in the
Sabrina frigate and Kodnev 74, until June, 1814;
* Vide Gaz. 1797, p. 446. + T. Gaz. 1800, p. 2!)7.
t y. Gaz. 1800, p. 1156. } V. Gaz. 1800, p. 1155.
II r. Gaz. 1805, p. 982. ^ F. Gaz. 1809, pp. 1410, 1437.
•* r, Gaz. 1801, pp. 1901-8. ft ^. Gaz. 1810, p. 1834.
about which period he received the honour of
knighthood in commemoration of the King's visit
to the fleet at Spithead.* In Jan. 1815, he was
created a K.C.B. ; in Feb. 1821, a G.C.B. ; and on
19 July in the latter year an Admiral of the Blue.
His last appointment was, 27 March, 1824, to the
post of Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth ; where
his flag, which had been flying the whole time in
the Victory, was struck 30 April, 1827. Sir Geo.
Martin was raised to the dignity of Admiral of the
Fleet 9 Nov. 1846. He had been successively con-
stituted Rear and Vice-Admiral of the United
Kingdom in Jan. 1833 and April, 1834 ; f and a
G.C.M.G. in 1836.
He married, first, 3 April, 1804, the youngest
daughter of the late Capt. John Albert Bentinck,
R.N. (by Renira, Baroness de Twyell de Ceroos-
kerken), sister of Vice-Admiral Wm. Bentinck
(who married the only daughter o'f the first Earl
Manvers and died 21 Feb. 1813), sister-in-law of Sir
Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, Bart., G.C.B., Admiral of
the Fleet, and grand-niece of the first Duke of Port-
land. That lady dying 15 Oct. 1806, he married a
second time, 2 June, 1815, Miss A. Locke, daughter
of Wm. Locke, Esq. of Norbury Park, co. Surrey.
He was again left a widower 1 Mar. 1842.
MARTIN, C.B., K.S.L., K.S.A., K.R.G. (Cap-
tain, 1828. F-P., 21 ; H-P., 14.)
George Bohun Martin is third and youngest
son of the late Henry Martin, Esq., of Colston
Basset, Notts, a Magistrate for the co., M.P. for
Kinsale, and one of the Masters in Chancery, by
Maria_Elizabeth, daughter of Fras. Edmunds, Esq.,
of Worsborough, co. York. He is nephew of the
late Sir Geo. Martin, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Admiral
of the Fleet.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College, 3
April, 1812; and_ embarked, 11 April, 1815, as Mid-
shipman, on boar<i the Impregnable 98, Capt. Sam.
Campbell Rowley, bearing the flag of Sir Josias
Rowley in the Mediterranean ; where, in the fol-
lowing Oct., he removed to the Spartan 38, Capt.
Phipps Hornby. Quitting that ship in July, 1816,
he next, until the receipt of his first commission,
dated 17 March, 1821, served on the Channel, Me-
diterranean, and Cork stations, in the Madag,as-
CAR and Mjeander J frigates, both commandedr'by
Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Ganymede 26, Capts.
Wm. M'CuUoch and Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer,
Wasp sloop, Capt. Wm. Woolridge, Hyperion 42,
Capt. Thos. Searle, Newcastle 60, Capt. Arthur
Fanshawe, Cadmus and Brisk sloops, each under
the orders of Capt. Jas. Montagu, Spencer 74, flag-
ship of Sir Josias Rowley, and, as Acting-Lieutenant,
in the Sappho sloop, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge.
On the date of his official promotion, as above, Mr.
Martin was nominated Flag-Lieutenant, in the
Queen Charlotte 100, to Admiral Sir Jas. Haw-
kins Whitshed, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth.
Obtaining a second promotal commission in conse-
quence, 24 April, 1824, he assumed command, 17
April, 1827, of the Musquito 10, and, returning to
the Mediterranean, was afforded an opportunity of
sharing, 20 Oct. following, in the battle of Navarin.
His conduct on that occasion procured him the ho-
nours above indicated, and was the cause of his being
advanced (as soon as he had served the necessary
time as Commander) to Post-rank, 19 April, 1828.
His next appointments were, 17 April, 1833, and 31
Oct. 1835, to the Volage 28, and Caledonia 120,
flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley, both in the Mediter-
ranean, whence he returned in the autumn of 1837.
He has been in command, since 4 Nov. 1844, of the
Eagle 50 ; in which ship he at first conveyed Rear-
Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield to the south-east
coast of America, was then employed in North
America and the West Indies, and is now engaged
in the performance of a particular service.
* Vide Gaz. 1814, pp. 1320-3.
t He was reappointed Vice-Admiral of the U. K. 21 July
1837. '
J The M.TANDER, during a violent gale, struck upon a
shoal oif Orfordness, and was all but lost, 19 Dec. 1816.
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MARTIN.
Capt. Martin married Isabella Harriett, daughter
of Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Briggs, G.C.M.G., by
whom he has issue. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
MAETIN, C.B. (Captaik, 1827. f-p., 16 ;
H-P., 15.)
Henry Btah Martin is second son of Admiral
Sir Thos. Byam Martin, G.C.B.
Tills officer entered the Royal Naval College, 8
Oct. 1816 ; and embarked, in Oct. 1818, as Midship-
man, on board the Liffet 50, Capt. Hon. Henry
Duncan, with whom he was employed in the Chan-
nel and on particular service, until transferred, in
April, 1820, to the Kochfort 80 ; from which ship,
bearing the flag of Sir Graham Moore in the Medi-
terranean, he was lent for several months in 1821-2
to the Serikgapatam 46, Capt. Sam. Warren,
Chanticleer sloop, Capt. Henry Eden, and Eukv-
ALDS 42, Capt. Augustus Wra. Jas. Clifford. In
Feb. 1823, he joined the Eamillies 74, Capt. Edw.
Brace, lying at Portsmouth ; and on 20 of the ensu-
ing month he was promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant ; his appointments in which capacity, it ap-
pears, were, 1 July, 1823, and 26 Deo. 1824, to the
Sybille frigate, Capt. John Brooke Pechell, and
Kevenge 76, flag-ship of Sir Harry Burrard Neale,
on the Jamaica and Mediterranean stations. He
attained the rank of Commander 8 April, 1825 ; and,
after he had had command for about 12 mouths of
the Parthian 10, in the Mediterranean, was ad-
vanced, 28 April, 1827, to Post-rank. From the
latter date Capt. Martin did not again go afloat
until appointed, 21 Nov. 1836, to the Caevsfort26,
in which vessel he was for nearly five years again
employed in the Mediterranean, where his services
on the coast of Syria, including the attacks upon
Tortosa and St. Jean d'Acre, procured his enrol-
ment among the Companions of the Bath, 18 Deo.
1840. On the former occasion he received the grate-
ful acknowledgments of Capt. Houston Stewart, of
the Benbow, the senior officer present, for the sup-
port and assistance he afforded him, as well as for
the astonishing precision of his fire in covering the
boats and men employed on shore.* He has been
in command, since 15 Nov. 1845, of the Grampus
50, in the Pacific. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
MARTIN. (LiEOT., 1814. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.)
Joseph Winthrop Martin entered the Navy, 28
Nov. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Syeilee
frigate, Capt. llobt. "Winthrop, and after cruizing
among the Western Islands, si.-c months in the capa-
city of Midshipman, removed, in July, 1807, to the
TiiMfeRAiKE 98, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton, Edw.
Sneyd Clay, Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, Joseph
Spear, and Sam. Hood Linzee. In that ship, which
for some time bore the flags of Rear-Admirals Man-
ley Dixon and Fras. Pickmore, he was for four years
and eight months employed in the Channel and
Baltic, off Cadiz, in the Mediterranean, and at Ply-
mouth. He then followed Capt. Linzee into the
Union 98, but had not been long in her before he
was transferred to the Narcissus 32, Capt. John
Rich. Lumley ; with whom, it appears, he served in
the West Indies and North America until May,
1813. He obtained a commission 27 May, 1814 ;
and was lastly, from Oct. in the same year until
Aug. 1815, employed in the Tamab24, Capt. Chas.
Sotheby, and Valiant 74, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral
Manley Dixon, on the North and South American
stations. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
MAETIN. (Commander, 1825.)
Nathaniel Martin died in 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1799, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Diamond 38, Capt. Sir
Rich. John Strachan; under whom, on being re-
moved to the Captain 74, he assisted at the cap-
ture, 19 June, 1799, of Rear- Admiral Perree's squa-
dron of three frigates and two brigs, and attended,
as Midshipman, the expeditions of 1800 to Quiberon
and Ferrol. In May, 1802, at which period the
* Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2607.
Captain, in command of Capt. Chas. Boyles, was
at Jamaica, he took a passage home in the Ven-
geance 74, Capt. Geo. Duff; rejoining Sir R. J.
Strachan, on his arrival, in the Donegal 80. Pre-
viously to leaving that ship, Mr. Martin was for
some time employed in blockading the port of Ca-
diz, and contributed to the capture, 25 Nov. 1804,
of the Spanish frigate Amfitrite of 44 guns. When
subsequently with Sir Richard in the C-5;sar 80,
we find him enacting a part in the action off
Ferrol 4 Nov. 1805. On 1 July, 1806, he was
nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Triumph 74,
Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, and again or-
dered to the West Indies ; after cruizing for three
or four months on which station, he went back to
the C^sar in the capacity last-mentioned, and con-
tinued in her (his promotion to the rank of Lieute-
nant being confirmed 19 March, 1807) under the
flags of Rear-Admirals Sir R. J. Strachan, Hon.
Robt. Stopford, and Wm. Albany Otway, under the
command of Capts. Chas. Richardson and Wm.
Granger, until May, 1811. He was in consequence
present, during the year 1809, at the destruction of
three French frigates near the batteries of Sable
d'Olonne, in Lord Cochrane's attack upon the
French shipping in Basque Roads, and in the expe-
dition to the Walcheren. His last appointments
were— 3 Oct. 1811, to the Lyra 10, Capt. Robt.
Bloye, under whom he saw much active service on
the north coast of Spain — 12 Aug. 1812 and 2 Feb.
1813, to the Venerable and Stirling Castle 74' s,
in the latter of which ships (the Venerable had
been employed as the Lyra) he escorted Earl Moira
to India — 7 Nov. 1814, to the Martin sloop, Capt.
Hon. Jas. Arbuthnot, stationed, until Oct. 1815, on
the coast of Ireland — 18 Aug. 1818, to the command
of the Grecian cutter, in the Channel — and, 26
Sept. 1822, to the Ordinary at Portsmouth. The
rank of Commander was conferred on him 27 July,
1825.
He had been left a widower in March, 1820.
Agents — Holmes and Folkard.
MARTIN. (Captain, 1826. r-p., 17; h-p., 31.)
Thomas Martin, born 11 Dec. 1787, is only sur-
viving son of the late John Nickleson Martin,
Esq., of WoUaton, co. Nottingham, a Captain in
the Army, by EUzabeth, daughter and heiress of
John Hutchinson, Esq., of Skirsgill, near Penrith,
and of Crossfield House, near Kirkoswald, co. Cum-
berland. His grandfather, George Martin, Esq.,
was Surgeon of St. Thomas's Hospital, London ;
and his maternal uncle, John Hutchinson, who died
on board the Edgar 74, off Madras Roads, in 1783,
was a Lieutenant in the Royal Marines. Capt.
Martin is a descendant of Harold de Vaux, Lord de
Vau3t, who at a very early period crossed over from
Normandy and settled in England.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1799, as
Midshipman, on board the Superb 74, Capt. John
Sutton, whom, after an intermediate servitude in
the Channel and Mediterranean, he followed, in
March, 1801, into the Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship
of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. In Dec. 1801, he removed
to the iMMORTALiTi 36, commanded in the Channel
by Capts. Hon. Henry Hotham and Edw. W. C. R.
Owen ; and in the summer of 1805 (having been
latterly employed, still on the Home station, in the
Mars 74, Capt. John Sutton, and, as Master's Mate,
in the Eevolotionkaire 44, Capt. Hon. Henry
Hotham) he was successively nominated Acting-
Lieutenant of the HiBERNiA 110, Capt. Wm. Bed-
ford, and Audacious 74, Capts. John Lawford and
Jas. Bissett. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 22
Jan. 1806, and was subsequently appointed Senior —
27 March, 1806, of the Penelope 36, Capts. Wm.
Robt. Brougbton and John Dick, stationed for some
time on the coast of North America, as also in the
West Indies, where he served on shore with a party
of seamen at the capture of Fort Trinite, prior to
the surrender of Martinique in Feb. 1809—3 Dec.
1810, of the Wolverene brig, Capt. Chas. Julius
Kerr, attached to the force in the Channel— and, in
MARTIN.
735
1811-12-13, of the Dragon 74, and Tribune 36,
flag-ships of Sir Fras. Laforey, and Grampus 50,
Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier, in the West Indies.
He was promoted, 10 Aug. 1813, to the command of
the ^Surinam sloop, in which vessel he returned
home with convoy and was paid off in the following
Oct. ; and he was lastly, from 3 June, 1824, until
Jan. 1827, employed on the Jamaica station in com-
mand of the Jaseur 18. His Post-commission bears
date 2 Aug. 1826.
Capt. Martin married, 5 Aug. 1828, Ann, daughter
of John Miles, Esq., of London ; and by that lady
has had issue five sons and two daughters. Agents
— Case and Loudonsack.
MARTIN, G.C.B., K.S.S. (Admibai, of the Eed,
1830. F-p., 27 ; h-p., 35.)
Sir Thomas Btam Martin is third son of the
late Sir Henry Martin, Bart., Comptroller of the
Navy, and M.P. for Southampton, by Eliza Anne,
daughter of Harding Parker, Esq., of Hilbrook, co.
Cork, and relict of Hayward Gillman, Esq., of Gill-
manville, in the same co. His half-uncle, Sam. Mar-
tin, Esq., M.P., several years Joint Secretary to the
Treasury, and Treasurer to the Princess Dowager
of "Wales, died in Nov. 1789 ; and his own uncle,
Josiah Martin, Esq., a Colonel in the Army, who
died in 1786, was Governor of North Carolina in
1770. One of her cousins, Sam. Martin, Esq., Co-
lonel in the 1st Regt. of Guards, was killed at St.
Sebastian; and another, Wm. Byam Martin, Esq.,
was for some time Governor of Amboyna. His
father's grandmother, Lydia, daughter of Colonel
George Thomas, of Antigua (who commanded the
Barbadoes Regiment, and greatly distinguished him-
self at the capture of St. Christopher's in 1690), mar-
ried, a second time, Edw. Byam, Esq., Governor of
the Leeward Islands.
This officer, whose name had been borne from 23
June, until 31 Deo. 1782, on the books of the Fou-
PROYANT 80, Capt. John Jervis, entered the Royal
Naval Academy in Aug. 1785, and embarked, in
March, 1786, as Captain's Servant, on board the
Pegasus 28, commanded by H. R. H. Prince William
Henry, with whom he continued to serve in that
vessel, and, as Midshipman, in the Ani>romkda fri-
gate, on the North American and West India sta-
tions, until July, 1789. He was then in succession
employed, chiefly on Channel service, in the Colos-
sus 74, Capt. Hugh Cloberry Christian, Southamp-
ton 32, Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, and Bakfleur
98 and Royal George 100, flag-ships of Admiral
Barrington; and on 22 Oct. 1790, he was made
Lieutenant into the Canada 74, Capts. Lord Hugh
Seymour and Erasmus Gower. After serving for
two years in the capacity last-mentioned on board
the Inconstant and Juno frigates, commanded in
the Channel by Capts. Geo. Wilson and Sam. Hood,
he was promoted, in May, 1793, to the command of
the TisirnoNE 12, fitting for the Mediterranean,
where, on 5 of the ensuing Nov., having witnessed
Lord Hood's occupation of Toulon, he was made
Post into the Modeste frigate. I-lis ensuing ap-
pointment was to the Artois, in which vessel, we
believe, he co-operated in the reduction of Bastia.
Obtaining command, next, of the Santa Marga-
KiTTA, of 40 guns and 237 men, Capt. Martin, be-
sides making prize, in that ship, of Le Jean Bart
corvette of 18 guns, and the privateers Xe Buona-
parte of 16 guns and 137 men, and Le Vengeur of 18
guns and 110 men, succeeded, 8 June, 1796, in effect-
ing the capture, after a close and gallant action of
20 minutes, of the Tamise, of 40 guns and 306 men,
of whom 32 were killed and 19 wounded, with a loss
to the British of only 2 slain and 3 wounded.* In
Dec. 1796, he removed to the Tamar 38, and, being
ordered to the West Indies, was present, in April,
1797, in the unsuccessful attack on Puerto Kico.
During the five following months he had the for-
tune to capture not less than nine privateers, carry-
ing in the whole 58 guns and 519 men.f In Oct.
• T'iile Gaz. 1790, p. 677.
t Le Puisson Volant of 4 guns and 40 men, Xfl Jalovse of
1798, at which period he had had command for 10
months of the Dictator 64, Capt. Martin removed
to the FiSGARD of 46 guns and 281 men. Continu-
ing in that frigate on the Channel station until Dec.
1801, he contrived, 20 Oct. 1798, when off Brest, to
capture the French ship ImmortaKte' of 42 guns and
580 men, including troops, at the close of an obsti-
nate conflict of great length, productive of a loss to
the enemy of 54 killed and 61 wounded, and to the
Fisgard of 10 killed and 26 wounded.* To add to
the merit of Capt. Martin in possessing himself of
the Tamise and ImmortaKte, we may record the fact
that in both instances his own ship was manned
with a young, raw, and inexperienced crew ; but in
neither case did his valour meet with the least re-
ward. On the night of 23 June, 1800, we find him,
in personal command of the boats of a squadron,
entering the Quimper river, and effecting, on its
banks, the destruction of three batteries, mounting
seven 24-pounders, together with their magazines.f
Prior to leaving the Fisgakd he further took Jm
Venus of 32 guns and 200 men, Le Dragon corvette
of 14 guns. La GjVonde privateer of 16 guns and 141
men, L'Alerte privateer of 14 guns and 84 men, El
Vivo national vessel of 14 guns and 100 men, and
three others mounting 18 guns. His succeeding ap-
pointments were— in March, 1803, to the iMriTUEUX
84, in which ship he served in the Channel until 22
Dec. 1805— in 1807 to the Prince op Wales 98, and
Implacable 74, on the Home and Baltic stations —
2 Sept. 1808, to the Victory 100, as Captain of the
Fleet under Sir Jas. Saumarez, Commander-in-Chief
in the Baltic— a short time afterwards, again to the
Implacable— and, about Aug. 1810, to the Royal
Sovereign yacht. On 26 Aug. 1808, Capt. Martin,
at the time in the Implacable, fell in with, and,
after a long chase, brought to close action, in a most
brave and gallant manner, the Russian 74-gun ship
Sewolod, whose fire he silenced in about 20 minutes,
being only prevented from capturing her by the ap-
proach of the whole Russian fleet, which bore up to
her support. She soon, however, grounded on a shoal
at the entrance of the port of Rogerswick, and in
that position was attacked by Eear-Admiral Sir
Sam. Hood, in the Centaur, who, although that
ship herself took the ground, compelled her to sur-
render, after an obstinate defence, in which and in
her engagement with the Implacable (6 of whose
people were slain and 26 wounded) she had 303
men killed, wounded, and missing. She was then
set on fire and destroyed ; the Centaur having been
previously hove off by the exertions of Capt. Martin,
who displayed so much professional ability on the
occasion as to call forth the thanks of Sir Sam. Hood.
In alluding to the conduct of the Implacable in her
antecedent action, Sir Samuel, in his official letter,
declares himself unable by any words of his to en-
hance the "merit of her brave, worthy, and excel-
lent commander ;" J upon whom the King of Swe-
den, as an acknowledgment, conferred the insignia
of a Knight of the Order of the Sword. On 6 July,
1809, Capt. Martin, in company with the Melpo-
MiNE frigate, entered the Gulf of Narva, and cap-
tured nine merchant-vessels. § Being advanced to
thq rank of Rear-Admiral 1 Aug. 1811, he hoisted
his flag, in April, 1812, on board the Aboukik 74,
and returned to the Baltic, where he took an ener-
getic part in the defence of Riga, and co-operated
with the Russian army under Prince Bagration
against the French troops under Davoust. In the
course of the same year he was appointed second in
command at Plymouth ; at which port he continued
(with the exception of a short time, passed in the
Creole 36, and Akbar 50, on the coast of Spain
and off the Scheldt) until 1815 ; his flag flying dur-
ing the period in the Prince Frederick 74, Im-
pregnable 98, and Ganges 74. In 1814 he re-
4 guns and 46 men, /-a Oalatee of 8 guns and 55 men,
VHeurp,use of 2 guns and 26 men, Le Pouson Volant of 4
guns and 38 men, l.a Barharossa of 8 guns and 61 men, /.p
Pont d'Arcule of 4 guns and 48 men, Le Renard of 10 guns
and 71 men, and L' Utile of 1 4 guns and 135 men.
• Vide Gaz. 1798, p. 1012. f V. Gaz. 1800, p. 749.
J V. Gaz. 1808, p. 1282. { V. Gaz. 1809, p. 1209.
736
MARTIN.
ceived the honour of Knighthood. He was created
alC.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815; a Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819;
a G.C.B. 3 March, 1830; a full Admiral 22 July fol-
lowing ; and Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom
in 1847.
In Jan. 1815, Sir Thos. Byam Martin was ap-
pointed Deputy-Comptroller of the Navy, and in
the following year he succeeded Sir T. B. Thomp-
son as Comptroller of the Navy; the duties of
which post he continued to discharge for many
years. From 1818 until 1831 he sat in Parliament
as Memher for Plymouth. He is now one of the
Elder Brethren of the Trinity House ; and has been
a Director of Greenwich Hospital, a Commissioner
of the Board of Longitude, &c. At the funerals of
George IV. and William IV. the Admiral acted as
an assistant supporter of the canopy over the royal
body. He married Catherine, daughter of Capt.
Robt. Fanshawe, K.N.,* Resident Commissioner of
Plymouth Dockyard, sister of the present Capt.
Arthur Fanshawe, R.N., C.B., and sister-in-law of
Admirals Wm. Bedford, Sir John Chambers White,
K.C.B., and Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford, G.C.B., by
whom he has had issue three sons and three daugh-
ters. His two elder sons, Wm. Fanshawe and Henry
Byam, are both Captains in the R.N. His youngest,
Lieut.-Colonel Robt. Fanshawe Martin, Deputy-
Adjutant-General of the Queen's Forces at Bom-
bay, died at Foonah 13 July, 1846. One of his
daughters is married to her cousin. Sir Henry Mar-
tin, Bart., of Lockynge, co. Berks.
MARTIN. (Commander, 1821. r.-p., 17;
H-P.,31.)
William Martin, born 3 Dec. 1783, at Glanmire,
CO. Cork, is third son of the late Thos. Martin, Esq.,
of Springmount, near that place, who, as a Magis-
trate and the Commander of a corps of Yeomanry,
rendered good service in the rebellion of 1798.
One of his brothers, an officer in the 19th Light
Dragoons, was for a long time employed in India as
Aide-de-Camp to Lord Lake.
This ofBcer entered the Navy, 15 Oct. 1799, under
the auspices of General Myers, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on
board the Dryad 36, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mans-
field, with whom he served until transferred, in
June, 1802, to the Hercdle 74, Capt. Solomon
Ferris, lying at Portsmouth ; assisting, during that
period, at the capture of ie Premier ConswZ privateer,
of 14 guns (pierced for 24) and 150 men, and of a
Swedish frigate mounting 34 guns. Rejoining Capt.
Mansfield, in 1803, on board the Minotaur 74, he
witnessed the surrender, on 28 May in that year,
of La Franchise^ French frigate of 36 guns, and was
present in the sair e ship in the battle of Trafalgar,
21 Oct. 1805. On Aug. 1806, at which period he
was serving with Lord CoUingwood in the Ocean
98, Mr. Martin was made Lieutenant to the Saturn
74, Capt. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, under whom he
was for nearly 18 months employed in the Medi-
terranean. His succeeding appointments were —
18 Jan. 1808, to the Lion 64, Capt. Henry Heath-
cote, in command of the launch of which ship
he succeeded, in the vicinity of Manilla, in defeating
five large piratical boats, carrying between them 20
small guns and about 200 men, after a desperate
action of two hours, in which himself and the
greater part of his crew, only 20 in number, were
wounded— 20 March, 1810, to the Magnet sloop,
Capt. John Smith (a), stationed, for the protection
of the trade, oft' Heligoland and the German rivers
— 13 Dec. 1810, to the Aboukir 74, Capt. Geo.
Parker, employed in the blockade of Flushing —
11 Feb. 1812, to the Calliope 10, Capt. John
M'Kerlie, lying at Chatham — 16 April following, to
the Ardent 64, armee-en-flute^ Capt. Geo. Bell, under
whom, after conveying troops to Bermuda, he was
nearly lost in an awful gale in the Bay of Biscay,
during which his presence of mind and courage were
most conspicuous, leading liim aloft when no other
person on board could be found to attempt it —
3 March, 1813, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferris
Vide Note, p. 347.
Devonshire, fitting for service on the coast of
North America — 29 Jan. 1814, as First-Lieutenant,
to the Sceptre 74, in which ship, commanded by
the same oificer, he returned home in time to par-
ticipate in the grand naval review held at Spithead
— 29 July, 1818, in a similar capacity, to the Creole
36, Capt. Wm. Bateman Dashwood, with whom he
proceeded to the Rio de la Plata, where his nautical
skill in a great measure saved the ship from wreck
— 8 Jan. 1819 (on the latter vessel receiving the
broad pendant of Commodore Wm. Bowles, although
he had been given by the Admiralty to understand
that he was not to have been superseded), to the
Amphion 32, Capt. W. B. Dashwood, a leaky old
vessel, whose hand-pumps were obliged to be kept
going during the whole of her passage home — and,
18 Nov. 1819, to the command (six months after the
Amphion had been paid off) of the Clinker gun-brig.
While in that vessel on the Newfoundland station,
Lieut. Martin was in discharge, from Oct. 1820 to
April, 1821, of the important duties of Surrogate at
Harbour Grace, where his impartial administration
of justice in more than 300 cases that came before
him for adjudication, gave so much satisfaction,
that on his departure he was presented with a most
flattering address signed by all the principal inha^
bitants. In the foUoviing summer he was ordered
by Sir Chas. Hamilton, Governor of Newfoundland,
to explore the Grand Esquimaux Inlet, and then to
proceed to the northward in order to find out and
communicate with the different stations of the Mo-
ravian missionaries on the coast of Labrador.
These instructions he carried into effect in a com-
plete and most successful manner. His conduct on
arriving among the missionaries, after encountering
many dangers and hardships, was such as to endear
him greatly to them, and to elicit the earnest
thanks of the " Church of the United Brethren " in
England. His advent took place during their
jubilee-year; and the occasion was the first of
their having been visited by a man-of-war. He
returned home in May, 1822, having been advanced
to his present rank on 19 of the previous July ; and
has not been since able to procure employment.
Commander Martin married first, in 1816, the
daughter of Robt. Henning, Esq., of Compton
Bishop, CO. Somerset ; and (that lady dying in 1825),
secondly, 19 Feb. 1829, at Bristol, Anna Maria,
eldest daughter of B. O. Donnoghue, Esq. By his
first wife he has issue.
MARTIN. (Captain, 1824. r-p., 18; h-p., 16.)
William Fanshawe Martin is eldest son of
Admiral Sir Thos. Byam Martin, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 June, 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince Frederick 74,
Capt. Rich. Pridham, in which ship, and in the
Impregnable 98, and Akbar 50, each bearing the
flag of his father, he served at Plymouth and off
the Scheldt until April, 1815. He then became
in succession attached, for short periods, to the
Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, Spencer
74, Capt. Richard Raggett, Rochfobt 74,! Capt.
Sir Archibald CoUingwood Dickson, and Eridahus
36, Capt. Wm. Paterson, all on the Channel station ;
and on next, in Jan. 1816, joining the Alceste 38,
Capt. Murray Maxwell, he sailed in that ship with
Lord Amherst for China — continuing in her until
wrecked in the Straits of Gaspar, on her passage
home, 18 Feb. 1817. In the following Aug. Mr.
Martin was rated Midshipman of the Prince Re-
gent yacht, Capt. Sir Edw. Hamilton. He was
promoted (after nearly three years' servitude in
the Mediterranean in the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon.
Anthony Maitland) to a Lieutenancy, we believe,
in the Forte 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane,
15 Dec. 1820 ; and, on 7 April, 1821, he joined the
Aurora frigate, Capt. Henry Presoott, fitting for
South America; where, on 8 Feb. 1823, he was
made Commander into the Flv sloop. He attained
Post-rank 5 June, 1824; and was subsequently ap-
pointed—15 Nov. 1826, to the Samarang 28, on
the Mediterranean station, whence he returned in
MARTIN— MASON.
737
the summer of 1831— and, 19 July, 1844, and 80
Jan. 1845, to the Queen 110, and Trafalgar 120,
flag-ships of Sir John Chambers White and Sir
Edw. Dumford King, at Sheemess. He has been
on half-pay since Oct. 1845.
Capt. Martin married, first, 24 July, 1826, Hon.
Anne Best, daughter of the late Lord Wynford,
Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas,
and sister of Capt. Hon. Thos. Best, R.N. That
lady dying in 1836, he married, a second time, 21
May, 1838, Sophia, second daughter of Kioh. Hurt,
Esq., of Wirksworth, Derbyshire. He has issue by
both marriages. Agent — J. Chippendale.
MARTIN. (Lieutenant, 1821.)
"William Henry Martin entered the Navy, 26
May, 1809, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Antelope
50, Capt. Donald M'Leod, bearing the flag at New-
foundland of Admiral John HoUoway ; and in the
following Sept. became a Supernumerary Midship-
man of the PoMP^E 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex.
Cochrane in the West Indies ; where he continued
employed, until the following July, in the Pdltdsk
and Wellington, both commanded by Capt. John
M*George. During the next four years and nine
months we find him serving on the Cadiz and Lisbon
stations in the Papillon sloop, Capt. Jas. Hay.
He was then, in 1815, borne for a short time on the
books of the Namuk 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas.
Rowley at the Nore ; after which he was succes-
sively, between May, 1816, and Dec. 1820, nomi-
nated Admiralty Midshipman of the Cadmus 10,
Capt. John Gedge, Pique 36, Capts. Jas. Haldane
Tait and John Maokellar, Iphigenia 42, Capt.
Hyde Parker, and Sybille 44, Capt. Joshua Rick-
etts Rowley, on the Home and Jamaica stations.
He was confirmed a Lieutenant (after having acted
for a brief period as such in the Etjryalus 42,
Capts. Isham Fleming Chapman and Wilson Brad-
dyll Bigland) 6 March, 1821 ; and was subsequently
appointed — 22 March, 1822, to the Albion 74, Capts.
Rich. Raggett and Sir Wm. Hoste, lying at Ports-
mouth— and, 15 Nov. 1826, to the Thetis 46, Capts.
Arthur Batt Bingham and Sam. Burgess, under the
latter of whom he was, we presume, wrecked near
Cape Frio, 5 Dec. 1830. He has not been since
afloat. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
MASON, K.C.B. (Rear-Admieal op the Bed,
1838. r-P., 24 ; H-P., 30.)
Sir Francis Mason was born 10 Feb. 1779.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1793, as
A.B., on board the Rdssel 74, Capts. John Willet
Payne and Thos. Larcom, part of the force em-
ployed in the actions of 28 and 29 May and 1 June,
1794, and 23 June, 1795. Previously to the latter
affair he had been lent to the Jupiter 50, on board
which ship his friend Capt. Payne had hoisted a
broad pendant, for the purpose of escorting H.S.H.
the Princess Caroline of Brunswick from Cuxhaven
to England. In the summer of 1796 he removed to
the Impetoeux 74, commanded at first by Capt.
Payne, and next by Capt. Sampson Edwards ; and,
on 8 July, 1799, at which period he had been for
ten months attached, as Master's Mate, still in the
Channel, to the Phaeton 38, Capt. Hon. Robt.
Stopford, he was made Lieutenant into the Alecto
sloop, Capt. Lennox Thompson, stationed ofiF Ly-
mington. After a servitude of three years in the
North Sea, Baltic, Red Sea (where he was much
employed in surveying), and East Indies, in the
Beaver sloop, Capt. Jones, and Romney 50, Capts.
John Lawford and Sir Home Popham, he took up in
Nov. 1802 a Commander's commission, bearing date
29 of the preceding April. On 30 Dec. 1803, Capt.
Mason received an appointment to the Rattler
sloop, mounting 24 guns; in which vessel he came into
very frequent and warm contact with the enemy in
the vicinity of Flushing. On one occasion in par-
ticular, 16 May, 1804, he united with the Crhizer
18, Capt. John Hancock, and by his conduct gained
the highest praise of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, in a
gallant attack upon a flotilla of praams, schooners.
&o., in all 59 sail, passing along shore from the
above place to Ostend.* Besides having the whole
of her lower masts disabled by shot, and her yards,
sails, and rigging much injured, the Battler in
the action sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 10
wounded. On 23 of the ensuing June she received
further damage while engaged with her consorts,
the Galgo and Inspector, in close conflict with 27
schnyts, whose fire was strengthened by that of
several land-batteries and a body of artillery ; and
in Oct. of the same year she was thrice in action
with the enemy's flotilla at Dieppe, and again, each
time, much exposed to the batteries. After having
twice visited Newfoundland, and been for a whole
winter frozen up in St. John's Harbour, Capt.
Mason, in July, 1806, was superseded from the
Rattler, in consequence of his promotion to Post-
rank, which had taken ^lace on 22 of the preceding
Jan. Being soon appointed to the Daphne 20, he
served in that vessel at the capture of Monte.Video,
and in all the operations which had preceded the
evacuation of Spanish America. He afterwards
proceeded to the Baltic, where, among other ves-
sels, he took, in Aug. 1807, the Danish national
schooner Acertif, pierced for 12 guns, but mounting
only 8, and at the same time drove on shore a
cutter of 4 guns. Resigning command of the
Daphne soon afterwards from ill health, he re-
mained on half-pay until Oct. 1809, in the course of
which month he was appointed to the Fisgard 38,
part of the force employed at the mouth of the
Scheldt, where his conduct obtained him the fullest
confidence of Sir Rich. Strachan, the Commander-
in-Chief, and induced the latter to intrust him
with the bringing off' of the rear-guard on the occa-
sion of the evacuation of the Walcheren.f Conti-
nuing in the Fisgard until paid off' in July, 1812,
Capt. Mason was for several months Senior officer
off the Scheldt, and succeeded at different times in
effecting the capture, with the aid of his boats, of
a large number of vessels, among which were the
Juliana Danish privateer of 6 guns, a schooner of 1
gun, and a French privateer of 2 guns, together
with 56 sail of merchantmen. He also destroyed
the Ziska Danish privateer of 6 guns and 40 men.
In Feb. 1811 he accompanied a squadron under Sir
Joseph Sydney Torke to the Tagus ; and, after con-
veying a Portuguese Amibassador to Revel, he
cruized for some time off' Cherbourg. While next
in command, from 27 March, 1813, until 5 May,
1814, of the President 38, we find him present at
the storming of St. Sebastian, and employed on the
Cork station. On 4 June, 1815, Capt. Mason was
nominated a C.B. ; and in Oct. and Nov. 1833 he
was successively appointed to the Blanche and
Blonde, each of 46 guns. In Feb. 1834 he sailed
for Port Royal, Jamaica, with the broad pendant
flying of a Commodore of the Second Class. Having
landed the Marquis of Sligo and family at that
place, he proceeded to South America, where, in
the month of July, owing to the death of Sir Mich.
Seymour, he assumed the duties of Commander-in-
Chief, and hoisted the red pendant; which, on
being superseded by Rear-Admiral Sir Graham
Eden Hamond, he exchanged, in Feb. 1835, for his
former or the blue pendant. He ultimately, in
Oct. 1837, returned to England, and in the following
month paid the Blonde off. Attaining Flag-rank
28 June, 1838, Rear-Admiral Mason was next, 23
Aug. 1841, appointed second in command on the
Mediterranean station, whither, on 8 Oct., he pro-
ceeded with his flag in the Impregnable 104. Pre-
viously to his departure he was raised, 24 Aug., to
the dignity of a K.C.B. On his arrival in the Me-
diterranean, 31 Oct., Sir Eras. Mason found himself
invested with the temporary command of the fleet,
consisting of 12 sail of the line, which he retained
until the advent, in April, 1842, of Vlce-Admiral
Sir Edw. Owen. He returned to England, in con-
sequence of a reduction in the Mediterranean force,
in May, 1843; and has since been on half-pay.
Previously to the receipt of his flag. Sir Fras.
Mason had been, in 1833 and 1837, nominated extra
• ride Gaz. 1804, p. 640. f V- Gm- 1809, p. 2056.
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MASON— MASSEY.
Naval Aide-de-Camp to his late, and to her present
Majesty; and he had likewise, in the year last
mentioned, been awarded the Captains' Good-ser-
vice Pension. He married, 16 April, 1805, Selina,
youngest daughter of Henry, second Viscount Hood,
and sister of Lieut.-Col. Fras. Wheler Hood, who
was killed in action on the heights of Aire, 2 March,
1814. By that lady, a near connexion of Admiral
Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart., K.C.B., Sir
Francis has had issue twelve children, nine of
whom are still living. His eldest son, Charles, a
Midshipman R.N., was lost in the Arab sloop of
war in Dec. 1823. One of his daughters, Charlotte
Susannah, married, 14 April, 1832, Capt. Hood
Richards, h-p. 6th Dragoon Guards.
MASON. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
George Mason entered the Navy 1 Oct. 1809 ;
and was present, we are informed, at the reduction
of Guadeloupe (where he had previously witnessed
the destruction of the French frigates Loire and
Seine), and also in the operations against New Or-
leans. He passed his examination in 1815 ; obtained
his commission 28 April, 1827 ; was appointed, 19
June, 1828, and 19 Feb. 1830, Supernumerary-Lieu-
tenant of the Ramiz/Lies and Talavera Coast
Blockade ships, both commanded by Capt. Hugh
Pigot ; obtained charge of a station in the Coast
Guard 4 April, 1831; and was removed, 21 Jan.
1847, to the command of a Revenue-vessel, the
Stag, in which he is now serving.
Lieut. Mason married, 1 June, 1831, Ann, eldest
daughter of W. Whitehead, Esq., of Teynham, co.
Kent.
MASON. (Commander, 1815. r-p., 11; h-p.,
33.)
Henry Browne Mason, born 26 April, 1791, is
descended from Daniel Finch, second Earl of Not-
tingham and Winchelsea.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Dec. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince 98, Capt. Rich.
Grindall, stationed in the Channel and off Cadiz.
After sharing in the battle of Trafalgar he removed,
in Nov. 1805, to the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste,
on the Mediterranean station, where, in May, 1809,
he was captured in a prize by two French priva-
teers, and carried to Ancona. From that place he
was marched to Brian^on, and subsequently to
Verdun. In Aug. 1810, owing to misconduct on
the part of other midshipmen, he was deprived of
his parole, and placed in close confinement in the
citadel prison. Thence, in the following Nov., after
many ineffectual attempts, he contrived to escape ;
and on 1 Jan. 1811, having traversed Holland, he
had the good fortune to reach England. He was
in consequence promoted, on 2 Feb. in the same
year, to a Lieutenancy in the Dreadnought 98,
Capt. Sam. Hood Linzec, off Lisbon ; and he was
next appointed — 3 May and 18 Dec. 1811, to the
America and Kent 74's, Capts. Josias Rowley and
Thos. Rogers, on the Mediterranean station — and,
28 June, 1813 (after six months of half-pay), to the
Forth 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton. He acquired his
present rank 13 June, 1815, but has not been since
employed.
Commander Mason, for upwards of 13 years, has
been in the Commission of the Peace for co. South-
ampton. He was left a widower, with six children,
29 Oct. 1843.
MASON. (LiEOT., 1815. F-p., 11 ; h-p, 30.)
Henri William Mason entered the Navy, 5
Nov. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Terrible
74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet. In that ship, which
was at first employed off Cadiz, he saw a good deal
of active service in the Mediterranean, where he
assisted, as Midshipman, in driving two French
ships on shore, and commanded the jolly-boat at
the outting-out of an enemy's vessel. He left the
Terrible in June, 1810, and between that period
and Aug. 1815 was employed on the Lisbon, North
American, Mediterranean, Home, and Bermuda
stations in the Macedonian 38, Capts. Lord Wm.
Fitzroy, Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, and John Surman
Garden, Conquestadoh 74, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart,
Resistance 38, Capts. Cbas. Hole, Wm. Hamilton,
and Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, Thisbe
28, Acting-Capt. Rich. Weymouth, and Scamander
36, Capt. Gilbert Heathcote. He then took up a
commission, bearing date 27 Feb. 1815; and was
afterwards, from 5 Oct. in that year until 9 Oct.
1817, employed on the Home, Jamaica, and South
American stations, in the Dbsiree and Active fri-
gates, both commanded by Capt. Philip Carteret.
During the term of his attachment to the ship last
mentioned Lieut. Mason was placed in charge of the
Speedwell tender, and employed on the eastern
coast of England. Since he left the Active he has
been on half-pay.
In 1829 Lieut. Mason was Sheriff for Bucking-
hamshire. He is now a Magistrate and Deputy-
Lieutenant for that CO. He married first, in 1822,
Mary, niece of the late Sir Wm. Heathcote, Bart. ;
and (that lady dying in 1825), secondly, in 1826,
Horatia, fourth daughter of Geo. Matcham, Esq.,
of Ashford Lodge, Sussex, by Catherine, sister of
the immortal Nelson. By his second wife (who is
sister-in-law of Lieuts. John Bendyshe and John
Davies, and of the late Capt. Edw. Blanckley, R.N.),
the Lieutenant has had issue two sons and five
daughters. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
MASON. (Commander, 1841.)
Thomas Henry Mason entered the Navy 7 Nov.
1822 ; passed his examination in 1830; obtained his
first commission 21 July, 1837 ; and was appointed
—29 of the same month, as Additional Lieutenant,
to the Winchester 52, flag-ship in the East Indies
of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel— 11 March, 1838, to
the Wellesley 72, bearing the flag of Sir Fred.
Lewis Maitland on the same station — and, 26
March, 1839, to the command of the Algerine 10.
In that vessel he obtained mention for his zeal and
alacrity at the capture of Chusan in July, 1840 ;*
after which he was sent, in company with the Con-
way 28, and Todng Hebe tender, to examine the
entrance of the Tang-tse-Kiang. In the attack
made upon Canton in March, 1841, we find him en-
acting a very conspicuous part ;t as he subsequently
did in the operations renewed in the following May
against that place. Having, in the words of Sir
Humphrey Le Fleming Senhouse, won his promo-
tion by a series of gallant and brave services,! he
was accordingly, 8 June, 1841, advanced to the
rank of Commander. Continuing, however, in the
Algerine until Sept. 1842, he was afforded an op-
portunity of aiding in the capture of Amoy.§ He
has been in command, since 25 Jan. 1847, of the
Medea steam-sloop of 350 horse-power, in the East
Indies.
Commander Mason married, 14 July, 1846, Isa-
bella Susanna, third daughter of the late Edw.
Frere, Esq., of Bitton, Gloucestershire.
MASSEY. (Lieut., 1810. p-p., 10; h-p., 34.)
John Massey entered the Navy, 3 Nov. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plantagenet 74, Capts.
Hon. Michael De Courcy, Fras. Pender, and Wm.
Bradley. After a servitude of four years in the
Channel and among the Western Islands, half the
time in the capacity of Midshipman, he joined, in
Nov. 1807, the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of his
friend Hon. M. De Courcy; whom, in March,
1809 (having previously assisted in embarking the
remains of Sir John Moore's army at Corunna), he
followed, as Master's Mate, into the Foudroyant
80, of which ship he was successively created an
acting and a confirmed Lieutenant 3 Nov. 1809
and 9 April, 1810. He continued in her on the
Brazihan station until Nov. 1812; and was next,
from Nov. 1813 until Nov. 1814, employed off New
York m the Saturn 56, Capt. Nash. He has not
been since afloat.
• Vide Ga7,. 1840, p. 2991.
t V.Gwr,. 1841, p. 2610.
t y. Gaz. 1841,p. 1605.
i V. Gaz. 1842, p. 83.
MASSIE— MASSINGBERD.
r39
MASSIE. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p.,
15; H-p., 35.)
Henry Geokge Massie entered the Navy, 15 Jan.
1797, as A.B., on board the Nassau 64, Capts.
Herbert Sawyer and Edw. O'Bryen ; on accompa-
nying the latter of whom, as Midshipman, into the
Monarch 74, he was aJForded an opportunity of
sharing, under the flag of Vice-Admiral Rich.
Onslow, in the action off Camperdown, 11 Oct. in
the same j'ear, 1797. He continued in the Mo-
narch with Vice-Admiral Archibald Dickson, on
the North Sea station until March, 1800, and then
joined the Hsbe frigate, Capts. Wm. Birchall and
Geo. Reynolds, attached to the force in the Medi-
terranean, where, on his removal to the Foudroy-
ANT 80, bearing the flag of Lord Keith, he took
part in the operations of 1801 on the coast of
Egypt. In Dec. 1803, nearly five months after he
had left the ship last named, he was received on
board the Neptune 98, Capts. Wm. O'Brien Drury
and Sir. Thos. Williams ; in which ship, and in the
Monarch and Edgar 74's, bearing the flag of
Lord Keith, we find him continuously employed,
in the Channel, until there nominated, 7 July, 1806,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Daphne, Lieut. -Com-
mander Price. He was of&cially promoted 9 Sept.
following ; and was subsequently appointed — 13
Nov. 1806, to the Flying Fish, Lieut.-Com-
mander Goodwin, from which vessel, after witness-
ing the unsuccessful attack upon Buenos Ayres, he
invalided in Sept. 1807—17 March, 1809, to the
Africa 64, Capts. Loftus Otway Bland and Geo.
Fred. Ryves, stationed in the Baltic — 14 Jan. 1811,
to the Royal William flag-ship at Spithead of Sir
Roger Curtis and Sir Rich. Bickerton — and, 6 Feb.
1813, to the Pkospero sloop, Capt. John Hardy
Godby, in the North Sea. He went on half-pay in
the following Sept., and accepted his present rank
5 Oct. 1840. Agent — J. Hinxman.
MASSIE. (Lieutenant, 1838. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 2.)
John Bevis Massie, born 5 Sept. 1809, is brother
of Capt. Thos. L. Massie, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1823, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Queen Charlotte 100,
commanded at Portsmouth by Capt. J. Nash ; and
from the following Nov. until Oct. 1825 was em-
ployed on particular service in the Phaeton 46, Capt.
Hen. Evelyn Pitfield Sturt. He then became Mid-
shipman of the Icarus 10, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walde-
grave, lying at Portsmouth ; but had not been
many weeks in that vessel before he was trans-
ferred to the PnocRis 10, commanded at first by
Capt. Waldegrave and next by Capts. Chas. Henry
Paget, Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley, and John Thos.
Talbot ; with whom, it appears, he served on the
North Sea, Cork, and Mediterranean stations until
July, 1832 — the last three years in the capacity of
Mate. Being next, in April, 1833, received on
board the Malabar 74, Capt. Hon. Josceline
Percy, he returned to the Mediterranean, where he
continued employed under that officer in the Ca-
NOPDS 84, until Feb. 1837. In the ensuing Oct. we
find him joining the Donegal 78, flag-ship at
Lisbon of Sir John Acworth Ommanney. He at-
tained the rank of Lieutenant 28 June, 1838; and
has been since appointed— 15 Nov. 1838, to the
Daphne 18, Capt. John Windham Dalling, under
whom he partook of the operations of 1840 on the
coast of Syria— 15 July, 1842, and 15 April, 1844, to
the Queen 110, and, as Senior Lieutenant to the
Formidable, 84, bearing each the flag of Sir Edw.
W. C. R. Owen in the Mediterranean, whence he
returned and was paid off' at the close of 1845— and
22 Jan. 1846, also as First, to the Grampus 50, Capt.
Henry Byara Martin, now in the Pacific. Agent —
Joseph Woodhead.
MASSIE. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 20; h-p., 9.)
Thomas Lecke Massie entered the Navy 28 Oct.
1818, as Midshipman, on board the Rochfort 80,
Capt. Andrew Pellet Green, bearing the flag of Sir
Thos. Fras. Fremantle and Sir Graham Moore in
the Mediterranean ; where he continued, until the
spring of 1828, to serve in the Redpole 10, Capt.
R. Anderson, Rochfort again, Capt. Chas. Marsh
Schomberg, Columbine 18, Capt. Hon. Chas. Ab-
bot, Martin 18, Capt. Henry Eden, Rose 18, Capts.
Hon. C. Abbot and Lewis Davies, and Asia 84,
Capt. Sir Edw. Codrington. While in the Colum-
bine, which vessel was totally lost off Sapienza, uea
the Morea, 25 Jan. 1824 ; we find him employed in
several boat^attacks on the pirates in the vicinity of
Cape Matapan ; particularly on one occasion, when
he took command of the pinnace and assisted in
capturing one vessel and destroying another. He
was present in the Martin, in Sir Harry Neale's
demonstration before Algiers; and when in the
Rose during the Greek revolution, he was again
anti-piratically employed, and obtained mention for
his conduct in an attack upon several vessels at
Samothracia. As a reward for his behaviour in
the Asia at the battle of Navarin, Mr. Massie was
promoted to a death-vacancy in that ship, and his
commission dated 11 Nov. 1827. His subsequent
appointment, in the capacity of Lieutenant were —
25 June, 1828, and 19 Feb. 1830, as a Supernume-
rary, to the Ramillies and Talavera Coast
Blockade ships, Capts. Hugh Pigot and David
Colby— 7 April, 1831, to the Prince Regent 120,
Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, employed in the
Channel and under the flag of Reax-Admiral Wm.
Parker off Lisbon— 27 June, 1832, as Senior, for
the purposes of a trial- cruize, to the Vernon 50,
Capt. Sir Fras. Augustus ColUer— 8 Jan. 1833, in a
similar capacity, to the Satellite 18, Capt. Robt.
Smart, stationed in the North Sea with the force
off Antwerp, and in South America, where he
remained three years — 7 June, 1836, to the Van-
guard 80, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie,
part of an experimental squadron — and, 22 Nov.
1836, again as First, to the Carysfoet 26, Capt.
Henry Byam Martin, in the Mediterranean. He
attained the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838;
and, being appointed Second-Captain, 7 March,
1840, of the Thunderer 84, Capt. Maurice Fred.
Fitzhardinge Berkeley, was present in the course
of that year at the camp at D'Joumi, and at the
bombardment of Beyrout, the storming of Sidon,
and the capture of St. Jean d'Acre. On the fall
of Sidon Capt. Massie went on shore, and assisted
in organizing the police, and putting the place in a
state of defence — a service that procured him the
approbation of Capt. Berkeley. For his conduct at
Acre he was advanced (as soon as he had com-
pleted his term of servitude as Commander) to
Post-rank, by commission dated 17 March, 1841.
He has since been on half-pay.
In 1839, Capt. Massie and several other officers
were sent out to assist in reconstructing the Turkish
fleet ; but, in consequence of some poUtical change,
they were under the necessity of returning at the
end of six months. Capt. Massie married, 8 Feb.
1844, Charlotte Hester, only daughter of E. V.
Towushend, Esq., of Wincham Hall, Cheshire.
MASSINGBERD. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 18 ;
H-p., 7.)
Vincent Amcotts Massingberd is a relative of
Algernon Langton Massingberd, Esq., of Gunby
Hall, CO. Lincoln, whose maternal grandfather,
Henry Massingberd, Esq., was a son (with Capt.
Thos. Massingberd, R.N., of Candlesby House, oo.
Lincoln) of Thos. Massingberd, Esq., by Elizabeth
Emerson, sister of Sir Walter Amcotts, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 June, 1822, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ariadne 28, Capt. Cou-
stantine Rich. Moorsom, and sailed for the Cape
of Good Hope, where, in 1824, he exchanged, with
the same Captain, into the Andromache 46. In
Sept. 1825, having returned to England, he followed
Capt. Moorsom, as Midshipman, into the Prince
Regent 120, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Moorsom
at Chatham. In the summer of 1826 he was dis-
charged into the Jasper 10, fitting for the Medi-
terranean, on which station he continued employed,
5 B 2
740
MASTERMAN— MASTERS.
under Capts. Henry Martin Blackwood and Leonard
Chas. Rook, until wrecked, off Santa Maura, 11 Oct.
1828. Mr. Massingberd liad been previously, 11
Oct. 1827, wounded in a boat-engagement with pi-
rates. Having passed bis examination 20 June,
1828, be wag successively nominated Mate — in
Feb. 1829, of tbe Prince Beg est, flag-sbip at the time
of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood at Chatham — in Nov.
1829 of the Volage 28, Capt. Lord Colchester, under
whom he escorted the ex-Emperor and Empress
of Brazil to Cherbourg, and was employed during
the winter of 1832 in enforcing the Dutch embargo
— in Feb. 1834 (he had been on shore since Jan.
1833) of the Salamander steamer, Capt. "Wm.
Langford Castle, engaged on Home service — and
in Sept. 1835 (six months after the latter vessel had
been paid off), of the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde
Parker, stationed in the Mediterranean, whence he
invalided in June, 1836. Being at length pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 10 Jan. 1837,
Mr. Massingberd, on 21 of the same month, obtained
an appointment in that capacity to the Pelorus 16,
Capt. Eras. Harding ; which vessel, after a very
useful career in the East Indies, had the misfortune
to be wrecked, at Port Essington, 25 Nov. 1839.
For his subsequent services in China, as Senior-
Lieutenant of tbe Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Thos.
Herbert, Mr. Massingberd, who remained in that
ship from 20 June, 1841, until paid oif in March,
1843, was promoted to the rank of Commander by
commission dated 23 Dec. 1842.* He has been in
command, since 17 Nov. 1846, of tbe Alecto steam-
sloop, of 200 horse-power, on the south-east coast
of America.
He married, 3 Sept. 1844, Julia, eldest daughter
of Moses Gutteres, Esq., of Belmont, near Sidmouth,
Devon. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
MASTERMAN. (Liewtenant, 1815. f-p., 9;
H-P., 31.)
Charles Henry Masteeman was bom 20 Nov.
1791, at Chepstow, co. Monmouth. He is first-cousin
of Commander Henry Marshall, R.N. ; and has lost
three brothers in the service of their country.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 May, 1807, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambrian 40, Capt.
Hon. Chas. Paget, lying at Portsmouth; and on
becoming Midshipman, soon afterwards, of the
Zebra bomb, Capt. "Wm. Bowles, accompanied the
expedition to Copenhagen, where he was for nearly
two months employed with the in-shore squadron.
In Nov. of the same year he rejoined Capt. Paget
on board the Cambrian, commanded next by
Capts. Rich. Budd Vincent and Fras. Wm. Fane.
After serving in the Channel and Mediterranean,
in that vessel and also in the Hind 28, Capts. R. B.
Vincent and Geo. Miller Bligh, and 'Woolwich 44,
Capt. Fras. Beaufort, he returned to England in
May, 1809, and in the course of the next month was
received into the Royal Oak 74, Capt. Lord Ame-
lius Beauolerk, and Stately 64, bearing tbe flag in
the Baltic of Rear- Admiral Thos. Bertie. In the
latter ship, when commanded, in 1811, by Capt.
Edw. Stirling Dickson, we find Mr. Masterman co-
operating in the defence of Cadiz, and assisting in
landing the troops previous to the battle of Barossa.
From Aug. in that year until his return home in
July, 1814, he again served with Capt. Bowles in
the Aquilon and Ceres frigates, on the Baltic and
South American stations. In the boats of the
former vessel, commanded by Lieut. Sam. Spar-
shott, he aided in destroying a convoy off the
Island of Rugen. On leaving the Ceres, he suc-
cessively joined, on the Home and "West India sta-
tions, the Nymphen 36, Capt. Matt. Smith, Mon-
TAGo 74, Capt. Peter Heywood, "Warrior 74, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral J. E. Douglas, Shark sloop,
Capt. Alex. Campbell, and Drake 10, Capt. Gregory
Grant. The Drake, of which vessel he had been
constituted an acting and a confirmed Lieutenant
26 May and 14 July, 1815, he left in Sept. of that
year. "With the exception of a short time passed
• Vide Gaz. 1843, p. 2950.
about 1825 in the Coast Blockade, as Supernume-
rary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. "Wm.
Jas. Mingaye, he has not been since employed.
Lieut. Masterman is married, and has two sons
living. His third son, Samuel, died at the Upper
School, Greenwich, in 1839, aged 13.
MASTERS. (Retired Commander, 1841. i-p.,
15; H-p., 33.),
James Masters entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1799,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capt.
Thos. Revell Shivers, attached to the Channel fleet ;
with which he continued to serve, as Midshipman
of the "Windsor Castle 98, flag-ship of Sir Andw.
Mitchell, and Malta 84, Capt. Albemarle Bertie,
until April, 1802; when he agam. joined Sir A.
Mitchell in the Cambrian 40, at Newfoundland.
In the following Dec. he removed to the Lean-
DER 50, Capts. Jas. Oughton, John Talbot, Alex.
Skene, and Henry Whitby ; and while in that ship,
under Capt. Talbot, be assisted at the taking, 23
Feb. 1805, of La Ville de Milan French frigate of
46 guns, and the simultaneous recapture of her
prize, the Cleopatra 32. He was confirmed a
Lieutenant, after having acted for four months as
such, in the Halifax sloop, Capt. Jas. Townshend,
22 Sept. 1806 ; and was subsequently appointed— 19
Nov. 1808, to the Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine
Douglas, employed on the Home station, where, in
April, 1809, he witnessed tbe destruction of the
shipping in Aix Roads— and, 21 Nov. 1810 and 14
April, 1813, as Senior, to the Lavinia and Niobe
frigates, Capts. Geo. Digby and Wm. Augustas
Montagu. In those vessels he served in the Medi-
terranean and off Cadiz and Lisbon until June,
1814. He accepted bis present rank 29 Jan. 1841.
MASTERS. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 35.)
Thomas James Poole Masters is son of Wm.
Masters, Esq., Solicitor, of Hampstead, co. Middle-
sex.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Oct. .'1803, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge ; and was employed during the
two following years, the greater part of the time as
Midshipman, in the North Sea and off Rochefort
and Ferrol, being afforded an opportunity during
that period of sharing in Sir Robt. Calder's action,
22 July, 1805. In Jan. 1806 he removed to the Iris
32, commanded by Capt. Thos. Lavie ; on accompa-
nying whom into the Blanche of 46 gims and 265
men, he assisted, 19 July in the same year, at the
capture, off the Faeroe Islands, of the Guerriere
French frigate of 50 guns and 317 men, after a
severe action, in which the British bad but 4 men
wounded, and tbe enemy 50 killed and wounded.
For his gallantry in achieving this exploit Capt.
Lavie received the honour of Knighthood. Mr.
Masters continued in the Blanche until wrecked,
off Ushant, on the night of 4 March, 1807 ; on which
occasion, after floating for many hours on a spar, he
was washed on shore, and taken prisoner. At first
he was placed en parole at Verdun ; whence, owing
to his having taken part with a British seaman, he
was removed to Givet, and there kept for many
months in solitary confinement, subjected the whole
time to very cruel treatment. He at length, how-
ever, 25 Nov. 1808, contrived to make his escape
from the Porte Chaussee, Verdun ; and in Jan.
1809 he had the good fortune to reach Trieste;
having in the meanwhile travelled not less than
1800 miles on foot, and in disguise, through France,
Germany, Svritzerland, Italy, and a small part of
Austria. He had also crossed the Alps, and had
all but perished in the snows on Mount St. Goth-
ard ; and, having no passport, had been twice taken
up on suspicion. On setting out he had but 18 Nar
poleons in his possession ; and he accomplished the
last 500 miles with but 25 francs ; eating bread but
once a-day, sleeping often in woods among the
wolves, and enduring all kinds of hardships and
privations. On arriving at Trieste, as above, he
contrived to get on board the Unite 36, Capt. Pat.
MATHEWS— MATHIAS.
741
Campbell ; and in the boats of that ship, in which
he continued a period of nine months, he assisted,
it appears, at the destruction of a convoy under the
protection of the enemy's batteries. He was made
a Lieutenant, 4 Nov. 1809, into the Neptune 98,
commanded in the West Indies by Sir Jas. Athol
Wood, with whoim he removed, in March, 1810, to
the PoMPEE 80. In the ensuing Sept. he became
Second Lieutenant of the Hohatio 38, Capt. Lord
Geo. Stuart, on the North Sea station ; and on 2
Aug. 1812 we find him serving with four boats
under Lieut. Abraham Mills Hawkins, whom he
supported in the most spirited and able manner in
a sanguinary combat, which terminated in the cap-
ture (with a loss to the British, out of about 80
officers and men, of 9 killed and 16 wounded, and
to their opponents of 10 killed and 13 wounded) of
a Danish schooner and cutter, carrying between
them 10 6-pounders and 52 men, lying at anchor in
a position of extraordinary strength near a village
on an arm of the sea, 35 miles inland, on the coast
of Norway.* So severely was Lieutenant Msisters
on the occasion wounded, that he for ever lost the
use of his right hand, and was under the necessity
of being sent to Yarmouth Hospital. His highly-
praised gallantry and the sufferings he endured
obtained him a pension of 911. 5s. and a reward of
50 guineas from the Patriotic Fund. He has not,
however, been since employed. Agents— Pettet and
Newton.
MATHEWS. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Edwakd MoKREiL Mathews died about the
close of 1846, on board H.M.S. Iris. He was son
of C. Mathews, Esq., of Wargrave, Henley-on-
Thames.
This officer entered the Navy 16 Nov. 1828;
passed his examination in 1834; and, after much
creditable service, was made Lieutenant, 14 Oct.
1840, into the Modeste 18, Capts. Harry Eyres and
Bundle Surges Watson, under whom, prior to the
return of that ship to England in 1843, he took
part, if we mistake not, in all the operations on the
coast of China, including the storming of Chinghae.t
His last appointment was, 19 Oct. 1843, to the Iris
26, Capt. Geo. Kodney Mundy, fitting for the East
Indies, where, in July, 1846, on the occasion of an
expedition conducted by Sir Thos. John Cochrane
agamst the Sultan of Borneo, he took command of
the 5th company of small-arm men, and assisted at
the capture and destruction of the enemy's forts
and batteries up the river Brune.t In the course
of the same month we find him, with 136 seamen
belonging to the Ieis and Koyalist under his
orders, accompanying Capt. Mundy and a detached
force up diflFerent branches of the Borneo river,
and then penetrating deep into the country, in a
fruitless pursuit of the Sultan, supposed to be at a
place called Damuan. During nearly the whole
period of their march, which lasted several days,
the British were under a torrent of rain, and were
plunged knee-deep in swamp at every step. The
exertions, however, of Lieut. Mathews throughout
were such as to obtain him the thanks of Caot.
Mundy. § '^
MATHEWS. (Lieut., 1810. e-p.,27; h-p., 21.)
Robert Bates Mathews was born 5 June 1785
This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1799 as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Harpy 18, Capts. H.enry
Bazely and Wm. Birchall ; under the former of
whom, when in company with the Fairt 18 he
took part, 6 Feb. 1800, in a very gallant action of
an hour and three-quarters, which terminated in
the repulse, with a loss to the Harpy of 1 killed
and 3 wounded, of the French frigate PaUm of 46
guns and 362 men. In the evening of the same day
he was present in a second action, the upshot of
which was the surrender of the Fallas to the above
named sloops and their consorts, the Loire 38
Danae 20, and Kaiiledr 16. At the commence-
* FWcGaz. 1812, p. 1710
t r. Gaz. 1842, p. 396. i V. Gaz. 1846, p. 34(2.
9 V. Gai. 1846, pp. 3444-6-7.
ment of 1801 Mr. Mathews became Midshipman of
the Brunswick 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens ;
and, on his return from the West Indies in 1802, he
successively joined the Neptdne 98, flag-ship of
Admiral Milbanke at Spithead, and Apollo 36,
Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon. In the latter vessel
it was his misfortune to be wrecked, off the coast
of Portugal, 1 April, 1804; on which occasion the
Captain and 60 of the crew were lost ; himself and
the remainder being left for three days on the
wreck without sustenance, and only partially clothed.
So great was the shock to his constitution that he
has never recovered its effects. Joining next, as
Master's Mate, the Mackerel 4, Lieut.-Commander
R. Williams, he proceeded to Bermuda ; where, in
1805, while in the act of protecting an American
vessel, on the rocks, he received a wound which
greatly weakened his right hand, and disabled its
fore-finger. In 1806, having removed to the Mer-
CUKV 28, Capt. Chas. Pelly, Mr. Mathews was placed
in charge of a re-captured merchantman, which he
carried in safety to Lisbon, although surrounded
and chased on the passage by four Spanish priva-
teers. His conduct indeed was such as to procure
him mention in his Captain's ofBcial letter to Sir
Erasmus Gower, the Commander-in-Chief at New-
foundland, Having passed his examination, 5 June,
1806, and been intermediately employed in the
Mediterranean on board the Colossus 74, Capt.
Jas. NiooU Morris, and Royal Sovereign 100,
bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Edw. Thorn-
brough, Mr. Mathews was promoted, 4 May, 1810,
to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the
Hibernian 110, which ship the state of his health,
however, deprived him of the possibility of joining.
He was afterwards employed — from July to Sept.
1811, in the Impregnable 98, in which ship he pro-
ceeded from Sheerness to Portsmouth — from 23
March, 1812, to 31 Jan. 1816, in command of the
Signal Station at Barry's Head, co. Cork — and from
14 Feb. 1820 until, we believe, 1831, in the Coast
Guard. During the latter period he received a
gold medal from the Royal National Shipwreck
Institution, in acknowledgment of his exertions in
having saved 31 persons from shipwreck. His re-
signation of his appointment was induced by ex-
treme ill health; a complaint contracted in the
Coast Guard having caused him to undergo two
surgical operations. On leaving that service, how-
ever, he accepted the appointment of Harbour
Master at Lowestoft, in Suffolk ; the duties of which
oflice he continued to fill until Oct. 1843, when he
relinquished it, in consequence of the sale of the
navigation by the Exchequer Loan Commissioners.
Lieut. Mathews (who receives a pension of il. per
annum for the wound he received at Bermuda) mar-
ried Elizabeth, sister of Retired Commander Thos.
Jager, by whom he had issue 12 children. Agents
— Hallett and Robinson.
MATHIAS. (Commander, 1837. r-p., 25 ;
H-p., 12.)
Thomas Mathias entered the Navy, 19 Nov.
1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Coorageux 74,
Capt. Philip Wilkinson, stationed in the Baltic ;
where, in May, 1813, 12 months after he had at-
tained the rating of Midshipman, he removed to
the Amphion 32, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart;
under whom, in the following Dec, he assisted in
reducing the islands of Schouwen and Tholen. To-
wards the close of 1814, after having visited Ma-
deira, in the Bombay 74, Capt. Henry Bazely, he
sailed for the East Indies in the Cornwallis 74
flag-ship of Sir Geo. Burlton. In Aug. 1818 (he
had returned to England in Nov. 1816) he joined
the Ontario 18, Capt. Geo. Gosling, lying at Ply-
mouth ; and he next, between Sept. in the same
year and June, 1823, served, principally as Acting
Second Master and Admiralty-Midshipman, in the
Slaney 20, Capts. Donat Henchy O'Brien and
Henry Stanhope, Nimrod sloop, Capt. Wm. Roch-
fort. Brazen 26, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, and
Doris frigate, Capt. Fred. Edw. Vernon (now Har-
court). The Nimkod was employed in 1822 in sub-
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MATHISON-MATSON.
duing some serious riots among the keelmen on the
river Tyne : the other vessels were aU stationed in
South America; where, on the date above men-
tioned, Mr. Mathias was nominated Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Tartar 42, bearing the broad-pend-
ant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. He was offi-
cially promoted 22 Oct. 1823 ; and was afterwards
appointed— 23 March, 1824, again to the Doris,
Capts. Vernon, Thos. Bourchier, and Wm. Jas. Hope
Johnstone, in which vessel he returned home and
was paid off in Jan. 1825—12 March, 1830, to the
Talavera 74, Capts. Hugh Pigot, David Colby,
and Thos. Brown, on the Home and Lisbon stations
—and, 17 May, 1833, as First, to the Caledonia 120,
commanded in the Mediterranean, part of the time
a flag-ship to Sir Josias Kowley, by Capts. T. Brown
and Geo. Bohun Martin. He was superseded on
being advanced to his present rank 10 Jan. 1837 ;
and he was next, from 22 March, 1838, until 1843,
employed in the Coast Guard. He has since been
on half-pay.
Commander Mathias married, first, 14 July, 1838,
Emily, fourth daughter of the late Rev. John Tay-
lor, Eector of Stainford ; and (that lady dying 19
Feb. 1839), secondly, in 1840, Lydia Charlotte,
eldest daughter of K. Moyle, Esq., of Penzance,
Cornwall. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
MATHISON. (Commander, 1843.)
Charles Mitchell Mathison entered the Navy
5 Aug. 1819 ; passed his examination in 1825 ; and
was made Lieutenant, 12 May, 1827, into the Ala-
crity 10, Capt. Geo. Jas. Hope Johnstone, on the
Mediterranean station. His succeeding appoint-
ments were — 12 March, 1830, to the Scylla 18,
Capts. John Hindmarsh and Hon. Geo. Grey, also
in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in the
early part of 1834 — 31 Jan. 1835, as a Supernume-
rary, to the Dublin 50, Capt. Chas. Hope, fitting at
Plymouth— 10 April, 1835, 2 Nov. 1836, and 18 May,
1837, to the Barham 50, Thunderer 84, and. Min-
DEN 72, Capts. Armar Lowry Corry, Wm. Furlong
Wise, and Alex. Ronton Sharpe, all in the Mediter-
ranean, where he remained until the commencement
of 1840—20 Aug. 1841, to the Malabar 72, Capt.
Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, on the South American
station — and, 2 Jan. 1843, to the St. Vincent 120,
as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Chas. Rowley at Ports-
mouth. He attained the rank he now holds 25 Sept.
in the latter year ; and since 28 Jan. 1847 has been
in command of the Mariner 16, on the coast of
Africa.
MATSON. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 22 ;
H-p., 20.)
George William Matson was bom 10 Aug.
1794.
This ofilcer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glory 98, Capt. Sam.
Warren, and on 22 July following was present,
under the flag of Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling, in
Sir Robt. Calder's action vnth the combined squa-
drons of France and Spain off Cape Finisterre.
Quitting the Glory in July, 1806, he was next,
until March, 1814, employed, chiefly in the capacity
of Midshipman, in the Sampson 64, bearing the flag
of Rear-Admiral Stirling, Diadem 64, Bellero-
PHON 74, and President 38, all commanded (the
two former as flag-ships of Rear-Admirals Stirling
and Gardner) by Capt. Sam. Warren, Prince 98,
bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Biokerton, Ardent 64,
Capt. John Cochet, North Star 20, Capt. Thos.
Coe, Shark sloop, Capt. John Gore, and Argo 44,
Capts. Cornelius Quinton and Wm. Fothergill. He
served in the Diadem at the reduction of Monte
Video in Feb. 1807 ; assisted, 7 July, 1809, in the
boats of the Bellerophon and other ships, at the
capture of a Russian flotilla and convoy in the
Baltic (an exploit more particularly alluded to in
our memoir of Capt. Chas. Allen) ; and was pre-
sent, in the President, at the taking of Java in
Sept. 1811. On 25 March, 1814, at which time he
was serving in the Ahgo in the West Indies, he
was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Bonne
Citoyenne 20, Capts. Pitt Burnaby Greene and Au-
gustus Wm. Jas. Clifford. He obtained official pro-
motion 1 Feb. 1815 ; and was afterwards appointed
— 29 April, 1815, to the gun-boat service at Deal — 5
Nov. following, to the Harrier sloop, Capt. Sir
Chas. Thos. Jones, on the Halifax station, where
he continued, the last two years and a half as First-
Lieutenant, until the close of 1818 — about Dec.
1820, in the capacity last mentioned, to the Sophie
18, Capts. Geo. French, Robt. Graham Dunlop, and
Geo. Fred. Ryves, fitting for the East Indies,
whence he invalided 28 Aug. 1823—14 Sept. 1824,
again as Senior, to the Esk 20, Capt. Wm. Jardine
Purchas, whom he accompanied to the coast of
Africa— and, 21 Nov. 1825 and 1 Nov. 1826, to the
command, on that station, of the Swinger and
Clinker gun-brigs. On paying the Swinger off
at Portsmouth, 26 July, 1826, Lieut. Matson was
presented by the crew with a dress-sword, belt,
and epaulette, in token of their very great esteem.
He was advanced to his present rank soon after his
return to England in the Climker (in which vessel
he had effected the emancipation of 1400 slaves) 22
Oct. 1830 ; and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Matson married, 7 Oct. 1835, Jane
Newman, eldest daughter of the late Wm. Walter
Yea, Esq., of Pyrland, co. Somerset, and sister of
the present Sir Wm. Walter Yea, Bart. Agents —
Holmes and Folkard.
MATSON. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 22;
H-p., 2.)
Henry James Matson, bom 5 April, 1810, is
son of Chas. Matson, Esq., Paymaster and Purser,
R.N. (1793) ; nephew of Admiral Rich. Matson ;
grand-nephew of the late Admiral Sir Henry
Harvey, K.B., who commanded the Ramillies 74
in the action of 1 June, 1794, and also of the gal-
lant Capt. John Harvey, K.N., who was mortally
wounded in command of the Brunswick 74 on the
same occasion ; and second-cousin of Commander
G. W. Matson, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1823, as
Fst-cl. Vol., on board the Seringapatam 46, Capt.
Sam. Warren, stationed in the Channel ; and in the
early part of the following year proceeded in the
Samarang 28, Capt. Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman,
to North America; where, in Dec. 1824, he joined
the Jupiter 60, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Willoughby Thos. Lake. In Sept. 1827, having at-
tained the rating of Midshipman some time pre-
viously, he joined the Revenge 76, Capts. Norbome
Thompson and Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, in
which ship, stationed in the Mediterranean, he con-
tinued until Oct. 1830. In the course of the en-
suing month (he had passed his examination 12
Aug. 1829) he became Mate of the Undaunted 46,
Capt. Edw. Harvey, fitting for the Cape of Good
Hope ; and in Feb. 1833 he was transftrred from
that frigate to the Curlew 10, Capt. Henry Dundas
Trotter, and placed in charge of a watch. For his
subsequent conduct at the capture of some pirates
on the west coast of Africa, Mr. Matson, who left
the Curlew in June, 1834, was promoted, 8 April,
1835, to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed, a
week afterwards, to the Pearl 20, Capts. Hugh
Nurse and Lord Clarence Edw. Paget, employed at
first on the Lisbon and then on the North America
and West India station. The latter vessel, of which
he had been for eighteen months First-Lieutenant,
being put out of commission 2 Jan. 1839, he ob-
tained command, 2 March following, of the Water-
witch 10, and was again ordered to the west coast
of Africa ; where four years of the most successful
exertion in suppression of the slave trade resulted
in his advancement to the rank of Commander, 17
July, 1843. His last appointment was to the com-
mand, 7 Sept. 1844, of the Daring 12, in which
sloop he served on the Home and North America
and West India stations until superseded in Feb.
Commander Matson married, 12 June, 1837, Phila-
MATSON- MATTHEWS.
743
delphia Stephens, daughter of Thos. Josling, Esq.,
of Lishon, hy whom, who died 23 Oct. 1845, he had
issue one daughter. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
MATSON. (Admikal of the Blue, 1847.
F-p., 21 ; H-p., 43.)
KicHAED Matson is son of the late John Matson,
Esq., Chief Justice and Governor of Dominica ;
uncle of Commander Henry Jas. Matson, R.N. ; and
cousin of Commander Geo. Wm. Matson, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1783,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Irresistible 74,
bearing the broad pendant at Chatham of Sir
Andrew Snape Hamond ; and was afterwards, be-
tween 1786 and* Jan. 1793, employed, in the capa-
cities of Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the
SOLEBAY 32, Capt. John HoUoway, Jupiter 50,
Commodore Wm. Parker, SoLEBAy agadn, Capt.
■Wm. Squire, and Heemione 32, Capt. John Hills,
on the West India and Home stations. He then
joined the Britannia 100, bearing the flag of
Vice-Admiral Wm. Hotham in the Mediterranean ;
where, in the course of the same and the following
year, he served on shore at the occupation ot
Toulon, was publicly thanked by Sir Wm. Sidney
Smith for his conduct at the destruction of the
arsenal and fleet in the harbour of that place,* and
was present at the sieges of St. Fiorenza and Bastia.
Being made Lieutenant, 15 Oct. 1794, into the
Bedford 74, Capts. Davidge Gould and Augustus
Montgomery, he was afforded an opportunity of
sharing, under the former of those officers, in Hot-
ham's partial actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795.
After a servitude of nearly two years on the Lisbon,
Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope, and West India
stations, in the Sybille and Daphne frigates, Capts.
Edw. Cooke and Jas. Brisbane, Tamar 38, Capt.
Thos. Byam Martin, and Prince of Wales 98, flag-
ship of Vice-Admiral Henry Harvey, he was pro-
moted, 22 Sept. 1797, to the command of the Beaver
sloop, also in the West Indies ; where he removed,
in May, 1798, to the Cyane 18, and was posted, 22
March, 1799, into the Daphne 20. He returned to
England in April, 1802 ; and was subsequently ap-
pointed—2 Sept. 1807 and 9 April, 1808, to the San
YsiDORO and Braave 40, lying at Plymouth— and
16 June, 1808, to the Sea Fencible service between
North Shields and St. Abb's Head. He has been
on half-pay since Feb. 1810. He became a Rear-
Admiral 27 May, 1825; a Vice-Admiral 10 Jan.
1837 ; and a full Admiral 26 June, 1847. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
MATTHEWS. (Commandek, 1822. f-p., 15;
H-p., 29.)
Alfred Matthews, born 26 Jan. 1792, is fifth
son of the late John Matthews, Esq., of Belmont,
CO. Hereford, Colonel of the Local Militia, and
several years M.P. for that shire, by Elizabeth,
daughter of Mr. Arthur Ellis, of Much Marcle. He
is brother of the present John Holder Matthews, a
Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Here-
ford ; also of the Rev. Arthur Matthews, Canon
of Hereford and Vicar of Linton, who died in Sept.
1842; and of Henry Matthews, Esq., author of the
well known * Diary of an Invalid,' who died soon
after his elevation to the Bench in the island of
Ceylon.
I'his officer entered the Navy, 31 Jan. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Culloden 74, Capts.
Chas. Henry Lane and Bartholomew Dacres, flag-
ship for some time, in the Channel, of Rear- Admiral
Geo. Campbell ; whom, in the course of the same
year, he accompanied to the Mediterranean in the
Canopus 80. Removing as Midshipman, in April,
1804, to the Tigre 80, Capt. Bery. Hallowell, Mr.
Matthews, who continued in that ship until Feb.
1808, was for a long period employed at the block-
ade of Cadiz, and, besides accompanying Lord
Nelson to the West Indies and back in pursuit of
the combined fleets of France and Spain, served
throughout the second Egyptian campaign, from
• Vide Gil. 1794, p. 44.
the capture of Alexandria to its evacuation. In
June, 1808, we find him joining the Iphigenia 36,
Capt. Henry Lambert, under whom, after making
a voyage to Quebec,' he proceeded to the Cape of
Good Hope station, where he witnessed the con-
quest of He de Bourbon in July, 1810, and, in the
course of the following month, assumed a share in a
series of gallant but unfortunate operations, which,
by the 28th, terminated in the self-destruction of the
British frigates, Sirios, bearing the broad pendant
of Commodore Sam. Pym, and Magicienne, the
capture of the NinfeiDE, and the surrender to a
powerful French squadron of the Iphigenia her-
self, after incurring an individual loss of at least 5
men killed and 13 wounded, at the entrance of Port
Sud-Est, Isle of France. He remained in conse-
quence in captivity until released at the reduction
of the Mauritius, when he was again placed on
board the Iphigenia, under the orders of Capt.
Thos. Gordon Caulfeild. He next, between July
and Oct. 1811, served in the Scipion 74, flag-ship of
Hon. Robt. Stopford at the Cape ; and on 11 Feb.
1812 he was there made Lieutenant into the Astrea
frigate, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg. He re-
turned to England in Sept. 1813 ; and was subse-
quently appointed— 18 April, 1814, to the Hermes
20, Capt. Hon. Henry Wm. Percy, which vessel,
after 25 of her men had been killed and 24 wounded,
in an unsuccessful attack upon Fort Bowyer, Mobile,
was set on fire and destroyed in order to prevent
her falling into the hands of the Americans, 15
Sept. 1814* — 10 June, 1816, as Senior, to the Alert
sloop, Capt. John Smith, stationed in the North Sea,
where, in one of the vessel's galleys, he captured a
smuggling lugger — and, 24 April, 1817, to the com-
mand of the Drake Revenue cruizer, in which he
appears to have been for three years very actively
and successfully employed off the Land's End and
Scilly. He attained the rank of Commander 19
July, 1822, and between that period and April,
1823, was employed on the Jamaica station in the
Surinam and Icarus sloops. He has since been on
half-pay.
He married, 26 Oct. 1833, Emily Rosetta^ young-
est daughter of the late Rev. Jas. Bernard, Rector
of Combe Flory, co. Somerset.
MATTHEWS. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 17;
H-p., 31.)
Michael Matthews is son of F. Matthews,
Esq., formerly in the Ordnance Department at
Portsmouth.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sans Pareil 80, Capts.
Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, Jas. Katon, and Wm.
Essington, successive flag-ship of Admirals Lord
Hugh Seymour and Robt. Montagu in the Channel
and West Indies, where he served until Sept. 1802,
latterly in the capacity of Midshipman. In Feb.
1 803, he joined the Venerable 74, bearing the flag,
on the former station, of the late Lord CoUingwood ;
whom, in the course of 1804, he followed into the
Colossus and Culloden 74's, and Prince and St.
George 98's. He was made Lieutenant, 15 Oct.
1806, into the Prince of Wales 98, Capt. Wm.
Bedford, flag-ship for some time of Sir Jas. Sauma-
rez in the Baltic ; and he was next, between Aug.
1807, and July, 1813, employed, on the latter and on
the West and East India stations, in the Captain
74, Capt. Isaac WoUey, Melville sloop, Capt. Hon.
Jas. Wm. King, Cornelia frigate, Capt. Henry
Folkes Edgell, Russel 74, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, and Minden 74,
Capts. Edw. Wallis Hoare, Alex. Skene, and Jos.
Prior, flag-ship latterly of Sir Sam. Hood. In the
Russel he took part in the earlier portion of the
operations that preceded the fall of the Isle of
France ; and in the Minden he saw much active
service on the coast of Java. On leaving that ship
he was nominated Lieutenant-Governor of the Na^
* After the destruction of the Hermes he volunteered to
serve with the army against New Orleans, and assisted in a
successful dash across the Mississippi, 8 Jan. 1815.
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MAUDE— MAUGER.
val Hospital, and Superintendent of the Impress, at
Bombay. He continued in discharge of the duties
thus imposed upon him until Feb. 1815 ; and on 20
of the following Sept., after having acted in com-
mand of the Wellesley 74, he was confirmed in
that of the Hesper sloop. He returned to England
about Aug. 1816 in the Hecate 16 ; and has since
been on half-pay.
He is married, and has issue. Agests — Messrs.
Ommanney.
MAUDE. (C!oMMANX>EK, 1827. f-p., 13;
H-p., 23.)
The Honourable Fbancis Madde, bom in 1798,
is fifth and youngest son of the first Viscount Ha^
warden, by his third wife, Anne Isabella, daughter
of Thos. Monck, Esq., barrister-at-law, and niece
of Viscount Monck; and brother (with Capt. Hon.
Sir Jas. Ashley Maude, R.N., C.B., K.C.H. (1814),
who died 23 Oct. 1841) of the present Viscount.
He is brother-in-law of Lord "Wm. Stuart, Lord
Kobt. Ponsonby Tottenham, Bishop of Clogher,
Lord Lifford, and Lord Dunalley.
This officer entered the Koyal Naval College 20
Nov. 1811 ; and embarked, 24 April, 18J4, on board
the Prince 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, bearing the flag
of Sir Rich. Bickerton at Spithead. In the course
of the same year he joined the Amphion 32, Capt.
Jas. Pattison Stewart, and also the FAVosrPE 20,
commanded by his brother, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley
Maude. In that vessel, after having brought home
from America the ratification of the treaty of Ghent,
h e proceeded to the East Indies ; where, in Dec.
1816, 20 months after he had attained the rating of
Midshipman, he removed to the Magicienne 36,
Capt. John Brett Purvis. In Aug. 1819, he became
Admiralty-Midshipman of the Shpekb 78, bearing
the broad pendant in South America of Sir Thos.
Masterman Hardy ; who, on 24 May, 1820, nomi-
nated him Lieutenant of that ship. He was con-
firmed, 7 Oct. following, in the Icarus 10, Capt.
Henry Algernon Eliot ; and returning home about
June, 1821, was next, from 13 Dec. 1823, until pro-
moted to the rank of Commander, 30 April, 1827,
employed in the Grasshopper 18, Capts. John
Geo. Apliu and another. He has not been since
afloat.
Commander Maude married, 4 Sept. 1827, Frances,
second daughter of Hon. A. H. Brooking, Collector
of His Majesty's Customs at St. John's, Newfound-
land, and Member of the Council for that island.
By that lady, who died in 1832, he had issue a son
and two daughters. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
the rank of Commander on the Retired List 20 Oct.
1840.
He married Mary, daughter of the late Geo. Heb-
den, Esq., and sister of the present Jas. Hebden,
Esq., of Appleton, co. York, as also of Henry Heb-
den, Esq., a Captain in the Army. His eldest son,
William George, is a Commander R.N. ; and his se-
cond, a Midshipman R.N., was drowned by the up-
setting of a boat while belonging to the Salisbury,
flag-ship at Bermuda of Rear-Admiral Wm. Cbas.
Fahie. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
MAUDE. (Commander, 1846.)
WiLLLAM George Maude (J) is eldest son of Re-
tired Commander Wm. Geo. Maude, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 2 June, 1821 ; passed
his examination in 1827 ; and obtained his first com-
mission 20 May, 1833. His succeeding appointments
were— 26 March, 1834, to the North Star 28, Capt.
Octavius Vernon Harcourt, fitting for Sonth Ame-
rica, whence he returned at the close of 1836 — I
June, 1837, as Senior Lieutenant, to the Wolverene
16, Capts. Hon. Edw. Howard and Wm. Tucker,
under whom he was for about two years employed
on the Mediterranean and Cape of Good Hope sta-
tions—31 Oct. 1840, to the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas.
Stirling, fitting at Portsmouth — 6 Jan. 1841, as First,
to the Ph<enix steamer, Capt. John Richardson, in
which vessel he served in the Mediterranean until
ordered home for the purpose of being paid ofl" at
the end of 1842— and, 23 May, 1845, as Additional
Lieutenant, to the Caledonia 120, Capt. Mauley
Hall Dixon, stationed at Devonport. He attained
his present rank 9 Nov. 1846 ; and is now on half-
pay.
Commander Maude married, 7 Aug. 1839, Fanny
Anne, only daughter of Rear-Admiral Wm. Maude
(1841), who assisted, when in command of the Ja-
son, in capturing the French frigate Tcpaze, in
1809, and died in 1843. Agents — Hallett and Ro-
binson.
MAUDE. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 9 ;
H-p., 45.)
Willlam George Maude (a) was born at York.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 28 Jan. 1793, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Leopard 50, Capt.
John Maude, flag-ship of Rear- Admirals John Mac-
bride and John Peyton ; and in the following Nov.,
on his return from a voyage to St. Helena, joined
the Thetis frigate, Capt. Hon. Alex. Inglis Coch-
rane ; with whom he continued employed as Mid-
shipman, on the Home and North American sta-
tions, until transferred, in Jan. 1796, to the Espe-
rance sloop, Capt. Jonas Rose. Towards the close
of 1797 we find him sailing for the Cape of Good
Hope in the Garland frigate, Capt. John Clarke
Searle ; and in May, 1798, following that ofiicer into
the Tremendous 74, bearing the flag of Sir Hugh
Cloberry Christian. On 23 Feb. 1799, at which pe-
riod he was serving, still on the Cape station, in the
Raisonnable 64, Capt. Chas. Boyles, Mr. Maude
was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Djedalus
32, Capt. Henry Lidgbivd Ball. Being confirmed to
that ship 24 July, 1799, he continued in her on the
East India station, in the capacity of First-Lieute-
nant, until 1801 ; in April of which year, owing to a
liver complaint and an attack of yellow fever, he
invalided. He was admitted to the out-pension of
Greenwich Hospital 7 Nov. 1823 ; and invested with
MAUGER. (Ketibed Commander, 1845. f-p.,
15 ; H-p., 39.)
Nicholas Mauger was bom 17 July, 1773.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1793, as
Midshipman, on board the Magicienne frigate,
Capt. Geo. Martin, employed at first in the North
Sea and then in the West Indies, where he assisted
at the capture of St. Marc's, St. Domingo, and served
in the boats, under Lieut. Thompson, at the board-
ing and capture of a French privateer of 12 guns
and 40 men. Removing, in July, 1794, to the Sceptkb
64, Capts. Jas. Rich. Dacres, Wm. Essington, and
Thos. Alexander, he assisted in that ship at the cap-
ture of eight Dutch Indiamen off" St. Helena (in one
of which he was sent as Prize-Master to Ireland),
and witnessed the surrender of the Dutch squadron
in Saldanha Bay, 17 Aug. 1796. In the course of
the ensuing month he was successively nominated
Acting-Lieutenant of the Daphne and Syeille fri-
gates, Capts. Jas. Brisbane and Edw. Cooke ; under
the latter of whom, in Jan. 1798, he entered, in com-
pany with the Fox 32, the Spanish harbour of Ma-
nilla (notwithstanding that there were lying there
three ships-of-the-line and three frigates), and as-
sisted in capturing seven boats, 200 men, and a large
quantity of ammunition and implements of war.
He was also, during the same month, present in an
action with the enemy's batteries at Samboangon, in
the island of Magindanao, whose fire occasioned the
two ships a collective loss of 6 men killed and 16
wounded ; and on the night of 28 Feb. 1799, he con-
tributed to the capture, at the mouth of the Bengal
river, by the Stbille alone, whose force consisted
of 48 guns, of the French frigate La Forte, of 52
guns and 370 men, after a dreadful action of two
hours and a haW^ in which the enemy had 65 of
their number (including the Captain) killed and 80
wounded, and the British, out of 371 men, 5 killed
and 17 (among whom was Captain Cooke mortally)
wounded. On the surrender of the enemy's ship,
Mr. Mauger, who during the conflict had com-
MAUNSELL.
745
manded the Stbille's main-deck, was sent to take
possession of her. On 17 June, 1800, 12 months
after he had risen to the post of Acting-Lieutenant,
he was at length confirmed in his appointment to
the SybiiiLe, commanded at the time hy Capt.
Chos. Adam. Among other services in which he
participated under that officer, was the capture and
destruction, 23 Aug. 1800, of five Dutch armed ves-
sels and 22 merchantmen in Batavia roads. He
further, in the following Oct., aided in making prize
of 24 Dutch proas, four of which mounted 6 guns
each ; and on 19 Aug. 1801 (when off Mahe, the
principal of the Seychelle Islands) was instrumental
to the taking, with a loss to the Sfbille (out of 300
men) of 2 killed and 1 wounded, of La Chiffmme, of
42 guns and 296 men, 23 of whom were killed and
30 wounded. This action, a very gallant one of 20
minutes, was attended with the disadvantage to the
British of being fought among rocks and shoals, and
under the fire of an enemy's battery. As soon as
the vessel had struck her colours, Mr. Manger was
placed in charge of her as Prize-Master. On leav-
ing the Sybule in Oct. 1801, he joined the Suf-
folk 74, Capts. Wm. Clark and Curtis ; and in that
ship, in the spring of 1802, he returned to England.
His next appointment was, 16 June, 1803, to La
Chiffonne, then a British 36-gun frigate, com-
manded by his former Captain, Adam ; whom, in
Sept. 1805, he accompanied, as Senior Lieutenant,
into the Resistance 38. In the former ship, when
in company with the Falcon sloop. Clinker gun-
brig, and Fkances armed-cutter, we find him assist-
ing, 10 June, 1805, in driving on shore under the
batteries of Fecamp a division of the French flotilla,
consisting of 2 corvettes and 15 gun-vessels, carry-
ing in all 51 guns, 4 8-inch mortars, and 3 field-
pieces, accompanied by 14 transports. 'While at-
tached to the Resistance, he beheld Sir John Bor-
lase Warren's capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Ma-
rengo 80, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-
gun frigate Betle Poule^ aided in the transport
home from Vera Cruz of a considerable quantity of
freight, was at the taking of L'Aigh privateer of
14 guns and 66 men, and escorted a large body of
General Officers to the coast of Portugal. He left
the Resistance in Deo. 1808 ; and was next, from
3 May to 25 Aug. 1815, employed in the Queen
Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Martin, with
whom he went from Chatham to Portsmouth. He
became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 15
Dec. 1830 ; and on the Senior 17 Feb. 1845.
Commander Mauger married, in 1802, Miss Mar-
garet AUez, and by that lady has issue four sons
and two daughters. One of his sons, Charles, is
a Captain in the 17th Regt. Bombay Native In-
fantry ; and another, John, was a Lieutenant in the
Royal Marines.
MAUNSELL. (Liedtenant, 1846.)
Edward Eyre Maunsell is, we believe, eldest
son of the Rev. Edw. Eyre Maunsell, A.M., of Fort
Eyre, CO. Galway, by Eliza Maria, daughter of
Rich. Studdert, Esq., of Bunratty Castle, co. Clare.
This officer passed his examination 21 Aug. 1839 ;
and after having served for some time as Mate on
board the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth
of SirChas. Rowley, was promoted, 23 March, 1846,
to a Lieutenancy in the Ferret 8, Capt. Geo. Sprigg,
on the coast of Africa. Since 5 July, 1847, he has
been attached, in the capacity of Additional Lieu-
tenant, to the President 50, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, at the Cape of Good
IJope.
MAUNSELL, C.B. (Captain, 1812. f-p., 22;
H-p., 25.)
Robert Maunsell was born, in May, 1786, at
Limerick, and died 31 Aug. 1845. He was third
son of the Rev. Wm. Maunsell, Archdeacon of Li-
merick, by Lucy, daughter and co-heir of Philip
Oliver, Esq., M.P., of Castle Oliver, oo. Limerick ;
and a near relative of Admiral Kobt. Dudley Oli-
ver. His eldest brother, the present Thos. Philip
Maunsell, Esq., of Thorpe Malsor, Northampton-
shire, is M.P. for the northern division of that co.,
Colonel of the Northampton Militia, and Captain
of the Kettering Yeomanry Cavalry : his second,
the Rev. "Wm. AVray Maunsell, Archdeacon of Li-
merick, married the eldest daughter of the Right
Rev. Chas. Warbnrton, Bishop of Cloyne.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mermaid 32, Capt.
Robt. Dudley Oliver, fitting for the Mediterranean ;
where he attained the rating of Midshipman ia
July, 1800, removed in 1801 to the Maidstone 32,
Capts. Rich. Hussey Moubray and Hon. Geo. Elliot,
and continued most actively employed until the end
of 1804. It was his fortune during that period to
be made a participator in many cutting-out afi'airs;
but particularly on 11 July, 1804, when, holding
the rating of Master's Mate, he served with the
boats of the Maidstone, Naecissds, and Seahorse,
10 in number, under the orders of Lieut. John
Thompson, and assisted at the capture of 12 settees,
lying at La Vandour, in the Bay of Hieres, after a
conflict, in which the British, encountered by a tre-
mendous fire of grape-shot and musketry, as well
from the vessels themselves as from a battery and
the houses of the town, sustained a loss of 4 men
killed and23 (including himself, severely) wounded.*"
So great were the coolness and perseverance deve-
loped on the occasion by Mr. Maunsell, that he was
promoted, as soon as he had accomplished his time,
to a Lieutenancy, 7 March, 1805, in the Princess
Royal 98, Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds, attached
to the Channel fleet. -j- Being next, 26 May, 1807,
appointed to the Blanche 28, Capt. John Edg-
cumbe, on the East India station, he took a passage
thither in, we believe, the St. Alban's 64, and, soon
after his arrival, had the satisfaction of being ad-
vanced, by a commission dated 15 Feb. 1808, to the
command of the Prooris 18. Among the numerous
prizes made by Capt. Maunsell in that sloop, we may
include the capture, in 1809, of the Dutch company's
brig Wagsted of 8 guns, 4 swivels, and 86 men.J On
the morning of 31 July, 1811, being off the mouth of
the Indramargu River, coast of Java, he took per-
sonal command of the boats of the Procris, together
with two fiat-boats, carrying an officer and 20 men
of H.M.'s 14th Regt., and an officer and the same
number of men from H.M.'s 89th Regt., and with
a degree of skill and ability that called forth the
after-thanks of Commodore Broughton, led them
ashore to the attack of six of the enemy's gun-
boats ; each mounting 1 brass 32-pounder carronade
forward and 1 18-pounder aft, both on pivots, with
a crew of more than 60 men, in convoy of 40 or 50
proas. Although the latter contrived to escape by
hauling through the mud up the river, yet were five
of the armed vessels irresistibly boarded and car-
ried, and the remaining one destroyed ; this, too
with a loss of only ] I men wounded, notwithstand-
ing that the enemy, in addition to the fire of their
guns, kept up a constant discharge of musketry. §
As a reward for his meritorious conduct in achiev-
ing so gallant an exploit, Capt. Maunsell was almost
immediately placed in acting-command of the Il-
lustrious 74, bearing the Commodore's broad pen-
dant. Prior to the event we have just recorded he
had been ordered to take charge of a transport with
400 troops in the Sunda Strait, for the purpose of
joining the expedition then daily expected off Bata-
via. Owing to the reluctance felt by the Master of
the transport to run during the night, Capt. Maun-
sell, fearing that the delay thereby occasioned would
prevent their arriving at the appelated rendezvous
in time to assist in the landing, took the whole 40O
men on board his own vessel, and by his promptitude
in so doing was enabled to reach his destination two
days previous to the debarkation, whereas the tran-
sport did not arrive until nearly a month afterwards
During his command of the Illustrious, a period
of about two months, Capt. Maunsell served on
* In consideration of the injury he received the Patriotic
Society voted him a gratuity,
t He had otlen, previously, had charge of a watch
t Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 388. } F.Gaz. 1811, pp.'zjOS-n
5 C
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MAURICE.
shore throughout all the operations which termi-
nated in the fall of Java ; where he enacted a dis-
tinguished part on shore at the head of a body of
seamen, and aided in the bombardinent and storm-
ing of Fort Cornelis 26 Aug. 1811.* On the night
of 10 of the ensuing month, we further disco-
ver him, with a division of boats under his orders,
taking captive, in the neighbourhood of Samarang,
a large sloop-rigged gun-boat, mounting 4 heavy
guns and 2 brass swivels, a Malay-rigged gun-boat,
carrying 1 12-pounder carronade, and a despatch-
boat.f In the early part of 1812, on 7 Feb. in which
year he was confirmed to Post-rank, Capt. Maunsell,
in consequence of an attack of Batavian fever, re-
turned to England ; and on 24 of the ensuing Aug.
was appointed to the Chatham 74, bearing the flag
in the North Sea of Bear-Admiral Matthew Henry
Scott, with whom he continued until 26 May, 1814.
After 16 years' incessant application for employ-
ment, he was next, 22 Feb. 1831, placed in com-
mand of the Alfred 50, and sent to the Mediter-
ranean ; where, during a servitude of three years,
he witnessed the establishment of King Otho on
the throne of Greece, and was selected to watch
the movements of the hostile fleets of Turkey and
Egypt. His last appointment afloat was, 13 May,
1840, to the Rodney 92. On his arrival in that ship
off Alexandria, 22 Nov. in the same year, he was
instructed by Commodore Napier to open a direct
communication between him and Mehemet Ali.
Landing, accordingly, close to his Highness' palace,
he managed to pass the guards unmolested, and, en-
tering the presence-chamber, without introduction,
had the good fortune to obtain a very flattering au-
dience, and fully to carry out the object of his mis-
sion. The next day he landed, with the Commo-
dore, and, w^ believe, remained with him until the
conclusion of the celebrated convention between
him and the Egyptian potentate. The Rodnet, it
appears, was the means of afterwards, in Nov. 1842,
rescuing the Formidable 84, when on shore near
Barcelona ; and in the course of the ensuing month
was present at the reduction of that city by the
force under Espartero. In the spring of 1843, hav-
ing returned to England, she was despatched to the
Cape of Good Hope with the 7th Dragoon Guards,
a company of the 45th Regt., another of Artillery,
and 150 men, on board. In Oct. 1843 she was paid
off.
On 20 July, 1838, Capt. Maunsell was nominated
a C.B. ; and in April, 1844, as a tribute to "his
high personal character, and his eminent profes-
sional service," he was spontaneously appointed by
Sir Robt. Peel a Commissioner of Greenwich Hos-
pital. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
MAURICE. (Eear-Admikal, 1846. f-p., 21 ;
H-p., 37.)
James Wilkes Maurice was bom 10 Feb. 1775,
at Devonport. His twin brother, Ferdinand Moore
Maurice, was lost in command of the Magnet sloop
in the autumn of 1811.
This officer (whose name had been borne in 1783-4
on the books of the Monkey, Lieut.-Commander
Jas. Glassford) embarked, in Aug. 1789, as A.B.,
on board the Inspector sloop, Capts. Alex. Mackey
and Jas. Leakey, and was employed in that vessel
on the Channel station until Oct. 1791. Becoming
Midshipman, in Dec. 1792, of the Powerful 74,
Capts. Thos. Hicks and Wm. Albany Otway, he
escorted a fleet of outward-bound Indiamen, at the
commencement of hostilities with France, to the
Cape of Good Hope, and on his return he succes-
sively, in Jan. and May, 1794, joined the Cambridge
74, Capt. Rich. Boger, and La Concorde 36, Capts.
Sir Rich. John Strachan and Anthony Hunt. In
Aug. 1795, after having participated in Lord Brid-
port's action, he was nominated by Sir John Bor-
lase AVarren Lieutenant of the Thunderer 74,
Capt. Albemarle Bertie ; but the appointment not
being confirmed, he went back, about Jan. 1796, to
La Concokoe, and continued in that ship, under
* rWe Gaz. 1811, p. 2404. + F. Gaz. 1812, p. U6.
Capts. Hunt and Rich. Bagot (witnessing interme-
mediately the capture, among other vessels, of the
French frigates Unite a,nd Virffinie,aai the destruc-
tion of La Volage corvette, of 26 guns), until trans-
ferred, in Feb. 1797, to the Royal George 100,
flag-ship in the Channel of Lord Bridport, who, on
17 of the ensuing month, promoted him into the
Glory 98, Capt. Jas. Brine— the Admiralty con-
firming the appointment by a commission dated
3 April, 1797. In Jan. 1799 Mr. Maurice removed
to the Canada 74, Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy
and Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, in which ship, bear-
ing the flag for some time of Sir John Borlase War-
ren, he served in the Channel and Mediterranean
until May, 1802. Obtaining an appointment, in the
following Sept., to the Centaur 74, bearing the
broad pendant of Commodore Sam. Hood, he added
in that ship at the capture of Ste. Lucie, Tobago,
Demerara, and Essequibo, and on 26 Nov. 1803 he
landed at the head of 40 seamen, with the greater
part of the marines under Capt. Crozier, at Petite
Ance d'Arlette, Martinique, and assisted in destroy-
ing a battery of 6 24-pounders.* In the perform-
ance, however, of this service he received a woimd,
occasioned by the explosion of the magazine, and
was in consequence presented by the Patriotic So-
ciety with a sword valued at 50/. On 3 Feb. 1804,
after nearly a month had been expended in planting
5 guns (3 24-pounders and 2 long 18's), and placing
provisions, stores, &c., upon an all but inaccessible
eminence, situated in the sea near the south-west
end of Martinique, and called the Diamond Bock,
the rating was assigned it of a sloop-of-war, and the
command given to Lieut. Maurice, as a reward for
the arduous and prominent part he had borne in
the equipment. Being confirmed in his new ap-
pointment, 7 May in the same year, he continued to
hold it until 2 June, 1805, when, owing to a want of
ammunition and water, he was under the neces-
sity of surrendering to a French squadron of 2 sail-
of-the-line, 1 frigate, 1 brig, a schooner, and 11
gun-boats, together with 1500 troops, after sustain-
ing a three days' attack with a degree of gallantry
that had the effect of subsequently procuring him
not only the honourable acquittal but the high ad-
miration of a Court-Martial, and the warm applause
of Lord Nelson. The enemy, during the operations,
appear to have had about 30 killed and 40 wounded
on shore, independently of their ships and boats,
and to have lost 3 gun-boats and 2 row-boats. The
British, of whom there were in the whole not more
than 107, had but 2 killed and 1 wounded. Capt.
Maurice arrived in, England with despatches from
Rear-Admiral Hon.' Alex. Cochrane 3 Aug. 1805,
and in less than a fortnight was appointed to the
command of the Savage, a new 18 gun-brig. In
that vessel he appears, until June, 1807, to have
been employed in convoying the trade from differ-
ent ports in St. George's Channel and the Downs.
He next escorted a fleet of merchantmen from Cork
to the West Indies; and in Dec. 1807 contrived,
while cruizing on the Jamaica station, to capture
the Dan Quixote, Spanish privateer, of 8 guns and
99 men. In the autumn of 1808 Capt. Maurice was
nominated by Sir Alex. Cochrane Governor of
Marie-Galante, a post appointment, which the Ad-
miralty sanctioned with its approbation 18 Jan.
1809. After having administered the affairs of the
colony for 12 months under circumstances of a very
trying character, but in a manner that gained him
a most flattering address from the legislative body
and the principal inhabitants, he found himself, in
Oct. 1809, compelled, from the effects of intermit-
tent fever, to invalid. His next appointment, we
find, was to the Governorship, 30 July, 1810, of the
island of Anholdt, where, in March, 1811, he ren-
dered his name for ever famous by the brilliant
manner in which he defeated an attempt made to
reduce it by a Danish flotilla and army, consisting
in all of nearly 4000 men, who, after a close combat
of four hours and a half, were driven back to their
ports, with the loss of 3 pieces of cannon, 14 shells, 484
muskets, 470 swords, 16000 musket-ball cartridges,
• Vidt Gaz. 1804, p. loa.
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and upwards of 500 prisoners— a greater number by
150 than the garrison itself. Although the loss of
the assailants was most severe, that of the British
was confined to 2 killed and 30 wounded.* The
glorious defence of Anholdt, indeed, became the
universal theme of praise, and its gallant conductor,
as a matter of tourse, received the warm plaudits
of the Admiralty. His second in command, Lieut.
H. L. Baker, was promoted to superior rank ; and,
as a compliment to himself, his brother, the gentle-
man alluded to at the commencement of the present
narrative, was placed in command of a sloop-of-
war. Capt. Maurice, whom the garrison of An-
holdt united in presenting with a valuable sword
" in token of their admiration of his personal bra-
very in the battle of 27 March, and as a grateful
memorial for his liberal, forbearing, and kind con-
sideration of their feelings during his government,"
remained in that island until Sept. 1812, and has
not been since employed. He accepted his present
rank 1 Oct. 1846.
He married, 5 Oct. 1814, Miss Sarah Lyne, of
Plymouth, and was left a vridower in June, 1815.
Agents — Hallett and Kobinson.
MAW. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Henry Listek Maw has lost two brothers in the
military service of their country.
This ofiicer entered the Navy 11 May, 1818; and
was for some time Midshipman of the Liffev 50,
bearing the broad pendant in the East Indies of
Commodore Chas. Grant, by whom, during the ex-
pedition to Ava, he was allowed to act as Naval
Aide-de-Camp to Sir Alex. Campbell, Commander-
in-Chief of the troops. While officiating in that
capacity he appears to have been employed in sur-
veying the Rangoon river, and to have effected, 25
June, 1824, the destruction of two fire-rafts. In an
attack subsequently made on a strong stockade on
the Dalla river, it was his misfortune, while cheer-
ing on his men, to receive a ball in the head— a cir-
cumstance which obliged him to return to England
for the benefit of his health. Having all along,
however, distinguished himself by " a series of gal-
lantry" exhibitive of the "most conspicuous and
forward bravery," and being recommended in the
strongest terms by Capt. Marryat, the senior naval
officer on the station, he was rewarded with a Lieu-
tenant's commission dated 25 July, 1825. His suc-
ceeding appointments were— 2 Feb. 1826, to the
Harrier sloop, Capt. John Pakenham, on the coast
of Ireland— 7 Jan. 1827 and 2 Oct. 1829, to the
Menai 26, and Volage 28, Capts. Michael Seymour
and Lord Colchester, both on the South American
station— and, 3 Dec. 1832 and 16 July, 1834, as
Second-Lieutenant, to the Vernon 50, and Presi-
uENT 52, flag-ships of Sir Geo. Cockbum in North
America and the West Indies. He has not been
employed since 30 Aug. 1834.
In 1830 Lieut. Maw was presented with the large
silver medal of the "Society for the Encouragement
of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce," for frag-
ments, 8cc. collected by him in South America ; and
in July, 1831, he took out a patent for an invention
of an improved method of using fuel, so as to burn
smoke. In 1832 he published a "Memoir of the
Early Operations of the Burmese War." He mar-
ried, 21 March, 1839, Sarah Anne, only daughter of
the late Cornelius Peacock, Esq. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
MAW. (Lieutenant, 1807. f-p., 17; h-p,, 32.)
RiciiARn Stovin Maw had three brothers, who
were either killed or wounded in their country's
service.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in
Aug. 1798, and embarked, in May, 1802, as a Volun-
teer, on board the Resistance 36, Capt. Hon.
Philip Wodehouse, under whom he was wrecked off
Cape St. Vincent, 31 May, 1803. After serving for
a few months in the Termagant 18, Capt. Robt.
Pettet, he joined the Weazle 14, Capt. Wm. Lay-
• ride Ga.z. 181 1, p. 049.
man, and in that vessel was again wrecked, near
Cabritta Point, Gibraltar Bay, 1 March, 1804. Be-
coming Midshipman, in the following July, of the
Glory 98, successive flag-ship of Admirals Sir John
Orde and Chas. Stirling, he shared in Sir Robert
Calder's action, 22 July, 1805 ; after which we find
him following the last-mentioned officer into the
Sampson and Diadem 64's. In the early part of
1807, on 8 Oct. in which year he was confirmed a
Lieutenant in the Diadem, Mr. Maw was for three
weeks employed on shore with the army at the
siege of Monte Video ; and in the ensuing July, it
appears, he assisted in landing the troops during
the unsuccessful attempt upon Buenos Ayres. His
succeeding appointments were— 2 June, 1808, to the
Oberon 16, Capt. Geo. Manners Sutton, attached
to the force in the Channel— 21 Feb. 1809, as Senior,
to the Rose 18, Capt. Thos. Mansell, in which sloop
he participated in the capture of more than 100 of
the enemy's vessels, and aided in the land operations
at the taking of Anholdt— 25 Jan. 1810, to the Bel-
LEROPHON 74, Capt. Sam. Warren, employed in the
North Sea— and, 14 Feb. 1811, 26 Feb. 1813, and
2 Aug. 1815, as First, to the Cyane 22, Capts. Fras.
Augustus Collier and Thos. Forrest, Lacedaemonian
38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, and Ister 36, Capt. Thos.
Forrest, on the Mediterranean, West India, North
American, and Home stations. On the evening of
5 Oct. 1814 Mr. Maw, then in the Laced.s:monian,
was sent with the boats of that frigate, carrying
two other Lieutenants, several Midshipmen, and
upwards of 100 men under his orders, in pursuit of
three American gun-boats and a convoy of about
36 sail, which had been discovered passing between
Cumberland and Jekyll islands. After rowing a
distance of 30 miles the British succeeded in coming
up with some of the vessels, and the result of their
attack was the capture of one of the gun-boats,
No. 160 (which Mr. Maw himself was the first to
board), and four merchantmen ; the loss to the as-
sailants being 4 officers and men wounded, and to
their opponents 1 man killed, 4 wounded, and seve-
ral driven overboard.* Debilitated from the effects
of the exposure and hardships attendant upon con-
tinual boat-service, Mr. Maw, in Jan. 1815, found
himself under the necessity of invaliding from the
Lacedemonian ; and in June, 1817, a recurrence
of bad health when on board the Ister again obliged
him to seek half-pay. Notwithstanding the very
neat exploits we have above recorded, and the fact
that for upwards of six years he filled the important
post of First-Lieutenant, he has never been able to
procure that rank for which he had so earnestly
striven. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
MAWBEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 33.)
John Mawbey was born 6 May, 1781.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1798, as
Midshipman, on board the Romney 50, Capt. John
Lawford. In the following summer he witnessed
the capture of a Swedish convoy laden with naval
and military stores for the use of the French ; and,
on 30 Aug. 1799, having accompanied the expedi-
tion to Holland, he was present at the surrender of
the Dutch squadron under Admiral Storey. He
afterwards served with Capt. Lawford, in the Ponr-
PHEMUS 64, at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April,
1801 ; and between Dec. 1802 and the date of his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 Feb. 1815,
was employed on the Home, West India, and Medi-
terranean stations, chiefly in the capacity of Mid-
shipman, in the Calcutta 50, Capt. Daniel Wood-
riff, Puissant 74, Capt. Jas. Bowen, Windsor
Castle 98, flag-ship of Admiral Montagu, Spartiatb
74, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, Neptune 98, bearing
the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, Abercromey
74, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, Leyden 64, Capts.
Edw. Chetham and John Davie, Barfleur 98
Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, Blake 74, CaptI
Edw. Codrington, Blenheim 74, Capt. Sam. War-
ren, and Caledonia 120, Prince Frederick 74
and Impregnable 98, flag-ships of Sir Edw. Pellew'
* Vide Gaz. 1815, p. 454.
5C 2
748
MAX-MAXEY-MAXWELL.
Sir Thos. Byam Martin, and Sir John Thos. Duck-
worth. Besides participating in much arduous
Wockade-servioe, Mr. Mawbey, when in the Spab-
TiATE, went to the West Indies in pursuit of the
celebrated Koohefort squadron, and on his return
thence with Lord Nelson was aiTorded an oppor-
tunity of sharing in the action off Cape Trafalgar,
21 Oct. 1805. He was in the same ship at the re-
duction of the islands of Ischia and Procida in 1809 ;
and, during the term of his attachment to the Ley-
den and Barflecr, was employed (part of the time
as commanding officer) in aflat boat in co-operation
with the British army in the Tagus, where the ex-
cessive fatigue he underwent produced an attack
of fever, which rendered necessary his return for
four months to England. In the Caledonia he
beheld the fall of Genoa. Since his promotion,
which did not take place until more than six years
after he had passed his examination, he has not
been afloat.
Lieut. Mawbey married, 20 Feb. 1819, Miss Mary
Ann Lancaster, and by that lady has issue two sons
and two daughters. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
MAX. (Lieutenant, 1806. f-p., 13; h-p., 36.)
John George Max entered the Navy, 16 Nov.
1798, as Midshipman, on board the El Corso, Capt.
Lord Wm. Stuart, on the Mediterranean station,
where he continued, until Sept. 1802, to serve in
the Goliath 74, Capt. Thos. Foley, and in the
Lion and Champion, both commanded by the
above-named nobleman. After a further employ-
ment, on Home service (particularly ofi' Boulogne),
in the Harpy sloop, Capts. Edm. Heywood and
Chas. Pelly, and with Lord Wm. Stuart and Capt.
Jas. Carthew in the Crescent frigate, he was pro-
moted, 6 Feb. 1806, to the rank of Lieutenant, and
appointed to the Albacore sloop, on the Guernsey
station. He remained in that vessel a period of
two years and a half; and was next, between Feb.
1811 and April, 1814, employed, at Home and in
the Baltic, on board the Briseis 10, Capts. Chas.
Thurlow Smith and John Halsted, Bellekophon
74, Capt. Augustus Brine, Antelope 50, Capt. Sam.
Butcher, and Reynard sloop, Capt. David Latimer
St. Clair. He has since been on half-pay. Agent
— Joseph Woodhead.
Lieut. Maxey married, 2 Oct. 1829, Eliza, daugh-
ter of Joseph Edye, Esq., Alderman of the city of
Bristol.
MAXEY. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 31.)
Edward Maxey, bom 5 Feb. 1790, is second son
of the Rev. Lewis Maxey, of Byford Rectory, co.
Hereford.
This officer entered the Na\'y, 2 Nov. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. John
HoUoway, lying in the Downs ; and in the following
year joined the Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Philip
Wodehouse, on the Mediterranean station ; where,
on removing, after the capture of Capri and the
siege of Gaeta, to the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm.
Hoste, he came into daily collision, either in that
ship or her boats, with the enemy on the coast of
CaUibria. After serving for short periods in the
Beeg^he sloop, Capt. Thos. Whinyates, Atlas 74,
Capt. Sam. Pym, and Glory 98, Capt. Wm. Albany
Otway, he was received, about 1808, on board the
NoKGE 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier. Continuing
in that ship until 1 May, 1814, he assisted, as Mas-
ter's Mate, at the embarkation of the army after
the battle of Corunna, co-operated in the defence of
Cadiz, aided in fitting out a Spanish fleet at Fried-
land and in escorting it to Minorca, and visited the
latitude of Greenland in pursuit of the American
frigate President, Commodore Rodgers. He was
promoted (having passed his examination in 1809)
to the rank of Lieutenant while serving with the
Duke of Clarence in the Royal Charlotte yacht,
27 May, 1814; and was next appointed, on the
American, Home, and West India stations, to the
Jaseue 16, Capt. Nicholas Pateshall, Forth 40,
Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, D&sir^e 36, Capt. Wm.
Woolridge, Active 38, Capt. Philip Carteret, and
EoYALisT 18, Capt. Geo. Bennett Allen. He has
been on half-pay since Oct. 1816.
MAXWELL. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 33.)
Francis Maxwell was born in Feb. 1789, at
Bromyard, in Herefordshire.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1799, as
Clerk, on board the Redbeidge schooner, Lieut-
Commander Geo. Lempriere, in which vessel, sta-
tioned off Jersey, he continued employed until
taken off Toulon by four French frigates, 4 Aug.
1803. In Sept. 1807, having succeeded after many
hardships in effecting his escape from France, he
was received as Midshipman on board the Escort
gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Smith (2), on the
Mediterranean station ; where he was subsequently,
for nearly three years, employed in the Ocean 98
and ViLLE de Paris 110, flag-ships of Admirals
Lord Collingwood and Thos. Eras. Fremantle.
Being nominated, 12 Aug. 1811, Acting-Lieutenant
of the Tdscan sloop, Capt. Geo. Matthew Jones,
Mr. Maxwell, whose promotion was confirmed 26
Sept. following, served for some time in that vessel
at the defence of Cadiz. In the following Dec. he
removed to the Bustard 16, Capt. Chas. Burrough
Strong ; and in the course of the next few months,
while in command of the boats in shore, he had the
good fortune to capture several of the enemy's
vessels. On one occasion he landed and intercepted
a quantity of flour intended for the fortress of Bar-
celona. He remained in the Bustard, part of the
time as First-Lieutenant, until compelled by ill
health to invalid, in Aug. 1812 ; and he was lastly,
from 6 Aug. 1813 until June, 1814, employed on the
Cork station in the Avon 18, Capt. Geo. Rose Sar-
torius. Sickness then again reduced him to the
necessity of seeking half-pay. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
MAXWELL. (Capt., 1830. f-p., 16; h-p., 35.)
George Berkeley Maxwell entered the Navy,
2 July, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal
William, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, successive flag-
ship of Admirals Sir Peter Parker and Mark Mil-
banke at Portsmouth, where he remained until Oct.
1801. In Deo. 1804 he joined the Amphion 32,
Capts. Sam. Sutton and Wm. Hoste, on the Medi-
terranean station ; and on 22 Sept. 1807 he was
made Lieutenant into the Bulwark 74, flag-ship of
Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, lying at Spit-
head. His succeeding appointments were — 26 Oct.
1807, to the Astr^a 32, Capt. Edm. Heywood, in
the West Indies ; where, while under the temporary
command of Lieut. Edm. Potenger Greenlaw, he
was wrecked on a coral reef ofi* the island of Ana-
gada 24 May, 1808—13 Feb. 1809, to the Victory
Too, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, in the
Baltic— and 4 May, 1810, and 11 Jan. 1813, to the
San Josef 110 and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-
ships of Sir Chas. Cotton and Lord Keith, in the
Mediterranean and Channel. He acquired the rank
of Commander 15 June, 1814, but did not again go
afloat until April, 1829 ; on 7 of which month we
find him receiving an appointment to the Herald
yacht. In that vessel, it appears, he conveyed
Lady Heytesbury to St. Petersburg ; Wm. Turner,
Esq. (Envoy Extraordinary), to Carthagena ; Lord
Aylmer to Quebec ; and Lieut.-General Sir James
Kempt thence to England. Since his promotion to
Post-rank 20 Nov. 1830, Capt. Maxwell has been on
half-pay.
He married, 10 May, 1821, Laetitia, daughter of
John Clerk, Esq., of Downham House, co. Glouces-
ter, and by that lady has issue.
MAXWELL. (Capt., 1837. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 17.)
John Balfour Maxwell, bom in 1799, is only
son of the late Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell,* R.N.,
Kt., C.B., F.E.S. ; nephew of the late Capts. Keith
• Sir Murray Maxwell attained the rank of Lientenant,
in 1796 ; was promoted, in Dec. 1802, to the command of the
MAXWELL.
749
Maxwell* and John Maxwell,t B.N., of Major
Stuart Maxwell, B.A., and of Lieut.-Colonel Mont-
gomery Maxwell, 36tli Eegt. ; and brother-in-law
of Capt. Chas. Hallowell Carew, R.N. He is a re-
lative of the present Sir Wm. Maxwell, Bart., of
Monreith, co. Wigtoun, Captain unattached, late of
the 14th Light Dragoons.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Nov. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the D.a:DAiiUs 38, commanded
by his father, Capt. Murray Maxwell, under whom
he was wrecked, off Ceylon, 2 July, 1813. After an
attachment of a few months, as a Supernumerary,
to the MiNDES 74, bearing the flag of Sir Sam.
Hood, he returned to England, as Midshipman, in
the early part of 1814, in the Cornwallis 74, Capt.
Stephen Thos. Digby. During the next two years
we find him joining in succession, on the Home sta-
tion, the Stikling Castle 74, Capt. Wm. Butter-
field, Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, Bul-
wark 74, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, and Alceste 38,
commanded by his father. In the ship last men-
tioned Mr. Maxwell, after accompanying Lord Am-
herst in his expedition to China, was again wrecked,
in the Straits of Caspar, 18 Feb. 1817. He after-
wards, from June in the same year until Deo. 1818,
served on the St. Helena station in the Falmodth
20 and Eacoon 18, Capts. Kobt. Worgan Geo.
Festing, Jas. Wallis, and Geo. Brine ; and, attaining
the rank of Lieutenant 6 April, 1820, was succes-
sively appointed in that capacity — 30 June follow-
ing, to the Ordinary service on Lake Ontario,
■whence he returned in June, 1821 — and 6 Sept. and
30 Nov. 1822, to the Egeria 28 and Briton 46,
Capts. John Toup Nicolas and Sir Murray Max-
well, on the Home and South American stations.
On 28 April, 1827, seven months after the Briton
had been paid off, Lieut. Maxwell was promoted to
the command of the Chanticleer 10, in the Medi-
terranean, where he remained for a period of eight
months. His next appointment was, 6 June, 1833,
to the Gannet 16, the command of which vessel he
retained in the West Indies until posted, 10 Jan.
1837. His appointments have since been — 19 June,
1845, to the Crocodile 26, flag-ship of Sir Hugh
Pigot at Cork— and 9 May, 1846, to the Dido 18,
now in the East Indies.
Capt. Maxwell is a widower, with one daughter.
Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
Cyane sloop, part of the squadron employed under Com-
modore Hood, at the ensuing reduction of Ste. Lucie ; and
was posted 4 Aug. 1803. He commanded the Centaur 74,
bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Hood, at the cap-
ture of Tobago, Demerara, andBerbice; and while in the
same ship, in 1824, bore a very distinguished part in the
operations which led to the foil of Surinam. When Capt.,
subsequently, of the Alceste 38, he rendered his name con-
spicuous by the dashing nature of his services in the Medi-
terranean ; where, in company with the Active 38, he fought,
29 Nov. 1611,amost gallant actionwitli the French 40-gun
frigates Pauline and Pumone. Capt. Majcwell afterwards
commanded the D/f.dalus 38, Alceste again. Bulwark 74,
and BaiToJr 46. In the Alcbste, as above recorded, he took
out Lord Amherst on the occasion of that nobleman's em-
bassy to China, for his services as connected with which tlie
East India Company, in May, 1619, presented him with the
sum of 1500/. He had been nominated a C.B. in 1615, and
in May, 1818, awarded the honour of knighthood.
* Capt. Keith Maxwell obtained his first commission in
1794 ; and as a reward for his heroic conduct in cutting out,
witli the boats of a squadron under his orders, the French cor-
vette La Chewettet of 20 guns and 350 men, was promoted to
the rank of Commander in July, 1801. Attaining Post-rank
1 May, 1804, Capt. Maxwell was subsequently employed in
command of the Tartar and Nymph kn frigates; in tiie
latter of which, during the expedition of 1609 to the
Walcheren, he assisted in forcing the passage between
the batteries of Flushing and Cadsand. He died 22 April,
1823.
t Capt. John Maxwell was made a Lieutenant in 1808 ; a
Commander S2 Jan. 1606 ; and a Post-Captain 15 .Tune, ]610.
When in command of the Royalist 18, he contrived, between
May, 1809, and 24 Feb. 1810, to capture as many as five
French privateers, carrying, altogether, 64 guns and 255 men.
During the last two years of the war he served on the coast
of Africa in the Favourite 20 ; and he afterwards com-
manded the Babrhsa 42, and Aurora -JG; on board which
latter ship he died 31 May, 1826.
MAXWELL, Bart. (Lieutenant, 1828.) f-p.,
15; H-p., 11.)
Sir John Heeon Maxwell, bom 7 March, 1808,
is third and eldest surviving son of Sir John Max-
well, Bart., of Springkell, Dumfriesshire, by Mary,
only surviving child and heir of Patrick Heron, Esq.,
of Heron, in the Stewartry of Galloway, M.P., whose
wife, Elizabeth, was the only daughter of the eighth
Earl of Dundonald. He succeeded his elder brother,
the late Sir Patrick Heron Maxwell, as sixth Baro-
net, 27th Aug. 1844.
This officer entered the Navy 1 Feb. 1821 ; passed
his examination in 1827 ; obtained his commission
17 Sept. 1828; and was subsequently appointed— 11
Jan. 1832, to the Stag 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos.
Trouhridge, on the Cork station— 21 Oct. following,
to the Britannia 120, Capt. Peter Bainier, em-
ployed off Lisbon, whence he returned in 1833—11
Dec. 1838, to the command of a station in the Coast
Guard— and 17 Sept. 1842, to the San Josef 110,
bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Pym, Admiral Super-
intendent at Devonport. Since the paying off of
the latter ship, in 1845, Sir John has been on half-
pay.
He married, 7 Nov. 1833, Caroline, sixth daughter
of the Hon. Montgomery J. G. Stewart, and niece
of the late Earl of Galloway, by whom he has issue
a son and three daughters.
MAXWELL. (Lieut., 1820. f-p., 34 ; h-p., 3.)
William Maxwell entered the Navy, in May,
1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diana 38, Capt.
Chas. Grant ; and, on 15 of the following Nov., was
present in an attack made on the two French fri-
gates Amazone and Eliza, as they lay aground
under the protection of several strong batteries in
the neighbourhood of La Hogue. In April, 1811,
he became Midshipman of the Hannibal 74, bear-
ing the flag in the North Sea of Bear- Admiral Philip
Chas. Durham ; whom, in June, 1813, after a servi-
tude of four months off Flushing in the Christian
VII. 80, Ca^ts. Thos. Brovnie and Henry Lidgbird
Ball, he rejoined, on board the Bdlwark 74, off
Kochefort. Following the same officer into the
Venerable 74, Mr. Maxwell, during the passage of
that ship to the West Indies, assisted, when in com-
pany with the Ctane sloop, at the well-resisted cap-
ture, 16 and 20 Jan. 1814, of the French 44-gun fri-
gates Iphigenw and Akmene. He continued to serve
on the station last mentioned in the Heron sloop,
Capt. Geo. Luke, Venerable again, and Barrosa
42, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and John Maxwell, until
the close of 1815 ; and then proceeded to the East
Indies ; where, with Capts. Andrew King and John
Reynolds, he was for nearly two years employed, lat-
terly as Master's Mate and Acting-Master, in the
Iphigenia 36, Conway 24, and Volage 22. At the
end of 1817 he went back to the West Indies in the
Sybille 44, flag-ship of Sir Home Popham ; who,
on 6 Nov. 1819, nominated him Lieutenant of the
Ontario 18, Capt. Geo. Gosling. In the boats of
that vessel Mr. Maxwell contributed to the capture
of one, and the destruction of another, piratical
schooner. Quitting her about the period of his
official promotion, which took place 9 June, 1820,
he was next, 23 May, 1823, appointed to the Came-
LiON 10, Capts. Jas. Ryder Burton, Geo. Eobt.
Lambert, and Michael Seymour ; under the first of
whom, when in company with the Naiad frigate,
he took part, 31 Jan. 1824, in a close and gallant
action, which terminated in the boarding and cap-
ture, under the very batteries of Algiers, of the cor-
vette Tripoli of 18 guns and 100 men. On 18 Aug.
1826, a few days after the Camelion (whose services
had chiefly been of the class termed " Particular ")
had been paid off, he received an appointment to
the Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm.
Jas. Mingaye ; on the books of which he continued
borne, as a Supernumerary, until 30 Dec. 1830. He
has been in command, since 16 March, 1831, of a
station in the Coast Guard. Agents— Hallett and
Robinson.
750
MAY— MAYNARD.
MAY. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Adgdstus Chakles May passed his examination
in 1830 ;_ and obtained his commission 28 June,
1838. His succeeding appointments were — 5 July,
1838, as Additional Lieutenant, to the Coknttallis
74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget— 27 Oct. fol-
lowing, to the Thdnder surveying-vessel, Capt.
Edw. Bamett— 16 Feb. 1840, again as Additional,
to the Winchester 50, bearing the flag of Sir Thos.
Harvey— 25 Sept. 1840, to the Pilot 16, Capt. Geo.
Ramsay — 2 March, 1841, to the command of the
Skipjack schooner — 11 Jan. 1842, as First-Lieute-
nant, after an interval of half-pay, to his former
ship the Thdndek, still commanded by Capt. Bar-
nett — 5 Dec. 1843, in a similar capacity, to the
Larne 18, Capt. John "Wm. Douglas Brisbane — and,
19 Nor. 1845, again as Senior, to the Alarm 26,
Capts. Chas. Colville Frankland and Granville
Gower Loch. With the exception of the Larne,
which formed part of the force on the coast of
Africa, the above ships were all employed on the
North America and West India station. Lieut.
May has been on half-pay since April, 1847.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
MAY. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Charles Henry May entered the Navy 17 Aug.
1829 ; passed his examination 27 July, 1836 ; be-
came Mate, in 1841, of the Formidable 84, Capt.
Sir Chas. Sullivan, on the Mediterranean station ;
and was promoted, 7 March, 1843, to the rank of
Lieutenant. His appointments have since been — 29
June, 1843, to the Edbydice 26, Capt. Geo. Elliot,
under whom he was for about three years employed
on the North America and West India station —
and, 14 July, 1846, to the Superb 80, Capt. Armar
Lowry Corry, now in the Mediterranean. Agents
— Messrs. Stilwell.
MAY. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 22; h-p., 21.)
Christopher May entered the Navy, 3 Oct.
1804, as a Volunteer, on board the Salvador del
MuNDO, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admirals Sir John
Colpoys and Wm. Young. Removing, in June,
1809, to the Raleigh 18, Capts. Geo. Sayer, John
Sheridan, and Geo. Wastell Hooper, he accompa-
nied, under the first named of those oflicers, the
ensuing expedition to the Walcheren ; assisted at
the capture, in Feb. 1810, ofi" Beachy Head, of La
Modeste, French privateer, of 4 guns (pierced for
18) and 43 men; participated, 23 May following,
when in company, near the Skawe, with the Alban
and Princess of Wales cutters, in an engagement
with seven Danish gun-vessels, one of which was
blown up and the remainder dispersed, greatly
damaged ; and contributed, 2 Nov. in the same
year, to the capture of the Admiral Neil Sieulj
Danish privateer, pierced for 16 guns but with only
10 mounted, and a complement of 28 men. After a
servitude of eight months, as Midshipman, in the
Braave, prison-ship at Plymouth, Capt. Edw.
Hawkins, Mr. May, in Sept. 1812, joined the Fairy
18, Capts. Edw. Grey and Henry Loraine Baker ; in
which vessel, after visiting the coast of Brazil, he
partook of the various arduous operations on the
river Potomac connected with the expedition of
1814 against the city of Alexandria ; and was pre-
sent, in 1815, at the surrender of Guadeloupe. He
attained the rank he now holds 2 Nov. 1815; and
since 12 July, 1836, has been in command of a sta-
tion in the Coast Guard.
MAY. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Philip William May entered the Navy In 1831 ;
passed his examination 27 Sept. 1838 ; and, in 1842,
after having gone through a course of study at the
Royal Naval College, was successively appointed
Mate of the Carysfort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet,
and Agincocrt 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos.
John Cochrane. While in the latter ship, on the
East India station, we find him serving, 19 Aug.
1845, with the boats of a squadron, carrying alto-
gether 530 officers, seamen, and marines, at the de-
struction, under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the piratical
settlement of Malloodoo, on the north end of the
island of Borneo, where the British encountered a
desperate opposition, and sustained a loss of 6 men
killed and 15 wounded. He was rewarded for his
conduct on the occasion by a commission bearing
date the day of the occurrence ; and continued at-
tached to the AciNconRT, in the capacity of Addi-
tional Lieutenant, until paid oif in the summer of
1847.
MAYNAED. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 22 ;
H-p., 17.)
Joseph Maynard entered the Navy, 20 Dec.
1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fbederickstein
32, Capts. Thos. Searle and Joseph Nourse, on the
Mediterranean station, where he was very actively
employed, and assisted at the capture of two pri-
vateers. In Dec. 1810, previously to which period
he had attained the rating of Midshipman, he re-
moved to the Salsette 36, Capt. John HoUin-
worth ; and on again, in 1811, joining Capt. Nourse
in the Volontairb 38, he served at the defence of
Tarragona. Between the close of the year last
mentioned and Jan. 1815, we find him employed on
the Mediterranean, Home, and East India stations,
in the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. John Harvey,
Diana 38, Capt. Wm. Ferris, Colossus 74, Capt.
Thos. Alexander, and Minden 74, flag-ship of Sir
Sam. Hood. He then returned to England in the
Malacca 42, Capt. Geo. Henderson ; and, on his
arrival, was once more placed under the orders of
Capt. Nourse, in the Severn 40. In July, 1815,
Mr. Maynard took up a commission dated 4 of
the preceding March. His succeeding appoint-
ments were— 2 Oct. 1815 and 20 May, 1817, to the
Ganymede 20 and Severn again, both commanded
by Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, on the Home station,
where, while in chase of a smuggler in a boat be-
longing to the latter ship, he had the misfortune to
lose the fore-finger and part of the thumb of the
right hand— 17 May, 1819 (sickness having com-
pelled him to leave the Severn in the preceding
Sept.), to the Brisk 10, Capts. John Wm. Montagu
and Edw. Stewart, stationed in the Channel — and,
1 Nov. 1821, to the Andromache frigate, fitting for
the broad pendant of his friend Commodore Nourse,
Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope,
where he had command, for two years, of the
Wizard colonial brig. He attained his present rank
4 Oct. 1825 ; and was lastly, from 22 March, 1838,
until 1844, employed in the Coast Guard as Inspect-
ing Commander of the Stranraer district, on the
west coast of Scotland.
Commander Maynard had charge for some time
of the Duke of Portland's Harboxir at Troon, Ayr-
shire, N.B. He married, in 1828, Harriet, eldest
daughter of Clark HiUyard, Esq., of Thorpelands,
CO. Northampton, by whom he has issue seven
children. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
MAYNAED. (Eetibed Captain, 1840. p-p.,
22 ; H-p., 45.)
Thomas Maynard entered the Navy, 11 May,
1780, as First-Lieutenant's Servant, on board the
Medea 28, Capt. Jas. Montagu, and, until dis-
charged towards the close of the same year, was
employed on the Guernsey station. Rejoining
Capt. Montagu in 1781, on board the Juno 32, he
cruized for a few months ofi' the coast of Ireland,
and then proceeded to the East Indies, where he
arrived in time to participate in the last of Sir
Edw. Hughes's actions with M. de Suffrein, 20
June, 1783. Returning to Europe in 1785, he served
during the six following years on the Home station,
chiefly as Midshipman, in the Culloden 74, Capts.
Rowland Cotton and Sir Thos. Rich, Ardent 64,
Capt. Sir Fras. Hartwell, and Colossus 74, Capts.
Henry Harvey and Hugh Cloberry Christian. He
next, at the commencement of the French revolu-
tionary war, became Master's Mate of the Sampson
64,- Capt. Robt. Montagu, lying at Plymouth; and
in Jan. 1794 and Jan. 1795, he was successively con-
MAYNARD—MAYNE— MEADE.
751
stituted Master of the Amphion 32, and N assad 64,
commanded, on the Newfoundland and North Sea
stations, by Capt. Herbert Sawyer. He was made
Lieutenant, 5 July, 1796, into the Seagull sloop,
Capt. Henry Wray, attached to the force in the
North Sea ; and was afterwards appointed— 8 Sept.
1798, to the Boston 32, Capt. John Erskine Douglas,
under whom, besides serving oflE" Havre and visiting
the West Indies, he was for a whole year employed
in blockading the Semillante, a French frigate of far
superior force, in the Chesapeake — in 1802-3, to the
Keseaech 18 and Chichester 44, the latter com-
manded by Capt. Joseph Spear, under whom he
brought troops home from Halifax — and, in 1804, to
the Cbesoent frigate, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart,
employed oif Flushing, in attendance upon the
King off Weymouth, and off the Black Rocks at
Brest. In all the above ships Mr. Maynard filled
the post of Lieutenant. He acquired the rank of
Commander 12 Jan. 1805 ; and retired with that of
Captain 17 Oct. 1840.
Capt. Maynard is a Commissioner of Lighthouses.
His third daughter, Charlotte, is the wife of Lieut.
Walter F. Kobrnson, R.N. Agents— Messrs. Stil-
well.
MAYNAKD. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Thomas Bobton Maynakd entered the Navy 10
May, 1810 ; passed his examination in June, 1816 ;
and while Mate, we believe, of the Spey 20, Capt.
Hon. Fred. Noel, was second in command of the
boats of that vessel, under Lieut. Wm. Hobson, at
the capture of a noted piratical vessel at Smyrna in
1820. He obtained his commission 20 Dec. 1828 ;
and has since been on half-pay.
He married, first, 14 Sept. 1830, Henrietta Frank,
eldest daughter of Colin Chisholm, Esq., M.D. ;
and (that lady dying 27 Feb. 1839) secondly, 30
March, 1841, Louisa Francis, eldest daughter of the
present Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare, R.N. He has
issue by both marriages.
MAYNE. (CoMMANDEB, 1829. r-p., 20;
H-P., 1.5.)
Dawson Matne, born 24 Dec. 1799, in Dublin, is
seventh son of the Hon. Mr. Justice Mayne, of the
Court of Queen's Bench in that city ; and cousin of
the late Retired Commander Robert Mayne, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Nov. 1812
(under the auspices of Admiral Sir John Colpoys),
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville de Paeis 110,
Capt. Geo. Burlton, lying at Portsmouth ; and in
the following March sailed with a large convoy for
the East Indies and China, in the Doris 36, Capt.
Robt. O'Brien. While in that frigate he was em-
ployed blockading several American merchantmen
in the harbour of Whampoa; during his stay off
which place, having landed on an island with a
party of four boys, he was attacked by a body of
Chinese, who dragged him up a hill with a rope
round liis neck, and were only prevented from car-
rying him off through a feeling of alarm, induced
by the appearance of the DoEis and another frigate
in the offing. Removing, in Jan. 1815, as Midship-
man (a rating he had attained more than twelve
months previously), to the Malacca 36, Capts.
Donald Hugh Mackay and Geo. Henderson, he re-
turned soon to England ; and in the course of the
same year was successively received on board the
Trent, flag-ship at Cork of Sir Herbert Sawyer,
and Leandeh 60, Capts. Wm. Skipsey and Edw.
Chetham. After assisting, 27 Aug. 1816, in the
bombardment of Algiers, where a slight wound in
the foot and a severe one in the thigh procured
him a grant from the Patriotic Fund, and a pension
which lasted until his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, Mr. Mayne proceeded with the flag of
Sir David Milne to North America, where, in July,
1817, he joined the Harrier 18, Capt. Sir Chas.
Thos. Jones, and, in Jan. 1819, the Newcastle 60,
flag-ship of Rear-Adrairal Edw. Griffith, under
whom he continued employed as an Acting and
confirmed Lieutenant (order and commission re-
spectively dated 16 Oct. 1820 and 5 Feb. 1821) until
Jan. 1822. His next appointments were, 26 July,
1825, and 18 May, 1828, to the Druid 46, Capt.
Sam. Chambers, and Barham 50, bearing the flag
of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming ; in the former
of which ships (they were both stationed in the
West Indies) we find him escorting General Bolivar
and suite from La Guiara to Carthagena. On 14
Aug. 1829 he was promoted to the command of the
IcAEDS 10, also in the West Indies ; where, on 22
July, 1830, he was transferred to that of the Spae-
ROWHAWK 18. He was nominated, 28 Oct. 1831,
Acting-Captain of the Magnificent receiving-ship
at Port Royal, Jamaica, in which he continued
until Feb. 1832, when she was reduced to a Lieute-
nant's command. He was afterwards employed as
an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard at
Sheemess, Hastings, and Brighton, from 25 Sept.
1834 until Oct. 1837; and on the north coast of
Ireland and again at Hastings from 2 May, 1839,
until Feb. 1840.
Commander Mayne has filled the post, since 6
Feb. 1840, of Chief Constable of the Rural Police
for CO. Salop. He married, 14 May, 1840, Eliza-
beth Mary, youngest daughter of the late Wm.
Hewitt, Esq., of the island of Jamaica, and cousin
of Viscount Hill. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
MAYNE. (Ketibed Commandek, 1842. F-p.,
18; H-p., 31.)
Robert Matne died, 19 Jan. 1846, at Jersey,
aged 63. He was cousin of the present Commander
D. Mayne, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 March, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Romney 50, commanded
in the North Sea by Capt. John Lawford ; on ac-
companying whom as Midshipman into the Poly-
phemus 64, he fought in the action off Copenhagen
2 April, 1801. He was next, between May, 1802,
and the receipt of his commission, 2 Oct. 1804, em-
ployed on the West India station, latterly as Acting-
Lieutenant, in the Blenheim 74, under the com-
mand of various officers; and was subsequently
appointed — on 22 of the month last mentioned,
again to the Polyphemus, Capts. J. Lawford, Robt.
Redmill, Wm. Robt. Broughton, and Peter Hey-
wood, during his attachment to which ship he
served at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and
was attached, when under the flag of Rear- Ad-
miral Geo. Murray, to the naval brigade in the
operations of 1807 against Copenhagen — 1 June,
1808, to the command of a Signal station at Cork
—16 March, 1813, to the San Josep 110, Capts.
Henry Bourchier and Stewart, lying in Hamoaze —
and, 22 Dec. 1813, to the office of Agent for Trans-
ports, which he continued to fill in Portugal, Spain,
France, Canada, America, Ireland, the West Indies,
and Flanders, until 1816. He retired with the rank
of Commander 22 Dec. 1842. Agents — Burnett
and Holmes.
MEADE. (CoMMANDEE, 1812. r-p., 16;
H-p., 35.)
John Meade, bom 2 March, 1782, is son of the
Rev. Rich. Meade, by Hon. Mary De Courcy,
daughter of John, 25th Lord Kinsale, and sister of
Admiral Hon. Michael De Courcy.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1796, as
Midshipman, on board the Magnanime of 48 guns,
commanded by his uncle, Capt. Hon. M. De Courcy,
under whom, besides contributing to the capture of
several privateers, he assisted at the taking, off
Cape Finisterre, 24 Aug. 1798, of La Decade French
frigate of 36 guns, and at the defeat, 12 Oct. follow-
ing, of the squadron under Commodore Bompart
intended for the invasion of Ireland. Removing,
as Master's Mate, in the early part of 1799, to the
Canada 74, commanded at first by Capt. De Courcy
and next by Capt. Joseph Sydney Torke, he was on
board that ship in the winter of 1800-1, when she
had the fortune, at much risk to herself, of saving
the Mars 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Edw. Thornbrough, from bein^ wrecked on the
752
MEADOWS— MEDLEY.
rocks to the eastward of Ushant. On 20 Nov. 1802,
a few months previously to which period he had
joined the Lbandee 50, bearing the flag at Halifax
of Sir Andrew Mitchell, Mr. Meade was there nomi-
nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Cambkian 40,
Capts. Jas. Bradley and John Poo Beresford; to
which ship he was confirmed 19 April, 1803. After
he had again, for fifteen months, served under Sir
A, Mitchell in the Leandeb, he obtained, 19 Aug.
1806, an appointment to the Leopard 50, Capt.
Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, also on the Halifax
station ; where, on 22 June, 1807, he assisted in en-
forcing the surrender of the U.S. frigate Chesa-
peake, in consequence of a refusal on the part of
the latter to allow the British to search her for
deserters. He subsequently, from May, 1808, until
advanced to his present rank, 4 Nov. 1812, ofiioiated
as Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle in the Tonnant 80,
Diana 38, and Foddkotant. He assisted, in the
Tonnawt, at the embarkation of the army after the
battle of Corunna in Jan. 1809 ; and was employed
in the other ships on the Brazilian station.
Cominander Meade married, 19 Sept. 1814, Miss
Elizabeth Hutchinson Quin, and by that lady has
issue ten children.
MEADOWS. (Lieut., 1810. r-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
"William Meadows entered the Navy, 11 Oct.
1803, as A.B., on board the Prince George 98,
Capts. Joseph Sydney Yorke and Geo. Losack.
After a servitude of three years on the Channel
station, latterly in the capacity of Midshipman, he
sailed, towards the close of 1806, for South America
in the Africa 64, Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun,
under whom he shared in the operations connected
with the unfortunate attempt made in 1807 to etfect
the re-capture of Buenos Ayres. On leaving the
latter ship he joined, in Feb. 1808, the Salsette 36,
Capt. Walter Bathurst, employed at first in the
Baltic, where, it appears, he assisted at the capture,
23 June, 1808, of the Bussian cutter Apith, of 14
guns and 61 men, 4 of whom were killed and 8
wounded, with a loss to the British of 1 man killed.
He afterwards accompanied the expedition to the
Scheldt, and while there was actively employed in
the gun-boat service. He was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 1 March, 1810, while borne as a
Supernumerary on the books of the Namur 74, flag-
ship at the Nore of Vice- Admiral Thos. "Wells ; and
was subsequently appointed — 15 of the same month,
to the Beaver sloop, Capt. Edw. O'Brien Drury —
and, 1 May following, 18 Jan. 1811, and 8 Nov. 1812,
to the Babbadoes 24, Capt. Brian Hodgson, Buce-
phalus 32, Capts. Chas. Felly and Joseph Drury,
and Africaine 38, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, all on
the East India station ; where, under Capt. Pelly,
he assisted at the reduction of Java, and took part
in a very long and gallant chase made by the Buce-
phalus alone after the two French 40-gun frigates
Nymph£ and MUduse. He has not been since afloat.
Lieut. Meadows was Assistant- Astronomer at the
Cape of Good Hope in 1834.
MEDLEY. (Lieut., 1807- f-p., 35 ; h-p., 1 1.)
Edward Medley was born in Aug. 1789 or 90.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Brunswick 74, Capt.
Geo. Hopewell Stephens ; and in Aug. 1802, on his
return from a voyage to Jamaica, joined the Escort
gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander "Wm. Peake. Between
the following May and Nov. 1807, we find him em-
ployed on the Home station, chiefly in the capacity
of Midshipman, in the Egyptienne 40, Capt. Hon.
Chas.Elphinstone Fleeming, Entreprenantb cutter,
Lieut.-Commanders Brown and Robt. Benj. Young,
Regulus 44, Capt. Chas. "Worsley Boys, Captain 74,
Capt. G. H. Stephens (part of the force under Ad-
miral Hon. Wm. Cornwallis in his attack on the
French fleet close in with Brest Harbour 22 Aug.
1805), and Quebec 32, Capts. Geo. M'Kinley and
Viscount Falkland. In the latter ship he assisted
at the capture of Heligoland 5 Sept. 1807; and in
her boats he contributed to the cutting out of
several vessels on the coast of Holland. He was
confirmed a Lieutenant (after having acted for
about a month as such) in the Wanderer 18, Capt.
Edw. Crofton, on the West India station, 22 Dec.
1807 ; and was next appointed — 23 Jan. 1809, to the
Standard 64, Capt. Thos. Harvey, lying at Chat-
ham—22 Feb. following, and 7 March, 1810, to the
Rhodian 10, Capt. Geo. Mouhray, and D^asDALus
32, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield, both on the Jamaica
station— 25 Aug. 1810, and 15 March, 1811, to the
Reynard 10, and Cressy 74, commanded in the
Baltic by Capts. Hew Steuart and Chas. Dudley
Pater — 15 Nov. 1811 (having invalided from the
Cressy in the preceding June), to the Chamticleeh
10, Capt. Rich. Spear— 18 Aug. 1812, to the Dio-
MEDE 50, Capt. Chas. Montagu Fabian, under whom
he was employed in the conveyance of troops to
Spain and Portugal until April, 1813— and, 16 Sept.
1815, for two months, to the Alban schooner, Capts.
David Boyd and Hugh Patton. In July, 1808, Mr.
Medley, then in the Wanderer, was severely
wounded in the neck and taken prisoner while ofii-
ciating as second in command of a party of 135 men,
belonging to that sloop and to the Subtle andBAL-
LAHOV schooner, in a gallant but sanguinary and
unsuccessful attack made under the orders of Lieut.
Geo. Augustus Spearing (who was killed) on the
French island of St. Martin. On being exchanged
he took a passage home on board a merchant-hrig,
the Mary Ann, carrying 10 guns in addition to her
cargo, in which vessel, when off the Lizard, 1 Jan.
1809, he materially aided in beating off a French
privateer of 16 gims. When First-Lieutenant, after-
wards, of the Reynard, he appears to have been
engaged in her boats in two cutting-out affairs ; the
result of the first being the capture of a vessel from
Claysholm ; and of the second, that of three row-
boat privateers, carrying 1 gun each, with, in the
whole, 50 or 60 men, by the gig and cutter manned
with only 26 men under the command of Capt.
Steuart and himself. His appointments, since he
left the Alban, have been — 8 Nov. 1823, to the
Preventive Water-Guard Service on the coast of
Cornwall, where he remained until 1826 — 6 July,
1827, to the command of the Plumper gun-brig,
then on the eve of her departure for the coast of
Africa, whence, on account of her defective condi-
tion, she was ordered home in Dec. 1828, with 40
persons on board under charge of piracy, and was
paid off m March, 1829—22 April, 1831, to the Ordi-
nary at Sheerness, during his stay at which place, a
period of three years, he rendered himself conspi-
cuous by his exertions in procuring the erection,
for the first time, of a church and school, and also
by his conduct in performing, at the time of the
cholera, duties which a fear of infection had caused
to be withholden from the very convicts — and, 26
Aug. 1834, to the Coast Guard. In that service, of
which he is now an Inspecting-Lieutenant, Mr.
Medley has heen successively employed at Cro-
marty, at W^eat Haven, on the banks of the Tay
(where his judicious arrangements were to a great
extent the means of preserving property and pre-
venting shipwreck), and at Freswick and Staxigoe,
N.B.
He married, in 1811, a daughter of Mr. Story,
King's Pilot, of Sheerness Yard, who had served in
that capacity on hoard the Venerable 74, in the
action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. By that lady
he has surviving issue two sons and four daughters,
one of whom is married to Lieut. W. H. Woodham,
R.N., and another to Jas. Jeffery, Esq., Master R.N.
(1841), now serving on board the Avon steamer,
Capt. Henry C. Otter. One of his sons, a Midship-
man of the Vestal 26, Capt. Wm. Jones, died on
board that ship in 1835. He had previously distin-
guished himself while surveying the coast of Africa
under Capts. Edw. Belcher and Wm. Geo. Skyring;
and had been on shore with the latter officer when
killed by the natives at Cape Roxo ; on which occa-
sion, after carrying his Captain in his arms to a
boat, he was under the necessity of making a preci-
pitate flight in order to avoid sharing the same fate.
MEE— MEECH— MEGGISON— MEHEUX-MEIN— MELLERSH.
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MEE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 12; b-p., 31.)
John Mee entered the Navy, in Feb. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Santa Margakita 36,
Capt. 'Wilson Kathborne, in which frigate he parti-
cipated in Sir Rich. Strachan'a action 4 Nov. 1805,
and continued employed as Midshipman in the Bay
of Biscay and off the coast of Ireland until April,
1808. During the next two years we find him
coming into frequent contact, in the Talbot sloop,
Capt. Hon. Alex. Jones, with the batteries on the
coasts of Portugal, Spain, and Norway. He then,
in 1810, joined the San Josef 110, successive flag-
ship of Sir Chas. Cotton and Lord Keith off Toulon
and Brest ; and he was afterwards employed, in the
Baltic and North America, on board the Victobt
100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, Orion 74,
Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, and
ToNNANT 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane,
whom he accompanied in the expedition against
New Orleans. He was made Lieutenant, 9 Feb.
1815, into the Narcissus 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Alfred
Crofton ; and since his return to England in May,
1816, has been on half-pay. Agents — Burnett and
Holmes.
MEECH. (LlEOT., 1810. F-P., 10; H-p., 34.)
Radford Gundrt Meech entered the Navy, 25
Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Britannia
100, Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral) the Earl of
Northesk, employed at first in the Channel and then
in the Mediterranean ; where, after enacting a Mid-
shipman's part in the action off Cape Trafalgar 21
Oct. 1805, he removed to the Royal George 100,
flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, whom he
accompanied in Feb. 1807 in the expedition to the
Dardanells. During the next three years we find
him serving in the North Sea and Baltic, at the
Nore, and in the West Indies, on board the Bruns-
wick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves, Owen Glendom'br 36,
Capt. Chas. Selby, Namur 74, Capt. Alex. Shippard,
and Neptune 98, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood. In
March, 1810, he became Acting-Lieutenant of the
Freija frigate, Capt. John Hayes, also in the West
Indies ; where he remained until three months after
his oflioial promotion, which took place 1 5 June fol-
lowing. His last appointments were — 17 Nov. in
the same year, to the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Archibald
Collingwood Dickson, with whom he served in the
Baltic until Jan. 1813— and, 19 May, 1815, as Senior,
to the Weser 44, Capts. Bartholomew Kent and
Dan. Lawrence, on the North American station,
whence he returned in the following Nov.
following, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Mel-
ville 74, flag-ship of Sir Peter Halkett in North
America and the West Indies— 3 Dec. in the same
year, to the Rainbow 28, Capt. Thos. Bennett, on
the same station, whence he returned in 1838—20
June and 21 Sept. 1839, to the Gorgon steamer and
Cartsfort 26, Capts. Wm. Honyman Henderson
and Henry Byam Martin, with whom he continued
(participating intermediately in the operations on
the coast of Syria) until 1841—9 Aug. 1843, as
Senior, to the Alert 6, Capt. Chas. John Bosan-
quet, on the African station— 7 Dec. 1844, in a
similar capacity, to the Tartarus steamer, Capt.
Jas. Wolfe, employed in surveying the coast of
Ireland— and, 5 Feb. 1847, to the command of the
Crescent receiving-ship at Rio de Janeiro, where
he is at present serving.
MEGGISON. (LiEtrr., 1811. f-p., 11 ; h-p., S3.)
William Henkt Meggison entered the Navy, 12
Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefati-
gable 46, Capt. Graham Moore ; and on 5 Oct. 1804,
was present in that ship off Cape St. Mary in an
action which terminated in the capture of three
Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the de-
struction of a fourth. In Nov. 1805 he removed,
as Midshipman, to the Fame 74, commanded at first
by Capt. Moore and next by Capt. Rich. Henry
Alex. Bennett on the Channel and Mediterranean
stations, where he continued until May, 1810. He
wa« made Lieutenant, 16 March, 1811, into the En-
KYDiCE 24, Capt. Jas. Bradshaw, on the Halifax
station ; and' was lastly, from April, 1812, until Sept.
1815, employed in the North Sea and South America
on board the Inconstant 36, Capts. Edw. W. C. R.
Owen and Sir Edw. Tucker. Agent— J. Hinxman.
MEHEUX. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Archibald Bryan Meheox entered the Navy
26 Oct. 1811; passed his examination in 1818; and
was made Lieutenant, 28 Feb. 1825, into the Tweed
28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, on the Jamaica station. He
has been on half-pay since 1827.
MEHEUX. (Lieutenant, 1836.)
Thomas Charles Meheux passed his examina-
tion in 1826 ; and obtained his commission 12 April,
1836. His appointments have since been— 18 May
MEIN. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 14; h-p., 34.)
John Mein entered the Navy, 10 June, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board Le Caton, Lieut.-Com-
mander R. Brown, lying at Plymouth ; on the books
of which vessel he continued until Oct. 1800. Re-
embarking, 28 Nov. 1804, on board the St. George
98, Capts. Hon. Michael de Courcy and Thos. Bertie,
he served during the two following years in the
Channel and West Indies ; and on being then trans-
ferred, as Midshipman, to the NERiiDE 36, Capt.
Robt. Corbet, he proceeded first to the Cape of
Good Hope and next to the Rio de la Plata, where,
in 1807, he took part in the unsuccessful attempt
upon Buenos Ayres. After a further attachment,
on the Cape, Home, and East India stations, to the
Grampus 50, Capt. Jas. HaldaneTait, Raisonnable
64, Capt. Josias Rowley, St. Fiorenzo 36, Capt.
John Bastard, Plover sloop, Capt. Phihp Browne,
Hesper, Blanche, Cornwallis, and Russell, all
commanded by Capt. Edw. WaUis Hoare, and Afri-
caine 38, Capt. Philip Beaver, he was nominated,
19 Nov. 1810, Acting-Lieutenant of the Cetlon 32,
Capts. Jas. Tomkinson and Wm. Paterson, under
the former of whom we find him employed on shore
at the ensuing capture of the Isle of France. With
the exception of a short servitude as Midshipman
(from 3 Aug. to 30 Nov. 1811) in the Bakflecr 98,
off Lisbon, he continued to act as Lieutenant in the
Ceylon, also in the Nereide under Capt. Geo.
Henderson, and in the Myrtle sloop, Capt. Clement
Sneyd, until Feb. 1812. He then again, in the same
capacity as before, joined the Barfleur, com-
manded at the time by Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy.
He was within a few weeks, however, ofl&cially pro-
moted to his present rank, by a commission bearing
date 21 March, 1812 ; and was subsequently ap-
pointed— 14 Aug. in the same year, to the Talbot
20, Capt. Spelman Swaine, on the Irish station — 30
April and 11 Nov. 1814, to the Warspite 74, and
Orpheus 36, Capts. Lord Jas. O'Bryen and Chas.
Montagu Fabian, with whom he served on the
coasts of North and South America until June, 1816
—and, 24 May, 1821, to the Martin 20, Capt. Chris-
topher Craokenthorp Askew, fitting for the Medi-
terranean, where he invalided. He has since been
on half-pay.
Lieut. Mein is married, and has issue.
MELLERSH. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
Arthur Mellersh passed his examination in
1831 ; and on being advanced to his present rank,
24 Oct. 1837, was appointed Additional-Lieutenant
of the Cornwallis 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas.
Paget on the North America and West India sta-
tion; where he removed, 8 March, 1838, to the
Serpent 16, Capt. Rich. Laird Warren. On 22
July, 1 839, a few montKs after his return to England,
he joined the Phcemx steamer, Capt. Robt. Spencer
Robinson, fitting for the Mediterranean. His ap-
pointments since he left that vessel have been,
always in the capacity of First-Lieutenant— 1 March,
1840, and 6 May, 1841, to the Hydra steamer, and
Tyhe 26, Capts. Alex. Murray and John Townshend,
likewise in the Mediterranean— 9 Feb. 1842, to the
MiNDEN Hospital-ship in the East Indies, Capt.
5D
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MENDS.
Michael Quin— and, 22 March, 1845, to the Veenon
50, bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral Sam. Hood
Inglefield, at first on the S.E. coast of America, and
then in the East Indies, where he is now serving.
Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
MENDS. (Commander, 1841.)
George Cijikke Mends is son of the late Com-
modore Sir Robt. Mends, Kt., G.C.C.,* by a daugh-
ter of the late Jas. Butler, Esq., of Bagshot, co. Sur-
rey ; brother of Commander Jas. Augustus Mends,
K.N. ; and nephew of Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends,
E.N. His eldest brother, Robert Butler Mends,
Midshipman of the Owen Glendower 42, died on
board that ship off Sierra Leone, 5 Dee. 1823, from
the effects of illness contracted in the preceding
June, while employed in her boats in the Bight of
Biafra.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Feb. 1821, on
board the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship at
Portsmouth ; served, from Sept. in the same year,
until Sept. 1823, under his father's broad pendant,
on the coast of Africa ; passed his examination in
1827 ; and was made Lieutenant, 24 Jan. 1829, into
the Maidstone 42, bearing the broad pendant of
Commodore Chas. Marsh Schomberg at the Cape of
Good Hope; where he removed, 9 March following,
to the Jaseur 18, Capts. John Lyons and Fras.
Harding. His succeeding appointments were — 27
Dec. 1831, to the Undadnted 46, Capt. Edw. Har-
vey, in the East Indies — 16 Sept. 1834, to the
.a^TNA surveying-vessel, Capt. Rich. Laird Warren,
fitting at Portsmouth — 17 Dec. following, to the
Champion 18, Capt. Robt. Fair, on the North Ame-
rica and West India station, whence he returned in
1835—10 April, 1839, as First, to the Blenheim 72,
Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, attached to
the force off Lisbon— and, 12 Feb. 1840, to the Cam-
* Sir Robert Mends entered the Navy 1 Jan. 1779, on
board the Culloden 74, in which ship lie assisted at the
defeat of Don Juan de Langara 16 Jan. 1780. tie was after-
wards, 16 March, 1781, present in the Gitadaloupe in the
action between Admiral Arbuthnot and M. Destouches ; and,
from the following April until taken prisoner with Lord
Cornwallis and bis army, was employed on shore with a de-
tachment of seamen throughout all the operations of the
campaign in Virginia. On the last-mentioned occasion his
right arm was shot off by a cannon-ball, and his left Itnee
slightly wounded by a shell. He had the further misfortune,
while sharing, in the Conqueror, in the glories of 9 and 12
April, 1783, to receive a splinter-wound in the head, and to
sustain a fracture of the right jaw. In 1789, at the especial
command of George III., Mr. Mends was presented with a
Lieutenant's commission. After witnessing the evacuation of
Toulon, and being severely burnt and bruised in the CoLosstjs
in Lord Bridport's action, he was promoted, in 1796, to the
command of the Dilioence sloop of 16 guns ; and on 2 May,
1800, having previously effected the capture of Xa Nativetas
Spanish ship of 500 tons, 16 guns, and 50 men, he was ad-
vanced to Post-rank. During the remainder of the French
revolutionary war he had command of the Abergavenny 54,
Thunderer 74, Quebec 32, and NiKEfDE 36. In 1805 he
was placed over the Malahide district of Sea Fencibles in Ire-
land ; and in 1808, as a reward for the manner in which he
had for some time discharged the duties of Regulating Officer
at Liverpool, he was appointed to the Arethusa of 46 yuns.
In that frigate, in 1809-10, Capt. Mends rendered himself
conspicuous by a system of the most active co-operation with
the patriots on the north coast of Spain ; where, in the
summer of the latter year, a squadron under his orders
effected the destruction of all the batteries (with the excep-
tion of Castro) from St. Sebastian to St. Andero, mounting in
the whole about 100 pieces of cannon. For these services
the Order of the Cross of Victory of Asturias, and the rank of
Major-General in the Spanish army, were conferred on him,
and he was recommended in the strongest manner to his
Majesty's Government by the Regency of Spain, and by the
Captain-General of the Junta of Gallicia, He had previously,
while assisting at. the capture of the French frigate, Le JViemen,
of 46 guns and 339 men, been struck by a splinter in the
forehead, the effects of which he seriously felt during tile
remainder of his life. From 1811 until 1814 we find him
superintending the prison-ships in Portsmouth Harbour. He
received, in 1815, the honour of Knightliood, together with
the insignia of the Order of Charles III. of Spain ; and in
1816 a pension of 300/. was settled upon him in consideration
of his wounds. In June, 1821, Sir Robert Mends hoisted a
broad pendant in tile IpHiGENiA 42, as Commodore of the
squadron employed on the western coast of Africa, where he
died, on board the Owen Gj.endower frigate, 4 Sept, 1823.
BRIDGE 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, in the Mediterra^
nean. He acquired his present rank 23 Nov. 1841 ;
and since 25 Feb. 1843 has been employed as an
Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. Agents
—Messrs. Ommanney.
MENDS. (LiEUTENAUT, 1841.)
George Pechell Mends is son of Capt. Wm.
Bowen Mends, B.N.
This officer entered the Navy 9 Feb. 1824; passed
his examination 1 April, 1834 ; and at the period of
his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took
place 30 Aug. 1841, was serving in the Mediterranean
as Mate of the Locust steamer, Lieut.-Commander
John Lunn. His appointments have since been — 3
Sept. 1841, to the Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose
Sartorius, also in the Mediterranean — 5 Oct. 1844,
as Senior, to the Mutine 12, Capt. Rich. Borough
Crawford, attached to the force at the Cape of
Good Hope — and 17 Oct. 1846, in a similar capacity,
to the EuRYDicE 22, Capt. Talavera Vernon Anson,
on the same station, where he is now serving.
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
MENDS. (Commander, 1846.)
James Augustus Mends is brother of Commander
Geo. Clarke Mends, R.N.
This officer passed his examination in 1829 ; and
on attaining the rank of Lieutenant, 28 Nov. 1836,
was nominated Additional-Lieutenant of the Cale-
donia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Josias Rowley in
the Mediterranean. His subsequent appointments
were — 19 June, 1837, to the Donegal 78, Capt.
John Drake, fitting at Plymouth— 14 Aug. 1838, to
the AcT.a:ON 26, Capt. Robt. Russell, on the Brazil
and Cape of Good Hope station— 26 Feb. 1841
and 11 Jan. 1842, to the President 50, Capt. Wm.
Broughton, and Dublin 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admi-
ral Rich. Thomas, both in South America, whence
he returned in 1845 — and 15 June, 1846, to the Tra-
falgar 120, Capt. John Neale Nott, attached to the
Channel squadron. On 27 Nov. 1846, at which pe-
riod he had become First-Lieutenant of the latter
ship, Mr. Mends was promoted to the rank of Com-
mander. He is at present on half-pay.
MENDS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Robert Hamilton Handfield Mends is son of
Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 12 Dec. 1843 ;
served for some time on board the Excellent gun-
nery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ;
and from 28 Feb. 1844, until promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant, 9 Nov. 1846, was employed in the
East Indies as Mate of the Fox 42, Commodore Sir
Henry Martin Blackwood.
MENDS. (Captain, 1814. r-p., 24 ; h-p., 29.)
William Bowen Mends, born 27 Jan. 1781, in
Pembrokeshire, is brother of the late Commodore
Sir Robt. Mends, Kt., G.C.C.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1794, as
A.B., on board La Pomone 40, Commodore Sir John
Borlase Warren ; on following whom, as Midship-
man (after sharing in Lord Bridport's action, attend-
ing also the expedition in support of the French
royalists to Quiberon, and participating in a variety
of boat and other service on the coast of France),
into the Canada 74, he witnessed the defeat, 12
Oct. 1798, of a French squadron under Commodore
Bompart, intended for the invasion of Ireland. In
Feb. 1799 he became Midshipman of L'Impetoeux
74, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew; and in the course of
the same year he again joined Sir J. B. Warren in
the Temebaire 98, and Renown 74. On the night
of 29 Aug. 1800, immediately subsequent to the
Ferrol expedition, we find him serving with the
boats of a squadron, 20 in number, commanded by
Lieut. Henry Burke, at the cutting-out, close to the
batteries in Vigo Bay, of La Guepe privateer, of 18
guns and 161 men ; which vessel, 25 of whose peo-
ple were killed and 40 wounded, was in 15 minutes
boarded and carried, with a loss to the British of 3
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seamen and 1 marine killed, 3 lieutenants, 12 sea-
men, and 5 marines wounded, and 1 seaman missing.
For iiis conduct in this atfair Mr. Mends had the
honour of being publicly thanked by the Command-
er-in-Chief j who, although he had not completed
his time, at once ordered him to act as Lieutenant-
Commander of the St. Vincent gun-brig. Being
officially promoted 9 April, 1801, and appointed to
the command of the Ferreteh, another gun-brig,
he was afforded an opportunity, in the course of
the same year, of enacting a part in Lord Nelson's
attack on the Boulogne flotilla, on which occasion,
it appears, he served in his own boat, and had 4
persons, out of 9, either killed or wounded. He
paid the Ferreter off in Sept. 1802 ; and was next
in succession appointed— 4 July, 1803, to the Fon-
DROTANT 80, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Graves
in the Channel— 19 March, 1805, to the Sceinam
18, Capt. Alex. Shippard, whom he accompanied
to Gibraltar— about March, 1806, again to the Foo-
DEOTANT, flag-ship of Sir J. B. Warren on the West
India, North American, and Home stations — 13
April, 1807, to the Goliath 74, Capt. Peter Puget,
under whom he served with the advanced squadron
at the siege of Copenhagen, and so distinguished
himself that a strong recommendation in his favour
was forwarded to the Commander-in-Chief— and 29
Oct. 1807, to the Swiftsueb 74, bearing the flag of
Sir J. B. Warren at Halifax, where, from June,
1808, until Oct. 1809, and from May to Sept. 1810,
he was allowed to act as Commander of the Vesta
schooner and Indian sloop. On leaving the Swift-
sure, Mr. Mends was presented with a second pro-
motal commission, dated 26 Feb. 1811. After ex-
actly two years of half-pay, he obtained command,
26 Feb. 1811, of the Loop Cervier 18; and on 23
March, 1814, having been intermediately employed
at the blockade of New London, he was nominated
Acting-Captain of the Terpsichore frigate, which
ship he brought home and paid off 27 June follow-
ing. His promotion had in the mean while been
confirmed by a commission dated 26 May, 1814.
His last appointments were— 24 Jan. 1824, to the
Blanche 46, in which frigate he conveyed Vice-
Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk to the Tagus, and
then proceeded to South America, whence, after
having been for some time Senior officer off the
coast of Peru, he returned with nearly 800,000 dol-
lars to England, 28 Sept. 1827— and 26 Nov. 1836,
to the Talavera 74. In that ship Capt. Mends
was employed at first on the Lisbon station ; then
in affording co-operation, with a large squadron
under his orders, to the Queen's forces during the
civil war on the south-east coast of Spain ; next in
transporting the 73rd Kegt. from Gibraltar to Ha-
lifax, and the llth from that place to St. John's,
New Brunswick ; and, finally, in the Mediterranean,
on the Greek portion of which he was for six months
Senior officer. The Talavera was put out of com-
mission 3 Jan. 1840.
Capt. Mends has three sons in the Navy— William
Robert, a Commander; and George Peohell and
Kobert Hamilton Handfield, Lieutenants. Agents
— Messrs. Ommanney.
MENDS. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 21; h-p., 1.)
William Robert Mends, born 27 Feb. 1812, is
eldest son of Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7
May, 1825 ; and embarked, 21 Dec. 1828, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Challenger 26, Capt. John
Hayes. In the ensuing Jan. he removed to the
Thetis 46, Capts. Arthur Batt Bingham and Sara.
Burgess, with whom he continued to serve on the
South American station, latterly in the capacity of
Midshipman, until wrecked off Cape Frio 5 Dec.
1830 ; and he was next, between April, 1831, and
his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 11 Aug.
1835, employed as Mate in the Act.eon 26 and
Pique 36, Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey and Hon.
Henry John Rous, in the Mediterranean and on
particular service. His succeeding appointments
were— 30 Dec. 1835, 29 Nov. 1836, and 17 Jan. 1837,
to the Vernon 50, Capt. John M'Kerlie, Caxedonia
120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley, and Rodney 92,
Capt. Hyde Parker, all on the Mediterranean sta-
tion—between 28 July, 1838, and June, 1843, to the
Cevlon 2, Benbow 74, and Ganges 84, as Flag-
Lieutenant to Sir John Louis, Admiral Superintend-
ent at Malta^and 3 Nov. 1843, as Senior, to the Fox
42, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Henry Mar-
tin Blackwood in the East Indies. He returned to
England on the occasion of his advancement to the
rank of Commander, 9 Nov. 1846 ; and is at present
unemployed.
Commander Mends married, 6 Jan. 1838, Melita,
third daughter of Joseph Stilon, Esq., M.D., Surg.
R.N. (1815).
MENZIES. (Ketiked Commander, 1816.)
Duncan Menzies was born in March, 1759, and
died, 20 Deo. 1846, at 4, Park-place, George-square,
Edinburgh. He was uncle by marriage of Capt.
Nicholas Lockyer, R.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy in 1770, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Hazard sloop, Capt. Ford ;
and was afterwards, until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, 1 April, 1781, employed in the Emerald
32, Capt. Moutray, Culloden and Resolution 74!3,
Capts. Dundas and Ogle, Culloden again, Capt.
Balfour, Sandwich 90, Capt. Young, and Formid-
able of similar force, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Rodney ;
assisting during that period at the capture of Ste.
Lucie in 1778, in the action off Cape St. Vincent 16
Jan. 1780, and as Aide-de-Camp to the last-men-
tioned officer at the reduction of St. Eustatius in
Feb. 1781. On the occasion of his promotion, as
above, Mr. Menzies joined the Alfred 74, Capt.
Bayne, in which ship it was his fortune to be pre-
sent in the memorable action of 12 April, 1782. On
that occasion he was one of the ofdcers sent on board
the ViLLE DE Paris to receive the sword of the
Comte de Grasse. In the course of the same year
we find him present at the relief of Gibraltar. He
subsequently, during the French revolutionary war,
served on board the Belligerent and Inflexible
64's, Capts. Brine and Jervis, on the West India
station ; also in the Caton 64 ; and in command of
the Piercer gun-brig. In the latter vessel he ac-
companied the expedition to Holland in 1799, and
assisted at the debarkation of the troops under Sir
Ralph Abercromby. During the late war Lieut.
Menzies was employed in the Impress service at
Falmouth, and in command of the Firm prison-ship
at Plymouth. He retired with the rank of Com-
mander 1 Jan. 1816.
Commander Menzies married, in Jan. 1808, Miss
Elizabeth Grove, of Falmouth, and by that lady has «
left issue a son and two daughters.
MERCER. (Commander, 1824. p-p., 14 ;
H-p., 35.)
John Davis Mercer entered the Navy, in 1798
as Midshipman, on board the Perdrix 22, Capt!
Wm. Chas. Fahie, on the books of which ship, sta-
tioned in the Leeward Islands, his name was borne
until the following year. We next, in 1801, find
him on board the Berschermer 54, Capt. Alex.
Fraser, off Harwich ; and, in 1805, rejoining Capt.'
Fahie in the Amelia frigate, on the West India
station ; where, on following him into the Etha-
LioN, he assisted at the capture of the Danish
islands of St. Thomas and Ste. Croix in Dec. 1807.
In 1808 he returned to England in the Ramillies
74, Capt. Robt. Tarker, but, being soon ordered
back in the Gloire 38, Capt. Jas. Carthew, was
again, in the course of the same year, placed under
the orders of Capt. Fahie as Master's Mate on
board the Belleisle 74— following him afterwards
into the Pompee and Abehcrombt of similar force
T'he Belleisle, we may here observe, formed part
oi the squadron employed at the reduction of Mar-
tinique in Feb. 1809 ; and, in the ensuing April the
PoMPEE, with a loss to herself of 9 men killed'and
30 wounded, proved the captor, when in company
with the Castor 32, of the French 74-guu ship,
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MERCER— MEREDITH.
d'HaupouU, between 80 and 90 of whose people
were killed and wounded. Attaining the rank of
Lieutenant 8 Deo. 1809, Mr. Mercer continued em-
ployed in that capacity in the West Indies for a
further period of nearly four years in the Phltusk
sloop, Capts. Wm. Elliott and John M'George, Pe-
1.0KUS 18, Capt. Thos. Huskisson, Aberceomby
again, Capt. "W. C. Fahie, Cygnet sloop, com-
manded by various officers. Dragon 74 and Gram-
rns 50, flag-ships of Sir Fras. Laforey, and Cleopa-
tra frigate, Capt. Chaa. Gill. His next appoint-
ments were, 18 March, 1821, to the Salisbury 50,
Capt. John "Wilson, on the Leeward Island station,
and 5 Aug. in the same year to the Forte 44, as
Flag-Lieutenant to the late Sir Edw. Griffith Col-
poys, Commander-in-Chief at Halifax, where he
afterwards, in the Salisbury, filled the like post
under his early friend Rear-Admiral Fahie. He
acquired his present rank 9 Sept. 1824, and has
since been on half-pay. Agents — Hallett and Ro-
binson.
MEKCEE. (Commander, 1838. f-p., 19 ;
H-P., 6.)
Sajidel Mercer entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 1822,
as Midshipman, on board the Leven 26, Capt. Wm.
Fitzwilliam Owen, in which vessel, until Sept. 1826,
he was employed in surveying the east and west
coasts of Africa. In Feb. 1827, after he had been
for about two months attached to the Challenger
28, Capt. John Hayes, on the Home station, he
again joined Capt. Owen on board the Eden 26.
Continuing with him until June, 1830, he was in
consequence afforded an opportunity of assisting in
the colonization of Fernando Po, and had the satis-
faction during the period of being awarded a Lieu-
tenant's commission dated 12 Jan. 1829. His next
appointments were — 23 June, 1831, to the Blossom
16, Capt. Rich. Owen, employed on surveying-ser-
vice in the West Indies, where he remained, part of
the time in command of the Monkey tender, until
Oct. 1832 — and 11 Jan. 1834, to the command of the
Charybdis 3. While in that vessel, which he paid
off in Sept. 1837, Lieut. Mercer was again stationed
on the African coast, and succeeded in capturing
not less than 14 slave-vessels. Attaining his pre-
sent rank 28 June, 1838, he officiated, from 17 Aug.
1841, until Aug. 1846, as Superintendent of the
Packet service at Dover, with his name on the
books of the Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheerness.
He is now on half-pay.
Commander Mercer married, 20 Feb. 1839, Fanny,
eldest daughter of Lieut. Josiah Durnford, R.N., by
whom he has issue. Agents — Hallett and Robin-
MEREDITH. (Capt., 1837. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 27.)
Richard Meredith, whose name had been borne
in 1799 on the books of the Polyphemus 64, Capt.
Geo. Lumsdaine, embarked, in Oct. 1800, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Phosbe of 44 guns, Capts. Robt.
Barlow, Thos. Baker, Jas. Keith Shepard, Hon.
Thos. Bladen Capel, and Jas. Oswald. Under the
first-named of those officers he contributed, 19 Feb.
1800, to the capture of the French frigate Africaine
of 44 guns and 715 men (including 400 troops and
artificers), after a close and desperate night-action
of two hours, attended (although the British, out of
239 men, had but 1 killed and 12 wounded) with the
awful loss to the enemy of at least 200 killed and
143 wounded, the greatest part of them mortally.
For his gallantry in achieving this exploit, Capt.
Barlow was rewarded with the honour of Knight-
hood. Continuing in the Pb(Ebe on the Mediter-
ranean and Home stations until April, 1806, Mr.
Meredith, in addition to much cutting-out work,
had the fortune to enact a part, 21 Oct. 1805, in the
action off Cape Trafalgar, on which occasion he was
sent to take possession of the Monarca Spanish 74-
gun ship. We may add that he remained on board
the prize until she took the ground seven days after
the battle, when, with her crew and the few British
who had followed him, only 39 in number, he was
rescued by the Leviathan 74. On his return in
the summer of 1806 to the Mediterranean in the
Diana 38, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, he rejoined
Capt. Capel on board the Bndymion 40. In that
ship we find him accompanying the expedition to
the Dardanells, and assisting at the destruction of
the Turkish shipping off Point Pesquies, in Feb.
1807 ; in the course of which month he had the sa-
tisfaction of receiving a Lieutenant's commission
bearing date 15 Aug. 1806. He took a passage
home in consequence in the Amphion 32, Capt,
Wm. Hoste ; and was next, during upwards of six
years, employed on the Baltic, Mediterranean,
Home, West India, Cadiz, and Newfoundland sta-
tions, in the Vultore sloop, Capt. Jos. Pearoe, Hy-
perion 36, Capt. Thos. Chas. Brodie, Intrepid 64,
Capt. Andrews, Implacable 74, Capts. Thos. Byam
Martin, Geo. Cockburn, and Joshua Rowley Watson,
and Sybille 44, Capts. Clotworthy Upton and Jas.
Sanders. After assisting, in the Vulture, at the
reduction of Copenhagen in 1807, Lieut. Meredith
was sent home in charge of one of the 18-gun brigs
taken on the occasion, the Nyd Elven, mounting,
however, only 4 guns, with a crew of 22 men, and
laden with a large quantity of stores. During the
passage, and when on the Dogger Bank, he was
attacked at night by a privateer, but succeeded at
the end of an action of 45 minutes in beating her
off. While attached, in 1810, to the Implacable,
Lieut. Meredith had command for six weeks of the
gun-boats employed at the defence of Cadiz. Be-
ing obliged to invalid from the Sybille in conse-
quence of an injury sustained by the fall of a block
on his head, he did not again go afloat until 10 Aug.
1821 ; between which period and his promotion to
the rank of Commander, 16 March, 1824, he served
at home, and on the east and west coasts of South
America, in the Northumberland 78, Spartiatb
76, and Cambridge 82, all under the orders of
Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling. He then returned to
England with despatches across the Isthmus of Pa-
nama; and was, lastly, from 26 Sept. 1831, until
paid off at the close of 1835, employed on the coast
of Africa in command of the Pelorus 16 — the last
two years as Senior officer. He attained Post-rank
6 June, 1837.
Exclusive of the time he was at Cadiz, where he
was almost constantly under fire, Capt. Meredith
dxiring the war was not less than 35 times in actual
combat with the enemy, including ship actions,
attacks upon batteries, and boat affairs. He mar-
ried, 2 Sept. 1844, Marian D'Oyley, widow of the
late Jas. Barlow Hay, Esq., of Thornhite Park,
South Hants. Agents — Messrs. StilweU.
MEREDITH. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 24;
H-p., 15.")
Samuel Meredith entered the Navy, 8 May,
1808, as a Volunteer, on board the Cadmus 10,
Capt. Delamere Wynter, attached to the force in
the Channel. After serving off Greenwich in the
Thisee 28, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Edwin
Stanhope, and in the North Sea and off Greenland
in the Belvidera36, Capt. Rich. Byron, he became
Midshipman, 22 Sept. 1810, of the Malacca 36,
Capts. Wm. Butterfield and Sam. Leslie, with the
latter of whom he continued employed on the East
India station in the Volage 22, and Theban 36,
until April, 1816. In the Volage he witnessed an
attack made, 28 June, 1813, upon the defences of
Sambas, a piratical state on the western coast of
Borneo, as he also did, in Sept. of the same year,
the restoration of the Sultan of Palambang to his
throne. Of the Theban, Mr. Meredith, who had
been acting in her for nine months, was confirmed
a Lieutenant 24 Nov. 1815. His appointments after
he left her were— 6 Sept. 1816, to the Lahne 20,
Capt. Abraham Lowe, employed in the Channel and
West Indies, whence he returned in Jan. 1819 — 11
July, 1820, to the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch,
lying in the Downs for the purposes of the Coast
Blockade — 6 Dec. 1822, to the Prince Regent 120,
flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell at Chatham— 11
MERRIMAN— METCALFE-METHERELL-MEYNELL.
757
April, 1823, and, again, 4 Sept. 1824, to the post ot
Agent for Tranaports Afloat— and, 8 April, 1825, to
the command of the ViGitAKT cutter ot 12 guns,
on the Plymouth station. He was advanced to his
present rank 7 May, 1828 ; and was subsequently,
from 6 July, 1830, until 1833, and, again, from 20
March, 1835, until 1838, employed as an Inspecting
Commander in the Coast Guard.
The Commander, who is Chief Constable for co.
Wilts, married, 21 June, 1819, Lydia, third daughter
of John Dyer, Esq., Secretary of Greenwich Hos-
pital. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
MERRIMAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; H-p., 33.)
Chakles Meeeimas entered the Navy, 9 Oct.
1806, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the Pheasant 18,
Capt. John Palmer ; and in the course of 1807 was
present at the storming of Monte Video, and in all
the operations which preceded the evacuation of
Spanish America by the British. He was employed
during the next four years on the Home station, as
Midshipman and Master's Mate, under Lord Ame-
lius Beauclerk, in the Satukn and Koyal Oak 74's ;
and in the latter ship, in 1809, he accompanied the
expedition to the Walcheren. He afterwards, until
May, 1814, served, chiefly off the coasts of France,
Spain, and Holland, in the Tigre and Rivoli 74's,
Capts. John Halliday and Graham Eden Hamond,
Chailengee 16, Capt. Fred. Edw. Vernon (now
Harcourt), and Leveket sloop, Capt. Jonathan
Christian. In the Challengee, Mr. Merriman, in
1813, co-operated in the attack upon St. Sebastian,
and assisted at the capture of Le Flibustia' French
national brig, mounting 16 guns, a brass howitzer,
and 4 swivels, and laden with treasure, arms, am-
munition, and salt provisions. His last appoint-
ment was to the Coast Guard, in which service he
continued from 27 Nov. 1821 until 17 Oct. 1822.
He attained the rank of Lieutenant 27 Feb. 1815.
Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
METCALFE. (Commander, 1841.)
William Chaeles Metcalfe entered the Navy
7 Oct. 1824 ; served as Midshipman of the Asia 84,
flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, at the battle of
Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827 ; passed his examination in
1832 ; and obtained his first commission 7 March,
1837. His succeeding appointments were— 24 of
the same month, to the Malabar 74, Capts. Sir
Wm. Augustus Montagu and Edw. Harvey, with
whom he served, on the Lisbon and North America
and West India stations, until paid off in the fol-
lowing year — and 7 Nov. 1839, to the Blonde 42,
Capt. Thos. Bourchier. For his conduct in that
ship during the campaign in China, where he wit-
nessed the first and second capture of Canton, he
wag advanced to his present rank 8 Oct. 1841. He
has since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Om-
manney.
METHEEELL. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 12.)
Richard Roe Metherell entered the Navy, in
May, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Arethusa
38, Capts. Robt. Mends and Fras. Holmes Coffin,
with whom he continued actively employed on the
north coast of Spain, and on the African and West
India stations, until July, 1813 — the last two years
and two months in the capacity of Midshipman.
He then removed to the CrnNns 38, Capts. Fred.
Langford and Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer ; and,
after an intermediate servitude on the Home, West
India, and Halifax stations, was next, from May to
Oct. 1816, attached to the Impregnable 104, and
Berwick 74, flag-ships at Plymouth of Sir John
Thos. Duckworth. Between May, 1818, and Oct.
1819, we find him olBciating as Master's Mate, in
the East Indies and at the Cape of Good Hope, of
the Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon. He
subsequently, in Nov. 1820, joined the Surinam 18,
Capts. Wm. M'lvenzie Godfrey, Alfred Matthews,
and Chas. Crole, employed at first on the Barba-
does, and then on the Jamaica station ; where he
was confirmed a Lieutenant, 27 March, 1823, in the
Ttne 26, Capts. John Edw. Walcott and John Wal-
ter Roberts. He left that vessel in Jan. 1824; and
was afterwards appointed— 25 Oct. 1827, to the Bri-
tomaet 10, Capts. Russell Henry Manners and Edw.
John Johnson, employed on the Plymouth and Lis-
bon stations— 22 Aug. 1831 and 29 Feb. 1832, as
Senior, to the Aeladne 28, and Columbine 18,
Capts. Chas. PhilUps and Henry Ommanney Love,
both in the West Indies, whence he returned in
March, 1834— and 18 Nov. 1835, to the Coast Guard,
in which service he remained until 1843. He has
since been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Omman-
ney.
MEYNELL. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Fkancis Mevnell served as Midshipman, during
the campaign in China, on board the Calliope 26,
Capt. Thos. Herbert, and was mentioned for the
assistance he rendered at the capture, 13 March,
1841, of the last fort protecting the approaches to
the city of Canton.* He passed his examination 17
Dec. 1842 ; and after having served for upwards of
two years on the coast of Africa, as Mate, in the
Penelope steamer. Commodore Wm. Jones, Rapid
10, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Chas. Earle, and Star
6, Capt. Robt. John Wallace Dunlop, was presented
with a commission dated 15 Jan. 1846, and re-
appointed, inthe capacity of Additional-Lieutenant,
to the Penelope. He went on half-pay soon after-
wards, and has not been since employed.
MEYNELL. (Capt., 1816. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.)
Henry Metnell is second son of the late Hugo
Meynell, Esq., of Hoar Cross, by Hon. Elizabeth
Ingram, daughter and co-heiress of Viscount Irwin,
whose elder daughter married the second Marquess
of Hertford. Capt. Meynell is next brother of the
present Hugo Chas. Meynell-lngram, of Temple
Newsam, co. York, and Hoar Cross, co. Stafford, a
Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for the latter
shire, and High Sheriff in 1826 ; and brother-in-law
of Wm. Beckett, Esq., of Kirkstall Grange, co.
York, M.P. for Leeds, and Lieut.-Colonel of the
Yorkshire Hussars.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 24 June, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Isis 50, Capts. Wm.
Grenville Lobb and John Acworth Ommanney,
bearing the successive flags of Vice-Admirals Jas.
Gambler and Sir Erasmus Gower at Newfoundland,
where he remained until Feb. 1805. Between the
following month and July, 1806, we again find him
serving with Capt. Lobb, chiefly in the capacity of
Midshipman, in the Pomone 38 and Captain 74,
on the Lisbon and Home stations. Towards the
close of the year last mentioned he joined, first the
Boreas 22, Capt. Robt. Scott, and then the Lavinia
40, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, in which frigate, it ap-
pears, he continued employed at Home and in the
Mediterranean until promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 8 Nov. 1809. He witnessed in consequence
the surrender of a frigate and store-ship, contri-
buted to the cutting-out of several vessels from
under the enemy's batteries, carried a prize on one
occasion to Malta, and assisted, we believe, in forc-
ing the passage between the batteries of Flushing
and Cadsand during the expedition to the Wal-
cheren. Obtaining an appointment, 16 Jan. 1810,
to the Theban 36, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, Mr.
Meynell, after cruizing for a considerable time in
the Channel (where he commanded the boats at the
capture, 2 Feb. 1811, of a French merchant-brig
lying aground under two batteries near Dieppef),
sailed with convoy for the East Indies and China;J
• Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 1503. f V- Gaz. 1811, p. 205.
X The following is an extract from a letter addressed to
the author by an officer who was on board the Theban at the
Seriod to which it refers:—" On 18 March, 1811, the Theban
aving been ordered to Portsmouth to reflt, entered the har-
bour under royals ; let go the anchor off the Perseverance
bulk at half-past eleven o'clock ; and by half-past twelve
that is to say in one hour — the ship was secured to the hulk
and completely stripped to the lower masts, the sails and rig-
ging made up, with the yards and small spars on board the
hulk. Capt. H. Meynell was the Senior Lieutenant then
doing duty."
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MIALL— MICHELL.
on her passage whither the Theban had the mis-
fortune, at noon on 8 Sept. 1812, to be caught in a
typhoon, which before midnight left her nothing
standing but her foremast and bowsprit. In the
early part of 1813 Mr. Meynell was nominated
Acting- Commander of the Akbogant at Bombay;
and, on 24 Aug. in the same year, he was there offi-
cially promoted into the CoRNWAiiris. Quitting
that vessel in the ensuing Oct., he was next, 23 Aug.
and 24 Nov. 1815, appointed Acting-Captain of the
50-gun ships Jupiter and Newcastle; to the latter
of which, bearing the flag of Sir Pulteney Malcolm
at St. Helena, the Admiralty confirmed him 10
April, 1816. He was paid off 10 Sept. 1817, and has
not been since afloat.
From 22 March, 1820, until the death of George
IV., Capt. Meynell (who is Senior of 1816) filled the
post of Gentleman Usher Quarterly "Waiter to that
monarch ; as he also did to "William IV. from 24
July, 1830, until 23 March, 1831, when he resigned.
He was returned to Parliament in 1826 for the bo-
rough of Lisburn, which he continued to represent
until 1847. For some time prior to April, 1845,
Capt. MeyneU held the ofB.ce of Groom in Waiting
on her present Majesty. Agents — Hallett and Ko-
binson.
MIALL. (Commander, 1838. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 23.)
George Goveb Miall entered the Navy. 24 Feb.
1800, as Third-cl, Vol., on board the Achille 74,
Capts. Geo. Murray and Edw. BuUer, bearing the flag
in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent ; and from June,
1802, until Oct. 1806, was employed on the North
American station, chiefly in the capacity of Midship-
man, in the 50-gun ships Leander and Leopard,
Gapts. Jas, Oughton, Fras. "Wm. Fane, Alex. S.
Kene, "Wm. LyaU, John Talbot, Henry "Whitby, and
Salusbury Pryce Humphreys. In the Leander,
under Capt. Talbot, he assisted at the capture, 23
Feb. 1805, of the French frigate ha Ville de Milan,
of 48 guns, and the simultaneous re-capture of her
prize, the Cleopatra 32. On leaving the Leopard
as above he was appointed to the command, with
the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, of the Chebuctoo
schooner, also on the American station, where, in
April, 1807, he was ordered to act as Lieutenant-
Commander of the Bream, another schooner, to
which he was confirmed by a commission dated 11
April, 1808. His succeeding appointments were, to
the command — 1 June and 25 July, 1809, of the
DuGTJAY Trouin and Vesta schooners, in the latter
of which we find -him employed until Sept. 1815 in
carrying despatches to the West Indies, the coast
of Africa, the Mediterranean, Newfoundland, and
the coasts of Portugal, France, and Spain — 5 April,
1826, for three years, of the Royal Charlotte
Revenue-vessel — 1 Nov. 1832, of the Minx 3, on the
Jamaica station, where he remained until the fol-
lowing Aug. — and, 6 Sept. 1833, of the Forester 3,
in which vessel, attached to the force on the Afri-
can coast, he had the fortune, in the course of three
years and a half, to effect the capture of five slavers,
having on board 1115 negroes, and to make prize of
two others fully equipped. During the nine months
immediately antecedent to his promotion to the
rank of Commander, 28 June, 1838, Lieut. Miall
officiated as Admiralty Agent on board a contract
mail steam-vessel. He has since been on half-pay.
Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
MICHELL, (Captain, 1830. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 24.)
Frederick Thomas Michell, born 8 April, 1788,
is son of Sampson Michell, Esq., Lieutenant R.N.,
who by permission entered the Naval service of the
late Queen of Portugal, and died an Admiral at
Rio de Janeiro in Jan. 1809. He is the only brother
of Lieut. -Colonel C. C. Michell, Surveyor-General
at the Cape of Good Hope.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy
27 April, 1800, and embarked, 17 Sept. 1803, as
Midshipman, on board the Edrydice 24, Capts.
John Nicholas and"Wm. Hoste, employed at first in
the Channel and off the coast of Africa, and then
in the Mediterranean, where, on 6 Oct. 1805, we find
him serving with the boats under Lieut. Andrew
Pellet Green at the capture of the Mestuo la Solidad
Spanish privateer of 6 guns, and a convoy of which
the latter had charge. In the ensuing Nov., hav-
ing followed Capt. Hoste into the Amphion 32, he
assisted at the defeat, although simultaneously op-
posed by the fire of an immense battery, of a divi-
sion of about 30 Spanish gun-boats, which had come
out of Algesiras in the hope of capturing a British
convoy. He was afterwards present in the opera-
tions against the French on the coast of Calabria ;
and in the course of 1806 he became in succession
attached to the Termagant 18, Capt. Robt. Pettet,
MoRGiANA sloop, Capt. "Wm. Landless, and Ocean
98, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood — all, too, in the
Mediterranean, on which station he continued until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 May, 1807.
Obtaining an appointment, in the following Oct., to
the Active 38, Capts. Rich. Hussey Moubray and
Jas. Alex. Gordon, he aided in that ship at the cap-
ture, 26 March, 1808, of the Friedland brig-of-war,
of 16 guns, having on board the Commander-in-
Chief of the Italian marine ; and was wounded in
two successful boat expeditions on the coast of Al-
bania. On the first of those occasions he was in
sole charge of the boats, and evinced so much zeal,
professional ability, and gallantry, that his name
was brought under the special notice of the Com-
mander-in-Chief. "We may add that, out of seven
casualties that occurred, his own boat sustained the
loss of 1 killed and 5 wounded. The injuries he
himself received were rewarded by a gratuity from
the Patriotic Fund. During a subsequent servitude
of five years and nine months, from June, 1809, to
March, 1815, in the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas, Malcolm,
Mr. Michell, as may be seen by a reference to our
memoir of the latter officer, was most actively em-
ployed on the Home, "West India, and Braziliaji
stations, assisting during the period at the capture
of nine privateers (of one of which he took posses-
sion in a heavy gale), carrying altogether 103 guns
and 735 men, and co-operating extensively, in 1812-
13, with the patriots on the north coast of Spain.
"When the Laurel frigate, in Jan. of the former
year, was cast away in the Teigneuse passage, he
made one trip more than any other officer to the
wreck, although under fire of the enemy, and
brought off the Captain and the last of the crew.
On leaving the Rhin as above he joined, first the
BoYNE 98, and then the Queen Charlotte 100,
bearing each the flag of Lord Exmouth, who, on
the day preceding the battle of Algiers, placed him
in charge, with the rank of Commander, of" the
whole of the battering flotilla attached to his squad-
ron. During the ever-memorable bombardment
Capt. Michell, in execution of the duty with which
he had been intrusted, went on board the Dutch
Admiral and every British ship engaged in the
line of battle. In the midst of the conflict, when,
as it was supposed, the Captain of the Queen
Charlotte had been mortally wounded, he was
sent for by the Commander-in-Chief, and directed
to act in his stead. He was removed from the
command of the flotilla to that of the Beelzebub
bomb, 1 Sept. 1816 ; and on 16 of the same month
he was officially promoted. Quitting the Beelze-
bub on 21 of the ensuing Oct., Capt. Michel! did
not again go afloat until Dec. 1826, On 27 of that
month he obtained an appointment to the Rifle-
man 18, fitting for the Mediterranean, where, it
appears, he was attached to the commissariat of the
French army in the Morea, and was recommended
to the consideration of the Admiralty by Sir Edw.
Codrington and Sir Pulteney Malcolm, the successive
Commanders-in-Chief, and by H.M. Ambassador
at the Porte, in a manner that procured him a Post-
commission, dated 22 Feb. 1830. His last appoint-
ments were, 23 April, 1840, and 4 Aug. 1841, to the
Magicienne 24, and Inconstant 36, in the former
of which ships he united in the operations on the
coast of Syria ; and in the latter saved, by his zeal
and promptitude, the Scout sloop-of-war from being
lost, after she had been a week on shore on the
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island of Cyprus. The Inconstant was paid off 30
March, 1843.
Capt. Michell, whose person hears the marks of
not less than eight wounds, married the youngest
daughter of the late Mr. Prideaux, of "Wadebridge
House, near Truro, co. Cornwall. Agent — Joseph
"Woodhead.
MICHELL. (Commander, 1843. e-p., 19;
H-P., 6.)
Ketneli. Charles Michell entered the Navy
7 Feb. 1822 ; and, while Midshipman of the Akachne
18, bore an active part in the hostilities in Ava,
where his conduct procured him the highest en-
comiums of his Captain, Henry Ducie Chads.* He
was made Lieutenant, 11 Nov. 1829, into the Satel-
lite 18, Capt. John Parker, attached to the force
in the East Indies ; and was afterwards appointed
— 22 Aug. 1831, to the Challenger 28, Capt. Chas.
Howe Fremantle, on the same station, whence he
returned in 1833 — 15 June, 1835, as Senior, to the
Ealeigh 18, Capt. Michael Quin, also in the East
Indies— 30 Oct. 1838, in a similar capacity, to the
Tyne 26, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt.
John Townshend — 6 May, 1841, still as Senior, to
the Hydra steamer, Capt. Alex. Murray, on the
North America and "West India station — and, 20
March and 29 July, 1842, to the Magnificent and
Imaum, receiving-ships at Jamaica, each bearing
the broad pendant of Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng.
He was promoted to his present rank, after having
been for a few months on half-pay, 19 July, 1843 ;
and, since 15 Sept. 1847, has been in command of
the Devastation steam-sloop, of 400 horse-power,
on the coast of Africa. Agents — Holmes and
Folkard.
MICKLETHWAIT. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Henry Shahnborne Nathaniel Micklethwait,
born 12 Aug. 1814, is second son of Nathaniel
Micklethwait, Esq., of Taverham and Beeston Halls,
CO. Norfolk, by his second wife. Lady Charlotte
Kous, second daughter of the first Earl of Strad-
brooke ; half-brother of Lieut.-Colonel Nathaniel
Waldegrave Micklethwait, of the Scots Fusileer
Guards ; and nephew of Sir S. B. Peckham Mickle-
thwait, some time a Captain in the 3rd Dragoon
Guards, who was created a Baronet 27 July, 1838,
for a personal service rendered to Her Majesty and
the Duchess of Kent at St. Leonard's, co. Sussex,
in Nov. 1832. His father's first wife was the Lady
Maria Waldegrave, daughter of George, fourth Earl
of "Waldegrave.
This officer entered the Navy, from the Koyal
Naval College, 11 Feb. 1830; passed his examination
3 June, 1835 ; and, after serving for a short time as
Mate of the Dublin 50, flag-ship in the Pacific of
Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas, was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 3 Feb. 1842. His succeeding
appointments were — on 7 of the same month, again
to the Dublin — and, 1 Oct. 1844, and 15 April,
1845, to the Alfred 50, Commodore John Brett
Purvis, and Curaqoa 24, Capt. "Wm. Broughton,
both on the south-east coast of America, whence
he returned in 1847.
MIDDLKTON, Lord. (Ketired Captain, 1840.)
The Right Honourable Digby Willoughby,
Lord Middleton, born 6 Nov. 1769, is only sur-
viving son (by Octavia, daughter and co-heir of
Fras. Fisher, Esq., of the Grange, Grantham, Lin-
colnshire) of Fras. Willoughby, JEsq., of Hasseley,
Notts, brother of Henry, fifth Lord Middleton. He
succeeded to the peerage, as seventh Baron, on the
death of his cousin, 19 June, 1835. His Lordship is
a distant relative of the present Rear-Admiral Sir
Nesbit Josiah Willoughby, Kt., C.B., K.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy 20 May, 1782; ob-
tained his first commission 10 Jan. 1794 ; served on
board the Culloden 74, Capt. Isaac Schomberg, in
the ensuing action of 1 June ; was advanced to the
• Fide Gaz. 1825, p. U93.
rank of Commander 7 May, 1802; and retired with
that of Captain 10 Sept. 1840. Agents— Case and
Loudonsack.
MIDDLETON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p.,12; h-p.,31.)
John Middleton entered the Navy, 5 Feb. 1804,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Montagd 74, Capt.
Robt. Waller Otway ; and on 22 Aug. 1805 was pre-
sent, as Midshipman, in Admiral Hon. Wm. Corn-
wallis' pursuit of the French fleet into Brest, on
which occasion the Montagu exchanged fire with
the French 80-gun ship L' Alexandre. After assist-
ing at the evacuation of Scylla, and further serving
with Capt. Otway on board the Malta 80, he be-
came attached as a Supernumerary, in Nov. 1808,
to the Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship at Plymouth
of Admiral "Toung. Joining next, in Jan. 1809, the
Tribune 36, Capt. Geo. Reynolds, he shared, in the
course of that year, in an action fought with several
Danish gun-boats in the Belt; and, on 12 May,
1810, he was afforded an opportunity of participating
in a gallant conflict of two hours and a quarter, in
which the same frigate, with a loss of 9 men killed
and 15 wounded, beat off, on the coast of Norway,
four Danish brigs-of-war, carrying altogether 74
guns. As a reward for his conduct in the latter
affair, Mr. Middleton, on proceeding to the West
Indies, was appointed, 28 April, 1811, Admiralty-
Midshipman of the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras.
Laforey, who, on 5 of the ensuing month, nominated
him Lieutenant of the Arachne 18, Capt. Sam.
Chambers — an act which was sanctioned by a com-
mission bearing date 29 Oct. in the same year. He
served last, from 10 April, 1812, until 5 July, 1813,
and from 19 Nov. following until Jan. 1816, in his
former ship the Tribune, still commanded by Capt.
Reynolds, and in the Medina 20, Capt. Henry
Bourchier, on the West India and Newfoundland
stations.
The Lieutenant married, 11 April, 1822, a daughter
of — Scott, Esq., of Parliament Street, London.
MILDMAY. (Captain, 1828. p-p., 22 ; h-p., 22.)
George William St. John Mildmay is third
son of the late Sir Henry Paulet St. John Mildmay,
Bart., by Jane, eldest daughter and co-heir of
Carew Mildmay, Esq., of Shawford House, co.
Hants; brother of the present Sir Henry Carew
St. J ohn Mildmay, Bart. ; brother-in-law of Lord
Methuen, the Viscount Bolingbroke, and the Earl
of Radnor ; and uncle of Lieut. H. G. St. J. Mild-
may, R.N. One of his brothers, Humphrey, mar-
ried the eldest daughter of Lord Ashburton, and
another, Carew, in Holy Orders, the youngest sister
of Rear-Admiral Lord Eadstock, C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 Sept. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ardent 64, Capt. Robt.
Winthrop ; and on 28 of the following Nov. was pre-
sent, as Midshipman, at the destruction of La Bay-
mnaise French frigate of 32 guns and 200 men, in
Finisterre Bay. He continued to serve in the Ar-
dent, also in the Revenge 74, Capt. Robt. Moor-
som, and again with Capt. Winthrop in the Syeille
44, on the Home station, until June, 1807 ; and be-
tween that period and April, 1812, was employed,
chiefly in the Mediterranean, on board the Canopus
80, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin, Fame
74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, and Menelaus 38, Capt.
Sir Peter Parker. In the Canopus we find him
uniting, in Oct. 1809, in a chase which led to the
self-destruction of the French ships-of-the-line Bo-
buste and Lion off Cape Cette. He was confirmed
a Lieutenant (after having acted for a few weeks
OS such) in the Trident 64, bearing the flag at
Malta of Rear-Admiral John Laugharne, 19 May,
1812, and was subsequently appointed — 5 Aug. ISls'
for passage home, to the KiNGrisgER sloop, Capt!
Ewell Tritton— 17 Dec. following, to the Leander
50, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, under whom he
saw much active service on the coast of America
18 Sept. 1815, to the Euphrates 36, Capt. Robt
Preston, lying at Sheerness— 24 Nov. 1818 (having
left the last-mentioned ship in April, 1816), to the
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MILDMAY— MILES.
Wasp 18, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter, fitting for the
West Indies, where he assisted at the capture of
the Venezuelan sloop-of-war El Libertador, bearing
the broad pendant of Commodore Chitty, and a
Spanish brigantine, her prize — and, 2 July, 1821
(11 months after the Wasp had been paid off), to
the Iphigenia 42, ecLuipping for the broad pendant
of Sir Roht. Mends, Commodore of the African
squadron. In command of the boats of that frigate,
and of the Myrmidon 20, Mr. Mildmay won dis-
tinotion by the gallant manner in which, overcoming
a desperate resistance, he effected, off the river
Bonny, the capture of five vessels having on board
upwards of 1800 negroes. As a reward he vpas pro-
moted to the rank of Commander 10 Aug. 1822.
He obtained command of the Cokdei-ta sloop, of
10 guns, 15 Nov. 1826 ; acquired Post-rank 16 Aug.
1828 ; and was lastly, from 14 April, 1835, untU paid
off at the close of 1838, employed on the Home
station in the Magioienne 24.
Capt. Mildmay married, 28 April, 1832, Mary,
'widow of John jNlorritt, Esq.,of Rokeby, co. Tork,by
whom he has issue. Agents — Hallctt and Robinson.
MILDMAY. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Hervet George St. John Mildmay is second
son of Paulet St. John Mildmay, Esq., by Anna
Maria, youngest daughter of the Hon. Bartholomew
Bouverie ; and nephew of Capt. G. W. St. John
Mildmay, B.N.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Jan. 1832 ; passed
his examination 15 March, 1838 ; served as Mate of
the Talbot 26, Capt. Robt. Fanshawe Stopford, at
the bombardment of St. Jean d' Acre, 3 Nov. 1840;
and, while on the North America and West India
station, in the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Montagu Stop-
ford, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 24
■Peb. 1844. His appointments have since been— 1
March, 1844, as Additional, to the Illustrioos 72,
bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Adam, Commander-in-
Chief in North America and the West Indies — 16
Oct. following, again to the Piqde— and, 14 Oct.
1846 (soon after the latter ship had been paid off),
to the Thetis 36, Capt. Henry John Codrington,
now in the Mediterranean.
MILES. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 18.)
Alfred Miles was born 31 Dec. 1796.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1811, as
Tst.-cl. Boy, on board the Ulysses 44, Capts. Henry
Edw. Reginald Baker and Wm. Fothergill, flag-ship
of the Prince d'Auvergne, on the Jersey station.
Rejoining Capt. Baker, as Midshipman, in Sept.
1812, on board the Dannemark 74, he served for a
time with the fleet in the North Sea, and after-
wards escorted convoy to and from the Cape of
Good Hope ; on his return whence he became at-
tached, in April, 1815, to the Impregnable 98,
bearing the flag of Sir Josias Rowley in the Medi-
terranean. After a servitude of three years at
Plymouth, in the Spencer 74, Capt. Wm. Robt.
Broughton, and again in the Impregnable, under
the flag of Lord Exmouth, he successively joined,
in the capacities of Admiralty Midshipman and Mate
— 9 Nov. 1818, the Severn Coast Blockade ship,
Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, by whom he was employed
at Dungeness and in the neighbourhood of New
Romney— 23 Feb. 1821 and 20 Dec. 1823, the Chan-
ticleer 10, Capts. the Earl of Huntingdon, Henry
Eden, and Burton Macnamara, and Adventure 6,
Capt. Wra. Henry Smyth, both on the Mediterra-
nean station, where, in the vessel last mentioned,
he aided in surveying the coast of Sardinia— 17
Feb. 1825 (for a passage to the West Indies), the
Ferret 10, Capt. Wm. Hobson— and 21 June, 1825,
the Kangaroo, Master Commander Anthony De
Mayne. Under the latter officer we find him for
upwards of two years employed on Surveying ser-
vice in the Crooked Passage, Bahamas, and on the
coast of Cuba. In Sept. 1827, owing to his Com-
mander having been accidentally left behind, Mr.
Miles, who during the last three months had filled
the post of Assistant-Surveyor, brought the Kan-
garoo home and paid her off. He was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 8 Nov. following ; and
was afterwards appointed, in the capacity of As-
sistant-Surveyor—27 May, 1830, to the .(Etna 6,
Capt. Edw. Belcher, stationed on the west coast of
Africa, whence he returned in Oct. 1831 — and 9
Jan. 1842, and 1 Jan. 1843, to the Fearless 1, and
Tartarus 2, both commanded by Capt. Fred. Bul-
lock, with whom he served on the river Thames
until 11 Feb. in the latter year. He attained his
present rank 15 Jan. 1846.
From Feb. 1833 until June, 1842, Commander
Miles was employed as an Assistant in the Hydro-
graphic Office at the Admiralty, to which he was
reappointed 12 Feb. 1843. He married, 13 Aug.
1833, Sibilla Elizabeth, daughter of John Westby
Hatfield, Esq., of Penzance, co. Cornwall, authoress
of * The Wanderer of Scandinavia,' and other poems,
by whom he has issue. Agents — Burnett and
Holmes.
MILES. (Lieut, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
Edmund Miles was bom 5 Aug. 1788, at Fellrigg,
CO. Noriblk.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 Aug. 1805, as
L. M., on board the Satokn 74, Capt. Lord Amelius
Beauclerk, of which ship, on her arrival in the Me-
diterranean in the following Oct., he was constituted
Midshipman. With the exception of three short
intervals (from 10 Feb. to 5 March, 1812, from 8
Feb. to 2 May, 1814, and from 29 Sept. 1814 to 20
Jan. 1815), during which we find him serving in
the Hannibal 74, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, and
acting as Lieutenant of the Goldfinch 10 and Re-
gulus 44, Capts. Edm. Waller and Robt. Ramsey,
he continued employed, from April, 1809, until
March, 1815, in the Royal Oak 74, under Lord A.
Beauclerk and the late Sir Pulteney Malcolm, on
the Home and North American stations, chiefly in
the capacity of Master's Mate. He landed, during
that period, with the small-arm men in the attack
upon Walcheren in 1809 ; and, besides participating
in much boat-service in Basque Roads and on the
coast of France, witnessed, in 1814, the destruction
of Commodore Barney's flotilla up the river Pa-
tuxent, and joined in the expedition against Balti-
more. While attached to the Regulus he com-
manded her boats at the capture of the town of St.
Mary's, on the coast of Georgia. In April, 1815, at
which period he had been acting for upwards of
five weeks as Lieutenant of the Thames 32, armee-
en-Jiute, Capt. Hon. Chas. Leonard Irby, he took up
a commission bearing date 8 Feb. in that year. He
has since been on half-pay.
MILES. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Lawford Miles entered the Navy 4 Aug. 1806 ;
and while serving as Midshipman of the Amethyst,
of 42 guns and 261 men, assisted at the capture, 11
Nov. 1808, off L'Orient, of the French frigate La
Thetis, of 44 guns and 436 men, including troops,
which was boarded and carried at the close of a
furious conflict of more than three hours, in which
the British had 19 men killed and 51 (including
himself severely) wounded, and the enemy 135 killed
and 102 wounded.* The injury he sustained on the
occasion was at first rewarded by a gratuity from
the Patriotic Fund, and subsequently by a pension
of U. On 6 April, 1809, he was further present in
a severe intermittent action of about four hours,
which terminated in the capture, with a loss to the
Amethyst of 8 men killed and 37 wounded, of an-
other of the enemy's frigates, Le Niemen, of 46 guns
and 339 men, of whom 47 were slain and 73 wounded.
During his stay in the Amethyst Mr. Miles also
served in the boats at the capture and destruc-
tion of a convoy off Chasseron Tower ; and was a
participator in the operations connected with the
expedition to the Walcheren. In Aug. 1816 (he
had passed his examination in the course of the
preceding year) we find him on board the Queen
Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, at the
* Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 1655.
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battle of Algiers. He was made Lieutenant, 4
April, 1825, into the Menai 26, Capt. Houston
ttewart, on the Halifax station, wjience he inva-
lided in the following April ; and, since 19 Oct.
1846, has been serving as Agent on board a con-
tract mail steam-vessel.
MILLER. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 33.)
Alexander Miller entered the Navy, 9 March,
1801, as rst.-ol. Vol., on board the Atlas 98, Capt.
Theoph. Jones, with whom he served off Brest
until April, 1802, the greater part of the time in
the capacity of Midshipman. Ke-embarking, 30
July, 1803, on board the Princess Koyal 98, Capt.
Jas. Vashon, he made a voyage in that ship to St.
Helena ; on his return whence, he removed, in Jan.
1804, to the Prince George 98, Capts. Joseph Syd-
ney Yorke and Geo. Losack, attached to the fleet
in the Channel. After a servitude of three years
and a half on the West India and Home stations in
the FoRTONEE 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart, he was
nominated, 1 Aug. 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Brisk 18, Capt. John Coode. Rejoining Capt.
Vansittart in Feb. 1810, as Master's Mate, on board
the Foktunee, he sailed with him in the course of
that year for the Mediterranean in escort of Rear-
Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle ; under whose per-
sonal orders he was afterwards employed in the
Ville de Pahis 110, Rodney 74, and as Acting-
Lieutenant in the Milford 74. Mr. Miller (whose
commission bears date 27 July, 1812) was next, 28
Aug. 1813, appointed to the Vesuvius bomb, Capt.
Wm. Hext ; in which vessel he shared in the ope-
rations of 1814 in the river Gironde and assisted in
throwing shells into the fortress of Blaye. He was
paid off in Sept. of the latter year, and has not been
since afloat.
MILLER. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
David Miller entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1831 ;
passed his examination in 1839; obtained his com-
mission 25 June, 1840 ; and was successively ap-
pointed— 6 July, in the same year, to the Rodney
92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, under whom he served at
the blockade of Alexandria, witnessed the siege of
Barcelona, and escorted troops to the Cape of Good
Hope— and, 3 Nov. 1843, to the Vestal 26, Capt.
Chas. Talbot, on the East India station, whence he
returned home, as First-Lieutenant, and was paid
off, in 1847.
MILLER. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Edward Charles Miller died 29 Sept. 1845, at
Malta, in command of the Volcano steam-sloop.
This officer entered the Navy 16 June, 1808 ;
passed his examination in 1815 ; was slightly
wounded on board the Severn 40, Capt. Hon. Fred.
Wm. Aylmer, at the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816 ;
and obtained his commission 27 March, 1826. His
succeeding appointments were — 28 April, in the
latter year, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernume-
rary Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm.
Jas. Mingaye— 27 Dec. 1831, as Senior, to the Vic-
tor 18, Capt. Robt. Russell, on the West India sta-
tion, whence he returned at the close of 1832— and,
6 April, 1844, to the command (which he retained
until the period of his death) of the Volcano
steamer. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
MILLER. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
Robert Boyle Miller entered the Navy 1 Nov.
1821 ; passed his examination in 1827 ; and obtained
his commission 10 Jan. 1837. His appointments
have since been— 8 Feb. in the latter year, to the
Snake 16, Capt. Alex. Milne, attached to the force
in North America and the West Indies, where he
was superseded in March, 1838—9 March, 1839, to
the command of the Hornet brigantine 6, on the
same station— and, 26 April, 1845, as Senior (a few
months after the Hornet had been paid off) to the
Melampus 42, Capt. John Norman Campbell, now
in the East Indies. Agents — Messrs. Halford and
Co.
MILLER. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Thomas Millek entered the Navy in 1833;
passed his examination 7 June, 1839; and after
serving as Mate on the Mediterranean, Home, and
East India stations, in the Britannia 120, flag-ship
of Sir John Acworth Ommanney, Powerful 84,
Capt. Mich. Seymour, and Agincodrt 72, bearing
the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 22 July, 1844. His ap-
pointments have since been— 30 Aug. 1844, again to
the Agincohrt, in which ship he returned home
and was paid off in 1846— and 1 Jan. 1847, to the
Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir John Louis,
Admiral Superintendent at Portsmouth, where he
is at present employed.
MILLER. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
William Duncan Miller entered the Navy 5
Nov. 1811 ; and was made Lieutenant, 17 Oct. 1825,
into the Primrose 18, Capt. Octavius Vernon (now
Harcourt), on the West India station, whence he
returned in July, 1827. He has been serving, since
8 Feb. 1843, as Admiralty Agent on board a con-
tract mail steam-vessel.
MILLER. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Stewaet Miller entered the Navy 16
May, 1831 ; passed his examination 2 Aug. 1837 ;
and was for some time Mate of the Cruizer and
Columbine sloops, Capts. Henry Wells Giffard and
Thos. Jordaine Clarke. In the former vessel he
took part in the capture of Aden in 1839 ; and in
the Columbine (of which, for his China services, he
was created a Lieutenant 8 Oct. 1841 *) he assisted
at the first and second capture of Canton,! the re-
duction of Amoy and Chinghae, the destruction of
the Chinese fire-rafts, and the attacks on Tsekee.J
Woosung, and Shanghae. When next in the Chil-
BERS 16, Capt. G eo. Greville Wellesley, we find him
participating in the operations of 1842 in the Yang-
tse-Kiang. He returned to England in that vessel
in the summer of 1844, and was subsequently ap-
pointed— 31 May, 1845, to the Vernon 50, flag-ship
of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield, on the south-
east coast of America— and, 31 July, 1846, to the
command, on the same station, of the Dolphin
brigantine of 3 guns, which he brought home and
put out of commission in 1847. Agent — J. Hinx-
MILLETT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 19; h-p., 22.)
John Millett entered the Navy, 19 Feb. 1806, as
Midshipman, on board the Experiment receiving-
ship at Falmouth, Lieut.-Commanders Jas. Man-
derson and Jas. Fagan; and in the course of the
same year, after having cruized for a short time in
the Gibraltar 80, Capt. Wm. Lukin, joined the
Mars 74, commanded at first by the same officer,
and next by Capts. Jas. Katon, John Surman Car-
den, and Henry Roper. Continuing in that ship
until April, 1812, he served with a squadron under
Sir Sam. Hood at the capture, off Rochefort, 25
Sept. 1806, of four heavy French frigates, two of
which, the Gloire 46 and lufatigable 44, struck to the
Mars— accompanied the expedition of 1807 to Copen-
hagen, where, throughout the siege, he was actively
employed in command of the boats — was much en-
gaged in afibrding protection to the Baltic trade— and
when at Lisbon, in 1810, was sent on shore on de-
tached service at Fort St. Juliao. After a short at-
tachment at Portsmouth to the Goliath 74, Capt.
Edw. Leveson Gower, he removed in June, 1812, to
the Cossack 22, Capt. Wm. King, off Cadiz ; and in
Dec. of the same year he became Master's Mate of
the Aboukie 74, Capts. Geo. Parker and Norborne
Thompson. In that ship, in April 1814, Mr. Millett
witnessed the fall of Genoa. He took up, in May
1815, a commission bearing date 15 Feb. in that
year; was next, from 22 Jan. 1825 until May, 1827
employed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary!
Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capts. Wm. M'Cul-
• Vide Gai. 1841, p. 2539. f ^. Gslv.. 1841, pp. 1605,2505
J V. Gaz. 1842, p. 2391.
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762
MILLS-MiLN^.
loch and Hugh Pigot ; abd aiace 24 Oct. 1840 has
haen. in command of a station in the Coast Guard.
He raanied, 16 April, 1832, a daughter of — Cole,
Esq., Purser and Paymaster R.N,
MILLS. (LiECTENANT, 1827.)
Henry Fobstek Mills entered the Navy 23 Aug.
1814 ; passed his examination in 1821 ; and obtained
his commission 30 April, 1827. His appointments
have since been — 27 June, 1829, to the Algekine
10, on the South American station, where he con-
tinued, part of the time as First-Lieutenant, under
Capt. Hon. John Fred. Fitzgerald De Roos, until
the close of 1833 — 6 Jan. 1837, in the capacity last
mentioned, to the Trjnculo 16, Capt. Henry Fdw.
Coffin, attached to the force ofl" Lisbon, with which
he served until superseded in May, 1838 — and, 17
April, 1847, to the ViCTOnr 104, Capt. John Pasco,
guard-ship at Portsmouth, where he is now em-
ployed. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
MILNE. (Captain, 1839. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 8.)
Alexander Milne, born in Nov. 1806, is second
and youngest son of the late Admiral Sir David
Milne, G.C.B., by his first wife, Grace, daughter of
Sir Alex. Purves, Bart.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 8
Feb. 1817; and embarked in 1819 on board the
Leandee 50) Capt. Edw. Chetham, bearing his
father's flag in North America. In June, 1820, we
find him joining the Conway 26, Capt. Basil Hall ;
in which vessel, and in the Ramillies 74, and
Ganges 84, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Brace,
Albion 74j, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, and Ganges
again, Capts. Pat. Campbell and Sam. Hood Ingle-
field, hearing the flag for some time of Sir Bobt.
Waller Otway, he continued employed on the South
American^ "West India, Home, and BraziUan sta-
tions, latterly as Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, until
June, 1827. He then removed, in the capacity last
mentioned, to the Cadmds 10, Capts. Chas. Gordon
and Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, also on the
coast of Brazil ; where he further served in that
vessel (being confirmed to her by commission dated
8 Sept. 1827) until her return to England in April,
1830 ; on 25 Nov. in which year he was advanced
to the rank of Commander. Obtaining an appoint-
ment, 26 Dec. 1836, to the Snake 16, Capt. Milne,
on his arrival in that sloop in the "West Indies, had
the good fortune, during a cruize ofi' the island of
Cuba, to effect the capture, 23 Nov. 1837, of the
Portuguese brigautine An-ogante^ having on board
406 slaves, and, 5 Dec. following, of the Matilda
Spanish schooner, laden with 259 slaves. He was
made Post, 30 Jan. 1839, into the Crocodile 26 ;
and, in Nov. 1840, after having served in various
parts of the North America and "West India sta-
tion (where he made prize of the Spanish slaver
Mercedita, and had tor some months charge of the
Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries), he removed
to the Cleopatra 26. In that vessel, when in the
"West Indies, he took, 27 Jan. 1841, the Secundo
Sosario Spanish schooner, carrying 284 slaves. Re-
turning, in the ensuing March, to the Cbocodile,
Capt. MUne continued in her, atTording protection
in the mean while to the fisheries in the river St.
Lawrence, until paid ofi* in Nov. of the same year.
He was next, from 27 April, 1842, until April, 1845,
employed in the Caledonia 120, as Flag-Captain to
his father, Commander-in-Chief at Devonport : and
from 7 Oct. 1846 until Deo. 1847 he ofiiciate'd, in
the St. Vincent 120, in a similar capacity under Sir
Chas. Ogle, Port-Admiral at Portsmouth. Since the
date last mentioned Capt. Milne has filled a seat at
the Board of Admiralty. Auests— Messrs. Halford
and Co.
MILNE, G.C.B., K.S.J., K.W.N. (ADMiR.tL of
THE White, 1841. f-p„ 30; h-p., 36.)
Sir David Milne was born in Ms^y, 1763, at
Musselburgh, near Edinburgh, and died 5 May,
1845, while on his passage, in the Clarence
steamer, from London to, Granton Pier, in Scot-
land. He was son of David Milne, Esq., merchant,
of Edinburgh, by a daughter of ~. — Vernor, Esq.,
of Musselburgh.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 May, 1779, as
Midshipman, on board the Canada 74, Capts. Hugh
Dalrymple, Sir Geo. Collier, and Hon. "Wm. Corn-,
wallis. While in that ship, in which he conti-
nued until the close of 178$, he accompanied Ad.,
miral Darby to the relief of Gibraltar in 1780;
assisted, after having been repeatedly engaged with
the Spanish gun-boats and batteries, at the capture,
despite a brave defence, of the Saxta Leoeadia
Spanish frigate of 44 guns ; was with the fleet under
Sir .Sam. Hood when thrice attacked, in Jan. 1782,
by the Comte de Grasse at St. Kitt's ; enacted a.
warm part in Rodney's famous actions of 9 and 12
April (for his conduct on the latter of which occa-
sions he was awarded the rating of Master's Mate) ;
and was present in the ensuing Sept. in a dreadful
hurricane, which only allowed the Canada and
Jason, out of 10 ships of war, all homeward bound,,
to reach their destination. On leaving the Canada,
as above, Mr. Milne was received on board the
Elizasets 74, Capt. Kingsmill, fitting for the East
Indies ; hut being in a few weeks paid off, and hav-
ing no immediate prospect of employment in his
own profession, he entered the merchant service, in
which he continued, part of the time in the East
Indies, until the renewal of war with France in
1793, when he was atforded an opportunity of join-
ing the BoYNE 98, bearing the flag of Sir John
Jervis, who, on his arrival in the West Indies, pro-
moted him, 13 Jan. 1794, to a Lieutenancy in the
Blanche of 38 guns, Capts. Christopher Parker,
Robt. Faulkner, and Chas. Sawyer. Under the
second-named of those officers we find him actively
emploj'ed in the proximate operations against the
French islands, particularly in an attack upon one
of the Saintes, where he landed and assisted in
taking the enemy by a coup-de-maln. On her return
to the West Indies, after conveying H.R.H. the,
Duke of Kent to Halifax, the Blanche was sta-
tioned off* Guadeloupe, the whole of which island,
with the exception of Fort Matilda, had again fallen
into the hands of the French ; and Lieut. Milne was
in consequence repeatedly employed "on detached
service. On one occasion he so distinguished himself
by the manner in which he boarded and brought a
vessel out from under a pelting fire from the bat-
teries in Mahout Bay, that Capt. Faulknor, on being
presented by him with the French commander's
sword, returned it to him with many flattering
compliments ; and on another, 30 Dec 1794, with
an equal degree of gallantry, he cut out a large
armed schooner of 8 guns irom beneath a destruc-
tive fire from a fort and a body of troops, not fifty
yards distant, in the island of Deseada. On 5 Jan.
1795 it was his fortune to be Second-Lieutenant of
the Blanche when, after a deadly action of nearly
four hours and a half, and a loss to herself, out of
198 men, of 8 persons (including Capt. Faulknor)
killed and 21 wounded, she eflected the capture of
the French frigate La Pique, of 38 guns and about
279 men, of whom 76 were killed and 110 wounded.
As the boats of both ships, at the end of the con-
flict, were either completely destroyed or imable to
float, Mr. Milne, followed by 10 seamen, swam to
the conquered vessel, and took possession of her.*
As a reward for his valour on so dashing an occa-
sion, he was promoted, as soon as the intelligence
reached the Admiralty, to the command of the In-
spector sloop ; but, prior to the receipt of his com-
mission, he appears to have been further present in
the Blanche in the unsuccessful attack on Ste.
Lucie, and, until the troops were obliged to re-em-
bark and return to Martinique, to have been con-
stantly employed in her boats. When at length
apprized of his promotion, the Inspector being on
a distant service, Capt. Milne was successively no-
i minated Acting-Captain of the Quebec 32 and
Alarm 32' ; in the latter of which frigates, having
previously escorted convoy to the northward of the
islands, he destroyed, in the neighbourhood of
• VideGaz.nsi,f. 148.
MILNE.
763
Puerto Rico, 30 May, 1795, the French corvette La
Liberie of 20 guns, with clothing and ammunition on
board for the French army at Guadeloupe. On the
departure of the Inspector, shortly after he had
joined her, for England, he was induced, by an offer
from Sir John Latbrey, the Commander-in-Chief, of
the first Post vacancy that should occur, to take
charge of the transport department under him ; a
service in which, by collecting a great number of
transports from all parts of the West Indies, which
had been uselessly lying there at a great expense,
and sending them to England, he saved an immense
sum to the nation. He was also employed at Mar-
tinique, which was daily threatened with an attack
from Guadeloupe and Ste. Lucie ; and had the satis-
faction, while there, of witnessing the perpetual
repulse of the enemy. On 2 Oct. 1795, as had been
promised, he was made Post into the Matilda fri-
gate ; but so necessary did the Commander-in-Chief
find it to have by him an ofiicer of his experience
and active disposition, that he ordered that ship to
cruize under her First-Lieutenant. At the close of
the year, however, the command of La Pique, the
frigate he had so materially contributed to capture,
becoming vacant, he solicited the Admiral for the
appointment with claims that were not to be de-
nied ; and he accordingly, in Jan. 1796, joined her
at Barbadoes. On 9 of the ensuing March, being
on a cruize in the neighbourhood of that island in
quest of a part of the convoy which had been dis-
persed in the memorable gales under Sir Hugh Clo-
berry Christian, Capt. Milne succeeded in making
prize of the Lacedt-numien French privateer of 14
guns and 90 men, and in chasing a ship of 20 guns,
a brig, and a schooner off' the station. He next, in
April, 1796, accompanied the expedition against the
Dutch colonies of Demerara, Essequibo,. and Ber-
bice ; and in the course of the same year, feeling
himself justified by circumstances, although without
any orders to do so, he took charge of a valuable
convoy and returned to England — a step, however,
which the Admiralty sanctioned with its approbation.
After the general mutiny at Spithead, and a second
exhibition of insubordination on board La Pique in
particular, which was completely subdued by a
mixture of intrepidity, firmness, and clemency on
the part of Capt. Milne, he continued attached to
the force on the coast of France, until there wrecked
at the capture, 29 June, 1798, of the French frigate
La Seine of 42 guns and 610 men (including troops),
after a running action of about five hours, in which
the enemy sustained a loss of 170 killed and 100
wounded, and the British (whose force consisted,
in addition to La Pique, of the Jason 38, and
Mermaid 32) of 9 killed and 18 wounded.* Being
acquitted by court-martial of all blame in the loss
of his ship, Capt. Milne was soon afterwards ap-
pointed to the command of La Seine, whose arma-
ment, upon her being added to the British Navy,
had been increased to 48 guns, and her complement
of men fixed at 281. In Oct. 1799 he sailed with the
annual store-ship for the coast of Africa, whence, at
the end of four months, during which period he had
gallantly gone in pursuit of three French frigates,
and had lost, owing to the sanitory nature of his
arrangements, but one man from the unhealthiness
of the climate, he proceeded with convoy to the
West Indies ; subsequently to his arrival on which
station, and when in the Mona Passage, he had the
good fortune to effect, 21 Aug. 1800, the capture of
La Vengeance of 52 guns and 326 men, an achieve-
ment which was the result of a brilliant action of two
hours and a half, attended with a loss to La Seine of
13 men killed and 29 wounded, and to her opponent
of more than twice that number. Notwithstand-
ing that the performance was highly and justly
lauded in the despatches of the Commander-in-
Chief, Lord Hugh Seymour,t and that it was allowed
to glitter among the brightest exploits of the war,
Capt. Milne received neither honour nor reward.
After passing some time in the blockade of the
Mississippi, where he made prize of several vessels,
• Fide Gm. 1798, p. 650.
t V. Gaz. 1800, p.lSSe.
he returned to England, and in April, 1803, was
paid off'. Resuming command of La Seine in April of
the following year, he joined the force under Admiral
Thombrough in the North Sea; where, on 21 July,
1803, while proceeding to blockade the Texel, he had
the misfortune, owingtotheignorance of his pilots, to
be wrecked, by running on a sandbank off' Schelling
Island. In 1811, having been for about six years
very efficiently employed in command of the Frith
of Forth district of Sea Fencibles, he obtained an
appointment to the Impetueux 74; in which ship,
and in the Dublin 74, RovAi Charlotte yacht,
and Venerable and Bulwark 74's, he served with
activity on the Baltic, North Sea, Lisbon, Channel,
and North American stations until informed of his
advancement to Flag-rank, which took place 4 June,
1814. While in the last-mentioned ship, he had
command of a squadron in Boston Bay, and was en-
gaged in blockading the diff'erent harbours and
rivers along that part of the American coast, where
he destroyed bo many of the enemy's vessels that
their trade was totally ruined. He also served at
the capture of Castine, in the Penobscot ; and when
afterwards, in Oct. 1814, at HaUfax, there being at
the time no Une-of -battle ship off' Boston, he volun-
teered and was sent thither for the purpose of
watching such vessels as might be in the port fit-
ting for sea. He continued on this service (cap-
turing intermediately the Harlequin privateer, of
300 tons, 10 long 12-pounders, and 115 men) until
the close of the month; and then, having been
superseded in the Bulwark in consequence of his
promotion, returned to England a passenger in the
Loire frigate. On 2 May, 1816, Rear-Admiral Milne
(who, to his mortification, had been omitted in the
extension of the Order of the Bath in the preceding
year) hoisted his flag on board the Leander 50, as
Commander-in-Chief in North America and on the
Lakes of Canada. At his urgent request, however, he
was allowed, previously to his departure, to join, as
second in command, the expedition fitting out under
Lord Exmouth against Algiers ; where, on the me-
morable 27 Aug., with his flag in the Impregnable
104, he afforded his Lordship such honourable and
cordial support, that he was induced to send him
home in charge of the despatch announcing the glo-
rious result of the battle.* Owing to the dilapi-
dated condition of his own ship, the Leandeb, the
Rear-Admiral was under the necessity of returning
to England in the Glasgow 50. Subsequently to
his arrival he had the gratification, as well for the
brilliancy of his former services as for his recent
meritorious conduct, of being nominated a K.C.B.,
with additional armorial bearings, 19 Sept. 1816. He
was voted also the thanks of both Houses of Parlia^
ment ; obtained the Royal permission to accept and
wear the insignia of the Orders of Wilhelm of the
Netherlands and St. Januarius of Naples, conferred
upon him by the Sovereigns of those countries ;
received from the city of London its freedom, ac-
companied by a handsome sword ; and was pre-
sented by Lord Exmouth with a gold Snuff'-box,
having on it a device expressive of the effects result-
ing from the ever-famous battle in which they had
fought. In 1817 Sir David Milne proceeded to
Halifax for the purpose of assuming command, as
originally intended, of the British squadron in
North America, whence he returned in the summer
of 1819— receiving, previously to his departure, a
very flattering address frotn the merchants at Ber-
muda. He attained the rank of Vice-Admiral 27
May, 1825; was created aG.C.B. 4 Jaly, 1840; and
became a full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. From 21 April,
1842, until within a few days of his decease, he filled
the post of Commander-in-Chief at Devonport, with
his flag on board the Caledonia 120.
Sir David Milne, who was a Magistrate and De-
puty-Lieutenant for CO. Berwick, was returned
to Parliament in 1820 as Member for the town of
• Fide Gaz. 1816, p. 1790. Daring the conflict Reai-Ad-
miral Milne received a severe contusion in consequence of a
large round shot passing between his thighs. Although so
serious as to occasion lameness for several months, he ^ould
not allow it to he reported,
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MILNE— MILWARD—MINCHIN.
Berwick-upon-Tweed. He married, first, in 1804,
Grace, daughter of Sir Alex. Purves, Bart. ; and
(that lady dying in 1814), secondly, 28 Nov. 1819, a
daughter of the late Geo. Stephen, Esq., of the
island of Grenada. By his former marriage he had
issue two sons, the younger of whom, the present
Capt. Alex. Milne, R.N., is a Lord of the Admiralty.
Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
MILNE. (Eetiked Commandee, 1844. f-p., 16 ;
H-p., 32.)
■yViLLiAM Milne entered the Navy, in Jan. 1799,
as Midshipman, on board the Swingek gun-brig,
Lieut.-Commander John Lucas, part of the force
employed in the ensuing expedition to Holland,
where he served on shore at a battery in the first
engagement fought after the landing of the troops.
Joining next, in Feb. 1800, the Elepelant 74, Capts.
Thos. Foley and Geo. Dundas, he served for some
time at Portsmouth and in the Channel under the
flags of Sir Rich. Bickerton and Sir Chas. Cotton,
and on 2 April, 1801, was present under Lord Nelson
in the action off Copenhagen. Proceeding subse-
quently to the West Indies, he there, in the course
of 1803, witnessed the capture of Le Dvquttsjie 74,
and of La Creole of 44 guns, with the French Ge-
neral Morgan and 530 troops on board ; assisted at
the boarding and carrying, by night, of a war-
schooner under Cape Fran9ois; and beheld, with
the evacuation of the latter place, the surrender of
a French squadron with the remains of General
Rochambeau's army. At the commencement of
1805, about which period he passed bis examination,
he removed to the Ruby 64, Capt. Chas. Rowley,
stationed at first in the Channel and then in the
North Sea; where, while Master's Mate of the Ma-
jestic 74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macna-
mara Russell, he was allowed, from 25 March to 10
April, 1806, to act as Lieutenant of the Aimable
frigate, Capt. Clotworthy Upton. Being succes-
sively nominated, 28 March and 7 July, 1807,
Acting-Sub-Lieutenant and Sub-Lieutenant of the
Cakrier 4, Lieut.-Commander Robt. Ramsey, he
served, in the capacity last mentioned, at the cap-
ture of Heligoland, and in the expedition against
Copenhagen ; after the fall of which place he was
promoted, 3 Oct. 1807, to the acting-command of
the Cahkier, and sent home in charge of despatches
from Admiral Gambier, Lord Cathcart, and Mr.
Pierrepont, British Minister in Sweden. During
the passage, Mr. Milne, on 14 Nov., had the good
fortune to fall in with and capture the French pri-
vateer cutter VActif, pierced for 8 guns, but car-
rying only 2, with 16 brass musketoons mounted on
swivels, and manned with a crew of 32 men, all
trained marksmen from the camp at Boulogne.* His
conduct on the occasion being highly approved by
the Admiralty, he was confirmed in the rank of
Lieutenant, and in the command of the Carrier,
by commission dated 19 Nov. 1807. In the follow-
ing year we find him present in the same vessel in
an attack made on the town of Boulogne. It was
his lot, however, on 5 Feb. 1809, after an action
with two batteries near Etaples, in which lie had
been twice wounded, to be wrecked and taken pri-
soner with the whole of his crew ; but so strenuous
were his exertions to avoid the catastrophe, that
they had the effect of eliciting a strong testimonial
from the French General Lorcet, to whom the sur-
render was made. On his release from captivity at
the end of the war, he was fully acquitted by court-
martial, and was immediately, 27 July, 1814, ap-
pointed First-Lieutenant of the Galatea 36, Capt.
"Woodley Losack, with an assurance from Sir Joseph
Torke, then a Lord of the Admiralty, of being sent
put on promotion to the East Indies. The destina-
tion of the ship being unfortunately for him changed
to Newfoundland, he was compelled, in Oct. 1814,
within a short time of his arrival on that station, to
invalid in consequence of an inflammation in the
lungs produced by the climate. During the rebel-
lion of 1837^, in Upper Canada, Lieut. Milne, at
» rt*Gaz. 1807, p. 1S16.
the period a resident there, raised about 700 men
for its defence, and, as Major of Volunteers under
Colonel Sir Allan MaoNab, rendered very important
and eflicient service on the frontier and in the Lon-
don district. He also distinpuished himself by his
conduct under the present Capt. Andw. Drew, R.N.,
at the reduction of Navy Island, in the river Nia-
gara, where he commanded a division of boats; and,
besides having for some time charge of the naval
brigade at Chippewa, he so signalized himself by
his exertions on Lake Erie, especially by his efibrts
in rescuing the Colborne hired armed steamer
from an attempt made by the insurgents to destroy
her, that he was appointed a Captain of the Provin-
cial Navy, and placed in command of that vessel.
He accepted his present rank 24 July, 1844. Agents
— Messrs. Ommanney.
MILWAED. (Rear- Admiral, 1846. F-p., 19;
H-p., 35.)
Clement Milward entered the Navy, 26 Oct.
1793, as A.B., on board the Alarm 32, Capt. Lewis
Robertson ; and in the following year was severely
wounded, as Midshipman of that frigate, in an attack
upon Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. After two years
of servitude, still on the "West India station, in the
Veteran 64, and Solebay 32, both commanded by
Capt. Wm. Henry Bayntun, and, as Master's Mate,
in the Etbdsco, Capt. Jas. Hanson, he joined, in
Aug. 1796, the Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of
Rear- Admiral Henry Harvey, under whom, in Feb.
1797, he beheld the surrender of Trinidad. In Oct.
of the latter year he became Acting-Lieutenant of
the Favorite sloop, Capt. Lord Camelford;* and
in Aug. 1799, being then again in the Prince of
Wales, under Lord Hugh Seymour, he assisted, as
Midshipman, at the capture of Surinam. On that
occasion he was again invested with the rank of
Acting-Lieutenant, and appointed to the Surinam,
a prize-corvette of 20 guns ; to which vessel, com-
manded by Capt. Christopher Cole, the Admiralty
confirmed him by commission dated 8 July, 1800.
Invaliding home from the West Indies in Oct. 1802,
hesubsequently joined— 12 July, 1803, the Phaeton
38, Capts. Geo. Cockbum and John Wood, in which
frigate, after serving off Havre de Grace, and con-
veying Mr. Merry, the British Minister Plenipoten-
tiary, to the United States, he proceeded to the East
Indies, and was afforded, we beUeve, an opportunity
of participating, when in company with the Har-
rier sloop, in an action of two hours, fought, 2 Aug.
1805, with the French 36-gun frigate Se'millante and
several batteries at the entrance of the Straits of St.
Bernardino, Philippine Islands— 3 April, 1807, the
Russell 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, also in
the East Indies— 19 Feb. 1808, for a passage home,
the Monmouth 64, Capt. Edw. Durnford King— and
in Sept, 1808, and March, 1809, the Pompee and
Belleisle 74's, both commanded by Capt. Cock-
burn, under whom, in the Pomp^e, he assisted at
the reduction of Martinique. On his return to
England in the Belleisle with the surrendered
Governor and garrison of the latter island, he was
presented with a Commander's commission dated
14 June, 1809. He was next, 28 Deo. 1810, and 8
Nov. 1811, appointed to the Elk and Mercury
'sloops, on the West India station ; where, on 1 Jan.
1813, he was nominated Acting-Captain of the He-
rald 20. Being confirmed to that vessel 28 May
following, and continuing in her until 11 Oct. 1815,
he succeeded in effecting the capture of several of
the enemy's vessels, and took an active part in the
expedition against New Orleans. Not having been
further employed, he accepted his present rank 1
Oct. 1846. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
MINCHIN. (Commander, 1821. f-p.,I8jh-p.,38.)
William Mjnchin died 7 Sept. 1845.
This officer entered the Na^-y, 15 Jan. 1790, as
A.B., on board the Advice cutter, Lieut.-Com-
* Mt. Milward was the officer from whom Lord Camelford
took the pistol on the well-known occasion on which he
shot Lieut. Chas. Peterson, of H.M.S. Wool.wirH, for mu-
tinous conduct at English Harbour, Antigua, 13 Jan. 1798.
MINGAYE-MITCHELL.
765
mander Henry Wray, attached to the force at Ja-
maica ; and, between i\Iarch of the following year
and April, 17'J4, was employed on the Home and
Mediterranean stations, the last 16 months as Mas-
ter's Mate, in the Scout and Okestes sloops, Capts.
Kich. Runwa Bowyer, Sir Harry Burrard, Graham
Moore, Solomon Ferris, and Lord Augustus Fitz-
Koy; with the latter of whom he further, until
Feb. 1796, served in the Pomona, Amphitrite, and
Imperieuse frigates. Being promoted (from the
BoMNEY 50, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Sir Jas.
Wallace) to a Lieutenancy, 27 Dec. 1796, in the
Star sloop, Capt. David Atkins, he served in that
vessel in the Channel and at the Cape of Good
Hope until Feb. 1799; and he was next, between
July, 1800, and Oct. 1803, employed, on the Java,
Baltic, and West India stations, in the Camel store-
ship, Capt. John Jjee, Scout again, Capt. Geo.
Ormsby, Monarch 74, Capts. Jas. Robt. Mosse and
Wm. Bligh, Blenheim 74, Capt. Peter Turner
Bover, and Emerald 36, Capt. Jas. O'Bryen. In
the Monarch he fought and bled at Copenhagen.*
He afterwards served on the Home and Newfound-
land stations— from Sept. 1804, to May, 1807, in the
Warrior 74, Capts. Wm. Bligh and Sam. Hood
Linzee, Tisii-hone sloop, Capt. Wm. Williams Foote,
and Diana 38, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling — from
Sept. 1815 to Aug. 1816, in the Albion and Queen
74's, each under the orders of Capt. Jas. Walker —
and from Nov. 1819, until awarded a second pro-
motal commission, 19 July, 1821, in command of
the Pelter gun-brig. He did not afterwards go
afloat.
MINGAYE. (Capt., 1822. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 25.)
William James Mingave entered the Navy, 16
Sept. 1798, as a Volunteer, on board the Anson of
46 guns, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham ; and in the
course of the ensuing month was present, we beUeve,
at the defeat of the squadron under Commodore
Bompart, carrying troops for the invasion of Ireland,
and (in company with the Kangaroo 18) at the
capture, with a loss to the Anson of 2 killed and 13
wounded, of La Loire of 46 guns and 664 men (in-
cluding troops), 46 of whom were killed and 71
wounded. After an attendance of some time upon
the King ofi' Weymouth, he accompanied Capt.
Durham, in Feb. 1801, into the Endvmion 40, in
which ship, besides assisting at the capture of La
Furle privateer of 14 guns, he escorted a convoy of
10 Indiamen home from St. Helena. In 1802 he be-
came in succession attached to the Alarm and
Amazon frigates, both commanded by Capt. Wm.
Parker; and on next joining the Magnificent 74,
Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis, he was wrecked on the
Black Rocks ofi' Brest, in March, 1804. On 8 Feb.
1805, havingin the interim served with Capt. Jervis
on board the Tonnant 80, he was nominated Sub-
Lieutenant of the Tickler gun-brig, Lieut. -Com-
mander John W. Skinner, stationed off" Boulogne,
where he remained until presented with a Lieute-
nant's commission dated 6 July following. Joining
then the Belligerent 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Bj'ng,
he served on shore with the naval brigade under
that officer at the capture of the Cape of Good
Hope in Jan. 1806 ;t after which he was, it appears,
appointed — 10 June, 1806, to the Bombay alias Cey-
lon 32, Capt. Wm. Jones Lye, on the East India
station, whence he invalided 10 Aug. 1809—19
March and 31 Dec. 1812, to the Cossack 22 and
Druid frigate, both commanded in the Mediterra-
nean by Capt. Wm. King, with whom he continued
until 5 July, 1813— and 5 March, 1816, and 21 July,
1817, as Senior, to the Ebidanus 36, and Koyal
George yacht, Capts. Wm. King and Hon. Chas.
Paget, each employed on Home Service. As Com-
mander, a rank he attained 2 Oct. 1817, Capt.
Mingaye served, from 1 Oct. 1818 until paid off in
Jan. 1822, in the Camelion 10, on the Portsmouth
station. He was advanced to Post-rank on 29 of
the month last mentioned ; became Acting-Captain,
23 July ensuing, of the Royal George yacht ; ob-
• Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 404.
t ''•'. Gaz. 1806.
tained command, in July, 1824, of the Romney 50,
arm-e-en-ftUte, fitting at Chatham ; and, from 8 Jan.
1825 until the abolition of the Service in 1831, was
in command of the Hyperion 42, lying in New-
haven Harbour, on the establishment of a third-
rate, for the purposes of the extended Coast
Blockade.
MITCHELL. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 27.)
George Mitchell entered the Navy, 27 April,
1804, as Midshipman, on board the Eagle 74,
Capts. David Colby and Chas. Rowley, in which
ship he continued to serve until 30 Aug. 1811. At
first he was employed in the North Sea under the
flags of Admirals Edw. Thornbrough and Thos.
Macnamara Russell ; he afterwards, in May, 1806,
assisted at the capture of the island of Capri, on the
coast of Italy ; and in 1810, having previously taken
part in the gun-boat service in the expedition to the
Walcheren, he aided in conveying powder to Fort
Matagorda, when attacked by the French during
the siege of Cadiz. Joining next, in Jan. 1812 (he
had passed his examination 15 Jan. 1811), the
Sappho sloop, Capt. Hayes O'Grady, he served for
two years in that vessel on the Jamaica station, and
was often employed in her boats in efiecting the
well-resisted capture of slave-vessels and other
contraband traders. In Nov. 1815, after he had
been attached for three months as a Supernumerary
to the Namur 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. AVilliaras at
Sheerness, and for 14 as Master's Mate and Acting-
Lieutenant to the Tanais 38, Capt. Jos. James, on
the Jamaica station, he took up a commission dated
3 March in that year. His next and last appoint-
ment was, 27 Dec. 1825, to the Coast Blockade, in
which service he continued, with his name on the
books of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, until
March, 1830.
MITCHELL. (Lieut., 1817. r-P., 22 ; h-p., 14.)
Lewis Dunbar Mitchell, born 3 Dec. 1796, is
a relative of Admiral Sir Robt. Calder, Bart.,
K.C.B., who died in 1818.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Slarch, 1811, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capt. Wm.
Prowse. After a servitude of more than two years
in the North Sea— a great part of the time in the
capacity of Midshipman— and a voyage to St. He-
lena for the purpose of convoying home a large
China fleet, he removed, in Dec. 1813, to the Gra-
Nicus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise. In that ship,
which was at first employed off' the coasts of Spain
and Portugal, he had charge of the signals, and was
severely wounded in the leg at the bombardment of
Algiers 27 Aug. 1816."* In Jan. and April, 1817, he
successively joined, at Plymouth, the Impreg'n able
104, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, and the
Lee 20, Capt. John Pasco; and on 29 Sept. in the
same year, at which period he was serving in the
AVest Indies on board the Primrose 18, Capt. Chas.
Geo. Rodney Phillott, he was promoted to a Lieu-
tenancy in the Larne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe.
He went back to the Primrose in Oct. 1818 ; and
(that vessel being paid off on 19 of the ensuing
month) was afterwards appointed— 29 Nov. 1825, to
the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant
of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot— 19 Nov.
1828, to the Coast Guard-3 Oct. 1831, to a three
years' command of the Greyhound Revenue-cruizer
—and 22 Dec. 1837, to the office of Admiralty Agent
on board a contract mail steam-vessel. From the
aggravated effects of the wound he had received at
Algiers, Lieut. Mitchell was under the necessity, in
June, 1842, of resigning the situation last named.
Although prevented, from the same cause, from re-
suming the active duties of his profession, he has
hitherto been unsuccessful in his endeavours to ob-
tain a pension.
MITCHELL. (LiEDT., 1813. f-p., 23 ; h-p 49)
Richard Mitchell entered the Navy, about
Ino, as Gunner's Servant, on board the Antelope
* Vidt G«r. 1818, p, 17»3.
766
MITCHELL.
50, Capt. Dixon, in which ship, bearing the flag of
Admiral Gayton, he was for four years employed in
the West Indies. In 1781 he joined the Dragon 74,
receiving-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Osbom; and he
next, between 1782 and the commencement of the
French revolutionary war, served, as Midshipman,
on the East India, Newfoundland, Mediterranean,
and Home stations, in the Defence 74, and Isis 50,
both commanded by Capt. Thos. Newnham, Meklin
sloop, Capt. Edw. Pakenham, Bedford 74, Capt.
Kobt. Mann, Aquilon 32, Capt. Kobt. Montagu,
F0KMIDABI.E 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Leve-
son Gower, and Edgar 74, Capt. Albemarle Bertie.
He was made Lieutenant, about 1796, into the Tour-
TERELLE, Capts. Cook and Fellows ; was subse-
quently, from the same year until the peace of
Amiens, employed in the Chapman armed ship,
Capts. Cumberland and Keen, Pvlades sloop, Capt.
M'Kenzie, and Monmodth 64, Capts. Deans and
Hart ; and, during the late war, became attached
for short periods, to the Experiment 44, Capt. Geo.
Chas. Mackenzie, Comcs 32, Capt. Conway Shiplej',
Hyacinth sloop, Capt. John Davie, Latona 38,
Capt. Sotheby, and Devastation bomb, Capt. Thos.
Alexander. He accompanied, in the Monmouth,
the expedition to Egypt in 1801 ; and in the other
ships he appears to have been chiefly engaged on
Home service. The commission he at present holds
bears date 18 Deo. 1813.
MITCHELL. (Retired Commander, 1838.
F-p., 17; H-p., 34.;
Si'ALDiNG Mitchell entered the Navy, 28 Nov.
1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Harpt sloop,
Capt. Henry Bazely, on the Home station ; where,
from July, 1797, until May, 1801, he served with
Capt. Fras. Eayerman in the Beaulibu 40 and
Terrible 74, and with Capt. Stephen Poyntz again
in the Beaulieu ; in which ship, under the former
officer, he fought as Midshipman in the action off'
Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. Being nominated in
March, 1803, Master's Mate (after a servitude of
eight months as Admiralty-Midshipman in the
SiRins frigate, Capt. Wm. Prowse) of the Malta
80, Capt. Edward BuUer, he served in that ship in
Sir Robt. Calder's action with the combined fleets
of France and Spain, 22 July, 1805. He became Sub-
Lieutenant, 21 Sept. following, of the Sprightly
cutter, Lieut.-Commander Sam. Gordon ; and, being
awarded a full Lieutenant's commission, 22 Jan.
1806, was next, from 14 April in that year until 18
July, 1810, employed, in that capacity, in the Char-
well sloop, Capts. Philip Dumaresq, Edwin Henry
Chamberlayne, Robt. Lisle Coulson, Hon. Wm. Gor-
don, and Henry Thompson. He was in consequence
present in the operations of 1807 against Monte
Video and Buenos Ayres ; he also, in 1809, being at
the time First-Lieutenant, took command of the
boats, and brought off a vessel which the Chakwell
had driven ashore on the lie de Bourbon; and in
the course of the same year he had the misfortune
to be severely wounded by the explosion of a
powder-horn while in the act of pointing a gun for
the purpose of covering the retreat of a party that
had been sent on shore for water in the neighbour-
hood of St. Denis. In consideration of his suffer-
ings the Patriotic Society voted him a gratuity.
His last appointments were, 15 March, 1811, and 2
July, 1813, to the Sceptre and Marlborough 74's,
Capts. Sam. Jas. Holland, Thos. Harvey, and Kobt.
Honyman, on the North American and West India
stations. When Second-Lieutenant of the former
ship in 1812, he jumped overboard and saved the
life of a seaman. H e was paid otf from the Marl-
BOROOGH in March, 1814 ; and accepted his present
rank 13 Oct. 1838.
MITCHELL. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 23;
H-p., 13.)
Thomas Mitchell is son of Maior Mitchell,
This officer entered the Navy, 31 Aug. 1811, as
Seo.-cl. Vol., on board the America 74, Capt.
Josias Rowley, attached to the force in the Medi-
terranean; where, until Oct. 1816, he continued to
serve, in the Centaur 74, Capt. John Chambers
White, Edinburgh 74, Capts. Kobt. Rolles and
Hon. Geo. Heneage Lavprence Dundas, Fubiecse
36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, Edinburgh again, Capt.
Dundas, Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray,
and Berwick 74, and Impregnable 104, both com-
manded by Capt. Edw. Brace. He was present, as
Midshipman of the Furieuse, at the reduction of
the island of Ponza in Feb. 1813. In the Edin-
burgh he vritnessed, in the course of the same year,
the storming of the batteries of d'Anzo, and the
capture of a convoy of 29 vessels anchored for pro-
tection under the walls ; also the surrender of Via
Reggio ; and the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn.
In 1815 it was his lot to be on board the Berwick
at the taking of Gaeta ; and on 27 Aug. 1816 he
assisted in the Impregnable, under the flag of
Rear-Admiral David Milne, at the bombardment of
Algiers. From Jan. 1817 until Oct. 182.3, we find
him in succession employed, on the Home, St. He-
lena, and West India stations, in the Ister 42, Capt.
Thos. Forrest, Albion 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett,
Vigo 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Kobt. Lambert,
and Gloucester 74, Commodore Sir Edw. W. 0.
R. Owen. He was then, as a reward for his con-
duct in having twice in one day gone off in the
quarter-boat during a heavy sea for the purpose of
rescuing a man who had fallen overboard, placed on
the Admiralty List for promotion, and appointed
Mate of the Icarus 10, Capt. John Geo. Graham;
of which vessel (having passed his examination in
April, 1819) he was nominated Acting- Lieutenant
10 March, 1824. After three months of very active
boat-service against the pirates on the coast of
Cuba, he was placed as Mate, in July of the latter
year, on board the Serapis receiving-ship at Port
Royal, Capt. Geo. Vernon Jackson, lie was con-
firmed a Lieutenant, 10 Dec. following, in the Car-
nation 18 ; and, that sloop being paid off in July,
1825, was subsequently appointed Senior— 27 March,
1828, of the Adventure 6, Capt. Philip Parker
King, employed, until her return to England in the
autumn of 1830, in surveying the neighbourhood of
Cape Horn— 20 Aug. 1831, of the .Etna 6, Capt.
Edw. Belcher, during a servitude of three years in
which vessel he assisted in surveying part of the
coast of Africa and the Mediterranean, and was
stationed in the river Douro during the hostilities
between Pedro and Miguel, by a sentry belonging
to the latter of wliom he was fired at and struck
while on the quarter-deck — 20 Nov. 1834, for a few
weeks, of the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings — 13 March, 1836, of
the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, fitting
for the Mediterranean, where, prior to his return
in Feb. 1840, he received the thanks of the Admi-
ralty (in conjunction with Lieut. Roberts) for hav-
ing again gone off in the quarter-boat during a hard
gale to pick up a man who had fallen into the sea —
and 3 Sept. 1841, of the Formidable 84, Capts. Sir
Edw. Thos. Troubridge and Sir Chas. Sullivan,
fitting at Sheerness. He attained his present rank
28 Jan. 1842, and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Mitchell married, 22 Nov. 1842, Ca-
roline, daughter of the late T. W. Pink, Esq., of
Portsea.
MITCHELL. (Retibed Commander, 1834.
F-p., 18 ; H-p., 34.)
Thomas Mitchell entered the Navy, 8 Nov.
1795, as Midshipman, on board the Adventure 44,
Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford; and for upwards of
three years was employed in the West Indies in the
same vessel, and in the Dictator 64, also com-
manded by Capt. Rutherford, Brunswick 74, flag-
ship of Kear-Admiral Rich. Rodney Bligh, and
Ceres 32, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson. Joining
then the Amethyst 36, Capts. John Cooke and
Henry Rich. Glynn, he accompanied the expedi-
tion of 1800 to Ferrol, was much employed in the
conveyance of royal and diplomatic personages ,
MITCHELL-MITFORD— MOBERLY.
767
and contributed to the capture, 28 Jan. and 9
April, 1801, of the French 36-gun frigate ia De-
daign£ii8e, and national corvette Le General JBrune
of 14 guns. Ue attained the rank of Lieutenant
29 April, 1802 ; and was subsequently appointed-
IB Nov. 1803, to the Scoubge sloop, Capt. Wm.
Wooldridge, stationed in the Channel— 23 Oct.
1804, and 21 Aug. 1806, to the Harrier 18, and
Macassar 36, Capts. "W. Wooldridge, Edw. Eatsey,
Edw. Thos. Troubridge, and Wm. Wilbraham, both
in the East Indies, whence he returned in Sept.
1807— in the course of 1809, to the Zebra bomb,
Capt. Geo. Barne Trollope, H elder 36, Capt. John
Serrell, and Salsette 36, Capts. Walter Bathurst,
John Hollinworth, and Henry Hope, all on the
Home station — and 14 July, 1813, to the Ajax 74,
Capts. Robt. Waller Otway and Geo. Mundy, with
whom he served, part of the time in the Mediter-
ranean, until paid off in July, 1816. When Senior
of the Harrier, and in company with the Phaeton
38, Lieut. Mitchell was present, 2 Aug. 1805, in a
severe action of two hours and a half with the
French 36-gun frigate Se'millante, and several bat-
teries, at the entrance of the Straits of St. Bernar-
dino, Philippine Islands; on which occasion the
Harrier, besides being much cut up, sustained a
loss of 2 men wounded. He was afterwards men-
tioned for the great assistance he afforded his Cap-
tain (Troubridge) in an action of an hour with a
Butch squadron, which terminated in the surrender,
near Java, 26 July, 1806, of the 36-gun frigate
J'allas, and armed ships Vittoria and Batavia, to
the Harrier, and her consort the Greyhoond 32.*
During his servitude in the Salsette, of which he
was also First-Lieutenant, we find him, while at-
tached to the Walcheren expedition, commanding
two divisions of boats in an attack on 13 of the
enemy's gun-vessels ; and presented in consequence
with the thanks of the late Admiral Sir Bich.
Keats. He accepted the rank of Commander on
the Retired List 25 March, 1834.
MITCHELL. (Lieut., 1829. f-p.,30; h-p., 9.)
William Mitchell, born 19 Oct. 1799, is son of
Lieut.-Col. Thos. Mitchell, R.M., who died in Oct.
1829.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 May, 1808, as
Seo.-cl. Boy, on board the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon.
Henry Blackwood, with whom he served in the
Mediterranean until Oct. 1812— the greater part of
the time in the capacity of Midshipman. He re-
embarked, 12 June, 1818, on board the Ister 42,
Capt. Thos. Forrest ; and on 26 Oct. 1820, after he
had been for rather more than three years employed
on the Newfoundland station, in the Sir Francis
Drake frigate, Capt. John Bowker, Carnation IS,
Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock, and Drake 10, Capt.
Octavius Vernon Harcourt, he passed his examina^
tion. During the next eight years and a half we
find him serving as Admiralty Midshipman, Mate,
and Admiralty Mate, in the Severn 40, and Ra-
MiLLiES 74, both commanded by Capt. Wm. M'Cul-
loch. Rainbow 28, Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous,
Larne 20, Capt. Wm. Burdett Dobson, Prince
Eejent 120, Capt. Constantine Rich. Moorsom, and
Isis 50, Commodore Sir Thos. Staines, on the
Downs, East India, Chatham, and Mediterranean
stations. He was then, 25 Aug. 1829, promoted to
a Lieutenancy in the Samarano 28, Capt. Wm.
Fanshawe Martin, also in the Mediterranean ;
whence, in Nov. 1830, he returned to England in
the Rifleman 18, Capt. Rich. Shepheard Triscott.
He has been in command, since 18 March, 1834, of
a station in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Mitchell married, 18 Aug. 1842, Frances
Heassey, eldest daughter of Lieut. W. Ashby, R.N.,
then of Bexhill.
7, p. 42 .
amung other vessels, he contributed to the capture of tlie
Belgim of 12 guns.
MITFOED. (Eear-Admieal, 1846. f-p., 18;
u-p., 35.)
Robert Mitforb, bom 26 Jan. 1781, ig second
son of the late Bertram Mitford. Esq., of Mitford
Castle, CO. Northumberland, by Tabitha, daughter
of Fras. Johnson, Esq., M.D., of Newcastle. The
Rear- Admiral, who belongs to an old baronial family
celebrated in earlier days as border chieftains, is
uncle of Lieut. B. M. Atherton, R.N., and a relative
of Miss Mary Russell Mitford, the admired authoress
of ' Our Village.'
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Oct. 1794, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Fiorenzo of 42 guns,
Capts. Sir Harry Burrard Neale and Wm. Chas.
Paterson. While in that ship, besides being much
in attendance on the King off Weymouth, he assisted,
in company with La N ymphe 36, at the capture of
La Besistance of 48 and La Constance of 24 guns, 9
March, 1797— passed, soon afterwards, through the
mutinous fleet at the Nore— took part in a very
warm action of nearly two hours, which terminated
in the defeat, by the San Fiorenzo, and her con-
sort the Amelia 38, of a French squadron, consist-
ing of three frigates and a guu-vessel, 9 April, 1799
■ — and, we believe, was present, 2 July following, in
an attack made by Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice
Pole on a Spanish squadron lying in Aix Roads.
After serving for some time with Capt. Philip Chas.
Durham in the Anson and Endymion frigates, and
with Capt. Bendall Robt. Littlehales in the Centaur
74, he was promoted, 13 Jan. 1802, to a Lieutenancy
in the Resistance 36, Capts. Henry Digby and
Hon. Philip Wodehouse. Invaliding from that ship
in the ensuing Sept., he was next, 28 Jan. 1804 and
30 Oct. 1806, appointed to the Ceeberos 32 and In-
defatigable 44, Capts. Wm. Selby and John Tre-
mayneRodd, both employed, as had been the other
ships, on the Home station. On 16 Feb. 1807 he was
advanced to the command of the Duchess of Bed-
ford armed ship ; and on 24 May, 1808, after having
been attached to the force off Cadiz and Gibraltar, he
assumed that of the Espoir 18. In that sloop we find
him, in June, 1809, assisting at the capture of the
islands of Ischia and Procida and of 18 gun-boats ;*
and on 25 April, 1810, uniting with the Spartan
and SoccESS frigates in an attack upon the enemy
at Terracina ; on which occasion, previously to the
bringing off of several vessels by the boats of the
three ships, he distinguished himself by his great
energy and judgment in running in and sounding
under the various batteries. He was nominated, 2
Feb. 1813, Acting-Captain of the Minstrel 24, and,
in that vessel, to which he was confirmed 31 March
following, he continued employed, still in the Medi-
terranean, until Aug. 1814, when he invalided. He
accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
Rear-Admiral Mitford married, in Dec. 1830,
Margaret, daughter of Jas. Dunsmure, Esq., of
Edinburgh, by whom he has issue one daughter.
MOBERLY. (ffaptaill, 1815. r-P., 14 ; H-p., 32.)
John Moberly entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1801,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Triumph 74, Capt.
Sir Robt. Barlow. After rather more than three
years' servitude in that ship in the Mediterranean,
cliiefty in the capacity of Midshipman, he became
in succession attach«d, between Dec. 1804 and his
attainment of the rank of Lieutenant, 14 Oct. 1807,
to the Bahfleur98, Capt. Geo. Martin, Triumph
74, Capt. Henry Inman (part of the force engaged
in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805), Londow
and Barfleur 98's, both commanded by Sir Robt.
Barlow, Edgar 74, flag-ship of Lord Keith, Namub
74, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and Elizabeth
74, Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon— all on the Home sta-
tion. In July, 1808, having been intermediately
employed in the Cumberland 74, Capt. Hon. Philip
Wodehouse, and as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir John
Borlase Warren, in the Swiftsure 74, in the North
Sea and North America, he obtained an appoint-
ment to the Melampos 36, Capt. Edw. Hawker.
In that frigate, besides assisting in making prize of
» Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1437.
7G8
MOFFATT— MOLESWORTU.
several privateers, we find him, in the course of
1809-10, escorting a fleet of transports from Halifax
to Barbadoes, lending his aid to the capture of Le
CoUbri French brig-of-war of 16 guns and 92 men,
and co-operating in the reduction of Guadeloupe.
Removing, in June, 1811, to the Little Belt, Capt.
Arthur Batt Bingham, he served as Senior of that
vessel in the furious and well-known action fought
between her and the American 44-gun frigate Pre-
sident^ whose fire in half an hour not only greatly
damaged her opponent in masts, sails, rigging, and
hull, but killed and wounded 32 of her crew. In a
gale which arose after the battle, Mr. Moberly, who
had proved himself in every respect a most excel-
lent officer, afibrded his Captain very great assist-
ance by personally stopping the leaks, securing the
masts, and doing everything in liis power.* On
leaving the Little Belt he made a voyage it ap-
pears to St. Helena in the Iphigenia 36, Capt.
Lucius Curtis, and again officiated as Flag-Ljeute-
nant to Sir J. B. Warren, in the San Domingo 74,
on the North American station. He attained the
rank of Commander 29 May, 1813 ; was appointed,
in the following July, to the Moselle sloop, at Ja-
maica; and on 26 Aug. 1815 was posted. He ac-
cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Moberly is at present Inspector of Licences
at Simcoe, Upper Canada. .
MOFFATT. (Lieut., 1811. r-p., 22 ; h-p., 23.)
John Moffatt is son of a Surgeon in the R.N.,
■who served in various frigate actions, and was on
board the Amphion in the battle off Lissa, 13 March,
1811. The united services of himself and his family
extend over a period of considerably more than a
hundred years, and include the action of 1 June,
1794, the capture of the Dutch squadron in Sal-
danha Bay in 1796, the action under Sir Robt.
Calder in July, 1805, and the battle of Trafalgar.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Dec. 1802, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hercole 74, Capt. Solo-
mon Ferris ; in which ship, while under the tempo-
rary command of Lieut. John B. Hills, he was pre-
sent as Midshipman at the capture, between 28
June and 1 July, 1803, of ia Mignonne corvette of
16 guns, and 40-gun frigate La Creole, having on
board the French General Morgan and 530 troops,
and participated in a severe running action with
La Poursuivante of 44 guns. These occurrences took
place in the "West Indies, whence, on removing, in
July, 1803, to the Leviathan 74, Capt. Henry Wm.
Bayntun, Mr. Moffatt proceeded to the Mediterra-
nean. In Nov. 1804 he there became Master's Mate
of the .a^TNA bomb, Capts. Rich. Thomas, John
Quilliam, and John Yule ; under the latter, we be-
lieve, of whom, when off Cape Finisterre in 1806,
he jumped overboard during a gale, and was nearly
lost in an endeavour to save the life of the Gunner's
Mate. In Deo. 1807, at which period he had been
serving for about 14 months in the Crescent fri-
gate, Capt. Jas. Carthew, he joined the Vanguard
74, Capts. Alex. Fraser, Thos. Fras. Chas. Main-
waring, and Henry Rich. Glynn. Continuing in
that ship (of which he was nominated Acting-Lieu-
tenant 28 May, 1803) until Feb. 1810, he came into
frequent contact with the Danish gun-boats and
batteries, while affording protection to convoys
through the Sound ; and assisted on one occasion in
driving a man-of-war schooner on the rocks be-
tween Elsineur and Copenhagen. On another, hav-
ing been the first to board a Prussian ship which
the Danes had taken and i-un on shore, he suc-
ceeded, although under a heavy fire of field-pieces,
in driving the enemy out of her, and in then setting
her on fire. In Aug. 1810 he became Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the AcoEN sloop, Capt. Robt. Clephane ;
as at the close of the same year (after he had
served for a short time as Mate and Midshipman of
the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste) he further did
of the Cerbebds 32, Capt. Henry Whitby. In the
boats of the two last-mentioned ships we find him
taking part in many important affairs, and in par-
• FWeGaz. 1811, p. 1296.
ticular at the capture of a convoy under a severe .
cross fire from the enemy's musketry at Pesaro.
In the Cekbebos it was his lot to be present, 13
March, 1811, in the celebrated action off Lissa,
where a British squadron, carrying in the whole
156 guns and 879 men, completely routed, after a
conflict of six hours, and a loss to the Cekberus of
13 killed and 41 wounded, a Franco- Venetian arma-
ment consisting of 284 guns and 2655 men._ His
conduct on the occasion procured him a commission
bearing date the day of the battle. The appoint-
ments he next received were, on the Home station
—4 Sept. 1811, to the Zephyr 16, Capt. Thos. Cuth-
bert Hichens- 13 Feb. 1812, to the Christian VIL,
80, Capts. Jas. Andrew Worth and Henry Lidgbird
Ball— 23 April following, to the Bulwark 74, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham— and,
24 Dec. 1813, as Senior, to the Mtktle 20, Capt.
Arthur Batt Bingham, with whom he continued
until Sept. 1814. While attached in 1813 to the
Bulwark, Lieut. Moffatt, in cutting out a French
vessel, was attacked and all but cut off by the boats
of a squadron ; who, however, on his being rein-
forced, were in their turn driven back and com-
pelled to take refuge under the shelter of their own
guns. In Nov. 1820 he obtained charge of a Coast
Guard station in Yorkshire ; on his removal whence
to the Isle of Wight he had the good fortune to
prevent the revenue from being defrauded to a
considerable amount, and was often in consequence
recommended to the notice of the Admiralty. His
last appointments were to the command— in 1827,
of the Starling 14, stationed in the Channel— 18
July, 1828, of the Sparrow 14, employed, until
1830, in protecting the Jersey fisheries— and, 9 Nov.
1832, for nine months, of the Magpie 4, on the
North Sea, Channel, and Lisbon stations.
Lieut. Moffatt is married, and has issue seven
children. Agest — J. Hinxman.
MOLESWOETH. (Commander, 1814. r-p., 16;
HP., 33.)
Bourchier Molesworth is fifth son of the late
Robt. Molesworth, Esq., and great-grandson of the
first Viscount Molesworth. One of his brothers,
Arthur, a Major-General in the E. I. Co.'s service,
died 7 Jan. 1843 ; and another, Bysse Cole, a Major
in the Army, died 4 Dec. 1819. He is second-cousin
of the present Commander John Molesworth, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 July, 1798, as
Midshipman, on board the Excellent 74, com-
manded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Cuthbert
CoUingwood ; and from the early part of the fol-
lowing year until Jan. 1805 was employed, at first
under the flag of the same officer, in the Triumph
74, Capls. Thos. Seccombe, Eliab Harvey, and Sir
Robt. Barlow, on the Channel and Mediterranean
stations. He was then nominated Sub-Lieutenant
of the Hardy gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Rodney
Augustus Reid, lying at Portsmouth ; and on 14 of
the following Oct. he was promoted to a full Lieu-
tenancy in La Chiffone 36, Capts. Patrick Camp-
bell and John Wainwright, again in the Mediterra-
nean ; where, and on the West India, Home, and
Lisbon stations, he further, from April, 1808, until
advanced to his present rank, 16 May, 1814, served
in the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley, Dauntless
sloop, Capt. Josias Wittman, Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam.
Jas, Ballard (under whom, antecedently to a parti-
cipation in the operations against Guadeloupe, he
witnessed the destruction, 18 Dec. 1809, of the
French 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine, lying under
the protection of several strong batteries in L' Ance
la Barque), Star sloop, Capt. Wm. Paterson, Or-
pheus 36, Capt. Robt. Preston, Dragon 74, flag-
ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, Thetis and Tribune fri-
gates, Capts. Wm. Henry Byam and Geo. Reynolds,
Stirling Castle and Bellerophon 74's, both com-
manded by Capt. Brine, Rippon 74, Capt. Sir Christ.
Cole, Stately 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo.
Martin, and Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Thos.
Eyles. He has since been on half-pay.
MOLESWORTH-MOLYNEUX.
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MOLESWORTH. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 18;
H-P., 29.)
John Molesworth, bom in July, 1789, is second
jon of the late RicJi. Molesworth, Esq. (brother of
the fifth Viscount Molesworth, and many years Ac-
countant in the Army Pay Office), by Catherine,
daughter of Fras. Cobb, Esq., of Twickenham ; and
is grandson of Capt. Wm. Molesworth, who figured
in the wars with Spain, and was afterwards M.P.
for Philipstown, and a Commissioner of Trade and
Plantations. The Commander (a brother of the
present Viscount Molesworth and of Capt. Anthony
Oliver Molesworth, R.A.) is uncle of Lieut. Bartho-
lomew JeflFery, R.N., and second-cousin of Com-
mander Bourchier Molesworth, R.N. His cousin,
the sixth Viscount Molesworth, a Major-General in
the Army, and Lieut.-Colonel of H.M.'s 9th Regi-
ment, was lost in the AjtHston transport, near the
Cape of Good Hope, 30 May, 1815.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plover 18, Capts. Edw.
Galwey and Matthew Forster, with whom he served
in the Channel and West Indies until Sept. 1802,
latterly in the capacity of Midshipman. In July,
1803, after he had been for six months attached to
the CuLLODEN 74, Capts. Chas. Henry Lane, John
Conn, and Bartholomew Dacres, he joined the Ca-
NOPOS 80 ; in which ship, bearing the successive
flags of Rear-Admirals Geo. Campbell, Sir Thos.
Louis, and Geo. Martin, he continued until Feb.
1808 ; assisting during that period in the action off
St. Domingo, at the capture of the French frigate Le
president, in the passage of the Dardanells, and in
the expedition to Egypt. On 7 March, 1808, he
was promoted, from the Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord
Collingwood, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the
Malta 80, Capt. Wm. Shield ; and on 24 of the
ensuing month he was confirmed into the iMFi-
BiEUSE 38, Capt. Lord Cochrane. On 28 Jan. 1809,
while in charge of a prize belonging to the latter
frigate, he landed near Tarragona, in ignorance of
the proximity of the French, by whom he was un-
fortunately taken prisoner. In Sept. of the same
year, having regained his liberty, he joined the
Partridge sloop, Capts. Wm. Williams Foote and
John Miller Adye, under whom he continued em-
ployed in the Channel, West Indies, and North Sea,
until May, 1811. While next attached, from 26
Aug. in the latter year until 8 Oct. 1814, to the
America 74, commanded by the late Sir Josias
Rowley, it was his fortune to see much service in
the Mediterranean ; where, on 19 May, 1812, he cre-
ditably aided, in the boats of that ship and of the
Leviathan 74 and Eclair sloop, at the capture of
16 and destruction of two deeply laden vessels,
which had taken shelter under the town and bat-
teries of Languelia, on the coast of Italy, and had
been secured by various contrivances to the houses
and beach — an exploit that occasioned the British a
loss of 16 men killed and 20 wounded.* Besides
enacting a part in the operations against Leghorn
and Genoa, he aided in reducing the enemy's de-
fences in the Gulf of Spezia, and was in particular
commended for the manner in which he directed
the batteries at the siege of the fortress of Santa
Maria.f His last appointments were— 27 March,
18 15, to the Impregnable 104, flag-ship in the Medi-
terranean of Sir Josias Rowley, with whom he re-
mained for a period of eight months, part of the
time as Signal-Lieutenant— and, 6 May, 1818, again
as Flag-Lieutenant to the same officer at Cork. He
was advanced to his present rank on the Admiral
striking his flag, 14 Dec. 1821 ; and has not been
since afloat.
Commander Molesworth married, 6 Feb. 1828,
Louisa, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Tomkyns, of
Buckenhill Park, co. Hereford, by whom he has
Issue a son and two daughters.
MOLYNEUX. (LlEDTENANT, 1846.)
Thomas Howard Moeyneux passed bis exami-
nation 9 Oct. 1843 ; and at the period of his promo-
• Vide Qnz. 1812, p. 1396, f ^. G«2. 1814, p. 984.
tion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 23
June, 1846, had been serving for a considerable
time as Mate in the Excellent gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry
Ducie Chads. He has been employed, since 27
July, 1846, in the Spartan 22, Capt. Thos. Matthew
Chas. Symonds, on the Mediterranean station.
MOLYNEUX. (Commander, 1833. f-p., 16;
H-P., 19.)
William Moltnedx died 18 July, 1847. He was
third son of the late Lieut.-General Sir Thos. Mo-
lyneux, Bart., by Elizabeth, daughter of Thos.
Perrin, Esq. ; and brother-in-law of Lord Wm. G.
Henry Somerset.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Aug. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nokge 74, Capts. John
Sprat Rainier and Chas. Dashwood, under the latter
of whom, on proceeding to North America, he served
as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Nov.
1812) in the expedition of 1814 against New Or-
leans. Joining, in Nov. 1815, the Lyra 10, Capt.
Basil Hall, he accompanied Lord Amherst in the
ensuing year in his embassy to China. He returned
to England in Nov. 1817 ; and was next, between
March, 1818, and Oct. 1821, employed on the Home
and West India stations, in the Spencer 74, Capt.
Wm. Bobt. Broughton, Tonnant 80, and Windsor
Castle 74, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Gordon
Caulfeild, Raieigh 18, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baum-
gardt, Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
Wm. Chas. Fahie, and Pyramds 42, Capt. Fras.
Newcombe. He was then nominated Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Falmodth 20, Capt. Edw. PurceU ;
in which vessel (being confirmed to her by commis-
sion dated 21 Feb. 1822) he continued employed,
still in the West Indies, until 11 July, 1823. His
succeeding appointments were, on the Jamaica sta-
tion— 15 May, 1824, to the Dartmouth 42, Capt.
Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude — 7 Jan. and 9 March,
1826, to theSERAPis and Magnificent convalescent
and store-ships, Capts. Chas. ElUot, Jas. Cooper
Bennett, and Geo. Mansel— 23 March, 1829, to the
Barham 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Chas. Eiphin..
stone Fleeming— and, 10 March, 1830, to the acting-,
command of the Fairy sloop. He returned to Eng-
land in the following June ; but was not officially
promoted until 12 March, 1833. He did not agaia
go afloat.
MOLYNEUX. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 15;
H-P., 21.)
William Hargbaves Molyneox entered the
Navy, 23 Nov. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
Daphne 20, Capts. Philip Pipon and Jas. Green,
fitting for the Baltic, where he served at the siege
of Danzig, and came into boat-contact with the
enemy's privateers off the island of Rugen. Re-
joining Capt. Pipon, in Sept. 1813, on board the
Tagus 38, he assisted, on 6 of the ensuing Jan.,
while cruizing among the Cape de Verde Islands, in
company with the Niger 38, at the capture of the
French 40-gnn frigate Ceres ; and he subsequently,
on visiting the Pacific, fell in with Pitcaim's Island
— the first time it had been touched at since settled
on by the mutineers of the Bounty. In the early
part of 1816 we find him sailing in the Magicienne
36, Capt. John Brett Purvis, tor the East Indies,
with the fiag of Sir Rich. King, whom he there
followed, in Oct. 1817, into the Minden 74. He
was promoted, on his return home, to the rank of
Lieutenant, by commission dated 31 Oct. 1820 ; and
was subsequently appointed — 7 Nov. 1822, to the
Jupiter 60, Capt. Geo. Augustus Westphal, under
whom he escorted Lord Amherst, Governor-General
of India, to Bengal— 4 June, 1824 (six months after
the latter ship had been paid off), to the Niemen 28
Capts. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, Wm. Pitt Canning'
and Chas. Simeon, in which vessel he was for three
years employed on the Halifax station— 19 Jan. 1836
as First, to the Minden 74, fitting for the flag of Sir
Peter Halkett, Commander-in-Chief in North Ame-
rica and the West Indies, whence he returned ta
5F
770
MONDAY— MONEY.
England and was paid off in Aug. 1837 — and, 1
Nov. 1841, in a similar capacity, to the Alfred 50,
equipping at Sheerness for the broad pendant of
Commodore John Brett Purvis. He was advanced
to his present rank on 23 of the month last men-
tioned ; and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Molyneux married, 8 June, 1837,
Martha Maria, only daughter of the late Admiral
Sir Andw. Mitchell, K.B., by whom he has issue
two sons and a daughter.
MONDAY. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 17;
H-p., 32.)
Edward Monday was bom 13 May, 1782.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Deo. 1798, as
Ordinary, on hoard the Hazard sloop, Capts. Wm.
Butterfield and K. J. Neve ; and while in that
vessel, in which he remained until Aug. 1805, he
was continuously employed on the Irish and
Channel stations — chiefly in the capacities of Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate ; in which latter he
assisted, in June, 1803, in cutting out a French brig
and chasse-maree from under a heavy fire from the
enemy's batteries and musketry in Hodierne Bay.
After serving for short periods, as Midshipman, in
the ViLLE DE Paris and Hibernia, flag-ships of
Hon. "Wm. Cornwallis and Earl St. "Vincent, as
Acting-Lieutenant in the London 98, Capt. Thos.
Western, and again, as Midshipman, in the Hiber-
nia, he was nominated, in Oct. 1806, Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Phienix 36, Capts. Zachary Mudge,
Jas. Bowen, "Wm. Henry "Webley, and Chas. John
Austen ; under whom, the appointment being con-
firmed on 7 of the following month, he continued
(with the exception of a brief attachment, from
Dec. 1808 until March, 1809, to the Alert sloop,
Capt. "Williams) to serve, until wrecked, during a
hurricane near Smyrna, 20 Feb. 1816. He com-
manded her boats, during that period, at the cap-
ture of £Jl Cupido Spanish schooner from Buenos
Ayres, bound to Corunna, carrying 1 large gun on
a circular slide and 17 men, in Dec. 1806 ; in con-
junction with those of the Jalodse, at the very
gallant capture, with a loss to the British of 1 man
killed and another wounded, of Le Charles French
brig privateer of 14 guns and 90 men, under a heavy
fire of grape and musketry, 29 Jan. 1810 ;* at the
reduction of Fort Pulo Kissa, in the Eastern Archi-
pelago, in March, 1811 ; together with the boats of
a squadron, in an attack on Sambas, a piratical
settlement on the coast of Borneo, in Jan. 1813 ;
and at the capture of two piratical proas in the
Grecian Archipelago in 1815. He also, in 1811,
took, by escalade, with a party of seamen and ma-
rines. Fort Concordia, on the island of Timor,
mounting 26 pieces of cannon ; and in 1812 he was
employed in the boats of a squadron at the reduc-
tion of Palambang. During four months of 1812-13
Mr. Monday (by whom all the above services, with
the exception of the capture of El Cupido, were
performed in the capacity of First-Lieutenant), acted
as Captain of the Phcenix. After nearly 32 years
of half-pay he was advanced to the rank of Com-
mander 9 Nov. 1846 !
Commander Monday is married, and has issue six
children.
MONDAY. (Captain, 1838. p-p., 20; h-p., 21.)
John Monday entered the Navy, 15 March, 1806,
as Clerk, on board the Bustler gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander Richard "Welsh. Although present, as
we are informed, in the FonoEoyANT at the cap-
ture, in the following month, of the Marengo 80,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-
gun frigate Selle Poule, his name, we believe, con-
tinued borne on the books of the above vessel,
chiefly as Midshipman and acting Sub-Lieutenant,
until Jan. 1809, during which period he saw much
boat-service on the Downs station. After an em-
ployment of two years and a half, as Master's Mate,
in the Diomede 50, flag-ship off Guernsey and in
the East Indies of Admirals D'Auvergne and Wm.
• Tide Gaz. 1810, p. 178.
O'Brien Drury, he became attached, in Oct. 1811,
to the QnEEN 74, Capts. Lord Colville and John
Coode ; under the former of whom he was landed
in 1812 for the purpose of co-operating jvith the
patriots on the north coast of Spain. He continued
to serve in the Queen, as an acting and confirmed
Lieutenant (order and commission respectively
dated 30 Jan. and 27 Jane, 1814), until Dec. 1815,
part of the time in the West Indies and Mediterra-
nean, under the flags of Kear- Admirals Sir Fras.
Laforey and Chas. Vinicombe Penrose; and was
next appointed, in the capacity of First-Lieutenant
— 1 Sept. 1821, to the Semiramis 42, flag-ship of
Lord Colville at Cork, where he remained until paid
off in April, 1825—14 April, 1826, to the Clio 18,
Capt. Kobt. Aitchison, stationed in the North Sea
— and, 3 Aug. following, to the Glasgow 60, Capt.
Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude. For his conduct in the
latter ship at the battle of Navarin he was pre-
sented with a second promotal commission dated 22
Oct. 1827. He afterwards, 28 Sept. 1832, obtained
a three years' appointment in the Coast Guard, and
from 12 Dec. 1836, until advanced to his present
rank 27 Dec. 1838, he commanded the Stag 46,
bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Thos.
Ball Sulivan in South America, He has since been
on half-pay.
Capt. Monday is married, and has, issue.
MONEY, C.B. (CTaptaitl, 1815. F-P., 15;
H-p., 36.)
KowLAND Money, bom 28 April, 1782, is son of
the late Wm. Money, Esq., of Horn House, co. He-
reford, by Mary, daughter of Wm. Webster, Esq.,
of Stockton-on-Tees ; and brother (with Geo. Mo-
ney, Esq., late Master in Equity, Accountant-Ge-
neral, and Keeper of the Kecords in the Supreme
Court of Judicature at Calcutta) of the Rev, Wm.
Money Kyrle, the present possessor of Horn Honse.
His eldest brother. Sir , Jas. Kyrle Money, Bart.,
was a Major-General in the army, and died' 26 June,
1843 ; another, the Rev. Kyrle Ernie Money, M,A.,
was Prelector and Prebendary of Hereford Cathe-
dral ; and a third, John, a Commander in the Indian
Navy, died 6 Aug. 1825.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 April, 1796, as
a "Volunteer, on board the St, Fiorenzo 36, Capt.
Sir Harry Burrard Neale, attached to the force in
the Channel ; where, and on the Halifax and Medi-
terranean stations, we find him, from March, 1798,
until Aug. 1802, serving, as Midshipman (a rating
he had attained in April, 1797) and Master's Mate,
in the St, Albans 64, Capt, Fras, Pender, Thetis
36, Capt, Hon. Alex, Cochrane, Naiad 38, Capt.
Wm, Pierrepont, Ajax 74, Capt. Hon. A. Cochrane,
and Maidstone and Narcissus frigates, both com-
manded by Capt. Ross Donnelly. Towards the
close of 1804 he joined the Royal Sovereign yacht,
Capt. Sir Harry Burrard Neale, off Weymouth. He
attained the rank of Lieutenant 12 Jan. 1805 ; and
in the course of that and the following year was
successively appointed to the Valorous, Capt. Geo.
Nicholas Hardinge, Vestal 28, Capt. Stephen Thos.
Digby, and Lively 38, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley. In
March, 1806, Mr. Money, then in the Vestal, was
the means, under very hazardous circumstances, of
saving the crew of a merchant-brig, the Friendship,
of Hull, which had grounded on the Gunfleet, near
Harwich, in a heavy gale of wind. On the evening
of 19 Nov. 1807, after having escorted the troops
under Lord Cathcart to Copenhagen, and when in
lat. 47° 10' N,, long. 16° W,, he again manifested the
intrepid benevolence of his disposition by volun-
teering in the jolly-boat (although it was thought
that no boat could live in the sea then running) to
rescue the crew of a foundering merchantman to
leeward. He made, notwithstanding, three succes-
sive trips to the distressed vessel, and had the hap-
piness of saving every soul. On ultimately regain-
ing the Lively, the jolly-boat, so tempestuous was
the weather, was cut adrift, it being found impos-
sible to preserve her. On leaving the Lively, Mr.
Money, in Aug. 1809, rejoined the Royal Sove-
reign yacht, commanded at the time by Capt. Hen.
MONK.
771
Hume Spenoe, with whom he continued until pre-
sented, 9 Nov. following, with a second promotal
commission. His next appointment was, 16 April,
18U, to the Traave 36, arme'e-m-flite ; in which ship
he conveyed part of the 4th Regiment of infantry
from the river Garonne to North America. In Aug.
of the same year he had charge of a subdivision of
boats at the destruction of Commodore Barney's
flotilla up the Patuxent.* He commanded, too, a
party of seamen, and obtained the thanks of Rear-
Admiral Geo. Cockburn for his exertions and steady
gallantry, in the attacks upon Washington and Bal-
timore ;! and for his conspicuous conduct in the
operations against New Orleans, where he was simi-
larly employed, and had both bones of the right leg
broken by a musket-shot at the storming of a bat-
tery on the Mississippi 8 Jan. 1815, he was highly
lauded by Colonel Thornton, commanding the 85th
Regiment, and most strongly recommended by Sir
Alex. Cochrane to the protection of the Admiralty,
and intrusted by him with the conveyance of his
despatches to England.]; He was in consequence
promoted to Post-rank by commission dated 29
March, 1815 ; nominated a C.B. 4 June following ;
and awarded, 16 Feb. 1816, a pension of 2501. His
last appointment was to an Inspecting Command in
the Water Guard in the Isle of Wight, where he
remained from 1822 until 1825. He accepted the
Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Money married, 13 Sept. 1805, Maria, fifth
daughter of the late Wm. Money, Esq., of Walt-
hamstow, co. Essex, one of the Elder Brethren of
the Trinity House, and a Director of the East India
Company, and sister of the late Wm. Taylor Money,
Esq., K..H., formerly H.M. Consul-General at Ve-
nice and Milan, and M.P. successively for Wotton
Basset and St. Michael's. By that lady, who died
6 Feb. 1847, he had issue four sons and five daugh-
ters. Of the latter, the eldest, Maria Rowlanda,
married, in 1830, the Rev. Sam. Jas. Gambler, ne-
phew of Admiral Lord Gambler, G. C.B. ; the second,
Amelia Mary, in 1841, the Hon. H. F. Pery, brother
of the present Earl of Limerick; and the third,
Angelica Mary, in 1844, Geo. Selby, Esq., of the
Madras Artillery. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
MONK. (LlEOTENANT, 1812.)
George Mitpord Monk entered the Navy, 29
Jan. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ramii.i.i£s
74, Capts. Eras. Pickmore and Robt. Yarker ; and,
on 13 March, 1806, while cruizing with a squadron
under the orders of Sir John Borlase Warren, was
present at the capture of the Marengo 80, bearing
the flag of Rear- Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate
Belle Poule. In Oct. and Nov. 1808 (he had attained
the rating of Midshipman in April, 1807) he suc-
cessively joined the Princess op Orange 74, Capt.
Fras. Beauman, and Resistance 38, Capts. Chas.
Adam, John HoUinworth, and Philip Rosenhagen ;
and on 23 Jan. 1812, on his return home from the
Mediterranean in the Topaze 36, Capt. Edw. Har-
vey, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
Being ordered back in the Akmada 74, Capt. John
Fenis Devonshire, he joined, on his arrival off
Toulon, the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. Rolles. He
was subsequently, during five months of the same
year, 1812, again employed, under Capt. Devon-
shire, in the St. Albans 64, at the defence of Cadiz.
From Feb. 1813 until Nov. 1814 we find him attached
to the NiOBE 40, Capts. Wm. Augustus Montagu
and Henry Colins Deacon, stationed at first on the
coasts of America and Portugal, and then engaged
in conveying the staflT of the Russian Imperial
Guards to Cronstadt. His last appointments were
—2 Dec. 1814, to the Niger 38, Capt. Peter Rainier,
with whom he remained for about nine months at
the Cape of Good Hope— 3 July, 1816, to theL.a;AN-
DBH 50, Capt. Edw. Chetham, in which ship he
assisted at the bombardment of Algiers — and, 27
Jan. 1817, to an Inspecting Command in the Water
• Fide Qaz. 1814, p. li(41. f V. Gai. 1814, p. 1938, 2074.
% V.<an. 181S, p. 440, 450.
Guard. Lieut. Monk's services afloat extend to »
period of ten years.
MONK. (LiEDT., 1814. r-p., 11; h-p., 30.)
John Monk entered the Navy, 5 July, 1806, as
A. B., on board the Dictator 64, Capts. Jas. Mac-
namara and Donald Campbell ; under the latter of
whom he enacted a Midshipman's part in the expe-
dition of 1807 against Copenhagen ; whence he re-
turned to England in charge of one of the enemy's
captured vessels. In Aug. 1808, having rejoined
Capt. Macnamara on board the Edgar 74, he served
in a boat under that officer at the capture of the
forts of Nyeborg, on the occasion of the embarkar
tion thence of the Spanish General the Marquis de
la Romana and his patriot troops ; whom, in com-
mand of the Danish man-of-war prize Fama, he
assisted in convoying as far as Gottenborg. After
the operations against Flushing, where he received
a wound in the left hand and had two of his fhigers
broken, he followed Capt. Macnamara, as Master's
Mate, in Feb. 1810, into the Berwick 74; in which
ship he continued employed, under Capts. Sir Robt.
Laurie and Edw. Brace, until July, 1816. A.t first
he was very actively engaged in the vicinity of
Cherbourg, and while so stationed was present, 25
March, 1811, at the self-destruction of the French
40-gun frigate L'Amazme- Proceeding next to the
Mediterranean, he there participated in much boat-
service on the coasts of Spain, France, and Italy.
On 16 May, 1813, we find him aiding, in the boats of
his own ship and the EtiBYAi.DS 36, under Lieut.
Henry Johnston Sweedland, and mentioned for his
conduct, at the capture and destruction of La Far-
tune xebec of 10 guns, 4 swivels, and 95 men, and of
22 vessels collected under the enemy's batteries
(which were likewise taken) in the harbour of
Cavalarie.* On the evening of 11 Dec. following,
with a view to the capture of a convoy in the port
of Negaye, he landed at that place at the head of a
party of seamen, and, assisted by a body of marines,
succeeded, without the loss of a man, in obtaining
possession of a martello tower, and of the enemy's
castle and forts. This part of the business being
accomplished, and the concerted signal being
made for the boats to advance, he received orders
from the First-Lieutenant, Sweedland, to take
charge of the launch and second barge,' and pro-
ceed to the attack of the vessels. Being unex-
jiectedly met by a terrific fire from two national
schooners, Lieut. Sweedland gave orders for a re-
treat; heedless, however, of which, Mr. Monk and
his party with three cheers dashed alongside the
first schooner, and, after a bloody struggle, carried
her. She was found to be armed with long 18-
pounders, and to have on board 200 barrels of
powder and 1400 stand of arms. Her guns being
immediately turned against her consort, the latter,
we believe, was sunk. Unfortunately, at this junc-
ture a heavy and unaccountable fire was opened by
those who had been left in the batteries ; in conse-
quence of which Mr. Monk was under the necessity
of ordering the cable of his prize to be cut, and of
making the best of his way out of the harbour.
On his road he picked up the gig with Lieut. Sweed-
land and the whole of her crew killed ! In the
second barge the loss was also most fearful, two-
thirds of the crew being either slain or wounded,
including, among the former, Mr. Jas. Hawkins
Whitshed, Midshipman, son of the present Admiral
of the Fleet. The captured vessel, we may add, was
commanded by a son of the celebrated French Gene-
ral, Bertrand, whose life Mr. Monk had the good for-
tune on three occasions to save. He afterwards
acted as Flag-Oflicer to Lord Wm. Bentinck in the
operations against Naples, Leghorn, and Genoa;
and in March, 1814, commanded a party of seamen
with scaling ladders at the reduction of the forts in
the Gulf of Spezia. In consequence of his Lord-
ship's strong recommendation he was nominated, on
24 of the ensuing month, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Berwick— an appointment to which the Admiralty
accorded its sanction 13 June in the same year.
• rWfGai, 1813, p. 1805.
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MONTAGU.
After farther serving at the bombardment of Gaeta
in 1815, and accompanying Lord Exmouth in the
early part of 1816 in his visits to Algiers, Tunis,
and Tripoli, Lieut. Monk was appointed with Capt.
Brace, in July, 1816, to the Impregnable 104 ; in
which ship, on 27 of the proximate Aug., he bore a
warm part under the flag of Rear-Admiral David
Milne in the bombardment of Algiers ; where he
was wounded and burnt, and sustained serious in-
jury in the eyes, resulting in the loss of the sight of
one of them. He was discharged from the Ber-
wick in Oct. 1816 ; and has since been on half-pay.
Although their efforts were not attended with
success, it may be as well here to record the fiiot,
that after the battle of Algiers a memorial praying
for Lieut. Monk's promotion was drawn up by the
Mayor and Corporation of Chester for presentation
to the Lords of the Admiralty ; and others, with
the same intent, by the Mayor, Corporation, and
Merchants of Liverpool, to Mr. Canning, Lord
Sandon, and Mr. Huskisson ; by the last-mentioned
of whom he was personally introduced to H.R.H.
the Lord High Admiral. From 1818 until 1844
Lieut.^ Monk was Employed in command of his own
ships in trading to all parts of the globe.
MONTAGU. (Lieutenant, 1814.)
Edward Proddfoot Montagu, born 2.3 April,
1791, is eldest son of the late Gerard Montagu,
Esq., formerly of Burlingham, co. Norfolk (a direct
descendant of Henry, first Earl of Manchester, an-
cestor of the present Duke of that name), by Mary
Anne, daughter of Geo. Doughty, Esq., of Theber-
ton Hall, CO. Suffolk. He is brother-in-law of Capts.
Sir David Dunn and Kobt. Hockings, R.N. ; and
second-cousin of Capt. John Wm. Montagu, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Roial William, Capt.
John Wainwright, bearing the flag at Spithead of
his relative Admiral Geo. Montagu. On his return
from a voyage to the East Indies in the Lion 64,
Capt. Robt. Rolles, he became Midshipman, about
Jan. 1808, of the Proserpine 32, Capt. Chas. Otter;
in which ship it was his misfortune, on the night of
28 Feb. 1809, to be captured, while off the port of
Toulon, by the French 40-gun frigates Penehpe and
Pauline, despite a noble resistance on the part of
the British, whose loss extended to 1 man killed
and 10 wounded. On his restoration to liberty,
after four years of captivity, Mr. Montagu was suc-
cessively received, in the course of 1813, into the
SoLEBAT 32, flag-ship at Yarmouth of Rear-Admiral
Geo. Murray, and, on the North American station,
into the Hogde 74, Capts. Hon. Henry Hotham and
Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, San Domingo 74, bearing
the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren, and Orpheus
36, Capt. Hugh Pigot. He was confirmed a Lieu-
tenant of the last-mentioned ship 1 July, 1814, but
left her in the following Oct., and has not been
since afloat.
He married, in 1817, Mary Anne, daughter of
Capt. Everard, and by that lady has had issue ten
sons and three daughters. His eldest son, Gerard,
is a First-Lieutenant R.M. (1843) ; and his second,
Jas. Van Harthals, an officer in the 10th Foot.
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
MONTAGU, (ffaptatn, 1824. f-p., 14; H-p., 30.)
James Montagu, bom 10 April, 1791, is brother
of Capt. John Wm. Montagu, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1803, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Peincess Royal 98, Capt. Jas.
Vashon, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of his
father. Admiral Geo. Montagu ; under whom, from
1804 to 1806, he served in the Royal William.
He then joined the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon. Dun-
combe Pleydell Bouverie, in which frigate he parti-
cipated, as Midshipman, in all the operations (in-
cluding the capture of Maldonado and the island of
Gorriti) that took place in the Rio de la Plata be-
tween Oct. 1806 and her return to England, in
Sept. 1807, with Lieut.-General Whitelocke. After
having further, in company with the Thalia 36,'
gone in fruitless pursuit of two French frigates to
the latitude of Greenland, and endured three months
of great privation on the coast of Labrador, he re-
moved, in 1808, to the Afrtcaine 38, Capt. Rich.
Raggett, and sailed for the Mediterranean, where,
in Jan. 1809, he was received on board the Tigeb
74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell. On the night of 31 Oct.
following we find him serving in the boats of a
squadron under Lieut. John Tailour at the capture
and destruction, after a desperate struggle and a
loss to the British of 15 killed and 55 wounded, of
the French store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116
men, bombards Victoire and Cfrondeur, and armed
xebec Nbrmande, with a convoy of seven merchant-
vessels, defended by numerous strong batteries in
the Bay of Rosas. He had, a few days previously,
assisted in causing the self-destruction of the French
ships-of-the-line Hobuste and Liim.* On 17 Aug.
1810 he was confirmed a Lieutenant (having been
ordered to act as such on 21 of the preceding June)
in the ViLLE de Paris 110, Capt. Rich. Thomas;
and he was next, 29 Sept. following, appointed to
the Alceste 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell. In that
ship he aided, in company with the Belle Poule
38, in destroying, 5 May, 1811, a French national
brig lying in the harbour of Parenza and defended
by a galling cross fire from two batteries. He also
took part, 29 Nov. 1811, and obtained mention for
the admirable manner in which he directed the
main-deck guns, in an action of two hours and a
half, fought with consummate gallantry, between
the Alceste and Active 38 on one side, and the
French 40-gun frigates Pomone and PavUne on the
other, which terminated in the capture of the Po-
mone and escape of the Pauline, after a loss had
been occasioned to the Alceste of 7 men killed
and 13 wounded, f At the end of a period of two
years passed as Lieutenant of the Sceptre and Al-
bion 74's, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Geo. Cock-
burn on the North American station, Mr. Montagu
was awarded a second promotal commission 7 June,
1814, and on 23 of the same month appointed to the
command of the Thistle 12, which sloop he brought
home and paid off in Sept. 1815. His last appoint-
ment was, 9 April, 1823, to the Rifleman 18, fitting
for the Halifax station, where he remained until
posted, 17 July, 1824. He accepted the Retirement
1 Oct. 1846. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
MONTAGU. (Captain, 1820. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 26.)
John William Montagu, born 18 Jan. 1790, is
second son of the late Admiral Sir Geo. Montagu,
G.C.B.jJ by Charlotte, daughter and co-heir of
• FlifeGaz. 1809, p. 1907. f f'. Gaz. 1612, p. 567.
X Sir Geo. Montagu was ^orn 12 Dec. 1750; entered the
R. N. Academy in 1763 ; and first went to sea in the Presi-
dent 50, Capt. (af^*^wa^ds Lord) Gardner. He was promoted
in 1770 to the rank of Lieutenant ; was made Commander
into the Kingfisher sloop ; and in 1773 was posted into the
FoWEY 20. In that ship, during the first American war, he
covered the retreat and embarkation of the army under Sir
Wm. Howe, at the evacuation of Boston, and was present at
the siege of New York. He subsequently, assuming com-
mand (after two years of servitude in the Romney 50, his
father's flai^-ship) of the Pbahl of 32 guns, 700 tons, and 220
men, effected the capture, 14 Sept. 1799, of the Sanla Monica
of 32 guns, 900 tons, and 280 men, 38 of whom were killed
and 45 wounded, with a loss to the British of 12 killed and
19 wounded. In Dec. of the same year he accompanied
Sir Geo. Rodney to the relief of Gibraltar ; and on 6 of the
ensuing month he assisted at the capture of the Caraccas
convoy, with which he returned to England in company with
the Africa 64. On 30 Sept. in the latter year it was his
fortune to make prize, after a long and obstinate battle (at-
tended with a loss to the Pearl of 6 killed and 10 wounded,
and to the enemy of 20 killed and 24 wounded), otLEspe-
ranee, a French frigate of about equal force. On 16 March,
1781, he was in company withthesquadron under Vice- Admiral
Arbuthnot in a partial action fought with the French under
M. de Ternay. The Pearl being paid off in 17a2, Capt.
Montagu, in 1790, obtained command of the Hector 74; in
which ship, in June, 1793, he was employed, under Rear-Admi-
ral Gardner, in the unsuccessful attack on Martinique. Attain-
ing the rank of Rear-Admiral 12 April, 1794, he was ordered,
in the early part of the following month, to escort the out-
ward-bound Last India fleet, and other convoys, amounting in
MONTAGU.
773
Geo. 'Wroughton, Esq. ; and grandson of Admiral
John Montagu,* himself the great-grandson of Hon.
Jas. Montagu, third son of Henry, first Earl of
Manchester, ancestor of the present Duke of that
name. He is brother of Lieut.-Colonel Geo.
Wroughton Wroughton, of Wilcot, oo. Wilts, and
of Capt. Jas. Montagu, K.N. ; and brother-in-law of
the late Vioe-Admiral Sir John Gore, K.C.B., by
the marriage to that officer of his eldest sister,
Georgiana, now a Bedchamber Woman to Queen
Adelaide. One of his uncles, James, was killed in
command of the Montago 74 in tlie action of 1
June, 1794; and another, Edward, Lieut.-Colonel
of Artillery, Hon. E. I. Co.'s service, fell at the
storming of Seringapatam in 1799. Capt. Montagu
is second-cousin of the present Lieut. E. P. Mon-
tagu, R.N.
This ofl&cer entered the Royal Naval Academy
in 1803 ; and embarked, about 1806, as Midshipman,
on board the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Cockbum;
in which ship, on 27 Sept. in that year, he witnessed
the capture, in the Bay of Biscay, of the French
frigate Le President of 44 guns. In Feb. 1807 he
became Master's Mate of the Fame 74, Capt. Rich.
Henry Alex. Bennett; and on 9 Oct. 1809, after
having been employed oflF Cadiz and on boat-service
at the defence of Rosas, he was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments
were — 31 March, 1810, to the Standard 64, Capt.
Aiskew Paffard Hollis, attached to the force in the
Baltic — 29 Oct. following, to the Emerald 36,
Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, under whom he served
off the coast of Ireland and made a voyage to the
Cape of Good Hope— and, 18 Dec. 1811, 14 June,
1812, and 29 March, 1814, to the Edinburgh 74,
Capt. Robt. RoUes, Cerberus 32, Capt. Thos.
Garth, and Revenge 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore,
all stationed in the Mediterranean. On 29 Jan.
1813 he commanded one of the boats of the Cer-
berus at the capture of a trabaccolo, armed with 2
guns, and deeply laden with corn and flour for the
garrison of Corfu ; he assisted, in the following
May, in bringing out from under a martello tower,
to the southward of Brindisi, a vessel mounting 1
6-poundcr, from Otranto bound to Ancona; and
on 28 of the same month, taking charge of two boats
belonging to the Cerberus, he participated, in con-
junction with two others under the orders of Lieut.
Wm. Henry Nares of the Apollo 38, in a most
determined and gallant attack upon a convoy pro-
tected by 11 gun-boats near Otranto, where the
cliffs were covered with French troops. f In the
Revenge Lieut. Montagu served at the blockade of
Venice and at the capture of Corfu. Attaining the
rank of Commander 31 May, 1814, he was succes-
sively, 1 and 31 March, 1819, appointed in that capa-
city to the Cadmus and Brisk sloops ; in the latter
of which, until posted, 30 Nov. 1820, we find him
actively employed in the suppression of smuggling.
He assumed command, 7 June, 1828, of the Croco-
dile 28, fitting for the East Indies, whence he re-
tlie whole to about J300 sail, as fai to the southward as Cape
Finisterre. immediately on the arrival of the intelligence of
Lord Howe's victory of 1 June, he was again ordered to sea
in search of a valuable French convoy expected from America ;
and on 9 of that month, with eight 74-gun ships, one 64, and
several frigates under his command, he fell in with the
enemy's fleet, consisting of 14 effective line-of-battle ships,
and of 5 others which had been disabled in the recent battle.
In the face of a force so superior the Rear- Admiral, of course,
could only act on the defensive. Altera few days' further
cruize he returned to Cadsand Bay and struck his flag. He
was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral I June, 179o ; and
on 1 Jan. 1801 to that of fuU Admiral. From June, IS03,
until Jan. 1809, he held the oflice of Commander-in-l'Mef at
Portsmouth ; and so highly did he acquire the respect and
esteem of the Captains who during that period fltted out at
the port, that in Aug. 18 10 he was presented, by a large body
of them, with a superb piece of plate. He was nominated a
G.C.B. in 18'5 ; and died an Admiral of the Red in 1829.
• Admiral John .Montagu served his country with zeal and
fidelity for fiS years. He commanded the squadron employed
on the coast of North America previous to the colonial war ;
was afterwards appointed Governor of Newfoundland ; and
held the chief command at Portsmouth subsequent to the
peace of 1783. He died in 1795.
t Fide Gai. 1813, p. 1794.
turned in the summer of 1832 ; and he was lastly,
from 23 Nov. 1839 until March, 1841, employed in
the Britannia 120 and Queen 110, as Flag-Captain
to Sir Edw. Codrington, Commander-in-Chief at
Portsmouth. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct.
1846. , , „
Capt. Montagu married, 12 March, 1840, Isabella
Elizabeth, daughter of Chas. Geo. Beauclerk, Esq.,
of St. Leonard's Forest, Sussex, by whom he has
issue.
MONTAGU. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 16 ;
H-P., 12.)
John William Montagu is son of the late Ad-
miral Robt. Montagu ;•* and a descendant of Admi-
ral Sir Henry Montagu, M.P., who was created Earl
of Sandwich as a reward for his loyalty in inducing
the fleet to declare in favour of King Charles 11.
Commander Montagu's grandfather, John, fourth
Earl of Sandwich, was First Lord of the Admiralty
in 1763, and again from 1771 to 1782.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Dec. 1819, as
Midshipman, on board the Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm.
Augui?tus Montagu. After serving for two years
and a half in that frigate on the coast of North
America, he was next, from July, 1822, until Dec.
1825, employed in the Espi^gle sloop, and colonial
brig Wizard, in surveying the west coast of Africa,
in cruizing in suppression of the slave-trade, and in
civilizing the natives of Madagascar. Between 1
Jan. 1826, in the course of which year he passed his
examination, and 3 Aug. 1827, Mr. Montagu appears
to have been attached, at Portsmouth and on the
coast of Ireland, to the Victory 104, William and
Mary yacht. Tiger cutter, and Royal Charlotte
yacht ; the latter under the command of the present
Sir Chas. Malcolm, by whom we find him officially
described as a young officer of high promise, " zea-
lous, manly, and steady in the performance of his
duty." He obtained a Lieutenant's commission on
18 Sept. in the year last mentioned ; and was subse-
quently appointed— 25 Aug. 1828, to the Britomart
10, Capts. Russell Henry Manners and Edw. John
Johnson, employed on the coast of Portugal — 26
Oct. 1830, to the Revenge 78, Capts. Jas. Hillyar
and Donald Hugh Mackay, in which ship he conti-
nued for about three years on the Home station — ■
16 Aug. 1834, as Second-Lieutenant (a rank he had
for some time held in the Revenge), to the Mala-
bar 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Augustus Montagu, with
whom he served for two years, chiefly in the Medi-
terranean and off Lisbon— 20 Aug. 1839, for 12
months, to the Coast Guard in Norfolk and Kent — ■
and 19 Aug. 1841, as Senior, to the Isis 44, Capt.
Sir John Marshall, fitting at Chatham. He attained
his present rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; and has since been
on half-pay.
Commander Montagu is married and has issue.
Agent— Frederick Dufaur.
MONTAGU. (Commander, 1815. r-p., 14 ;
H-p., 34.)
Montagu Montagu entered the Navy, 6 April,
1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Drtad 36,
Capts. Chas. John Moore Mansfield and Robt. Wil-
liams ; with whom he continued employed on the
• Admiral Robt. Montagu was confirmed a Post-Captain in
the Seahokse of 20 guns, 3 March, 1781. He commanded
the Exeter 64 in the action between Sir Edw. Hughes and
M. de SuiTrein, off Negapatnam, 6 July, 1782 ; and was after-
wards appointed to the Floha 38, Aquilon 3?, Samvson 64,
and Hec'ior and ^.'umberland 74's. In consideration of his
having, when in the Sampson in the autumn of 1794, con-
voyed 19 of the Hon. Co.'s ships home from the East Indies,
in company with the Lion 64 (on board of which was Lord
Macartney returning from his embassy to China), Capt. Mon-
tagu was presented, by the Court of Directors, with the sum
of 350 guineas. In the Hector he served in Hoiham's partial
action oi 13 July, 1795. Being advanced to the rank ./Rear-
Admiral 14 Feb. 1799. he was subsequently, in 1801-2, em-
ployed in the chief command on the Jamaica station,
vacant by the death of Lord Hugh Sevmour ; and, after the
renewal of hostilities, in command of a part of the North Sea
fleet under Lord Keith. He became a Vics-Admiral 9 Nov
1805 ; and a full Admiral 31 July, 1810.
774
MONTAGU— MONTGOMERIE.
Home station in the same vessel, and in the RcssELt
and MiNOTAUK 74's, until May, 1805, nearly the
wliole time in the capacity of Midshipman. In the
ship last mentioned, under Capt. Mansfield, he as-
sisted, we believe, at the capture, 28 May, 1803, of
the French 36-gun frigate Franchise. Being nomi-
nated, 3 Dec. 1805, Acting-Lieutenant of the Su-
perb 74, he was aft'orded an opportunity of partici-
pating, under the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth,
m the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and was
in consequence officially promoted by a commission
dated 5 of the ensuing month. His succeeding
appointments were — 5 Aug. 1806, to the Royai.
Geokgb 100, bearing the flag of the same officer,
with whom he passed the Dardanells in Feb. 1807,
and afterwards served in the "West Indies and
Channel— 13 May, 1809, to the San Josef 110, also
flag-ship of Sir J. T. Duckworth, lying at Spithead
^in the course of the latter year and of 1810, to
the Htpekion 36, Capt. Thos. Chas. Brodie, Shark
sloop, Capt. Edm. Denman, Oakland 22, Capts.
Charlton and Graves, and Avon sloop, Capt. Henry
Tillieux Fraaer, all on the Jamaica station, whence
he invalided in March, 1811—29 Oct. 1812> to the
Bakrosa 36, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreffi attached
to the force on the coast of North America — 31
Dec. 1813 (seven months after he had left the Bak-
rosa), to the Pdissant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page,
at Spithead — and, in the early part of 181.5, to the
Impregnable 98, York 74, and St. George 100, as
Flag-Lieutenant to Sir J. T. Duckworth at Ply-
mouth. Since his attainment of the rank of Com-
mander, 13 June, 1815, he has been on half-pay.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
MONTAGU, Kt., C.B., K.CH. (Eear-Admikal
OF THE White, 1841. f-p., 23; h-p., 28.)
Sir "William Augustus Montagu entered the
Navy, 4 Sept. 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
Glatton 50, Capt. Henry TroUope ; under whom
he continued employed on the Home station, as
Midshipman, in the Kdssell 74 (part of the victo-
rious fleet in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct.
1797), and Juste 80, until transferred, about the
close of 1800, to the Sibius 36, Capt. Sir Kioh.
King. In that ship he witnessed, 27 J an. 1801, the
surrender of the French 36-gun frigate La Hedaignr-
euse. After a servitude of four years in the East
Indies on board the Dasher, of which sloop (com-
manded at first by Capt. Delafons) he was succes-
sively confirmed Lieutenant and Commander by
commissions dated 14 Nov. 1804 and 31 Oct. 1805,
he was there nominated, 8 June, 1807, Acting-Cap-
tain of the Terpsichore frigate — an appointment
sanctioned, 8 Deo. following, by the approval of
the Admiralty. In March of the following year
Capt. Montagu, whose ship mounted but 28 guns
and had only 180 men on board, fell in with, fought,
and (with a loss to himself of 21 men killed and 22
wounded) fairly beat off the French frigate Semil-
lante of 40 guns and a crew of at least 300 men.
Being soon afterwards appointed to the Cornwal-
Lis of 50 guns and 335 men, he assisted, in the
early part of 1810, at the reduction of the island of
Amboyna, where he elicited from Capt. Edw.
Tucker, the senior officer present, the greatest
praise for the able nature of his support in the dif-
ferent actions with the enemy's batteries and forts,
and for the judgment he displayed in the naviga-
tion of his ship amidst baffling vdnds and strong
currents.* About the same period Capt. Montagu
succeeded in effecting the capture of the Dutch
corvettes Mandarin and De Jt-uyter. In the follow-
ing Nov. he was intrusted with the command of
the naval brigade landed to assist at the reduction
of the Isle of France ; during the operations con-
nected with which, particularly on the occasion of
the defeat of the French troops before St. Louis, 1
Dec, his zeal and exertions were such as to call
forth the sincere acknowledgments of Major-Gene-
ral Abercromby. His last appointments were — 8
Sept. 1812, to the Niobe 40, employed until June,
• r«feGaz. 1810, p. 1482.
1814, on the Channel, American, and Lisbon sta-
tions—29 Oct. 1819, to the Phaeton 46, vrhich ship
he commanded on service at Halifax until put out
of commission in Sept. 1822— and 25 July, 1834, to
the Malabar 74, fitting for the Mediterranean,
where, and off Lisbon, he continued until .ordered
home at the close of 1837 for the purpose of being'
paid off. He attained Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841.
The Rear-Admiral (a Deputy-Lieutenant for co.
Huntingdon) was nominated a C.B. 8 Dec. 1815 ;
a K.H. 5 Oct. 1830 ; and a K.CH. (accompanied
with the honour of Knighthood) in Jan. 1832. He
married, 26 Aug. 1823, Anne, third daughter of the
late Sir Geo. Wm. Leeds, Bart., of Croxton Park,
Cambridgeshire.
MONTGOMERIE. (Cajtsm, 1820. f-p., 15;
H-p., 30.)
Alexander Montgomerie is second son of the
late Alex. Montgomerie, Esq., of Annick Lodge,
CO. Ayr (brother of Hugh, twelfth Earl of Eglinton,
and grand-uncle of the present Peer), by Elizabeth,
daughter of Dr. Taylor ; and brother-in-law of the
Right Hon. David Boyle, Lord Justice-Clerk. His
brother, Hugh, married a daughter of Lieut.-Gene-
ralRumley, E. I. Co.'s service; and his grand-uncle,
James, died a Lieut.-General in the Army 13 April,
1829. His eldest brother, the present Wm. Egliu-.
ton Montgomerie, Esq., of Annick Lodge, is a Ma-
gistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, and Lieut.-Colonel
Commandant of the Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 June, 1802, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Hazard sloop, Capt. B.
J. Neve, lying at Portsmouth ; and from the follow-
ing Aug. until Aug. 1808, was employed as Midship-
man and Master's Mate in the Argo 44, and Tigre
74, both commanded by Capt. Benj. Hallowell. In
the Aego, after visiting the coast of Africa, he as-
sisted at the reduction of Ste. Lucie and Tobago ;
and when in the Tigke, besides accompanying Lord
Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit of the com-
bined fleets of France and Spain, he participated in
the operations of 1807 in Egypt, was present at the
capture of Alexandria, and saw much boat service
on Lake Mareotis. In Sept. 1809, on passing his
examination, he joined the Orpheus 36 ; and from
that ship he was soon transferred to the Sceptre 74,
Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard, for a passage to the West
Indies ; wliere, on 18 of the ensuing Dec, we fiaid
him contributing, in the boats of a squadron under
the personal command of Capt. Hugh Cameron,
who was killed, to the destruction, in L'Anoe la
Barque, Guadeloupe, of the 40-gun frigates Loire
and Seine, laden with stores, and protected by nu-
merous strong batteries. As a reward for his con-
duct on the occasion, which was officially reported,
he was nominated, the next day, Acting- Lieutenant
of the Freija frigate, Capt. John Hayes — an ap-
pointment the Admiralty confirmed by a commis-
sion dated 4 May, 1810. Previously to that event
Mr. Montgomerie, during the operations which led
to the reduction of Guadeloupe, had been employed
in the boats of his own ship and the Sceptre in de-
stroying the various batteries erected on the island.
After three months' command of the Magnanime
at Sheerness, he was appointed, 28 Jan. 1811, to the
Aquilon 32, Capts. Wm. Bowles and Jas. Boxer,
under whom he served for upwards of three years
and a half on the North Sea, Baltic, and South
American stations. When in the Baltic in 1812,
and engaged with the boats under his orders in an
attempt to bring some vessels off from the island of
Rugen, he greatly distinguished himself by his con-
duct in capturing a temporary fort occupied by a
superior number of troops, whom, on their being
reinforced and endeavouring to recover their loss,
he several times repulsed. On his return from the
Rio de la Plata in Sept. 1814, Mr. Montgomerie,
who had been latterly First-Lieutenant of the Aqui-
LON, found that he had been promoted to the rank
of Commander on 7 of the preceding June, and ap-
pointed to the Racoon sloop, which vessel, how-
ever, being at the time on the coast of Brazil, he
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never joined. He afterwards, 21 March, 1818, as-
sumed command of the Cokfiahce 18, fitting for
the West Indies, where he became, 13 July, 1820,
Acting-Captain of the Sapphike 26. He was con-
firmed 3 Oct. following ; and in Sept. 1821 he re-
turned to England and was paid off. He accepted
the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. Agent— John P. Mus-
pratt.
MONTGOMERY. (Captain, 1846.)
Alexandek Leslie Montgomeky, bom 15 March,
1807, is second son (by Sarah Mercer, daughter of
Leslie Grove, Esq., of Grove Hall, co. Donegal) of
the late Sir Henry Cunningham Montgomery, Bart.,
M.P. for St. Michael's and the borough of Tarmouth,
who, during the war with Tippoo Sultan, won dis-
tinction at the head of three battalions of infantry
and 5000 cavalry, and was afterwards, in 1803, ap-
pointed Inspecting Field-Oiiicer of Yeomanry and
Volunteers in co. Donegal, with the rank of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel in the Army. Capt. Montgomery's
eldest brother, the present Sir Henry Cunningham
Montgomery, Bart., is in the civil service of the
East India Company at Madras ; his next, Hugh, is
an officer in the Madras Army ; and his youngest,
Arthur, is married to a daughter of Colonel Wynd-
ham, of Petworth House, co. Sussex. His eldest
sister is the wife of the Hon. and Rev. Grantham
Munter Yorke, youngest son of the late Admiral
Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, K.C.B., and brother of
tlie Earl of Hardwicke, Captain R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7
Oct. 1819 ; embarked in Oct. 1821 ; and, on passing
his final examination, was made Lieutenant, 30 Aug.
1828, into the Helicon 10, Capt. Kobt. Henry Stan-
hope, at the Cape of Good Hope. His succeeding
appointments were— 26 Feb. 1830, to the Alligator
28, Capt. Chas. Philip Yorke (now Earl of Hard-
wicke), with whom he served in the Mediterranean
until paid off in the summer of 1831—9 May, 1833,
to the Okestes 18, Capts. Wm. Nugent Glascock
and Sir "Wm. Dickson, in which vessel he continued,
chiefly on the Lisbon station, until put out of com-
mission in the spring of 1834— and 16 July, 1836, to
the Inconstant 36, Capt. Dan. Pring, also attached
to the force off Lisbon. H e was promoted from the
latter ship to the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838 ;
and from 12 March, 1845, until advanced to the rank
he now holds, 2 July, 1846, was employed on the
south-east coast of America in the Grecian 16. He
has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Montgomery married, 30 June, 1840, Caro-
line Rose, daughter of Jas. Campbell, Esq., of
Hampton Court, co. Middlesex. Agent— J. Hinx-
man.
eun-boat service on the river Scheldt until the evar
Suation of Walcheren-at the close of 1811 (after
about 12 months of half-pay) to the Africaine 38,
Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, for passage on promotion
to the East Indies-in 1812 to the Hecate 18, Capt.
Joseph Drury, the boats of which sloop he com-
manded in Jan. 1813, at the storming of the works
of Sambas, a piratical settlement on the coast ot
Bomeo-and 13 Jan. 1814, to the Clorinde 38,
Capt Thos. Briggs, with whom he returned home
and was paid off in Sept. of the same year. He was
advanced to his present rank 13 June, 1815 ; and
was subsequently employed for a period of seven
years in the Coast Guard in Ireland. Agent—
Joseph Woodhead.
MONTEESOR. (Commandot, 1843.)
Frederick Bvng Montkesor entered the Navy
27 June, 1823 ; passed his examination in 1829 ; and
obtained his first commission 30 July, 1835. His
succeeding appointments were, on the North Ame-
rica and West India station— 30 Dec. 1835, as Addi-
tional-Lieutenant, to the President 52, flag-ship of
Sir Geo. Cockbum— 24 March, 1836, to the Forte
44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell— 3 Feb. 1837, again as
Additional, to the Melville 74, bearing the flag of
Sir Peter Halkett— 13 July, 1837, to the Champion
18, Capt. Geo. St. Vincent King— 18 March, 1839
(a few months after the latter vessel had been paid
off), to the Winchester 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos.
Harvey— and 12 Dec. 1840, to the command of the
Pickle schooner. He acquired the rank he now
holds 12 Jan. 1843; and has been in command,
since 20 April, 1846, of the Cygnet 6, and Wan-
derer 12, on the coast of Africa. His appoint-
ment to the latter vessel took place 14 Feb. 1847.
MONTGOMERY. (Commander, 1815. r-p.,22;
H-P., 27.)
Thomas Montgomery, born 10 March, 1786, is
son of the Rev. Robt. Montgomery, Rector of Mo-
naghan, whose family for many generations repre-
sented CO. Monaghan in Parliament.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in
July, 1798; embarked, in May, 1802, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Ackora 38, Capt. Micajah Mal-
bon ; and in the course of the following year was
present, as Midshipman, at the surrender of the
islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. From Feb.
1804 to March, 1806, he served, chiefly at the
blockade of Brest, in the Plahtagenet 74, Capts.
Hon. Michael De Couroy, Fras. Pender, and Wm.
Bradley. He then removed to the Forward gun-
brig, Lieut. -Commander Dan. Shiels, and on 1 Oct.
following he was made Lieutenant into the Uranie
38, Capts. Christopher Laroche and Thos. Manby,
also on the coast of France. His succeeding ap-
pointments were— 13 Oct. 1807, to the Hyacinth
sloop, Capt. John Davie, whom he accompanied to
the Brazils— 12 Dec. 1808, to the Marleokough 74,
Capt. Graham Moore, employed at first on the latter
station, and then in the North Sea, where, in 1809,
he commanded a division of boats at the bombard-
ment of Flushing, and continued attached to the
MONYPENNY. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 17 ;
H-P., 7.)
William Backhouse Monypenny, born 13 Dec.
1808, is fourth son of the late Thos. Monypenny,
Esq., by Catherine, daughter of Isaac Button, Esq.,
of Ospringe and Whitehills, co. Kent ; and brother
of the present Thos. Gybbon Monypenny, Esq., of
Hole House, Rolvenden, a Magistrate and Deputy-
Lieutenant for cos. Kent and Sussex, and late M.P.
for Bye. His youngest brother, Robert Hony-
wood, died a Captain in the 4th Infantry 8 March,
1839.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 April, 1823, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ramillies 74, Capt.
Edw. Brace, with whom, until Nov. 1824, he served
on the Home and West India stations, part of the
time as Midshipman of the Ganges 84. He was
then for three years and a half employed in the
Gannet 18, Capt. Fras. Brace, on the coast of Ire-
land, and also in the Mediterranean ; where he fur-
ther, from 1828 until 1830, served on board the
Gloucester 74, Capt. Houston Stewart, and Peli-
can 18, Capt. Fras. Deane Hutcheson. Joining
next, 9 Nov. 1831, in the capacity of Mate (he had
passed his examination 4 July, 1829), the .^tna sur-
veying-vessel, Capt. Edw. Belcher, he proceeded to
the coast of Africa, and was afterwards, previously
to his return to the Mediterranean, employed on the
river Douro for the protection of British property
during the hostilities between Pedro and Miguel.
While in charge, in 1833, of one of the Miva's
decked boats, manned with but 4 hands, he acci-
dentally lost sight of the ship off the Straits of Gib-
raltar, but providentially succeeded in reaching
Portsmouth in his flimsy tenement after a passage
of 19 days, arriving there on 18 Sept. Towards the
close of the same year he again sailed for the Afri-
can coast in the jEtna, with Capt. Wm. Geo. Sky-
ring. He continued in that vessel under the com-
mand of Lieut. Wm. Arlett and Capt. Alex. Thos.
Emeric Vidal (10 months of the time as Acting-
Lieutenant) until Oct. 1835 ; and on 30 Sept. 1837
(having further served as Mate, in the Channel, off
Lisbon, in the Mediterranean, and at Plymouth, in
the Pembroke 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Fellowes and
Fairfax Moresby, and Donegal 78, Capts. Fras.
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MOODIE-MOONEY— MOOR— MOORE.
Brace and John Drake) he was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments
were-3 Nov. 1837, as Additional, to the Pkesident
52, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson
Ross in South America— and 16 June, 1838, as Se-
nior, to the Sulphur surveying-vessel, commanded
by his old Captain, Belcher. On his subsequent
arrival in China from the Pacific, we find him as-
sisting, in the early part of 1841, at the capture of
Chuenpee, Tycocktow, and theBogue; uniting, also,
in an attack made by a squadron under Capt. Her-
bert on the enemy's camp, fort, and ship Cambridge^
bearing the Chinese Admiral's flag, at their position
below Whampoa Reach, where 98 guns were in the
whole destroyed ;'•' and participating in the opera-
tions against Canton. As a reward for his exer-
tions he was promoted to the rank of Commander
by commission dated 8 June, 1841. He left the
SuLPHUK in the following Nov., and has since been
on half-pay.
MOODIE. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 32.)
DoNAiD MooDiE entered the Navy, 15 Deo. 1808,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ardent 64, Capt. Jas.
Vashon, bearing the flag of Sir Edm. Nagle at Leith.
He removed in March, 1809, to the Spitfire sloop,
Capt. John Ellis ; and after serving for two years
and a half in that vessel in the North Sea and Chan-
nel, at Quebec, and on the Spanish coast, he became
Midshipman, in Sept. 1811, of the America 74, Capt.
Josias Kowley, on the Mediterranean station ; where,
in 1813-14, he witnessed the unsuccessful attack
upon Leghorn, the reduction of Santa Maria and
the enemy's forts and defences in the Gulf of Spe-
zia, and the fall of Genoa. Quitting the America
in Oct. 1814, he next, until Dec. 1815, served off
Ushant and Madeira, and again in the Mediterra-
nean, in the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Dun-
can, and Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Sir Josias
Rowley. His commission bears date 9 Dec. 1816.
He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Moodie has been for some time Acting-
President of the Government Bank at the Cape of
Good Hope. Agent — J. Hinxman.
MOONEY. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
William Moonet passed his examination 22 Oct.
1836 ; and has been serving since 1841 on the North
America and "West India station, as Mate and Lieu-
tenant of the Thunder surveying-vessel, Capt.
Edw. Barnett. His commission bears date 26 Aug,
1844.
MOOE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Philip Moor was born 2 June, 1793. His bro-
ther J ames, a Lieutenant R.M., died in the island
of Marie-galante in 1808.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Aug. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the "Windsor Castle 74,
Capt. Chas. Boyles, in which ship, after witnessing
Sir Sam. Hood's destruction of four heavy French
frigates off" Rochefort, he passed the Dardanells
with Sir John Duckworth, and was present at the
destruction of the Turkish squadron ofi" Point Pes-
quies. Joining next, in Oct. 1808, the Unicorn 32,
Capts. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman and Alex. Robt.
Kerr, he assisted, as Midshipman, in embarking the
army after the battle of Corunna in Jan. 1809, and
in the ensuing April beheld Lord Coohrane's bril-
liant attack on the French shipping in Aix Roads.
In Sept, of the same year he rejoined Capt. Hardy-
man on board the Armide 38 ; but, previously to
doing so, he appears to have attracted the notice of
Lord Gambler by his gallant defence of the Uni-
corn's launch against nine of the enemy's gun-boats
after his commanding-oflicer, Lieut. H amilton, had
been killed. On leaving the Armide, in May, 1810,
he became in succession attached to the Dread-
nought 98, flagship of Rear- Admiral Thos. Sotheby,
and to the Imperieuse 38, Lively 38, and Trident
64, bearing each the flag of Bear- Admiral Boyles, to
whom he acted as aide-de-camp. In the Livelt,
* Vide Gaz, 1841, p, 1501.
commanded by Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, it was Mr.
Moor's misfortune to be wrecked, 10 Aug. 1810, on
a reef of rocks near Point Coura, in the island of
Malta. During an after servitude of 13 months in
the Scout sloop, Capt. Alex. Ronton Sharpe, he
had charge for some time of a watch, carried two
prizes safely into port, and aided, in company with
the PoMONE 38, and Unite 36, at the destruction, 1
May, 1811, after a gallant action of an hour and a
half, in Sagone Bay (where the Scout incurred a
loss of 3 men killed and 9 wounded), of the two
armed store-ships Giraffe and JVourrice, each mount-
ing from 20 to 30 guns, and protected by a 5-gun
battery, a martello-tower, and a body of about 200
regular troops. In Dec. 1811, three months after
he had returned to the Trident, he was received
on board the Thames 32, Capt. Chas. Napier, by
whom he was soon awarded the rating of Master's
Mate. While in that ship, besides being thrice de-
puted to perform the duties of prize-master, he had
command of a tender, and came into frequent con-
tact with the enemy on the Calabrian coast. He
once, when on shore on impress service at Malta,
received a very severe wound in the under-jaw, and
had five of his teeth knocked out, the remainder
being so broken and displaced as to be afterwards
rendered unserviceable. He was on two other occa-
sions also slightly wounded, and (a fact well at-
tested) had a piece of his hat in one instance shot
away by a cannon-ball while in charge of a boat.
During the two years which preceded his attain-
ment of the rank of Lieutenant, 16 Feb. 1815, he
served, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the
BEtLEROPHON 74, Capt. Edw. Hawker, flag-ship of
Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats at Newfoundland. In
Dec. 1814, having volunteered his services, he took
charge of a recaptured vessel, deeply laden with
crockery-ware, and, after a desperate passage of 11
days, succeeded in carrying her into Plymouth.
During eight days of the time the sea was perpe-
tually washing over, and, as there existed no possi-
bility of opening the hatches or of going below,
those on board were reduced to the necessity of
subsisting entirely upon raw meat. The conduct
exhibited by Mr. Moor on this, as on a previous
occasion, aflbrded Capt. Hawker an opportunity of
recommending him to the Admiralty as an ofiicer
most fully deserving promotion. Since the receipt
of his commission he has been on half-pay.
MOOEE. (Commander, 1817.)
Charles Moore (a) entered the Navy, in Jan.
1806, as Midshipman, on board the Eagle 74, com-
manded by the late Sir Chas. Rowley; and, while
in that ship (of which he was created a Lieutenant
26 Jan. 1813), he accompanied the expedition of
1809 to the Walcheren, co-operated in the defence
of Cadiz in 1810, assisted at the capture, 27 Nov.
1811, of Xa Corcepre frigate, carrying 28 guns, to-
gether with 170 seamen and 130 soldiery and beheld
the fall, in 1813, of Flume, Trieste (whCTe he served
on shore, and by his courage and activity elicited
the admiration of Rear-Admiral Fremantle*), and
other places in the Adriatic. Being subsequently
npminated Flag-Lieutenant to the above oflBcer, on
his assuming the chief command at the Nore, he
served in that capacity both in the Nauur and
Bulwark 74's. In the spring of 1817 he was lent
to the Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir Edw.
W. C. R. Owen, for the purpose of escorting the
King of the French from England to Calais ; ofi'
which place he so distinguished himself by his
heroic intrepidity in a boat in saving the lives of
part of the crew of a vessel which had been driven
on shore during a strong north-west gale, that he
was promoted to the rank of Commander 24 June
in the same year. His last appointment was to the
Coast Guard, in which service he remained from 18
March, 1834, until 1837.
Commander Moore married, in 1819, at Grantham,
CO. Lincoln, Elizabeth Anne, second daughter of the
late Rich. Palmer, Esq. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
* Ttife Gm. 1813, p. 8«7S.
MOORE.
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MOORE. (LlEOTENANT, ISil.)
Chakies Mooke entered the Navy 23 Nov. 1825 ;
parsed his examination in 1833 ; and obtained his
commission 15 March, 1841. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — 17 March, 1841, as Additional-
Lieutenant, to the Southampton 50, bearing the
flag of Sir Edw. Durnford King, Commander-in-
Chief at the Brazils and Cape of Good Hope— 25
Nov. 1841, to the Pearl 20, Capt. Rich. Henry
Stopford, on the South American station, whence
he returned to England and was paid off in 1844 —
and, 11 March, 1845, to the Canopus 80, Capt. Fair-
fax Moresby, with whom he was for about 12 months
employed on Home service. Agents — Messrs. Stil-
welt.
MOOEE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.)
Edward Moore entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1804,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Neptune 98, Capts.
Sir Thos. Williams and Thos. Fras. Fremantle, sta^
tioned in the Channel and off Cadiz ; and from Dec.
1806 until Jan. 1812 was employed, as Midshipman
(a rating he had attained in Deo. 1805) and Master's
Mate, in the Dreadnought 98, Capts. Wm. Lech-
mere, Geo. Burgoyne Salt, Valentine Collard, and
Sam. Hood Linzee (flag-ship for some time of Rear-
Admiral Thos. Sotheby), in the Channel, off Roche-
fort and Lisbon, and in the Baltic. During the next
two years and seven months we find him serving
on the Home and Brazilian stations, in the Bul-
wark 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Rich.
King, Montagu 74, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Man-
ley Dixon, and Nereus 42, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon.
He was then, 2 Sept. 1814, appointed to the Alba-
core sloop, Capt. Joseph Patey, in which vessel he
continued, still at the Brazils, until July, 1815 ; at
which period he took up a commission bearing date
13 of the preeding March. He has since been on
half-pay.
MOOEE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
Howard Moore entered the Navy, in Jan. 1804,
as Midshipman, on board the Renard 14, Lieut.-
Commander Rich. Spencer, stationed in the Medi-
terranean ; where, from Oct. 1805 until Oct. 1812,
he served, as Acting-Master, in the Spider 16,
Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Stewart and Wm. Sand-
ford Oliver, Herald 20, Capt.' Geo. Jackson, Wea-
sel sloop, Capt. Henry Prescott, and Alceste 38
Capt. Murray Maxwell. In the Herald we find
him, in 1810, employed in the defence of Sicily
against Murat, and in constant action with the
enemy's gun-boats and batteries in the Faro of
Messina. When in company, in the Alceste, with
the Belle Poule 38, he landed, 5 May, 1811, and
aided in destroying a French national brig lying in
the harbour of Parenza, and defended by a galling
cross fire from lour batteries. On 29 of the ensuing
month it was his fortune to be present in an action
of 2 hours and 20 minutes, fought with consummate
gallantry, between the Alceste and the Active 38
on one side, and the French 40-gun frigates Pauliiie
and Pcmxme on the other, and which terminated in
the capture of the Ponwne and escape of the Pauline,
after a loss had been occasioned to the Alceste of
7 men killed and 13 wounded. While engaged, in
Feb. 1812, in protecting the island of Lissa, Mr.
Moore was sent by Capt. Maxwell with two barges
under his orders to the coast of Dalmatia, for the
purpose of preventing the enemy from conveying
supplies to the governor of Ragusa. In carrying
out his instructions he fell in with five armed feluc-
cas, and succeeded in efiecting the capture of the
whole of them, at the end of a desperate struggle,
in which he was most gallantly supported by the
present Commanders Chas. Croker and John King.*
In attempting to board one of the vessels he was
very severely wounded by a musket-ball passing
through his lungs. For this he was awarded, 29
June, 1816, a pension of 911. 5s. He left the Al-
ceste, as above, in Oct. 1812 ; and was afterwards
employed— from July to Nov. 1813, in the Raison-
* When recortling the services of Commanders Croker and
King we were not aware of the above circumstance.
NABLE 64, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, at Sheemess—
and, from 1 Jan. until 16 Jan. 1814, in the Rodne?
74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin off Lis-
bon. He has not been since afloat. His commission
bears date 27 June, 1814.
MOORE. (Commander, 1843. r-p., 10; h-p., 3.)
John Moore is son of the late Admiral Sir
Graham Moore,* G.C.B., G.C.M.G., by Dora, daugh-
ter of Thos. Eden, Esq., of Wimbledon, Deputy-
Auditor of Greenwich Hospital, sister of Capt.
Henry Eden, R.N., and niece of William, first Lord
Auckland. He is nephew of the gallant Lieut.-Ge-
neral Sir John Moore, who fell at Corunna in Jan.
1809, and of the late Fras. Moore, Esq., Under
Secretary at War. He descends from Capt. Chas.
Moore, an officer in the army, who served in the
wars of William III.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Feb. 1834; passed
his examination 10 March, 1841 ; and, on 22 Sept.
following, after serving at Plymouth, as Mate, on
board the Caledonia 120, his father's flag-ship,
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. _ On 30
Oct. in the same year he was nominated Additional-
Lieutenant of the Queen 1 10, fitting at Portsmouth
for the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; and he
was next, from 26 July, 1842, until advanced to his
present rank 22 Nov. 1843, employed on the Me-
diterranean station in the Aigle 24, Capt. Lord
Clarence Edw. Paget. He has had command, since
12 Nov. 1846, of the Harlequin 12, again in the
Mediterranean.
MOOEE. (Eetiked Commakdek, 1846. f-p., 18 ;
H-p., 36.;
John Moore entered the Navy, 14 Feb. 1793, as
A.B., on board the Brazen cutter, Lieut.-Com-
mander Jas. Fegen ; removed, in the following
April, to the Colossus 74, Capts. Chas. Morice Pole
and John Monckton, successively employed in the
Mediterranean and Channel ; served next, from
Feb. 1796 to Maj; 1797, in the Carnatic 74, flag-
ship of Rear- Admiral CM. Pole ; and then became
Midshipman (a rating he had attained in the pre-
ceding Oct.) of the Ambuscade of 40 guns, Capt.
Henry Jenkins. On 14 Dec. 1798 he was Master's
Mate of that frigate when captured, in the Bay of
Biscay, by the French ship Baionnaise of 32 guns,
8 smvels, and at least 250 men, after a severe con-
flict, in which the British sustained a loss, out of
190 men, of 10 killed and 36 wounded, and the
enemy of 30 killed and 30 badly wounded. Being
received, in March, 1799, on board the Russel 74,
Capts. Herbert Sawyer and Wm. Cuming, he served
in that ship in the action off Copenhagen 2 April,
1801, and on 27 and 24 of the ensuing June and
July was successively constituted an acting and a
* Sir Graham Moore commanded the Bonetta sloop of
war in 1793. He attained Post-rank 2 April, 1794 ; and was
afterwards Captain of the Syren 32, Melampus of 42 guns
and 267 men, Indefatioable 44, Marlborough 74, Royal
SovEREioN yacht, and; Chatham 74. In the Melampus
he succeeded, after having taken part in the action between
Sir John Borlase Warren and Commodore Bompart, in effect-
ing the capture, 14 Oct. 1798, of the French frigate La
Eesolue of 40 guns and 500 men, including troops ; and in the
Indefatigable he commanded a squadron at the capture of
three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the destruc-
tion of a fourth, off Cape St. Mary, 5 Oct. 1804. In the
Marlborough, with several other ships of the [line under
his orders, he escorted the royal family of Portugal on the
occasion of its flight from Lisbon to the Brazils in 1807. For
this service he was created a Knight of the Tower and Sword,
When the Walcheren was evacuated in 1809, being still in
the Marlborough, he was intrusted with the duty of de-
stroying the basin, arsenal, and sea defences of Flushing.
Attaining Flag-rank 12 Aug. 1812, he assumed, soon, the
chief command on the Baltic station ; and was next era-
ployed as Captain of the North Sea fleet under Lord Keith.
After Oiling, for four years, a seat at the Board of Admiralty,
he was appointed, in 1820, Commander-in-Chief in the Medi-
terranean, where he continued until 1823. He was nominated
a K.C.B. in 1815, a G.C.M.G. in 1832, and a G.C.B. in 1836 ;
became a Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819, and a full Admiral
10 Jan. 1837 ; and from April, 1839, until April, 1842, was
Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth. He died an Admiral of
the White at the close of 1843.
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MOOKE.
confirmed Lieutenant in her. He went on half-pay
T Vo ' ^^^ ■^''^ subsequently appointed— 7
loni ' *° *''^ ^^^ Fenoibles in Galway— 18 May,
1S05, to theTKiTON, Capt. Wm. Cashman, atWater-
tord, where he remained until May, 1810— and, 5
March, 1812, to the Impress service at Dublin, in
which he was employed for upwards of two years.
He became a Retired Commander on the Junior
List 25 July, 1831, and on the Senior 23 June, 1846.
Agents— Hallett and Hobinson.
MOORE. (Lieut., 1814. p-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.)
John Moobe entered the Navy 7 Nov. 1804, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Matilda, Lieut.-Com-
mander Thos. Dorsett Birchall, bearing the flag of
Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope in the Thames ; where,
in Sept. 1806, on his return from a visit made to the
Mediterranean as Midshipman of the Sekapis, Mas-
ter-Commander Wm. Lloyd, he joined the Magni-
ficent 74, Capt. Geo. Eyre. After a servitude of
two years and eight months on the Baltic, Lisbon,
South American, and Channel stations, in the Sole-
bay 32, Capts. Kobt. Howe Bromley, Thos. Brown,
and Edw. Henry Columbine, he was received, in
Sept. 1809, on board the Okphecs 32, Capts. Pat.
Tonyn, Robt. Preston, and Hugh Pigot, attached to
the force in the West Indies, whence, in 1812, he
came home as Master's Mate of the Gloire frigate,
Capt. Jas. Carthew. Joining then the Seahorse
38, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, he ultimately, after
cruizing in the Channel, proceeded to North Ame-
rica, and in Aug. 1814 accompanied the brilliant
expedition up the Potomac, where he witnessed the
capture of Fort Washington and the surrender of
Alexandria. For his services during the operations
connected therewith he obtained the of&cial eulo-
giums of his Captain, and was in consequence pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 19 Oct. in the same
year. He was afterwards, we believe, present in
the attack upon New Orleans. He has been on
half-pay since 1815. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
Capt. Barrington Daores, bearing the flag in the
Channel of Rear- Admiral Collingwood ; and from
July, 1804, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
7 Nov. 1809, was employed on the Jamaica station,
chiefly as Midshipman, in the Theseus and Hek-
CDLE 74's, and Veteran 64, flag-ships of Rear-Ad-
miral Jas. Rich. Dacres, Akgo 44, Capt. Stephen
Thos. Digby, and Polyphemds 64, bearing the flag
of Vice- Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley ; in the
boats of which vessel, under Lieut. Chas. Fraser,
he assisted, and obtained high praise for his con-
duct, at the boarding and capture, 9 March, 1809,
with a loss to the British of 7 wounded, of the no-
torious French national felucca Joseph, of 3 guns and
53 men, and defended by a heavy fire of musketry
and grape, as well from the vessel herself as from a
whole range of batteries on the island of St. Bo-
mingo.* He then joined the Elk sloop, Capt. Jere-
miah Coghlan, also in the West Indies, whence, in
1810, he returned to England on board the Nep-
tdne 98, Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard. He next,
from March to Dec. 1811, served off the coast of
France in the Pomp£e 80, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol
Wood ; and while attached, between Jan. 1812 and
Oct. 1815, to the Iphigenia 36, Capts. Lucius Curtis,
Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and
Andw. King, he made a voyage to St. Helena, as-
sisted at the reduction of Genoa in 1814, and visited
the shores of North America. Since the date last
mentioned he has been on half-pay. Agents —
Messrs. Halford and Co.
MOORE. (LiEnT., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 28.)
John Arthdr Moore entered the Navy, 22 July,
1806, as a Supernumerary, on board the Royal
George 100, Capt. Thos. Gill, bearing the flag of
Sir John Thos. Duckworth; and on 21 Oct. foUow-
ing.joined, off Cadiz, the Aj ax 74, Capt. Hon. Henry
Blackwood; which ship, when near the island of
Tenedos, accidentally caught fire and blew up 14
Feb. 1807. Being in consequence received as Mid-
shipman on board the Thunderer 74, Capt. John
Talbot, he was present at the ensuing passage of
the Dardanells, and at the destruction of the Turk-
ish squadron off Point Pesquies. During these ope-
rations he was slightly wounded.* He was next,
from Sept. 1808 to June, 1813, again employed,
under the orders of Capt. Blackwood, in the War-
spite 74, on the Home station, and also in the Me-
diterranean ; where, on 20 July, 1810, he partici-
pated in a very gallant skirmish, in which the Bri-
tish with a slender force beat back a powerful
division of the French fleet. In Nov. 1813 he be-
came Master's Mate of the Orontes 36,.Capt. Na-
thaniel Day Cochrane ; with whom he served, on
the coast of Ireland and in the West Indies, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 18 Feb. 1815.
From 24 Nov. 1823 until the early part of 1829 Mr.
Moore commanded the Rinaldo Falmouth packet.
Tliis was his last appointment.
MOOEB. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
John Geokge Sarsfield Macnamaba Moohe
passed his examination 16 April, 1830; served in
the Coast Guard from 23 March, 1841, until the
attainment of his present rank 16 Jan. 1845; and
since 1 Nov. following has been agsjn employed in
that department.
MOOBE. (LiECTT., 1809. F-p., 12 ; ff-p., 32.)
John James Moobe entered the Navy, 7 Nov.
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cuhoden 74, ^
* fille (3az. 1S07, p. 597.
MOORE. (LiEDT., 1815. F-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.)
Joseph Henry Moore was born 16 June, 1791, at
Bath.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 15 Dec. 1804, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Euryalds 36, Capts.
Hon. Henry Blackwood and Hon. Geo. Heneage
Lawrence Dundas ; in which frigate he took part in
the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and was em-
ployed on various particular services. After an
attachment of nearly 12 months to the Naiad 38,
Capts. Geo. Cox and Henry Hill, he became Mid-
shipman, in July, 1810, of the Ruby 64, and then of
the Vigo 74, flag-ships of Rear-Admirals Manley
Dixon and Jas. Nicoll Morris on the Baltic station,
where for more than two years he endured much
fatigue in the escort of convoys, and in the perform-
ance of other harassing duties. On his removal to
the Shamrock brig, Capts. Andw. Pellet Green and
John Marshall, he assisted at the capture, in Nov.
1813, of two strong batteries at Cuxhaven, and, in
Jan. 1814, of the redoubtable fortress of Gliick-
stadt. In consideration of his services on the latter
occasion, he was invested with the command, in the
following April, of a division of gun-boats, and was
directed to co-operate in the reduction of Ham-
burgh and Harburgh ; off which places, as officially
testified, he continued very creditably employed,
imtil compelled to invalid from the effects of a se-
vere wound in the left hand, of which he has smce
lost the use. Prior to that unfortunate event he
had been sent on shore for the purpose of seizing,
and selling by public auction for the use of the
British, all confiscated goods belonging to the
Danish Government. Between July, 1814, and Aug.
1815, he served, on the Home and Irish stations, in
the Tamar 24, Capt. Chas. Sothehy, Havock 12,
Capt. Geo. Truscott, and, the last seven months as
Acting-Lieutenant, in the Tkent, flag-ship of Sir
Herbert Sawyer. He then took up a commission
dated JS Feb. 1813 ; and has since been on half-pay.
H® "> ^<'S"'V™7a°T?'''™''""° for iis wound, was
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which ship he was four years employed off Brest
and Lisbon, in Basq[ue Koads, off Flushing and the
Texel, and on the coast of America— assisting, as
Midshipman, during that period, at the capture,
among other vessels, of the U.S. ship Wasp, of 20
guns, and the late British brig-of-war Frolic. He
next, from Feb. 1814, until May, 1816, served on
the American, Mediterranean, and Home stations
in the Tonnant 80 and Asia 74, both commanded
by Capt. Alex. Skene, Ghaniods .36, Capt. Wm.
Furlong Wise, and St. Geobge and Impkegnable
98's, each_ under the orders of Capt. Jas. Nash.
From the "period he left the last-mentioned vessel
he did not again go afloat until appointed, 4 Feb.
1822, Admiralty Midshipman of the Diver 28,
bearing the flag of Sir .J. P. Beresford at Leith.
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 Oct.
following, and remained thenceforward on half-pay.
Agent — Frederick Dufaur.
MOOEE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Robert Seppings Moobe entered the Navy 26
Dec. 1826 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; ob-
tained his commission 23 Nov. 1841 ; had command,
from 27 Feb. 1843, until the early part of 1844, of
the WiLBEBFORCE Steamer, on the coast of Africa ;
and, since 18 Dec. 1844, has been serving, the latter
part of the time as First-Lieutenant, in the Comus
18, Capts. Thos. Sparke Thompson and Edwin Clay-
ton Tennyson D'Eyncourt, on the south-east coast
of America.
MOORE. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Thomas Edward Laws Moobe entered the Navy
19 Oct. 1832 ; passed his examination 15 Feb. 1839 ;
and, from that year until his return to England in
1843, was employed on board the Tekkor, Capt.
Fras. Rawdon Moira Crozier, part of an expedition
sent under the orders of Capt. Jas. Clarke Ross to
the Antarctic Ocean for the purposes of magnetic
research and geographical discovery. He was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission
dated 4 Oct, 1843 ; and was subsequently appointed
— 11 Nov. 1843, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship at
Devonport of Sir Alex. Milne— 4 Sept. 1844, as
Additional, to the WiNcnESTEB 50, bearing the flag
of Hon. Josceline Percy at the Cape of Good Hope,
whence he came home at the close of 1845 — and, 20
May, 1846, in a similar capacity, to the 'William
AND Mary yacht, Capt. Houston Stewart, on the
books of which vessel his name continued to be
borne until the ensuing Dec. Since 17 Nov. 1847
he has been in command of the Plover, a vessel
now engaged in search of the Polar expedition
under Sir John Franklin.
MOORE. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Thomas Nokkis Mooee entered the Navy 5 Feb.
1813 ; passed his examination in 1820 ; obtained his
commission 19 April, 1828 ; and, from 31 Dec. 1835
until the close of 1840, was employed in command
of a station in the Coast Guard. He has since been
on half-pay.
MOOEE. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 11; h-p., 31.)
William Moore was born 13 Oct. 1792.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Isis 50, Capts. John
Acworth Oramanney, Wm. Cuming, and John
Laugharne, successive flag-ship at Newfoundland
of Vice-Admirals Sir Erasmus Gower and John
Holloway. In Dec. 1807, upwards of 18 months
after he had attained the rating of Midshipman, he
removed to the Confiance 22, commanded by the
late Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, in which vessel he first
visited Lisbon, and then proceeded to the coast of
Brazil. At the reduction of Cayenne, in Jan. 1809,
he was intrusted with the charge of a gun-boat,
and for his services was presented, in common with
the other Midshipmen of the Confiance, with a
sword and medal by the Prince Regent of Portugal.
Being paid off in the early part of 1810, he next, in
Oct. of that year, joined the Salvador del Mundo,
bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Calder at Plymouth,
and very soon afterwards the Sceptre 74, Capt.
Sam. Jas. BaUard, employed off Brest. Transferred
by Admiralty order, at the commencement of 1811,
to the Southampton, of 38 guns and 212 men, com-
manded by his former Captain, Teo, he sailed forth-
with for the Jamaica station, and, on 3 Feb. 1812,
assisted at the capture of the Haytian frigate Ame-
thyste, of 44 guns and 700 men, at the close of a sharp
conflict, in which the enemy sustained a loss of 105
men killed and 120 wounded, and the British of
only 1 man killed and 10, including himself, wounded.
On 23 of the same month Mr. Moore passed his
examination. In the following Aug. an attack of
yellow fever rendered it necessary for him to be
sent to the hospital at Port Royal, on being dis-
charged from which he was successively placed, as
a Supernumerary, on board the Garland 20, Ca,pt.
Rich. Plummer Davies, and Shark sloop, bearing
the flag of Vice-Admiral Chas. Stirling. He re-
turned home with Capt. Yeo, in Feb. 1813, in the
Brazen 18, Capt. Jas. Stirling, but, from the state
of his health, was not able to seek further employ-
ment until the ensuing Aug., about which period
he became attached, as Supernumerary-Mate, on
promotion, to the Medwat 74, and Prince 98, flag-
ships of Sir Rich. Bickerton at Spithead. Proceed-
ing in a few weeks to the Cape of Good Hope
in the Laurel 38, Capt. Hon. Granville Leveson
Proby, he there, in the month of Dec, rejoined the
Medwat, of which ship, bearing the flag of Sir
Chas. Tyler, he was created a Lieutenant 12 July,
1814. He returned to England and was paid off in
April, 1816; and was lastly, from 23 Oct. 1817
until Sept. 1818, employed on the coast of Africa
in the Semiramis 42, bearing the broad pendant of
his friend. Sir J. L. Yeo, at whose request he had
obtained the appointment.
MOOEE. (Lieutenant, 1815. p-p., 16; h-p., 29.)
William Henry Moore was born 27 June, 1790.
His elder brother, Mr. J. H. Moore, was at one
time a Midshipman in the service.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1802, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spitfire 18, Capt. Robt.
Keen, with whom he served in the St. George's
Channel until Aug. 1804. Becoming Midshipman,
in April, 1805, of L'Impetdedx 74, Capts. Thos.
Byam Martin and John Lawford, he witnessed, 22
Aug. following, Admiral Hon. Wm. Cornwallis'
pursuit of the French fleet into Brest harbour, and
was subsequently, in 1810, employed in that ship's
boats on the river Tagus. In May, 1811, he was
appointed, on promotion, to the Antelope 50, bear-
ing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth «,t New-
foundland, where he remained until the ensuing
Dec. ; and he was next, in Oct. 1813, received on
board the Heebds, of 42 guns and 284 men, Capt.
Edm. Palmer, in which ship we find him assisting,
under Cape La Hogue, at the capture, 27 March,
1814, of the French frigate V Etoile, of 44 guns and
315 men, after a close and obstinate engagement of
two hours and a quarter, in which the British had
13 men killed and 25 wounded, and the enemy 40
killed and 73 wounded. In April of the year last
mentioned he was appointed, again on promotion,
to the Belleeophon 74, flag-ship at Newfoundland
of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, under whose orders
he continued until at length advanced to the rank
of Lieutenant, 8 Feb. 1815. He afterwards, from
25 April, 1834, until May, 1837, served in the Ordi-
nary at Sheemess, latterly on board the Temebaiee
104, Capt. Thos, Fortescue Kennedy. He has been
employed, since 26 Sept. 1845, in the CALEDONLi.
120, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, on the Home
station.
Lieut. Moore married, 5 April, 1826, Miss Marv
Horsford. •'
MOORMAN, K.F.M. (Commander, 1814 f-p
15; H-p., 34.) ■'
Richard Moorman (a), born 22 July, 1784 is
uncle of Commander Richard Moorman (i) R]vr
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MOORMAN— MOORSOM.
One of his brothers was killed on board the Mo-
narch 74, Vice-Admiral Onslow's flag-ship, in the
action off Camperdown, 11 Oct. 1797, and was buried
with the honours of war at Minster Church, near
Sheemess, where a monument was erected to his
memory by his brother officers. A brother-in-law
of the Commander was killed in action while de-
fending H.M. packet Montagu, of 6 guns and 30
men, against the American privateer Globe, of 16
guns and 160 men, which vessel was in the end
beaten off.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 May, 1798, as
Midshipman, on board the Monakch 74, Capt. Edw.
O'Brien, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Onslow in the
North Sea. In Nov. 1800 he joined the Revolu-
TIONNAIRE 38, Capt. Thos. Twysden, on the Cork
station; and he next, from Sept. 1801 until Feb.
1806, served, chiefly in the capacity of Mate, on
board the Donegal 74, Capts. Sir Rich. John Stra^
chan and Pulteney Malcolm. He assisted during
that period at the capture, in 1804, of the Spanish
44-gun frigate Amfilrite, and of a ship with a cargo
on board worth 200,000^ — accompanied Lord Nelson
in pursuit of the combined fleets to the West Indies
and back in 1805— contributed, in the same year,
to the capture of JEl Rayo, of 100 guns, one of the
ships previously defeated at Trafalgar — and par-
ticipated in the victory gained by Sir John Thos.
Duckworth off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. On 14 of
the latter month, as a reward for the conduct he
had exhibited in the recent action, he was nominated
Acting-Lieutenant of Le Jupiter 74, Capt. Chas.
Gill, one of the ships taken from the French ; and
in the ensuing months of July and Feb. he was
successively appointed Midshipman, on promotion,
of the Royal George 100, and Ocean 98, flag-ships
in the Mediterranean of Sir J. T. Duckworth and
Lord Collingwood. He was confirmed a Lieutenant,
14 April, 1807, in the Queen 98, bearing the flag,
also in the Mediterranean, of Rear-Admiral Geo.
Martin, whom, in the course of the same year, he
followed into the Canopus 80. He afterwards com-
manded the boats of a squadron at the capture of a
French flotilla of 12 gun-boats from Gaeta, bound
to Naples ; and in Oct. 1809 joined in the pursuit
which led to the self-destruction, off Cette, of the
French ships-of-the-line Robuste and Lion. He also,
in July, 1809, commanded the flotUla employed at
the taking of Ischia and Procida. Being appointed
Senior Lieutenant, in April, 1810, of the 'rERMA-
GANT 18, Capts. Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt, Rich.
Buck, Chas. Squire, and Gawen Wm. Hamilton, he
commanded the boats of that sloop, and received
a musket-ball in the body, in a cutting-out affair
during the defence of Messina against the French.
For this service he was created a Knight of the
Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit by the King
of the Two Sicilies, was presented with a gratuity
from the Patriotic Fund, and was awarded a pen-
sion, subsequently increased to 150/. per annum.
During his stay in the Termagant, of which he
held for three months the acting command, he suc-
ceeded in one morning (22 July, 1812) in cutting
out two privateers, one of which was L' Intrepide,
of 3 guns and 40 men, taken near Malaga. He in-
valided home in Sept. 1812, and afterwards com-
manded the transports at the embarkation of the
British army at Bourdeaux. Since his promotion
to the rank of Commander, 15 June, 1814, he has
been on half-pay.
Commander Moorman has been four times
wounded. He married, 12 April, 1820, Miss Cath-
erine Hill Millett, and by that lady has issue one
son and three daughters. The son, a Midshipman
R.N., was lately serving in the West Indies on
board the Spartan 26, Capt. Hon. C. G. J. B.
Elliot. Agents — Pettet and Newton.
of Wm. Moorman, Esq., of Falmouth ; and nephew
of Commander Rich. Moorman (a), R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, ,27 Nov. 1823, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Semiramis 42, Capt.
Peter Ribouleau, bearing the flag of Lord Colville
at Cork ; and, from Aug. 1825 until Nov. 1831 (in
the course of which month he passed his exami-
nation), was employed, chiefly as Midshipman, in
the Pandora 18 and Success 28, both commanded
by Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise, and Calcutta 84,
Capt. Peter Fisher, on the East India station. In
Nov. 1829 the Success was all but lost on a reef,
while making for Cockbum Sound, Western Aus-
tralia. Five days elapsed before she could be got
off, and then only by dint of the most determined
exertions. The spirited and undaunted manner in
which Mr. Moorman and his brother Midshipmen
performed the very arduous duties that fell to their
lot had the effect of officially eliciting the warmest
praise and admiration on the part of Capt. Jervoise.
In Feb. 1832 he was appointed Mate of the Pigeon,
and in Sept. 1834 (after an interval of 15 months)
of the Seagull, Falmouth packets, Lieut.-Com-
manders John Binney and John Parsons. On
leaving the latter vessel, in Sept. 1835, he took
command of a Liverpool West Indiaman, and con-
tinued trading from that port for a period of two
years. In April, 1838, he joined the Excellent
gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir T. Hastings ;
and, on 1 June, 1839, he entered the Royal Naval
College, on the occasion of its being opened for the
instruction of Mates and half-pay officers. He re-
moved, in the capacity of Gunnery-Mate, to the
Calcutta 84, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, 26 Sept.
1840 ; and, on 28 Sept. 1841, owing to the strong
recommendation of Sir Thos. Hastings, and as a
mark of the especial importance attached by their
Lordships to the cultivation of gunnery, he was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. On his return
to England from the Mediterranean he was re-
appointed, 7 Dec. 1841, to the Excellent, in which
ship he continued employed, in the capacity of
Gunnery-Lieutenant, until advanced to the rank
of Commander, 30 Aug. 1845. He has been in
command, since 14 Sept. 1847, of the Hecate
steam-sloop, of 240-horse power.
MOORMAN. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 18;
H-p., 6.)
Richard AIookman (6), bom 19 April, 1810, at
Tregony, co. Cornwall, is fourth and youngest son
MOORSOM. (Captain, 1818. f-p., 18; h-p., 25.)
CoNSTANTiNE RicHABD MooRSOM, born 22 Sept.
1792, is son of the late Admiral Sir Robt. Moorsom,
K.C.B.,* by Eleanor, daughter of Thos. Scarth,
Esq., of Stakesby, near Whitby. One of his bro-
thers, Robert, died in command of the Jasper sloop
in 1826 ; and another was a Captain in the Army.
This officer (whose name had been borne, between
Oct. 1804 and Jan. 1806, on the books of the Ma-
jestic and Revenge 74's, both commanded by his
father) entered the Royal Naval College 21 July,
1807, and (after having carried off three mathema-
tical prizes, together with the first medal) embarked,
13 Nov. 1809, on board the Revenge, commanded
at first by Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, and subsequently
by Capts. John Nash and Chas. Philip Butler Bate-
man, under whom he served at the defence of Cadiz
—latterly as Signal-Mate to Rear-Admiral Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge— until May, 1812. He then
* Sir Robert Moorsom was born in June, 1760, and em-
barked, in 1777, on board the Ardent 64, commanded by
the late Lord Mulgrave. Removing with the same officer to
the CoHKAOEUX 74, he was afforded an opportunity of parti-
cipating, as Midshipman, in the battle off Ushant, under
Admirfi Keppel ; the relief of Gibraltar, under Admiral
Uarby, and also under Lord Howe ; and the action off Cape
Spartel, and the capture, by Admiral Kemperfelt, of part ol
a convoy going to the West Indies with Admiral de Guichen
Attaining Post-rank in 1790, he commanded, during the war
of 1793, Sie Niger and Astrea frigates, and Hindostan 50 ;
and during that of 1803, the Majestic and Revenge 74's.
In the latter ship he served at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct.
1805. In the course of 1809 he was successively appointed a
Colonel of Marines, a Lord of the Admiralty, and Master-
General of the Ordnance. He became a Rear-Admiral in
1810, a Vice-Admiral in 1814, a K.C.B. in 1815, and a full
Admiral in 1830. He commanded in chief at Chatltam from
1824 to 1827 ; and died about April, 1835.
MOORSOM-MORESBY.
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returned to England in the Wabspite 74, Capt.
Hon. Henry Blackwood ; and, attaining the rank of
Lieutenant on 6 of the ensuing month, was next ap-
pointed, 30 July and 19 Oct. 1812, to the St. Albah's
64, Capt. John Ferris Devonshire (also on the Cadiz
station), ;and Sopekb 74, Capts. Hon. Chas. Paget
and Alex. Gordon. In the latter ship he continued
■ employed in Basque Roads, on the coast of Brazil,
and, imder the hroad pendant of Hon. Henry Ho-
tham, on the coast of North America, until made
Commander, 19 July, 1814, into the Goree sloop, at
Bermuda. His succeeding appointments were — 16
June, 1815, to the Terroe bomh, in which he re-
turned from Bermuda to England in the following
Aug.— 2 July, 1816, to the Fdry bomb, part of the
force employed at the bombardment of Algiers,*
where that vessel, in the course of nine hotirs, threw
318 shells, nearly double the number ejected by any
other of her class f— and, 4 Oct. and 15 Nov. 1816,
to the Bbitomart 10, and Prometheus 22, both on
the Home station, where he served until paid off in
Aug. 1818. He was advanced to Post-rank 7 Deo.
following ; and was afterwards nominated Captain —
2 April, 1822, and 29 Dec. 1824, of the Ariadne 28,
and Andromache 42, attached to the squadron at
the Cape of Good Hope— and, 19 Dec. 1825, of the
Prince Regent 120, bearing his father's flag at
Chatham. The Ariadne, originally built as a cor-
vette, had been raised, when commissioned by Capt.
Moorsom, by the addition of a quarter-deck and 6
more guns, after the fashion of the Vaiorous, a
ship which had not however been found to answer.
By a different method of stowage, and with only 75
tons of ballast instead of the established proportion,
120 tons, Capt. Moorsom succeeded in making the
Ariadne sail as fast, work as well, and prove as
good a seaboat as could possibly be expected. He
took command of the Andromache on the death of
Commodore Joseph Nourse, and, hoisting a broad
pendant, continued in personal discharge of the
duties of Commodore, until the arrival at the Cape
of Good Hope of the present Rear- Admiral Christian,
when he returned to England and paid the Andro-
mache off. Since 1827, in the summer of which
year the Prince Regent was put out of commission,
Capt. Moorsom has not been afloat.
He married, 12 March, 1822, Mary, daughter of
Jacob Maude, Esq., of Silaby Hall, co. Durham, by
whom he has issue five sons and three daughters.
Agents — Case and Loudonsack.
^ MOORSOM. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
"William Moorsom entered the Navy 28 June,
1830 ; passed his examination 16 June, 1835 ; and at
the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieute-
nant, which took place 29 March, 1842, had been
serving for some time in the East Indies as Mate
on board the Endymion 40, Capt. Hon. Fred. "Wm.
Grey. His appointments have since been — 22 April,
1842, as Additional, to the Cornwallis 72, bearing
the flag of Sir Wm. Parker in the East Indies — 12
Sept. 1842, to the Vixen steam-sloop, Capt. Geo.
Giffard, on the same station — 29 March, 1845, to
the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt.
Sir Thos. Hastings — 19 Sept. 1845, to the Rodney
92, Capt. Edw. Collier, attached to the Channel
squadron — and, 9 May, fl846, to the St. Vincent
120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle at Portsmouth,
where he is now employed.
MORESBY, C.B., K.M.T. (Captain, 1814. f-p.,
25 ; H-P., 23.)
Fairfax Moresby, born at Calcutta, is son of
Fairfax Moresby, Esq., of Stow House, Lichfield,
CO. Stafford, formerly Lieutenant-Colonel of the
2nd Staffordshire MiUtia, and Colonel-Commandant
of the Lichfield Volunteer Yeomanry. He descends
from the Moresbys of Moresby, co. Cumberland.
• VideGK-i.. 1816, p. 1792.
■(• An inquiry into tlxe cause of tile difference was set on
foot by the Admiralty, and the result was, tlie adoption of
an entirely new description of bomb-vessel, founded on tlie
plan acl-ed upon by Capt. Moorsom.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Dec. 1799, aa
A.B., on board the London 98, Capt. John Child
Purvis, with whom, after having taken a Midship-
man's part in Sir John Borlase Warren's expedition
to Ferrol, he removed to the Royal George 100.
In March and Nov. 1802 he successively joined the
Alarm 32, and Amazon 38, both commanded by
Capt. Wm. Parker. In the former ship he escorted
a body of German troops to Holland ; and in the
Amazon, besides accompanying the Duke of Kent
from Gibraltar home, and participating in much
general service, he went with Lord Nelson to the
West Indies in pursuit of the combined fleets of
France and Spain. Previously to the latter event
he had been frequently placed in charge of captured
vessels, and had had the misfortune on one occasion,
while so employed, to fall into the hands of the
enemy, by whom he was detained a prisoner at
Malaga until released through the interference of
the immortal hero. In Dec. 1305 Mr. Moresby be-
came Master's Mate of the Puissant 74, at Ports-
mouth ; and on 10 April, 1806, at which period he
was serving with Lord St. Vincent in the Hibeenia
1 10, off Ushant, he was made Lieutenant into the
ViLLE DE Paris 110, Capt. Geo. Aldham. Being
next, in the course of the ensuing summer, appointed
to the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, he was at first
employed in that ship at the blockade of Bochefort,
and afterwards in her boats and tenders in various
parts of the Mediterranean ; where, on 1 Aug. 1808,
he distinguished himself by his conduct at the cap-
ture, by the boats of the Kent and Wizard sloop,
of a convoy of 10 deeply-laden coasters lying at
anchor, under protection of a gun-boat, close to the
beach abreast of the town of Noli, on the coast of
Italy, fastened to the shore by ropes from their
keels and mast-heads, and farther defended by the
fire of two adjacent field-pieces, of a heavy gun in
front of the town, and of a volley of musketry kept
up by a considerable body of regular troops, whom
the resistless impetuosity of the British quickly put
to flight.* So repeated and favourable was the
mention made of Lieut. Moresby's name, that on
the return of the Kent to England, in Dec. 1809, he
was immediately ordered back to the Mediterranean
on promotion in the Repulse 74, Capt. John Halli-
day. On his arrival he was at once appointed to
the Sultan 74, Capt. John West, and in that ship
he remained until invested, 5 Feb. 1811, with the
acting-command of the Eclair 18. Removing in a
few days to the ship-sloop Acorn, he was for a short
time employed in the Adriatic in alone watching
the remains of the Franco-Venetian squadron so
memorably defeated by Capt. Hoste off Lissa ; and
he was next concerned in a variety of operations
against the enemy's »trade, which resulted in the
speedy capture of more than 60 of their vessels.
Although superseded in the Acorn, on the receipt
of his Commander's commission, bearing date 18
April, 1811, and placed in consequence on half-pay,
Capt. Moresby was forthwith appointed by the Com-
mander-in-Cmef, Sir Chas. Cotton, to the Wizard
16, and sent to repress the piracies then so frequent
in the Grecian archipelago ; where his exertions in
enforcing the restitution of plunder, in effecting the
capture of three privateers (one of them the Corcira,
of 8 guns and 60 men), and in performing other im-
portant services, led to his obtaining high official
encomium, and to his being presented with a valua-
ble sword by the mercantile body at Malta. After
conveying important despatches from Constanti-
nople to England, Capt. Moresby returned with a
valuable convoy to the Mediterranean, and, having
deposited his charge at Valetta, proceeded to join
Sir Edw. Pellew off Toulon. Being sent, next, to
the Adriatic, he made prize, during his passage
thither, of Le Petit Chasseur French privateer ; after
which, volunteering his services, he took command,
18 Aug. 1813, of the boats of his own vessel and of
the Saracen and Weasel brigs, and, landing under
a heavy fire of round shot and musketry, stormed
carried, and assisted in destroying two strong bat^
teries at the entrance of the Boco di Cattaro. This
• FiVfcGaz. 1809, p. 16.
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MORGAN.
exploit was happily performed without logs, owing
solely to the conduct of Capt. Moresby; whose
order in advancing, judgment in landing, and deter-
mination of manner in leading the men up to the
batteries, so intimidated the enemy, that they did
not wait for the charge, but hastily fired and fled.
During the proximate siege of Trieste, he served on
shore in command, from 16 to 24 Oct., of one of the
batteries ; he was then ordered to form one with
4 32-pounders, within breaching distance ; and this,
in the course of 56 hours, under all the disadvan-
tages of weather, &c., he contrived, with 50 men
from the Milfokd and 20 from the Wizakd, to
complete without assistance of any kind.* For
the above and other important services performed
in co-operation with the Austrian troops on the
coasts of the Adriatic, Capt. Moresby obtained per-
mission, 23 May, 1814, to accept and wear the insig-
nia of a Knight of the Imperial Military Order of
Maria Theresa ; and being moreover strongly re-
commended to the consideration of the Admiralty,
he was advanced, 7 June following, to Post-rank ;
besides being nominated, 4 June, 1815, a C.B. His
next appointment was, 26 April, 1819, to the Menai
24; in which ship, after visiting St. Helena, then
the abode of Napoleon Buonaparte, he proceeded as
Senior officer to the Cape of Good Hope. In 1820
he undertook the survey of Algoa Bay and its vici-
nity, as also the landing of the settlers, in number
2000, and the other duties connected with the first
establishment of a colony at that place, the whole of
which, notwithstanding their arduous nature, he
discharged in a manner in the highest degree cre-
ditable to his sagacity and benevolence. In Feb.
1821 Capt. Moresby assumed the chief command at
the Mauritius, with a view to the suppression of the
slave-trade, which, up to the period of his arrival,
had been carried on to a very great extent. "Within
a short time, however, the more notorious vessels
were either captured or destroyed ; prosecution was
commenced against the owners and captains ; and a
complete stop put to other adventurers. For the
purpose of preventing a recurrence of what he had
so successfully demolished, Capt. Moresby then
entered into a treaty with the Imaum of Muscat,
afterwards confirmed by the British government,
upon whom it conferred the right of exerting itself
to the utmost for the abolition of the nefarious
traffic. At the expiration of the Menai*s term of
service, in the spring of 1822, the Admiralty, on the
application of Lord Bathurst, Secretary of State for
the Colonies, and at the solicitation of Mr. AVilber-
force and others, was induced to prolong the period
of Capt. Moresby's command at the Mauritius ; and
he accordingly continued there until June, 1823.
He then embarked the Governor, Sir Robt. Far-
quhar, and, after arranging a treaty with the King
of Madagascar for the suppression of the slave-trade
in his dominions, returned to England and was paid
off in the month of Sept. To such an extent had
his health become impaired while in command of
the Menai, particularly in the extensive surveys he
had made of the Ethiopian archipelago and of the
African coast, that for five years he was subject to
attacks which reduced him each time to the lowest
state of debility. Although the vigour of his con-
stitution was at length restored, he did not succeed
in procuring fresh employment until Jan. 1837, on
25 of which month he was selected to succeed Sir
Thos. Fellowes in the command of the Pembroke
74, on the Mediterranean station, whence he came
home and was put out of commission in Feb. 1840.
He has been in command, since 1 March, 1845, of
the Canopus 84, employed chiefly on particular
service.
Capt. Moresby married, 6 Aug. 1814, at Malta,
Eliza Louisa, youngest daughter of John Williams,
Esq., of Bakewell, Derbyshire, by whom he has
issue three sons and two daughters— the elder mar-
ried to Commander J. C. Prevost, R.N. His eldest
son, Fairfax, now a Mate R.N. (1845), was born in
Dec. 1826, and served as Midshipman of the Pique
36, Capt. Edw. Boxer, throughout all the operations
* Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 2478.
on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment
of Acre, as also of the Cornwaljcis 72, Sir Wm.
Parker's flag-ship, during the war in China. Capt.
Moresby's youngest son, John, bom in March, 1830,
was lately serving as a naval cadet on board the
America 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
MORGAN. (LIE0TENANT, 1845.)
Edward Edwin Morgan passed his examination
10 Sept. 1836 ; and after having served for several
years as Mate, on the South American and East
India stations, in the Rose 18 and North Star 26,
Capts. Peter Christie and Sir Jas. Everard Home,
was promoted, 20 Jan. 1845, to the rank of Lieute-
nant, and appointed, 13 Feb. following. Additional
of the Agincourt 72, flag-ship on the latter station
of Sir Thos. John Cochrane. Being next, 17 Dec.
in the same year, appointed to the Hazard 18,
Capt. Fras. Philip Egerton, he accompanied, in
3v\f, 1846, an expedition conducted by Sir T. J.
Cochrane against the Sultan of Borneo, where, on 8
of that month, he commanded the eighth company
of small-arm men at the capture of the enemy's
forts and batteries on the river Brune. On the en-
suing ascent of a branch of the latter stream by a
force under Capt. Geo. Mundy, and its debarka-
tion, after struggling for many hours against an
almost impenetrable navigation, at the village of
Mallout, Mr. Morgan, while the main body marched
on to Damuan, in the hope of there capturing the
Sultan's person, was left behind in partial charge of
a flotilla of seven gun-boats under Lieut. Geo. Ed-
win Patey, and was mentioned for the cheerful as-
sistance he afforded on the occasion.* The Hazard
was paid oif in 1847.
MORGAN. (Captain, 1836. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 24.)
James Morgan is son of the late Rev. Patrick
Morgan, Rector of Killybegs, co. Donegal; and
brother of Lieut. "Wm. Moore Morgan, R.M., who
fell at the battle of Algiers while serving on board
the Granicds 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise. An-
other brother, Hugh, was an officer in the Royal
Artillery.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1798, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Savage 16, Capts. Nor-
borne Thompson, Wm. Henry Webley, and John
Tower, stationed in the Downs ; where, in Rlarch,
1803, nearly two years and a half after he had
attained the rating of Midshipman, he accompanied
Capt. Tower into the Lark sloop. In Feb. 1805, at
which period he was serving on board the Fury
bomb, he was appointed Sub-Lieutenant of the
FiAMER gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Storey ;
and on 30 Jan. 1806, as a reward for meritorious
conduct he had displayed off Boulogne, he -was pro-
moted, on the recommendation of Lord Keith, to a
full Lieutenancy in the Lynx sloop, Capt. John
Willoughby Marshall, attached to the force in the
North Sea. Quitting that vessel in the summer of
1807, he served, during the next four years, on the
St. Helena, Home, and West India stations, in the
Agisoourt 64, Capt. Henry Hill, Resoldtion 74,
Capt. Geo. Burlton, Ntmphe 38, Capt. Hon. Josce-
line Percy, Neptune 98, Capt. Jas. Athol Wood,
Elk sloop, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, Hyperion 36,
Capts. Thos. Chas. Brodie and Wm. Pryce Cumby,
and Polyphemus 64, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Bar-
tholomew Sam. Rowley. In 1811, owing to the cir-
cumstance of Capt. Brodie and two of his officers
having been taken captive in their boats by the
black commandant at Gonaives, St. Domingo, in
consequence of protection afibrded by the former to
an English merchant who had been detained a pri-
soner for an alleged breach of blockade, Lieut.
Morgan, then Senior of the Hyperion, anchored
the ship as soon as possible with one broadside to
the batteries and the other to a Haytian frigate,
and succeeded by his threatening demeanour in
forthwith obtaining their release. In April, 1812,
nine months after the state of his health had obliged
• Vide Gaz. 1816, pp. 3442, 3446.
MORGAN.
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him to invalid from the West Indies, he assumed
command of the Barbara schooner, of 111 tons, 10
12-pounder carronades, and 50 men; and in that
vessel he continued employed for upwards of two
years on the Irish, Downs, Baltic, and Plymouth
stations. He contrived, during the period, to beat
off, 11 Feb. 1813, a detachment of seven luggers,
carrying from 8 to 14 guns each, after more than an
hour's close action, fought in the neighbourhood of
Boulogne. On the following day he drove a lugger
on shore and destroyed her ; and he subsequently,
among a host of dashing affairs, cut out a ship of
400 tons, two galliots, and a sloop, laden with corn,
from the harbour of Aalbourg, although hotly pur-
sued by nine Danish armed vessels 13 April, 1813 —
brought to and examined, 18 June following, a
licensed Danish merchantman, under the fire of
- three national brigs and five gun-boats, close in-
shore off Christiansand — engaged, 3 July, the Norge,
a cutter-rigged praam, mounting 2 long 32-pounders
and 6 18-pounder carronades, with a complement
of 80 men, supported by several other armed ves-
sels, near Fladstrand — and on 11 Aug. came a
second time into action with the Norge, through
whose fire, and that of nine gun-boats in her com-
pany, the Barbara sustained severe damage. On
6 Oct. in the same year, 1813, a very gallant ex-
ploit was performed a few miles to the southward
of "Wingo Sound, where, by a five-oared boat under
the command of Lieut. Kich. Banks of the Forward
gun-brig, and by the Barbara's four-oared gig
under Lieut. Morgan, a Danish cutter, mounting
one howitzer, with a complement of 25 men, was
boarded and carried in spite of a fierce resistance,
in which the enemy sustained a loss of 5 men killed
and their commander badly wounded, and the
British of 2 killed and 3 (including Lieut. Morgan
severely) wounded. During her stay in the Baltic,
a period of nine months, the Barbara captured
and destroyed not less than 2544 tons of the ene-
my's shipping, navigated by 136 seamen ; and, in
conjunction with the Hawke privateer, of Hastings,
made prize of a Danish privateer, and re-took a ship
from under the batteries on Lessee Island and the
fire of 13 gun-boats and 10 privateers.* So much
activity and gallantry on the part of Lieut. Morgan
could not do otherwise than elicit strong expressions
of approbation from his successive Commanders-in-
Chief; the late Admirals Sir Geo. Hope and Sir
Graham Moore. Quitting the Barbara about
June, 1814, he was next employed in command,
from April to Sept. 1815, and from the latter date
until Feb. 1818, of the Aggressor gun-brig and
PiCTON schooner, on the Irish station. He obtained
a second promotal commission 19 July, 1821 ; and
afterwards ofBoiated as an Inspecting-Commander
of the Coast Guard at Whitby and Newhaven, from
1827 to 1830, and from 16 March, 1831, until pro-
moted to Post-rank 15 Jan. 1836. On leaving the
Whitby district in June, 1830, he was presented by
his officers with a handsome piece of^ plate "as a
grateful testimony of his kind and gentlemanly con,
duct towards them." He has not been employed
since his last promotion.
Capt. Morgan is a Knight of the Koyal Hano-
verian Guelphic Order, and is the Senior Captain
of 1836. He married, 24 July, 1833, Eliza, daughter
of T. C. Faulconer, Esq., of Newhaven.
MORGAN. (Captain, 1846.)
James William Morgan was born in 1802.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 May, 1814, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leyden 64, Capt. John
Davie, attached to the force in the North Sea;
and between 1815 and 1822 was employed as Mid-
shipman, on the Cape of Good Hope, .Home, North
American, and St. Helena stations, in the Centaur
74 and Makpa 84, both commanded by Capt. Thos.
Gordon Caulfeild, Rochfort 80, Capt. Sir Arch.
Collingwood Dickson, Carnation 18 and Tamar
26, each under the orders of Capt. Hon. John
Gordon, and ViGO 74, bearing the flag; of Rear-
Admiral Robt. Lambert. He then, having passed
• ViOeGm. 1813, p. S167. '
his examination in 1821, became Mate of the Wind-
sor Castle 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood ; a capacity
in which he further, from 1823 until promoted to
the rank of Lieutena,nt 2 March, 1833, served in
South America on board the Tartar 42, Capt.
Thos. Brown, Ganges 84, flag-ship of Sir Robt.
Waller Otway, and Drdid 46, Capt. Gawen Wm.
Hamilton. His succeeding appointments were— 23
March, 1833, to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Edm.
Lyons, on the Mediterranean station, whence he
returned to England and was paid off in the early
part of 1835— and 22 Sept. in the latter year, 18
April, 1836, and (after about 12 months of half- pay)
8 April, 1839, to the Harrier 18, Capt. Wm. Henry
HalloweU Carew, Dublin 50, bearing the flag of Sir
Graham Eden Hamond, and, as First-Lieutenant, to
the CURA50A 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, all in South
America. He came home on the occasion of his
promotion to the rank of Commander 23 Nov. 1841 ;
and was next, from 1 Feb. 1844, until posted 9 Nov.
1846, employed on Home service as Second-Captain
of the Camperdown 104, Queen 110, and Trafal-
gar 120, Capts. Wm. Fanshawe Martin and John
Neale Nott. He is not at present afloat.
He married, 11 June, 1838, Caroline Dorothea,
eldest daughter of Rear- Admiral Thos. Brown.
MORGAN. (Commander, 1837.)
John JIorgan was born 29 Jan. 1794.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 July, 1807, as
Midshipman, on board the Uranie 38, Capts. Chris-
topher Laroche and Thos. Manby, on the Guernsey
station ; joined, next, the Horatio 38, and Royal
William, Capts. Geo. Scott and Hon. Courtenay
Boyle, lying at Portsmouth ; and from the close of
the same year until May, 1811, was employed in the
East and West Indies and at the Cape of Good
Hope in the Sapphire 18, Capts. Geo. Davies and
Bertie Cornelius Cator, Chahwell 16, Capt. Hon.
Wm. Gordon, and Sapphire again, Capts. B. C.
Cator, Wm. Fitzmaurice, Hon. W. Gordon, Geo.
Davies, and Henry Montresor. The ensuing three
years and ten months were passed by Mr. Morgan
on the West India, Portsmouth, Mediterranean, and
Irish stations, in the Helena sloop, Capt. H. Mon-
tresor, Gladiator 44 and San Josef 110, flag-ships
of Rear-Admirals Wm. Hargood and Sir Rich.
King, and Bonne Citoyenne 20, Capt. Aug. Wm.
Jas. Clifford. He was then promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant by commission dated 17 Feb. 1815 ;
and was subsequently appointed to the command —
4 Aug. 1826, for two years, of the Sprightly Re-
venue-cruizer— and 2 June and 28 Aug. 1832, of the
Cracker and Seaflower cutters, in which vessels
he served until paid off in 1835. Prior to joining
the Cracker, Mr. Morgan commanded for some
time the Sylvia cutter. He obtained a second
promotal commission 10 Jan. 1837 ; and was lastly,
from 22 March, 1838, until 1842, employed as an
Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard. Agent
— Frederick Dufaur.
MORGAN. (Commander, 1834. f-p., 22;
H-p., 20.)
Richard Morgan entered the Navy, 15 April,
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Prevoyante
store-ship, Master-Commander Dan. M'Coy, and,
after serving for a few months off Gibraltar and
Cadiz in that vessel and the Colossus 74, Capt. Jas.
NicoU Morris, joined the Canopus 80, successive
flag-ship of Kear-Admirals Sir Thos. Louis, Geo.
Martin, and Chas. Boyles. Under the first-men-
tioned of those officers he accompanied Lord Nelson
to the West Indies in pursuit of the combined fieets
of France and Spain, enacted a part in the action off
St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, assisted as Midshipman at
the capture, 27 Sept. following, of the French fri-
gate Le President, and, after attending Sir John
Duckworth's expedition to Constantinople in Feb.
1807, assumed a share in the ensuing operations in
Egypt. Under Rear-Admiral Martin, he joined, in
Oct. 1809, in the pursuit which led to the self-
desti-uction, off Cette, of the French ships-of-the-
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line Rohuste and Lion. Removing, in Sept. 1811, to
the AcHitLE 74, Capt. Aiskew Paifard Hollis, he
was for about 18 months employed in that ship in
the Adriatic, where he aided in blockading the
French and Venetian squadrons at Venice, consist-
ing of three line-of-battle ships and a frigate ready
for sea, and several of each class fitting in the ar-
senal. In Feb. 1814, having returned with convoy
to England, and been for a short time engaged at
the blockade of Cherbourg, he became Master's
Mate of the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the
flag of Lord Keith in the Channel, whence, in the
course of the same year, he sailed for North America
with Rear- Admiral Pulteney Malcolm in the RorAL
Oak 74. After witnessing, as Supernumerary-
Midshipman on promotion of the Tonnant 80, flag-
ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, the attack on New
Orleans, he was nominated, 19 May, 1815, Acting-
Lieutenant of the Belle Poule troop-ship, Capt.
Fras. Baker. On his arrival home in the ensuing
summer he found that he had been officially ad-
vanced to the rank of Lieutenant on 6 of the pre-
ceding Feb. His succeeding appointments were —
19 May, 1818, to the Queen Chaklotte 100, flag-
ship of Sir Geo. Campbell at Portsmouth, where he
served until paid off in 1821—30 April, 1827, to the
BnrrAHNiA 120, bearing the flag of the Earl of
Northesk at Plymouth— 22 Sept. 1828, and 28 April,
1830, to the Asia 84, and Bkitannla. again, in which
ships he continued employed in the Mediterranean
and North Sea, under the flag of Sir P. Malcolm,
until the close of 1831— and, 8 March, 1833, a third
time, to the Bkitannia, as Flag-Lieutenant to the
last^mentioned officer in the Mediterranean. He
attained his present rank 23 April, 1834 ; and, from
29 March, 1837, until the spring of 1840, officiated
as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard.
He has since been on half-pay. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson.
MORGAN. CLiEHT., 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.)
Robert Morgan (a) entered the Navy, 18 May,
1803, as L.M., on board the Termagant sloop,
Cajit. Robt. Pettet, attached to the force in the
Mediterranean ; where, from May, 1805, until Aug.
1808, he served as Midshipman and Master's Mate
in the Bittern 18, Capts. John Louis, Edw. Aug.
Down, and Thos. Ussher. He then proceeded to
the Brazils in the Brilliant, Capt. Thos. Smyth,
and next to the Cape of Good Hope in the Incon-
stant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson. In July,
1810, he joined the Hannibal 74, bearing the flag
of Sir Thos. 'Williams off Lisbon ; and after a servi-
tude of two years and nine months on that station,
he removed, in April, 1811, to the Dragon 74, flag-
ship of Sir Fras. Laforey in the West Indies ; where,
between Oct. 1812 and May, 1813, he acted as Mas-
ter of the Swaggerer gun-brig, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Chas. Dayman Jermy. In Oct. of the
latter year he arrived in England in the Surinam
sloop, Capt. Thos. Martin ; in which vessel, since
the date last mentioned, he had been officiating as
Acting-Lieutenant. On 22 June, 1814, after he had
been for six months borne as Supernumerary-Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate on the books of the
Asia 74 and Tonnant 80, flag-ships of Hon. Sir
Alex. Cochrane in North America, he was there
again ordered to act as Lieutenant in the Hebrus
frigate, Capt. Edm. Palmer; as he was subsequently,
in April and May, 1815, in the Gob^e and Pvlades
sloops, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Stone Cot-
grave. On his return to England in the ensuing
July he took up a commission bearing date 9 Feb.
1815. He has since been on half-pay. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
MORGAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 35.)
Robert Morgan (6) is third son of the late
Thos. Morgan, Esq., Recorder of Clonekilty, co.
Cork.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Feb. 1800, as
Ordinary (after seven years' employment in the
merchant-service, latterly in the capacity of Mate),
on board the Inflexible 64, armee-en-flute, Capt.
Beiy. Wm. Page, under whom he took part in the
operations in Egypt in 1801. Returning to England
ih the early part of 1802, he next, in May, 1804,
joined the Loire 38, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland;
on leaving which ship in the following July he was
received on board the Triton frigate, Capt. Wm.
Cashman, off Waterford. In Aug. 1806 he became
Master's Mate of the Active 38, Capts. Rich.
Hussey Moubray and Jas. Alex. Gordon; under
the former of whom, in Feb. 1807, he accompanied
Sir John Duckworth past the Dardanells, and on
that occasion was so stunned by the explosion of a
gun that the blood gushed out of both ears, and he
ultimately lost all sense of hearing, although, from
the accident not being properly reported, he was
never able to procure compensation. "While at-
tached, from May, 1809, to April, 1811, to the Al-
fred 74, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, he wit-
nessed the capture of Flushing and Gnadeloupe,
and was also present at the defence of Cadiz, where
he commanded a gun-boat, and had every oar shot
away while retreating from under a battery, with-
out, fortunately, any of his crew being touched.""
After further serving with Capt. Watson in the
Implacable 74, with Admirals Sir Robt. Calder
and Lord Keith in the Salvador del Mundo and
Queen Charlotte (of which latter ship he offi-
ciated as Second-Master from 26 March, 1813, to 30
Aug. 1814), with Capts. J. Richards and Geo.
M'Kinley in the Namur 74, and with Capt. Nathar
niel Day Cochrane in the Okontes 36 on the Medi-
terranean and Home stations, he took up, in Nov.
1815, a commission bearing date 15 of the preceding
March. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Morgan married, first, in 1804 or 1805 ;
and, again, in 1830. By his first wife he has living
two sons (both of whom, educated at the Navsd
School at Greenwich, are now in the merchant-ser-
vice) and one daughter.
MOEIARTY. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
Merion Marshall Moriarty is brother of Com-
mander Wm. Moriarty, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Feb. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas.
John Moore Mansfield, successive flag-ship of Ad-
mirals Wm. Essington and ,Sir Chas. Cotton, vrith
the latter of whom, after assisting at the reduction
of Copenhagen, he removed, as Midshipman, in
Jan. 1808, to the Hibeknia 110, and proceeded off
Lisbon. In Nov. 1812, up to which period he had
been further employed under the orders of Sir C.
Cotton, and also of Lord Keith, in the San Josef
110, on the Mediterranean and Channel stations, he
joined the RivOLUTiONNAiRE 38, Capt. John Chas.
Woolcombe, cruizing among the Western Islands.
He removed, in Aug. 1814, to the Cydnus 38,
Capt. Fred. Langford, attached to the Channel
fleet, where he served until Feb. 1814. In the fol-
lowing summer he proceeded to the West Indies as
Acting-Lieutenant of the Hazard sloop, Capt.
John Cookesley, in which vessel, being confirmed
to her 26 Sept. following, he afterwards visited
Newfoundland. He invalided home in Sept. 1815 ;
and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Moriarty, who had previously had com-
mand for several years of the Bristol Company's
steam-ship Queen, has filled the appointment, since
* On resigning his command in the Cadiz flotilla, Mr.
Morgan received from Commodore Hall, under whose orders
he had been serving, a certificate couched in so peculiar and
original a style that we cannot resist aifording it insertion :—
" Mr. Morgan, it seems, having now bid adieu
To the gun-boat that lately was called ' Twenty-two,'
And having determined to serve us no more,
A certificate wants from his old Commodore.
Now what can I say but he commanded her well ,
And escaped twice or thrice from the verges of hell, —
That I wish him success, tlio' he quits my pennant,
And hope from my heart he'll be made Lieutenant ?
His merits are great — to enumerate all
Would worry the patience of Commodore Hall ;
But I trust that his services, merits, and featj.
Will merit the attention of Admiral Keats."
MORIARTY— MORIENCOUET— MORIER.
785
1842, of Port Officer at Sydney, New South "Wales.
He married Anne, daughter of the late Major Edw.
Orpen, of Killowen, co. Kerry, by whom he has
issue four sons (the eldest a Barrister-at-law) and
seven daughters. Agent — J. Hinxman.
' MORIARTY. (LiEnT., 1812. f-p., 15; h-p., 28.)
Redmond Mobiartt is the eldest brother of
Commander "Wm. Moriarty, E.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 May, 1804, as
Midshipman, on board the Eomulus 36, Capt. Thos.
Burton, stationed in the North Sea. In Aug. 1806
he removed to the Ardent 64, Capt. Geo. Eyre,
with whom, in the course of the same year, he pro-
ceeded, in the Magnificent 74, to the Mediterra-
nean, where, besides serving at the blockade of
Cadiz, Toulon, and Corfu, he assisted at the defence
of Rosas in Nov. 1808, united in the reduction of
Zante, Cephalonia, &c., in Oct. 1809, and was em-
ployed on shore in co-operation with the army at
the taking of Sta. Maura in March, 1810. Removing
in May, 1811, to the Active, of 46 guns, Capt. Jas.
Alex. Gordon, he served in the boats of that ship,
four in number, at the capture and destruction, 27
July following, of 28 sail of merchantmen, defended,
in a creek of the island of Ragosniza, by three gun-
vessels and a body of 300 troops ;* as a reward for
his conduct on which occasion he was nominated,
1 Sept. in the same year, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Active. On 29 of the ensuing Nov. we find him
sharing in a hard-fought action of an hour and a
half, which, in rendering the latter ship captor of
the PoTTione, of 44 guns and 332 men, 50 of whom
were killed and wounded, produced a loss to her of
8 killed and 27 wounded, including Capt. Gordon
(whose warmest praise he had the fortune to elicit),
and the First and Second Lieutenants. t After
saving a boat's crew from being drovnied, Mr. Mori-
arty, officiating at the time as Third Lieutenant,
was placed in charge of the prize, and, although she
was in a nearly sinking state, he succeeded in car-
rying her safe into Lissa (where he received the
thanks of Capt. Murray Maxwell, the Senior officer
on the station), and thence to Malta. He was con-
firmed a Lieutenant 7 Jan. 1812 ; and was subse-
quently appointed — in the course of the same year,
to the command of No. 5 gun-boat, in which he was
for upwards of two years employed at the defence
of Cadiz, and between that port and Gibraltar — 27
Sept. 1814, for passage home, to the Edinburgh 74,
Capt. John Lampeu Mauley — 6 Dec. following, to
the Rover sloop, Capt. Wm. Henry Bruce, with
whom he served on the Brazilian, West India, and
Home stations until Sept. 1815 — and, 8 June, 1824,
to the Coast Blockade, in which he remained as
Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74,
and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm.
Jas. Mingaye, until compelled by illness to resign in
1828. He has not been since employed.
He married, first, Dorcas Helena, daughter of
Major Edw. Orpen, of Killowen, co. Kerry; and,
secondly, Rachael Ann, daughter of John May-
berry, Esq., of Green Lane, in the same co. By
his first marriage he has issue a son and daughter ;
and, by his last, a daughter. Agents — Hallett and
Robinson.
MOEIAETY. (Commander, 1822. r-p., 16;
H-p., 28.)
William Moriabtv is son of the late Vice-Ad-
miral Sylverius Moriarty, Flag-Captain to Rear-
Admiral Thos. Graves in the Ramillies 74, prior to
the commencement of the French revolutionary
war ; and brother-in-law of Capt. Peter John Dou-
glas, R.N. He is brother of Lieuts. Redmond and
Merion Marshall Moriarty, R.N. ; and also of the
late Messrs. Peter, Sylverius, and Martin Moriarty,
all in the R.N. — the first of whom died a Lieutenant
of fever in the West Indies, the second was lost
with the QoEEN Charlotte in 1800, and the third
died of cold caught while extinguishing a fire on
board the Captain 74, at Plymouth.
• Vide Guz. I8U, p. S133. f V. Gaz. 1813, p. 586.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy
26 Sept. 1803; and embarked, 17 Aug. 1807, as
Midshipman, on board the Nvmphe 36, Capts. Con-
way Shipley, Geo. Pigot, Hon. Josceline Percy, and
Edw. Sneyd Clay ; under the first of whom, who
was killed, he was wounded in the boats in a despe-
rate but unsuccessful attack made on the night of
23 April, 1808, on a Prench corvette. La Gavotte, of
22 guns and 150 men, lying at anchor in a bight
above Belem Castle, in the river Tagus. He had
previously enacted a part at the siege of Copen-
hagen ; and he subsequently, when under Capt.
Percy, escorted General Junot to Rochelle after the
convention of Cintra. Quitting the Nymphe in
Dec. 1810, he next, for about three years, served, on
the Home, North American, Baltic, and Mediterra-
nean stations, in the Conqdestador 74, Capt. Lord
Wm. Stuart, Seine frigate, Capt. John Hatley,
Prince of Wales 98, Capt. Thos. Burton, Victory
100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, and, as Master's
Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Partridge 16,
Capt. John Miller Adye. Having passed his exa-
mination in the summer of 1811 he was confirmed a
Lieutenant 13 Oct. 1813. His succeeding appoint-
ments were— 29 March, 1814, to the Ceeberos 32,
Capt. Thos. Garth, also in the Mediterranean — 19
Sept. following, to the Tyrian sloop, Capt. Augustus
Baldwin, in which vessel, stationed in the Channel,
he served until Oct. 1815— and, 15 April, 1818, to
the Topaze frigate, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, fitting
for the East Indies. In 1820 he accompanied an
expedition sent to the Persian Gulf for the purpose
of obtaining redress for injuries which the British
interests had suffered from the officers of the Imaum
of Senna ; and in Dec. of that year he was wounded
at the head of a party of seamen while storming a
fort during a series of operations against the city of
Mokha. Although the attack was not crowned
with the success it deserved, yet the daring intrepi-
dity displayed by Lieut. Moriarty, exposed as he
was to a heavy and galling fire of musketry, met its
due reward in his being advanced, 1 Nov. 1822, to
the rank he now holds.*
Commander Moriarty has been for many years
Port Officer at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land.
He married Aphra, daughter of the late and sister
of the present Dr. Cramp, of Tralee, co. Kerry.
Agent— J. Hinxman.
MORIENCOURT. (Retired Commander, 1827.
F-p., 14 ; H-p., 46.)
Joseph Salvador Moriencocrt entered the
Navy, in Feb. 1787, as Midshipman, on board the
Adventdre 44, Capts. Fras. Parry and John Ni-
cholson Inglefield, on the African station ; and be-
tween July, 1790, and his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, 12 Sept. 1793, was employed in the
Channel, off the coast of Africa, at Portsmouth, and
in the Mediterranean, in the Excellent 74, Capt.
John Gell, Medusa frigate, Capt. J. N. Inglefield,
Barfleur 98, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Eoddam,
and RoMNEY 50, and Princess Royal 98, bearing
each the flag of Rear- Admiral Sam. Cranston Good-
all. He was then, being at the siege of Toulon,
placed in command of a floating battery, which
suffered much from the enemy's batteries. He
went on half-pay in Dec. 1793; but was afterwards,
between July, 1794, and July, 1801, afforded an
opportunity of serving on the Home station in the
Seahorse frigate, Capt. John Peyton, Neptune 98,
Capts. Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope and Sir Eras-
mus Gower, Arethusa 38, Capt. Thos. Wolley,
Neptune again, Capts. Sir E. Gower and Jas.Vashonj
and Triton 32, Capt. Fitzgerald. His last appoint-
ment, we believe, was, for a short time in the summer
of 1803, to L' Argus, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney. He
retired with the rank of Commander, on the Senior
List, 1 Sept. 1827. Agent— Fred. Dufaur.
MORIER. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 1.5; h-p., 29.)
William Morier entered the Navy, in Nov.
1803, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Illustrious 74'
• Vide Gaz. 1821, pp. 939, 2029.
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MORLEY— MORRELL.
Capt. John Giffard, lying at Woolwich, and after
cruizing for nine months on the Irish station in the
Dktad 36, Capt. J. Giffard, was constituted Mid-
shipman, in Jan. 1805, of the Ambuscade 32, Capt.
Wm. D'Urhan, attached to the force in the Medi-
terranean, where it was his fortune to participate in
much boat service. Quitting the last-mentioned
ship in March, 1807, he was next, until April, 1810,
employed on the Mediterranean and Lisbon stations
in the Minorca sloop, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo.
Waldegrave, Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Philip Wode-
house, Alfred 74, Capt. John Bligh, and Thames
32, cLpt. Hon. G. G. Waldegrave. He was then
nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Zealous 74,
Capt. Thos. Boys; and on 4 of the following month
(having intermediately taken part in the defence ot
Cadiz, and assisted in setting fire to a pnson-ship
driven on shore by the French prisoners) he was
confirmed into the Colossus 74, Capt. Thos. Alex-
ander. In Nov. of the same year he returned to
the Thames, still commanded by Capt. "Waldegrave,
although afterwards by Capts. Chas. Napier and
John Strutt Peyton. In that ship he contributed to
the reduction of the island of Ponza in Feb. 1811,
and, among other boat affairs performed on the
coast of Calabria, displayed characteristic zeal at
the destruction, 16 June following, of 10 large armed
feluccas, on the beach, near Cetraro, in the gulf of
Policastro. After a servitude of 20 months in the
Pactolus 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, during
which period he had escorted, we believe, the Duke
of Cambridge to Cuxhaven and his late Majesty to
the Scheldt, and had witnessed the bombardment
of Stonington in America, he was presented with a
Second promotal commission dated 13 June, 1815.
His last appointments were — 12 Oct. 1826 and 17
Sept. 1828, to the Hakrieb and Childeks sloops,
of 18 guns each; which vessels he successively
commanded on the North Sea station until the
close of 1829. He attained his present rank 18 Jan.
1830.
Capt. Morier married, in 1841, Fanny, daughter
of T>. Bevan, Esq., of Belmont, Herts. Agents —
Hallett and Kobinson.
MORLEY. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 26; h-p., 13.)
Akthuk Thomas MoRLEr entered the Navy, in
May, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kangaroo
18, Capt. John Baker, under whom he assisted at
the capture, 20 Nov. following, of U Egmjant priva-
teer, of 14 guns and 31 men, and continued actively
employed in the Channel and off the coasts of Spain
and Portugal until Nov. 1810. During the next
four years we find him serving as Midshipman, off
Cadiz and in various parts of the Mediterranean, in
the St. Alban's 64, and Berwick 74, both com-
manded by Capt. Edw. Brace. In the former ship
he appears to have been in co-operation with the
British army at the battle of Barrosa ; and, in the
Berwick, to have witnessed the fall of Genoa. He
then, in Dec. 1814, joined the St. Lawrence 98,
Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne, on Lake Ontario, where,
after an attachment of a few months to the Prince
Kegent 56, Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, he acted,
from March, 1816, until July, 1817, as Master of the
Netlet 10, Capt. Fras. Brace. In Dec. 1818 he
became Master's Mate of the Leven 24 ; and in that
vessel, successively commanded by Capts. David
Ewen Bartholomew and Robt. Baldey, he was for
two years and a half employed in surveying the
Azores, part of the African coast, and some of the
Cape de Verde Islands. He was next, in Aug. 1821,
appointed to the Coast Blockade as Admiralty-Mid-
shipman of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch;
from which service, in Dec. 1822, he was removed,
in a similar capacity, to the Gloucester 74, bearing
the broad pendant in the West Indies of Commodore
Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He attained his present
rank 21 Jan. 1824; and was afterwards employed,
from 15 April in the same year until superseded at
his own request 8 Nov. 182.5, again in the Coast
Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ra-
millies 74, and Htpekion 42, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch
and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and, from 20 March, 1835,
untU the close of 1844, in the Coast Guard.
MORLEY. (LiEOT., 1815. r-p., 12; h-p., 29.)
William Morley was born in Jan. 1791, at St.
John's, Newfoundland.
This ofScer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rattler sloop, Capts.
Fras. Mason and Jas. John Chas. Agassiz, on the
Newfoundland station; where, from Dec. 1808 until
July, 1811, he served, part of the time as Midship-
man, in the Adonis 10, Lieut.-Commander David
Buchan. He then joined the Minerva 32, Capt.
Rich. Hawkins, vrith whom, during a continuance of
nearly three years, he saw service at HaUfax and
also in the West Indies. After he had been for
four months borne, as a Supernumerary, on the
books of the Namur 74, Capt. Chas. John Austen,
he joined, about Oct. 1814, the Cjane, of 32 guns,
Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon ; and, next, the Triton,
prison-ship at Newfoundland, Lieut.-Commander
Thos. Bishop. He took up, in June, 1815, a com-
mission bearing date 6 Feb. in that year ; and he
was, lastly, from April, 1816, until paid Off in Nov.
1817, employed on the coast of North America and
in the Leeward Islands in the Pike 12, and Hvdra
troop-ship, Capts. D. Buchan and Dan. Roberts.
He married, in 1829, Eleanor, daughter of Thos.
Sutton, Esq., of Scarborough, co. York, and by that
lady has issue 10 children.
MOERELL. (Commander, 1823. p-p., 24;
H-p., 22.)
Arthur Morrell is son of the late Lieut. Mor-
reU, R.N. ; and brother of the late Commander John
Arthur MorreU, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Aug. 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Doris 38, Capts. Chas.
Brisbane and Wm. Cumberland, with whom he
served in the Channel until June, 1802— latterly m
the capacity of Midshipman. Joining, in the en-
suing August, La Pique 36, also commanded by
Capt. Cumberland, he proceeded to the West Indies,
where he continued uninterruptedly employed for a
period of nine years in the same ship and in the
SuFFiSANTE, Capt. Henry Laroche, Bedbridge 12,
Lieut.-Commander Edw. Burt, Polyphemus 64,
Capt. Wm. Pryoe Cumby, flag-ship for some time
of Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, Avon
18, Capt. Henry Tillieux Fraser, Sparrow sloop,
Capts. Edw. Burt, Joshua Ricketts Rowley, Edmund
Denman, and Joseph Needham Tayler, 'Thalia 36,
Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon, and Elk sloop, Capt.
Clement Milward. Independently of numerous boat
services performed during that period, and many
engagements fought Mith privateers, he witnessed,
in La Pique, in 1803, the evacuation of Aux Cayes
and of other places in St. Domingo, and also the
surrender, with the remains of General Rocham-
beau's army from Cape Fran5ois on board, of the
three French frigates Surveillante, Vertu, and Cb-
rinde — the la«t mentioned of which he assisted in
conducting, under the present Sir Nesbit Josiah
Willoughby, to Jamaica. In the following year he
took part, likewise in La Pique, in the unsuccessful
attack upon Cura^oa. In the Reobridge, of which
vessel he was Master's Mate, he was wrecked off
Nassau, New Providence, 4 Nov. 1806 ; and, when
holding the same post on board the Polyphemus,
he commanded the pinnace belonging to that ship
at the capture of the French schooner Calibre.
After acting for three months as Lieutenant of the
Avon, he was confirmed, 28 July, 1809, into the
Sparrow. Having paid off the Elk as Senior
Lieutenant at the close of 1811, he was next in suc-
cession appointed— 3 Feb. 1812, to the Ocean 98,
Capt. Robt. Plampm, attached to the force off
Toulon, and, as First Lieutenant— 13 Nov. followinsr
to the Termagant sloop, Capts. John Lampen
Manley and Chas. Shaw, stationed at fii-st in the
Meditei-ranean (where he beheld the fall of Genoa),
and afterwards in the East Indies, whence he rel
turned to England and was paid off in Oct. 1816—
MORRES— MORRIES- MORRIS.
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14 Jan. 1818, to the Dohothea hired-ship, Capt.
David Buchan, whom he accompanied on a perilous
voyage of discovery to the neighbourhood of Spltz-
bergen (vide mote, p. 67)— 19 Jan. 1820 (the Dorothea
had been put out of commission in Nov. 1818), to
the Eevolutionnaire 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood
Broughton Keynolds PeUew, in which ship he was
for about two years and a half employed In the
Mediterranean— and, 11 Nov. 1822, to the Taetak
42, Capt. Thos. Brown, fitting for South America.
While In the Revoldtionnaire, Mr. Morrell, with
her barge and pinnace under his orders, succeeded,
on the night of 18 May, 1821, in effecting the cap-
ture. In the harbour of St. Jean, in the gulf of
Patras, of two Greek pirate-boats, after a hard
struggle, in which his party sustained a loss of 1
man killed and 3 slightly wounded. He himself
received several sabre-cuts in the face ; but he was
not advanced to the rank of Commander until 18
April, 1823. He had then, as we have shown, been
eight years First-Lieutenant of various ships. His
next appointment, it appears, was, 2 June, 1841, after
18 years of solicitation, to the Calcdtta 84, Capts.
Sir Sam. Roberts and Geo. Fred. Rich ; of which
ship, stationed in the Mediterranean, we find him,
during the illness of the former officer, acting for a
short time as Captain. The Calcutta being paid
off in the latter part of 1842, he obtained, 25 May,
1843, command of the Espoir 10, equipping for the
coast of Africa ; where it was his fortune to make
prize of two slave-vessels, one of them laden with
546 negroes. From the Espoik Commander Mor-
rell was transferred, 6 Dec. 1844, to the Tortoise
store-ship, and nominated Governor of Ascension.
Although the latter appointment, we understand,
had been conferred upon him as a permanence, he
was superseded without compensation, In Nov. 1846,
by an ofBcer holding Post-rank. He came home in
command of the Hydra steam-sloop at the com-
mencement of 1847, and has since been on half-pay.
He married, 6 Feb. 1820, a daughter of Mr. "Wm.
Reid, First Pay-Clerk for Wages at Devonport Dock-
yard, and by that lady has issue. Agents— Messrs.
Chard.
MOREES. (Lieutenant, 1816. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 30.)
Elliot Morees entered the Navy, 26 May, 1809,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medusa 32, Capt.
Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie; In which ship,
during a servitude of four years on the Home sta-
tion, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, 6
and 14 Jan. 1810, of the privateers L Aventure, of
14 guns and 82 men, and L' Hirondelle, of 14 guns
and 72 men, and co-operated much with the patriots
on the north coast of Spain. In June, 1813, and
Sept. 1815, he successively joined the Kivoli 74,
Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and Edw. Stirling
Dickson, both attached to the force In the Mediter-
ranean ; where, on being appointed Admiralty-Mid-
shipman of the Glasgow 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony
Maitland, he took part In the bombardment of
Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He was promoted in conse-
quence to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Sept. following.
He left the Glasgow 31 Oct. in the same year ; and
has since been on half-pay.
He is married and has Issue.
MOKKIES. (Retibed Commander, 1841.)
Andrew Morries had a brother a Major in the
Army.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Andromeda 32, Capts.
Wm. Taylor and Henry Inman ; under the latter of
whom, after serving some time on the coast of
North America, he witnessed, 8 July, 1800, the
capture, in Dunkerque Roads, of the French 40-gun
frigate Desiree. On next joining the Polyphemus
64, Capts. Geo. Lumsdaine and John Lawford, he
fought in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801.
In 1803 he was received on board the Monarch 74,
flag-ship m the Downs of Lord Keith, who, in the
course of the same yeaor, placed him in command,
with the rank of Lieutenant, of the Lord Keith
cutter In the course of 1805 he was successively
nominated Acting-Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Wm Sid-
SerSmith and Lord Keith in the Antelope 50, and
Edgar 74: in the latter of which ships, being con-
toed to her by commission,dated 25 Aug. 1806 he
continued employed until the summer of 1807.
D™ing the remainder of the war we find him
se^l on the Leith and Baltic stations in the
T^and Ardent 64's, Capts. Jas. Giles Vashon
and Robt. Honyman, flag-ships for some time ot
Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon, Courageux 74, Capt.
PhiUp Wilkinson, and Stork sloop, Capt. Robt.
Lisle Coulson. He retired with the rank of Com-
mander 5 May, 1841. .
The Commander is in possession of high recom-
mendatory letters from Lord Keith, Sir Wm. Sidney
Smith, and Admiral BiUy Douglas.
MORRIS. (Lieutenant, 1842. f-p., 15; h-p^O.)
Frederick Morris, bom 25 Jan. 1819, is third
son of Sir John Morris, Bart., of Sketty Park and
Clasemont, co.Glamorgan, by Lucy Juliana, youngest
daughter of John, fifth Viscount Torrington, and
sister of the late Vice-Admiral Viscount Tor-
rington.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1832, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Larne 18, Capt. Wm.
Sidney Smith, employed at first in the North Sea
and off the coast of North America, and afterwards
in the West Indies, where he served his time as
Midshipman In the Forte 44, Capt. Watkin Owen
Pell, and Satellite 18, Capt. John Robb. He re-
turned to England in 1839 as Mate of the Race-
horse 18, Capt. Henry Wm. Craufurd; and on his
arrival he was appointed to the Excellent gunnery-
ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings.
Joining, next, the Pique 36, Capt. Edw. Boxer, he
took part in the operations of 1840 on the coast of
Syria, and, prior to assisting in the bombardment
of St. Jean d'Acre, obtained mention for his con-
duct at the taking of Calffa and Tsour. While
serving subsequently on the North America and
West India station In the Illustrious 72, flag-ship
of Sir Chas. Adam, he was promoted, 3 Oct. 1842,
to a Lieutenancy in the Tweed 20, Capt. Hugh
Donald Cameron Douglas. His appointments, since
he left that vessel, have been— 19 July, 1844, as
Additional-Lieutenant, to the Formidable 84, bear-
ing the flag" of Sir Edw. W. C. E. Owen in the
Mediterranean — next, to the Snake 16, Capt. Hon.
Walter Bourchler Devereux, in which vessel he
returned to England and was paid off in Oct. 1845 —
2 Feb. 1846, to the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt.
Wm. Fred. Lapldge, attached to the Channel
squadron— and, 11 Feb. 1847, to the Canopds 8*,
Capt. Fairfax Moresby, now employed on particular
service. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
MORRIS. (Rear-Admibal, 1846. f-p., 19;
H-p., 39.)
George Morris, born 7 Oct. 1778, Is son of the
late Wm. Morris, Esq., Master R.N. ; and brother
of Commander John R. Morris, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1789, as
Master's Servant, on board the Victorious 74, com-
manded by his father, then Master Superintendent
of Ordinary. In Jan. 1793 he removed, as A.B., to
the Audacious 74, Capt. Wm. Parker, under whom,
while holding the rating of Midshipman, he lost a
leg In Lord Howe's action, 28 May, 1794. After
serving a year and ten months at the Nore in the
Sandwich 90, Capt. Jas. Eobt. Mosse, he was made
Lieutenant, 2 June, 1796, into the Ardent 64, Capts.
Rich. Eundell Burgess and Thos. Bertie, attached
to the force on the North Sea station, where, under
Capt. Burgess, who was killed, he fought, as Second
Lieutenant, in the action off Camperdown, 11 Oct.
1797. During the expedition to Holland, in 1799,
being stiU in the same ship, he assisted at the de-
barkation of the troops, and was present at the
surrender of the Dutch squadron in the Texel,
whence, it appears, he brought the Admiral Be
Ruyter, one of the prizes, to England. Assuming
5H2
788
MORRIS.
commaiid, 22 March, 1800, of the Labt Chaeiotte,
hired armed brig, Lieut. Morris, who continued in
that vessel until Oct. 1801, succeeded, while cruizing
between Start Point and Portland, in capturing
L'JBspoir and Le Petit Pirate, small privateers (the
former carrying 6 carriage-guns and 23 men*), and
in retaking several British merchantmen. Attain-
ing the rank of Commander, 14 April, 1802, he was
successively appointed, in that oapacity^6 Oct. 1803,
15 June, 1806, and 2 April, 1807, to the Penguin,
Elk, and Eenakd sloops, on the African and Ja^
maica stations — 3 Dec. 1807, to the Magnet 18, in
the Baltic— 11 April, 1809, for 12 months, to the
Sea Fencibles at Lynn — and, 23 Sept. 1811, to the
Vulture 16, employed off Jersey and Guernsey.
In the Penguin, aided by his boats, he effected the
destruction, on the bar of Senegal river, of the
French privateer La Renommee, of 14 guns and 87
men, supported by two other vessels, 24 March,
1804 ;t he destroyed and took, in the Elk, the
French and Spanish privateers Alliance, of 5 guns
and 75 men, and Ocecila, of 4 guns and 20 men ; and,
in the Magnet, after intercepting the Danish pri-
vateer Paulina, of 10 guns and 42 men, be was
wrecked on the ice near Malmo, 11 Jan. 1809. After
that catastrophe he marched with his ship's com-
pany to Gottenborg, for the purpose of joining Sir
Kich. Keats, then lying in "Wingo Sound. On the
breaking up of the ice he was sent home with de-
spatches in the Centinel gun-brig, Lieut.-Com-
mander Wm. Elleston King. He left the Vui/tuke,
on attaining Post-rank, 1 Feb. 1812; and, on 1 Oct.
, 1846, he accepted the rank he now holds.
For the loss of his leg Rear-Admiral Morris was
awarded, 4 April, 1816, a pension of 300^. per annum.
He married, 10 Nov. 1807, Sarah, daughter of B.
Bentham, Esq., of Sheerness, by whom he has issue
two sons and three daughters. Agent — Frederick
Dufaur.
MORRIS. (LiEUTEKANT, 1823.)
George Morris entered the Navy, 4 March,
1808, as Sec.-ol. Boy, on board the Puissant 74,
Capts. John Irwin, Robt. Hall, and Wm. Paterson,
in which ship he was for nearly four years employed
at Spithead. In March, 1812, he joined, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., the Sceptre 74, Capts. Thos. Harvey and
Kobt. Honyman, stationed at first in the North
Sea, and next on the coast of North America, where,
from July, 1813, until Feb. 1814, he served with
the last^mentioned ofBcer in the Marlborough 74.
He then obtained a Midshipman's berth on board
the Perseus 22, Capt. Edw. Henry A'Court, at
Newfoundland ; and he afterwards became attached
in stLccession — in Sept. 1815, to the Amtelope 50,
flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Harvey in the Lee-
ward Islands — and (after an interval of 10 months),
in May, 1819, and Nov. 1821, to the Superb 74, and
Creole 36, bearing each the broad pendant of Sir
Thos. Harvey in South America, where, having
held for 12 months the rating of Admiralty Mid-
shipman on board the latter ship, he was nominated,
16 Nov. 1822, Acting-Lieutenant of the Conwav
26, Capt. Basil Hall. On his return to England he
was confirmed by commission dated 15 Feb. 1823.
His appointments have since been — 26 Nov. 1823,
as a Supernumerary, to the Ramillies 74, Coast
Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch— 8 Dec. 1827,
to the Erebus bomb, Capt. Philip Broke, on the
Mediterranean station, where he remained about
two years— 29 May, 1833, to the Revenge 78, Capts.
Donald Hugh Mackay and Wm. Elliott, of which
ship, employed on the Lisbon and Home stations,
he became First-Lieutenant— 16 April, 1834, to the
Coast Guard— 25 May, 1843, to the command (on
leaving the latter service) of the Skylark brig, of
4 guns, which vessel, on her return from the coast
of Scotland, was lost in a fog off the Isle of Wight
25 April, 1845— and, 23 Nov. 1846, to the command
of the Torch steamer, of 150-horse power, now
engaged on particular service.
Lieut. Morris is Senior of 1823. He married, 12
• Vide Gaz. 1801, p. igo. f V. Gaz. 1804, p. 890.
Jan. 1841, Harriet, daughter of W. Smith, Esq., of
the Customs, West Cowes, Isle of Wight. Agents
— Messrs. Halford and Co.
MORRIS. (Reab- Admiral, 1846. f-p., 31 ;
H-P., 40.)
Henht Gage Morris, bom 27 March, 1770, at
New York, is only surviving son (by Mary, daughter
of Fred. Philipse, Esq., of that place) of the late
Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Morris, a member
of the Governor's Council at New York, who served
with distinction in the first American war; was
wounded in the celebrated battle of the Mononga^
hela river, in which General Braddock was killed,
with most of his ofBcers ; assisted at the taldng of
Quebec ; and was Aide-de-Camp at other periods to
General Gage and Lord Amherst. Rear-Admiral
Morris, whose family sustained immense loss by its
adherence to the Crown, had an elder brother,
Amherst, who was rewarded with the rank of Com-
mander for his conduct as First-Lieutenant of the
Nymphe frigate, Capt. Edw. Pellew (whose own
gallantry procured him the honour of Knighthood),
at the capture of the French ship La CMopatre, of
40 guns and 320 men, 18 June, 1793, and died 29
April, 1802.
This officer (whose name had been borne from
1776 to 1778 on the books of the Maidstone frigate,
Capt. Alan Gardner) embarked, 22 Jan. 1782, as
A.B., on board the Centurion 50, Capts. Sam. W.
Clayton and Jas. Cotes, and in Jan. of the following
year was present, in company with the Hussak 28,
at the capture, on the North American station, of
the French 36-gun frigate La Sybille. During the
peace he was successively employed, as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, on the Home and Jamaica
stations, in the Princess Royal 98, Capt. Jonathan
Faulknor, Camilla 20, Capt. John Hutt, Powerful
74, Capt. Andrew Sutherland, Drake 14, Capt.
Geo. Countess, Courageux 74, Capt. Alan Gardner,
Lizard 28, Capt. J. Hutt, Niger 32, Capt. Rich.
Goodwin Keats, Martin 16, Capt. Geo. Dufij and
Queen 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Gardner.,
Being made Lieutenant, 2 April, 1793, into the
Duke 98, Commodore Geo. Murray, he shared, in
the ensuing June, in the unsuccessful attack upon
Martinique. He was, afterwards appointed, on the
Home station — 23 Oct. 1793, to the Glory 98, bear-
ing the broad pendant of Commodore Murray — 24
July, 1794, to the Proserpine 28, Capts. Alex.
Fraser and Willoughby Thos. Lake — and, 8 Dec.
1796, to the Royal Sovereign 100, bearing the flag
of his friend and patron, then Sir Alan Gardner,
under whom, with the exception of a brief interval
during the peace of Amiens, he continued employed
in various ships, a great part of the time as Flag-
Lieutenant, until presented by him with a commis-
sion, dated 8 May, 1804. In the following June he
obtained command of the EspiAgle 16, and in that
sloop, and the Jalouse 18, to which vessel he re-
moved 30 June, 1809, he was almost incessantly
engaged for eight years in escorting convoys to and
from Ireland, the British Channel, Lisbon, and the
West Indies. It is worthy of remark, that on no
occasion did any of the numerous vessels placed
during that period under his charge either endure
capture or part company. He attained Post-rank
12 Aug. 1812, but was not able to procure further
employment. The rank he at present holds was
conferred on him 1 Oct. 1846.
The Rear-Admiral married, 31 Jan. 1804, Rebecca
Newenham Millerd, third daughter of the late Rev.
Fras. Orpen, B. A., of Trinity College, Dublin, Vicar
of Kilgarvan, co. Kerry, and Rector of Dangorney
and Douglas, oo. Cork. By that lady he has issue
six sons and four daughters. His eldest son, the
Rev. Fras. Orpen Morris, B.A., of Worcester Col-
lege, Oxford, is Vicar of Nafferton, in the East
Riding of Yorkshire, and Chaplain to His Grace
the Duke of Cleveland; his second son, Henry
Gage, is a Commander R.N.
MORRIS.
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MORRIS. (COMMANBEB, 1846.)
Heney Gage Moekis, born 20 Nov. 1811, is se-
cond son of Kear- Admiral Henry Gage Morris.
This officer served as Midshipman of the Glas-
gow 50, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, at the
battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. Passing his exa-
mination in 1830, he obtained a commission 19
AprU, 1837 ; and he was afterwards appointed — 20
April, 1837, as Additional, to the Hastings 74, flag-
ship of Sir Wm. Hall Gage, off Lisbon — 25 May,
1838, to the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, of
which vessel, stationed in the East Indies, he be-
came First-Lieutenant — 31 Oct. 1840, to the Endt-
MioN 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, lying at Ply-
mouth— 10 June and 28 Aug. 1841, as Senior, to the
Champion 18 and Harlequin 16, Capts. Kich.
Byron and Hon. Geo. Fowler Hastings, in the latter
of which vessels he returned to the East Indies, and
shared in the operations on the coast of China — 15
Aug. 1842, to the acting-command, which lie re-
tained until March, 1844, of the Wolverene 16,
also in the East Indies — 5 Sept. 1845, again as First,
to the Juno 26, fitting at Sheemess— and, 17 Nov.
1845, to the St. Vincent 120, bearing the flag at
Portsmouth of Sir Chas. Ogle, to whom he became
Signal-Lieutenant 16 Jan. 1846. He attained his
present rank 25 June following ;' and since 20 Oct.
1847 has been in command, again in the East Indies,
of the Cambrian 40, Commodore Jas. Hanway
Plumridge.
MORRIS. (Commander, 1814. r-p., 37 ; h-p., 23.)
John Row Morris is brother of Eear-Admiral
Geo. Morris.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1787, as
Ordinary, on board the Narcissus frigate, Capts.
Philip D'Auvergne, John Salisbury, and Paul
Mincliin, stationed in the Channel; where, from
Aug. 1791 until Jan. 1795, he served, as Midship-
man, in the Alfred 74, Capt. John Bazely, and
was afforded an opportunity of sharing in the action
of 1 June, 1794. After a brief attachment to the
Sandwich 90, Capt. Jas. Robt. Mosse, he was pro-
moted, 20 May, 1795, to a Lieutenancy in the
Scourge sloop, Capt. Wm. Stapp, stationed in the
North Sea. His succeeding appointments were — 21
Sept. 1795, to the Doris 36, Capt. Lord Ranelagh,
employed off the coast of Ireland — 16 Aug. 1797, to
the St. Albans 64, Capts. Fras. Pender and John
Okes Hardy, with whom he served on the Halifax
and West India stations until June, 1801 — 14 March,
1803, to the Raisonnable 64, Capt. Wm. Hotham,
attached to the force in the North Sea^-and 19 Oct.
1803, and (after five months of half-pay) 24 April,
1810, to the command of the Insolent gun-brigand
Pioneer schooner, on the Home and Mediterranean
stations. In the Insolent he assisted at the de-
struction of the French shipping in Basque Roads
in April, 1809, and in the Pioneer he contributed,
in company with the Decoy cutter, to the capture,
9 May, 1812, of the InfatigabU French lugger-pri-
vateer, of 29 men, 10 of whom (including their
Commander) were killed and wounded.* He at-
tained the rank he now holds 15 June, 1814 ; and
was lastly, from 31 Dec. 1820 until the spring of
1832, employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the
Coast Guard. Agent — Fred. Dufaur.
MORRIS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
Peter Morris entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1805,
as A. B., on board the Captain 74, Capt. Geo.
Hopewell Stephens, stationed in the Channel. In
March, 1806, he removed as Midshipman, a rating
he had previously attained, to the Ocean 98, bear-
ing the flag of Lord Collingwood off Cadiz ; and
after an attachment of nine months to the Hin-
dostan 50, Capt. Lewis Hole, off Lisbon, he served
as Master's Mate, from Jan. 1809 to May, 1814, in
the Bay of Biscay, on board the Goldeincii of 10
guns and 75 men, Capts. Fitzherbert Geo. Skinner
and Arden Adderley, under the former of whom
he assisted in beating off, 18 May, 1809, the French
• VideGiu.. 1812, p. 888.
corvette Mauche, of 16 guns and 180 men, at the
close of an action of four hours, in which the British
vessel, besides being much cut up, sustained a loss
of 3 men killed and 3 severely wounded. After
attending, in the Aloeste troop-ship, Capt. Dan.
Lawrence, the expedition to New Orleans, he was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 March, 1815.
His last appointment was, 4 Nov. in the latter year,
to the Weser, another troop-ship, also commanded
by Capt. Lawrence, in which he remained until paid
off on his return from a voyage to the West Indies,
16 Aug. 1816. Agents— Holmes and Folkard.
MORRIS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Walter Windyer Morris passed his examina-
tion 24 Feb. 1834; and from 24 Oct. 1840 until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 3 July, 1846, was
employed in the Coast Guard. His appointments
have since been — 30 Nov. 1846, to the Penelope
steam-frigate of 650-horse power, bearing the broad
pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham, on the coast of Africa
— and, 14 Feb. 1847, as Senior, to the Wanderer
12, Capt. Fred. Byng Montresor, on the same sta-
tion, where he is at present serving.
MORRIS. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 22.)
William Morris (a), bom in Oct. 1792, is son of
the late Capt. Robt. Morris, who represented the
city of Gloucester in four successive Parliaments,
from 1805 to 1817, and who, at a time when the
country was menaced with invasion, raised and for
many years supported at his own expense a corps of
yeomanry cavalry.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1805, as Fst.-
cl. Vol., on board the Kent 74, Capts. Henry Garrett
and Thos. Rogers, in which ship, employed in the
Channel and off Lisbon, he assisted at the capture, 28
July, 1806, of the French frigate Le Rhin of 44 guns.
From Nov. in the latter year until Jan. 1812 he
served in the Mediterranean, chiefly at the blockade
of Toulon, in the Royal Sovereign 100, Capts.
David Colby, Abel Ferris, Henry WhitmarshPearse,
Joseph Spear, John Harvey, and Wm. Bedford.
On his arrival in the East Indies in the Volage 26,
Capt. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, he was received,
in Sept. 1812, on board the Illustrious 74, bearing
the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, who, on 12 Jan. 1813,
nominated him Acting-Lieutenant of the Arrogant
sheer-hulk at Bombay, Capt. Chas. Biddulph. Ac-
companying the latter officer in a similar capacity,
shortly afterwards, into the Hesper sloop, he ac-
companied an expedition against the pirates of Ras-
al-Khyma in the Persian Gulf. He was confirmed
a Lieutenant wMle serving, still in the East Indies,
in the Cornwallis armee-en-fiute^ Capt. Stephen
Thos. Digby, 24 Aug. 1813; and he was subse-
quently appointed — in Dec. 1814, to the Clorinde
40, Capt. Sam. Geo. Peohell, employed in the Medi-
terranean in attendance upon her late Majesty
Queen Caroline until the summer of 1816* — 1 July
and 28 March, 1822, to the Bulwark and Glouces-
ter 74's, flag-ships of Sir Benj. Hallowell at the
Nore— 11 March, 1823, to the Genoa 74, Capts.
Wm. Cumberland and Walter Bathurst, during his
attachment to which ship he had command for
some time of the Raymond tender, and was afforded
an opportunity of sharing in the battle of Navarin,
20 Oct. 1827— and, 8 Jan. 1838, to the command of
the Partridge brig of 10 guns. In the latter vessel
he was at first employed in protecting the fisheries
on the coast of Scotland ; he then proceeded to the
coast of Africa with presents for King Trassar ; and,
when afterwards on the Brazilian station, he effected
the capture of two slave-vessels, the Asseisceira. and
San Antonio. He continued in the Partridge until
promoted to his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841 ; and
has since been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Hal-
ford and Co.
• Lieut. Morris was subpconaed on tlie trial of that unfor-
tunate IVincess in the House of Lords.
790
MORRIS-MORRISH-MORRISON— MORRISS.
MOERIS. (COMKANBBR, 1846.)
William Morkis (6) entered the Navy 26 July,
1823; and served as Midshipman of the Genoa 74,
Capt. Walter Bathurst, at the battle of Navarin, 20
Oct. 1827. He passed his examination in 1 829 ; ob-
tained his first commission 28 Jime, 1838; and was
afterwards appointed — 1 7 Jan. 1839, to the Tkin-
CULO 16, Capt. Henry Edward Coffin, on the Lisbon
station— 6 Aug. 1841, to the Impkegb able 104, Capt.
Thos. Forrest, in the Mediterranean— 19 Oct. 1843,
to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Fras. Scott, employed on
particular service — 9 March, 1844, as Senior, to the
Tortoise store-ship at the Ascension, Capt. Arthur
Morrell— and, 16 Dec. 1844, in a similar capacity, to
the Ardest steam-sloop, Capt. John Russell, sta-
tioned on the coast of Africa, vrhence he returned
to England and was paid ofi" at the close of 1845.
He acquired his present rank 28 May, 1846 ; and,
since 28 Aug. 1847, has been in command of the
Arab 16, at the Cape of Good Hope. Agents—
Hallett and Robinson.
MOEEISH. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Samuel Morkish entered the Navy 11 Dec. 1828 ;
passed his examination 22 Jan. 1835 ; and at the
period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
23 Nov. 1841, was serving in South America as
Mate of the President 50, Capt. Wm. Broughton.
His appointments have since been — 15 Sept. 1842,
as Additional, to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of
Sir Chas. Adam, in North America and the "West
Indies— 17 Feb. 1844, to the Electra 18, Capt.
Arthur Barley, on the same station — 25 June, 1845,
to the Coast Guard— and, 14 Sept. 1847, to the Asia
84, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Phipps Hornby,
in the Pacific, where he is now serving.
He married, 1 July, 1845, Mary Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of the late Capt. John Mackeson, of the Hon.
E. I. Co.'s service, and of the island of Jamaica.
Agent — Joseph "Woodhead.
which was captured two days afterwards by the
Andromache 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin. He also, 25
Feb. 1814, witnessed the surrender, to the Eukotas
of 46 guns and 320 men, of another French frigate,
La Chrinde, mounting 44 guns and 12 brass-swivels,
with a complement of 360 picked men. He attained
Post-rank 7 June in the latter year ; and was lastly,
from 25 Oct. 1824 until the close of 1831, employed
as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard at
Tralee, co. Kerry. He accepted the Retirement 1
Oct. 1846.
Capt. Morrison married, 16 July, 1823, Louisa
Adams, daughter of John Powell Smith, Esq., of
Upper Berkeley Street, Portman Square, London.
MORRISON, (flrastattl, 1814. F-p., 22 ; H-p., 30.)
Isaac Hawkins Morrison entered the Navy, 8
June, 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Malabar
54, Capt. John Parr, and in April and May, 1796,
was present at the surrender of the Dutch settle-
ments of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. Fol-
lowing Capt. Parr, as Midshipman, in Dec. of the
latter year into the Standard 64, and next into the
Zealand, he continued with him in those ships
until Feb. 1801, on the Home station ; where he
further, until May, 1804, served, part of the time as
Master's Mate and Admiralty-Midshipman, in the
Fortunee 36, Capt. Lord Amelius Beaucleik, Raven
and Gannet sloops, Capts, Jas. Sanders and Edw.
Bass, and Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew.
While in the Zealand, he had been lent to the
Tisiphone sloop, Capt. Robt. Honyman, and An-
dromeda 32, Capt. Henry Inman. Being ad-
vanced to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 May, 1804, he
was subsequently appointed in that capacity — 21
July, 1804, to the command, at Newfoundland, of
the Queen Charlotte hired cutter — 25 Oct. fol-
lowing to the Camilla 20, Capt. Bridges Watkinson
Taylor, on the same station — 25 Feb. 1805, to the
Amaranthe 18, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, em-
ployed in the North Sea and Channel — 26 June,
1806, to the Trdstv 50, Capt. Brian Hodgson, at-
tached to the force in the Downs — 16 April, 1807, to
the Uranie 38, Capt. Christ. Laroche, off Cherbourg
— and, 28 Nov. 1807, to the Adamant 50, Capt.
Micajah Malbon, at Jamaica. After having acted
for a short time as Commander of the Pelican
sloop, he was confirmed to that rank in the Shark
receiving-ship at Port Royal 10 June, 1808. He in-
valided home in Feb. 1809, and was next, 31 May,
1813, appointed to the Achates brig of 16 guns.
In that vessel, with much injury to her sails and
rigging, Capt. Morrison fought, off the coast of
France, 21 Oct. following, a very gallant running
action of several hours' duration with La Trave, a,
French frigate of 44 guns and 321 men, which had
been previously dismasted in a gale of wind, and
MOEEISON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 30.)
Richard James Morrison, bom 15 June, 1795,
is son of the late Rich. Caleb Morrison, Esq., who
for 27 years was a Gentleman Pensioner under
King George IH. His grandfather, Rich. Morrison,
was a Captain in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s service.
This officer entered the Navy 30 Sept. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spartan of 46 guns and
258 men, Capts. Geo. Astle, Jahleel Brenton, and
Edw. Pelham Brenton. Under Capt. Jah. Brenton,
he saw much boat service in the Adriatic, partici-
pated as Midshipman in various attacks upon Pe-
saro and Ceseratico, and assisted at the capture of
Lissa, Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo. He also, 3
May, 1810, shared in a brilliant and single-handed
victory gained by the Spartan, in the Bay of
Naples (after a contest of more than two hours, in
which the British sustained a loss of 10 men lolled
and 22 wounded), over a Franco-Neapolitan squa-
dron, carrying altogether 95 guns and about 1400
men. He continued in the same ship until Dec.
1810 ; and was subsequently, between Aug. 1811 and
July, 1815, employed, part of the time as Master's
Mate, in the Elizabeth 74 and Myrtle 20, Capts.
Fras. Wm. Austen and Arthur Batt Bingham, on the
North Sea, Baltic, and Cork stations. In the latter
vessel he appears to have likewise performed the
duties of Lieutenant and Master. He took up, on
leaving her, a commission bearing date 3 March,
1815. His last appointment was to the Coast Guard,
in which he served from April, 1827, until Oct. 1829,
when he was under the necessity of resigning from
the effects of ill health, induced by the exposure he
had suffered in rescuing 4 men and a boy from
wreck in the month of Feb. 1828. His exertions on
the occasion were acknowledged by a medal from
the " Society for the Preservation of Life from
Shipwreck." We may add that his commission had
been presented to him in less than six months after
he had passed his examination, as a reward for the
conduct he had exhibited during the action in the
Bay of Naples.
On 22 April, 1824, Lieut. Morrison presented a
plan to the Admiralty " for registering merchant
seamen" — since adopted in principle. He also, 24
Jan. 1827, proposed another "for propelling ships
of war in a calm ;" and on 6 March, 1835, he further
suggested to the Board " a plan for providing an
ample supply of seamen for the fleet without im-
pressment." In reference to the latter scheme he
received the thanks of their Lordships, and had the
gratification of not only hearing his arguments im-
mediately employed in the House of Commons by
Sir Jas. Graham, then First Lord of the Admiralty,
but of likewise seeing them partially enforced, by
the addition of a thousand boys to the naval force
of the country. He married, 23 Aug. 1827, Miss
Sarah Mary Paul, of Waterford, and by that lady has
issue nine children. Agents — Burnett and Holmes.
MOEKISS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 7.)
Edward John Morriss entered the Navy, 1 Jan.
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Okion 74, Capt.
Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, with whom he con-
tinued to serve in the Baltic, where he assisted at
the siege of Copenhagen, and in the North Sea,
until March, 1813 — the last four years and a half in
the capacity of Midshipman. He was then for 18
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months employed in the Mediterranean as Master's
Mate of the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Kear-Ad-
mirals Edw. Jas. Foote and Sir Kioh. King ; and,
after a further attachment to the Puissant 74, Capt.
Benj. Wm. Page, at Spithead, and, as Admiralty-
Mate, to the Statika 38, Capt. Spelman Swaine, in
wliich ship he accompanied the expedition against
New Orleans, and was wrecked on a rock off the
island of Cuba, 26 Feb. 1815, he was awarded a com-
mission dated 17 of that month. His appointments
have since been — 6 June, 1815, for three months, to
the PoisSAKT, commanded as before — 3 July, 1816,
for an equally brief period, to the Belzebob bomb,
Capts. Wm. Kempthorne and Fred. Thos. Michell,
part of the force employed at the bombardment of
Algiers— 17 Jan. 1817, to the Alban 12, Capt. Hugh
Patton, which vessel, employed for some time off
Holyhead, was paid off in Oct. 1818— and, 26 April,
1825, to the command, which he still retains, of a
station in the Coast Guard.
MORKITT. (Commander, 1845.)
Geokge MoKRiTT entered the Navy 21 Aug. 1816;
passed his examination in 1823 ; and obtained his
first commission 10 Jan. 1837. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — 12 Jan. and 20 April, 1837, as
Additional-Lieutenant, to the Melville and Hast-
ings 74's, flag-ships of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget and
Sir 'yfm. Hall Gage on the North America and
West India and Lisbon stations — 7 Sept. 1837 and 1
Oct. 1840, to the Minden 72 and Howe 120, Capts.
Alex. Renton Sharpe and Thos. Forrest, both at-
tached to the force in the Mediterranean — and, 6
Deo. 1843, as Senior, to the Vestal 26, Capt. Chas.
Talbot, fitting for the East Indies. For his conduct
in command of the barge belonging to the latter
ship, at"the capture and destruction, 19 Aug. 1845,
of Maloodoo, a strong fortification in the possession
of Scheriff Osman, a rebel Borneo chieftain, he was
promoted to the rank of Commander by commission
dated back to the day of the achievement.* He
has been employed, since 30 June, 1847, as an In-
specting Commander in the Coast Guard. Agents
— Messrs. Stilwell.
MOESHEAD. (Lieut., 1836. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 5.)
John Morshead was born in 1806.
Tliis officer entered the Navy, 17 Nov. 1821, as a
Volunteer, on board the Iphioenia 42, bearing the
broad pendant of Commodore Mends on the coast
of Africa ; where, on following his chief, as Mid-
shipman, into the Owen Glendowek 42, he served
on shore at Cape Coast Castle, during the Ashantee
war. In the spring of 1825, a few months after he
had returned to England and been received on
board the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship at Chatham
of Sir Benj. Hallowell, he again sailed for the coast
of Africa in the Redwing 18, Capt, Douglas Chas.
Clavering ; and, on his arrival, was transferred to
the Maidstone 42, Commodore Chas. Bullen. In-
validing home in Dec. of the same year, he next
joined in succession— in March, 1826, the Britannia
120, Capt. Philip Pipon, lying at Plymouth — be-
tween Feb. 1828 and June, 1830, the Erebus and
Infernal bombs, Capts. Geo. lilaye, Edm. Wm.
Gilbert, and Brunswick Popham, both in the Medi-
terranean— and, in June, 1831, the Imogene 28, Capt.
Price Blackwood, whom he accompanied, first to the
East Indies, and then to China, where, in Sept. 1834,
he commanded a division of guns at the forcing of
the passage of the Boca Tigris. He returned to Eng-
land in Aug. 1835 ; and on 24 May, 1836, nearly
eight years after he had passed his examination, he
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His ap-
pointments have since been — in 1836-7, to the Dub-
lin 50, Harrier 18, and Blonde 42, Capts. Chas.
Eden, Wm. Henry Hallowell Carew, and Sir Eras.
Mason, all on the South American stations, whence
he returned in Nov. 1837—21 July, 1838, to the
Hastings 7 *, Capts. Eras. Erskine Loch and John
LawrencGj under the latter of whom, during the
Syrian war, he was employed in the boats in a suc-
• nje Gaz. 1845, p. 6536.
cesaful attempt to remove a quantity of powder
from the castle of Beyrout*— 6 Nov. 1843 (he had
left the Hastings in Feb. 1842), to the Albion 90,
Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, from which ship, employed
on the Home station, he Invalided in Sept. 1845—
and, 19 Nov. 1846, as Additional, to the Caledonia
120, bearing the flag of Sir John Louis, Admiral-
Superintendent at Plymouth, where he is at present
serving.
MORSHEAD, C.B. (Captain, 1842.)
William Henrt Anderson Morshead entered
the Navy 4 Sept. 1823; passed his examination in
1830; and obtained his first commission 21 Sept.
1832. His succeeding appointments were— 2 April,
1833, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the St. Vincent
120, Capt. Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, in the
Mediterranean — 29 July following, and 30 May and
16 Dec. 1834, to the Malabar 74, Capts. Hon.
Josceline Percy and Henry Shovell Marsham, Ta-
LAVEKA 74, Capt. Edw. Chetham, and Edinburgh
74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the same station,
whence he returned in the early part of 1837 — 28
Sept. in the latter year, as Senior, to the Favourite
18, Capt. Walter Croker, whom he accompanied to
the East Indies — and, 1 June, 1838, in a similar
capacity, to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Wm. Warren.
On 13 and 18 March, 1841, we find him command-
ing the boats of the latter vessel at the capture of
the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton,
and also of the city itself.t During the second
series of operations against it, it was his lot to be
slightly wounded, and to perform service which
gained him the public mention of Sir Humphrey
Fleming Senhouse. J Being rewarded with the rank
of Commander 8 June, 1841, and appointed, 16 Oct.
following, to the Columbine 16, he further distin-
guished himself by the manner in which, with his
own boats and those of the Hon. Co.'s war-steamer
Queen, he destroyedalargenumberof fire-junks in-
tended for the destruction of Her Majesty's shipping
in the neighbourhood of Ningpo, 10 March, 1842. §
In the course of the same year he participated in
the attacks upon Chapoo and Woosung, and in the
operations on the Yang-tse-Kiang. || For these ser-
vices he was recompensed with a Post-commission
dated 23 Dec. 1842, and, the next day, with the
Companionship of the Bath. He paid the Colum-
bine off in the early part of 1843, and has not been
since employed. Agent — John P. Muspratt.
MORTIMER. (LiEDT., 1813. r-p., 12; H-p., 30.)
George Mortimer, bom 16 Dec. 1792, at Bide-
ford, CO. Devon, is son of the late Commander John
Mortimer, R.N. (1797) ; and brother of the late
Lieut. Mortimer and nephew of the late Major Mor-
timer, both of the R.M. Another uncle, Mr. Por-
rett, was Ordnance Storekeeper at the Tower ; as
was also a cousin, bearing the same name.
This officer (whose name had been previously
borne as a Supernumerary on the books of the
C^SAR 80, Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan, Nimble
14, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Delafons, and Auda-
ciODS 74, and Barfleur 98, which latter ship, com-
manded by Capt. Geo. Martin, formed part of the
force under Admiral Hon. Wm. Comwallis when
he pursued the French fleet close in with Brest
harbour) became Midshipman, in the summer of
1805, of the Warrior 74, Capts. Sam. Hood Linzee,
Michael Seymour, and John Wm. Spranger, with
whom he continued employed in the Channel and
Mediterranean until Feb. 1811. Towards the close
of the former year, having fallen in with the Vic-
tory at sea, he assisted in towing that ship, with
the body of Lord Nelson on board, into Spithead.
In 1809 he co-operated in the reduction of the islands
of Ischia, Procida, Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo ■
and he next commanded a mortar-boat at the de-
fence of Sicily. In 1811 (in the course of which
year he successively removed to the San Juan and
• FlVfeGa-i. 1840, p.2610. -f F.Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503, 1505.
1 V. Gaz.,1841, pp. 2502, 2504. } r. Gaz. 1842, p. 2388.
1 F. Gaz. 1842, pp. 3692, 3399, 3404. "
792
MORTON— MOSS.
Nepomdciko 74's, bearing each the hroad pendant
of Commodore Chas. Vinicomhe Penrose, and, as
Acting-Lieutenant, to the Coldmeine and Swallow
sloops, Capts. Wm. Shepheard and Edw. Reynolds
Sibly) we find him employed in the gun-boat service
at Gibraltar and Tarifa. After performing for 19
months the duties of Master's-Mate in the Cale-
donia 120, and Prince 98, flag-ships in the Medi-
terranean and at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Pellew
and Sir Rich. Bickerton, he was advanced, 17 Dec.
1813, to a Lieutenancy in the Venekable 74, bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham,
in which, when on his passage to the West Indies,
and in company with the Cyane sloop, he contri-
buted to the capture, not without opposition, of the
French 40-gun frigates Iphigenie and Alcmene, 16
and 20 Jan. 1814. His last appointments were —
12 March, 1814, to the Vestal 36, Capt. Sam. Bart-
lett Deeckar, which vessel was paid oft' three months
afterwards at Barbadoes— and, 4 Feb. 1815, to the
Malta 80, Capts. Wm. Chas. Fahie, Thos. Boys,
Chas. Ogle, and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild. Under
Capt. Fahie, besides witnessing the surrender of
Naples, he took part in the reduction of Gaeta in
1815, and commanded a division of boats at the
cutting out of a large Russian ship from under its
batteries. For those services he received, in com-
mon with the other officers employed, the thanks of
the Neapolitan and British ministers. The Malta
was put out of commission in Feb. 1817, and Lieut.
Mortimer, rendered incapable of further employ-
ment from the effects of injuries he had received
during his career afloat, was admitted to the out-
pension of Greenwich Hospital 9 Dec. 1831.
He married, 8 Sept. 1835, Miss Prideaux, eldest
daughter of the late John James, Esq., of Sidmouth,
by whom he has issue one son.
gophers," and is the inventor of a plan for increasing
the power and rapidity used in the art of swimming.
He married, 23 Sept. 1829, Eliza, only daughter of
the late John Thompson, Esq., of Hanover, Jamaica.
MORTON. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 12; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Constant Paggett Mokton entered the
Navy, 2 Sept. 1802, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the
Argo 44, Capts. Benj. Hallowell and Geo. Parker,
employed in succession on the coast of Africa, and
in the West Indies, Mediterranean, and North Sea.
While in the West Indies, in 1803, he co-operated
in the reduction of the islands of Ste. Lucie and
Tobago. Becoming Midshipman, in Oct. 1804, of
the Pkoselytb 28, Capts. Geo. Nioh. Hardinge,
Geo. Sayer, and John Chas. Woolcombe, he again,
in the early part of 1805, sailed for the West Indies
in escort of a large convoy. From Nov. in the
latter year until Oct. 1811 we find him serving in
the Illustrious 74, Capts. Wm. Shield, Wm. Robt.
Broughton, Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing, and Robt.
Maunsell, at first off' Cadiz, and then in the East
Indies, where, having assisted at the capture of
Java, he removed to the Dasher sloop, Capt. Wm.
Kelly. On his return to England in March, 1812,
he became Master's Mate of the Thisbe 28, bearing
the flag of Sir Chas. Hamilton at Deptford; and in
the following June he was received, in a similar
capacity, on board the Impetueux 74, flag-ship off'
Lisbon of the late Sir Geo. Martin. He was con-
firmed a Lieutenant, 15 Oct. in the same year, in
the San Joan 74, successive flag-ship of Rear-Ad-
mh-als Sam. Hood Linzee and Hon. Chas. Elphin-
stone Fleeming at Gibraltar, whence, in the summer
of 1814, he returned home in the Shearwater 10,
Capt. John Townsend Coffin. He has since been
on half-pay.
MORTON. (Commander, 1827. f-p.,13; h-p., 27.)
Charles Morton, born in the vicinity of London,
is member of a family seated for some centuries in
the West Riding of Yorkshire.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Oct. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Volontaire 38, Capt.
Chas. BuUen, whom he followed as Midshipman, in
Feb. 1811, into the Cambrian 40. In the former
frigate he escorted the Duke of Orleans and his
brother. Count Beaujolois, to Malta, served for some
time with the in-shore squadron off Toulon, wit-
nessed in 1809 the capture of the island of Pomegue,
near Marseilles, and the destruction, near Cape
Croisette, of Fort Rioux, mounting 14 guns, was
present at an attack made, 31 Oct. in the latter
year, on a large French convoy in the Bay of Rosas,
and co-operated in 1810 with the patriots on the
coast of Catalonia. In the Cambrian we find him
assisting, in the course of 1811, at the reduction of
the towns of St. Philon and Palamos, whose batte-
ries were destroyed and guns embarked ; also at
the capture of 19 merchant-vessels at Cadaques,
and at the defence of Tarragona. In Nov. 1814,
after he had been for nearly three years employed
on the Home and Mediterranean stations in the
Bulwark and Pompee 74's, Capts. Thos. Brown
and Sir Jas. Athol Wood, he rejoined Capt. BuUen
on board the Akbar 50, of which ship, having first
conveyed despatches from Flushing to Antwerp,
he was created an Acting-Lieutenant by Rear- Ad-
miral Sir Thos. Byam Martin, 13 April, 1815. He
was confirmed on the return of the Akbar from
the Halifax station 10 Dec. 1816 ; and he was next,
11 Deo. 1823, appointed First of the Maidstone 42,
fitting for the broad pendant of his friend Commo-
dore BuUen, who had been nominated to the chief
command on the coast of Africa. While on that
station Lieut. Morton was most actively employed
in the suppression of the slave-trade. He was pro-
moted to the rank of Commander 6 Oct. 1827, a
few weeks after the Maidstone had been paid off,
and has not been since afloat.
Commander Morton is the author of " An Essay
on the Electrical F'ormatiou of Hailstones, in oppo-
sition to the absurd Theories of the learned Fhilo-
MOSS. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Charles Moss entered the; Navy 1 Sept. 1808,
and was for some time Master's Mate of the Shel-
drake 16, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart, in which
vessel he came into frequent contact with the
Danish flotillas in the Baltic, co-operated, in 1811,
in the brilliant defence of Anholdt, and was severely
wounded in boarding a Danish sloop on the coast
of Jutland. He passed his examination in 1814;
obtained his commission 27 May, 1825; and was
subsequently appointed — 2 Nov. 1825, as a Super-
numerary, to the Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade
ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 6 July, 1832, to the
Coast Guard, which he left in the early part of
1834 — 2 July, 1840, to the same service — and, 15
Oct. 1841, to the command of the Wickham Reve-
nue cruizer. He continued in the latter vessel until
the end of 1846, and is now again in the Coast
Guard. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
MOSS. (Lieutenant, 1822. f-p., 13; h-p., 23.)
Sidney Moss entered the Navy, in Sept. 1811, as
a Boy, on board the Berwick 74, Capts. Sir Roht.
Laurie and Edw. Brace, in which ship, with the
exception of a few months passed in 1814 in the
Edinburgh 74, Capt. John Lampen Manley, he
continued employed, the greater part of the time
in the capacity of Midshipman, until July, 1816.
He saw much service during that period on the
coast of Spain, and assisted at tlie blockade of
Toulon, the reduction of Genoa and Gaeta, and the
capture of a host of the enemy's vessels. He also,
at the commencement of 1816, accompanied Lord
Exmouth to Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli for the ac-
complishment of objects connected with the aboli-
tion of Christian slavery. On leaving the Berwick
he served for several months on Lake Ontario in
the Montreal, Commodore Sir Robt. Hall ; after
which, returning to England in the Pactolus 38,
Capt. Nich. Lockyer, he was for upwards of three
years employed on the Home station in the Sybille
44, Capt. Clias. Malcolm, Queen Charlotte 100,
bearing the flags of Sir Edw. Thornbrough and Sir
Geo. Campbell, and, as Admiralty-Midshipman, in
the Severn, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'Cul-
MOTTLEY— MOUAT.
793
loch. After an attachment of two years to the
Surinam 18, Capta. Wra. M'Kenzie Godfrey, Chas.
Crole, and Alfred Matthews, on the West India
station, he was there, 25 Nov. 1822, promoted to a
death vacancy in the Icarus 10, commanded at first
hy Capts. Crole and Matthews, and afterwards by
Capts. Thos. Stopford and John Geo. Graham. He
has been on half-pay since 31 Jan. 1824.
Lieutenant Moss is married. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
MOTTLEY. (Commander, 1843.)
Joseph Martin Mottley entered the Navy 9
Oct. 1812 ; passed his examination in 1821 ; and was
made Lieutenant, 11 Feb. 1829, into the North
Star 28, Capt. Septimus Arabin, on the coast of
Africa. He was afterwards appointed — 5 March,
1830, as a Supernumerary, to the Hyperion 42,
Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 16
March, 1831, to the Coast Guard— 5 Oct. 1832, to
the IFndaunted 46, Capt. Edw. Harvey, employed
in the East Indies, whence he returned in the early
part of 1834—7 Nov. 1835, as First, to the Tweed
20, Capt. Thos. Maitland, stationed off Lisbon — 19
Jan. 1837, to the command, for Home service, of
the Speedy cutter, of 8 guns— 10 March, 1838, as
Senior, to the Dee steamer, Capt. Joseph Sherer,
fitting for the North America and West India sta-
tion, where he continued until superseded in May,
1839—7 Aug. 1839, to the Revenge 76, Capt. Hon.
Wm. Waldegrave, of which ship, attached to the
force in the Mediterranean, he became First-Lieu-
tenant— and, 27 April and 26 July, 1842, in the
latter capacity, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship at
Portsmouth of Sir David Milne, and Imaum re-
ceiving-ship at Jamaica, Commodore Hon. Henry
Dilkes Byng. He attained his present rank 24 Jan.
1843 ; and, since 29 Oct. 1845, has been employed
as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard.
He married, in 1838, Eliza, youngest daughter of
W. Stone, Esq., builder, of Chatham Dockyard.
Agent— Joseph Woodhead.
MOTTLEY. (Retired Commander, 1845.)
Samuel Mottley died in 1845. He was brother
of the late Admiral Mottley.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince 98, Capt. Sam.
Sutton, flag-ship in the Channel of Sir Chas. Cotton,
whom he followed into the Prince George 98.
Becoming Midshipman, in Feb. 1801, of the CiESAR
80, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he took
part in the actions fought, 6 and 12 July following,
oif Algeciras and in the Gut of Gibraltar. In the
course of 1802 he successively joined the Leda
frigate, Capt. Hardy, and Rambler sloop, Capt.
Thos. Innes ; and on 2 July, 1803, he was on board
La Minerve, of 48 guns, Capt. Jahleel Brenton,
when that ship took the ground under the batteries
of Cherbourg, and was compelled, in spite of a
desperate and sanguinary resistance, to strike her
colours. Being restored to liberty in Oct. 1806, he
was appointed (after a brief attachment, on the
Home and West India stations, to the Royal Wil-
liam, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, Prince George
98, Capt. Geo. Losack, Northumberland 74, flag-
ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Heureux
24, Capt. John Ellis Watt) to the command, with
the rank of. Acting-Lieutenant, of the Alliance
schooner, 5 March, 1807. In the ensuing Deo.
he removed, with the rank last mentioned, to
the Haughty gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John
Mitchell. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 20 May,
1808, and was afterwards appointed — 28 of the
same month, to the Christian VII. 80, Capt. Sir
Joseph Sydney Yorke, in the Channel— 12 July,
1810, to the Macedonian, of 48 guns and 254 men,
Capts. Lord Wm. Fitzlioy and John Surman Car-
den, oflF Lisbon— 26 Nov. 1813, to the Bulwark 74,
Capt. David Milne, on the North American station
—in Nov. 1814, for passage home, to the Loire 38,
Capt. John Nash— and, 6 June, 1815, to the Albion
74, Capt. Philip Somerville. As Second-Lieutenant
of the BLacedonian, Mr. Mottley elicited the
highest acknowledgments of Capt. Garden for his
conduct, on 25 Oct. 1812, in a desperate action of
2 hours and 10 minutes, which rendered that frigate
a shattered prize, after experiencing a loss of 36
men killed and 68 wounded, to the American ship
United States, of 56 guns and 474 men, 12 of whom
only appear to have been killed and wounded.* In
the Bulwark, besides sharing in other operations,
he commanded a boat, in a manner that obtained
him much praise, at the destruction, up the Pe-
nobscot, of the American frigate Adams, 3 Sept.
1814.t Quitting the Albion in Sept. 1815, Lieut.
Mottley's next appointments were— in the summer
of 1815, and in July, 1823, and March, 1825, to the
command of the Hardwicke, Bat, and Camelion
Revenue-cruizers— 25 April, 1834, to the Ordinary
at Portsmouth, where he remained, latterly as Se-
nior of the Victory 104, Capt. Thos. Searle, until
the spring of 1837— and, 30 Deo. 1837, to the Coast
Guard, in which service he continued nearly six
years and a half. He accepted the rank of Com-
mander on the Retired List 30 April, 1845, a short
time only prior to his death.
Commander Mottley married, 3 Aug. 1819, Maria
Dundas Beatson, of Campbell Town, by whom he
has left issue. Agent — J. Hinxman.
MOTTLEY. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Mottley died 13 July, 1845, as r^elated
beneath, aged 27. He was son of Geo. Henry
Mottley, Esq., of Portsmouth, the talented editor
of tlie ' Hampshire Telegraph.'
This ofiicer entered the Navy 14 April, 1830 ;
passed his examination 5 July, 1837 ; and at the
period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
30 Aug. 1841, was serving as Mate of the Wasp 16,
Capt. Hon. Henry Anthony Murray, in which sloop
he had assisted, under Capt. Geo. Mansel, at the
capture of St. Jean d'Acre. His "succeeding ap-
pointments were — 2 Sept. 1841, again to the Wasp
— 21 June, 1842 (soon after his return from the
Mediterranean), to the Thunder surveying-vessel,
Capt. Edw. Bamett, on the North America and
West India station — 10 Jan. 1844, to the Penelope
steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Com-
modore Wm. Jones on the coast of Africa— and,
27 Sept. 1844, a third time, to the Wasp, then com-
manded by Capt. Sidney Henry Ussher. He died
of fever at Ascension, as above, on board the Pe-
nelope, while on his passage to rejoin the Wasp,
after having taken to Sierra Leone a slave-brig
captured by her. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
MOUAT. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 23.)
John Alexander Mouat, bom about 1793, is son
of Commander Alexander Mouat, R.N., who was a
Midshipman with Capt. Cook during his voyages,
and died fom fever while in command of the Rat-
tlesnake sloop, in the West Indies, in 1793 ; and
grandson of Capt. Patrick Mouat, R.N., who com-
manded the Tamer on a voyage of discovery with
Admiral Byron. One of his uncles died in the As-
sistance while in command of the North American
station ; and two others were killed in action in the
London, off St. Domingo.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1804, as '
Fst.-cl. Vol., onboard the Zebra bomb, Capt. Wm.
Standway Parkinson, with whom he continued to
serve, as Midshipman, in the Merlin, Wasp, and
Favorite sloops, on the Home and West India sta-
tions, until 1808 — assisting, when in the Favorite
at the capture of the Danish islands of St. Thomas
and Ste. Croix. He then returned home in the
Thais 20, Capt. Wm. Ferris; and in Dec. 1808
after having served for seven months in the Isis 5o'
flag-ship at Newfoundland of Vice-Admiral John
HoUoway, he joined the Africaine 38, Capt. Rich.
Raggett, under whom we find him employed in
escorting Lord Hill's brigade from Cork to Lis-
bon, the Duke of Orleans from Portsmouth to
Malta, Mr. Jackson, the British Ambassador, to the
• Fide Gaz. 1812, p. 2695. + V. Gaz. 1814, p. 2031
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794
MOUBRAY.
United States, and the Hon. Mr. Erskine thence
to England. With the exception of an interval
passed in the summer of 1810 on board the Sal-
VADOK BEL Mdndo, flag-ship at Plymouth of Ad-
miral Young, he continued under Capt. Raggett in
the Afkicaine and Defiance 74, latterly in the
North Sea, until Jan. 1813. He was then sent out
to India on promotion in the D^DAtus 38, Capt.
Murray Maxwell ; and on that frigate being wrecked
off [Ceylon in the following July, he was received
on*board'the Minden 74, of which ship, bearing
the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, he was nominated Acting-
Lieutenant 23 Sept. in the same year. In the early
part of 1814 he successively removed, in the latter
capacity, to the Hecate and Sphynx sloops, Capts.
John Hill and Hon. Arthur Tumour. He was con-
firmed to the Sphynx U Feb. 1815, and, being paid
off in the ensuing Dec, was afterwards appointed —
in Nov. 1818, to the Newcastle 60, bearing the
flag of the late Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys at Halifax,
whence he returned in 1821—6 Nov. 1828, as First-
Lieutenant (a rank he had held the last 12 months
on board the Newcastle), to the Challenger 28,
Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, under whom, after
taking possession of the colony at Swan Kiver, he
proceeded to the East Indies, whence his health
obliged him to invalid in Oct. 1829— and, 7 Oct.
1833, to the Coast Guard, in which service he re-
mained until superseded, at his own request, in the
autumn of 1838. He has since been on half-pay.
He married, in 1828, Maria Janetta, daughter of
the Eev. John Mudge, Vicar of Brampfordspeke,
and Kector of Lustleigh, co. Devon.
MOUBRAY. (Captain, 1812. f-p., 21 ; h-p.,37.)
George Moubray, born 9 Feb. 1773, is son of
the late Geo. Moubray, Esq., of the ancient family
of Moubray of Cockaidnie, co. Fife ; brother-in-law
of the late Vice- Admiral Jas. Katon ; and cousin of
the late Vice-Admiral Sir Rich. Hussey Hussey,
K.C.B., G.C.M.G.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1789, as
Midshipman, on board the Bellona 74, Capt. Fras.
John Hartwell, on the Home station ; and in June
of the same year removed to the Adamant 50,
bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Hughes at Halifax,
where he remained until June, 1792. He then
joined in succession the Hannibal 74, Capt. John
Colpoys, and Juno 32, Capt. Sam. Hood ; and in
Jan. 1794 he was acting as Master's Mate of the
latter ship when she eifected an extraordinary escape
from the harbour of Toulon, into which she had
entered in ignorance of the evacuation of the British.
Being shortly afterwards received on board the
Victory 100, flag-ship of Lord Hood, he served in
the boats at the sieges of St. Fiorenzo and Bastia.
He was promoted, 27 May, 1794, to a Lieutenancy
in La Moselle sloop, Capts. Percy Fraser, Chas.
Dudley Pater, and Chas. Brisbane, under the latter
of whom he was hotly engaged and all but captured
in Hotham's first partial action, 14 March, 1795 ;
and he was subsequently appointed — 19 Aug. 1796,
to La Virginie 40, Capt. Anthony Hunt, in which
frigate, after the Spithead mutiny, he escorted the
Duke and Duchess of Wurtemberg to Cuxhaven,
Eear-Admiral Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian to the
Cape of Good Hope, and Lord Momington to Cal-
cutta, and then cruized in the East Indies until the
peace of Amiens— 7 May, 1803, as Senior, to the
Seahorse 38, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, fitting
for the Mediterranean — 4 Nov. 1804, to the Royal
Sovereign 100, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Bick-
erton ofi' Toulon— and, 5 Oct. 1805, as First, to the
Polyphemus 64, Capt. Robt. Redmill, part of the
victorious fleet employed in the ensuing action off
Cape Trafalgar. Succeeding to the command of
the latter ship immediately after the action, owing
to the serious illness of his Captain, Lieut. MouT)ray
had the good fortune, during the gale that followed,
to regain possession of the Argcmaida Spanish 80,
and deliver her over to Admiral CoUingwood off
Cadiz. He afterwards took in tow the Victory,
with the body of Lord Nelson on board, and con-
ducted her to the mouth of the Straits of Gibraltar;
and he also, in spite of her mutinous crew, carried
the Swiftsure French 74, in a similar manner, from
the neighbourhood of Cadiz to Gibraltar. On 24
Deo. 1805 he was promoted to the rank of Com-
mander; and he was next, 27 Jan. 1809 and 27
March, 1812, appointed in that capacity to the
Rhodian 10, and Moselle 18 ; in which vessels he
served in the West Indies, the chief part of the
time with a small squadron under his orders for the
protection of the Bahamas, until 31 March, 1813.
Capt. Moubray, whose promotion to Post-rank had
taken place 12 Aug. 1812, was not again employed
until 23 Sept. 1844, when he obtained command of
the Victory 104, at Portsmouth, which he retained
until admitted into Greenwich Hospital 25 March,
1846.
He married, 14 June, 1812, Eliza Pellew, eldest
daughter of A. N. Yates, Esq., Naval Storekeeper
at Jamaica, by whom he has issue five sons and
three daughters.
MOUBRAY. (LiEOTENANT, 1845.)
Robert Hussey Moubray passed his examination
13 March, 1837 ; and from 1841 until promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant, I.Deo. 1845, was employed
in the East Indies as Mate of the Hazard 18,
Capts. Chas. Bell and Fras. Philip Egerton. He
served during several months of 1847 on board the
Terrible steam-frigate, of 800-horse power, Capt.
Wm. Ramsay.
MOUBRAY. (Lieut., 1843. f-p., 14; h-p., 2.)
William Hoeson Moubray, bom 28 Aug. 1818,
is third son (by Laura, fourth daughter of Wm.
Hobson, Esq., of Markfield, co. Middlesex) of Sir
Robt. Moubray, Kt., K.H., of Cockaidnie, co. Fife,
a Deputy-Lieutenant and Magistrate for that shire,
and a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, who was for
10 years employed in India, and for eight in the
Mediterranean, where, as Captain in the 80th Regt.
of Foot, he served in Egypt under Sir Ralph Aber-
cromby. His eldest brolJier, Robert, is a Captain
in the Fifeshire Militia; his second, Richard, a
Captain in the 1st Madras Light Cavalry, died 20
April, 1843 ; and his youngest, Edward, is now a
Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. Lieut. Moubray,
a descendant of the family of William the Conqueror,
is nephew of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Rich. Hussey
Hussey, K.C.B., G.C.M.G.,* who assumed the name
of Hussey by sign-manual on inheriting the estates
of his cousin Admiral Sir Rich. Hussey Bickerton,
Bart., K.C.B.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 18 April, 1831, on
board the Barham 50, Capt. Hugh Pigot, fitting for
the Mediterranean, where he was present at the
restoration of Athens and the Negropont to the
Greeks. After a servitude of three years in South
America in the North Star 28, Capt. Octavius
Vernon Harcourt, and Harrier 18, Capt. Wm.
Henry Hallowell Carew, he became Mate, about
Jan. 1838, of the Hastings 72, Capts. Fras. Erskine
Loch and John Lawrence. In that ship he escorted
* Sir Rich, Hussey Hussey was bom 16 "Mar. 1776 ; and
embarked, in 1789, on board the Impheokable 98. He
served in the Europa 50, Commodore Ford, at the capture,
in Sept. 1793, of Jeremie and St. Nicholas Mole, St. Domingo ;
and, being shortly afterwards promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, was present as First of the same ship at the reduction
of Port-au-Prince, lie was, advanced, in June, 1794, to the
command of the Fly sloop, in which vessel he assisted at the
detention of five DutcJi men-of-war, and of a large convoy in
Plymouth Sound, 19 Jan. 1795. He attained Post-rank 10
April, 1797; and after serving as a volunteer under Capt.
Sir R, Bickerton on board the RAMil.r.iES and Terrible
74's, was appointed to the successive command, between
18C1 and 1814, of the Maidstone and Active frigates, and
MoNTAOtJ and Repulse 74*s. During the fwhole of that
period (thirteen years) he was never absent from his duty
for a single day, even on leave. In the Active he passed
the Dardanells with Sir John Duckworth in Feb. 1807 ; and
in the Montagu he played an important part at the reduc-
tion of Sta. Maura in March, 1810. He was created a C.B.
in June, 1815 ; a Rear-Admiral in July, 1821 ; a K.C.B. in
April, 1833; and a G.C.M.G. and a Vice-Admiral in I8S7.
He died a Vice-Admiral of the Red 6 Nov. 1642.
MOULD- MOURILYAN-MOWBRAY-MOXON.
795
the Earl of Durham to Quebec and Her Majesty
the Queen Dowager to and from the Mediterranean,
besides assisting, in 1840, in the attack upon Bey-
rout. He subsequently joined the Ddblin 50, fitting
at Portsmouth for the flag of Keai-Admiral Bich.
Thomas, and the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir
David Milne at Devonport ; and on 16 Feb. 1843
he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His
succeeding appointments were — 9 Nov. 1843, to the
Vestal 26, Capt. Chas. Talbot, equipping at Sheer-
ness — 13 Jan. 1844, to the Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas
Lockyer, employed as an experimental ship — and, 7
Nov. 1845, to the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir
Chas. Ogle at Portsmouth, and of Sir Fras. Augustus
Collier in the Channel. He has been on half-pay
since the close of 1846.
Lieut. Moubray married, 16 Dec. 1846, Selina
Mary Anna, daughter of J. B. Hooper, Esq., of
Abbots Kipton Hall, Huntingdonshire, late M.P.
and High-Sheriff for that oo. Agents— Hallett and
Robinson.
MOULD. (Retired Commandek, 1843. r-p., 14 ;
H-p., 34.)
Richard Cotton Mould is second-cousin of
Lieut. Wm. Mould, R.N'.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Deo. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Revolutionnaihb 38,
Capts. Thos. Twysden and Hon. John Murray,
stationed off' the coast of Ireland; and between
July, 1800, and Jan. 1806, was employed as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate, chiefly in the Mediter-
ranean and at Home, on board the Vigilant, Capt.
Jas. Wood, AuKOBA, Capts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild
and Micajah Malbon, Falcon, Capt. Henry Manaton
Ommanney, Windsob Castle, Capts. Albemarle
Bertie, Thos. Wells, and Davidge Gould, and Ari-
adne, Capt. Hon. Edw. King. In the latter ship,
in 1805, we find him once or twice warmly engaged
with the Invasion flotilla. On leaving her, as
above, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the
Starling cutter, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Fred.
Napier, in the North Sea. He was confirmed, 12
May, 1807, into the Recruit 18, Capt. Hon. War-
wick Lake, whom he accompanied to the West
Indies ; and he was afterwards appointed — 21 June,
1808, to the NiMROD sloop, Capt. De Courcy, in
which vessel he returned to England — 15 Dec. 1808,
to the St. Alban's 64, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen,
Edw. Brace, Chas. Grant, and John Ferris Devon-
shire, employed at first in escorting convoy to the
East Indies and China, and next, until Nov. 1812, at
the defence of Cadiz — and, 10 July, 1813, and (after
eight months of half-pay) 28 April, 1815, to the
Clarence 74, Capts. Henry Vansittart and Fred.
Warren, and Swiitsure 74, Capt. Wm. Henry
Webley, both attached to the force in the Channel.
He was paid off' from the Swiftsuee in Aug. 1815 ;
and awarded the rank of Commander on the Retired
List 10 Feb. 1843.
Commander Mould was left a widower 26 Oct.
1845.
MOULD. (Lieutenant, 1842. f-p., 19; h-p., 0.)
William Mould was born 6 April, 1814. He
is second-cousin of Retired Commander R. C.
Mould, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Aug. 1828, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince Regent 120,
Capt. Hon. Geo. Poulett, bearing the flag at Chat-
ham of Sir Benj. Hallowell ; and in Aug. 1829
joined the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Hon. Dun-
combe Pleydell Bouverie, in the Mediterranean.
In Aug. 1831 he became Midshipman of the Revenge
78, Capts. Jas. Hillyar, Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay,
and Wm. Elliott, with whom he continued employed
off' Lisbon and again in the Mediterranean until
Nov. 1836 — the last two years in the capacity of
Mate. He then removed to the Thundebee 84,
Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, on the station last
named ; and after iurther serving for four years
and six months in North America and the West
Indies on board the Ringdove 16, Capts. Horatio
Stopford Nixon and Hon. Keith Stewart, and for
five months in the Queen 110, flag-ship of Su: Edw.
W. C. R. Owen in the Mediterranean, he was pro-
moted, 7 March, 1842, to the rank of Lieutenant,
and re-appointed to the latter ship. He has since
become attached in succession — 19 April, 1842, to
the Thdhderee 84, Capt. Dan. Pring, also in the
Mediterranean— 6 Oct. 1843, to the Excellent
gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Has-
tings—and, 4 March, 1845, to the Canopus 84,
Capt. Fairfax Moresby, now employed on particular
service.
MOUKILYAN. (Retired Commandeb, 1839.
F-p., 14 ; H-P., 35.)
Edwaed Moueiltan entered the Navy, 29 July,
1798, as L.M., on board the Tigee 74, Capts. Sir
Wm. Sidney Smith, AVm. Mansell, Robt, Jackson,
and Rich. Curry. In that ship, in which he con-
tinued until paid off' in Sept. 1802, he assisted as
Midshipman at the defence of St. Jean d'Acre in
1799, and took part, in 1801, in the operations in
Egypt. In March, 1803, he rejoined Sir W. S.
Smith, as Master's Mate, in the Antelope 50, on
the North Sea station, where, in 1804, he was
severely wounded while in the act of boarding a
Dutch gun-boat. For this he received a pecuniary
reward from the Patriotic Society. After serving
as Acting-Lieutenant in the St. Alban's 64, Capt.
John Temple, and again with Sir W. S. Smith, as
Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Ante-
lope 50, and PoMPiE 74, he was confirmed a Lieu-
tenant of the latter ship by commission dated 31
Jan. 1806. In the spring of the same year, besides
witnessing the surrender of the island of Capri, he
joined in an attack upon the town of Scalea, where,
in command of the PoMpiE's launch, he took pos-
session of the castle, and drove the French from
their guns, 2 36-pounders, which, together with 22
barrels of powder, he contrived, through great ex-
ertion, to bring off: During the remainder of the
war we find him serving with his patron on the
BraziUan and Mediterranean stations in the Fou-
drotant 80, and Hibeenia 120 ; and also com-
manding, from 29 Dec. 1809 until 25 April, 1811,
and from 7 Oct. 1813 until 26 March, 1814, the
Swan hired cutter, and Pompee armed transport.
The Swan was sunk in the Baltic in a severe action
with a flotilla of Danish gun-boats. On 6 April,
1839, Lieut. Mourilyan was invested with the rank
of Commander on the Retired List. He had been
admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital
31 Aug. 1835.
MOWBRAY. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Mowbray entered the Royal Naval
College 15 Nov. 1805 ; and embarked, 23 Deo. 1808,
as Midshipman, on board the Boadioea 38, Capt.
John Hatley ; with whom, after serving for upwards
of 12 months at the Cape of Good Hope, he returned
to England, in July, 1810, in the Raisonnaele 64.
Between the latter period and the date of his pro-
motion to the rank of Lieutenant, 2 Feb. 1813, we
find him employed on the Home station in the
Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, Elizabeth 74,
Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower, Royal William, flag-
ship of Sir Roger Curtis, and Tyeian brig, Capt.
Augustus Baldwin. His last appointment was, 3
Nov. 1813, to the Surprise 38, Capt. Sir Thos.
John Cochrane ; in which ship he beheld the attacks
upon Washington and Baltimore in 1814, and parti-
cipated in the operations on the coast of Georgia.
He was placed on half-pay 1 Sept. 1815. Agent
Fred. Dufaur.
MOXON. (Liectenant, 1813. f-p., 10; h-p., 34.)
James Moxon entered the Navy, 23 Sept. 1803
as Ordinary, on board the Zealand 64, Capt. Wm!
Mitchell, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Bartho-
lomew Sam. Rowley at the Nore ; served as Mid-
shipman, from March, 1804, to May, 1805, in the
Veteran 64, Capts. Rich. King and Jas. Newman
Newman, and Achille 74, Capt. R. King, on the
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MOYLE— MOYSES— MUDGE.
Channel and Cadiz stations ; and in Oct. of the
latter year joined the Cleopatra 32, Capts. John
"Wight, Wm. Love, Roht. Simpson, and Sam. John
Pechell. Under Capt. Pechell he assisted, on his
arrival in the West Indies from Halifax, at the cap-
ture (the British ships Jason 32 and Hazahd 18 in
company) of the French 40-gun frigate La Topaze,
22 _ Jan. 1809, after a very spirited action fought
ohiefly between the Cleopatra and the enemy ;
and in the ensuing month he co-operated in the re-
duction of Martinique. From Oct. 1810 imtil Nov.
1812 Mr. Moxon served, again at Halifax and also
in the North Sea, the greater part of the time as
Master's Mate, in the Swiptsore 74, flag-ship of Sir
John Borlase Warren, and in the Christian VII.
80, and Impregnable 98, bearing each the flag of
Admiral Wm. Young. He was promoted, 27 March,
1813, to a Lieutenancy in the San Domingo 74, then
the flag-ship of Sir J. B. Warren; and he was
afterwards employed for several months in 1813-14,
in the Columbia sloop, Capts. John Kinsman and
Henry Ducie Chads, and Terpsichore 32, Capt.
Wm. Bowen Mends, both on the North American
station. He has been on half-pay since June of the
latter year.
MOYLE. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Granville Richard Moyle entered the Navy
10 Feb. 1830 ; passed his examination 10 March,
1836 ; and at the period of his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant, 10 Nov. 1842, had been for
some time employed on the lakes of Canada, as
Mate, in the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom.
His last appointment was to the Dublin .^O, in which
ship, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Rich. Thomas,
Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific, he served from
19 Dec. 1842 until paid ofi' in 1845. Agents—
Messrs. Stilwell.
MOYSES. (LiEOT., 1815. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.)
CnoYCE William Moyses entered the Navy, in
March, 1803, as A.B., on board the Utkecht 64,
Capt. Thos. Rogers, employed in the North Sea ; and
in the course of the same year successively joined
the Grampus and Diomede 50's, flag-ships of Sir Jas.
Saumarez off Guernsey. Becoming Midshipman, in
Jan. 1804, of the Alcm^ne .32, Capt. John Stiles, he
saw much service in the boats of that frigate off the
coast of France ; and on removing to the Pomone 38,
Capts. Wm. Grenvllle Lobb and Robt. Barrie, he
was employed in a similar manner off the coast of
Spain, where he assisted at the boarding and capture
of several of the enemy's privateers and other ves-
sels. In the early part of 1807, having brought a prize
under very perilous circumstances into Portsmouth,
he took a passage on board the Blanche 38, Capt.
Sir Thos. Lavie, for the purpose of rejoining his own
ship. Before he could reach the Pomone, however,
it was his misfortune to be wrecked, during a
stormy night in the month of March, off the island
of TJshant ; on which occasion 45 of the Blanche's
crew lost their lives. Being in consequence taken
prisoner, he was doomed, notwithstanding several
attempts at escape, to continue in captivity at Ver-
dun, Givet, and Bitche, part of the time in a dun-
geon, until the conclusion of the war. His promo-
tion to the rank of Lieutenant took place 11 March,
1815, but he has not been since able to procure em-
ployment.
MUDGE. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
Robert Mudge entered the Navy, 6 July, 1806,
as Midshipman, on board the Ph(enix 36, Capt.
Zachary Mudge, in which frigate (with the excep-
tion of five months, from Oct. 1808 to March 1809,
passed in the Naiad 38, Capt. Thos. Dundas) he
served, on the Channel and Cork stations, until
May, 1812. He then sailed, in the Bucephalus 32,
Capts. Joseph Drury and Barrington Reynolds, for
the East Indies, where he was further, until the
summer of 1814, employed in the Illustrious 74,
flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood, Theban 36, Capts.
Stephen Thos. Digby and Basil Hall, and Prochis
sloop, Capt. Hon. Thos. Roper Curzon. In June,
1815, after having served, at Sheemess, in the Na-
MOR 74, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley, and
QcEEN Charlotte 100, Capt. Chas. Inglis, he took
up a commission bearing date 21 Feb. in that year.
His appointments have since been, 17 Aug. 1820 and
15 Dec. 1826, to the office of Agent for Transports
Afloat ; and to the continuous command, 3 June,
1837, in the course of 1845, and 12 Jan. 1846, of
the Beavee, Ariel, and Onyx steam-packets on
the Dover station, where he still remains.
MUDGE. (Vice-Admikal of the Eed, 1841.
F-p., 28 ; H-P., 39.)
Zachary Mudge is son of the late John Mudge,
Esq., of Plymouth, an eminent Physician.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1780, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Foudrotant 84,
Capt. John Jervis; and, on 21 April, 1782, assisted
at the capture, after a gallant action of nearly an
hour, attended, however, with no casualty to the
British, of the French 74-gun ship Fegase, whose
loss, besides being seriously damaged, amounted,
out of a crew of 700 men, to 80 killed and wounded.
During the next seven years we find him serving
on the Home and American stations, chiefly in the
capacity of Midshipman, on board the PicASE and
another ship, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Geo,
Cranfield Berkeley, Sampson 64, Capt. Chas. Hope,
Perseds 22, Capt. Geo. Palmer, Leander 50, flag-
ship of Rear- Admiral Herbert Sawyer, and Bombay
Castle 74, Capt. Robt. Fanshawe. He was then,
24 May, 1789, promoted to a Lieutenancy in the
Centurion 50, bearing the flag at Jamaica of Rear-
Admiral Peter Affleck ; and he was next appointed
— 26 Nov. in the same year, to the Carnatic 74,
Capt. Ford, lying at Plymouth — 20. Jan. 1790, again
to the Perseus, Capt. John Gibson, employed on the
Irish and Channel stations — and, 15 Dec. 1790 and
8 Feb. 1794, as Senior, to the Discovery and Pro-
vidence, in which ships he was for six years em-
ployed on voyages of discovery under Capts. Van-
couver and Broughton. When at Nootka Sound in
the Discovery Mr. Mudge was despatched in an
open vessel to India, with a crew of only 14 men.
Being awarded a second promotal commission 24
Nov. 1797, he obtained command, 8 Nov. 1798, of
the Fly 16 ; and while in that sloop, in which he
continued until posted, 15 Nov. 1800, he effected
the capture of the French privateers Le Glaneur,
of 6 guns and 32 men, and Le Triympeur, and was
all but lost on an immense island of ice during his
passage home from Halifax with despatches from
H.R.H. the Duke of Kent. His subsequent ap-
pointments were — 1 April, 1801, to La Constance
24—23 Sept. 1802, to the Blanche of 44 guns— 18
Nov. 1805, to the Phcenix 36— and, 4 July, 1814
(having left the Ph<enix in May, 1810), to the Va-
liant 74. In La Constance Capt. Mudge, in the
spring of 1801, received the thanks of the British
merchants and consuls at Lisbon and Oporto for
the service he had rendered them in safely convoy-
ing a fleet from Falmouth to Portugal, and also for
the activity he had exhibited in collecting some
vessels at Viana, laden with brandy, which could
not have otherwise been got ready to go home
under his protection. About the same period he
captured the Spanish national cutter El Duides, of
8 guns and 69 men, and lugger privateer Venture,
of 2 guns and 27 men. In July, 1801, with the as-
sistance of the Stork 18, and of the boats of the
two ships, we find him making prize, near Cape
Ortegal, of El Cantara, Spanish privateer of 22 guns
and 110 men, and of her consort, a vessel mounting
10 guns. La Constance was subsequently engaged
in conveying a number of disbanded foreign sol-
diers from Lymington to the Elbe. At the close
of 1803, Capt. Mudge, then in the Blanche, was
employed at the blockade of St. Domingo ; where,
in less than a month, he captured and destroyed 24
of the enemy's vessels.* In the course of 1804-5 he
had the increased good fortune to take, independ-
• VideOax. 1804, p. 162.
MUIR-MULLER— MUNDY.
797
cntly of a large number of merchantmen, the Gra-
cieuse and Amitie] French national vessels of 14 guns
each,* the Dutch schooner Nimrod, of 4 guns,t and
the French privateer Le Hasard, of 3 guns and 58
men. On 19 July in the latter year, however, the
Blanche was herself captured (after an action of
45 minutes, and a loss, out of 215 men, of 8 killed
and 15 wounded, and when on the verge of sinking)
by a powerful French squadron, consisting of La
Topaze frigate, of 44 guns and 410 men, one sloop of
22 guns and 236 men, a corvette of 18 guns and 213
men, a,nd a brig of 16 guns and 123 men.| Under
such circumstances Capt. Mudge was of course ho-
nourably acquitted by court-martial of all blame in
the loss of his ship ; and not only acquitted but eu-
logised for his very able and gallant conduct. He
afterwards served, as above, in the Phojnix and
Valiant, on the Bay of Biscay, Lisbon, and Bra^
zilian stations. The latter ship he left in Aug.
1815. He became a Rear- Admiral 22 July, 1830;
and a Vice-Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
MUIR. (Retibed Commander, 1831. f-p., 29;
H-p., 34.)
Thomas Muik (o) entered the Navy, in 1784, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Scorpion sloop, Capt.
Paget Bailey, on the West India station, where, and
at Home, he afterwards, untilpromoted to the rank
of Lieutenant 14 Aug. 1794, served as Midshipman
in the Brune frigate, Capt. Davidge Gould, Duke
90, bearing the flag of Lord Hood, Racehorse
sloop, Capt. Jas. Leakey, and Majestic 74, Capt.
Chas. Cotton. Being then re-appointed to the latter
ship, he again sailed for the West Indies, with the
flag of Rear-Admiral Benj. Caldwell. His subse-
quent appointments (after serving for a short time
under the flag of Sir Chas. Thompson in the Mon-
tagu 74) were, chiefly on the Home station— 15
April, 1796, to the Amphion 32, Capt. Israel Pellew
—13 March, 1797, to the Vestal 28, Capt. Chas.
White, under whom, we believe, he assisted at the
capture, 10 April and 13 May following, of Le Vol-
tigeur privateer, of 8 guns, 8 swivels, and 40 men,
and La Jalouse corvette of 18 guns — 21 June, 1799,
to the Juste 80, Capt. Sir Henry Trollope, which
ship was paid off at the peace — 5 Aug. 1803, to the
Sea Fencibles at Rochester — 25 June, 1804, to the
Ajax 74, Capt. Lord Garlics — next to the Prince
OP Wales 98, Capt. SirThos.Troubridge— 18 June,
1805, to the Fury bomb, Capts. John Telland and
Thos. Searle— 6 Feb. 1807 (after a] few months of
half-pay), to the Brunswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves
— 13 July, 1808, to the command of a signal sta-
tion, which he retained until Feb. 1809— and, 26
July, 1810, and (having been for nine months unem-
ployed) 30 Oct. 1812, to the Impress service at
Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, and at the Tower of
London. He was placed on half-pay 30 ApYil, 1814 ;
and on the Senior List of Retired Commanders 16
Aug. 1831. Agent— Joseph Woodhead.
MULLER. (Lieut., 1803. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 28.)
Henry Muller entered the Navy, 9 Oct. 1796,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Edgar 74, Capts.
John M'Dougall and Edw. BuUer, employed at first
in the Channel, and then in the Mediterranean,
where, in April, 1800, he removed as Midshipman,
a rating he had attained in Dec. 1797, to the Ad-
venture 44, armee-en-Jlute, Capts. Robt. Mansel and
Chas. Carter. After a servitude of two years and
eight months on the Channel and Jamaica stations
in the Autumn sloop, Capt. Wm. Richardson, Am-
buscade 36, Capt. Hon. John Colville, Racoon 18,
Capts. Wm. Rathborne and Austin Bissell, and Le-
viathan and Hercule 74's, both flag-ships of Sir
John Thos. Duckworth, under whom he participated
in many operations off St. Domingo, he was pro-
moted, 4 Nov. 1803, to a Lieutenancy in the Tar-
tar 32, Capts. John Perkins, Edw. Hawker, and
Stephen Poyntz; in which ship we find him contri-
buting to the capture, 9 June, 1806, of L' Observateur
' rirfcOaz. 1805, pp. 52, 954. + F. Gaz. 1804, p. 1266.
X V. Gaz. 1805, p. 1003.
French national brig of 18 guns and 104 men. On
his return to England from Halifax in the following
Dec. he obtained an appointment to the Dread-
nought 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Thos. Sotheby in the Channel. He was afterwards,
from Feb. 1809 until Jan. 1815, and from Nov. 1818
until Jan. 1823, employed in command of a signal-
station, and as an Inspecting Commander in the
Water Guard.
MUNDY, K.C.B. (Vice-Admiral of the Reb,
1841. F-p., 27; H-p., 31.)
Sir Geqrge Mundt is son of the late Edw.
Miller Mundy, Esq., M.P. for Derbyshire ; and is
closely connected with the Dukes of Newcastle,
Grafton, and Richmond.
This ofiicer entered the Royal Naval Academy
9 July, 1789, and embarked, in Oct. 1792, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Blanche frigate, Capt.
Christ. Parker. On his return, in Jan. 1793, from
the West Indies in the Perseus 22, Capt. Geo.
Palmer, he was received on board the Victory 100,
bearing the flag of Sir Hyde Parker, and next on
board the Juno 32, Capt. Sam. Hood, which frigate,
in Jan. 1794, made a very remarkable escape from
the inner harbour of Toulon, into which she had
entered in ignorance of its evacuation by the Bri-
tish. After assisting at the capture of many of the
enemy's vessels, and at the reduction of St. Fio-
renzo, Mr. Mundy followed Capt. Hood into
L'AiGLE 36, part of the force employed at the
taking of Bastia and Calvi. He was confirmed a
Lieutenant (having acted for nearly two mouths as
such) in the St. George 98, Capt. Sam. Peard, 1 1
March, 1 796 ; and he was subsequently appointed in
that capacity to the Blenheim 98, Capt. Thos.
Lennox Frederick, Victory 100, Capt. Thos.
Sotheby, and Goliath 74, Capt. Thos. Foley. In
the Blenheim he fought in the action off Cape St.
Vincent 14 Feb. 1797; and in the Goliath he
shared in the glories of the Nile 1 Aug. 1798. In
the following Oct. he was nominated Acting-Com-
mander of the Transfer brig of 14 guns, in which
vessel (the appointment being confirmed by com-
mission dated 24 Dec. in the same year) we find
him constantly employed on hazardous service off
Cadiz and in the Mediterranean until Aug. 1800.
Being advanced, while serving in the Swan sloop,
to Post-rank in the Vengeance of 74 guns, 10 Feb.
1801, he afterwards obtained command— 7 April,
1802, of the Cakysfort 28, in the Channel— 21 Oct.
1802, of the Hydra 38, in which frigate he con-
tinued eight years— 14 Oct. 1814, of the Ajax 74,
stationed, until July, 1816, in the Channel and
Jlediterranean— and, 27 May, 1825, and 29 Dec.
1828, of the Prince Regent and Royal George
yachts. In the Hydra Capt. Mundy was at first
employed off the coast of France, where he made
prize, 25 June and 1 Aug. 1803, of the privateers La
Phosbe, of 4 guns and 2 swivels, and Le Favori, of 4
guns, and, 30 Jan. 1804, of No. 51 gun-brig, of 3guns
and 56 men, and No. 411 lugger, of 1 gun and 36
men.* He was next ordered to the Mediterranean,
where, during Nelson's pursuit of the combined
fleets to the West Indies, he was left under the
orders of the Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel to assist in
protecting Sardinia, Sicily, &c., against the designs
of the enemy ; a service in which he acquired repu-
tation for exemplary vigilance and activity. On
27 Feb. 1806, being off Cadiz lighthouse, he suc-
ceeded in capturing, in the presence of four French
frigates, the national brig Le Furet, pierced for
20 guns, mounting 18, with a complement of 132
men ; and, on 28 of the ensuing April, he took,
after a chase of 230 miles, the Spanish war-schooner
Arganauta, mounting 4 guns, but pierced for 12.+
Subsequently to this he escorted a fleet of transports
to Sicily, conveyed the British Consul to Algiers,
attacked and dispersed a division of gun-boats on
the coast of Granada, and captured the Tigre Spa-
nish letter-of-marque. On 7 Aug. 1807 we find
him, with the assistance of his boats, possessing
• Vide Gaz. 1804, p. U6. f ^- Gaz. 1806, pp. 409, 619.
798
MUNDY-MUNRO.
himself, in a very gallant manner, of three armed
polacres (the Prince Eugene of 16 guns and 130
men, Belle Caroline of 10 guns and 40 men, and
Rosario of 4 guns and 20 men) lying in the narrow-
harbour of Begu, on the coast of Catalonia, under
the fierce defence of a battery, mounting 4 26-
pounders, a tower, and of a considerable land-
force.* On his return with the outward-bound
trade to the Mediterranean, after having been sent
with convoy to England to refit, Capt. Mundy, in
the early part of 1809, took up a station on the
Catalonian coast, with the Leonidas frigate and
several smaller vessels under his orders, for the
purpose of co-operating with the Spanish patriots.
While on that service, on which he continued
until the following Oct., he effectually blockaded
Barcelona, and was constantly engaged, as were his
boats, in attacking the enemy's detachments passing
from the eastward to that city. His indefatigable
exertions, and the union of activity and skill deve-
loped in all his operations, encountered as- he fre-
quently was by circumstances of a very trying cha-
racter, were productive of the greatest benefits to
the cause in which he was embarked, and procured
him the warm acknowledgments of Lord CoUing-
wood, the Commander-in-Chief. During the war
of a hundred days, Capt. Mundy, then in com-
mand of the Ajax, was despatched to Marseilles,
with instructions to ascertain, if possible, the senti-
ments of the inhabitants of that city. The dis-
cretion and good judgment he exhibited in dis-
charge of the duties attendant on so delicate a
mission were such as to demand the high approval
of Lord Exmouth ; under whom, in March, 1816,
we find him visiting Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, for
purposes connected with the abolition of Christian
slavery. In June of the preceding year he had
been nominated a C.B. He was promoted to the
rank of Kear-Admiral while in command of the
KoYAL George yacht, 22 July, 1830; was created
a K.C.B, 28 Feb. 1837 ; and raised to the rank he
now holds 23 Nov. 1841.
Shortly after the cessation of hostilities Sir Geo.
Mundy accepted command of a troop of yeomanry
cavalry in Derbyshire; and in 1818 he was elected
M.P. for Boroughbridge, co. York. Agents —
Messrs. Halford and Co.
MUNDY. (Captain, 1837. b-p., 19; h-p., 10.)
George Rodney Mundy, born 19 April, 1805, is
son of General Godfrey Basil Mundy, by Hon.
Sarah Brydges Bodney, youngest daughter of the
celebrated Lord Rodney ; and nephew of Vice-
Admiral Sir Geo. Mundy, K.C.B.
This oficer entered the Royal Naval College 5
Feb. 1818 ; and on 19 Dec. 1819, having carried oflF
a medal and been allotted two years' service, em-
barked, as a Volunteer, on board the Phaeton 46,
Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu, attached to the force
in North America. In April, 1824, after a period
of two years passed in the Mediterranean as Mid-
shipman of the EuRYALUS 42, Capt. Augustus "Wm.
Jas. Clifford, and Rocheoet 80, Capt. Chas. Marsh
Schomberg, he joined the Blanche frigate, Capt.
AVm. Bowen Mends, stationed in South America;
where he continued to serve in the Wellesley 74,
flag-ship of Sir Geo. Eyre, Jaseuk sloop, Capt.
Thos. Martin, Thetis transport, Capt. H. Hopkins,
Blanche again, Capt. W. B. Mends, Cambridge
82, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, and Eclair 18, Capt.
Thos. Bourohier (into which vessel he was confirmed
a Lieutenant t 4 Feb. 1826), until 25 Sept. 1827.
He was next, from 5 Feb. 1828 until promoted to
the rank of Commander 25 Aug. following, em-
ployed at Portsmouth and off Lisbon in the Victory
104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, Challenger 28, Capt.
Adolphus FitzClarence, and Pyramos 42, Capt.
Geo. Rose Sartorius. Obtaining command, 29 Aug.
1833, of the Favorite 18, he sailed in that sloop
for the Mediterranean ; where, during the Turkish
* ?7ieGaz. 1807, p. 1350.
t He liad been acting for some time as such on ioard the
WELLEsr.BT, Blanche, and Cambkidoe. He did not ioin
the Eclair until June, 1826.
commotions of 1836, he became Senior officer on
the coast of Tripoli. He paid the Favorite off a
few weeks after his promotion to Post-rank, which
took place 10 Jan. 1837 ; and he was next, 4 Oct.
1842, appointed to the lais 26, in which vessel (with
the exception of an interva-l in the latter part of
1843, during which he oflioiated as Supernumerary-
Captain of the St. Vincent 120 and Victory 104)
he served on the African, Irish, and East India and
China stations, until finally put out of commission in
Aug. 1847. In Nov. 1843, in consideration of the ra-
pidity with whichhehad fitted his ship out after she
had been in dock, we find him eliciting the thanks
of the Board of Admiralty. On 8 July, 1846, during
an expe4ition up the River Brune, conducted under
the personal direction of Rear-Admiral Sir Thos.
John Cochrane against the Sultan of Borneo, he
took command of the gun-boats employed, and,
after having silenced the fire of a battery situated
100 feet up the side of a hill; landed, spiked, and
threw the guns over the walls, and blew up the
magazine. Towards the close of the same day, in
addition to the latter, he effected the destruction of
four forts, disabling at the same time 17 iron, and
bringing off 3 brass, guns.* He was afterwards
sent, with 19 boats and a body of 472 men under
his orders, accompanied by Mr. Brooke, up different
branches of the Borneo River, for the purpose of
gaining certain points of debarkation, and of thence
marching into the interior of the country with a
view to obtaining possession, if possible, of the
Sultan's person. In carrying out his instructions,
which, unfortunately, were not attended with the
result desired, Capt. Mundy, during an absence of
six days, was assailed with difficulties of no ordinary
description. Afloat he experienced an almost im-
penetrable navigation ; on shore his men were often
up to their middles in swamp, floundering in the
mud, and scarcely capable of preserving their am-
munition dry. As a mark of the confidence with
which his conduct throughout such arduous service
had impressed the Commander-in-Chief, Capt.
Mundy was left in charge of the whole Borneo sta-
tion t from Aug. 1846 until Feb. 1847, during which
period he carried out extensive operations against
the pirates, and twice received the thanks of the
Admiralty.
In 1832 Capt. Mundy served on board the Don-
egal 78, as confidential agent under Vice- Admiral
Sir Pulteney Malcolm on the coast of Holland, and
was officially present at the siege of Antwerp. In
1833 he was employed by the First Lord of the
Admiralty, Sir Jas. Graham, on a special mission to
Holland and Belgium. On the suspension of hosti-
lities he returned to England. Agents — Messrs.
Stilwell.
MUNDY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Meynell Horton Miller Mundy is fourth son
of the late E. M. Mundy, Esq., of Shipley, in the
county of Derby.
This offieer passed his examination 21 March,
1843 ; and from 31 July, 1845, until advanced to his
present rank 4 May, 1846, was employed as Mate on
board the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth,
Capt. Henry Ducie Chads. He has been serving
since 26 of the latter month in the Eurydice 22,
Capts. Geo. Elliot and Talavera Vernon Anson, now
at the Cape of Good Hope.
MUNRO. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 29.)
Matthew Munro was born in 1795.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 29 March, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Resistance 38, Capt.
Chas. Adam, employed in the Channel, off the
coast of Portugal, and in the Mediterranean. Fol-
lowing Capt. Adam, as Midshipman, in April, 1810,
into the Invincible 74, he joined in a series of very
active co-operations with the patriots on the coast
of Catalonia, where he assisted at the defence of
Tarragona in May and June, 1811, and served with
the boats at the reduction, in June, 1813, after a
siege of five days, of the fort of St. Philippe, in the
• Vide Gaz. 1S46, p. 3438, 3439. f V. Gaz. 1646, p. 3148.
MUNTON— MURIEL— HURLEY- MURRAY.
799
Col de Balaguer, near Tortosa, armed with 12
pieces of ordnance, including 2 10-lnch mortars and
2 howitzers, with a garrison of 101 officers and men.
From Oct. 1809 to May, 1811, Mr. Munro, we may
observe, had been allowed to serve on board the
Colossus 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander. On finally
leaving the iNvrNCiBLE, in Jan. 1814, he became
attached as a Supernumerary to the Salvador del
MaNDO, Capt. Robt. Hall, lying at Plymouth, and
next, in the course of the same year, as Master's
Mate, to the Leander 50, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph
Collier, on the North American station. In Aug.
1815 he took up a commission dated 4 of the pre-
ceding March ; and he was subsequently, 4 July
and 17 Oct. 1816," appointed to the Impregnable 104
and Leander again, the latter bearing the flag of
Sir David Milne at Halifax. While in the Impreg-
nable he commanded a gun-boat. No. 1, at the
bombardment of Algiers. He was superseded from
the Leander 19 June, 1818, and has since been on
half-pay.
Lieut. Muiiro married, in Feb. 1822, Philadel-
?hia Jane Caroline, eldest daughter of the late
,ieut. -General Monro, of Edmondsham House,
Dorset, by whom he has issue a daughter. Agents
■ — Hallett and Robinson.
MUNTON. (LlEETENANT, 1844.)
William Anthonv MnNTON passed his examina-
tion 7 Oct. 1835 ; and was for several years em-
ployed in the Mediterranean, as Mate, in the
Inconstant 36, Capts. Daniel Pring and Fred.
Thos. Michell. On 8 Nov. 1844, while serving on
board the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David
Milne at Devonport, he was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant. He was re-appointed to the Cale-
donia, in the capacity of Additional-Lieutenant,
11 Dec. following ; and he was next, from 4 Jan.
1845 until the close of 1846, stationed on the coast
of Africa in the AcTiEON 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel.
MURIEL. (Lieutenant, 1812. r-p., 12; h-p.,oO.)
William Muriel, bom 7 Blay, 1794, at Ely, co.
Cambridge, is son of Robt. Muriel, Esq., Surgeon.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Aug. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hero 74, Capts. Hon.
Alan Hyde Gardner and John Poo Beresford. On
4 Nov. following he fought in Sir Rich. Strachan's
action with the four line-of-battle ships escaped
from Trafalgar ; and on 13 March, 1806, he wit-
nessed the capture of the Marengo 80, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate
Belle Poule. After a servitude of 17 months in the
Channel on board the Dragon 74, he rejoined his
first Commander, then Kear-Admiral Gardner, in
the Bellerophon 74 ; in the boats of which ship,
on her arrival in the Baltic, we find him in perpetual
contact with the enemy's gun-boats, batteries, &c.
While next attached, between June, ISIO, and Sept.
1812, to the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Chas.
Cotton, and Eclair sloop, Capts. Wm. Gregory,
John Bellamy, and Fairfax Moresbj', he saw much
similar service in the Adriatic. On 15 of the
month last mentioned he became Acting-Lieutenant
of tlie Mermaid 32, armee-en-flvte^ commanded by
the present Sir David Dunn, with whom (the ap-
pointment being confirmed by commission dated 5
Dec. 1812) he continued until Nov. 1814. He took
Eart, in consequence, in the siege of Trieste (where
e served on shore and in the boats), also in the
attack upon Leghorn, and in the capture of Genoa.
His last appointment was, 2 Oct. 1817, to the Bul-
wark 74, Capts. Geo. M'Kinley, Sam. Warren, Fras.
Newcombe, and Alex. Skene; from wliich ship,
stationed at Shecrness, he was lent to the Royal
Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen,
for the purpose of escorting the Duke and Duchess
of Clarence from Dunkerque to England. He has
been on half-pay since 1820.
Lieut. Muriel married, in 1828, Miss Catherine
M. Alexander, of London, and by that lady has
issue a son and two daughters. ,
HURLEY. (CoMMANDEii,1813. f-p.,13; h-p.,33.)
William Murlet entered the Navy, in Jan.
1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Belleisle 74,
Capts. Wm. Domett, Chas. Boyles, John Whitby,
and Wm. Hargood. In that ship, of which he was
created Midshipman in the following Sept., he con-
tinued employed until Jan. 1806 ; serving at first m
the Channel and Mediterranean, then accompanying
Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in pursuit
of the combined fleets, and finally participating, as
Signal-Midshipman, in the action ofi' Cape Trafalgar
21 Oct. 1805. In Jan. 1807 he sailed for Buenos
Ayres in the Thisbe 28, Capt. Lewis Shepheard ;
and on his arrival he was received on board the
Diadem 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Stir-
ling. He was thus afibrded an opportunity of wit-
nessing, again as Signal-Midshipman, the unsuc-
cessful attack upon Buenos Ayres, and the other
operations which immediately preceded the evacua^
tion of Spanish America. On his return to England
he successively joined, in the early part of 1808, the
Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, and
Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship of Lord Gambier,
both lying at Chatham. He was made Lieutenant,
29 June in the same year, into the Crocus 14,
Capts. Robt. Merrick Fowler, Hon. Wm. Walpole,
Rich. Buck, and John Bellamy ; and next appointed,
18 Dec. 1810 and 8 May, 1811, to the Medusa 32,
Capt. Hoir. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, and Ca-
ledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew.
When First of the Crocus, we find him commanding
a flat-bottomed gun-boat at the siege of Flushing in
1809 : he served, in the Medusa, off Bordeaux ; and
in the Caledonia he was present in a partial action
with the Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813. He left the
last-mentioned ship in Jan. 1814, having been
awarded the rank of Commander on 29 of the pre-
ceding October ; and he has since been on half-pay.
He married, in June, 1815, Miss Mary Murley, a
lady by whom he has issue six children.
MURRAY. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 5.)
Alexander Murray entered the Navy, 26 March,
1819, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cherokee 10,
Capt. Theobald Jones ; and in the course of the
same year sailed, as Midshipman of the Leander
60, flag-ship of Bon. Sir Henry Blackwood, for the
East Indies ; where, in Aug. 1822, he joined the
Sophie 18, Capts. Geo. French, Geo. Fred. Byves,
and Edw. Blanckley. Uniting, in 1824, in the hos-
tilities against Ava, he found frequent opportunity
of distinction, and was present, in the course of
that year, at the occupation of Pegu and the capture
and defence of Rangoon. He also, in 1825, served
in the Sophie's boats when the British advanced up
the River Irawady ; and he came into contact with
the enemy at Panlang, Donoobew, and Meaday,
In Feb. 1826 he returned to England, -as Mate, in
the LiFEEY 50, Commodore Coe. After he had
further served in that capacity on the Mediterra-
nean and Home stations in the Asia 84, flag-ship of
Sir Edw. Codrington, Gloucester 74, Capts. Joshua
Sydney Horton and Henry Stuart, Ferret 10,
Capt. Thos. Hastings, and Asia again, bearing the
flag of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, he was promoted, 6
July, 1829, to a Lieutenancy in the Mastiff sur-
veying-vessel, Capt. Rich. Copeland, whom he fol-
lowed, early in 1830, into tTie Meteor. He came
home in Dec. 1831, and was next appointed — 2 Dec.
1834, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings— 20 July, 1835, as
Gunnery-Lieutenant, to the Russell 74, Capt. Sir
Wm. Henry Dillon, off Lisbon — and, 11 Feb. 1837,
in a similar capacity, to the Princess Charlotte
104, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Eobt. Stopford,
again in the Mediterranean. For his services during
the campaign in Syria, including the capture of St.
Jean d'Acre, he was promoted to the rank of Com-
mander 4 Nov. 1840. When off Beyrout, in the
preceding Sept., he had been sent on shore, with a
flag-of-truce and a letter addressed by Sir R. Stop-
I ford and the French Rear-Admiral Baudiera, to
800
MURRAY.
Soliman Pasha.* He obtained an appointment, 26
Dec. 1840, to the Htdea steamer, on the North
America and "West India station, whence he returned
to England and was paid off about Aug. 1842 ; and
since 13 March, 1846, he has been in command of
the Favorite 14, on the coast of Africa. Agents
— Messrs. Stilwell.
MURRAY. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Adgustus Chakles Murray, born 16 Dec. 1815,
is eldest son of the late Hon. Alex. Murray, a Lieu-
tenant-Colonel in the Army, by Deborah, daughter
of Robt. Hunt, Esq., Commander-in-Chief of the
Bahamas ; and grandson of John, fourth Earl of
Dunmore, Governor, successively, of New York and
Virginia, and Captain-General of the Bahama Is-
lands. He is brother of Virginias Murray, an officer
in the Army ; brother-in-law of Prince Louis Sta-
nislas Kotska de la Tremouille ; and first-cousin of
Commander Jack Henry Murray, R.N.
This ofttcer entered the Navy 19 Jan. 1827 ; passed
his examination 8 Aug. 1835 ; and was subsequently
appointed Mate of the Dolphin 3, Lieut.-Commander
Edw. Littlehales, on the coast of Africa ; where, on
the morning of 30 May, 1841, with the gig and
cutter under his orders (the latter commanded by
Mr. John Fletcher Rees, Second-Master), he suc-
ceeded, after a pull of two hours and a half, a fierce
struggle of twenty minutes, and a loss to the British,
out of 15 men, of 2 killed and 3 wounded, in cap-
turing the Firme slaver, of 170 tons. Although
knocked back into his boat by the butt end of a
musket, which broke his collar-bone, he was the
first to board the vessel, in effecting which his left
hand was nearly severed at the wrist by the stroke
of a cutlass ; another blow was made at his head,
but this he fortunately parried, hewing his opponent
down. We may add that, determined not to be
taken by an English man-of-war's boats, the enemy
had bestowed great attention on their arms, and
had adopted every precaution in the arrangement
of their vessel. As a reward for his gallantry Mr.
Murray was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1
Oct. in the same year.f His appointments have
since been — 14 Deo. 1842 and 17 June, 1844, to the
Spiteful steam-sloop and Pelican 16, Capts. Wm,
Maitland and Philip Justice, both in the East Indies,
whence he returned to England and was paid off in
the early part of 1845 — 6 Dec. in the latter year, as
First, to the Terrible steam-frigate, of 800-horse
power, Capt. Wm. Ramsay, employed on particular
service— and, 20 March, 1847, as Additional, to the
HiBERNiA 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the
Mediterranean, where he continues.
Lieut. Murray, in consideration of his wounds,
receives a pension of 45^. 12s. 6t/. per annum.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
MURRAY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Augustus George Ernest Murray, born in 1823,
is eldest son (by Ruperta Catherine, only child of
the late Sir Geo. Wright, Bart.) of the Rev. Edw.
Murray, Vicar of Northolt, co. Middlesex, grandson
of John, third Duke of AthoU. He is nephew of
the Bishop of Rochester, of the late Countess of
Ilchester, and of Hon. Amelia Matilda Murray,
Maid of Honour to the Queen ; and cousin of Capt.
Jas. Arthur Murray, R.N.
This ofBoer passed his examination 21 Aug. 1844 ;
and at the period of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, 9 Nov. 1846, had been serving for a few
months in the Channel as Mate of the St. Vincent
120, Commodore Sir Fras. Augustus Collier. He
has since been on half-pay.
MURRAY. (Lieut,, 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 29.)
Francis Aberdeen Murray was born 21 Dec.
1795.
This ofBcer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capt.
Andrew King, in which ship, bearing the successive
flags of Admirals Sir Rich. John Strachan, Sir Thos
* Viie Gaz. 1840, p. 2226. f V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 2688-9.
Williams, and Philip Chas. Durham, he assisted, on
arriving with the Earl of Chatham in the Scheldt,
at the bombardment of Flushing, and was employed,
as Midshipman, in various parts of the North Sea
and Mediterranean until May, 1812. Joining then
the Ganymede 26, Capt. John Brett Purvis, he saw
much boat and other service on the east coast of
Spain, and was present, in June, 1813, at the siege
of Tarragona. On 21 of the month last mentioned,
while attempting to cut out a French privateer, he
received a ball in the left breast, which passed
through the lungs, shattered the shoulder-blade,
and came out at the back. On his return to Eng-
land, after visiting the Adriatic and Bermuda, he
followed Capt. Purvis, as Master's-Mate, into the
Amphion 32, and Magicienne 36. In Oct. 1815 he
took up a commission bearing date 6 of the pre-
ceding July. His last appointment was, 4 March,
1816, to the Griffon 14, Capts. Geo. Hewson, Jas.
Arthur Murray, and Wm. Elliot Wright, fitting for
the St. Helena station, whence he came home and
was paid off in Sept. 1818. Agents — Messrs. Stil-
well.
MURRAY. (Lieutenant, 1847.;)
George Don Murray is a relation, we believe,
of Lord Elibank.
This officer, while serving as Midshipman of the
North Star 26, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home,
commanded a subdivision of seamen, and was se-
verely wounded, in an attack made in Jan. 1846 on
a pah belonging to a rebel chief named Kawiti, at
Ruapikapika, in New Zealand, which was assaulted
and carried in a most gallant manner, after a severe
action of four hours.* As a reward for his conduct
he was presented, as soon as he had passed his ex-
amination, with a commission dated 9 Nov. 1847.
He has been employed, since 10 of the following
Dec, in the Prince Regent 90, Capt. Wm. Fan-
shawe Martin.
MURRAY. (Captain, 1841.)
The Honourable Henkt Anthony Murray,
born 10 Jan. 1810, is third and youngest son of
George, fifth Earl of Dunmore, by Lady Susan
Hamilton, third daughter of Archibald, ninth Duke
of Hamilton and Brandon.
This officer entered the Navy 30 Nov. 1823;
passed his examination in 1829 ; and obtained his
first commission 31 Jan. 1831. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — 28 Nov. 1831, to the Revenge 78,
Capt. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, off Lisbon — 19
July, 1833, to the Endymion 50, Capt. Sir Sam.
Roberts, lying at Plymouth— 7 Feb. 1834, to the
Tyne 28, Capt. Lord Viscount Ingestre, under
whom he was for three years employed in the Medi-
terranean— and, 6 Feb. 1838, as Senior-Lieutenant,
to the Modeste 18, Capt. Harry Eyres, on the
Home station. He acquired the rank of Commander
28 June in the latter year ; and, from 26 Dec. 1840,
until paid off in the spring of 1842, served in that
capacity, again in the Mediterranean, on board the
Wasp 16. He was advanced to his present rank
23 Nov. following, but has not been since afioat.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
MURRAY. (Commander, 1841.)
Jack Henry Murray, born 26 July, 1810, is
eldest son of Hon. Granville Leveson Keith Murray,
of the Madras Civil Service (fourth son of John,
fourth Earl of Dunmore, successively Governor of
New York and Virginia, and Captain-General of
the Bahama Islands), by his second wife, the widow
of John Thursley, Esq., also of the Civil Service at
Madras. He is brother of Capt. Sam. Hood Murray,
of the 67th Regt. ; nephew of Capt. Hon. John
Murray, who commanded the Franchise 36, and
died 1 July, 1805 ; and first-cousin of Lieut. Au-
gustus Chas. Murray, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 7 May, 1824 ; passed
his examination in 1830 ; acquired the rank of
Lieutenant 14 June, 18.33 ; and was afterwards ap-
• Firfe Gaz, 1846, p. 2346.
MUERAY.
801
pointed— 22 May, 1834, to the Tribune 24, Capt.
Jas. Tomkinson, fitting for tlie Mediterranean,
whence he returned to England and was paid off in
the early part of 1838— and, 28 Sept. in the latter
year, as Senior, to the Rover 18, Capts. Thos.
Matthew Chas. Symonds and Chas. Keele, with
whom he served in North America and the West
Indies until advanced to his present rank, 23 Nov.
1841. He has since been unemployed. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
MURRAY. (LiEDT., 1802. r-p., 25;* h-p., 28.)
James MuiiKAr entered the Navy, in 1794, as
a Volunteer, on board the Seaelowek 16, Lieut.-
Gommander Jas. Murray, employed on the Home
station, where, we believe, he assisted, as Midship-
man, at the capture, 19 March, 1800, of the Chaser
French privateer, of 14 guns and 37 men. Pro-
ceeding soon afterwards to the West Indies in the
Severn 44, Capts. John Whitby and Geo. Barker,
he was there, some months after his removal to the
Leviathan 74, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duck-
worth, promoted, 4 Dec. 1802, to a Lieutenancy in
the Stork 18, Capts. Fred. Cottrell and Geo. Le
Geyt. On 23 May, 1805, being sent with two boats,
carrying between them 18 men, under the orders
of Lieut. Geo. Robinson, into a harbour near Cape
Roxo, in the island of Puerto Rico, Mr. Murray
assisted in gallantly boarding and capturing a brig,
together with a Dutch privateer, the Antelope,
pierced for 5 guns, the two vessels being defended
by at least 40 men.f In this affair lie was slightly
wounded. On 3 Sept. 1806 we find him officially
mentioned for the great assistance he afforded, as
chief of a detached party under the direction of
Capt, Edw. Rashwork, of the Superieure brig, at
the storming of a battery containing 6 long 18-
pounders, mounted on travelling carriages, at Bata-
bano, in the island of Cuba, and the seizure of a
number of armed and other vessels there collected.j
After serving for a few months in the Intrepid 64,
Capts. Christopher John Williams Nesham and Geo.
Andrews, he obtained command, 30 Dec. 1809, of
the Exertion gun-brig, in which vessel, it appears,
he continued, on the North Sea station, until July,
1812, when she unfortunately took the ground in
the river Elbe, and was in consequence destroyed
by H.M.S. Redbreast. Between May, 1813, and
Oct. 1815, Mr. Murray was again employed in the
West Indies, on board the Sha rk sloop and Argo
44, bearing each the flag of Vice-Admiral Chas.
Stirling, and Thracian 18, Capt. John Carter.
In June, 1820, he received an appointment to the
Coast Guard ; and, from 9 March, 1843, until 1847,
he served at Sheerness in the Ocean 80, Capts.
Peter Fisher, Rich. Arthur, and David Price.
In consideration of the wound above noticed the
Lieutenant was presented with a gratuity from
the Patriotic Fund. Agent — Fred. Dufaur.
MUERAY. (fflsjltam, 1816. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 28.)
James Arthur Murray, born 10 March, 1790, is
only son of the late Lord Wm. Murray, by Mary
Ann, daughter of Jas. Hodges, Esq. ; grandson of
John, third Duke of Atholl, who, in 1763, disposed
of the sovereignty of the Isle of Man to the British
Government for 70,000^. ; and nephew of George,
late Bishop of Rochester. He is cousin of Lieut. -
Colonel Rich. Murray, who died in Oct. 1843 ; and
of the present Lieuts. A. G. E. Murray and C. M.
Aynsley, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 June, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Chipfonne 36, Capt.
Chas. Adam, in which frigate, after having been
for some time employed in blockading a French
corvette and brig on the coast of Norway, he assisted
(in company with the Falcon sloop. Clinker gun-
brig, and Frances armed cutter) in driving on
shore under the batteries of Fecamp, 10 June,
1805, a division of the French flotilla, consisting of
2 corvettes and 15 gun-vessels, carrying in all 51
• Independently of the time he passed in the Coast Guard,
t Fide Oax. 1805, p. 772. J K Gaz. 1806, p. 1637.
guns, 4 8-inch mortars, and 3 field-pieces, accom-
panied by 14 transports. In the following Sept.,
six months after he had obtained the rating of
Midshipman, he removed with Capt. Adam to the
Resistance 38, and was in consequence afforded
an opportunity of witnessing the surrender, 13
March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag
of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle
Poule. In the course of 1808 we find him engaged
in escorting a large body of general officers to the
coast of Portugal, in embarking the wounded at
the battle of Vimeira, and in conveying the French
troops to Rochefort after the Convention of Cintra.
On his arrival in the West Indies in the Fylla 20,
Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, in March, 1809, he joined
the Neptune 98, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex.
Cochrane, under whom, in the ensuing April, he
served at the capture of the Saintes Islands and the
74^gun ship cCHaupoidt. Being made Lieutenant,
25 Sept. in the same year, into the St. Christopher
12, Capt. Fras. Smith, he was subsequently ap-
pointed, in that capacity — 16 May, 1810, to the
Unicorn 32, Capts. Alex. Bobt. Kerr and Geo.
Burgoyne Salt, stationed off the north coast of
Spain, where he contributed to the capture of many
vessels— 17 Aug. 1812 (after three months of half-
pay), to the America 74, Capt. Josias Rowley, in
which ship he aided at the blockade of Toulon,
also in bringing off the troops from Tarragona, and
in the unsuccessful attack upon Leghorn— and, 28
Dec. 1813, to the Swallow 18, Capt. Edw. Reynolds
Sibly. On the receipt, in Feb. 1814, of his second
promotal commision, bearing date 6 Dec. 1813, Capt.
Murray assumed command of the Scout 18, likewise
in the Mediterranean, on which station and in the
Channel he continued until paid off 22 Sept. 1815.
His next appointment was, 14 May, 1816, to the
Greffon 16, at St. Helena. He was there nomi-
nated, 20 Sept. 1816, Acting-Captain of the Spbt
20, and in that vessel, to which he was confirmed
15 Nov. following, he continued until put out of
commission 21 Nov. 1817. Being invested, 14 Aug.
1824, with the command of the Atholl 28, he
effected the capture, on the western coast of Africa,
of six slavers, carrying in the whole about 1000
negroes; and, besides serving at Rangoon during
the close of the Burmese wax, was employed in the
suppression of piracy on the east coast of Africa.
He paid the Atholl off 19 Oct. 1827, and accepted
the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Murray married, first, 13 Dec. 1821, Har-
riet, youngest daughter of Wm. Coupland, Esq., of
St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, by whom (who died in
1829) he had issue three sons and two daughters ;
and secondly, 3 May, 1838, Julia, daughter of the
late John Delme, Esq., of Cain's Hall, Fareham,
Hants. By the latter lady he has had five other
children. Agent — John P. Muspratt.
MURRAY. (Retired Commander, 1840. F-p.,
11; H-p., 46.)
James Copland Murray, bom 12 May, 1774,
is eldest son of Alex. Murray, Esq., proprietor of
the lands of Inglosten, and feudal superior of the
Lordship of that ilk.
This oficer entered the Navy, in July, 1790, as a
Supernumerary, on board the Berwick 74, Capt.
Benj. Caldwell, fitting at Portsmouth, and in the
following Oct. removed to the Hind 28, Capt. Hon.
Alex. Inglis Cochrane, attached to the force in the
North Sea. Between the summer of 1793 and the
date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
11 July, 1797, we find him serving as Midshipman,
principally on the Home station, in the Spitfire
sloop, Capts. Philip Chas. Durham and Jas. Cook,
Hind again, Capts. P. C. Durham and Rich. Lee,
and Union 44, also commanded by Capt. Durham.
In the latter ship he took part in Lord Bridport's
action with the French fleet off He de Groix, 23
June, 1795, then accompanied the expedition sent
under Sir John Borlase Warren to co-operate with
the Royalists in Quiberon Bay, and witnessed the
surrender, in March, 1796, of L'Etoile French
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MURRAY— MUSTON—NAGLE-NAPIER.
frigate of 30 guns. On the occasion of his promo-
tion as above he joined the Pokcdpine 24, Capt.
Chas. Dudley Pater, with whom he continued until
captured, while employed, we believe, on a detached
service. On his restoration to liberty in March,
1799, he was appointed to the Wassenaar 64,
commanded in the Channel and Baltic by Capt.
Chas. Craven. He was next, from Jan. 1800 to
Feb. 1801, en^loyed in the Mediterranean on board
the Inflexibi^e 64, amwe-eTL-jiute^ Capt. Benj. "Wm.
Page. Unable to procure any further appointment,
he accepted the rank of Retired-Commander on the
Junior List 26 Nov. 1830. His promotion to the
Senior took place 13 July, 1840.
Independently of many cutting-out affairs, Com-
mander Murray, during the term of his servitude
afloat, was five times in action with the enemy.
He married, 9 May, 1805, his cousin Helen, eldest
daughter of Thos. Hunter, Esq., of Kirkconnell, by
whom he has issue seven sons and two daughters.
MURRAY. (Commander, 1841.)
John Halliburton Murray entered the Navy
7 August, 1822 ; passed his examination in 1828 ;
and obtained his first commission 22 March, 1832.
His succeeding appointments were — 8 March, 1833,
to the Ariadne 28, Capt. Chas. Phillips, on the
North America and West India station — 7 Aug.
1834, to the Raleigh 16, Capt. Michael Quin, in
the East Indies, where he was superseded about
June, 1835—27 Oct.' 1836, to the Samahang 28,
Capt. Wm. Broughton, fitting at Portsmouth — 7
Feb. 1837, to the Tweed 20, Capt. Hon. Fred.
Thos. Pelham, employed on particular service — and
(the latter vessel having been paid off at the close
of 1838), 29 July and 1 Oct. 1840, to the Howe 120
and Camperdown 104, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir
Henry Digby at Sheemeas. Since his last promo-
tion, which took place 14 Dec. 1841, Commander
Murray has been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs.
Chard.
MURRAY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.)
William Hamilton Murray was bom 20 June,
1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 April, 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Chiefonne 36, Capt.
Chas. Adam ; in which, ship, when in company with
the Falcon sloop, Clinkek gun-brig, and Frances
armed cutter, we find him assisting at the destruc-
tion, after a chase of nine hours, attended with some
loss to the British from the incessant fire of the
forts along shore, of a division of the French flotilla,
consisting of two corvettes and 15 gun-vessels, car-
rying in all 51 guns, 4 8-inch mortars, and 3 field-
pieces, accompanied by 14 transports, under the
batteries of Fecamp. On removing with Capt.
Adam to the Resistance 38, he witnessed the cap-
ture, 13 March, 1806, of the French 80-gun ship
Marengo, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois,
and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. After a servitude
of nearly three years as Midshipman, on the Home
and Baltic stations, in the Pilot sloop, Capt. Hon.
Wm. Walpole, and Ardent 64, Capts. Jas. Giles
Vashon and Robt. Honyman, Mr. Murray, in Sept.
1810, joined the Imperieuse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry
Duncan, under whom it was his fortune to see a
vast deal of active service in the Mediterranean.
On 2 Nov. 1811 he participated, in conjunction with
the Thames 32, in the gallant capture and destruc-
tion of 10 gun-boats and 22 richly-laden feluccas,
defended by a strong tower and two batteries in
the harbour of Palinuro on the coast of Calabria,
at which place the British were opposed by a land-
force of 700 men. He next contributed, 27 June,
1812, to the destruction of a French convoy and of
the batteries at Languelia and Alassio— was also
present, 17 Aug. in the same year, in a spirited skir-
mish with a powerful Neapolitan squadron in the
Bay of Naples— and, in 1813-14, witnessed the cap-
ture of Port d' Anzo, and the operations against
Leghorn and Genoa. He left the Imperieuse about
July, 1814 ; and was next, from that period until
April, 1815, employed in the North Sea on board the
Larne 20 and Dee 24, both commanded by Capt.
John Wm. Andrew. He then took up a commission
bearing date 4 Feb. in the latter year, but has not
been since afloat.
Lieut. Murray married 7 July, 1835, and has issue
MUSTON. (Retired Captain, 1840. p-p., 12;
H-p., 39.)
Thomas Goldwter Muston entered the Navy
24 July, 1796, as Midshipman, on board, we believe,
the Iris 32, Capt. Thos. Surridge, with whom, after
serving for 12 months in the North Sea, he sailed
in 1797 for India as Master's Mate of the Leopard
50, and there, in May, 1802, followed him into the
Trident 64 ; of which ship, bearing for some time
the flag of Admiral Rainier, he became an acting
and a confirmed Lieutenant 31 March, 1803, and 4
July, 1804. His succeeding appointments were —
8 Sept. 1804, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier,
also in the East Indies, where his health soon
obliged him to invalid— 19 Aug. and 24 Nov. 1806,
to the Spartan 38, and Africa 64, Capts. Geo.
Astle and Wm. Henry Bayntun, on the Home and
South American stations — and, 28 Jan. and 8 Aug.
1808, to the Victory 100, and Caledonia 120, flag-
ships at the Nore and in the Channel of Sir Jas.
Saumarez and Lord Gambler. For the distin-
guished manner in which he conducted the Har-
mony fire-vessel, at the destruction of the French
shipping in Alx Roads, Lieut. Muston was promoted,
on the recommendation of Lord Cochrane, to the
command, 11 April, 1809, of the Doterel 18. In
that sloop he served off Lisbon until the ensuing
Sept. In 1810 he was again ordered to India to
join Vice-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury on promo-
tion. Finding, however, on his arrival that that
gallant officer had just expired, he was under the
necessity of returning to England without having
received any appointment. It was afterwards pro-
posed to send him on Admiralty promotion to the
West Indies ; but this offer the state of his health
obliged him to decline. Unable subsequently to
procure employment, he accepted, 10 Sept. 1840, the
rank he now holds.
Capt. Muston married, in 1816, Susanna Eliza,
daughter of Nathaniel Godbold, Esq., of London.
Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
N.
NAGLE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Archibald Nagle entered the Navy, 2 Sept.
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sove-
reign 100, Capts. Mark Robinson, John Conn, Edw.
Rotheram, and Fras. Pender ; and after sharing
under the flag of Vice-Admiral Collingwood in the
action off Cape Trafalgar, removed, in Jan. 1806, to
the Renown 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, em-
ployed at first off Rochefort and then in the Medi-
terranean ; where, in Oct. 1809, he witnessed, as
Midshipman, the self-destruction of the French
ships of the line Bohuste and Lion. Joining next, in
March, 1810, the Nisus 38, Capt. Philip Beaver, he
assisted under that officer at the reduction of the
Isles of France and Java. On leaving the Nisus he
served for a short time in the spring of 1813 in the
Lion 64, Capt. Henderson Bain, at the Cape of
Good Hope. He attained the rank of Lieutenant
14 March, 1815; arid was afterwards, in 1829-30,
employed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Ramtllies and Talavera 74's,
Capt. Hugh Pigot. He has since been on half-pay.
Agents — Goode and liawrence.
NAPIER, K.C.B., G.C.T.S., K.M.T., K.S.G.,
K.R.E. (Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
F-p., 20 ; H-p., 28.)
Siu CHARLF.S Napier, born 6 March, 1786, is
eldest son of Hon. Chas. Napier, of Merchistoun
Hall, CO. Stirling, Captain R.N., who died 19 Dec.
' 1807, by Ms second wife. Christian, daughter of
NAPIER.
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■ Gabriel Hamilton, Esq., of Westburn, eo. Lanark.
He is grandson by a first marriage of Francis, fiftli
Lord Napier; brother of Thos. Erskine Napier, a
Colonel in the Army; and cousin, with the present
Capt. Henry Edw. Napier, K.N., of Lord Napier,
Captain R.N., who died Chief Commissioner for
regulating the trade with China 11 Oct. 1834.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1799, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Martin sloop, Capt.
- Hon. Matthew St. Clair, employed in the North
Sea. Kemoving in the spring of 1800 to the Re-
nown 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, he
accompanied, in the course of that year, the expe-
dition to Ferrol, and proceeded next to the Medi-
terranean, where, in Nov. 1802, he became Mid-
shipman of the Greyhound 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste.
On his return from a visit to St. Helena in the
Egyptienne 40, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone
Fleeming, he successively joined, in 1804-5, the Me-
diator and Benommbe frigates, commanded, the
latter off Boulogne, by Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone.
He was made Lieutenant, 30 Nov. 1805, into the
CoonAOEUx 74, Capts. Rich. Lee and Jas. Bissett,
part of the squadron under Sir J. B. Warren at
the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the French 80-gun
ship Marengo, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois,
and 40-gun frigate BelU Poule ; and in March, 1807,
being then in the West Indies in the Prince George
98, Capt. Geo. Losack, he was nominated Acting-
Commander of the PuLTDSK brig ; to which vessel
the Admiralty confirmed him 30 Nov. following.
On 17 July, 1808, we find Capt. Napier (he had pre-
viously witnessed the reduction of the Danish
islands St. Thomas and Ste. Croix) assisting in the
boats under the command of Lieut. Jas. Robertson
(now Walker) of the Fawn sloop, to whom he had
surrendered the conduct of the enterprise, at the
cutting-out of a Spanish merchant-vessel lying at
the N.E. end of Puerto Rico under the protection
of two batteries, the guns in one of which, on the
party landing, were spiked and rendered unservice-
able. In Aug. of the same year he removed to the
Recruit brig of 18 gims ; in which vessel, on 6 of
the ensuing month, he fought a very smart action
with, and in the end put to flight, the Diligente
French corvette of 22 guns and 140 men, after hav-
ing, however, had his mainmast shot away, many of
his carronades dismounted, one of his men killed,
and himself* and several others wounded. In Feb.
1809 he assisted at the reduction of Martinique,
where he won distinction, and considerably short-
ened the siege, by the manner in which, with only
5 men, he landed, scaled the walls, and, in open
day, planted the union-jack on the ramparts of Fort
Edward, separated about 100 yards from Fort
Bourbon ; and in the next April, during Sir Alex-
ander Cochrane's pursuit of three French ships of
the line, which lasted upwards of two days, and ter-
minated in the capture of the d'Haupoult 74, he
signalized himself by the proximity he kept to the
enemy, although fired at from all their stern-chase
guns, and by his efforts in doing all he could to cut
away their masts and rigging.f So fully did the
Commander-in-Chief appreciate the gallantry dis-
played by Capt. Napier, that he at once posted him
into the prize, an act which the Admiralty sanc-
tioned by a commission dated 22 May, 1809. In the
following summer Capt. Napier returned with con-
voy to England in the Jason frigate, but he did not
again go afloat until 1811, in the early part of which
year he obtained an appointment to the Thames
32. 1 On 21 of the ensuing July, uniting with the
Cephalus brig, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford,
he succeeded, with a degree of gallantry that re-
flected much honour on him, in silencing the fire of
a flotilla of 11 gun-boats, together with a felucca,
• Although his thigh was broken he refused to leave the
dfck.
■ + Vide Gia.. 1809, p. 711.
J During the interval which elapsed between his leaving
the Jason and his appointment to the Thames, Capt. Napier
served a campaign with the army in Portugal, as a volunteer,
ond was agam wounded. He was present at the battle of
Buaaco.
carrying in the whole 13 guns and 280 men, moored
across the harbour of Porto del Infreschi, on the
coast of Italy, and also that of a round tower, and
of a body of musketry on the adjacent hills ; after
which the boats of the two ships, under Capt.
Clifford, brought out," as well the vessels of war as
a convoy of 14 merchantmen and 34 spars, the
latter intended for a ship of the line and frigate at
Naples.* On 1 Nov. 1811, in command of his own
boats and those of the Impebieuse 38, Capt. Napier
landed with 250 men belonging to the 62nd Regt.,
under Major Edw. Dailey, at the back of the har-
bour of Palinuro, where, setting an animating ex-
ample, he immediately ascended the heights and
assisted in carrying them in a very gallant style,
under a heavy fire from the enemy, who had as-
sembled in force to oppose the attack, and who soon
after dark endeavoured to regain their position, but
were instantly compelled to retire.t The next day,
returning on board his ship, he aided in effecting
the capture and destruction of 10 gun-boats, of 22
richly-laden feluccas assembled on the beach, and
of a battery of 24-pounders protecting them. The
coolness, judgment, and intrepidity he displayed
throughout the whole of the above affair met, it is
scarcely requisite to add, the entire approbation of
Sir Edw. Pellew, the Commander-in-Chief. He
subsequently, 14 May, 1812, attacked the port of
Sapri, where, previously to the capture of 28 vessels
laden with oil, he contrived, supported by the
Pilot sloop, to enforce the discretionary surrender
of a strong battery and tower, mounting 2 32-
pounders, with an officer and 38 men, whom, in
consideration of their brave defence (having suf-
fered themselves to be battered for two hours within
pistol-shot), he allowed to march out with the
honours of war j On 26 Feb. 1813, being in com-
pany with the FuRiEDSE 36, and having on board
the second battalion of the 10th Regt., under
Lieut.-Col. John Pine Coffin, Capt. Napier, in a
most masterly manner, and without loss, took pos-
session of the island of Ponza, notwithstanding that
in the attempt he was exposed to the fire of four
batteries and a tower, mounting 10 24 and 18-
pounders, 2 12-pounders, and 2 9-inch mortars.§
On his removal, soon afterwards, to the Euryalus
36, we find his judicious arrangements enabling
him, with the aid of his boats, to make prize, 16
May, 1813, of La Fortune national xebec, carrying
10 long 9-pounders, 4 swivels, and 95 men, together
with upwards of 20 merchant-vessels, lying in
Cavalarie road. During the proximate winter he
simultaneously drove on shore, in Calvi Bay, the
Balleine French store-ship, of 22 guns and 120 men,
and compelled a gaberre of 30 guns and 150 men,
laden with stores, and a national schooner of the
largest class to seek refuge under the land-batteries.
After this he proceeded, in company with a squa-
dron, under the orders of Capt. Andrew King, and
a fleet of transports, to North America. On his
arrival he took part in the brilliant expedition
against Alexandria, and rendered such effective
service that Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, the conduct-
ing officer, declared in his despatches " that he
owed him more obligations than he had words to
express." II In the subsequent operations against
Baltimore, Capt. Napier was sent with a division of
boats up the Ferry branch of the Fatapsco river,
for the purpose of causing a diversion favourable
to the intended assault upon the enemy's entrenched
camp at the opposite side of the city. The object
of this mission he fully accomplished. In June,
1815, the EuKYALus was paid off; and on 4 of that
month her gallant commander was nominated a
C.B. He was not, however, again called into
activity until 8 Jan. 1829, from which period until
the early part of 1832 he was employed on par-
ticular service in the Galatea 42. In 1833 he
succeeded Admiral Sartorius in the command of
* Vide Gai. 1811, p. 1863. -f V. Gaz. 1812, p. 143.
I V. Gaz. 1812, p. 1396-7.' j V. Gai. 1813, i. 1146
II V. Gaz. 1814, p. 2081.— While in the Potomac the Eo--
ETALUs, in a tremendous squall, lost her bowsprit and all hep
topmasts, but in twelve hours was again ready for work
5 K 2
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NAPIER.
Don Pedro's fleet, and gained a signal victory orer
the more numerous and powerful armament of Don
Miguel off Cape St. Vincent ; an achievement for
which he was rewarded with the title of Count Cape
St. Vincent, and with the grand cross of the order
of the Tower and Sword. On 1 Jan. 1839 Capt.
Napier obtained command of the Powebfdi. 84,
iitting for the Mediterranean ; where, hoisting in
1840 the broad pendant of Commodore, he became
second in command, under Admiral Hon. Sir Kobt.
Stopford, of the force engaged on the coast of
Syria, and added afresh to his already well-earned
fame. On 10 Sept. in that year he there effected a
landing at D'journie, at the head of a body of 1500
Turks and marines ; and in this, his first important
operation, he displayed such indefatigable zeal and
activity as to elicit the particular praise of his Ad-
miral.* In the course of the same month he de-
feated a body of the enemy at Kelbson.f and on
27, in the execution of a judicious and excellent
plan he had previously formed, he bombarded and
successfully stormed, with a force of not more than
900 allies and 500 Turks, the strong town of Sidon,
protected by a fort and citadel and a line of wall
defended by 2700 men, all of whom were made pri-
soners. On that occasion, at the head of the British
marines, he broke into the enemy's barracks, and
then obtained possession of the castle. J On 9 of
the following Oct. he had the fortune utterly to
rout an Egyptian force located, under Ibrahim
Pacha, in a strong position on the mountains near
Beyrout. The result of the forward movement
which had immediately preceded this success was
the surrender of Beyrout itself to the allies ; and
the effect of the victory the entire disorganization
and submission of the army of Soliman Pacha.
Thus, within one month from the date of the Com-
modore's original debarkation, had the whole
nearly of Lebanon been freed from its invaders ;
and, notwithstanding that the small body of men
with which he had at first landed had from time to
time decreased to half the number of which it had
then consisted, he had contrived to make about
5000 prisoners, and to gain over almost as many
deserters. § After co-operating in the memorable
attack upon St. Jean d'Acre, he proceeded to take
charge of the squadron off Alexandria,!] where
he landed and concluded a convention with Me-
hemet Ali. In acknowledgment of the distin-
guished part he had borne throughout the cam-
paign he was created a K.C.B. 4 Dec. 1840 ; he was
also included in the thanks of Parliament ; and was
presented, by the Emperors of Austria and Russia
and the King of Prussia, with the cross of the order
of Maria Theresa of Austria, the cross of the order
of St. George of Russia, and the insignia of the
second class of the order of the Red Eagle of Prus-
sia. In the spring of 1841 he returned to England ;
and, on 30 Nov. in that year, he was appointed a
Naval Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty. He had been
awarded, 1 Jan. 1837, the Captains' Good Service
Pension. He attained his present rank 9 Nov.
1846; and since 19 May, 1847, has been employed
on particular service, with his flag in the St. Vin-
cent 120.
In 1832 and 1837 Sir Chas. Napier unsuccessfully
contested the representation of Portsmouth and
Greenwich ; but in 1841 he was returned for Mary-
lebone. About the year 1828 he submitted to the
Admiralty the model of a ship afterwards placed in
the United Service Museum ; and in 1846 we find
him engaged in constructing the Sidon, a steam-
frigate of 560-horse power. Several articles from
the pen of Sir Charles have appeared in the pages
of the United Service Journal ; among which we
may notice, as published in 1832, his ' Observations
on the Construction and Qualities of the Vernon
and Castok, and Naval Architecture in General ;'
together with his ' Remarks on Steam- Vessels '
and his ' Remarks on the State of the Navy.' He
is the author, also, of ' An Account of the "War in
• Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2225. + V. Gaz. 1840, p. 2603.
X V. Gaz. 1840, p. 2r.04. j V. Gaz. 1840, pp. 2610-11.
II V. Gaz. 1840, p. 2987.
Portugal between Don Pedro and Don Miguel,'
published in 1836 ; and of ' The War in Syria,'
published in 1842. He married Eliza, daughter of
— Younghusband, Esq., and widow of Edwards
Elers, Esq., Lieutenant R.N., by whom he has issue
an only daughter. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
NAPIER. (Captain, 1841.)
Charles George Elers Napier was lost in
command of the Avenger steam-frigate, 20 Dec.
1847. He was son of the late Lieutenant Edwards
Elers, R.N. ; and step-son of Rear-Admiral Sir
Chas. Napier, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Dec. 1825 ; passed
his examination in 1831 ; obtained his first commis-
sion 28 Dec. 1832; joined, 26 March, 1834, the
North Star 28, Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt,
fitting at Portsmouth ; and, from 4 Oct. following
until paid off at the commencement of 1837, was
employed in the Mediterranean in the Vernon 50,
Capt. John M'Kerlie. Attaining the rank of Com-
mander 28 June, 1838, be served as such from 30
Oct. 1840 until posted, 1 Nov. 1841, in the Pelican
16, on the East India station. In July, 1842, being
at the time in China, he assisted as a volunteer at
the storming of Chin-Kiang-Foo.'*' He assumed
command, 20 Nov. 1847, of the Avenger steam-
frigate, of 650-horse power, and perished, as above,
on the Sorelle rocks, in the Mediterranean. Agents
— Hallett and Robinson.
NAPIER. (Lieutenant, 1842. f-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 1 .)
Gerard John Napier was bom 2 Nov. 1818.
This officer entered the Navy in Sept. 1831 ;
served two years at the Royal Naval College, and
nearly five in the West Indies on board the Racer
16, Capt. Jas. Hope ; passed his examination 3 Oct.
1838 ; and, between that period and the date of his
promotion, 28 Jan. 1842, was employed at Home
and in the Mediterranean in the Excellent gun-
nery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, Vangdabd 80,
Capt. Sir David Dunn, Britannia 120, flag-ship of
Sir John Acworth Ommanney, Powerful 84, Capt.
Geo. Mansel, and Lightning steamer, Master-Com-
mander Geo. Henry Karr Bowen. His appointments
have since been — 27 Aug. 1842, to the Orestes 18,
Capt. Edw. St. Leger Cannon, again in the Medi-
terranean— 10 Nov. 1846 (soon after the latter vessel
had been paid off), as Additional-Lieutenant, to the
President 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich.
Dacres at the Cape of Good Hope — and, 26 April,
1847, as Senior, to the Rosamond steam-sloop, of
287-horse power, Capt. John Poote, on the same
station, where he is now serving. Agents — Messrs.
Halford and Co.
NAPIER. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 15; h-p., 29.)
Henry Edward Napier, born 5 March, 1789, is
fifth son of the Hon. Geo. Napier, of Mercheston
Hall, N.B,, a Colonel in the Army and Comptroller
of Army Accounts in Ireland (who died 13 Oct.
1804), by Lady Sarah Lennox, seventh daughter of
Charles, second Duke of Richmond ; and grandson of
Francis, fifth Lord Napier, by his Lordship's second
marriage. He is brother of Lieut. -General Sir Chas.
Jas. Napier, G.C.B., the heroic Commander-in-Chief
in Scinde ; of Major-General Sir Geo. Thos. Napier,
K.C.B., Governor and Commander at the Cape of
Good Hope ; and of Major-General Wm. Fras. Pa-
trick Napier, C.B., Lleut.-Govemor of Jersey, and
author of the ' History of the Peninsular War.'
One uncle, Patrick, died a Captain R.N. 15 June,
1801 ; and another, James John, a Lieutenant R.M.,
was killed on board the Fox frigate in 1776.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy
5 May, 1803, and embarked, 20 Sept. 1806, asFst.-cI.
Vol., on board the Spencer 74, Capts. Hon. Robt.
Stopford and John Quilliam, in which ship, after
visiting the Cape of Good Hope, he enacted a Mid-
shipman's part in the expedition against Copen-
hagen, and assisted at the destruction of Fleokeroe
Castle, on the coast of Norway. From Dec. 1803
• Viie Gaz. 1842, p. 3404.
NARES— NASH— NASON.
805
until Sept. 1811 he served in the East Indies on
hoard the Clokinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, Rhssel
74, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Wm. O'Brien
Drury, and Diomede 50, Capt. Hugh Cook. While
in the last-mentioned ship, of which he had heen
ordered to act as Lieutenant 31 Oct. 1809, he was
officially promoted by commission dated 4 May,
1810. His next appointments were, in the course
of 1812-13, to the Chatham 74, Capt. Graham
Moore, Minerva 32, Capt. Rich. Hawkins, and
Ntmphe 38, Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, on
the North Sea and North American stations. On
7 June, 1814, he was promoted to the command of
the GoREE 18, at Bermuda; and on soon afterwards
removing to the RirLEMAN 18, he was for a con-
siderable time intrusted with the charge of the
trade in the Bay of Fundy. In Aug. 1815 Capt.
Napier went on half-pay, having previously, from
private motives, declined accepting a piece of plate
which had been voted to him for his care in the
conduct of convoys between the port of St. John's,
New Brunswick, and Castine. His last appoint-
ments were — 23 Jan. 1821, to the Jaseur 18, on the
Halifax station, whence he returned in July, 1823 —
and, 6 July, 1826, for a brief period, to the Pelorus
18, lying at Plymouth. He attained his present
rank 31 Dec. 1830.
Capt. Napier married, 17 Nov. 1823, Miss Caro-
line Bennet, and by that lady, who died at Florence
5 Sept. 1836, had issue three children. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
NARES. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 12 ; h-p.,3.3.)
"William Henry Nares entered the Navy, 9
June, 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cartsfort
28, Capt. Geo. Mundy, with whom he continued to
serve, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the
Hydra 38, on the Channel and Mediterranean sta-
tions, until July, 1808. Among the numerous cap-
tures at which he assisted during that period, we
may enumerate the gun-brig No. 51 of 3 guns, the
lugger No. 411 of 1 gun, ie Furet national brig of
18 guns and 132 men (taken off Cadiz lighthouse in
the presence of four French frigates 27 Feb. 1806),
the Spanish war-schooner Argonauta pierced for 12
guns, the armed polacres Le Prince Etigene of 16
guns and 130 men. Belle Caroline of 10 guns and 40
men, and Rosario of 4 guns and 20 men, protected
by a 4-gun battery, a tower, and a body of musketry
in the harbour of Begu, on the coast of Catalonia,
and numerous privateers. He was also, during
Nelson's pursuit of the combined fleets to the West
Indies, employed in defending Sardinia^ Sicily, &c.,
against the designs of the enemy. In Nov. 1808 he
became Acting-Lieutenant of the Roman 16, Capts.
Sam. Fowell and Wm. Henry Whorwood, to which
vessel, also stationed in the Mediterranean, he was
confirmed 17 April, 1809. After again serving with
Capt.^ Mundy in the Hydra, we find him, in the
early part of 1811, co-operating in the defence of
Cadiz, with his name successively on the books of
the Standard 64, Capt. Aiskew Paifard Hollis,
HooND, Capt. Chas. Phillips, and Milford 74, flag-
ship of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats. His next ap-
pointments were to the Implacable and Ajax 74's,
Capts. Joshua Rowley Watson and Sir Robt. Laurie,
Apollo 38, Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor, and
Havannah 36, Capts. Edw. Reynolds Sibly and
Gawen Wm. Hamilton. In the Apollo, besides
assisting at the capture of the Ulysse xebec of 6
guns, and at the reduction of the islands of Augusta,
Curzola, and Malero, he commanded two of her
boats, with two others belonging to the Cerberus
32, in a gallant and most determined and successful
attack (productive of a loss to the British of
1 officer, Mr. Suett, and 1 seaman killed, and 1 ma-
rine dangerously wounded) on a convoy protected
by 11 gun- boats near Otranto, where the cliffs were
covered with French troops, 28 May, 1813.* In
the course of the ensuing month, with three of the
Apollo's boats under his orders, Lieut. Nares board-
ed and took, despite some resistance, a French gun- .
• Fl'rfeGaz. 1813, p. 1794. 1
vessel, mounting a 12 and a 6-pounder, and having
on board M. Bautrand, Chief of Engineers at Corfu.
While awaiting, near Morto, in Albania, the return
of a flag-of-truce sent to land the wounded enemy,
nine in number, at Corfu, he was assailed, with
his two remaining boats, by 6 gun-vessels, a felucca,
and a row-boat, all full of troops, and compelled to
run on shore upon the border of the French ter-
ritory at Parga. Until his ammunition was ex-
pended he kept this large force from landing;
having then no alternative, he took refuge for
several days in the mountains. Before he finally
left the Apollo, Lieut. Nares was intrusted, from
Jan. to April, 1814, with the command of the
Weasel 18. In the following Oct., having previ-
ously, we believe, accompanied, in the Havannah,
the expedition against Baltimore, he took up a
Commander's commission, bearing date 1 July, 1814,
appointing him to the Philomel 18, which sloop,
however, he never joined. He has since been on
half-pay.
Commander Nares married, first, 26 Aug. 1820,
Elizabeth, daughter of the late John Alex. Dodd,
Esq., of Redbourn, co. Herts ; and secondly, 24 Oct.
1844, Susan, relict of the late'John Ramsay, Esq.
of Barra.
NASH. (LrEUTENANT, 1826. f-p., 18; h-p., 19.)
John William Cornelius Nash was born 1 Nov.
1802, and died in July, 1846. He was son of the
late Capt. Jas. Nash, R.N. (1802), a very distin-
guished officer ; nephew of the late Capt. John
Nash, R.N. (1802) ; and grandson of Mr. Rich.
Nash, Purser and Paymaster R.N. (1781), who served
in that capacity under Lord St. Vincent. He was
the last survivor out of 14 of his family who had
been all devoted to the Naval service.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, in 1811, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Salvador del Mundo 112,
commanded by his father, under whom we find him
for six years employed, on the Home and North
American stations, in the same ship and in the
Saturn 56, Loire 38, Impregnable 98, St. George
100, and Berwick 74. After passing about three
years at the Naval College at Portsmouth he be-
came Midshipman, in 1820, of the Spartan 46,
Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise ; and next, of the Serinu A-
PATAM 46, Capt. Sam. Warren, Isis 50, Capt. Thos.
Forrest, Renegade schooner, Lieut. -Commander
Wm. Edw. Fiott, and Primrose 18, Capt. John
Stoddart, on the Home, Mediterranean, and West
India stations. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 11
Feb. 1826, into the Dartmouth 42, Capt. Henry
Dundas, at Jamaica ; and he was lastly, between
1827 and 1830, employed at Plymouth in the Ocean
80, Capt. Patrick Campbell, Britannia 120, Capt.
Edw. Hawker, and Caledonia 120 — commanding
part of the time the Royalist tender of 10 guns.
He married, about 1830, Amelia, daughter of
Hugh Stewart, Esq., R.N.
NASON. (LlEDTENANT, 1809. F-p., 9 ; H-p., 35.)
Henrt Nason lost a brother at the battle of
Almeida.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 March, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Antelope 50, bearing
the broad pendant of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith ; and,
on 16 May, 1804, was present in an attack made by
a British squadron on a division of the enemy's
flotilla passing alongshore between Flushing and
Ostend. After a servitude of two years and a half
in the North Sea and off Brest in the Crescent
frigate, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, he again, in Dec.
1806, joined Sir W. S. Smith on board the Pompee
74, in which ship, in the course of 1807, we find
him sharing in a series of operations on the coast of
Calabria, and accompanying also the expeditions
past the Dardanells and to Copenhagen. During
the 20 months which immediately preceded his pro-
motion to the rank of Lieutenant, 28 Oct. 1809, he
served on the Home and Brazilian stations in the
Victory 100, Capt. John Serrell, and London 98,
FoDDKOYANT 80, and Diana 38, bearing each the
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flag of Sir "W. S. Smith. His succeeding appoint-
ments were— 18 Dec. 1809, to the Argus 16, Capt.
Stewart, on the Irish station— 11 April, 1810, to the
Thais 20, Capt. Ferrier, attached to the force in
the Mediterranean, where, owing to the death of
his brother, and to the necessity of attending to his
family affairs, he was superseded at his own request
in Jan. 1811— and, 30 April, 1813, as Senior, to the
Bonne Citoyenne 20, Capt. Pitt Burnaby Greene,
in the North Sea. In 1810 he commanded the boats
of the Thais at the re-capture of two merchant-
vessels under the protection of two privateers off
Cape Spartivento. He invalided from the Bonne
CiTOYENNE from the effects of rheumatism in Nov.
1813, and hag since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Nason is married and has issue.
NASON. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 15;h-p., 31.)
KiCHABD Nason entered the Navy, 3 May, 1801,
as a Supernumerary, on board the Ville de Pahis
110, Capt. John Sutton, bearing the flag in the
Channel of Hon. "Wm. Comwallis ; and, after his
name had been borne in a similar capacity on the
books of the De Khyter and Texel 64's, Capts.
Rich. Dacres and Rich. Incledon, Ajax 74, Capt.
Hon. Alex. Inglis Cochrane, and Cambrian and
Nemesis frigates, Capts. Bradley and Owen, all
flag-ships at Spithead, became in succession Mid-
shipman, in the course of 1802, of the Childers
sloop, Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford, of a vessel com-
manded by Capt. John G. Savllle, and of the Cal-
cutta 54, Capt. Dan. Woodriff. In that ship he
was at first employed in the transport of convicts to
Van Diemen's Land, on his return whence he pro-
ceeded for convoy to St. Helena. During her pas-
sage home the Calcutta, after having beaten the
French 40-gun frigate Armide, was attacked, 26
Sept. 1805, and, at the end of a gallant action of
three-quarters of an hour, productive to her of a
loss, out of 343 men, of 6 killed and 6 wounded, un-
avoidably captured by the 74-gun ship Mqjestueiix,
part of a squadron under the orders of Rear- Admi-
ral AUemand. On effecting his escape from con-
finement Mr. Nason was received on board the
Briseis 10, Capt. Chas. Thurlow Smith. He at-
tained the rank of Lieutenant 21 March, 1812, and
was subsequently appointed — 1 Oct. and 22 Dec.
following, to the Alfred and Mars 74's, Capts.
Joshua Sydney Horton and Henry Raper, employed
off the coast of Spain and at Portsmouth — 2 Feb.
1813, to the Venerable 74, Capt. David Milne,
cruizing in the Channel and among the Western
Islands — and, 24 Jan. and 4 June, 1814, to the
Cretan 16, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne, and Chan-
ticleer 10, Capts. Stewart Blacker, John Thomp-
son, Geo. Tupman, and Wm. Henry Dickson. The
Cretan led a squadron of frigates and brigs through
the Wielinge Passage into the West Scheldt for the
purpose of co-operating with the British and Rus-
sian troops before Antwerp and Bergen-op-Zoom ;
and was afterwards employed in blockading Fort
Bathz, in the island of South Beveland, where the
enemy's deserted batteries were all dismantled. The
Chanticleer formed part of the force employed
in the reduction of Guadeloupe in 1815. Since Aug.
1816, at which period that sloop was put out of com-
mission, Lieut. Nason has been on half-pay.
board the Concobde 36, and Phaeton 38, both
commanded by Capt. John Wood. In the Con-
corde he assisted at the capture, after a long chase
and running fight, of a privateer mounting 30
guns ; and in the Phaeton he took part, in company
with the Harrier 18, in a severe action of two
hours, fought 2 Aug. 1805, with the French 36-gun
frigate Se'millante, and several batteries at the en-
trance of the Straits of St. Bernardino, Philippine
Islands ; on which occasion the Phaeton, besides
having two persons wounded, sustained damage in
her sails, rigging, and roasts, had three of her boats
injured, and received nine shot in her hull. In the
course of 1807 Mr. Nazer successively joined the
Sceptre and Albion 74's, Capts. Joseph Bingham
and John Ferrier, also in the East Indies; where
he was made Lieutenant, 2 May, 1808, into the
St. Fiobenzo 36, Capt. John Bastard, and where
he continued to serve, in the Samarang 18, Capt.
Rich. Buck, Caroline 36, Capt. Chas. Gordon, and
Terpsichore 32, Capt. Jas. Murray Gordon, until
his return to England in July, 1809. Joining, in
the following Nov., the Iris 36, Capts. Thos. Geo.
Shortland and Hood Hanway Christian, he was
afforded an opportunity of actively co-operating
with the patriots in the north of Spain, and of con-
tributing to the reduction of several small towns
along the coast. His last appointments were — 7
Nov. 1811 and 29 Jan. 1813, to the Bellerophon
and Scarboeough 74's, flag-ships off the Scheldt of
his relative Rear-Admiral J. Ferrier — 24 Sept. 1814
(having left the Scarborough in the preceding
May), to the Monmouth 64, bearing the flag of
Vice-Admiral Thos. Foley in the Downs, where he
remained but a few weeks — 4 March, 1819, to the
command (which he retained until wrecked, near
Torbay, 5 Dec. ensuing) of the Vigilant Revenue-
cruizer — and, 5 Oct. 1820, to that of the Badger,
also employed in the protection of the revenue.
In the latter vessel, with a loss of 1 man killed and
7, including himself, wounded, he succeeded, at the
close of a running action of three hours, in making
prize of a smuggling lugger, 3 of whose people were
killed and 5 wounded. He left the Badger in
Dec. 1824; and on 28 Aug. 1823 was presented with
a second promotal commission.
Commander Nazer married Louisa, daughter of
Thos. Woolnough, Esq., of Hallesley, Suffolk, by
whom he has left issue two sons and one daughter.
NAZEE. (Commander, 1828. r-p., 20; H-p., 28.)
Henry Nazer was born at Sandwich, co. Kent,
and died in 1846. He was brother of the present
Retired Commander Kelly Nazer, R.N. ; and also
of Lieut. Wm. Nazer, R.N. (1794), who died at Ja-
maica in 1804, and of Lieut. John Ferrier Nazer,
K.N. (1796), who died at the same place in 1798.
His uncle, John Ferrier, died a full Admiral.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1799, as
Second-Master and Pilot, on board the Eagle re-
ceiving-vessel at Poole, in Dorsetshire, Lieut.-Com-
mander Wm. Nazer ; removed, as Master's Mate, in
Sept. 1801, to the York 74, Capt. John Ferrier,
lying in the River Thames ; and from July, 1802,
until March, 1807, served in the East Indies on
NAZER. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 15;
H-p., 33.)
Kelly Nazer was born 17 Jan. 1787.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1799, as
A.B., on board the Eagle receiving-vessel at Poole,
CO. Dorset, Lieut. -Commander Wm. Nazer; and in
the course of the same month attained the rating of
Midshipman. With the exception of a brief attach-
ment, in the summer of 1802, to the Alarm 32,
Capt. Wm. Parker, and again, towards the close of
the same year, to the Magicienne 36, Capt. Henry
Vansittart, he served, from Sept. 1801, until June,
1809, in the York 74, Fortun^e 36, and Albion 74,
all commanded by his uncle Capt. John Ferrier, on
the Home and East India stations. In the latter
ship, of which he became an acting and a confirmed
Lieutenant 11 Nov. 1807 and 30 Deo. 1808, he as-
sisted at the capture of several privateers, and, in
May, 1803, of La Franchise French frigate of 36
guns. He was also on board the Albion in a terri-
fic hurricane, which, during her passage home, sank
three of her convoy. East Indiamen, nearly dis-
masted herself, and occasioned the pumps to be
kept constantly going for six months. Being again,
towards the close of 1809, ordered to India in the
Leda 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer, he there, in the summer
of 1811, cooperated in the reduction of Java. His
health obliging him soon afterwards to invalid, he
was next, 8 May, 1812, appointed to the Maidstone
36, Capt. Geo. Burdett. On 8 Feb. 1813, being at
the time in the Chesapeake, he took command of
the boats of a squadron, nine in number, and, rush-
ing through an animated fire of round and grape,
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807
■boarded and, after a most obstinate resistance on
the part of the enemy, succeeded in carrying the
American letter-of-marque Lottery^ of 6 I2-pounder
carronades and 29 men, of whom 19, including the
Captain mortally, were wounded. The British had
1 man killed and 5 wounded.* Although the gal-
lantry of the exploit was such as to obtain the
especial thanks of Kear- Admiral Cockbum, an ex-
pression of approbation on the part of the Admi-
ralty, and a certain prospect of promotion from
Capt. Burdett, yet was its brave conductor suifered
to pass wholly unrewarded. He subsequently, 6
May, 1814, led the second division of boats under
the immediate orders of Rear-Admiral Cockbum
up the Sassafras River, and, having assisted in
routing a body of about 400 men, who had opened
on them a fire from an entrenched jiosition on the
two opposite banks of the stream, contributed to
the demolition of the settlements of Georgetown
and Frederickstown. On 27 of the ensuing June
he was present at the destruction of an American
torpedo-boat on Long Island, sent from New York
for the purpose of destroying H.M. shipping. In-
dependently of the above, Lieut. Nazer was on
many occasions in action with the enemy. He re-
turned to England in Oct. 1814 on board La Hogue
74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel ; and on 3 Feb.
1847 he accepted the rank he now holds.
At the commencement of the peace Commander
Nazer took charge of a merchant-ship, and made
eight voyages to Jamaica. He married, 11 July,
1821, Miss Cecilia Burlingson. Agehts — Collier
and Snee.
NEALB. (Eetibed Commander, 1846. f-p., 16;
H-p., 35.)
John Neale entered the Navy, 30 May, 1796, as
Midshipman, on board the Venerable 74, Capts.
"Wm. Johnstone Hope andWm. Geo. Fairfax, bear-
ing the flag of Lord Duncan, under whom he fought
as Signal-Midshipman in the action off Camperdown
11 Oct. 1797. While attached, between March,
1798, and Nov. 1804, to the Kent 74, Capts. W. J.
Hope, Mansell, John Stewart, Pulteney Malcolm,
and John White, successive flag-ship of Lord Dun-
can and Sir Kich. Bickerton, he was at first em-
ployed in the operations connected with the expe-
dition to Holland, where he served on shore with a
party of seamen and two field-pieces throughout
the whole campaign. He also, in 1801, assisted in
expelling the French from Egypt, after having par-
ticipated, with the naval brigade under the orders
of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, in the battles of 8, 13, and
21 March. On 3 Aug. 1805, at which period he had
been nine months in the North Sea on board the
Adamant 50, Capt. Geo. Burlton, he was there
nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Starling gun-
brig, Lieut. -Commander Chas. Napier. He re-
moved as Acting-Lieutenant, 31 Jan. 1806, to the
KoMOLUs 36, Capt. Burton ; and on 22 Sept. in the
same year he was confirmed into the Koebuck 44,
flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Billy Douglas at Tar-
mouth. In 1809 he took part, in the Acute gun-
brig, in the siege of Flushing, and was often in
action with the enemy's gun-boats, privateers, &c.
Assuming command, 22 March, 1810, of the Alert
cutter, he effected the capture, on one occasion, of
four gun-boats, whose resistance occasioned him a
loss of nearly a third of his crew ; and on another,
he landed on the coast of Holland, and succeeded,
after overcoming severe opposition, in recovering a
gentleman who had been employed on shore on
secret service. He left the Alert in Feb. 1812;
and accepted his present rank 27 Oct. 1846.
NEAME. (Commander, 1832. f-p., 45 ; h-p., 3.)
William Neame entered the Navy, in 1799, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Steady gun-brig; in
which vessel, commanded by a Lieutenant, he
served in the North Sea and West Indies until 1802
— the last two years in the capacity of Midshipman.
Be then successively joined the Hornet sloop,
• Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 650.
Capt. John Nash, and Excellent 74, Capts. Hon.
Robt. Stopford and J. Nash ; and next, in 1803, the
Spencer 74, Capt. Hon. B. Stopford. For his con-
duct (on his return from the Mediterranean to the
West Indies) in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb.
1806, on which occasion he was slightly wounded,*
he was immediately nominated Acting-Lieutenant
of the Cahopds 80, flag-ship of Bear-Admirals Sir
Thos. Louis and Geo Martin. Under the former
of those officers he assisted, in 1806-7, at the capture
of the French frigate Le President, and was present
in the expeditions to the DardaneUs and Egypt.
His promotion being confirmed by commission
dated 28 June, 1808, he subsequently, 22 Nov. 1809
and 6 March, 1814, became Senior of the Scodt 18,
Capts. Alex. Ronton Sharpe, Benj. Crispin, and
J as. Arthur Murray, and Hyacinth 24, Capt. A. B.
Sharpe, on the Mediterranean and Home stations.
In the Scout he was again (severely) wounded,
while contributing, in company with the Pomone 38
and Unite 36, to the destruction, 1 May, 1811, of
the French store-ships Giraffe and Noarrice, each
mounting from 20 to 30 guns, and both protected
by a 5-gun battery, a martello-tower, and a body of
about 200 regular troops, in Sagone Bay, Island of
Corsica ; where the service was accomplished at the
close of a gallant action of an hour and a half, at-
tended with a loss to the British of 2 men killed and
25 wounded. t Having left the Hyacinth in Sept.
1815, he was appointed, 10 Jan. 1817, a Chief Ofiicer
in the Water Guard. He removed, 28 Sept. 1818,
to the command of a Revenue-vessel ; and from 6
Sept. 1820 until awarded his present rank 4 April,
1832, he was employed as an Inspecting-Commander
in the Coast Guard. He was re-appointed to the
latter service as an Inspecting-Commander 18
March, 1834; and since 5 of the following Sept.
has held in it the of&ce of Deputy-Inspector-
General.
The injuries received by Commander Neame
during the war procured him gratuities from the
Patriotic Fund. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
NEED. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Henry Need is eldest surviving son of the late
Lieut.-General Sam. Need, of Fountain Dale, Notts,
Colonel of H.M. 9th Lancers ; and brother of Lieut.
Chas. Need, of the 7th Native Infantry.
This ofiicer entered the Navy 16 March, 1833 ;
passed his examination 1 May, 1839 ; was subse-
quently employed, as Mate, in the Melville 72,
Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, on the East
India station ; and for his services in that capacity,
while attached to the Druid 44, Capt. Henry Smith,
in the operations of May, 1841, against Canton, was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 Oct. in the
same year.J His appointments have since been —
15 March, 1843, to the Harlequin 16, Capt. Hon.
Geo. Fowler Hastings, again in the East Indies,
whence he returned in the early part of 184.5 — and,
6 Dec. in the latter year, to the Terrible steam-
frigate, of 800 horse-power, Capt. Wm. Ramsay,
under whom he is now employed, as Senior-Lieute-
nant, on particular service.
He married, 23 Deo. 1845, Jane, eldest daughter
of Jas. M'Dowell, Esq., of Portland Place, London,
and East Bridgeford, Notts. Agents — Messrs.
Stilwell.
NEED. (Commander, 1847.)
Walter Need entered the Navy 1 1 Dec. 1824 ;
gassed his examination in 1831 ; and obtained his
rst commission 28 June, 1838. His succeeding
appointments were — 10 April, 1839, and 20 May,
1841, to the Bblleisle 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas,
and Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, both in
the Mediterranean, whence he returned to England
and was paid off at the close of 1843 — 4 Jan. 1845,
as Senior, to the ActjEon 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel,
fitting for the coast of Africa, where he was super-
seded in the latter part of the same year — and, 4
• Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 373. f ^. G»'- ISll, p. 1200.
i Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 2504, 2539.
808
NEILL— NELSON-NEPEAN.
Feb. 1847, in a similar capacity, to the Kodney 92,
Capt. Edw. Collier, employed on the Home and
Mediterranean stations. He attained his present
rank 12 Oct. 1847.
NEILL. (COMMANDEK, 1815. F-p., 13 ; H-P., 35.)
Joseph Neill entered the Navy, 7 March, 1799,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the America 74, Capt.
John Smith, attached to the force in the North
Sea ; where and in the Channel he continued em-
ployed as Midshipman of the same ship and of the
Belliqceux 64, Capt. Rowley Bulteel, until May,
1802. In the America he accompanied the expe-
dition to Holland under Sir Andrew Mitchell ; and
in the Belliqueox he assisted, while in escort of an
East India conToy, at the capture of the French 40-
gan frigate La Concorde. After a servitude of
three years and nine months, still on the Home
station, in L'Africaine 38, Capt. Thos. Manby,
and REpntSB 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge,
part of the force engaged in Sir Robt. Calder's
action, he was promoted, 11 Nov. 1806, to a Lieute-
nancy in the Courageux 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, off
Cadiz. He left that ship in May, 1808, and between
the following Nov. and Oct. 1814 was employed, on
the Downs, Channel, Lisbon, Baltic, North Sea, and
West India stations, in the Trusty 50, Capt. Brian
Hodgson, Tykian sloop, Capt. Henry Thos. Davies,
Dolphin, Capt. Christopher Watson, and Dictator
64 and Glodcestek 74, both commanded by Capt.
Robt. Williams. In the Dictator he was con-
stantly occupied in affording protection to the Bri-
tish convoys in the Baltic against the frequent
attacks of the Danish gun-boats. He attained the
rank of Commander 26 Aug. 1815, and has since
been on half-pay.
NELSON. (CCajptam, 1822. f-p.,12 ; h-p., 30.)
Charles Nelson is second son of the Rev. Edm.
Nelson, Rector of Congham, near Lynn, co. Nor-
folk ; and cousin of the hero of the Nile, Copen-
hagen, and Trafalgar.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 1805, as
Midshipman, on board the Superb 74, Capts. Rich.
Goodwin Keats, Donald M'Leod, and Sam. Jackson ;
in which ship he fought in the action off St. Do-
mingo, 6 Feb. 1806, accompanied the expedition of
1807 against Copenhagen, assisted in Aug. 1808 at
the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Marquis de
la Romana and his patriot troops, and passed the
winter of 1808-9 at Gottenborg. In July, 1809, he
was discharged into the Puissant sheerhulk at Spit-
head, Capt. Robt. Hall ; and he was next, between
March, 1810, and April, 1812, employed in the Medi-
terranean on board the Euryalus 36, Capts. Hon.
G. H. L. Dundas and Abel Ferris, and Hibernia
120, flag-ship of Sir R. G. Keats. Receiving, then,
a commission bearing date 5 Feb. 1812, he was in
the course of that year appointed, again in the
Mediterranean, to the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt.
RoUes, Sparbowhawk sloop, Capt. Thos. Ball
Clowes, and Union 98, Capt. B. RoUes. In the last-
mentioned ship, which he left in July, 1814, he wit-
nessed the surrender of Genoa. He attained the
rank of Commander 13 June, 1815 ; and was lastly,
from 25 June, 1819, until June, 1822, employed in
the NiMROD 18, on the coast of Holland, where he
made prize of two smuggling vessels. His elevation
to Post-rank took place 9 Oct. 1822 ; and his accept-
ance of the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
NELSON. (LlEDTENANT, 1846.)
Horatio Nelson passed his examination 28 Sept.
1844 ; and after serving a short time as Mate in the
Heroine 6, Capt. Chas. Edmunds, on the coast of
Africa, was there, 9 Jan. 1846, nominated Acting-
Lieutenant of the KoLLA 10, Capt. John Simpson ;
in which vessel (the appointment being confirmed
9 Nov. following) he is still employed under Capt.
Hugh Myddleton Ellicomhe.
NEPEAN. (Captain, 1841. p-p., 22; h-p.,27.)
Evan Nepean, born 15 Aug. 1785, atDevonport,
is second son of Lieut.-General Nicholas Nepean,
who died in 1823, by Francina only daughter of
Major Wedikind, of the 11th Hanoverian Regt. ;
and nephew of the Right Hon. Sir Evan Nepean,
Bart., M.P., who died 2 Oct. 1822, having held the
offices of Secretary to the Admiralty, Secretary of
State for Ireland, a Lord of the Admiralty, and
Governor of Bombay. Capt. N epean is brother (with
the present Lieut. John Nepean, R.N.) of Capt.
Chas. Wedikind Nepean, of the 7th Madras Native
Infantry, and also of Thos. Rudolph Nepean, Mid-
shipman R.N., who was drowned in 1801 while
serving with the late Admiral Jas. Macnamara in
the Cerberus 32.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Jan. 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Anson, of 46 guns and
327 men, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham ; during a
servitude of seven months in which ship he was
employed cruizing in the Bay of Biscay, and partici-
pated, in company with the Phaeton 38, in a night-
action with the French frigate La Churente, While
attached next, between July, 1799, and Feb. 1802,
to the Phaeton, commanded by Capt. Jas. Nieoll
Morris, he went through a great variety of service,
escorted Lord Elgin as Ambassador to Constanti-
nople, assisted in landing troops at the siege of
Malta, joined in the successful operations against
Genoa, and aided in making prize of a large num-
ber of privateers and other vessels. He also, 28
Oct. 1800, contributed in the boats under Lieut.
Fras. Beaufort to the cutting out after an obstinate
engagement, of the Spanish polacre-rigged ship San
Josef, carrying 14 brass guns, 34 seamen, and 22
soldiers, moored under the protection of 5 guns in
the fortress of Fuengirola, near Malaga ; a most
spirited performance, in which the enemy sustained
a loss of 19 men wounded, and the British of 1 man
killed and 4 wounded. In March, 1802, Mr. Ne-
pean, who had been sent home in the prize under
the command of Lieut. Huish, but had again joined
the Phaeton, was received as Midshipman on board
the Cambridge 74, Capt. Chas. Henry Lane, lying
at Plymouth ; and in the course of the same year he
was in succession transferred to the Salvador del
MuNDO 112 and Hussar 38, the latter commanded by
Capt. Philip Wilkinson, under whom, while return-
ing to England from Ferrol with despatches, he had
the misfortune to be wrecked on the southernmost
part of theSaintes, on the night of 8 Feb. 1804. Being
reduced in consequence to the necessity of surren-
dering with the rest of his shipmates to the French
fleet in Brest Harbour, he was detained a prisoner
en parole in France, first at Verdun and then at
Arras and at Amiens, until June, 1814. On 9 of
that month he was placed on board the Prince 98,
Capt. Geo. Fowke, at Portsmouth ; and in Aug. of
the same ydar he passed his examination. In Aug.
1815, being at the time in the Albion 74, Capt.
Philip Somerville, he took up a commission dated
13 of the preceding Feb., and he was next, in July,
1821, appointed to the Eukyalus 42 ; in which ves-
sel he remained as commanding officer, fitting her
out intermediately for the pennant of the present
Sir Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, until removed, in
the ensuing Oct., to the Liffey 50, Commodore
Chas. Grant. Proceeding to India, he was there,
22 Oct. 1823, advanced to the rank of Commander,
and immediately sent home as Acting-Captain of
the Madagascar 46. During the passage he was
for three weeks exposed to a furious north-wester,
which entailed so much fatigue that the greater
part of the crew was placed on the sick-list, and
scarcely enough left to work the ship. From 10
April, 1835, until the spring of 1836, when the rot-
ten and defective state of his vessel compelled him
prematurely to return, we find Capt. Nepean com-
manding the Serpent 16 in the West Indies ; on
which station he captured a slaver, and a vessel
carrying 180 desperadoes who had been guilty of
piracy. His last appointment was, 9 May, 1839, to
the CoMus 18, again on the West India station,
where he was prineipally employed in affording pro-
NEPEAN— NESIIAM— NETTLETON— NEVILL.
809
teotion to British trade during the revolutionary
movements at New Grenada. For several months
after the deatli of Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Harvey
he performed the duties of senior officer at Jamaica.
He returned home on the occasion of his elevation
to Post-rank, 23 Nov. 1841.
Capt. Nepean married, 7 June, 1825, Mary,
daughter of Capt. Stuart, R.N., of Montagu Square,
London, by whom he has issue. Agents — Burnett
and Holmes.
NEPEAN. (Lieut., 1806. f-p., 19;* h-p., 30.)
John Nepean was born 6 Jan. 1785. He is
brother of Capt. Evan Nepean, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 March, 1798, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Caton, Lieut.-Com-
mander Robt. Browne, lying in Hamoaze ; and be-
tween 1799 and Aug. 1803 was employed on various
parts of the Home station in the Satcrn 74, Capt.
Thos. Foley, Nereide frigate, Capt. Fred. Watkins,
ViCTORiEUSE, Capt. Richards, Ambuscade 36, Capt.
Hon. John ColviUe, Galgo sloop, Capt. Rich.
Hawkins, and Galatea and Aigle frigates, both
commanded by Capt. Geo. Wolfe. After a further
servitude in the Foudrovant 80, bearing the flag
in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Dacres, also in the
Quebec and Euryalus frigates, each under the
orders of Capt. Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dun-
das (with whom he visited Cadiz and Teneriffe),
and in the Acasta 40, Capt. Rich. Balling Dunn,
he was promoted, on his return home from Gibral-
tar, to the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated
25 Sept. 1806 ; and next in succession appointed —
29 of the same month, to the Raven sloop, Capt.
Jas. Grant, stationed off Lisbon and Oporto — 21
Deo. 1807, to the Bellerophon 74, bearing the flag
of Rear-Admiral Albemarle Bertie in the Channel
■ — 8 April, 1808, to the H umber, Capts. John Hill
and Robt. England, employed between Falmouth
and the Downs — about July, 1809, to the Imp^ri-
EUSE 38, Capts. Lord Cochrane, Thos. Gould, and
Hon. Henry Duncan, attached to the force in the
North Sea and Mediterranean — and, in 1811, to the
Regulating service, which he left in 1814. While
belonging to the Kaven he was wounded in her
boats in an attack upon a privateer ; and when in
the Imperiehse, in 1809, he assisted at the destruc-
tion of a fort in the river Scheldt, took part in the
operations connected with the siege of Flushing,
and was a second time wounded in an affair with
five Dutch schuyts near South Beveland. His last
appointments were — 26 April, 1823, to the Water
Guard, in which service he continued, we believe,
but a short period — 28 Oct. 1841, to the post (which
he retained until the close of 1843) of Admiralty
Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel — and,
4 Jan. and 22 May, 1845, to the San Josef 110, and
Caledonia 120, both commanded by Capt. Manley
Hall Dixon, at Devonport, where he is now em-
ployed.
NESHAM. (Vice-Admikal of the White,
1846. F-P'., 19; H-P., 46.)
Christopher John Williams Nesham, bom in
1771, is son of the late Christ. Nesham, Esq. (who
served as Aide-de-Camp to Colonel Monson at the
capture of Manilla in 1762), by Mary Williams,
sister of Wm. Peere Williams Freeman, Esq., who
died Admiral of the Fleet (1830), and a relative of
the late Lord North.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Jan. 1782, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Juno frigate, Capt. Jas.
Montagu ; and on 20 June, in the following year,
was present, as Midshipman, in the action fought
between Sir Edw. Hughes and M. de Suffrein off
Cuddalore. On his return to England in the spring
of 1785 he successively joined the Edgar 74 and
Druid 32, Capts. Adam Duncan and Joseph Ellison,
under whom he served at Portsmouth and in the
Channel until March, 1788. In June, 1790, he be-
came attached to the Salisburt 50, bearing the
flag at Newfoundland of Vice-Admiral Milbank;
* Independently of time passed in the Water Guard.
and on 17 of the following Nov. he was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appoint-
ments were— 16 July, 1791, and 1 Sept. 1792, to the
Drake sloop, Capt. John Doling, and Niger 32,
Capts. Rich. Goodwin Keats and Robt. Moorsom,
both in the Channel— and, 11 May, 1793, to the
Adamant 50, Capts. Wm. Bentinck, Henry D'Es-
terre Darby, Henry Warre, and Wm. Hotham, in
which ship we find him employed on the West India,
Newfoundland, Lisbon, and North Sea stations.
Under the officer last mentioned he was present, as
First-Lieutenant, in the mutiny at theNore, and in
the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. Being
awarded a second promotal commission 2 Jan, 1798,
he was next, 13 April, 1801, invested with the com-
mand (which he retained until posted 29 April, 1802)
of the SoFFiSANTE sloop. His after-appointments
were— 26 Oct. 1804, to the Foudroyant 80, bearing
the flag of Sir Thos. Graves off Rochefort, where he
continued until Feb. 1805— and, 25 March, 1807,
6 July, 1808, and 21 July, 1809, to the TTltsses 44,
Intrepid 6^ and Captain 74, all on the West India
station, whither, in the Ulysses, he escorted a fleet
of merchantmen. In that ship Capt. Nesham also
co-operated in the reduction of Marie-Galante in
March, 1808. In the Intrepid he assisted, in Feb.
1809, and was mentioned in terms of high appro-
bation for his able support of Commodore Geo.
Cockburn, at the capture of Martinique ; where,
in command with Capt. Robt. Barton of a body
of about 400 seamen and marines, he superintended
(prior to the erection of batteries, whose fire he
soon rendered irresistible) the transport of the
heavy cannon, mortars, and howitzers up to Mount
Sourier, from the eastern side of Fort Edward,
a service, owing to the rains and the deepness of
the roads, of the utmost labour and difficulty.*
On 15 of the following April the Intrepid was
severely cut up in an engagement with the French
frigates Henriade and Felicile, under the guns of
Fort Matilda, Guadeloupe. In Dec. 1809 Capt.
Nesham returned to England and paid the Captain
off, that ship being found unfit for further service.
His last appointment was, 22 July, 1830, to the
Melville 74, in the Mediterranean, where he re-
mained about 12 months. He became a Retired
Rear-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837, but was transferred to
the Active list 17 Aug. 1840, and on 9 Nov. 1846
advanced to the rank he now holds.
The Vice-Admiral married, first, in 1802, Mar-
garet Anne, youngest daughter of the first, sister
of the second, and aunt of the present Lord Graves ;
and (that lady dying in 1808) secondly, in July,
1833, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Colonel
Nicholas Bayly, brother of the late Earl of Ux-
bridge, and first-cousin of the Marquis of Anglesey,
K.G., G.C.B. His only daughter by his former
marriage became the wife, in Jan. 1831, of Major
Lloyd, of the 73rd regt.
NETTLETON. (Lieotenant, 1845.)
Peter Gordon Nettleton passed his examina^
tion 13 Feb. 1837; and between 1810 and the date
of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 Aug.
1845, was employed on the Mediterranean and
African stations, as Mate, in the Cambridge 78,
Capt. Edw. Barnard, Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo.
Rose Sartorius, and Eclair steam-sloop, Capt.
Walter Grimston Bucknall Estcourt. He then joined
the Tortoise store-ship at Ascension, Capt. Arthur
Morrell; and since 24 April, 1846, has been serving
in the Apollo troop-shix), Capt. Wm. Radcliffe.
NEVILL. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 20.)
William Nevill is son of the late Wm; Nevill,
Esq., of Easton, Hants ; and brother-in-law of J
Griffith, Esq., of H.M. Ordnance.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William, Capt.
John Irwin, lying at Spithead ; removed, in Feb.
1810, to the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth ;
and again, 30 Nov. 1812, embarked, as a Supemu-
• Vide Gal. 1 809, pp. 482, 488.
5 L
810
NEVILLE-NEWCOMEN-NEWELL-NEWENHAM.
1, t= ^antured by hoarding, and
command of her T'of ''f^^rmouth of Little Egg
afterwards de^tro^ea, , ^^ ^f.^arque hvigBegent,
Harbour, tbe American lette^^^^ ^ h ^ ^.^^^^ ^^^ ^
of 5 guns and 35 men, ^ " Brftisb of himself and
wounded, with a W^s-io ^^^jngi his present rank
1 seaman woundei. He ^^ half-pay.
^ ^.??'^ls awardedf 23 Oct. 1815, a pension of 9W. 5,.
merary, on board the Puissant 74, sheerhulk, at
Spithead, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page. He sailed soon
afterwards for St. Helena, as a Volunteer, in the
Bellona 74, Capt. Geo. M'^^'^J^^^^^ S"^l''
return successively joined, in Jan. 1814, the Royal
Sovereign 100, Capt. Chas. Thurlow Smith, and, as
Midshipman, the Scamandek 36 Capts Gilbert
Heathcote and Sir John Louis. After ^crying in
that ship at Bermuda, as Master's Mate in the Ka-
MiLLTES 74, and Mai/ta 80, commanded at Plymouth
by Capt. Chas. Ogle, and ks Admiralty-Midshipman
in the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Bowles, m South
Americ^hefoSied, in M^rch, 1816, the Magicienne
36, Capt. John Brett Purvis ; of which ship, sta-
tioned in the East Indies, he was created a Lieute-
nant 12 Deo. in the same year. Being paid ott in
July, 1819, he was next appointed— 28 May, 1822, to
the JopiTEK 60, Capt. Geo. Augustus Westphall,
under whom he escorted Lord Amherst and suite
to Bengal— and, 14 June, 1824, to the Jasedr sloop,
Capt. Thos. Martin, fitting for South America. He
attained the rank of Commander 9 Feb. 1825 ; and
was subsequently, from 27 Nov. 1841, until advanced
on his return to England to Post-rank, 2 May,
1846, employed in that capacity in the Serpent 16,
again on the East India station. He has since been
on half-pay.
Capt. Nevill is a Magistrate for Winchester and
CO. Hants.
NEVILLE. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 21 ;
H-p., 32.)
James Neville entered the Navy, in 1794, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cekbekds 32, Capts.
John Drew and Jas. Macnamara. In that ship, be-
sides sharing as Midshipman in many privateer
actions, he took part, off Ferrol, 20 Oct. 1799, in a
most gallant and all but successful attack upon one
of five Spanish frigates in escort, with two armed
brigs, of a large convoy of merchantmen. Becoming
Master's Mate, in May, 1800, of the Iphigenia fri-
gate, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, he obtained com-
mand, on the night of 29 Aug. following, of one of
the boats of a squadron, 20 in number, under the
orders of Lieut. Henry Burke, and assisted in
cutting out, close to the batteries in Vigo Bay, La
Guepe privateer, of 18 guns and 161 men, which
vessel, 25 of whose people were killed and 40
wounded, was in 15 minutes boarded and carried,
with a loss to the British of 3 seamen and 1 marine
killed, 3 Lieutenants, 12 seamen, and 5 marines
wounded, and 1 seaman missing. While Acting
Senior-Lieutenant of the same ship, which was soon
afterwards burnt in Aboukir Bay, Mr. Neville was
present at the landing of the troops in Egypt in
March, 1801. In June of that year he was again
ordered to act as Lieutenant in the Northumber-
liANB 74, Capt. Geo. Martin, attached to the force
in the Mediterranean ; and on 3 Dec. 1802 he was
officially promoted. His succeeding appointments
were— 8 April, 1803, and 21 July, 1804, to the Texel
64 and Malabar 50, Capts. Hon. Geo. Byng and
Robt. Hall, employed off Margate and in the North
Sea — 5 July, 1805, to the Dart sloop, Capts. Wm.
Brownrigg, Hon. Michael De Courcy, Joseph Spear,
and Thos. Tudor Tucker, in the West Indies— 11
April, 1807, to the Vends 32, Capt. Henrjf Matson,
on the same station, whence, in the ensuing June,
he returned with convoy to England — 8 March,
1808, to the Delphinea 18, Capt. Rich. Harward,
which vessel was cast away five months afterwards
on the coast of Holland— 17 Deo. 1808, for a few
weeks, to the Eclipse sloop, Capt. Creyke- 3 Nov.
and 26 Deo. 1810, to the Ganvmede and Statira
frigates, commanded by Capt. Hassard Stackpoole
in the West Indies and on the North American sta-
tion, whence he invalided in Nov. 1812—3 July,
1813, for two years, to the Forth 44, Capt. Sir Wm.
Bolton, employed at first in the North Sea, and then
again on the American coast— and, 7 April, 1826, in
a similar capacity, to the Perseds receiving-ship off
the Tower, Capt Jas. Couch. On 19 Sept. 1814,
bemg at the time Senior of the Forth, he took
per annum for his wounds^
N?^o?GTl?;cii;rentrd^'tWavy 5 Aa,
iR?inaLd Ms examination 27 Aug. 1838; and at
1831 , Passea I romotion to the rank of Lieute-
*' ri9 An/ 18Vtad been serving for some time
talL Medfierrt^ean as Mate of the Weas.l 10,
m ™e mciu Edmonstone. His sue-
Sng a"fmente were-12 Sept 1842 as Ad-
ditS to the Qdeen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. V.
CR Owen, also in the Mediterranean-24 June,
1843, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— 5 March, 1844,
again as Additional, to the Aginoodet 72, bearing
the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane in the East
Indies, whence he returned at the close of 1845—20
March, 1846, to the Devastation steam-sloop, Capt.
Sir Chas. Hotham, fitting for the coast of Africa—
and, 3 Aug. 1846, to the Satellite 18, Capt. Robt.
Hibbert Bartholomew Rowley, which vessel was
paid off in 1847, on her arrival home from the S.E.
coast of America. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
NEWELL. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 17; h-p., 22.)
Jdlius James Farmer Newell entered the
Navy, 18 May, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
Diana 38, Capts. Chas. Grant and Wm. Ferris;
tmder the former of whom, on his return from a
voyage to the West Indies, he participated in an
attack made in Nov. 1810 upon the two French
frigates Amazone and Slize, lying agroimd under
the protection of several strong batteries in the
neighbourhood of La Hogue. In Oct. 1811 here-
joined Capt. Grant on board the St. Albans 64;
and, continuing to serve with him in the Armada
74 until Sept. 1814, was present in that ship in a
partial action with the French fleet off Toulon 5
Nov. 1813, also in the unsuccessful attack upon
Leghorn, and at the reduction of Genoa and Savona.
Being received, next, on board the Rhin 38, Capt.
Chas. Malcolm, he was afforded an opportunity, 18
July, 1815, of witnessing the capture, by the boats
of a squadron, of three armed vessels and a convoy
in the harbour of Corrijou, near Abervrach. He
took up, in the following month, a commission
bearing date 4 March, 1815 ; and was next appoint-
ed—23 Sept. 1817, to the Pandora 18, Capts. Geo.
Matthew Jones and Chas. GrenviUe Randolph, in
which vessel he was for nearly five years employed
on the Cork station— and, 11 May, 1824, as First-
Lieutenant, to the Sappho 18, Capts. Wm. Hotham
and Wm. Pitt Canning, fitting for HaUfax, where
and at the Cape of Good Hope he served for about
two years. Attaining the rank of Commander 20
Nov. 1828, he was appointed in that capacity, 28 Jan.
1836, to the Orestes 18, and next, 1 Jan. 1838, to
the Second-Captaincy of the Asia 84, Capt. Wm.
Fisher, both in the Mediterranean. Since his ad-
vancement to Post-rank, which took place 28 June
in the latter year, he has been on half-pay. Agents
^Messrs. Stilwell.
NEWENHAM. (Lieut., 1810. r-p., 18; h-p.,26.)
William Persse Newenham, born 8 Feb. 1790,
is grandson of the late Sir Edw. Newenham, three
years M.P. for co. Dublin His uncle fell in com-
mand of a fort at Toulon in 1793
tJ*!}' fR"^"" ™^*'""1 the Navy, 18 Feb. 1803, as
Third-cl. Boy, under the patronage of Admiral Lord
Hood, on board the Virhinie 38, Cant John Poo
Beresford; in which frigate and, M Mfdshipman in
the Cleopatra of 38 guns and 200 men, Capt S^?
Robt. Laurie, he was lor some time employed in
• yUeGaz. 1814, p. 2466.
NEWENHAM— NEWLAND-NEWMAN— NEWNHAM.
811
blockading the Dutch fleet in the Texel, and also
in watching the invasion flotilla at Boulogne. On
proceeding with intelligence of the war with Spain
to Halifax, he was present in the latter ship when
captured, 17 Feb. 180,% after a brilUant and self-
sought action of nearly three hours, and a loss of 20
killed and 38 wounded, by La VUle de Milan, of 46
guns and 350 men, 10 of whom appear to have been
slain. During the combat, although severely hurt
by the wheel falling upon him, Mr. Newenham, on
the ensign being shot away, ran aft and hoisted
another at the mizen-top. He acted on the occasion
as Aide-de-Camp to his Captain. On 23 of the
same month the French ship, owing to the damage
she had sustained, fell an easy capture, as did her
prize, to the Leander 50, Capt. John Talbot ; and
being added to the British Navy as the 38-gun fri-
gate Milan, was commissioned by Sir Robt. Laurie ;
under whom (with the exception of an interval in
1806 and Aug. 1807, partly spent in the EspiioLB
sloop, Capt. Henry Gage Morris, on the coast of
Ireland) Mr. Newenham continued to serve, still on
the Halifax station, until nominated, 16 June, 1810,
Acting-Lieutenant of the HARpy sloop, Capts. Geo.
Wm. Biamey, Edw. Henry A'Court, and Henderson
Bain. In that vessel, to which he was confirmed 23
July following, he co-operated for a time with the
British army in the Tagus, and then proceeded to
India, where he served on shore as her Senior-Lieu-
tenant with a party of seamen at the reduction of
Java in Aug. 1811. In consequence of an attack of
dysentery, there contracted, he was compelled in
the ensuing Dec, a few months after his removal to
the Lion 64, Capt. Henry Heathcote, to invalid
home on board the Java 38, Capt. Scott. He
arrived in England in March, 1812, and for four
years was a martyr to the severity of his complaint.
Although his health at the end of that period be-
came re-established he did not succeed in obtaining
further employment until 17 Aug. 1826, when,
through the instrumentality of Sir Robt. Laurie, he
was appointed to the Sussex Coast Blockade as
Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42,
Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and was stationed at
Hastings. Continuing in that service until it was
broken up in 1831, he repeatedly performed the
duties of Divisional-Lieutenant, and came into fre-
quent and severe contact with armed bodies of
smugglers, from whom, during the last year, he
wrested two cutters and a fishing-lugger, with
cargoes on board of the value of at least 2000/.
His next appointment was, 6 Nov. 1837, to the
Coast Guard, in which he remained until obliged in
1842 to resign, after having been thrice sent to
Haslar Hospital, and been for 15 weeks supplied
with private medical aid, from the effects of contu-
sion of the brain and of two other accidents in the
head received in the execution of his duty. He
has been employed, since 6 Sept. 1845, as Admiralty-
Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel.
Lieut. Newenham married 7 March, 1826 ; and
has issue a son and daughter. Agents — Case and
Loudonsack.
NEWENHAM. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Thomas Newenham entered the Navy
10 Sept. 1813 ; and in 1814-15 was present as Fst.-cl.
Vol. of the Hannibal 74, Capt. Sir Michael Sey-
mour, at the capture of the French 40-gun frigate
La Sultane, and, while holding the same rating on
board the Statika 38, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole,
in the operations against New Orleans. He after-
wards, as Midshipman of the Slanet 20, Capt.
Chas. Mitchell, enacted a part in the hostilities
against Ava. He passed his examination 4 Dec.
1825 ; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard
25 June, 1840; and acquired his present rank 23
Nov. 1841. He has been on half-pay since the
commencement of 1842.
March, 1838; and was subsequently appointed-in
May of the same year, as Additional-Lieutenant, to
the Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship in the Me-
diterranean of Hon. Sir Kobt. Stopford-15 Deo.
follovring, to the Wolverene 16, Capt. Wm. Tucker,
on the African station, where he wag superseded
early in 1840-24 July, 1840, and 1 Jan. 1842, ag*ia
as Additional, to the Pkesident 50, Capt. Wm.
Broughtou, and Dublin 50, flag-ship of Rear-Ad-
miral Rich. Thomas, both in South America— and,
17 Jan. 1843, as Senior, to the Spiteful steamer, of
280 horse-power, Capte. Wm. Maitlandand Sir Wm.
Hoste, fitting for the East Indies. During an ex-
pedition conducted, in July, 1846, by Sir Thos. John
Cochrane, against the Sultan of Borneo, we find
him, on 8 of that month, commanding a party of
seamen at the capture and destruction of the
enemy's forts and batteries in the River Brune.*
Between the 20th and the 26th he was employed
under Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy (whose thanks he
obtained for his exertions) in ascending different
branches of that stream and in marching, despite
many impediments, into the interior of the country,
again at the head of a body of seamen, in a fruitless
attempt to gain possession of the Sultan's person. f
He was promoted to his present rank on his return
to England 30 July, 1847 ; and is now on half-pay.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
NEWLAND. (Commander, 1847.)
Charles Frankland Newland passed his exa-
mination in 1831 ; obtained his first commission 2
NEWMAN. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Robert Amyett Newman assisted, while Mid-
shipman of the CouRAGEux 74, Capts. Chas. Boyles
and Rich. Lee, at the reduction of Ste. Lucie, in
July, 1803, also in Sir Rich. John Straohan's action
with the four line-of-battle ships escaped from Tra-
falgar 4 Nov. 1805, and at the capture, 13 March,
1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Foule. On
becoming attached to the San Domingo 74, succes-
sive flag-ship of Sir R. J. Strachan and Sir .John
Borlase Warren, he accompanied the expedition of
1809 to the Walcheren, and served in her boats at
the capture of four privateers in the Chesapeake,
and in the attack made in 1813 on Crany Island,
Hampton, and other places. In charge, on one oc-
casion, of a prize, he succeeded in taking a mer-
chant-ship laden with valuable naval stores ; and
while serving in the Chesapeake in a tender he was
wounded. In 1815, being then in the Phcenix 36,
Capt. Chas. John Austen, he again saw much boat-
service against the pirates of the Grecian Archipe-
lago ; where, we believe, he was wrecked during a
hurricane, 20 Feb. 1816. On 11 Dec. 1827, eleven
years after he had passed his examination, he was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His appoint-
ments have since been — 19 Feb. 1830, to the Coast
Blockade, in which service he continued, as Super-
numerary-Lieutenant of the Talaveka 74, Capt.
Hugh Pigot, until it was broken up in 1831 10
April, 1840, to the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Rear-
Admirals Fred. Warren and Sir Sam. Pym, Admi-
ral-Superintendents at Plymouth, where he was
superseded in May, 1843— and, 7 Nov. in the latter
year, to the command, which he stiU retains, of a
station in the Coast Guard.
In July, 1846, Lieut. Newman received a Silver
Medal from the Royal Humane Society as a reward
for the manner in which he had risked his existence
by throwing himself into the water to the rescue of
others. He is married and has issue.
NEWNHAM. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
Nathaniel Newnham entered the Navy, 15 Mav
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 74 Capts
Donald M'Leod and Sam. Jackson. In that shin
which bore the broad pendant and flag of the late
Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, he accompanied the ex
pedition to Copenhagen in 1807, went to the Medi-
terranean in pursuit of a French squadron which
had effected its escape from Rochefort, assisted at
the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Spanish army
under the Marquis de la Romana in Aug. 1808, was
* P-ide G«. 1846, p. 34<2. + F. Gm. 1846, pp. 3446-47
5L 2
812
NEWTON.
frozen up in Jan. 1809 at Gottenborg (whence the
SopEKB was only extricated by a canal being cut
through four miles of ice), and in the following Aug.
co-operated in the attack upon Flushing. After a
servitude of rather more than five months and a
half at Spithead in the Puissant 74, Capt. Robt.
Hall, he became Midshipman, in April, 1810, of the
Theban 36, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby; which
frigate, at noon on 8 Sept. 1812, was caught in a
typhoon in the China Sea, and before midnight was
left with nothing standing but her foremast and
bowsprit. On his return to England with Capt.
Digby in the CoKNWAi.t,is 74, Mr. Newnbam, in
Oct. 1814, joined the Ttkian brig, Capt. Augustus
Baldwin, stationed in the Channel. He was next
received on board the Belleroi'hon 74 and Salis-
bury 50, the latter bearing the flag of Sir K. G.
Keats at Newfoundland ; where, in the course of
1815, on 1 Jan. in which year he had been awarded
a commission, he was appointed a Lieutenant of the
HARiiEQUiN 18, Capt. "Wm. Kempthome: From 12
Dec. ensuing until paid otf, 17 April, 1819, he again
served in the East Indies on board the Towey 24,
Capts. Hew Steuart and Wm. Hill. His last ap-
pointments were — 2 June, 1824, to the Coast Block-
ade, in which he was for some time employed as
Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Kamillies 74,
Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, and Hyperion 42, Capt.
Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 22 Jan. 1827, as Senior, to the
Alugator 28, Capt. Wm. Pitt Canning, on the
Halifax station — 5 March following, to the charge,
for five years, of the Signal station on Kingston
Hill — and, 12 Jan. 1835, to the command (which he
retained until the commencement of 1841) of a
station in the Coast Guard. In 1840 he received a
Silver Medal from the Shipwreck Society, and the
thanks of the Koyal Humane Society, for his exer-
tions in saving the crews of three vessels wrecked
on the beach between Bearshide and Black Bock,
CO. Cornwall.
Lieut. Newnham is Senior of 1815. He married,
8 June, 1819, Mary, youngest daughter of Dr.
Cooke, of Gower Street, Bedford Square, London.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
NEWTON. (Commander, 1838. r-p., 26;
H-p., 9.)
Charles James Franklin Newton was bom in
1799.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 March, 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Egmont 74, Capt. Joseph
Bingham, in which ship, during a servitude of seven
months and a half, part of the time in the capacity
of Midshipman, he was employed at the blockade of
Flushing, the Texel, and Cherbourg, and in cruizing
among the Western Islands. Joining next, in Dec.
1813, the Niger 38, Capt. Peter Rainier, he visited
the Cape of Good Hope, the Brazils, and coast of
Africa, and, among other vessels, assisted, in com-
pany with the Tagos 36, at the capture of the French
40-gun frigate Ceres, off the Cape de Verde Islands,
6 Jan. 1814. In Sept. 1815 he removed to the
Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, at Ports-
mouth ; and he subsequently, between March, 1816,
and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, 4 May, 1821, served, on the Home station,
in the Pelican 16, Capt. Robt. Lisle Coulson, and
Ganymede 20 and Severn 40, both commanded by
Capt- Wm. M'Culloch. His commission was pre-
sented to him at the instance of the Commander-in-
Chief at Chatham, as a reward for his conduct in
having, on 21 of the preceding Feb., attacked, with
the present Lieut. Edw. Digby, an overwhelming
body of armed smugglers at Brookland, in Kent,
and captured two of the principal among them, one
of whom was executed. In the course of the same
year Mr. Newton, who had been wounded, was pre-
sented with a sword by the committee at Lloyd's
for saving the crew of a vessel wrecked on Dun-
geness beach. His appointments as Lieutenant
were— 22 Sept. 1821, to the Brisk 10, Capts. Edw.
Stewart and Adolphus FitzClarence, on the Home
Station— 12 April, 1824, for a few months, to the j
Infernal bomb, Capt. Kobt. Heriott Barclay, part
of the time under Sir Harry Burrard Neale, in his
demonstration before Algiers, where he had charge
of a rocket-boat — 10 April, 1826, to the Prince Re-
gent 120, successive flag-ship of Sir Robt. Moorsom
and Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, at Chatham — U
May, 1832 (two years after he had left the Prince
Regent), and 12 July, 1833, as a Supernumerary, to
the Spaetiate 76, Capt. Robt. Tait (flag-ship for
some time of Sir Michael Seymour), and Dublin 50,
Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, both in South Amer
rica— and, 25 Feb. 1834, to the Challenger 28,
Capt. Michael Seymour, on the same station, whence
he returned in 1835. He attained his present rank
28 June, 1838, and was afterwards employed, from 4
July, 1839, untU the summer of 1844, in the Coast
Guard ; and from 14 Dec. in the latter year until
paid off in July, 1847, in command of the Lily 16,
on the coast of Africa.
Commander Newton married, in 1830, the only
daughter of D. H. Day, Esq., of Wilmington Hall,
CO. Kent, by whom he has issue two children.
NEWTON. (LlEnT., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 27.)
James Newton died 29 July, 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 June, 1805, as
Third-cl. Vol., on board the Puissant 74, Capt.
John Irwin, lying at Spithead. Removing, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., in July, 1807, to the Horatio of 46 guns anc^
270 men, Capt. Geo. Scott, he visited Quebec and
Halifax, and then proceeded to the West Indies,
where, in company with the Latona 38, and Supb-
rieure and Driver sloops, he assisted at the cap-
ture, 10 Feb. 1809, of La Jurum French frigate, of
46 guns and 323 men, after a close and sanguinary
action of three hours, attended with a loss to the
Horatio of 7 killed and 33 wounded, to her anta^
gonist of 130 killed and wounded. On 21 Feb. 1810,
having attained the rating of Midshipman, he fur-
ther aided in making prize, at the close of a long
chase, and of a running fight of one hour, of La.
Necessite, pierced for 40 gtms, but not mounting
more than 28, with a complement on board of 186
men, and laden with naval stores and provisions
from Brest, bound to the Isle of France. Between
the following Oct. and June, 1815, he was cm-
ployed on the Home, Baltic, West India, and North
American stations, in the Aimable 32, Capt. John
Chas. Wooloombe, Thisbe 28, Capt. Wm. Rogers,
Bellette 18, Capt. David Sloane, and Asia 74 and
ToNNANT 80, flag-ships of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane,
whom he accompanied in the expedition against
New Orleans. On leaving the Tonnant, as above,
he took up a commission bearing date 2 March,
1815. His last appointment was, 3 Sept. 1818, to the
Driver 18, Capt. Chas. Hope Reid, in which vessel
he served for about three years on the Leith station.
NEWTON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
Robert Newton entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 1803,
as A. B.,* on board the Neptune 98, Capts. Wm.
O'Brien Drury, Sir Thos. Williams, and Thos. Eras.
Fremantle, in which ship he served in the Chan-
nel, at the blockade of Cadiz, and at Trafalgar.
From Feb. 1806 until Feb. 1812 we find him em-
ployed as A. B., Quartermaster, and Midshipman,
in the Dreadnought 98, Capts. Wm. Lechmere and
Sam. Hood Linzee (flag-ship for some time of Rear-
Admiral Thos. Sotheby), on the Baltic and Channel
stations. He then joined the Ocean 98, Capt. Robt.
Plampin, attached to the force in the Mediterra-
nean, where he shared in a partial action fought 13
Feb. 1814 with the Toulon fleet ; and in June, 1815,
after having served a short time as Mate, again in
the Channel, of the Mullet, Lieut.-Commander
Crosby, and for seven months on the Cork station
as Second-Master of the Martial Tg, Capt. Jas.
Leach, he took up a commission dated 3 Feb in
that year. He has since been on half-pay. Age.nts
— Holmes and Folkord.
NIAS-NICHOLAS— NICHOLLS-NICHOLS.
813
NIAS, C.B, (Captain, 1835. f-p., 25; h-p., 15.)
JoSEFH NiAS entered the Navy 19 Not. 1807, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Nautilus sloop, Capt.
Matthew Smith, with whom he continued employed,
as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Comos
22 and Nymphen 36, on the Lisbon, Mediterranean,
North Sea, and Channel stations, until Aug. 1815.
Between Oct. in the latter year and Jan. 1818 he
served at Plymouth and Portsmouth as Master's
Mate and Admiralty-Midshipman in the Ramillies
74, Malta 80, and Kivoli 74, Capts. Chas. Ogle
and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, also in the Queen Char-
lotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thombrough, and
in the Vengeuk 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander. He
then joined the Alexander brig, in which vessel,
commanded by the present Sir Edw. Wm, Parry, he
accompanied an expedition sent under the orders of
Capt. John Koss to ascertain the existence of a
North-West Passage. In Feb. 1819, three months
after his return to England, he was again placed
under the orders of Capt. Parry, in the Hecla
bomb, and in the following May sailed on another
mission to the frozen regions, where he penetrated
to long. 113° 54' 43" W., within the Arctic Circle,
and became thereby entitled to a portion of a Par-
liamentary reward of 5000Z. On his arrival home
he was presented with a commission dated 26 Dec.
1820. Being next, 1 Jan. following, appointed to
the Hecla bomb, also commanded by Capt. Parry,
he sailed with that enterprising officer, 8 May, 1821,
on a third voyage of discovery to the Polar Sea,
whence he returned in Nov. 1823. On 6 Jan. 1826
we find him appointed First of the Asia 84, flag-
ship of Sir Edw. Codrington in the Mediterranean ;
and on 11 Nov. 1827, as a reward for his conduct at
the battle of Navarin, promoted to the rank of
Commander ; in which capacity he was further, from
8 Jan. 1828 until 1830, employed in the Mediterra-
nean on board the Alacrity 10. He attained Post-
rank 8 July, 1835, but he did not succeed in again
procuring employment until 24 May, 1838, when he
received instructions to commission the Herald
26 for service in the East Indies. While in that
ship, in which he continued a period of five years,
Capt. Nias bore a very distinguished part, and was
warmly mentioned for the able conduct he displayed,
during the campaign in China, particularly in the
action with the Bogue forts, 26 Feb. 1841, in the
attack made the next day upon the enemy's camp,
fort, and ship Cambridge^ bearing the Chinese Ad-
miral's flag, at their position below "Whampoa Reach,
where 98 guns were in the whole destroyed, and in
the operations of the ensuing March against Can-
ton.* Asa reward for his services, he was nominated
a C.B. 29 June, 1841. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
NICHOLAS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 25. )
John Nicholas entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1806,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Achille 74, Capts. Sir
Rich. King, Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas,
and Aiskew Paflard Hollis ; in which ship he conti-
nued to serve, as Midshipman and Master's Mate,
on the Home, Mediterranean, and Brazilian stations,
the latter part of the time under the flag of Vice-
Admiral Manley Dixon, until July, 1815. Besides
accompanying the expedition of 1809 to the Wal-
cheren, he co-operated in the defence of Sicily, and
was for a considerable period employed in block-
ading the French and Venetian squadrons in Venice^
consisting of three line-of-battle ships and a frigate
ready for sea, and several of each class fitting in the
arsenal. On leaving the Achille, as above, he
took up a commission dated 15 Feb. 1815. His
subsequent appointments, were — 9 May, 1837, to the
San JosbfUO, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admiral-
Superintendent Fred. Warren— 10 April, 1840, for
a brief period, to the Coast Guard— and 22 May,
1843, and 22 May, 1845, to the San Josbp again and
Caledonia 120, both commanded at Devonport by
Capt. Manley Hall Dixon. He has been on half-pay
since the spring of 1846.
* Videljui. 1841, pp. 1498, 1501, 1505.
NICHOLLS. (LiEtiT., 1815. f-p., 23; h-p., 19.)
James Thomas Nicholls entered the Navy, 1
Sept. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glory
98, Capts. Sam. "Warren, Wm. Albany Otway, and
Donald M'Leod, and was for upwards of two years
employed in that ship in the Channel and off Cadiz
—part of the time as Midshipman under the flag of
Rear-Admiral Chas. StirUng. From Dec. 1807 until
Nov. 1811 he was occupied on Home service in the
Barfleuk 98, Capt. Donald M'Leod, Bustard 16,
Capt. John Duff Markland, Obeeon sloop, Capts.
Geo. Manners Sutton and Jas. Murray, and Royal
William, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Bickerton. He
then joined the Dominica schooner, mounting 12
12-pounder carronades, 2 sixes, and a 32-pounder
on a traversing carriage, with a complement of 66
men, Capts. Robt. Hockings and Geo. Wilmot Bar-
rette, which vessel, after having had all but one of
her crew either killed or wounded in a determined
resistance of nearly an hour, was boarded and taken,
5 Aug. 1813, by the Franco-American privateer
Decatur, carrying 6 12-pounder carronades and 1
long 18-pounder traversing carriage, together with
a crew of at least 120 men, 4 of whom were slain
and 15 wounded. On his release from captivity in
July, 1814, Mr. Nicholls became attached to the
Argo 44, flag-ship at Jamaica of Rear-Admiral
Wm. Brown. He was next received on board the
Prince 98, bearing the flag at Spithead of Sir Edw.
Thornbrough, and Euryalus 36, Capts. Chas. Nar
pier and Thos. Huskisson ; and in Aug. 1815 he
took up a commission dated 24 of the preceding
Feb. He was afterwards employed in the Coast
Guard from 5 April, 1831, until the spring of 1844,
and has since been on half-pay.
NICHOLLS. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p.,
14 ; H-p., 36.)
Thomas Willcocks Nicholls died in 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1797, as
L.M., on board the Viper gun-brig, Lieut.-Com-
mander John PengeUy, on the Channel station,
where, and on the coast of Spain, he continued em-
ployed, the greater part of the time in the capacity
of Midshipman, in the Haeklem 64, Capt. Geo.
Burlton, Ajax 74, Capts. Hon. Alex. Inglis Coch-
rane and John Pakenham, Indefatigable 46, Capts.
Hon. Henry Curzon and Matthew Henry Scott,
and Aggressor gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Thom-
son, until 1802. Joining next the Africaine 38,
Capt. Thos. Manby, he served for some time at the
blockade of Helvoetsluys and the Texel, and iras
on board that ship in a gale in which she was totally
dismasted. On arriving with convoy in the West
Indies in 1805, he was received as, a Supernumerary
on board the Northumberland 74, bearing the
flag of Hon. Alex. Cochrane, who, on 18 Nov. in
the same year, appointed him Sub-Lieutenant of
the Pert, Capt. Pringle. In the ensuing Dec, and
in March, 1806, and Feb. 1807, he was successively
nominated, also in the West Indies, Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Dolphin, Hippomenes, and Canada,
to which latter ship, commanded by Capt. John
Harvey, the Admiralty confirmed him 13 Aug. 1807.
His last appointments were — 1 Aug. 1808 (seven
months after he had left the Canada), to the Le-
viathan 74, commanded by Capt. Harvey in the
Mediterranean, where he remained for a period of
two years— and, 28 April, 1814, to the command
(which he retained until 9 Sept. 1815) of the Bram-
ble 8, on the American station. He was placed on
the list of Retired Commanders 19 Oct. 1843.
NICHOLS. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10; h-p., 36.)
Thomas George Nichols entered the Navy, 27
June, 1801, as Midshipman, on board the Scourge
gun-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Rundle, lying
in the river Medway, where he served until April,
1802. In May, 1804, he rejoined the same officer
in the Trial cutter, off Woolwich ; and in Sept. of
the same year he was transferred to the Mercury
28, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, under
whom he escorted the outward-bound trade to the
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NICHOLSON— NICKOLL— NICOLAS.
Mediterranean, and, after assisting at the capture
of the Spanish national vessel El Fuerte de Gibraltar,
of 4 guns and 59 men, proceeded to the West Indies.
After passing a few weeks off Lisbon in the Pomone
38, Capt. Wm, Grenville Lobb, he was again, in
Sept. 1805, placed under the orders of the Hon.
D. P. Bouverie in L'Aimable 32. Following the
same Captain, as Master's Mate, in Feb. 1806, into
the Medusa 32, he took part in that frigate in all
the operations in the Kio de la Plata, from Oct.
1806 until her return to England with Lieut.-General
Whitelocke in Sept. 1807, including the capture of
Maldonado and the island of Gorriti. Besides as-
sisting at the capture of several privateers, we find
him, in 1808, ordered to the coast of Labrador in
fruitless pursuit, jointly with the Thalia 36, Capt.
Thos. Manby, of two French frigates, and expe-
riencing in consequence three months of great pri-
vation and hardship. On his subsequent arrival at
the Cape of Good Hope in the Scipion 74, flag-ship
of Hon. Robt. Stopford, he was nominated, 5 April,
1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the Racehorse 18,
Capt. Jas. De Rippe, a circumstance which afforded
him an opportunity, 20 May following, when in
company off' Madagascar with the 36-gun frigates
AsTRa:A, Phcenix, and Galatea, of assisting, after
a long and warmly-contested action with the French
40-gun frigates Mejiomuiee, Clorinde, and Nereide, at
the capture of the Eenomme'e, and, on 25 of the same
month, of the Nereide and the settlement of Tama-
tave. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the Race-
horse 2 Jan. 1812, but was superseded in Nov. of
the same year, and has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Nichols is Senior of 1812.
NICHOLSON. (LiEnTENANT, 1845.)
Fredekick Falkiner Nicholson passed his ex-
amination 29 March, 1843 ; served as Mate on board
the 'V^OLAGE 26, Capt. Sir "Wm. Dickson, and Dol-
phin brigantine, Lieut.-Commander Reginald Thos.
John Levinge ; and for his conduct in the action of
the Parana, detailed in our memoir of the latter
olBcer, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 18
Nov. 1845. His appointments have since been —
26 June, 1846, to the Vernon 50, bearing the flag
of Rear- Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield on the south-
cast coast of America— and, 4 Nov. 1846, to the
CoMus 18, Capt. Edwin Clayton Tennyson D'Eyn-
court, on the same station, where he is still em-
ployed.
NICHOLSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 18; h-p.,24.)
Richard Adams Nicholson entered the Royal
Naval College 14 May, 1805 ; and embarked, 23 Dec.
1808, on board the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Archibald
CoUingwood Dickson, employed in the Baltic and
North Sea. In Dec. 1813 he removed to the RorAL
Sovereign 100, Capts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild and
Chas. Thurlow Smith, on the Mediterranean station ;
and in May, 1815, after having there served for
12 months as Master's Mate in the Alcm^ne 38,
Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, he took up a commission
dated 18 of the preceding Feb. He has been in
command, since 27 June, 1839, of a station in the
Coast Guard.
He married, 9 April, 1839, Miss Catherine Strong,
of Fratton, daughter of the late Mr. Rich. Strong,
R.N.
NICKOLL. (LiEOT., 1815. f-p., 17 ; H-p., 32.)
Edward Nickoll entered the Navy, 2 Nov.
1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Southampton
32, Capt. John Harvey, and in the following Dec.
attained the rating of Midshipman. After assisting
at the reduction of the Virgin Islands he followed
Capt. Harvey, in June, 1801, into the Amphitrite
frigate, in which ship he continued to serve with
Capt. Fred. Warren off Lymington until the ensuing
Oct. In Feb. 1803 he joined the Hussar 38, Capt.
Philip Wilkinson, under whom, while returning with
despatches from Ferrol, he was wrecked on the
southernmost part of the Saintes, on the night of
8 Feb. 1804. In consequence of this misfortune he
remained a prisoner in France until May, 1814.
Returning then to England, he was employed for
five months off Deal in the Monmouth 64, Capt.
Wm. Wilkinson. He served next, from May to
Aug. 1815, in the Heron sloop, Capt. Fras. Annes-
ley, off Dungeness ; and at the end of that period
he took up a commission dated 27 of the preceding
Feb. He has since been on half-pay. Agent— J.
Hinxman.
NICKOLL. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 26 ; h-p., 17.)
James Hakvey Nickoll entered the Navy, 2
Sept. 1804, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Agamem-
non 64, Capt. John Harvey, previously to accom-
panying whom, in Sept. 1805, into the Canada 74,
he fought in Sir Robt. Calder's action with the com-
bined fleets off Cape Finisterre. In Deo. 1807, on
his return in the Canada from the West Indies, he
joined the Eclair sloop, Capt. Chas. Gordon ; and
on subsequently proceeding with the latter officer,
in the Caroline 36, to the East Indies, he assisted
at the destruction, during the month of Nov. 1809,
of more than 80 piratical vessels at Ras-al-Khyma
and other ports in the Persian Gulf. On 18 Sept.
1810, having followed Capt. Gordon into the Cetlon,
of 40 guns and 295 men, he was captured in that
frigate off the Isle of France, after a violent inter-
mittent night action of three hours, and a loss of
10 killed and 31 wounded, by the French ships
Venus of 44 guns and 380 men, and Victor of 16
guns. The Ceylon being retaken in the course of
the same day by the Boadicea 33, in company with
the Otter brig, Mr. Nickoll, who continued in her
under the orders of Capts. Jas. Tomkinson and
Wm. Paterson until May, 1811, was afforded an
opportunity of co-operating in tlie reduction of the
Mauritius. From the date last mentioned until
July, 1815, we find him employed on the North
American and Brazilian stations in the Valiant
74, Capts. Robt. Dudley Oliver and Zachary Mudge.
He then found that he had been promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date
6 Feb. 1815. His next appointment was, 18 Sept.
1820, to the Wye 26, Capt. Peter Fisher, on the
Home station, where he served for some months.
He has been in command, since 3 April, 1833, of a
station in the Coast Guard.
NICOLAS, C.B., K.H., K.F.M. (Captain, 1815.
F-p., 29; H-p., 21.)
John Toup Nicolas, born 22 Feb. 1788, is eldest
son of the late Retired Commander John Harris
Nicolas, R.N.,* of East Looe, co. Cornwall, by Mar-
garet, youngest daughter and co-heir of John Blake,
Esq., and granddaughter of the Rev. John Keigwin,
Vicar of Landrake. He is brother of Paul Harris
Nicolas, Esq., First-Lieutenant R.M., who served
on board the Belleisle 74 at the battle of Trafal-
gar ; of Lieut. Wm. Keigwin Nicolas, K.N. ; and of
Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, G.C.M.G., K.H., Lieu-
tenant R.N. One of his uncles, Paul Harris Nicolas,
an Alderman of East Looe, was father of the late
Capt. Nicholas Harris Nicolas of the Royal Artil-
lery ; and another, the late Major Nicholas Harris
Nicolas (who died in Nov. 1816), after having held
a commission in the Royal Marines, and been se-
verely wounded at the battle of Bunker's Hill, re-
moved into the line, became a Captain in the 44th
and 89th regts., and, subsequently to the peace
* Commander J. H. Nicolas was torn in 1758. He entered
the Navy in 1772 ; served in the Orpheus 32 at the blockade
of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia; attained the rank
of Lieutenant in 1779 ; and between that period and 1786
was employed in the Ocean 90, as senior in the Buffalo 60,
and in command, for two years, of the Sprightly cutter.
From 1792 until 1798 he regulated the Impress service at
Dartmouth in a manner most creditable to himself and satis-
factory to the inhabitants. His prudent and spirited conduct
on one occasion saved the town from being destroyed by lire.
la 1798 he was appointed to command the Sea Fencibles on
the coast of Devon ; and ttoTn 1808 until 1810 he commanded
the Resolue guard-ship at Plymouth, He was placed on the
list of Retired Commanders 17 March, 1814, snd died 12
Julv, 1844.
NICOLAS.
815
of 1783, Major of the Royal Cornwall Fenoible
Dragoons.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1797, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Attack gun-vessel, in which,
and in the Forester and Nimble, commanded by
Lieuts. Uinton, All^n, arid Lloyd, he served on the
Dartmouth station, until received as Midshipman,
in Sept. 1799, into the Edgak 74, under the orders
of his patron, Capt. Edw. BuUer, whom, in the spring
of 1801, he accompanied into the Achille 74, at-
tached, as had been the Edgar, to the force in the
Channel. In April, 1803, having passed some months
in the Naiad frigate, Capt. Jas. Wallis, he again
joined Capt. BuUer on board the Malta 80. In
that ship, of which he was created a Lieutenant 1
May, 1804, he fought in Sir Robt. Calder's action
with the combined fleets oif Cape Finisterre 22 July,
1805. In June and Oct. 1807 he became Flag-Lieu-
tenant, in the Queen 98 and Canopus 80, to Rear-
Admiral Geo. Martin, on the Mediterranean sta-
tion ; where, 12 Oct. 1809, he was ordered to act as
Commander of the Redwing 18. In the following
Dec, finding that he had been officially promoted
to the command of the Pilot brig of 18 guns, by a
commission bearing date 26 of the preceding Aug.,
he returned to England, and in April, 1810, joined
that vessel at Portsmouth. Returning soon vrith
convoy to the Mediterranean, he commenced a series
of operations against the enemy along the Italian
shores, unsurpassed for activity and success, the
principal of which we shall now proceed to record.
His first act was the destruction, when in company
with the Ortenzia schooner, of five out of a convoy
of 51 sail, protected, near the town of St. Luoido,
on the coast of Calabria^ by a battery, 16 armed
vessels, and a body of musketeers, whose fire killed
3 of the British. This event took place 24 June,
1810 ; and on 8 of the ensuing month we find him
earning the high admiration of Rear- Admiral Martin
by the manner in which he took, near the same
place, and destroyed two gun-boats, three armed
scampavias, and 17 sail of transport-vessels, laden
with stores and ammunition for Murat's army at
Scylla. Seventeen days afterwards, being in com-
pany with the Thames 32 and Weasel 18, the zeal
and gallantry of Capt. Nicolas were again displayed
at the capture and destruction, under the batteries
of Amantea, of a convoy of 31 vessels, also laden
for the army of Murat, together with seven large
gun-boats and five scampavias ; a service which pro-
cured him the acknowledgments as well of the Ad-
miralty as of his Commander-in-Chief.* Independ-
ently of many gallant exploits performed by her
boats at Monasteracci, Riacci, Strongoli, Castellar,t
Policastro,J and other places, in which she herself
more or less participated, the Pilot, in company
with the Thames 32, Capt. Chas. Napier, came into
action, 4 April, 1812, with a Neapolitan flotilla, con-
sisting of a brig, three schooners, and 14 gun-vessels,
whom an unfortunate calm enabled to escape under
the strong batteries of Salerno. On 14 of the en-
suing month the two ships attacked the port of
Sapri, and, after having battered for two hours its
defences (a strong battery and tower mounting 2
32-pounders), compelled it to surrender at discretion.
The support afforded by Capt. Nicolas on the occa-
sion was great ; he flanked the battery in a most
judicious manner, and afterwards commanded the
launching of 28 vessels laden with oil.§ In June,
1812, uniting with the Euryalus 36 and Cephalus
18, the Pilot sufiered severely in her sails and
rigging while engaged in a five hours* attempt to de-
stroy a large convoy at Dino, protected by three bat-
teries, several gun-boats, and a large body of troops.
Between April, 1810, and July, 1812, she effected,
we may add, the unassisted capture, with a loss of
but 8 of her people killed and 24 wounded, of not
less than 130 of the enemy's vessels. In the course
of the month last mentioned she was ordered to the
Adriatic ; and while next cruizing between Sicily
and the African coast, she succeeded in taking,
among other prizes, the French armed-brig Harp,
• Tide Gaz. 1810, p. 1860. + V. Gaz. 1811, p. 2193.
t V. Gaz. 1812, p. 1396. } V. Gaz. 1812, pp. 1396-7.
with a valuable cargo on board, at the close of
a long and anxious chase, 4 June, 1813. At the
commencement of the peace of 1814 her Commander
was sent by Lord Exmouth to Murat, then King of
Naples, to inquire into a supposed insult offered
by a Neapolitan frigate to H.M. sloop Ptlades ;
which, however, in a personal interview with Joa-
chim, was proved to him to have originated in mis-
take. Towards the close of 1814, having returned
with convoy to England, Capt. Nicolas applied to
the Admiralty for leave to have the Pilot altered
agreeably to a plan he had formed, by which a shot-
hole between wind and water, in any part of the
ship, could be immediately stopped, an object
hitherto impracticable from the arrangements of the
bread and store rooms. His request was at once
granted, and the suggestions he had made ordered
to be carried out in regard to all the 18-gun brigs
then under repair at Portsmouth. On the escape
of Napoleon Buonaparte from Elba, Capt. Nicolas
was again sent to the Mediterranean, where he was
intrusted with the important duty of opening a
communication with Marseilles and the coast adja-
cent, for the purpose of assuring those who adhered
to the royal cause of the assistance of Great BKtain.
On 17 June, 1815, being off Cape Corse, he achieved
an exploit of much gallantry in effecting the defeat of
the French corvette Ugere of 28 guns ; which vessel
made off at the end of a close and obstinate combat
of nearly two hours, attended with a loss to herself
of 22 men killed and 79 wounded, and to the Bri-
tish, with damage to their sails and rigging, of 1
man killed and 15 wounded. To mark the sense
they entertained of his conduct on the occasion, the
Admiralty promoted Capt. Nicolas to Post-rank by
a commission dated 26 Aug. 1815. On 4 of the pre-
ceding June he had formed one of the six Com-
manders nominated to the C.B. on the extension of
the order of the Bath. In the following Oct. he
was presented, in compliment to his distinguished
services, with the Small Cross of the Order of St.
Ferdinand and of Merit by the Bang of the Two
Sicilies; who, on 26 April, 1816, as an additional
mark of favour, conferred on him the Cross of a
Knight Commander of the same Order. After ac-
companying Lord Exmouth on his visits to Algiers
and Tunis, Capt. Nicolas returned to England, and,
in July, 1816, was paid off. During the time he had
been employed in the Mediterranean he had fre-
quently attracted the notice of tlie Admiralty by the
valuable additions he had made to hydrographic
knowledge. Obtaining command, 5 Jan. 1820, of
the Egeria 28, Capt. Nicolas was forthwith de-
spatched to Newfoundland, where it was his lot for
some months to discharge the anomalous duties of
a naval surrogate. A better proof of the satisfac-
tory manner in which he acquitted himself cannot
be adduced than the fact that out of more than a
thousand cases in which he adjudicated at St. John
and Harbour Grace only three appeals were made,
and in each of these his decision was confirmed by
the Supreme Court. A gratifying testimony, too,
of the general esteem in which he was held, was
afforded him by the spontaneous manner in which
the chief inhabitants of the latter place came for-
ward, on the publication of a libel against him, and
subscribed the. sum of 400/. towards the conviction
of the offender. In May, 1822, he returned to Eng-
land ; and in Nov. of that year, in consequence of a
dispute which had arisen between the keelmen and
the shipmasters and owners at Newcastle, he was
deputed with a small squadron to the river Tyne
to aid the civil power in subduing the alarming in-
subordination displayed. By a union of firmness,
decision, and forbearance, he succeeded in six weeks,
without the occurrence of a single casualty, in fully
restoring order ; and in such a manner as to elicit
the marked approbation of the Mayor, Magistrates
and merchants belonging to the town of N ewcastle',
of the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, Sir Benj.
Hallowell, and of the present Sir Robt. Peel, then
Secretary of State for the Home Department. The
Egeria being put out of commission in the early
part of 1823, Capt. Nicolas, notwithstanding many
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applications for employment, remained on half-pay
for a period of 14 years. His appointments have
since been — 16 Aug. 1837, to the Hercules 74, on
the Lisbon station, whence his health obliged him
to return in Jan. 1839 — 10 April, in the latter year,
to the Belleisle 72, employed on the Mediterra-
nean and Home stations— 30 Sept. 1841 (on leaving
the Belleisee, which, not being found effective as
an active man-of-war, had been paid oft^ and, at his
suggestion, fitted for the conveyance of troops), to
the Vindictive 50— and, 1 Sept. 1847, to the Super-
intendentship of the Victualling Yard at Plymouth,
where he is now serving. During the three years
he commanded the Vindictive, Capt. Nicolas was
chiefly employed on the East India station. On
touching, on his passage home, at Tahiti, circum-
stances arose which called for his interference, and
afforded him occasion for the display of much zeal,
ability, and firmness, in resisting the aggressions of
the French on that island.
In reference to the success which had attended
the efforts of the American navy, Capt. Nicolas,
towards the end of 1814, published a pamphlet en-
titled ' An Inquiry into the Causes which have led
to ou#late Naval Disasters, by an Officer In the
Navy, in a Series of Letters addressed to a Friend.'
He was nominated a K.H. 1 Jan. 1834 ; and on 9
Nov. 1846 awarded the Good Service Pension. He
married, 1 Aug. 1818, Frances Anna, daughter of
Nicholas Were, Esq., of Landcox, near Wellington,
CO. Somerset, by whom he has issue four sons and
two daughters. His third son, Beville Granville
Wyndham, is in the Eoyal Navy.
NICOLAS, G.C.M.G., K.H. (Lieiitenant, 1815.
F-p., 7 ; H-p., 32.)
Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, bom 10 March,
1799, is brother of Capt. John Toup Nicolas, K.N.,
C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 Oct. 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salvador del Mundo
112, Capt. Thos. Wolley, bearing the flag of Admi-
ral Wm. Young at Plymouth ; where he continued
employed in the Resolde and Prince Frederick
74's, flag-ships of Sir Edw. BuUer, until April, 1811 ;
in the course of which month he sailed in the
Cephalus 18, Capt. Aug. Wm. Jas. Clifford, for
the Mediterranean, and there joined the Pilot 18,
commanded by his brother, Capt. J. T. Nicolas.
In that vessel (of which he was nominated Midship-
man 31 March, 1812) he served for a period of four
years and a half, and was frequently engaged in her
boats at the capture and destruction of armed ves-
sels and convoys on the Calabrian coast. After a
servitude of six months at Plymouth and again in
the Mediterranean (whither he proceeded in the
Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne),
in the Impregnable and Boyne 98's, flag-ships of
Sir John Thos. Duckworth and Lord Exmouth, he
was promoted, 20 Sept. 1815, to the rank of Lieute-
nant. He then went back to the Pilot, and served
in her as an Extra^Lieutenant until the early part
of 1816. Since that period he has been on half-pay.
Unsuccessful in his efforts to obtain employment,
Lieut. Nicolas adopted the profession of the law,
and in May, 1825, was called to the Bar by the So-
ciety of the Inner Temple. In Oct. 1831 he was
nominated a K.H. and a K.C.M.G. ; and in Oct.
1840 a G.C.M.G. He was appointed Secretary of
the Knight Commanders and Companions of the
Bath 10 April, 1832 ; and he was subsequently se-
lected to fill the office (which he still holds) of Chan-
cellor of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.
Sir N. H. Nicolas, whose prolific writings, too nu-
merous to enumerate here,* have rendered him emi-
nent as a literary genius, has received the large
Silver Medal of the ' Society for the Encouragement
of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce,' for tele-
graphic improvements ; among which are the nume-
rical code of flags now used by the Royal Yacht
_ * We may however mention, as among his recent produc-
tions, ' The Letters and Despatches of Admiral Lord Viscount
Nelson,' and * A History of the Royal Navy from the earliest
period to the Wars of the French Revolution.'
Squadron, and submitted by him to the Admiralty
in March, 1819. He married, 28 JIarch, 1822, Sarah,
youngest daughter of John Davison, Esq,, of Lough-
ton, CO. Essex, by whom he has issue four sons and
four daughters. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
NICOLAS. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
William Keigwin Nicolas was bom 23 April,
1792. He is brother of Capt. J. T. Nicolas, R.N.,
C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 March, 1803, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Malta 80, Capts. Edw.
Buller, Wm. Shield, and Robt. Waller Otway, under
the first-mentioned of whom he fought as Midship-
man in Sir Robt. Calder's action with the combined
fleets off Cape Finisterre 22 July, 1805. In Nov.
1808, on his return from the Mediterranean, he
joined the Defiance 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham,
attached to the force employed on the coast of
France, where, under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne,
he contributed, 24 Feb. 1809, to the destruction of
three French frigates, after a contest in which the
Defiance, added to severe damage experienced in
her sails and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men Idlled
and 25 wounded. He was made Lieutenant, 15
April following, into the Crocodile, Capt. Edwin
Henry Chamberlayne, employed off Shetland and
in the Arctic Sea ; and he was next in succession
appointed— 4 Deo. 1809, to the Rapid sloop, Capt.
Wm. Mather, in the Channel— 26 Jan. 1811, and 8
March, 1813, to the Bovne 98 and Ville de Paris
110, flag-ships of Sir Harry Burrard Neale on the
Home station — and, 11 Jan. 1815, as Senior, to the
Pilot 18, commanded by his brother, Capt. John
Toup Nicolas. In the Ville de Paris, which ship
he paid off as First-Lieutenant in Aug. 1814, he
took part in the grand naval review held at Spit-
bead at the close of the war ; and in the Pilot he
was warmly recommended to the notice of the Ad-
miralty for his conduct in the gallant victory gained
by that vessel over the French corvette Lffgere of
28 guns, 17 June, 1815. Although his Captain,
under whose name we have more fully alluded to the
action, was deservedly rewarded with a Post com-
mission, the valour displayed by Lieut. Nicolas was
allowed to pass unnoticed, nor has it yet been re-
garded. The Pilot being put out of commission in
Aug. 1816, he did not succeed in procuring fresh
employment until 16 July, 1847. Since that period
he has been serving as First-Lieutenant of the
Ocean 80, Capt. David Price, guard-ship at Sheer-
NICOLSON, Bart. (Captain, 1846.)
Sir Frederick William Erskine Nioolson, born
22 April, 1815, is son of the late Major-General Sir
Wm. Nicolson, Bart., by Mary, daughter of John
Russell, Esq., and granddaughter of Dr. Robert-
son, the celebrated historian. He succeeded his
father, as 10th Baronet, 5 Aug. 1820.
This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval
College) 24 Nov. 1829 ; passed his examination in
1831; obtained his first commission 2 Jan. 1837;
served during the two following years on the Lisbon
station in the Tbinculo 16, Capt. Henry Edw. Coffin;
and on 7 Nov. 1839 was appointed to the Blonde42,
Capt. Thos. Bourchier. For his services in the latter
ship in the operations of May, 1841, against Canton
(where he well played his part),* and the meritorious
and valuable assistance he afforded as her Senior
Lieutenant in those of the ensuing Aug. and Oct.
against Amoy and Chinghae,t he was rewarded
with a Commander's commission dated 26 Aug. in
the same year. Obtaining command, 14 Dec. 1844,
of the Fantome 16, he sailed, in the early part of
the following year, for the Mediterranean, where, in
personal command of the boats of that vessel, he
was for many hours, 12 May, 1846, engaged in a
desperate affray with a large force of Moorish
pirates on the coast of Barbary in a successful at-
tempt to recover the merchant-brig Ruth, of which
they had obtained possession. The British on the
• FirfeGai;. 1841, p. 2510. + f . Gaz. 1842, pp. 84, 306.
NIGHTINGALE— NIND -NIXON— NO AD.
817
occasion sustained a loss of a Midshipman (Mr.
Rich. Boys) killed, and 8, including thie first-Lieu-
tenant, John Sanderson, wounded. Sir Frederick
himself suffered a narrow escape : while in the midst
of the fire, encouraging and cheering his men, two
bullets went through his hat; another caught the
heel of his boot, and a stone grazed his lip. For
his gallant conduct he was advanced to his present
rank by a commissi<jn bearing date the day of the
action. He returned in consequence to England,
and has since been on half-pay.
He married, 26 May, 1847, Mary Clementina
Marion, only daughter of Jas. Loch, Esq., M.P. for
Wick, N. B., and niece of Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch,
R.N.
NIGHTINGALE. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 10 ;*
H-p., 32.)
David Thomas Nightingale died 22 Dec. 1844.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 Sept. 1803, as
Ordinary, on board the Magnanime frigate, Capt.
John Broughton ; and in May, 1804, after having
cruized in the Bristol Channel, removed as Mid-
shipman to the Atlas 74, Capts. Wm. Johnstone
Hope and Sam. Pym. In March, 1806, on his return
from the West Indies, where he had been serving a
short time in the Beadlieu 44, Capt. Chas. Ekins,
he became attached to the Clyde 38, Capt. Edw.
W. C. K. Owen, off Boulogne. Rejoining Capt.
Ekins, in Feb. 1807, on board the Defence 74, he
witnessed, during Admiral Gambler's ensuing ope-
rations against Copenhagen, the surrender to the
CoMUS 22, Capt. Edm. Heywood, of the Danish fri-
gate Fredericscoam. After this he visited Lisbon,
and then, a second time, the "West Indies ; on which
station he was successively received on board the
Belleisle 74, Neptune 98, and Pompee 80, all flag-
ships of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane ; by whom, subse-
quently to the reduction of Martinique, we find him
nominated, 18 Dec. 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the
St. Christopher sloop, Capts. IVIichael Head, Henry
Nathaniel Rowe, and Wm. M'CuUooh, part of the
force employed at the taking of Guadeloupe in Feb.
1810. On 27 Jan. 1811, at which period he was
serving as a Supernumerary in the Dragon 74, flag-
ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, lie was placed in command,
with the rank of Acting-Sub-Lieutenant, of the
Orange schooner. He left that vessel in Jan. 1812;
and was next, between the following Sept. (on 21 of
which month he was oflicially advanced to the rank
of Lieutenant) and Nov. 1814, employed on the
West India, North American, and Home stations,
in the Narcissus 32, Capt. John Rich. Lumley,
Statira38, Capt. HassardStackpoole, Negro prison-
ship, Lieut.-Commander Isaac Strutt, and Favorite
22, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude. His last ap-
pointment was, 26 Nov. 1823, to the Coast Blockade,
in which he served some time as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capts. Wm.
M'CuUooh and Hugh Pigot.
NIND. (Commander, 1844. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 12.)
Philip Pitt Nind was bom 14 Dec. 1788.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Deo. 1803, as
Midshipman, on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. John
Wentworth Loring, bearing the flag in the Downs
of Rear-Admiral PhiUp Patton. With the excep-
tion of a few months in 1805-6, during which he
was borne at Plymouth on the books of the Salva-
dor del Mundo, Capt. John Loring, he continued
employed with Capt. J. W. Loring in the Aurora
23, and Niobe 40, chiefly on the Home station, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 March, 1810;
assisting, in the latter ship, at the capture, 28 March,
1806, ol Le Nearque French national vessel of 16
guns and 97 men. Being next, 21 March, 1810, ap-
pointed to the Alert of 16 guns and 84 men, Capts.
Alex. Renny, Geo. Barne Trollope, and Thos. Lamb
Folden Langharne, he was on board that sloop on
the Newfoundland station when captured, 13 Aug.
1812, by the U. S. frigate Essex of 46 guns and 328
men, after a most gallant resistance of 15 minutes,
• Independently of th? time he passed io the Coast Blockade.
in which the British vessel had 3 of her people
killed, and received seven feet water in her hold.
While attached, from May, 1813, until Jan. 1814, to
the Bulwark 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Philip
Chas. Durham, Mr. Kind was frequently employed
in command of the boats against the enemy in
Basque Roads. His last appointments were — 27
Oct. 1814, to the Sparrowhawk 18, Capts. Thos.
Ball Clowes and Fred. Wm. Burgoyne, under whom
he served for upwards of 12 months on the Leith
and Mediterranean stations— 30 Aug. 1822, to the
Coast Guard— in the early part of 1824, to the com-
mand of the Defence Revenue cruizer — 15 Nov.
1827, again to the Coast Guard— and 9 April, 1840,
to the command of the Prince Albert, another
Revenue vessel. On 6 Jan. 1823, it was his fortune
t6 save the crew of the Little Mary of London ; a
service for which he was honoured with the com-
mendation of the Board of Admiralty and with the
thanks of the Committee at Lloyd's ; who presented
him with the sum of bOl, for distribution among
those of his men who had put off with him in the
boats to the rescue. As a reward for his conduct
during 21 years' continuous employment in the Re-
venue service he was promoted to the rank of Com-
mander 5 Jan. 1844.
Commander Nind, who is Senior of 1844, married,
17 Feb. 1811, Miss Mary Chanly White, a lady by
whom he has issue five sons and three daughters.
NIXON. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 33.)
James Nixon died in 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1802, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aurora 28, Capt. ThosI
Gordon Caulfeild, lying at Spithead ; and in the fol-
lowing month removed to the Diamond 38, Capt.
Thos. Elphinstone, in the Channel. In March,
1803, he rejoined Capt. Caulfeild as Midshipman on
board the Grampus 50, on the Guernsey station,
whence he ultimately proceeded to the East Indies,
and there accompanied the same Captain into the
KossELL 74. Between Sept. 1807 and May, 1809,
we find him alternately serving in the Sir Francis
Drake and Phaeton frigates, Capts. Fleetwood
Broughton Reynolds Pellew, Clement Sneyd, and
Geo. Harris; and on 11 Dec. in the former year
contributing in the boats of the Sir Francis Drake
to the destruction at Griessee, in the island of Java,
of the dockyard and stores, and all the men-of-war
remaining to Holland in the East Indies. After
again serving for 10 months with Capt. Caulfeild in
the Russell, he was nominated, 15 March, 1810,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Hesper sloop, Capts.
Henry Drury, David Paterson, Edw. Lloyd, and
Barrington Reynolds. Continuing in that vessel
until Sept. 1811, he succeeded, in command of her
cutter, in boarding and carrying, 15 Nov. 1810,
with a loss to the British of himself and 2 men
wounded, the French national schooner La Motiche,
bound to the Isle of France with despatches, 2 of
whose people were killed, and 5, including their
Commander, wounded ;'*' and he assisted also at the
reduction of Java, where he was employed on shore
at the storming of Fort Cornells. On his arrival
home in the Caroline 36, Capt. Christopher Cole,
he was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant by a
commission bearing date 3 Jan. 1812. Being next,
10 Sept. following, appointed to the Pembroke 74,
Capt. Jas. Brisbane, he was affojrded an opportunity
of sharing in a partial action fought with the French
fleet off' Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813, and of witnessing the
fall of Genoa in April, 1814. He was placed on
half-pay in Aug. of the latter year, and did not after-
wards go afloat. Agents — Burnett and Holmes.
NOAD. (Lieutenant, 1838. f-p., 16; h-p., 8.)
Arthur Mayne Noad entered the Navy, 19 Dec.
1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tweed 28, Capts.
Fred. Hunn and Lord Hen. John Spencer Churchill ;
in which ship he was for upwards of seven years
employed, the greater part of the time as Midship-
man, on the South American, Irish, North America
• Fide Gs,z. 1811, p. 897.
5M
81S
NOBLE.
and West India, and Cape of Good Hope stations.
In April, 1831, having passed his examination in
July, 1830, he was appointed Mate of the Kattle-
SNAKE 28, Capt. Chas. Graham, fitting for the Paci-
fic, whence he returned in Nov. 1S33. He next, in
Mayi 1834, joined the Childers 18, Capt. Hon.
Henry Keppel, with whom he served on the Medi-
terranean and African stations (nearly four months
of the period, as' Acting-Lieutenant) until May, 1838.
On 28 of the following June he was ofBcially ad-
vanced to the rank he at present holds. His last
appointments were— 7 May, 1839, to the Sekinga-
PATAM 42, Capts. John Leith and "Wm. Ward Per-
cival Johnson, which ship was paid off on her return
from the North America and West India station Ln
Nov. 1841— and 22 Feb. 1842, to the Isis 44, Capt.
Sir John Marshall, at the Cape of Good Hope. On
19 July in the latter year, while engaged in hoisting
out the launch at Port Natal, preparatory to the
embarkation of the 25th Regiment, Lieut. Noad
sustained a dreadful accident in consequence of the
hook of the boat's purchase giving way. He suf-
fered a dislocation of the right hip, had both bones
of his leg fractured, and received such severe con-
tusions of the right shoulder and arm that mortifi-
cation was apprehended. After being buffeted in
this lamentable condition at sea for 12 days in very
hard weather, he was put on shore and sent to the
hospital at Simon's Bay. In the following Dec. he
invalided; and on 2 Oct. 1843 he was awarded a
pension. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
NOBLE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.)
George Noble was born 11 Oct. 1791, at Glas-
gow, and died in 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 July, 1806, as
Midshipman, on board the Franchise 36, Capt.
Chas. Dashwood, in which ship he escorted home
from Jamaica a convoy of 10 sail under circum-
stances of great difficulty, accompanied the expedi-
tion of 1807 against Copenhagen, returned with the
trade in 1808 to the West Indies, and witnessed the
capture, in Dec. of that year, of the town of Samana,
St. Domingo, almost the last port of refuge on the
station for the enemy's privateers. After a further
servitude in the West Indies on board the Poly-
phemus 64, Capt. Wm. Pryce Cumby, and Dicoo-
VERTE 10, Capts. Joshua Kicketts Rowley and Jas.
Oliver, he came home in May, 1811, in the Savage
16, Capt. Wm. Ferrie. With the exception of a
short time passed in 1813 in the Kingeisher 18,
Capt. Ewell Tritton, he was next, until 1814, em-
ployed on board the Milford 74, flag-ship of Sir
Thos. Fras. Fremantle in the Adriatic, where he
assisted in wresting several towns from the enemy.
We may here allude to a very narrow escape from
destruction experienced by Mr. Noble. On 10 Oct.
1813, while the Milford was lying at anchor a few
miles below Trieste, a howitzer and several pieces
of cannon were brought into a^neighbouring wood,
and a fire immediately opened upon her. At
a moment when Mr. Noble was standing on
the C[uarter-deck receiving instructions from the
commanding officer, a 5i-inch shell struck the deck
at his feet, tearing off one of his coat-pockets in its
descent, and scattering its contents in all directions.
The remains of a silver snuff-box, which happened
to be in it, ,were subsequently found in the main-
chains, and are still in his possession. After this
freak, the shell rebounded and, without injuring a
soul, burst over the poop, where were assembled up-
wards of a hundred of the officers, seamen, and ma-
rines. On 16 March, 1815, Mr. Noble, who had
acted as Lieutenant both in the Kingfisher and
Milford, was awarded a commission. He did not
again go afioat.
He has left a widow and a large family.
•NOBLE. ^Vice-Admikal of the White, 1846.
p-p., 13 ; H-p., 47.)
James Noble, descended from a respectable
mercantile family settled at Bristol, oo. Somerset,
is second and only surviving son of a distinguished
loyalist, who sacrificed considerable property in the
royal cause during the war with America, where,
after raising an independent corps, consisting chiefly
of Germans employed at the iron- works on his estate
in the Bergen County, East Jersey, he received a
bayonet wound in his right eye and had his skull
fractured in an affair vrith the Republicans (a cala-
mity which deprived him for upwards of 18 months
of the use of his reason, and caused a majority to
which he had been nominated to be conferred on
another), and was afterwards killed by a party of
rebels while holding the appointment of Assistant-
Commissary under Sir Henry Clinton. The Vice-
Admiral's eldest brother, Richard, was drowned in
La Dorade, a French privateer, prize to the Clyde
frigate ; and his youngest, Dejoncourt, a Midship-
man of the Vangdard 74, fell a victim to the yellow
fever in the West Indies.
This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1787, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impregnable 98, Capt.
Sir Thos. Byard, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admiral
Graves; and served, between Sept. 1788 and Nov.
1791, latterly in the capacity of Midshipman, in the
Termagant sloop, Capt. John Salisbury, Impreg-
nable again, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Bicker-
ton, and Ferret sloop, Capt. Wm. Nowell, on the
Home station. Joining next, in Jan. 1793, the
Bedford 74, Capts. Robt. Mann and Davidge
Gould, he assisted, and was employed on shore
with a party of small-arm men, at the occupation
of Toulon, and shared also in the partial actions of
14 March and 13 July, 1795, with the French fleet ;
on the former of which occasions the Bedford
came into close contact with the Censeur 74, and Ca
Ira 80, whose fire killed 9 and wounded 17 'of
her people. After serving a short period with
Admiral Hotham in the Britannia 100, he was no-
minated, 5 Oct. 1795, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Agamemnon 64, Commodore Horatio Nelson ; to
which ship the Admiralty confirmed him by a com-
mission bearing date 9 March, 1796. A short time
prior to the latter event he had been taken prisoner
while conveying despatches to the Austrian camp
near Savona. On 25 of the following April, having
rejoined his ship, we find him serving in her boats,
with those of the Meleager, Diadem, and Pe-
tered, at the bringing off of four vessels, laden with
com, rice, wine, powder, 8 brass guns, and 1600
stand of arms, from under a heavy fire from the
enemy's batteries and musketry at Loano. "It is
with the greatest grief I have to mention," says
Nelson, in his report of this affair to the Commander-
in-Chief, Sir John Jervis, " that Lieutenant James
Noble, a most worthy and gallant officer, is, I fear,
mortally wounded."* In July of the same year,
Lieut. Noble, who had by that time recovered, and
had been transferred with the Commodore to the
Captain 74, was invested with the temporary com-
mand of La Genie otherwise Vem<m gun-brig. Re-
joining his heroic chief in the ensuing Oct., he con-
tinued to serve with him as his Flag-Lieutenant in
the Captain, Minebve of 42 guns and 286 men,
Captain again, and Irresistible 74, until 20
March, 1797. In the Minerve, besides witnessing,
among other services, the capture of Porto Ferrajo
and the island of Capraja, together with the evacua-
tion of Corsica, he assisted, 20 Dec. 1796, at the
capture and defeat, in presence of the Spanish fleet,
of the Sabina of 40 and Matilda of 34 guns. The
former ship struck her colours, after a combat of
three hours ; and a loss, out of 286 men, of 14 killed
and 44 wounded ; the other was compelled to wear
and haul off at the close of a sharp action of half an
hour ; the collective loss of the Minerve on both
occasions amounting to 7 men killed and 44 wounded.
Among the latter was Lieut. Noble severely, in re-
gard to whom Commodore Nelson, in his letter to
Sir John Jervis, thus a second time expressed him-
self: — "Ton will observe, too, I am sure with re-
gret, amongst the wounded, Lieut. Jas. Noble, who
quitted the Captain to serve with me ; and whose
merit and repeated wounds, received in fighting the
enemies of our country, entitle him to every reward
• fiSeGkz. 1796, p, 614.
NOBLE— NOLLOTH—NOPS.
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which a grateful nation can bestow."* In the action
fought off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797, being
again in the Captain, he occupied a conspicuous
position in the brilliant part enacted by Nelson and
his gallant companions ; with whom he boarded and
assisted in carrying in succession the San Nicolas of
80 and San Josef ot 112 guns. On 27 of the same
month his continued meritorious conduct was re-
warded with a Commander's commission. His last
appointment was to the Sea Fencible Service in
Sussex, in which he remained from 29 May, 1798,
until Nov. 1802. His promotion to Post-rank took
place 29 April in the latter year. He was placed on
the Retired List of Admirals 10 Jan. 1837, but was
removed to the Active List 17 Aug. 1840, and on 9
Nov. 1846 advanced to the rank he now holds.
Vice- Admiral Noble married, first, in 1801, Sarah,
daughter of Jas. Lamb, Esq., of Rye, co. Sussex, by
whom, who died in 1818, he had issue seven sons
and three daughters ; secondly, in 1820, Dorothy,
daughter of the late — Halliday, Esq., M.D. ; and,
that lady dying in Aug. 1840, thirdly, 2 Feb. 1842,
Jane Anne, widow of Edm. Spettigue, Esq. One of
his sons, Jeffery "Wheelock, is a Captain R.N. ; and
another, Edward Meadows, a Lieutenant in the same
service (1841), died 22 Jan. 1843, at Amoy, in China,
while belonging to the Serpent 16, Capt. Wm. Ne-
vill. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
NOBLE. (Captaik, 1846.)
Jeffeey WHEELocit NoBLB is SOU of Vicc-Ad-
miral Jas. Noble.
This officer entered the Navy 5 Nov. 1816 ; passed
his examination in 1824 ; served as Mate of the
BoADicEA frigate during the Burmese war; and
was made Lieutenant, 11 Oct. 1826, into the Tamaii
26, Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer. His appoint-
ments after he left that ship were, in the capacity
of Senior Lieutenant — 17 April, 1831, to the Pal-
las 42, Capts. Manley Hall Dixon and Wm. Wal-
pole, under whom he was for three years employed
on the North America and West India station — 19
May, 1834, to the Tribune 24, Capt. Jas. Tomkin-
son, fitting for the Mediterranean, whence he re-
turned to England and was paid off in the early part
of 1833— and, 29 Nov. in the latter year, to the In-
constant 36, Capts. Dan. Pring and Fred. Thos.
Michell. In the last-mentioned ship, until promoted
to the rank of Commander, 23 Nov. 1841, he was
again employed on the Mediterranean station ;
where, and in North America and the West Indies,
he officiated, from 4 Jan. 1842 until paid off in 1844,
and from h March, 1845, until advanced to his pre-
sent rank, 9 Nov. 1846, as Second Captain of the
Indds 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, and Vindictive
50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen. He is now
on half-pay. Agents — Holmes and Folkard.
NOBLE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
William Blackmore Noble entered the Navy,
18 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Roe-
buck 44, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, with whom, as Mid-
shipman of the same ship, and of the Quebec 32,
and Lively 38, he continued very actively em-
ployed, as shown in the memoir of that officer, until
wrecked off the island of Malta 10 Aug. 1810. In
the following Dec. he joined the San Josef 110,
bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton in the Medi-
terranean and Channel; and in June, 1812, he ac-
companied Capt. M'lvinley, who had latterly had
command of that ship, into the Bellona 74. . After
a servitude of 20 months in the North Sea and
again in the Channel, he proceeded in the early
part of 1814 to Lake Ontario, where he was received
on board the Prince Regent 56, bearing the broad
pendant of Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, by
whom he was nominated Lieutenant of the Char-
well schooner, Capt. Edw. Rowley. He was con-
firmed to that vessel 27 Aug. 1814. In Sept. 1815
he returned to England, and he has since been on
half-pay. Agents — Holmes and Folkard.
• Fide Gaz. 1 797, p. 200.
NOLLOTH. (LlEDTENANT, 1845.)
Charles Nolloth passed his examination 6 June,
1838 ; and was for several years employed in the
East Indies as Mate in the Druid 44, Capt. John
Smith, Pylades 18, Capt. Louis Symonds Tindal,
Apollo troop-ship, Capts. Chas. Frederick and Wm.
Maclean, and DiEDALUs 20, Capt Peter M'Guhae.
On 19 Aug. 1845, he had charge of the pinnace be-
longing to the latter ship, and served with the boats
of a squadron, carrying altogether 530 officers, sea-
men, and marines, at the destruction, under Capt.
Chas. Talbot, of the piratical settlement of Malloo-
doo, on the north end of the island of Borneo, where
the British encountered a desperate opposition,
and had 6 men killed and 15 wounded.* As a re-
ward for his conduct he was presented with a com-
mission bearing date the day of the occurence.
He was appointed, 3 Dec. following, Additional-
Lieutenant of the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir
Thos. John Cochrane, also on the East India sta-
tion ; where, since 28 Aug. 1846, he has been serv-
ing in the Ringdove 16, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste, Wm.
John Cavendish Clifford, and Edw. Augustus Ingle-
field.
NOLLOTH. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Henry Ovenden Nolloth entered the Navy 15
Aug. 1818; passed his examination in 1825; ob-
tained his commission 18 Sept. 1 828 ; and was em-
ployed for several months in 1831, in the Galatea
42, Capt. Chas. Napier, on particular service, and,
from 10 April, 1839, until the close of 1840, in the
Bblleisle 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, on the
Mediterranean station. Since the latter date he has
been on half-pay.
NOLLOTH. (Commander, 1846.)
Matthew Stainton Nolloth entered the Navy
27 Aug. 1824; passed his examination in 1830 ; and
obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838. His
succeeding appointments were — 16 May, 1839, to
the Childers 16, Capts. Edw. Pellew Halsted and
Geo. Greville Wellesley, in which vessel, paid off in
1844, he participated in the operations of 1842 in
the Yang-tse-Kiang, and served for some time as
First-Lieutenant— and, 22 Nov. 1845, in the capacity
last mentioned, to the Bittern 16, Capt. Thos. Hope,
fitting for the coast of Africa. Since his attain-
ment of the rank ho now holds, 12 March, 1846, he
has been on half-pay.
NOPS. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 28.)
John George Nops entered the Navy, in Sept.
1795, on board the Juste 84, Capt. Hon. Thos. Pa-
kenham, with whom he served in the Channel until
the mutiny of 1 797 at Spithead. He then becanje
Midshipman of the Gibraltar 80, Capt. Wm. Han-
cock Kelly, off Cadiz ; and, on 10 April, 1802, after
a servitude of three years on the Irish station in the
Hussar 38, Capts. Lord Viscount Garlics and Wm.
Brown, he was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant.
Being next, in Sept. of the latter year, appointed
to La D^TERMiNiE frigate, armee-ea-flvte, Capt.
Alex. Becher, he was wrecked in that vessel, off
Jersey, 24 March, 1803. He served duriqg the 18
following months In the Channel on board the
Dreadnought 98, flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Com-
wallis, and Neptune 98, Capts. Edw. O'Brien
Drury and Sir Thos. Williams ; and he afterwards,
between 25 Oct. 1804 and 11 Sept. 1810 (at which
period the date of his commission was altered), held
successive command of the Defender gun-brig,
Princess Augusta cutter, Tokbulent gun-brig,
Poll cutter. Defender again, and Hardy gun-
brig, on the Home, Baltic, and Cadiz stations.
During'his original command of the Defender he
was wounded on the coast of France in 1806, and
in consequence presented with a gratuity from the
Patriotic Fund. His succeeding appointments were
— 7 Nov. 1810, for three years, to the Impress ser-
vice in London — 18 Feb. 1814, to the Achille 74,
Capt. Aiskew Fafiard Hollis, on the Brazilian sta-
tion, whence he returned in Oct. 1815 — for a few
• Vide Gai, 1846, p. 6538.
6 M 3
820
NORCOCK-NORCOTT— NORIE.
days in Dec. 1S17, to the Cadmcs 10, Capt. John
Gedge, lying at Sheemess— and, 19 March, 1822, to
the command, which he retained until 5 March,
1827, of the Signal station on Kingston Hill. He
was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hos-
pital 9 July, 1842.
Lieut. Hops is at present employed in the Excise
service. Agent— Fred. Dufanr.
NORCOCK. (LrEUTENANT, 1841.)
George Lowcat Norcock entered the Navy 10
May, 1830; passed his examination in 1836; and,
on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, 15 March, 1841, was appointed to the
command of the Forester brigantine, on the coast
of Africa. His next appointments were— 23 Dec.
1841, to the Warspite 50, Capt. Lord John Hay,
employed on particular service — 23 Oct. 1843, to
the St. Vincent 120, Hag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley
at Portsmouth — 22 Jan. 1846, as Senior, to the Ring-
dove 16, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, on the East India sta^
tion — and, 28 Aug. following, to the Vestal 26, Capt.
Chas. Talbot, with whom he returned to England
and was paid otF in July, 1847. During an expe-
dition conducted, in July, 1846, by Rear-Admiral
Sir Thos. John Cochrane against the Sultan of Bor-
neo, we find him commanding the 7th company of
small-arm men, together with half the men belong-
ing to the Royalist brig, and assisting at the cap-
ture and destruction, on 8 of that month, of the
enemy's forts and batteries on the river Brune.
On the ensuing ascent of a branch of the latter
stream by a force under Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy,
and its debarkation, after struggling for many
hours against an almost impenetrable navigation,
at the village of Mallout, Mr. Norcock, while the
main body marched on to Damuan, in the hope of
there capturing the Sultan's person, was left in par-
tial charge of a flotilla of seven gun-boats, and was
mentioned for the cheerful assistance he afforded
on the occasion.*
He married, 4 Nov. 1843, Isabella, daughter of the
late Major Jenkins, of the 11th Hussars. Agents
— Case and Loudonsack.
NOKCOCK. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 3.)
John Henkt Nohcock was bom 1 Feb. 1809.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Dec. 1821, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Liffev 50, bearing the
broad pendant of Commodore Chas. Grant in the
East Indies ; where, in May, 1824, while engaged in
the expedition to Ava, he was discharged as Mid-
shipman into the Larne 20, Capts. Fred. Marryat
and John Kingcome. On 8 Aug. in the same year
we find him assisting, with a detachment of 400
men under Lieut.-Col. Kelly, at the capture of two
strong stockades in the Dallah creek, an enterprise
of great gallantry, in which the British sustained a
loss of 4 men killed, and 15, including himself
slightly, wounded.t He also, 6 Feb. 1825, united
with a force under Lieut.-Col. Godwin and Capt.
Henry Ducie Chads, R.N., in effecting the reduc-
tion of a 36-gun stockade at Than-ta-bain, on the
Lyne river, garrisoned by 2000 fighting men, to-
gether with the destruction of an immense number
of fire-rafts and canoes filled with combustibles ;
and, in the course of the following month, having
accompanied, in the Satellite transport, an arma-
ment under the orders of Capt. Marryat and Major
Sale up the Bassein river, he contributed, in a man-
ner that obtained him high commendation, to the
capture of the town of Thingang and the village of
Pumkayi.J Removing in Aug. 1826 to the War-
spite 76, he served in that ship, at first undei: the
broad pendant of Sir Jas. Brisbane, and next under
Capts. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas and Wm.
Parker, on the East India, South American, Lisbon,
Mediterranean, and Home stations, until Jan. 1829.
Having passed his examination 21 April, 1828, he
was then appointed Mate of the Kent 78, Capt.
John Ferris Devonshire, lying at Plymouth. He
• Vide Gaz. 1846, pp. 3442, 3446
+ V. Gaz. 1825, p. 1494. + V. Gaz. 1825, p. 2278.
was subsequently, from Nov. in the latter year
until paid ofT in Nov. 1833, employed in North
America and the West Indies on board the Win-
chester 50, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys,
CoLnMBiNE 18, Capt. Thos. Metcalfe Currie, Win-
chester again. Racehorse 18, Capt. Fras. Vere
Cotton, and Blanche 46, Commodore Sir Arthur
Farquhar ; and in the early part of 1835, after a
servitude of 14 months at Portsmouth in the Ex-
cellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings, he
returned to the East Indies in the Rattlesnake
28, Capt.Wm. Hobson. Attaining the rank of Lieu-
tenant 10 Jan. 1837, he was next appointed— 28
Nov. following to the Vestal 26, Capts. Thos.
Wren Carter and John Parker, with whom he was
for four years and a half employed on the North
America and West India station — 15 Nov. 1843 to
the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne at
Plymouth — 17 March, 1845, for a few weeks, to the
Melampds 42, Capt. John Norman Campbell, fitting
at that port— and, 2 Jan. 1846, as Senior, to the
Canopds 80, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, attached to
the Channel squadron. He was advanced to his
present rank 9 Nov. 1846, and is now on half-pay.
Commander Norcock married, 5 Oct. 1837, Jane
Money, eldest daughter of Lieut. Robt. Lowcay,
R.N., by whom he has issue. Agents — Case and
Loudonsack.
NORCOTT. (Commander, 1838. f-p., 20;
H.P., 22.)
Edmund Nobcott entered the Navy, 15 July,
1805, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Belli^dedx 64,
commanded by the late Viscount Torrington, in
which ship, after witnessing the reduction of the
Cape of Good Hope, he assisted, 27 Nov. 1806, at
the capture and destruction of a Dutch frigate,
seven brigs of war, and about 20 armed and other
merchant-vessels, in Batavia Roads. In Aug. 1810,
two years after he had attained the rating of Mid-
shipman, he removed to the Sir Francis Drake
frigate, Capt. Geo. Harris; and on next joining the
MiNDEN 74, Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare, he co-ope-
rated in the reduction of Java, and was wounded in
an aflray with the Malay pirates. After a short
servitude in the Illustrious 74, Commodore Wm.
Robt. Broughton, he returned, in Sept. 1812, to
England in the Akbar 50, Capt. Henry Drury.
Rejoining Lord Torrington in Feb. 1813 on board
the Warrior 74, he escorted the Prince of Orange
in the following Nov. to Holland, and then sailed
for the West Indies ; where, in Nov. 1814, at which
period he was serving with Rear-Admiral Wm.
Brown in the Argo 44, he was nominated Acting-
Lieutenant of the Arachne 16, Capt. Wm.
M'Kenzie Godfrey. He was confirmed a Lieu-
tenant 10 Feb. 1815, and subsequently appointed —
10 Oct. 1825, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Ac-
worth Ommanney, part of the force engaged at the
battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827—15 Oct. 1828, to
the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant
of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 20
Nov. 1829, to the Trinculo 18, Capt. Sam. Price,
on the Cork station — 30 April, 1831, as Senior, to
the Druid 46, Capts. Gawen Wm. Hamilton and
Sam. Roberts, with whom he served in South Ame-
rica and off" Lisbon until paid otf in 1833—4 Oct.
1834, to the Coast Guard— and, 21 April, 1835, to
the command of the Curlew 10, on the coast of
Africa, whence he returned soon after his promo-
tion to the rank of Commander, 28 June, 1838.
He was nominated Governor of the settlements
on the Gambia 20 Nov. 1843. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
NORIE. (Retired Commander, 1840. p-p., 20 ;
HP., 33.)
Evelyn Norie is brother of Mr. John Wm.
Norie, author of ' The Naval Gazetteer,' ' A Com-
plete Epitome of Practical Navigation,' &c., and
late of the firm of J. W. Norie and Wilson, Pub-
lishers, of 157, Leadenhall Street, London.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1794, as
NORMAN.
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Ordinary, on board the Gloky 98, Capt. Bour-
master, attached to the Channel fleet. Removing,
in Dec. of the same year, to the Prince of "Wales
98, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Henry Harvey,
he served in that ship in the action off He de Groix
23 June, 1795, and also at the reduction of Trinidad
in Feb. 1797. On his return to England in Jan.
1800 in the Concorde 36, Capt. Robt. Barton, he
was received on board the Royal "William, Capt.
Fras. Pickmore, lying at Spithead. Being soon
again ordered to the West Indies in the Juno 32,
Capt. Geo. Dundas, he there, 11 April, 1800, joined
the Busy 18, Capts. John Acworth Ommanney,
Lord Viscount Falkland, Win. Henry Byam, Mi-
chael Spencer, and Timothy Clinch ; in which
vessel he assisted at the capture of a Spanish letter-
of-marque, and continued. employed, as Midship-
man, Master's Mate, and Acting-Master, until Oct.
1803. In Jan. 1804 he became Master's Mate of the
Volcano bomb, on the coast of France; where,
from Jan. 1805 until presented with a full commis-
sion bearing date 12 Sept. 1806, he officiated as
Sub-Lieutenant on board the Thrasher, Clinker,
and Sparkler gun-brigs. His subsequent appoint-
ments were — 14 Oct. 1806, to the Maks 74, Capt.
Wm. Lukin, in which ship he was slightly wounded
during the attack of 1807 upon Copenhagen— in
Sept. and Oct. 1809, to the Trincdlo and Gold-
finch sloops, the latter commanded by Capt. Arden
Adderley — and, for a few months in 1815, to the
Cherokee 10, Capt. Wm. Ramage, and, as Senior,
to the Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll.
From May, 1810, to May, 1814, Lieut. Norie was a
prisoner of war in France. He accepted his present
rank 13 Oct. 1840.
NOEMAN. (Commander, 1845.)
Charles Spry Norman entered the Navy 6 Jan.
1829 ; passed his examination in 1835 ; and as a re-
ward for his services as Mate of the Edinburgh 72,
Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, during the war in
Syria, where on the night of 2 Oct. 185) he assisted
in the boats under Capt. Fras. Decimus Hastings in
removing a quantity of powder from the castle of
Beyrout,* was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
4 Nov. 1840. His succeeding appointments were —
28 May, 1341, as Additional, to the Cornwallis 72,
flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker during the latter part
of the hostilities with China — 22 Jan. and 29 Aug.
1842, to the Cruizer 16, and Nimrod 20, Capts.
Joseph Pearse and Fred. Henry Hastings Glasse,
both in the East Indies, whence he returned to
England and was paid off at the close of 1844 — and,
25 Feb. 1845, as Senior, to the Comcs 18, Capt.
Thos. Sparke Thompson. For his conduct in the
latter ship during the warfare carried on against
General Rosas in the Parana, he was advanced to
the rank he now holds 18 Nov. 1845. Since the re-
ceipt of his commission he has been on half-pay.
AGENT-Joseph Woodhead.
NORMAN. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., U ; h-p., 5.)
Henry Anne Norman, bom 14 Jan. 1816, is son
of Rich. Norman, Esq., by the Lady Elizabeth Isa-
bella Manners, eldest daughter of Charles, fourth
Duke of Rutland, K.G., who died Lord-Lieutenant
of Ireland 24 Oct. 1787. He is nephew of his Grace
the present Duke ; and also of Lord Chas. Henry
Somerset Manners, K.C.B., M.P., a General oflicer
in the Army, and Colonel of the 11th Dragoon
Guards.
This ofBcer entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1831, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sapphire 28, Capts.
Hon. Wm. Wellesley and Hon. Geo. Rolle Walpole
Trefusis, employed in North America and the West
Indies ; where, in Jan. 1833, he rejoined Capt. "Wel-
lesley as Midshipman on board the Winchester 52.
Returning home in the following Jime he was re-
ceived, in Nov. of the same year, on board the
Edinburoh 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, fitting for
the Mediterranean ; on which station he continued
to serve in the Orestes 18, Capts. Henry John
* yide Gal. ISiQ, p. £610.
Codrington, Julius Jas. Farmer Newell, and Wm.
Holt, until April, 1838-the last 12 months in the
capacity of Mate. In the summer of 1809 Mr. Nor-
man was successively appointed to the Excellent
gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Has-
tings, and Blenheim 72, Capts. Sir Humphrey Le
Fleming Senhouse and Sir Thos. Herbert. Parti-
cipating in the latter ship in the operations in
China, he assisted, in 1841, at the attack on Chuen-
pee, the capture of the Bogue forts, the second
series of operations against Canton (during which
he served with Sir H. Le F. Senhouse as part of the
staff belonging to Major-General Sir Hugh Gough),*
the storming of Amoy, the re-taking of Chusan, the
assault upon Chinghae,t and the occupation of
Ningpo. On hearing of his promotion to the rank
of Lieutenant, which had taken place 3 Sept. 1841,
Mr. Norman, in May, 1842, returned to England a
passenger in the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Geo. Gold-
smith. His last appointment was, 17 Sept. 1846, to
the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, in which ship
he was for some months employed in the Channel
and Mediterranean.
He married, 10 May, 1843, Helen, daughter of
the late T. C. Worsley, Esq., of Piatt Hall, Lanca-
shire, by whom he has issue.
NORMAN. (Lieutenant, 1842.")
John Norris Norman. is son of the Rev. J. H.
Norman, of Deal, co. Kent.
This officer entered the Na\y 3 April, 1829;
passed his examination 26 April, 1836 ; and at the
period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
which took place 18 Nov. 1842, had been serving
for some months in North America and the West
Indies as Mate of the Racer 18, Capt. Thos. Har-
vey. His appointments have since been — 4 July,
1843, to the "Winchester 50, flag-ship of Hon. Jos-
celine Percy at the Cape of Good Hope — 5 Feb.
1845, to the Helena 16, Capt. Sir Cornwallis
Ricketts, on the same station— and, 30 Oct. 1847, as
First (soon after the latter vessel had been paid
off), to the Alert 6, Capt. Hugh Dunlop, fitting
for the coast of Africa, where he is at present em-
ployed.
NORMAN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 17; h-p., 31.)
Masters Norman was bom 30 March, 1784, at
Portsea, co. Hants. His eldest brother, James,
died First-Lieutenant of the Prince George 98 ;
the second, William, after having fought as Second-
Lieutenant of the Thunderer 74, at Trafalgar, was
killed (before he had received a Commander's com-
mission which had been made out for him) while
leading, as Senior of the Sirius 36, Capt. Sam. Pym,
the party which stormed and took the He de la
Passe, in the Isle of France, 13 Aug. 1810 ; and the
third, Chas. Rice, a Lieutenant of the Rota 38,
Capt. Philip Somerville, was killed in the boats in a
sanguinary attack on the General Armstrong Ame-
rican privateer, in Fayal Roads, 26 Sept. 1814. His
uncle, Capt. Jas. Norman, R.N., died in 1807.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Sept. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cormorant 24, Capt.
Hon. Courtenay Boyle ; in which ship, after having
assisted at the capture of El Batador Spanish pri-
vateer of 14 gims, he was wrecked, while in the
conveyance of despatches from Lord Keith to Sir
Wm. Sidney Smith, off Damietta, 20 May, 1800.
On being exchanged after a few months of cruel
captivity, he joined in succession the Mercury 28,
Tigre 74, Capt. Sir W. S. Smith, King George
transport, and Penelope and Diane frigates. In
the latter ship, commanded by Capt. Stevenson, he
shared as Midshipman in the operations of 1801 in
Egypt, whence, at the peace, he returned to Eng-
land. In March, 1803, he re-embarked on board
the AlcmAne 32, Capt. John Stiles, attached to the
force in the Channel, on which station he cruized
with much activity until transferred, in June, 180.5,
to the Zealous 74, Capts. John Okes Hardy and
John Giffard, employed for some time off Cadiz,
» VUe Gm. 1641, p. 2M8. + V. Gaz. 1842, p. 396.
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NORRIS-NORTHUMBERLAND— NORTON.
where, in March, 1807, he joined the Queen 98,
Capt. Fras. Pender. Kemoving, in July following,
to the San Joan 74, guard-ship at Gibraltar, Lieut.-
Commander Thos. Spence, he was there for some
months engaged on gun-boat service. On his arrival
home in April, 1808, he was received as a Supernu-
merary on board the Royal William, Capt. Hon.
Courtenay Boyle, guard-ship at Spithead. In the
summer of the same year he sailed for the West
Indies in the Flying Fish schooner, Lieut.-Com-
mander Jas. Glassford Gooding, under whom he
continued until the ensuing Nov., when a fall from
the rigging obliged him to invalid. So serious was
the injury he sustained on the occasion, that it was
not until March, 1811, that he was again enabled to
go afloat. He then joined the Aquilon and Sal-
DANHA frigates, Capts. Wm. Bowles and Hon. Wm.
Pakenham ; from the latter of which vessels, sta-
tioned on the coast of Ireland, he was sent in the
following Oct. to England for the purpose of passing
his examination, a short time only before she was
lost with nearly the whole of her officers and crew.
Proceeding next, in Feb. 1812, to the Mediterranean,
on board the Gokgon 44, armee-en-flute, Capt. Alex.
Milner, he was nominated, in May of that year,
Mastei^s Mate of the Royal George 100, Capt.
Thos. Fras. Chas. Mainwaring, stationed oflT Toulon,
where he witnessed the partial actions of 5 Nov.
1813 and 13 Feb. 1814 with the French fleet. On 6
March, 1814, he became Acting-Lieutenant of the
Barfleor 98, Capt. John Maitland ; he was con-
firmed, while again in the Royal George, 5 April
following ; and in the next July he retximed to
England, in the Barfledr, and was paid off. His
last appointment was, 1 Nov. 1820, to the Coast
Guard, in which service he continued a period of
five years and three months.
Lieut. Norman married in April, 1817, and has
issue five sons and one daughter. One of the
former, Wm. Henry, Purser and Paymaster, R.N.
(1841), is at present serving at the Cape of Good
Hope in the Rosamond steam-sloop, of 287 horse-
power. Agent — J. Hinxman.
having beaten off an American privateer of superior
force, he conducted in safety to England, receiving,
on his arrival, the thanks of the Committee at
Lloyd's. His last appointments were, 2 Feb. 1813
and 17 Oct. 1814, to the Persian and Mercokids
sloops, Capts. Chas. Bertram and Thos. Renvrick.
In the Persian he was wrecked, as detailed in our
memoir of Capt. Bertram, on the Silver Keys, in
the West Indies, 16 June, 1813: and in the Mercd-
RID9 he was actively employed oflf the coast of
France during the war of a hundred days. He has
been on half-pay since 18 Sept. 1815.
He married, 1 Jan. 1818, Ann Grigg, sister of
Jas. Cassell, Esq., First-Lieutenant K.M., and niece
of Lieut.-Colonel Cassell, of the same corps, by
whom he has issue four children.
NORRIS. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 33.)
Joseph Norris was bom 16 Aug. 1789.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 10 Nov. 1805, as
Midshix^man, on board the Apollo 3S, Capt. Edw.
Fellowes, with whom he removed, in July, 1808, to
the Conqueror 74, and continued to serve, chiefly
in the Mediterranean, until made Lieutenant, 22
Feb. 1812, into the Polyphemus 64, Capt. Peter
John Douglas, on the West India station, whither
he proceeded in the Jason 32, Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm.
K-ing. While in the Apollo, besides assisting at
the cutting out of many of the enemy's vessels on
the coast of Calabria, he was present in 1807 at the
landing of the troops under Major-General Eraser
in Egypt, where he witnessed the surrender of
Alexandria, and had command of a boat on Lake
Etko at the reduction of Rosetta. During the term
of his servitude in the Conqueror he came into
frequent contact with the enemy in the neighbour-
hood of Toulon ; on one occasion in particular, 20
July, 1810, when that ship, in company with the
Warspite and Ajax74's, rescued in a most gallant
manner the Euryalus frigate and Shearwater
brig from being captured by a powerful division of
the enemy's fleet, consisting of six sail of the line
and four frigates. We also find him, 11 Sept. 1811,
commanding one of three boats under the orders of
Lieut. Rich. Howell Fleming, at the destruction, in
noon day, of an armed vessel chained from her
masts to the shore, at Aras, in the gulf of Genoa,
where the British encountered so fierce an opposi-
tion that 2 of their number were killed and 9
wounded. During the passage home of the Polt-
PHEMOS with convoy in the autumn of 1812, Lieut.
Norris was placed in command, as Prize-Master, of
the James Maddison captured American schooner,
of 12 guns. In that vessel, on the merchantmen
being dispersed in a gale, he succeeded in re-col-
leoting 20 of them ; the whole of which, after
NORTHUMBERLAND, Duke of, formerly
Lord Prudhoe, F.R.S., F.S.A. (Captain,
1815. F-p., 11; H-p., 31.)
His Grace Algernon Duke of Northumber-
land, born 15 Sept. 1792, is second and youngest
son of Hugh, second Duke of Northumberland,
K.G., by Frances Julia, third daughter of Peter
Burrell, Esq., of Beckenham, co. Kent, and sister
of Peter, late Lord Gwydir. His brother, Hugh,
third Duke, K.G., whom he succeeded in 1847,
assisted, as His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extra-
ordinary, at the coronation of Charles X., King
of France, became subsequently Lord-Lieutenant
of Ireland, and held the office of Vice- Admiral of
CO. Northumberland, and of the town and co. of
the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
This officer (then Lord Algernon Percy*) entered
the Navy, in March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board
the Tribune frigate, Capt. Rich. Henry Alex. Ben-
nett, whom he followed, as Midshipman, in the en-
suing Sept., into the Fame 74. In those ships he
served, offl' Shetland, Rochefort, and Cadiz, and in
various parts of the Mediterranean, until 1810. He
then joined the Hydra 38, Capt. Geo. Muudy, and
after having commanded a gun-boat in co-operation
with the patriots on the coast of Andalusia, he be-
came attached, in Jan. 1811, to the Christian VII.
80, bearing the flag ofiF the Scheldt of Sir Edw.
Pellew; under whom, when again serving in the
Mediterranean on board the Caledonia 120, he
was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant by a com-
mission bearing date 16 Dec. 1811. Prior to the
receipt of the intelligence of his official advance-
ment to the rank of Commander, which took place
8 March, 1814, his Lordship occasionally acted as
Captain of the Scout and Pelorus sloops, and also
of the Caledonia herself, in which ship he fought
in a partial action with the French fleet off Toulon,
and witnessed the fall of Genoa. He subsequently
officiated for some months as Acting-Captain of the
Cossack 22, on the coast of North America ; and at
the period of liis elevation to Post-rank, 19 Aug.
1815, was serving at Portsmouth on board the
Driver sloop. He has since been on half-pay.
The Duke was elected a F.R.S. 9 April, 1818.
He married, 25 Aug. 1842, Lady Eleanor, eldest
daughter of Earl Grosvenor. Agent — John P.
Muspratt.
NORTON. (Eetibed Captain, 1840. f-p., 21;
H-p., 35.)
John Norton was bom 24 May, 1771, and died
26 Sept. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, about 1789, as
A.B., on board the Ph(enix 36, Capts. Byron and
Sir Rich. John Strachan ; under the latter of whom,
while cruizing off the coast of Malabar in company
with the Perseverance frigate, he took part, 19
Nov. 1791, in an obstinate action (produced by a
resistance on the part of the French Captain to a
search being imposed by the British upon two
merchant-vessels under liis orders) with La Resolye,
of 46 guns, whose colours were not struck until she
had herself sustained a loss of 25 men killed and
40 wounded, and had occasioned one to the Phcenix
* He was raised to the peerage as Lord PrudUoe in 1816.
NORTON-NORWAY-NOTT.
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of 6 killed and 11 wounded. Kemoving, in Nov.
1793, to the Alexandek 74, Capt. Rich. Rodney
Bligh, he was on board that ship when captured, off
Scilly, 6 Nov. 1794, after a glorious resistance of
more than two hours, and a loss in killed and
wounded of 40 men, by five French 74's and three
frigates under Rear- Admiral Nielly. On his re-
lease from French prison in Aug. 1795, he join-
ed the ToPAZE 36, Capt. Stephen Geo. Church,
and sailed for the Halifax station, where he wit-
nessed, 28 Aug. 1796, the surrender of the French
36-gun: frigate Elisabeth. He was confirmed a
Lieutenant of the Topaze, after having acted for
four months as such, 8 Jan. 1799 ; and he was sub-
sequently appointed— about 1801, to the Resoldtion
74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, which ship was
paid ofi" on her return from the "West Indies 15
July, 1802—22 Sept. 1803, to the Trent 36, bearing
the flag of Lord Gardner at Cork— 14 Dec. 1804
and 24 Aug. 1805, to the command of the Makie
tender and Frisk cutter, on the Home station— and
(having left the latter vessel in Sept. 1816), 30 April,
1807, as Senior, to the Fame 74, Capt. Rich. Henry
Alex. Bennett, in the Mediterranean. In the Frisk
he assisted, in April, 1806, at the capture and de-
struction of a battery, of 3 long 36-pounders, with a
garrison of 50 men,* situated on Pointe d'Equillon,
in the Fertuis Breton, and was highly commended
by Lord Cochrane for his zeal on the occasion.
He continued in the Fame until Feb. 1811 ; he
then took up a commission bearing date 21 of the
preceding Oct. ; and on 10 Sept. 1840 he accepted
the rank of Captain on the Retired List.
We may add, that, when in the Topaze, Capt.
Norton had been severely wounded by an explosion
of powder while clearing for action. He married
16 Sept. 1803, and had issue one daughter.
NORTON. (Eetired Commander, 1846. f-p.,
15; H-p., 34.)
Nathaniel Norton, born in July, 1787, at
Leatherhead, co. Surrey, is second son of the late
John Norton, Esq., of Hurstperpoint, co. Sussex.
His elder brother, John, a Lieutenant R.N., was
lost on board the Hero 74, during the disastrous
winter of 1811.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1798, as
Third.-cl. Boy, on board the Bust 18, Capt. John
Acworth Ommanney, in which vessel, when in com-
pany with the Speedwell brig, he assisted, in Aug.
1799, in taking possession, ofT the island of Goree,
of a fleet of merchantmen under the convoy of a
Swedish frigate. He afterwards joined in the ex-
E edition against the Helderj and on 16 Sept. 1799
e contributed to the capture of Le Dragon, French
lugger privateer, of 16 guns. In July, 1800, being
at the time in the West Indies, he removed to the
Unite frigate, Capt. Thos. Harvey, under whom, in
March, 1801, he was present, as Midshipman, at the
reduction of the Danish and Swedish islands. The
latter ship being paid off in April, 1802, he was
next, from June, 1803, until Oct. 1807, employed
ofi' Harwich and on the Irish station in the Romd-
LDS 36, and Helena 18, Capts. Woodley Losack
and Jas. Andrew Worth. In the Helena he aided
in efiecting the capture, 5 June, 1805, of the Santa
Leocadia, Spanish privateer, pierced for 20 guns,
mounting 14 nine-pounders, with a complement of
114 men. After serving nearly three months as
Acting-Lieutenant in the Dryad 36, Capt. Adam
Drummond, he was nominated, in Jan. 1808, Mas-
ter's Mate of La Virginie, of 46 guns and 281 men,
Capt. Edw. Brace ; and on 19 Slay following he
shared in that ship, and was mentioned for his con-
duct, in an obstinate conflict of an hour and a half,
which terminated in the surrender, with a loss to
the British of not more than 1 man killed and 2
wounded, of the Dutch frigate Guelderland, of 36
guns and 253 men, 25 of whom were slain and
50 wounded.f Eight days after this exploit Mr.
Norton, as a reward for his conduct, was again
ordered to act as Lieutenant in the Brisk sloop,
• Fide Gai. 1806, p. 084. t f- Gaz. 1808, p. 760.
Capt. John Coode, and on 3 June in the same year
his promotion was sanctioned by the Admiralty.
Obtaining an appointment, 29 July ensuing, to the
Illustbious 74, commanded by the late Commodore
Wm. Robt. Broughton, he witnessed, in April, 1809,
the famous attack made by Lord Cochrane on the
enemy's shipping in Basque Roads, and, after enact-
ing a part in the proximate operations in the Scheldt,
sailed for the East Indies. On 6 Feb. 1812, haying
previously assisted at the conquest of the Mauritius
and of the island of Java, he was appointed by
Commodore Broughton to the command of the
Pkocris sloop, of 18 guns. After a servitude of
nearly 23 months in that vessel, on the Indian
station, he had the mortification, in Dec. 1813, to
be superseded, without confirmation, and placed on
half-pay. His last appointment was, 30 May, 1815,
to the TiGKE 74, Capt. John Halliday, with whom
he cruized in the Channel until paid off in the
following Aug. He accepted his present rank 9
March, 1846.
Commander Norton married, 4 March, 1841, Miss
Ellen Barker. He has been residing for many
years near Sydney, N. S. W. Agents— Holmes and
Folkard.
NORWAY. (Lieut., 1838. f-p., 13; h-p., 11.)
Nevjl NoiiM'AT was born 20 April, 1807. He is
nephew maternally of Commander Rich. Moorman
(a), R.N., K.F.M.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1823, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hussar 46, Capt. Geo.
Harris. After a servitude of three years and a
half in the West Indies, part of the time in the
capacity of Midshipman, he joined, towards the
close of 1826, the Prince Regent 120, bearing the
flag of Sir Robt. Moorsom at Chatham ; and he
was next, from July, 1827, until June, 1829 (in the
course of which month he passed his examination),
employed, chiefly on the Mediterranean station, in
the Isis 50, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, and Brisk 10,
Capt. Smith. He then became Mate of the Victory
104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, lying at Portsmouth,
as he subsequently did, in March, 1830, of the Asia
84, Capts. Hyde Parker and Peter Richards, on the
Lisbon station— in Oct. 1833, for a few weeks, of
the San Josef 110, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, at
Plymouth— and, in Oct. 1837, of the Rodney 92,
Capt. Hyde Parker, in the Mediterranean. Attain-
ing the rank of Lieutenant 28 June, 1838, he was
successively appointed in that capacity, on the Lis-
bon and Mediterranean stations — 18 Oct. 1838, to
the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds — and,
in 1839-40, to the Htdka and Phcenix steamers,
Capts. Anthony Wm. Milward and Robt. Fanshawe
Stopford. In the latter vessel he was present
throughout the operations on the coast of Syria,
including the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre.
He has been on half-pay since Dec. 1840.
He married, 15 June, 1843, Judith Catherine,
only child of the late N. Cole, Esq., of Trebyan.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
NOTT. (Commander, 1846.)
Edward Bunbcry Nott entered the Navy 17
June, 1815; passed his examination in 1821; and
obtained his first commission 12 May, 1829. His
succeeding appointments were — in the course of
the latter year, to the Stbille 48, Capt. Fras.
Augustus Collier, on the coast of Africa, whence
he returned in 1830—16 Nov. 1832, to the Coast
Guard, which service he left in the spring of 1 835,
but rejoined 15 June, 1838—18 Aug. 1841, as Senior,
to the Siren 16, Capt. Wm. Smith (6), under whom
he was for three years employed in the East Indies
— and, 4 March, 1845, in a similar capacity, to the
Canopos 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, attached to
the force on the Home station. He attained his
present rank 8 June, 1846 ; and, since 6 Feb. 1847,
has been officiating as an Inspecting-Commander in
the Coast Guard.
Commander Nott married, in Oct. 1829, at St.
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NOTT— NOURSE— NOWELL.
Helena, Sarah Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Thos.
Keid, Esq. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
NOTT. (Captain, 1842.)
John Neale Nott, born in 1800, at Reading, co.
Berks, is eldest son of the Key. Edw. Mott, more
than a quarter of a century Eector of Weeke, co.
Hants ; and grandson of Capt. John Neale Pley-
dell Nott, who fell in command of the Centadr 74
in an action between Sir Sam. Hood's squadron
and the French fleet in the "West Indies, 29 April,
1781.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef 110, Capt.
Robt. Jackson, in which ship and the Queen Char-
lotte 100, each bearing the flag of Lord Keith in
the Channel, he served until Aug. 1814. Between
that period and 1820, in Aug. of which year he
passed his examination, we find him employed on
the Brazilian, East India, Home, and Mediterranean
stations, in the Duncan and Cornwallis 74's, flag-
ships of Sir John Poo Beresford and Sir Geo. Burl-
ton, Ttne 24, Capt. John Allen, Tbeban 36, Capt.
Sam. Leslie, Rivoli 74, Capt. Chas. Ogle, and
Racehorse 18, Capt. Hon. Geo. Pryse Campbell.
After a further attachment, latterly in the "West
Indies, to the Active 46, Capts. Sir Jas. Alex.
Gordon and Andrew King, and Valorous '^8, Capt.
the Earl of Huntingdon, he was promoted, 25 Aug.
1826, to the rank of Lieutenant, and next, 16 April,
18.32, and 18 Dec. 1833, appointed to the Excellent
gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings,
and Edinburgh 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres. On
the paying off of the last-mentioned ship Mr. Nott,
having been three years her Gunnery-Lieutenant
in the Mediterranean, was presented with a second
promotal commission bearing date 10 Jan. 18.37.
He subsequently obtained command — 14 Feb. 1838,
of the Medea steamer, in which vessel he served in
the river St. Lawrence and on other parts of the
North American station until paid off'in Nov. 1839^
7 Aug. 1840, as Second Captain, of the Excellent,
Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, employed as before at
Portsmouth — and, 1 Jan. 1842 (with his name on
the books of the William and Maky yacht), of
the Firebrand (now the Black Eagle) steam-
yacht. In the latter vessel, which he left in the
following month, he conveyed the King of Prussia
from Ostend to England, and again from England
to Ostend. He was advanced in consequence to
Post rank by commission dated 28 Jan. 1842. From
18 Aug. 1845 until Nov. 1847 he was variously em-
ployed in the Trafalgar 120, part of the lime as
Flag-Captain to Sir Edw. Dumford King at Sheer-
ness. He is now on half-pay.
Capt. Nott married, first, in May, 1827, Elizabeth
Anne Bennet, eldest daughter of the late Thos.
Calley, Esq., M.P., of Burderop Park and Overton
House, Wilts, a Blagistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant
for that county ; and, that lady dying three months
afterwards, secondly, 18 Feb. 1840, Mary, eldest
daughter of Sir Wm. Burnett, Kt., M.D., K.C.H.,
F.R.S., Director-General of the Medical Depart-
ment of the Navy. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
Chas. Brown, and on his arrival on that Btation was
nominated, first in Jan. 1809, and then in the en-
suing Dec, Acting-Lieutenant of the Port d'Es-
PAGNE and Curiedx sloops, Capts. Alex. Kennedy,
Sam. Geo. Pechell, and Colin Campbell. In the
Port d'Espagne he assisted, we believe, at the
reduction of Martinique. Being confirmed, 18 Oct.
1810, into the Perlen 38, Capts. Norbome Thomp-
son, Joseph Swabey Tetley, and John Allen, he
was in that vessel, off Toulon, when she effected,
22 Nov. 1811, a gallant escape from a French line-of-
battle ship and frigate with whom she had for seve-
ral hours endured a close running fight. In 1812-13-
14 we find him employed on the Mediterranean and
North American stations in the Thames 32, Capt.
Chas. Napier, Pilot 18, Capt. John Toup Nicholas,
Ocean 98, Capt. Robt. Plampin, and Iphigenia 36,
Capt. Andrew King. In the Pilot he was present,
14 May, 1812, in an attack made, in company with
the Thames, on the port of Sapri, where a strong
battery and tower, mounting two 32-pounder3, were
surrendered at discretion, after having been bat-
tered for two hours within pistol-shot. From 8
Dec. 1841 until the spring of 1843, and from 7 Sept.
in the latter year until the close of 184.5, Lieut.
Nott commanded the Partridge 10, and Lynx
brigantine— the former in South America, the latter
on particular service. He was advanced to the
rank he now holds 9 Nov. 1846.
NOUESE. (Lieutenant, 1841.')
Joseph Nodrse entered the Navy 3 Jan. 1825;
passed his examination 2 Jan. 1832; and, at the
period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant
23 Nov. 1841, was serving at the Cape of Good Hope
in the Southampton 50, flag-ship of Sir Edw.
Dumford King. His succeeding appointments were
— 3 Dec. following, again to the Sodthamtton, in
the capacity of Additional-Lieutenant — 8 Feb.
1842, to the command, which he retained for 12
months, of the Fawn brigantine, on the Cape sta-
tion—6 Feb. 1845, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw.
Collier, fitting at Portsmouth — and, 6 May follow-
ing, to the Rattler steam-sloop, Capts. Henry
Smith (6) and Rich. Moorman, with whom he was
for two years employed on Home service, the
greater part of the time as First-Lieutenant. Agents
— Messrs. Ommanney.
NOTT. (Commander, 1846. F-P., 17; H-p., 29.)
John Thomas Nott entered the Navy, 23 Jan.
1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Clyde 38, Capt.
Chas. Cunningham, attached to the force in the
Channel. In the <jpurse of 1802 (he had previously
attained the rating of Midshipman) he successively
joined the Achille 74, Capts. Edw. BuUer and
John Okes Hardy, and Rosario sloop, Capt. Wm.
Mounsey; and he was next, between April, 1803,
and June, 1807, employed in the Channel and off
Cadiz and Ferrol in the Malta 84, Capt. Edw.
BuUer, under whom he bore a warm part in Sir
Robt. Calder's action with the combined fleets of
France and Spain, 22 July, 1805. After a servitude
of 15 months in the Mediterranean on board the
Queen 98, flag-ship of Real-Admiral Geo. Martin,
he proceeded, towards the close of 1808, to the
West Indies in the Subtle, Lieut.-Commander
NOWELL. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
William Nowell was bom 20 Sept. 1788.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 March, 1803, as
L.M., on board the Prince ]?rederick, Lieut.-
Commander Sam. Gordon, lying at Plymouth, where
he attained the rating of Midshipman in Feb. 1804,
and continued until transferred, in July, 1805, to
the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens.
In that ship he witnessed, 22 Aug. following. Ad-
miral Hon. Wm. ComwalUs' pursuit of the French
fleet into Brest, and was on one occasion very
nearly lost. After cruizing for 12 months with
Capts. Wm. Lukin and Willoughby Thos. Lake in
the Gibraltar 80, he joined, in Feb. 1807, the
Sprightly cutter, in which vessel (part of the force
engaged in the expedition of 1809 to the Wal-
cheren) and in the Dwarf, of 10 guns, he was for
four years employed in the Channel and Downs,
again under the orders of Lieut. Gordon. In the
summer of 1808, during a dead calm and thick
hazy weather, he contrived, in the Sprightly's
small boats, with only four hands, to recapture the
American brig Washingtonf laden with a valuable
cargo, although in tow, at the moment he boarded
her, of a French lugger privateer, rovring 13 sweeps
on each side. The next day he carried his prize
in safety into Dartmouth harbour. In 1811, after
his name had been borne for a short period as a
Supernumerary on the books of the Princess Caro-
line, Royal William, and Despatch, he joined
the MiLFOKD 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich.
Goodwin Keats at the defence of Cadiz ; where, in
the Devastation and Thunder bombs, Capts.
Taylor and Watkin Owen Pell, end in command of
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gun-boats Nos. 1 and 12, he remained until Nov.
1812. He tljen (he had been promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant on 21 of the preceding March) took
a passage in the Bristol 50, arme'e-en-flute, Capt.
John Thompson, for the purpose of joining the
Bahfledk 98, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, off Toulon.
During a subsequent cruize off the coast of Cata-
lonia aa Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the PoMpfiE
74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, we find him detached
in command of a tender. On 13 March, 1813, having
removed to the Scjpion 74, Capt. Henry Heath-
cote, he took command of the launch belonging to
that ship, and had the good fortune to rescue H.M.
gun-brig Confoundek from what had appeared in-
evitable destruction. Before, however, he had had
time to regain his own vessel he was driven in a
squall to sea, where he remained four days and
three nights without either provisions or water.
In the end he was picked up by a merchantman,
and carried into Port Mahon, but so great had been
the sufferings undergone, that 8 of his crew died
from the effects. As to himself, he ultimately lost
the sight of the right eye, and was injured in the
other to an extent that he has ever since continued
to feel. He was afterwards present in the Scipion
in the partial action fought with the French fleet
off Toulon, and in Nov. 1814 was paid off. His last
appointments were, in 1823-4, to the Ocean 80,
Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, Britannia
120, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, and Windsor
Castle 74, Capts. Hugh Downman and Edw. Durn-
ford King, all stationed at Plymouth, where, in
July, 1825, he was superseded at his own request.
Lieut. Nowell married, 27 June, 1816, Mary Ann
Sutherland, eldest daughter of the late Mr. A.
Vine, of Stonehouse, Devon, and sister of the late
Lieut. Wm. Vine, K.N. (1812), of Darland, near
Chatham, co. Kent. By that lady he has issue
nine children.
NOWELL. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
William Calmady Nowell entered the Navy
5 Feb. 1813; passed his examination in 1820; and
obtained his commission 8 Aug. 1828. His appoint-
ments have since been — 15 March, 1831, to the
Pallas 42, Capts. Manley Hall Dixon and Wm.
Walpole, fitting for the West Indies, whence he re-
turned to England and was paid off in 1834 — 13 Oct.
1836, to the Vanghakd 80, Capts. Hon. Duncombe
Pleydell Bouverie and Sir Thos. Fellowes, under
whom he was for upwards of three years and a half
employed in the Mediterranean— 14 Jan. 1841, to
the Powerful 84, Capts. Geo. Mansel and Michael
Seymour, on the same station — and, 16 March, 1842,
and 15 April, 1844, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the For-
midable 84 and Queen 110, commanded, also in the
Mediterranean, by Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan. He
was paid off from the Queen in the summer of the
latter year ; and he has been in command, since 9
Oct. 1847, of the Ardent steam-sloop of 200 horse-
power, again on the station last named.
He married, 9 April, 1839, at Malta, Catanna,
daughter of the Marquis of Testaferrata.
NUGENT. (Commander, 1841. f-p.,48;h-p.,6.)
John Nugent, born in March, 1782, is second son
of the late Jas. Nugent, of Ballynacorr, co. West-
meath, a Count of the Germanic or Holy Roman
Empire, by his second wife, Matilda, daughter of
Con O'Donel, Esq., of Larkfield, co. Leitrim, and
neice, maternally, of Sir Neale O'Donnel, Bart.
One of his brothers, Constantine, a Lieutenant ^n
the 64th Eegt. of Foot, was wounded at the capture
of the Virgin Islands in 1801, and died soon after-
wards at St. Christopher's; and another, Thos.
D'Alton, entering the Austrian service in 1819,
under the auspices of his kinsman, Field-Marshal
Prince Nugent, as Lieutenant in the 4th Imperial
Guards, became a Captain in Prince Nugent's own
Regiment of Foot. The eminent family to which
Commander Nugent belongs is closely connected
wflh most of the chief houses in Ireland, and in its
history is identified with the principal events in tlio
annals of that country. His father's first wife was
a niece of the Marchioness of Buckingham and of
Robt. Nugent Lord Clare ; and he had inherited
his title in right of his mother, a sister of Christo-
pher, Count D'Alton, Field-Marshal in the service
of Austria. Commander Nugent is uncle of the
present Count Nugent.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1793, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Raisonnable 64,
Capt. Lord Cranstoun ; and in the following month
joined the Invincible 74, commanded at first by his
patron, Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham, and next by
Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted. In the course of the
same year he assisted at the destruction of a convoy
under the batteries at Barfleur; he was present, in
1794, in Lord Howe's actions of 28 and 29 May and
1 June ; and, in 1795, after participating in Lord
Bridport's action, he accompanied an expedition sent
to co-operate with the Royalists in Quiberon Bay.
Between Oct. in the latter year and Oct. 1799 he be-
came in succession attached, chiefly in the capacity
of Midshipman, to the Juste 80, Capts. Hon. T.
Pakenham, JohnLawford, andWm. Hancock Kelly,
Latona 38, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, Prin-
cess KoTAL 98, flag-ship of Rear- Admirals Sir John
Orde and Thos. Lennox Frederick, and Ville de
Paris 110 and Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the
flags of Earl St. Vincent and Lord Keith. In the
boats of the Princess Roval we find him frequently
engaged with the enemy's gun-boats off Cadiz ; and
in the Ville de Paris present as Signal-Midship-
man at the capture, 19 June, 1799, of Rear- Admiral
Perree's squadron of three frigates and two brigs.
We may here observe that he had been appointed
Signal-Midshipman of the latter ship on promotion
by Lord St. Vincent as a reward for the prompti-
tude with which on a certain occasion he had re-
peated that nobleman's signals in the Princess
RoTAL. During the term of his servitude in the
Queen Charlotte Mr. Nugent was often employed
in the boats under Lord Cochrane in action with
Spanish gun-vessels ; and he was in her when the
combined fleets of France and Spain were pursued
into Brest. Towards the close of 1799 he was in-
vested with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant and the
command of the Welkin gun-boat. In that vessel
he succeeded soon afterwards in recapturing a
Danish brig from two French privateers, under the
batteries of Ceuta, and behaved in a manner so ex-
tremely gallant that his conduct was reported to
Lord Keith in the most flattering manner by Capt.
Jas. Newman Newman of the Loire frigate, an eye-
witness of the exploit, in which, it must be added,
Mr. Nugent was slightly wounded. Being con-
firmed in the rank of Lieutenant by commission
dated 15 Jan. 1800, he was successively appointed
in that capacity — 14 Sept. following, for two years,
to the Pbcenix 36, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted —
between Aug. 1803 and March, 1805, to the com-
mand of the Trial, Stag, Industry, Fox, and
Nile cutters — on 1 of the month last mentioned, to
the Acincouet 64, Capt. Thos. Briggs — 13 July,
1805, to the command, which he retained for nine
years, of the Strenuous brig of 14 guns— and 4
Nov. 1814, as First, to the Cornwallis 74. In the
Ph<enix, besides commanding her boats, in con-
junction with the present Admiral Christian, at the
cutting out of several vessels under a battery near
Piombino, he accompanied the expedition of 1801
to Egypt, and assisted at the capture, 3 Aug. and 2
Sept. in that year, of the French frigates Carrere,
Succes^ and Bravoure. During his command of the
Fox and Nile he effected several recaptures, drove
on shore and destroyed three lugger privateers,
and was slightly wounded while cutting out a richly-
laden vessel from under the batteries at Dieppe.
In the Strenuods Lieut. Nugent performed many
dashing services. On 12 Oct. 1806 he took part in
an action of an hour and a quarter, fought in the
Bay of Erqui, between a British squadron, consist-
ing, with the Strenuous, of the Constance 22,
Sheldrake 16, and Britannia cutter, on the one
hand, and, on the other, of the Salamandre of 26 guns
and 80 men, a 2-gun battery planted on a hill, and
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one or two field-pieces, together with a few troops on
the beach ; the result whereof was the surrender of
the enemy's ship, after a loss to herself of about 29
men killed, independently of several wounded, and
to the British of 10 killed and 23 wounded. The
letter which apprized the Admiralty of the achieve-
ment we have here detailed also bore testimony to
the zeal and bravery of Lieut. Nugent, declaring
him, on the present, as well as on former occasions,
to have shown himself a gallant and anxious officer.*
In the following year he retook the lAxrd Middleton,
a rich West Indiaman, and another vessel, the
Fame, of Dublin, and, after a long chase, drove on
shore, on the He de Bas, the French schooner priva-
teer Etoile, by whom the two former had been ori-
ginally captured. In 1808 the Lieutenant performed
a very neat exploit. A French frigate being in the
act of fitting out at St. Maloes,he disguised his brig
and stood into that harbour. Shortly after he had
entered it he was approached by a cutter, rowing 12
oars, under the orders of the First-Lieutenant. Of
this boat, and of all who were in her, he took instant
possession; he then poured three broadsides into
the frigate ; and before either she or the batteries
could bring a gun to bear upon him he was off and
again at sea. In 1809 he brought out a vessel laden
with oak timber from under the batteries at Cher-
bourg. On the next night, while engaged in a
similar afiair, he had several men killed and wounded
in his boats ; and on the following morning he cap-
tured a valuable American brig. In Sept. of the
same year he made prize, oft' the Naze, of the Doro-
thea Catkarina Danish privateer, of 6 guns and 35
men. He subsequently, in 1810, chased the French
brig-of-war Le Cygne into Cherbourg, seizing, simul-
taneously, one of her boats, commanded by a Lieu-
tenant ; and, on 10 Aug. in that year, he attacked
and drove on the rocks, on the coast of Norway,
although under the protection of a three-masted
schooner and another armed vessel, a convoy of 10
sail, two of which his boats succeeded in bringing
off.f A few weeks afterwards he chased on shore
and destroyed, on different occasions, the Danish
privateers AeWergh of 8 guns and 30 men, and Pop-
ham, of 3 guns and 10 men, together with the T^-o-
forie, a brig laden with rye and barley. J Independ-
ently of many other affairs equally creditable to
his zeal and activity, we find him, in 1813, capturing
another privateer (the Dansbergh of 4 guns and 24
men §), driving three gun-boats on shore, and re-
capturing and destroying a Swedish galliot frozen
up at Cajrlscrona. We are informed that he also
assisted in reducing the Danish island of TJdsire.
On becoming, as above, First-Lieutenant of the
CoRNWALLis, Mr. Nugent fitted that ship for the
flag of Sir Geo. Burlton ; finding then, however,
that the Admiral intended taking a follower and an
officer junior to him in rank as^his First-Lifeutenant,
he resigned his appointment, but had the satisfac-
tion, in doing so, of receiving very high testimo-
nials as well from Sir Geo. Burlton himself as from
the Flag-Captain. He next, 22 Nov. 1816, obtained
command of the Ghevhound Revenue-cruizer ; in
which vessel, during the three years and upwards
that he continued in her, he made an unprecedented
number of seizures. Since U Oct. 1823 he has been
employed under the Treasury as an Inspecting-Com-
mander of the Coast Guard in the North-West dis-
trict of Ireland. Notwithstanding the long train of
valuable services we have above recorded, added to
others performed in the situation he at present fills,
he was not advanced to the rank of Commander
until 23 Nov. 1841 !
We may add that, when in the Strendoos in 1807,
Commander Nugent jumped overboard in the Race
of Alderney and saved the life of a Gunner's Mate,
Mr. Jas. Sinnott. In 1818 he rescued the lives of a
* Firfe Gaz. 1 806, p. 1 364. —In the preceding m )nth he had
assisted, in company with the Constance andSHARpsHooTER
gan-brig, in driving the Salammdrc on shore, and by his exer-
tions had excited (Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 1235) the highest appro-
bation of Sir James Saumarez.
+ r. Oai. 1810, p. 1285. + r. Gaz. 1810, p. 1582.
} V. Gaz. 1813, p. 2406.
Coast Guard crew and also of two excisemen ; and
in 1827 he saved, in co. Mayo, the lives of the
crew of the Maria of Galway. On two occasions,
when in the Gkeyhound, it fell to his lot to be
desperately assaulted and beaten by smugglers —
once at Hastings in Sussex, and once at Portland in
Dorset. Although reduced in each instance to the
necessity of being long under medical treatment, he
never received the least compensation. His humane
exertions in the cause of others, however, have been
acknowledged by the presentation to him of a medal
and several small pieces of plate. A sword, during
the war, was voted to him by the Patriotic Society
in consideration of his wounds. Agents — Burnett
and Holmes.
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OAKE. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 22; h-p., 19.)
JosiAH Oake entered the Navy, 14 July, 1806,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sampson 64, Capt.
Wm. Cuming, in which ship and the Diadem, of
similar force, he continued employed in South Ame-
rica (where he witnessed the capture of Maldonado
and Monte Video) and at the Cape of Good Hope
until the spring of 1808— the latter part of the time
in the capacity of Midshipman. He then joined the
Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship at Plymouth of
Admiral Young; and next, in Dec. 1808, July 1810,
and May 1811, the Bellerophon 74, Capt. Sam.
Warren, Cormorant, Master-Commander Josiah
Oake, and Aigle 36, Capt. Sir John Louis. In
those ships he served on the Baltic, Lisbon, Medi-
terranean, and West India stations for a period of
six years and a half. He assisted, in the Aigle, at
the capture and destruction of a French convoy un-
der the guns of Porto Maurizio, 11 April, 1814. In
March, 1815, he took up a commission bearing date
2 of the preceding March ; and he was subsequently,
23 Jan. 1821 and 10 Feb. 1825, appointed to the
Adventure surveying-vessel, and Zebra 18, Capts.
Wm. Henry Smyth and Edw. Rich. Williams, both
in the Mediterranean. Being awarded a second
promotal commission 28 April, 1827, he served as
an Inspeoting-Commander in the Coast Guard from
24 June, 1836, until the summer of 1839, and in
command, on the coast of Africa, of the Ferret 6,
from 1 Deo. 1841 until 1845. He attained his pre-
sent rank 9 Nov. 1846. Agents — Hallett and Ro-
binson.
OAKELEY. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Henry Oakeley is fifth son of the late Rev. Her-
bert Oakeley, D.D., of Oakeley, Salop, Rector of
Lydham, and Prebendary of Worcester.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Nov. 1830; passed
his examination in 1837 ; obtained his commission 4
Oct. 1843; and from 2 May, 1844, until paid off in
1847, served on the coast of Africa in the Cygnet 6,
Capts. Henry Layton, Fred. Wilmot Horton, and
Fred. Byng Montresor.
He married, 1 June, 1847, Emily Letitia, third
daughter of the late Colonel Hamelin Trelawny,
R. A., and niece of Sir Wm. Lewis Salusbury Tre-
lawny, Bart.
OAKES. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 20.)
Orbell Oakes, born in 1800, is second son of the
late Orbell Ray Oakes, Esq., of Nowton Court, a
Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Suffolk,
and a Magistrate for Bury St. Edmunds, by Eliza-
beth Francis, daughter of John Plampin, Esq., of
Chadacre Hall, Simpling. His youngest sister, now
deceased, married Lieut.-Colonel Astley, of the
Royal Engineers.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Aug. 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boyne 98, Capt. Geo.
Burlton, stationed in the Mediterranean ; where, in
the following month, he removed to the Ocean 98,
Capt. Robt. Plampin. From July, 1814, until Jan.
1820, he served at Plymouth, and on the Irish,
Newfoundland, and St. Helena stations, in the Sal-
vador del Mondo, Capt. Robt. Hall, Tiber 33,
O'BRIEN.
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Capt. Jas. Rich. Daores, and Conqderor 74, bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Plampin. He waa
then nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Kosakio
10, Capt. Wm. Hendry ; from which vessel, in three
Inonths, he returned in a similar capacity to the
Conqueror. Being confirmed by commission dated
14 Oct. 1820, he was next, from 15 March, 1825,
until advanced to his present rank 19 May, 1828,
employed in the Tweed and Semieamis frigates, as
Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Plampin at Cork.
On 28 March, 1839, he received an appointment to
the Coast Guard. He left that service in the spring
of 1841 ; but since 31 March, 1845, has again been
engaged in it.
Commander Oakes married, at Florence, 3 March,
1832, Caroline, youngest daughter of Wm. Bryan,
Esq. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
O'BRIEN. (LiEDT., 1807. F-p., 17; H-p., 32.)
Anurevt O'Brien entered the Navy, 10 March,
1798, as a Boy, on board the Romnby 50, Capt.
John Lawford ; and in the summer of the same
year waa present at the detention of a large convoy
laden with naval and military stores for France, and
under the protection of a Swedish frigate. After
accompanying the expedition against the Helder,
and witnessing the surrender of Rear-Admiral
Story's squadron, he followed Capt. Lawford, as
Midshipman, in Aug. 1800, into the Polyphemus
64, which ship formed part of Lord Nelson's divi-
sion in the attack upon the Danish line of defence
before Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. In the course
of 1803 he became in succession attached to the
Achille and Courageux 74's, both commanded,
the latter in the West Indies, by Capt. John Okes
Hardy ; and he next, between 1803 and the close of
1807, served, principally on the Home station, in the
Britannia 100, Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral)
the Earl of Northesk, Avon sloop, Capt. Fras. Jack-
son Snell, and Audacious 74, Capts. John Lawford
and Thos. Le Marohant Gosselin. Of the latter ship
he was created a Lieutenant 25 April, 1807. His
succeeding appointments were — 24 Dec. in that
year, to the Racehorse 18, stationed at fiist off
Guernsey, and then at the Cape of Good Hope,
whence he invalided in July, 1810—6 March, 1811,
for a few weeks, to the Recituit sloop, Capt. Hum-
phrey Fleming Senliouse, at Newfoundland — 28
Sept. following, to the Brisk 16, Capt. Eyles Moun-
sher, on the Irish station — and, 28 June, 1813, to the
FoHTii 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, employed in the
North Sea and North America. He returned to
England in May, 1815 ; and has since been on half-
pay.
O'BRIEN. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Charles Douglas O'Brien died about the com-
mencement of 1846.
This officer entered the Navy 29 March, 1823;
passed his examination in 1830 ; and, as a reward
for his services during the operations on the coast
of Syria, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4
Nov. 1840. His succeeding appointments were— 15
Deo. 1840, 13 Sept. 1841, and 17 Oct. 1842, to the
Benbow 72, Cambridge 78, and Rodney 92, Capts.
Houston Stewart, Edw. Barnard, and Robt. Maun-
sell, all in the Mediterranean — 1 Feb. 1844, to the
Coast Guard — 11 Dec. following, as Additional-
Lieutenant, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir
David Milne at Devonport — and 11 Jan. and 6 May,
1845, to the Ranger 6, and Prometheus steam-sloop,
Capts. Jas. Anderson and John Hay, both on the
coast of Africa, where he continued employed as
First-Lieutenant of the latter vessel until the period
of his death.
O'BRIEN. (Captain, 1821. p-p., 20; h-p., 31.)
DoNAT Henchy O'Brien was born in March,
1785. He is descended from one of the ancient
monarch s of Ireland.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Deo. 1796, as
Ordinary, on board the Overyssel 64, Capts. John
Young and John Bazely, bearing the successive
flags of Admirals Joseph Peyton and Skefflngton
Lutwidge on the Home station. Continuing in
that ship until Jan. 1800, he accompanied, in the
capacity of Master's Mate, the expedition of 1799
against the Helder, where, in command of a fiat-
bottomed boat, he assisted at the landing of the
army. After this he was placed in charge of a
merchantman laden with Portland stone, intended
to be sunk, with others, at the entrance of Goree
harbour, for the purpose of preventing the egress
of three Dutch line-of-battle ships. Before, how-
ever, an opportunity had presented itself for the
execution of the plan, the vessel was caught in a
gale of wind and went down, three minutes only
after Mr. O'Brien had been rescued from his peril-
ous situation through the intrepid humanity of a
boat's crew belonging to the Lion armed-cutter
under the orders of Lieut. Tatham. In Jan. 1800,
as above mentioned, he was directed to act as Lieu-
tenant of the Atalante 16, Capt. Anselm John
Griffiths, in which sloop, owing to the absence of
her own Lieutenant, and of the Master, Boatswain,
and Gunner, he was for three months most harass-
ingly employed off the Flemish banks, Dunkerque,
and Gravelines, being, during the whole of that
period, compelled, with the present Capt. Jas.
Couch, to keep six hours' alternate watch. He then
went back to the Overyssel ; and he next, in Dec.
1801, Feb. 1802, and Feb. 1803 (in the course of
which month he passed his examination), became in
succession attached, again as Master's Mate, to the
Berschermer 54, Capt. Alex. Fraser, Amphion 32,
Capts. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, Alex. Fraser,
and Thos. Masterman Hardy, and Hussar 38, Capt.
Philip Wilkinson. In the latter frigate it was his
lot, during a passage home with despatches from
Ferrol, to be wrecked, 8 Feb. 1804, on the south-
ernmost part of the Saintes ; a misfortune which in
a few days rendered him a prisoner to the French
at Brest. After three attempts at escape, which
had entailed on him privations and hardships not
to be imagined, and had all ended in his re-capture,
he at length, 14 Sept. 1808, succeeded in effecting a
flight; truly wonderful in Its history, from the
famed fortress of Bitche.* Reaching Trieste in the
following Nov., he contrived, with two friends (one
of them the present Lieut. Maurice Hewson), to
get on board a boat belonging to the Amphion 32,
Capt. Wm. Hoste, which had been sent inshore on
the look-out under the command of Lieut. Geo.
Matthew Jones. Under that officer, before his
return to the frigate, we find him afforded an op-
portunity of participating in a desperate attack on
two powerful vessels, whose successful resistance
killed 2 and wounded 5 of the British, including
himself severely through the right arm. Proceeding
soon to Malta in H.M. brig Spider, he was there
received on board the Ocean 98, fiag-ship of Lord
Collingwood, who promoted him, 29 March, 1809, to
a Lieutenancy in the Warrior 74, Capt. John Wm.
Spranger. After assisting at the reduction of the
islands of Ischia and Procida, and of those of Zante,
Cephalonia, Ithaca, andCerigo, he again, in March,
1810, joined the Amphion, still commanded by
Capt. Hoste. On 29 of the ensuing June, with the
boats of the latter frigate and the Cerberus under
his orders, he covered the landing of a body of
seamen and marines commanded by Lieut. Wm.
Slaughter, near the town of Grao, where the gal-
lantry and exertion of the British enabled them to
defeat a numerous body of French troops, and to
effect the capture and destruction of a large convoy
laden with naval stores for the arsenal at Venice. -f
Besides many other dashing services, Mr. O'Brien
was subsequently, 13 March, 1811, present, as Second-
Lieutenant of the Amphion, in the celebrated action
• We are relieved, even had we space, from the necessity
of entering at large into the history of Capt. O'Brien's cap-
tivity, it being already familiar to the public through the
medium of the ' Narrative,' &c., published by him in 1814,
and re-produced in 1839, in two volumes, under the title of
* My Adventures during the late War ; comprising a Narra-
tive of Shipwreck, Captivity, Escapes from French Prisons,
&c., from 1804 to 1827.'
t Fide Gaz. 1810, p. 1857.
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O'BRIEN.
fougbt off Lissa ; on which occasion a British squa-
dron, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men,
completely routed, after a battle of six hours and a
loss to the above ship of 15 men killed and 47
wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, whose force
amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. On the victory
being accomplished he was sent to Malta in charge
of La Bellona, one of the captured French frigates.
Accompanying Capt. Hoste as his First-Lieutenant,
in Nov. 1811, into the Bacchante 38, he continued,
in that frigate also, to share in a great variety of
service in the Adriatic. On the night of 31 Aug.
1812, having been detached in command of the
boats, he cut out from the port of Lema seven
vessels laden with ship-timber for the Venetian
government, together with La Tisiphone French
national xebec, of 1 6-poimder, 2 3-pounders, and
28 men, one gun-boat, with a 9-pounder, 2 3-
pounders, and 24 men, and another of 1 9-pounder
and 20 men, intended for the protection of the
trade on the coast of Istria, from Pola to Trieste.
This service was fortunately executed without any
loss, owing chiefly to the arrangements of Lieut.
O'Brien, the gallantry and promptitude with which
he led the boats to the attack, and the brave and
determined support he received from those under
his orders.* On 18 of the ensuing Sept. he was
again sent, with the boats, six in number, containing
72 officers and men, to effect the capture of eight
armed-vessels, carrying in the whole 8 long 12-
pounders, 6 swivels, and 104 men, and a convoy of
18 sail, laden chiefly with oil and almonds, which
the Bacchante had chased between Tremiti and
Vasto on the coast of Apulia. Leading to the
attack with his accustomed valour, Lieut. O'Brien's
fearless exertions were again crowned with success ;
the enemy, notwithstanding a heavy fire of grape
and musketry, were impetuously assailed, and driven
in every direction from their vessels ; while a party
of marines, under Lieut. "Wm. Haig, landing, forced
the fugitives from a neighbouring wood, and thereby
gave the coup-de-grace to the affair. " I want
words," says Capt. Hoste in his report to Rear-Ad-
miral Fremantle, " to convey to you my admiration
of the determined manner in which this service
■was performed." t Its brave conductor was in
consequence promoted to the rank of Commander
22 Jan. 1813 ; but before the receipt of his com-
mission he appears to have been concerned in the
achievement of two other exploits deserving of
notice ; the first in Nbv. 1812, when, with the boats
of the Bacchante, and Eagle and Achille 74's,
he brought off a large quantity of government oak-
timber from the beach near Fesano, a small town in
the vicinity of Pola, in face of 300 soldiers ; and
the second in Jan. 1813, on 6 of which month his
prompt and judicious measures enabled him, after a
good deal of firing and much resistance, to board,
near Otranto, a gun-boat carrying 2 pivot-guns and
36 men, and then to pursue and capture two other
vessels of a similar description.! I^i April, 1813,
Capt. O'Brien left the Bacchaste, receiving at the
same time, for the cordial co-operation he had at all
times afforded, the sincere and public thanks of
Capt. Hoste, who availed himself of the opportunity
of proclaiming " that his promotion, as it had been
gained entirely by his own exertions, unassisted by
interest, held to the remaining officers a striking
example that meritorious service would meet its
own reward." He shortly afterwards returned to
England a passenger in the T'h under bomb, Capt.
Watkin Owen Pell ; but it was not until 1818 that
he again succeeded in procuring employment. Ob-
taining command, in Aug. of that year, of the
Slanev 20, he sailed in the ensuing Dec. for the
South American station, and in May, 1819, he
reached Valparaiso. During his stay in the Pacific,
a period of more than 12 months, it wag Capt.
O'Brien's fortune to render many essential services
to British commerce on the coasts of Chili and
Peru. On his subsequent arrival in the Rio de la
Plata, we find him hoisting for a short time the
* Vide Ga7,. 1813, p. 163. f V. Gaz. 1813, p. 104.
J v. Gaz. 1813, p. 627.
broad pendant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy ; by
whom, pn his departure on service round Cape
Horn, he was left Senior officer at Buenos Ayres.
This happened at a very critical period, just as the
latter state had been involved in war with the
neighbouring provinces ; and Capt. O'Brien had in
consequence many harassing and perplexing duties
to perform. One result, we may here observe, of
the opening hostilities had been a manifesto pub-
lished by the Buenos Ayrean government for the
purpose of compelling all the British residents to
organize themselves into a regiment. This mea-
sure, attended as it was likely to be with a large
sacrifice of property, demanded of course strenuous
opposition on the part of Capt. O'Brien ; who, after
a long and painful discussion, succeeded in extract-
ing from the authorities a document, exempting
every British resident from being drawn for military
service, or in any way required to act hostilely
against its recently-declared enemies. In Oct. 1821,
having been advanced to Post-rank on 5 of the pre-
ceding March, he was superseded in the command
of the StANEY. He took a passage home in the
Owen Giendower frigate, and has not been since
able to procure employment.
Capt. O'Brien married, 28 June, 182.5, Hannah,
youngest daughter of the late John Wataisley, Esq.,
of Castle- Meer, in Lancashire, ;and sister of Geo.
Walmsley, Esq., of Bolesworth Castle, co. Chester,
by whom he has had issue seven children. Agents
— Hallett and Robinson.
O'BKIEN. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 1 6 ; h-p., 24.)
Joseph O'Bkien entered the Navy, 25 June, 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Edgar 74, Capts.- Jas.
Maenamara and Stephen Poyntz, employed off
Rochefort and in the Baltic and North Sea. In
Aug. 1808 he was present, as Midshipman, at the
embarkation of the Spanish troops under the Mar-
quis de la Romana ; and in March, 1810, he removed
to the Berwick 74, Capts. Jas. Maenamara, Sir
Robt. Laurie, and Edw. Brace, stationed at first off
Flushing and Cherbourg, and then in the Mediter-
ranean. In the latter ship, of which he was created
a Lieutenant 1 Oct. 1814, he witnessed the fall of
Genoa, and was present in 1815 at the siege of
Gaeta. "While next attached, between July and
Nov. 1816, to the ImrREGNABLE 98, also commanded
by Capt. Brace, Mr. O'Brien fought under the flag
of Rear- Admiral David Milne at the bombardment
of Algiers. His succeeding appointments were, on
the West India station— 1 1 Dec. 1822, to the Glou-
cester 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Edw.
W. C. R. Owen— 29 Dec. 1823, to the Ptramds 42,
Capt. Fras. Newcombe— 10 Oct. 1824, to the com-
mand of the Renegade schooner — and, 1 Nov. fol-
lowing, to the Rattlesnake 28, Capts. Hugh Patton
and John Leith. He was advanced (from the Isis
50, flag-ship of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted) to the
command of the Beaver sloop 3 May, 1826; and
next appointed (still in the West Indies)— 24 April,
1828, to the EspiiGLE 18— and, 5 Jan. 1829, to the
Slaney 20. Since his Post-promotion,"which took
place 8 Aug. in the latter year, the Captain has
been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
O'BRIEN. (Lieut, 1838. f-p., 1 8 ; h-p., 8.)
Robert O'Brien, born 17 Aug. 1808, at Ardfry,
CO. Galway, is third son of Retired Rear-Admi-
ral Robt. O'Brien (1837), of co. Clare, who com-
manded the Doris 42, in the East Indies, at the
close of the war, and died about Jan. 1838, at Chel-
tenham, by his first-cousin Anne O'Brien, herself a
first-cousin of the present Earl of Charlemont. H e is
grandson of the late, and first-cousin of the present.
Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart., of Dromoland, co. Clare.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7
June, 1821 ; and embarked, in June, 1823, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Ranger 28, Capt. Peter
Fisher, employed at first in the Channel, and then
in the Mediterranean. Between June, 1825, and
March, 1828, in the course of which month he passed
his examination, he served, on the South American
O'CALLAGHAN— O'CONNELL-O'CONOR.
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station, in the Doris 42, Capt. Sir John Gordon
Sinclair, and Jasedb 18, Capt. Edw. Ilandfield ; and
he next, from June, 1828, until Oct, 1832, and from
June, 1834, until he invalided in Sept. 1837, offi-
ciated as Mate, in the East Indies and Mediterra-
nean, of the Crocodile 28 and Guilders 18, Capts.
John Wm. Montagu and Hon. Henry Keppel. His
appointments, since his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, which took place 28 June, 1838, have
been— 22 May, 1839, as Additional, to the Winches-
ter 50, fitting at Chatham for the flag of Sir Thos.
Harvey— 7 Sept. following, to the Crocodile 26,
Capt. Alex. Milne, on the North America and West
India station, whence he invalided in Aug. 1840—
26 May, 1841, to the Belleislb 72, Capt. John
Toup Nicolas, which ship, in the following Oct.,
was paid off at Plymouth, where she had been for
some time stationary— 3 March, 1842, as Additional,
for a few months, to the Illustrioos 72, bearing the
flag of Sir Chas. Adam in North America and the
West Indies— and, 4 Sept. 1844, to the command,
which he still retains, of a station in the Coast
Guard.
In 1825 Lieut. O'Brien, then belonging to the
Doris, received the thanks of the Admiralty for
his conduct in having saved the life of a man who
had fallen overboard. During his servitude in the
Winchester he had the misfortune to dislocate his
shoulder-joint, and also to receive much injury by a
block falling on his head. Agents — Hallett and
Robinson.
O'CALLAGHAN. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 16;
H-p., 6.)
George William Dodglas O'Callaghan was
born 15 Aug. 1811.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 May, 1825, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Camelion 10, Capts.
Geo. Robt. Lambert and Mich. Seymour, stationed
in the Channel. In July, 1826, he became Midship-
man of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, lying
in the Downs for the purposes of the Coast Block-
ade ; and he was next, from Feb. 1827 until July,
1831, employed in the West Indies in the Barham
50, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming,
Druid 46, Capt. Williams Sandom, Grasshopper
18, Capt. Chas. Deare, and Merseit 26, Capt. Geo.
Wm. Conwaj' Courtenay. Prior to his examination,
which he passed 8 Sept. 1831, he served for a short
period also in the Isis 50, Capt. Geo. Rennie. In
the early part of 1831 he sailed for the East Indies
as Mate of the Harrier 18, Capt. Spencer Lambert
Hunter Vassall ; in^ command of one of the boats
belonging to which vessel we find him on two occa-
sions engaged in attacks upon the Malay pirates.
Being advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 6 June,
1834, and appointed, a few months afterwards, to
the Andromache 28, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads,
also on the East India station, he was slightly
wounded, while in that frigate, in endeavouring to
eflTect the suppression of piracy in the straits of Ma-
lacca, and for his services was presented, in com-
mon with the other officers employed, with a sword
by the merchants, &c., of Bombay, besides receiving
the thanks of the Admiralty and of the Chambers
of Commerce at Calcutta and Madras. He returned
to England in Sept. 1837 ; and was afterwards ap-
pointed, on the Mediterranean station — 24 April,
1838, to the Talbot 28, Capt. Henry John Codring-
ton— 25 Oct. following, to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm.
Fisher— 29 Jan. 1839, as First, to the Rhadaman-
THus steamer, Capt. Arth. Wakefield, which vessel
he left in July, 1840— and in June, 1841, in a simi-
lar capacity, to the Implacable 74, Capt. Edw,
Harvey. He obtained a second promotal commis-
sion 11 Aug. 1841 ; and from 22 March, 1845, until
advanced to his present rank, 30 Nov. 1846, had
command of the "V Bsuvius steam-sloop of 280 horse
power on the North America and West India sta^
tion. H e has since been on half-pay.
Capt. O'Callaghan married, 25 Aug, 1840, Miss
Harriet Graves Barton, and by that lady has issue.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
O'CALLAGHAN. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
Henry John O'Callaghan obtained his com-
mission 25 Feb. 1815. He has since been on half-
pay. Agent — Frederick Dufaur,
O'CONNELL, (Lieut,, 1815. f-p„ 21; h-p., 20.)
Maurice FitzGebald O'Connbll entered the
Navy, 1 Jan. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
Amethvst 36, Capts. John Wm. Spranger and
Mich, Seymour, on the Cork station ; where, in the
following Aug., he removed to the Drdid 32, Capts,
Bennett, Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, and Sir Wm.
Bolton. In Nov. 1809, being at the time in the
Bay of Biscay, he participated in an unsuccessful
attack made by the boats of the latter frigate on
two French national vessels ; the result of which
was the slaughter of two Lieutenants and several
men, and the capture of himself and 20 others.
Being retaken in a few days by the Drdid, he con-
tinued in that ship until Sept. 1810, when he fol-
lowed Sir Wm. Bolton into the Endtmion 40, a very
active cruizer. Joining next, in May, 1812, the Iris
36, Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, he served for
some time in co-operation with the patriots on the
north coast of Spain, where, among other places, he
beheld the capture of Castro. On one occasion he
was sent to assist in cutting out an American brig
which had been chased into Vivero harbour. On
the return of the party with their prize, a gale arose
which caused two boats with 3 men to become de-
tached, and drift towards an inaccessible rock. In
this emergency Mr. O'Connell volunteered to go
with another boat to their rescue, and in his hu-
mane efibrts he happily succeeded. The gale, how-
ever, continuing, he was obliged to put into Vivero,
and thence to travel with his men, 13 in number,
overland to Corunna — 10 weeks elapsing before he
was enabled to rejoin his ship. During that period
we find him serving (as Supernumerary of the Lyra
10, Capt. Robt. Bloye) in a battery at the defence
of Castro, when attacked and stormed by a very
superior French force. On leaving the Iris in July,
1813, he rejoined Sir Wm. Bolton, as Master's Mate,
on board the Forth 40. In March, 1814, he was
present in that ship when sent, with the Antelope
50, Capt. Sam, Butcher, and a Russian frigate, to
reinforce a squadron stationed in the West Scheldt,
While in the act, for this purpose, of forcing the
Hondt passage, the Antelope unfortuately grounded
within shell-range of Flushing ; and in consequence
he was at night ordered to assist in bringing several
schuyts down the river to lighten her. When after-
wards on the coast of North America he served at
the blockade of New York, and was engaged at the
attack and capture of an American brig chased into
Egg harbour, an exploit in the achievement of
which the First-Lieutenant of the Forth was se-
verely wounded. In Aug. 1815, having passed his
examination at the commencement of 1812, Mr.
O'Connell took up a commission bearing date 14 of
the preceding Feb. He has been employed in the
Coast Guard since 12 Jan. 1836.
He married Agnes, daughter of the late Geo.
Gorham, Esq., of Obrennan, co. Kerry, by whom
he has issue four sons and one daughter. Agents
— Messrs. Halford and Co.
O'CONOK, K.C.H. (Captatlt, 1814. p-p., 14 ;
H-p., 35.)
Richard O'Conor is second son of the late Sir
Pat. O'Conor, of Cork, by Miss Terry, of Castle
Terry, in that co.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Devad 36, Capt. Lord
AmeUus Beauclerk, employed on the Cork station,
where, in 1799, he removed to the Doris 36, Capt.
Lord Ranelagh. In 1801 he again joined Lord Ame-
Uus Beauclerk, as Midshipman, on board the FoR-
TDsiE frigate, attached to the Channel fleet, with
which he continued to serve, until Aug. 1805, in the
Plantagenet and Majestic 74's, Capts. Graham
Eden Hamond and Lord A. Beauclerk, and Hiber-
NiA 110, flag-ship of Lord Gardner. He was then
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OGILVIE-OGILVY.
nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Attack gun-
brig ; and on 1 Feb. 1806 lie was made full Lieute-
tenant into the Confiance sloop, Capt. Jas. Lucas
Yeo. After further serving in the Royal "William,
flag-ship of Admiral Montagu at Spithead, in the
Thalia 36, commanded on the Guernsey station by
Capt. Jas. Walker, and for two years as Flag- Lieu-
tenant to Sir Edm. Nagle in the Ardent 64, at
Leith, he was promoted, 17 Aug. 1810, to the rank
of Commander. In 1813 we find him superintending
the naval yards on the Canadian lakes ; and on 6
May, 1814, performing, in the Prince Regent, the
duties of Flag-Captain to Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas
Yeo at the capture of Oswego, where he was in-
trusted with the direction of the boats and gun-
vessels employed in landing the troops.* In 1815,
having been advanced to Post-rank 16 Aug. in the
preceding year, he returned to England. He was
nominated a K.C.H. 25 Jan. 1836 ; and accepted the
Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. O' Conor married Miss Hannah Ross, daugh-
ter of an eminent merchant and East India Director,
by whom he has issue a son (an officer in the Hon.
E. I. Co.'s service) and three daughters, the eldest
of whom is married to a Swiss nobleman. Agents
— Messrs. Ommanney.
OGILVIE. (LiEDT., 1812. F-p., 12; H-p, 31.)
Henry Ogilvie was bom 1 Sept. 1791.
This ofiBcer entered the Navy, 23 March, 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bacchante" 20, Capt.
Chas. Dashwood, stationed in the Channel ; he re-
moved, in the following Aug., to the Canopus 80,
bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Geo. Campbell in
the Mediterranean ; and, from March, 1805, until
Dec. 1810, he served on board the Donegal 94,
Capt. Pulteney Malcolm. He accompanied Lord
Nelson, in the latter ship, in his pursuit of the com-
bined squadrons to the West Indies and back — parti-
cipated in the capture of El Rayo of 100 guns, one
of the ships recently defeated at Trafalgar — was
wounded in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806,
for which he received a gratuity of 40/. from the
Patriotic Fund — escorted Sir Arth. Wellesley's army
from Cork to Portugal in 1808 — witnessed the de-
struction, 24 Feb. 1809, of three French frigates
under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne — was present
in the ensuing April at Lord Cochrane's destruc-
tion of the enemy's shipping in Basque Roads — and
on 15 Nov. 1810 assisted in an attack made, by
Capt. Chas. Grant of the Diana, on the two French
frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by the tire
of several strong batteries, near Cherbourg. On
leaving the Donegal he became attached to the
Illustrious 74, bearing the broad pendant of Com-
modore Wm. Robt. Broyghton in the East Indies ;
where, on his removal, as Master's Mate, to the
Akbar 50, Capt. Hen. Drury, he aided in effecting
the conquest of Java. He was confirmed a Lieute-
nant (after having acted four months as Mate) in
the Doris 36, Capt. Wm. Jones Lye, 7 Feb. 1812 ;
and, returning to England in the following Dec,
was next appointed — 2 June, 1813, to the Presi-
dent 38, Capts. Fras. Mason and Arch. Duff, for
some time employed off the north coast of Spain,
where he served, under Lieut. Dowell O'Reilly of
the SuRVEiLLANTE, in the breaching batteries at
the siege of St. Sebastian — 12 July, 1815 (he had
invalided from the President in Aug. 1814), to the
Nightingale 16, Capt. Christopher Nixon, in which
vessel, stationed in the Downs, he remained but a
few weeks — and, 2 April, 1816, to the Newcastle
50, bearing the flag at St. Helena and the Cape of
Good Hope of his former Captain, Sir Pulteney
Malcolm, to whom he became Signal-Lieutenant 20
Sept. following. He has been on half-pay since 16
Aug. 1817.
OGILVIE. (Lieut., 1816. f-p. 8; h-p., 31.)
Simon Taylor Ogilvie entered the Navy, 3 Aug.
1808, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Rover brig, Capt.
Fras. John Nott, with whom during the remainder
of the year he cruized in the North Sea. Becoming
* rirfetiaz. 1814, p. 1367.
Midshipman, in April, 1809, of the Heeoihe 32,
Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, he accompanied the
ensuing expedition to the Walcheren, and was pre-
sent, under Lord Wm. Stuart, at the forcing of the
passage between the batteries of Flushing and Cad-
sand. In Nov. of the same year he joined the Cab-
TiLiAN 18, Capts. Kobt. Brown Tom and David
Braimer ; and in the course of 1811 he commanded
the cutter belonging to that vessel at the cutting-
out of a brig from under a heavy fire of musketry
near Dieppe. In July of the same year we again
find him placed under the orders of Capt. Christian
in the Iris 36, in which ship, after co-operating
vrith the patriots on the north coast of Spain, and
witnessing the capture of Castro, he sailed for the
Brazils, whence, in May, 1814, he returned home as
a Supernumerary in the Akbar 50, Capt. Arch*
Dickson. Between the following July and Oct.
1815 he served on the Home station in the Martial
12, Capts. Hen. Forbes and Jas. Leach, Chal-
lenger 16, Capt. Hen. Forbes, and, as Admiralty
Midshipman, in the Orlando 36, Capt. John Cla-
vell. He was then transferred, in the capacity last
mentioned, to the Hebrds 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer ;
and for his services in that frigate at the bombard-
ment of Algiers he was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 16 Sept. 1816. He has since been on
half-pay.
OGILVIE. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p.,
16; H-p., 37.)
William Ogilvie entered the Navy, in July,
1794, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tremendous 74,
Capts. John Aylmer, Geo. Hopewell Stephens, and
Chas. Brisbane ; in which ship he continued em-
ployed in the Channel and at the Cape of Good
Hope, part of the time as Midshipman under the
flag of Rear- Admiral Thos. Pringle, until his return
with that oflicer to England in the Crescent frigate
in 1798. After serving three years in the North
Sea and Baltic on board the St. George 98, Capts.
John Holloway, Sampson Edwards, and Thos. Mas-
terman Hardy, flag-ship latterly of Lord Nelson,
and participating in the attack upon the Danish
line of defence before Copenhagen, he was made
Lieutenant, 27 June, 1801, into the Russel 74, Capt.
Wm. Cuming, with whom he proceeded off Cadiz.
He left the Russel in Nov. 1801, and was after-
wards appointed— 11 June, 1803, to the Windsor
Castle 98, Capts. Albemarle Bertie, Thos. Wells,
Davidge Gould, and Chas. Boyles, stationed in the
Channel— about July, 1805, to the Sampson 64, em-
ployed at first in South America and then at the
Cape of Good Hope, whence he returned in May,
1806—21 May, 1807, to the Banterer 22, Capt.
Alex. Shiphard, under whom he was wrecked in the
river St. Lawrence 29 Oct. 1808, suffering on the
occasion many hardships— and, 29 April, 1809, to
the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, in
which ship he accompanied the expedition to the
Walcheren, and served in the Channel until March,
1812. He became a Retired Commander on the
Junior List 11 Aug. 1832; and on the Senior, 9
March, 1846. Agent— Joseph Woodhead.
OGILVY. (Commander, 1841.)
George Keith Ogilvy died 20 Sept. 1846, at
Wyndham Place. He was son of the late Rear-
Admiral Sir Wm. Ogilvy, Bart.,* by the eldest
daughter of the late Jas. Morley, Esq.
• Sit Wm. Ogilvy entered the Navy in 1 173. He served,
as Lieutenant of the Poj.vphemus 64, in the partial action
with the combined fleets off Cape Spartel 20 Oct. 1782 ; acted
as Captain of the Robust 74 at the occupation of Toulon in
1793 ; and was presented with a second promotal commis-
sion for his conduct as First of the Glory 98, in Lord Howe's
action 1 June, 1794. As Commander of the Lark sloop, he
distinguished himself during Sir John Warren's expedition to
Quiberon in 1795, and was present, in 1796, at the unsuc-
cessful attack upon the town and fnrt of Leogane, in the
island of St. Domingo. He afterwards, until the peace of
Amiens, commanded the Thunderer 74, in which he caused
the self-destruction of the Harmunie, a French frigate of the
largest class, and Magicienne 32. His Post-commission bore
date 5 July, 1797. He was placed on the list ol Super-
annuated Hear-Admirals 6 Dec. 1821.
OGLE.
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This officer entered the Navy 31 May, 1824;
passed his examination in 1830 ; and obtained his
first commission 1 May, 1834. His subsequent ap-
pointments were— 21 Nov. 1834, as Additional-
Lieutenant, to the Thalia 46, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Patrick Campbell at the Cape of
Good Hope— 1 March, 1835, to the Jupitek 38,
Capt. Edw. Henry A'Court, fitting at Woolwich —
18 May following, to the Barham 50, Capt. Armar
Lowry Corry, on the Mediterranean station — 29
Nov. 1836, and 29 July, 1837, to the Victory 104
and Welleslet 72, in which ships, stationed at
Portsmouth and in the East Indies, he served as
Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland until
the death of that officer in Nov. 1839-27 Oct. 1840,
to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos Forrest, fitting
at Plymouth— and, 6 Aug. 1841, to the Illustrious
72, equipping for the flag of Sir Chas. Adam, Com-
mander-in-Chief in North America and the West
Indies. He attained the rank of Commander 23
Nov. 1841. Agehts— Messrs. Stilwell.
OGLE, Bart. (Admiral or the Red, 1841.
F-P., 31 ; H-P., 28.)
Sir Charles Ogle, born 24 May, 1775, is eldest
son of Sir Chaloner Ogle (who received the honour
of Knighthood and was created a Baronet for his
professional services, and died Senior Admiral in
the British Navy 27 Aug. 1816) by Hester, youngest
daughter and co-heir of the Right Rev. John Tho-
mas, Lord Bishop of Winchester. He is brother of
Major Thos. Ogle, of the 58th Regt., who was killed
in the boats at the landing in Egypt in 1801 ; bro-
ther-in-law of the present Lord Dacre ; uncle of
Commander Graham Ogle, R.N. ; and a relative of
Sir Chaloner Ogle, Kt., who died Admiral of the
Fleet in 1751. One of his father's sisters was mo-
ther of the present Rear-Admiral De Starck ; and
another grandmother of the late Earl Grey.
This officer entered the Navy about 1788, as Cap-
tain's Servant, on board the Adventure 44, Capt.
John Nicholson Inglefield, with whom, in the same
ship and the Medusa 50, he made three trips to the
coast of Africa. In Sept. 1791 he became Midship-
man of the Alcide 74, Capt. Sir Andrew Snape
Douglas, lying at Portsmouth ; and he was next toi
two years employed, at Halifax and at Home, in the
Wimchelsba frigate, Capt. Fisher, Edgar 74, Capt.
Albemarle Bertie, and Bovne 98, Capt. Wm. Albany
Otway. On 14 Nov. 1793 he was made Lieutenant
into the Woolwich 44, Capt. Craven, attached to
the force in the West Indies ; on which station, in
the ensuing Dec. and Jan., he successively joined
the Vengeance 74, Commodore Chas. Thompson,
and, a second time, the Boyne, bearing the flag of
Sir John Jervis. During the proximate operations
against the French islands he commanded a boat at
the capture, under a heavy fire of great guns and
musketry, of two schooners lying at anchor, with
others, near Maran, Martinique ; where he assisted
at the taking of Pigeon Island, was intrusted with
the command of a party of seamen landed at Point
Negro to co-operate with the army, and remained
on shore until after the surrender of Fort Bourbon.
At the siege of Guadeloupe he again commanded a
division of seamen, and greatly distinguished him-
self by his conduct at the storming of Fort Fleur
d'Epee. Towards the close of May, 1794, he was
nominated Acting-Captain qf the Assurance 44.
He was made Commander, 21 May following, into
the Avenger sloop; appointed next to the Pete-
REL ; and, on 11 Jan. 1796, posted into La Mi-
nerve frigate, in the Mediterranean. During the
after part of the French revolutionary war he com-
manded theMELBAGER and Greyhound, of 32 guns
each, and Egyptienne 40, on the Jamaica station,
and again in the Mediterranean. While in the
Meleager ofi' Cadiz he acquired the approbation
of Sir John Jervis by the manner in which he re-
peated that officer's signals. In the Greyhound
we find him effecting the capture of a Genoese
privateer mounting 10 guns, also of a Spanish
armed polacre, and of other vessels; and, in the
Egyptienne, earning the Turkish gold medal for
his services dtiring the Egyptian campaign. His
subsequent appointments were — 1 April, 1805, to
the Unite frigate, fitting for the Mediterranean^
19 June, 1806, to the Princess Augusta yacht, in
which he remained a period of exactly nine years
—26 Aug. 1815, to the Ramillies 74, stationed in
the Channel— and, 20 Nov. following and 20 Jan.
1816, to the Malta 84 and Kivoli 74, lying at
Plymouth and Portsmouth. The latter ship he left
in the following Sept. As Rear-Admiral, a rank he
attained 12 Aug. 1819, Sir Chas. Ogle commanded-
in-chief on the North American station from 27
April, 1827, until 14 July, 1830. He became a Vice-
Admiral 22 July, 1830 ; rose to the rank of full Ad-
miral 23 Nov. 1841 ; and since 30 Sept. 1845 has
held the chief command at Portsmouth. Sir Chas.
Ogle is President of the Royal Naval Benevolent
Society.
He married, first, 22 April, 1802, Charlotte Mar-
garet, sister of Benry, third Viscount Gage, and of
the present Admiral Sir Wm. Hall Gage, G.C.H.,
and daughter of the late General Hon. Thos. Gage,
Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's forces in
North America during the first American war. By
that lady, who died in 1814, he had issue one son,
Chaloner, formerly a Captain in the Army, and two
daughters. He married, secondly, 4 Sept. X820, Le-
titia, daughter of Sir Wm. Burroughs, Bart., by
whom he had issue another son. Being again left
a widower 13 Nov. 1832, he married a third time,
10 April, 1834, Mary-Anne, daughter of Geo. Cary,
Esq., of Tor Abbey, co. Devon, and relict of John
Dalton, jun., Esq., of Thumham Hall, co. Lan-
caster, and of Sir John Hayford Thorold, Bart.
The last Lady Ogle died 4 Feb. 1842. Agents —
Messrs. Halford and Co.
OGLE. (Commander, 1846.)
Graham Ogle, born 27 Sept. 1814, is second son
of the Rev. Jas. Ogle, M.A., Rector of Bishop's
Waltham, and Vicar of Crondall, by Elizabeth,
daughter of the Rev. Edm. Poulter, Prebendary of
Winchester. He is nephew of Admiral Sir Chas.
Ogle, Bart. ; and brother-in-law of the Marquis
Gentili, of Naples. His youngest brother, Edmund,
is in the Royal Engineers.
This officer entered the Navy 28 May, 1827;
passed his examination in 1834 ; and obtained his
first commission 6 Sept. 1838. His succeeding
appointments were— 26 Jan. 1839, as Additional-
Lieutenant, to the Princess Charlotte 104, bear-
ing the flag of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford in the Medi-
terranean— 9 March, 1840, to the Edinburgh 72,
Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, by whom, prior to
witnessing the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, he
was highly lauded for the bravery he evinced in
partial command of the boats in a successful at-
tempt made, 2 Oct., to remove a quantity of powder
from the castle of Beyrout*— 22 Sept. 1841 (soon
after the latter ship had been paid off) to the Cam-
brian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chad.s, fitting for the
East Indies— and, 1 1 April, 1844, to the command,
on that station, of the Royalist brig. He attained
his present rank 8 June, 1846; and since 15 Jan.
1847 has been officiating as Second-Captain of the
St. Vincent 120 and Victory 100, flag-ships at
Portsmouth of his uncle Sir Chas. Ogle.
OGLE. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 13.)
Thomas Ogle entered the Navy 25 Jan. 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Saturn 74, Capt. Lord
Amelius Beauclerk, to whom, on removing to the
Royal Oak 74, he officiated as Aide-de-Camp dur-
ing the operations connected with the Walcheren
expedition. With the exception of a few weeks
passed in the early part of 1812 in the Hannibal
74, also commanded by Lord Beauclerk, he con-
tinued to serve with that nobleman and the late Sir
Pulteney Malcolm in the Royal Oak until June,
1815. He was often in consequence detached
against the enemy on the coast of France, and was
* yide Gaz. 1840, p. 2610.
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O'GRADY— OHEA— OKE— OKES.
constantly employed in a tender from the capture
of Washington until the attack on New Orleans.
In Sept. 1815, at which period he was serving at
Portsmouth on board the Bkune troop-ship, Capt.
"Wm. Stanhope Badcock, he was nominated Ad-
miralty Midshipman of the Cherokee 10, Capt.
Wm. Bamage, on the Leith station; and, on 25
July, 1816, while filling the same rank at St. Helena
in the Newcastle 50, fiag-ship of Sir P. Malcolm,
he received an order to act as Lieutenant of the
JciJA 14, Capt. Jenkin Jones. He was confirmed
a Lieutenant 20 Aug. 1817, a few weeks after he
had rejoined the Newcastle; and subsequently
appointed— in Dec. 1821, to the Active 46, Capts.
Andrew King and Hon.-Robt. Rodney, engaged on
particular service— 18 Oct. 1824, to the Ocean 80,
bearing the flag of Lord A. Beauclerk in the Tagus
^and, 9 Jan. 1827, to the Spartiate 76, Capt.
Fred. Warren, on the same station. Being re-ap-
pointed to the last-mentioned ship on the occasion
of his promotion to the rank of Commander, 26
May, 1828, he continued in her, as Second-Captain,
until 1830. We next find him employed — from 6
Aug. 1831 until Dec. 1834, in the Isis 50, flag-ship
of Kear- Admiral Fred. W arren at the Cape of Good
Hope— from 21 March, 1836, until April, 1837, in
the CoRNWALLis 74, Capts. Eobt. Worgan Geo.
Festing and Sir Joshua Kicketts Rowley, on the
Lisbon station — and, from 31 Aug. 1837 until June,
1839 (during which period he was advanced, 28
June, 1838, to Post-rank), in the President 52, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross
in the Pacific. His last appointment was, 11 Oct.
1841, to the Southampton 50, fitting for the flag of
Sir Edw. Durnford King, Commander-in-Chief at
the Cape of Good Hope. While in that ship, in
which he remained until Dec. 1842, he forced the
entrance into Port Natal, and, by landing a body of
troops, rescued a detachment surrounded at the
time by a host of hostile tribes.
Capt. Ogle is a Knight of the Brazilian order of
the Southern Cross. He married Mary, eldest
daughter of John Garth, Esq., of Preston, Lanca-
shire, by whom he has issue one son and two
daughters. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
O'GRADY. (Captain, 1814.)
Hayes O'Gradt is son of the late Darby O'Grady,
Esq., of Mount Prospect, co. Limerick, by Mary,
daughter of Jas. Smyth, Esq., and brother of the
late and uncle of the present Viscount Guillamore.
He is uncle also of Lieut. Hon. John O'Grady, R.N.
This officer was educated at the Royal Naval
College, and embarked, 4 Dec. 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol.,
on board the Leda 38, Capts. Jas. Hardy and Robt,
Honyman ; in which ship, after contesting with the
enemy ofi' Boulogne, and serving for some months
under the flag of Rear- Admiral Edw. Thornbrough,
he assisted as Midshipman at the reduction of the
Cape of Good Hope, and then accompanied the ex-
pedition to the Rio de la Plata ; where we find him
employed in the boats as Master's Mate at the de-
struction of an armed brigantine off Montevideo
9 Sept. 1806.*' On 21 March, 1807, he was confirmed
a Lieutenant, nearly six months after he had been
ordered to act as such, in the Howe alias Drome-
dart storeship, Capt. Edw. Killwiok. He was
sent in the course of the same year to England in
charge of a prize ; and he was subsequently ap-
pointed—28 Dec. 1807, to the Thetis 38, Capts.Wm.
Hall Gage and Geo. Miller, employed on the St. He-
lena, Channel, Leeward Island, and Halifax stations
— 22 Aug. 1809, to the Cojiet sloop, Capt. Rich.
Henry Muddle, attached to the force on the coast
of North America — and, 15 Sept. following, to the
Antelope 50, bearing the flag of Admiral HoUoway
at Newfoundland. He attained the rank of Com-
mander 15 June, 1810, and between that period and
April, 1814, was employed in the Shark receiving-
ship at Jamaica, and for three years in the Sappho
brig in various parts of the West Indies. Since his
promotion to Post-rank, which took place 7 June,
1814, he has been on half-pay.
* Vide Gut.. 1807, p. 126.
Capt. O'Grady married, in July, 1831, Susan,
daughter of Jas. Finucane, Esq., and granddaughter
of the late Mr. Justice Finucane. Agents — H allett
and Robinson.
O'GRADY. (Lieutenant, 1831.)
The Honodrable John O'Grady is sixth son of
the late Viscount Guillamore, several years Chief
Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, by Katherine,
second daughter of the late John Thos. Waller,
Esq., of Castletown, co. Limerick. He is brother
of the present Viscount ; brother-in-law of Viscount
Gort ; and nephew of Capt. Hayes O'Grady, R.N.
This ofiBcer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1822, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Genoa 74, lying at Sheer-
ness. He served next in the Clio 18 on the coast
of Scotland^ and in the Rainbow 28 and Fly 18 in
the East Indies ; and on his return to England at
the close of 1828 in the Bombay 84 he passed his
examination. After a further attachment, on the
Home and West India stations, to the Victory 104,
Blossom 24, Pihcher schooner, and Falcon 10, he
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Feb.
1831. His last appointment was, 19 Nov. 1834, to
the ScYLLA 16, Capt. Edw. John Carpenter, in which
vessel, until paid off in 1836, we find him employed,
as sole Lieutenant, in North America and the West
Indies. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
O'HEA. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Matthew O'Hea is brother of Lieut. Dan. O'Hea,
R.N. (1805), who died about the commencement of
1835 ; and nephew of the late Capt. Henry Power,
R.N. This officer entered the Navy, 20 Oct. 1805,
as L.M., on board the Sophie 18, Capts. Philip L.
J. Eosenhagen and Wm. Mansell ; in the boats of
which sloop, and of the London 98, he distinguished
himself at the cutting-out from Algeciras of two
Spanish gun-vessels strongly defended. In March,
1807, at which period he had been serving for two
months in the river Thames on board the Hindos-
tan 50, he joined the Bedford 74 ; and in that ship,
commanded by Capt. Jas. Walker, and for a short
time by Capt. Adam Mackenzie, he continued em-
ployed for upwards of eight years. While stationed
at first off Lisbon he assisted in destroying two forts
at the entrance of the Tagus. He next escorted the
Royal Family of Portugal in its flight to the Brazils ;
and when afterwards on the coast of North America
he served with the boats of a squadron at the cap-
ture on Lake Borgne, 14 Dec. 1814, of five American
gun-vessels under Commodore Jones, whose resist-
ance was prolonged until the British had sustained
a loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. He also
took an active part in the operations against New
Orleans, where he saw much arduous boat-service,
and was severely wounded in the thigh and hand.
The injuries he sustained not being, from some un-
accountable reason, reported, he never received
any compensation. In Feb. 1815 we find him pre-
sent in the attack on Fort Bowyer, Mobile. He
took up in the following June a commission bearing
date 4 Feb. 1815 ; and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. O'Hea married, in July, 1818, Miss Mar-
garet Fitzgerald, and by that lady has issue two
sons.
OKE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
William Walter Oke entered the Navy 2
April, 1808; passed his examination in 1814; ob-
tained his commission 10 Jan. 1825 ; and from 10
Oct. in that year until, we believe, 1827, was em-
ployed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of theRAMiLLiEs74, Capt. Hugh Pigot.
He has been in command, since 3 May, 1841, of the
Asp steam-packet, of 50-horse power, on the Port-
patrick station.
He is Senior of 1825.
OKES, K.W. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., U ; h-p., 33.)
Charles Okes entered the Navy, 17 Oct. 1800
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince George 9s'
bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton in the Channel'
OLDMIXON— OLDREY.
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where he served until April, 1802. In the following
Aug. he joined the Kangek, Capt. Chas. Coote,
lying at Deptford ; and he was next, for nearly four
years, employed in the Mediterranean and West In-
dies, off Cadiz, and in the Downs, as Midshipman,
in the Seahokse 38, Capts. Hon. Courtenay Boyle,
Kobt. Corbet, and John Stewart, and Defekce 74,
Capt. Chas. Ekins. He was then, 18 Feb. 1807, pro-
moted to a Lieutenancy in the Indefatigable 46,
Capts. John Tremayne Kodd, Henry Edw. Reginald
Baker, and John Broughton, in which frigate he was
for three years and a half chiefly stationed off Bor-
deaux and the north coast of Spain. He subse-
quently, from 3 Aug. 1810 until 25 Feb. 1811, had
command of a gun-boat attached to the division
under the present Sir Thos. Fellowes at the defence
of Cadiz ; where he was next for 15 months attached
to the St. Albans 64, Capts. Edw. Bruce, Chas.
Grant, and John Ferris Devonshire. His last ap-
pointment afloat was, 8 Aug. 1812, to the San Do-
mingo 74, flag-ship in North America of Sir John
Borlase Warren, with whom he continued until 3
June, 1814.
Lieut. Okes has for many years formed one of the
Naval Knights of Windsor, of which respectable
body he is now Governor.
OLDMIXON. (Commander, 1847. r-p., 13;
H-p., 26.)
Geobge OIiDmixon is son of the late Sir John
Oldmixon, and brother of Lieuts. John William and
William Henry Oldmixon, R.N. A third brother,
Edward, having fought and bled on the Canadian
lakes without reward, entered the service of the
United States.
This oflcer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74, Capt. John
Erskine Douglas, vrith whom he continued to serve,
as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the same ship
and in the Pkince of Wales 98, on the Halifax,
Home, and Mediterranean stations, until July, 1814.
In the Bellona he witnessed Lord Cochrane's de-
struction of the French shipping in Basque Boads,
and was present at the siege of Flushing in 1809 ;
and, when in the Pkince of Wales, he served on
shore at the reduction of Genoa in April, 1814.
After cruizing six months in the Channel on board
the Hope 10, Capt. Henry Fyge Jauncey, he sailed
for Jamaica as a Supernumerary in the Warriob
74, bearing the flag of his former Captain, then
Rear-Admiral Douglas. He was promoted, on his
arrival, to a Lieutenancy, 1 June, 1815, in the
Tanais 38, Capt. Joseph James, in which frigate
he remained until June, 1816 ; and he was subse-
quently appointed — 10 Nov. 1842, to the command
of the MEGiEBA steamer, which vessel he unfor-
tunately lost off Port Royal, Jamaica, in March,
1843 — 12 Jan. 1844, as Senior, to the Hecate steam-
sloop, Capts. Jas. Paterson Bower and Joseph West,
employed at first on particular service, and next on
the coast of Africa — and 11 June, 1846, to the act-
ing command of the Flying Fish sloop, on the sta-
tion last mentioned. He was advanced to his pre-
sent rank soon after his return to England, 27 Sept.
1847.
Commander Oldmixon is married to a sister of
Sir Wm. Scott, Bart., of Ancrum, Roxburghshire.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
OLDMIXON. (Lieut, 1812. r-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.)
John William Oldmixon was born in 1788. He
is eldest brother of Commander Geo. Oldmixon,
B.N.
This ofBoer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1803, as
Ordinary, on board the Phaeton 38, Capts. Geo.
Cookburn, John Wood, PownoU Bastard Pellew,
and Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. In
that sliip, after escorting Mr. Merry, the British
Minister Plenipotentiary, to the United States, he
assisted, as Midshipman, at the blockade of the Isle
of Franco, where he came into frequent collision
with the enemy's batteries. He was subsequently
absent for a whole month in a prize, which, after
braving many dangers, was wrecked on the coast of
China ; and while detached for a short period in
the Habriek sloop, Capt. Edw. Ratsey, he aided in
forcing the batteries at the Boca Tigris. During
the operations which led to the reduction of Java
we find him present at the storming of the fortress
of Samanap, and mentioned as an "intelligent
young ofiicer."*' On 10 Oct. 1811, a few days after
his removal to the Illustrious 74, Commodore Wm.
Robt. Broughton, he was nominated Acting First-
Lieutenant of the Hecate 18, Capt. Hon. Henry
John Peachey ; to which vessel he was confirmed
11 Feb. 1812. In the following Aug. he invalided
home on board the Modeste 36, Capt. Jas. Coutts
Crawford ; and he was next, from Aug. 1813 until
July, 1816, employed on the Home, West India,
and Mediterranean stations, in the Leviathan 74,
Capts. Patrick Campbell, Adam Drummond, and
Thos. Briggs. Although constant in his applica^
tions, he has not been able to procure any further
appointment.
The Lieutenant married, in 1830, Anne, daughter
of Mr. Barrington and Lady Mary Price. Agents
— Hallett and Robinson.
OLDMIXON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p.,27.)
William Henry Oldmixon entered the Navy,
14 Oct. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tartar
32, Capts. Edw. Hawker and Stephen Poyntz, on
the Halifax station. In the following Jan., after
he had been for a brief period attached to the Me-
LEAGER frigate, Capt. John Broughton, fitting at
Chatham, he became Midshipman of the Agamem-
non 64, Capt. Jonas Rose ; under whom he was at
first employed off Lisbon, then with the expedition
against Copenhagen, and ultimately on the Brazilian
station ; where, in June, 1809, he removed to the
FouDROYANT 80, Capt. Rich. Turner Hancock.
Joining, next, the Rbvolotionnaire 38, Capt. John
Chas. Woolcombe, he served for some time in that
ship on the north coast of Spain, and in Aug. and
Sept. 1813 was employed in the batteries at the
siege of St. Sebastian. From Dec. in the latter
year until Aug. 1815, we find him officiating as
Master's Mate of the Columbia sloop, Capt. Henry
Ducie Chads, and Shark receiving-ship at Port
Royal, Jamaica, Capts. Jackson and Campbell. He
was then (he had been promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant by commission dated 24 Feb. 1815) ap-
pointed to the Onyx 10, Capt. Chas. Strangways,
also on the West India station ; whence, in April,
1816, he returned to England in the North Star
20, Capt. Geo. Bentham. His last appointment
was, 18 Dec. 1841, to the office of Admiralty Agent
on board a contract mail steam-vessel, which he re-
tained until the spring of 1847. Agents— Messrs.
Chard.
OLDEEY. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 14; h-p., 29.)
William Oldrey entered the Navy, 22 June,
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Wabbioe 74,
Capts. Wm. Bligh and Sam. Hood Linzee, attached
to the Channel fleet. In the summer of 1805 (he
had attained the rating of Midshipman in July,
1804) he sailed in the Porpoise for New South
Wales ; whence, in Dee. 1807, he returned to Eng-
land in the Buffalo. He then joined the Diomede
50, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez and Sir Edm.
Nagle off Guernsey and Cherbourg; and after a
servitude of three years and a half on the Home
and Lisbon stations in the Dotebel sloop, Capts.
Anthony Abdy, Thos. Goldwire Muston, and Coheii
(part of the force employed at the destruction of
the French shipping in Basque Roads), and Bab-
FLEUE 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley
he was made Lieutenant, 7 July, 1812, into the
Union 98, commanded in the Mediterranean by
Capts. Wm. Kent and Robt. Rolles. Being next 9
April, 1813, appointed to the Undaunted 38, Capt.
Thos. Ussher, he took command, 3 May following
* Fide Gaz. 1812, p. 120.
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OLIVER.
of a toat belonging to that ship, and in the most
gallant manner boarded and carried an enemy's
hrig under a furious cannonade from the batteries
at Marseilles. On 7 of the same month he attacked
a French national schooner of the largest class, with
a fleet of coasting vessels under her protection ; two
of the latter were taken, and several driven on
shore ; but unfortunately, just as he was about to
board the schooner, a squall of wind arose, and she
was enabled to effect her escape, notwithstanding
that he made every effort again to close with her,
and; resolutely continued the chase as long as the
most distant hope remained of doing so, although
his boat had already suffered a severe loss, and he
himself had had his thigh-bone fractured. Incon-
sequence of his wound, for which he now receives a
pension of 9\l. 5s., he was under the necessity, in
the ensuing July, of invaliding. His next appoint-
ments were— 6 June, 1815, for a few months, to the
Albion 74, Capts. Philip Somerville and Jas.
Walker, employed at Portsmouth and Sheerness —
and 16 Dec. 1818, to the command, which he re-
tained for about three years, of the Pioneek 10, on
the Home station. As Commander, a rank he
attained 24 April, 1828, Capt. Oldrey, from 14
March, 1831, until paid off at the close of 1832,
served in the West Indies on board the Hyacikth
18. He attained his present rank 28 June, 1838,
but has not been since afloat.
OLIVER. (LiKUT., 1815. F-P., 14 ; H-p., 27.)
George Colin Oliver entered the Navy, in May,
1806, as a Supernumerary, on board the Miian 38,
Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie, then on the point of sailing
for Newfoundland, where, in the course of the
same year, he successively joined the Leander 50
and Leopard 50, both commanded by Capt. Salus-
bury Pryce Humphreys. On 22 June, 1807, he was
present, we believe, in the latter ship when she
compelled the U.S. frigate Chesapeake to surrender,
in consequence of a refusal on the part of the Ame-
rican Captain to allow her to be searched by the
British for deserters. Between 1808 and the date
of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 3 March,
1815, we find him employed on the Halifax, Medi-
terranean, and Home stations, as Midshipman and
Master's Mate, in the Swiftsure 74, flag-ship of
Sir John Borlase Warren, Ladrestinhs 24 and
Orlando 36, both commanded by Capt. John Cla-
vell, and Nautilus 18, Capts. Thos. Dench and
John Bradley. His succeeding appointments were
—17 Oct. 1818, to the Rochfort 80, flag-ship of Sir
Thos. Fras. Fremantle and Sir Graham Moore in
the Mediterranean — 7 Nov. 1821, to the Racehorse
18, Capt. Hon. Chas. Abbot (now Lord Colchester),
on the same station, whence he returned to Eng-
land and was paid off about Feb. 1822— and, 23 Dec.
1825, to the Spartiate 74, Capt. Fred. Warren,
lying at Portsmouth. Since the close of 1826, at
which period be was superseded from the last-
mentioned ship at his own request, Lieut. Oliver
has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
OLIVER. (Commander, 1813.)
James Oliver entered the Navy, in 1782, as Sec-
cl. Vol., on board the Otter sloop, Capt. Eliab
Harvey, stationed in the Baltic. From 1783 until
1785, and from 1788 until 1790, he served at New-
foundland and Gibraltar in the M rrlin, Capt. Geo.
Lumsdaine, and Mercury, Capt. Montgomery; and
on 8 June, 1797, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy
in the ALCMi;NE 32, Capts. Wm. Brown, Geo. Hope,
Henry Digby, and John Tremayne Kodd. Con-
tinuing in that ship for a period of nearly four
years, he contributed to the capture, 26 June, 1799,
after a long chase and running fight, of the French
privateer Courageux, of 28 guns and 253 men. He
also, 18 July following, assisted, in partial command
of the ALCMisE's boats, at the capture (although
protected by two forts and a detached gun in Vivero
harbour, on the north coast of Spain) of La Felici-
dad, a ship of about 800 tons, pierced for 22 guns,
with a cargo of hemp, lower masts, and ship timber ;*
and of El Bisarro brig, laden with timber and iron.
His appointments, after he left the Alcm^ne, were
— for a few months in 1801, to the Vlietek 44,
Capt. Wm. Birchall, off Harwich— 2 Dec. 1803 and
27 Feb. 1807, to the Bacchante 20 (which ship he
left in April, 1806) and Franchise 36, both com-
manded by Capt. Chas. Dashwood — 24 Sept. 1809,
to the PoLYPHEMOS 64, flag-ship at Jamaica of Vice-
Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley — 26 Jan. 1810,
to the command of the DAcouvehte schooner, on
the same station, whence he invalided in Dec. 1810
-in Oct. 1811, to the Hibernia 120, fiag-ship of
Sir Edw. J'ellew in the Mediterranean — in the fol-
lowing month, to the command of the Caklotta
brig — and, 29 Oct. 1813, as Senior, to the Suktan
74, Capt. John West, attached to the force in the
Channel. On 3 April, 1805, being at the time
First-Lieutenant of the Bacchante, Mr. Oliver
assisted at the capture of the Spanish war-schooner
Elizabeth, of 10 guns and 47 men. Two days after-
wards he was sent with two boats, containing about
35 seamen and marines, to cut out three notorious
French privateers reported to be in the harboui- of
Mariel, near the Havana, the entrance to which
was defended by a round tower nearly 40 feet high,
armed at the top with 3 long 24-pounders, sur-
rounded with numerous loop-holes for musketry,
and garrisoned by a Spanish Captain and 30 soldiers.
Being discovered during his approach, Lieut. Oliver,
who was in the foremost boat, immediately landed,
and, with a degree of gallantry as irresistible as it
was heroic, rushed, through a tremendous fire that
badly wounded 1 of the only 13 men with him, to
the foot of the tower, which, without further loss,
he scaled and carried. Having performed this noble
exploit, left a Sergeant of Marines and 6 men as
a guard at the fort, and been joined by his other
boat, under the orders of Lieut. John Campbell, he
proceeded in search of the privateers, but to his
mortification found that they had sailed the day
before on a cruize. Although thus disappointed,
he contrived nevertheless to obtain possession of,
and bring off, two schooners laden with sugar, not-
withstanding that they were lying alongside a
wharf, under repeated discharges of musketry from
the troops and militia, who were pouring down in
numbers from the adjacent country. ■)■ In spite,
however, of the glowing terms in which his conduct
on this occasion was reported by Capt. Dashwood,
Lieut. Oliver was suffered to remain unpromoted
for upwards of eight years. During that period he
was present, in the Franchise, at the bombard-
ment of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807, and at the cap-
ture, in Dec. 1808, of the town of Samana, St. Do-
mingo, almost the last port of refuge on the station
for the enemy's privateers. In the Decouveete
he sustained so serious an injury in the left eye,
from arduous and active service, as to be obliged,
as above stated, to invalid; and, in April, 1812, he
had the misfortune to lose the Carlotta on the
coast of Sicily, on which occasion, through exertion
and fatigue in saving a quantity of specie, he again
lost the use of his eye. His advancement to the
rank of Commander at length took place 4 Dec.
1813, since which period, however, he has not been
able to procure employment.
His son, Wm. Browne Oliver, is a Commander
B.N.
OLIVER. (Commander, 1844.)
Richard Aldworth Oliver is son of Admiral
Oliver.
This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal
Naval College) 26 April, 1825 ; passed his examination
in 1830 ; and obtained his first commission 28 June,
* Vide Gaz. 1709, p. 984. The part taken in the above
affair by the subject of the present narrative has been erro-
neously attributed by Mr. James, in his ' Naval History,' to
the late Retired-Commander Wm. Sandford Oliver.
+ V. Gaz. 1805, pp. 7T2-3. The conduct of this aoliieve-
ment, too, is by Mr. James ascribed, in error, to the late
Commander Thos. Oliver.
OLIVER.
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1838. His succeeding appointments were— 25 July,
1838, to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, attached
to the force in the Mediterranean, whence he re-
turned in the spring of 1841 — 2 Sept. 1841, to the
Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, fitting at Chatham —
and, 30 Oct. following, to the Qdeen 110, in which
ship he was for upwards of two years again em-
ployed in the Mediterranean under the flag of Sir
£dw. W. C. 11. Owen, and the command of Capt.
Sir Chas. Sullivan. He attained his present ranlc
23 Sept. 1844; and, since 11 Oct. 1847, has been
in command of the Fly 18 in the East Indies.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
OLIVER, Kt. (Capt., 18-34. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 24.)
Sir Kobebt Oliveb is uncle of Lieut. Geo.
Cleaveland, K.N.
This iifflcer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1800, on
board the Formidable 98, commanded by the late
Sir Edw. Thornbrough, with whom he continued for
eight years employed as Midshipman and Master's
Mate in the Maes 74, Galykheid 64, Ruby 64,
Eagle and Kent 74's, and Royal Sovereign 100,
on the Home and Mediterranean stations, where,
during the remainder of the war, he served (his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant took place 22
Feb. 1810) in the Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord Col-
Ungwood, EspoiR sloop, Capt. Kobt. Mitford, Me-
NELAUS 38, Capt. Sir Peter Parker, Banterer sloop,
Capt. Chas. Warde, and Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon.
Henry Duncan. On 4 April, 1810, he commanded
the boats of the Espoir, in unison with those of the
Success 32, under Lieut. Geo. Rose Sartorius, and
was particularly mentioned for his conduct at the
destruction, under a heavy fire of great guns and
musketry, of several vessels on the beach near Cas-
tiglione, on the coast of Calabria.* He assisted soon
afterwards at the destruction of an armed ship and
three barks under the castle of Terracina. His
appointments after he left the Glasgow were— 4
March, 1823, to the Isis 50, Capt. Gordon Thos.
Falcon, lying at Chatham — 23 June following and
21 Aug. 1825, to the Spahtiate 76 and "Wellesley
74, flag-ships of Sir Geo. Eyre in South America —
and, 30 April, 1827, to the Victory 104, Capt. Hon.
Geo. Elliot, lying at Portsmouth. Obtaining a
second promotal commission 29 Oct. 1827, he was
successively invested with the command — 30 May,
1831, of the Asia 84, flag-ship off Lisbon of Rear-
Admiral Wm. Parker — and, 9 June, 1832, and 6
Nov. 1833, of the Dee and Phcenix steamers. The
Dee served with the North Sea squadron during
the blockade of the Dutch ports, and afterwards
conveyed Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm to
Lisbon. The Phcenix attended Queen Adelaide to
Rotterdam in the summer of 1834. On 28 Aug.
in the latter year Capt. Oliver was advanced to
Post-rank ; and since 1837 he has been in discharge
of the duties attached to the office of Superintendent
of the Indian Navy. The honour of Knighthood
was conferred on him 20 April, 1843, as a reward
for services he had rendered during the war in
China. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
OI.IVEE. (COMMANDEK, 1814. F-p., 1 5 ; H-P.,34.)
Robert Oliver (a) entered the Navy, 28 Nov.
1798, as Midshipman, on board La Seine, of 48
guns and 281 men, Capt. David Milne, employed at
first in the Channel and off the coast of Africa, and
then in the West Indies, where, 21 Aug. 1800, he
assisted at the capture, in the Mona Passage, of La
Vengeance^ of 52 guns and 326 men, at the close of
a brilliant action of two hours and a half, in which
the British lost 13 men killed and 29 wounded, and
the French more than twice that number. After
a servitude of three years and four months in the
North Sea and Channel, nearly the whole time as
Master's Mate, in the A-methyst 36, Capts. Henry
Rich. Glynn, Alex. Campbell, and John Wm.
Spranger, and Penelope 36, Capt. Wm. Robt.
Broughton, he was nominated, 14 Nov. 1805, Sub-
Lieutenant of the Liberty 14, Lieut.-Commander
• Vide Gaz. 1810, p. U38.
John Codd. He was made full Lieutenant, 30 Jan.
1806, into the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell
Stephens, lying in Portsmouth Harbour ; and sub-
sequently appointed— 18 Feb. 1806, to the Champion
24, Capts. Robt. Howe Bromley, Kenneth Mac-
kenzie, and J as. Coutts Crawford, in which vessel
he visited Halifax and Quebec- 26 May, 1808, to
the Rover sloop, Capt. Fras. John Nott, attached
to the force in the North Sea, where he remained a
year and eight months— towards the close of 1810,
to the ToNNANT 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, off Lisbon
in May, 1811, to the gun-boat service at Cadiz —
21 Sept. following, to the Queen 74, Capt. Lord
Colville, in the Channel— and, in Jan. and March,
1813, to the ViLLE DE Paris 110 and Boyne 98,
both commanded by Capt. Geo. Burlton. Prior to
joining the Tonnant Lieut. Oliver had been the
means, in 1810, of rescuing from destruction a
Spanish frigate from Cadiz bound to Ferrol, to-
gether with the whole of her crew, upwards of 200
soldiers, and a large quantity of specie. For his
signal exertions on the occasion he was earnestly
recommended by the Spanish to the British Govern-
ment. When Second of the Boyne he was present,
13 Feb. 1814, in a partial action fought with the
Toulon fleet, in which that ship bore the brunt and
greatly distinguished herself. In the ensuing April
Lieut. Oliver (who, we may here observe, had been
often employed on detached service and had par-
ticipated in various cutting-out affairs) witnessed
the fall of Genoa. His promotion to the rank of
Commander took place 27 Aug. in the same year,
and since that period he has been on half-pay.
During his career afloat Commander Oliver re-
ceived not less than five wounds in the head, in
addition to one in the right arm and other grievous
injuries, which have had the effect for many years
past of incapacitating him trom great exertion.
Agent — John P. Muspratt.
OLIVER. (Admibal of the Red, 1841.
F-p., 26 ; H-P., 42.)
Robert Dudley Oliver was born 31 Oct. 1766.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 May, 1779, on
board the Prince George 98, Capts. Phihp Patton,
Wm. Fox, and Jas. Williams, hearing the flag of
Rear- Admiral Digby; and in the following Dec.
sailed with Sir Geo. Rodney for the relief of Gib-
raltar. During the passage he assisted at the cap-
ture of a 64-gun ship (afterwards named the Prince
William, in honour of His late Majesty, who was
on board the Prince George), six armed vessels
belonging to the Royal Caraccas Company, and 14
sail of transports from St. Sebastian, bound to
Cadiz, laden with naval stores, provisions, &c. ; and
also at the defeat of the armament under Don Juan
de Langara 16 Jan. 1780. Gibraltar having been
placed in a state of perfect security, he was next,
while returning to England, present, 23 Feb. 1780,
at the capture of the Prothee, a French 64-gun ship,
and three vessels, forming part of a convoy bound
to the Mauritius, laden with naval and military
stores. Towards the close of 1782, having partici-
pated, as Midshipman, in the relief of St. Kitts, and
shared in Rodney's celebrated action of the 12th of
April, Mr. Oliver successively joined the Vixen
galley, Lieut.-Commander John White, and, as Mas-
ter's Mate, the Albagore sloop, Capts. Geo. Oakes
and Edm. Crawley, both on the North American
station ; where, from June, 1783, until July, 1785, he
acted as Lieutenant in the Ariadne, Capt. Sam.
Osborne. He then came home as a Supernumerary
of the Hermione, Commodore Sir Chas. Douglas ;
and in 1789 he again received an order to act as
Lieutenant in the Racehorse sloop, Capt. 'Thos.
Foley, in the North Sea. Being officially promoted
by a commission bearing date 21 Sept. 1790, he was
successively appointed Senior Lieutenant — 26 April
and 11 Sept. 1791, of the Aquilon 32 and Squirbei,,
Capts. Hon. Robt. Stopford and Wm. O'Brien Drury,
employed on the Channel and Irish stations — and 24
Jan. 1793, and 23 July, 1794, of the Active frigate
and Aetoib of 44 guns and 281 men, both com-
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OLIVER— OMMANNEY.
manded by Capt. Edm. Nagle. For his conduct in
the latter ship during an action of 40 minutes which
preceded the surrender of La Bevolutionnaire of 44
guns and 351 men, 8 of whom were killed and 5
wounded, with a loss to the British of 3 killed and 5
wounded, Mr. Oliver was made Commander, 21 Oct.
1794 (the date of the occurrence), into the Tekkor
bomb, at Portsmouth. He removed, 3 Nov. follow-
ing, to the Hazard sloop ; and, after a servitude of
a year and five months in that vessel on the coast of
Ireland, he was posted, 30 April, 1796, into the Nos-
saoH, lying in the river Humber. His subsequent
appointments were— 2 Feb. 1798, to the Nemesis 28
— 26 March, 1799, to the Mermaid 32—23 March,
1803 (having left the Mermaid in the preceding
July), to the Melpomene 38—22 Oct. 1805, for
twelve months, to the Mars 74— and, 2 May, 1810,
to the Valiant 74. In the Nemesis Capt. Oliver
escorted convoy to Quebec ; and in the Mermaid
he made a voyage to the Mediterranean; where,
previously to his return with Lord Hutchinson, the
conqueror of Egypt, to England, he effected the
capture of three corvettes and upwards of 70 sail of
vessels, and chased the largest frigate in the posses-
sion of France into Toulon.* While in command of
the MELPOMiiNE f we find him in 1804-5 engaged in
blockading the French coast, and on two occasions
conducting the bombardment of Havre de Grace. J
On 28 July, 1806, being at the time in the Mars, he
made prize, off the coast of France, after a chase of
more than 150 miles, and in presence of three other
heavy French frigates, of Le Shin of 44 guns and
318 men.§ "While in the Valiawt, the command of
which ship he resigned in July, 1814, Capt. Oliver
cruized in the North Sea, Channel, and "West Indies,
assisted at the capture, 17 June, 1813, of the Porcu-
pine letter-of-marque, of 20 guns and 72 men, and was
a considerable time employed at the blockade of New
Tork, New London, and other places on the Ame-
rican coast. He became a Kear-Admiral 12 Aug.
1819 ; a "Vice- Admiral 22 July, 1830 ; and a full Ad-
miral 23 Nov. 1841.
He married, 19 June, 1805, Mary, daughter of
the late Sir Chas. Saxton, Bart., Commissioner of
the Royal Dockyard at Portsmouth, by whom he
has issue five sons and one daughter. One of the
sons, Richard Aldworth, is a Commander R.N.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
OLIVER. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 7.)
"William Browne Oliver, born 12 March, 1802,
is son of Commander Jas. Oliver, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 1
Aug. 1814, and embarked, 21 June, 1817, as a "Vo-
lunteer, on board the Tamar 26, Capts. Thos. Rich.
Toker and Hon. John Gordon, attached to the force
at Newfoundland. In Dec. 1819 he removed, as
Midshipman, to the Redpole 10, Capts. "Wm. Deve-
reux Evance, Patrick Duff, Henry Hay, and Rich.
Anderson, employed at first in the Channel and then
in the Mediterranean ; whence, in the summer of
1822, he returned to England in the Larne 20,
Capt. Robt. Tait. After a servitude of four years
in South America as a passed Midshipman and Mate
in the Tartar 42, Capt. Thos. Brown, and Dia-
mond 46, Capt. Lord Napier, he joined, in Dec.
1826, the Pyramds 42, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius,
on the Channel station ; and he was next, in Jan.
1828, appointed to the Terror bomb, Capt. David
Hope. For his exertions in saving that vessel when
shortly afterwards cast away on the coast of Portu-
gal, and the great assistance he afforded throughout
* He also made prize, 1 June, 1800, of La Cruelle brig, of
6 guns and 43 men.— ride Gaz. 1800, p. 784.
f TlieMEr.poMKNE happening to be in dock at Portsmouth
on the eve of Lord Nelson's final departure from England,
Capt. Oliver repaired to the George Hotel for the purpose of
there taking leave of his Lordship, and of expressing his regret
that the repairs required by his ship would prevent his ac-
companying him. In reply to Captain Oliver's observation
his Lordship exclaimed, — " I hope you will come in time to
tow same of the rascals." The words were prophetic, for the
MELPOMiiNE actually joined the fleet the morning after the
battle of Trafalgar, and had the good fortune to rescue one of
the captured ships of the line, by towing her off the land.
+ fide Gaz. 1804, pp. 898, 938. i V. Gaz. 1806, p. 1009.
the laborious operations which took place before
she was rendered fit to return to England, he was
sent in the following summer to the Mediterranean
on promotion in the Meteor bomb, also commanded
by Capt. Hope (jvkose Memoir see). He was there
made Lieutenant, 25 Aug. 1829, into the Erebus
bomb, Capt. Philip Broke ; and he was subsequently
appointed — in July, 1830, as a Student, to the Royal
Naval College at Portsmouth, where he remained
one year — 11 Oct. 1832, to the Serpent 16, Capts.
John Chas. Symonds, Mark Halpen Sweny, and
EvanNepean, of which sloop, stationed for upwards
of three years in the "West Indies, he was for a long
time First-Lieutenant and twice Acting-Commander
— and 3 April, 1837, to the command (as a reward
for meritorious conduct) of the Fair Rosamond
schooner of 2 guns, fitting for the coast of Africa.
In the latter vessel, in which he continued until 1
Oct. 1S40, Lieut. Oliver, who went through scenes
of great mortality, was most active in his efforts in
the cause of freedom, and captured not less than
nine slavers. He was in consequence advanced to
his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. Since 18 July, 1845,
he has been employed as an Inspecting-Commander
in the Coast Guard. We may add that he has tho-
roughly qualified himself in the art of steam navi-
gation.
OLIVER. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p.,
18; H-p., 35.)
William Sandford Oliver died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Jan. 1793, as a
Supernumerary, on board the Polyphemus 64, em-
ployed in the North Sea ; and from the following
Oct. until June, 1799, served as Midshipman and
Master's Mate in the Cerberus 32, Capts. John
Drew and Jas. Macnamara, on the Irish station ;
where, in Nov. 1797, he assisted at the capture of
the privateers Epervier of 16 guns and 145 men, and
Rehard of 18 guns and 189 men, besides sharing in
an action with the Buonaparte, another privateer of
32 guns and 250 men. After acting for a short time
in the Channel as Lieutenant of the Bellona and
RussEL 74's, he was confirmed, 26 Sept. 1799, into
the Seagull, Capts. Henry Wray and Thos. Lavie,
on the Guernsey station. His succeeding appoint-
ments were — 24 Nov. 1800, to the Royal George
100, in the Channel— 3 Jan. 1801, to the Hussar 38,
Capts. Lord Viscount Garlies and Wm. Brown, on
the Irish station, where he remained until July,
1802—27 Sept. 1803, to the Terrible 74, Capt. Lord
Henry Paulet, attached to the Channel Fleet — 8
Nov. 1804, to the Severn 40, bearing the flag of the
Prince de Bouillon off Jersey — in April, 1805, for a
passage to Gibraltar, to the Queen 98, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral John Knight— in May following, to
the San Juan 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to the latter
ofiicer at the place last mentioned — and 14 May,
1806, and 6 Dec. 1811, to the command of the Spider
and Martial brigs in the Mediterranean and North
Sea. He went on half-pay in March, 1812 ; became
a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov.
1830 ; and was transferred, 3 May, 1844, to the
Senior List.
OMMANNEY. (Captain, 1846.)
Erasmus Ommanney is son of the late Sir Fras.
Molyneux Ommanney, Kt., M.P. for Barnstaple, the
well-known Navy Agent ; and nephew of Vioe-Ad-
miral Sir John Acworth Ommanney, K.C.B.
This ofiicer entered the Navy 15 Jvdy, 1826;
passed his examination in 1833; and obtained his
first commission 10 Dec. 1835. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — 28 Dec. 1835, to the Cove, Capt.
Jas. Clark Ross, employed on particular service— 7
Oct. 1836, to the Pique 36, Capt. Henry John Rous,
attached to the force off Lisbon — and, 18 Oct. 1837,
to the Donegal 78, as Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle
Sir J. A. Ommanney, on the station last named,
where he continued during a further period of three
years. He was advanced to the rank of Commander
9 Oct. 1840; and from 28 Aug. 1841 until paid off
at the close of 1844, was employed in that capacity
OMMANNEY.
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in the Mediterranean on board the Vesdvihs steam-
eloop. He has since been on half-pay. His pro-
motion to the rank he now holds took place 9 Nov.
1846.
Capt. Ommanney married, 27 Feb. 1844, Amelia
Mary, eldest daughter of Sam. Smith, Esq., of H. M.
Dockyard, Malta. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
OMMANNEY. (Rear-Admikal of the Red,
1840. r-p., 19; h-p., 41.)
Henry Manaton Ommanney is a younger brother
of Vice-Admiral Sir John Acworth Ommanney,
K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1787, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Coi,ossds 74, Capt. Hugh
Cloberry Christian, lying off "Woolwich. He re-
moved, in June, 1788, to, the Arrogant 74, com-
manded in the river Medway by Capt. John Har-
vey ; and after a servitude of four years and ten
months on the Newfoundland and Channel stations
as Midshipman in the Rose frigate and Childers
sloop, Capts. Jacob "Waller and llobt. Barlow, and
Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Earl Howe,
was made Lieutenant, 10 April, 1794, into the Ha-
zard sloop, Capt. John Loring, at Sheerness. Du-
ring the after part of the French revolutionary war
he was employed in the Channel and "West Indies,
off Lisbon and Cadiz, and in the North Sea and
Mediterranean, on board the Aqhilon 32, Capt.
Robt. Barlow, Raisonnable 64 and Swiftsure 74,
flag-ships of the late Sir Wm. Parker, Ville de
Paris 110, Commodore Robt. Calder, Blenheim 98,
bearing the flag of Sir "W. Parker, Alliance, Capt.
Geo. Davies, C^sar 80, Capts. Roddam Home and
Sir Jas. Saumarez, "Waakzamkeidt, Capt. Robt.
Hall, and Active frigate, Capt. Chas. Sydney
Davers. For his services in the last-mentioned
ship during the campaign of 1801 in Egypt, he ob-
tained the Turkish gold medal. Being awarded the
rank of Commander 29 April, 1802, he served in
that capacity from the following May until March,
1804, in the Falcon sloop, on the Newfoundland
station, and from Jan. to Dec. 1805 in the Thames,
attached to the force in the North Sea. He ac-
quired Post-rank 22 Jan. 1806 ; and afterwards,
from 17 Sept. 1807, until 20 March, 1808, and from
29 Jan. 1812 until 12 Jan. 1813, commanded the
Pallas frigate off L'Orieht, and the "Vigo 74, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. NicoU Morris, in the
Baltic. He was placed on the Retired List of Rear-
Admirals 28 June, 1838 ; and on the Active, 17 Aug.
1840.
Rear-Admiral Ommanney is a Deputy-Lieutenant
for CO. Banff. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
OMMANNEY, K.C.B., K.S.L., K.S.V., K.E.G.
(Vice-Admibal, of the Bed, 1841. f-p., 24;
H-p., 43.)
Sir John Acworth Ommanney is eldest son of
Rear-Admiral Cornthwaite Ommanney, who died
in 1801; brother of the present Rear-Admiral H.
M. Ommanney ; and uncle of Capt. Erasmus Om-
manney, R.N. One of his brothers, Cornthwaite,
was a Captain in the 24th Light Dragoons ; and
another, Montagu (who died on service in the West
Indies in 1796), a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery.
This officer (whose name had been borne, from
11 June, 1780, until Nov. 1781, on the books of the
Ajax, Sandwich, and Gibraltar, all commanded
by Capt. John Symons, and who had served from
April to Aug. 1783 in the Powerfdl, Capt. Thos.
Fitzherbert, at Plymouth) joined, in May, 1786, the
Rose frigate, Capt. Henry Harvey, on the New-
foundland station. He was next, from Dec. 1788
until April, 1792, employed in the Mediterranean
(the chief part of the time as Midshipman) on
board the Leander 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
Peyton, Aquilon 32, Capt. Robt. Montagu, and
Zebra sloop, Capt. Wm. Brown ; and in July of
the latter year, after having been for a few weeks
attached to one of the royal yachts, commanded in
the Thames by Sir G. Young, he joined Sir Erasmus
Gower in the Lion 64. In that ship, of which he
was confirmed a Lieutenant 20 May, 1793, Mr. Om-
manney accompanied Lord Macartney in his em-
bassy to China. On his return to England he was
appointed, 18 Oct. 1794, First of his former ship the
Aqoilon, then commanded by Sir Robt. Barlow,
with whom he continued cruizing in the Channel
until transferred, 27 March, 1795, to the Qceen
Charlotte 100, Capt. Sir Andrew Snape Douglas,
part of the force under Lord Bridport in his ensuing
action with the French fleet off the He de Groix.
During the mutiny of 1797 at the Nore, Capt. Om-
manney (he had been advanced to the rank of
Commander 6 Dec. 1796) volunteered his services
towards its suppression ; and his offer being ac-
cepted, he was for six weeks employed for that
purpose in a gun-brig. No. 28. He was afterwards
sent with two other Captains to Deal with the view,
in the event of circumstances justifying the mea^
sure, of assuming command of some vessels lying in
the Downs, whose crews still evinced disrespect
towards their officers. The return, however, of the
men to their duty happily rendered the step unne-
cessary. In Dec. 1797 Capt. Ommanney obtained
an appointment to the Busy 18, fitting for service
in the North Sea, where he soon obtained a high
character for activity. In Aug. 1799, being off
Goree in company with the Speedwell brig, he
intercepted a fleet of merchantmen under convoy
of a Swedish frigate ; the whole of which he sent
for examination to the Downs ; displaying through-
out all the details of the affair a degree of prompti-
tude and firmness that elicited the particular ap-
probation of the Admiralty. After attending the
expedition against the Holder, and effecting, with
his usual alacrity, the capture of Le Dragon, a noted
French privateer, of 16 guns,* Capt. Ommanney, in
Jan. 1800, proceeded to the Leeward Islands ;
whence, in the following July, the debilitated state
of his health compelled him to return. Within a
few weeks of his arrival in England he had the
satisfaction of being presented by Earl Spencer
(who had but just given him a temporary appoint-
ment to the Garland frigate) with a Post-commis-
sion dated 16 Oct. 1800. During the last year of
the French revolutionary war Capt. Ommanney
successively commanded, in the Channel, the Hus-
sar 38, RoBDST 74, and Barfleur 98 — the latter
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral CoUingwood. He
next, between May, 1804, and March, 1806, officiated
as Flag-Captain to Sir Erasmus Gower in the Isis
50, at Newfoundland ; but from the latter date he
did not again go afloat until June, 1825. Obtaining
command, on 7 of that month, of the Albion 74, he
sailed first for the Lisbon station, and afterwards
joined the fleet in the Mediterranean under Sir
Edw. Codrington. Continuing there until 1828, he
was afforded an opportunity of sharing in the battle
of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827. For his conduct on the
occasion he was nominated a C.B. by his own sove-
reign ; and by those of France, Russia, and Greece,
was presented with the Cross of St. Louis, the in-
signia of the Third Class of St. Vladamir, and the
insignia of the Redeemer of Greece. He subse-
quently, in the capacity of Rear-Admiral, a rank he
attained 22 July, 1830, commanded in chief, from
16 Oct. 1837 until the summer of 1840, and from 24
Sept. in the latter year until Oct. 1841, on the
Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, with his flag in
the Donegal 78 and Britannia 120. He became
a Vice-Admiral 23 Nov. 1841 ; was awarded the
honour of Knighthood 20 May, 1835 ; and created
a K.C.B. 20 July, 1838.
Sir John Acworth Ommanney is a Deputy-Lieu-
tenant in CO. Southampton. He married, in Oct.
1803, Frances, daughter of Rich. Ayling, Esq., of
Slidham, co. Sussex, by whom he has issue. Agents
— Messrs. Ommanney.
OMMANNEY. (One of the Jbniok-Lieutenants.
F-p., 8; H-p., 17.)
John Colpoys Ommanney was bom 9 Aug. 1809.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
* Vide Gaz. 1799, p. 954.
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ONSLOW-O'REILLY.
April, 1822 ; and, after having carried off the French
and mathematical prizes, together with the second
medal, embarked, in March, 1824, as a Volunteer, on
board the Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends,
fitting for the South American station, whence he
returned, as Midshipman, in Oct. 1827. In Jan.
and Feb. 1828 he successively joined the "Wasp 18,
Capt. Dickenson, and Asia 84, Capt. Edw. Curzon
— the latter stationed in the Mediterranean, where,
in March, 1829, he was lent, as Mate (he had passeij
in the preceding April), to the Meteok bomb,
Capt. David Hope. He was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant 12 Aug. 1829 ; and was lastly, 18 Aug.
1836, appointed to the Minden 74, Capt. Alex.
Kenton Sharpe, on the Lisbon station. In April,
1837, he was dismissed by sentence of court-martial,
and placed at the bottom of the list.
He married, 7 Sept. 1841, and has issue. Agents
— Holmes and Folkard.
ONSLOW. (Captain, 1834. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 18.)
John James Onslow is second surviving son of
the late Admiral Sir Rich. Onslow, Bart., G.C.B.,*
by Anne, daughter of Commodore Matthew Mit-
chell, of Chiltern, co. Wilts. He is brother of the
present Sir Henry Onslow, Bart., a Captain in the
lloyal Artillery ; and brother-in-law of Admiral Sir
Hyde Parker, who died 16 March, 1807.
This ofilcer entered the Navy, 19 April, 1810, as
Fst.-oL Vol., on board the Sukveillante 38, Capt.
Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, under whom he was for
some time actively employed on the north coast of
Spain, particularly in the boats at the capture of
Bermeo and Deba. He continued in the Surveil-
ijiNTE, in the capacity of Midshipman, until April,
1812 ; and between that period and the date of his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 5 Sept. 1816,
was employed on the Brazilian, Jamaica, and
Home stations in the Montagd 74, flag-ship of the
late Sir Manley Dixon, Aquilon and Ceres frigates,
both commanded by Capt. Wm. Bowles, Abaxes 38,
Capt. Geo. Miller BUgh, and Boyne 98, Capt. Ed-
mund Boger. He joined soon afterwards the Con-
queror 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Robt.
Plampin at St. Helena; whence, at the close of
1817, he returned to England in the Iphigenia 42.
From Sept. 1818 until superseded at his own reciuest
in Sept. 1819, he served in the Downs on board the
Alert sloop, Capts. Henry John Leeke and Chas.
Farwell; and, on 23 April, 1822, he attained the
rank of Commander. His next appointments were
— 22 July, 1824, to the Beaver 8, on the Jamaica
station, where he remained about two years — and,
30 April, 1830, to the Clio 18, fitting for South
America. While on that station Capt. Onslow was
sent by Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Baker to reclaim
possession of the Falkland Islands, which lapse of
time had encouraged the Buenos Ayreans and
other foreigners to consider as absolutely abandoned
by the British. Arriving, in Dec. 1832, at Port
Egmont (West Falldand), he exercised the rights
of sovereignty, and employed his boats in examining
* Sir Rich. Onslow (son of Lieutenant-General Onslow,
Governor of Plymouth, and grand-nephew of Admiral Sir
George Walton) was born 23 June, 1741. He obtained his
iirst commission 17 Dec. 1758 ; acquired the rank of Com-
mander 1 1 Feb. 1761 ; and was made Post 14 April, 1762,
into the Humbeb of 40 guns. Be afterwards commanded
tile Aquilon frigate, Diana 32, St. Alban's 64, and Bel-
LONA and Maonificent 74's. In the St. Ai.ban's, in 1778,
he served in Admiral Barringtons attack upon Ste. Lucie,
and in the same officer's encounters with the Comte d'Estaing ;
and in the Belt^ona, prior to accompanying Lord Howe to
the relief of Gibraltar, he eifected the capture, after a sharp
action, of the Dutch ship Princess Cwoline of 54 guns. He
became a Rear-Admjral I Feb. 1793, and a Vice-Admiral 4
July, 1791; was appointed, in March, 1796, Commander-in-
Chief at Plymouth ; and lioisted his flag shortly afterwards as
second in command of the fleet under Admiral Duncan. For
his distinguished conduct in the action ofF Camperdown he
was raised to the dignity of a Baronet 30 Oct. 1 797, voted the
thanks of Parliament, and presented by the City of London
V ith Its freedom and a sword worth 100/. He was advanced
to the rank of full Admiral 14 Feb. 1799, and was afterwards
appointed a Lieutenant General of Marines, and nominated
a G.C.B. He died at Southampton 3 Jan. 1818,
Brett's Harbour, Byron's Sound, and other anchor-
ages as far to the westward as Point Bay, a dis-
tance of 60 miles from the place at which the Clio
lay. He then proceeded to Berkeley Sound (East
Falkland), anchored at Port Louis, and ejected a
Buenos Ayrean force stationed there under the
protection of a schooner-of-war. He returned to
Portsmouth from Bio de Janeiro with upwards of
880,000 dollars, 3 June, 1833; and on 17 of the
same month was paid otf. He was advanced to
Post-rank 27 Aug. 1834 ; and was lastly, from 23
July, 1842, until put out of commission in the early
part of 1847, employed in the Pacific on board the
Daphne 18.
Capt. Onslow is married and has issue. Agent —
J. Hinxman.
O'REILLY. (Lieut., 1815. r-p„ 18; h-p., 21.)
John O'Reilly (a), born 9 April, 1794, is third
son of the late Thos. O'Reilly, Esq., of Beltrasna,
CO. Heath, by Margaret, daughter of Hon. Justice
Robt. Sibthorpe, of Duncanny, co. Louth, and
grand-niece of the Earl of Dundonald. His brother,
Anthony Alexander, is a Major in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Oct. 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon.
Henry Blackwood, successively employed in the
North Sea, at the blockade of Cherbourg, and in
the Mediterranean. Removing as Midshipman, in
Sept, 1810, to the Colossus 74, Capt, Thos, Alex-
ander, he was for some time engaged in that ship at
the defence of Cadiz, where he constantly volun-
teered his services, and was on several occasions in
action with the enemy's gun-boats, under a heavy
fire from the batteries on shore. In April, 1811, he
joined the Saldana 36, Capt. Hon. Wm. Pakenham,
from which ship he was fortunately detached in
charge of a captured privateer, the Amiral Martin^
a few days only before she was entirely lost, with
all her crew, off Lough SwiDy. In March, 1812,
Mr. O'Reilly was received on board the Hazard
sloop, Capt. John Cookesley, off Newfoundland;
and in Jan. 1814, after having acted for upwards of
12 months as Master of that vessel, he was trans-
ferred to the Asia 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex.
Cochrane ; whom, in the following July, after a
servitude of two months with Capt. Rich. Byron as
Acting-Lieutenant in the Belvidera 36, he rejoined
on board the Tonnant 80. In the course of the
same summer he was present in the boats at the
destruction of Commodore Barney's flotilla up the
Patuxent, and on shore at the battle of Bladensburg,
the taking of Washington, and the attack upon
Baltimore ; and on 14 of the following Dec. we find
him commanding one of the boats of a squadron at
the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five American gun-
boats under Commodore Jones, whose desperate
resistance occasioned the British a loss of 17 men
killed and 77 wounded. Among the latter was Mr.
O'Reilly,* who had the misfortune to sustain the
loss of his right eye, for which he now receives a
pension of 911. 5s. His promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant took place 2 Nov. 1815. His appoint-
ments have since been — 26 Aug. 1834, to the Coast
Guard — 4 Nov. 1835, to the command, which he re-
tained for six years, of the Spider brigantine of 6
guns, on the South American station — and, 29 Aug.
1843, again to the Coast Guard, in which service he
continues. It has been Mr. O'Reilly's good fortune
to rescue many persons from shipwreck.
The Lieutenant is the inventor of an illuminated
shell, which supplies the desideratum required in
Capt. Manby's apparatus. De married, 22 Oct,
1821, Anna, third daughter of Geo, Snart, Esq,, of
Sutton House, co, Middlesex, by whom he has
issue an only daughter, married to Commander
Albert Heseltine, R,N, Agents — Messrs, StUwell.
O'REILLY. (Lieutenant, 1828,)
John O'Reilly (6) entered the Navy 25 March
1812 ; and passed his examination in 1818, In tlie
following year, while at Calais in the Pioneer
* Fide Gaz, 1816, p, 448.
O'REILLY- ORLEBAR— OEMOND.
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schooner, Capt. Wm. Oldrey, he had the good for-
tune, by his presence of mind, to save H.K.H.
the Duke of Kent from an impending accident.
He was afterwards employed in the Coast Blockade.
He obtained his commission 18 Sept. 1828; and
since 16 March, 1831, has been in charge of a sta-
tion in the Coast Guard. The important nature of
his services in cases of shipwreck has had the effect
of eliciting the acknowledgments of Lloyd's, of the
Royal Humane Society, and of various merchants
and shipowners.
Lieut. O'Reilly's testimonials of conduct are of a
high order. His son, Montagu Frederic, is a Lieu-
tenant R.N.
O'REILLY. (LiEDT., 184.5. r-p., 11 ; h-p., l.)
Montagu Fkedeeic O'Reilly, born 17 Feb. 1822,
is the only child of Lieut. John O'Reilly (6), R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
Feb. 1835 ; and embarked, in Feb. 1837, as a Volun-
teer, on board the Pelorus 16, Capt. Fras. Harding;
in which vessel he was wrecked at Port Essington,
Australia, while holding the rating of Midshipman,
25 Nov. 1839. Joining next, in 18«, the Dbuio 44,
Capt. Henry Smith, he took part in the hostile
operations then in progress in China, where, in
Aug. of that year, he assisted at the capture of
Amoy and Golongsoo, and was intrusted with the
charge of a Signal station at the latter place. On
the Drcid being paid off in the spring of 1843,
having passed his examination 14 July, 1842, he
was appointed Mate of the Excellent gunnery-
ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings.
After a servitude of three months off Lisbon in the
Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas Lookyer, he sailed, at
the commencement of 1845, for the coast of Africa,
in the Action 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel. Volunteer-
ing to remain on that unhealthy station, although
offered an appointment in the Mediterranean, he
was nominated, 15 Aug. following, Acting-Lieute-
nant of the LiLV 16, Capt. Chas. Jas. Franklin
Newton ; to which sloop he was confirmed 12 Dec.
in the same year. Since 23 Sept. 1847 (shortly
previous to which date the Lily had been put out
of commission) he has been employed on particular
service in the Bellebophon 78, Capt. Robt. Lam-
bert Baynes.
ORLEBAE. (Commander, 1845.)
John Oblebae, born in 1810, is third son of the
late Rich. Orlebar, Esq., of Hinwick House, co.
Bedford, who served as High Sheriff of that co. in
1808, by Maria, fourth daughter of Benj. Longuet,
Esq., of Bath. He is brother of the late Alex.
Orlebar, Esq., an officer in the Royal Engineers;
and nephew of the present Lieut. Orlando Orlebar,
B.N.
This officer entered the Navy 16 March, 1824;
passed his examination in 1831 ; obtained his first
commission 10 Sept. 1832 ; and from May, 1833,
until the close of 1835, was employed in North Ame-
rica and the West Indies on board the Laene 18,
Capt. Wm. Sidney Smith, and Forte 44, Capt.
Watkin Owen Pell. For his services as a Surveyor
he was advanced to his present rank 6 Feb. 1845.
His name, since 28 April in the latter year, has
been borne on the books of the Vindictive 50,
flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen on the North
America and West India station, where he is still
surveying.
He married, at Quebec, 5 Feb. 1838, Harriet,
youngest daughter of John Hale, Esq., Receiver-
General of Lower Canada, by Elizabeth, sister of
the present Earl Amherst, and daughter of the late
Lieut.-General Wm. Amherst, Aide-de-Camp to the
King, Lieut.-Governor of Portsmouth, Governor of
St. John's, Newfoundland, and Adjutant-General of
H.M. Forces. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
ORLEBAE. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 14; h-p., 33.)
Orlando Orlebar, born in 1786, is fourth son
of the lute Rich. Orlebar, Esq., of Hinwick House,
CO. Bedford, ono of the clerks extraordinary of the
Privy Council, by his second wife Charlotte,
daughter of Robt. Willing, Esq., of London. He is
brother of the late Henry Orlebar, Esq., R.N. ; and
uncle of Commander John Orlebar, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Oct. 1800, as
Est.-cl. Vol., on board the Jamaica 26, commanded
in the North Sea by Capt. John Mackellar ; with
whom, and with Capts. Walter Bathurst, Fleetwood
Broughton Reynolds Pellew, Wm. Wells, Geo. Bell,
Wm. Augustus Montagu, and Jas. Murray Gordon,
we find him, from March, 1801, to Oct. 1808, serving,
as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Teepsi-
CHORE 32, on the Cape of Good Hope and East
India stations. In 1805 he was wounded while as-
sisting in a boat which was sunk at the capture,
after a desperate resistance, of the French corvette
Tourterelle, under the batteries of St. Denis, He de
Bourbon. He was present in the course of the
same year in another boat which was sunk in effect-
ing the destruction of a French brig off the Isle of
France ; and in Nov. 1806 he was engaged in the
headmost boat at the annihilation, in Batavia Roads,
of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs-of-war, and about 20
armed and other vessels. On his arrival home in
1809 in the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, he re-
joined Capt. Bathurst on board the Salsette 36,
and, accompanying the ensuing expedition to the
Walcheren, was there intrusted with the command
of a gun-boat. In Oct. 1809 he left the Salsette ;
and in Oct. 1810 he was received on board the
ViLLE DE Paris 110, bearing the flag of Rear- Ad-
miral Thos. Fras. Fremantle in the Mediterranean ;
where he was nominated, 25 Jan. 1811, Acting-
Lieutenant of the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codring-
ton. His official promotion took place 14 March
following. He invalided in Aug. of the same year,
and was next, from Dec. 1811 until Aug. 1815, em-
ployed on the Channel, North American, and West
India stations, in the Wolvebene sloop, Capts.
Chas. Kerr and Geo. Grey Burton. Since he left
that vessel, in which it appears he was present in
the attack upon Baltimore, he has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Orlebar (who was left a widower 15 Nov.
1831) married, 24 April, 1824, Helen Maria, only
daughter of the late Admiral Aplin, and sister of
the present Capt. J. G. Aplin. His eldest daughter
is the wife of Lieut. Augustus John Burton, R.N.
OEMOND. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 15; h-p., 28.)
Francis Obmond entered the Navy, 18 Sept.
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impetdeux 74,
Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, attached to the Channel
fleet ; and, between Oct. 1805 and the date of his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 3 Dec. 1810,
was employed on the Home and Baltic stations, as
Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the San Josef
110, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton, Prince
OF Wales 98, Capts. T. B. Martin and Sir Home
Popham, Implacable 74, Capts. T. B. Martin,
Philip Pipon, and Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, and Sci-
PION 74 and Victory 100, flag-ships of Hon. Sir
Robt. Stopford and Sir Jas. Saumarez. He was
present in the Prince of Wales under the flag of
Admiral Gambler at the bombardment of Copen-
hagen in Sept. 1807; in the Implacable he took
part, 26 Aug. 1808, in a gallant action of 20 minutes
with the Russian 74-gun ship Sewolod, which was
completely silenced, and in the end, with the assist-
ance of the Cbntaue 74, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood,
captured and burnt in sight of the whole Russian
fleet near Rogerswick, after a total loss to the enemy
of 303 men, and to the Implacable, individually,
of 6 killed and 25 wounded; and on 7 July, 1809,
he assisted, in the Implacable's boats, in a brilliant
attack on a Russian flotilla, described in our me-
moir of Capt. Chas. Allen. His appointments in
the capacity of Lieutenant (after a brief servitude
as such in the Alexander 74, Capts. John Quilliam
and Robt. Cathcart) were— 18 March, 1811, to the
Cherokee sloop, Capt. Wm. Ramage, on the coast
of Norway— 2 March, 1812, to the Dictator 64
Capts. Robt. WilUams and Wm. Autridge, in the
Baltic- 25 May following, for four months, to the
840
OSBORN-OTTER-OTTY.
AEorKiE 74, as Flag-Lieutenant, on the latter sta-
tion, to Rear-AdmirS T. B. Martin— 19 May, 1813,
to the EsDrMiON of 48 guns, Capt. Henry Hoxje, on
the coast of North America^ whence he returned in
Sept. 1815—25 July, 1816, to the Impkegnable 98,
in which ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
David Milne, he remained until the following Oct.
—15 March, 1818, to the Iphigenia 42, Capt. Hyde
Parker, under whom he escorted the Duke of Rich-
mond as Governor-General to Canada, and then
made a voyage to Jamaica, whence, in Aug. 1819,
he invalided — towards the close of 1820, to the
Atholl 28, Capt. Henry Bourchier — and, after
about two years of half-pay, to the Victory 104,
flag-ship of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth. In
1812 Mr. Ormond, at that time a Lieutenant of the
AnonKiR, was attached to the flotilla at the defence
of Riga. "While serving in the Endvmion he com-
manded a division of gun-boats, under the orders
of Capt. Robt. Barrie, in an expedition up the Pe-
nobscot river, on which occasion he contributed, and
was honourably mentioned for the able assistance
he afibrded, at the capture of the towns of Castine,
Hamden, and Bangor, and the destruction, by the
Americans, of the U.S. corvette Adams, a brig
pierced for 18 guns, a large privateer, and eight
merchant-vessels.* He was also present in the
Endymion's boats in an unsuccessful attack upon
the American privateer Prince de Neufch&tel, whose
opposition occasioned the assailants a loss of 28
killed and 37 badly wounded ; and, on 15 Jan. 1815,
he contributed in that ship to the memorable cap-
ture, after a close action of two hours and a half, a
loss to the British, out of 319 men, of 11 killed and
14 wounded, and to the enemy of 35 killed and 70
wounded, of the President American frigate of 56
guns and 465 men. He was Second-Lieutenant of
the Impeegnable at the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug.
1816. Since his last promotion, which took place
27 May, 1825, he has been on half-pay.
Commander Ormond married, 20 June, 1822,
Fanny, daughter of J. Hedges, Esq., of Walling-
ford.
and 77 missing. In Oct. 1803 Mr. Osborn became
Master's Mate of the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur
Kaye Legge, under whom he witnessed the capture,
13 March, 1806, of the French 80-gun ship Marengo,
bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun
frigate Belle Poule. His appointments as Lieu-
tenant, a rank he had attained 22 Jan. preceding,
were— 26 May, 1806, to the Lucifeb bomb, Capt.
Robt. Elliot, in the North Sea, where he was super-
seded from ill health in the ensuing Sept.— 30 Jan.
1807, to the Pbince of Okange 74, flag-ship in the
Downs of Vice- Admirals Bartholomew Sam. Rowley
and Geo. Campbell— and, 18 March, 1808, to the
command of the Quail 4. In the latter vessel,
until he invalided in Feb. 1813, he was employed
in escorting convoys to diflferent places, and in
bearing despatches to Sir Edw. Pellew ofi' Toulon.
He accepted his present rank 13 Oct. 1838.
Commander Osborn married, 6 Nov. 1806, Miss
Johannah Catmore, of Aldborough, by whom he
has issue three children.
OSBORN. (Retired Commandek, 1838. f-p,,
19; H-p., 35.)
JoHK OSBOKN was born 17 Feb. 1775.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Aug. 1793, as
A.B., on board the Ihbesistible 74, Capt. John
Henry ; and in the early part of the following year
was present at the reduction of the French islands
in the AVest Indies, where, at Port-au-Prince, he
was employed on shore with the army. Joining
next the Bombay Castle 74, Capts. Chas. Cham-
berlayne, Jas. Macnamara^ and Thos. Sotheby, he
was afibrded an opportunity of sharing, as Midship-
man, in Hotham's second partial action, 13 July,
1795. In Dec. 1796, when the latter ship was
wrecked in the river Tagus, Mr. Osborn was struck
by lightning while in the act of cutting away the
masts, and greatly injured in the head. On his
return to England in charge of a prize at the com-
mencement of 1797, he was ordered to join the Ville
DE Paris 110, bearing the broad pendant at first of
Sir Robt. Calder, and the flag, next, of Earl St.
Vincent, oflf Cadiz and in the Mediterranean, where
from June, 1799, until May, 1803, he served, as
Master's Mate and Acting-Master, in the Vincejo
sloop, Capts. Geo. Long, Robt. Yarker, Geo. Chas.
Mackenzie, Jas. Murray Northey, and Jas. Prevost.
"While in that vessel, besides participating in a
variety of cutting-out afiairs, he was present at the
blockade and surrender of Malta, at the capture of
Le Guillaume Tell of 84 guns and 1000 men, and in
the operations against the French in Egypt. He
was also severely wounded by the passage of a ball
through his right arm in an action fought between
the Vincejo and two Greek vessels; and in Oct.
1801 he was again wounded while serving on shore
in a partially successful attack on the enemy's bat-
teries at Porto Ferrajo, where the British sustained
a loss of 15 (including Capt. Long) killed, 33 wounded,
* Fide Gaz. 18U, p. 2031.
OSBOKN. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Sherabd Osbors was Midshipman of the Hya-
cinth 18, Capt. "Wm. Warren, at the reduction of
Canton in 1841, and of the Ctio 18, Capt. Edw.
Norwich Troubridge (with whom he served on
shore), at the cajiture oi the batteries of Woosung,
16 June, 1842.* He passed his examination 6 Dec.
1843; served as Mate on board the Excellent
gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hast-
ings, and Collingwood 80, bearing the flag in the
Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour ; and obtained
his commission 4 May, 1846. He was then re-
appointed to the Collingwood, in which ship he is
still employed.
OTTER. (Commander, 1844.)
Heney Charles Otter entered the Navy 12
Jan. 1822 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; obtained
his first commission 5 Dec. 1831 ; was employed at
Sheerness, from 15 Aug. 1833 until the close of 1835,
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, in the Ocean 80 and
Howe 120, Capts. Sam. Chambers, Edw. Barnard,
and Alex. EUice ; assumed command, 5 March, 1844,
of the Sparrow surveying-vessel, on the coast of
Scotland; acquired his present rank 26 Aug. fol-
lowing ; and, since 1 Jan. 1847, at which period he
left the Sparrow, has been in command, on the
same station, of the Avon steam surveying-vessel,
of 160-horse power.
"When a Midshipman, Commander Otter's heroic
exertions saved the lives of a boat's crew ; and in
1845 he again displayed the intrepid humanity of
his disposition by jumping overboard from the
Sparrow for the purpose of affording assistance to
some of his crew who had been capsized.
OTTY. (COMMANDEK, 181.5. F-P., 14 ; H-P., 30.)
Allen Otty entered the Navy, 15 Aug. 1803, as
A.B., on board the Helder, guard-ship in the river
Humber, Capts. Edw. Hawkins and Benj. "Walker.
From April, 1806, until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 14 April, 1810, he served, chiefly in the
capacity of Master's Mate (a rating he had attained
9 May, 1805), in the San J osef and Ville de Paris
of 110 guns, Caledonia 120, and Baefleuh 98,
flag-ships on the Channel and Lisbon stations of
Sir Chas. Cotton, Lords Gardner and Gambler, and
Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley. His succeeding ap-
pointments were to the Impetueux 74, Capt. John
Lawford, Phipps gun-brig, Capt. Christopher Bell,
and Goshawk sloop, Capts. Jas. Lilburn, Thos.
Ball Clowes, and Hon. Wm. John Napier ; to the
gun-boat service on the river St. Lawrence ; and to
the CoNFiANCE 18 and Minstrel 20, both com-
manded by Capt. Peter Fisher. On the night of
29 April, 1812, we find him serving with the boats
of the Goshawk and of a squadron under the orders
of Capt. Thos. TJssher, and acquiring the greatest
praise for his undaunted courage, in a brilliant
attack on the enemy's privateers and batteries in
* Vide Gaz. 184S, p. 2400.
OTWAY.
841
the Mole of Malaga, an enterprise which, although
partially successful, terminated in a loss to the
British, out of 149 officers and men, of 15 (includ-
ing Capt. Lilburn) killed and 53 wounded. After
having acted for a period as Commander of the
Star sloop in North America, Mr. Otty was con-
firmed in his present rank by a commission bearing
date 1 July, 1815. During the two following years
he appears to have had command of the Montreal
and Chaewell on the lakes of Canada. He has
since been on half-pay.
OTW-AY, Bart. (Captain, 1846.)
Sir George Graham Otwat, horn in Sept. 1816,
is eldest surviving son of the late Admiral Sir Robt.
Waller Otway, Bart., G.C.B., whom he succeeded
12 May, 1846.
This officer entered the Navy 15 July, 1828 ; and
on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, 10 Oct. 1838, was appointed Additional
of the Prihcess Chabiotte 104, bearing the tiag
of Hon. Sir Kobt. Stopford in tlie Mediterranean,
where he removed, 21 Feb. 1839, to the Hazard 18,
Capt. Jas. Wilkinson. His succeeding appointments
were— 8 Nov. 1839, to the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir
Thos. Fellowes, with whom he returned to England
—5 June, 1841), to the Southampton 50, Capt. Wm.
Hillyar, fitting at Chatham — and, 13 Aug. follow-
ing, to the Medea steamer, Capt. Fred. Warden, in
the Mediterranean. Being awarded a second pro-
motal commission 25 Jan. 1841, he was next — from
25 May, 1843, until advanced, in compliment to his
father's memory, to Post-rank, 18 May, 1846 — em-
ployed in command of the Virago steam-sloop, of
300-horse power, again in the Mediterranean. He
has since been on half-pay. Agents— Hallett and
Kobinson.
OTWAY. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 13; h-p., 29.)
Kobert Otway entered the Navy, 10 Jan. 1805,
as Midshipman, on board the Pallas 32, Capt.
Lord Cochrane. Under that gallant officer he as-
sisted, in March, 1805, at the capture of a galleon,
11 Fm'tuna, laden with specie to the amount of
150,000/., and with merchandize of nearly equal
value ; he witnessed also, in Maj', 1806, the destruc-
tion of the semaphores along the French coast;
and, in the course of the same month, he was pre-
sent, under a heavy fire from the batteries on lie
d'Aix, in a single-handed attack made by the Pal-
las on the French 40-gun frigate La Minerve, in
company with three 18-gun brigs. On the latter
occasion the British ship, while preparing to board,
unfortunately ran foul of her opponent, and by the
tremendous shock was reduced to a complete wreck.
Between June, 1806, and Feb. 1812, Mr. Otway was
successively employed, on the West India and Home
stations, part of the time as Master's Mate, in the
Northumberland and Bellf.isle 74's, both flag-
ships of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, Ethalion 36,
Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, Belleisle again, bearing
the broad pendant of Commodore Geo. Cockburn,
Neptune 98, Capt. W. C. Fahie, Abercrombt 74,
Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, Dragon 74, flag-ship of
Sir Fras. Laforoy, Wanderer sloop, Capt. Frank
Gore Willock, Dragon a second time, Nayaden
frigate, Capt. Kobt. Merrick Fowler, Helena sloop,
Capt. Henry Montresor, and again in the Dragon.
In the Ethalion we find him aiding, as Master's
Mate, at the reduction, in Dec. 1807, of the Danish
islands of St. Thomas and Ste. Croix ; and in the
Belleisle, in 1809, at the capture of Martinique
and Flushing. He was confirmed in the rank of
Lieutenant (after having acted for three months as
such in the Demerara, Capt. W. Smith, on the
West India station) 14 May, 1812; and was sub-
sequently appointed— for a few months in 1813, to
the BoYNE 98 and Ville de Paris 110, flag-ships
of Sir Harry Burrard Neale in the Channel— 17
Sept. 1822, to the Bulwark 76, Capt. Thos. Dundas,
lying at Plymouth, where he remained upwards of
12 months— 22 July, 1830, to the command (which
he retained until the close of 1833) of the Echo
steam-vessel— and, 23 April, 1836, to the command
(with his name on the books of the William and
Mary yacht) of the Comet, another steamer. As
an especial mark of the approbation entertained by
the Admiralty of his services in the Echo and
Comet on the coasts of Spain and Portugal during
the civil war, he was advanced to his present rank
6 Jan. 1837. He has since been on half-pay.
In 1838 Commander Otway published ' An Ele-
mentary Treatise on Steam.' He is married and
has issue. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
OTWAY. (Commander, 1846. r-p., 19 ; h-p., 7.)
Robert Joceltn Otway is youngest son of the
Rev. J. Sam. Otway ; and nephew of the late Ad-
miral Sir Robt. Otway, Bart., G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 3 May, 1821 ; passed
his examination in 1827 ; and was made Lieutenant,
13 Nov. 1828, into the Sapphire 28, Capt. Henry
Dundas, on the South American station, whence he
returned home and was paid off in 1830. His suc-
ceeding appointments were— 8 Oct. 1832, for nearly
three years, to the Spahtiate 76, Capt. Robt. Tait,
successive flag-ship of Sir Michael Seymour and Sir
Graham Eden Hamond, again in South America — ■
22 Aug. 1840, to the Calcutta 84, Capts. Sir Sam.
Roberts and Geo. Fred. Rich, with whom he served,
in the Mediterranean and off Lisbon, until paid off
at the close of 1842, the chief part of the time as
First-Lieutenant— and,- 16 May, 1843, in the latter
capacity, to the Castor 36, Capt. Chas. Graham,
fitting for the East Indies. In Dec. 1845, being at
the time at New Zealand, Lieut. Otway landed in
command of 188 officers, seamen, and marines be-
longing to the latter ship, and on 11 of the following
month, after having most usefully participated for
three weeks in a series of trying operations (more
particularly alluded to in our memoir of Capt.
Graham), assisted, and was officially mentioned for
his conduct, at the storming and capture, notwith-
standing a desperate resistance of four hours, of a
strongly fortified pah belonging to a rebel chieftain
named Kawiti. He was in consequence promoted
to the rank of Commander by commission bearing
date the day of the occurrence.'^ He returned to
England in the course of the same year, and is now
on half-pay.
Commander Otway married, 17 Aug. 1836, Anne
Digby, youngest daughter of the late Sir Hugh
Crofton, Bart., of Mohill House, co. Leitrim, by
whom he has issue. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
OTWAY, Bart., G C.B. (Admiral of the
White, 1841. f-p., 36 ; h-p., 26.)
Sir Robert Waller Otwav was born in April,
1772, and died suddenly 12 May, 1846. He was
second son of Cooke Otway, Esq., of Castle Otway,
CO. Tipperary, an old officer of dragoons, by Eliza-
beth, daughter of Sam. Waller, Esq., of Lisbrian, in
the same CO., sister of Sir Kobt. Waller, Bart., and
niece of Sir Robt. Jocelyn, Bart., who, after filling
the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was created
Baron Newport and Viscount Jocelyn. Sir Robt.
Otway (whose family, a branch of the Otways of
Middleton and Ingmire Hall, co. Westmoreland,
had been seated in Ireland since the days of Crom-
well) was brother (with Major Geo. Otway of the
85th Regt., who died at Jamaica in 1804) of Sir
Loftus AVm. Otway, C.B., a Lieutenant-General
in the Army and Colonel of the 84th Regt., and
uncle of the late Hon. Robt. Otway Cave, M.P.,
and the present Commander Robt. Jocelyn Otway,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1784, as
Midshipman, on hoard the Elizabeth 74, Capt.
Robt. Kingsmill, and after a servitude of three
years in the Mediterranean on board the Phaeton
frigate, and a further attachment, in the West
Indies, to the Blonde, was made Lieutenant, 8 Aug.
* fide Gar,. 1846, pp. 2345, 2346, 2348.
5P
842
OTWAY.
1793, into the Falcon brig. Being appointed, next,
to the Impregnable 98, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Benj. Caldwell, he was afforded an oppor-
tunity of participating in that ship in Lord Howe's
actions of 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794. On the
last-mentioned occasion, although but a Junior
Lieutenant, he contrived greatly to distinguish him-
self by his alacrity in going aloft, with the late Sir
Chas. Dashwood, then a Midshipman, and lashing
the foretopsail-yard, which had been shot in the
slings, to the cap ; by which means the ship was en-
abled to wear in pursuit of the enemy. So well
pleased was the Rear-Admiral at the performance
of this essential service, without which the topsail
could not have been again set, that he returned him
his thanks publicly on the quarter-deck ; and, on
shortly afterwards shifting his flag to the Majestic
74, took him with him as his Tirst-Lieutenant — a
post which, with a degree of modesty and good
feeling highly creditable to him, Mr. Otway had
declined filling on board the Impregnable, from a
fear of creating jealousies, detrimental to the ser-
vice, among his messmates, all of whom were senior
to himself. His personal as well as his professional
merit having thus strongly recommended him, he
was in the course of the same year appointed by
Rear-Admiral Caldwell, who had been directed to
assume the control of naval affairs in the Leeward
Islands, Commander of the Thorn sloop of 16 6-
pounders. In that vessel Capt. Otway, in April,
1795, had the good fortune to capture La Belle Cre-
ole, a large schooner, sent by the notorious Victor
Hugues, from Guadeloupe, to assist in carrying into
execution a plan that had been concerted between
himself and the disaffected inhabitants of St. Pierre,
Martinique, for the burning of that town and the
massacre of all those who were inimical to them.
The detection thus afforded of the diabolical con-
spiracy was considered of such importance that the
French Royalists united in presenting Capt. Otway
with a gold-hilted sword, valued at 200 guineas.
On 25 of the following month he fell in with, and
after a spirited night action of 35 minutes, during
which the enemy made two ineffectual attempts to
board the Thorn, succeeded, much to his praise, in
capturing, the French corvette Le Courrier National,
of 18 guns (8 and 6 pounders) and 119 men, 7 of
whom were killed and 20 wounded, with a loss to
the British of their Commander and 5 out of 80
men wounded.* During the Carib war in the
island of St. Vincent, Capt. Otway was actively
employed in co-operation with the army, particu-
larly in an attack made upon Owia, which place was
surprised and taken by the Thorn and a party of
soldiers belonging to the 60th Regt. He afterwards
landed his crew, and, in conjunction with a detach-
ment of troops, stormed the strong post of Chateau
Bellair, the loss of which obliged the enemy to re-
tire into the interior of the country. His abilities
and zeal having already attracted the attention of
Sir John Laforey, the new Commander-in-Chief,
Capt. Otway (who on the occasion last named had
been slightly wounded, and had had 25 of his people
killed and wounded) was \iy him promoted, 30 Oct.
1795, to a Post-vacancy in the Mermaid 32. While
cruizing soon afterwards off Lebaye, in the island
of Grenada, in company with the Favorite sloop,
Capt. Jas. Athol "Wood, he landed with a party of
seamen and marines from both vessels, and, under
the covering fire of the latter, stormed, carried, and
levelled with the ground a battery which had been
erected by the revolutionary enemy in a position
for scouring the beach and intercepting all commu-
nication between the shipping and a body of Eng-
lish troops who lay pent up in a block-house. Not
long after this affair several regiments arrived from
England, and were disembarked in the neighbour-
hood of the same place ; but scarcely had they com-
menced operations, when the appearance of two
French vessels, having on board considerable re-
inforcements, induced the General in command of
the British forces to decide upon immediately re-
* VideGaz, 1795, p. 804.
embarking. Perceiving, however, that the result
of this measure would be the total loss of the
island, Capt. Otway peremptorily refused his acqui-
escence in it, observing " that he had landed the
troops at a great risk* by the General's desire,
and that they must now Jtffht it out, as he would Jiot
embark a man.'' Having thus taken upon himself
an awful amount of responsibility, he galloped up
a height on which were posted some field-pieces
under the command of an artillery officer, ordered
their fire to be opened on the enemy's vessels, and
by that means compelled them to cut their cables
and stand out to sea with the soldiers still on board.
They were pursued with great promptitude by Capt.
Wood, but escaped in consequence of the Favorite
unfortunately losing her foretopmast. A general
attack was then made by the British troops, led on
by Brigadier-General Campbell, who charged the
enemy on Pilot Hill, and gained a thorough victory.
Thus to the resolution and intrepidity, and the judg-
ment and exertions,! of one man was Great Britain
in the main indebted for the preservation of the
island of Grenada. Capt. Otway's next exploit was
the defeat, 8 Aug. 1796, under the batteries of Basse-
terre, Guadeloupe, of ia Vengeance, a French frigate
mounting 52 guns, sent by Victor Hugues for the
express purpose of either capturing or sinking the
Mermaid. The action, which lasted upwards of
three hours, although attended with no casualty
whatever to the British, was productive of a loss
to their opponent of at least 12 killed and 26
wounded ; and so exasperated was Victor Hugues
at its result, that, on the return of the beaten Ven-
geance to her anchorage, he broke the French
Captain's sword, and deprived some English pri-
soners at Basse-terre, who had cheered on witness-
ing the issue of the combat^ of water for the space
of 24 hours. In the month of April, 1797, the
•Mermaid, in company with the Heemione, Quebec,
and Penelope frigates, had a smart affair with the
forts at Jean Rebel, St. Domingo, and aided in a
manner that obtained her Commander the thanks
of his senior of&cer at the cutting out of 12 sail of
merchantmen.]: Exchanging soon afterwards into
the Ceres 32, Capt. Otway captured, in the boats
of that frigate. La Mutine French privateer of 18
guns and 90 men, lying at anchor in a creek at
Puerto Rico, and drove on shore and burnt another
vessel of the same name and force. When in chase,
in the early part of 1798, of a guarda-costa, the
Ceres, with her consort the Trent 36, unfortu-
nately took the ground near the Havana, a circum-
stance which enabled the hostile vessel to place
herself in a very annoying posture. The advantage
she had thus gained was however brief-, for Capt.
Otway, throwing himself into one of the boats sent
by the squadron to their assistance, made instantly
towards her, followed by five others, and in a few
minutes boarded, carried, and burnt her. She
mounted 6 long 24-pounders and 4 smaller guns, and
bore the broad pendant of a Commodore of flotilla.
The Ceres, being almost immediately afterwards
got afloat, assisted in extricating the Trent, the
command of which frigate, on the proximate death
of her Captain, was bestowed upon the gallant sub-
ject of the present narrative, as a reward for the
great exertions he had displayed in rescuing her
from her perilous position. At the commencement
of 1799 Capt. Otway landed on the south side of
the island of Puerto Rico, and surprised a battery
of 6 24^pounders, under the protection of which
lay an enemy's schooner, whose capture was in con-
sequence secured. In the execution of this service he
displayed his accustomed tact, and, although he had
but 1 man killed, was under the necessity of put-
ting 20 of the enemy to the sword. A few weeks
subsequently, being in the same vicinity, in com-
pany with the Sparrow cutter, he discovered two
French privateers, each mounting 18 guns, together
with a Spanish brig of 10 guns and some coasting
• Tlie Pontshorn East-Indiaman was lost that night, in
consequence of being detained after landing the soldiers
embarked in her.
+ Vide Gaz. 1796, p. 719.
t V. Gaz. 1797, p. 517.
OTWAY.
843
vessels, at anchor under a small battery within the
Dead Man's Chest. The enemy's guns on shore
were soon silenced by the Trent, and her boats
sent under cover of the Sparrow to attack the ves-
sels. On their approach each of the privateers
hoisted the bloody (red) flag, as an indication that
no quarter would be given ; but notwithstanding
this they resolutely pushed on, and; after a smart
action carried the whole without losing a man, while
the enemy had not less than 50 killed and wounded.
In the following July Capt. Otway formed a plan
for cutting out the late British frigate Hermione,
whose crew had mutinied, and carried her, as re-
ported, into the port of Laguira. For this purpose
he left the Trent with two boata; and at one a.m.
on the 8th, after a fatiguing row of many hours, en-
tered the enemy's anchorage, but, to his mortifica-
tion, found that the object of his search was not
there. Resolved, however, to effect something, he
made a dash at a vessel, apparently a corvette,
which his pilot informed him had lately arrived
from Spain. Although knocked back, while in the
act of boarding, by the discharge of a musket,
whose contents passed close along his cheek, his
determined spirit was not to be daunted ; and in a
few minutes he and his brave followers were in full
possession of their trophy. By break of day they
had succeeded in towing her clear of a heavy fire
which had been opened upon her from the bat-
teries ; but, as the sun rose, a flotilla of gun-boats
was observed coming out of the harbour in pursuit.
As a dead calm had by this time set in, and as it
was perfectly impossible to compete with a force so
overwhelming, the only question that remained was
as to how they should themselves avoid falling into
the enemy's hands. "With that coolness and presence
of mind which never forsook him, Capt. Otway in-
structed the Lieutenant who was with him, the late
Sir 'rhos. Ussher, to place double sentinels over the
prisoners, to point two of the guns (Spanish 12-
pounders), treble-shotted, down the main hatchway,
and upon the arrival of the flotilla within grape-range
to fire them through the bottom. These directions
were strictly followed, and on the approach of the
enemy they found full employment in saving their
countrymen from going down with the sinking ves-
sel—the adventurous British being thereby suffered
to accomplish their escape without further molesta^
tion. Capt. Otway continued to command the
Trent until Sept. 1800, when he sailed for England
with the flag of Sir Hyde Parker. During the six
years that he had then served in the West Indies,
he was supposed to have captured and destroyed
200 of the enemy's privateeers and merchantmen,
mounting in the whole upwards of .'500 guns. He
had, besides, assisted at the siege of Morne Fortune,
in Ste. Lucie, and of Fort Matilda, in Guadeloupe.
On his arrival home he resigned the command of
the Trent for the purpose of assuming that of the
RovAL George 100, bearing the flag of his friend
Sir Hyde Parker, with whom he soon removed into
the London 98, and in March, 1801, sailed with the
fleet destined to act against the northern confede-
racy. On the expedition reaching the Kattegat, a
consultation, as is well known, was held between
the Flag Oflioers, the Captain of the Fleet, and
some of the Senior Captains, as to the best means
of carrying its main object into efiect ; and it was
decided that the advance should be made through
the Belt. On this arrangement being brought to
the knowledge of Capt. Otway he at once perceived
the fatal difficulties that would result ; he lost not a
moment therefore in explaining his views to the
Commander-in-Chief; and so manifest was his rea-
soning that immediate measures were taken for rec-
tii'ying the error, and the plan adopted which was
afterwards followed. Owing to the London not
forming a part of the division engaged, Capt. Otway
had but slender hopes, at the commencement of the
battle, of being enabled to obtain any share in it.
As the conflict, however, progressed, and the criti-
cal position of the squadron under Lord Nelson
grew appari'ut, it became a subject of consideration
between Sir Hyde Parker and the Captain of the
Fleet whether or not the signal should be made for
discontinuing the action. At this juncture Capt.
Otway, by whom the step had been strongly op-
posed, was despatched in a boat to his Lordship in
order to ascertain the state of affairs. Before he
reached the Elephant the signal to leave off action
was made; it was, however, disregarded by Nelson ;
and as Capt. Otway had va-bal authority from Sir Hyde
Parker tliat the battle should continue if he saw any pro-
bability of success, the action was maintained until the
enemy announced his submission. Capt. Otway, we
may add, remained on board the Elephant until
that happy consummation of the struggle. On the
following day he was deputed, at the suggestion of
Lord Nelson, to perform a service of the utmost
importance ; one indeed of which he acquitted him-
self in a manner that redounded beyond measure
to his character for judgment and ingenuity. The
achievement we allude to was nothing less than
that of procuring the surrender (after two other
officers had failed in their attempts to effect it) of
the Holstein, a 60-gun ship, which, although she had
actually struck, the Danes refused to give up, upon
the plea that the colours had been merely shot away
in the action, and that, as a proof, her pendant still
remained flying. This subterfuge Capt. Otway
efiectually removed by proceeding with a flag of
truce on board the disputed ship, and enabling his
coxswain, at a moment when the attention of the
whole crew was directed towards himself, to ascend
unperceived through the mainchains into the main-
top, haul down the pendant, and convey it into
his boat. Having thus far succeeded, and been
referred by the Danish Captain (who, in igno-
rance of what had occurred, still persisted in the
old excuse) to his Commodore, Capt. Otway forth-
with repaired to that authority, who met him with
the same objection, and was in the act of pointing
in proof to the pendant, when, finding it to his asto-
nishment gone, he was forced to acknowledge the
ship a lawful prize, and to issue an order for its
immediate delivery.* Immediately after this Capt.
Otway was sent home with Sir Hyde Parker's de-
spatches.t He then rejoined the London in the
Baltic, where he remained until appointed to the
Edgar 74; which ship, after serving with the Chan-
nel fleet and visiting the West Indies, he paid off in
July, 1802. On the renewal of hostilities in 1803
he was selected to command the Culloden 74 ; but
ill health and a severe domestic calamity prevented
him from joining her. While serving next in the
Montagu 74, he assisted in blockading the enemy's
ports from Brest to the Dardanells ; and was present,
22 Aug. 1805, in Admiral Hon. Wm. Cornwallis' at-
tack on the French fleet close in with Brest harbour,
on which occasion the Montagu poured a destructive
broadside into U Alexandre 80. He also accompanied
Sir Rich. Strachan to the West Indies in pursuit of a
French squadron ; conducted, in Feb. 1808, the eva-
cuation of Scylla, a fortified rock in the Faro of
Messina, the garrison of which was embarked under
a smart fire from the Calabrian shore ;J and was for
some time intrusted with the command of a squa-
dron employed in co-operation with the patriots on
the coast of Catalonia, where he received the thanks
of the Junta of Gerona for the assistance afforded
by him during the siege of that city, and for taking
possession of the fortress of Ro8as,§ by which mea-
sure the French troops were compelled to retire
from Castalon, a town of some importance, situated
five miles from the coast. Towards the close of
1808 he returned to England in the Malta 80 ; and
in 1809 he again sailed for the Mediterranean with
convoy in the Ajax 74. During the greater part
of the following winter he cruized with a small
* Clarke and McArthur, in their ' Life of Nelson,' and also
Mr. Southey, have erroneously mentioned the Zealand as being
the ship in dispute, and have, as mistakenly, attributed the
recovery to the diplomatic dexterity of the immortal hero.
The Danes, in their printed account of the battle, assert
" that an officer with a Jiag of truce came the morning after
and stole a seventy-four from them,"
t Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 401. X '"''• G»z. 1808, p. 503.
} r. Gaz. 1808, p. 1322.
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OVEREND— OWEN.
squadron under his orders off the island of Sardinia,
and made many captures. He was afterwards em-
ployed with the in-shore squadron at the blockade
of Toulon ; and on 20 July, 1810, while so stationed,
he displayed a high degree of gallantry, and was in
particular lauded for his promptitude and good
judgment, in interposing the Ajax between the
Shearwater brig and a pursuing French force,
consisting of 6 sail of the line and 4 frigates, whom
the bold front maintained by himself and his con-
sorts, the CoNQHEROK and Wakspite 74'3 and Edry-
ALus frigate, induced to put back.* On 31 March,
1811, we find him effecting, in company with the
Unite frigate, the capture, off the island of Elba, of
Le Dromedaire store-ship of 800 tons and 20 guns,
laden with 15,000 shot and shells and 90 tons of
gunpowder. His health being much impaired, Capt.
Otway returned in the course of the same year to
England in the Cumuerland 74, and from that
period remained on half-pay until May, 1813. Being
then re-appointed to the Ajax, he at first joined
the Channel fleet ; in the following autumn he was
employed in covering the siege of St. Sebastian; he
made prize, 17 March, 1814, off Scilly, of Z' Ala/on,
a French corvette of 16 guns and 120 men ;t and he
next convoyed a squadron of transports from Bor-
deaux to Quebec, having on board .5000 troops
destined to reinforce the English army in Canada ;
where, it appears, he assisted in equipping the flotilla
on Lake Champlain. Attaining Flag-rank 4 June,
1814, Kear-Admiral Otway was next, from 3 Aug.
1818 until 24 Nov. 1821, employed as Commander-in-
Chief at Leith ; prior to his relinquishment of which
post he was presented with the freedom of the city
of Edinburgh, and entertained at a public dinner
given by the noblemen and gentlemen of the club
in St. Andrew's Square, as a testimony of their re-
spect for his public and private character. At the
commencement of 1826 he was offered, but declined,
the chief command in the East Indies. In June of
the same year, however, he accepted the chief com-
mand on the South American station, where he re-
mained until the summer of 1829. On 22 July,
18.30, Sir Robt. Otway (he had been nominated a
K.C.B. 8 June, 1826) attained the rank of Vice-Ad-
miral; and on 15 Sept. 1831 he was raised to the
dignity of a Baronet. His last appointment was to
the chief command at the Nore, which he held from
23 Feb. 1837 until July, 1840. His promotion to
the rank of full Admiral took place 23 Nov. 1841 ;
and his investiture with the G.C.B. 8 May, 1845.
He had been presented, while on the South Ame-
rican station, with the insignia of the Brazilian
Order of the Southern Cross. In Dec. 1830 and
July, 1837, he was successively appointed a Groom
of the Bedchamber to his late and her present Ma-
jesty.
Sir Hobt. Waller Otway during the term of his
career afloat had been not less than one hundred
times engaged with the enemies of his country. He
married, 15 Aug. 1801, Clementina, daughter and
co-heir of Admiral John Holloway, of Wells, co.
Somerset, by whom he has left issue three sons
(the eldest, the present Sir Geo. Graham Otway, a
Captain R.N.) and six daughters. His eldest son,
Robt. Waller Otway, a Commander R.N. (1839),
was killed by a fall from his horse in Hyde Park in
May, 1840; and his second, Chas. Cooke Otway,
holding the same rank, was lost in command of the
Victor sloop during a hurricane In the West Indies
in Sept. 1842. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
OVEREND. (Retired Commander, 1844.
F-P., 13 ; H-p., 35.)
Henry Ovekend entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1799,
as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Cerberus 32, Capt.
Jas. Macnamara; and on 20 of the following Oct.,
while cruizing off Ferrol, was present in a very gal-
lant attack made by that ship on one of five Spanish
frigates in escort of a large convoy. In July, 1803,
soon after his return from a visit to the West In-
dies, he became Midshipman (a rating he had at-
* rWeGaz. 1810, p. 1509. f r. Gni. ISH, p. 628.
tained in Aug. 1801) of the Sdffisante sloop, Capt.
Gilbert Heathcote, lying at Plymouth ; and he next,
in Jan. 1804 and Nov. 1805, joined in succession the
Franchise 36, and, as Master's Mate, the Bac-
chante 20, Capts. Hon. John Murray, Randall Mac-
donnell, and Jas. Rich. Dacres, both on the Jamaica
station ; where, after a servitude of 12 months
in the Veteran 64, Capt. Andrew Fitzherbert
Evans, he was nominated, 3 Dec. 1807, Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Akethusa 38, Capt. Sir Chas. Bris-
bane. On the morning of 30 Aug. 1806, being then
in the Bacchante, Mr. Overend served with the
boats under Lieut. Geo. Norton at the cutting out
of an armed brig and two armed feluccas, under a
tremendous fire from them and from several bat-
teries and field-pieces on the beach in the harbour of
Santa Martha, on the Spanish Main.* On leaving the
Arethusa, of which frigate he had been confirmed a
Lieutenant 9 Jan. 1808, he followed Sir C. Brisbane,
in Sept. of that year, into the Beake 74, commanded
subsequently by Capt. Edw. Codrington in the
Downs. His last appointments were — 16 June, 1809
(three months after he had left the Blake), to the
Mermaid 32, Capt. Major Jacob Henniker, whom
he accompanied with convoy to Quebec — 12 Jan.
1810, to the Grampus 50, Capt. Wm. Hanwell, in
which ship he sailed with the trade for China— and
30 Nov. 1812, to the Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo.
Rodney Phillott, employed off Flushing. He went
on half-pay in Aug. 1812 ; and accepted the rank he
now holds 19 Oct. 1844.
OWEN. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 22; h-p., 21.)
Bele Robert Owen entered the Navy, 8 April,
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Athenienne 64,
Capt. Fras. Fayerman ; with whom, on his return
from a voyage to China, he removed, in Oct. 1805,
to the Formidable 98. After a servitude of more
than five years in that ship on the Channel, Medi-
terranean, and Baltic stations, latterly under the
command of Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, and nearly
the whole time as Midshipman and Master's Mate,
he was received as a Supernumerary, in March,
1811, on board the Stately 64, Capt. Edw. Stirling
Dickson, employed at the defence of Cadiz. At-
taining the rank of Lieutenant 1 Aug. following, he
was successively appointed in that capacity.— 6 Dec.
in the same year, to the Tweed sloop, Capts. Thos.
Edw. Symonds and Wm, Mather, in which vessel
he served in the North Sea, visited the coast of
Africa, and was wrecked, 5 Nov. 1813, in Shoal Bay,
Newfoundland, where only 52 of the crew were
saved — 11 May, 1816, for nearly eight months, to
the Cadmus 10, Capt. John Gedge, again in the
North Sea— and 3 April, 1827, to the Coast Block-
ade, as Supernumerary of the Hyperion 42, Capt.
Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He left the latter service on
its abolition in 1831 ; and, since 31 Dec. 1838, has
been employed in the Coast Guard.
OWEN. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 32.)
Charles Cunliffe Owen, the representative of
the ancient family of Cunliffe of Wycoller, is eldest
surviving son of the late Chas. Owen, Esq., in the
commission of the peace for co. IMiddlesex. He
is nephew of the late Henry Owen Cunliffe, Esq., of
Wycoller Hall, Lancashire ; and of Joseph Owen,
Esq., Captain in H.M. 77th Regt., who was killed
at the storming of Seringapatam in 1799.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 March, 1801, as
Midshipman, on board the Vengeance 74, Capts.
Geo. Mundy and Geo. Duff, in which ship he was
for about sixteen months employed in the Baltic
and West Indies. He served next, until 1806, in
the Channel and Mediterranean, in the Venerable
74, bearing the fiag of Rear-Admiral Collingwood,
NiOBE 40, Capt. Matthew Henry Scott, and Wizard
sloop, Capt. Edm. Palmer; and he then in succes-
sion joined the Northumberland and Belleisle
74's, flag-ships in the West Indies of Hon. Sir Alex.
Cochrane ; who, on 10 Aug. 1807, the very day he
* Fide Gaz. 1806, p. 153S.
OWEN.
845
had accomplished his time, nominated him Lieute-
nant of the Northumberland, commanded at the
period by Capt. "Wm. Hargood. Being confirmed,
after his return to England, into the Dreadnought
98, by a commission dated 13 Felj. 1808, he conti-
nued in that ship, as Acting Flag-Lieutenant to
Rear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby, until 1809 ; in the
course of which year he had the misfortune to be
taken prisoner, while engaged, under Lieut. John
Foreman, in a desperate and unsuccessful attempt
to cut a French brig out from under the batteries
of He d'Aix. After three years of captivity he at
length, in 1812, contrived to effect his escape under
circumstances of a peculiarly difficult and hazardous
character. In the spring of 1813, having been, on
his arrival in England, sent out on promotion to the
Lakes of Canada, Lieut. Owen there joined the
Wolfe 24, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Jas.
Lucas Yeo, by whom he was intrusted with the
command of a division of boats, and employed on
shore in an attack made in May of that year on
Sackett's Harbour. In the following month we
find him assuming charge of the Sir Sidney Smith
schooner of 12 32-pounder carronades and 86 men ;
in which vessel, it appears, he was concerned in
every engagement that took place during the re-
mainder of the year on Lake Ontario. In the action
fought on 28 Sept. at the head of the lake, with a
squadron of superior force under Commodore
Chauncey, the Sir Sidney Smith, whose loss
amounted to 3 men killed and 5 wounded, won dis-
tinction by the very gallant manner in which she
supported the Koyal George 20, Capt. Wm. Howe
Mulcaster, and assisted in covering the retreat of
the Wolfe, the Commodore's ship, after that vessel
had lost her main and mizen topmasts. On 2 Nov.
also, Lieut. Owen served with a force under the im-
mediate orders of Capt. Mulcaster in a successful
attack upon an armament assembled, for the inva^
sion of Lower Canada, at French Creek in the river
St. Lawrence ; where he contrived, with much abi-
lity and courage, to place his schooner in an excel-
lent position for annoying the enemy. On 29
March, 1814, a few weeks after he had been placed
in acting-command of the Royal George, he was
invested with the charge of the flotilla of gun-boats
on the river St. Lawrence, for the purpose of con-
veying specie, stores, provisions, &c., for the Army
and Navy, and of affording a channel of comm.uni-
cation between the Upper and Lower Provinces.
So great were the judgment, zeal, and talent,
evinced by Commander Owen in the performance
of the duties allotted to him, that, although the
scene of his operations extended along more than
60 miles of the enemy's frontier, not a single boat
belonging to the British was captured during the
whole term of his command, a period of 10 months.
The fatigue, indeed, and the privations endured by
himself and his companions appear to have been of
a more trying description than experienced by any
other branch of the Canadian Service. Yet, as we
have said, were his exertions unremitting and ar-
dent in the extreme ; and the judicious and energe-
tic manner in which he afforded co-operation to the
military whenever an opportunity offered was exhi-
bited in the warm acknowledgments of General Sir
Gordon Drummond, Colonel Morrison of the 44th
Kegt., &c. As may be presumed he obtained the
high applause of Sir J. L. Yeo, and was by him re-
commended in the strongest manner to the notice
and favourable consideration of the Admiralty.
He was appointed Acting-Commander of the Stab
sloop, on Lake Ontario, 1 Dec. 1814; but, owing to
some informality in his original acting order, he
was not confirmed in his present rank until 28 Feb.
1815 ; about which period he returned home with
his friend Sir J. L. Yeo. He has since been on
half-pay.
Commander Cunliffe Owen married, 9 Jan. 1821,
Mary, only daughter of the late Sir Henry Blosset,
Kt., Chief Justice of Bengal, and grandniece of the
Countess de Salis, by whom, who died 3 May, 1841,
he had issue three sons and one daughter. The
eldest son, Henry Charles, a Captain in the Koyal
Engineers, was recently serving with credit on the
Caffre frontier ; and the youngest, Francis Philip,
a Midshipman K.N., was lately serving in the Su-
perb 80, Capt. A. L. Corry. The second son, Ro-
bert Julius, distinguished himself as Midshipman of
the Edinburgh 72, Capt. W. W. Henderson, during
the operations on the coast of Syria (vide Gazette,
1840, p. 2601), and died on board that ship 9 April,
1841. Agents— Goode and Lawrence.
OWEN. (LlEOT., 1815. F-P., 9; H-P., 31.)
Edward Owen entered the Navy, 19 May, 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hussar 38, Capt.
Robt, Lloyd, under whom he accompanied the ex-
pedition to Copenhagen, and continued to serve, as
Midshipman, in the GuERRitaE 40 and Swiftsure
74, on the West India and North American stations,
until April, 18H. During the next three years and
three months we find him employed in the Channel
and Mediterranean, in the Edinburgh 74 and
Union 98, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Rolles.
In the latter ship he witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew's
partial actions of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814
with the Toulon fleet. After again serving in the
West Indies and North America in the Dover
troop-ship, Capt. Robt. Henley Rogers, and on the
Home station in the Snap 12, Capt. Geo. King, he
was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 19 Sept.
1815. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Owen married Harriet Juliana, fourth
daughter of the late Rev. Edm. Sharington Daven-
port, of Davenport House, co. Salop, Vicar of Wor-
field. Agents — Messrs. Ommanncy.
OWEN, G.C.B., G.C.H. (Admiral or the Blue,
1846. F-P., 50; H-P., 22.)
Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen is
son of Capt. Wm. Owen, R.N., a gentleman of high
Welsh extraction, who lost his right arm, when a
Midshipman, at the taking of Pondicherry from the
French in 1760, and who, after assisting in command
of the Cormorant at the second capture of that
town, was accidentally killed at Madras, while re-
turning to England with despatches, in 1778. Sir
Edward is brother of the present Kear-Admiral
Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen; and first-cousin of Sir
Arthur David Owen, Kt., of Glan Severn, a Deputy-
Lieutenant for CO. Montgomery, and High Sheriff
in 1814, who for many years prior to his death,
which took place in 1816, commanded the Montgo-
meryshire Yeomanry Cavalry under the Right Hon.
Chas. W. W. Wynn.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Aug. 1775, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Enterprizb, com-
manded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Sir Thos.
Rich, with whom, from 1780 until 1782, he served
in the West Indies in the Princessa, Sandwich,
and Princess Royal. In July, 1786, he rejoined
the same Captain, as Midshipman, on board the
Culloden 74, lying at Plymouth ; and while on the
books of that ship he was on two occasions lent to
the Fairy sloop, Capt. Isaac Geo. Manley, and
Leandee 50, bearing the broad pendant at Halifax
of Commodore Herbert Sawyer. In the early part
of 1790, after a servitude of two years on the Chan-
nel and Mediterranean stations in the Lowestoffe
frigate, Capt. Edm. Dod, he passed his examina-
tion. He then became in succession attached to the
Thisbe 28, Capt. Rupert George, Dido frigate,
Capt. Edw. Buller, Vengeance 74, Capt. Sir Thos.
Rich, Hannibal 74, Capt. John Colpoys, Porcupine
24, Capt. Edw. Buller, and Culloden again, Capt.
Sir Thos. Rich; in which ships he served on the
North American, Home, and West India stations,
until made Lieutenant, 6 Nov. 1793, into the For-
tunee 36, Capt. Wooldridge, off Cadiz ; where he
soon removed to the Hannibal, still commanded
by Capt. Colpoys. His next appointments were, 22
July and 15 Dec. 1794, to his old ship the Culloden,
and to the London 98, bearing the flags in the
Channel of Admirals Sir Thos. Rich and J. Col-
P'^ys ; by the latter, we believe, of whom he was no-
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OWEN.
minated, after having enacted a part in Lord Brid-
port's action, Acting-Captain, in March and May,
1796, of the Impregnable 98, and Queen Char-
lotte 100. Being awarded a second promotal com-
mission, bearing date 19 Sept. 1796, Capt. Owen, in
Jan. 1797, rejoined his friend Admiral Colpoys, as a
Volunteer, on board the London ; on leaving which
ship in the ensuing May he was for two months em-
ployed in command of the gun-brigs stationed in
the river Thames and at the Nore, under the orders
of Commodore Sir Erasmus Gower. He obtained
Post-rank, 23 April, 1798, in the Northumberland
74, lying at Sheerness ; and he was subsequently
appointed — for a short period in the summer of the
same year, to the Irresistible 74, stationed in the
river Medway — 1 Jan. 1801, to the Nemesis 28—11
May, 1802, to the Im.mortalite 36—21 March, 1806,
to the Clyde 38 — 6 Dec. 1810, to the Inconstant
36—17 Feb. 1813, to the Cornwall 74—30 July,
1814, to the Dorset yacht, off Deptford— 12 Dec.
1814, to the chief command on the lakes of Canada
— 6 Feb. 1816, for six years, to the Rotal Sove-
EBiGN yacht — and 25 Nov. 1822, to the Gloucester
74. In the Nemesis Capt. Owen commanded a de-
tachment of vessels off the Scheldt and in the neigh-
bourhood of Dunkerque ; and in the Tmmortalitb
he was at first employed, as Senior Officer, during
the peace of Amiens, of a squadron of frigates ly-
ing in readiness for service in the Downs. On the
renewal of hostilities we find him stationed with
several sloops and smaller vessels under his orders
on the coast of France, where his activity and zeal
kept the enemy in a constant state of alarm. In
June, 1803, he drove on shore, near Cape Blanc-nez,
Le Commode and U Inabordable, a French brig and
schooner, each mounting 4 guns.* On 14 Sept. fol-
lowing he bombarded with effect the towns of
Dieppe and St. Valery-en-Caux ;+ and in July, 1804,
he directed an attack upon a powerful division of
the French invasion flotilla, consisting of 45 brigs
and 43 luggers, part of which was endeavouring to
effect a passage from Boulogne to Etaples.| In Aug.
of the same year he was for several days engaged
with the enemy, particularly on the 25th and 26th,
■when the interchange of fire with their vessels and
batteries in the vicinity of Boulogne was frequent
and heavy. On 23 Oct. 1804 the iMMOHTALiTt and
her consorts sustained a running action of an hour,
between Capes Blanc-nez and Gris-nez, with three
praams, seven brigs, and fifteen luggers,S and in
July, 1805, they took part in a very smart affair with
the enemy near Ambleteuse. On the latter occasion
the Immortality had her foremast, maintopmast,
spanker-boom, and three boats shot through, her
rigging and sails much cut, her hull struck in se-
veral places, 2 carronades disabled, and 4 men killed
and 12 wounded, several of them severely. She had
previously, 7 March, 1805, captured M Entrepeda
Corune Spanish privateer of 44 guns and 66 men.
On his removal (after having had command of a
squadron stationed in the rivers Elbe and Weser,
for the purpose of embarking the troops under Lord
Cathcart) to the Clyde, Commodore Owen (he had
been ordered to hoist a broad-pendant) superin-
tended, in Oct. 1806, a decisive and very successful
experiment made with Congreve's rockets on the
town of Boulogne, where many of the buildings and
several vessels were destroyed. 1| Accompanying the
expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren, the Commo-
dore throughout the operations which there took
place distinguished himself in a high degree by his
gallant and animated conduct, and obtained warm
commendation for the manner in which he dis-
charged the various arduous duties he had to per-
form. His skill and judgment were in particular
demonstrated in the position he assigned to the
bomb and other vessels under his orders in the at-
tack upon Flushing, and his activity and zeal in the
assistance he afforded the St. Domingo, the flag-
• Fide Gaz. 1 803, p. 711 . f ^- Ga^- 1 803, p. 1 273.
t V. Gai. 1804, p. 891. { V. Gaz. 1804, p. 1320.
II Commodore Owen had very 7ealously and usefully co-
operated in the famous Catamaran display made in Oct. 1804
against tile enemy's llotiUa. — Vide Gaz. 1804, p. 1237.
ship of the Commander-in-Chief, when aground
under the enemy's fire, which, through his exer-
tions, was speedily slackened.* In the Inconstant
Commodore Owen made a voyage to Vera Cruz and
back, and was for some time attached to the fleet
off the Scheldt ; where, on his appointment to the
Cornwall, he assumed command of the advanced
portion of the shipping. At the close of 1813 he
rendered himself conspicuous by his exemplary con-
duct at the head of a body of seamen and marines
landed to co-operate with the Dutch royalists in
the defence of the island of South Beveland.f
"While in command of the Royal Sovereign yacht
he had the honour of conveying to this country the
present Queen Dowager, the Dukes and Duchesses
of Kent, Cumberland, Cambridge, and Hesse Hom-
burg, and the Grand Duke Michael of Russia. "With
the exception of some months in 1823—4, Sir Edw.
Owen (who had been nominated a K.C.B. 2 Jan.
1815, invested with the honour of Knighthood 14
May, 1816, and appointed a Colonel of Koyal Ma-
rines 19 July, 1821) continued in the Gloucester,
on the West India station (where the House of As-
sembly at Jamaica passed a vote of thanks to him
for his prompt attention to commercial and naval
interests), from the date above mentioned until that
of his promotion to Flag-rank 27 May, 1825. On 20
Dec. 1828 he was appointed to the chief command
on the East India station, whence he returned in
Oct. 1832 ; and he was next, from 14 Oct. 1841 until
Feb. 1845, intrusted with the chief command (he
had attained the rank of Vice-Admiral 10 Jan.
1837) in the Mediterranean, with his flag succes-
sively in the Queen 110 and Formidable 84. His
nomination to the G.C.H. took place 24 Oct. 1832 ;
and to the G.C.B. 8 May, 1845.
Sir Edw. "W. C. R. Owen sat in Parliament in
1826 as Member for Sandwich. In May, 1827, he
was appointed Surveyor-General of the Ordnance ;
he was selected, in March, 1828, to form a member
of the Council of the Lord High Admiral ; and in
Dec. 1834 he was called to ofl5ce as Clerk of the
Ordnance. He married, in 1829, Miss Selena Hey.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
0"WEN. (Captain, 1837.)
Richard Owen is the son of a clergyman in co.
Wexford.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 30 May, 1811, and
was employed during the remainder of the war in
the SciPiON 74 and Lion 64, flag-ships of Hon. Bobt.
Stopford at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the
Blenheim 74, Capt. Sam. Warren, in the North Sea
and Mediterranean. In July, 1817, after a servitude
of three years on the coast of Africa and in the
West Indies in the Ulysses 44, Capt. Thos. Browne,
and Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott,
he passed his examination ; and on 16 Feb. 1821,
while attached to the Kangaroo surveying vessel,
he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Euryalus
42, Capt. Wilson Braddyll Bigland, on the Jamaica
station. His next appointment was, 14 Nov. 1821,
to the Leven 24, Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, em-
plojfed on a surveying expedition to the coast of
Africa, where, during a continuance of nearly five
years, he was for some time intrusted with the
command of the Cockburn and Albatross schoo-
ners. In the Albatross it was his fortune, during
the Ashantee war, to obtain the best thanks of
Major-General Chas. Turner for his unceasing and
successful exertions in getting his vessel up the
river, and for his forwardness both in the boats and
on shore in an attack made, 19 Feb. 1826, on the
town of Maocaba.t As a reward for his services,
he was promoted to the rank of Commander 30
Sept. 1826. In 1828 he was employed by the Admi-
ralty in surveying on the south coast of Wales, in
connection with the Ordnance Survey; and on 9
May, 1829, he commissioned the Blossom 16, for the
purpose of conducting a survey in the West Indies.
» Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1326, 2006, 2055
t V. Gaz. 1813, p. 2676-77. % V. Gaz. 1826, p. 1159.
OWEN— OXENHAM— OXFORD.
847
On the latter vessel from her defective condition
being paid off, Capt. Owen obtained command, 25
March, 1833, of the Thdnder 6. He continued
employed as before in the West Indies until ad-
vanced to his present rank 10 Jan. 1837 ; and has
since been on half-pay.
Capt. Owen * was lately employed as Auditor of
the Poor-Law Commissioners. He married, 4 July,
1837, Susannah Charlotte, eldest daughter of John
Walker, Esq., Ordnance Storekeeper at the Ba-
hamas.
OWEN. (Kear-Admibai, of the Blce, 1847.
F-p., 34 ; H-p., 25.")
WiLOAM FiTzwiLLiAM OwEN is brother of Ad-
miral Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen, G.C.B., G.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 June, 1788, as
Midshipman, on board the Culloden 74, Capt. Sir
Thos. Rich, attached to the force on the Home sta^
tion ; where, and for a short time in the West
Indies, he continued to serve in the Zebra sloop,
Capts. Chas. Boyles and Hon. Robt. Forbes, As-
sistance 50, Capt. Lord Cranstoun, Vengeance 74,
Capt. John Ford, Hannibal 74, Capt. John Col-
poys, and Culloden again, Capts. Sir T. Rich,
Isaac Schomberg, and Rich. Randell Burgess, until
the close of 1794. In the last-mentioned ship he
fought under Capt. Schomberg in the famous action
of 1 June. On his return to England from the
Cape of Good Hope, whither he had gone in the
RnBY 64, Capt. Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, he
joined, in Nov. 1795, the London 98, bearing the
flag in the Channel of Vice-Adrairal John Colpoys.
For his conduct during the mutiny at Spithead he
was promoted, 12 June, 1797, to the rank of Lieu-
tenant ; and at the same time placed in command
of the FiAMEK gun- vessel. He was next, between
Dec. 1798 and Oct. 1801, employed, principally in
the Channel, on board the Charon 44, Capt. John
M'Kellar, Gorgon, Capt. Robt. Williams, and Na-
M0R, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent, and for seven
months in command of the Nancy fire-vessel.
Assuming command, 8 July, 1803, of the Sea
Flower brig of 14 guns, Lieut. Owen, after serving
for a time on the French coast, sailed for the East
Indies, where he efi'ected the capture, 15 July, 1806,
of Le Charles French national ketch. In the fol-
lowing Sept. he explored part of the Maldiva Islands,
and their separating channels, which had never
been investigated ; and on 10 Nov. in the same
year he discovered an excellent channel, now bear-
ing the name of his brig, situated between the
islands of Sai Berout and Poulo Pora, near the west
coast of Sumatra. On 27 of the latter month,
having conducted Sir Edw. Fellow's squadron
through a very intricate navigation into Batavia
Roads, he there distinguished himself by his gal-
lantry in command of a division of boats at the
capture and destruction of a Dutch frigate, seven
brigs-of-war, and about 20 armed and other mer-
chant-vessels. We subsequently, 1 1 Dec. 1807, find
him contributing to the destruction of the dockyard
and stores at Griessee, in the island of Java, and of
all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in India.
In Sept. 1808 Lieut. Owen had the misfortune to be
taken captive by the French, who detained him in
the Mauritius until June, 1810 ; from Aug. to Nov.
in which year he was employed, we believe, in
superintending the transports sent from Madras to
the Isle of France. He then, having been awarded
a second promotal commission bearing date 20 May,
1809, obtained command of the Barracouta 18,
part of the force employed in the summer of 1811
at the reduction of the island of Java, where he
assisted at the debarkation of the troops at Chilling-
chiug, and continued attached to the army until
after the surrender of Batavia. In Dec. 1811 Capt.
Owen, who had been advanced to Post-rank on 2 of
the preceding May, and had held for a short time
the command of the Piemontaise frigate at Bom-
bay, was appointed to the Cornelia 32. In 1812
he took possession, with a squadron under his orders,
• See Rear-Admiral W. F. Owen.
of the island of Palembang. He returned to Eng-
land with a China convoy in June, 1813 ; and was
subsequently appointed— 27 March, 1815, to the
Surveying service on the lakes of Canada, whence
he came home in May, 1816—10 Aug. 1821, to the
Leven 24, in which vessel he was for upwards of
four years employed in conducting a survey of the
coast of Africa*- 2 Feb. 1827, to the Eden 26,
fitting for another expedition to the African coast,
where, prior to his departure for South America, he
was engaged in forming a settlement at Fernando
Po— and (having paid the last-mentioned ship off at
the close of 1831), 22 April, 1847, to the Columbia
steam surveying-vessel, of 100 horse-power, stationed
in North America. Since 21 Dec. 1847, the date of
his elevation to Flag-rank, he has been on half-pay.
Assisted by various officers. Bear- Admiral Owen,
during his command of the Leven, constructed the
following charts and views: viz. 22 of the West
Coast of Africa, 31 of the East Coast of Africa, 12
of the East Coast of Madagascar, 17 of the West
Coast of Madagascar, and 1 of the Harbour of
Grand Port, in the Mauritius. He also, we under-
stand, surveyed the coast of Asia from Cape Comorin,
along the shores of Malabar and Surat, together
with the whole extent of the sea-side of Persia and
Arabia. In 1828 he constructed two charts of the
Seychelles, and one of the port and bay in the
island of Mahe. He has executed a chart of the
mouth of the river Demarara, and published, in
conjunction with Capt. Rich. Owen, ' Tables of
Latitudes and Longitudes by Chronometers of
Places in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, with an
Essay on the Management and Use of Chrono-
meters.' Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
OXENHAM. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Justus Oxenham entered the Navy 8 Jan. 1812 ;
passed his examination in 1821 ; and on the occasion
of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 14
April, 1826, assumed command of the Speedwell
schooner, on the Jamaica station; where he was
next, 5 Sept. 1828 and 4 July, 1829, appointed to
the Slaney 20, Capts. Henry Gosset and Chas.
Parker, and Magnificent receiving-ship, Capts.
Robt. Milborne Jackson and John Paget. He re-
turned to England in the early part of 1832, and
was subsequently, from 27 Feb. 1841 imtil paid off
in 1845, employed on the Brazilian station in com-
mand of the Cockatrice schooner. He has since
been on half-pay.
He married, 15 June, 1835, Mary, only daughter
of the late Mr. Peter, of Kelso, N.B., and niece of
Sir John Peter, formerly H.M. Consul for the Ne-
therlands. Agent — J. Hinxman.
OXFORD. (LiEDT., 1821. F-p., 22; h-p., 18.)
John Oxford entered the Navy, 6 April, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Maida 74, Capt. Sam.
Hood Linzee; and in the following Nov., after
having witnessed the fall of Copenhagen, became
Midshipman of the Neptune 98, Capt. Sir Thos.
Williams, attached to tlie Channel fleet. From
Nov. 1808 until Nov. 1815 he served on the West
India, Home, Mediterranean, Brazilian, and African
stations, in the Belleisle 74, .Commodore Geo.
Cockburn, Tyrian 10, Capt. Henry Thos. Davies,
Hannibal 74 and Royal George 100, both flag-
ships of Sir Thos. Williams, Rodney 74, Capt. Edw.
DurnfordKing, RoyalWilliam, Capt. Geo. Fowke,
and Porcupine 24, Capts. Robt. Elliot and John
Coode. In the Belleisle he assisted at the reduc-
tion of Martinique and Flushing in 1809 ; and in
the Porcupine he was present at the memorable
entrance into the Adour of the flotilla under Rear-
Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, and at the
forcing of the Gironde. After a servitude of two
years at Plymouth in the Malta 80, Capt. Thos.
Gordon Caulfeild, and, as Admiralty-Midshipman,
* During the Ashantee war he found opportunity of elicit-
ing the (>rateiul acknowledgments of Major-General Charles
Turner for his manly co-operation, and Uie zeal he evinced
for the public service, in a land attack made 19 Feb. 1S26 on
the town of Maccaba. — Vide Gaz. 1826, p. 1158.
848
PACE— PADDON— PAGE.
in the Sdpeee 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, he sailed in
1818 for the East Indies, in the latter capacity, on
board the Topaze frigate, Capts. John Kich. Lum-
ley and Chas. Richardson. He returned to England
in May, 1822, having been advanced to the rank of
Lieutenant 19 July, 1821; and since 4 April, 1840,
has been employed in the Coast Guard.
P.
PACE. (Lieut., 1821. f-f., 15; h-p., 23.)
Edmund Howard Pace is nephew of the late
Rear-Admiral John Hayes, C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1809, as
Pst.-cL Vol., on board the Freija 38, commanded
in the West Indies by his uncle Capt. John Hayes ;
and was next, from Sept. 1810 to Nov. 1815, em-
ployed on the Home and North American stations
as Midshipman, in the Vengeur 74, flag-ship of Sir
Joseph Sydney Yorke, Bulwark 74, bearing the
broad pendant of Sir Rich. King, Loire 38, Capt.
Thos. Brown, Majestic 56, Capt. John Hayes, and
Ply and Musquito sloops, Capts. John Baldwin,
Robt. Tomlinson, and Geo. Brine. In the Freija
he served at the reduction of Guadeloupe in Feb.
1810; he escorted, in the Vengeur, a large body of
troops intended as a reinforcement to the Duke of
"Wellington's army in Portugal; and in the Ma-
jestic, previously to witnessing the surrender of
the American ship President, he assisted at the
capture, 3 Feb. 1814, after a running action of two
hours aod a half, of the Terpsichore French frigate
of 44 guns. In the Fly he was present, 18 July,
1815, at the cutting-out of several vessels from the
harbour of Corrijon — an exploit more fully alluded
to in our history of Sir Chas. Malcolm. Between
Feb. 1816 and May, 1821, Mr. Pace became in suc-
cession attached as Admiralty-Midshipman, on the
Home, Mediterranean, "West India, and St. Helena
stations, to the Ganymede 26, Capt, Wm. M'Cul-
loch, Glasgow 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland
(part of the force engaged at the battle of Algiers),
Heron 18, Capt. Herbert Brace Powell, Tigris 36,
Capt. Robt. Henderson, Spartan 38, Capt. "Wm.
Furlong "Wise, and Vigo 74, flag-ship of Rear-Ad-
miral Robt. Lambert. He then returned to Eng-
land as Master's Mate of a store-ship, Master-Com-
mander Thompson ; and in Aug. of the same year,
1821, took up a commission bearing date 29 of
the preceding Jan. His next appointment was, 2
June, 1824, to the Champion 18, Capt. John Fitz-
gerald Studdert, fitting for the East Indies ; whence,
in 1826, he came home as First-Lieutenant of the
Arachne 18, Capt. And. Baird. "With the ex-
ception of a short period passed in the Coast Guard
about 1831, he has since been on half-pay. Agents
— Messrs. Ommanney.
PADDON. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 23;
H-p., 31.)
Silas Hiscott Paddon was born 12 May, 1774,
at Abotasham, near Bideford.
This officer entered the Navy, at the close of 1793,
as A.B., on board the Isca hired-vessel, Lieut. -Com-
mander Philip Jones, employed, until 1797, in the
conveyance of men from Bristol, Swansea, and Ap-
pledore to Plymouth. Joining, in the course of the
latter year, the Viper cutter of 12 guns, Lieut.-
Commanders John Pengelly, Nathaniel Foster, and
Jeremiah Coghlan, he made a voyage in that vessel
to Sierra Leone, and during a term of nearly four
years was actively employed as Midshipman on the
coast of France. Under Lieut. Pengelly he assisted
at the capture, 26 Dec. 1799, of Le Furet French
privateer of 14 guns and 57 men ; and under Lieut.
Coghlan he contributed, on the night of 29 July,
1800, to the cutting-out, by a single boat containing
20 men, of a fully- prepared and desperately-defended
gun-brig. La Ceihere of 7 guns and 87 men, moored
with springs on her cables in a naval port of difficult
access, within pistol-shot of three batteries, sur-
rounded by several armed craft, and not a mile dis-
tant from a 74, bearing an Admiral's flag, and two
frigates. The enemy in this brilliant exploit had 6
men killed ,and 20 (including every officer) wounded ;
and the British, who were twice beaten back in their
endeavours to board, 1 killed and 10 wounded.
Among the latter was Mr. Paddon,* who received
two pike-wounds under the ribs of his right side,
also two in his left side and through his left leg,
and two sword-wounds, one in the left hand and the
other on the head. So long was he confined to his
cot by these severe injuries that he lost the oppor-
tunity of appearing before the Board at Greenwich
for the purpose of passing the examination neces-
sary to entitle him to the receipt of a j)ension. On
being paid off, after having further aided at the
capture of 7> Hero privateer of 14 guns and 73 men,
and the defeat of the Tapageur corvette of 16 guns,
he was received, at the close of 1801, on board the
Cambridge 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Pasley at Ply-
mouth ; and in the course of 1802 he became in suc-
cession attached to the Centaur 74, bearing the
flag of Vice- Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, Diamond
frigate, Capt. Edw. Griffith, and Nimble cutter,
Lieut.-Commander Jeremiah Coghlan. In Dec.
1803 he sailed for the Mediterranean on promotion
in the Hindostan store-ship, Capt. John Le Gros.
Being accidentally burnt out of that vessel in the
Bay of Rosas, 2 April, 1804, he was under the neces-
sity of joining for short periods, in the course of
the same year, the Juno and Seahorse frigates,
Triumph and Superb 74's, Capts. Sir Robt. Barlow
and Rich. Keats, Madras 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh
Schomberg, and Thisbe 28, Capt. Lewis Shepheard.
In the latter vessel Mr. Paddon, whose advaiice-
ment to the rank of Lieutenant had taken place on
20 of the month last mentioned, returned to Eng-
land ; joining, on his arrival, the Zealand 64, flag-
ship at the Nore of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew
Sam. Rowley. In May, 1806, he obtained command
of the Cuckoo schooner, in which vessel we find him
accompanying the expedition of 1809 to the "Wal-
cheren, and employed on the Channel and North
Sea stations until wTecked, near Haarlem, 4 April,
1810. On that occasion he received several severe
contusions in the back and chest, broke his right
shoulder-blade and two of his ribs (the effects of
which continue to this hour), and, worse than all,
was doomed to experience the anguish of witness-
ing his infant son perish at his side. On his return
to England, after a few months of captivity, he was
appointed, 29 Oct. 1810, to the Prince Frederick,
flag-ship of Sir Edw. BuUer and Sir Thos. Byam
Martin at Plymouth, where he remained until paid
off in Feb. 1815. He was afterwards, in 1815-16,
intrusted with the command of a Signal-station ; and
on 27 March, 1826, having memorialized George IV.,
he was advanced to the rank he now holds. He has
since been on half-pay.
Commander Paddon is at present a Commissioner
of Pilotage at Padstow. He has been twice mar-
ried— the second time, 19 Feb. 1833, to Miss P.
Richards, of Padstow. By his first marriage, which
took place in 1802, he had issue four children, all of
whom, including the one above alluded to, are since
dead. In Nov. 1840 he was admitted to the out-
pension of Greenwich Hospital.
PAGE. (Admiral of the Blue, 1841. f-p,, 27 ;
H-p., 40.)
Benjamin "William Page was born, 7 Feb. 1765,
at Ipswich, CO. Suffolk, where he died 3 Oct. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 Nov. 1778, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 74, bearing the
flag in the East Indies of his patron Sir Edw.
Hughes, under whom, in the course of 1782, he
fought in four general actions with the French
fleet under M. de Suffrein, and on one occasion
received a severe wound in the leg. Being nomi-
nated, 27 Dec. in the latter year, Acting-Lieutenant
of the Exeter 64, Capt. John Sam. Smith, he was
afforded an opportunity of enacting a part in Sir
Edw. Hughes' fifth and last engagement with the
• Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 897-8.
PAGE-PAGET.
849
enemy, off Cuddalore, 20 June, 1783. He then in
succession joined, in the capacity last mentioned,
the WoKCESTER 64, and Lizaed 18, Capts. Chas.
Hughes and Donald Campbell ; and on his return
to England, as only Lieutenant, in the Ehbydice 24,
Capt. Geo. Wm. Augustus Courtenay, was pre-
sented, about July, 1785, with a commission bearing
date 20 Nov. 1784. His next appointments were —
19 Oct. 1786 and 26 June, 1790, to the Asteea 32,
and Monarch 74, both commanded by Capt. Peter
Rainier on the Jamaica and Channel stations — 23
Deo. 1790, to the Minerva 38, Capt. Kobt. Man-
ners Sutton, fitting for the East Indies— in Aug.
1791, to the Crown 64, Commodore Hon. Wm.
Cornwallis, with whom he returned to England in
July, 1792— and, 9 Jan. 1793, as First, to the Suf-
folk 74. On again visiting the East Indies in the
latter ship, with a large convoy, under the broad
pendant of Commodore Peter Rainier, he was no-
minated by that officer, after having for a time
acted as his Flag-Captain, to the command, in Sept.
1795, of the Hobart 18— an appointment which the
Admiralty confirmed by a commission bearing date
12 April, 1796. Previously to joining that vessel
Capt. Page had assisted at the reduction of the
Dutch settlements in the island of Ceylon. He
subsequently united with a detachment of troops
under the Hon. Capt. Monson in taking possession
of the Dutch factory of MoUetive ;* and in Jan.
1796, he accompanied an expedition against the
Moluccas. Owing to his great knowledge of the
Indian Seas he was selected to conduct the fleet
through the difficult passa-ges leading to those
islands ; but being sent back to Madras with im-
portant despatches previously to their capture, he
was prevented from sharing in the large sums of
prize-money arising therefrom. For his services in
Dec. 1796, in escorting a valuable convoy of China
traders from Prince of Wales Island to Bombay, he
deceived the thanks both of the government and
merchants, together with a present from the latter
of 500 guineas. On 27 Feb. 17S7, he was nominated
Acting-Captain of the Orpheus 32 ; and in the fol-
lowing Aug., having been advanced by the Admi-
ralty to Post-rank on 22 of the preceding Dec, he re-
turned to England. He was subsequently appointed
— 21 Jan. 1800, to the Inflexible 64, armee-enyflvte
— 9 Nov. 1802 (after nine months of half-pay) to the
Caroline 36—26 Feb. 1805, to the Trident 64,
bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Rainier in the East
Indies — 10 May, 1809, to the Sea Fenoibles at Har-
wich, where he remained until the corps was dis-
banded in 1810— and 21 Aug. 1812, to the Puissant
74, stationed as a guardship at Spithead. In the
Inflexible, Capt. Page was twice sent with troops
to the Mediterranean. On the first occasion he was
for a short time employed at the blockade of Genoa ;
whence he was unfortunately sent, the day before
its surrender, on special service to Leghorn, and
was thereby again deprived of a share in the spoils.
During the period of his Second sojourn he assisted
at the debarkation of the army in Aboukir Bay, 8
March, 1801, and was then attached to the blockad-
ing force before Alexandria. On the surrender of
Cairo he was ordered to convey the French troops
to Marseilles ; but not being able to return prior to
the close of the campaign he was a third time pre-
vented from participating in the profits of victory.
He waa, however, presented with the Turkish gold
medal. On his return to England he brought with
him Sir Eyre Coote, second in command of the
British army, and the 3rd Regiment of Guards.
Being sent on the renewal of hostilities to India,
Capt. Page, then in the Caroline, contrived during
his passage to capture several French vessels and to
detain two others belonging to the Batavian repub-
lic. On board one of these, the De Haasje brig-of-
war,f were found despatches from Buonaparte, con-
taining information which led to the detention of
some Dutch ships at St. Helena, and prevented^
the English merchantmen going there from being
allowed to depart without convoy. On reaching his
* VideGtiZ. 17B6, p. 310.
t Taken 8 Aug. 18D.S. V. Gal. 1803, p. 1554.
destination, Ca{>t. Page's local knowledge of the
Bay of Bengal, where he found himself senior offi-
cer, enabled him to convoy the Company's ships in
safety for several months. On 5 Jan. and 4 Feb.
1801, he had the good fortune to make prize of two
privateers, Les Frirea Unis of 16 guns (mounting 8)
and 134 men, and Le General de Caen of 22 guns and
200 men ; the capture of which vessels immediately
on their arrival from France, and before they had
committed any depredations on our commerce, was
considered of such importance, that the merchants
of Bombay and Madras each voted him the sum of
500 guineas. Capt. Page, after this, received in-
structions from Admiral Rainier to take under his
orders the Grampus 50, Dedaigneuse 38, and
Dasher 18, for the purpose of protecting a valuable
convoy to and from China, it being anticipated that
the French Admiral Linois, in the Marengo of 80
guns, with several frigates, would have made an
attack upon them, as he had previously done on the
East India fleet under Commodore Dance. On the
paying-off of the Trident in Oct. 1805, Capt. Page,
who had conducted home in that ship a convoy of
44 vessels, was again presented, by the Court of
Directors, with the sum of 500 guineas. He left the
Puissant in Sept. 1815, and did not afterwards go
afloat. He became a Rear-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819 ;
a Vice-Admiral 22 July, 1830 ; and a full Admiral
23 Nov. 1841.
Admiral Page married Elizabeth, only child of
John Herbert, Esq., of Totness, Devon, and was
left a widower, without cliildrcn, in 1834. Agents
— Goode and Lawrence.
PAGE. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Henry Hotham M'Roden Page entered the
Navy in 1830; passed his examination 6 March,
1839 ; and was for several ycajs employed on the
coast of Africa, as Mate, in the Acorn 16, Capt.
John Adams, Prompt schooner, and Ferret 6
the latter commanded by Capt. Josiah Oake. He
obtained his commission 1 Dec. 1845 ; and, since 27
of the same month, has been serving on the Channel
and Lisbon stations in the Canopds 84, Capt. Fair-
fax Moresby.
PAGET. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 16; h-p., 10.)
Charles Henky Paget was born in 1806, and
died 26 May, 1845, at Portsmouth. He was eldest
son of the late Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, Kt., G.C.H.,*
by Elizabeth Araminta, daughter and co-heir of
Henry Monk, Esq. ; brother of Lieut. Brownlow
Henry Paget, B.N. (1838), who died in 'South
America in 1843, onboard the Champion 18; and
nephew of the Marquis of Anglesey.
This officer entered the Navy 6 May, 1819 ; passed
his examination in 1825 ; obtained his first commis-
sion, while serving in the Royal George yacht,
3 Jan. 1826 ; became Flag-Lieutenant, in the Ganges
84, to Rear-Admiral Robt. Waller Otway, on the
South American station, 20 Feb. following ; acquired
the rank of Commander 21 Feb. 1828 ; and on 12 of
the ensuing Aug. was appointed to the Procris 10,
at Cork. He attained Post-rank 28 Oct. 1829 ; and
was afterwards employed, from 3 June, 1831, until
* The Hon. Sir Chas. Paget was bom 7 Oct. 1778. He
commanded the Martin sloop in the action olf Camperdowa
11 Oct. 17a7 ; and on 17 of the same month was advanced to
Post-rank. He afterwards commanded the Brilliant, Hydea
Endymion, and Eoyptienne frigates. Revenge and Sopesb
74'b, and Puince Regent and Royal Georoe yachts. In the
Brilliant he accompanied Sir John Borlase Warren in the
expedition to Ferrol in 1800 ; he contrived, in the Bndy-
MioN, to effect a large number of captures ; and in the
SupEED, during the war with tlie United States, he com-
manded a equadron at the blockade of New London. He
received the aonoar of Knighthood and the insignia of a
K.C.H. in Oct. 1819 ; became a Eeai-Admiral in April, 1623
and a Vice-Admiral in Jan. 1837 ; was nominated a G.U.h!
in March, 1832; and was for many years M.P. for Carnarvon^
In 1822 he had been appointed Groom of the Bedchamber to
George IV. He commanded in chief at Cork in 1S29;; and
from U Feb. 1837 until the period of his death, which took
plaxie 27 Jan. 1839, he held the supreme direction of Naval
affairs in Nortli America and the West Indies.
850
PAGET— PAIN.
paid off in the early part of 1835, in command of
the Samarang 28, in South America, and from 24
Feb. 1837 until superseded in June, 1839, as Flag-
Captain, in the Howe 120, to Sir Kobt. "Waller
Otway, Commander-in-Chief at the N«re.
Capt. Paget married, first, in 1836, Elizabeth,
daughter of Mr. Annals; and secondly, 20 Jan.
1840, Emily Caroline, daughter of Henry M'Clin-
toek, Esq., Collector of the Customs at the port
of Dundalk, and sister of Lieut. Eras. Leopold
M'Clintook, R.N. Agents— Messrs. StilweU.
PAGET, LoBD, M.P. (Captatn, 1839.)
The Kight Honourable Lord Clarence Ed-
ward Paget, born 17 June, 1811, is eldest son
of Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G.,
G.C.B., by his second wife. Lady Charlotte Cadogan,
sister of Kear-Admiral Earl Cadogan, C.B. He is
brother of Lojd Alfred Henry Paget, M.P. for
Lichfield, and of Lord Geo. Augustus Fred. Paget,
both officers in the army ; half-brother of Lord Wm.
Paget, Captain R.N. ; and brother-in-law of Vis-
count Sydney and the Earl of Sandwich.
This officer entered the Navy 29 May, 1823;
served as Midshipman of the Asia 84, flag-ship of
Sir Edw. Codrington, at the battle of Navarin, 20
Oct. 1827 ; passed his examination in 1830 ; and
obtained his first commission 14 May, 1831. His
succeeding appointments were — 11 Aug. 1831, to
the Warspite 76, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Baker in
South America— 27 Feb. 1832, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant, to the St. Vincent 120, Capt. Hum-
phrey Fleming Senhouse, stationed off Lisbon,
whence he returned in the early part of 1833 — and,
7 June, 1834, to the Winchester 52, Capt. Edw.
Sparshott, fitting at Chatham. Being advanced to
the rank of Commander 25 Sept. in the year last
mentioned, he obtained command, 17 Jan.- 1837, of
the Pearl 20, on the North America and West
India station. He paid that vessel off within a
short period of his elevation to Post-rank, which
took place 26 March, 1839^ and he was next ap-
pointed— 26 June following, to the Howe 120, flag-
ship of Sir Robt. Waller Otway »t the Nore, where
he remained until July, 1840 — and, 23 Aug. J841, to
the AiGLE 24, fitting for the Mediterranean. He
returned to England in the summer of 1845^ and
has since been on half-pay.
In July, 1846, his Lordship was appointed Secre-
tary to the Board of Ordnance ; and in 1847 he was
returned to Parliament as Member for Sandwich.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
also a receiving-ship. He has been on half-pay
since 1843. His present commission bears date
1 April, 1837.
Commander Paget married, 15 Sept. 1834, at St.
Ann's, Jamaica, Anna, daughter of Jas. Lawrence
Hilton, Esq. Agents — Messrs. StilwelL
PAGET. (Commander, 1837. r-P., 19; h-p., 28.)
John Paget entered the Navy, 4 March, 1800,
as A.B., on board the Minorca sloop, Capt. Geo.
Miller, under whom we find him in the course of
the following year employed as Midshipman and
Master's Mate in the operations against the French
in Egypt. Quitting the Minorca in Oct. 1801, he
served during the next five years, on the Mediter-
ranean and Home stations, in the Gbethound 32,
Capts. Chas. Ogle and Wm. Hoste, Diomede 50,
Capts. Thos. Laroom and Hugh Downman, TjNiTi
38, Capt. Chas. Ogle, and Prince 98, Capt. Wm.
Lechmere. Being appointed, on the occasion of
his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which
took place 20 Deo. 1806, to the Olympia sloop,
Capt. Wm. Taylor, he sailed in that vessel for the
Rio de la Plata. He invalided home in July, 1807;
and was next, between Nov. 1808 and Feb. 1809,
employed under Capt. John Surman Garden in the
Ville de Paris 110. During that period he as-
sisted ia embarking the army after the battle of
Corunna. From the date last mentioned Lieut.
Paget did not again go afloat until nominated, 22
Jan. 1828, First of the Harpy 10, Capt. Chas. Rich,
on the West India station. On 11 Jan. 1829 he
was removed to the Magnificent, receiving-ship
at Jamaica, of which vessel, it appears, he retained
command from 19 Dec. 1831 until May, 1839. He
was re-appointed to her 24 Feb. 1842; and on 26 of
the following July was transferred to the Imacm,
PAGET, Lord. (Capt., 1826. f-p., 16; h-p., 14.)
The Right Honourable Lord William Paget,
born 1 March, 1803, is second son of Field-Marshal
the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.B., by his first
wife, Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of George, fourth
Earl of Jersey. His Lordship is half-brother of
Lord Clarence Edw. Paget, Captain R.N. ; brother-
in-law of the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis Co-
nyngham, and the Lords Crofton and Templemore ;
and nephew of Capt. Hon. Wm. Paget, R.N., who
died in 1795— of Hon. Sir Edw. Paget, G.C.B., a
General Officer in the army and Colonel of the 28th
Regt. of Foot — of the late Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir
Chas. Paget, Kt., G.C.H.— of the Earls of Galloway
and Enniskillen — and of the late Lord Graves. He
is also connected with the noble houses of Argyll,
Westmoreland, Dartmouth, Ormonde, Guillamore,
and Essex.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1817, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glasgow 50, Capts. Hon.
Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Hon. Anthony Maitland,
and Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, employed at first in
the Mediterranean and then on the Home station,
where, and in the West Indies, he served from 26
April, 1821, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
18 April, 1823, as Midshipman in the DoRis 42, Capt.
Thos. Graham, Royal George yacht, Capt. Hon.
Sir Chas. Paget, Albion 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett,
Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu, and
Active, of similar force, Capt. Andrew King. His
next appointments were, to the Tartar 42, Capt.
Thos. Brown, Aurora 46, Capt. Henry Prescott,
Fly 18, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, and Spar-
TIATE 76, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, all in South
America, on which station he was made Commander,
20 April, 1825, into his former ship the Fly. He
removed, 23 Dec. following, to the Philomel
10, fitting for the Mediterranean ; and on 18 Oct.
1826 was advanced to Post-rank. His succeeding
appointments were— 6 Nov. 1827, to the Royal
Charlotte yacht, lying at Dublin, where he re-
mained until Feb. 1829—12 Dec. 1828, to the North
Star 28, in which vessel he returned to the West
Indies— 18 May, 1831, to the Winchester 52, bear-
ing the flag of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, Com-
mander-in-Chief on the North America and West
India station— and, 24 Sept. 1832, again to the
North Star, which ship he brought home and paid
off in the summer of 1833. He has not been since
employed.
Lord Wm. Paget sat in Parliament for the borough
of Andover from 1841 until 1846. He married, 22
Jan. 1827, Frances, only daughter of Lieut.-General
Francis, Baron de Rotteuburg, by whom he has
issue three children.
PAIN. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 21 ; s-p, 23.)
Martin Pain entered the Navy, 4 June, 1803, as
Midshipman, on board ;thB Sulphur bomb, Capt.
Daniel M'Leod ; and while in that vessel was fre-
quently in action with the enemy's gun-boats and
batteries in the neighbourhood of Boulogne, was,
engaged in an attempt to sink two stone-ships at
the entrance of the harbour at that place, and
united in the bombardment of Granville. After a
servitude of nine months in the Utrecht 64, com-
manded in the Downs by Capts. Eras. Pickmore
and Henry Inman, he joined, in April, 1805, the
Hebe 32, Capt. Micajah Malbon, with whom he
continued actively employed in the Adamant 50,
at first off Boulogne, and then on the West India
station, until Oct. 1808. In May and June of the
latter year we find him acting as Prize-Master of
the Spanish schooners Gallrm and Mapdahna. On
quitting the Adamant he became m succession
attached to the Princess or Orange 74, Capt. Fras.
PAKENHAM-PALK— PALLISER.
851
Beauman, Agincodht 64, Capt. Wm. Keat, and
MosMOUTH 64, Capts. Hyde Parker and Wm. Wil-
kinson. In the course of 1814 he was nominated
Acting-Lieutenant of the Gkitfon brig, Capt. Geo.
Barne TroUope, Midshipman of his former ship the
Monmouth, Acting-Lieutenant and Commander of
the Viper cutter, and Master's Mate of the Im-
pregnable 98, Capts. Chas. Adam and John Went-
worth Loring. In the Viper he was sent by H.R.H.
the Duke of Clarence to Calais with despatches,
and was employed by Rear- Admiral Foley in escort-
ing convoys from Deal to St. Helen's. In the Im-
pregnable, after conveying Marshal Bliicher from
■Boulogne to England, and taking part in the grand
naval review held at Spithead, he proceeded to
Bordeaux for the purpose of bringing home the
first and second battalions of the German Legion.
While attached, in the early part of 1815, to the
Bombay 74, Capt. Henry Bazely, he cruized among
the Western Islands, in company with the Chat-
ham 74 and Lahne 20, in quest of two American
frigates. He took up in April of that year a com-
mission bearing date 7 of the preceding Feb., and,
since 12 May, 1837, has been employed in command
of a station in the Coast Guard. Agent — J. Chip-
pendale.
PAKENHAM. (CTailtaill, 1826. r-P., 13 ; h-p., 30.)
John Pakenham, born 18 Oct. 1790, is fourth
son of the late Admiral Hon. Sir Thos. Pakenham,
G.C.B.* (second son of the first Lord Longford), by
Louisa, daughter of the Right Hon. John Staples ;
and brother (with Lieut. Henry Pakenham, R.N.
(1827), who died in April, 1839) of the present Edw.
Michael ConoUy, Esq., D.C.L., Captain R.A., and
M.P. for Donegal. Capt. Pakenham is first-cousin
of the gallant Major-General Hon. Sir Edw. Michael
Pakenham, G.C.B., who fell at New Orleans 8 Jan.
1815 ; of Lieut.-General Hon. Sir Hercules Robt. Pa-
kenham, K.C.B., a distinguished Peninsular officer ;
of Capt. Hon. Wm. Pakenham, B.N., who was lost
in the Saldanha frigate in 1811 ; and of the late
Duchess of Wellington.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 April, 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capts. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge and John Halliday, under the
former of whom he took part, as Midshipman, in
Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805, and accom-
panied the expeditions of 1807 and 9 to the Darda^
nells and the Scheldt. In the course of 1810, after
a short servitude in the Mediterranean on board
the Wabspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, he
was nominated, on that station, Acting-Lieutenant
of the ViLLE DE Paris 110, bearing the flag of Rear-
Adrairal Thos. Frag. Fremantle. In Oct. of the
same year he went back, in a similar capacity, to
the Wakspite, still commanded by Capt. Black-
wood, although subsequently by Capt. Henry Edw.
Reginald Baker. While in that ship, to which he
was confirmed by commission bearing date 16 July,
1811, we find him participating in a very gallant
skirmish, in which the' British, with a slender force,
beat back a powerful division of' the French Toulon
fleet. In Aug. 1812 Mr. Pakenham joined the
Magicienne 36, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon ; and on
• The Hon. Sir Tlioa. FakenBam was born in \7bl, and
first went to sea in 1770 on board the Southampton fVigate,
Captain M'Bride. He attained the rank of Lieutenant in
1776 ; of Commander in 1779 ; .ind of Post-Captain (as a
reward for his distinguishrd services as Acting-Captain of the
Bristol, under Commodore Cornwallis) 2 March, 1780.
When in command of the Crescent of 28 guns and 198 men,
ho accompanied Admiral Darby to tlie relief of Gibraltar in
1781 ; and on 29 May in that year maintained a brilliant
action of two-hours and ahalfwitli the Dutch 36-gun frigate
Brill, to whom he did not strike until he had had 103 of his
people killed and wounded, and further opposition was im-
possible. He afterwards commanded the Minekva 38, In-
vincible 74, and Juste 84. In the Invincible he bore a
conspicuous part in the battle of 1 JUne, 1794, and for his
conduct on the occasion was presented with a gold medal.
He was nominated a Colonel of Marines in 1790, a Rear-
Admiral in Feb. 1799, a 'Vice-Admiral in April, 1804, a full
Admiral in July, 1810, and in May, 1820, a G.C.B. He was
for some time Master-General of the Ordnance in Ireland,
and died Senior Admiral of the Red 2 Feb. 1836.
15 June, 1814, after having witnessed the fall of St.
Sebastian, he was advanced to the rank of Com-
mander. His next appointment was, 21 June, 1815,
to the Bermuda 10, which vessel, on her arrival in
the West Indies, was unfortunately lost near Tam-
pico Bar, 16 Nov. 1816. From the latter date Capt.
Pakenham did not again go afloat until invested,
16 Aug. 1825, with the command of the Harrier
18, on the Cork station. He acquired his present
rank 26 Aug. 1826 ; and on I Oct. 1846 he accepted
the retirement.
He married, 3 Nov. 1817, Caroline Emily, third
daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Home Riggs
Popham, K.C.B., by whom (who died 2 Aug. 1844)
he had issue a son and three daughters. Agents—
Hallett and Robinson.
PAKENHAM. (Lietjtenant, 1844.)
The Honourable Thomas Alexander Paken-
ham, bom 3 March, 1820, is third son of the late
Earl of Longford, by Georgiana Emma Charlotte,
daughter of William, first Earl of Beauchamp. His
eldest brother, the present Earl of Longford, is an
officer in the Second Life Guards ;- amd three other
of his brothers are also in the army.
This officer entered the Navy, from the Royal
Naval College, 14 April, 1835 ; passed his examina-
tion 2 May, 1840;. was for some time attached, as
Mate, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and, after a ser-
"vitude of nearly three years in that capacity on
board the Wakspite 50, Capts. Lord John Hay
and Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, on the North Ame-
rica and West India and Mediterranean stations,
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 June,
1844. His appointments have since been — 9 Sept.
1844, to the Mutine 12, Capt. Rich. Borough Craw-
ford, at the Cape' of Good Hope— and, 2 Sept. 1845,
to the President 50,. flag-sh^ of Rear-Admiral Jas.
Rich. Dacres, on the same station, where he is now
employed.
PALK. (Retired Commander, lS3t. j-p., 19 ;
H-p., 32.)
Robert Palk died 12 May, 1845.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1794, ^s
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dromedary store-ship,
Capts. Rich. Hill and Jas. Harrison. On his arrival
at Gibraltar, after having visited the West Indies,
he removed, in May, 1795, to .the Camel, another
store-ship, commanded by Capt. Edw. Rotheram.
Becoming Midshipman, in the following July, of the
Ardent 64, Capts. Rich. Rundell Burgess and Thos.
Bertie, he fought in that vessel in the action off
Camperdown, 11 Oct. 1797, and, besides accompar-
nying the expedition of 1799 to Holland, was pre-
sent, 2 April, 1801, in the-attack made on. the Danish
line of defence befor-e Copenhagen, After a servi-
tude of a few weeks on hoard the London and St.
George 98's, flag-ships of Sir Hyde Parker and Lord
Nelson, he was made Lieutenant, 23 June, 1801,
into the Bellona 74, Capt. Thos. Bertie. His suc-
ceeding appointments were — 16 Nov. 1802, to the
Coubageux 74, Capt. John Okes Hardy, part of the
force employed at the reduction of Ste. Lucie in
June, 1803—19 Dec. 1803, 24 Sept. 1804, and 12 May,
1806, as First, to the Dolphin and Trompeuse
sloops, and Lively 38, Capts. John Shor.tland, Wm.
Brooking Dolling, and Geo. M'Kinley, 'with whom
he served until March, 1807, on the Home,.African
and Lisbon stations— and, 1 April, 1812, to the com-
mand of the Sylvia cutter, in which vessel he
cruized in the Downs and Channel; and assisted at
the siege of St. Sebastian. He went on half-pay 5
Sept. 1814; and accepted the rank of Retired Coul-
mander 22 April, 1831.
PALLISER. (Lieutenant, 1847.)
Wray Richa-kd Gledstanes Palliser is- son
we believe, of Colonel Wray Palliser, of Derrylug-
kan, CO. Tipperary.
This officer passed his examination 13 May 1845-
and, after having served as Mate in the Excellent-
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852
PALMER.
gunnery-ship at Portsmonfh, Capts. Sir Thos. Hast-
ings and Henry Ducie Chads, and in the VANcnAED
80, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, on the Channel sta-
tion, was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 28
Feb. 1847. He has been since employed as Addi-
tional of the HiBERHiA 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm.
Parker in the Mediterranean.
PALMER. (Lieut., 1820. p-p., 13; h-p., 25.)
Charles Palmer was bom 27 Dec. 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, in Ang. 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gibraltar 80, Capts.
Hen. Lidgbird Ball and Robt. Plampin, stationed
in the Channel, where in the following month he
attained the rating of Midshipman, and in Feb. 1812
amoved to the Stirling Castle 74, Capts. Sir
Jahleel Brenton and Augustus Brine. With Capt.
Brine he continued employed in the Venerable,
Belleropbon, andMEi)WAr74's(the latter bearing
the flag of Bear- Admiral Chas. Tyler at the Cape of
Good Hope), until nominated, 27 Dec. 1815, Acting-
Lieutenant of the Tamak 24, Capt. Chas. Sotheby.
He returned to England in Feb. 1816 ; and between
Aug. of that year and the date of his promotion to
the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 26 Dec.
1820, was in succession appointed Admiralty-Mid-
shipman of the Ganymede 26, Capt. Wm. M'Cul-
loch. Erne 20, Capt. Rich. Spencer, Impregnable
104) flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, Dorothea hired-
ship, Capt. David Buchan, and Hecla bomb, Lieut.-
Commandcr Wm. Edw. Parry. In the Gantmece,
Erne, and Impregnable he was employed on the
Downs, Mediterranean, and Plymouth stations ; he
took part, in the Dorothea, in a perilous voyage of
discovery to the neighbourhood of Spitzbergen ;
and in the Hecla he penetrated to long. 113° 64'
43" W. within the Arctic Circle, and thereby be-
came entitled to a portion of a Parliamentary re-
ward of 5000/. Being re-appointed, 8 Jan. 1821, to
the Hecla, then commanded by Capt. Geo. Fras.
Lyon, he sailed in the following May with Capt.
Parry's second expedition in quest of a North-west
fassage. He returned to England in the autumn of
823, and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Palmer married, 29 May, 1828, Miss Sarah
C. Xorke.
PALMER. (Lieut., 1809. p-p., 36; h-p., 8.)
Edward Gascoigne Palmer entered the Navy,
20 June, 1803, under the aaspices of H. R. H. the
Duke of Kent, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Done-
gal 74, Capts. Sir Rich. John Strachan and Pulte-
ney Malcolm. In the following year he was present,
wo believe, at the capture of the Spanish 44-gun
frigate Amfitrite, and of a ship with a cargo on
board worth 200,000Z. ; and in 1805 he accompanied
Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in pur-
suit of the combined fleets. On 6 Feb. 1806, after
having assisted at the capture of El Bayo of 100
guns, one of the ships recently defeated at Tra-
falgar, he took part with Sir John Thos. Duck-
worth in the action ofi" St. Domingo. On leaving
the Donegal, of which ship he had been consti-
tuted Midshipman in July, 1805, he became, 7 Julj,
1806, Master's Mate of the Kingfisher 18, Capt.
Geo. Fras. Seymour; whom, in Jan. 1807, he fol-
lowed into the Aurora 28. In that frigate, and in
the Kingfisher, to which vessel, commanded by
Capts. Wm. Hepenstall and EweU Tritton, he re-
turned in June, 1808, Mr. Palmer saw much boat-
service in the Mediterranean, and was on one occa-
sion wounded by the fire of a polacre near Corfu.
He obtained his commission 19 Oct. 1809, and was
subsequently appointed, chiefly in the capacity of
First-Lieutenant— 28 Oct. 1809, and 1 Juno, 1810,
to the Rinaldo 10, and Oberon 16, Capts. Jas.
Anderson and Jas. Murray, both in the Downs — 14
Dec. 1811, to the Warrior 74, Capt. Hon. Geo.
Byng, off Flushing— 12 Feb. 1813, to the Cossack
22 Capt. Fras. Stanfell, on the Jamaica station — 7
March, 1814, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of
Lord Exmouth, under whom he beheld the fall of
Genoa— and, 23 Oct. 1815 (after a few months of
half-pay), to the Esk 20, Capt. Geo. Gustavns Len-
nock, fitting for the West Indies, whence he inva-
lided in 1817. In the Rinaldo, whose force con-
sisted of 8 18-pounder carronades and 2 long sixes,
with a complement of 65 men, Mr. Palmer led the
boarders, and was badly wounded in the leg, at the
capture, 7 Dec. 1809, after some resistance, of ic
MaraudeuT French privateer, of 14 guns and 66 men,
5 of whom were wounded. His appointments, since
he left the Esk, have been— in 1824, for three years,
to the Ordinary at Sheemess — 24 Nov. 1827, and 19
Feb. 1830, as a Supernumerary, to the Ramillies
and Talavera Coast Blockade Ships, both com-
manded by Capt. Hugh Pigot — 15 Jan. 1831, to the
Coast Guard — 14 Oct. 1831, to a three-years' com-
mand of the Cheerful Revenue-vessel — and, 11
June, 1835, again to the Coast Guard, in which ser-
vice he continues.
Lieut. Palmer married, 3 Aug. 1831," Harriet, re-
lict of the late Higgles Bayley, Esq., of Cape Coast
Castle, by whom he has issue one child.
PALMER. (CoMMANDES, 1840. F-P., 25;
H-P., 17.)
George Palmer entered the Navy, 22 Jan. 1805,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pluto sloop, Capt.
Rich. Gaire Janvrin, employed on the Home sta-
tion ; where, and in the Baltic, he continued em-
ployed, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the
Royal William, Capt. John Irwin, Pandora 18,
Capts. R. G. Janvrin and John Macpherson Fergu-
son, Namuk 74, Capt. Shepheard, and Bbiseis 10,
Capts. Chas. Thurlow Smith and John Boss, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Nov. 1812.
In the Pandora he assisted at the capture, 31 Dec.
1810, of Le Chasseur privateer of 16 guns and 36
men ; and while in the Bbiseis he served, 29 June,
1812, in the pinnace belonging to that vessel, con-
taining 18 men, under the orders of Lieut. Thos.
Jones, at the cutting-out from Pillau Roads the
(lately British) merchant ship Urania, mounting 6
carriage-guns and 4 swivels, in the possession of
some French troops, who, notwithstanding a spirited
resistance, were driven off the decks into their
boats, which were on the opposite side, with no
greater loss to the assailants than one man killed
and himself slightly wounded.* Being re-appointed
to the Bbiseis in Sept. 1813, Lieut. Palmer conti-
nued attached to that sloop (with the exception,
of an interval between Oct. 1814 and May, 1815,
occasioned by ill health), under the command of
Capts. Wm. Rush Jackson and Geo. Domett, until
Jan. 1816. His last appointments were — 12 Sept.
1825, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas.
Mingaye — 5 April, 1831 (on the latter service being
abolished), to the Coast Guard— 11 Oct. 1834, to
the command of the Skylark Revenue-vessel — and,
26 Sept. 1837, again to the charge (which he re-
tained until advanced, as a reward for his services,
to the rank he now holds 1 Jan. 1840) of a station
in the Coast Guard. Commander Palmer is Senior
of 1840.
PALMER. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
John Palmer entered the Navy 24 Nov. 1825 ;
passed his examination 6 Jan. 1832; and at the
period of his promotion to his present rank, which
took place 26 Aug. 1841, was serving, as Mate,
in the Sodthamfton 50, flag-ship of Sir Edw.
Dumford King at the Cape of Good Hope. His
appointments have since been — 30 Aug. 1841, again
to the Southampton — 10 March, 1843, to the Rose
18, Capts. Henry Rich. Sturt and Rich. Wilson
Pelly, fitting for the North America and West India
station, whence he returned home and was paid off
at the close of 1846— and, 12 Oct. 1847, as Addi-
tional-Lieutenant, to the Vindictive 50, bearing
the flag of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen, Commander-in-
* ride Gaz. 1812, p. 13C4.— Mr. .lames, in his ' Naval His-
tory,' has erroneously attributed the part borne in the affair
by the subject of the present narrative to Mr. Wm. Palmer.
PALMER— PALMES— PANTON—PARDOE.
853
Chief in North America and the West Indies, where
he is now employed on Surveying-service.
PALMEK. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
John Jekvis Pai.mek passed his examination 7
Oct. 1840 ; and between that date and the period of
his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Jan.
1843, was employed in the East Indies, and China,
as Hate, on board the Endymion 44, Capt. Hon.
Fred. Wm. Grey, and Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of
Sir Wm. Parker, who noticed him as having served
in the boats which covered the assault on the town
of Chin-Kiang-Foo 21 July, 1842.* On leaving the
CoKNWALLis he joined the Sekpent 16, Capt. Wm.
Nevill, also in the East Indies, where, in Sept. 1843,
he removed to the Camekian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie
Chads. His appointments since his return to Eng-
land in the summer of 1845 have been, on the Me-
diterranean station — 1 Dec. in that year to the Hi-
BEKNIA 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker— 24 Dec.
1846, to the Giadiator steam-vessel of 430 horse-
power, Capt. John Kobb — and, 26 Oct. 1847, to the
Acting-command, which he yet retains, of the Mu-
TINE 12.
PALMEE. (LiEtJT., 1813. E-P.,'12; h-p., 31.)
William Palmek, horn 9 April, 1789, at Monk-
wearmouth, co. Durham, is son of Mr. Wm. Palmer,
shipowner, of that place.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Nor. 1804, as
A.B., on board the Inconstant 36, Capt. Edw.
Stirling Dickson, flag-ship for some time of Sir
Edm. Nagle and Sir Jas. Saumarez on the coast of
Prance. On his removal, as Master's Mate, in April,
1808, to the Belle Poule 38, Capt. Jas. Brisbane,
he sailed for the Mediterranean, where he was for
nearly two years very actively employed, and as-
sisted, in the course of 1809, at the capture of Le
Var of 26 guns, laden with com for the relief of the
French garrison at Corfu, and at the reduction of
the islands of Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo. Re-
turning in the spring of 1810 to England in the
Excellent 74, Capt. Edw. Griffith, he joined the
Victory 100 ; in which ship, besides being for a
long time stationed in the Baltic under the flag of
Sir Jas. Saumarez, he escorted a body of troops
sent in 1811 to the coast of Portugal under Sir Jo-
seph Sydney Torke. After serving for a few months
off Cherbourg in the Laoed^emonian 38, Capt. Sam.
Jackson, and again in the Baltic on hoard the De-
fiance 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo. Hope,
Mr. Palmer was promoted, 17 Aug. 1813, to a Lieu-
tenancy in the Kolla 10, Capts. Wm. Hill and Robt.
Julyan ; under the former of whom we find him
present, in Feb. 1814, at the celebrated passage of
the flotilla under Kear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe
Penrose across the bar of the Adour ; on which oc-
casion he had the good fortune to save the lives of
two persons, whose boat had capsized. His last
appointment was, 17 Dec. 1814, to the Amelia 38,
Capt. Hon. Granville Leveson Proby, with whom
he served in .the Mediterranean until the summer
of 1816. On 15 July, 1815, while engaged in the
Amelia's pinnace in an attempt to capture a French
vessel of very superior force at Campo, in the island
of Elba, he was wounded by a musket-ball, which
entered his right side above the hip-joint, and has
never been extracted. He was at the same time
made prisoner, hut shortly afterwards exchanged.
Lieut. Palmer married, in 1830, Elizabeth, third
daughter of the late Mr. Kiugswood Greenwell,
shipowner, and grand-daughter of the late Dr.
Greenwell, of Scot's House. He was left a widower,
with one daughter, in Jan. 1844.
PALMES. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
John Philip Palmes is third son of Geo. Palmes,
Esq., of Naburn, co. Tork, by Margaret Isabella,
daughter of Wm. Lindsay, Esq., of Oatlands, near
Glasgow. His eldest brother, Bryan, a Captain in
the 57th light infantry, died at Barbadoes in 1839.
This officer entered the Navy 2 Dec. 1830 ; passed
• Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3105.
his examination 10 Nov. 1838 ; served for some
time at Portsmouth, as Mate, in the Queen 110,
flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington ; and was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, while in the Koyal
George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarenoe,
7 March, 1842. His succeeding appointments were
— 29 March, 1842, to the Thunderer 84, Capt. Dan.
Pring, employed, until the close of 1843, in the Me-
diterranean and on particular service — 11 Dec.
1844, as Additional, to the Hydra steam-sloop, Capt.
Horatio Beauman Young, on the coast of Africa —
2 April, 1845, to the Penelope steam-Mgate, Com-
modore Wm. Jones, on the same station, whence he
returned towards the close of the year— 31 March,
1846, to the Belleisle 24, troop-ship, Capt. John
Kingcome — and, 30 April, 1847, for a few months,
to the Howe 120, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, fitting at
Portsmouth. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
PANTON. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 13 ; h-p., 30.)
Paul Griffith Panton, horn 31 Oct. 1795, is
second son of Jones Panton, Esq., of Plusgurm, co.
Anglesey.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 July, 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hydra 38, Capt. Geo.
Mundy ; and on being lent, after cruizing for some
time in the Mediterranean, to the Canopus 80, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Louis, fought in the
action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. On finally
leaving the Hydra, of which ship he had been
created a Midshipman in April, 1807, he joined, in
Oct. 1810, the UiiYSSES 44, bearing the flag at
Jersey of Vice-Admiral D'Auvergne. In March
and July, 1811, he was successively nominated
Acting-Lieutenant and Master's Mate of the Marl-
borough 74, and jEolus 32, Capts. Matthew Henry
Scott and Lord Jas. Townshend; and on 7 Feb.
1812, at which period he was again acting as Lieu-
tenant in the Morgiana sloop, Capt. David Scott,
he was officially advanced to the rank he now holds.
His last appointments were— on 25 of the month
last mentioned, to the Colibki 18, Capt. John
Thompson, under whom he was wrecked in Port
Royal, Jamaica, 22 Aug. 1813—2 Sept. following, to
the Plantagenet 74, Capt. Kobt. Lloyd, which
ship he left in Jan. 1814— and, 5 June, 1818, to the
Bellette 20, Capt. Geo. Rich. Peohell, fitting for
the HaUfax station, whence he returned in 1821.
Lieut. Panton married 3 Oct. 1326, and has issue.
Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
PAEDOE. (Eetieed Commander, 1839. f-p.,
17; H-p., 40.)
William Pardoe entered the Navy, 15 July,
1790, as A.B., on board the Tremendous 74, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Cranfleld Berkeley, lying at Chatham ;
where, in the following Nov., he attained the rating
of Midshipman. After a servitude of two years in
the Pilote, Pigmy, and Sultana cutters, Lieut.-
Commanders Henry Gunter, Henry Inman, and
Digby Dent, he became successively attached, in
the early part of 1798, to the Windsor Castle and
St. George 98's, both commanded by Capt. Han-
cock Kelly, and, as Master's Mate, to the Marlbo-
rough 74, Capt. Hon. G. C. Berkeley. While par-
ticipating, in the latter ship, in the glories of 1 June,
1794, he had the misfortune to have his skull frac-
tured, his nose materially injured, and several parts
of his body contused.* The effects he still feels.
In March, 1795, he followed Capt. Berkeley into
the Formidable 98, commanded next by Capt. Geo.
Murray ; and on leaving that ship in Feb. 1797 he
joined the Royal George 100, flag-ship of Lord
Bridport, and Glory 98, Capt. Geo. Brine. On
being advanced, 12 April following, to the rank of
Lieutenant, he was appointed First of the Charon
44, armee-en-flUte, Capt. Thos. Manhy, and was for
some time employed in the Channel and on the
coast of Ireland. His last appointments were 29
Nov. 1798, to the command (which he retained
until 14 June, 1802) of the Fearless gun-brig, at-
tached to the force in the Channel— 20 July, 1803,
• Fide Gaz. 1794, p. 556.
854
PARISH— PARK —PARKER.
to the Sea Fencibles on the coast of Lincolnshire —
20 May, 1805, as Senior, to the Brilmant 28, Csipt.
Kobt. Barrie, employed on the Irish station, whence
he invalided 31 March, 1806— and, 7 Jan. 1808, to
the Impress service in Kent. In June, 1810, he "was
placed on half-pay. He accepted the rank of Re-
tired Commander, on the Junior List, 24 Dec. 1830;
and, on the Senior, 16 April, 1839. Agent — Fred.
Dufaur.
PARISH. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
John Edward Parish passed his examination
11 July, 1842 ;■ and from the close of that year until
advanced to his present rank, 4 May, 1846, was em-
ploj'ed on the Mediterranean and Home stations as
Mate in the Indhs 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, Ex-
cellent gunnery-ship, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings
and Henry Dncie Chads, and St. Vincent 120, flag-
ship of Sir Chas. Ogle. He has been since serving,
again in the Mediterranean, on board the Van-
guard 80, Capts> Geo. AVickens Willes and Geo.
Fred. Rich.
PARK. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.)
John Steele Park was born 3 June, 1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rosamond 18, Capt. Jas.
Whitley Deans Dundas, fitting at Chatham. In the
course of the same year he sailerd for the East Indies
as Midshipman in the Monmouth 64, Capt. Edw.
Dumford King ; and on his return to England in
Sept. 1808 he successively joined the Stately 64,
Capt. Wm. Cumberland, and Princess Caroline
38, Capts. Chas. Dudley Pater and Hugh Downman.
"While in the latter ship we find him, 25 July, 1809,
commanding one of the boats of a squadron under
Capt. Thos. Forrest, in a long and desperate action
with a Russian flotilla;, near Fredericksham, in the
Gulf of Finland, which, with a loss to the British of
60 men killed and wounded, terminated in the total
defeat of the enemy, 87 of whom met a similar fate.
He continued in the Princess Caroline, the last
four months in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant,
until Sept. 1814; and after an intermediate servitude
at Sheerness and Portsmouth as Master's Mate, in
the Namur 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. 'Williams and
Sir Chas. Rowley, and Leven 20, Capt. Buckland
Stirling Bluett, was officially advanced to his pre-
sent rank 16 Feb. 1815. He has since been on
half-pay.
Lieut. Park married, 23 Aug. 1827, Sarah, eldest
daughter of W. Clark, Esq., of the Triangle,
Hackney.
PARKER. (Commander, 1829. f-p., 18; h-p., 17.)
Charles Parker is son of the late Admiral Sir
Hyde Parker, Kt., by his second wife, Frances,
daughter of Admiral Sir Rich. Onslow, Bart. ; bro-
ther of Rich. Parker, Esq., Capt. in the Life Guards ;
and half-brother of the present Rear-Admiral Hyde
Parker, C.B.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 16 July, 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tenedos 38, commanded
by his half-brother, under whom he was for three-
years very actively employed on the North Ame-
rican station, where he witnessed the surrender, in
Jan. 1815, of the U.S. frigate President. From
Aug. in the latter year until Oct. 1818 he served at
Halifax, as Midshipman, in the Scamander 36,
EoHOTAS 38, and Forth 40, all commanded by Capt.
Sir John Louis. On 30 March, 1819, he rejoined
Capt. Parker, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Iphige-
NIA 42, on the Jamaica station ; and in the following
Jane he was transferred, in a similar capacity, to
the Spartan 46, Capt. "Wm. Furlong Wise. After
again acting as Lieutenant in the Iphigenia, and
also in the Sapphire 26, Capt. Henry Hart, he was
confirmed in that rank 20 Jan. 1820, and re-appointed
to the Iphigenia. He subsequently joined — 8 Dec.
1821, the Fly 18, Capts. Geo. Tyler and Edw. Cur-
zon, employed on the Mediterranean and Cork sta^
tions— 21 Feb. 1823, the Egeria 24, Capt. Sam.
Roberts, whom he accompanied to Newfoundland —
28 May, 1825, the Victory 104, flag-ship of Sir Geo.
Martin at Portsmouth — 8 May, 1826, the Aurora
46, Capt. Chas. John Austen, in the "West Indies —
and, 23 May, 1828, as First, the Barham 50, bearing
the flag at Jamaica of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone
Fleeming. On 8 Sept. 1829 he was advanced to the
command of the Slaney sloop. He paid that
vessel off 29 Jan. 1831 ; and has not been since
afloat.
Commander Parker married, 16 June, 1835, Kate,
widow of the Rev. Hely Hutchinson Smith, and
third daughter of the late John "Williams, Esq., of
Elm Grove, Southsea, by whom he has issue.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
PARKER. (Lieut., 1812. i-p., 14 ; h-p., 34.)
Charles Parker (b) entered the Navy, in Nov.
1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hindostan 50,
Capts. MuUoch, Mottley, and John Le Gros; in
which ship he continued employed as Midshipman
until transferred, in May, 1803, to the Tribune
frigate, Capt. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett. On 13
March, 1804, he had the misfortune to fall into the
hands of the enemy, who carried him a prisoner to
France. He there remained, we believe, until the
close of 1810; when, being restored to liberty, he
joined the Victory 100, flag-ship in the Baltic of
Sir Jas. Saumarez. He attained the rank of Lieu-
tenant 21 March, 1812; and was afterwards em-
ployed, on Home service- — from Jan. to Aug. 1813,
in the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, and Impreg-
nable 98, flag-ship of Admiral "Wm. Young and of
H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence — and, from April to
Sept. 1815, in the President 38, Capt. Archibald
Duff. He has since been on half-pay. We are in-
formed that during part of 1813 he commanded a
gun-boat on the River Elbe.. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
PARKER. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 12; h-p., 27.)
Charles Parker (5) was born 31 March, 1794.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Guilders sloop, of 14
12-pounder carronades and 65 men ; and on 14
March following was present in a gallant action of
six hours, which terminated in that vessel beating
off, on the coast of Norway, with a loss to the British
of 2 men killed and 8 (including himself in the hand
and stomach) wounded, the Danish man-of-war
brig Louffen, of 20 18-pounder guns and 160 men.
In consideration of the injury he sustained on the
occasion he was voted by the Patriotic Society a
sum of 15 guineas. In Nov. of the same year, after
he had been for six months borne as a Supernume-
rary on the books of the Texel 64 and Royal AVil-
LiAM, flag-ships of Admirals Vashon and Montagu
at Leith and Spithead, he became Midshipman of
the Dotterel sloop, successively commanded, on
the Channel and Lisbon stations, by Capts. Anthony
Abdy, Thos. Goldwire Muston, John Smith Cowan,
A. Abdy, Thos. Hanloke, and "Wm. Westcott Daniel.
In that vessel, in 1809, he witnessed the destruction
of three heavy French frigates under the batteries
of Sable d'Olonne, and also of the shipping in Basque
Roads. Quitting her in Dec. 1811 he served during
the next three years off the Western Islands and in
the West Indies on board the Piqde 36, Capt. Hon.
Anthony Maitland. On his return to England in
the spring of 1815 in the Palma 38, Capt. Jas.
Andrew "Worth, he was received first on board the
Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough at
Portsmouth, and then on board the Boyne 98, flag-
ship of Lord Exmouth in the Mediterranean ;
where, on following that nobleman, as blaster's
Mate, into the Queen Charlotte 100, he was
afforded an opportunity of assisting in the bom-
bardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816 ; for his conduct
on which occasion, particularly m steering the ex-
plosion vessel under the lighthouse battery, he was
rewarded with a commission bearing date 17 Sept.
in the same year. His last appointments were — 4
Oct. 1817, for a few months, to the Cadmus 10,
•Capt. John Gedge, on the Yarmouth station— and,
PARKER.
8 Dec. 1821, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the Kedtving
18, Capt. Hon. Geo. KoUe Walpole Trefusis, with
whom, until superseded at his own request in March,
1814, he served off Milford, made a voyage to the
Havana, and was employed off Jersey and Yarmouth.
Lieut. Parker married 3 Deo. 1827, and has issue
one daughter.
PAEKER, Bart. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 13;
H-p., 30.)
Sir Charles Christopher Pahkeh, born 16
June, 1792, is third and only surviving son of the
late Christ. Parker, Esq., Vice-Admiral of the
Blue,* by Augusta Barbara Charlotte, daughter of
Admiral Hon. John Byron, granddaughter of the
fourth Lord Byron, and aunt of the poet. Sir
Charles is grandson of the late Sir Peter Parker,
Bart., Admiral of the Fleet ;t great-grandson of Rear-
Admiral Christ. Parker (1749), who entered the
Navy towards the close of the seventeenth century,
commanded the Speedwell in 1712, and the Tor-
bay 80 in 1739, and died in 1763 ; and cousin of the
late Admiral Sir Geo. Parker, K.C.B. His eldest
brother, Sir Peter Parker, Bart., after a gallant
career, was killed on shore, while Captain of the
Menelaus 38, in a sanguinary affair with the Ame-
ricans at Bellair, near Baltimore, 30 Aug. 1814 ; and
his second brother, John Edm. Geo., whom he
succeeded in the Baronetcy 18 Nov. 1835, was a
Captain in the Boyal Artillery. His nephew. Sir
Peter Parker, Bart., only son of the last-mentioned
Sir Peter, was a Commander R.N. (1834), and died
17 March, 1835. Sir Charles is brother-in-law of
Colonel Chas. Parker Ellis, late of the Grenadier
Guards.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 June, 1804, as
Seo.-ol. Vol., on board the Glory 98, Capt. Geo.
Martin, whom he accompanied, towards the close of
the same year, into the Barfleur 98. In those ships
he served with the Channel Fleet until June, 1805.
Being then received on board the Weasel 18, com-
manded by his brother, Capt. Peter Parker, he pro-
ceeded, after having narrowly escaped shipwreck, to
join Lord Nelson off Cadiz. On the departure of the
enemy's fleet from that harbour immediately prior to
the battle of Trafalgar, the Weasel was the first ves-
• Vice-Admiral Christopher Parker, when eommanding
the LoWESTOFFE frigate, led the squadron, and distinguished
himself in a successful attack made about 1 778, in pursuance
of a plan conceived by his father. Sir Peter, on the formidable
fortress of St. Fernando de Omoa, on the Coast of South
America. Towards the close of the French revolutionary
war his own flag and that of his father were flying at the
same time at Spithead — the only instance of the kind, we
believe, on record. He died 26 May, 1804.
+ Admiral Sir Peter Parker was born in 1721- He was
made a Lieutenant in 1743, and a Post-Captain in 1749. In
the latter capacity he commanded the Margate frigate,
Woolwich 44, BaiSTOi. 50, Montaou 64, Bitckinoham 70,
Tereiblk 74, and Barfleur 90. For services rendered pre-
viously to the year 1772, he received the honour of Knight-
hood. Being appointed in 1775 to the command on the
North American station, he hoisted a broad pendant on
board his former ship, the Bristol, and sailed with a squad-
ron to co-operate with the loyalists in South Carolina. On
28 June, 1 776, Sir Peter made a tremendous attack upon the
batteries of CUiarleatown, which was as furiously resisted.
The conflict continued tliroughout the day, and the enemy's
flring was at times silenced, but as the troops, commanded by
General Clinton, were unable from some cause to elTect a
landing, the expedition failed. The carnage on board the
ships was terrific : in the Bristol alone the loss amounted
to 40 killed and 70 wounded. In the course of the same
year Sir Peter Parker co-operated in an attack upon Long
Island, and reduced Rhode Island. In 1777, on his promotion
to flag-rank, he was promoted to the chief command on the
Jamaica station, where he remained until 1782. In Dec. of
that year he was created a Baronet of Great Britain. He
became a Vice- Admiral in 1779, and a full Admiral in 1787 :
he was appointed Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth in
1793 : and on the death of Earl Howe in 1779, he was made
Admiral of the Fleet and a General of Marines, For some
years prior to the commencement of the French revolutionary
war Sir Peter sat in Parliament as M.P. for the borough of
Maldon, We may add, that when in command at Jamaica
he waa the first to discern the merits of Nelson and CoUing-
wood, who, ±0 the liberal patronage he in consequence af-
forded them, were solely indebted for their advancement in
early life. The Admiral died 21 Dee. 1811,;
sel that observed their outward movement ; and she
was only prevented from acting a part in the glorious
scene that followed by the mortifying circumstance
of being forthwith despatched to communicate the
event to the ships at Gibraltar. So chagrined was
her brave Commander at this disappointment that
he actually shed tears on the quarter-deck. Mr.
Parker continued to serve with his brother in the
MELPomisE 38 until March, 1806 ; in the course of
which month he was transferred, as Midshipman, to
the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Eowley. He bad been
previously present in a violent storm, which had
left the MelpomJne for five days without a rudder.
On joining the Eagi,e, he soon became engaged in a
variety of operations on th« coast of Italy, where,
in May, 1806, it was his fortune to witness the cap-
ture of the island of Capri and the defence of the
fortress of Gaeta. On the return home of the
Eagle in the spring .of 1809, Mr. Parker obtained a
berth on board the St. George 98, bearing the flag
in the Baltic of Eear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore, under
whom during the remainder of the year he was
arduously employed; We may observe too that he
suffered very severely from the effects of the cli-
mate, and that on one occasion while at the main-
top he was so stiffened by the cold as to render it
luecessary for him to be lowered by a rope. In the
early part of 1810 he returned with Sir Chas. Cotton
to the Mediterranean in the San Josef 110 ; and in
Jime of that year he accomplished his probationary
term of servitude as Midshipman. Owing, however,
to a recent Order in Council, retrospective in its
operation, by virtue of which it was settled that no
officer should be considered eligible for the receipt
of a commission until he had attained the age of
19, Mr. Parker, being then only 18, was obliged to
fiubmit to the delay of another year before he could
obtain leave to pass his examination. During the
greater part of that period, although only holding
the rating of Midshipman, he was allowed neverthe-
less to perform the duties of Lieutenant on board
the Unite 36, Capt. Patrick Campbell. While so
attached, we find him frequently employed on boat-
service on the coast of France and Italy, particu-
larly on one occasion, when he took part, and gained
the warmest approbation of his Captain for his con-
duct, in an attack upon a convoy under the batteries
of Cape Talliat. At another time, while the Unite
was working in for the purpose of lowering her
boats during some hostile operations against the
town of Cotrone, he fell from the quarter-deck into
the gun-room, and sustained so much injury in the
head that the effects have since materially debili-
tated his constitution. On at length passing his
examination, 17 June, 1811, Mr. Parker, then on
board the Temeraire 98, bearing the flag of his
friend Rear- Admiral Pickmore, was by Sir Chas.
Cotton made, the same day. Lieutenant into his own
flag-ship the San Josef. In the following Aug. he
went on half-pay for the recovery of his health ;
but in the spring of 1812 he resumed the active
duties of his profession, and again joined his brother
on board the Menelaus 38 ; in which ship it ap-
pears he was present when, having pursued the
French 40-gun frigate Pauline and 16-gun brig
Ecureiiil under the batteries of Toulon, she effected
a masterly retreat from the fleet that had come out
to their protection, by passing through its line
ahead of one 74 and astern of another. This affair
took place in May, 1812 ; and about the same period
Mr. Parker removed to the Malta 80, flag-ship of
Kear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell. In 1813 he assisted
at the siege of Tsurragona. He was next advanced
to the rank of Commander 5 April, 1815, having
been nominated by Admiral Pickmore to one of his
hauling-down vacancies; and he was afterwards,
from 17 July, 1819, until promoted to his present
rank, 23 April, 1822, employed in the Harlequin
18, on the Irish station. He has since been on
half-pay.
Sir Chas. Christ. Parker married, 19 Sept. 1815
Miss G«orgiantt Elhs Parker, Agents— Hallett
and Bobinson,
656
PARKER.
PARKER. (CoMMANrEE, 1814. p-p., 14;h-p., 34.)
Frederick AncnsTos Haegood Pakkee entered
the Navy, 18 March, 1799, as A.B., on board the
Pkimce Geoege 98, Capt. Joseph Bingham, bearing
the flag of Sir "Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean ;
whence, on removing with the same officer to the
Amekica 64, he proceeded to Halifax and the West
Indies. In Deo. 1800, the Amekica having struck
upon the Formigas roclss and been rendered uniit
for further service, he joined the St. Albans 64, the
new flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker ; on leaving which,
in June, 1801, he was received as Midshipman on
board the ANDKOMAcnE 32, Capt. Kobt. Laurie.
After a servitude of more than two years and a
half in that frigate on the "West India and North
American stations, he removed, in Feb. 1804, to the
Tem^saiee 98, Capt. Eliab Harvey, attached to the
fleet In the Channel, where he remained until May,
1805. He was confirmed, 22 Jan. 1806, to the post
of First-Lieutenant in the Nightingale sloop, Capt.
"Wm. Wilkinson ; and was afterwards appointed — 8
Deo. 1808, to the Taktae 32, Capt. Joseph Baker,
which ship he left in Oct. 1809 — 16 June, 1810, again
as First, to the Rolla 10, Capt. Sam. Clarke — 19
March, 1811, to the Dictatoe 64, Capt. Kobt.
Williams— and 5 Dec. 1811, a third time as Senior
Lieutenant, to the Alexandria 32, Capt. Roht.
Cathcart. In the five ships last mentioned Mr.
Parker was employed on the Home and Baltic sta-
tions. On 15 July, 1809, he commanded the boats
of the Tartar, in conjunction with Lieut. Thos.
Sykes, at the capture, near Felixberg, on the coast
of Courland, of a Danish privateer of 4 guns, whose
crew, 24 in number, had landed with their muskets,
and, being joined by the country people, had posted
themselves behind the sandhills close to the beach ;*
and in July, 1813, he was present on board the
Alexandria when, in company with the Spitfiee
16, she drove from off her cruizing-ground, after a
chase of 91 hours, the powerful U. S. frigate Presi-
dent ^ together with her consort the Scourge privateer,
and thereby saved a large and valuable convoy from
capture. He attained the rank of Commander 15
June, 1814 ; and has since been on half-pay.
PARKER, K.C.B. (Admiral of She Red, 1837.
F-p., 34; H-p., 40.)
SiE Geoege Paekee was bom in 1767, and died
24 Deo. 1847. He was son, by Miss Gore, of the
late Geo. Parker, Esq., elder brother of Admiral Sir
Peter Parker, Bart. ; and was cousin'of the present
Sir Chas. Christ. Parker, Bart., Captain ll.N. His
ancestor, the Rev. Dr. Parker, was Archbishop of
Canterbury in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
ThisofScer entered the Navy, 21 Dec. 1773, under
the patronage of his uncle Sir Peter Parker, who
promoted him, 13 March, 1782, to the rank of Lieu-
tenant. He had then served throughout the whole
of the American war. In 1786 he obtained an ap-
pointment to the Wasp sloop, on the Downs station ;
and on his removal, in 1788, to the Ph(EN1x 36,
Capts. Geo. Byron and Rich. John Strachan, he
sailed for the East Indies. While on that station
he was actively employed, in the boats and on shore,
in co-operation with the army under Sir Bobt. Aber-
crombie during the war with Tippoo Saib ; and he
was also, 19 Nov. 1791, present, in company with the
Peeseveeance frigate, in an obstinate action (pro-
duced by a resistance on the part of the French
Captain to a search being imposed by the British
upon two merchant-vessels under his orders) with
La Resolue of 46 guns, whose colours were not struck
until she had herself sustained a loss of 25 men
killed and 40 wounded, and had occasioned one to
the Phcenix of 6 killed and 11 wounded. In Oct.
1792, having been sent home in charge of the de-
spatches of Commodore Hon. Wm. Comwallis, Mr.
Parker, who on the occasion last named had played
the part of First-Lieutenant, was appointed, in a
similar capacity, to the Crescent of 36 guns and
257 men, Capt. Jas. Saumarez ; under whom, whose
gallantry in the affair procured him the honour of
* Vide Ga-j. 1805, p. 867.
Knighthood, he assisted, 20 Oct. 1793, at the cap-
ture of the French frigate La Reunion of 40 guns
and 300 men, of whom 120 were killed and wounded,
without any casualty whatever to the British. For
his own conduct on the occasion Lieut. Parker was
promoted, 4 Nov. in the same year, to the command
of the Albacore sloop, on the North Sea station,
where he was posted, 7 April, 1795, into the Squirrel
20. Removing, towards the close of 1796, to the
Santa Margarita 36, he contrived, during a cruize
off the coast of Ireland and in the West bidies, to
effect the capture of a variety of the enemy's ves-
sels, particularly ot L'Adour of 16 guns, pierced for
20, and 147 men, and of La Victorine of 16 guns and
82 men, the San Francisco of 14 guns and 53 men,
and Le Quatorze Juillet of 14 guns and 65 men. He
was also much employed in convoying the trade to
Quebec, the Mediterranean, and (the East India
ships) past the Canary Islands ; and on one occasion
he received a letter of thanks from the masters and
owners of a convoy, transmitted through the Admi-
ralty, for his care and attention to them. At the
close of the war, at which period the Santa Mae-
GARITA was serving on the Leeward Island station,
Capt. Parker's health obliged him to invalid. His
next appointments were, in 1804-5, to the Aego 44
and Stately 64, both attached to the force in the
North Sea; where, in the Stately, he was for a
time employed in blockading the enemy's squadron
in the Texel. Being sent, in Jan. 1808, on a parti-
cular service to the Baltic in command of three
ships of the line, it was his fate, on reaching Got-
tenborg, to be frozen up in the ice ; through which,
however, in the ensuing March, he caused a canal
to be cut, and thus extricated as well his own squa-
dron as a large convoy of merchantmen bound to
England. On 22 of the same month Capt. Parker,
then in company with the Nassau 64, had the good
fortune to fall in with, and, after an obstinate run-
ning fij?ht, attended with a loss to the Stately of 4
men kiUed and 28 wounded, to enforce the surrender,
on the coast of Zealand, of the Danish 74-gun ship
Prindts Christian Frederic. The Nassau's loss in the
engagement did not exceed 2 killed and 16 wounded;
while that of the enemy (whose ship, having taken
the ground, was fired and blown up by her captors)
extended to as many as 55 killed and 88 wounded.*
Not long after this Capt. Parker was succeeded in
his command by Rear-Admiral Sir Sam. Hood, who
expressed his entire approbation of all the arrange-
ments he had made, and of the able conduct he had
manifested on every occasion. On the return of
the Stately to England he was appointed to the
Aboukir 74, in which ship (part of the Walcheren
expeditionary force) he continued employed in the
North Sea and Mediterranean until the end of 1813.
He then returned home in the Bombay 74, and did
not again go afloat. He became a Rear-Admiral 4
June, 1814 ; a Vice-Admiral 19 July, 1821 ; and a
full Admiral 10 Jan. 1837. His nomination to the
K.C.B. took place 6 June, 1833.
Sir Geo. Parker married a daughter of the late
Peter Bult, Esi^. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
PARKER. (Commander, 1814. r-p.,13; h-p.,33.)
Henry Parker entered the Navy, 27 Jan. 1801,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Belleislb 74, Capts.
Wm. Domett, Chas. Boyles, John Whitby, and
Wm. Hargood; In which ship he continued for a
period of six years and a half. At first he was sta-
tioned in the Channel ; he afterwards accompanied
Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in pursuit
of the combined squadrons of France and Spain ;
and on 21 Oct. 1805 he was present as Midshipman
(a rating he had attained in June, 1801) at the
battle of Trafalgar. He next, 14 Sept. 1806, wit-
nessed the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the
French 74-gun ship L'Tmpeltuvx; and in Nov. 1807,
on his return from a second visit to the West In-
dies, where he had removed with Capt. Hargood to
the Northumberland 74, he was ordered to join
the Swiftsure74, bearing the flag at Halifax of Sir
• fi'iJoOaz. 1808, -p. 63fi.
PARKER.
857
John Borlase Warren. Under that officer (with the
exception of an interval between Nov. 1811 and
May, 1813, passed on board the Dragon 74, Capts.
Thos. Forrest, Fras, Aug. CoUier, and Robt. Barrie)
Mr. Parker, whose first commission bears date 28
April, 1808, continued almost uninterruptedly em-
ployed in the same ship and in the San Dominqo
74, part of the time as FJag-Lleutenant, until ad-
vanced to his present rank, 27 June, 1814. His last
appointment was to the Coast Guard, in which ser-
vice he remained from 3 Feb. 1832 until the early
part of 1835.
Commander Parker married, 10 April, 1822, Lady
Frances Theophila Anne Hastings, eldest daughter
of the late and sister of the present Earl of Hunting-
don. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
PAKKEK. (Retired Commandeb, 1836. F-p.,
19; H-p., 34.)
Henky Dickson Pakkek was born in 1778.
This oflScer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1794, as
Midshipman, on board the Stately 64, Capt. Billy
Douglas, and in the summer of the following year
was present at the reduction of the Cape of Good
Hope, where he served on shore with the second
battalion of seamen under Capt. Temple Hardy.
After co-operating in the capture of the island of
Ceylon, and witnessing the surrender of the Dutch
squadron in Saldanha Bay, he became Master's
Mate, in Sept. 1796, of the Crescent 36, Capts. John
Wm. Spranger and Chas.; Brisbane, flag-ship for
some time of Kear-Admiral Thos. Pringle at the
Cape. In the following Dec. he was detached in
command, as Acting-Lieutenant, of the ISophro-
SYNE cutter, employed as a cartel, for the purpose
of conveying some prisoners taken at Foul Point,
Madagascar, to the Isle of France ; where, for the
want of hands to assist in navigating his vessel
back to the Cape of Good Hope, he was retained
until Oct. 1797. On the return of the Crescent to
England in the summer of 1798, Mr. Parker was
ordered to join the Kent 74, flag-ship of Lord
Duncan; in the North Sea. During the expedition
of 1799 to Holland we find him employed on shore
with a party of seamen under Lieut. Chas. Kiohard-
son, and attached to the army of Sir Kalph Aber-
cromby. After the surrender of Admiral Story's
squadron he returned to England in one of the
Dutch 68's. In Dec. 1800 he was received on board
the Foodroyant 80, bearing the flag in the Medi-
terranean of Lord Keith ; and, on 10 Feb. 1801, he
was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Pegasus
28, armee-en-flute^ Capt. John Pengelley. While in
that ship, of which, in Jan. 1802, he became Acting-
First-Lieutenant, he was present at the landing of
the troops in Aboukir Bay, 8 March, 1801, and
during the subsequent operations in Egypt was em-
ployed in a Turkish gun-boat and on shore. Being
confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant U April, 1803,
he removed in that capacity, in the course of the
following month, to the Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Robt.
Barlow, with whom he cruized for 18 months off
Toulon. From Dec. 1804 to May, 1805, Mr. Parker
remained on half -pay in consequence of a severe
liver complaint. He then joined the Elephant 74,
Capt. Geo. Dundas, in the North Sea ; and he was
afterwards appointed, on the Home and Baltic sta-
tions—21 May, 1806, to the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt.
Campbell, part of the force employed in the attack
upon Copenhagen — 6 Oct. 1807, to the Prince of
Wales 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Jas. Gam-
bier— 21 Jan. and 14 May, 1808, to the Hyperion
36, and Venerable 74, Capts. Thos. Chas. Brodie
and Andrew King — 5 Feb. 1810 (after nine months
of half-pay) to the Scipion 74, Capt. Chas. Philip
Butler Bateraan— and, 17 March and 27 Nov. fol-
lowing, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the Stately 64
and 'JTremendous 74, both commanded by Capt.
Kobt. Campbell. From June, 1811, to Nov. 1814,
Mr. Parker had charge of a signal-station in the
counties of Essex and Kent. He accepted his pre-
sent rank 23 Jan. 1836.
The Commander married, 4 May, 1839, Josephine
Maria, eldest daughter of Capt. Rich. Lyle Horn-
brook, B.M. (1833.) He had had a daughter by a
former marriage.
PAEKEE, C.B. (Eeak-Admikal of the White,
1841. F-p., 31 ; H-p., 20.)
Hyde Parker is son of the late Admiral Sir Hyde
Parker, Kt.,"' by his first wife, Anne, daughter of
John Palmer Boteler, Esq., of Henley ; half-brother
of Commander Chas. Parker, R.N. ; and grandson
of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, Bart.f
One of his brothers, John, a Colonel in the Army,
married a daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Sir
Home Popham, K.C.B. ; and another, Harry, a
Lieutenant in the Guards, was killed at Talavera.
The Rear-Admiral is uncle of Capt. Harry Eyres,
R.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 5
Feb. 1796 ; and embarked, in Sept. 1799, as a Volim-
teer, on board the Cambrian 40, Capts. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge and Geo. Henry Towry, em-
ployed at first in the Channel and then in cruizing
among the Western Islands. In Nov. 1801 he re-
• Admiral Sir Hyde Parker was born in 1739. After serv-
ing with his iktber (the late Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker,
Bart.) as Midshipman in the Lively, Squirrel, and Bril-
liant, he was promoted, 25 Jan. 1758, to the rank of Lieute-
nant. Accompanying his parent, subsequently, into the Nor-
folk, Grafton, and Panther, he was present, in the
Grafton, at the siege of Pondicherry, and in the expedition
of 17ti2 against the Manilla Islands ; and in the Panther, at
the capture of the Sojitissima Trinidad galleon. He attained
Post-ranli 18 July, 1763, and he afterwards, between 1770 and
1790, commanded, in succession, the Boston 32, Phcenix 44,
Latona 38, and Goliath, Orion, and Brunswick 74's. For
his services in the Phcenix during the war with America,
where he took part in the attack upon New York, accom-
panied the expedition against Philadelphia, and conducted
the naval part of the operations on the Coast of Georgia, he
was rewarded with the honour of Knighthood 21 April, 1779,
In the Goliath Sir Hyde sailed with Lord Howe, in 1782,
for the relief of Gibraltar, and in the action with the com-
bined forces which followed the accomplishment of that
object, had the honour of leading tlie van division of the
fleet. In 1790 he was nominated a Colonel of Marines. On
attaining, in 1793, the rank of Kear-Admiial, he became
Captain of the Mediterranean fleet under Lord Hood, with
whom he served in that capacity at the occupation of foulon,
and at the reduction of Corsica. In 1795, having in the pre-
ceding year acquired the rank of Vice-Admiral and hoisted
his flag on board the St. Geoboe 98, he was afforded an op-
portunity of sharing in Admiral Hotham's two partial actions
with the French. He was afterwards, for three years, Com-
mander-in-Chief on the Jamaica station ; and oii his return
to England he was appointed to the chief command of the
Channel fleet. He had risen to the rank of full Admiral in
Feb. 1799. He closed his naval career by commanding in
chief the famous expedition which, in the battle of 2 April,
ISOl, broke the Northern Confederacy. For that service he
received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. He died
an Admiral of the Red 16 March, 1807.
f Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., served as Midship-
man under Commodore Anson in 1739-40, was made a Lieu-
tenant about 1744, and a Post-Captain in the Lively frigate
about 1747. Between 1757 and the period of his promotion
to Flag rank, which took place 23 Jan. 1778, he commanded
the Squirrel, Brilliant, Norfolk, Grafton, Panther,
and Invincible. ISi the Brilliant he served under Rear-
Admiral Rodney at the destruction of Havre-de-Grace in
1759; in the Nobfolk he assisted at the siege of Pondi-
cherry, and at the capture of the Manilla Islands in 1 762 ; and
in the Panther, in Nov. of the latter year, he made prize,
after a close action of two hours, of the Sajitissima Trinidad
Spanish galleon, pierced for 60 guns, carrying between 700
and 800 men, and valued at upwards of 500,000^. In 1778
Rear-Admiral Parker succeeded to the chief command in the
West Indies, where his exertions in protecting the commerce
of England, and in distressing that of the enemy, were highly
successful. On 17 April, 1780, he bore a distinguished part
in Sir George Rodney's partial engagement with the French
fleet under Admiral de Guichen, off Ste, Lucie; and in the
following'^ept. he was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral.
Being soon afterwards invested with the chief command iri
the North Sea, he there, on 5 Aug. 1781, with 7 sail of the
line, 4 frigates, and a cutter, fell in, near the Doggerbank
with a Dutch squadron, under Admiral Zoutman, consisting
of 6 line of battle ships, two of 44 guns each, and 4 frigates :
the whole of which, after a brilliant and most obstinate con-
flict of three hours and forty minutes, were compelled to
retire into the Texel, with the loss of one ship of the line.
On 13 Oct. 1782, Sir Hyde sailed for the East Indies with his
flag in the Cato 50, but he was never heard of after leaving
Kio de Janeiro on 12 Dec.
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PARKER.
moved as Midshipman to the Naecisshs 32, Capt.
Koss Donnelly ; and while in that frigate, of which he
■was created an acting and a confirmed Lieutenant
6 Oct. 1803 and 24 Sept. 1804, he saw much active
service. On 11 July in the latter year, in particu-
lar, he assisted with the boats of his own ship and
of the Maidstone and Seahorse, 10 in number,
under the orders of Lieut. John Thompson, and
was highly spoken of for his conduct at the capture
and destruction of 12 settees, lying at La Vandour,
in the Bay of Hyeres, after a conflict, in which the
British, encountered by a tremendous fire of grape-
shot and musketry, as well from the vessels them-
selves as from a battery and the houses of the town,
sustained a loss of 4 men killed and 23 wounded.*
In the following year Mr. Parker, who in July, 1803,
had contributed to the capture of L'Alcycen, of 16
guns and 96 men, accompanied the expedition to
the Cape of Good Hope ; on her passage whither
the Narcissus, besides making prize of Le Presi-
dent privateer, of 12 guns and 70 men, retook the
English merchantship Horatio Nelsrm, mounting 22
guns, and drove on shore the Napoleon privateer, of
32 guns and 250 men. Subsequently to the reduc-
tion of the Cape, Mr. Parker, on the surrender
there of the 46-gun frigate Volontaire, was placed on
board that ship under the orders of Capt. Hon.
Josceline Percy. In June, 1806, having been ad-
vanced to the rank of Commander on 22 of the
preceding Jan., he went on half-pay. His next ap-
pointment was, in March, 1807, to the Prometheus
sloop ; from which vessel, for his services during
the expedition to Copenhagen, he was promoted, 13
Oct. following, to Post-rank. He afterwards ob-
tained command — 11 March, 1811, of the Mon-
mouth 64, bearing the flag in the Downs of Rear-
AdmiralThos. Foley— 15 April, 1812, of the Tene-
Dos 38, attached to the force on the coast of North
America, whence he returned in Aug. 1815 — 15
March, 1818, of the Iphigenia 46, which ship was
paid off 12 June, 1821—1 May, 1830, of the St. Vin-
cent 120, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Foley at
Portsmouth— 16 Feb. 1831, of the Asia 84, on the
Lisbon station — 19 Dec. following, again of the
Victory, employed, as before, at Portsmouth,
where he remained until Feb. 1833— and, 29 Aug.
1835, for upwards of four years and a half, of the
Rodney 92, on the Mediterranean station. While
in the Tenedos Capt. Parker was engaged, in com-
pany with the Shannon 38, Capt. Philip Bowes
Vere Broke, in blockading, during the month of
April, 1813, the port of Boston, in which lay the
American frigates President and Congress;] he
afterwards, in April, 1814, united with the Junon
38, Capt. Clotworthy Upton, in chasing the Consti-
tution frigate into Marblehead Harbour, whither he
was only prevented from following her by a signal
of recall from the Junon ;J and, on 15 Jan. 1815,
he witnessed the surrender of the above-named
President to the British frigate Endymion, Capt.
Henry Hope. § In the Iphigenia, after having con-
veyed the Duke of Richmond to Quebec, he pro-
ceeded to the West Indies, where the fever in a
few weeks carried off 84 of his oflScers and men.
On 5 Sept. 1831 Capt. Parker was nominated an
Extra Naval Aide-de-Camp to King William IV.
He attained flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; and, from 4
Aug. 1842 until the close of 1847, he held the ap-
pointment of Admiral Superintendent at Ports-
mouth. In 1845 he commanded an experimental
squadron. He was nominated a C.B. 18 April,
1839.
llear-Admiral Parker married, 16 July, 1821,
Caroline, daughter of the late Sir Fred. Morton
* Vide Gaz. 1804, p. 1239.
+ On 21 of the foUowinj^ month, being in company with
the CirnLKW brig, he took the Enierprize American schooner
privateer of 4 guns (pierced for 18") and 91 men.
X In Sept. 1814 he commanded the squadron employed in
co-operation with the troops under Lieut.-Colonel Pilkington
at the reduction of .Machias, the last post possessed'by the
enemy between the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy Bay. —
Vide Gaz. 1814, pp. 2026, 2121.
} Vide Gaz. 1815, p. 281.
Eden, Bart., and sister of Capt. Chas. Eden, R.N.
By that lady he has issue. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
PAKKEE. (CoMMANDEB, 1847.)
Hyde Pabkeb obtained his first commission 5
April, 1844; and, from 15 May, 1846, until advanced
to his present rank 4 Aug, 1847, was employed in
the Pacific on board the Constance 50, Capt. Sir
Baldwin Wake Walker. He is now on half-pay.
PARKER. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 32; h-p., 10.)
John Parker entered the Navy, 1 May, 1805, as
A.B., on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. Thos. Sec-
combe, bearing the flag in the Downs of Rear-
Admiral John Holloway; and in the course of the
same year was present, we are informed, as Mid-
shipman, in the boats of the Vesuvius bomb, in an
attack upon the Boulogne flotilla. While serving
next with Capt. Seccombe in the Glatton 50, he
assisted in the boats of that ship at the cutting out,
1 March, 1807, of a Turkish' corvette of 10 guns,
lying at anchor in the port of Sigri, in the Grecian
archipelago, where the resistance encountered by
the British killed their commanding oificer, Lieut.
Edw. Watson, and 4 men, and wounded 9, including
Mr. Parker, whom, in the course of the same year,
we find employed in a gun-boat on Lake Mareotis,
in co-operation with the army during the expedi-
tion to'Egypt. On 30 Jan. 1808 he chanced, with
Capt. Seccombe, to be on board the Delight 16,
Capt. Philip Cosby Handfield, when that vessel, in
an endeavour to re-capture four Sicilian gun- vessels,
took the ground near Reggio, and was obliged to
surrender, after losing, from an exposure of 15
hours to a galling fire from the enemy's batteries
and troops, two-thirds of her crew, together with
her Commander and Capt. Seccombe. In the fol-
lowing May he became attached to the Standard
64, Capt. Thos. Harvey ; previously to accompany-
ing whom, in March, 1809, into the Majestic 74,
he aided in cutting out an armed schooner near
Otranto, and in spiking the guns of a battery at
Cape St. Mary's. While serving as Master's Mate
in the Majestic Mr. Parker was wounded in her
boats in escorting a convoy through the Great
Belt; and on his removal in 1810 to the Solebay
32, Capt. Hon. Granville Leveson Proby, he beat
off, in a prize, a Danish privateer. On his arrival
in the East Indies in the Malacca 36, Capt. Wm.
Butterfield, he was^nominated, 9 June, 1812, Acting-
Lieutenant of the' Phcenix 36, Capt. Jas. Bowen ;
under whom, it appears, he accompanied an expe-
dition against the pirates of Sambas, in the island
of Borneo. After a servitude of 20 months, the
chief part of the time as a Supernumerary, in the
Illustrious 74, Capt. Joseph Prior, Barracoota
sloop, Capt. Chas. Hawkey, Minden 74, flag-ship of
Sir Sara. Hood (by whom he was employed in sur-
veying the neighbourhood of Trincomalee), Stir-
ling Castle, and Cornwallis, of similar force,
Capts. Sir Home Popham and Stephen Thos. Digby,
and Monmouth 64, Capt. Wm. Wilkinson, he was
made Lieutenant, 29 Nov. 1814, into the Spencer
74, Capts. Rich. Raggett andWm. Robt. Broughton,
stationed at first on the coast of North America,
and then at Plymouth, where, for nine months, he
had command of a tender. We may here mention
that on leaving the Stirling Castle he received
from Sir Home Popham a very flattering letter for
the zeal and exertions he had exhibited while under
his orders. The Spencer being paid off in Aug.
1818 he was next in succession appointed — 3 Dec.
1822, to the Northumberland 78, Capt. Thos. Jas.
Maling, lying at Sheerness — 27 Feb. 1823, as First,
to the Eclair 18, Capts. Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone
and Thos. Bourchier, fitting for South America —
5 June, 1824, to the Spartiate 76, Capt. Gordon
Thos. Falcon, on the latter station — and, 13 Sept.
1825, as Senior, to the Volage 28, Capts. Hon. Rich.
Saunders Dundas, Robt. Tait, and Michael Seymour.
Attaining the rank of Commander 26 Feb. 1829,
Capt. Parker was nominated, 12 March following,
Second-Captain of the Southampton 52, flag-ship
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of Sir Edw. W. C. B. Owen, in the East Indies;
where he was placed in command, 12 May, 1831, of
the Cruizek 18.* That vessel being paid off about
Jan. 1834, he was appointed, 11 April, in the same
year, to the Hastings 74, hearing the flag at Lisbon
of Sir Wm. Hall Gage, under whom he served for a
period of three years and nine months. He at-
tained his present rank 28 June, 1838, and was
afterwards, 18 March, 1839, and 18 Aug. 1841,
placed in command of the Winchester 50, flag-ship
of Sir Thos. Harvey, and Vestal 26, both on the
North America and West India station. Since the
autumn of 1842, at which period the latter vessel
was put out of commission, Capt. Parker has been
on half-pay. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
PAKKEE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 26.)
Robert Brockholes Parker, born 19 Aug. 1790,
is eldest son of the late Edw. Parker, Esq., of
Clithero, by Sarah, daughter of John Leaper, Esq.,
of Kellet House, co. Lancaster.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Sept. 1808, as
L.M., on board the Semibamis 36, Capt. Wm.
Granger, attached to the force on the Lisbon sta-
tion, where he attained the rating of Midshipman
in Sept. 1809, and in April, 1810, followed the same
Captain into the Csisak 80. Kemoving, in May,
1811, to the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home Pop-
ham, he assisted in that ship, in the course of 1812,
at the reduction of Lequeytio and Castro, on the
north coast of Spain ; also in the attacks made upon
Puerta Galetta, Guetaria, and Santander ; anii at
the destruction of the fortifications of Bermeo,
Plenoia, Galea, Algorta, Begona, El Campillo las
Quersas, and Xebiles. In Aug. 1814, after having
escorted Earl Moira to India in the Stirling
Castle 74, also commanded by Sir H. Popham, he
joined the Valiant 74, Capt. Zachary Mudge, sta-
tioned in the Channel; whence, in the ensuing
month, he sailed for North America, as a Super-
numerary, in the Liverpool 50, Capt. Arthur Far-
quhar. Being nominated, on his arrival. Master's
Mate of the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex.
Cochrane, he was afforded an opportunity, in con-
sequence, of sharing in the operations against New
Orleans. He returned to England in March, 1815,
in the Akmide 38, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge ;
attained his present rank 20 Sept. following ; was
subsequently, between Feb. 1825 and the early part
of 1827, employed in the Aurora 46, and, as First-
Lieutenant, in the Ariadne 26, Capts. John Max-
well and Adolphus FitzClarence ; and since 21
June, 1843, has been officiating as Admiralty Agent
in a contract mail steam- vessel.
Lieut. Parker married, 19 June, 1816, Sarah,
daughter of John Cundale, Esq., of Snab Green,
near Lancaster, by whom he has issue two sons and
two daughters. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
PAKKEE. (Lieut., 1815. p-p., 12; h-p., 31.)
Walter Turner Parker was born 5 Feb. 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 1804, as
Third-ol. Vol., on board the Insolent gun-brig,
Lieut.-Commander John Row Morris, under whom
he was for three years actively employed, part of
the time as Midshipman, on the Channel and Medi-
terranean stations. On his removal, in Aug. 1807,
to the Desperate, another gun-brig, commanded
in succession by Lieuts. John Price, Jas. Leach,
Joshua Birks, Thos. EUery, and Geo. Green, he was
at first engaged in attendance on the Copenhagen
expedition, and next in blockading the enemy's
ports and in destroying their trade on the coast of
France ; where, it appears, he took part in many
hazardous cutting-out affairs, was on one occasion
wounded in the head, and at times landed in charge
of secret papers. After witnessing the operations
in the Scheldt, whence he brought a gun-boat, No.
31, to England, Mr. Parker was received, in March,
1810, on board the Grampus 50, Capt. Wm. Han-
* Prior to joining the Crtjizer Capt. Pnrker commanded
for a time tlie Satellite 18.
well. On his return home with convoy from China,
whither he had also escorted the trade, he joined, in
Nov. 1811, the Raven 16, Capt. Geo. Gustavus Len-
nock ; in which vessel, on 3 July, 1812, we find him,
in face of the enemy's fleet at Flushing, and under
the very guns of that enemy's forts, assisting in a
dashing attack made by her on 14 brigs (each armed
with 3 or 4 long 24-pounders), three of which were
driven on shore. In Dec. of the same year he was
sent in charge of a prize to North Yarmouth ; but
the vessel on her passage taking fire, he was under
the necessity of abandoning her, and of remaining
in consequence exposed, until picked up, to several
hours of intense hardship. He afterwards went
back to the Raven, and continued in her until
Sept. 1813. Becoming attached, in Feb. 1814, to
the DioMEDE 50, armee-en-Jlute, Capt. Chas. Montagu
Fabian, he sailed in that ship for Quebec; from
which place, in the ensuing June, he proceeded as a
Volunteer to Lake Ontario, and there joined the
Prince Regent 56, bearing the broad pendant of
Sir Jas. Lucas Teo, by whom he was in succession
transferred to various vessels, and for a time en-
trusted with the command of a gun-boat. On his
arrival home in a transport in Dec. 1815, he was
promoted for his services to the rank of Lieutenant
by a commission bearing date 17 of the preceding
March. His last appointment was, 31 Jan. 1833, to
the Coast Guard, in which he remained nearly two
years.
Lieut. Parker married, 3 Oct. 1819, Rachel,
daughter of Wm. Smith, Esq., of Wickford Hall,
CO. Essex, by whom he has issue three children.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
PAEKER, Bart., G.C.B. (Vice-Admieal of
THE White, 1841. f-p., 30; h-p., 24.)
Sir William Parker is immediately descended
from a younger son of Sir Thos. Parker, Kt., who
held the office of Lord Chief Baron of the Exche-
quer for a period terminating in Oct. 1772 ; and is a
relative of the present Thos. Hawe Parker, Esq., of
Park Hall, co. Stafford, a Deputy-Lieutenant for
that shire. He is nephew of the late Earl St. Vin-
cent.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 March, 1793, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Orion 74, Capt.
John Thos. Duckworth ; in which ship he served
for some time in the West Indies, and was present,
as Midshipman, in the actions of 28 and 29 May
and 1 June, 1794. Following Capt. Duckworth, in
March, 1795, into the Leviathan 74, he soon again
sailed for the West Indies, where, besides assisting
at the capture of a large number of the enemy's
vessels, he took part in the unsuccessful attack
made in March, 1796, on the town of Leogane, St,
Domingo. On 6 May and 24 June, 1798, he was
successively nominated (after an unemployed inter-
val of 18 months) Acting-Lieutenant, on the Jamaica
station, of the Magicienne frigate, Capts. Wm.
Henry Bicketts and Wm. Ogilvy, and Queen 98,
flag-ship of Sir Hyde Parker ; by whom, from 29
April, 1799, until the receipt of his first Admiralty
commission bearing date 5 Sept. in the same year,
he was entrusted with the command of the Volage
22, and of the Amabanthe and Pelican sloops.
Attaining the rank of Commander 10 Oct. 1799,
Capt. Parker, after intermediately commanding the
Abergavenny 54, was appointed, 11 Nov. following,
to the Stork 18 ; in which vessel, employed in the
West Indies, North Sea, and Channel, he made prize
of La Legere French packet, of 14 guns and 50 men,
laden with a valuable cargo, and contributed, in
company with La Constance 24, Capt. Zachary
Mudge, to the capture of JEl Cantara Spanish pri-
vateer of 22 guns and 110 men, and of her consort
a lugger mounting 10 guns. On the occasion of his
promotion to Post rank, 9 Oct. 1801, Capt. Parker
was appointed to L'OiSEAn .36 ; and on 8 Nov. 1802,
after having held command for eight months of the
Alarm 32, and conveyed a body of German troops
to Holland, he joined the Amazon 38. In that ship,
at the commencement of the late war with France
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PARKER.
he brought the Duke of Kent home from Gibraltar ;
and, on hia return to the Mediterranean, so distin-
guished himself on several occasions, particularly
by his spirited conduct in chasing a French frigate
into Toulon, that he excited the admiration and se-
cured the friendship of the immortal Nelson ; with
whom, in 1805, we find him pursuing the combined
squadrons to the West Indies and back. Previously
to the latter event Capt. Parker had had the for-
tune, 16 July, 1803, to effect the capture of Le Felix
privateer of 16 guns and 96 men. He afterwards, 12
Sept. 1805, took the Principe de la Paz Spanish pri-
vateer, mounting 24 9-pounders and 4 brass swivels,
with a complement of 160 men ; and on 13 March,
1806, he signalized himself by his meritorious and
gallant behaviour throughout a long running fight,
which terminated in the surrender to the London
98, and to the Amazon, whose loss extended to
4 men killed and 5 wounded, of the Marengo 80,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-
gun frigate BeUe Poule.* In the summer of 1809,
Capt. Parker was employed in active co-operation
with the patriots on the coast of Galicia, especially
at Ferrol, where he landed at the head of a party of
seamen.f On 23 March, 1811, he captured Le Cu-
pidon French privateer of 14 guns and 82 men.
Quitting the Amazon in Feb. 1812, he was next, 11
Oct. 1827, appointed to the Wakspite 76; from
which ship, stationed in the Mediterranean, he was
transferred, 29 Dec. 1828, to the Prince Kegeht
yacht. On 1 May, 1831, Rear-Admiral Parker (who
had attained Flag rank 22 July, 1830, and been no-
minated a C.B. 4 June, 1815) was invested with the
chief command on the Lisbon station, which he con-
tinued to hold — occasionally commanding an experi-
mental squadron — until 11 July, 1834.J On 16 of
that month he was created a K.O.B. He became,
10 days later, a Lord of the Admiralty ; and on
resigning that appointment was constituted, 12
May, 1841, Naval Commander-in-Chief in the East
Indies ; whither he sailed with his flag in the Cokn-
WAXLis 72. As a reward for the brilliancy and im-
portance of his ensuing services in China^ where he
superintended all the operations from the taking of
Amoy in Aug. 1841 to the pacification of Nanking
in 1842,§ and was often personally engaged both
afloat and on shore, he was nominated a G.C.B. 2
Deo. 1842, and raised, on his return to England in
1844, to the dignity of a Baronet. Since 27 Feb.
1845, Sir Wm. Parker (he had become a Vioe-Ad-
miral 23 Nov. 1841) has been in chief command
on the Mediterranean station with his flag in the
HiBEKNiA 104. He was awarded the Good Service
pension of 300/. per annum 26 April, 1844 ; and ap-
pointed, 19 Dec. 1846, First and Principal Aide-
de-Camp to the Queen.
He married, 7 June, 1810, Frances Anne, youngest
daughter of Sir Theophilus Biddulph, Bart., by whom
he has issue.
PAKKER. (Lieutenant, 1801.)
William Parker entered the Navy, in March,
1793, as A.B., on board the Diadem 64, Capt. Andw.
Sutherland, with whom, after witnessing, as Mid-
shipman, the occupation of Toulon, he removed, in
Aug. 1794, to the Berwick 74. On leaving that
ship, which for a time was commanded by Capt.
Chas. Tyler, he successively joined the St. George
98, Britansxa 100, and Goliath 74, all under the
orders, the two former as flag-ships of Sir Hyde
Parker, of Capt. Thos. Foley. In the St. George
he fought in Hotham's two actions with the French
fleet in 1795 ; he took part, in the Britannia, in
the battle off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797; and
in the Goliath he shared in the glories of the Nile
1 Aug. 1798. He was confirmed a Lieutenant (after
having acted for 12 months as such) in the Druid
32, Capt. Chas. Apthorp, 16 March, 1801 ; and he
was subsequently (having first obtained the Turkish
gold medal for his services during the campaign in
* Vide Gaz. 1806. t V. Gaz. 1809, p. 1040.
} Hia flag, during tho ]3eriad, was flying in the Asia 84,
j Fide Gaz. I8iii, passim.
Egypt) appointed— 2 Nov. 1801, to the Champion
24, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, attached to the force
in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in Sept.
1802—16 Nov. 1803, and 13 Sept. 1806, to the com-
mand of the Cleveland and Neptune hired ves-
sels, in which he served in the Channel until Dec.
1809— 16 May, 1810, for four months, to the Savage
sloop, Capt. Wm. Ferrie, on the West India station
— 18 March, 1811, to the Hebe hired armed ship,
commanded at first by Capt. Edw. Elliott, next by
himself, and then again by Capt. Elliott, in the
North Sea and Baltic — 17 Dec. 1812, to the charge,
which he retedned until May, 1814, of a Signal-sta-
tion on the north coa«t of Ireland — 3 July, 1817, to
the command of the Neptune, for the purpose of
superintending a division of the Plymouth Ordinary
— in 1824, to the ofiice of Agent for Transports
Afloat — 25 April, 1834, again to the Ordinary at
Plymouth, where he became, 1 Aug. 1836, Senior of
the San Josef 110, Capts. Kich. Thomas and John
Hancock — and, towards the close of 1837, to an Ad-
miralty Agency on board a contract mail steam-
vessel. He has held an appointment, since 26 Nov.
1838, in the K.N. Hospital at Haslar.
Lieut. Parker is married, and has issue. One of
his daughters, Mary, is the wife of John Brickwood,
Esq., Purser and Paymaster R.N. (1840), now serv-
ing on board the Odim steam-frigate of 560 horse-
power.
PARKER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 29.)
William Frederick Parker entered the Navy,
27 July, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal
George 100, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, bearing the
flag in the Channel of Vice- Admiral Sir John Thos.
Duckworth. From March, 1809, until March, 1814,
he served, on the Mediterranean, West India, and
Home stations, chiefly in the capacities of Midship-
man and Master's Mate, in the Spider, Lieut.-Com-
mander Wm. Sandford Oliver, Ptlades 18, Capt.
G^o. Ferguson, Spider again (commanded at fcst
by Lieut. Oliver, and next by Capt. Frank Gore
Willock), Elizabeth, Lieut.-Commander Dwyer,
Demeraba, Capt. Wm. Henry Smith, and Cressi
and Egmont 74's, Capts. Chas. Dashwood and Jo-
seph Bingham. Being then nominated Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Porcupine 22, Capt. John Coode, he
took part in the ensuing operations on the Gironde,
where he witnessed the destruction of a French
line-of-battle ship, 3 brigs of war, several smaller
vessels, and of all the ioxts and batteries on the
north side of the river. After again serving as Mas-
ter's Mate in the Egmont, and also in the Queen 74,
the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Pen-
rose, he took up, in June, 1815, a commission hear-
ing date 3 of the preceding March. His succeeding
appointments were— 6 July, 1816, to the Hecla
bomb, Capt. Wm. Popham, whom he accompanied
in the ensuing expedition against Algiers — 2 Nov.
following, and 3 July, 1817, to the Conqueror 74,
flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Bobt. Plampin, and, as
First-Lieutenant, to the Griffon 16, Capt. Wm.
Elliot Wright, both on the St. Helena station,
whence he returned in Sept. 1818 — and, in July,
1824, for a short period, to the Beaver 10, Capt.
John Jas. Onslow, attached to the force in the West
Indies. Since he left the latter vessel he has been
on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
PARKER, Bart. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 14;
H-p., 39.)
Sir William George Parker was bom 19 Aug.
1787, and died 24 March, 1848, at Plymouth. He
was eldest son of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Wm.
Parker, Bart.,* by Jane, eldest daughter of Edw.
• Sir Wm. Parker was born in Kent in 1 743. Prior to 1778,
in which yeir he was advanced to Post-rank, he served, we be-
lieve, under Lord Shuldham and Admiral Byron. During the
war with America he commanded the Deal Ca8tt.b, Maid-
stone, and IpHiosNiA frigates; as he subsequently did the
DicTAToE 64, Jupiter 50, Formidable 9«, and Audacious
74. In the Jupiter he was for three years Commodore and
Commander-in-Chief on the Leeward Island station ; and in
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ColUngwood, Esq., of Greenwich. One of his sisters,
Jane, married the late Capt. Geo. Cook, R.N. ; a
second, Sarah, the late Rear-Admiral Joseph Bing-
ham ; a third, Susannah, the late Capt. Wm. Hawk-
well Bowen, K.N. ; and a fourth, Mary, Colonel
Peter Eoberton. Sir W. G. Parker was uncle of
the present Commander Parker Duckworth Bing-
ham, R.N., and also of Lieut. A. F. J. Bowen.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1794, on
board the Eaisonhabi.e 64, Capt. Rich. Parker,
fitting for the flag of his father, Kear-Admiral Wm.
Parker ; with whom, in Feb. 1795, he sailed for the
"West Indies, and in July, 1796, returned to England
in the Swiftsure 74. Rejoining the Rear-Admiral,
in the following Dec., on board the Pmnce George
98, he fought with him in the action off Cape St.
A^noent 14 Feb. 1797 ; shortly after which event he
left the Prince George. He rejoined her, how-
ever, in Oct. 1798 ; and after serving for a time with
his father off Cadiz, and with him in the America
74 at Halifax, was received on board the Boston 32,
Capt. John Erskine Douglas. On 10 Oct. and 9 Nov.
1802 he was successively nominated Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Cdmberland and Leviathan 74's,
Capts. Wm. Henry Bayntun and Rich. Dalling
Dunn ; to the latter of which ships, bearing the
flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth at Jamaica, he
was confirmed 2 Feb. 1803. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — 2 April, 1803, to the De Royter
68, Capt. Volant Vasnon Ballard, cruizing in the
Atlantic — 14 Oct. following and 25 Jan. 1805, to
L' AiMABLE and La Renommee frigates, Capts. Wm.
Bolton and Sir Thos. Livingstone, employed off
Flushing and Boulogne, and in the Mediterranean
—25 Nov. 1806, to the Royal George 100, flag-ship
of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, whom he accompa^
nied in the expedition to the Dardanells — and, 1
May, 1810, after two years of half-pay, to the An-
telope 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to the same officer
at Newfoundland. While attached to La Renom-
mee, Sir Wm. Parker assisted at the capture, 4
April, 1806, under the flre of Fort Callaretes, of the
Vigilante Spanish brig-of-war, of 18 guns and 109
men. He next, on 4 of the ensuing May, with the
boats of the same ship and of the Nadtilds 18
under his orders, boarded, carried, and brought out
from under the fire of the guns of the town and
Torre de Vieja, and also from under the fire of
more than 100 musketeers, the Spanish schooner
Giffanta, of 9 guns and 38 men. " When it is con-
sidered," says the official report of his Captain, ad-
dressed to Lord CoUingwood, " that this schooner
was moored with a chain witliin half-pistol shot of
the shore, that she had boarding nettings up, and
was in every way prepared to receive our boats, as
were also the batteries and musketeers, too much
praise cannot be given to the officers and men em-
ployed ; and I am confident their conduct will meet
your Lordship's approbation." * On the night of
21 Oct. following the boats of La RenommSe, under
the direction of Sir Wm. Parker, entered the port
of Colon, in the island of Majorca, and, in the face
of a fire from the vessels lying there, and of one from
the town of Falconara, gallantly hoarded and took
a Spanish tartan, mounting 4 guns, and two settees,
deeply laden with grain, one of them armed. The
latter were with great difficulty brought out ; but
the tartan, having got on shore, was set fire to and
the Audacious he distinguished himself by the gallant man-
ner in which, during Lord Howe's action of 28 May, 1794, he
defeated the French lio-gun ship Revulutwnnairey after a
close and furious engagement of nearly two hours. As a
reward for his valour he was presented, in the course of the
same year, with a gold medal, was promoted to Flag-rank,
and appointed Commander-in Chief at Jamaica. Being sub-
sequently sent to reinforce the fleet under SirJohn Jervis. he
fought with that ofBcer in the action off Cape St. Vincent 14
Feb. 1797; and in acknowledgment of his services on the
occasion, was raised, 24 June following, to the dignity of a
Baronet, besides being presented by tiie King with a gold
medal and chain, and by the City of London witli its free-
dom in agold box. His last appointment was on the Halifax
station, where he commanded in cliief from March 1800 until
some time in the following year. He died of apoplexy at
Ham, near Richmond, co. Siurey, 31 Dec. 1802.
• rWcGaa. 1800, p. 828.
destroyed. In the execution of this enterprise the
British had only one man wounded. During the
ensuing night Sir Wm. Parker brought off, from
under the guns of Falconara, a settee, carrying 2
guns. On the occasion he was much annoyed by a
fire of musketry from behind the bushes, which
wounded one of his men ; and in order to put a
stop to the mischief he landed with a few sailors
and marines, killed 1 Spaniard, and drove away the
remainder.* Being awarded a second promotal
commission dated 29 Nov. 1810, he succeeded, 1 Feb.
1812 and 21 May, 1813, in obtaining command of
the RiNALDO 10 and Fly 16. In the former vessel
he contributed, 4 May, 1812 (in a manner that
procured him the official thanks of the Senior officer
present, Capt. A. Cunningham, of the Bermuda
sloop), to the capture, under the fire of a battery
near Boulogne, of the Apelles brig-of-war ; f and in
the Fly he made a voyage to Brazil. He acquired
Post-rank 6 June, 1814 ; and accepted the Retire-
ment 1 Oct. 1846.
Sir Wm. Geo. Parker married, 29 Aug. 1808, Eli-
zabeth, daughter of Jas. Chas. Still, Esq., of East
Knoyle, Wilts, and has left a large family.
PAUKHURST. (LlEDTENANT, 1841.)
Percy Parkhdrst died in Nov. 1846 on board
the Rose, and was buried at sea.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Nov. 1829 ; passed
his examination in 1836 ; and, participating in the
operations on the coast of China, was in particular
mentioned for his gallantry and zeal at the forcing
of the inner passage from Macao to Whampoa;
during their advance on which place the boats of
the Samarang 28, in conjunction with the Nemesis
steamer, destroyed, between 3 a.m. on 13 and 4 p.m.
on 15 March, 1841, five forts, one battery, two mili-
tary stations, and nine war-junks, in which collec-
tively were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls. J For the above^
and other services, including the capture of Canton,
he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 June,
1841. His succeeding appointments were — 17 Sept.
1841, to the Styx steam-vessel, Capt. Alex. Thos.
Emeric Vidal, fitting for service at the Azores — 20
Dec. 1842, to the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Bar-
nard, lying at Plymouth — and, 16 May, 1843, to the
Rose 18, Capts. Henry Rich. Sturt and Rich. Wilson
Pelly, on the North America and West India station,
where he died. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
PARKIN. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 16.)
James Lamport Parkin entered the Navy, 13
April, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aciiille
74, Capts. Sir Rich. King, Hon. Geo. Beneage
Lawrence Dundas, and Aiskew Paffard Hollis.
During his attachment to that ship he accompanied
the expedition to Flushing, cruized off Cherbourg
and Cadiz, and was for a time employed, in the
capacity of ]\Iidshipman, in blockading the French
and Venetian squadrons at Venice, consisting of
three line-ot-battle ships and a frigate ready for
sea, and of several of each class fitting in the arsenal.
After a servitude of three years and a half on the
Mediterranean, North American, and St. Helena
stations in the Havannah 36, Capts. Hon. Geo.
Cadogan, Jas. Black, Edw. Reynolds Sibly, and
Gawen Wm. Hamilton, he was received, in July,
1816, as Master's Mate, on board the Minden 74,
Capt. Wm. Paterson, under whom he took part in
the bombardment of Algiers, and then sailed for
the East Indies; where he became, 11 March, 1817,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Orlando 36, flag-ship of
Sir Rich. King, and, 12 Feb. and 1 May, 1818,
Acting-Second-Master and full Lieutenant of the
MiNDEN, then the flag-ship of Sir Rich. King. The
latter vessel being paid off' about 1820 he was sub-
sequently appointed — 23 Oct. 1823, to the Ocean 80,
flag-ship of Lord Amelius Beauclerk off Lisbon,
where he remained three years — 22 Oct. 1828, as
First, to the Cruizer 18, Capts. John Edw. Griffith
Colpoys and John Parker, with whom he served in
• r^ide Gaz. 1806, p. 1568. f ^. Ga^. 1812, p. 853.
t V. Gaz. 1841, p, 1600.
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PARKIN-PARKINSON— PARKMAN— PARKS— PARLEY.
the East Indies until 1832— and, 3 May, 183i, to the
Hastings 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir \Vm. Hall
Gage at Lisbon. "While attached to the Ckuizeb,
of which vessel he held the command for a short
period, Lieut. Parkin was actively employed on the
Swan River. He was advanced to his present rank,
on the return home of the Hastings, 23 Deo. 1837 ;
and has since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs.
StilweU.
PARKIN. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 16; h-p., 26.)
John Pengellt Parkin entered the Navy, 31
March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Achillb
74, commanded by the late Sir Rich. King ; and on
21 of the following Oct. was present as Midshipman
in the action off Cape Trafalgar. He was afterwards
in the same ship at the blockade of Ferrol and
Cherbourg, and at the defence of Cadiz. In March,
1811, he followed Sir Rich. King into the San Josef
110, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton in the Mediterra^
nean ; on his return whence he joined, in March,
1812, the Hekmes 20, Capt. Philip Browne. He
removed, in the following Oct., to the Salvador
DEL MuNDO, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Calder at
Plymouth, where he remained until March, 1813.
Being then again placed under the orders of Sir
Rich. King, whose flag was flying in the Mediterra-
nean on board the San Josef, he continued em-
ployed with him, alternately in the capacities of
Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, until again
transferred, in Aug. 1814, to the Salvador del
Mdndo, flag-ship at the time of Admiral Wm.
Domett. On 15 Sept. in the latter year he was
confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant. His next ap-
pointments were — 25 Oct. and 8 Deo. 1815, to the
St. George and Impregnable 98*s, flag-ships of Sir
John Thos. Duckworth at Plymouth — and, 6 March,
1816, to the Magicienne 36, as Flag-Lieutenant to
Sir Rich. King in the East Indies ; on which station
he was made Commander, 12 Dec. 1816, into the
Bacchus 18. He returned to England about 1820 ;
and was lastly, from 11 Feb. 1840 until advanced
to his present rank 28 Aug. 1841, employed as
Second-Captain in the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw.
Barnard ; under whom he took part in the opera^
tions on the coast of Syria and was present at the
blockade of Alexandria. He has since been on
half-pay. Agents — Messrs. StilweU.
PARKINSON. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
"William Fredebick W. Parkinson passed his
examination 2 March, 1837 ; was for some time
Mate of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Graham
Moore at Plymouth; and for his services in that
capacity in China on board the Cambrian 36, Capt.
Henry Ducie Chads, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842.* His next and last ap-
pointment was, 20 Jan. 1844, to the Volage 26,
Capt. Sir "Wm. Dickson ; under whom he was em-
ployed on particular service until paid off in 1845.
He was awarded a pension for wounds 22 Dec. 1846.
PARKMAN. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 19; h-p., 34.)
John Pakkman, born at Portsea, co. Hants, is
son of the late Mr. John Parkman, an old and well-
known Pilot for the coast of France.
This oificer entered the Navy, 11 Nov. 1794, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Robust 74 ; in which
ship, successively commanded by Capts. Edw.
Thombrough, Geo. Countess, Wm. Brown, John
Acworth Ommanney, and "Wm. Henry Jervis, he
continued until July, 1802. In 1795 he was present
in Lord Bridport's action, and in the expedition to
Quiberon; he assisted afterwards at the blockade
of Brest, L'Orient, and La Rochelle ; and on 12 Oct.
1798 he contributed, off the coast of Ireland, to the
capture, with a loss to the Robdst of 10 killed and
40 wounded, of the French 74-gun ship Le Ilocke,
one of a squadron commanded by Commodore Bom-
part. Previously to the latter affair he had aided
ju landing a body of troops at "Wexford. At the
commencement of 1802 he made a voyage to the
West Indies. After an attachment of a few months,
as Admiralty-Midshipman, to the Diamond 38,
Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, he was nominated, in
June, 1803, Master's Mate of the Magnificent 74,
commanded by his former Captain W. H. Jervis ;
under whom he was wrecked during a gale of wind
off Brest 25 March, 1804. He was in consequence
detained a prisoner in France until the end of the
war. His promotion to the rank of Lieutenant took
place 20 Nov. 1812.
He married, 10 Aug. 1810, at Verdun, and has
issue 12 children. Agents — Pettett and Newton.
PARKS. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 20.)
Abraham Parks entered the Navy, 24 Dec. 1806,
as Clerk, on board the Sandwich, Lieut.-Com-
mander Emanuel Hungerford, lying in the River
Medway, where he attained the rating of Midship-
man in April, 1808, and in the following Sept. re-
moved to the Irresistible prison-ship, Lieut. -Com-
mander Poynter Crane. Becoming attached, in
Jan. 1809, to the SiRios 36, Capt. Sam. Pym, he
assisted in that vessel at the reduction, in the ensuing
Sept., of the town of St. Paul's, in the He de Bour-
bon. On his return to England in July, 1810, in
the Raisonnable 64, Capt. John Hatley, he joined
the Melpomene troop-ship, Capts. Hon. Wm. Wal-
degrave, Gordon Thos. Falooq, and Robt. Rowley ;
under whom he continued employed until Feb. 1815
on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, and also
in the Chesapeake, where he was severely burnt by
an explosion of gunpowder. On 7 of the month last
mentioned he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of
the Portia 14, Capt. Henry Thomson ; and in the
following Nov., after having again served on board
the Melpomene as Master's Mate, and as Admiralty-
Midshipman in the JdlIa 14, Capt. John Wyatt
Watling, he took up a commission bearing date 15
March in the same year. His appointments have
since been — 18 May, 1835, to the Coast Guard — 7
Feb. 1839, to the Victory 104, flag-ship of Hon.
Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, Admiral-Superintend-
ent at Portsmouth— and, 21 July, 1839, 3 Sept. 1841,
and 20 Oct. 1847, to the successive command of the
Pike, Cockoo, and Dasher steam-packets. Agents
— Messrs. Ommanney.
• ride Gaz. 1843, p. 2950.
PARLEY. (Commander, 1836. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 11 .)
James Edward Parlby entered the Navy, 27
Aug. 1810, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Akmide 38,
Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, attached to the force on
the Home station ; where he continued employed as
Midshipman, until Aug. 1815, in the Ddblin 74,
Capts. R. D. Dunn and Thos. Elphinstone, Centaur
74, Capts. John Chambers White and Thos. Gordon
Caulfeild, and Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm.
While on board the latter ship he witnessed the
cutting out of several vessels from the harbour of
Corrijou, near Abervrach, 18 July, 1815. On leaving
her he joined the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins;
under whom, in Aug. 1816, he accompanied the ex-
pedition against Algiers. He continued to serve in
the Superb at Plymouth until Oct. 1818; and he
was next, between that date and March, 1823, em-
ployed as Admiralty-Midshipman in the Revolo-
tionnaire 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton
Reynolds Pellew, Impregnable 104, flag-ship of
Lord Exmouth, R^voldtionnaire again, Capt.
Pellew, Albion 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, and Creole
42, Commodore Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, on the
Mediterranean, Home, and South American sta-
tions. He was then nominated Acting-Lieutenant
of the Doris 42, Capt. Fred. Edw. "Vernon (now
Harcourt) ; and on 7 June following he was con-
firmed into his former ship the Creole. His suc-
ceeding appointments were — in Feb. 1824, to the
Albion 74, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste and John Ac-
worth Ommanney, in which ship he remained until
Sept. 1825—25 May, 1830, to the Dryad 42, Capt.
John Hayes, fitting for the coast of Africa— and, 11
Oct. 1832, to the command (a short time after the
Dryad had been paid off) of the Griffon brigau-
PAUR— PARREY.
863
tine, on the same station, where he remained nearly
four years. He attained his present rank 28 Oct.
1836 ; and was lastly, from 22 March, 1838, until
1843, employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the
Coast Guard.
Commander Parlby married, 14 Feb. 1825, Sophia
Sylvester, daughter of the late Capt. Holland, 44th
Regt. Agebts — Messrs. Halford and Co.
PARR. (LiEDTENANT, 1806. F-P., 34; H-p, 17.)
Alexander Forsstth Pake was born 7 Oct. 1786.
His father, a veteran Gunner, entered the service
in 1777 and died in 1840 at the advanced age of 85.
He had served in seven ships of war under 30 dif-
ferent Admirals and Captains : he had been on
board the Swiftsure 74 when captured by the
French in June, 1801 ; and on board the Vene-
KABEE 74 when wrecked in Torbay in Nov. 1804.
One of Lieut. Parr's brothers died a Midshipman at
Guadeloupe in 1790; two others were also in the
K.N. — the first a Commander, the second a Lieute-
nant ; and a fourth died as Deputy-Assistant-Com-
missary-General in the Army at George Town,
Demerara.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 Oct. 1796, as
Third-cl. Vol., on board the Swiftsoke 74 ; in which
ship (of which his father was at the time Gunner)
he continued employed under Capts. Arthur Phillip,
John Irwin, and Benj. Hallowell, until May, 1801.
After participating in a sUght engagement with a
fort at Teneriffe during an attempt made to cut
some merchant-vessels out from that place, he pro-
ceeded ofi' Lisbon and then to the Mediterranean.
While on that station he shared as Midshipman in
the glories of the Nile 1 Aug. 1798, and assisted in
expelling the French from Naples, where he united
in the siege of Fort St. Elmo. He was subsequently
present off Cabritta Point, in the Gut of Gibraltar,
when the Swiftsdbe, being becalmed, was attacked,
severely cut up in her sails and rigging, and sub-
jected to a loss of 2 men killed and 3 wounded, by a
flotilla of 40 Spanish gun-boats. On 8 March, 1801,
we find him aiding at the debarkation of the troops
in Aboukir Bay. On leaving the Swiptsukb as
above, Mr. Parr joined the Penelope 36, Capt. Hon.
Henry Blackwood, with whom he returned home
from the Mediterranean and was paid off in May,
1802. Being next, in June, 1803, received on board
the Wasp 18, Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, John
Packwood, ' and John Simpson, he twice escorted
convoy in that vessel to the coast of Portugal, served
for some time off the port of Cadiz, and cruized in
various parts of the Mediterranean, until his return
to England in July, 1805, when he was discharged
for the purpose of passing his examination. In the
following Oct. he became attached to the Agamem-
non 64, Capts. Sir Edw. Berry, Joseph Spear, and
Jonas Rose ; under the first-mentioned of whom,
after having narrowly escaped capture by the
enemy, he had the good fortune to enact a part in
the action off Cape Trafalgar. Subsequently to the
battle he was sent on board the Colossus 74, to
ascertain the state of that ship, and so dilapidated
did it prove to be that the Agamemnon was under
the necessity of taking her in tow. During the long
and disastrous gale which shortly afterwards arose,
the rope that connected the two vessels unfortu-
nately broke, and the Colossus was in imminent
danger of being driven on shore and utterly lost.
In order to prevent if possible a catastrophe so
awful, it was determined by Sir Edw. Berry, not-
withstanding the risk, that a boat should be lowered
for the purpose of passing a fresh rope to the dis-
tressed ship, and of thus again taking her in tow.
We have only to add that the execution of the
hazardous enterprise was confided to, and most ably
accomplished by, Mr. Parr. Continuing in the
Agamemnon, we find him, besides sharing in va-
rious pursuits after the enemy's squadrons, present,
6 Feb. 1806, in the action off St. Domingo (for his
conduct on which occasion he was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant 2 April following), and next at
the capture of La LtUine national corvette, and in
the operations connected with the expedition to
Copenhagen. On the fall of the latter place (pre-
viously to which event he had assisted in escorting
a large convoy home from the West Indies) Mr.
Parr aided in navigating to England, a's second in
command, the Danish 74-gun ship Princess Caroline^
with the 95th Regiment on board. On again join-
ing the Agamemnon, he sailed for South America,
where, while filling the post of First-Lieutenant, he
was wrecked, in the Rio de la Plata, 20 June, 1809.
So great were the exertions he underwent on the
occasion, that, on being received on board the Bed-
roKD 74, he sank into a state of complete exhaus-
tion, and, from the effects of inflammation produced
in the eyes, was for eighteen days deprived of the
power of sight. Mr. Parr's next appointment was,
26 Dec. 1809, to the Argo 44, Capt. Fred. Warren ;
which ship, however, he did not join until July,
1810. Becoming soon her First-Lieutenant, he was
employed in that capacity in protecting convoy s to
the river St. Lawrence, to the coasts of Spain and
Portugal, and to the Mediterranean, also in convey-
ing an ambassador to Constantinople and Algiers,
and in accompanying another convoy from Malta to
England. Being superseded from the Argo at his
own request in Nov. 1813, he was nominated, 18
May, 1814, Senior of the Alphehs 36, Capt. Geo.
Langford, fitting for the East Indies ; whence he
returned in Dec. 1816. Since 27 April, 1831, the
Lieutenant has been attached to the Royal Hospital
at Haslar.
When on board the Swiftsdre, in 1798, Mr. Parr
fell and broke the small bone of his left leg ; while
belonging, in Nov. 1804, to the Wasp, and on duty
aloft, his right leg was so severely lacerated that he
was for two months on the doctor's list ; and in 1808
an explosion of powder on board the Agamemnon
occasioned him a severe wound in the forehead.
He married 21 April, 1821.
PARREY. (Captain, 1843.)
Edward Iggulden Parrby is a relative of Lieut.
Kobt. Parrey, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 20 Feb. 1809 ; and
in the following summer was present, in the Royal
Oak 74, Capt. Lord AmeUus Beauclerk, in the ex-
pedition to the Walcheren. He was subsequently
employed in the same ship on the coast of Nortli
America; where, on becoming attached to the
Shannon of 50 guns, throwing a broadside weight
of 538 lbs., and 306 men, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere
Broke, he assisted, 1 June, 1813, at the capture of
the American ship CJiesapeake, of 50 guns, yielding
a broadside of 590 lbs., and 376 men — an exploit
achieved after a close and desperate action of 15
minutes, a loss to the British of 24 killed and 59
wounded, and to the enemy of 47 killed and 115
wounded. At the close of 1819, while acting as
Lieutenant of the Liverpool 50, Capt. Fras. Aug.
Collier, he accompanied an expedition sent to the
Persian Gulf for the purpose of crushing a race of
notorious pirates whose head-quarters lay at Ras-al-
Khyma, which place was in a short time destroyed,
and all the vessels lying in its vicinity burnt or
sunk. In an attack made on one of the latter in
the Liverpool's barge, Mr. Parrey was severely
wounded. He was confirmed a Lieutenant in the
same ship 28 Nov. 1820, and, returning home in
1822, was afterwards appointed, in the capacity of
Senior Lieutenant — 20 Sept. 1824, to the Chanti-
cleer 10, Capt. Chas. Jas. Hope Johnstone, fitting
for the Mediterranean— and 9 Aug. 1827, to the
Primrose 18, Capt. Thos. Saville Griffinhoofe, with
whom he sailed for the coast of Africa. In the
early part of 1829 Mr. Parrey, in command of a boat
belonging to the latter vessel, boarded and took a
Portuguese vessel (formerly the Saucy Jack Ameri-
can privateer) of 4 guns and 40 men, with 225 slaves.
On proceeding up the river Noonaz he found two
schooners, one French and one Spanish, quite ready
for slaves; and he also discovered, in the same
stream, an English brig, the Lochiel of Liverpool,
without a living soul on board, the Captain, Mate,
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PARREY— PARRY.
and all the crew teing found dead below. With
much praiseworthy exertion he brought the vessel
down the river, a very dangerous one, to the Prim-
rose, by whom she was carried to Sierra Leone,
where her Agent allotted a salvage of 1901. Mr.
Parrey subsequently made prize, in the pinnace, of
a galliot (at one time a yacht belonging to Alder-
man Sir Wm. Curtis) with 38 slaves on board, lying
in the river Cachao. On 10 Feb. 1830 he was ad-
vanced to the rank of Commander. He afterwards,
from 26 June, 1835, until 1838, and from 4 July,
1839, until Deo. 1841, officiated as an Inspecting-
Commander in the Coast Guard. On 22 of the
month last mentioned he obtained command of the
Sappho on the North America and "West India
station, whence, in the summer of the following
year, he returned to England and was paid off. He
has since been on half-pay. His advancement to
Post-rank took place 7 July, 1843.
Capt. Parrey married, 7 Dec. 1830, at Abbot's
Rippon, Huntingdonshire, Miss Burn.
PAEEEY. (Lieut., 1829. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 3.)
Robert Parrey is son of the late Commander
Robt. Parrey, R.N. ; * and a relative of Capt. E. I.
Parrey, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 May, 1816, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Scamahdek 42, Capt.
Wm. Elliott, under whom he was for two years and
a half employed in the West Indies, and suffered
much from yellow fever. Becoming Midshipman,
in Nov. 1818, of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Thos.
Searle, he made a voyage in that frigate to Leith,
and was then ordered to South America ; whither,
after having conveyed a large freight to England,
he returned in 1821 in the Doris 42, Capts. Thos.
Graham and Jas. Henderson ; the latter of whom,
in May, 1822, he accompanied into the Blossom 24,
commanded next by Capts. Thos. Bourchier and
Arch. Maclean. On the arrival home of the Blossom
with a considerable amount of specie in the middle
of 1824, Mr. Parrey (who had passed his first exa-
mination two years previously) was received on
board the Welleslet 74, Capt. Graham Eden
Hamond. In that ship he again sailed, as Mate, for
South America, with the present Lord Stuart de
Rothesay, then recently appointed Ambassador at
the court of Brazil ; whence at the close of 1825 he
came home with the same officer in the Spartiate
74. After a servitude of nearly three years in the
East Indies on board the Warspite 76, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage, Tamar 26,
Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer, and Java 52, also
the flag-ship of Bear-Admiral Gage, he was pro-
moted, 27 March, 1829, to a Lieutenancy in the
Pandora 18, Capt. Hon. John Fred. Gordon (now
Lord Hallyburton), with whom he returned to Eng-
land and was paid off in Feb. 1830. His next ap-
pointments were — for a short time, to the Hyperion
42, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye —
and 19 Dec. 1831, to the Asia 84, bearing the flag
of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker at Lisbon, where he
remained until Oct. 1832. He has been in com-
mand, since 13 Dec. 1834, of a station in the Coast
Guard — a service in which, in the execution of his
duty, he has been severely wounded and otherwise
injured.
* Commander Robt. Parrey entered the Navy in 1778,
and was present on board the Yarmouth, commanded by
his relative, Capt. Anthony Parrey, in Rodney's celebrated
action 12 April, 1782. Betiveen 1793 and the date of his
promotion to the rank of Commander, 36 Aiig. 1 808, he served
as First Lieutenant in the Modebte frigate, Capt. Thos.
Uyam Martin, as also in the Duke and St. George 98's, and
San Josef 110 ; and officiated for several vears as Flag-Lieu-
tenant to Admiral John HoUoway. He' afterwards, during
the expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren, acted as an agent
for transports ; and in the course of the following year he
served in a similar capacity at the reduction of Guadeloupe.
In 1814 he was nominated Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral
KoUes, who had been recently selected to fill the oflice of
Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica; but as the Admiral never
sailed, he of course lost the appointment. In early life he
had been a messmate of his late Majesty, King William IV.
through whose recommendation his son was eventually pro^
moted to the rank of Lieutenant. He died in 1832.
Lieut. Parrey married, 20 Dee. 1831, Eliza, young-
est daughter of the late J. B. Stone, Esq., Comp-
troller of Customs at Newhaven, by whom he has
PAEEY. (LiEOT., 1811. r-p., 29; H-p., 19.)
Henky Parry entered the Navy, in 1799, as a
Volunteer, on board the Blanche troop-ship, Capt.
John Ayscough ; under whom, after having attended
the expedition to the Helder, he was wrecked in the
Texel 28 Sept. in the same year. Joining then the
EuRus, Capt. Dan. Oliver Guion, he was afforded
an opportunity of participating, in 1800-1, in the
operations against the enemy at Ferrol and Cadiz
and in Egypt. He returned to England with Capt.
Guion, as Midshipman, in the Trusty 50, in April,
1802 ; and he was next, between March, 1803, and
June, 1809, employed, on the Home, East India,
and Mediterranean stations, in the Grampus 50,
flag-ship of Lord Gardner, Akkogant 74, Capt.
Lord Geo. Stuart, Fox 32, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie,
Tremendous 74, Capt. John Osbom, Blonde fri-
gate, Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard, and Porcupine
and Mercury, both commanded by Capt. Hon.
Henry Duncan. While acting as First-Lieutenant
of the Fox, Mr. Parry, in 1805-6, officiated as Se-
cond in command of an expedition sent against the
pirates near the Indus, and at the bombardment of
the Temple of Somnauth. As Master's Mate of the
Porcupine and Mercury he served in the boats in
a variety of cutting-out affairs. On leaving the
vessel last mentioned he was successively nomi-
nated, between June and Nov. 1809, Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Trident 64, flag-ship of Sir Alex.
John Ball, Spartan 38, Capt. Jahleel Brenton,
Trident again, and Kingfisher sloop, Capt. Ewell
Tritton. ITnder Capt. Brenton he aided in effecting
the capture of several islands in the Bay of Naples ;
and in the Kingfisher he contributed to the re-
duction of the Ionian Islands. He had previously
served on shore at the capture of Capri, Rejoining
Capt. Duncan, in Sept. 1810, on board the Impe-
RiEUSE 38, Mr. Parry again saw much boat service,
particularly in the neighbourhood of Toulon ; where
he was confirmed, 16 Aug. 1811, to a Lieutenancy
in the Leviathan 74, Capts. Patrick Campbell,
Adam Drummond, and Thos. Briggs. In the course
of 1812 he lent his aid to the cutting-out of a brig
from under the batteries in the same vicinity ; and
also to the capture of some batteries and of 18 sail
of vessels near Genoa. He returned home from a
visit to Jamaica in Oct. 1814; and was afterwards
employed— from 19 Oct. 1825 until 1831, in the
Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of
the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and
Ramillies and Talavera 74's, both commanded
by Capt. Hugh Pigot— and from 14 Oct. 1836 until
the early part of 1847, in charge of a station in the
Coast Guard.
PAERY. (Commander, 1832. r-p., 15; h-p., 29.)
Howard Lewis Parry entered the Navy, 23
Aug. 1803, on board the Niobe 40, Capt. Matthew
Henry Scott, stationed in the Channel. He removed,
in Dec. 1804, to the Hibernia 110; and he next,
from Feb. 1805 until March, 1806, served on the
Home and Mediterranean stations in the Tonhant
80, Capt. Chas. Tyler. In Nov. 1809 he became
Midshipman of the Dolphin 44, arme'e-en-flUte, Capts.
Christopher Watson and Alex. Milner, with whom
he served until transferred, in Feb. 1811, to the
GRASSHOPrER 18, Capt. Henry Fanshawe. In the
following Deo. he was on board the latter vessel
when, in order to avoid sharing the fate of the un-
fortunate Hero, she was under the necessity of
surrendering to the Dutch fleet in the Texel. He
was in consequence taken prisoner and detained in
captivitjr until the peace of 1814. He then succes-
sively joined the Amphion 32, Capt. Jas. Pattison
Stewart, and Pandora 16, Capts. Jas. Kearny
White, Sam. Malbon, Wm. Popham, and Hon. Fred.
Noel ; and in those vessels we find him employed
on the North American, West India, and Home
stations, until presented, in Oct. 1815, with a com-
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mission bearing date 10 of the preceding March.
His next appointments were — 10 Sept. 1825, to the
E.AMILLIES 74, Coast Blockade ship, Capts, Wm.
M'Cullooh and Hugh Pigot— and, 22 July, 1831, to
the Coast Guard. " For gallant conduct and severe
■wounds " received in the latter service he was ad-
vanced to his present rank 10 Feb. 1832. He has
since been on half-pay.
In consideration of his wounds Commander Parry
was awarded, 19 April, 1833, a pension of 911. 5s.
per annum. He is the senior Commander on the
list of 1832. Agents — Hallett and Kobinson.
PARKY. (Retired Captain, 1840. r-p., 15;
H-p., 34.)
Thomas PAKRr Jones-Parry was bom 14 April,
1784, and died 26 May, 1845. He was of very an-
cient Welsh extraction — was the son of Thos. Parry
Jones-Parry, Esq., of Llwynon, co. Denbigh, by
Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of Love Parry,
Esq., M.]?., of Peniarth and Madryn, co. Caernar-
von—and brother (with Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Parry
Jones-Parry) of the present Major-General Sir Love
Parry Jones-Parry, K.H., of Madryn Castle, for-
merly M.P. for Horsham, in Sussex, and also for
Caernarvonshire. One of his sisters was the wife
of the late Robt. Browne Macgregor, Esq., Lieut.-
Colonel of the 88th Regt. ; and another, of Major-Ge-
neral Clapham, of "Widcombe House, co. Somerset.
This oiBcer entered the Navy, 29 Oct. 1796, as
Midshipman, on board the Tridmph 74, Capts. Sir
Erasmus Gower and Wm. Essington, under the
latter of whom he fought in the action off Camper-
down, 11 Oct. 1797. In Feb. 1798 he rejoined Sir
E. Gower on board the Neptune 98, in which ship,
commanded afterwards by Capts. Jas. Vashon, Her-
bert Sawyer, and Edw. Brace, he continued em-
ployed in the Channel and Mediterranean until
transferred, in Nov. 1801, to the Theseus 74, Capt.
John Bligh, fitting for the Jamaica station, where,
after having acted as Lieutenant in the Ganges 74,
Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, and Racoon 18, Capt. Austin
Bissell, he was confirmed by commission dated 28
Jan. 1803, and appointed First of the Echo sloop,
Capts. Edm. Boger and Rich. Henry Muddle. In
that vessel he assisted, 1 Oct. 1804, at the capture
of tlie Hazard, French privateer, of 16 guns and 50
men. Returning to Europe in 1807, he was next,
in tile course of that and of the following year,
appointed to the Porcupine and Leveret, Capts.
Hon. Henry Duncan and Robt. Evans. In the
Leveret he was for several months employed in
the Baltic. He was promoted (while again serving
in the West Indies on board the Garland) to the
command, 27 Dec. 1808, of the Musette sloop, in
which he remained until Sept. 1810. His last ap-
pointment was, 7 June, 1814, to the Royalist 16,
lying at Plymouth. He went on half-pay in the
following Nov., and accepted the rank of Captain
on the retired list 10 Sept. 1840.
Capt. Jones-Parry was a Magistrate for cos. Den-
bigh and Caernarvon, and a Deputy-Lieutenant for
Caernarvonshire, for which county he served the
office of High Sheriff in 1836. He married, 19 April,
1811, Margaret, only child of the late Vice- Admiral
Robt. Lloyd, of Tregayan, co. Anglesey, by whom
he has left issue three sons and five daughters.
PARKY, Kt, LL.D., F.R.S., L. & E. (Captain,
1822. F-P., 32; H-p., 12.)
Sir William Edward Parry, born 19 Dec. 1790,
at Bath, is fourth and youngest surviving son of the
late Dr. Caleb Hillier Parry, F.R.S., an eminent
physician in that city, by Miss Rigby, of Norwich,
Bister of the late Dr. Rigby. His brother-in-law, the
Rev. Thos. Gamier, Dean of Winchester, is uncle of
the present Lieut. Brownlow North Gamier, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 June, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville de Paris 110,
Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, bearing the flag of
Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, in the Channel ; where, and
in the Baltic, he continued employed as Midship-
man and Master's Mate on board the Tribune 36
and Vanguard 74, Capts. Thos. Baker and Henry
Rich. Glynn, until promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 6 Jan; 1810. In the Vanguard he com-
manded a gun-boat attached to the ship, and
came into frequent action with the Danish flotilla.
His first appointment after his promotion was, 9
Feb. 1810, to the Alexandria 32, Capts. John
Quilliam and Robt. Cathcart ; in which vessel, be-
sides affording protection to the Spitzbergen whale
fishery, he was much employed in making astro-
nomical observations, and in preparing for the Ad-
miralty charts, which were much prized, of Balta
Sound, of the Voe, a harbour in the north-eastern
part of the Shetland islands, and of various places
on the coasts of Denmark and Sweden. At the
commencement of 1813 Lieut. Parry proceeded in
the ScEPTBE 74, Capt. Robt. Honyman, to North
America, for the purpose of joining La Hoghe 74,
Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. On 8 April, in the
following year, having accompanied a detachment
of boats under the orders of Capt. Rich. Coote, to
the neighbourhood of Pettipague Point, on the
river Connecticut, we there find him contributing
to the destruction of 27 of the enemy's vessels,
three of which were heavy privateers, and the ag-
gregate burden of the whole upwards of 5000 tons.
In the course of 1814 Lieut. Parry furnished many
of the junior officers on the Halifax station with
copies of his 'Practical Rules for observing at
Night by the Fixed Stars,' a treatise which was
afterwards published in order to " facilitate the
acquisition of a species of knowledge highly con-
ducive to the welfare of the naval service." In
Aug. 1814 he exchanged into the Maidstone 36,
Capt. Wm. Skipsey ; and he next, in July, 1815, and
Jan. and June, 1816, became in succession attached
to the Ardent 64, Capt. Sir Wm. Bumaby, and
Carkon 20, and Niger 38, Capts. Nicholas Lechmere
Pateshall and Saml. Jackson, all on the North
American station, whence, in March, 1817, he re-
turned to England. On 14 Jan. 1818 he obtained
command of the Alexander brig, hired for the
purpose of accompanying an expedition to the
Arctic Regions under Capt. John Ross, with whom
he returned home in the following Nov. Owing to
the failure of the enterprize, a new one was deter-
mined on and the conduct of it intrusted to Lieut.
Parry, who was consulted in the choice both of his
ships and officers. He accordingly assumed com-
mand, 16 Jan. 1819, of the Hecla bomb, and in the
early part of the ensuing May sailed from Deptford
in company with the Griper gun-brig," Lieut.-
Coramander Matt. Liddon, for the purpose of carry-
ing out the object of his mission — the discovery of a
north-west passage. In the course of the voyage,
which, although not thoroughly successful, exceeded
in its general results the most sanguine expectations
of its projectors, Lieut. Parry penetrated to long.
113° 54' 43" W., within the Arctic circle, and
thereby obtained for the expedition the sum of
5000^., the amount of a parliamentary reward which
had been promised to such as should cross the meri-
dian of 110° W. from Greenwich, in the latitude of
74° 44' 20". A full narrative of his proceedings
will be found in a volume, published by him in 1822,
entitled ' Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of
a North-West Passage in 1819-20. '«■ The Hecla
and Griper re-entered the Thames about the
middle of Nov. 1820, and were paid off at Deptford
on 21 of the ensuing Dec. On 4 of the former
month Lieut, Parry was advanced to the rank of
Commander; and on 19 Dec. the Bedfordean gold
medal of the Bath and West of England Society for
the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and
Commerce was unanimously voted to him. With
the sum of 500 guineas subscribed for the purpose,
"the Explorer of the Polar Sea" was afterwards
presented with a silver vase highly embellished with
devices emblematic of the arctic voyages ; and on
24 March, 1821, the city of Bath presented its free-
dom to him in a box of oak, highly and appropriately
ornamented. Encouraged by the discoveries made
during the late expedition, and by the presumption it
• Vide also Gaz. 1820, p. 2064.
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afforded of the existence of a north-west passage,
the Admiralty soon made preparations for another ;
the command of which was again confided to Capt.
Parry, who, on 30 Dec. 1820, received a commission
for the FuKY bomb, with which vessel and the
Hecla, commanded by Capt. Geo. Fred. Lyon, he
sailed from the More 8 May, 1821. After having
passed two winters in the polar regions, the first to
the northward of Southampton Island, and the
second at Ingloolik, a small island in lat. 69° 21',
long. 81° 44', the expedition, -ndth its grand object
still unattained, but with the acquisition of much im-
portant geographical knowledge,* returned to Dept-
ford, where the two vesselswere paid off 14 Nov. 1823.
On 1 of the following month Capt. Parry (whose
valuable services bad been rewarded with a Post-
commission bearing date 8 Nov. 1821) was appointed
Acting-Hydrographer to the Admiralty ; and, on 26
he was presented with the freedom of the city of
Winchester. Being selected, 17 Jan. 1824, to take
charge of a fresh expedition to the frigid zone,
Capt. Parry, on 8 of the following May again sailed
from Deptford, with the same ships as on the last
occasion — the Hegla, however, being commanded
by himself, and the Fdry by Capt. Henry Parkyns
Hoppner. The following winter was spent at Port
Bowen, in Prince Regent's Inlet, where the two
vessels remained, from 23 Sept. 1824 until 20 July,
1825. The Fokt being shortly afterwards wrecked
in lat. 72° 42' 30", long. 91° 50' 5", the Hecla was
unfortunately reduced to the necessity of forthwith
returning, with a double ship's company, to England.
She arrived, accordingly, in the middle of Oct. On
22 Nov. in the same year, Capt. Parry (to whom the
freedom of the borough of Lynn was voted a month
afterwards in testimony of the high sense enter-
tained by the corporation of his meritorious and
enterprising conduct) was formally appointed Hy-
drographer to the Admiralty, which office he con-
tinued to hold until 10 Nov. 1826. At the end of
that period, having proposed and obtained sanction
for a plan of reaching the North Pole, from the
northern shores of Spitzbergen, bj' travelling with
sledge-boats over the ice, or through any spaces
of open water that might occur, he was again ap-
pointed to the Hecla. Sailing from Deptford 25
March, 1827, he left the Hecea in Treurenburg
Bay, lat. 79° 55' 20", long. 16° 48' 45" E., 21 June
following, and then took to his sledge-boats, with
which he contrived, by 23 July, to reach a little
beyond 82° 45', a latitude more northern than had
been ever yet attained. He then retraced his steps
to the Hecla, which he brought home and paid
off at Deptford 1 Nov. 1827. f On the following
day he resumed his duties as Hydrographer to the
Admiralty, where he remained until 13 May, 1829
— a fortnight prior to which period he had received
the honour of Knighthood. J He was subsequently
employed— from 1829 until 1834 as Commissioner
to the Australian Company in New South Wales —
from 7 March, 1835, until 3 Feb. 1836, as Assistant
Poor-Law Commissioner in co. Norfolk — and, from
19 April, 1837, until Dec. 1846, as Comptroller of
the Steam Department of the Navy. He has filled,
since the latter date, the post of Captain-Superin-
tendent of the Royal Hospital at Haslar.
Sir W. E. Parry (who is an LL.D. of Oxford, an
F.R.S. of Lond. and Edin., and a Member of the
Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg) is
the author of a small work entitled ' Thoughts on
the Parental Character of God.' He married, first,
23 Oct. 1826, Isabella Louisa, fourth daughter of
Lord Stanlejr; of Alderley, by whom, who died 13
May, 1839, lie had issue two sons and two daugh-
ters, now living. He married, a second time, 29
June, 1841, Catherine Edwards, daughter of the
Rev. llobt. Hankinson, of Walpole, oo. Norfolk, and
relict of Sam. Hoare,jun., Esq., of Hampstead. By
that lady he has had issue two daughters.
* Detailed in Capt. Parry's ' Journal of a Second Voyase,
S:e. in 1821-3,' puWished in 1824.
t See a ' Narrative of an Attempt to reach the North Pole
In the year 1827,' published by Capt. Parry in 1828.
t Vide Gaz. 1829, p. 798.
PARSON. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 19; h-p., 28.)
John Parson died 29 Nov. 1847, at St. Helier's,
Jersey, aged 62.
This officer entered the Navy, in the spring of
1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Leviathan 74,
Capt. Jas. Carpenter, bearing the flag in the West
Indies of Sir John 'Thos. Duckworth ; with whom
he continued employed as Midshipman in the Hee-
CULE 74, until Feb. 1805. He was in consequence
present in the latter ship at the unsuccessM attack
upon Cura9oa in 1804, and in various other opera-
tions. After sharing, we believe, as Master's Mate
of the AcASTA 40, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, in the
battle fought off Cape St. Domingo, and serving for
a short time as a Supernumerary on board the
Dolphin, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Coch-
rane, he was constituted, 6 May, 1806, Sub-Lieute-
nant of the Pert sloop, Capt. Jas. Pringle. He
was nominated Acting-Lieutenant, 20 Jan. 1807, of
the St. Christopher, Capts. Andrew Hodge and
John Tancock ; was confirmed, 1 Nov. following,
into the Alexandria 32, Capt. Nathaniel Day
Cochrane ; and was subsequently (after cruizing for
two years in the North Sea) appointed — 29 Jan. and
4 May, 1810, to the San Josef and Hibernia, of
110 guns each, Capts. R. D. Dunn and John Nash,
stationed off Gibraltar and Cadiz — 8 Nov. following,
to the Abmioe 38, Capts. R. D. Dunn, Fras. Temple,
and Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, employed, until
May, 1815, in the Channel and off' the coast of North
America — and, in July, 1816, to the Granicus 36,
Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, under whom he fought as
First-Lieutenant at the battle of Algiers. For his
conduct on that occasion he was advanced to the
rank of Commander by commission bearing date 16
Sept. 1816. He subsequently, from 14 Oct. 1833
until advanced to Post-rank 10 Jan. 1837, officiated
as Second-Captain of the Thonderer 84, Capt. W.
F. Wise, on the Mediterranean station. He did not
again go afloat.
Capt. Parson was married and has left issue.
PARSONS. (Lieut., 1802. f-p., 19; h-p., 33.)
George Samdel Parsons entered the Navy, in
July, 1795, as Fst.-cl. 'V^ol., on board the Barflede
98, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, under whom he fought
as Midshipman in the action off Cape St. Vincent, 14
Feb. 1797. Removing, in April, 1798, to the Fon-
DROYANT 80, he acted as Signal-Midshipman of that
ship under Lord Nelson at the capture, 18 Feb. 1800,
of Le Genereux 74 and ViUe de Marseilles armed
store-ship, and, on 31 March following, after a des-
perate action, in which the Foudroyant (in com-
pany at the time with the Lion 64 and Penelope
36) sustained a loss of 8 men killed and 64 wounded,
of Le Guillaume Tell, of 84 guns and 1000 men, flag-
ship of Rear- Admiral Decres. After officiating in
a like capacity under Lord Keith during the expe-
dition to Egypt, where he was intrusted with the
command of a gun-boat on Lake Mareotis, he was
nominated, 6 Aug. 1801, Acting-Lieutenant of El
Cabmen, Capt. "Wm. Selby; in which ship, the
bearer of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, he returned, to-
wards the close of the same year, to England. For
his services in Egypt Mr. Parsons was presented
with a gold medal by the Turkish government. He
was confirmed a Lieutenant, 25 March, 1802, into
the Batavier, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, but
continued only a few weeks in that ship, and was
subsequently appointed— 9 Sept. 1803, to the Ganges
74, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, employed off the
coasts of Ireland and Spain — 3 Feb. and 1 April,
1805, as First, to the Racoon and Elk sloops, Capts.
Jas. Alex. Gordon, Rundel M'Donnel, and Jas.
Rich. Dacres, both in the West Indies— 8 Feb. 1806,
for passage home, to the Malabar 74, Capt. Geo.
Scott— 13 Sept. following, to the Texel 64, flag-ship
of Vice-Admiral Jas. Vashon at Leith— 27 Feb.
1807, to the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Dickson,
part of the force employed in the attack upon Co-
penhagen—and, 14 May, 1809 (after five months of
half-pay, caused by indisposition), as Senior, to the
Valiant 74, Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland, John
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Bligh, and Robt. Dudley Oliver. In the Racoon
and Elk Lieut. Parsons served at the blockade of
St. Domingo and Cura5oa ; and in the latter vessel,-
under Capt. Daores, he fought in an action with
11 Spanish gun-boats on the Spanish Main. While
attached to the Valiant he commanded her boats
at the cutting out of a convoy from Basque Roads ;
besides contributing, under Capt. Bligh, to the cap-
ture, near Belleisle, 3 Feb. 1810, of the French 40-
gun frigate Cannaniere, laden with the spoil of the
principal prizes which the enemy had taken in the
East Indies during the three preceding years. The
state of his health obliging him to seek half-pay in
Deo. 1810, he was not again officially employed
until 1841. Since 1 Nov. in that year he has been
in discharge of the duties of Admiralty agent on
board a contract mail steam-vessel, and has been
once wrecked.
Lieut. Parsons is the author of an interesting
work, entitled 'Nelsonian Reminiscences,' published
in 1843 by Saunders and Otley. The volume con-
tains a more elaborate statement of his services
than we have been able to find space for. He mar-
ried in 1812, and has a family of eight children
now living.
PARSONS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 24; h-p., 20.)
John Parsons, born 7 Oct. 1791, at Portsmouth,
is brother of Lieut. Wm. Parsons, R.N., and of
Geo. Parsons, Esq., Master K.N. (1825) ; nephew of
the late Retired Commander Wm. Parsons, R.N. ;
and cousin ofCapt. Sam. Hellard, R.N. Two other
of his relatives, an uncle and a cousin, were present
at the battle of Trafalgar, where the former was
killed.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 May, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capts.
Philip Chas. Durham and Hon. Henry Hotham ;
under the former of whom he fought, in 1805, in Sir
Robt. Calder's action and in the battle of Trafalgar.
In July, 1808, after having been for six months
attached as Midshipman (a rating he had attained
22 Oct. 1805) to the Gladiator 44, flag-ship of Sir
Isaac Coffin at Portsmouth, he joined the Podargus
14, Capt. Wm. Hellard; in which vessel, in the
course of the following month, he witnessed the
surrender of the Russian squadron in the River
Tagus, and assisted, agreeably to the convention of
Cintra, in embarking for France the French army
defeated at Vimeira. On the night of 15 Aug.
1809, while engaged in landing papers for distribu-
tion along the French coast, Mr. Parsons fell into
the hands of thff enemy, who marched him in chains
to Havre-de-Grace, where he was for three months
confined to a dungeon, with no other sustenance
than bread and water, and in the hourly expectation
of being shot. Pardoned at length in consideration
of his youth, he was sent, still in chains, to Arras;
in the gaol at which place, owing to a subsequent
attempt at escape, he was for four months impri-
soned. He was then ordered to Verdun, where he
remained until Dec. 1813. On 25 of that month,
favoured by fortune, he succeeded in accomplishing
a flight, in the course whereot; concealed in a cart
under a heap of crockery ware, he passed through
the centre of the French army on its road to Russia.
On reaching the island of South Beveland, after
traversing Belgium and Holland, he was taken by
the Dutch, but was released the next day in conse-
quence of the latter having declared for the Prince
of Orange. Arriving at lost in England he was re-
ceived, in April, 1814, as Master's Mate, on board
the Wolverene 16, Capts. Chas. Kerr and Geo.
Guy Burton; in the launch of which vessel, armed
with a carronade, he co-operated in the attack upon
Baltimore. In Deo. of the same year he removed
to the Venerable 74, bearing the flag in the West
Indies of Rear-Admiral Durham, his former Cap-
tain ; and while detached, shortly afterwards, in
the Flying Fish tender, he aided in beating ofi' a
large American schooner. His promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant took place 3 Feb. 1815; from
May to Sept. in which year we find him employed,
on the same station, in the Crescent 38, Capt. John
Quilliam. He subsequently commanded, for up-
wards of two years, the Duhe of Bedford Indiaman,.
of 720 tons. His last appointments appear to have
been— 5 Jan. 1829, as Senior-Lieutenant, for nine
months, to the Alligator 28, Capt. Chas. Philip
Yorke, on the Leith station— 14 Feb. 1831, in a
similar capacity, to the North Star 28, Capts. Lord
Wm. Paget and Hon. Geo. Rolle Walpole Trefusis,
with whom he served in the West Indies until the
close of 1833—6 June, 1834, to the command, which
he retained until 15 March, 1842, of the Seagull
Falmouth-packet— and, 28 June, 1847, to that, which
he still holds, of the Crane, another Falmouth
packet.
Lieut. Parsons married, 27 Feb. 1834, Miss Anne
Rebecca Read, of Norfolk Street, Southsea; and
has issue one daughter.
PARSONS. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 29.)
Robert White Parsons entered the Navy, in
the summer of 1797, as Midshipman, on board the
Mableorougii 74, Capts. Joseph Ellison and Thos.
Sotlieby. In Jan. 1801, after having been for three
years and a half employed, part of the time as Mid-
shipman, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations,
he joined the Topaze frigate, Capts. Stephen G.
Church and Robt. Honyman, attached to the force
in the West Indies. Removing with Capt. Hony-
man, in Dec. 1802, to the Leda 38, he served in
that vessel during 18 months in the North Sea and
off Boulogne. He then sailed in the Colloden 74,
flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, for the East Indies ;
where he was nominated, 20 March, 180.5, Acting-
Lieutenant of the Victor sloop, Capts. Geo. Bell,
Wm. Wells, and Thos. Groube. While in the latter
vessel, to which he was confirmed 11 April, 1806, he
fought in an action with a body of Malay pirates,
and, we believe, contributed to the annihilation, in
Dec. 1807, of the dockyard and stores at Griessee,
in the island of Java, and of all the naval force re-
maining to Holland in the East Indies. His ap-
pointments, after he left the Victor, were — 9 Aug.
1808, to the Terpsichore frigate, Capt. Jas. Mur-
ray Gordon, also on the Indian station — 6 Nov. 1809,
to the Dannemakk 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, in the
West Indies— 27 Dec. 1810, to the Diana 38, Capts.
Chas. Grant and Wm. Ferris, employed in the
Channel and off the coast of France — 12 Oct. 1812,
after six months of half-pay, to the Armada 74,
Capt. Chas. Grant, attached to the force in the
Mediterranean, whence he returned in Sept. 1814 —
and, 25 March, 1815, to the Boyne 98, bearing the
flag of Lord Exmouth on the same station. On 25
Aug. 1811, being then in the Diana under Capt.
Ferris, he headed the boarders of that ship, and was
mentioned for the great assistance he afi'orded his
Captain, at the capture, in the mouth of the River
Gironde, of the (lately British) gun-brig Teazer,
mounting 12 18-pounder carronades and 2 long 18-
pounders, with 85 men.* In Dec. 1813 Mr. Parsons,
while serving in the Armada, commanded the boats
of that ship in the unsuccessful attempt made by
Sir Josias Rowley to obtain possession of Leghorn. f
Attaining the rank of Commander 7 Nov. 1816, he
served in that capacity, from 2 July, 1825, imtil
posted 11 Nov. 1828, on board the Dispatch 18, on
the Irish station, where he captured a smuggling
lugger, under French colours, with 400 bales of
tobacco on board. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Parsons married, 28 Sept. 1829, Frances,
daughter of the late Fras. Adams, Esq., of Norton
Malreward and Stookwood House, Somerset.
PARSONS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 26; h-p., 18.)
Timothy Parsons entered the Navy, 21 Oct. 1803,
as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Busy sloop, Capt.
Timothy Clinch, fitting for the West Indies; where,
on following the same officer into the Osprey 18, he
assisted at the capture, 17 May, 1805, of the Teaser
French privateer, of 7 guns and 51 men. He con-
tinued to serve in the Osprey, under Capt. Rich.
* Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1752. f ^' Gaz. 1813, p. 1827.
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PARSONS— PARTRIDGE.
Walter Wales, on the Home station, until Dec. 1812
— the last four years and a half in the capacity of
Midshipman; and he was next, until Aug. 1815,
"when he took up a commission bearing date 2 March
in that year, employed in the Bellona 74, Capt.
Geo. M'Kinley, Horatio 38, Capt. Wm. Henry
Dillon, and Leven 20, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett.
In the Bellona he made a voyage to St. Helena ; in
the HoKATio he was engaged in protecting the
Greenland whale-fishery against the American
cruizers; and in the Leven he co-operated in 1815
with the royalists on the coast of La Vendee. He
has been in charge, since 29 Aug. 1833, of a station
in the Coast Guard.
PARSONS. (Ketiked Commander, 1836. f-p.,
20 ; H-p., 40.)
William Parsons died in 1846. He was uncle
of the present Lieuts. John and Wm. Parsons, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1787, as Fst.-cl.
Boy, on board the Diligente, Capt. Anthony Hunt,
lying at Portsmouth. After serving for two years
with Capt. Sir Fras. Hartwell in the Bellona 74,
and for a short time with Capt. Geo. Brisac in the
Scourge sloop, which vessel was compelled to throw
part of her guns overboard in a gale of wind off
Cape Clear, he became, in 1792, Midshipman of the
Terrible 74, Capt. Skeffington Lutwidge, under
whom we find him, in the following year, present at
the occupation of Toulon. On next joining the
MoDESTE frigate, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, he
assisted at the reduction, in 1794, of the island of
Corsica ; after which he removed to the Proserpine
28, Capt. Alex. Fraser, and was on board that vessel
when she took the ground on the Haak Sands, and
was obliged, before she could be hove off, to have
her mainmast cut away and every moveable thing
thrown overboard. He was made Lieutenant, 18
Feb. 1796, into the Vends 32, Capt. Thos. Graves,
at Newfoundland ; and was afterwards appointed —
6 Feb. 1797, to the Shark sloop, Capts. John O'Brien
and Fred. Warren, on the same station — 25 Jan.
1799, to the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Geo.
Fairfax, attached to the Channel fleet— in March,
1801, as Senior, to the Druid frigate, Capt. Chas.
Apthorp, under whom he partook of the ensuing
operations in Egypt— 21 March, 1804 (after two
years of half-pay), to the Chichester 44, Capt.
Joseph Spear, on the Home station — 16 Aug. 1805,
to the Favorite 18, Capt. John Davie, on the coast
of Africa— 29 May, 1806, for six months, to the
CouRAGEUx 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, in which ship he
visited the West Indies and North America— and,
in Nov. 1807, to the Sea Fencibles in Ireland. Mr.
Parsons was serving on board the Venus when the
French Admiral Kichery appeared off St. John's,
Newfoundland ; where, in expectation that the enemy
would land, he was intrusted with a command on
shore. When Senior of the Favorite he distin-
guished himself, 28 Dec. 1805, by his zeal and per-
severance, at the capture, after an action of 20
minutes, of Le General Blanchard French privateer,
of 16 guns and 130 men, 11 of whom were killed and
25 wounded ;* and on 6 of the following month he
was in the same vessel when taken by a French
squadron under M. L'Hermite. He was immedi-
ately, however, sent in a cartel to England ; during
the whole period of his passage whither, two months
and two days, he was limited, with the rest, to half
a pint of water a-day. He left the Sea Fencibles,
on the occasion of the corps being disbanded in
1810, and was not afterwards employed. He ac-
cepted the rank of Retired Commander on the
Junior List 26 Nov. 1830: and on the Senior 1 Dec.
1836.
PARSONS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 18; h-p., 23.)
William Parsons (4) was bom 12 Aug. 1794,
at Portsea, co. Hants. He is brother of Lieut. John
Parsons, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Dec. 1806, as
L.M.jOn board the Milbrook 16, Lieut.-Commander
• Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 448.
Jas. Leach ; which vessel, until wrecked in a storm
26 March, 1808, was very actively employed off the
coasts of Spain and Portugal; where she captured
a Spanish polacca ship, retook the Badger brig, of
London, drove on shore a Spanish gun-boat and her
prize, and was on one occasion totally dismasted and
compelled to part with her guns. After serving for
short periods on board the Hibernia 110, flag-ship
of Sir Chas. Cotton, Mediator 44, Capt. Geo. Wm.
Blarney, and Desperate bomb, Lieut.-Commanders
Jas. Leach and Robt. Ellary, Mr. Parsons (who had
been engaged, in the boats of the Desperate, on
secret service on the coast of France) joined, in
March, 1809, the Podargus 14, Capt. Wm. Hellard;
under whom, while holding the rating of Midship-
man, he aided, at different times, in driving on shore,
on the French coast, a lugger privateer, a schooner
with naval stores on board, and another privateer,
together with her prize an English ship. In effect-
ing the latter service he was for an hour and a-half
under fire of the batteries at Dieppe. Following
Capt. HelJard, in Nov. 1810, into the Snake 18, he
was soon afterwards involved in that vessel in a
running action, on the coast of Norway, with five
Danish brigs-of-war, from which, however, although
at one time completely surrounded, she effected
a very gallant escape. In Nov. 1811, the Snake,
being caught in a gale of wind, drifted as far to the
northward as lat. 73° 38'. When subsequently, in
the early part of 1812, on a cruize between the Ork-
ney and Shetland islands, Mr. Parsons, during an-
other gale, volunteered in the most handsome man-
ner to put off in a boat to the assistance of a vessel
in distress. He accordingly made two trips, and
had the good fortune to rescue the whole of the
crew, consisting of 1 1 persons ; although, on reach-
ing the Snake the second time, the boat was stove
and lost. Continuing in the same sloop, with Capts.
Geo. Robbin and Joseph Gale, until July, 1815, at
which period he was presented with a commission,
bearing date 21 of the preceding Feb., Mr. Parsons
was afforded an opportunity of making a voyage to
the West Indies, and of cruizing for some time on
the coast of Ireland and in the Downs. In the
winter of 1814 he intrepidly jumped overboard at
night and saved the life of a seaman ; and on 15
Dec. in the same year he was washed in a gale of
wind out of the fore-rigging, and fractured his left
arm. After having been for several years employed
in the East India trade, Lieut. Parsons succeeded,
3 Jan. 1838, in obtaining the command, which he
still holds, of a station in the Coast Guard. Since
he has been in that service he has been the means
of convicting 12 smugglers, three of whom he cap-
tured with his own bands. He has also received an
English silver and a French gold medal for his ex-
ertions in having saved the crew, eight in number,
of a French vessel on shore in a gale of wind under
St. Alban's Head ; together with a letter of thanks
for the rescue of 12 Englishmen wrecked at the
same place.
The Lieutenant married, 26 Aug. 1822, Ehza,.
daughter of Mr. Goble, a Master in the merchant
service, by whom he has issue eight children. His
eldest son, William F. Parsons, is a Second-Master
in the R.N. (1845). Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
PARTRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Frederick John Partridge, bom 21 Nov. 1821,
is third son of John Partridge, Esq., of Bishop's
Wood, CO. Hereford, a Magistrate and Deputy-
Lieutenant for that shire, and in the commission of
the Peace for Monmouthshire, of which county he
was High Sheriff in 1824, by Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of Edw. Ives, Esq., of Titchfield House,
Hants. His eldest brother, William, a barrister-at-
law, is also a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for
CO. Hereford.
This officer served on board the Pique 36, Capt.
Edw. Boxer, and was mentioned for his conduct
during the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria.*
He passed his examination 16 Dec. 1844 ; officiated
• Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2601.
PARTRIDGE— PASCO.
869
as Mate, from that period until March, 1846, of the
Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir
Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads ; then
joined the St. Vincent 120, successive flag-ship of
Sir Chas. Ogle and Sir Fras. Augustus Collier ; and
on 26 June, 1846, was advanced to the rank of Lieu-
tenant. Since 20 July in the latter year Mr. Par-
tridge has been serving on board the Sdpeke 80,
Capt. Armar Lowry Corry.
PAETKIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
"William Luke Partridge is sixth son of Henry
Sam. Partridge, Esq., of Hockham Hall, co. Nor-
folk, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, by Mary
Frances, daughter of the Venerable Luke Heslop,
D.D., Rector of Marylebone, London, and Arch-
deacon of Buckinghamshire. His eldest brother,
Henry Champion Partridge, Esq., of Snare Hill,
likewise a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for
Norfolk, married, in Aug. 1834, Etheldred Frances,
the eldest daughter of Lieut. -General Birch Rey-
nardson, of Holywell, co. Lincoln ; and another
brother, the Rev. Walter John Partridge, married,
in Aug. 1842, Maria Agnes, fifth daughter of Sir
Chas. Mansfield Clarke, Bart., of Dunham Lodge,
CO. Norfolk, M.D.
This officer entered the Navy 15 Sept. 1833 ;
passed his examination 28 Oct. 1839; and. was for
several years employed on the Mediterranean and
East India stations in the Dido 18, Capts. Lewis
Davies and Hon. Henry Keppel. Under the latter
he served at the capture of Woosung and Shanghae,
and in the operations on the Yang-tse-Kiang in
1842 ; as also, we believe, in an attack made in
Aug. 1844, on a piratical settlement in the island of
Borneo. His promotion to the rank he now holds
took place 1 July in the latter year ; he joined, not
long afterwards, in the capacity of Additional Lieu-
tenaut, the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos.
Jolm Cochrane; and since 11 Slarch, 1846, he has
been serving on the south-east coast of America in
the Grecian sloop, Capts. Alex. Leslie Montgomery
and Louis Symonds Tindal.
PASCO. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Craweord Aitcheson Dunham ^Pasco is second
son of Rear-Admiral Pasco.
This officer entered the Navy 1 Jan. 1830 ; passed
his examination 25 Feb. 1837 ; and was for a long
time employed in Australia as Mate of the Beagle
surveying-vessel, Capts. Jolm Clements Wickham
and John Lort Stokes. His appointments, since his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took
place 20 Nov. 1843, have been — 13 Dec. in that year,
as Additional, to the Caledonia 120, bearing the
flag at Cork of Rear-Admiral Wm. Bowles— and 13
Jan. 1844 and 28 Aug. 1846, to the Vestal 26, and
Vulture steam-frigate, of 470 horse-power, Capts.
Chas. Talbot and John M'Dougall, both in the East
Indies, where he is now serving. In charge of the
Vestal's pinnace, Mr. Pasco assisted at the capture
and destruction, 19 Aug. 1845, of Maloodoo, a strong
fortification in possession of Scheriff Osman, a rebel
Borneo chieftain.*
PASCO. (Eear-Admiral of the Blue, 1847.
p-p., 32; H-p., 31.)
John Pasco was born 20 Dec. 1774.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 June, 1784, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Druid 32, Capts.
Geo. Anson Byron and Joseph Ellison, lying at Ply-
mouth. In 1786 he joined the Pegasus 28, commanded
by H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence, with whom he
served for about 12 months in the "West Indies and
on the coast of North America. He then became
attached to the Impregnable 98, flagship at Ply-
mouth of Admiral Graves, and to the Penelope 32,
Capt. John Linzee, on the Halifax station ; and he
was next, between 1790 and 1795, employed as
Midshipman and Master's Mate, principally in the
Channel and "West Indies, on board the Svren 32,
Capt. John Manley, Orion 74, Capt. John Thos.
Duckworth, London 98, Capt. Rich. Goodwin
• Tide Gaz. 184ri, p. 0536.
Keats, CffiSAR 80, Capt. Anthony Jas. Pye MoUoy,
Orion again, Capt. J . T. Duckworth, Minotaur 74,
and AiMAELE 32, flagships of Admirals John Mac-
bride and Sir John Laforey, and Beaulieu 38, Capt.
Francis Laforey. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant
15 July, 1795, he was subsequently appointed in that
capacity — in 1795-6, to the Majestic 74, flag-ship of
Sir J. Laforey, again to the Beaulieu, Capt. Lance-
lot Skynner, and to the Minotaur 74, Capt. Thos.
Louis, all in the "West Indies— 27 Sept. 1796, to the
Raisonnable 64, Capt. Chas. Boyles, employed at
the Cape of Good Hope and in the Channel— 27
Dec. 1799, as First, to the Immortalite 36, Capts.
Hon. Henry Hotham and Edw. "W. C. R. Owen, on
the latter station — and 7 April, 1803 (after six
months of half-pay) to the Victors 100, flag-ship of
Lord Nelson. When Senior Lieutenant, in 1796, of
the Beaulieu, Mr. Pasco landed with a battalion of
seamen, and assisted at the reduction of Ste. Lucie ;
and in 1801, at which period he belonged to the Im-
mortalite, he volunteered and was appointed to
cut out from Camaret Bay the French corvette La
Chevrette, but was prevented from carrying his plans
into execution by the circumstance of his ship being
ordered on a cruize before the weather had proved
sufficiently favourable. The glory of achieving the
exploit fell in consequence to the lot, as is well
known, of the late Capt. Keith Maxwell. On his
passage to the Mediterranean in May, 1803, JMr.
Pasco, then in the Victorv, contributed to the cap-
ture of the French 32-gun frigate Enibuscade. He
afterwards went in pursuit of the combined squa-
drons to the West Indies; and on his return he
shared, 21 Oct. 1805, in the battle of Trafalgar. It
being Lord Nelson's practice to make the oilicer
first on his list for promotion do the duty of Signal-
Officer, and the' Junior that of First-Lieutenant, Mr,
Pasco, although Senior of the Victory in the action,
was obliged to submit to the regulation enforced by
his Lordship, through whose death he in conse-
quence lost that promotion to which his rank en-
titled him. He had thus the mortification of only
receiving a Commander^s commission, dated 24
Dec. 1805 ; while Mr. Quilliam, the Sixth-Lieute-
nant, was at once advanced to Post-rank. During
the battle he had the misfortune to be very severely
wounded by a grape-shot in the right side and arm ;*
for which he now receives a pension of 250Z. per
annum, besides having at the time obtained a grant
from the Patriotic Fund.f After he left the Vic-
tory, Capt. Pasco remained on half-pay until May,
1808. He then at length succeeded in procuring
command of the Mediator 32 ; in which vessel he
served for three months off Cadiz and Lisbon. In
the following Nov. he joined the Hindostan 50,
ai-?nee-en-Jiute, fitting for a voyage to New South
Wales ; on his return whence he was appointed, in
Nov. 1810, to the Tartarus 20. In that ship, in
which he was made Post by commission bearing
date 3 April, 1811, Capt. Pasco continued employed,
on the Channel, American, and Cork stations, until
May, 1815. In the ensuing June he assumed com-
mand, at Lisbon, of the Rota 38 ; and he next, from
20 Aug. 1815 until paid off 2 Sept. 1818, served in
the Lee 20, on the Channel station ; where he made
prize of several smuggling vessels. On 18 Slarch,
1846, he was admitted into the Royal Hospital at
Greem\-ich ; but, resigning the appointment almost
immediately, he was placed, 1 April following, in
command of his old ship the Victory, stationed at
Portsmouth. He had been previously, 19 Feb.
1842, selected as a recipient for the Captain's Good
Service Pension. He attained his present rank 22
Sept. 1847.
Rear-Admiral Pasco married, first, 1 Sept. 1805,
Rebecca, daughter of J. L. Penfold, Esq., of the
* Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 1484.
t In conveying the memorable injunction to the fleet,
** Kngland expects every man to do his duty," the word
" Kngland " was substituted for " Nelson," at the suggestion
of Lieut. Pasco. That oflicer having remarked to Lord
Nelson that, as it would take some time to spell the word
" Nelson," it might be better to say " England," which was
in the vocabulary, his Lordship replied, " Riglit, right ; make
it England !"
870
PASCO— PASCOE-PASLEY.
Royal Dockyard at Plymouth; and, secondly, 22
July, 1843, Eliza, relict of Capt. John "Weaver, R.M.
(1826). By his first wife he had issue three sons and
two daughters. Of the former, the eldest, William,
is a Commander, and the second, Crauford, a Lieu-
tenant, in the R.N. The youngest son, George Ma-
grath Ley Pasco, was a Second Lieutenant, R.M.
(1841). One of the Rear-Admiral's daughters is
married to Capt. J. B. B. M*Hardy, B.N.; the
other to Lieut. H. M. Kinsman, R.N. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
PASCO. (Commander, 1846.)
William Montagu Isaacson Geokge Pasco is
eldest son of Rear- Admiral Pasco.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Feb. 1820; passed
his examination in 1826; and obtained his first com-
mission 8 Jan. 1830. His succeeding appointments
■were — 5 May, 1831, to the Dublin 50, Capt. Lord
J as. Townshend, fitting for South America, whence
he returned in the summer of 1834—5 Feb. 1835, to
the Rover 18, Capt. Chas. Eden, under whom he
was employed for a further period of three years in
South America, part of the time as First Lieutenant
—8 Oct. 1838, to the Coast Guard— 18 May, 1842,
to the command of the Kite steamer, equipping for
the coast of Africa, whence he returned to England
and was paid off in 1843— and 7 April, 1845, to that
of the Jackal, another steamer, stationed in the
Slediterranean. He attained his present rank 9
Nov. 1846. Agents — Case and Loudonsack.
PASCOE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
John Eyke Pascoe entered the Navy, 18 Aug.
1805, as Midshipman, on board the Warrior 74,
Capts. Sam. Hood Llnzee, Michael Seymour, and
John Wm. Spranger, attached to the Channel fleet.
He removed, in Dec. 1807, to the Indefatigable
46, Capts. John Tremayne Rodd, Henry Edw. Re-
ginald Baker, and John Broughton, stationed off the
coast of France ; and he was next, between Aug.
1810 and Sept. 1815, employed, off Lisbon, at Ports-
mouth, on the north coast of Spain, and in the Me-
diterranean, on board the Dreadnought 98, Capt.
Sam. Hood Linzee, Plover sloop, Capt. Colin Camp-
bell, Hannibal 74, Capt. King, Union 98, Capt.
Geo. Burgoyne Salt, Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Wm.
Hext, and Clorinde 40, Capt. Sam. GJeo. Pechell.
He then took up a commission bearing date 7 March,
1815; and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Pascoe married, at Plymouth, in 1839,
Sarah, third daughter of S. Kerswell, Esq.
PASLEY. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 18;
H-p., 35.)
James Paslet entered the Navy, 17 June, 1794,
as Ordinary, on board the Spitfire sloop, Capt.
Clements, attached to the force in the Channel,
where he joined, in the following Sept., the Mino-
taur 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Macbride,
and, in July, 1795, the Rattler sloop, Capts. Wil-
loughby Thos. Lake, John Cochet, J. Hall, W. Dun-
combe, John Hayes, and John Wentworth Loring.
After assisting, as Midshipman, at the capture, in
May, 1796, of the French privateer Le Pichegru of
10 guns and 34 men, he sailed for the West Indies ;
on which station he witnessed the evacuation of the
Cayemites Islands, near St. Domingo, and in Sept.
1799 accompanied Capt. Loring, as Acting-Lieute-
nant, into the Lark 18, commanded subsequently
by Capts. Caton, Tippet, New, and Jag. Johnstone.
While in that vessel he appears to have been most
actively employed, and to have contributed to the
capture of a large number of armed and other ves-
sels.* On 13 Sept. 1801, in particular, with two of
• On \\ March, 1800, the boats, under Lieut. Lane, who
was killed, having been rftpulsed in an endeavour to obtain
possession of a privateer lying under the protection of two
heights at the entrance of a bay in tlie island of Cuba, Mr.
Pasley landed with a party of men at a p'ace ten miles dis-
tant, and advanced on the enemy's rear with so much expe-
dition, and judgment, that, on the arrival of Capt, Loring in
the boats to renew the attack, he found nothing left for him
her boats under his orders, each carrying 16
men, he attacked, in face of a heavy fire, boarded,
and gallantly took, within the Portillo reefs,
in the island of Cuba, the Spanish privateer-
schooner Esperanza of 1 long 8 and 2 4-pounders
and 45 men, 21 of whom were killed and 6 wounded,
with a loss to the British of 1 man killed and 13
wounded.* He had previously, we are informed,
while serving, pro tem., on board the Beaulieu 38,
Capt- Steph. Poyntz, assisted in the boats of that
ship and of the Doris and XJranib frigates, com-
manded by Lieut. Keith Maxwell, at the cutting-
out, on the night of 21 July, 1801, of La Chevrette
corvette of 20 long 9-pounders and 350 men, under
the batteries in Camaret Bay, a position deemed
almost impregnable, after a deadly conflict, in which
the enemy lost their Captain, 6 other officers, and
85 men killed, and 1 Lieutenant, 4 Midshipmen,
and 57 men wounded, and the British 1 Lieutenant
R.M., 1 Midshipman, and 9 men slain, and 2 Lieu-
tenants, 1 Master's-Mate, 3 Midshipmen, and 51
men wounded. f In June, 1802, he rejoined Capt.
Caton on board the Trent 36, in which ship he con-
tinued for about 12 months on the West India sta-
tion. His subsequent appointments were — 5 April,
1804, to the Sea Fencibles in Ireland — 8 June, 1805
(having left the latter service in the preceding
Peb.), to the Argus sloop, Capts. Edw. Kittoe and
Jas. Stewart, off Cork — and, 19 June, 1807, to the
command, which he retained until 28 May, 1813, of
the Enchantress, at Bristol. He became a Re-
tired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830;
and on the Senior 17 Feb. 1845. Agents — Burnett
and Holmes.
PASLEY, Bart. QCapt., 1831. r-p., 15 ; h-p., 15.)
Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, bom 26 Dec. 1804,
is only son of the late Major John Sabine, of the
Grenadier Guards, by Maria, eldest daughter of the
late Admiral Sir Thos. Pasley, Bart. ;J in pursuance
of whose will he assumed, in 1809, the surname and
arms of Pasley, instead of those of his paternal fa-
mily, Sabine. One of the Baronet's maternal grand-
aunts was the mother of the present Vice-Admiral
Sir Chas. Malcolm, K.t., and another of Vice- Admi-
ral Sir Thos. Briggs, G.C.M.G.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College, 7
Aug. 1817 ; and embarked, 20 Dec. 1818, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Bochfort 80, Capts. Andrew
to do than to witness, and bestow his commendation on, the
successful issue of the steady and good conduct which had
been displayed. — Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 825.
* Vide Gaz. 1802, p. \lb. f V. Gaz. 1801, p. 919.
X Sir Thos. Pasley was bom 2 March, 1734. After having
served his time as Midshipman in various parts of the globe
under Capts. Willett, Cockbiirn, Webber, and Digby, he was
invested with, the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, and sent with
Capt. Uigby on the unfortunate expedition against Roche-
fort. Being confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant on his
return to England, he was next, until 17G2, employed in that
capacity on board the Rom a n Emp eroe tire-ship, and Hnss ar
and iEoLUs frigates. In the latter vessel he distinguished
himself at the capture, 19 March, 1759, of Im Mignonne of
SO guns ; and also, when, in company with the Biiii.liant
and Fai.las of 36 guns each, at the takinir, 28 Feb. ITfiO,
after a fierce contest, of the French frigates Belleisle, Blonde,
and Terpsichore. On leaving the ^olus, as above, he was
advancea to the rank of Commander; and in 1771, after
having had command of the Albany and Weasel sloops,
he attained Post-rank. He subsequently served in the Sea-
horse 20, Glasgow, Sibylle 28, Jupiter 50, andBEf.LERo-
PKON 74. In the Jupitfk he was present, in 1781, in the
encounter between Commodore Johnstone and M. de Suffrein
in. Porto Praya Bay. From 1788 until his appointment to
the Bei.lerophon in 1793, Capt. Pasley held the chief com-
mand, with the rank of Commodore, of the ships lying in the
river Medway. Being advanced, in April, 1794, to the rank
of Kear-Admiral, and appointed to a command in Lord
Howe's fleet, he enacted, with his flag in the Bellerophon
74, a very signal and important part in the famous actions of
28 and ^9 May and I June. On the latter occasion he lost a
leg. He had the satisfaction, however, of being raised for
his services to the dignity of a Baronet, and of receiving,
with the thanks of Parliament, a pension of \000l. a-year : he
was also presented, by the Patiiotie Societv, witJi a pair of
goblets valued at 500/. He became a Vice-Admiral 1 June,
17!t5; was afterwards, in 1798 and 1799, appointed Com-*
raander in-Chief in the Medway, and Port- Admiral at Ply-,
j mouth ; and died an Admiral of "the White 2y Nov. 1808.
PATERSON- PATESUALL.
871
Pellett Green and Chas. Marsh Sohomberg, succes-
sive flag-ship of Vice-Admirals Sir Thos. Fras. Fre-
mantle and Sir Graham Moore in the Mediterra-
nean; where, in June, 1821, and Oct. 1822, he was
lent, as Midshipman, for a few months, to the
Lakne 20, Capt. Kobt. Tait, and Euryalus 42,
Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas; CliflFord. He left the
KocHFORT in Oct. 1823 ; and, after having interme-
diately served on board the Redpole 10, Capt.
Eich. Anderson, and Arachne 18, Capt. Henry
Ducie Chads, he was advanced, 16 March, 1824, to
the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appoint-
ments were— 17 April, 1824, to the Tweed 28, Capt.
Fred. Hunn, with whom he sailed for South Ame-
rica—25 Aug. following, as Senior, to the Eclaik
18, commanded on that station by Capt. Thos.
Bourchier— 13 June, 1827 (having been on half-pay
since July, 1825), to the Fairy 10, Capt. Geo. Wm.
Conway Courtenay, fitting for the West Indies —
and, 6 June, 1828, to the Asia 84, as Flag-Lieute-
nant to Sir Pulteney Malcolm in the Mediterranean.
Being awarded a second promotal commission,
dated 17 Sept. 1828, he successively assumed com-
mand, also on the Mediterranean station — 31 Oct.
following, of the Camelion 10—30 Nov. 1829, of
the Pkockis 10— in May, 1830, as Acting-Captain, of
the Kattleskake 28 — and in Nov. 1830, in a simi-
lar capacity, of the Blonde 46. On the paying off
of the latter ship he was confirmed in his present
rank 24 May, 1831. His next and last appointment
was, 22 Feb. 1843, to the CuEAgoA 24, in which
vessel he served on the S.E. coast of America, until
superseded in Jan. 1846.
Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley married, 10 June, 1826,
Jane Matilda Lilly, eldest daughter of the Rev.
Montagu John Wynyard, rector of Wesh Rounton,
and of St. Martin's, Micklegate, Yorkshire, by whom
he has issue seven sons and two daughters. Agents
— Messrs. Stilwell.
PATEESON. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
George Yates Paterson entered the Navy 17
June, 1828 ; passed his examination in 1834 ; served
for some time in the Mediterranean as Mate of the
Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Acworth Om-
manney ; and was advanced to his present rank 23
Nov. 1841. He was next, 7 Jan. 1842, appointed to
the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt.
Sir Thos. Hastings; and from 16 May, 1843, until
paid off on his return to England at the close of
1847, was employed in the Pacific on board the Fis-
GARD 42, Capt. Jas. Alex. Duntze. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
PATEESON. (Eetired Commander, 1847.
F-p., 1 9 ; H-p., 32.)
William Love Paterson was born 17 March,
1781, at Doneraile, oo. Cork. His brother, Thos.
Paterson, Master's Mate of H. M. S. Arrow, was
killed in a boat affair in the Gulf of Venice 4 June,
1804, aged 21.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 6 Oct. 1796, as a
Volunteer, on board the Terpsichore 32, Capts.
Rich. Bowen and Wm. Hall Gage. On 13 of the
same month he assisted at the capture, off the port
of Carthagena, of the Mahonesa Spanish frigate of
34 guns and 275 men, after a spirited contest of an
hour and 20 minutes, in which the enemy sustained
a loss of 30 men killed and as many wounded, and
the British, out of 182 men, of only 4 wounded ;
and on 13 of the ensuing I>ec. he was present, off
Cadiz, in another most determined action of an
hour and forty minutes, which terminated in the
surrender to the Terpsichore (whose loss on the
occasion amounted, out of 166 men, to 4 killed and
18 wounded) of the French frigate La Vestale of 36
guns and at least 270 men, 30 of whom were killed
and 37 wounded. In the summer of 1797 we find
Mr. Paterson co-operating in the bombardment of
Cadiz, and employed, as Midshipman, in the Terp-
sichore's barge. In Lord Nelson's attack upon Santa
Cruz, Teneriffe, where Capt. Bowen was killed.
Quitting the Terpsichore in Jan. 1800, he served,
during the five following years, chiefly on the Home
station, in tlie Triton 32, Capt. John Gore, Majes-
tic 74, Capt. Davidge Gould, Port Mahon 18,
Capts. Walter Grosett and Ralph Neville, and Im-
PETUEux 74, Capts. Thos. Byam Martin and John
Erskine Douglas. He was then, in Jan. and Sept.
1805, and July, 1806, successively nominated Sub-
Lieutenant of the Borer gun-brig, Lieut.-Com-
mander Rich. Wilbraham, Pegasus, Capt. John
Pengelly, and Tickler gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander
Skinner; on leaving the latter of which vessels he
was constituted, 6 Sept. 1806 (although the date of
his commission was subsequently altered to 20 Jan.
1809), full Lieutenant of the SnRiNAM 18, Capt.
John Lake. Becoming attached next, 6 Feb. 1807,
to the Tartarus 20, Capts. Thos. Fras. Chas. Main-
waring and John Pasco, Mr. Paterson accompanied
in that vessel the expedition sent in the course of
the same year against Copenhagen ; and on 25 April,
1808, he assisted in her boats, with those of the
Daphne 20, commanded by Lieut. Wm. Elliott, at
the cutting-out, with a loss to the British of only 5
persons wounded, of a convoy of 10 deeply-laden
vessels, moored close under the foot of a castle
mounting 10 guns, in the harbour of Fladstrand,
near the Skawe, defended also by a heavy fire from
another battery, as well as from the crews of the
vessels assembled on the beach, and made fast to
the shore by hawsers.* With the exception of a
short command, held between June and Nov. 1811,
of the Cuttle schooner, at Halifax, he continued
employed in the Tartarus, on the American, West
India, and Cork stations, until May, 1815. Not hav-
ing been since afloat, he accepted his present rank
3 Feb. 1847.
Commander Paterson married, 9 April, 1811, Miss
Prisoilla Blight, of Plymouth.
PATESHALL. (fllaptailt, 1815. f-p., 19 ;
H-p., 33.)
Nicholas Lechmere Pateshall, born 13 Sept.
1782, is fourth son of the late Edm. Pateshall, Esq.,
of Allensmore House, co. Hereford, by Ann, daugh-
ter and heiress of Wm. Burnam, Esq., of Wellington
Court, in the same co. ; and brother of Capt. Edwyn
Sandys Pateshall, Hon. E. I. Co.'s service, who died
at Ceylon in 1819.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 46, Capt.
Sir Edw. Pellew, with whom he continued to serve,
in the same frigate and in the Impetueux 78, on the
Home and Mediterranean stations, until June, 1801,
the greater part of the time as Midshipman and
Master's Mate. In the former ship he assisted, in
April, 1796, at the capture of a fleet of French mer-
chantmen, the destruction of La Volage of 26, and
the further capture of X' Unite of 38 guns and 255
men, and, after a chase of 15 hours and a close ac-
tion of an hour and 45 minutes, of La Virginie of 44
guns and 340 men. He was also, on 13 Jan. 1797,
present, in company with the Amazon 36, in a very
gallant engagement of 10 hours, which terminated
in the destruction, with a loss to the Indefatigable
of 19 men wounded, of the French 74-gun ship Les
Droits de V Homme. The Impetueux formed part,
in June and Aug. 1800, of the expeditions to Qui-
beron and Ferrol. At Quiberon, where he was
wounded in blowing up a battery, Mr. Pateshall
was actively employed with the boats of the squa-
dron, and at Ferrol he landed with the naval bri-
gade. During the term of his attachment to the
Indefatigable and Impetueux he contributed to
the capture and destruction, including the vessels
already mentioned, of as many as 20 ships of war,
carrying in the whole, we are informed, 468 guns
and 3937 men.t In June and Sept. 1801 we find him
successively joining the Robust 74, Capt. Wm.
Henry Jervis, and Ville de Paris 110; of which
* Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 697.
t Among them were I,' Insolente and (vide Gaz. 1800, p.
898) La Cerbire, captured, as detailed in our Memoirs of
Rear-.4dmiral McKerlie and Commander Paddon. He com-
manded one of the boats of the Viper cutter on the Idtter
occasion, and was afterwards placed in charge of the prize.
872
PATEY.
latter ship, bearing the flag in the Channel of Hon.
AVm. Cornwallia, he was created a Lieutenant 20
Nov. in the same year. His succeeding appoint-
ments were— 6 Nov. 1802 (after six months of half-
pay) to the Calcutta 50, Capt. Dan. 'WoodrifF, with
whom he visited Botany Bay, and circumnavigated
the globe— 6 Sept. 1804, again to the Ville de Pa-
ris, still bearing the flag of Hon. "Wm. Cornwallis
—12 June, 1806, as Senior, to the Kent 74, Capt.
Thos. Rogers, under whom, during a servitude of
three years and nine months, he was frequently
employed in the outting-out of convoys in the Me-
diterranean—in Nov. 1809, to theHYPEBJON 36, Capt.
Thos. Chas. Brodie, in which ship he proceeded to
the "West Indies— 2 March, 1810, to the Sappho 18,
Capt. Thos. Graves, on that station — and, 8 July
following, to the Polyphemus 64, as Flag-Lieute-
nant at Jamaica to Vice-Admiral Bartholomew
Sam. Rowley. On 24 July, 1811, he was advanced
to the command of the Shark sloop ; from which
vessel, in the ensuing Oct., he was transferred to
the Acting-Captaincy of the Polyphemus, then
bearing the broad pendant of Commodore J as.
Giles Vashon. Returning to England in the course
of the following month, he was subsequently, 7
Oct. 1813 and 7 June, 1814, appointed to the Adder
12 and Jaseur 16, stationed chiefly on the coast of
Korth America; where he was made Post, 18 Feb.
1815, into the Carron 20. He paid that ship off,
on her arrival home from the West Indies, in Aug.
1816 ; and did not afterwards go afloat. He ac-
cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Pateshall, we understand, has filled the
office of Mayor of Hereford.
PATEY. (Eetibed Commander, 1825. f-p.,40;
H-p., 28.)
Charles Patey, born 31 Dec. 1770, is brother of
Commander Joseph Patey, R.N.
This oflicer entered the Navy, in 1779, as Cap-
tain's Servant, on board the Ocean 98, Capt. Geo.
Ourry, stationed in the Channel; where, in 1781,
he joined the Nonsuch 64, Capt. "Wm. Truscott.
Becoming attached, next, to the Warrior 74, Capts.
Sir Jas. "Wallace and John Symonds, he served in
that ship in Rodney's actions of 9 and 12 April,
1782, and was present in her at the ensuing capture,
by Sir Sam. Hood, of the Caton, Jason, &c., in the
Mona Passage. Paid off at the peace in 1783, he
did not go sSloat until 1785 ; between which period
and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, 22 Nov. 1790, we find him alternately em-
ployed, at Plymouth, in the Crown 64 and Bombay
Castle 74, under Capts. Sam. Reeve, Robt. Fan-
shawe, Chas. Morice Pole, Anthony Jas. Pye MoUoy,
and John Thos. Duckworth- His succeeding ap-
pointments were— 6 Sept. 1791, to the Carnatic
74, Capt. John Ford, lying at the port last men-
tioned—22 Dec. 1792, to the Terrible 74, Capts.
Skeffington Lutwidge, Geo. Campbell, and Sir Rich.
Hussey Bickerton — 27 Sept. 1797, to the Zealand
64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Lutwidge at
the Nore — 29 June, 1798, to the command of the
George cutter of 14 guns, employed, until Dec.
.1800, on the Home and "West India stations — and,
in Slay, 1801, to the Semaphore service, in which
he continued (with the exception of an interval be-
tween March, 1802, and May, 1803) until Nov. 1814.
In 1793 Lieutenant Patey, then belonging to the
Terrible, was present at the occupation and eva-
cuation of Toulon ; on the latter of which occasions
he very narrowly escaped destruction, the boat he
commanded being blown to pieces.* He afterwards
took part, in the same ship, in the reduction of
Bastia and Calvi ; and also in Hotham's partial en-
gagements of 14 March and 13 July, 1795. During
his command of the George he fought an action of
two hours with a French cutter, whom he at length
compelled to take refuge in the port of Cherbourg.
In the same vessel he captured, 19 Nov. 1798, after
a chase of four hours, the French privateer lugger
• Vide Gi2. 1794, p. 43.
Enterprise, mounting two swivels, with muskets,
pistols, swords, halt-pikes, &c., and carrying 16
men.* The British on this occasion sustained a loss
of 2 men killed and 2 wounded. From Jan. 1820
until 1830 Commander Patey (who was advanced to
his present rank 20 July, 1825) officiated as a chief
officer in the Coast Guard.
One of bis sons, Chas. G. E. Patey, is a Captain,
and another, George Edwin, a Commander, in the
R.N.
PATEY. (Captaik, 1846.)
Charles George Edward Patey is son of Re-
tired Commander Chas. Patey R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 20 Jan. 1824;
passed his examination in 1830 ; and obtained his
first commission 6 Dec. 1836. His succeeding ap-
pointments were— 6 May and 16 Aug. 1837, to the
Caledonia 120 and Princess Charlotte 104, flag-
ships in the Mediterranean of Sir Josias Rowley
and Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford— and, 22 Feb. 1840, as
First-Lieutenant, to the Castor 36, Capt. Edw.
Collier. Uniting, in the latter ship, in the opera^
tions on the coast of Syria, he found opportunity
of highly distinguishing himself by his officer-
like, cool, and steady conduct, at the capture both
of Caiffa and Tsour. On the fall of Caiffa he planted
the Ottoman flag upon the ramparts ; and in a day
or two afterwards, with the marines and a few sea-
men belonging to the Castor and Pique under his
orders, destroyed a castle mounting 5 guns, in full
view of 500 of the Egyptian army.f At Tsour, as
soon as the enemy had been put to flight, he landed
and took possession of the town ; in the immediate
vicinity of which he contrived, although in the pre-
sence of 800 infantry and 60 cavalry, to get into his
possession 40 prisoners and deserters.J On 4 Nov.
1840, the day after the bombardment of St. Jean
d' Acre, he was advanced to the rank of Commander.
He served next, from 5 March, 1842, until posted,
27 June, 1846, in the Resistance 42, troop-ship;
and is now on half-pay.
PATEY. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.)
George Edward Patey, born in 1789, is only son
of Lieut. "Wm. Patey R.N., who lost his life while
employed in embarking troops on the coast of Spain
in 1810; and nephew of Commander Joseph Patey
R.N. "Two other uncles died Lieutenants in the
service.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 April, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, Capts. John
Sutton, Geo. Duff, "Wm. Hennah, and Robt. Dudley
Oliver, stationed at first off Brest and then off
the port of Cadiz. After sharing as Midshipman
and Aide-de-Camp to Capts. Duff and Hennah in
the battle of Trafalgar, he removed, in Jan. 1806, to
the Crescent 36, Capt. Jas. Carthew; under whom
he was for two years employed, chiefly at the block-
ade of the Texel. He then proceeded to the Medi-
terranean, where, in the Bombay 74, he was for a
further period of three years engaged in watching
the port of Toulon. In April, 1811, and March,
1812, Mr. Patey became in succession Master's Mate
of the Vigo and Montagu 74' s, bearing each the
flag of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon in the Baltic
and South America. He was confirmed to the rank
of Lieutenant, after having twice acted in that ca-
pacity, 20 July, 1813 ; and from the latter date
until Feb. 1815 was employed, on the station last
named, in the Nereds 36, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon,
and Aleacore 18, Capt. Joseph Patey. In the
Albacoee he assisted, as First-Lieutenant, in
chasing into St. Salvador, and in there detaining, a
notorious American privateer, the True-Blooded
Yankee, of equal force. In 1831 he was appointed
Senior of the Pallas 42, Capt. M. H. Dixon ; but a
nearly fatal illness deprived him of the possibility
of joining. He has not been since able to procure
employment.
We are told that during the war Lieut. Patey was
' J'ide Gaz. 1708, p. 1109. f V- Gaz. 1840, p. 2601.
t V. Gaz. 1640, pp. 2602, 2008.
PATEY— PATRIARCHE.
873
captured in a transport-brig by two privateers after
an honourable defence. He married, in Feb. 1817,
Lucy, only child and heiress of the late Thos. Mao-
namara Russell, Esq., Admiral of the White, for-
merly Commander-in-Chief in the North Sea ; by
whom he has had issue four sons. One of them,
the eldest, Russell, is a Lieutenant R.N. ; a second,
Maonamara, was a Lieutenant R.M. (184.3) ; and the
two others are in the Church and Army. Agent —
John P. Muspratt.
PATEY. (Commander, 184i5.)
Geokge Edwin Patey is son of Retired Com-
mander Chas. Patey, R.N.
This officer passed his examination in 1833 ; was
promoted, for his services on the coast of Syria, to
the rank of Lieutenant 4 Not. 1840 ; and was sub-
sequently appointed—!,^ Deo. 1840, to the Carts-
fort 26, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, attached to the
force in the Mediterranean— 9 Deo. 1841, to the
Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore at
Plymouth— 14 June, 1842, to the W01.F 18, Capt.
Courtenay Osborn Hayes, fitting for the East Indies
—and 18 March, 1843, and 1 April, 1845, as Senior,
to the ■Wolverene 16, Capts. Henry Gage Morris,
Chas. Foreman Brown, and Wm. John Cavendish
Clifford, and Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos.
John Cochrane, both on the same station. As a
reward for his highly lauded exertions as second in
command, under Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy, of the
force employed during the operations on the island
of Borneo, detailed in our memoir of that oflScer,
Lieut. Patey was adTanoed to the rank of Com-
mander 8 July, 1846.* He has been officiating,
since 26 Jan. 1848, as Second-Captain of the Rod-
net 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the Mediterranean
station.
PATEY. (COMMANDEB, 1815. F-P., 22 J H-p., 35.')
Joseph Patet, born 20 Sept. 1780, is brother of
Retired Commander Chas. Patey, R.N. ; and uncle
of Lieut. Geo. Edw. Patey, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1790, as
Gunner's Servant, on board the Rotal Sovereign
100, bearing the flag in the Channel of Lord Hood,
with whom he remained until the following Deo.
Re-embarking, in July, 1793, on board the Porcu-
pine 24, commanded by Capt. Manley Dixon, he
successively followed that officer, as Midshipman, in
June, 1795, and July, 1797, into the Espion 38 and
Lion 64. In the Espion he assisted at the capture,
in the North Sea, 14 Feb. 1797, of Le Buonaparte
French privateer of 17 guns and 110 men. On 15
July, 1798, being off Carthagena, he took part in a
brilliant action between the Lion and four Spanish
frigates of 42 guns each, which terminated in the
surrender of one of the latter, the Santa Dorothea ;t
and when subsequently in company with the Fon-
DROTANT 80 and Penelope 36 at the blockade of
Malta, he was present as Acting-First-Lieutenant,
and rendered the greatest possible assistance to his
Captain, at the capture, 31 March, 1800, of the
French 80-gun ship Guillaume Tell, after a tremen-
dous conflict productive of a loss to the Lion of 8
men killed and 38 wounded.J: On leaving the Lion,
which had been latterly commanded by Lord Wm.
Stuart, he was again, in July, 1800, placed under
the orders of Capt. Dixon on board Le Genbreux
74 ; in which ship, in the course of the ensuing Aug.
and Sept., we find him present, still as Acting-Lieu-
tenant, at the capture of La Diane of 42 guns, and
the surrender of the island of Malta. He continued
in Le Generehx under Capt. Velterers Comewall
Berkeley until within a few weeks of his confirma-
tion in the rank of Lieutenant, 6 Sept. 1802. § His
• Vide Gaz. 1846, pp. 3438, 3441, 3442, 3444, 3446, 3447,
3767.
f Although slightly wounded in the shoulder, Mr. Patey
would not leave his quarters, hut from first to last was parti-
cularly active.— F. Gaz. 1798, p. 880.
i Fide Gaz. 1800, p. 575.
§ Mr. Patey had passed his examination in 1799, but, his
certificate being mislaid at the Admiralty, he was compelled
to undergo a second probatory ordeal, which, however, he
succeeding appointments were — 14 Sept. 1803, to
the Crescent frigate, Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and
Jas. Carthew, employed in the North Sea, off the
Western Islands, and in the Channel— in Nov. 1807,
to the acting command, for a short time, of the
Railleur 18, in the North Sea— 30 May, 1808, and
22 April, 1809, to the Royal George 100 and San
Josef 110, flag-ships in the Channel of Sir John
Thos. Duckworth— in July, 1809, to the Rubt 64, as
Flag-Lieutenant in the Baltic to his former Captain,
then Rear-Admiral Dixon, whom he accompanied,
in the same capacity, into the Vigo* and Montagu
74' s, the latter on the South American station — 22
Sept. 1812, to the acting command of the Benja-
min, in which vessel (a corvette borrowed from
the Brazilian Government) he remained for three
months — at the expiration of that time, to the Mon-
tagu and Indefatigable, again as Flag-Lieutenant
to Admiral Dixon — and in the early part of 1814
to the acting command, in succession, of the Ceres
and Aquilon frigates, and Aleacore 18. In the
latter vessel it was Commander Patey's good for-
tune, in Dec. 1814, to chase the True-Bhoded Yankee,
a mischievous privateer of 18 guns, into St. Salva-
dor, where he kept her closely blockaded until she
was sold to defray the expenses of her stay. He
was thus the means of saving two of the king's
packets from capture, as well as many valuable mer-
chantmen. He was officially promoted to the rank
he now holds 19 July, 1815 ; and with the exception
of a few months in 1835, from Feb. to Sept., during
which he officiated as Supernumerary-Commander
of the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Hargood
at Plymouth, has since been on half-pay.
Commander Patey, including the occasion above
alluded to, has been thrice wounded. In March,
1841, he was admitted into the Royal Hospital at
Greenwich. He married, 31 Jan. 1803, Miss Grigg,
by whom he has two daughters living; the younger
of whom became the wife, in March, 1841, of Thos.
Corral, Esq., Surgeon R.N. (1841). A son of the
Commander died on the coast of North America
while serving under the flag of Sir Chas. Ogle.
PATEY. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Russell Patet is eldest son of Lieut. Geo. Edw.
Patey, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy in 1831 ; passed
his examination 14 April, 1838 ; and after having
served in South America on board the President
50, Capt. Wm. Broughton, and at Portsmouth in
the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos.
Hastings, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
20 Nov. 1844. His appointments have since been
—18 Dec. 1844, to the Cruizer 16, Capts. Edw.
Gennys Fanshawe, Wm. Maclean, and Edw. Peirse,
on the East India station — and, 27 Oct. 1847, to the
Nerbudda 12, commanded by the last-mentioned
officer at Bombay, where he is now employed.
PATRIARCHE. (Retired Commander, 1844.
F-p., 14 ; H-p., 40.)
Charles Patriarche entered the Navy, 30 Aug.
1793, as A.B., on board the Concorde 36, Capts.
Thos. Wells and Sir Rich. John Strachan ; on re-
joining the former of whom, in April, 1794, in the
Mblampus 36, he assisted, when in company with a
squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren, at the
capture of La Pomone of 44 guns and 341 men, Le
Babet of 22 guns and 178 men, and L' Engageante
of 38 guns and 300 men. On quitting the Melam-
pus, which frigate had been latterly commanded by
Sir R. J. Strachan, he was received as Midshipman,
in Oct. 1794, on board the Defence 74, and in that
ship he continued employed, under the orders of
was not aiTorded an opportunity of doing until his return
from the Mediterranean in Aug. 1802. He lost, in conse-
quence, the promotion which would otherwise have heen his
reward for the ijait he acted at the capture of Le Ouillmme
Tell. We may here add, that in April, 1799, the LtoN made
prize, off Alexandria, of the Chasseur, a corvette of 16 jjuna
• While borne on the hooks of the Vioo he acted for' a
brief period as Commander of the Fly 16.
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874
PATTEN— PATTERSON— PA TTON.
Capts. Wells, Wm. Brown, John Peyton, Jae. Ste-
venson, and Lord Henry Paulet, imtil confirmed ia
the rank of Lieutenant, after having acted for
12 months in that capacity, 26 Nov. 1799. He was
in consequence present in Hotham's second partial
action 13] July, 1795 ; also at the blockade of the
Texel ; and as Master's Mate at the battle of the
Nile 1 Aug. 1798. His la«t appointments were
—30 Nov. 1799, to the Pylades 18, Capt. Jas.
Boorder, employed in the North Sea— 10 Jan. 1801,
to the Superb 74, Capts. John Sutton and Rich.
Goodwin Keats, under the latter of whom he fought
in Sir Jas. Saumarez' action in the Gut of Gib-
raltar 12 July, 1801, accompanied Lord Nelson
to the West Indies in pursuit of the combined
fleet in 1805, and was so severely wounded in the
battle off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, as to be rer
duced, in the following June, to the necessity of
invaliding* — and, 28 Sept. 1812, to the Vulture
sloop, Capt. Henry Baugh, in which vessel he
cruized in the Channel until June, 1813, when the
effects of his wound again compelled him to seek
half-pay. He became a Retired Commander on
the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the Senior
16 May, 1844.
In consideration of his sufferings. Commander
Patrlarche, besides receiving a grant from the Pa-
triotic Society, was allotted, 9 Aug. 1806, a pension
of 911. 5s. He is married. Agents — Messrs. Om-
manney.
PATTEN. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 8.)
Frederick Patten entered the Navy, 31 Jan.
1814, as Est.-cl. Vol., on board the Rotal Sove-
reign 100, Capts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild and Chas.
Thurlow Smith, stationed in the Mediterranean ;
where, in the course of the same year, he followed
the latter ofi&cer, as Midshipman, into the Duncan
74, and also into the Undaunted 38 ; in which fri-
gate he witnessed, in 18l5, the capture of the Tre-
miti Islands. In Feb. 1816, three months after he
had left the Undaunted, hie joined the Kamillies
74, bearing the tiag of Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope on
the Leith station ; and he was next, between Nov.
1818 and the date of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant 19 July, 1822, employed in South Ame-
rica, at Plymouth, and in the Mediterranean, on
board the Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland,
Blossom 24, Capt. Fred. Edw. Vernon (now Har-
court). Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Lord Ex-
mouth, Chanticleer sloop, Capt. the Earl of
Huntingdon, and Revolutionnaibb 46, Capt. Hon.
Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. His suc-
ceeding appointments were — 16 , Oct. 1822, to the
Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, also in
the Mediterranean, whence he returned in July,
1824— in March, 1825, to the Ranger 28, Capt.
Lord Henry Fred. Thynne, fitting for South Ame-
rica— 24 June, 1828, fo^a few months, to the Glou-
cester 74, Capt. Henry Stuart, lying at Sheemess
—26 June, 1830, as First, to the Gannet 18, Capt.
Mark Halpen Sweny, on the West India station —
30 July, 1832, in a similar capacity (after a brief
interval of half-pay), to the Blonde 46, Capt. John
Duff Markland, attached to the force off Lisbon —
and, 14 July, 1833 (the latter ship having been put
out of commission in the preceding Jan.), to the
command, which he retained for three years, of
the RAriD 10, in South America. On 10 J an. 1837,
as a reward for the manner in which, during his
servitude in the Rapid, he had discharged various
responsible duties, he was promoted, on the recom-
mendation of Sir Graham Eden Hamond, the Com-
mander-in-Chief, to the rank he at present holds.
We may here mention that he had twice when be-
longing to the Cambklan, and once when in the
Briton, jumped overboard and succeeded in saying
Hfe. His last appointments were— 13 Aug. 1838, to
the Coast Guard, in which service he continued
until the early xmrt of 1843— and, 7 Sept. 1844, to
the command of the Osprev 12. While in that
vessel he was on several occasions intrusted with
* Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 373.
the command of squadrons of sloops varying from
four to seven in number. Towards the close of
1845, in consequence of the unsettled state of New
2iealand, Commander Patten was selected by Sir
Thos. John Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief in the
East Indies, to act as senior oflicer on that station,
in which capacity he continued to ofQciate until
the arrival of Capt. Chas. Graham in the Castor
36. He remained, however, at New Zealand, en-
gaged with success in the performance of many
delicate and arduous services, until at length un-
avoidably wrecked, in March, 1846, on the western,
part of the coast at a place called False Hokianga,
which had never been survej'ed. Determined upoii,
saving all, that they could from the ship, Com-
mander Patten and his cr«w remained for two
months in the vicinity of the spot on which the,
cat^trophe had occurred, and thei) commenced, a.,
march of 110 miles overland to the opposite side of
the island, where, at the expiration of five days,
during which, with but three days' provisions, they
had traversed, through rivers and forests, an almost
unknown country, in the most inclement weather,
they embarked on board H.M. sloop Racehorse.*
On his arrival home in Dec. 1846, Commander
Fatten had the satisfaction of not only receiving
the full, acquittal of a court-martial for the loss of
his ship, but of being complimented for the exer-
tions he had ma^e on the disastrous occasion. He
is now op half-pay.
He married, 3 April, 1829, Alicia Cavendish,
daughter of Wm. HilUer, Esq., of Boley Hill,'
Rochester.
PATTERSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 32,):
William Patterson entered the Navy, 1 July,
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64j
Capt. Geo. Hart, bearing the flag in Yarmouth
Roads of Rear- Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell.
In May, 1805, nine months after he had attained
the rating of Midshipman, he removed to the
Stately 64, Capt. Geo. Parker ; under whom we
find him, when in company with the Nassau 64,
present, 22 March, 1808, at the capture, off the
coast of Zealand, of the Danish 74-gun ship Prindts
Christian Frederic, whose surrender was accom-
plished at the close of an obstinate running fight
ill which the Statelv sustained a loss of 4 men
killed and 28 wounded. Following Capt. Parker,
in the ensuing May, into the Aboukir 74, he accon?-
panied in that ship the expedition of 1809 to the
Walcheren. He afterwards, in Sept. 1811, joined
the Hannibal 74, and, in the course of 1812-13,
the Christian VII., Bulwark, and Venerable
74's, all bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Philip
Chas. Durham. In the Hannibal and Christian
Vn. he was successively employed in the Baltic,
Channel, and North Sea ; in the Bulwark, of
which ship he was for a short time Acting-Lieu-
tenant, he served in Basque Roads ; and in the Ve-
nerable, on his passage to the Leeward Islands, he
contributed, in company with the Cyane sloop, to
the well-resisted capture, 16 and 20 Jan. 1814, of
the French 40-gun frigates Iphige'nie and Ahmine.
On the latter being ad(Jed,to the British Navy
under the name Palma, Mr. Patterson, by virtue
of an order dated 28 Feb. 1814, was nominated
one of her Acting-Lieutenants. He was confirmed
a Lieutenant 21 Feb. 1815, but has not been since
employed.
PATTON. (eCaptain, 1819. r-p., 18 ; H-p., 25.)
Hugh Patton is son of the late Colonel Patton,
Governor of the island of St. Helena; nephew of
the late Philip Patton, Esq., Admiral of the Red ;t
• The fatigue endured by Commander Patten revived tlie
painful effecta of a serious injury he had sustained when on
duty in tlie Rapid.
f Admiral Patton was an officer highly esteemed and justly
respected. His last employment afloat was as Commander-
in-Chief in the Downs. When Lord Barham presided over
naval affairs, he filled a seat at the Board of Admiralty. He
was the author of a work entitled ' The Natural Defence of
an Insular Empire earnestly recommended.' He died 31 Dec.
1816, at Fareham, Hants, aged 76.
PATTON— PAUL.
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first-cousin of the present Capt. Robt. Patton, R.N. ;
and brother-in-law of the late Major-General Sir
Henry Torrens, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Puissant 74, Capt. John
Irwin, lying at Portsmouth. Becoming attached,
shortly afterwards, to the Bei/lerophon 74, Capts.
John Loring, John Cooke, and Edw. Rotheram, he
fought as Midshipman of that ship in the action off
Cape Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. At the commence-
ment of 1806 he joined the Niobe 40, Capt. John
Wentworth Loring, in time, we believe, to assist at
the capture of Le Nearque corvette of 16 guns.
After a servitude of 12 months on the Jamaica
station in the Poltphemds 64, Capt. Wm. Pryce
Cumby, he wag nominated, 25 Oct. 1810, Acting-
Lieutenant of the Thalia 36, Capt. Jas. Giles
Vashon; to which ship the Admiralty confirmed
him 1 Feb. 1811. Invaliding home in the ensuing
Oct., he was next in succession appointed — 16
March, 1812, to the Sybille 44, Capt. Clotworthy
Upton, on the Irish station — in the early part of
1813, to the Abohkik and Gladiator, as Flag-
Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Edw. Jas. Foote at
Portsmouth— and, 24 Aug. in the same year, to the
ASTREA 36, Capt. John Eveleigh. In the latter
ship he shared, we understand, in a yard-arm-and-
yard-arm conflict of upwards of an hour with the
French 40-gun frigate Etoile, which terminated in
a drawn battle, wherein the British lost 9, including
their Captain, killed, and 37 wounded, and the
enemy 20 killed and 30 wounded. On leaving the
AsTREA in Sept. 1814 he took up a Commander's
commission bearing date 6 Deo. 1813. He subse-
quently, from 6 Sept. 1815 until 22 Oct. 1818, com-
manded the Alban 12, on the Plymouth station,
and on 12 Aug. 1819 was advanced to the rank
of Captain. His last appointments were — 28 Nov.
1823, to the Rattlesnake 28, fitting for the West
Indies— and, 16 Sept. 1825, to the Isis 50, bearing
the flag of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted at Jamaica,
whence he returned in 1827. He accepted the Re-
tirement 1 Oct. 1846. Agents — Pettet and Newton.
PATTON. (Crapfain, 1827. f-p., 12; h-p., 31.)
Robert Patton, born in 1791, is son of the late
Retired Captain Chas. Patton, R.N. ;* and first-
cousin of Capt. Hugh Patton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. John
Wentworth Loring, bearing the flag in the Downs
of his uncle Vice-Admiral Philip Patton. In the
following June he removed as Midshipman to the
Puissant 74, Capt. John Irwin, lying at Portsmouth ;
and on being received, next, into the Bellerophon
74, Capts. John Loring, John Cooke, and Edw.
Rotheram, he was afforded an opportunity of par-
ticipating, 21 Oct. 1805, in the battle of Trafalgar.
After having served for three years and nine months
in the Niobe 40, commanded by his old Captain,
J. W. Loring, under whom, during that period, he
had assisted at the capture of Le Nearque corvette
of 16 guns, he became Master's Mate, in Nov. 1809,
of the Polyphemus 64, Capts. Wm. Pryce Cumby
and Thos. Graves, of which ship, stationed at Ja-
maica, he was nominated, 26 Aug. 1810, an Acting-
Lieutenant. He was confirmed 13 Nov. following,
and was subsequently appointed — 26 April, 1811,
for five months, to the Dispatch sloop, Capt. Jas.
Aberdour, also in the West Indies — 29 July, 1812,
to the Doterel 18, Capt. Wm. Westoott Daniel,
* Capt. Chas. Patton was made a Lieutenant 17 Feb.
1780, a Commander 25 Sept. 1781, and a Post-Captain 30 May,
1 795. Durin" the whole of the late war he was in superin-
tendence of the Transport department at Plymouth, and ac-
quitted himself of his duties in a manner that gained him
the esteem of all who were employed under him, at the same
time that it yielded unqualified satisfaction to the Board of
Admiralty and the Commander-in-Chief at the port. He was
the author of a work entitled * An Attempt to establish the
Basis of Freedom on simple and unerring_Principles,' 8vo.,
published in 1793 ; and of another called 'The Elfecfs of Pro-
perty upon Society and Government;' to which was added,
by his brother, Admiral Philip Patton, 'An Historical Beview
of the Monarchy and Republic of Rome,' 8vo. 1797.
successively employed in the Channel, the West
Indies, and North America — and, in April, 1813,
and Nov. 1814, to the Loire 40 and Junon 38, Capts.
Thos. Brown and Clotworthy Upton, both _ on the
station last named, where he performed, in both
ships, the duties of First-Lieutenant. Attaining
the rank of Commander 13 June, 1815, he served in
that capacity from 3 May, 1826, until posted, 30
April, 1827, in the Trinculo 18, on the Cork station.
The latter was his last appointment. He accepted
the Retirement in 1847.
Capt. Patton was presented with the honorary
inedalhon of the Royal Humane Society 13 April
1826.
PATTON. (LiEDT., 1812. r-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Patton entered the Navy, in Sept. 1805,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ottbe sloop, Capts.
John Davies and Nesbit JoSiah Willoughby, under
the latter of whom, in the same vessel and the Ne-
Ri:iDE 36, he saw a great deal of active service.
He was present in the N]^B£Ice in particular at the
capture of He de Bourbon in July, 1810 ; also when
she compelled the enemy's sloop Victor to surrender,
and exchanged broadsides witi the 40-gun frigate
Minerve ; and again during a series of unhappy
although heroic operations, which, by 28 Aug. 1810,
terminated in the self-destruction, in Port Sud-Est,
Isle of France, of the French frigates Magicienne
and Sirius, and the capture by a French squadron
of the Nereide and Iphigenia — the former after
being reduced to a mere wreck, and incurring a
loss of nearly her whole crew. On the reduction
of the Mauritius in the following Dec. Mr. Patton
was sent home in the Minerva frigate, Capt. Robt.
Tom Blackler. On his arrival he successively joined
the Ann tender, Lieut.-Commander John Turner,
lying at Swansea, and the Salvador del MuNdo
1 12, commanded at Plymouth by Capt. John Nash.
He attained the rank of Lieutenant 21 March, 1812.
His last appointments were — 11 July and 3 Aug.
following, to the Egeria and Forester sloops,
Capts. Lewis Hole and Alex. Kennedy, on the
Home station— 21 April, 1813, to the Benbow 74,
Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, in the West Indies—
and, 26 Oct. 1814, to the Lyra 10, Capt. Dowell
O'Reilly, attached to the force in the Mediterranean,
whence he returned in Aug. 1815.
PAUL. (COMMANDEB, 1841.)
Alfred John Paul was born 11 Jan. 1811, and
died 18 Aug. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Jan. 1824, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tamar 26, Capt. Jas.
John Gordon Bremer, under whom he witnessed
the establishment of a colony on Melville Island,
Australia. In Sept. 1825 he removed to the Liffey
50, bearing the broad pendant in the East Indies of
Commodore Thos. Coe; and in June, 1826, five
months after he had left the latter ship, he became
Midshipman of the Victory 104, Capt. Chas. IngUs
lying at Portsmouth. Joining next, in April, 1827|
the Dartmouth 42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes, he served
for nearly three years in that ship on the Mediter-
ranean station, where it was his fortune to act a
part in the battle of Navarin. In Oct. 1830 Mr.
Paul, at that time in the Prince Regent 120, Capt.
Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, passed his examination.
He was subsequently employed on the Mediterra-
nean, African, South American, Lisbon, and East
India stations, as Mate, in the Ganges 84, Capt.
Geo. Burdett, Lynx 3, Lieut.-Commander Henry
Vere Huntley, Rover 18, Capt. Chas. Eden, Dub-
lin 50, Capts. Wm. David Puget and Geo. Wickens
Willes, MiNDEN 74, Capt. Alex. Ronton Sharpe, and
Alligator 28, Capt. Sir J. J. G. Bremer. While
in the latter ship, in which he served from Sept
1837 until Jan. 1840, he was present at the formation
of a colony at Port Essington, and was advanced to
the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing
date 28 June 1838. On quitting her he removed to
the Wellesley 72, on board which ship Sir Gordon
Bremer (to whom, in the follomng June, he became
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PAULET- PAULSON— PAYNE.
Flag-Lieutenant) had hoisted a broad pendant. He
assisted in consequence at the capture of Chusan
and of several batteries in the Canton river.* His
promotion to the rank of Commander took place 14
June, 1841.
PAULET, Lord. (Capt., 1833. f-p., 18 ; h-p.,12.)
The Kight Honourable Lord George Padlet,
born 12 Aug. 1803, is third son of Chas. Ingoldsby,
13th Marquis of "Winchester ; brother of Lord Wm.
Paulet, Lieut.-Colonel 68th Regt., and of Lord Fred.
Paulet, an ofiicer in the Coldstream Guards ; and
brother-in-law of Capt. Wm. Bamsden, K.N., and
Sir Chas. Des Voeux, Bart.
This officer entered the Boyal Naval College 6
Feb. 1817; and embarked, 18 Dec. 1819, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Liffet 50, Capt. Hon. Henry
Duncan, stationed in the Channel. From Oct. 1820
until Jan. 1824 he served in the Mediterranean and
again in the Channel in the Cambrian 48, Capt.
Gawen Wm. Hamilton, Eacehorse 18, Capt. Hon.
Chas. Abbot, and Active 46, Capt. Andrew King.
He then passed his examination ; and on 9 Feb.
1825, at which period he had been serving for up-
wards of six months in South America on board
the Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, he was
made Lieutenant into the Jasedr 18, Capts. Thos.
Martin and Edw. Handfield. Attaining the rank
of Commander 28 Feb. 1828, he was next, from 4
March, 1830, until paid off 2 Jan. 1834, employed in
that capacity on board the Nautilus 10, in which
vessel, after having served in the Channel and off
the coast of Ireland, we find him stationed in and
off' the rivers Douro and Tagus during the whole of
the civil war in Portugal, from July, 1832, to Oct.
1833 ; and subsequently off the north coast of Spain
at the commencement of the hostilities in that
country. His Lordship, prior to the Nautii,us being
put out of commission, had been advanced, 18 Nov.
1833, to the rank he now holds. His last appoint-
ment was, 28 Dec. 1841, to the Cabvsfort 26, fitting
for the Pacific, where, in Feb. 1843, certain indig-
nities having been offered by the King of the Sand-
wich Islands, Kamehameha III., to Her Majesty's
subjects resident in his dominions, Lord George felt
it his duty to institute demands, which led to the
whole of the group being provisionally ceded to
him. He accordingly retained possession of them,
in the name of Queen Victoria, until 31 July fol-
lowing, when, by order of Kear-Admiral Thomas,
the Commander-in-Chief, they were restored to
their former government. The Carysfort after-
wards conveyed Queen Pomare, with 50 of her
relatives and suite, from Tahiti to Baiatea, one of
the leewardmost of the Society Islands. She re-
turned to England and was paid off in June, 1845.
Lord Geo. Paulet married, II July, 1835, Geor-
gina, daughter of the late Major-General Sir Geo.
Wood, K.C.B., of Ottershaw Park, co. Surrey, and
niece of the late Sir Mark Wood, Bart., by whom
he has issue two children.
PAULSON. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 20;
H-p., 15.)
John Thomas Padlson entered the Navy, 16
March, 1812, as Fst.-ol. Vol., onboard the Barham
74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger, employed at first in
the Channel, and afterwards among the Western
Islands and in the West Indies. In July, 1814, he
removed as Midshipman to the Cordelia 10, Capt.
Wm. Sargent, attached to the force on the Home
station ; and he next, in April and Aug. 1816,
joined the Newcastle 60, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney
Malcolm, and Spey 20, Capts. John Lake and Jas.
Arthur Murray, both at St. Helena, whence, in Nov.
1817, he returned to England. From Feb. 1818 to
April, 1819, he again served on board the Spey,
under Capts. White and Tattnall, on the Mediter-
ranean station. In the following Aug., having
passed his examination, he joined the Leander 60,
Capts. Chas. Richardson and Robt. Gore, in which
* During the operations against Canton in March, 1841, he
appears to have been attached to the person of Capt. Her-
bert, of I-I.M.S. Calliope.— ritie Gaz. 1841, p. 1505.
ship, bearing the flag in the East Indies of Hon. Sir
Henry Blackwood, he continued employed, as Mid-
shipman, Master's Mate, Second-Master, and Acting-
Lieutenant, until transferred with Capt. Gore, about
Nov. 1822, in the capacity last mentioned, to the
Satellite 18. In that vessel he visited New South
Wales. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 29 March,
1822 ; and was subsequently appointed— 30 June
following, to the Sophie 18, Capts. Geo. French,
Robt. Graham Dunlop, and Geo. Fred. Ryves, in
which vessel, prior to his return to England in July,
1824, he was afforded an opportunity of sharing, as
First-Lieutenant, in the opening operations against
the Burmese— 7 Feb. 1829, to the Seringapatam
46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, fitting for service
in South America, whence he came home and was
paid off at the close of 1832—15 Jan. 1838, to the
command, which he retained for nearly four years,
of the EspoiR 10, on the Lisbon station — and, 8
March, 1842, to the Royal George yacht, Capt.
Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. He attained his pre-
sent rank in honour of the Queen's visit to Scotland
21 Sept. 1842 ; and has since been on half-pay.
PAYNE. (LlEDTENANT, 1848.)
Charles Bradney Payne is nephew of Retired
Commander Wm. Payne, R.N.
This ofBoer passed his examination 1 Sept. 1847 ;
was appointed Mate, 16 Oct. following, of the Ex-
cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry
Duoie Chads ; and since his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, 4 March, 1848, has been serving on board
the Havannah 19, Capt. John Elphinstone Erskine.
PAYNE. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 21 ; H-p. 33.)
Charles Frederick Payne, bom in 1779, at
Weymouth, co. Dorset, ^is son of the late Rev. Sam.
Payne, Rector of Weymouth, Wyke, and Portland ;
and brother of Retired Commander Wm. Payne, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1793, as
L.M., on board the Cdlloden 74, Capts. Sir Thos.
Rich, Isaac Schomberg, and Thos. Troubridge ; in
which ship, on his return from a voyage to the
West Indies, we find him present as Midshipman in
the battle of 1 June, 1794. On subsequently join-
ing the London 98, he served, under the flag of Sir
John Colpoys, in Lord Bridport's action with the
French fleet off He de Groix 23 June, 1795. In the
course of 1797 he was transferred in succession to
the RivoLUTiONNAiRE 38 and Nymphe 36, Capts.
Fras. Cole and Percy Fraser ; and on 18 April, 1799,
after having acted for some time as Lieutenant in
the latter frigate, he was confirmed into the Cam-
bridge 74; bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Pasley at
Plymouth. On his removal, in the following Nov.,
to L'Aimable 32, Capt. Henry Raper, he sailed in
company with the Glenmore 44 and a fleet of mer-
chantmen for the West Indies. On 17 Dec, having
fallen in with La Sirene, a heavy French frigate.
La Bergere corvette, and the Calcutta^ an extra
East-Indiaman, which the enemy had just captured,
L'Aimable, while the Glenmore was engaged in
re-capturing and retaining possession of the Indian
man, went in pursuit of the men-of-war, with whom,
although they contrived in the end to make off, she
maintained for 35 minutes a very spirited action.
Some time «,fterwards Lieut. Payne was sent into
Aguada Bay, Puerto Rico, for the purpose of cut-
ting out a large schooner at anchor there. On the
vessel being boarded, the enemy, who had just be-
fore discharged a broadside of grape, jumped out
of her and made good their escape. The British,
however, had scarcely commenced towing their
prize when a heavy fire from a battery" on shore
was opened upon them, which killed and wounded
almost every man in the barge. The other boats
not being able to make any progress with the
schooner, she was in consequence abandoned ; it
being the next day ascertained that she had been
secured to the shore by hawsers under water. On
leaving L'Aimable in April, 1801, Lieut. Payne as-
sumed command of theTnoMP at Martinique ; ho
next, from Aug. in the same year until Aug. 1802,
served, likewise in the West Indies, on board the
PAYNE.
877
GAifcTfe, Capts. Fanshawe and Briggs ; and in April,
1803, and March, 1806, he became Senior of the
iMMonTAUTi and Clyde frigates, both commanded
by the present Sir Edw. Wm. Campbell Rich Owen.
During his servitude in the Immoktaiit^ he as-
sisted at the bombardment of Dieppe and St. Valery-
en-Caux 14 Sept. 1803 ;* and on that and other oc-
casions displayed so much merit that he was the
constant theme of his Captain's praise. Independ-
ently of being slightly wounded at the boarding
and capture of one of the enemy's vessels, we may
mention that he commanded a division of rocket-
boats sent in to attempt the destruction of the
tower and flotilla at Boulogne, also one of the store-
ships ordered to be sunk at the entrance of the
harbour at that place, and, 2 Oct. 1804, one of the
principal explosion vessels employed in a renewed at-
tack upon the flotilla there stationed.f In an action
fought on 23 of the latter month with the enemy's
flotilla between Capes Blanc Nez and Gris Nez, Mr.
Payne, although ill, stuck to his quarters, and by his
zealous exertions attracted much attention. J Attain-
ing the rank of Commander 26 Dec. 1806, he was in
that capacity appointed to the Adelphi rocket-ship,
and, after 12 months of half-pay, to the Cretan
16. In the Adelphi, we understand, he passed the
Dardanells with Sir John Thos. Duckworth in Feb.
1807 ; and in the Cretan, to which vessel he was
appointed 26 Sept. 1809, he was highly eulogised for
the manner in which he led a squadron of frigates
and sloops through the Wielinge Passage, past the
fortifications of Flushing and Breskens, to a safe
anchorage off Cadsand. On leaving the Cretan,
Capt. Payne (who had captured in her, 28 Oct. 1810,
the Neptune Danish privateer of 5 guns and 24 men)
was promoted, 7 June, 1814, to Post-rank. In the
following Dec. he proceeded to the Canadian lakes,
for the purpose of assuming command of the St.
Lawrence 98 as Flag-Captain to Sir Edw. W. C. E.
Owen, then on the eve of opening a campaign
against the American Commodore Chauncey. The
intelligence of peace, however, arriving before the
ice had broken up, he was ordered to superintend
the dismantling of the squadron and the placing of
their stores and guns in a state of readiness for im-
mediate use. He returned to England in Deo. 1815 ;
and, not having been since afloat, was induced, 1
Oct. 1846, to accept the Retirement.
Capt. Payne married in July, 1817, and has issue
seven children.
PAYNE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 32.)
Richard Payne entered the Navy, 26 Feb. 1799,
as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Cesar 80, Capt.
(afterwards Rear- Admiral) Sir Jas. Saumarez ; under
whom, in July, 1801, he fought in the actions off
Algeciras and in the Gut of Gibraltar. In Aug.
1802 he left the CiESAR. He was next, between
Sept. 1803 and Dec. 1812, employed in tlie Channel
and Baltic on board the San Josef 110, Hibersia
110, DiojiEDE 50, and Victory 100, flag-ships of
Sir Chas. Cotton, Earl St. Vincent, and Sir Jas.
Saumarez ; he then joined the Ville de Paris 110,
Capt. Geo. Burlton, lying at Portsmouth ; and in
March, 1814, after having again served for 12
months in the Baltic, part of the time as Acting-
Lieutenant, in the Ariel sloop, Capt. Dan. Ross,
he was nominated Acting-Master (he had been for
three months Second-Master of the Victor"y) of the
Harrier 16, Capts. Andrew Pellet Green, John
Forbes, and Sir Chas. Thos. Jones. In the latter
vessel he took part in the grand naval review held
before the Allied Sovereigns at Portsmouth, and
was afterwards sent on a cruize among the Canary
Islands. He was advanced to his present rank 13
Feb. 1815 ; and has since been on half-pay.
PAYNE. (Retired Commander, 1835. r-p., 20;
H-p., 38.)
William Payne, born in Oct. 1773, is brother of
Capt. C. F. Payne, E.N. ; and uncle of Capts. P.
T. M. and G. B. Payne, both of the R.M., also of
* Fllfe Ciaz. 1803, p. 127.'S. + ''. Gaz. ISO^, p. 1237.
X K Gaz. 1804, p. 1320.
W. C. H. Payne, Esq., Second-Master R.N. (1845),
and of Lieut. C. B. Payne, B.N.
"This oflicer entered the Navy, 29 Sept. 1789, as
Midshipman, on board the Falcon sloop, Capt.
Laugharne, on the Home station, where he next, in
succession, joined the Resistance 44, Capt. Hewit,
Falcon again, Capts. Bligh and Eastwood, and Al-
cide and Bedford 74's, Capts. Sir And. Snape
Douglas and Sir And. Snape Hamond. Rejoin-
ing Sir And. Snape Douglas, in Jan. 1792, on
board the Phaeton 38, he assisted in that ship
at the capture, in the course of the following
year, of Le General Dumourier of 22 guns and 196
men, having on board 2,040,000 dollars ; her prize,
the St. Jago, laden with a cargo worth nearly
3OO,O0OZ. ; La Prompte frigate of 28 guns and 180
men; another privateer ; of 16 guns and 60 men;
and La Blonde national corvette of 24 guns. After
sharing, under the command of Capt. Wm. Ben-
tinck, in the action of 1 June, 1794, he removed to
the Qdeen Charlotte 100, commanded by his old
Captain, Sir A. S. Douglas ; at whose recommenda-
tion, for his conduct in Lord Bridport's rencontre
with the French fleet off He de Groix, he was no-
minated, 6 July, 1795, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Sans Pareil 80, Capt. Lord Hugh Seymour. He
was confirmed (as soon as he had passed his exa-
mination) into the Aqdilon 32, Capt. Cracraft, 9
Oct. following ; and was subsequently appointed —
15 Dec. 1797, to the Maidstone 32, Capts. Matthews,
Ross Donnelly, Rich. Hussey Moubray, and Hon.
Geo. Ellio(^17 Dec. 1804, to the Sea Fencibles at
Weymouth— 11 Dec. 1806, to the Modeste 36, Capt.
Hon. G. Elliot— 20 Feb. 1808, to the Cdlloden 74,
bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew— and, 25 Jan.
1809, again to the Modeste, still commanded by
Capt. Elliot. While stationed, in the Aqdilon, in
the West Indies, Mr. Payne was severely attacked
by the yellow fever. In 1798, during his homeward
passage in the Maidstone, Capt. Matthews died;
but, notwithstanding he was at the time First-Lieu-
tenant, he received neither additional pay nor pro-
motion. Continuing in the Maidstone until ap-
pointed, as above, to the Sea Fencibles, he was in
consequence in that ship when she was sent with
the treaty of peace to the Mediterranean. Al-
though, in 1807, at which period he was Senior of
the Modeste, he escorted the Governor-General of
India to the seat of his government, he was again
disappointed of the promotion which had always
been customary on occasions of the kind. He was,
however, appointed First of the Culloden ; but the
latter being ordered to England before an oppor-
tunity of effecting his advancement had occurred,
he went back to the Modeste, in command of the
boats of which ship and the Baeracouta he suc-
ceeded, 15 July, 1810, in cutting out, from under
the protection of two batteries and five armed ves-
sels, in a bay in the Straits of Sunda, the Dutch
schooner Tiiyncelaar of 8 guns and 22 men.* A
sUght attack of liver-complaint, added to the dis-
appointments he had experienced, induced him, in
Dec. 1809, to invalid. He did not again go afloat,
but accepted, 26 Nov. 1830, the rank of Retired
Commander on the Junior List. He was transferred
to the Senior List 23 Dec. 1835.
At the close of the French revolutionary war
Commander Payne suggested to Lord St. Vincent
then First Lord of the Admiralty, the necessity of
placing the surplus stores of ships under the charge
of their respective warrant officers. On the paying
off of the fleet the plan was carried into execution
and a great saving to the country thereby effected!
The Commander married, in 1841, Cecilia, only
child of J. Glendinning, Esq., by whom he has issue
a son. An only child by a former marriage is the
wife of the Rev. Wm. H. Gorton. ^
PAYNE. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
William Henry PAyne passed his examination
5 Dec. 1837; and, after having served for some
years on the Mediterranean and Home stations, as
Mate, in the Gorgon steamer, Capt. Wm. Honyman
• FideC,?.z. ISIO, p. 387.
878
PAYNE— PAYNTER.
Henderson, Campebdotn 104, flag-ship of Sir Edw.
Brace, and Blazeb steam surveying-vessel, Capt.
John "Washington, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant I Sept. 1845. He was then appointed to
the Hekoine 6, Capt. Ghas. Edmunds, fitting for
the coast of Africa, whence, in 1847, he returned to
England.
PAYNE. (LiEnTENANT, 1834.)
William KonssEAU Payne entered the Navy 30
July, 1823 ; passed his examination in 1829 ; ob-
tained his commission 2 April, 1834 ; and was after-
wards appointed— 29 Aug. 1835, to the Rodney 92,
Capt. Hyde Parker, on the Mediterranean station
— 10 May, 1837, to the Childers 16, Capt. Hon.
Henry Keppel, attached to the force on the coast of
Africa, whence he returned to England at the close
of the same year— and, 1 Nov. 1838 and 1 Oct. 1840,
to the Howe 120 and Casiperdown 104, bearing
the flags of Sir Kobt. "Waller Otway, Sir Henry
Digby, and Sir Edw. Brace at the Nore. Of the
latter ship he was for some time First-Lieutenant.
He has been on half-pay since Nov. 1843.
PAYNTER. (LiEOT., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
Charles Paynter, bom in Jan. 1791, is second
son of the late Chas. Paynter, Esq., of Penzance, co.
Cornwall, himself the son of Fras. Paynter, Esq., of
Boskenna, near that place. An heiress of the house
of Paynter, Margaret Paynter, of Trelissick, became
the wife of John Hearle, Esq., and was the mother
of three daughters, co-heiresses, who allied them-
selves to families of eminence, one espousing Com-
missioner "Wallis, the circumnavigator, another
Henry Hawkins Tremayne, Esq., of Heligan, and
the third Col. Fras. Kodd, of Trebartha. Lieut.
Paynter is cousin of Commander John Pender
Paynter, R.N. ; and a distant relation of Capt.
"Wm. Pender Roberts, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 July, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef 110, Capts.
John Tremayne Rodd and Tristram Robt. Ricketts,
bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Chas. Cotton.
On leaving that ship, of which he had been nomi-
nated Midshipman in Oct. 1803, he was again, in
Jan. 1806, placed under the orders of Capt. Bodd
on board the Indefatigable 44, commanded after-
wards by Capt. Hen. Edw. Reginald Baker. Uniting,
15 July following, with the boats of a squadron
under Sir Sam. Hood, he assisted at the cutting-out,
in face of a desperate and well-concerted resistance,
at the entrance of the river Gironde, of the French
corvette Le Cesar, mounting 16 guns, with a com-
plement of 86 men, who, with a loss to themselves
of 14 killed and wounded, occasioned one to the
British of 9 killed and 39 wounded. In April, 1809,
we find the Indefatigable forming part of the
force employed in Lord Coohrane's operations
against the French fleet in Aix Roads, where, on
12 of that month, she was for upwards of 10 hours
exposed to the fire of the enemy's batteries, and
was for 50 minutes engaged in close action with La
Ville de Varaooie of 80 guns, which ship, during the
preceding night, had run on shore. The only in-
jury sustained by the Indefatigable on the occa-
eion was the loss of her maintopmast. On 15 Jan.
1810, having been placed in charge of a schooner
captured on the coast of Spain, Mr. Paynter had
the misfortune to be wrecked on the Penmarck
rocks and taken prisoner. The hardships he at
first experienced were such as to throw him on a
bed of sickness. In the course of time, however,
he recovered ; but it was not until the month of
Deo. 1813 that he was restored to liberty. He
then, having effected his escape, made the best of
his way to Holland, whence he embarked for Eng-
land. On his arrival in Feb. 1814 he was ordered
on board the Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Rich.
Biokerton at Portsmouth, where, in the course of
the following month, he passed his examination.
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27
Jime in the same year ; and was lastly, from the
ensuing Nov. until paid off" in Sept. 1815, employed
with Capt. J. T. Rodd on board the "Wakeior 74.
During the passage home of that ship from the
"West Indies, in the summer of the latter year, she
was caught in a violent hurricane, was totally dis-
masted, received 11 feet water in her hold, and all
but foundered.
PAYNTEK. (Commander, 1846.)
James Aylmeb Dorset Paynter entered the
Navy 1 Jan. 1826; passed his examination 11 Feb.
1833; and at the period of his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, was serving in
the Mediterranean, as Mate, on board the Veenok
50, Capt. "Wm. "Walpole. His succeeding appoint-
ments were — 5 Feb. 1842, to the Agincoukt 72,
fitting for the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane,
Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies— and, 6
July, 1846, to the command, on that station, of the
Royalist brig. On 19 Aug. 1845, assuming charge
ot the Agincohbt's barge, he served with the boats
of a squadron, carrying altogether 530 officers, sea^
men, and marines, at the destruction, under Capt.
Chas. Talbot, of the piratical settlement of Malloo-
doo, on the north end of the island of Borneo,
where the British encountered an earnest oppo-
sition, and sustained a loss of 6 men killed and 15
wounded.* In July, 1846, during an expedition
conducted by Sir Thos. Cochrane against the Sultan
of Borneo, he contributed, as officer in command of
the field-piece and rocket brigade, to the capture
and destruction, on 8 of that month, of the enemy's
forts and batteries on the river Brune. "While
ascending that stream he appears to have been lent
to the Phlegethon steamer, and to have so aston-
ished and dismayed the enemy assembled on the
banks by the admirable nature of the fire he kept
up that they precipitately fled.f As a reward for
his meritorious conduct he was advanced to his
present rank by a commission bearing date 8 July,
1846. He was in consequence superseded in the
command of the Royalist, to which he had been
appointed as above, and is now on half-pay. Agents
— Messrs. Halford and Co.
PAYNTER. (Lieut., 1814. p-p., 21 ; h-p., 20.)
John Meyeick Paynter entered the Navy, 25
June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sdpeee 74,
Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral Sir) Rich. Good-
win Keats ; and while in that ship, commanded for
some time by Capts. Donald M'Leod and Sam.
Jackson, was present, as Midshipman, at the bom-
bardment of Copenhagen, the embarkation from
Nyeborg of the Spanish General the Marquis de la
Romans and his patriot troops, and the capture of
Flushing. After a servitude of eight months at
Spithead and Plymouth in the Pdissaht 74, Capts.
Robt. Hall and John Irwin, and Menelaes 38,
Capt. Sir Peter Parker, he joined, in July, 1810,
the MiLFOED 74, bearing the flag, at the defence of
Cadiz, of his old Captain, Sir R. G. Keats, whom,
in Aug. 1811, he followed into the Hibernia 110.
Being again, in Aug. 1812, placed under the orders
of Sir Peter Parker on board the Mehelads, he
sailed in that ship for the coast of North America ;
where, on being nominated, 27 July, 1814, Acting-
Lieutenant of the Weser troop-ship, Capts. Thos.
Ball Sulivan, Bartholomew Kent, and Dan. Law-
rence, he witnessed the destruction of Commodore
Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent, and took part in
the unsuccessful attack made upon Baltimore. His
appointment to the Wesee being confirmed by
commission dated 11 Oct. 1814, he continued in
that vessel until Nov. 1815, and was in consequence
present in the expedition against New Orleans.
Since 20 March, 1835, he has been in command of
a station in the Coast Guard.
PA"YNTEE. (Commander, 1816. f-p., 13;
H-p., 30.)
John Pender Payntee, bom 1 Nov. 1788, is a
cousin of Lieut. Chas. Paynter, K.N. His brother,
* Vide Ga/.. 1846, p. 6538.
t V. Gbx. 1846, pp. 3439, 3411, 3442, 3767.
PEACE— PEACOCKE—PEAKE.
879
Edw. 'Wm. Paynter, a Midshipman R.N., died in
1810 on board the Implacable 74, Capt. Geo.
Cockburn.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Fieb. 1804, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Sas Josef 110, Gapts.
John Tremayne Kodd and Tristram Robt. Bioketts,
bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton, under whom
he attained the rating of Midshipman in Aug. of
the same year. In Jan. 1806, up to which period
he had been employed in the blockade of Brest, he
rejoined Capt. Kodd on board the Indefatigable
44, in which ship, participating, in April, 1809, in
Lord Cochrane's attack upon the French fleet in
Aix Roads, he was, on 12 of that month, for upwards
of 10 hours under Are of the enemy's batteries, and
for 50 minutes engaged in close action with the
Ville de Varsovie 80, which ship had run on shore
during the preceding evening. He continued in
the Indefatigable with Capt. Henry Edw. Regi-
nald Baker until Feb. 1810 ; and on 1 Aug. in that
year, after having been again employed, under the
command of Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn and the flag
of Sir Chas. Cotton, on board the San Josef, was
made Lieutenant into the Euktalus 36, Capts.
Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, Abel Ferris, Thos.
TJssher, Jeremiah Coghlan, and Chas. Napier. Un-
der Gapti Dundas he took part' in several -battery
actions on the coast of Calabria; and'under Capt.
Napier, besides contributing to the capture, 16 May,
1813, of La Fortune national xebec, of 10 guns, 4
swivels, and 95 men, together with upwards of 20
sail of merchantmen lying in the harbour of Cava-
larie, he assisted in the following winter in simulta-
neously driving on shore, in Calvi Bay, the Balleine
French store-ship of 22 guns and 120 men, and
compelling a gaberre of 30 guns and 150 men, laden
with stores, and a national schooner of the largest
class, to seek refuge under the land batteries. In
1814 Mr. Paynter, having accompanied a fleet of
transports to North America, was further present
at the capture, up the Patuxeut river, of- Fort
"Washington, and the capitulation of Alexandria.
Becoming, 25 March, 1815, Flag-Lieutenaut^to Lord
Exmouth in the Boyne 98, he beheld, in the course
of that year, the surrender of Naples, and after-
wards visited the Barbary States for the purpose
of endeavouring to procure the release of Christian
slaves. At Algiers, being sent on shore to demand
the release from custody of the English Consul,
Colonel Macdonald, he was himself seized by the
Dey, and lodged in the Black Hole. The menacing
aspect subsequently assumed by the British fleet pro-
cured his enlargement ; and on his return to England
he was advanced to the rank of Commander 7 Nov.
1816. He has since been on half-pay.
PEACE. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 18; h-p., 2,5.)
BiCBAED Peace was born 25 Sept. 1790.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1804, as
Midshipman, on board the Dolphin 44, Capt. John
Shortland, with whom he continued employed in
the Trompeuse 18 and Squirrel 24, on the Irish,
African, and Halifax stations, until Nov. 1808.
Joining next, in Jan. 1809, the Sdccess 32, Capt.
John Ayscough, he commanded a boat belonging
to that ship at the reduction of Ischia and Procida,
and co-operated in the defence of Sicily against
the threatened invasion of Murat. On 30 July,
1809, we find him serving in the boats, as Master's
Mate, at the capture, off Cerigo, of two French
privateers, one carrying 9 guns, 4 swivels, and 78
men, the other 1 gun and 20 men. He shortly
afterwards commanded a boat, one of two under
the orders of Lieut. Geo, Rose Sartorius, at the
taking of a ship of 6 guns and 30 men. On 4 April,
1810, he was reported in the highest terms for his
conduct at the destruction (by the boats of the
Success and Espoir sloop, commanded by the same
officer) of several vessels well protected on the
beach abreast of Castiglione ;* and on 25 of the
same month he had charge of a boat at the capture
of an armed ship and three barks under the castle
* rWe Gaz, 1810, p. U38.
of Terra«ina. In the following Oct. he assisted, on
the coast of Naples, in destroying 2 gun-boats and
34 sail of troop-ships. He was confirmed a Lieu-
tenant of the Trident 64j Capt. Rich. Budd Vin-
cent, after having acted tor a short time as Mate,
22 April, 1811 ; and was next, between Dec. of the
same year and Oct. 1815, employed, on the Medi-
terranean, Home, and Barbadoes stations, in- the
Eclair sloop, Capt. John Bellamy, Trident again,
Capt. R. B. Vincent, Minorca 18, Capt. Ralph
Randolph Wormeley, Apollo troop-ship, Capt. An-
thony Blagrave Valpy, and, as Senior Lieutenant,
in the Raven 16, Capt. Edw. Lloyd. His last ap-
pointments were, in the capacity last mentioned —
19 Aug. 1818, to the Redwing 18, Capt. Fred.
Hunn, stationed, until her return to England in
the autumn of 1821, ofi' St. Helena for the purpose
of watching Napoleon Buonaparte— and, 18 May,
1827, to the Tweed 28, Capt. Lord Henry John
Spencer Churchill, fitting for the Cape of Good'
Hope, whence he came home in Feb. 1831. Agents
■ — Goode and Lawrence.
PEACOCKE. (ViCE-ADMiRAii of the Blue,
1841.)
Richard Peacocke died 24 April, 1846, at Aix-
la^Chapelle, of disease of the heart.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 March, 1781, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Europa 50, Capt.
John Thos. Duckworth, stationed in the Channel,
where, in 1782, he followed the same Captain into
the Salisbury 60. From 1783 to 1786 he served in
the West Indies, as Midshipman and Master's Mate,
in the Camilla 20, Capt. Hutt; he next, in 1793,
joined the Suffolk 74, bearing the broad pendant
of Commodore Peter Rainier in the East Indies ;
and on 22 Jan. 1796 he was confirmed a Lieutenant,
after having acted for six months as such, in the
Resistance 44, Capt. Edw. Pakenham. In that
ship he co-operated in the reduction, in Aug. 1 795,
of Malacca ; and, as Senior-Lieutenant, in the cap-
ture, in Marcb, 1796, of Amboyna and Banda. In-
validing home in the following Nov., he was ap-
pointed, 13 Oct. 1797, to the Leviathan 74, com-
manded by his old Captain, Duckworth ; under
whom, when in company with the Argo 44, he
assisted, again as First-Lieutenant, at the capture,
6 Feb. 1799, of the Spanish frigate Santa Teresa, of
42 guns. Previously to that event he had been
serving, for a few months in 1798, on board the
Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis oflT Cadiz.
On leaving the Leviathan in 1799 he was appoint-
ed, for a short time, Acting-Captain of the Power-
ful 74. On 28 Jan. 1801, four months previously
to which period he had rejoined the Leviathan, he
was promoted to the command of the Gaiet^ sloop
in the West Indies ; where he was made Post, 4 June,
1801, into the Arab. He subsequently, in 1802-3,
served in the Castor frigate, on the same station,
and in 1806-7 in the Foudroyant 80 in the Channel.
He became a Rear-Admiral on the Retired List 22
July, 1830; on the Active 17 Aug. 1840; and a
Vice-Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
He married, 27 Feb. 1821, Martha Louisa, fourth
daughter of the late Geo. Dacre, Esq., of Marwell
House, Hants. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
PEAKE. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 30.)
Charles Peake was born 25 July, 1793, and died
2 Jan. 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 Jan. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Ed-
wards Lloyd Graham ; under whom, until paid off
in April, 1810, he was constantly employed in the
Channel and North Sea, among the Western Islands,
and at Newfoundland. He assisted during that
period at the capture, with a large number of mer-
chant-vessels, of L'Intrepide privateer of 20 guns
and 125 men, and was on several occasions intrusted
with the charge of a prize. In May, 1810, he became
Midshipman (a rating he had attained in June,
1809) of the Pallas 32, commanded at first by
Capt. Graham, and subsequently by Capts. Pringle
880
PEAKE.
Stoddart and Geo. Paris Monke. In command of
one of the boats belonging to that ship Mr. Peake,
while cruizing on 'the coast of Norway, assisted in
taking, at one time, two Danish privateers, mount-
ing respectively 6 and 5 guns ; and, at another, two
Danish cutters. The Pallas being wrecked off St.
Abb's Head 18 Dec. 1810, he again, in the following
Feb., joined Capt. Graham on board the Alcm&ne
38, fitting for the Mediterranean station, where he
was soon afforded an opportunity of participating
in much detached service. On 22 May, 1812, in
particular, we find him (the ALCMi;NE being at the
time on a cruize to the Adriatic) present, in com-
mand of the Captain's 6-oared gig, in a most gallant
but sanguinary attack made by four boats, under
Lieut. Edw. Saurin, upon an enemy's armed convoy,
the result of which was the capture of one of their
principal vessels, after nearly the whole of the crew
had been either killed or wounded. The slaughter
on the part of the British was likewise dreadful —
the pinnace alone sustaining a loss of at least 20
ofloers and men killed and wounded. Mr. Peake
afterwards assisted at the cutting out of a vessel
from under a battery ; at the capture of a French
national schooner. La FUclie, of 12 guns ; and at
the further cutting out, on the coast of Corsica, of
two polacres and a xebec. On leaving the AlcmAne,
which ship had been latterly commanded by Capt.
Jeremiah Coghlan, he was received, 6 March, 1814,
on board the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of
Sir Edw. Pellew, by whom, after witnessing the
fall of Genoa, he was nominated, 27 April in the
same year, Acting-Lieutenant of a 74-gun ship of
that name, commanded by Capt. Arthur Stow. On
1 July following his promotion was confirmed. He
went on half-pay in Nov. 1814 ; and was next, 3 July,
1818, appointed to the Edryalds 42, Capts. Thos.
Huskisson and Wilson Braddyll Bigland. On 27
Sept. 1820, having risen to the post of First-Lieute-
nant, Mr. Peake was appointed by the former officer,
who had become Commodore on the Jamaica sta-
tion, to the command of the Bann sloop, rendered
vacant by the death of Capt. Stow of the Tamar,
and the removal to that ship of the commander of
the Bann. On the arrival, however, of the latter
vessel at Halifax, Rear-Admiral Griffith, the Com-
mander-in-Chief, also thought proper to fill up the
vacancy. This fact being communicated to the
Commodore, he forthwith wrote to the Admiralty,
requesting that their Lordships would not suffer
him to be deprived of the patronage which so justly
belonged to him, the vacancy having occurred
while the Tamar was within the limits of his station.
Unwilling to grant the request, the Board superseded
all the appointments that had taken place, and gave
the command of the Tamar to an officer then in
England ; at the same time paying off the sloop he
commanded, in order to avoid promoting either of
the Lieutenants selected by the Commodore and
Kear- Admiral. Mr. Peake subsequently command-
ed the EnKYALus for a short period ; and on the
paying off of that ship in Aug. 1821 was presented
by the crew with a handsome silver vase and cover,
together with a sword and belt, as a testimony of
their " gratitude and esteem." Unsuccessful in his
endeavours to procure employment, he remained
thenceforward on half-pay.
The Lieutenant,* whose wife, Margaret Peake,
had died 3 May, 1840, has left issue a son (educated
at the Royal Naval School) and a daughter.
PEAKE. (Ck)MMANDER, 1838. F-P., I9;h-p., 17.)
Henry Frederick Peake is brother of Capt.
Thos. Ladd Peake, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Feb. 1811, as
Fst.-el. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capt. Rich.
Raggett. In the course of the following month he
was placed at the Royal Naval College at Ports-
mouth, where he remained until 17 June, 1813.
He then again embarked, on board the Rivoli 74,
Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and Edw. Stirling
* He was the author of several popular works, and a con-
tributor to many of the periodicals of the day.
Dickson ; under the latter of whom we find him,
30 April, 181.5, assisting as Midshipman at the cap-
ture, on the Mediterranean station, after a brave
defence of 15 minutes, of the French frigate La
Melpomene. Joining next, in 1816, the Madagascar
and Mjsandek flrigates, both commanded by Sir
Jas. Alex. Gordon, he was present in the latter
ship when nearly lost, in Dec. of the same year, off
Orfordness. In Feb. 1817 he became Admiralty-
Midshipman of the RoSARK) 10, commanded by his
brother, Capt. Thos. Ladd Peake, at Portsmouth ;
where (with the exception of the following summer,
which he passed in the Mediterranean on board the
Ganymede 26, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer,
and of a subsequent unemployed interval of a few
months) he continued to serve until Aug. 1820, in a
similar capacity, in the Camelion 10, Capt. "Wm.
Jas. Mingaye, and Active 46, Capt. Sir J. A. Gor-
don. He then sailed for the West Indies in the
S YBiLLE 44 ; of which ship, bearing the flag of Sir
Chas. Rowley, he was created a Lieutenant 5 Feb.
1821. He returned home in the following June,
and was afterwards appointed — 26 Nov. 1823 and 5
March, 1825, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the
Ramillies and Hyperion Coast-Blockade ships,
Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Hugh Pigot — and, 2 Dec.
1828, as Senior, to the Comet 18, Capt. Alex. Albert
Sandilands, fitting for the East Indies, whence he
returned at the close of 1832. He has since been
on half-pay. His promotion to the rank of Com-
mander took place 28 June, 1838.
With the permission of the Admiralty, Com-
mander Peake was for some time employed under
the Spanish and Portuguese Governments.
PEAKE. (flTajltam, I822. p-p., 24 ; H-p., 25.)
Thomas Ladd Peake is son of the late Sir Henry
Peake, Kt., who filled the office of Surveyor of the
Navy from 27 June, 1806, until 25 Feb. 1822; and
brother of Commander Wm. Peake, who was killed,
and his ship, the Peacock of 18 gims and 122 men,
sunk, in a desperate action with the American sloop
Hornet of 20 guns and 165 men, 24 Feb. 1813.
Capt. Peake's youngest brother, James, is married
to a sister of the present Commander Henry Eden,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, towards the close
of 1798, on board the Redbbidge schooner, Lieut.-
Commander Geo. Hayes. He next, in the course
of 1799, joined the Canada 74, Capt Hon. Michael
De Courcy, and Renown of similar force, bearing
the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren ; imder whom,
in the following year, he accompanied the expedi-
tion to Ferrol, and in 1801 that to Egypt. At the
former place he served on shore with the army
under Sir Jas. Pulteney. On his return to Eng-
land at the close of 1804, in the Kent 74, with
Capt. John Chambers White, who had latterly had
command of the Renown, he was received as a Su-
pernumerary on board the Zealand 64, flag-ship at
the Nore of Admiral Douglas. He was nominated,
4 Jan. 1805, Sub-Lieutenant of the Bloodhound 12,
Lieut.-Commander Henry Richardson ; was made a
full Lieutenant, 8 May following, into the Majestic
74, flag-ship of Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell
in the North Sea ; and was subsequently, in 1807
and 1809, appointed to the Clio 18, Capt. Thos.
Folliott Baugh, and ViOTORions 74, Capts. Graham
Eden Hamond and John Talbot. In the latter ship
he participated in the Walcheren operations of
1809 ; and on 21 Feb. 1812, the Victoriods being
at the time in company with the Weasel 18, he
shared as First-Lieutenant in a most gallant conflict
of two hours and a half, which terminated in the
capture, with a loss to the former of 27 men killed
and 99 wounded, and to the enemy of 400 killed
and wounded, of the French 74 Rivoli, whose con-
sorts, three brigs and two gun-boats, were at the
same time defeated.* He was in consequence ad-
* In the early part ot the action Capt. Talbot, being
severely wounded, was placed liOTS de combat. " The exer-
tions, however, of Mr. Peake," he informs us in his official
despatch, " prevented his inability from proving of any
detriment to his Majesty's service," — Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 8jg.
PEARCE— PEAKNE— PEAES.
vanced to the rank of Commander by commission
bearing date 8 May following, a few weeks after
he had been placed in charge of the prize, for the
purpose of conducting her to England. His last
appointments were — 7 June, 1813, to the Eosakio
10, on the Home station, where he served until paid
off in Dec. 1818— and, 31 Aug. 1820, to the post,
which he retained for nearly five years, of Inspect-
ing-Comraander in the Coast Guaxd. He attained
his present rank 1 March, 1822 ; and accepted the
Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Peake (who was for four years a Special
Magistrate at the Cape of Good Hope) has been
twice married ; the first time to a daughter of Sir
Jas. Brabazon Urmston, Superintendent of Cargoes
at Canton. By both marriages he has issue.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
PEAKCE. (CoMMAUDEB, 1842. F-P., 22;
H-p., 12.)
Edward Stokes Pearcb entered the Navy, 29
Oct. 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Scltan 74,
Capt. John West. In March, 1815, after having
served on the coast of France and in the West In-
dies, he joined the Ajax 74, Capt. Geo. Mundy, on
the Mediterranean station ; where, and at Halifax
and in the North Sea, he continued employed as
Midshipman and Master's Mate in the same ship
and in the Dee 24, Wye 28, and Alekt 18, Capts.
Sam. Chambers, John Harper, and Chas. Farwell,
until Jan. 1821. In the following month (he had
passed his examination 11 April, 1820) he returned
to the Mediterranean in the Dispatch 18, Capts.
Wm. Clarke Jervoise and Edw. Hinton Scott ; he
was next, from Nov. 1824 until May, 1831, borne on
the books of the Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade ship,
Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye ; and he was then for a
few weeks employed in the Samarang 28, Capt.
Chas. Henry Paget. During six years of the period
he belonged to the Hyperion he commanded her
tender the Highflyer. His sole appointments as
Lieutenant, a rank he attained 25 June, 1831, were
— 2 March, 1837, to the Princess Charlotte 104,
bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Hon. Sir
Robt. Stopford, under whom he assisted at the
bombardment of St. Jean d' Acre— and 8 Feb. 1842,
after six months of half-pay, to the command of
the Lightning steamer. Since his promotion to
his present rank, 7 May, 1842, he has been on half-
pay-
PEARNE. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 37 ; h-p., 2.)
William George Peabne was born 12 May,
1795.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Erebus 18, Capt. Wm.
Autridge, stationed in the Baltic ; where, in June,
1812, he became Midshipman of the Dictator 64,
Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart. In 1809 a prize-sloop
of which he had charge was run over in a snow-
storm, on her passage from Carlskrona to Hull, by
a timber-laden brig, and immediately went down,
barely allowing him to effect his escape ; and in
1811, while acting as Master of another prize, he
had the misfortune to be captured by four Danish
gun-boate on the coast of Norway; in consequence
whereof he was detained a prisoner for a period of
nearly 12 months, and underwent great privations.
On leaving the Dictator in Oct. 1812, he joined
the Pelican 18, Capts. John Fordyce Maples and
Thos. Mansell ; in which vessel, and in the Saturn
56, Capts. Jas. Nash and Thos. Brown, Ferret 14,
Capt. Jas. Stirling, and Erne 20, Capt. Hon. Wm.
John Napier, we find him, until Aug. 1815, employed
on the West India, American, and Home stations.
While attached to the Saturn, Mr. Pearne assisted
at the blockade of New York, and was frequently
sent with prizes into port ; and when in the Ferret
he contributed to the capture, 18 July, 1815, of an
armed cutter, a praam-brig, and a gun-vessel, toge-
ther with a convoy reposing under the protection
of a fort, which the British destroyed, in the har-
bour of Corrijou— an exploit detailed in our memoir
of Vice- Admiral Sir Chas. Malcolm. With his name,
from Aug. 1815 until Aug. 1818, on the books of the
RocHFORT 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood
Dickson, Mr. Pearne was actively employed as Mas-
ter's Mate in a variety of tenders and boats in the
protection of the revenue. On one occasion he pos-
sessed himself, off the Start, of a smuggler, the
Charles, of Morlaix, having on board a hundred tubs
of contraband spirits. After a servitude of two
years and eight months on the Channel and Irish
stations, as Admiralty-Midshipman in the Pigmy
cutter, Lieut.-Commander Wentworth Parsons
Croke, as Second-Master in the Falmouth 20,
Capt. Henry Theodosius Browne Collier, and again
as Admiralty-Midshipman in the Spencer 74, flag-
ship of Sir Josias Rowley, he was appouited, 31
May, 1821, Chief Mate of the Vandeleur Revenue-
cruizer, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Fred. Napier.
In the following Nov., the Vandeleur being at the
time at anchor in a disabled state off Kilrush, Mr.
Pearne, acting upon information he had received,
proceeded with the crew to a place called Kilkee,
13 miles distant, where he arrived in time to seize
a boat with 13 bales of tobacco and a chest of tea
belonging to a smuggling lugger. Another part of
the cargo, amounting to 437 bales, was afterwards
landed on the island of Arran, and secreted in caves
underground. These being, however, discovered
through the exertions of Mr. Pearne, he succeeded
with only 24 men, in capturing the whole of the
property, notwithstanding that several hundred
persons had assembled for the purpose of rescuing
it. He had .the gratification in consequence of re-
ceiving a flattering letter of approbation from the
Commander-in-Chief, Sir J. Rowley. After having
had command for a long time of the Vandeleur
owing to the illness of Lieut. Napier, he was pro-
moted to his present rank 21 Jan. 1824. His ap-
pointments have since been — 21 Oct. 1826 and 19
Feb. 1830, to the Ramillies and Talavera Coast
Blockade ships, both commanded by Capt. Hugh
Pigot— 15 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard at Walmer,
in Kent — 11 Oct. 1834, to the command of the Dove
Revenue-cruizer — and 26 Sept. 1837, again to the
Coast Guard, in which service he still continues.
In command of the Antelope, tender to the Ra-
millies, he piloted a Russian squadron from the
Texel to the Downs in Aug. 1827 ; and in the Dove
he had the good fortune to make prize, among other
vessels, of a yawl, a schooner of 65 tons, a sloop of
39 tons, and a Cawsand boat of 20 tons. His efforts
in staying the progress of a fire which broke out on
one occasion in the citadel at Plymouth obtained
for him the thanks of Sir Willoughby Cotton, who
at the time held command of that place.
Lieut. Pearne married, in May, 1827, Julia Edge-
combe, daughter of the late Lieut. John Luckraft,
R.N., by whom he has issue a son and three
daughters.
PEARS. (Lieut., 1829. f-p., 20; h-p., 7.)
Charles Wethered Pears entered the Royal
Naval College 3 Feb. 1820 ; and embarked 20 Feb.
1822, as a Volunteer, on board the Ranger 28,
Capt. Peter Fisher ; under whom, in 1824, he served
at the blockade of Algiers. Joining, in Nov. of
that year, the Boadicea frigate, Commodore Sir
Jas. Brisbane, he united, in Sept. 1825, in the hosti-
lities in progress against the Burmese, and until the
end of the war was employed in command of a gun-
boat on the river Irawady. On leaving the Boadi-
cea he was received, in Aug. 1826, on board the
Warspite 76 ; in which ship, in the summer of the
following year, he returned to England. After hav-
ing further served, as Mate, in the Eclaie 18, Capt.
Spencer Lambert Hunter Vassall, Victoby 104,
Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, Asia 84, Capt. Edw. Cur-
zon, and Raleigh IS, Capts. John Burnet Dundas,
Geo. Haye, and Sir Wm. Dickson, he was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 27 June, 1829, and ap-
pointed to the Alacbity 10, Capt. Joseph Nias, on
the Mediterranean station. He afterwards joined^
30 April, 1830, the Talbot 28, Copt. Rich. Dickin-
5 U
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PEARSE.
son, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope, whence he
returned at the close of 1831—1 May, 1832, the
Vebnon 50, Capt. Sir Francis Augustus Collier, em-
ployed, until the close of the same year, on particu-
lar service— 28 Oct. 1833, a second time, the Veb-
non, bearing then the flag of Sir George Cockburn
in North America and the West Indies— 29 April,
1834, as First-Lieutenant, the Arachne 16, Capts.
Jas. Burney and John Sam. Foreman, on the same
station, where he remained until 1835 — 1 Feb. 1838,
the Hastings 72, Capts. Francis Erskine Loch and
John Lawrence, under the former of whom he es-
corted the Earl of Durham to Quebec, and the
Queen Dowager to the Mediterranean and back —
and, 17 Sept. 1845, after five years of half-pay, to
the command, which he still retains, of a station in
the Coast Guard. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
PEAESE. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 23; h-p., 31.)
John Pearse was born 17 May, 1780. Hia only
brother, a Lieutenant in the service, died in the
East Indies in 1809.
This officer entered the Navy, at the commence-
ment of 1793, on board the Myrmidon, slop-ship at
Plymouth, Lieut. -Commander John Burrows ; and,
between June, 1794, and the date of his promotion
to the rank of Lieutenant 29 Deo. 1800, was em-
ployed as Midshipman in the Gibraltar 80, Capt.
John Pakenham, Bombaz Castle 74, Capts. Jas.
Macnamara, "Wm. Shield, and Thos. Sotheby, CuL-
LODEN 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Troubridge, Princess
RoTAi. 98, Capt. Thos. Macnamara Jlussell, and
ViLi/E DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent.
He officiated for some time, too, as Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Neptune and Tem^raire 98'a. In
the Gibraltar he fought in Hotham's action 13
July, 1795 ; in the Bombay Castle, in which ship
he was wrecked in Dec. 1796, he witnessed the
capture, in Tunis Bay, of the Nemesis of 28, the
Sardine of 22, and ^ polacre of 20 guns, as likewise
the evacuation of the island of Corsica ; and in the
CuLLODEN he was present in the action otf Cape St.
Vincent, at the bombardment of Cadiz, in the ex-
pedition against Teneriffe, and at the battle of the
Nile. He served also on shore at the sieges of
Naples and Capua, at the capture of Civita Vecchia
and Kome, and at the bombardment, in 1799, of
Alexandria. "With the colours taken at Capua Mr.
Pearse was sent by Lord Nelson to the Queen of
Naples, by whom he was presented, in return, with
a diamond ring. His appointments, subsequently
to his promotion, were — in Jan. 1801, to the Spit-
fire 18, Capt. Kobt. Keen, etnployed on the
Channel and Irish stations, where he saw much
boat-service — 18 Sept. 1804, after three months of
half-pay, to the Argo 44, Capt. Geo. Parker — in
Oct. following, as Senior, to the Cruizer 18, Capts.
John Hancock, Pringle Stoddart, and Geo. Chas.
Mackenzie, with whom he served in the Downs,
North Sea, and Baltic until Jan. 1809— and 17 Nov.
in the latter year, and 24 April, 1810, to the com-
mand of the Safeguard gun-brig and Decoy cutter.
During the period of his attachment to the Cruizer
we find him concerned in the capture of five pri-
vateers, 12 smuggling cutters and luggers, and many
other vessels ; besides participating in a warm
action with the Crown batteries and Danish gun-
boats during the siege of Copenhagen in 1807. In
command of the boats he succeeded in making
prize of a variety of merchantmen, one of which, a
galliot, laden with brandy and wine, he carried off
from the beach near Blaukenburg after considerable
difficulty, although 2 field-pieces were brought to
the water's edge to protect her. He also, with
much judgment and resolution, possessed himself,
at the same place, of a 14-gun privateer, notwith-
standing that the crew, 50 in number, attempted
to defend her, and that a body of the enemy had
assembled on the sandhills for a similar purpose.
■While absent in Jan. 1806 in a captured smuggling
cutter with only 8 men, very indifferently equipped,
he fell in witli three large smuggling luggers, and,
although one was armed, contrived by stratagem to
seize upon two of them, carrying 24 men, together
vfith 1700 casks of spirits and 300 bales of dry
goods. In a small tender fitted out by the Cruizer
in 1808, Mr. Pearse attacked a Danish convoy, and,
in face of a schooner of five times his own force,
captured one galliot laden with wheat, drove two
others on shore, and dispersed the rest. He after-
wards captured a schuyt laden with wheat, another
laden with iron and deals, and two small packet-
boats, and destroyed 14 other vessels. During his
command of the Decoy, stationed for four years in
the Downs, he boarded and carried one privateer,
chased on shore and destroyed another near Grave-
lines, induced a third, from a fear of being boarded,
to cut her cable and run on the rocks in Boulogne
Bay, destroyed a large gun-boat after chasing her
on shore near Nieuport, captured 10 smuggling
vessels of various descriptions laden with 4000
gallons of spirits and a considerable quantity of
light goods, sunk a lugger with 20,000 guineas on
board by running her over, and burnt a sloop in
ballast taken at the entrance of Gravelines har-
bour. From May, 1817, to May, 1820, Mr. Pearse
commanded the "Wickham Revenue-cutter on the
Irish station. He attained his present rank 27 May,
1825, and has since been on half-pay. We may add
that in the course of his career afloat he was twice
wounded.
Commander Pearse has laboured for upwards of
a quarter of a century in scientifically examining
various nautical questions, and has published much
useful and interesting matter on the mechanical
properties of an anchor, on the formation of cutters'
jibs and the setting and standing of sails in general,
and on the stowage and sailing of ships, &c. His
remarks on the jib-sails of cutters called forth in 1829
the thanks of the Society of Arts, and were ordered
for publication in the 47th volume of its ' Transac-
tions.' He has also very elaborately investigated
the theory of naval architecture — that part of it in
particular that bears reference to the way in which
the motions and evolutions of ships are performed ;
and has demonstrated by numerous experiments
that a ship performs its motions about an axis pass-
ing through the metacentre or point of stability, and
that the theory which determines the centre of
gravity of a ship to be the centre of motion, and
which has existed ever since naval architecture was
first considered as a science, is erroneous. Much
has been published by Commander Pearse on the
subject, but we refer our readers especially to a
small pamphlet published by him in 1836 at Ply-
mouth under the title of ' Reflections on the present
State of the Theory of Naval Architecture, exhi-
biting at the same time some of the Errors which,
from time immemorial, have existed ;' and also to
papers from his pen inserted in the numbers of the
United Service Journal for March, May, and Oc-
tober, 1842, and March, 1843. Commander Pearse
was one of the first to invent and propose a plan
for naval gun-sights.
PEARSE. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 8.)
Joseph Pearse was bom 17 June, 1794. He is
first-cousin of Capt. John Banks, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 April, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capt. Hon.
Henry Hotham, with whom he continued to serve
as Midshipman and Master's Mate in the same ship
and in the Northumberland 74, on the Channel
station, until Jan. 1813. In the Defiance he was
present, 24 Feb. 1809, at the destruction of three
French frigates under the batteries of Sable
d'Olonne, where that ship, besides being much cut
up in her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of 2
men killed and 25 wounded; and in the North-
umberland he contributed, in company vrith the
Growler gun-brig, to the gallant destruction, near
L'Orient, of the French 40-gun frigates L'Arienne
and U Andromaque, and 16-gun brig Mamehuck ;
whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy
battery, killed 6 and wounded 28 of the North-
umberland's people. On 3 April, 1813, having re-
peab.se.
moved to the San Domihgo 74, flag-ship of Sir John
Borlase Warren on the coast of North America, we
find Mr. Pearse serving with the boats of a squa-
dron containing 105 men, under the orders of Lieut.
Jas. Polkinghorne, at the capture, 15 miles up the
Eappahannock river, of four schooners, carrying in
the whole 31 guns and 219 men— an exploit whose
achievement inflicted on the British a loss of 2
killed and 11 wounded, and on the enemy of 6
killed and 10 wounded. He was made Lieutenant
22 July, 1813, into the Bakkosa 36, Capts. Wm.
Henry Shirreff, Wm. M'CuUoch, and John Maxwell,
with the latter of whom he returned home from the
West Indies in Oct. 1815; and was subsequently
appointed — in the course of 1818, to the Cyrbs 20,
Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, Spencer 74, Capt.
Sam. Campbell Rowley, and Tonhaht 80 and
Windsor Castle 74, both commanded by Capt.
Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, with whom he served at
Plymouth until May, 1821— on 18 of the latter
month, as Senior, to the Gannet 18, Capt. Wm.
Simpson, stationed on the coast of Ireland, where
he remained until Sept. 1824, and made prize, in
the boats, of a large smuggling lugger, carrying 10
guns— 15 March, 1825, 21 Oct. 1828, and 25 Feb.
1831, in a similar capacity, to the Kanger 28, Capt.
Lord Henry Fred. Thynne, Melville 74, Capts.
Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, Henry Hill, and Christo-
pher John Williams Nesham, and St. Vincent 120,
Capt. Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, in which ships,
the latter bearing the flag of Hon. Sir H. Hotham,
he was continuously employed, with the exception
of a few months in 1828, on the South American
and Mediterranean stations, until May, 1834—17
Nov. following, and, after eight months of half-pay,
14 June, 1836, to the command of the Blazer and
Firefly steamers, both also in the Mediterranean,
whence he returned in Sept. 1839 — and, 6 Jan.
1840, as First, to the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir H. F.
Senhouse. For his services in the latter ship
during the campaign in China, where he had charge
of the rocket-boats* at the capture of the Bogue
forts, and was mentioned for his conduct at the
head of a division of seamen at the capture of the
forts above Canton,t he was advanced to the rank of
Commander 8 June, 1841, and appointed to the
NiMHOD 20 ; from which vessel, after having effected
the destruction of four batteries and a war-junk in
the harbour of Kelon, in the island of Formosa,
he was transferred, 16 Oct. in the same year, to the
Crdizer 16. Since his arrival home from the East
Indies in March, 1843, he has been on half-pay.
His elevation to Post-rank took place 8 Jan. 1846.
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
PEAESE. (LiECT., 1807. f-p., 38 ; h-p., 21.)
Thomas Peakse died 16 July, 1846. He was
son of Mr. Thos. Pearse, Master's Mate of H.M.S.
Apollo, who was killed in action with the French
frigate Oiseau at the close of the first American
war, by Mary Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Geo.
Win. Hambly, Esq., of Stonehouse, Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, about 1787, as Cap-
tain's Servant, on board the Pegasus 28, commanded
by H. R. H. Prince William Henry, with whom he
served for a short time in the West Indies. Re-
embarking, 26 May, 1793, on board the London 98,
Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, he cruized in that ship
on the Channel station until transferred as Midship-
man, in March, 1794, to the Edktdice 24, Capt.
Fras. Cole. On 8 of the following month we find
him present, in company with the Crescent 36 and
Druid 32, the former commanded by Sir Jas. Sau-
marez, in an action fought ofT Guernsey with a
powerful French squadron, from whom the British
contrived in a very skilful manner to eflfeot their
escape. While attached, next, from Sept. 1794
until Dec. 1801, to the Galatea 36, Capts. Rich.
Goodwin Keats and Hon. Geo. Byng, he took
part in Lord Bridport's action, 23 June, 1795, was
* Which were admirably placed and served. — Vide Gaz.
1841, p. ] 498 ; where, it will be perceived, he was strongly
recommended for promotion.
■f Fide Gaz. 1841, p. S510.
wounded during the ensuing expedition to Quiberonj
and assisted at the capture or destruction of, among
other vessels. La Revolutionnaire of 44 guns and 351
men, Le Jean BaH of 18 guns, L' Expedition of 16
guns, L'Eveille of 18 guns, L'Etoile of 30 guns (one
of five French frigates in escort of a provision fleet
of 70 sail). La Proserpine of 42 guns and 348 men,
L' Andromaque of 44 guns and 300 men, and Le
Ranger of 14 guns. From. Jan. to Oct. 1802 Mr.
Pearse served in the West Indies as Master's Mate
of the Majestic 74, Capt. Davidge Gould. In the
early part of the following year he successively
joined the Penelope 36, Capt. Wm. Broughton, and
V icTOBY 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson ; by whom
he was nominated, 12 Aug. in the same year, Acting-
Lieutenant of the Halcyon 16, Capts. Henry Whit-
marsh Pearse and Thos. Stamp— the first promotion
made by his Lordship out of the Victory ; in which
ship, during her passage to the Mediterranean, Mr.
Pearse had aided in making prize of the French
32-gun frigate Embuscade. Continuing in the Hal-
cyon until the peace, he took part in numerous en-
gagements with the gun-boats in the Gut of Gib-
raltar, and saw a vast deal of other active service.
In Sept. 1804 he assisted at the capture of L'Espe-
rance French privateer of 10 guns and 54 men ; and
in the summer of 1806 he contributed, after the
battle of Maida, to the destruction of the enemy's
batteries along the coast of Calabria, and the reduc-
tion of the town of Beggio. On 13 Dec. in the
same year it was his lot to he again wounded in an
action fought with great spirit for three hours, be-
tween the Halcyon, singly, and three Spanish ves-
sels of far superior force, which terminated in the
capture of one of the latter, the Neptwno of 14
guns and 72 men — the other two, Xa Virgine de
Solidad brig of 14 guns and 78 men, and El Vives
xebec of 12 guns and 65 men, being put to flight.*
In consideration of the part taken by him in the
affair, Mr. Pearse was presented with a sword by
the Patriotic Society, and on 1 Aug. 1807 was con-
firmed in his appointment to the Halcyon. He
afterwards accompanied Admiral Gambler in the
expedition against Copenhagen ; assisted, in Sept.
1808, in capturing, in Diamante Bay, a flotilla of 38
vessels ; commanded the Halcyon's boats at the
destruction, in May, 1809, of the enemy's forts on
the small islands of Gianuti and Pianosa ; and in
1810 co-operated in the defence of Messina and in
the second capture of the town of Reggio. His last
appointments afloat were — 30 July, 1812, to the
Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney PhiUott,
with whom he served on the North Sea and North
American stations until Dec, 1813 — and 10 Feb.
1814, to the Sybille 44, Capts. Jas. Sanders and
Thos. Forrest, which frigate, after having made a
voyage to Spitzhergen, his health obliged him to
leave in the following Oct. In 1825 he was placed
in command of the Ordinary at Woolwich ; in 1828
he was nominated Warden of Deptford Dockyard ;
and from 6 April, 1830, until 1841, he was again
employed at Woolwich as Warden and Director of
Police. He was admitted to the out-pension of
Greenwich Hospital 25 June, 1841.
PEAESE. (Lieutenant, 1833.)
William Pearse entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1815,
as Midshipman, on board the Abundance store-ship.
Master Commander Josiah Oake, with whom he
visited North America, the West Indies, and Medi-
terranean. Between 1817 and 1824 we find him serv-
ing, the last two years as a passed Midshipman, in the
PBivoYASTB 10, Master Commander Stokes, Hype-
rion 42, Capt. Thos. Searle, and Valorous 26, Capt.
Jas. Murray, on the Home, North and South Ame-
rican, and West India stations. He then became in
succession attached, in the capacity of Mate, to the
Eden 26, Capt. John Lawrence, and Hussar 46
and Babham 50, flag-ships of Sir Cbas. Ogle and
Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming. In the Eden
he made a second voyage to the Mediterranean ;
and in the Hussae and Barham he was again em-
* Vtde Gaz. 1807, p. 52.
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PEARSE— PEARSON.
ployed in North America and the West Indies.
After serving for a short time in the Speedwell
schooner, he was nominated, in 1830, Acting First-
Lieutenant of the ViCTOK 18, Capt. Rich. Keane.
On the paying-oif of that sloop in 1831, his promo-
tion not being confirmed, he was appointed Mate of
the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Manley Dixon at
Plymouth ; where he remained iintil presented by
Sir Jas. Graham with a commission bearing date 30
July, 1833, as " a reward for long services and good
conduct, and, especially, for the zeal and exertions
he had displayed on the occasion of a recent fire on
board the San Josef." His last appointment was,
26 Feb. 1834, to the Racehokse 18, Capt. Sir Jaa.
Everard Home, in which vessel he remained [until
1836, when he was compelled to invalid in conse-
quence of an injury he had received while engaged
in the boats in suppressing an insurrection at Para
on the coast of Brazil.
PEARSE. (Lieutenant, 1841.;)
William Alfred Rumeulow Peaese passed his
examination 2 Maj, 1839 ; and was afterwards, until
paid oiF at the commencement of 1843, employed as
Mate and Acting-Lieutenant in the Modeste 18,
Capts. Harry Eyres and Rimdle Surges Watson.
In the former capacity he assisted, during the war
in China, in boarding, 27 Feb. 1841, the ship Cam-
hridge, bearing the Chinese Admiral's flag, at the
enemy's position below Whampoa Reach, where he
also landed and contributed to the destruction, in
the whole, of 98 guns.* On 13 of the following
month he served in the boats at the capture of
several rafts and of the last fort protecting the
approaches to Canton; and on 18 he was simi-
larly employed at the capture of the city itself, f
During the series of operations against it we find
him commanding the Modeste's cutter, under the
present Sir Edw. Belcher, in an affair up a creek on
the western side, where 28 vessels were destroyed. J
In a day or two afterwards he had the misfortune to
be wounded.§ In Aug. and Oct. he co-operated in
the reduction of Amoy and Chinghae. As Acting-
Lieutenant, Mr. Pearse, on 10 March, 1842, suc-
ceeded with two boats in towing four fire-rafts clear
of the shipping off Ningpo.|| On 15 and 16 of the
same month he was employed on shore under Capt.
Thos. Bourchier in an attack on the enemy's camp
atTsekee-Tf O" "^^ paying off of the Modeste as
above, he was confirmed a Lieutenant by commis-
sion bearing date 8 June, 1841. His appointments
have since been— 28 May, 1843, to the Cyclops
steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, under whom
he was employed for about six months on particular
service— 9 Sept. 1844, as Senior, to the Ospkey 12,
Capt. Fred. Patten, fitting at IPortsmouth, where he
was shortly afterwards superseded — 19 May, 1845,
as Additional, to the Penelope steam-frigate, bear-
ing the broad pendant of Commodore Wm. Jones
on the coast of Africa— 20 Feb. 1846, to the Ra-
leigh 50, in which ship, bearing the broad pendant
of Sir Thos. Herbert, he sailed for the south-east
coast of America, and there became First-Lieute-
nant—and 8 June, 1847, to the command, which he
still retains, of the Lizard steam-vessel, of 150
horse-power, on the latter station.
PEARSON.
r-p., 18;
(Commander, 1820.
H-p., 30.)
Alexander Stevenson Pearson (whose name
had been borne from 12 April, 1799, until Oct. 1801,
on the books of the Royal William, flag-ship at
Portsmouth of Admirals Sir Peter Parker and Mark
Milbanke) embarked, in Jan. 1803, as Midshipman,
on board the Garland 28, Capts. John Serrell and
Fred. Cottrell. Removing, in the following Sept.,
to the Theseds 74, Capt. John Bligh, he served^ in
that ship at the capture of the French squadron
with the remains of General Rochambeau's army
from Cape Fran9ois on board, and also in the un-
* Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 1501. f V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503-5.
1 V. Gaz. 1841, p. 2504. 6 V. Gaz. 1841, p 2613.
1 V. Gaz. 1842, p. 2388. ^ V. Gaz, 1842, f. 2391.
successful attempt upon Cura9oa. While attached
next, between Oct. 1805 and June, 1808, to the
Powerful 74, Capts. Robt. Plampin, Rich. Buck,
Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and
Chas. Jas. Johnston, he assisted at the capture of
the privateers La Henriette of 20 guns and 124 men,
and La Bellone of 30 guns and 194 men ; at the cap-
ture and destruction, 27 Nov. 1806, of a Dutch fri-
gate, seven brigs-of-war, and about 20 armed and
other merchant-vessels lying in Batavia Roads ;
and at the destruction, at Griessee, 11 Dec. 1807, of
the dockyard and stores, and of all the men-of-war
remaining to Holland in the East Indies. La Bel-
lone was not taken until after a running-fight of con-
siderable length, in which the enemy sustained a
loss of 1 man killed and 6 or 7 wounded, and the
British of 2 killed and 1 1 wounded. Mr. Pearson
continued employed in the East Indies in the San
FioRENZO 36, Capt. John Bastard, until Jan. 1809.
From that period he did not again go afloat until
May, 1812. He then joined in succession the Union
and Ocean 98's, Capts. Sam. Hood Linzee, Wm.
Kent, and Robt. Plampin, both on the Mediterra^
rean station ; whence, in Sept. 1813, he returned to
England. Proceeding, in the early part of 1814, to
Canada in the Ceylon troop-ship, Capt. Arthur
Philip Hamilton, he was very actively employed
from the following June until Aug. 1815, on the
river St. Lawrence and on Lake Ontario, in the flo-
tilla under Capt. Chas. Cunliffe Owen, and as Lien-
tenant (commission dated 14 Dec. 1814) in the
Niagara 20 and Prince Regent 56, Capts. Edw.
Collier and Henry Thos. Davies. He afterwards,
from 7 Nov. 1816 until promoted to his present rank
3 Oct. 1820, served, latterly as Flag-Lieutenant, un-
der Rear- Admiral Robt. Plampin in the Conqueror
74 on the St. Helena station; and from 24 June,
1836, until the summer of 1839, discharged the duties
of an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard.
He has since been on half-pay.
PEARSON. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 26.)
Charles Pearson entered the Navy, 12 July,
1800, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Prince George
98, Capt. Jas. Walker, whom he successively fol-
lowed into the Prince 98, Isis 50, Tartar 32, and
Vanguard 74. In the Isis he fought at Copen-
hagen 2 April, 1801 ; and in the Vanguard he as-
sisted, in 1803, at the capture, besides a variety of
smaller vessels, of Le Duqueme 74, and La Creole of
44 guns, with the French General Morgan and 530
troops on board. He was also present at the sur-
render of the town of St. Marc, St. Domingo ; the
garrison of which place, amounting to about 1100
men, were brought off by the Vanguard and her
prizes to rescue them from the vengeance of the
black General, Dessalines. After a further servi-
tude of six months with Capt. Walker, as Midship-
man, in the Duquesne, he joined, in the autumn of
1804, the Amphion 32, Capts. Sam. Sutton and Wm.
Hoste ; under the latter of whom, in 1805, he ac-
companied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and
back in pursuit of the combined squadrons. He
served subsequently in the Mediterranean in the
San Ildefonso, Capt. John Quilliam, Amphion
again, Capt. Hoste, and Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord
Collingwood; was made Lieutenant, 8 Nov. 1808,
into the Meteor bomb, Capt. Jas. Collins ; and was
next consecutively appointed— 11 July, 1810, to the
Columbine sloop, Capts. Jas. ColUns and Wm.
Shepheard— in May, 1811, to the Leyden 64, armee-
en-flvte, Capt. Edw. Chetham— 20 Feb. 1812, after
five months of half-pay, to the Tonnant 80, Capt.
Sir John Gore— and, 20 Aug. following, to the
Phcebe of 46 guns and 300 men, Capt. Jas. Hillyar.
In command of the boats of the Meteor Mr. Pear-
son cut out one privateer on the coast of Dalmatia,
and another (although protected by batteries and
a large detachment of French troops) from the Bay
of Almeria, on the coast of Spain — the British on
both occasions sustaining loss. He served in the
boats of the same vessel also at the defence of
Rosas; and was employed in her at the siege of
PEARSON— PEAT.
885
Cadiz. In the Phoebe he contributed, 28 March,
1814, in the capacity of Second-Lieutenant, to the
capture, off Valparaiso, of the American frigate
Essex of 46 guns and 265 men, after a warm action
of 2 hours, productive of a loss to the British of 4
men killed and 7 wounded, and to the enemy of 24
killed and 45 wounded. The Senior Lieutenant,
Wm. Ingram, being killed during the battle, Mr.
Pearson, whose conduct on the occasion obtained
him a strong recommendation to tbe notice of the
Admiralty, succeeded to that post, and was sent in
charge of the prize to England, where he arrived in
company with the Ph<ebe 13 Nov. following.* He
was promoted to the rank of Commander by com-
mission bearing date 29 July, 1814; and was subse-
quently employed, from 6 July, 1830, until 1833, in
the Coast Guard at North Yarmouth ; and, from 9
Nov. 1833 until 4 Feb. 1837, in the Sparkowhawk
18, in South America. His advancement to Post-
rank took place 3 April in the latter year ; since
which period he has been on half-pay.
Capt. Pearson married, 3 Jan. 1826, Maria, daugh-
ter of the late J. Sayers, Esq., of North Yarmouth.
Agent — Fred. Dufaur.
PEAKSON. (Eetired Commander, 1846. f-p.,
12 ; H-p., 34.)
Chakles Peakson is brother of Lieut.-General
Sir Thos. Pearson, Kt., C.B., K.C.H., Colonel of
the 85th Regt. ; another brother, George, who had
been severely wounded in the Bellerophon at Tra-
falgar, and had been subsequently employed under
Sir Sam. Hood, died a Lieutenant in India towards
the close of the war.
This officer entered the Navy, about Feb. 1801,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capts.
Thos. Masterman Hardy and Wm. Grenville Lobb ;
in which ship, bearing at first the flag of Lord
Nelson, he served in the Baltic, off Cadiz, and in
the West Indies, until July, 1802. Joining next, in
Aug. 1803, the Spencer 74, Capt. Hon. Kobt. Stop-
ford, he fought and was wounded in the action off
St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and in 1807 accompanied
the expedition against Copenhagen, where, during
an attack upon the in-shore squadron, the boat he
commanded was sunk. In consideration of the
wound he received at St. Domingo, Mr. Pearson
was presented with a grant from the Patriotic
Fund. On 21 May, 1808, a short time after he had
been removed to the Victory 100, flag-ship in the
Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he was nominated
Acting-Lieutenant of the Thunder bomb, Capt.
Jas. Caulfeild ; under whom we find him, 9 June
following, present (while in charge of a homeward-
bound convoy, and in company with the Charger,
Piercer, and Turbulent gun-brigs, the latter of
which was captured) in a very severe running
action of four hours with 25 Danish gun-boats off
the island of Saltholm. Being confirmed a Lieute-
nant, 8 Nov. in the same year, in the Orion 74,
Capt. Sir Arch. Dickson, he sailed in the year fol-
lowing with the armament destined to act against
Flushing, during the operations against which place
he was intrusted with the charge of an armed brig.
In Sept. 1809, on the application of Rear-Admiral
Stopford, he was appointed to that oflicer's flag-
ship, the SciPiON 74; and in Jan. 1812, after having
co-operated in the reduction of Java, he was selected
to officiate as his Flag-Lieutenant ; a post which, on
the eve of the Scipion's return from the Cape of
Good Hope to England, he was induced by the Ad-
miral to resign for the purpose of effecting the
advancement of a near connexion of the latter, a
Midshipman, but upon the understanding that it
was not to interfere with his promotion on the flag
being hauled down. He was doomed, however, to
disappointment. He served from 1813 to 1815 in
the President 38, Capts. Sam. Warren, Fras. Mason,
and Arch. Duff; and has since been on half-pay.
Under Capt. Mason he was employed on shore in
the batteries at the siege of St. Sebastian. He ac-
cepted his present rank 27 Jan. 1846.
• Vide Gaz. lew, p. 1485.
Commander Pearson married, in 1831, a niece of
Col. Knight, of Coolrass, co. Limerick, and has issue
three children. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
PEARSON. (LiEnxENANT, 1832.)
Charles Pearson (i) entered the Navy 31 July,
1819; passed his examination in 1829 ; and obtained
his commission 31 July, 1832. His appointments
have since been— 28 Dec. 1833 and 20 Aug. 1834, to
the Endymion 50 and Britannia 120, Capts. Sir
Sam. Roberts and Peter Rainier, both in the Medi-
terranean, whence he returned home and was paid
off in the early part of 1835 — 12 Sept. in the latter
year, to the Howe 120, flag-ship at the Nore of
Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming — and, 6 Jan.
1837, to the Coast Guard, in which service he con-
tinues.
He married, 31 Oct. 1835, Emma, third daughter
of Wm. Rowes, Esq., of Elm Grove, Sonthsea, for-
merly Assistant Master-Attendant of Portsmouth
Dockyard. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
PEAKSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 8.)
Thomas Pearson was bom 8 Dec. 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alfred 74, Capts. John
Bligh, John Hayes, and Joshua Rowley Watson ;
removed as Midshipman, in Oct. 1809, to the Nar-
cissus 32, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer ; and from
March, 1812, to Aug. 1815, was employed in the
Royal Sovereign 100, Capts. Wm. Bedford and
Jas. Bissett, Telegraph 12, Capt. Timothy Scriven,
Clarence 74, Capt. Fred. Warren, and Tat 24,
Capts. Wm. Robilliard and Robt. Bloye. While in
the Alfred he accompanied Admiral Gambler in
the expedition to Copenhagen, served under Sir
Chas. Cotton at the blockade of the Russian squa-
dron in the Tagus prior to the convention of
Cintra, landed and assisted in taking possession of
the town of Figueira, and aided in disembarking
the army under Sir Arthur Wellesley in Mondego
Bay. Being lent, in 1809, to the San Domingo 74,
flag-ship of Sir Rich. Strachan, he took part in the
reduction of Flushing, and was employed in a gun-
boat during the after-operations in the Scheldt. In
the Narcissus, in 1810, Mr. Pearson, besides wit^
nessing the capture of two privateers carrying be-
tween them 28 guns and 180 men, was engaged in
active co-operation with the patriots on the north
coast of Spain. He afterwards, in the same ship,
visited the latitude of Greenland. In the Royal
Sovereign he was for nearly sixteen months sta^
tioned in Basque Roads ; and in the Telegraph he
was also employed on the coast of France, where he
cut out a great number of the enemy's vessels, and
on 13 Oct. 1813, shared, in sight of the French and
British armies, and under the fire of some bat-
teries in the neighbourhood of Bayonne, in a spi-
rited action of 15 minutes with the French corvette
Flibustier of 16 guns, whose crew, after having
effectively set her on fire, took to their boats and
escaped. Within view of the Telegraph were the
18-gun sloop Challenger and 12-gun brig Con-
stant. On leaving the Tay in Aug. 1815, Mr. Pear-
son, whose zeal and good conduct in the action had
gained him the official thanks of his Captain,* took
up a commission bearing date 27 Feb. in that year.
He has been in command, since 2 Dec. 1823, of a
station in the Coast Guard, and has rendered much
valuable service to the revenue.
Lieut. Pearson has been twice married, the first
time in Sept. 1819, the second in Aug. 1842. By
his former marriage he has issue nine children.
PEAT. (Captain, 1847. p-p., 21 ; h-p., 16.)
David Peat was born 21 June, 1795, at Kirkaldv
in Scotland. ■"
This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1810
under the auspices of the late Admiral Sir Philip
Durham, as L.M., on board the Archer gun-brig^
• yide Gal. 1813, p. 2S05.
886
PEAT— PECHELL.
liieut.-Commanders Lawrence Smith, Michael
Fitton, Jas. Lindsay, and "Wm. Camegie. After
sharing, as Midshipman, in an affair with some
Danish gun-hoats, he removed, in Jan. 1812, to
the Mosquito sloop, in which vessel, commanded
hy Capts. Christopher Bell and Jas. Tomkinson,
he came into frequent contact with the enemy's
batteries and made a voyage to the West Indies
and Brazil. In Sept. 1814 (he had been employed
during the three preceding months in the Dunira
18, Capt. Edw. Boys, on the Leeward Island star
tion) he again joined Lieut. Fitton on board the
Crackek gun-brig : he served next, from the fol-
lowing Dec. until June, 1816, in the Mediterrar
nean, on board the Ajax 74, Capt. Geo. Mundy ; and,
in the ensuing Oct. and May, he became attached
to the Ganymede 26 and Severn 40, both com-
manded by Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch. While engaged
in the two latter ships in the Coast Blockade, on
which service he was the first officer ever sent, he
encountered several desperate affrays with the Deal
smugglers, and gave occasion for so many letters of
approbation from the Admiralty and his various
superiors that he was advanced to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 24 Nov. 1817. Being re-appointed to the
Severn in June, 1818, he was stationed by Capt.
M'Culloch at Dungeness, where, among other affairs
with illicit traders in which hfe was lost, he was
once attacked singly, in open day, by three despe-
radoes, against whom he successfully defended him-
self, killing one on the spot, and, although possessed
of no weapon but his regulation-sword, compelling
the remainder to fly. While employed next at
Folkstone he received two pistol-balls on one occa-
sion through his thigh ; and on another, 9 June,
1821, when on the cliffs to the eastward with only
three men, he was attacked by a numerous gang of
ruffians, not less than 60 of whom were armed. In
the unequal conflict that ensued he received two
musket-balls, six pistol-balls, and ten slugs ; one of
his small party, a quartermaster, was shot through
in five places, and fell dead at his side ; and the
other two were also brought to the ground, the one
by a ball in the groin, the second by a shot in the
knee. For his conduct and sufferings Lieut. Peat
was advanced to the rank of Commander by com-
mission bearing date the day of the occurrence ;
and awarded, 29 July, 1822, a pension of 911. 5s. per
annum. He was afterwards employed as an In-
specting Commander in the Coast Guard, from 5
July, 1836, until 1839, and again from 30 March,
1840, until promoted to his present rank, 1 Jan.
1847. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
PECHELL. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Charles Pechell is son of Capt. Sam. Geo.
Pechell, E.N. (1810), who commanded the Clorinde
40 in attendance upon the unfortunate consort of
George IV. during her visit to the Mediterranean
in 1815-16, and died 30 Deo. 1840, by CaroUne,
second daughter of Wm. Thoyts, Esq., of Sulhamp-
stead House, Herts. His grandfather, Augustus
Pechell, Beceiver-General of the Post Ofiice in 1785,
and of the Customs in 1790, was uncle of the present
Rear- Admiral Sir Sam. John Brooke Pechell, Bart.,
C.B., K.C.H., and also of Capt. Geo. Rich. Pechell,
R.N., M.P.
This officer entered the Navy in 1833 ; passed his
examination 14 Aug. 1840; served as Mate on the
East India, North America and West India, and
Home stations in the Conway 26, Capt. Chas. Bam-
say Drinkwater Bethune, Pique 36, Capt. Hon.
Montagu Stopford, and Excellent gunnery-ship,
Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; obtained his commission
5 Dec. 1844 ; and from 27 of that month until paid
off at the commencement of 1848 was employed,
again in North America and the West Indies, on
board the Persian 16, Capt. Henry Coryton.
PEAT. (Liedtenant, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
John Green Peat was bom 1 Nov. 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 Nov. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fame 74, Capts. Graham
Moore, Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, Phipps Hornby,
and Abel Ferris, employed at first off Rochefort
and afterwards in the Mediterranean ; where, in
Nov. 1810 and March, 1811, he became in succession
Midshipman (a rating he had attained in July, 1806)
of the Salsette frigate, Capt. John Hollinworth,
and Ptlades 18, Capt. Geo. Ferguson. In March,
1813, after he had been for eight months borne as
a Supernumerary on the books of the Rot At Wil-
liam, flag-ship at Spithead of Sir Rich. Bickerton,
he joined the San Domingo 74, bearing the flag of
Sir John Borlase Warren in North America ; on
which station, with the exception of an interval of
six months occasioned by ill health, he continued
employed as Master's Mate in the Diadem 64, Capt.
John Martin Hanchett, until nominated, 24 Sept.
1814, Acting-Master of the Wolverene 16, Capt.
Geo. Guy Burton. On his return home from the
West Indies, for the purpose of being paid off, in
Aug. 1815, he found that he had been advanced to
the rank of Lieutenant by commission bearing date
17 March in that year. He has since been on half-
pay. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
PECHELL, M.P. (Captain, 1822. r-P., 15;
H-F., 29.)
George Richard Pechell, bom 30 June, 1789,
is brother of Rear-Admiral Sir Sam. John Brooke
Pechell, Bart., C.B., K.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1803, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Nemesis 28, Capt. Philip
Somerville, lying at Weymouth ; and in March, 1804,
removed to the Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Robt. Bar-
low, part of the force stationed under Lord Nelson
at the blockade of Toulon. While attached next,
between Sept. in the latter year and July, 1808, to
the Medusa 32 and Revenge 74, both commanded
by Sir John Gore, he went through much active
service. In the former ship he contributed to the
capture of three Spanish frigates laden with trea^
sure, and the destruction of a fourth, near Cape St.
Mary, 5 Oct. 1804 ; as also to the detention, in the
ensuing Nov., of the Matilda 36, a ship laden with
a cargo of quicksilver worth 200,000^. In the early
part of 1805 we find the Medusa conveying the
Marquis Comwallis as Governor-General to India,
whence she effected her passage home, a distance of
13,831 miles, in the extraordinarily short period of
82 days. During his servitude in the Revenge Mr.
Pechell was employed off Brest and L'Orient, and
for nine months at the blockade of Rochefort, where
he witnessed, 25 Sept. 1806, the capture of four
French frigates by a squadron under the orders of
Sir Sam. Hood. On the return of the Revenge to
England with the Commissioners appointed by the
Supreme Council of Seville to treat with the British
Cabinet he removed (he had been engaged for the
long period of 18 months blockading the port of
Cadiz) to the Venus 32, Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford,
under whom, while co-operating with the Spanish
patriots, and performing the duties of Lieutenant,
he landed, in March, 1809, and took possession of
the citadel of Vigo, in which he continued until the
besieging enemy was defeated at the bridge of San
Payo, and obliged to retreat towards Lugo. In
the course of the same year Mr. Pechell was re-
ceived, on promotion, on board tbe Barfleur 98,
flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley in the
river Tagus, where he was confirmed a Lieutenant,
25 June, 1810, in the Caesar 80, Capt. Wm. Granger.
Being next, 3 July, 1811, appointed to the Mace-
donian 38, Capt. John Surman Garden, he pro-
ceeded in that ship on special service to the United
States, and on his return was attached to the block-
ading force off Rochefort under Rear-Admiral Philip
Chas. Durham. While stationed there he assisted
in destroying the enemy's coasting-trade, in face of
many startling difficulties ; and on one occasion, 7
Aug. 1812, captured a French lugger lying aground
within musket-shot of the formidable batteries of La
Rochelle, an exploit which was communicated to the
squadron by the following telegraphic message : —
PECHELL.
887
" None killed ; drove on sluyre hy ship last night,
and gallantly brought from under batteries by Lieut.
Pechell." On 25 Deo. 1812, five months after he
had joined the San Domingo 74, flag-ship of his
uncle Sir John Borlase Warren, Mr. Pechell was
placed in temporary command of the Colibri hrig,
in which vessel he cruized until the following Feb.
off ISevr York, and aided in maldng a number of
prizes. He then returned to the San Domingo ;
and in May of the same year (1813) was placed in
acting-command of the Recruit, another sloop, car-
rying 18 guns, with a crew reduced by sickness to
only 80 men. Continuing in that vessel until con-
firmed in the rank of Commander 30 May, 1614, he
contrived, notwithstauding, to capture and destroy
a great variety of vessels, including the Inca Ame-
rican letter-of-marque of 6 guns and 35 men, which
was driven on shore in the neighbourhood of Charles-
ton 2 Nov. 1813. Capt. Pechell's next appointment
was, 26 May, 1818, to the Bellette 18, fitting for
the Halifax station, where he was actively employed
in enforcing the stipulations of the treaty of Ghent
in regard to the fisheries and trade of Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick, a service which occasioned
his obtaining possession of about 20 vessels of dif-
ferent descriptions. In Oct. 1820 he received direc-
tions from Eear-Admiral Griffith to assume com-
mand of the Tamak 26, which ship had just arrived
from Jamaica with scarcely a sufBccnt number of
men on hoard to navigate her even in the finest
weather ; her Captain, Arthur Stow, and 75 of her
crew having died since her departure from the
West Indies. This appointment gave rise to an
official correspondence, which terminated in the
Admiralty superseding all the officers whom the
Commanders-in-Chief on the Halifax and Jamaica
stations, each claiming the patronage, had intended
to raise to superior ranks. Capt. Pechell was in
consequence under the necessity of returning to
the Bellette. During six months, however, that
he had had command of the Tamab he had suc-
ceeded in obtaining the authority of the Haytian
Government for putting a stop to the numerous
acts of piracy which had been recently committed
between Jamaica and St. Domingo ; and had pro-
cured an order to the Commandants of the several
ports in Hayti to permit the Tamar to search every
suspected vessel;* in the execution of which ser-
vice, although with not more that 80 men on board,
he had fallen in with and captured, after a long
chase in the Mona Passage, a large brigantine
pierced for 20 guns, with forged commissions from
the different independent states of South America,
and a crew of 98 men, desperadoes of every nation.
On his passage in the Speedy schooner to rejoin
the Bellette at Bermuda, we may here mention
that Capt. Pechell encountered off the east end of
the island of Cuba a squadron of four large piratical
vessels, from under whose broadsides the schooner
fortunately escaped with very little damage. The
Bellette returned to England and was paid off
about Christmas 1821 ; and on 26 Dec. 1822 Capt.
Pechell was advanced to Post-rank. He has since
been on half-pay.
In July, 1830, Capt. Pechell was nominated Gentle-
man Usher of the Privy Chamber, and in April, 1831,
Equerry, to Queen Adelaide. In July, 1837, he was
gazetted as one of the Grooms-in-Waiting to Her
present Majesty ; but this appointment his sense of
duty to the Queen Dowager induced him to decline.
He has acted, since 1827, as a Magistrate for co.
Sussex ; and has sat in Parliament, since Jan. 1835,
as Member for Brighton. In the latter capacity,
on subjects connected with the Navy, Capt. Pechell
has ever steered a zealous, straightforward, and in-
dependent course, and has at all times proved the
unbending advocate of those classes and individuals
in it whose grievances have appeared to demand
his attention. We would gladly, had we space,
afford our readers a sketch of his political career ;
as it is, we must be contented with alluding to his
* So3 ' Narrative of a Visit to the Island of St. Domingo,'
published by Capt. Pechell in 1824.
exertions during the sessions of 1838, 1840, and
1842, in obtaining the introduction (into Acts 1
and 2 Vict. cap. 47, 3 and 4 "Vict. cap. 67, and
5 and 6 Vict., relating to the abolition of the traffic
in slaves) of the several clauses for granting bounty
on the tonnage of vessels captured ; for the aboli-
tion of all Treasury and Exchequer fees on bounties
for slaves and for tonnage of vessels ; and for pro-
viding for the payment of the net proceeds of ves-
sels and cargoes to the Captain, instead of the
moiety of the same. In the session of 1836, we
may add, he carried a bill through the House for
the preservation of the brood of fish and the better
regulation of the Channel fisheries; and in the
session of 1839 he successfully contended for the
restoration of the Good-Service Pension to those
officers who had been deprived of it on their ap-
pointment to a ship ; as he also did for the allow-
ance of half-pay to the Lieut.-Govemor of Green-
wich Hospital, which had been withheld from him,
although enjoyed by the Governor of Greenwich,
the officers of Chelsea, and the Lords of the Admi-
ralty. Through his exertions Capt. Pechell proved
of material assistance to Lord Palmerston in ob-
taining from France, by a Special Convention, the
recognition of the claims of Great Britain to an
exclusive right of fishing within three miles of her
own shores— a right which had been in dispute for
upwards of a century ; and in providing against the
recurrence of those collisions between the French
and English fishermen which had led to such serious
consequences. Capt. Pechell married, 1 Aug. 1826,
the Hon. Katherine Annabella Bisshopp, daughter
(and co-heiress with her sister, the present Baroness
De la Zouche) of the late Lord De la Zouche, by
whom he has issue a son and two daughters. Agents
— Messrs. Burnett and Holmes.
PECHELL, Bart., C.B., K.C.H., P.R.S. (Rear-
Admiral or THE White, 1846. f-p., 21 ;
H-p., 30.)
Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, born 1 Sept.
1785, is eldest son of the late Major-General Sir
Thos. Brooke Pechell, Bart., M.P. for Downton, in
Wiltshire, and a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber
to the consort of George IH., by Charlotte, second
daughter of Lieut.-General Sir John Clavering,
Bart., K.B., who died Commander-in-Chief in India.
He_ is brother of the present Capt. G. R. Pechell,
R.N. ; grandson of Lieut.-Colonel Sir Paul Pechell,
who was created a Baronet for his services 1 May,
1797 ; great-grandson of John, first Earl of Dela-
warr ; nephew of Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren,
Bart., G.C.B., who died 27 Feb. 1822 ; and first-
cousin of the late Capt. Sam. Geo. Pechell, R.N.
His grand-uncle, Geo. Pechell, a Lieutenant in the
Royal Marines, was killed in Carthagena. Sir Samuel
succeeded his father as third Baronet 18 June, 1826.
This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Pomone 40, commanded
by his relative Sir John Borlase Warren; and,
from Aug. 1797 until nominated, 28 Feb. 1803,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Active 38, Capts. Chas.
Sidney Davers and Rich. Hussey Moubray, was em-
ployed as Midshipman and Master's Mate, under
the late Sir Robt. Barlow, in the Phcebe 44 and
Tkidmph 74. In La Pomone he saw much service
on the coast of France ; and in the Phcebe he
assisted at the capture of two French frigates {La
Neriide of 36 guns and 330 men, and L'Africaine
of 44 guns and 715 men, including 400 troops and
artificers), one large corvette, L'Heureux, of 22 guns
and 220 men, three privateers, carrying in the
whole 58 guns and 455 men, and a letter-of-marque,
L' Hazard, of 10 guns and 60 men, laden with spices,
ivory, and gum, from Senegal, valued at 10,000?!
La Nereide did not surrender until after a close
action of 45 minutes, productive of a loss to herself
of 20 killed and 55 wounded, and to the British, out
of 261 men, of 3 killed and 10 wounded ; and the
resistance of L'Africaine was protracted until in
the course of a desperate night action of two hours
she had sustained (although the Ph<ebe, out of 239
888
PEDDER.
men, had but 1 killed and 12 wounded) the terrific
loss of at least 200 killed and 143 wounded, the
greater part of them mortally. For his gallantry
in the latter exploit, which was achieved 19 Feb.
1801, Capt. Barlow was rewarded with the honour
of knighthood. On leaving the Active, to which
frigate, employed on the Mediterranean, North
Sea, and Cork stations, he had been confirmed 1
April, 1803, Mr. Pechell, in Jan. 1806, joined the
FouDROTANT 80, bearing the flag at the time of Sir
J. B. Warren, under whom we find him, on 13 of
the following March, witnessing the capture of the
Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. He was
made Commander, 23 March, 1807, into the Ferket
sloop-of-war on the Jamaica station ; was advanced
to Post-rank in the Cleopatra of 38 guns, at
Halifax, 16 Jime, 1808 ; and was subsequently ap-
pointed— 25 Sept. 1810, to the Goereiebe of 48
guns, also on the Halifax station — in July, 1811,
again to the Cleopatra, employed off Cherbourg,
in the North Sea, and at Gibraltar— 20 Oct. 1812, to
the San Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir J. B.
"Warren in North America, where he remained
until Aug. 1814 — and, 1 July, 1823, to the Sybille
48, stationed at first in the West Indies and after-
wards in the Mediterranean. In the Cleopatra
Capt. Pechell, on being sent to the West Indies,
fought, 22 Jan. 1809, a close action of 40 minutes,
reflective of credit on his intrepidity and judgment,
as well as on the high discipline and steadiness of
his crew, with the French frigate La Topaze, of 48
guns, anchored, with springs on her cable, under a
small battery to the southward of Pointe-Noire,
Guadeloupe. At the expiration of 50 minutes from
the commencement of the conflict, the Jason 32
and Hazard 18 having come up, the enemy sur-
rendered. The Cleopatra, the only British ship
that suffered loss, had 2 seamen killed and 1 wound-
ed ; the Topaze, on the other hand, out of a com-
plement, including 100 soldiers, of about 430 men,
incurred a loss of 12 men killed and 14 wounded.
She had on board 1100 barrels of flour.* As a
mark of the sense entertained by the Admiralty of
the Cleopatra's conduct, her First-Lieutenant,
Mr. Wm. Simpson, was promoted to the rank of
Commander. A few days after the exploit Capt.
Pechell, although still belonging to the Halifax
squadron, joined the expedition proceeding against
Martinique, during the siege of which island he
distinguished himself by working into Fort Royal
Bay, previously to the surrender of Pigeon Island ;
thereby cutting off the retreat of the enemy, and
compelling them to destroy all the shipping at that
anchorage; among which was the Amphitrite, ano-
ther frigate of the largest class. When subse-
quently in the same ship on the Gibraltar sta^
tion Capt. Pechell made a survey of the har-
bour of Ceuta, and drew up a plan of the fortifica^
tions, together with remarks on the navigation of
the Gut. In June, 1813, being then in the San
Domingo, and under the immediate orders of Rear-
Admiral Cockbum, we find him uniting in the
attack on Crany Island and the destruction of the
enemy's camp at Hampton ; on which latter occa-
sion he commanded the boats and tenders detached
to cover the landing of the troops under Sir Sydney
Beckwith.t During his command of the Stbille
Capt. Pechell was actively employed in the sup-
pression of piracy and the protection of the Ionian
Islands for a period of three years, during which
his boats were frequently involved in sanguinary
actions with the freebooters. The judgment, firm-
ness, and promptitude with which he discharged a
delicate and important duty confided to him, pend-
ing a serious discussion which took place in 1824
with the Greek government, had the effect of pro-
curing him the congratulations of his Commander-
in-Chief, Vice- Admiral Sir Harry Burrard Neale,
and a strong expression of approbation on the part
of Earl Bathurst, H.M. Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, and the Lords of the Admiralty.
He paid the Stbille off in Nov. 1826 ; and has
• Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 403. f T^- Gas. 1813, p. 1576.
since been on half-pay. He attained Flag-rank 9
Nov. 1846.
Sir Sam. John Brooke Pechell was nominated a
C.B. 4 June, 1815, and a K.C.H. 6 Jan. 1833. He
sat in Parliament for Hallestone in 1830, and for
Windsor in 1833; was a Lord of the Admiralty
from 1830 until 1834, and again from 1839 until
1841 ; and from 1831 until 1846 filled the post of
Naval Aide-de-Camp to his late and her present
Majesty. Sir John, who bears a high reputation
for his thorough knowledge of the art of naval gun-
nery, is the author of a valuable pamphlet on the
subject (the first edition of which was published in
1812, the second in 1824, and the third in 1828),
entitled ' Observations upon the Defective Equip-
ment of Ships' Guns.' He married, 15 April, 1833,
Julia Maria, only surviving daughter of Robt. Edw.,
ninth Lord Petre, and was left a widower 6 Sept.
1844.
PEDDEE. (LiECT., 1809. f-p., 14; H-P., 33.)
George Murray M'Kinley Pebdek died 26
Aug. 1847, at St. Simon's Bay, Simon's Town, Cape
of Good Hope.
This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Achille 74, Capt. Geo.
Murray, with whom he continued employed on the
Home and Baltic stations as Midshipman in the
Edgar 74, part of Lord Nelson's fleet in the action
off Copenhagen, and London 98, until transferred,
in May, 1802, to the Penelope 36, Capt. Wm. Robt.
Broughton. In Sept. 1804, on his return from a
voyage to the Mediterranean, he joined the Mon-
mouth 64, bearing the flag at North Yarmouth of
Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell. He next,
in April, 1805, sailed in the Blenheim 74, flag-ship
of Sir Thos. Troubridge, for the East Indies ; where,
on 1 April, 1806, he was nominated Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Caroline of 42 guns, Capt. Peter Rai-
nier. In that ship, on 18 Oct. 1806, he contributed,
in a manner that won his Captain's highest appro-
bation, to the capture, near the island of Java, of
the Dutch 14-gun brig Zeerop, and, in the course of
the same day, after an action of half an hour, of the
Maria-Riggershergen of 40 guns and 270 men, 50 of
whom were killed and wounded, with a loss to the
Caroline, out of 204 men, of 3 killed and 18
wounded. In company with the Maria-Itiggershei-gen
were the William 14, Patriot 18, and Zee-Ploeg 14,
together with some gun-boats who partially assisted
her ; 30 other gun-boats lay in-shore, but did not
attempt to come out.* On 27 Jan. 1807 Mr. Pedder
was further present at the capture of the St. Raphael
Spanish register-ship, mounting 16 guns, with a
complement of 97 men, having on board 500,000
dollars in specie, and 1700 quintals of copper, besides
a valuable cargo. In securing this rich prize the
Caroline had 7 men wounded; the enemy's vessel,
before she surrendered, incurred a loss of 27 killed
and wounded. Mr. Pedder was confirmed a Lieu-
tenant 30 Sept. 1809, and was subsequently, until
Aug. 1813, employed in the Ganges 74, Capts.
Peter Halkett and Geo. Dundas, Aego 44, Capts.
Fred. Warreu and Cornelius Quinton, and Niemen
38, Capt. Sam. Pym, on the Baltic, Lisbon, Medi-
terranean, and Cape of Good Hope stations. At
the period of his death he was Port-Captain at St.
Simon's Bay.
PEDDER. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
William Pedder entered the Navy 5 April,
1814; obtained his commission 21 June, 1824;
held an appointment in the Coast Guard from
28 Oct. 1834 until the early part of 1839; and,
as second in command of the Hon. E. I. Com-
pany's war-steamer Nemesis, participated in the
China services detailed in our memoir of Capt. Wm.
Hutcheon Hall. At the storming, 27 Feb. 1841, of
the enemy's works at their position below Wham-
poa Reach, he formed one of the landing party ;t
and for the able and gallant manner in which he
supported the boats during the expedition up the
inner passage to Canton he obtained the thanks of
* Ftde Gaz. 1808, p. 569. -f f. Ga?.. 1841, p. 1501.
PEDLAR— PEEL— PEIRSE.
889
Capt. Jas. Scott.* He was appointed Harbour-
Master at Hong Kong 9 Feb. 1844.
He is married and has issue.
PEDLAE. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 18; h-p.,.3.5.)
George Pedlar entered the Navy, in April,
1794, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board L'Espion 18, Capt.
"Wm. Hugh Kiltoe; and on 22 of the following
July was captured off Falmouth by a squadron of
French frigates. Being restored to liberty by ex-
change in Nov. 1795, he again, in Jan. 1796, em-
barked on board the Kingfisher 18, Capts. Edw.
Marsh, JohnBligh, Hon. Chas. Herbert Pierrepont,
and Fred. Lewis Maitland ; in which vessel, prior
to being wrecked on the bar of Lisbon in Deo.
1798, he assisted in making prize of the Betsey
French privateer, of 16 guns and 118 men, after a
very creditable action productive of a loss to the
enemy of 1 man killed and 8 wounded, and to the
British of only 1 man, out of 120, slightly wounded.
Being received next, as Master's Mate, on board
the Speedy, of 14 guns and 60 men, Capt. Jahleel
Brenton, he was present in that vessel, 6 Nov.
1799, when she singly defeated, near Gibraltar, and
put to flight two Spanish schooners, each carrying
2 long 24-pounders and 50 men ; 10 other vessels of
1 24-pounder and 40 men each ; and a French xebec
privateer, of 8 guns. In April, 1800, Mr. Pedlar
followed Capt. Brenton into the Genereux 74.
After the surrender of Genoa he rejoined Capt.
Maitland on board the Camelion sloop, com-
manded subsequently by Capt. Edw. O'Bryen. On
20 March, 1801 , having assisted at the debarkation
of the troops in Aboukir Bay, he removed on pro-
motion to the FouDROYANT 80, flag-ship of Lord
Keith, by whom he was nominated, 16 Aug. 1801,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Motine 18, Capts. Wm.
Hoste and Lord Wm. FitzKoy. He was confirmed a
Lieutenant 7 Jan. 1802; and was subsequently ap-
pointed—1 March, 1802, to the Loire 38, Capt. F. L.
Maitland— 11 Nov. 1803, again to the Foudroyant,
bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Graves in the Channel
—26 March, 1806, to the Brilliant 28, Capts. Robt.
Barrie, Rich. Budd Vincent, and Thos. Smyth, from
which vessel, employed on the Cork and Channel
stations, he invalided in Dec. 1808— and, 18 Aug.
1812, and 12 April, 1813, as First, to the Grampus
50 and Dragon 74, both commanded by Capt. Robt.
Barrie, with whom he visited Cadiz, the West Indies,
and North America. While in the last-mentioned
ship he witnessed the surrender of the town of Cas-
tine, and was in meritorious command of the boats of
a squadron employed up the Penobscot at the taking
of Uamden and Bangor, and the destruction, by the
enemy, of the U.S. corvette Adams, a brig pierced
for 18 guns, a large privateer, and eight merchant-
vessels.f On a previous occasion, 5 Nov. 1813, vpith
the boats of the Dragon and Sophie under his
orders, he had brought three American vessels out
from a creek in the river PotomacJ He went on
half-pay in April, 1815, having been rewarded for
his services with a Commander's commission bear-
ing date 12 Oct. 1814; and has not been since able
to procure employment.
He married, in 1811, a daughter of Addis Archer,
Esq., of Iieigham, by whom he has an only son in
Holy Orders. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
PEEL. (Commander, 1§41.)
Edmund Peel is second son of Edmund Peel,
Esq., of Church Bank, Lancashire. His paternal
and maternal grandfathers, Wm. Peel, Esq., of
Church Bank and Peel Fold, and Jonathan Peel ,
Esq., of Aocrington, were brothers of the late Sir
Robt. Peel, Bart., and uncles of the present Right
Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart., M.P.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 March, 1814; ob-
tained his first commission 21 Deo. 1824 ; and was
subsequently appointed— 4 March, 1825, for a short
time, to the Fn- 18, Capt. Lord Wm. Paget, on
the South American station— 8 Jan. 1829, to the
Galatea 42, Capt. Chas. Napier, under whom he
• Vide Gaz. 1841, p. ISOa. f V. Gaz. 18H, p. 2031.
t r. Gaz. 1814, p. 232.
was for two years and a half employed on particular
service— and, 25 Oct. 1841, as First-Lieutenant, to
the Volage 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson, fitting for
North America and the West Indies. He was pro-
moted to the command, 21 Dec. following, of the
Racehorse 18, on the latter station, whence he
returned at the close of 1842 ; and he afterwards,
from 1 July, 1843, until paid oif in 1845, commanded
the Bittern 16, at the Cape of Good Hope.
Commander Peel married, in Deo. 1832, Lucy,
daughter of Rich. Meek, Esq., of Fetlow Fold.
Agent — W. H. B. Barwis.
PEEL. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 0.)
William Peel, born 2 Nov. 1824, is third son of
the Right Hon. Sir Robt. Peel, Bart., M.P., by
Julia, youngest daughter of General Sir John
Floyd, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 April, 1838, as
Midshipman, on board the Princess Charlotte
104, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, bearing the flag in the
Mediterranean of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford, under
whom, in Nov. 1840, he witnessed the fall of St.
Jean d'Acre. 'Towards the close of 1841, after
having been further employed on the Mediterranean
station in the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers,
he successively joined the William and Mary
yacht, Capt. Phipps Hornby, and Cambrian 36;
in which latter ship, commanded by Capt. Henry
Ducie Chads, we find him, until April, 1843, attached
to the force in China. On his return home in the
following Sept. in the Belleisle troop-ship, Capt.
John Kingcome, he was received on board the
Camperdown 104, bearing the flag of Sir Edw.
Brace at the Nore ; and in the following Nov. he
joined the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth,
Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings. On 13 May, 1844, a
week after he had passed his examination — an exa-
mination so brilliant that it called forth a public
eulogium of Sir Thos. Hastings, and a very flatter-
ing notice from Sir Chas. Napier in the House of
Commons — Mr. Peel was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments appear
to have been — 15 May, 1844, to the Winchester
50, flag-ship of Hon. Josceline Percy at the Cape of
Good Hope — 13 June following, as Additional, to
the Cormorant steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Thos.
Gordon, in the Pacific — 29 Aug. in the same year,
to the 'Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, similarly sta-
tioned— next, we believe, to the America 50, Capt.
Hon. John Gordon, by whom he was sent in charge
of dispatches from San Bias to Vera Cruz — 27 Feb.
1846, after a brief interval of half-pay, to the De-
vastation steam-sloop, Capt. Edw. Crouch, equip-
ping at Woolwich — and, 15 May ensuing, to the
Constance 50, Capt. Sir Baldwin Wake Walker,
lying at Devonport. He attained his present rank
27 June, 1846 ; and, since 11 Feb. 1847, has been in
command of the Daring 12, on the North America
and West India station.
PEIESE. (Commander, 1842.)
Edward Peirse entered the Navy 24 April,
1827 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; obtained his
first commission 22 April, 1834; and was subse-
quently appointed — 24 May, 1834, to the Spartiate
76, flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond in South
America — 6 March, 1835, to the Dublin 50, Capt.
Chas. Hope, lying at Plymouth— 21 Sept. 1835, to
the NiMROD 20, Capt. John Frazer, on the North
America and West India station, where he became
First-Lieutenant, and was superseded in Aug. 1836
— 14 Sept. 1837, for a short time, to the Tyne 28,
Capt. John Townshend, equipping at Portsmouth —
8 Oct. 1838, as Additional, to the Stag 46, bearing
the broad pendant of Commodore Thos. Ball Suli-
van in South America, whence he returned in the
summer of 1839— and, 18 May, 1842, to the Indus
78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, in the Mediterranean.
He acquired the rank of Commander 10 Nov. 1842 ■
and since 12 Nov. 1846, has been serving in the East
Indies in theCRDiZER 16 and Nerbodda12. His ap-
pointment to the latter vessel took place 27 Oct. 1847.
5X
890
PELHAM— PELL.
PELHAM. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 10.)
The Honodkable Dudley Woksley Anderson
Pelham, born 20 April, 1812, is second son of tlie
late Earl of Yarborough, by Henrietta Anna Maria
Charlotte, second daughter of Hon. John Bridgman
Simpson, and granddaughter of Henry, first Baron
Bradford. He is brother-in-law of Sir Joseph Wm.
Copley, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Aug. 1825 ; served
as Midshipman on board the Dartmocth 42, Capt.
Thos. Fellowes, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct.
1827 ; obtained his first commission 28 Sept. 1831 ;
and was subsequently appointed — 17 Sept. 1832, to
the Conway 28, Capt. Henry Eden, from wliich
vessel, employed on particular service, he was
superseded in Feb. 1833 — 7 Nov. in the latter year,
to the Blonde 46, Capt. Eras. Mason, fitting for
South America — and, 21 Aug. 1835, to the Jdpitee
38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, under whom he
accompanied Lord Auckland as Governor-General
to India. Attaining the rank of Commander 15
Feb. 1836, he served in that capacity, from 21 Oct.
1837, until superseded in April, 1840, in the Wasp
16, in the Mediterranean. He was advanced to
the rank he now holds 26 Oct. 1840; and has since
been on half-pay.
Capt. Pelham married, 15 Oct. 1839, Madalena,
second daughter of Sir John Gordon Sinclair, Bart.,
Capt., R.N. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
PELHAM, K.S.F. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 15;
H-p., 9.)
The Honourable Frederick Thomas Pelham,
born 2 Aug. 1808, is second son of Thomas, second
Earl of Chichester (who filled the olflce of Secretary
to Lords Northington and Camden, when Lord-
Lieutenants of Ireland, and was afterwards Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department and Post-
master-General) by Henrietta Juliana, daughter of
Eras. Godolphin, fifth Duke of Leeds. His brother,
the present Earl of Chichester, is married to a
sister of the Earl of Cardigan.
This officer entered the Navy 27 June, 1823 ; and
while^ attached, as Midshipman, to the Sybille 48,
Capt. Sam. John Pechell, wa« present in 1826 in an
attack on the pirates in the Grecian Archipelago.
He passed his examination in 1829 ; acquired the
rank of Lieutenant 22 Feb. 1830 ; served as First
of the Ferret 10, Capt. Edw. Wodehouse, on the
Mediterranean station, from 28 April following
until paid off at the commencement of 1832 ; and
between 2 May in the latter year and the date of
his promotion to the rank of Commander, 21 Sept.
1835, was employed on the north coast of Spain in
the Castor 36, Capt. Lord John Hay. For services
performed while in command, from 17 Jan. 1837
until the autumn of 1838, of the Tweed 20, on the
Lisbon station, Capt. Pelham was presented, 9 Aug.
1839, with the cross of San Fernando. He attained
Post-rank 3 July, 1840 ; and since 24 May, 1847, has
been in command, in the Mediterranean, of the
Odin steam-frigate, of 560 horse-power.
He married, in July, 1841, Ellen Kate, daughter
of Rowland Mitchell, Esq., of Upper Harley Street,
by whom he has issue. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
PELL, Kt (Captain, 1813. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 2.5.)
Sir Watkin Owen Pell, bom in 1788, is son of
Sam. Pell, Esq., of Sywell Hall, co. Northampton,
by the daughter of Owen Owen, Esq., of Llaneyher,
00. Denbigh.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Loire 38, Capt. Jas.
Newman Newman ; and on 6 Feb. 1800 was deprived
of his left leg while assisting, in company with the
Danae 20, and Fairy, Harpy, and Railleur
sloops, at the capture of the French 38-gun frigate
Pallas, under the heavy fire of a battery on one of
the Seven Islands.* Being in consequence obliged
to leave his ship, he did not again go afloat until
Jan. 1802. He then rejoined Capt. Newman, as
* Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 166, where he is styled, in error,
"Watkins Oliver Pell.''
Midshipman, on board the Loire; and on 11 Nov.
1806, after a servitude of four years and a half on
the Home and West India stations in the Acasta
40, Capt. Jas. Athol Wood, Veteran 64, and Van-
gdabd 74, both commanded by Capt. J. N. New-
man, PoMPBE 74, Capt. Rich. Daores, and Vihginib
38, Capt. Edw. Brace, he was made Lieutenant into
the Mercury 28, Capts. Chas. Pelly, Jas. Alex.
Gordon, and Hon. Henry Duncan, employed at first
at' Bermuda and Newfoundland, and afterwards in
the Mediterranean. On 4 April, 1808, being then
First of the Mercury, we find him commanding the
boats of that vessel, in company with those of the
Alceste 38, under Lieut. Allen Stewart, at the cap-
ture of seven Spanish tartans under the very muz-
zles of the guns in the batteries at Rota, and in the
presence of numerous armed barges and pinnaces
sent from Cadiz to assist in their defence. The
prizes had formed part of a fleet of merchantmen
originally under the protection of 20 gun-boats,
whom the Mercury, with her consorts, the Alceste
and Grasshopper 18, had defeated in the teeth of
11 French and Spanish ships-of-the-line.* The next
exploit recorded of Lieut. Pell was the capture by
him in the boats, 1 April, 1809, of a Venetian gun-
boat. La I^eda, of 1 long 24-pounder and 6 large
swivels, lying in the harbour of Rovigno, under a
very heavy Are of great guns and musketry. " More
bravery," says Capt. Duncan, " I do not think was
ever displayed than by the officers, seamen, and ma-
rines employed on this occasion. They were com-
manded and led on in the most gallant manner by
the First-Lieutenant, Watkin Owen Pell, who re-
ceived two severe wounds in boarding, and has be-
fore lost a leg in the service of his country." The
wounds alluded to were inflicted, as suggested, while
Mr. Pell was endeavouring to get through La Leda'a
boarding-nettings— he received the contents of a
blunderbuss in his right hand and arm, and had
them perforated by not less than seven balls. On
the night of 7 Sept. 1809, being off the harbour of
Barletta, he again took command of the boats of
the Mercury, and, in the most gallant style, boarded
and carried, near that place, the French schooner-
of-war La Puglie'se, pierced for 10 guns, but carry-
ing only 5 6-pounders and 2 18's, commanded by
an Enseigne de Vaisseau, and having on board 31
out of a complement of 50 men, who were so pre-
pared for the attack as to be able to fire twice be-
fore the boats got alongside, f " It gives me sincere
pleasure," Capt. Duncan reports in his official ac-
count of the affair, " to add, that this service has
been performed without a man being hurt on our
side ; and as, besides her own means of defence,
the vessel was moored with eight cables inside, and
almost touching a mole lined with musketry, and
within musket-shot of a castle mounting 8 guns,
and two armed feluccas, from under which fire she
was towed without rudder or sails, I must principally
attribute this good fortune to the judicious and
prompt manner in which the attack was made,
which strongly marks the judgment and gallantry
of the First Lieutenant, Pell, who directed it." For
his conduct on the two occasions last mentioned
Lieut. Pell had the satisfaction of receiving the
thanks of his Commander-in-Chief. In Aug. 1809
he was voted 80Z. for the purchase of a sword by
the Patriotic Society; he was subsequently pre-
sented with one by Capt. Duncan ; and on 29
March, 1810, he was promoted to the rank of Com-
mander. Being next, 22 Oct. 1810, appointed to the
Thunder bomb, Capt. Pell was in that vessel ac-
tively employed at the defence of Cadiz from 11 of
the following month until 5 Dec. 1811. He was
then detached, in company with the Stately 64,
Druid frigate, and several gun-boats, to co-operate
with the garrison of Tarifa, then besieged by 10,000
French troops under Marshal Victor. He after-
wards resumed his former station before Catalina ;
and continued to protect Isla de Leon until the
whole of the enemy's works were abandoned in
* Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 070.
t V. Gaz. 1809, p. 2006.— Here again Mr. Pell is mis-
named " Pall."
PELLEW.
891
Aug. 1812. On 9 Oct. 1813, on her return from the
coast of Valencia, and while proceeding from Ports-
mouth to Woolwich for the purpose of being paid
off, the Thunder was attacked and boarded by Le
Neptune privateer, of 16 guns and 65 men; the
enemy, however, were driven back, and their own
vessel boarded in return and captured.* Capt.
Pell's Post commission bears date 1 Nov. 1813. His
succeeding appointments were — 4 Oct. 1814, to the
Menai 24, in which vessel, prior to being paid off
in Feb. 1817, he served on the Irish station, cruized
with a small force under his orders in the Bay of
Fundy, and was employed off the Chesapeake and
in visiting different American ports — 6 May, 1833,
to the FoKTE 44, fitting for the West Indies, where
he had command of the Jamaica station from Dec.
following until ordered home in March, 1837, a pe-
riod rendered important by the emancipation of the
slaves— 1 Oct. 1840, to the Howe 120, equipping for
service in the Mediterranean — 24 Aug. 1841, to the
Superintendentship of Deptford Victualling Yard —
next, to that of the Dockyard at Sheerness— and, 17
Dec. in the same year, 1841, to the command of the
RovAL Sovereign yacht, and the ofiBce of Superin-
tendent of Pembroke Dockyard. While in com-
mand of the Forte, Capt. Pell had the honour of
receiving on board Her present Majesty, then the
Princess Victoria, together with the Duchess of
Kent, and the Earls of Tarborough and Durham,
and of making an excursion with them to view the
Eddystone. He resigned his appointment at Pem-
broke on being appointed a Commissioner of Green-
wich Hospital 18 Feb. 1845.
During his command of the Thunder, Capt. Pell
received the thanks of the Admiralty for his ser-
vices at Cadiz and Tarifa, and also for the capture
of Le Neptune. In Jan. 1813, the Duke of Welling-
ton addressed a letter to Lord Melville, from which
the following is an extract : — " I enclose a letter
from General Cooke, in fegard to the services of
Capt. Pell of the Thunder bomb during the late
blockade of Cadiz. I assure your Lordship that
when I was at Cadiz all descriptions of persons con-
curred in their praises of that officer, and of those
under his command ; and I therefore take the liberty
of drawing your attention to his merits during a
most harassing service of nearly three years' dura-
tion." In April, 1837, Capt. Pell received from Sir
Herbert Taylor a notification of his late Majesty's
intention of conferring upon him the honour of
Knighthood and the insignia of a K.C.H. The
icing's illness and death prevented the royal wish
from being carried into effect ; but upon the acces-
sion of Queen Victoria to the throne, Capt. Pell
had the gratification of being the first naval Knight
created by her Majesty. The K.C.H. was also
conferred upon him by the King of Hanover. Sir
Watkin is in the receipt of a pension of 300Z. per
annum for the loss of his leg. Agents — Messrs.
Stilwell.
PELLEW, Kt., C.B., K.C.H. (Rear- Admiral of
THE Blue, 1846. f-p., 18; h-p., 30.)
The Honourable Sir Fleetwood Broughton
Reynolds Pellew, born 13 Dec. 1789, is second
son of the late Admiral Viscount Exmouth, G.C.B.,t
* VxdeQ^z. 1813, p. 2011.
f Lord Exmouth, originally Mr. Edward Pellew, was born
nt Dover 19 April, 1757. He entered the Navy ift 1770 on
board the Juno frigate. Capt. Stott ; sprved in the CARr.ETON
schooner in the battle fougnt on Lake Chaplain U Oct. 1776 ;
was present with General Burgoyne's array at the convention
of Saratoga 17 (let. 1777; obtained, soon afterwards, his first
commission; and for his gallant conduct as senior of the Apollo
frigate, commanded by Capt. Philomen PownoU, who was
killed, in an action with a letter of marque of 32 guns, on
the Flemish coast, was made Commander into tlie Hazard
sloop. For services he performed on his removal to the
Pelioan, another sloop, particularly in driving on shore
several privateers inside the lie de Baa, he was advanced to
Post-rank 31 May, 1782. He afterwards commanded the
ArTOTS 64, WlNCHEf.SEA 32, SALISBURY 50, NyMPHE Of 40
guns and 240 men, AnBTHUSA of 44 guns and 277 men, In-
DEFATIOABLE 46, Imp£tUKUX 74, and ToNNANT 80. His
valour in the Nymphe, in effecting the capture, 18 June,
by Susannah, second daughter of Jas. Frowde, Esq.,
of Knoyle, co. Wilts ; brother of PownoU Bastard,
second Viscount, a Captain R.N. (1806), who died
2 Dec. 1833 ; and uncle of the present Peer. One
of his sisters was the wife of the late Admiral Sir
Lawrence Wm. Halsted, G.C.B. ; and another of
the late Capt. Rich. Haward, B.N. Sir Fleet-
1753, of the Cleopatre of 40 guns and 320 men, procured
Capt. Pellew the honour of knighthood. In the Arethusa
he occasionally commanded a squadron of frigates, and either
took, or assisted in taking, among other vessels, La Pomone
of 44 guns and 341 men, Le Babet of 22 guns and 178 men,
L' Eiigageante of 38 guns and 300 men. La Felicite^ alias Vo-
kmtaire, of 40 guns and about .300 men, L'Espion and Alert
corvettes of 18 guns and 140 men each, and La Revolution-
■naire of 44 guns and 361 men. The wonderful heroism and
humanity displayed by Sir Edward Pellew, wben on shore at
Plymouth at the commencement of 1796, in permitting
himself to be hauled, during a violent storm, on board an
Indiaman, which had been driven under the citadel, and was
fast going to pieces, whereby he was enabled to send a
hawser to the shore and save the crew, had the effect of ob-
taining for him the freedom of the borough of Plymouth,
and the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom. During
iiis command of the Indefatioable, Sir Edward was present
at the capture or destruction of La Volage of 26 guns, L' Unite
of 38 guns and 255 men, and La Virginie of 44 guns and 339
men; and on 13 Jan. 1797, participated, in company with
the Amazon 36, in a very gallant engagement with the
French 74-gun ship Les J>rohs de V Homme, which, together
with the Amazon, was in the end wrecked in Hodierne Bay,
In the summer of 1800, Sir Edward Pellew, then in the Im-
pEtueux, was sent with a squadron consisting of seven ships
of the line, one of 50 guns, nine frigates, a sloop of war, and
a cutter, having on board a detachment of troops under the
command of Major-General Maitland, to co-operate with the
French Koyalists and Chouans, in Quiberon Bay and the
Morbihan; and in the following autumn he accompanied
Sir John Borlase Warren in an expedition against Ferrol.
In 1801 he was nominated a Colonel of Marines, and in 1802
elected M.P. for Barnstaple in Devon. Attaining flag-rank
in April, 1804, he proceeded in the course of the same year
as Coram an fler-in-Chief to the East IndieSj where he suc-
ceeded in obliterating from the Indian seas the tricoloured
flag of Holland, by destroying, first at Onrust, in Batavia
Koads, the Phxnix frigate and several smaller vessels ; and
next, at Griessee, two 70*3 and one 68-gun ship, the Remlutie,
Pluto, and Kortenaar. On 28 April, 1808, Sir Edward Pellew
was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral, and in the fol-
lowing year he returned to England. He was next, in 1810,
employed, with his fl^ in the Christian VII. 80, in the
blockade of Flushing. Fn April, 1811, he succeeded Sir Chas.
Cotton in command of the Mediterranean Fleet ; during his
tenure of which he fought two partial actions with the Toulon
fleet, 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814, and proved a constant
source of annoyance to the enemy. His flag during the
period was flying in the Caledonia 120. On 1 June, 1814,
as a reward for his long and valuable services, he was raised
to the peerage, as Baron of Exmouth, of Cannonteign, co.
Devon, and granted at the same time a pension of 2000/. per
annum. On 4 of the following month he became an Admiral
of the Blue; in Jan. 1815 a K.C.B. ; and in March, 1816, a
G.C.B. On the escape of Buonaparte from Elba, his Lord-
ship, with his flag in the Boyne 98, was immediately ordered
back to the Mediterranean, where he materially contributed
to the restoration ofthe legitimate government of Naples, and
to the support of the royalist cause along the southern coast
of France. In March, 1816, he had the satisfaction of con-
eluding treaties with the Deys of Tunis and TVipoli relative
to the abolition of Christian slavery, in virtue whereof 1792
persons were released from bondage. He also entered into
arrangements with the Dey of Algiers, but the atrocities
perpetrated by that potentate subsequently to his Lord-
ship's return to England, being such as to induce Great Bri-
tain to inflict upon him a signal mark of her displeasure, a
fresh armament was equipped, and the command of it again
given to the noble Admiral. He accordingly hoisted his flag
on board the Queen Charlotte 100, and on 27 Aug. re-
appeared, with, including his own, five ships ofthe line, one
50, four frigates, five sloops, and four bombs, accompanied by
five Dutch frigates and a corvette, before the colossal fortifica-
tions of Algiers. The result of the awful conflict that ensued
who but knows ? It is sufficientfor us to record, that the gal-
lant and veteran Baron became a Viscount, that he received the
thanks of both Houses of Parliament, a sword from Uie City
of London, and a piece of plate, valued at 1400 guineas,
from his officers, that he was created a Knight of various
foreign orders, and beyond all, that he secured for ever the
admiration and gratitude of the Christian world. He had
been previously presented by the flag officers and captains
who had served with him in the Mediterranean, with a table
ornament worth 500 guineas, as a token of their respect and
regard. From the autumn of 1817 until Feb. 1821, he held
the chief command at Plymouth. He was appointed Vice-
Admiral ofthe United Kingdom 15 Feb. 1832, and died an
Admiral of the Red SS Jan. 1833.
5X2
892
PELLEW— PELLY.
wood is a nephew of the late Admiral Sir Israel
Pellew, K.C.B.*
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the iMpiTUEUx 74, com-
manded by his father, then Sir Edw. Pellew, under
whom, with the exception of an interval occasioned
by the peace of Amiens, he continued employed,
as Midshipman, in the same ship and the Tonnant
80, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations,
until May, 1804. He next, in April, 1805, joined
the CuLLODEN 74, Capt. Christopher Cole, on the
East India station ; where he was made Lieutenant,
8 Sept. in the same year, into the Sceptre 74, Capt.
Joseph Bingham. He shortly afterwards went back
to the CuLLODEN 74, flag-ship at the time of his
father, by whom he was successively placed in
command, 25 July and 18 Sept. 1806, and 30 March,
1807, of the Rattlesnake 18, Tekpsichobe 32, and
PsTCHE 36. While in the Terpsiohoke he com-
manded the boats of a squadron, and exhibited
much gallantry, at the capture and destruction, 27
Nov. 1806, of a Dutch frigate, 7 brigs of war, and
about 20 armed and other merchant vessels, in Ba^
tavia Roads. t He also had charge of the boats of
a squadron at the destruction of several piratical
proas (m the coast of Java. In the Psyche he made
prize, in the port of Samarang, 31 Aug. 1807, of a
schooner of 8 guns, in company with a large mer-
chant brig ; and the next day he took, with two
other vessels (the Resolutie armed merchant ship of
700 tons, richly laden, and the Ceres, a remarkably
fine brig, in the Dutch Company's service, of 12
guns and 70 men), the Scipio corvette of 24 guns.J
In Oct. 1807, on 12 of which month he was con-
firmed in the rank of Commander, we find him no-
minated Acting-Captain of the Poweefcl 74 ; in
which ship he was present, 1 1 Dec. following, at the
annihilation, at Griessee, of the docks and stores,
and of all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in
the East Indies. || On 18 Feb. and 5 July, 1808,
Capf. Pellew, whose Post commission bears date 14
Oct. in that year, was invested with the command,
first of the Coknwahis, alias Akbar 50, and then
of the Phaeton 38. In the latter frigate, which
during two whole days in 1808 lay in the harbour
of Nagasaki in the island of Japan, he accompanied
the expedition of 1810 against the Isle of France,
and in 1811 co-operated in the reduction of the
island of Java. On his arrival at Java in charge of
a division of transports, he took command of the
boats employed in protecting the debarkation of
the troops. During the operations which preceded
• Sir Israel Pellew was born at Dover 25 Aug. 1758, and
entered the Navy in 1771, on board the Falcon sloop. Affer
serving in the Albion and witnessing, in the Floka, the
capture of the frigate Fox, he joined the Royal Georoe 100,
and in 1779 was promoted to the ranli of Lieutenant. In
Jan. 1783, in command of the Resolution cutter, of 12 guns
and 75 men, he took, after a chase of 14 hours and a smart
action of about an hour and a quarter, the Flushinger Dutch
privateer, pierced for 14 guns, mounting twelve 14-pounders,
with a complement of 68 men. He was advanced to the rank
of Commander 23 Nov. 1790 ; and on 25 June, 1793, having
been a volunteer with his brother on board the Nvmphe at
the capture of La Cleopdtre, he was presented with a Post
commission. He afterwards commanded, until the peace of
Amiens, the Squirkel 20, and Amphion, Gkeyhound, and
Cleopatra frigates ; and was on board the Amphion when
she blew up in Plymouth Sound 22 Sept. 1796. Being ap-
pointed, in 1804, to the Conqulrob 74, he served in that ship
at the liattle of Trafalgar, and was employed, previously to the
convention of Cintra, in blockading the Russian fleet in the
Tagus. Prior to the action off Cape Trafalgar he had accom-
panied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back, in quest of
the combined squadrons. In July, 1810, at which period
he had been for upwards of a year in superintendence of the
ships afloat at Plymouth, he attained the ranlt of Rear-
Admiral. In 1811 he became Captain of the Mediterranean
fleet, under his brother. Sir Edward Pellew, with wliom he
remained until 1815. He was created a K.C.B. in Jan. of
the latter year ; a Vice-Admiral in Aug. 1819 ; and an Ad-
miral in July, 1830. He died at Plymouth 19 July, 1832,
after a protracted and severe illness.
t Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 894. J V. Gaz. 1808, p. 537.
II Immediately prior to the above event, Capt. Pellew and
one or two others, who had been sent on shore with a flag of
truce, were detained by tlie Dutch Commodore and placed
under arrest : they were soon, however, released.
its final surrender he landed, 31 Aug., on the neigh-
bouring island of Madura, in command, with Capt.
Geo. Harris, of the Sin Fhakcis Drake, his senior
officer, of a body of seamen and marines, and as-
sisted in the most gallant manner in storming the
strong fortress of Samanap, mounting 16 6-pound-
ers ; immediately after which he attacked from one
point, as did Capt. Harris from another, and ut-
terly routed a force of about 2000 men, protected
by 4 field-pieces in their front, on a bridge possess-
ing every advantage of situation. " I gladly ac-
knowledge," says Capt. Harris, in his official account
of this proceeding, " the assistance and advice I
have received from Capt. Pellew, who aided every
point of service with his well-known zeal, ability,
and bravery."* In Aug. 1812 the Phaeton re-
turned to England in escort of 16 Indiamen; for his
care and attention to which Capt. Pellew received
the thanks of the Court of Directors, accompanied
by a present of 500 guineas. Being next, 23 Oct.
1812, appointed to the Iphigesia 36, he proceeded
to the Mediterranean ; on his arrival on which sta-
tion he removed, in Jan. 1813, to the Resistance of
46 guns. On 5 Oct. following he aided, in company
with the Edinburgh 74, Imperibhse 38, and Swal-
low, Eclair, and Pvlades sloops, in silencing the
fire of several batteries at Port d'Anzo, where a
convoy of 29 vessels fell into the hands of the Bri-
tish. In Feb. 1814 Capt. Pellew left the Resist-
ance. His last appointment was, 25 Aug. 1818, to
the Revolutionnaire 46, again in the Mediterra^
nean, whence he returned in June, 1822. He at-
tained Flag-rank 9 Nov. 1846.
In June, 1815, the Bear- Admiral was nominated
a C.B. ; and in Jan. 1836 he received, with the
honour of Knighthood, the insignia of a K.C.H.
He was appointed a Naval Aide-de-camp to the
Queen 4 July, 1842. He married, 5 June, 1816,
Harriet, only daughter of the late Sir Godfrey
Webster, Bart., by whom he has issue an only
daughter, the wife of Lord Walpole, eldest son of
the Earl of Orford. Agent — John P. Muspratt.
PELLEW. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
The Honourable Pownoll Fleetwood Pellew,
born 26 July, 1823, is eldest son of Pownoll Bastard,
second Viscount Exmouth, Captain B.N. (1806),
who died 2 Dec. 1833, by his second wife, Georgina
Janet, eldest daughter of Mungo Dick, Esq. ; half-
brother of the present Viscount; and nephew of
Rear-Admiral Hon. F. B. R. Pellew, Kt., C.B.,
K.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy 18 Aug. 1836;
passed his examination 8 Aug. 1842 ; and after
serving, as Mate, in the Cornwallis 72, Capt.
Peter Richards, Conway 26, Capt. Robt. Fair, and
Victoria and Albert steam-yacht, Capt. Lord
Adolphus FitzClarence, was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant 30 Dec. 1843. His appointments have
since been— 2 Feb. 1844, as Additional, to his former
ship the CoRNWALLis— 2 July, 1844, in a similar ca-
pacity, to the CoLLiNGwooD 80, bearing the flag of
Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour in the Pacific— and, 8 Oct.
1847, to the Howe 120, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, now
employed on Particular Service.
PELLY. (Commander, 1844.)
Richard Wilson Pelly, born 1 Nov. 1814, is
fifth son of Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart., of Upton,
CO. Essex, by Emma, sixth daughter of Henry Boul-
ton, Esq., of Thorncroft, co. Surrey; and nephew
of the late Capt. Chas. Pelly, R.N.f
• Vide Gaz. 1812, pp. 116, 120.
+ Capt. Chas. Pelly was wounded, when a Lieutenant, in
a sanguinary attack, made in Aug. 1801, on the French inva-
sion flotilla. In March, 1804, at which time he com-
manded the Beaver 14, he served with the boats of that
vessel and the Scorpion 18, under Capt. Geo. Nicholas Har-
din^e, at the cutting out, in the Vlie passage, after a most
spirited and determined conflict, of the Dutch brig Atalante
of 16 Io_ng 12-pounders and 76 men. When Captain of the
BncEPHALtjs 36, he co-operated in the reduction of the island
of Java in 1811, and displaved much gallantry in pursuing
mime""'^ liays the French 40-gun frigates NymplK and
PENFOLD— PENGELLEY-PENGELLY.
893
This officer entered the Navy 27 June, 1828 ; ob-
tained his first commission 20 July, 1836 ; and was
afterwards appointed— 5 Oct. 1836, as Additional-
Lieutenant, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship of
Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel in the East Indies—
20 June, 1837, to the Victor 16, Capt. Rich. Cro-
zier, on the same station, whence he returned in
1839— and, 30 Jan. 1840, to the Andromache 26,
Capt. Robt. Lambert Baynes, at the Cape of Good
Hope. He was advanced to the rank he now holds
10 Feb. 1844, nearly 12 months after the Andro-
mache had been paid off. His last appointment
was to the Rose 18, which vessel he commanded on
the North America and West India station from 13
Deo. 1844, until put out of commission at the close
of 1846.
PEiSTFOLD. (Lieut., 1823. r-p., 36 ; h-p., 1.)
George Penfold was born, 19 July, 1798, at Ply-
mouth, CO. Devon.
This officer (who had previously served as a Vo-
lunteer, in the Iris 36, Capt. John Tower, and had
assisted, when in company, in 1807, with the Tri-
BDNE 36 and Martiaii gun-brig, in beating off a
large flotilla of Spanish gun-boats near Ferrol) en-
tered the Navy, 26 Jan. 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on
board the Solebay 32, Capt. Hon. Granville Le-
veson Proby, employed in the North Sea and Bal-
tic. In Nov. 1810 he removed to the Kron Prin-
cess, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Spearing Osmer,
lying in the river Medway ; and in Sept. 1812, after
having again served, for 12 months, in the Solebay,
under the flag, at North Yarmouth, of Rear- Admiral
Robt. Murray, he became Midshipman of the Ho-
ratio 38, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart ; under whom, in
Deo. 1813, on his return from, the Cape of Good
Hope to the North Sea, he contributed to the re-
duction of the islands of Schouwen and Tholen.
Following Lord Geo. Stuart, in March, 1814, into
the Newcastle .50, he continued employed in that
ship, under the command of Capts. Sam. Roberts
and Henry Meynell, in North America and the West
Indies, until transferred, 16 April, 1816, to the Pac-
TOLUS 38, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie. On leaving the
latter ship, in which he had been again serving on the
North American station, Mr. Penfold, in Sept. 1817,
passed his examination. He was subsequently, be-
tween Aug. 1818 and Oct. 1823, employed a second
time in the West Indies, on board the Ontario 18,
Capt. Geo. Gosling, Confianoe 18, Capts. Alex.
Montgomerie and Robt. Gordon, Serapis receiving-
ship, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Vernon Jackson, and
EsK 20, Capt. Arthur Lee Warner. He was created
a Lieutenant of the vessel last mentioned 15 Feb.
1823; and since 15 Nov. in the same year has been
in command of a station in the Coast Guard.
In Jan. 1837 his name, at the recommendation of
the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, was placed on the
Admiralty list for promotion, for services rendered
to the Government of that country. The Lieute-
nant, who was formerly for nine years in the Com-
mission of the Peace, married, 3 March, 1824, Mary,
daughter of John and Bridget Collier, of Balbig-
gan, CO. Dublin, by whom he has had issue seven
children. Agent— J. Chippendale.
PENGELLEY. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 16 ;*
H-P., 35.)
Charles Pengelley entered the Navy, in 1796,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Atlas 98, Capts. Edm.
Dod and Matthew Squire, stationed in the Channel ;
where, and in the Mediterranean, he served, as
Midshipman, from 1798 until 1802, in the Pomone
40, Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds, and Immorta-
LiTE 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham. He then, in
succession, joined the San Josef 110, Capts. Wm.
Wolseley and Jas. Carpenter, and Tonnant 80,
Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, both attached to the Chan-
nel fleet; and on 16 Feb. 1805 he was made Lieu-
tenant into the Thisbe 28, Capt. Lewis Shepheard,
employed at first in the Mediterranean, and then
on the Guernsey station. He invalided in the fol-
lowing Sept. ; and was afterwards appointed — 27
* Apart from his servitude in the Revenue.
June and 28 July, 1806, to the Windsor Castle 98,
Capt. Chas. Boyles, and Royal George 100, Capt.
Rich. Dalling Dunn, under whom, after having
served with Sir John Thos. Duckworth at the pass-
age of the Dardanells, he sailed for the West Indies
—29 July, 1809, to the Fylla 22, Capt. Hon. Edw.
Rodney, employed off Oporto, Guernsey, and Jer-
sey—1 May, 1810, to the Hamadryad 36, Capt. Sir
Thos. Staines, in which ship, until April, 1812, when
his health again obliged him to invalid, we find him
engaged in cruizing oft' the Western Islands, escort-
ing troops to the mouth of the Tagus, accompanying
a fleet of Indiamen from St. Helena to the Downs,
and serving off the coast of Ireland — 5 Jan. 1813, to
the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King in
the Mediterranean— and, 6 July following, to the
flotilla service in the Faro of Messina. For his
conduct in leading a division of the flotilla in the
attack upon Genoa,* he was nominated, 18 April,
1814, Acting-Commander of the Guadeloupe 16, in
which sloop he remained for a period of three
months. He was confirmed in his present rank 20
Sept. in the same year; and was afterwards em-
ployed for same time in the Water and Coast
Guard.
Commander Pengelley's eldest son, Charles Wil-
liam, married in 1839 the only surviving child of
Capt. Wm. Rogers, of the Holyhead station.
PENGELLEY. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 11;
H-p., 32.)
John Pengelley is son of the late Capt. John
Pengelley, R.N., who, when commanding the Viper
cutter, of 14 4-pounders and 48 men, distinguished
himself by his gallantry in effecting the capture, 13
March, 1797, and 26 Dec. 1799, of the privateers
Piteous Virgin Maria, carrying 10 4 and 6-pounders,
8 swivels, and 42 men, and Furet, of 14 4-pounders
and 57 men.
This ofiioer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1804, as
Midshipman, on board the Pegasus 28, commanded
by his father, with whom he was stationed off
Harwich until June, 1806. In Feb. 1807 he became
a Student at the Royal Naval College ; and in Feb.
1810 he again embarked, on board the Pheasant
18, Capt. John Palmer, attached to the force in the
Channel ; where, and off Flushing and the coast of
North America, he served, from June, 1812, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 Feb. 1815, in
the York 74, Capts. Robt. Barton and Alex. Wilmot
Schomberg. He has since been on half-pay. Agents
— Messrs. Stilwell.
PENGELLY. (Lieutenant, 1812. p-p., 10;
H-p., 32.)
Henry Pengelly entered the Navy, 30 Aug.
1805, as L.M., on board the Prince Frederick,
Lieut.-Commander Jas. Leach, lying in Plymouth
Harbour ; removed, in Feb. 1806, to the Diamond
38, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, attached to the Chan-
nel Fleet ; and from the following Aug. until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1812,
was employed as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on
the Home, Baltic, and American stations, in the
Solebay, Iris, and Spartan frigates, Capts. John
Tower, Hon. Granville Leveson Proby, Thos. Geo.
Shortland, and Edw. Pelham Brenton. With the
exception of an interval, between Sept. 1812 and
Feb. 1813, he continued to serve on the coast of
America in the JEolus 32, Capt. Lord Jas. Towns-
hend, Loire 38, Capt. Thos. Brown, and Bulwark
74, Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, until May,
1815, since which period he has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Pengelly married, at Jamaica, in 1834,
Charlotte, youngest daughter of J. Heriott, Esq.,
formerly of Mexican Estate, in that island.
PENGELLY. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Robert Lamport Pengelly entered the Navy 27
June, 1809; passed his examination in 1817; and
while serving in 1826 in a tender belonging to the
• FirfeGaz. 1814, p. 980.
894
PENNEFATHER— PENNELL— PENRUDDOCK.
Maidstone frigate, Commodore Chas. Bullen, was
wounded at the capture of the Prince of Guinea
slave-brig of 10 guns. He was made a Lieutenant
9 Dec. in the same year ; and was afterwards, from
6 Oct. 18.32 until paid off in 1834, employed on the
Lisbon station in the Asia 84, flag-ship of the pre-
sent Sir Wm. Parker. He has not been since afloat.
PENNEPATHEK. (Lieutenant, 1821. r-p., 23;
H-P., 16.)
"William "Westey Pennefather is second son
of the late Rev. John Pennefather, Rector of St.
John parish, in the diocese of Cashel, co. Tipperary,
by Elizabeth, daughter of Major Pereival ; and
grandson of Kingsmill Pennefather, Esq., M.P. in
1753, 1761, and 1771 for Cashel. One of his brothers,
Kingsmill, was a Major in the Limerick Militia;
another, John Lysaght, a Major in the 22nd Regt. ;
and a third, Robt. Percivalj a Lieutenant and Ad-
jutant in the 3rd Regt. of Native Cavalry, in Bengal.
The Lieutenant, a near relative of the Lord Cmef
Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, in Ireland,
is brother-in-law of the late Vice-Admiral Henry
Vansittart, and the present Lieut. Thos. Pearce
Evans, R.N. His first-cousin, Matthew Penne-
father, of New Park, co. Tipperary, is now repre-
sentative of the family.
This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Foetun^e 36, Capt.
Henry Vansittart, stationed on the coast of Ireland.
In the summer of 1809 he removed to the Paulina
brig, Capt. "Westby Pereival, attached to the force
in the Mediterranean ; where, and on the Lisbon,
Cape of Good Hope, Home, and Newfoundland
stations, he served, from May, 1811, to Oct. 1815,
as Midshipman, in the Leviathan 74, Capt. Patrick
Campbell, Andkomeda 24, Capt. Rich. Arthur,
Stag 36, Capt. Phipps Hornby, Pkockis and Pilot
sloops, Capts. Curzon and John Toup Nicolas, and
Bellerophon 74, and Salisbdey 58, fiag-ships of
Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats. He was next, between
Oct. 1816 and July, 1817, employed as Admiralty-
Midshipman in the Gkaniccs 36, Capt. Wm. Fur-
long Wise, and Martin sloop, Capt. Andrew Mitchell
— the latter stationed on the coast of Ireland. After
a further servitude, chiefly in the West Indies, on
board the Nautilus 18, Capt. Isham Fleming Chap-
man, Syeille 44, Capt. Joshua Ricketts Rowley,
Surinam 18, Capt. Wm. M'Kenzie Godfrey, and
CoNFiANCE 18, Capt. Robt. Gordon, he was con-
firmed a Lieutenant, 22 Aug. 1821, into the Suri-
HAM, still commanded by Capt. Godfrey, although
subsequently by Capt. Chas. Crole. His last ap-
pointments were — 12 Nov. 1823, to the Eden 26,
Capt. John Lawrence, likewise in the West Indies,
whence he returned soon afterwards — 28 Sept. 1830,
to the Coast Guard, in which service he continued
until the close of 1837— and 10 May, 1839, for three
years, to the Victory 104, bearing the flag at Ports-
mouth of Hon. Buncombe Pleydell Bouverie, Ad-
miral-Superintendent. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
PENNELL. (Captain, 1828. r-p., 14; h-p., 15.)
Follett Walrond Pennell, born 4 Feb. 1804, is
sixth son of Wm. Pennell, Esq., formerly H.B.M.'s
Consul-General at Rio de Janeiro. One of his
sistors is the wife of the Right Hon. John Wilson
Croker, LL.D., many years First Secretary of the
Admiralty ; and another, of Geo. Barrow, Esq., eldest
son of Sir John Barrow, Bart., the late Second Secre-
tary ; a third sister is married to Sir Anthony
Perrier, Kt., H.B.M.'s Consul at Brest.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1818, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impregnable 104, Capt.
Hon. Pownoll Bastard Pellew, bearing the flag at
Plymouth of Viscount Exmouth. After a servitude
of about three years in the Mediterranean as Mid-
shipman in the RivoLUTiONNAiRE 46, Capt. Hon.
Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and of some
months on the Home station in the Phaeton 46, and
Apollo yacht, Capts. Wm. Aug. Montagu and Hon.
Sir Chas. Paget, he joined, in 1823-4, the Glouces-
ter 74, Commodore Sir Edw. W. C. It. Owen, and
Bustard 10, Capt. Kawdon Maclean, both in the
West Indies, where he was made Lieutenant, 1 Sept.
1824, into the Pyramos 42, Capt. Fras. Newcombe.
On 19 Dec. 1825, having previously filled the post
of Flag-Lieutenant to Rear- Admiral Bingham in the
Waespite 76, at Portsmouth, he was appointed to
the Cyrene 20, Capt. Alex. Campbell, on the East
India station. He was there promoted to the com-
mand, 13 Nov. 1826, of the Fly 18. He attained
Post-rank 14 July, 1828 ; and was afterwards, from
31 May, 1834, until paid oflFin July, 1837, employed
in South America in the Talbot 28. He has not
been since afloat.
Capt. Pennell married, in 1838, Catherine Anna,
daughter of the late Colonel M'Murdo, of Lotus,
Dumfriesshire, by whom he has issue one daughter.
PENEUDDOCK. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 16
H-p., 33.)
George Pbnruddook is youngest son of the late
Chas. Penruddock, Esq., of Compton, M.P. for co.
Wilts ; and brother of the present John Hungerford
Penruddock, Esq., Colonel Commandant of the 3rd
Wilts Local Militia.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 July, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Adamant 50, Capt. Wm.
Hotham ; in which ship, while cruizing off the Isle
of France in company with the Tremendous 74, he
assisted as Midshipman, 11 Dec. 1799, in driving on
shore the French frigate La PreTieuse, under a
heavy fire from the batteries in the neighbour-
hood of Port Louis. Quitting the Adamaut in
Dec. 1801, he served during the next four years
on the Home and West India stations, in the
Braak, Naiad frigate, Raisonnable 64, Capt. Wm.
Hotham, Royal William, flag-ship of Admiral
Geo. Montagu, Triumph 74, Capt. Henry Inman, and
Wolf and Elk sloops, Capts. Geo. Chas. Mackenzie
and Jas. Rich. Dacres. On 7 April, 1806, he was
nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Peterel sloop,
Capt. John Lamborn, also in the West Indies;
where, after again serving as Midshipman in the
Cuba, Capt. Fred. Langford, and Bacchante 20,
Capt. J. R. Dacres, he was made Full Lieutenant,
28 July, 1807, into the ship last mentioned, which
was subsequently commanded by Capts. Sam. Hood
Inglefield and Wm. Ward. Under Capt. Inglefield
Mr. Penruddock was often in close action with the
enemy, from whom he aided in wresting, 11 May,
1808, at the close of an action of 30 minutes, preceded
by a long chase, Le Grifftm French national brig,
of 16 guns and 105 men. Being next, 21 June, 1809,
appointed to the Pilot 18, Capt. John Toup Nicolas,
we find him present, in company with the Ortenzia
schooner, at the destruction, 24 June, 1810, of 5 out
of a convoy of 51 sail, protected, near the town of
St. Lucido, on the coast of Calabria, by a battery,
16 armed vessels, and a body of musketeers, whose
fire killed three of the British. The vessels in
question were destroyed by the shot of the Pilot
and Ortenzia ; the boats under Lieut. Penruddock
having been received on their approach by so heavy
a fire that Capt. Nicolas was induced to make the
signal of recall. On 8 of the following month, being
in the vicinity of the same place, Lieut. Penruddock,
who was then Senior of the Pilot, handsomely
volunteered, with Lieut. Fras. Chas. Annesley, to
bring out two gun-boats from a secure position they
had taken behind a small island— a service which
was fortunately accomplished, although the vessels
were well fastened to the shore, and a number of
soldiers and people with musketry kept up the
whole time a heavy fire on the British. The Pilot
herself, on the occasion, destroyed three armed
scampavias and 17 sail of transport-vessels, laden
with stores and ammunition for Murat's army at
Soylla; and 17 days afterwards, acting in unison
with the Thames 32 and Weazle 18, she contri-
buted to the capture and destruction, under the
batteries of Amantea, of a convoy of 31 vessels, also
laden for the army of Murat, together with 7 large
gun-boats and 5 scampavias. In the latter affair
Lieut. Penruddock was again employed In the
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boats, and, in common with the others employed,
was exposed to a galling fire from the enemy while
endeavouring to launch some of the vessels which
had been hauled high on the beach and lay flanked
by two small batteries.* In Jan, 1811 he returned
to England in the Wakkiob 74, Capt. John Wm.
Spranger ; but in the following summer, being ap-
pointed to the Fame 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, he
again sailed for the Mediterranean. Co-operating
afterwards with the Spanish patriots, he landed in
command of a party of small-arm men, and in con-
junction with the troops under General Donkin took
part in the unsuccessful attack upon the fortress of
Denia, where, on the defeat of the British, he
greatly distinguished himself by the gallant manner
in which, under a heavy fire from the French gar-
rison, who had advanced close to the beach, he
exerted himself in carrying the wounded soldiers
into the boats. "We believe that he was subse-
quently present at the siege of Tarragona and at
the reduction of the strong fort of St. Philippe in
the Col de Balaguer. He was advanced to the rank
of Commander 15 June, 1814; and has since been
on half-pay. Agemt — J. Hinxman.
PENTLAND. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 17; h-p.,18.)
James Mubray Pentland is son of the late Geo.
Pentland, Esq., of Black Hall, co. Louth, many
years Solicitor of the Excise in Dublin.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1812, on board
the Kamillies 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman
Hardy, for the purpose of joining the present Sir
Geo. Cockburn, with whom, during the war with
the United States, he served as Fst.-cl. Vol. and
Midshipman in the Marlborough, Sceptre, and
Albion 74's. He was in consequence present in the
operations against Crany Island, Hampton, Wash-
ington, and Baltimore, and in various hostile ope-
rations of minor note. Following Sir G. Cockburn,
in 1815, into the MAnLBOEonGH 74, he sailed in
that ship with Napoleon Buonaparte for St. Helena,
where, in 1816, he joined the Leveret 10, Capt.
John Theed. In 1818 he returned to England.
He was subsequently, until advanced to his present
rank 13 July, 1824, employed at home and in North
America in the Bulwark 74, flag-ship of Sir John
Gore, Mersev 26, Capt. Edw. Collier, Egeria 28,
Capt. John Toup Nicolas, Ranger 28, Capt. Peter
Fisher, and Sib Francis Drake frigate, flag-ship
of Sir Chas. Hamilton. From 1826 to 1829 he filled
an appointment in the Coast Guard. He has since
been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
PEPPIN. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
Matthew Peppin entered the Navy 29 Nov.
1812; passed bis examination in 1819; and obtained
his commission 10 Jan. 1837. His succeeding ap-
pointments were— 28 March, 1837, to the Fairy
surveying-vessel, Capt. Wm. Hewett, with whom
he served until the commencement of 1838 — and,
13 Dec. 1838, to the William and Mary yacht,
Capt. Phipps Hornby. He has not been employed
since July, 1840.
PERCEVAL. (Lieut., 1845. f-p., 12; h-p., 1.)
Michael Henry Perceval is third son of the
late Michael Henry Perceval, Esq., of Spencer
Wood, Lower Canada, Collector of H.M. Customs
at the port of Quebec, and Member of the Execu-
tive and Legislative Assemblies of that city, by
Anne Mary, eldest daughter of Sir Chas. Flower,
Bart., of Mill Hill, co. Middlesex, and Lobb Farm,
CO. Oxford. He is first-cousin of Alex. Perceval,
Esq., of Temple House, co. Sligo, Lieut.-Colonel of
the Sligo militia, many years M.P. for that co., and
now Serjeant-at-Arms to the House of Lords.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Jan. 1834, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Orestes 18, Capt. Sir
Wm. Dickson, employed off Lisbon ; and on be-
coming attached, in the following June, to the Dee
steamer, Capt. Wm. Kamsay, sailed for the North
America and West India station, where he became
* FrifcGaz. 1810, p. 1860.
Midshipman, in Sept. 1836 and Dec. 1837, of the
Skipjack schooner, Lieut.-Commander John Jas.
Bobinson, and Vestal 26, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter.
In the summer of 1841, having passed his examina^
tion 21 May, 1840, he was appointed Mate of the
Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, in which ship he
remained for a period of three years in the Medi-
terranean. Previously to joining her he served a
few months, we believe, in the Queen 110. Obtain-
ing, in May, 1845, an appointment to the Excel-
lent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos.
Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads, he continued
there employed, as Mate and Gunnery-Lieutenant
(his commission bears date 8 Aug. 1845), until May,
1847. He has been serving since in the Howe 120,
again with Sir Jas. Stirling.
PEECEVAL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p.,24; h-p.,18.)
KiCHARD Perceval entered the Navy, 15 Nov.
1805, as Midshipman, on board the Steady gun-
brig, Lieut.-Commander Arthur Stow, stationed at
first in the Kio de la Plata and on the coast of
Brazil, and afterwards in the Mediterranean, where,
in Feb. 1812, he removed to the Ocean 98, Capt.
Eobt. Plampin. In Sept. 1814 he became Master's
Mate of the Pickle schooner, Lieut.-Commander
Wm. Figg, attached to the force in the Channel ;
and in Oct. 1815, at which period he had been just
nominated Admiralty-Midshipman of the Lee 20,
Capt. John Pasco, he was presented with a com-
mission dated back to 6 of the preceding April.
His appointments have since been — 19 June, 1833,
to the Coast Guard— 17 March, 1838, to the com-
mand, for upwards of four years, of the Badger
revenue-vessel— 19 July, 1842, again to the Coast
Guard, which he left at the close of 1844— and, 4
July, 1845, to the office of Admiralty Agent on
board a contract mail steamer. He is still employed
in the latter capacity.
PERCY, C.B. (Eeak-Admiral of the Red,
1841. F-p., 26; H-p., 24.)
The Honourable Joscelihe Percy, bom 29
Jan. 1784, is fourth son of Algernon, first Earl of
Beverley, by Isabella Susannah, second daughter of
Peter Burrell, Esq., of Beckenham, in Kent, and
sister of Peter, first Lord Gwydyr. One of his
brothers, Algernon, Minister Plenipotentiary to the
Swiss Cantons, died 10 Aug. 1833 ; another, Hugh,
present Bishop of Carlisle, is married to a daughter
of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope,
G.C.B. ; a third, Henry, having served as Aide-de-
Camp to Sir John Moore at Corunna and to the
Duke of Wellington at Waterloo, became a Lieu-
tenant-Colonel and died a C.B. in 1825 ; a fourth,
William Henry, is now a Rear- Admiral ; and a fifth,
Francis John, died a Captain in the 23rd regt. in
1812. The Eear-Admiral (whose eldest brother, the
Earl of Beverley, holds the appointment of Captain
of the Queen's Yeomen of the Guard) is grandson
of the first Duke of Northumberland.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Feb. 1797, as a
Volunteer, on board the Sans Pareil 80, Capts.
Wm. Browell and Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, in
which ship, bearing for some time the flag of Lord
Hugh Seymour, he witnessed an attack made in
July, 1799, on a Spanish squadron in Aix Roads
In 1801, being then in the West Indies, he removed
as Midshipman to the Amphion 32, Capts. Rich.
Henry Alex. Bennett, Alex. Eraser, and Thos. Mas-
terman Hardy. He next, on his arrival in 1803
off Toulon, joined the Victory 100, flag-ship of
Lord Nelson. On 1 Aug. in the same year he
was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Medusa
32, Capt. John Gore ; and on leaving that ship * to
which he had been confirmed 30 April, 1804, he was
appointed, 31 Dec. following, to the Diadem 64,
* The Medusa formed one of a squadron which effected
the capture of three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and
the destruction of a fourth, ofl Cape St. Mary, 6 Oct 1804
On 8 of the foUowinjj month she intercepted the Matilda
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PERCY— PERKINS.
bearing the broad pendant of Sir Home Popham.
Subsequently to the reduction of the Cape of Good
Hope, at which he was present, Mr. Percy was
ordered, 11 Jan. 1806, to assume command of the
ESPOIR brig. Before he had time, however, to
join her he was sent to Simon's Bay for the purpose
of taldng possession of the Bato, a Dutch 68 ; but
the latter, as he found on his arrival, had been un-
fortunately reduced by the enemy to a complete
wreck ; in consequence whereof, and of the Espoir
having during his absence sailed with despatches
for England, he was under the necessity of rejoining
the Diadem in the capacity of a Volunteer. An
opportunity, notwithstanding, was soon afforded him
of obtaining another command. In ignorance of
the colony having changed masters, the French
frigate Volontaire, of 46 guns, on 4 of the ensuing
March, entered Table Bay ; she was compelled forth-
with to strike her colours, and Capt. Percy, who
was sent on board to take possession of her, placed
in charge of her.* Shortly after this he was sent
to St. Helena to afford protection to the homeward-
bound Indiamen. His promotion to the ranks of
Commander and Post-Captain being confirmed at
the Admiralty by commissions dated 22 Jan. and
25 Sept. 1806, he was subsequently appointed— 7
Sept. 1807, to the Comds 22—24 April, 1808, to La
Hymphe 36—5 Nov. 1810, to the Hotspdr 36, in
which frigate he continued five years — 27 Jan. 1829,
for two years, to the Royal Charlotte yacht,
stationed at Dublin, in attendance upon the Duke
of Northumberland, then Lord-Lieutenant of Ire-
land—and, 16 Oct. 1832 and 25 Nov. 1833, to the
Malabar 74 and Canopds 84, both in the Medi-
terranean, whence he returned in the early part of
1837. In Dec. 1807 Capt. Percy, at that time in
the CoMns, was present with Sir Sam. Hood at the
occupation of Madeira ; and in 1808 we find him, in
La Nymphe, conveying General Junot from the
coast of Portugal to Rochelle, in compliance with
the stipulations of the convention of Cintra. On
1 Sept. 1811, with the Hotspdr under his orders,
he contrived, with much zeal and ability, to decoy
the French squadron at Cherbourg nearly into mid-
Channel, in the hope of keeping it in play until the
arrival of the blockading force under Capt. Pul-
teney Malcolm. On the occasion he allowed him-
self to be so closely approached that the first shot
from the bow-chaser of the Hotspur, fired when
the pursuit was surrendered, passed through the
mainsail of the enemy's centre ship, whom he con-
tinued to harass until they had regained their an-
chorage, a quarter of an hour only before the British
squadron came up with him. On 8 of the same
month Capt. Percy, in company with the Barbadoes
28 and Goshawk brig, made an attack upon seven
French brigs, each mounting 3 long 24-pounders
and 1 mortar, with a complement of 75 men, near
the Calvados rocks, on the coast of Normandy. In
endeavouring to near them the Hotspur unfortu-
nately took the ground, and lay for four hours ex-
posed to a heavy fire from the vessels, a battery,
and some field-pieces, which infiicted on her a loss,
besides considerable damage In her hull, sails, and
rigging, of 2 Midshipmen and 3 seamen killed, and
22 seamen and marines wounded. One of the brigs,
however, was sunk, and two driven on shore, f
"While on the Channel station the Hotspur made
prize, 13 May and 26 Oct. 1813, of the French ship
letter-of-marque Imperatrice Reine of 1 2 guns, pierced
for 20, and 50 men, and the American schooner Che-
sapeake of 5 guns and 29 men. She was afterwards
employed for two years on the coast of South Ame-
rica. On 23 Nov. 1841 (he had been nominated a
C.B. 26 Sept. 1831) Capt. Percy attained Flag-rank.
His last appointment was to the chief command at
the Cape of Good Hope, which he held, with his
flag in the Winchester 50, from 17 Deo. 1841 until
the spring of 1846.
The Rear-Admiral, a Deputy-Lieutenant for the
West Riding of Yorkshire, retained a seat in Par-
liament, in 1806, 1807, 1812, and 1818, for Beeralston,
* Vide Gai. 1S06, p. 602. + f.Gaz. 18U, p. 1774.
in Devonshire. He married, in Dec. 1820, Sophia
Elizabeth, third daughter of Morton Walhouse, Esq.,
of Hatherton, co. Stafford, by whom he has issue a
son and three daughters. His eldest daughter,
Sophy Elizabeth, was married, in July, 1846, to
Lieut.-Colonel Chas. Bagot, eldest son of the late
Right Hon. Sir Chas. Bagot, G.C.B. Agent—
Joseph Woodhead.
PERCY. (Reab-Admiral, 1846. F-p., 11;
H-p., 35.)
The Honourable William Henry Percy was
born 24 March, 1788. He is a younger brother of
Rear-Admiral Hon. Josceline Percy, C.B.
This ofSoer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1801, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Lion 64, Capt. Henry
Mitford, and on his return from a voyage with con-
voy to Canton; became Midshipman, in Nov. 1802,
of the Medusa 32, Capt. John Gore. In that ship,
after participating in the service mentioned in the
note attached to our memoir of his brother, he
sailed with the Marquis Cornwallis for India, and
returned from the Ganges to the Lizard, a distance
of 13,831 miles, in the surprisingly short period of
84 days. After serving for some months on the
Home station in the Tribune 36, Capts. Rich. H enry
Alex. Bennett and Thos. Baker, Royal William
flag-ship of Admiral Geo. Montagu, and Fame 74,
Capt. R. H. A. Bennett, he was made Lieutenant,
6 July, 1807, into the Decade frigate, Capt. John
Stuart, on the coast of Ireland. His next appoint-
ment was, 15 Nov. 1809, to the Hieernia 110, Capt.
Robt. Jenner Neve, in the Mediterranean. Being
advanced to the rank of Commander, 2 May, 1810,
Capt. Percy, from 28 Dec. following until Posted
21 March, 1812, served in that capacity in the Mer-
maid 28, armee-en-flute, employed in the conveyance
of troops to Portugal and Spain. His only other
appointment appears to have been, 4 April, 1814, to
the Hermes 20, which vessel, after 25 of her men
had been killed and 24 wounded in an unsuccessful
attack upon Fort Bowyer, Mobile, was set on fire
and destroyed to prevent her falling into the hands
of the Americans, 15 Sept. in the same year. Capt.
Percy had under his orders at the time, besides his
own ship, the Canon 20, and Sophie and Childees
of 18 guns each. Of all blame in the loss of the
Hermes he was by Court-martial honourably ac-
quitted 18 Jan. 1815. On 9 March following he
arrived at^the Admiralty, with despatches from Sir
Alex. Cochrane, reporting the defeat of the British
army before New Orleans. He accepted his pre-
sent rank 1 Oct. 1846.
Rear-Admiral Percy has been for some years a
Commissioner of Excise. He sat in Parliament as
Member for Stamford, co. Lincoln.
PERKINS. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 29.)
Henry Augustus Perkins entered the Navy, 26
June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Canopus
80, Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland and Chas. Inglis,
successive flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Sir Thos.
Louis and Geo. Martin ; under the former of whom
he served as Midshipman at the passage of the Dar-
danells and in the expedition to Egypt. Quitting
the Canopus in March, 1809, he was next, between
the following Aug. and Dec. 1813, employed, on the
Home and Mediterranean stations, in the San Josef
110, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, Thames 32, Capt.
Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, Renown 74, Capt.
Philip Chas. Durham, Echo 16, Capt. Robt. Keen,
and Druid and Aiqle frigates, both commanded by
Sir John Louis. On 6 of the month last mentioned
he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Swal-
low 18, Capts. Edw. Reynolds Sibly, Arthur Stow,
and James ; to which vessel, also in the Mediterra-
nean, he was confirmed 16 March, 1814. In the
following month he went on half-pay. He was sub-
sequently appointed to the Philomel 16, Capt. Jas.
Hanway Plumridge, Pomp^e 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol
Wood, Granious 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, and
• Vide Gaz. isl6, p. 1703.
PERUIER-PERUY -FETCH— PETLEY—PETRIE.
897
Impkegnabie 98, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth. In
the Granicus, which frigate he left In Oct. 1816,
he was wounded at the battle of Algiers ;* and in
the Impregnable he served at Plymouth from 16
May, 1S18, until 1820. He has not been since
afloat.
PEREIEE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
William Perrieb is son of Sir Anthony Perrier,
Kt., H. B. M.'s Consul at Brest, by a sister of Capt.
F. W. Pennell, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 2 May, 1842;
obtained his commission 10 March, 1846 ; and was
then appointed to the Excellent gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads. He has
been serving, since 26 March, 1847, in the Sidon
steam-frigate, of 500 horse-power, Capt. Wm. Hony-
man Henderson, in the Mediterranean.
PERRY. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 17; h-p., 20.)
James Clewlow Perky was born in 1798.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1810, as
Fst.-ol. Boy, on board the Talbot 18, Capts. Hon.
Alex. Jones and Spelman Swaine, employed off the
coast of Ireland ; removed, in Aug. 1812, to the
Wabspite 74, commanded in the Channel by Capts.
Hon. Henry Blackwood and Lord Jas. O'Bryen ;
became Midshipman, in Oct. 1814 and Aug. 1815, of
the President 38, Capt. Archibald Duff, and Trent
36, both on the Irish station; joined, in April, 1818,
after two years of non-servitude, the Eden 26, Capt.
Fras. Erskine Loch, in the East Indies ; was there
transferred, in 1820, to the Leander 60, flag-ship
of Hon. Sir H. Blackwood; invalided home in
1821 ; and from 1823 until paid off in 1830 served,
at first at home and afterwards in South America,
on board the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship at
Portsmouth, Kifleman 18, Capt. Jas. Montagu,
Spartiate 76, and Welleslet 74, bearing each
the flag of Sir Geo. Eyre, Ganges 84, Doris frigate,
Capt. Sir John Gordon Sinclair, and Forte 44,
Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan. Having accompanied, in
the Eden, an expedition against the pirates of the
Persian Gulf, he there, in Jan. 1820, assisted, as a
passed Midshipman, at the bombardment of Ras-al-
Khyma, their principal resort and head-quarters,
where the fortifications were all destroyed, their
vessels burnt, and a large quantity of treasure
seized. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the
Forte 3 March, 1828 ; and since that vessel was put
out of commission has been on half-pay.
In 1837 he was appointed Inspector of the Gaol at
Cork, where he contioues.
FETCH. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Charles Adolphus Petch, born about 1797, is
brother of Lieut. Wm. Tatton Petch, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 8 Feb. 1810 ; and
on 13 Dec. in the same year was present in the
Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, at the destruction of
a large convoy protected by two batteries in the
Mole of Palamos, at which place the British, out of
600 officers and men, who had been employed in the
boats of a squadron, sustained a loss of upwards of
200 killed and wounded. Joining, subsequently,
the Thames 32, Capt. Chas. Napier, he assisted in
that ship at the capture, 26 Feb. 1813, of the island
of Ponza. On 16 May following, being then with
Capt. Napier in the Euetalds 36, we find him con-
tributing to the capture of La Fortune national
xebec, of 10 guns, 4 swivels, and 95 men, together
with upwards of 20 merchant-vessels, lying in Cava^
larie Road. In 1814 he accompanied, in the same
ship, the brilliant expedition sent up the Potomac
under Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon to effect the capture
of Alexandria. In 1815, while in charge of a prize
to Bermuda, he fell into the hands of the enemy.
Being made Lieutenant, 13 June, 1828 (11 years
after he had passed his examination), into the
Alachitv 10, Capt. Joseph Nias, he was present in
the following year, in the Mediterranean, at the
capture of a pirate by the boats of that vessel.
His appointments, since his return to England in
• riifeGai. 1816, p. 1733.
1830, have been, in succession— 5 April, 1831, to the
Coast Guard— 20 June, 1836, to the command of the
Gres-hound Revenue-vessel— in 1839, to the office
of Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel on the
Liverpool and Kingstown station— and, 28 Aug.
1841 and 26 Jan. 1843, to the command of the
Wildfire and Advice steam-packets, in the latter
of which he is still serving. Agents— Hallett and
Robinson.
PETCH. (Lieut., 181*. f-p., 16; h-p., 32.)
William Tatton Fetch was bom 22 Sept. 1790.
He is brother of Lieut. Chas. Adolphus Petch, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 March, 1799, as
Third-cl. Boy, on board the Neptune 98, Capts.
Erasmus Gower, Jas. Vashon, Edw. Brace, and
Fras. Wm. Austen ; in which ship, bearing the flag
in the Channel of Vice-Admiral Jas. Gambler, he
continued employed as Midshipman until paid off in
April, 1802. Joining next, in March, 1805, after
having been for a time attached to ther merchant-
service, the Belliqueux 64, Capt. Hon; Geo. Byng,
he assisted on shore as Aide-de-Gamp to that officer
at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope in Jan.
1806 ; and on 27 of the following Nov. commanded
a launch at the capture and destruction of a Dutch
frigate, seven brigs of war, and 20 armed and other
merchant-vessels in Batavia Roads. On his return
to England in 1813 he followed Capt. Byng, as
Master's Mate, into the Warrior 74, and in Nov.
of the same year sailed with the Prince of Orange
for Holland. In the ensuing Dec. he removed to
the Impregnable 98, successive flag-ship of Ad-
miral Wm. Young and H.R.H. the Duke of Cla-
rence ; as Aide-de-Camp to the latter of whom we
find him escorting the allied sovereigns from Calais
to Dover. He was advanced in consequence (he
had passed in 1808) to the rank of Lieutenant 27
June, 1814. With the' exception of a- short time
passed in 1826-7 in the Coast Blockade as Supernu-
merary-Lieutenant of the Ramileies 74, Capt. Hugh
Pigot, he has since been on half-pay;
Lieut. Petch married, 18 April, 1816, Hannah,
daughter of Thos. Stapleton, a Master in the mer-
chant-service, by whom he has issue 9 children.
His eldest son, Wm. Henry Petch, Second-Master
R.N. (1844), has been acting, since Aug. 1844, as
Master of the Prometheus steamer,- and Sealark
sloop, on the coast of AfriQa.v Acents— Messrs.
Ommanney.
FETLEY. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p.,
21 ; H-p., 33.)
John Petlet entered, the Navy, 4 Feb. 1793, as
Midshipman, on board the Suffolk 74, Capts. Robt.
Lambert and Pulteney Malcolmy employed at first
in the Channel and afterwards in J:he East Indies ;
where he was nominated, 21 Aug. 1798, Acting-
Lieutenant of the Centorion 50, Capt. John Sprat
Rainier. Under Capt. Lambert.he assisted, in
1795-6, at the reduction of Ceylon,)Amboyna, Banda,
&c. He was confirmed a Lieu^nant, 4 Aug. 1799,
into the Intrepid 64, Capj^ Wn. Hargood, also in
the East Indies ; and subsequently appointed — 28
June, 1801, to the Djsdalus 36, Capt. Wm. Waller,
with whom he returned to England in 1803 — 16 Nov.
in that year, to the Atalante 16, Capt. Joseph
Ore Masefield, with whom he cruized in the Channel
until Oct. 1805, when a wound he had received in
the eye obliged him to be sent to the Hospital at
Plymouth — 4 Feb. 1806, to the command of a Signal
station in co. Waterford, which he retained until
Oct. 1809 — and, in Feb. 1810, to the Impress service
at Gravesend. In April, 1814, he was placed on
half-pay. He became a Retired Commander on
the Junior List 30 July, 1840; and on the Senior
23 Dec. 1843.
FETRIE. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
Peter Petrie was bom 14 Oct. 1789, in Fife-
shire, N.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Nov. 1807, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Captain 74, Capts. Isaac
5Y
898
PETTET— PETTMAN— PEW.
WoUey, Jas. Athol 'Wood, and Christopher John
Williams Nesham; during his servitude in which
ship he commanded a boat, as Midshipman, at the
landing of the troops at Madeira in Dec. 1807,
served on shore with the small-arm men and had
charge of an outpost at the capture of Marie-Ga-
lante in March, 1808, and in Feb. 1809 co-operated
in the reduction of Martinique. During the opera-
tions connected with the latter afiair he had com-
mand of a boat, served in a battery, and was
wounded in the ankle. In April, 1809, he witnessed
the capture of the Saintes Islands and the surrender
of the French Tl-gun ship jy Haupoult. In the
following Dec, having returned to England, he
was received on board the Espi^gle 16, Capt.
Donald Campbell, fitting for the "West Indies, where
he continued employed with the same officer in the
Port d'Espagne 14 and Rosamond 18, until trans-
ferred, in Jan. 1814, to the Tosnamt 80, flag-ship
of Sir Alex. Cochrane in North America — part of
the time as Acting-Lieutenant. While borne on
the books of the Rosamond he appears, at the com-
mencement of the war with the United States, to
ha-ve conducted two valuable prizes, the Friendship
and Dolphin^ into Plymouth, and to have carried
two American vessels from the Gulf of Paria into
Grenada. He was also intrusted with the charge
of a boat and employed in the suppression of smug-
gling on the Spanish main. In the Tonnant we
find him present at the capture of Washington, at
the unsuccessful attack upon Baltimore, and in the
expedition against New Orleans. In command of
one of the same ship's boats he served, with those
of a squadron, and was slightly wounded in the
fingers, at the capture, on Lake Borgne, 14 Dec.
1814, of five American gun-vessels, after a very
desperate struggle, in which the British sustained a
loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. In the Ton-
nant's barge he aided in covering the retreat of
the army from New Orleans. Being nominated, 13
March, 1815, Acting-Lieutenant of the Arab 16,
Capt. Henry Jane, he was employed in that vessel,
after Buonaparte's escape from Elba, in blockading
a heavy French frigate in New York. Since he
was confirmed in his present rank, 30 July, 1816, he
has been on half-pay. He has, however, had com-
mand of ships in the merchant service, and has
visited in them most parts of the world.
He married, in Jan. 1819, Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of Walter Grindlay, Esq., a ship-owner,
by whom he has issue three sons and five daughters.
PETTET. (LlECTENANT, 1828.)
John Pettet was bom 13 May, 1796. He had a
relative in the -service, Mark Pettet, who was
wounded at New .Orleans ; and also a brother and
brother-in-law, both of whom died Lieutenants.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 Oct. 1810, as a
Volunteer, on J(oard tie Monarch 74, Capt. Rich.
Lee ; in which ship, and in the Bgllerofhon and
Scarborough 74's, the former bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral John Ferrier, and the latter com-
manded by Capts^ohn Halsted and Chas. Jas.
Johnston, he servea.^ tn the North Sea, part of the
time as MidshipmaifJ , until May, 1814. After a
further employment, ^f ei^ht months on the same
station in the MERCnRiD^ 16 and Pi,umper 12, Capts.
Thos. Renwiek and Geo. Domett, he joined, in Sept.
1815, the RoMNET 50, Capt. John Mackellar, fitting
for the West Indies ; where he continued, in the
Salisbury 58, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Ers-
kine Douglas, Rifleman 18, Capts. Robt. Rochfort
Felix and Norwich Duff, and again, as Master's
Mate, in the Salisbury, until the spring of 1818.
Prior to joining the Rifleman he appears to have
been lent to the Briseis 10, Capt. Geo. Domett,
and to have been wrecked in that vessel on a deso-
late part of the island of Cuba 5 Nov. 1816 ; from
which period, until picked up 11 weeks and a half
afterwards by the Landrail, he remained exposed,
vrith his fellow-sufferers, to the greatest hardships,
being nearly destitute the whole time of provisions
■and clothing. In March, 1819, having passed his
examination in the preceding Nov., he was received,
as Admiralty-Midshipman, on board the Severn 50,
Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, lying in the Downs, for the
purposes of the Coast Blockade. He left that ser-
vice in Feb. 1820 ; and during the nine following
years was employed, on the Jamaica, Home, and
African stations, in the Tribune 42, Capt. Nesbit
Josiah Willoughby, Eubyalus 42, Capt. Thos. Hus-
kisson. Nautilus 18 and Bann 22, both commanded
by Capt. John Ralph Blois, Scout 18, Capts. John
Theed and Jas. Wigston, Pheasant 18, Capt. Dou-
glas Chas. Clavering, Prince Regent 120, Capt.
Wm. Henry Webley Parry, Conflict 12, Lieut.-
Commander Christie, Maidstone 42, Commodore
Chas. Bullen, Esk 20, Capt. Wm. Jardine Purchas,
Sybille 48, Commodore Fras. Augustus Collier,
and Plumper 12, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Medley.
In the Bank and Pheasant he performed the du-
ties of Second-Master and Master ; and, while serv-
ing in the Sybille, he was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, by commission bearing date 14 July,
1828. During his sojourn on the coast of Africa
where he saw much detached service, he had the
good fortune to participate in the capture of a
large number of slaves. He returned home in the
Plumper in the early part of 1829, with at least 40
persons charged with piracy imder his care ; and
has since been on half-pay.
We had nearly omitted to record that, while at-
tached, in 1819, to the Coast Blockade, he had very
materially contributed to the rescue of the Dawn
brig, by getting her off the rocks near Dover, and
conducting her thence to Ramsgate, although she
had lost her rudder and had six feet water in the
hold.
PETTMAN. (Lieut., 18ia f-p., 12 j h-p., 33.)
Richard Pettman entered the Navy, in Dec.
1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Albion 74, Capt.
John Ferrier, with whom he continued employed,
as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the Channel
and East India stations, until the summer of 1809.
In Nov. of that year, after having been for a few
months borne as a Supernumerary on the books of
the Sceptre 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, he was no-
minated Acting-Lieutenant of the Jalouse 18,
Capt. Henry Gage Morris, attached to the force on
the coast of Ireland, where, in March, 1810, he
joined the Trent 36,flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Jas.
Hawkins Whitshed. He was officially promoted 15
Aug. following ; and subsequently appointed — 15
Sept. 1810, to the Portia 14, Capts. Joseph Symes
and John Thomson, at North Yarmouth — 29 Jan.
1813, to the Vigo 74, flag-ship in the Baltic of Rear-
Admiral Jas. Nicoll Morris — and, 19 April, 1814,
after nearW four months of half-pay, to the Levant
20, Capts. Hon. Alex. Jones and Hon. Geo. Douglas,
stationed off Madeira. He invalided in Jan. 1815 ;
and has not been since afloat.
PEW. (Lieutenant, 1816. j-p., 8; h-p., 30.)
George Pew is brother of the late Major Pew.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pheasant 18, Capt. John
Palmer, stationed in the Channel, where, during a
servitude of three years and a half, he assisted at
the capture of three privateers, carrying in the
whole 25 guns and 155 men. Becoming Midship-
man, in Sept. 1812, of the Surprise 38, Capt. Sir
Thos. John Cochrane, he vritnessed in that ship the
capture, 16 Jan. 1813, of the Decatur American pri-
vateer of 12 guns and 82 men, and was in her during
the attacks on Washington and Baltimore, and
throughout the operations on the coast of Georgia.
In July, 1816, after a servitude of nine months at
Plymouth as Master's Mate of the Spencer 74,
Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, he removed in that
capacity to the Beelzebub bomb, Capt. Wm. Kemp-
thorne ; and on 16 of the following Sept., as a re-
ward for his services at the bombardment of Algiers,
he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He
has since been on half-pay.
In 1817 Lieut. Pew obtained pernussion from the
PHELPS— PHEPOE-PHILIPPS.
899
Admiralty to command a West Indiaman, in whieU
he traded to Jamaica until 183S. He had fre-
quently during the war had charge of a prize.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
PHELPS. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Henry Phelps entered the Navy, 18 April, 1832 ;
passed his examination 4 June, 1838 ; and while
serving, as Mate, on board the Powekfoi. 84, Com-
modore Chas. Napier, was present at the bombard-
ment of St. Jean d'Acre 3 Nov. 1840. On 21 July,
1842, being then Mate of the Cornwailis 72, flag-
ship of Sir Wm. Parker, he assisted in the boats in
covering the assault made on the city of Chin-
ICiang-Foo.* For his services in China he was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842.t
His appointments have since been — 18 March, 1843,
again to the CoRNWAitis, in which ship he conti-
nued until her return to England in 1844 — 15 April,
1845, to the Melampus 42, Capt. John Norman
Campbell, with whom he again sailed for the East
Indies — and, 2 June, 1847, to the St. Vincent 120,
as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Chas. Napier.
PHEPOE. (Eetibed Commandeb, 1848. f-p.,
12 ; HP., 34.)
John Phepoe, bom 10 Aug. 1786, is son of John
Phepoe, Esq., of Dublin, Colonel of a regiment of
the Irish Volunteers of 1782.
This officer entered the Navy 15 May, 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Atlas 98, Capt. Theo-
philus Jones, attached to the Channel fleet, with
which he served until April, 1802. In the following
Oct. he joined the Galgo 16, Capt. Michael Dodd,
stationed on the coast of Ireland ; he next, in May,
1803, became Midshipman of the Minotadr 74,
Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, again in the
Channel ; and in Aug. 1805 he was received on
board the Ajax 74, Capts. Wm. Brown, John Pil-
fold, and Hon. Henry Blackwood. He was in the
latter ship when she caught fire and was burnt ofi'
the island of Tenedos 14 Feb. 1797 ; on which occa-
sion he was obliged, in order to save his life, to
plunge into the sea, and to support himself, by
dint of swimming, until picked up by a boat be-
longing to H.M.S. Canopus. Being at once re-
ceived into the Thdndeeer 74, Capt. John Talbot,
he served with Sir John Duckworth at the ensuing
passage of the Dardanells, and then accompanied
the expedition to Egypt, where he landed and co-
operated with the army in the two unsuccessful
attacks on Bosetta. From the Thdnderer Mr.
Phepoe, in Sept. 1808, was transferred to the War-
spite 74, commanded by his former Captain, Black-
wood, with whom he continued employed on Home
service until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
13 June, 1809. In the following Sept., after having
been attached to the flotilla in the operations
against Walcheren, he obtained an appointment to
the Aemide 38, Capts. Lucius Ferdinand Hardy-
man, Rich. Dalling Dunn, Fras. Temple, and Sir
Edw. Thos.Troubridge ; in the boats of which ship,
aided by those of the Cadmus sloop and Monkey
and Daring gunbrigs, we find him, 4 May, 1811,
contributing to the destruction of 13 out of a con-
voy of 17 sail, defended, at the He de Re, by bat-
teries on shore, two armed luggers, and several
pinnaces — the loss of the British amounting, on the
occasion, to 3 killed and 3 wounded, all belonging
to the Armide. In command, 19 Oct. following, of
two boats, carrying 22 men, Mr. Phepoe, in com-
pany with two other boats under the orders of
Lieut. Jas. Couch of the Acasta 40, captured in a
calm on the coast of France an American schooner,
the Trojan, pierced for 18 guns, but carrying only
4 12-pounder carronades and 2 swivels, with a crew
of 22 men. From March, 1813, to March, 1814, he
served on the Newfoundland station in the Sybille
44, Capts. Clotworthy Upton and Jas. Sanders. The
latter was his last appointment. He accepted his pre-
sent rank 5 Jan. 1848. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
♦ rW« Gas. 1842, p. 3405. + F.Gta 1842, p. 3821.
PHILIPPS. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Griffith Geismond Philipps is son of Com-
mander John Henry Philipps, K.N.
This officer served as jMidshipman of the Dart-
mouth 42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes, at the battle of
Navarin 20 Oct. 1827. He passed his examination
in 1831 ; and obtained, 28 June, 1838, a commission,
the date of which was afterwards altered to 7 Feb.
1844. His appointments have since been— 5 July,
1838, as Additional Lieutenant, to the Cornwallis
72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Harvey in North
America and the West Indies— 28 March, 1839, to
the Seriscapatam 42, Capts. John Leith and Wm.
Ward Percival Johnson, on the same station, whence
he returned to England and was paid off in Nov.
1,841- S.March, 1842, as First, to the Ringdove 16,
Capt. Sir Wm. Daniell, with whom he served in the
West Indies until Feb. 1844—2 June, 1845, to the
Hecate steam-sloop, of 240-horse power, Capt.
Joseph West, fitting for the coast of Africa — and,
23 Nov. 1847, after a brief interval of half-pay, to
the Acheron steam surveying-vessel, of 160-horse
power, Capt. John Lort Stokes, now in the East
Indies. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
PHILIPPS. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 18;
H-p., 33.)
John George Philipps was bom in Sept. 1 783.
His father, the late J. T. Philipps, Esq., was many
years M.P. for the borough of CaermartheUj
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1796, aa a
Vol., on board the Russel 74, Capt. Thos. Larcom,
bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral John Macbride in
the North Sea. Removing, in the following Sept.,
to the Minotaur 74, Capt. Thos. Louis, he served
in that ship, as Midshipman, at the battle of the
Nile 1 Aug. 1798; and, continuing in her until
March, 1802, was present on shore at the capture of
Naples, Civita Vecchia, Rome, &c., co-operated in
the siege of Genoa, and took part in the operations
of 1801 in Egypt. He also, 3 Sept. 1800, served in
one of eight boats which brought out from Barce-
lona Roads, after having sustained a loss of 3 men
killed and 5 wounded, the Spanish corvettes Esme-
rdlda and Paz of 22 guns each, although defended
by a heavy fire from four strong batteries, 10 gim-
boats, two schooners, armed between them with 4
long 36-pounders, and a fort upon Mount loni,
which threw shells. The enemy in the affair had
3 men killed and 21 wounded. On leaving the Mi-
notaur, as above, Mr. Philipps joined the Ardent
64, Capt. Wm. Nowell, on the Home station ; where,
and on the coast of Northl' America, we find him,
until March, 1806, employfed in succession, the
greater part of the time as Acting-Lieutenant and
Lieutenant, in the Argonaut and Leander, flag-
ships of Admiral Bartholomew Samuel Rowley and
Sir Andrew Mitchell, Cambrian 40, Capt. Wm.
Bradley, and Avenger sKiop, Capt. Thos. White.
His official promotion took place while he was m.
the latter vessel, 8 Feb. 1805; His subsequent ap-
pointments were — in March, 1806, to the Lavinia
40, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, employed in the
Channel and on the north coast of Spain — 8 Dec.
1807, to the Pilot 18, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walpole,
lying at Portsmouth — 25 March, 1808, to the
Speedy sloop, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle, at New-
foundland— in March, 1809, to the Majestic 74,
Capt. Thos. Harvey, in the Baltic — and, in Jan.
1810, and April, 1811, to the Redpole 10, Capt.
Cohn Macdonald, and Monmout^ 64, bearing the
flag of the late Sir Thos. Foley, both in the Downs.
Becoming, in May, 1814, Signal-Lieutenant to the
officer last mentioned, he was lent soon afterwards
to the Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir John
Poo Beresford, to assist in escorting Louis XVHI.
from Dover to Calais. He was advanced to his
present rank 22 Oct. following ; and has since been
on half-pay.
Commander Philipps is a Magistrate and De-
puty-Lieutenant for CO. Caermarthen. He married,
in Feb. 1808, and has issue nine children. One
of his sons, Griffith Grismond, is a Lieutenant,
5 Y 2
900
PHILIPPS-PHILIPS— PHILLIMOEE-PHILLIPPS.
and another, Geo. Yaughan, a Midshipman in the
K.N.
PHILIPPS. (LlEDT., 1815. F-p., 15; H-P., 25.)
John Phulipps Philipps entered the Navy, 26
May, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol,, on board the Teme-
KAiRE 98, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton and Edw.
Sneyd Clay ; the former of whom, after having been
for three years and a half employed in the Channel
and Baltic, part of the time nnder the flag of Rear-
Admiral Mailley X>ixon, he rejoined, as Midship-
man, in Deo. 1809, on board the Tonnant 80, com-
manded subsequently, off Cadiz and Lisbon, by
Capts. Hassard St'ackpoole and Sir John Gore.
He next, from June, 1812, until May, 1815, served,
In the Channel, at St. Helena and the Cape of Good
Hope, on the coast of North America, and .in the
West Indies, in the Niemen 38, Capt. Sam. Pym.
In the following Aug., being then at Plymouth in
the San Josef 110, he was presented with a com-
mission bearing date 6 of the preceding March.
His last appointments were, 27 June, 1837, and 8
Aug. 1839, to the command of the Lucifek and
Medusa steam-packets, in which he served until
July, 1844. Agent— W. H. B. Barwis.
PHILIPS. (Ebar-Admibai, of the Red, 1841.
F-p., 17 ; H-p., 45.)
James Robert Philips, a native of Scarborough,
is son of the late Mr. Alex. Philips, Master R.N. ;
and brother of Major John Alex. Philips, of the
Koyal Marines, who, prior to joining that service,
served as Midshipman of the Bei.i.eisIiE 74 in the
action off Cape Trafalgar.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Oct. 1785, as
A.B., on board the Resolotioh, Capt. Israel Pellew,
with whom he was for two years employed on the
coast of Ireland. Between 1789 and April, 1796, he
served on the Home -and West India stations in the
SwAitow sloop, Capts. Wm. Hargood and Jas.
Bissett, Inconstant 36, Capt. Geo. Wilson, Camel
store-ship, commanded by his father, Camekidge
74, Capt. Rich. Boger, Saupson 64, Capt. Robt.
Montagu, Bellona 74, Capt. Geo. Wilson, Wool-
wich 44, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, and Majestic 74,
bearing the flag of Sir John Laforey. Of the latter
ship he was created a Lieutenant 10 Dec. 1795.
He had previously, in 1794, when Midshipman of
the Bellona, assisted at the defence of Fort Ma-
tilda, Guadeloupe. On leaving the Majestic, as
above, he joined the Bbadlieo 40, Capts. Lancelot
Skynner and Fras. Fayerman ; during his servitude
in which ship we find him employed on shore at the
capture of Ste. Lucie in May, 1796, and present, 11
Oct. 1797, in the action off Camperdown. At the
close of that conflict Liaut. Philips took charge of
the Mounikendanij a Dutch 40 ; wherein he had the
misfortune to be -wrecked on a sand near West
Capel. He fell, on the occasion, into the hands of
the enemy, and remained for some time in captivity.
On his restoration to liberty he went back to the
Beaulieu, and proceeded in her to the Mediterra-
nean. Invaliding thence in March, 1800, he joined,
in the following July, the Peincess Royal 98, flag-
ship in the Channel of Sir Erasmus Gower, with
whom he remained until April, 1802. His next ap-
pointments were— 19 July, 1803, and 30 July, 1804,
to the Rdssel 74, Capt. Robt. Williams, and Cen-
turion 50, Capts. Jas. Lind and John Sprat Rainier.
In the latter snip, of which he was First-Lieutenant,
he assisted, 18 Sept. 1804, in gallantly beating off,
in Vizagapatam Roads, a French squadron, by
whom she had been vigorously attacked, consisting
of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Admiral
Linois, and 40-gun frigates AtaUmte and Semillante.
At the commencement of the action, which was
long maintained, Mr. Philips, owing to the absence
of his Captain, was in sole command of the Cehth-
RiON. " I had been on shore," says Capt. Lind at
the beginning of his official narrative addressed to
Vice-Admiral Rainier, " and was not present in the
early part of the action, for, till now, the Centurion
had been under the direction of the First-Lieute-
nant, Mr. Jas. Robt. Philips ; and before I proceed
any further in this account, permit me to notice
the judicious conduct of this deserving and old
officer, and his gaUant defence of the ship against
so superior a force as that of the enemy. I hope.
Sir, his conduct wiU be thought worthy of a reward,
and that he will be esteemed deserving of promo-
tion." * He was, in consequence, advanced to the
rank of Commander 15 March, 1805; and on 28
May, 1806, he was appointed to the Bonetta 14,
gaid ordered, until the arrival of that vessel in port,
to .act as Commander of the Gannet 16. Joining
the Bonetta in the following June, he was em-
ployed, during the remainder of the year, in escort-
ing merchantmen to and from the German rivers,
and in 1807 in affording protection to the trade in
the Baltic; where he took part, under Admiral
Gambler, in the operations against Copenhagen.
He attained Post-rank 13 Oct. 1807; and has siice
been on half-pay. His promotion to Flag-rank
took place 23 Nov. 1841.
PHILLIMOEE. (LiEnxENANT, 1845.)
AuGDSTOS Phillimoee entered the Navy in 1835 ;
passed his examination 17 May, 1842 ; and at the
period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
7 Sept. 1845, was serving as Mate on board the
Hibernia 104 ; in which ship, bearing the flag of
Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean, he still
continues.
PHILLIPPS. (Lieutenant, 1814.)
Henry Cranmer March Phillipps, bom 23
March, 1793, is fifth son of the late Thos. March
Phillipps, Esq., of More Critchell, co. Dorset, and
Garendon Park and Grace Dieu Manor, co. Lei-
cester, by Susan, daughter of Chas. Lisle, Esq., of
Moyles Court, co. Hants. He is brother-in-law of
the late Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1806, aa a
Supernumerary, on board the Theseus 74, Capt.
Geo. Hope, lying in Cawsand Bay; and in the
course of the same year Joined the Royal George
100, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, Sophie
sloop, Capt. Wm. Mansell, and Seahorse of 42 guns
and 281 men, Capt. John Stewart. Continuing in
the latter ship until June, 1811, he was employed
during that period in attendance on many diplo-
matic personages, and was afforded an opportunity
of participating in numerous important services.
On the night of 5 July, 1808, in particular, he con-
tributed to the capture, after a furious engagement
and a loss to the Seahorse (30 of whose crew were
absent) of 5 men killed and 10 wounded, of the
Turkish man-of-war Badere Zoffer, mounting 52
guns, with a complement of 543 men, of whom 170
were slain and 200 wounded. The Alis Fezcm, of
26 guns and 230 men, a ship which had been also
opposed to the Seahorse, was at the same time put
to flight. After a servitude of two years as Mid-
shipman in the Valiant 74, Capt. Robt. Dudley
Oliver, Mr. Phillipps, in July, 1813, being then on
the North American station, became Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Wasp sloop, Capt. Thos. Everard.
He was confirmed a Lieutenant 10 March, 1814.
At the commencement of the peace he was serving
on board the Eridands 36, Capts. Henry Prescott,
Wm. Paterson, and Wm. King. Since he left that
frigate he has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
PHILLIPPS. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
Robert Phillipps, born 6 Aug. 1807, is fifth and
youngest son of the late Rev. John Phillipps, of
Lower Eaton, co. Hereford, Rector of Stoke St.
Milborough, eo. Salop, by Anne, fourth daughter of
Chas. Pye, Esq., of Wadley, in Berkshire. Two of
his brothers, Charles and Henry, were lately Cap-
tains in the 3rd Light Dragoons.
This officer entered the Navy 10 Aug. 1820;
passed his examination in 1827 ; obtained his com-
mission 26 Feb. 1830 ; served from 15 June, 1837
* Vide Gaz, 1805, p. 334.
PHILlrlPS— PIIILLOTT.
901
until paid o£f at the close of 1840, as First-Lieute-
nant, in the Sparrowhawk 16, Capt. John Shep-
herd (6), on the Brazils and Cape of Good Hope
stations ; and since 18 July, 1845, has been in com-
mand of the Bloodhodnd steamer of 150 horse-
power. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
PHILLIPS. (Commander, 1848.)
Charles Gerrans Phillips entered the Navy
25 Nov. 1820 ; passed his examination in 1827 ; and
obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838. His
succeeding appointments were — 21 Sept. 1839, to
the Terror, Capt. Eras. Kawdon Moira Crozier, in
which vessel he sailed with an expedition under
Capt. Jas. Clarke Ross, for the purposes of magnetic
research and geographical discovery in the Ant-
arctic Ocean— and, 23 Nov. 1843, as First-Lieute-
nant, to the Helena 16, Capt. Sir Comwallis
Ricketts, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope, whence
he returned to England and was paid off in 1847.
He was advanced to the rank of Commander 31
Jan. 1848. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
PHILLIPS. (LiEDT., 1812. F-p., 15; h-p., 31.)
Edward Phillips was bom 22 Aug. 1790. His
grandfather, Lieut. Rich. Lang, was nearly 50 years
a commissioned ofiicer in the service.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 July, 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Goliath 74, Capts. Wm.
Essington, Chas. Brisbane, and Robt. Barton, em-
ployed in the Channel and West Indies — for some
time under the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth.
In Feb. 1806 he removed as Midshipman (a rating
he had attained in June, 1802) to the St. George
98, flag-ship in the Baltic and Channel of Rear-
Admirals Eliab Harvey and Fras. Pickmore ; he
next, from Nov. 1809 until Oct. 1812, served, in the
North Sea and Baltic, on board the Heartt 14,
Lieut.-Commander Wm. Wickham, Cresst 74, Capt.
Chas. Dudley Pater, and Victory 100, flag-ship of
Sir Jas. Saumarez ; and on 20 Nov. in the latter
year he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the Rose
sloop, Capt. Thos. Mansell. In the Goliath, Mr.
Phillips witnessed the capture, 28 June, 1803, and
11 and 18 Aug. 1805, of La Mignonne of 16 guns
and 80 men. La Faune of 16, and La Torchs of
18 guns. While attached to the HEAETr he re-
took a galliot, and cut out a Danish privateer. The
Quick Huntsman ; and when in the Cressy, besides
making prize of another privateer, he came into
contact, in 1811, with a flotilla of 40 gun-boats.
Although the latter had been the aggressors, several
of them were taken by the Ckessy. When after-
wards in charge of a Russian brig, Mr. Phillips was
cast away and taken prisoner on the coast of Lap-
land. During the winter of 1812, at which time he
was serving on board the Rose, he assisted at the
capture by that sloop of every vessel that came out
from Norway or Jutland. Lieut. Phillips' last ap-
pointment was to the Calliope 10, Capts. John
M'Kerlie, John Codd, and Alex. Maconochie, with
whom he continued from 25 May, 1813, imtil paid
off in Sept. 1815. On 8 July, 1813, he was for two
hours in action with the enemy's naval force at
Cuxhaven ; and on 31 of the following Oct., having
been sent up the river Weser in charge of the boats
of the Calliope and Wrangler, he passed the
strong batteries of Bremerlehe and Blexen (at the
surrender of which he was shortly afterwards pre-
sent), and succeeded in capturing two row-boats,
one carrying 16 the other 12 men, together with
four sail of merchantmen, lying offBraak, where he
ilso aided in taking possession of two 20-gun cor-
vettes that were building. During the expedition
igainst New Orleans Lieut. Phillips, with the Cal-
liope's cutter in charge, co-operated with the small-
irm men under Capt. Rowland Money, and the
troops under Colonel Thornton, at the storming of
a battery on the Mississippi, 8 Jan. 1815.
He married, 28 Nov. 1825, Miss Mary Clapshaw.
PHILLIPS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 33 ; h-p. 9.)
Frederick Phillips entered the Navy, 28 Aug.
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74,
Capts. Chas. Dudley Paler and John Erskine
Douglas ; under the latter of whom we find him
present, as Midshipman, at the destruction of the
French 74-gun ship Impe'tueux, off Cape Henry, 14
Sept. 1806, also in the attack upon the enemy's fleet
in Basque Roads and in the expedition to the Wal-
oheren in 1809, and at the capture, 18 Dec. 1810, of
Le Hems du Nord privateer of 14 guns and 44 men.
On 22 June, 1807, he chanced to be, as a Supernu-
merary, on board the Leopard 50, Capt. Salusbury
Pryce Humphreys, when that ship compelled the
U. S. frigate Chesapeake to surrender, in consequence
of a refusal on the part of the latter to allow the
British to search her for deserters. Following Capt.
Douglas from the Bellona, in May, 1812, into the
Prince of Wales 98, he sailed with him soon after-
wards for the Mediterranean, where, in April, 1814,
he beheld the fall of Genoa. On his return to Eng-
land in April, 1815, from the West Indies, whither
he had gone with convoy in the Swiitsdre 74, Capt.
Wm. Henry Webley Parry, Mr. Phillips found that
he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
7 Feb. preceding. From May, 1824, until March,
1831, he served in the Coast Blockade as a Super-
numerary of the Ramillies 74 and Hyperion 42,
Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He
has been since serving in the Coast Guard.
PHILLIPS. (Lieut, 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p,, 31.)
William Phillips entered the Navy, 12 April,
1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sheldrake 16,
Capt. John Thicknesse, employed on the Jersey
and Guernsey station, where he came into frequent
contact with the enemy's gun-brigs and batteries,
and was more tiian once engaged in cutting out
their vessels. In 1809, having removed as Midship-
man to the DioMEDE 50, Capt. Hugh Cook, he sailed
with Vice-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury for the
East Indies, whence, in March, 1811, we find him
escorting several of the Hon. Co.'s ships by St.
Helena. In the following Sept. Mr. Phillips was
received on board the Ulysses 44, in which ship he
continued to serve under the flags, off Jersey and
Cherbourg, of Admirals D'Auvergne and Wm.
Brown, until Sept. 1812. During the next 12 months
he was employed at the blockade of the Texel, as
Master's Mate, in the Dannemaek 74, Capt. Henry
Edw. Reginald Baker. He then joined the Med-
way 74, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Tyler at the
Cape of Good Hope. In Nov. 1815, having been
awarded a commission dated 6 of the preceding
March, he returned to England. He has since been
on half-pay. He married in 1817, and has issue one
son and seven daughters.
PHILLOTT. (Captain, 1818. p-p., 24 ; h-p., 29.)
Charles George Rodney Phillott entered the
Navy, 27 Jan. 1794, as Captain's Servant, on board
the Vangdaed 74, Capt. John Stanhope, then on the
eve of her departure for the West Indies ; and was
afterwards, until advanced to the rank of Lieute-
nant, 1 July, 1801, employed on various stations in
the Avenger sloop, Capt. Chas. Ogle, Rdby 64,
Capt. Henry Edwin Stanhope, America 64, Com-
modore John Blanket, Neptune 98, bearing the
broad pendant of Sir Erasmus Gower, Achille
74, Capts. H. E. Stanhope and Geo. Murray, and
Agincourt 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas.
Morice Pole. As Midshipman of the Rdey, we find
him present at the detention of five Dutch men-of-
war, together with a large convoy, in Plymouth
Sound, 19 Jan. 1795 ; and, in the course of the same
year, assisting at the rednction of the Cape of Good
Hope. In the America he witnessed the surrender
of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay, 17 Aug.
1796. On the occasion of his promotion, as above,
Mr. Phillott joined the Terror bomb, Capt. Sam.
Campbell Rowley, with whom he continued cruizing
in the Baltic until the close of the following Oct.
Being next, 31 Aug. 1802, appointed to the Amphion
32, Capts. Thos. Masterman Hardy, Sam. Sutton,
and Wm. Hoste, he sailed in that ship for the Medi-
terranean, in the early part of 1803, with the flag on
board of Lord Nelson, and was afterwards afforded
an opportunity of participating, more or less promi-
nently, in a train of valuable and distinguished ser-
5 Y3
902
PHILLPOTTS-PHIPPS.
Ticea. On 5 Oct. 1804 lie contributed to the capture
of three Spanish frigates, and the destruction of a
fourth, off Cape St. Mary; in the summer of 1805
he accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies
and back, in pursuit of the combined squadrons of
France and Spain ; he assisted, in the following
Nov., at the defeat, although supported by the fire
of an immense battery, of a division of about 30
Spanish gun-boats, which had come out of Algeciras
in the hope of capturing a British convoy ; and in
the summer of 1806 he was present at the debarka-
tion of the troops immediately prior to the battle of
Maida, as also at the capture of the town of Reggio,
and of the important fortress of Cotrone, with all its
stores and magazines, and upwards of 600 troops.
He next, 12 May, 1808, shared in a very spirited
engagement of many hours with several heavy bat-
teries in the Bay of JElosas, in an attempt to cut out
the French frigate-built SDO-ton store-ship Baleine,
mounting from 26 to 30 guns, with a crew of 150
men. In command, 8 Feb. 1809, of the boats of
the Amphion and Kedwing, he landed on the island
of Melida, in the Gulf of Venice, brought off 3 guns,
and destroyed two large stores of oil and wine.*
He also, 23 April following, with a division of
the boats of the Amphion, Spartan, and Mehcdey
under his orders, behaved in an exemplary manner
at the capture of 13 valuable merchantmen lying in
the mole of Pesaro ;t and, on 27 Aug. in the same
year, he signalized himself by his gallant attack on
the strong fort of Cortelazzo, near Trieste, which he
stormed and carried at the head of a detachment.of
70 ofBcers, seamen, and marines — occasioning the
simultaneous surrender, within sight of an Italian
squadronoffVenice, of sixof the enemy's gun-boats,
and a convoy of merchant-trabaccolos anchored for
protection under its walls.J In Jan. 1810, having
been rewarded for his conspicuous conduct on the
latter occasion by a commission bearing date the
same day, Capt. Phillott left the Amphion ; and, on
25 Oct. following, assumed command of the Pkim-
BOSE 18, in which vessel, besides accompanying Sir
Joseph Sydney Yorke with a body of troops to
Lisbon, he served in the Scheldt and North Sea,
twice escorted convoy to North America, and was
for some time stationed on the coast of Spain.§ He
* TMeGaz.ISOg, p. «22. t ^'. Gaz. 1S09, p. 1257.
1 V. Gas. 1809, p. 1906.
9 The following is taken from Marshall's * Naval Biography,'
Supplement, Part IV., pp. 193-5 :—
"On the 12th of March, 1814, being then in lat. 43" 16' N.,
long. 10° 56' W., he discovered and made sail after a strange
brig on his lee tow, running nearly before the wind. Ob-
serving that she altered her course to avoid him, that she
frequently yawed about as the Primrose approached (with
a large red ensign at the peak), and that she had neither
lower studding-sail nor royals set, he supposed her to be an
English vessel in the hands of a prize crew. Unfortunately
her real charaiiter was not discovered nor even suspected,
until after much mischief had been done. It may here be
as well to state that the stranger was a King's Packet named
the Dl'KE of Marlborough, commanded by Capt. John
Bull, and employed in conveying a mail from Falmouth to
Lisbon. On observing the Primrose bear up and make sail,
Capt. Bull suspected her to be an American cruizer, and
made the private signal, in order to ascertain whether she
was an enemy or not ; the end on position of the two brigs,
however, together with their distance from each other, and
the circumstances of his flags being only half the established
size,preventedthepossibility of making it out, At7 55 P.M.,
it being then too dark for flags of any size to be distinguished,
the Packet, after an ineffectual attempt to make the private
night-signal, opened her stern chasers (long brass nines), shot
' away most of tlie supposed American's headgear, including
jib and flying jib-stays, and continued firing them with consi-
derable precision for about 20 minutes. The Primrose tlien
ranged up on her larboard quarter and hailed three times, but
was only answered by as many single guns, followed by a
whole broadside. Upon this Capt. Pliillott gave her a gun or
two, and endeavoured to lay her on board, but his head-braces
being shot away, he failed in the attempt, and some little time
elapsed before he could again overtake her. The PbimbdsB
then commenced firing in earnest. The Packet was, of course,
soon silenced, and upon her being once more hailed the
painful truth came out. Her damages proved to be of a very
serious nature ; two 32-pound shot had passed through just
below the water's edge. She had between three and four feet
water in her hold, and the leak was fast increasing ; her niasts
were much injured, and her standing and running rigging
nearly all cut away. Her loss consisted of two passengers
killed and ten or twelve other persons wounded. The Prim-
was engaged also in conveying troops irom the river
Garonne to Bermuda; and on 25 Aug. 1814 he
effected the destruction, off the Savannah river, of
the American privateer Pike, of 13 guns and a com-
plement of 85 men, 47 of whom were on board.*' In
Feb. 1815, in command of a division of boats be-
longing to the squadron under Sir Geo. Cockburn
at Cumberland Island on the coast of Georgia, he
proceeded up St. Mary's river to a considerable
distance for the purpose of surprising a detachment
of the enemy ; but finding the attempt impracti-
cable, and having been for many hours exposed to a
gaUing fire from the heights along both banks of
the stream, during which 3 men were killed and 15
wounded, including himself, in five places, by a rifle-
ball and buck-shot, he found it imperative on him to
return. On their way back, the boats behaved with
the greatest cookiess and order.f In Aug. 1815 the
Pbimrose was paid off. She was, however, immedi-
ately re-commissioned, on the peace establishment,
by Capt. Phillott, who continued to command her,
on the Jamaica station, until again paid off, 19 Dec.
1818. His promotion to Post-rank took place on 7 of
that month. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
PHILLPOTTS. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
George PnittPOTTS died in 1845, on board the
Hazard sloop.
This officer entered the Navy 5 Sept. 1827 ; passed
his examination 26 Nov. 1833; obtained his com-
mission 12 Nov. 1841 ; and was successively, 8 Feb.
and 15 Dec. 1842, appointed to the Vixen steamer
and Hazard 18, Capts. Henry Boyes and Fras.
Philip Egerton, both on the East India station,
where he died. Agent — Joseph "Woodhead.
PHIPPS. (araptaiU, 1814.)
Weston Phipps died in 1847, at Barnstaple.
This offtcer entered the Navy, in 1798, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Scorpion sloop, in which vessel
and the Snake, both commanded by Capt. Chas.
Tinling, he was, until 1800, actively occupied on
the Home and West India stations. After again
serving for about two years in the West Indies, as
Midshipman, in the Castor frigate, Capts. Kobt.
Fanshawe and Rich. Peacocke, he successively, in
April, 1803, and April, 1805, joined the Thunderer
74, Capt. Wm. Bedford, and Hibernia 1 10, flag-
ship of Lord Gardner, both in the Channel, where
he became Sub-Lieutenant, 14 Oct. in the latter
year, of the Surinam sloop, Capts. Alex. Shippard
and John Lake, Acting-Lieutenant, in July, 1806, of
the Hibernia, bearing the flag of Lord St. Vincent,
and full Lieutenant, 4 Aug. 1806, of the Aigle 36,
Capt. Geo. Wolfe. He was next, until advanced to
the rank of Commander, 30 April, 1810, employed,
still on Home service, in the Implacable 74, Capt.
Thos. Byam Martin, and Mineeve frigate, Capt.
Rich. Hawkins. He attained the rank of Captain 7
June, 1814 ; and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
PHIPPS. (Lieut., 1810. r-p., 10 ; h-p., 34.)
William Phipps entered the Navy, 21 June,
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef 110,
Capts. John Tremayne Rodd and Tristram Robt.
Ricketts, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton in the
Channel. In March, 1806, he rejoined Capt. Rodd,
as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Aug.
1804) on board the Indefatigable 44; in which
ship, commanded subsequently by Capts. Henry
Edw. Reginald Baker and John Broughton, he con-
tinued for four years employed in the Bay of Biscay
and on the north coast of Spain. On 11 Sept. 1810,
at which period he was again serving under Sir
Chas. Cotton in the San Josef on the Mediterra-
nean station, he was made Lieutenant into the
MisA. bomb, Capt. John Fordyoe Maples, lying
in Cadiz Bay. His name was next, from 9 Nov.
BOSH had one man slain, her Master (Mr. Andrew Leach),
one petty oflicer and twelve men wounded ; but, with the
exception of a shot in the mtiinmast, and her sails been
much cut by those fired at her during the chase, she sustained
no other damage than what has been stated above."
* Fide Gaz, 1814, p. 2123. •(■ T. Gaz. 1815, p. 871.
PHIPPS— PICKARD— PICKERNELL.
903
1813 until 2 Feb. 1814, borne on the books of tbe
Beevdragekek 12. He has since been on hall-pay.
He had been superseded from the Mtsa in Dec.
1812. Agedts— Messrs. Chard.
PHIPPS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
William Hdgh Phipps passed his examination
8 Oct. 1844; served as Mate, from 16 Dec. 1845,
until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 9 Nov.
1846, in the Rattler steam-sloop, of 200 horse-
power, Capt. Henry Smith (b) ; became, 81 Deo. fol-
lowing, Additional-Lieutenant of the Caledonia
120, flag-ship of Sir John West at Devonport; and
since 12 April, 1847, has been attached, in a similar
capacity, to the Collingwood 80, bearing the flag
of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour in the Pacific. While
on the books of the Caledonia he was employed
in her tender the Avenger steam-frigate of 650
horse-power.
PICKAED. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Benjamin Spencer Pickard is son of Commander
Jas. Pickard, E..N.
This officer obtained his commission 10 Aug. 1843 ;
was appointed, 15 March, 1845, Additional-Lieute-
nant of the Vindictive 50, fitting for the flag of Sir
Geo. Fras. Seymour; and, from 5 April following
until 1847, was employed in the Melampus 42,
Capt. John Norman Campbell, on the East India
station.
PICKAED. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 18;
H-K, 33.)
James Pickard, bom 28 June, 1781, at Birming-
ham, is son of the late Mr. Jas. Pickard, of that
town, who succeeded in effecting many great im-
provements in the steam-engine.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1796, as
A.B., on board the Diana 38, Capt. Jonathan
FauIknor,-stationed off the coast of Ireland. While
serving next as Midshipman, between Aug. 1797 and
March, 1801, in the Boadicea 38, Capts. Bich.
Goodwin Keats and Chas. Rowley, he was long and
arduously employed with the in-shore squadron at
the blockade of Brest, assisted at the capture of
many of the enemy's privateers and merchantmen,
and was present in an attack made 2 July, 1799, by
Rear- Admiral Chas. Morice Pole on a Spanish sqjasr
dron in Aix Roads. Rejoining Capt. Keats as Mas-
ter's Mate, in March, 1801, on board the Superb 74,
he continued actively occupied in that ship on the
Lisbon and Mediterranean stations until nominated
by Lord Nelson, 2 April, 1805, Acting-Lieutenant of
the Canopob 80, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, bear-
ing the flag of the late Sir Thos. Louis. While in
that ship, to which he was confirmed by commission
dated 11 Oct. 1805, he visited various parts of the
Mediterranean, and accompanied the hero to the
West Indies and back in pursuit of the combined
squadrons of France and Spain. He also enacted a
part in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and,
after assisting at the capture on the coast of France
of the French 40-gun frigate Le President, returned
to the Mediterranean, where, in 1807, the Canopcs
formed the van-ship of Sir John Duckworth's squa-
dron at the passage and re-passage of the Darda-
nells, and then proceeded to join the force engaged
in the expedition to Egypt. On her arrival at Alex-
andria, Lieut. Pickard, with the launches of several
transports. under his orders, was sent up the river
Nile lor the purpose of carrying provisions for the
use of the troops employed against Rosetta ; on the
failure of the attack on which place we find him
bringing down many of the wounded soldiers. The
siege being shortly afterwards renewed, he was
placed in command of a party of 50 seamen attached
to the naval brigade under Capt. Benj. HallowelL;
with whom he continued for three weeks under the
walls of Rosetta. The British were then again re-
duced to the necessity of retiring — six of the Cano-
PDs' people falling, during the retreat, into the
hands of the enemy. Subsequently to the death of
Sir Thos. Louis, which took place 17 May, 1807,
Lieut. Pickard was intrusted with the command of
the gun-boats employed on the Egyptian lakes. In
the following Aug. he removed with Capt. Short-
land to the Queen 984 and he was afterwards ap-
pointed—14 Oct. 1808, to the Onyx 10, Ca,pt. Chas.
Gill, lying at the Nore— 29 of the same month, to
the Halad 38, Capts. Thos. Dundas, Geo. Cocks,
Henry Hill, and Philip Carteret, stationed chiefly
off the coast off France— and 17 April, 1812, as Se-
nior, to the Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker. In
the Naiad, under Capt. Carteret, he shared, 20 and
21 Sept. 1811, in two actions with divisions ol' the
Boulogne flotilla. On the last-mentioned occasion
the Naiad sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 14
wounded, but succeeded in taking one of the ene-
my's praams, La Ville de Lyon; which vessel bad
upwards of 30 of her people either killed or wounded.
As Senior of the Tenedos Lieut. Pickard was most
actively employed on the coast of North America,
where he assisted in making a large number of prizes,
and in blockading in the port of Boston the II. S.
frigates President and Congress. He invalided home
from the effects of the climate in May, 1814, and
found on his arrival that he had been promoted, 7
June, 1814, to the command of the Rovjer sloop.
The state of his health at the time did not permit of
his joining, and although constant in his applica-
tions he has not been since able to procure employ-
ment.
Commander Pickard married, in March, 1815,
Jane, only surviving child (she had had two brothers,
one of whom, Benjamin Spencer, Lieut. RJVI., had
fallen on board the Edgar 74, at Copenhagen, 2
April, 1801) of the Rev. Benj. Spencer, LL.D., who
was for 52 years Vicar of Aston, near Birmingham,
for 44 years Rector of Wotton, in Lincolnshire, and
lor 42 years a Magistrate for cos. Warwick and
Stafford, in which latter capacity he rendered essen^
tial service to Government during the great Bir-
mingham riots. With two daughters, Commander
Pickard has issue three sons, two of them, Benj.
Spencer and Spencer Hicks, Lieutenants R.N., and
the other, James, a First-Lieutenant R.M. (1845)-
Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
PICKAED. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Spencer Hices Pickard is son of Commander
Jas. Pickard, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 3 Nov. 1837^
and after having served as Mate on the JMediterra-
nean and East India stations in the Calcutta 84^
Capts. Sir Sam. Roberts and Geo. Fred. Rich, and
Spiteful steam-sloop, Capt. Wjn. Maitland, was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Sept. 1845.
He was then appointed Additional of the Agingourt
72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, also in the
East Indies, whence he returned in 1847. He has
been serving, since 28 Jan. 1848, at Devonport, in
the San Josef 110, Capt. Sir Henry John Leeke.
PICKEENJSLL. (Commander, 1810. p-p., 19^
H-p., 38.)
Peter Giles Pickernell was born 15 Feb.
1772.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1790, as a
Volunteer, on board the Meleager, Capt. Nathaniel
Brenton, lying in the river Medway, where he re-
jnoved shortly afterwards to the Leviathan 74,
Capt. Lord Mulgrave, and in Nov. of the same year
was paid off. Re-embarking, in Nov. 1793, on board
the Magicienne 32, Capt. Geo. Martin, he sailed
for the West Indies, and was there for nearly two
years most actively employed. While at anchor in
1794 at Port-au-Prince, St. Domingo, we find him
serving with the boats under Acting-Lieut. Forbes
in an unsuccessful attempt made to cut a privateer
of 6 or 8 guns out from a small bay on the north
side of the Bight of Leogane ; and subsequently
present, with the Belliqueux, Sceptre, and Her-
mione, in a severe action with a battery on Pointe
Leogane. On his return to England, after having
gone through scenes of great mortality, Mr. Picker-
nell was transferred, in Sept. 1795, to the Prince
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PICKTHORN— PIERCE.
OF Wales 98, bearing the flag on the coast of France
of the late Sir Henry Harvey, by whom, having
again sailed for the West Indies, he was placed, a,t
the close of 1796, in command of the Alexandria
tender, carrying 8 4-pounders, with a crew of 30
men. During a continuance of nearly four years in
that vessel he was constantly engaged in carrying to
different parts of the station the despatches of Ad-
miral Harvey and his successor Lord Hugh Sey-
mour. He very often, too, came into contact with
the enemy's privateers, six or seven of which he had
the good fortune to capture. One of these, mount-
ing 8 guns, with a crew of 70 men, he made prize of,
after an action of three-quarters of an hour, 9 Oct.
1799 — the very day that an order he had received,
in May, 1798, from Admiral Harvey to act as Lieu-
tenant had been confirmed by the new Commander-
in-Chief. We are informed that Mr. Pickernell was
the only Acting-Lieutenant whom Lord Hugh Sey-
mour on his arrival did not supersede. During his
command of the Alexandria it must be recorded
that he witnessed the capture of Trinidad, the un-
successful attack upon Puerto Rico, and the reduc-
tion of Surinam. His appointments, after the Prince
OF Wales had been paid off, were— 5 Sept. 1800, to
the Royal Sovereign 100, bearing the flag of Sir
H. Harvey, with whom he served, principally off
Brest, until the peace of Amiens — 30 Aug. 1803, to
the Severn 44, commanded by the Duke de Bouil-
lon off Jersey — 21 Aug. 1804, to the Galtkheid 64,
Capt. Isaac WoUey, lying in the river Humber — 9
April, 1805, to the Revenge 74, Capts. Robt. Moor-
som and Sir John Gore, in which ship he served as
Second Lieutenant at the battle of Trafalgar, 21
Oct. 1805, and as First at the capture, by Sir Sam.
Hood, of four French frigates off Rochefort, 25
Sept. 1806—22 Jan. 1807, to the Excellent 74,
Capt. John West, fitting at the Nore — and 13 July,
1808, to the command of the 12-gun brig Gallant.
In the latter vessel, after cruizing in the Downs,
and previously to being sent to the coast of Scot-
land, he accompanied the expedition to the Wal-
cheren, and assisted in destroying the enemy's bat-
teries on South Beveland. He attained his present
rank 4 July, 1810. The only active appointment he
could ever afterwards succeed in obtaining was to
the Ordinary at Sheerness, where he served for a pe-
riod of three years,'dating from 22 Oct. 1823. He was
admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital
11 Dec. 1846.
Commander Pickernell married, 7 Feb. 1807, and
has issue six children. Agent — Wm. H. B. Bar-
wis.
PICKTHOEN. (Lieutenant, 1808. f-p., 18 ;
H-p., 33.)
John Pickthorn is a native of Devonport, co.
Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Oct. 1796, as
Ordinary, on board the Alexander 74, Capts. Jo-
seph Bullen, Alex. John Ball, and P. Ormsby ; in
which ship he came into frequent action with the
enemy's gun-boats and batteries in the neighbour-
hood of Cadiz, and took part in the battle of the
Nile, in the blockade of Malta, and in various ope-
rations along the coast of Italy. Quitting the
Alexander in Sept. 1800, he was next, until April,
1802, employed on the Mediterranean and Home
stations as Midshipman (a rating he had previously
attained) in the Guillaume Tell 84, Capt. Thos.
Elphinstone, flag-ship of Admiral Milbank, Alk-
MAAR, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and Malta 84,
Capt. Albemarle Bertie. In March, 1803, he re-
turned to the latter ship, commanded at the time
by Capt. Edw. BuUer on the coast of Spain ; and,
from July, 1804, until Oct. 1806, he served in the
West Indies and Channel on board the Eagle
and Kent 74's, and Ville de Paris 110, all flag-
ships of Sir Edw. Thornbrough ; whom, in Feb.
1807, after having been for about three months at-
tached to the AcASTA_ 40, Capt. Philip Beaver, he
again joined in the Royal Sovereign 100, on the
Mediterranean station. On 3 March, 1808, he was
made Lieutenant into the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas.
Rowley, also in the Mediterranean; where, from
the following July until Jan. 1812, and from May
in the latter year until Oct. 1814, we find him em-
ployed a second time in the Royal Sovereign 100,
Capts. Henry Garrett, David Colby, Abel Ferris,
Henry Whitmarsh Pearse, Joseph Spear, John Har-
vey, and Wm. Bedford, and Unicorn 32, Capts.
Geo. Burgoyne Salt and Sam. Geo. Peohell. During
the first four months of his last servitude in the
Royal Sovereign he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant
to Sir E. Thornbrough. Since he left the Unicorn
he has not been afloat.
In the winter of 1840-1 Lieut. Pickthorn appears
to have been engaged in raising men for the Navy
at Aberdeen. He married the only daughter of
Jas. Russell, Esq., Master-Attendant at North Yar-
mouth.
PIERCE. (Commander, 1823. f-p., 22;
H-p., 22.)
George Pierce entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1803,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thunderer 7'^ Capt.
Wm. Bedford, employed at first on the Irish station
and afterwards in the Channel ; where, and in the
Baltic, North Sea, and West Indies, he served from
Feb. 1805, until promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant, 21 March, 1812, as Midshipman and Mas-
ter's Mate, in the Hibernia 110, flag-ship of Lord
Gardner, Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Geo. Aldham,
Prince of Wales 98, and Ville de Paris again,
bearing the flags of Admirals Edw. Thornbrough,
Sir Jas. Saumaxez, and Lord Gambler, Apelles
sloop, Capt. Thos. Oliver, Neptune 98, and Statira
38, flag-ships of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, Dragon
74, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. Laforey, Gany-
mede and Barbadoes frigates, Capts. Robt. Preston
and Edw. Rushworth, and a second time in the
Dragon under Sir F. Laforey. In the Prince of
Wales he accompanied the expedition of 1807 to
Copenhagen ; and, while attached to the Apelles, he
commanded agun-boat in the attack upon Walcheren
in 1809. His appointments in the capacity of Lieu-
tenant (prior to his attainment of which rank he
had been upwards of two years on the list for pro-
motion) were — 1 Oct. 1812, to the Mdlgrave 74,
Capt. 'Thos. Jas. Maling, stationed in the Mediter-
ranean, where he partook of much boat-service, and
was present in the partial action fought with the
Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813—1 Oct. 1814, to the Comus
22, Capt. John Tailour, under whom, while em-
ployed on the coast of Africa, he ascended the new
Calabar river as high as Duke's Town (the Comus
was the first man-of-war that ever did so) and as-
sisted in the boats at the capture of several slavers
— 3 July, 1816, as Senior, after eight months of
half-pay, to the Beelzebub bomb, Capts. Wm.
Kemptnorne and Fred. Thos. Michell, in which
vessel he served at the bombardment of Algiers —
18 Dec. 1816, to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Wm.
Aug. Baumgardt, lying at Sheerness — 13 May, 1817,
to the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell
at Cork — 7 Dec. 1818, to the Windsor Castle 74,
Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild at Plymouth — and,
29 June, 1821, and 28 March and 6 Dec. 1822, to
the Bulwark 76, Gloucester 74, and Prince Re-
gent 120, flag-ships of Sir B. Hallowell in the river
Medway. The day preceding his promotion to the
rank of Commander, 5 Sept. 1823, he officiated as
Aide-de-Camp to Viscount MelviUe at the opening
of the new basin and dock at Sheerness. He was
afterwards, from 15 June, 1832, until 1835, employed
as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard.
Commander Pierce, during the last nine years,
has filled the office of Secretary to the " Sailor's
Home," in Wells Street, London Docks. In 1843
he was examined before the House of Commons on
the state of the Merchant Seamen's Fund. He is
married and has issue.
PIERCE. (Lieut,, 1807. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Pierce entered the Navy, 1 March, 1799,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the William, Capt. Eo-
PIERSON— PIGOT.
905
binson, lying at Woolwich ; removed, in the follow-
ing Sept., to the Zealand 64, Capt. Parr, flag-ship
at the Nore ; served, from Dec. in the same year,
until July, 1802, part of the time as Midshipman,
in the Resolution 74, Capts. Wm. Mitchell and
Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, on the Home and West
India stations; and in March, 1803, joined the
Antelope 50, Commodore Sir Wm. Sidney Smith.
On 16 May, 1804, we find him present in a gallant
attack made by a squadron under the orders of the
latter officer upon a division of the enemy's flotilla
passing alongshore from Flushing to Ostend. Ac-
companying Sir W. S. Smith subsequently to the
Mediterranean In the Pompbe 74, he was there, 24
June 1806, nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the
SiRins 36, Capt. Wm. Prowse ; to which vessel he
was confirmed by the Admiralty 1 Sept. 1807. He
returned home in May, 1808 ; and while next at-
tached, between Aug. of that year and Deo. 1813,
to the AcHiLLE 74, Capts. Sir Rich. King, John
Hayes, Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and
Aiskew Paflard Hollis, was employed in the Chan-
nel, in the expedition to the Walcheren and off the
port of Cadiz, and in the Adriatijc, where he aided
in blockading the French and Venetian squadrons
in Venice, consisting of three line-of-battle ships
and a frigate ready for sea, and several of each class
fitting in the arsenal. From May, 1815, to Jan.
1816, Lieut. Pierce was engaged at Cork in impressing
and raising seamen for the service. He has since
been on half-pay. Agents — Pettet and Newton.
PIERSON, Kt. (Captain, 1838. r-P., 22;
H-p., 29.)
SiK William Henry Pierson was born in 1782.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 May, 1796, as
A.B., on board the Asia 64, Capt. Robt. Murray,
bearing the flag of Admiral Vandeput, Commander-
in-Chief in North America, where, in May, 1798, he
attained the rating of Midshipman. In Dec. 1800
he removed to the Belleisle 72, Capts. Wm.
Domett, Chas. Boyles, John Whitby, and Wm.
Hargood ; with the last-mentioned of whom, after
cruizing with the Channel fleet, he proceeded to
the Mediterranean, and next to the West Indies
and back in pursuit of the combined squadrons of
France and Spain. For his conduct as Master's
Mate in the action off Cape Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805,
on which occasion he was wounded,* Mr. Pierson
was promoted, 24 Dec. in that year, to a Lieute-
nancy in the Conqueror 74, Capts. Israel Pellew
and Edw. Fellowes, employed both on the Home
and Mediterranean stations; where, from April,
1810, until July, 1815, we find him in succession
serving in the Northumberland 74, Capts. Wm.
Hargood and Hon. Henry Hotham, Caledonia 120,
flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, Menelaus 38, Capt.
Sir Peter Parker, Ville de Paris 110, and Boyne
98, each under the orders of Capt. Geo. Burlton,
Fylla 22, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, and Ampbion 32,
Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart. While First of the
Fylla, he was slightly wounded, as was a marine,
at the capture, 30 Jan. 1814, of the French lugger
privateer L^Inconnu of 15 guns (pierced for 20) and
109 men, 5 of whom were killed and 4 wounded, f
He was often during the above period engaged in
cutting out the enemy's vessels, and in co-operating
with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia. Be-
tween 30 March, 1824, and 16 Aug. 1825, Lieut.
Pierson served, as Senior, on board the Wellesley
74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, stationed at first
as a guard-ship at Portsmouth, and engaged next
in conveying the present Lord Stuart de Rothesay
to the Brazils ; whence, in Dec. 1825, he returned
home with Capt. Hamond in the Spartiate 76.
Attaining the rank of Commander 27 March, 1826,
he did not again go afloat until appointed, 11 June,
1836, to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Sir John Strutt
Peyton, fitting for the West Indies. In the follow-
ing Oct., while lying, prior to her final departure,
in Kingstown, Dublin, the Madagascar was visited
by the Lord-Lieutenant, the Marquis of Normanby ;
• f^iie GslI. 1805, p. 1484. t f^- Gaz. 1814, p. 280.
and Capt. Pierson on the occasion received the
honour of knighthood. He was advanced to his
present rank 28 June, 1838— two months after the
ship had been paid off; and has not been since em-
ployed.
Sir W. H. Pierson married, in July, 1826, Jane,
daughter of Edw. Daun, Esq., of Warblington, co.
Hants, by whom he has issue two sons and one
daughter.
PIGOT. (Liedtenant, 1842.)
George Pigot died at the commencement of
1846.
This officer entered the Navy 26 July, 1827;
passed his examination 1 Sept. 1835 ; served for
some time in the Mediterranean as. Mate of the
Acheron steamer, Capt. Andrew Kennedy; ob-
tained his commission 7 Feb. 1842 ; and from 18 of
that month until paid off in 1844 was employed in
the East Indies on board the Vindictive 50, Capt.
John Toup Nicolas.
PIGOT, K.C.B., K.C.H. (Vice-Admikal of the
Blue, 1847. r-p., 35; h-p., 24.)
Sir Hugh Pigot is a near relative of Lieut.-
General Sir Robt. Pigot, Bart, (who commanded
the left wing of the British army at the battle of
Bunker's Hill, in North America, and was presented
by George III. with the Colonelcy of the 38th regt.,
as a reward for his distinguished conduct on that
occasion).
This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1788, on
board the Salisbury 50, Capt. Erasmus Gower,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Elliot at New-
foundland, where he removed, in the course of the
same year, to the Merlin sloop, Capt. Edw. Paken-
ham. After having served for three years at Home
with Capt. Andrew Snape Douglas, as Midshipman,
in the Southampton 32, and Goliath and Alcidb
guard-ships, he sailed in 1792 for the Mediterranean
in the Romney 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sam.
Cranston Goodall, whom he accompanied, in May,
1793, into the Princess Royal 98. In 1794, subse-
quently to the evacuation of Toulon, he was nomi-
nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Berwick 74, Capt.
Andrew Sutherland ; but it was not until he had
again, for a short period, performed the duties of
Midshipman in the Princess Rqyal and in the Bri-
tannia 100, the flag-ship of Admiral Wm. Hotham,
that he was officially promoted, 12 Nov. in the same
year, into La Fl^che sloop, Capts. Hon. Henry
Hotham, Shuldham Peard, and Edwards. His next
appointments were to the Gladiator, Capt. John
Pakenham, Surprise 32, Capts. Ralph Willett Miller
and Edw. Hamilton, Monarch 74, bearing the flag
of Sir Rich. Onslow, and .SloLUS, Capt. John Wm.
Spranger. In those ships he served on the Medi-
terranean, Newfoundland, North Sea, Baltic, and
Jamaica stations. Attaining the rank of Commander
29 April, 1802, he was employed in that capacity
off Seaford, in the Speedy sloop, from 24 Aug. 1803
until made Post 8 May, 1804. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — 27 March, 1805, for three months,
to the Dauntless, lying at Shcemess — 7 Feb. and
28 June, 1806, to the Alligator 28 and Circe 32,
both in the West Indies — towards the close of 1808,
to the Captain 74 and Latona 38, on the same
station — 1 Nov. 1810, to the Orpheds 36, in which
ship he was for four years stationed in the West
Indies and at Halifax— and, at the end of 1814, to
the DiOMEDE 50 and Nymphe 38, also on the coast
of North America, whence he returned to England
and was .paid off in Aug. 1815. On 5 April, 1807,
Capt. Pigot, then in the Circe, made prize of
L'AvsterlUz French privateer of 18 guns and 125
men. On 2 March, 1808, he took possession, in the
same ship, of the island of Marie-Galante ;* and on
31 Oct. following he captured in her, near Mar-
tinique, the Palineur national brig of 16 guns and
79 men, 7 of whom were killed and 8 wounded,
with a loss to the Circe, occasioned by a battery on
the Diamond Rock, of 2 men killed and wounded. f
* Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 604. f V. Gai. 1809, p. 15
5Z
906
PIGOT— PIGOTT— PIKE.
On 10 Feb. 1809, at the commencement of which
year, being in the Latona, he commanded the
blockading squadron off Guadeloupe, we find him
assisting at the capture of La Junon French frigate
of 46 guns and 323 men, whose fire wounded 6 of
the Latona's crew. The exertions and activity he
displayed in erecting jury-masts, &c., and putting
the prize in a sea-worthy state, procured him the
warm official thanks of the senior ofiioer present,
Capt. Geo. Scott, of the Hoeatio 38.* On 17
April following Capt. Pigot witnessed (and was
much praised for his spirited exertions during the
chase which preceded) the surrender of the D'Hau-
pouU 74 ;t and on 18 June in the same year he
captured La Fe'lieite, pierced for 42 guns, but having
only 14 of her main-deckers mounted, with a com-
plement of 17 4 men, and a cargo of sugar, coffee,
&c.t ia the Obphehs, besides effecting the de-
struction, 28 April and 11 May, 1813, of the Wampoe
letter-of-marque of 8 guns, and the Holkar priva^
teer of 20 guns, he captured, 20 April, 1814, the
U. S. ship Frolic, of 20 32-pounder carronsides, 2 long
18' s, 539 tons, and 1 7 1 men.§ On 3 Nov. 1825 Capt.
Pigot was appointed Superintendent of the Coast
Blockade and Captain of the KAMir,LiE3 74, in
which ship, and the Talavera of similar force
(he was transferred to her 15 Sept. 1829), he con-
tinued, on the Downs station, until placed in com-
mand, 9 March, 1831, of the Bakham 50, fitting
for the Mediterranean, where he continued the
usual period of three years. He was nominated a
C.B. 26 Sept. 1831, and aK.C.H., accompanied with
the honour of Knighthood, in 1834; created a
Kear-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837, and a Vice-Admiral 6
Aug. 1847 ; and raised, 10 July in the latter year,
to the dignity of a K.C.B. From 16 May, 1844,
until 1 July, 1847, Sir Hugh Pigot commanded-in-
chief on the Cork station.
PIGOT. (CoMMANDEB, 1814. r-p., 17; H-p., 34.)
Richard Henry Holms Pigot, born 20 July,
1787, is son of the late John HoUis Pigot, Esq.,
M.D., of Derby.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 June, 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Pomone 40, Commodore
Sir John Borlase Warren, under whom, while cruiz-
ing with a squadron on the coast of France, he aided
at the capture of many of the enemy's armed and
other vessels, particularly of the frigates Andromaque
and Callicpe. Continuing employed ivith Sir J. B.
Warren until Sept. 1800, he successively followed
him, during that period, into the Canada 74, Temb-
raibe 98, and Renown 74. In the Canada he wit-
nessed the defeat, 12 Oct. 1798, of a French squa-
dron under Commodore Bompart, intended for the
invasion of Ireland ; and when Midshipman of the
Renown, having first accompanied the expedition
to Ferrol, he assisted, 29 Aug. 1800, in the boats of
a squadron, 20 in number, commanded by Lieut.
Henry Burke, at the cutting out, close to the bat-
teries in Vigo Bay, of La Guepe privateer, of 18
guns and 161 men ; which vessel, 25 of whose people
were killed and 40 wounded, was, in 15 minutes,
boarded and carried, with a loss to the British of 3
seamen and 1 marine killed, 3 Lieutenants, 12 sea-
men, and 5 marines wounded, and 1 seaman miss-
ing. On leaving the Renown in Sept. 1800, Mr.
Pigot removed to the Cvnthia 18, Capt. Jas. Halves.
He went back to the former ship in the following
Nov., but, rejoining Capt. Hawes, in Aug. 1801, on
board the Camelion 18, continued to serve with
him in that vessel and the RoEBncic 44, on the Medi-
terranean station, until April, 1802. After an attach-
ment of three years and a half, on Home service, to
the Clyde 38, Capt. John Larmour, Winchelsea,
Lieut.-Commander D. Pope, and Modcheron 16,
Capt. Jas. Hawes, he was nominated, 13 March,
1806, Sub-Lieutenant of the Adder gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander Molyneux Shuldham. He was made
full Lieutenant, 22 Oct. in the latter year, into the
Kangaroo 18, Capt. John Baker, lying in the
Downs; andsubsequently appointed— 14 Nov. 1807,
to the Swiftsure 74, bearing the flag of Sir J. B.
Warren at Halifax— 27 May, 1811, as Senior, to the
Druid frigate, Capts. Thos. Searle and Fras. Stan-
fell, in which ship he served at the sieges of Cadiz
andTarifa— 31 Dec. 1812, as a Supernumerary, to
the San Juan 74, bearing the broad pendant of
Commodore Chas. Vinicombe Penrose at Gibraltar
— and, 31 March, 1814, after 12 months of half-pay,
to the San Domingo 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir
J. B. Warren on the coast of North America. Since
the attainment of his present rank, 31 May, 1814,
he has been on half-pay.
During the war Commander Pigot was often en-
gaged in cutting out the enemy's vessels. He mar-
ried, in 1838, Catherine, daughter of the Rev. J.
Parsons, Rector of Cossington, Derby, by whom he
has had issue one daughter.
PIGOTT. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Leighton Price Pigott is fourth son of the Rev.
John Dryden Pigott, of Edgmond, co. Salop, Rector
of that place and of Habberley, by Frances, second
daughter and co-heir of Henry Bevan, Esq., of
Shrewsbury.
This officer entered the Navy in 1834 ; passed his
examination 6 July, 1840; and, after having served
oil the Mediterranean and Home stations as Mate
in the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, St.
Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley, and
Victoria and Albert yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus.
Fitz-Clarence, was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 22 Oct. 1844. He has been again employed
in the Mediterranean since 18 Nov. 1844, in the
Amazon 26, Capt. Jas. John Stopford.
• Vide Gaz. 1809, p. S43.
X V, Gaz. 1809, p. 1384.
+ f. Gaz. 1809, p. 712.
} V. Gaz. 1814, p. 1415.
PIKE. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 25;
H-p., 29.)
Thomas Pike was born in 1782 at Exeter, co.
Devon. His nephew, Thomas W. R. Pike, is a
Ma,ster R.N. (1842.)
This officer entered the Navy, 14Sept. 1793, as Cap-
tain's Servant, on board the London 98, Capt. Rich.
Goodwin Keats, on the Home station, where he con-
tinued employed, latterly as a Volunteer of the first
class, in the Valiant 74, Capt. Thos. Pringle (part
of Lord Howe's fleet in the action of the 1st of
June), and again with Capt. Keats in the Galatea
32, until Nov. 1794. Re-embarking, 6 July, 1799,
in the Temeraire 98, Capt. Peter Puget, he served
in that ship with Rear-Admirals Sir John Borlase
Warren, Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, and Geo. Camp-
bell, in the Channel, off the coast of Ireland, and in
the West Indies, until Oct. 1802. On the renewal
of hostilities in 1803 he became Midshipman of the
CuLLODEN 74, flag-ship in the Channel of Lord
Keith. Removing shortly afterwards to the Ca-
NOPDS 80, bearing the flags of Kear-Admirals Geo.
Campbell and Sir Thos. Louis, he accompanied the
latter ofiicer in 1805 in Lord Nelson's pursuit of the
combined squadrons of France and Spain to the
West Indies, and back. In July, 1805, he returned
from the Mediterranean to England in the Pee-
voYANTE store-ship, Master-Commander Daniel
M'Coy, for the purpose of passing his examination.
That ordeal having been gone through, he next in
succession joined the Superb 74,* flag-ship of Sii;
John Thos. Duckworth, Temeraire 98 and Auda-
cious 74, Capts. Eliab Harvey and John Larmour,
and ToNNANT 80 ; of which latter ship, bearing the
flag of Rear- Admiral E. Harvey, he was confirmed a
Lieutenant 25 March, 1807. His succeeding ap-
pointments were— 29 July, 1807, to the Theseus
74, Capt. John Poo Beresford, off Ferrol — 30 June
and 22 Oct. 1808, to the Briseis 10, Capt. John
Pettet, and St. George 98, flag-ship of Rear-Ad-
mirals E. Harvey and Fras. Pickmore, stationed in
the Channel and Baltic- in Nov. 1809, to the
Avenger 18, Capt. Thos. White, also in the Baltic
— 13 March, 1811, to the Monmouth 64, as Flag-
• He was sent on board the Superb for the purpose of
joining the Victory, but, the battle of Trafalgar interven-
ing, an opportunity of doing so did not occur.
PIKE— PILCH.
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Lieutenant, in the Downs, to Vice-Admiral Thoa.
Foley— 26 Aug. 1813, to the post of Agent for
Transports Afloat, which he retained until 31 Oct.
1814—26 April, 1815, for five months, to the Ac-
TiEON 16, Capt. John Ross, employed in cruizing to
the westward — in 1821, to the Coast Guard — 23
Hov. 1822, to a four-years' command of the Dili-
gence Revenue-cruizer — and, 18 Deo. 1826, to the
charge, which he retained until 23 Deo. 1831, of the
Semaphore station at Lump's Fort. While he was
in the St. George he succeeded, with a detach-
ment of heats, covered by the guns of the Stand-
ard 64, in bringing off a large Swedish vessel which
had drifted within range of a battery in the Great
Belt. Unsuccessful, after he left the Semaphore
service, in his eftbrts to procure employment, he
accepted, 14 Jan. 1847, the rank he now holds.
We cannot close the present narrative without
alluding to one or two severe disappointments ex-
perienced by the subject of it during the term of
his professional career. While Flag-Lieutenant to
Vice-Admiral Foley he had the honour of steering
the barge of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence on the
occasion of his reviewing the North Sea fleet in the
Downs ; a circumstance which would have been
followed by his immediate promotion to the rank of
Commander, had not H. R. H., considering that
the post he then filled would ensure him that boon,
suggested that the service he had performed should,
on his obtaining it, be made a recommendation for
an appointment. After he had been, however,
nearly two years and a half Flag-Lieutenant, he
found himself under the necessity of resigning in
order to make room for another upon whom Vice-
Admiral Foley wished to confer the commission at
his disposal ! He married in 1808, and has issue
five sons and one daughter.
PIKE. (Retiked Commakder, 1840. f-p., 17;
H-p., 32.)
Walter Pike was bom 11 March, 1785.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 July, 1798, as
A.B., on board the Achille 74, Capts. Hon. Henry
Edwin Stanhope, Geo. Murray, and Edw. BuUer,
with whom he continued employed in the Channel,
principally in the capacity of Midshipman, until
transferred, in April, 1802, to the Ehdvmion 40,
Capts. Philip Chas. Durham and John Larmour,
lying at Portsmouth. After a servitude of two
Sears as Master's Mate in the Isis 50, flag-ship at
"ewfoundlaud of Vice-Admiral Jas. Gambler, he
became successively attached, in the course of
1804, to the Royal William, Swiitscre 74, and
Glory 98, bearing the flags at Spithead and at
Cadiz of Admirals Geo. Montagu and Sir John
Orde. Of the ship last mentioned he was confirmed
a Lieutenant 20 Feb. 1805. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — 22 June, 1805, to the Wolverene
sloop, Capt. Thos. Smyth, at Plymouth — 3 Sept.
following, to the Euryalos 36, commanded in the
Mediterranean by Capts. Hon. Henry Blackwood
and Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, under
the former of whom he took part in the battle of
Trafalgar — 25 Feb. 1809, as First-Lieutenant, to the
Mermaid 32, Capt. Major Jacob Henniker, in which
ship he visited Lisbon and Quebec — and 8 May, 1810,
with similar rank, to the Achates of 16 guns, Capts.
John Davies, Isaac Hawkins Morrison, and Thos.
Lamb Polden Laughame. Under Capt. Morrison
he shared, 21 Oct. 1813, in a very gallant running
action of several hours' duration, fought off" the
coast of France between the Achates, whose sails
and rigging suffered much, and La Trave, a French
frigate of 44 guns and 321 men, which had been
previously dismasted in a gale of wind, and which
was captured two days afterwards by the Andro-
mache 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin. He also, in the same
vessel, witnessed the surrender, to the Ehrotas of
46 guns and 320 men, of another French frigate.
La CforiHrfe, mounting 44 guns and 12 brass swivels,
with a complement of 360 picked men, 25 Feb. 1814.
The Achates was paid off in Nov. 1815 ; and Mr.
Pike, who did not again go afloat, accepted, 12 Aug.
1840, the rank he now holds.
PILCH. (Commander, 1813. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 39).
Robert Filch died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1783, as Cap-
tain's Servant, on board the Thetis frigate, Capt.
John Blankett, with whom he was for four years
employed in the Mediterranean. With the excep-
tion of a brief attachment, in 1790, to the Prince
98, bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis in the Chan-
nel, he did not again go afloat until 1794. He then
joined the Victorious and Venerable 74's, both
under the orders of Sir John Orde ; whom, in 1795,
he followed as Master's Mate into the Prince
George 98, commanded subsequently by Capt. Wm.
Edge. Becoming attached next to the Glory 98
and Thunderer 74, each bearing the flag of Sir
Hugh Cloberry Christian, he assisted, in the latter
ship, at the reduction of Ste. Lucie in May, 1796.
Being confirmed a Lieutenant in the Thdnderer
by commission dated 22 Dec. 1796, he continued to
serve in her on the Jamaica station, under Capts.
Jas. Bowen, Wm. Ogilvie, John Loring, John
Cochet, John Crawley, Temple Hardy, Kobt.
Mends, Wm. Henry Bayntun, and Henry Vansit-
tart, until June, 1801. His subsequent appoint-
ments were— 20 July, 1801, to the Bellerophon 74,
Capts. Lord Garlies and John Loring, employed at
first in the Channel and afterwards in the West
Indies, where, in command of the launches of that
ship and the Elephant 74, he captured, 23 Nov.
1803, under a very smart fire from the enemy's
great guns and musketry, the French national
schooner La Decouverte, mounting 6 long 6-pounders
and 6 swivels, with a complement of 52 men, lying
in the Caracol Passage, near Cape Fran9ois, St.
Domingo— 1 Nov. 1804, to the Glory 98, flag-ship
of Rear- Admirals Sir John Orde and Chas. Stirling
off' Cadiz and in the Channel, and, under the latter
officer, part of Sir Robt. Calder's fleet in the action
off' Cape Finisterre 22 July, 1805—22 July and 7
Dec. 1806, to the Sampson and Diadem 64's, each
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral StirUng, with
whom, subsequently to the capture of Monte Video
in Feb. 1807, he proceeded to the Cape of Good
Hope — 13 June, 1808, again to the Bellerophon
74, Capt. Sam. Warren, stationed in the North Sea
and Baltic, on which latter station, after having
taken possession, with the boats, of three vessels,
he made a dash at, and in the most gallant manner
carried, 19 June, 1809, one of four batteries by
which they had been covered, mounting 4 24-
pounders and garrisoned by 103 men, a service
that elicited the acknowledgments of the Admi-
ralty's—and 4 Sept. 1810, and 17 June, 1813, to the
President 38 and Blenheim 74, likewise com-
manded by Capt. Warren, the former at the reduc-
tion of Java, the latter in the North Sea. He was
advanced to the rank of Commander 4 Dec. 1813,
and not afterwards employed. Agents- Messrs.
Ommanney.
PILCH, K.W. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 31;
H-p., 12.)
William Pilch entered the Navy, 4 Oct. 1804,
as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Bellerophon 74,
Capts. John Loring, John Cooke, and Edward
Rotheram. In Dec. 1805, after having shared in
the battle of Trafalgar, he removed to the Glory
98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling,
with whom he continued employed in the Sampson
and Diadem 64's, on the Home, North American,
and Cape of Good Hope stations, until April, 1808.
In the ship last mentioned he served as Midship,
man at the capture of Monte Video in Feb. 1807.
On leaving her he joined the Defiance 74, Capt.
Hon. Henry Hotham ; previously to following
whom, in Sept. 1810, into the Nokthdmbebland
74, we find him present with a squadron under
Rear-Admiral Hon. Robt. Stopford, at the destruc-
tion, 24 Feb. 1809, of three French frigates under
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PILKINGTON—PINIIORN— PINTO.
the batteries of SaUe d'Olonne, on the coast of
France, after a contest in which the DEriANCi;,
added to severe damages experienced in her sails
and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 25
wounded. In the Northumberland he assisted,
22 May, 1812, in company with the Growler gun-
brig, in destroying, at the entrance of L'Orient, the
French 40-guu frigates JJArienne and UAndro-
maquef and 16-gun long Mamehuck ; whose united
fire, conjointly with that of a heavy battery, killed
5 and wounded 28 of the Northumberland's
people. In Jan. 1813 Mr. Pilch removed to the
Valiant 74, Capt. Kobt. Dudley Oliver. Rejoin-
ing Capt. Hotham, however, in the following March,
he continued to serve with him from that period
until April, 1815, on the coast of North America,
in the San Domingo -and Asia 74'b and Tonnant
80, flag-ships of Sir John Borlase Warren and Hon.
Sir Alex. Cochrane, Forth 40, and Superb 74.
His promotion took place 24 Sept. 1814 ; and from
28 Feb. 1827 until appointed, in 1848, a Naval Knight
of Windsor, he held command of a station in the
Coast Guard.
PILKINGTON. (CoMMANDEB, 1830. F-p., 19;
H-P., U.)
Edward Williams Pilkington, bom 14 Dec.
1803, is second son of the late Kev. Chas. Pilking-
ton, Canon Residentiary of Chichester, by Harriet
Elizabeth, daughter of the late Wm. Williams,
Esq. ; and nephew, maternally, -of the late Vice- Ad-
miral Sir Geo. Murray, K.C.B., who commanded
the Edgar 74, and led the fleet under Lord Nelson
into action in the attack on the Danish line of de-
fence before Copenhagen 2 April, 1801.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7
Aug. 1817, and in Dec. 1818, having carried off the
Silver Medal, embarked on board -the Newcastle
60, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, bearing the flag of the
late Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, on the North Ame-
rican station, whence he returned home and was
paid off in Jan. 1822. Joining next the Active and
Phaeton of 46 guns each, Capts. Andrew King and
Wm. Aug. Montagu, he escorted George IV. in the
latter ship on the occasion of his visit to Scotland,
and then sailed, under Capt. Henry Evelyn Pitfield
Sturt, for the West Indies, where he was soon
actively emploj'ed in the suppression of piracy and
the slave-trade. In Dec. 1823 he became attached,
as a passed Midshipman, to the Camemon 10, Capt.
Geo. Robt. Lambert, also on the West India sta-
tion ; and on being subsequently, 22 Oct. 1824, ap-
pointed Mate of the Boadicea 46, Commodore Sir
Jas. Brisbane, he proceeded to the East Indies.
Uniting, on his arrival, in the hostilities in force
against the Burmese, he took command, with the
rank of Acting-Lieutenant (order dated 22 Oct.
1825), of the Boadicea's barge and a division of
gun-boats; and was present at the storming of
Ncpadee, the capture of Meaday, Melloone, Pa^
gahmmew, &c., and in the various operations on
the river Irawady. On the ratification of peace he
was intrusted with the duty of protecting the rear
of the army in its retrograde movement towards
Rangoon — a service of no small difficulty, as the
enemy, either in ignorance of the treaty, or with
the view of plundering, never lost an opportunity
of attacking the boats of the Commissariat, the
merchants, and others. Mr. Pilkington's vigilance
and exertions, however, had the effect of saving a
considerable amount of property, and were so fully
estimated that they procured him the thanks of a
large body of British, Bengalee, and Armenian
traders. On leaving the Boadicea, to which fri-
gate he had been confirmed by commission dated
29 April, 1826, he was turned over, in Aug. of that
year, to the Warspite 76, Capts. Hon. Rich.
Saunders Dundas and Wm. Parker ; under whom,
having returned through the Pacific to Europe, we
find him employed in the Tagus and at the block-
ade, against the Egyptians, of the Greek ports in
the Mediterranean ; where, while off the harbour of
Navarin, he contributed to the capture of a cor-
vette and sloop-of-war who had endeavoured to
force a passage with provisions and specie for the
army under Ibrahim Pacha. Being next, 1 Dec.
182^ appointed Flag-Lieutenant, in the Winches-
ter 52, to Sir E. G. Colpoys, then again Com-
mander-in-Chief in North America and the West
Indies, he was by him promoted, 16 Aug. 1830, to a
death-vacancy in the Rose 18. In that sloop Com-
mander Pilkington was at first engaged in protect-
ing the North American fisheries and the settle-
ments of the Hudson's Bay Company in Labrador
against the encroachments of the United States,
and afterwards in conducting the naval operations
, at Black River, Jamaica, during the insurrection in
1831 and 1832. Prior to the departure thence of
the Rose, the command of which -vessel he resigned
in April, 1832, Commander Pilkington had the grar
tification of receiving an animated acknowledgment
of his services in the shape of an address signed by
Major-General Robertson, the officers of the Militia,
and the proprietors and inhabitants of the district of
St. Elizabeth. He subsequently, from 13 July,
1838, until 1841, officiated «is an Inspecting-Com-
mander in the Coast Guard ; in which service, since
29 Sept. 1846, he has been again employed.
He married, 29 April, 1835, at Chichester, Louisa
Frances, only daughter of the Rev. W. S. Bayton,
of Eastergate, by whom he has issue five children.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
PINHOEN. (LiEDT., 1818. P-P., 19; h-p., 17.)
William Pinhorn died 23 July, 1845, at Sunder-
land, in his 48th year.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leda 36, Capt. Geo.
Sayer, with whom he continued actively employed
in the East Indies as Midshipman, and the last nine
months as Acting-Lieutenant, until Dec. 1816 —
assisting during that period at the reduction of
Java and in a desperate attack made upon the
pirates of Sambas in the island of Borneo. From
March, 1817, until promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant, 20 Jan. 1818, he served with Capt. Hon. Robt.
Cavendish Spencer in the Severn 40 and Gany-
mede 26, on the Home and Mediterranean stations.
In 1827-8 he held an appointment in the Coast
Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ra-
MiLLiES 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot ; and from 18 May,
1835, until the period of his death he commanded,
with the exception of a short interval in 1842, a
station in the Coast Guard. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
PINTO. (Eetieed Captain, 1840. f-p., 14;
H-p., 38.)
Thomas Pinto was bom 5 March, 1772.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Sept. 1795, as
A.B., on board the Powerful 74, Capt. Wm. O'Brien
Drury, lying at Spithead ; and in the course of the
same year joined the Magicienne 32, Capt. Geo.
Martin, under whom, deducting a short time passed
in 1798 on board the Pallas troop-ship, Capt.
Joseph Edmonds, he continued to serve as Midship-
man and Master's Mate for about six years in the
Irresistible and Northumberland 74's. In the
Irresistible he fought in the action off Cape St.
Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797 -, and on 26 April following
contributed, in company with the Emerald 36, to
the capture, after a smart contest of an hour, of the
Ninfa and Santa Elena Spanish frigates, which had
been pursued into Conil Bay, near Cape Trafalgar.
In the Northumberland he witnessed the capture
of the 74-gun ship Le Geiie'reux and frigate La
Diane, assisted at the blockade of Malta, and par-
ticipated in the operations of 1801 in Egypt. After
further serving on the Mediterranean and Home
stations in the Foddrotant 80, flag-ship of Lord
Keith, Africaine 38, Capt. Thos. Manby, and
Colossus 74 and Glory 98, both commanded by
Capt. Geo. Martin, as Acting-Lieutenant in the
Favorpte sloop, Capt. Wm. Williams Foote, and
again as Master's Mate in the Glory, under the
flag of Sir John Orde, he was officially promoted,
20 Feb. 1805, into the Agamemnon 64, Capts. John
PIPER— PI'ITIELD— PITMAN— PITT.
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Harvey, Sir Edw. Berry, and Jonas Kose, part of
the force employed in the actions off Capes Finis-
terre and Trafalgar and the island of St. Domingo,
22 July and 21 Oct. 1805, and 6 Feb. 1806. On 8
Deo. 1807, four months after he had been removed
to the Ulysses 44, Capt. Christopher John 'Wiliiams
Nesham, he was nominated Acting-Commander of
the Dart sloop on the West India station, -where
he was confirmed by commission dated 9 Feb. 1808 ;
and next, towards the close of the same year, ap-
pointed to the Neptune 98, flag-ship of Hon. Sir
Alex. Cochrane, and Achates 14. The latter vessel
he had the misfortune to lose in Feb. 1810. He
accepted his present rank 10 Sept. 1840. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
PIPER. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.)
Edmund John Pipek entered the Navy, 5 April,
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Belleisle 74,
Capt. Wm. Hargood ; and on 14 Sept. following was
present at the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the
French 74-gun ship U Impelueux. After visiting
the West Indies he accompanied Capt. Hargood as
Midshipman, in July, 1807, into the Nokthumber-
lAND 74, commanded subsequently by Capt. Hon.
Henry Hotham, under whom, while cruizing off
L'Orient, we find him assisting, in company with
the Growler gun-brig, at the gallant destruction,
22 May, 1812, of the French 40-gun frigates L' Ari-
enne and U Androviaquej and 16-gun brig Mamelouck^
whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy
battery, killed 5 and wounded 28 of the Northdm-
eerland's people. He had previously, in 1809,
lost a leg in an attack upon a large convoy in the
Adriatic. Proceeding in the summer of 1812 to
the Cape of Good Hope, as a Supernumerary, in the
MiNDEN 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, he was there made
Lieutenant, 21 Nov. in the same year, in the Harpy
sloop, Capt. Henderson Bain. He invalided home
in May, 1813, and has since been on half-pay. In
consideration of his wound he received a pecuniary
grant from the Patriotic Fund, and was awarded,
28 May, 1816, a pension of 91/. 5s. per annum.
PITFIELD. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Jacob Pitfield obtained his commission 6 Dec.
1824 ; served in the Coast Blockade as Supernu-
merary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh
Pigot, from 22 Dec. 1826 until 1829; and from 1.5
Dec. 1830 until 1838 held command of a station in
the Coast Guard. He has not been since employed.
PITFIELD. (Lieut., 1815. p-p., 12 ; h-p., 28.)
Joseph Edward Chilcott Pitpield entered the
Navy, 8 Nov. 1807, as Master's Mate, on board the
Proserpine 32, Capt. Chas. Otter, which ship, de-
spite a noble resistance, productive of a loss to her
of 1 man killed and 10 wounded, was captured off
the port of Toulon, on the night of 28 Feb. 1809,
by the French 40-gun frigates Penelope and Pauline.
Begaining his liberty early in 1811, he served from
that period until promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant 9 Jan. 1815, on the Home station, in the
BoYNE 98, ViLLE »E Paris 110, and Impregnable
104, flag-ships of Sir Harry Burrard Neale and Sir
Wm. Domett. His last appointments were— 3 April,
1815, to the Hyacinth 24, Capt. Alex. Renton
Sharpe, in the North Sea — 22 Nov. following, to
the Sdperb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, under whom he
fought at Algiers 27 Aug. 1816, and continued to
serve until paid off in Oct. 1818— and, 28 Dec. 1820,
to the Grasshopper 18, Capt. David Buchan, on
the Newfoundland station, where he remained about
12 months.
PITMAN. (Commander, 1842.)
John Charles Pitman, born 22 March, 1814, is
fourth son of Jas. Pitman, Esq., of Dunchideock
House, CO. Devon, Major of the 1st or East Devon
Militia, and a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant
for that shire, by Catherine, eldest daughter of
John Harris, Esq., of Kadford, oo. Devon. His
eldest sister, drowned by the upsetting of a boat,
was wife of the present Capt. Wm. Keats, K.N. ;
and a younger one, also deceased, of the late Sir
Edw. Wm. Corry Astley, Kt., Capt. B.N. (1829).
This officer entered the Navy 8 Jan. 1827 ; served
on board the Rose 18, Capt. Lewis Davies, at the
battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827, and in the Talbot
28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, in co-operation with
the French, at the reduction of Morea Castle in Oct.
1828 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; obtained his
first commission 3 July, 1840 ; and was employed
during the operations in China in the Melville 72,
flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Elliot, Blenheim 72, Capt.
Sir Humphrey Le Fleming Senhouse, and Dkuid
44, Capt. Henry Smith. In 1841 he officiated as
Aide-de-Camp to Sir Hugh Gough and Sir H. Le
F. Senhouse on the heights of Canton.* He was
rewarded for his services with a Commander's
commission bearing date 7 Dec. 1842 ; and, since 28
Feb. 1846, has been in command of the Childers
12, in the East Indies.
Commander Pitman married, 5 Oct. 1843, Eliza-
beth, daughter of the gallant Sir Humphrey Le
Fleming Senhouse, Kt., C.B., K.C.H., Capt. R.N.
(1814), who died in command of the Blenheim, in
China, in 1841.
PITMAN. (Lieut., 1806. P-p., 21 ; h-p., 31.)
William Pitman entered the Navy, 19 April,
1795, as a Volunteer, on board the Mars 74, Capt.
Sir Chas. Cotton ; and on 16 and 17 June follow-
ing was present in Comwallis' celebrated retreat.
From July, 1796, until Dec. 1800, he served on the
Home and Cape of Good Hope stations, as Midship-
man and Master's Mate, in the Star sloop, Capts.
Hon. John Colville, David Atkins, and John Gard-
ner. He was then made Prize-Master of the Gua-
deloupe in the West Indies, whence, in Oct. 1801,
he returned to England in the Morgiana sloop.
In the course of 1802-3 we find him joining in suc-
cession the Cambridge 74, Falcon sloop, Capt.
Henry Manaton Ommanney, Puissant 74, Capt.
John Irwin, and Excellent of similar force, Capt.
Frank Sotheron. In the Falcon he visited New-
foundland ; and in the Excellent he was employed
in the Mediterranean from Aug. 1803 to Aug. 1806.
His appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant, a
rank he had attained 31 Jan. in the latter year,
were— 3 Nov. 1806, to the Curlew sloop, Capt.
Thos. Young, lying at Sheerness— 28 April, 1807, to
the Hercule 74, Capt. Hon. J. Colville, part of the
force employed in the expedition against Copen-
hagen—and, 7 Feb. 1808, to the Impress service at
Folkestone, where, and at Bristol, he remained
until 31 May, 1816. He has since been on half-pay.
He was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich
Hospital 1 Jan. 1845.
He married, in 1833, Anne, daughter of Mr. Wm.
Abraham, Landing-Waiter at the port of Liverpool,
by whom he has issue. Agent— J. Hinxman.
PITT. (Lieutenant, 1809. i^p., 25; h-p., 21.)
Edward William Pitt, born 14 Jan. 1790, at
Ealing, co. Middlesex, is eldest son of Joseph Pitt,
Esq., Surgeon, by Elizabeth Browne, co-heiress of
the late Thos. Browne, Esq., of Drayton Green, in
the parish of Ealing.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 May, 1801, on
board the Theseus 74, Capt. John Bligh, with
whom, after serving in the North Sea and Channel,
he proceeded to the West Indies, where he was
present as Midshipman, in 1803-4, at the blockade
of Cape Franjois, St. Domingo ; the capture, with
Port Dauphin, of two forts and a 28-gun ship La
Sagesse ; the surrender of the French squadron with
the remains of General liochambeau's army from
Cape Fran9ois ; and the unsuccessful attempt upon
Curafoa. Continuing with Capt. BUgh in the Sde-
veillante 38, on the West India station, until
1806, he saw much other active service, and assisted
at the reduction of the Spanish island of St. An-
dreas. After an attachment of some mouths to
* FidcGaz. I841,p. 2508.
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PITT— PITTS.
the Magsiucent 74, commanded in the Channel
by Capt. Geo. Eyre, we again, in May, 1807, find
him joining his former Captain in the Alfred 74.
Uniting in that ship with the force employed in the
expedition against Copenhagen, he displayed much
zeal at the debarkation of the troops, came likewise
into frequent contact in her boats with the Danish
gun-vessels and praams, and on the surrender of the
enemy's fleet aided in fitting out the 74-gun ship
Syren. "When subsequently on the Lisbon station
Mr. Pitt was placed in command of the Alfred's
launch, fitted as a gun-boat, and was sent up the
Mondego river to assist in landing a body of 300 ma-
rines. On the arrival of the troops under Sir Arthur
"Wellesley from England he was ordered on similar
duty. During the battle of Vimeira he was em-
ployed in serving the army with ammunition, and
after it in embarking the artillery captured. He
w^as also present at the surrender of the Russian
fleet in the Tagus. Attaining the rank of Lieute-
nant 11 March, 1809, he served during the rest of
the war in that capacity on board the Sceptre 74,
Capts. Joseph Bingham and Sam. Jas. Ballard,
Wellington 18, Capt. John M'George (which vessel
was sent to Laguira for the purpose of bringing
General Bolivar to England), Royal Oak 74, Capts.
Lord Amelius Beauclerk and Pulteney Malcolm,
Quebec 32, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne,
Maks 74, Capt. Henry Baper, and Laceel and
Amelia 38's, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Gran-
ville Leveson Proby, the former at the Cape of
Good Hope. In the Sceptre, after having accom-
panied the expedition to the Scheldt (where he
co-operated in the siege of Flushing, served with
the flat-bottomed boats ofi' Bathz, and participated
in an attack made upon some Dutch gun-vessels),
he again sailed for the West Indies, and was there,
18 Dec. 1809, present at the destruction of the
French 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine, lying under
the protection of several strong batteries in L'Ance
la Barque, Guadeloupe. On 30 Jan. 1810 he landed
on the latter island with a brigade of seamen and
marines under the orders of Capt. Ballard, and
continued acting in unison with the army until its
final subjugation, the latter part of the time in com-
mand of the Sailors' Battery. The Rotal Oak
formed part of the fleet under Lord Gambler at the
destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads.
In her boats Mr. Pitt often attacked the enemy's
convoys on the French coast ; as he also, when be-
longing to the Mars, appears to have done in the
Baltic. From 1815 he remained on half-pay until
appointed, 22 Dec. 1836, to the Victory 104, Capt.
Thos. Searle, ordinary guard-ship at Portsmouth,
where he soon succeeded to the post of First-Lieu-
tenant. He has filled the office, since Dec. 1838, of
Resident Agent of Transports at Leith.
All Lieut. Pitt's certificates concur in proving
him a most zealous, active, enterprising, intelligent,
and excellent officer. Capt. Searle's testimonial
strongly recommends him to the notice of the Ad-
miralty. He married, 6 Feb. 1817, Emma, second
daughter of John Clarke, Esq., of Ealing, by whom
he has issue two sons and one daughter.
PITT. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
William Pitt (6) was horn 16 Oct. 179.3. His
brother, John Pitt, while serving as Midshipman in
the East Indies in the Victor sloop, was placed in
charge of a prize brig taken from the Dutch at
Java, and never heard of afterwards.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 May, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Howe store-ship, Capt.
Edw. Killwiok, and in July and Aug. following was
received on board the Meddsa 32, Capt. Hon. Dun-
combe Pleydell Bouverie, and Lion 64, Capt. Robt.
RoUes. On his arrival in India he joined, in Oct.
of the same year, the Blenheim 74, flag-ship of Sir
Thos. Troubridge ; on leaving which, in Jan. 1807,
he became in succession attached, in the capacity of
Midshipman, to the Dasher sloop, Capt. Augustus
Montagu, Powerful 74, Capt. Robt. Plampin, Pha-
eton 38, Capts. PowuoU Bastard Pellew and Fleet-
wood Broughton Reynolds Pellew (under the latter
of whom he co-operated in the reduction of Java
in 1811), and Illustriods 74, bearing the broad
pendant at first of Commodore Wm. Robt. Brough-
ton, and the flag subsequently of Sir Sam. Hood.
He returned home in Aug. 1813 in the Bucephalus
32, Capt. Barrington Reynolds ; and after serving
for a time in the Salvador del Mundo flag-ship at
Plymouth of Admiral Wm. Domett, and Caledonia
120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew in the Mediter-
ranean (whither he proceeded in the Indus 74),
Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, was made Lieutenant, 29
Jan. 1814, into the RivOLi 74, Capts. Graham Eden
Hamond and Edw. Stirling Dickson. Under the
latter officer he continued to serve in the Mediter-
ranean until Feb. 1816, and assisted at the capture,
30 April, 1815, after a brave defence of 15 minutes,
of the French frigate La Melpomhie of 44 guns.
He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Pitt is married.
PITTS, K.T.S. (Commander, 1830. r-p., 14 ;
H-p., 25.)
Edward Pitts, born 7 Oct. 1795, is eldest sur-
viving son of John Pitts, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel
and Commandant of the Bridlington Lightlnfantry
and Artillery from the commencement of the
French Revolution until the year 1809, by Frances,
eighth daughter of Jas. H eblethwayte, Esq., of
Bridlington. His eldest brother, Thos. Jas. Heble-
thwayte Pitts, Captain and commanding officer of
the Royal Engineers attached to the 4th division of
the army in the Peninsula under Sir Lowry Cole,
was killed in Feb. 1814; and his second, Wm. Pitts,
was drowned in 1806 ofi' Dungeness in one of the
boats of the Pomone frigate, Capt. Robt. Barrie.
His maternal uncle, Edw. St. Quintin Heblethwayte,
First-Lieutenant of the Arrogant 74, having been
mortally wounded in an action fought between that
ship and the Victorious 74 on one side and six
heavy French frigates under M. Sercey on the
other, died and was buried at sea 21 Sept. 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 May, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leopard 50, Capt. Jas.
Johnstone, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Albe-
marle Bertie at the Cape of Good Hope ; became
Midshipman, in Sept. 1810, of the Vengeor 74, Capt.
Thos. Brown, lying at Sheerness ; and, from 10 Nov.
following until Oct. 1815, was employed, again at the
Cape and on the West India and Newfoundland
stations, in the Galatea 42, Capt. Woodley Losack.
While cruizing in the latter ship ofi' Madagascar, in
company with the Asteea and Ph<ebe, frigates
about equal in force to the Galatea, and 18-gun
brig Racehorse, we find him participating, 20 May,
1811, in a long and trying action with the French
40-gun frigates Remmtmee, Clorinde, and Nereide, in
which the Galatea, besides being much da-
maged in her hull, masts, and rigging, sustained a
loss of 16 men killed and 46 wounded. He took up,
on leaving the Galatea, a commission bearing
date 7 March, 1815 ; and was subsequently appointed
—11 March, 1823, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capts.
Chas. Dashwood, Hugh Dovmman, and Edw. Dum-
ford King, on the Lisbon and Home stations— 15
Nov. 1825, as First, to the Nimrod 18, Capts. Rich.
Pridham and Sam. Sparshott, attached to the force
on the coast of Ireland, where he remained until
that vessel, by the breaking of her anchor, was
driven on the rocks in Holyhead Bay 17 Jan. 1827
— 4 Nov. 1828, in a similar capacity, to the Dis-
patch 18, Capt. Wm. Bohun Bowyer— and, on 10
of the same month, again as First, to the Ariadne
28, Capt. Fred. Marryat, employed on general ser-
vice. He was advanced to his present rank 22
July, 1830 ; and has since been on half-pay.
In commemoration of John VI. of Portugal hav-
ing taken shelter on board the Windsor Castle
when off' Lisbon in 1824, the order of the Tower
and Sword was by that sovereign conferred upon
the subject of the present narrative in common with
the other officers of the ship. Commander Pitts
was left a widower 16 Feb. 1847.
PLACE-PLUMRIDGE-PLUNKETT-POAD.
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PLACE. (Lieutenant, 1842.')
Lionel Read Place entered the Navy 31 Oct.
1829 ; passed his examination 5 July, 1836 ; served
in the East Indies as Mate in the Melville 72,
Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas ; and was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 March, 1842, in
honour of a visit paid by her Majesty to the Queen
110, on the eve of the departure of that ship for the
Mediterranean, with the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R.
Owen. His appointments have since been — 5 April,
1842, again to the Queen, in which ship he returned
to England under the command of Sir Chas. Sulli-
van, and was paid oflF in 1844—4 Dec. 1846, to the
Amphion steam-frigate, of 300-horse power, Capt.
Woodford John WiUiams, fitting at Devonport—
and, 8 Feb. 1847, to the President 50, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres at the Cape of Good
Hope, where he is now serving.
PLUMEIDGE. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 28 ;
H-P., 20.)
James Hanwat Pldmridge entered the Navy,
6 Sept. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ospkey
sloop, Capt. Watts, on the Home station; where,
and in the Mediterranean, he served as Midshipman,
Master's Mate, and for a short time as Acting-
Lieutenant, in the Leda 38, Capts. Geo. Hope and
Robt. Honyman, Defence 74, Capt. G. Hope, Mel-
pomene 38, Capt. Peter Parker, and Theseus 74,
Capt. G. Hope, from Dec. 1800 until presented, 20
Aug. 1806, with his first commission. The Leda
formed part of the force engaged in the expedition
to Egypt in 1801 ; and the Defence of the victo-
rious fleet at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805.
For upwards of seven years after his promotion
Mr. Plumridge was employed on the Home, West
India, Baltic, Cape of Good Hope, and Mediterra-
nean stations, chiefly as First-Lieutenant, in the
Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge,
Zealous 74, Capts. John Giffard and Pierrepont,
Melpomene again, Capt. P. Parker, Tabtae 32,
Capt. Joseph Baker, Menelaus 38, Capt. Parker,
Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, Tremendous 74
and Hibernia 120, flag-ships of Sir Wm. Sidney
Smith, Resistance 36, Capt. Fleetwood Broughton
Reynolds Pellew, Rotal Sovereign 100, Capt.
Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and Caledonia 120, bear-
ing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew. On 1 May, 1809,
we find him commanding the Melpomene's boats
and eflTecting the destruction, with admirable gal-
lantry, of a Danish cutter-of-war of 6 guns and
several merchantmen lying under the protection of
a tremendous fire in the harbour of Huilbo, on the
coast of Jutland, where the British sustained a loss
of 1 Lieutenant, George Rennie, and 5 men severely
wounded ;''' and, not long afterwards, contributing
to the repulse, by the same ship, of a flotilla of 20
gun-boats, whose fire in the course of a vigorous
action killed and wounded 34 of her people, besides
inflicting considerable damage on her hull, sails, and
rigging. In Dec. 1810 he assisted in the Menelaus
at the reduction of the Isle of France ; on 5 Oct.
1813 he commanded the boats of the Resistance
at the destruction of the enemy's batteries and the
capture of a convoy in Port d'Anzo; and, in April,
1814, he ofBciated as Aide- de-Camp to Sir Edw.
Pellew at the reduction of Genoa. He was made
Commander, 7 June, 1814, into the Crocus sloop ;
and on 6 of the following month was appointed to
the Philomel 18. Proceeding, in that vessel, to
the East Indies, he was there, 29 April, 1816, nomi-
nated Acting-Captain of the Amphitrite 38, in
which frigate, in Feb. 1817, he returned to England.
While commanding next, from 10 Feb. 1818 until
15 March, 1821, the Sappho 18, he visited St. He-
lena, and made prize, on the Irish station, of three
American smugglers, one of which had on board
400 bales of tobacco. His appointments since his
promotion to Post-rank, which took place 9 Oct.
1822, have been— 18 July, 1831, to the Magicienne
24, on the East India station, whence he returned in
• FUe Gaz. 1809, p. G90.
the early part of 1835—7 April, 1837, to the Super-
intendentship (which, with his name on the books
of the Astr-ea 6, he retained until 1841) of the
Packet establishment at Falmouth— and, 5 Aug.
1847, to the Cambrian 40, again in the East Indies,
where, since 13 Oct. following, he has had a broad
pendant flying as second in command.
From 1841 until 1847 Capt. Plumridge sat in Par-
liament as Member for Falmouth. On 23 June,
1842, he was appointed Storekeeper of the Ord-
nance ; and, on 29 June, 1847, awarded the Good
Service Pension. His first wife having died 31
July, 1827, he married, a second time, in 1835, Har-
riet Agnes, daughter of the Right Hon. H. Elliot,
by whom he has issue. He was again left a widower
17 April, 1845. Agent— Joseph Woodhead.
PLUNKETT. (Captain, 1846.)
The Honourable Edward Plunkett, bom 29
Nov. 1808, is second son of Lord Dunsany, by his
first wife, Charlotte Louisa, youngest daughter of
Nicholas, first Lord Cloncurry ; and nephew, by
marriage, of Capt. Jas. Ryder Burton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Oct. 1823 ; served
as Midshipman in the boats of the Sybille48, Capt.
Sam. John Brooke Pechell, in a severe encounter
with the pirates in the Grecian Archipelago in 1826 ;
passed his examination in 1830 ; and obtained his
first commission 24 Aug. 1834. His succeeding ap-
pointments were, 10 Sept. 1834, to the Castor 36,
Capts. Lord John Hay and Wm. Robertson, and,
19 Jan. 1837 and 16 July, 1838, to the command of
the 10-gun brigs Royalist and Savage. In the
three vessels last mentioned he served on the coast
of Spain during the civil war from 1835 until pro-
moted to the rank of Commander 1 Aug. 1840. He
was subsequently, from 9 Oct. 1843 until June, 1845,
employed on particular service in the Stromboli
steamer; and, on 9 Nov. 1846, was advanced to his
present rank.
Capt. Plunkett, in 1846, published a pamphlet
much prized, entitled 'The Past and Future of
the British Navy.' Agent— Joseph Woodhead.
POAD. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 21.)
James Poad was bom 11 Jan. 1789 at Devon-
port.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 June, 1803, as
Third-cl. Vol., on board the Conqueror 74, Capts.
Thos. Louis and Israel Pellew, stationed at first in
the Channel and afterwards in the Mediterranean.
Removing as Midshipman, in March, 1805, to the
Victory 100, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, he
accompanied the hero in his celebrated pursuit of
the combined squadrons to the West Indies and
back, and fought under him in the action off" Cape
Trafalgar. From 16 Jan. 1806 until May, 1812, he
served on the Mediterranean and Lisbon stations,
part of the time in the capacity of Master's Mate,
in the Ocean 98, Ville de Paris 110, and Bar-
fleuk 98, flag-ships of Lord CoUingwood, Rear-
Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle, and Hon. Geo.
Cranfield Berkeley. He was then nominated Act-
ing-Lieutenant of the Mermaid troop-ship, Capt.
David Dunn, on the eve, at the time, of her depar-
ture for England ; where on his arrival, 12 days
afterwards, he had the mortification to be super-
seded. Being, however, 5 July following, appointed
Admiralty Midshipman of the Impetueux 74, bear-
ing the flag of Vice- Admiral Geo. Martin off" Lisbon,
he was again, 31 of that month, ordered to assume
the rank of Lieutenant, and, with it, the command
of No. 7 gun-boat at Cadiz. On 24 Aug. in the
same year his promotion received oflicial sanction.
He was next, from 14 Dec. 1812, until paid off" in
Nov. 1814, employed in the Mediterranean on board
the Union 98, Capt. Robt. RoUes, and Leviathan
and SciPiON 74's, Capts. Patrick Campbell and
Henry Heathcote ; and was subsequently appointed
—in 1829, to the office of Agent for Transports
Afloat, in which service he continued until wrecked
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POATE— PODMORE— POGSON.
in 1830 on the coast of Sicily *— 9 March, 1837, to
the charge of the Semaphore station on Haste Hill
— in Oct. 1841, to the liendezvous established at
Sunderland for the raising of seamen— and 7 Dec.
following, to the Semaphore on Pewley Hill, where
he remained upwards of six years.
POATE. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p.,
17; H-p., 46.)
James Poate is nephew of Capt. Jas. Colnett,
R.N., who went round the world with Capt. Cook,
and afterwards circumnavigated it several times by
himself.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Dec. 1784, as
Lieutenant's Servant, on board the Pegase sloop,
Capt. Marshall, lying in Portsmouth Harbour, where
he remained until Aug. 1786. On 14 June, 1796, he
again embarked, on board the York 64, Capt. John
Ferrier ; and in the following Oct., after having
been borne on the books of the Ardent 64, Capt.
Rich. Rundell Burgess, and Arrow sloop, Capt.
Nathaniel Portlock, he was received by his uncle,
Capt. Colnett, on board the Hussar 28. In that
ship, in which he had attained the rating of Mid-
shipman, it was his lot to be wrecked, 27 Deo. in the
same year, on the coast of France ; where he was for
six months detained a prisoner of war, subject, nearly
the whole time, to very great privations. In June,
1797, having regained his liberty, he rejoined Capt.
Portlock on board the Arrow, then at Spithead ;
and in the ensuing Jan. he removed to the iMPi-
TUEox 74, Capts. John Willet Payne, Sampson Ed-
wards, and Sir Edw. Pellew. While at anchor off
Belleisle in 1799 Mr. Poate was sent in the barge
of the latter ship to endeavour to obtain possession
of a coasting vessel which had run on shore in Qui-
beron Bay : he had scarcely, however, succeeded in
boarding her, when an attack from 80 French sol-
diers compelled him to take to his boat and return
to the Impetueux. After the expedition to Ferrol
we find him present, 29 Aug. 1800, at the cutting-
out, close to the batteries in Vigo Bay, of La Guepe
privateer of 18 guns and 161 men — an exploit more
fully alluded to in our narrative of the services of
Capt. Geo. Hills. He was made Lieutenant, 22
Dec. 1800, into the Raven 18, Capt. Jas. Sanders,
lying in the Downs ; and subsequently appointed —
15 Sept. 1801, for nine months, to the Donegal 74,
Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan, attached to the
Channel fleet— 20 Aug. and 19 Dec. 1804, to the
HiNDOSTAN 54, Capt. Alex. Eraser, and Glatton
50, Capt, Jas. Colnett— 2 March, 1805, to the
HEI.DER guard-ship in the river Humber, Capt.
Benj. Walker— and 15 Nov. following, to the Mi-
nerva frigate, Capts. Sir Geo. Fielding, Geo. Ralph
Collier, and Rich. Hawkins, of which he was for
seven years First^Lieutenant. While the latter
ship was fitting out in Jan. 1806 in the river
Thames, Mr. Poate had the honour of attending
the funeral of Lord Nelson ; on which occasion he
was present in the headmost boat, bearing the hero's
flag, during the advance of the procession from
Greenwich to the Admiralty, and as a supporter to
Capt. Philip Durham on its route thence to St.
Paul's. During the years 1807-8 Mr. Poate saw
much boat service on the coast of France, where
he contributed to the capture and destruction of 36
of the enemy's,vessels, and on one occasion boarded
and carried, with the two cutters, although five
miles away from the ship and close in-shore, the
Epervier French letter-of-marque, of 8 guns and 35
men. Having conducted his prize to London, and
rejoined the Minerva, he was on board of her in
Sept. 1808 when she fell in with a brig, the Jose-
phina letter-of-marque, of 8 guns, pierced for 18,
and 50 men, which overset and went down just as
the British frigate, after a chase of 75 miles, had
arrived within gun-shot of her— barely allowing
time for rescue to 16 out of her unfortunate crew.
* The vessel he was in had on board a detachment of the
90th regiment, conaisting of about .S20 men ; all of whom,
together with 40 women and children, and the greater part
of the government stores, were landed in safety.
In Jan. 1809 Mr. Poate was sent with the Minerva's
boats to assist in bringing off the wounded after the
battle of Corunna. He subsequently witnessed the
destruction of the French frigate Amphitrite, and
saw service in the West Indies and at Newfound-
land. In Aug. 1813 he invalided home from Hali-
fax, bringing with him a high testimonial of con-
duct from Capt. Hawkins. He accepted his present
rank 25 Sept. 1845.
Commander Poate married 20 Jan. 1810; and
has issue one son (educated at the tipper School at
Greenwich) and four daughters.
PODMORE. (LiEOT., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 40.)
John George King Podmore entered the Navy,
17 Aug. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prompte
20, Capts. Thos. Dundas, Matthias Spread, and Eobt.
Philpot, in which ship we find him serving until
Oct. 1800 in the West Indies, and there assisting at
the destruction of a Spanish vessel-of-war, pierced
for 26 guns, but with only 12 mounted. From the
date last mentioned he did not again go afloat until
Dec. 1807. Returning, then, to the West Indies as
Midshipman in the Variable, Lieut. -Commander
Robt. Ballard Yates, he continued employed on that
station in the Sandwich, Lieut.-Commander Edw.
Kingston Foley, and Musette sloop, Capt. Thos.
Parry Jones Parry, until transferred, in July, 1810,
to the Fawn 18, Capts. Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton
and Thos. Fellowes, attached to the force in the
Channel ; where he assisted at the capture, 11 Oct.
following, of Le Temeraire privateer, of 10 guns, 6
large swivels, and 35 men ; and, in April and May,
1812, removed to the Oberon and Grifeon sloops,
Capts. Jas. Murray and Geo. Barne TroUope. In
April, 1813, after he had been for three months
borne as Master's Mate on the books of the Ceres,
flag-ship at Chatham of Rear-Admiral Thos. Sur-
ridge, he sailed for Canada in the Niobe 40, Capt.
Wm. Augustus Montagu ; and on his arrival in the
ensuing June joined the Naval Establishment on
Lake Ontario, under the orders of Commodore Sir
Jas. Lucas Yeo. In a gallant but unsuccessful en-
deavour made, 30 May, 1814, by a detachment of
180 seamen and marines, under Capts, Stephen
Popham and Francis BrockeU Spilsbury, to cut out
18 American gun-boats lying at Sandy Creek under
the protection of a powerful land force, Mr. Pod-
more fell into the hands of the enemy, by whom 18
of his companions had been killed and 50 wounded.
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 14
March, 1815, but has not been since afloat. Agents
— Hallett and Robinson.
POGSON. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 29.)
Henry Freeman Young Poqson entered the
Navy, in the spring of 1790, as A.B., on board the
Romulus 36, Capt. Thos. Lennox Frederick, and,
until the following year, w^as employed, latterly
with the rating of Midshipman, in watching the
port of Brest. After a servitude of five years and
four months on the Mediterranean and Channel
stations in the Terrible 74, Capts. Skeffington
Lutwidge, Geo. Campbell, and Sir Rich. Bickerton
(under the first and second of whom he assisted at
the occupation of Toulon in 1793, at the reduction
of Corsica in 1794, and in Hotham's partial actions
in 1795), he was made Lieutenant, 28 April, 1798,
into the EspiioLE sloop, Capt. Jas. Broodier, em-
ployed as a cruizer in the North Sea. His succeed-
ing appointments were— 26 Dec. 1799, to the Nep-
tune 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, attached to the Chan-
nel fleet— 18 Aug. 1801, to the TiMiRAiRE 98, in
which ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Geo.
Campbell, he made a voyage to the West Indies —
8 April, 1803 (after six months of half-pay), to the
Canopus 80, bearing the flag of the same officer in
the Mediterranean, where he remained until Aug.
1805, ofSciating part of the time as First-Lieutenant
— 3 June, 1807, to the Majestic 74, flag-ship of
Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell in tha
Downs, where he became Signal-Lieutenant, and,
witnessed the surrender of Heligoland — 17 March,
POLLARD— PONSONBY— POOLE— POOLEY.
913
1808, and 7 Nov. 1810, to the Pbimce or Okange
74, and Monmooth 64, flag-ships in the Downs of
Admirals G. Campbell and Thos. Foley — and 17
Jnly and 26 Aug. 1812, 28 June, 1814, and 7 June,
1816, to the command of the Bold, Bkambie,
Kacer, and EagijE. In the Bbamble and Bacer
(which latter yessel was wrecked in the Gulf of
Florida 10 Oct. 1814) he was employed in carrying
despatches to the coasts of Spain and North Ame-
rica ; and in the Eagle he cruized in protection of
the revenue until promoted to his present rank 4
March, 1819. His last appointment was, 6 April,
1830, to the Coast Guard, in which service he con-
tinued, as an Inspeoting-Commander, for nearly
three years.
POtvLAED. (Lieut., 1806. r-p., 27; h-p., 23.)
John Pollakd was bom 27 July, 1787.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1797, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Havick 16, Capt. Philip
Bartholomew ; in which sloop, after having chased
a large convoy and three armed vessels under the
batteries of St. Maloes, and been there for some
time warmly engaged with the enemy, he was
wrecked, 9 Nov. 1800, in St. Aubin's Bay, Jersey.
He was then received as a Supernumerary on board
the Cambkidge 74, Capt. Thos. WoUey ; and next,
in Sept. 1801, on board the Hekcole 74, Capt.
Wm. Luke, with whom he crmzed in the Channel
until paid oif in April, 1802. Joining in succession,
in April, 1803, the Cclloden 74 and Camopds 80,
both commanded by Capt. John Conn, he sailed in
the latter ship with the flag of Rear-Admiral Geo.
Campbell for the Mediterranean, where, in March,
1805, he removed on promotion to the Victoky 100,
bearing the flag of Lord Nelson. On the return of
the fleet from its pursuit of the combined squadrons
to the West Indies, Mr. Pollard was afforded an
opportunity of participating, as Signal-Midshipman,
in the action off Cape Trafalgar. On that occasion,
while standing on the poop, he was struck by a
splinter on the right arm, and chanced to be the first
ofBcer who was there touched. A musket-ball next
passed through the shell of his spy-glass, about a
foot above the hand that held it ; and a second one
shattered the watch in his pocket. Some time after
the Victory had been in action with the French
74-gun ship RedmUahle, the ofiioers and men around
him beginning to fall fast, the attention of Mr.
Pollard was arrested by a number of soldiers whom
he perceived crouching in the tops of the Redout-
able, and directing a destructive fire on the poop
and quarter-deck of the Victory. He immediately
seized a musket, and, being supplied by the Signal-
Quartermaster, King, with ball-cartridges from two
barrels kept on the after-part of the poop for the
use of the marines (who at the time were elsewhere
engaged), continued firing at the soldiers every
time they rose breast-high in the tops, until not
one was to be seen. In the act of handing the last
parcel of ball-cartridges, the Quartermaster was
shot through the forehead, and fell lifeless on the
spot. When the action terminated Mr. Pollard was
the only officer left alive of those who had been
originally stationed on the poop ; and thus, in the
manner we have described, originated the belief
that it was he who had shot the man who killed
Lord Nelson. On leaving the Victory in Nov.
1805, he joined, first the Queen 98, and then the
Dreadnought of similar force, and Hibernia 110,
bearing the respective flags of Lords Collingwood,
Northesk, and St. Vincent. He was made Lieute-
nant, 14 Nov. 1806, into the Decade 36, Capt. John
Stuart, in the Channel ; and was subsequently ap-
pointed— 25 Deo. 1807, to the Brunswick 74, Capt.
Thos. Graves, stationed in the Baltic, where, prior
to the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Spanish
troops under the Marquis de la Komana, he served
in the boats at the attack and capture of the Danish
brig Fama of 18, and her consort the Salorman
cutter (which he was among the first to board) of
12 guns — 14 June 1810, after 16 months of half-pay,
to the North Star 20, Capt. Thos. Coe, with whom
he cruized in the Channel until May, 1811—4 Jan.
1812, to the Mekcubius sloop, Capt. Thos. Renwick,
employed in the North Sea and Baltic— 9 May, 1814
(having left the Mercdrius in the preceding Nov.),
to the WooDLAKK 10, Capt. Wm. Cutfield, on the
north coast of Spain, whence he returned sick in
the following Sept.— and 19 April, 1828, for three
years, to the Ordinary at Chatham. He has been
in charge, since 2 Aug. 1836, of a station in the
Coast Guard.
Lieut. Pollard married, in Aug. 1822, Miss Ma-
tilda Trevethan, a lady by whom he has issue six
children.
POLLAED. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Walter James Pollard is third son of the late
Wm. Dutton Pollard, Esq., of Kintuck, Castle
Pollard, CO. Westmeath, a Magistrate and Deputy-
Lieutenant, and High Sheriff for the co. in 1811,
whose first wife, Frances, was third daughter of
Gustavus Hume Rochfort, Esq., of Rochfort, M.P.
for CO. Westmeath ; and whose second, Louisa Anne,
was eldest daughter of the late Admiral Hon. Sir
Thos. Pakenham, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 21 Dec. 1830;
passed his examination 7 April, 1837 ; and, between
1840 and the date of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, 19 July, 1843, was employed as Mate
on the African, Home, and North A.merica and
West India stations, in the Buzzard brigantine,
MEGiE^RA steamer, and Griffon brigantine, Lieut.-
Commanders Reginald Thos. John Levinge, Geo.
Oldmixon, and Chas. Jenkin. Hia appointments
have since been — 9 March, 1844, as Additional
Lieutenant, to the Penelope steamrfrigate, Capt.
Wm. Jones, on the coast of Africa — 17 Aug. 1844,
to the Larne 18, Capt. John Wm. Douglas Bris-
bane, on the same station — 16 April, 1845, to the
Pbosietheus steam-sloop, of 200 horse-power, of
which vessel, also stationed on the African coast,
he became First-Lieutenant — 17 Nov. 1847, as Ad-
ditional, to the Vindictive 50, bearing the flag of
Sir Fras. Wm. Austen in North America and the
West Indies— and 11 Feb. 1848, in a similar capa-
city, to the Havannah 19, Capt. John Elphinstone
Erskine, fitting at Devonport. Agents — ^Hallett
and Robinson.
PONSONBY. (LiEUTENANTi 1827.)
Thomas Carbique Ponsonby entered the Navy
1 Blarch, 1815 ; passed his examination in 1822 ; ob..
tained his commission 30 April, 1827 ; and served
in the Coast Guard from 9 Nov. 1831 until 1836.
His appointments have since been — 10 Oct. 1840, to
the Lucifer steamer, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey,
on the coast of Ireland, where he was superseded
in Feb. 1841—26 April, 1847, to the Poictiers 72,
Capt. Sir Thos. Bourchier, lying at Chatham — and,
24 Nov. following, to the command of the Firefly
steamer, of 220 horse-power, now on the coast of
Africa. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
POOLE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Robert Poole entered the Navy 14 May, 1808 ;
passed his examination in 1814 ; attained the rank
of Lieutenant 10 Jan. 1825 ; served for three years
(dating from 23 Nov. 1827) in the Coast Blockade
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies
and Talaveka 74's, both commanded by Capt.
Hugh Pigot ; had charge of a station in the Coast
Guard from 7 June, 1831, until Sept. 1847 ; and has
since been in command of the Active and Eagle
Revenue-vessels.
POOLEY. (Lieut., 1820. r-p., 19; h-p., 15.)
George Pooley entered the Navy, 1 May, 1813,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Albion 74, Capt.
John Ferris Devonshire, with whom he continued
to serve, as Midshipman, in the Sceptre 74, on the
North American station until June, 1814. In the
following Sept., after he had been for two months
borne at Portsmouth as a Supernumerary on the
books of the Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Rich.
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POORE— POPE— POPHAM.
Bickerton, and Centaub 74, Capt. White, he
joined the Bedford 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, whom
he accompanied in the expedition against New
Orleans. Ketuming to England in July, 1815, he
served during the next five years, at Portsmouth
and at Plymouth, in the PrasSAsr 74, Wtmphe 38,
Capt. Hugh Pigot, Vengedk 74, Capt. Thos. Alex-
ander, BwAKF, Lieut.-Commander Gordon, Erida-
NDS 42, Capt. Wm. King, Impkegnabee 104, flag-
ship of Lord Exmouth, and Spabtan 46, Capt. Wm.
Furlong Wfee. He then, in Jime and Oct. 1820,
joined in succession the Raleigh sloop, Capt. Geo.
Blackman, and EnKTAtrs 42, Capt. Thos. Huskisson,
both on the Jamaica station-; where he was nomi-
nated, 5 Nov. following, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Ontakio 18, Capt. Joddrell Leigh. His official pro-
motion took plice 27 Dec. 1820, hut he did not
again go afloat until Feb. 1824. On 28 of that
month he received an appointment to the Medina 20,
Capts. Cha^. Montagu Walker and Timothy Curtis,
under whom he was for nearly two years employed
in the Mediterranean. He has had command, since
20 Sept. 1837, of a station in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Pooley married, 7 Nov. 1837, Frances
Anne, second daughter of John Vigars,. Esq,., Sur-
geon, of Falmouth.
POOEE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., »1.)
John Poore is brother of Retired Commander
Wm. Poore, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 May, 1808, as
Fst.-cl Vol., on board the Fisgard 38, Capts. Wm.
Bolton and Fras. Mason ; under the latter of whom
we find him performing the duties of Midshipman
in the attack of 1809 upon Flushing, and otherwise
actively employed until Aug. 1810. During the
four following years he served uninterruptedly in
the ViLLE DE Paris 110, and Kodset and Milford
74's, all flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fre-
mantle on the Mediterranean station ; where, in the
Adriatic portion of it, he co-operated in the reduc-
tion of Flume', witnessed the fall of Rovigno, Piran,
and Capo d'Istria, and assisted at the capture of
Trieste. From Sept. 1814 to Aug. 1815 Mr. Poore
cruized off the coast of Ireland in the President
38, Capt. Norwich Duff. He then took up a com-
mission dated 25 Feb. in the latter year ; and has
since been on half-pay.
He married Miss Martha Midlane.
POOEE. (EeTIRED COMMANDEE, 1847. F-P.,21;
H-P., 26.)
William Poore was born 21 Aug. 1789. He is
brother of Lieut. John Poore, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Tol., on board the Ganges 74, Capts. Thos.
Fras. Fremautle and Joseph Baker, in which ship
he was employed, until June, 1802, off Brest, in the
Baltic (where he fought at the battle of Copen-
hagen), and in watching the French at St. Domingo.
He then returned to England as a Midshipman in
La Decade frigate, Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford.
During the first six years of the war we find him
serving in succession on the Channel, Mediterra-
nean, and Cork stations, in the Amphion 32 and
ViCTORT 100, both flag-ships of Lord Nelson, Ca-
melion sloop, Capt. Thos. Staines, Victory again,
bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, and Eurvdice
and Drdid frigates, both commanded by Sir Wm.
Bolton. In the Amphion he was present at the
capture of the Orion Dutch Indiaman, the first
enemy's vessel taken after the renewal of hostili-
ties ; in the Victory he assisted at the blockade of
Toulon; and in the Ehrydice he was often in
action with gun-boats and batteries. In the Came-
lion's boats he partook of much detached service
on the coasts of Genoa and France ; and on one
occasion in particular, 11 Aug. 1805, brought off the
ship's cutter after an unsuccessful attack upon an
armed convoy, consisting of seven sail of feluccas,
in which the British had their commanding officer
and 3 men killed, 1 man wounded, and another
taken prisoner. On 2 March, 1809, he was made
Lieutenant into the Hindostan 50, armee-en-fiiUe,
Capt. John Pasco, fitting for a voyage to New
South Wales, where he took charge of the Drome-
dary store-ship when on fire, and personally as-
sisted in extinguishing the flames. His last ap-
pointments were — 28 Jan. 1811, as First, to the
Rainbow 28, Capts. Jas. Wooldridge and Gardiner
Henry Guion, employed in co-operation with the
patriots on the coast of Catalonia — 2 Dec. 1812, in
a similar capacity (having invalided from the Rain-
bow in May, 1812), to the Chanticleer 10, Capts.
Rich. Spear, Stewart Blacker, John Thomson, Geo.
Tupman, and Wm. Henry Dickson, in which vessel
h« served at. the capture of Guadeloupe in 1815,
and continued employed until paid off in Aug. 1816
■ — 29 Oct. 1822, to the command of the Lion, a most
active and successful Revenue cruizer — 31 May,
1825, to the Astrea packet, Capt. Wm. King, sta-
tioned at Falmouth — and 22 Dec. following, to the
Kingfisher, another Falmouth packet, IJbe com-
mand of which he was induced from ill health and
impaired vision to resign in Dec. 1828. He was
admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital
3 March, 1834 ; and invested with his present rank
9 April, 1847.
Commander Poore married, 10 Juue, 1817, Mari-
anne, daughter of Rich. Jeffreys, Esq., of Basing-
stoke, CO. Hants, by whom he has issue two sons
and one daughter. Agent — John P. Muspratt.
POPE. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
EoMtrND Pope entered the Navy 16 May, 1807 ;
passed his examination in 1815 ; and obtained his
commission 27 March, 1826. He has since been on
half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Chads.
POPHAM. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 12.)
Brunswick Popham is brother of Capt. Wm.
Popham, R.N. ; and second son of the late Rear-
Admiral Sir Home Kiggs Popham, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Dec. 1817, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Andromache 44, Capt.
Wm. Henry Sliirreff, fitting for the South American
station, whence he returned to England in Aug.
1821. In Jan. 1822 he was received as Midshipman
(a rating he had previously attained) on board the
LiFFEY 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commo-
dore Chas. Grant in the East Indies. He next, in
July, 1825, joined the Ganges 84, Capt. Patrick
Campbell, lying at Portsmouth ; and, on3 Jan. 1826,
having passed his examination in April, 1824, he
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. In the
following Feb. he received an appointment to the
Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, em-
ployed at first off the coast of Portugal, and then in
the Mediterranean ; where, after acting a part in
the battle of Navarin, he removed to the Pelorus
18, Capt. Peter Richards, and in Jan. 1828 became
Flag-Lieutenant, in the Asia 84, to Sir Edw.
Codrington. On 2 March in the latter year he was
made Commander into the Zebra 18. His subse-
quent appointments in that capacity were — 30 Oct.
1828 and 20 April, 1830, to the Infernal bomb and
Wasp 18, both stationed in the Mediterranean,
whence he returned home and was paid off in June,
1831— and, 3 Dec. 1834, to the Pelican 16, in which
vessel he served at the Cape of Good Hope and on
the east and west coasts of Africa until May, 1839.
He has since been on half-pay. His Post-commission
bears date 28 June, 1838.
Capt. Popham married, 26 Oct. 1841, Susan, eldest
daughter of Patrick Murray, Esq., of Arthurstone,
Perthshire, N.B. Agents— Collier and Snee.
POPHAM. (Cajtatn, 1819. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 28.)
William Popham, bom in April, 1791, is eldest
son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Home Eiggs Pop-
ham,* K.C.B. ; brother of Capt. Brunswick Popham,
* Sir Home Riggs Popham was born at Gibraltar in 1762.
For some years previous to the late war he was employed in
surveys on the coast of Africa and in tlie East Indies, and
rendered services for which he was thanked by tlie Govern-
ment and the Court of Directors of tlie East India Company
POPPLEWELL-PORCHER-PORTEOUS.
915
R.N. ; nephew of Capt. Joseph Lamb Popham,
R.N. (1806), who died in 1833; and brother-in-law
of Capt. John Falcenham, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1805, as
3?st.-cl. Vol., on board the Diadem 64, commanded
by his father, under whom, while holding the ratings
of Midshipman and Master's Mate, he assisted at
the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, and served
on shore with the naval brigade at the capture of
Buenos Ayres. Between 1807 and the date of his
■promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 14 Feb. 1812,
he was employed on the St. Helena, Baltic, Brazi-
lian, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the
Sampson 64, Capt. Wm. Cuming, SuKVEiiyLANTE 38,
Capt. Geo. Ralph Collier (part of the force attached
to the Copenhagen expedition), VENESAnLE 74,
Capt. Sir H. K. Popham, Caledonia 120, Capt. Jas.
Nash, Royal George 100, Capt. Andrew King, and
Caledonia again, flag-shdp of Sir Edw. Pellew.
He next, from June, 1812, until advanced to the
rank of Commander 23 Dec. 1814, served in the
■West Indies and on the coast of North America in
the Nakcissds 32 and Loike 38, Capts. John Rich.
Lumley and Jas. Nash. In the former ship he saw
much boat-service ; and on one occasion in particu-
lar, 24 Nov. 1812, assisted, under Lieut. John Cririe,
in boarding and carrying, under a shower of grape
and langridge, productive to the British of a loss of
1 man killed and another wounded, the Joseph and
Mary^ a inischievous privateer, mounting 4 guns,
with a complement of 73 men, on a cruize between
St. Domingo and Cuba. Capt. Popham's last ap-
pointments were — on his promotion, as above, to the
IPandoka 16, lying in the Downs— 27 July, 1816
(12 months after he had left the Pandora), to the
H-ECLA bomb, in which vessel he served under Lord
Exmouth at the battle of Algiers* — 4 Oct. following,
to the CoRUELIA 10, at Sheerness — 1 Jan. 1817 and
9 Oct. 1818, to the Ttrian and Beavek of 10 guns
each, both on the ■West India station — and, 2 Feb.
1819, as Acting-Captain, to the STBinLE 44, bearing
his father's flag at Jamaica. In the ship last men-
tioned, to which he was confirmed 19 May following,
he continued until Aug. 1820. He accepted the re-
tirement 1 Oct. 1846.
He married in Aug. 1843, and has issue two
children. Agents — Collier and Snee.
POPPLE'WELL. (LiEUTEtfANT, 1842.)
George Otway Popflewell entered the Navy
14 Feb. 1832; passed his examination 14 June,
1836 ; andon his return fromSouth America (where
he had been serving for some time as Mate) in the
CDRA50A 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 18 Nov. 1842. His appoint-
ments have since been — 24 May, 1843, to the Excel-
lent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos.
Hastings — and, 22 Oct. 1844, to the DjEDAlus 19,
Capt. Peter M'Quhae, fitting for the East Indies,
where he is now employed.
In 1798^he commanded, in conjunction with Major-General
Coote, an expedition sent to destroy the locks and sluice-
gates of the Bruges Canal ; in 1799 lie accompanied Sir
Andrew Mitchell to the Coast of Holland ; and in 1601 he
assisted, fjrom the Red Sea, in driving the French out of
Egypt. In 1802 Sir Home was returned to Parliament as
Member for the Borough of Yarmouth. Through Lord Mel-
ville's patronage he was appointed to the superintendence of
a scheme for destroying a ileet by means never before heard
of. This experimenfwasludicrously called the ' Catamaran
expedition,' and two vessels were destroyed by it off Boulogne
in 1804. An attack on a larger scale was subsequently attempted
at Fort Conge, but did not succeed. In the course of 1806
we iind Sir Home I'opham commanding the naval force era-
ployed at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope and the
capture of Buenos Ayres. He afterwards joined in the expe-
dition of 1809 to the Scheldt; and in 1812 commanded a
squadron employed in co-operation with the patriots on the
North coast of Spain. From 1817 to 1820 he commanded in
chief at Jamaica. Devoted to the service of Government for
forty years in the Bast and West Indies, Africa, America, and
several parts of Europe, and worn out by the indefatigable
and intense anxiety of his mind, he died at Cheltenham
11 Sept. 1820. Sir Home Popham was the inventor of a code
of signals adopted in the navy.
* TiiteGal. 1816, p. 1792.
POPPLEWELIi. (Commander, 1813. t-p.,1'6i
H-P., 35.)
Matthew James Popplewell is son of the late
Mr, Thos. Popplewell, Master R.N. (1793).
This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1796, as a
Volunteer, on board the Flora 36, Capt. Robt.
Gambier Middleton, in which ship he served on
the Lisbon and Cadiz stations until Oct. 1799. In
July, 1'801, he re-embarked on board the Goliath
74, Capt. ■Wm. Essington, whom, in April, 1802,
being at the time in the 'West Indies, he followed as
Midshipman into the Sans Pareil 80. He next,
in Sept. of the latter year, joined L'Oisead, Capt.
John Phillips, lying at Plymouth ; and, after serving
for two years on the Mediterranean, Baltic, and
Home stations in the ■William store-ship and
Orestes 14, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Brown,
and Royal Sovereign 100, Capt.Sir Harry Burrard
Neale, was successively, in Jan. and Oct. 1805, nomi-
nated Sub-Lieutenant of the Safequabb, Lieut.-
Commander Robt. Balfour, and Raven brig, Capt.
■Thos. Brown. On 22 Jan. 1806 he was jwomoted
to the full rank of Lieutenant. In the course of
the same year he was appointed (to the .SIolds 32,
Capt. Lord Wm. FitzRoy, and Glory 98, com-
manded by the late Vice-Admiral 'Wm. Albany
Otway, imder whom, from Jan. 1808 until officially
advanced to his present rank 6 Nov. 181S, we find
him filling the post of Flag-Lieutenant in the Lively
38, Ganges 74, BARFLEnn 98, Gladiator 50, Mo-
narch 74, Cmsar 80 (the two latter forming part
of the 'Walcheren expeditionary force). Gladiator
again, Thisbe 28, and Adamant 50, on the Lisbon,
Portsmouth, and Leith stations. During that pe-
riod, besides having brought the Venteur home
from Flushing, he was at times intrusted with the
command, on the coast of Norway, of the Clio,
Nightingale, and Sarpedon. Since the date last
mentioned he has been on half-pay.
Commander Popplewell is married and has issue.
POKCHER. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Edwin Augustus Porcher is second son of the
Rev. Geo. Porcher, of Maiden Erlegh, Berks, by
Amelia, daughter of John Chamier, Esq., and sister
of Commander Frederick 'Chamier, R.N. His grand-
father, Josias Dupre Porcher, Esq., of Winslade
House, CO. Devon, many years M.P. for Old Sarum,
married a daughter of .Admiral Sir ^Wm. Bumaby,
Bart. ; and his uncle, Henry Porcher, 'Esq., of
Arborfield, Berks, was lately M.P. for Clitheroe.
This officer passed his examination 8 June, 1844 ;
obtained his commission 9 Nov. 1846 ; and since 18
of that month has been serving in the Sidon Steam-
frigate, of 560 horse-power, Capt. 'Wm. Honyman,
now on the Mediterranean station.
POKTEOUS. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Francis Pender Porteous entered the Navy
2 Aug. 1827 ; and on 20 Oct. following was present
in the Genoa 74,' Capt. 'Walter Bathurst, at the
battle of Navarin. He passed his examination 4
June, 1834; and, after serving for a time at Ply-
mouth and in the Mediterranean, in the Caledonia
120, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore, and Malabar
72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 29 March, 1842. His ap-
pointments have since been — 5 April, 1842, to the
Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. 'W. C. R.
Owen in the Mediterranean — 23 Feb. 1843, to the
Devastation steamer, Capts. Hastings Reginald
Henry, Hon. Swynfen Thos. Camegi^, and Wm.
Hewgill Kitchen, on the same station, whence he
returned at the close of 1845 — 8 April, 1846, as
Additional, to the Vernon 50, hearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield on the south-
east coast of America — 1 July following, as First,
to the Racer 16, Capt. Archibald Reed, similarly
stationed— and, 10 Dec. 1847, to the Prince Regent
92, Capt. W^m. Fanshawe Martin, lying at Ports-
mouth.
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PORTER. (C0MMANDEK,1822. F-P., 15 ; H-P., 25.)
Thomas Portek entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the PoMPiE 74, Capt.
Rich. Dacres, attached to the Channel fleet ; re-
moved, in Jan. 1808, to the Eclipse sloop, Capt.
Geo. Adey Creyke, employed on the Lisbon, West
India, and Home stations ; served from June, 1810,
to Feb. 1813 in the Akmada 74, Capts. Adam Mac-
kenzie, John Ferris Devonshire, and Chas. Grant,
in the North Sea and Mediterranean; then joined
the HiBEKNiA 120, bearing the flag of Sir Wm.
Sidney Smith off Toulon ; and on 27 July, 1814,
■was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. His suc-
ceeding appointments were — 7 Sept. 1814, to the
Ckescemt 38, Capt. John Quilliam, in tlie West
Indies— 29 Sept. 1815, to the Ttkian 10, Capt.
Augustus Baldwin, in the Channel — 5 Sept. 1817,
after nearly 12 months of half-pay, to the Ahdko-
MACHE 44, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff, fitting for
South America — and, 10 May 182], to the Supekb
78, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Master-
man Hardy on that station. On 26 Aug. 1822 he
was made Commander into the Aeacrity sloop, in
which vessel, in July, 1823, he returned to England
with 1,000,000 dollars. He has not been since afloat.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
PORTER. (Lieut., 1814. p-p., 10 ;* h-p., 33.)
William Porter entered the Navy, in Nov.
1804, as li.M., on board the Monarch 74, Capt.
John Clarke Searle, bearing the flag of Lord Keith
in the Downs. From Feb. 1805 until Feb. 1810 he
served in the Channel, Baltic, and North Sea, chiefly
in the capacity of Midshipman, in the Constant
12, Lieutenant-Commander John Stokes ; he then
joined the Nadtilus 18, Capt. Thos. Dench, attached
to the force in the Mediterranean ; and in March,
1813, after a servitude of two years on that and the
Home stations, part of theHime as Second Master,
in the San Josef 110, and Queen Charlotte 100,
flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton and Lord Keith, was
again placed under the orders of Lieut. Stokes in
the. Constant. From the following April until
confirmed in his present rank 10 Aug. 1814, he was
a second time employed, as Master's Mate and Act-
ing Lieutenant, in the San Josef, under the flag, in
the Mediterranean, of Sir Rich. King. Subsequently
to Feb. 1820 he held an appointment in the Water
Guard.
PORTMAN. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Wyndham Berkeley Portman, born 4 June,
1804, is third son of Edw. Berkeley Portman, Esq.,
of Bryanston, co. Dorset, and Orchard Portman, co.
Somerset, by Lucy, daughter of the Rev. Thos.
Whitby, of Creswell Hall, Staffordshire; and brother
of the present Lord Portman.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Aug. 1817 ; passed
his examination in 1823; and was made Lieutenant,
26 Jan. 1826, into the Brisk 10, Capt. Hon. Wm.
Anson, on the Mediterranean station; where we
find him, in 1827-8, serving in the Talbot 28, Capt.
Hon. Fred. Noel. Since the year last mentioned he
has been on half-pay.
He married, in Oct. 1829, Sarah, only daughter of
Thos. Thornhill, Esq., of Riddlesworth Hall, co.
Norfolk, by whom he has issue.
POSTLE. (Commander, 1845.)
Charles James Postle passed his examination
in 1831 ; and on the occasion of his promotion to
the rank of Lieutenant, 6 July, 1836, was appointed
Additional of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir
Josias Rowley on the Mediterranean station, where
he next, 7 Jan. and 1 Nov. 1837, joined the Belle-
BOPHON 80 and Portland 52, Capts. Sam. Jackson
and David Price. His succeeding appointments
were— 4 Aug. 1838, to the Pilot 16, Capt. Geo.
Ramsay, on the North America and West India
station, where he was superseded in Aug. 1839 20
April, 1840, for a few months, to the Vanguard 80,
Capt. Sir David Dunn, again in the Mediterranean
* Apart from the time he passed in the Water Guard.
—30 July, 1841, to the Coast Guard— and, 12 Jan,
1842 and 6 Oct. 1843, to the command of the Lizard
and Flameb steam-vessels, the former of which
was run down and sunk by the French steamer
Vehce 24 July, 1843. Preparatory to his return to
England Lieut. Postle had the gratification, in Dec.
1845, of receiving a most complimentary and flat-
tering address, signed by the Chairman, Deputy-
Chairman, and members of the Exchange Com-
mittee of Gibraltar, expressive of the deep sense
they entertained of the numerous obligations they
owed him for the prompt and efiicient manner in
which he had at all times, both in the Lizard and
Flamer, rendered protection to the trade of the
place ; and of their admiration of the spirited man-
ner in which he had, when occasion offered, exacted
a proper respect for the British flag. The humane
and devoted nature of the exertions he afforded, in
the course of the same month, to the crew of the
French steamer JPepin, wrecked between Azamoor
and Mazagan, on the coast of Barhary, had the
effect of eliciting a glowing letter of thanks as well
from the Consul-General for France in Morocco as
from the Consul of France at Gibraltar. The King
of the French, too, being desirous of publicly testi-
fying his appreciation of the noble conduct exhi-
bited by Lieut. Postle, expressed his intention of
conferring upon him the Cross of the Legion of
Honour. The regulations of the British service,
however, not permitting him to accept it,' His Ma-
jesty presented him instead with a pair of valuable
pistols, appropriately inscribed. He was promoted
to the rank of Commander 12 Dec. 1845 ; and has
been employed since 15 Aug. 1846 as an Inspecting-
Commander in the Coast Guard at Dundalk, where,
on 28 Jan. 1846, he again found means of rendering
himself conspicuous by the services he performed
on the occasion of the wreck of the cutter Lord
JVelsoTif the owners of which, Messrs. Horsfall and
Sons, of Liverpool, presented him with a silver box
of great intrinsic value and of exquisite workman-
ship. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
POTBURY. (Commandek, 1844.)
John Moon Potbury died at the commencement
of 1848.
This oificer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1805, as Se-
cond-cl. Vol., on board the Acasta 40, Capt. Rich.
Dalling Dunn, under whom he fought in the action
off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. Between Deo. in the
latter year and July, 1808, he served on the Ply-
mouth station, part of the time as Midshipman, in
the PoRCDPiNE 24, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, in
another ship, the name of which has escaped us,
and in the El Fikme, Capt. Wells. He was next,
from June, 1810, to March, 1811, employed in the
North Sea on board the Christian VII. 80 ; and in
May, 1812, he joined the Namur 74, stationed at
first on the coast of North America, and then in tlie
West Indies; where, prior to his return to England
in April, 1817, we find him serving for two years and
10 months in the Emulous 16, Capt. Rich. John
Lewin, Shark sloop, Electra 14, Capt. R. J.
Lewin, Emulous again, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter, a
second time in the Shark, Capt. Hunter, Pique 36,
Capt. J as. Haldane Tait, Salisbury 50, flag-ship of
Kear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, and Primrose
18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott. In May,
1822, until within a few weeks of which period he
had been further employed, on Home service, in the
Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duck-
worth, Northumberland 74, Capt. Sir Michael
Seymour, and, for two years and five months as
Admiralty Midshipman, in the Lee and Redwing
sloops, Capts. Stewart Blacker and Hon. Geo. Rolle
Walpole Tretiisis, he was appointed, in the capacity
last mentioned, to the Alligator 28, Capt. Thos.
Alexander, fitting for the East Indies. Being there
confirmed a Lieutenant 22 Oct. 1823- six months
and 17 days after he had been ordered to act as
such— in the Tees 26, Capt. Thos. Coe, he was
afforded an opportunity, both in that vessel and in
the LiFFEY 50, commanded by the same officer, of
POTTS— POULDEN—POULETT— POWELL.
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participating in the hostilities against the King of
Ava. His appointments, after he left the Liffey,
■were— 24 April, 1827, to the Cadmus 10, Capts.
Chas. Gordon and Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thomp-
son, on the South American station, whence he re-
turned in May, 1830—26 Jan. 1831, to the command
of the Nimble schooner, at Jamaica, where he was
superseded in Feb. 1833—13 Nov. 1835, to the
Flamer steamer, which vessel, deducting a few
months in 1836, he commanded for three years and
a half on the Home and North America and West
India stations — 10 Aug. 1841, to the command of
the Spy brigantine, at Sheerness— and 22 Dec. fol-
lowing to the San Josef 110, Flag-Lieutenant to
Sir Sam. Pym, Admiral-Superintendent at Devon-
port. On 16 Sept. 1844 he was advanced to the
rank of Commander. His last appointment was, 30
March, 1847, to the Gkowlek steam-sloop of 280
horse-power.
POTTS. (LiEDT., 1808. r-p., 13 ; H-p., 34.)
John Potts died in 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Oct. 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Assistance 50, Capt.
Bich. Lee in which ship (he had attained the rating
of Midshipman) he was wrecked between Dun-
kerque and Gravelines 29 March, 1802. Joining
next, in March, 1803, the Conqherok 74, Capts.
Thos. Louis and Israel Pellew, he served, under the
latter officer, in Nelson's pursuit of the combined
squadrons to the West Indies and back, and at the
battle of Trafalgar. , On 7 May, 1808, a few days
after his removal to the Hibernia 120, flag-ship of
Sir Chas. Cotton at Lisbon, he was made Lieutenant
into the Eclipse sloop ; and in that vessel, com-
manded in succession by Capts. Geo. Adey Creyke,
Thos. Ball Sulivan, Geo. Henderson, and Henry
Lynne, he was employed, on the Channel, East and
West India, and Cape of Good Hope stations, until
July, 1814. He remained thenceforward on half-
pay-
POULDEN. (Eeab-Admikal of the Eed, 1840.
F-P., 28; H-p., 41.)
KiCHAKD PouLDEN died 16 March, 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 July, 1776, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Hector 74, Capt.
Sir John Hamilton, on the Home station, where he
continued employed as Midshipman in the Cam-
bridge 74, Capt. Francis John Hartwell, and Dili-
gente sloop, Capt. Anthony Hunt, until transferred,
in Oct. 1780, to the Bakfledr90, fitting for the flag
of Sir Sam. Hood, under whom, on arriving in the
West Indies, he fought in a partial action with the
Comte de Grasse 29 April, 1781. On 8 Jan. 1782
he was nominated, by the officer last mentioned,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Alfred 74, Capts. Bain,
Barber, and Thos. Dumaresq; to which ship the
Admiralty confirmed him, 12 Feb. 1783. He re-
turned to England in the following July, and was
subsequently appointed, on the Home and Mediter-
ranean stations — in March, 1788, to the Thorn
sloop, Capts. W. Taylor and John Woodley— 27
Sept. 1791 and 1 1 Feb. 1793, to the Spitfire and
Nemesis, both commanded by Capt. Woodley — in
Sept. of the latter year, to the Alcide 74, successive
flag-ship of Admirals Robt. Linzee and Philip
Cosby, under the former of whom he co-operated
in the reduction of Corsica — and 21 Jan. 1795, to
the Irresistible 74, Capts. John Leigh Douglas
and Rich. Grindall, part of Lord Bridport's fleet in
the action ofi' the He de Groix. On that occasion,
Capt. Grindall having been wounded, the charge of
the ship devolved upon Mr. Poulden ; whose pro-
motion to the rank of Commander was in conse-
quence effected by a commission bearing date 29 of
flie same month, June, 1795. In the ensuing Oct.
he was sent as Principal Agent for Transports to
the river Elbe, for the purpose of embarking the
foreign corps, with which he afterwards acoompa-
died Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian to the West In-
dies. Being next, in Nov. 1797, appointed to the
Calchtta 24, Capt. Poulden was present in that
ship, again in the capacity of Principal Transport
Agent, at the reduction of the island of Minorca,
where he remained, in charge of the dockyard at
Port Mahon, until the arrival of Commissioner
Coffin. Quitting the Calcutta in Aug. 1799, he
assumed command, 12 March, 1801, of the Alk-
MAAR 50 ; in which ship we find him, until Sept.
1802, employed on the Home, Baltic, and West
India stations. Having attained Post rank 29 April
in the latter year, he was afterwards appointed — 23
March, 1803, to the Superintendence of the Ren-
dezvous for seamen at Whitby, in Yorkshire — 19
Sept. 1805, to the Sea Fencible service— and, 14
July, 1810, to the office of Principal Agent for
Transports at Lisbon, where he remained until
April, 1815. He became a Rear-Admiral on the
Retired List 10 Jan. 1837 ; and on the Active 17
Aug. 1840.
POULETT. (Reak-Admibal op the Eed, 1841.
F-p., 13 ; h-p., 37.)
The Honourable George Poolett, bom 10
May, 1786, is second son of John, fourth Earl
Poulett, by Sophia, daughter and heir of Admiral
Sir Geo. Pocock, K.B. He is brother of the pre-
sent Earl Poulett ; and brother-in-law of the Duke
of Cleveland. His youngest brother, William, an
Ensign.in the 4th Foot, died in 1812.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1797, as
A.B., on board the Princess Augusta yacht, Capt.
Riou, lying in the River Thames; served in the
Channel as Midshipman, from Nov. 1798 until April,
1802, in the San Fiorenzo 36, Capts. Sir Harry
Burrard Neale and Chas. Wm. Paterson, andMALTA
80, Capt. Albemarle Bertie ; and from July in the
latter year until promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 3 April, 1804, cruized on the Downs station,
the latter part of the time in the Lark sloop. He
was present in the San Fiorenzo, and in company
with the Amelia 38, at the defeat, by those ships,
of three heavy French frigates and a gun-vessel,
after a warm action of an hour and 55 minutes,
fought within the jaws of one of the enemy's ports,
9 April, 1799 ; and also, 2 July following, in an
attack made by Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice Pole
on a Spanish squadron lying in Aix Roads. Mr.
Poulett's appointments, in the capacity of Lieu-
tenant, were — 16 July, 1804, to the Monmouth 64,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara
Russell at North Yarmouth — and, in March and
June, 1805, to the Valorous and Royal Sovereign,
Capts. Geo. Nicholas Hardinge and Sir Harry Bur-
rard Neale, employed in the Downs and oft* Wey-
mouth. He attained the rank of Commander 12
Oct. 1805 ; was appointed, 14 Jan. 1806, to the
Orestes sloop, in the North Sea ; acquired Post-
rank 31 July following ; was employed from 14 Nov.
1807, until 16 April, 1810, on the Home station, in
the Quebec 32 ; and, on 24 July, 1827, became Flag-
Captain, in the Prince Regent 120, to Hon. Sir
Henry Blackwood, Commander-in-Chief at the
Nore, where he remained until July, 1830. He was
advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841.
From Aug. 1830 uutil his attainment of Flag-rank,
the Rear-Admiral acted as a Naval Aide-de-Camp
to his late and her present Majesty. He had been
previously appointed Receiver-General of the Land
and Assessed Taxes in Somersetshire. He married,
9 Dec. 1811, Catherine Sophia, eldest daughter of
Sir Geo. Dallas, Bart., by whom, who died 11 April,
1831, he has issue three sons— the eldest, George,
a Lieutenant in the 54th Regt.
POWELL. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
CAESAR Cottrell Powell is fourth son of the
late John FoUiott Powell, Esq., at one time of
Sandy Brook, oo. Derby, and afterwards of Lea-
mington, CO. Warwick, by Frances, eldest daughter
of Chas. Arnett, Esq., of the Low, in Cheshire, and
of Toft, CO. Stafford, niece of Sir Joseph Scott, Bart.,
of Great Barr. The Lieutenant is first-cousin of
the present Henry Folliott Powell, Esq., of Brandle-
some Hall, co. Lancaster ; and a near connexion of
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POWELL.
Capt. Wm. Burnaby Greene, K.N., and Lieut. John
Wainwright, R.N. His grand-uncle, John Powell,
an officer in the R.N., died 15 Jan. 1789.
This officer entered the Navy 14 Sept. 1824;
passed his examination in 1830 ; and obtained his
commission 28 June, 1838. His appointments have
since been— 17 Aug. 1838, to the Niagara 20, Capt.
Williams Sandom, with whom he served on the
Lakes of Canada until the early part of 1842 — 29
Nov. 1842, as First-Lieutenant, to the Fkolic 16,
Capt. Wm. Alex. Willis, fitting for the Brazilian
station, where he was superseded at the end of 1843
— and, 24 March, 1846, in a similar capacity, to the
BELiEiSLE troop-ship, Capt. John Kingsome, now
employed on particular service. Agemts — Messrs.
Stilwell.
POWELL. (Commander, 1841. jF-p., 19 ;
H-p., 22.)
George Etre Powell, born in 1790, is fifth son
of the late Eyre Powell, Esq., of Great Connel, co.
ICildare. Two of his brothers fell in the service of
their country.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 Jan. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Wizard sloop, of 16 guns
and 95 men, Capts. Edm. Palmer and Abel Eerris.
Attaining soon the rating of Midshipman, he served
in that capacity in the expedition to Egypt in 1807.
A wound he received in the course of the same
year at the cutting-out of a vessel from under the
protection of a martello tower on the coast of
Calabria had the effect of procuring him a grant
from the Patriotic Fund. He subsequently, by
jumping overboard, proved of material assistance
in saving the life of the Captain's coxswain, a man
named Wm. Johnstone, who had been upset in the
jolly-boat ; and in May, 1808, he was on board the
Wizard when she fell in with, chased for 88 hours,
and, after having run a distance of 369 miles, and
once beaten her opponent in an action of one hour
and a half, compelled the French brig-corvette Le
Hequm, of 18 guns and 110 men, to seek refuge in
the neutral port of Tunis. Removing in the follow-
ing June to the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste, he
was placed a short time afterwards in command of
a tender, with the rating of Master's Mate, and de-
tached on a cruize in the Adriatic, where he suc-
ceeded in capturing many of the enemy's vessels.
In March, 1809, he was sent in charge of a heavily-
laden prize, accompanied by another one intrusted
to the care of the present Commander Henry Browne
Mason, to Malta, for the purpose of obtaining stores
for the use of the Amphion. At day-break on the
6th, observing the approach of two privateers (the
one carrying a limg 22-poTmder In the bow, a car-
ronade in the stern, and 38 men, and the other a
22-pounder in the bow and 28 men), Mr. Powell,
concentrating the force of the two prizes on board
his own, made all the opposition that could be ex-
pected from 2 one-pounder swivels and 6 muskets
in the hands of 14 men. The enemy at length
boarded on each quarter ; and the British, having
no alternative, surrendered. Mr. Powell, with his
companions, was carried to Zara, thence taken to
Ancona, and ultimately marched across the Alps to
Brian9on and Yerdun. Escaping, in the autumn
of 1810, with two other Midshipmen, Messrs. Bur-
bidge and Thomas, he traversed Holland under
great privations, and on reaching its shores era-
barked in a fishing-boat, in which he had the good
fortune^to be picked up by the Idas cutter, Lieut. -
Commander Duncan. In that vessel, after he had
been conveyed on board the Christian VII., 'flag-
ship of Sir Edw. Pellew in the North Sea, and been
by him highly^ complimented, he was sent to Eng-
land. Reporting himself, on his arrival, at the
Admiralty, he was at once ordered to join the
Thjsbe 28, Capt. Wm. Rogers, guard-ship at Wool-
wich. Soon after this, while absent on leave, he
was attacked by the Walcheren fever, and for
several weeks incapacitated from exertion. On his
return to the Thisbe he was removed, in Deo. 1810,
to the Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phil-
lott, under whom we find him, during the next 12
months, employed in escorting troops to Lisbon,
protecting the trade to Quebec, and cruizing off
Flushing. Rejoining Capt. Hoste at the end of that
period as Master's Mate on board the Bacchante
38, he accompanied him a second time to the Adri-
atic, and again acted a part in more than one
animated scene. On the night of 31 Aug. 1812,
receiving charge of the Bacchante's launch, he
served with a detachment of boats under the com-
mand of Lieut. Donat Henchy O'Brien, and assisted
in cutting out from the port of Lema seven vessels
laden with ship-timber for the Venetian Govern-
ment, together with La Tisipkone French national
xebec of 1 six-pounder, 2 three-pounders, and 28
men ; one gun-boat with a nine-pounder, 2 three-
pounders, and 24 men ; and another of 1 nine-pounder
and 20 men, intended for the protection of the trade
on the coast of Istria from Pola to Trieste. On
6 Jan. 1813 Mr. Powell, with the same launch under
his orders, united in a successful attack made by
the boats of the Bacchante and Weasel sloop on
five of the enemy's gun- vessels in the neighbourhood
of Otranto. While in command, previously to the
latter affair, of the above-named Tisiphone, which
had been converted into a tender and named the
AjiPHioN, he had fallen in, 2 Sept. 1812, with a con-
voy of 11 sail under the escort of two gun-boats ;
one of which, carrying 1 long 28-pounder in the
bow, 1 22-pounder in the stern, together with 6 brass
swivels and 38 men, he had succeeded, although
with but 1 Midshipman, 13 seamen, and 5 marines
on board, in driving on the rocks, after a running
action of 35 minutes, in so shattered a condition
that she soon went down. The other gun-boat was
driven off the field. As a reward for his frequently
distinguished conduct Mr. Powell was made Lieu-
tenant, 22 Jan. 1813, into the Themendods 74, Capt.
Robt. Campbell. While in that ship he assisted at
the reduction of the Castle of Trieste, and com-
manded a battery and a division of seamen at the
taking of Rovigno, and in other operations on the
coast of Istria. In charge of the flotilla employed
in co-operation with the Austrian^ under Marshal
Belgrade, he ascended the Po as far as the river
Mincio, and aided at the blockade of Mantua, dis-
playing in his exertions so much zeal, alacrity, and
perseverance, that he elicited the thanks of the
Marshal, and induced the late Sir Chas. Rowley,
then commanding the Eagle 74, to mention him in
a very warm manner in his despatches to Rear-
Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle, the chief naval
authority in the Adriatic. On the restoration of
Naples to its ancient sovereign, and the surrender
to Capt. Campbell of the shipping and arsenal, Mr.
Powell was sent on shore to act as Commissioner,
and remained there until the arrival of Lord Ex-
mouth. He then escorted the ex-Queen to Trieste,
and was by her presented with a valuable diamond
ring. On the paying off of the Tremendous he was
appointed, 29 Nov. 1815, Senior of the Cordelia
10, Capts. Wm. Sargent and Wm. .Popham, under
the former of whom he took part in the bombard-
ment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. He served next,
from 18 Jan. 1817 until Oct. 1822, on the Home,
St. Helena, and Cape stations, as I?irst-Lieutenant
in the Heron 18, Capts. Herbert Brace Powell and
Job Hanmer, and was on board that vessel when
she brought home the despatches announcing the
death of Napoleon Buonaparte. He returned from
the Cape of Good Hope with Capt. Hanmer, in the
Leander 60, in Jan. 1823, from which period he
remained on half-pay until appointed, 4 Feb. 184Q,
First of the Victorv 104, Capts. Fras. Erskine Loch
and Wm. Wilmott Henderson, ordinary guard-ship
at Portsmouth. He attained his present rank 23
Nov. 1841.
Commander Powell married Catherine, youngest
daughter of the late Joseph Kingdon, Esq., Comp-
troller of the Customs for Exeter, and sister of Wm.
Page Kingdon, Esq., late Mayor of Exeter, by
whom he has had issue seven children.
POWELL— POWER— POWNEY.
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POWELL. (Captain, 1822. f-p„ 19; h-p,, 31.)
Herbert Brace Pottell, a native of Leominster,
CO. Hereford, is nephew of the late Vice-Admiral
Sir Edw. Brace, K.C.B. He lost a brother in the
Hero 74, Capt. 3^s. Newman Newman, 25 Dec.
1811.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1797, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Kangaroo 18, Capts.
Edw. Brace and Geo. Clarke Pulling, under the
former of whom he was twice, in Oct. 1798, engaged
in a very gallant manner with La Loire of 46 guns
(part of a force originally under the orders of Com-
modore Bompart, and destined for the invasion of
Ireland), previously to the surrender of that ship to
the Kangaroo and her consort the Anson 44, Be-
tween the close of 1800 and June, 1804, Mr. Powell,
besides being borne as a Supernumerary on the
books of other vessels,* served as Midshipman,
chiefly on the Home station, in the Nemesis 28,
Capt. Edw. W. C. K. Owen, Isis 50, Capts. Edw.
Thornbrough, Edw. Brace, and Wm. GrenviUe Lobb,
and Dryad 36, Capt. John Giffard. He then joined
the Castor 32,, of which frigate, commanded by his
uncle, he became, in Sept. 1804, an Acting-Lieu-
tenant, and, 26 Jan. 1805, a confirmed one. In the
following March he removed with Capt. Brace into
the Ibis 32, commanded subsequently by Capt. Thoe.
Lavie. Kejoining his relative, in Sept. of the same
year, on board La Virginie of 46 guns and 281
men, he assisted in that ship at the capture, 19 May,
1808, after an obstinate conflict of an hour and a-
half, of the Dutch frigate Guelderlimd, of 36 guns
and 253 men, 25 of whom were slain and 50 wounded,
with a loss to the British of not more than 1 man
killed and 2 wounded. Previously to the latter
affair he appears to have acted, from May to July,
1807, as Commander of the Amsterdam at Cork,
and to have contributed, 28 Sept. in the same year,
to the gallant defence made by the Louisa tender,
a vessel mounting only 4 three-pounders, with a
complement of 18 men, against the French privateer
Marsouin of 14 six-pounders. On the occasion of
the capture of the Jesus Maria Josef, a notorious
Spanish privateer of 14 guns and 45 men, Capt.
Brace, relying on his exertions, detached him in
the prize for the purpose of endeavouring to retake
several vessels which she had captured, and of also
afibrding information to the different cruizers.f In
Sept. 1810, six months after he had left La Vir-
ginie, Mr. Powell was again placed under the orders
of Capt. Brace on board the St. Ai.bans 64, to
which ship he continued attached, with Capts. Cbas.
Grant and John Ferris Devonshire, in the capacity
of First-Lieutenant, until Oct. 1812. During that
period he distinguished himself by his conduct at
the defence of Cadiz, and held, from 21 May to 15
July, 1811, the acting-command of the Basii.isk.
He was afterwards employed, on the coasts of Spain
and Portugal, in the Stag 36, Capt. Wolrige, Im-
pfeTUEDX 74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin,
Onyx 10, Capt. Cobb, San Juan 74, bearing the
flags of Commodore Chas. Vinicombe Penrose and
Vice-Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee, Papillon 16,
Capt. Jas. Hay, and Rodney 74, flag-ship of Vice-
Admiral Martin. On 15 June, 1814, he was ad-
vanced to the rank of Commander. Embarking
next, in July, 1816, as a volunteer, on board the
Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Kear- Admiral David
Milne, he was afforded an opportunity of accom-
panying the ensuing expedition against Algiers.
During the hottest period of the conflict fought on
the memorable 27 Aug., Capt. Powell was despatched
to Lord Exmouth for the purpose of representing
to him the dreadful state of the Impregnable, and
of requesting that he would, if possible, send a fri-
gate to divert some of the enemy's fire from her.
On his return he was ordered by the Kear-Admiral
to superintend the placing of the explosion-vessel,
* Including the Apot.lo 36, Capt. JohnWm. Taylor Dixon,
under wliom he was wrecked, oiT the Coast of Portugal,
1 April, 1804. The Captain and 60 of the crew wore lost ;
and Mr. Pbwell and the remainder left for three days on the
wreck without sustenance, and only partially clothed.
f Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 1351.
which, charged; with 143 barrels of powder, blew
up close under the semicircular battery to the
northward of the lighthouse. From 23 Oct. 1816
until paid off in Feb. 1819, Capt. Powell com-
manded the Hekon 18, on the Milford station. He
has since been on half-pay. He attained his present
rank 26 Dec. 1822.
Be was left a widower 10 July, 1847.
POWELL. (LraUTENANT, 1842.)
Richard Ashmore Powell embarked (from the
Royal Naval ColIege> 24 Dec. 1831; passed his ex-
amination 8; Feb. 1836; and at the period of his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took
place 18 May,, 1842, was serving on the North Ame-
rica and West India station as Mate in the Hydra
steamerj Capt. Alex. Murray. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — 16 March, 1843, to the Excellent
gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hast-
ings— 29 June IbllowiTig, to the Penelope steamer,
Capt. Wm. Jones, on the coast of Africa — and, 10
April, 1847, as First (after 12 months of half-pay)
to the Styx steam-sloop, Capt. Henry Chads, on
the same station, whence he returned in 1848.
POWER. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Edward Eoche Power entered the Navy 1 Dec.
1824; passed his examination in 1831 ; and obtained
his commission 14 Aug. 1839. His appointments
have since been — 15 Aug. 1839, as Additional Lieu-
tenant, to the Winchester 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos.
Harvey in North America and the West Indies — 29
Oct. following, as First, to the Satellite 18, Capt.
John Eobb, on the same station — 20 May, 1841, to
the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt.
Sir Thos. Hastings — 2 Sept. ensuing, to the Harle-
QDiN 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Fowler Hastings, fitting
at Chatham — 2 Dec. in the same year, as Senior, to
the Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Deve-
reux, whom he accompanied to the Mediterranean
— 5 July, 1842, for a short time, to the Calcutta
84, Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, employed on particular
service— 27 May, 1843, again as First, to the Virago
steam-sloop, Capts. Geo. Graham Otway and John
Lunn, in the Mediterranean— and 1 July, 1846, to
the command, on the same station, of the Locust
steamer, of 100-horse power, in which vessel he is
still serving.
POWNEY, K.H. (Commander, 1827. r-p., 25 ;
H-p., 22.)
John Powney is youngest son of the late Penny-
Bton Portlock Powney, Esq., of Ives Place, Maiden-
head, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Berkshire Militia,
Custos Rotulorura of that county. Ranger of the
Little Park, Windsor, and many years M.P. for the
borough of New Windsor, who died in 1794.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, in June,' 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambrian 40, Capts.
Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and Geo. Henry Towry,
under whom, until paid off at the peace of Amiens,
he was employed in attendance upon the Royal Fa^
mily off Weymouth, and in escorting a large East
India fleet to St. Helena. He then became Mid-
shipman of the Immortalite 36, Capt. Edw. W. C.
R. Owen, lying in the Downs ; and he next, in the
course of 1802-3, joined the Nemesis, Magicienne,
and FoETONiE frigates, all commanded by Capt.
Henry Vansittart, and Phaeton 38, Capt.Geo. Cock-
burn. In the Magicienne he assisted in conveying
a number of disbanded Dutch troops from Lyming-
ton and Jersey to the Texel and Belvoetsluys ; in
the Phaeton, after escorting Mr. Merry, the British
Minister Plenipotentiary, to the United States, he
sailed for India, and was subsequently engaged in
the blockade of the Mauritius and the He de Bour-
bon. While so employed he frequently distin-
guished himself in boat expeditions, and on one
occasion in particular, at the capture and destruc-
tion of a ship which had run on shore for protec-
tion under a fort situated on Pointe Cannoniere.
On his return to England with Capt. Coctbum iii
the Howe 38, having on board the Maiquis of Wei-
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POWYS-POYNTER— POYNTZ.
lesley, late Governor-General of India, he removed
in succession, in the early part of 1806, to the Clyde
38, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore E. W.
C. R. Owen, and Niobe 40, Capt. John Wentworth
Loring— the latter stationed off' L'Orient. He was
made Lieutenant, 13 Sept. 1806, into the Beeg^ke
sloop, Capts. Jas. Boxer, Hon. Granville Leveson
Proby, and Thos. Whinyates, attached to the force
in the Mediterranean; and was subsequently ap-
pointed—17 Dec. 1807, to the Zenobia 18, Capt.
Alex. Rich. Mackenzie, under whom he assisted at
the capture of Flushing, and took part in all the
operations of 1809 in the Scheldt— 19 May, 1813,
after about three years of half-pay, to the Endymion
40, Capt. Henry Hope, stationed on the coast of
North America, where, until obliged by ill-health
to invalid in Sept. 1814, he was most actively em-
ployed, assisted in the boats at the capture of the
Meteor schooner of 3 guns and 31 men, and contri-
buted to the reduction of the islands in Passama^
quoddy Bay— 16 June and 22 Sept. 1815, to the
Caledonia 120, and Vengeuk 74, Capts. Sir Arch.
Collingwood Dickson and Thos. Alexander, lying at
Portsmouth and Plymouth — 31 Jan. 1818, to the
command, for three years, of the Camelion Revenue
vessel, in which he cruized with much success, and
was in occasional attendance on George HI. during
his aquatic excursions — 20 March, 1823, to the com-
mand (at the particular request of her constructor
Capt. John Hayes) of the Arrow cutter, of about
160 tons, and 10 guns, employed in protecting the
oyster fisheries near Jersey, and, with advantage,
in the suppression of smuggling — and, 4 Oct. 1825,
to the Royal George yacht, Capt. Sir Michael Sey-
mour. While on the books of the latter vessel he
was intrusted with the command of the Calliope
tender, and ordered to coiivey the Mexican Charge
d' Affaires, Senor Rocafuerte, with a treaty of com-
merce from England to New Spain, where he was
presented by the Government of that republic with
a table-service of ijlate. On his return home with
a valuable freight in the spring of 1827, he was lent
with the crew of the Royal George to the Royal
Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir "Wm. Hoste ; in which
vessel we find him escorting the Queen'of "Wiirtem-
berg to England, and accompanying the Lord High
Admiral and his consort on several marine trips ; at
the termination whereof he was presented with a
Commander's commission bearing date 26 June,
1827. From 6 April, 1831, until the commencement
of 1834, he officiated as an Inspecting-Commander
in the Coast Guard at Aldborough — his last ap-
pointment.
Commander Powney was nominated a K.H. 1 Jan.
1837. He married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of the
late Capt, Carleton, of H. M. 16th Foot, and niece
of the late Lord Carleton, Chief Justice of Ireland;
and, secondly, in Sept. 1838, Isabella Carleton, eldest
daughter of the late "Wm. Willie, Esq., Purser and
Paymaster R.N. (1798), by whom he has issue a son
and two daughters. Agent — J. Hinxman.
POWYS. (Lieutenant, 1831.)
Charles Edward Powys is second son of the
Rev. Fred. Powys, by Mary, only daughter of Edw.
Thoroton Gould, Esq., sister of Henry, late Lord
Grey de Ruthyn, and aunt of the present Lady Grey
de Ruthyn, Marchioness of Hastings. His grand-
father, Thos. Powys, Esq., M.P. for Northampton-
shire in 1774, was elevated to the peerage 26 Oct.
1797, as Baron Lilford, of Lilford, in that co. One
of his uncles, Charles, an officer in the R.N., died
13 Aug. 1804, in his twenty-first year; and another,
Henry, Captain in the 83rd Regt., died of his wounds
in the attack of Picurina, before Badajoz, in April,
This officer entered the Royal Naval College .5
Sept. 1822; passed his examination in 1829; and
was advanced to his present rank 31 Oct. 1831.
His subsequent appointments were, for short pe-
riods—1 Dec. 1832, to the Druid 46, Capt. Sam.
Roberts, fitting for service off" Lisbon— 18 June,
1833, to the Endymion 50, commanded by the same
officer in the Channel— 26 Sept. 1833, to the V£STAn
26, Capt. Wm. Jones, on the North America and
West India station— 18 June, 1836, to the Mada-
gascar 46, Capt. Sir John Strutt Peyton, attached
to the force in the West Indies— 25 July, 1837, to
the EDiNEnHGH74, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson,
at Lisbon— and, 15 Nov. 1841, as First, to the Apollo
troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Frederick, in the East In-
dies. He has been on half-pay since the close of
1842. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
POYNTER. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 36 ; h-p., 0.)
Charles Willet Poynter is second son of Jas.
Melthurst Poynter, Esq., at one time a Commander
in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s mercantile marine, and subse-
quently Captain of the Walmer troop of Yeomanry
Cavalry, and Captain of Sandown Castle, who died
26 Jan. 1835, by Elizabeth, youngest daughter of
the late Jaa. Peck, Esq., Surgeon, of Deal, co.
Kent.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Aug. 181X, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Inconstant 36, in which
ship, commanded by the present Sir Edw. W. C.
R. Owen, he came into frequent contact with the
Bologne flotilla. After serving for 14 months with
Captain Owen in the Cornwall 74, attached to
the force up the East Scheldt, he removed as Mid-
shipman, in May, 1814, to the Nymphen 36, Capt.
Matthew Smith, under whom he escorted the
Allied Sovereigns to England, returned with the
King of Prussia to Calais, and assisted, subsequently
to the battle of Waterloo, in blockading two French
frigates lying ready for sea in the port of Brest,
suspected of an intention of conveying the person
of Napoleon Bonaparte to America. While on the
books, from Aug. 1815 to Nov. 1817, of the Albion,
QoEEN, and Northumberland 74's, commanded
at Sheemess by Capt. Jas. Walker, Mr. Poynter
served twice with his former Captain, Owen, in the
Royal Sovereign yacht. He joined next the An-
dromache 44, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreffi and, sail-
ing in that ship for the Pacific, was there, in Dec.
1819, sent as Mate (he had passed his examination
in Nov. 1817) and second in command of the hired
brig William, Master-Commander Edw. Brans-
field, to ascertain the character of a tract of land
then just discovered, and now known under the name
of " New South Shetland." On leaving the An-
dromache, in July, 1821, he became Acting-Master
of the MoRGiANA sloop, Capt. Wm. Finlaison, on
the coast of Africa. In the following Nov. he re-
moved, as Acting Secon'd-Master, to the Doris 42,
Capts. Thos. Graham and Fred. Edw. Vernon (now
Harcourt), again on the South American station ;
where, from Sept. 1822 until his return to England
in July, 1823, he officiated as Master's Mate and
Acting-Lieutenant in the Alacrity 10, Capts. Jas.
Bance and Thos. Porter. He was confirmed in his
present rank on 26 of the month last mentioned.
His appointments have since been in succession — 9
Jan. 1824, to the Coast Guard, in which service he
continued as Supernumerary Lieutenant of the Ea-
MiLLiES 74, and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'Cul-
loch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 22 April in the latter
year, to the Coast Guard — 21 March, 1844, to the
command of the Silvia Revenue-vessel— 20 Nov.
1846, again to the Coast Guard— and 22 April, 1847,
to the command of the Harpy, another Revenue-
cruizer.
Lieut. Poynter married, in 1833, Louisa, only
daughter of John Illenden, Esq., by whom he has
a large family. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
POYNTZ. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 15;
H-p., 34.)
Newdigate Poyntz was born 14 April, 1785.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 2
Feb. 1798; and embarked, in Dec. 1800, as A.B., on
board La Deteeminee 24, Capts. John Clarke
Searle, Philip Beaver, and Alex. Becher; under the
first-mentioned of whom he assisted, 25 July, 1801,
at the capture, off Alexandria, of a French corvette
of 10 guns, with specie on board to the amount of
POYNTZ— PRAED-PRATT.
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10,000/. sterling. He held, at the time, the rating
of Midshipman. In March, 1803, three months
after he had left La Detebmin&e, he joined the
SoEPTKE 74, Capts. Sir Arch. Dickson and Joseph
Bingham, and sailed for the East Indies, where he
continued until obliged by ill health to inyaUd in
June, 1806. Becoming attached, in Aug. 1807, to
the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Admi-
ral Gambler, he took part in that ship, and, as Act-
ing-Lieutenant in the Thunder bomb, Capts. Geo.
Cocks and Jas. Caulfeild, in the operations con-
nected with the attack upon Copenhagen. He was
confirmed Lieutenant 11 Sept. 1807; and subse-
quently appointed— 31 May, 1808, to the Hound
bomb, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, under whom, and
the flag of Rear-Admiral Rich. Goodwin Keats, he
witnessed the embarkation from Nyeborg of the
Spanish troops under the Marquis de la Bomana —
22 Sept. 1809 (after five months of half-pay occa-
sioned by indisposition) to the Mosquito sloop,
Capt. Robt. Pettet, employed ofi' Heligoland and
up the river Elbe— in July and Oct. 1810, Feb. and
Sept. 1811, and Jan. 1812, to the command, in the
Mediterranean, of the Okion transport, Epervier,
Ptlades, and Epeevier— 5 Aug. 1813 (12 months
after the Epervier had been paid off), to the
^OLus 32, Capt. Stephen Popham, on the coast of
North America — and, 18 Feb. 1814, to the Naval
Establishment on the Lakes of Canada, where, from
Aug. to Dec. following, we find him commanding
the Netley schooner. He invalided home in Jan.
1815 ; and on 19 Sept. following, as a reward for
services he had performed on the Canadian Lakes,
was advanced to his present rank. He has since
been on half pay.
POYNTZ. (Admiral of the White, 1841.)
Stephen Poyntz died 12 May, 1847, at his seat,
Bedhampton, near Portsmouth, aged 78. He was
descended from the Right Hon. Stephen Poyntz,
of Midgham, co. Berks, whose' daughter married
John, first Earl Spencer, grandfather of the present
peer.
This ofiioer entered the Navy, 11 March, 1784, on
board the BiiENHEiM, Capt. Boxer, lying at Ply-
mouth. In the course of the same year he sailed
for the coast of Africa in the Grampus, Capt.
Thompson ; and, in 1785-6, he served at Newfound-
land in the Winchelsea, Capt. Pellew. After
cruizing for a few months on the Halifax station in
the Adamant 50, Capt. Knox, he was there, 1 Jan.
1791, made Lieutenant into the Thisbe, Capt.
George. He next, in Jan. 1793, joined the Leda
frigate, Capt. Campbell, attached to the force in
the Mediterranean. He attained the rank of Com-
mander, 31 Oct. 1795, in the Childehs sloop, on the
Channel station ; was made Post, 5 Dec. 1796, into
the Camili,a 24, also employed in the Channel;
and was subsequently appointed — 16 Aug. 1797, to
the SoLEBAT 32, in the West Indies — 1 Jan. 1801,
to the Beaulieu 40, in the Channel, where he re-
mained vmtil May, 1802 — 7 Aug. 1804, to the Melam-
pus 36, on the Home and West India stations — 140ct.
1806, for two months, to the Tartar 32, at Halifax
— and 13 Feb. 1810, to the Edgar 74, in which ship
he served in the Bfiltic until the following Dec. In
the Childers Capt. Poyntz effected the capture, 14
Sept. 1796, of La Bonne Esperance privateer, of 2
swivels and 25 men; and, in company with the
Melampos, Capt. Graham Moore, aided in taking,
13 Nov. following, U Etna corvette, of 18 guns,
pierced for 20. During his command of the Sole-
bay he made prize, in the course of 1798, of the
privateers Augustine of 2 guns and 23 men, Destin
of 4 guns and 46 men, and Prosperite of 8 guns and
61 men ; besides gallantly enforcing the surrender,
24 Nov. 1799, off the island of St. Domingo, of a
French squadron, consisting of VEgyptienne armed
store-ship, of 20 guns and 137 men, Eole ship-cor-
vette, of 18 guns and 107 men, Levrier brig-corvette,
of 12 guns and 96 men, and Vengeur schooner, of 8
guns and 9i men. Capt. Poyntz was in command
of the Beaulieu in 1801, when the boats of that
ship and of the Doris and Uranie frigates out out
La Ckevrette corvette, of, 20 guns and 350 men, one
of the most surprising exploits of the kind ever
achieved.* In the Melampus we find him capturing
two brigs, each carrying two long 24-pounders, one
18-pounder, and 50 men, most of them soldiers ;t
four luggers of one long 18-pounder and 25 men
each, from Bordeaux bound to Brest ; and a Spanish
privateer, the Hydra, of 28.guns and 192 men, 3 of
whom were killed and several wounded before she
surrendered.J In Sept. 1806, being in the same
ship in company with the Belleisle and Bellona
74's, he contributed to the destruction, off Cape
Henry, of the French 74 L'Impetueux. He became
a Rear-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819, a Vice-Admiral 22
July, 1830, and a full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
Admiral Poyntz married in Oct. 1802. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
PEAED. (ViCE-ArMiRAL of the White, 1846.
F-p., 23 ; H-p., 44.)
BuLKELEY Mackwokth Praed is related to the
Praeds, of the firm of Praeds and Co., bankers, of
Fleet-street, London; and a protege of the late Earl
St. Vincent.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1780, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Canada 74, Capt. Sir
Geo. Collier, stationed in the Channel, where he
continued employed in the Nonsuch, Capt. Trus-
cott, until 1782. He served next, from 1786 until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Sept. 1793,
nearly the whole time as Midshipman, in the Jupi-
ter, Commodores Sir Rich. Bickerton and Wm.
Parker, Sybii., Capt. Rich. Hussey Bickerton, Sole-
bay, Capt. HoUoway, Culloden 74, Capt. Collins,
and London, Romney, and Princess Royal, flag-
ships of Rear-Admiral Goodall, in the West Indies,
Channel, and Mediterranean. During the occupa-
tion of Toulon we find him officiating as Aide-de-
Camp to the officer last mentioned, as* well as to
Lord Hood. He was subsequently employed on
the Home station in La Perle frigate and Atlas
98, in command of the Crash gun-brig, and in the
OvERYSSEt 64, flag-ship of Admiral Peyton. In the
Crash Mr. Praed accompanied the expedition un-
der Sir Home Popham against the locks and sluice-
gates of the Bruges Canal, in May, 1798,§ and was
captured by the enemy on the coast of Holland 26
Aug. following. He was made Commander, 21
Aug. 1799, into the Firm sloop ; and after having
served for two years and eight months in that vessel
on the English coast, was advanced, 29 April, 1802,
to Post rank. His last appointment was, 4 July,
1803, to the Durham district of Sea Fencibles, in
which he continued until the abolition of that ser-
vice in 1810. He became a Eear-Admiral on the
Retired List 10 Jan. 1837 ; was transferred to the
Active List 17 Aug. 1840; and promoted to his pre-
sent rank 9 Nov. 1846.
PRATT. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
James Pratt entered the Navy 13 July, 1808;
passed his examination in 1815 ; served on board
the Bkitomart 10, Capt. Eobt. Riddell (now Carre),
at the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug, 1816 ; ob-
tained his commission 27 May, 1825 ; was employed
in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant
of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, from
27 July following until March, 1831 ; and has since
been in command of a station in the Coast Guard.
In 1840 he received a silver medal from the Ship-
wreck Institution, and the thanks of the Royal Hu-
mane Society, for his exertions in saving the crews
of three vessels wrecked on the beach between
Bearshide and Black Rock, oo. Cornwall.
* The iadicions arrangements he made on the occuion
procured nim the warmest thanks of Capt. Chas. Brisbane, of
the Doris, the senior officer present. — Ktde Gaz. 1801 p 919
+ V. Gaz. 1805, p. 227. J F. Gaz. 1805, p. 955! '
i F. Gaz. 1798, p. 421.
GB
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PREEDY— PRESCOTT.
PKEEDY. (LiEOT., 1844. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 0.)
George William Peeedy entered the Navy, 12
Not. 1828, as a Volunteer, on board the Banger
28, Capt. 'Wm. Walpole, fitting for the West Indies,
where he followed the same officer, as Midshipman,
in the early part of 1832, into the Pallas 42, and
continued employed until May, 1834. During that
period he was constantly engaged in the suppression
of the slave-trade ; and pn one occasion, while lent
to the Nimble schooner, of 5 guns, Lieut.-Com-
mander Chas. Bolton, was for a long time, prior to
the surrender of the enemy, exposed to the fire of
the Joaquina, a large slaver, mounting one heavy
gun upon a pivot. From May, 1834, until Nov. 1842,
he served on the Mediterranean station in the Port-
land 52, Capt. David Price, Madagascar 46, Capt.
Edm. Lyons, Kodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, and
Calcdtta 84, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts. He then
(he had passed his examination, while in the Rod-
ney, 27 Aug. 1836) joined the Excellent gunnery-
ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; and
on 10 June, 1844, four months after he had been re-
moved to the Campeedown 104, flag-ship of Sir
John Chambers White at the Nore,he was advanced
to the rank of Lieutenant. His appointments have
since been — 13 Sept. 1844, to the Queen 1 10, Capt.
Wm. Fanshawe Martin, lying at Plymouth — 30 Jan.
1845, to the Traealgar 120, Capts. W. F. Martin
and John Neale Nott, under the latter of whom he
cruized with the Channel squadron — and 7 July,
1846, to the Constance 50, Capts. Sir Baldwin
Wake Walker and Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay,
now in the Pacific.
PRESCOTT, C.B. (Eear-Admiral of the Blue,
1847. F-P., 22; H-p., 29.)
Henry Peescott, born 4 May, 1783, at Kew
Green, co. Surrey, is only surviving son of Admiral
Isaac Prescott,* by a daughter of the late Rev. Rich.
Walter, Chaplain of the Centurion, with Commo-
dore Anson, during his expedition to the South Seas,
and author of * Anson's Voyage.' His only brother,
an officer in the Hon. E . I. Co.'s service, was drowned
on his passage home in 1806.
This officer entered the Navy, 16^Feb. 1796, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Formidable 98, Capts.
Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley and John Irwin, sta-
tioned in the Channel, where he attained the rating
of Midshipman in April, 1797, and in the spring of
1798 followed Sir Chas. Thompson (whose flag had
been latterly flying on board the Formidable) into
the Queen Charlotte 100. Proceeding, in 1799,
to the Mediterranean, in the Penelope 36, Capt.
Hon. Henry Blackwood, he there, while at the
blockade of Malta, assistedjSl March, 1800, at the
hardwrought capture of -Xe Guiltaume Tell^ of 84
guns and 1000 men. He afterwards took part in
the operations of 1801 in Egypt; and on 17 Feb.
1802, at which period he was serving with Lord
Keith in the Foudroyant 80, was nominated Act-
ing Lieutenant of the Vincejo brig, Capt. Jas. Pre-
vost. Being confirmed a Lieutenant by commission
dated 28 April, 1802, he was subsequently appointed,
in that capacity — 26 April, 1803, to the Unicorn 32,
Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, in the North
Sea— 14 Dec. 1804, to the .aLotus 32, Capt. Lord
Wm. FitzRoy, under whom he fought in Sir Rich.
Strachan's action ^th the four line-of-battle ships
escaped from Trafalgar 4 Nov. 1805 — and, in the
course of 1805, to the Lord Eldon, Capt. Whin-
yates, Ajax 74, Capt. Hon. H. Blackwood, and
Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, all in the
Mediterranean. On 4 Feb. 1808 he was made Com-
mander into the Weasel brig, of 18 guns. On 1
April following, being off Sardinia, he fell in with a
French fleet, consisting of 10 sail of the line, three
» Attaining Post-rank 8 April, 1778, Admiral Prescott, in
tile conrse of tlie same year, commanded the Queen 98 in
the action between Keppel and d'Orvilliers. In 1781 lie
was stationed at Newfoundland in the Mercury 28. He
became a Rear-Admiral 1 June, 1795, a Vice-Admiral 14 Feb.
1799, and a full Admiral 9 Not. 1805. He died an Admiral
□r the Red.
frigates, one brig, and a store-sUp, and on the next
day, having closely reconnoitred it, proceeded with
the intelligence to Lord Collingwood, who was at
the time cruizing, with a more powerful force, near
Sicily. Adverse winds, unfortunately, however,
deprived the Admiral of an opportunity of prevent-
ing the enemy from effecting their arrival at Toulon.
While employed, subsequently, on the coast of Na^
pies, Capt. Prescott proved of material obstruction
to the trade passing along shore. In one instance
he obliged a French brig of 20 guns to seek refuge
under the land batteries ; and although he adopted
every manoenvre that gallantry could suggest to en-
tice her out, his efforts were of no avail, notwith-
standing that 11 Neapolitan gun-boats were in rea-
diness to support her. On 8 Sept. 1808 we find
him contributing to the capture of four large gun-
boats and 34 coasting-vessels, assembled at Dia-
mante, near the Gulf of Policastro, which place he
had blockaded with much perseverance until the
arrival from Sicily of a force sufficient to attack
them.* On 27 Oct. 1809 he made prize of Le Ve-
loce, French letter of marque, of 4 guns and 83 men;
and on 25 Dec. in the same year he enforced the
surrender, after a chase of nine hours and a brave
resistance of an hour and a-half, of U Eoh, polacre-
rigged privateer, of 14 guns, pierced for 20, and 140
men, 5 of whom were killed and 9 wounded, with
a loss to the British of only 1 man killed and 1
wounded. Between the date last mentioned and
June, 1810, the Weasel was employed cruizing off
Sardinia, on which station she took and re-captured
17 vessels, including, among the former, Ulppolite
French schooner privateer, of 5 guns and 78 men.
She next aided in the defence of Sicily, and while
on that service came into frequent contact with the
flotilla equipped by Murat for the invasion of the
island. On 25 July, 1810, having, in company with
the Thames 32 and Pilot 18, induced a convoy of
31 vessels,! protected by seven large gunboats and
five scampavias, to haul themselves on the beach
close to the town of Amantea, in a position that
caused them to be flanked by two small batteries,
Capt. Prescott, after the crews had been put to
flight, pushed off with his boats, and, sustained by
those of the two other ships, captured and destroyed
the whole. In the ; execution of this service he
was exposed to a very galling fire from the enemy,
who had not only thrown up an embankment outside
the vessels to prevent their being got off, but also
within them to afford shelter to the numerous
troops collected, who, when driven from their en-
trenchments, still afforded great annoyance from
the walls of the town. J Two days subsequently
to this achievement Capt. Prescott again landed
at Amantea, supported by a detachment of ma-
rines from the Cumberland 74; and after de-
stroying several vessels, succeeded in bringing off
a gun, under a heavy fire of musketry, by which
three of his men were wounded. In the course
of the following month he was twice engaged with
convoys passing alongshore, and captured six ves-
sels, two of which, an armed xebec and a gun-
boat, he was obliged to abandon in consequence of
a sudden shift of wind, and of the Weasel's main-
yard being shot away, whereby it became impos-
sible for her to tow them out from under a battery,
in which a large body of French troops had assem-
bled for their protection. The Weasel on this oc-
casion had 6 of her people wounded, one of them
mortally. In Feb. 1811, having been rewarded for
his conduct at Amantea by a commission dated 25
July, 1810, Capt. Prescott left the Weasel. His
next appointments were — 7 Aug. 1811, to the Fylla
20, on the Guernsey and Jersey station — 3 June,
1813, to the Eridanus 36, employed in the Bay of
Biscay, where he cruized until April, 1815— and 6
April, 1821, to the Aurora 46. In the latter frigate
he was at first stationed as senior officer on the coast
of Brazil; and afterwards for 18 months in a similar
capacity in the Pacific. While there in 1822 the
* Viie Gai. 1808, p. 1677, andOaz. 1809, p. 4.
+ Laden with provisions for Murat's army at Scylla.
X V- Gaz. 1808, p. 1859.
PRESCOTT-PRESTON.
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Congress of Peru having ordered a forced contribu-
tion on the commerce of Lima, the British propor-
tion of which amounted to nearly 200,000 dollars,
he not only remonstrated, but took, such decided
and effectual measures that the iniquitous exaction
was abandoned. As a mark of their respect and
gratitude for his exertions the British merchants at
Lima Toted the sum of 1500 dollars for the purpose
of purchasing him a testimonial. In Feb. 1825 he
returned with a large freight to England, and was
paid off. He attained his present rank 24 April,
1847 ; was selected shortly afterwards to fill a seat
at the Board of Admiralty ; and since 15 Deo. in
the same year has been employed as Admiral Su-
perintendent at Portsmouth. He had been nomi-
nated a C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; and awarded the Cap-
tain's Good Service Pension 1 April, 1844.
Rear-Admiral Prescott was appointed, in Sept.
1834, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of New-
foundland and its dependencies. He retained the
post until 1841. He married, 5 July, 1815, Mary
Anne Charlotte, eldest daughter of Vice-Admiral
D'Auvergne, Prince de Bouillon, and sister-in-law
of Capt. John Geo. Aplin, R.N. His eldest son,
the Rev. J. P. Prescott, is married to a daughter of
the late Capt. Parke, R.N.
PRESCOTT. (Eetired Commander, 1839.)
Thomas Lennox Peescott is son of Thos Pres-
cott, Esq. (son of Sir G. Prescott, Kt.), by Augusta,
daughter of Sir Chas. Frederick, K.B., Surveyor-
General of the Ordnance, whose wife, Lucy, was
the eldest daughter of Hugh, first Viscount Fal-
mouth, and sister of the Hon. Admiral Boscaweu.
He is related, thus, to the ducal houses of Marl-
borough, Sutherland, and Beaufort ; and is a ne-
phew of the late Rear-Admiral Thos. Lennox Fre-
derick.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1791, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Romulus 36, commanded in
the Channel by his uncle, Capt. T. L. Frederick ; re-
moved, in the course of the same year, to the Hector
74, Capt. Geo. Montagu, lying at Portsmouth ; and,
from 1792 until 1796, was employed in the West
Indies in the Blanche of 38 guns, Capts. Christ.
Parker, Jonathan Faulknor, and Chas. Sawyer.
In the early part of 1794 he assisted at the reduc-
tion of the French West India islands ; and on 30
Dec. in the same year he was wounded in the boats
under the late Sir David Milne, at the cutting out
of an armed schooner of 8 guns from beneath a de-
structive fire from a fort and a body of troops, not
,50 yards distant, in the island of Deseada. Pre-
viously to the latter affair he had escorted H.R.H.
the Duke of Kent to Halifax. He was subsequently,
5 Jan. 1795, present at the capture of the French
frigate La Pique of 38 guns and about 279 men,
after a deadly action of nearly four hours and a
half, attended with a loss to the enemy of 76 killed
and 1 10 wounded, and to the British, out of 198
men, of 8, including Capt. Faulknor, killed and 21
wounded. During the unfortunate attack made by
General Stewart and Capt. Sawyer upon the island
of Ste. Lucie, Mr. Prescott landed and was intrusted
with the command of a fort. He was made Lieu-
tenant, 12 July, 1797, into the Chapman 24, Capt.
Keene, on the Channel station ; and next appointed
— 13 Nov. in the same year and 27 Aug. 1798, to
the Blenheim and Princess Royal 98's, flag-ships
of Rear-Admiral T. L. Frederick off Lisbon and
Cadiz— and, about 1800, to the command, for a few
months, of a 10-gun brig off Boulogne. In com-
mand of the boats of the Princess Royal he
boarded and carried a Swedish armed ship under
the guns of Cadiz, and had several men wounded.
During the whole of the late war he was detained
a prisoner in France. He was admitted to the out-
pension of Greenwich Hospital 13 June, 1820; and
awarded his present rank 27 April, 1839.
He is married and has had issue.
PEESTON. (Admihal of the White, 1841.
F-P., 22 ; H-p., 44.)
D'Akcy Preston died 21 Jan. 1847, at Askam
Bryam, co. York, aged 82. He was son of the Rev.
John Preston, by Jane Consitt, his wife.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 May, 1781, as a
Volunteer, on board the Portland, Capt. Luttrell,
flag-ship at Newfoundland of Rear- Admirals Ed-
wards and Campbell. From Sept. 1782 until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 Nov. 1790, he
served on the North American, Home, Mediterra-
nean; and again on the Newfoundland stations, in
the Thorn sloop, Capt. Wm. Lechmere, and Port-
land, Bulldog, Sphynx, Phaeton, Bedford, and
Salisbury — the latter bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Milbanke. His next appointments were —
to the Orestes sloop, Capt. Sir Harry Burrard, and
Royal Sovereign 100 and Boyne 98, bearing the
flags of Admirals Graves and Sir John Jervis. In
March, 1794, he commanded the seamen of the
Boyne at the storming of Fort Royal, Martinique ;
and in the following April he co-operated in the re-
duction of Ste. Lucie. While engaged on the latter
service he was promoted to the rank of Commander
by commission bearing date 4 April, 1794, and ap-
pointed to the Rattlesnake sloop-of-war ; in which
vessel he returned to England with the officers who
were charged with the official accounts of the con-
quest. After nearly two years of half-pay Capt,
Preston assumed command, 17 May, 1796, of the
Termagant sloop, lying in the river Thames. At-
taining Post-rank 13 June, 1796, he was next, from
that period until June, 1798, employed on the Home
and Mediterranean stations in the Queen 98, Mig-
nonne 32, Blanche of similar force, and Dido 28.
On the night of 19 Dec. 1796, being at the time in
the Blanche of 38 guns, and in company with La
MiNERVE, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore
Nelson, he fell in with the two Spanish 40-gun fri-
gates Sabina and Ceres, The latter ship he engaged
and compelled to surrender, with the loss of 7 of
her people killed and 15 wounded ; hut before he
could obtain possession of her, the approach of a
Spanish 3-decker and two other frigates compelled
him to wear and make sail in the direction of hig
consort, who, in the meanwhile, had effected the
capture, although she was soon afterwards retaken,
of the Sabina* From 4 July, 1803, until 28 Feb.
1810, Capt. Preston commanded the Sea Fenciblea
between Flamborough and the Tees ; and from 9
Nov. 1813 until July, 1814, we find him officiating,
in the Bravo, as Commodore of a division of prison-
ships at Plymouth. He became a Rear-Admiral 24
Aug. 1819, a Vice-Admiral 12 Nov. 1840, and a full
Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
Admiral Preston was a Deputy-Lieutenant for
the North and West Ridings of Yorkshire. He
married, 29 June, 1792, Sophia, fourth daughter of
the late Hon. Sir Geo. Nares, one of the Judges of
the Court of Common Fleas, and sister of Dr. Nares,
Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, by
whom he had issue five sons and two daughters.
His eldest son, the Rev. John D'Arcy Jervis
Preston, is the father of Mr. D'Arcy Spence
Preston, Mate R.N. ; his second, Edward, died in
the service ; his third, William, is now a Captain
R.N. ; and his fourth, Charles, is an officer in the
Army.
PEESTON. (Commander, 1830. r-p., 13-
H-p., 33.) '
Heney Preston is second and youngest son of
Sir Robt. Preston, Bart., by his cousin, Euphemia,
daughter of John Preston, Esq., of Gorton. His
brother, Robert, is an officer of rank in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Invincible 74, Capt.
John Rennie, which ship, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Thos. Totty, struck on 16 of the same
month, on the Hasborough Sand, near Yarmouth,
and was lost with about 400 of her crew. With
Rear-Admiral Totty Mr. Preston continued eni,
* Vide Gaz. 1797, pp. goi-g.
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PRESTON— PttETYMAN—PREVOST.
jiloyed on the Baltic, Channel, and West India sta-
tions, in the Ze^-LOds and Satobn 74's, until the
summer of 1802. He next, in May, 1803, joined the
Isis 50, bearing the flag of the late Lord Gambler
at Newfoundland, where he remained until Feb.
1805. After a further servitude, on the Home and
Mediterranean stations, in the Pomone 40, and
Captain 74, both commanded by Capt. Wm. Gren-
ville Lobb, Royal Geokgb 100, flag-ship of Sir
John Thos. Duckworth (under whom he passed the
Bardanells), and Ville de Pakis 110 and Cale-
donia 120, both flag-ships of Lord Gambler, he was
nominated, 1 Nov. 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Triumph 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy
and Sam. Hood Linzee, employed at first in the
Channel and afterwards off Cadiz and Ferrol. He
was confirmed to that ship 18 Nov. 1809 ; and
subsequently appointed — 15 Nov. and 17 Dec.
1810, to the Valiant 74, Capt. Robt. Dudley
Oliver, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Harry
Burrard Neale, both in the Channel"3 June, 1811,
to the Imf£tdecx 74, Capts. John Lawford, David
Milne, and Chas. Inglis, in which ship he served in
the Baltic, oflT Lisbon, and among the Western
Islands, part of the time under the flag of Vioe-Ad-
miral Geo. Martin, until Sept. 1812—1 Oct. 1814,
for about 12 months, to the Daphne 22, Capt. Jas.
Green — 25 April, 1816, to the Rivoli 74, Capts.
Chas. Ogle and Aiskew Faffard Hollis, lying at
Portsmouth, where he was paid off 18 Feb. 1817 —
and 12 May, 1827, to the Revenge 76, Capt. Nor-
borne Thompson, with whom he served for a short
period at the same place. He attained bis present
rank 22 July, 1830 ; and has since been on half-pay.
Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
PRESTON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 9 ; h-p., 31.)
Thomas Preston entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dreadnought 98,
Capts. Wm. Lechmere, Geo. Burgoyne Salt, Valen-
tine Collard, and Sam. Hood Linzee, in which ship
he continued employed in the Channel, off Roche-
fort and Lisbon, and in the Baltic, part of the time
under the flag of Kear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby, and
latterly in the capacity of Midshipman, until Feb.
1812. He next, between the date last mentioned
and Aug. 1815, served on the Home and American
stations in the Royal Sovereign 100, Capts. Wm.
Bedford and Jas. Bissett, Ajax 74, Capt. Robt.
Waller Otway, and Spey 20, Capt. Geo. Ferguson.
He then took up a commission bearing date 28 Feb.
1315, and has not been since afloat.
PEESTON. )Captain, 1841. s-p., 22 ; h-p., 14.)
William Pbeston is second son of Admiral
Preston.
This ofloer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1811, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vends frigate, Capt.
Kenneth Mackenzie, with whom he served in flie
North Sea and West Indies until Feb. 1815, the last
two years in the capacity of Midshipman. During
the eight following years we find him employed on
the Home and North American stations in the
SoAMANDER and Ekidanhs frigates, Capts. Gilbert
Heathcote and Wm. King, Grasshopper 18, Capts.
Henry Forbes and David Buchan, Sir Francis
Drake frigate, Capt. John Bowker, Carnation
sloop, Capt. Roger Hall, Newcastle and Salisbury,
flag-ships of Rear-Admirals Edw. Griffith and Wm.
Chas. Fahie, and Athoi.Ii 28, Capt. Henry Bour-
chier. He was then, 8 Jan. 1822, nominated Act-
ing-Lieutenant to the Dotereii 18, Capt. Rich.
Hoare, to which vessel, also stationed in North
America,'he was confirmed 22 March following. He
returned home in July of the same year, and was
subsequently appointed — 24 Jan. 1826, to the Suc-
cess 28, Capt. Jas. Stirling, fitting for the East
Indies — and, 25 Nov. 1828, as First, to the Sulphur
8, Capt. Wm. Townsend Dance, in which vessel he
continued employed on particular service until the
close of 1832. Attaining the rank of Commander
28 Dec. 1833, he was appointed in that capacity, 13
Nov. 1837, to the Electra 18, on the South Ame-
rican station; where he became, in April, 1839,
Second-Captain of the Stag 46, Capt. Thos. Ball
Sulivan, He was advanced, soon after the paying
off of the latter ship, to his present rank 11 Aug.
1841 ; and has not been since employed.
Capt. Preston married, 23 Oct. 1833, Hamilla
Mary, youngest daughter of Jas. Mangles, Esq.,
M.P. for Woodbridge, by whom he has issue.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
PRETYMAN. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
George Pretyman obtained his commission 17
Feb. 1815; served from 1818 to 1821 in the East
Indies on board the Salisbury 58, Capt. John
Wilson ; and in June, 1828, joined the Coast Block-
ade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion
42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He has been on
half-pay since 1831.
PRETYMAN. (Commandeb, 1846. f-p., 22 ;
H-p., 16.)
William Pretyman entered the Navy, 26 Oct.
1809, as F8t.-cl. Vol., on board the Ciroe 28, Capt.
Edw. Woolcombe, and after a servitude of four
years in that ship, chiefly on the West India sta-
tion, and the greater part of the time in the capa-
city of Midshipman, was transferred, in Nov. 1813,
to the Revolutionnaire 38, Capt. Edw. Wool-
combe, under whom he continued employed as
Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant on the East
India and Cape of Good Hope stations, until Dec.
1816. During the next five years he again served
in the West Indies, as Midshipman, on board the
Beaver and Rifleman sloops, both commanded
by Capt. Norwich Duff, Salisbury 58, flag-ship of
Bear-Admiral Campbell, and Raleigh sloop, Capt.
Geo. Blaokman ; and, on 12 April, 1823, after hoving
been for 15 months stationed at Chatham in the
Bulwark and Gloucester 74'8, and Prince Re-
gent 120, all flag-ships of Sir Benj. Hallowell, he
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His sub-
sequent appointments were — 23 Oct. 1827, to the
Coast Blockade, in which service he continued
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion
42, Capt. .Wm. Jas. Mingaye, until 1831—27 Feb;
1841, to the LucirER steam surveying-vessel, Capt.
Fred. Wm. Beechey, under whom he was for nearly
three years employed on the coast of Ireland — and
12 July, 1844, to the command of the Comet
steamer. In that vessel, in which he remained
until advanced to his present rank 27 June, 1846, he
conveyed the body of the late Admiral Sir Philip
Chas. Durham from Portsmouth to Scotland in 1845.
Since his promotion he has been on half-pay.
Commander Pretyman married, 16 June, 1844,
Catherine Elliott, second daughter of Lieut. Alex.
Webb, R.N.
PREVOST. (Eeab-Admikal, 1846. f-p., 24;
H.P., 39.)
James Prevost is second son of the late Major-
General Augustine Prevost, by Anne, daughter of
the Chevalier Geo. Grand, of Amsterdam, Knight
of the Swedish order of Gustavus Vasa; and brother
(with Major-General Wm. Augustus Prevost, who
died 9 Aug. 1824) of Lieut.-General Sir Geo. Pre-
vost," Colonel of the 16th Regt., and Governor-
General and Commander-in-Chief in North Ame-
rica, who was created a Baronet 6 Dec. 1805 and
died 5 Jan. 1816.
This ofiioer entered the Navy ill 1784, as Cap-
tain's Servant, on board the Culloden 74, Capt.
Cotton, guard-ship at Plymouth. From March,
1785, untU June, 1793, he served on the Newfound-
land and Jamaica stations in the Leocadia, Capt>
Alex. Edgar, Expedition 44, Commodore Gardner,
Chichester 44, Capt. H. Brydges, Nautilus 18,
Capt. John Trigge, and Salisbury and Europa,
flag-ships of Admiral Milbanke and Commodore
Ford. He was then, on 19 of the month last men-
tioned, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and
placed in command of the Flying Fish schooner,
in which vessel he witnessed the surrender of Jere-
mie, St. Nicholas Mole, Leogane, and other places
PREVOST— PRICE.
925
in St. Domingo. His appointments, after he left
the Flying Fish, were— 9 March, 1794, to the
Hound 18, Capt. F. Gardner, on the Jamaica, sta-
tion—20 April, U95, and 6 April, 1796, to the De-
fence 74, Capt. Thos. Wells and Bakfledk 98, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Hon. Wm. Waldegraye, both
in the Mediterranean — 22 Feb. 1798, to the Agin-
couHT 64, bearing the flag of the officer last men-
tioned at Newfoundland— and, 29 Aug. 1800, to the
FouDBOYANT 80, flag-sMp of Lord Keith, again in
the Mediterranean. In the Defence he fought in
Hotham's first partial action 14 March, 1795; in
the Babplehr he took part in the action off Cape
St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797, and assisted, in command
of the launch, in Nelson's bombardment of Cadiz ;
and in the Foudroyant he obtained the Turkish
gold medal for his services on shore during the ope-
rations of 1801 in Egypt. On 8 Oct. in the latter
year he was promoted to the command of the
Bonne Citoyenne sloop, also on the Mediterranean
station, where, in 1802, he removed to the Vincejo
brig. In Aug. and Dec. 1804 (he had left the Vin-
cejo in 1803), he assumed command, in succession,
of the Explosion bomb and Saracen 18 ; in the
latter of which vessels we find him recommended
by Kear-Admiral Murray to the 'protection of the
Admiralty as " an active and very zealous officer "
for his conduct during the operations in the Kio de
la Plata, whence he was sent home with the naval
and military despatches announcing the disastrous
result of the attack upon Buenos Ayres 5 July,
1807.* He was advanced to Post-rank 13j March,
1809, and was lastly, from 11 Dec. 1812 until 4 June,
1814, employed at Chatham in the Ceres 32, as
Flag-Captain to Kear-Admiral Thos. Surridge. We
may add that for a short time in 1802 She acted as
Captain of the Sdccess frigate at Malta. He ac-
cepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
Kear-Admiral Prevost married, first, in 1798,
Frances, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Haultain, Kector
of Weybridge ; and that lady dying 1 Feb. 1813,
secondly, in Feb. 1814, Frances, only daughter of
the late Lewis de Teissier, Esq., of Woodcote Park,
CO. Surrey. By his first wife he had issue one son
(James Charles, now a Commander K.N.) and
three daughters ; and, by his second two sons (the
elder Lewis de Teissier, also a Commander K.N.)
and three daughters. Agents — Hallett and Robin-
son.
PEEVOST. (Commander, 1844.)
James Charles Prevost is the only son of Rear-
Admiral Prevost by his first marriage.
This officer passed his examination in 1829 ; and
obtained his commission 10 Deo. 1835. His suc-
ceeding appointments were— 30 Dec. 1835, as Ad-
ditional Lieutenant, to the Caledonia 120, flag-
ship of Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean— 30
May, 1836, to the Pembroke 74, Capts. Sir Thos.
Fellowes and Fairfax Moresby, employed on the
Lisbon and Mediterranean stations — 20 April, 1840,
as Senior (shortly after the latter ship had been
paid off) to the Victor 16, Capts. Wm. Dawson and
Chaa. Cooke Otway, attached to the force in North
America and the West Indies— and, 9 Dec. 1842, to
the St. Vincent 120, bearing the flag at Ports-
mouth of Sir Chas. Rowley, to whom he became
Flag-Lieutenant 1 Dec. 1843. He was advanced
to his present rank 22 Oct. 1844; and, since 4 April,
1845, has been employed as Second Captain of the
Vernon 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sam.
Hood Inglefield on the S.E. coast of America and in
the East Indies.
He married, 18 Oct. 1842, Ellen Mary, eldest
daughter of Capt. Fairfax Moresby, R.N., C.B.
Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
PEEVOST. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 17; h-p., 2.)
Lewis be Teissier Prevost, born 27 Dec. 1814,
in Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, is the eldest
son of Rear-Admiral Prevost by his second mar-
riage.
• VideGaz. 1807, pp. 1210-11.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College
8 Feb.1828; and embarked in Nov. 1829, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the DRinD 46, Capts. Gawen Wm.
Hamilton and Sam. Roberts, with whom he served
on the South American and Lisbon stations, the
greater part of the time as Midshipman, until paid
off in June, 1833. In the following Aug. he joined
the Revenge 78, Capt. Donald Hugh Mackay, also
attached to the force off Lisbon ; and in the spring
of 1834, having passed his examination, he became
Mate of the Gannet 16, Capt. John Balfour Max-
well, in the West Indies. Returning thence in
June, 1835, he was next, between Feb. 1836 and
the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant
23 Nov. 1841, employed on the Mediterranean and
Home stations in the Favourite 18, Capt. Geo.
Rodney Mundy, Inconstant 36, Capt. Dan. Pring,
Magiciekne 24, Capt. Fred. Thos. Michell, and
Revenge 76, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave. In the
Favorite he served in 1836 on the south coast of
Spain ; and in the Magicienne be participated in
the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria. His
appointments, in the capacity of Lieutenant, were
—30 Nov. 1841, to the Vernon 50, Capt. Wm.
Walpole, fitting for the Mediterranean — in 1844, on
his return to England, to the command of a station
in the Coast Guard — and, 12 and 24 Sept. 1844, to
the Waterwitoh and Pantaloon sloops, Capts.
Thos. Eras. Birch and Edm. Wilson. For the gal-
lant manner in which, in the boats of the latter
vessel (of which he was at the time Senior), he
boarded and carried a slaver on the coast of Africa,
he was promoted to the rank he now holds 30 Aug.
1845. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander Prevost married, at Malta, 10 Jan.
1844, Miss E. Handy, of the co. Westmeath.
PEICE. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Charles Henry Price is brother of Retired
Commander Hervey Price.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Nov. 1810, on
board the Sabine sloop, commanded by his brother,
Capt. Geo. Price, under whom he served for some
time on the Cadiz station. Towards the close of
the war we find him employed in the Baltic in the
Persian 18, Capt. Chas. Bertram, and on the Dutch
coast in the Amphion 32, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stew-
art; and, at the commencement of the peace, sta-
tioned in the Nimrod 18, Capt. John Macpherson
Ferguson, on the Scottish coast, and in the Sophie
sloop, Capt. Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman, at St.
Helena, for the detention of Buonaparte. In the
two ships last mentioned he held the rating of Mas-
ter's Mate. He was afterwards for five years em-
ployed in the West Indies as Mate and Acting-
Lieutenant in the Sophie, Tamar, and Serapis —
the latter commanded by Capt. Geo. Vernon Jackson.
On 6 Dec. 1824 he was advanced to the rank of
Lieutenant. He exchanged about the same period
into the Primrose 18, Capt. John Stoddart ; and in
June, 1825, returned to England as First of the
Bustard, with a constitution much impaired from
the effects of yellow fever. He has since been on
half-pay.
In 1827 Lieut. Price was presented with the free-
dom of the city of Hereford. He married, 18 Sept.
1838, Mary, second daughter of the late Kev. Chas.
Taylor, D.D., Chancellor of the diocese of Here-
ford, by whom he has issue one daughter.
PEICE. (Captain, 1815. p-p., 18; H-p., 28.)
David Price, bom about 1790, is descended pa-
ternally from the Prices of Bulch Trebanne, co.
Caermarthen ; and maternally from the Powells of
Abersenny, co. Brecknock.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ardent 64, Capts. Thos.
Bertie and Geo. M'Kinley, and on 2 April following
was present in the action off Copenhagen. In July,
1802, he joined the Blenheim 74, Capts. Philip
Turner Bover, Murray Maxwell, Henry Matson, and
Thos. Graves, employed at first as a guard-ship at
Portsmouth, and afterwards under the broad pen-
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dant of Sir Sam. Hood in the West Indies, where
he was frequently under fire from the batteries at
Martinique. In the course of 1804-5 he removed in
succession, on the station last named, to the OspREy
and St. Ldcia sloops, Capts. "Wm. Henry Byam
Martin and Geo. Edm. Byron Bettesworth, Cen-
taur 74, Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, and Galatea
and Ht^na frigates, both commanded by Capt.
Murray Maxwell. Returning in the latter vessel
with convoy to England in Nov. 1805, he again, in
Eeb. 1806, joined Sir Sam. Hood on board the Cen-
taur. "While in that ship he assisted as Signal
Midshipman, in company with the Mars and Mo-
narch 74' s, at the capture, 25 Sept. 1806, of four
heavy Erench frigates from Kochefort, after an
action in which Sir Sam. Hood lost his arm. Accom-
panying also Admiral Gambler's expedition against
the Danish capital in 1807, he was employed during
the bombardment of Copenhagen, in the Centaur's
guard-boats, in preventing the arrival of supplies
for the besieged from the Baltic side. On the sur-
render of the enemy he aided in fitting out and
conducting to England one of the prizes taken, the
Nwge 74. He subsequently witnessed the occupa-
pation of Madeira ; and on his return to the Baltic
in 1808 was wounded in the hand by a spent musket-
ball while engaged in one of the Centaur's cutters,
under the command of Lieut. Jas. Shea (who was
killed), in an ultimately successful attempt to obtain
possession of a Danish despatch-boat which had run
on shore under the protection of a body of troops
posted, with several pieces of cannon, upon a high
cliff on the island of Moen. On 26 Aug. in the
same year we find him, in company with the Im-
placable 74, contributing, within sight of the whole
Russian fleet near Rogerswick, to the capture of
the 74-gun ship Sewolod, at the end of a close and
furious conflict, in which the Centaur had 3 of her
people killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180
killed and wounded. Being nominated, 7 April,
1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the Ardent 64, Capt.
Robt. Honyman, Mr. Price was frequently employed
in the boats of that ship in protecting the trade
passing through the Great Belt. On one occasion,
while watering with a small party at the island of
Ronsoe, he fell into the hands of 300 Danes, by
whom, however, he was detained but a very short
period. "When subsequently in charge of a small
prize which he had captured, he was cast away and
again endured a brief captivity. On finally leaving
the Ardent, to which ship the Admiralty had con-
firmed him by a commission bearing date 28 Sept.
1809, he joined, as Second Lieutenant, in Feb. IBll,
the Hawke brig, of 16 guns, Capts. Henry Bour-
chier and Geo. "Wyndham. Under Capt. Bourchier
Mr. Price was present, 25 March, 1811, at the de-
struction, near Cape Barfleur, of the French 40-gun
frigate Amazone, On 17 Aug. following we find
him cutting out, with the Hawke's jolly-boat, a
French vessel, protected by a galling fire from the
.shore, in the same vicinity ; and, two days after-
wards, participating in a very gallant action fought
between the Hawke on one side, and on the other
three gun-brigs, carrying each from 10 to 16 guns,
and two luggers of from 8 to 10 guns each, in escort
of a large convoy. The contest was maintained
until the two luggers, together with two of the
gun-brigs and 15 of the merchantmen, were driven
on shore. The Hawke shortly afterwards, while
in the act of wearing to prevent the third brig
from raking her, unfortunately took the ground,
and thereby enabled the latter, with a few of the
convoy, although they had struck, to effect their
escape. One hour and a-half elapsing before the
British vessel could be again got afloat, she lay ex-
;posed during the whole of that period to an inces-
sant discharge of artillery and musketry from the
shore. Being then brought to an anchor for the
purpose of repairing her damaged rigging, Mr.
Price, owing to the absence of the First Lieutenant
in a prize, was sent with the boats to bring out or
destroy as many of the enemy's vessels as practi-
cable. Although exposed to a galling fire of mus-
ketry from the beach, which was lined with troops.
he assisted in bringing out Le Heron national brig
of 10 gims (pierced for 16), and three large trans-
ports laden with timber for ship-building : the re-
mainder were all on their broadsides and bilged,
and were only prevented from being burnt by the
strength of the tide being in their favour. " I feel,"
says Capt. Bourchier in his despatch narrating the
particulars of the exploit, " I am only barely doing
justice to the merits of Lieut. Price in recommend-
ing him most strongly to their Lordship's notice for
his spirited conduct in the action, as also in the
boats, and in short on all occasions ; he is a most
deserving and meritorious young oflacer, to whom I
feel myself much indebted." * Capt. Bourchier's
own conduct, we may add, was rewarded with a
Post commission. Wot long afterwards Mr, Price
was again highly spoken of by Capt. Wyndham for
the manner in which, in a small gig, he made prize
of L' Hirondelle schooner in the river Isere, although
opposed by a smart fire of musketry from the shore.
On 21 Oct. 1811, with two of the Hawke's boats,
one of them commanded by Mr. Smith the Master,
he made a dash at one of several brigs lying in Bar-
fleur harbour, and was received by a heavy fire
which killed 2 and wounded 3 of his companions.
He nevertheless boarded, with but one follower,
and maintained an obstinate struggle until the two
were wounded (himself by a thrust of a bayonet)
and disarmed. He then, trusting to the chance of
being picked up rather than to the certainty of
being taken prisoner, jumped overboard, and con-
trived to keep himself afloat until happily fallen in
with by the cutter under Mr. Smith, who had been
foiled in his attempts to gain the deck of the French
vessel. The boats of the Theban frigate had been
sent to co-operate in the attack, but did not arrive
in time to afford any support. On the return of the
Hawke to Portsmouth Mr. Price was sent to the
hospital at Haslar, where, after three months of
protracted suffering, it was discovered that, instead
of his hip-bone, as had been supposed, being jfrac-
tured, four inches of the bayonet-steel had remained
lodged in his side. As soon as the state of his
health would permit, which was not until Sept. 1812,
he was appointed to the Mulgrave 74, Capt. Thos.
Jas. Maling, stationed off Cherbourg. He next, in
Jan. 1813, joined the San Josef 110, Capts. Henry
Bourchier and "Wm. Stewart, in which ship, although
but the third in seniority, he was selected by Sir Rich.
King, whose flag was at the time flying on board,
to perform the duties of First-Lieutenant in the
partial action fought with the French fleet off Tou-
lon 5 Nov. 1813. Being advanced to the rank of
Commander 6 Dec. in the same year, and appointed
to the Volcano bomb, he volunteered, in the sum-
mer of 1814, to join in the hostilities then rife on
the coast of North America. Proceeding thither
accordingly, and arriving in time to form a part in
the expedition against Baltimore, he covered the
landing at North Point, assisted at the bombard-
ment of Fort M'Henry, and was the last, after
having covered the re-embarkation of the troops,
to leave the Patapsco. When subsequently aide-
de-camp to Rear- Admiral Pulteney Malcolm in the
Potomac, he led on part of the forces up the Yoco-
moco, while Capt. Rich. Kenah of the ^tna bomb,
who was killed, led the other up the Coan. On 31
Oct. 1814, being then in the windward passage with
a transport under convoy bound to Jamaica, the
Volcano fell in with and, after two broadsides, put
to flight the Saucy Jack American schooner privsr
teer, a vessel of far superior force, 7 of whose people
were killed and 14 wounded, with a loss to the
British of an officer (Lieut. J. P. Furzer, R.M.A.)
and 2 men killed. At the commencement of the
operations against New Orleans Capt. Price was
employed, in conjunction with Capt. Hon. Robt.
Cavendish Spencer, in surprising the American
piquet posted at the entrance of the Bayou Catalan,
and so effectually was the service executed that not
a man escaped, and the British troops were in con-
sequence enabled to land without resistance. On
General Keane's army being attacked, on the even-
• Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1636.
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ing of the 24th, by the enemy, Capt. Price was
despatched to acquaint him with the approach of
reinforcements. In carrying out his instructions
he fell in with a party of the enemy, who fired at
and shot him through the thigh. " In this state,"
reports Rear- Admiral Malcolm, " he not only made
his escape, but secured an American soldier : I trust
his wound is not dangerous, as he is a gallant young
man and an excellent officer." The Volcano sub-
sequently aided in the bombardment of Fort St.
Philip, and continued on the Mississippi until the
retreat of the British army. In Feb. 1815, after
landing a body of troops on Dauphin Island, Capt.
Price took a zealous and active part in the attack
on Fort Bowyer. During the proximate siege of
Fort Mobile he was sent in charge of a division of
boats to intercept a force of 800 men which had
been sent from the town of Mobile for the purpose
of raising it. Successful in the object of his mis-
sion, he effected the capture of two schooners, in
one of which were found despatches of consequence
from the American General Blew.* The import-
ance of Capt. Price's performance was acknowledged
in Major-General Lambert's public letter to the
War-Office. On the intelligence of peace arriving
from England he was sent with a flag-of-truce to
communicate the information to the Americans at
Mobile, and to restore Fort Bowyer to the proper
authorities. On his return to England he was ad-
vanced to his present rank 13 June, 1815. When
next in command, from 1 May, 1834, until the spring
of 1838, of the PottTLAND 52, on the Mediterranean
station, he was presented by King Otho with the
Order of the Redeemer for his services to the Greek
Government. The assistance afforded by him to
jhe British mission was also acknowledged in the
official letters of Sir Edm. Lyons, the Minister Ple-
nipotentiary at the court of Athens. Since 10 Nov.
1846 he has been employed as Superintendent of
the dockyard at Sheerness and Captain of the
Ocean 80 and Wellington 72.
Capt. Price is a Magistrate for Brecknockshire.
He married, 30 July, 1844, Elizabeth, eldest daughter
of the late John Taylor, Esq., and niece of the late
Admiral Wm. Taylor (1830), of Maize Hill, Green-
wich. ' Agents — Hallett and Robinson,
PRICE. (Retired Commander, 1839. f-p., 14 ;
H-p., 40.)
Fkancis Swaine Price was born 5 July, 1785.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1793, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Childers sloop, Capt.
Robt. Barlow, stationed in the Channel. In Jan.
1795 he removed to the Magnanime of 48 guns,
Capts. Schomberg and Hon. Michael de Courcy,
employed on the coast of Ireland ; and he next, from
July, 1797, to June, 1802, served in the Channel and
among the Western Islands in the Boadicea 38,
Capts. Rich. Goodwin Keats and Chas. Rowley.
During that period he was twice wounded — once in
an attack made by Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice Pole
on a Spanish squadron in Aix Roads, 2 July, 1799,
and again at the cutting out of a Spanish packet
and gun-boat from the harbour of Corunna. In
Sept. 1802 and Nov. 1803 we find him successively
joining the Aggressor gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders
Thos. Thompson and Geo. Hayes, and, as Master's
Mate, the T^mekairb 98, Capt. Eliab Harvey, under
whom he was again wounded in the action off Cape
Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. In consideration of his
sufferings he was voted by the Patriotic Society the
sum of SOL He obtained his commission 30 Jan.
1806, and from the following May until July, 1807,
was employed in the Channel and North Sea on
board the Namhr 74, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted.
The latter was his last appointment. He accepted
his present rank 6 April, 1839.
PRICE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
Hugh Price entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1807, as
a Supernumerary, on board the Northumberland
74, Capt, Nathaniel Day Cochrane, bearing the flag
• Fide Giz. 1815, p. 728.
of Hon. Sir Alex, Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief
in the West Indies, where, from the following March
until April, 1810, he served under the orders of
Capt. John EUis Watt, part of the time as Midship-
man, in the Heureox, Hart, Julia, Heureux
again, and Forester. He then returned to Eng-
land with convoy in the Blonde frigate, Capt. Thos.
Huskisson; and in Jan. 1811, after having been for
six months borne at Woolwich on the books of the
Thisbe 28, Capt. Wm. Rogers, and Safeguabd,
Lieut. -CommanderGeo. Augustus Hire, was received
on board the Crescent frigate, Capt. John Quilliam,
attached to the force in the Baltic. He served
next at Halifax, from April, 1813, to Oct. 1815, in
the Bold 14, Capt. John Skekel, Narcissus 32,
Capts. John Rich. Lumley, Jas. Galloway, and Alex.
Gordon, and Centurion, Lieut.-Commander Rich.
Stuart. The Bold was wrecked in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence 27 Sept. 1813. Having been advanced
to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing
date 28 Feb. 1815, Mr. Price, at the close of that
year, returned to England in the Canso 10, Lieut.-
Commander Crooke. He has since been on half-pay.
He is married and has issue.
PRICE. (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p., 18;
H-p., 34.)
James Hekvet Price is youngest son of the late
Capt. Chas. Papps Price, R.N.,* and brother (with
the present Lieut. Chas. Henry Price) of the late
Capt. Geo. Price, R.N.t
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Badger 8, commanded
by his father, Lieut. Chas. Papps Price, under
whom, 'while employed on the coast of Normandy
in protecting the island of St. Marcouf, we find
him present at the cutting-out, after a fierce re-
sistance, of a guard-vessel in the river Isigny, and
also at the destruction of the barge in which Sir
Sidney Smith had been captured. From Dec. 1797
to May, 1802, he served as Midshipman in the
Atlas 98, and was for the most part engaged at the
blockade of Brest. Joining next, in Sept. of the
latter year, the Alonzo sloop, Capts. W. H. Faulk-
ner and John Impey, he cruized in that vessel on
the Irish, Baltic, and Channel stations, and was on
board of her off Bognor, in Oct. 1803, during a
three days' gale, in which she lost her masts and
rudder, sprang a dangerous leak, and was all but
lost. _ On the third night, the gale having somewhat
subsided, he was directed by Capt. Impey to en-
deavour to get a letter on shore with an account of
the state to which the Alonzo had been reduced.
Not daring to beach his boat, Mr. Price jumped
into the serf, and, although half-drowned, succeeded
in conveying the despatch to a signal-station, whence
it was forwarded to Portsmouth. Soon after this
occurrence he joined the Queen 98, Capts. Theo-
philus Jones, Fras. Pender, and Manley Dixon, in
which ship, during upwards of 12 months that he
* Capt. Chas. Papps Price, a native of Hay, in Brecon-
shire, entered the service at a very early age, and in May,
1778, was made a Lieutenant. Continuing actively em-
ployed with honour to himself and benefit to his country, he
was appointed to the command of the island of Marcouf
when threatened with an attack by the French from La
Hogue. On the night of 6 May, 1798, the enemy attempted
to carry the island by storm ; but its gallant defender, with
a handful of brave men, drove them back with immense loss,
and so completely defeated them that they did not again
repeat the attack. For his exemplary conduct in the affair
he was promoted to the rank of Commander, and subse-
quently to that of Post-Captain. He died at Hereford about
Jan. 1813, aged 62.
t Capt. Geo. Price obtained his first commission U Sept
18U5, and as a reward for the distinguished gallantry he
exhibited on many detached services, when senior of the
PoBCtTpiNE, Capt. Hon. Hen. Duncan, was promoted to
the rank of Commander in 1808. His heroic conduct on
one occasion induced the Patriotic Society to vote him the
sum of 5o;. During tlie defence of Cadiz he commanded
the Sabine sloop, as stated in our memoir of his brother,
and was actively employed at the siege of Isla de Leon. He
obtained Post-rank 7 Jan. 1812; was presented, in 1817, with
the freedom of Hereford ; became an out-pensioner of Green-
wich Hospital 30 July, 1833 ; and died la Nov. 1840, at the
Barton, in Hereford ,aged 55.
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PRICE.
was stationed off Rochefort, he had sole charge of
the signal department, and acquitted himself of his
duties in a manner that called forth the commen-
dation of Vice- Admiral CoUingwood. On 17 May,
1805, being then at Gibraltar, he followed Kear-
Admiral John Knight (whose flag had been latterly
flying on board the Queen), as Acting-Lieutenant,
into the Gdekrier 80, to which ship he was con-
firmed 17 July following. His succeeding appoint-
ments were — 19 Aug. 1805, again to the Queen,
successive flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Admi-
rals Knight and Lord Collingwood, under the former
of whom he ofSoiated as Flag-Lieutenant — 14 Aug.
1806, to the Beagle sloop, Capt. Fras. Newcombe,
stationed at first in the Mediterranean, and after-
wards in the Channel— and, 29 May, 1809, as First,
to the Persian 18, Capts. Sam. Martin Colquitt and
Chas. Bertram. He was on board the Queen when
she fired a few shot into the Algeciras 74, the last
of the French ships, defeated at Trafalgar, that
made her escape into Cadiz, where he afterwards,
on his removal to the Beagle, assisted in the boats,
although at the time on crutches from the effects of
a severe injury on the instep of the left foot, in
compelling the enemy to abandon an English mer-
chant-ship laden with naval stores and on shore.
While cruizing in the same vessel in the Channel Mr.
Price contributed to the capture, 2 Oct. 1808 and
24 Jan. and 18 Feb. 1809, of the privateers Hazard
of 14 guns and 49 men, Vengeur of 16 guns and 48
men, and Fortune of 14 guns and 58 men. He fre-
quently, also, landed between Boulogne and Cape
Gris-nez for the purpose of distributing inflamma-
tory proclamations ; and in April, 1809, he took
part in Lord Cochrane's celebrated attack upon the
French shipping in Aix Roads. At the close of the
contest, the Vilh de Varsovie SO and Calcutta 56
having been taken possession of, the Beagle ran
in under the stern of the Aquilon 74, and obliged
her too to surrender. Mr. Price, by Capt. New-
combe's direction, took possession, and conveyed
her Captain a prisoner on board L'Impekieuse,
Lord Cochrane's ship. This took place on the 12th ;
and on the 18th the Beagle was for five hours in
action, at the mouth of the Charente, and under
a fire of shells from lie d'Aix, with L' Ocean 120,
bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral "Willaumez, a two-
decker, and a frigate, at the close whereof she had
only three barrels of powder left, besides the car-
tridges which were filled. In the Persian Mr.
Price proved instrumental to the capture of two
luggers and a cutter ; he was in attendance in her
on the Princess Charlotte during the summer months
of 1810 and 1811; and when Cadiz was first attacked
by the French he assisted in conveying reinforce-
ments from Gibraltar to that place. In the summer
of 1812 we find him employed in occasionally block-
ading a Danish squadron in the ports of Norway,
and on one occasion storming a signal-station on
the coast of Jutland. Prior to her departure from
the Baltic the Persian succeeded in intercepting
two vessels bound to America with munitions of
war. She was ultimately wrecked on the Silver
Keys to the northward of St. Domingo 16 June,
1813 — a catastrophe in reference to which Capt.
Bertram afterwards, in a letter addressed to Lord
Melville, thus expressed himself : — " I take the
liberty of addressing your Lordship in behalf of
Lieut. J. H. Price, a most meritorious oflicer. He
served with me three years, and I always found
him to be a most correct, zealous ofi&cer, a perfect
gentleman, and always first to step forward when-
ever His Majesty's service was in question. The
unfortunate wreck of the Persian must be in your
Lordship's recollection, when 125 men in the boats
for three nights and days suffered the greatest
hardships and privations. Lieut. Price was on a
raft with part of the crew, and to him, my Lord, I
must justly attribute the preservation of that part
of the crew to His Majesty's service, by his exem-
plary conduct and coolness in preventing the men
from becoming outrageous through despair, the night
being dark and tempestuous, and the raft amid
breakers. 1 hope, my Lord, in consideration of
Lieut. Price's long and meritorious services on many
occasions, and in consideration of the severe loss he
sustained by the wreck of the Persian (having lost
every individual thing he had), your Lordship will
be induced to consider him worthy of being a can-
didate, whenever a promotion takes place." On
the fourth day the crew all assembled under Old
Cape, whence they proceeded westward to Porto
Plata, and there landed. No vessels being foimd
in the harbour capable of receiving them, Mr. Price
was sent in a small boat with a Midshipman and
two Spaniards to endeavour to remedy the want at
Turk's Island. Owing to stress of weather he was
driven to leeward and wrecked on the Caicos Islands,
and it was not until the tenth day that he was en-
abled to return with two vessels to Porto Plata.
In one of these, as did Capt. Bertram in the other,
he proceeded with one-half of the crew to St. Tho-
mas's. By the time they had arrived the Surgeon
and Gunner, together with a Midshipman and 36 of
the people, had fallen victims to the yellow-fever,
and the remainder had been dreadfully affected by
it. Lieut. Price accepted his present rank 17 Jan.
1838.
In compliment to his services the Commander
has been presented with the freedom of the city of
Hereford.
PRICE. (Lieutenant, 1836.)
John Price, bom 5 April, 1802, is son of Joseph
Price, Esq., a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant
for CO. Monmouth.
This oificer entered the Navy, 11 Jan. 1815, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Cornwallis 74, Capt.
John Bayley, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Burlton
in the East Indies, where he continued employed
with the same officer in the Welleslet 74, with'
Capt. John Clavell in the Orlando 36, and with
Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier in the Liverpool 50
and Ganges 84. In the Liverpool, in 1819, he
accompanied an expedition sent against the pirates
of the Persian Gulf, and assisted at the bombard-
ment and destruction of Ras-el-Khyma, their princi-
pal stronghold. After a servitude of four years in
the Mediterranean on board the Tribune ^, Capt.
Gardiner Henry Guion, and Weazle 10 and Me-
dina 20, both commanded by Capt. Timothy Curtis,
he was promoted, 25 Nov. 1826, to the rank of
Lieutenant. His subsequent appointments were —
to the Parthian 10, Capt. Hon. Geo. Fred. Ho-
tham, also in the Mediterranean, whence he inva-
lided in Feb. 1828—9 June, 1830, to the Wolp 18,
Capt. Wm. Hamley, fitting for the East Indies —
and 8 May, 1837, and 22 June, 1838, to the ScouT
18 and Parthian 18, Capts. Robt. Craigie and
Wm. Langford Castle, both on the coast of Africa.
In 1832 he commanded the boats of the Wolf at
the capture of the fort of Quedah, on the coast of
Malacca. On 4 April in the same year he was dis-
missed the Navy by sentence of court-martial ; but
on 27 May, 1836, he was restored by Order in
Council. In the boats of the Scout he made prize
of three vessels, carrying between them 1346 slaves ;
and in those of the Pylades he took one with 235
negroes on board. For the gallant conduct he dis-
played Mr. Price had the satisfaction of receiving
a letter of thanks from Rear- Admiral Patrick Camp-
bell, the Commander-in-Chief, and another from
the Secretary of the Admiralty. He has been on
half-pay since the commencement of 1839.
PRICE. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
John Adolphus Pope Price entered the Navy
24 Deo. 1830; passed his examination 6 May, 1835;
and at the period of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, 18 Oct. 1842, had been serving as Mate
in the Mediterranean on board the Thunderer 84,
Capt. Daniel Pring. His next appointment was,
13 March, 1843, to the Hecla steam-sloop of 240
horse-power, Capts. John Duffill and Chas. Starmer,
under whom he was again employed in the Medi-
terranean until nominated, 1 July, 1847, Flag-Lieu-
tenant in the Ceylon to Sir Lucius Curtis, Admiral-
Superintendent at Malta.
PRICE— PRICKETT—PRIDHAM.
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PRICE. (Captain, 1831. p-p., U; h-p., 80.)
Samuel Price, bom 1 Jan. 1793, is eldest son of
Barrington Price, Esq., of West House, Brighton
(brother of Sir Uvedale Price, Bart., of Foxley, co.
Hereford), by Lady Maria Lyon Bowes, daughter
of John ninth Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn.
He is grand-nephew and godson of Admiral Hon.
Sam. Barrington, brother of the first Viscount Bar-
rington. His brother, William Price, was killed in
America in 1814, while serving in the Poictieks 74.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Sept. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vikginie frigate, Capt.
John Poo Beresford, attached to the force in the
North Sea; and was subsequently employed on the
Halifax and Home stations in the Kevolutionnaire
44, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, Cambrian 40, and
Theseds and Poictiehs 74'8, all commanded by
Capt. J. P. Beresford, and Favorite sloop, Capts.
Benj. Clement and Robt. Forbes. While attached
to the Theseus he served in her boats, in the capa-
city of Midshipman, in two attempts' made to de-
stroy a French 80-gun ship moored under the bat-
teries in Vigo harbour. He was frequently, too,
engaged in boat affairs under the enemy's batteries
along the French coast; and in 1809 he was present
at the destruction of the shipping in Aix Koads and
in the operations connected with the expedition to
the Walcheren. After having acted for a short
period as Lieutenant in the Favorite, he was con-
firmed, 3 Juh^, 1812, to that rank in the Edinburgh
74, Capts. Kowland Mainwaring and Hon. Geo.
Heneage Lawrence Dundas, under the latter of
whom we find him, at the close of 1813, assisting
at the capture of a convoy and the destruction of
the enemy's batteries at Port d'Anzo, besides par-
ticipating in the unsuccessful attack upon Leghorn.
Joining shortly after the latter event the Bac-
chante 38, Capts. Wm. Hoste and Fras. Stanfell,
he proceeded to the coast of North America, and
in 1814 accompanied the expedition up the Penob-
scot. He came home in Oct. of the same year;
attained the rank of Commander 18 Sept. 1815;
and was lastly, from 16 Sept. 1828 until advanced
to his present rank 25 June, 1831, employed on the
Irish station in the Trinculo 18.
Capt. Price married, 20 July, 1831, Dorothea
Grace, eldest daughter of Hugh Kennedy, Esq., of
Cultra, CO. Down, by whom he has issue a daughter.
Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
PRICKETT. (ffiaptailt, 1824. F-p., 15; H-p.,33.)
Thomas Prickett, bom 23 April, 1789, is son of
the late Commander John Prickett, R.N. ;* and
brother of Lieut. John David Prickett, R.N., who
was Senior of the Busy sloop, Capt. Rich. Keilly,
when that vessel, with all on board, was lost on the
Halifax station in 1807.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Borer gun-brig, com-
manded by his father, Lieut. John Prickett, vrith
whom he served in the Channel until May, 1802,
part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman.
Joining in the following July the Centaur 74, he
sailed in that ship vrith the broad pendant of Sir
Sam. Hood for the West Indies, where, in the attack
of 1803 upon Ste. Lucie, he took command of a boat
and was employed in landing the troops. After
serving for a short time on the Home station in the
• John Prickett, a veteran who served his country with
zeal for upwards of 50 years, obtained his first commission in
April, 17!)4, and was one of those few meritorious officers
who were advanced to tlie rank of Lieutenant from that of
Master. In Jan. 1795 he assisted, as third of the Blanche
of 38 guns and 198 men, at the capture of La Pique of 3S
guns and about 279 men, after a deadly action of nearly four
liours and a half, in which the British sustained a loss of 8
persons, including their Captain, Rob. Faulknor, killed, and
31 wounded, and the enemy of 76 killed and 110 wounded.
During the latter part of the French revolutionary war he
commanded the JBoRER gun-brig. He afterwards had charge
of a division of transports, and was employed in co-operating
with the army under the Duke of Wellington. In 18U he
was appointed senior of the W.^rhtok 74, commanded by
the late Viscount Ton-ington. He attained the rank of Com-
mander 12 Aug. 1812, and died eai-ly in the year 1823.
FoudroyanT 80, Capt. Peter Spicer, and TJkanie
38, Capt. Hon. Chas. Herbert, he returned to the
West Indies, and became attached in succession to
the Theseus and Hekcule 74's, flag-ships of Vioe-
Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, by whom he was nomi-
nated Sub-Lieutenant of the Morne Fortun^e
schooner, Lieut.-Commander John Jas. Rorie. Be-
ing made full Lieutenant, 28 April, 1805, into the
Renard of 18 guns and 121 men, Capt. Jeremiah
Coghlan, Mr. Prickett, as Senior of that sloop,
assisted at the capture, among other vessels, of La
Bellone privateer of 4 guns and 50 men, and on 28
May, 1806, after an arduous chase of three days
and nights, of La DiligerUe national brig, mounting
14 long 6-pounders and 2 brass 36-pounder carron-
ades, with a complement of 125 men. In command
of the boats of the Elk 18, into which vessel he
had followed Capt. Coghlan as First-Lieutenant in
the spring of 1807, he succeeded in cutting out a
schooner from under the protection of 6 gun-boats.
He was for six weeks also engaged as a volunteer
in cruizing in a boat for the interception of
the enemy's small privateers ; and for his general
services in the Elk he had the gratification of re-
ceiving, with Capt. Coghlan, the thanks of the
Governor and House of Assembly at Jamaica.
While employed next, as Senior, in the Griffon
sloop, Capt. John Gore, Mr. Prickett was present
at the blockade and surrender of the city of San
Domingo, and, owing to the illness of his Captain,
had many anxious duties to perform. Returning
to England about Aug. 1809, he became, in Jan.
1810, Flag-Lieutenant in the Gladiator to the
second in command at Portsmouth, Vice-Admiral
Herbert Sawyer, with whom he afterwards served
in the same capacity in the Belvidera 36 and
Africa 64, on the coast of North America, until
advanced to the rank of Commander 30 Jan. 1813.
During a few months of that period he held the
acting-command of the Little Belt 18, and made
many prizes. In the Teaser 14, to which vessel
he was appointed 25 March, 1814, Capt. Prickett
took an American privateer of superior force, as
also of a valuable East Indiaman — a service for
which he was complimented by the First Lord of
the Admiralty, and, at the request of the Com-
mander-in-Chief, immediately removed, 25 Dec. in
the same year, to the Pelican 16, a much finer
sloop. Continuing in her but a short period, he
was next, 9 Aug. 1823, appointed to the Victor 18,
fitting for the coast of Africa, where he cruized
with success in suppression of the slave-trade, and
where, on being nominated Acting-Captain of the
Owen Glendower 42, he became senior officer. In
the latter capacity he rendered cordial co-operation
and assistance to Lieut.-Colonel Sutherland, the
Commandant at Cape Coast Castle, when threatened
with an attack by the King of Ashantee, who was
rapidly approaching with 10,000 men to form a junc-
tion with a body already encamped near that for-
tress.*' He acquired his present rank 20 Aug. 1824,
and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
While in command of the Pelican Capt. Prickett
jumped overboard and saved the lives of two sea-
men, imminently hazarding his own existence, and
by his exertions occasioning material injury to his
health. We understand that death alone prevented
his late Majesty from conferring on him the Hano-
verian Guelphio Order, in acknowledgment of his
services.
PRIDHAM. (Capt., 1830. f-p., 33; h-p., 24.)
Richard Pridham is uncle of Lieut. Wm. White
Pridham, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1790, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sovereign, Capt.
Fisher, lying at Plymouth ; proceeded in 1791 to
Newfoundland in the Syren 32, Capt. John Manley •
and during the first four years of the war was em-
ployed on the Irish, West India, and Mediterranean
stations, in the Alarm 32 and Veteran 64, both
commanded by Capt. Lewis Robertson, Vanguard
• Fide Gaz. 1824, p. 1 273.
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PRIDHAM—PllIEST— PRINCE.
74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thompson,
Assurance and Blanche frigates, Capts. Chas.
Sawyer and D'Aroy Preston, and Ville de Pakis
110, flag-ship of Sir John Jervis. In the Vetekan
he served at the siege of Fleur d'Epee and as Aide-
de-Camp to Capt. Eobertson, who was Itilled, in the
attaclc on the town of Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
When Midshipman of the Blanche he contributed
in one of her boats to the capture of a schooner
from under the land at Ste. Lucie ; and on 19 Dec.
1796, having fallen in, when in company with La
Minekve, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore
Nelson, with the two Spanish 40-gun frigates Sabina
and Ceres, he assisted, while La Minerve took pos-
session of the former, in enforcing the surrender of
the Ceres. He was also present in many attacks
made by Nelson on the coasts of France and Spain ;
on one of which occasions a red-hot shot fired from
a battery lodged itself in the hold of the Blanche.
In June, 1797, Mr. Pridham was successively nomi-
nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Meleager 32 and
Colossus 74, Capts. Chas. Ogle and Geo. Murray.
He was confirmed, 2 Jan. 1798, into the Akgo 44,
Capts. John Hill and Jas. Bowen ; and was next ap-
pointed—26 Deo. 1799, to the Centadr 74, Capts.
John Markham and Bendall Kobt. Littlehales, the
latter of whom he accompanied to the West Indies
— 3 Feb. 1803, to the Excellent 74, Capt. John
Nash, in which ship he returned to Portsmouth —
and 4 June following, to the Hussak 38, Capt.
Philip Wilkinson. In the Abgo Mr. Pridham com-
manded a company of seamen with guns, and acted
as Adjutant to the Naval Battalion at the reduction
of Minorca in Nov. 1798 ; on 6 Feb. following he
assisted in the same ship at the capture of the Santa
TcresaSpanish frigateof 42 guns and 530men, includ-
ing 250 soldiers ; and he was subsequently employed
in her boats at the cutting out of 14 Spanish vessels
from the river Ebro. The Hussar being wrecked
off the Saintes during her passage home with de-
spatches from Ferrol 8 Feb. 1804, it -was his mis-
fortune to be detained a prisoner of war in France
from that period until May, 1814; on 15 June in
which year he was advanced to the rank of Com-
mander. His subsequent appointments were — 4
Nov. 1814, to the Prince Frederick receiving-ship
at Plymouth, where he was paid off in Feb. 1815 —
24 March, 1816, for three years, to a command in
the Ordinary at the same place — 16 Aug. 1819, to
the Water-Guard Service in Lincolnshire, in which
he continued until 1824—26 Oct. 1825, to the Nim-
ROD 18, on the Irish station, where he remained
until obliged by ill-health to resign in 1826— and 25
Jan. 1829, to the Zebra 18, fitting for the East In-
dies. On 23 Sept. 1829, in a severe gale off the
Cape of Good Hope, his left arm was broken and
his WTist dislocated by a fall on the deck at mid-
night ; and he also experienced severe injury in the
head. Although his arm was so much hurt that he
still feels the effects, he has never received any
compensation. He returned home on the occasion
of his promotion to Post-rank 22 July, 1830 ; and
has not been since afloat.
Capt. Pridham married, 20 March, 1801, Miss
Glanville, of Plymouth, a lady by whom he has had
issue six children, two only of whom are living.
Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
PEIDHAM. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 31.)
William Downman 1?bidham entered the Navy,
21 Feb. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dio-
MEDE 50, Capt. Hugh Downman, with whom, after
having served as Midshipman off Boulogne and at
the blockade of the Texel, he removed to the Dia-
dem 64, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Home
Popham, and sailed with the expedition to the
Cape of Good Hope. In Jan. 1806 he was trans-
ferred to the EspoiR sloop, Capt. Henry Hope, and
sent home with the despatches announcing the re-
duction of that colony. He was subsequently em-
ployed in her with great activity in the Adriatic,
where he saw much boat service and assisted at
the capture of many of the enemy's vessels. In
1807 he was made prisoner, marched across Italy,
and lodged in a fortress. Being exchanged, how-
ever, in the course of the same year, he was re-
ceived on board the Aurora 28, Capts. Geo. Eras.
Seymour and John Duer ; in which vessel, on her
arrival in the West Indies, we find him present, as
Master's Mate, at the capture of the town of
Samana, in the island of Hayti, also of the city of
San Domingo, and of the islands of Guadeloupe, St.
Martin's, and St. Eustatius. On his return to Eng-
land he joined, in Oct. 1810, the Puissant 74, guard-
ship at Spithead ; and he was next, in the early part
of 1811, again placed imder the orders of Capt.
Downman on board the Princess Caroline 74.
Continuing in that ship until Feb. 1814, he escorted
several convoys through the Great Belt, and often
came into contact with the enemy. On one occa-
sion, when in command of a boat with 10 men, he
succeeded in cutting out a Danish galliot with a
body of troops on board, moored close under the
batteries at Hoornbeck, in Zealand. On leaving
the Princess Caroline he was sent on promotion
to the Lakes of Canada in the Dover troop-ship,
Capt. Davies. After there serving for nine months
as Master's Mate in the Prince Regent 56, Com-
modore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, and for three as Act-
ing-Lieutenant in the St. Lawrence 98, Commo-
dore Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, he returned in the
summer of 1815 to England in the Sovereign trans-
port, and, on his arrival in Sept. of that year, found
that he had been awarded a commission dated 1 of
the preceding July. His last appointment was, 29
May, 1816, to the Prometheus sloop, Capt. Wm.
Bateman Dashwood, under whom he fought at the
battle of Algiers 27 Aug. following. In the course
of the next month he invalided.
Including the services above recorded, we find
that Lieut. Pridham during the war was two-and-
twenty times actually engaged with the enemy;
that he assisted at the reduction of six colonies, the
capture and destruction of one line-of-battle ship,
eight frigates, five corvettes, five privateers, and 40
sail of gun-boats, galleys, and other armed vessels ;
and that he was twice comprised in the thanks of
Parliament. He is the author of 'Scenes in the
Adriatic in 1806-7,' and of ' The Journal of a Visit
to Algiers under Lord Exmouth in 1816.' He mar-
ried, in 1825, tlie only daughter of John Meadway,
Esq.,;of Grove House, Dorset, and has issue one son
and two daughters.
PRIDHAM. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
William White Pridham is nephew of Capt.
Rich. Pridham, R.N.
This ofiicer entered the Navy 17 Nov. 1825;
passed his examination in 1832; and for his services
on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment
of St. Jean d'Acre, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840. He has since been on
half-pay.
PRIEST. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Benjamin Portland Priest entered the Navy
13 Dec. 1827 ; passed his examination 27 May, 1834;
and in 1841, after having been for some time a Stu-
dent at the Royal Naval College, was nominated a
Mate of the Dublin 50, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Rich. Thomas in the Pacific. Being re-
appointed (on the occasion of his promotion to his
present rank, 24 March, 1842) to the Dublin, in
the capacity of Additional Lieutenant, he continued
in that ship until transferred, 23 Dec. 1844, to the
Cartseort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet. He re-
turned home from the Pacific in 1845 ; but being
next, 25 Nov. in the same year, appointed to the
Grampus 50, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, he again
proceeded thither. He has been employed, since
25 Sept. 1847, as First of his former ship, the
Carysfort, Capt. Geo. Henry Seymour.
PRINCE. (Retired Commander, 1841. f-p.,
15; H-P., 32.)
John Prince entered the Navy, 30 May, 1800,
as a Volunteer, on board the Ariadne 20, Capt.
PRING.
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Jas. Bradley, with whom, on removing as Midship-
man in the following Aug. to the Andkomrda
frigate, he sailed for the West Indies. On leaving
the Andromeda, which ship had been latterly com-
manded by Capt. Edw. Durnford King, he joined,
in Oct. 1801, the Magnanime, Capt. Taylor, and
in the early part of the ensuing year returned to
England. Between Feb. 1802 and the date of his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Nov. 1807,
he served on board the Amphion 32, Capts. Rich.
Henry Alex. Bennett, Alex. Eraser, and Thos. Mas-
terman Hardy, Africaine 38, Capt. Thos. Manby,
and Resolution 74, Capt. Geo. Burlton. The Af-
ricaine, after having been for about two years
employed in blockading two French frigates lying
at Helvoetsluys, and for several months off the
Texel, proceeded with convoy to the "West Indies,
where, prior to her return with the homeward-
bound trade, she suffered severely from the yellow
fever. Soon after his promotion Mr. Prince joined
the Forester sloop, Capt. Richards, stationed in
the North Sea. In Dec. 1807 he went back to the
Resolution; in 1809 he served with the flotilla
during the operations in the Scheldt ; and between
Feb. 1810 and Sept. 1815 he was employed on the
Mediterranean and on the "West India and Home
stations in the Rodney 74 and Ville de Paris 110,
both commanded by Capt. Burlton, Rodnev again,
Capt. E. D. King, Leonidas 38, Capts. Geo. Fras.
Seymour and Wm. King, and Nautilus 18, Capt.
"Wm. Bradley. He accepted his present rank 16
Oct. 1841.
Commander Prince married Isabella, youngest
daughter of the late Sheldon Cradock, Esq., of
Hartforth, co. York, and sister of the present Shel-
don Cradock, Esq., of Hartforth, Colonel of the
North York Militia, and M.P. for Camelford in
1830.
PRING. (Captain, 1815. e-p., 24; h-p., 23.)
Daniel Pring was born at Ivedon Penn, in the
parish of Awliscombe, near Honiton, Devon, and
died, about Jan. 1847, at Jamaica.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1800, as
Midshipman, on board the Russel 74, Capts. Herbert
Sawyer and "Wm. Cuming. In Oct. 1801, after
having accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen
and served for some time oif Cadiz, he removed to
the Audacious 74, Capt. Shuldham Peard, under
whom we find him for about 12 months employed in
the "West Indies. He next, in March, 1803, and
July, 1804, joined the Malta 84, Capt. Edw. Buller
and Princess Roval 98, Capts. H. Sawyer and Robt.
Carthew Reynolds, both on the Home station ; and
in April, 1805, was received on board the Narcissus
32, Capt. Ross Donnelly. As Master's Mate of that
ship he assisted, during his passage to the Cape of
Good Hope, at the capture of Le Prudent privateer
of 12 guns and 70 men, the recapture of the English
merchant-ship Horatio Nelson mounting 22 guns,
and the destruction of the Napoleon privateer of 32
guns and 250 men. Subsequently to the reduction
of the Cape and the capture of the 46-gun frigate
Yolontaire, he took part, in June, 1806, in the ope-
rations connected with the capture of Buenos Ayres.
On the arrival in England of the Narcissus with
the despatches relative to the latter event he fol-
lowed Capt. Donnelly into the Ardent 64, and
again sailed for the Rio de la Plata, where he served
on shore with the army at the storming of Monte
Video in Feb. 1807. In the course of the ensuing
April he joined the Diadem 64, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling, by whom, in Jan.
1808, being then at the Cape of Good Hope, he was
placed in command, with the rank of Lieutenant
(he had previously acted for two months as such on
board the Narcissus), of the Paz, a schooner of 12
guns, taken at Monte "Video. The appointment
being confirmed 12 May following, Mr. Pring was
for three years and four months employed in the
same vessel on the Home and North American sta-
tions. During that period he succeeded in driving
on shore and destroying the Danish cutter Sj/lt, in
company with a lugger, both of very superior force,
after an obstinate engagement, in which the enemy
suffered much, and the British, in an attempt to
board, lost a gallant young Midshipman, Mr. "Wool-
nough. He also, in an action fought with a nume-
rous division of gun-boats, that had come out of
Fleckeroe in a calm with the view of taking the
Paz, cut off and captured one of the largest of the
enemy's vessels, mounting 2 pivot-guns. He con-
trived, too, to capture and destroy several pri-
vateers in the rivers Elbe, "Weser, and Jade ; and
performed good service off Flushing and on the
north coast of Spain. In Sept. 1811 Mr. Pring
joined the Africa 64, bearing the flag of Rear- Ad-
miral Sawyer on the coast of North America, where
in Sept. 1812 he joined the San Domingo 74, flag-
ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, and in Dec. fol-
lowing the Loup Cervier. Prior to his confirma-
tion in the rank of Commander, which took place
19 Nov. 1813, he acted as such on board the Royal
George 20 and Wolfe 24 ; in the latter of which
vessels, bearin'g the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas
Yeo, he aided in the unfortunate attack made, 29
May, 1813, on Sackett's Harbour, the chief naval
depot of the United States on Lake Ontario. At
the commencement of Aug. in the same year he co-
operated with a naval and military force under
Capt. Thos. Everard and Colonel Murray in effect-
ing the destruction of the arsenals, blockhouses,
barracks, and stores of every description belonging
to the enemy at Plattsburg.* In the ensuing Dec,
at the solicitation of Sir Geo. Prevost, the Governor-
General, Capt. Pring, with a division of gun-boats
and a detachment of troops under his orders, pro-
ceeded to Cumberland Head, in the vicinity of that
place ; and there, in face of a strong body of the
enemy, took and destroyed the magazines, provi-
sions, camp equipage, &c. belonging to General
Hampton's army. The severity of the weather, on
his return, obliged him to cut a channel for his
boats through several miles of ice. In March, 1814,
when the post at La Cole Mill was successfully de-
fended by Major Handcock, of the 13th Regiment,
Capt. Pring won the thanks of that officer for the
ready and prompt assistance he afforded in moving
up the flotilla from Ile-aux-Noix to the entrance of
La Cole river, where he effectually obstructed the
passage of the Americans under General Wilkinson,
and otherwise contributed to their defeat, f In the
ensuing May he made a gallant but, owing to the
strength of the enemy, unsuccessful attempt to de-
stroy the U. S. ship Saratoga, then building in Otter
Creek, with the fleet and arsenal at Vergennes ; the
effect, however, of which was greatly to weaken the
main army by drawing off the militia of Vermont.
Throughout the subsequent events on Lake Champ-
lain, where the whole naval force had been created
under his special superintendence, Capt. Pring, as
Commander of the Linnet 16, bore a conspicuous
part; and on 11 Sept. 1814 was present when a Bri-
tish squadron, commanded by Capt. Geo. Downie,
was forced to surrender, after a long and sanguinary
conflict, fought beneath the batteries of Plattsburg,
to a greatly superior force under Commodore Mac-
donough.l Capt. Downie falling during the battle,
Capt. Pring became the senior officer, 'and main-
tained the action to the last with a degree of zeal,
bravery, and ability, that called forth the praise, as
well as the most honourable acquittal, of the court-
martial which at a later date assembled to try the
surviving officers and men. He was advanced
to Post-rank 19 Sept. 1815; and afterwards ap-
pointed—about July, 1816, to a command on Lake
Erie, where he remained until June, 1817—1 Dec.
1836, to the Inconstant 36, in which ship he served
for four years and a half on the Lisbon, North
American, West India, Irish, and Mediterranean
stations, brought Lord Durham home from Canada
in 1837, and proved successful in his experimental
trials with the Pique 36—28 July, 1841, to the
Thunderer 84, employed, until paid off at the close
of 1843, in the Mediterranean, in attendance on the
• Fi'deGaz. 1813, p.2028. f F. Gaz.lSH, p 1306
J f.Gaz. 1814, pp. 2335-6.
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PRINGLE— PRIOR— PRITCHARD.
Queen offWalmer, and at the Cape of Good Hope
—and 16 Sept. 1845, to the post of Commodore at
Jamaica, where he continued with his hroad pendant
in the Imaum 72 until the period of his death.
Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
PRINGLE. (Eeak-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 15;
H-P., 35.)
James Pkingle is son of Jas. Pringle, Esq., of
Torwoodlee, Melrose, N. B.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1797, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phaeton 38, Capt.
Hon. Robt. Stopford ; in which ship, while cruizing
in the Bay of Biscay, he came into action, 22 March,
1798, with a French frigate. He continued em-
ployed with Capt. Stopford, as Midshipman, in the
Excellent and Spencek 74's, on the "West India
and Channel stations, until Nov. 1803 ; and after a
further servitude in the Centadr 74, bearing the
broad pendant of Sir Sam. Hood at Barbadoes, was
there made Lieutenant, 6 March, 1804, into the
Amsterdam. On 22 Dec. following he obtained
acting-command of the Pert sloop, also in the "West
Indies ; where, the appointment being confirmed 9
Oct. 1805, he continued until obliged, in Jan. 1807,
to invalid. Joining next, in Nov. of the latter
year, the Spaerowhawk 18, Capt. Pringle con-
trived in that vessel to capture — 12 Jan. 1809,
U Esptrance of 14 guns and 54 men, off Cherbourg ;
19 June, 1810, Ulntr&pide of 6 guns and 47 men,
off Marseilles; and, 6 Nov. 1811, V Invincible of 2
guns and 33 men, off Malaga— all of them privateers.
On the occasion of a disastrous yet most valorous
attack made, 13 Deo. 1810, by the boats of a squa-
dron under Capt. Pras. "Wm. Fane, upon the enemy's
shipping in the Mole of Palamos, we find him eli-
citing the especial praise of the senior officer for
his good conduct both at the landing and at the
withdrawal of the men.* He was afterwards very
actively employed on the coast of Valencia and Tar-
ragona under the orders of the present Sir Edw.
Codrington.t On 19 Jan. 1812 he was taken pri-
soner by a party of the enemy's dragoons in the
neighbourhood of the latter place ; X hut he was
soon liberated by the Baron d'Eroles, then com-
manding a division of the Catalan army. During
his captivity he witnessed the defeat of 800 French
infantry, occupying an advantageous position be-
hind the walls of Villa Succa. Attaining Post-rank
1 June, 1812, Capt. Pringle in the following Sept.
left the Sparkowhawk. He accepted his present
rank 1 Oct. 1846.
PEIOE. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
Thomas Henry Prior entered the Navy 31 Deo.
1806 ; passed his examination in 1821 ; obtained his
commission 23 Feb. 1829 ; served in the Coast Guard
from 27 March, 1834, until the early part of 1841 ;
and from 1 Sept. in the latter year until 1846 was
employed as Admiralty Agent on board a contract
steam-vessel. In 1840 he received a silver medal
from the Shipwreck Society, and the thanks of the
Royal Humane Society, for his exertions in saving
the crews of three vessels wrecked on the beach
between Bearshide and Black Rock, co. Cornwall.
PRITCHARD. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
John Appleby Pritchaed entered the Navy 19
Aug. 1827; passed his examination 11 Feb. 1834;
obtained charge, 12 Dec. 1839, of a station in the
Coast Guard ; and on 27 July, 1842, a few months
after his removal to the Koval George yacht,
Capt. Lord Adolphus EitzClarenoe, was prordoted
to the rank of Lieutenant. He has since been serv-
ing as Additional in the Illdsteious 72, flag-ship
of Sir Chas. Adam in North America and the West
Indies ; also in the Coast Guard ; and in command
of the Camelion and Vulcan revenue-vessels.
He married, 11 June, 1840, Selina Maria, daugh-
ter of Emeric Essex Vidal, Esq., Purser and Pay-
• Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 229. f V- Gaj. 1811, p. 1588.
J V. Gaz., 181S, p. 563.
master R.N. (1808), by whom he has issue. Agents
— Messrs. Chard.
PRITCHARD. (Commander, 1828. r-P., 16;'*
H-P., 31.)
John White Pritchard is brother of Capt. Sam.
Perkins Pritchard, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Dec. 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gladiator, Lieut.-
Commander John Bell Connolly, lying at Ports-
mouth. In March, 1801, he became Midshipman of
the Prince George 98, flag-ship in the Channel of
Sir Chas. Cotton, with whom he continued until
April, 1802. On the renewal of hostilities in 1803,
he was received in succession on board the Russel
74, Capt. .Thos. Williams, Prince of Wales 98,
Capt. John Giffard, and Britannia 100, Captain,
afterwards Rear-Admiral, the Earl of Northesk,
under whom he officiated as Aide-de-Camp at the
battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. In May, 1806, he
removed to the Captain 74, Capt. Wm. Grenville
Lobb, at Portsmouth ; and he next, in June of the
same year and Nov. 1807, joined the Boadicea 38,
Capt. John Maitland, and Saturn 74, Capt. Lord
Amelius Beauclerk. In the Boadicea he was at
first employed on the Cork station, and subse-
quently in affording protection to the whale-fishery
in the neighbourhood of Greenland. After serving
for two months as Acting-Lieutenant in the Glory
98, flag-ship of Eear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway,
and Eclair sloop, Capt. Chas. Kempthome Quash,
for a shorter time as Midshipman in the Hibernia
1 10, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton, and again
for upwards of five months as Acting-Lieutenant in
the Plantagenet 74, Capt. Wm. Bradley, on the
Home, Lisbon, and Baltic stations, he was confirmed
to that rank, 22 Sept. 1808, in the ship last mentioned,
then commanded by Capt. Thos. Eyles. He left
her in Jan. 1810, and was subsequently appointed —
5 June in the same year, to the Derwent 18, Capt.
Geo. Manners Sutton, with whom he served in the
Channel and off Guernsey until Oct. 1812 — 14 May,
1813, to the Akbar 50, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood
Dickson, on the Brazilian station, whence he re-
turned in Sept. 1814—9 March, 1818, to the Trans-
port service, as an Agent afloat — and, 30 April,
1827, as Senior, to the Britannia 120, bearing the
flag of the Earl of Northesk at Plymouth. He was
advanced to his present rank 24 Jan. 1828 ; and was
lastly, from 30 March, 1835, until 1838, employed as
an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard.
Commander Pritchard married, 9 July, 1810, Miss
J. M. Appleby, of Soberton ; a lady by whom he has
PRITCHARD. (Commander, 1841. r-p., 20;
H-P., 30.)
Richard Davison Pritchard was bom 30 May,
1788, at Newington, near London. He is next
brother of Capt. Sam. Perkins Pritchard, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1797, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince 98, Capt. Thos.
Larcom, successive flag-ship in the Channel of Sir
Roger Curtis and Sir Chas. Cotton, the latter of
whom he followed, in the summer of 1800, into the
Prince George 98. Between Sept. 1802 and Dec.
1806 he served as Midshipman and Master's Mate,
chiefly in the West Indies and off Cadiz, in the
Blenheim 74, hearing the broad pendant of Com-
modore Sir Sam. Hood, and in tiie Royal Sove-
reign 100 and Ocean 98, flag-ships of Lord Colling-
wood. In the capacity of Master's Mate he com-
manded the forecastle of the Royal Sovereign at
the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. On leaving
the Ocean, as above, he was nominated Sub-Lieu-
tenant of the Dexterous gun-brig, Lieut.-Com-
mander Robt. Tomlinson ; in the boats of which
vessel we find him effecting the capture, 22 June,
1807, although with but 14 men under his orders, of
2 gun-boats, carrying between them 4 guns and 55
men. The exploit was achieved close to Appes
• Exclusively of tlie time he was employed in the Trans-
port Service.
PRITCHARD-PROBERT.
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Hill, Gibraltar, where Mr. Pritchard received a
ball through the body and another through the left
arm, which he has never been since able to use.*
In consideration of his wounds he was allotted, 5
July, 1808, a pension of 911. bs. per annum, and was
awarded a grant from the Patriotic Fund. He was
made Lieutenant, 26 Oct. 1807, after having acted
for three months as such, in the Terkible 74, Capt.
Lord Henry Paulet, off Cadiz, but was obliged from
severe suffering to invalid in April, 1808, and was
subsequently appointed — 14 May, 1809, to the
AvENGEK 16, Capt. Thos. White, which vessel the
state of his wounds also obliged him to leave in
Nov. of the same year— in Nov. 1813 to the Trans-
port Service— and 13 Feb. 1838 and 14 March, 1841,
to the successive command of the Meteor and
Avon Falmouth packets. In the Avenger he as-
sisted at the capture of Anholdt in May, 1809 ; and
while detached from her in a gun-boaf he made
prize of seven Danish vessels, and, being in the end
taken himself, was detained for three months a pri-
soner of war. "When in the Transport Service, in
which he continued until Aug. 1819, he conveyed
large bodies of troops from various parts of the
kingdom to Ostend before, and from Calais to
Ramsgate after, the battle of "Waterloo. For this
service he received the thanks of. General Sir Man-
ley Power, on the part of the Army, together with
the acknowledgments of the Board of Admiralty.
He afterwards made two voyages to the Cape of
Good Hope, visited the Isles of France, Ceylon,
and Goree, and went to Senegal, Sierra Leone, Rio
de Janeiro, and the "West Indies. At Ceylon he
rendered services which induced the Governor, Sir
Robt. Brownrigg, to recommend him in his de-
spatches, as well as by letter, to Lord Melville and
the Commissioners of the Navy. Having had com-
mand for rather more than three years and a half
of the Meteor and Avon, he was advanced, 22
Aug. 1841, to his present rank. He has since been
on half-pay.
Commander Pritchard married, 10 July, 1810,
Miss Mary Ann Davis, of Binfield Lodge, co. Berks,
by whom, who died in March, 1842, he had issue a
son and daughter. The son, Rich. Davis Pritchard,
Surgeon R.N. (1841), is serving in the East Indies
on board the Calliope 26, Capt. Edw. Stanley.
Agents— Messrs. Chard.
PKITCHARD. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Samuel Pritchard is son of Capt. Sam. Perkins
Pritchard, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 12 May, 1830;
passed his examination 9 July, 1836 ; and after
serving for some time as Mate in the Sprightly
Revenue-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Joseph Elwin,
joined in that capacity, towards the close of 1841,
the Queen 110, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. W.
C. R. Owen, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediter-
ranean, where he continued until advanced to his
present rank 25 Sept. 1843. His appointments have
since been — 20 Oct. 1843, as Additional Lieutenant,
to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam
in North America and the "West Indies— 17 Feb.
1844, to the Ringdove 16, Capt. Sir "Wm. Daniell,
on the coast of Africa — 24 July, 1845, to the Pene-
lope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of
Commodore Wm. Jones on that station, whence he
returned home and was paid off in 1846— and 2
Maxoh, 1847, to the St. Vincent 120, in which ship
he is now serving under the flag of Sir Chas.
Napier.
PRITCHAKD. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 22;
H-P., 33.)
Samuel Perkins Pritchard is eldest son of the
late Sam. Perkins Pritchard, Master R.N., who,
* The following is an extract from the despatch of Lieat,
Tomlinson : — '* The gallant conduct of Mr. IMtcliard, Sub-
Lieutenant, who commanded the party, deserves the highest
commendation. Although wounded in the side before he got
on board the vessel, he concealed the hurt until he received
a second ball through Ills mm."— Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 1277.
after having served his country for a period of
nearly fifty years, died in 1813 in command of the
Dromedary store-ship; and brother of Commander
John "White, and Rich. Davison Pritchard, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 April, 1792, as
Master's Servant, on board the Assistance, Capt.
Smith, bearing the flag at Newfoundland of Sir
Rich. King, whom he followed into the Stately 64.
From July, 1794, until April, 1810, he was employed,
almost uninterruptedly, on the Home station, in the
Excellent 74, and Royal Sovereign 100, flag-ships
of Hon. Wm. CornwalUs (in the latter of which he
was present in the celebrated retreat of 16 and 17
June, 1795), Theseus 74, Capts. Montgomery and
Aylmer, Neptdne 98, Commodore Sir Erasmus
Gower, Prince and Prince George 98's, flag-ships
of Sir Roger Curtis and Sir Chas. Cotton, Boadicea
38, Capt. Chas. Rowley, Amelia frigate, Capt. Lord
Proby, Dreadnought 98, Capt. Edw. Brace, Endy-
MioN 40, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, Ville de Paris
110, bearing the flag of Hon. Wm. Comwallis (under
whom he assisted in pursuing the French fleet into
Brest 22 Aug. 1805), Diana 38, Capt. Thos. Jas.
Maling, Aigle 36, Capt. Geo. Wolfe, Royal Wil-
liam flag-ship of Admiral Geo. Montagu, and ViR-
ginie 38, Capt. Edw. Brace. While serving in the
Ville de Paris (be had attained the rating of Mid-
shipman in the Neptune in 1797) he was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing
date 4 March, 1805. In 1810-11 he [made two voy-
ages with Capt. Brian Hodgson in the Barbadoes
and Owen Glendower frigates, to the East Indies,
whence, in June, 1813, he invalided. During a few
months in 1814, and again in 1815, he was employed
on the Halifax and Home stations in the Akbar 50,
Capts. Sir Arch. CoUingwood Dickson and Chas.
Bullen, and Albion 74, Capts. Philip Somerville
and Jas. Walker. After officiating for about seven
years as an Agent for Transports he was appointed,
6 April, 1831, Senior of the Donegal 78, Capts.
John Dick and Arthur Fanshawe, with whom he
served on the Mediterranean and Lisbon stations
until paid off in the early part of 1834. Attaining
the rank of Commander 27 Aug. in the latter year,
he was appointed, 6 Jan. 1840, Second Captain of
the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Le Fleming
Senhouse. In Jan. 1841 he was praised in the
highest manner for his zealous exertions at the cap-
ture of Tycocktow and Chuenpee ; in the following
month he attracted official notice by the able sup-
port he afforded in the action with the forts at the
Boca Tigris; and in May, 1841, he underwent more
than ordinary fatigue from the circumstance of his
being left on board the Blenheim, while most of
the officers and men were engaged on detached ser-
vice against Canton.* He was advanced to Post
rank, as a reward for his services, 8 June, 1841; and
has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Pritchard is married, and has, with other
issue, a son, the present Lieut. Sam. Pritchard, R.N.
Agent— Joseph Woodhead.
PEOBEET. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
John Wale Probert died 7 Sept. 1847, of Afri-
can fever, at the island of Banana, while serving as
First-Lieutenant of the Siren sloop, aged 31. He
was third son of T. Probert, Esq., of Newport,
Essex.
This officer entered the Navy 19 Feb. 1829 ;
passed his examination 27 Oct. 1835; served for
some time in the Mediterranean, as Mate, in the
Implacable 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey; and from
1841, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 12
Feb. 1844, was employed in a similar capacity on
the North America and West India station in the
Spartan 26, Capt. Hon. Chas. G. J. B. Elliot. His
last appointments were— 22 Aug. 1844, as Additional,
to the Formidable 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C.
R. Owen in the Jlediterranean — 25 Oct. 1844, to the
Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux,
on the same station— and 9 Aug. 1845, to the Siren
16, Capts. Harry Edm. Edgell and Thos. Chaloner,
* Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1102, 1498, 2503.
934
PROBY.
employed at first in the Mediterranean and after-
wards on the coast of Africa, where he died.
PEOBY. (Rear-Admiral of the White, 1841.)
The Honodkaele Granville Leveson Pkoet,
born in 1781, is second surviving son of John Joshua,
first Earl of Carysfort, K.P., hy his first wife, Eli-
zabeth, only daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Wm.
Osborne, Bart., of Newtown, co. Tipperary ; and bro-
ther of the present Earl. His half-sister Elizabeth
(daughter of the first Earl, by his second marriage
with the third sister of the first Marquess of Bucking-
ham) was the wife of the late Capt. "Wm. Wells, R.N.
(1809). His eldest brother, William Allen, Lord
Pro by, a Captain R.N., was in command of the
Danae 20, when that ship, in March, 1800, was
taken possession of by her mutinous crew and car-
ried into Camaret Bay ; and died of yellow fever at
Surinam in 1804, while commanding the Amelia
frigate. The Rear-Admiral is a distant cousin of
Retired Commander H. J. P. Probj'.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 March, 1798, as
Midshipman, on board the Vanguakd 74, Capt.
Edw. Berry, bearing the flag of Sir Horatio Nelson,
under whom he fought at the battle of the Nile, 1
Aug. following. When serving next with the same
ofScer in the Foudkoyant 80, he assisted, while at
the blockade of Malta, at the capture, 18 J?eb. 1800,
of Le Genereux 74, and Ville de Marseilles armed
store-ship, and, on 31 March, after a desperate con-
flict, in which the Foudroyant (in company with
the Lion 64, and Penelope 36) sustained a loss of
8 men killed and 64, including himself, wounded, of
Le Guillaume Tell of 84 guns and 1000 men, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Decres.* In 1801 he was pre-
sent, we believe, in the same ship under Lord Keith
during the operations in Egypt. After a further
attachment to the Santa Teresa frigate, Capt.
Robt. Campbell, Resistance 36, Capt. Hon. Philip
Wodehouse (which ship was wrecked, 31 May, 1803,
near Cape St. Vincent), and Victory 100, bearing
the flag of Lord Nelson, he was made Lieutenant,
24 Oct. 1804, into the Narcissus 32, Capt. Ross
Donnelly. Removing, in May, 1805, to the Nep-
TDNE 98, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, he was
afforded an opportunity, 21 Oct. in the same year,
of sharing in the glories of Trafalgar. He obtained
command, 15 Aug. 1806, of the Berg^re sloop ;
was Posted, 28 Nov. ensuing, into the Madras 54 ;
and subsequently appointed — 7 Jan. 1807, to the
Juno 32, in the Mediterranean— in 1808, for two
years, to, we are informed, the Iris 32, employed in
the Channel, North Sea, and Baltic— and, 8 June,
1813, and 3 Dec. 1814, to the Laurel and Amelia
38's, stationed at the Cape of Good Hope and in the
Mediterranean. He paid the Amelia off in July,
1816, and has not been since afloat. He attained
Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841.
Rear-Admiral Proby sat in Parliament for co.
Wicklow in 1812-18 and 20. He married, 5 May,
1818, Isabella, daughter of Hon. Hugh Howard, and
niece of the Earl of Wicklow, by whom, who died
22 Jan. 1836, he has issue four sons and four daugh-
ters. His second son, Granville Leveson, is an offi-
cer in the Army ; and his second daughter, Eliza-
beth Emma, is the wife of Lord Claude Hamilton,
M.P., brother of the Marquess of Abercorn. Agent
' — Joseph Woodhead.
PROBY. (Retired CoMMANDEK, 1845. f-p., 14;
H-p., 34.)
Henry Joshua Philadelphia Peoby was bom
22 Aug. 1785, at Stratford, St. Mary, co. Suffolk.
He is a distant cousin of Rear-Admiral Hon. G. L.
Proby.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 22 Aug. 1799, as a
Supernumerary, on board the Scorpion sloop, Capt.
Chas. Tinling, lying in Yarmouth Roads, for the
purpose of joining the Circe 28, into which ship he
was received, 14 Sept. following, from the Isis 50,
bearing the flag of Sir Andw. Mitchell, at the time
employed in fitting out the Dutch fleet that had
• Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 576.
just surrendered. After serving in the Cikce up
the river Elbe and in the North Sea, he removed,
with Capt. Winthrop, as Midshipman, in Feb. 1800,
to the Stag 32. Prior to that ship being wrecked,
a catastrophe which took place in Vigo Bay 6 Sept.
in the same year, he cruized with much activity
and assisted in landing the troops during the expe-
dition to Ferrol. On his return to England in the
London 98, Capt. John Child Purvis, Mr. Proby
Joined the Impetueux 74, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew,
under whom he served at the blockade of Brest,
and was for eight months, including the severe
winter of 1801-2, employed in watching the enemy's
squadron at Rochefort. The Impetueux being paid
off at the peace, he was next, in June, 1803, received
on board the Venerable 74, Capts. John Clarke
Searle and Geo. Reynolds, attached, latterly under
the flag of Rear-Admiral CoUingwood, to the Chan-
nel fleet, with which he continued until again, in
1804, placed under the orders of Capt. Winthrop in
the Ardent 64, stationed off Boulogne, where he
remained for a period of 12 months, and came into
frequent contact with the enemy's batteries and
flotilla. Being then, in April, 1805, transferred to
the Namue 74, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, he
took part, 22 Aug. following, in Admiral Hon. Wm.
Cornwallis' attack on the French fleet close in with
Brest harbour. He was also, 4 Nov. in the same
year, present at Sir Richard Strachan's capture of
the four French line-of-battle ships escaped from
Trafalgar (for which he received the rating of Mas-
ter's Mate) ; and besides witnessing the surrender,
13 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag
of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle
Poule, he went in pursuit of the celebrated Roche-
fort squadron to the West Indies and Newfoundland.
Towards the close of 1806, having returned to Eng-
land and passed his examination, he proceeded, in
the Ramillies 74, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, to Barba-
does, and thence, in the Blonde frigate, to Jamaica,
where he joined, on promotion, the Veteran 64,
flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres. After
assisting at the capture of various slave-vessels in
the Gulf of Florida, and cruizing off the city of
San Domingo, he was nominated, 21 May, 1808,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Veteran ; and was shortly
afterwards sent in command of the Pike schooner
to assist in rescuing the guns and stores of the Me-
LEAGER frigate, which had been wrecked on Bare-
bush Key. Having been advanced, at home, to the
rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 23
Feb. 1808, he became, in Aug. of that year, Senior
of the Moselle sloop, Capts. Gordon and Lennock,
also in the West Indies, whence, however, he soon
invalided. His subsequent appointments were- 3
May, 1809, to the Blossom 18, Capt. Fras. Beaufort,
employed in co-operation with the patriots on the
north coast of Spain, also in escorting convoy to
Quebec and other ports of Canada, and on the
Downs and Jamaica stations — 30 Dec. 1809, to the
Reindeer 18, Capt. Peter John Douglas, in the
West Indies — next, as a Supernumerary, to the Po-
lyphemus 64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral
Bartholomew Sam. Rowley at Jamaica — 21 March,
1810, to the Moselle again, Capts. Henry Boys,
Jas. Stirling, and Geo. Moubray, from which vessel
he invalided in Sept. 1812 — 4 June, 1813, to the
Britomart 10, Capt. Robt. Riddell (now Carre),
stationed off the Texel and in the North Sea — 28
Feb. 1814, to the Mercurius 18, Capt. Thos. Ren-
wick, under whom he cruized on the latter station
and in the Baltic, and witnessed the evacuation of
Anholdt — and 5 May, 1815, for nearly four months,
to the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Chas. Inglis,
lying at Portsmouth. In the Blossom, Moseli.e,
Britomart, and Mercdrius, Mr. Proby discharged
the duties of First-Lieutenant. His prompt and
judicious conduct in 1810, in rescuing the Moselle
when nearly wrecked in the Gulf of Florida, was
such as to call forth from the President of the
Court-martial, which took place in consequence, a
very gratifying expression of the sense entertained
by the Court of his exertions. When in the same
vessel at the Havana, he was ordered by Capt. Boys
PROBYN— PROCTOR.
935
to take charge of a suspected person to the Governor
of New Providence, and proceed with him to Nassau.
On his return to the Havana he experienced a severe
attack of yellow fever. Unable, after he left the
Queen Charlotte, to procure employment, he ac-
cepted, 18 Jan. 1845, the rank he now holds. Agent
— J. Hinxman.
PROBYN. (Retired Captain, 1840. r-p., 15;*
H-p., 51.)
Henrt Probyn died, 31 Jan. 1845, at Instow, co.
Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 April, 1779, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Firebrand, Capt.
Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, under whom he con-
tinued employed in the Fairy sloop, Vestal 28,
Recovery 32, and P^gase, until 1783— the latter
part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman.
In the Fairy he assisted at the capture, on the
Newfoundland station, of nine privateers, her equals
in force ; in the Vestal he was present, in 1781, at
the relief of Gibraltar, and at the destruction of two
gun-boats under the fortress of Ceuta ; and in the
Recovery he took part in Admiral Harrington's ac-
tion with the French fleet, 20 April, 1782. From
1783 until Aug. 1785 he served on the coast of Africa
and in the West Indies on board the Grampds 50,
Commodore Thompson, and Rattler, Capt. Col-
lingwood. He next, in the course of 1788, joined
the Aqdilon 32, Capt. Robt. Montagu, and Trusty
50. Of the latter ship, which bore at first the broad
pendant of Commodore Cosby at Gibraltar, and
subsequently the flag of Sir John Laforey in the
West Indies, he was created a Lieutenant 2 Feb.
1789. He left her in July, 1793, and was afterwards
appointed — 15 Oct. in the same year, to the Squir-
rel 20, Capt. Israel Pellew, with whom he served
in the Channel and Baltic until compelled by ill-
health to invalid in June, 1794 — 11 Feb. 1795, to
the Venus 32, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, em-
ployed in the Downs and North Sea — 5 July follow-
ing, after three months of half-pay, to the Majestic
74, flag-ship of Sir John Laforey in the West Indies
— and 8 Dec. 1795, to the acting-command, on that
station, of the Woolwich 44. He returned to Eng-
land in May, 1796; and on 18 Aug. ensuing was
officially promoted to the rank of Commander. At
the renewal of hostilities in 1803, he obtained an
appointment in the Sea Fencibles ; and from Feb.
1805 to April, 1806, and from Sept. 1808 to May,
1809, he commanded the Bonetta and Blossom
ship-sloops, on the Home, Baltic, and African sta-
tions. He accepted the rank of Captain on the Re-
tired List 10 Sept. 1840.
PROBYN. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Henry Probyn entered the Navy 14 Dec. 1827 ;
passed his examination in 1834 ; and obtained his
commission 15 March, 1841. His succeeding ap-
E ointments were — 17 March, 1841, as Additional
ieutenant, to the Winchester 50, flag-ship of Sir
Thos. Harvey in North America and the West In-
dies—16 Sept. 1841, to the Isis 44, Capt. Sir John
Marshall, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope, whence
he returned at the close of 1843—20 May, 1844, to
the Coast Guard— and 18 Deo. 1844, to the Lily 16,
Capt. Chas. Jas. Franklin Newton, equipping at
Portsmouth, where he was shortly afterwards super-
seded. He has since been on half-pay.
PROCTOR. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 14; h-p.,4.)
Edward Halhed Beauchamp Phoctok is son
of Geo. Edw. Beauchamp Proctor, Esq. (brother of
Rear-Admiral Sir Wm. Beauchamp Proctor, Bart.),
by Ellen Louisa, daughter of Robt. Halhed, Esq.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Nov. 1829, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Winchester 52, Capts.
Chas. John Austen, Henry Griffith Colpoys, Lord
Wm. Paget, and Hon. Wm. Wellesley, in which
ship, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys
in North America and the West Indies, he continued
* Apart from the period of his servitude in the Sea Fen-
cibles.
employed as Midshipman until June, 1833. From
the following Sept. until April, 1836, he served in
the Favorite 18, Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy, on
the Mediterranean station, whither, in the spring
of the following year, he returned as Mate (he had
passed his examination 1 June, 1836) in the Prin-
cess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Robt.
Stopford. In Nov. 1839, after having been for six
mouths unemployed, he joined the Britannia 120,
hearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington at Ports-
mouth ; and in Feb. 1840 he there removed to the
Excellent gunnery- ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings.
On 27 June, 1841, at which period he had been
again for several months serving in the Mediter-
ranean in the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen
Pell and Robt. Smart, he was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments were
— 16 Aug. 1841, to the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt.
Horatio Thos. Austin, also in the Mediterranean,
whence he returned in May, 1843 — for a short time
in the after part of that year, again to the Cyclops,
commanded as before, and to the Stromboli steamer,
Capt. Hon. Edw. Plunkett, both in the Channel —
and, 14 Feb. and 26 Nov. 1845, to the command, on
the Home and South American stations, of the
Dwarf and Harpy steamers. For his services in
the5.river Parana, particularly on 11 May, 1846, he
was advanced, 11 Nov. following, to the rank of
Commander. The Harpy on the occasion was ex-
posed for more than an hour, within a distance of
about 60 yards, to a galling fire from the forts of
San Lorenzo, in the possession of General Rosas,
and was greatly cut up ; and he himself, the only
person hurt, wounded by a round shot in the fleshy
part of the right arm.*
PROCTOR, Bart. (Reae-Admikal of the Red,
1841. F-p., 15; H-p., 38.)
Sir William Beauchamp Proctor, bom 14 Oct.
1781, at Langley Park, Norfolk, is eldest son of the
late Sir Thos. Beauchamp Proctor, Bart,, by Mary,
second daughter of Robt. Palmer, Esq., of Sunning,
Berks, and brother (with the present Lieut.-Colonel
Rich. Beauchamp Proctor) of Capt. Robt. Beau-
champ Proctor, of the Madras Artillery, who died
23 May, 1813. His nephew, Edw. iHalhed Beau-
champ Proctor, is a (jommander R.N. He suc-
ceeded his father as third Baronet 29 June, 1827.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Sept. 1794, as
A.B., on board the Stag 32, Capt. Jos. Sydney
Yorke, and on 22 Aug. 1795 assisted as Midshipman
at the capture, on the coast of Norway, of the Ba-
tavian frigate Alliance of 36 guns and 240 men,
after an action of about an 'hour, in which the
enemy sustained a loss of between 40 and 50 killed
and wounded, and the British of 4 killed, and 13,
including himself, wounded. He continued actively
employed in the Stag, on the Home station, until
Jan. 1798, and then joined the London 98, Capt.
John Child Purvis, off Lisbon. In the following
July he removed to the Flora frigate, Capt. Robt.
Gambler Middleton, attached to the force in the
Mediterranean, where, it appears, he was lent for
short periods to the Alcm^ne and Minerve frigates,
Capts. Henry Digby and Geo. Cockburn. Being
received on promotion, in Aug. 1800, on board the
Foudeoyant 80, flag-ship of Lord Keith, he was
nominated, 22 Oct. ensuing, Acting-Lieutenant of
La Diane frigate, Capt. Thos. Stephenson. In
that ship, to which the Admiralty confirmed him
25 Feb. 1801, he obtained the Turkish gold medal
for his services in Egypt. He was advanced to the
rank of Commander 29 April, 1802 ; and in April,
1803, and Aug. 1804, he was appointed in that
capacity to the Zebra bomb and Saracen 18. In
the former vessel he gained the admiration of his
senior officer, Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, by his
meritorious conduct at the bombardment of Havre
in July and Aug. 1804.f After cruizing for six
months in the Channel in the Saracen, Capt. Proc-
tor, in March, 1805, sailed on promotion for the
* Vide Gaz. 1846, pp. 3201, .1211.
t r. Gaz. 1804, pp. 898, 938.
936
PROTHEROE— PROWSE.
East Indies in the Hindostan 54, and on his arrival
in the following July was placed in acting-command
of the Dedaigneuse 36. Owing, however, to minis-
terial changes at home he was not confirmed to
Post-rank until 5 Sept. 1806. In reference to a
rencontre, on 21 Nov. 1808, hetween the Dedaig-
NEUSE and French 36-gun frigate Semillante, which
terminated in the latter effecting her escape into
Port Louis, Isle of France, Capt. Proctor, from a
feeling of dissatisfaction entertained by the Com-
mander-in-Chief at his conduct, applied for a court-
martial. After the fullest investigation, that tri-
hunal declared " that the conduct of Capt. Proctor
appeared to have been marked by the greatest
activity, zeal, and anxiety for the service ; that the
manceuvres of the Dedaigneuse, while in the pre-
sence of the enemy, were directed with judgment
and skill very honom'able to Capt. Proctor; and
that the escape of the enemy's frigate resulted en-
tirely from the bad-sailing of the Dedaigneuse."
Capt. Proctor was of course fully acquitted. He
returned home for the recovery of his health in
Nov. 1809, and has not been since afloat. He at-
tained Flag-rank 23 Nov. 18il.
Sir Wm. Beauchamp Proctor married, 20 May,
1812, Anne, daughter of Thos. Gregory, Esq., and
niece and heir of Thos. Brograve, Esq., of Spring-
field Place, Essex, by whom he has issue three sons
(the eldest, Thomas William Brograve, an officer in
the army) and four daughters. Agents — Messrs.
Halford and Co.
PKOTHEROE. (Liedt, 1826. f-p., 16; h-p., 20.)
Samuel Rosser Protheroe entered the Navy,
22 Sept. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Swift-
sure 74, Capts. Temple Hardy, Jeremiah Coghlan,
and "Wm. Stewart, stationed in the Mediterranean.
In Aug. 1812 he followed Capt. Stewart as Midship-
man into the Stately 64, commanded subsequently
by Capt. Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, with whom,
after having served off Cadiz, he removed, in April,
1813, to the Impetdeux 74, attached to the force oif
Lisbon. In the course of the same year he joined
in succession the Eridanus and Ceres frigates,
Capts. Henry Prescott and Jas. Prevost, both lying
at Chatham, and the Orontes 36, Capt. Nathaniel
Day Cochrane, whom he accompanied to the West
Indies. He was next, from Feb. 1815 until paid
off in Jan. 1817, employed in the East Indies in the
Horatio 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon ; from March,
1818, until May, 1821, on Home service (as Master's
Mate), in the Ferret and Helicon sloops, each
under the orders of Capt. Wm. Pettman ; and from
Sept. in the latter year until July, 1826, in North
America, at Plymouth, and in the West Indies (as
Master's Mate and Admiralty-Midshipman), in the
Dotterel 18, Capts. Wm. Hendry and Rich. Hoare,
Britannia 120, Capt. Philip Plpon, and Rattle-
snake 28, Capt. John Leith. He then (having
passed his examination in Feb. 1819) became Act-
ing-Lieutenant of the Beaver 10, Capt. Joseph
O'Brien, to which vessel, also on the West India
station, he was confirmed 25 Aug. 1826. He re-
turned to England and was paid off in Feb. 1828 ;
but did not succeed in his exertions to procure
further employment until Nov. 1846. He has since
been in command of the Crocodile 8, receiving-
ship at Cork. Agents — Messrs. Chippendale.
PROWSE. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 29; h-p., 11.)
William Prowse entered the Navy, 27 Feb.
1807, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Excellent 74,
Capt. John West. In the boats of that ship he
assisted sis Midshipman, in Nov. 1808, at the de-
fence of Rosas, a citadel at the north-eastern extre-
mity of Spain; and contributed, 29 July, 1809,
under a covering fire from the Aoobn and Bustard
sloops, to the cutting-out, with but trifling loss to
the British, of six Italian gun-vessels armed with
long 18 and 24-pounder3, and each manned with 20
men, together with a convoy of 10 laden trabaeolos,
lying in the harbour of Duino, near Trieste. Re-
moving, in April, 1810, to the Standard 64, Capts.
Aiskew Paffard Hollis and Hon. Chae. Elphinstone
Fleeming, he served during the next two years and
a-half in the Baltic, off the port of Cadiz, and in
South America. In the Baltic we find him com-
manding the Standard's barge at the capture of a
Danish convoy, and, at Cadiz, serving in a boat at
the defence of that place. From Dec. 1812 until
May, 1814, he was employed in the Channel in the
San Josef 110, Capt. Robt. Jackson, and Queen
Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord Keith ; and on
16 Aug. in the latter year, after having acted as
Lieutenant in the Reynard 10, Capt. David St,
Clair, and in his former ship the Queen Charlotte,
he was confirmed in that rank. He served next,
for a few months in 1814-15, in the Leveret sloop,
Capt. Jonathan Christian, employed in escorting
convoy to Lisbon ; and was subsequently appointed
— 24 Jan. 1824, to the Coast Blockade, in which
service he continued as Supemumerai'y-Lieutenant
of the Ramillies 74 and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm.
M'Culloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, until Dec. 1828
— in March, 1829, and March, 1831, to the command
of the Tartar and Rose Revenue-vessels — 3 May,
1833, to the charge of a station in the Coast Guard
— 25 March, 1837, to the command of the Active,
another Revenue-vessel — and, 27 March, 1840, a
second time to the Coast Guard. In consideration
of his long and faithful services in the Revenue,
and of his having been five times severely beaten
and wounded in attacks made by large bodies of
smugglers, he was advanced to his present rank 11
Jan. 1843. Since 10 May, 1845, he has been serving
afresh in the Coast Guard, as an Inspecting Com-
mander.
PEOWSE. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 22 ; h-p., 24.)
William Jones Prowse is son of the late Geo.
Bragge Prowse, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st
Somerset Regt. of Militia.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Nov. 1801, as
Third-cl. Boy, on board the Narcissus 32, Capts.
Ross Donnelly and Chas. Malcolm. Under the
former he was at first employed in the Mediter-
ranean, and afterwards, as Midshipman, at the cap-
ture of the Cape of Good Hope and Buenos Ayres
in Jan. and June, 1806. During his passage to the
Cape he assisted in taking Le Prudent privateer of
12 guns and 70 men, in re-capturing the English
merchant-ship Horatio Nebon mounting 22 guns,
and in driving on shore the Napoleon privateer of
32 guns and 250 men. With Capt. Malcolm Mr.
Prowse continued actively employed, as Master's
Mate, on the Channel and Lisbon stations undl
transferred, in the early part of 1809, to the Cap-
tain 74, Capts. Sir Jas. Atfiol Wood and Christopher
John Williams Nesham. Of that ship, after having
witnessed the capture, on the West India station,
of the French 74 D'Haupoult, he was constituted,
11 July, 1809, an Acting-Lieutenant. He had how-
ever, although the intelligence had not reached
him, been promoted by the Admiralty on 22 of the
preceding May. He left the Captain in Dec. of
the same year, and was subsequently appointed —
1 May, 1810, and 15 June, 1812, to the Hamadryad
42 and Briton 46, both commanded by Capt. Thos.
Staines, under whom he visited Newfoundland, Lis-
bon, St. Helena, and the Brazils, and served with
activity both on the coasts of France and Spain
and in the Pacific until Aug. 1815—24 Oct. 1816, to
the Conqueror 74, bearing the fiag of Rear-Admiral
Robt. Plampin at St. Helena, where he remained,
for the purpose of guarding the person of Napoleon
Buonaparte, until the close of 1819— and, 27 Oct.
1823, as First-Lieutenant (a post he had latterly
filled on board the Conqueror), to the Superb 74,
in which ship, commanded by Capt., then Sir Thos.,
Staines, he was for two years employed on the West
India and Lisbon stations. Attaining the rank of
Commander 27 March, 1826, Capt. Prowse, from
1 Oct. 1827 until June, 1830, served as Second Cap-
tain of the Isis 50, also commanded by Sir Thos^
Staines, in the Mediterranean, where he aided in
destroying several piratical vessels. Ho has since
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been on half-pay. He attained his present rank
23 Nov. 1841.
He married, 7 May, 1840, the Hon. Rachel
Emily Irby, eldest daughter of Lord Boston, by
whom he has issue two children.
PRUST. (Lieutenant, 1822.)
Bartholomew Prdst entered the Navy, 7 June,
1810, as Third-cl. Vol., on board La Nvmphe 36,
Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, on the Leith station ; at-
tained soon afterwards the rating of Midshipman ;
and from Jan. 1811 until July, 1814, was employed
in the Baltic, Channel, North Sea, West Indies, and
North America, in the Ardent 64, bearing the flags
of Hear-Admirals Philip Chas. Durham and Wm.
Johnstone Hope, and Asia 74 and Tonnant 80,
flag-ships of Admirals Wm. Brown and Sir Alex.
Cochrane. He then joined the Superb 74, in which
ship, after serving for a time with Rear-Admiral
Hotham on the American coast, he fought under
Capt. Chas. Ekins at the battle of Algiers 27 Aug.
1816. He remained in the Sdpebb until Sept. 1818,
and was afterwards employed, again in the Medi-
terranean, in the RfevotunoNNAiRE 46, Capt. Hon.
Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. As Lieu-
tenant, a rank he attained 25 March, 1822, he served,
from 10 July, 1827, until 1831, in the Coast Blockade,
with his name on the books of the Ramillxes and
Talaveba 74's, both commanded by Capt. Hugh
Pigot. He has since been on half -pay.
PRYCE. (Commander, 1821.)
Henry Pryge was born 23 June, 1786. He is
one of six brothers who were devoted to the service
of their country.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 May, 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the London 98, Capt. Edw.
Griffith, bearing the flag of Sir John Colpoys on
the Home station, where he removed, in 1799, to
the PoMPKE 74 and Neptone 98, both commanded
by Capt. Jas. Vashon, and continued employed as
Midshipman until Jan. 1801. Joining shortly after-
wards the Fortun^e 36, Capts. Lord Amelius Beau-
clerk and John Ferrier, he was on board that
frigate in 1802 when she was cast away on the
Haak Sand at the entrance of the Texel. After
serving for about 12 months in the KfevoLorioN-
NAiBB frigate, Capt. Walter Locke, and Hercdle
74, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, under
whom he took part in the unfortunate attack upon
Cura9oa, and shared in a variety of cutting-out
affairs, he was nominated, as a reward for his ex-
ertions during a hurricane, Acting-Lieutenant, 17
Aug. 1804, of the Port Mahon 18, Capt. Sam.
Chambers. He was confirmed, 15 April, 1805, into
the Fairy 18, Capt. Geo. Adey Creyke, then on
the eve of her passage home from the West Indies ;
and was subsequently appointed— 24 Oct. 1805, to
the Amethyst 36, Capts. John Wm. Spranger and
Michael Seymour, on the Irish station — 7 Jan. 1809,
as First-Lieutenant (after four months of half-pay),
to the Nymphen 36, Capts. Keith Maxwell and
John Hancock, in which ship he accompanied the
expedition to the Waloheren (where he assisted in
forcing the passage between the batteries of Flush-
ing and Cadsand), and was for upwards of four
years and a-half employed in the North Sea — 11
Sept. 1813, in a similar capacity, to the Centaur
74, Capts. John Chambers White and Thos. Gordon
Caulfeild, under the former of whom (prior to sail-
ing for North America and the Cape of Good Hope)
he landed at the head of a party of seamen, and
aided, in April, 1814, in destroying the enemy's
batteries on the right bank of the Garonne — 2 Dec.
1815, again as Senior, to the Spencek 74, Capt.
Wm. Robt. Broughton, lying at Plymouth, where
he remained until July, 1816— and, 30 Nov. and 7
Deo. 1818, to the Tonnant 80 and Windsor Castle
74, both commanded by Capt. T. G. Caulfeild on
the Home station. He continued in the Windsor
Castle, as First-Lieutenant, until promoted to the
rank of Commander on the occasion of the corona-
tion of George IV., 19 July, 1821. Since that period
he has been at times employed in the Rendezvous
service at Liverpool, North and South Shields, New-
castle, Newport, and Bristol, and has raised nearly
5000 men for the fleet.
During the late hostiUties in Portugal Com-
mander Pryce, who has commanded two 50-gun
frigates, and holds a commission as Captain of a
line-of-battle ship in the Portuguese service, fitted
out an expedition for the Queen of Portugal, and re-
ceived from Don Pedro the decoration of the Tower
and Sword. He has also had command of some of
the finest Indiamen out of the port of London. He
married, 11 May, 1816, EUza Lawrence, daughter
of Robt. Keys, Esq., of Southampton, and has issue
seven sons and three daughters. Agent— Frederick
Dufaur.
PUCKFORD. (Commander, 1827. r-P., 17;
H-p., 20.)
James PucKPORD entered the Navy 10 June, 1810,
as Midshipman, on board the Nisds 38, Capts.
Philip Beaver and Chas. Marsh Schomberg, under
the former of whom he assisted at the reduction of
the Isles of France and Java. He continued to
serve on the Cape station until the early part of
1814; between which period and June, 1822, we
find him employed in North America and the
Channel, at St. Helena, and in South America in
the Liffey 50, Capt. John Hancock, Newcastle
60, bearing the flag of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, An-
dromache 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff, and Su-
perb 74, Capt. Adam Mackenzie. Of the ship last
mentioned he became an acting and a confbmed
Lieutenant 22 Feb. and 8 Sept. 1821. His subse-
quent appointments were — 13 Nov. 1822 to the Va-
lorous 26, Capt. Jas. Murray, fitting for the West
Indies, whence he returned in June, 1824 — and, 14
Sept. 1824, to the Chanticleer 10, commanded
by Capt. Chas. Jas. Hope Johnstone, for a short
time by himself as Acting-Commander, and by
Capt. John Balfour Maxwell, on the Mediterranean
station. He was advanced to his present rank on
bis arrival in England 15 Dec. 1827 ; and has since
been on half-pay.
Commander Puckford married, 10 Nov. 1834,
Mary, daughter of the Rev. J. F. Muckston, D.D.,
Prebendary of Lichfield, by whom he has issue one
daughter.
PUGET. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 25; h-p., 9.)
William David Puget entered the Navy, 12
Jan. 1813, as a Volunteer, on board the Owen Glen-
dower 42, Capt. Brian Hodgson, in which ship and
in the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, and Clo-
rinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, he served on the
East India station, the chief part of the time as
Midshipman, until Aug. 1814. He then joined the
Monmouth 64, Capt. Wm. Wilkinson, lying in the
Downs ; and in Feb. 1815 entered the Royal Naval
College at Portsmouth, where he remained one
year and 10 months. In Dec. 1817 he again em-
barked on board the Andromache frigate, Capt.
Wm. Henry Shirreff, lying at Spithead ; but he had
not been many days in that ship before he removed
to the Sybille44, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, and sailed
for the West Indies. Returning home in Feb. 1819,
he served, from the following May until Oct. 1820,
at Plymouth and Portsmouth in the Heron sloop,
Capt. Job Hanmer, Spartan 46, Capt. Wm. Fur-
long Wise, and Queen Charlotte 100, flog-ship of
Sir Geo. Campbell. At the end of that period he
again proceeded to the West Indies in the Sybille
under the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley ; and on 22 July,
1822, he was there confirmed a Lieutenant (two
months after he had been ordered to act as such)
in the Icaeus 10, Capts. Thos. Herbert and Alfred
Matthews. He left the Icabds in March, 1823;
and was subsequently appointed— in Oct. 1824, to
the Wellesley 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond,
under whom he escorted the present Lord Stuart
de Rothesay to the Brazils— 23 Dec. 1825, to the
Spartiate 76, Capt. Fred. Warren, in which ship
he was for upwards of four years employed on the
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PULESTON—PULLEN -PULLING— PURCELL.
Lisbon and Mediterranean stations— and, 6 Aug.
1831, as First, to the Isis 50, fitting for the flag of
the last-mentioned officer, then Rear-Admiral War-
ren, Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good
Hope. On his return home he was promoted to
the rank of Commander 2 Deo. 1834. He was after-
wards nominated Second Captain — 28 Jan. 1835, of
the Ddblin 50, flag-ship of Sir G. E. Hamond in
South America, where he was superseded in Aug.
1836—22 Feb. 1837, of the HsRcnjCES 74, Capt.
Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, on the
Home station — and, 1 Sept. 1337, of the Melville
74, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas. For his
services in the Melville in China, where he was
praised in the highest manner for his zealous ex-
ertions at the capture of Tycocktow, and attracted
notice by the able support he atforded in the action
with the forts at the Boca Tigris,* he was pro-
moted, 8 June, 1841, to the rank he now holds.
He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Puget married, 3 Aug. 1844, Mary Lau-
rents, youngest daughter of the late Kev. Philip
Godfrey, Rector of Ayot St. Lawrence, co. Herts.
Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
PULESTON. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 38.)
John Phleston entered the Navy, 3 Deo. 1794,
as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Cambkidge 74, Capt.
Rich. Boger, guard-ship at Plymouth ; and from
May, 1795, until ApHl, 1802, served, with the ex-
ception of an interval in 1796-7, in the Camilla 20,
Capts. Thos. Graves, Robt. Larkan, and Edw.
Brace, on the North Sea, Channel, West India, and
Newfoundland stations — part of the time in the
capacity of Midshipman. Joining next, in March,
1805, the Melamphs 36, Capts. Stephen Poyntz and
Edw. Hawker, he assisted, 13 July following, at the
capture of the Hydra privateer, of 28 guns and 192
men, and, in Sept. 1806, at the destruction, oif Cape
Henrjr, of L' Impdtueux, a French 74. In Jan. 1809,
we fii^d him escorting a fleet of transports from
Halifax to Barbadoes; and on 16 of that month
contributing to the capture of he Colibri, a French
brig-of~war mounting 16 guns, with a complement
of 92 men, having on board 570 barrels of flour and
a large quantity of gunpowder for the relief of St.
Domingo. He was made Lieutenant, 1 July, 1809,
into the Maktin sloop, Capt. John Evans, at New-
foundland ; and was afterwards appointed — 13 Dec.
1809, to the Indian sloop, Capts. Chas. John Austen,
Wm. Bowen Mends, and Henry Jane, with whom
he served on the Halifax and West India stations
until Oct. 1812—4 Nov. 1813, to the Hannibal 74,
Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, in which ship, prior to
returning to the West Indies, he aided at the
capture, off Cherbourg, of the French 40-gun frigate
Suftane- and, 29 Dec. 1814, nearly four months
after he had left the Hannibal, to the Sctlla
sloop, Capt. Geo. Bennet Allen. He has been on
half-pay since 30 Sept. 1815.
PULLEN. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 31 ; h-p., 15.)
Samuel George Pullen entered the Navy, in
1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Royal
98, Capts. David Atkins, Thos. Macnamara Russell,
Herbert Sawyer, and Robt. Carthew Reynolds, in
which ship he served with the Channel fleet until
Nov. 1805. He was afterwards employed as Mid-
shipman on the Mediterranean, Home, North Ame-
rican, and West India stations in the Britannia,
Salvador del Mundo, and San Domingo, flag-
ships of Admirals the Earl of Northesk, Wm.
Young, and Sir John Borlase Warren, Lonp-CER-
viEE and Cleopatra, both commanded by Capt.
Chas. Gill, Scylla sloop, Capt. Geo. Bennet Allen,
and Akbar 50, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Byam
Martin. From 31 July, 1815, until 18 May, 1816,
he acted as Lieutenant of the Narcissus 32, Capt!
Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton, again on the coast of
North America. He then took up a commission
bearing date 16 March, 1815. From 16 March,
1827, until 1830, he served in the Coast Blockade
* Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1162, 1498.
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42,
Capt. Wm. Jas. Mlngaye; and since 3 July, 1834,
he has been uninterruptedly employed in the Coast
Guard.
He married, 17 May, 1838, Isabella Jane, second
daughter of H. Duncan, Esq., M.P., of Park Street,
Grosvenor Square.
PULLEN. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
William John Samuel Puelen passed his exa-
mination 20 July, 1844 ; and after serving in that
capacity in North America on board the Columbia
steam surveying-vessel, Capt. Peter Fred. Short-
land, was promoted to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
He was re-appointed to the Columbia in the capa-
city of Additional-Lieutenant 3 Feb. 1847, and con-
tinued employed in her until paid off in 1848.
PULLING. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 1 6.)
James Pulling entered the Navy, 26 July, 1803,
as Midshipman, on board the Fisgard 38, Capts.
Lord Mark Robt. Kerr, Wm. Bolton, and Fras.
Mason. In that ship he was actively employed on
the Channel, Mediterranean, Jamaica, and North
Sea stations, part of the time as Master's Mate,
until obliged by ill health to invalid in May, 1810.
In 1809 he accompanied the expedition to the Wal-
cheren. In Sept. 1811, after his name had been for
five months borne as a Supernumerary on the books
of the Royal William, Capt. Robt. Hall, Ruby,
Master-Commander Ferry, and Eueydice 24, Capt.
Jas. Bradshaw, he joined the Atalanta 18, Capt.
Fred. Hickey, under whom he assisted in the attack
on Crany Island in June, 1813, and was wrecked,
while acting as Master, on the Sisters Rocks, off
Halifax lighthouse, 10 Nov. following. He then re-
turned to England in the Nemesis 28, Capt. Hon.
Jas. Ashley Maude ; and, on 23 Feb. 1815, was ad-
vanced to the rank of Lieutenant. For several
years subsequently to 1821 Mr. Pulling was em-
ployed in the Coast Guard service in Hampshire,
where his exertions in the protection of the revenue
brought him into frequent contact with bands of
smugglers. In Dec. 1826 he was placed in com-
mand of the Skipjack schooner, on the Jamaica
station, where he remained until promoted to the
rank of Commander 8 Sept. 1829. He was after-
wards again employed in the Coast Guard — from 7
Oct. 1831 until 1834— from 24 May, 1836, until 1839
—and, from 30 March, 1840, until presented, 16 Jan.
1845, with a Post-commission. He has since been
on half-pay. Capt. Pulling is Senior of 1845.
PURCELL. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 23.)
Edward Purcell is youngest son of the late To-
bias Pureell, Esq., of Timogue Castle, Queen's co.,
Ireland, Captain in the 1st Fencible Light Dragoons.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 June, 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Niobe 40, Capt. Matt.
Henry Scott, and, after cruizing for 18 months in
the Channel and off the coasts of Spain and Portu-
gal, removed, in Jan. 1806, to the Impetdeux 74,
Capt. John Lawford, also attached to the force in
the Channel, whence, on rejoining Capt. Scott, as
Midshipman, in the course of the same year, on
board the Dragon 74, he proceeded to the West
Indies. Being again, in Dec. 1808, placed under
the orders of Capt. Lawford in the iMpiiTnEux, he
was afforded an opportunity, in 1809, of accompa-
nying the expedition to the Walcheren, where he
commanded an armed launch in the operations
against Flushing and was for five weeks employed
with the flotilla up the E. Scheldt. In 1810 we find
him, with the same launch under his orders, stationed
on the river Tagus, during the occupation of the lines
of Torres Vedras by the British army ; a service
which, for nearly two months, brought him into
perpetual collision with the enemy's field pieces
and riflemen at Villa Franca and along that bank
of the river. In common with the other officers
attached to the flotilla, Mr. Purcell received the
thanks of Lord Wellington. In Dec. 1810 he re-
turned home in the Elizabeth 74, for the purpose
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of rejoining his patron, Capt. Scott, who had been
just appointed to the Marlbokough 74. Being, on
his arrival, transferred to the Amethyst 36, Capt.
Jacob Walton, he had the misfortune, on 16 of the
following Feb., to be wrecked in that ship in Ply-
mouth Sound. In April, 1811, a few weeks after he
had been received' on board the Maelbobodgh, he
was transferred to the ViCTORy 100, bearing the flag
of Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Baltic. In Sept. of the
same year, with one of two boats under his com-
mand, he attacked, boarded, and assisted in carry-
ing two Danish gun-vessels strongly posted among
the rocks in Wingo Sound, where the British sus-
tained a loss of 3 men wounded, and the enemy,
who were five times more numerous than their as-
sailants, of 2 killed and 5 wounded. For his con-
duct on the occasion Mr. Purcell received the
thanks of Sir Jas. Saumarez, who nominated him,
9 Nov. ensuing. Acting- Lieutenant of the Victory
— an appointment which the Admiralty confirmed
4 Dec. in the same year. His succeeding appoint-
ments were— in the course of 1812, to the Mukos
schooner, Capt. Jas. Aberdour, again to the Marl-
BOEOHGH, and to the Chatham 74, bearing the flag
of his friend, then Kear-Admiral Scott, all on the
Home station— 28 April, 1815, to the Argo 44, as
Flag-Lieutenant to Kear-Admiral Scott in the
Downs — 6 Feb. 1816 (six months after he had left
the Argo) to the Rivoli 74, Capt. Chas. Ogle, lying
at Portsmouth — 24 July following, as First, to the
Driver sloop, Capts. John Koss and Chas. Hope
Reid, under whom he was frequently sent away in
boats for the suppression of smuggling on the west
coast of Scotland— and, 7 Sept. 1818, to the Tri-
bune 42, Capt. Nesbit Josiah Willoughby, em-
ployed at first on the Irish station (where he en-
countered many narrow escapes while in pursuit of
contraband traders) and afterwards in the West
Indies. In June, 1820, being then at Barbadoes, he
was placed in acting command of the Falmouth
20. In that vessel, his appointment to which
was confirmed 9 Sept. following, he continued for
three years on the West India station, whence he
returned to England, and was paid off" in July, 1823.
During his passage home orders were sent to the
Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica to place his name
on the Admiralty list for promotion ; but as it was
not in his power to return thither he was doomed
to remain without promotion until 25 Aug. 1828 ;
previously to which period he had been appointed
Second Captain of the Gloucester 74, Capt. Joshua
Sydney Horton. Although possessed of the strong-
est testimonials, he has not been since able to pro-
cure employment. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
guns, after a brave defence of 15 minutes, 30 April,
1815. In March, 1816, he returned to England.
From 12 Jan. 1820, until obliged by ill health to
resign, 4 Feb. 1841, Lieut. Purchas filled an ap-
pointment in the Excise. He married 7 Jan. 1817,
and has issue two sons and three daughters.
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
PURCHAS. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 31.)
William Purchas was born 1 Aug. 1790, at
Milton, CO. Cambridge.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 July, 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the iEoLus 32, Capt. Lord
Wm. FitzRoy, with whom, after sharing in Sir Rich.
Strachan's action and co-operating, as Midshipman,
in the reduction of Martinique, he proceeded to
Halifax and thence returned to England in Dec.
1809 in the Squirrel 20. During the nine follow-
ing months he served on the North Sea station in
the Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas ; and
from Sept. 1810 until promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, 6 Feb. 1812, we find him employed off'Lisbon
in the Macedonian 38, Capts. Lord Wm. FitzRoy
and Wm. Waldegrave, North Star 20, Capt. Thos.
Coe, and Barfleuk 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cran-
field Berkeley. His next appointments were— 23
March, 1812, again to the Bakfleur— 6 March and
29 July, 1814, to the ALCMiNB 38 and RivoLi 74,
Capts. Jerem. Coghlan and Edw. Stirling Dickson
— and 31 May, 1815, to the Partridge sloop, Capt.
John Miller Adye. In those four ships he was sta-
tioned principally in the Mediterranean, where he
assisted, in the Alcm^ne, at the capture of a
large convoy under the guns of Porto Maurizio and
at the reduction of Genoa ; and, in the RivoLi, at
the capture of La Melpomene, French frigate of 44
PURCHAS. (Capt., 1828. f-p., 17; h-p., 27.)
William Jardine Purchas, born in 1788, at
Cambridge, is second and youngest son of John
Purchas, Esq., of that place, by Elizabeth Sharpe,
daughter of a clergyman in co. Suffolk ; and brother
of Capt. John Purchas, who served as a Subaltern
of H.M.'s 20th Regt. at the battle of Maida, com-
manded a company of the 76th during the l?enin-
Bular war, and fell before Plattsburg, on Lake
Champlain, towards the close of the late contest be-
tween Great Britain and America.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1803 (under
the auspices of Admiral Sir Henry TroUope), as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hero 74, Capts. Hon.
Alan Hyde Gardner and John Poo Beresford ; as
Midshipman of which ship we find him present in
Sir Robt. Calder and Sir Rich. Strachan's actions,
22 July and 4 Nov. 1805, and at the capture, 13
March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of
Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. In
June, 1807, he removed to the Ville de Paris 110,
flag-ship of Lord Gardner in the Channel ; and in
June, 1808, he was again placed under the orders of
his first Captain, whose flag was flying in the North
Sea on board the Bellerophon 74. For his con-
duct as Senior Midshipman in the boats of that and
other ships at the brilliant capture, 7 Aug. 1809, of
the six Russian gun-boats mentioned in our history
of the services of Capt. Chas. Allen, he was pro-
moted, as soon as he had passed his examination, to
a Lieutenancy, 9 Dec. in the same year, in the
Erebus sloop, Capts. Wm. Autridge, Geo. Brine,
and Henry Jas. Lyford, on the Baltic station. Inde-
pendently of the affair last mentioned, Mr. Purchas
appears, during his servitude in the Bellerophon,
to have acted a part in many affairs of a cutting-
out description. His appointments after he left the
Erebus were — 13 Oct. 1813, to the Carnation 18,
Capt. Geo. Bentham, on the Jamaica station,
whence he returned in June, 1815 — 25 March, 1817,
to the Alert sloop, Capt. John Smith, in the North
Sea — and 5 Sept. following to the Scamander 42,
Capt. Wm. Elliott, in the Leeward Islands. Being
advanced, shortly after the paying off of the Sca-
mander, to the rank of Commander, 7 Dec. 1818,
Capt. Purchas was in that capacity appointed, 9
Sept. 1824, to the EsK 20, fitting for the coast of
Africa, where, between 17 July, 1825, and 8 Feb.
1827, he succeeded in capturing nine Brazilian,
Dutch, and Spanish vessels, carrying in the whole
2249 slaves. He subsequently assisted in complet-
ing the establishment at Fernando Po ; conveyed
stock from St. Helena to Ascension; and brought
home a quantity of gold-dust and ivory, with which
he arrived at Spithead 1 May, 1828. In consider-
ation of the representation made by the present Sir
Fras. Aug. Collier, then Commodore of the squa-
dron employed on the coast of Africa, that the EsK
had captured more slaves than any other vessel of
her class, and had invalided and lost fewer men
having only buried 4 in three years— Capt. Purchas
was awarded a Post commission bearing date 16 of
the same month. May, 1828. He has since been on
half-pay.
Capt. Purchas is a Magistrate for the borough
and county of Cambridge. He married, 18 Aug.
1820, Jane, youngest daughter of the late Wm.
Hills, Esq., of Chancery Lane, London.
PURCHES. (LiEDT., 1804. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 31 .)
James Uzuld Purches was born 27 Aug. 1783.
He is nephew of the late Capt. Azariah Uzuld, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 July, 1795, as
Midshipman, on board the Act.s;on 44, arme'e-en-
Jtute, commanded by his uncle, Capt. Uzuld, em-
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PURVER— PURVIS.
ployed as a guard-ship off Guernsey and in the river
Mersey. In July, 1799, he removed to the Incon-
stant 36, Capt. Ponsonby ; and on 16 Nov. follow-
ing, while on his passage home from the Texel in
the EspioN 38, Capt. Jonas Rose, he was wrecked
on the Goodwin Sands. He then joined the Vol-
TIGEUB sloop, Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland and
Lennox Thompson ; In which vessel he assisted in
repelling an attack from a flotilla of gun-boats near
Tarifa, and in detaining several American and
Banish merchantmen who had attempted to break
the blockade imposed upon the town of San Lucar,
whence he was sent to Gibraltar in charge of one
of the prizes. In May, 1802, Mr. Purches left the
VoLTiGEDK. He was next employed, in the Cai/-
CHTTA 50, Capt. Dan. Woodrilf, in circumnavigating
the globe ; and on quitting that ship, of which, after
having acted as Master, he had become an Acting
and a confirmed Lieutenant 11 March and 26 July,
1804, he was appointed, 28 Aug. following, to the
Defiance 74, Capts. Philip Chas. Durham and Hon.
Henry Hotham. Under Capt. Durham he fought
in the actions off Capes Finisterre and Trafalgar, 22
July and 21 Oct. 1805 ; and under Capt. Hotham he
contributed, 24 Feb. 1809, to the destruction of
three French frigates under the batteries of Sable
d'Olonne ; where the Defiance, besides being much
cut up in her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of
2 men killed and 25 wounded. At Trafalgar he was
constituted Prize-Master of L'Aigle, one of the
captured 74's, in which he remained until she was
dismasted and wrecked near Cadiz in the memor-
able gale that followed the action. He remained
in consequence a prisoner at Cadiz for three days ;
and on being then restored to liberty, he presented
Vice-Admiral CoUingwood with the journal and
notes he had during that period made of the manner
in which the ships remaining to the enemy after
the battle had been disposed of. Of such value
did the Vice-Admiral esteem the information thus
afforded to him, that he made use of it in his
despatches. In Feb. 1806, while the Defiance was
lying at Portsmouth, Mr. Purches appears to have
officiated as Flag-Lieutenant to Kear-Admiral Geo.
Martin on board the Geadiatok 50. When Act-
ing-First-Lieutenant of the Defiance he was sent,
in 1808, to the government of Galicia with negocia-
tions for a restoration of the amicable understand-
ing between Spain and England, and the receiving
of British squadrons into Corunna, Ferrol, and
other places. His appointments after he had left
the Defiance were, as First-Lieutenant — 1 1 April,
1809, to the HiNDOSTAN 50, Capt. John Pasco, in
which ship, bearing for some time the broad pen-
dant of Commodore Bligh, he again went round the
world — 1 Jan. 1811, to the Echo 18, Capts. Arden
Adderley, Halsted, and Thos. Percival, stationed
in the Channel— 12 Oct. following, to the Leonidas
38, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, employed off the
south coast of Ireland and in the Bay of Biscay — 17
Sept. 1812 to the Parthian 10, Capt. Jas. Henry
Garrety, on the Portsmouth station— 27 May, 1813,
to the Challenger 16, Capt. Fred. Edw. Vernon
(now Harcourt), employed off the north coast of
Spain and at Newfoundland, whence he invalided
in Aug. 1814 — 28 Oct. in the same year, to the
Orpheos 36, Capt. Chas. Montagu Fabian, with
whom he served for two years, chiefly in the Rio de
la Plata — and 24 March, 1818, for a short time, to
the Shamrock 12, Capt. Martin White, engaged in
surveying the coast of Ireland. While attached to
the Challenger he co-operated with the squadron
under Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose in
forcing the passage of the Gironde, and commanded
her boats at the capture of several of the enemy's
schooners and gun-boats. In Sept. 1818 he joined
the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant
of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'Cuiloch, and was
employed in the capacity of Divisional-Lieutenant
between No. 2 Battery and Shellness Point until
transferred, 25 March, 1819, to the Ordinary at
Portsmouth. In 1821 he was under the necessity
of resigning the latter appointment and of being
seat to the Hospital, from the effects of a coup-de-
soleil he had received while serving in the Oupheds.
He has since been on half-pay.
In consideration of his sufferings Lieut. Purches
was awarded, 9 Feb. 1825, a pension of 5s. a day ;
which, however, was not paid to him in full until
1831. He married, 4 Dec. 1810, EUzabeth Ann,
daughter of Spencer Smyth, Esq., Master B.N., by
whom he has, living, one son, in holy orders, and
two daughters. His eldest son entered the Navy
in 1826, and died on the coast of Africa in Aug.
18.39.
PURVER. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Thomas White Purvek entered the Navy 10
May, 1823; passed his examination 10 Nov. 1838;
and for his services as Mate of the Nimrod 20 on
the coast of China, where he took part in the boats
in the first and second series of operations against
Canton, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8
Oct. 1841.* His succeeding appointments were —
29 April, 1842, to the Cbcizer 16, Capt. Joseph
Pearse, with whom he served in the East Indies for
about 12 months— 30 Nov. 1843, as Additional, to
the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Wm.
Bowles, employed on particular service — 16 Feb.
1844, in a similar capacity, to the Penelope steam-
frigate, Capt. Wm. Jones, on the coast of Africa —
and 13 July, 1844, as Senior, to the Espoir 10, Capts.
Arthur Morrell and Geo. Sumner Hand, on the
same station, whence he returned home and was
paid off in 1847.
PURVIS. (COMMANDEB, 1842. F-P., 12;
H-P., 20.)
George Thomas Maitland Pdrvis, bom 10
June, 1802, is only son of the late Geo. Purvis, Esq.,
B.N., Secretary to Earls Howe and St. Vincent,
and subsequently a Magistrate for co. Hants, by
Renira Charlotte, daughter of David Maitland,
Esq. ; and first-cousin and brother-in-law of Rear-
Admiral John Brett Purvis.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 July, 1815, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Piqoe 36, Capt. Hon.
Anthony Maitland, lying at Portsmouth, where he
removed, in the course of the same year, to the
Amphion 32 and Magicienne 36, both commanded
by Capt. John Brett Purvis. In Jan. 1816 he be-
came a Student at the Royal Naval College ; and on
leaving that institution he again, in Jan. 1819, em-
barked on board the Rochfokt 80, Capt. Andrew
Pellet Green ; in which ship and in the Ganymede
26, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, and Glas-
gow 50, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, we find him
employed until March, 1821, in the Mediterranean.
After serving for a year and nine months at home,
again in the Mediterranean, and in South America
on board the Tyne, Capt. Kearney White, Aurora
46, Capt. Henry Prescott, Rose 18, Capt. Thos.
Ball Clowes, RfevoLUTioNNAiRE 46, Capt. Hon.
Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, Delight
sloop, Capt. Robt. Hay, Beaver 10, Capt. Arch.
Maclean, and Creole 42, Commodore Sir Thos.
Masterman Hardy, he was nominated, on the station
last named, Acting-Lieutenant, 1 Jan. 1823, of the
Blossom 24, commanded by his former Captain, A.
Maclean. He was confirmed to that vessel 5 April
following, and, returning to England in June, 1824,
was subsequently appointed — 11 June, 1825, to the
Glodcester 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, lying
at Sheerness — 16 July in the same year, to the
Helicon 10, Capt. Chas. Dyke Acland, fitting for
the Cape of Good Hope, whence he came home in
1826—3 Oct. 1829, to the Winchester 52, bearing
the flag in the West Indies of Sir Edw. Griffith
Colpoys, with whom he served for about 12 months
— in Oct. 1835, as First, to the Sdlphub 8, Capt.
Fred. Wm. Beechey, which vessel, after having
fitted her out, he was obliged in consequence of
family affliction to leave— and 6 Oct. 1841, in a
similar capacity, to the Cambrian 36, Capt. Henry
Ducie Chads. In the latter ship he escorted the
Governor-General to India, and was actively em-
* Vide Gaz., 1841, pp. 1503, 1505, 2504, 2539.
PURVIS.
941
ployed against the Chinese pirates at Amoy. He
was advanced to the rank of Commander 6 July,
1842, and came home a passenger in the Caluope
26, Capt. Aug. Leopold Kuper. He arrived in
England in Feb. 1843, and has not been since afloat.
Commander Purvis married, 10 June, 1828, Mary
Jane, daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Fras. Wm.
Austen, K.C.B. ; and, that lady dying in 1837,
secondly, 18 Jan. 1838, Esther North, daughter of
the Kev. Wm. Harrison, Vicar of Fareham, Hants.
By his first marriage he has issue three sons (the
eldest, Geo. Thos. Maitland, a Midshipman K.N.)
and two daughters ; by the second, one daughter.
Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
PURVIS. (Eeab-Admibal of the White, 1846.
F-P., 25 ; H-p., 27.)
John Bbett Pubvis, born 12 Aug. 1787, is eldest
son of the late John Child Purvis, Esq., of Vicar's
Hill House, Hants, Admiral of the Blue,* by his
first wife, Catherine Sowers ; and great-grandson of
Geo. Purvis, Esq., of Darsham, co. Suffolk, M.P.
for Aldeburgh, Comptroller of the Navy in 1735,
himself the son of Capt. Geo. Purvis, R.N., and the
father of Rear-Admiral Chas. Wager Purvis, who
died 15 Jan. 1772. He is first-cousin of the present
Commander 6. T. M. Purvis, R.N. ; and nephew of
Capt. Rich. Purvis, R.N., who died in May, 1802,
leaving three sons — Lieut. Rich. Oaldham Purvis,
R.N., who died in 1805 ; Lieut. John Leman Purvis,
E.I.C.S., who died in the course of the same year ;
and Capt. Barrington Purvis, R.N., who died in
1822. His father was thrice married — the second
time to a sister of the late Vice-Admiral Henry
Garrett, the third to the only daughter of Admiral
Sir Arch. Dickson, Bart.
This officer (whose name had been borne from
Dec. 1795 until Oct. 1796 on the books of the Vic-
TOET 100, flag-ship of Sir John Jervis in the Medi-
terranean) embarked, 5 Jan. 1799, as Midshipman,
on board the Alecto fire-ship, Capt. Henry Garrett.
He shortly afterwards sailed for the Mediterranean
in the Qdeen Chaelotte 100, bearing the flag of
the present Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed. After
witnessing the capture, 19 June, 1799, of Rear-
Admiral Perree's squadron of three frigates and
two brigs, he joined the London 98, and Royal
Geoege 100, both commanded by his father, Capt.
J. C. Purvis ; under whom he accompanied, in the
London, the expedition of 1800 to Ferrol, and
served, in each ship, at the blockade of Brest. In
April, 1802, he was again placed under the orders of
Capt. Garrett on board the Endymion 40. Being
in a few weeks transferred to the Cambeian 40, he
went out with the flag of Sir Andw. Mitchell to
North America, where, in Dec. of the same year,
* Admiral John Child Purvis was born in 1746. Sabse-
quently to the commencement of war with France in 1788,
we find him serving on the American station as Lieutenant in
the Invincible 74, Commodore Evans, and at home, in the
liliiTANNiA 100, fla^-sbip of Vice-Admiral Darby. For the
gallant manner in which, in command of the Due de Cfmrtres,
of Ifi guns and 125 men, he made prize, 19 Aug. 1782, of
L'Aigle French corvette of 22 guns ana 136 men, 13 of whom
were killed and 12 wounded, witliout any casualty whatever
to the British, he was made Post 1 Sept. following. On the
renewal of war with France in 1793 he was appointed, first
to tile Ampritrite frigate, and next to the Pbincess Koval
98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Goodall. In the latter
ship he served at the occupation of Toulon and the capture
of San Fiorenza and Bastia, also in Hotham's actions of
14 March and 13 July, ligs, and at the blockade of a
French squadron consisting of seven ships of the line and
five frigates inGourjan Bay. He afterwards, from [7!l7 until
1802, commanded the London 98 and Rotal Geoboe 100,
and from 1603 until promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral
23 April, 1804, the Dreadnouoht 98, all on the Channel
station. From 1806 until 1810 he was chiefly employed at
the blockade and defence of Cadiz, where he distinguished
himself much by his zeal and good judgment. At one time
he continued at sea without ever being driven through the
Gut, or even letting go an anchor for the space of nineteen
months ; during which period not a square-rigged vessel
entered or quitted the harbour, except on one occasion,
when several, having passes firom England, were allowed to
proceed. He became a Vice-Admiral 2a Oct. 1809, and a
full Admiral 12 Aug. 1819.
he followed that offloer into the Leandee 50, and
in July, 1803, joined the Deivek sloop, Capts. Wm.
Lyall, John Naime, Wm. Compton, and Wm. Simp-
son. While in the latter vessel, of which he was
confirmed a Lieutenant 1 May, 1805, he saw much
active service both in North America and the West
Indies, and was on one occasion employed in her
boats at the capture of a Spanish privateer of 14
guns and 60 men. After a servitude of three
months in the Teeeible 74, Capt. Lord Henry
Paulet, he became, 14 Jan. 1807, Flag-Lieutenant,
in the Atlas 74, to his father off Cadiz, where he
remained until transferred, 19 Feb. 1808, to the
Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood ; who no-
minated him, 2 May ensuing, Acting-Commander of
the Delight sloop — an appointment which the Ad-
miralty confirmed 9 Aug. 1808. When stationed,
subsequently, on the coast of Calabria, Capt. Purvis
assisted at the reduction of the islands of Ischia
and Procida. He came into frequent action also
vrith the enemy's batteries, and succeeded in greatly
annoying the trade passing alongshore. On one oc-
casion, having silenced the fire of a battery in the
Gulf of Euphemia, he landed, spiked 4 24-ponnder8,
burnt their carriages, blew up a round tower, and
brought off 15 prisoners. In Jan. 1810, in conse-
quence of his promotion to Post-rank, which had
taken place 16 Sept. 1809, he resigned command of
the Delight, and rejoined his father as a volunteer
on board the Atlas. In April, 1810, he was sent
home with despatches ; and in the following Oct.
he was appointed to the Ganymede 26. In that
ship he was at first again employed at the defence
of Cadiz. He next took part, under Rear-Admiral
Hallowell, in all the operations on the east coast of
Spain, including the siege of Tarragona and the
destruction of the fort of St. Philippe in the Col de
Balaguer. During an attack made on some priva-
teers in the Grao of Murviedro, the Ganymede un-
fortunately took the ground; whereupon part of
the French army under Marshal Suchet came down,
erected a mortar-battery within shell-range, and
with field-pieces and portable furnaces kept up an
incessant fire upon her until, after having fought
for 17 hours with such of her guns as could be
brought to bear, she was hove off with a loss of 5
men killed and 14 woimded. On the opening of
Corfu to the English, Capt. Purvis (who had made
prize, 18 Aug. 1813, of the French privateer Van-
teur of 7 guns and 47 men) was deputed by Rear-
Admiral Sir John Gore to receive charge from the
French authorities of the men-of-war, together with
the arsenal and stores, to be held by England in the
name of the Allied Sovereigns. As soon as he had
carried out his instructions and had transferred his
trust to Capt. Chas. Thurlow Smith of the Un-
daunted 38, he took his departure for the North
American station, where he cruized with much suc-
cess until the peace. During the war of a Hundred
Days Capt. Purvis commanded the Amphion 32, on
Home service. On being next, 3 Oct. 1815, ap-
pointed to the Magicienne 42, he conveyed Sir
Rich. King, the Commander-in-Chief, to the East
Indies. We subsequently, from 1817 until 1819,
find him stationed as senior officer off the Mauritius,
and actively engaged during that period in the sup-
pression of the slave trade. For the zeal and promp-
titude displayed by Capt. Purvis in rescuing the
crew of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s ship Cabalva, wrecked,
in July, 1818, upon the Cargados Garragos Reef, he
received the thanks of the Court of Directors, ac-
companied by the sum of 200 guineas for the pur-
chase of a piece of plate. He had been on a former
occasion presented by the officers of the Madras es-
tablishment with a piece of plate valued at 100
guineas for his exertions in saving the crew and
passengers of the Free Trader Album, wrecked on
Foul Point, near Trincomalee. On finally leaving
India, Capt. Purvis had the gratification of receiv-
ing from the Commander-in-Chief, as he likewise
did from the Admiralty on his arrival in England
a very flattering letter of thahks for the zeal and
judgment he had evinced on detached service while
on that station. The Magicienne being paid off in
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PURVIS— PYE—PYKE.
July, 1819, he did not again go afloat until appointed,
20 Oct. 1841, to the Alfred 50 ; in which ship he
hoisted the broad pendant of a Commodore of the
Second Class, and sailed in the spring of 1842 for
the purpose of assuming command of the squadron
on the south-east coast of America. Prom Feb.
1843 until June, 1844, he was employed in the Rio
de la Plata, where the furious nature of the hostili-
ties maintained between Buenos Ayres and Monte
Video occasioned the utmost interruption to com-
merce and endangered the lives and property of the
residents along both banks of the stream. Under
such circumstances the senior British officer, as may
be imagined, was surrounded with difBoulties of no
ordinary character, and placed in a position which
called forth the exercise of the greatest firmness
and discretion. A history of the valuable services
performed by Commodore Purvis at this epoch we
should have felt a pleasure in recording had our
limits not forbidden it. The manner, however, in
which he acquitted himself of the perplexing duties
that devolved upon him is sufficiently evinced in
the fact that it called forth the gratitude, as well of
all foreigners as of the English ; from the latter he
received, on the occasion of his departure for Rio
de Janeiro, an address expressive of " the high
sense they entertained of the way in which he had
maintained the fair fame of the British character
and upheld the honour of his country ;" and from
the Government of the Oriental Republic he re-
ceived the copy of a resolution registered in the
archives of the state, testifying " the sentiments of
respect, gratitude, and attachment, which the noble,
generous, and magnanimous manner in which he had
conducted himself during his lengthened sojourn in
the country, at the most difficult and hazardous pe-
riod of its existence, had excited in the minds of the
supreme authorities of the state." On the return of
the Alfred to England in Aug. 1845, the Commo-
dore hauled down his broad pendant; and on 9
Nov. 1846 he was advanced to Flag-rank. He is
now on half-pay.
Rear-Admiral Purvis is a Magistrate and Deputy-
Lieutenant for CO. Southampton. He married, in
1815, his cousin Renira Charlotte, sister of the pre-
sent Commander G. T. M. Purvis, R.N., by whom
he has issue two sons — the elder a Lieutenant in the
78th Highlanders; and the younger, Richard, a
Lieutenant R.N. Agents — Messrs. Halford and
Co.
PURVIS. (LlEDTENANT, 1846.)
Richard Pdrvis is second and youngest son of
Rear-Admiral J. B. Purvis.
This officer, while Midshipman of the Blonde 42,
Capt. Thos. Bourchier, served as Aide-de-Camp to
that officer at the storming of the heights of Canton,
and was wounded in the attack on the Woosung
batteries. His name was twice officially mentioned.
He passed his examination 8 Nov. 1845 ; and at the
period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
which took place 29 June, 1846, had been serving
for several months as Mate on board the Excellent
gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry Ducie
Chads. His appointments have since been — 7 July,
1846, as Additional, to the Vindictive 50, flag-ship
of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen in North America and the
West Indies— 20 Feb. 1847, to the America 50,
Capt. Sir Thos. Maitland, employed on particular
service— and 12 Oct. following to the Penelope
steam-frigate, of 650-horse power, bearing the broad
pendant on the coast of Africa of Commodore Sir
Chas. Hotham, under whom he has been officiating,
since 20 Dec. in the same year, as Flag-Lieutenant.
PYE. (Lieutenant, 1810.)
William Pye obtained his commission 28 Deo.
1810.
PYKE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 24; h-p., 13.)
John Pyke is brother of Lieut. Joseph Pvke,
R.N. ' '
^ This officer entered the Navy, 7 July, 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Implacable 74, Capt.
Geo. Cockburn, bearing the flag at Cadiz of Sir
Rich. Goodwin Keats, whom he followed, in Sept.
of the same year, into the Milford 74, and in July,
1811, into the Hibernia 110. The ship last men-
tioned was stationed off Toulon, where, from Sept.
1812 until March, 1814, Mr. Pyke served as Mid-
shipman (a rating he had attained in Jan. of the
former year) on board the Cubasoa 36, Capt. John
Tower. He was next, until Aug. 1819, employed
on the Newfoundland and Home stations in the
Bellbkophon 74 and Salisbury 50, both flag-ships
of Sir R. G. Keats, Bulwark 74, bearing the flag
of Sir Chas. Rowley, and Rochfort 80, Capt. Sir
Archibald Collingwood Dickson. He then sailed
in the Leandeb 60, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry
Blackwood, for the East Indies, whence, in March,
1821, he returned to England as Acting-Lieutenant
(a rank he had held for more than six months
on board the Leander) in the Alligator, Capt.
Wilkie. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, shortly
after his arrival in England, by a commission bear-
ing date IS Nov. 1821. His succeeding appoint-
ments were — 6 Feb. 1822, to the Ranger 28, Capt.
Peter Fisher, fitting for Newfoundland, whence he
returned about 1824—30 March, 1826, to the Hype-
rion 42, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Min-
gaye— 20 Nov. 1828, as First, to the Dispatch 18,
Capts. Wm. Bohun Bowyer and Edw. Augustus
Frankland, in which vessel he continued, part of
the time on the Irish station, until paid off in Feb.
1832 — 23 July, 1832, in a similar capacity, for seven
months, to the Scout 18, Capt. Wm. Hargood, em-
ployed on particular service — and, 15 May, 1833, as
Senior, to the Castor 36, Capt. Lord John Hay.
In the latter ship he served for about three years
on the coast of Spain during the civil war. He has
since been on half-pay. He attained the rank he
now holds 23 Nov. 1841.
Commander Pyke married, 18 April, 1827, Caro-
line Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Chancellor Yonge,
of Staddon, near Bideford, Devon.
PYKE. (Lieutenant, 1826. f-p., 17; h-p., 19.)
Joseph Pyke was bom 13 Nov. 1797. He is
brother of Commander John Pyke, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 May, 1811, as a
Volunteer, on board the Rbin 38, Capt. Chas. Mal-
colm, and in 1812-13 was employed in co-operation
with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. In
July, 1814, being then in the West Indies, he re-
moved as Midshipman to the Cydnus 38, Capts.
Fred. Langford and Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer,
in which ship he accompanied the ensuing expedi-
tion against New Orleans. The Cydnds being paid
off in Jan. 1816, he sailed in the spring of that year
for St. Helena in the Newcastle 60, flag-ship of
Sir Pulteney Malcolm, and there continued to serve
(with the exception of a short period in 1817, during
which he returned to England and passed his ex-
amination) as Mate and Admiralty-Midshipman in
the Redpole 10, Capt. Wm. Devereux Evance, and
Conqoeror 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Robt. Plampin, until Oct. 1820. After having been
employed for three years and nine months in the
Aurora 46, Capt. Henry Prescott, on the South
American station, and for upwards of a year in the
William and Mary yacht, commanded at Dublin
by his friend Capt. C. Malcolm, he was promoted,
19 May, 1826, to the rank of Lieutenant, and was
subsequently appointed — 1 1 Dec. 1826, to the Coast
Blockade, in which service he continued, with his
name on the books of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm.
Jas. Mingaye, until June, 1828—17 Dec. 1832, as a Su-
pernumerary, to the Isis 50, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Fred. Warren at the Cape of Good Hope
— and next, to the Curlew 10, Capt. Henry Dundas
Trotter. In a boat belonging to the latter vessel,
manned with 4 kroomen, Mr. Pyke was surprised
and, after receiving 10 wounds, taken by the natives
off Cape Lopez, on which occasion he was stripped
naked and robbed of everything. At the end of
three days he was ransomed and enabled to join his
PYM.
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ship. Sinos the paying off of the Cdklew in 1834
he has been unemployed.
Lieut. Pyke married, 9 Sept. 1835, Emilia Bowen,
youngest daughter of the Rev. Conway Stafford.
He is now a widower.
PYM. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 14.)
RiCHABD Elsworthy Pym entered the Navy, 20
June, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona
74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, with whom he
continued employed as Midshipman and Master's
Mate in the same ship and in the Prince of "Wales
98, on the North Sea, Downs, and Mediterranean
stations, until July, 1814. In the Prince of Wales
he witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew's partial actions with
the Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814.
After serving for six months on the Home station
in the Prince 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, Belvidera
42, Capt. Rich. Byron, and Hope 10, Capt. Henry
Fyge Jauncey, he joined, in Feb. 1815, the War-
rior 74, flag-ship of his former Captain, then Kear-
Admiral Douglas, and sailed for the West Indies,
where he successively followed that officer into the
Shark, Sabine, Shark again, and Akaxes 38.
He was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Sa-
bine 4 July, 1815, and confirmed into the Shark
1 Aug. following. He returned to England in Aug.
1816, and was afterwards appointed — 5 Dec. 1825,
to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieute-
nant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot— 28
Oct. 1828, to the Coast Guard, in which service he
continued until the commencement of 1837— and, 5
April, 1842, to the command of the Spider schooner
of 6 guns, on the Brazilian station, whence he re-
turned in 1847.*
PYM, K.C.B. (Vice-Admiralof the Blue, 1847.
F-p., 30 ; H-p., 29.)
Sir Samuel Ptm, born in 1778, is son of Joseph
Pym, Esq., of Pinley, co. Warwick (a descendant
of the famous John Pym), by a daughter of Thos.
Amott, Esq., M.D., of Cupar, co. Fife, niece of Sir
Wm. Arnott, Bart. ; and brother of Sir Wra. Pym,
M.D., K.C.H., Inspector-General of Army Hospitals
and Superintendent-General of Quarantine.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1788, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Edrydice, Capt.
Geo. Lumsdaine, employed at first in the Channel
and next in the Mediterranean, where, and on the
Irish and Jamaica stations, he served, from the
summer of 1791 until Nov. 1793, in the Zebra,
Kingfisher, and Fly sloops, all commanded by
Capt. Wm. Brown. He then joined the Cambridge
74, Capt. Rich. Boger, guard-ship at Plymouth;
and after cruizing for about 12 months in the
Channel and North Sea as Midshipman and Master's
Mate in the Ganges 74, Capt. Wm. Truscott, and
Vends and Alcm&ne frigates, each under the orders
of Capt. Wm.,Brown, was promoted, 7 March, 1795,
to the rank of Lieutenant, and placed in the Martin
sloop, Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb. His succeeding
appointments were, as Senior — 4 Sept. 1795 and' 7
May, 1798, to Le Babet 20, Capts. W. G. Lobb
and Jemmett Mainwaring, and Aimable 32, Capt.
W. G. Lobb, both in the West Indies— 12 Nov.
1798, to the Etiialion 38, Capts. Geo. Countess,
Jas. Young, and John Clarke Searle, under the
last-mentioned of whom he was wrecked on the
Penmark Rocks, 25 Dec. 1799—12 Feb. 1800, to the
Stag 32, Capt. Robt. Winthrop, which ship was
also lost in Vigo Bay 6 Sept. in the same year —
and, 25 Oct. 1800, to the Roedst 74, commanded in
the Channel by his friend Capt. Brown. In the
spring of 1796 Mr. Pym, then in Le Babet, wit-
nessed the surrender of the Dutch colonies of Deme-
rara, Essequibo, and Berbice ; and on 16 Jan. 1798,
having in the handsomest manner volunteered his
services, he took command of two of her boats,
went in pursuit of, and succeeded, with only one of
them, in capturing La De'siree French national vessel
of 6 guns and 46 men, after a desperate struggle, in
* Vide Gaz. 1846, p. 6536.
which the British sustained a loss of 1 man killed,
another drowned, and himself and all the remainder
wounded, and the enemy of 94 killed, 8 drowned, and
15 wounded.* Prior to the wreck of the Ethalion
he assisted in that ship, under Capt. Young, at the
capture, 17 Oct. 1799, of the Spanish 36-gun frigate
El Thetis, laden with specie to an enormous amount,
his own share alone of which exceeded 5000/. For
the assistance he afforded his Captain on the quarter-
deck, as well as for his indefatigable exertions in
shifting the wounded masts and yards on board the
Thetis, Mr. Pym was warmly recommended to the
notice of Lord Bridport, the Commander-in-Chieff
He had previously, on 10 June, commanded the
boats of the Ethalion, and captured in them, after
a fatiguing row, two brigs and five tartans, with
wheat and sheep from Barcelona bound to Ma-
jorca.l On leaving the Robost he was made Com-
mander, 10 Feb. 1801, into the Swan, in which
vessel he cruized for about six months on the Ports-
mouth station. He acquired Post-rank 29 April,
1802; and was subsequently appointed— 29 April,
1804, to the Mars 74, employed at the blockade of
Corunna — 29 June ensuing, to the Atlas 74, which
ship, after serving in the Channel, North Sea, and
South America, formed part of the force under Sir
John Duckworth in the action off St. Domingo
6 Feb. 1806, and was subsequently stationed off
Cadiz— 13 Oct. 1808, to the SiRins 36—27 Feb. 1812,
to the Hannibal 74, off Cherbourg — 12 May fol-
lowing, to the NiEMEN 38, employed for three years
on the Home, Lisbon, Cape of Good Hope, North
American, and West India stations— and, 22 July,
1830, to the Kent 78, fitting for the Mediterranean,
whence he returned to England and was paid off
at the close of 1831. In the Sikius Capt. Pym
assisted under Commodore Rowley at the capture
of the town of St. Paul's, He de Bourbon, 21 Sept.
1809. On that occasion he stood in, anchored
within half-musket shot of La Caroline French
frigate, two captured Indiamen, and a brig-of-war,
and opened so heavy a fire that in 20 minutes
the whole of them struck their colours. At the
reduction of the He de Bourbon in July, 1810, Capt.
Pym displayed his usual zeal and ability.? He
afterwards obtained possession of He de la Passe,
the key to Grand Port, in the Isle of France ; and
recaptured, while cruizing off Port Louis, the Wt/nd-
ham, a British Indiaman recently taken by two
French frigates, and a corvette under the orders of
M. Duperre. In Aug. 1810, as senior officer of a
squadron, consisting, with his own, of the 36-gun
frigates Nereide, Iphigenia, and Magicienne, we
find Capt. Pym conducting a series of gallant
although, from circumstances he could not control,
unsuccessful operations, which, in an endeavour to
capture the above-named enemy's vessels and rescue
another Indiaman, terminated in the self-destruc-
tion of the SiRius and Magicienne, the capture of
the Nereide, and the surrender to a powerful
French squadron of the Iphigenia. || In conse-
quence of this disaster Capt. Pym remained in close
captivity until the reduction of the Mauritius in
the ensuing Dec. On his release he was tried by
court-martial and honourably acquitted. In the
NiEMEN Capt. Pym made prize, 14 July, 1814, after
a chase of 14 hours, of the Henry Gilder, American
privateer, of 12 guns and 50 men. He was nomi-
nated a C.B. 4 June, 1815, and a K.C.B. 25 Oct.
1839 ; advanced to Flag-rank 10 Jan. 1837 ; and
made a Vice-Admiral 12 Feb. 1847. From 16 Dec.
1841 until Dec. 1846, he filled the post of Admiral-
Superintendent at Plymouth. In Sept. and Oct.
1845, he had command of an experimental squadron
consisting of the St. Vincent 120, Trafalgar 120,
Qdeen 110, Rodney 92, Albion 90, Canopds 84,
and Vanguard 80.
_ For his conduct in the action off St. Domingo,
Sir Sam. Pym was presented by the Admiralty with
a gold medal. He married, in 1802, a daughter of
* Vide Gaz. 1798, p. 295. f V. Gaz. 1799, p. 1094.
t V. Gaz. 1799, p. 740. ^ V. Gaz. 1810, pp. 1681, 1685.
II V: Gaz. lelo, p. 1797.
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PYNE-QUIN.
Edw. Lookyer, Esq., of Plymouth, by whom he has
issue. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
PYNE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
George Py>e entered the Navy 5 May, 1823;
passed his examination 2 June, 1830; and on 23
Nov. 1841, at -which period he had been serving for
a few months in the Mediterranean as Mate of
the PoLTPHEMDS Steamer, Lieut.-Commander John
Evans, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
His succeeding appointments were — 21 April, 1842,
to the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christopher Wyvill,
fitting at Chatham— 23 July, 1842, to the Grecian
16, Capt. Wm. Smyth, at the Cape of Good Hope,
where he remained about 12 months — 22 Aug. 1844,
as Additional, to the Formidable 84, flag-ship of
Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the Mediterranean —
and 30 May, 1846, soon after his return home, to
the Spartan 22, Capt. Thos. Matthew Chas. Sy-
monds, fitting at Devonport. He left the latter
vessel in a few weeks, and has since been on half-
pay. Agent — Frederic Dufaur.
Q.
QUIN. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Francis Beaufort Qdin passed his examination
5 Oct. 1841 ; and served as Mate in the Rodney 92,
Capt. Robt. Maunsell, Excellent gunnery-ship,
Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, Ltnx brigantine, Lieut.-
Commanders Godolphin Jas. Burslem and John
Thos. Nott, OsPEEY 12, Capt. Fred. Patten, and
Royalist brig, Lieut.-Commander Graham Ogle,
on the Mediterranean, Home, and East India sta-
tions. While in the vessel last-mentioned he accom-
panied Sir Thos. John Cochrane in an expedition
against the Sultan of Borneo in July, 1846; and on
8 of that month was attached to the 6th and 7th
companies of small-arm men at the capture and de-
struction of the enemy's forts and batteries on the
river Brune. Between the 10th and 16th he was
employed under Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy (whose
of&cial notice he attracted by the attention he dis-
played to his duties) in ascending different branches
of the stream, and in marching, despite many impe-
diments, into the interior of the country in a fruit-
less attempt to obtain possession of .the Sultan's
person.* He was promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant by commission bearing date 8 June, 1846 ; and
has been since serving, still in the East Indies, as
Additional in the Agincodrt 72, and Vernon 50,
flag-ships of Rear-Admirals Sir T. J. Cochrane and
Sam. Hood Inglefield, and as Second-Lieutenant in
the Medea steam-sloop, of 350 horse-power, Capt.
Thos. Henry Mason. His appointment to the Me-
dea took place 25 Nov. 1847.
QUIN. (Lieutenant, 1820. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 27.)
Henry Quin entered the Navy, 13 April, 1813,
as Third-cl. Vol., on board the Stirling Castle
74, Capts. Sir Home Popham and Wm. Butterfleld,
under the former of whom he escorted the Earl of
Moira as Governor-General to India. While serv-
ing next, between Aug. 1814 and Oct. 1816, in the
Berwick 74 and Impregnable 104, both com-
manded by Capt. Edw. Brace, he assisted, in the
former ship, at the siege of Gacta, and was present
in the Impregnable under the flag of Rear- Admiral
David Milne at the bombardment of Algiers. He
was subsequently, from Nov. 1817 until Aug. 1820,
employed in the West Indies on board the Syeille
44, flag-ship of Sir Home Popham, and on 28 Deo.
in the latter year was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant. He has since been on half-pay.
QUIN. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 17.)
Michael Quin entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1804,
as Midshipman, on board the Dragon 74, Capts.
Edw. Griffith and Matt. Henry Scott ; and, on 22
July, 1805, was present in Sir Robt. Calder's action
with the combined fleets off Cape Finisterre. Re-
• yide Gr7.. 1846, pp. 3442, 3446.
moving in March, 1807, to the Maida 74, Capt.
Saml. HoodLinzee, he enacted the part of Master's
Mate in the ensuing expedition against Copen-
hagen ; after which, in Dec. of the same year, he
joined the Sultan 74, Capts. Edw. Grifiith and
John West, on the Mediterranean station ; where,
in Dec. 1811, we find him assisting in a boat with
only 10 men, at the capture of a French xebec of
6 guns and 43 men. He attained the rank of Lieu-
tenant 16 July, 1812; and was afterwards appointed
in that capacity — 22 Oct. 1812, to the Weasel 18,
Capts. JohnWm. Andrew, Jas. Black, and Hon.
Fred. Noel, in which vessel, employed principally
on the east coast of the Adriatic, he continued until
Sept. 1814—10 Feb. 1815, to the Aeachhe 16, Capt.
Wm. M'Kenzie Godfrey, with whom he served for
nearly 17 months in the Mediterranean — 11 Feb. 1818,
to the Sappho 18, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge,
fitting for St. Helena, whence he invalided in July,
1819—20 Oct. 1820 and 6 Dec. 1821, to the Satel-
lite 18, Capts. Armar Lowry Corry and Robt.
Gore, and Leandeb 60, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry
Blackwood, both in the East Indies — and, 14 April,
1823, as Senior, a few months after his return to
England, to the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. Robt. Caven-
dish Spencer, equipping for the Mediterranean.
While serving in the Weasel Mr. Quin commanded
the boats of that sloop, in conjunction with those
of the Apollo frigate, at the capture and destruc-
tion of the tower of St. Cataldo (the strongest be-
tween Brindisi and Otranto), containing a telegraph,
3 guns and 3 swivels, 21 Deo. 1812. In April, 1813,
having pursued an enemy's convoy into the bay of
Boscahne, the Weasel was there for two days cri-
tically engaged with a large number of gun-boats,
whose fire was strengthened by that of a body of
musketeers and several heavy guns from the shore.
She at length, after having destroyed six of the
gunboats and eight of the merchantmen, succeeded
in warping herself out, but in a very shattered
condition, 5 of her people being killed and 20
wounded, and her hull and rigging much injured.
On 18 Aug. in the same year Mr. Quin served with
the boats of the Weasel, Wizard, and Saracen,
and was mentioned in^the highest terms for bis con-
duct at the destruction, under a heavy fire of round
shot and musketry, of two batteries situated on
commanding points at the entrance of the Boco di
Cattaro. He had, in the course of the preceding
month, commanded the batteries at the capture of
Mezzo, an island near Kagusa, defended by 5 long
9-pounders, a 5^inch howitzer, and 60 men ; as he
subsequently did, in Dec. 1813, at the taking of
Trieste and of the strong fortress of Zara. On 31
Jan. 1824, being then on board the Naiad, he con-
tributed to the utter defeat of the Tripoli Algerine
corvette of 18 guns and 100 men ; and on the night
of 23 May following, he contrived, with her boats
under his orders, to effect the brilliant destruction
of a 16-gun brig, moored in a position of extras
ordinary strength alongside the walls of the fortress
of Bona, in which was a garrison of about 400 sol-
diers, who from cannon and musket kept up a tre-
mendous fire almost perpendicularly on the deck.
" I have great pleasure," observes Capt. Spencer in
his official account of the latter aflair addressed to
Sir Harry Burrard Neale, the Commander-in-Chief,
" in adding, that notwithstanding so very different
a return might have been expected, I have only to
report a few men hurt by severe contusions and
none killed, chiefly to be attributed to the masterly
manner the business was conducted in ; the whole
of the credit of which is due to Lieut. Quin, to
whom I confided the entire arrangement, and I hope
you will honour him with your recommendation."
He was in consequence promoted to the rank of
Commander by commission bearing date 5 Oct.
1824. His succeeding appointments were — 17 Sept.
1828, to the Pelokds 18, on the Mediterranean sta-
tion, whence he returned home and was paid off in
May, 1830— next, for a few months to the Second-
Captaincy of the Windsor Castle 74 — and, 29
July, 1834, to the Raleigh 16, fitting for the East
Indies. While in the latter vessel, in which he con-
QUIN-QUINLAN— RABAN— RABETT.
g4S
tinued until put out of commission at the close of
1838, he was promoted, 10 Jan. 1837, to the rank he
now holds. His last appointment was, 29 Nov. 1841,
to the MiNDEN hospital-ship in the East Indies. He
has been on half-pay since the end of 1844. Agents
— Messrs. Chard.
QUIN. (Commander, 1846.)
RicHABD Robert Qdin entered the Navy 7 May,
1834; passed his examinations July, 1840; and for
his services as Mate of the Conway 26, Capt. Chas.
Kamsay Drinkwater Bethune, on the coast of China,
particularly at the capture of Canton,* was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 June, 1841. His
appointments in the latter capacity were — 10 March,
1842, to the Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey,
in the Mediterranean — and, 30 May, 1844, to the
CoLLiNGWooD 80, hearing the flag of Sir Geo. Fras.
Seymour in the Pacific. He attained his present
rank 9 Nov. 1846.
QUINLAN. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
WiLMAM St. Lodis Quinlan entered the Navy
21 Jan. 1829 ; passed his examination 10 June, 183.5 ;
and while serving as Mate, in 1842, in the Charyb-
Dis brigantine, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Archibald
Macdonald, appears to have "upheld the British
flag against a superior force " at the blockade of
San Juan de Nicaragua, He obtained his commis-
sion 3 Feb. 1843 ; became, 13 Sept. following, Ad-
ditional-Lieutenant of the Dublin 50, flag-ship in
the Pacific of Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas ; and,
from 19 Dec. 1844 until paid off at the close of
1847, was employed on the same station in the
Cormorant steam-sloop, of 300-horse-power, Capts.
Geo. Thos. Gordon and Fred. Beauchamp Paget
Seymour.
R.
EABAN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
Robert Bruce Raban entered the Navy, 20
May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Giatton
50, Capts. Thos. Seocombe, Henry Hope, John
Clavell, Geo. Miller Bligh, and John Smith ; under
whom we find him successively employed on the
Downs and Mediterranean stations (nearly the
whole time in the capacity of Midshipman), until
transferred, in Sept. 1809, to the Namub 74, Capt.
Rich. Jones, part of the force employed in the ex-
pedition to the Walcheren. After serving for ra-
ther more than two years off Cork, Cadiz, and
Brest in the Rota 38, Capt. Philip Somerville, he
joined, in Jan. 1812, the Montagd'74, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon on the Bra^
ziiian station; where, in July, 1813, he followed
Capt. Manley Hall Dixon (who had had command
of the Montagu) into the Nereus 42 ; of which
ship he was confirmed a Lieutenant, after having
served for nearly three months as such, 29 Nov.
1814. He has been on half-pay since Jan. 1815.
EABETT. (LiEDT., 1826. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 16.)
George Wii.i.iam Rabett is second son of the
late Reginald Rabett, Esq., of Bramfield Hall, Suf-
folk, by Mary, daughter of the late Matthias Ker-
rison, Esq.j of Broom Hall and Hoxne Hall, in the
same CO., and sister of the present Lieut.-General Sir
Edw. Kerrison, Bart., K.C.B., G.C.H., M.P., Colonel
of the 14th Light Dragoons, and Recorder of Eye.
His maternal aunt married Sir Ralph Blois, Bart. ;
his elder and only brother, the Rev. Reginald Ra-
bett, A.M., of Bramfield Hall, Vicar of Thomton-
cumBagworth, co. Leicester, married a daughter
of Rich. Bickerton, Esq., of Rhoden, co. Salop, a
relative of Admiral Sir Rich. Bickerton, Bart. ; and
his sister, Mary, married the present Viscount May-
nard. Lord Lieutenant, Vice-Admiral, and Custos
Rotulorura for co. Essex. Through his connexion
with the latter nobleman, Lieut. Rabett is uncle of
the Hon. Charles Henry Maynard, of the Royal
• VideGxL. 1841, p. 1505.
Horse Guards, who married Lady Frances Murray,
sister of the present Duke of AthoU, and niece of
the Duke of Northumberland, Captain B.N. ; and
uncle also of the Hon. Mrs. Capel, sister-in-law of
the Eail of Essex. The family of Rabett is of
Saxon origin, and one of the longest seated in co.
Suffolk, where members of it served at various
times as High Bailiffs and Sheriffs, and at an early
period (as far back as the reign of Edward IV.) re-
turned Members to Parliament for Dunwich.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Deo. 1810, on
hoard the Gaiatea 42, Capt. Woodley Losack;
and on 20 May, 1811, was present as Midshipman
(while cruizing off Madagascar in company with
the AsTREA and Phcebe, frigates about equal in
force to the Galatea, and 18-gun brig Racehorse)
in a long and trying action with the French 40-gun
frigates Renamme'e, Clorinde, and Nmide, in which
the Galatea, besides being much cut up in her
hull, masts, and rigging, sustained a loss of 16 men
killed and 46 wounded. After participating in
much active service on the Cape of Good Hope and
East India stations, and also on the coast of France,
where he assisted in cutting-out and destroying
many vessels, and was often involved in action with
the enemy's batteries, particularly between Havre-
de-Grace and Cape La Hogue, he removed, in Aug.
1813, to the Cydnos 38, Capt. Fred. Langford. In
that frigate, which was at first employed off Brest
and as a cruizer in the Bay of Biscay, he contri-
buted to the capture, 4 March, 1814, of the JBunket's
Hill American privateer of 14 guns and 86 men,
and, in the course of the same year, attended the
expedition against New Orleans. During the ope-
rations connected with the attack on that place he
was actively engaged on shore with the army, and
aided in storming a strong battery on the right
bank of the Mississippi. H e had previously assisted
at the blockade of Carthagena. He closed his war
services by enacting a part at the storming and
capture of Fort Bowyer, Mobile. In April, 1816,
Mr. Rabett joined the Malta 84, Capt. Thos. Gor-
don Caulfeild ; and on 6 Nov. in the same year he
passed his examination at the Royal Naval College.
In Jan. 1818, at which period he had been for eight
months employed in the North Sea on board the
Florida 24, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne,
he passed his examination for seamanship on board
the Northumberland 74, at Sheerness. In May
and Nov. of the same year he joined, first the Car-
nation 18, and then the Tamar 26, both com-
manded by Capt. Hon. John Gordon, with whom
he served on the Newfoundland station until paid
off. In Feb. 1820, after having been wrecked on
the coast of Labrador and been for several monthg
frozen up at Newfoundland, he was received on
board the Impregnable 104, bearing the flag of
Lord Exmouth at Plymouth, where he was transfer-
red to the Britannia 120, hearing that of Hon. Sir
Alex. Cochrane. He next, in Oct. 1823 and Feb.
1825, joined the Sybille 48, Capt. Sam. John
Brooke Pechell, and Owen Glendoweb 42, hearing
the broad pendant of Commodore Hood Hanway
Christian, with whom he sailed, as Admiralty Mate,
to the Cape of Good Hope. Volunteering, on his
arrival, to assist in surveying the shores of Aftica,
he was nominated for that purpose Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Leven 24, Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen.
He was confirmed in his present rank 9 Jan. 1826,
and subsequently appointed — 18 Jime, 1827, to the
Mdsqdito 10, Capts. Geo. Bohun Martin and Chas.
Bentham, with whom he served until Aug. 1829—1
Sept. 1830, as First, on promotion, to the Herald
yacht — and 1& Feb. and 2 Dec. 1831, as a Supernu-
merary, to the Spartiate 76, and Victory 104,
each bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Foley at Ports-
mouth. In the MoscjniTO he fought at the battle
of Navarin, assisted at the capture of three piratical
brigs,* each mounting 10 guns with a complement .
of 84 men, served with Count Capo d'lstria at the
taking of the Acropolis at Corinth, and assumed a
share in a variety of other important operations.
• He was placed in charge of one of the vessels with only
four men.
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RADCLIFF—RADCLIFFE— RADFORD.
In the Hekaib, although with his name on the
books of the Spartiate and Victort, he remained,
the greater part of the time as officer in charge,
until 1833. During that period he had opportuni-
ties of becoming First-Lieutenant of the "VotAGE
28, Feabl 20, Dispatch 18, and Magicienne 24,
but, considering his position in the yacht to be one
that ensured promotion, he felt bound to decline
them. A change, however, in the administration
caused him to be superseded, unrewarded with the
boon he coveted ; and he has ever since remained
on half-pay.
In Sept. 1831 Lieut. Kabett was invested, by Sir
Thos. Foley, with the temporary command of the
Onyx tender, for the purpose of attending upon
Her present Majesty and the Duchess of Kent.
Independently of the services we have recorded, he
appears to have taken part in others of a fatiguing
and hazardous character ; and to have been, on one
occasion, severely hurt in the execution of his duty.
In addition to the ships above-mentioned he was for
a short time employed with Capt. Hyde Parker in
the St. Vincent 120 and Asia 84. He is the in-
ventor of the " Substitute Kudder " — a contrivance
which, in case of the total loss or damage of a ship's
rudder, may be made to answer all the purposes of
one without the assistance of either carpenter or
shipwright. The Lieutenant married, 12 Sept. 1835,
Lady Lucy Louisa Maria Tumour, daughter of the
late and sister of the present Earl of Winterton, by
whom he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Halford and
Co.
EADCLIFF. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 10; h-p., 30.)
John Kadcliff entered the Navy, 23 Dec. 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Spencer 74, Captain,
afterwards Rear-Admiral, Hon. Robt. Stopford,
stationed in the Channel. From Dec. 1808 until
June, 1816, he served in the East Indies, oiF Lisbon
and Cork, and in the Mediterranean, in the Cto-
BiNDE 38 and Leviathan 74, both commanded by
Capt. Thos. Briggs. In the former ship he assisted,
as' Midshipman, at the capture, 28 Jan. 1810, of
L' Henri privateer, of 8 guns and 57 men, and at the
reduction, in Dec. 1810, of the Isle of France. Dur-
ing the last two years and a-half of his attachment
to the Leviathan, he filled the rating of Master's
Mate. On leaving her h e was nominated Admiralty-
Midshipman of the Albion 74, Capt. John Coode ;
for his conduct under whom at the bombardment of
Algiers he was promoted, 16 Sept. 1816, to the rank
of Lieutenant. His last appointments were to the
TAcns 38, and Euphrates 36, Capts. Jas. 'Whitley
Deans Dundas, Robt. F. Preston, and Robt. Bruce.
In those vessels he served in the Mediterranean
from Nov. 1816 until June, 1817. Agents— Hallett
and Robinson.
EADCLIFFE. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 19 ;
H-p., 19.)
■William Radcliffe was bom 27 Dec. 1796. His
father, Thomas Radcliffe, was an officer in the Royal
Dockyard at Portsmouth.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Endvmion 40, Capt.
Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, employed in cruizing
among the Western Islands and on the north coast
of Ireland. Quitting her in Oct. 1810, he served
during the next 12 months as a Supernumerary in
the Revenge 74, Capt. John Nash, and Eotal
George 100, bearing the flag off L'Orient of Sir
Thos. WilUams. In the Revenge he was stationed
off Cherbourg, and assisted in conveying a body of
troops to Lisbon. In Oct. 1811, he again joined
Capt. Capel on board La Hogue 74 ; in which ship
he continued for two years off Brest and Flushing
and on the North American station. While in her
and in charge, as Midshipman, of a prize, he was
captured, but was retaken before entering an ene-
my's port. After an attachment of 10 months to
the Valiant 74, Capt. Zachary Mudge, on the Bra-
zilian coast, he joined, in Aug. 1815, the Piqde 36,
Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, lying at Spithead.
For his conduct in the Glasgow 50, also commanded
by Capt. Maitland, at the battle of Algiers, he was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Sept. 1816.
His succeeding appointments were — 3 Sept. 1818, to
the Tvne 26, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, on the
South American station, whence he returned in Oct.
1820—6 Feb. 1822, to the Hind 20, Capts. Hon.
Henry John Rous and Lord Henry John Spencer
Churchill, fitting for the Mediterranean — 12 Sept.
1823, as First, to the Martin 20, Capt. Henry Eden,
with whom he served, on the station last named,
until Feb. 1825 — and 2 Jan. 1829, in a similar capa-
city, to the Undaunted 46, Capt. Augustus Wm.
Jas. Clifford, employed on particular service. At-
taining his present rank 22 July, 1830, he served
in that capacity in the Coast Guard from 7 Sept.
1836 until 12 Nov. 1839, and since 3 March, 1845,
has been actively employed in the Apollo troop-
ship in all parts of the globe. When in the Rio
de la Plata, and in company with the Eagle 50
and French war-steamer Gazendi, he landed the
Apollo's men, and, by throwing up a battery, con-
trived for several days to defend the east point of
Maldonado against a strong detachment of Oribe's
army. His exertions in bringing the Apollo safely
out of Waterloo Bay, Cape of Good Hope, with the
73rd Regt. on board, after she had lost all her an-
chors from the effects of tremendous rollers which
had set in, have, we understand, been noted at the
Admiralty.
Commander Radcliffe, during the earlier part of
his career, was struck by lightning and supposed
for some time to be dead : he also, while lying at
St. Helena, fell from the cross-jack to the deck and
was severely hurt ; and on another occasion a block
from aloft fell on his head. The effects of these
accidents he still feels. He married, 11 May, 1840,
Julia Pittis, daughter of the late W. Dore, Esq.
Agents — Collier and Snee.
KADFOED, K.H. (Captain, 1832. p-p., 22;
H-p., 29.)
Samuel Radford entered the Navy, in April,
1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aquilon 32,
Capts. Wm. Edw. Cracraft and Thos. Boys, with
whom he was employed in the Channel and West
Indies, part of the time as Midshipman, until trans-
ferred, in Aug. 1800, to the Triumph 74, Capts.
Eliab Harvey and Sir Robt. Barlow. On leaving
that ship, after having served in her on the Home
and, Mediterranean stations, he was nominated, in
Dec. 1804, Master's Mate, a rating he had held for
some time, of the Barfledr 98, Capt. Geo. Martin,
lying at Spithead. For conduct he had displayed
on board the Triumph he was appointed, at the re-
commendation of Sir R. Barlow, Sub-Lieutenant, 29
Jan. 1805, of the Boxer gun-brig, Lieut-Com-
manders Sir Geo. Mouat Keith and Fras. M'Lean.
He was ordered, 24 May, 1806, to act as Lieutenant
of the Arla,dne 20, Capts. Lord Viscount Falkland
and Arthur Farquhar, employed on the Home and
Baltic stations; was confirmed to that vessel 18
Aug. following; and was next, in the course of
1809, appointed to the Aeodkir 74, Capt. Geo.
Parker, and Desiree 36, commanded by his former
Captain, Farquhar. In the Aboukir he accompa-
nied the expedition to the Walcheren ; and in the
DfoiR^E (of which ship and the Ariadne he was
for nearly eight years FirstLieutenant) he found
frequent opportunities of distinguishing himself.
In command of her boats, and of those of the Que-
bec 32, Britomart sloop, and Bold gun-brig, he
made an attack, on the night of 29 May, 1810, on
several armed vessels lying in the Vlie. One of
them, a French lugger, of 6 guns and 26 men, was
driven on shore and burnt, and four (a French lug-
ger of 12 guns and 42 men, a schuyt privateer, of 4
guns and 17 men, a Dutch gun-boat, and a small
row-boat) were captured and brought out.* A few
days previously to this he had burnt on the beach,
near Haarlem, the British schooner Cdckoo, which
had been cast away, and was then in possession of
• J'ide Gaz. 1810, p. 807.
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the enemy's troops. On 12 Deo. 1811, he made
prize, in the DESiaiE's boats, of Le Brave French
privateer, of 14 guns (pierced for 16) and 60 men,
near the island of Sohelling ; * and in Sept. 1813 he
commanded the boats of the Heligoland squadron
(in conjunction with a flotilla under Lieut. Chas.
Haultain) in a vigorous, although, from unforeseen
circumstances, unsuccessful attack on eight Danish
vessels lying at Busum, a small and intricate har-
bour, near the mouth of the Elbe. In consideration
of the great and repeated commendation elicited by
his judgment and gallantry he was promoted, 22
Jan. 1814, to the rank of Commander. His next
and last appointment was, 18 Sept. 1828, to the
NiMROD 20, on the Cork station. During a period
of great disturbance on the west coast of Ireland
he had the good fortune, by the "practical judg-
ment, zeal, and ability he exhibited in the discharge
of various arduous and peculiar duties," to gain the
unqualified approbation of the Commander-in-Chief,
Rear- Admiral Hon. Sir Chas. Paget. On the latter
striking his flag he was left senior officer on the sta-
tion, and in that capacity was despatched by the
Admiralty to the river Shannon for the purpose of
co-operating with Major-General Sir Thos. Arbuth-
nott in checking the riotous proceedings of the
" Terry- Alts " in co. Clare. To enable him more
effectually to discharge his duties he was created a
Magistrate for cos. Limerick and Clare; and so
ably did he acquit himself that on the restoration
of order rendering his presence no longer neces-
sary, he was presented, on the eve of his departure
for England, with an address, signed by 58 of the
magistrates and gentlemen in the vicinity, eulogizing
in the highest degree his unceasing vigilance and his
active, judicious, and unremitting exertions, indi-
cating, also, the warmest gratitude for the means he
had been of recalling tranquillity, and expressing
in the strongest manner a hope that in the event
of future circumstances requiring the presence of a
ship-of-war, " his intimate knowledge of the locali-
ties of the country, the complete success of the
enterprise committed to him, and the admirable
conduct and discipline of the officers and men under
his command, might point him out to his Majesty's
Government as the fittest person to entrust with
a similar commission." His conduct occasioned his
being likewise recommended by the Viceroy of Ire-
land, the Marquis of Anglesey, to Sir Jas. Graham,
the First Lord of the Admiralty. He paid the
NiMKOD oflF 2 March, 1832, and on 31 May follow-
ing was advanced to his present rank.
He was nominated a K.H. 25 Jan. 1836. Agent
— Joseph Woodhead.
KADFORD. (LiEDT., 1815. r-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 33.)
William Radfokd was bom 9 Nov. 1780.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1803,
as A. B., on board the Helena 18, Capt. Woodley
Losack, on the Cork station, where he removed
as Midshipman, in 1805, to the Druid 32, Capts.
Philip Bowes Vere Broke and Hon. John Astley
Bennet, and continued employed until transferred,
in Feb. 1807, to the Raven sloop, Capt. Grant. In
the Helena he assisted at the capture, 5 June,
1805, of the Santa Leocadia Spanish privateer of 14
guns and 114 men ; and in the Dkuid he aided in
taking, among other vessels, the Prince Murat, pri-
vateer of 18 guns, and Le Pandour national brig
of similar force. The Prince Murat he conducted
safely as Prize-Master into Plymouth, although pur-
sued on his passage by a French squadron, from
whom he succeeded in effecting his escape by hoist-
ing French colours instead of English, and dis-
guising his men in the red caps and dresses belong-
ing to the prisoners. Joining, in April, 1807, the
Hydra 38, Capt. Geo. Mundy, he contributed, 1
Aug. in that year, to the capture of three armed
feluccas (the Prince Eugene of 16 guns and 130
men. Belle Caroline of 10 guns and 40 men, and
Rosario of 4 guns and 20 men) lying in the
narrow harbour of Begu, on the coast of Cata-
• TtifeGaz. 18U,p.2427.
Ionia, under the protection of a battery mounting 4
26-pounder3, a tower, and a considerable land-force.
He co-operated subsequently with the patriots on
the coast of Spain, and was in particular active at
the blockade of Barcelona. In Nov. 1810, while
absent in a felucca which he had recently assisted
in cutting out, he was captured by the French
schooner-of-war Eclair, carried a prisoner to Nice,
and thence marched into France, where he re-
mained until the peace of 1814. He was advanced
to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Feb. 1815, but has
not been since able to procure employment.
Lieut. Radford is the author of a work on the
subject of Naval Architecture, presenting many
points of attraction. For many years past he has
been connected with iron and coal mine works in
South Wales. He married, in May, 1827, Miss Ann
Weaver, of the city of Hereford, a relative of Major
Weaver, R.M., and was left a widower 29 Jan. 1829.
Agents — Case and Loudonsack.
RADSTOCK, C.B. (Reab-Admikal op the
White, 1841. f-p., 17; h-p., 36.)
The Right Honookable Granville George
Waldegrave, Lord Radstock, bom 24 Sept. 1786,
is eldest son of William Waldegrave, Lord Rad-
stock, Admiral of the Red, G.C.B.* (whom he suc-
ceeded as second Baron 20 Aug. 1825), by Cornelia,
second daughter of David Van Lennap, Esq., Chief
of the Dutch factory at Smyrna ; and brother of
Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, R.N. (1828), who
died 20 Dec. 1838.
This officer (whose name had been borne in 1794
on the books of the Courageux 74, commanded by
his father) embarked, in 1798, as Midshipman, on
board the Agincodet 64, Capt. John Bligh, bearing
the flag of his parent at Newfoundland, where he
remained until June, 1800. He then joined the
* "William Waldegrave, second son of John, third Earl of
Waldegrave, was born 9 July, 1753, and entered the Navy
about 1766, under the auspices of Commodore Spry. la
1775 he obtained command of the Zephyr sloop ; he was
made Post, 30 May, 1776, into the Rippon 60, bearing the
broad pendant of Sir Edward Vernon in the East Indies ; and
he afterwards commanded the Pomone 28, Phudente of 38
guns and 280 men, Phaeton 38, and Majestic and CoTr-
KAOEDx 74*3. In the Pomone he made prize of the Cumber-
land, a notorious American privateer of 20 guns and 170 men ;
and in the Prudente, aided to a certain extent by the
LicoRNE 32, he succeeded in capturing, 4 July, 1780, the
French frigate La Capricieuse of 32 guns, pierced for 44, with
a complement of 308 men, more than 100 of whom, in the
course of an obstinate contest of four hours, were either
killed or wounded, with a loss to the Prudente of 17 killed
and 28 wounded. He afterwards, in the same ship, took
Ij'Americain privateer of 32 guns and 245 men, accompanied
Admiral Darby to the relief of Gibraltar, assisted under
Admiral Kempenfeld in capturing part of a French convoy
under M. de Guichbn, and obtained possession of another
privateer, the Boulogne of 16 "uns. With the exception of a
short time in 1790, during wuich he commanded the Ma-
jestic, Capt. Waldegrave was on half-pay from 1783 until
1793. He then, in the Coubageux, accompanied Vice-
Admiral Hotham to the Mediterranean, and after the occu-
Sation of Toulon was ordered to England with Lord Hood's
espatches. On his arrival he was sent back with instructions
for that nobleman's further guidance. He was nominated
a Colonel of Marines 11 April, 1794; was advanced, 4 July
following, to the rank 'of Rear-Admiral ; hoisted his flag, in
May, 1795, on board the Minotaur 74, as Commander of a
squadron ordered to cruize to the westward ; became a Vice-
Admiral 1 June in the same year ; and sailed a few months
afterwards for the Mediterranean, with bis flag on board the
Babfleur 98. In the spring of 1796 he was sent with five
ships of the line to conduct a negotiation of great delicacy
with the Dey of Tunis. He subsequently fought, as third in
command, in Sir John Jervis' action with the Spanish fleet
off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797. For his cool, steady, and
meritorious conduct on that memorable occasion he was
offered a baronetcy, wliich he declined, as being inferior to
the rank he held as an Earl's son. He was shortly after-
wards appointed Commander-in-Chief at Newfoundland,
where he remained for three years ; and on 29 Dec. 1800
was raised to the peerage of Ireland, as Baron Radstock, ok
Castle Town, Queen's County. In April, 1802, he became a
full Admiral. About the same period he was nominated
Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, but in consequence
of the cessation of hostilities he did not accept the appoint-
ment. He was created a G.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, and died an
Admiral of the Red, as above, 20 Aug. 1825
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RAINIER.
Phaeton 38 and Peabl 32, Captg. Jas. Nicoll
Morris and Sam. Jas. Ballard, both in the Mediter-
ranean ; next, in Not. 1801, the Theseus 74, Capt.
John Bligh, lying at Spithead ; and, in Jan. 1802,
the Medusa 32, Capt. John Gore, again in the
Mediterranean ; where, in Deo. 1803, he was re-
ceived by Lord Nelson, on promotion, on board the
Victory 100. In that ship, in which he was con-
firmed a Lieutenant 20 July, 1804, he united in two
unsuccessful pursuits after the French fleet. In
the spring of 1805 he removed to the Hydra 38,
Capt. Geo. Mundy, also in the Mediterranean ; and
on 22 Jan. 1806 he was promoted to the rank of
Commander. His next appointment was, 18 April
in the latter year, to the Minorca 18 ; in which
vessel we find him engaged in maintaining a com-
munication between the naval forces off Cadiz and
Gibraltar, and involved in occasional skirmishes
with the enemy in the Straits. He succeeded while
in her in making prize, among other vessels, of a
Spanish privateer Nostra Sefiora del Carmen alias
La Caridad of 2 guns, 2 swivels, and 35 men, and a
royal packet from Tangier bound to Tarifa. At-
taining Post-rank 16 Feb. 1807, he assumed com-
mand, in May, 1808, of the Thames 32, then on her
passage home from the Mediterranean; whither,
after that ship had been refitted, he again pro-
ceeded. On 25 July, 1810, Capt. 'Waldegrave, with
the assistance of the "Weasel and Pilot brigs, and
of their boats, effected the capture and destruction,
under the batteries of Amantea, of a convoy of 31
vessels, laden with provisions and stores for the
enemy's army at Scylla, together with seven large
gun-boats and five armed scampavias;* an event
which materially tended to prevent Murat's con-
templated invasion of Sicily. Capt. Waldegrave
was afterwards intrusted with a mission to Mehemet
All, the Pacha of Egypt, and concluded the first
treaty effected with that remarkable character.
His conduct in this instance, as it had done at
Amantea, procured him the thanks of the Com-
mander in-Chief and of the Board of Admiralty.
On 5 Oct. 1810 the boats of the Thames and Eclair
brig out out 10 transports collected near Agriooli,
in the Gulf of Salerno ; and on 16 June, 1811, a de-
tachment, landed from the former ship and the
Cephalds sloop-of-war, destroyed the same number
of armed feluccas, on the beach, near Cetraro. To
mark their approbation of his continuous exertions
the Admiralty had, on 15 March in the latter year,
appointed Capt. Waldegrave to the Vojoostaire
38 ; which ship he joined in the ensuing July. At
first he was employed in watching the Toulon fleet
during the absence of Sir Edw. Pellew and the line-
of-battle ships under his orders. While so sta-
tioned, and in company with the Perlen 38, he
was pursued, 22 Nov. 1811, by three French ships
of the line and two frigates ; from whom the British
vessels, after a running fight which lasted several
hours, contrived to accomplish a gallant escape.
He was subsequently, after having refitted in Eng-
land, employed on the coast of Spain ; and his boats,
as detailed in our memoirs of the officers who com-
manded them, engaged, with those of other ships,
in capturing and destroying large numbers of the
enemy's vessels. On 4 March, 1815, he took the
Aspasia, American letter-of-marque, of 3 guns and
25 men. He continued in the Volontaire until
the close of 1815 ; and has since been on half-pay.
On 4 June in the year last mentioned he was nomi-
nated a C.B. ; and from 5 Sept. 1831 until advanced
to Flag-rank, 23 Nov. 1841, he filled the appoint-
ment of Naval Aide-de-Camp to his late and her
present Majesty.
Lord Kadstock, since the peace, has been ener-
getically employed in watching over and minister-
ing, in his public and private capacity, to the wants
and comforts of the poorer and more distressed
members of the profession. He married, 7 Aug.
1823, Esther Caroline, youngest daughter of Jas.
Puget, Esq., of Totteridge, co. Hants, by whom he
has issue one son and two daughters.
• Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1857.
RAINIER. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Charles Kainieb is brother of Lieut. Peter
Kainier, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 26 Aug. 1830;
passed his examination 7 June, 1837 ; served on the
Pacific, Portsmouth, and Mediterranean stations,
as Mate, in the President 50, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, St. Vincent
120, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley, and
Tyne 26, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock; and ob-
tained his commission 24 Feb. 1844. His succeed-
ing appointments were — 6 March, 1844, as Addi-
tional Lieutenant, to the Formidable 84, Capt. Sir
Chas. Sullivan, in the Mediterranean — 12 May fol-
lowing, again in the latter capacity, to the Tyne —
15 Sept. 1845 still as Additional (after a few months
of half-pay) to the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing
the broad pendant of Commodore Wm. Jones on
the coast of Africa — and 3 March, 1846, to the
Styx steam-sloop of 280 horse-power, Capt. Henry
Chads, with whom he returned to England from
the station last named in 1848.
RAINIER. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 14; h-p., 23.)
John Rainier, born 12 July, 1797, is son of the
late John Rainier, Esq., Banker, of Hackney, co.
Middlesex ; nephew of the late Admirals Peter
Rainier and Jas. Vashon, the former of whom com-
manded in chief in the East Indies as Commodore
and Rear and Vice- Admiral from 1794 until 1804 ;
and uncle of Lieuts. Charles and Peter Rainier,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Nov. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the I>ESiKfeE 36, Capta.
Arthur Farquhar and Wm. Woolridge. Under the
former he served at the blockade of the Texel,
cruized among the Western Islands, was actively
employed in the rivers Elbe and Weser, and assisted,
as Midshipman, at the reduction, in Deo. 1813 and
Jan. 1814, of Cuxhaven and Gluckstadt. During
the siege of the latter place he was engaged on
shore in the batteries and officiated as an Aide-de-
Camp between Capt. Farquhar and the Swedish
General Baron de Boye. On one occasion he was or-
dered to cross the river (Elbe) at a very wide part
with despatches from the Crown Prince of Sweden
for the British Government. The weather being me-
morably inclement, and the passage occupying 15
hours, he was so dreadfully frost-bitten in the feet
that he has never ceased to feel the effects. In May,
1814, he again joined Capt. Farquhar on board the
Liverpool 40 ; in which ship he escorted convoy to
Quebec, cruized on the American station, and aided
at the blockade of the lie de Bourbon. On her return
to England, in the spring of 1816, the Liverpool took
the ground at the foot of Shakspeare's Cliff, near
Dover, and was not rescued from her perilous posi-
tion until all her masts and spars had been cut
away, and her guns, provisions, and stores thrown
overboard. After serving for 17 months on the St.
Helena station in the Newcastle 60, flag-ship of
Sir Pulteney Malcolm, and for two years and six
months in the Channel and Mediterranean, in the
LiFFEY 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, Mr. Rainier
was nominated, 14 Dec. 1820, Acting-Lieutenant of
the Vengeor 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland; to
which ship, also attached to the force in the Medi-
terranean, he was confirmed 9 Jan. 1821. In the
LiFFEY he was for a short time in attendance on
the Prince Regent ; and in the Vengeur he escorted
the King of Naples to Leghorn. He returned to
England in April, 1821 ; and was afterwards ap-
pointed— 7 Jan. 1824, to the Ramillies 74, Coast
Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, lying in the
Downs— 20 Dec. 1825, to the Java 52, flag-ship of
Sir Wm. Hall Gage in the East Indies— 18 Jan.
1827, to the Boadicea 46, Capt. John Wilson, with
whom he came home in Aug. of the same year —
and 4 Nov. 1830 and 18 April, 1831, as First, to the
Racehorse and Hyacinth of 18 guns each, Capta.
Chas. Hamlyn Williams and Wm. Oldrey, both in
the West Indies. In May, 1831, so serious had
grown the consequences of the injury he had sua-
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lained, as above alluded to, in Jan. 1814, that he
was obliged to invalid for the purpose of having the
outside of his left foot removed. He has been ever
since a cripple ; and on 17 April, 1843, was awarded
a pension of 36^ 10s. per annum.
Lieut. Rainier married, 16 Jan. 1833, Harriette,
eldest daughter of the Rev. John Jones, of Brithdir
Hall, Montgomeryshire. Agents — Hallett and
Robinson.
RAINIER. (Lieutenant, 1835.)
Peter Rainier is son of the late Capt. Peter
Rainier, R.N., C.B. ; * brother of Lieut. Chas.
Rainier, R.N.; nephew of Lieut. John Rainier,
R.N. ; and cousin of the late Rear-Admiral John
Spratt Rainier.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Dec. 1824, on
board the Clio 18, Capts. Robt. Aitchison and Robt.
Deans, attached to the force in the North Sea ; and
was afterwards, until Feb. 1835, employed on the
Mediterranean, West India, and Lisbon stations, as
Midshipman and Mate, in the Asia 84, Capt. Edw.
Curzon, Alacrity 10, Capt. Joseph Nias, North
Star 28, Capts. Lord Wm. Paget and Hon. Geo.
Rolle Walpole Trefusis, Champion 18, Capt. Chas.
Hamlyn Williams, and Britannia 120, commanded
by his father. He obtained his commission 18
July, 1835; served from the following Sept. until
the close of 1836 in the Pylades 18, Capt. Wm.
Langford Castle, on the coast of Africa, and from
6 Dec. 1843 until the commencement of 1847 in the
Coast Guard ; and since 27 July in the latter year
has been employed as Admiralty Agent on board
a contract mail steam-vessel. Agents — Messrs.
Stilwell.
RAINS. (Retired Commander, 1829. r-p., 32 ;
H-p., 36.)
James Rains, born 8 June, 1769, is son of the late
Capt. Stephen Rains, R.N. ; and brother (with Re-
tired Commander John Rains, R.N., who died in
1832 at Fatcham Field, aged 63) of Capt. Stephen
Rains, R.N. (1802), who died 1 Feb. 1824, in his 59th
year.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1779, as
Captain's Servant, on hoard the Loodonn armed
ship, commanded by his father, with whom he
served in the North Sea until May, 1781 — the latter
part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman.
From the following Dec. until July, 1783, he served
on the Home and West India stations in the Sea-
ford 20, Nemesis 28, and Enbymion 40, all under
the orders of Capt. Isaac Vaillant. He was then
employed for nearly two years in the Channel in
the Sprightly cutter, Lieut.-Commander Swan ;
and next, from Aug. 1786 until July, 1792, on gene-
ral service in the Mtkmidon 20, Capt. Thos. Rawe,
Viper cutter, commanded by his brother Lieut. S.
Rains, Cambridge 74, flag-ship of Admiral Graves,
and Ranger and Viper cutters, Lieut.-Commanders
Isaac Cotgrave and Robt. Graeme. In the latter
* Capt. Peter Rainier (a nephew of Admiral Peter Rainier)
attaiiiecf Post- rank 17 Jan. 1806. On 18 Oct. following, in com-
mand of the Caroline of 42gnns, he captured, near the island
of Java, the Dutch 14-gun hrig Zeerop, and, in the course of
tlie same day, after an action of half an hour, the Maria-
Riggersbergen of 40 guns and 270 men, 50 of whom were
killed and wounded, with a loss to the Caroline, out of 204
men, of 3 killed and Ifl wounded. In company with the
Maria-Riggershergen were the JVitliam 14, Patriot 18, and
Zee-Ploeg 14, together with some gun-boats who partially
assisted ner ; 30 other gun-boats lay in shore, but did not
attempt to come out. On S7 Jan. 1807, Capt. Rainier was
so fortunate as to make prize of the San Raphael Spanish
register-ship, mountini,' 16 guns, with a complement of 97
men, having on board 500,000 dollars in specie, and 1 700
quintals of copper, besides a valuable cargo. In securing
^is rich prize the Caroline had 7 men wounded : the
enemy's vessel, before she surrendered, incurred a loss of 27
killed and wounded. Towards the close of the war Capt.
Rainier commanded tlie Niger 38, in which ship he assisted
at tlie capture, 6 Jan. 1814, of La Ceris French frigate, of 44
guns ancl .124 men. From Oct. 1831, until Feb. 1835, he
commanded the Britannia 120. He was nominated a C.B.
in 1815, and in 1830 Naval Aide-de-Carap to William IV.
lie died at Southamptoa 1 3 April, 1836.
vessel he discharged the duties of Pilot for nearly
six months. In the early part of 1793 he became
Master's Mate of the Monarch 74, Captain, after-
wards Commodore, Sir Jas. Wallace ; of which ship
he was created a Lieutenant 2 Dec. in the same
year. While in her he assisted in silencing a bat-
tery in Martinique, and in bringing off a body of
French royalists. His next appointments were —
31 May, 1794, to the Albion floating battery, Capt.
Henry Savage, in the North Sea— 4 July, 1796, to
the command (after three months' half-pay) of the
King George cutter, employed in the North Sea
and off Boulogne — 27 Oct. 1800, as First, to the
SiRiDS 36, Capt. Rich. King— and, 26 Sept. 1801, in
a similar capacity, to the Magnificent 74, Capt.
John Giffard, whom he accompanied to the West
Indies. While serving in the Albion he brought a
Colonel off from Ostend, just as the French were
entering the town. In 1797, at which time he com-
manded the King George, he conveyed to Admiral
Duncan information respecting the sailing of the
Dutch fleet, which led to the victory of 11 Oct.
On the issue of the battle he returned to England
with Capt. Wm. Geo. Fairfax, the officer charged
with the despatches of the Admiral ; who, in con-
sequence, ordered him to attend the King down the
river Thames for the purpose of viewing the fleet
on its arrival at the N ore. The severity of the
weather not permitting his Majesty to proceed be-
yond Long Reach, the projected visit was deferred,
and he in consequence lost the promotion which
would have been secured to him. In the course of
the same year Lieut. Rains captured a French
armed lugger on the coast of Norway; he subse-
quently drove on shore on the coast of Jutland a
French armed cutter, ie Fetit Diable, which he
succeeded in getting off and bringing to England;
and in 1800 he engaged, and for an hour and a half
sustained an action with, a large French lugger,
carrying 20 guns and full of troops. The King
George drawing more water than her opponent,
the latter was enabled to escape into Ostend, after
having materially shattered the British vessel. For
the gallantry he displayed in the affair, Lieut. Rains,
who was wounded in the leg, received the marked
approbation of his Commander-in-Chief, Admiral
SkelBngton Lutwidge, and of Earl Spencer, the First
Lord of the Admiralty. When in company, in the
same vessel, with the Naotilus and the Seagull
sloops, he contributed to the capture of several pri-
vateers on the Norwegian coast ; where, in unison
with the latter, he took, 23 July, 1797, the Capitaine
TImrot cutter, of 2 guns, 4swivels, and 22men. As
First of the SiRius, we find him assisting, in company
with L'OisEAu 36 and Amethyst 36, at the capture,
28 Jan. 1801, after a chase of two days, of the
French 36-gun frigate La De'daignevse. On the
surrender of the enemy's ship he was despatched by
Capt. King to take charge of her; but on the com-
ing up of L'Oiseau, commanded by Capt. Sam.
Hood Linzee, that officer, being the Senior, super-
seded him and confided the care of the prize to his
own First Lieutenant. He invalided home from
the Magnificent in May, 1802 ; and was lastly,
from May, 1803, until Dec. 1814, emp'oyed in com-
mand of a signal-station on the coast of Dorset.
He accepted his present rank 25 April, 1829.
Commander Rains married, first, in 1792, Miss J.
Wallace, a niece of the late Sir Jas. Wallace; and
secondly, in 1804, Miss R. T. Williams. He has
issue two sons and one daughter.
RALPH. (LiEnTENANT, 1815. f-p.,31 ; h-p., 10.)
Robert Ralph entered the Navy, 5 July, 1806,
as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Naiad 38, Capt. Thos.
Dundas, with whom he continued actively employed
as Midshipman in the same ship and in the Ganges
74, until April, 1811. In the Naiad he assisted at
the blockade of several of the enemy's ports along
the French coast, witnessed the destruction of three
frigates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, and
cruized with activity in the Channel, where he con-
tributed to the capture, among other vessels, of the
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RAMSAY.
Fanny privateer, of 16 guns and 80 men, and Superb
letter-of-marque, of 4 guns and 20 men. In the
Ganges he was engaged, as also in a prize grm-boat,
in affording protection to the trade passing through
the Baltic. After accompanying, under Sir Joseph
Sydney Torke, a body of troops intended as a re-
inforcement for Lord Wellington's army in Portu-
gal, he joined, in the course of 1811, the Koyal
Geokge 100, Laurestinos 24, and Orlando 36, all
commanded by Capt. John ClaveU. "While attached
to the ship last mentioned we find him serving off
the Western Islands, escorting convoy to Gibraltar
and Malta, and employed in the Adriatic. Between
Otranto and Ancona he saw much boat-service ;
and in May, 1812, although exposed to a heavy fire,
which killed a Master's Mate, Mr. Donaldson, and
the Coxswain, he succeeded in bringing out several
vessels from the island of Paxo, near Corfu. On 11
June, 1813, Mr. Ralph (he had passed his examina-
tion in the preceding Sept.) was nominated acting
First-Lieutenant of the Kite sloop, Capts. Geo.
Canning and Rowland Mainwaring, stationed for
the protection of British trade in the Archipelago ;
where, in command of the boats, he retook the Tre-
hisrnid armed brig of 6 guns. In Dec. 1813, three
months after he had rejoined Capt. Clavell as Mid-
shipman on board the Orlando, he was placed,
again with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, in com-
mand of the QoAiL schooner, of 6 guns ; in the
boats of which vessel he cut out from the island of
Zea a French boat with British property on board.
Between April and Sept. 1814 Mr. Ralph was borne
as a Supernumerary, for a passage home, on the
books of the Trident 64, Unite 36, and Weasel
18, Capts. Rich. Budd Vincent, Edwin Henry Cham-
berlayne, and Hon. Fred. Noel. In Nov. of the
same year he became Admiralty Midshipman of the
Queen 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Chas.
Vinicombe Penrose, under whom he conveyed King
Ferdinand from Palermo to Naples. He was next,
in June, 1815, received by Lord Exmouth on board
the BoTNE 98, employed in supporting the royalist
cause along the southern coast of France ; and, on
16 Jan. 1816, he was a third time ordered to act as
Lieutenant in the Sparrowhawk sloop, Capt. Fred.
Wm. Burgoyne. On the return of the latter vessel
to England in June, 1816, with the despatches an-
nouncing the liberation of the Christian slaves in
bondage at Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, Mr. Ralph,
who had been oflBcially advanced to his present
rank by a commission bearing date 18 March, 1815,
was placed on half-pay. His succeeding appoint-
ments were— 21 Oct. 1818, as First, to the Florida
24, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, employed
in superintending the Revenue-cruizers in the
North Sea — 29 Dec. following, to the Nadtilds 18,
Capt. Isham Fleming Chapman, fitting for the St.
Helena station, whence he invalided in July, 1819
— 19 March, 1822, to the Semaphore at Bannicle
Hill, near Godalming, Surrey— in April, 1826, to
the post of Assistant-Superintendent of Quarantine
at Milford Haven, where he remained until the es-
tablishment was reduced in April, 1828—10 Oct.
1829, to the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth—
and, 3 May, 1832, to the Coast Guard. While in
that service, in which he continued until 1 Feb.
1843, he frequently distinguished himself. At first
he was stationed at Hastings, where, on the night
of 17 March, 1833, be prevented the landing of an
8-oared cutter, and pursued a party of armed
smugglers, who had endeavoured to succour the
attempt, three miles into the country. To those
who were actually engaged in the aflTray a reward
of lOOZ. was given, and Lieut. Ralph himself was
strongly recommended at head-quarters. The plan
of following the marauders inland, adopted for
the first time by him, was afterwards brought into
general practice and led to the suppression of
smuggling on that part of the coast. Owing to
a forced attempt made to accomplish a landing
at Jury Gap in Nov. 1833, Lieut. Ralph pro-
ceeded from Eye with 8 men for the purpose of
aiding the Coast Guard at that station. He sub-
sequently, at different times, effected a large num-
ber of seizures, often under perilous circamstances.
During a night-gale in the month of Oct. 1835, when
no pilot could be found to venture out, he pro-
ceeded through a heavy sea in a 4-oared boat to
the assistance of a French vessel in distress, the
Charles of Cherbourg ; and on the night of 28 Jan.
1843, animated by the same intrepid spirit of hu-
manity, he hastened to relieve the Arundel cutter,
from London, bound to Hong Kong, on shore off
Winchelsea beach. The whole of the passengers
were landed by him in safety ; and for his praise-
worthy conduct he had the gratification of receiving
the approval of the Admiralty. Altogether Lieut.
Ralph has afforded the benefit of his exertions to
four wrecked vessels, three times at Hastings and
once in Dundrum Ba^, co. Down ; he has twice
acted as an Inspecting Commander of the Newcastle
district, from July to Sept. 1841 and from July to
Sept. 1842 ; and has three times received the
thanks of the Comptroller-General, as likewise the
thanks of the Royal Humane Society, the Shipwreck
Institution, and the Lords of the Admiralty. In
Feb. 1843, as above mentioned, he left the Coast
Guard, being unable to perform his duties from the
effects of injuries he had received in the right leg
while in pursuit of the smugglers 17 March, 1833.
He has since been unemployed.
KAMSAY. (Captain, 1843. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 7.)
George Ramsay, bom 4 June, 1807, is second
son of Lieut.-General Hon. John Ramsay, who died
Colonel of the 79th Regt. 28 June, 1842 ; first cousin
of the Earl of Dalhousie ; and nephew of Lord Pan-
mure. Four of his brothers are in the Hon. E. L
Co.'s military service — one of them, James, Deputy-
Assistant-Commissary-General of the Bengal army.
This ofl&cer entered the Navy, iu Dec. 1820, on
board the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamil-
ton ; in the boats of which ship we find him on
several occasions engaged with the pirates in the
Mediterranean. On leaving her be joined the
EuRYALus 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford.
He subsequently removed to the Doris 42, Capt.
Sir John Gordon Sinclair ; and while serving in that
ship on the South American station was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 30 April, 1827. His suc-
ceeding appointments were — to the Heron 18, Capt.
Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, also in South America — in
1828 to the Ganges 84, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Waller
Otway at Rio de Janeiro — 26 Sept. 1829, to the
Orestes 18, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock, of which
vessel, stationed on the coast of Ireland, he was for
a time First-Lieutenant — 28 April, 1831, in the ca-
pacity last mentioned, to the Nimrod 20, Capts.
Lord Edw. Russell and John M'Dougall, under
whom he was for three years employed off Lisbon
— 16 Aug. 1835, still as First-Lieutenant, to the Wan-
derer 16, Capt. Thos. Dilke, fitting at Sheemess —
and, 30 Nov. following, to the Rodney 92, Capt.
Hyde Parker. In the latter ship he served in the
Mediterranean, latterly as Senior, until advanced to
the rank of Commander 10 Jan. 1837. His next
appointment was to the Pilot 16, the command of
which he retained, on the North America and West
India station, from 3 Aug. 1838 until Aug. 1842.
He was then invalided from dysentery. He had
been attacked twice before by yellow fever ; all but
one of his crew had suffered from it ; and 3 of the
oflioers and 20 of the crew had fallen victims. He
attained his present rank 20 March, 1843; and has
since been on half-pay.
Capt. Ramsay married, 12 Aug. 1845, Sarah
Frances, only daughter of W. Robertson, Esq., of
Logan House, Midlothian. Agents — Messrs. Hal-
ford and Co.
EAMSAY. (Lieut., 1829. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 5.)
John Douglas Ramsay, born in Feb. 1805, is son
of Capt. Robt. Ramsay, R.N., C.B.
This officer (who in 1814-15 had served with his
father on board the Regulos 44, and had in that
ship visited the Chesapeake) entered the Royal
Naval College 3 Dec. 1818, and embarked, 24 Aug.
1821, as a Volunteer, on board the Nimrod 18, Capt.
RAMSAY.
951
ChaB. Nelson, attached to the force on the west
coast of Scotland. He was subsequently employed
B8 Midshipman on the Home, South American, and
African stations in the Impregnable 104, Sappho
18, Bkazen 26, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, Bkitahnia
120, Brazen again, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes,
Prince Regent 120, Capt. Constantine Rich. Moor-
som, and Alert 18, Capt. Sam. Burgess. In June,
1827, six months after he had passed his examina-
tion, he became Mate of the Tweed 28, Capt. Lord
Henry John Spencer Churchill; and, on 23 Jan.
1829, being then at the Cape of Good Hope, he was
made Lieutenant into the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt.
Thos. Sanders. In the following April he returned
to England and was paid off. His appointments
have since been — 18 March, 1833, to the Coast
Guard— 27 June, 1837, to the command of the
Nimble Revenue-vessel — and, 15' July, 1840, again
to the Coast Guard, in which he continues.
Lieut. Ramsay married, 18 Dec. 1839, his cousin
Jessie, only daughter of the late J. S. Newall, Esq.,
and was left a widower with one son, 2 Nov. 1844.
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
EAMSAY. (Retired Commander, 1848. f-p.,
14 ; H-p., 34.)
Joseph Ramsay entered the Navy, 23 July, 1799,
as Midshipman, on board the Monmouth 64, Capt.
Geo. Hart, in which ship he accompanied the ex-
pedition to Holland, and continued employed in
the North Sea and Mediterranean until transferred,
in May, 1804, to the Atlas 74, Capts. Wm. John-
stone Hope and Sam. Pym. Under the latter officer
he fought in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806.
In Jan. 1807, being then at Cadiz, he removed to
the Queen 98, Capt. Eras. Pender, flag-ship subse-
quently of Rear- Admiral Geo. Martin in the Medi-
terranean. He was next, in Oct. and Nov. 1808,
received on board the Namur 74, Capt. Rich. Jones,
and Eloise sloop, Capt. John Haswell, both at the
Nore ; and on 21 Dec. in the same year he was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant. His after ap-
pointments were — 23 Dec. 1808, to the Brilliant
frigate, Capt. Thos. Smyth, with whom he made a
voyage to South America — 27 Oct. 1809, to the
Castilian brig, Capt. David Braimer, lying in the
Downs, where he remained until July, 1811 — and,
20 May, 1812, to the Hannibal 74, Capt. Sir Michael
Seymour, in which ship he served in Basque Roads,
assisted at the capture of the French 40-gun frigate
La Sultane, and again visited the West Indies. He
went on half-pay in Sept. 1814 ; and accepted his
present rank 12 Feb. 1848.
RAMSAY, C.B. (ffiaptaiil, 1815. f-p., 17;
H-p., 37.)
Robert Ramsay was bom 20 Sept. 1773.
This officer (he had been for seven years employed
in the merchant-service, and had become second in
command of a large trader) entered the Navy, in
Aug, 1793, as A.B., on board the Bellerophon 74,
Capt., afterwards Rear- Admiral, Thos. Pasley, under
whom he fought as Midshipman in Lord Howe's
actions 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794. In the
following Dec. and Feb. 1796 he became in succes-
sion Master's Mate of the Ambuscade 32 and Glen-
MORE 36, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Duff in
the North Sea. Towards the close of the latter
year he sailed in the Jands 32, Capt. Jas. Bisset,
for the West Indies, where, in Feb. 1797, he joined
the Queen 98, flag-shi^ of Sir Hyde Parker. In
the course of the ensuing March, during a cruize
off the island of St. Domingo, he landed on the
bank of a river near Monte Christo in the ship's
pinnace under the orders of a Lieutenant, with
whom and with four men he was taken captive by
the negroes, while the Master, Carpenter, and four
others were killed. On being exchanged Mr. Ram-
say, who had been wounded, was nominated, 21 of
the same month, Acting-Lieutenant of the Renom-
mAe 44, Capt. Robt. RoUes. He was confirmed 8
Jan. 1799, and subsequently appointed— 24 March,
1799, to the Albacohe sloop, Capt. Thos. White,
on the Jamaica station — 23 June following, to the
Dromedary store-ship, Capts. T. White and Bridges
Watkinson Taylor, under the latter of whom he
was wrecked, on his return from a voyage to Eng-
land, in the Bocca, off Trinidad, 10 Aug. 1800—
6 Feb. 1801, to the Powerfdl 74, Capt. Thos.
White, employed, until July, 1802, in the Baltic, off
Cadiz, and in the West Indies— 24 March, 1804, to
the command of a Signal station on Foulness Island
— 11 June, 1805, to the Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Jas.
Lillicrap, lying in the Downs — 27 Sept. ensuing, to
the command of the Carrier cutter, in the Notth
Sea^l3 May, 1 808, as Acting-Captain, after a few
months of half-pay, to the Eurydice 24 — and, 12
Nov. 1808, to the command of the Mistletoe
schooner of 8 guns. While attached to the Re-
nommee and Albacore Mr. Ramsay was frequently,
and with success, employed against the enemy's
small craft on the coast of Cuba. When Senior, in
May, 1799, of the Albacore, the three small boats
of that sloop having been beaten off by a privateer
whom they had chased into a small bay and driven
on shore, he obtained permission from his Captain,
on their return, to take them under his personal
direction and renew the attack. He accordingly
landed, pursued the enemy from the beach, and,
with the loss of only two men, the Seijeant-of-
Marines and a seaman, succeeded in bringing away
the prize. In 1801 Lieut. Ramsay was often, in
the boats of the Powerful, engaged in operations
against the enemy's gun and other vessels in the
neighbourhood of Cadiz. He was on board the
same ship when attacked, during a calm, by a flo-
tilla from that port. While in command of the
Carrier, with two other cutters under his orders,
he succeeded, during the months of Jan. and Feb.
1807, in taking three privateers (one of them Le
Ragotin of 8 guns and 29 men) and in recapturing
and destroying several vessels near the Texel. In
Sept. 1807 he assisted at, and was sent home with
the despatches relating to, the capture of Heligo-
land ; and on the fall of Copenhagen he navigated
to England, without the assistance of any officers,
the Danish line-of-battle ship Justitia^ manned with
a volunteer crew, and having a regiment of soldiers
on board. In the Eurydice, of which he was nomi-
nated Acting-Captain by Admiralty order, he con-
ducted to the north coast of Spain the first two
vessels sent out with supplies of arms for the patriots,
and escorted a convoy to Lisbon. In the Mistle-
toe, which he had fitted out at Bermuda, Lieut.
Ramsay was employed in protecting the British
interests in the Rio de la Plata. On the deposition
of the Brazilian Viceroy, consequent on the revo-
lution of 25 May, 1810, he took charge of his Ex-
cellency's family, and, as he did of that of another
ex- Viceroy, conveyed them, with several persons of
distinction, at his own expense, to Monte Video.
On his departure for England for the purpose of
being paid off in the early part of 1811, he had the
gratification of receiving the thorough approval of
the Commander-in-Chief. Vice-Admiral Hon. Mi-
chael De Courcy, as well as the public thanks of
all the British subjects in Buenos Ayres, and a
strong expression of gratitude on the part of the
natives. Equally satisfied with his conduct, Mr.
Torke, the First Lord of the Admiralty, presented
him with a Commander's commission bearing date
1 Feb. 1812. He had then, as we have shown, been
15 years a Lieutenant, nearly 12 of them in active
service, and more than 5 in command of different
vessels. Being next, 29 Oct. 1813, appointed to
the Regdlus 44, armee-en-flute, Capt. Ramsay, after
serving in the North Sea, sailed in April, 1814, for
Bermuda, with part of a marine battalion on board.
He subsequently proceeded to the Chesapeake, and
while there was employed in a variety of successful
boat expeditions under the immediate command of
Rear-Admiral Cockbum. On 22 Aug. he com-
manded a division of armed boats at the destruction
of Commodore Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent •*
on the following day he explored a branch of that
river as far as Upper Marlborough ; and, with the
• Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 1941.
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RAMSAY-RAMSDEN.
flat-bottomed boats under his orders, he supplied
the army with provisions during its advance upon
Washington. On 12 Sept. he distinguished himself
in command of a division of seamen attached to
the army under General Koss at the defeat of the
enemy near Baltimore;* and between 10 Jan. and
1 March, 1815, he shared in a variety of expedi-
tions on the coast of Georgia, where he commanded
the force employed at the capture of the town of
Frederica and of the island of St. Simon's. t On
9 April, 1815, being first on the Admiralty list for
promotion, Capt. Ramsay was appointed by Sir
Alex. Cochrane to the (lately American) frigate
President. He was confirmed in his present rank
13 June, 1315, and nominated, 4 of the same month,
a C.B. He accepted the Ketirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Kamsay married 23 Jan. 1800, and has
issue five sons and three daughters. Of the former,
one, John Douglas, is a Lieutenant R.N.; and
another, Alexander, the youngest, a First-Lieute-
nant B.M. (1841). The eldest is a Captain in the
Bengal Army. Capt. Ramsay's second daughter is
married to Capt. "Wm. Milner Neville Sturt, also in
the Hon. Co.'s army, on the Bengal establishment.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
RAMSAY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.)
KoBEKT Ramsay entered the Navy, 24 Aug. 1804,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monahch 74, Capt.
John Clarke Searle, bearing the flag of Lord Keith
in the Downs ; removed, in Aug. 1805, to the Pow-
ERPUL 74, Capts. Kobt. Plampin, Rich. Buck, Fleet-
wood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and Chas. Jas.
Johnston; and from Oct. 1803 until Aug. 1815,
when he took up a commission bearing date 21 of
the preceding Feb., was employed as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, chiefly on the Home station, in
the Unicorn 32, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, Defender
gun-brig, Febket sloop, Capt. Halliday, Raison-
MABiE 64,.CHEEnFDi:., Lieut.-Commander W. Smith,
and Spey 20 and Towey 24, both commanded by
Capt. Hew Steuart. In the Powerful he assisted
as Midshipman at the capture, 13 June and 9 July,
1806, of the privateers JLa JSenriette, of 20 guns and
124 men, and (after a running fight of nearly two
hours and some loss) La Bellone, of 30 guns and
194 men. He was also, 11 Dec. 1807, present in the
same ship at the annihilation, at Griessee, in the
island of Java, of the dockyard and stores, and of
all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in the
East Indies ; and in 1809 he was in her in the ex-
pedition to the Walcheren. In the Unicorn he
contributed to the capture, in Feb. and April, 1810,
of Le Gascon privateer of 16 guns and 113 men, and
L'Bspe'rance (formerly H.M. 22-gun ship Laurel)
armee-en-jivte, with a valuable cargo of East India
produce. Since he left the Towey he has not been
afloat.
Lieut. Ramsay has been for some years employed
as an Emigration Agent in Ireland. He married,
in 1837, Anne, daughter of F. O'Donnell, Esq., of
Cardonagh, in that country.
EAMSAY. (Captain, 1838. r-p., 24; h-p., 14.)
William Ramsay, born in July, 1796, is youngest
surviving son of Sir Alex. Ramsay, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Aug. 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Veteran 64, Lieut.-
Commander Marshall, lying in Portsmouth Harbour.
He was next, from Feb. 1810 until May, 1814, em-
ployed in the Adriatic in the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas.
Rowley ; and from the latter date until April, 1816,
on the American and Cape of Good Hope stations,
in the Liverpool 40, Capt. Arthur Farquhar. As
Midshipman of the Eagle, we find him present at
the capture of Fiume', Trieste, and other places.
The Liverpool, on her passage home from the
Cape, took the ground at the foot of Shakspeare's
Cliff, near Dover,, and was not rescued from her
perilous position until all her masts and spars had
been cut away, and her guns, provisions, and stores
thrown overboard. From July, 1816, until June,
* Vide Gai. 1814, pp. 2077-78. f V. Gaz. 1815, p. 871.
1821, Mr. Ramsay was employed at St. Helena, as'
Master's Mate and Admiralty Midshipman, in the
Eorydice 24, Capt. Robt. Wauchope, Blossom 24,
Capt. Fred. Edw. Vernon (now Harcourt), and
ViGO 74, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Robt. Lambert.
He was then nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the
Brazen 26, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, in which vessel
(the appointment being confirmed by commission
dated 8 Sept. in the same year) he continued em-
ployed on the Cork station until Jan. 1823. He
subsequently joined— 27 Deo. 1824, the Albion 74,
Capts. SirWm. Hoste and John AcworthOmmanney,
under the latter of whom he fought at Navarin 20
Oct. 1827—13 May, 1829, the Atholl 28, Capts.
Alex. Gordon and Edw. Webb, of which vessel,
employed on the coast of Africa, he became First-
Lieutenant — and, in Feb. 1830, the Deyad 42, Capt.
John Hayes, on the same station. While attached
to the two ships last mentioned, Lieut. Ramsay was
entrusted with the command of the Black Joke
tender, mounting 1 pivot long 18-pounder and 1
carronade of the same calibre, with a complement
of 44 officers and men. In that vessel, on 25 April,
1831, he fell in with, and, after a long action, boarded
and carried the MarineritOf a beautiful Spanish
slaver-brig of 303 tons, 5 18-pounders, and 77 officers
and men, in complete man-of-war order. The British
in the struggle sustained a loss of 1 man killed and
7, including Mr. Ramsay, severely wounded ; their
opponents of 15 killed or drowned, 4 desperately
wounded, and several others severely and slightly
so. On board the Marin^ito, at the commencement
of the conflict, were 496 slaves, 46 of whom, on the
vessel being taken, were found dead, and 107 in
such a state from confinement and want of air that
it was thought advisable to land them at Fernando
Po.* Being rewarded for his valour on the occa-
sion by a Commander's commission bearing date
15 Aug. following, Capt. Ramsay, in Feb. 1832, re-
turned to England. From 28 May, 1834, until paid
off in April, 1837, he commanded the Deb steamer
in the West Indies ; he attained his present rank
28 June, 1838 ; and since 5 Dec. 1845 has been in
command of the Terrible steam-frigate, of 21 guns
and 800 horse-power, now in the Mediterranean.
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
RAMSDEN. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 15;.
H-P., 24.)
Frank Ramsden was bom 28 March, 1797.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 March, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj.
Hallowell, employed at first in the Channel and
afterwards in the Mediterranean, where, with the
exception of a short attachment, towards the close
of 1811, to the Royal William, flag-ship of Sir
Roger Curtis at Spithead, he continued employed
as Midshipman in the Royal George 100 and
Blake 74, each bearing the flag of the above-named
officer, then Rear-Admiral Hallowell, Caledonia
120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, and Malta 84,
bearing the flag again of Rear-Admiral Hallowell,
until Feb. 1815. In the Tigre he united, in Oct.
1809, in the pursuit which led to the self-destruction,
near Cape Cette, of the French ships-of-the-line
Robuste and Lion ; and witnessed the capture and
destruction, by the boats of a squadron, of several
armed and other vessels in the Bay of Rosas, de-
tailed in our memoir of the present Sir Augustus
W. J. Clifford. In the Malta he was present at
the siege of Tarragona, and in different operations
on the coast of Catalonia, in 1813. After serving
with Sir John Duckworth in the Impregnable 104,
and again with Rear-Admiral Hallowell in the
Royal Sovereign 100 and Tonnant 80, on the
Plymouth and Cork stations, he was promoted, 7
Nov. 1818, to the rank of Lieutenant. His sub-
sequent appointments were— 6 Deo. 1822, to the
Prince Regent 120, bearing the flag of Admiral
* The particulars liere given of the action between the
Black Joke and Marineritu differ from those detailed in our
history of the services of Capt. C. J. Bosanquet, but \\e
believe are the more correct.
RAMSDEN— RAMSEY.
953
Hallowell at the Nore— and, U March and 23 June,
1823, and 21 Aug. 1825, to the Isis 50, Spaktiate
76, and Wellesley 74, all flag-ships of Sir Geo.
Eyre, with whom he served as Signal-Lieutenant
(in the Spaktiate and ■Welleslei) on the South
American station, until advanced to his present
rank 15 Dec. 1826. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Kamsden married, 27 Aug. 1835, Elizabeth,
third daughter of the Rev. Dr. Smith, Prebendary
of Dublin, by Whom he has issue two sons.
EAMSDEN, (araptailt, 1822. F-p., U ; H-P., 30.)
William Kamsden is second son of the late Sir
John Kamsden, Bart., by Louisa Susan Ingram Shep-
herd, youngest daughter and co-heir of Charles,
ninth Viscount Irvine (a title which became extinct
in 1778), and sister-in-law of Francis, second Mar-
quess of Hertford, K.G. Two of his brothers (one
of them, Henry James, married to a sister of the
present Earl of Ellenborough— the other, Charles,
to a daughter of Lord Strafford) are Captains in
the Army. Through the marriage of his sisters he
is brother-in-law of Lord Hawke, of Lord Charles
Paulet (second son of the Marquess of Winchester),
and of Lowther Augustus John, the third son of
Lord Muncaster.
This offtcer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, Capt.
Frank Sotheron ; and in Sept. 1806, after having
served for about three years in the Mediterranean,
joined, as Midshipman, the Royal William, flag-
ship of Admiral Geo. Montagu at Portsmouth. In
the early part of 1807 he sailed in the Modeste 36,
Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, for the East Indies, where
he removed to the Culloden 74, flag-ship of Sir
Edw. Pellew, and was nominated, 14 Oct. 1808,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Dasher sloop, Capt.
Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing. He was confirmed
30 Dec. following. He invalided home in 1810;
joined next, in April, 1811, the Kent 74, Capt.
Thos. Rogers, again on the Mediterranean station ;
was made Commander, 14 June, 1813, into theFEB-
EET brig, on the north coast of Spain : left that ves-
sel in April, 1814; and was afterwards, 10 Feb. and
29 April, 1818, appointed to the Dotekbl and Scout
sloops. He continued in the latter vessel, again in
the Mediterranean, until about Oct. 1821 ; and on
26 Deo. 1822, was advanced to Post-rank. He ac-
cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Ramsden married, 6 Aug. 1827, Lady Anna-
bella Paulet, eldest daughter of the late Marquess
of Winchester. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
RAMSEY. (LiECT., 1810. p-p., 26 ; h-p., 21.)
Edward Ramsey was born 14 Jan. 1790.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt.
Geo. Hart ; in which ship, after cruizing in the
North Sea, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and
took part, as Midshipman, in the operations of 1801
in Egypt. Removing, in May, 1804, to the Atlas
74, Capts. Wm. Johnstone Hope and Sam. Pym, he
fought under the latter in the action off St. Do-
mingo 6 Feb. 1806. In the following July he joined
the Colossus 74, Capt. Jas. NiooU Morris ; and on
21 March, 1810, up to which period he had been
serving off Lisbon and in the Channel and Medi-
terranean, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant, on
the station last named, of the Leviathan 74, Capts.
John Harvey and Patrick Campbell. His confirma-
tion took place 4 May following. He was subse-
quently employed, from 19 Oct. 1811 until 25 Oct.
1814, in the Unit^ 36, Capt. Henry Ed.win Cham-
berlayne, in the Adriatic; and from June, 1824,
until July, 1828, in raising volunteers for the ser-
vice at Liverpool. Since 7 Sept. 1841 he has filled
the appointment of Director of Police at Sheerness
Dockyard.
RAMSEY. (Commandeb, 1828. p-p., 14;
H-P., 30.)
Samuel Ramsey entered the Navy, 17 Oct. 1803,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Raisonnable d^,
Capts. Wm. Hotham, Robt. Barton, and Josias
Rowley. In that ship he was at first stationed off
the Texel ; he afterwards served in her as Midship-
man in Sir Robt. Calder's action, at the reduction
of the Cape of Good Hope, and at the taking of
Buenos Ayres. On the recapture of the latter
place, in Aug. 1806, he fell into the hands of the
enemy; * and he remained a prisoner of war until
the evacuation of Spanish America in Sept. 1807.
He was then received on board the Africa 64,
Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun, lying in the Rio de la
Plata, and in Jan. 1808 he rejoined the Raisonnable,
still commanded by Capt. Rowley; with whom,
after having served on shore at the reduction of St.
Paul's, in the He de Bourbon, he removed to the
BoADicEA 38. He was in consequence present at
the taking of the lie de Bourbon itself; at the re-
capture of the Africaine38; and at the surrender,
after a spirited action of 10 minutes, and a loss to
the BoADicEA of 2 men wounded, and to the enemy
of 9 killed and 15 wounded, of Xa Venus of 44 guns
and 380 men, bearing the broad pendant of Commo-
dore Hamelin, and of her prize the Ceylon 32.
Being nominated, 9 Oct. 1810, Acting-Lieutenant
of the vessel last named, commanded in succes-
sion by Capts. Tomkinson and Paterson, Mr. Ram-
sey, in the following Dec, contributed to the cap-
ture of the Isle of France. He was confirmed a
Lieutenant 11 July, 1811 ; and subsequently ap-
pointed— 21 Nov. in the same year, to the Tigre 74,
Capt. John Halliday, attached to the Channel fleet
—24 Jan. 1814, to the Carron 20, Capts. Hon.
Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Jas. Barnwall Tattnall,
and Nich. Lechmere Pateshall, in which vessel
(he continued in her until Aug. 1816) he witnessed
an attack made upon Fort Bowyer, Mobile, 15 Sept.
1814, and took part in the operations connected
with the expedition against New Orleans— and 10
Sept. 1825, as First, to the Dotebel 18, Capt.
Henry Edwards, fitting for the Halifax station,
where he remained about 12 months. He attained
his present rank 22 Aug. 1828 ; and from 30 March,
1840, until the spring of 1845, filled the appointment
of Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard.
RAMSEY. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 33).
Thomas Ramsey, bom 2 Sept. 1786, is son of
Robt. Ramsey, Esq., Purser of H.M.S. Resource,
who was drowned in the Downs in Sept. 1799.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Juno 32, Capts. Geo.
Dundas and Thos. Manby, with whom he served in
the North Sea and West Indies, part of the time as
Midshipman, until July, 1802. In July, 1803, he
joined the Roebuck 44, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, guard-
ship at Leith ; he removed, in April, 1805, to the
Ernest gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Alex. Sin-
clair and Rich. Templar, lying in the Downs ; and
from 1807 until wrecked, 6 Nov. 1813, on the north
end of the island of Barbuda, he was employed on
the Newfoundland, Mediterranean, and North Ame-
rican stations, in the Speedy sloop, Capt. Rich.
Henry Muddle, Frederickstein 32, Capts. Thoa.
Searle, Joseph Nourse, and Fras. Beaufort, and
Woolwich 44, Capt. Thos. Ball Sulivan. While
belonging next to the Cleopatra 32, commanded
in the West Indies by Capt. Chas. Gill, and absent
in charge of a prize, he was taken prisoner, 28
March, 1814, by the Americans, who detained him
a captive for about 12 months. He was subse-
quentljr, from June to Oct. 1815, employed at Ply-
mouth in the Bedford 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, Puis-
sant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, Queen Charlotte
100, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, and Piqde
36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland. He then took
up a commission bearing date 11 March in the same
year, 1815 ; and has since been on half-pay.
He married, 17 May, 1816, Miss Charlotte Honey,
a lady by whom he has issue eight children.
* Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 113.
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954
RAMSHAY— RANDALL— RANDOLPH.
EAMSHAY. (Retired Commandee, 1844.
F-p., 16; H-p., 33.)
Geokge Kodhey Kamshay was born 7 May,
1782.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 May, 1798, as
L.M., on board the Northumbekland 74, Capt.
Geo. Martin, in which ship he served, while holding
the ratings of Midshipman and Master's Mate, at the
blockade of Malta and in the operations of 1801 in
Egypt. In July of the latter year he was precipi-
tated accidentally into the coal-hold, a distance of
18 or 19 feet, and, a wine-pipe falling on him, his
head was cut and his right ankle flattened. Owing
to this misadventure he was for three or four weeks
on the doctor's list. On leaving the Nobthumbek-
iiAND, he joined, in Sept. 1802, the Leda 38, Capt.
llobt. Honyman, attached to the force in the North
Sea. In July, 1803, he was again placed under the
orders of Capt. Martin, on board the Colossus 74,
bearing the flag of Yice-Admiral Collingwood in
the Channel; where, in the course of 1804, he fol-
lowed Capt. Martin into the Globy and Bakfleur
98's. On 1 March, 1804, having ascended into the
rigging of the Colossus for the purpose of assisting
the crew, he again fell, injured the small of his
back, and fractured his skuU. He was unable to
speak, in consequence, for nine days, and for 45
was incapable of performing his duty. On 26 Jan.
1805 he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Eugenie
16, Capt. Chas. Webb; on 18 Nov. following, Sub-
Lieutenant of the Trosipeuse 18, Capt. Wm. Brook-
ing Dolling ; and on 29 Aug. 1807, full Lieutenant
of his old ship, the Colossus, then comiuanded, in
tile Mediterranean, by Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris.
The EuGiNiE took out Mungo Paxk, the traveller,
to the coast of Guinea, and proceeded with him 270
miles up the Gambia ; the Tbompeose was stationed
ofi' Boulogne. In April, 1808, Mr. Kamshay re-
joined his patron, at that time Rear-Admiral Martin,
on board the Canopus 80, in which ship, bearing
the flag afterwards of Rear-Admiral Chas. Boyles,
he continued until Feb. 1812 to serve in the Medi-
terranean ; on which station we find him, from the
following July until July, 1814, einployed in the
Prince of Wales 98, Capt. John Erskine Douglas.
He accepted his present rank 11 Jan. 1844.
The efiects of the injuries sustained by Com-
mander Ramshay in the Colossus continue to this
day. He married, 21 Dec. 1822, and has issue
seven children.
RANDALL. (Lieut., 1806. r-p., 17; h-p., 33.)
Daniel White Randall was born 2 Deo. 1784,
at Weymouth, in Dorsetshire.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1797, as
Midshipman, on board ihe Audacious 74, Capt.
Davidge Gould, employeiat first off Cadiz. After
sharing in the battle of the Nile, 1 Aug. 1798, he
was sent to Lisbon in Le Conqu^rant 74, on^ of the
ships taken on the occasion. He subsequently, be-
tween Feb. 1799 and Oct. 1802, served in the Chan-
nel and North Sea in the Brilliant and Penelope
frigates, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Henry
Blackwood, Diamond 38, Capt. Edw. Grifflthj Ikhe-
sisTiBLE 74, Capt. Wm. Bligh, and, as Admiralty-
Midshipman, in the Fortunee frigate, Capt. John
Ferrier. The Diamond was twice nearly lost — the
first time by accidentally catching fire while pre-
paring to engage two frigates whom she had been
blockading in L'Orient; the Second, by striking
upon a pointed rock, near QuiberOn, a part of
which, weighing about two tons, was found, on her
return to Plymouth, sticking to her bottom, and
was for many years preserved as a curiosity in the
Dockyard. The Fortunee, while conveying 300
Hanoverian troops home, was cast away, in Oct.
1802, in a heavy gale, at the entrance of the Texel.
Ten days after she had been dismasted, deserted,
and all but buried in the sand, she was got off by
dint of great exertion and restored to the service.
In Nov. 1802 Mr. Randall was received on board
La Loire 38, Capt. Fred. Levris Maitland, stationed
on the coast of Ireland ; and on 30 Sept. 1805, after
having cruised for 18 months in the Channel, in the
Moucheron 16, Capt. Jas. Hawes, and Montagu
74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, he was appointed Sub-
Lieutenant of the Wrangler gun-brig, Lieut,-
Commander John Bentinck Pettet, in the Downs.
While in the latter vessel he received instructions
to fit out and command a gun and rocket boat in-
tended to co-operate in an attack (frustrated by
adverse weather when on the eve of execution) on
the Boulogne flotilla. He was made full Lieutenant
22 Jan. 1806, and subsequently appointed — 2 March,
1806, to the Avenger 18, Capt. Thos. White, at
Newfoundland— 11 July, 1807, and 21 July, 1809, to
the Espii:GLE 16 and Jalouse 18, both commanded
by Capt. Henry Gage Morris on the Irish station —
17 July, 1812, after 15 months of half-pay, to the
Christian VII. 80, Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, in
the North Sea — and, in July, 1813, to the Echo
sloop, Capt. Thos. Percival. In the Avenger, on
his passage home with convoy in 1807 from New-
foundland, he witnessed the loss of Le Hazard of
14 guns and 50 men, a privateer, which, in running
foul of the Avenger, was so much damaged that
she went down head foremost. When Senior, in
Jan. 1810, of the Jalouse, we find him gallantly as-
sisting in the boats of that vessel and of the Ph<e-
Nix frigate at the boarding and capture, under a
heavy fire of grape and musketry, of Le Charles
privateer of 14 guns and 90 men, after a row of
four hours in the Atlantic, which had left the men-
of-war hull down.* In 1813 he proceeded in the
Echo to the West Indies in escort of a convoy of
283 sail, and in company with the Minden 74;
ISTER 36, and Talbot sloop. He was paid ofi' in
Sept. 1815, and has not been since afloat.
RANDALL. (Commandee, 1846. f-p., 35;
H-p., 6.)
Henry Randall entered the Navy, 14 June,
1806, as Midshipman, onboard the Ganges 74, Capt.
Peter Halkett, employed on the coast of Portugal.
From Sept. 1808 until wrecked on the Haak Sands,
near the Texel, and taken prisoner, 28 Jan. 1812, he
served with Capts. Geo. Fras. Seymour and John
Joyce in the Pallas 32 and Manilla 36. In the
Pallas he witnessed the destruction of the French
shipping in Aix Roads in AprU, 1809, and accom-
panied the expedition to the Walcheren. On his
restoration to liberty in 1814 he joined the Prince
98, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Bickerton at Spithead;
and in Aug. 1815, at which period he had been sta-
tioned for three months off Havre de Grace in the
Eukyalus 42, Capts. Chas. Napier and Thos. Hus-
kisson, he was presented with a commission bearing
date 22 Feb. in that year. He was afterwards,
from 5 June, 1820, until advanced to the rank of
Commander, 5 Jan. 1846, employed in the Coast
Guard. His exertions during that period in saving
lives from shipwrecked vessels were the means of
procuring him a gold medal and boat from the
Royal Humane Society. He is now on halt-pay.
RANDOLPH, (Captain, 1827. f-p., 13; h-p., 28.)
Charles Grenville Randolph entered the
Navy, in May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
Enterprise tender, lying in the river Thames;
and from June following until Feb. 1811 was em-
ployed, chiefly in the capacity of Midshipman, in
the Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm. He
escorted Sir Arthur Wellesley's army, in conse-
quence, from Cork to Portugal in 1808 — witnessed
the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of three French fri-
gates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne— was
present, in the ensuing April, at Lord Cochrane's
destruction of the enemy's shipping in Basque
Roads— and on 15 Nov. 1810 assisted in an attack
made by Capt. Chas. Grant of the Diana on the
two French frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected
by the fire of several strong batteries near Cher-
bourg. After serving for three years and a half
on the Mediterranean and Home stations, in the
Hotspur 36, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, Thisbe
• Ft'ifcGaz. 1810, p. 178.
RANDOLPH— RANWELL-RAPER.
955
28, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Hamilton, Royal Oak 74,
Capt. JP. Malcolm, and San Josef 110, flag-ship of
Lord Keith, he was made Lieutenant, 14 Aug. 1812,
into the iMpiTUEUx 74, bearing the flag off Lisbon
of Vioe-Admiral Geo. Martin, and next, 13 July,
1813, appointed to the Eueotas of 46 guns and 320
men, Capts. John Phillimore, Hon. Edmund Sexton
Pery Knox, Kobt. Bloye, and Jas. Lillicrap. Under
Capt. Phillimore he took part, 25 Feb. 1814, and
was mentioned for the able assistance he afforded,
in a destructive action of two hours and ten mi-
nutes, which terminated in the capture of La Clo-
ri-nde French frigate, carrying 44 guns and 12 brass
swivels, with a complement of 360 picked men, of
whom 120 were killed and wounded, with a loss to
the British of 20 slain and 40 wounded.* He was
advanced to the rank of Commander 13 June, 1815;
was employed in that capacity in the Pandora 18,
on the Cork station, from 26 Jan. 1819 until paid
off in June, 1822 ; and attained his present rank 20
April, 1827. He has not been since afloat.
Capt. Randolph married, 19 Nov. 1829, Juliana,
daughter of Multon Lambard, Esq., of Sevenoaks,
CO. Kent. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
RANDOLPH. (Commander, 1846,)
Geokge Grenville Randolph passed his exa-
mination in 1837 ; obtained his first commission 27
J une, 1838 ; and was subsequently appointed — 19
Sept. 1838, to the North Star 26, Capt. Lord John
■ Hay, employed on particular service— 31 Oct. 1840,
tothe Vermon 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, of which
ship, stationed in the Mediterranean, he became
Senior-Lieutenant — and, 22 Oct. 1844, in the capa-
city last mentioned, after a few months of half-pay,
to the DiEDALUS 20, Capt. Peter M'Quhae, fitting
for the East Indies. On 19 Aug. 1845 he com-
manded the barge belonging to the latter ship at
the capture and destruction of Maloodoo, a strong
fortification in the possession of Scheriff Osman, a
rebel Borneo chieftain. f He was advanced to his
present rank 9 Nov. 1846 ; and since 22 Nov. 1847
has been employed as Second-Captain of the Belle-
noPHON 78, Capt. Robt. Lambert Baynes. Agents
— Messrs. Stilwell.
EANWELL. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 15; h-p., 33.)
William Ranwell was born in 1784. His father
was about 40 years an officer in the Royal Dockyard
at Portsmouth.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Jan. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 64, Capt. Jas.
Alms, and on 10 March, 1800, while holding the
rating of Midshipmen, was wrecked off TJshant.
He was then marched through France barefoot to
Valenciennes. On regaining his liberty, in June of
the same year, he was received on board the Circe
28, Capt. Isaac Wolley, and sailed for the West
Indies. During the remainder of the war he saw
much detached service on the coasts of Cuba and
St. Domingo ; he was five times wounded, twice
attacked by the yellow fever, and once again
wrecked in a Spanish prize. In Dec. 1802, three
months after he had left the Circe, he joined the
PortMaiion 18, Capts. Walter Grosett and Martin
Nevile, in which vessel he was employed on the
Impress service and frequently much bruised in the
execution of his duties. In May, 1803, he removed
to the iMpiTUEOx 74, Capt. Geo. Martin. While
in that ship he was sent out in a small vessel of 60
tons, armed with an IS-pounder carronade and car-
rying 16 men, for the purpose of procuring sailors
from the homeward-bound merchantmen. During
his absence he fell in with a French West-lndiamau,
which, after an action of four hours, was captured
and carried into Plymouth, although she mounted 4
guns and had 32 men on board. While serving
next, from May, 1804, to March, 1810, in the War-
rior 74, Capts. Wm. Bligh, Sam. Hood Linzee,
Michael Seymour, and John Wm. Spranger, he as-
sisted at the blockade of Brest, Rochefort, and
Ferrol, took part in Sir Robt. Calder's action with
• VidelixL. 1814, p. 488.
t V. Gaz. IS15, p. 6530.
the combined fleets, 22 July, 1805, and was employed
in various parts of the Mediterranean. In Sir R.
Calder's action he was the first on board the Span-
ish 74-gun ship San Rafael ; and during his servi-
tude on the Mediterranean station he co-operated,
as Master's Mate, in the reduction of Ischia and
Procida, Zante and Cephalonia, was present at the
capture of about 30 gun-boats in the Bay of Naples,
h£ui a boat sunk under him at the bombardment of
Gallipoli, and had charge of a gun-boat in the Faro
of Messina during the threatened invasion of Sicily
by Murat. After acting for a year and nine months
as Master of the Spider 14, Lieutenant-Commanders
Wm. Sandford Oliver and Frank Gore Willock, em-
ployed chiefly in escorting convoys and carrying
Ambassadors, Mr. Ranwell, in Dec. 1811, came on
shore, and on 21 March, 1812, was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant. His last appointment was to
the Alonzo sloop, bearing the flags off' Guernsey
and Jersey of Rear-Admirals Wm. Brown and Wm.
Hargood, with whom he served from 28 April, 1812,
until July, 1814. Unable to procure employment,
he has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Ranwell has filled the appointment of Sur-
veyor of Shipping to Lloyd's Register of British
and Foreign Ships in the island of Jersey. He
married, in 1813, Eliza, eldest daughter of Edmund
Champion, Esq., Ordnance Storekeeper at Jersey,
by whom he has issue one son and three daughters.
His eldest daughter, Madelon Eliza, was married,
in Jan. 1843, to John Scott Taylor, Esq., Master
R.N. (1834.)
RAPER. (Admiral of the Blue, 1841. f-p.,
21 ; H-p., 46.)
Henkt Raper died 5 April, 1845, after a very
protracted illness, in the 78th year of his age.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1780, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Berwick 74, Capt.
Hon. R. Stewart, with whom and with Capt. John
HoUoway we find him, after a visit to the West
Indies, serving in the Cambridge 74. In that ship
he assisted at the relief of Gibraltar, and was
wounded in the action off the Doggerbank. In 1782
he was placed under the orders of Capt. John
Hunter in a vessel the name of which has escaped
us ; in 1785 he was transferred, as Midshipman, to
the Saliseiiet 50, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral
John Elliot at Newfoundland ; and on 22 Nov. 1790,
after having served for about 15 months on the
Home station in the Impregnable 98 and Queen
Charlotte 100, flag-ships of Sir Rich. Biokerton
and Lord Howe, he was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant. He was next, from April to Sept.
1791, employed in the Channel on board the Vesu-
vius bomb, Capt. Lord Viscount Garlies. Rejoin-
ing Lord Howe, 15 Oct. 1793, as Signal-Lieutenant
in the Qdeen Charlotte, he fought in that capa-
city in the action of 1 June, 1794, and for his con-
duct was promoted, 4 July following, to the rank of
Commander. Through the recommendation of the
nobleman last mentioned Capt. Kaper was appointed
in Sept. of the same year. Major of Signals, on
board the Vasm-de-Gama 74, to Vice- Admiral A. J.
de Valle, the Commander-in-Chief of a Portuguese
squadron of five sail, acting in conjunction with the
British fleet. On resigning this post in the ensuing
Deo. he was presented, by order of the Court at
Lisbon, with an elegant dress sword, having a hitt
of gold, ornamented with medallions and set in dia-
monds. On 3 Nov. 1795 Capt. Raper obtained com-
mand of the Racoon sloop, lying in the river
Thames; and on 1 Feb. 1796 he was made Post
into the Champion 20 ; which vessel, after serving
on the coast of Ireland, formed part, in the spring
of 1798, of an unsuccessful expedition sent to de-
stroy the locks and sluice-gates of the Bruges
Canal;'* and he assisted, not long afterwards, at the
capture, by a force under Capt. John Lawford of
the Romnet 50, of a convoy of Swedish vessels
laden with naval and military stores for the use of
France. In Jan. 1799 Capt. Raper removed to
* FrrfeGaz. 1798, p. 421.
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RAPER— RATSEY.
L'AiMABLE 32 ; and towards the close of the same
year sailed from Cork in company with the Glen-
MOBE 44 and a fleet of merchantmen bound to the
West Indies. On 17 Dec, having fallen in with
La Sirene, a, heavy French frigate, La Bergire cor-
vette, and the Calcutta, an extra East-Indiaman,
which the enemy had just captured, L'Aimable,
while the Glenmoke was engaged in recapturing
and retaining possession of the Indiaman, went in
pursuit of the men-of-war, with whom, although
they contrived in the end to make off, she main-
tained for 35 minutes a very spirited action. Capt.
Raper returned home from the West Indies about
Sept. 1802, and was lastly, from 26 Nov. 1810 until
2.5 Feb. 1813, employed on the Lisbon and Baltic
stations in the Maks 74. In a document lodged by
him some years afterwards at the Admiralty we
find the following observations in reference to the
latter appointment : — " I must beg leave to remark
that the command of the Maks, a full-manned 74
of the first class, was given me in consideration of
my not being appointed to a station in which it was
the intention of their Lordships to have placed
me : I mean the rank of Vice- Admiral in the Portu-
guese service ; and I cannot but lament that, not-
withstanding this flattering testimony of their fa-
vourable sentiments towards me, my earnest and
repeated applications for employment, ever since
the Mars was paid olT, have failed in obtaining
from their Lordships that continuance of their pa-
tronage which their previous good opinion gave me
such well-grounded reason to expect." He became
a Kear-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819 ; a Vice-Admiral 22
July, 1830; and a full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
Admiral Kaper, in 1828, published a work highly
commended for the ability and thorough know-
ledge of the subject displayed in it, entitled 'A
New System of Signals, by which Colours may be
wholly dispensed with ; illustrated by Figures and
a Series of Evolutions, &c.' He married, in 1798,
a Miss Craig, by whom he has left issue. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
RAPER. (Lieutenant, 1823.)
Heney Rapek entered the Navy 17 Nov. 1811 ;
and was made Lieutenant, 17 May, 1823, into the
EuBYALDS 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifibrd, on
the Mediterranean station ; where he removed, 29
July following, to the Dispatch 18, Capt. Edw.
Hinton Scott. He has been on half-pay since 1825.
In 1834 the Lieutenant, who has been for many
years Secretary to the Royal Astronomical Society,
gave to the world his 'Remarks on Mr. Robert
Steele's Report to the Chamber of Commerce of
Greenock on the Bill then before Parliament for
the Measurement of Tonnage.* He afterwards pub-
lished ' Rules for finding Distances and Heights at
Sea ;' and in 1843 appeared, also from his pen, ' The
Practice of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy.'
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
RATSEY. (Rear-Admirai of the Red, 1841.)
Edward Ratsev is brother of Retired Com-
mander Nathaniel Katsey ; and first-cousin of Re-
tired Commander Thos. Ratsey.
This officer (who had studied at the Royal Naval
College and been allotted three years' service) em-
barked, 1 July, 1793, as a Volunteer, on board the
Shark sloop, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and
Soory Barker. After having been for about two
years employed on the Channel and Newfoundland
stations, he became Midshipman of the Defence
74, Capt. Jas. Gambier ; prior to following whom
as Master's Mate into the Prince George 98 (com-
manded subsequently by Sir John Orde), he fought
in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794. He was
made Lieutenant 9 April, 1795, into the Eurtdice
24, Capts. Thos. Twysden and Rich. Henry Alex.
Bennett, on the Channel station ; and afterwards
appointed— 20 Jan. 1796, to the Ambhscade 32,
Capts. T. Twysden and Henry Jenkins, employed in
the North Sea and West Indies— 24 Sept. 1798, to
the Renown 74, Capt. Albemarle Bertie, lying at
Woolwich— 24 June, 1799, to the R4voldtionnaike
38, Capt. T. Twysden, on the Cork station, whence
he invalided in 1800—30 April and 9 July, 1802, to
the Neptune 98 and Isis 50, flag-ships of Admirals
Gambier and Thombrough in the Channel, at New-
foundland, and in the North Sea— and, 26 May,
1804, to the CuDLODEN 74, bearing the flag of Sir
Edw. Pellew, with whom he sailed for the East
Indies. On his arrival he was nominated, 14 March,
1805, Acting-Captain of the Howe 38, and next, 25
April in the same year, Acting-Commander of the
Harrier 18. In the latter vessel, on 2 Aug. follow-
ing, Capt. Ratsey (who was not confirmed to her until
4 Feb. 1806) fought, in company with the Phaeton
38, a severe action of two hours and a half with the
French 36-gun frigate Semillante and several bat-
teries at the entrance of the Straits of St. Bernard-
ino, Philippine Islands. The Harrier on the occa-
sion was much cut up in her masts, sails, and rigging,
and sustained a loss of 2 men wounded. Before
leaving her Capt. Ratsey had the good fortune to
prevent some British supercargoes from being cap-
tured by the Ladrones on their passage from Macao
to Canton. On 5 Sept. 1806 he was made Post into
the Sir Edward Hughes 38. He came home in
Oct. 1807; and has since been on half-pay. He at-
tained Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841.
The Rear-Admiral is married and has issue.
RATSEY. (Retibed Commander, 1847. f-p.,
18 ; H-p., 32.)
Nathaniel Ratsey is brother of Rear-Admiral
Ratsey.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 Deo. 1797, as
A.B., on board the Atalanta, Lieut.-Commander
Stephen Donovan, stationed ofi' Jersey. From
March, 1799, until Feb. 1800, he was employed as
Midshipman at the Rendezvous for Seamen at
Cowes. During the next eight months he served
as before with Lieut. Donovan on board a vessel
named the Rowcliffe; and from Oct. 1800 until
Feb. 1805 we find him stationed in the West Indies
and at Home, in the Excedlent 74, Capts. Hon.
Robt. Stopford and John Nash, Prince of Wales
98, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Calder, and Insolent and
Urgent gun-brigs, Lieut.-Commanders John Row
Morris and Edm. Wallington. On 1 March, 1805,
he was nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Fubiods,
Lieut.-Commander Mayson Wright, lying in the
Downs; he was promoted to the rank of ftill Lieu-
tenant 22 Jan. 1806 ; and he was subsequently ap-
pointed— 17 Feb. 1806, to the Mosqdito 18, Capt.
Sam. Jackson, also in the Downs — 27 Oct. following,
to the Glatton 50, Capt. Thos. Seccombe, in the
Mediterranean — next, to the Lucifer bomb, Capts.
Robt. Elliot and Robt. Hall, Belle Poule 38, Capt.
Jas. Brisbane (part of the force employed in the re-
duction of Zante, Cephalonia, and Sta. Maura), Sal-
sette 36, Capts. Walter Bathurst and John Hollin-
worth, andTopAZE38, Capt. Henry Harvey, all on
the station last named — 12 March, 1812, to the
Orion 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson,
lying at Portsmouth — 22 Oct. 1813, to the command
of the Snipe gun-brig, in the Baltic — 8 March, 1814,
to the EsK 20, Capt. Geo. Gustavus Lennook, under
whom, during a servitude of 18 months, he assisted
at the capture of th« Sine-qua-non American priva-
teer of 7 guns and 81 men, and took part in a
smart action fought ofi' Tenerifie with two other
American vessels, the Grampus and Terpsichore —
and, 3 May, 1823, as First-Lieutenant, for a few
months, to the Pelorus 18, Capt. Wm. Hamley, on
the Cork station. He accepted hia present rank
27 July, 1847.
Commander Ratsey was left a widower in 1842.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
RATSEY. (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p.,
22 ; H-P., 35.)
Thomas Ratsey is first-cousin of Rear-Admiral
Ratsey.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1790, as
A.B., on board the Royal William, nag-ship of
RATTRAY— RAVEN-RAWDON.
957
Admiral Roddam at Spithead, and soon attained
the rating of Midshipman. In Not. 1791 he joined
the Hector 74, Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral)
Geo. Montagu; prior to following whom into the
London 98, he assisted in the unfortunate attack
made, in June, 1793, on the island of Martinique.
Towards the close of 1794 he was received on
board the Porcupine 24, Capt. Alex. Fraser, sta-
tioned in the North Sea; and in the following
year he sailed in the Dictator 64, Capt. Thos.
Totty, for the West Indies; where he became, in
Aug. and Nov. 1796, Master's Mate of the Alfred
74, also commanded by Capt. Totty, and Queen 98,
flag-ship of Sir "Wm. Parker, and, in Jan. 1797,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Success and Hermione
frigates, each under the orders of Capt. Hugh Pigot.
He was confirmed, 10 Feb. 1797, into the Ambus-
cade 32, Capts. Thos. Twysden and Henry Jenkins,
in which ship he returned to England ; and he was
subsequently appointed — 8 Oct. 1798, to the Russel
74, Capts. Sir Henry TroUope and Herbert Sawyer,
attached to the Channel fleet — 22 April, 1800, to
the Geenmore frigate, Capts. Geo. Duff, John Tal-
bot, and John Maitland, on the Irish station, where
he remained until July, 1802—1 Nov. 1803, to the
TiMERAiRE 98, Capt. Eliab Harvey, in the Channel,
4 April, 1805, to the Venus 32, Capt. Henry Matson,
in which frigate he was employed until July, 1807,
on the coast of Ireland, off Deal, and in the West
Indies — 2 Aug. 1808, for four months, to the Ephira
10, in the North Sea^and, 10 July, 1809, to the
command, which he retained until March, 1816, of
the Signal station at Land's End. He was placed
on the Senior List of Retired Commanders 31 Deo.
1838.
RATTRAY, (ffapfsill, 1815. F-F., 15 ; h-p., 32.)
James Rattray, bom in 1790, is eldest son of the
late David Rattray, Esq., M.D., by Dora, daughter
of John Arnold, Esq. ; and brother of Colonel David
Rattray, of the 63rd regt., who married a daughter
of General Hamilton, of Dalzell, N.B. His grand-
father, Jas. Rattray, of RunnyguUion, Drimmie,
and Corb, co. Perth — a gentleman devoted to the
cause of the Royal House of Stuart, who remained
amongst the last of the adherents of Charles Ed-
ward on the field of Culloden — was son and heir of
Sir RuUion Rattray, of RunnyguUion (a descendant
of the ancient Scotch family of that name), and
married a daughter of Sir Jas. Kinloch, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Coorageux 74, com-
manded by the late Sir Sam. Hood, whom, after
attending the expedition to Ferrol, he followed, in
Jan. 1801, into the Venerable 74, part of the force
engaged in the following July under Sir Jas. Sau-
marez in the actions off Algeciras and Cadiz. In
May, 1802, after having served for nearly five
months at Portsmouth in the Texel 64, Capt. Robt.
Inoledon, and Ajax 74, Capt. Bradley, he joined
the AcHiLLE 74, Capt. John Okes Hardy, lying at
Plymouth, whence in a short time he sailed for the
West Indies with that officer in his old ship the
CouRAGEUx. In June, 1803, he assisted at the re-
duction of Ste. Lucie. He next, on his return to
England, joined, in Nov. of the same year, the
Bkitannia 100, Capt. (afterwards Rear-Admiral)
the Earl of Northesk, under whom he fought as
Master's Mate at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct.
1805. In June, 1806, he became attached to the
RovAL George 100, Capt. Chas. Gill, lying at Ply-
mouth, and, about a month afterwards, to the Cen-
taur 74, Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, with whom
he cruized among the Western Islands and off
Roohefort until made Lieutenant, 24 March, 1807,
into the Bulwark 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone
Fleeming. During the three following years he
served in the AVest Indies and Mediterranean ; and
in April, 1810, he was detached in a bomb-vessel to
assist in the defence of Fort Matagorda, near Cadiz,
before which latter place and Tarifa he was for
nearly two years employed in command of a gun-
boat,With his name on the books of the Alfred 74,
Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton. In April, 1812, having
been advanced to the rank of Commander on 1 of
the preceding Feb., he returned to England. His
last appointments were, 25 Nov. 1812 and 18 Aug.
1815, to the Contest 12 andCniLDERS 16. In the
former vessel we find him, besides cruizing in the
West Indies and Channel, serving with activity in
the Chesapeake. In command of her boats and of
those of the Mohawk 18 he succeeded, 14 July,
1813, in cutting out the U. S. gun-vessel Asp, of
3 guns and 25 men, hauled up close to the beach,
under the protection of a large body of militia,
after an action in which the British had 2 killed
and 6 wounded, and the enemy 10, including their
Commander, killed and wounded. He attained
his present rank 20 Sept. 1815; and accepted the
Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Rattray is a Magistrate for co. Warwick.
He married, 2 June, 1828, Emily, third daughter of
the late John Vivian, Esq., of Portland Place, Lon-
don, and Claverton, co. Somerset, by whom he has
issue.
RAVEN. (Retired Commander, 1845. r-p., 13 ;
H-p., 34.)
Michael Raven entered the Navy,. 1 Oct. 1800,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt.
Geo. Hart, in which ship he accompanied the expe-
dition of 1801 to Egypt, and continued employed
as Midshipman in Yarmouth Roads, part of the
time under the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Macna^
mara Russell, until transferred, in Oct. 1804, to the
Tribune frigate, Capts. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett
and Thos. Baker, under the latter of whom we find
him, when in company with the Iris 36, assisting at
the destruction, 29 April, 1807, of the greater part
of a convoy of 30 sail passing from Ferrol to Bilbao
under the protection of several gun-boats. In Deo.
of the latter year he removed to the Cumberland
74, Capt. Philip Wodehouse ; he attained the rank
of Lieutenant 28 May, 1808 ; and from 6 Dec. fol-
lowing until he invalided in July, 1813, he served
in the West Indies and Mediterranean on board the
Castor 32, Capts. Wm. Roberts and Chas. Dilkes.
Under Capt. Roberts he contributed, in 1809-10,
to the capture of the French 74-gun ship D'Hau-
poult and the reduction of the island of Guadeloupe.
He accepted the rank of Commander on the Retired
List 30 April, 1845.
EAWDON. (LiEDT., 1822. F-p., 10; H-p., 25.)
Charles Wyndham Rawdon entered the Navy,
10 June, 1812, as a Volunteer, onboard the Ante-
lope 50, Capt. Jas. Carpenter, bearing the flag of
Sir John Thos. Duckworth at Newfoundland ; and
from Feb. 1813 until Jan. 1815 was employed in
South America in the Ph<ebe of 46 guns and 300
men, Capt. Jas. Hillyar. On 28 March, 1814, he
assisted, off Valparaiso, at the capture of the Ame-
rican frigate Essex of 46 guns and 265 men, after
a warm action of two hours, productive of a loss to
the British of 4 men killed and 7 wounded, and to
the enemy of 24 killed and 45 wounded. On leaving
the PncEBE he joined the Cornwallis 74, flag-ship
of Sir Geo. Burlton in the East Indies, where he
removed, in Sept. 1815, to the Doris 42, Capts.
Robt. O'Brien and John Harper. In March, 1816,
having returned to England, he was received on
board the Minden 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson, with
whom he again, subsequently to the bombardment
of Algiers, proceeded to India. In 1819 he came
home as a Supernumerary in the Malabar 74,
Capt. John Clavell. He was next, in the spring of
1820, ordered to South America in the Conway 26,
Capt. Basil Hall, of which vessel he was nominated
Acting-Lieutenant about Dec. 1821. He went on
half-pay in Sept. 1822, having been officially pro-
moted on 11 of the preceding June, and has not
been since afloat. Agents — Messrs. Halford and
Co.
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RA WLE-UA WLINS-RA WLINSON.
1847. F-p.,
He is
KAWLE. (Retired Commander,
14 ; H-p., 35.)
Richard Kawle was born 26 May, 1782
uncle of Lieut. Graham Hewett, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1798, as
A.B., on board the Fredekick hired tender, Lieut.-
Commander Thos. Jennis, under whom we find him
employed in raising seamen and volunteers for the
fleet, and carrying them from Bristol to Plymouth.
On being paid off in June, 1799, he became Mid-
shipman (a rating he had previously attained) of
the Canada 74, Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy
and Joseph Sydney Yorke, attached to the Channel
fleet, with which he continued until May, 1802. In
March, 1806, he rejoined the officer last mentioned
on board the Baefleur 98, also stationed in the
Channel ; and he was next, in June, 1807, and May,
1808, nominated Master's Mate of the Niobe 40 and
Christian VII. 80, Capts. John Wentworth Loring
and Sir J. S. Yorke, employed on the coast of Ire-
land and off Ushant. He was made Lieutenant, 20
April, 1809, into the Cesar 80, flag-ship of Rear-
Admirals Hon. Robt. Stopford and Wm. Albany
Otway ; and subsequently appointed — 14 May, 1810,
to the Clio sloop, Capts. Thos. FoUiott Baugh and
Wm. Ffarington, engaged in convoying the trade
between Leith and Gottenborg, and in cruising off
the coast o"f Norway and among the Orkney and
Shetland Isles— 2 Nov. 1812 (nearly six months after
ill health had obliged him to leave the Cuo), to the
Doris 36, Capt. Wm. Jones Lye, lying at Ply-
mouth—10 Dec. following, to the Rota 38, Capts.
Philip Somerville and John Pasco— and, 2 Dec.
1815, to the Lee 20, also commanded, on the Ply-
mouth station, by Capt. Pasco. Accompanying in
the CffiSAR the expedition of 1809 to the Scheldt,
Mr. Ra,wle served on shore with a party of seamen,
and assisted in erecting and working "the batteries
during the bombardment of Flushing. The Wal-
oheren fever, in the month of Oct., compelled him
to invalid. "While attached to the Rota he escorted
convoy to and from Quebec and also to the West
Indies, where he cruised "With much activity. On
26 Sept. 1814 he participated in an unsuccessful
attempt made to cut out from the road of Fayal
the American privateer General Armstrong, a vessel
whose resistance killed 34 and wounded 86 of her
assailants, consisting originally of about 180 seamen
and marines. Among the wounded was Lieut.
Rawle. He was under the necessity, when after-
wards serving in the Lee, of being sent to the
Naval Hospital at Stonehouse, 2 April, 1817. He
accepted his present rank 9 April, 1847.
He married 23 Jan. 1822, and has issue one son.
the coast of France. In spite of all his endeavours
to escape he remained a prisoner until May, 1814.
He afterwards served on the coast of Ireland in the
Montagu 74, Capt. Peter Heywood, and at Sheer-
ness in the Namuh 74, flag-ship of Sir C. Rowley ;
obtained, 1 Feb. 1815, a Lieutenant's commission;
was employed duripg three months of the same
year in the Meteor bomb, Capt. Sam. Roberts,
and Namor 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley; and
in 1824 was appointed to the Coast Guard, from
which service he was, in 1827, after nearly two
months of deliberation, dismissed by sentence of
court-martial for having been off his station. In
consequence of this he addressed a letter, contain-
ing an explanation of the circumstances, to the
Admiralty, the result of which was that by return
of post he was appointed Third-Lieutenant of the
Kamillies 74. From that ship he removed, by
exchange, to the command, which he retained about
18 months, of a station in the Coast Blockade. He
was then, in consequence of ill health produced by
the fatigues of the service, sent to the hospital at
Chatham ; and he has not been since employed.
The Lieutenant is married, and has one son, n,
Clerk in the service. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
RAWLINS. (CoMMANDEB, 1815. F'P., 16;
H-P., 38.)
Robert Dickleqg Rawlins is the son of a Purser
in the Royal Navy, now deceased.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 June, 1793, as
a Boy, on board the CvcLors 24, commanded in the
Channel by Capt. Davidge Gould ; and in the fol-
lowing Sept. was discharged, at his own request, in
consequence of some severe injuries he had sus-
tained in falling into the main hold. In Dec. 1800
he again embarked, as Midshipman, on board the
Guildford, Lieut. -Commanders "Wetherstono and
Murray, lying at Portsmouth ; in the early part of
1802 he sailed in the Buffalo store-ship, Capt.
"Wm. Kent, for New Holland ; and in Feb. 1804 (a
few months after he had returned to England in
the Glatton 50, Capt. Jas. Collnett) he joined the
Ruby 64, Capt. Chas. Rowley. In a boat belonging
to that ship he participated in an attempt made to
cut out a large Dutch sloop-of-war, the Texel, from
the neighbourhood of Cadiz, where, on a subsequent
occasion, he contributed, also in the boats, to the
eapture of three merchant-vessels. In one instance
he was sent to Gibraltar in charge of several prizes,
seven of which were lost in a gale. He afterwards
visited the North Sea ; and in Nov. 1805, while on
his passage in the "Woodlark 10, Lieut. -Commander
Thos. Innes, to join the Eagle 74, was wrecked on
RAWLINS. (Lieut., 1811. r-p., 11; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Rawlins entered the Navy, 18 Sept.
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, Capt.
Geo. Duff, part of the force engaged in the action
off Cape Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. On 30 of that
month he removed to the Eubyalus 36, Capts. Hon.
Henry Blackwood and Hon. Geo. Heneage Law-
rence Dundas, employed off Cadiz and in the Chan-
nel ; and in April, 1806, he joined the Ajax 74,
Capts. John Pilfold and Hon. H. Blackwood. On
the destruction of that ship by fire off the island of
Tenedos 14 Feb. 1807, he was received as Midship-
man on board the Active 38, Capt. Rich. Hussey
Moubray, under whom we find him accompanying
Sir John Duckworth in the ensuing passage of the
Dardanells. In the course of the same and of the
following year ho became attached in succession to
the Lucifer bomb, bearing the flag of Sir Alex.
John Ball at Malta, TiGKE 74, Capt. Benj. Hallo-
well (in which he returned to England), Royal
William, flag-ship of Admiral Montagu at Spit-
head, and "Waespite 74, commanded by his old
Captain, Blackwood. In the latter ship, after serv-
ing for a time in the North Sea and Channel, he
again proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, on
20 July, 1810, he took part in a very gallant skirmish,
in which the British, with a slender force, beat
back a powerful division of the French Toulon fleet.
On 26 Sept. 1811 Mr. Rawlins was confirmed a Lieu-
tenant (after having acted for three months as
such) in the Implacable 74, Capt. Joshua Rowley
Watson. He came home in the autumn of 1812 ;
and was lastly, from 28 June, 1813, until Sept. 1815,
employed on the coasts of North America and
France in the Severn 40, Capt. Joseph Nourse.
While on the former station he co-operated in the
attacks upon Washington and Baltimore in Aug.
and Sept. 1814; assisted, 13 Jan. 1815, at the re-
duction of St. Mary's, a town near Point Petre, on
the coast of Georgia; and contributed to the cap-
ture of two privateer schooners and a letter-of-
marque, carrying in the whole 22 guns and 241
men.
RAWLINSON. (Lieut., 1810. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.)
Charles James Rawlinson, bom 9 March, 1788,
is second son of Wm. Rawlinson, Esq., of Anooats
Hall, Manchester.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1804, as
a Volunteer, on board the Trent 36, fiag-ship of
Sir Alan Gardner at Cork ; and removed a short
time afterwards to the Topaze 38, Capts. Wil-
loughby Thos. Lake and Anselm John Griffiths,
with whom he continued employed as Midshipman,
on the coast of Ireland, among the Western Islands,
and on the North American station, until trans-
ferred, about April, 1807, to the Resolution 74,
RAWSTORNE— RAY— RAYLEY.
959
Capt. Geo. Burlton, attached to the force in the
North Sea. Becoming Master's Mate, in the early
part of 1809, of the Imp4hieuse 38, CaptB. Lord
Cochrane and Thos. Garth, he was intrusted by
the former with the command of an explosion- vessel
in his celebrated attack upon the French shipping
in Aix Roads ; and so much to the satisfaction of
his Lordship and of the Commander-in-Chief did he
conduct it that he received from the Admiralty the
sum of 101., accompanied by a promise of promotion.
On the same occasion we find him setting fire to
the Calcutta 56, and otherwise contributing to the
destruction of the French fleet. Continuing in the
Impekieuse until Jan. 1810, he assisted, during the
expedition to the Walcheren, in silencing and de-
stroying a 30-gun battery opposite to Flushing.
He also aided in cutting out four gun-boats, to-
gether with a convoy under their protection, and
took part in a variety of detached operations along
the enemy's coast. He afterwards, from Jan. 1810
until the close of 1813, served with Capt. Burlton
on the Home and Mediterranean stations in the
Eesolution and Rodney 74's, Vilie be Pabis 110,
and BoYNE 98. Of the Rodney he was created a
Lieutenant 15 March, 1810. In 1814-15 he served
in the Mediterranean and at Newfoundland in the
Repulse 74 and Derwent 18, Capts. Moubray and
Williams. He has since been on half-pay.
Subsequently to the peace Lieut. Eawliuson was
employed under Lord Cochrane in South America.
He married 8 Aug. 1818, and has issue five sons
and four daughters. Agents — Goode and Law-
rence.
EAWSTOKNE. (Commander, 1846. r-p., 25 ;
H-p., 16.)
James Rawstohne (whose very respectable fa-
mily, seated for centuries in Lancashire, is now
represented by Colonel Lawrence Rawstorne, of
Penwortham, iff that co.) is second son of the late
Capt. Jas. Rawstorne, who fought in the American
and Peninsular wars, by a daughter of Capt. Gibson.
Two of his brothers, Fleetwood and John George,
are officers in the army — the latter a Captain in the
62nd regt. One of his aunts married the late Sir
Michael Pilkington, Bart., and was the mother of
the present Sir Wm. Pilkington, Bart., of Chevet
Hall, CO. York. His eldest sister is the wife of
Retired Commander John Arnold, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Oct. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Motine 18, Capt. Hew
Steuart, on the Channel station ; removed, in April,
1807, to the San Josef 110, Capt. John Conn, lying
at Plymouth; and from the following June until
Sept. 1812 was employed as Midshipman, on the
Home, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations, in the
Hibeknia 120 and San Josef again, flag-ships of
Sir Jas. Saumarez, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and Sir
Chas. Cotton, and Blossom 18, Swiftshre 74, and
Stately 64, all bommanded by Capt. Wm. Stewart.
Under Sir W. S. Smith, in the Hibernia, we find
him, towards the close of 1807, witnessing the flight
of the Royal House of Portugal to the Brazils ; and,
in the boats of the Blossom, contributing, in 1811,
to the capture of the Modes Islands and to the de-
struction of an armed schooner and convoy at the
mouth of the Rhone. After serving for about a
month at Cadiz in the Revenge 74, flag-ship of
Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, Mr. Rawstorne joined,
in Nov. 1812, the Sopebb 74, Capt. Hon. Chas.
Paget, bearing the flag afterwards of Hon. Henry
Hotham, and proceeded to the coast of North Ame-
rica, where, In command of a tender, he succeeded,
during the year 1814, in capturing several vessels
laden with military stores. In July, 1815, at which
period he had been for many weeks stationed in
Basque Roads, he took up a commission bearing
date 3 of the preceding March. His subsequent
appointments were— 16 March, 1830, to the Coast
Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hy-
perion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 16 March,
1831, to the Coast Guard, in which service he con-
tinued upwards of seven years— 28 Aug. 1838, as
First, to the Orestes 18, Capt. Peter Sampson
Hambly, fitting for South America, whence he re-
turned to England and was paid off at the close of
1841 — 1 Feb. 1842, in a similar capacity, to the
Agincodkt 72, which ship, bearing the flag of Sir
Thos. John Cochrane in the East Indies, he left
about the commencement of 1845—5 Dec. 1845,
again as Senior, to the Trafalgar 120, Capt. John
Neale Nott, attached to the Channel squadron —
and, 6 July, 1845, as Additional, to the Victory
104, Capt. John Pasco, at Portsmouth. He was
advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
Commander Rawstorne married Harriet, daughter
of Capt. Atkins, R.N. Agents — Hall&tt and Ro-
binson.
EAY. (Lieutenant, 1823. r-p., 34 ; h-p., 4 .)
Joseph Ray entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victorious 74, Capts.
Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot, under the
latter of whom we find him, when in company in
the Adriatic with the Weasel 18, present as Mid-
shipman, 21 Feb. 1812, in a most gallant conflict of
two hours and a half, which terminated in the cap-
ture, with a loss to the Victorious of 27 men killed
and 99 (including himself) wounded, and to the
enemy of 400 killed and wounded, of the French
74 Mivoli, whose consorts, 3 brigs and 2 gun-boats,
were at the same time defeated.'* Between the
following Oct. and Deo. 1814 he served on the
North American, West India, and Leith stations in
the Woolwich 44, Capt. Thos. Ball Sulivan (under
whom he was wrecked, on the north end of the
island of Barbuda, in a violent hurricane, 6 Nov.
1813), AcT.a;ON brig, Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator,
and Furious, Lieut.-Commander John Mundell.
During the war of a Hundred Days he cruised ofi'
the coast of France in the Liffey 50, Capt. John
Hancock; and from Feb. 1816 until Oct. 1823 he
was employed on the Mediterranean, Home, South
American, and African stations, in the Tagus 38,
Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, Erne 20, Capt.
Rich. Spencer, Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, Se-
vern 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, Bbisk sloop, Capt.
John Wm. Montagu, and Owen Glendoweb 42,
Capts. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer and John
Filmore. On 22 of the month last mentioned
(having acted for some time as Lieutenant of the
Owen Glendower) he was confirmed in the rank
he now holds. With the exception of a few months
in 1837, he held an appointment in the Coast Guard
from 11 Nov. 1826 until March, 1840; he then ob-
tained command of the Eagle Revenue-vessel ; and
since 30 March, 1846, he has been officiating as Ad-
miralty Agent on board a contract mail steam-
vessel. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
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EAYLEY. (Commander, 1813. p-p., 19;
H-p., 35.)
Chables Raylby entered the Navy, 2 Oct. 1793,
as Captain's Servant, on board the Resolution "
Capt. Jas. Cumming, stationed in the Cham
and on removing to the Audacious 74, Capts. '%
Parker and Alex. Hood, fought as Midshipman 6?
the mizen-top in Lord Howe's action 28 May, 1794,
on which occasion the Audacious won distinction
by her gallant defeat of the French 110-gun ship
Mevolutionnaire, after a close and furious engage-
ment of nearly two hours. In Oct. of the same
year, Capt. Parker having been promoted to Flag-
rank and appointed Commander-in-Chief at Ja-
maica, Mr. Rayley rejoined him on board the Rai-
sonnable 64, and sailed for the West Indies, where,
in Dec. 1795, he followed him into the Swiftsdre
74. In that ship he was severely wounded in the
right leg under the batteries of Port Paix, St. Do-
mingo. After serving for a short time with Com-
modore Sir Robt. Calder in the Ville de Paris
110, and again with Admiral Parker, on the Lisbonj
Mediterranean, and Halifax stations, in the Blen-
heim 98, St. George 98, and America 64, he was
nominated, 17 Sept. 1800, Acting-Lieutenant of the
* fide Gaz. 1818, p, 887.
960
RAYMOND.
Asia 64, Capt. Robt. Murray. He was officially
promoted 17 Nov. following ; and was next in suc-
cession appointed— 16 Feb. 1801, to the Ramblek
14, Capts. Peter Rye and Thos. Innes, on the Chan-
nel station— 8 Oct. 1803 (after nearly 12 months of
half-pay), to the Penguin 18, Capts. Geo. Morris
and John Langdale Smith, with whom he served
for three years on the coast of Africa and in the
West Indies— 20 Nov. 1806, to the Modeste 36,
which frigate he fitted out as First-Lieutenant — 11
Dec, 1806, in the capacity last mentioned, to the
DiEDALus 32, Capts. Fred. Warren and Sam. Hood
Inglefield, then on the eve of her departure for the
West Indies, where, in an attack made by him in
the boats on two privateers, he received a sabre-cut
in the face, so severe that the Patriotic Society,
unasked, voted him the sum of 80^.— and, 29 Sept.
1810 (immediately on his return to England), as
Senior, to the Malacca 36, Capt. Wm. Butterfleld,
whom he accompanied to the East Indies. Owing
to the death of Capt. Dawson of the Piedmontaise
frigate, Mr. Rayley, in the absence of Commodore
Broughton, the Commander-in-Chief, was by Capt.
Butterfleld directed, 12 Oct. 1811, to act as Captain
of that ship, at the time in Madras Roads. On 31
of the following Dec, after the Piedmontaise had
been docked at Bombay, and while she was in the
act of refitting, he was superseded by the Commo-
dore, on the return of the latter from the expedi-
tion against Java, and placed in command (with
the rank only of First-Lieutenant) of the Illus-
trious 74. In April, 1812, he obtained acting-com-
mand of the Barracouta 18, in which vessel he
took and destroyed several Malay pirates, and ac-
companied a squadron sent under Capt. Jas. Bowen
of the Ph(enix frigate to act against the Rajah of
Sambas, in Borneo. During the operations which
took place on the Sambas river the Barracouta,
besides having to surmount many difficulties of
navigation, suffered much from the long guns in
the enemy's forts, 93 of the shot from which lodged
in her sides and masts. Her casualties (she had on
board a detachment of the 78th regt.) amounted to
5 men killed, and 1 Lieutenant, 1 Midshipman
(mortally), the Surgeon, the Boatswain, and 25
others, wounded. In April, 1813, an oflicer from
England having been appointed to command the
Barracouta, Mr. Rayley was superseded. He
returned home in consequence a passenger in the
Illustrious 74 -, and on memorializing the Admi-
ralty was presented, 1 Dec. in the same year, with
a Commander's commission.
Commander Rayley married, 25 Nov. 1841, Mary,
daughter of Capt. Robt. Alefounder, of the Suffolk
Militia, and relict of Jas. Robinson, Esq., of South-
wold. He was left a widower 16 Dec. 1846.
RAYMOND. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 15.)
George Raymond was born in 1794.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 March, 1807, as
Sfic.-cl. Boy, on board the Edgar 74, Capts. Robt.
jBkkson, Jas. Macnamara, and Stephen Poyntz ; and
■Pl^at ship, which at first bore the flag of Lord
^Keith, was for upwards of three years and a half
employed (the greater part of the time in the capa-
city of Midshipman) in the North Sea, Channel, and
Baltic. In Aug. 1808 he witnessed the embarkation
of the Marquis de la Romana and his patriot troops
from Nyeborg ; at which place and at Langland he
assisted in cutting out some Danish gun-boats. On
one of the occasions he was slightly wounded. Re-
moving, in Dec. 1810, to the Tremendous 74, Capt.
Kobt. Campbell, he served for two years and a half
in that ship in the North Sea, Baltic, and Channel,
and was present in her at the destruction of a
French Mgate and corvette off Barfleur in 1812.
In July of the latter year he joined the San Josef
110, bearing the flag of Lord Keith in the Chan-
nel; where, in Oct. of the same year, he became
Master's Mate of the Belle Poule 38, Capt. Geo.
Harris. In the early ]part of the following year
he was captured in a prize by the American letter-
of-marque Volante, but was soon afterwards retaken
in Boston Bay by the Curlew sloop, Capt. Michael
Head ; from which vessel, in April, 1813, he was
transferred to the Shannon of 50 guns, throwing
a broadside weight of 538 lbs., and 306 men, Capt.
Philip Bowes Vere Broke. On 1 June following
he had the honour of assisting, and being particu-
larly recommended for his conduct, at the capture
of the American ship Chesapeake, of 50 guns, yield-
ing a broadside of 590 lbs., and 376 men— an ex-
ploit achieved after a close and desperate action
of 15 minutes, a loss to the British of 24 killed and
59 wounded, and to the enemy of 47 killed and 115
wounded."* Among the wounded on board the
Shannon was Mr. Raymond, who received a ball in
the right arm, which has never been extracted and
still occasions him much pain. In Oct. 1813 (having
taken a passage for the purpose on board the MoiMi
32, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend) he again joined
the Belle Poole, still commanded by Capt. Harris,
under whom he assisted, in the spring of 1814, in
forcing the entrance of the Gironde, and in there
destroying a line-of-battle ship, three brigs of war,
several smaller vessels, and all the forts and bat-
teries on the north side of the river. During a
portion of the operations he had charge of a French
prame. On leaving the Belle Poule, which had
been latterly commanded in the West Indies by
Capt. Fras. Baker, Mr. Raymond joined the Royal
Oak 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Pulteney
Malcolm ; and on 14 of the ensuing Dec, previously
to sharing in the attack upon New Orleans (where
he served on shore with the army), he commanded
one of the boats of a squadron at the capture, on
Lake Borgne, of five American gun-boats under
Commodore Jones, whose desperate^ resistance occa-
sioned the British a loss of 17 men killed and 77
wounded. On 17 Feb. 1815 he was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant. His appointments have since
been— 6 April, 1815, to the Florida 20, Capts.
Andrew Mitchell and Wm. Elliott, employed at first
in the West Indies and afterwards in the North Sea,
whence he invalided 24 March, 1816—13 Dec. 1829,
to the Coast Guard, in which service he remained
nearly 12 years as a chief officer and an Acting-
Inspecting-Commander— 2 Dec. 1841 and 15 April,
1842, to the command of the Snipe cutter and Spy
brigantine, in the latter of which vessels he pro-
ceeded for the suppression of the slave-trade to the
coast of Africa, ratified treaties with Kings Eyo
and Eyamba of the river Calabar (by the former
of whom he was presented with a sword) , and then
returned with the ratifications to England — 31
March, 1843, again to the Snipe, in which vessel he
served on the north-west coast of Ireland and in
the Channel until paid off at the commencement of
184.5—4 March, 1847, to the command of the Dover
steam-packet of 90-horse power — 18 Oct. 1847, as
Additional-Lieutenant (in Packet service at Dover),
to the Ocean 80, Capt. David Price, guard-ship at
Sheerness— and, 11 Jan. 1848, to the Onyx steam-
packet of 120-horse power, wherein he is now em-
ployed.
Lieut. Raymond married in 1819, and again in
1844, and has a family of seven children. Two of
his sons, George and Michael, are Master-Assistants
in the service. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
RAYMOND. (LlEDTENANT, 1828.)
James Grant Raymond entered the Navy 27
May, 1812; served as Midshipman on board the
Loire 38 during the war with the United States ;
was employed as a volunteer in the rocket-boat be-
longing to the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, at the
bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816; passed his
examination in 1821 ; and obtained his commission
29 March, 1828. He was afterwards appointed con-
tinuously— 21 March, 1829, to the Coast Blockade,
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42j
Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 16 March, 1831, to the
Coast Guard— 11 May, 1833, and 11 Oct. 1834, to
the command of the Lapwing and Greyhound Re-
venue-cruizers — 30 June, 1836, again to the Coast
• FWeGaz. 1810, p. 1330.
RAYNER— KEAD.
961
Guard— 4 Sept. 1837, to the post of Agent on board
a contract mail steam- vessel — and, 13 July, 1844, to
the command of the Medusa steam-packet of 312-
horse power, from which he was superseded in
May, 1848.
RAYNER. (Eetibed Commander, 1831. r-p., 24;
H-P., 41.)
Edmund Bainer died 12 Jan. 1846 at Plymouth.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1781 (under
the auspices of Admiral Leveson Gower), as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Assistance, Capt. Jas. "Worth,
stationed in the Channel ; and from Sept. following
until Oct. 1783 was employed on the coast of North
America in the Vestal and Jason, both com-
manded by Capt. Wm. Fox. During the peace he
served at Chatham, at Newfoundland, and in the
East Indies, as Midshipman, in the Ikbesistibde,
Commodore Bowyer, Leocadia, Capt. Alex. Edgar,
Echo, Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds, Ph<enix,
Capts. Geo. Anson Byron and Sir Rich. Strachan,
and Ckown, Capt. Robt. Manners Sutton. In 1793
he joined the Queen 98, Capts. "Wm. Hutt and Wm.
Bedford, employed at first in the "West Indies, and
then on the Channel station ; where, under the flag
of Rear-Admiral Alan Gardner, he fought in Lord
Howe's actions, 29 May and 1 June, 1794. He was
made Lieutenant, 25 July, 1794, into the Zealous 74,
Capts. "Wm. Mason, Jas. Young, Lord Hervey, and
Sam. Hood, in which *ip he made a voyage to the
Mediterranean ; and he was subsequently appointed
— 19 July, 1796, as First, to the Lowestoffe 32,
Capt. Robt. Plampin, also in the Mediterranean — 20
Jan. 1797, in a similar capacity, to the Tartar 28,
Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone, in the "West Indies —
21 Nov. 1797, 7 Feb. 1798, 29 April, 1799, and 20
April, 1803, to the Triton 32, Capt. John Gore,
Mermaid of 40 guns and 208 men, and Loire 38,
both commanded by Capt. Jas. Newman Newman,
and Doris 36, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, all in
the Channel — 28 Nov. 1804 (after nine months of
half-pay occasioned by ill health), to the Cerberus
32, Capt. Wm. Selby, off Guernsey— 1 March, 1805,
to the Thalia 36, Capt. Jas. Walker, fitting for the
East Indies — 18 Sept. 1806 (on his return home), to
the Resolution 74, Capt. Geo. Burlton, attached to
the force in the North Sea — and 4 Aug. 1807, to the
Sea Fencibles at Dartmouth. When First of the
Tartar Mr. Rayner assisted, after an action of
about three-quarters of an hour, in silencing, 30
June, 1797, the fire of two batteries, one mounting
8 the other 6 guns, at Port-au-Paix. He then
landed, took possession of the fort, spiked and
knocked the trunnions off the guns, threw them
over the cliffs, and destroyed all the eacmy's ammu-
nition. For his conduct on this occasion he was
led by the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Hyde Parker,
to expect promotion ; but the packet charged with
the Admiral's despatches being lost on her passage
home, he was doomed to disappointment. In the
Mermaid he witnessed, 29 June, 1798, the sur-
render of the 40-gun frigate La Seine to the Jason
and Pique ; and took part, 17 Oct. following, in a
gallant action of two hours and a half with the
French IjOire of 46 guns and 330 men, which termi-
nated in the separation of the combatants, each be-
ing much disabled. When La Seine surrendered,
she lay aground totally dismasted, and, an attempt
to get her off having failed, Mr. Kayner was sent
with orders to destroy her. It appearing, however,
to him certain that she might be recovered, he pre-
vailed upon Capt. Newman and Capt. Milne of La
i?iQUE to allow a second trial to be made ; and he
had the satisfaction of perceiving his exertions
crowned with success. To his extreme gratification
also he received from both the Captains alluded to
an acknowledgment that the experiment had been
alone attempted through his representation. In
1798 Mr. Rayner, then First of the Loire, was the
instrument, while Capt. Newman was confined by
illness to his cot, of rescuing the Atlas 98 from a
perilous position at Drake's Island, Plymouth,
where she had been driven on the rocks, and had
cut away all her masts. His efforts on the occasion
were witnessed and applauded by Admiral CoUing-
wood and Commissioner Fanshawe. On 6 Feb.
1800 we find him wounded, and highly spoken of
by Capt. Newman for his conduct, at the capture,
when in company with the Danae 20, and Faibv,
Harpy, and Railleub sloops, of the French 38-
gun frigate Pallas, under the heavy fire of a battery
on one of the Seven Islands.* We may add that
on occasions of service Mr. Rayner was ever a
volunteer. He continued in the Sea Fencibles until
that corps was disbanded in 1810 ; and was not
afterwards employed. Impressed with a full sense
of the claims which service had conferred on Mr.
Rayner, Lord Spencer had, during his tenure of
office, made him frequent and specific promises of
promotion; and in 1805 Lord Melville had ex-
pressed his wish to effect the same object. The re-
tirement, however, of both those noblemen from
the Admiralty again blasted his hopes. He ac-
cepted the rank of Retired Commander on the
Senior List 22 April, 1831.
Commander Rayner was married and has left
issue.
READ. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Charles Rudston Bead, bom 16 May, 1818, is
fifth and youngest surviving son of the late Rev.
Thos. Cutler Rudston Read, of Hayton, co. York,
by Louisa, third daughter of the late Henry Cholm-
ley, Esq. ; and brother of Edw. Rudston Read, Esq.,
a Captain in the Army. His family, represented by
his eldest brother, the present Wm. Henry Rudston
Read, Esq., of Hayton, M.A., Barrister-at-Law, has
been of standing in co. York since the days of King
John.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Sept. 1831 ; passed
his examination 5 Oct. 1838 ; and for his services as
Mate of the Conway 26, Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drink-
water Bethune, on the coast of China, where he
assisted in the boats in the first and second attacks
upon Canton,f was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 8 Oct. 1841. His succeeding appointments
were— 5 Nov. 1842, to the Frolic 16, Capts. Wm.
Alex. Willis and Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, under
whom we find him employed on the Brazilian and
Pacific stations until the early part of 1845 — 8 Sept.
1847, as Additional, to the Asia 84, equipping at
Sheerness for the ilag of Rear-Admiral Phipps
Hornby— and, 1 Nov. 1847, to the Mjeander 44,
Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, fitting for the East
Indies. He was superseded from the latter ship
about May, 1848. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
EEAD,K.T.S. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 26.)
George Read (6) was born 22 Feb. 1794.
This ofiicer entered- the Navy, 14 July, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Barfleur 98, Capt.
Joseph Sydney Yorke, stationed in the Channel ;
removed as Midshipman, in June, 1807, to the
Maida 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, part of tho
force employed in the ensuing expedition against
Copenhagen ; joined, in Nov. of the same year, the
NEjerUNE 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Wilhams, attached to
the Channel fleet; and from May, 1808, until Sept.
1814, served on the Home, North American, and
West India stations in the Valiant 74, Capts. Jas.
Young, Alex. Robt. Kerr, John Bligh, Thos. Geo.
Shortland, John Nash, Robt. Dudley Oliver, and
Zachary Mudge. During the term of his servitude
in the latter ship he assisted at the destruction of
the French squadron in Aix Roads in 1809— accom-
panied the ensuing expedition to theWalcheren
contributed, 3 Feb. 1810, to the capture of the
French 40-gun frigate Canmniere, laden with the
spoil of the principal prizes which the enemy had
taken in the East Indies during the three preceding
years— saw much boat-service on the coasts of
France and America — aided (in company with the
AcASTA 40) in driving into New London, and In
there blockading, the U.S. ships, United States,
* Vide Gaz. ISOO, p. 165.
t F". Gaz. 1S41, pp. 16U3, 1506, 2605, 2518.
6G
962
READ— REED.
Macedonian^ and Hornet — and escorted a large con-
voy home from Jamaica. On 1 Oct. 1814, about
three months after he had passed his examination,
he was received as a Supernumerary on promotion
on board the Ddnoan 74, bearing the flag of Sir
John Poo Beresford on the Brazilian station ;
where, in April, 1815, he was placed under the
orders of Kear- Admiral Manley Dixon on board his
old ship the Valiant. In the following July he
took up a commission bearing date 27 Feb. in the
same year, 1815. His succeeding appointments
were— 3 Oct. 1823, to the Thetis 46, Capt. Sir John
Phillimore, employed on particular service — 30
March, 1824, to the Livelv 46, Capt. Wm. Elliott,
which ship was paid off in I>ec. 1826 — 16 April,
1827, for about two years, to the Coast Blockade, as
Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42,
Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye — and, 22 July, 1831, to the
Coast Guard. While serving in the Lively, Lieut.
Kead was present in the river Tagus during the
revolution in Portugal. He aided in consequence
in affording protection to Don John VI. and his
family and in escorting Don Miguel to Brest— ser-
vices for which he was created a Knight of the
order of the Tower and Sword. He afterwards
made a voyage to the West Indies, where he passed
through scenes of great mortality, and, being First-
Lieutenant, commanded the ship during the Cap-
tain's absence at sick quarters. The Lively, being
at Vera Cruz when the castle of San Juan de TJloa
surrendered to the Mexicans, was sent home with
the despatches relating to that event. On her .ar-
rival she went out with the late Sir N. Campbell to
Sierra Leone and Cape Coast Castle. She returned
to England with intelligence of the defeat of the
Ashantees, and was paid off as above. Since the
close of 1832, at" which period he left the Coast
Guard, Lieut. Kead has been unemployed.
He married, in Jan. 1833, Mary, widow of Henry
Deane, Esq., of Mount Radford, Exeter, and Ca-
vershaan, Oxford. Agent — J. Hinxman.
EEAD. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Offley Malcolm Crewe Read passed his exa-
mination 9 April, 1844; and after serving as Mate,
on the coast of Africa, in the Sealark 10, Capt.
Thos. Lewis Gooch, Growler steam-sloop, Capt.
Claude Henry Mason Buckle, and Penelope steam-
frigate. Commodore Wm, Jones, was there, 21 Jan.
1846, nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Hydra
steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young. He
went back, 1 July following, to the Sealark, in the
capacity last mentioned, and continued etnployed in
her under Capt. Rich. Dunning White, until the
close of 1847. His commission bears date 9 Nov.
1846.
taking an Austrian merchantman a similar mark of
approval was conferred upon him by the Emperor
of Austria. In two instances we find him voted
swords of the value of 100 guineas each — the one
being presented to him by Admiral Sir Geo. Mon-
tagu, the other by Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin. He
has been wounded, we must add, in the head, thigh,
and body, and has lost the use of his left arm ; in
consideration whereof he has been in the receipt,
since 26 Sept. 1814, of a pension of 91/. 5s. per an-
num. In March, 1819, he received an appointment
to the Ordinary at Portsmouth; and prior to his
attainment of his present rank, 7 Feb. 1829, he
commanded the Raven 14 and Cracker 10. He
was admitted into the Royal Hospital at Greenwich
25 Nov. 1843.
KEAD. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 16.)
William Viner Read entered the Navy, 21
April, 1811, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Diana
38, commanded in the Channel by Capt. Wm.
Ferris ; and from the following Nov. until Dec.
1814 was employed in the Mediterranean in the
Malta 84, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Benj.
Hallowell ; under whom he served at the invest-
ment of Tarragona, and witnessed the destruction
of the fort of St. Philippe in the Col de Balaguer.
In May, 1815, he became Midshipman of the Royai.
Sovereign 100 ; in which ship, and in the Tonnant
80, Bulwark and Gloocester 74's, and Prince
Regent 120, he continued (with the exception of
12 months passed in 1819-20 on the American sta-
tion in the Active 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon,
and of about 21 that were not employed) to serve
under his patron. Admiral Hallowell, in the Chan-
nel, and at Plymouth, Cork, and Chatham, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Sept. 1823.
His subsequent appointments were — 26 Nov. 1823,
to the Ramillies 74, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, lying
in the Downs — 11 Jan. 1824, to the Britannia 120,
bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane at Ply-
mouth— 7 June, 1825, to the Albion 74, Capt. John
Acworth Oramanney, on the Lisbon station— 4 Jdly,
1827, to the Revenge 76, Capt. Norborne Thomp-
son, in the Mediterranean, where he remained up-
wards of a year — 26 Oct. 1839, to the command
(which he retained until the following March) of
the Prospero steamer at Pembroke — 13 July, 1841,
for six months, to the Thunder surveying-vessel in
North America and the West Indies, Capt. Edw.
Barnett— and 19 April and 19 Aug. 1842, 1 Jan.
1843, and 1 Aug. 1845, as First, to the Sylvia sur-
veying-vessel. Rocket steamer, and Fearless and
Dasher surveying-steamers, all commanded by
Capt. Wm. Louis Sheringham, with whom he served
until promoted to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
EEAD. (Commandeb, 1829.)
Thomas Read entered the Navy in 1797, and
until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Feb.
1805, was actively employed in various parts of
Europe and the West Indies. We understand that
during that period he fought under Lord Nelson at
the battles of the Nile and Copenhagen, 1 Aug.
1798 and 2 April, 1801 ; and that he assisted in
storming the forts of Cambudos, Groba, and Fegard.
On 21 Oct. 1805 he was at Trafalgar in the Swift-
sure 74, Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford. After the
action he was placed in charge of the French 74-gun
ship Eedoutabte ; and he remained in her until she
went down in the memorable gale that followed.
During the after-part of the war he saw much other
active service. On one occasion, with two six-oared
cutters and a jolly boat, he made prize, under the
batteries of Boulogne, of a French gun-boat,
U Eclair, carrying 1 12-pounder, 8 swivels, a crew
of 26 men, and 50 soldiers. In reference to this
exploit Lord Keith, in addressing the Admiralty,
took leave " to recommend Lieut. Read for promo-
tion," and to declare that " a more gallant action
was not performed during the war." He was in
consequence, we believe, presented with a gold me-
dal. For his exertions on another occasion in re-
REED. (Commander, 1837.)
Archibald Reed entered the Navy 6 April,
1815 ; passed his examination in 1821 ; and for his
conduct as Admiralty-Midshipman of the Arachne,
Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, during the war in Ava
(where he was mentioned in connection with the
capture of a large 36-gun stockade at Than-ta^bain,
6 Feb. 1825,* and was at all times spoken of in the
strongest terms), was made Lieutenant, 10 Deo.
1825, into the Alligator 28, Capt. Chads, with
whom he returned to England and was paid off in
Jan. 1827. His succeeding appointments were — 13
Oct. 1828, to the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. WaJpole,
on the Jamaica station — 29 April, 1830, to the
Slaney 20, Capt. Chas. Parker, which vessel was
put out of commission on her return from the West
Indies 29 Jan. 1831 -and 21 Sept. 1833, to the An-
dromache 28, Capts. Bernard Yeoman and H. D.
Chads, under the latter of whom we find him, when
in company with the Imogenb 28, forcing, in Sept.
1834, the passage of the Boca Tigris, in China. On
the arrival home of the Andromache from the
East Indies, being at the time her First-Lieutenant,
he was advanced, 27 Sept. 1837, to the rank of Com-
mander. His last appointment was to the Racer
• Vide Ga7,. 1825, p. U03.
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16, in vrhich vessel he served on the south-east coast
of America from 28 April, 1843, until the close of
1847.
REED. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
Nbhemiah John Reed entered the Navy, 20
Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pompee 74,
Capt. Rich. Dacres, in which ship he served under
the flag of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith at the passage of
the Dardanells in Feb. 1807, and, if we mistake
not, accompanied the expedition against Copenha^
gen. After an attachment of a few weeks to the
Victory 100, at Chatham, he joined, in March,
1808, the Foni)ROYANT 80, hearing the flag of Sir
W. S. Smith on the coast of Brazil ; where, in May,
1809, he removed, as Midshipman, to the Fkesident
38, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg. He returned to
England in the early part of 1810 in the Elizabeth
74, Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon ; and between June
in that year and Oct. 1815 was employed on the
Cape of Good Hope, Mediterranean, and Home sta-
tions, in the Astrjea of 42 guns and 271 men, Capt.
C. M. Schomberg, Galatea 42, Capt. Woodley
Losack, Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Sir W. S. Smith,
Castilian sloop, Capt. David Braimer, and Towey
24, Capt. Hew Steuart. On 20 May, 1811, being in
the Astr^a, and in company off Madagascar with
the Ph<ebe and Galatea, frigates similar in force
to that ship, and 18-gun brig Racehorse, he as-
sisted— after a long and warmly-contested action
with the French 40-gun frigates Renomme'e. Clorinde,
and Ne'reide, and a loss to the Astr^ia of 2 killed
and 16 wounded — at the capture of the Serurmme'e,
and, on 25 of the same month, of the Ne'reide and
the settlement of Tamatave. In Oct. 1815 he took
up a commission dated 11 of the preceding March.
He has since been on half-pay.
REEVE. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 22.)
John Reeve entered the Navy, 17 May, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, Capt.
Robt. Devereux Fancourt, under whom he fought
as Midshipman at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April,
1801. Being paid off in April, 1802, he next, in
March, 1803, joined the Diligence sloop, Capt.
Alex. Robt. Kerr, in which vessel he was for two
years and three months employed in the North Sea,
in the Baltic, and off Boulogne. In Aug. 1805 he
was again received on board the Agamemnon, and
while in that ship, which was commanded in succes-
sion by Capts. John Harvey, Sir Edw. Berry, Jos.
Spear, and Jonas Rose, he was afforded an opportu-
nity of sharing under Sir E. Berry in the glories of
Trafalgar, and, as Master's Mate, in the action off
St. Domingo ,6 Feb. 1806. After serving for 10
months as a Supernumerary-Midshipman in the
Northumberland 74, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Coch-
rane in the West Indies, for two as Acting-Lieute-
nant in the Dart and Lily sloops, Capts. John
BuUer and Wm. Henry Shirreff, again for four as
Supernumerary-Midshipman with Sir A. Cochrane'
in the Belleisle 74, and a second time as Acting-
Lieutenant in the Lily, part of the force employed
at the reduction of the Danish islands, he was con-
firmed a Lieutenant, 22 Feb. 1808, in the Circe,
Capt. Hugh Pigot. He invalided in the course of
the following month ; and was subsequently ap-
pointed—10 April, 1809, to L'Aimable 32, Capts.
Lord Geo. Stuart and John Chas. Woolcombe, un-
der the former of whom he assisted, in the ensuing
July, at the capture of Cuxhaven, the destruction
of a well-constructed battery of 4 12-pounders, com-
manding the river Weser, and the expulsion, after
a march of 28 miles, of the French from Gessen-
dorf, a service for which, in common with the others
engaged, he received the thanks of the Admiralty
—11 May, 1812, as First (after 15 months of half-
jay), to the Projiietheus sloop, Capts. Hercules
itobinson and Wm. Bateman Dashwood, employed
on the North American station and off Cherbourg
— next, in 1815-16, to the Prince 98, Queen Char-
lotte 100, BoYNE 98, and Queen Charlotte again,
all flag-ships at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Thorn-
s
brough, under whom he served for three years and
three months as First-Lieutenant without promo-
tion (!)— '7 Nov. 1818, to the command, on the Home
station, of the Starling 10, in which vessel he re-
mained about three years— 12 Dec. 1822, again as
Senior, to the Briton 46, Capt. Sir Murray Max-
well, fitting for the Pacific, whence in 1826 he re-
turned, bringing with him despatches across the
Isthmus of Darien— and, 18 Sept. 1828, with the
same rank, to the Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clement,
whom he accompanied to Jamaica. On 2 Feb. 1830,
having, as we have shown, filled for about 11 years
the post of First-Lieutenant in various ships, he was
at length advanced to the rank he now holds. His
last appointment was, 15 Dec. 1837, to the Lily 16,
fitting for the coast of Africa, whence he came home
and was paid off in the spring of 1839.
Commander Reeve married, 8 Sept, 1818, Miss
Emma Caplin, of Charlton, co. Sussex.
REEVE, (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Samuel Reeve entered the Navy (from the Royal
Naval College) 24 June, 1830 ; and while serving in
the West Indies as Midshipman of the Columbine
18 and Blanche 46, Capts. Henry Ommanney Love
and Arthur Farquhar, was employed on shore dur-
ing the insurrection of the blacks at Jamaica in
1832. He passed his examination 6 Dec. 1831; and
after serving for some time on the lakes of Canada
as Mate in the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams San-
dom, was made Lieutenant into that vessel 14 June,
1842. He returned home in 1843; and has since
been on half-pay. Agents — Goode and Lawrence.
EEID. (Lieut., 1820. f-p., 15; H-p., 24.)
Andrew Reid, born 15 March, 1788, at Edin-
burgh, is third son of John Reid, Esq., of Glasgow.
This officer (who had previously served as a Mid-
shipman and Mate in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s service)
entered the Navy, 26 Deo. 1808, as Ordinary, on
board the Mercubius 18, Capt. Thos. Renwick, em-
ployed at first off the coast of Spain, and next in
the Baltic ; where, from Aug. 1809 until Apiil, 1812,
he served in the Erebus 18, Capt. Wm. Antridge.
He then removed to the Chatham 74, Capt. Graham
Moore, but, rejoining the Erebus in a few weeks,
continued attached to that vessel under Capts. Ant-
ridge, Henry Jas. Lyford, John Forbes, David Ewen
Bartholomew, and Fras. LeHunte, until Sept. 1815.
In 1814 he accompanied, and was wounded in, the
brilliant expedition against Alexandria. He also
took part in the attacks made upon Baltimore and
New OrleaSfs. After serving for nearly two years
as Admiralty-Midshipman in the Tonnant 80, flag-
ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell at Cork, he joined in
that capacity, in Jan. 1818, the Trent hired brig,
Lieut.-Commander John Franklin, and soon after-
wards sailed, in company with the Dorothea, Capt.
David Buchan, on a perilous voyage of discovery to
the neighbourhood of Spitzbergen. On his return
towards the close of the same year he was received
on board the Bulwark 74, flag-ship of Sir John
Gore in the river Medway. In the spring of 1819
he again, in the Griper brig, Lieut.-Commander
Matthew Liddon, proceeded, with an expedition
under the present Sir Edw. Parry, to the polar
regions, where he penetrated to long. 113° 54 43"
W. within the Arctic circle, and became thereby
entitled to a portion of a parliamentary reward of
5000/. He returned to England in Nov. 1820, and
on 26 of the following month was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant. His last appointment was, 1
Jan. 1821, to the Fury bomb, commanded by Capt.
Parry himself, with whom he made a fresh voyage
to the frozen seas in search of a north-west passage.
Since his arrival home in Nov. 1823 he has been on
half-pay.
Lieut. Reid married, 29 Jan. 1821, Jean Anne,
daughter of Charles Adamson, Esq., of North Kirk-
hill, CO. Kmcardine. Agents— Hallett and Robin-
son.
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REID.
EEID. (etairtain, 1822. f-p., 22; h-p., 28.)
Charles Hope Reid, a protege of the Hopetoun
family, is son of the late Chas. Keid, Esq., of Water-
meetings, CO. Lanark, steward or agent, we believe,
to Lord Melville, by "Wilhelmina Grunshield, niece
of General Fingland Douglas, of Dumfriesshire.
This officer (originally in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s ser-
vice) entered the Navy, in March, 1797, as A.B., on
board the Colossus 74, Capt. Geo. Murray. In the
following summer he was constantly engaged in
rowing guard under the walls of Cadiz ; and on one
occasion the boat in which he served was so well
defended that Lord St. Vincent promoted the com-
manding officer, the late Lord Wm. Stuart. The
CoLOSSDS being wrecked on a ledge of rocks in St.
Mary's Road, Scilly, 10 Dec. 1798, he joined, in the
course of the ensuing month, the Magnificent 74,
Capt. Edw. Bowater ; from which ship, attached to
the Channel fleet, he removed as Midshipman, in
JIarch, 1801, to the Leda 38, Capt. Geo. Hope, and
sailed for the Mediterranean. From Oct. 1801
until Nov. 1804 Mr. Reid acted, off Oporto and in
the North Sea and West Indies, as Master of the
Netley schooner, Lieut.-Commanders Jas. Mein
and John Lawrence; in which vessel he co-operated
in the reduction of Ste. Lucie 22 June, 1803, and as-
sisted, in the following Sept., at the capture of De-
merara, Essequibo, and Berbice. In 1805, having
passed his examination, he was again placed under
the orders of Lieut. Mein as Midshipman on board
the Nimble cutter, commanded subsequently by
Lieut. Thos. Delafons. On his return in her, as
Sub-Lieutenant, to the West Indies, after having
served in the Channel and off the port of Cadiz, he
received an acting-order from Rear-Admiral Hon.
Alex. Cochrane to assume command of the Trini-
dad schooner of 14 guns. While on his passage to
join that vessel in the Hart sloop-of-war, the latter
in a gust of wind fell over on her beam ends, and
was only saved from foundering by his great acti-
vity and presence of mind. Attaining the rank of
Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1806, he was successively ap-
pointed in that capacity — 16 April, 1806, to the
Theseds 74, Capt. Geo. Hope, stationed in the
Channel, where he remained until obliged by ill
health to invalid in the following Oct. — 15 April,
1807, to the Brdnswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves,
part of the force employed in the expedition against
Copenhagen, where he assisted at the debarkation
of the troops under Lord Cathcart, officiated as Se-
nior Lieutenant during the equipment of the Danish
fleet, and ultimately, owing to the illness of his Cap-
tain, assumed the sole charge of the ship, which he
conducted home — 24 Feb. 1808 (after three months
of half-pay), to the Pompee 74, commanded, at Chat-
ham, by his friend Capt. Hope— and 28 March fol-
lowing, to the Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir
Jas, Saumarez. 'In the ship last mentioned he aided
in bringing home the remains of Sir John Moore's
army after the battle of Corunna at the commence-
ment of 1809, and thenceforward, until promoted to
the rank of Commander 2 June, 1812, served as
Flag-Lieutenant to his patron, who had been ap-
pointed Captain of the Baltic fleet. He was subse-
quently appointed — 11 Sept. 1812, to the Fervent
12, stationed in the Channel and Baltic — in June,
1814, to the Calypso 18, employed among the
Western Islands and in the Mediterranean — in Jan.
1816, as Acting-Captain, for four months, to the
Trident 64, guard-ship at Malta, where, as senior
officer, he conducted the duties of the port and of
the Naval Arsenal — and 12 Dec. 1817, to the Driver
sloop, in which vessel, until paid off in Oct. 1821, he
had charge on the coast of Scotland of all the small
cruizers under the orders of Sir Wm. Johnstone
Hope and his successor Rear-Admiral Robt. Waller
Otway. He attained Post-rank 26 Dec. 1822 ; and
accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Reid is married and has issue.
EEID. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 34.)
Curtis Ketd was born 16 Feb. 1789. His father,
brother, and some other relatives were in the Naval
Service.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 April, 1803, as
Midshipman, on board the Chichester 44, Capt.
Jos. Spear ; and in the course of the same year was
present at the reduction of Ste. Lucie and Tobago,
and of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. Remov-
ing, in June, 1805, to the ArethosaSS, Capt. Chas.
Brisbane, he assisted in that ship at the capture, 23
Aug. 1806, near the Havana, after a spirited action,
in which the British sustained a loss of 2 men killed
and 32 wounded, of the Pomona Spanish frigate of
38 guns and 347 men, laden with specie and mer-
chandize, and defended by a castle mounting 11
36-pounders, and a flotilla of 10 gun-boats, all of
which were destroyed. In 1807 he shared in the
memorable capture of Curajoa. After serving for
about 15 months on the Jamaica station in the Fire-
fly 14, Lieut.-Commander David Boyd, he was
there, 29 July and 8 Aug. 1809, nominated Acting-
Lieutenant of the Sparrow 16, and Avon 18, Capts.
Edw. Burt and Henry Tillieux Fraser. While in
the latter vessel, to which the Admiralty confirmed
him by a commission bearing date 10 Oct. 1809, he
was severely wounded in the left arm in a long and
destructive action fought (the Rainbow 22 in com-
pany) with the French 40-gun frigate La Nereide,
14 Feb. 1810. His last appointments were — 16 Aug.
1810, to the Reindeer 18, Capt. Peter John Doug-
las, also in the West Indies, whence, in the course
of the same month, he invalided — 4 March, 1811, to
the Royal William, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis
at Spithead— and 16 Nov. 1811 and 7 June, 1813, to
the Ganymede 26 and Minstrel 24, Capts. John
Brett Purvis and Robt. Mitford, both in the Medi-
terranean, whence he returned in Nov. of the latter
year.
In consideration of his wound, Lieut. Reid was
allowed, 25 April, 1814, a pension of 9U. 5s. per an-
num. He married 26 Oct. 1826. Agent— J. Hinx-
EEID. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Douglas Reid was born 26 Oct. 1806 at Ply-
mouth.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1818, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Raleigh sloop. While
serving as Midshipman on board the Bulwark 74,
Capt. Thos. Dundas, he fell from the lower deck to
the keelson, in the after-hold, and was so severely
injured that he was sent to Plymouth Hospital, and
there subjected to a most painful operation. He
passed his examination in 1827 ; and for his services
on the coast of Syria, where he was throughout the
whole campaign the Senior Mate in the squadron,
was promoted, 5 Nov. 1840, to the rank of Lieute-
nant. His appointments have since been— 30 July,
1841, to the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, on
the Mediterranean station, whence he returned home
and was paid off in Feb. 1842—18 Oct. 1842, to the
St. Vincent 120, from which ship, bearing the flags
of Sir Edw. Codrington and Sir Chas. Rowley at
Portsmouth, he was discharged, in consequence of
ill health, and sent to the hospital, towards the close
of 1843—9 Sept. 1844, to the Pantaloon 10, Capt.
Edm. Wilson, fitting at Portsmouth— 4 March, 1845,
to the Canqpos 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, with
whom he continued employed on particular service, .
latterly as First-Lieutenant, until Feb. 1847 — and
22 Jan. 1848, to the post of Admiralty Agent on
board a contract mail steam-vessel. He was awarded
a pension for the injury above alluded to 1 Jan.
1847.
EEID. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-P., 10; h-p., 32.)
Henry Reid entered the Navy, in May, 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ehrus, Capt. Alex. Innes,
lying in the Cove of Cork ; and from Jan. 1806 until
1814 was employed, the chief part of the time as
Midshipman, in the Dryad 36, Capts. Adam Drum-
mond and Edw. Galwey. During that period he
proceeded, in company with two other ships, to
Davis' Strait in pursuit of three French frigates.
He also accompanied the expedition of 1809 to the
Walcheren — cruized with much activity in the Bay
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of Biscay— co-operated with the patriots on the
north coast of Spain, where he landed and came
into frequent contact with the French troops— made
a voyage to Newfoundland— and assisted, 26 May,
1814, at the capture of La Clorinde, a French fri-
gate, which had been disabled in action the day be-
fore. In Oct. 1814 Mr. Keid was received as a
Supernumerary on board the Trent, flag-ship of
Sir Herbert Sawyer at Cork. From March to July,
1815, he was employed as Master's Mate in the
Eheotas 38, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, under whom he
aided in guarding the person of Napoleon Buona-
parte. He then took up a commission bearing date
24 Feb. 1815; and has since been on half-pay. He
was frequently during the war sent home in charge
of captured vessels. Agents— Collier and Snee.
EEID. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
John Eeid passed his examination 24 Feb. 1836 ;
and after ofRciating as Mate, on the North America
and West India and East India stations, of the
Winchester 50 and Agincoukt 72, flag-ships of Sir
Thos. Harvey and Sir Thos. John Cochrane, was
promoted, for service he had performed in China,
to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842.* Being re-
appointed to the Agincourt, 15 Feb. 1844, he took
command of a gun-boat manned from that ship, and
served, 19 Aug. 1845, with the boats of a squadron,
carrying altogether 530 officers, seamen, and ma-
rines, at the destruction, under Capt. Chas. Talbot,
of .the piratical settlement of Malloodoo, on the
north end of the island of Borneo, where the Bri-
tish, encountering a fierce opposition, sustained a
loss of 6 men killed and 15 wounded.t He returned
to England in 1847 as First-Lieutenant of the Agin-
court ; and, since 8 June, 1848, has been employed
in the same capacity on board the Froi<ic 16, Capt.
Henry Vansittart.
EEID. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Robert Reid entered the Navy 18 Sept. 1829 ;
passed his examination 1 June, 1836 ; and at the
period of his promotion, 26 Jan. 1843, was serving
at Plymouth as Mate on board the CAtEDONiA 120,
flag-ship of Sir David Milne. From 18 March,
1843, until paid oflF at the close of 1846, he was em-
ployed at the Cape of Good Hope as Second and
First Lieutenant in the Sappho 16, Capts. Hon.
Geo. Hope and Robt. Fitzgerald Gambier; and
since 26 Feb. 1847 he has been officiating in the
capacity last mentioned on board the Mariner 12,
Capts. Hon. Geo. Hope and Chas. Mitchell Mathi-
REID. (Commander, 1846.)
Walter Reid passed his examination in 1824 ;
obtained his first commission 28 Oct. 1836 ; served
from 10 Nov. 1836 until paid ofi' at the close of
1838 in the Clio 16, Capt. Wm. Richardson, on
the Mediterranean station ; and from 12 Aug. 1841
until again paid ofi' in 1844 was employed on the
coast of Africa as Second and First Lieutenant in
the Madagascar 44, Ca^t. John Foote. He has
not been since afloat. His promotion to the rank
of Commander took place 9 Nov. 1846.
He married, in 1840, Mary Wilmot, daughter of
Benj. Crocker, Esq., of Hampton House, Plymouth,
and Ridgeway, co. Devon, Purser and Paymaster
R.N. (1799), who died in 1842.
EEIKIE. (Retiked Commander, 1844. p-p., 21 ;
H-P., 33.)
William Reikis entered the Navy, in Jan. 1793,
as Midshipman, on board the Expedition cutter,
Lieut.-Commander Grosvcnor Winkworth, lying in
Leith Roads ; and in the following May removed to
the Bellerophon 74, Capt. (afterwards Kear-Ad-
miral Sir Thomas) Pasley, under whom he fought
in Lord Howe's actions, 28 and 29 May and 1 June,
1794. In Dec. of the latter year he became Master's
Mate of the Ambuscade 32, and after serving for 18
* Vide G\z. 1843, p. SS30. + r.Gai. 184.^, p. 6536.
months in that frigate and in the Glenmore 44,
both commanded in the North Sea by Capt. Geo.
Duff; joined, in the summer of 1796, the Cambrian
40, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, stationed on the
coast of France ; where, in Jan. 1800, he was placed
in command, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant,
of the Telemacbus cutter. He was confirmed, 8
March following, into the Voltigeur sloop, Capts.
Thos. Geo. Shortland, Lennox Thompson, and Thos.
Hill, employed, until April, 1802, at Newfoundland
and off Cadiz ; and was subsequently appointed — 1
Sept. 1803, to the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. A. K.
Legge, part of the force engaged in Sir Robt.
Calder's action 22 July, 1805—9 Aug. 1806, to the
Canopus 80, Capt. T. G. Shortland, bearing the
flag of Sir 'Thos. Louis, under whom he assisted we
believe at the capture, 27 Sept. following, of Le
President French frigate, and in Feb. 1807 passed
the Dardanells— 22 Dec. 1807, after eight months
of half-pay, to the Texel 64, flag-ship of Rear-Ad-
miral Jas. Vashon at Leith — and in May, 1808, to
the Transport service, in which he continued em-
ployed on the coast of Portugal, in the Mediterra-
nean, and at Cork, until Sept. 1815. He became a
Retired Commander on the Junior List 31 Dec.
1830 ; and on the Senior 5 Nov. 1844.
KENDELL. (Lieut., 1828. r-P., 11; h-p., 22.)
John Rendell was born 20 Aug. 1797, at Tiver-
ton, 00. Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 June, 1814, on
board the Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos. Baker, and
immediately sailed for the Cape of Good Hope with
a convoy of vessels destined for the East Indies.
In the course of 1815 he became Midshipman, on the
Home station, of the Namor 74, Capt. M'Kenzie,
and Griper 12, Capt. Arthur M'Meekan ; and from
the close of that year until Sept. 1820, he was em-
ployed in the West Indies, on board the Antelope
50, Capt. Geo. Sayer, SALisnuRy 50, Capt. John
Wilson, Raleigh 18, Capt. Wm. Aug. Baumgardt,
and Stbille 44, Capt. Wm. Popham. In 1825 he
sailed in the Blossom 24, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey
(to wliDse Memoir refer), on a voyage of discovery via
Cape Horn to Behring Strait, with the ultimate ob-
ject in view of there co-operating with the contem-
poraneous and differently-directed expeditions of
Capts. Franklin and Parry in their efforts to ascer-
tain the existence of a north-west passage. He re-
turned to England in Sept. 1828 ; and on 4 Nov.
following, while serving at Portsmouth on board
the Madagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Caven-
dish Spencer, was promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant. He has since been on half- pay.
He married, 27 April, 1839, Sophia, daughter of
Thos. Aiedland, Esq., of Exeter, and has issue two
children. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
KENNIE. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
James Rennie entered the Navy, 19 Dec. 1803,
as Midshipman, on board the DesirJe 36, Capt.
Henry Whitby ; previously to following whom, in
April, 1805, into the Centaur 74, he acted as
Master, assisted in surveying the Caicos Islands,
and was in several boat-affairs on the coasts of Cuba
and St. Domingo. On leaving the Centaur he
accompanied Capt. Whitby, in Nov. 1805, into the
Leander 50, flag-ship of Sir Andrew Mitchell on
the coast of North America ; whence, in the autumn
of 1806, he returned to England as a Supernume-
rary in the Tartar 32, Capt. Stephen Poyntz.
Being then received on board the Defence 74, Capt.
Chas. Ekins, he took part in the following year in
the attack upon Copenhagen ; during the operations
connected with which we find him serving under the
immediate orders of Colonel D'Arcy, Chief of En-
gineers, also commanding the Omen, a Danish brig
of 10 guns, and involved in frequent affrays with
the enemy's gun-boats. He was subsequently em-
ployed off Lisbon (whence he escorted the Russian
fleet to England after the convention of Cintra) and
in the West Indies; and in Oct. 1809 he was again,
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RENOU— RENWICK.
with the rating of Master's Mate, placed under the
orders of Capt. Whitby on board the Cekberds 32.
While attached to that ship he saw a vast deal of
active service in the Adriatic, He assisted at the
capture of Cortelazzo, of a convoy of 25 vessels near
the town of Groa 29 June, 1810, and of four Vene-
tian trabaccolos protected by a heavy fire of mus-
ketry at Pestichi, 3 Feb. 1811. He was also, on 12
of the month last mentioned, present with the boats
of the Cerberus and Active 38 under Lieut. Jas.
X>ickinson at the cutting out, near the town of
Ortano, of a convoy of 10 sail, defended by a trabac-
colo of 6 guns, full of men, as well as by the fire of
a body of troops posted on the beach and hills. On
that occasion, having in the barge, in unison with
Lieut. Dickinson in the gig, boarded and carried
the trabaccolo, he landed at the head of the small-
arm men (as did Lieut. Peter Mears with the mar
rines), scaled a rocky eminence, threw up a breast-
work (which kept the enemy in check for three
hours and enabled the seamen to secure the vessels),
aided in destroying two large magazines, and with
his own hands planted the British colours at the
very gates of the town. During these proceedings
the two frigates, unable to distinguish friend from
foe, had opened a heavy fire upon both, which lasted
until the union-jack was hoisted by Mr. Kennie on the
summit of a hill.* On 13 March, 1811, theCERBERUs,
with a loss to herself of 13 killed and 41 wounded,
took part in the celebrated action off Lissa, where a
British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns and
879 men, completely routed, after a conflict of six
hours, a Franco-Venetian armament consisting of
284 guns and 2655 men. On 15 of the following
June Mr. Rennie was at the boarding and capture
of four gun-boats under a heavy fire in the Zara
Channel. For his conduct at Lissa he was pre-
sented, in June, 1812, with a commission dated back
to the day of the action. Being at the same time
appointed to the Edinburgh 74, Capts. ilobt.
RoUes and Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas,
he again proceeded to the Mediterranean, and,
while on that station, was present at the capture of
Port d'Anzo (where a convoy of 29 vessels fell into
the hands of the British), also of the town of Reggio,
and of Santa Maria, and the enemy's forts and de-
fences in the Gulf of Spezia. At the taking of
Genoa in April, 1814, he had command of two
pieces of ordnance and was stationed in advance of
the army. He left the Eothburgh 17 Dec. 1814;
and was lastly, from Feb. to Deo. 1815, employed
in the Redpole 10, Capt. Edm. Denman, under
whom he escorted Napoleon Buonaparte to St.
Helena.
Lieut. Rennie during the war in China com-
manded the Hon. E. I. Co.'s steam-ship Sesosiris,
and served on shore in the operations at Tsekee in
March,.1842.t He married 2 June, 1825. Agents
' — Hallett and Robinson.
RENOU. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 31 ; H-p., 13.)
Timothy Renou was born 3 June, 1789. He is
nephew of Capt. Adrian Renou, R.N., who served
as First-Lieutenant in the Babfleur 98, under the
late Lord Collingwood, in Lord Howe's action 1
June, 1794, and, after an active career of 36 years,
died in command of the Zealand 64 at the Nore
in 1805.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1803, as
Midshipman, on board the Victor sloop, com-
manded by his uncle, Capt. Adrian Renou, on the
Guernsey station ; and from March, 1804, until Dec.
1805, was employed with Capt. Jas. NicoU Morris
in the Leopard 50 and Colossus 74. In the former
ship he served off Boulogne ; and in the Colossus,
after blockading Brest and Rochefort, he fought
and was wounded at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct.
1805.^ In consideration of the injury he sustained
on that occasion he was presented with a donation
from the Patriotic Fund. After serving for 12
months in the Terrible 74, Capt. Lord Henry
• Vide Gaz. 181 1 , p. 997. + F. Gaz. 1842, p. 2391.
J y. Gaz. 1805, p. 1481.
Paulet, part of the force employed in pursuit of the
celebrated Rochefort squadron, he was again, in
Jan. 1807, placed under the orders of Capt. Morris
in his former ship the Colossus, commanded subse-
quently by Capt. Thos. Alexander, by whom, for
his conduct as Master's Mate at the siege of Cadiz,
he was recommended to the notice of Rear- Admiral
Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats. He was in consequence
nominated, 12 Dec. 1810, Acting-Lieutenant of the
NoEGE 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier ; in which ship
he continued at Cadiz until Feb. 1811. Being sent
out in the follovring summer to the Mediterranean
on the Admiralty List for promotion in the Re-
pulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, he was
again, on his arrival, ordered, 1 Aug. 1811, to act as
Lieutenant in the Acorn 18, Capt. Geo. Miller
Bligh. From that vessel he was detached for the
purpose of conveying despatches from the late Sir
Murray Maxwell, senior officer at Lissa, to the late
Sir Chas. Rowley off Corfu, and also to the Admiral
at Malta. In Nov. of the same year he became
Acting-Lieutenant of the Merope sloop, Capts.
Edw. Flin, John Chas. Gawen Roberts, and Benj.
Wm. Suckling ; in which vessel (being confii'med to
her by commission dated 2 Jan. 1812) he continued
until Sept. 1814- At the commencement of 1812,
when an attack by storm was contemplated upon
Tarragona by the Baron d'Eroles and General Sars-
field, Mr. Renou was intrusted with the charge of
the scaling-ladders to be employed. He subse-
quently, in an armed boat belonging to the Bus-
tard sloop, succeeded in cutting out two feluccas,
well armed, from St. Philon, on the coast of Cata-
lonia ; and in 1813 he witnessed Sir John Murray's
unsuccessful attempt upon Tarragona. During the
period which elapsed between the resignation of
Capt. Roberts and the arrival of Capt. Suckling we
find him acting as Commander of the Merope.
With the exception of a command which he held,
from March, 1831, until March, 1834, of the Wick-
ham Revenue-vessel, on the coast of Ireland, ha
had charge, from May, 1822, until Aug. 1841, of a
station in the Coast Guard. He was then under
the necessity of surrendering his appointment from
the effects of rheumatism, induced by long exposure
and night-duty.
Lieut. Renou married, 18 May, 1818, Miss Sarah
Ann Ashley, of Molesoroft, co. York, by whom he
has issue six children.
RENWICK. (fflaptain, 1817. p-p., 21 ; h-p., 37.)
Thomas Renwiok entered the Navy, in 1789, as
a Volunteer, on board the Colossus 74, Capt. Hugh
Cloberry Christian, guard-ship at Portsmouth. In
Jan. 1791 he was received on board the Bruns-
wick 74, Capts. Sir Roger Curtis and John Harvey,
attached to the Channel fleet ; and on 29 May and
1 June, 1794, he fought in Lord Howe's actions
with Admiral Villaret Joyeuse. On the latter oc-
casion the Brunswick was opposed by the Vengeur
74; and so fierce was the contest that raged between
these two ships that the former was quite disabled,
and the latter, who, towards the close of the con-
flict, received half a broadside from the Ramillies
74, went down. After serving for about 15 months
on board the Minotaur 74, and Prince George
98, flag-ships of Bear- Admirals John M'Bride and
Hood Hanway Christian, he was placed, 14 Nov.
1795, in command, with the rank of Acting-Lieute-
nant, of L'EcLAiR 12, lying at Portsmouth. On 17
of the same month he was confirmed a Lieutenant ;
and on 7 of the ensuing Dec. he received an ap-
pointment to the St. Fiorenzo of 42 guns, Capts.
Sir Harry Burrard Neale and Wm. Chas. Paterson.
In that ship he assisted, in company with La
Ntmphe 36, and was warmly recommended for his
conduct, at the capture of La Resistance of 48 guns,
and La Constance of 24 guns, 9 March, 1797.* He
was on board of her when, to her honour, she
passed, uncontaminated, through the mutinous fleet
at the Nore ; and also, 9 April, 1799, in a very warm
action of nearly two hours, in which, with her con-
• VideGia. 1797, p. 251.
UEPINGTON-REVANS— REYNOLDS.
967
sort the Amema 38, she defeated a French squa-
dron, consisting of three frigates and a gun-vessel.
Quitting the St. Fiorenzo in April, 1801, he next,
in Feb. 1804, became Senior of the Tbibdne 36,
Capts. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett and Thos. Baker,
stationed in the Channel and North Sea. In May,
1806, he was appointed, in the same capacity, to the
Fame 74, Capt. K. H. A. Bennett; but that ship
being at sea, and his promotion to the rank of Com-
mander taking place before she returned (his com-
mission as such bearing date 25 Sept. 1806), he never
joined her. His last appointments were — 16 May
and 18 Aug. 1808, to the Combatant and Meecu-
Rius sloops of 18 guns each — the former stationed
in the river Weser. While in the Mekcukios, in
which vessel he remained until Sept. 1815, he was
chiefly employed on convoy service, and escorted
about 2000 vessels to the White Sea, the Baltic, and
every part of the North Sea. Of these not one was
at any time either captured or lost. On one occa-
sion, in April, 1813, Capt. Benwiuk conducted in
safety a fleet of between 400 and 500 sail through
the Sound under a continued fire from Cronenburg
Castle ; a performance which obtained for him the
thanks of Bear-Admiral Jas. NicoU Morris. At
difierent times he made prize of 17 vessels. He
attained Post-rank 1 Jan. 1817; was admitted to
the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 7 Nov. 1840 ;
and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Representations made by Capt. Renwick, when
in the Mercurius, of the danger and delay to which
convoys bound to the Baltic were subjected from
certain injudicious instructions, accompanied at the
same time by suggestions for more appropriate ones,
led to the adoption of the latter by the Lords of the
Admiralty, whose approbation was conveyed to him
through the Commander-in-Chief. In Nov. 1814
he became impressed with a conviction that mea-
sures, more efficacious than those in vogue, might
be rendered practicable for the suppression of smug-
gling. He accordingly, in March, 1815, developed
his ideas on the subject to the Board of Admiralty,
and proposed a plan which secured so much atten-
tion that it proved, we have every reason to believe,
the foundation of the present system of Coast Guard.
He is married, and has issue.
EEPINGTON. (Eeab-Admiral of the Blue,
1847.)
Edward Henry A'Court Repington. The ser-
vices of this oflicer are those of Capt. Edward
Henrv A'Court, who attained Flag-rank 6 Aug.
1847, and assumed, in the course of that year, the
name of Repington.
REVANS. (Commander, 1816. f-p., 19 ;
H-p., 36.)
Thomas Revans, born in Oct. 1781, at Lyming-
ton, is son of John Revans, Esq., of that place, for-
merly of Saxmundham and Woodbridge, [co. Suf-
folk ; and is the youngest of six brothers, three of
whom, besides himself, were devoted to the service
of their country. One of these lost his right arm
in action, and was killed at St. Domingo in 1797 ;
and another, a Master R.N., was severely wounded
at the reduction of the island of Grenada in 1794.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Dec. 1792, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lizard 28, Capt. Thos.
Williams, under whom he was for nearly 18 months
employed in the Channel and North Sea. Re-
embarking, 15 Dec. 1797, on board the Sheerness
44, Capts. Jas. Cornwallis and Wm. Hanwell, he
served in that ship on the coast of Africa, as A.B.
and Master's Mate, until transferred, in Nov. 1798,
to the Hannibal 74, Capts. Edw. Tyrrell Smith
and John Loring. In the course of the foUomng
year he was slightly wounded in the boats under
Lieut. Geo, Fred. Stovin at the capture of a Spanish
letter-of-marque oif the Isle of Pines. On his re-
turn from the West Indies at the close of 1800 he
joined La Determinee arme'e-eti-Jlute, Capts. John
Clarke Searle and Alex. Becher; in which ship,
prior to being wrecked off Jersey in March, 1803,
he took part in the operations connected with the
expedition of 1801 to Egypt, formed one of Lord
Elgin's suite when that nobleman received a dia-
mond decoration from Selimlll., and was employed
on the coasts of Catalonia and Italy. After the
loss of La DETERMiNiE, on the wreck of which he
was one of five persons who, with their Captain,
remained until the last moment, Mr. Revans was
received, as Master's Mate, on board the Dread-
NouGBT 98, bearing the flag in the Channel of Hon.
Wm. ComwalUs; under whom, on removing to the
ViLLB DE Paris 110, he assisted, 22 Aug. 1805, in
driving the French fleet into Brest. In March and
May, 1806, having previously served for a few
weeks on board the Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Earl
St. Vincent, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant
of the RfevotuTiONNAiRE and Mineeva frigates,
Capts. Chas. Feilding and Geo. Collier; and on 4
Aug. in the same year, after he had a second time
officiated as Master's Mate in the Hibernia, and
again acted as Lieutenant in the Ville de Paris
and Hibernia, he was confirmed in the latter rank
in the Impetueux 74, Capts. John Lawford and
David Milne. In that ship he accompanied the ex-
pedition to the Walcheren in 1809, and, we are in-
formed, witnessed the destruction, in the same
year, of a French frigate off L'Orient. He was
also employed in her boats in co-operation with the
British army when occupying the lines of Torres
Vedras ; and afterwards proceeded to the Baltic.
In the summer of 1812 he left the Imp4tdeux; and
between that period and Nov. 1814 he was further
employed under Capt. Milne, as First-Lieutenant,
in the Dublin, Venerable, and Bulwark 74's, on
the Home and North American stations. In the
Bulwark he was present at the capture of the
towns of Castine, Hamden, and Bangor, and at the
self-destruction of the V. S. corvette Adams. In
Nov. 1814 he was subpoenaed on a trial instituted
by the Admiralty, and, being in consequence ob-
liged to leave his ship, he lost the promotion which
at the conclusion of hostilities was accorded to such
as were recommended by Sir Alex. Cochrane, the
Commander-in-Chief. In May, 1816, he became
Flag-Lieutenant, in the Leandbr 50, to his old
commander, then Rear-Admiral Milne, under whom
he fought in that capacity in the Impregnable 104
at the battle of Algiers, and was there intrusted
with the command of a division of the flotilla.* He
returned with the Rear-Admiral to England in the
Glasgow 50, and on his arrival was promoted, 16
Sept. 1816, to the rank of Commander. He has
since been on half-pay.
Commander Revans married the only daughter
of the late Jas. Scott, Esq., of Kilishandria, co.
Cavan, great-granddaughter of Capt. Thos. Scott,
who was killed in command of a troop of dragoons
in the reign of William III., and sister of Major W.
B. Scott, who fell in command of the 44th Regt. in
the retreat from Cabul in Jan. 1842.
REYNOLDS, C.B. (Keab-Admibai, op the
Blue, 1848. f-p., 22; h-p., 30.)
Baerington Reitnolds is son of Rear-Admiral
Robt. Carthew Reynolds, who perished in the St.
George 98, on his passage home from the Baltic,
24 Deo. 1811; and brother of Commander Robt.
Carthew Reynolds, R.N., who was promoted to that
rank for his conduct (and afterwards died of the
wounds he received) at the cutting out from under
Fort Edward, Martinique, of the French brig-cor-
vette Le Curieux of 16 guns and 70 men, 4 Feb. 1804.
This officer entered the Navy, in 179.5, as Fst.-ol.
Vol., on board the Dbuid 32, commanded by his
father, with whom he afterwards served as Mid-
shipman in the Amazon 36 and Pomone 40. In the
Amazon he assisted, in company with the Inde-
fatigable 46, at the capture, in April, 1796, of
L' Unite of 38 guns and 255 men, and La Virginie
of 44 guns and 339 men ; and on 14 Jan. 1797 was
wrecked and taken prisoner, near He Bas, at the
close of a gallant action of 10 hours with Les Droits
* Vide Gaz. 1816, p. 1792.
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REYNOLDS.
de VSomme 74,* on which occasion the Amazon,
whose consort in the engagement had again been
the Indefatigable, sustained a loss of 3 men
killed and 15 wounded. On 5 Jan. 1798, having
regained his liberty, Mr. Keynolds was present, on
board La Pomone, in a stiff action which termi-
nated in tlie capture, with a loss to the frigate of 1
man killed and 4 wounded, and to the enemy
of 1,5 killed and 19 wounded, of Le Clieri French
privateer of 26 guns and 2.30 men. He shortly
afterwards joined the Indefatigabib above men-
tioned, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew ; and on 8 Aug. in
the same year contributed to the capture of La
Vaillante corvette of 20 guns and 175 men. Re-
moving with Sir E. Pellew into the Impetueux 74,
he sailed in that ship with a squadron sent in June,
1800, to co-operate with the French royalists and
Chouans in Quiberon Bay and the Morbihan ; and
in the following Aug. accompanied the expedition
against Ferrol. On the former occasion he assisted,
while detached in a boat under the late Capt. Jer.
Coghlan, in silencing the forts at the south-west
end of Quiberon, where, with a loss to the British
of only 2 men killed and 1 wounded, several vessels
were brought off and some scuttled. This took
place on the 4th of June ; and on the 6th we find
Mr. Reynolds employed in the boats under l.ieut.
John Pilfold at the capture, in the Morbihan, of
two brigs, two sloops, two gun-vessels, and about
100 Frenchmen, and the destruction of L'Tnsolente
16-gun brig, some smaller vessels, a fort, and a maga-
zine. On the night of 29 Aug. 1800 he fought in
the boats of a squadron, 20 in number, commanded
by Lieut. Henry Burke, at the cutting out, close to
the batteries in Vigo Bay, of La Gwepe privateer
of 18 guns and 161 men, w'hich vessel, 25 of whose
people were killed and 40 wounded, was in 15 mi-
nutes boarded and carried, with a loss to the British
of 3 seamen and 1 marine killed, 3 Lieutenants, 12
seamen, and 5 marines wounded, and 1 seaman miss-
ing. For his conduct on this occasion Mr. Reynolds,
while serving with his father on board the Orion
74, was made Lieutenant, 18 Sept. 1801, into the
CouKAGEUX 74, Capt. Thos. Sotheby. In the en-
suing June he removed to the Hussak 38, Capt.
Philip Wilkinson ; and he next, from 17 Aug. 1803
until 13 Sept. 1809, served on the Channel and Irish
stations in the Diana alias Niobe 40, Capts. Mat-
thew Henry Scott and John Wentworth Loring.
On the night of 28 March, 1806, the Diana having
come up, off L'Orient, with Le Nearque corvette of
16 guns and 97 men, the rearmost of a French
squadron, consisting of that vessel and three fri-
gates, of which she had alone and with much gal-
lantry gone in pursuit, dropped two boats from her
quarters full of men. The command of these being
given to Lieut. Reynolds, he, with a degree of skill
and resolution upon which the whole success of
the enterprise depended, contrived to obtain full
possession of the corvette without the circumstance
being observed by any of her consorts. On 3 Dec.
1809, at which period he was serving in the East
Indies on promotion in the RossEti. 74, he was
nominated Acting-Commander of the Arbogant
hulk, to which he was confirmed 3 Oct. 1810. His
next appointment was, early in 1811, to the Hespeb
18, part of the force employed in the expedition
against Java ; where he assisted at the bombard-
ment and storming of Fort Cornells and served on
shore with a party of seamen throughout all the
operations.f After the reduction of the town of
Cheribon Capt. Reynolds was appointed Command-
ant pro tempore of that place. J On the final subju-
gation of the island of Java he was advanced, as a
reward for the manner in which he had distin-
guished himself, to the acting-command, 26 Sept.
1811, of the Sir Francis Drake frigate, rendered
vacant (the only vacancy that occurred) by the de-
parture of her Captain, Geo. Harris, with the de-
spatches for England. In Aug. 1812 Capt. Rey-
nolds (who had been officially promoted on 22 of
the preceding Jan.) was removed by Sir Sam. Hood,
* Also wrecked,
t Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 8404. J V. Ua2. 1812, p. 118.
the Commander-in-Chief, into the Bucephalus 32,
in which he continued until paid off in Aug. 1813.
At an early period of the peace he was offered the
command of a frigate by Lord Melville, but the
nature of his services in the East Indies had so im-
paired his health that he was unable to accept it ;
nor did he again go afloat until appointed, 17 Oct.
1838, to the Ganges 84. In that ship, in which he
remained until put out of commission, 18 April,
1842, he superintended, during the campaign of
1840 in Syria, the landing of the troops at D' Journi,
and aided at the bombardment of Beyrout.* He
was also present at the blockade of Alexandria.
He was allotted the Captain's Good-Service Pension
3 Nov. 1846, and advanced, 8 Jan. 1848, to Flag-
rank. He had been nominated a C.B. 20 July,
1838.
Rear- Admiral Reynolds married, 28 June, 1832,
Eliza Anne, third daughter of M. Dick, Esq., of
Pitkerro, Forfarshire, N.B., and Richmond HUl, co.
Surrey. Agent— J. Hinxman.
REYNOLDS. (Retired Commandeb, 1831.
F-p., 31 ; H-p., 35.)
George Reynolds was born in Oct. 1766.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 June, 1781, as
Ordinary, on board the Prothee 64, Capt. Chas.
Buckner, with whom, after sharing in Rodney's
action, 12 April, 1782, he removed to the Rotal
Oak 74. He returned from the West Indies in
June, 1783, and between the following Oct. and
July, 1794, was employed at Home, in the South
Seas and Mediterranean, and again in the West
Indies, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the
Calypso 18, Capt. Ralph Dundas, Helena 16, Capt.
Benj. Hulke, Cockatrice 14, Lieut.-Commander
Geo. Hurne, Pandora 24, Capt. Edw. Edwards,
St. Albans 64, Capt. Jas. Vashon, and Europa 50,
Commodore John Ford. The Pandora, having
been sent to the Pacifio in search of the mutineers
of the Bounty, was wrecked on her passage home
in Torres Strait 29 Aug. 1791. Thirty-five of the
crew perished ; and the remainder, in number 99,
were reduced to the necessity of proceeding in four
open boats to Timor, a Dutch settlement distant
1100 miles, upon 2 ounces of biscuit and 2 wine-
glasses of water each a-day. On_leaving the Europa
Mr. Reynolds was made Lieutenant, 10 July, 1794,
into his former ship the St. Albans, commanded
in succession by Capts. Jas. Vashon and Thos. Mac-
namara Russell ; under the latter of whom he re-
mained for some time in the "West Indies and then
took convoy to St. Helena. Removing with Capt.
Russell, as First-Lieutenant, in Feb. 1796, into the
Vengeance 74, he served in that ship at the cap-
ture of Ste. Lucie and Trinidad and in the unsuc-
cessful attack upon Puerto Rico. With the excep-
tion of a few months during the peace of Amiens
and of a short attachment as Senior Lieutenant on
the renewal of hostilities to the Winchelsea 32,
Capt. Wm. Mitchell, Mr. Reynolds was employed,
from Sept. 1799 until July, 1807, in the Zealand
64, flag-ship at the Nore of Vice-Admirals Graeme
and Rowley. During the next seven years and five
months he had charge of a Signal-station at West
Wittering, near Chichester. He accepted his pre-
sent rank 30 March, 1831.
Commander Reynolds is a widower with four
children.
EEYNOLDS. (Commander, 1841.)
George Stewart Reynolds entered the Navy
19 Feb. 1814; passed his examination in 1821 ; ob-
tained his first commission 29 Jan. 1829 ; and was
appointed in succession — 11 May, 1833, and 9 June,
1834, to the Donegal 78, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe,
and Hastings 74, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Hall Gage,
both on the Lisbon station— and, 25 April, 1837,
OS Senior, to the Lahne 18, Capts. Patrick John
Blake and Augustus Leopold Kuper, fitting for the
East Indies. For his services in the latter vessel
at the capture of Canton he was promoted, 8 June,
• Fide Gaz. 1840, p. 2225.
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1841, to the rank he now holds. On 16 Oct. follow-
ing he was appointed Seoond-Oaptain of the Blen-
heim 72, Capt. Sir Thos. Herbert, with whom he
returned home from India in the early part of 1843 ;
and, since 3 July, 1844, he has been employed as an
Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard.
He married, 9 Not. 1843, Eliza Susannah, second
daughter of the late Jas. Walker, Esq., of Black-
heath. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
REYNOLDS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 17; h-p.,23.)
James Keynolbs entered the Navy, 31 March,
1807, as li.M., on board the Eliza and Jane
tender, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Dickinson, employed
between Plymouth and Dublin. In Sept. 1808 he
followed the same officer into the' Nonpareil 14 ;
in which vessel, commanded afterwards by Lieut.
Thos. Cowper Sherwin, we find him assisting, 3
Feb. 1810, at the capture of the Canmmiere brig-of-
war, of 3 guns, off the river Vilaine. In the course
of 1811 he joined in succession the Dannemark 74,
Capt. Jas. Bissett, Royal William, flag-ship of Sir
Roger Curtis at Spithead, and Ganymede 26, Capt.
John Brett Purvis. In the Dannemark, he served
as Midshipman in the Channel and among the
Western Islands ; he took part in the boats of the
Ganymede in an attempt made to bum a privateer
at the mouth of the Ebro ; and he was present in
the same ship at the siege of Tarragona in 1813 and
in other operations on the coast of Catalonia. In
July, 1815, being then with Capt. Purvis in the
Amphion 32, he took up a commission bearing date
1 of the preceding March. Since 18 June, 1838, he
has had charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
REYNOLDS. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 27.)
John Reynolds was born 8 Nov. 1783 at Sand-
wich, CO. Kent. He is brother of Capt. Geo.
Reynolds, R.N. (1802), who died at Canterbury 25
Deo. 1822 ; and of Wm. Reynolds, Esq., who was
25 years a Clerk in the Admiralty, and died in 181 1.
His brother-in-law, Dr. Edw. Boys, was one of the
Physicians of Haslar Hospital during the late war.
This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1798, as
Midshipman, on board the Beaulieu 40, Capt. Eras.
Fayerman, for the purpose of joining the Satdrn
74 ; in which ship he continued employed on the
Channel and Irish stations under Capts. Jacob
Waller, Digby Dent, and Thos. Totty, until trans-
ferred, about May, 1800, to the Inspectok sloop,
Capts. Geo. Sayer (a) and Robt. Howe Bromley, on
the North Sea station. Becoming attached, next,
to the Cynthia 18, Capts. John Dick and John
Westley Wright, he took part as Master's Mate of
that vessel in the operations of 1801 in Egypt. In
the spring of 1803 he was received on board the
Vlieter, Capt. Adrian Renou, lying at Sheerness ;
and after serving for about 12 months in the Chan-
nel and West Indies on board the Venerable and
Centaub 74's, 'flag-ships of Rear- Admiral Colling-
wood and Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, he was nomi-
nated, 21 June, 1804, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Blenheim 74, Capt. Loftus Otway Bland. He was
confirmed to that ship 26 Sept. following ; and was
subsequently appointed — 8 Jan. 1805, to the Santa
Margarita 36, Capt. Wilson Rathborne, under
whom he fought in Sir Rich. Strachan's action — 27
May, 1807, to the Conqueror 74, Capt. Israel Pellew,
employed in the Channel and off Lisbon — in Nov.
of the same year, to the charge of a Signal station
— 2 Jan. 180a and 2 Jan. 1812, to the command of
the Hero and Nimble cutters — 13 Jan. 1813, to the
Doris 36, Capt. Robt. O'Brien, whom he accom-
panied to China — and, 29 Nov. ensuing, to the
Owen Glendowek 42, Capt. Brian Hodgson, in the
East Indies. In 1810 Lieut. Reynolds, then in
command of the Hero, discovered that the harbour
of Salo, in the Kattegat, at the time but little known
to the English, was a good place of refuge for vessels
during gales of wind blowing on the Swedish shore.
While in the same vessel and in the Nimble (which
latter, although the crew escaped, foundered in
a violent storm in the Sleeve 6 Nov. 1812) he
captured and destroyed three Danish privateers
and as many as 34 sail of merchantmen, was fre-
quently in action with the enemy's flotilla, and on
one occasion was slightly wounded. So greatly did
his successful exertions annoy the Norwegian mer-
chants that they offered a large reward for the
capture of the Hero. As may be conceived he
elicited the high approbation of his Commander-in-
Chief, Sir Jas. Saumarez, by whom, we understand,
he was recommended to the Admiralty. In July,
1815, he assumed command of the Elk 18 on the
East India station ; where (the appointment to that
vessel being confirmed 20 Nov. in the same year)
he was nominated, 13 June and 22 Sept. 1816, and 1
March, 1817, Acting-Captain of the Iphigenia 36,
Conway 24, and Volage 22. From 13 Feb. 1828
until posted 22 July, 1830, Capt. Reynolds com-
manded the Orestes 18, on the coast of Ireland,
He married Miss A. H. Decoeurdoux, daughter
of Retired Commander Geo. Laoey Decoeurdoux,
R.N.
REYNOLDS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Louis RivETT Reynolds passed his examination
21 Feb. 1843 ; served in the Mediterranean as Mate
on board the Warspite 50, Capts. Lord John Hay
and Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, and Hibernia 104,
flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker ; obtained his commis-
sion 15 Aug. 1846 ; was appointed, 22 Jan. 1847, to
the Trafalgar 120, Capts. John Neale Nott and
Chas. Hope, engaged on particular service ; and,
since 16 April, 1848, has been employed, again in
the Mediterranean, in the Terrible steam-frigate,
of 800 horse-power, Capt. Wm. Ramsay.
REYNOLDS. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 1 3 ; h-p., 30.)
William Reynolds entered the Navy, 19 May,
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amelia frigate,
Capt. Lord Proby, and sailed soon afterwards for
the West Indies. In the following Oct. he joined
the Centaur 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir
Sam. Hood, under whom (deducting a few weeks
passed in the summer of 1811 on board the Tigre
74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell) he continued employed
in the Hibernia 120 and Illustrious 74, on the
Home, Baltic, and East India stations, until made
Lieutenant, 16 April, 1812, into the Modeste 36,
Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot. While attached to the
Centaur he assisted, in company with the Maes
and Monarch 74's, at the capture, 25 Sept. ] 806, of
four heavy French frigates from Rochefort, on
which occasion Sir S. Hood lost his arm. He also,
in Aug. and Sept. 1807, accompanied the expedition
to Copenhagen — beheld, in Deo. of the same year,
the surrender of Madeira — aided, in conjunction
with the Implacable 74, at the taking, 26 Aug.
1808, in sight of the whole Russian fleet near Ro-
gerswick, of the 74-gun ship Sewolod, at the close
of a furious conflict, in which the Centaur lost
3 killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180 killed
and wounded— and took part, in Aug. 1809, in the
attack upon Walcheren. In Aug. 1812 Lieut. Rey-
nolds rejoined the Illustrious, and from 8 of the
following month until 1 Oct. 1816 he was further
employed in the East Indies on board the Volage
22, Capts. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, Sam. Leslie
John Allen, and Joseph Drury, and, as First-Lieu-
tenant, in the Acorn 20, Capt. Joseph Prior. In
the Volage he contributed, in 1813, to the capture
of the piratical settlement of Sambas, in Borneo
and assisted in the operations which led to the
restoration of the Sultan of Palembang. Since he
left the AcoBN he has been on half-pay. Agent—
J. Hinxman.
RHIND. (Liect., 1815. F-p., 10; h-p, 31.)
William Graeme Rhind, born 18 Dec 1794 ig
son of Mr. W. Rhind, Master R.N., who served' in
that capacity in a frigate commanded by his late
Majesty, and died under the flag of Lord Hood •
and nephew of the present Jas. Bailde, Esq Purser
and Paymaster R.N. (1790). His grandfather Wm
Baikie,— another uncle, Mr. Hugh Baikie,— and
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UHODES— RIALL— RIBOULEAU.
grand-uncle, Capt. Hugh Baikie, were all in the
naval service.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Sept. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leopakd 50, Capt. Salus-
bury Pryce Humphreys, bearing the flag of Hon.
Geo. Cranfield Berkeley at Halifax ; and on 22 June,
1807, was present when that ship compelled the
U. S. frigate Chesapeake to surrender, in conse-
quence of a refusal on the part of the latter to
allow the British to search her for deserters. Be-
tween April, 1808, and Feb. 1815, he served as Mid-
shipman on the Home, Lisbon, North American,
and West India stations in the Triumph 74 and
Babfleur 98, both commanded by Capt. Sir Thos.
Masterman Hardy (the latter the flag-ship of Hon.
G. C. Berkeley), Venus 32, and HnssAK 38, each
under the orders of Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford,
Babfleub again, Macedonian of 48 guns and 254
men, Capt. John Surman Garden, Diomede troop-
ship, Capt. Chas. Montagu Fabian, Kamillies 74,
Capt. Sir T. M. Hardy, Tekpsichoee 32, Capt. "Wm.
Bowen Mends, and Akaxes 38, Capt. Geo. Miller
Bligh. While attached to the Bakflbdk he com-
manded a gun-boat up the Tagus ; and when in the
Macedonian he was captured, 25 Oct. 1812, by the
American ship United Stales of 56 guns and 474
men, after a desperate action of two hours and ten
minutes, in which the British sustained a loss of 36
killed and 68 wounded, and the enemy of about 12
killed and wounded. During the next seven months
he was a prisoner-of-war. In the Djojiede he saw
service in the Chesapeake ; and in the Ramtllies
he was employed at the blockade of New London.
On 16 Feb. 1815, being then in the West Indies, he
was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Emulous
sloop, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter. In the following
June he found that he had been promoted at home
by a commission bearing date 24 of the same month,
Feb. 1815. He returned to England in the Asia
74, Capt. Alex. Skene, in Feb. 1816, and has not
been since afloat.
He married 25 Sept. 1828, and has issue three
children.
EHODES. (CoMMANDEE, 1814. r-P., 13 ; h-p., 34.)
John Henkt Rhodes, born 28 May, 1788, is eldest
surviving son of the late Geo. Rhodes, Esq., of
Exeter College, Oxford, Vicar of Cqlyton Shute
and Monckton, oo. Devon, by Elizabeth, daughter
of the Rev. John Sleech, Archdeacon of Cornwall ;
and brother of Capt. Chas. Sleech Rhodes, of the
Royal Engineers, who was killed at the storming of
St. Sebastian 31 Aug. 1813. Paternally and mater-
nally he descends from the Earls of Devon and the
Plantagenets. His grandfather, Geo. Rhodes, Esq.,
married a daughter of the Rev. Archdeacon Baker,
Vicar of Modbury, and sister of Sir Geo. Baker,
Bart., Physician to George III. The Commander
succeeded his brother, Geo. Ambrose Rhodes, Esq.,
in the estates of Bellair and Shapwick, both in co.
Devon, 21 Sept. 1842.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1800, as a
Boy, on board the Princess A ugusta yacht, lying
in the river Thames, where he remained until June,
1802. Re-embarking, 26 May, 1803, on board La
Chiffonne 36, he served in that frigate and the
Resistance 38, as Fst.-cl. Vol., Midshipman, and
Master's Mate, under the present Sir Chas. Adam,
until made Lieutenant, 11 Feb. 1808, into the Tri-
dent 64. When in company, in La Chiffonne,
with the Falcon sloop. Clinker gun-brig, and
Frances armed cutter, he assisted, after a chase of
nine hours (during which the British suffered some
loss from the incessant Aire of the forts alongshore,
and he himself was struck by a splinter), in driving
under the batteries of Fecamp a division of the
French flotilla, consisting of 2 corvettes and 15 gun-
vessels, carrying in all 51 guns, 4 8-inch mortars,
and 3 field-pieces, accompanied by 14 transports.
This took place in the summer of 1805. While
attached to the Resistance Mr. Rhodes witnessed
the capture of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of
Rear- Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule.
He also aided in bringing a considerable quantity
of freight home from Vera Cruz, and was present
at the capture ot L'Aigle privateer of 14 guns and
66 men. After serving for about 12 months at
Malta in the Tbident, part of the time as Flag-
Lieutenant to Sir Alex. John Ball, he removed, 28
Feb. 1809, to the Hebald 18, Capt. Geo. Jackson.
In that vessel he was often in action with the enemy's
gun-boats and batteries in the Faro of Messina
while engaged in protecting Sicily against the in-
vasion threatened by Murat. From 30 March, 1812,
until promoted to the rank of Commander 15 June,
1^14, Mr. Rhodes served on the Home station in
the Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Admirals Wm.
Young and H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, under
the latter of whom he assisted, as First-Lieutenant,
in escorting the Allied Sovereigns to England.
Since his promotion he has been on half-pay.
He married, 23 Sept. 1817, Barbara, only child
of Chas. Clay, Esq., of Rhyllow House, near St.
Asaph.
EIALL. (Liedtenant, 1827. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 16.)
William Henby Riall was born in 1805.
This ofBcer entered the Navy, in 1820, on board
the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton,
attached to the force in the Mediterranean, where
he took part as Midshipman in a variety of par-
ticular services and was otherwise actively em-
ployed. On 31 Jan. 1825 he assisted in the boats
of the Cambrian and Seeingapatam under the
orders of Lieut. Henry Shovell Marsham, in board-
ing and carrying in the Negropont Channel, not-
withstanding a desperate resistance, two piratical
vessels of 1 gun and about 30 men each. He con-
tributed to the success of many affairs of a similar
character ; and, on 24 Oct. 1827, as a reward for
his conduct at the battle of Navarin, was created a
Lieutenant of the Cambrian. That ship being
wrecked during an attack on a nest of pirates at
Carabusa 31 Jan. 1828, he was next, 6 Nov. 1829,
appointed to the Druid 46, also commanded by
Capt. Hamilton, with whom he served in South
America until the close of 1832. He has since been
on half-pay. In 1825 he was lent from the Cam-
brian to the Hind 20, Capts. Hon. Henry John
Rous and Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill.
Lieut. Riall, who is J. P. for co. Tipperary,
was appointed Mayor of Clonmel in 1836, but was
displaced by the New Corporation Act in 1842. He
married, 29 Dec. 1831, Elizabeth Frances, eldest
daughter of John Parkinson, Esq., British Consul
at Bahia.
RIBOXJLEAU. (Vice-Admibai, of the White,
1846. F-p., 19 ;'* H-P., 48.)
Peter Ribouleau died 16 Dec. 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1780, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Prince William,
Capt. Stair Douglas, with whom, after sharing in
Hood's action with the Comte de Grasse off St.
Kitts in 1781, he removed in succession, on the
West India and Home stations, to the Triumph 74,
Geafton 50, and Cambridge 74. During the
peace he served on the coast of North America,
again in the West Indies, and at Home, as Midship-
man and Master's Mate, in the Assistance, Com-
modore Sir Chas. Douglas, Goliath, Capt. A.
Dickson, Act.son, Capt. J. Hanwell, Goliath and
Alcide, both commanded by Sir A. Douglas, and
Duke flag-ship of Lord Hood. On accompanying
the ofiicer last mentioned to theMediterranean in the
Victory 100, of which ship he was created a Lieu-
tenant 31 Aug. 1793, he witnessed the occupation of
Toulon. In April, 1794, after having served for a
short time on board L'Are'thuse French frigate, he
joined the Glory 98, Capt. John Elphinstone, part
of the force engaged under Lord Howe in the
action of the 1st of June. His next appointments
were— to the Barflehr 98 and Monaech 74, each
bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Keith Elphinstone.
In the latter ship he co-operated in 1795 in the re-
• Not including liis Sea Fencible time.
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duction of the Cape of Good Hope. Attaining the
rank of Commander 25 July, 1796, he joined in that
capacity, in April, 1800, the Astbea troop-ship, in
which he accompanied the expedition of 1801 to
Egypt ; where, on 8 March in that year, he served
with the launches containing the field artillery
under Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and assisted at the
debarkation of the army in Aboukir Bay.* He
also landed and acted in unison with the troops.
He invalided in the following July ; was promoted
for his services to Post-rank 29 April, 1802 ; served
afterwards in the Sea Fencibles at Margate and
Dartmouth; and commanded, from 25 Feb. 1822
until April, 1825, the Sehiramis 42, flag-ship of
Lord Colville at Cork. He became a Rear- Admiral
on the Betired List 10 Jan. 1837, and on the Active
17 Aug. 1840; and a Vice- Admiral 9 Nov. 1846.
His wife died 29 July, 1845. Agents — Messrs.
Stilwell.
RICE. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
EowAKD Bbidges Kice entered the Navy in
1832 ; passed his examination 23 Nov. 1839 ; served
as Mate on the Mediterranean, East India, and
Home stations, in the Cyclops steamer, Capt. Ho-
ratio Thos. Austin, Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry
Keppel, Pelican 16, Capt. Philip Justice, and St.
Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley ; and
obtained his commission 5 Aug. 1844. His appoint-
ments have since been— 5 Feb. 1845, for about 12
months, to the Kodnef 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, at-
tached to an experimental squadron employed under
the orders of Rear-Admirals Hyde Parker and Sir
Sam. Pym— 14 Oct. 1846, to the Thetis 46, Capt.
Henry John Codrington, fitting at Portsmouth —
and, 30 Dec. following, to the Vanguakd 80,-Capts.
Geo. Wickens Willes and Geo. Fred. Rich, now in
the Mediterranean.
RICE. (Liedtenant, 1848.)
George "William Rice passed his examination
8 May, 1847 ; became in the course of the same
month. Mate of the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of Sir
Fras. Wm. Austen in North America and the West
Indies ; and since 6 Oct. following has been serving
on that station as Acting-Lieutenant and Lieu-
tenant (commission dated 19 June, 1848) in the
Daring 12, Capt. Wm. Peel.
RICE. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 11;
H-p., 34.)
Henry Rice was born 13 June, 1787.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1802, as
A.B., on board the Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt.
Sir Harry Burrard Neale, stationed off Weymouth.
In Sept. 1803, after having been for eight months
employed in a merchantman on a voyage to the
Mediterranean, he re-embarked as Midshipman on
board the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye
Legge ; under whom he fought in Sir Robt. Calder's
action 22 July, 1805, and in Feb. 1807 passed the
Dardanells. Being made Lieutenant, 9 Nov. 1808,
into the Phcebe of 44 guns and 271 men, Capts.
Hassard Stackpoole and Jas. Hillyar, he assisted in
that ship at the reduction of the Isle of France in
Dec. 1810. He was also, prior to joining in the ex-
pedition against Java, present, 20 May, 1811 (while
cruizing off Madagascar in company with the As-
TREA and Galatea, frigates nearly equal in force
to the Pbcebe, and 18-gun brig Racehorse), at the
capture— after a long and trying action with the
French 40-gun frigates Menomme'e, Clorinde, and
Nereide, and a loss to the Ph<ebe of 7 men killed
and 24 wounded — of the JienomTnee, and on 25 of
the same month of the JVe're'ide and the settlement
of Tamatave. On his return from escorting convoy
to Quebec Mr. Rice, in July, 1812, invalided. His
last appointments were — 16 Jan. 1813, for six
months, to the Vengedr 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas,
in which ship he accompanied the trade to the
West Indies— and, in May, 1815, to the Alban 12,
• Fide Guz. 1801, p. 486.
Capt. Jas. Boyd, and his old ship the Ph<£be, still
commanded by Capt. Hillyar, with whom he served
off the coast of France^until paid off 28 Aug. en-
suing. He accepted his present rank 13 April,
1846.
Commander Rice married, 30 Oct. 1839, Miss Ann
Berry, of Chawton, near Alton, Hants.
RICH. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 16; h-p., 30.)
Charles Rich entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1801,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nemesis 28, Capt.
Edw. W. C. R. Owen, with whom he continued
almost uninterruptedly employed as Midshipman in
the Immortalite 36 and Clyde 38, until trans-
ferred, in Dec. 1808, to the Doterel sloop, Capt.
Anthony Abdy. The very active nature of his
services during that period will be seen by a refer-
ence to our Memoir of the gallant and distinguished
officer under whose command he was. After he
had again been for a short time attached to the
Clyde on the Downs station, he there, in June,
1809, became Acting-Lieutenant of the Cherokee
10, Capt. Rich. Arthur. Returning at the end of
three months to a Midshipman's berth in the
Clyde, he took part in Sir Rich. Strachan's attack
upon Flushing. On the occasion of his promotion
to the rank of Lieutenant 28 June, 1810, Mr. Rich
was nominated Flag-Lieutenant, in the Trident,
to Rear-Admiral Chas. Boyles at Malta. His suc-
ceeding appointments were — in Jan. and Sept. 1811
and Oct. 1812, to the SoccEss 32, Ville de Paris
110, and UNiTfe 36, Capts. John Ayscough, Geo.
Burlton, and Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, all in
the Mediterranean— 13 Dec. 1814 to the St. Law-
rence 98, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Edw. W. C. R.
Owen on the lakes of Canada^and 24 March, 1815,
to the command, for three months, of the gun-boats
on the river St. Lawrence. Attaining the rank of
Commander 27 Jan. 1816, he served in that capa-
city in the Harpy 10, at Jamaica, from 18 Jan.
1828 until superseded in Sept. 1829; and in the
Coast Guard from 29 March, 1837, until posted 28
Jan. 1838. He has since been on half-pay. Agents
— Hallett and Robinson.
RICH. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 15; h-p., 28.)
Edwin Ludlow Rich is fifth son of the late Rev.
Sir Chas. Bostock Rich, Bart., LL.D., of Shirley
House, Hants, by Mary Francos, only daughter and
heir of Lieut.-General Sir Robt. Rich, Bart., of
Rose Hall, co. Suffolk, and niece of the first Earl of
Ludlow. He is brother of Sir Geo. Rich, who was
Chamberlain of the Household to the Viceregal
Court of Ireland during the government of the
Marquis of Wellesley ; and imcle of Lieut. F. D.
Rich, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Feb. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monarch 74, Capt. John
Clarke Searle, bearing the flag in the Downs of
Lord Keith, whom he followed into the Edgar 74.
Removing, in Aug. 1805, to L'Egyptienne 40, Capt!
Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, he was present
in that ship, and in company with the Loire 38, at
the capture, 24 Dec. in the same year, after an ob-
stinate resistance, of La Libre French frigate of 40
guns and 280 men. In April, 1806, he became Mid-
shipman of the Seahorse of 42 guns and 281 men
Capt. John Stewart, attached to the force in the
Mediterranean, where, besides assisting at the re-
duction of the islands of Gianuti and Pianosa, he
contributed, on the night of 5 July, 1808, to the
defeat of the Turkish frigate Alia-Fezan of 26 guns
and 230 men, and the capture, after a memorably
furious engagement and a loss to the Seahorse
(30 of whose crew were absent) of 5 killed and 10
wounded, of her consort the Badere Zcffer, mount-
ing 52 guns, with a complement of 543 men, of whom
170 were killed and 200 woimded. Quitting the
Seahorse in Jan. 1810, Mr. Rich, during the next
two months, served on board the Excellent 74
Capt. Edw. Griffith. In the following Oct. he was
received as Master's Mate on board the St. Fio-
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RENzo troop-ship, Capt. Hon. Edm. Sexton Pery
Knox; and on 4 Sept. 1812, at which period he had
been for a few weeks borne as a Supernumerary on
the books of the Impetueux 74, flag-ship of Vice-
Admiral Geo. Martin off Lisbon, he was nominated
Acting-Lieutenant of the Scorpion, bearing the
broad pendant of Commodore Chas. Vinicombe
Penrose at Gibraltar. He was confirmed 15 Oct.
ensuing; and was afterwards appointed — 31 Dec.
1812, to the Onyx 10, Capt. Smith Cobb, also on
the Gibraltar station — 2 Feb. 1813, to the Volon-
TAIKE 39, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave,
with whom he served in the Mediterranean and off
Lisbon until obliged, in July, 1814, to invalid— 22
July, 1819, to the Falmouth 20, Capts. Henry
Theodosius Browne Collier and Edw. Purcell, em-
ployed on the Cork and Leeward Island stations —
and, 13 Feb. 1822, as First-Lieutenant, to the Suri-
nam 18, Capt. Wm. M'Kenzie Godfrey, likewise in
the West Indies. On 24 Sept. 1822 he was promoted
to the command of the Bustard 10, on the station
last named, where he removed, 1 May, 1823, to the
EiNGDovE 16. He returned to England about the
commencement of 1826, and has not been since
afloat. He attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841.
Capt. Rich married, 6 July, 1829, Sophia, youngest
daughter of Capt. G. F. Angelo, of Hill, South-
ampton. Agents — Messrs. StUwell.
EICH. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Frederick Dampier Rich, bom 7 March, 1818,
is third son of Sir Chas. Henry Rich, Bart. , of Shirley
House, 00. Hants, by Frances Maria, youngest
daughter of Sir John Lethbridge, Bart. ; and
nephew of Capt. Edwin Ludlow Rich, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 3 Dec. 1840 ;
served as Mate on the East India and North
America and West India stations in the Herald
26, Capt. Joseph Nias, Iixustrious 72, flag-ship of
Sir Chas. Adam, Electra 18, Capt. Arthur Darley,
and Vindictive 50, bearing the flag of Sir Fras.
Wm. Austen ; obtained his commission 10 Jan.
1846 ; and was then for a few months employed in
the Vesuvius steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Wm. Douglas
O'Callaghan, in the West Indies. Since 7 Sept. 1847
he has been serving in the Qdeen 110, Capt. Henry
Wm. Bruce, now in the Mediterranean.
RICH. (Captain, 1823. f-p., 24; h-p., 28.)
George Frederick Rich is son of Admiral Sir
Thos. Rich, who died 6 April, 1804, at Sonning,
near Reading; and brother of Capt. Chas. Rich,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 March, 1795, as
Midshipman, on board the Atlas 98, Capt. Dodd,
with whom, until 18 Dec. following, and again from
16 Jan. to 3 May, 1796, he served at Plymouth in
the same ship and in the Fame 74. In June and
July, 1798, his name was borne on the books of the
Northumberland 74, Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen ;
and he was next, between March, 1800, and June,
1805, employed on the Irish, Channel, Baltic, West
India, and Downs stations, chiefly as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, in the Glenmore and Ven-
geance, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Duff, and
Immortalite 36, Capt. E. W. C. R. Owen. In tlie
latter ship, as may be seen by a reference to our
Memoir of her Captain, he assisted at the bombard-
ment of Dieppe and St. Valery-en-Caux, and came
into irequent contact with the enemy's flotilla in
the neighbourhood of Boulogne. On 30 Dec. 1805,
after having acted as Lieutenant in the VALORons,
Capts. Harding and Tarker, and performed the
duties of Sub-Lieutenant in the Earnest gun-brig,
Lieut.-Gommanders St. Clair and Templar, he was
made full Lieutenant into the Rosario sloop, Capt.
Wm. Mounsey, whom he accompanied to the West
Indies. His next appointments were — 12 April,
1807, to the Venus 32, Capt. Henry Mateon, also in
the West Indies— 18 Dec. 1807 and 14 Dec. 1810,
to the Clyde 38 and Inconstant 36, both com-
manded on the Home station by his friend and
patron Capt. Owen, who intrusted him with the
charge of a division of gun-boats at the evacuation
of the Walcheren in Dec. 1809»— 16 March, 1812, to
the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Lord Keith
in the Channel — and, 30 Nov. 1812 (after six months
of half-pay), to the acting-command of the Race-
horse 18 at the Cape of Good Hope, where he re-
mained until the ensuing June. Bis appointments
as Commander, a rank to which he was officially
advanced 26 Oct. 1813, were— 19 Dec. 1814, 4 June,
1816, and 27 Jan. 1817, to the Zephyr 12, Racoon
16,t and Falmouth 20, in which vessels he was
employed in the Channel and again at the Cape
until paid off in March, 1819— and, 30 Nov. 1822, to
the Ringdove 18, fitting for the West Indies. He
was posted, 1 July, 1823, into the Gloucester 74,
bearing the broad pendant of his old Commander,
then Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, on the station last
named ; and was afterwards nominated Captain —
24 Oct. 1823, for a short time, of the Hyperion 42,
at Jamaica— 30 Sept. 1841 and 21 April, 1844, of
the Queen 110 and Formidable 84, each bearing
the flag of Sir E. W. C. R. Owen in the Mediter-
ranean, where he continued until the end of 1845 —
and, 6 Nov. 1847, of the Vanguard 80, now on the
same station.
Capt. Rich married, 24 July, 1828, -Ignes, second
daughter of the late C. H. Eraser, Esq., by whom
he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
EICH. (Ketired Commander, 1846. f-p., 13;
H-p., 33.)
Henry Rich, born in March, 1787, is second son
of Robt. Rich, Esq., of Orohardley Park, co. So-
merset.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 March, 1801, as
Fst.-cl.".Vol., on board the Diligence sloop, Capts.
Rich. Jones and Alex. Robt. Kerr ; and in Aug. of
the same year was present as Midshipman in Lord
Nelson's attack upon the Boulogne flotilla. He
continued in the Diligence, on the Home station,
until transferred, in Nov. 1804, to the Defiance
74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham. In that ship, in
the course of 1805, he fought in Sir Robt. Calder's
action, assisted under Admiral Hon. Wm. Com-
wallis in driving the French fleet into Brest, and
partook of the glories of Trafalgar. After serving
for two years and a half with Capts. Durham and
Thos. Alexander in the Renown 74, off Rochefort,
L'Orient, and Toulon, he was nominated, 13 July,
1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the Atlas 74, bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis at
Gibraltar. On 26 Nov. following he was confirmed
into the Grasshopper 18, Capt. Henry Fanshawe,
on the Mediterranean station, where he remained
until April, 1810. In the ensuing Sept. he joined
the St. Albans 64, Capt. Edw. Brace, and, in Feb.
1811, the Druid 32, Capts. Sir Thos. Louis, John
Williams, Thos. Searle, and Fras. Stanfell. In both
ships he was employed at the defence of Cadiz;
and in the Druid, in which he continued until Oct.
1812, he aided also at the defence of Tarifa. His
last appointments were — in June, 1814, to the
Madagascar 38, Capts. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle
and Fras. Stanfell, on the North American station
—and, in Oct. 1815, to the Phaeton 38, Capt. F.
Stanfell, lying at Sheerness. He was placed on
half-pay in Dec. 1815; and invested with his pre-
sent rank 3 Nov. 1846. Agents— Collier and Snee.
KICHAEDS. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 18;
H-p., 26.)
Edwin Richards entered the Navy, 28 July,
1803, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Phaeton 38,
Capt. Geo. Cockbum. In that frigate, after serving
off Havre-de-Grace, he accompanied Mr. Merry,
the British Minister Plenipotentiary, to the United
States, and was for some time employed in block-
ading the Isle of France, where he freqiiently came
into collision with the enemy's batteries. On his
return to England with Capt. Cookburn in the
• Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 2007.
t In the Racoon Capt. Rich established a settlement on
the Island of Ascension.
RICHARDS.
97S
Howe frigate in escort of the Marquis of Wellesley,
late Governor-General of India, he was received as
a Supernumerary, in Feb. 1806, on board El Cokso,
Lieut.-Commander Wm. Collins Barker, lying in
the river Thames. Remaining in that vessel but a
few days, he next, in Sept. of the same year, joined
the Captain 74, commanded by Capt. Cockburn,
with whom (deducting a few months passed in
1807-8 on board the Achille 74, Capt. Sir Rich.
King) he continued to serve in the Pompee, Belle-
isle, and Implacable 74's, until Sept. 1810. In
the PoMPBE he co-operated as Master's Mate in the
reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809 ; and in the
Belleisle he accompanied the expedition to the
"Walcheren. In Sept. 1810 he became Acting-Lieu-
tenant (a rank he had held for a short time on board
the Implacable) of a vessel (the name of which
we are not certain of) commanded on the Cadiz
station by Capt. Geo. Matthew Jones. He was
confirmed a Lieutenant 26 April, 1811 ; was next,
from Aug. 1812 until May, 1813, employed in the
Mediterranean in the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Cod-
rington, and from Oct. 1815 until Aug. 1817 on the
Channel and North American stations in the Pac-
TOLUS 38, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie ; attained his
present rank 28 April, 1827; and officiated as an In-
specting-Commander in the Coast Guard from 29
Dec. 1828 until the close of 1832, and again from 24
June, 1836, until the summer of 1839. He has since
been on half-pay.
RICHARDS. (Commander, 1845.)
George Henry Richards entered the Navy 3
Nov. 1832; passed his examination 12 March, 1840;
was promoted (while Mate of the Caledonia 120,
flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir David Milne) to the
rank of Lieutenant 12 July, 1842; and, from that
period until advanced for his services in the Pa^
rana to the rank he now holds, 18 Nov. 1845, was
stationed in South America in the Philomel sur-
veying-brig, Capt. Bartholomew Jas. Sulivan. He
has been employed, since 14 Oct. 1847, as Second-
Captain of the Acheron steam surveying-vessel, of
160-horse power, Capt. John Lort Stokes, on the
East India station. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
RICHARDS. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 20;
H-p., 29.)
Habrt Lord Richards is brother of John
Richards, Esq., Purser and Paymaster K.N. (1800),
who died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 June, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prudent prison-ship at
Plymouth, Capt. Chas. Henry Lane ; and from the
following Oct. until his return to England in 1802
was employed in the Channel and West Indies as
A.B., Midshipman, and Master's Mate, in the
Drdid 32, Capt. Chas. Apthorp, Volage 22, Capts.
Hon. Philip Wodehouse, Wm. Parker, and Fras.
Vesey (in which ship he assisted at the capture of
the Santa DonalSpanish packet), and D^daigneuse
frigate, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland. He then sailed
in the ship last mentioned under Capt. Peter Hey-
wood for the East Indies ; where, from Feb. 1804
until Jan. 1805, he acted as Lieutenant in the Ca-
BOLiNE 36 and Grampds 50, Capts. Benj. Wm.
Pa^e and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild. After again
serving as Midshipman in the Dedaignecse and
Cobnwallis 50, both commanded by Capt. Chas.
Jas. Johnston, and as "a Supernumerary on promo-
tion in the Cdlloden 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pel-
lew, he was afresh ordered to act as Lieutenant, in
Jan. and July, 1808, in the Caroline, commanded
at the time by Capt. Henry Hart, and Fox 32,
Capts. Hon. Arch. Cochrane and H. Hart. While
attached to the Culloden he contributed, 11 Dec.
1807, to the destruction of the dockyard and stores
at Griessee, in the island of Java, and of all the
men-of-war remaining to Holland in India ;* during
* Although on board the Culloden, he had been nomi-
nated Acting-Lieutenant of the liELLiQUEUX 64. Tliis ship,
liowever, he never joined.
his servitude in the Caroline he was frequently
intrusted with the command of the boats of that
ship, and on one occasion succeeded in taking a
flotilla of gun-vessels; and while officiating as First
of the Fox (from which frigate he invalided in
June, 1809) he was in charge of her boats at the
capture of a French ship of 10 guns and 100 men
under the batteries of Sapara. On 12 Nov. 1809 he
was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant. He next,
between Jan. 1811 and June, 1812, served off Ma-
deira and in the Bay of Cadiz in the Merope 10,
Capt. Edw. Flin, and, as Senior, in the Alfred 74,
Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton. During the six fol-
lowing months he commanded the Fearless gun-
vessel otf Cadiz and Tangier and in various parts
of the Mediterranean ; and from the close of 1813
until June, 1815, he was actively employed on the
lakes of Canada, where a severe injury occasioned
him the loss of sight in one eye. On his return to
England in the autumn of 1815 he was for three
months employed at Plymouth as First-Lieutenant
in the Conway 24, Capt. John Tancock. His suc-
ceeding appointments were — 31 Jan. 1822, to the
Owen Glendower 42, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish
Spencer, which ship was paid off in the following
Sept.— 7 May, 1824, to the JEtsa bomb, Capt. Wil-
liams Sandom, on the Mediterranean station — and
19 Aug. 1825, as Senior, to the Galatea 42, Capt.
Chas. Sullivan, employed on particular service.
He attained his present rank 20 Aug. 1828, and has
since been on half-pay.
Commander Richards married Miss E. Worth, of
Plymouth.
RICHARDS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 19.)
John Richards entered the Navy, 14 July, 1806,
as L.M., on hoard the Wagtail, and was for some
months employed in cruizing among the Western
Islands. While serving next, between Feb. 1807
and Feb. 181.3, in the Centadr 74, Commodore Sir
Sara. Hood, he accompanied the expedition against
Copenhagen — witnessed the surrender of Madeira —
assisted, in conjunction with the Implacable 74, at
the capture, 26 Aug. 1808, in sight of the whole
Russian fleet near Rogerswick, of the 74-gun ship
Sewohd, after a close and furious engagement, in
which the Centadr lost 3 killed and 27 wounded,
and the enemy 180 killed and wounded — and took
part in the operations of 1809 in the Scheldt. From
1 March, 1813, until 1 Jan. 1816, he served in the
Downs and North Sea and at Cork in the Mon-
mouth 64 and Scarborough 74, flag-ships of Admi-
rals Thos. Foley and John Ferrier, and Tigris 36,
Capt. Robt. Henderson. He then took up a com-
mission bearing date 3 Aug. 1815. Since 7 May,
1835, he has been in command of a station in the
Coast Guard.
RICHARDS, C.B. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 26 ;
H-p., 23.)
Peter Richards entered the Navy, in 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambridge 74, Capt.
Rich. Roger, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. King at
Plymouth, where, with the exception of a few
months in 1799 and 1800, he continued employed
until May, 1802, in the Resolue, Lieut.-Commander
Thos. Richards. From Nov. 1802 until Dec. 1807
he served on the Home and Mediterranean stations,
principally in the capacity of Midshipman, in the
Cdlloden 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Jas. Rich.
Dacres and Geo. Campbell, Dreadnought and
Princess Royal 98's, both commanded by Capt.
Robt. Carthew Reynolds, Heecule 74, Capt. Hon.
John Colville, and Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord Col-
lingwood. On 12 of the month last mentioned he
was made Lieutenant into the Repulse 74, Capt.
Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, part of the force em-
ployed in the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809 ;
and he was subsequently appointed — 23 Feb. and 4
May, 1811, to the Montagu 74, Capt. John Halli-
day, and Revenge of similar force, successive flag-
ship at Cadiz, off Toulon, and in the Adriatic, of Rear-
974
RICHARDS— RICHARDSON.
Admirals Hon. A. K. Legge and Sir John Gore,*
to the latter of whom he became First-Lieutenant —
in the course of 1815, after seven mouths of half-
pay, to the Leviathan 74, Capt. Thos. Briggs,
Alcmene 38, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, and Boyne
98, flag-ship of Lord Exroouth, all in the Mediter-
ranean— and 3 July, 1816, to the Queen Chaklottb
100. For his conduct as First-Lieutenant of that
ship, vphich also bore the flag of Lord Exmouth, at
the bombardment of Algiers, where, in the Queen
Chaklotte's barge, he boarded and in 10 minutes
set fire to a frigate,| he was promoted to the rank
of Commander 16 Sept. 1816. On 20 Oct. 1826
Capt. Kichards obtained command of the Pelokds
18, in which vessel he continued on the Mediterra-
nean station until advanced to Post-rank 17 Sept.
1828. His appointments have since been — 19 Dec.
1831, to the Asia 84, bearing the flag of the pre-
sent Sir yfm. Parker off Lisbon, whence he returned
in the summer of 1834 — 1 Nov. 1835, for nearly two
years, to the Volage 28, in the Mediterranean-^
and 5 April, 1841, and 27 Feb. 1845, to the Cokn-
wALLis 72 and Hieeknia 104, flag-ships of Sir Wm.
Parker, with whom he is now serving in the Medi-
terranean. "While in the CornwaIiLIS, which ship
was paid off at the close of 1844, Capt. Kichards
bore a distinguished part during the operations on
the coast of China, where he served on shore in the
attack on the enemy's entrenched camp on the
heights of Segaon,J and at the taking of Chapoo,§
"Woosung,!! Shanghae, and Chln-Iiiang-Foo.f As a
reward for the admirable gallantry, spirit, and
judgment he had throughout displayed, he was no-
minated a C.B. 24 Dec. 1842. Agents— Messrs.
Stilwell.
EICHAEDS. (Lieut., 1815. r-p. 10; h-p., 32.)
WiiLiAM Richards entered the Navy, 9 April,
1805, as Seo.-cl. Boy, on board the Zealous 74,
Capts. John Okes Hardy, John Giffard, Wm.
Pierrepont, Thos. Boys, and Jas. Anderson. Con-
tinuing in that ship until 1814, he assisted, as Mid-
shipman, in blockading the French and Spanish
squadrons at Cadiz, was at Gibraltar when the fleet
came in after the battle of Trafalgar, served in a
gun-boat against the French on the coast of Spain,
escorted the Russian fleet to England after the Con-
vention of Cintra, aided in embarking the remains
of General Moore's army at Corunna, commanded
a telegraph in a redoubt on the lines of Torres
Vedras, and was engaged in affording protection to
the trade in the Baltic. From Oct. 1814 until May,
1815, he served in the Chatham 74, Capt. David
Lloyd, and cruized during that period among the
Western Islands in pursuit of three American fri-
gates. Since the date last mentioned he has been
on half-pay. His commission bears date 7 Feb.
1815.
EICHAEDSON, K.C.B. (Vice-Admikal of
THE White, 1847. r-p., 30 ; h-p., 30.)
Sir Charles Kichardson entered the Navy, 23
Nov. 1787, as Captain's Servant, on board the
Vestal 28, Capt. Rich. John Strachan. He shortly
afterwards proceeded on an embassy to China, and,
on removing with Sir Richard to the Ph<enix 36,
was present, 19 Nov. 1791, while cruizing off the
Malabar coast in company with the Perseverance
frigate, in an obstinate engagement (produced by
a resistance on the part of the French Captain to a
search being imposed by the British upon two mer-
chant-vessels under his orders) with La Be'solue of
* On the night of 8 Nov. 1813, having handsomely volun-
teered his services, Mr. Richards took command of the boats
of the Rbvenoe, and succeeded, without a single casualty,
in bringing out from the harbour of Polamos a felucca pri-
vateer carrying 49 men, 20 of whom jumped overboard and
effected their escape.^ /-'ide Gaz. 1814, p 124.
t Vide Gaz. 1816, p. 1791.
J V. Gaz. 1842, pp. 2386, 2389, 2390.
«F. Gaz. 1842, pp. 3692-3. || F. Gaz. I8.i2, p. 3399.
IT At Chin-Kiang-Foo Capt. Richards landed at the head
of 200 marines, and was wounded. — F, Gaz. 184S. hd. 3369.
3403. '^
46 guns, whose colours were not struck until she
had herself sustained a loss of 25 men killed and 40
wounded, and had occasioned one to the Phoenix
of 6 killed and 11 wounded. While on the East
India station Mr. Richardson was for several
months employed in the boats in co-operating, up
different rivers, with the army under Sir Koht.
Abercrombie in its operations against Tippoo Saib.
On his return to England in 1793 he joined (he had
previously attained the ratings of Midshipman and
Master's Mate) the Alexander 74, Capt. West, at-
tached to the Channel fleet ; and on 4 Aug. 1794,
after having fought in the Royal George 100, flag-
ship of Sir Alex. Hood, in Lord Howe's actions of
29 May and 1 June, he was made Lieutenant into
the Circe 28, Capt. Peter Halkett. Of that frigate
he was First-Lieutenant during the great mutiny at
the Nore; where his exertions in preventing the
crew from acquiring the ascendancy gained him, in
common with his Captain and the other officers of
the ship, the thanks of the Admiralty. The Circe
forming one of Lord Duncan's repeaters in the
action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797, Lieut.
Kichardson on that occasion achieved an important
exploit. Fearing lest the Dutch Admiral, De Win-
ter, after his own ship had been dismasted and
silenced, should effect his escape on board some
other, he volunteered to go in an open boat and
take him out. Succeeding in his object he had the
honour of presenting him in person to the British
Commander-in-Chief; who in consequence received
him on promotion in Jan. 1798 on board his flag-
ship the Venerable 74, and made him, 6 Mardi
following, his Signal-Lieutenant in the Kent 74,
Capt. Wm. Johnstone Hope. In the following year,
being sent with the expedition to Holland, Lieut.
Richardson commanded a division of seamen at-
tached to the army under Sir Ralph Abercromby
from the period of the debarkation near the
Helder until the surrender of the Dutch squadron
under Admiral Storey. He was then ordered home
in charge of a Dutch 68-gun ship. Some time after
he had rejoined the Kent he sailed with Sir Ralph
Abercromby for Egypt, where he assisted in land-
ing the troops and fought in the battle of 8 March,
1801. In the course of the same month he removed
to the Penelope 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood;
and on 12 July, 1802, having previously conveyed
Sir Alex. John Ball to Malta, he was nominated
Acting-Commander of the Aligator 28, wmee-en-
fiute. While in that ship, to which he was con-
firmed 9 Oct. 1802, Capt. Richardson directed the
movements of the flotilla employed at the reduction
of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice in 1803, and
was highly spoken of in the public despatches for
his exertions at the taking of Surinam in the spring
of 1804.* On 6 July in that year he was in con-
sequence invested by Sir Samuel Hood with the
command of the Centaur 74, the ship bearing his
broad pendant, an act which the Admiralty con-
firmed 27 Sept. ensuing. He returned to England
in March, 1805 ; and was subsequently appointed —
11 Jan. 1806, to the Cjssar 80—21 April, 1810, to
the Semiramis 36, in which frigate, employed in
the Channel, off Lisbon, and at the Cape of Good
Hope, he continued until Aug. 1814—29 July, 1819,
and 29 July, 1821, to the Leandeb 60, bearing the
flag of Hon. Sir H. Blackwood, and Topaze 46, both
on the East India station — and, in 1822, again to
the Leander, from which ship he invalided 14 Oct.
in the same year. In the CiESAR Capt. Richardson
went in pursuit, under the flag of Sir Rich.
Strachan, of a squadron which had escaped from
Brest, was employed off Eochefort, and proceeded
to the Mediterranean in quest of another French
squadron under Rear-Admiral Allemand. He as-
sisted in the same ship under Rear-Admiral Stop-
ford at the destruction of three French frigates
beneath the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, and of the
enemy's squadron in Aix Roads, in Feb. and April
1809; and in the following July sailed, again under
Sir Rich. Strachan, with the expedition to the
Scheldt. On the town of Camvere offering to eur-
• VideCML. 1804, pp.765, 761.
RICHAKDSON.
975
render, Capt. Richardson, who was the senior naval
officer at the time on shore, arranged with Lieu-
tenant-General Fraser the terms upon which the
proposal was accepted. During the investment of
Flushing he landed at the head of a brigade of sea-
men, and commanded a battery of 6 24-pounders
with much effect. His services throughout the ope-'
rations were so important and his zeal and bravery
so very conspicuous that he elicited the public
praise of the Earl of Chatham, the Military Com-
mander-in-Chief, and the high approbation of Lieu-
tenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, who conducted the
siege, and of Major-General M'Leod, commanding
officer of the Koyal Artillery.* On 25 Aug. 1811,
being at the mouth of the river Gironde in the Se-
MiRAMis and in company with the Diana 38, Capt.
Richardson, while his consort was engaged with the
(lately British) gun-brig Teazer of 12 18-pounder car-
ronades, 2 long 18's, and 85 men, succeeded, " in a
manner that characterized the officer and seaman,"
in driving on shore, and burning under the guns of
the batteries at Royan, Le Pluvier national brig of
16 guns and 136 men.f In consideration of this ex-
ploit he received the " warmest acknowledgments "
of his senior officer, Capt.Wm. Ferris, of the Diana,
and the thanks of the Board of Admiralty. The Se-
MiRAMis afterwards made a large number of prizes,
and among them the Grand Jean Sart privateer of
14 guns and 106 men. During Capt. Richardson's
command of the Topaze a dispute arose between
him and the authorities at Canton, which, before it
could be adjusted, became so serious, that all com-
mercial intercourse was suspended, the British fac-
tory obliged to embark without passes, and the
Hon. Company's ships to leave the Tigris. The
disturbances had their origin in the circumstance
of a fire from the Topaze having killed 2 out of
a number of Chinese who had severely wounded
14 of her crew while employed filling water at
Lintin. On 4 June, 1815, Capt. Richardson was
nominated a C.B. ; and on 29 June, 1841, a K.C.B.
He became a Rear-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837; and a
Vice- Admiral 17 Dec. 1847. Agents — Messrs.
Slilwell.
EICHAEDSON. (Commander, 1802. r-p., 17;
H-p., 48.)
John Richardson (a) died about the commence-
ment of 1848.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 March, 1782, as
Midshipman, on board the Lenox, Capt. Wm. Ben-
net, lying at Cork ; and was afterwards, until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 3 Nov. 1790, em-
ployed on the Channel and West India stations in
the Artois, Capt. John Macbride, Hy^na 24, Capt.
P. Sinclair, Crown 64, Capt. Chaa. Morice Pole,
Expedition 44, Capts. Chetwynd and Brown, Cdm-
bekland 74, Capt. J. Macbride, and Victory 100,
Capt. John Knight. Between Sept. 1792 and the
date of his advancement to the rank of Commander
29 April, 1802, he served in the West Indies, at
Halifax, in the Mediterranean, off Lisbon, and in
the North Sea and Channel, on board the Faiev
sloop, Capt. Fras. Laforey, Adventure 44, Capt.
Edw. Buller, Zealous 74, Capts. Mason, Lord
Hervey, and Sam. Hood, Salvador del Mondo,
Capt. Wm. Prowse, Belliqueux 64, Capt. John
Inglis, Ruby 64, Capts. Gardner and Ferris, and,
for a few months, in command of the Censor gun-
vessel and Swift cutter. From Sept. 1804 until
some time in 1805 he commanded the Albion
armed ship in the Channel. He did not afterwards
go afloat. Agents— Messrs. Ilalford and Co.
EICHAEDSON. (Commander, 1839.)
John Richardson (i) entered the Navy 3 Feb.
1826 ; passed his examination in 1832 ; obtained his
first commission 6 June, 1834; and was subse-
quently appointed — 17 Nov. 1834, to the Pique 36,
Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous, employed for 12
months on particular service — 23 March, 1836, to the
• Vide Gaz. 1809, pp. 1233, 1322. f V. Gaz. 1811, p. 1762.
Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, fitting for the Mediter-
ranean—and, 9 June, 1838, to the Harlequin 16,
Capts. John Elphinstone Erskine and Lord Fras.
John Russell, stationed at first in the Mediterra-
nean and next on the coast of Africa. He attained
his present rank 9 May, 1839 ; and, from 26 Deo.
1840 until paid off at the close of 1842, commanded
the Phcenix steamer, again in the Mediterranean.
He has not been since afloat. Agent — John P.
Muspratt.
EICHAEDSON. (Liedtenant, 1842.)
Richard M'Kinley Richardson is son of Capt.
Wm. Richardson R.N., K. I. C.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1831, on
board the Samarang 28, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe
Martin ; and served for seven years as Midshipman
and Mate under the present Sir Edw. Belcher in
the ^TNA and Sulphur surveying-vessels, com-
manded for short periods also by Capts. Wm. Geo.
Skyring and Fred. Wm. Beechey, on the African,
South American, and East India and China stations.
While attached to the Sulphur he aided in reduc-
ing the forts in the Boca Tigris, served on shore at
the storming of the Chinese works below Whampoa
Reach,"" 27 Feb. 1841, took part in the boat-opera-
tions connected with the capture of Canton, and
was on many occasions strongly recommended by
Capt. Belcher. On leaving her he was received on
board the Resistance 42, Capt. Chas. Geo. Edw.
Patey, stationed in the Mediterranean. Having
passed his first examination 3 July, 1838, and his
second 8 Nov. 1842, he was promoted, 30 Dec. in
the latter year, to the rank of Lieutenant. His
appointments have since been — 5 Jan. 1843, as Ad-
ditional, to the Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir
Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the Mediterranean — 29
March following, to the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam.
Chambers, on the same station— in the course of
1844, as Additional, to the Cornwallis and Agin-
COURT 72's, flag-ships of SirWm. Parker and Sir
Thos. John Cochrane in the East Indies— 20 May,
1845, for nearly two years, to the Samarang 26,
Capt. Sir E. Belcher, employed on surveying ser-
vice in India— 26 May, 1847, as Additional (for ser-
vice in the Fearless steam-tender of 76-horse
power), to the Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheerness,
Capt. David Price— and, 29 Feb. 1848, to the com-
mand of the Pluto steam-vessel of 100-horse power,
at present on the coast of Africa. Agent — J.
Hinxman.
EICHAEDSON. (Lieutenant, 1828. r-p., 17;
H-p., 18.)
Samuel Richardson entered the Navy, 10 Jan.
1812, on board the Bacchante 38, in which ship,
commanded by the late Sir Wm. Hoste, he con-
tinued employed in the Adriatic and on the coast
of North America until June, 1815. During that
period he had the good fortune to participate in a
variety of brilliant boat affairs, and assist at the
capture of several of the enemy's towns and forts.
His exertions on a particular occasion, when four
out of six prizes were lost in a gale of wind, in sav-
ing one of which he himself had charge, procured
him the rating of Midshipman. After he left the
Bacchante he served— from May, 1816, to Dec.
1818 (in the course of which month he passed his
examination), in the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-
ship of Sir Edw. Thombrough at Portsmouth—
from the latter date until March, 1824, in the EocH-
FORT 80, bearing the flags of Sir Thos. Fras. Fre-
mantle and Sir Graham Moore in the Mediterra-
nean-next, in the Albion 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste,
guard-ship at Portsmouth— and, from the spring of
1825 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 25
July, 1828, in the Maidstone 42 and Sybille 48,
bearing the broad pendants of Sir Chas. Bullen and
Sir Fras. Augustus Collier on the coast of Africa.
His last appointment was, about Nov. 1829, to the
Wellesley 74, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, em-
ployed on particular service. He was placed on
* V. Gaz. 1841, p. 1501.
976
RICHARDSON— mCHES-RICHIE-RICIlMOND.
half-pay in 1831. During his career afloat he was
five times sent into port in charge of captured ves-
sels, many of them slavers.
and two sons— the one, Rich. M'Kinley Richardson,
a Lieutenant R.N.— the other, C. Richardson, a
Clerk in the Admiralty at Somerset House. Agent
— J. Hinxman.
EICHAEDSON, K.I.C. (Captain, 1838. r-r.,
24 ;* B-P., 27.)
WiLtiAM Richardson is nephew of the late
Rear-Admiral Rich. Raggett ; and only brother of
Capt. John Geo. Richardson, R.M. (1831).
This officer, who had served as Midshipman on
board the Alfred 74, Capt. John Bazeley, in Lord
Howe's action, 1 June, 1794, joined, 6 Nov. 1796,
the Prince George 98, Capt. John Irwin, flag-ship
of Rear-Admlral Wm. Parker, under whom he
fought in the action oif Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb.
1797. He left the St. George in the ensuing Sept. ;
and during the next six years was employed off
Cadiz, and in the Channel, "West Indies, and Medi-
terranean, principally with the rating of Midship-
man, in the Boston 32, Capt. John Irwin, Formi-
DABEE 98, Queen Charlotte 100, and Barfleoh
and Temeraire 98's, flag-ships of Admirals Sir
Chas. Thompson and Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, Cal-
cutta 50, Capt. Dan. Woodriff, and Dreadnought
98 and Victory 100, bearing the flags of Hon. "Wm.
Cornwallis and Lord Kelson. By the latter noble-
man he was nominated, 5 Oct. 1803, Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Termagant sloop, Capt. Robt. Pettet.
He was confirmed to that vessel 30 April, 1804. He
joined next, 15 May, 1807, the Goshawk sloop,
Capt. Alex. Innes, part of the force employed in the
expedition to Copenhagen ; and was subsequently
appointed, in the capacity of First-Lieutenant — 27
May, 1808, 1 Aug. and 18 Dec. 1811, and 2 Oct.
1812, to the Bombay, Rodney, and America 74's,
and Mbnelaus 38, Capts. Wm. Cuming, Edw.
Durnford King, Sir Josias Rowley, and Sir Peter
Parker, all in the Mediterranean, where he came
into frequent contact with the enemy's squadron
and batteries in the neighbourhood of Toulon — 12
June, 1813 (having left the Menelaus in the pre-
ceding Dec), to the Medusa 32, Capt. Geo. Bell,
attached to the force in the Channel — 5 Feb. 1814,
to the York 74, Capt. Alex. 'Wilmot Schomberg,
with whom he made a voyage to Quebec — and (after
five months of half-pay, caused by ill health) 17
June and 18 Aug. 1815, to the Caledonia 120, flag-
ship of Sir Graham Moore, and Bochfort 80, Capt.
Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, both on the Home
station. On 19 May, 1812, he commanded with
credit the boats of the America, Leviathan 74,
and Eclair sloop, at the capture of 16 and the de-
struction of two deeply-laden vessels, which had
taken shelter under the town and batteries of Lan-
guelia, on the coast of Italy, and had been secured
by various contrivances to the houses and beach —
an exploit that occasioned the British a loss of 16
men killed and 20 wounded.-t Three months after
the paying off of the Rochport Mr. Richardson,
who had for nine years filled the post of First-
Lieutenant in different ships, was advanced, 7 Dec.
1818, to the rank of Commander. He was afterwards
employed, from 12 May, 1827, until May, 1828, as
Second-Captain, in the Windsor Castle 74, Capt.
E. D. King, under whom he brought troops home
from Lisbon — and from 14 April, 1835, until the
close of 1838, in command of the Clio 16. For
services performed in the latter vessel (in which he
also visited the shores of Africa) on the coasts of
Catalonia and Valencia, during the civil war in
Spain, he was promoted, 28 June, 1838, to Post-
rank, and created by Maria Christina, the Queen-
Regent, a Knight of the Order of Isabella the Ca-
tholic, the insignia whereof he was permitted by
his own sovereign to accept and wear. Since the
Clio was put out of commission he has not been
afloat.
Capt. Richardson is Honorary Secretary to the
Kaval Benevolent Society, and has on several occa-
sions received a vote of thanks from the Board of
Directors. He married, in 1816, a niece of Vice-
Adrairal Geo. M'Kinley, and has issue a daughter
* Dating from 17.96. -f- Vide Gai. 1812, p. 1395.
PICHES. (Lieutenant, 1814.)
Watson Thomas Riches was present, as Mid-
shipman of the Windsor Castle 98, Capt. Chas.
Boyles, in Sir Kobt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805,
at the capture of four heavy French frigates off
Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806, and at the passage of the
Dardanells in Feb. 1807. In 1810 he assisted, in
the Clorinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, at the cap-
ture of the Isle of France ; in the following year
he co-operated, in the Illustrious 74, Commodore
Wm. Robt. Broughton, in the conquest of the island
of Java; and in 1813-14 he commanded, vrith the
rating of Master's Mate, a gun-boat on the river
Elbe and at the reduction of Cuxhaven and Gluck-
stadt. He was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant
22 Jan. 1814 ; and has been in charge, since 19 Jan.
1839, of a station in the Coast Guard.
RICHIE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p.,35.)
William Richie entered the Navy, 6 July, 1799,
as L. M., on board the Ruby 64, Capts. Alan Hyde
Gardner and Solomon Ferris, in which ship and in
the Zealous 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, he was
employed, until July, 1802, on the Channel, African,
North Sea, Baltic, Cadiz, and West India stations.
In May, 1807, after having served for about 15
months at Plymouth and at the Brazils and Cape of
Good Hope in the Belleisle 74, Capt. Wm. Har-
good, and, as Midshipman, in the Sampson 64, bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling, he
joined the Excellent 74, Capts. John West and
Edw. GrifBth. While on the books of that ship he
saw much gun-boat service in the Straits of Gibral-
tar, was employed on shore at the defence of the
fortress of Rosas, on the coast of Spain, in Nov.
1808, and in the following year contributed to the
destruction of several of the enemy's gun-vessels in
the Adriatic. Removing, in April, 1810, to the
Franchise 36, commanded for some time by Capt.
Rich. Buck, he made a voyage to Greenland, and
on his return was sent to co-operate with the pa-
triots on the coast of Catalonia. From Dec. 1811
until Aug. 1814 he served in the Channel and Medi-
terranean, as Master's Mate, on board the Royal
Sovereign 100, Capts. Wm. Bedford, Jas. Bissett,
Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, Chas. Thurlow Smith, and
Robt. Lambert. He then joined the Vengeur 74,
Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, under whom he
accompanied the expedition against New Orleans
and assisted at the reduction of Fort Bowyer. On
leaving the Vengeur in Aug. 1815 he took up a
commission bearing date 11 Feb. in that year. He
has since been on half-pay. Agents — Burnett and
Holmes.
RICHMOND. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 28.)
Henry Richmond died in 1848.
This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1809, as
Fst.-el. Vol., on board the Amethyst frigate, com-
manded in the Channel by Capt. Jacob Walton;
served next, from Feb. 1811 until Aug. 1815, the
greater part of the time as Midshipman, in the
SuRVEiLLANTE 38, PoRCUPiNE 22, and Leander 50,
all under the orders of Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier ;
then joined, in the capacity of Master's Mate, the
Princess floating-battery at Liverpool, Capt. Wm.
Simpson ; and from June, 1816, until Jan. 1820, was
employed at St. Helena as Admiralty-Midshipman
in the Eurydice 24 and Conqueror 74, Capts.
Robt. Wauchope and Fras. Stanfell, and as Acting-
Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission dated 5
Oct. 1819) in the Nautilus 18, Capt. Isham Fleming
Chapman. While attached to the Surveillante
he assisted at the reduction, in 1811-12-13, of seve-
ral of the enemy's towns and forts on the north
coast of Spain, including those of Lequeytio, Bermeo
Galea, Algorta, Bagona, El Campillo las Quersas'
RICHMOND— RICKETTS.
977
Xebiles, Castro, St. Ano, Guetaria, Santander, Santa
Clara, and St. Sebastian. In the Leander he came
several times into action with the enemy on the
coast of North America. After he left the Nau-
tilus he did not go afloat. Agents — Collier and
Snee.
EICHMOND. (Lieutenant, 1822.)
Thomas Kichmond was made Lieutenant, 6 May,
1822, into the Bustard 10, Capt. Jas. Wigston, on
the Jamaica station ; and was afterwards appointed
— 2 Sept. 1824, to the Owen Glendowek 42, Com-
modore Hood Hanway Christian, with whom he re-
mained for upwards of three years at the Cape of
Good Hope— 19 Nov. 1828, to the Coast Blockade,
in which service he continued employed, as Super-
numerary-Lieutenant of the RAMiiiWES and Tala-
VERA 74's, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot,
until the early part of 1831—9 March, 1832, in the
capacity last mentioned, to the Isis 50, bearing the
flag of Kear-Admiral Fred. Warren at the Cape of
Good Hope — and 22 May following, to the Badger
mooring-vessel on that station, Capt. Geo. Fuller
Stow. He has been on half-pay since the summer
of 1833.
Lieut. Bichmond is married and has issue.
a prison in the citadel of Valenciennes, the second
from a dungeon at Hirson. On being at length set
at large, he was promoted, 14 Deo. 1809, to the
rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the Van-
guard 74, Capt. Henry Richard Glynn ; in which
ship and in the Sparrow sloop, Capt. Joseph Need-
ham Tayler, and Theseus 74, Capt. Brown, he con-
tinued employed on the Baltic and Home stations
until the peace. He has since been on half-pay.
Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
RICKETTS. (LiECT., 1809. r-p., 18 ; h-p., 34.)
Charles Spencer Ricketts entered the Navy, 4
April, 1795, as A. B., on board the Motine cutter,
commanded in the Mediterranean by Lieuts. "West
and Shepherd. In Oct. 1797 he removed to the
Princess BoyAL 98, bearing the flag of Sir John
Orde off Cadiz ; and in Sept. 1798 he became Mid-
shipman of the Speedy brig, of 14 4-pounders,
Capts. Jahleel Brenton and Lord Cochrane. Under
Capt. Brenton he contributed, 9 Aug. 1799, to the
capture, after a warm action of great length fought
in a small bay near Cape de Gatt, of three vessels,
mounting in the whole 22 guns, 6 and 9 pounders.
He was with the same officer at the destruction, 3
Oct. following, of four coasting-vessels anchored
under a fort and castle in a bay to the eastward of
Cape Trafalgar; and also when, unaided, he de-
feated and put to flight, near Gibraltar, 6 Nov.
1799, two Spanish schooners, each carrying 2 long
24-pounders and 50 men, 10 other vessels of 1 24-
pounder and 40 men each, and a French xebec pri-
vateer of 8 guns. Under the gallant Cochrane Mr.
Ricketts took part in a series of operations against
the enemy unparalleled for activity and success.
Within the space of 14 months he aided at the
taking, by the Speedy alone, of 33 vessels, carrying
all together 128 guns and 533 men ; and on 6 May,
1801, he had the honour of assisting at the ever-
memorable capture of the Spanish frigate JEl Gamo
of 32 heavy guns and 319 men ; which ship, after a
close cannonade of 45 minutes, was boarded and
carried with irresistible heroism by Lord Cochrane
at the head of 40 men. The British, whose number
consisted originally of 54, sustained a loss of 3 killed
and 8 wounded; the enemy of 15 killed and 41
wounded. On 3 July following the Speedy was
herself captured by a French squadron under M.
Linois, but not until she had exhausted every
means of escape, and had behaved in a manner so
conspicuous that Lord Cochrane's sword, on his
surrender, was immediately returned to him. Being
restored to liberty in the course of the same month,
Mr. Ricketts was at once received on board the
C^SAR 80, commanded (as flag-ship to Sir Jas.
Saumarez off Cadiz) by his friend Capt. Brenton ;
with whom he returned home in April, 1802, in the
Santa Dorotea frigate. Rejoining him, in the
ensuing Dec, on board La Minerve of 48 guns, he
was in that ship, 2 July, 1803, when she took the
ground under the batteries of Cherbourg, and was
compelled, despite a fierce and sanguinary resist-
ance, to strike her colours. In consequence of this
misfortune he was for upwards of six years detained
a captive in France. During that period he twice
attempted to effect his escape— the first time from
EICKETTS, Bart. (Captain, 1846. p-p., 15 ;
H-p., 16.)
Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, bom 27 Feb. 1803, is
eldest son of the late Vice- Admiral of the Blue Sir
Tristram Robt. Ricketts, Bart.,* by Rebecca Eliza,
daughter of John Gumbleton, Esq., of Glencaime
Abbey, co. Waterford ; and brother (with Lieute-
nant S. H. Ricketts, K.N.) of St. Vincent Wm.
Ricketts, Esq., a Major in the Scotch Greys, who
married a granddaughter of the fifth Earl of Berke-
ley. His uncle, Gilbert Ricketts, Esq., married a
daughter of Admiral Rodney Bligh.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College, 9
Aug. 1816 ; and embarked, 10 June, 1818, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich.
Dacres, stationed in the Channel. Between the
following Oct. and the date of his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant 20 March, 1823, he served on
the West India, Mediterranean, Lisbon, and Home
stations, as Midshipman, in the Liffey 50, Capt.
Hon. Henry Duncan, Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm.
Augustus Montagu, Apollo yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir
Chas. Paget, and Calliope tender. His succeeding
appointments were— in April, 1824, for about two
years, to the Sappho 18, Capts. Wm. Hotham and
Wm. Pitt Canning, on the Halifax station — and in
Aug. 1828 and April, 1830, to the Asia 84 and Bri-
tannia 120, flag-ships in the Mediterranean of Sir
Pulteney Malcolm. After officiating for about two
years and 10 months as Flag-Lieutenant to the offi-
cer last mentioned, he was advanced, 18 Aug. 1831,
to the rank of Commander. His last appointment
was to the Helena 16, the command of which vessel
he retained, at the Cape of Good Hope, from 23
Oct. 1843 until paid off in the summer of 1847. He
attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
Sir Cornwallis Ricketts married, 31 May, 1834,
Henrietta, youngest daughterof Colonel John Tem-
pest, of Tong Hall, co. York, by whom, who died
13 Nov. 1838, he has issue. Agent— Fred. Du-
faur.
RICKETTS. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Simpson Hicks Ricketts, born 26 May, 1816, is
youngest brother of Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Bart.,
Capt. R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Dec. 1829 ; passed
his examination 20 July, 1836 ; obtained his com-
mission, while serving as Mate on board the Siren
16, Capt. Wm. Smith (6), 28 Jan. 1842 ; and from
16 Aug. in the latter year until paid off in 1847 was
employed in the Pacific in the Salamander steam-
sloop of 220-horse power, Capt. And. Snape Ha^
mond. Agent — Fred. Dufaur.
• Sir Tristram Robt. Ricketts was born in 1772. Attaining
Post rank 9 Oct. L801, he commanded, during the late war,
the ViLLE DE Paris, San Josef, and Hibebnia first-rates,
bearing the flags of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, Sir Chas. Cotton,
and Earl St. Vincent, and Venqeub 74. In the latter ship,
at the close of 1814, he conveyed Major-Greneral Lambert
and a reinforcement of troops to the army before New
Orleans. In Feb. 1815 he commanded the detachment of
seamen landed at Mobile to assist in the reduction of Fort
Bowyer. In his official letter, reporting the result of the
operations which there took place, Sir Alex. Cochrane
declares himself indebted to Capt. Ricketts " for his zeal and
exertions in landing and transporting the cannon and sup-
plies, by which the fort was so speedily reduced." Sir Tristram
(who was created a Baronet in 1828) became a Rear- Admiral
22 July, 1830, and a Vice-Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. He died in
Aug, 1842.
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RIDEOUT— RIDER-RIDGE— RIGGE—KIGMAIDEN.
F-p., 27 ;
KIDEOUT. (COMMANDEB, 1827,
H-P., 23.)
Samhei, Kideout entered the Navy, 6 July, 1797,
as A.B., on board the Gallaht, Lieut.-Commander
Wm. Lyall, under whom, after cruizing in the
Channel, he accompanied, in the capacity of Mid-
shipman, the expedition of 1799 to Holland. In
Nov. 1800 he removed to the Koyal George 100,
bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Hyde Parker;
and on following that officer into the London 98, he
witnessed the battle fought at Copenhagen 2 April,
1801. After visiting the West Indies in the Edgar
74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, he was received in
succession, in the course of 1802-3, on board the
Ambuscade 32, Capt. David Atkins, and Kubt and
Galtkheid 64's, Capts. Hon. Francis Farington
Gardner and Isaac WoUey. In 1804 he sailed in the
Cdlloden 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, for the
East Indies ; where he removed, in Jan. 1805, to the
Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, went back, in the
ensuing Sept., to the Culloden, and was nominated,
5 Feb. 1806, Acting-Lieutenant of the Concorde 36,
commanded by the present Sir Josiah Coghill Cog-
hill. He was confirmed aLieutenant 21 Sept. 1807 ;
and was subsequently appointed — 18 Dec. 1807, to
the Northumberland 14, Capt. Wm. Hargood, on
the Mediterranean station — 17 Sept. 1810, to the
Bedford 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, in which ship he
served in the North Sea and West Indies, escorted
the Allied Sovereigns over from France in the sum-
mer of 1814, and accompanied the expedition against
New Orleans— 12 Sept. and 31 Dec. 1815, and 17
Aug. 1816, to the Albion, Queen, and Northum-
berland 74's, all commanded, as guard-ships at
Sheerness, by Capt. Jas. Walker, with whom he re-
mained until paid ofi'in Sept. 1818—21 March, 1823,
and 6 May, 1824, as Senior Lieutenant, to the
Thetis 46, Capt. Sir John Phillimore, and Glou-
cester 74, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. E. Owen and
Joshua Sydney Horton, on the Home station— and
27 March, 1826, again as First, to the Ganges 84,
bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Waller Otway in
South America. While serving in the latter ship
he was promoted to the rank of Commander 11
May, 1827. He continued in her in that capacity
until she was put out of commission in Sept. 1829 ;
and has not been since atlo^t.
Chief at Jamaica; but the court, feeling strongly
that in the commission of this offence against pro-
fessional etiquette he had been misled by error of
judgment, arising from the best motives for the
welfare of his king and country, earnestly recom-
mended him to the favourable consideration of the
Admiralty. He was in consequence restored to his
former rank in March, 1811. He has since been on
half-pay.
Commander Eider is married and has issue.
Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
EIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
George Agar Ellis Ridge passed his examma-
tion 21 Nov. 1843 ; became Mate, 3 Feb. 1846, of
the Albion 90, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, attached to
the Channel squadron ; and obtained his commis-
sion 9 Nov. in the same year. His appointments
have since been— 26 April, 1847, to the Imaum 72,
receiving-ship at Jamaica, Capt. Geo. Eobt. Lam-
bert—25 June, 1847, as Additional-Lieutenant, to
the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm.
Austen, Commander-in-Chief in North America
and the West Indies — and 5 Oct. 1847, to the
Alarm 26, Capt. Granville Gower Loch, with whom
he is at present serving on the station last men-
tioned.
RIDER. (Commander, 1806.)
William Barnham Eider entered the Navy, in
1781, as A.B., on board the Ceocodlle, Capt. Jas.
King, employed in the Channel ; and in the course
of the following year became Midshipman, under
the same ofiicer, of the Resistance, on the West
India station. Between 1786 and the commence-
ment of the French revolutionary war he served on
the coast of Scotland, at Newfoundland, and in the
Channel and Mediterranean, in the Scourge, Capt.
Rich. Eundell Burgess, Pegasus, Capt. Herbert
Sawyer, Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Admiral Mil-
banke, Peudente 38, Capt. Henry TroUope, and
Britannia 100, bearing the flag of Admiral Hotham.
He was afterwards, until the peace of Amiens, em-
ployed in the Mediterranean and Channel, as Lieu-
tenant, on board the Diadem 64 and Aigle 38,
both commanded by Capt. Chas. Tyler, St. George
98, Capt. Sampson Edwards, and San Josef 110,
Capt. Wm. Wolseley. In the Diadem he took part,
we believe, in Hotham' s first partial action 14 March,
1795 ; and in the Aigle he was wrecked, near Tunis,
1 8 July, 1798. During the two or three years which
anteceded his promotion to the rank of Commander
22 Jan. 1806, he served at home in the Sea Fen-
clbles and in the G altkheid 64, Capt. Isaac WoUey,
Otter sloop, Capt. John Davies (o), and Antelope
50, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith. He subse-
quently commanded the Gorgon 44, and, for a long
time, the Challenger sloop, on the Home and
West India stations. On 20 Nov. 1810 he lost his
commission by the sentence of a court-martial for
returning home with despatches from the Lieute-
nant-Governor of Curajoa without having obtained
the previous authority of the naval Commander-in-
RIGGE. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Charles Gray Eigge is second son of Gray
Rigge, Esq., of Wood Broughton House, co. Lan-
caster, an Acting-Magistrate for Lancashire and
the North Riding of co. York, by Sarah, eldest
daughter of Edw. Moore, Esq., of Stockwell, and
niece of Peter Moore, Esq., Member in several Par-
liaments for the city of Coventry.
This officer entered the Navy 22 Sept. 1825';
passed his examination in 1831 ; and obtained his
commission 28 June, 1838. His appointments have
since been— 4 Jan. 1839, to the Zebra ;16, Capt.
Jas. John Stopford, in the Mediterranean— 17 Sept.
1841, after a few months of half-pay, to the Devas-
tation steamer, Capts. Hastings Reginald Heniy,
Hon. Swynfen Thos. Carnegie, and Wm. Hewgill
Kitchen, with whom he served on the same station
until the close of 1845, the greater part of the time
as First-Lieutenant- and 29 June, 1846, and 25 Oct.
1847, to the command of the Trident and Comet
steam-vessels of 350 and 80-horse power, the former
in the Mediterranean, the latter on particular
service.
F-p., 12:
RIGMAIDEN. (Lieutenant, 1812.
H-P., 31.)
James Eigmaiden entered the Navy, 6 April,
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Merlin 16, Capt.
Edw. Pelham Brenton, with whom he continued
employed, as Midshipman, in the Amaranthe 18
and Belleisle 74, bearing the broad pendant of
Commodore Cockburn, and Donegal 74, until Nov.
1809. In the Merlin he assisted at the bombard-
ment of Havre 23 July and 1 Aug. 1804; and while
serving in the Amaranthe he aided in her boats
with those of the Circe and Stork, commanded by
Lieut. Jas. Hay (by whom his conduct was reported
in very handsome terms) at the boarding and car-
rying, 13 Dec. 1808, under a heavy fire from the
enemy's batteries and troops on the beach, of the
French 18-gun brig Le Cigne, lying aground to the
northward of St. Pierre's, Martinique.* He was
present in the same vessel at the reduction of Mar-
tinique. In the Belleisle he escorted the Mar-
quess Wellesley to and from Cadiz. After serving
for a year and seven months at St. Helena, in the
Channel, and among the Western Islands, in the
Argo 44, Capt. Fred. Warren, and as Master's Mate
in the Spartan 38, Capt. E. P. Brenton, and Ven-
geur 74, flag-ship of Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, he
was nominated, in June, 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of
the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. EoUes. In the en-
suing Aug. he was received as a Supernumerary-
Midshipman on board the Africaine 38, Capt. Hon.
• Viie Gaz. 1809, p. 147.
RILEY— RISK— RITCHIE-RIVERS.
979
Edw. Rodney, fitting for the East Indies ; wliere he
was made full Lieutenant, 21 March, 1812, into the
Ii.i,uSTRioDS 74, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood, and
next, 8 Jan. 1813, appointed to the Ph<enix 36,
Capts. Wm. Henry Webley and Chas. John Austen.
Under the latter officer, on proceeding to the Medi-
terranean, lie was actively employed in the sup-
pression of piracy until wrecked in a hurricane near
Smyrna, 20 Feb. 1816. He has since been on half-
pay.
Lieut. Bigmaiden married, 14 July, 1830, Frances
Ann, only child of the late Geo. Brumwell, Esq.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
EILEY. (Commander, 1838. f-p.,29; h-p., 11.)
Charles Wilson Kilby entered the Navy, 24
Dec. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vanguakd
74, Capts. Thos. Fras. Chas. Mainwaring, Thos.
Baker, and Henry Rich. Glynn, on the Baltic sta^
tion ; where, during nearly four years, he was
actively employed, the greater part of the time in
the capacity of Midshipman, in affording protection
to the trade, was in almost daily collision with the
Danes, either in destroying their commerce or in
chasing their gun-boats, and on one occasion as-
sisted in repelling, with considerable loss to the
enemy, the attack of a large flotilla. Removing, at
the close of 1811, to the Mai/ta 80, bearing the flag
in the Mediterranean of Rear- Admiral Benj. Hal-
lowell, he served in that ship, in 1813, at the siege
of Tarragona, at the destruction of the fort of St.
Philippe, and in other operations on the coast of
Catalonia. He continued employed with Rear-Ad-
miral Hallowell, as Master's Mate, in the Tonnant
80, at Cork, until Nov. 1818. From Feb. 1822
until about the year 1827 he was employed in the
Coast Blockade as Admiralty-Midshipman and Mate
and Supernumerary-Lieutenant (commission dated
21 Jan. 1824) of the Severn 40, Bamillies 74,
and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and
Wm. Jas. Mingaye. His succeeding appointments
were — 15 Feb. 1828, to the Erebus bomb, Capt.
Philip Broke, in the Mediterranean— 4 May, 1830,
for a few months, to the Revenge 76, Capt. Hon.
Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, on the same station— and,
1 Nov. 1832 and 9 Jan. 1834, to the command of
the Sparrow cutter at Portsmouth, and Espom
Falmouth packet. He paid the latter vessel off in
the summer of 1837 ; and on 28 June, 1838, was ad-
vanced to his present rank. He obtained, 4 July,
1839, a five-years' appointment in the Coast Guard ;
and since 24 Jan. 1848 has been in command of
the Star sloop on the coast of Africa.
Commander Riley married, in 1836, a daughter
of the late Mr. Gibbon, Commander of H. M.
packet Lady Louisa.
EISK. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
John Erskine Field Risk entered the Navy 8
Sept. 1826 ; passed his examination in 1832 ; and for
his services on the coast of Syria, including the
bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant, 5 Nov. 1840. His succeed-
ing appointment were — 14 Jan. 1841, as Additional,
to the Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir
Ilobt. Stopford in the Mediterranean— 4 May fol-
lowing, to the Carysfort 26, Capt. Henry Byam
Martin, on the same station, whence he returned to
England and was paid off— 7 Jan. 1842, to the Fly
18, Capt. Fras. Price Blackwood, with whom he was
for upwards of four years employed on surveying
service in the East Indies— and 12 May, 1847, to the
Caledonia 120, which ship, bearing the flag of Sir
John Louis, Admiral-Superintendent at Devonport,
he left in Jan. 1848.
He married, 1 Deo. 1841, Emily, daughter of
Major Tudor, of the Ordnance Department.
EISK. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Richard Hawkins Risk passed his examination
5 Oct. 1836 ; served for some time in the Incon-
stant 36, Capt. Fred. Thos. Michell, and Locust
steamer, Lieut.-Commander John Lunn, on the Me-
diterranean station ; and obtained his commission 8
Nov. 1844. His appointments have since been — 11
Dec. 1844, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Cale-
donia 120, bearing the flag of Sir David Milne at
Devonport— 6 March, 1845, to the Apollo troop-
ship, Capt. "Wm. Badcliffe, with whom he appears to
have visited every quarter of the globe — 28 Jan.
1847, to the Birkenhead steam-frigate of 556-horse
power, Capt. Aug. Henry Ingram, employed on par-
ticular service— and 13 Jan. and 10 May, 1848, to
the command of the Lucifer and Trident steamers
of 180 and 350-horse power, in the latter of which
he continues.
EITCHIE. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Ritchie entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1804,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diligence sloop,
Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, on the Leith station. In
Aug. 1805 he followed Capt. Kerr, as Midshipman,
into the Combatant, another sloop, in which he
continued employed in the Channel and Baltic
under Capt. Alex. Rich. M'Kenzie, until taken pri-
soner, 17 Sept. 1807. On being exchanged in the
spring of 1809, he joined the Courageux 74, Capts.
Robt. Plampin, Wm. Butterfield, and Philip Wilkin-
son ; under the iirst-mentioned of whom we flnd
him, in the course of the same year, accompanying
the expedition to the Walcheren. He subsequently
proceeded to the Baltic ; where, after serving for
about 12 months in the Victory 100, flag-ship of
Sir Jas. Saumarez, he was nominated, 4 May, 1812,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Ariel sloop, Capt. Dan.
Ross. He was confirmed to that vessel 10 July,
1812 ; and was lastly, from 24 May, 1813, until Feb.
1816, employed at Leith in the Cherokee 10, Capt.
Wm. Ramage. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
RIVEES. (Lieut., 1806. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 30.)
William Rivers was born some time between
the years 1786 and 1788.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 May, 1795, os
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victory 100, in which
ship, commanded by Capts. John Knight, Robt.
Calder, Geo. Grey, Thos. Sotheby, and Wm. Cuming,
and, as a depot for prisoners of- war at Chatham, by
Lieut. John Rickman, he continued employed 33
Midshipman until paid off in Nov. 1799. He was
in consequence present under the flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Robt. Mann, and received two splinter-wounds
in the right arm, in Hotham's second partial action,
13 July, 1795 ; and, under Sir John Jervis, in the
battle off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797. On 9
April, 1803, he again embarked on board the Vic-
tory, then the flag-ship of Lord Nelson, under
whom, after pursuing the combined squadrons of
France and Spain to the West Indies and back, he
shared, as one of his lordship's Aides-de-Camp, in
the glories of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. On that
occasion he received a severe contusion by a
splinter, which knocked out three of his teeth, and
he had the misfortune to have his left leg carried
away by a shot.* As a reward, however, for his
valour and his sufferings he was made Lieutenant,
8 Jan. 1806, into the Princess of Orange 74, Capt.
Thos. Rogers, was presented with a gratuity from
the Patriotic Fund, and was subsequently, 4 April,
1816, allotted a pension of 91Z. 55. per annum. His
appointments, after he had been discharged from
the Princess of Orange, were — 1 April, 1806, to
the Otter sloop, Capt. John Davies (a), stationed
in the Channel, where he served until Jan. 1807 —
11 April in the latter year, to the Cossack 24, Capt.
Geo. Digby, part of the force employed in Admiral
Gambler's expedition to Copenhagen — 18 Oct. 1809
(seven months after he had left the Cossack), as
First, to the Cretan 16, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne,
off Flushing— 19 Sept. 1810 (having quitted the
Cretan in the preceding Jan.), to the Raisonnable
64, Capts. Thos. New, Chas. Hewitt, and Edw.
Sneyd Clay, lying at Sheerness— and 16 June, 1814,
and 26 Aug. 1815, to the Namur and Bulwark
74's, bearing the flags of Sir Thos. Williams and
* F. Gaz. 1805, p. 1484.
612
980
RIVERS— ROBB—ROBERTON— ROBERTS.
Sir Chas. Rowley, Commanders-in-Chief at the
Nore. "We may here mention that while serving in
the Cossack Mr. Rivers was frequently employed
in a boat for the purpose of intercepting such ves-
sels as might be passing with troops through the
Little Belt. He was for four months engaged in
her as First-Lieutenant in watching the enemy's
movements at Brest ; and he co-operated for some
time with the British army on the coast of Spain,
whence the Cossack brought home the present
Marquess of Anglesey and the despatches announc-
ing the defeat and death of General Moore at Co-
runna. During the last six months of 1814 Mr.
Rivers performed the duties of Flag-Lieutenant to
Sir Thos. Williams in the Najmor, in which ship
and in the Bdlwakk he afterwards, until paid off
in April, 1818, officiated as First-Lieutenant. He
was the only First-Lieutenant, be it observed, of a
guard-ship bearing the flag of a Commander-in-
Chief who was not promoted at the conclusion of
the war. After many fruitless applications for em-
ployment, he obtained, in Nov. 1824, the appoint-
ment of Warden at Woolwich Dockyard, where he
continued until admitted, 28 April, 1826, into the
Royal Hospital at Greenwich.
Lieut. Rivers married, 9 JiJy, 1809, a niece of
Joseph Gibson, Esq., of Long Bennington, co. Lin-
coln, by whom he has issue two sons (one of them,
William Thomas, a Lieutenant R.N.) and six
daughters.
EIVEES. (Lieut., 1841. r-p., 18; h-p., 0.)
WiLUAM Thomas Rivers, bom 3 April, 1814, at
Sheerness, is son of Lieut. Wm. Rivers, R.N. He
was educated at Christ's Hospital, and was pre-
sented on leaving with a watch and two medals.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 May, 1829, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Basilisk 10, Lieut.-
Commanders Wm. Barber Watts and Wright, with
whom he served in the North Sea and on the north-
ern coast of England until paid off in Feb. 1831 —
the last nine months in the capacity of Midshipman.
During that period he miraculously saved a seaman
who had fallen overboard in the river Thames, and
a whole boat's crew who had been upset in North
Shields harbour. In June, 1831, he joined the
Alfred 50, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, on the Mediter-
ranean station ; where, after having witnessed the
establishment of King Otho on the throne of Greece
and been for some time employed in watching the
movements of the hostile fleets of Turkey and
Egypt, he was discharged, in July, 1834, into the
Spitfire steamer, Lieut.-Commander Andrew Ken-
nedy. When subsequently in the West Indies he
twice proved instrumental to the preservation of that
vessel from destruction by fire ; on one occasion he
crawled under the boilers with the engine-hose and
extinguished the flames round the mast. During a
hurricane which had blown the Spitfire out of Car-
lisle Bay, Barbadoes, Mr. Rivers again had the good
fortune of snatching from a watery grave a boat's
crew who had been likewise driven to sea. After
serving for about two years in the West Indies as
Mate of the Vestal 26, Capt. Wm. Jones, under
vhom he contributed to the capture of four slave-
vessels, he joined, in Nov. 1837, the Calliope 26,
Capt. Thos. Herbert, fitting for the South American
station, whence he proceeded to China. During
the hostilities in that part of the world he assisted
in a very creditable manner in the boats at the cap-
ture of the enemy's forts at Chuenpee,'" and served
in the boats and on shore, and was wounded, during
the operations connected with the first and second
capture of Canton. ^ As a reward for his conduct
he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 June,
1841. Prior to the receipt of his commission he
had followed Capt. Herbert into the Blenheim 72.
He then became First of the Sulphur 8, Capt. Edw.
Belcher ; and was subsequently appointed — 15 Sept.
1841, as Additional, to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship
of Sir Chas. Adam in North America and the West
Indies— 15 Sept. 1842, as First, to the Imaum 72,
• Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 1222.
+ V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1603, 1506, 2512.
bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Henry
Dilkes Byng at Jamaica, where the exertions he
displayed in rescuing under very perilous circum-
stances the stores from the wreck of H. M. steamer
Meg^ba procured him the thanks of the Com-
mander-in-Chief^23 March, 1843, in the capacity
last mentioned, to the Albatross 16, Capt. Regi-
nald Yorke, employed on the West India and Afri-
can stations — and 12 Nov. 1846 (a few months after
the latter vessel had been paid off'), to the com-
mand, which he retained until 1848, of the Nautilus
10, in the Channel.
KOBB. (Captain, 1841.)
John Robb entered the Navy 8 July, 1812;
passed his examination in 1819 ; and while attached
to the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish
Spencer, contributed in her boats to the brilliant
destruction, on the night of 23 May, 1824, of a 16-
gun brig moored in a position of extraordinary
strength alongside the walls of the fortress of Bona,
in which was a garrison of about 400 men, who from
cannon and musket kept up a tremendous fire
almost perpendicularly on the deck. Being made
Lieutenant, 16 March, 1827, into the Asia 84, bear-
ing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington in the Mediter-
ranean, he commanded a tender belonging to that
ship (the Hind cutter) at the battle of Navarin,
where the services he rendered had the effect of
procuring him a second promotal commission dated
1 May, 1829. From 24 Oct. 1836 until posted, on
his return to England, 22 Feb. 1841, he commanded
the Satellite 18, on the North America and West
India station. Since 12 Dec. 1845 he has been em-
ployed in the Channel and Mediterranean in the
Gladiator steam-vessel of 430-horse power.
In Feb. 1845 Capt. Robb was sent out, in conjunc-
tion with Capts. Henry John Codrington and Jas.
Crawford Caffin, in the Black Eagle, on an expe-
rimental cruize with the royal steam-yacht Vic-
toria AND Albert and Rattler (screw) steamer,
for the purpose of reporting on the capabilities of
those vessels.
BOBEETON. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
John Sherbrooee Roberton died in 1847.
This officer entered the Navy 24 April, 1830;
passed his examination 17 Oct. 1836 ; and from 1840
until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 Nov.
1843, was employed in the Mediterranean, in attend-
ance on the Queen off Walmer, and at the Cape of
Good Hope, as Mate, in the Thunderer 84, Capts.
Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley and Dan.
Pring. He was nominated, 26 Jan. 1844, Additional
of the CoRNWALLis 72, fiag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker
in the East Indies ; and from 30 July following
until the close of 1846 he served on that station in
the Samarang surveying-vessel, Capt. Sir Edw.
Belcher.
ROBERTS. (LiEOT., 1812. f-p., 14; H-p., 32.)
Benjamin Roberts — a descendant of Benj. Ro-
berts, ancestor of the Robertses, late Earls of Rad-
nor— is son of Benj. Roberts, Esq., an officer in the
Army ; and grandson of the Rev. Sam. Roberts, of
Salisbury, who married an heiress, Miss Helby,
niece of Sir Jacob Acworth, who filled the office of
Surveyor of the Navy from March, 1715, to March,
1749. His father's only sister was the wife of the
late Henry Lee, Esq., of Dynas Powis, a Magistrate
and Deputy-Lieutenant for Glamorganshire, whose
grandfather, Henry Lee, Esq., Mayor of Hull, mar-
ried Catherine Freeman, great-grand-aunt of Lord
Brougham. Several members of his family have
been devoted to the service of their country.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Madras 54, Capts. Chas.
Hare and Thos. Briggs, employed in the North Sea
and also in the Mediterranean ; where, after parti-
cipating under the fiag of Sir Rich. Biokerton in
the operations connected vrith the expulsion of the
French from Egypt, he removed as Midshipman in
Feb. 1802, to the Tigre 74, Capts. Robt. Jackson
ROBERTS.
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and Rich. Curry. That ship being paid off in Sept.
of the same year, he next, in July, 1803, joined
the Lynx sloop, Capt. John Willoughby Marshall ;
under "whom we find him while in pursuit of some
French gun-vessels engaged in an action with the
batteries in the neighbourhood of Boulogne. In
Feb. 1804 he was received on board the Utrecht
64, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Robt. Montagu
on the Downs station ; where, on being lent in 1805
to the Fury bomb, Capt. John Telland, he took
part in a rencontre with a large flotilla of praams
and gun-boats off Dieppe. After again serving with
Capt. Briggs in the North Sea and West Indies on
board the Agincohrt 64 and Orpheus 32, he was
placed, about Nov. 1807, under the orders of Lieut.
Geo. Ballard Vine in the Dolores, a prize schooner,
in which he assisted in cutting out some vessels
under the fire of a battery, and was wrecked in the
Gulf of Mexico. In Sept. 1807, having suffered a
rigorous captivity of 10 months among the Spa-
niards, he was exchanged and enabled to join the
"Wolf 18, Capt. "Wm. Sumner Hall ; under whom,
previously to removing, in Jan. 1803, to the Are-
THOSA 33, Capts. Chas. Brisbane and Robt. Mends,
he fought in two sharp engagements with a flotilla
of gun-boats on the Spanish main. On the arrival
home of the Arethusa in Oct. 1808, he became
attached, first to the Venus 32 and then to the Clo-
RiNDE 40, both commanded by his friend Capt.
Briggs. In the latter ship he proceeded as Master's
Mate to the East Indies ; where, in May, 1810, he
was nominated by Rear-Admiral Wm. O'Brien
Drury, who had received him on board his flag-ship
the RnssELi. 74, Acting-Lieutenant of the Procris
18, commanded in succession by Capts. Robt. Maun-
sell and Chas. Tyler, for nearly three months by
himself, and by Capts. Walter Forman, Nathaniel
Norton, and Thos. Curzon. On 31 July, 1811, while
Capt. Maunsell and his First-Lieutenant were en-
gaged in the boats in effecting the capture and de-
struction of six well-disputed gun-boats on the coast
of Java, Mr. Roberts, who had been left Senior
oflBcer on board, proved of utility in maintaining
a covering fire from the Procris. He subsequently
served on shore with a party of seamen at the bom-
bardment and storming of Fort Cornells, and other-
wise co-operated in the reduction of the island of
Java. During the period he acted as Commander
of the Procris (from 11 Deo. 1811 to 4 March,
1812) he had the gratification of receiving the per-
sonal approval of Commodore Broughton on the
occasion of a visit of inspection made by him ; and
of saving the crew of the American ship Pekin
wrecked on a rock in Sunda Strait. Under Capt.
Forman Mr. Roberts, whose commission bears date
24 Oct. 1812, accompanied the expedition under
Capt. Jas. Bowen of the Ph<enix frigate against
the pirates of Palambang in Borneo, from whom he
aided in taking a number of batteries containing in
the whole 101 pieces of cannon, together with the
Sultan's palace, defended by 140 more. In the
course of the same year, 1812, he was present in an
unsuccessful attack made on the piratical settle-
ment of Sambas ; but in June, 1813, he co-operated
in a renewed and more fortunate attempt. His
conduct throughout the very arduous duties con-
nected therewith induced his Commander, Norton,
to report him in very handsome terms to the senior
ofiioer, Capt. Geo. Sayer. He returned home with
convoy in Aug. 1814 ; and was lastly, in 1826-7, em-
ployed in experimentally cruizing as First-Lieute-
nant in the Wolf 18, Capt. Geo. Hayes.
EGBERTS. (Retired Captain, 1845.)
Daniel Roberts entered the Navy, 30 July,
1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Overyssel 64,
Capt. John Bazelj^, stationed at the Nore. Conti-
nuing in that ship for a period of not more than
four months, he next, in Aug. 1801, joined, for a
few weeks, the Royal William, Capt. Fras. Pick-
more, at Portsmouth. From June to Oct. 1802 he
served as Midshipman on board the Blenheim,
Capt. Pliilip Turner Bower; from June, 1803, to
May, 1805, he was employed with much activity in
the EuRYALUS 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood ;
and from Aug. in the latter year until promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant, 12 July, 1809, he was sta-
tioned on the coast of France in the Penelope 36
and, as Master's Mate, in the Illustrious 74, both
commanded by Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton. After
serving for rather more than two years on the
Home and East India stations in the Phosnix 36,*
Capt. Zachary Mudge, and Illustkious 74, bearing
the broad pendant of his former Captain, Broughton
(under whom he co-operated in the reduction of
the island of Java), he was nominated, 30 Sept.
1811, Acting-Commander of the Barracouta sloop.
That vessel, however, he never had an opportunity
of joining. His promotion to the rank of Com-
mander took place 16 May, 1812 ; and his last ap-
pointment, to the Hydra troop-ship, 15 Sept. 1815.
In that ship he served on the Baltic, Newfoundland,
Halifax, and West India stations.
He accepted his present rank 25 June, 1845.
Agents — Holmes and Folkard.
EGBERTS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
Ddnoan Roberts entered the Navy (into which
he was impressed from the Merchant Service,
wherein he held a very promising position), 25 Jan.
1806, as A.B., on board the Spencer 74, Capt. Hon.
Robt. Stopford ; and on 6 Feb. following was pre-
sent in the action off St. Domingo. Removing, in
July of the same year, to the Captain 74, Capts.
Geo. Cockburn, Isaac WoUey, and Jas. Athol Wood,
he assisted soon afterwards at the capture, by a
squadron under Sir Thos. Louis, of the French fri-
gate Xe President. While in escort, with one or
two other ships-of-the-line, of a convoy of trans-
ports bound to Buenos Ayres, the Captain, towards
the close of 1806, fell in with a French squadron,
and was obliged to put into St. Jago, in the Cape de
Verde Islands, where together with her consorts and
charge she lay for four weeks blockaded. During
that period one of the enemy's vessels, a corvette
of 26 guns, was attacked and captured by the Bri-
tish boats, in which Mr. Roberts, who held the
rating of Quartermaster, was one of the persons
present. In 1807 he accompanied, under Capt.
Wolley, the expedition against Copenhagen. Pend-
ing the siege he lauded with a party of seamen and
assisted a few troops belonging to the 79th Regt.
in capturing a small Danish battery. His conduct
on this occasion was gallant and was reported as
such by the conducting military ofiicer, Capt.
Cameron. Continuing in the Captain, Mr. Roberts
further witnessed the surrender of Madeira, the re-
duction of Marie-Galante, Martinique, and other
French islands, and the capture of the French 74-
gun ship jyHaupoult. For special services ren-
dered several months prior to the taking of Mar-
tinique he had been awarded the rating of Master's
Mate. He continued employed with Capt. Wood
in that capacity on board the Neptune 98 and
PoMP^B 74 in the West Indies and Bay.of Biscay,
and also in the Mediterranean (where he took part
in several skirmishes with the French fleet and he-
held the fall of Genoa), until promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant, 15 Feb. 1815. He has since been on
half-pay.
EOBEETS. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Edward Forward Roberts entered the Navy
(from the Royal Naval College) 26 June, 1828 ;
passed his examination 13 April, 1833 ; and after
having served for a time in the Mediterranean as
Mate of the Inconstant 36, Capts. Dan. Pring and
Fred. Thos. Michell, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 23 Nov. 1841. His appointments have
since been— 9 Nov. 1843, to the Albion 90, Capt.
Nich. Lockyer, on the Home station — 23 Nov.
1846, to the command, after a few months of half-
pay, of the Myrmidon steamer of 150-horse power,
* He assisted in the boats of the Pheenix and jAtouss
sloop, and behaved very gall.intly, at the boarding and cap-
ture, 29;Jan. 1810, of ie Charles privateer of 14 guns and 90
men. — Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 178.
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ROBERTS.
employed on particular service — and, 9 Nov. 1847,
to that of the Pokoupine, another steam-vessel, of
140 horse-power, now in the Mediterranean.
ROBERTS. (LiECT., 1811. r-p., 16 ; h-p., 27.)
Fbahois Kobehts, born 28 Sept. 1789, is nephew
of Capt. Fras. Roberts, R.N., who was wounded,
when Lieutenant of the Qdebec 32, in an action
fought with the French frigate Surveillante, and
died in command of the SnccEss 32, in the West
Indies, in 1794. One of his brothers was a Mid-
shipman of the ViCTOBT at Trafalgar.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 July, 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pkincess of Obange 74,
Capt. Thos. Rogers, employed on the Home station,
where he continued to serve as Midshipman in the
Eesoldtion 74, Capt. Geo. Borlton, and Sampson
64, Capt. Thos. Masterman Hardy, until transferred
with the latter officer, in May, 1806, to the Tbiumph
74.* He then sailed for the West Indies, and, after
cruizing along the North American shores, was or-
dered to the coast of France. In Jan. 1809, being
off L'Orient, he was placed as Prize-Master in a
captured galliot and sent with her for adjudication
to Plymouth. Before he could reach that port he
was wrecked in a gale, a quarter of a mile from the
shore, on the coast of Cornwall, where many of
the crew perished. Having lashed himself to the
belfry, he remained on the broken hull in a state of
utter insensibility from noon until rescued at dusk
by a boat from the land. On leaving the Tbiomph
in the ensuing May, Mr. Roberts followed his Cap-
tain as Master's Mate into the Babfleub 98, bear-
ing the flag at Lisbon of Hon. Geo. Cranfield
Berkeley. In the early part of 1810 he was de-
tached with four Midshipmen and a party of seamen
under his orders for the purpose of distributing
them to the different telegraph posts on the lines of
Torres Vedras ; where he was personally intrusted
with the charge of the extreme station at Alhandra
and allowed to retain a key to the signals. On 3
Sept. 1810 (about the period that the British army
retired upon Alhandra) he was nominated, for his
services, Acting-Lieutenant of the Dotebel sloop,
Capt. Anthony Abdy; under whom it appears he
served for a short time at the defence of Cadiz.
On the return of the Dotebel to Lisbon he was
again sent up the Tagus and employed with the
flotilla under the present Capt. M. F. F. Berkeley
in co-operating with the right wing of the army
under Lord Hill concentrated between Alhandra
and Villa Franca. His promotion not being con-
firmed, Mr. Roberts, on the arrival of the Dotebei.
in England, went back to his old ship the Babfleub
in the capacity of Master's Mate. From her he was
soon afterwards deputed, with Lieut. John Geddes
and a detachment of carpenters and sailors, to con-
struct a pontoon-bridge over the river Guadiana ;
the bed of which, however, being found dry, the
party returned to the Babfledb. On 11 April,
1811, Mr. Roberts was again ordered to act as Lieu-
tenant in the St. Fiobenzo frigate, Capt. Hon.
Edm. Sexton Pery Knox ; and on 3 of the ensuing
May he was officially advanced to that rank. He
invalided in Sept. of the same year ; and was after-
wards appointed — 2 Sept. 1812, to the EspiioLE
sloop, Capt. John Taylor, employed in the Baltic
and Bay of Biscay — 6 March, 1813, to the Debwent
18, Capts. Geo. Manners Sutton and Thos. Williams,
stationed, until Nov. 1815, in the Channel, off the
north coast of Spain (where he was sent with a flag
of truce in the Eabl Moiba transport to procure
the release of 30 or 40 British prisoners from the
French garrison at Santona), and at Newfoundland
* While serving in the Triumph Mr. Roberta was in-
trusted for some time with the command of the Hamilton
despatch schooner. In that vessel he was employed in
watching the movements of several French ships blockaded
in Chesapeake Bay. After the aifair between the Leopabd
and the U. S. ship Chesapeake (see Sir Salusbury Davenport),
he contrived, by dint of great perseverance, to reach the
town of Norfolk during a dark night, and bring off to his
ship Capt. John Erskine Douglas of the Bellona 74, the
senior British officer in the Cliesapeake (who happened to
be on shore), before the intelligence arrived.
—5 Jan. 1820, for three months, to the Tamar 26,
Capt. Arthur Stow, lying at Portsmouth— 22 Dec.
following, to the command, which he retained until
Sept. 1825, of the Tartab Revenue-cruizer— 2 Feb.
1837, to the Coast Guard— and, 10 Oct. 1838, to the
command of the Adelaide Revenue-cruizer. He
has been on half-pay since July, 1839.
Lieut. Roberts married, 14 June, 1814, Amelia,
daughter of Lieut. G. Davies, B.N., by whom he
has issue three sons and four daughters. Two of
his sons are chief officers in the Peninsula and
Oriental Steam-packet Company's Service.
ROBERTS. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Henbt Roberts is cousin of the late Admiral Sir
Henry Digby, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy in June, 1815, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caledonia 120, Capt.
Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, lying at Plymouth,
and shortly afterwards sailed in the Ehrotas 38,
Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, for the Mediterranean, where
he continued employed in the Queen 74, flag-ship of
Eear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, Retnabd
10, Capt. David St. Clair, Isteb 36, Capt. Thos.
Forrest, Albion 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Penrose, and Scout 18, Capt. Wm. Ramsden.
He passed his examination in June, 1821 ; and be-
tween that period and the date of his promotion to
the rank of Lieutenant, 30 April, 1827, performed
the duties of Mate in the Albion 74, guard-ship at
Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, and, on the
South American station, in the Mersey and Menai
of 26 guns each, Capts. John Maopherson Ferguson
and Michael Seymour. We understand that before
he joined the Menai he acted for a time as Lieute-
nant in the Wellesley 74. Since 29 Jan. 1836 he
has filled an appointment in the Coast Guard. He
had assisted, in the Mebsey, in surveying the west-
ern coast of South America.
ROBERTS. (Retired Commander, 1840.)
James Wolfe Roberts entered the Navy, in
1772, as a Boy, on board the Cumbebland 74. In
May, 1775, he joined the Babfleub 90, flag-ship of
Sir Jas. Douglas at Spithead. Between the follow-
ing Aug. and Nov. 1778 he was actively employed on
the coast of North America in the Ph(Enix 44, Capt.
Hyde Parker ; and on 1 Dec. in the latter year, a
few days after he had been removed to the Ardent
64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Gambler, he was
made Lieutenant into the Virginia 32, Capt. John
Orde. In the course of 1779 he had the misfortune
from the effects of ulceration to lose the sight of
both eyes. He was admitted to the out-pension of
Greenwich Hospital 22 Sept. 1806; and invested
vrith his present rank 9 July, 1840.
He married a daughter of the late Mr. John
Irwin, of Deptford, and was left a widower 28
March, 1845.
ROBERTS. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 28.)
John Robebts entered the Navy, 8 May, 1808,
as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Invincible 74, Capts.
Ross Donnelly and John HolUnworth, the latter of
whom he followed as Midshipman into the Resist-
ance 36, commanded afterwards by Capts. Philip
L. J. Rosenhagen and Chas. Hole. In the Invin-
cible he served in the North Sea and at the block-
ade of Toulon ; and in both ships he took an active
part in the defence of Cadiz, where he came into
frequent contact vrfth the enemy's batteries and
witnessed the siege, by the French, of Fort Mata-
gorda. After he had been for a while employed
with Capt. Hole in the Badgeb 10, he returned to
England in the Resistance under the command of
Capt. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. He
served subsequently in the Devonshiee 74, Capt.
Ross Donnelly, fitting at Sheerness — Jason 32,
Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King, flag-ship for some time
of H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence, under whom, we
believe, he escorted Louis XVHI. to the coast of
France- Centaub 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caul-
feild, in which ship he made a voyage to the Cape
ROBERTS.
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of Good Hope— Eridands 36, Capt. Wm. Paterson,
lying at Plymouth— and Minden 74, fitting for the
flag of Sir Rich. King, Commander-in-Chief in the
East Indies, previously to proceeding whither he
fought under the officer last mentioned as Admiralty-
Midshipman (a rating he had filled on board the
Eridands) at the battle of Algiers. For his con-
duct on the occasion he was promoted, 16 Sept.
1816, to the rank of Lieutenant. His last appoint-
ments were, in June, 1817, and Feb. 1819, to the
Orlando 36 and Malabar 74, both commanded
by Capt. John Clavell on the East India station,
whence he returned in Oct. 1819. The Lieutenant
is now Postmaster at Chesterfield.
ROBERTS, (ffaptain, 1815. p-p., 18; H-P., 35.)
John Charles Gawen Roberts, born 25 Aug.
1787, at Salisbury, is eldest son of the late Capt.
Wm. Roberts, ot the 2nd Dragoon Guards, by
Sarah, daughter of the late Jeffery Gawen, Esq., of
Salisbury; brother of Commander Wm. Gilbert
Roberts, R.N. (1815), who served as Lieutenant of
the Asia 74 in the operations against Washington
and Baltimore, at the capture of the American gun-
vessels on Lake Borgne, and in the attack on New
Orleans, and died 4 Oct. 1843, at Bath, in his 53rd
year ; and nephew of Retired Commander Jefiery
Gawen, R.N. (Lieutenant 1793), who died in 1837.
His ancestors were related to the former Earls of
Radnor.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 May, 1794, as a
Volunteer (under the patronage of the Earl of Pem-
broke), on board the Hazard sloop, Capt. John
Loring, lying at Chatham. From Nov. 1794 until
Aug. 1797, and from May, 1799, to Nov. 1800, his
name was borne on the books of the Defiance gun-
vessel and Vdi/ture store-ship, both commanded
by his relative Lieut. Gawen. In Nov. 1801 he
joined the Dreadnought 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon,
employed off Cadiz and Gibraltar ; and in March
and Aug. 1805 he was nominated (after having
served in the Channel as'Midshipman in the Naiad
38, Capts. Jas. Wallis and ThoS. Dundas) Sub-Lieu-
tenant of the Volunteer gun-brig and Viper cut-
ter, Lieut.-Commanders Thos. Foulerton and Dan.
Carpenter. He was made full Lieutenant 12 Oct.
in the same year ; and was subsequently appointed
— 4 Nov. 1805, to the Pompee 74, bearing the flags
of Admirals Sir Wm. Sidney Smith and Henry
Edwin Stanhope — 1 Feb. 1808, to the Foudrotant
80, flag-ship of Sir W. S. Smith on the coast of
Brazil — 2 Dec. 1809, after seven months of half-
pay, to the Shearwater 10, Capt. Edw. Reynolds
Sibly, in the Mediterranean — 19 Nov. 1810 and 16
May, 1811, to the Hibeenia 120, flag-ship of Sir
Sam. Hood (at whose particular request he was ap-
pointed), and Centaur 74, Capt. John Chambers
White, on the same station— and, 17 April, 1812, to
the command of gun-boat No. 22, employed at the
defence of Cadiz. While serving with Sir Wm.
Sidney Smith in the Pompee he assisted at the de-
fence of Gaeta; commanded a division of the
storming party at the reduction of Capri ; was pre-
sent at the battle of Maida, and when the Pompee
sustained a loss of 42 men killed and wounded in
the attack on Fort Licosa ; aided in disarming the
coasts of Naples and Calabria from the Gulf of Sa-
lerno to Scylla ; and contributed, during Sir John
Duckworth's expedition against Constantinople, to
the destruction of a Turkish squadron off Point
Pesquies. Under Admiral Stanhope we find him
present, in the same ship, at the siege of Copen-
hagen, where he came into frequent contact with
the enemy's flotilla. On the surrender of the
Danish squadron he assisted in fitting out the Chris-
tian VIi. of 80 guns. He was First-Lieutenant of
the Shearwater when that vessel and the Eurya-
Lus frigate, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, efieoted
a wonderful escape from a powerful division of the
Toulon fleet, consisting of six ships of the line and
four frigates ;'* and when Senior of the Centaur he
* The Shearwater was at one time within half-gun-shot
of the enemy's van-ships, who kept up a constant fire, but did
not once strike her.
co-operated with the patriots on the coast of Cata-
lonia, and, on the fall of Tarragona, assisted in res-
cuing the inhabitants from the fury of the French.
Being confirmed, 23 July, 1812, in the rank of Com-
mander (a few weeks after he had been ordered to
act as such) in the Merope 16, Capt. Roberts con-
tinued employed on the east coast of Spain, imder
Rear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell and Capts. Edw.
Codrington and Chas. Adam, until the peace of
1814. His exertions during that period, particu-
larly at the unsuccessful siege of Tarragona by Sir
John Murray, on the failure whereof he embarked
the advanced portion of the troops, were of a very
high order and had the efiect of obtaining for him
the glowing eulogiums of the difierent naval and
military authorities. On his removal, in April,
1814, to the Ptlades 18, he proceeded forthwith to
the coast of North America and joined the squadron
under Rear-Admiral Hon. Henry Hotham, then
employed in the blockade of New London and New
York. On 8 of the ensuing Sept. he succeeded, in com-
mand of his own boats, in retaking, at the entrance
of the Bay of Fundy, after much resistance, the
Betsy, a fine teak-built ship of 600 tons, with a
cargo of spices, which had been taken on the coast
of Sumatra by an American privateer. On this
occasion he was severely wounded and 2 of his men
werff^^also hurt. After conducting the blockade of
Newport, in Rhode Island, and destroying many of
the enemy's vessels, he was sent with despatches,
at the conclusion of the war with the United States,
to Cumberland Island and the West Indies. He
left the Pylades on the occasion of his promotion
to Post-rank, 13 June, 1815 ; and accepted the Re-
tirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Roberts married, 31 May, 1817, Charlotte,
eldest daughter of the late Sir Robt. Dallas, Lord
Chief-Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and
first-cousin of the present Sir Robt. Dallas, Bart.,
brother-in-law of Rear- Admiral Hon. Geo. Poulett,
and of Sir Peter Parker, Bart., Captain R.N., who
fell in an afiair with the Americans at Bellair, near
Baltimore, 30 Aug. 1814. By that lady he has issue
a son and daughter. Agents — Goode and Law-
ROBERTS. (Captain, 1823. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 30.)
John Walter Roberts was bom in 1792 and
died 2 Oct. 1845 at Petersham. He was eldest son
of the Rev. Wm. Roberts, D.D., Vice-Provost of
Eton College, and Rector of Worplesdon, co. Surrey
(whose father was Provost of Eton), by a daughter
of Col. John Gore, Lieutenant-Governor of the
Tower of London, and sister of the late Vice-Ad-
miral Sir John Gore, K.C.B., K.C.H. He was
brother-in-law of the late Earl of Egremont.
This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 'Medusa 32, commanded
by his uncle Sir John Gore ; under whom he es-
corted the Marquis Cornwallis as Governor-General
to India, and thence returned, a distance of 13,831
miles, in the extraordinarily short period of 82 days.'
Following his relative as Midshipman, in Feb. 1806,
into the Revenge 74, he served in that ship off
Brest and L'Orient and for nine months at the
blockade of Rochefort, where he witnessed, 25
Sept. 1806, the capture of four heavy French fri-
gates by a squadron under the orders of Sir Sam.
Hood. After serving for two years on the coast of
Spain and among the Western Islands in the Endy-
MiON 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, he again,
in Aug. 1810, joined Sir John Gore on board the
Tonnant 80, employed in the Channel and ofi' Lis-
bon. From July to Sept. 1811 he cruized in the
Bay of Biscay as Acting-Lieutenant in the Amazon
38, Capt. Wm. Parker. He was officially promoted,
6 March, 1812, into the Armada 74, Capt. Chas.
Grant, in the Mediterranean; and was next ap-
pointed, on that station— 9 May, 1812, to the Re-
pulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray— 30 Jan.
1813, to the ImpSrieuse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry
Duncan— 4 Jan. 1814, to the Caledonia 120, flag-
ship of Sir Edw. Pellew— and 24 March ensuing, to
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ROBERTS.
the Revenge, as Signal-Lieutenant to his uncle,
then Kear- Admiral Sir John Gore. From the latter
ship he was promoted to the rank of Commander
26 Aug. 1814. On 18 April, 1820, we find him as-
suming command of the Sheakwater 10 ; in which
vessel, until paid off at the commencement of 1822,
he served on the St. Helena station. On one occa-
sion, being caught in a violent gale, he was obliged
to throw all his guns overboard. His next appoint-
ment was, 14 June, 1822, to the Thkacian 18, fitting
for the West Indies ; where, as a reward " for zeal
and efforts which had commanded the applause of
all," he was posted, 16 June, 1823, into the Ts-he 26.
In the ensuing Dec. he returned to England with a
freight of 500,000 dollars and a quantity of cochi-
neal on merchants' account. He did not after-
wards go afloat.
Capt. Roberts married, in Nov. 1825, Frances,
daughter of John Sargent, Esq., of Lavington Park,
CO. Sussex, formerly M.P. for Seaford.
EGBERTS. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 27; h-p., 16.)
Lazards Roberts entered the Navy, 1 June,
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville db Paris
110, Capts. Thos. Le Marohant Gosselin, John
"Whitby, and Geo. Aldham, bearing the flag in the
Channel of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis ; under whom he
appears to have been present, 22 Aug. 1805, in an
attack made upon the French fleet close in with
Brest harbour. Being removed, in May, 1806, as
Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Oct. 1804),
to the MosTAGU 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, he
sailed in that ship with Sir Rich. Strachan in pur-
suit of a French squadron to the West Indies. On
subsequently proceeding to the Mediterranean he
assisted at the evacuation of Scylla, a fortified rock
on the Faro of Messina, the garrison of which was
embarked under a smart fire from the Calabrian
shore. He also co-operated with the patriots on
the coast of Catalonia, where he took part in the
defence of Gerona, and aided in taking possession
of the fortress of Rosas. On his return to England
with Capt. Otway in the Malta 80, he joined, in
Dec. 1808, the Revenge 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget,
part of the force employed in the following year in
the expedition to the Walcheren. In June, 1810,
he was received on board the Royal William,
Capt. Robt. HaU, lying at Spithead ; from May,
1811, to Jan. 1815, he served (the last 19 months as
Master's Mate) on board the Zealous 74, Capt.
Thos. Boys, in the Baltic; and, on 7 Feb. in the
latter year, being then at Cork in the Boyne 98,
Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, he was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant. On 30 June, 1834 (having
had command since 27 June, 1831, of the Scout
Revenue-cruizer), he obtained charge of a station in
the Coast Guard, in which service he remained
until appointed, 28 Jan. 1845, for two years and a
half, to the Royal Charlotte, another Revenue-
vessel. Since 19 June, 1847, he has again been in
the Coast Guard.
EOBEETS. (Commander, 1814. e-p., 19 ;
H-p., 35.)
Mitchell Roberts entered the Navy, in 1793, as
a Volunteer, on board the Regulos 44, Capts. Edw.
Bowater and Geo. Oakes ; with the latter of whom,
after having made a voyage to Quebec and served
on the West India station, he removed to the Sea-
horse 38. In that ship, on Capt. Thos. Fras. Fre-
mantle succeeding to the command, he accompanied
the expedition to Teneriffe in July, 1797. He
cruized subsequently for 15 months in the Channel
in the Niger 32, Capts. Edw. Griffith, Matthew
Henry Scott, and Hon. Philip, Wodehouse. He then,
in Jan. 1799, joined L'Aimable 32, Capt. Henry
Raper ; and, on 13 March, 1800, while serving as a
Supernumerary on board the Abergavenny 54, Capt.
Robt. Mends, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant
of the Diligence 18, Capt. Chas. Bayne Hodgson
Ross. Towards the close of 1799 L'Aimable sailed
from Cork, in company with the Glenmore 44
and a fleet of merchantmen bound to the West
Indies. On her passage she fell in, 17 Dec, with
La Sirene, a heavy French frigate, La Bergere
corvette, and the Calcutta, an extra East Indiaman,
and, while the Glenmore was engaged in recap-
turing and retaining possession of the Indiaman,
went in pursuit of the men-of-War, with whom,
although they contrived in the end to make o^ she
maintained for 35 minutes a very spirited action.
The Diligence, to which vessel he was confirmed
15 Oct. 1800, being lost in the course of that month
off Cuba, Mr. Roberts, in the ensuing Dec, joined
the LEGtoE 18, Capt. Cornelius Quinton; under
whom he was again, in April, 1801, wrecked, near
Carthagena, in South America. On this occasion
he was taken prisoner. In the following July, hav-
ing regained his liberty, he was received as a Super-
numerary on board theLowESTOFFE32, Capt. Robt.
Plampin ; but on 11 of the next month, while on
his passage home with convoy, he had the misfor-
tune to be a third time wrecked, on the island of
Heneaga. His succeeding appointments were— in
Nov. 1801, to the charge of a Signal-Station on the
coast of Essex— 5 June, 1802, for a short time to
the Eugenie in the Channel— 20 Sept. 1803, to the
Britannia 100, bearing the flag of the Earl of
Northesk on the same station — 1 March and 17
April, 1805, and 29 Sept. 1807, to the command of
the Lucy lugger and Florence and Lord Keith
cutters, all employed on Home service— and, 11
April, 1808, to the Elizabeth 74, Capts. Hon.
Henry Curzon, Thos. Searle, and Edw. Leveson
Gower. In the latter ship he served for some time
at the blockade of Lisbon, escorted the Russian fleet
to England after the convention of Cintra, assisted
in embarking Sir John Moore's army at Corunna,
brought a large convoy home from the Brazils, and
was actively employed in the Mediterranean.
While on that station he took command, 29 April,
1813, of the boats of the Elizabeth and Eagle 74^
and acquired much credit by his conduct, at the
capture of one, and destruction of another, of an
armed convoy who had run themselves on shore
into a tremendous surf, under the protection of a
galling fire from a 2-gun battery, two schooners,
and two settee gun-boats, near Goro.* On 8 June,
1813, he succeeded, with the boats of the same
ships, in destroying, close to Omago, a 2-gnn bat-
tery, and in there capturing four scuttled vessels
loaded with wine. Twelve days afterwards he
aided, at the head of 50 of the Elizabeth's crew,
in taking possession of the town of Dignano ; and
on 25 May, 1814, he made prize, in the boats of that
ship alone and under the guns of the island of Vide,
near the town of Corfu, of the Aigle French na^
tional xebec, mounting 6 guns, a howitzer, and 2
swivels, and having on board 41 men.f He con-
tinued in the Elizabeth until July, 1814 ; and on
24 Sept. following was advanced to the rank of
Commander. He has since been on half-pay.
Agent — F. Dufaur.
EOBEETS, Kt., C.B. (eDaptattt, 1815. f-p., 27 ;
H-p., 23.)
Sir Samuel Roberts, born in 1787, is son of the
late Rev. John Roberts, Rector of Passage, near
Waterford ; and brother (with Capt. Thos. Ro-
berts, R.N.) of Col. Abraham Roberts, C.B., of the
Hon. E. I. Co.'s service.
This oflicer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1797, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Expedition, Lieut.-Com-
mander John Hinton, lying at Waterford. Joining
next, 17 Sept. 1798, the Anson of 46 guns and 327
men, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, he was on board
that frigate when she encountered, shortly after-
wards, and for 17 days dogged, in company with
the Ethalion 38, a French squadron under Com-
modore Bompart, consisting of La Hoche of 78
guns, eight frigates, a brig, and a schooner, des-
tined for the invasion of Ireland. With five of
the frigates, after the three others together with
the line-of-battle ship had fallen into the hands of
Sir John Borlase Warren, the Akson, on 12 Oct.,
» Vide Gaz. 18IS, p. 1793. + V. Gaz. 1814, p. 1535.
ROBERTS.
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came singly into collision, and sustained a loss, with
injury to her masts and yards, of 2 men killed and
13 wounded. On 18 of the same month, being in
company with the Kangaroo 18, she endured a
similar loss in a very gallant action of an hour and
a quarter which terminated in the capture of La
Loire of 46 guns and 664 men (including troops), of
whom 46 were killed and 71 wounded. Removing,
in Deo. 1798, to the Volage 24, Capts. Hon. Philip
Wodehouse, Wm. Barker, and Fras. Vesey, Mr.
Roberts proceeded forthwith to the "West Indies,
where he assisted as Midshipman in cutting out
many of the enemy's vessels and was in one instance
severely wounded and taken prisoner. From the Vo-
LAGE he was transferred, inMarch,1802, to the Trusty
50, Capt. Dan. Oliver Guion, lying at Portsmouth ;
and in the course of the same year he joined the
W001.WICH 44, Capt. Ulick Jennings, and Echo
sloop, Capt. Edm. Boger. In the latter vessel, sta-
tioned in the West Indies, he contributed to the
capture, in 1804, of a French transport, full of
troops, and of a privateer mounting 16 guns with a
complement of 50 men. In command of a single
boat, with only 13 men, he made prize, on one occa-
sion, of five well-armed vessels, carrying as many as
250 soldiers. On another, having been accidentally
left on shore at Jamaica^ and observing a privateer
take possession of the Dorothy Foster, a valuable
West India trader, he immediately embarked with
some volunteer seamen in another merchant-vessel,
pursued the enemy, and compelled him, after an
obstinate conflict, to surrender his prey. As a re-
ward for this achievement he received an order
(dated 15 Feb. 1804) to act in the capacity of Lieu-
tenant. Being subsequently invested by his Cap-
tain with the command of a tender (mounting 1
12-pounder carronade and 2 2-pounders, with a
crew of 21 men), arid sent on a cruize for the pur-
pose of intercepting some Spaniards about to sail
from the Havana for Europe, he fell in with two
vessels, one of 12 guns and 60 men, the other of 8
guns and 40 men. Although unable to etfect his
escape, and notwithstanding that the force opposed
to him was so overwhelming, he maintained for
half an hour a most gallant defence. At the end of
that period his little craft went down with aU the
killed and wounded on board, barely allowing time
for the remainder to be rescued. On his release,
after several months of confinement in a damp dun-
geon, where he had been kept in a state of utter
destitution, he was received by Sir John Duck-
worth, in Nov. 1804, as Master's Mate, on board
his fiag-ship the Hercdle 74. In the early part of
the following Feb. he was a companion of the pre-
sent Sir Nesbit Josiah Willoughby when that heroic
officer, in a small prize, manned by volunteers,
made a brilliant dash past the enemy's batteries
into the harbour of St. Martha, with the intention
of cutting out a Spanish corvette of 20 guns and
130 men reported to be there, but which, unfortu-
nately, had sailed a few days before. In the course
of the same month Mr. Roberts was again placed
under the orders of Capt. Boger on board the Echo.
He was confirmed a Lieutenant (after having acted
for three months as such) in the Sdperb 74, flag-
ship of Sir J. T. Duckworth, 22 May, 1806 ; and was
subsequently appointed — 8 Aug. 1806 and 31 Aug.
1809, to the Uniookn 32 and Armide 38, both com-
manded by Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman — 24
Nov. 1810, to the CouRAOEnx 74, Capt. PhiUp Wil-
kinson, stationed in the Baltic — and, 9 April, 181 1,
and 29 Jan. 1812, to the Christian VII. 80, and, as
First-Lieutenant, to the Impregnable 98, both flag-
ships of Admiral Wm. Young in the North Sea.
While serving in the Unicorn he commanded a de-
tachment of 50 seamen at the storming of Monte
Video 3 Feb. 1807 ; and performed the duties of an
officer of Artillery imtil some time after the capture
of the city. He was First-Lieutenant of the same
frigate at the destruction of the French shipping in
Aix Roads in April, 1809. In Jan. and Feb. 1810,
being Senior of the Armide, he commanded the
boats of that ship, in conjunction with those of a
squadron, at the capture and destruction of 15 of
the enemy's coasting vessels, near Rochelle. The
steadiness of the fire he maintained on one occasion
in face of several gun-boats obtained for him ofilcial
notice."* On 4 May, 1810, with the boats of the
Armide, and Monkev and Daring gun-brigs, under
his orders, he effected the destruction of 13 out of a
convoy of 17 sail, defended, at the He de Ke, by
batteries on shore, two armed luggers, and several
pinnaces — the loss of the British amounting to 3
killed and 3 wounded, all belonging to the Armide,!
Being awarded a second promotal commission 6
Dec. 1813, Capt. Roberts assumed command, 19
Feb. 1814, of the Meteor bomb. In that vessel he
accompanied a detachment of troops under Major-
General Ross from the Garonne to North America,
where he found frequent opportunities of distin-
guishing himself, particularly during the expedi-
tions against Alexandria,^ Baltimore, and New Or-
leans. Prior to the attack upon the latter place he
commanded a division of boats at the capture, on
Lake Borgne, 14 Dec. 1814, of five American gun-
vessels, after a very desperate struggle, in which
the British sustained a loss of 17 men killed and 77
wounded. An armed sloop on the same occasion
surrendered to him without much opposition. When
Lieut.-Col. Thornton in Jan. 1815 stormed and oaii-
ried a redoubt on the right hank of the Mississipp,
Capt. Roberts with three gun-vessels was as unre-
mitting in his zeal and exertions in covering the
right flank of the troops as he had previously been
in embarking the troops and keeping the boats to-
gether in crossing the river.§ In Aug. 1815, hav-
ing been nominated a C.B. and advanced to Post-
rank 4 and 13 June preceding, he left the Meteor.
His succeeding appointments were — 28 Sept. 1815,
for nearly three months, to the Newcastle 50, lying
at Woolwich— 24 Jan. 1816, to the Tay 26, in which
ship he was wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico 11 Nov.
foUowingll — 20 March, 1817, for a passage home, to
the Lady Hamilton transport — 13 Jan. 1823, to the
Egeria 24, employed at Newfoundland and on the
West India station, whence she returned in July,
1825, bringing with her Mr. Morier, late British
Cottimissioner in Mexico, and a large quantity of
cochineal and specie from Vera Cruz and the Ha^
vana — 4 Deo. 1832, to the Drdid 46, in the river
Tagus — 18 June, 1833, for nearly three years and a
half, to the Endymion 50, attached to the Mediter-
ranean and Lisbon squadrons — and, 22 Aug. 1840,
to the Calcutta 84, similarly employed. Paralysis
of the left side compelled him to relinquish the
command of the ship last mentioned in May, 1842.
He was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich
Hospital 18 July, 1843; and placed on the Retired
List 1 Oct. 1846.
The honour of Knighthood was conferred upon
Capt. Roberts in 1833. He has been in the whole
53 times in action ; and has been often wounded.
He married, in 1818, one of his cousins, a daughter
of Benjamin Roberts, Esq., Solicitor. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
ROBERTS. (Eetibed Captain, 1840. f-p., 19;
H-p., 38.)
Thomas Roberts was born in 1779. He is bro-
ther of Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, R.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1790, as a
Supernumerary, on board the Swallow 14, Capt.
Wm. Hargood, lying at Plymouth. In the following
June he was received as a Volunteer on board the
Bombay Castle 74, Capt. John Thos. Duckworth •
whom he followed, in 1791, into the Orion 74. Rel
moving, in Deo. 1792, to the Scorpion sloop, Capt.
Solomon Ferris, he made a voyage in that vessel to
the coast of Africa, and then proceeded to Bar-
badoes, where he again joined the Orion. From
the close of 1793 until 1796 he served in the Medi-
terranean, as Midshipman, in the Cyclops frigate
* Plie GxL. 1810, p. 406.
■^ r. Gai. 1814, p. 2081.
t V. Gaz. leio, p. 731.
i V. Gaz. 1814, p. 440.
II He was fully acquitted of all blame in the catastrophe
by a court martial lield at Jamaica in March, 1817.
6K
986
ROBERTS.
and Bedfokd and Audaoiods 74's, all commanded
by Capt. Davidge Gould. In the Cyclops he as-
sisted at the reduction of Bastia in May, 1795 ; and
in the Bedford he fought in Hotham's actions 14
March and 13 July, 1795. On his return to Eng-
land in 1796 as Master's Mate in the Camel store-
ship, Capt. Edw. Kotheram, he was received on
board the EuEus 32, Capt. Jas. Ross, stationed in
the North Sea ; and on 24 Dec. in the same year
he was made Lieutenant into the Seepent sloop,
Capt. Rich. BuckoU. From 5 Jan. to 5 July, 1797,
we find him employed on a second visit to the coast
of Africa. During that period he aided in taking a
felucca which had been despatched from Cadiz for
the purpose of apprizing the South American trade
of the commencement of hostilities between France
and Spain. He afterwards cruized off' Havre under
the orders of Sir Rich. John Strachan, and contri-
buted to the capture, among other vessels, of a
French transport laden with naval stores. On 6
Jan. 1798 the Serpent again sailed for the coast of
Africa ; where, on the death of Capt. BuckoU in the
following April, Mr. Roberts, who had been all
along her First-Lieutenant, constituted himself his
successor. As there was however a Commodore on
the coast, the Admiralty did not consider the death
vacancy properly filled, and therefore did not con-
firm it. After the remains of his late Commander
had been interred at James Fort, Accra, Mr. Ro-
berts collected a large and valuable fleet of mer-
chantmen, chiefly bound to Surinam. He was the
first officer, we are informed, who had ever con-
ducted a convoy thither, two others having missed
the land, while he, on the contrary, made it to a
mile by lunar observations. After this he ran down
to Jamaica, and there received from Sir Hyde
Parker an order to act as Commander of the Ser-
pent— an appointment which the Admiralty sanc-
tioned 23 July, 1798. In the ensuing year Capt.
Roberts, whose health had become much impaired,
was sent home as whipper-in to a fleet of 113 West
Indiamen, under the protection of the Regulus 44,
bearing the flag of Vioe-Admiral Rich. Rodney
Bligh, who soon parted company in a storm, and
was not seen by the Serpent until the third day
after her arrival in the Downs. Eight or ten of
the merchant-vessels also parted company when
outside the windward passages ; but all the others
were kept together and conducted safely into port
by Capt. Roberts, who had occasionally to chase
away the enemy's privateers. Continuing in the
Serpent imtil Nov. 1801, he was actively employed
until then in affording protection to the trade on
the Irish station ; where he once fell in with, and
used every effort to get alongside of, a frigate-built
privateer, pierced for 36 guns and apparently full of
men, but was frustrated by the darkness of night
and the superiority of sailing in the enemy. On the
renewal of hostilities in 1803 Capt. Roberts was one
of the first appointed to raise Sea Fencibles in Ire-
land ; and he remained on that service until it was
abolished in 1810. Unable afterwards to procure
employment, he accepted, 10 Sept. 1840, the rank he
now holds.
Capt. Roberts is Receiver of the Leper Hospital
Estate in the co. and city of Waterford. He mar-
ried, 25 June, 1804, Catherine, daughter of Major
Jas. Hackett, of Tipperary, a gentleman who suc-
ceeded to an estate in that co. which had been up-
wards of 800 years in the family. He has issue 11
children, one of whom, Catherine, became the wife,
in May, 1843, of Capt. Jonas Pasley Hardy, of the
68th Regt.
ROBERTS. (LiETTT., 1815. p-p., 12;* h-p., 32.)
■William Roberts was born in Aug. 1782.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1803, as
A.B., on board the Netley schooner, Lieut.-Com-
manders Lawrence, Rich. Harward, Wm. Autridge,
Askew, and Wm. Carr. In the course of the same
year the Netley assisted at the capture of Ste.
Lucie, Demerara, Essequibo, and Berhice ; in June,
* Independently of packet service.
1805, she was in escort of a convoy of 15 sail which
fell into the hands of Admiral Villeneuve ;* in 1806
she communicated to Capt. Kenneth M'Kenzie of
the Caktsfort 28, at anchor off St. Christopher's,
information which prevented a fleet of between one
and two hundred homeward-bound merchantmen
from being taken or destroyed by an enemy's
squadron then almost in sight; and on 17 Dec.
1806 she was captured and taken into Guadeloupe
by the French frigate Thetis and brig Sylphe. In
Jan. 1807, having regained his liberty, Mr. Roberts,
who had attained the rating of Midshipman, was
again placed under the orders of Lieut. Carr on
board the Netley brig, in which vessel he re-
mained in the West Indies until reduced to the
necessity of invaliding in June, 1808. In the two
NETLEre he saw much boat-service ; as he subse-
quently did, while employed as Master's Mate, be-
tween Dec. 1808 and Sept. 1814, on the Baltic and
Mediterranean stations, in the Phoebe 36, Capts.
Hassard Stackpoole and Jas. Hillyar, Vangdard 74,
Capt. Henry Rich. Glynn, and Malta 80, bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell. In the
latter ship he was engaged in many operations on
the coast of Catalonia ; where he witnessed Sir John
Moore's investment of Tarragona and the evacua-
tion of the Fort of St. Philippe in the Col de Bala-
guer. On leaving the Malta he became Acting-
Lieutenant of the AlcmJ:ne 38, Capt. Jeremiah
Coghlan; in which frigate, also stationed in the
Mediterranean, he continued until 10 months after
his official promotion 2 Feb. 1815. In May of that
year he was present at the surrender of Naples.
He has since had temporary command (he served
from 13 Feb. to 6 Aug. 1838 in the Dasher) of
various packets on the Falmouth station, and ap-
pears, in the whole, to have made as many as 15
voyages.
EGBERTS. (Eetiked Captain, 1845. r-p., 13;
H-p., 37.)
William Pender Roberts is a distant relative
of Lieut. Chas. Paynter, R.N.
This ofioer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1797, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. Albans 64, Capt.
Fras. Pender, in which ship we find him, until Deo.
1800, employed on the Halifax station. Between
Sept. 1801 and Aug. 1807 he served at Home and off
Cadiz in the Hercule 74, Capt. Wm. Luke, Dia-
mond 38, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, Salvador del
MuNDO, Ca^t. John Dilkes, Lively 38, Capt.
Graham Eden Hamond, Plantagenet 74, Queen
98, Royal Sovereign 100, Ocean 98, and Queen
again, all commanded by Capt. Pender, and Morgi-
ANA sloop, Capt. Wm. Landless. He was nomi-
nated Midshipman of the Hercule 2 Deo. 1801 ;
was ordered to act as Lieutenant in the Queen
about Aug. 1805 ; and was confirmed in the Ocean
5 Feb. 1806. He was present, we believe, in the
.Lively at the capture of three Spanish frigates
laden with treasure, and the destruction of a fourth,
off Cape St. Mary, 5 Oct. 1804. His appointments,
after he left the Morgiana, were — 4 Sept. 1807, to
the Talbot sloop, Capt. Hon. Alex. Jones, with
whom he served on the coast of Portugal— and, 29
Feb. and 1 June, 1808, to the Codrageux 74, Capt.
Jas. Bissett, and Ariel sloop, Capts. Thos. White
and Dan. Ross. In the latter vessel he served in
the Baltic until advanced to the rank of Com-
mander 21 March, 1812. Not having been further
employed, he accepted his present rank 27 March,
1845.
Capt. Roberts, who is a Deputy-Lieutenant for
CO. Cornwall, was elected Mayor for Penryn in Sept.
1822. He married, in 1819, Harriet, second daugh-
ter of Capt. Rowland, of Penzance. Agents—
Hallett and Robinson.
* Mr. James, in his Naval History, informs us that the
Netley on this occasion was in company with the Bar-
BADOEs 28, Capt. Joseph Nourae. "The Netley, however
was the only man-of-war that was either present or had any-
thing to do with the convoy, '
ROBERTSON.
987
EOBEETSON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 13; h-I"., 34.)
BowEN Robert Kobektson, bom 21 May, 1791,
is son of the late Robt. Robertson, Esq., of Mllford,
by Laetitia, daughter of Geo. "Webb, Esq., Hackard,
CO. Pembroke, who married Anne, daughter of the
Rev. Jas. Bowen, Rector of Langum ; and is first-
cousin of the present Chas. Wheeler Townsend
Webb Bowen, of Camrose House, co. Pembroke.
His elder and only brother, George, was an officer
in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Sept. 1800, as
L.M., on board the Aimwell, Lieut.-Commander
Skinner, in which vessel and in the Chapman
armed ship, Capt. Thos. Browne, he continued em-
ployed on the Milford station until Nov. 1801.
From March to Nov. 1802, and from May, 1803, to
Aug. 1804, he served, the latter part of the time in
the capacity of Midshipman, in the Insolent 12,
Lieut.-Commander Nicholas Kortwright, and Spit-
fire 18, Capt. Robt. Keen. On 13 Nov. 1805, while
proceeding in the Woodlark 10, Lieut.-Commander
Robt. Innes, to join the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas.
Rowley (under whom he had been serving for about
14 months in the Rubt 64, off Cadiz and in the
Channel and North Sea), he was wrecked, and taken
prisoner, near Calais. During his consequent so-
journ in France he made several attempts to escape.
On one occasion he had actually reached the coast,
when he was apprehended, carried back several
hundred miles in chains, and confined on bread and
water. At length, however, after he had been in-
carcerated in as many as 80 prisons, and had un-
dergone the greatest hardships, he succeeded, 16
March, 1811, in accomplishing his flight. He crossed
the North Sea in an open boat, and on his arrival in
England was ordered out to the Baltic in the
Dreadnought 98, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, of
which ship he beame an acting and a confirmed
Lieutenant 1 June and 6 July in the same year,
1811. The Dreadnought being paid off in Feb.
1812, he was next, from 2 Feb. 1813 until she was
put out of commission 26 Aug. 1815, employed in
the West Indies, South America, and Channel, on
board the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcohn. While in
that ship he frequently landed papers on the coast
of France, assisted at the capture of many of the
enemy's vessels, and for his boat and general services
was strongly recommended for promotion. Since
he left her, although anxious for employment, he
has been suffered to remain on half-pay.
The Lieutenant is a Magistrate for co. Pembroke.
He married, in 1819, Caroline Amelia, youngest
daughter of the late John Lloyd, Esq., of Foes-y-
bleiddiad, Mabws, and Dale Castle, co. Pembroke,
High Sheriff for Pembrokeshire in 1785 and for Car-
diganshire in 1803, and sister-in-law of Sir Geo.
Cooper, Chief-Justice at Madras. Agents — Messrs.
C hard.
ROBERTSON. (CoraMANDER, 1845.)
David Robertson entered the Navy 6 April,
1831 ; passed his examination 5 Dec. 1837 ; and was
Eromoted (while serving^in the Mediterranean as
late of the Howe 120, Capt. SirWatkin Owen Pell)
to the rank of Lieutenant 26 Aug. 1841. Being
appointed, 1 Oct. following. Senior of the Hazard
18, Capt. Chas. Bell, he sailed in that sloop for the
East Indies, and on the death of his Captain was
nominated, 8 Aug. 1844, to the acting command of
her. He was confirmed in his present rank 1 1 March,
1845, and has since been on half-pay. Agents^
Messrs. Chard.
EOBEETSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 13;
H-P., 31.)
James Robertson was born 7 Feb. 1780.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1803, as
A.B., on board the Lapwing 28, Capt. Alex. Skene,
on the Halifax station, where he continued em-
ployed, principally in the capacity of Master's Mate,
in the Leander 50, Capts. Skene and John Talbot,
Cleopatra 32, Capts. John Nairne, John Wright,
and Wm. Love, Driver 18, Capts. W. Love and
Chas. Claridge, Bermuda 18, Capt. Wm. Henry
Byam, and Atalante 18, Capt. Fred. Hickey,
until Dec. 1809. He then served for nearly six
years in the Mediterranean in the Undaunted 38,
Capts. Thos. Jas. Maling, Geo. Chas. Mackenzie,
Rich. Thomas, and Rowland Mainwaring, Edktalus
36, Capts. R. Mainwaring, Jeremiah Coghlan, and
Chas. Napier, and Kite and Paulina sloops, both
commanded by Capt. Mainwaring. He acted as
Lieutenant in the Undaunted and Kite ; and on
leaving, in Nov. 1815, the Paulina (in which vessel
he had been officiating as Acting-Master) was pre-
sented with a commission bearing date 17 of the
preceding March. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Robertson married, 23 Jan. 1817, Miss Ann
Spence, a lady by whom he has issue five children.
EOBEETSON. (Lieutenant, 1806. f-p., 18 ;*
H-p., 34.)
James Baxfodb Robertson is third son of the
late Arthur Robertson, Esq., of Inshes, co. Inver-
ness (a descendant of David I., King of Scotland),
by Katherine, daughter of Jas. Lawrie, Esq., of
Bumgrange and Lappie, co. Kinross, and niece of
Colonel Jas. Masterton, M.P. for Stirling, A.D.C.
to the Duke of Cumberland at CuUoden, fifth in
descent from the marriage of Ronald Masterton, of
Park Mill, heir male of Masterton of that ilk, with
Marjory Bruce, grand-daughter of Sir David Bruce,
of Clackmannan, derived from the Bruces of Annan-
dale, the progenitors of the illustrious Robt. Bruce.
One of his brothers, Simon Eraser, an officer in the
E. I. Co.'s service, died Deputy-Adjutant-General
of Bombay ; and another, Thomas, filling the same
appointment, was drowned in the J^ady Jane Dundas
East Indiaman.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1795, as
A.B., on board the Gibraltar 80, Capts. John
Pakenham and Wm. Hancock Kelly, in which ship
he continued, on the Mediterranean and Channel
stations, nearly the whole time in the capacity of
Midshipman, until Aug. 1801. From 11 Sept. en-
suing until 12 Aug. 1802 he served, again in the
Mediterranean, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the
Dreadnought 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, and C^sar
80, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez. He was made
Lieutenant, 18 Jan. 1806, into the Combatant sloop,
Capts. Alex. Robt. Kerr and Alex. Rich. Mackenzie,
lying in the Downs; and between the following
Nov. and July, 1814, was employed on the Medi-
terranean, Baltic, and Home stations in the Formi-
dable 98, Capt. Fras. Fayerman, Alexandria 32,
Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, Caledonia 120,
flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Fras. Pickmore, Redpolb
10, Capt. Colin Macdonald, Rifleman brig, Capt.
Joseph Pearce, Cvdnus 38, Capt. Fred. Langford,
and Rinaldo 10, Capt. Edm. Lyons. From 19
March, 1822, until 14 April, 1826, he commanded a
Signal station on Cooper's Hill. For several years
past he has been employed on quarantine service at
St. Margaret's Hope, Frith of Forth.
He is married and has issue. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson.
EOBEETSON. (Lieutenant, 1831.)
James Hector M'Kenzie Robertson entered
the Navy 11 June, 1823; passed his examination in
1829; and obtained his commission 5 Dec. 1831.
From 23 Jan. 1835 until 1844 he held an appoint-
ment in the Coast Guard. He is now unemployed.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
EOBEETSON. (Capt., 1838. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 32.)
John Robertson entered the Navy, 5 Oct. 1797,
as Midshipman, on board the Standard 64, Capt.
Thos. Revell Shivers, attached to the force in the
North Sea ; and from April, 1798, until Aug. 1803
was employed, chiefly on the Home station, in the
Superb 74, Capt. John Sutton, Ville de Paris 110
flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, Immortalite 36!
Capts. Hon. Henry Hotham and Edw. W. C. E.
Owen, and Mars 74, Capt. J. Sutton. As Master's
* Bxclusive of quarantine service.
6 K 2
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ROBERTSON— ROBILLIARD.
Mate of the Immortaiit4 he was in frequent action
with the enemy's flotillas along the Dutch and
French coasts. On 31 of the month last mentioned
he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Tigre 74, Capt.
Benj. Hallowell. While in that ship, to which he
was confirmed 26 Jan. 1805, he went with Nelson to
the West Indies in pursuit of the combined squad-
rons of France and Spain, and, joining in the opera-
tions of 1807 in Egypt, served on shore with a
brigade of seamen, and was wounded, in the attack
bn Bosetta. Being next, 19 March, 1808, appointed
to the BeiiLE Poule 38, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, he
assisted, 15 Feb. 1809, at the capture of Le Var of
26 guns, laden with com for the relief of the French
garrison at Corfu; and was present, in 1809-10, at
the capture of the islands of Zante, Cephalonia, and
Sta. Maura. He invalided from the Belle Poule
in June, 1810 ; and, after serving for upwards of two
years in the Channel in the San Josef 110, Qdeen
Charlotte 100, and Ville de Paris 110, flag-
ships of Lord Keith, was promoted to the rank of
Commander 9 Deo. 1816. From 24 June, 1834,
until Aug. 1837, he was employed in the Ordinary
at Plymouth — the last 12 months with his name on
the books of the Sah Josee. He attained his pre-
sent rank 28 June, 1838, and has since been on
half-pay.
EOBERTSON. (Commander, 1847.)
KicHABD MuRBOCH KoBEKTSON entered the Navy
7 Dec. 1823 ; passed his examination in 1830 ; and
obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838. His
succeeding appointments were— 4 Aug. 1838, to the
Orestes 18, Capt. Peter Sampson Hambly, fitting
for South America— 25 Sept. 1839, to the Stag 46,
Commodore Thos. Ball Sulivan, on the Brazilian
and Cape station — 28 Aug. 1841, to the Formidable
84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge and Sir Chas.
Sullivan, employed in the Mediterranean and off
Lisbon— 23 April, 1844, to the Queen 110, also com-
manded by Sir C. Sullivan, with whom, in the course
of the same year, he returned from the Mediter-
ranean—and, 7 Nov. 1845, to the St. Vincent 120,
flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle at Portsmouth, where he
continued, latterly in the capacity of First-Lieute-
nant, until promoted to the rank of Commander 5
June, 1847. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
ROBERTSON. (Lieittenant, 1840.)
KoBEBT KoBEETSON entered the Navy 26 Oct.
1826 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; and obtained
his commission 1 Aug. 1840. His appointments
have since been— 31 Oct. 1840 and 17 Sept. 1841, to
the Indus 78 and Vesuvius steam-sloop, Capts. Sir
Jas. Stirling and Erasmus Ommanney, both in the
Mediterranean — 18 Dec. 1844, as First, to the Rat-
tler screw steamer, Capt. Henry Smith, with whom
he served for nearly 12 months on the Home station
— 12 June, 1846, in a similar capacity, to the Por-
cupine steam surveying-vessel, Capt. Fred. Bullock
employed in the river Thames — and, 30 Aug. and
31 Oct. 1847, as Additional (for surveying-service),
to the William and Mart yacht and Fisgard 42,
bearing each the broad pendant of Sir Jas. John
Gordon Bremer at Woolwich. Agents — Holmes and
Folkard.
ROBERTSON. (Capt., 1837. r-P., 24 ; h-p., 20.)
William Robertson entered the Navy, 9 June,
1803, as Midshipman, on board the Defence 74,
Capt. Geo. Hope. After serving in the North Sea
and sharing in the glories of Trafalgar he removed,
in Dec. 1805, to the Fame 74, Capts. Graham Moore
and Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, attached to the
force in the Channel, where, in June, 1807, he re-
joined Capt. Hope, as Master's Mate, on board the
Theseus 74. In the following Nov., having pre-
viously, in the Spencer 74, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stop-
ford, accompanied the expedition against Copen-
hagen, he was taken prisoner. Escaping in Maj,
1809, he joined, 15 Aug. in that year, the Victokt
100, flag-ship in the Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez, by
whom he was nominated, 20 Sept. ensuing, Acting-
Lieutenant of the Dictator 64, Capt. Rich. Har-
rison Pearson. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 26
Feb. 1810; and was subsequently appointed — 1
March, 1810, to the Lynx sloop, Capts. John \Vil-
loughby Marshall and Thos. Percival, in the Baltic
—30 Aug. 1811, to the Saepedon 10, Capts. Jas.
Green and Thos. Parker, on the Leith station— 7
Oct. 1812, to the Fortunee 36, Capts. Geo. Fras.
Seymour, Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, and Wm. Goate,
on the coast of Ireland— 4 March, 1814, to the Erne
20, commanded by the late Lord Napier, with whom
he served on the North American and West India
stations until Sept. 1815—14 Jan. 1818, to the Isa-
bella sloop, Capt. John Boss, in which vessel he
was employed, until paid ofi' in the next Dec, in
exploring Baffin Bay and in inquiring into the
probability of effecting a north-west passage to
Chma— 1 May, 1820, 2 Dec. 1821, and 6 May, 1824,
to the Conway 26, Creole 42, and Diamond 46,
Capts. Basil Hall, Hon. Fred. Spencer, and Lord
Napier, all on the South American station, where,
in the Conway and Diamond, he filled the post of
First-Lieutcnant^and, 5 Dec. 1826, to the Galatea
42, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. Masterman
H ardy, under whom he escorted to Lisbon a body
of troops intended as a reinforcement to the Por-
tuguese Constitutionalists, and took part in an ex-
perimental cruize. Attaining the rank of Com-
mander 12 Nov. 1827, he served in that capacity, in
the Snake 16, on the North Sea and South Ameri-
can stations, from 30 April, 1832, until the spring
of 1835 ; and in the Castor 36, Capt. Lord John
Hay, on the north coast of Spain, from 14 May,
1836, until advanced to his present rank 10 Jan.
1837. He has not been since afloat.
Capt. Kobertson married, in 1838, Elizabeth,
daughter of the late H. Pater, Esq., of Bristol.
Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
ROBILLIARD. (Lieut., 1835. p-p.,21 ; h-p., 12.)
John Kobilliard, born 5 Nov. 1800, is son of
the late Nicholas Kobilliard, Esq., Jurat of the
Court of Aldemey ; and is a relative of Commander
Nicholas Kobilliard, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 Aug. 1814, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tay 20, Capt. Wm. Ko-
billiard, stationed in the Channel. Removing, in
Feb. 1815, to the Malta 84, Capts. Wm. Chas.
Fahie and Thos. Boys, he witnessed in that ship the
surrender of Naples, and co-operated in the boats
with the Austrian troops under Baron Laner at the
siege of Gaeta. After serving for nearly three
years with Capt. Boys in the Ramillies 74, on the
N orth Sea station, part of the time in the capacity
of Midshipman, he joined, in Dec. 1818, the Daunt-
less 24, Capts. Hon.Valentine Gardner, John Camp-
bell, and Geo. Cornish Gambler, and sailed for the
East Indies, whence, in 1821, he returned to England
with General Sir Thos. Hislop as a passed Midship-
man in the Alligator 28, Capt. Jas. Wilkie, then
recently launched. He was next, from April, 1824,
until Aug. 1827, employed in the West Indies on
board the Primrose 18, Capts. John Stoddart, Geo.
Vernon Jackson, and Octavius Vernon Harcourt—
the last two years as Acting-Master, a rank to which
he had been advanced, in consequence of a death
vacancy, by the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Lawrence
Wm. Halsted. Not wishing to continue in the line
of Master, he joined as Mate (shortly after the
Primrose had been paid off) the Revenge 76,
Capts. Norborne Thompson and Hon. Chas. Or-
lando Bridgeman. In that ship he served in the
Mediterranean until transferred, as Admiralty Mate,
in Oct. 1830, to the St. Vincent 120, Capt. Hyde
Parker, under whom, on being turned over to the
Asia 84, we find him stationed at first on the coast
of Holland during the Dutch embargo, and next,
until July, 1834, under the flag of the present Sir
Wm. Parker off Lisbon during the hostilities be-
tween Pedro and Miguel. He served subsequently,
from Sept. 1834 until promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 9 July, 1835, at Plymouth, in the San Josef
110, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon ; and, from 12 Aug.
ROBILLIARD— ROBINS.
989
in the latter year until paid off in Nov. 1838, in
South America, in the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Hon.
Geo. Grey. He has not heen since employed.
Lieut. Bobilliard married, 17 Nov. 1842, Harriet,
daughter of Lucas Le Cocq, Esc[., Jurat of the Court
of Alderney, by whom he has issue.
EOBILLIAED. (Commander, 1841.)
Nicholas Kobilltahd is a relative of Lieut.
John Robilliard, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1810, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Daphne 20, Capts. Philip
Pipon and Jas. Green, employed in the Baltic and
East Indies. Rejoining Capt. Pipon as Midshipman,
in Sept. 1813, on board the Tagds 36, he was afibrded
an opportimity of assisting in that ship at the cap-
ture of the French 40-gun frigate Ceres, off the
Cape de Verde 'ands 6 Jan. 1814. From Oct.
1815 until promote to . d rank of Lieutenant 31
March, 1818, he served in the Downs, the latter
part of the time as Master's Mate, in the Ganymede
20 and Sevekn 40, both commanded by Capt. Wm.
M'CuUoch. He was afterwards appointed — 3 Nov.
1824, to the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Jas.
Saumarez and Lord Northesk at Plymouth, where
he served for about five years — 24 June, 1833, for a
short time, to the Endymion 50, Capt. Sir Sam.
Roberts, employed on Channel service — and, 30 Jan.
1839, to the command, which he retained until July,
1845, of the Seaflower cutter, on the Home station.
Since he left that vessel he has been on half-pay.
His commission as Commander bears date 23 Nov.
1841.
He married at Twickenham, 12 Oct. 1825, Re-
becca, daughter of Wm. Davies, Esq., of Surrey
Square. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
EOBINS. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Henry Jenkins Robins died in 1846 on the coast
of Africa. He was brother of the present Com-
mander Thos. Lowton Robins, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 14 June, 1823;
passed his examination in 1830 ; obtained his com-
mission 27 Oct. 1840 ; served from 31 of that month
until paid off in 1843 in the Iris 26, Capt. Geo.
Rodney Mundy, on the coast of Africa ; and from
13 Sept. 1844 until the period of his death was em-
ployed as First-Lieutenant in the Flying Fish 12,
Capts. Robt. Harris and Peche Hart Dyke, on the
Home station. Agent — J. Hinxman.
EOBINS. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
John Gonn Robins entered the Navy 23 April,
1823 ; passed his examination 5 Dec. 1837 ; and at
the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, 23 Nov. 1841, had been serving for some
time in the Active revenue-vessel, Lieut.-Com-
mander Geo. Wm. Tomlin. He was afterwards em-
ployed—from 1 Dec. 1841 until Feb. 1845, in the
Apollo troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Maclean— and, from
14 of the latter month until 1847 (on the south-east
coast of America), in the Firebrand steam-frigate
of 410 horse-power, Capt. Jas. Hope.
EOBINS. (Commander, 1821. f-p.,21 ; h-p.,28.)
Thomas Lowton Robins (6) entered the Navy,
in 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Teazer gun-
brig, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Lowton Robins.
Continuing in that vessel until paid off in April,
1802, he accompanied in 1799 the expedition to
Holland ; was present in an attack made in July,
1800, on four French frigates lying in Dunkerque
Roads, one of which, La Desiree of 40 guns, was
destroyed; and (besides sharing in an afiair with
the Boulogne flotilla) witnessed the victory gained
by Lord Nelson at Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. After
serving for about 12 months in the Fr^voyante
store-ship, Master-Commander Wm. Brown, he
joined, in Aug. 1803, the Victory 100, in which
ship, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, he pursued
the combined squadrons of France and Spain from
the Mediterranean to the West Indies, and, on his
return, fought as Master's Mate at the battle of
Trafalgar. For his conduct in that instance he was
created a Lieutenant of the Victory by a commis-
sion bearing date 22 Oct. 1805. Joining next, in
Feb. 1806, the Pallas 32, Capts. Lord Cochrane,
Geo. Miller, Henry Manaton Ommanney, Geo. Fras.
Seymour, Wm. Hugh Bobbie, and Hon. Geo. Cado-
gan, he was on board that ship, and was mentioned
by Lord Cochrane for his conduct, at the destruc-
tion, in May following, of the semaphores along the
French coast ; and also when, in the course of the
same month, she made a single-handed attack, under
a heavy fire from the batteries on lie d'Aix, on the
French 40-gun frigate La Minerve, in company with
three 18-gun brigs.* On the latter occasion the
British vessel, while preparing to board, ran foul of
her opponent, and by the shock was nearly reduced
to a wreck. Under Capts. Seymour and Cadogan
Mr. Robins was present, in 1809, at the destruction
of the French shipping in Aix Roads and in the
operations connected with the expedition to the
Scheldt. His appointments, after he left the Pal-
las, were, in the capacity of Senior Lieutenant — ■
20 Oct. 1809, to the Manilla 36, Capts. G. F. Sey-
mour and John Joyce, under the latter of whom he
was wrecked on the Haak Sand, near the Texel, 28
Jan. 1812 — 11 July, 1814, after two years and four
months of captivity in France, to the Royalist 16,
Capts. Thos. Parry Jones Parry, Thos. Wolrige,
and Houston Stewart, on the Home and West India
stations — and, 3 April, 1816, to the Salisbury 58,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Erskine
Douglas at Jamaica, whence he returned to England
and was paid off in the spring of 1818. He attained
his present rank 19 July, 1821 ; and was lastly, from
May until Oct. 1827, employed in experimentally
cruizing, as Second-Captain, in the Galatea 42,
flag-ship of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy.
Commander Robins is Governor of Oxford Castle.
He is married and has issue. Agent — J. Hinxman.
EOBINS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 280
William Stocker Robins was bom 13 Nov.
1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hyacinth 18, Capts.
John Davie and John Carter ; and during upwards
of four years that he continued in that vessel as-
sisted in blockading two French frigates in the
Scheldt, and was for a long time employed in South
America, particularly in the Rio de la Plata, where
he was present when the Buenos Ayreans declared
their independence of the mother country. On the
Hyacinth being paid off in May, 1811, he became
Midshipman (a rating he had previously attained)
of the Hannibal 74, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, previously to fol-
lowing whom into the Christian VII. 80 he served
in the Baltic, and was stationed with flve sail-of-
the-Iine off the Texel for the purpose of intercept-
ing the expected departure of a Dutch squadron.
After he had for eight months performed the duties
of Master's Mate in the Cossack 22, Capt. Wm.
King (in which vessel, it appears, he was wounded
in the leg at the defence of Cadiz, where he re-
mained until the siege was raised), he joined, in
Nov. 1812, the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, lying
at Plymouth, at which- port he removed, as a Su-
pernumerary, in Jan. 1813, to the Salvador del
MoNDO. Being again, in the ensuing March, placed
under the orders of his former Captain, Carter, in
the Thracian 18, he was at first employed in that
vessel, with three others of a similar description, in
blockading five brigs-of-war at Christiansand, on
the coast of Norway. On 7 Feb. 1814 he contri-
buted to the capture, off' St. Valery, of the French
privateer Emille of 14 guns and 42 men ; and on
subsequently proceeding to the West Indies he was
actively employed in the boats, and was on one occa-
sion slightly wounded in the head in endeavouring
to suppress the trade of the United States. In Oct.
1815, at which period he had been acting for more
* Vide Gai..l806, p. 684.
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ROBINSON.
than seven months as Lieutenant of the Theacian,
he took up a commission bearing date 17 March in
that year. From Feb. 1821 until April, 1824, he
filled an appointment in the Coast Guard in the
Isle of Wight. He has not been since employed.
Lieut. Kobins married, for the first time, in June,
1819. Being left a widower in Jan. 1822, he mar-
ried, a second time, 15 April, 1823, Anne, relict of
Commander Thos. Linthorne, K.N. (1798), of Poole,
CO. Dorset. By that lady, who died in March, 1837,
he has issue two children.
KOBINSON. (LiEDT., 1810. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 27.)
AiiFKED Samuel Koeinson entered the Navy, in
1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Stahdakd 64,
Capt. Chas. Stewart, attached to the force in the
North Sea. From May, 1802, until Feb. 1805, he
was employed, the chief part of the time as Alid-
shipman, in the Glatton 50, Capt. Jas. Colnett ; in
which ship he circumnavigated the globe and was
for some time stationed at Leith under the flag of
Rear- Admiral Jas. Vashon. After serving for three
years and a half (during which period he com-
manded a boat at the capture and destruction of a
convoy under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, and
assisted in cutting out three vessels from under a
heavy fire at St. Martin's) in the Channel, Downs,
and North Sea, and also off Lisbon, in the Pomoke
frigate, Capts. Wm. Grenville Lobb, Kioh. Budd
Vincent, and Robt. Barrie, he was nominated, 5
Aug. 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the Woolwich 44,
Capt. Fras. Beaufort, on the Mediterranean station.
He left that ship 6 June, 1809 ; was oflicially pro-
moted 2 Jan. 1810 ; and was subsequently appointed
— 8 Jan. 1810, to the Flt sloop, Capts. John Thomp-
son, Manley Hall Diclcson, John Skekel, and Henry
Higman, in which vessel, employed in the Downs
and Baltic, he came into contact with a Danish
flotilla in the Little Belt— 17 Aug. 1812 (after four
months of half-pay) to the Semiramis 36, flag-ship
of Rear-Admiral Chas. Tyler at the Cape of Good
Hope, where he remained until Aug. 1814 — 23 June,
1823, for nearly four years, to the Cambridge 82,
Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, on the South American
station— and 16 Oct. 1843 and 11 July, 1844, as
First, to the Tartakus and Porcupine steam sur-
veying-vessels, Capts. Horatio Thos. Austin, Jas.
Wolfe, and Fred. Bullock. He has been on half-pay
since June, 1846.
He married, 4 Dec. 1827, Leonora Maria, only
daughter of the late Thos. Rowcroft, first Consul-
General for Peru. Agent — J. Hinxman.
ROBINSON. (Commander, 1794. f-p., 19 ;
H-P., 61.)
Charles Robinson is uncle of Commander Thos.
Pitt Robinson, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1767, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Fort, Capt. Mark
Robinson, under whom, after serving for more than
six years on the coast of North America, he was
employed on the Home station, as Midsliipman, in
the Worcester 64 and Shrewsbury 74, from Nov.
1774, until made Lieutenant, 12 Feb. 1780, into the
Terrible, Capts. John Douglas and John Dixon,
attached to the force in the West Indies. He was
placed on haif-pay in June of the latter year ; and
was subsequently appointed — in Feb. 1781 and
March, 1782, to the Shrewsbury, • Capts. M. Ro-
binson, John Colpoys, and John Knight, and
Nymph, Capts. John Ford and Edw. Knatchbull,
in which vessels he again, until June, 1783, served
on the American and West India stations— 24 June,
1790, to the SwirrsuEE 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Wallace,
with whom he continued, in the Channel, until Oct.
1791— and 23 Jan. and 14 Nov. 1793, to the Princess
Royal 98 and Victory 100, flag-ships of Admirals
Sam. Cranston Goodall and Lord Hood in the Me-
diterranean, where he was present at the occupation
of Toulon. On 5 April, 1794, he was made Com-
* Part of the fleet engaf^ed under Rear-Admiral Graves in
the action with the Comte de Grasse, off Cape Henry, 5 Sept.
nsi.
mander Into the Scout 16 ; in which vessel he wag
captured by two French frigates, ofi' Bona, in the
following Aug. He was restored to liberty, we be-
lieve, in Nov. 1795; and did not afterwards go
afloat. He was admitted into the Royal Hospital
at Greenwich 27 Aug. 1840.
Commander Robinson is the senior officer of his
rank in the Navy. One of his sons, Chas. Cowling
Robinson, is a Lieutenant R.N. ; and another, Dan.
Robinson, a First-Lieutenant R.M., and a Colonel
in the Spanish service. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
ROBINSON. (LiECT., 1809. F-P., 12 ; H-P., 33.)
Charles Robinson (a) is son of the late Rear-
Admiral Hugh Robinson ; and brother of Lieut.
Thos. Robinson, R.N. (1819), who died 6 May, 1838,
at Clifton, near Tork.
This ofScer entered the Navy,, 11 Nov. 1802, asFst-
cl. Vol., on board the Caroline of 42 guns, Capts.
Benj. Wm. Page, Peter Rainier, and Henry Hart.
Under Capt. Page he assisted, during his passage to
the East Indies, at the capture of several French
vessels and at the detention of two others belonging
to the Batavian republic — one of them, the De
Uaasje brig-of-war. On his arrival in India he
aided, under the same officer, in taking, 5 Jan. and
4 Feb. 1804, the privateers Les Freres Unis of 8 guns
(pierced for 16) and 134 men, and Le General de
Caen of 22 guns and 200 men. Under Capt. Rainier
it was his fortune to be present, 18 Oct. 1806, at the
capture, near the island of Java, of the Dutch 14-
gun brig Zeerop^ and, in the course of the same day,
after an action of half an hour, of the Maria Rig-
gerslergen of 40 guns and 270 men, 50 of whom were
killed and wounded, with a loss to the Caroline,
out of 204 men, of 3 killed and 18 wounded. In
company with the Maria Riggersbergen were the
William 14, Patriot 18, and Zee-Ploeg 14, together
with some gun-boats, who partially assisted her : 30
other gun-boats lay in-shore, but did not attempt to
come out. On 27 Jan. 1807 Mr. Robinson further
contributed to the capture of the St. Raphael Span-
ish register-ship, mounting 16 guns, with a comple-
ment of 97 men, having on board 500,000 dollars in
specie and 1700 quintals of copper, besides a valu-
able cargo. In securing this rich prize the Caro-
line had 7 men wounded ; the enemy's vessel, be-
fore she surrendered, incurred a' loss of 27 killed
and wounded. After serving for 16 months, part
of the time as Master's Mate, in the Duncan 36,
Capts. Thos. Groube, Wm. Wells, and Edw. Tucker,
still in the East Indies, Mr. Robinson was nomi-
nated, 14 Jan. 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Victor sloop, Capt. Edw. Stopford. He was ofli-
cially promoted on 13 of the following Nov., in the
course of which month the Victor was taken by
the French frigate La Bellane. Being at the time
absent in a prize, he escaped sharing in that cata-
strophe ; and in the following May, after he had
been borne as a Supernumerary on the books of the
Doris 36, Procris 18, and Clorinde 38, Capts.
Christ. Cole, Robt. Maunsell, and Thos. Briggs, he
returned to England. His last appointments were
—8 Dec. 1810 and 3 April 1811, to the Magnet 16
and Prospero 18, Capts. John Smith and John
Hardy Godby, both in the North Sea — 7 Jan. 1813,
to the San Josef 110, Capts. Henry Bourchier and
Wm. Stewart, in which ship he fought under the
flag of Sir Rich. King in Sir Edw. Pellew's partial
actions with the Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813 and 13
Feb. 1814—23 Jan. 1815 (having paid the San
JosEP off as First-Lieutenant in the preceding Aug.)
to the Poissakt 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, lying at
Spithead — and 8 May following, to the DisiniE 36,
Capt. Wm. Woolridge, bearing the flag of Sir Thos.
Fras. Fremantle on the Guernsey station, where he
was actively employed during the hundred days'
war, and assisted at the capture of La Ville d'An-
vers praam. He left the Desir£e 29 Aug. 1815.
ROBINSON. (LrEUT., 1812. r-P., 8 ; h-p., 36.)
Charles Cowling Robinson, bom 20 July, 1790,
is son of Commander Chas. Robinson, R.N.
ROBINSON.
991
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Oct. 1803, as
Fat.-cl. Vol., on board the Eoktdioe 24, Capt. John
Nicholas, stationed in the Channel, where he cruized
until May, 1804. In the following Aug. he joined
the K.0YAL William, bearing the flag of Admiral
Montagu at Spithead ; and in Sept. of the same year
he was received on board the SwiFrsnaE 74, Capts.
Marls Robinson and Wm. Geo. Rutherford. Under
the latter officer, after pursuing the combined squa-
drons to the West Indies and bacls, he fought, in
the capacity of Midshipman, at the battle of Tra-
falgar, 21 Oct. 1805. Between Sept. 1807, when he
left the SwiFTStTKE, and the date of his promotion
to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1812, he was
actively employed on the Mediterranean, Home,
and West India sta .ons, in the Glatton 50, Impb-
niEQSE 38, Capt. Lord Cochrane, Namur 74, Capt.
Rich. Jones, Rotal Oak of similar force, Capt.
Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Shaek sloop, Capt. John
Gore, Ctane 22, Capt. Fras. Aug. Collier, and
Thetis frigate, Capt. Wm. Henry Byam. In Oct.
1812 he received an appointment to the Port
Mahon 18, Capt. Fred, Wm. Burgoyne, stationed
in the Channel. He invalided in March, 1813 •, and,
owing to the effects of a continued asthma, has not
been since able to seek service. While belonging
to the EcRYDiCE he broke his thigh ; and he has
been in consequence lame to the present day.
He married, 13 Feb. 1813, and has issue three
children. Agent — Fred. Dufaur.
ROBINSON. (Captain, 1846. e-p., 28 ; h-p., 0.)
Charles Gepp Robinson was born 3 Dec. 1805
at Appledore House, co. Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 May, 1819, on
board the Hasty, on the North Sea station. From
1821 until 1826 he was employed, in the Leven 24,
Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, on a survey of the
east and west coasts of Africa. He was one of a
very few in the expedition who ever returned to
Kngland. On 30 Sept. 1826 he was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant •, and in the course of the
following year he again, in the Eden 26, sailed with
Capt. Owen for the coast of Africa, for the purpose
of forming a settlement at Fernando Po, in the
Bight of Biafra, where every gun-room officer but
himself fell a victim to the climate. While on this
service he was chiefly employed in a tender in
cruizing after slavers, three vessels of which de-
scription he succeeded in capturing. The " prompt
zeal" he displayed on one occasion in proceeding
to sea under peculiar circumstances in the Horatio
schooner had the effect of procuring him, in Jan.
1828, the thanks of the Government of Sierra
Leone.* Since 25 March, 1829, he has been em-
ployed, almost uninterruptedly, in the Surveying
Department of the Navy. Until April, 1835, he
served (with his name on the books of the Cale-
donia, FouDHOYANT, and San Josef), as Assistant
to Capt. Henry Mangles Denham, on the coast of
Wales. He was then placed in charge of the Sur-
vey on the Welsh coast, whence he afterwards re-
paired to the coast of Scotland. Having attained
the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838, he was ap-
pointed in that capacity, 13 Dec. 1842, to the
Gleaner steam-vessel, fitting at Woolwich. From
31 Jan. 1843 until paid off at the close of 1847 he
commanded the Shearwater steamer of 160 horse-
power, again on the coast of Scotland. He was
employed during that period in attendance on the
Queen on the occasion of one of Her Majesty's visits.
He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846; and was
appointed, 14 Feb. 1848, Additional-Captain of the
San Josef 110. Agents — Case and Loudonsack.
ROBINSON. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 24.)
Edward Robinson entered the Navy, 8 July,
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Edrds sloop,
Capt. Alex. Innes, with whom, and with Capt. Edw.
Wallis Hoare, he continued employed as Midship-
* See ' Owen's African Voyage,* by II. B. Robinson, Esq.
(brother of Capt. Robinson).
man in the Amsterdam 20, on the Cork station,
until transferred, in Nov. 1807, to the Amelia of
48 guns, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby. In that
ship he contributed to the destruction of three
French frigates under the batteries of Sable
d'Olonne 24 Feb. 1809 ; witnessed the capture of
La Mouche corvette of 16 guns and 180 men, La
Bejouie national brig of 8 gims and 51 men, a
sciiooner of 1 gun and 25 men, two armed lug-
gers with cargoes (all taken on one occasion, in
company with the Statira 38), and Le Charlet
privateer of 20 guns, 300 tons, and 170 men ; aided
in causing the self-destruction, 25 March, 181 1, of
L'Amazone, a French frigate of the largest class,
which had been driven into a bay near Cape Bar-
fleur ; and was present at the demolition of the fort
and town of Winnebah, on the coast of Africa. He
was also, 7 Feb. 1813, engaged, as Master's Mate,
and severely wounded in a desperate action of more
than three hours and a half fought off the lies de
Los with L'Arethuse French frigate of 44 guns (24-
pounders on her main-deck) and 340 men, which
terminated in the separation of the combatants,
after a loss to the enemy of 105 killed and wounded,
and to the British, out of an original force of 300,
of 141 men killed and wounded.* For his conduct
on the occasion he was ordered, the day following,
to act as Third-Lieutenant (that officer having been
killed) ; and on 15 of the ensuing April was con-
firmed. About six months after the Amelia had
been i)aid off he was appointed, 12 Nov. 1813, to
the Harlequin sloop, Capt. Wm. Kempthorne,
with whom he served on the North American sta-
tion until Nov. 1815. From Dec. 1832 until 1 Jan.
1838 he had charge of the Semaphore station at
Chelsea ; and from 12 May, 1842, until 1845, he was
employed in the Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheemess,
Capts. Peter Fisher and Rich. Arthur. He is now
on half-pay.
Lieut. Robinson's wounds procured him a gra-
tuity from the Patriotic Fund and a pension from
Government of 91/. 5s. per annum.
ROBINSON. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Frederick Robinson entered the Navy 29 Dec.
1827; and passed his examination 6 May, 1835. At
the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieute-
nant, 2 Feb. 1844, he was serving, on the coast of
Ireland, as Mate in the Comet surveying-steamer,
Capt. Geo. Alex. Frazer. His appointments have
since been — 9 March, 1844, as Additional, to the
Penelope steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Jones, on the
coast of Africa — 26 March, 1844, to the Bonetta
brigantine, Capt. Thos. Saumarez Brock, employed
on surveying service in the Mediterranean, whence
he returned to England as First-Lieutenant and
was paid off in 1847— and 7 March, 1848, to the
Investigator discovery ship, Capt. Edw. Joseph
Bird. Age.nt — Joseph Woodhead.
ROBINSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.)
George Robinson (6) was born 13 Aug. 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Oct. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Polyphemus 64, Capt.
Peter Heywood ; in which ship, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Geo. Murray, he witnessed the un-
successful attempt made by Lieut.-General White-
locke upon Buenos Ayres in July, 1807. Between
June, 1808, and the date of his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant, 16 Feb. 1815, he was employed
on the North Sea, Mediterranean, Brazilian, Baltic,
and Home stations, as Midshipman and Master's
Mate, in the Invincible 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly,
Nekeus 32, Capt. P. Heywood, Princess Caroline
74, Capt. Hugh Downman, Thisee 28, and Leven
20, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett. He was pre-
sent in the Princess Caroline when the marines
of that ship were landed at Scheveling for the sup-
port of the Prince of Orange ; and also in a voyage
to Spitbergen. Since his promotion he has been on
half-pay.
* riVteGaz. 1813, p. 583.
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ROBINSON.
ROBINSON. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 17; H-p.,30.')
Hercules Robinson, bom 16 March, 1789, is son
of the Rev. Christopher Robinson (only son of the
Hon. Christopher Robinson, of Newby Lodge, Se-
cond Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland), by
Elizabeth, daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Hercules
Langrishe, Bart., representative for 40 years of the
borough of Knocktopher in the Irish parliament.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Penelope 36, Capt. Hon.
Henry Blackwood, with whom (deducting a few
months passed in 1802-3 at Spithead in the Poissant
74, Capt. John Irwin) he continued employed as
Midshipman and Master's Mate in the Euktalus
36 and Ajax 74, on the Mediterranean, Irish, Chan-
nel, and Cadiz stations, until transferred, in Jan.
1807, to the Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord CoUing-
wood. In the Edetalus he fought at Trafalgar 21
Got. 1805. On 25 April, 1807, he was confirmed a
Lieutenant (after having acted for nearly two
months as such) in the Glory 98, Capt. Wm. Al-
bany Otway, stationed off Cadiz ; in the ensuing
Dec. he was again placed under the orders of Capt.
Blackwood in the Warspite 74, employed in the
North Sea and Atlantic ; and on 30 Aug. 1809, at
which period he had been serving for a few weeks
in the Baltic in the TiMiRAiRE 98, Capt. Edw.
Sneyd Clay, he was promoted to the command of
the Fromethecs 18. Capt. Robinson's services in
the latter vessel were a series of disappointments
and mortifications from her irremediably bad sail-
ing— her log presenting a continuation of pursuits
after the enemy's vessels of war, who from the cause
alleged succeeded in eifecting their escape. He
contrived, however, while cruizing in the Baltic, to
make prize, 24 May, 1810, of two Danish privateers
(one of 3 guns and 20 men, the other of 3 guns and
16 men), and to destroy, 2 Aug. following, under
circumstances highly creditable to him, La Messa-
lina French schooner of 6 guns and 38 men ; and to
capture, 8 May, 1814, oS the coast of Nova Scotia,
the Lizard American schooner privateer of 2 long
guns and 34 men. Several merchant-vessels, also,
'-^ fell into his hands ; and his vigilance in watching
the enemy's privateers fitting out at Danzig gained
him the particular admiration of Sir Jas. Saumarez.
After visiting Madeira, the "West Indies, and New-
foundland, and participating in much general ser-
vice, he was advanced, 7 June, 1814, to Post-rank.
His last appointment was, 15 Sept. 1817, to the Fa-
vorite 26, in which ship he was successively em-
ployed at St. Helena, in the Rio de la Plata, and
again at Newfoundland, whence he returned, touch-
ing on his way at Gibraltar and Cadiz, in Dec.
1820. On the opening, in the early part of the
latter year, of the fisheries on the coast of Labrador
to the Americans, considerable difficulties being
apprehended between them and the British settlers
in carrying into efiect a treaty then recently en-
tered into, Vice-Admiral Sir Chas. Hamilton, the
Commander-in-Chief at Newfoundland, relying
upon the temper and judgment of Capt. Robinson,
sent him to arbitrate between the parties, to make
bye-laws, and to survey the newly occupied har-
bours. " So essential," to use theVice- Admiral's own
words in his report to the Admiralty, " did I con-
sider these precautions, that I shortly after followed
in H.M.S. Grasshopper to communicate with Capt.
Robinson, which I did at Cape Charles ; and feeling
perfectly satisfied with the arrangements and deci-
sions he had made on that coast, I proceeded imme-
diately elsewhere, feeling no necessity for any inter-
ference of mine ; and there has been only a single
instance of complaint of an American vessel having
committed any impropriety out of 600 sail, and that
one, I trust, will be settled amicably. I beg also to
refer their Lordships to their hydrographer for
am^le proofs of Capt. Robinson's exertions in sur-
veying the harbours and passages he has visited, of
which we had not before even an outline that could
be depended upon, and of which he has left copies
in this office." Capt. Robinson accepted the Retire-
ment 1 Oct. 1846.
In 1842 Capt. Robinson was appointed Sheriff
for "Westmeath, for which co. he is a Deputy-Lieu-
tenant. He married, 17 June, 1822, Frances Eliza-
beth, only child of Henry Wedman Wood, Esq.,
of Rosmead, oo. Westmeath, and has issue six
children, the three eldest of whom are in the naval
and military services. His second son, Hercules G.
R. Robinson, an officer in the 87th Fusileers, mar-
ried, in Oct. 1846, the Hon. Nea Arthur Ada Rose
d' Amour Annesley, daughter of Viscount Valentia,
of Bletchingdon Park, Oxford. Agents— Goode and
Lawrence.
KOBINSON. (LIE0TENANT, 1838.)
James Charles Robinson entered the Navy 15
March, 1820; passed his examination in 1826; and
obtained his commission 28 June, 1838. His ap-
pointments have since been — 20 Sept. 1838 and 3
April, 1839, to the Grecian 16 and Electra 18,
Capts. Wm. Smyth and Edw. Reeves Philip Main-
waring, both on the North American station,
whence he returned as First-Lieutenant about June,
1841 — 16 Sept. 1841, in the capacity last mentioned,
to the Serpent 16, Capts. Chas. Henry Seale and
Wm. Nevill, fitting for the East Indies— 29 March,
1842, again as Senior, to the Sctlla 16, Capt. Robt.
Sharpe, on the North America and West India sta-
tion, where he was superseded in the spring of 1843
— and, 30 March, 1844, to the command, which he
still retains, of a station in the Coast Guard.
He married, 21 Sept. 1841, Jane, eldest daughter
of T. Ely, Esq., of Hornsey, co. Middlesex. Agents
— Messrs. Chard.
ROBINSON. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 15.)
John Delancet Robinson is youngest son of the
late Colonel Robinson.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1814, as
Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the M^^ander 44, Capts.
John Bastard and Arthur Fanshawe ; in which ship,
bearing the flag for some time of Hon. Chas. El-
phinstone Fleeming, he served off the coast of Por-
tugal and in the Mediterranean until the autumn of
1816 — latterly in the capacity of Midshipman. He
was next, for upwards of five years, employed in
the Conqueror and Vigo 74's, flag-ships of Rear-
Admirals Robt. Plampin and Robt. Lambert at St.
Helena; whence, in 1822, he returned to England
in the Samabang 28, Capt. John Norman Camp-
bell. On 16 June, 1823, five months after he had
joined the Ttne 28, bearing the flags of Sir Chas.
Rowley and Sir„Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the West
Indies, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
in the Hyperion 42, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap. He had,
previously to that event, assisted in the boats of
the Tyne at the capture of a piratical vessel. His
last appointments were — 5 April, 1824, to the
Wellisley 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, lying
at Portsmouth — 6 Nov. following, to the Herald
10, Capts. Henry John Leeke, Augustus Wm. Jas.
Clifford, Edw. Wm. Corry Astley, and Geo. Berke-
ley Maxwell, under whom he was, for upwards of
five years, employed on a variety of particular ser-
vices— and, 24 Aug. 1832, to the Coast Guard, in
which service he remained until 1836.
Lieut. Robinson married, 10 Aug. 1836, Frances
Ann, only daughter of Sam. Waring, Esq., of Grove
Cottage, Dulwich, and the Oaks, Norwood, Surrey.
.4.GENTS — Hallett and Robinson.
ROBINSON. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 18;
H-p., 5.)
John James Robinson, bom in Jan. 181 1, is only
son of Capt. Robinson, Hon. E. I, Co.'s service,
Bengal.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1824, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Romney 50, armee-en-flute,
Capts. Wm. Jas. Mingaye and Nicholas Lockyer ;
and from Deo. 1826 until July, 1830, was employed
on the coast of North America in the Tyne 28,
Capts. White and Sir Rich. Grant. Volunteering
then to serve on the coast of Africa, he took a passage
thither in the Athol 28, Capt. Alex. Gordon, and
on his arrivaljoined, as Mate, the Dkyad 42, bear-
EOBINSON.
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ing the broad pendant of Commodore John Hayes.
On 10 Sept. 1831, being at the time detached in the
Faib Rosamond tender, Lieut.-Commander Henry
Vere Huntley, armed with 1 gun and having only
21 effective men on board, he was afforded an op-
portunity of assisting at the very gallant capture of
the Regulo and Rapido_ B\ayeis, carrying between
them 13 guns and 140 men. For his conduct in that
affair he was promoted by the Ck)mmodore, on a
death vacancy occurring, to the rank of Lieutenant,
and placed in charge of the Fair Bosamond. In
about a year afterwards he returned to England in
that vessel and paid her off; but to his mortification
he was not confirmed. In Deo. 1832 he joined the
Griffon brigantine, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Edw.
Parlby, for the purpose of again proceeding to the
coast of Africa. Before that vessel however had
sailed he was received on board the Vernon 50,
flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn, Commander-in-
Chief on the North America and West India star
tion, where he was by him promoted, 30 April, 1834,
into the Dispatch 16, Capt. Geo. Daniell. His
next appointments were — 13 Aug. 1835, to the
FoBTE 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Fell, and, 24 March,
1836, to the command of the' Skipjack schooner,
both in the West Indies, whence he came home in
the summer of 1839—2 Oct. 1841, to the Queen 110,
fitting for the flag of the Commander-in-Chief in
the Mediterranean, Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, to
whom he became Flag-Lieutenant 10 March follow-
ing—and, in M»y, 1842, to the acting-command of the
Devastation steamer. In the latter vessel he con-
tinued until a few weeks after his official promotion
to the rank of Commander, which took place 5 Sept.
1843. On the occasion, during that period, of an
earthquake and hurricane, he had on board Sir
Stratford .Canning and suite, two Persian Princes
and a Princess, together with others from the dif-
ferent embassies at Constantinople— in all about 60
persons. Towards the close of 1843, having removed
to the Orestes 18, he was sent by Sir Stratford to
settle a dispute with the Pacha of the island of
Lemnos, accompanied by a nephew of the Consul at
the Dardanells as interpreter. When matters, as
he conceived, had been placed upon a proper foot-
ing. Commander Robinson took his departure, leav-
ing the latter to arrange the details. As soon as
the Turks imagined that the Orestes had quitted
the island thejf attacked the interpreter, threatened
to bastinado him, and forthwith turned him out of
the town. Thus insulted, the Consul's nephew
made the best of his way along a mountainous road
of nine miles to the beach, where he contrived to
communicate with the British sloop. Landing im-
mediately with 100 men as a guard, Commander
Robinson marched with him back, and, surrounding
the Pacha's palace before his Highness was aware
of his approach, compelled him to summon his di-
van, hold an open court, and make a public and
ample apology as well for the indignities he had
offered the interpreter as for offensive observations
he had permitted to be made in regard to the Queen
of England. For his conduct on this occasion he
had the gratification of receiving the approval of
his Admiral, of Sir S. Canning, and of the Foreign
Office. His last appointments were — in Jan. 1844,
pro tern., to the Bei.videra 38, in the Mediterra-
nean—and, in the following April, to the Second-
Captaincy of the Caledonia 120, Capt. Alex. Milne.
He was in the latter ship when she was fitted out in
four-and-twenty hours on the eve of a voyage to
Tangier, and received for her alacrity the thanks
of the Admiralty. He has been on half-pay since
April, 1845.
Commander Robinson married, at Campobello,
New Brunswick, 9 July, 1839, Cornelia, second
daughter of Rear-Admiral Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen,
and niece of Admiral Sir Edw. W. C. H. Owen,
G.C.B,, G.C.H. Aoent-J. Hinxman.
hia commission 13 Feb. 1826. From 3 May, 1830,
until 1834, and again from 2 July, 1840, until Oct.
8144, he commanded; a station in the Coast Guard ;
he then served for nearly 12 months as Admiralty
Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel ; and
since 8 Jan. 1847 he has been afresh employed in
the Coast Guard.
ROBINSON. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 19;
H-p., 24.)
Locis Adgdstds Robinson, bom at Sherbum, in
Yorkshire, is son of Dr. Robinson.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 April, 1804, as
Midshipman, on board the Codragehx 74, Capts.
Chas. Boyles, Rich. Lee, and Jas. Bissett. Under
Capt. Lee he fought in Sir Rich. Strachan's action
4 Nov. 1805 (previously to which he had escorted a
convoy to St. Helena), and shared in the celebrated
pursuit after Jerome Buonaparte. He was also pre-
sent at the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengd
80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-
gun frigate Belle Poule. In May, 1808, he became
Master's Mate of the Alaart 18, Capt. Jas. Til-
liard, stationed in the Baltic ; where, in a prize be-
longing to that vessel, he succeeded, in July, 1809,
in beating off one, and capturing the other, of two
armed boats, by whom he had been simultaneously
attacked. When in charge, 9 Aug. ensuing, of a
second prize, carrying but 7 men, with small-arms,
he gallantly repelled three attempts made to board
him by a Danish privateer lugger, mounting 4 guns,
with a crew of 40 men, 9 of whom were killed and
11 wounded ; and while acting, in the course of the
same year, as Lieutenant of the Sheldrake 16, he
served in the boats of that sloop in an attack upon
several vessels lying under the protection of a bat-
tery on the coast of Jutland. One of these was
brought out, and the remainder compelled to slip
and run on shore, with a loss to the British of a
Lieutenant, Watson, and 3 men killed. After serv-
ing for some months, again as Midshipman, in the
Owen Glendower 36, Capt. Wm. Selby, and Mo-
narch 74, commanded by his former Captain, Lee,
he sailed, towards the close of 1810, for the East
Indies, in the Malacca 36, Capt. Wm. Butterfield,
Becoming, in the summer of 1811, Acting-Lieute-
nant of the Leda 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer, he assisted
on shore in that capacity at the reduction "of the
island of Java. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 7
Feb. 1812; and was subsequently appointed — 18
Aug. 1812, for a passage home, to the Modeste 36,
Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford — 9 June, 1813, after
three months of half-pay, to the Drake 10, Capt.
Gregory Grant, under whom he served in the North
Sea and West Indies, and partook, ]5 Feb. 1815, of
two actions with the American brig Chasseur — 25
May, 1815, to the Warrior 74, Capt. John Tre-
mayne Rodd, in which ship he returned home from
the West Indies in the ensuing Sept.' — 9 Sept. 1818,
as First-Lieutenant, to the Merset 26, Capt. Edw.
Collier, fitting for the North American station,
where he remained for three years — 11 March,
1823, to the Superb 78, Capts. Adam M'Kenzie and
Sir Thos. Staines, employed, until Nov. 1825, in the
West Indies and off Lisbon — and 3 April, 1834, to
tl\e command of the Viper brigantine of 6 guns.
In the latter vessel he served on the coasts of Por-
tugal and Spain until two months after his promo-
tion to the rank of Commander 10 Jan. 1837. He
has since been on half-pay.
For injuries sustained so early as the year 1806,
Commander Robinson was awarded a pension 15
Aug. 1844. He married Elizabeth, daughter of
John Clayton, Esq., of Keppy, co. Tork. Agent
J. Hinxman.
ROBINSON. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Joseph Robinson (b) entered the Navy 25 April,
1812; passed his examination in 1820; and obtained
ROBINSON. (Commander, 1838. f-p., 22;
H-P., 8.)
Richard Robinson was born in June, 1804, and
died 11 Jan. 1848, in Dublin.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Nov. 1817, as
Blidshipnian, on. board the Favorite 26, Capt.
Hercules Robinson, employed at St. Helena and is
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ROBINSON.
the Rio de la Plata. In Jan. 1820 he joined the
Leander 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Henry
Blackwood in the East Indies, whence, after serv-
ing in the Satellite 18, Capt. Mark John Currie,
he returned to England in 1823 in the Asia 84, also
commanded by Capt. Currie. On 30 April, 1827,
at which period he had been for about two years
and 10 months employed in the Mediterranean
on board the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm.
Hamilton, he was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant. His succeeding appointments were — in the
course of the same year, to the Ariadne 26, Capts.
Adolphus EitzClarence, Hon. Chas. Leonard Irby,
and Lewis Davies, also in the Mediterranean,
whence he came home and was paid off in May,
1828— in 1830, to the Pylades 18, Capts. Patrick
Duff Henry Hay, and Edw. Blanckley, employed
at first on the coast of Ireland and afterwards in
South America, whence he returned to England as
Senior Lieutenant in June, 1834 — and 9 Feb. 1835,
in the capacity last mentioned, to the Action 26,
Capt. Lord Edw. Russell, with whom he again
served in South America for three years. He
attained the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838;
and from 17 Feb. 1840 until the spring of 1845
filled an appointment in the Coast Guard. Agents
^Goode and Lawrence.
KOBINSON. (LlETJTENANT, 1825.)
Robert Robinson entered the Navy 30 Nov.
1805 ; passed his examination in 1814 ; obtained his
commission 27 May, 1825 ; served as First-Lieute-
nant in the Hazard 18, Capt. Chas. Bell, on the
East India station, from 9 Oct. 1841 until the spring
of 1843 ; and has since been on half-pay. Agents
— Case and Loudonsack.
EOBINSON. (Captain, 1840.)
Robert Spencer Robinson, bom 6 Jan. 1809, is
sixth and youngest son of the late Sir John Robin-
eon, Bart., of Rokeby Hall, co. Louth, by Mary
Anne, second daughter of Jas. Spencer, Esq., of
Rathangan, co. Kildare ; and brother (with the late
Henry Jas. Robinson, Esq., an officer in the Hon.
E. I. Co.*s service) of the present Sir Rich. Robin-
son, Bart., who married a daughter of the second
Earl of Mountcashel.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Dec. 1821 ; served
as Midshipman in the boats of the Syeili,e4S, Capt.
Sir Sam. John Brooke Pechell, in an affair with the
pirates in the Mediterranean in 1826 : passed his
examination in 1828 ; and obtained his first commis-
sion 27 Sept. 1830. His succeeding appointments
were — 5 May, 1831, to the Dublin 50, Capt. Lord
Jas. Townshend, fitting for South America, whence
he returned in 1834— and 18 March, 1836, and 26
Sept. 1837, to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, and,
as Senior Lieutenant, to the Tine 28, Capt. John
Townshend, both in the Mediterranean. He at-
tained the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838 ; was
appointed, 20 July, 1839, and 1 March, 1840, to the
Phcenix and HrcHA steamers ; and, for his services
in the latter vessel on the coast of Syria, was ad-
vanced to his present rank 5 Nov. 1840. He has
since been on half-pay.
Capt. Robinson married, 10 May, 1841, Clemen-
tina, daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis,
Bart. Agent — J. Hinxman.
KOBINSON. (Commander, 1828. p-p.,18;
H-p., 25.)
Thomas Pitt Robinson, bom 19 June, 1792, is
only son of the late Mark Robinson, Esq., Admiral
of the White ; * grandson of the late Rear-Admiral
• Admiral Mark Robinson attained the ranlc of Com-
mander prior to the conclusion of the first American war ;
and after serving in that capacity on board the Tbimmek
sloop was advanced to Post-rank SI Sept. 1790. He com-
manded the Brilliant frigate at the reduction of Calvi, in
Corsica, in 1 794 ; tlie Ahethusa 38, in Sir John Borlase War-
ren's expedition against Qniberon in 1795 ; the Swiftsuhe
74, alluded to in our Memoir of his son ; the Royal Sovk-
EEioN 100, as Flag-Captaitt to Sir Rich. Bickerton in the Me-
Mark Robinson;* nephew of the present Com-
mander Chas. Robinson, R.N. ; and first-cousin of
Capt. Chas. Robinson Miller, R.M., and First-Lieut.
Henry Miller, R.M., sons of the late Major-General
John Miller, R.M.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1804, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Swiftsure 74, commanded by
his father, at first as flag-ship to Sir John Orde off
Cadiz, and afterwards as part of the Mediterranean
fleet under Lord Nelson. In May, 1805, he removed
with his father, in the capacity of Midshipman, to
the Royal Sovereign 100; in which ship, com-
manded also by Capts. John Conn, Edw. Rotherara,
and Fras. Pender, he fought under the flag of Vioe-
Admiral Collingwood in the action off Cape Tra-
falgar, 21 Oct. 1805. From March, 1806, until July,
1811, he was actively employed off Cadiz and in va-
rious parts of the Mediterranean in the Ocean 98,
Capt. F. Pender, Queen 98, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admirals John Child Purvis, John Knight,
and Geo. Martin, and Success 32, Capt. John Ays-
cough. While attached to the Sdccess he was
often engaged with the enemy on the coast of Italy,
served in the boats at the capture of several pri-
vateers, assisted at the reduction of the islands of
Ischia and Procida, and contributed to the de-
fence of Sicily when threatened with an invasion by
Joachim Murat at the head of 40,000 troops. On
12 Feb. 1812, a few weeks after he had joined, on
promotion, the Dragon 74, bearing the flag of Sir
Fras. Laforey in the West Indies, he, was nominated
Acting-Lieutenant of that ship. He was confirmed,
21 March, 1812, into the Peruvian 18, Capts. Dick-
inson and Amos Freeman Westropp, also in the
West Indies, whence he returned in the following
Aug. ; and he was subsequently appointed — 16 Oct.
1813 and 22 Sept. 1815, to the Tigris 36, Capt. Roht.
Henderson, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Benj.
Hallowell, both on the Irish station, where he re-
mained until paid off in Nov. 1818— and 14 Oct.
1825, as Second-Lieutenant, to the Genoa 74, Capts.
Walter Bathurst and Hon. Chas. Leonard Irby. In
the latter ship, which was put out of commission in
Dec. 1827, he served on the Lisbon station, and
enacted a part at the battle of Navarin. In consi-
deration of the " long, active, and faithful services "
of his father and grandfather, he was advanced, 26
Aug. 1828, to the rank of Commander. His last ap-
pointment was to the Coast Guard, in which he re-
mained from 29 March, 1837, until April, 1840.
Commander Robinson married, 23 April, 1818,
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Capt. Thos.
Andrews, of H.M. 84th Regt.
KOBINSON. (Lieutenant, 1841.)"
Waltek Francis Robinson is second son of Wm.
Robinson, Esq., LL.D., of Tottenham, co. Middle-
sex.
This officer entered the Navy 4 April, 1825 ; ob-
tained his commission 1 1 June, 1841 ; served, from
20 Aug. 1841 until paid off in 1844, in the Malabar
72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, on the Mediter-
ranean station ; and, from 31 Dec. 1844 until 1847,
was employed in the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of Sir
Fras. Wm. Austen in North America and the West
Indies.
He married, in 1845, at Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Charlotte, third daughter of Capt. Thos. Maynard,
R.N.
diterranean during Lord Nelson's poisuit of the combined
squadrons to the West Indies ; and subsequently the Gib-
kaltab 80. He became a Rear-Admiral 28 April, 1808, a
Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1818, and a full Admiral 27 May,
1825. He died 21 Feb. 1834, at Freshfleld, near Bath, aged 80.
* Rear-Admiral Mark Robinson held command, between
1767 and 1783, of the Fukt, Worcester 64, and Shrews-
bury 74. During that period he very frequently distin-
guished himself. He five times, in the Shrewsbury, led
the British fleet into action. In tlie affair between Rear-
Admiral Graves and the Comte de Grasse, oil" Cape Henry,
5 Sept. 1781, he lost a leg. He was the earliest friend in
the service of the immortal Nelson, and was the'chief instru-
ment of the hero obtaining his first step, the latter being
placed with him as Acting-Lieutenant on board the Wor-
cester in Dec. 1776. He died in Nov. 1799.
ROBINSON— ROBSON— ROCHE.
996
EOBINSON. (Commander, 1844. f-p.,31;
H-p., 5.)
William Robinson entered the Navy, 5 Nov.
1811, as a Volunteer, on board the Leopard 50,
Capt. "Wm. Henry Dillon, under whom he assisted
in chasing away the French frigates Arienne and
Andromaque, and brig Mamelmwk (afterwards de-
stroyed off L'Orient by the Northumberland 74
and Growler gun-brig), when engaging the Endt-
MiON 40. Between April, 1812, and Sept. 1814, he
was actively employed in the Ganitmede 26, Capt.
John Brett Purvis, on the east coast of Spain,
where he served at the siege of Tarragona, came
into repeated conflict with the enemy's forts and
batteries, and contributed to the capture of several
privateers. While cruizing off Havre, during the
War of a Hundred Days, in the Edbtalds 36, Capt.
Thos. Huskisson, he again aided, as Midshipman, in
making prize of a variety of vessels. After serving
for about six months at St. Helena in the Newcas-
tle 60, Capts. Sam. Roberts and Henry Meynell,
and for three years in the North Sea in the Nimrod
18, Capts. John Maopherson Ferguson and John
Windham Dalling, he was in succession employed
as Mate— from 10 Dec. 1819 until 30 Deo. 1825, in
the Belter 10, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Minchin,
Roger Carley Curry, and John Adams, on the coast
of North America— from 2 Jan. 1826 until 13 Feb.
1829, in the Spartiate 76, Ocean 80, Victory 100,
and Melville 74, Capts. Fred. Warren, John Sykes,
Chas. Inglis, and Henry Hill, on the Lisbon and
Portsmouth stations— from 13 Feb. 1829 until 20
March, 1834, and from 4 May in the latter year
until 21 May, 1836, in the Camelion, Royal
George, and Badger Revenue-vessels, Lieut.-
Commanders Henry Gladwell Etough, John Hill,
Henry Crocker, Wm. Beckett, and Alex. Schank
Wight — and from 7 July, 1836, until promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 10 Jan. 1837 (more than 17
years after he had passed his examination), in the
Salamander steamer, Capts. John M'Dougall and
Sidney Colpoys Dacres, stationed on the north coast
of Spain during the civil war. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — 12 Jan. 1837 and 27 April, 1838,
to the Fly 18, Capt. Russell Elliott, and Stag 46,
Commodore Thos. Ball Sulivan, both in South Ame-
rica— and 12 March, 1839, to the command of the
Arrow ketch of 10 guns. In the gig belonging to
the latter vessel, which was at first employed on the
South American and then on the Cape of Good Hope
stations, he captured, 9 Aug. 1843, an armed slaver,
which had been driven on shore by the Arrow, and
had been there set on flre, and had a train laid to
her, by her own crew, who, as the British advanced,
opened a discharge of musketry upon them. He
paid the Arrow off 13 June, 1844 ; and was advanced
to his present rank 16 Dec. following.
EOBSON. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 17; h-p., 22.)
William Robson, bom 17 Jan. 1796, is youngest
son of the late Rev. Jas. Robson, Vicar of Aycliffe ;
and brother of the Rev. Jas. Robson, Vicar of Ayn-
derby Steeple, a Magistrate for the North Riding
of Yorkshire. Another brother, John, a Lieutenant
of the Cornwallis 50, was drowned about the year
1807 in India, in a heavy surf, owing to his zeal in
watering that ship. His cousin, William Robson,
Master's Mate of the Spartan, was killed in Sir
Jahleel Brenton's brilliant action with the Franco-
Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of Naples, 3 May,
1810.
This oflScer entered the Navy, in May, 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Polyphemus 64, Capt.
Wm. Pryce Cumby, flag-ship for some time of Vice-
Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley in the West
Indies, where he was present, in April and June,
1809, at the capture of the French 74-gun ship
d'Haupoult, and the surrender, after an arduous
blockade, of the city of St. Domingo. Towards
the close of 1809 he was lent to the D^dalds 32,
Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield ; and while subsequently
attached, with Capt. Cumby, to the Hyperion 36,
he visited, as Master's Mate, the latitude of Green-
land, for the protection of the fisheries, and was
for four months frozen up in the harbour of St.
John's, Newfoundland, during the winter of 1812.
On leaving the Hyperion he joined, in April, 1815,
the Impregnable 104, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley,
under whom he beheld the surrender of Naples,
and continued for a period of seven months. During
the next 14 years Mr. Robson (he had passed his
examination 1 June, 1814) was employed in the
Hon. E. I. Co.'s service. He then, in Nov. 1829,
again joined the Navy, and was placed as Mate on
board the Echo steamer, Lieut.-Commander Geo.
Bissett. In that vessel he served in the Channel
and Mediterranean until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 22 JiJy, 1830. His succeeding appoint-
ments were— 9 Sept. 1835, for three years, to the
Pbcenix steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Honyman Hen-
derson, stationed on the north coast of Spain, where
his zeal and exertions as Second and First Lieu-
tenant frequently procured him, in common with
others, the thanks of Commodore Lord John Hay —
21 Nov. 1839, to the command of the Flamer steam-
vessel, fitting for the West Indies, whence he re-
turned at the close of 1842—10 Aug. 1844, to the
Victoria and Albert yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus
FitzClarence— 26 Dec. following, to the command
of the Nautilhs 10, employed in protecting the
Channel fisheries — and, 30 June, 1845, a second
time to the Vict.oria and Albert. In the Flamer
Mr. Robson conveyed the Right Hon. Sir Chas.
FitzRoy, K.H., the new Governor-General of the
Leeward Islands, on the first visit paid by him on
his arrival to the different islands under bis com-'
mand ; and on two occasions he conveyed General
Maister, the Military Commander-in-Chief, on a
tour of inspection to the islands in the Caribbean
Sea. On the first occasion he was personally in-
trusted with the duty of examining and reporting
on the nature of the fortifications and naval re-
sources of the French islands. In the Victoria
AND Albert he accompanied the Queen to Scot-
land, Antwerp, and Treport, and on a cruize among
the Channel Islands. He continued in the royal
yacht until advanced to his present rank 7 Oct.
1846.
In 1814 Commander Robson invented the trans-
parent compass now supplied with the Admiralty
charts. A few months prior to his appointment to
the Flamer he was offered by the New Zealand
Association the command of the ship Tory, then
going out with the preliminary expedition for the
colonization of those islands — but the Admiralty
refused to permit his acceptance of it. He mar-
ried, 12 Nov. 1828, his cousin Margaret Grey Rob-
son, and was left a widower 15 Aug. 1834.
EOCHE. (Retired Commander, 1841.)
John Roche entered the Navy, 13 Jan. 1797, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bedford 74, Capt. Sir
Thos. Byard; and on 11 of the ensuing Oct. was
present, as Midshipman, in the action off Camper-
down. In May, 1798, he joined the Foddroyant
80, bearing the flags successively of Lords Nelson
and Keith, and commanded, among other Captains,
by Sir Edw. Berry, under whom, while at the
blockade of Malta, he assisted at the capture, 18
Feb. 1800, of Le Gmereim: 74 and Ville de Marseilles
armed store-ship, and, 31 March following, after a
desperate conflict, in which the Foudroyant (in
company at the time with the Lion 64 and Pene-
lope 36) sustained a loss of 8 men killed and 64
wounded, of Le Guillaume Tell of 84 guns and 1000
men, bearing the flag of Eear-Admiral Decres. In
1801 he was present, in the same ship, throughout
the operations in Egypt. On leaving her he was
received, in Oct. 1802, on board the Kent 74, flag-
ship of Sir Rich. Bickerton in the Mediterranean,
where, in the ensuing Oct. and in May, 1804, he
joined the Weasel sloop, Capt. Wm. D'Urban, and
Niger troop-ship, Capt. Jas. HiUyar. From Feb.
1805 until Oct. 1806 he served off Boulogne and on
the Cape of Good Hope, Brazilian, and Lisbon
stations, as Sub-Lieutenant, in the Defender,
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ROCHE— ROCHFORT.
Encounter, and 'Whiting gun-trigg, Lieut.-Com-
mandera John Geo. Nops, Talbot, and Orkney. On
23 of the month last mentioned he was promoted
to the full rank of Lieutenant, and placed in com-
mand of the Neptune hired brig on the coast of
Ireland, where, from April, 1808, to Jan. 1809, he
had charge of a division of gun-vessels. During
the remainder of the war he served in the West
Indies and on the coasts of Portugal, France, and
Spain, in the Deuid frigate, Capts. SirWm. Bolton,
John Louis, John "Williams, and Thos. Searle, Red-
pole 10, Capt. John Macdonald, and Abergavenny,
Capt. Fahie. He was afterwards appointed — 2 Aug.
1820, to the FoKTE 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Coch-
rane, lying at Chatham— 24 Jan. 1824, to the Water-
Guard service — next, to the command of the Harpt
Kevenue-oruizer— 8 Sept. 1829, to that of the Skip-
jack schooner at Jamaica, where he was superseded
in March, IS.Sl— and, 18 Sept. 1839, as Additional-
Lieutenant, to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams
Sandon, on the lakes of Canada. In the spring of
1^40 he returned to England. He accepted his pre-
sent rank 16 Sept. 1841, and was admitted, in April,
1845, to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
EOCHE. (Commander, 1838. f-p.,22; h-p., 19.)
Joseph Koche entered the Navy, 12 May, 1806,
as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, Capts.
Joseph Hanwell, Geo. Hart, Valentine Collard, Mat-
thew Forster, Fred. Watkins, and Thos. Harvey,
in which ship, bearing the flag at first of Vice-
Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell, he was for three
years and nine months actively employed on the
North Sea and Baltic stations— the chief part of the
time in the capacities of Midshipman and Master's
Mate. He saw much boat-service in the Great Belt,
and was often engaged either in protecting British
or in attacking Danish convoys. On 23 July, 1810,
having removed to the Nemesis 28, Capt. Wm.
Ferris, he contributed, in the boats of that ship and
of the Belvidera 36, to the spirited capture, on
the coast of Norway, of two Danish gun-vessels, the
Solder and Tlityr (carrying 2 long 24'8, 6 6-pounder
howitzers, and 45 men), and the destruction of a
third. In command of one of three boats from the
Nemesis alone we find him, in the early part of
1811, presentat the cutting-out of a 10-gun schooner
from under a fire from the Dutch fort of St. Jago
d'Elmina, on the coast of Guinea. In the course of
the same year he joined the Namur 74, bearing the
flag of Vice- Admiral Thos. Wells at Sheerness, and
CnocoDLLE 28, Capts. John Rich. Lumley and Wm.
Elliott; and, in July, 1812, he participated in an
attempt made by four boats belonging to the latter
ship, carrying 62 volunteers, under Lieut. Wm. John
Cole, to bring out in open day four armed vessels,
together with a convoy, lying beneath the batteries
in the Bay of Paros, on the coast of France. The
boat of which Mr, Koche had charge on this occa-
sion was sunk by a shot from a national brig. After
he had been for a. few months borne on the books
of the Sabeina and Rodney, flag-ships of Vicc-
Admiral Geo. Martin at Lisbon, and had had com-
mand of their tenders, he was nominated, 29 March,
1814, Acting-Lieutenant of the Richmond 14, Capt.
Edw. O'Shaughnessy. He was confirmed to that
vessel 4 May following ; and was subsequently ap-
pointed—21 Nov. 1814 and 12 Aug. 1816, to the
Akbah 50 and Niger 38, Capts. Chas. Bullen and
Sam. Jackson, with whom he served on the Home
and Nortt American stations until Sept. 1817 — 3
Feb. 1820, as First, to the Harlequin 18, Capts.
Chas. Christopher Parker and John Weeks, on the
coast of Ireland, where, in the spring of 1823, a few
months before he was paid ofi', he made prize in the
boats, during a calm and after an arduous chase,
of a smuggling lugger, an exploit for which he re-
ceived the public thanks of the Commander-in-
Chief— 15 April, 1824, and 5 March, 1825, as a
Supernumerary, to the Ramillies 74 and Hyperion
42, Coast-Blockade ships, Capts. Wm. M'CuIloch
and Wm. Jas. Mingaye— in Sept. 1826, after 10
months of half-pay, to the Victory 104, flag-ship of
Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth— 2 Jan. 1829, as
Senior, for nearly 10 months, to the Ranger 28,
Capt. Wm. Walpole, in the West Indies— and, 6
Sept. 1835, to the command, which he retained until
Aug. 1838, of the Seaplowee cutter, emploj^ed in
protecting the Jersey fisheries. Since he left the
latter vessel he has been on half-pay. His last pro-
motion took place 28 June, 1838.
Commander Koche married, at Brighton, 17 Nov.
1825, Caroline Susanna, daughter of the late Arthur
Robinson, Esq., M.D., of Broadwater.
EOCHFORT. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 18;
H-p., SO.)
Robert Rochfoet, bom in 1789, is second son
of the late Henry Rochfort, Esq., an ofiicer in the
28th Regt., Assistant-Commissary-General on the
Irish establishment, by Henrietta, daughter of John
Hili, Esq., of Barnhill, co. Carlow. Three of his
uncles (the eldest, George, a General of Artillery)
were also in the army; his grandfather, Arthur
Rochfort, LL.D., was M.P. for Westmeath; his
grand-uncle, Robert Rochfort, likewise M.P. for
that CO., was created, 29 Nov. 1756, Earl of Belve-
dere ; and his great-grandfether, the Right Hon.
Geo. Rochfort, M.P., who married a daughter of
the third Earl of Drogheda, filled the office of Chief
Chamberlain of the Court of Exchequer. The father
of the latter gentleman, Robert Rochfort, was ap-
pointed Attorney-General in 1695, chosen Speaker
of the House of Commons in Ireland in the follow-
Aug., and constituted, in June, 1707, Chief Baron
of the Exchequer. Commander Rochfort, the pre-
sent male representative of the house of Rochfort,
which has been seated in Ireland since the days of
Strongbow, is second-cousin of the late Capt. Wm.
Rochfort, K.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 Sept. 1799, as
A.B., on board the Haerlem 64, Capt. Geo. Burl-
ton, with whom he continued employed in the Me-
diterranean in the Afeicaine 38, and as Midship-
man in the Success 32, until paid off in April, 1802.
He next, in March, 1803, joined the Calcutta 54,
Capt. Daniel Woodriff, in which ship, on his return
from escorting convicts to Van Diemen's Land, he
proceeded as Master's Mate to St. Helena for con-
voy. During her passage home the Calcutta,
after having beaten the French 40-gun frigate
Armide, was attacked, 26 Sept. 1805, and, at the
end of a gallant action of three-quarters of an hour,
productive to her of a loss, out of 343 men, of 6
killed and 6 wounded, unavoidably captured, by the
74-gun ship Majestuetix, psirt of a squadron under
the orders of Rear-Admiral AUemand. Mr. Roch-
fort remained, we believe, a prisoner in France
until Oct. 1809. On 26 April, 1811 (two months
after he had been ordered to act as such), he was
confirmed a Lieutenant in the Mutine brig, Capt.
Nevinson de Courcy, on the Brazilian station,
whence, in June, 1812, he Invalided. In June, 1813,
and Feb. 1814, he joined the Chesapeake frigate
and Fantome 20, Capts. Alex. Gordon and John
Lawrence, both on the coast of North America;
and from 29 Sept. in the latter year until 4 July,
1815, he commanded, in the Bay of Fundy, the
Landeail cutter, in which vessel he beat off five
American privateers of superior force. He after-
wards commanded (on the Plymouth station) the
Lapwing Revenue-cruizer from 4 March, 1819, until
1822; and the Bittern 10 from 31 Dec. 1825 until
advanced to his present rank 10 March, 1828. He
has since been on half-pay.
Commander Rochfort married, 12 Sept. 1814,
Maria, daughter of Geo. Leonard, Esq., of Dover
Castle, in Sussex Vale, New Brunswick, North
America, Superintendent of Trades and Fisheries,
and has issue one daughter. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
ROCHFOET. (ffaptam, 1826. F-p., 14; H-p., 30.)
William Rochfort died 21 Dec. 1847. He was
second son of Gustavus Rochfort, Esq., formerly of
ROOD— EODDAM.
997
Kochfort, M.P. for Westmeath during eight succes-
sive Parliaments, by Frances, third daughter of John
Bloomfield, Esq., of lledwood ; brother of Gustavus
Bochfort, Esq., a Colonel in the Army, and of Kich.
Kochfort, Esq., Comptroller of the Customs of
Cork; and second-cousin of Commander Robt. Koch-
fort, K.N. His grandfather, Geo. Kochfort, married
a daughter of Sir Gustavus Hume, Bart., of Castle
Hume, CO. Fermanagh.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 July, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cdlloden 74, Capt. Har-
rington Dacres. In that ship, which at first bore
the flag of Kear-Admiral CoUingwood off Brest, he
partook, 2 Sept. 1803, of a running action with the
Duguay Troum 74 and 40-gun frigate Guerriire,
which was maintained until the two latter had
effected their escape into the port of Corunna ; and
assisted in re-capturing the Lord Nehon, East Indian
man. "With the exception of a few weeks passed in
the Venerable 74, flag-ship in the Channel of
Kear-Admiral Sir Thos. Graves, he continued at-
tached to the Cdlloden in the capacity of Midship-
man until transferred, in June, 1804, to the Pkih-
CESS Charlotte 38, Capt. Fras. Farington Gardner,
on the Jamaica station ; where he saw much active
service, aided in cutting-out the Benjamin American
slaver, and, although he had not been 18 months
afloat, was intrusted with the charge of the Ddke
OF York, a recaptured Falmouth packet. Kemov-
ing, in Sept. 1805, to the Kamillies 74, Capts. Fras.
Pickmore and Kobt. Yarker, he was afforded an
opportunity of witnessing the surrender, 13 March,
1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Kear-
Admiral Linois, and 40-gim frigate Belle Jfoule, and
of assisting at the reduction, in Dec. 1807, of the
Danish West India islands. On his arrival, in 1809,
in the East Indies in the Cornelia 36, Capt. Henry
Folkes Edgell, he was received on board the Kussell
74, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Wm. O'Brien
Drury, by whom, having passed his examination,
he was nominated, 28 Nov. in the same year, Act-
ing-Lieutenant of the DioMEDE 50, Capt. Hugh
Cook. Although he never joined that ship, he con-
tinued to act as Lieutenant in the Blanche 38,
Capt. Wm. Dawson, and, at the request of Capt.
Edgell, in his former frigate the Cornelia, until
officially promoted, 2 May, 1810. Being then re-
appointed to the Cornelia, he accompanied in her,
as First-Lieutenant, the expedition against the Isle
of France, and in Aug. and Sept. 1810 co-operated
as such in the reduction of Java. At the former
place he was sent in command of La Mouche
schooner to watch the movement of the enemy at
Port Louis, and on both occasions he was for a time
employed on shore with the army. In Dec. 1811 he
returned to England with Capt. Edgell in the Pied-
MONTAiSE 38, and in Sept. 1812 was paid off. His
next appointment was, 2 Feb. 1813, to the Nymphe
38, Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, with whom,
until Nov. 1814, he served with much activity on
the coast of North America. He assisted, during
that period, at the blockade of Boston, cut out
many of the enemy's vessels, and was often em-
Eloyed on shore in reconnoitring and gaining intel-
genoe. The constant zeal and judgment he evinced
in the discharge of his duties procured for him the
high encomiums of his superiors ; and on 15 June,
1814, he was promoted to the rank of Commander.
He left the Nvmphe in consequence as above stated ;
and was not again able to procure employment until
appointed, 4 July, 1822, to the Nimrod 18, on the
Leith station. In Nov. of the same year he was sent
to the river Tyne for the purpose of quelling an
alarming insurrection of the keelmcn, who had risen
in open arms against their employers. For a short
time he held the sole command, ana for his exertions,
both then and after the arrival of Capt. John Toup
Nicolas of the Eceria 28, when he was for six
weeks, day and night, in the boats in vigorous co-
operation with that officer, he received ^e thanks
of the Board of Admiralty, of Capt. Nicolas him-
self, and of the local authorities, who, at a public
meeting, voted the crew of the Nimrod a hundred
guineas. Immediately after this Capt. Kochfort
assumed command of a squadron consisting of two
of H. M. ships and four Revenue-vessels for the
suppression of smuggling on the west coast of Scot-
land. In Nov. 1823 he proceeded on a mission up
the river Garonne as far as Pauillac, and by his
firmness and moderation overcame many obstacles
thrown in his way by the French authorities. He
subsequently cruized on the Irish station, and on
paying off the Nimkod, 13 Oct. 1825, was presented
by the crew with a handsome sword, " as a testi-
mony of their respect and esteem." He attained
Post-rank 27 March, 1826, and, unsuccessful in his
applications for further employment, was induced,
1 Oct. 1846, to accept the Retirement.
Capt. Kochfort married, 27 Dec. 1833, Arabella
Margaretta, youngest daughter of the late Right
Hon. John Caloraft, M.P., of Rempston House,
Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire, and has left issue three
daughters.
KODD. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
John Rashleigh Rood is fifth and youngest son
of the late Rev. Edw. Rodd, D.D., of Trebartha
Hall, CO. Cornwall, Rector of St. Just, in Koseland,
and Vicar of Lamerton, in Devon, by Harriet, eldest
daughter of Chas. Rashleigh, Esq., of Duporth, co.
Cornwall ; and nephew of the late Vice-Admiral
Sir John Tremayne Rodd, Kt., K.C.B.*
This officer entered the Navy 13 May, 1830;
passed his examination in 1836 ; obtained the rank
of Lieutenant, as a reward for his services on the
coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St.
Jean d'Acre, 4 Nov. 1840 ; joined, 11 June, 1841,
the ScoDT 18, Capt. Joseph Paffard Dickson Larcom,
fitting at Chatham ; and from 19 Aug. 1841, until
paid off at tlie close of 1847, was employed in the
Pacific in the Dublin 50, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Rich. Thomas, and, as First-Lieutenant, in
the FiSGARD 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze. His
appointment to the latter ship took place 21 Dec.
1844. Since 16 May, 1848, he has been serving, as
Senior, in the Illustriods 72, depot-ship of Ordi-
nary at Portsmouth, Capt. Rich. Augustus Yates.
Agents — Messrs. Ommanney.
EODDAM. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 30.)
William Roddam, horn 4 Jan. 1793, is fourth
son of the late Walter Spencer Stanhope, Esq., of
Cannon Hall, co. York, formerly M.P. for Carlisle,
by Mary Winifred, daughter of Thos. Babington
Pulleine, Esq., of Carleton Halh co. York, and
granddaughter, maternally, of E. CoUingwood, Esq.,
of Byker and Dissington. He assumed the surname
and arms of Roddam, on inheriting, in 1806, the
estates of his kinsman and godfather Admiral Kobt.
Roddam.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 March, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ocean 98, Capt. Rich.
Thomas, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of
his cousin Vice-Admiral Lord CoUingwood, with
whom he continued to serve as Midshipman in the
ViLLE DE Paris 1 10 until the death of that veteran
hero in March, 1810. He then returned to England
in the Rota 38, Capt. Philip Somerville, and on his
arrival was received, in the ensuing May, on board
the Namur 74, flag-ship of Sir Henry Edwin Stan-
hope at Sheerness. In March, 1811, he again, in the
Undaunted 38, commanded by his old ^Captain,
Thomas, sailed for the Mediterranean ; where, soon
after his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant,
which took place 17 Aug. 1812, he removed to the
Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace. While in that ship
* Sir John Tremayne Rodd, after having had command o
the BoNETTA and Scorpion sloops, was advanced to Post-
rank 7 Sept. 1798. In 180.'! he became Flag-Captain to the
late Sir Chas. Cotton in the San Josef 110; he was after-
wards actively employed in the Indefatigable ii, parti-
cularly in Lord Coclirane's celebrated attack upon the French
shipping in Aix Roads in April, 1809; and in tlie summer
of 1814 ne was appointed to the Waehior 74, He was no-
minated a C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; promoted to the rank of Rear-
Admirai 27 May, 18S5, and to that of Vice- Admiral 10 Jan.
1837 ; and created a K.C.B. 20 Feb. 1832. He died i Oct.
1838 at Tunbridge Wells.
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EODGER— RODNEY— ROE.
he co-operated in the reduction of Genoa and the
eiege of Gaeta. Following Capt. Brace, in July,
1816, into the Impreghabi^e 104, he fought, on the
16th of the next month, at the battle of Algiers. He
was placed on half-pay in Oct. of the same year ;
and has not been since afloat.
Lieut. Koddam married, in Sept. 1835, Charlotte,
daughter of Henry Percy Pulleine, Esq., of Crake
Hall, CO. York, and by that lady, who died in July,
1837, has an only daughter. Agents— Messrs. Om-
manney.
EODGER. (LiECT., 1815. r-p., 7 ; h-p., 32.)
William Bodger entered the Navy, 19 Nov.
1808, as Midshipman, on board the Ardent 64,
Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon. After a servitude of
more than three years with that officer in the same
ship and in the Thalia 36, on the Leith, Channel,
and Jamaica stations, he was nominated, 19 Jan.
1811, Acting-Master of the Pelords 18, Capts. Thos.
Huskisson, Joshua Kicketts Eowley, and Hon. Robt.
Cavendish Spencer. Under Capt. Huskisson we
find him assisting, 17 Oct. 1809, at the destruction
of a battery near Point-S.-Pitre, Guadeloupe ; and,
in Feb. 1810, at the capture of that island. In Dec.
1812, being then in the Mediterranean, he removed
to the Goshawk 16, Capt. Hon. Wm. John Napier.
On that vessel being wrecked on the coast of Cata-
lonia 21 Sept. 1813, he was received on board the
Barpleuk 98, Capts. Sir Edw. Berry and John
Maitland. In July, 1814, he was again placed under
the orders of Capt. Napier, as Master's Mate, in the
Ehne 20 ; and in July, 1815, after having served
with him on the coast of North America and in the
Channel, he took up a commission bearing date 27
of the preceding Feb. He has since been on half-
pay.
In the session of 1817-18 Lieut. Rodger received
from the Society for the Encouragement of Arts,
&c., a Silver Medal for his " Plug for raising Empty
Casks;" and, in that of 1818-19, a Gold one for his
"Life Raft." In 1829 he was presented by the
same Society with the Gold Isis Medal for his
" Syphon for Watering Ships," and with a large
Silver Medal for his " Make-Shift Anchor." Agents
• — Messrs. Halford and Co.
sons (the youngest, Thos. Maitland, a Commander
R.N.) and six daughters (the eldest married to Lord
John Geo. Lennox) ; and by his third, a son, Geo.
Brydges, First-Lieutenant K.M., and four daughters.
RODNEY. (Captain on Eetiked Half-pay,
1780.)
The Honodrable John RoT>NEr was born 10
May, 1765, and died 9 April, 1847, at Boulogne-sur-
Mer. He was the eldest son of the famous Admiral
Lord Rodney, K.B., the hero of 12 April, 1782,
whose brilUant services won for him a peerage, by
his second wife, Henrietta, daughter of John Clies,
Esq. His half-brother, Geo. Rodney, was lost at
sea in command of the Ferret sloop-of-war in Aug.
1776; his own brother, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney,
R.N. (1806), died 12 Nov. 1828. He was half-bro-
ther of the second, and uncle of the third, fourth,
and fifth peers of his name ; uncle also of Capt. Hon.
Robt. Rodney, R.N., who died in command of the
Dryad frigate 20 July, 1826, and of Capt. Geo.
Rodney Mundy, R.N. ; and grand-uncle of Lieut.
Mortimer Harley Rodney, R.N.
This officer was a Midshipman, Lieutenant, Com-
mander, and Captain — all within the short space of
five weeks. His first commission was dated 10 Sept.
1780 ; his two others on the same day, 14 Oct. 1780.
He was afterwards tried by court-martial and
broken. Although reinstated, he never obtained
his flag.
Capt. Rodney filled for many years the appoint-
ment of Chief Secretary to the Government of
Ceylon. He married, first, 4 July, 1784, Catherine,
only daughter of Thomas, sixth Earl of Westmeath.
That lady dying 26 Feb. 1794, he married, a second
time, 19 Oct. 1799, Louisa Martha, eldest daugh-
ter of John, third Earl of Aldborough. Being again
left a widower, he married a third time, in 1815,
Antoinette, only daughter of Anthony Pierre Reyne,
Esq. By his first wife he had issue three daughters
(one married to Lord Blantyre) ; by his second, two
RODNEY. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Mortimer Harley Rodney, born 23 Feb. 1817,
is eldest son of the Hon. Mortimer Rodney (brother
of the present Lord Rodney), by Sarah, daughter of
Robt. Withy, Esq. ; and grand-nephew of the late
Capt. Hon. John Rodney, R.N.
This officer passed his examination in 1836 ; and
for his services on the coast of Syria, including the
bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His Succeed-
ing appointments were — 15 Dec. 1840, to the Tal-
bot 26, Capts. Henry John Codrington and Robt.
Fanshawe Stopford, on the Mediterranean station,
where he remained until the spring of 1842—28
Feb. 1843, to the Campekdown 104, flag-ship of Sir
Edw. Brace and Sir John Chambers White at Sheer-
ness— and 12 Sept. 1844 and 27 Oct. 1847, as First,
to the CnnizER 16, and Nerbudda 12, Capts. Edw.
Gennys Fanshawe, Wm. Maclean, and Edw. Peirse,
both in the East Indies, whence he returned in 1848.
On 19 Aug. 1845 he commanded the Croizeb's pin-
nace and served with the boats of a squadron, carry-
ing altogether 530 officers, seamen, and marines, at
the destruction, under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the
piratical settlement of Malloodoo, on the north
end of the island of Borneo, where the British en-
countered a desperate opposition and sustained a
loss of 6 men killed and 15 wounded.*
RODNEY. (Commander, 1846.)
Thomas Maitland Rodney, bom 14 Oct. 1810,
is second and youngest son of the late Capt. Hon.
John Rodney, R.N., by his second marriage.
This officer entered the Navy 5 Feb. 1824 ; passed
his examination in 1830; and obtained his &:st com-
mission 31 Aug. 1832. He was afterwards appointed
—10 Jan. 1833, to the Spartiate 70, Capt. Robt.
Tait, fitting for the South American station, whence
he returned towards the close of 1835 — 9 Sept.
1836, as Senior, to the Conway 26, Capt. Chas.
Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, in which ship we find
him (during a continuance in her of more than four
years) employed at New South Wales and partici-
pating in the earlier operations of the China war —
and, 15 Aug. 1843, in a similar capacity, to the Me-
dusa 18, Capts. Thos. Baillie and Thos. Vernon
Watkins, stationed in the Pacific, where he re-
mained until advanced to his present rank 9 Nov.
1846. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
ROE. (LlBCTENANT, 1822. p-P., 14 ; h-p., 20.)
John Septimds Roe entered the Navy, 1 1 June,
1813, as Midshipman, on board the Rippon 74, Capt.
Sir Christopher Cole, attached to the Channel fleet ;
and, on 21 Oct. following, was present at the capture
of the French 40-gun frigate Le Weser. Between Aug.
1814 and Jan. 1817 he served on the Newfoundland,
Home, and East India stations in the Horatio 38,
Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon ; he was next, from Feb.
in the latter year until June, 1823, employed under
Capt. Philip Parker King on surveying service in
New South Wales, part of the time in the Bathdest
sloop, of which vessel he was created a Lieutenant
25 April, 1822 ; and in Feb. 1824, he obtained an
appointment to the Tamar 26, Capt. Jas. John
Gordon Bremer. In that ship, in which he con-
tinued until 1823, he assisted in establishing a
colony on Melville Island, Australia, and, on pro-
ceeding to India, joined in the closing operations of
the Burmese war. Since the date last mentioned
he has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Rpe has for many years filled the appoint-
ment of Surveyor-General in Western Australia.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
* Fide Gaz. 1845, p. 6536.
UOE-UOEPEL- ROGERS.
EOE. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 12.)
Robert Bkadlet Koe entered the Navy, 28 Oct.
1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plamtagehet
74, Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy, Jas. Bradby,
and Fras. Piokmore, attached to the Channel fleet.
In Sept. 1805 (he had previously attained the rating
of Midshipman) he joined the Bamii,li£s 74, Capt.
Fras. Pickmore, on the West India station, where,
in the course of the same month, he V7as received
on board the Northumeekland 74, bearing the flag
of the late Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Princess Char-
lotte 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin. In the latter ship he
took part, 5 Oct. in the same year, in a severe
action of an hour, near Tobago, with Jji Cyane of
26 and La Nmade of 16 guns, the former of which
then surrendered. He continued in the Princess
Charlotte, elnployed in the occasional escort of
convoys, until Feb. 1810. On his return, shortly
afterwards, to the "West Indies in the I>ruii> 32,
Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, he joined the Cygnet sloop,
Capt. Edw. Dix ; and, on 10 May, 1810, at which
period he was again serving with Sir Alex. Coch-
rane in the Neptune 98, he was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant. During the next four years
he was employed on the West India and Channel
stations in the Wanderer 20, Capts. Wm. Eobil-
liard, Crofton, Frank Gore Willock, and Fras. New-
combe. He served subsequently— in 1814-15, in the
Insolent and Castilian sloops, Capts. Wm. Kelly
and David Braimer, on the coast of Ireland — and,
from 1 Sept. 1818 until 1821, in the EivoLOTiON-
NAiRE 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Rey-
nolds Pellew, on the Mediterranean station. Since
5 March, 1830, he has been in charge of a station in
the Coast Guard.
ROEPEL. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 16;* h-p., 24.)
JcSTE Petek Roepel was horn 1 Nov. 1793, and
died in the early part of 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 100,
Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag in the
Channel of Sir John Thos. Duckworth ; previously
to following whom, in July, 1809, into the San
Josef 110, he went in pursuit of the French fleet to
the West Indies. After uniting, in the Venerable
74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. John Strachan, in the opera-
tions against Flushing, he became Midshipman, in
Jan. 1810, of the Drdid32, Capts. SirWm. Bolton and
Sir John Louis, employed at first on the Irish sta-
tion, and next off Cadiz and Gibraltar. Removing
vrith Sir John Louis, in the spring of 1811, to L'Aiglb
36, he served in that ship at the blockade of Toulon,
was present in 'her at the capture of convoys at
Pisa, Calvi, and "Porto Maurizio, and witnessed the
surrender of Genoa and Corsica. He was nomi-
nated, 28 April, 1814, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Sphynx 10, Capt. Thos. Colby ; was officially pro-
moted 10 Aug. following ; and was subsequently ap-
pointed to the command — 7 Feb. 1829, of the
Cracker cutter, on the Jersey station, where he
remained, in protection of the oyster fisheries, until
July, 1832—1 Nov. 1832, for one year, of the
Speedy 8, in the Channel— 17 Nov. 1834, of the
Alban steamer, in which vessel, employed in the
Mediterranean, he continued until July, 1835— and,
29 Oct. 1839 and 10 June, 1841, of the Pigmy steam-
packet, and Raven cutter, stationed in the Channel
and North Sea. For his appointment to the Cracker
Mr. Roepel was indebted to his knowledge of the
French language. The zeal and efficiency he dis-
played in that vessel gained him the approbation of
Sir Robt. Stopford, the Commander-in-Chief at
Portsmouth, of Sir Robt. Peel, then Secretary of
State for the Home department, and of the Lords
of the Admiralty, to whom moreover he was strongly
recommended by Lieut.-General Sir Colin Halkett,
the Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey. Prior to join-
ing the Pigmy he officiated for some time as an
Agent for Mails in the Don Joan and City of Lon-
donderry. He was superseded from the Raven
in Feb. 1842, having been advanced to the rank of
• Exclusive of the time lie was afloat as mail-agent.
Commander on 23 of the preceding Nov. ; and he
was lastly, from 25 July, 1845, until posted 6 Nov.
1846, employed, again on the Jersey station, in the
Seaflower cutter. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
ROGERS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 33).
Edward Rogers entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1803,
as A.B., on board the James tender, Lieut. -Com-
mander John Couch, on the Milford station. In
Jan. 1804 he attained the rating of Midshipman ;
and from April, 1805, until Aug. 1811, he was em-
ployed in that capacity and as Master's Mate in the
Belliqhedx 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng. In Jan.
1806 he assisted, in command of a boat, at the de-
barkation of the troops prior to the reduction of
the Cape of Good Hope ; and in the ensuing Nov.
he contributed in the boats to the capture and
destruction of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs-of-war,
and about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels, in
Batavia Roads. In Dec. 1811 he rejoined Capt.
Byng, then Lord Torrington, on board the War-
BiOR 74 ; and after serving with him for two years
and seven months ofl' Flushing and in the Baltic
and West Indies, he was nominated, 26 July, 1814,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Plantagenet 74, Capt.
Robt. Lloyd. On 26 Sept. following he was em-
ployed in the boats of a squadron, and was wounded,
in an unsuccessful attempt made to cut out from
the road of Fayal the American privateer General
Armstrong^ a vessel whose resistance killed 34 and
wounded 86 of her assailants, consisting originally
of about 180 seamen and marines. He removed, 5
Nov. 1814, to the Rota 38, Capt. Philip Somerville,
also in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant ; but left
that ship on 22 of the same month, and on 10 Feb.
1815 was advanced, officially, to his present rank.
He has since been on half-pay.
ROGERS. (Commander, 1831. r-p., 13;
H-p., 25.)
Frederick Rogers was bom 8 March, 1794.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 Jan. 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 100, Capt.
Rich. Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag Of Sir John
Thos. Duckworth in the Channel, In the course of
the same year he joined the San Josef 110, flag-
ship of the same Admiral at Plymouth, and Afri-
CAiNE 38, Capt. Rich. Raggett, stationed on the
coast of North America. Between'June, 1810, and
April, 1815, he was employed at Newfoundland as
Midshipman and Master's Mate in the Antelope
50 and Bellerophon 74, bearing the flags of Sir J.
T. Duckworth and Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats ; and
in Sept. 1815, at which period he was serving with
Lord Exmouth in the Mediterranean on board the
Boyne 98, he was presented with a commission
dated 8 of the preceding March. He then joined,
for a few weeks, the Partridge sloop, Capt. John
Miller Adye ; and was subsequently appointed — 7
June, 1816, to the Jasper 10, Capt. Thos. Carew,
stationed in the Channel — 12 July following, to the
Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth,
under whom he fought at Algiers — 13 Nov. 1816, to
the Impregnable 100, bearing the flag of the same
nobleman and of Sir J. T. Duckworth at Plymouth,
where he remained, latterly as Acting-Flag-Lieu-
tenant, until April, 1821 — for a short time in Nov.
1828, to the Victor 18, Capt. Geo. Lloyd, from
which vessel he was sent to sick-quarters at Tone-
riffe in consequence of a severe injury occasioned
by the fall of a block— and, in Oct. 1830, to the
Ganges 84, Capt. Geo. Burdett, on the Mediterra-
nean station. He attained his present rank 3 June,
1831, and has not been since afloat.
Commander Rogers married, in Oct. 1823, Miss
Charlotte Bridgeman Willyams, of Breage, co.
Cornwall.
ROGERS. (Commander, 1847.)
Henry Downing Rogers passed his examination
in 1830 ; and obtained his first commission 9 Jan.
1837. His subsequent appointments were — 1 March,
1837, and 23 April, 1838, to the Comos 18, Capt.
1000
EOGERS.
Hon. Plantagenei Pierrepont Gary, and, as First-
Lieutenant, to the Kacehobse 18, Capt. Henry Wm.
Craufurd, both on the North America and West
India station, whence he returned to England in
April, 1839—2 Dec. 1839, to the Revenge 76, Capt.
Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, in the Mediterranean— 23
July, 1842, as Senior (soon after the latter ship had
been paid off), to the Wolp 18, Capts. Courtenay
Osborn Hayes, Arthur Vyner, Geo. Evan Davis, and
Jas. Alex. Gordon, with whom he served in the
East Indies until superseded in Nov. 1845— and, 15
Oct. 1846 and 9 June, 1847, in a similar capacity, to
the Vengeance 84, Capt. Stephen Lushington, em-
ployed on particular service, and St. Vincent 120,
flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle and Sir Chas. Napier.
He attained his present rank 23 Dec. 1847.
ROGERS. (LiEDT., 1811. r-p., 14 ; h-p., 32.)
James Rogers (i) entered the Navy, 1 May,
1801, as A.B., on board the Active 38, Capts. Chas.
Sydney Davers and Rich. Hussey Moubray, sta-
tioned in the Mediterranean, and, in Feb. 1807, was
present as Midshipman of that frigate at the passage
of the Dardanells. Towards the close of the same
year a prize, of which he had been placed in charge,
foundered after encountering a series of gales.
Having beforehand removed with his crew into a
boat, he was picked up, carried into a French port,
and there made prisoner. On being exchanged
he joined, 6 Oct. 1808, the Unite 36, Capt. Pat.
Campbell, also in the Mediterranean ; where he
continued employed as Acting-Lieutenant and Act-
ing-Master in the Spidek gun-brig, Lieut.-Com-
mander Wm. Sandford Oliver, and as Master's
Mate and Acting-Lieutenant in the Warrior 74,
Capt. John Wm. Spranger, until April, 1811. In
the course of that month he was received on board
the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. Kolles, lying in the
river Thames. He returned, however, in a few
weeks, to the Mediterranean in the Caledonia 120,
flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew; and, on 10 Dec. 1811,
after he had again acted as Lieutenant in the Bom-
bay 74, Capt. Wm. Cuming, he was confirmed to
that rank in the Repulse 74, Capt. R. H. Moubray.
He served subsequently in the Minstrel 20, Capt.
John Strutt Peyton, and Ganymede 26, Capt. John
Brett Purvis, on the Mediterranean station. He
invalided home from the Mediterranean in Sept.
1814 on board the Edinburgh ; and has since been
on half-pay.
of the Audit Office, Somerset House, and of Colonel
Wm. Cooper Rogers, late of the 2nd Dragoon Guards.
His eldest sister, Mary, married the late Colonel
Templer, of the 10th Dragoons ; and his youngest,
Harriet, widow of the Rev. Rich. Strode, of Newn-
ham Park, co. Devon, married a second time Lleut.-
General Sir Chas. Phillips, of Lyndhurst, co. Hants.
His great-grandfather, and his granduncle, the se-
cond and third Baronets (the former of whom mar-
ried a daughter of Sir Robt. Henley, of the Grange,
CO. Southampton), both represented Plymouth in
Parliament.
This officer entered the Navy, in the spring of
1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Concokde 36,
Capt. Anthony Hunt, whom he followed, in Aug. of
the same year, inta La Virginie 38. After cruiz-
ing on the Irish and Baltic stations, he sailed for the
East Indies, where, from Sept. 1798 until his return
to England in April, 1803, he served on board the
Suffolk and Victorious 74's, flag-ships of Vice-
Admiral Peter Rainier, and Orpheus 32, com-
manded by the late Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleem-
ing. Of the latter ship he was confirmed a Lieute-
nant, after having acted for more than 13 months
in that capacity, 4 Feb. 1803. His succeeding ap-
pointments were— 14 May, 1803, to the iMPiTOEux
74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, attached to the Chan-
nel fleet— 21 Feb. 1805, to the Drake 16, Capt.
Drury, with whom he proceeded to the West Indies
—23 May and 2 Dec. following, to the Penguin
sloop, Capt. Geo. Morris, and Hercdle 74, flag-ship
of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the same
station— 18 June, 1806, to the Veteran 64, as Sig-
nal-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Dacres— 14 Sept.
1807, to the acting-command of the Hunter sloop—*
4 March, 1808, as before, to.the Veteran- and 17
June, 1809, as Senior (after 10 months of half-pay)
to the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm. For his ac-
tive services in the last-mentioned ship in the Chan-
nel and on the north coast of Spain he was promoted,
1 Feb. 1812, to the rank of Commander. His last
appointment was to the Dover troop-ship, the com-
mand of which he retained from 30 July, 1814, until
6 Aug. 1816. During that period, besides visiting
the West Indies and Baltic, he accompanied the ex-
pedition against New Orleans, where he served on
shore in the breaching batteries and in command
of a division of seamen, and was particularly noticed
for his exertions by the present Sir Edw. Thos.
Troubridge.* He attained the rank of Captain 2
Sept. 1816; and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct.
1846. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
ROGERS. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Richard Eales Rogers entered the Navy 11
Feb. 1810 ; and while serving on board the Cas-
TiLiAN 18, Capt. David Braimer, contributed to the
cutting out of a brig from under the batteries of
Treport — partook, 21 Sept. 1811, of an action with
the Boulogne flotilla, in which the Castilian had
her First-Lieutenant and 1 man severely wounded
■ — and was in company with the Bermuda 10, Ri-
NALDO 10, and Phipps 14, at the recapture, 4 May,
1812, of the (lately British) sloop-of-war Apelles
under the fire of a battery near Boulogne. He
passed his examination in 1816 ; for his services in
the JEtna bomb at the reduction of Morea Castle,
the last stronghold of the Turks in the Peloponnesus,
and was made Lieutenant, 22 Oct. 1828, into the
Wolf 18, Capt. Geo. Hayes. He continued in that
vessel as First-Lieutenant until 1830 ; and has not
been since employed.
EOGERS. (ffajtam, 1816. r-p., 17; h-p., 34.)
Robert Henley Rogers, born in Aug. 1783, at
Blachford House, near Plymouth, is third son of the
late Sir Fred. Leman Rogers, Bart., M.P. for, and
Recorder of, Plymouth, by Miss Jane Lillicrap ; and
grandson of Sir Fred. Rogers, Bart., Capt. R.N.,
Commissioner of the Dockyard at Plymouth, and
also Recorder of that borough, who married the
widow of Vice-Admiral Durell, and died in 1772.
He is brother of the present Sir John Leman Rogers,
Bart., of Fred. Leman Rogers, Esq., Chief Inspector
ROGERS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 30.)
Thomas Rogers entered the Navy, 13 June, 1806,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Isis 50, Capt. John
Laugharne, bearing the flag of Sir Erasmus Gower
at Newfoundland, where he continued to serve as
Midshipman in the Antelope 50, flag-ship of Vice-
Admiral John Holloway, until Jan. 1810. He then
joined the Illustrious 74, Commodore Wm. Robt.
Broughton, under whom we find him, in Dec. of the
same year, co-operating in the reduction of the Isle
of France, and, in Aug. and Sept. 1811, assisting at
the capture of Java. In April, 1812, he was trans-
ferred to the Clorinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs ; on
his return to Europe he became, in Oct. 1814, Ad-
miralty-Midshipman of the Berwick 74, Capt. Edw.
Brace, attached to the force in the Mediterranean ;
and on the receipt, in Sept. 1815, of his commission,
bearing date 6 of the preceding March, he removed
to the Larne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe. In that
vessel he served in the Channel until sent sick, 3
Sept. 1816, to the hospital at Haslax. He has since
been on half-pay.
ROGERS. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 25;
B-p., 42.)
William Rogers died 29 Jan. 1848, at Lansdowne
Crescent, Bath, aged 81,
This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1780, as
a Volunteer, on board the Ranger, Lieut.-Com-
* Vide Gaz. 1815, p. 451.
UOGIER— ROLLAND— ROLLESTON— ROMNEY.
1001
mander Alex. Hood, stationed in the West Indies ;
where, in 1781-2, he served with the late Sir Henry
Edwin Stanhope, as Midshipman, in the Tekrible
and Rdssel 74's. He then joined the Flirt sloop
in the North Sea; and was next, between 1783 and
1793, employed, on the American and Home sta-
tions, in the Mercdby, Capt. H. E. Stanhope, Kite ;
and Cockatrice, ;Lieiit.-Commanders Gunter and
Hume, Barfleuk 90 and Victobv 100, flag-ships of
Lord Hood, Juno 32, Capt. Sam. Hood, and Duke
,90, bearing the flag of Admiral Eoddam. On 26
Sept. 1793, having accompanied Lord Hood to the
Mediterranean as Master's Mate in his former ship
the Victory, he was made Lieutenant, during the
occupation of Toulon, into the Princess Royal 98,
bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral Sam. Cranston
Goodall. Deducting a half-pay interval of about
-two years, which occurred between 1800 and 1802,
he officiated, from 14 Oct. 1796 until promoted to
the rank of Commander 22 Jan. ,1806, as First-Lieu-
tenant in the Diamond 38, Capts. Sir Kich. John
Strachan, Edw. Griffith, and Thos. Elphinstone, and
saw much general service. Under Capt, Elphin-
stone he assisted at the capture, in Deo. 1804, of the
Spanish corvette Infanta Carlos, with a valuable
cargo and 120,000 dollars in specie, from the Ha-
vana bound to Corunna. His last appointment was,
17 March, 1808, to the Tbisbe 28, successive flag-
ship of Admirals Sir H. E. Stanhope, Wm. Albany
Otway, and Sir Chas. Hamilton, in the river Thames,
where he continued until 10 July, 1811. He ac-
cepted the rank of Captain on the Retired List 10
Sept. 1840.
ROGIEE. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
■Edward Rogieii entered the Navy 27 March,'
1808',passed his examination in 1816 ; and obtained'
his commifision 30 Sept. 1826. Hehas since been on
half-pay.
He married, 18 March, 1834, Mary, daughter of
the late Rich. Waring, Esq., of St. Mary Cray,
Kent.
EOLLAND. (LrEUTENANT, 1841.)
William Rue Holland entered the Navy 13
Jan. 1832 ; passed his examination 16 Feb. 1838 ;
and for his services as Mate of the Blonde 42, Capt.
Thos. Bourchier, during the war in China (where
he assisted, and was mentioned as " a young ofiicer
of much promise," at the capture of Amoy, landed
at the taking of Chinghae, and aided in towing
several fire-vessels clear of H.M. shipping in the
Ningpo river*), was presented with a commission
bearing date 8 0.ct. 1841. His appointments have
.since been — 25 Sept. 1842, to the Pylades 18, Capt.
'Louis Symonds Tindal, in the East Indies, whence
he returned to -England and was paid off at the
close of 1843—9 Sept. 1844, to the Daring 12, Capt.
Henry Jas. Matson, on the Home station— 9 Dec.
1845, to the Ala RM 26, Capts. Chas. Colville Frank-
land and Granville Gower Loch, of which ship,
attached to the force in North America and the
West Indies, he became First-Lieutenant— and 22
March, 1848, in the capacity last mentioned, to the
Si DON steam-frigate of 560 horse-power, Capt. Wm.
Honyman Henderson, now in the Mediterranean.
Agent — John P. Muspratt.
KOLLESTON. (Liedtenant, 1^11. f-r, 11;
H-p., 32.)
James Rolleston, born 1 May, 1791, at South-
ampton, is son of Sam. Rolleston, Esq., a Magistrate
and Deputy-'Lieutenant for co. Hants.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1804, as
Midshipman, on board the Dictator 64, Capts.
Chas. Tinling and Rich. Hawkins ; joined, in the
following Sept., the Impetueux 74, Capt. Thos.
Byam Martin ; and in Nov. 1805 was received on
board the Pom pee 74. While in that ship, which
bore the flags successively of Admirals Sir Wm.
Sidn«y Smith and Henry Edwin Stanhope, he was
• ride Qaz. 1842, pp. 84, S96, S388.
present, in 1806, at the defence of Gaeta, the cap-
ture of Capri, and the battle of Maida; and, in 1807,
at the passage of the Dardanells, the destruction of
the Turkish squadron at Point Pesquies, and the
taking of Copenhagen. On the surrender of the
■Danish fleet he assisted in fitting out the Christian
VII. of 60 guns. After serving for two years and
eight months in the Mediterranean on board the
Hyperion 36, Capt. Thos. Chas. Brodie, and Cen.-
tadr 74, bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, he was
'there nominated, 29 Nov. 1810, Acting^Lieutenant
lof the Hibernia 120, also the flag-ship of Sir S.
Hood. His appointment to the Hibernia being
-confirmed by a commission dated 8 June, 1811, he
continued attached to that ship under the flag of
Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats until June, 1815. He then
invalided. His next appointment was to the .Per-
seus 22, Capt. Edw. Henry A'Court, in which vessel
he served on the Mediterranean, Newfoundland,
Halifax, and Home stations, from March, 1813, until
Feb. 1816, the last five months of the time as Act-
ing-Commander. He has since been on half-pay.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
ROMNEY. (Retired Commandeb, 1847. f-p.,
15; H-p., 33.)
Francis Dabby Romhey was born in 1786. Five
of his family were in the Naval and Military ser-
vices.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1799, as
L.M., on board the Osprey 18, Capts. John Watts,
John Edgell, and Geo. Irwin, under whom he was
for two years employed in the Downs and on the
coast of Africa. Joining, then, the Bellerophon
74, Capts. Lord Viscount Garlies and John Loring,
he was present under the latter officer, as Midship-
man, at the blockade of Cape Francois, St. Domingo,
and at the surrender, in the course of 1803, of the
74-gun ship Duquesne and schooner Oiseau, of La
Mignonne corvette of 16 guns, of the 40-gun frigate
La Creole, having on board the French General
Morgan and 530 troops, and of a squadron with th«
remains of General Rochambeau's army from Cape
Francois. In April, 1805, having returned to Eng-
land, he removed with Capt. Loring to the Salva-
dor del Mundo, lying at Plymouth. He joined
next the .ffioLUS 32, Capt. Lord Wm. FitzRoy, part
of theforce employed in Sir Rich. Strachan's action;
and on 8 June, 1807, up to which time he had been
serving on the Irish station, he was nominated Sub-
Lieutenant of the Charger 12, Lieut.-Commander
John Aitkin Blow. In that vessel he witnessed the
siege of Stralsund, and assisted at the taking of Co-
penhagen. Falling, 3 Nov. in the same year, into
the hands of the enemy, Mr. Romney was detained
a prisoner of war until Jan. 1809. On 25 March
following he was made.Lieutenant into the Princess
OF Orange 74, Capt. Fras. Beauman, lying.at Sheer-
ness ; and he was subsequently appointed— SMay,
8 July, and 21 Sept. in the same year, to the Vene-
rable 74, flag-ship of Sir R. J. Strachan, Rolla 10,
Capt. Sam. Clarke, and Gluckstadt 18, Capt. John
Geo. Boss, stationed in the North Sea, Downs, and
Baltic— 3 Feb. 1810, to the Dictator 64, Capts.
Rich. Harrison Pearson and Robt. Williams, also in
the Baltic — 11 April, 1811, to the Leveket 10, Capt.
Geo. Wiokens Willes, lying at North Yarmouth —
in the spring of 1813, tothe gun-boat service on the
river Elbe, where he remained about 12 months —
and 4 Oct. 1814, for a few weeks, to the Icarus 10,
Capt. Thos. Barker Devon, fitting at P'ortsmouth.
In the Dictator's boats he cut out two 'Danish pri-
vateers from under a battery on the island of Zea-
land ; he commanded a boat belonging to the Le-
veret at the capture of L'Eole privateer of 6 guns
jind 31 men ofi' Heligoland,* and at the destruction
of another on the coast of Denmark ; and while in
the gun-boat service above alluded to, he was se-
verely wounded in an attack upon a Danish flotilla
at Busum, and was present at the reduction of Cux-
baven and Gluckstadt.t Not having been afloat
• rWeGaz. 1812, p. 1641.
+ r..Gaz. 18)4„p. 127.
6M
1002
ROOKE-ROOTES.
since he left the Ioabds, he accepted, 9 April, 1847,
the rank he now holds. Agents — Burnett and
Holmes. ___^_
ROOKE. (Commander, 1841,)
Charles Thomas Rooke entered the Navy, 11
April, 1821 ; and obtained his first commission 10
May, 1827. His succeeding appointments were — 26
June, 1827, and 20 Nov. 1830, to the Isis 50 and
Belvidera 42, Capts. Sir Thos. Staines and Hon.
Kich. Saunders Dundas, both in the Mediterranean
—and U Feb. 1833, to the Victory 104, flag-ship of
Sir Thos. Williams at Portsmouth, where he re-
mained until superseded in the spring of 1835. He
does not appear to have been since employed. His
promotion to the rank of Commander took place 23
Nov. 1841.
KOOKE. (Lieut., 1846. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 3.)
Fhancis Rooke is fourth son of Capt. Fred.
"Wm. Rooke, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
July, 1836 ; and embarked, in May, 1837, as a Volun-
teer, on board the Talaveka 74, Capt. "Wm. Bowen
Mends. After visiting the Mediterranean and the
coast of North America, he became Midshipman, in
the early part of 1839, of the Ptlades 18, Capt.
Talavera Vernon Anson, and proceeded to China ;
where, in command of a boat, he assisted at the cap-
ture of one of three piratical junks, whose fierce re-
sistance occasioned to themselves a loss, out of 200
men, of 53 killed, and to the British of 3 killed and
5 wounded. During a successive attachment to
the Ptlades, Welleslev 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland,
and Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Thos. Herbert, Mr.
Rooke took part in the chief operations con-
nected with the Chinese campaign. In two severe
engagements he was a volunteer, and for his gal-
lantry he obtained two special certificates and was
twice mentioned in the Gazette. In March, 1843,
seven months after he had passed his examination,
he returned to England. He was subsequently,
from July, 1844, until Jan. 1845, and from Jan.
1846 until promoted, for his services, to the rank of
Lieutenant 10 March, 1846, employed at Ports-
mouth, in the St. Vincent 120, under the flags of
Sir Chas. Rowley and Sir Chas. Ogle. Bis appoint-
ments have since been— 15 May and 7 Aug. 1846, to
the Devastation and Gokoon steam-sloops, Capts.
Sir Chas. Hotham and Edw. Crouch — 9 April, 1847,
to the Avenger steam-frigate of 650 horse-power,
Captg. Sidney Colpoys Dacres and Chas. Geo. Elers
Napier, employed at first on particular service, and
next in the Mediterranean, where he was wrecked,
20 Dec. following, on the Sorelle rocks, and was one
of the very few who escaped — and, 7 March, 1848,
to the Blenheim of 450 horse-power, Capt. Horatio
Thos. Austin, steam guard-ship at Portsmouth.
EOOKE. (Retired Captain, 1845. f-p., 15 ;
H-p., 36.)
Frederick William Rooke entered the Royal
Naval Academy in May, 1796 ; and embarked, 1
March, 1797, as Midshipman, on board the Combee-
land 74, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, lying at
Portsmouth. In the following July he removed to
the SiEius 36, Capt. Rich. King, stationed in the
North Sea; from Feb. 1798 to March, 1799, he
cruized with Capt. Rowley, in the Channel and off the
coast of Ireland, in the Ramillies 74 ; and he was
then again, for two years, employed under Capt.
King in the Sirius. He was in consequence, in
company with L'Oiseau 36 and Amethvst 36, at
the capture, 28 Jan. 1801, after a chase of two days,
of the French 36-gun frigate La De'daigneuse.
After serving for about 14 months in the Boadicea
38, Capt. Chas. Rowley, stationed, as had latterly
been the Sirius, in the Bay of Biscay, he was ap-
pointed, in July, 1802, Admiralty-Midshipman of
the Clyde 38, Capt. John Larmour. In that ship
he served in the North Sea and Baltic until Deo.
1803. He then became Acting-Lieutenant of the
Ariadne 24, commanded, ofi' Havre-de-Grace, by
the late Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming ; and, on 12
Jan 1805, after he had afresh served as Midshipman
in the Veteran 64, Capts. Rich. King and Jas. New-
man Newman, and had taken part in the boats of
that ship in an attack on the Boulogne flotilla, he
was nominated Sub-Lieutenant, in the West Indies,
of the Attentive gun-brig, commanded at first by
Lieut. John Harris and next by himself as Acting-
Lieutenant; in which capacity he returned, in the
ensuing summer, to England in the Proseltte 24,
Capt. John Chas. Woolcombe. He was confirmed
a Lieutenant 15 Nov. 1805 ; and was subsequently
appointed— 12 Deo. 1805, to the Achille 7^ Capt.
Sir Rich. King, attached to the Channel fleet— 10
Oct. 1806, to the charge, which he retained for
six months, of the Signal-station at Swanage — 14
July, 1807, again to the Achille, employed in the
Channel, off the coast of Spain, and at the siege of
Flushing, where he served on shore — and, 3 Aug.
1810, after 10 months of half-pay, occasioned by a
severe attack of Walcheren fever, to the San Juan
74, bearing the broad pendant at Gibraltar of Com-
modore Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. While on the
books of the ship last mentioned he served in the
flotilla, and was in constant action with the enemy,
during the siege of Cadiz. He commanded a divi-
sion of gun-boats, too, at the defence of Tarifa; and
for his services at both places was advanced to the
rank of Commander 21 March, 1812. He accepted
his present rank 25 March, 1845.
Capt. Rooke is a Magistrate for co. Wilts, and
served as High-Sheriff in 1842. His eldest son is a
Captain in the 47th Regt. of the line; and his
fourth, Francis, a Lieutenant R.N.
EOOKE. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 17; h-p., 20.)
Leonard Charles Rookb, born 10 Aug. 1797, is
youngest son of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Rooke,
by Harriet Sophia, daughter of Colonel Wm. Bur-
rard and sister of the late Admiral Sir Harry Bur-
rard Neale, Bart., G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 July, 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hamadryad 36, Capt.
Sir Thos. Staines, under whom we find him cruizing
off the Western Islands, escorting troops to the
mouth of the Tagus, and accompanying a fleet of
East Indiamen from St. Helena to the Downs. In
Oct. 1811 he removed to the Tisiphone sloop, Capt.
Wm. Love, lying off South Yarmouth ; and from 13
May, 1812, until 17 Dec. 1816, he served on the
Home and East India stations, as Midshipman, in
the BoYNE 98 and Ville de Paris 110, flag-ships
of his uncle Sir Harry Burrard Neale, Belle Poule
38, Capt. Geo. Harris (part of the force employed
at the forcing of the Gironde in April, 1814), Ville
DE Paris again, Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Henry
Duncan, and Amphion 32 and Magicienne 36, both
commanded by Capt. John Brett Purvis. He then
became Acting-Lieutenant of the Bacchus 18, Capt.
John Pengelly Parkin ; in which vessel (being con-
firmed to her by commission dated 15 Oct. 1818) he
continued, on the East India station, until 1820.
His succeeding appointments were— 24 June, 1820,
to the Forte 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane,
fitting at Chatham — 25 July following, to the Cam-
brian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, whom he
accompanied to the Mediterranean — and, 20 March,
1823, to the Revenge 78, as Flag-Lieutenant, on
that station, to Sir H. B. Neale. He attained the
rank of Commander 14 Oct. 1824; served in that
capacity in the Jasper 10, from 28 April, 1827, until
wrecked on the north end of Sta. Maura 13 Oct.
1828 ; and was lastly, in 1830-1, employed as an In-
specting Commander in the Coast Guard. He was
advanced to bis present rank 4 April, 1842.
Capt. Rooke married, 24 June, 1830, Elizabeth,
youngest daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Wm.
Home, of the Isle of Wight, by whom he has issue
seven children. One of his sons is a Midshipman in
the service.
EOOTES. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 1 7 j h-p., 34.)
John Rootes, born 23 Feb. 1780, at Elham, CO.
Kent, is eldest son of the late Chas. Rootes, Esq.,
Surgeon, of that place.
RORIE— ROSCOW.
1U03
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Jan. 1796, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Formidable 98, Capts.
Geo. Murray, Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, Robt.
■Williams, John Irwin, Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, Edw.
Thornbrough, and Rich. Grindall : in which ship,
bearing for some time the flags of Sir Roger Curtis
and Sir Chas. Thompson, he continued employed as
Midshipman, in the Channel, North Sea, Mediter-
ranean, and West Indies, until Sept. 1802. In the
course of 1803 he became attached in succession to
the MiNEBVE and Heldek frigates, Capts. Jahleel
Brenton and Edw. Hawkins, and, as Master's Mate,
to the Pkince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall. In Jan.
1805, he removed to the Wbvmouth 42, Capt. John
Draper, attached to the force in the East Indies ;
and, on 4 Sept. 1805, he was ordered to act as a
Lieutenant in that ship. Between July, 1806, and
Dec. 1803 he served, on the Home station, as Lieu-
tenant, in the Ardent 64, Capt. Geo. Eyre, Incon-
stant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, and Peru-
vian 18, Capt. Fras. Douglas. While Senior of the
latter vessel he was employed in watching the Bou-
logne flotilla and in landing secret papers on the
coast of France. On 30 Deo. 1809 he was dismissed
the service by sentence of court-martial for a breach
of discipline in having, upon complaint from the
officers, punished the gnn-room cook. Being how-
ever strongly recommended to the court by his
Captain, who on the occasion produced a letter of
thanks liighly laudatory of the conduct he had dis-
played on the secret service above alluded to, he
was restored by the Admiralty 3 Feb. 1810, and ap-
pointed to the Monmouth 64, Capt. Michael Dodd,
stationed in the Downs. He afterwards, from May,
1812, until March, 1814, served in the Channel on
board the Tiore 80, Capt. John Halliday. He has
since been on half-pay.
The Lieutenant married, 10 May, 1815, Miss
Eleanor Rose, a lady by whom he has had issue 20
children, 15 of whom are yet living.
RORIE. (Retired Commander, 1847. p-p., 14;
H-p., 38.)
George Rorie died 8 Dec. 1847 at Plymouth,
aged 60.
This officer entered the Navy 2 Nov. 1795, as
A.B., on board the Standard 64, Capts. Joseph
Ellison, Wm. Lukin, Geo. Burlton, and Thos. Parr ;
on the books of which ship, employed on the coast
of France, off St. Helena, and in the North Sea, he
continued until Jan. 1797. In Jan. 1799 he joined,
for nearly four months, the Europa, Lieut.-Com-
mander John Gardiner, lying at Plymouth ; he
served next, between March, 1801, and July, 1802,
as Midshipman, in the Zealous 74, Capt. Sam. Hood
Linzee, in the Baltic, off Cadiz, and in the West
Indies ; and from April, 1803, until June, 1807, he
was employed, chiefly on the Home Station, in the
Salvador del Mundo, Capts. Henry Lane and
John Dilkes, Fisgard and Alcmene frigates, Capts.
Lord Mark Kobt. Kerr, John Stiles, and Jas. Bris-
bane, Salvador del Mundo again, Capt. John
Loring, and, as Master's Mate (a rating he had held
in the Alcmene), in the Alceste 38, Capt. Murray
Maxwell. He was then nominated Sub-Lieutenant
of the Rebuff gun-brig, Lieut. -Commanders John
Whiston and Chas. J. Leaver, with whom he served
on the coast of France until advanced to the rank
of Lieutenant 25 March, 1809. His last appoint-
ments were— 25 May, 1809, to the Leyden 64, Capt.
Thos. Usher, lying at Sheerness — 13 June following,
to the Royalist sloop, Capts. John Maxwell and
Geo. Downie, stationed in the Downs, where his
health obliged him, in Oct. 1810, to invalid— 10
April, 1811, to .the Gibraltar 80, Capts. Robt.
Plampin and Geo. Scott, attached to the Channel
fleet— and, 3 Feb. 1812, to the Ocean 98, Capt.
Robt. Plampin, with whom he served in the Medi-
terranean until July, 1814. He accepted the rank
of Commander on the Retired List 9 April, 1847.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
EORIE. (Retired Commander, 1842. r-p.,
19; H-p., 38.)
John James Rorie entered the Navy, 28 June,
1790, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Echo sloop, and,
after serving in that capacity in the Scout, was re-
ceived, about 1793, on board the Druid 32, Capt.
Joseph Ellison, with whom and with Capts. Wm.
Lukin, Geo. Burlton, Thos. Revell Shivers, and
Thos. Parr, he was employed as Midshipman, from
1795 until 1798, in the Standard 64. In the Druid
he assisted at the capture of several of the enemy's
vessels, and was frequently engaged with the bat-
teries along the French coast : in the Standard he
fought in Lord Bridport's action 23 June, 1795, and
accompanied Sir John Borlase Warren in the expe-
dition to Quiberon. After cruizing for a short time
in the Channel in the Ambdscade 32, Capt. Henry
Jenkins, he was made Lieutenant, 4 Dec. 1798, into
the Echo 18, Capts. Robt. Philpot, John Serrell,
and Edm. Boger, on the West India station ; where
he removed, as First, in Sept. 1803, to the Shark
sloop, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duck-
worth— obtained command, in Dec. of the same
year, of the Papillon 10— again, in Nov. 1804,
joined the Shark — and from Jan. 1805 to Jan.
1809 commanded the Morne Fortunee 10. While
attached to the Echo, of which sloop he was for a
long period First-Lieutenant, Mr. Rorie contributed
to the capture of many French and Spanish vessels,
and served in the boats in several cutting-out affairs
on the coasts of Puerto Rico and St. Domingo. On
one occasion, 15 Oct. 1799, he had charge of the
jolly-boat, and aided, in company with the pinnace
under Lieut. Chas. Fred. Napier, in taking, in Lag-
nadille Bay, a Spanish brig, laden with cocoa and
indigo, and mounting 2 4-pounders, with 20 men.*
At another time the bow of the boat he commanded
was carried away by a round shot. In the Pa-
pillon he made prize of a smuggler ; and during
his command of the Moene Fortunee he took,
among a variety of vessels, consisting in all of 23
sail, the French and Spanish privateers Le Luni of
2 guns and 47 men, U Aimable Jeanjiette of 2 guns
and 20 men, the Babillon of 2 guns and 45 men, and
the Santo Christo of 1 gun and 15 men. He bore an
active part too in the operations connected with the
memorable reduction of Cura9oa in 1807. In the
preceding year he had been contused by the burst-
ing of a gun in an attack upon an enemy's battery
and vessels at Puerto Rico. He became a Retired
Commander upon the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830 ; and
upon the Senior 2 July, 1842.
Commander Rorie is married, and has issue four
sons and one daughter. Agent — J. Hinxman.
ROSCOW. (Retired Commander, 1847. p-r.,
15; H-p., 32.)
Samuel Rosoow (6) entered the Navy, in June,
1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 74,
Capt. Henry d'Esterre Darby ; and in July of the
following year was present, as Midshipman, in Sir
Jas. Saumarez' actions off Algeciras and Cadiz.
The Spencer being paid off on her return from a
voyage to the West Indies, in Sept. 1802, he next,
in Feb. 1803, joined the Caroline 36, Capt. Benj.
Wm. Page ; in which ship, employed for nearly two
years in the East Indies, he contributed to the cap-
ture, among other vessels, of the X>e Haasje Bata-
vian brig-ol-war, and French privateers Les Freres
Unis of 16 guns (mounting 8) and 134 men, and Le
General de Caen of 22 guns and 200 men. On his
arrival home with Capt. Page, and a large convoy, in
the Trident 64, he was received, in Oct. 1805, on
board the Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Philip Wode-
house ; under whom in 1806 he witnessed the de-
fence of Gaeta and the capture of Capri. He con-
tinued employed with Capt. Wodehouse in the
Mediterranean on board the Cumberland 74, until
transferred, in Aug. 1808, to the Montagu 74, Capts.
Rich. I-Iussey Moubray and John Halliday. Being
invested, 23 March, 1809, with the rank of Acting-
Lieutenant, Mr. Roscow, on 4 May in the same
• FiifeGai. IStFO.p. 45.
6M2
1004
ROSE— ROSS.
year, was confirmed in that ranft. He served on
shore in April, 1810, at the reduction of Sta. Maura ;
and was lastly, from July, 1811, until Oct. 1815, em-
ployed on the Leith and North American stations
in the Ripleman brig, Capts; Joseph Pearce and
Henry Edw. Napier. Under Capt. Pearce he as-
sisted at the capture of Custine and Belfast, and
took part in other operations in the Penobscot. He
accepted his present rank 27 July, 1847. Agents —
Goode and Lawrence.
ROSE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 34.)
Charles Kose entered the Navy, 6 June, 1800,
as Third-cl. Vol., on board the PoMPiE 74, Capt.
Chas. Stirling, under whom he fought in the action
off Algeciras, 6 July, 1801, and assisted at the
blockade of Cadiz. For a short time at the com-
mencement of 1802, and from April, 1803, until Sept.
1804, he served in the Channel and at Plymouth
with Sir Edw. Pellew in the Impktdeux 74, and
with Capt. Barrington Dacr-es and Vice-Admiral
Toung in the Culloden 74 and Saivador dei,
MuNDO ; and he was next, between Aug. 1806 and
Sept. 1815, employed on the Home, Mediterranean,
and African stations, chiefly in the capacities of Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate, in the Royai, George
100 and San Josef 110, flag-ships of Sir John Thos.
Duckworth (in the former of which he passed the
Dardanells in Feb. 1807), Salvador del Mondo
again. Crane sloop, Capts. Delamere Wynter and
Jas. Stuart, Hannibal 74 and Royal George again,
flag-ships of Admirals Sir Thos. Wiliiams and Fras.
Pickmore, Prince Frederick, Capt. Thos. Saunders
Groves, and Ulysses 44, Capt. Thos. Browne. He
then took up a commission bearing date 10 March,
1815 ; and has not been since afloat. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
ROSE. (LlEOTENANT, 1841.)
George Frederick Rose entered the Navy 1
Sept. 1827 ; passed his examination 7 May, 1834 ;
obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841 ; and from
31 Deo. following until the early part of 1845 was
employed in the Cornwallss 72, flag-ship of Sir
Wm. Parker, and Hazard 18, Capt. Chas. Bell,
botli on the East India station.
ROSE. (Ketired Commander, 1847. F-p., 18;
H-p., 40.)
John Rose entered the Navy, in 1789, as A. B.,
on board the Orestes sloop, commanded by the late
Sir Harry Burrard Neale, with whom he served in
the Channel for about two years. In 1793 he be-
came Midshipman of the Berwick 74, Capt. Sir
John Collins, stationed in the Mediterranean ; where
from 1794 until 1800 he acted as Master in the
Eclair sloop, Capts. Robt. Gambler Middleton and
Wm. Hotham, Ariadne 20; Capts. R. G. Middleton
and' Robt. Piampin, Egmont 74, Capt. John Sutton,
Dolphin, Capt. Rich. Retallick, and Cuiloden 74,
Capt. Edw. Thos. Troubridge. During the seven
years he was employed in the Mediterranean he
assisted at the capture, including Toulon, of all the
places but two that were wrested from the ene-
my. He saw a vast deal of servico on the coast
of Italy ; was in 20 severe skirmishes in the boats
and on shore ; fought in tlie Egmont in Hfltham's
two actions and in the Chbloben at the battle of
the Nile ; and was once severely, and six times
slightly, wounded. Towards the close of the French
revolutionary war he served as Midshipman and as
Lieutenant (his commission was duted 6 Aug. 1801)
in the Channel on board the. Ville de Paris 110
flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. Corn-
■wallis, and Augusta yacht, Capt. Geo. Grey. He
afterwards, ftom 1806 until 1814, had charge of a
Signal station on the coast of Kent. He became a
Retired Commander on the Junior List 16 Dec.
1831; and on the Senior 28 Jan. 1847. Agent— ^
Seed. Dufaur.
ROSS, C.B. (Vice'Admiral of the White, 1847.
F-p., 42; H-p., 17.)
Charles Batne Hodgson Rossis son of the late
Lieut. Ross, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1788, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Echo sloop, Capt.
Robt. Carthew Reynolds, on the books of which
vessel, stationed at Newfoundland, his name conti-
nued borne until the following Dec. In Feb. 1790
he was received on board the Edgar 74, Capt.
Anthony Jas. Pye MoHby, lying at Portsmouth ; in
April of the same y-ear he removed to the Salis-
bury 50, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Mark Milbanke
at Newfoundland ; and, after hawing again served,
with Capt. Albemarle Bertie, in the Edgak, he was
employed, from March, 1793, until April, 1796, as
Master's Mate and Midshipman, in the Conflagra-
tion fire-ship and Tartar 28, both commanded- by
Capt. Thos. Frasi Fremantfe, St. George 98 and
Britannia 100, each the flag-ship of Sir Hyde
Parker, and Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir
John Jervis. While attached to the Tartar and
St. George he served on shore at the capture and
evacuation of Toulon, was present at the destruction
of the arsenal and shipping at that place, took part
in the land operations connected with the capture
of San Fiorenza, Bastia, and Calvi, in the island of
Corsica, and fought in Hotham's two actions, 14
March and 13 July, 1795. On 14 July, 1796, he was
made Lieutenant into the Saturn 74, Capt. Jas.
Douglas, stationed off Cadiz ; and he was next, 26
-Aug. 1797 and 5 June, 1798, appointed to La
Prompte 20, Capt. Geo. Eyre, and Queen 98, flag-
ship of Sir Hyde Parker, both in the West Indies ;
where he served on shore at St. Nicolas Mole and
contributed to the capture and destruction of seve-
ral privateers and armed boats on the coast of St.
Domingo. In Jan. 1800 he was nominated Acting-
Commander of the Diligence 18 ; and in that vessel
(to which he was confirmed 11 June tbllowing) he
was wrecked, in Sept. of the same year, on the
Honda bank, near Cuba. After commanding, for
about six months, the Druid 32, he was ordered, 5
July, 1802, to act as Captain in La Desir^e 36.
He was officially posted 15 Oct. following ; and, con-
tinuing in the same frigate until removed, in Dec.
1803, to La Pique 36, was employed at the blockade
of St. Domingo and witnessed the surrender of the
French squadron with the remains of General
Rochambeau's army from Cape Franjois. In Jan.
1804, being then in La Pique, he commanded a
brigade of seamen and marines in the unsuccessful
attack upon Cura^oa, where he came into frequent
collision with the enemy, set fire to the town of
Otrabundi, and destroyed all the wells on the lor-
goon. In the course of 1804-5 he made prize of Le
Terreur French cutter of 10 guns and 75 men, and
of the Spanish ships-of-war Diligcntiu (taken in com-
pany with the Diana 38) and Orguijo. He also
contrived, 26 March, 1806, to effect tlie capture of
the French corvettes Phaeton and Vbltigeur of 16
guns and 115 men each ; the former of which vessels
offered so fierce a resistance that 9 of the British
were killed and 14 of them wounded in the act of
boarding. During his command of the DisiR^E and
Pique, in the latter of which he remained until Aug.
1807, Capt. Ross took, in different prizes, as many
OS 140 guns and 1500 men ; four of his captures were
added to the British Navy. From 13 Aug. 1812
until 15 Aug. 1816 he officiated as Flag-Captain, in
the Marlborough, Sceptre, Albion, and North-
umberland 74's, to the present Sir Geo. Cockburn,
under whom, in the three first, he partook of all the
operations on the coast of North America detailed
in our memoir of the gallant officer. Wliile in the
Albion he conducted a Ijoat expedition up St.
Mary's river, whence he returned to Cumberland
Island, on the coast of Georgia, with a ship loaded
[ with timber, and an English East Indiaman which had
been captured by an American privateer. He also
embarked all the produce collected at the tovra of St.
Mary's in fhe vessels taken there by Capt. Robt,
Barrie, blewnp the fort on Point Petre and a battery,'*
" ^fo^nti)lg g S4-pouudcrs and S brass 6-pounders,
ROSS.
lOOu
and destroyed the barracks and- storehouses, toge-
ther with some merchandize and guns that were
not deemed fit to bring away.* In the Northum-
berland Capt. Ross conveyed Kapoleon Buona^
parte to St. Helena. He afterwards, in 1817, ob-
tained a three years' appointment in the Ordinary
at Portsmouth; from July, 1822; until his attain-
ment of Flag-rank, 10 Jan. 1837, he served as Com-
missioner of the Navy at Jamaica, Malta, and Ply-
mouth ; and from 4 Sept. in the latter year until
1841 he commanded-in-chief in the Pacific with his
flag in the President 50. He became a Vice-Ad-
miral 24 April, 1847.
Vice-Admiral Ross was nominated a C.B. 8 Deo.
1815. He married, in 1803, Miss Cockburn, of
Kingston, Jamaica, sister-in-law of Admiral Sir
Geo. Cockburn, G.C.B. His only son, C. W. De
Courcy Ross, died a Commander R.N. Agents —
Hallett and Robinson.
ROSS. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., M ; h-p., 33.)
Charles Henry Ross entered the Navy, 19 Oct.
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Britannia 100,
Capt. Chas. BuUen, flag-ship in the Channel of the
Earl of Northesk; and, from 26 Nov. following
until 12 Aug. 18U, was employed as Midshipman,
Master's Mate, Acting-Lieutenant, and Lieutenant
(order and commission dated 21 Feb. and 13 March,
1811), in the Amphion 32, Capts. Sam. Sutton and
Wm. H'oste. In the summer of 1805 he accompa-
nied Lord N elson to the West Indies and back in
pursuit of the combined squadrons of France and
Spain ; in the following Nov. he assisted at the de-
feat, although supported by the fire of an immense
battery, of a division of about 30 Spanish gun-boats,
which had come out of Algeciras in the hope- of cap-
turing a British convoy ; and on 30 July, 1806,. he
co-operated in the capture, on the coast of Calabria,
of the town of Reggio,,and of the important fortress
of Cotrone, with all its stores and magazines and
upwards of 600 troops. He next, 12 May, 1808,
shared in a very spirited engagement of many hours
with several heavy batteries in the Bay of Rosas, in
an attempt to cut out the French frigate-built 800-
ton store-ship B'aleine^ mounting from 26 to 30 guns,
with a crew of 150 men; and on 27 Aug. 1809 he
took part in a gallant attack on the strong fort of
Cortelazzo, near Trieste, which was stormed and
carried by a detachment of 70 olRcers, seamen, and
marines, under the present Capt. Chas. Geo. Rod-
ney Phillott — occasioning the simultaneous surren-
der, within sight of an Italian squadron off" Venice,
of six of the enemy's gun-boats, and a convoy of
merchant-trabaocolos anchored for protection under
its walls, t Mr. Ross was subsequently, 29 June,
1810, engaged in an affair near the town of Grao,
where the gallantry and exertions of the British
enabled them to defeat a numerous body of French
troops, and to efl'ect the capture and destruction of
a large convoy laden with naval stores for the ar-
senal at Venice. If On 13 March, 1811, it was his
fortune to be present as Acting-Lieutenant in the
celebrated action fought off Lissa ; on which occa-
sion a British squadron, carrying in the whole 156
guns and 879 men, completely routed, after a battle
of six hours and a loss to the Amphion of 15 killed
and 47 wounded, a Franco- Venetian armament
whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men.
For his conduct in tl]is instance he was confirmed,
as above alluded to, by a commission bearing date
the day of the achievement. His last appointments
were— 21 Nov. 1811 and 23 March, 1814, to the
Sophie 18 and Terpsichore 32, Capts. Nicholas
Lockyer and Wm. Bowen Mends, both on the North
American station ; where he continued actively em-
ployed until the summer of 1814, when he returned
to England and was paid ofi'.
KOSS. (Commander, 1842.)
Charles William De Codrct Ross died early
in 1848. He was only son of Vice-Admiral Chas.
Bayne Hodgson Ross.
• ftrfeGaz. 1813, p. 1747; 1814, p. 1966; 1815, p. 728.
f V. Gaz. 1809, p. 1907. t V. Gaz. 1810, p. 1858.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5
May, 1825; and embarked, 7 M«y, 1827, as a Volun-
teer, on board the Dahtmooth 42, Capt. Thos. Fel-
lowesj stationed in the Mediterranean. In 1831 he
joined the Trincdlo 18, Capt. Sam. Price, attached
to the force on the coast of Ireland; and after serv-
ing for about a year and a half on the Brazilian and
West India stations as Mat« in the-DuBLiN 50, Capt.
Lord Jas. Townshend, and Vernon 50, flag-ship of
his uncle Sir Geo. Cockburn, he w^as promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 26 Dec. 1833. He was sub-
sequently emploved, also in the West Indies, on
board the Arachne 18, Capt. Jas. Burney, A)\'ase
16, Capt. John Sam. Foreman, and Fly 18, Capt.
Peter M'Quhae ; and from 3 Nov. 1837 until 1841
he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant, in the President
50, to his father, then Commander-in-Chief in the
Pacific. 'His last promotion took place 7 May,, 1842.
Commander Ross married, 12 Dec. 1837, Mary
Louisa, eldest daughter of the late Edw. Max.well,
Esq., R.Nt by whom he has left issue.
ROSS. (Lieutenant, 1816. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 5.)
Charles Wilsone Ross entered the Navy, 4 Jan,
1809, as Fat.-cl. Vol., on board the Dannemahk 74,
Capt. Jus. Bissett, in which ship and in the Royal
Sovereign 100, commanded by the same officer and
by Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, he served as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate on the West India and
Home stations until removed, in Feb. 1814, to the
Spencer 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, attached to the
force on the coast of North America. In Aug. 1815
he joined the Komney 50, Capt. John Mackellar,
lying at Chatham ; and in the ensuing Nov. he was
received on board the Salisbury 58, fitting for the
flag of Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, Com-
mander-in-Chief in the West Indies ; where after he
had acted for upwards of five months as Lieutenant
in the Sabine and Shark sloops, and Piqde 36, he
was confirmed, 15 Oct. 1816, into the Rifleman 16,
Capt. Houston Stewart. He went back, in the
course of the same month, to the Pique, commanded
bj' Capt. Jas. Haldane Tait ; and in Jan. 1817, at
wliich period he was again in the Salisbury, he re-
turned home. His appointments have since been —
3 Sept. 1818, for nearly three years, to the Lee 20,
Capts. John Pasco and Stewart Blacker, on the
Home station— 22 March, 1822, to the Coast Block-
ade, in which service he continued as Supernume-
rary-Lieutenant of the Severn 50, Ramillies 74,
and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm.
Jas. Mingaye, until 1828—3 Oct. 1829, to the Vic-
tory 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, guard-ship at
Portsmouth— 1 May, 1830, to the St. Vincent 120,
Capts. Hyde Parker and Humphrey Fleming Sen-
house, employed at first at Portsmouth as flag-ship
to Sir Thos. Foley and afterwards in the Mediter-
ranean, where he remained until 1834— and 10 July,
1835, to the command, which he still retains, of a
station in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Ross married, 6 July, 1825, Sophia, daugh-
ter of David Richardson, Esq., of Wellclose Square,
London. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
ROSS, Kt., D.C.L., F.U.S., F.L.S., F.R.A.S., &c.
(Captain, 1834.)
Sir James Clark Ross, born 15 April, 1800, is
son of Geo. Ross, Esq., of Chatham Place, London,
and Balsarroch, co. Wigton ; and nephew of Capt.
Sir John Ross, R.N., Kt., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 April, 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Briseis 10, commanded
by his uncle Capt. John Ross, under whom he was
employed as Midshipman and Master's Mate in the
same vessel and in the Action 16 and Driver 18,
in the Baltic, White Sea, and Channel, and on the
west coast of Scotland, until Dec. 1817. On 16 Jan.
1818, a few weeks after Capt. Chas. Hope Reid had
succeeded to the command of the Driver, he was
again placed under the orders of Capt. John Ross
as Admiralty-Midshipman on board the Isabella
hired sloop ; and in the course of the same year he
accompanied him in his first expedition for the dis-
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ROSS.
covery of a north-west passage. In Dec. 1818, hav-
ing returned to England, he joined the Severn 40,
Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, lying in the Downs. Be-
tween Jan. 1819 and Oct. 1825 he was engaged,
under the present Sir Wm. Edw. Parry (to whose
memoir refer), in three other voyages to the Arctic
regions. During the first two he was attached to
the Hecla and Fdry bombs, commanded in person
by Capt. Parry ; and while absent on the second he
was promoted, 26 Dec. 1822, to the rank of Lieute-
nant. On the last occasion he was again in the
FuRT, with Capt. Henry Parkyns Hoffner, and was
in that vessel wrecked in lat. 72° 42' 30", long.
91° 50' 5". In 1827 Mr. Ross, as First of the
Hecla, was the companion once more of Capt.
Parry in his attempt to reach the Pole from the
northern shores of Spitzbergen, by travelling with
sledge-boats over the ice. On his return to England
he was presented with a Commander's commission
dated 8 Nov. 1827. He was next, from 1829 until
1833, employed under his uncle in the Polar expedi-
tion equipped by Sir Felix Booth. His eminent
services during that period (he had the honour of
planting the British flag on the North Magnetic
Pole) were rewarded (after he had officiated for a
year as Supernumerary-Commander of the Victory
104, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Williams at Portsmouth)
by his elevation to Post-rank, 28 Oct. 1834. In
Dec. 1835 Capt. Ross was invested with the com-
mand (which he retained about 12 months) of the
Cove, a sixth-rate, for the purpose of proceeding in
quest of, and of conveying relief to, some missing
whalers who had been frozen up in Baffin Bay. He
was subsequently, until 1838, employed in making a
magnetic survey of Great Britain and Ireland, by
order of the Admiralty; and on 8 April, 1839, he
was appointed to the command, in the Erebhs
bomb, of an expedition (consisting of that vessel
and of the Terror) which, in the ensuing Sept.,
sailed from England for the purposes of magnetic
research and geographical discovery in the Antarc-
tic seas. During an absence of four years three
persevering attempts were made to penetrate the
icy limits of the South Pole. In the course of their
cruizes the ships discovered a vast continent, fringed
with a barrier of ice 150 feet in height ; they never-
theless adventurously persisted, and, in spite of
many perils, succeeded in arriving within 157 miles
of the Pole (lat. 78° 10'). Among other discoveries
they met with an active volcano in lat. 77° 32'
south, and long. 167° east — seated amidst eter-
nal snows, and gaining an altitude of 12,400 feet.
To this was imparted the name of " Mount Erebus,"
as had been to the continent that of " Victoria
Land." Valuable contributions during the voyage
were made to botany, zoology, and geology ; and
meteorology and terrestrial magnetism derived
much benefit from the assiduity bestowed on them.
The expedition returned in Sept. 1839 ; and as a
proof of the skill, humanity, and attention with
which it had been conducted, we must add that in
the whole of the four years it had only lost 3 men
by accident and 1 by illness.* A short time after
his arrival in England Capt. Ross received the
honour of ICnighthood ; and on 3 1 Jan. 1848 he was
appointed to the Enterprise discovery-ship, now
in search of the expedition under Sir John Franklin.
Sir Jas. Clark Boss was elected a Fellow of the
Linnsean Society in 1823, and a Fellow of the Royal
Society 11 Deo. 1828. He is also a Fellow of the
Royal Astronomical and Royal Geographical Socie-
ties of London and of other places in England, a
Member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of
Copenhagen, and a Corresponding Member of the
Geographical Society of Paris. In 1833 he received
the thanks of the common council of London, and a
piece of plate from the Subscribers to the Land
Arctic Expedition ; in 1841 the " Founder's Gold
Medal" from the Geographical Society of London;
in 1842 the Gold Medal of the Geographical Society
of Paris ; and in 1844 the honorary degree of D.C.L.
from the University of Oxford. He married,' 18
* See ' A Voyage of Discovery in the Southern and Ant-
arctic Seas,' publislied by Sir J. 0. Ro^s in 1847,
Oct. 1843, Ann, eldest daughter of Thos. Coulman,
Esq., of Whitgift Hall, and niece of R. J. Coulman,
Esq., of Wadworth Hall.
KOSS, Kt., C.B., K.C.S., K.S.A. (Captain, 1818.
F-p., 23 ; HP., 38.)
Sir John Ross, born 24 June, 1777, at Balsar-
roch, CO. Wigton, is fourth son of the Rev. And.
Ross (of the family of Ross of Balnagown), Minister
of Inch and proprietor of Balsarrooh, by Elizabeth,
second daughter of Robt. Corsane, Esq., of Mickle-
nox, in Dumfriesshire, and sister of Robt. Corsane,
Esq., a Captain in the Foot Guards— the last of a
family whose representatives had for 18 successive
generations been Provosts of Dumfries by the same
Christian and surname, " Robert Corsane." Sir
John is brother of the late Major-General And.
Ross ; * and of Robt. Ross, Esq., Secretary at the
Cape of Good Hope and at Surinam, who died in
1837 ; cousin of Major-General Sir Hew Dalrymple
Ross, K.C.B., Deputy-Adjutant-General Royal Ar-
tillery, and of Major-General Sir Adolphus John
Dalrymple, Bart. ; and a distant relative of Major-
General Ross, who was killed at Baltimore. His
great-grandfather was Aide-de-Camp to Field-Mar-
shal the Earl of Stair, and fought as a Captain in
the Black Horse at the battle of Culloden in 1745.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Nov. 1786, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pearl 32, Capt. Hon.
Seymour Finch, with whom he served in the Medi-
terranean until Dec. 1789. He was next, from 7
Nov. 1790 until 10 Sept. 1791, employed in the
Channel in the Impregnable 98, Capt. Sir Thos.
Byard; and in Sept. 1799, after he had been for
several years in the merchant-service, he became
Midshipman of the Weasel sloop, Capt. Wm. D' Ur-
ban, part of the force engaged in the expedition to
Holland. On his return from a voyage to the Me-
diterranean he was received, in the course of 1802,
on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Chas. Cunningham,
and Diligence sloop, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr; in
both which vessels he acted for a time as Lieutenant.
He was subsequently employed, on the Home and
Baltic stations — as Midshipman, in the Zealand
64, Kite sloop, and Grampus and Diomede 50's, all
flag-ships of Sir Jas. Saumarez — as Acting-Lieute-
nant, in the Hydra 38, Capt. Geo. Mundy— as Act-
ing-Lieutenant and Commander, in the Liberty 14
— as Master's Mate, under Sir J. Saumarez, in the
Diomede, Cerberus, and Diomede again — as Act-
ing-Lieutenant and Commander, in the Carteret
cutter — as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Sylphe 18,
Capt. Wm. Goate — a second time, as before, in the
Carteret— as Lieutenant (commission dated 13
March, 1805), in the Penelope 36, Capt. Wm. Robt.
Broughton, Surinam 18, Capt. John Lake, and
Prince of Wales 98, Hibernia 120, Diomede 50,
and Victory 100, all flag-ships of Sir Jas. Saumarez
— as Acting-Commander (order dated 28 July, 1809),
in the Ariel 18, in which vessel he remained up-
wards of two months — and, again as Lieutenant, in
the Victory. While attached to the Surinam, Mr.
Ross was severely wounded in the head and body at
the cu tting-out of a Spanish vessel from beneath the
batteries of Bilboa. For this he was granted, in
1808, a pension of 91/. 5s., increased, in 1815, to 150/.
per annum. Towards the close of 1808 he was sent
from the Victory to act as Captain of the Swedish
fleet on board the Swedish Admiral's ship. Attain-
ing the rank of Commander 1 Feb. 1812, he was in
that capacity appointed — 31 March, 1812, to the
Briseis 10, in which sloop, stationed in the Baltic,
North Sea, and Downs, he captured, 9 Oct. follow-
ing, Le Petit Poucet French privateer, of 4 guns, 4
swivels, and 23 men, and drove on shore three ves-
sels of a similar description —7 June, 1814, to the
* Major-General Ross commanded the 54thregimentduring
tlie mutiny at Gibraltar in 1803, and by his conduct on tltat
occasion aaved tlie rock and the life of ttie I >ul(e of Kent. He
waa in consequence appointed equerry to H.ll.H., and A.D.C.
to the King, He was afterwards Governor of Antigua, St,
Kitts, Sle. Croix, and Demerara. He fought in Egypt, and
commanded the army opposed to Sachet in Catalonia. He
died at Carthagena in 1812.
ROSS.
1007
Action 16, employed in the North Sea, the White
Sea, and on the coast of Ireland— 22 Aug. 1815, to
the Driver 18, attached to the force in the North
Sea and on the coast of Scotland— and 14 Jan. 1818,
to the Isabella hired sloop. In the latter vessel
he proceeded, in company with the Alexander
brig, commanded by the present Sir Wm. Edw.
Parry, for the purpose of exploring Baiiin Bay, and
inquiring into the probability of a north-west pas-
sage. Shortly after his return to England he was
advanced, 7 Dec. 1818, to Post-rank. The results of
his investigations are detailed by Capt. Koss in his
' Voyage of Discovery,' published in 1819 in two
volumes 8vo., with map and plates. He was after-
wards, from May, 1829, until Oct. 1833, employed,
in the Victory steamer, on a fresh expedition to
the Arctic regions, equipped at the expense of the
present Sir Felix Booth, Bart.* He received the
honour of Knighthood, together with the Com-
panionship of the Bath, 24 Dec. 1834. On 8 March,
1839, he was appointed Consul at Stockholm, where
he remained several years.
During the war Sir John Boss, in three different
actions, was 13 times wounded. In consideration
of his sufferings he was presented by the Patriotic
Society with a sword valued at 100/. ; and for ser-
vices performed by him in the Baltic he was nomi-
nated a Knight Commander of the Swedish Order
of the Sword, and presented by the King of Sweden
with a sword worth 200/. He is also a Knight of
the Second Class of St. Anne of Russia (in dia-
monds) ; of the Second Class of the Legion of
Honour; of the Second Class of the Red Eagle of
Prussia; and of the Second Class of Leopold of
Belgium. In compliment to his services in the
Arctic Seas, Sir John has received gold medals from
the Geographical Society of London, the Geogra-
phical Institute of Paris, and the Royal Societies of
Sweden, Austria, and Denmark; the freedom of the
cities of London, Liverpool, Bristol, Hull, &c. ; and
six gold snuff-boxes from Russia, Holland, Denmark,
Austria, London, and Baden. He is the author,
among other works, of 'Letters to Young Sea Offi-
cers,' ' Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral
Lord De Saumarez,' and * A Treatise on Naviga-
tion by Steam.' He married, first, in 1816, Chris-
tian, daughter of Thos. Adair, Esq., W.S., Edin-
burgh; and that lady dying in 1822, secondly, 21
Oct. 1834, Mary, only daughter of Retired Com-
mander Thos. Jones, R.N. By his first marriage
he has issue one son, a Magistrate at Cawnpore.
Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
EOSS. (LlEDTENANT, 1846.)
John Francis Ross served on shore, while Mid-
shipman of the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart,
in the attack upon Tortosa 2.5 Sept. 1840,t and
assisted, as Mate of the same ship, at the bombard-
ment of St. Jean d'Acre 3 Nov. following. He was
subsequently, until promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant, 19 Feb. 1846, employed, on the Mediterranean
and African stations, in the Devastation steamer,
Capt. Hastings Reginald Henry, Penelope steam-
frigate, Commodore Wm. Jones, Tortoise store-
ship, Capt. Arthur Morrell, and Espoir 10, Capt.
Geo. Sumner Hand. He was re-appointed to the
Penelope, in the capacity of Additional-Lieute-
nant, 21 Feb. 1846 ; he became First, in the course
of the same year, of the Rolla 10, Capts. John
Simpson and Hugh Myddleton Ellicombe, also on
the coast of Africa; and since 31 March, 1848, he
has been serving, again as Additional, in the Hi-
eebnia 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the
Mediterranean.
EOSS. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Melville George Hope Warrendek Ross
passed his examination 18 Dec. 1837 ; and on his
return from the North America and West India
station, where he had been serving as Mate in the
* See ' Narrative of a Second Voyage in search of a North-
west Passage,' &c. 4to. Lond. 1835.
t yide Gaz. 1840, p. 2007.
Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christ. Wyvill, was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 6 June, 1842. On the
following day he was appointed to the Columbia
steamer of 100-horse power, Lieut. -Commanders
Alfred Kortright, John Harding, and Peter Fred.
Shortland, under whom he continued employed on
surveying service on the coast of North America
until the early part of 1848. Since 2 March in that
year he has been First of the Investigator disco-
very-ship, Capt. Edw. Joseph Bird. Agent — J.
Hinxman.
EOSS. (Lieutenant, 1812.)
Richard Colmer Ross entered the Navy, about
1789, as Captain's Servant, on board the Carnatic
74, Capt. Robt. Fanshawe, guard-ship at Plymouth.
He served next in the Channel and West Indies in
the Bombay Castle and Orion 74's, both com-
manded by Capt. John Thos. Duckworth ; and
during the French revolutionary war he was em-
ployed on the Home and East India stations, chiefly
in the capacity of Midshipman, in the Cambridge
74, Capt. Boger, Imperieuse 38, Capts. Lord Aug.
FitzRoy and Josias Rowley, and Intrepid 64, Capt.
Win. Hargood. After cruizing in the Channel as
Acting-Master in the Sea Flower cutter, Lieut. -
Commander Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, and as Mid-
shipman in the Temeraibe 98, Capt. Eliab Harvey,
he was nominated, 21 March, 1805, Sub-Lieutenant
of the WoODLARK 10, Lieut.-Commander Thos.
Innes, under whom, in the following Nov., he was
wrecked and taken prisoner on the coast of France.
Although promised further promotion, he did not
in consequence attain his present rank until 20 Nov.
1812. His last appointment was, 3 Dec. 1828, to
the Coast Blockade, in which service he continued
for about two years as Supernumerary-Lieutenant
of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
EOSS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.)
Robert Ross (whose name had been borne on
the books of the Cambridge 74, guard-ship at Ply-
mouth) embarked, 16 July, 1803, as Sec.-cl. Boy,
on board the Sea Flower 14, Lieut.-Commander
Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, attached to the fleet in the
Channel; where, from Aug. 1804 (seven months
after he had left that vessel) until Feb. 1808, he
served, the greater part of the time with the rating
of Midshipman, in the Prince George 98, Capts.
Joseph Sydney Yorke and Geo. Losack, Barfleur
98, Capt. Sir J. S. Yorke, and Foudroyant 80,
flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Albemarle Bertie. After
he had been further employed on the Lisbon and
North Sea stations in the Minotaur 74, Capt. Nor-
borne Thompson, and Christian VII. 80, bearing
the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, he joined, in Oct. 1810,
the Galatea 42, Capt. Woodley Losack; under
whom, while cruizing off Madagascar, in company
with the AsTRiEA and Ph<ebe, frigates about equal
in force to the Galatea, and 18-gun brig Race-
horse, we find him, 20 May, 1811, participating in
a long and trying action with the French 40-gun
frigates Renwnme'e, Chrinde, and Ne're'ide, in which
the Galatea, besides being much damaged in her
hull, masts, and rigging, sustained a loss of 16 men
killed and 46 wounded. Quitting her in Jan. 1813,
Mr. Ross was next, until Sept. 1815, employed on
the American and Home stations in the Saturn 56,
Capts. Jas. Nash and Thos. Brown, Bittern sloop,
Capt. Geo. Augustus Hire, and Superb 74, flag-ship
of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham. He then took up a
commission bearing date 10 March, 1815 ; and has
not been since afloat.
ROSS, Kt. (Commander, 1833.)
Sib Thomas Ross, born 5 May, 1797, is second son
of Thos. Ross, Esq., of Rossford, co. Cork, by the
third daughter of the late John Attridge, Esq. of
Green Mount, co. Cork.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 July, 1812, as
Fst.-cl, Vol., on board the Beaver 10, Capt. Edw.
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ROSS— ROTHEUY— ROUS.
O'Brien Drury ; and during the remainder of tie
war was employed, principally in tlie capacity of
Midshipman, in escorting convoys from the Humber
to Wingo Sound and in cruizing on the coast of
Norway and Denmark. In Feb. 1815 he removed
to the CADiaus 10, Capt. John Gedge, stationed, for
the suppression of smuggling, in the North Sea and
Channel ; from the following Sept. until Nov. 1818
he served at Sheerness and at Cork in the Albion
and BuL-fl'ARK 74's, Capts. Jas. Walker and Geo.
M'Kinley, and Tonnast 80, flag-ship of Sir BenJ.
Hallowell ; and at the close of 1821, after he had
heen for nearly three years attached to the Coast
Blockade as Admiralty-Midshipman Of the Severn
40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, he sailed in the Iphige-
KiA 42, Commodore Sir Robt. Mends, for the coast
•of Africa, where, for his services, he was promoted,
20 March, 1822, to the rank of Lieutenant, and
nominated First of the Mokgiana 18, Capt. Christ.
Knight. He served in that vessel on the Brazilian
and West India stations until the ensuing Dec. ;
and was subsequently appointed— 1 May, 1823, to
the Gannet 18, Capt. Wm. Simpson, on the coast of
Ireland— 9 Oct. 1824, for 10 months, to the Egeria
24, Capt. Sam. Roberts, whom he accompanied to
the West Indies— next, to the Coast Guard in Ire-
land—again, about Oct. 1829, to the Coast Block-
ade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Tala-
VERA 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot— 31 March, 1831, a
second time to the Coast Guard in co. Kent —
and, 27 June, 1S32, to the command of the Lapwing
Kevenue-cruizer. As a reward for his distinguished
services against the smugglers, particularly in af-
fairs with them off Hythe and Dover, he was ad-
vanced to his present rank 18 April, 1833. He
afterwards, from 30 June, 1834, until 1837, and
again, from 13 July, 1838, until 1843, performed the
duties of an Insi)ecting-Commander in the Coast
Guard. He received the honour of Knighthood from
the Marquess of Normanby, then Lord-Lieutenant of
Ireland, for his heroic conduct in going off to a
wreck at Malahide, in a gale of wind, 27 Nov. 1838.
Sir Thos. Ross married, 29 April, 1835, Anna
Maria, daughter of Geo. French, Esq., Q.C., of
Mountjoy Square, Dublin, niece of the second Lord
Castlemaine, and first-cousin of the present Lord
De Freyne, by whom he has issue five children.
ROSS. (Lieutenant, IS.SQ.)
Thomas Courtis Ross entered the Navy 6 May,
1824; passed his examination in 1830; obtained his
commission 26 March, 1839 ; was nominated, 7 May
'following, Additional-Lieutenant of the Melville
72, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Elliot at the Cape of
Good Hope ; and assumed command, 8 Dec. in the
same year, of the Curlew 10, onthe coast of South
America ; whence, after performing for a short
time the duties of ^First-Lieutenant in the Fantome
16, Capt. Philip Geo. Haymes, he returned, in 1842,
to England. He has been employed in the Coast
Guard since 1 Aug. 1846.
KOTHERY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 27; h-p., 20.")
John Rothert entered the Navy, in Deo. 1800,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alligator 28, Capt.
Bowen, attached to the force in the Mediterranean ;
on which station he continued employed as Mid-
shipman in two other vessels, commanded by Capts.
Langford and Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, until
Sept. 1803. He served subsequently in the West
Indies and Channel in the 'Pandora, Capt. John
Nash, Alligator again, Capt. Chas. Richardson,
Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Lords Gardner and St.
Vincent, and Thunderer 74, Capt. Wm. Bedford.
In 1807, being then in the London, 98, Capt. Thos.
Western, he accompanied the royal family of Por-
tugal in its flight to the Brazils. In July, 1809, he
became Acting-Lieutenant (a rank he had held on
board the London) of the Rosario sloop, Capt.
Booty Harvey, lying in the Downs, where, and in the
Baltic, North Sea, and Channel, he served as Mid-
shipman and as Master's Mate, from May, 1810, until
July, 1813, in the Princess of Orange and Prin-
cess Caroline 74"s, Capts. Fraa. Beauman and
Hugh Downman. In Oct. of the latter year he was
nominated Second-Master of the Montagu 74,'Capt.
Peter Hey wood, under whom he continued serving
as Acting-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission
dated 8 Feb. 1815) in the North Sea and Mediter-
ranean until July, 1816. Deducting a three years'
command, held from Oct. 1834 until Sept. 1837, of
the Cheerful Revenue-vessel, he has been in
charge of a station in the Coast Guard since 10
Nov. 1829.
ROUS. (Captain, 1823. f-p., 17; h-p., 22.)
The Honourable Henry John Rous, born 23
Jan. 1795, is second son of John, first Earl of Strad-
broke, by hie second wife, Charlotte Maria, daugh-
ter of Abraham Whittaker, Esq. ; and brother and
heir presumptive of the present Peer. His half-
sister (his father's only child by his first marriage)
is the widow of Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Henry
Hotham, G.C.B., G.C.M.G.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 28 Jan. 1808, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Roval William, Capt.
Hon. Courtenay Boyle, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Mon-
tagu at Portsmouth. In Feb. 1809 he removed to
the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge ;
and in the following Nov., after having attended
the expedition to Flushing, he became Midshipman
of the Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas.
Saumarez in the Baltic. He joined next, in March,
1811, the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, em-
ployed off Lisbon and in the Channel; and from 26
Dec. in the same year until promoted, 18 May, 1814,
to the rank of Lieutenant, he served on the Medi-
terranean station in the Bacchante 38, commanded
by the late Sir Wm. Hoste. On the night of 31
Aug. 1812 he assisted in the boats under Lieut.
Donat Henchy O'Brien, at the cutting-out from the
port of Lema of seven vessels laden with ship-
timber for the Venetian government, together with
La Tisiphone French national xebec, of 1 6-pounder,
2 3-pounders, and 28 men, one gun-boat with a 9-
pounder, 2 3-pounders, and 24 men, and another of
1 9-pounder and 20 men, intended for the protec-
tion of the trade on the coast of Istria, from Pola to
Trieste. He next, 6 Jan. 1813, united in a successful
attack made by the boats of the Bacchante and
Weasel sloops on five of the enemy's gun-vessels
in the neighbourhood of Otranto ; on 15 May fol-
lovring he assisted at the capture and destruction of
the castle and batteries of Karlebago, mounting 2
long 12-pounders and 2 brass 5's ; and on 12 June
in the same year he commanded the Bacchante's
yawl, and was highly spoken of for his conduct, at
the capture from under the town of Gela Nova, on
the coast of Abruzzo, of seven large gun-boats,
mounting each 1 long 18-pounder in the bow, three
smaller gun-vessels with a 4-pounder in the bow,
and 14 sail of merchantmen, four of which also had
guns in tlieir bow. The British, as they advanced,
were exposed to a heavy fire of grape and musketry;
and it was not until they were fairly alongside the
gun-boats that the crews of the latter slackened
their fire ; they were then driven from their vessels
with^reat loss. The shore astern of the assailed
was at the commencement lined with 100 troops,
who, however, fled on the first fire, leaving behind
them 2 field-pieces, which were destroyed by the
marines under Lieut. Haig. In performing this
brilliant exploit the boats of the Bacchante sus-
tained a' loss of 2 seamen and 1 marine killed, and
5 seamen and 1 marine wounded. In the ensuing
night one of the merchant-vessels, laden with oil, of
which Mr. Rous had been placed in charge, filled
and upset, but did not, owing to the buoyancy of
her cargo, go down. Although the wind was blow-
ing strong, her commander and his prize-crew were
providentially enabled to hang on by the starboard
gunwale from midnight until 4 a.m., when to their
joy they were discovered and picked up by the
sternmust vessel of the convoy, in charge of Hon.
Mr. Waldegrave, and under a press of sail for Lissa.
In 1813-14 Mr. Rous was concerned in the opera-
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tions connected with the capture of Rovigno, on the
coast of Istria, the island of Lesina, and the strong
fortresses of Cattaro and Sagusa. His appoint-
ments, immediately suhsequent to his promotion,
were — 4 Aug. 1814, to the MiEANDER 38, Capt. John
Bastard, with whom he served off Lisbon and in
the Mediterranean until Dec. 1815—10 Jan. 1817,
to the Conqueror 74, flag-ship of Kear-Admiral
Kobt. Plampin at St. Helena — and, 2 Aug. follow-
ing, to the acting-command, on the same station,
of the PoDARGOs 14. From that sloop, to which
he was confirmed 26 Nov. 1817, Capt. Rous re-
moved, 25 Jan. 1818, to the Mosquito. In the
summer of 1819 he returned to England and was
paid off. His next appointments were, 16 Nov. 1821
and 9 Feb. 1822, to the Sappho 18 and Hind 20, on
the Cork and Mediterranean stations ; he attained
Post-rank 25 April, 1823; and he afterwards, from
30 July, 1825, until 25 Aug. 1829, and from 17 Nov.
1834 until the close of 1835, commanded the Rain-
bow 28 and Pique 36. In the former of those ships
he visited the East Indies, and discovered a river
(to which he gave the name of Richmond) to the
northward of Sydney, in New South Wales. The
Pique, while he was in her, ran ashore on the coast
of Labrador, was got off with great difficulty, and
crossed the Atlantic without a rudder.
In 1846 Capt. Rous filled a seat at the Board of
Admiralty. He had previously represented West-
minster in Parliament. Agents — Uallett and Ro-
binson.
EOUSE. (LiEOT., 1807. r-p., 28 ; h-p., 20.)
John Wood Rouse entered the Navy, in Oct.
1799, as A.B., on board the Marlborough 74, Capt.
Thos. Sotheby, in which ship he was wrecked on a
sunken rock near Belleisle 4 Nov. 1800. Between
the following Jan. and the summer of 1806 he
served in the Channel (the chief part of the time as
Midshipman and Master's Mate), in the Barfleur
98, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Collingwood, Fisgard
and Naiad frigates, both commanded by Capt.
Jas. Wallis, Conqueror 74, Capt. Thos. Louis, Fou-
DROYANT 80, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Graves,
and Formidable 98, Capt. Fras. Fayerman. He
then joined the Royal George 100, flag-ship of Sir
John Thos. Duckworth, under whom he passed the
Dardanells, and lost a leg in the attack upon Prota
in Feb. 1807.* He was promoted in consequence
to the rank of Lieutenant 24 Aug. 1807, voted a
grant from the Patriotic Fund, and awarded, 28
May, 1816, a pension of 91/. 5s. From 25 Aug.
1815 until paid off 15 April, 1818, he commanded
the Pioneer cutter on the coast of Scotland ; and
from 26 July, 1820, until admitted, 2 Nov. 1837, to
Greenwich Hospital, he filled the appointment of
First-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval College at
Portsmouth.
The Lieutenant's second daughter, Frances Sey-
mour, is married to R. H. Forman, Esq., son of
Colonel Forman, of Croom's Hill, Greenwich.
EOUTLEDGE. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
William Henry Routledge entered the Navy
28 Nov. 1807; obtained his commission 21 Jan.
1824 ; and, from 15 April, 1824, until 1826, was em-
ployed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74 and Hyperion 42,
Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye.
He has since been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs.
Stilwell.
KOWAN. (Ketibed Commander, 1844. f-p., 16;
H-p., 32.)
Edward Rowan entered the Navy, 28 May, 1799,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capts.
Sampson Edwards and Geo. Eyre, attached to the
fleet in the Channel ; where, and in the West Indies
and Baltic, he served — from Feb. 1801 until the re-
ceipt of his Lieutenant's commission, bearing date
19 Oct. 1807, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in
• Fide Gaj. 1807, p. 597.
the- San Josef 110, Capt. Wm. Wolseley, Couea-
geux 74, Capts. Thos. Sotheby, John Okes Hardy,
and Thos. Bertie, Princess Royal 98, Capts. Her-
bert Sawyer and Robt. Carthew Reynolds, and
Leyden 64, Capt. Wm. Cumberland. Under the
officer last mentioned he accompanied Admiral
Gambler in the expedition against Copenhagen.
His last appointments were, in Nov. 1807 and Aug.
1812, to the Paulina brig, Capts. John Rich. Lum-
ley and Westby Percival, and Dublin 74, Capts.
Rich. Balling Dunn and Thos. Elphinstone. In
those ships he was continuously employed in the
Mediterranean, among the Western Islands, and in
the Channel, until Sept. 1814. He accepted his pre-
sent rank 15 April, 1844.
Commander Rowan married, in 1841, at Carrick-
fergus, Elizabeth Maria, daughter of John Legg,
Esq.
KOWE. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 10
H-p., 39.)
Henry Nathaniel Rowe is youngest son of the
late Rev. Henry Rowe, LL.B., of Padnal Hall and
Toby Priory, co. Essex, Rector of Ringshall,. co.
Suffolk, by Harriet, daughter of the Rev. Thos.
Bland, of Tunstall House, Vicar of Sittingbourne,
CO. Kent. His grandfather was the only son of Na-
thaniel Rowe, Esq., of Eastworth House, Chertsey,
who sailed round the world with Lord Anson, and
who was himself the thirty-first child of John Rowe,
Esq., of Plawsworth Hall, co. Durham. Capt. Rowe
is a descendant of Sir Thos. Rowe, who was knighted
on the field of battle during the crusades, and is
of the family of Nicholas Rowe, the poet, whose
remains are entombed in Westminster Abbey. His
eldest brother, John, died of yellow fever in the
West Indies while serving as Midshipman on board
the Severn 44, Capt. John Whitby.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Feb. 1798, as
L.M. (under the auspices of Isaac Hawkins Browne,
Esq., M.P. for Bridgenorth), on board the Zealand,
Capt. Thos. Parr, flag-ship at the Nore of Vice-
Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge. He served subse-
quently in the North Sea in the Hermes sloop,
Capt. Jeffery Baigersfeld, and, on becoming Mid-
shipman of the Wolverene, commanded at first by
Capt. John Wright, and next by Capt. Raigersfeld,
was employed in the expedition to the Texel. On
his arrival, in 1801, in the West Indies in the
Andromeda frigate, Capt. Jas. Bradby, he was
received as Master's Mate on board L'Eolair
schooner, commanded by the late Capt. Kenneth
Mackenzie, under whom he succeeded in cutting
out and in otherwise capturing many of the enemy's
privateers off the island of Guadeloupe, St. Martin's,
and Puerto Rico. For the services he thus per-
formed he was ordered, in 1803, to act as Lieutenant
of the Gdachapin 14, into which sloop he had fol-
lowed Capt. Mackenzie. In the course of the same
year, in consequence of anew Admiralty regulation,
he found himself under the necessity of resigning
his appointment and of returning to England for
the purpose of passing his examination ; and he
took a passage accordingly in the Arab 20, Com-
modore Hon. Robt. Stopford. After serving with
the Channel fleet in the Impetueux 74, Capt. Thos.
Byam Martin, he was nominated, 17 Jan. 1805,
Sub-Lieutenant of the Aimwell gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander Joseph Marrett, lying in the Black-
water river in Essex. Being advanced, 19 March
following, to the full rank of Lieutenant in the
Ajax 74, Capts. Christopher Laroche, Wm. Brown,
John Pilfold, and Hon. Henry Blackwood, he was
afforded an opportunity of participating in that
ship in Sir Robt. Calder's action, and of sharing in
the glories of Trafalgar. On the occasion of her
destruction by fire off the island of Tenedos, 14
Feb. 1797, he was picked up by a boat and conveyed
on board the Canopus 80. At the ensuing passage
of the Dardanells he served as a volunteer on board
the Windsor Castle 98, Capt. Chas. Boyles. On
his return to England he was appointed, in July,
1807, to the Valiamt 74, Capt. Jas. Young, then
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ROWE-EOWLANDS-UOWLATT.
on the eve of accompanying the expedition against
Copenhagen. During the siege of that place Mr.
Rowe was sent in-shore in command of the Charles
armed transport, for the purpose of covering the
debarkation of the troops. While he was thus en-
gaged a shell from one of the enemy's mortar-boats
fell into the magazine of the vessel, and she was at
once blown up. This took place 31 Aug. 1807 ; and
on the occasion Mr. Kowe (who was dragged by
the hair into a boat belonging to the Thundek
bomb, after he had sunk below the surface of the
water) had his leg shattered above the knee, his
collar-bone broken, his body dreadfully lacerated,
and his head and face so violently contused that he
was for some time bereft of sight.* In consider-
ation of his sufferings (his leg received immediate
amputation) he was presented by the Patriotic So-
ciety with the sum of 2001., and awarded, 11 Jan.
1808, a pension, increased in Dec. 1815 to 200;. per
annum. In 1809 he was sent in the Rosamond sloop,
Capt. Benj. Caldwell, to the "West Indies, where, on
19 Dec. in the same year, he was nominated by
Sir Alex. Cochrane Acting-Commander of the St.
Christopher sloop. To that vessel, after he had
assisted at the reduction of Guadeloupe, he was
confirmed by commission dated 2 May, 1810. He
returned in the following summer to England with
despatches in the Asp 16 ; and on 10 Sept. 1840 he
accepted his present rank.
Capt. Rowe is the author of two poetical works,
entitled ' Sacred Beauties ' and ' The Rainbow of
the Mind.' He married, in 1809, Joanna, youngest
daughter of Thos. Crew,-. Esq., of Cheshire, by
whom he has issue two sons and two daughters.
ROWE. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Hugh Thomas Rowe entered the Navy 29 Aug.
1806; passed his examination in 1817 ; obtained his
commission 14 April, 1826 ; and in 1828-9 was em-
ployed on the coast of Africa in the Medina 20,
Capts. Wm. Benj. SuoHing and Edw. Webb. He
has since been on half-pay.
EOWE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
James Rowe entered the Navy, in 1803, as Fst.-
cl. Vol., on board the ViLLE de Paris 110, Capt.
Wm. Henry Ricketts, bearing the flag of Hon. Wm.
Cornwallis in the Channel. In Sept. 1805 he be-
came Midshipman, at Plymouth, of the Genereux
74; and from March, 1806, until Jan. 1813, he
served on the West India, Mediterranean, and
Home stations, the latter part of the time in the
capacity of Master's Mate, in the Belleisle and
Northumberland 74's, Capts. Wm. Hargood and
Hon. Henry Hotham. In the Belleisle he wit-
nessed the destruction of the French 74-gun ship
L' Impe'tueux, near Cape Henry, 14 Sept. 1806; and
in the Northumberland, while cruizing off L'Ori-
ent in company with the Growler gun-brig, he
assisted at the gallant destruction, 22 May, 1812, of
the French 40-gun frigates IjAricnne and UAndro-
maque, and 16-gun brig Mamelouck, whose united
fire, conjointly with that of a heavy battery, killed
5 and wounded 28 of the Northumberland's people.
After he had been for a short time borne on the
books of the Royal William, flag-ship at Ports-
mouth of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, he joined, in April,
1813, the Wolfe 24, bearing the broad pendant of
Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on Lake Ontario, where he con-
tinued employed in the Star brig, Capts. Fras.
Brockill Spilsbury and Chas. Anthony, until taken
prisoner, 31 May, 1814, in an unsuccessful boat-
attack made under Capt. Stephen Popham upon the
enemy's flotilla at Sandy Creek. Since he returned
to England he has been on half-pay. His commis-
sion bears date 16 Aug. 1814.t Agents— Messrs.
Halford and Co.
ROWLANDS. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
John Samuel Rowlands, born 18 July, 1789, at
Chester, Is eldest son of the late Griffith Rowlands,
* VideGa?,. 1807, p. 1232.
t ^. Gaz. 1B14, p.- 1466. His conduct, as will be there
seeri, was highly cieditable.
Esq., who practised, for forty j;ears as a Surgeon in
that city, and acquired considerable reputation.
His brother, Richard, served in the 22nd Rcgt., and
died Barrack-Master at Dominica.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1805, on
board the Raisonnable 64, Capt. Josias Rowley,
part of the force employed at the ensuing reduction
Sf the Cape of Good Hope. After the surrender
of that colony he returned to England as Midship-
man in the prize-frigate Volontaire, Capt. Hon.
Josoeline Percy ; and on his arrival was received,
2 July, 1806, on board the Royal WilI/IAM, Capt.
H on. Courtenay Boyle. Becoming attached, 4 Aug.
in the same year, to the Colossus 74, Capts. Jas.
Nicoll Morris and Thos. Alexander, he partook in
that ship of much general service, was frequently
in pursuit of the enemy, and was stationed for nine
months off Cape Finisterre, and for nine off Toulon.
In the early part of 1809 he was ordered a passage
home in the Imp^riedse 38, Capt. Lord Cochrane,
for the purpose of joining the Amazon 38, Capt.
Wm. Parker, under whom he was for a long time
most actively employed in co-operation with the
patriots on the north coast of Spain, where he came
repeatedly into action with the enemy's batteries.
He continued in the Amazon as Master's Mate —
cruizing latterly in the Bay of Biscay— until Feb.
1812. He then joined the Salvador del Mundo,
Capt. Nash, lying at Plymouth ; and in the_ ensuing
spring, having passed his examination, again sailed,
in the Medbsa 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell
Bouverie, for the north coast of Spain. On the
night of 4 June, 1812, we find him assisting in the
boats under Lieut. Josiah Thompson at the capture
and destruction, in the harbour of Arcasson, of La
Z)orade French store-ship of 14 guns and 86 men,
after a desperate struggle, in which the British had
5 men wounded, and the assailed, who had hailed
the latter in their approach, and were in every way
prepared for the attack, 63 killed and drowned.
On this occasion Mr. Rowlands steered the barge,
the first boat up, alongside the enemy's vessel. He
was subsequently present in the attacks upon Gue-
taria and Santander. At the latter place he landed
with a party of seamen, marines, and artillery under
Lieut. Chas. Henry Crooke on the rock opposite to
the castle, which was for three days successively
cannonaded. While on the Spanish coast he was
otherwise actively employed. On the return home
of the Medusa with despatches from Lord Welling-
ton he proceeded, in the Niemen 38, Capt. Sam.
Pym, to join on promotion the Impetueux 74, bear-
ing the flag at Lisbon of Vice- Admiral Geo. Martin.
In the boats of that ship he was on more than one
occasion sent with the troops up the river Tagus to
Villa Franca. On 29 March, 1813, he was confirmed
a Lieutenant (25 days after he had been ordered to
act as such) in the Jasper 10, Capt. Henry Jenkin-
son, also on the Lisbon station. He invalided 4
Feb. 1814, and was lastly, from 23 July in the same
year until 1 Deo. 1S15, employed on board the
Martial 12, commanded by Capt. Henry Forbes,
for a short time by himself, and by Capt. Jas.
Leach. While in personal charge of the sloop Mr.
Rowlands captured two smugglers in the English
Channel. He afterwards, under Capt. Leach, visited
the West Indies, was sent in a prize slaver to Nas-
sau, and cruized off Cherbourg prior to the sur-
render of Napoleon Buonaparte. Since he left the
Martial he has been on half-pay.
ROWLATT. (Commander, 1847.)
William Rowlatt entered the Navy 18 March,
1824 ; passed his examination in 1830 ; and obtained
bis first commission 27 Dec. 1838. His succeeding
appointments were— 31 Aug. 1839, as Additional-
Lieutenant, to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams
Sandom, on the lakes of Canada, whence he re-
turned in 1842—20 Feb. 1843, to the post of Agent
on board the Senator emigration transport — 16
Oct. 1845, again as Additional, to the Penelope
steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Com.
modore Wm. Jones on the coast of Africa— and ig
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Dec. 1845, as Senior, to the Watekwitoh 10, Capt.
Thos. Fraa. Birch, on the same station. Shortly
after the paying off of the latter vessel he was ad-
vanced, 2.3 Dec. 1847, to the rank he now holds.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
ROWLES. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
BiRON George Rowles entered the Navy 16
Nov. 1833 ; passed his examination 23 June, 1840 j
and after serving on the coast of Africa and at
Portsmouth as Mate in the Heroine brig, Lieut. -
Commander Thos. Dilnot Stewart, and St. Vincent
120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley, was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 7 July, 1843. His appoint-
ments have since been— 14 Sept. 1843, to the Hya-
cinth 18, Capt. Fras. Scott, lying at Sheerness—
6 Dec. following, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the
■Winchester 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Josceline
Percy at the Cape of Good Hope, whence he re-
turned in 1844—10 July, 18*6, for a few months, to
the Avenger steam-frigate, Capt. Woodford John
Williams, attached to the Channel squadron— 22
July, 1847, to the Recruit 12, Capt. Adolphus Slade,
employed on particular service — and, 16 Nov. in
the same year, to the Qdeen 110, Capt. Henry Wm.
Bruce, now in the Mediterranean.
ROWLEY, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H., K.M.T.
Admiral of the White, 184i.
Sir Charles Rowley was born 16 Dec. 1770,
and died 10 Oct. 1845, at Brighton. He was fourth
son of Vice- Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley (whose dis-
tinguished services procured him a Baronetcy 10
June, 1786, and who died 26 Feb. 1790), by Sarah,
daughter of Bartholomew Burton, Esq., Deputy-
Governor of the Bank of England; and grandson
of Sir Wm. Rowley, K.B., Vice-Admiral of Eng-
land, Admiral of the Fleet, and a Lord of the Ad-
miralty, who died 1 Jan. 1768. His elder brother,
Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sara. Rowley, died
Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica 7 Oct. 1811 ; his
eldest sister, Philadelphia, was the wife of the late
Admiral Sir Chas. Cotton, Bart. ; and his nephew,
the present Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, Bart., is a
Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Sir Charles was first-
cousin of the late Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, Bart.,
G.C.B., G.C.M.G., and of the late Rear-Admiral
Sam. Campbell Rowley. His uncle, William Row-
ley, died a Major-General in the Army.
This officer obtained his first commission 8 Oct.
1789 ; and was advanced to Post-rank 1 Aug. 1795.
He subsequently commanded the Cleopatra 32,
L'Dnite 36, BoADiCEA 38, Rury 64, and Eagle 74.
The Cleopatra, in April, 1796, made prize, on the
coast of North America, of the French corvette
Aurore of 10 guns ; and L'Unite, while cruizing in
the Channel, took, 17 Sept. 1797, La Brunette brig
of 10 guns (pierced for 16) and 80 men, and assisted
in taking, 24 of the same month and 7 Oct. follow-
ing, the privateers Indian of 16 guns and La De-
couverte. The Ruby was stationed off the Texel and
on the coast of Spain. While in command of the
Eagle, Capt. Rowley, in May, 1806, served with
the squadron under the orders of Sir Wm. Sidney
Smith on the coast of Naples and Sicily; and on 11
of that month took an active part in the reduction
of the island of Capri, where he had 2 men killed,
and 11, including his First-Lieutenant, wounded.*
In 1809 he accompanied the expedition to the Wal-
cheren ; in 1810 he co-operated in the defence of
Cadiz; on 27 Nov. 1811 he captured La Corceyre
French frigate, mounting 28 guns (pierced for 40),
having on board 170 seamen (3 of whom were killed
and several wounded) and 130 soldiers, and laden
with 300 tons of wheat and a quantity of military and
other stores, from Trieste, bound to Corfu ;t and in
1813, besides assisting at the taking of Flume', he
reduced the Castle of Farasina, attacked the bat-
teries of Rovigno,! and signalized himself in a re-
markable manner at the capture of Trieste.§ At
Fiume he led in his gig the first detachment of ma-
* Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 933.
% V. Gaz. 1813, p. S340,
+ V. Gaz. 1812, p. 226.
^ V. Gaz. 1813, p. ie478.
rines, took possession, on landing, of the enemy's
fort, and then dashed boldly through the town,
although annoyed by musketry from the windows
of the houses and a field-piece in the centre of the
great street.* For his services in the Adriatic
Capt. Rowley obtained, 23 May, 1814, the royal per-
mission to accept and wear the insignia of a Knight
of the Imperial Military Order of Maria Theresa,
conferred on him by the Emperor of Austria. He
attained Flag-rank 4 June, 1814; was nominated a
K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815 ; held the chief command at the
Nore from the close of 1815 until 1818, and at Ja-
maica from 24 Aug. 1820 until 8 June, 1823 ; be-
came a Vice- Admiral 27 May, 1825 ; filled a seat at
the Board of Admiralty in 1834-5; was created
a G.C.H. 7 Oct. 1835, a Baronet 22 Feb. 1836, and
aG.C.B. 4 July, 1840; became a full Admiral 23
Nov. 1841 ; and commanded in chief at Portsmouth
from 26 Dec. 1842 until Sept. 1845.
Sir Chas. Rowley married, 7 Dec. 1797, Elizabeth,
youngest daughter of Admiral Sir Rich. King, and
was left a widower 11 Jan. 1838. His eldest son,
the present Sir Chas. Rowley, is a Lieutenant-
Colonel in the Army; his second. Burton, who died
in the West Indies in 1822, was a Lieutenant R.N. ;
his third, George, is a Captain in the Bombay Ca-
valry ; and his fourth and fifth, Richard Freeman
and Robert Hibbert Bartholomew, are both in the
JN avy — the former a Captain and the latter a Com-
mander. His youngest daughter, Louisa, is the
present Countess of Kinnoul. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
ROWLEY. (Commander, 1846. f-p.,9;h-p., 1.)
Charles Evelyn Rowley, born 30 June, 1824,
at Clonrael, co. Tipperary, is son of the present
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Chas. Rowley, Bart., by Frances,
only daughter of Geo. Evelyn, Esq., of Wooton, co.
Surrey ; and grandson of the late Admiral Sir Chas.
Rowley, Bart, G.C.B., G.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1837, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen Charlotte 104,
Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, bearing the flag of Hon.
Sir Robt. Stopford in the Mediterranean ; where he
continued employed until 1841 in the Sapphire 28,
Capt. Robt. Freeman Rowley, Beacon surveying-
vessel, Capt. Thos. Graves, Carysfort 26, Capt.
Henry Byam Martin, and again in the Princess
Charlotte. In the Carysfort he took a Mid-
shipman's part in the operations of 1840 on the coast
of Syria, including the attacks upon Tortosa and St.
Jean d'Acre. On leaving the Princess Charlotte
he joined, in July, 1841, the Eleotra 18, Capt.
Philip Gostling, fitting at Portsmouth ; in the fol-
lowing Aug. he removed to the Madagascar 44,
Capt. John Foote, whom he accompanied to the
coast of Africa ; and from Oct. 1842 until advanced
to his present rank 14 Jan. 1846 he served at Ports-
mouth as Midshipman, Mate, Lieutenant (commis-
sion dated 25 Sept. 1843), and Flag-Lieutenant, un-
der Sir Chas. Rowley and Sir Chas. Ogle in the St.
Vincent 120. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
ROWLEY, Bart (Rear-Admikal of the Blue,
1848. F-P., 17; H-p., 28.)
Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley is second and
eldest surviving sou of the late Sir Wm. Rowley,
Bart., of Tendring Hall, co. Suffolk (whom he suc-
ceeded as third Baronet 20 Oct. 1832), by Susannah
Edith, daughter of Admiral Sir Robt. Harland,
Bart. ; and nephew of the late Admiral Sir Chas.
Rowley, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H. His brother, Robt.
Chas. Rowley, a Captain in the Army, is married to
a daughter of the second Lord Huntingfield. One of
his sisters, Sarah Marianne, is the wife of Sir Geo.
Dashwood, Bart., of Kirtlington Park, co. Oxford;
and another, Susan Arabella, of Colonel Mercer.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1802, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boadicea 38, commanded
in the Channel by his uncle Capt. Chas. Rowley.
On his return in the Morne Fortunee from the
* FfdcGaz. 1813, p. 2009.
6N2
1012
EOWLEY.
West Indies, where he had taken part in the Cen-
TADE 74, Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, in the attack
made upon Ste. Lucie in June, 1803, he joined, in
the course of that year, the Immortamte 36, Capt.
Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; under whom, in 1804, he
wag wounded in an affair with the Boulogne flotilla.
He was subsequently, for nearly four years, em-
ployed as Midshipman and Master's Mate in the
KuBT 64 and Eagle 74, both commanded by Capt.
C. Kowley, and Melpomene frigate, Capt. Peter
Parker. While attached to the Eagle he served
on shore, in May, 1806, at the reduction of the
island of Capri. He obtained his first commission
9 April, 1808 ; was appointed, 15 June following, to
the D^dalus 32, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield, on
the Jamaica station ; and after there serving for
about 18 months as Flag-Lieutenant in various ships
to his uncle. Vice- Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Kow-
ley, was nominated, 4 July, 1810, Acting-Commander
of the Sparrow sloop. He was confirmed in the
rank of Commander 8 Aug. following; and between
that period and the date of his Post-promotion, 30
Sept. 1812, was employed as such in the Sappho,
Shark, and Pelords. He then joined the Blos-
som 24, on the Mediterranean station, where he re-
mained for two years. His last appointments were
— to the Sybille 44, fitting for the flag of Sir Chas.
Kowley, with whom he served at Jamaica from
1820 until 1823— and 24 June, 1836, to the Corn-
wallis 74, on the Lisbon station, whence he re-
turned early in 1837. He attained Flag-rank 3
April, 1848.
Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley is a Deputy-Lieute-
nant for Suffolk, of which co., in 1841, he was She-
riff. He married, 10 Aug. 1824, Charlotte, only
daughter of John Moseley, Esq., of Great Glemham
House, CO. Suffolk. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
close of 1847, he commanded the Satellite 18 in
the East Indies and on the south-east coast of Ame-
rica. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
ROWLEY. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 12.)
Richard Freeman Kowley, bom in 1806, is
fourth son of the late Admiral Sir Chas. Kowley,
Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Feb. 1819; passed
his time as Midshipman on board the Medina 20
and EuRYALUS 42 ; obtained his first commission 17
May, 1825 ; served, from 21 of that month until pro-
moted to the rank of Commander 8 May, 1827, in
the Victory 104, as Flag- Lieutenant at Portsmouth
to Sir Geo. Martin; and from 14 Jan. 1829 until
advanced to his present rank 26 Feb. 1830, was em-
ployed in the capacity last mentioned on board the
Badger 10, at Plymouth, in the North Sea, and at
the Cape of Good Hope. On leaving that vessel
the officers and crew presented him with a liand-
some piece of plate, " as a lasting testimonial of
their esteem, and an expression of their gratitude
for the happiness they had experienced under his
command." His subsequent appointments were — 4
April, 1835, to the Sapphire 28, fitting for the Me-
diterranean, whence he returned in the summer of
1838— and 31 Deo. 1842, to the St. Vincent 120, as
Flag-Captain to his father at Portsmouth. He has
been on half-pay since Sept. 1845.
Capt. Rowley married, 12 July, 1838, Elizabeth
Julia, daughter of John Angerstein, Esq., by whom
he has issue seven children. Agents — Messrs.
Chard.
ROWLEY. (Commander, 1842.)
Robert Hibbert Bartholomew Rowley, born
in 1817, is fifth and youngest son of the late Admiral
Sir Chas. Rowley, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy, from the Royal
Naval College, 20 Deo. 1832; obtained his first com-
mission 1 June, 1837 ; served from 3 Nov. following
until the spring of 1841 as Additional-Lieutenant
and Lieutenant in the President 52, flag-ship in
the Pacific of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson
Koss ; was next, 24 Aug. in the latter year, appointed
to the Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Trou-
bridge and Sir Chas. Sullivan, fitting at Sheemess ;
and on 7 Feb. 1842 was advanced to the rank he
now holds. From 3 Dec. 1843 until paid off at the
ROWLEY. (Reab- Admiral op the Red, 1837.
F-p., 19; H-p., 38.)
Samdel Campbell Rowley was born 19 Jan.
1774, and died 28 Jan. 1846. He was third son of
the late Clotworthy Kowley, Esq., Barrister-at-Law,
and M.P. for Downpatrick, by Letitia, daughter and
co-heir (with her sister, the late Lady de Clifford)
of Sam. Campbell, Esq., of Mount Campbell, co.
Leitrim ; brother of Admiral Sir Josias Rowley,
Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H. ;* and first-cousin of Admiral
Sir Chas. Rowley, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H.
This officer (who had been educated at the Royal
Naval Academy) embarked, 10 March, 1789, as a
Volunteer, on board the Blonde, Capt. Affleck, in
which vessel he served for nearly three years and
a half on the West India station. In the course of
1793 he became attached in succession to the Alli-
gator 28, Capt. Affleck, Romulds, Capt. Sutton,
ScEPTKE, Capt. Dacres, and Boyne, bearing the
flag of Sir John Jervis. On his arrival in the latter
ship in the West Indies he was made Lieutenant, 30
Jan. 1794, into the Vengeance 74, Commodore
Chas. Thompson. In the following summer, after
he had served on shore at the capture of the French
islands, he returned to England in the Reprisal,
Capt. Jas. Young. On the night of 10 April, 1795,
a few weeks prior to which he had joined the As-
TRS.A. of 32 guns and 212 men, Capt. Lord Henry
Paulet, he assisted at the capture of the French
frigate La Gloire of 42 guns and 275 men, 40 of
whom, in the course of a spirited action of 58 mi-
nutes, were killed and wounded, vrilth a loss to the
British of not more than 8 wounded. In the course
of the same year he took part in Lord Bridport's
rencontre with the French fleet off the IledeGroix.
He continued serving in the AsTR.aLAin the Channel,
West Indies, and North Sea, until made Commander,
6 April, 1799, into the Terror bomb. Having
fought in that vessel at the battle of Copenhagen, 2
April, 1801, Capt. Rowley was advanced, 29 April,
1802, to Post-rank. His subsequent appointments
* Sir Josias Rowley was born in 17ti5, and went to sea in
1779. He was advanced to the rank of Lieuten' nt in 1783,
to that of Commander in March, 1793, and to Post-rank (after
having, in the Laurel sloop, escorted the Princess Caroline
of Brunswick to this country) 6 April, 1795. He subse-
quently commanded tlie Bbaave of 40 guns, the Imperteuse
38, the Haisonnable 64, the Boadicea 38, and the America
74. In the Raisonnarle he fought in Sir Hobert Calder's
action, assisted at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope,
took part in the operations which preceded the evacuation
of Spanish America by the British forces, and reduced the
town of St, Paul's, in the lie de Bourbon. "While stationed in
tlie Rio de la Plata he commanded the detachment of seamen
landed with Lieut.-General Wliitelocke's army for the pur-
pose of transporting the artillery from the place of debark-
ation towards the city of Buenos Ayres. During his servitude
in the Boadicea, Capt. Rowley had charge of the squadron
employed in tlie conquest of the lie de Bourbon ; he also
re-captured the Afrjcaine 38, and after a spirited action of
ten minutes, productive to the British of a loss of 2 men
wounded, and to the enemy of 9 killed and 15 wounded,
took La Venus of 44 guns and 380 men, bearing the broad
pendant of Commodore Haraelin, and her prize the Ceylon
32. In the same ship he distinguished himself greatly by
his indefatigable 'exertions at the reduction of the Isle of
France. In 1812-13 Capl. Rowley, in tlie America, com-
manded the squadrons stationed on the coasts of Sicily and
Naples. In Dec. of the latter year he made an attack, de-
feated by untoward circumstances, upon tlie city of Leghorn,
and in the early part of IS 14 be co-operated with the forces
under Lord Wm. Bentinck at the reduction of Uenoa. For
his signal services he was created a Baronet 2 Nov. 1813. He
attained Flag-rank 4 June, 1814 ; was nominated a K.C.B.
S Jan. 1815; held a command, during part of the same year,
in the Mediterranean fleet under Lord Exmouth ; was Com-
mander-in-Chief on the coast of Ireland from 1818until 1821;
was presented in 1819 with the freedom of the City of Cork
in a silver box ; obtained a seat in Parliament for Kinsale in
1821; became a Vice-Admiral 27 May, 1825; commanded
in chief in the Mediterranean fVom Dec. 1833 until Feb.
1837 ; and was made aCi.C.M.G. 22 Feb. 1834, a full Admiral
10 Jan. 1837, and a G.C.B. 4 July, 1840. He was for some
time equerry to the Duchess of Kent. He died 10 Jan. 1842 at
Mount Campbell, co. Leitrim.
ROYER— ROYSE— UUBIDGE.
1013
were— 7 Jaii. 1811, to the Venerable 74, lying at
Spithead — 14 Feb. following, to tlie Ladrel 38, in
which ship, after visiting St. Helena, he was wreclied
on the Govivas Rock, in the Teigneuse Passage, 31
Jan. 1812*— 24 March, 1815, for nine months, to
the Impbegnable 104, bearing the flag of his bro-
ther, Sir Josias Rowley, on the coast of France and
in the Mediterranean— 28 Sept. 1818, to the Spencer
76, flag-ship of the same oflicer at Cork, where he
remained for three years— and 15 Sept. 1830, to the
Wellesley 74, employed on particular service.
He paid the latter ship off early in 1832, and attained
Flag-rank 10 Jan. 1837.
Rear-Admiral Rowley, a Magistrate for co. Lei-
trim, was presented, in 1819, with the freedom of
the city of Cork in a silver box. He married first,
16 Sept. 1805, Mary, daughter of ■ Thompson,
Esq., of White Park, co. Fermanagh ; and, that
lady dying in 1821, secondly, 4 Nov. 1830, Mary
Frances, only daughter of £dm. Cronyn, Esq., of
Newton, co. Kilkenny.
a pension of ibl. 12s. per annum. He is Harbour-
Master at Port Louis, Mauritius. Agents— Goode
and Lawrence.
EOYER. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Alfred Royek passed his examination in 1834 ;
and for his services on the coast of China was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 June 1841. His
appointments have since been— 7 Sept. 1841, to the
BELviDERA38,Capt.Hon.Geo. Grey, stationed in the
Mediterranean, whence he returned home and was
paid off in the early part of 1845 — and, 21 March,
1846, as First, to the Favorite 14, Capt. Alex.
Murray, now on the coast of Africa. Agents —
Goode and Lawrence.
EOYER. (Eetibed Commander, 1838. r-p., 17;
H-p., 36.)
Charles Rover entered the Navy, in the spring
of 1794, as A.B., on board the Swiftsdre 74, bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker in the
West Indies. He was afterwards, while serving in
the same ship under Capt. Benj. Hallowell, most
actively employed in the Mediterranean, where he
fought at the battlp of the Nile, took part as Mid-
shipman in many important operations on the coast
of Italy, and was present, 24 June, 1801, in a despe-
rate engagement of more than an hour's duration,
which reduced the Swiftsure to a wreck and ren-
dered her a prize to a French squadron of four sail of
the line under Rear-Admiral Ganteaume. Joining
next, as Master's Mate, the Camelion brig, Capt.
Thos. Staines, he assisted in the boats of that ship
at the capture of several armed feluccas near Tarra-
gona. He served subsequently in the Kent 74 and
Victory 100, flag-ships of Sir Rich. Bickerton and
Lord Nelson, both in the Mediterranean ; where he
was made Lieutenant, 19 Nov. 1804, into the
Madras 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and
where, from Aug. 1805 until paid off in Aug. 1809,
he served in the Amboscade 32, Capt. Wm. D'Ur-
ban. His last appointment was, in May, 1810, to
the AsTK^Aof42 guns and 271 men, commanded
by his former Captain, Schomberg; under whom,
while cruizing, 20 May, 1811, off Madagascar, in
company with the Ph<ebe and Galatea frigates,
similar in force to the Astr.s:a, and 18-gun brig
Racehorse, he assisted after a long and warmly-
contested action with the French 40-gun frigates
Menommee, Clmrinde^ and Nereide^ and a loss to the
Astr^a of 2 killed and 16 wounded, at the capture
of the Renomme'e. On the surrender of the latter
ship he was sent in a sinking boat, accompanied by
Lieut. John Drury, R.M., and 5 seamen, to take
possession of her. His conduct while on board, we
are oflicially informed, reflected much credit upon
hira.t He left the Astb^a in Oct. 1811, and ac-
cepted his present rank 22 Feb. 1838.
For injuries sustained in the Ambuscade in 1806,
Commander Koyer was presented with a gratuity
from the Patriotic Fund, and awarded, 4 Nov. 1809,
* Capt. Rowley was tried by court martial, but acquitted
of all blame on account of the loss of his ship, 19 Feb. 181S.
t fide Gaz. 1811, p. 2190, where he is in error named
Rogers.
EOYSE. (LlEDT., 1829. F-P., 23 ; H-P., 5.)
William Rovsb, born in 1804, is youngest son of
the late Nicholas Foorde Eoyse, Esq., of Nantenan,
00. Limerick, by Mary, eldest daughter of Capt.
Croker, of Grange Hill, in the same co. His eldest
brother, Thos. Royse, Esq., now of Nantenan, is a
Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, and in 1816
served as High-Sheriff for co. Limerick.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1819, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Active 46, Capt. Sir jas.
Alex. Gordon, with whom he served in the Medi-
terranean and on the coast of North America until
the close of 1821. He was subsequently for seven
years employed as Midshipman and Mate (he passed
his examination in 1826) in the Espi£gle 18, Capt.
Henry Theodosius Browne Collier, Ariadne 28,
Capt. Isham Fleming Chapman, Prince Regent 120,
flag-ship of Sir Robt. Moorsom, and Dartmouth
42, Capt. Sir Thos. Fellowes, on the Cape of Good
Hope, Home, and Mediterranean stations. He at-
tained the rank of Lieutenant 19 June, 1829, and
during part of the same and of the following year
was employed in that capacity, also in the Mediter-
ranean, in the Wolf 18, Capt. Geo. Hayes. He left
the latter vessel in March, 1830, and since 16 Jan.
1834 has been in charge of a station in the Coast
Guard.
Lieut. Royse married, 4 Dec. 1834, Fanny, second
daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Harvey, K.G.B.,
who died Commander-in-Chief in North America
and the West Indies 28 May, 1841.
EUBIDGE. (Retired Commander, 1841. f-p.,
18; H-p., 33.)
Charles Rubidge entered the Navy, 16 Oct.
1796, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Arrow sloop,
Capt. Nathaniel Portlock, and during the 13 follow-
ing months was employed in the Channel. From
March, 1800, until Oct. 1802, he served on the
Home, Mediterranean, and West India stations in
the Ceres and Transfer, both commanded by
Capt. John Nicholas, and Ceres again, Capts. Wm.
Russell and Chas. Jones. In the Transfer he ac-
companied the expedition to Egypt in 1801. After
he had been for three years attached, in the Medi-
terranean, Channel, and North Sea, to the William
store-ship, Master-Commander Thos. Brown, and
Agincourt 64 and Orpheus 32, both commanded
by Capt. Thos. Briggs, he was nominated, 14 March,
1806, Sub-Lieutenant of the Censor, Lieut.-Com-
mander Joshua Latimer Rowe. During the after-
part of the war he served in the Regulus 44, flag-
ship off Guernsey of Sir Edm. Nagle, SiTtsa. bomb,
Capts. Wm. Godfrey, Paul Lawless, John Bowker,
and John Fordyce Maples, and in command
of the Hardy and Bloodhound gun-brigs. The
jEtna assisted at the bombardment of Copenhagen
and the siege of Flushing; and the Hardy co-ope-
rated in the defence of Cadiz. The Bloodhound
was employed on the coasts of North America and
England. Lieut. Rubidge accepted his present
rank 12 Oct. 1841.
He is Registrar of Peterborough, Upper Canada.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
RUBIDGE. (Eetired Commander, 1845. f-p.,
14 ; H-p., 34.)
Robert Henry Rubidge entered the Navy, 10
Dec. 1799, as A.B., on board the Hermes sloop,
Capts. David Gilmour and Jas. Watson, under whom
he was for two years and four months employed,
part of the time as Midshipman, in escorting con-
voys from the Nore to Cuxhaven, Elsineur, and
Leith. Joining then the Glatton 50, Capts. Na-
thaniel Portlock and Jas. Colnett, he made a voyage,
via the Cape of Good Hope, to New South Wales,
whence, in 1803, he returned to England round
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RULE-RUMLEY-RUNDLE-RUSHBROOKE-UUSSELL.
Cape Horn. He then joined the Utbecht 64, flag-
ship of Rear- Admiral Philip Patton in the Downs ;
and, on 13 May, 1807, after he had been for a
period of more than three years engaged in the
EuKiDicE 24, Capts. J. Nicholas, Wm. Hoste, and
Sir Wm. Bolton, in protecting the trade to various
places, he was made Sub-Lieutenant into the Sharp-
shooter, Lieut.-Commander John Goldie. He was
promoted, 2 June, 1808, to a full Lieutenancy in the
Stately 64, Capts. Wm. Cumberland and Jas.
Whitley Deans Dundas, flag-ship for some time of
Rear-Admiral Thos. Bertie in the Baltic ; and was
subsequently appointed~28 March, 1810, to the
Port Mahos brig, Capt. Villiers Fras. Halton, in
which vessel, until he invalided in April, 1812, he
was employed in the Channel, in escorting the trade
to Lisbon, and in cruizing off the north coast of
Spain— 3 Aug. 1812, for seven months, to the Rovee
sloop, Capts. Justice Finley and Fras. Erskine Loch,
stationed in the Bay of Biscay — and, 4 Sept. 1813,
to the Sparrow 16, also commanded by Capt. Loch,
under whom he was actively employed off St. Jean
de Luz and on the north coast of Spain. He went
on half-pay 18 May, 1814; and accepted the rank he
now holds 1 Nov. 1845.
EULE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.)
William Rule was born 15 June, 1787.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capt.
Chas. John Moore Mansfield, attached to the Chan-
nel fleet. After assisting at the capture of the
French 36-gun frigate La Franchise and several
other vessels he was, in June of the same year, dis-
charged. Re-embarking, in July, 1804, on board
the Polyphemus 64, Capts. John Lawford, Robt.
Redmill, Joseph Ore Masefield, John Broughton,
and Wm. Pryce Cumby, he contributed, during a
cruize off Cape St. Mary, to the capture, 7 Deo.
following, of the Santa Gerti-uyda Spanish frigate
of 36 guns, laden, besides a cargo of the most costly
merchandize, with 1,215,000 dollars in specie. He
fought also, as Midshipman, at the battle of Tra-
falgar 21 Oct. 1805; witnessed the surrender of
four heavy French frigates from Rochefort to a
squadron under the orders of Sir Sam. Hood, 25
Sept. 1806 ; took part under Rear-Admiral Robt.
Murray in the unsuccessful attack made upon Bue-
nos Ayres in July, 1807 ; and served in the boats
at the blockade and reduction of the city of St.
Domingo in 1809. From Oct. in the latter year
until Oct. 1810 we find him employed in the West
Indies and off Deptford in the Firefly 10, Lieut.-
Commander David Boyd, and HviENA store-ship,
Master-Commanders Geo. Andrews and John Fox-
ton. He next, in Dec. 1810, joined the Bedford
74, Capt. Jas. Walker, stationed at first off Flush-
ing, and afterwards on the coast of North America;
where he aided in the boats at the capture, despite
a fierce resistance, of a powerful flotilla, proved in-
strumental to the destruction of other vessels, and
was engaged in landing troops and ammunition dur-
ing the attack upon New Orleans. He took up in
June, 1815, a commission dated 4 of the preceding
Feb. ; and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Rule married, 8 July, 1817, Ann, daughter
of the late Geo. Hawkins, Esq., of Lewisham, co.
Kent, formerly of the Custom-House, London, and
has an only daughter.
again as Acting-Lieutenant in the Kangaroo sloop,
Capt. Lloyd. He was offlciaUy promoted 23 Feb.
1815; and has not been since afloat.
BUNDLE. (LlEDTENANT, 1839.)
Joseph Spakkhall Rundle was bom 5 Aug.
1815 in CO. Norfolk,
This officer entered the Navy 21 Oct. 1 829 ; passed
his examination 12 Oct. 1836, while serving on
board the Fairy 10, Capt. Wm. Hewett ; and for
his gallant conduct as Mate of the Volage 26, Capt.
Henry Smith, at the capture of Aden (on which oc-
casion he had the honour of planting the first
British flag, and aided in taking possession of the
island of Seerah), was strongly recommended by his
Captain, and was promoted to the rank ot Lieu-
tenant 1 May, 1839. Continuing in the Volage
until the return of that ship with Rear-Admiral
Elliot to England in 1841, he commanded her pin-
nace in an attack upon some Chinese war-junks in
Cowloon Bay 4 Sept. 1839, and assisted in another
made upon a fleet of them off Chuenpee 4 Nov. fol-
lowing. His next appointment was, 28 July, 1841,
to the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, on the
Mediterranean station, whence, in March, 1843, he
invalided from the effects of fever generated at
Xanthus while employed in embarking the valuable
collection of marbles made by Mr. Fellowes, now in
the British Museum. Since 19 Oct. 1843 he has
been serving, again in the East Indies, as Second
and First Lieutenant in the Fox 42, Commodore
Sir Henry Martin Blackwood.
RUSHBROOKE. (Ltectenant, 1841.)
William Henry Rushbkooke is second son of
the late Robt. Rushbrooke, Esq., of Rushbrooke
Park, CO. Suffolk, J.P., Deputy-Lieutenant, andM.P.
for the western division of Suffolk, by Frances,
daughter of Sir Chas. Davies, Bart. ; brother (with
Chas. Davies Rushbrooke, Esq., an officer in the
Army, who was drowned accidentally, in 1841, in
the dockyard at Portsmouth) of the present Robt.
Fred. Brownlow Rushbrooke, Esq., of Rushbrooke
Park, Captain in the Fusilier Guards ; and brother-
in-law of Lieut.-Colonel Eyres, of the Grenadier
Guards, and of Thos. Duffleld, Esq., of Marcham
Park, late M.P. for Abingdon (see the Berkshire part
of Mr. R. H. O' Byrne's ' Representative History of
Great Britain and Ireland'), and of Lieut.-Colonel
Eden, of the 56th Regt.
This officer entered the Navy 8 March, 1829;
passed his examination 24 March, 1835 ; and, while
serving in the Mediterranean as Mate of the Mo-
narch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 8 Nov. 1841. His appoint-
ments have since been — 13 Nov. 1841, to the Cal-
cutta 84, Capts. Sir Sam. Roberts and Geo. Fred.
Rich, on the station last named — 20 Dec.' 1842, to
the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, lying at
Plymouth— 22 May, 1843, and 14 May, 1846, to the
Inconstant 36 and Orestes 18, Capts. Chas. Howe
Fremantle and Edw. St. Leger Cannon, both in the
Mediterranean— and, 8 Dec. 1846, to the St. Vin-
cent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle and Sir Chas.
Napier, now engaged on particular service. Agents
— Messrs. Stilwell.
RUMLEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 34.)
James Bumley entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1803,
as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Brilliant 28, Capts.
Fras. Vesey, Robt. Barrie, Rich. Budd Vincent, and
Thos. Smyth ; in which ship he continued employed
on the coast of Ireland and in the Channel, part of the
time in the capacity of Midshipman, until Oct. 1809.
From that period until 1813 he served at the Cape
of Good Hope and on the coast of Africa in the In-
constant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, as Mas-
ter's Mate in the Amelia 38, Capt. Hon. Fred.
Paul Irby, as Acting-Lieutenant in the Tigress, a
second time as Master's Mate in the Amelia, and
RUSSELL, Lord. (Captain, 1833.)
The Right Honourable Lord Edward Rus-
sell, born in 1805, is second son of the late Duke
of Bedford, by his second vrife, Georgiana, daughter
of Alexander, fourth Duke of Gordon ; and halt-
brother of the present Duke of Bedford, of Major-
General Lord Geo. Wm. Russell, G.C.B., A.D.C. to
the Queen (some time Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Berlin),
and of Lord John Russell, M.P., First Lord of the
Treasury.* Of his own brothers, one, Charles James
Fox, is a Major in the Army, and another, Francis
John, a Commander R.N. ; a third, Henry, also a
•An elaborate history of the house of Russell is given in
the Bedfordshire part of the 'Representative History of Great
Britain and Ireland,' by Robt. H. O'Byrne, Esq.
RUSSELL.
1015
Commander K.N. (1841), died 2 May, 1842; and a
fourth and fifth, Cosmo George and Alexander
George, are ofiScers in the army. His Lordship is
brother-in-law of the Marchioness of Abercorn ;
and first-cousin of Commander John Russell, K.N.
(1822), who died in 1835.
This officer entered the Navy 13 Jan. 1819 ; passed
his examination in 1825 ; was made a Lieutenant,
18 Oct. 1826, into the Philomel 10, Capt. Lord
Viscount Ingestre ; removed, subsequently to the
battle of Navarin, to the Dabtmouth 42, Capt.
Thos. Fellowes ; and, after having again served, as
First-Lieutenant, in the Philomel 10, under Capts.
Hon. Wm. Keith and Edw. Hawes, was advanced
to the rank of Commander 15 Nov. 1828. His next
appointments were— 22 Nov. 1830, to the Bhito-
MART 10 — 10 Jan. 1831, to the Savage 10, on the
coast of Ireland — and, 9 April, 1832, to the Nimrod
20, on the Lisbon station, whence he invalided in
Aug. 1833. He attained his present rank 19 Nov.
following ; and from 17 Nov. 1834 until the early
part of 1838 commanded the Actjeon 26 in South
America.
Lord Edw. Kussell has sat in Parliament for
Tavistock since 1841. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
EUSSELL, LoKD. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 17;
H-p., 8.)
The Right Honourable Lord Francis John
Russell, born in Oct. 1808, is brother of Lord Edw.
Russell, Captain R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1822, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Owen Glendower 42,
Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, stationed in
the Channel; removed, in the following Sept., to
the Northumberland 78, Capt. Thos. J as. Maling,
guard-ship in the river Medway ; and, after serving
in South America as Midshipman in the Tartar
42, Capt. Thos. Brown, and Cambridge 82, Capt.
T. J. Maling, again in the Medway in the Prince
Regent 120, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Moorsom, and as
Mate in the Undaunted 46, Capt. Augustus Wm.
J as. Clifford, was promoted, 7 Aug. 1829, to the
rank of Lieutenant, and re-appointed to the Un-
daunted, commanded subsequently by Capt. Edw.
Harvey. While in that ship he escorted Lord Wm.
Bentinck as Governor-General to India, was sent to
the Western Islands for the purpose of affiirding
security to British property, and was for three
months employed in cruizing for the protection of
the homeward-bound trade against piracy. He left
the Undaunted in Feb. 1831, and was subsequently
appointed— 5 May, 1831, to the Stag 46, Capt. Sir
Edw. Thos. Troubridge, employed in watching the
manoeuvres of the fleet which sailed from the
Western Islands under the orders of Don Pedro
and Admiral Sartorius for the invasion of Portugal
and the placing of Donna Maria on the throne— 24
Sept. 1832, to the Larne 18, Capt. Wm. Sidney
Smith, stationed in the North Sea, where he re-
mained until April, 18.33— and, 30 Jan. 1834, to the
Belvidera 42, Capt. Chas. Borough Strong, fitting
for the West Indies. Shortly after the paying ofi'
of the latter ship he was advanced, 5 Dec. 1837, to
the rank of Commander. He served next, from 27
July, 1838, until paid ofi' in the summer of 1840,
in the Harlequin 16, in the Mediterranean and on
the west coast of Africa; and since 7 June, 1848,
he has been in command of the Tweed 18, on the
S.E. Coast of America. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
RUSSELL. (Captain, 1845.)
John Russell (i) entered the Navy 16 Dec. 1824 ;
passed his examination in 1831 ; and was made
Lieutenant, 9 May, 1832, into the Ariadne 28,
Capt. Chas. Phillips, on the North America and
West India station, whence he returned in the
spring of 1834. His succeeding appointments were
— 7 Aug. 1834, to the Malabar 74, Capt. Sir Wm.
Augustus Montagu, employed in the Mediterranean
and off Lisbon— 26 July, 1838, as Senior, to the
Medea steam-vessel, Capt. John Neale Nott, with
whom he served on the coast of North America
until paid off in Nov. 1839— and, 28 July, 1840, in a
similar capacity, to the Stromboli, another steamer ,
Capt. Woodford John Williams. For his conduct
at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre he was
advanced, 4 Nov. following, to the rank of Com-
mander. He afterwards, from 24 July, 1841, until
posted on his return to England 6 Nov. 1845, com-
manded the Ardent steam-sloop, on the South
American and African stations. Agents— Messrs.
Chard.
RUSSELL. (Captain, 1836.)
Robert Russell is a relative, we understand, of
the Duchess of Cleveland.
This officer entered the Navy 27 Feb, 1820 ; passed
his examination 8 April, 1826; obtained his first
commission 30 April, 1827 ; was appointed, 28 June
ensuing, to the Dartmouth 42, Capt. Thos. Fel-
lowes; served under that officer at the battle of
Navarin ; obtained command, 2 Dec. 1828, of the
WoLE sloop, on the Mediterranean station ; and
was dismissed the service for getting his ship on
shore at the back of the Isle of Wight on the night
of 10 March, 1830. He was restored, however,
about the month of Nov. following ; and after having
had command, from 27 Dec. 1831 until the close of
1834, of the Victor 18, in the river Douro and on
the North America and West India station, was
advanced, 9 May, 1836, to Post-rank. On 21 Nov.
1832 he made prize of the Negrito^ a Spanish vessel
from the coast of Africa, bound to Cuba, with a
cargo on board of 526 slaves. His last appointment
was to the Act^eon 26, the command of which ship
he retained, on the Brazil and Cape of Good Hope
station, from 14 Aug. 1838 until the summer of 1842.
Capt. Russell married, 27 June, 1834, Hester,
eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Stephen Lush-
ington, D.C.L., the eminent civilian. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
RUSSELL. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 17; h-p., 27.)
William Russell entered the Navy, 27 Aug.
1803, as Ordinary, on board the Mermaid 32, Capt.
Aiskew Paffard Hollis, under whom he was for four
years employed in the Channel and on the Jamaica,
Halifax, and Lisbon stations. He then, in Aug.
1807, joined the Marlborough 74, Capts. Graham
Moore, John Phillimore, and Scott. In the course
of the same year he accompanied the royal family
of Portugal in its flight to the Brazils. He cruized
subsequently off Cherbourg; and, while attached
to the Walcheren expedition, was intrusted, from
1 July, 1809, to 7 Jan. 1810, with the command of a
gun-boat. In March, 1812 (he had previously
attained the ratings of Midshipman and Master's
Mate), he was again placed under the orders of
Capt. Moore on board the Chatham 74, stationed,
as had been for a long time the Marlborough, in
the North Sea. After serving for a few months at
Barbadoes in the Coquette, Capt. Simpson, he was
promoted, 10 Nov. 1813, to the rank of Lieutenant.
He was next, until the autumn of 1815, employed
in different vessels on the lakes of Canada; he
fought in the Fury bomb, Capt. Constantino Rich.
Moorsom, at the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug.
1816 ; in Oct. of that year he joined the Conqueror
74 at Sheerness ; and from Jan. 1817 until Aug.
1818, and from April, 1822, until 1825, he served,
under the same officer, in the Prometheus 22 and
Ariadne 28, on the Home station. He did not
afterwards go afloat.
RUSSELL. (Commander, 1841.)
William Nathaniel Russell entered the Navy
28 June, 1826 ; passed his examination in 1832 ; ob-
tained his first commission 26 Sept. 1834 ; and was
subsequently appointed, on the Lisbon and Medi-
terranean stations— 21 Nov. 1834, as a Supernume-
rary-Lieutenant, to the Hastings 74, Capt. Henry
Shiffner— 7 Nov. 1835, to the Jaseur 16, Capt.
John Hackett— 28 Feb. 1837, as Additional, to the
Caledonia 120, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin— 12
April, 1837, to the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir Thos.
1016
RUST-RUTHERFORD-RYDER-RYE.
Fellowes— and, 22 Aug. 1840, after a few months of
half-pay, to the Cai.cotta 84, Capt. Sir Sam. Ro-
berts. He was advanced to the rank of Commander
30 Aug. 1841 ; and has since been on half-pay.
Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
EUST. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
KoBERT Rust died 21 Oct. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 May, 1806, as
A.B., on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Edw. W. C. R.
Owen, with whom he continued, employed as Mid-
shipman and Master's Mate, in the same ship and in
the Inconstant 36 and Cornwall 74, off the coast
of France and in the Worth Sea, until made Lieu-
tenant, 6 Deo. 1813, into the San Josef 110, bear-
ing the flag of Sir Rich. King on the Mediterranean
station, where, from May to I>ec. 1814, he served
in the Rainbow 26, Capt. Jas. "Wemyss. "While
attached to the Clsde he was frequently employed
in mortar and rocket boats off Boulogne, and in
1809 accompanied the expedition to the "Walcheren.
After he left the Rainbow he did not go afloat.
KUTHERFOED. (Lieotenant, 1840.)
Gilbert Brydone Rutherford entered the
Navy 7 Nov. 1829; passed his examination in 18.36;
and obtained his commission 3 June, 1840. His ap-
pointments have since been — 6 Aug. 1841, to the
Illdstrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas, Adam on the
North America and West India station, whence he
returned in 1845— and 13 March, 1846, and 14 Feb.
1847, as First-Lieutenant, to the Devastation
steam-sloop of 400-horse power, Capt. Edw. Crouch,
and Penelope steam-frigate of 650 horse-power,
bearing the broad pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham,
both on the coast of Africa. He was nominated
Acting-Commander of the Penelope 26 April, 1848.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
EYDEE. (Captain, 1848.)
Alfred Phillipps Ryder, bom 27 Nov. 1820, is
seventh son of Hon. Henry Ryder, Bishop of Lich-
field and Coventry, who died in 1836, by Sophia,
daughter of the late Thos. March Phillipps, Esq.,
of Garendon Park, oo. Leicester ; nephew of the
first Earl of Harrowby ; and brother-in-law of the
Right. Hon. Sir Geo. Grey, Bart., Secretary of State
for the Home Department.
This officer entered the Navy 6 May, 1833 ; passed
his examination 24 July, 1839 ; studied afterwards
at the Royal Naval College, obtained his first com-
mission 2 July, 1841 ; served from 22 Sept. follow-
ing until paid off in 1845 in the Belvidera 42,
Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, on the Mediterranean sta-
tion ; acquired the rank of Commander 15 Jan.
1846 ; and from 26 May, 1847, until advanced to his
present rank, 2 May, 1848, was employed in North
America and the West Indies in the Vixen steam-
sloop of 280-horse power.
until 1822 he again served in the Owen Glekdower.
He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Ryder was returned to Parliament tor
Hertfordshire in 1841. He married, 30 May, 1825,
Georgiana Augusta, third daughter of Henry
Charles, sixth Duke of Beaufort ; by whom he has
a large family.
EYDEE. (Lieut., 1816. p-p., 18; h-p., 21.)
William Ryder entered the Navy, 2 July, 1808,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Narcissus 32, Capts.
Chas. Malcolm and Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer. In
April, 1809, he served on shore at the capture of the
Saintes ; and in 1810 he was actively employed in
co-operation with the patriots on the north coast
of Spain ; where he landed with a detachment of
seamen and marines under Capt. Aylmer and
had several skirmishes with the enemy's troops
in the neighbourhood of Santona. He was also
for some time engaged on the coast of Labrador
and off Greenland in affording protection to the
fur-trade and the whale fisheries. In March, 1812,
he removed to the Salvador del Mundo, Capt.
Jas. Nash, lying at Plymouth ; he again, in July of
the same year, joined the Narcissus, then com-
manded by Capt. John Rich. Lumley ; and from
the following Sept. until the receipt of his commis-
sion, bearing date 16 Sept. 1816, he served on the
Cork, Lisbon, Baltic, Channel, North American,
and Mediterranean stations, as Midshipman and
Master's Mate, in the Alfred 74, Capt. Joshua
Sydney Horton, Ulysses 44, Capts. Wm. Fothergill
and Thos. Browne, Pactolus 38, Capts. Hon. F. W.
Aylmer and Wm. Hugh Dobbie, and Severn 40,
Capt. Aylmer. In 1813 he was much employed in
the Ulysses in escorting convoys through the Belts,
and came often in her boats into contact with the
Danish gun-vessels. While Master's Mate, in 1814-
15, of the Pactolds, he served in a rocket-boat at
the bombardment of Stonington, took part in other
operations on the coast of North America, and ac-
companied a highly successful expedition sent to the
Gironde for the support of the French King. For
his conduct in the Severn at the battle of Algiers
he was promoted, as above, to the rank of Lieute-
nant. Between 1825 and 1831 he held command of
different stations in the Coast Guard ; and from the
latter date imtil 1834, when his health obliged him
to resign, he was employed as an Agent on board
the Hope transport in conveying stores and troops
to the North Seas, the coast of Portugal, and the
Mediterranean.
EYDEE, M.P. (Lieotenant, 1819. r-p., 9;
H-p., 25).
The Honourable Granville Dudley Eydee,
born in Nov. 1799, is second son of the first Earl of
Harrowby, by Susan, daughter of Granville, first
Marquess of Stafford ; brother-in-law of Earl For-
tescue, and of Capt. Edw. Saurin, R.N. ; and first-
cousin of Capt. Arthur Phillipps Ryder, E.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 April, 1813, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Malta 80, Capt. Sam.
Hood Inglefield, bearing the flag in the Mediterra-
nean of Rear- Admiral Benj. Hallowell; with whom,
from the spring of 1815 until Nov. 1817, he served
in the Channel and at Cork as Midshipman in the
ToNNANT 80. After he had been again, for about
18 months, employed in the Mediterranean in the
Ganymede 26, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer,
he joined with that ofiioer, in Aug. 1819, the Owen
Glendower 42. He was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 2 Sept. following ; he was removed, on
his arrival in South America, to the Vengeub 74,
Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland ; and from Jan. 1820
EYE. (Eetired Commander, 1847. f-p., 11;"*
H-p., 38.)
George Hubert Rye entered the Navy, in May,
1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jalocse sloop,
Capt. John Temple, stationed in the North Sea ;
and in the following year was present as Midship-
man of the Ardent 64, Capt. Thos. Bertie, in the
expedition to Holland. After participating in the
MoDESTE, Capt. Martin Hinton, in the operations
of 1801 in Egypt, he returned home from the Medi-
terranean in the spring of 1802 on board the Pallas,
Capt. Jos. Edmonds. From April, 1803, until the
early part of 1809 he served on the North Sea,
Newfoundland, Lisbon, and Downs stations, in the
Ceres, Lieut.-Commander Johnson, Crescent,
Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, Terror, Lieut.-Com-
mander Whitaker, Curlew, Capt. Jas. Murray
Northey, Capelin, Lieut.-Commander M'Donald,
Elizabeth 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon, and
Glommen, Capt. Chas. Pickford. On 8 March, 1809,
he was made Lieutenant into the Rolla 10, Capt.
Sam. Clarke, lying in the Downs ; and between the
following Nov. and Dec. 1810 he was employed in
Quiberon Bay, off Flushing, and in the Tagus, in
the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, Audacious 74,
Capt. Donald Campbell, and Romulus frigate, com-
manded by the present Earl of Leven and Melville.
In Nov. 1823 he obtained an appointment in the
* Apart firom the time he passed in the Water Guard.
RYE-UYMER— RYVES.
1017
Water Guard.
April, 1847.
He accepted his present rank 9
BYE. (Eear-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 44.)
Petek Rye entered the Navy, in June, 1778, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Winciielsea 32,
Capt. Chas. Saxon. In April, 1779, on his return
from escorting convoy to Jamaica, he joined the
CoNQHESTADOE 74, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral
Robt. Roddam at the Nore ; and while serving, for
upwards of three years, in the Jason 32, Capt. Jas.
Pigott, he assisted in beating off, at one time, a
French frigate, a ship, and a sloop, between the
Nore and Great Yarmouth, and was present, about
1782, in a stiff action fought in the Bay of St. Jago.
Between Oct. in the latter year and 1786 he was
employed on the American, West India, and Ports-
mouth stations, in the Thobn 16, Capt. Wm. Lech-
mere, Hebmione 32, Capt. Wm. Stone, Champiok
20, Capt. Thos. Sotheby, and Tkidmph 74, flag-ship
of Sir Sam. Hood. In 1790 he joined the ViCTOKr
100, bearing the.flag in the Channel of Lord Brid-
port; and on 16 March, 1791, he was made Lieute-
nant into the Gorgon 44, Capt. John Parker. Be-
ing next, 22 Jan. 1793, appointed to the Crescent
of 42 guns and 257 men, Capt. Jas. Saumarez, he
distinguished himself in that ship, and was wounded
in the head, at the capture, 20 Oct. ensuing, of the
French frigate La Reunion of 36 guns and 320 men,
120 of whom were either killed or wounded, with
scarcely any casualty of the British.* In Dec. of
the same year he accompanied an expedition under
Earl Moira and Rear- Admiral M'Bride to the coast
of Normandy and Brittany ; and on 8 June, 1794,
we find him in action with an enemy's squadron of
very superior force, from which the Crescent es-
caped by the most bold and masterly manoeuvres.
When with Sir Jas. Saumarez (who had been
Knighted for the capture of La Reunion) in the
Okion 74, Mr. Rye fought in Lord Bridport's action
23 June, 1795. He afterwards had charge, for about
12 months, of the Earl Spencer cutter of 14 guns,
employed on particular service ; and on 1 Jan. 1801
he was presented with a second promotal commis-
sion. During the period which elapsed between
the date last mentioned and the peace of Amiens
he cruized with success in the Rambler 14, on the
Jersey station. He subsequently commanded the
Providence hired armed brig, on the Baltic and
Cork stations, from April, 1804, until promoted to
Post rank 12 Aug. 1812 ; and the Cevlon and Por-
poise, from April, 1813, until Oct. 1814. In the
Providence he aflForded protection to several con-
voys, and made prize, 11 April, 1805, of the Dutch
schooner L'Honneur of 12 guns, carrying 1000 stand
of arms, besides taking, on another occasion, a ship
of 700 tons. He also beat off five Danish gun-boats
while becalmed off Jutland. In the Ceylon he was
sent to G ottenborg to superintend the depaijture of
convoys ; and in the Porpoise he was employed on
particular service of an important character. He
accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
Rear-Admiral Rye, from 18 July, 1837, until the
period of his last promotion, was on the out-pension
of Greenwich Hospital. He is married, and has is-
sue. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
EYMER. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
David Rymeb died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy 27 Sept. 1810;
passed his examination in 1817 ; was advanced to
the rank of Lieutenant 29 Juljf, 1825 ; obtained
charge, 30 Oct. 1833, of a station in the Coast
Guard ; removed, 15 June, 1838, to the command
(which he held for five years) of the Mermaid
Revenue-vessel ; and from 22 June, 1843, until the
period of his death, was again employed in the Coast
Guard.
EYVES, C.B. (Capt., 1830. r-P., 17 ; h-p., 26.)
George Prederick Etves, born 25 Sept. 1792, is
eldest son of the late Rear-Admiral Geo. Fred.
• FirfeGaz. 1793, p. 938.
Ryves,* of Shroton House, co. Dorset, by his first
wife, Catherine Elizabeth, third daughter of the
Hon. Jas. Everard Arundell, of Ashcombe, co.
Wilts, and aunt of the present Lord Arundell, of
Wardour. He is half-brother of Lieut. Herbert
Thoa. Ryves, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Sept. 1804, as a
Volunteer, on board the Merlin sloop, Capt. Edw.
Pelham Brenton, with whom, after serving off
Havre, he removed, early in 1805, to the Abia-
RANTHE 18, on the Leith station. He next, in Jan.
1808, joined the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe
Pleydell Bonverie, employed in the Bay of Biscay ;
and on 24 Nov. 1810 he was made Lieutenant into
the Alered 74, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson. Pre-
viously to following that officer, in April, 1811, into
the Implacable 74, he appears to have landed with
the naval brigade on the north coast of Spain, and
to have served with the flotilla at the defence of Ca-
diz. He left the Implacable in Nov. 1812 ; and was
subsequently appointed — 2 Feb. and 15 Dec. 1813,
to the PoMONE 38 and Magicienne 36, Capts. Philip
Carteret and Hon. Wm. Gordon, both on the Lisbon
station — 10 Sept. 1814, to the Clorinde 38, Capt.
Sam. Geo. Pechell, under whom we find him in
attendance upon the unfortunate consort of George
IV. during her visit to the Mediterranean in 1815-
16—24 Dec. 1818, as First, to the Morgiana 18,
Capts. Chas. Borough Strong and Wm. Finlaison,
fitting for the coast of Africa, whence he invalided
at the commencement of 1821 — 16 May, 1822, in a
similar capacity, to the Alligator 28, Capt. Thos.
Alexander, whom he accompanied to the East In-
dies—and 8 April, 1823, to the acting-command, on
that station," of the Sophie 18, to which vessel he
was confirmed 22 Oct. in the same year. During
the war in Ava, where he remained until his health,
in April, 1825, obliged him to return to England,
Capt. Ryves, one of the chief performers in the
scenes that occurred, rendered himself famous by
the brilliancy and importance of his services. f He
was in consequence nominated a C.B. 26 Dec. 1826 ;
and advanced to Post-rank 22 July, 1830. He has
since been on half-pay.
He married, 27 June, 1827, Charity, third daugh-
ter of Thos. Theobald, Esq., of Grays, co. Essex,
by whom he has issue. Agents — Goode and Law-
rence.
EYVES. (Liedtenant, 1841.)
Herbert Thomas Ryves is son of the late Rear-
Admiral Geo. Fred. Ryves, by his second wife,
Emma, daughter of Rich. Robt. Graham, Esq. ; and
half-brother of Capt. Geo. Fred. Ryves, R.N. One
of his ovra. brothers, Walter Robert, in the Royal
Navy, was drowned ; and two others, Edw. Augus-
tus and Wm. Henry, also in the Royal Navy, died
at sea.
This officer entered the Navy 17 July, 1824 ; and
passed his examination 1 Dec. 1830. While serving
in China as Acting-Lieutenant in the H. E. I. Co.'s
war-steamer Phlegethon, liieut.-Commander Jas.
Johnstone M'Cleverty, he took command, 15 March,
1842, of the boats of that vessel, and, in unison with
those of the CornwAllk 72 and Blonde 42, de-
stroyed five large flat-bottomed boats, each armed
with an 18-pounder carronade, together with 14
boats fitted as a fire-raft, and a mandarin house,
filled with powder and military stores. In the
course of the same day he again served in the boats
• Rear-Admiral Ryves was born 8 Sept. 1758. Entering
the Navy 15 Feb. 1774, lie attained, in 1779, the rank of
Lieutenant, and in Oct. 1795 was advanced to that of Com-
mander. After serving in that capacity in the Bulldoo
sloop, and on shore, in ii conspicuous manner at the reduc-
tion of Ste. Lucie, in 1796, he was made Post, 29 May, 1798,
into the Medea frigate. He afterwards commanded the
Agincourt C4, Gibkaltak 80, and Afkica 64. In the Aoin-
coUBT he accompanied the expedition to Egypt in 1801, and
in the following year was sent, with a small squadron under
his orders, to take possession of Corfu. He died 20 May,
1826.
f For an account of the Burmese war, and of the part
taken by Capt. Ryves in it, see " Narrative of the Naval
Operations in Ava," by Lieut. John Marshall, 11.N.
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SABBEN— SADLEIR.
in an attempt to intercept the enemy in their flight
after the battle of Tze-Kee.* He was confirmed in
the rank of Lieutenant 23 Not. 1841. In May,
1843, he obtained an appointment to the Conway
26, Capt. Bobt. Fair, fitting at Portsmouth ; and
from 13 Deo. 1843 until the close of 1847, he was
employed on the south-east coast of America, chiefly
as First-Lieutenant, in the Satellite 18, Capt.
Eobt. Hibbert Bartholomew Eovvley.
s.
SABBEN. (LlEDTENAMT, 1810.)
James Sabben was bom 1 Aug. 1787, at Portsea.
This officer (who had been in the merchant ser-
vice and had witnessed the destruction of the
Queen Charlotte 100, in Leghorn Boads, 17
March, 1800) entered the Navy, 16 March, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dreadnought 98, Capts.
John Bowen, Edw. Brace, John Child Purvis, Bobt.
Carthew Eeynolds, Geo. Eeynolds, Edw. Botheram,
and John Conn, flag-ship for some time of the late
Lord Collingvvood. Shortly after he had joined he
was severely injured by a blow from a storm-stay-
sail sheet. In Aug. 1805 he was present off Cacfiz
when the Dreadnought, with two other ships of
the line, was pursued by the combined squadrons of
France and Spain on their return from the West
Indies, whence they had been driven by Lord Nel-
son. On 21 Oct. following he fought, as Signal-
Midshipman, and was wounded, at the battle of
Trafalgar.! Ho was afterwards nearly wrecked,
off Europa Point ; and, in June, 1806, he removed
to the Captain 74, Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb.
He next, in July of the same year, joined the "Wol-
verene 18, Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier ; and he
was in that vessel when she was hove down at Eng-
lish Harbour, Antigua, and lost many of her officers
and crew from yellow fever. On 17 Dec. 1806,
being at the time a Supernumerary in the Netley
schooner, he was taken captive by the French fri-
gate Thetis and brig SylpJie, and carried into Guade-
loupe. He was soon, however, restored to liberty,
and on again joining the "Wolverene was awarded
the rating of Master's Mate. When subsequently
in pursuit of an enemy he was a second time acci-
dentally hurt. He continued employed with Capt.
Collier in the Star sloop until Nov. 1808, when, at
the strong recommendation of that officer, he was
received by Sir Alex. Cochrane on promotion on
board his flag-ship the Neptune 98, part of the
force engaged, in Feb. 1809, at the reduction of
Martinique. As soon as he had passed his examina-
tion, Mr. Sabben was nominated, in March, 1809,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Julia 16, Capt. Wm.
Dowers ; whom, in the ensuing -"Vug., he followed,
in a similar capacity, into the Bingdove 18. While
he was officiating as First of the Julia, that vessel,
although at anchor in Trinity Bay, Martinique, with
her lower rigging and stays cast off, in the act of
securing the bowsprit, and preparing to stay the
lower-masts, &c., put to sea, at a moment's notice,
in pursuit of a large French letter-of-marque brig,
whom she succeeded in capturing. "When in the
same sloop, at the blockade of Guadeloupe, Mr.
Sabben was almost daily in action, either in cutting-
out vessels, in storming batteries, or in intercepting
the coasting trade. He also participated in three
attempts to capture or destroy the French frigates
Furieuse and Felicite in the roadstead of Basseterre
— the first being made at night by means of boats —
the second by running the Cherub and Julia in
broad day alongside the enemy's ships (an attack
which failed from the want of wind)— and the third
by converting the UNiTfe brig into a fire-vessel and
sending her in by night under cover of the Julia.
While attached to the latter vessel, Mr. Sabben
was again very strongly recommended to the
Commander-in-Chief. As Aoting-First-Lieutenant,
afterwards, of the Bingdove, he passed through
* Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 2391.
f V. Gaz. 1805, p. 1484. — He obtained a grant in conse-
quence from the Patriotic Fund.
scenes of great mortality — was wounded, 18 Dec.
1809, at the destruction, in L'Ance la Barque, of
the 40-gun frigates ioiVe and Seine, laden with
stores and protected by numerous batteries— and
contributed to the reduction of the island of Gua-
deloupe, where, during the absence of his Captain
on shore, he held command of the ship. In 1811,
having been confirmed to the Ringdove 10 Sept.
1810, he had charge of her when, to the surprise of
every one, she was hove doTTO, keel out on both
sides, at the half-desolate island of Bequia, one of
the Geraldlnes, and entirely new coppered and re-
fitted by her own crew alone, in as short a time and
as completely as could have been accomplished in
any naval port, without, too, one case of sickness,
or one instance of desertion — a feat pronounced,
before, impracticable. In the course of the same
year, while the Ringdove was lying within pistol-
shot of the formidable batteries of La Guira, on the
Spanish Main, Capt. Dowers incurred the displeasure
of the authorities by refusing to surrender the per-
son of the Archbishop of Santa Fe', who, in igno-
rance of the recent declaration of South American
independence, had put into that harbour on his re-
turn from Spain, and had in consequence claimed
the protection of the British flag. Regardless, not-
withstanding that his ship was perfectly becalmed,
of their threatened intention of sinking her, he or-
dered the anchor to be weighed, the sweeps to be
got out, and the boats to be sent ahead for the pur-
pose of towing her, and thus contrived with the
prelate to get clear of the port. Mr. Sabben inva-
lided from the Bingdove in the summer of 1811,
and was afterwards appointed— 13 April, 1812, and
3 Oct. 1813, to the Vengeur 74, and Hope 10,
Capts. Thos. Dundas and Edw. Saurin, both in the
Channel— 26 March, 1814 (after five months of half-
pay) to the Electba 14, Capts. Wm. Gregory,
Thos. W. Cecil, Chas. Sam. White, Chas. H. Mercer,
and Rich. John Lewin, in which vessel, prior to her
being paid off in Sept. 1815, he returned to the West
Indies, again witnessed the ravages of the yellow
fever, and was very nearly lost in a hurricane while
in escort, with the Warrior 74, of a homeward-
bound convoy— and 4 Sept. 1821, to the Pekseus
receiving-ship off the Tower, Capt. Jas. Couch.
Since he left the latter vessel he has been on half-
pay.
Possessed of a scientific turn of mind, Lieut.
Sabben made an attempt, in 1826, at a geometrical
rectification of the circle by means of Archimedes'
demonstration of the relative value of the sphere
to the cylinder and cone, and by reference to other
sections of those three solids. He has also sug-
gested the possibility of determining the polarity
of the magnet by subjecting the needle to electro-
magnetic experiments in high northern and high
southern latitudes ; and he has published several
papers tending to prove it to be an element in the
art of ship-building that the extreme breadth of a
vessel should be as nearly as possible equal to one-
third of its length from forward.
SADLEIR. (Lieutenant, 1819.)
Bichard Sadleir entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1808,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Stbille 44, Capts.
Clotworthy Upton, Jas. Sanders, and Thos. Forrest ;
in which ship he was for upwards of seven years
actively employed on the Irish, Newfoundland, and
Home stations — part of the time in the capacity of
Midshipman. From April to Aug. 1815 he served
in the river Medway and at Portsmouth in the
Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Chas. Inglis ; and
from July, 1815, until some time after his promo-
tion to the rank he now holds, which took place 21
May, 1819, he was employed on the Canadian Lakes
(at first as Midshipman, Acting-Lieutenant, and Se-
cond Master), in the Prince Begent, Capt. Wm.
Augustus Baumgardt, Montreal, Capt. Nicholas
Lockyer, and in the Ordinary under Sir Bobt. Hall
and Commodore Bobt. Barrie.
Lieut. Sadleir is a Catecbist at New South Wales.
Agents — Hallett and Bobinson.
SADLER— ST. AUBYN— ST. CLAIR.
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SADLER. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., U ; h-p., 22.)
Benjamin Peyton Sadler entered the Navy, 1
July, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on toard the Stokk 18,
OaptB. Geo. Le Geyt and Robt. Lisle Coulson, em-
ployed on the Irish station, where he became Mid-
shipman, in June, 1813, of the FoHTONiE 36, Capt.
Wm. Goate. He next, from Jan. 1814 until April,
1815, served, on the coast of North America, in the
Saturn 56, Capt. Jas. Nash, Endymion frigate,
Capt. Henry Hope (to whose memoir refer for an
account of the capture of the U.S. ship President),
and Satorn again, Capt. Thos. Brown. After he
had been for about three years attached, at Ports-
mouth, in the East Indies, and a second time at
Portsmouth, to the Prince 98, bearing the flag of
Sir Edw. Thornbrough, Horatio 38, Capt. Wm.
Henry Dillon, and Queen Charlotte 100, also the
flag-ship of Sir E. Thornbrough, he was promoted,
25 May, 1818, to the rank of Lieutenant. His last
appointments were, 16 Sept. 1818 and 22 March,
182.3, to the Cydnus 20, Capt. Chas. Sam. "White,
and Haklequin 18, Capts. John Weeks and Jas.
Scott, in which vessels he was employed, for periods
of about three years each, on the Irish and Jamaica
stations. He has not been afloat since 1826.
He married, 25 Feb. 1830, Catharine Barnard,
youngest daughter of the late W. Skinner, Esq.
ST. AUBYN. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Robert John St. Aubyn entered the Navy 14
Oct. 1828 ; passed his examination 7 Oct. 1835 ; and
obtained his commission 17 Aug. 1841. From the
latter date until 1845 he was employed in the East
Indies as Additional Lieutenant in the Cornwallis
and Aginoourt 72's, flag-ships of Sir Wm. Parker
and Sir Thos. John Cochrane ; and since 12 Aug.
1847 he has been attached, in a similar capacity, to
the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pen-
dant of Sir Chas. Hotham on the coast of Africa.
ST. CLAIK. (Commander, 1842. r-p., 16 ;
n-p., 7.)
The Honourable Charles St. Clair, born 8
June, 1811, is second son of Lord Sinclair, by his
first wife, Mary Agnes, only daughter of Jas. Chis-
holme, Esq ., of Chishohne. His uncle, Hon. Matthew
St. Clair, Commander R.N. , was lost in the Martin
sloop in 1800.
#^_ This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5
Aug. 1824 ; and embarked, 16 June, 1826, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Blonde 42, Capt. Lord Byron.
In the course of the same month he removed to the
Ganges 84, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield, fitting for
the flag of Sir Robt. Waller Otway, with whom he
sailed soon afterwards, for South America. While
on that station he landed, in June, 1828, at Rio de
Janeiro, with the Marines of the squadron under
Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield (to whom he had been
nominated Aide-de-Camp), and assisted in subdu-
ing a serious mutiny among the German and other
troops in the service of Don Pedro. In Sept. 1829
he became in succession Midshipman (a rating he
had previously attained) of the Melville 74, and
Rapid 10, Capts. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg and
Chas. Henry Swinburne— the latter on the Medi-
terranean station, wliere he remained until obliged
by an attack of ague to procure his discharge, 10
April, 1832. In the early part of 1830 he was sent,
in company with Lieut. Eyton and Mr. Webster,
Mate, across the Morea, from Napoli di Romania to
Pergos and Zante, with despatches and the first
overland Indian mail ; in the following Oct. he was
employed on shore on secret service at Grabusa ;
and in June, 1831, he was on board the Rapid when
she discovered a volcanic island, since called Gahami
Island. While attached, as Mate,* from Aug. 1832
until May, 1835, to the Nimrod 20, Capts. Lord Edw.
Russell and John M'Dougall, he served in the river
Douro and on the coasts of Spain and Portugal dur-
ing the civil war, and accompanied the Stag frigate,
with Don Miguel on board, from the neighbourhood
* He had passed his examination at the K. N. College 10
Nov. 1839, and for seamanship 17 June, 1S30.
of Lisbon to Genoa. He also landed with Capt.
M'Dougall on the north coast of Spain, and pro-
ceeded with him on a particular mission to Bilboa.
In March, 1836, he joined the Phcenix steamer,
Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson ; and in that vessel
and, as " Competent Mate," in the Tweed 20, Capt.
Hon. Fred. Thos. Pelham, he continued employed
until presented with a commission bearing date 7
March, 1837. In the Phcenix we find him assisting
in carrying the Carlist lines at St. Sebastian, 5 May,
1836, and engaged, at Pasages, in throwing up and
defending batteries. During the term of his servi-
tude in the Tweed he contributed to the capture of
the town of Hernani, and was in constant co-opera-
tion on shore with the Christino troops. His ap-
pointments, after he left her, were — 24 April, 1837,
to the Hercules 72, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitz-
hardinge Berkeley, Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer,
John Toup Nicolas, and Edw. Barnard, in which
ship he was chiefly, until paid oif in Nov. 1839, em-
ployed in carrying troops to Canada, Halifax, the
West Indies, and Gibraltar— 29 Dec. 1840, to the
Vernon 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, on the Home sta-
tion— 26 Oct. 1841, as First-Lieutenant (four months
after he had left the Vernon) to the Cambridge
78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, under whom he served off
Gibraltar, and aided in recovering the wreck of
H.M.S. Tribune, lost off Tarragona^27 April, 1842,
to the Caledonia 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir
David Milne at Plymouth — 22 Aug. following, to
the Royal George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus
FitzClarence, in which vessel he escorted Her Ma-
jesty and the Prince Consort to Scotland — and 12
Oct. in the same year, again, in his former capacity,
to the Caledonia. Since the attainment of his
present rank 10 Nov. 1842, he has been on half-
pay.
Commander St. Clair married, 29 Sept. 1840, Isa-
bella Jane, youngest daughter of Wm. Foreman
Home, Esq., of Paxton and Billie, a Magistrate,
Deputy-Lieutenant, and Commissioner of Supply
for CO. Berwick, by whom he has issue. One of his
wife's sisters, Jean, is married to David Milne, Esq.,
eldest son of the late Admiral Sir David Milne,
G.C.B., and another, Margaret, to the Hon. Adol-
phus F. Cathcart, a Captain in the Army, youngest
son of the late Earl Cathcart.
ST. CLAIK. (Retibed Captain, 1847.)
David Latimer St. Clair, born in May, 1786,
at Chichester, co. Sussex, is third son of Colonel
Wm. St. Clair, of the 25th Regt. (who was at Gib-
raltar with the Duke of Kent, and was for 46 years
a faithful servant of his country), by Augusta,
daughter of John Tinling, Esq. ; and grandson of a
General officer, who was descended from Walder-
ness, Comte de St. Clare, the representative of an
ancient French family, the cousin-german of Wil-
liam the Conqueror (with whom he came over to
England in 1066), and the common ancestor of Lord
Sinclair, and the Earls of Rosslyn and Caithness.
Capt. St. Clair is brother of Colonel Jas. Pattison
St. Clair ; of Capt. Wm. St. Clair, of the 25th Foot,
who commanded a regiment, composed of the flank
companies of the Army, and was killed, at the
storming of the heights of Sourrier, in Martinique,
2 Feb. 1809; and of Colonel Thos. Staunton St.
Clair, of the 1st Royals, who received four medals
for his services during the Peninsular War. His
mother was sister of Lieut.-General Tinling, of the
Grenadier Guards ; of Lieut.-General David Lati-
mer Tinling-Widdrington ; of Rear-Admiral Chas.
Tinling; and of Major Geo. Tinling, of the 11th
Foot.
This officer (whose name had been borne, since
April, 1793, on the books of the Queen 98, Andro-
meda frigate, Orion 74, and Queen again) em-
barked, in March, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Wm. Bedford, bearing
the flag in the Channel of Vice-Admiral Sir Alan
Gardner. Becoming Midshipman, in Sept. 1797, of
the Scorpion sloop, commanded by his uncle, Capt.
Chas. Tinling, he accompanied, in 1799, the expedi-
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ST. JOHN.
tion to the Helder, and made a voyage, afterwards,
to the West Indies. He next, between Nov. 1800
and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieu-
tenant 17 April, 1802, served, on the Western sta>-
tion, in the Nymphe 36, Capt. Stair Douglas. Dur-
ing that period he was badly wounded by the
bursting of a gun, and was in consequence confined
for three months to the hospital at Plymouth. He
was also, on one occasion, thrown overboard by the
breaking of the spanker-boom, on which he hap-
pened to be standing when it caught the main-stay
of a smuggling-vessel in her attempt to escape to
leeward. Being, in Nov. 1802, appointed to the
Caroline 36, Capts. Benj. Wm. Page and Peter
Rainier, he assisted, during his proximate passage
to the East Indies, at the capture of several French
vessels, and at the detention of two others belong-
ing to the Batavian Kepublic — one of them the De
Haasje brig-of-war. On his arrival in India he
aided at the taking, 5 Jan. and 4 Feb. 1804, of the
privateers Les Freres VhiSj of 8 guns (pierced for
16) and 134 men, and Le General de Caen, of 22
guns and 200 men. In 1806, Lieut. St. Clair was
under the necessity of invaliding, at Bombay, from
the effects of ill health produced by the fatigue he
had undergone, as First of the Cakoline, in the
docking and refitting of that ship.* On his arrival
in England, which did not take place until after a
lapse of nearly 14 months, he found that, including
his passage-money, he had necessarily expended the
sum of 250 guineas ; no part whereof, although he
exhibited the required documents, together with a
certificate from the Commander-in-Chief, was at
any time restored to him. Even the payment of
the half-pay, to which he was for the time entitled,
was for upwards of ten years withheld. After
serving with Capt. Henry Folkes Edgell in the
Cornelia frigate, on the Home station, he was ap-
pointed, in April, 1810, to the Victory 100, bearing
the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Baltic ; where,
with the boats under his orders, he succeeded in
boarding and carrying, sixty miles from the ship's
anchorage, two Danish privateers, six of whose
people were killed and several wounded, with the
loss to the British of not more than 1 man killed
and another shot through both arms. For the con-
duct he displayed on this occasion he had the gra-
tification of receiving the thanks of his Admiral
publicly on the quarter-deck. On 21 March, 1812,
about four months after he had invalided from the
Victory, he was nominated Acting-Commander of
the Sheldrake sloop-of-war ; in which vessel he
made prize, in the vicinity of Mben Island, of
ZJAimable d'Hei-viUy privateer, ran, in company
with the Aquilon frigate, Capt. Wm. Bowles,
through the Malmo passage without pilots, and
united with the same ship in destroying seven
large merchant-ships, in the face of 1500 soldiers
posted on the cliffs near Stralsund. In 1813, hav-
ing been confirmed in command of the Keynakd
sloop 20 Nov. 1812, Capt. St. Clair accompanied the
Orion 74, Capt. Sir Arch. CoUingwood Dickson,
and 15 Russian line-of-battle ships from the neigh-
bourhood of Bornholm, through the Great Belt, to
England. In Dec. of the same year he was directed
by the Admiralty to carry on the port duties at
Harwich, and to assume command there of a squa^
dron of gun-brigs and cutters, and of as many as 20
sail of transports. While so employed he superin-
tended the embarkation of H. R. H. the Comte
d' Artois, H. S. H. the Hereditary Prince of Orange,
the late Marquess of Londonderry, the present Earl
of Ripon, and General Pozzo di Borgo — the former
on their way to Holland in consequence of the revo-
lution in that country, the others en route for the
head-quarters of the Allied Sovereigns at Chatillon.
In the early part of 1814 we tind Capt. St. Clair
serving with activity on the north coast of Spain,
and acquiring the highest commendation of Rear-
Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose for his gallant
and zealous behaviour during the operations on the
river Gironde. After the grand review at Spithead,
* Prevfously to leaving her he lost the use of hia thumb by
a sabre cut received while in the act of boarding a privateer.
Capt. St. Clair, who on that occasion had the honour
of dining ivith the Allied Sovereigns, proceeded off
Cadiz, where he captured a large merchant-brig,
and chased, but could'not overtake, a corvette be-
longing to the United States. He was subsequently
sent by Lord Exmouth to Tunis with despatches ;
was stationed off the island of Elba during its occu-
pation by Napoleon Buonaparte ; and, while cruiz-
ing in the Archipelago, captured two Greek pirates,
and rendered essential service to the Captain, offi-
cers, and crew of the Phcenix frigate when wrecked
in Chisme' harbour, 20 Feb. 1816. About this pe-
riod Capt. St. Clair experienced a severe disap-
pointment. Under an idea that the officer first on
the Admiralty List for promotion (Capt. Chas.
Hope Reid of the Calypso 18) had been promoted
at home. Lord Exmouth had, from feelings of friend-
ship, appointed him, in his stead, to the Trident
64, guard-ship at Malta. Finding, however, that
such was not the case, his Lordship, having no alter-
native, cancelled the arrangement he had made.
Capt. St. Clair continued in consequence in the
Reynard until paid off in 1817; and, unable to pro-
cure either promotion (although he had been about
five years in command of a sloop-of-war) or further
employment, accepted, 20 Nov. 1847, the rank he
now holds.
The Captain is a Knight of the Order of the
Sword of Sweden, and Magistrate and Deputy-
Lieutenant for CO. Gloucester. He married, in
1819, his cousin, Elizabeth Isabella, daughter of
John Farhill, Esq., of Chichester, Tutor to H. R. H.
the Duke of Kent, and granddaughter of Sir Thos.
Wilson, Kt.
ST. JOHN. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Charles Orlando Hen-ky Perkins St. John
passed his examination 22 Sept. 1840 ; and after
serving as Mate on the Brazil and Cape of Good
Hope and Home stations in the Sparboiy ketch,
Lieut.-Commander John Tyssen, Excellent gun-
nery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and St. Vin-
cent 120, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley,
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 19 Feb.
1846. His appointments have since been — 24 Feb.
1846, a second time, to the Excellent, Capt. Henry
Ducie Chads — 4 April, 1847, to the Albion 90, Capt.
Chas. Howe Fremantle, in the Mediterranean — 5
Feb. 1848, as a Supernumerary, to his former ship
the Excellent— and, 21 April following, to the \
Bellerophon 78, Capt. Robt. Lambert Bayues.
ST. JOHN. (Commander, 1842.)
James St. John entered the Navy, 6 July, 1799,
as Ordinary, on board the Pelter gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander John Walsh, stationed in the North
Sea. From March, 1800, until April, 1802, he served
off Guernsey, in the Baltic, off Boulogne, and at
Sheerness, as Midshipman, in the Tigress g\in-brig,
Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Henry Brown Tremlett,
Wm. Davies, and John Gardner, and Hebe frigate,
Capt. Geo. Reynolds ; and after having been for
some years employed on the Home and Mediterra-
nean stations as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and
Acting-Lieutenant in the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge (part of the force engaged in
Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805, and at the
passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807), Ocean 98,
flag-ship of Lord CoUingwood, and Queen 98, Capt.
Thos. Geo. Shortland, he was confirmed a Lieute-
nant, 20 Sept. 1808, in his former ship the Repoise,
commanded at first by Capt. Legge and next by
Capt. John Halliday. In that ship he accompanied
the expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren, and then
returned to the Mediterranean. He invalided in
Jan. 1811, and was subsequently appointed — 27
April, in the same year, to the Revenge 74, Capts.
John Nash, Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, Wm.
Stewart, and Sir John Gore, with whom he was for
upwards of two years employed (part of the time
under his former Captain, then Rear-Admiral
Legge) at the defence of Cadiz, off Toulon, and on
the coast of Catalonia —14 Jan. 1814, to the Thisbe
ST. JOHN—ST. LEGER— ST. QUINTIN— SAINTHILL.
1021
28, as Flag-Lieutenant to Kear-Admiral Legge in
the river Thames, where he remained until the fol-
lowing Dec— and 29 April, 1820, 12 March and 10
April, 1826, and 16 June, 1829, to the command of
the Fox and Dwarf Eevenue-cruizers, and Dove
and Lyra Falmouth packets. In the latter vessel
he remained until Feb. 1837. He has since been
on half-pay. His promotion to the rank of Com-
mander took place 7 March, 1842. Agents— Hallett
and Kobinson.
ST. JOHN. (Lieutenant, 1810.)
William Oliver St. John obtained his commis-
sion 21 July, 1810.
ST. LEGER. (COMMANDEK, 1848.)
James Aldworth St. Leoer, born 20 Feb. 1814,
is second son of the late Hon. Rich. St. Leger
(second son of the first Viscount Doneraile), by his
second wife, Eliza, only child of Dan. llobt. BuUen,
Esq., of Old Connaught, co. Dublin.
This officer entered the Navy 9 Aug. 1828 ; and
passed his examination in 1835. While Mate, in
China, of the Calliope 26, Capt. Thos. Herbert,
he assisted in the boats at the capture and destruc-
tion of 11 out of 13 war-junks, near Chuenpee, 7
Jan. 1841* — was present in an attack made, 27 Feb.
following, on the enemy's camp, fort, and ship Cam-
bridge, bearing the Chinese Admiral's flag (which
he boarded) at their position below Whampoa
Reach, where 98 guns were in the whole destroyedf
— contributed to the capture, 13 March, of several
rafts and of the last fort protecting the approaches
to Canton| — and was attached to the western divi-
sion of boats at the capture, six days after, of that
city itself.§ For these services he was promoted, 8
June, 1841, to the rank of Lieutenant. While be-
longing, in the course of the same year, to the
Blenheim 72, also commanded by Capt. Herbert,
he co-operated in the reduction of Amoy and
Chinghae.|| He was paid off from the Blenheim in
March, 1843 ; and was next, from 9 Sept. 1844 until
1848, employed on the coast of Africa and on the
North America and West India station, as Second
and First Lieutenant in the Flying Fish 12, Capts.
Robt. Harris and Peche Hart Dyke, and Panta-
loon 10, Capt. Henry John Douglas. He attained
his present rank 12 Aug. 1848. Agents— Messrs.
Ommanney.
ST. QUINTIN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 15; h-p.,27.)
James St. Quintin was born 21 June, 1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Sept. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, Capts.
Sir Edw. Berry and Jonas Rose ; under the former
of whom he served as Aide-de-Camp at the battle
of Trafalgar and as Midshipman in the action off
St. Domingo. In 1807 he landed with the naval
brigade and was employed in the batteries at the
siege of Copenhagen, where he received the thanks
of Capt. Rose, who acted as Beach-Master, for sug-
gesting the easy and safe embarkation of the troops
by means of the enemy's floating-batteries. On the
Agamemnon being wrecked in the Rio de la Plata
20 June, 1809, he joined, with strong recommenda-
tions, the Bedford 74, Capts. Adam Mackenzie and
Jas. Walker. While on the books of that ship he
was sent from the coast of Brazil to Cadiz in a
valuable detained Spanish ship, and was for some
time actively employed in the gun and open-boat
service at the defence of the latter place. In Sept.
1812 he was again at the request of Sir Edw. Berry
placed under his orders as Master's Mate in the
Barfleur 98, of which ship, attached to the force
in the Mediterranean, he was created a Lieutenant
7 Jan. 1814. Previously to his promotion we find
him, 18 Aug. 1813, commanding the Barfledr's
barge in a brilliant attack on the batteries at Cassis,
where, after sustaining a loss of 4 killed and Ifj
wounded, the British succeeded in capturing two
heavy gun-boats and 26 vessels laden with mer-
* Vide Ga.-!. 1841, p. 12J2. t f- ''"Z- '8'". P- 1501.
t r. Gh/. lS41,p. 150:i. 0 r. Gil-/.. 1841, p. 1.50.1.
II V. Oaz. 1842, pp. 8-;, 306.
chandize. His last appointments were — 7 Aug.
1814, for 12 months, to the Griffon 14, Capt. Geo.
Hewson, employed in the Downs— 19 Sept. 1818, as
Senior, to the Confiance 18, Capt. Alex. Mont-
gomerie, on the West India station, whence a se-
vere attack of yellow fever caused him, in Nov.
1819, to invalid— in 1824, to the Coast Guard— and,
in 1826, to the command of the Eagle Revenue-
cruizer. On leaving the latter vessel in April, 1829,
he was officially recommended to the First Lord of
the Admiralty, Lord Melville, by the Comptroller-
General and the Hon. Board of Customs " for such
employment afloat as might lead to his promotion
in the Royal Navy, as a reward for his zeal, exer-
tions, and general good conduct."
In consideration of his having severely fractured
his left thigh, Lieut. St. Quintin was awarded a
pension of bl. per annum 30 May, 1843. He mar-
ried, 28 March, 1826, Lucretia, daughter of J.
Chapman, Esq., of the Close, Norwich.
SAINTHILL. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 7; h-p., 31.)
Alfred Sainthill entered the Navy, in Oct.
1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Brisk 18, Capts.
John Coode and Eyles Mounsher, employed on the
coast of Ireland, where he became, in Dec. 1811,
Midshipman of the Endymion 40, Capt. Sir Wm.
Bolton. From May, 1812, until Aug. 1814, be
served in the Bay of Biscay and off Lisbon, as
Master's Mate, in the Achates and Anaceeon
sloops, both commanded by Capt. John Davies, and
Rodney 74, Cajjt. Chas. Inglis. In Oct. of the
latter year he joined the Leviathan 74, Capt.
Thos. Briggs, attached to the force in the Mediter-
ranean ; he removed, as Admiralty-Midshipman, in
July, 1816, to the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing
the flag of Lord Exmouth ; and for his services in
that ship at the bombardment of Algiers he was
promoted, 16 Sept. following, to the rank of Lieute-
nant. He has since been on half-pay.
SAINTHILL. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 18; h-p., 19.)
JGrEORGE AUGUSTUS Saintiiill died in 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Oct. 1810, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Endymion 40, Capt. Sir
Wm. Bolton, stationed on the coast of Ireland. In
April, 1812, seven months after he had attained the
rating of Midshipman, he removed to the Iris 36,
Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, with whom he con-
tinued employed on the north coast of Spain and on
the coast of Brazil until Deo. 1814. He next, in June,
1815, joined the Rota 38, Capt. John Pasco, on the
Lisbon station; and after having been for rather
more than two years employed in the Downs in the
Ganymede 20 and Severn 40, both commanded by
Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, sailed, towards the close of
1817, for the West Indies in the Sybille 44; of
which ship, bearing the flag of Sir Home Popham,
he was created a Lieutenant 20 Feb. 1819. His
next appointments were — 25 June, 1819, for five
months, to the Parthian 10, Capt. Wilson Braddyll
Bigland, on the Jamaica station — 27 June, 1822, to
the Superb 78, Capts. Adam Mackenzie and Sir
Thos. Staines, with whom he served at Plymouth,
in the AVest Indies, and off Lisbon, until paid off, 19
Dec. 1825— and 25 June, 1827, to the Isis 50, Capt.
Sir T. Staines, fitting for the Mediterranean, where
he remained until advanced to the rank of Com-
mander, 22 July, 1830. He was afterwards, from
22 Aug. 1833 until paid off, in the summer of 1834,
and from 9 Feb. 1837 until posted, 28 June, 1838,
employed as Second-Captain in the Donegal 78 and
Queen Charlotte 104, both commanded by Capt.
Arthur Fanshawe, the latter as flag-ship of Sir
Robt. Stopford in the Mediterranean. In the Done-
gal he escorted the Infante Don Carlos of Spain
from Portugal to this country.
SAINTHILL. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 27 ;* h-p., 19.)
Richard Tillidge S.mnthill, bom 18 May,
1788, is eldest son of the late Nich. Sainthill, Esq.,
* D.-itingTrom 1801. andincluding the terra ofhisservitu.le
in the island of Jersey.
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SALKELD— SALMON— SALTER.
Master R.N. ; and nephew of the late Commanders
Kich._ Sainthill and Kobt. Tillidge, R.N.
This officer (whose name had been borne, in
1790-1, on the books of the Speedweli. 8) em-
barked, 24 Feb. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
Zealakd 64, guard-ship at the Nore, Capt. AVm.
Mitchell, with whom he continued until May, 1802.
Joining next, in May, 1803, the Raisonnable 64,
Capts. AVm. Hotham, Robt. Barton, and Josias
Rowley, he took part, in that ship, in several at-
tacks on the enemy's batteries and flotilla on the
coast of France, fought in Sir Robt. Calder's action
22 July, 1805, and was present, in 1806, at the re-
duction of the Cape of Good Hope, the surrender
of the French frigate Volontaire of 46 guns, and the
capture of Buenos Ayres. As Sub-Lieutenant of
the Staunch gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Benj.
Street, to which vessel he was appointed 11 June,
1809, we find him, in Sept. 1810, contributing, near
the lie de Bourbon, to the recapture of the Aeri-
CAiKE 38, and to the capture of the French frigate
La Veniis, of 44 guns and 380 men, and her prize,
the Ceylon 32. After acting for a short time as
Lieutenant and Commander of the Stadnch, he
was nominated, 13 Oct. 1810, Flag-Lieutenant, in
the Afkicaine, to Vice-Admiral Albemarle Bertie,
under whom he united in the ensuing operations
against the Mauritius and its dependencies. On
the surrender of that island he was placed in super-
intendence, there, of the Signal Department ; the
duties attached to which he continued to discharge
(assisting in the interim at the capture of two
French frigates) until Sept. 1811. In the following
Dec. he became Acting-Senior-Lieutenant of the
Madagascar 38, Capt. Chas. Sullivan ; and on 23
April, 1812, a few days after that ship had been
paid off, he was officially advanced to his present
rank. He next, from 27 Aug. 1812 until 24 Deo.
1815, served at Newfoundland and in the West
Indies in the Muros 12, Capts. Jas. Aberdour,
Thos. Saville Griffinhoofe, and Geo. Gosling ; of
which vessel he was Senior-Lieutenant at the re-
duction of Guadeloupe. He has been Superintend-
ent of Signals in the island of Jersey since 3 Dec.
1833.
Lieut. Sainthill married Mary Ann, daughter of
Thos. Quirk, Esq., and has by her two children.
SALKELD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Saekeld entered the Navy, 2 April,
1803, as Ordinary, on board the Thunderer 74,
Capt. Wm. Bedford, attached to the Channel fleet,
with which he served until the following Aug. He
next, 2 Oct. 1805, joined the Thetis 38, Capt. Wra.
Hall Gage, stationed in the North Sea; in May,
1806, he became Midshipman of the St. George
98, Capt. Thos. Bertie, again in the Channel ; and
from 31 Dec. 1807, until the receipt, in June, 1815,
of a commission, bearing date 4 Feb. in that year,
he was actively employed among the "Western Is-
lands, in the "West Indies, and in the Mediterranean,
as Master's Mate, Acting-Lieutenant, and a second
time as Master's Mate, in the Undaunted 38, Capts.
Thos. Jas. Mating, Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, Rich.
Thomas, Rowland Mainwaring, Thos. Ussher, and
Chas. Thurlow Smith. "While serving with Capt.
Ussher we find him, 18 March, 1813, employed as
Acting-Lieutenant in the boats under Lieut. Aaron
Tozer at the storming of a battery containing 4
long 24-pounders, 1 6-pounder, and a 13-inch mor-
tar (the whole of which were destroyed) at Carri, to
the westward of Marseilles, whence a tartan was at
the same time brought out. The enemy on the oc-
casion were strongly posted behind palisadoes, and
stood their ground until the British were in the act
of charging bayonets, when they turned and suf-
fered a severe loss. The assailants had only 2 men
killed and 1 wounded."" Since 14 Dec. 1846, Lieut.
Salkeld, who had not been employed since his pro-
motion, has been in charge of a station in the
Coast Guard. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
» FideGr/.. Isln, p. 1148,
SALMON. (Retired Commander, 1843. r-p.,
16; H-p., 34.)
John Salmon entered the Navy, in Oct. 1797, as
a Volunteer, on board the Galatea 32, Capt. Hon.
Geo. Byng, in which frigate he served on the coast
of Ireland until Deo. 1799, in the capacity of Mid-
shipman. He was next, from Jan. 1800 until April,
1805, employed, chiefly as Master's Mate, and Act-
ing Master, in the Dromedary store-ship, Capt.
Bridges "Watkinson Taylor (under whom he was
wrecked in the Bocca, off Trinidad, 10 Aug. 1800),
Daphne 20, Capt. Rich. Matson, Cyane 18, Capt.
Henry Matson, Eclair schooner, Lieut.-Com-
manders Kenneth Mackenzie, D. Callaway, Pollock,
"Wm. Carr, R. Sutton, Beckett, and Evelyn, and
Centaur 74, Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, all on the
"West India station ; where, on leaving the Centaur
he was placed in command, with the rank of Act-
ing-Lieutenant, of the Amboyna prison-ship. When
Acting-Master of the Eclair, whose force did not
exceed 12 18-pounder carronades and 60 men, he
assisted, 5 Feb. 1804, in beating off and putting to
flight the celebrated French privateer Grand Decide,
of 22 long 8-pounders and a complement, including
80 soldiers, of about 220 men, after a most gallant
engagement of 45 minutes, productive to the Bri-
tish of a loss of not more than 1 man killed and 4
wounded. Their vessel, however, had her standing
and running rigging cut to pieces, and her barri-
cade, masts, and yards much damaged. In com-
mand of the Eclair's cutter, manned with 11 volun-
teers, Mr. Salmon, on 5 of the following month,
boarded (in the face of a heavy fire from a battery
at the entrance of the harbour of Hayes, Guade-
loupe, and from the vessel herself) and, after a
short resistance of 10 minutes, carried the French
privateer Rose of 1 long brass 8-pounder on a pivot
and 49 men well armed and fully prepared. Of
these 5 were killed and 10, including the Captain
and 4 that jumped overboard, wounded — no casu-
alty whatever occurring to the British, who, al-
though in a dead calm and exposed to a fire of
great guns and musketry from the shore, contrived,
by dint of towing and sweeping, to carry off their
prize. Towards the close of 1805 Mr. Salmon was
removed from the Amboyna to the command, still
with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of the Tobago
schooner of 10 guns ; in which vessel, after having
been for some months employed in exclianging pri-
soners of war between the depots at Barbadoes, Gre-
nada, and Guadeloupe, he was captured, 18 Oct.
1806, despite a", brave resistance of an hour and a
half, by the French privateer General Em£St. On
being restored to liberty, he was presented with a
commission bearing date 24 June, 1807, and was ap-
pointed, in the course of the same month, to the
Argus sloop, Capt. Jas. Stuart, on the Irish station,
where he cruized until obliged, in Dec. 1810, to in-
valid. From 9 March, 1812, until 17 April, 1815,
he was employed in the Impress service at Liver-
pool. He accepted the rank of Commander on the
Retked List 10 April, 1843.
SALTER. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
John Salter entered the Navy, 11 Oct. 1805, as
Midshipman, on board the Superb 74, Capts. Rich.
Goodwin Keats and Donald M'Leod ; in which ship
he fought under the flag of Sir John Thos. Duck-
worth in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806,
and accompanied, in 1807, the expedition to the
Dardanells. Removing, in Jan. 1808, to the Defi-
ance 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, he served in
that ship with a squadron under Rear-Admiral Hon.
Robt. Stopford, at the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of
three French frigates under the batteries of Sable
d'Olonne, on the coast of France, after a contest in
which the Defiance, added to severe damage expe-
rienced in her sails and rigging, sustained a loss of
2 men Idlled and 25 wounded. After much active
service on the north coast of Spain, he followed
Capt. Hotham as Master's Mate,* in Sept. 1810, into
* A rating he had attained on board the Defiance in Oct.
1809.
SAMWELL.
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the NoETHDMBEELAND 74, and on 22 May, 1812, waa
present in company with the Growler gun-brig, at
the destruction, at the entrance of L'Orient, of the
French 40 gun frigates L^Arienne and L* Andr&mcique
and 16-gun brig Mamehuch ; whose united fire, con-
jointly with that of a heavy battery, killed 5 and
wounded 28 of the Nokthumberland's people. In
the course of the same year we find him joining the
MiNDEN 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, and Nisos 38, flag-ship
of Hon. R. Stopford, both on the Cape station, where
he was nominated, 26 Nov. 1812, Acting-Lieutenant
of the Kacehorse 18, Capts. Geo. Fred. Kich and
Jas. De Rippe. He was confirmed, 26 Oct. 1813, into
the Lion 64, Capt. Henderson Bain ; and was sub-
sequently appointed — 11 July, 1814, to the Opossdm
10, Capt. Thos. Woolrige, with whom he served in
the Channel and off the north coast of Spain until
sent, in the following Oct., to the Hospital at Ply-
mouth— 9 Jan. 1815, to the Penelope 36, which fri-
gate his health did not permit him to join — and, 29
June, 1821, for a short time, to the Windsor Castle
74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, lying at Plymouth. He
was placed on the out-pension of Greenwich Hos-
pital 30 Jan. 1826.
SAMWELL. (Eetieed Commander, 1841.
F-p., 22 ; H-p., 35.)
Peter Samwell, born 8 May, 1775, is brother of
the late Retired Commander Wm. Samwell, R.N. ;
and uncle of the present Lieut. Wm. Samwell, R.N.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 6 April, 1790, on
board the Spider cutter, Lieut.-Commander\ Lanyon ,
stationed on the coast of Ireland and in the Channel.
In 1 79 1 he became in succession attached, as Midship-
man, to the Cambridge 74 and St. George 98, flag-
ships of Sir Rich. Bickerton at Plymouth ; and he
next, from Feb. 1793 until May, 1797, served, in the
same capacity and as Master's Mate, in the Captain
74, Capts. Sam. Reeve, Thos. Seccombe, John Smith,
Stewart, and Ralph Willett Miller. In 1793-4 he
served ashore at the occupation of Toulon, and co-
operated in the reduction of Corsica, where he as-
sisted in dragging guns up the hills and in erecting
batteries. In 1795 he was present in Admiral Ho-
tham's two partial actions. On the first occasion,
14 March, the Captain was for an hour and 20
minutes in close action with Ca Ira 80 and Censeur
74, whose united broadsides ' killed and wounded
several of her people, besides inflicting consider-
able damage on her hull, masts, and rigging. On
the memorable 14 Feb. 1797, when Sir John Jervis
defeated the Spanish fleet ofi' Cape St. Vincent, Mr.
Samwell fought as Master's Mate under the broad
pendant of Commodore Nelson, and was one of
those who with the hero boarded the San Nicolas
80 and San Josef 112. After serving for a few
weeks with Sir John Jervis in the Ville de Paris
no, he was nominated, 16 June, 1797, Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the MuTiNE 18, Capts. Thos. Masterman
Hardy and Wm. Hoste ; in which vessel, being con-
firmed to her by commission dated 6 Feb. 1798, he
performed the duties of First-Lieutenant at the
battle of the Nile. He continued to serve in her —
participating intermediately in many cutting-out
afiairs on the south coast of France — until July,
1801, where the effects of a severe hurt, received in
the preceding year, obliged him to invalid. His
last appointments were— in March, 1804, for five
months to the Goliatu 74, Capt. Chas. Brisbane,
stationed in the Channel — 6 April, 1805, to the Sea
Fencible service — and, in April, 1807, to the charge
of a Signal-station in the island of Sheppy, where
he remained (with the exception of an interval of
18 months in 1814-15) until 23 March, 1816. He
became a Retired Commander on the Junior List
26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the Senior 9 June, 1841.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
SAMWELL. (Retired Cobimander, 1833. h-p.,
19; H-p., 50.)
William Samwell died 22 Dec. 1846, aged 80.
He was brother of the present Retired Commander
Peter Samwell, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 177*7, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Shrewsbury, Capt.
L. Ross, stationed in the Channel, where he served
until Dec. 1779. He was next in succession em-
ployed, chiefly in the capacity of Midshipman and
Master's Mate— from 10 April, 1782, until 20 July,
1783, in the Jason frigate, Capt. Jas. Pigott, on the
coast of America — from 27 March until 1 Nov.
1787, in the Helena sloop, Capt. Benj. Hulk, off
Milford— from 18 Oct. 1789 until 8 May, 1793, in a
cutter, commanded at Plymouth and in the Medi-
terranean by Lieuts. Humphrey West and Rich.
Bagot — and from the latter date until nominated,
28 Jan. 1795, Acting-Lieutenant of the Cesar 80,
Capt. Chas. Edm. Nugent, in the Montagu 74,
Capt. Jas. Montagu, and Queen Charlotte 100,
bearing the flag of Earl Howe. In the Montagu
he fought in the action of 1 June, 1794. He was
confirmed a Lieutenant, 17 March, 179-5, in the
Boston 32, Capts. Jas. NicoU Morris, Jas. Irwin,
and John Ersklne Douglas, under whom he served
for about three years on the Home and Baltic sta-
tions ; and he was subsequently appointed — 8 July,
1799, for a few weeks, to the Sensible 36, Capt.
Robt. Sauce, lying at Portsmouth — 19 Jan. 1800, to
the EuROPA 50, Capt. Stevenson, which ship his
health obliged him to leave in the following April
—and, 29 Sept. 1804, to the Sea Fencibles at Pen-
zance, where he remained until the corps waa dis-
banded in Feb. 1810.
He was placed upon the Junior List of Retired
Commanders 26 Nov. 1830; and on the Senior 23
March, 1833. Commander Samwell has left a son
in the service, the present Lieut. Wm. Samwell.
SAMWELL. (Lieut., 1829. r-p., 26 ; h-p., 9.)
William Samwell, bom 9 Nov. 1798, at Devon-
port, is son of the late Retired Commander Wm.,
and nephew of the present Retired Commander
Peter, Samwell, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 April, 1812, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Favorite 20, Capts.
Robt. Forbes and John Maxwell, under whom he
was for about two years employed in the Channel
and on the west coast of Africa, where he assisted
in destroying several slave-factories up the River
Pongo. From March, 1814, until Jan. 1816, he
served, again on the African coast, in the Ariel
16, Capt. Dan. Ross ; he fought, while attached, be-
tween July and Oct. of the latter year, to the Im-
pregnable 104, Capt. Edw. Brace, at the battle of
Algiers ; and he afterwards joined— 15 Dec. 1817,
as Master's Mate, the Heron 18, Capt. Herbert
Brace Powell, on the Milford station, where he
served until paid off in Feb. 1819—13 Feb. and 21
Nov. 1820, the Tamar 26, Capts. Arthur Stow and
Geo. Rich. Pechell, and Carnation 18, Capt. Roger
Hall, attached to the force in the West Indies and
North America— 26 Sept. 1821,* the Ramillies 74,
Capt. Edw. Brace, lying at Portsmouth— 9 April,
1822, the Active 46, Capts. Andrew King and Hon.
Robt. Rodney, in which frigate he was present under
Sir Harry Burrard Neale in the demonstration
made before Algiers in 1824— and, 1 Oct. 1825 and
24 Nov. 1827, the Detad 42, Capts. Hon. R. Rod-
ney and Hon. Alfred Crofton, and Camelion 10,
Capts. Christopher Wyvill, Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley,
and Alfred Luckraft, on the Lisbon and Mediter-
ranean stations. In the latter vessel, of which he
was confirmed a Lieutenant (after having three
times acted as such) 25 Aug. 1829, he assisted, in
company with the Isis 50, Cambrian 48, Rattle-
snake 28, and Zebra 18, in reducing a fort and de-
stroying several vessels belonging to a horde of
Greek pirates at Carabusa, in the island of Candia,
31 Jan. 1829. The Cambrian being wrecked on
that occasion, he was for five months engaged in re-
covering her stores, guns, &c. He left the Came-
lion in March, 1830 ; and since 26 Sept. 1836, has
been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Samwell married, in 1842, Emma, eldest
daughter of the late Woolf, Esq., of Plymouth.
* He had pas,5ed his examination 31 Jan. preceding.
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SANDERS.
SANDERS. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Edwin "William Sanders entered the Navy U
Dec. 1828 ; and for his services on the coast of
Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean
d'Acre, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4
Not. 1840. His succeeding appointments were— 15
Dec. 1840, to the Belleeophon 80, Capt. Chas. ,Tohn
Austen, in the Mediterranean— 13 Aug. 1841, a few
weeks after the latter ship had been paid off, to the
Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir
Thos. Hastings— 18 Dec. 1841, to the Inbus 78,
Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, again in the Mediterranean,
whence he returned in 1844—5 Feb. 1845, to the
Eodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, with whom he served
on the Home station until superseded in the fol-
lowing Sept.— and, 24 Aug. 1846, as First, to the
Bulldog steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Evan Davis, fit-
ting at Devonport. He has been on half-pay since
the early part of 1847. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
SANDERS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 21; h-p., 21.)
John Sanders had a brother who, after having
been for five years a Midshipman in the Navy, ob-
tained, in 1812, an Ensigncy in the Royal African
corps, and for his gallantry while a passenger in the
Amelia 38, in a desperate action fought between
that ship and the French frigate Arethuse off the
Isles de Los, 7 Feb. 1813, was promoted by the
Duke of York to the rank of Lieutenant. He died
at the Cape of Good Hope in 1830.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agincoukt 64, Capts.
Thos. Briggs, Henry Hill, Eobt. Henderson, and
Wm. Kent, in which ship (with the exception of a
few days passed at the commencement of 1808 at
Chatham in the Pompee 74, Capt. Geo. Hope) he
continued employed on the Home and Lisbon sta-
tions until transferred, in Feb. 1812, to the Ariel
16, Capt. Daniel Ross. He commanded a flat-bot-
tomed boat, during that period, in the expedition
to the Walcheren, as also in the river Tagus, and
was frequently engaged in the landing and embark-
ing of troops. After being for two years in the
Ariel in the Baltic, he was again, in Feb. 1814,
placed under the orders of Capt. Henderson in the
Tigris 36, on the Irish station. In Aug. 1815 he
was presented with a commission bearing date 6 of
the preceding April ; and he was afterwards, from
31 May, 1824, until 17 Dec. 1834, employed as an
Agent afloat in the Admiral Berkelev, South-
WAKK, Parmelia, Maitland, and Marquis of
Huntley hired transports. On 11 Nov. 1831 we
find him, in the Parmelia, superintending the de-
barkation of a military and naval force (consisting
of 451 officers and men, 2 of whom were killed and
47 wounded) in a successful attack on the natives
at Barra Point, in the river Gambia — a service for
which he was strongly recommended for promotion
toSir Jas. Graham, then First Lord of the Admiralty,
by Rear-Admiral Fred. V^arren, the Commander-
in-Chief, and the Governors of Sierra Leone and the
Gambia.
In 1823 Lieut. Sanders, at that time a resident on
half-pay at Demerara, displayed great activity as a
Captain in the " Marine Battalion " during the in-
surrection among the negroes. He has been Super-
intendent, since 26 June, 1837, of the Dreadnought,
seamen's hospital-ship at Greenwich.
SANDERS. (Retired Commander, 1841. f-p.,
14 ; H-p., 34.)
John Harry Sanders was born 10 Dec. 1784.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 March, 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agincourt 64, Capt.
John Bligh, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Hon.
"Wm. "Waldegrave at Newfoundland; and in July,
1800, became Midshipman of the Melpomene 38,
Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, stationed on the coast of
Africa. On the night of 3 Jan. 1801 he assumed
command of one of five boats, carrying in the whole
97 volunteers, under the orders of Lieut. Thos.
Dick, dispatched for the purpose of surprising a
corvette of 18 guns and an armed schooner anchored
within the bar off Senegal. After a desperate
struggle of 20 minutes, in which 11 men were killed,
18 wounded, and 2 boats sunk, the British gallantly
carried the corvette Le Senegal, which they eventu-
ally destroyed under a heavy fire of grape and
musketry from the batteries. The schooner, having
cut her cable and sought protection under the fire
of a battery and of some musketry on the southern
bank of the river, frustrated every attempt made
to get at her. In the course of the same year Mr.
Sanders, who had been himself severely hurt, was
awarded the rating of Master's Mate. He con-
tinued in the MBi.poMiNE, the latter part of the
time on the West India station, until Sept. 1802.
He next, in May, 1803, joined the Amaranthe 18,
Capt. Chas. "Worsley Boys, attached to the force in
the North Sea, where he came into repeated colli-
sion with the enemy ; and from March, 1804, until
the early part of 1806, he was employed in the
Eagle 74, Capt. David Colby, Kegulus 44, Capt.
C. "W. Boys, and Swiftsure 74, Capts. Mark Robin-
son and "Wm. Geo. Rutherford. In the Regulus
he was engaged in watching the Boulogne flotilla ;
and in the Swiftsure he fought at Trafalgar. He
returned to England in the Bahama, a Spanish 74
taken during the action. Being advanced to the
rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date
23 Sept. 1806, he was in that capacity appointed,
5 Jan. and 13 Aug. 1807, to the Hindostan 50,
Capt, Thos. Bowen, and Statira 38, Capts. Sir
Eobt. Howe Bromley, Edwin Henry Chamberlayne,
and C. "W. Boys, employed in the Channel, on the
North American station, and off the coast of Spain.
Volunteering his services subsequently he succeeded,
in the boats, in capturing a vessel laden with com,
previously supposed to be armed. "While absent, in
June, 1809, in a fishing-boat with 2 officers and 20
men, in quest of a privateer which he had offered to
cut out, he encountered two armed luggers, carrying
about 40 men each, and after a valiant resistance,
productive of a loss to the enemy of 8 killed and 10
wounded, was captured and taken to St. Jean de
Luz. On this occasion he received three musket-
baUs, one of which struck his left cheek close to
the ear, and, passing out near the nose, turned the
eye out of its socket. He obtained in consequence
a grant of 200Z. from the Patriotic Fund ; and was
awarded, 15 Aug. 1814, a pension of 9U. 5s. per
annum. At the end of the war he was restored to
liberty ; and on 29 Jan. 1841 he accepted the rank
he now holds.
Commander Sanders married, in Dec. 1823, Su-
sanna, second daughter of John Jefferson, Esq., of
Cheshunt.
SANDERS. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 28.)
Thomas Sanders entered the Navy, 2 April, 1797,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Nymphe 36, Capts.
John Cooke, Percy Fraser, and Stair Douglas, in
which vessel he served in the Channel and Medi-
terranean until April, 1802 — latterly in the capacity
of Midshipman. During that period he lost two of
his fingers by the breaking of the spanker-boom,
on which he happened to be standing when a
smuggling-vessel was endeavouring to effect her
escape to leeward. In June and Sept. 1802 he
joined the Hussar 38 and Ambuscade 32, Capts.
Philix) "Wilkinson and David Atkins ; he was next,
in May, 1803, received on board the Helder 36,
Capt. Edw. Hawkins, lying in the river Ilumber;
and on 19 Sept. 1806, after he had been about two
years and a half employed on the Channel, Lisbon,
and Plymouth stations, part of the time as Master's
Mate, in the Ville de Paris and Hi hernia llO's,
flag-ships of Admirals II on. "Wm. Cornwallis, Chas.
Edm. Nugent, Earl St. Vincent, and Sir Jas. Sau-
marez, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant,
He continued in the Hirernia until 16 June, 1807,
and was afterwards appointed — 21 July, 1807, as
First, to the Raleigh 18, Capts. John Ore Mase-
field, Geo. Sayer, and John Sheridan, in which vessel
he cruized in the Atlantic, accompanied the expe-
dition to the Walcheren in 1809, and visited the
SANDERS— SANDERSON— SANDOM.
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Baltic— 16 July, 18H, after five months of half-pay,
to the Seine 36, Capt. John Hatley, on the coast of
North America, where he remained six months — in
May, 1813, to the Egmont 74, Capt. Joseph Bing-
ham, employed oif Cherbourg and, under the flag
of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, in the
operations of«1814 in the river Gironde, where he
witnessed the destruction of a French line-of-battle
ship, three brigs-of-war, several smaller vessels, and
all the forts and batteries on the north side of
the river — and, in June, 1814, and Jan. 1816, as
Senior, to the EnnoTAS 38, Capts. Robt. Bloye and
Jas. Lillicrap, and Leandek 50, Capts. "Wm. Skipsey
and Edw. Chetham. In the Eurotas he served on
the Channel, Cork, and Mediterranean stations ;
and for his conduct in the Leander at the battle
of Algiers he was advanced to the rank of Com-
mander 16 Sept. 1816. He was afterwards, from
29 Sept. 1827 until Jan. 1329, employed at the Cape
of Good Hope as Second-Captain in the Maidstone
42, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg; and from 27
June, 1831, until June, 1834, in the Ordinary at
Plymouth. Since the date last mentioned he has
been on half-pay. He attained his present rank 23
Nov. 1841.
In April, 1817, Capt. Sanders obtained a pension
for wounds of 150Z. per annum. He was lately
Mayor of Devonport, and is married and has issue.
SANDERS. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
"William Schollab Sanders entered the Navy
19 Jan. 1828; passed his examination 27 Feb. 1834;
obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 7 May,
1840; was advanced to his present rank 23 Nov.
1841 ; and was afterwards employed— from 9 Deo.
1841 until Aug. 1844, in the Growler steam-sloop,
Capt. Claude Henry Mason Buckle, on the coast of
Africa — and from 18 Feb. 1845 until paid off in
1848, as First-Lieutenant, in the Vulture steam-
frigate, Capt. John M'Dougall.
SANDERSON. (Commandek, 1846. f-p., 17;
H-P., 2.)
John Sandekson is second son of Capt. Edw.
Sanderson, of Rose Place, co. "Worcester ; and grand-
son of the late Sir John Holes, Bart., of Holes
Place.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 July, 1828, as
Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 76,
Capt. Hon. Buncombe Pleydell Bouverie, in which
ship he was for nearly three years employed, part
of the time as Midshipman, on the Mediterranean,
Lisbon, and Irish stations. Towards the close of
1831 he sailed for the East Indies in the Melville
74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore ; and in Sept. 1835,
ten months after he had passed his examination, and
a few weeks after the Melville had been paid oflT,
ho became Mate of the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Hon.
Geo. Grey, under whom he escorted the Countess
of Durham to St. Petersburg, then sailed for South
America, and ultimately, in 1838, accompanied the
Marc[uis of Clanricarde as Ambassador to the former
court. He subsequently served In the Mediter-
ranean in the Zebra 16, Capts. Kobt. Fanshawe
Stopford and Jas. John Stopford, and Phcenix
steamer, Capt. R. F. Stopford ; and for his conduct
in the latter vessel during the operations on the
coast of Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean
d'Acre was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
4 Nov. 1840. His succeeding appointments were —
23 Dec. 1840, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— 30 Aug.
1841, to the Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sar-
torius, employed for nearly three years on the Me-
diterranean, South American, and Irish stations —
and, 3 Jan. 1845, as Senior, to the Fantome 16,
Copt. Sir Fred. "Wm. Erskine Nicolson. When at
Gibraltar in the Malabar he materially assisted
in saving the people and the property of an Ame-
rican steamer there burnt on 12 May, 1846. In the
Fantome's boats he was for many hours engaged
in a desperate afiray with a large force of Moorish
pirates on the coast of Barbary in a successful at-
tempt to recover the merchant-brig BiUh, of which
they had taken possession. The British on the
occasion sustained a loss of a Midshipman killed
and 8, including himself severely (by a ball through
the thigh), wounded. He was promoted in conse-
quence to his present rank by a commission bearing
date the day of the occurrence. He has since been
on half-pay.
SANDERSON. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 19.)
John Sanderson was born in Dec. 1796. He is
cousin of Lieutenant Jas. Saunderson, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Dec. 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capt. Sir
John Poo Beresford, with whom he continued em-
ployed as Midshipman in the same ship and in the
Poictiers 74, on the Home and North American
stations, until transferred, in Feb. 1814, to the
Asia 74, Capt. Alex. Skene. In June, 1815, three
months after he had passed his examination, he
joined the Hebrus 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer, in which
frigate he fought as Master's Mate at the battle of
Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. From that year until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 Aug. 1828, he
was employed on the Irish and English stations, as
Admiralty-Mate, in the Helicon and Harlequin
brigs, both commanded by Capt. Alex. Barclay
Branch, Semiramis 36, Capt. Peter Kibouleau,
Britannia 120, Capt. Philip Pipon, Roval Char-
lotte and William and Mary yachts, each under
the orders of Capt. Chas. Malcolm, Rotal Sove-
reign and Rotal George yachts, Capts. Sir Wm.
Hoste and Sir Michael Seymour, and Boial Sove-
reign again, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spen-
cer. He has since been on half-pay.
SANDERSON. (Lieut., 1815. F-p., 34; h-p., 7.)
John Proctok Sanderson entered the Navy, 24
Dec. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Meleager
36, Capts. John Broughton and Fred. Warren, em-
ployed at first in the North Sea and off Greenland,
and then in the West Indies, where he was wrecked,
on the Barebush Key, near Port Royal, 30 July,
1808. He continued on the station last named, as
Midshipman, in the Grifpon 14, Capts. Jones, John
Gore, and John Lloyd, until the autumn of 1809 ;
and after further serving on the Home and South
American stations in the Crane, Capt. D. Wynter,
Indefaticable 44 and Cornwall 74, both com-
manded by Capt. J. Broughton, Inconstant 36,
Capt. Sir Edw. Tucker, and Valiant 74, Capt.
Zachary Mudge, was nominated, 3 May, 1815, Act-
ing-Lieutenant of the Tagds 38, Capt. Philip Pipon,
with whom he returned to England. He was paid
off shortly after his official promotion, which took
place 26 July, 1815; and since 13 Aug. 1822 has
been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
SANDOM. (Lieut., 1843. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 3.)
Robert Maccdre Sandom was born 30 Dec.
1814. He is nephew of Capt. Williams Sandom,R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 March, 1830, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Galatea 42, Capt.
Chas. Napier, under whom he served in the Chan-
nel, and was present, as Midshipman, during the
attack made by Donna Maria's troops on the islands
of St. Michael's, Fayal, &c. Quitting the Galatea
in Jan. 1832, he next, in Oct. of the same year,
joined the Malabar 74, Capts. Hon. Josceline
Percy and Henry Shovel! Marsham, employed at
first in the Channel and afterwards in the Mediter-
ranean, whence, in July, 1834, he returned to Eng-
land. In the following Dec. he was received on
board the Racer 16, Capt. Jas. Hope, in which
vessel we find him assisting at the capture, 8 March
1836, of the Vigilante slaver, and cruizing for the
protection of the fisheries at Newfoundland and on
the coast of Labrador. He Invalided home from
the West Indies on board the Thunder surveying-
vessel, Capt. Rich. Owen, in the early part of 1837
and did not again go afloat until March, 1838. He
then, having passed his examination in the pre-
ceding July, became Mate of the Hastings T>
6 P '
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SANDOM— SANFORD.
Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, and in the following
month sailed with the Earl of Durham for Quebec.
On his arrival he removed to the Niagara 20, com-
manded on the lakes of Canada by his uncle, Capt.
Sandom. During the first 18 months that he was
there employed he suffered much from fever and
ague. On I April, 1840, he was intrusted with the
charge of the Expeeimest steam-tender ; and on
12 July in the same year he assumed, per order of
his Captain, the rank of Lieutenant, in which he
continued to act until 9 June, 184:1. In Feb. 1842,
having had the misfortune to shoot off the fore-
finger and thumb of his right hand, he was under
the necessity of invaliding. H e went back, how-
ever, to the Niagara in the ensuing July, and con-
tinued in that vessel until transferred, 1 July, 1843,
to the above-named Experiment, commanded at
the time by Lieut. Boxer. His appointments since
his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took
place 13 Oct. 1843, have been— 17 May, 1844, to the
Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir
Thos. Hastings— 8 July, 1845, to the Vanguard 80,
Capt. Geo. Wlckens Willes, on the Portsmouth
station— 17 Dec. 1845, again to the Excellent,
Capt. Henry Duoie Chads— 16 March, 1846, to the
Raleigh 50, Commodore Sir Thos. Herbert, fitting
for the south-east coast of America, whence he re-
turned about July, 1847— and, 15 June, 1848, as
First, to the Helena 16, Capt. Geo. Woodberry
Smith, fitting at Portsmouth.
SANDOM. (Capt., 1828. f-p., 32; h-p., 17.)
■Williams Sandom is uncle of Lieut. Robt. Mac-
cure Sandom, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diomede 50, commanded
by the late Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, under
whom, with the interval of a few months, occasioned
by the peace of Amiens, he continued to serve, the
greater part of the time in the capacity of Mid-
shipman, In the same frigate and the Egyptienne
40, on various stations, until Jan. 1806. While in
the latter ship he assisted at the capture, 27 July,
1803, of L'Epervier brig of 16 guns, and, in the
course of 1805, of La Cokymbe of 16, L'Acte'm of 16,
and Xo Libre of 40 guns— which last^mentioned
vessel maintained a close action of 20 minutes, pro-
ductive of a loss to the Egyptienne of 1 man killed
and 9 wounded. On 22 July, 1805, Mr. Sandom
took part in Sir Robt. Calder's action, and on that
occasion was sent on board El Firme, a captured
74. When afterwards in the Pompee 74, successive
flag-ship of Admirals Sir Wm. Sidney Smith and
Edwin Henry Stanhope, he served on shore at the
defence of Gaeta, the capture of the island of Capri,
and the battle of Maida— commanded some gun-
boats at the taking of Scylla— acted as Lieutenant
at the passage of the Dardanells, and in command
of a division of boats at the destruction of the
Turkish squadron at Point Pesquies— and attended
Lord Gambler's expedition to Copenhagen, where
he became Sub-Lieutenant of the Tigress gun-brig
attached to the in-shore squadron under Capt!
Peter Puget. On the surrender of the Danish capital
he was appointed by the Commander-in-Chief to a
Lieutenancy in the Waldemaar, one of the prize-
ships, from which he removed to the Leyden 64
Capt. Wm. Cumberland. Being confirmed in the
rank of Lieutenant 30 April, 1808, and appointed to
the Bonne Citoyenne of 20 guns and 127 men
Capt. Wm. Mounsey, he contrived, 6 July, 1809 to
distmguish himself by his able exertions at the cap-
ture of La FuTieuse French frigate of 20 guns and
200 men, armee-en-flute, which did not surrender
until a hard-fought action of nearly seven hours
had occasioned the British a loss of 1 man killed
and 5 wounded, and herself of 35 kiUed and 37
wounded.* After with difficulty conducting the
shattered prize to Halifax, Mr. Sandom (wh5 had
previously witnessed the destruction, off Brest, of the
French 40-gun frigate Artmme) next, 8 Sept. 1810
joined the Fawn 18, Capt. Hon. Geo. Alfred
* t^ideGta, 1809, p. use.
Crofton, and on 19 Nov. 1811 was a second time
placed under the command of Capt. Mounsey, in
the FuRiECSE, which had been added to the British
Navy as a 36-gun frigate. On 7 May, 1813, having
assumed the joint command of the boats with Lieut.
Walter Croker, he signalized himself afresh at the
cutting out, under a most galling fire from the
tower and batteries of Orbitello, of a xebec mount-
ing 2 6-pounders ; and, in the course of the same
and of the following year, he contributed to the
capture of the island of Ponza and of the town of
Via Keggio, took part in the unsuccesful attack on
Leghorn, assisted at the occupation of Santa Maria
and of the enemy's other forts in the gulf of Spezia,
and beheld the fall of Genoa. On the cessation of
hostilities with France he sailed for North Ame-
rica, where, as Senior Lieutenant of the Furieuse,
he commanded her boats up the Penobscot. He
was subsequently appointed, generally as First-
Lieutenant— 23 Oct. 1815, to the Iphigenia 36,
Capt. Andrew King, on the East India station,
whence he returned home with the same officer in
the CoRNWALLis 74—7 Sept. 1818, to the Spencer
74, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley at Cork — 27 Oct.
1819, to the LirrEY 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan,
employed on different services — and, in the course
of 1822, to the William and Mary yacht, Capt.
Chas. Malcolm, Apollo yacht, Capt. Sir Chas.
Paget, and Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Edw. Boxer.
Attaining at length the rank of Commander, 26
Dec. 1822, Capt. Sandom was in succession ap-
pointed in that capacity — 4 May, 1824, to the .Stna
bomb, which vessel (afterwards selected by Sir
Harry Neale to lead the squadron in his meditated
attack on Algiers) was fully manned, equipped for
service, and at Gibraltar, on the fourteenth day after
she had been launched from the stocks at Chatham
— 18 June, 1825, to the Bustard 10, fitting for the
Jamaica station — and, in May, 1827, to the EspitoLE
18. As a reward for his zeal and alacrity on an
occasion of emergency, Capt. Sandom was promoted
to Post-rank 23 March, 1828, and appointed to the
Magnificent receiving-ship at Port Royal. In
Oct. 1829, having for a period of 17 months com-
manded the Drdid 46 on the same station, he re-
turned to England and was paid off. He thence-
forward remained unemployed until 21 April, 1838.
He was then ordered to hoist his pendant in the
Niagara 20, as Commander-in-Chief of the naval
force on the Canadian lakes, where the activity and
energy infused by him into the movements of the
force under his orders enabled him, during the
tenure of his appointment, to frustrate the designs
of the rebels, and save from destruction the towns
of Brockville and Prescott, the latter of which was
attacked, 13 Nov. 1838,* by several hundred per-
sons, who, with the aid of the military, were driven
back and ultimately forced to surrender.f The
establishment on the lakes being eventually broken
up, Capt. Sandom, in Sept. 1843, returned to Eng-
land. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Sandom, who has established a character
for proficiency in the art of steam navigation, re-
ceived, in 1835-6, the thanks of Lords Auckland
and Minto, successively First Lords of the Admi-
ralty, for a system proposed by him of steam-tug
communication at the different naval ports, outer
anchorages, and public establishments connected
with the Navy. He married, 12 March, 1844, Jane,
second daughter of John Chas. Constables, Esq., of
Oak House, Battersea, Surrey. Agent — Joseph
Woodhead.
SANFOED. (LlEDT., 1811. p-p., 12 ; h-p., 31.)
George Sanford entered the Navy, 1 May, 1804>
as Midshipman, on board the Mary tender, Lieut-
Commander Gilbert John Michell, lying at Greenock ;
and from the following Dec. until July, 1810, was
* yide Gai8. 1838, p. 2975.
+ Beyond the receipt of tlie Goort Service pension, granted
14 Jan. 1848, Capt. Sandom's Canadian services still remain
unrewarded, although they were identical with those of Lieut.-
Col. Dundas, who commanded jointly with himself, and was
in consequence made a C.B.
SANFORD— SANGSTER.
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employed in the Channel and 'West Indies, at Hali-
fax, and off the coasts of France and Spain, in the
St. Geobge 98, Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy,
Thos. Bertie, and Edw. Sneyd Clay, flag-ship for
some time of Rear-Admiral Eliab Harvey, and
ToNNANT 80, Capts. John Hancock, Wm. Bowen,
Anthony Abdy, Thos. Geo. Shortland, Sir Chas.
Hamilton, and Hassard Stackpoole, bearing the
flags at first of Rear-Admirals Hon. M. De Courcy
and E. Harvey. Under Rear-Admiral De Courcy
he aided in embarking Sir John Moore's army at
Corunna in Jan. 1809. After he had assisted in
navigating the Spanish ship San, Pablo from Cadiz
to Minorca, and had further served in the Norge
74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier, also with the flotilla
at the defence of Cadiz, and in the Stately 64,
Capt. Rich. Thomas, he was promoted, 12 June,
1811, to the rank of Lieutenant. Between March,
1812, and Oct. 1816, when he invalided, we find
him employed at Quebec, at Portsmouth, off Bor-
deaux, in the West Indies, and at Halifax, in the
Rosamond 18, Capt. Donald Campbell, and Savage
and Harrier sloops, Capt. Wm. Russell and Sir
Chas. Thos, Jones. He has been in charge, since
28 Oct. 1846, of a station in the Coast Guard.
Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
SANFORD. (Lieutenant, 1847.)
John Avshford Sanfokd is fourth son of Edw.
Ayshford Sanford, Esq., of Nynehead Court, co.
Somerset, and Lynton, co. Devon (a Magistrate and
Deputy-Lieutenant, who represented the whole
county of Somerset in two Parliaments before the
Reform Bill, and the western division of the county
in three Parliaments after the passing of that mea-
sure), by his first wife, Henrietta, only surviving
daughter of Sir Wm. Langham, Bart., of Cottes-
brooke, co. Northampton. In 1843 his father mar-
ried, a second time. Lady Caroline Anna Stanhope,
daughter of the late Earl of Harrington.
This oflicer passed his examination 3 Dec. 1845 ;
became Mate, 15 Jan. 1846, of the Calvpso 20,
Capt. Henry John Worth, fitting for the Pacific ;
obtained his commission 14 May, 1847 ; and was
on that occasion appointed Additional-Lieutenant
of the COLLINGWOOD 80, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Fras.
Seymour on the station last named ; where, since
16 Nov, 1847, he has been attached, in a like capa-
city, to the Constance 50, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway
Courtenay.
SANGSTER. (Retired Commander, 1845.
F-p., 20 ; H-p., 34.)
Robert Sangster was born 2 April, 1771, in the
island of Bura, one of the Orkneys.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Oct. 1793, as
A. B., on board the Melampus of 42 guns and 267
men, Capts. Isaac Coffin, John Drew, Thos. Wells,
Sir Rich. John Strachau, and Graham Moore; in
which ship he continued employed, as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, in the Channel and North Sea,
off the coast of Ireland, and on the Jamaica station,
until transferred, in May, 1800, to the Queen 98,
bearing the flag of Sir Hyde Parker at Port Royal.
On 23 April, 1794, he assisted, in company ^^'ith a
squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren, at the cap-
ture, with a loss to the Melampus of 5 killed and 5
wounded, of La Fomone of 44 guns and 341 men, JLe
Babet of 22 guns alid 178 men, and L' Engageante of
38 guns and 300 men. In tlie course of 1795 he es-
corted the Princess of Orange from North Yarmouth
to Cuxhaven, accompanied the expedition to Quibe-
ron, and contributed, in unison with the Hebe 3S,
to the capture of six out of 13 French vessels laden
with military stores and convoyed by a ship of 26
guns, and also by two armed brigs, one of which. La
Vesuve, was likewise taken. We subsequently find
him aiding at the capture of the French national
ships Etormant of 18 guns, Etna of 20 guns, Volage
of 22 guns and 195 men, and Re'solue of 40 guns and
500 men, including troops. The latter frigate was
taken 14 Oct. 1798, and was one of a squadron of
ships that had been previously defeated under Com-
modore Bompart during an action in which the
Melampus had had but 1 man wounded. Besides
sharing in other services Mr. Sangster partook,
during his attachment to the Melampus, of a va-
riety of skirmishes with the enemy's batteries and
gun-boats on the coast of France, assisted at the
capture of several privateers, witnessed the muti-
nies at Spithead and the Nore, conveyed the
Princess Royal and the King of Wurtemberg from
Harwich to Cuxhaven, and served off Waterford
and Wexford during the Irish Rebellion. The
Melampus was run on board, on one occasion, and
dismasted, by an East India ship; and on another,
she was for several hours on shore in a fog off Cape
La Hogue. A few days after he had joined the
Queen Mr. Sangster was made Lieutenant, 31 May,
1800, into the Quebec 32, Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun,
with whom and with Capt. Robt. Mends he conti-
nued to serve in the West Indies in the Nereide
36 until Sept. 1802. In charge of the boats of the
latter ship he made an attempt to cut out several
vessels from under a battery at Puerto Rico ; on
which occasion 28 grape-shot passed through his
own boat, and he had 1 man killed and several
wounded. His subsequent appointments were — 24
Aug. 1803, as First-Lieutenant, to the Curlew 16,
Capt. Jas. Murray Northey, employed in the Chan-
nel and North Sea and off the coast of Ireland— 4
Jan. 1805, to the Antelope 50, Capts. Robt. Plampin
and Henry Bazely, on the Home station — 31 Aug.
1805, to the Powerful 74, Capts. R. Plampin, Rich.
Buck, Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and
Chas. Jas. Johnston, in which ship, after having
gone in pursuit, with Sir John Thos. Duckworth, of
a French squadron, consisting of six sail of the Une,
he proceeded to the East Indies— 29 May, 1809, as
Senior, to the Milford 74, commanded at first by
Capt. Bayntun on the coast of France, and subse-
quently by Capt. Edw. Kittoe, as flag-ship, during
the siege of Cadiz, to Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats,
under whom he performed for nine months the
duties of Signal-Lieutenant— 16 June, 1811, to the
charge (two months after an inflammatory com-
plaint, produced by long service in various cli-
mates, had compelled him to seek half-pay) of a
Signal station in co. Suffolk— and, 24 Jan. 1814, as
First, to the Scarborough 74, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral John Ferrier in the North Sea, where he
remained until 5 May following. While attached
to the Curlew he aided in saving the guns and
stores of the Tartarus bomb, wrecked on Margate
Sands in Dec. 1804. On this service he endured a
week's exposure in the boats, and was attacked by
a fit of rheumatism so severe that to this day its
effects continue. In the Powerful he proved in-
strumental to the capture, 13 June and 9 July, 1806,
of the privateers La Henriette of 20 guns and 124 men,
and (after a running fight of nearly two hours and
some loss) La Bellone of 30 guns and 194 men. He
also, 27 Nov. 1806, assisted at the capture and de-
struction of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs of war
and about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels
lying in Batavia Roads ; and on II Dec. 1807 he was
present as First-Lieutenant, and, owing to the ab-
sence of Capt. Pellew, had charge of the ship, at
the annihilation, at Griessee, in the island of Java
of the dockyard and stores and of all the men-of-
war remaining to Holland in India. On the latter
occasion he conducted the Powerful through an
intricate passage and silenced the fire of a battery
which had hulled her with hot and cold shot. For
his conduct he received the thanks of Sir Edw.
Pellew, the Commander-in-Chief, accompanied by
a promise of recommendation to the Admiralty
He was appointed, as above, First-Lieutenant of
the MiLFORD, one of the finest ships of her class at
the particular request of Capt. Bayntun, whose ap-
plause he gained for the manner in which he fitted
her out, and for the state of sound discipline into
which he speedily brought the crew. Unable to
obtain the promotion to which his services appeared
to entitle him, he accepted, 26 Nov. 1830, the rank
of Retired Commander on the Junior List: and on
5 Jan, 1845, was placed on the Senior.
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SANKEY-SANSUM— SARGENT-SARSFIELD-SAETORIDS.
Commander Sangster is married, and has issue a
son and daughter.
SANKEY. (Commander, 1844. p-p., 18;h-p., 9.)
Jacob Hikam Sankef, bom 23 July, 1807, is
only surviving son of the late Matthew Villiers
Sankey, Esq., of Coolmore, by Mary Ellington,
sister of Major EWngton, Major of the Tower of
London. His grandfather, Jacob Sankey, Esq., of
Coolmore, married a sister of Admiral Sir Benjamin
Caldwell. The Sankey family is of ancient and high
standing.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1820, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambrian 48, Capt.
Gawen Wm. Hamilton, attached to the force in the
Mediterranean, where he continued to serve as Mid-
shipman, until 1827, in the Hind 20, Capt. Lord
Henry John Spencer Churchill, Weasel 10, Capt.
Johnson, Cambkian again, Capt. Hamilton, and
Revenge 76, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard. He was
actively employed during that period in the Archi-
pelago in destroying pirates, with whom he came re-
Eeatedly into sharp conflict. In 1827, having passed
is examination 20 Aug. 1826, he became Mate of
the Victory 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, at Ports-
mouth ; in 1828 he returned to the Mediterranean
in the Madagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Ca-
vendish Spencer ; and on 10 Dec. 1835, after having
been for some months employed on the Home and
South American stations in the Vernok 50, Capt.
Sir Francis Augustus Collier, and Spartiate 76,
Capt. Robt. Tait, he was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments were —
SO April, 1836, to the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Ren-
ton Sharpe, with whom he served on the Lisbon
station until the early part of 1837—25 May, 1838,
to the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, fitting at
Portsmouth — and 7 July following, to the Incon-
stant 36, Capts. Daniel Pring and Fred. Thos.
Michell. He continued in the latter ship on the
"West India and Mediterranean stations, part of the
time as First-Lieutenant, until paid off in March,
1843. He has not been since afloat. His promotion
to the rank he now holds took place 27 Aug. 1844.
Commander Sankey married, 8 Feb. 1844, Melita
Anne, only daughter of the late Capt. G. W. Ha-
milton, R.N., C.B., by whom he has issue.
SANSUM. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Arthck Sansum entered the Navy 3 Aug. 1826 ;
passed his examination in 1832 ; and obtained his
commission 10 May, 1839. His appointments have
since been— 22 May, 1839, as Additional-Lieutenant,
to the Magnificent receiving-ship at Jamaica,
Commodore Peter John Douglas — 16 Feb. 1840, to
the Thunder surveying-vessel, Capt. Edw. Barnett,
on the North America and West India station — 27
July, 1841, as First, to the Scoot 18, Capts. Joseph
Paffard Dickson Laroom and Hon. Jas. Robt. Drum-
mond, attached to the force in the Mediterranean,
whence he returned in 1845 — and 16 Feb. 1846, in a
. similar capacity, to the Calypso 18, Capt. Henry
John Worth, now in the Pacific.
SARGENT. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Robert Orme Sargent passed his examination
28 July, 1843; and since 15 April, 1845, has been
serving in the Erebus discovery-ship, Capt. Sir
John Franklin. His commission as Lieutenant
bears date 15 Aug. 1846.
SARSFIELD. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 11; h-p., 32.)
DoMiNicK Sarsfield was born 18 Jan. 1790.
He is a descendant of the celebrated Irish General,
Sarsfield, Lord Lucan.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1804, as
Third-cl. Vol., on board the Tromp 50, Capts. J.
A. Norway and Michael M'Carthy, on the Fal-
mouth station. In 1807 he became Midshipman of
the Glijckstadt 18, commanded in the Channel
and North Sea by Capts. Edw. Bass and Henry
Higman; the latter of whom he followed, as a
passed Midshipman, in Sept. 1811, into the Fly 16,
attached to the force in the Baltic. In the course
of the same year he was sent in charge of a Danish
prize to Gottenborg. While there, the Fly being
driven off the coast in a gale, he was placed, for a
passage to join her, on board the Grasshopper 18,
Capt. Henry Fanshawe ; and he was in that vessel
when, in order to avoid sharing the fate of her un-
fortunate consort the Hero 74, she was under the
necessity of surrendering to the Dutch fleet in the
Texel. He remained in consequence a prisoner of
war in France from Dec. 1811 until the end of the
war. Towards the close of 1814 he successively
joined the Pompee 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood,
and Icarus 10, Capt. Thos. Barker Devon, both on
the Home station ; and in July, 1815, he was pre-
sented with a commission bearing date 14 of the
preceding Feb. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Sarsfield is now Marine Manager for the
City of Dublin Steam-packet Company. For 20
years prior to this appointment he was in command
of steamers, both government and private, employed
principally in the conveyance of mails between
Liverpool and Dublin. He married, 14 Oct. 1815,
Mary, eldest daughter of the late Lieut. -Colonel
Balcomb, by whom he has issue four children.
SARTORIUS, Kt., K.S.B.D'A., K.C.T.S. (Cap-
tain, 1814. F-P., 16.)
Sir George Rose Sartorius, bom in 1790, is eld-
est son of John Conrad Sartorius, Esq., Col. of En-
gineers, Hon. E. I. Co.'s service, by a daughter of
Rose, Esq.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1801, as
a Volunteer, on board the Mary yacht, Capt. Sir
Harry Burrard Neale ; served, from May, 1802,
until Oct. 1804, part of the time as Midshipman,
in the Fisgard and Naiad frigates, commanded,
on the Home station, by Capt. Jas. Wallis; and
then joined the Tonnant 80, Capts. Wm. Henry
Jervis and Chas. Tyler, under the latter of whom
he fought at Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. Immediately
after the battle he was placed with Lieut. Jas.
Stuart on board the Bahama, one of the Spanish
74*s taken on the occasion. In June, 1806, he re-
moved to the Daphne 20, Capt. Fras. Mason ; and
after assisting in that ship at the capture of Monte
Video and participating in the various operations
which preceded the evacuation of Spanish America,
he was made Lieutenant, 5 March, 1808, into the
Success 32, Capt. John Ayscough. In the course
of the same and of the two following years we find
him employed in affording protection to the Green-
land fisheries, in assisting at the reduction of Ischia
and Procida, and in co-operating in the defence of
Sicily against the threatened invasion of Murat.
On 4 April, 1810, he commanded the boats of the
Success and Espoir brig, at the destruction, with
a loss to the British of 2 men killed, of two vessels
laden with oil, under a heavy fire of great guns and
musketry, on the beach, near Castiglione,* and on
25 of the same month he assisted at the capture of
an armed ship and three barks close to the castle of
Terracina. After serving with the flotilla at the
defence of Cadiz he was promoted, 1 Feb. 1812, to
the rank of Commander. His next appointments
were, 15 Aug. 1812 and 22 July, 1813, to the Snap
12 and Avon 18, both on the Home station; where,
attaining Post-rank 6 June, 1814, he commanded,
from 14 Dec. in that year until Aug. 1815, the
Slaney 20, and was present at the surrender of
Napoleon Buonaparte to Capt. Maitland of the
Bellerophon. His last appointment was to the
Malabar 72, in which ship, attached to the force
in the Mediterranean, he remained from 19 Aug.
1841 until paid off in 1844. On 21 Aug. in the for-
mer year he received the honour of Knighthood ;
and on 9 Nov. 1846 he was nominated a Naval Aide-
de-Camp to the Queen.
In 1832 Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius assumed com-
mand, with the rank of Admiral, of Don Pedro's
fleet, whose movements he continued to direct until
succeeded, in 1833, by Sir Charles Napier. His
name in consequence was struck off the list of
British Captains ; but in 1836 it was restored. For
• TMeGaz. 1810, p. 1138.
SAULEZ— SAUMAREZ,
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his services to the Portuguese nation he received the
title of Yiscomte de Piedade, was presented with
the Grand Cross of St. Bento d'Avis, and created a
Knight Commander of the Order of the Tower and
Sword. Sir George married, in 1839, a daughter of
John Lamb, Esq., and has issue. Agents — Burnett
and Holmes.
SAULEZ. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Isaac Newton Thomas Saulez entered the Navy
9 Oct. 1828 ; passed his examination 28 Dec. 1836 ;
and for his services as Mate of the Pylades 18,
Capt. Talavera Vernon Anson, during the opera-
tions on the coast of China, especially at the second
capture of Canton, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 8 Oct. 1841.* He was appointed, 17
July, 1843, Additional of the Winchester 50, flag-
ship of Hon. Josceline Percy at the Cape of Good
Hope; and from 11 Nov. 1844 until the latter part
of 1845 he was employed on that station in the
Thunderbolt steam-sh)op, Capt. Geo. Nathaniel
Broke. He has since been on half-pay. Agents —
Messrs. Halford and Co.
SAUMAREZ. (Lieutenant, 1847.)
Philip Saumarez passed his examination 19
April, .1845; obtained his commission 28 June,
1847 ; and since 23 July following has been serving
in the Trincomalee 24, Capt. Rich. Laird "Warren,
on the North America and West India station.
SAUMAREZ, K.L.A. ((STaptaitl, 1824.)
Richard Saumarez is nephew of the late Ad-
miral Lord de Saumarez, G.C.B. ;t and cousin of
Commander Henry Dumaresq, R.N. His brother,
* Vide GtiZ. 1841, pp, 3505, 2539.
-f- Lord de Saumarez, originally Mr. James Saumarez, was
born 11 Marcli, 1757, at Guernsey ; and entered the Navy in
1770 on board the Montreal, Capt. Alms. For his conduct
in the Bbistoj. 50, Commodore Sir Peter Parker, in the at-
tack upon Fort Sullivan, near Charlestown, South Carolina,
he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of that ship ; and after
having taken part with the same officer in the expedition
against Long Island, and, in the Chatham 74, in the attempt
upon Rhode Island, he was officially promoted by a eommis-
sioa dated in Feb. 1778, He subsequently commanded the
Spitfire galley with great activity on the coast of North
America ; was in the Fortitude 74, bearing the flag of Sir
Hyde Parker, in the action off the Doggerbank 5 Aug. 1781 ;
and, in acknowledgment of his services on that occasion, was
promoted to the rank of Commander and appointed to the
TisipHONB fire-veaael. In the following Dec. he proved
chiefly inatrumental to the capture, by Rear-Admiral Kem-
penfeld, of part of a French convoy under M. de Guichen;
and on his arrival in the West Indies with the intelligence of
the latter^ having left port he was appointed, by Sir Sam.
Hood, the" Commander-in-Chief, to the Russell 74. In that
ship he Ijore a distinguished part in Rodney's action with the
Comte de Grasse IS April, 1782. Between 1787 and the date
of his promotion to the rank of Rear- Admiral, which took
place 1 Jan. 1801, he commanded the Ambuscade 33, Rai-
soNNABLE 64, Crescent of 42 guns and 257 men, Mary-
borough and Orion 74'a, and Cjesar 80. In the Crescent
he made prize, 20 Oct. 1793, of La Reunion of 36 guns and
320 men, lao of whom were either killed or wounded, with-
out any casualty whatever to the British. His gallantry on
this occa'^ion procured him the honour of Knighthood, and
the merchants of London presented him with an elegant
piece of plate. In Dec. of the same year the Crescent
formed part of an expedition under Earl Moira and Rear- Ad-
miral M'Bride to the coast of Normandy and Brittany ; and
on 8 June, 1794, she was in action with an enemy's squadron
of very superior force, from whom she escaped by a series of
i;he most bold and masterly manoeuvrea. While in command
of the Orion, Sir Jamea Saumarez fought with distinction in
Lord Bridport's action, in the engagement off St. Vincent, and
at the battle of the Nile. His bravery on each of the two latter
occasions obtained for him a gold medal ; and on the last the
city of London presented him with a piece of ornamental plate
valued at 200/. In 1799 he was appointed a Colonel of Ma-
rines; in theearly partof 1801, with his flagon board theC/E-
SAR, he commanded a division of the grand fleet off the Black
Rocks, with such unwearied zeal, that no square-rigged vessel
of any description either left or entered the port of Brest ;
and on 14 June in the same year (the very day after he had
been raised to the dignity of a Baronet) he sailed from Ply-
mouth with a squadron consisting of five sail of the line, one
frigate, a brig, and a lugger, destined for the blockade of
Ca^iz, off which port lie was joined by two more sail of the
line. On 6 of the following month Sir James, with six sail of
the line under his orders, made an unsuccessful attack (which
lasted for five hours and terminated with the loss to the Bri-
Acting-Commander Thos. Saumarez, died at the
island of Ascension 19 May, 1823, seven days only
after his appointment to the Bann 20.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef 110, Capt.
John Conn, bearing the flag in the Channel of his
uncle, then Sir Jas. Saumarez, with whom he shortly
afterwards removed to the St. George 98. Becom-
ing Midshipman, in Nov. of the same year, of the
Spartan, of 46 guns and 258 men, Capt. Jahleel
Brenton, he assisted in that ship at the destruction
of the castles of Pesaro and Ceseratico, the reduc-
tion of Lusin, an island on the coast of Croatia, and
the capture of Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo. He
was also, 3 May, 1810, present in a brilliant and
single-handed victory gained by the Spartan, in
the Bay of Naples (after a contest of more than
two hours, in which the British sustained a loss of
10 men killed and 22 wounded), over a Franco-
Neapolitan squadron, carrying altogether 95 guns
and about 1400 men. In Aug. of the year last men-
tioned he removed, as Master's Mate, to the Daphne
20, Capt. Philip Pipon, attached to the force in the
Baltic, where, until Sept. 1812, he had constant
charge of a watch, and " conducted himself with so
much care and ability, and displayed such know-
ledge of his profession, both as a sailor and a navi-
gator," that, on leaving, he had the satisfaction of
being strongly recommended by his Captain as " a
young officer of great promise, and highly deserv-
ing of promotion." During his servitude in the
Daphne he witnessed an attack made by the enemy
upon Danzig, and conveyed to the Commander-in-
Chief the official despatches relative to the battle
tish of the Hanniban 74) on a French squadron, conaiating of
two 80-gun ships, one 74, and a frigate, lying under the pro-
tection of several strong batteries in the neighbourhood of
Algeciras. Six days afterwards, having by means of the
greatest exertion partially refitted his squadron at Gibraltar,
he proceeded, witn five ships of the line, two frigates, a po-
lacre, and an armed brig, in pursuit of the above French
squadron, which had been joined by two Spanish ships of
1 1 2 guns, one of 96, one of 80, and one of 74, also by another,
a French 74, and by two frigates and a lugger, and which,
with the Hannibal, making in all 10 ships of the line, was
now on its way from Algeciras to Cadiz. Notwithstanding
the fearful superiority of this force, the valour and genius
of Sir James Saumarez enabled him to achieve a most glorious
victory. The two Spanish three-deckers were destroyed ;
one French 7-1, the it. Antoine, was captured; and the re-
mainder of the enemy's ships were put to flight. As a mark
of the sense entertained by his Majesty and the country of
the important service he had rendered, Sir James was created
a Kniglit of the Bath, was voted the thanks of both Houses
of Parliament, with a pension of 1200/. per annum for life,
and was presented with the freedom of the city of London,
accompanied by a handsome sword. After serving at the
blockade of Cadiz and superintending the cession of Minorca
to tlie Spanish he returned, in ISoa, to England. On retir-
ing for a while to his native island he received from the in-
habitants an elegant vase, in testimony of their unfeigned
respect and esteem for his public and private cliaracter; and
he was also gratified with the thanks of the States of the
neighbouring island of Jersey, in 1803, after his flag had
been flying for a short time at the Nore, he was appointed to
the^chief command on the Guernsey station ; where he re-
mained until promoted, 13 Dec. 1806, to tlie rank of Vice-
Admiral. He was then nominated second in command of
the Channel fleet under Earl St. Vincent. In the ensuing
Aug. he resumed his former command off Guernsey. Being
next, in March, 1808, appointed to the chief command in the
Baltic, he was for four years and a half employed on that sta-
tion in affording protection, under circumstances the most
difficult, to the commerce of Britain, in maintaining friendly
relations between her and Sweden, and in otherwise, by his
conciliatory and judicious conduct, improving her position
with the northern powers. On leaving Gottenborg in 1812
he received from the King of Sweden (.who also created him a
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Swedish military order of the
Sword) amost superb sword, the whole of the hiltof which was
set with brilliants of exquisite workmanship and great value.
He received, too, the personal thanks of the Emperor of
Russia and the King of Prussia, on the occasion of their sub-
sequent visit to England; as well as the acknowledgments
of IMnee Metternich, the Austrian Minister ; and, above all,
the approbation of his own Government, He became a full
Admiral 4 June, 1814; was appointed in 1819 Rear-Admiral
and in Nov. 1821 Vice-Admiral, of Great Britain, the latter
of which posts he retained until constituted, in Feb. 1832, a
General of Marines ; held the chief command at Plymouth
from 1824 until 1827; and was elevated to the Peerage by
letters patent dated Sept. 1831. He died 9 Oct. 1836.
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SAUMAREZ-SAUNDERS-SAUNDERSON.
of Borodino. After serving for a few weeks as
Acting-flag-Lieutenant to Sir Jas. Saumarez in the
ViCToiiT 100 and Pvramus 36, he was presented
with a commission bearing date 5 Dec. 1812 ; and
he was next, 2 Feb. 1813, appointed to the Bac-
chante 33, Capts. Wm. Hoste and Fras. Stanfell.
While under the former of those officers in the
Adriatic he conducted a considerable body of Croa-
tian troops from the Bocco di Cattaro to Fiume,
where he arrived at a period when a force of the
kind was most urgently required both for the pro-
tection of the town and for the purpose of co-ope-
rating with the army under General Nugent at the
siege of Trieste. On the surrender of the latter
place he was sent by Rear-Admiral Thos. Francis
Fremantle to Prince Maximilian with the terms of
the capitulation. On his passage afterwards with
despatfehes to Capt. Hoste, the transport vessel in
which he was embarked not being able, from con-
trary winds and strong ciu'rents, to proceed to the
place of rendezvous, he quitted her in an open boat,
and by pulling along the coast, from Lissa to the
anchorage off JMelida, arrived in Nov. 1813, not,
however, without having incurred much risk, and
been forced by violent gales to take refuge for three
days upon a barren and uninhabited island between
Lissa and Curzola. Through these means the de-
spatches were delivered, which led to the immediate
attack, and ultimate surrender, of the fortress of
Cattaro ; where Lieut. Saumarez was the chief offi-
cer of the Bacchante engaged on shore in the
direction of the batteries, and, under the instruc-
tions of Capt. Hoste, carried on the capitulation
with General Gauthier. In Jan. 1814 he contri-
buted to the reduction of Kagusa*, and on proceed-
ing, in the course of the same year, to the coast of
North America, was there very actively employed,
particularly at the capture of Castine, Belfast, and
other places, in Penobscot Bay. In Deo. 1818,
Ijieut. Saumarez, who had been paid off from the
Bacchante about July, 1815, received an appoint-
ment to the Syeille 44, bearing the flag of Sir
Home Popham in the West Indies. He was there,
19 May, 1819, made Commander into the Beavek
sloop -, and on 17 April, 1824, he was advanced to
Post-rank. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
In Aug. 1815 Capt. Saumarez was presented with
the Honorary Medallion of the Royal Humane So-
ciety, for "his meritorious and highly laudable con-
duct," in having, in May, 1814, under circumstances
of the greatest peril, risked his own life to save that
of Robert Taylor, a seaman, who had fallen over-
board between Malta and Sicily ; and in 1818 the
Cross of the Order of Leopold of Austria was con-
ferred upon him " for the signal services he had
rendered during the campaign of 1813." On his re-
turn in the Beaveb from the West Indies he sub-
mitted to the Admiralty some observations on the
yellow fever, by which he had been three times
attacked in the course of one year, and had the
gratification of receiving their Lordships' approba-
tion for the attention he had given to the subject.
The thanks of the Committee of West India mer-
chants were conveyed to him in April, 1821, " for
the interesting information conveyed in his letter
of the 16th " of that month, as to the most eligible
track to be pursued by their homeward-bound ship-
ping. Capt. Saumarez married 12 Feb. 1825, and
has issue three sons and one daughter. His second
son, Thomas, is a Lieutenant R.N.
SAUMAREZ. (Lieutenant, 1848.)
Thomas Saumakez is son of Capt. Rich. Sau-
marez, R.N.
This officer obtained his commission 10 March,
1848.
SAUNDERS. (Lieut., 1822. r-p., 22; h-p., 15.)
William Clewes Saunders entered the Navy 3
Aug. 1810, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Phea-
sant 18, Capt. John Palmer, under whom he was
for upwards of four years employed, part of the
time as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the
Channel and at Newfoundland. Between Oct. 1814
and Oct. 1818 he served on the Home and again on
the Newfoundland stations in the Wanderer 20,
Capts. J. Palmer and Wm. Dowers, San Josef 110,
flag-ship of Sir Rich. Strachan, and Tiber 38, Capt.
Jas. Rich. Dacres. He then proceeded, as Admi-
ralty-Midshipman of the Sapphire 26, Capt. Henry
Hart, to the West Indies; where he acted, from 9
June until 16 Dec. 1820, as Lieutenant in the On-
tario 18, Capts. Whitworth Lloyd, Wilson BraddyU
Bigland, and Jodrell Leigh, and was again for 14
months employed as Admiralty-Midshipman in the
EcBVALUs 42, Capts. Thos. Huskisson, Isham Flem-
ing- Chapman, and W. B. Bigland, and Tamae 26,
Capt. Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman. He was con-
firmed a Lieutenant, 6 May, 1822, in the Stbille
44, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley at Jamaica;
and was next, 11 April, 1823, appointed to the Pha-
eton 46, Capt. Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt, under
whom, prior to being paid off in 1826, we find him
conveying the Right Hon. C. R. Vaughan, British
Ambassador, to North America, and bringing three
millions of dollars home from the West Indies. He
has filled the appointment, since 29 Oct. 1840, of an
Agent for Transports afloat.
SAUNDERSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8;
H-P., 33.)
James Sahnderson, born about 1795, is youngest
son of the late Fras. Saunderson, Esq., for 30 years
M.P. for CO. Cavan, by Anne White, heiress of the
Bassetts, of Miskin, Glamorganshire. He is brother
of Alex. Saunderson, Esq., of Castle Saunderson,
Colonel of the Cavan Militia, and lately M.P. for
that CO.; of Colonel Hardress Waller Saunderson,
who served throughout the Peninsular war as Cap-
tain of the 39th Regt., and was wounded at Albu-
era ; and of Capt. Wm. Bassett Saunderson, h.-p.
unattached, who likewise fought in the Peninsula,
and was there Captain of the 44th. The first-men-
tioned of these gentlemen is married to a sister of
the present Lord Farnham; and the second to a
daughter of the Earl of Carhampton. Another
brother, Francis, Rector of Kildaller, married Lady
Catherine Crichton, sister of the Earl of Erne. The
Lieutenant is a cousin of Mr. John Sanderson,
Lieutenant R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Starch, 1806, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Tonnant 80, Capt. Thos.
Brown, bearing the flag in the Channel of Rear-Ad-
miral Eliab Harvey, with whom, after having pur-
sued to the West Indies a squadron which had
effected its escape from Brest, he removed as Mid-
shipman, in July of the same year, to the St.
George 98. In that ship, attached to the force in
the Baltic, he remained for a period of three months.
In July, 1807, he was placed under the orders of
Rear-Admiral Hon. Michael De Courcy in his old
ship the ToNNANT ; and, in Oct. 1808, three months
after he had been discharged, he went back to the
St. George, then bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Fras. Pickmore ; in which ship, deducting a few
months passed on board the Phobbe 36, Capt. J:^.
Hillyar, he continued employed until transferred, in
May, 1810, to) the Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir Peter
Parker. While in the latter frigate he assisted at
the reduction of the Isle of France, and, on repair-
ing to the Mediterranean, bore a prominent part,
in the course of 1812, in many gallant boat affairs
conducted by the present Capt. Rowland Main-
waring. He assisted, in particular, at the cutting
out, without loss, of the St. Joseph, a beautiful
French brig, pierced for 16 guns, lying within pis-
tol-shot of one battery, flanked by another, and also
by musketry from the shore, near the Bay of Frejus ;
at the boarding and carrying of the French xebec
La Paix, mounting 2 long 6-poundei3, with a com-
plement of 30 men, protected by a galling fire from
the towers of Terracina; at the capture, under a
heavy fire from the batteries in the river Mignone,
nearCivitaVecchia, of the French letter-of-marque
St. Esprit, pierced for 12 guns, but with only 2 6-
pounders mounted ; and at the destruction of the
customhouse and magazines at Mejan, in the Bay of
Marseilles. For the conspicuous gallantry he ex-
SAURIN-SAVAGE.
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hibited in the last-mentioned affair, which cost a
Lieutenant, Yates, his life, Mr. Saunderson, who
held the rating of Master's Mate, was strongly re-
commended by his Captain to the favourable notice
of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Edw. Pellew. On
18 May, 1812, the Menelads (in company with
the Havannah and Fukieuse frigates and Peeorus
brig) was chased by the French Toulon fleet ; and on
29 of the same month, having pursued the French
40-gun frigate Pauline and 16-gun brig Ecureuil
under the batteries in the vicinity of Toulon, she
again effected a masterly retreat from the fleet that
had come out to their protection, by passing through
its line ahead of one 74 and astern of another.
In command of two of her boats Mr. Saunderson
succeeded, 4 Sept. 1812, in bringing out from the
entrance of the Orbitello Lake io Fidelh, a govern-
ment transport, loading with ship-timber ;* and on
28 March, 1813, he contrived, after a night-chase of
many hours, to board and carry Le Nouveau Flienix
privateer of 6 guns and 75 men. This vessel he
carried as prize-master to Gibraltar. He continued
in the Menelads, the latter part of the time in the
capacity of Acting-Lieutenant, until Dec. 1813. He
next, for some months in 1814, served off Lisbon
and Gibraltar, as Midshipman, in tlie Kedwing 18,
Capt. Sir John Gordon Sinclair; and, attaining the
rank of Lieutenant 25 ."Vpril, 1815, was employed as
such, from 2 June until 30 Deo. in that year, in the
Ibis 32, flag-ship of Sir Home Popham in the
Thames. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Saunderson married Selina, fourth daughter
of Colonel and Lady Ann Fox, and niece of John
James, second and last Earl of Farnham. By that
lady he has issue two daughters.
SAUEIN. (fflapfaitt, 1814. r-P., 9 ; h-p., 3,j.)
Edward Saurik, is son of the Eight Hon. Wm.
Saurin, formerly Attorney-General for Ireland.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1803, as a
Volunteer, on board the Ecryalus 36, Capt. Hon.
Henry Blackwood, in which ship, attached to the
force on the Irish station, he remained for a few
weeks. He next, in May, 1804, joined the Loire
46, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, with whom he
continued almost uninterruptedly employed in the
same frigate, and, as Midshipman and as Master's
Mate, in the Volontaire 38 and Emeraed 36, until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 2 May, 1810.
He was under the fire, during that period, of the
batteries in Muros Bay, when they were gallantly
stormed and carried, and the privateers Confiance
and Be'Iier taken, by the boats under the late Sir
Jas. Lucas Yeo, 4 June, 1805. He assisted also, on
25 of the same month, in capturing Le Vaillant of
30 guns ; was in company with L'Egtptibnne fri-
gate at the taking, auer an obstinate resistance, of
La Libre of 40 guns ; conveyed, in July, 1806, to Sir
Rich. Keats, off L'Orient, intelligence which led to
the capture of Le Rhin of 44 guns ; aided at the
capture of many other vessels and at the blockade
of Rochefort; contributed, on the night of 13
March, 1808, to the destruction, in Vivero harbour,
of a large French schooner, L' Apropos, of 8 guns and
70 men ;t and was present, in April, 1809, at the de-
struction of the French shipping in Aix Boads.
After serving for about four months at Portsmouth
in the Ethalton 36, Capt. Edm. Heywood, he was
appointed, 17 Feb. 1811, to the'ALCMJiNE 38, Capt. Ed-
wards Lloyd Graham, fitting for the Mediterranean,
where he remained until July, 1812. On 22 May in
that year he made an attack with' four boats, near
the island of Lissa, upon a large armed convoy, the
result of which was the capture of one of the ene-
my's principal vessels, but not until nearly the
• Vide Gaz. 181S, p. 2017.
•)• On this occasion he landed nitli a party under Lieut.
Chas. Bertram, assisted in taking possession of a battery
(wliose f^uns, 8 24-pounders, were at the same time spiked),
and, after having encountered and routed tlie crew, was for
several hours engaged (under the annihilating fire of a body
of troops not 30 yards distant) in a fruitless attempt to
launch the schooner, which had been run on rhe rocks, and
was in consequence set fire to and blown up. — Vide Gaz.
1808, p. 416.
whole of her crew had been either killed or wounded.
'The slaughter on the part of the British was almost
equally dreadful, the pinnace alone sustaining a loss
of at least 20 officers and men killed and wounded.
Among the latter was their gallant leader, who by
his voice and example encouraged the rest, and, not-
withstanding he was severely wounded, still perse-
vered. He lost his right arm, his left was shot
through, his neckcloth was cut through the dif-
ferent folds, and his sabre broken by a ball. He
was advanced in consequence to the rank of Com-
mander 12 Dec. 1812, and was awarded, 24 Feb.
1813, a pension, increased, in Dec. 1815, to 300?. per
annum. His last appointment was, 6 July, 1813, to
the Hope 10, in which vessel he served on the
Home station until advanced to his present rank 7
June, 1814. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Saurin has been for many years a Com-
missioner of Stamps and Taxes. He married, 15
July, 1828, Lady Mary Ryder, second daughter of
the Earl of Harrowby.
SAVAGE. (Lieutenant, 1816.)
James Savage entered the Navy, 25 July, 1809,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef llo, Capt.
Rich. Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag of Sir John
Thos. Duckworth in the Channel. He continued to
serve with Capt. Dunn in the Hibebnia 110, Ab-
MiDE 38, and Dublin 74, until July, 1813. In the
course of that month he went back to the San
Josef, then the flag-ship of Sir Rich. King in the
Mediterranean ; where, and in the West Indies and
at Sheerness, we find him, from Jan. 1814 until
March, 1816, employed in the Aigle and Scaman-
DEE frigates, both commanded by Sir John Louis,
In the former ship he assisted at the capture and
destruction of a French convoy under the guns of
Porto Maurizio 11 April, 1814. He was ma^ Lieu-
tenant, we believe, into the MAGiciENNi^2, Capt.
John Brett Purvis, on the East India station, 2
July, 1816; and was lastly, from 31 March, 1819,
until the close of 1822, employed on the East India
station in the Liverpool 50, Capt. Fras. Augustus
Collier ; under whom he accompanied an expedition
against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, and there,
in Jan. 1820, assisted at the bombardment of Ras-
Al-Khyma, their principal stronghold, where the
fortifications were all destroyed, the vessels burnt,
and a large quantity of treasure seized. Agents
Messrs. Stilwell.
SAVAGE. (Commander, 1 830. f-p., 17; h-p., 34.)
William Savage entered the Navy, in Nov.
1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agincooet 64,
Capts. John Williamson and John Lawford ; under
the former of whom he enacted a Midshipman's part
in the battle off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. On his
removal with Capt. Lawford to the Romney 50 he as-
sisted, in the course of 1798, at the capture of a con-
voy of Swedish vessels, laden with naval and military
stores for the use of France, and accompanied, in
the autumn of 1799, the expedition to Holland. He
subsequently proceeded in the same ship, under the
command of Sir Home Popham, to the East Indies,
and made a visit, during his sojourn on that station,
to the Red Sea. While there and on shore in the
neighbourhood of Mount Felix for the purpose of
procuring a supply of water, his party, 11 in num-
ber, was suddenly attacked by a party of the na-
tives, lying in ambush, who murdered all but him-
self and a Midshipman, the late Retired Commander
John Manton. Being severely wounded in the
head, his own life was only saved through the exer-
tions of his companion, who forcibly dragged him
into a boat, and succeeded in keeping the enemy at
bay until they were both out of danger. On his re-
turn to England in May, 1803, he joined La Seine 36,
Capt. David Milne ; and on that ship being wrecked
21 July following off Schelling Island, in the North
Sea, he was received on board the Excellent 74,
Capt. Frank Sotheron, with whom he continued
employed, on the Mediterranean station, until nomi-
nated, 5 May, 1806, Acting-Lieutenant of the In-
TKEPiD 64, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse. He was
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SAVAGE— SAVILLE—SAWBRIDGE-SAYER.
confirmed 17 Sept. in the same year ; and was sub-
sequently appointed — 12 Feb. 1807, to the Formi-
dable 98, Capt. Fras. Fayerman, also in the Medi-
terranean, where he remained for a further period
of three years— 6 April, 1810, to the Addacious 74,
Capt. Donald Campbell, attached to the force in
the North Sea and off Lisbon— 21 Aug. 1811, to
the Baebadoes 24, commanded in the West Indies
by Capt. Edw. Kushworth and for a short time by
himself as Acting-Captain — 6 July, 1812, to the
PoLYPHEMDS 64, Capt. Peter John Douglas, on the
same station — and, 26 Feb. 1813, after three months
of half-pay, to the Centauk 74, Capt. John Cham-
bers White, in the Channel. He invalided in May,
1814, and has not, we believe, been since afloat. He
obtained a pension of 911. bs. per annum for wounds
1 July, 1815; and was advanced to the rank of
Commander 31 Dec. 1830.
SAVAGE. (LiEDT., 1813. f-p., 26; h-p., 17).
William Henry Savage died in 1847. He was
son of the late Rev. Christopher Kingsborough
Savage, by Christian, only child of Bartholomew
Welstead, Esq., of co. Cork, an officer in the Army ;
and brother (with Christopher Savage, Esq., also
an officer in the Army) of Francis Savage, Esq., of
Ballymadun, oo. Dublin, late Captain in the 32nd
Kegt., and a Magistrate for the county.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capfs.
Hon. Michael De Couroy and Thos. Bertie. After
serving for about two years and a half, part of the
time in the capacity of Midshipman, on the West
India, Halifax, and Channel stations, he joined, in
July, 1807, the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of his
former Captain, then Rear-Admiral, De Courcy,
with whom he continued employed in the Channel,
on the north coast of Spain, and on the coast of
Brazil, in the Diana 38 and Foudkotant 80, until
Nov. 1812 — the last four months as Acting-Lieu-
tenant. In the Tonnant he assisted in embarking
the remains of Sir John Moore's army at Corunna.
From Aug. 1813 until promoted, 13 Dec. following,
to the rank of Lieutenant, his name was borne as a
Supernumerary on the books of the Sabeina and
Stately, flag-ships of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin
at Lisbon, where he had charge, during that period,
of a Signal post. He was subsequently employed —
between Jan. 1816 and Sept. 1818, in the Mjeander
38, Capts. John Bastard, Arthur Fanshawe, and Sir
Jas. Alex. Gordon, and Istee 42, Capt. Thos. For-
rest, on the Home and Newfoundland stations —
and, from 20 March, 1829, until 1844, in the Coast
Guard.
SAVILLE. (Retibed Commandeb, 1835. p-p.,
19; HP., 35.)
George Augustus Saville was born 12 April,
1773. His brother, Capt. John Griffin Saville, R.N.,
died Agent for Prisoners-of-War at Jamaica in 1804.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1793, as
A.B., on board the Irresistible 74, Capt. John
Henry, part of the force employed under Sir John
Jervis at the reduction of the French West India
islands. On his return to England in 1794 he joined
the JupiTEE 50, Commodore John Willet Payne,
under whom we find him, in March, 1795, escorting
the Princess Caroline of Brunswick from Cuxhaven
to England. Removing shortly afterwards to the
Russell 74, Capt. Thos. Larcom, he fought in that
ship, and was wounded in the left leg, in Lord Brid-
port's action 23 June, 1795. He next, in Oct. 1796
and May, 1798, became Midshipman and Master's
Mate of the Impetueux 74, Capt. J. W. Payne, and
Experiment 44, commanded by his brother, Capt.
J. G. Saville. On his return, in the latter ship,
from the expedition of 1799 to Holland, he pro-
ceeded to the Mediterranean; where, on 14 Dec.
1800, a few weeks after he had been received on
board the Foudeoiant 80, bearing the flag of Lord
Keith, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the
Athenienne 64, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, of
whose tender, the Arab, he had command from
July, 1801, to March, 1802. He was confirmed a
Lieutenant on his arrival home, 13 Nov. 1802 ; and
was subsequently appointed — 14 March, 1803, to
the Cruizer 18, Capt. John Hancock, on the Home
station, where, prior to invaliding in the following
Oct., he contributed to the capture of a large French
praam— 31 March, 1804, to the Sea Fencibles in
Ireland— 30 Jan. 1805, to the EspiioLE 16, Capt.
Henry Gage Morris, in the Channel— 6 Aug. 1806
(three months after he had left the latter vessel),
to the charge, which he retained until Nov. 1809,
of a Signal station on the Irish coast — and, 31 July,
1811, to the post of Agent for Transports afloat.
While serving in the Espi^gle his spine was se-
verely hurt by the bursting of a hawser in towing
a vessel down Channel. The effects of the injury
he then sustained he still occasionally feels. As a
Transport Agent he was employed on the coasts of
Spain and Portugal, in the expedition against New
Orleans, and in exchanging, at different French
ports, the prisoners taken at Waterloo. He went
on half-pay 14 Dec. 1815 ; and accepted his present
rank 21 April, 1835.
Commander Saville married 25 July, 1807, and
has issue one son and two daughters.
SAWBEIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Samuel Sa wbeibge, bom in 1805, is son of Samuel
Elias Sawbridge, Esq., of Olantigh, co. Kent, Colonel
of the East Kent militia, by EUzabeth, daughter of
Brabazon Ellis, Esq., of Wyddiall Hall, Herts ; and
brother of thS late Capt. Wanley Elias Sawbridge,
of the 28th Regt. His grandfather, John Saw-
bridge, was Lord Mayor of London in 1775, and
M.P. for that city in three successive parliaments ;
and his great-great-grandfather, Jacob Sawbridge,
M.P. for Cricklade, co. Wilts, was one of the Di-
rectors of the South Sea Company in the memor-
able year 1 720.
This officer entered the Navy 13 June, 1820;
passed his examination in 1826 ; obtained his com-
mission 7 June, 1828 ; and was appointed, 22 Sept.
following, to the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Chas.
Orlando IJridgeman, on the Mediterranean station.
He was placed on half-pay a few months afterwards,
and has not been since afloat.
SAYEE. (Captain, 1810. f-p., 32; h-p., 35.)
George Sayer died in 1846. He was cousin of
the late Rear-Admiral Geo. Sayer,'*' and of the pre-
* Rear-Admiral Geo. Sayer was a native of Deal,co. Kent,
where his father was for 30 years Collector of the Customs,
He entered the Navy on board the Ph(ENIX 36, Captains
Geo. Anson Byron and Sir Rich. John Strachan ; and, while
in Uiat frigate, served on shore at the reduction of Tippoo
Saib's forts and other possessions on the Malabar co^ist, and
assisted, in company with the Perseverance frigate, in
effecting tlie capture of La Resolue of 46 guns, 19 Nov. 1791.
As Lieutenant of tlieCARYsFORT 28, Capt.SirFrancis Laforey,
he aided at the capture, 29 May, 1794, of the Castor Fisncli
frigate of 32 guns. After serving as First-Lieutenant, with
Sir F. Laforey, in the Carvsfort, Beaulieu 40, and Ganoes
74, he was promoted, in Maich, 1790, to the command of tlie
LaceD/I^monian sloop, part of the force employed at the
ensuing reduction of Ste. Lucie. In 1797 Capt. Sayer was
attached to the flotilla equipped for the purpose of acting
against the mutinous ships at the Nore. After commanding
for a considerable time the Xenophon and Inspector sloops
he was advanced, 14 Feb. 1801, to Post-rank. During the
late war he served in the Proselyte 28, Galatea 32, and
Leda36. In the Galatea he aided, in Dec. 1807, in ob-
taining possession of the Danish West India islands j and
while in command of the Leda he bore a distinguished part,
both afloat and on shore, in the operations connected with the
conquest of .lava, besides conducting, in 1813, an eminently
successful expedition against the Sultan of Sambas in the
island of Borneo, whose depredations had become so daring
and extensive as to threaten the extinction of our commerce
in that quarter, and who had some time before repulsed a
respectable force sent to check his piracies. From the death
of Sir Sam. Hood, in Dec. 1813, until the arrival of Sir
Geo. Burlton, in June, 1815, and from the demise of the
latter ofijcer in the ensuing Sept. until the advent of
his successor, Sir Kich. King, towards the close of 1816,
Capt. Sayer was senior officer in India, and performed, in
consequence, .all the duties of Commander-in-Chief His
services in the East were rewarded with a gold medal and
the Companionship of the Bath.
SAYER.
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sent Lieut. Geo. Sayer, R.N. ; and uncle of Lieut.
Henry Belsey, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 Dec. 1779, as
Midshipman, on board the Aurora 28, Capt. Jas.
Cumming, with whom, after serving in the Channel,
he removed to the Assurance and Confederate,
hoth on the North American station. Joining next,
in Oct. 1781, the Anson 64, Capts. Wm. Blair and
Hon. John Rodney, he fought in that ship, and was
wounded, in the famous action with the Comte de
Grasse 12 April, 1782. He was subsequently em-
ployed, for seven years, on the Home and Halifax
stations, the latter part of the time as Master's
Mate, in the Assistance 50, Commodore Sir Chas.
Douglas, SciPio 64, Capt. Skeffington Lutwidge,
Orion, Cumberland, and Arrogant 74's, Capts.
Sir Hyde Parker, John M'Bride, and John Harvey,
and Adamant 50, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Hughes.
On the occasion of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, 23 Aug. 1790, he obtained command of
the Chatham armed schooner. In that vessel, in
which he continued until Aug. 1793, he was engaged
in protecting the trade and fisheries along the coast
of Nova Scotia, in the Bay of Fundy, and in the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, and, in the winter-time, in
conveying the mails between Halifax, Boston, and
New York. This latter service had been deemed,
from the severity of the weather, impracticable.
In Dec. 1793 Mr. Sayer was appointed First-Lieu-
tenant of the Charon 44, Capt. Geo. Countess, at
whose particular request he was allowed to follow
him, in a similar capacity, into the Pegasus 28,
D.!EDALns 32, and Ethalion 38. In the Charon
he bore a part in Lord Howe's action, 1 June, 1794 ;
in the DjEdalus he visited the coasts of Africa and
the West Indies, and was on board when nearly the
whole of the officers and many of the crew were
swept away by yellow fever ; and in the Ethalion
he assisted, while cruizing on the coast of Ireland,
at the capture, 12 Oct. 1798, of the French 40-gun
frigate La Belltmc, after a sharp conflict and a
trifling loss to the British.* He was placed in
charge of the prize, and, as a reward for the bravery
and zeal he had displayed, was promoted, 10 Nov.
following, to the rank of Commander. His suc-
ceeding appointments were— in 1799, to the Royal
Admiral troop-ship, in which he accompanied the
expedition to the Helder— in 1800, to the Ulysses
arme'e-en-flute, on the Mediterranean station, where,
in the foilowing year, his Egyptian services procured
him the Turkish gold medal — in Aug. 1803 (after
16 months of half-pay), to the Sea Fencibles on the
coast of Kent— and, 1 Feb. 1809, to the Raleigh 18.
In Feb. 1810 he captured, off Beachy Head, La
Modeste French lugger privateer of 4 guns, pierced
for 18, and 43 men. On 23 Jlay following, being in
company, off the Skawe, with the Alban and Prin-
cess OF Wales cutters, he engaged seven Danish
gun-vessels, one of which was blown up, and the
others obliged to disperse, greatly damaged ;t and
on 2 Nov. in the same year he captured the Admiral
Neil Suul Danish privateer schooner of 10 guns
(pierced for 16) and 28 men, and retook a valuable
American ship from St. Petersburg bound to Lon-
don. Twelve days prior to the occurrence of the
two last-mentioned events he had been advanced,
21 Oct. 1810, to Post-rank. His last appointment
was to the Antelope 50, in which ship he served
as Flag-Captain to Rear- Admiral John Harvey in
the West Indies from 22 Aug. 1815 until paid off in
April, 1819. He was admitted to the out-pension
of Greenwich Hospital 17 Feb. 1837.
Capt. Sayer married, in 1799, a daughter of Wm.
Lawrence, Esq., Storekeeper of the Ordnance at
Plymouth. His only surviving son, Wm. Lawrence
Sayer, is a First-Lieutenant R.M. (1840). His two
eldest died of yellow fever while serving with their
father on board the Antelope.
SAYER. (LlEDT., 1809. F-P., 13 J H-p., 31.)
George Sayer is cousin of the late Capt. Geo.
Sayer, R.N. He lost a brother under Sir John
Moore at Corunna.
• fide Gaz. 1798, p. 1060. ■{■ V. Uaz. 1810, p. 806.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Oct. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cerberus 32, Capt. Wm.
Selby, employed at first off Guernsey and then in
the West Indies, where he was wounded by a mus-
ket-ball in the leg while serving as Midshipman in
the boats under Lieut. Wm. Coote, and was highly
extolled for his unsurpassable gallantry at the cut-
ting-out, on the night of 2 Jan. 1807, of two of the
enemy's vessels, defended by a most tremendous
fire from the batteries, near Pearl Rock, Martinique,
which killed 2 men and wounded 10.'* He was in
consequence presented with a gratuity from the
Patriotic Fund. After assisting at the reduction
of the islands of Marie-Galante and Deseada he
removed, in July, 1808, to the Audacious 74, Capts.
Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin and Patrick Campbell ;
under the former of whom we find him escorting
Sir John Moore's army to the shores of Portugal
and aiding, in Jan. 1809, at its embarkation at
Corunna. In Oct. 1809, at which period he had
been for six months employed in the Baltic in the
Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he was
nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Tartar 32,
Capt. Joseph Baker. To that frigate he was con-
firmed 11 Nov. following ; and he was subsequently
appointed — 8 Sept. 1810 (six months after he had
invalided from the Tartar) to the Bedford 74,
Capt. Jas. Walker, also in the North Sea— 7 April,
1812, again to the Victory, in which ship he re-
mained until the ensuing Dec. — 4 May and 30 Dec.
1813, to the Christian VII. 80 and Zealous 74,
Capts. Ball, Boys, and Anderson, employed in the
North Sea and Channel, and also on the coast of
North America, whence he returned about Jan.
1815— and, 4 April, 1824, to the Britannia 120,
bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez at Plymouth.
He has been on half-pay since April, 1825.
Lieut. Sayer married, 8 April, 1828, Roberta,
daughter of the late Robt. Carwing, Esq., of Sand-
wich.
SAYER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 25.)
Robert Richard Sayer is son of the late 'Thos.
Sayer, Esq., of the High Wood, co. Hereford.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1806, as a
Volunteer, on board the Belleisle 74, Capt. Wm.
Hargood, under whom he went in pursuit of Jerome
Buonaparte to the coast of America, and witnessed,
14 Sept. following, the destruction, off Cape Henry,
of the French 74-gun ship Impetueux. Being dis-
charged from the Belleisle in Nov. 1806, he was
next, from 6 Oct. 1808 until 25 July, 1817, employed
on the East India station, as Midshipman, Master's
Mate, and Lieutenant, in the Cornelia 32, Capt.
Henry Folkes Edgell, Caroline 36, Capt. Sir Chris-
topher Cole, Modeste 36, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot,
and Hecate 16 and Volaoe 22, Capts. Joseph
Drury, Henry Warde (Acting), and John Reynolds.
He assisted in the Cornelia at the capture of the
Isle of France ; in the Caroline, at the reductioa
of Java ; in the boats of the Modeste, at the cap-
ture of a Malay pirate ; and in the Hecate, at the
destruction of the piratical settlement of Sambas,
in Borneo. He was created a Lieutenant, while
serving in the Volage, 8 June, 1815. His last ap-
pointments were — in Dec. 1822, to the Jdpiter 50
and Clio 18, Capts. Geo. Augustus Westphal and
Chas. Strangways, both fitting out— 11 March and
23 June, 1823, and 21 Aug. 1825, to the Isrs 50,
Spartiate 76, and Wellesley 74, all commanded
by Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, the two latter as
flag-ships to Sir Geo. Eyre and Sir Thos. Masterman
Hardy on the coast of South America and in an
expedition to Lisbon— 18 July, 1828 (17 months
after he had left the Wellesley), to the Victory
104, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Stopford at Ports-
mouth, where he had charge for some time of the
Speedy cutter— 17 Feb. 1829, as First, to the Se-
RiNGAPATAM 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, em-
ployed among the South Sea Islands — 14 Sept. 1830,
to the acting-command, in consequence of the death
of Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham, of the Thetis fri-
gate—between the following Nov. and May, 1831,
• Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 394.
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SCALLON-SCANTLEBURY-SCHAW.
as a Supernumerary, to the Waespite 76, flag-ship
of SirThos. Baker, and Clio 18, Capts. Chas. Talbot
and John Jas. Onslow, both on the South American
station — and, in' the course of the month last men-
tioned, again as First, to the SERrsGAPATAM, in
which ship he returned to England and was paid
off in Aug. 1832. While commanding the Thetis
he collected a large amount of specie in the Pacific
for England, and conducted the ship from Calao to
Kio de Janeiro. A few days after he had left her
she was wrecked, and he in consequence lost nearly
SOOl. of freight-money. Agents— Messrs. Halford
and Co.
SCALLON. (CoMMANDEK, 1823. F-p., 26 ;
H-P., 31.)
KoEEET ScALLON was bom 13 Nov. 1771, and
died 26 March, 1848, at Prittlewell, co. Essex.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1790, as Lieute-
nant's Servant, on board the Cambridge 74, Capt.
Locker, with whom he served at Plymouth in the
same ship and in the Alfred 74, until some time in
the following year. From 9 July, 1793, until 13 Dec.
1797, we find him employed in the North Sea and
Channel, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, with
Capt. Peter Halkett, in the EcBO 16 and Circe 28.
In the Echo he witnessed the capture, 12 Jan. 1794,
of La Trompeuse French brig of 18 guns ; and in the
CiKCE he was present in 1797 at the mutiny at the
Nore and in the action off Camperdown. After he
had been for six months attached to the Venerable
and Kent 74's, Capts. Wm. Geo. Fairfax and Wm.
Johnstone Hope, he was promoted, 23 June, 1798, to
the rank of Lieutenant. He served next, if'rom the
ensuing July until July, 1800, in the Bulldog bomb,
Capt. Adam Drummond, and Leander 50, Capt.
Michael Halliday, both in the Mediterranean — from
Aug. 1800 until June, 1803, in the 'Windsok Castle
98, flag-ship of Sir Andrew Mitchell, and Trent 36,
Capts. Sir Edw. Hamilton, Chas. Brisbane, and Jas.
Katon, in the Channel and "West Indies— and be-
tween July, 1803, and Oct. 1815, chiefly on the Home
station, in the Koebuck 44, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley,
Hermes 16, Capt. Hon. John Astley Bennot, Pene-
lope 36, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, Ganges 74,
Capt. Peter Halkett, flag-ship of Kear-Admiral
Wm. Albany Otway, Commodore Kioh. Goodwin
Keats, and Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, Hanhi-
BAI, 74, KoYAL George 100, and Namhr 74, bearing
each the flag of SirThos. Williams (under whom, in
the two former, he officiated as Signal-Lieutenant
from 7 Sept. 1810 until 25 Oct. 1811), Devonshire
74, Capt. Koss Donnelly (which ship he fitted out as
First-Lieutenant), Quebec receiving-ship (at the
Nore), commanded for 12 months by himself, and
Gladiator 44, bearing the fiag of Rear-Admiral P.
Halkett. In the Bdlldog he assisted at the bom-
bardment of Alexandria and the capture of several
ships on their way to Gibraltar ; and while belong-
ing to the Trent he took part in several boat affairs.
On one occasion in particular, 3 April, 1801, he aided
in regaining possession of an English merchant-ship,
although under the protection of five batteries at
Brehat, and in tow of a lugger and several boats, all
of which, after a severe conflict, were driven on
shore, with a loss to the British of 2 men killed and
a Lieutenant of Marines, Walter Tait, severely
wounded. The Penelope was engaged in frequent
skirmishes with the French gun-vessels off Brest ;
and the Ganges formed one of the squadron under
Sir Thos. Louis at the capture of Le President
French frigate of 44 guns, 27 Sept. 1806. She
also accompanied the expeditions of 1807 and 1809
against Copenhagen and the Walcheren, besides
being for nine months employed, prior to the Con-
vention of Cintra, in blockading the Russian fleet
in the Tagus. On the surrender of the Danish
capital and fleet, Mr. Scallon was placed in charge
of the Princess Sophia Frederica 74, and sent in her
with naval stores to Portsmouth. When midway
across the North Sea the ship encountered a severe
gale, and had at one time 7 feet water in the well.
The four pumps were kept constantly at work, and
had the weather not moderated she must inevitably
have foundered. On reaching the Downs she was
again very nearly lost. During the period of his
servitude in the Hannibal, Mr. Scallon, in the
early part of 1811, co-operated with the British
army up the Tagus. So excellent were his disci-
pline and arrangement while in discharge of the
difficult and responsible duties attached to the com-
mand of the receiving-ship, alluded to above, that
not a single man was enabled to effect his escape.
We may add that in the Roebuck, Hehmes, Pene-
lope, Ganges, Devonshire, and Gladiator, he
filled the post of First-Lieutenant— embracing, alto-
gether, a period of seven years. From 12 April,
1822, until promoted to the rank of Commander 15
May, 1823, he served at Plymouth as Senior of the
Bulwark 76, Capt. Thos. Dundas; and from U
March, 1834, until April, 1837, he was employed in
the Ordinary at Chatham— the last eight months as
Commander of the Bkune 22.
Commander Scallon married, 13 June, 1813, Re-
becca, second daughter of Mr. M. Saward, of Thorpe
Hall, Prittlewell, Essex, by whom he had issue three
sons and three daughters.
SCANTLEBUEY. (Lieutenant, 1814. r-p., 11 ;
H-p., 32.)
Jehu Caudle Bend Scantlebury entered the
Navy; 26 Sept. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the
Barbadoes 24, Capt. Joseph Nourse, in which ves-
sel, stationed in the West Indies, he contributed to
the capture of several armed and other vessels.
Towards the close of 1805 he made a voyage from
Portugal to the Cove of Cork in the Savage 18,
Capt. Jas. Wilkes Maurice ; and he then joined the
Northumberland 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex.
Cochrane, again in the West Indies ; where, and on
the coast of North America, we find him, from Jan.
1807, until the receipt, in Dec. 1814, of a commis-
sion bearing date 4 Oct. in that year, serving in the
Jason 32, Capts. Thos. John Cochrane, Wm. Maude,
Chas. Napier, and Hon. Jas. Wm. King, Statira
38, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, and Asia 74, and
ToNNAHT 80, flag-ships of Sir A. Cochrane. He
was present in the Jason, we believe, at the cap-
ture, in 1807, of La Favorite French national ship,
of 29 guns and 150 men, and at the reduction of the
Danish Islands. From the time he left the Ton-
HANT until 9 June, 1815, he served on board the
Bucephalus troop-ship, Capt. Geo. Wm. Hughes
d'Aeth, part, at first, of the force employed in the
expedition against New Orleans.
Lieut. Scantlebury has long been a Police Magis-
trate at Barbadoes.
SCHAW. (Ketiked Commander, 1844. f-p., 10;
H-p., 44.)
Frederick David Schaw, bom in March, 1781,
at Albury, co. Surrey, is of the family of Sir John
Schaw of Greenock, whose heiress married, in 1 718,
Charles, eighth Lord Cathcart, grandfather, through
a second marriage, of William Schaw, fii'st Earl
Cathcart, who commanded in chief the military part
of the expedition against Copenhagen in 1807. His
father, having succeeded to landed property in
Ireland in right of his wife, a sister of Sir Brydges
Baldwin, was appointed a Colonel of the Wicklow
militia on the first formation of that body.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1793, on
board the Excellent 74, Capts. Hon. Wm. Clement
Finch and Rich. Rodney Bligh, the latter of whom
he followed as Midshipman, in April, 1794, into the
Alexander 74, which ship, on her homeward paa-
sage, after having escorted convoy to a certain lati-
tude, was captured, 6 Nov. in the same year, despite
a glorious resistance, attended with a loss to her of
40 men killed and wounded, by five French 74's
and three frigates under Rear-Admiral Nielly.
During the height of the conflict a piece of the
foremast was carried away, and passed so close to
Mr. Schaw that he fell senseless on the gangway.
On being exchanged, after several months of pain-
ful captivity, he was received, about July, 1795, on
SCHOMBERG.
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hoard the Dryad 36, Capts. Hon. Robt. Forbes,
Micajah Malbon, and Lord Amelias Beauclerk, with
whom he served in the Korth Sea and on the coast
of Ireland until the summer of 1796, when he sailed,
in the Brunswick 74, bearing the flag of his former
commander, then Rear- Admiral Bligh, for the West
Indies. In the ensuing Oct. he was nominated
Acting-Lieutenant of the Dictator 64, Capts. Wm.
Geo. Rutherford and Thos. "Western — a vacancy on
board that ship being the first that had occurred
since his arrival. Rear- Admiral Bligh being soon,
however, succeeded by Sir Hyde Parker, Mr. Schaw
was by the latter, in Dec. 1796, superseded and
ordered to do duty as Mate of the signals on board
his flag-ship the Queen 98. In the spring of 1797
a coup de soleilj occasioned by constant observations
made through a telescope at the mast-head under a
broiling sun, having rendered imperative a change
of climate, he returned home on board the Canada
74, Capt, Thos. Twysden. Previously to this he
had been nominated by Sir Hyde Parker Acting-
Lieutenant of the Hermione 32, Capt. HughPigot,
at the time on a cruize ; but the appointment being
cancelled before her return in consequence of the
advent from England of an officer, Mr. Douglas,
on the Admiralty list for promotion, he never
joined, and he was thus preserved from sharing
in the untimely end which the officers experienced
at the hands of their mutinous crew. Continuing
in the Canada under the command of Sir John
Borlase Warren, Mr, Schaw saw much boat and
other service on the coast of France.* While lying
on one occasion In Cawsand Bay he was attacked
so severely by the measles that he was under the
necessity of being sent to the hospital. Anxious to
return to his duty, he obtained leave to do so before
his strength had been sufficiently recruited, and the
result was a disease of the chest, from which he has
never since recovered. After assisting in the boats
at the subsequent capture, off the Gironde, of a
convoy, protected by a gun-brig, which was driven
on shore, he was sent home in charge of one of the
prizes. With much difficulty, owing to the badness
of the weather, the inefficiency of the crew, and the
rottenness of the sails and gear, he succeeded in
reaching Plymouth, but in such a state that the
vessel was run on the mud to prevent her sinking
in dfiiep water. On his passage to rejoin the Canada
in a ship, the name or which we do not happen to
possess, Mr. Schaw contributed to the re-capture
of an English brig, in command whereof he re-
turned a second time to port. On 12 Oct. 1798,
being again on board the Canada, he aided at the
defeat of the French squadron under Commodore
Bompart, intended for the invasion of Ireland. In
the early part of 1799 he became attached, first, to
the Cambridge 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Pasley at
Plymouth, and next, as Master's Mate, to the Doris
36, Capt. Lord Viscount Ranelagh, which frigate,
during a proximate cruize oft' Cape Ortegal, lost her
bowsprit and fore and main masts, and was in con-
sequence towed into Plymouth by the Endymion 40.
Owing to a recommendation from Sir John Warren,
Mr. Schaw, a few weeks after he had passed his
examination, was made Lieutenant, 8 Feb. 1800,
into the Pomona hired armed-brig, Capt. Thos.
Innes, employed in convoying the trade to the
Baltic. His next appointment was to the Hydka
38, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, under whom he at-
tended on the royal family off Weymouth, and
cruized with activity on the Lisbon station. When
watering, about Jan. 1802, at Tetuan, preparatory
to proceeding up the Mediterranean, an attack of
typhus fever obliged him unfortunately to invalid
home on board the Ajax 74, Capt. Hon. Alex.
* In one instancein particular, the Canada, having chased
some men-of-war into Brest Hoad, had much difficulty in
working out. At a most critical moment, and when under
fire from the batteries, the main -tack was let po by a fel-
low of the name of Brady, for the purpose of throwinfj the
ship into confusion, and, if possible, of occasioning her cap-
ture. Good management, however, saved her, and, as soon
as inquiry could be made, Brady was found on his back near
where he had let go the rope, with a foot cut clean off by a
coil of it.
Cochrane. Until placed, at this time, on half-pay,
he had not been ten days absent on leave since he
had entered the service. At the commencement of
the late war he volunteered to serve on half-pay in
any of the ships more immediately opposed to the
force destined by the enemy for the invasion of
England ; but the state of his health not being such
as to permit of his continuing at sea, he was ap-
pointed, in July, 1803, to the Sea Fencibles on the
coast of Yorkshire between Whitby and Redcar.
While there he conceived the idea of capturing a
French privateer hovering off the coast, and for
this purpose proceeded, accompanied by several
volunteers, on board an EngUsh merchantman in
the offing. The Master, however, considering that
he was not warranted by Ms instructions in risking
the co-operation that was desired of him, declined
lending Ms ship, and the intention was therefore
frustrated. For his conduct on this occasion Mr.
Schaw had the satisfaction of receiving the appro-
bation of the Admiralty. His exertions on different
occasions, particularly in saving life and property
from wrecks, brought on at last an attack of spas-
modic asthma; and in Oct. 1804 he was compelled
to seek half-pay. He became a Retired-Commander
on the junior list 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the senior
26 July, 1844.
In 1803 Commander Schaw proposed to the Ad-
miralty a plan for annoying the fleet in Brest har-
bour by means of a fire-ship — but the execution
was considered fraught with too much hazard. He
also suggested the possibility of seizing a large
quantity of timber collected periodically in different
ports of Norway ; whither their Lordships, adopting
his views, despatched a small squadron under the
late Sir Robt. Stopford. On the arrival of the
latter, however, it was found that the timber had
been removed from within his reach. At the com-
mencement of the general peace Commander Schaw
made two propositions to the Government — one, to
the effect that a certain amount of compensation-
money should be given, towards the reduction of
the half-pay list, to such as chose to accept it ; and
the other, that the rank of Retired-Commander
should be conferred on those Lieutenants who, unfit
for service, were willing to assume it without in-
crease of pay or expectation of future promotion.
On the accession of William IV. to the throne the
latter measure was introduced. Commander Schaw
has long been in the habit, we understand, of de-
voting the whole of his pay to charitable purposes,
especially to those connected with the naval service.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
SCHOMBERG. (Vice-Admiral of the Red,
1841. F-P., 24; H-P., 38.)
Alexander Wilmot Schomberg, bom in 1775,
is eldest son of the late Sir Alex. Schomberg,* Kt.,
Captain R.N., by Mary Susannah Arabella, only
child of the Rev. Henry Chalmers, and niece of Sir
Edm. Aleyn, Bart. ; brother of the late Capt. Sir
Chas. Marsh Schomberg, R.N., Kt., C.B., K.C.H. ;t
* Sir Alexander Schomberg obtained his first commission
11 Dec. 1747, and was posted into the Richmond frigate
5 April, 1757. He commanded the Diana 32, at the reduc-
tion of Quebec in 1759, and distinguished himself greatly
during the siege of that important fortress, by a French array
under Mons. Levi, in May, 1760. On the enemy being re-
pulsed he was sent home with the tidings. On his arrival he
was placed in command of the Essex, a new 64, in which he
continued employed under the orders of Sir Edw. Hawke
and H.R.H. the Duke of York, until the conclusion of hos-
tilities in Feb. 1763. From Dec. 1771 until the period of his
death, which took place in the spring of 1804, he commanded
the yacht engaged in attendance upon the successive Viceroys
of Ireland, from one of whom he received, in 1777, the honour
of knighthood.
+ Sir Chas. Marsh Schomberg entered the Navy on board
the Dorset yacht, commanded by his father, Sir Alexander
Schomberg. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 30 April, 1795
he served in that capacity in the Minotaue 74, (-apt. Thos!
Louis, at the battle of the Nile, and was First of tlie same
ship in a variety of operations on the coast of Italy^ While
employed in the Foodroya nt 80, as Flag- Lieutenant to Lord
Keith, during the campaign of 1801 in Egypt, he was made
Commander into the Termagant sloop. On the termination
of hostilities, up to which period he had been serving on
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SCHOMBERG.
and cousin of Lieut. Henry Chas. Schomberg, E.N.
His family is a branch of that of the Duke of
Schomberg, who commanded the King's troops and
fell at the battle of the Boyne, aged 80.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1785, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dorset yacht, com-
manded in the Irish Channel by his father. Sir A.
Schomberg. After having been for about two years
and a half lent as Midshipman to the Porcupine 24,
Capt. Lambert Brabazon, he joined, tovpards the
close of 1789, the Impregnable 98, flag-ship of Sir
Kich. Bickerton at Plymouth, Lowestoffe 32, Capt.
Edm. Dod, attached to the force in the Channel,
and Trosti 50, bearing the flag of Sir John Laforey
in the West Indies, where he was confirmed a Lieu-
tenant, 26 July, 1793, in the Nautilus sloop, Capt.
Henry Paulet, and next appointed to the Solebay
32, Capts. Wm. Hancock Kelly and Henry Wra.
Bayntun, and Boyne 98, flag-ship of Sir John Jervis.
While belonging to the Solebay he commanded a
body of 50 seamen, in conjunction with the army
under Sir Chas. Grey, during the operations against
Martinique, Ste. Lucie, and Guadeloupe. He also
served on shore when an attempt was made to
re-conquer the posts in the island last mentioned,
which had been unexpectedly and successfully at-
tacked, in the hurricane season, by a Republican
force under the notorious Victor Hugues. Having,
in consequence of a severe attack of yellow fever,
returned, towards the close of 1794, to England in
the Dictator 64, Commodore E. Dod, he was next,
22 June, 1795, appointed to the Glatton of 56 guns
and 320 men, Capt. Henry TroUope ; in which ship,
stationed in the North Sea, we find him, 15 July,
1796, contributing to the defeat (after a fierce and
memorably gallant engagement, productive of se-
rious loss to the enemy, although not more than
2 were wounded on the part of the British) of a
French squadron, consisting of four frigates and
two ship-corvettes, assisted by a brig-corvette and
an armed cutter, the whole of which were compelled
to sheer off. During this action, which took place
in a quarter-less-five fathoms water, close to the
Brill lighthouse, Mr. Schomberg, who commanded
on the lower deck, finding that his men were not
sufficiently numerous to fight all the guns on both
sides, resorted to Lord Anson's expedient of form-
ing them into small gangs, whose duty it became
to load and run the guns out, while two picked
hands left at each of them pointed and fired. On
the return of the Glatton to port, having been
recommended for his conduct,* he was appointed,
28 July, 1796, First of the Ampiiion 32, as a step to-
wards promotion ; but that ship unfortunately was
destroyed by fire, in Hamoaae, while he vras on his
passage to join her. In the following Jan., how-
ever, he was placed in command of the Rambler
brig of 14 guns and 86 men ; in which vessel (in-
vested, 2 April, 1798, vrith the rating of a sloop-of-
war) he continued employed on the coasts of Hol-
shore, he joined the Charon 44, and assisted in conveying
the French troops from Alexandria to Malta. He acquired
Post-rank 6 Aug. 1803, and commanded, during the after-
fart of the war, the Madras 54, the Hibehnja 120, and
bUDBoTANT 80, Hsg-ships of Sir "Wm. Sidney Smith, the
President 50, the Astr^ea of 42 guns and 271 men, and the
Nisus S8. In the Hibernia he witnessed the flight of the
Royal House of Portugal to the Brazils ; and while in com-
mand, in the AsTRff,A, of a squadron composed of that ship,
the Phiebe and Galatea, frigates of similar force, and'
le-gun brig Racehokse, he made prize, 20 May, 1811 (after
a long and warmly-contested action fought off Madagascar
with the French 40-gun frigates Renommee, Ctm-inde, and
Nercide) of the Renommee, and took, on 25 of the same
month, the Nereide and the settlement of Tamatave. From
April, 1820, until April, 1824, he commanded the Rochfort
80,bearingtheflagof Sir Graham Moore, in the Mediterranean ;
and from 30 Sept. 1828 until 1832, the Maidstone 42, at the
Cape of Good Hope, where he was for three years Commodore
and Commander-in-Chief. He was nominated a C.B. 4 June
1815, and a K.C.H. 21 Sept. 1832; and, about the latter
Eeriod, was invested with the honour of Knighthood. He
ad previously received the insignia of a K.T.S. at the hands
of the Prince of Brazil. He died Lieutenant-Governor of
Barbadoes on board the President 52, flag-ship of Sir Geo.
Cockburn, lying at the time in Carlisle Bay, 2 Jan. 1835.
* Vide Gaz. 17*6, p. 703.
land and Norway, at Newfoundland, off Cherbourg,
and on the Guernsey and Jersey stations, until ad-
vanced, 1 Jan. 1801, to Post-rank. While cruizing,
22 July, 1797, ofi'the Doggerbank, in company with
the TisiPHONE sloop, Capt. Kobt. Honyman, the
Rambler made prize of Le Prospers privateer of
14 guns and 73 men. In 1798, during her passage
from Newfoundland with the trade bound to the
coast of Portugal, she encountered on the Great
Bank a tremendous gale, was thrown on her beam-
ends, and nearly foundered. On this occasion she
parted with 12 of her guns ; and on another she
pitched away her bowsprit and foremast. Capt.
Schomberg's last appointments were — in 1804, to
the temporary command of the Windsor Castle
98, off' Brest— 31 Oct. 1807, to the Loire of 48 guns
and 300 men— 21 March, 1812, to the Dictator 64
— 13 Aug. following, to the York 74, employed,
until paid off in Aug. 1815, on the Home and North
American stations — and, 1 March, 1829, to the Mel-
ville 74, fitting for the Mediterranean. In the
Loire, with the Success 32, Capt. John Ayscough,
under his orders, he made a voyage, in the spring
of 1808, to the Greenland seas for the protection of
the fisheries, and proceeded as far as lat. 77"^ 30' N.,
long. 3° 00' E. He next, towards the close of the
same year, accompanied only by the Amelia 38
and Champion 24, escorted from Falmouth to Co-
runna no less than 168 transports, having on board
an army of 14,000 men. He co-operated subse-
quently with the patriots on the coasts of Galicia,
Asturias, and Biscay ; brought 100 Russian prison-
ers-of-war from the Tagus to England -, effected the
capture, 5 Feb. 1809, of the French national ship
Hebe* (afterwards assigned the name of Gany-
mede) ; conveyed, early in 1810, a battalion of the
60th Regt. from Spithead to Barbadoes; and had
charge, during the siege of Guadeloupe, of a squad-
ron stationed to windward of that island for the
interception of any reinforcements intended for the
enemy's garrison. After having brought home from
the latter place the French Captain-General Emouf
and his suite, and encountered a hurricane which
sent two transports full of prisoners to the bottom,
he proceeded to the coast of Norway, and had the
good fortune while there to save H.M. sloop Snake
from falling into the hands of eight Danish national
brigs, who, favoured by a sudden calm, accomplished
their escape by sweeping. Between 1810 and 1812
we find him chiefly employed in command of light
squadrons in the Baltic, where he watched a Rus-
sian fleet in the Gulf of Finland, rendered great
security to trade, and so completely blockaded the
Danish cruizers that a single sloop-of-war was a
sufficient protection for any fleet of merchantmen
crossing the North Sea. He once also escorted an
outward-bound West India convoy to the latitude
of Madeira ; and in Dec. 1811 was only spared, by
an effort of judgment, from sharing the melancholy
fate of the Minotaur, with whom he had been in
company a short time before she was wrecked.
During the time he commanded the York, Capt.
Schomberg occasionally blockaded Rochefort and
L'Orient, and in 1814, with the Vengeur 74 and
Erne 20 under his orders, conducted a body of
troops from Bordeaux to Quebec, on their passage
whither the line-of-battle ships had not less than
1000 men each on board in addition to their proper
complements. He continued in the Melville, on
the Mediterranean station, until advanced to the
rank of Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830. On 23 Nov.
1841 he was promoted to the rank he now holds.
At the end of the war Vice-Admiral Schomberg
suggested to Lord Melville a plan, much approved
at the time, although eight or nine years elapsed
before any of his suggestions were adopted, for
victualling the seamen and marines of the fleet,
wherein he was the first to propose the substitution
* Tliis vessel, pierced for 34 guns, but mounting only 18
24-pounder carronades and 2 long 12-pounders, with a com-
plement of IGO men, did not surrender until she had been for
ei^ht hours chased, and had endured a ni^ht-action of 20
minutes. She was full of stores under hatches. — Vide Gaz
1809, p. 193.
SCHOMBERG— SCHULTZ.
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of tea, sugar, 8co. for half the usual allowance of
spirits. In 1818 he printed for private circulation
a tract entitled ' Naval Suggestions,' many of which
have been embraced ; and in 1832 he gave to the
■world his ' Practical Hints on Building, Rigging,
Arming, and Equipping His Majesty's Shjps-of-
War, &c.' The \ioe-Admiral married, first, Cathe-
rine Anna, only surviving daughter of Stepney
Kavpson Stepney, Esq., of Castle Durrow, King's
Co., Ireland; and secondly, 1 Oct. 1804, Anne,
youngest daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Rich.
Smith, of Poulton-cum-Seccombe, in Cheshire, whose
mother had had the early care of King George III.
By his first marriage he has one son, Herbert, a
Commander R.N. ; and by his second, two, the
elder of whom, Frederick Charles, holds the same
rank in the service. The younger, George Augustus,
is a First-Lieutenant R.M.A. (1834). Agents —
Messrs. Halford and Co.
SCHOMBERG. (Commander, 1844.)
Charles Frederick Schomberg is eldest son of
Vice- Admiral Schomberg by his second marriage.
This officer entered the Na%'y (from the Royal
Naval College) 16 May, 1829 ; passed his examina-
tion in 1833 ; obtained his first commission 28 June,
1838 ! and was appointed, 13 July following, to the
Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, fitting for the
Mediterranean; where he became, 3 Feb. 1841,
Senior of the Cyclops steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos.
Austin. While in the Hastings he took part in the
operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, and on the
night of 1 Oct. served in the boats under Com-
mander Henry John Worth, at the destruction of a
train laid to one of the castles at Beyrout, and the
capture there of 31 barrels of powder.* In Nov.
1843 he removed with Capt. Austin, as Additional
Lieutenant, to the Tartarus steamer; and on 10
Feb. 1844 he was advanced to the rank of Com-
mander. His appointments have since been, in the
capacity of Second Captain — 21 June, 1845, and 6
Dec. 1847, to the Queen 110, and San Josef 110,
both commanded, on Home service, by Sir Henry
John Leeke — and, 7 Jan. 1848, to the Wellesley
72, bearing the flag of the Earl of Dundonald on
the North America and West India station. Agents
— Messrs. Halford and Co.
SCHOMBERG. (Lieutenant, 1827. f-p., 15;
H-p., 14.)
Henry Charles ScnoMBERG, bom 1 Aug. 1804,
is third son of the late Commissioner Isaac Sohom-
berg,t R.N., author of the ' Naval Chronology,' by
Amelia, daughter of John Lawrance Brodrick, D.D.,
and granddaughter of Viscount Middleton. He is
cousin of Vice- Admiral A. W. Schomberg.
This ofEicer entered the Royal Naval College 5
Feb. 1818; and embarked, in April, 1820, on board
the RocHFORT 80, commanded by his cousin, Capt.
Chas. Marsh Schomberg, as flag-ship of Sir Graham
Moore in the Mediterranean ; where, after serving
as Midshipman in the Larne 20, Capt. Robt. Tait,
and again in the Rochfokt, he became, early in
1824 and 1827, Mate of the Revenge 76, and Asia
84, bearing the flags of Sir Harry Burrard Neale
and Sir Edw. Codrington. He was in the Roch-
fokt when that ship afforded a passage to the pre-
sent King of the Belgians; and he was in charge of
the watch at the moment that the Marquess of
Hastings, who died on board, breathed his last, in
Baia Bay, Naples. He was frequently, while in
her engaged in boat affairs with pirates. During
the' time he belonged to the Revenge he com-
manded the Racer and Express tenders, and as-
sisted at the blockade of Algiers. Attaining the
rank of Lieutenant 30 April, 1827, he was in the
• Vide Gnz. 1840, p. 2609.
+ Commissioner Schomberg servpd as First- Lieutenant under
the veteran Cornwallis, in the memorable battle between
Rodney and De Grasse, as also in the Pkoasus 28, under the
command of his late Majesty William IV,, upon whom, when
Midshipman with Lord Hood in the Barfleur. he had been
an attendant. He commanded the Culloden 74, in Lord
Howe's action 1 June, 1704, and died at Chelsea 20 Jan. 1813.
course of that year so appointed to the Gannet 18,
Capt. Francis Brace, and Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon.
Jas. Ashley Maude ; and next, 16 Oct. 1828, and 9
March, 1829, to the Jaseur 18, Capt. John Lyons,
and Maidstone 42, Commodore C. M. Schomberg,
both at the Cape of Good Hope. In the Glasgow
he was employed in watching the movements of the
Turoo-Egyptian fleet prior to the battle of Navarin
(at which he fought in the capacity of Second Lieu-
tenant), and afterwards in suppressing piracy in
the Archipelago. Since the paying-off of the Maid-
stone in Aug. 1832 he has not been afloat.
Lieut. Schomberg married, 6 Aug. 1833, Susan,
relict of his cousin, Henry Brodrick, Esq., of co.
Kilkenny.
SCHOMBERG. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 22;
H-p., 8.)
Herbert Schomberg, born 19 Dec. 1803, is only
son of Vice- Admiral A. W. Schomberg, by his first
marriage.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 15
Dec. 1817 ; and embarked, 17 Dec. 1819, as a Vo-
lunteer, on board the Phaeton 46, Capts. Wm.
Augustus Montagu and Henry Evelyn Pitfield
Sturt ; in which ship we find him, during a servi-
tude of four years, employed on the coast of
North America, in the Channel in attendance upon
George IV. and otherwise, and in the West Indies
in the suppression of piracy. While on the books,
from 17 Jan. 1824 (in the course of which month
he passed his examination) until 7 Sept. 1827, of
the Jupiter 60, commanded, on the Halifax station,
by Capts. David Dunn, Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wise-
man, and Wm. Webb, he served at times in the
Ganymede tender, Doterel 18, Capt. Wm. Alex.
Baillie Hamilton, and Hussar 46, Capt. Edw.
Boxer. During the last few weeks of his attach-
ment to the Jupiter he acted as Lieutenant. He
was officially promoted 1 1 Sept. 1827 ; and was sub-
sequently employed— from Feb. 1828 until Sept.
1829, in the Orestes 18, Capt. John Reynolds —
from Sept. 1829 until Feb. 1835, in the Britannia
120, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, in the Ra-
pid 10, Capt. Chas. Henry Swinburne, in command
of the Ceylon 2, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear- Ad-
miral Thos. Briggs, in the Meteor steamer, Lieut. -
Commander Wm. Henry Symons, in the Rainbow
28, Capt. Sir John Franklin, again, as before, in the
Ceylon, and in the Barham 60, Capt. Hugh Pigot,
and, a second time, in the Britannia, Capt. Peter
Rainier, all in the Mediterranean — and from Jan.
1836 until promoted to the rank of Commander 8
June, 1841, in the Melville 74, flag-ship on the
North America and West India, Cape of Good
Hope, and China stations, of Admirals Sir Peter
Halkett and Hon. Geo. Elliot. While belonging to
the Orestes he was engaged in cruizing against
smugglers on the coast of Ireland ; in relieving the
homeward-bound trade in the Channel, and in
blockading Tangier; and in experimentally cruiz-
ing under Hon. Sir Charles Paget, H. R. H. the
Duke of Clarence, and Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood.
He was First-Lieutenant of the Melville when
that ship was hove down under very trying circum-
stances at Chusan ; and also at the capture of the
Bogue forts. The latter affair procured him the
rank he now holds. Since his elevation to it he has
been on half-pay.
Commander Schomberg married, 18 April, 1844,
Sarah, third daughter of the Rev. Wm. Stevens
Bayton, of Westergate House, near Chichester.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
SCHULTZ. (Retired Commander, 1839. r-p.,
16 ; H-p., 35.)
George Augustus Schultz was bom 26 June
1785. '
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sandwich* 98, Capt. Jas.
* The Sand^vich, as is known, was the ship which, dur^
ing the mutiny at the Nore, bore the flag of the notorious
Parker. Mr. Schultz was permitted on that occasion (through
]038
SCOBELL— SCOTT.
Robt. Jlosse, guard-ship at the Nore ; where he re-
moved, in Sept. 1797, to the Zeaiand 64, Capt.
Thos. Parr. Becoming Midshipman, in the early
pari of 1799, of the Madras 54, Capts. John Dilkes
and Chas. Hare, he sailed in that ship with convoy
for China. He subsequently, in the Asia 64, Capt.
John Dawson, accompanied the expedition sent to
the Baltic for the purpose of brealdng the Northern
Confederacy. From Sept. 1802 (four months after
he had been discharged from the latter ship) until
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1806,
we find him employed in the North Sea in the Dili-
gence 12, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, and Pkincess of
Orange 74, Capts. Chas. Cunningham and Thos.
Rogers. His last appointments afloat were — 3
March, 1806, to the Nassad 64, Capt. Kobt. Camp-
bell—31 May, 1808, to the Parthian 10, Capts.
Geo. Balderston, Rich. Harward, Hon. Henry Daw-
son, and Tomkinson, with whom he served in the
Mediterranean and North Sea, until obliged by ill
health to invalid in Oct. 1811— and 28 Feb. 1812, to
the Venerable 74, Capts. Jas. Whitley Deans
Dundas, Sir Home Popham, and David Milne, sta-
tioned, chiefly, on the north coast of Spain. While
in the Nassau, which ship was for a long time em-
ployed in blockading the Texel, and formed part of
the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept.
1807, Mr. Schultz (on her being extricated from a
mass of ice in which she had been blocked up dur-
ing the whole winter) assisted, 22 March, 1808, in
company with the Stately 64, at the capture and
destruction, on the coast of Zealand, of the Danish
74-gun ship Prindts Christian Frederic^ after a run-
ning fight of great length and obstinacy, in which
the Nassad sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 16
wounded. In the Parthian he fought in an action
with three French ships-of-war, and accompanied
the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809. He left
the Venerable 9 June, 1813, and accepted his pre-
sent rank 5 Jan. 18,39.
Commander Schultz holds an appointment in the
Stamp Office at Wisbech, in Cambridgeshire. He
married 26 Nov. 1811, and has issue four children.
SCOBELL. (Retired Captain, 1843. f-p.,
14 ; H-p., 35.)
George Treweeke Scobell, born 16 Deo. 1785,
is second son of the late Peter Edw. Scobell, Esq.,
M.D., by Hannah, only daughter (by Hannah,
daughter of Geo. Treweeke, Esq.), of John San-
ford, Esq., of Penzance ; and first cousin of Capt.
Edw. Scobell, R.N. (1811), who commanded the
ViMEiRA brig at the reduction of St. Martin's, St.
Eustatius, and Saba, in Feb. 1810, and the Thais
20, from March, 1811, until Jan. 1814, and died 17
April, 1825, at Poltair, near Penzance. One of his
brothers, the Rev. Edw. Scobell, M.A., is Vicar of
Turville, and Minister of St. Peter's, JMarylebone ;
and another, the Rev. John Scobell, M.A., is Rector
of Southover, and of All Saints, Lewes, Sussex.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1798, as
Midshipman, on board the St. Albans 64, Capt.
Francis Pender, stationed on the coast of North
America, whence, in 1800, he returned to England
in the Assistance 50, Capt. Hall, on board of which
ship was H. R. H. the Duke of Kent, then Governor
of Nova Scotia. After having served in the North
Sea and in the expedition to Copenhagen, in the
Waaksamheidt 28, also commanded by Capt. Hall,
he joined, in 1802, the Diamond 38, Capt. Elphin-
stone, with whom he continued actively employed
on the coasts of France and Spain until nominated,
in 1804, Acting-Lieutenant of the Plantagenet74,
Capt. F. Pender, ofi' Brest. On 29 March, 1805, he
the application of a Lieutenant, Geo, Forbes, under whose
cdi-e he had been placed) to go on shore, after having been
sent for into the Admiral's cabin and questioned in presence
of all the delegates. As soon as the outbreak had subsided
he returned to the ship. Immediately prior to Parker's exe-
cution, of which he was an eye-witness, his cot being directly
over the one occupied by the latter, he had an opportunity of
contemplating him while engaged nearly the whole night in
writing. At about 1 1 p.m. the unhappy man gave him his
prayer-book with these words — " Here, youngster, is a prayer-
book for you."
was confirmed into the Qdeen 98 ; in which ship,
commanded too by Capt. Pender, we find him as-
sisting at the blockade of Cadiz, where, subse-
quently to the battle of Trafalgar (wherein it was
not his fortune to share), he took part in an attack
made, under the batteries, upon a French stray
third-rate. On leaving the Queen, which had
hoisted the flag of Lord CoUingwood, he returned
to England, early in 1806, in the Roval Sovereign
100, laden with prisoners taken on the late memo-
rable occasion. He next, in the course of the same
year, joined the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the
flag in the Channel of Admirals Sir Rich. Bickerton
and Edw. Thornbrough, and Plantagenet 74,
Capts. Wm. Bradley and Thos. Eyles. In th^ ship
last mentioned he served, part of the time as First-
Lieutenant, until promoted to the rank of Com-
mander 1 Feb. 1812. During that period he wit-
nessed the flight of the Royal Family of Portugal
to the Brazils, aided in embarking the remains of
Sir John Moore's array at Corunna, and was for
three years stationed in the Baltic. He was in
company with the Hero 74 when that ship was lost
in a gale oflT the Texel in Dec. 1811. Unable, after
he left the Plantagenet, to procure employment,
he accepted, 14 Aug. 1843, the rank he now holds.
In 1823 Capt. Scobell (who has been for many
years a Justice of the Peace for co. Somerset) in-
vented and submitted to the Admiralty a " Dissect-
ing Paddle-Wheel," to be worked by winches, ap-
plicable to men-of-war of every size. These wheels
were fitted to the Hbcla and Fury, in Sir Wm.
Edw. Parry's expedition to the North Pole in the
ensuing year, and with only 20 men at the winches
produced a speed of one and a half knots per hour.
Capt. Scobell married, 6 Oct. 1818, Hester, youngest
daughter and co-heiress of Chas. Savage, Esq., of
Midsomer Norton, in Somersetshire, and grand-
niece of Rich. Lansdowne, Esq., of Woodborough,
in the same co.
SCOTT. (LiEDT., 1827. r-p., 28 ; h-p., 7.)
Charles Kittoe Scott, born 19 July, 1799, is
nephew of Michael Scott, Esq., Purser and Pay-
master, R.N . (1800). His grandfather, Lieut. Thos.
Scott, R.N., was lost in command of the Dutton
store-ship on his passage home from the West In-
dies in company with the ships taken in Rodney's
action 12 April, 1782.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Jan. 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vigo 74, Capts. Henry
Manaton Ommanney and Thos. White, flag-ship in
the Baltic of Rear-Admirals Jas. NicoU Morris and
Graham Moore. From Jan. 1814 until Deo. 1816
he served in the West Indies and at Newfoundland
in the Hazard 18, Capt. John Cookesley ; and from
Sept. 1818 until Nov. 1821 at St. Helena in the Red-
wing 18, Capt. Fred. Hunn. In April, 1823, havmg
passed his examination 19 Feb. 1819, he became
Master's Mate of the Sophie 18, Capt. Geo. Fred.
Ryyes, on the East India station, where he took an
active and conspicuous part in the operations con-
nected with the war in Ava, and was strongly re-
commended for promotion by his Captain for his
zealous conduct. In an attack made, 3 June, 1824,
upon the strong fortress of Kemmendine, he was
shot through the leg. On another occasion, while
engaged in the storming of a fort, he contrived to
save the life of a soldier belonging to the 47th Kegt. ;
and by so doing he was again recommended by
Capt. Henry Ducie Chads and Commodore Thos.
Coe. During his sojourn in the East Indies (whence
he returned, in 1825, to England in the Liffey 50),
Mr. Scott had command for a short time of the Co-
chin tender. In the course of 1826 he joined the
North Star 28, Capt. Septimus Arabin, lying at
Woolwich ; and the EspiAgle 18, Capt. K. Yates,
Magnificent receiving-ship, and Britomart 10,
Capt. Fred. Chamier, all in the West Indies. After
acting as Lieutenant in the latter vessel he went
back to the Magnificent, then commanded by
Capt. Geo. Mansel, for the purpose of awaiting the
arrival of the Valorous— a vessel into which, as a
SCOTT.
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reward for his Burmese services, he had been offi-
cially promoted by a commission bearing date 28
May, 1827. An opportunity of joining her not oc-
curring, he was appointed, in the following Sept., to
the Pylades 18, Capt. Geo. Vernon Jackson. In
that sloop he remained until March, 1828. He was
next, from 27 Feb. 1829 until 28 April, 1831, em-
ployed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of the Kamillies and Talaveba 74's,
Capts. Hugh Pigot and David Colby ; and since 27
Jan. 1834 he has been in charge of a station in the
Coast Guard. His exertions in the latter service
have obtained for him the thanks of the Koyal Hu-
mane Society on vellum, as also a piece of plate — a
letter of thanks for having, at the imminent risk of
his own life, saved the crew of the Pomona schooner,
wrecked near Southsea 13 Nov. 1840— and five simi-
lar testimonials for putting oif to the assistance of
vessels in distress. Three times has he had to con-
tend with armed gangs of smugglers. On one occa-
sion in particular, 30 Oct. 1840, he was wounded,
contused in the head by a bludgeon, and held down
by the throat in the sea until the smuggler who had
committed the outrage was shot through the arm by
some of the men attached to the station, and com-
pelled to release his grasp. A reward of 100?. was
offered for the apprehension of those concerned in
the assault.
Lieut. Scott married, 14 July, 1831, Frances Alsop,
daughter of Kich. Scott, Esq., of Mill Hill, Hendon,
CO. Middlesex, and granddaughter of the llev. John
Scott, Rector of Port Koyal, Jamaica, whose brother
was Lieut. Thos. Scott — the officer alluded to at the
commencement of this narrative. Eleven children
are the issue of the marriage.
SCOTT. (flTsptam, 1814. p-p., 19; h-p., 35.)
David Scott entered the Navy, in May, 1793, as
a Volunteer, on board the Goelan 14, Capts. Thos.
"Wolley and Geo. Hopewell Stephens, attached to the
force in the West Indies, where he served on shore
at the reduction of St. Domingo, and was severely
wounded in the head at Tiburon. On his return to
England in Sept. 1794 he was transferred, as Master's
Mate, to the D-^dai^us 32, commanded by the late
Sir Thos. Williams, with whom he continued em-
ployed in the Unicorn 32, and Endtmion 40, until
made Lieutenant, 4 March, 1800, into the Ariadne
20, Capt. J. Bradby. In the early part of 1795 the
D.aiDALUs sailed in charge of a convoy of transports
laden with supplies for the army retreating through
Holland. Impeded by wind and ice, two months
elapsed before the coast was made, and then, a pilot
not being at hand, Mr. Scott was sent in a hired
cutter with despatches for the Commander-in-Chief
of the army at Emden. These he succeeded in deli-
vering, although exposed, on his way up the Ems, to
a heavy Are from the French at Delfzyl. The pilots
whom he brought back with him contriving to run
the frigate aground, Mr. Scott took personal charge
of the convoy, conducted it in safety to its destina^
tion, and remained for its protection until the D-e-
DALUS, nearly a week afterwards, got in. For this
service he received the thanks of his Captain and of
Sir Home Popham, who at the time was attached to
the army. In the Endtmion he performed the duties
of Lieutenant in an action fought, 13 Oct. 1797, be-
tween that frigate and the Brutus 74, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Bloys, at anchor off the heights
of Hinder — one of the ships recently defeated in the
battle off Camperdown. A few days afterwards,
having fallen in with the Jupiter 74, a prize taken
on the same occasion, and at the time in great dis-
tress, he went on board, rigged jury-masts, and car-
ried her in safety into the Humber. In the spring
of 1798, while engaged in clearing away the wreck
of the mizenmast, Mr. Scott was a second time se-
verely hurt. During the period he served with Sir
Thos. Williams we find him intrusted with most of
that officer's valuable prizes, and on no occasion,
while so employed, did he lose a man. His appoint-
ments, in the capacity of Lieutenant, were — 4 June,
1800, to the Akethdsa 38, Capt. Thos. Wolley, in
which ship he served in the Channel, escorted an
East India convoy from St. Helena to England in
the spring of 1801, and, in the early part of the fol-
lowing year, brought Brigadier-General Clinton
home from Madeira — 17 June, 1803, as Senior (after
14 months of half-pay), to the Circe 28, Capt. Chas.
Fielding— 3 Dec. ensuing, to the Sea Fencibles at
Cardigan — 9 Oct. 1804, to the BELLERoniON 74,
Capts. John Loring, John Cooke, and Edw. lloth-
eram, stationed in the Channel and off Cadiz — 3
Oct. 1807, as First, to the Bedford 74, Capt. Jas.
Walker— in the course of 1809, to the Cltde 38,
Venerable 74, Pallas 32, and San Dcmingo 74 —
and, 5 Oct. 1810 (after his name had been borne as
a Supernumerary on the books of different ships on
the North American station) to the command of the
TouRTEEELLE, at Bermuda. The Circe, while in
pursuit of an enemy, was wrecked, on the Lemon
and Ower, in the North Sea, 16 Nov. 1803. After
the court-martial, which took place in consequence,
Mr. Scott was sent for by the President, and in-
formed that, if he felt fit for duty, several members
of the court were desirous of applying for him ; but
fever and ague, contracted on the coast of Holland,
had, unfortunately, so affected his health that he
was obliged to decline the offers made to him. On
presenting himself, however, at the Admiralty, Lord
St. Vincent, who then presided at the Board, refused
to allow him to go on half-pay, as it was his inten-
tion, he intimated, to include him in the first batch
of promotions. He accordingly placed him, as above,
in the Sea Fencibles, for the recovery of his health ;
but the promise of promotion was never fulfilled.
In the Bellerophon Mr. Scott fought at Trafalgar.
On that occasion he received a severe contusion from
a splinter, and nearly lost all sense of hearing — a cir-
cumstance which reduced him, in April, 1806, to the
necessity of invaliding. On being appointed to the
Bedford he escorted the Royal Family of Portugal
in its flight to the Brazils ; and we may here add
that he was the first British subject upon whom the
Cross of the Tower and Sword was ever conferred.
While cruizing on the Brazilian coast he nearly lost
one of his legs (both were much injured) by the strop
of a leading block giving way. The result was that,
although he had been promised by the Admiral the
first proraotal vacancy that should occur, he was ob-
liged, in Dec. 1808, to return to England. Notwith-
standing that he was only a passenger in the frigate
that brought him home, he was intrusted (and we
mention the fact as indicative of the estimation in
which he was held) with the despatches both of the
Commander-in-Chief, Sir Sidney Smith, and of the
British Ambassador, Lord Strangford. During the
expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren, Mr. Scott offi-
ciated as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Rich. Strachan in
the Venerable and also in the Pallas, in which
latter ship he had the sole charge of getting the
transports into the Scheldt. On the fall of Flushing
he became First-Lieutenant to the same officer in
the San Domingo. Being made Commander, 2
Aug. 1811, into the Mobgiana 18, he was chiefly
employed in that vessel, during a period of three
years, in affording protection to the trade on the
coast of North America. Of the numerous convoys
placed under his care none at any time suffered loss.
On one occasion the Morgiana narrowly escaped
falling into the hands of the U. S. frigate President,
Commodore Rodgers, who, although he had chased
her during a whole day, and had nearly arrived
within gun-shot, " was deterred," as expressed in
his letter to the Secretary of the American navy,
" from taking her, because he saw by her manoeuvres
that she was trying to lead him into a scrape." Not
long after this affair, Capt. Scott fell in vrith the
American brigs-of-war Rattlesnake and Enterprise.
After he had pursued them for several hours they
separated, each shaping a different course. Follow-
ing the one nearest, the Enterprise, the Morgiana,
before sunset, approached so close that her people
could perceive the enemy throwing everything over-
board, and contemplated arriving in half-an-hour
alongside. A sudden thunder-storm, however, came
on, every stitch of canvas was taken in, and the
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SCOTT.
prey got off. The Moegiana's mainmast on the
occasion was shattered, and several of the crew
were for a time rendered blind. Capt. Scott him-
self was struck down, and for more than an hour
lay insensible. The efiects of the shock he sustained
he feels to this day. He was Posted, 22 Oct. 1814,
into the Centurion 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
Edw. Griffith at Halifax — returned in April, 1815,
to England — and, unable to procure further employ-
ment, was induced, 1 Oct. 1846, to accept the Retire-
ment.
He married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Simon
Halliday, Esq., and, secondly, Anne, daughter of
Jas. Gibbon, Esq. ; and has issue.
commanded, 13 Oct., the boats of his own frigate
and the Dispatch brig, at the cutting out, under
the heavy fire of a battery and of a troop of militia,
of the U.S. Revenue-schooner Eagle, at anchor
within half pistol-shot of Negro Head, Long Island
Sound, where 8 of her guns, in number 10, had been
landed for her defence.* Although, on the paying
off of the Naroissds, he had been three years her
First-Lieutenant and had, as we have shown, served
with much activity and gallantry, he was unable to
procure promotion; nor has he since been more
successful in his applications to the Admiralty for
employment.'
Lieut. Scott has had command of a packet under
the control of the Post-Office.
SCOTT. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
Edmund Scott is son of the late Colonel Geo.
Scott, K. A., by Mary, daughter of Capt. T. Reeves,
R.A., who was killed in the King's Bastion at
Gibraltar, when attacked by the enemy's block-
ships in 1782.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Deo. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Heko 74, commanded
by the late Lord Gardner, whom he followed, in
June, 1807, and June, 1808, into the Ville de Paris
110 and BEI.LEROFHON 74. In the Hero he fought
in Sir Robt. Calder's action and in that under Sir
Rich. Strachan 22 July and 4 Nov. 1805, besides
witnessing the surrender, 13 March, 1806, of the
Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Linois,
and 40-gun frigate BelU JPoule. Continuing at-
tached to the Bellerophon, under the command of
Capt. Sam. Warren, until the early part of 1810, he
contributed in the boats of that ship to the capture,
19 June, 1809, on the coast of Finland, of three ves-
sels, and of one of four batteries by which they had
been covered, mounting 4 24-pounders and garri-
soned by 103 men ; as also, 7 July following, to the
brilliant capture, off Percola Point, of the six Rus-
sian gun-boats mentioned in our history of the ser-
vices of Capt. Chas. Allen ; and to the destruction,
in Aug. of the same year, of another battery on the
coast of Finland, defended by a large body of
troops. On all these occasions he highly distin-
guished himself, and in particular in the affair at
Percola, where, as we learn from a testimonial
written by the present Capt. John Sheridan, at the
time one of the Lieutenants of the Bellerophon,
"his active, cool, determined, and brave conduct
obtained for him the admiration of his Captain" —
by whom, as well as by his patron Lord Gardner,
he appears to have been more than once most
strongly recommended to the Admiralty. After
serving at the siege of Cadiz in the Atlas 74, bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis,
and acting (during the defence of Sicily against
Murat) as First of the Bustard 16, Capt. John
DuffMarkland, Mr. Scott, about July, 1810, joined
the Conqueror 74, Capt. Edw. Fellowes ; of which
ship, in compliment to the services of his father
and grandfather, he had been created a Lieutenant
by a commission bearing date 4 of the preceding
May. He invalided home from the Mediterranean
in Feb. 1811 ; and was afterwards, from June, 1812,
until June, 1816, employed on the North American
station, three years of the time as First-Lieutenant,
in the Narcissus 32, Capts, John Rich. Lumley and
Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton. While in that frigate
he served in her boats at the capture, 25 Nov. 1812,
of the privateer Joseph and Mary of 4 guns and 73
men ; and assisted, in 1813, in taking the brig-of-
war Viper of 12 guns, the privateer Revenge of 12
guns and 89 men, and the town of Hampton. He
shared also in the attack upon Crany Island ; aided
in June, 1814, in company with the Loire 38, in
silencing the fire of a battery and in enforcing, off
St. Leonard's Rock, the retreat of Commodore Bar-
ney's flotilla; took, in the course of the same
month, with the boats of the Narcissus and Loire
under his orders, the town of Benedict, on the river
Patuxent, possession of which he retained, in face
of a large body of cavalry and artillery, until he
had cleared the storehouses of their contents ; and
SCOTT. (Commander, 1815.)
Edward Forlow Scott entered the Navy, 3
Feb. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Stag 32,
Capt. Joseph Sydney Yorke. After serving with
that officer on the Home station in the same ship
and, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the
Jason 36 and Canada 74, he became attached,
about the end of 1801, to the Saturn 74, bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Totty in the West
Indies. He next, in 1802, joined the Apollo 36,
Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon, which frigate was
wrecked off the coast of Portugal 1 April, 1804 ;
and, in 1806, the Prince George 98, Capt. J. S.
Torke, and Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Lord St.
Vincent, stationed in the Channel ; where he subse-
quently acted as Lieutenant in the St. George 98,
Capt. Thos. Bertie, and San Josef 110, and Belle-
rophon 74, flag-ships of Admirals Sir Chas. Cotton
and Albemarle Bertie. He was confirmed in that
rank 16 March, 1808; and was afterwards appointed
—14 May, 1808, 12 June and 24 Nov. 1810, and 17
Oct. 1811, to the Christian VII. 80, Capt. J. S.
Yorke, Macedonian 38, Capt. Lord Wm. FitzRoy,
Hannibal 74, flag-ship of Admirals Sir Thos. Wil-
liams and Philip Chas. Durham, and Berwick 74,
Capt. Edw. Brace, on the Channel, Lisbon, North
Sea, and Mediterranean stations— 4 Aug. 1813, after
eight months of half-pay, to the charge of a Signal-
station on the coast of Kent — and, 28 Nov. 1814, to
the Niger 38, Capt. Peter Rainier, at the Cape of
Good Hope. He attained his present rank 20 Sept.
1815 ; and has since been on half-pay.
SCOTT. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 28; h-p., 21.)
Edward Hinton Scott was bom about 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Anson of 46 guns and
327 men, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham ; became Mid-
shipman, in May, 1800, of the Princess Royal 98,
Capts. Thos. Macnamara Russell and David Atkins,
flag-ship in the Channel of Sir Erasmus Gower;
served from March, 1801, until Sept. 1804, on the
West India and Home stations, in the Orion 74,
Capts. Robt. Carthew Reynolds and Robt. Cuthbert,
and Clyde 38, Capt. John Larmour ; and from the
latter date until March, 1807, was employed, more
than two years of the time as Sub-Lieutenant,
in the Blazer gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John
Hinton. In Sept. 1798 the Anson, the ship first
mentioned, encountered, and for 17 days dogged, in
company with the Ethalion 38, a French squadron
under Commodore Bompart, consisting of ha Hoche
of 78 guns, eight frigates, a brig, and a schooner,
destined for the invasion of Ireland. With five of
the frigates, after the three others together with
the line-of-battle ship had fallen into the hands of
Sir John Borlase Warren, she came, 12 Oct., singly
into collision, and sustained a loss, with injury to
her masts and yards, of 2 men killed and 13
wounded. On 18 of the same month we find her,
in company with the Kangaroo 18, enduring a
similar loss in a gallant action of an hour and a
quarter, which terminated in the capture of La
Loire of 46 guns and 664 men (including troops), of
whom 46 were killed and 71 wounded. While at-
tached to the (Anson Mr. Scott contributed, also,
* Fide Gaz. 18H, p. 2466.
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to the capture of several fine privateers. In the
BtAZEKhewasoftenin action with the French flotilla
in the neighbourhood of Ostend, Dunkerque, Calais,
and Boulogne, and assisted, in July, 1805, in rescuing
the crew of the Okestes 14, Capt. Thos. Brown,
when wrecked on the Splinter Sand and exposed to
the fire of the enemy. In the course of the same
year he commanded a rocket-vessel in Sir Sidney
Smith's attack upon the Boulogne flotilla. On
leaving the Blazer he became Acting-Lieutenant
of the Skylark 16; and while in that brig (to
which he was confirmed 12 June, 1807) he had
charge of her boats in a running fight with a French
cutter privateer of 8 guns and 48 men, whom, after
having cut away her sweeps and chased her for
three hours, he drove under the guns of the Sky-
lark. On one occasion he landed at Flushing,
spiked the 8 guns of a battery, and brought the
guard off prisoners. His succeeding appointments
were— 14 Nov. 1808, to the Termagant sloop, Capt.
H. E. P. Sturt, on the Halifax station— 14 Feb.
1810, to the Saturn 74, Capt. Wm. Cumberland,
attached to the force in the Baltic— in the course of
1811, to the Royal George 100, Laurestinos 24,
and, as Senior, to the Orlando 36, commanded, on
the Home, Mediterranean, North American, and East
India stations, by Capt. John Clavell, uith whom,
in 1819, he returned to England in the Malabar
74-and, 23 Aug. 1820, in the capacity last men-
tioned, to the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm.
Hamilton. He was frequently, in the Saturn and
her boats, engaged with the enemy's forts and
armed vessels (several of which he captured) while
affording protection to the trade passing through
the Great Belt. During his servitude in the Oa-
liANDO he took part in many boat-affairs in the
Adriatic and Chesapeake. He commanded her
boats too in several skirmishes with the Malay proas
in the straits of Sunda and Malacca, and once suc-
ceeded in repelling an attack made by them at night
on a wrecked Indiaman, of which he had been
placed in charge. In the boats of the Cambrian
we find him cutting out, in the Gulf of Athens,
with much spirit and judgment, a piratical schooner,
carrying 2 long guns and 50 men, together with
three of her prizes ; besides taking three small pi-
rate-vessels from the island of Skopelo and effecting
the re-capture of an English sloop. He also assisted
at the reduction of Napoli di Romania, and, at the
head of a hundred seamen, landed there at the re-
quest of the Provisional Government, had the good
fortune, when the troops entered the town, to save
the lives of 2000 Turks, men, women, and children,
who were afterwards placed on shore at Smyrna.
For these services he twice received the thanks of
Sir Graham Moore, the Commander-in-Chief, was
presented with a sword by the Greek Provisional
Government, and was advanced, 18 July, 1823, to
the rank of Commander in the Dispatch sloop of
18 guns.* In that vessel, stationed likewise in the
Mediterranean, he remained until the close of 1824.
He was lastly, from 23 Nov. 1835, until April, 1838,
employed, again on the station last named, as Se-
cond-Captain, in the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker.
His promotion to the rank he now holds took place
15 Jan. 1838.
For his conduct in jumping overboard from the
Orlando and saving the lives of four persons, Capt.
Scott (who is Senior of 1838) received the thanks of
the Royal Humane Society. Agents — Goode and
Lawrence.
SCOTT. (Captain, 1848.)
Francis Scott is son of the Rev. Alex. Scott,
Rector of Bootle, co. Cumberland, whose grand-
father, the Hon. Walter Scott (second son of the
Earl of Tarras) was himself the great-grandfather
of the present Lord Polwarth. He is nephew, by
marriage, of Rear- Admiral Thos. Folliott Baugh.
This officer entered the Navy 11 July, 1822;
* Before he left the Cambrian he appears, in command of
a Tender, to have rendered material assistance to the Martin
sloop, Capt. Hen. Eden, when driven on shore in a gale of
wind.
passed his examination in 1829 ; obtained his first
commission 11 Feb. 1835; and was appointed, 21
May following, to the Clio 16, Capt. Wm. Richard-
son, on the Mediterranean station ; where, from 10
Nov. 1836 until promoted to the rank of Com-
mander, 2 July, 1841, he served in the Rodney 92,
Capts. Hyde Parker and Robt. Maunsell. From 9
Sept. 1843 until paid oft' in 1847, he commanded the
Hyacinth 18 on the African and North America
and West India stations. He attained his present
rank 12 Aug. 1848.
Capt. Scott .married, 3 Aug. 1842, Frances Mag-
dalene, second daughter of Henry Harvey, Esq., of
Hill House, Streatham. Agent— John P. Muspratt.
SCOTT. (Captain, 1830. r-p., 16 ; h-p., 33.)
George Scott was bom in 1783.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 June, 1798, as
Midshipman, on board the Perseus bomb, Capt.
Jas. Oswald, attached to the force in the Mediter-
ranean; where, from Aug. 1799 until March, 1802,
he was employed, part of the time as Master's Mate,
in the Minotaur 74, Capt. Thos. Louis. In the
Perseus he assisted at the bombardment of Alex-
andria, at the capture of Naples, and the blockade
of Malta. While belonging to the Minotaur he
served with a detachment of boats, 10 in number,
containing about 100 officers and men, commanded
by Capt. Philip Beaver, and assisted, on the morn-
ing of 21 May, 1800, in boarding and capturing,
after a desperate combat, the Prima galley (one of
a numerous flotilla) rowing 52 oars, carrying 2 ex-
tremely long brass 36-pounders, several smaller
pieces, and 257 men, and lying chain-moored under
the guns of the two moles and the city bastions in
the harbour of Genoa. In the following month he
witnessed the evacuation of the latter place by the
French ; and on 3 Sept. in the same year he was in
one of eight boats that brought out from Barcelona
Roads, after having sustained a loss of 3 men killed
and 5 wounded, the Spanish corvettes Esmeralda
and Paz^ of 22 guns each, although defended by a
heavy fire from four strong batteries, 10 gun-boats,
two schooners, armed between them with 4 long 36-
pounders, and a fort upon Mount loni which threw
shells. In this affair the enemy had 3 men killed
and 21 wounded. In 1801 Mr. Scott commanded a
boat at the landing of the troops and in the other,
operations in Egypt. After serving for seven
months in the North Sea and at Sheemess in the
Iris and Ambuscade frigates, Capts. Hon. Philip
Wodehouse and David Atkins, he was received, in
Oct. 1802, on board the Resistance 36, also com-
manded by Capt. Wodehouse, under whom he was
wrecked, near Cape St. Vincent, 31 May, 1803. He
then joined, on the Mediterranean station, the Ca-
meeion 18, Capt. Thos. Staines ; of which vessel, for
his services in her boats, he was ultimately nomi-
nated Acting-Lieutenant. From Aug. 1804 until
April, 1805, we again find him performing the duties
of Midshipman and Master's Mate in the Victory
lOO, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson. On leaving
that ship he received an order to act as Lieutenant
of the Childers 14, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton. On 12
Sept. following he was confirmed. His next ap-
pointment was, 20 Feb. 1806, to the Phcebe, of 44
guns and 271 men, Capts. Jas. Oswald, Hassard
Stackpoole, and Jas. Hillyar, employed in succession
in the North Sea and Mediterranean, off Greenland,
and on the Baltic, Channel, Cape of Good Hope,
and East India stations. Under Capt. Hillyar he
assisted at the reduction of the Isle of France ; and,
prior to joining in the expedition against Java, was
present as First-Lieutenant, 20 May, 1811 (while
cruizing off Madagascar in company with the As-
TEEA and Galatea, frigates nearly equal in force
to the Phcebe, and 18-gun brig Racehorse), at the
capture— after a long and trying action with the
French 40-gun frigates Menomme'e, Clorinde, and
Nei-eide, and a loss to the Ph(ebe of 7 men killed
and 24 wounded — of the Renommee, and, on 25 of the
same month, of the Nereide and the settlement of
Tamatave. As a reward for his gallant conduct he
6 R
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SCOTT.
was placed, 26 Oct. following, in acting-command of
the Renommee (then bearing the name of the Java),
and sent in her with convoy to England. On his
arrival he was presented with a second promotal
commission dated 24 March, 1812. His next and
last appointment was, 29 Nov. 1828, to the Champion
18 ; the command of which sloop he retained, on the
African and Halifax stations, until advanced to
Post-rank, 12 Feb. 1830.
Capt. Scott is a Justice of the Peace for co. Rox-
burgh.
SCOTT. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 33.)
Henry William Scott (whose name had been
borne in 1795-6 on the books of the Kephlse 64,
Capts. Wm. Geo. Fairfax and Jas. Alms) entered
the Koyal Naval Academy 1 March, 1797, and em-
barked, 5 Nov. 1800, as Midshipman, on board the
Desiree 36, Capt. Rich. Dacres, lying at Ports-
mouth. After serving in the Channel in the Wind-
sor Castle 98, flag-ship of Sir Andrew Mitchell, he
joined, in June, 1802, the Leander 50, bearing the
flag of that ofl&cer at Halifax ; where he continued
chiefly employed in the Mekmaid 32, Capt. Aiskew
Paffard Hollis, Leopard 50, Capt. Salusbury Pryce
Humphreys, Mullet schooner, commanded by him-
self in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant and by
Lieut. Drury, Observateoe brig, Capts. W. R.
Smith, Chas. Claridge, John Lawrence, and Fred.
Aug. Wetherall, and Furieuse 36, Capt. John
Simpson, until Nov. 1809. He was officially pro-
moted into the Observateur by a commission
bearing date 26 May, 1807. From Nov. 1809 until
advanced to the rank of Commander, 13 June, 1815,
he was employed, on the West India, Home, and
North American stations, in the Julia, Capt. Pechell,
Neptune 98, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane,
Crane sloop, Capt. Jas. Stuart, Arab 16, Capt.
Henry Jane, Armide 38, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos.
Troubridge, and Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of
Sir A. Cochrane. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander Scott, who had issue by a former
wife, married, 9 June, 1830, Ann, eldest daughter of
the late Isaac Lane, Esq., of Ewell, co. Surrey. His
eldest daughter is married to Lieut. Osmond Bour-
dillon, 25th Bombay Native Infantry, son of Brown-
low Bourdillon, Esq., of Bath. Agents— Burnett
and Holmes.
SCOTT, C.B. (Capt., 1828. F-p., 21 ; h-p., 23.)
James Scott was born, 18 June, 1790, in London.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phaeton 38, Capt. Geo.
Cockbum, in which frigate, after having conveyed
Mr. Merry, the British Minister Plenipotentiary, to
the United States, he proceeded to the Cape of
Good Hope, and came into frequent and warm col-
lision with the batteries in the Isle of France, where
he assisted at the destruction of Pointe Canonniere.
On his return to England with Capt. Cockburn as
Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Sept. 1804)
in the Howe 38, bearer of the Marquess Wellesley,
he was received, in Feb. 1806, on board the Blanche
of 46 guns and 265 men, Capt. Thos. Lavie ; under
whom we find him present, 19 July in the same
year, at the capture, off the Faroe Isles, of the Guer-
riere French frigate, of 50 guns and 317 men, after
a severe action, in which the British had but 4 men
wounded and the enemy 50 killed and wounded. For
his gallantry in achieving this exploit Capt. Lavie
received the honour of Knighthood. With the ex-
ception of a few months passed, between July, 1807,
and April, 1808, in the Achille 74, commanded off
Ferrol by Capt. Sir Rich. King, Mr. Scott again,
from Sept. 1806 until Aug. 1809, served with Capt.
Cockburn as Midshipman and Master's Mate in the
Captain, Pomp4e, and Belleisle 74'9. In the
Captain and Pompee he cruized among the West-
ern Islands and off Rochefort; and while in the
latter ship he was employed on shore and was
slightly wounded* at the reduction of Martinique ;
whence in the Belleisle he returned home with
• Vide Gia, 1809, p. 4ao.
the surrendered governor and garrison. After com-
manding" a gun-boat in the attack upon Flushing
(for his conduct during the operations connected
with which he obtained a letter of thanks from
Rear-Admiral Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats) he was
made Lieutenant, 16 Nov. 1809, into La FLfioHE 14,*
Capt. Geo. Hewson, lying in the river Thames.
His next appointments were— 13 July, 1810, to the
Myrtle sloop, Capts. John Smith Cowan and Cle-
ment Sneyd, employed, for nearly two years, off
Lisbon, at the defence of Cadiz, in the Mediterra-
nean, and on the coast of Africa— and, in the course
of 1812-13-14, to the Grampus 50 and Marl-
borough, Sceptre, and Albion 74's, the first bear-
ing the broad pendant, the three others the flag, of
his former Captain, Cockbum, at Cadiz and on the
North American station. On 3 April, 1813, being
then in the Marlborough, he commanded one of
the boats of a squadron containing 105 men, under
the orders of Lieut. Jas. Polkinghorne, at the cap-
ture, 15 miles up the Rappahannock river, of four
schooners, carrying in the whole 31 guns and 219
men — an exploit whose achievement inflicted on the
British a loss of 2 men killed and 1 1 wounded, and
on the enemy of 6 killed and 10 wounded. f On 22
June, 1813, Mr. Scott had charge of the Marl-
borough's launch, which was sunk in the attack
upon Crany Island ; four days afterwards he assisted
at the capture of the town of Hampton ; in the en-
suing month he commanded the Sceptre's launch
at the capture of Ocrakole Island on the coast of
North Carolina, and at the taking of the Anacxmda
of 20 and ^Was of 12 guns; and, in 1814, during
which year he was attached to the Albion, he
stormed two forts on the eastern shore of the Chesa-
peake, contributed in the boats to the destruction,
up the Patuxent, of a powerful flotilla under Com-
modore Barney, and served on shore as Aide-de-
Camp to Rear-Admiral Cockbum, at the battle of
Bladensburg, the occupation of Washington, and
the attack upon Baltimore. His name in 10 in-
stances obtained public mention. "Lieut. Jas.
Scott," says the distinguished officer just alluded to,
in his public letter to the Commander-in-Chief rela-
tive to the Washington expedition, " now First of
the Albion, has on this occasion rendered me essen-
tial services ; and, as I have had reason so often to
mention to you his gallant and meritorious conduct,
I trust you will permit me to seize this opportunity
of recommending him particularly to your favour-
able notice and consideration." J In his detail of the
operations against Baltimore the Rear-Admiral thus
again refers to him ; " I have to express to you how
particularly I consider myself indebted to Lieut.
Jas. Scott, whom I have had such frequent cause to
mention to you, and who, in the battle of the 12th
(Sept.) commanded a division of seamen, and be-
haved most gallantly, occasionally also acting as
Aide-de-Camp to myself."§ Being advanced in
consequence to the rank of Commander 19 Oct.
1814, Capt. Scott was in that capacity appointed, 4
May and 5 Nov. 1824, to the Meteor bomb and
Harlequin 18. In the former vessel he took part
in the demonstration made by Vice-Admiral Sir
Harry Burrard Neale before Algiers: in the Har-
lequin he served until 1827 on the Cork and Ja-
maica stations. He attained Post-rank 8 Jan. 1828 ;
and was afterwards employed— from 26 June, 1834,
until 1836, and from 30 Aug. 1837 until Oct. 1839,
in the President 50, as Flag-Captain to Admirals
Sir Geo. Cockburn and Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross,
on the North America and West India and Pacific
stations — and, from 31 Oct. 1839 until the close of
1841, in the Samarang 26, in South America and
the East Indies. Uniting, in the latter ship, in the
operations connected with the war in China, he suc-
ceeded, 7 Jan. 1841, with his accustomed gallantry,
in silencing in one hour, with the Druid, Modeste,
and Columbine under his orders, the fire of the
enemy at Tycocktow ;|1 and, on 26 of the ensuing
month, he figured in the action with the Bogue
* La FLECHEwas wrecked, off the Elbe, 24 May, 1810.
+ firfe Gaz. 181S, p. 995. 1 T. Gaz. 1814, p. 19(3.
i V. Gaz. 1814, p. 2018. II V. G«z. 1641, p. lloa.
SCOTT.
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forts.* Prior to the first investment of Canton, he
remored temporarily to the Nemesis steamer, com-
manded by the present Capt. Wm. Hutcheon Hall,
for the purpose of forcing, agreeably to a plan he
had previously formed, the inner passage from Ma^
cao to Whampoa. During the advance he made on
the latter place he contrived, aided by the boats of
his own ship, to destroy, between 3 a.m. on 13 and
4 P.M. on 15 March, as many as five forts, one bat-
tery, two military stations, and nine war-junke, in
which collectively were 115 guns and 8 gingalls.f
For these services he was nominated a C.B. 29
June, 1841.
Capt. Scott is the author of a work entitled ' Na^
val Recollections.' He married, 3 May, 1819, Caro-
line Ann, only child of the late Rich. Donovan, Esq.,
of Tibberton Court, Gloucestershire, by Caroline
Elizabeth Yate, of Bromesberrow Place in the
same co., and the last descendant of the ancient
families of Yate, Baun, and Dobyns. By that lady
he has issue.
SCOTT. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 19; h-p.,34.)
John Scott was born 9 Dec. 1784.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Aug. 1794, as a
Boy, on board the London 98, Capts. Rich. Goodwin
Keats, Edw. Griffith, and John Child Purvis, in
which ship, deducting an interval of eight months
that followed the Spithead mutiny, he continued
employed in the Channel and off the coasts of Spain
and Portugal, part of the time under the flag of Sir
John Colpoys, until Oct. 1800 ; when he was trans-
ferred as Midshipman (a rating he had attained 8
Dec. 1797) to the Raven 18, Capts. Jas. Sanders
and Spelman Swaine. On the night of 29 Aug.
1800, being then with the Ferrol expedition, he
served with the boats of a squadron, 20 in number,
commanded by Lieut. Henry Burke, at the cutting-
out, close to the batteries in Vigo Bay, of La Guepe
privateer of 18 guns and 161 men, which vessel, 25
of whose people were killed and 40 wounded, was in
15 minutes boarded and carried, with a loss to the
British of 3 seamen and 1 marine killed, 3 lieu-
tenants, 12 seamen, and 5 marines wounded, and 1
seaman missing. In Nov. 1802, three months after
his return from the West Indies, where he had been
serving in the Raven, Mr. Scott joined the Leda
38, Capts. Jas. Hardy and Robt. Honyman, attached
to the force in the North Sea ; where and on the
Jamaica station we find him employed, until Sept.
1805, in the Crescent 36, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart,
Theseus and Hercdle 74'b, flag-ships of Vice-Ad-
miral Jas. Rich. Dacres, Flting Fish 12, Lieut. -
Commander Price, Goelan sloop, Capt. John Ays-
cough, and DiLiGENTjA (alias Legeha), Capt. Jas.
Alex. Gordon. He was created Sub-Lieutenant 5
May, 1805, of the Flying Fish ; and Lieutenant, on
31 of the same month, of the Goelan. From Oct.
1805 vmtil May, 1815, he served in the North Sea,
on the coast of Africa, in the West Indies and Chan-
nel, and on the coasts of Spain, Brazil, and North
America, in the Adamant 50, Capts. Geo. Burlton,
John Stiles, and John Fyffe, Hunter 16, Capt. Fras.
Geo. Dickins, MELPOMiNE 38, Capt. Peter Parker,
Neptune 98, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane,
Glommen 18, Capt. Chas. Pickford, Blonde and
Statira frigates, both commanded by Capt. Volant
Vashon Ballard, Neptune and Statira again, each
bearing the flag of Sir A. Cochrane, Tremendous
74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, Princess Charlotte 38,
Capt. Geo. Tobin, Indefatigable 44, Capt. John
Fyffe, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir A. Cochrane.
In the Melpomene, Blonde, Statira, Princess
Charlotte, and Indefatigable, he filled, for four
» FiifcGaz. 1841, p. I49S.
f "J have the honour," writes Sir Gordon Bremer, the Com-
mander-in-Chief, in forwarding to the Admiralty an account
of this achievement, " to enclose a copy of a letter from Capt.
Scott, of H.M.S. Samarano, detailing tlie particulars of an
enterprize which lie planned and executed with admirable
talent and gallantry, to which 1 will beg to refer their Lord-
ships, expressing at the same time my conviction, that no
encomium 1 could bestow on Capt. Scott, and the officers,
seamen, and marines engaged, would be equal to tiie merit of
the affair."— f life Gar. 1841, pp. 1427, 1S07.
years and a half, the post of First-Lieutenant. In
the Adamant he saw much boat-service and as-
sisted at the capture, among other vessels, of La
Baparadora Spanish frigate-built privateer, of 30
guns and 315 men. In the barge of the Blonde he
boarded the French national brig L' Oreste of 16
guns and 110 men, when that vessel was taken, 11
Jan. 1810, under the fire of a battery near Basse-
terre, after an engagement of two hours. During
the operations which preceded the surrender of
Guadeloupe he commanded the Blonde owing to
the absence of his Captain. While attached to the
Princess Charlotte he was constantly employed
in her boats, and, besides aiding at the capture of
many vessels in the Bay of Biscay, spiked and de-
stroyed 28 pieces of cannon, and took several flag-
staffs on the north coast of Spain. He was instru-
mental, in the Indefatigable, to the preserva-
tion of an English vessel which had run on shore on
the coast of Brazil under circumstances of peculiar
difficulty ; and in the Tonnant he accompanied the
expedition against New Orleans. While there he
was for 15 days employed in the debarkation of
troops ; and for his conduct in bringing guns from
an advanced battery and placing them under the
immediate directions of Major-General Sir Edw.
Pakenham, obtained the thanks of Sir A. Cochrane,
the Naval Commander-in-Chief; by whom he was
allowed to join a party which, commanded by Capt.
Rowland Money, stormed, 8 Jan. 1815, a strong fort
on the right bank of the Mississippi. On that occa-
sion, Capt. Money having been early wounded, Lieut.
Scott led the men in person and materially contri-
buted to the successful issue of the attack. His ex-
ertions were witnessed by the present Sir Edw.
Codrington, from whom and from Sir Edw. Thos.
Troubridge, who commanded the brigade of seamen
serving on shore, he had the gratification of receiv-
ing letters very flattering to his feelings.* His
conduct in former instances had also procured him
letters of approbation from Capts. Stiles, Dickins,
Ballard, and Chas. Dilkes (Captain of the Neptune),
and from Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon, Commander-
in-Chief at the Brazils. On leaving the Tonnant
he took up a Commander's Commission bearing
date 13 June, 1815. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander Scott married first, 3 July, 1815, Miss
Cole, of Waltham, co. Essex, sister of Jas. Cole.
Esq., Purser and Paymaster R.N. ; and secondly, in
Nov. 1840, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of J. Gibson,
Esq., of Hatter's Lane, Lodbury, Gloucestershire.
He has a family of 12 children.
SCOTT. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
John Bonnet Scott (whose commission bears
date 24 Jan. 1846) served, from 24 March, 1843,
until paid off in 1847, in the Curacoa 24, Capts.
Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley and Wm. Broughton, on
the S.E. coast of America; and has been employed,
since 8 Jan. 1848, in the Mediterranean in the Ter-
rible steam-frigate of 800-horse power, Capt. Wm.
SCOTT. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Peter Astle Scott entered the Navy 14 Feb.
1829 ; passed his examination in 1835 ; and from
1839 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on
his return to England 4 Oct. 1843, was employed as
Mate in the Terror, Capt. Fras. Rawdon Moira
Crozier, on a voyage of discovery to the Antarctic
Ocean. He afterwards, from 24 July, 1845, until
paid off at the commencement of 1848, served on
the coast of North America in the Columbia
steam-surveying-vessel, commanded by the present
Capt. Peter Fred. Shortland, and also by Capt. Wm.
Fitzwilliam Owen.
SCOTT. (Commander, 1848.)
Robert Antbont Edward Scott entered the
Navy 1 May, 1830 ; passed his examination 25 July,
* " I cannot," says Sir E. T. Troubridge, in his public
letter to the Commander-in-Chief, " sufficiently express the
high sense I entertain of the zeal and activity of Lieut. Scott
of the Tonnant, who on all occasions has shown himself a
most deserving officer."— Tirfe Gaz. 1815, p. 451.
6 R 2
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SCOTT— SCRIVEN—SCROGGS—SCRYMGOUE.
1836 ; and on his return from the Pacific, where he
had been serving as Mate in the Pbesident 50, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Koss,
was promoted, 17 May, 1842, to the rank of Lieu-
tenant. From 25 June, 1812, until 1847, he was
again employed in the Pacific in the Salamander
steam-sloop, Capt. Andrew Snape Hamond ; and
from 19 July in the latter year until advanced to
his present rank 28 July, 1848, he ofiiciated as First
of the Vixen steam-sloop, Capts. Alfred Phillipps
Kyder and Robt. Jenner, on the North America and
West India station.
SCOTT. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 15 ; H-p., 40.)
WiLiiAM Isaac Scott entered the Navy, 25 Dec.
1792, as a Volunteer, on board the Windsor Castle
98, Capt. Wm. Hancock Kelly, with whom he con-
tinued to serve on the Home and West India sta-
tions as Midshipman in the St. George 98, Sole-
bay 32 (part of the force engaged in 1794 at the
reduction of the French islands), and Veteran 64,
until Sept. 1796. After he had been for rather
more than two years employed on the coast of
France and at Portsmouth in the KivoLnTioNNAiRE
38, Capts. Fras. Cole and Thos. Twysden, and Di-
ana 38, Capt. Alex. Fraser, he was made Lieu-
tenant, 10 May, 1799, into the Voltioeur, Capt.
Thos. Geo. Shortland. He remained in that vessel
but a few days ; and was subsequently appointed —
1 June, 1800, for two years, to the Clyde 38, Capt.
Chas. Cunningham, on the Guernsey station — 31
Oct. 1803, to the Urania 38, Capt. Hon. Chas. Her-
bert, in which frigate he made a voyage to the
West Indies — 21 Aug. 1808, after two years of
half-pay, to the Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas.
Cotton at Lisbon, where he continued a short time
— in 1809, to the Nokge and Triumph 74's, Capts.
Edm. Soger and Sam. Hood Linzee, also attached
to the force oflT Lisbon — and, 15 Sept. 1810, to his
former ship the Hibernia, commanded by Capt.
Thos. White. He attained the rank of Commander
21 Oct. 1810; and from 21 March, 1812, until posted
7 June, 1814, was employed in the Fbeija troop-
ship.
He accepted the Ketirement 1 Oct. 1846.
SCEIVEN. (LlEUTEKANT, 1810.)
John Barclay Scriven entered the Navy, 19
Nov. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Terkidlb
74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, under whom he at^
tained in 1804 the rating of Midshipman, and con-
tinued employed in the Channel and Mediterranean,
until Oct. 1809, when he returned to England in the
Philomel 18, Capt. George Crawley. He was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant as soon as he had
passed his examination 4 Jan. 1810; and from the
following May until paid oiFin Aug. 1815, he served
on the Home, North American, West India, and
Brazilian stations in the Valiant 74, Capts. Robt.
Dudley Oliver and Zachary Mudge. Since 25 Feb.
1848 he has filled the appointment of Admiralty
Agent on board a contract mail-steam-vessel.
He married in Dec. 1825 and has issue three
children. Agent — J. Hinxman.
SCRIVEN. (Lieutenant, 1822.)
Thomas Swain Sceiven was born 29 May, 1796,
at Weymouth, co. Dorset. He is brother of Com-
mander Timothy Scriven, R.N., C.B. (1813), an
officer of distinguished merit, who, when com-
mander of different vessels, fought the enemies of
his country with a surprising degree of gallantry
and success, and who died, universally lamented,
25 March, 1824.
This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1809, as
Midshipman, on board the Neptune 98, Capt. Jas.
AtholWood, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex.
Cochrane in the West Indies; where, and on the coast
of France and in the North Sea, he was employed,
during the after-part of the war, in the Blonde and
Statira frigates, both under the orders of Capt.
Volant Vashon Ballard, Arrow schooner, com-
manded by his brother, then Lieut. Scriven, and
Plover sloop and Prince 98. While stationed in
the North Sea he assisted at the reduction of Cux-
haven and Gliickstadt, and was intrusted with the
command, off Hamburgh, of gun-boat No. 4. His
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant took place 26
Dec. 1822. He served subsequently in the Coast
Guard. His appointments since he left that service
have been, 13 May and 1 Sept. 1841 and 11 Jan.
1848, to the command of the Cdckoo, Widgeon, and
Princess Alice, Weymouth and Dover packets ; in
the last-mentioned of which he is now employed.
Lieut. Scriven married Sarah Mary, daughter of
Geo. Peace Scott, Esq., of Dorchester, a lady by
whom he has issue six children.
SCROGGS. (Lieutenant, 1847.)
Edward Scboggs passed his examination 11
March, 1845; and from 18 June following until
1848 was employed in the Pacific on surveying ser-
vice in the Herald 22, Capt. Henry B.ellett. His
commission bears date 1 May, 1847.
SCRYMGOUR, (Lieut., 1815. f.p.,28 ; h-p., 14.)
William Scrymgodr entered the Navy, 18 May,
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Elephant 74,
Capt. Geo. Dundas, in which ship he served in the
North Sea and West Indies until Sept. 1807. From
Aug. 1808 until July, 1814, he was employed as
Midshipman, chiefly on the Mediterranean station,
in the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, Royal
Sovereign 100, Capt. Joseph Spear, TiMERAiHE 98,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore,
and Union 98, Capts. Sam. Hood Linzee, Wm. Kent,
and Robt. Rolles. During that period he was in
frequent action with the enemy's batteries ; he aided
in the Tigre, in Oct. 1809, in causing the self-de-
struction, near Cape Cette, of the French ships-of-
the-line Robusie and Lion ; and in the Union, besides
sharing in two partial actions, fought 5 Nov. 1813
and 13 Feb. 1814, with the French Toulon fleet, he
beheld the fall of Genoa. On leaving the ship last
mentioned he became Master's Mate of the Al-
CESTE arme'e-en-Jiute, Capt. Dan. Lawrence, and
sailed soon afterwards with the expedition against
New Orleans. While there he was for six weeks
employed in a boat in co-operation with the army,
was particularly active along the left bank of the
Mississippi, and, during the retreat of the British,
commanded a schooner. In^the fulfilment of his
duties his conduct was such as to elicit the highest
commendations of Capt. Lawrence. On leaving the
Alceste, about Sept. 1815, he took up a commission
bearing date 15 March in that year. He was after-
wards employed in the Transport Service — from 22
Aug. 1820 until 13 June, 1822, on board the Nauti-
lus, in conveying troops and stores to the West
Indies, Davis' Strait (whither in 1821 he accompa-
nied Capt. Parry's Polar Expedition), and the Cape
of Good Hope— from 14 Nov. 1822 until 10 Nov.
1824, on board the Loyal Briton and Duchess or
York, for the purpose of keeping up the communi-
cation in the West India Islands— from 11 Nov.
1824 until 3 March, 1833, as Resident Agent at
Gibraltar— from 4 March, 1833, until 25 Nov. 1834,
as Agent in the Orestes at Bermuda and in the
West Indies— from 24 April, 1835, until 6 Sept.
1838, on board the Prince Regent, in North Ame-
rica and the West Indies, in the Mediterranean, and
on the north coast of Spain — from 19 Dec. 1838
until 27 June, 1339, on board the Barossa in the
West Indies— and from 15 Oct. 1839 until 1 July,
1840, in the Lord Lynedoch at the Cape of Good
Hope. During 18 years that be was so engaged, his
intelligence, skill, and judgment, his zeal and unre-
mitting activity, procured him testimonials of no ordi-
nary character, conveying to him, in the most lively
and flattering terms, the praises of Sir Wm. Edw.
Parry, Lieut.-General Henry Warde, Military Com-
mander-in-Chief in the West Indies, Lieut.-Colonels
J. Marshall and J. Mair, Military Secretaries to Sir
Geo. Don and Sir Wm. Houston, Governors of
Gibraltar, Colonel D. Falla, Town Major of Gibral-
tar, Admiral Sir Thos. Byam Martin, Comptroller of
the Navy, J. Meek, Esq., Comptroller of th« Vic-
SCUDAMORE— SEAGER— SEALE.
1045
tualling and Transport Service, and the late Vice-
Adrairal Wm. Young, many years Resident Agent
at Deptford. In 1824, as mentioned above, he ac-
cepted the appointment of Resident Agent at
Gibraltar, under an idea that the office was a per-
manent one ; yet when it was abolished in 1833 he
was refused compensation. In 1826 an order in
council was issued to the effect that " no Lieutenant
who had not served two years in one of H.M. ships
should be promoted to the rank of Commander."
Prior to the enactment of this regulation he had, as
we have shown, served nearly four years as Lieute-
nant ; notwithstanding which, when at a later date,
encouraged by his high testimonials, he applied for
promotion, he was informed that he had not any
service as Lieutenant that could be allowed.
SCUDAMORE. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 39 ; h-p., 4.)
William James Scddamoke was born 5 Aug.
1788.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Aug. 1804, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, Capt.
John Harvey. After serving off Cadiz, in Sir Robt.
Calder's action, and in the Channel, he followed
Capt. Harvey as Midshipman, in Sept. 1805, into
the Canada 74, and sailed for the West Indies, In
Dec. 1807 he joined the Cdmbebland 74, Capt.
Hon. Philip Wodehouse, attached to the force in
the Mediterranean ; where, in Oct. 1809, he assisted
in causing the self-destruction of the ships-of-the-
line Rohuste and Xzor, and, in July, 1810, removed
to the Levlvthan 74, Capts. J. Harvey and Patrick
Campbell. On 30 April, 1812, he was confirmed a
Lieutenant (having acted for nearly three months
as such) in the Termagant 20, Capts. Gawen Wm.
Hamilton and John Lampen Manley ; and while in
that vessel, on the south coast of Spain, he com-
manded her boats at the capture and destruction of
several forts and at the taking of Almeria. He
also had the good fortune to save several nuns and
inhabitants of the town of Xavia from being mas-
sacred by the French. In 1813-14 he witnessed the
capture of Via Reggio and Genoa. After he left
the Termagant he was employed — from 13 June to
14 Aug. 1814 in command, off Gibraltar and Cadiz,
of gun-boat No. 25— from 21 Jan. to 2 Sept. 1815, in
the RosABio 10, Capt. Thos. Ladd Peake at Ports-
mouth—and from 3 Feb. 1818 until 22 March, 1821,
in command of the Providence Revenue-cruizer.
Since 3 Jan. 1822 he has been serving as an Acting-
Inspecting-Commander and Chief Officer in the
Coast Guard.
He married 6 June, 1817, and has issue nine
children.
SEAGEE. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 18;
H-p., 36.)
John Seager died 7 June, 1846, at Florissant
Rennes, near Lausanne, in Switzerland.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1793,
as Midshipman, on board the Dove, Lieut.-Com-
mander Stephen Rains, stationed in the Channel.
From Sept. 1794 until Oct. 1796 he was employed
in the Mediterranean, part of the time as Master's
Mate, in the Camel store-ship, Capts. Joseph Short
and Edw. Rotheram, and Princess Royal 98, bear-
ing the flag of Vice- Admiral Robt. Linzee ; and
after having again served for two years and a half
in the Channel on board the Rotal George 100,
flag-ship of Lord Bridport, he was made Lieute-
nant, 20 April, 1799, into the Savage 16, Capt.
Norborne Thompson, stationed in the Downs and
North Sea. His succeeding appointments were — 19
June, 1800, to the Proselyte 32, Capt. Geo. Fowke,
under whom he was wrecked on a sunken rock off
the island of St. Martin, in the West Indies, 4 Sept.
1801—24 Aug. 1803 to the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge, in which ship he fought in Sir
Robt. Calder's action 22 July, 1805, and passed the
Dardanelles with Sir John Duckworth in 1807 —
12 Aug. 1809, after six months of half-pay, to the
D]^siBB£ 36, Capt. Arthur Fari^uhar, attached to
the force in the North Sea, where he continued
until Deo. 1811— and, 2 June, 1813, to the San
Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Borlase
Warren on the coast of North America. He was
promoted to the rank of Commander 15 June, 1814;
but did not afterwards, we believe, go afloat.
Agents— Messrs. Chard.
SEALE. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 26.)
Charles Henry Seale, born in Sept. 1790, at
Boone House, Dartmouth, is second and youngest
son of the late John Seale, Esq., by Sarah, daughter
of Chas. Hayne, Esq., of Lupton ; and brother of
the late Sir John Henry Seale, Bart., M.P. for
Dartmouth, and Lieut.-Colonel of the South Devon
Militia.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Jan. 1800, as a
Volunteer, on board the Cambrian 40, Capt. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge, employed, until Jan. 1802, in
the Channel and in attendance upon George III. off
Weymouth. He then joined the Achille 74, Capt.
Sir Edw. BuUer, stationed off Rochefort ; and after
serving for one year and nine months at Newfound-
land and in the North Sea, the chief part of the
time as Midshipman and Master's Mate in the
Galgo 16, Capt. Michael Dodd, and Unicorn 32,
Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, was received,
in April, 1804, on board the Scorpion 18, Capt.
Philip Carteret. While in that sloop he commanded
one of her boats at the destruction of some vessels
in the harbour of Sohiermonikoog, on the coast of
Holland, was again in the boats at the taking of a
fort and privateer, near La Guira, on the Spanish
Main, and, after chasing the French fleet under M.
Willaumez, witnessed, 14 Sept. 1806, the destruc-
tion, off Cape Henry, of the 74-gun ship Impetueux.
Removing, in July, 1807, to the Comds, mounting 24
long 9-pounders and 8 3^pounder carronades, with
a complement of 145 men, Capt. Edm. Heywood, he
assisted, in the following month, immediately prior
to the attack upon Copenhagen, at the capture of
the Danish frigate Frederickscoam, carrying 32 12
and 6 pounders, 6 12-pounder carronades, and 226
men, after a close action of 45 minutes, attended
with a loss to the enemy of 12 killed and 20
wounded, but to the British of only 1 wounded.
Having navigated the prize to the British fleet be-
fore Copenhagen, and witnessed the fall of the
Danish capital, he followed Capt. Heywood, in Nov.
1807, into the Asthma 32, and sailed for the West
Indies ; where, under the command of Lieut. Edm.
Potenger Greenlaw, he was wrecked on the rocks
near the island of Anagada 24 May 1808. He then
joined the Sobtle, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Brown,
and Neptune 98, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex.
Cochrane ; and in March, 1809, was nominated
Acting-Senior-Lieutenant of the Star 20, Capts.
Wm. Paterson, John Hendrie, and Jas. Kearny
White. Continuing in the latter vessel (to which
he was confirmed 15 July, 1809), until paid off in
Dec. 1811, he was afforded an opportunity of aiding
at the reduction of the islands of Martinique and
Guadeloupe and their dependencies. His succeed-
ing appointments were — 25 Aug. 1812, to the War-
spite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, in the
Channel — in May, 1813, to the command, for 13
months, of gun-boat No. 3, on the river Elbe, where
he took part in the operations connected with the
capture of Cuxhaven, Glijckstadt,* and Hamburgh,
and was slightly wounded in the left arm — 12 May,
1815, to the York 74, Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schom-
berg, stationed off the coast of France for the inter-
ception of Napoleon Buonaparte — 27 Jan. 1816, as
First, after four months of half-pay, to tile Cyrus
20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, vrith whom he
served on the coast of Ireland until sent, in March,
1817, to the hospital from ill health— and 8 June,
1824, to the Ramillies, Coast Blockade ship, Capt.
Wm. M'CulIooh. During the illness, which proved
fatal, of the latter officer, Mr. Seale, as First-Lieu-
tenant, had charge of the whole Coast Blockade.
He was in consequence promoted to the rank of
• Vide Gsi. 18H,p. 1S7.
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SEALY— SEARLE.
Commander 8 June, 1826. His last appointments
were — 8 Aug. 1837, as Second-Captain, to the San
Josef 110, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Fred.
"Warren, Admiral-Superintendent at Plymouth,
where he remained three years — and, 30 Aug. 1841,
to the Sekpent 16, from which vessel, fitting at
Chatham, he was superseded on being advanced, 23
Nov. following, to Post-rank.
Capt. Scale married, 23 July, 1827, Eliza, fourth
daughter of Sir Wm. Jervis Twysden, of Roydon
Hall, CO. Kent, by whom he has issue a son and
daughter.
SEALY. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 14.)
John Lodlow Nelson Sbaxy entered the Navy,
21 July, 1817, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gany-
mede 26, Capt. Hon. Kobt. Cavendish Spencer,
with whom he continued employed as Midshipman
in the Mediterranean and South America until
transferred, in Sept. 1822, to the Cherokee 10,
Capt. Wm. Keats, on the Leith station. Being
again, in April, 1823, placed under the orders of
Capt. Spencer in the Naiad 46, he returned to the
Mediterranean, where he contributed, 31 Jan. 1824,
to the utter defeat of the Ti-ipoli Algerine corvette
of 18 guns and 100 men, and aided in the boats
under Lieut. Michael Quin at the brilliant destruc-
tion, on the night of 31 May following, of a 16-gun
brig, moored in a position of extraordinary strength
alongside the walls of the fortress of Bona, in which
was a garrison of about 400 soldiers, who, from
cannon and musket, kept up a tremendous fire
almost perpendicularly on the deck. After serving
for about a year and 10 months, still in the Medi-
terranean, on board the Zebra 18, Capts. Edw.
Rich. "Williams and Chas. Cotton, he was there
nominated, 28 Nov. 1827 ^e had parsed his ex-
amination 4 Dec. 1823), ATJR'ng-Lieuten ant of the
Raleigh 18, Capt. John Burnet Dundas. From
that sloop, to which the Admiralty confirmed him
9 Jan. following, he removed, in April, 1828, to the
Ocean 80, Capt. Patrick Campbell, also on the
Mediterranean station, whence, in May, 1830, he
returned to England. His last appointment was,
2 Sept. 1832, to the Ttne 28, Capt. Chas. Hope,
with whom he served in the Pacific until paid off in
Jan. 1834.
Lieut. Sealy is Senior of 1828.
SEAELE, C.B. (Rear-Admiral of the "White,
1846. F-p., 26; H-P., 32.)
Thomas Searie was born 29 May, 1777, in De-
vonshire.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1789, as
Ordinary, on board the Mutine cutter, Lieut.-
Commander H. "West, attached to the force in the
Mediterranean, where he remained until Nov. 1791.
In Jan. 1792 he joined the Sprightly cutter, Lieut.-
Commander R. Reeve, in the Channel ; and from
April, 1793, until Dec. 1795, he was employed on
the coast of Ireland, in the North Sea, and at New-
foundland, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in
the Sphynx 20, Oapt. Rich. Lucas, and Artois and
Active frigates, Capts. Lord Chas. Fitzgerald and
Thos. WoUey. After again serving in the Channel
on board the Royal George 100, bearing the flag
of Lord Bridport, he was (at the recommendation
of that nobleman and of his Captain, "Wm. Domett)
made Lieutenant, 19 Aug. 1796, into the Incendiary
fire-ship, Capt. Henry Digby, as a reward for the
intrepidity he had exhibited in saving the lives of
seven persons swamped in a boat alongside. On
leaving the Incendiary Mr. Searle, in Dec. 1796,
joined the Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis,
also on the Home station ; whence, in 1798, he
escorted convoy to Quebec in the Nemesis 28, Capt.
Robt. Dudley Oliver. On 31 Oct. in the same year
he was placed in command, in the North Sea, of
the Courier cutter, mounting 12 four-pounders,
with a complement of 40 men. "While in that vessel
he pursued, 12 May, 1799, and for an hour and 40
minutes fought a close action with, a French pri-
vateer brig, carrying 16 long nines and sixes, whom
superior sailing and advantage of wind enabled to
escape. "When first observed, off "Winterton, on the
coast of Norfolk, the enemy's vessel was in the act
of recapturing an English merchant sloop. A pri-
vateer lugger, during the whole of the conflict that
ensued, was in sight to leeward, but did not attempt
to interfere. The British on the occasion had 5 of
their number wounded.* In the course of the fol-
lowing day the Courier made prize of ie Ribottew
schooner of 6 guns and 26 men. On 10 July in the
same year she assisted at the capture of three valu-
able merchantmen, and the destruction of a galliot
laden with ordnance stores, near the island of Ame-
land; on 11 Aug., having out-sailed her consorts,
the Pylades and Espi^gle sloops, she was for some
time, before those vessels could arrive to her assist-
ance, very gallantly engaged with the late British
gun-brig Crash (carrying twelve 18, 24, and 32-
pounders, with a crew of 60 men), moored in a
narrow passage between the island of Scbiermoni-
koog and the mainland of Groningen ;t and on 23
Nov. she took (with a loss to herself; incurred during
a 50 minutes' action, of her Master killed and 2 men
wounded, and to the enemy of 4 killed and 6
wounded) the French cutter privateer Le Guerrier
of 14 four-pounders and 44 men. J In one of the
above affairs Lieut. Searle was severely burnt by
an explosion of gunpowder. For his services he
was, at the recommendation of Admiral Lord Dun-
can, promoted, 26 Nov. 1799, to the rank of Com-
mander. His succeeding appointments were — 1
June, 1800, to the Transport service, in which he
continued until 16 Oct. 1802—13 July, 1803, to the
Sea Fenoibles at Portsmouth — 26 April, 6 Sept., and
10 Oct. 1804, to the Perseus bomb, Helder defence-
ship, and Autumn 16, all on the coast of France —
22 Jan. 1806, after three months of half-pay, to the
Fury bomb, off Boulogne — and, 6 Nov. following,
to the Grasshopper of 18 guns (16 32-pounders
and 2 long sixes) and 120 men, fitting for the Medi-
terranean. "While commanding the Helder he
was intrusted with the charge of one of the prin-
cipal explosion-vessels employed in the celebrated
catamaran attack on the Boulogne flotilla. His
career in the Grasshopper was dashing in the
extreme. On 11 Dee. 1807 he fought an action,
off Cape Palos, with three Spanish vessels-of-war,
carrying in the whole 30 guns and 226 men, the
largest of which, the San Josef of 12 24-pounders
and 99 men, was in 15 minutes compelled to strike
her colours. The other two were the Medusa of
10 24-pounders and 77 men, and AigU of 8 guns,
of the same calibre, and 50 men. In reporting this
performance to the Admiralty, Lord Collingwood
took occasion to refer to it as " an instance of the
zeal and enterprise which marked the general con-
duct " of Capt. Searle. On 4 April, 1808, the Grass-
hopper, in company with the Alceste and Mer-
cury frigates, made an attack, off the town of Rota,
upon a Spanish convoy passing along shore under
the protection of about 20 gun-boats and a numerous
train of flying artillery on the beach. " At 4 p.m.,"
says Capt. Murray Maxwell, the senior officer pre-
sent, in his public letter detailing the particulars
of the affair, " the enemy's shot and shells from the
gun-boats and batteries going over us, H.M. ships
opened their fire, which was kept up with great
vivacity until half-past six, when we had taken seven
of the convoy and driven a great many others on
shore in the surf ; compelled the gun-boats to re-
treat, which they did very reluctantly, and not
until two of them were destroyed; and actually
silenced the batteries at Rota ; which latter service
was performed by the extraordinary gallantry and
good conduct of Capt. Searle, who kept in upon the
shoal to the southward of the town so near as to
drive the enemy from their guns with grape from
his carronades, and at the same time kept in check
a division of the gun-boats that had come out from
Cadiz to assist the others engaged by the Alceste
and Mercury. It was a general cry in both ships,
• Vide Gaj. 1789, p. 458. + V. Gaz. 1799 p 019
% F. Gaz. 1799, p. 1214.
SEATON—SEAVER— SEAWARD— SECCOMBE.
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^Only look how nobly the brig behaves 1 ' "* Nineteen
days after the event we have just recorded, we find
the Grasshopper, in company with the Kapid 12,
Lieut.-Commander Henry Baugh, effecting the cap-
ture, at the end of a severe action of two hours and
a half, fought among shoals and within grape-shot
distance of a battery, of two Spanish vessels laden
with cargoes worth 30,000i. each, and further pro-
tected by four gun-boats, two of which were forced
to surrender, and the remainder driven on shore. f
The collective loss of the Grasshopper in the affairs
we have here sketched amounted to 1 man Icilled
and 10 wounded, including, in the last one, her
Captain, who, with much modesty, although shot
through the thigh by a musket-ball, only reported
himself as " slightly wounded." In the action which
preceded the capture of the San Josef he had been
wounded by a splinter in the head, but had not
made any allusion to the circumstance. His valour
was at length rewarded by a Post-commission dated
25 April, 1808. He left the Grasshopper in the
following July ; and was subsequently appointed —
18 Feb. 1809, for 9 or 10 months, to the Frede-
RICKSTEIN 32, in the Mediterranean — 6 July and
1 Aug. 1810, to the Hannibal and Elizabeth 74's,
the latter employed on the North Sea and Lisbon
stations— 8 May, 1811, to the Druid frigate, in
which he co-operated in the defence of Tarifa, and
served in the Mediterranean until 28 July, 1812 —
1 Sept. 1818, to the Hyperion 42— and, 1 Aug. 1836,
to the Victory 104, Ordinary guard-ship at Ports-
mouth, where he remained three years. While in
command of the Htpeeion, which frigate was paid
off 25 April, 1821, he was in attendance upon
George IV. during an aquatic excursion in the
neighbourhood of Portsmouth, and made a voyage
to South America, whence he returned with specie
to the amount of half-a-million sterling. He was
nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; and advanced to
Flag-rank 9 Nov. 1846.
On leaving the Grasshopper, in 1808, Capt. Searle
was presented by the crew with a sword, valued at
80 guineas, as a mark of their respect and attach-
ment. In the course of the same year he received
a piece of plate from Lloyd's, worth 100 guineas.
He married a daughter of Joseph Maddock, Esq.,
of H.M. dockyard at Portsmouth, and has issue.
One of his daughters, Jane Splatt, was married, in
1828, to the late Capt. Rich. Dickinson, R.N., C.B. ;
a second, Amelia Emma, in 1831, to Major Henry
Semple, of the 35th Foot ; a third, Charlotte Au-
gusta, in 1838, to Capt. Henry John Worth, K.N. ;
and a fourth, Cecilia Caroline, in 1841, to H. Bur-
ney, Esq., LL.D., of Gosport. Agent — J. Hinx-
SEATON, K.T.S. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 10;
H-p., 30.)
John Seaton was born 22 May, 1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 Aug. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess op Orange 74,
Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, bearing the flag of
Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley in the
Downs ; and from 27 March, 1808, until transferred,
in Feb. 1814, to the Tonnant 80, flag-ship on the
coast of North America of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane,
was borne, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on
the books of the Ranger 18, commanded in the
Baltic by Capts. Geo. Acklom and Fras. Geo.
Dickins. During that period he assisted in taking
the island of Anholdt, was frequently sent home in
charge of captured vessels, and on one occasion,
while so employed, fell into the hands of the Danes,
who kept him a prisoner from 15 May, 1812, until
14 Nov. 1813. He also commanded the Pickle
tender, fitted as a rocket-vessel, in two attacks
made by the combined squadrons of England and
Russia on the French batteries at Danzig. In July,
1814, he invalided home from North America in
* Tlie Grasshopper on this occasion was much damaged in
her hull, and had her maintopmast shot through, and her
shrouds, sails, and running-rigging cut to pieces. — f^ide Gaz.
1808, p. 570.
t riitoGai. ISOfl, p. 681.
the Belvideke 46, Capt. Rich. Byron ; and on 9
March, 1815, he was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant. His last appointment afloat was, 30 Oct.
1823, to the Lively 46, Capt. Wm. Elliott, in which
frigate, prior to Aug. 1825, when he returned to
England an invalid in the Icaros 10, Capt. John
Geo. Graham, he visited the Tagus, escorted Don
Miguel to Brest, went on a mission to Algiers, and
served on the West India station. While in the
Tagus he was created a Knight of the Tower and
Sword by Don John, who had taken refuge, during
a popular commotion, on board the Windsor Castle
74. Since 20 Oct. 1826 he has been in charge of a
station in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Seaton married, 28 June, 1838, Esther,
eldest daughter of Thos. Saunders, Esq., H.M.
Consul at St. Valery, in France, by whom he has
issue. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
SEAVEE. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
Charles Seaver is youngest son of the late
Jonathan Seaver, Esq., of Heath Hail, High Sheriff
of Armagh in 1807 ; and brother (with Lieut. Joseph
Seaver, 21st Foot, and the late Lieut. John Pock-
rich Seaver, 15th Foot) of the present Thos. Seaver,
Esq., of Heath Hall, a Magistrate for that co., who
served in 1816 as High Sheriff for Monaghan.
This officer entered the Navy 24 Dec. 1811 ;
passed his examination in 1818 ; and obtained his
commission 22 July, 1830. His succeeding appoint-
ments were— 24 Nov. 1838, to the Coast Guard — 8
March, 1842, to the Jasedr 16, Capt. Wm. Alex.
Willis, in the Mediterranean— 20 Oct. 1842, to the
Shearwater surveying-vessel, Capt. John Wash-
ington, at Woolwich — 16 March, 1843, again to the
Coast Guard— 9 Aug. 1843, to the Imadm 72, re-
ceiving-ship at Jamaica, Commodore Alex. Renton
Sharpe— and, 20 Jan. 1845, after two months of
half-pay, to the Racehorse sloop, Capts. Geo. Jas.
Hay and Edw. Southwell Sotheby, on the East
India station, whence he returned in 1848. In all
the vessels above mentioned he was First-Lieu-
tenant.
He is married. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
SEAWARD. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
William Seaward entered the Navy 4 April,
1811; passed his examination in 1819; and was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 22 July, 1830.
He was afterwards employed — from 22 April, 1830,
until 1833, from 28 April, 1834, until the spring of
1838, and from 27 Sept. 1838 until May, 1839, in
the Coast Guard— from 16 May, 1839, until the fol-
lowing Dec. in command of the Spjiightly Revenue-
cruizer— from 4 May, 1840, until March, 1843, again
in the Coast Guard— and, for a short time in the latter
year, as Admiralty Agent in a contract mail steam-
vessel. He has since been on half-pay. Agent
Joseph Woodhead.
SECCOMBE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Charles Julius Seccombe entered the Navy 10
May, 1815; passed his examination in 1821 ; and ob-
tained his commission 25 Sept. 1825. He has not
been since afloat.
SECCOMBE. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
John Seccombe entered the Navy 1 May, 1829 ;
passed his examination 29 June, 1835; and after
serving on the South American and Cape of Good
Hope stations, as Mate, in the Sparrow ketch,
Lieut.-Commander John Tyssen, and Grecian 16
Capt. Wm. Smyth, was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 14 Dec. 1842. His appointments have
since been— 27 May, 1843, and 27 Jan. and 24 July
1845, to the Espoir 10, Capt. Geo. Sumner Hand
Growler steam-sloop, Capt. Claude Henry Mason
Buckle, and Waterwitch 10, Capt. Thos. Francis
Birch, all on the coast of Africa, where he served
in the two last as First-Lieutenant, until the close of
1845-20 April, 1846, to the Queen 110, flag-ship of
Sir John West at Devonport— and 26 July, 1847 as
Senior, to the Trincomalee 24, Capt. Rich. Laird
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SELBIE— SELBY— SELLON.
■Warren, now on the North America and West India
station. Agent — Joseph Woodhead.
SELBIE. (LiECT., 1815. r-p., 10; h-p., 30.)
John Selbie died 29 July, 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 April, 1806, as
Midshipman, on board the Monarch 74, Capts.
John Clarke Searle and Rich. Lee ; under the latter
of whom (besides assisting, 25 Sept. 1806, at Sir Sam.
Hood's capture, off Rochefort, of four heavy French
frigates, on which occasion the Monarch acted a
very prominent part, compelled La Minerve, of 44
guns and 650 men, including troops, to surrender,
and sustained a loss of 4 men killed and 25 wounded)
he was employed as Master's Mate in blockading the
Tagus, in escorting, towards the close of 1807, the
Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils, and in the
expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren. From 24 Nov.
1810 until 4 Dec. 1815, he acted as Master of the
Prospero sloop, on the North Sea, Mediterranean,
and Newfoundland stations. He then took up a
commission bearing date 15 March, 1815 ; and was
not afterwards employed.
SELBY. (Lieut., 1811. r-p., 12 ; h-p., 31.)
George Selb? was bom 5 Nov. 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1804, as
Third-cl. Yol., on board the Cerberus 32, Capt.
"Wm. Selby. In the following March he attained
the rating of Midshipman; and after serving for
some time on the Guernsey station under the flag
of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he sailed for the West Indies ;
where, on the night of 2 Jan. 1807, we find him as-
sisting in the boats and extolled for his unsurpassed
bravery at the cutting-out of two of the enemy's
vessels, under a most tremendous fire from the bat-
teries, near Pearl Rock, Martinique, which killed 2
men and wounded 10, including the conducting-offi-
cer, Lieut. Wm. Coote, whose gallantry procured
him a Commander's commission.'*' Subsequently to
the surrender of the islands of Marie-Galante and
Deseada, Mr. Selby, in July, 1808, removed to the
Leviathan 74, Capt. John Harvey ; under whom,
on proceeding to the Mediterranean, he aided, in
Oct. 1809, in causing the self-destruction, off Cape
Cette, of the French ships-of-the-line Robuste and
Lion. On 20 May, 1811, having passed his examina-
tion 29 March, 1810, he was confirmed a Lieutenant,
four months after he had been ordered to act as such,
in the Circe 32, Capt. Edw. Woolcombe, also in the
Mediterranean, whence, in March, 1812, he returned,
on leave of absence, to England. His last appoint-
ments were— 26 Feb. and 8 Marcli, 1813, to the
ViLtE DE Paris 110, and Boyne 98, both com-
manded, in the Channel and Mediterranean, by
Capt. Geo. Burlton — 22 Sept. 1814, to the Urgent
14, Capt. Gamaliel Fitzmaurice, again in the Chan-
nel— 22 Nov. 1814, to the Cornwallis 74, flag-ship
in the East Indies of his former Captain, thenRear-
Admiral Burlton — and in Oct. 1815, as First, to the
Wellesdev 74, Capt. John Bayley. In the Bo^tne
he shared, 13 Feb. 1814, in Sir Edw. Pellew's ren-
contre with the French Toulon fleet ; on which oc-
casion that ship bore the brunt of the engagement,
was for half-an-hour in action, close in-shore, and
under the enemy's batteries, with the Romulus 74,
and sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 40 wounded,
besides being much damaged in her hull, masts, and
rigging. Mr. Selby returned home from the East
Indies in the Wellesley in June, 1816, and has
since been on half-pay.
The Lieutenant is a Justice of the Peace for co.
Northumberland. He married, 21 Oct. 1840, Mary
Anne, daughter of the late Rev. Chas. Thomson,
Curate of Howick.
SELBY. (Lieutenant, 1847.)
Henry Donaldson Selby, born 24 Nov. 1825, is
second son (by Mary Dorothy, eldest daughter of
Robt. Grey, Esq., of Shareston, co. Northumber-
land) of John Strangeways Donaldson Selby, Esq.,
of Cheswick House and Lindisfarne Priory, co.
• Fide Gm. 1807, p. 394.
Northumberland, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieu-
tenant for cos. Durham and Northumberland, and
for the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and De-
puty Vice-Admiral of the Coast of Northumberland
from Bamburgh Castle to Berwick-upon-Tweed.
This officer passed his examination 11 Jan. 1845;
was appointed 2 April following, and 22 Oct. 1846,
Mate of the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, and Thetis 36,
Capt. Henry John Codrington, attached to the
Channel squadron; obtained his commission 17
April, 1847 ; and has been serving, since 28 Aug.
in that year, at the Cape of Good Hope and in the
East Indies in the Arab 12, Capt. Wm. Morris.
SELBY. (Lieut., 1815. r-p. 10; h-p., 32.)
Samuel Selby was born 19 June, 1787.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Feb. 1805, as
Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Themenoous 74, Capt.
Sam. Osborne, on the East India station; served
from 1 Sept. 1806 until 20 Dec. 1810, as Master's
Mate and Midshipman, in the Atlas 74, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis, off Cadiz ; and
then joined (in the former capacity*) the South-
ampton 32, Capt. Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, in the West
Indies; whence, in Dec. 181], he invalided. From
5 March until 19 May, 1812, he acted as Lieutenant,
again on the West India station, in the Prometheds
18, Capt. Hercules Robinson; and from 18 Aug. in
the latter year until 10 Aug. 1815, he was employed
in the Mediterranean as Midshipman in the PoMpfeE
74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood. He then took up a
commission bearing date 27 Feb. 1815; and has
since been on half-pay.
He married, 23 Aug. 1818, Miss Susannah Scho-
field.
SELLON, formerly SMITH. (Retired Com-
mander, 1844. F-P., 15 ; H-P., 31.)
William Richard Baker Sellon is eldest sur-
viving son of the late Thos. Smith, Esq., of the
Chapter House of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul,
London, Receiver-General to the Dean and Chap-
ter, by Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Wm. Sellon,
some time Rector of St. James, ClerkenweU. He
assumed, in Jan. 1847, the surname and arms of
Sellon on inheriting the property of his maternal
aunt, Sophia Sellon.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1801, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Centaur 74, commanded
by his relative Capt. Bendall Robt. Littlehales, at
first in the Channel and next in the West Indies ;
whence, after having assisted, in the capacity of
Midshipman, at the reduction of Ste. Lucie (where
he served in the boats at the landing of the troops
under a fire from the enemy's batteries), he re-
turned in 1803 to England in the Morne Fortuneb
brig, with Capt. Littlehales, who had been charged
with the despatches announcing the conquest. On
11 July, 1805, at which period he had been for two-
and-twenty months employed in the Downs and
North Sea in the Orestes 14, Capt. Thos. Brown,
and had been in action with the Boulogne flotilla,
he was wrecked, under a heavy fire from the enemy,
on the Splinter Sand, in Dunkerque Road. He then
joined La Virginie 38, Capt. Edw. Brace, on the
Irish station ; and on 22 Dec. 1807, having during
the last six months there acted as Lieutenant in the
Helena 18, Capt. Jas. Andrew Worth, he was con-
firmed in that rank. His succeeding appointments
were — 25 Feb. 1808, to the Alexandria 32, Capt.
Nathaniel Day Cochrane, in the North Sea — 28 Dec.
following and 12 June, 1809, to the Castor 32,
Capt. Wm. Roberts, and Intrepid 64, Capts. Christ.
John Williams Nesham and Geo. Andrews, both in
the West Indies— 28 Oct. 1809, to the Horatio 38,
Capt. Geo. Scott, employed among the Western
Islands— and 27 July, 1811, 10 months after ill
health had obliged him to leave the Horatio, to
the SwiFTSDRE 74, Capts. Hardy, Jeremiah Coghlan,
Wm. Stewart, Edw. Stirling Dickson, and Arden
* He had held for some time the rating of Midshipmaa in
the Tbemendous.
SELWYN-SENHOUSE.
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Adderley, on the Mediterranean station — and 25
Aug. 1815, nearly 11 months after he had left the
SwiFTSUKE, to the command of the Swan 16, in the
Downs. During his servitude in the Alexandria
he was sent in command of two gun-boats up the
Dutch rivers to protect the trade then carrying on
between Heligoland and Holland ; and while so em-
ployed he contrived to capture two of the enemy's
gun-vessels. In the Castor, of which frigate he
became First-Lieutenant, he contributed to the cap-
ture, in April, 1809, of the French 74-gun ship
D* HaupottU ; and in the Horatio he was present,
21 Feb. 1810, at the surrender, after a long chase
and a running fight of one hour, of La Necessite,
pierced for 40 guns but not mounting more than
28, with a complement on board of 186 men, laden
■with naval stores and provisions, from Brest bound
to the Isle of France. While attached to the Swift-
SDKE he distinguished himself in numerous boat
aft'airs, and on one occasion in particular, 26 Nov.
1813, when with four boats containing 58 men, he
boarded and carried, off Cape Housse, in the island
of Corsica, Le Cfiarlemagne privateer, of 8 guns,
pierced for 16, and 93 men, a vessel, whose fierce
resistance occasioned the British a loss, out of 58
men, of 5 killed and 15 wounded.* Referring to
this exploit. Sir Edw. Pellew, the Commander-in-
Chief, thus expresses himself in a letter to Capt.
Iiittlehales : " I am happy to inform you that your
friend Mr. Smith has signalized himself in boarding
a privateer, in a manner much above the common
practice. His Captain and those who were with
him gave him the loudest praise. Indeed it was a
gallant and great achievement, and, what was far
more honourable in him, he interceded for mercy
with his companions, who were irritated at their
loss and the obstinate resistance they had met with.
I shall send my mite of praise with Capt. Dickson's
to their Lordships, and earnestly hope it will lead
to his promotion." This, however, it did not do,
nor did Lieut. Smith receive any other reward for
his gallantry than an assurance of their Lordships'
approbation and an expression of their sincere con-
cern at the loss experienced on the occasion. He
resigned command of the Swan on account of
family affairs 27 June, 1817 ; and not having been
further employed, accepted, 24 July, 1844, the rank
of Commander on the Retired List. Agents —
Goode and Lawrence.
SELWYN. (Commander, 1847.)
Frederick Leopold Augustus Selwvn is son
(with Lieut. Jasper Henry Selwyn, R.N.) of the
Rev. Townshend Selwyn, Canon of Gloucester, by
Charlotte Sophia, daughter of Lord Geo. Murray,
Bishop of ^St. David's, sister of George Bishop of
Rochester, and granddaughter of John third Duke
of Atholl.
This officer entered the Navy 9 Oct. 1829 ; passed
his examination 31 Jan. 1837 ; served at Sheerness
and in the Mediterranean as Mate in the Cam-
peroown 104, flag-ship of Sir Henry Digby, and
Devastation steamer, Capt. Hastings Reginald
Henry; and obtained his first commission 1 Dec. 1843.
His succeeding appointments were — 30 May, 1844,
to the Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, on the
Home station — 31 Dec. following, to the Actjeon
26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, of which vessel, attached to
the force on the coast of Africa, he became First
Lieutenant — and, 15 June, 1846, to the acting-com-
mand of the Star 6, also on the coast of Africa.
On the paying off that sloop, he was confirmed in
his present rank by a commission bearing date 10
May, 1847. Since 23 Aug. 1848, he has again been
in command of her on the same station as before.
Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
SELWYN. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Jasper Henry Selwyn is brother of Commander
F. L. A. Selwyn, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 23 Jan. 1834;
passed his examination 31 Dec. 1840; and for his
• VideGm. 1S14, p. 84.
conduct as Mate of the SuLn-iuR 8, Capt. Edw.
Belcher, during the operations on the coast of
China, particularly at the capture of Canton,* was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 Oct. 1841.
From 1 May, 1843, until paid off in 1847, he served
in the Mediterranean on board the Tyne 26, Capt.
"Wm. Nugent Glascock ; and since 22 June, 1848,
he has been employed in the Myrmidon steam-
vessel of 150 horse-power, tender to the Ganges 84,
Capt. Henry Smith, lying at Sheerness. Agents—
Messrs. Stilwell.
SENHOTJSE. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 13;
H-P., 34.)
Edward Hooper Senhouse is fifth son of Lieut.
Wm. Senhouse, R.N., Surveyor-General of Barba-
does and the Leeward Islands, who died in 1800, by
Elizabeth, daughter of Samson Wood, Esq., of Bar-
badoes. Speaker of the House of Assembly ; and
brother of Commander Wm. Wood Senhouse, R.N.,
who died in 1800, of the late gallant Capt. Sir
Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, R.N., Kt., K.C.H.,t
and of Lieut. Geo. Septimus Senhouse, R.N., who
died in 1808. His uncle, Sir Joseph Senhouse, Kt.,
was an officer in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s naval service :
his grandfather, Humphrey Senhouse, Esq., of Ne-
therhall, co. Cumberland (married to Mary, daugh-
ter and co-heir of Sir Geo. Fleming, Bart., of Rydal,
Bishop of Carlisle), founded the present flourishing
town of Maryport.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Jan. 1800, as
Midshipman, on board the Prince of Wales 98,
Capt. Adrian Renou, bearing the flag in the West
Indies of Lord Hugh Seymour, whom he followed,
in the ensuing spring, into the Sans Paheil 80.
He continued employed on the same station in the
Carnatic 74, Capt. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, until
June, 1802 ; and he next— deducting a few months
passed, between March and August, 1806, in the
Malabar 74, Capt. Geo. Scott— served (from 28
Jan. 1803 until made Lieutenant 23 May, 1807, into
the Hero 74, Capt. John Poo Beresford) in the
Foetonee 36, Capt'. Henry Yansittart, in the North
Sea, at Jamaica, and in the Channel. His subse-
quent appointments were — 16 June, 1807, to the
Clio brig, Capt. Thos. Folliott Baugh, on the Leith
station— 29 June, 1809, to the command, during the
siege of Flushing, of gun-boat No. 13-3 Nov. fol-
lowing to the Peacock 18, Capt. Thos. Ladd Peake,
at Plymouth— 25 Dec. 1811, 25 Nov. 1812, and 18
Jan. 1813, to the Dragon 74, Tribune 36, and
Grampus 50, flag-ships of Sir Francis Laforey in
the West Indies— 24 May, 1813, to the acting-com-
mand there of the Heron 16—4 July ensuing again
to the Grampus- and, 1 Aug. in the same year, to
the command of the Liberty 14, also on the West
India station, whence, in June, 1814, he returned to
England. He attained his present rank 20 Jan. 1843.
* Vide Gaz. 1841,'p. 2504.
.J- Sir Humplirey Fleming Senliouse, while yet a Midship-
man, w as made the bearer, by Lord Hugh Seymour, of bLs
despatches to the Admiralty, announcing the capture of
Surinam in 1799. He obtained his first commission 9 April,
1802 ; and after having assisted, and displayed much ability,
at the debarkation of the troops during the attack upon
Martinique, was promoted to the rank of Commander 2 June,
1809. During the war with the United States he served with
great activity, and on 29 July, 1813, being in command of
the Martin of 18 guns, he defended that sloop, aground in
Delaware Bay, in a very gallant manner against a powerful
flotilla, consisting of eight gun-boats and two block vessels.
He made prize, in the same vessel, of the Snap-dragon pri-
vateer, of 6 guns and 80 men, assisted in taking possession of
Moose Island, in Passamaquoddy Bay, and was ultimately
sent home with despatches from Sir Alexander Cochrane,
announcing the successful result of an expedition against
Castine, in the province of Maine. His promotion to Post-
rank took place 12 Oct. 1814. From 25 Feb. 1831 until 1834
he served in the St. Vincent 120, tlie chief part of the time
as Flag-Captain to Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Hen. Hotham,
K.C.B., G.C.M.G., Commander-in-Chief in the Mediter-
ranean ; and from 9 April, 1839, until the date of his death,
14 June, 1841, he commanded the Blenheim 72, and distin-
guished himself by the high importance of his services during
the war in China. He was nominated a K.C.H. 13 April,
1832, and invested with the honour of Knighthood 5 June,
1834.
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SENIOR— SERVANTE—SETON-SEWARD.
Commander Senhouse is Provost-Marshal at Bar-
tailoes. He married, in 1815, Elizabeth Bishop,
daughter of John Spooner, Esq., of that island, ty
■whom he has issue. Agents — Burnett and Holmes.
SENIOR. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
James Seniok entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1808,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Endvmion 40, Capt.
Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, in which frigate he served
until Oct. 1810 off the coast of Spain, among the
"Western Islands, and on the Irish station. After
his name had been borne for 13 months on the books
of the KoYAL William, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis
at Spithead, Revenge 74, Capt. Jas. Nash, and
RovAL George 100, bearing the flag of Sir Thos.
"Williams in the Channel, he was again, 31 Dec. 181 1,
placed under the orders of Capt. Capel as Midship-
man onboardLAHoGUE74, employed at first in the
North Sea, and then in North America ; where, and
on the coast of France, he served — from 19 Aug.
1814 until the receipt, in Aug. 1815, of a commission,
bearing date 4 March in that year— in the Supekb
74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham. He ob-
tained an appointment, 22 March, 1821, to the Ja-
SEun 18, Capt. Henry Edw. Napier, fitting for the
Halifax station ; and since 31 Oct. 1823 has been in
command of a station in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Senior married Margaret, daughter of Thos.
Palmer, Esq., of Summer Hill, oo. Mayo, and sister
of Roger Palmer, Esq., who married a daughter of
the Hon. Fred. Cavendish. By that lady he has
issue. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
SEEVANTE. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 30 ; h-p., 4.)
Charles Sekvante is one of the seven sons — six
of them devoted to the naval and military services
—of Lieut. John Henry Servante, R.N. (1809), who
contracted the fever while in command of a Govern-
ment packet in the "West Indies, and died 22 April,
1837, at Plympton, near Plymouth. Two of his
brothers also died from the effects of climate.
This officer entered the NaVy, 7 Jan. 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the SalsetteSS, Capt. John
Bowen, attached to the force in the East Indies,
where he continued employed in the capacity of
Midshipman until July, 1816. He next, in Sept.
1818, joined the Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Lord
Exmouth at Plymouth ; in Jan. 1820 (on 20 Oct. in
which year he passed his examination) he removed
to the Egebia 26, Capt. John Toup Nicolas ; and
at the commencement of 182.3, after having served,
the chief part of the time as Mate, on the New-
foundland and Home stations, he returned, in the
JcpiPER 60, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Augustus "West-
phal, to the East Indies. He was next, from Feb.
1824 until Dec. 1828, employed on the "West India
station in the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Hugh Patton,
Speedwell schooner, commanded by Lieut. Jas.
Cooper Bennett and for a short time by himself,
BarHam 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Chas. Elphin-
stone Fleeming, Magnificent receiving-ship at
Port Royal, Capt. Geo. "Wm. Conway Courteney,
and Aurora 46, Capt. Chas. John Austen. He
was actively engaged during that period in the sup-
pression of piracy, and was promoted, 8 March,
1828, to the rank of Lieutenant— a few weeks before
he joined the Barham. His appointments have
since been— in Oct. 1830, to the Hyperion 42, Coast
Blockade ship, Capt. "Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 5 April,
1831, to the Coast Guard— 24 Sept. 1835, to the
command of the Shamkock Revenue vessel on the
Irish station— and 10 Oct. 1838, again to the Coast
Guard, in which service he continues.
He married, in July, 1832, Susan, daughter of R.
Chantrell, Esq., of Bruges. Agents— Case and Lou-
donsack.
SERVANTE. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Frederick Servante entered the Navy 10 Feb.
1808; passed his examination in 1817; and on the
occasion of his promotion, 26 Feb. 1828, was ap-
pointed Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Sybillb
48, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Fras.
Augustus Collier on the coast of Africa, whence he
returned in 1830. From 9 June, 1837, until 1845,
he filled an appointment in the Coast Guard.
SETON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 30.)
Jajies Grant Seton was born 7 Nov. 1795.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 March, 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Audacious 74, Capt.
Donald Campbell; and from 26 Nov. 1811 until
July, 181.1, was employed in the "Warrior 74, Capts.
Hon. Geo. Byng (the late Viscount Torrlngton) and
John Tremayne Rodd. In the former ship he was
engaged .as Midshipman in the attack upon Flushing,
and was for some time stationed in the river Tagus,
where he commanded a boat in co-operation with
the army under Lord AVellington. During the
term of his servitude in the "Warrior, the whole of
which he passed in the capacity of signal-officer, he
assisted at the blockade of various ports in the
Channel, North Sea, and Baltic, escorted the Prince
of Orange, and Lord Clancarty, the British Ambas-
sador, to Holland in Nov. 1813, was much employed
in affording protection to trade, and visited the
West Indies. On 10 Sept. 1815, two months after
he had been received on promotion on board the
Shark receiving-ship at Port Royal, Capt. Alex.
Campbell, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of
the Forester 16, Capt. "Wm. Hendry; in which
vessel and in the Emulous 16, Capt. Chas. Jackson,
he continued in the "West Indies until June, 1816.
He has since been on half-pay. He was confirmed
in the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing
date 18 May, 1815.
SE"V7ARD. (Commanber, 1814. r-P., 18;
H-p.,35.)
Charles Seward was born about 1781.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 April, 1794, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Alfred 74, Capt.
John Bazely, attached to the force in the Channel ;
where, in May, 1795, 10 months after he had been
discharged from the Alfred, he became Fst.-cl.
Vol. of the Orestes 18, Capts. Orrock and Parker.
Removing as Midshipman, in July, 1796, to the
Majestic 74,* Capts. Geo. Blagden Westcott, Robt.
Cuthbert, and Geo. Hope, he served in that ship as
Signal-Midsliipman and Aide-de-Camp to Capt.
"Westcott, and was wounded, at the battle of the
Nile 1 Aug. 1798. -j- On his return home after wit-
nessing the re-capture of Naples, he joined, first, in
Nov. 1799, the Kent 74, flag-ship of Lord Duncan
off the Texel, and next, in June, 1800, the Ville de
Paris 110, bearing the flag of Lord St. Vincent in
the Channel. On the occasion of his promotion to
the rank of Lieutenant, 31 Aug. 1801, he was placed
in command of the Good Intent gun-brig, lying in
the river Coin. He left that vessel 19 Oct. follow-
ing; and was subsequently appointed — 15 Nov. 1802,
to the Antelope 50, bearing the broad pendant of
Sir Wm. Sidney Smith in the North Sea— 28 July,
1803, to the Princess of Orange 74, Capts. Chas.
Cunningham and Thos. Rogers, also on the Home
station — 25 Dec. 1805, again, as First, to the Ante-
lope—19 Feb. 1806, to the Hibernia 110, flag-ship
of Lord St. Vincent and Sir W. S. Smith in the
Channel and off Lisbon — 16 Jan. and 5 Feb. 1308,
as First, to the Minotaur 74, and Foodkoyant 80,
bearing each the flag of Sir "W. S. Smith, whom he
accompanied, in the latter ship, to the Brazils,
whither, in the Htbernia, he had witnessed the
flight of the Royal House of Portugal— 23 Aug.
1809 and 11 July, 1810, in the same capacity, to the
Orpheus 32, Capts. Patrick Tonyn and Robt. Pres-
ton, and Sceptre 74, Capts. Sam. Jas. Ballard and
Thos. Harvey, employed on the West India and
Channel stations — and in Jan. 1813, to the Trans-
port Service. Owing to the death, at Barbadoes, of
Capt. Tonyn, he was for three weeks in command of
the Orpheus ; during which period he performed
the arduous duties, preparatory to the attack upon
Guadeloupe, of collecting troops at Pigeon Island
* One of the ships involved in the Spithead mutiny.
-(■ Vide Qa.7.. 179s, p. 917.
SEWELL— SEYMOUR.
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and at Ste. Lucie, and of conducting a convoy,
brouglit from England, in safety into Prince Ku-
pert's Bay, Dominica. On being appointed to tlie
Transport Service, he sailed with a large convoy of
troop and store-ships for Lisbon, thence proceeded
to Cadiz, and, having there embarked the 'Wattville
Regiment, conveyed it to Quebec. On his arrival
at that place he volunteered to carry home the de-
spatches of Sir Geo. Provost, the Governor, recjuir-
ing immediate supplies for the Canadas. This ser-
vice he performed with so much expedition that
Government was enabled to comply with the de-
mands made before the season had closed up the
navigation of the river St. Lawrence. He subse-
quently visited Barbadoes, and thence returned
with the 90th Regiment, via Bermuda, to Quebec.
On 17 Aug. 1814, being then on his voyage home
from America in the Atlas transport, carrying
only 10 guns and 25 men, with 5 boys and 4 passen-
gers, he was attacked, oS Cape Clear, by a large
American privateer, mounting 14 long 9-pounders,
with a complement of l.'iO men, which had recently
captured a Bataviaman with 52 men on board, and
had committed great depredations on the coast of
Ireland^ After a close action of one hour and forty
minutes, running before the wind, the Atlas sheered
across the enemy's stern and raked her with so much
effect that the latter made off and stood to the south-
w ard to repair damages. On reaching Cork, Lieut.
Seward was highly complimented by Sir Herbert
Sawyer, the Commander-in-Chief, for the valour he
had displayed in having defeated so formidable an
opponent. He was also gratified by receiving from
the Admiralty a letter expressing the strong sense
entertained by their Lordships of his " distinguished
gallantry and good conduct ;" and still more so by
being advanced, 15 Nov. following, to the rank of
Commander. The officers and crew of the Atlas
(which was ensured for 20,000^.) were handsomely
rewarded by the Treasury; and the men, being
only hired, were granted three years' protection
from impressment. We may add that Commander
Seward, a few days after he had been elevated to
that rank, had the honour of receiving from Lord
St. Vincent a letter congratulating him on his " well-
earned promotion." During the first 18 years of
the peace he applied constantly, but in vain, for
employment. The state of his health then placed
it out "bf his power. He was admitted to the Out-
pension of Greenwich Hosjiital 1 Dec. 1847. Agents
—Messrs. Ommanney.
and Alligator 28, Capt. J. "Walkie. In the To-
PAZE he was present in 1820 in an affair at Mocha.
After his promotion he did not go afloat.
He was married, and has left issue. Agents—
Hallett and Robinson.
SEWELL. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 25.)
Francis Theodore Dudley Sewell died 28
Sept. 1846, at Wick Hill House, Bracknell, Berks,
aged 50.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Nov. 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Trident 64, Capt. Rich.
Budd Vincent, guard-ship at Malta, and continued
employed in the Mediterranean, from the following
Deo. until Oct. 1814, part of the time in the capaci-
ties of Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Spar-
tan of 46 guns and 258 men, Capt. Jahleel Brenton,
Bustard 16, Capt. John Duff Markland, Bombay
and Abodkir 74's, Capts. Wm. Cuming and Nor-
borne Thompson, and Buzzard sloop, Capt. John
Smith. In tlie Spartan he shared, we understand,
in a brilliant and single-handed victory gained, 3
May, 1810, by Capt. Brenton in the Bay of Naples
(after a contest of more than two hours, in which
the British sustained a loss of 10 men killed and 22
wounded) over a Franco-Neapolitan squadron, car-
rying altogether 95 guns and about 1400 men ; and
in the Bustard he co-operat<3d in the defence of
Sicily against the threatened invasion of Joachim
Murat. From 25 Oct. 1814 until promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant on his arrival home 9 Oct. 1821,
he served on the North American, Cape of Good
Hope, Downs, and East India stations, as Admiralty-
Midsliipman, in the Tamar 24, Capt. Chas. Sotheby,
Orontes 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, Leven
20, Capts. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer and Wm.
M'Culloch, Topaze 33, Capt, John Rich. Lumley,
SEWELL. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 23; h-p., 21.)
Henry Frederick Sewell, born 19 Dec. 1790, is
third son of the late Robt. Sewell, Esq., of Oak End
Lodge, Bucks, Attorney-General at Jamaica; and
grandson of the late Sir Thos. Sewell, lit.. Master of
the Rolls.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 16
Sept. 1803; and embarked, 7 March, 1807, as Mid-
shipman, on board the Africaihe 38, Capt. Rich.
Raggett. In that frigate he accompanied the expe-
dition to Copenhagen, witnessed the surrender of
Madeira, brought home a General (whose life he
had saved when attacked by a Portuguese mob),
after the Convention of Cintra, and conveyed the
future King of the French to Malta. After serving
for 12 months with Capt. John Poo Beresford in the
Theseos and Poictiers 74's (the former employed
in the attack upon Walcheren), he again, in June,
1810, joined the Africaine, then commanded by
Capt. Eobt. Corbett ; with whom he sailed for the
East Indies. On his passage out he took part in a
very gallant although unsuccessful attempt made,
11 Sept. 1810, by two boats under Lieut. Geo. For-
der, to capture a schooner near the Islo of France ;
on which occasion the British sustained a loss of
2 men killed, and 16, including himself severely,
wounded. Three days subsequently to this event
the Africaine came to close action with the French
frigates Iphigenie and Astre'e, caiTying between them
86 guns and 618 men, and, after a brave but unequal
contest of two hours and a half, in which she en-
dured a loss of 49 men killed and 114 (including her
Captain mortally) wounded, and occasioned the
enemy one of 10 killed and 35 wounded, was com-
pelled to strike' her colours. Being, however, re-
taken a few hours afterwards, Mr. Sewell continued
to serve in her under the flag of Vice-Admiral Albe-
marle Bertie until the following Oct. ; in the course
of which and of the following month he joined the
Russell 74 and Phaeton 38, flag-ships of Eear-Ad-
miral Wm. O'Brien Drury. He attained the rank
of Lieutenant 10 Dec. in the same year ; returned
in 1811 to England in the Diomede 50, Capt. Hugh
Cook ; and between July, 1812, and June, 1815, was
employed on the Home and Brazilian stations in
the Diomede 50, Capt. Hugh Cook, Cornwall 74,
Capt. John Broughton, Inconstant 36, Capt. Sir
Edw. Tucker, Valiant 74, Capt. Zachary Mudge,
and Duncan 74, flag-ship of Sir John Poo Beres-
ford. Since 30 March, 1835, he has been in charge
of a station in the Coast Guard. On 9 Dec. in that
year he captured a smuggling smack, crew, and
cargo ; on 9 Nov. 1840 he was presented with a gold
medal from the Royal National Shipwreck Institu-
tion for having saved the lives of the crew of the
smack Sarah, wrecked, 21 Sept. preceding, on St.
John's Point, co. Down ; and on 9 Oct. 1846 he was
instrumental, by Dennett's Rockets, in saving the
lives of the passengers and crew of the ship Temple-
man, wrecked off Kilmore.
Lieut. Sewell married Esther, eighth daughter of
the late John Dawsnn, Esq., of Mossley Hill, near
Liverpool, and sister-in-law of Vice-Admiral W.
H. B. Tremlett. By that lady he has issue three sons
and one daughter. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
SEYMOUR. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 10; h-p., 3i.)
Edward William Sevmour was born 20 Dec.
1791. He is next brother of Commander Fras.
Edw. Seymour, R.N.
This oflicer entered the Navy, 20 Sept. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Atlas 74, Capts. Sam.
PjTn and Jas. Sanders, bearing the flag of the late
Admiral John Child Purvis ; under whom he conti-
nued employed off Cadiz, latterly in the defence
of that city against the French, until Feb. 1810.
During 19 months of the time the Atlas continued
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SEYMOUR.
at sea without ever being driven througli the Gut
or once letting go an anchor. On leaving her Mr.
Seymour became in succession Midshipman (a rating
he had attained in May, 1808,) of La Ntmphb and
HoTSPDR frigates, commanded, on the Home a,nd
Mediterranean stations, by Capt. Hon. Josceline
Percy. He next, from July, 1811, until the receipt,
in May, 181.'5, of a commission bearing date 16 Feb.
in that year, served off Lisbon and on the Coast of
North America, part of the period in the capacity
of Master's Mate, in the Naijaden 36 and Nimphe
again, each under the orders of Capt. Farmery
Predam Epvrorth, Statika38, Capt. Hassard Stack-
poole, and San Domtngo 74 and Tonnant 80, flag-
ships of Sir John Borlase Warren and Hon. Sir
Alex. Cochrane. His last appointments were, 2
Jan. and 10 May, 1816, to the Comds 22 and Glas-
gow 50, Capts. Thos. Tudor Tucker- and Hon.
Anthony Maltland. In the Glasgoit, which ship
he left in Nov. of the same year, he assisted at the
bombardment of Algiers. He was once wrecked in
a prize during a hurricane.
Lieut. Seymour is a Magistrate for the counties
of Monmouth and Brecon, and ^a Deputy-Lieute-
nant for the latter. He married, 21 Aug. 1821,
Charlotte Alice, third daughter and co-heiress of
Jas. Greene, Esq., of Turton Tower, co. Lancaster,
and widow of Rich. "Wilkinson, Esq. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
SEYMOUR. (Commandeh, 1814. f-p., 12;
H-p., 34.)
Fkancts Edward Seymour, born 2 Sept. 1788, in
London, is eldest son of the late Lieut. -Colonel
Fras. Corapton Seymour; grandson of Lord Fras.
Seymour, Dean of Wells; and great-grandson of
Edward, eighth Duke of Somerset. His brother,
Edw. William, is a Lieutenant B.N.
This oiiicer (who had been educated at the Royal
Naval Academy) embarked, 8 July, 1801, as a
Volunteer, on board the Malta 84, Capt. Albe-
marle Bertie, stationed in the Channel. He served
next, from May, 1802, until Nov. 1805 in the Lean-
DER 50, Capts. Jas. Oughton, Fras. Wm. Fane,
Alex. Skene, Wm. Lyall, and John Talbot, flag-ship
of Sir And. Mitchell at Halifax ; and from Dec.
1805 until July, 1808, in the Centaur 74, Capts. J.
Talbot and Wm. Henry Webley, bearing the flag of
Sir Sam. Hood. In the Leander he assisted at the
capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of La Ville de Milan, French
frigate of 46 guns, and the simultaneous recapture
of her prize, the Cleopatra 32 ; and in the Centaur
(besides aiding at the capture, 25 Sept. 1806, of four
heavy French frigates from Rochefort, after an
action in which Sir Sam. Hood lost his arm) he ac-
companied the expedition of 1807 against Copenha-
gen, and witnessed the surrender of Madeira. After
serving for a few weeks with Sir Jas. Saumarez on
board the Victory 100, he went back, 7 Aug. 1808,
to the Centaur, in the capacity of Acting^Lieute-
nant ; and on 26 of the same month contributed in
her, in conjunction with the Implacable 74, to the
taking, in sight of the whole Russian fleet near
Rogerswick, of the 74-gun ship Sewohd, at the end
of a close and furious conflict, in which the Cen-
taur lost 3 killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy
180 killed and wounded. He was confirmed to the
Centaur 3 Oct. following ; and was subsequently
appointed — 13 Dec. 1808, to the Frederickstein 32,
Capts. Thos. Searle, Joseph Nourse, and Fras. Beau-
fort, stationed in the Mediterranean, where for
nearly four years he was very actively and usefully
employed, chiefly on survey ' service — 16 Nov.
1813, to the Gramcus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise,
lying at the Nore— and 28 April, 1814, to the Jason
32, as Flag-Lieutenant to H.R.H. the Duke of
Clarence, under whom he accompanied Louis XVIII.
to Calais. He was promoted to his present rank 16
May, 1814; and was lastly, from 5 April, 1828, until
5 April, 1831, employed as an Inspecting-Com-
mander in the Coast Guard. While serving on one
occasion as Supernumerary-Midshipman in the Swan
hired-cutter he assisted in sinking, under the heights
of Bornholm, a Danish cutter of superior force.
Commander Seymour married, 4 Feb. 1815, Eli-
zabeth, second daughter of the late Chas. Cooke,
Esq., of Bath, by whom he has issue one son and
two daughters.
SEYMOUK. (COMMANDEB, 1847.)
Frederick Beauohamp Paget Seymour, bom
in 1821, is second and youngest son (by Elizabeth
Mallet, eldest daughter of Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart.)
of Sir Horace Beauohamp Seymour, K.C.H., BI.P.,
a Colonel in the Army, who married, a second time,
the Dowager Lady Clinton. He is brother of Capt.
Chas. Fras. Seymour, of the Scots Fusileer Guards ;
and nephew of Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Fras. Sey-
mour, Kt., C.B., G.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Jan. 1834 ; passed
his examination 6 May, 1840; and after having
served in the Jlediterranean as Mate on board the
Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Acworth
Ommanney, was promoted, 7 March, 1842, to the
rank of Lieutenant. On 22 of the month last men-
tioned he received an appointment to the Thalia
42, Capt. Geo. Hope, attached to the force in the
Pacific; where, from 29 Aug. 1844 until 20 Jan.
1847, he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant in the Col-
LINGWOOD 80, to his uncle, Sir G. F. Seymour. He
attained his present rank 5 June, 1847.
SEYMOUR. (Commander, 1845.)
George Alexander Sey.iiour passed his exami-
nation in 1826 ; obtained his first commission 10
Dec. 1835; and was appointed, 23 of the same
month, Additional-Lieutenant of the President 52,
flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn, Commander-in-
Chief in North America and the West Indies. He
afterwards became Senior— 29 July, 1836, of the
Racer 16, Capt. Jas. Hope, on the station last
named, whence he returned in 1838—29 May, 1839,
of the Lily' 16, Capts. Chas. Deare, John Jas. Allen,
and Geo. Baker, under whom he was for four years
employed on the coast of Africa— and 26 Feb. 1845,
of the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, fitting at
Portsmouth. ' His promotion to the rank of Com-
mander took place 17 May, 1845. He has served in
the whole eleven years on the coast of Africa.
Agent — J. Hinxman.
SEYMOUR, Kt., C.B., G.C.H. (Reak-Admieal
OF THE Red, 1841. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 28.)
Sir George Francis Seymour, bom in Sept.
1787, is eldest son of the late Vice-Admiral Lord
Hugh Seymour* (fifth son of Francis, first Marquess
of Hertford, K.G.) by Anne Horatia, third daugh-
ter of James, second Earl of Waldegrave, whose
widow married, a second time, H.R.H. William
Henry Duke of Gloucester, brother of King George
III. He is brother of the late Lieut.-Colonel Hugh
Henry Seymour; is uncle of Commander F. P. B.
Seymour, R.N. ; and is closely connected with the
families of the Duke of Grafton, the Marquesses of
Cholmondeley, Huntley, Bristol, and Londonderry,
the Earls of Drogheda, Grandison, and Lincoln, the
Viscounts Chetwynd and Torrington, and Lord
Southampton.
This ofacer entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1797, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Augusta yacht,
Capt. Edw. Riou, lying in the river Thames; and
from March, 1798, until May, 1802, was employed
* Lord Hugh Seymour, an officer of surpassing excellence,
was born 29 April, 1759, and entered tlie Navy about 1770,
on board the Pallas frigate, Capt. Hon. Leveson Gower.
Attaining Post-rank in 1779, he won distinction as Captain
of the Latona frigate at the relief of Gibraltar in 1782, and
was conspicuous for his valour in the Leviathan 74, in Lord
Howe's actions 28 and 29 May, and 1 June, 1794. For his
conduct on the latter occasions he was appointed a Colonel
of Marines. Attaining Flag-rank 1 June, 1795, he figured, in
the Sanspareii. 80, in Lord Bridport's rencontre with the
French fleets off the lie de Groix. From 17 March, 1795,
until the end of 1798, he retained a seat at the Board of Ad-
miralty ; and he afterwards, until death closed his career,
11 Sept. IBOl, commanded in chief in the Leeward Islands
and at Jamaica. In Aug. 1799 the colony of Surinam sur-
rendered to the Naval and Military forces under the com-
mand of his Lordship and of Lieut.-Gen. Trigge.
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on the Channel and West India stations, the last
two years and four months in the capacity of Mid-
shipman, in the Saxspakeil 80, Prince of Wales
98, and Sanspareil again, all flag-ships of his
father, and Acasta 40, Capt. Edw. Fellowes. In
the Pkince of Wales he witnessed the surrender
of Surinam in Aug. 1799 ; and in the Acasta he
assisted in making a variety of prizes. He was sub-
sequently, in the course of 1802-3, employed on the
Home, Newfoundland, and Mediterranean stations,
in the Endvmion 40, Capt. John Larmour, Isis ."iO,
hearing the flag of Vice- Admiral J as. Gamhier,
Endymion a second time, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget,
and Victory 100, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson.
Under Capt. Paget we find him contributing, 18 and
25 June, 16 July, and 14 Aug. 1803, to the capture
of La Col&mbe and La Bacchante corvettes of 16
and 18 guns, UAdour store-ship, and Le Gemral
Moreau privateer, of 16 guns. In Feb. and March,
1804, he was nominated in succession Acting-Lieu-
tenant of the Madras 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh
Sohomberg, and Donegal 74, Capts. Sir Rich. John
Straohan and Pulteney Malcolm ; and while in the
latter ship, to which he "was confirmed by a commis-
sion bearing date 12 Oct. 1804, he aided in taking
the Spanish frigates Matilda and Amfitrite, the
former laden with a cargo of quicksilver worth
200,000^. — accompanied Lord Nelson to the West
Indies and back, in 1805, in pursuit of the combined
squadrons of France and Spain — and participated
in the capture of El Hayo of 100 guns, one of the
ships recently defeated at Trafalgar. On 6 Feb.
1806, a few days after he had joined the Northum-
berland 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Hon. Alex.
Cochrane, Lieut. Seymour fought in the action oif
St. Domingo ; on which occasion a grape-shot pene-
trated his jaw, and carried away several teeth.*
Having been advanced, 22 Jan. preceding, to the
rank of Commander, he removed as such, on 9 Feb.,
to the Kingfisher sloop ; in which vessel in the
ensuing May he took in tow the Pallas 32, Capt.
Lord Cochrane, after that ship had been disabled
in action, under the batteries of He d'Aix, with the
French frigate La Minerve, He was posted, 29
July, 1806, into the Aurora 28, stationed in the
Mediterranean; and was subsequently appointed —
15 Feb. 1808, to the Pallas 32, in which frigate he
took part in Lord Cochrane's celebrated attack upon
the French shipping in Basque Koads — 16 Sept.
1809, 1 June, 1812, and 1 Jan. 1813, to the ManillaI
36, Fortun^e 36, and Leonidas 38, employed on
the Lisbon, Irish, and West India stations — and 21
May, 1827, for a few months, to the Briton 46, en-
gaged on particular service. In the Leonidas,
which ship he left 14 Sept. 1814, Capt. Seymour
captured, 23 May, 1813, the American privateer
J^aul Jojws, of 16 guns and 85 men, 5 of whom were
wounded during the chase. He was nominated a
C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; awarded, 28 May, 1816, a pension
of 250/. per annum for his wound ; | nominated a
K.C.H. (accompanied with the honour of Knight-
hood) in 1831, and a G.C.H. 9 Deo. 1834; and ad-
vanced to Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841. He filled a seat
at the Board of Admiralty from Sept. 1841 until ap-
pointed, 14 May, 1844, Commander-in-Chief in the
Pacific. He sailed for that station with his flag in
the Collingwood 80, and continued there until re-
lieved in 1848 by Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby.
In 1818 Sir G. F. Seymour was appointed by his
uncle, the Marquess of Hertford, then Lord Cham-
berlain, Serjeant-at-Arms to the House of Lords.
From 4 Aug. 1830 until he resigned, 11 Nov. follow-
ing, he was a Naval Aide-de-Camp to William IV. ;
under whom he filled the office of Master of the
Robes from 13 Sept. 1830 until the period of his
death. SirGeorge married, in March, 181 1, Georgina
Mary, second daughter of the late Admiral Hon. Sir
Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, G.C.B., by whom he has
issue three sons and five daughters. His eldest son,
■ • yide Gaz. 1806, p. 373.
f The Manilla was lost off the Texel 28 Jan. 1812, uliile
under the temporary command of Capt. John Joyce.
J He had been presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic
Funil.
Fras. Geo. Hugh, married to a daughter of the third
Earl of Mansfield, is a Captain in the Scots Fusileer
Guards ; and his second, Geo. Henry, a Captain
R.N. His eldest daughter is married to a son of
Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. John Cochrane, K.C.B.
Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co.
SEYMOUR. (Captain, 1844.)
George Henry Seymour, born in 1818, is second
son of Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour, Kt.,
C.B., G.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Feb. 1831 ; passed
his examination in 1837 ; obtained his first commis-
sion 27 June, 1838; and after having served on the
North America and West India station, as Addi-
tional-Lieutenant and Lieutenant, in the Cornwal-
Lis 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey, Inconstant
36, Capt. Dan. Pring, Winchester 50, bearing the
flag also of Sir T. Harvey, Pilot 16, Capt. Geo.
Ramsay, and Crocodile 26, Capt. Alex. Milne, was
promoted to the rank of Commander in compliment
to the King of Prussia, 28 Jan. 1842. He com-
manded the Wanderer 16, in the East Indies, from
8 March, 1842, until posted, 24 May, 1844; and the
Carysfort 26, in the Pacific, from 12 Dec. 1845
until paid off in the spring of 1848. Agents —
Messrs. Halford and Co.
SEYMOUR. (LiEHT., 181-3. f-p., 10; hp., 31.)
John Crosslev Seymour was born 18 Jan. 1793.
He is brother of Lieut. Matthew Cassan Seymour,
R.N. ; nephew of Capt. Stephen Seymour, R.N.,
who commanded the Arab 16 when that vessel was
lost on the Penmarcks, near Brest, 10 June, 1796 ;
and cousin of Capt. Michael Seymour, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 June, 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amethyst of 42 guns
and 261 men, commanded by his cousin, the late
Sir Michael Seymour, under whom, while cruizing
off L'Orient, he assisted as Midshipman at the cap-
ture, 11 Nov. 1808, of the French frigate La Thetis
of 44 guns and 436 men, including troops, which
was boarded and carried at the close of a furious
contest of more than three hours, in which the
British lost 19 men killed and 51 wounded, and
the enemy 135 killed and 102 wounded. He also,
6 April, 1809, took part in a severe intermittent
action of about four hours, which terminated in the
capture, with a loss to the Amethyst of 8 men killed
and 37 wounded, of another of the enemy's frigates,
Le Niemen of 46 guns and 339 men, of whom 47
were slain and 73 wounded. After attending the
expedition to Flushing, Mr. Seymour, in Oct. 1809,
followed his relative into the Niemen, which had
been added to the British navy as a 38-gun frigate ;
and in May, 1812, he accompanied him in the capa-
city of Master's Mate into the Hannibal 74. In
the spring of 1813 he sailed in the Indefatigable
44, Capt. John Fyffe, for South America, where he
joined the Montagu 74, flag-ship of Bear-Admiral
Manley Dixon, and Nereus 42, Capt. Manley Hall
Dixon, and was made Lieutenant, 16 July in the
same year, into the Satellite 16, Capts. John
Porteous, Fras, Chas. Annesley, Gordon, Thos. Sa-
ville Griffinhoofe, and Chas. Sam. White. He served
in that vessel, latterly on the West India station,
until Aug. 1815, and has since been on half-pay.
He married, 11 May, 1818, Miss Frances Maria
Seymour, and has by her two sons and one daughter.
SEYMOUR. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; n-p., 31.)
Matthew Cassan Seymour is brother of Lieut.
John Crossley Seymour, R.N.
This officer entered the. Navy, 2 June, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amethyst of 42 guns
and 261 men, commanded by the late Sir Michael
Seymour, with whom, after having contributed, in
the capacity of Midshipman, to the capture of the
frigates alluded to in our memoir of his brother
and taken part in the operations connected with
the Walcheren expedition, he removed, in Oct. 1809
to the Niemen 38, and in May, 1812, as Master's
Mate, to the Hannibal 74. In the latter ship he
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SEYMOUR- SriACKLOCK.
was present, in March, 1814, at the capture, off
Cherbourg, of the French 40-gun frigate Lm Sultane.
On his return from a voyage to the West Indies he
joined at Plymouth, towards the close of 1814, the
Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral
Wm. Domett, and Impkegnable 98, Capt. Nash.
From 25 Feb. until 3 March, 1815, he acted as
Lieutenant in the Scamandek 36, Capt. Gilbert
Heathcote, lying at the same port ; and in the fol-
lowing Nov., at which period he had been again
for some months serving as Master's Mate in the
Impregnable, bearing the flag of Sir Josias Rowley
in the Mediterranesm, he was presented with a
commission dated 8 of the preceding March. He
has since been on half-pay.
SEYMOUR. (Capt., 1826. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 1 7.)
Michael Sevmoub, bom 3 Deo. 1802, is third
son of the late Rear- Admiral Sir Michael Seymour,*
Bart., K.C.B., by Jane, third daughter of Capt.
Jas. Hawker, R.N. ; and nephew of Lieut. Rich.
Seymour, R.N., First of the Amazon 38, who was
killed in action with the French 40-gun frigate
JSelle Foule 13 March, 1806. He is brother of the
present Sir John Hobart Culme Seymour, Bart., of
Highmount, co. Limerick, Prebendary of Glouces-
ter, Rector of Northchurch, Herts, and Chaplain-
in-Ordinary to the Queen ; of Capt. Jas. Seymour,
of the 38th Regt., who died at Cawnpoor in 1827 ;
of Commander Edw. Seymour, R.N. (1834), who
died 13 June, 1837, at Horndean, in the 33rd year
of his age; and of Wm. Hobart Seymour, Esq., of
the 72nd Regt. One of his sisters, Mary Dora, was
married, in 1830, to Commander O. G. S. Gunning,
R.N.; another, Caroline, in 1841, to Capt. Geo.
Carr, only son of the late Bishop of Worcester ;
and a third, Elizabeth, in 1839, to Capt. Geo.
Howard Vyse, of the 2nd Life Guards.
This offioer entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1813, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hannibal 74, in which
ship, commanded by his father, he served for 10
months, principally in the Channel, and assisted at
the capture, in March, 1814, of La Sultane French
frigate of 44 guns. From 8 March, 1816, until 2.5
Oct. 1818, he studied at the Royal Naval College.,
He then joined in succession, on the Mediterranean
and Home stations, the Rochfoet 80, flag-ship of
Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle, Ganymede 26, Capt.
Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, a second time the
RocHFOKT and again the Ganymede, and the Glas-
* Sir Michael Seymour was bom 8 Nov. 1768, at Palace,
CO. Limerick, and entered the Navy 15 Nov. 1780, on hoard
the Merlin sloop, commanded by his patron, Capt. Hon.
James Luttrell ; on accompanying whom into the Mediator
41, he look part, 12 Dec. 1782, in a gallant action fought
between that ship and (ive of the enemy's vessels, the result
of which was, the capture of the Alejiandei- of 24 guns and
120 men, and the Menagere armee-enjiute of 34 guns and 212
men. In Nov. 1790 he acquired the rank of Lieutenant,
and in tlie summer of 1795 (liaving lost an arm in the Marl-
borough 74 in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794) he was
promoted to that of Commander. Prior to his attainment of
Post-rank 11 Aug. 1800, he was for four years actively and
successfully employed in the Spitfire 16, capturing, among
other vessels, as many as six privateers, carrying, in the
whole, 67 guns and 301 men, and a transport armed with 14
guns. He suhspquently commanded the Sphynx 20, Villk
DE Paris 1 10, Fisoard 38, Vii.t.e de Paris again, Colossus,
Ir.r.usTRious, and Warrior 74's, Amethyst of 42 guns and
261 men,NiEMEN 38, Hannibal 74, and the Royai. Georoe
yacht. For his valour and heroic conduct in tl»e Amethyst,
in effecting tlie capture of the French frigntes Ln Thetis of 44
guns and 436 men, including troops, and Le Niemen of 46
guns and 339 men (alluded to in our memoir of Lieut. J. C
Seymour) he received the honour of Knighthood, a gold
medal from the King, the freedom of the cities of Limerick
and Cork, and a sword, valued at 100 guineas, from the
Patriotic Society ; and was raised, 3! May, 1809, to the dig-
nity of a Baronet. Sir Michael was also, in the Amethyst,
present in the expedition to the W {ilcheren ; and in the
Hannibal he made prize, 26 March, 1814, of La Sultnne
frigate of 44 guns and 319 men. He was nominated a K.C.U.
2 .Tan. 1815, became resident Commissioner afterwards »t
Portsmouth, attained Flag-rank 27 June, 1832, and from
1 Jan. 1833 until the period of his death, 9 July, 1834, com-
manded in chief in South America, with his flag in ths
Spartiate 76. He was interred in the cemetery of Gambia,
at Rio de Janeiro, July 15.
Gow 50, Camelion 10, Serinoapatam 46, Kevolh-
TiONNAiRE 46, and Apolla yacht, Capts. Hon.
Anthony Maitland, Wm. Jas. Mingaye, Sam. War-
ren, Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew,
and Hon. Sir Chas. Paget. In the five ships last
mentioned he held the rating of Midshipman. He
obtained his first commission 12 Sept. 1822 ; became
attached, 1 July, 1823, to the Sybille 48, Capt.
Sam. John Pechell, employed in the West Indies
and Mediterranean; attained the rank of Com-
mander 6 Dec. 1824; was appointed in that capa-
city, 8 Aug. 1825, to the Camelion 10, on the
Plymouth station ; and was advanced, 5 Aug. 1826,
to Post-rank. His subsequent appointments were
—7 Jan. and 12 Sept. 1827, to the Menai 26 and
VoLAGE 28, both on the South American station,
whence he returned early in 1829—14 June, 1833,
to the Challenger 28, in which ship he was
wrecked on the coast of Chili 19 May, 1835—7
April, 1841, to the Britannia 120, bearing the flag
of Sir John Acworth Ommanney in the Mediterra-
nean— 22 Sept. 1841, to the Powbrfdl 84, paid off
at Portsmouth at the commencement of 1842— and,
16 Jan. 1845, to the Vindictive 50, fitting for the
flag of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen, Commander-in-Chief
in North America and the West Indies, where he
remained until 1848.
Capt. Seymour has been for several years Regis-
trar and Secretary to the Order of the Bath. He
married, 22 June, 1829, his first-cousin, Dorothea,
eldest daughter of the late Sir Wm. Knighton, Bart.,
M.D., G.C.H., Auditor and Keeper of the Privy
and Council Seals of the Duchy of Cornwall, and
Keeper of the Privy Purse to George IV., by whom
he has issue. Agents— Case and Loudonsack.
SHACKLOCK. (Lieut., 1821. r-P., 12; h-p., 26.)
Edward Shacklock, born in 1791, at Gains-
borough, CO. Lincoln, is son of the late Israel Shack-
lock, Esq., author of a planisphere, published in
1815.
This officer (who had entered the merchant-ser-
vice in 1805, had been captured in 1806 by a French
privateer, and had witnessed the operations of 1807
against Copenhagen) was impressed into the Navy
at Gibraltar 9 Oct. 1809 (while Second-Mate of the
letter-of-marque Mary, from Bahia), and placed in
the capacity of A.B. on board the San Juan 74,
Capt. John Gourly. In the following month he
was rated Midshipman, and awarded the command
of a gun-boat carrying 2 heavy guns and 28 seamen
and marines, employed in cruizing between Gib-
raltar, Tarifa, and Cape Trafalgar. He next, 13
Sept. 1810, joined the Rambler, another gun-boat,
in which vessel, bearing the broad pendant of Com-
modores Robt. Hall and Fred. Jennings Thomas,
he continued to serve at the defence of Cadiz and
in its vicinity until Feb. 1814. Soon after he had
removed to her he came into action (when Lord
Blayney was taken prisoner) with the fort of Fuen-
girola, near Malaga ; and in Dec. of the same year
(1810) he was with a party which stormed and
carried a fort at Barbatta, near Trafalgar. On the
latter occasion he had the good fortune, by board-
ing, to capture a French privateer, which he brought
out of the river and conducted to Gibraltar. In
Feb. 1814, having been, as we have shown, em-
ployed for more than four years, a period unpre-
cedented, on gun-boat service, he went back, with
Capt. Thomas, to tlie San Juan, flag-ship at the
time of Kear-Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee. On his
return to England with the latter in the Eurotas
38, he was received, in July, 1814, on board the
Salvador del Mundo, bearing the flag at Plymouth
of Vice-Admiral Wm. Domett. After serving for
eight months on the coast of North America in the
Leonidas 38, Capt. Wm. King, and for ten at Sheer-
ness and Portsmouth in the Namur and Vengeur
74's, Capts. Geo. M'Kinley and Thos. Alexander,
he sailed, in June, 1816, in the Dee 24, Capt. Sam.
Chambers, for Canada, where, from Sept. in that
year until June, 1817, he served on Lake Ontario as
Acting Pendant-Lieutenant to Sir Robt. Hall, his
SIIADWELL— SIIAIRP— SIIAKESPEAR.
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former Commander, in the Momtkeal. He then,
the establishment being broken up, came borne, as
Acting Supernumerary-Lieutenant, in the Pactolds
38,;Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie. On his arrival in July
he joined the Queen Chaelotte 100, bearing the
flag of Sir Edw. Thornbrough at Portsmouth ; from
the following Aug. until March, 1821, he served in
the Mediterranean as Admiralty-Midshipman in the
Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland ; and
on 30 April in the latter year, after he had again
served at Portsmouth in the Queen CnAKUOTTE,
then the flag-ship of Sir Jos. Hawkins Whitshed,
and in the Ramilltes 74, Capt. Aiskew Pafiard
HoUis, he was promoted to the rank he now holds.
He has since been on half-pay.
He m.'irried, first, in Aug. 1825, Jane, daughter
of the Rev. John Foster, Rector of Drypoole; and
secondly, in June, 1838, Mary, daughter of Wm.
l''ield, Esq^., shipowner, of Hull, one of the Elder
Brethren of the Trinity House. By his former
marriage he has issue two children. Agents —
Messrs. Ommanney.
SHADWELL. (Commanbeb, 1846.)
Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell is
son of the Right Hon. Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Kt.,
Vice-Chancellor of England.
This officer entered the Navy 3 May, 1827 ; passed
his examination in 1833 ; obtained his first commis-
sion 28 June, 1838 ; was appointed, 26 July follow-
ing, to the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the
Mediterranean station ; and, from 3 Dec. 1841 until
promoted to his present rank 27 June, 1846, was
employed in the East Indies, as First-Lieutenant,
in the Fly 18, Capt. Fras. Price Blackwood. In
the Castor he took part, in 1840, in the operations
against the towns of Caiflfa, J affa, and Tsour, and
assisted at the bombardment of Acre. At Caifia
he was sent with a flag of truce to demand the
surrender of that place to the Sublime Porte.*
Commander Shadwell is the author of ' A Table
of Arcs for facilitating the Computation of the La-
titude, by Double Altitudes of the principal Fixed
Stars, calculated for the years 1835, 1845, 1855, &c.'
published in 1837.
SHAinP. (Commander, 1827.)
Alexander Shaiep is brother of Lieut. Stephen
Shairp, R.N.
This officer entered the Navj-, 20 May, 1808, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Calypso sloop, Capt.
Matthew Barton Bradby, stationed in the North
Sea and Baltic ; served, from July, 1810, until
March, 1813, in the East Indies, as ]\Iidshipman, in
the Hussar and Modeste frigates, Capts. Alex.
Skene and Jas. Coutts Crawford; and, from March,
1813, until presented in Sept. 1815 with a commis-
sion bearing date 9 March in that year, was em-
ployed in the Channel, at the Cape of Good Hope,
and in the Mediterranean in the Niger 38, Capt.
Peter Rainier, and Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace.
In the Calypso he accompanied the expedition of
1809 to the Waleheren ; in the Hussar he co-ope-
rated, in 1811, in the reduction of Java; in the
Niger he assisted, in company with the Tagds 36,
at the capture, 6 Jan. 1814, of the French 40-gun
frigate Ceres ; and in the Berwick he took part, in
1815, in the siege of Gaeta. His appointments in
the capacity of Lieutenant were — in Aug. 1818, to
the RocHFORT 80, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Fras. Fre-
mantle, fitting for the Mediterranean — 29 March and
16 June, 1820, to the Revolutionnatre 46 and
Beaver sloop, Capts. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton
Reynolds Pellew and Fred. Marryat, on the Medi-
terranean and St. Helena stations— 30 Nov. 1822, to
the NiMROD 18, Capt. Wm. Kochfort, employed at
first in quelling an alarming insurrection of the
keelmen in the river Tyne, next on the west coast
of Scotland and on a mission to the river Garonne,
and finally in cruizing on the coast of Ireland — and,
10 April, 1826, to the Heron 18, Capt. Kobt. Tait,
• FideGiW.. 1840, p. 2501.
equipping for South America. He attained his
present rank 30 April, 1827 ; and from 22 Sept.
1835 until the close of 1838 was employed as an
Inspecting-Commandorin the Coast Guard. Agukts
—Messrs. Stilwell.
SHAIRP. (LlEOTENANT, 1841.)
Alexander Mordaunt SnAiHP entered the Navy
18 Jan. 1817 ; passed his examination 23 July, 1823 ;
and from 28 Jan. 1840 until the close of 1846 was
employed as Mate and Lieutenant (commission
dated 23 Nov. 1841) in the Coast Guard. He was
then, 31 Dec. 1846, appointed Additional of the
Penelope steam-frigate of 650 horse-power, bear-
ing the broad pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham on the
coast of Africa, where, since '1 May, 1847, he has
been serving in the Bittern 12, Capt. Thos. Hope.
SHAIRP. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
John Hamilton Shairp entered the Navy 19
Dec. 1828 ; and assisted, when Midshipman, on the
coast of Africa, of the Speedwell schooner, Lieut.-
Commander Wm. Warren, at the capture, 3 June,
1832, of the Aquila slaver of superior force. He
passed his examination .18 May, 1835; served, from
1840 until paid off in 1843, on the East India station,
as Mate, in the Favorite 18, Capt. Thos. Koss
Sulivan ; and on 12 Feb. 1844, soon after he had
joined the Apollo troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Maclean,
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His next
appointments were— 1 May, 1844, as Additional, to
the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam,
Commander-in-Chief in North America and the
West Indies— 16 Oct. 1844, to the Scylla 16, Capt.
Robt. Sharpe, on the same station, whence he re-
turned at the close of 1845— and, 11 April, 1846, to
the Belleisle troop-ship, Capt. John Kingcome,
with whom he remained until paid off in 1848.
SHAIRP. (Lieutenant, 1824. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 12.)
Stephen Shairp was born in Jan. 1799. He is
brother of Commander Alex. Shairp, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 14 June, 1812, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aquilon 32, Capt. Wm.
Bowles ; and in the course of the same year was
present, in company with the Sheldrake sloop, at
the destruction of seven large merchant-ships, in
face of 1500 French soldiers, near Stralsund. On
his return to England with Capt. Bowles in the
Ceres frigate, after having been for some time em-
ployed on the South American station, he became,
in July, 1814, Midshipman of the Nymphen 36,
Capt. Matthew Smith. From Sept. 1815, until
May, 1819, he again served'in South America in the
Amphion 32, Capts. Wm. Bowles and Wm. Bateraan
Dashwood. He next, in Aug. 1820, joined the
Forte 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, employed
in the Channel and also inthe West Indies ; where
on 26 April, 1824, he was "confirmed a Lieutenant
(three months after he had been ordered to act as
such) in the Scout 18, Capt. Jas. Wigston. From
Aug. to Dec. of the same year he served with Capt.
Edw. Brace in the Ganges 84; and since 31 Dec.
1835 (deducting a command held from 15 June,
1838, until June, 1840, of the Camelion Revenue-
cruizer) he has been in charge of a station in the
Coast Guard.
He is married and has issue.
SHAKESPEAR. (Lieut,, 1 810. f-p., 11 ; n-p., 32.)
Arthur Shakespear was born IS May, 1788, and
died in 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1804, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leviathan 74, Capt
Henry Wm. Bayntun ; and in Dec. 1805, after hav-
ing served in the Mediterranean and fought at Tra-
falgar, was received as Supernumerary Midshipman
on board the Royal William, bearing the flag of
Admiral Jlonfagu at Portsmouth. He was next
from Jan. 1806 until March, 1808, employed in the
North Sea and Channel in the Thetis 38, Capt.
Wm. Hall Gage ; and from the latter date until
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SHAPCOTE— SHAPLAND-SHARPE.
Dec. 1810, on the Jamaica station, in the Melpo-
mene 38 and Shark sloop, bearing each the flag of
Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, Fleuk-
de-la-Mee schooner, Lieut. -Commander Thos.
Huskisson, Fkanohise 36, Capt. Chas. Dashwood,
Avon 18, Capt. Henry TillieuxFraser, Shaek again,
Capt. "Wm. Barnham Eider, Hebe frigate, Capt.
John Fyffc, and, a second time, in the Avon.
While with Capt. Rider in the Shakk he was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission
bearing date 3 April, 1810. He had received two
sabre-cuts in the head, when in the Thetis, in
boarding a French privateer ; and in the Avon he
had been again severely wounded, in the left arm,
in a long and destructive action fought (the Rain-
bow 22 in company) with the French 40-gun frigate
La Niriide 14 Feb. 1810. His last appointment
was, 23 March, 1812, to the Leonidas 38, Capts.
Anselm John Griffiths, Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer,
Geo. Fras. Seymour, and Wm. King, in which ship
he served on the Cork station until June, 1815.
He married, 21 July, 1821, Miss Louisa Sage.
Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
SHAPCOTE. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 33.)
TrioMAS Shapcote entered the Navy, in Jan.
1795, as Ordinary, on board the Nautilus sloop,
Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford, in which vessel and
the Repulse 64, Capt. Wm. Geo. Fairfax, he was
for nine months employed in the West Indies and
North Sea. He next, in Sept. 1798, joined La
Touktekelle, Capt. John West; and from the fol-
lowing Nov. until Feb. 1805 he served, with activity,
as A.B., in the Channel and Mediterranean, and off
the port of Cadiz, in the Renown 74, Capts. Albe-
marle Bertie, John Chambers White, Pulteney Mal-
colm, and Thos. Eyles, flag-ship, part of the time,
of Sir John Borlase Warren, under whom he was in
frequent pursuit of the French fleet. We subse-
quently, during two years and a half, find him
cruizing in the Channel, Downs, and Baltic, as Mid-
shipman, in the Bellona 74, Capt. Chas. Dudley
Pater, and Areow 12, Lieut.-Commander Rich.
Hawkes. He then, in Jan. 1808, became Sub-Lieu-
tenant of the Bloodhound gun-brig, commanded
in succession by Lieut. Sam. Ward Flinders, by him-
self, and by Lieut. Thos. Warrand, on the Home
station ; where, from Feb. 1809 until Dec. 1810, he
served, in the same capacity, in the Rapid 10, Capt.
Wm. Mather. On 19 March, 1811, he was made
full Lieutenant into the Reynard 10 ; in which
vessel, commanded by Capts. Hew Steuart, Geo.
Brine, and David Latimer St. Clair, he continued
employed in the Baltic until Jan. 1814. His next
and last appointment was, 26 Oct. 1841, to the San
JosBF 110, Capts. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne and Manley
Hall Dixon, guard-ship at Devonport, where he re-
mained until the early part of 1845.
Lieut. Shapcote is married and has issue.
SHAPLAND. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 14; h-p., 24.)
Henry Shapland was born 9 July, 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1809, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tonnant 80, Capts. Sir
Chas. Hamilton and Sir John Gore. After serving
for two years off' Brest, at the defence of Cadiz, and
off Lisbon, where he was frequently sent up the
Tagus for the purpose of conveying troops and de-
spatches, he became, in Deo. 1811, Midshipman (a
rating he had attained in the preceding Jan.) of the
Teazek gun -brig, stationed off L'Orient. He next,
from Nov. 1812 until Nov. 1815, served off Lisbon
and in the Mediterranean, in the Andromeda 22,
Capt. Rich. Arthur; and, from May, 1816, until
April, 1823, he was employed, in the West Indies, at
Newfoundland, in the East Indies, at Plymouth, in
the Mediterranean, and again in the West Indies, in
the Fly 18, Capt. John Baldwin, Cuelew 16, Capt.
Wm. Walpole, Minden 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson, Im-
pregnable 104, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, Wind-
sor Castle 98, Capt. Caulfeild, Seringa patam 46,
Capt. Sam. Warren, and Thuacian 18, Capt. John
Walter Roberts. He often during that period per-
formed the duties of Lieutenant. In 1815 he passed
a distinguished examination; in 1816, during his
passage in the Fly from Halifax to Newfoundland,
he jumped overboard in a heavy sea and saved the
life of a man ; in 1820, having in the Cuklew ac-
companied an expedition against the pirates of the
Persian Gulf, he landed and assisted in storming
the enemy's fortifications ; and, on 31 March, 1823,
being then in the Thracian and in company with the
Tyne 26, he aided in boarding, in a harbour of the
island of Cuba, the piratical schooner Zaragozana.
For the gallantry he displayed on the latter occa-
sion he was nominated, 26 April following, Acting-
Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capts. Jas. Lilli-
crap and Geo. Fred. Rich, and presented by the
Admiralty with a commission dated 29 May in the
same year. He went on half-pay 14 Sept. 1823 ; and
was lastly, from 26 July, 1828, until 2a April, 1829,
employed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-
Lieutenant of his former ship the Hyperion, Capt.
Wm. Jas. Mingaye.
SHAEPE, C.B. (Eeab-Admiral of the Blue,
1848. F-P., 25; H-P., 23.)
Alexander Renton Sharpe is brother of Gene-
ral Matthew Sharpe.
This officer, at one time in the Army, entered the
Navy, 22 May, 1799, as A.B., on board the Kent
74, Capt. Wm. Johnstone Hope, in which ship, bear-
ing the flag at first of Lord Duncan, he took part in
the expedition to Holland and continued employed
off the port of Cadiz, latterly in the capacity of
Midshipman, until Aug. 1800. Joining next, in Jan.
1801, the Bellerophon 74, Capts. Lord Viscount
Garlics and John Loring, he sailed in that ship for
the West Indies ; where, from July, 1802, until 1807,
he served in succession in the Leviathan and Hee-
cule 74's, flag-ships of Admirals Duckworth and
Dacres, Veteran 64, Capt. Andrew Fitzherbert
Evans, Shark sloop, bearing the flag of Admiral
Dacres, Veteran again, Capt. Evans, and Fran-
chise 36, Capt. Chas. Dashwood. He was present
in the Hercule, in 1803-4, at the blockade of Cape
Francois, St. Domingo, and in the unsuccessful at-
tack upon Cura9oa ; he was nominated, 18 May, 1806,
Sub-Lieutenant of the Shark, and 15 July following
Acting-Lieutenant of the Veteran; and he was
confirmed a Lieutenant, while serving in the Fran-
chise, 8 Dec. in the same year. After he had been
for five months stationed at Woolvrich and Plymouth
in the Elizabeth and Bellerophon 74's, Capts.
Hon. Henry Curzon and Edw. Rotheram, he was
appointed, 21 Nov. 1807, to the Topaze 36, Capts.
Anselm John Griffiths and Henry Hope ; under the
former of whom, after having visited Vera Cruz, he
proceeded to the Mediterranean, and took part, 12
March, 1809, near Corfu, in a very spirited action,
which terminated in the beating off, by the Topaze,
of the French 40-gun frigates Danae and Fhre.
He was promoted to the rank of Commander 25 of
the same month, but did not leave the Topaze
until the following Aug., and on 16 of the next
month was appointed to the Scout 18. In that sloop
he was warmly praised by Capt. Robt. Barrie, the
senior officer present, for his spirited exertions, and
cordial co-operation with the Pomone 38 and Unite
36, at the destruction, 1 May, 1811, of the French
store-ships Giraffe and Noumce, each mounting
from 20 to 30 guns, and both protected by a 5-gim
battery, a martello tower, and a body of 200 regular
troops, in Sagone Bay, island of Corsica — a service
which was accomplished at the close of a gallant
action of an hour and a half, attended with a loss to
the British of 2 men killed and 25 wounded.* From
14 Dec. 1812 until 30 Sept. 1818, Capt. Sharpe (whose
Post-commission bears date 22 Jan. 1813, and who
was nominated a C.B. 8 Dec. 1815) commanded the
Hyacinth 24, in the Mediterranean, North Sea,
Channel, and South America ; from 18 March, 1836,
until the early part of 1840, he served on the Home,
Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations, in the Mihden
72 ; and from 8 Sept. 1843 until Sept. 1845, he was
employed as Commodore at Jamaica with his broad
pendant in the Imaum 72. He was awarded the
* Vide Gaz. 1811, pp. 1248-9.
SHARPE-SHAW.
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Captain's Good-Service Pension 3 Nov. 1846, and
advanced, 1 June, 1848, to Flag-rank.
Kear-Admiral Sharpe married, 15 April, 1841,
Magdalene, youngest daughter of the late Sir Wm.
Erskine, Bart. Agents— Hallett and Robinson.
SHARPE. (LlEDTENANT, 1839.)
Benjamin Sharpe entered the Navy 19 Jan.
1827 ; passed his examination in 1833; obtained his
commission 18 Oct. 1839 ; was appointed 1 Feb.
1840, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; and, from 1 Oct.
following until paid off in 1843, was employed in the
Mediterranean in the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin
Owen Pell, Robt. Smart, and Thos. Forrest. He
has not been since afloat.
He married, in March, 1843, at Malta, Mary Anne
Fanny, daughter of the Rev. Geo. Montagu, of
Swaffham (by Emily, fourth daughter of the Rev.
Wm. Tonge, Chancellor of the diocese of Norwich),
and niece of Lieut. Edw. Proudfoot Montagu, R.N.
Agents — Messrs. Chard.
SHAEPE, K.T.S. (Captain, 1848. f-p., 16;
H-p., 24.)
Robert Shakpe entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1807,
as A.B., on board the Maks 74, Capts. Wm. Lukin,
John Surman Garden, and Henry Raper, in which
ship he attained the rating of Midshipman, 1 July,
1808 ; and was for upwards of four years employed
on the Baltic, Home, and Lisbon stations. After
serving for 15 months, the chief part of the time as
Master's Mate, in the Vigo 74, bearing the flags of
Rear-Admirals Jas. NiooU Morris and Graham
Moore, and Comet 20, Capt. Geo. Wm. Blamey, he
joined, in March, 1814, the Prince Regent, Com-
modore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, on the Canadian Lakes ;
where and on the river St. Lawrence he continued
employed on gun-boat and other services, the last
nine months in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant,
until Aug. 1815. He was then presented with a
commission bearing date 13 of the preceding March.
His next appointments were — 11 Aug. 1823 and 4
Feb. 1825, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capts. Chas.
Dashwood and Hugh Downman, and Tribune 42,
Capt. Gardiner Henry Guion, both on the Lisbon
station. He attained the rank of Commander 24
Nov. 1826 ; served from 26 Jan. 1842, until the close
of 1845, in the Scylla 16, on the North America
and West India station ; and was advanced to his
present rank 31 Jan. 1848. In the spring of 1845 he
conveyed the King of the Mosquito Shore from Blan-
field to Belize to be crowned. In commemoration
of Don John VI. having taken shelter on board the
Windsor Castle off Lisbon in May, 1824, the order
of the Tower and Sword was conferred upon Capt.
Sharpe in common with the other officers of the
ship. Agents — Messrs. Chard.
SHAW. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 34; h-p., 9.)
Charles Shaw (a) entered the Navy, 17 July,
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Loire of 46 guns,
Capt. Fred. Lewis Madtland, whom he followed into
the VoLONTAiRE 38 and Emerald 36. In the
Loire he was under fire, 4 June, 1805, of the bat-
teries in Muros Bay, when they were gallantly
stormed and carried, and the privateers Cmfiance
and Seller taken, by the boats under the late Sir
Jas. Lucas Teo. He assisted also, 25 of the same
month, in capturing Le Vaillant of 30 guns ; was in
company with L'Egtptienne frigate at the taking,
after an obstinate resistance, of La Libre of 40
guns; and conveyed in July, 1806, to Sir Rich.
Keats, off L'Orient, intelligence which led to the
capture of Le Shin of 44 guns. From Aug. 1807
until Jan. 1814 he served, in the Mediterranean and
on the coast of Africa, as Midshipman and Master's
Mate, in the Volage 22, Capt. Philip L. J. Rosen-
hagen, and Thais 20, Capts. Isaac Ferrieres and
Edw. Scobell ; and from March, 1814, until Oct.
1816, in the Channel and West Indies in the Stbille
44, Capt. Thos. Forrest, Venerable 74, flag-ship of
Sir Philip Chas. Durham, and Bakrosa 36, Capt.
John Maxwell. He contributed, in the Volage, to
the capture, 28 July, 1808, of the French brig-cor-
vette Le Sequin of 16 guns and 110 men; and was
presented, while serving in the Venerable, with a
commission bearing date 1 Feb. 1815. He has been
in charge, since 14 Deo. 1825, of a station in the
Coast Guard.
SHAW. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Charles Shaw (b) entered the Navy 8 May, 1808;
passed his examination in 1816; obtained his com-
mission 12 March, 1827; and from 23 April, 1828,
until 1847, was employed in the Coast Guard.
Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
SHAW. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 3.3.)
George Shaw entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1807,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince of Wales 98,
Capt. Adam Mackenzie ; previously to accompany-
ing whom, in the ensuing Dec, into the President
50, he took part, under the flag of Admiral Gambler,
in the attack upon Copenhagen. He continued em-
ployed, as Midshipman, in the President on the
Brazilian station, latterly under the orders of Capt.
Chas. Marsh Schomberg, until Aug. 1810. He then
joined the Akmada 74, commanded at first by Capt.
Mackenzie and next by Capt. John Ferris Devon-
shire ; and, in April, 1812, with the officer last-men-
tioned, the St. Albans 64. In those ships he served
on the Home station and at the defence of Cadiz.
He left the St. Albans in Oct. 1812 ; and was after-
wards, until 26 June, 1816, employed on the coast of
Brazil and in the South Seas in the Indefatigable
44, Capt. John Fyffe. His commission bears date
20 March, 1815.
He married, 20 Feb. 1826, Miss E. Anning, of
Kilmington, co. Devon, a lady by whom he has
issue four sons and three daughters.
SHAW. (Commander, 1813. f-p., 1 9 ; h-p., 35.)
Isaac Shaw died in 1848.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1793, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Courageux 74, com-
manded by the late Lord Radstock and by Capts.
John Matthews and Benj. Hallowell. After wit-
nessing the occupation of Toulon, and assisting, as
Midshipman, at the reduction of Corsica, he re-
moved, in Oct. 1794, to the Romulds frigate, Capt.
Geo. Hope, part of the force under Vice-Admiral
Hotham in his action with the French fleet 14
March, 1795. From April, 1796, until June, 1798,
he served under the flag of the officer first-men-
tioned, on the Lisbon, Home, and Newfoundland
stations, in the Barfleur 98, Flora and Latona
frigates, Bomney 50, and Agincourt 64. In the
Barfledr he fought in the action off Cape St. Vin-
cent 14 Feb. 1797. On leaving the Agincodbt he
became Acting-Lieutenant of the Pluto sloop,
Capts. Henry Folkes Edgell and Henry Barwell.
In that vessel, to which he was confirmed 25 June,
1801, he continued employed, still on the Newfound-
land station, until Feb. 1803. His succeeding ap-
pointments were — 2 Sept. 1803, to the Windsor
Castle 98, Capts. Albemarle Bertie, Davidge
Gould, and Thos. Wells, stationed off Brest— 29
Aug. 1804 (three months after ill health had com-
pelled him to leave the Windsor Castle) to the
Lady Melville hired ship, Capt. John Thicknesse,
cruizing off the Start — 12 Nov. following, for two
years, to the Neptune 98, Capts. Sir Thos. Williams
and 'Thos. Francis Fremantle, in which ship he
served off Ferrol and Brest, and at the battle of
Trafalgar— and 30 March, 22 April, and 7 Sept.
1807, to the Hussar 38, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, Nemesis
28, Capt. Philip Somerville, and Volontaire 38,
Capts. Chas. BuUen, Abel Ferris, Henry Evelyn
Pitfield Sturt, Joseph Nourse, and Hon. Granville
Geo. Waldegrave. In the latter frigate, in which
he continued six years, Lieut. Shaw partook of
much active service in the Mediterranean, and on
many occasions distinguished himself. In the course
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SHAW-SHEARMAN— SHEARS— SHEBBEARE-SHED.
of 1809 he assisted at the capture of the island of
Pomegne, near Marseilles, and was reported in
terms of high praise for his gallantry in command
of the boats at the destruction, with a loss to the
enemy of 5 killed and 8 wounded, and to the British
of only 2 wounded, of Fort Bioux, near Cape Croi-
sette, mounting 14 guns.* On 26 Deo. 1811 he
brought out from the harbour of Palamos a well-
protected privateer, La Decide, mounting 2 long
6-pounders (pierced for 6), with a cargo of provi-
sions, from Cette, bound to Barcelona.t He as-
sisted next, 29 April, 1812, at the capture and de-
struction, by the boats of the Volontaire 38, Un-
daunted 38, and Blossom sloop, under Lieut. John
Eagar, of 21, including a national schooner of 4 guns
and 74 men, out of a convoy of 26 vessels, at anchor
near the mouth of the Rhone. With the boats of
his own ship under his orders, he captured, 23 June
following, a felucca, La Cohmbe, of 1 long gun, 8
swivels, and 45 men J — an exploit which occasioned
a loss to his own people of a Midshipman and 2
sailors wounded, and to the assailed of 3 killed and
7 wounded. In volunteered command of the boats
of the VoLONTAiKE, TJndadhted, and Kedwing
sloop, he succeeded, 31 March, 1813, in taking and
destroying (the British had 1 man killed and 4 se-
verely wounded — the French 4 killed^ 5 wounded,
and 17 taken prisoners) two strong batteries (mount-
ing 5 36-pounders and 2 24's) and 14 sail of vessels,
at Morjean ; and on 2 of the ensuing May he made
prize, vpith the boats of the Volontaire, TJn-
DAUNTED, and REprLSE 74, of a convoy lying in
the same port. On that occasion, having landed at
the head of a large body of seamen and marines, he
drove the enemy to the heights in the rear, and
there kept them in check until the vessels were se-
cured, and the batteries, on which were found nine
gun-carriages and a IS-inch mortar, blovm up and
completely destroyed. The enemy had 12 _ men
killed, and several taken prisoners ; and their op-
ponents 2 killed and i, including their gallant leader,
wounded. § In reference to the achievement of 31
March, Capt. Waldegrave, in his letter to the Com-
mander-in-Chief, observes : — " Lieut. Shaw's cha-
racter stands so high that his conduct on this
occasion is only what it always has been ; and such
testimony as his to the gallantry of all his compa-
nions adds to their merit." || He was promoted to
the rank of Commander 9 Aug. 1813, but did not
afterwards go afloat. On 22 Nov. 1811, the Volon-
taire, we should have stated, in company at the
time with the Perlen 38, was chased, near Toulon,
by three French ships-of-the-line and two frigates ;
but, after a running-fight which lasted several hours,
contrived, with her consort, to escape.
and obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841. He has
since been on half-pay.
He is married.
SHAW. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
William Eade Shaw passed his examination 7
June, 1837 ; and from 1839 until within a short pe-
riod of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 8
Aug. 1845, was employed in the Mediterranean, as
Mate, on board the Alecto steam-sloop, Lieut.-
Commander Wm. Hoseason. His appointments
have since been — 25 Aug. 1845, as Additional, to
the Vindictive 50, bearing the flag of Sir Francis
Wm. Austen, in North America and the West In-
dies— 13 Deo. following, to the Endtmion 44, Capt.
Geo. Robt. Lambert, on the same station, where he
was superseded in the early part of 1847 — 27 Oct.
in the latter year, again as Additional, to the Pene-
lope steam-frigate of 650 horse-power, bearing the
broad pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham on the coast
of Africa — and 13 Jan. 1848, as First, to the He-
koine 8, Capt. Chas. Edmunds, likewise on the
African coast.
SHEARS. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
John Abelard Shears entered the Navy 2 Feb.
1824; passed his examination in 1830; and while
participating, as Mate of the Wasp 16, Capt. Geo.
Mansel, in the operations on the coast of Syria, was
wounded in the attack upon Sidon 26 Sept. 1840.
He was promoted to the rank of IJeutenant 4 Nov.
1840. His appointments have since been — 15 Dec.
1840, to the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, in
the Mediterranean— 20 April, 1842 (soon after the
Hastings had been paid ofi'), to the Talbot 26,
Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, fitting for
the Pacific— and 13 June, 1846, and 10 Feb. and 24
Sept. 1847, as First, to the Frolic 16, Capt. Cospa-
trick Baillie Hamilton, Collingwood 80, flag-ship
of Sir Geo. Francis Seymour, and Sampson steam-
frigate of 467 horse-power, Capt. Thos. Henderson,
all on the station last named, where he is now serv-
ing. Agent — J. Hinxman.
SHEBBEAEE. (Lieutenant, 1813.)
Robert Shebbeare entered the Navy, 4 June,
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the London 98, Capts.
Edw. Oliver Osbom and Thos. Western, stationed
in the Channel; and from Oct. foUovring until June,
1810, served off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean,
part of the time as Midshipman, in the Terrible
74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet. In Aug. of the latter
year he joined the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codring-
ton, under whom he was for two years actively em-
ployed in co-operation with the patriots on the coast
of Spain, particularly at the defence of Cadiz, in
conveying four Spanish ships-of-the-line from that
place to Minorca (a very arduous service which oc-
cupied 38 days), and at the siege of Tarragona. In
Sept. 1812 he removed to the Caledonia 120, bear-
ing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew in the Mediterra-
nean; where he was made Lieutenant, 30 Nov. 1813,
into the Swiftsdre 74, Capts. Bdw. Stirling Dick-
son, Arden Adderley, and Wm. Henry Webley
Parry. In that ship he afterwards proceeded to
the West Indies. He invalided home 3 May, 1815;
and was suhseq^uently appointed. — 22 Sept. 1815 and
13 Aug. 1816, to the Niger 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson
and Akbar 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Edw.
Griffith, both on the North American station,
whence he returned to England and was paid off" I
Jan. 1817— and 24 Nov. 1819, to the Wye 26, Capts.
Geo. Wickens Willes and Peter Fisher. Since he
left the latter vessel he has not been afloat. He
was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hos-
pital 1 May, 1848.
Lieut. Shebbeare was left a widower 16 April,
1844. Agent — John Chippendale.
SHEARMAN. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Marcos Shearman entered the Navy
4 May, 1815 ; passed his examination 5 June, 1822 ;
* Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1436. + V. Gaz. 1812, p. 667.
J This vessel had been sent from Marseilles for the express
purpose of attacking the boats.
i VideGnx. 1813, p. 1806. || F. Gaz. 1813,p..lU8.
SHED. (COMMANDEK, 1814. F-P., 19 ; H-P., 35.)
Robert Shed was born 21 Oct. 1773.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 4 July, 1793, as
Midshipman, on board the Invincible 74, Capt.
Hon. Thos. Pakenham, with whom, after having
fought in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794, he re-
moved, 7 Oct. 1795, to the Joste 80. After serving
for nearly two years and a half on the coast of Ire-
land and in the Channel in the Glenmore 44, Capt.
Geo. Duff, Robust 74, Capt. Geo. Countess, and
BoTAL George 100, flag-ship of Lord Bridport, he
was nominated, 27 Oct. 1799, Acting-Lieutenant of
the Ramillies 74, Capt. Rich. Grindall. He was
confirmed, 18 Dec. following, into the Adventure
44, Capts. Robt. Mansel and Chas. Carter, stationed
in the Mediterranean ; and was subsequently ap-
pointed— 6 March, 1801, to the Gannet 16, Capt.
Isaac Cotgrave, under whom, in the following Aug.,
he took part, and was wounded in the leg, in Lord
Nelson's attack upon the Boulogne flotilla — 12 July,
1803 (after 14 months of half-pay), to the Princess
Royal 98, Capts. Jas. Vashon and llobt. Carthew
Reynolds, attached to the force in the Channel 16
April, 1807 (for 19 months), as Senior, to the Her-
SHEILS-SHEPHARD— SHEPHEARD-SHEPHERD.
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CHLE 74, Capt. Hon. John Colville, part of the force
engaged in the expedition against Copenhagen,
whence he brought home a Danish 74 and part of
the 28th Regiment— in June, 1809, to the command,
which he retained for seven months, of a subdivi-
sion of gun-boats, employed during the operations
in the Scheldt— and 23 Nov. 1810 and 24 Aug. 1812,
again as Senior, to the Marlborough and Chat-
bam 74's, Capts. Matthew Henry Scott and Wm.
Lukin, both on the Home station. During the
grand naval review held before the Allied Sove-
reigns at Spithead, Lieut. Shed acted as Captain
of the Chatham. Since the receipt of his last
commission, bearing date 15 June, 1814, he has been
on half-pay.
SHEILS. (Liedtenant, 1814.)
James "Waldegrave Ludlow Sheils died in
1845 at Fratton, Portsea.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1809, as a
Volunteer, on board the Brazen sloop, Capts. Lewis
Shepheard and Rich. Plummer Davies, employed at
first on the coast of Portugal and next on the Jamaica
station ; where, in May, 1811, he removed as Midship-
man (a rating he had attained in Sept. 1809) to the
Polyphemus 64, flag-ship of Vioe-Admiral Bartho-
lomew Sam. Rowley. In the following Nov. he went
back as Acting-Lieutenant to the Brazen, still com-
manded by Capt. Davies, with whom he continued,
in the West Indies, until May, 1812. In Oct. of
that year he became Master's Mate of the Bar-
FLEUR 98, Capts. Sir Edw. Berry and John Maitland,
under the latter of whom he took part in Sir Edw.
Pellew's partial actions with the Toulon fleet 5 Nov.
1813 and 13 Feb. 1814. After again acting as Lieu-
tenant in the Renard sloop, Capt. David Mapleton,
he took up, in Aug. 1814, a commission bearing
date 1 July in that year. His last appointments,
we believe, were— in Dec. 1825, to the Ramillies
74, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Hugh Pigot— and 26
Feb. 1842, to the command, which he retained until
Jan. 1844, of the Raven cutter, on the Home sta-
tion.
Lieut. Shephard married in Dec. 1817, and has
issue three sons, the second of whom, Chas. Douglas
Shephard, Assistant Surgeon, R.N. (1845), is at pre-
sent serving on the south-east coast of America in
the Raleigh 50, Commodore Sir Thos. Herbert.
SHEPHARD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.)
William Shephard was born 8 Sept. 1783.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1805, as
Clerk, on board the Diligence 16, Capt. Thos.
Holmes Tidy ; and in the course of the same year
was present in the rocket attack made by Sir Wm.
Sidney Smith on the Boulogne flotilla. He pro-
ceeded afterwards to the Baltic, where, and in the
Downs and North Sea, he served from June, 1807,
until May, 1810, as A.B., Quartermaster's Mate,
Midshipman, and Master's Mate, in the Pandora
18, Capt. Henry Hume Spence. In Aug. and Sept.
1807 he was employed in the operations against
Copenhagen ; and on 13 Jan. 1808 he contributed to
the capture, under the batteries of Cape Gris-Nez,
of the French privateer lugger Entreprenant, of 16
guns and 53 men. The crew of that vessel being
afBioted with ophthalmia, the disease was commu-
nicated to Mr. Shephard, who in consequence totally
lost the sight of his right eye. In 1809 he was pre-
sent in the expedition to the Walchoren. After
serving for two years with Capt. Wm. Kent as Mas-
ter's Mate in the Agincourt 64, on the Lisbon
station, he followed that officer, in June, 1812, in a
similar capacity, into the Union 98, commanded
afterwards by Capt. Robt. RoUes. He was afforded
an opportunit}' thus of assisting at the destruction,
in June, 1813, of the fort of St. Philippe, in the Col
de Balaguer, armed with 12 pieces of ordnance in-
cluding 2 10-inoh mortars and 2 howitzers, with a
garrison of 101 officers and men ; of participating in
Sir Edw. Pellew's partial engagements with the
Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814; and of
witnessing the fall of Genoa. In Oct. 1814, three
months after he had left the Union, he joined, again
as Master's Mate, the Achates 18, Capt. Thos.
Lamb Polden Langhame, employed in the Bay of
Biscay. Since the receipt of his commission, which
bears date 8 Feb. 1815, he has been on half-pay.
SHEPHEARD. (Capt., 1840. f-p.,22; h-p.,21.)
William Shepheard entered the Navy, 16 Jan.
1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Temehaiee 98,
Capt. Eliab Harvey. Continuing in that ship until
Jan. 1806, he served in her in the Channel and par-
took of the glories of Trafalgar ; on which occasion
he " behaved with great courage and was admired
by all." In March, 1806, he rejoined Capt. Harvey,
who had been promoted to flag-rank, on board
the Tonnant 80, stationed in the Channel, where,
in the following June, he attained the rating of
Midshipman. Being discharged 31 July, 1807, he
was next, 17 March, 1808, received on board the
Amelia of 48 guns, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby,
under whom he made a voyage to Quebec, and con-
tributed to the destruction of three French frigates
under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne 24 Feb. 1809.
After again serving for six months in the Tonnant,
he went -back, in Sept. 1809, to the Amelia ; in
which ship we find him, 25 March, 1811, present at
the self-destruction of L' Amazone, a French frigate
of the largest class, which had been driven into,
a bay near Cape Barfleur. H e subsequently pro-
ceeded to the coast of Africa, where he witnessed
the demolition of Fort Winnebah, and took part, 7
Feb. 1813, in a desperate action of more than three
hours and a half, fought off" the lies de Los with
L'Arethme, French frigate of 44 guns (24-pounder3
on her main-deck) and 340 men, which terminated
in the separation of the combatants, after a loss to
the enemy of 105 killed and wounded, and to the
British, out of an original number of 300, of 141
men killed and wounded. On that occasion he was
particularly active. He was next, from 23 May
until 5 Oct. 1813, employed in the Bivoli 74, Capt.
Graham Eden Hamond ; and on 24 Feb. 1815 he was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His succeed-
ing appointments were — 21 Nov. 1816, to the Phae-
ton 38, Capt. Fras. Stanfell, which ship being at the
time on her passage home from St. Helena he never
joined — 5 Jan. 1818 to the Spartan 46, Capt. Wm.
Furlong Wise, under whom he served in the West
Indies, with a degree of " zeal equalled only by his
abilities as an officer and a seaman," until 31 Jan.
1821— and 29 April, 1828, as First, to the Samarang
28, fitting for the M editerranean, where he remained
three years, and by " the admirable manner in which
he discharged every part of his duty," procured the
strongest possible testimonials from his Captain,
Wm. Fanshawe Martin. Two days after the paying
off of the Samarang Mr. Shepheard, who since his
arrival home had declined the invitations of several
Captains to become their First-Lieutenant, was ad-
vanced, 3 June, 1831, to the rank of Commander.
On 30 Sept. following he was appointed Second-
Captain of the Melville 74, equipping for the flag
of Sir John Gore, Commander-in-Chief in the East
Indies, who, unsolicited, had been induced to select
him for that post, solely from the reputation he
had acquired on board the Samarang. Invaliding
home in June, 1833, he obtained, 20 March, 1835, a
three years' appointment in the Coast Guard ; and
from 18 April, 1838, until paid off, about April, 1840,
was employed, again as Second-Captain, in the Rod-
ney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, on the Mediterranean
station. He was promoted, 26 Oct. following, to
the rank he now holds, and has since been on half-
pay.
Capt. Shepheard, we believe, married, 15 (Feb.
1817, the youngest daughter of Colonel T. Paterson,
of Upper Seymour Street, London. Agent— J.
Hinxman.
SHEPHERD. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 30.)
John Shepherd entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1804,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Britannia 100, Capt.,
afterwards Kear-Admiral, the Earl of Northeski
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SHEPHERD— SHERER.
under whom he fought as Midshipman at the battle
of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. Joining next, in June,
1806, the Latona 38, Capt. Jas. Athol Wood, he
sailed with a fleet of merchantmen for the "West
Indies, where, after assisting in the brilliant cap-
ture of Curacoa, and co-operating in the reduction
of the Danish islands, he held command, from Nov.
1808 until Nov. 1810, of the Kam schooner, with his
name on the books of the Neptune 98, PoMpiE
74, and Statiea 38, flag-ships of Hon. Sir Alex.
Cochrane, by whom he was then promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant. He was confirmed by the Ad-
miralty, on his return home in the Snap, 29 May,
1811 ; and was subsequently appointed— 14 June and
30 Nov. 1811, to the Addaciohs 74, Capt. Donald
Campbell, and Griffon sloop, Capts. John Tancock
and Geo. Barne Trollope, both on the Home station
—4 April, 1812, to the Pompbe 74, Capt. J. A.
Wood, in the Mediterranean— 26 Sept. 1814, after
three months of half-pay occasioned by ill health,
to the Pelords 16, Capt. John Gourly, with whom
he served on the coast of Ireland and in the Chan-
nel until 2 Sept. 1815— in 1840 to the Transport
Service as an Agent afloat— and 31 Jan. 1842, for a
short time, to.the post of Agent on board a contract
mail steam-vessel.
He is married and has issue.
SHEPHERD. (Capt., 1840. r-P., 22 ; h-p., 20.)
John Shepherd (b) entered the Navy, 20 Aug.
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Addacious 74,
Capt. John Lawford, with whom he continued em-
ployed in the Channel in the Impetdeux 74 until
Oct. 1806. Between Feb. 1807 and Sept. 1811 he
served off Eochefort and on the coast of Ireland, as
Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Eukvdice,
Druid, and Endimion frigates, all commanded by
Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton. He then joined the Recruit
sloop, Capt. Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, and
Africa 64, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Herbert Saw-
yer, both on the Halifax station; where he was
made Lieutenant, 2 Feb. 1813, into the Spartan 38,
Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, and transferred, 10
July following, to the Acasta 40, Capt. Alex. Robt.
Kerr. He left that ship in July, 1815 ; was next, in
April, 1823, and Aug. 1825, appointed to the Rifle-
man 18, Capt. Jas. Montagu, and Druid 46, Capt.
Sam. Chambers, on the North American and Ja-
maica stations ; attained the rank of Commander 28
Aug. 1828 ; was nominated, 30 March, 1829, and
(after eight months of half-pay) 7 April, 1831, Se-
cond-Captain of the Bauham 50, bearing the flag of
Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming in the West In-
dies, and Donegal 78, Capts. John Dick and Arthur
Fanshawe, on the Mediterranean and Lisbon sta-
tions, where he served until Aug. 1833 ; and from 4
April, 1837, until posted, 26 Oct. 1840, commanded
the Sparrowhawk 16,'on the coast of North Ame-
rica and at the Cape of Good Hope. From 14 May
until 7 Oct. 1846 he ofiiciated as Captain, pro tern,,
of the St. Vincent 120, bearing the broad pendant
of Sir Fras. Aug. Collier in the Channel ; and since
4 Dec. 1847 he has been in command of the Incon-
stant 36, on the south-east coast of America.
SHEPHERD. (Retired Captain, 1847. p-p., 18 ;
H-P., 36.)
John Shepherd (a) entered the Navy, 15 Feb.
1793, as Midshipman, on board the Ramillies 74,
Capts. Henry Harvey, Chas. John Moore Mansfield,
and Sir Rich. Bickerton, in which ship he fought in
Lord Howe's action, 1 June, 1794, and was after-
wards employed in the West Indies, at Newfound-
land, and in the North Sea. In Nov. 1796, six
months after he had left the Ramillies, he joined
the Prince op Wales 98, bearing the flag of his
former Captain, then Rear- Admiral Harvey, under
whom he assisted, in Feb. 1797, in reducing the
Spanish island of Trinidad. From Oct. 1797 until
May, 1802, he served as Acting-Lieutenant and
Lieutenant (commission dated 10 May, 1799) in the
Concorde, Lapwing, and Unite frigates, all com-
manded by Capt. Thos. Harvey. In the Lapwing
he accompanied the expedition of 1799 against the
Dutch colony of Surinam ; and in the UsiTfi he con-
tributed to the capture of the Danish and Swedish
islands in 1801. His last appointments were— 22
Nov. 1802, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier,
employed at first in the Channel and next in the
East Indies, whence, in 1804, he escorted an East
India fleet under Commodore Dance to St. Helena —
in June, 1805, for a passage home, to the Athe-
NIENNE 64, Capt. Fras. Fayerman— 6 Nov. 1805, 11
March, 1806, and 2 Sept. 1807, to the Oberon sloop,
Capt. Bushby, Begulus 44, bearing the flags of Ad-
mirals Lord Keith and Sir Edm. Nagle, and St.
George 98, flag-ship of Rear- Admirals Eliab Harvey
and Fras. Pickmore, on the Home and Baltic sta-
tions—and in Oct. 1810, after five months of half-
pay, to the Berwick 74, Capts. Jas. Maonamara, Sir
Robt. Laurie, and Edw. Brace. In the latter ship,
prior to visiting the Mediterranean, he assisted, 24
March, 1811, in driving the French frigate Anm-
zone on the rocks near Barfleur light-house. He
attained the rank of Commander 12 Aug. 1812, and
was placed on the list of Retired Captains, 20 Nov.
1847. Agent — J. Hinxman.
SHERER, K.H. (Capt., 1841. r-P., 27 ; h-p., 9.)
Joseph Sherer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1811,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capt.
Rich. Raggett, stationed in the North Sea and
Baltic. In Sept. 1813 he removed as Midshipman
(a rating he had attained in the preceding March)
to the Devonshire 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly, lying
at Sheemess; and, from Jan. 1814 until Aug. 1815,
he again served with Capt. Raggett, at Chatham
and on the coast of North America, in the Tonnant
80 and Spencer 74. The latter ship he joined 1
Feb. 1814, and while on her books he was for a
long time employed on board one of her prizes,
fitted as a tender, in which vessel he assisted at the
capture of the town of Castine, in Penobscot Bay.
Between Aug. 1815 and Feb. 1821 he became at-
tached in succession, on the Home station, to the
Ramillies 74, Malta 80, and Rivoli 74, all com-
manded by Capt. Chas. Ogle, Spencer 74, Capt.
Wm. Robt. Broughton, Bulwark 74, Capt. Sam.
Warren, and Wolf 16, Capt. Barnard Yeoman.
He then joined the Hecla bomb, Capt. Geo. Fred.
Lyon, under whom, until his return to England at
the close of 1823, we find him engaged in an expe-
dition to the Polar regions conducted by the present
Sir Wm. Edw. Parry. During his absence he was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission
bearing date 26 Dec. 1822. Being again, 12 Feb.
1824, appointed to the Hecla, commanded in person
by Capt. Parry, he sailed on another voyage of
discovery to the Arctic seas, where he remained
until the end of 1825. He next, in Aug. 1827,
joined the Victor 18, Capt. Geo. Lloyd, fitting for
the West Indies, on which station he obtained com-
mand, in Oct. 1828 and Aug. 1829, of the Monkey
and Nimble schooners. In the Monkey, a vessel
of only 75 tons, mounting 1 long 12-pounder on a
pivot, with a complement of 26 men, he made prize,
in April, 1829, of the Spanish schooner Joseplia,
carrying 1 12-pounder gun, a crew of 21 men, and
a cargo of 207 slaves ; and took, 27 June following,
after an action of 35 minutes, the Midas brig of
360 tons, mounting 4 long 18-pounders and 4 me-
dium 12-pounders, with a crew of more than 50 men
(of whom 1 was killed and 3 wounded), and having
as many as 400 slaves on board. In the Nimble,
of 5 guns, Lieut. Sherer, in Nov. of the same year,
captured the Gallito, mounting 1 nine-pounder, with
a crew of 16 men, and 136 slaves. Thus, within
eight months, were three vessels, carrying in the
whole 743 slaves, the reward of his activity and
zeal. His valour in effecting the capture of the
Midas obtained for him a strong recommendation
from the Commander-in-Chief, Hon. Chas. Elphin-
stone Fleeming, to the Lords of the Admiralty,
who signified their approval of his conduct, and
on his arrival home, in Aug. 1830, in tlie Bar-
ham 50, Capt. Sir John Louis, presented him
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with a Commander's commission dated 30 Deo.
1829. He was afterwards, from 22 Feb. 1831 until
April, 1837, employed in tiie Coast Guard ; and,
from 14 Feb. 1838 until paid off in May, 1841, in
command of the Dee steamer, on the North Ame-
rican and West India station. " From' a convic-
tion," writes Sir Jas. Graham, then First Lord of
the Admiralty, in a letter communicating to him
the above appointment to the Coast Guard, " of your
most gallant and meritorious services, and from a
desire on all possible occasions to mark my sense of
such conduct as yours, I -have been induced to ap-
point you this morning an Inspecting-Commander
of the Coast Guard." Capt. Sherer was nominated a
K..H. 25 Jan. 1836; and advanced to Post-rank
23 Nov. 1841. Agents — Burnett and Holmes.
SHERIDAN. (Captain, 1815.)
John Shekidan entered the Navy, in 1795, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Juste 80, Capts. Hon.
Thos. Pakenham and John Lawford, employed in
the Channel, off Cadiz, and among the Western
Islands. He served subsequently, on the Home
station, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the
KorAL Sovereign 100, flag-ship of Sir Alan Gardner
and Sir Henry Harvey, and Dhyad frigate, Capt.
Chas. John Moore Mansfield; and on 21 Dec. 1801
he was made Lieutenant into the Woolwich 44,
Capts. Bridges and Jennings, in which ship he
made a voyage to the West Indies. His succeeding
appointments were, to the Merlin sloop, Capt. Edw.
Pelham Brenton, Thunderer 74, Capt. Wm. Bed-
ford, HiBERNiA 110, flag-ship of Lord Gardner,
Prince of Wales 98, Capt. Bedford, and Ville
DE Paris 110, Bellerophon 74, and Victory 100,
bearing the flags of Lord Gardner, Hon. Alan Hyde
Gardner, and Sir Jas. Saumarez. In those ships he
was chiefly employed on the Home and Baltic sta-
tions. While attached, between Aug. 1803 and
Jan. 1804, to the Merlin, he shared, as Senior
Lieutenant, in several skirmishes with the enemy's
flotilla and land-batteries near Havre ; and on one
occasion he put off in the boats and set fire to the
Shannon frigate, which had run on shore under
the strong batteries of Tatihou island, near La
Hogue. On 19 June, 1809, being then in the Belle-
rophon, commanded as a private ship by Capt.
Sam. Warren, he served in her boats under the
orders of Lieut. Robt. Pilch, and was mentioned
for the very able assistance he afforded at the cap-
ture, on the coast of Finland, of three vessels and
of one of four batteries by which they had been
covered, mounting 4 24-pounders and garrisoned
by 103 men — an exploit that elicited the acknow-
ledgments of the Admiralty.* He equally dis-
tinguished himself, 7 July following, at the brilliant
capture, off Peroola Point, of the six Russian gun-
boats mentioned in our history of the services of
Capt. Chas. Allen. On the occasion of his pro-
motion to the rank of Commander, 27 Nov. 1810,
he was appointed for a few weeks to the Raleigh
sloop. His next appointment was, 4 Oct. 1813, to
the Terror bomb, in which vessel we find him
engaged with the American batteries near Balti-
more during the advance of the British army under
Colonel Brook, 13 Aug. 1814, and assisting at the
capture of St. Mary's, the frontier town of the state
of Georgia, 14 Jan. 1815. On 13 June in the latter
year, at which time he had been acting for rather
more than two months as Captain of the Levant 20,
he was confirmed to Post-rank. He continued in
the Levant, in the West Indies and on the Irish
station, until 27 Nov. 1815 ; and on 1 Oct. 1846 he
accepted the Retirement. Agents — Messrs. Stil-
well.
SHERINGHAM. (Captain, 1847. i^p., 23;
H-P., 16.)
William Louis Sheringham entered the Navy,
13 June, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Saturn
74, Capt., afterwards Rear-Admiral, Lord Aniehus
Beauclerk, under whom he continued, chiefly em-
• FideGxi. 1809, p. 1101.
ployed on the Home and North American stations,
in the Royal Oak and Hannibal 74's, and again
in the Royal Oak, until Jan. 1815. While on the
books of that ship he was present, as Midshipman,
in the attack upon Flushing, and was for some
time lent to the ^tna bomb, Capt. Jas. Baynton
Gardner. After serving for about two months with
Sir Alex. Cochrane in the Tonnant 80, he was
nominated, 28 March, 1815, Acting-Lieutenant of
the Ardent prison-ship at Bermuda, Capt. Sir Wra.
Crisp Hood Burnaby. From May to July, 1816, he
was borne as a Supernumerary Acting-Lieutenant
(while proceeding from the latter place to Halifax,
and thence to England) on the books of the Akbar
50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Edw. Grifiith,
and Buffalo store-ship. He next, in Aug. 1819
and Sept. 1822, joined, in the capacity of Midship-
man, the Superb 74 and Creole 42, bearing each
the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Thos. Master-
man Hardy on the coast of South America, where,
from 29 April until 18 Oct. 1823, he served as Acting-
Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission dated 29
July) in the Beaver 10, Capts. Thos. Bourchier
and Wm. Townshend Dance. He was subsequently,
from 6 Aug. 1830 until 1836, borne as a Supernu-
merary on the books of the Royal George 120,
Ocean 80, and Howe 120, flag-ships of Sir John
Poo Beresford and Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleem-
ing at the Nore ; and on 28 Aug. 1841 he was pro-
moted to the rank of Commander. His appoint-
ments have since been — 24 March and 19 Aug. 1842,
1 Jan. 1843, and 1 Aug. 1845, to the Sylvia, Rocket,
Fearless, and Dasher surveying-vessels, on the
Home station— and, 1 Deo. 1847, as Additional-
Captain, for surveying-service, to the Victory 100,
flag-ship at Portsmouth. His Post-commission bears
date 9 Oct. 1847.
SHERWIN. (Commander, 1825.)
Thomas Cowper Sherwin entered the Navy, in
1788, as Fst.-cl. Vol., ,on board the Myrmidon, in
which vessel and in the HY.aENA 24, the latter com-
manded by Capt. Wm. Aylmer, he served for about
three years in the Channel. Joining next, in 1793,
the Alligator, Capt. Wm, Appleby, he sailed in
that ship for the West Indies, where, from 1794
until 1798, he served on board the Europa 50, bear-
ing the broad pendant of Commodore Ford, Samp-
son 64, Capt. Thos. Louis, Majestic and Swift-
sore 74's, flag-ships of Sir John Laforey and Sir
Hugh Clobery Christian, Abergavenny 64, Capts.
Smith and John Coohet, and Rattler sloop, Capt.
Hall. In the Europa he assisted at the reduction
of the French islands ; he was made Lieutenant into
the Abergavenny 22 July, 1796 ; and he acted as
Commander of the Rattler in an attack made
upon a fort at St. Domingo. Between May, 1799,
and 1805, he served on the Home station in the
America 64, Capt. John Smith (part of the force
employed in the expedition to Holland), Warrior
74, Capt. Chas. Tyler, Princess of Orange 74,
Capt. Chas. Cobb, Pylades sloop, Capt. ■ Jas.
Boorder, Swiftscre 74, Capt. Ferris, and Atlas 74,
Capts. Wm. Hope and Sam. Pym. His next ap-
pointments were, to the command — 28 Oct. 1808 and
(after 12 months of half-pay caused by ill health)
28 Aug. 1810, of the Flamer and Active, both in
the Downs — 22 Oct. in the latter year, to the Non-
pareil, in the Channel, where he served until 1812
—and, 26 March, 1814, and 4 June, 1817, for pe-
riods of 14 and 17 months, to the Sprightly and
Starling, on the same station. In 1819 he was
nominated an Inspecting-Commander of the Irish
Coast Guard; and, on 27 May, 1825, as a reward
for long and active services, he was promoted to his
present rank.
In 1834 Commander Sherwin was appointed a Sti-
pendiary Magistrate at the Cape of Good Hope ;
and, since 20 Nov. 1843, he has filled the post of
Emigration Agent General for British Guiana. He
is married and has issue. Agent — Joseph Wood-
head.
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SHEWEN—SHIFFNER—SHILLINGFORD— SHIPLEY.
SHEWEN. (Eetibed Commander, 1844.)
Daniei, Shewen died 7 Dec. 1845.
This officer entered tlie Navy, 23 July, 1793, as
Captain's Servant, on board tlie Amphion 32, Capts.
Herbert Sawyer and Kobt. Warburton, employed
at Newfoundland and on the Home station ; wliere,
in 1795, he rejoined Capt. Sawyer, as Midshipman
(a rating he had previously attained) in the Nassau
64, flag-ship for some time of Admiral Sir liich.
Onslow ; on removing with whom to the Monarch
74, commanded subsequently by Capt. Sam. Sutton,
he fought in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct.
1797. Being on that occasion severely wounded, he
was presented with a gratuity from ^the Patriotic
Fund.* After serving at Sheemess and in the Me-
diterranean, as Master's Mate, in the Termagant
and Hy^na, both under the orders of Capt. David
Lloyd, he was made Lieutenant, 19 Aug. 1799, into
the Camilla 20, lying at Spithead. Deducting an
interval of a few months occasioned by the peace
of Amiens, he was employed, between the following
Oct. and 1806, on the Home station, in the Lily,
Capt. Thos. Palmer, Kdssel 74, Capt. Herbert Saw-
yer, Braak, Capt. John MasonLewis, San Josef 110
and Prince of Wales 98, flag-ships of Sir Chas.
Cotton and Sir Robt. Calder (the latter engaged in
the action of 22 July, 1805), and Kent 74, Prince
OF "Wales again, Malta 80, and Ville de Paris
110, bearing each the flag of Vice- Admiral Thorn-
brough ; to whom he then became Flag-Lieutenant
in the Koyal Sovereign 100. In June, 1808, at
which time he was serving in the Mediterranean,
he invalided home on board the Sdpere 74, Capt.
Sam. Jackson. His last appointment was, 28 Aug.
1834, to the Ordinary at Sheemess, in which he
continued until Aug. 1837 — the last year with his
name on the" books of the Temeraiee 98, Capt.
Thos. Fortescue Kennedy. He was placed on the
Senior List of Retired Commanders 22 Jan. 1844.
He married at Plymouth, 8 Oct. 1829, Miss Eliza-
beth Boulter. Agents — Pettet and Newton.
SHIFFNEE, Bart, (daptain, 1819. f-p., 19 ;
H-p., 26.)
Sir Henry Shiffner, bom 4 Nov. 1789, is second
and eldest surviving son of Sir Geo. Shiffner (whom
he succeeded, as second Baronet, 3 Feb. 1842) by
Mary, only daughter and heiress of Sir John Bridger,
Kt., of Coin, St. Aldwyns, co. Gloucester, and
Combe Place, Sussex ; and brother (wifli Capt. John
Bridger Shiffner, 3rd Foot Guards, who was mor-
tally wounded at the siege of Bayonhe 14 April,
1814, and died the next day) of the Rev. Geo.
Shiffner, Prebendary of Chichester. -His grand-
father, Henry Shiffner, Esq., of Pontrylas, co. Here-
ford, M.P. for Minehead, married Mary, daughter
of John Jackson, Esq., Governor-General of Bengal
in 1748, and niece of John Lord Bellenden.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in
May, 1802 ; and embarked in Dec. 1805, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Thetis 38, Capts. "Wm. Hall Gage
and Geo. Miller, under whom he was for three years
employed in the North Sea, off the coasts of France,
Spain, and Portugal, in the Mediterranean, and at
St. Helena. Soon after he had joined the Thisbe
28, flag-ship of Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope at
Deptford, he was made Lieutenant, 10 Feb. 1809,
into the Trusty 50, Capt. Brian Hodgson. In the
following March he removed to the Owen Glen-
dower 36,t Capts. "Wm. Selby, Edw. Henry A'Court,
and B. Hodgson; and after serving for three years
and seven months in that ship on the Baltic, Chan-
nel, North American, Mediterranean, Cape of Good
Hojje, and East India stations, he received, in Oct.
1814, a Commander's commission, dated 22 of the
preceding Feb., appointing him to the Sphynx
sloop, building at Bombay. Returning to England
on Admiralty leave in 1815, he next,. 6 Jan. 1818,
and 1 July, 1819, obtained command of the Drake
10 and Carnation 18, both on the Newfound-
* Vide Gaz. 1797, p. 986, where lie is, in error, named
" Shenvin."
t In this ship be assisted at the capture of the island of
Anholdt 18 May, 1809.
land station; where he was nominated, 11 Sept.
in the latter year, Acting-Captain of the Egeria
26. In that ship, to which he was confirmed 10
Nov. following, he remained until paid off 5 Jan.
1820. His last appointment was, 7 April, 1834, to
the Hastings 74, bearing the flag of Sir "Wm. Hall
Gage at Lisbon. He was placed on half-pay 12 Jan.
1838 ; and on 1 Oct. 1846 he accepted the Retire-
ment.
Sir Henry Shiffner married, 9 July, 1825, Emily,
second daughter of the late Thos. Brooke, Esq., of
Church Minshul, co. Chester. Agents — Hallett
and Robinson.
SHILLINGFOED. (Liedtenant, 1815. f-p., 21 ;
H-p., 19.)
Alexander Shillingford is second son of Thos.
Shillingford, Esq., late Captain of the Royal Bucks
Yeomanry.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol. on board the Dreadnodght 98, Capts.
"Wm. Lechmere, Geo. Burgoyne Salt, and Valentine
CoUard, bearing the flag of Bear-Admiral Thos.
Sotheby in the Channel, where he attained the rating
of Midshipman 1 Feb. 1809, and saw much boat-
service. Proceeding in Oct. 1810 to the Mediter-
ranean in the Hibernia 120, Capt. "White, he con-
tinued actively employed on that station until his
return home in Aug. 1814 in the Ville de Paris
110 and Rodney and Milford 74's, all flag-ships of
Eear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle. In 1813 he
was present at the reduction of Trieste. On his
subsequent arrival in the "West Indies in the Magni-
ficent 74, Capt. "Willoughby Thos. Lake, he was
nominated, 25 Nov. 1814, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Cydnus 38, Capts. Fred. Langford and Hon. Robt.
Cavendish Spencer ; in command of one of the boats
of which ship we find him, 14 Dec. in the same
year, assisting at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of
five American gun-boats under Commodore Jones,
whose desperate resistance occasioned the British a
loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. He joined
in the ensuing attack upon New Orleans, and was in
the boats co-operating with the army on the Missis-
sippi on the fatal 8 Jan. 1815. He continued in the
Cydnus (to which ship he was confirmed 28 Feb.
1815) until 21 Jan. 1816; and since 30 March, 1835,
has been employed in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Shillingford married, 23 Dec. 1830, Lucy,
daughter of "Wm. Gurden, Esq., a lady by whom he
has issue three children.
SHIPLEY. (Liedtenant, 1845.)
Conway Mordaunt Shipley, born in Nov. 1824,
is eldest surviving son of the late Rev. Chas. Ship-
ley, of Twyford House, co. Hants, by Charlotte,
daughter of Orby Sloper, Esq., of "West "Woodhay,
CO. Berks, Rector of Mappowder, co. Dorset; and
nephew of the late gallant Capt. Conway Shipley,
R.N.* His grandfather, the Kev. "Wm. Davies
• Capt. Conway Shipley was born 14 Aug. 1782 ; and en-
tered the Navy 14 Aug. 1793, on board the Invincible 74,
Capt. Thos Pakenham. In that ship he toolt part, and dis-
played much courage, in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794;
and he again, in the Phoebe 44, Capt. Robt. Barton, distin-
guished himself at the capture, in Dec. 1797, of the-French
frigate La Nereide of 44 guns and 715 men. After serving as
Lieutenant (a rank he had attained in 1800) on board the En-
DYMION 40, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, Vanouard 74, Capt.
Philip Chas. Durham, and Satdhn 74, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Thos. Totty, he was made (having acquired consider-
able reputation) Commander by Sir Sam. Hood, in 1803, into
the St. Lucia schooner (rated as a sloop-of-war), and ap-
pointed next to the Hippomenzs of 14 guns and 90 men. In
the latter vessel he made prize, 27 March, 1804, after an ar-
duous chase of 04 hours and a running fight of three hours
and 20 minutes, of tile French frigate-built privateer Egyjt-
tienne of 36 guns and 240 men. His gallantry on this occasion
procured him a sword from the Patriotic Society. Capt.
Shipley was also present in the Hippomenes at the reduction
of Surinam, where he ably superintended the debarkation of
the division of troops under Brigadier-General Maitland at
"W'arappa creek. He was promoted by Sir Sam. Hood, in May
1804, into his own flag-ship the Centaur 74 ; was posted bv
the Admiralty, about the same period, into the La Saoesse
frigate ; and was subsequently employed in the Sea Fencible
SHIPLEY— SHIPPARD—SHIPTON.
1063
Shipley, was Dean, and his great-grandfather, Jona-
than Shipley, Bishop, of St. Asaph. One of his
brothers, Keginald Yonge Shipley, is an officer in
the 5th FusiUers.
This officer entered the Navy in 1837 ; and as a
reward for having passed the test examination at
the Royal Naval College, was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant 28 June, 1845. Since 31 Dec. follow-
ing he has heen employed in the Pacific in the Ca-
lypso 18, Capt. Henry John Worth.
SHIPLEY. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 13; h-p., 33.)
James SHipiiEy entered the Navy, 17 Nov. 1801,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ariadne 20, Capt.
Patrick Campbell, on the Home station ; where he
served, from Oct. 1802 until Aug. 1805, as Midship-
man and Master's Mate, in the Gannbt 16, Capt.
Edw. Bass ; and where, in Sept. of the latter year,
he joined the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell
Stephens. After he had been for two years and a
half employed in the North Sea, Baltic, and Channel
in the Quebec 32, Capts. Geo. M'Kinley, Lord Vis-
count Falkland, and Hon. Geo. Poulett, Cbdizek 18,
Capt. Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, and Quebec again,
Capts. Hon. G. Poulett and John Thioknesse, part
of the time as Acting-Lieutenant, he became at-
tached in that capacity, 18 Jan. and 13 Aug. 1809,
to the Vulture 18, Capt. Martin "White, and Phoe-
nix 36, Capt. Zachary Mudge. He was nominated,
3 Jan. 1810, Acting-Master of the Albacohe 18,
Capt. Corbet Jas. D'Auvergne ; was advanced to
his present rank by commission dated 17 April in
the same year ; and was next, from 19 of that month
until .\pril, 1811, and from Oct. in the latter year
until Sept. 1814, employed in the Baltic and on
various parts of the Home station in the Ardent
64, Capt. Robt. Honyraan, and Princess Caroline
74, Capt. Hugh Downman. He has since been on
half-pay.
Lieut. Shipley married, first, in June, 1819, Je-
mima, only child of Mr. Bradney, of Hilton, co.
Salop ; and secondly, in Oct. 1826, Harriet Sarah,
only child of the Rev. Henry Ward, Rector of Ha-
vering Bower, co. Essex. By his former marriage
he has issue two daughters.
SHIPPARD. (Retired Captain, 1846. f-p.,
24 ; H-P., 45.)
William Shippard, born 17 Feb. 1764, near Bo-
ness, in Scotland, is son of the late Mr. Shippard,
who was Purser of the Vanguard 74, flag-ship of
Sir Horatio Nelson at the battle of the Nile 1 Aug.
1798, and who died in 1803 at Jamaica of yellow
fever ; and brother of the late Alex. Shippard, Escj.,
Rear- Admiral of the Blue.* His grandfather, John
Walkinshaw, of Sootston, having sided with the re-
bels in 1715, was attainted, deprived of his property,
and obliged to seek refuge in France, where he re-
mained until pardoned by George II. in 1730. One
of his nieces, a daughter of Rear-Admiral Shippard,
is married to Lieut. Alex. Buchanan, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1778, as
Midshipman, on board the Medea 28, Capt. Jas.
service, and in command of the Comus of 32 guns and Nvmphe
3G. In the Nvmphe he accompanied the expedition to Copen-
liagen in 1 807. He was afterwards stationed off the Tagus,
where, having taken command of his boats, he was shot
through the head while in the act of boarding, on the night of
23 April, 1808, the French corvette La Gavotte of 22 guns
and 150 men. He had left his ship with tlie magnanimous
intention of attacking the Carhtta frigate of 44 guns ; but in
this he was disappointed by the wind failing. Capt. Shipley
was, in the most exalted sense, a British hero.
• llear-Admiral Shippard obtained his first commission
23 Oct. 179;i; and for the gallantry he displayed when in
command ofthe Admiral Mitchell cutter,of 12 12-pounders
and 32 men, in driving on shore, 3 1 Oct. 1803, near Boulogne,
a French brig, mounting 12 32-pounders, was promoted to the
rank of Commander 3 March, 1804. He was made Post 22
.Tan. 1806, and afterwards commanded the Banterer 22,
Namur 74, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Thos. Wells, at
Sheerness, and the Asia 74. The Banterer was wrecked in
the river St. Lawrence 29 Oct. 1808, but her Captain was ac-
quitted of anyshare in the disaster. He attained Flag-rank
28 June, 1838, and died in 1841. He married a daughter of
Admiral Sir John Knight, K.C.B.
Montagu, stationed on the coast of France, where
he took part in an action with the French 50-gun
ship Jupiter. Removing, in Feb. 1799, to the Ex-
periment 50, Capt. Sir Jas. Wallace, he assisted, in
company with the Pallas 36, Unicorn 20, and two
12-gun brigs, in an attack made, 13 May following,
on three Frenffli frigates lying in Concale Bay, un-
der the protection of a battery and of several pieces
of cannon and howitzers on the beach ; the result
whereof was the surrender of one of the enemy's
ships, the Danae 36 (taken possession of by Lieut.
Roth, accompanied by Mr. Shippard), and the de-
struction of the remainder — the fire of the battery
being also silenced. In the course of the same
year, after she had been totally dismasted in a hur-
ricane, and had thrown all her anchors and upper-
deck guns overboard, the Experiment was herself
taken, off the coast of America, by the French fleet
under Comte d'Estaing. Being soon, however, re-
stored to liberty, Mr. Shippard, in April, 1780,
joined the Nonsuch 64, commanded at first by Sir
Jas. Wallace, and next by Capt. Truscott. In her
he contributed, 15 July ensuing, to the capture,
after an action of two hours, of the Belle P&ide of
32 guns and 275 men, 25 of whom, including the
Captain, were killed and 50 wounded. Subsequently
to the relief of Gibraltar by Admiral Darby, the
Nonsuch, on 14 May, 1781, was for several hours
fiercely engaged with a French 74, the conflict ter-
minating by the separation of the combatants, after
a loss to the British ship, which had been reduced
to a vrreck, of 26 men killed and 64 wounded. Con-
tinuing in the Nonsuch until the peace of 1783, Mr.
Shippard was afforded an opportunity of sharing in
the victory gained by Rodney over the Comte de
Grasse 12 April, 1782. We next, in 1790-1, find hira
serving on the Home station in the Vengeance 74,
Capt. Sir Thos. Rich, and Victort 100, flag-ship of
Lord Hood ; and in Jan. and Dec. 1793, joining the
Monarch 74, commanded by his friend Sir Jas.
Wallace, and Sandwich 90, flag-ship of Admiral
Roddam at the Nore. He was made Lieutenant, 10
May, 1794, into the Monarch, then bearing the flag
of Sir J. Wallace, with whom (deducting a period of
two months passed on board the Bonetta sloop) he
continued employed at Newfoundland in the RoM-
NEY 50, until appointed, 10 April, 1797, to the Gib-
raltar 80, Capts. Hon. Thos. Pakenham and Wm.
Hancock Kelly. In that ship he served for nearly
six years in the Mediterranean, where, in March,
1803, he removed, as First-Lieutenant, to the Agin-
COURT 64, Capt. Thos. Briggs. He returned to Eng-
land in March, 1805, and was afterwards employed^
—from 19 May, 1805, until 20 April, 1807, in the Sea
Fencibles in Ireland — from 11 June, 1807, until 16
March, 1809, as Senior, in the Valiant 74, Capt.
Jas. Young— and from 29 Oct. 1810, until promoted
to the rank of Commander 12 Aug. 1812, in a similar
capacity, in the Aberckomest 74, Capt. Wm. Chas.
Fahie, on the coasts of France and Spain. In the
Valiant he accompanied Admiral Gambler in the
expedition against Copenhagen ; whence on the sur-
render of the Danish fleet he brought home the
Shioldli. He was placed on the list of Retired
Captains 2 Sept. 1846. Agents — Burnett and
Holmes.
SHIPTON. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
James Maurice Shipton is son ofthe late Rev.
Dr. Shipton, Rector of Porkshead, Vicar of Staun-
ton Bury, and one of His Majesty's Justices of the
Peace for co. Somerset.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1803, as
Midshipman, on board the Thunderer 74, Capt.
Wm. Bedford, attached to the force on the Home
station, where he served from Feb. 1805 until June,
1807, in the Hibernia 110, and Prince of Wales
98, flag-ships of Lord Gardner and Sir Jas. Sau-
marez. He then joined the Penelope 36, Capt.
John Dick, employed at first off Ferrol and next on
the coast of North America and in the West Indies.
After co-operating in the reduction of Martinique,
he removed, 2 Nov. 1809, to the Swiftsure 74,
1064
SHIRLEY— SHIRREFF.
bearing the flag at Halifax of Vice-Admiral Sir
John Borlase Warren, by whom he was nominated,
11 of the same month, Acting-Lieutenant of the
GoHEE 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng. In that
Tessel, to which he was confirmed 25 June, 1810, he
continued until Jan. 1812, when he invalided. His
last appointment was, 27 June in the latter year, to
the Curlew brig, Capts. Michael Head and Hugh
Pearson, with whom he continued employed, again
on the Halifax station, until 21 July, 1815. He was
in consequence present, 26 March, 1813, at the cap-
ture of the American ship letter-of-marque Volante,
pierced for 22 guns, mounting 10 24^pounder car-
ronades and 4 long 9's, with a complement of 85
men.
Lieut. Shipton has been for many years Russian
Vice-Consul at Gloucester. He married, 19 Jan.
1820, Eliza, daughter of Kobt. Atkins, Esq., of
Leamington Priors, co. Warwick, by whom he has
SHIRLEY. (Vice-Admiral of the Red, 1840.)
F-p., 26 ; H-p., 41.)
Geokge Jaues SHiKLEr died, 2 Aug. 1845, at
Bath, aged 77. He was son of Capt. Jas. Shirley
(1772), who was lost when in command of the Ves-
tal frigate, with all on board, on the banks of New-
foundland, in 1777 ; and grandson of Capt. Jas.
Shirley (1762), who died in command of the Dol-
phin 20, on the East India station, in 1774.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1779, as
A.B., on board the Kobost 74, Capts. Alex. Hood
(afterwards Lord Bridport) and Philip Cosby, em-
ployed in the Channel and on the coast of North
America. In March, 1782, he removed as Midship-
man (a rating he had attained in Oct. 1780) to
L'EspiON, Capt. Thos. Revell Shivers, stationed in
the West Indies; he next, in May, 1783, joined the
Scipio, Capt. John Nicholson Inglefield, guard-ship
at Sheerness; and from May, 1785, until promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant in Nov. 1790, he was em-
ployed in North America and the Channel, as Mas-
ter's Mate, in the Weazle and Thisee, both com-
manded by Capt. Sam. Hood, and London 98, Capt.
Wm. Domett, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Hood. His next
appointments were, on the Home station — 1 April
and 27 Sept. 1791, to the Thorn and Spitfire
sloops, Capts. John Woodley and Philip Chas.
Durham — 15 June, 1793, to the Hebe frigate, Capt.
Alex. Hood — and 18 Aug. 1794, to the Royal
George 100, bearing the flag of Lord Bridport.
By the latter nobleman he was placed in acting-
command, 11 Sept. 1797, of the Meg^ra fire-ship,
and, 26 April, 1798, of the Mars 74.* He was con-
firmed to the Meg^ira 11 Sept. 1797, and to the
Mars by a commission bearing the same date as
his acting-order. During the above period he was
often in battle, and was several times wounded. In
the Royal George he was present in the action off
the He de Groix 23 June, 1795, and in the mutiny
at Spithead. An attack of rheumatic gout, induced
by frequent exposure to wet and cold, compelled
him, in Aug. 1798, to leave the Mars, and prevented
him from afterwards going afloat. From 26 March,
1804, until the corps was disbanded in Feb. 1810, he
commanded the Poole district of Sea Fencibles.
He became a Rear-Admiral on retired half-pay 2
June, 1825 ; and was placed on the active list of
Vice-Admirals 12 Nov. 1840.
He was married and has left issue.
SHIRREFF. (LiEBT., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
Patrick Shirreff entered the Navy, 26 July,
1804, as Midshipman, on board the Experiment
44, Capt. Geo. Chas. Mackenzie; on accompanying
whom to the West Indies in the Wolfe 18, he was
wrecked on Heneaga, one of the Bahama Islands, 5
Sept. 1806. A severe injury sustained on that occa-
sion in the left leg (the effects of which he feels to
this day) obliged him (after he had been for nearly
• Vacant by thedeath of Capt. Ales. Hood, who had fallen
in action with the French 74-gun ship, Hcrcule. — yide Gaz.
1798, p. 342.
four months employed in the Shark sloop, Capt.
Henry Boys, and Cdba 36, Capt. Fred. Langford)
to invalid home, in Jan. 1807, on board the Pelican
16, Capt. Wm. Ward. He subsequently, from Jan.
1808 until May, 1815, served, on the Home and North
American stations, as Midshipman and Master's
Mate, in the Texel and Ardent 64's, both com-
manded by Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon, Childers
sloop, Capt. Joseph Packwood, Rdby store-ship,
Master-Commander David Ferrie, Goliath 74,
Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and Tonnant 80,
bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. On
leaving the ship last-mentioned, in which he had
taken part in the expeditions to the Chesapeake
and New Orleans, he took up a commission dated 9
Feb. 1815. He has since been on half-pay.
SHIRREFF. (Rear-Admiral of the Blue,
1846. F-P., 30; H-P., 21.)
William Henry Shirkeff died Admiral-Super-
intendent at Portsmouth, 1 Dec. 1847, aged 62. He
was only son of the late General Shirreff.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1796, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Juste 80, Capt. Hon.
Thos. Pakenham ; in which ship,"' and in the Prin-
cess Royal 98, commanded, we believe, by Capt.
John Wm. Spranger, Neptune 98, Capt. Sir Eras-
mus Gower, and Circe and Stag frigates, both com-
manded by Capt. Robt. Winthrop, he continued em-
ployed as Midshipman, on the Home station, until
wrecked, in Vigo Bay, 6 Sept. 1800. He served
next for about two years in the East Indies in the
RoMNEY 50, Capt. Sir Home Popham ; at the com-
mencement of 1803 he joined the Magnificent 74,
Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis, on the Irish station ; and
towards the close of the same year he sailed for the
West Indies in the Reynard sloop, Capts. Robt.
Cathcart, Hill, and John Ayscough. While in the
latter vessel he was promoted, 3 March, 1804, to the
rank of Lieutenant. In the following Dec, having
returned home in the Hornet sloop, Capt. Shep-
herd, he received an appointment to the Circe 32,
Capt. Jonas Rose. On 1 March, 1805, the Circe,
on her way with despatches to the fleet off Cape St.
Vincent, fell in with and captured, off Oporto, the
Spanish schooner privateer La JFama, of 4 guns and
62 men. Placed in charge of this vessel, Lieut.
Shirreff" was sent to the West Indies with an official
communication for Rear-Admiral Hon. Alex. Coch-
rane. On his passage, however, he had the misfor-
tune to encounter two French privateers, whose
superior force enabled them to carry him a prisoner
to Guadeloupe. ' Subsequently to his enlargement
he was nominated, in Nov. 1805, Acting-Commander
of the Lily sloop, on the West India station ; where,
the appointment being confirmed 5 March, 1806, we
find him, in March, 1808, assisting at the reduction
of the island of Deseada. On that occasion he landed
in command of the boats of the squadron and dis-
played signal merit.f The island having surren-
dered, he was ordered to cruize for its protection
with, in addition to his own vessel, the Express
gun-brig and Mozambique schooner under his or-
ders. While thus employed his little squadron made
prize, 21 April, 1808, of Le Jean Jacques French
letter-of-marque, pierced for 18 guns, but mounting
only 6 long 9-pounders.t In March, 1810, after he
had been for some time stationed off Cadiz, Capt.
Shirreff, whose promotion to Post rank had taken
place 15 Nov. 1809, left the Lily. He was subse-
quently employed — from Oct. 1812 until he inva-
lided in July, 1814, in the Barrosa 36, on the coast
of North America and in the West Indies— from 10
Sept. 1817 until Sept. 1821, in the Andromache 44,
in South America § — from 22 Jan. until Nov. 1830,
in the Warspite 76, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Thos.
Baker on the same station— from 9 March, 1838,
until Aug. 1841, and from 24 Aug. in the latter year
until Sept. 1846, as Captain-Superintendent of the
*' One of thoae involved in the Mutiny at Spithead.
+ Vide Gaz. 1808, p. fiSl. t f. Gaz. 1808, p. 878.
9 An account of the Andromache's voyage from Valpa-
raiso to New South Shetland, was published by Mr Edw
Bianaiield, Master E.N. in 1821.
SHORE— SHORT-SHORTLAND—SHORTT.
1065
Victualling and DookyardsatDeptford and Chatham
—and from 24 Aug. 1847, until the period of his
death, as Admiral-Superintendent at Portsmouth.
His promotion to Flag-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846.
Rear-Admiral Shirreff married, 29 June, 1810,
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Hon. Bavid
Murray, grand-uncle of the present Lord Elibank,
by whom he has left issue.
SHORE. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Samuel Spabshott Seob£ passed his examination
16 June, 1835 ; and for his services in China as Mate
of the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842.* His next
appointments were — 20 Oct. 1843, as Additional, to
the Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Com-
modore John Brett Purvis on the coast of Brazil — 2
Aug. 1844, to the Kacek 16, Capt. Arch. Heed, on
the coast of Africa — 8 Sept. 1846, again as Addi-
tional, to the Devastation steam-sloop. Commo-
dore Sir Chas. Hotham, on the same station — and
30 Sept. 1846, for a few months, to the Coast
Guard.
SHORT. (LiEnTENANT, 1815.)
HENKr MrDDLETON Shoet died 4 Nov. 1844, of
typhus fever, at Ballina, co. Mayo.
This officer entered the Navy 16 June, 1805, as
Pst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pokpoise, Capt. J. Short,
fitting, we believe, for New South Wales, whence he
returned, in 1807, in the Buffalo store-ship. In
Aug. 1808, eight months after he had been dis-
charged from the latter vessel, he was received into
the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth. He next,
in June, 1811, joined the Salvador del Mundo,
Capt. Nash, lying at Plymouth, and, in the course
of the same month, the Rota 38, Capt. Philip Somer-
ville, with whom he served on the Home, North
America, and "West India stations, as Midshipman
and Master's Mate, until May, 1815. He then re-
moved in succession to the Albion 74, Capt. Jas.
Walker, and Madagascar and Phaeton frigates,
both commanded by Capt. Fras. Stanfcll ; and in
the following Nov. he was presented with a com-
mission bearing date 3 Aug. 1815. His last ap-
pointments were— 23 July, 1823, to the Harlequin
sloop, Capt, John Weeks, on the Cork station — 20
Nov. 1824, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Hugh
Downman, lying at Plymouth — and, 21 Jan. 1825, to
the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant
of the Bamillies 74, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and
Hugh Pigot.
Lieut. Short was married and has left issue.
SHORT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 29.)
Joseph Short (J) entered the Navy, 22 Sept.
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Porpoise, Capts.
J. Short and John Porteous, in which vessel he was
for about five years employed at New South Wales,
part of the time as Master's Mate and Acting-Lieu-
tenant. He served subsequently, from Dec. 1810
until June, 1815, in the Mediterranean, Channel,
and West Indies, in the Serapis, Master-Com-
mander Wm. Lloyd, Haughty gun-brig, Lieut.-
Commander Jas. Harvey, Active 38, Capt. Jas.
Alex. Gordon, Fervent 12, Capt. Chas. Hope Reid,
Asia 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown,
Shark sloop, Capts. John Gore, Chas. Sam. White,
John XJndrell, and Chas. Strangways, and Tortoise,
Master-Commander Thos. Cooke. He was for
seven months Second-Master of the Serapis and
Haughtt, and for 20, Acting-Master of the Shark.
After he had been for nearly three months em-
ployed in Portsmouth Harbour in the Prince 98,
flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, Queen Char-
lotte 100, Bbitomakt 10, Capt. Robt. Riddell (now
Carre), and Pactolus 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm.
Aylmer, he took up, in Oct. 1815, a commission
bearing date 13 of the preceding March. His last
appointment was to the Coast Blockade, on which
service he continued for about three years as Super-
numerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt.
Wm. Jaa. Mingaye, and Ramillies 74, Capts. Wm.
* Fide Gaz. 1843, p. 2950.
M'CuUoch and Hugh Pigot. Agents— Holmes and
Folkard.
SHORT. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Samuel Frederick Short entered the Navy 14
March, 1823 ; passed his examination in 1830 ; and
for his services on the coast of Syria, including the
bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840. His appoint-
ments have since been— 15 Dec. 1840, to the Cy-
clops steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, in the
Mediterranean — 8 April, 1843, as Additional, to the
Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen,
on the same station — 11 Dec. following, to the Lo-
cust steamer, Lieut.-Commander John Lunn, also in
the Mediterranean — 23 April, 1844, again to the
Queen, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley at
Portsmouth— and, 26 Aug. 1844, to the command,
which he still retains, of a station in the Coast
Guard.
Lieut. Short married, 8 Dec. 1846, Anne, eldest
daughter of Lieut. John R. Benson, K.N.
SHORTLAND. (Commander, 1848.)
Peter Frederick Shoktland entered the Navy
15 Jan. 1827 ; passed his examination 4 Dec. 1834;
was promoted (from the Excellent gunnery-ship
at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings) to the
rank of Lieutenant 1 April, 1842 ; and, from 11 May
following until advanced to the rank of Commander
20 Jan. 1848, was employed on surveying service in
North America in the Columbia steamer, com-
manded during that period by Lieuts. Alfred Kort-
right and John Harding, by Capt. Wm. Fitzwilfiam
Owen, and for upwards of two years by himself.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
SHORTLAND. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
WiiLOuGHBY SHORTLAND entered the Navy (from
the Royal Naval College) 9 Jan. 1818 ; passed his
examination in 1823 ; and obtained his commission
18 Jan. 1828. His succeeding appointments were —
24 Aug. 1828, to the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas.
Sullivan, employed on particular service — 19 Dec.
1829, to the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, on the
Jamaica station — and, 21 March, 1831, to the com-
mand of the Skipjack schooner, of 5 guns, also in
the West Indies, where he remained until superseded
in June, 1833.
He is at present Colonial Secretary at New Zea-
land. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
SHORTT. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 9.)
Charles Shortt was born 3 June, 1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 April, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Flora 36, Capt. Loftus
Otway Bland, in which frigate he was wrecked on
the coast of Holland while holding the rating of
Midshipman 19 Jan. 1808. On being released after
a few months of captivity, he was received, in July
of the same year, on board the Aboukir 74, Capt.
Geo. Parker, attached to the force in the North
Sea. He was subsequently employed — from 24
March, 1809, until 18 March, 1813 (on the Baltic and
Halifax stations), in the Africa 64, Capts. L. O. Bland
Geo. Fred. Ryves, and John Bastard, flag-ship for
some time of Rear-Admiral Herbert Sawyer — from
19 March, 1813, until 25 Oct. 1815, in the Rippon 74,
Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, and Amphion 32, Capts!
Jas. Pattison Stewart, John Brett Purvis, and Wm.
Bowles, in the Channel and among the Western
Islands— from 26 Oct. 1815 until 3 Aug. 1819, in the
Magicienne 42, Capt. John Brett Purvis, in the East
Indies — and, from 30 March, 1820, until 21 Aug. 1821
in the Pandora 18, Capt. Chas. Grenville Randolph'
on the Irish station. In the Rippon, Amphion, and
Magicienne he held (as he had latterly done in the
Africa) the rating of Master's Mate, and in the
Pandora that of Admiralty Midshipman. He saw
much boat-service in the Africa on the Danish
coast, and was much employed in her in chasing
American frigates and privateers ; and he was present
in the Rippon at the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of the
French frigate Le Weser of 44 guns. On leaving
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SIIORTT-SHULDIIAM— SHUTE— SHUTTLEWORTH.
the Pandora he took up a commission dated 19
July, 1821 — awarded in honour of the coronation of
George IV. From 9 Jan. 1827 until Dec. 1830, he
served in the Coast Blockade, with his name on the
books of the HypEKion 42, Capt.Wm. Jas. Mingaye ;
and, since 14 Oct. 1834, he has been in charge of a
station in the Coast Guard.
SHORTT. CLiEUTENANT, 1843.)
Francis Henry Shortt entered the Navy 14
May, 1836 ; passed his examination 1 June, 1842 ;
and after having been for two years and a half
Mate of the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 22 Dec. 1843. From 23
Feb. 1844 until paid off at the close of 1847, he
served in the Pacific and Channel and off the coast
of Portugal in the America 50, Capts. Hon. John
Gordon and Sir Thos. Maitland; and, from 1 Feb.
until June, 1848, at Portsmouth in the Powerfdl
84, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas.
SHULDHAM. (Ketiked Commander, 1843.
F-p., 20 ; H-p., 34.)
MoLYNEux Sholdham is third son of the late
Arthur Lemuel Shuldham, Esq., of Dunmanway,
CO. Cork, and of Pallis Green, co. Limerick, who re-
sided for many years at Deerpark, Devon, and was
Deputy-Lieutenant for that co., and Lieutenant-
Colonel of the East Devon Teomanry Cavalry, by
his fi.rst wife, Maria, daughter of the late Sir Wm.
Anderson, Bart., formerly of Kilnwick Percy,
Yorkshire, and of Lea Hall, Lincolnshire. He is
brother (with the present Edm. Wm. Shuldham,
Esq., of Dunmanway, Major-General E. I. Co.'s
service, for some years Quarter-Master General at
Bombay) of the late Lieut. John Geo. Evelyn
Shuldham, R.N., of Mr. Henry Geo. Shuldham,
Midshipman, K.N., who was killed at the taking of
Surinam, and of the late Lieut.-Colonel Arthur
Shuldham, E. L C. S.
This ofiioer entered the Navy, 5 Jan. 1793, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alarm, Capt. Lewis lio-
bertson, attached to the force in the Channel. On
removing with Capt. Robertson to the Veteran 64,
commanded afterwards by Capt. Wm. Hancock
Kelly, he took part, in 1794, in the attack made by
Commodore Ford on the island of St. Domingo.
He next, in the course of 1796-7, became Midship-
man (a rating he had previously attained) of the
Unite 36, Capt. Chas. Rowley, Braakel 54, Capt.
Thos. Bertie, and Lord Mulgrave, all on the Home
station ; and on 15 April, 1799, about which period
he suffered shipwreck on the coast of Ireland, he
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His sub-
sequent appointments were— 13 May, 1799, to the
Seagull, Capts. Henry Wray and Thos. Lavie,
stationed off Guernsey — 17 Jan. 1801, to the Edgar
74, Capts. Edw. Buller, Geo. Murray, and Kobfc.
Waller Otway, under the second named of whom he
fought at Copenhagen 2 April, 1801—5 April, 1803,
and 15 March, 1804, to the Royal Sovereign 100
and Kent 74, Capts. Rich. Curry and Pulteney
Malcolm, employed in the Channel and Mediter-
ranean— 18 April, 1805, to the Royal William,
Capt. John Wainwright, lying at Spithead— and,
6 March, 1806, to the command of the Adder gun-
brig. The latter vessel being driven on shore and
captured near Abreval 9 Dec following, he remained
a prisoner of war in France from that period until
April, 1814. He accepted the rank of Retired Com-
mander on the Senior List 10 June, 1843.
In May, 1816, Commander Shuldham was pre-
sented with the gold Isis medal, and with the silver
medal of the Society of Arts for his improved puUies
and blocks, and his improvements in working a cap-
stan; and in the session of 1817-18 he received an-
other silver medal from the same Society for his
' New Method of Ballasting Vessels.' He married
Fanny, daughter of the Rev. F. T. Maunton Orgill
Leman, of Brampton Hall, Suffolk, and has a nume-
rous family. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney.
SHUTE. (Commander, 1841.)
Henry George Shute was born 20 Dec. 1808.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1823, on
board the Alacrity 10, Capt. Hon. Chas. Philip
Torke (now Earl of Hardwicke), stationed in the
Mediterranean, where he assisted in the boats
at the capture, on different occasions, of not
less than 23 piratical vessel. On the paying off
of the Alacrity in 1827, he joined first the Hy-
perion 42, and next the Alligator 28 ; in which
latter ship, commanded by his former Captain,
Torke, he was for 18 months again employed in the
Mediterranean. Having passed his examination in
1829, he became, in 1830, Mate of the JStna, Capt.
Edw. Belcher, under whom we find him for some
time constantly engaged in the boats in surveying
different rivers on the coast of Africa to the north-
ward of Sierra Leone. The jEtna was put out of
commission in the summer of 1833, and in 1834 Mr.
Shute, after he had been for about a year in the
Portuguese service,* joined the Racer 16, Capt. Jas.
Hope, on the North America and West India station.
About the end of 1837 he took a passage in the Mel-
ville 72, flag-ship of the Hon. Geo. Elliot, for the pur-
pose of reaching the Scodt 18, Capt. Robt. Craigie,
then on the coast of Africa. Being awarded a com-
mission dated 28 June, 1838, he was reappointed 19
July following to the Melville, in the capacity of
Additional-Lieutenant. In June, 1839, he returned
to England in the Pylades 18, Capt. Wm. Langford
Castle ; and, on 3 Jan. 1840, he was appointed, a
second time as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Wel-
eesley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, at that time in the
East Indies. On his arrival in China in the Blen-
heim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, he
was appointed Second of the Modeste 18, Capt,
Harry Eyres ; and for his services in that sloop
during the operations connected with the first and
second capture of Canton,t he was particularly re-
commended and was in consequence promoted to the
rank of Commander 8 June, 1841. Prior to the re-
ceipt of his commission he appears to have assisted
as Senior of the same vessel at the taking of Amoy,
Chusan, Chinghae, and Ningpo, and to have re-
turned home as First of the Larne 18, Capt. Pa-
trick John Blake. He has been employed, since _30
June, 1847, as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast
Guard. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
SHUTTLEWOETH. (LiEnr., 1815. f-p., 11;
H-p., 31.)
Peter Shuttleworth entered the Navy, 14 Sept.
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the jMalta 80, Capts.
Edw. BuUer and Wm. Shield, employed in the
Channel and also in the Mediterranean, where, in
Aug. 1808, he removed as Midshipman (nearly 12
months after he had attained that rating) to the
Montagu 74, Capts. Rich. Hussey Moubray and
John Halliday. From May, 1811, until presented,
in Oct. 1815, with a commission bearing date 21
Feb. in that year, he served off Cherbourg, Flush-
ing, and Calais, on the north coast of Spain, and in
North America and the West Indies, in the Egmont
74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, Insolent 14, Capt. Edw.
Brazier, Fox 32, Capts. Wm. Paterson and John
Knill Kinsman, Anaconda, Capt. Geo. Augustus
Westphal, and Fox again, Capt. Frank Gore Willock.
He has not been since afloat.
Lieut. Shuttleworth has been for some years Emi-
gration Agent at Sligo, where he married, in 1836,
♦ Mr. Shute joined the Portugiie.=te Navy asLieiitenantunder
Admiral Sartorius, and after the action with the Miguelite
squadron was created a Knight of the Tower and Sword, and
promoted to the command of the Villa Flor brig of 16 guns.
While in that vessel he was frequently engaged with the
batteries to the northward of Oporto, and was made the
bearer of despatches to Admiral Napier, by whom he was
nominated second Captain of the Dutma Maria frigate. In
her he shared in the victory gained by Don Pedro's fleet off
Cape St. Vincent. For his conduct on that occasion he was
a second time presented with the Order of the Tower and
Sword, and appointed to the command of the Eiixa corvette
of aG guns. He contributed subsequently to the reduction
of the fortified towns of Caminha and Viana, and was in
command of the boats of the squadron at Valentia
t f'iifcGaz. 1841, pp. 1503-5,2506,2510.
SIBBALD—SIBLY—SICKLEMORE— SIDNEY— SIMEON.
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Alicia, youngeBt daughter of Chas. Martin, Es(i.
Agent — Frederick Dufaur.
SIBBALD. (Commander, 1843.)
John Sibbald entered the Navy 5 Sept. 1821 ;
passed his examination in 1828 ; obtained his iirst
commission 10 Jan. 1837 ; and on 12 of the same month
was nominated Additional Lieutenant of the Thai.ia
46, flag-ship of Sir Patrick Campbell at the Cape of
Good Hope, where he remained upwards of 12
months. He was next, 3 Aug. 1833, appointed to
the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson,
employed at Portsmouth and on the North America
and West India station ; and, from 13 Aug. 1839
until advanced on his return home to the rank of
Commander 4 Oct. 1843, he served as Second and
First Lieutenant in the Ekebus bomb, Capt. Jas.
Clark Ross, on a voyage of discovery to the Ant-
arctic seas. He has since been on half-pay. Agents
— Goode and Lawrence.
SIBBALD. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Thomas Sibbaid entered the Navy 2 Dec. 1825 ;
and passed his examination in 1832. For his ser-
vices on the coast of China he was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 8 June, 1841. His subse-
quent appointments were — 2 Sept. 1841, to the
SiKEN 16, Capt. Wm. Smith (6), fitting at Wool-
wich— 13 Oct. following, to the Illdstriods 72, flag-
ship of Sir Chas. Adam on the North America and
West India station, whence he returned in ] 845 —
and, 6 June and 24 Oct. 1846, to the Avenger and
Amphion steam-frigates, botli commanded by Capt.
Woodford John Williams, with whom he continued
employed on Home service, in the latter vessel as
First-Lieutenant, until Oct. 1847.
SIBLY. (Lieutenant, 182.5.)
John Sibly was born 6 Jan. 1797.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 May, 1811, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir
John Gore, employed oif Brest and in Basque Roads.
During the last two years of the war he served in
the West Indies, part of the time as Midshipman,
in the Fawn and Myrmidon of 20 guns each, Capts.
Thos. Fellowes and Wm. Paterson. With the latter
officer we find him in 1815 cruizing in the Channel
in the Eridanus 36, and from 1816 until 1820 sta-
tioned in the East Indies in the Minden 74, flag-
ship of Sir Rich. King. While attached to the
Eridanus he was severely injured in the'left leg;
and before sailing, in the Minden, for India, he
accompanied the expedition against Algiers, where
he served, during the bombardment, in gun-boat
No. 23. After he had left the Minden he joined
in succession the Lee 20, Capt. Stewart Blacker,
Spencek and Bulwark 74's, Capts. Sir Thos. Lavie
and Thos. Dundas, Parthian 10, Capt. Hon. Geo.
Barrington, Isis 50, flag-ship of Sir Lawrence Wm.
Halsted, and Beaveb 10, Capts. John Jas. Onslow,
Wm. Geo. Hyndham Whish, and Joseph O'Brien.
The Lee, Spencer, Bulwark, and Parthian were
employed on the Home station ; the Isis and Beaver
in the West Indies, whence, soon after his promo-
tion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place
4 Oct. 1825, Mr. Sibly invalided. He has since
been on half-pay.
Lieut. Sibly is Governor of the Brixton House of
Correction. He married, 22 Oct. 1831, Caroline
Elizabeth, daughter of Lieut. John Derby, R.N.
(1795), who died Warden of Portsmouth Dockyard.
By that lady, who died 19 July, 1847, he has issue
one daughter. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
SICKLEMORE. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
John Cony Sicklemore, born 28 Nov. 1804, is
eldest son of the late John Sicklemore, Esq., of
Wetheringsett and Debenham, co. Suffolk, by Ann,
third daughter of Robt. Cony, Esq., of Walpole
Hall, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Norfolk Militia, who
served at the battle of Preston Pans, and was Aide-
de-Camp to Sir John Cope. The Sicklemores were
of considerable importance during the eventful
period of the civil war, when they represented the
county of Suffolk and the borough of Ipswich in
Parliament.
This officer entered the Navy 12 Feb. 1812 : and
in the course of that year was employed, while be-
longing to the DiOMEDE 50, in landing and embark-
ing troops on the coast of Spain and Holland.
During the war with the United States he served
for two years with activity on the North American
station, and was present, besides sharing in other
operations, in the attack upon Crany Island and at
the capture of Hampton. In 1820 he passed his
examination; in 1825-6 he was employed in the
Tamar 26 and Atholl 28, in the Persian Gulf, at
Rangoon, and in other parts of India ; and on 10
April, 1827, he was promoted to the rank of Lieu-
tenant. In 1828-9 he was engaged on particular
service in the Sulphur 8, Capt. Wm. Townsend
Dance. From 30 Dec. 1837 until the early part of
1839 he held an appointment in the Coast Guard;
to which he was reappointed 2 May, 1848. Since
10 Aug. in that year he has been in command of
the Victoria revenue-cruizer.
Lieut. Sicklemore married, first, Louisa, second
daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Lacy of the Royal Ar-
tillery. That lady dying 30 Aug. 1826, he married,
secondly, 25 May, 1832, Sarah, eldest daughter of
Wm. Hyder, Esq., of Court Lees, co. Kent ; and
being again left a widower 6 Sept. 1836, he mar-
ried, a third time, 20 April, 1847, Augusta Char-
lotte, daughter of Rear-Admiral Searle. Agent —
J. Hinxman.
SIDNEY. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Frederick William Sidney entered the Navy
17 April, 1833; passed his examination 17 April,
1839 ; and from 1840 until the summer of 1842 was
employed on the Niger expedition in the Soudan
and Wilberforce steamers, Capts. Bird Allen and
Wm. Allen. 1-Ie was made Lieutenant into the
latter vessel by a commission bearing date 31 Jan.
1842. His next appointments were — 20 Dec. 1842,
to the Styx steam surveying-sloop, Capt. Alex.
Thos. Emeric Vidal, stationed among the Azores —
14 April, 1845, as Additional, after a few months of
half-pay, to the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt. Wm.
Fred. Lapidge, on the south-east coast of America
— and, 1 Dec. following, in a similar capacity, to
the Crocodile 8, Capt. Geo. Lowe, engaged on
particular service. He has been on half-pay since
the close of 1846.
He married, in 1842, Miss Sydney, of Newport.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
SIMEON. (Cajtatn, 1827.)
Charles Simeon is third and youngest son of
the late Sir John Simeon, Bart., M.P., and Senior
Master of the Court of Chancery, by Rebecca, eldest
daughter of John Cornwall, Esq., of Hendon House,
Middlesex ; brother of the present Sir Rich. Godin
Simeon, Bart. ; and brother-in-law of Colonel Web-
ber Smith, R.A., and of the late Sir Fred. Fras.
Baker, Bart., F.R.S., F.S.A., of Loventor, co.
Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1805, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capts. Hon.
Arthur Kaye Legge and John Halliday ; under the
former of whom he passed the Dardanells in Feb.
1807, and accompanied the expedition of 1809 to
the Walcheren. In May, 1810, he removed as Mid-
shipman (a rating he had attained in Aug. 1807)
to the Topaze 38, Capt. Henry Hope, attached to
the force in the Mediterranean ; whence, towards
the close of 1811, he returned to England in the
Montagu 74, Capt. J. Halliday. In March, 1812
after his name had been borne for three months on
the books of the Egmont and Namur 74's, Thisbe
28, and Caledonia 120, he was received on board
the CuRAQOA 36, Capt. John Tower, again in the
Mediterranean. On 2 June, 1812, he was made
Lieutenant into the Sparrowhawk sloop ; hut be-
fore he could join that vessel he had the misfortune
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SIMKIN— SIMMONS.
while detached in the CoRAgoA's boats, to fall, 30
July, into the hands of the enemy, by whom he was
detained a prisoner until the end of the war. He
subsequently, from June until Sept. 1814, served at
Portsmouth in the Egmont 74, Capt. Joseph Bing-
ham; and on 13 June, 1815, he was promoted to
the rank of Commander. His next appointments
were, 23 Oct. and 2 Nov. 1818, to the Mdtine 16
and Arab 18 ; in the latter of which vessels he
served for about three years on the Cork station.
On the occasion of his advancement to Post-rank,
10 March, 1827, he obtained command of the NiE-
MEN 28, on the Halifax station. In 1847 he accepted
the Retirement.
Capt. Simeon married, 5 July, 1821, Frances,
second daughter of Thos. Woore, Esq., of Inch
House, CO. Donegal, by whom he has issue.
SIMKIN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 31.)
John Simkin was born 18 Feb. 1792. He is brother
of Retired Commander Thos. Allen Simkln, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1806, as
Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Racehorse 18, Capts.
Robt. Forbes and Wm. Fisher, employed on the
Mediterranean and Home stations, where, from
Dec. 1807 until presented in Aug. 1815 with a com-
mission bearing date 28 Feb. in that year, he served,
principally in the capacity of Midshipman, in the
Salvador del Mondo, flag-ship of Admiral Toung,
Cambrian 40, Capts. Rich. Budd Vincent and Fras.
"Wm. Fane, Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, Goshawk
16, Capts. Jas. Lilbum, Thos. Ball Clowes, and Hon.
Wm. John Napier, Pilot 18, Capt. John Toup
Nicolas, and Nadtilus 18, Capts. Thos. Dench and
John Bradley. In the Racehorse and Cambrian
he was in frequent action with the enemy's batte-
ries on the coasts of France and Catalonia; and
while in the Goshawk, in which vessel he continued
from Oct. 1809 until Oct. 1812, he assisted in causing
the self-destruction, 25 March, 1811, of the French
40-gun frigate Amazone, near Barfleur light-house,
and on 7 Sept. following, when in company with
the Barbadoes 24, chased into Calvados seven
French gun-brigs (one of which was driven on
shore), mounting 3 long 24-pounders and a mortar
each, and manned with 75 men. Since he left the
Nautilus he has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Simkin has been three times married, and
has seven children.
the MuROS 12, Capt. Jas. Aberdour, and Rosamond
20, Capts. Robt. Campbell and Edw. Stopford, both
on the Newfoundland station, whence he returned
in Jan. 1815. From 16 May, 1835, until the early
part of 1837 he held command of a station in the
Coast Guard. He accepted his present rank 12
Oct. 1841.
SIMKIN. (Retired CoMMANDEK, 1841. f-p., 16;
H-p., 31.)
Thomas Allen Simkin is brother of Lieut. John
Simkin, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Oct. 1800, as
A.B., on board the Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Sir
Thos. Troubridge, flag-ship off Brest of Earl St.
Vincent and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis ; and from March,
1802, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 7
Nov. 1806, was employed as Midshipman (a rating
he had attained in Jan. 1801) in the Alarm 32 and
Amazon 38, both commanded by the present Sir
Wm. Parker. In the Alarm he conveyed a body
of German troops from Lymington to Holland ; and
in the Amazon he brought the Duke of Kent home
from Gibraltar, assisted at the capture of the pri-
vateers Le Felix of 16 guns and 96 men and Prin-
cipe de la Paz of 24 guns, 4 swivels, and 160 men,
joinel in the very spirited pursuit of a French
frigate into Toulon, accompanied Lord Nelson to
the West Indies and back in search of the combined
squadrons of France and Spain, and took part, 13
March, 1806, in a long running fight, which ter-
minated in the surrender to the London 98 and
Amazon, whose loss extended to 4 men killed and
5 wounded, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of
Rear- Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Bdie Poule.
His last appointments afloat were — 19 Nov. 1806,
for three years, to the Glatton 50, Capts. Thos.
Seocombe, Henry Hope, John Clavell, and Geo.
Miller Bligh, in the Mediterranean— 11 Dec. 1809,
to the Gibraltar 80, Capt. Robt. Plampin, in
Basque Roads— and in Feb. 1812 and June, 1813, to
SIMMONS. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 27; h-p., 9.)
Chestney Simmons entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1811,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Snipe 14, commanded
at first by Lieuts. Chas. Champion and Nathaniel
Ratsey, and next by Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis.
In that vessel he served on the Baltic and Home
stations until Dec. 1814 — the last 14 months in the
capacity of Midshipman. He joined next the Plover
18, Capt. John Skekel, at Newfoundland; passed
his examination 18 Sept. 1816 ; and as a reward for
his exertions in the Coast Blockade, as Mate of the
Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant 16 Aug. 1819. Since 17 Dec.
1828 he has been in charge of a station in the Coast
Guard.
He married, 10 July, 1840, Julia Frances Stanley,
daughter of the Rev. Rich. Blackett De Chair, of
Sheperdswell, co. Kent.
SIMMONS. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
Edward Simmons was born in March, 1790, at
Gillingham, co. Kent.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 March, 1803, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capts.
John Child Purvis and Chas. John Moore Mans-
field ; under the latter of whom he fought as Mid-
shipman at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805,
and was present, in 1807, at the bombardment of
Copenhagen. Being placed, on the surrender of
the Danish capital, on board the Neptunos 80, he
had the misfortune while in that ship to be wrecked
and to lose all he possessed. He joined next, in
Dec. 1807, the Astr.s;a 32, Capt. Edm. Heywood,
on the West India station ; where, while under the
temporary command of Lieut. Edm. Potenger
Greenlaw, he was again wrecked, on a coral reef off
the island of Anagada, 24 May, 1808, and a second
time lost his all. He served subsequently in the
Jason and Ethalion frigates, both commanded by
Sir Thos. John Cochrane, Ulvsses 44, Capt. Hon.
Warwick Lake, Franchise 36, Capt. John Allen,
Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, Galatea
42, Capt. Woodley Losack, President frigate, Capt.
Sam. Warren, ScipiON 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Robt.
Stopford, and Galatea again, Capt. W. Losack.
In 1809 he assisted, in the Ethalion, at the capture
of Martinique, and (with his name on the books of
the Ulysses) commanded a gun-boat during the
operations in the Scheldt. In the Galatea, of
which ship he was confirmed a Lieutenant after
having acted for upwards of two months as such, 14
May, 1811, he took part, 20 of the latter month
(while cruizing off Madagascar, in company with
the AsTBaiA and Ph(bbe frigates, about equal in
force to the Galatea and 18-gun brig Racehorse)
in a long and trying action with the French 40-gun
frigates JRenommee, Clorinde, and Nereide^ in which
the Galatea, besides being much damaged in her
hull, masts, and rigging, sustained a loss of 16 men
killed and 46 wounded. He afterwards visited the
West Indies and Newfoundland He left the Gala-
tea in Nov. 1815 ; and was lastly, from Feb. 1830
until April, 1831, employed in the Coast Blockade
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Talavera 74,
Capts. Hugh Pigot and David Colly.
The Lieutenant is married. Agents — Messrs.
Ommanney.
SIMMONS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
George Valentine Simmons entered the Navy,
in April, 1803, on board the Salvador del Mundo,
^ Capts. Chas. Henry Lane, Cooke, and John Loring,
lying at Portsmouth, where he remained for three
years. He then, in May, 1806, joined the Ferret
18, Capt. Hon. Geo. Cadogan, on the West India
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station ; where, in Nov. 1807 (after he had again
been for three montha employed at Portsmouth as
Midshipman in the Salvadok del Mondo), he be-
came attached to the Captain 74, Capt. Isaac
Wolley, and, in Nov. 1808, to the York 74, Capt.
Kobt. Barton. In that ship he assisted at the cap-
ture of Martinique, the Saintes, and the 74-gun ship
D'HaupouU, accompanied the expedition to the
Walcheren, and then proceeded to the Mediterra-
nean. From Oct. 1812 until Aug. 1815, when he
toolc up a commission bearing date 10 of the pre-
ceding March, he served in South America, on the
coast of France, and on the Canadian lakes, as Mas-
ter's Mate, in tlie Hermes 20, Capt. Philip Browne,
Wakspite 74, Capt. Lord Jas. O'Bryen, and CoN-
riANCE sloop, Capt. Geo. Downie. His last appoint-
ment was, 30 July, 1825, to the Coast Blockade, in
which service he continued for upwards of 12 months
as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74,
Capts. "Wm. M'Culloch and Hugh Pigot.
commended as " an excellent ofEcer, good seaman
and navigator, and deserving young man." He
married, 19 Aug. 1828, Harriet, fourth daughter of
the late Hugh Douglass, of Plymouth, co. Devon,
and granddaughter of the late Hugh Douglass, of
Dalkeith, N.B.
SIMMONS. (Lieut., 1825. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 15.)
William Cress Simmons entered the Navy, 13
Deo. 1807, as a Boy, on board the Dasher 18,
Capts. De Couroy and Robt. Worgan Goo. Festing ;
in which vessel he was for upwards of three years
actively employed in the East Indies, part of the
time as Midshipman and Master's Mate. On re-
moving with Capt. Festing, in 1811, to the Illus-
trious 74, he accompanied, under Commodore
Broughton, the expedition against the island of
Java, where he served in the boats and on shore
with great credit. On his passage home with Capt.
Festing, in the early part of 1812, in the Psyche 32,
that frigate, being in a very dilapidated condition,
was under the necessity of putting into Ferrol, where
she was dismantled and laid up. Volunteering his
services therefore on board the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas.
Malcolm, he took an energetic part in the opera-
tions then in progress under Sir Home Popham on
the north coast of Spain, landing on every occasion,
and contributing to the reduction, with the excep-
tion of Santona and St. Sebastian, of all the enemy's
fortresses. After serving for two .years and a half
in the Channel in the Foxhound brig,. Capts. John
Parish and Thos. "Warrand, he returned, towards
the close of 1815, to India as Admiralty-Midshipman
(he had passed his examination 6 July, 1814) in the
Iphtgenia 42, Capts. Andrew King, John Reynolds,
and John Tancock. While there he was transferred
as Master's Mate, in June, 1813, to the Challenger
18, Capt. Philip Henry Bridges, with whom he ar-
rived at Spithead in March, 1819, in the Trincoma-
LEE 48. During six months that he had been in the
latter ship he had occasionally had charge of a
watch, and had " proved himself a most useful
officer." On leaving her, in the ensuing April, he
joined the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir
Geo. Campbell at Portsmouth. He was subsequently
employed — from July, 1819, until July, 1821, as
Master's Mate, in the Dhomedary store-ship, Mas-
ter-Commander Rich. Skinner, in circumnavigating
the globe — from July to Oct. 1821 in the Bustard
10, Capt. Wm. Geo. Martin, and Genoa 74, Capt.
Fred. Lewis Maitland, both at Chatham— and from
Oct. 1821 until June, 1825, as Admiralty-Midship-
man, Master's Mate, Second-Master, and Acting-
Lieutenant, in the Northumbehland 78, and Cam-
bridge 82, commanded by the present Vice-Ad-
miral Thos. Jas. Maling in the river Medway and in
South America. He then returned to England,
having been advanced to the rank of Lieutenant by
a commission bearing date 10 Jan. 1825. Unable to
procure further employment afloat he accepted, 18
Sept. 1840, the command, which he still retains, of a
station in the Coast Guard.
A document, signed by Admiral Maling, informs
us that while Mr. Simmons was serving with him in
the Northdmberland and Cambridge " he found
him to be a person whom he thought it his duty to
bring forward before others who had stronger pri-
vate claims." In a testimonial given to him on
leaving the Dromedary he had been strongly re-
SIMONDS. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., U ; h-p., 33.)
Richard Smith Simonds was born 9 July, 1788,
at Islington, co. Middlesex.
This ofiScer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1803, as a
Volunteer, on board the Defence 74, Capt. Geo.
Hope, in which ship, after serving for about 15
months in the North Sea, he proceeded off Cadiz,
then pursued the combined squadrons of France
and Spain to the West Indies, and, on his return,
fought at Trafalgar. In Dec. 1805 he removed as
Midshipman (a rating he had attained about May,
1804,) to the Sparrow 16, Capt. Hon. Wm. Paken-
ham, lying at Sheerness. He next, in May, 1806,
joined the Antelope 50, Capts. Henry Bazely and
Edw. Galwey ; under the former of whom we find
him employed in the Downs in escorting the East
India trade to and from St. Helena, and in convey-
ing the Earl of Caledon and suite to the Cape of
Good Hope. Under Capt. Galwey he was for some
time stationed off Oporto, where he was daily in
the habit of landing, and witnessed the arrival of
the first detachment of British troops. In April,
1809, he was transferred to the Caledonia 120,
flag-ship in the Channel of Admirals Lord Gambler,
Fras. Pickmore, and Sir Harry Burrard Neale ; by
the last mentioned of whom (having passed his exa-
mination 4 Oct. 1809) he was nominated, 27 Aug.
1810, Acting-Lieutenant of the CoDRAGEnx74, Capt.
Wm. Butterfield. While on the books of the
Caledonia he was lent, with the greater part of
the crew, to the Spencer 74, for the purpose of
accompanying the expedition to the Scheldt, where
he took an active part in all the operations, and
was constantly detached on boat-service. On re-
joining the Caledonia, in which ship, deducting
four months passed on board the Courageux, he
continued until May, 1811, he united in the defence
of Cadiz, assisted in carrying powder to Fort Mata-
gorda, and was once very nearly taken prisoner.
He contributed also to the cutting out of two brigs
under a battery on the coast of France ; on which
occasion the Marines spiked the enemy's guns and
brought off a small brass field-piece. Besides being
otherwise actively employed in her boats, he aided
in the Caledonia in preventing the escape of four
French frigates from Rochefort. In the course of
1811-12 he was received in succession on board the
Christian VII. 80, Impregnable 98, and Victory
100, bearing the flags, off Flushing and in the Baltic,
of Admirals Wm. Young and Sir Jas. Saumarez.
From July in the latter year until promoted by the
Admiralty to his present rank, 20 Nov. following,
he served as Acting-Lieutenant with the flotilla
under Capt. Hew Steuart at the defence of Riga,
and accompanied during^that period a highly-suc-
cessful expedition against the French and Prussians
at Mittau, on the river Aa. His last appointment
was, for a few months in 1813, to the York 74,
Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, attached to the
Flushing fleet.
SIMPKINSON. (Lieutenant, 1845. f-p., 11 ;
H-p., 4.)
Francis Gdillemard Simpkinson, born 26 May,
1819, is son of Sir John Augustus Fras. Simpkinson,
Kt., Q.C., by Mary, daughter of John Griffin, Esq.,
of Bedford Place, London, and sister-in-law of Capt
Sir John Franklin, R.N., Kt., K.C.H. '
This officer entered the Navy, 16 March, 1832, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Britannia 120, Capt.
Peter Rainier, under whom he was for three years
employed on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations.
On his return to England in the early part of 1835
he joined, in the capacity of Midshipman (a rating
he had previously attained), the Jupiter 38, Capt!
Edw. Henry A'Court, fitting for the conveyance of
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SIMPSON.
Lord Heytesbury as Governor-General to India.
That nobleman's appointment being, however, can-
celled in consequence of a change of Ministry, and
the JopiTER being paid off, Mr. Simpliinson was re-
ceived, in Oct. of the same year, on board the Sdl-
PHOK surveying-vessel, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey,
then on the point of sailing for South America;
where, on his removal to the Samabang 28, Capt.
Wm. Broughton, he was present, it appears, at
Bahia during the insurrection of the black popula-
tion, and at Callao during the hostilities between
Chili and Peru in 1839. In Feb. 1840, having passed
his examination 17 Sept. 1838, he was appointed
Mate of the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports-
mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; and in the fol-
lowing Aug. he was admitted to the Koyal Naval
College. After he had studied for a period of
12 months at that institution, and distinguished
himself as second on the list at the general examina-
tion, he joined in succession, in Aug. and Sept. 1841,
the Wakspite 50, and, as Gunnery Mate, the Cam-
brian 36, Capts. Lord John Hay and Henry Ducie
Chads. Bythe latter officer, on the arrival of the
Cambrian in China, he was sent on shore with a
party of seamen to assist at the defence of the
island of Chusan. He returned to England in Sept.
1842 ; and was next, between Sept. 1843 and Feb.
1844, employed on Home service in his former ship
the Excellent, and in the Albion 90, Capt. Nich.
Lockyer. Since the date last mentioned he has been
attached :to the Koyal Magnetic Observatory at
Hobart Town, V. D. L. His commission bears date
9 Deo. 1845.
SIMPSON. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Henry George Simpson was Midshipman of the
Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Kobt.
Stopford, during the campaign of 1840, on the coast
of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean
d'Acre ; and Acting-Mate, in 1842, of the Harle-
quin 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Fowler Hastings, during
the operations on the Tang-tse-Kiang and in an
attack upon pirates at Sumatra. He passed his ex-
amination 4 May, 1843 ; was promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant, 31 Jan. 1846, while serving at Ports-
mouth in the Excellent gunnery -ship, Capt. Henry
Ducie Chads ; was reappointed to the Excellent
3 Feb. following ; and since 24 Nov. in the same
year has been employed in the Rattlesnake sur-
veying-vessel, Capt. Owen^Stanley, now in the East
Indies.
SIMPSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.)
James Simpson (a) entered the Navy, 28 Aug.
1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nightingale 16,
Capt. Wm. "Wilkinson, and in the following year
accompanied the expedition against Copenhagen.
Removing as Midshipman, in Dec. 1808, to the
SiRius 36, Capt. Sam.Pym, he sailed in that frigate
for the Cape of Good Hope, and was present in her
at the capture, in Sept. 1809 and July, 1810, of the
town of St. Paul's and the He de Bourbon. On 9 of
the latter month, after having assisted at the cutting-
out of a privateer schooner under the batteries at St.
Paul's, he went in pursuit, in the barge, carrying 21
men, under the orders of Lieut. Wm. Norman, of
Le Petit Edovard privateer, of 4 12-pounder guns
(pierced for 16) and 30 men ; which vessel, after a
hard row of nearly 12 hours, was overtaken, boarded,
and gallantly carried, under a heavy discharge of
musketry, which wounded three of her assailants.
In Aug. of the same year, Mr. Simpson (who had
been placed in charge of Le Petit Eriouard) served
with the storming-party, and was slightly wounded,
at the capture of the He de la Passe, the key to
Grand Port, in the Isle of France; and on the
ensuing recapture, off Port Louis, of the Wyndham
Indiaman, he was sent in her as prize-master with
despatches for the Government of Bourbon. The
SiBius being destroyed during his absence (see Sir
Samuel Pym), he was received, 12 Sept. 1810, on
board the Boadioea 38, Capt. Josias Rowley, by
whom, in the course of that month, we find him
directed to assume charge of the British 38-guri
frigate Africaine (then just retaken from the
French). Continuing in that ship, with Capts. Ben-
jamin Street and Thos. Graham, he served in her
under the flag of Vice- Admiral Albemarle Bertie at
the capture of the Isle of France ; on which occasion
he was also employed, in command of the launch
belonging to the William Pitt Indiaman, in covering
the landing of the right wing of the first division of
the army. On the Africaine being paid off, he
joined, in April, 1811, the Leopard 50, Capt. Wm.
Henry Dillon, with whom he proceeded off Lisbon.
During the summer of the same year he was engaged,
as a Supernumerary, in the DnniD 32, Capt. Thos.
Searle, at the defence of Cadiz. Being again, in
May, 1812, placed under the orders of Capt. Pym in
the NiEMEN 38, he saw much service in that frigate
on the coast of America, where he blockaded Dela-
ware, assisted in the boats, four in number, at the
cutting-out of three schooners, one of them mount-
ing 6 guns, and was ultimately, 21 Sept. 1814, while
Prize-Master of a packet-sloop, captured and taken
into Boston by the York privateer. He attained the
rank of Lieutenant 18 Feb. 1815 ; and was lastly,
from 26 Aug. 1834 until the early part of 1835, em-
ployed in the Coast Guard.
SIMPSON. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
James Simpson (6) passed his examination 18
Nov. 1839; commanded the pinnace belonging to
the Zebra 16, Capt. John Jas. Stopford, and had 3
marines wounded in the attack upon Tortosa, 25
Sept. 1840 ; * and between the commencement of
1842 and the date of his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant B Dec. 1845, was employed on the East
India and Home stations in the Driver steam-ves-
sel, Capt. Sam. Fielding Harmer, Algerine 10,
Capt. Sam. Brooking Dolling, and Qdeen 110, and
Trafalgar 120, both commanded by Capt. Wm.
Fanshawe Martin. He was then appointed Addi-
tional of the Vernon 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
Sam. Hood Inglefield on the south-east coast of
America ; he served next, from 21 Jan. 1846 until
the spring of 1848, in the Superb 80, Capt. Armar
Lowry Corry, in the Channel and Mediterranean ;
and since 17 Aug. in the latter year he has been in
charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
SIMPSON, (ffajtatn, 1809.)
John Simpson was born in 1766 at Chatham, and
was educated at the Greenwich School.
This officer (whose name had been borne from
1774 until 1779 on the books of the Medwav 74,
Capt. Affleck) embarked, in 1781, as Captain's Ser-
vant, on board the Cerberus frigate, Capt. Robt.
Mann ; previously to following whom, in 1782, into
the Scipio, he assisted at the relief of Gibraltar,
After serving for a short time as Midshipman in
the Clinton, he joined, in 1783, L'Abondance
store-ship, Capt. Phillips, and in the course of the
same year was charged with the duty of ceding New
York to General Washington. Between 1783 and
Deo. 1793 he was employed on the Newfoundland,
Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the Winchel-
SEA 32, Goliath 74, Capt. Dickson, Carysfort 28,
Capt. Smith, Ferret sloop, Capt. Davidge Gould,
Mercury 28, Capt. Montgomery, Bedford 74, Capt.
R. Mann, and Leander 50, Romney 50, Princess
Royal 98, and Victory 100, flag-ships of Admirals
Peyton, Goodall, and Lord Hood. On leaving the
Goliath in Dec. 1785 he passed his examination,
and in the Ferret and Mercury he was for three
years Acting-Master, from 1788 until 1791. In the
Victory he was present at the occupation of Toulon.
He was made Lieutenant, 7 Deo. 1793, into the Bed-
ford 74, Capt. Mann ; and from March, 1795, until
1802. he served in that capacity at Home and in the
Mediterranean in the Sybille 40, Capt. Cooke,
Windsor Castle 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Mann, Sans Pabeil80, Capt. Lord Hugh Sey-
mour, Royal William, flag-ship of Sir Peter Parker,
Anacreon, commanded by himself, Cormorant 24
* VideGaz. 1840, p. 2607.
SIMPSON.
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Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, Santa Teresa frigate,
Capt. Campbell, Lutine, Hon. Capt. Dundas, and
PoMONE 40, Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower. In the
Sybille he was for nearly 12 months First-Lieute-
nant; in the Cobmobant and Santa Tebesa he was
present at the attack upon Genoa, and at the block-
ade and reduction of Malta; and in the Pomone,
besides aiding at the defence of Porto Ferrajo, he
contributed to the capture, 3 Aug. 1801, of the Car-
rere of 40 guns and 320 men, and, 2 Sept. following,
of the frigates Succes and JBravoure. The Can'ere
did not surrender until a stiff action of 10 minutes
had occasioned her antagonist a loss of 2 men killed
and 4 wounded. From the Pomone Lieut. Simpson
removed to the Kent 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich.
Bickerton in the Mediterranean, where he was
nominated, in the course of 1802, Acting-Com-
mander of the TounTEHELLE 30. As he was, how-
ever, called upon to act as Captain of the Kent, he
did not join that vessel until the early part of 1803 ;
on 19 April in which year his promotion was con-
firmed. In Aug. 1803, having returned home with
the 63rd Regiment, he hoisted the flag of Lord
Gardner at Cork. He was subsequently ordered to
the river Clyde, where he commanded the Touk-
TEKELLE as a guard-ship, until appointed, 20 May,
1805, on the application of Lord Nelson, to the "Wasp
18. On 28 Aug. following, Capt. Simpson, who had
been sent under the orders of Capt. Stephen Poyntz,
of the Melampds 36, to watch the Passage du Raz,
found himself in the midst of the celebrated Roche-
fort squadron, consisting of five two-deckers, two
frigates, and two brigs ; and his capture appeared
so inevitable to Capt. Poyntz, that that officer re-
ported such to have taken place the next day to the
Commander-in-Chief, Hon. "Wm. Cornwallis. The
French Admiral's ship approached so near that she
actually fired a shot over the "Wasp ; between whom
and a frigate and brig a running-action was main-
tained from 8 A.M. until 4 p.m., when the squadron
hauled to the wind and left her. On the 29th she
was again surrounded by the enemy, and the frigate
and brig, as before, commenced a fire which lasted
until the appearance of H.M.S. Niobe and another
induced them and the rest of the French ships to
haul their wind in a state of such confusion that
several men were lost overboard. Although the
"Wasp was sawed in every part to facilitate her sail-
ing, and had only her two stern-chase guns remain-
ing, she increased the dismay on board the French
brig by attempting to cut her off in the face of her
companions. Superiority of sailing, however, on
the part of the latter saved her. For the conspi-
cuous gallantry he displayed on these occasions
Capt. Simpson obtained the high approbation of the
Admiralty, and received the public thanks of the
Commander-in-Chief, who held out to him an assur-
ance of early promotion. In this he was unfortu-
nately disappointed, neither he nor his First-Lieu-
tenant meeting any reward, although his recom-
mendations, as regarded the rest of the officers and
crew, were attended to. After commanding the
Star sloop for about two years and 10 months on
the Downs and North American stations, he acquired
command, in July, 1808, of the "Wolvekene; in
which vessel we find him, in Feb. 1809, co-operating
in the attack upon Martinique, where he destroyed
two forts and captured two brigs pierced for 16
guns. On his arrival home, with a strong letter of
recommendation from Sir Alex. Cochrane to Lord
Mulgrave, he was immediately (we believe in the
Gobee) ordered on promotion to Halifax. He was
there in consequence nominated, 6 Sept. 1809, Act-
ing-Captain of the FuRiEUSE 36. In that ship, to
which he was confirmed 12 Dec. following, he con-
tinued untilJuly, 1810. In March, 1812, he assumed
command, pro tern., of the Chatham 74, in the
Channel : and from April following until Oct. 1813,
he served on the North American and West India
stations in the Coquette 20. "When in that vessel
off Demerara he fought for 20 minutes a close action
with the American schooner-privateer General Arm-
strong of 19 guns, including 1 long 18-pounder, which
for two hours previously had been playing on the
Coquette. It then falling calm, the privateer, by
the aid of her sweeps, escaped, with a loss, out of
140 men, of 10 killed and 17 wounded. The Co-
qdette had 2 men killed and 2 wounded. On her
engaged side she was covered with langridge ; and
her masts, as well as those of her opponent, were
much damaged. In July, 1815, Capt. Simpson was
appointed to the Bochfobt 80, but this ship he never
joined. He was admitted into the Royal Hospital
at Greenwich 1 April, 1842. Agents— Messrs. Hal-
ford and Co.
SIMPSON. (Capt., 1846. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 23.)
John Simpson (6) entered the Navy, 8 Nov. 1803,
as Midshipman, on board the Trial cutter, Lieut.-
Commander Edw. Nugent, lying in the river
Thames. Removing, in Feb. 1804, to the Acheron
of 8 24-pounder oarronades, 2 bombs, and 67 men,
Capt. Arthur Farquhar, he sailed in that vessel for
the Mediterranean, where he took part, 4 Feb. 1805,
and was wounded, in a long and sanguinary action
which terminated in the capture of that vessel and
of her consort, the Abkow, of 28 32-pounder car-
ronades and 132 men, by the French frigates Hor-
tense of 48, and Incorruptible of 42 guns. The loss
of the Acheron on this occasion amounted to 3 men
killed and 8 wounded, and of the Abbow to 13 killed
and 27 wounded. On being exchanged, Mr. Simp-
son, who had been detained a prisoner for about two
months at Malaga, was received in succession, in the
course of the same year, on board the Amazon 38,
Capt. Wm. Parker, Royal Sovereign 100, and Vic-
tory 100, flag-ships of Sir Rich. Bickerton and Lord
Nelson, Camel store-ship, Capt. Thos. Garth, Am-
PHiTBiTE frigate, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, and
Bellona 74, Capts. Chas. Dudley.Pater and John
Erskine Douglas. Proceeding in the latter ship to
North America he there, 14 Sept. 1806, assisted at
the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the French 74
U Impetueux. After having for some time block-
aded an enemy's squadron in the Chesapeake, he
was transferred, in Nov. 1808, to the Cottle
schooner, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Bury ; in which
vessel we find him, in Feb. 1809, co-operating in
the reduction of Martinique. He subsequently, in
command of the Cuttle's jolly-boat, with only 4
men, captured a notorious piratical schooner. On
arriving with his prize at Halifax he joined, in Jan.
1810, in the capacity of Master's Mate, the Swift-
sure 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Borlase War-
ren ; by whom (having passed his examination in
Nov. 1809) he was placed in command, 17 Aug. fol-
lowing, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of the
Bream schooner of 4 guns — an appointment which
the Admiralty confirmed 14 Dec. 1811. While in
the Bream, in which vessel he remained until Oct.
1812, Mr. Simpson carried specie to St. John's, New-
foundland, was frozen up at Louisburg, Cape Breton,
where his health suffered materially, and on 9 Aug.
1812, effected the capture, off Shelbume, despite an
obstinate resistance of 20 minutes, of the "U. S.
schooner Pythagoras, of 3 guns and 35 men. After
cruizing with activity on the coast of North Ame-
rica in the Statiba 38, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole,
into which frigate he had volunteered with the
whole of the Bbeam's crew, he invalided home in
1813 with a constitution much impaired. He had
been previously ordered to join the Sylph sloop-of-
war, but had not been able to do so. Until this
period, deducting the short time he was a prisoner,
Mr. Simpson does not appear to have been altogether
one month on shore. His succeeding appointments
were — in Jan. 1823 and May, 1824, to the command
of the Spbightly and Dove cutters in the Channel
— 26 Aug. 1825, to the Perseus receiving-ship off
the Tower, Capt. Jas. Couch, with whom he conti-
nued until May, 1827—22 June, 1829, to the com-
mand, which he retained until Aug. 1832, of the
Minx schooner of 3 guns — and 9 July, 1838, to that
of the Weazle brig, of 10 guns, on the Mediterra-
nean station. In the Minx he was employed in the
West Indies and in South America in watching
British interests. Being at Omoa when attacked
and taken during the civil war in 1832, he landed
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SIMPSON.
and brought off at different times as many as 60
Tvomen and children whom he placed in safety on
board British merchantmen lying off that place.
His conduct on this occasion was much approved
by the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Edw. Griffith Col-
poys. Repeated attacks of fever obliged him, in
Aug. 1832, as above stated, to invalid. For his
valuable services in the Wea2i.e on the coast of
Spain, in hastening to the relief of Castellon de la
Plana with 250 troops on board his own vessel and
550 others in Spanish launches, who were all landed
in time to save the town from falling into the hands
of Cabrera, as also for watching the garrison of
Melila when in a state of mutiny, Lieut. Simpson
received the thanks of the Queen Kegent and the
Cross of a Knight-Commander. H e was superseded
from the Weazle on the occasion of his promotion
to the rank of Commander 3 July, 1840; and was
lastly, from 21 Dec. 1844 until Posted 9 Nov. 1846,
employed in the Holla 10, on the coast of Africa.
Capt. Simpson is married and has issue six chil-
dren. Agents — Hallett and Kobinson.
SIMPSON. (Ketiked Commander, 1841. h-p.,
11 ;* H-p., 49.)
John Simpson entered the Navy in May, 1787, as
Pst.-cl. Vol., on board the Irresistible 74, bearing
the broad pendant of Sir Andrew Snape Hamond
in the river Medway. In Aug. 1794 (he had left
the Irresistible in 1789), he became Midshipman
of the Invincible 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham,
on the Home station ; where, after serving with that
officer in the Juste 80, he was nominated, in June
and Dec. 1797, Acting-Lieutenant of the Ganges
74 and St. Fiorenzo 36, Capts. Robt. M'Douall
and Sir Harry Burrard Neale. He was confirmed,
31 May, 1798, into the Xenophon sloop, Capt. Geo.
Sayer, attached to the force in the North Sea; and
was subsequently appointed — 26 Nov. 1799 and
(after six months of half-pay) 8 July, 1800, to the
Defence' 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, and Dic-
tator 64, Capt. Hardy, employed in the Medway
and at Spithead — 8 March, 1801, as First-Lieutenant
(he had only remained a few days in the Dictator)
to the Camilla 20, Capts. Robt. Larkan and Edw.
Brace, with whom he served at Newfoundland and
in the Channel, until July, 1802— and, 20 May, 1803,
to the RosARio sloop, which vessel, commanded by
Capt. Wm. Mounsey on the Cork station, his health
obliged him, in Aug. 1805, to leave. He afterwards
had charge of a Signal station. He was placed on
the Junior List of Retired Commanders 1 Dec. 1830 ;
and on the Senior 8 Sept. 1841.
SIMPSON. (LlEOT., 1808. F-P., 41; H-P., U.)
John Simpson (i) was born 2 Nov. 1777.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 179.5, as
L.M., on board the Mercdry 28, Capts. Hon. Geo.
Byng and Thos. Rogers, in which ship he served
with activity on the Newfoundland and Lisbon sta-
tions until Jan. 1798 — the last 15 months in the ca-
pacity of Midshipman. From 19 July, 1798, until
14 Jan. 1802, he was employed on the Home station
in the Heroine frigate, Capt. Hon. John Murray ;
and, from July, 1803, until May, 1805, in the Tri-
bune 36, Capts. Geo. Henry Towry and Rich. Henry
Alex. Bennett. He passed his examination 7 Oct.
1801. In July, 1806, he became Master's Mate (a
rating he had held for 16 months on board the Tri-
bune) of the Royal George 100, flag-ship of Sir
John Thos. Duckworth, under whom, in Feb. 1807,
he passed the Dardanells. After serving for eight
months with Lords Gardner and Gambler in the
ViLLE de Paris 110, he was made Lieutenant, 28
July, 1808, into the Bonne Citoyenne 20, Capt. John
Thompson, stationed on the coast of Spain ; where,
as he had been on board the latter vessel, he was
appointed, 3 April, 1809, First of the Goldfinch of
10 guns (8 18-pounder carronades and 2 sixes) and
75 men, Capts. Firzherbert Geo. Skinner and Arden
Adderley ; under the former of whom he assisted
in beating off, 18 May following, the French corvette
* Not including Signal station aervice.
Mbiwlie of 16 long brass 8-pounders and 180 men, at
the close of an action of four hours, in which the
British vessel, besides being much cut up, sustained
a loss of 3 men killed and 3 wounded. On this oc-
casion he was himself slightly wounded. He was
next employed— from Oct. 1809 until May, 1811, as
Senior Lieutenant, in the Trincdlo sloop, Capts.
Spence (Acting), John Lambom, and Alex. Renny,
in the Channel— from Oct. 1812 until June, 1814, in
the Veteran and Kroh Princesses, prison-ships at
Portsmouth, Lieut.-Commanders Stephen Donovan
and Thos. Bardwood— and, from 15 June, 1815, until
18 Aug. 1818, as Agent for Transports afloat. He
has been serving, since 9 May, 1821, in the Coast
Guard at Aldborough, in the isle of Sheppy, and
at Gravesend, Blackwall, Woolwich, and Barking
Creek.
Lieut. Simpson married, 28 Oct. 1804, the daughter
of Mr. Crispin, Carpenter, R.N., by whom he has
issue 8 sons and 4 daughters. One of the former,
Benjamin, is a Master, R.N. (1846.) His eldest
daughter, Susanna, was married, in Aug. 1833, to G.
Wright, Esq., R.N. Agents — Burnett and Holmes.
SIMPSON. (JRetiked Commandee, 1837. r-p.,
11; H-P., 43.)
Samuel Ash Simpson died 22 Nov. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, in Deo. 1793, as
Midshipman, on board the Albacoke sloop, Capt.
Geo. Parker, with whom he continued employed
during the remainder of the war, chiefly on the
North Sea, Irish, and West India stations, in the
same vessel, and in the Squirrel 20 and Santa
Margarita 36. In the latter ship he contributed
to the capture, among other vessels, of L'Adour of
16 guns (pierced for 20) and 147 men. La Victorme
of 16 guns and 82 men, the San Francisco of 14 guns
and 53 men, and Le QtuUorze Juillet of 14 guns and
65 men. In the course of 1802-3 he joined, in suc-
cession, the Juno 32 and Renown 74, Capts. Richard-
son and White, both in the Mediterranean ; where,
on his passage in the Arrow sloop, Capt. Rich. Budd
Vincent, to join the Sagesse frigate (of which he
had been created a Lieutenant 4 May, 1804) he was
captured, 4 Feb. 1805, as detailed in our memoir of
Capt. John Simpson (A), by the French frigates Hor-
tense and Incorruptible. On being exchanged, in
June, 1805, he joined the Glory 98, flag-ship of
Rear- Admiral Chas. Stirling ; under whom he fought,
22 July following, in Sir Robt. Calder's action with
the combined fleets of France and Spain -off Cape
Finisterre. After serving off the port of Cadiz he
removed, in Jan. 1808, to the Barfledr 98, bearing
the flag at Lisbon of Rear- Admiral Wm. Albany
Otway. He was subsequently employed — from Oct.
1808 until April, 1813, in the Niobe 40, Capts. John
Wentworth Loring and Wm. Augustus Montagu, in
the Channel, North Sea, and West Indies — and,
from 1 July in the latter year until wrecked on a
reef of rocks in Anatto Bay, Jamaica, 19 May, 1814,
in the Halcyon 18, Capt. John Houlton Marshall.
In Nov. 1810, Mr. Simpson, then in the Niobe, took
part, and was mentioned in the highest terms by his
Captain for his conduct, in a gallant attack made in
company with the Diana 38, on the French 40-gun
frigates Amazone and Eliza under the batteries of
La Hogue ;* and, in March, 1811, he aided in caus-
ing the self-destruction of the Amazone then on
shore near Cape Barfleur.
He accepted the rank of Commander on the Re-
tired List 25 Jan. 1837. Agents — Burnett and
Holmes.
SIMPSON, K.T.S. (Retibed Captain, 1841.
r-p., 17 ; H-P., 39.)
Thomas Simpson died 28 March, 1848, at Stoke,
Devonport.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 July, 1791, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Expedition cutter, at-
tached to the force in the North Sea. In the course
of the same year he joined the Ardent and Triton,
Capts. Jas. Vashon and Geo. Murray, the latter sta-
* TiiicGaz. 1810, p. 1840.
SIMPSON— SIMS-SINCLAIR.
1073
tionod in the West Indies ; where and in the Chan-
nel he served as Midsliipman and Master's Mate in
the Hectok 74 and London 98, flag-ships of Admirals
Geo. Montagu and Sir John Colpoys, from March,
1793, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 7
July, 1797. His succeeding appointments were— in
1798, for four years, to the Captain 74, Capts. John
Aylmer, Sir Rich. John Strachan, Geo. Bowen, and
Chas. Boyles, employed in the West Indies, Medi-
terranean, and Channel — in Oct. 1803 and Deo. 1804,
to the command of the Rose hired cutter (engaged
in the conveyance of despatches) and of the Mn-
SETTE guard-vessel — 27 Nov. 1806, to the London
98, Capt. Thos. Western, under whom he escorted
the Royal family of Portugal in its flight to the
Brazils, and was in consequence, we believe, created
a Knight of the order of the Tower and Sword— in
June, 1809, to the command, which he retained for
seven months, of a gun-boat employed in the Wal-
cheren expedition — and, 26 Oct. 1810 arid 24 Jan.
1811, to the HiBERNiA 120 and Yokk 74, Capts.
White and Robt. Barton, both in the Mediter-
ranean. He was promoted to the rank of Com-
mander 1 Aug. 1811, and placed on the list of
Retired Captains 1 March, 1841.
SIMPSON. (Retibed Commander, 1843. f-p.,
13; H-p., 41.)
Thomas Simpson was bom 28 Nov. 1783.
This officer (whose name had been borne in 1790-1
on the books of the Roebuck 44, Capt. Linzee) em-
barked, in July, 1793, as Midshipman, on board the
Raisonnable 64, Capt. Lord Cranstoun, with whom
he served until March, 1794, in the Channel and
among the Western Islands. Between 1795 and
Feb. 1805 he was employed, chiefly on the Home
station, in the Jdste 80, Capts. Hon. Thos. Paken-
ham, John Lawford, and Wm. Hancock K-elly, Xe-
NOPHON sloop, Capts. Geo. Sayer and John Henry
Martin, Juste again, Capts. Sir Henry TroUope,
Rich. Dacres, and Sir Edm. Nagle, Rosakio sloop,
Capt. Wm. Mounsey, and San Josef 110, flag-ship
of the late Sir Chas. Cotton. In the Juste he went
to the West Indies in 1801 in fruitless pursuit of the
French fleet under Admiral Ganteaume. On leav-
ing the San Josef he was in succession, 30 Feb., 22
May, and 25 June, 1805, appointed Sub-Lieutenant
of the Griper, Nimble, and Growler gun-brigs,
Lieut.-Commanders John Morris, Thos. Delafons,
and Jas. Rose. In the Griper he was in frequent
action with the enemy's flotilla and batteries in the
neighbourhood of Boulogne, and was on one occa-
sion severely contused in the right hand ; and,
while serving in the Growler, he assisted at the
capture, near the Lizard, of a French lugger of 6
guns and 60 men, and at the destruction of other
vessels. The Growler was once chased by the
French fleet for 12 hours, and only escaped by
throwing most of her guns and shot overboard.
From Aug. to Dec. 1806 Mr. Simpson acted as Lieu-
tenant in the Conqueror 74, Capt. Israel Pellew :
and, on 21 May, 1807, he was confirmed into the
Hound bomb, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer. In the
course of the following month, an illness, which
lasted five years, caused him to invalid. He ac-
cepted his present rank 10 Feb. 1843 ; and was ad-
mitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 2
Sept. 1845.
Commander Simpson married, first, 10 Oct. 1807,
Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Andrews, Esq., of
Chichester ; and (that lady dying 14 June, 1833)
secondly, 3 May, 1836, Agnes, daughter of Mr. Ley,
of Exeter.
SIMS. (Liectenant, 1815. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 14.)
Andrew Sims entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1806, as
Midshipman, on board the Edgar 74, Capt. Geo.
Jackson, bearing the flag of Lord Keith in the
Downs; and, from the following Oct. until Oct.
1809, was employed in the Acasta 40, Capt. Philip
Beaver, on the West India station ; where he as-
sisted, in Feb. of the latter year, at the reduction of
Martinique. After serving for eight months in the
Channel in the Scipion 74, flag-ship of Hon. Robt.
Stopford, he again, in June, 1810, joined Capt.
Beaver on board the Nisus 38. In that frigate he
co-operated in the reduction of the Isle of France
and of Java. He continued in her under Capt.
Chas. Marsh Schomberg until May, 1814; and, on
15 Feb. 1815, he was advanced to the rank of Lieu-
tenant. Since 31 March, 1828, he has been in
charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
SINCLAIR. (Captain, 1841.)
Archibald Sinclair, born 20 Sept. 1801, is
fourth son of the late Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair,
Bart., D.C.L., F.R. and A.S., Cashier of the Excise
in Scotland, by his second wife, Diana, youngest
daughter of Alexander, first Lord Macdonald. He
is brother of the present Sir Geo. Sinclair, Bart. ;
and brother-in-law of George, late Earl of Glasgow.
His first-cousin, Jane, daughter (by one of his
father's sisters) of General Alex. Campbell of Bar-
caldine, was wife of the late Earl of Caithness.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 April, 1814, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Armada 74, Capt. Chas.
Grant, attached to the fleet in the Mediterranean.
In Nov. of the same year he became Midshipman
of the Chatham 74, commanded in the Channel by
Capt. David Lloyd; and between Sept. 1815 and
Feb. 1823 he was employed on the East India
station in the Challenger sloop, Capts. Henry
Forbes and Philip Henry Bridges, Tkincomalee
of 48 guns, Capt. P. H. Bridges, Orlando 36 and
Malabar 74, both commanded by Capt. John
Clavell, MiNDEN 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, and
Liffev 50, Commodore Grant. He was then nomi-
nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Dauntless 24, Capt.
Geo. Cornish Gambler ; and on his return to Eng-
land he was officially promoted by a commission
bearing date 22 Oct. 1823. He had, while in India,
accompanied an expedition against the pirates of
the Persian Gulf. His appointments after he left
the Dauntless were — 10 Feb. 1825, to the Glasgow
50, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, in the Channel
— 10 Dec. following, to the Doterel 18, Capt. Henry
Edwards, on the Halifax station— and, 7 Sept. 1829,
to the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of the Earl of
Northesk at Plymouth. He was promoted to the
rank of Commander 22 July, 1830 ; was appointed
the next day Second Captain of the Warspite 76,
bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Baker in South Ame-
rica; and on 16 Sept. 1831 was removed to the
command of the Jaseur 18, at the Cape of Good
Hope. He paid that vessel off in Oct. 1832; and
has not been since afloat. His Post-commission
bears date 23 Nov. 1841.
In 1826 Capt. Sinclair was presented with the
honorary medallion of the Royal Humane Society
for having twice, in the Glasgow, saved the life of
others, at the imminent hazard of his own. On
the first occasion he plunged in his uniform over-
board, in a dark night and a high sea, after a Mid-
shipman, the present Commander Thos. Hope, and
was only saved from perishing by accidentally
grasping a rope which happened to be hanging over
the side of the ship. In the second instance he
similarly rescued a seaman named Friend, who
had fallen overboard in an epileptic fit. Agents —
Messrs. Stilwell.
SINCLAIR, Bart. (Captain, 1814. r-p., 20;
H-p., 28.)
Sir John Gordon Sinclair, born 31 July, 1790,
is only son of the late Sir Robt. Sinclair, Bart.,
Lieutenant-Governor of Fort St. George, in Scotland
(whom he succeeded as eighth Baronet 4 Aug. 1795),
by Madalina, second daughter of Alexander, fourth
Duke of Gordon.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1799, as a
Boy, on board the Mars 74, Capt. John Monckton,
with whom he served in the Channel until Feb.
1800. Joining next, in April, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol.,
the Amphion 32, he sailed in that frigate for the
Mediterranean with the flag of Lord Nelson, whom
he followed as Midshipman, on their arrival, into
the Victort 100. After pursuing the combined
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SISON— SKARDON.
squadrons of France and Spain to the West Indies
and back, he removed, in 1S05, to the Amazos 38,
Capt. Wm. Parker, in which ship he continued cm-
ployed in the Mediterranean, West Indies, Channel,
and North America until within a week of his pro-
motion to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 July, 1809. He
was in consequence present, 13 March, 1806, at the
capture, after a long running fight and a loss to the
Amazok (in company with whom was the London
98) of 4 men killed and 5 wounded, of the Marengo
80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and
40-gun frigate Belle Poule. His next appointments
were — 11 July, 1809, for two months, to the Blake
74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, part of the force en-
gaged in the expedition to the Walcheren— 1 May,
1810, to the Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir Peter Parker,
under whom he contributed to the reduction of the
Isle of France— and, 11 Feb. 1812, after rather more
than four months of half-pay, to the Diana 38,
Capt. Wm. Ferris, in the Channel, where he cruized
until the ensuing April. On 13 Aug. in the same
year he was made Commander into the Redwing
18 ; and in that vessel he was again very actively
employed in the Mediterranean. On 31 March,
1813, we find him commended in high terms for the
able manner in which he covered the boats of his
own vessel and of the Vodontaihe and Undadnted
38's when, under Lieut. Isaac Shaw, they destroyed
the batteries and captured a convoy at Moijean.*
In an attack made, 2 May following, by the boats
of the above ships and of the Repulse 74 on some
other vessels collected at the same place, the fire of
the Redwing proved of equal efficiency. With the
boats of the squadron under his personal direclions.
Sir John Sinclair, after the powerful batteries at
Cassis, a town situated between Toulon and Mar-
seilles, had been carried by a detachment of marines
under Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, entered the mole
and brought out two heavy gun-boats and 24 vessels
laden with merchandize. He had previously, to
cover the marines, swept the Redwing in with
much perseverance, accompanied by the EsroiE 18,
Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, and had taken
up a most judicious position, although exposed in
doing so to a heavy fire from the batteries. t His
conduct was very warmly applauded by Capt. Thos.
Ussher, the senior officer present. This exploit was
achieved 18 Aug. 1813; and on 6 June, 1814, Sir
John Sinclair was advanced to Post-rank. His ap-
pointments have since been— 1 May, 1815, for nearly
four months, to the Labne 20, stationed on the
coast of France— 1 Feb. 1825, to the Doeis 42,
fitting for South America, whence he returned in
1829—17 Dec. 1842, to the charge of Naval Stores at
Gibraltar— and, 8 Sept. 1846, to the superintendence
(with his name on the books of the Victory) of the
Packet Establishment at Southampton.
Sir John Sinclair is Deputy-Lieutenant for Caith-
ness and Haddingtonshire. He married, 15 June,
1812, Anne, only daughter of Admiral Hon. Michael
De Courcy, niece of John, 26th Lord Kingsale, by
whom he has issue. His eldest son, Robert Charles,
is an officer in the 38th Regt. ; and his second, John
Michael De Courcy, an officer in the Madras Artil-
lery. His second daughter is the wife of Capt.
Hon. D. W. A. Pelham, R.N. Agents— Messrs.
Stilwell.
SISON. (Eetiked Commander, 1844. p-p., 16 •
H-p., 34.) '
Samdel Sison entered the Navy, 11 Sept. 1797,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Flora frigate, Capt.
Robt. Gambler Middleton, with whom he sailed for
Lisbon. From 9 Feb. 1798 until 27 March, 180O,
he served off' Cadiz and at Gillingham Reach, the
chief part of the time as Midshipman, in the Blen-
heim and Pbincess Royal 98'e, bearing each the
flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Lennox Frederick, and
Akgonadt hospital-ship, Lieut.-Commander Paul.
He next, 10 June, 1803, joined the Colossus 74,
Capts. Geo. Martin, Michael Seymour, and Jas.
NiooU Morris, employed off' Brest and Ferrol; and
* Vide Ga/.. 1813, p. 1148. + V. Gaz. 1813, p. 2011.
on removing, in 1804, to the Lively 38, Capt. Grar
ham Eden Hamond, he assisted, 5 Oct. in that year,
at the capture, off Cape St. Mary, of three Spanish
frigates laden with treasure, and the destruction of
a fourth. In the course of 1805 we find the Lively,
who on the latter occasion had had 2 men killed
and 5 wounded, sustaining a self-sought and very
spirited skirmish with the Spanish 74-gun ship
Glorioso. On leaving her Mr. Sison was received
as Master's Mate, in May, 1806, on board the San
JoSEP 110, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton oif
Brest. He was made Lieutenant (while serving at
Newfoundland in the Isis 50, flag-ship of Vice-Ad-
miral John HoUoway) into the Avenger 20, Capt.
Thos. White, 20 Aug. 1807 ; and was subsequently
appointed — 13 Jan. 1808, to the Hibeknia 120, bear-
ing the flags of Admirals Sir Chas. Cotton and Fras.
Pickmore off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean— in
1809, to the VoLONTAiRE 38, Capt. Chas. BuUen,
also in the Mediterranean— 17 Nov. 1810 and 22
Sept. 1812, to the San Josef again, flag-ship of Sir
C. Cotton, and Fylla 20, Capt. Henry Prescott,
both on the Home station— 14 May, 1813, to the
Akbar 50, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dick-
son, on the coast of Brazil— 6 Oct. and 20 Nov. 1814,
to the Qdeen S8, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, and Tremendous 74,
Capt. Robt. Campbell, again in the Mediterranean,
where he had charge, from May, 1815, until Jan.
1816, of some Neapolitan line-of-battle ships— 16
Jan. and 1 March, 1816, to the acting-command of
the Trident 64, receiving-ship at Malta, and Ca-
lypso sloop, which latter vessel he brought home
and paid off at Chatham 10 July following— and,
25 Aug. 1827, to the command, which he retained
until 3 April, 1829, of the Myrtle Falmouth packet.
On the night of 31 Oct. 1809 Mr. Sison, then in the
VoLONTAiRE, Served with the boats of a squadron
under the orders of Lieut. John Tailour at the cap-
ture and destruction of the French armed store-
ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards
Victoire and Grandeur^ armed xebec Nomumde, and
seven merchant-vessels, defended by numerous
strong batteries, in the Bay of Rosas, after a despe-
rate struggle and a loss to the British of 15 killed
and 55 wounded.* He accepted his present rank
11 Jan. 1844.
The Commander is married and has issue.
SKAEDON. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 14 ;t h-p., 28.)
George Briscoe Skardon entered the Navy, 26
March, 1805, as Midshipman, on board the Agin-
couRT 64, Capts. Thos. Briggs and Henry Hill, sta-
tioned in the North Sea; and from June, 1806,
until Nov. 1810, was employed, latterly as Master's
Mate, in La Chiffonne 36, Capt. John Wainwright,
in the Mediterranean and East Indies. In 1807 he
was wounded (in consideration whereof he obtained
a grant from the Patriotic Fund) at the cutting-
out of an armed vessel from Minorca ; and in Nov.
1809 he assisted at the destruction of -the strong
town of Ras-al-Khyma and of more than 80 piratic
vessels in the Persian Gulf. In June, 1810, on his
arrival at St. Helena from China in the Belliqdeux
64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, he again joined La
Chiffonne, and in her he returned to England.
After serving at Spithead as a Supernumerary in
the Royal William, Capt. Eobt. Hall, and in the
Bay of Biscay in the Dannemaek 74, Capt. Jas.
Bissett, he was received, in Aug. 1812, on board
the MiNDEN 74, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood, and
sailed a second time for the East Indies, where he
was nominated, 2 May, 1813, Acting-Lieutenant of
the VoLAGE 22, Capt. John Allen ; was confirmed,
4 Feb. 1814, into the Leda 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer;
and was in succession, in the course of 1815, re-
moved to the Hecate 18, Capt. J. Allen, Welles-
LEY, 74, Capts. Michael Matthews and John Harper,
and Doris 36, Capt. J. Harper. In March, 1816,
he came home. His last appointments were, 14
Sept. 1818, for three years, to the Severn, Coast
» Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 1908.
f Exclusive of Coaat-Guard service.
SKEKEL-SKENE.
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Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, and, 13 Nov.
1821, to the charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
Agents— Messrs. Stilwell.
SKEKEL. (Captain, 1825. f-p., 21 ; h-p. 31.)
John Skekel was born in March, 1779, at Mort-
lake, CO. Banff.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 Dec. 1795, as
A. B., on board the Thisee 28, Capt. John Okes
Hardy, with whom he served until the end of 1802,
at Halifax and on the Home station, in the same
vessel, and as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in
the Assistance 50, St. Albans 64, and Achille 74.
On the breaking out of the war in 1803 he sailed
with Capt. Hardy in the Couragecx 74, for the
West Indies, where, in June of the same year, he
acted as Lieutenant at the reduction of Ste. Lucie.
Being confirmed, 21 Feb. 1804, into the Pandora
44, Capt. John Nash, he accompanied the expedi-
tion against Surinam ; and was actively employed
during the operations which preceded the surrender
of that colony with the flotilla in the Commewyne
river. He had been previously, in the boats, en-
gaged in preventing supplies from being thrown
into Martinique ; and had been, 13 March, present
at the cutting out, close to Pearl Ro%k, of the Mo-
sambique privateer of 10 18-pounder carronades.
His appointments, after he left the Pandouk, were
—15 Oct. 1804, to the Heko 74, Capt. Hon. Alan
Hyde Gardner, under whom he fought in Sir
Kobt. Calder's action, was wounded in Sir Rich.
Strachan's* (for which he received a donation from
the Patriotic Society), and witnessed the capture,
13 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag
of Rear-Admiral Linois and 40-gun frigate Belle
Poule— 23 May, 1807, to the Ville de Paris 110,
flag-ship of Lord Gardner in the Channel — 2 June,
1808, to the Bellerophon 74, bearing the flag at
first of Hon. A. H. Gardner in the Channel, and
commanded next by Capt. Sam. "Warren as a pri-
vate ship on the Baltic station, where, in common
with the others employed, he received the approba-
tion of the Admiralty for his conduct in the boats
of a squadron at the brilliant cutting out, off Per-
cola Point, 7 July, 1809, of the Russian gun-boats
alluded to in our memoir of Capt. Chas. Allenf —
and 23 July, 1810, and 11 April, 1811, to the For-
midable 98, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, and Dictator
64, Capt. Williams, also in the Baltic. On 28 June,
1811, he was confirmed a Commander (a fortnight
after he had been ordered to act as such) in the
Flv sloop of 16 guns ; from which vessel he ex-
changed soon afterwards into the Gluckstadt 18.
In her he was overtaken on his passage home with
convoy by a violent storm ; and, to avoid founder-
ing, he was obliged to part with all his guns. The
GLiioKSTADT being paid off in Nov. 1811, he was
next appointed — 26 Aug. 1812, to the Bold 14,
fitting for the North American station, where he
was wrecked during a strong north-east gale, near
the north end of Prince Edward's Island, while pro-
ceeding with convoy up the St. Lawrence, 27 Sept.
1813—7 June, 1814, to the Plover 18, employed
until Nov. 1816 on the Newfoundland station — and
30 May, 1823, to the Ordinary at Plymouth. He
attained Post-rank 27 May, 1825 ; and accepted the
Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Skekel married, in July, 1835, Louisa Bla-
dalina Hughes, of York Street, Portman Square,
London.
SKENE. (LlEHT., 1820. F-p., 12 ; h-p., 27.)
Alexander Motz Skene entered the Navy, 9
Jan. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Guerri^re
40, Capt. Alex. Skene, under whom he was for two
years employed in that frigate and in the Hussar
38, on the West India, Halifax, and Home stations.
Ho was present, in the Hussar, in the expedition
to the Walcheren. After serving for nine months
In the Implacable 74, Capt. Geo. Cockburn, in
which ship he made a voyage to Vera Cruz and as-
sisted at the defence of Cadiz, he returned home
» I'ide (iiiz. 1805, p. 1400. -f r. Gaz. 1809, p. 1211.
with the latter officer in the spring of 1811 in the
Druid 32. In Jan. 1812 he entered the Royal
Naval College ; on leaving that institution in Sept.
1814 he became in succession attached to the Prince
98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, Iphigenia 42, Capt. Andrew
King, Ruby 64, Capt. Andrew Fitzherbert Evans,
and Albion and Northumberland 74*8, flag-ships
of Sir Geo. Cockburn. In the Northumberland
he escorted Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena.
On his return he was received on board the Bul-
wark 74, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley in
the river Medway ; and he was next, from Sept.
1816 until promoted to his present rank, 26 Dec.
1820, employed in the Sdrlt 10, Lieut.-Commander
John Hill, Ramillies 74, flag-ship at Leith of Sir
Wm. Johnstone Hope, Isabella hired sloop, Capt.
John Ross, Bulwark again, Capt. Sam. Warren,
and Griper brig, Lieut.-Commander Matthew
Liddon. He has since been on half-pay. He left
England, in 1818, in the Isabella, for the purpose
of exploring Baffin Bay and of inquiring into the
probability of a North-West Passage ; and in the
Griper he accompanied the present Sir Wm. Edw.
Parry in 1819 on another voyage of discovery to the
Polar regions. The expedition having on that occa-
sion penetrated to long. 113° 54' 43", within the
Arctic Circle, he became thereby entitled to a por-
tion of a Parliamentary reward of 5000Z. Agent —
Fred. Dufaur.
SKENE. (LrEOT., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 30.)
James Skene entered the Navy, in 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Favourite 18, Capt.
Naime, Ijing at Sheemess ; and in 1808 joined the
Puissant 74, Capt. Irvine, at Spithead. After
cruizing in the West Indies and on the coast of
North America in the Guerri^re 40, Capt. Alex.
Skene, he followed that officer in 1809 into the
Hussar 38, and in the course of the same year
accompanied, as Midshipman, the expedition to the
Walcheren. From 1810 until 1812 he served, chiefly
on the Home station, in the Seine 36, Capts. David
Atkins and John Hatley, and Inconstant 36, Capt.
Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He was then employed for
upwards of a year and a half in the Minden and
Illustrious 74's, flag-ships (both commanded by
Capt. A. Skene) of Sir Sam. Hood in the East
Indies ; on his return whence we find him serving
for a year under Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Alex.
Cochrane in the Asia 74 and Tonnant 80, on the
North American station. While there he was very
actively employed against the enemy. in the boats
and on shore, and was present in the attack upon
New Orleans. On 27 March, 1815 (the day after
he had passed his examination), he was nominated
Acting-Lieutenant of the Wolverene 16, Capt.
Geo. Guy Burton ; and while in that vessel, in which
he continued until the following Aug., he was
officially promoted to a commission bearing date 25
April in the same year. His last appointments
were— 19 Sept. 1822 and 18 Jan. 1823 to the Impreg-
nable 104 and Britannia 120, both commanded by
Capt. Skene, and each bearing the flag of Sir A.
Cochrane at Plymouth. He has been on half-pay
since April, 1824. Agents — llallett and Robinson.
SKENE, formerly Smith. (Commander, 1846.)
John M'Dowall Skene is son of Capt. John
Skene, R.N., C.B. (1813), who acted as Master of
the Egmont 74, Capt. John Sutton, in the action off
Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797, was First-Lieute-
nant of the Africa 64, Capt. Henry Digby, at the
battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, commanded the
Beagle sloop at the reduction of St. Sebastian in
1813, and died in 1833 at Bin Rook, Cardy, Forfar,
N.B. Commander Skene, whose father's name was
originally Smith, assumed his present surname on
inheriting property in Scotland in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Nov. 1825, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 74, Capt. Patrick
Campbell, lying at Portsmouth. Removing with
Capt. Campbell in March, 1827, to the Ocean 80, he
sailed in that ship in Feb. 1828 for Lisbon in escort
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SKINLEY— SKINNER— SK IPSEY.
of Don Miguel, and was employed in her off the
Morea during the evacuation of Greece by the
Egyptian army. He served next in the Briton
and Stag of 46 guns each, Capts. John Duff Mark-
land and Nich. Lockyer; and while in the latter
ship he was engaged as Mate (he had passed his
examination in June, 1832) in blockading the
Scheldt pending the siege of Antwerp by the French
in 1833-4. From 1835' until 1839 he was stationed
in the West Indies for the suppressing of slavery,
in the Nimrod 20, Capt. John Fraser ; and for his
subsequent services in the Magicienne 24, Capt.
Fred. Thos. Michell, on the coast of Syria, particu-
larly in sounding in a 4-oared gig and obtaining the
correct depth of water along the whole sea face of
the batteries of St. Jean d'Acre prior to the bom-
bardment, he was promoted, 5 Nov. 1840, to the rank
of Lieutenant. His subsequent appointments were
—15 Dec. 1840, 9 April, 1841, and 19 Jan. 1842, to
the Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Robt.
Stopford, Stromboli steamer, Capts. "Woodford
John WilUams and Wm. Louis, and Ganges 84,
Capt. Barrington Reynolds, all in the Mediterra-
nean, whence he returned to England and was paid
off in April, 1842—1 Aug. in the latter year, to the
Resistance 42, troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Geo. Edw.
Patey— and 1 July, 1843, to the Penelope steam-
frigate of 650 horse-power, fitting for the broad
pendant of Commodore Wm. Jones, Commander-in-
Chief on the west coast of Africa. Of the latter
vessel, which was indefatigably employed in the
suppression of the slave-trade, he soon became First-
Lieutenant. Being intrusted with the command of
her boats on every occasion of importance, he was
present in them at the destruction of Tombocorro
and Minna and of all the towns and factories up the
GalUnas river. In Oct. 1844 he took one slaver and
destroyed another in the bay of Cacongo ; on which
occasion 4 of the enemy were shot. At the dying
request of Commodore Jones, and as a reward both
for his services during that officer's long illness and
for the state of discipline in which he paid the
Penelope off, he was promoted, 26 May, 1846, to
the rank of Commander. Since 21 June, 1848, he
has been employed in the Coast Guard.
SKINLEY. (LiEnTENANT, 1817.)
John Skinlei- entered the Navy, we believe, in
1804, as A.B., on board the Egiptienne 40, Capt.
Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, employed in
cruizing among the Western Islands. From June,
1806, until Nov. 1813 he served, the chief part of
the time as Captain of the forecastle, in the The-
seus and PoicTiERS 74's, Capts. Geo. Hope and John
Poo Beresford, in the Channel and North Sea, and
also on the Halifax station ; where he then, and in
June, 1815, became Master's Mate of the Maid-
stone 42, Capts. Geo. Burdett, Alex. Gordon, and
Wm. Skipsey, and Akbar 50, bearing the flag of
Kear-Admiral Edw. Griffith. Of the latter ship he
was nominated Acting-Lieutenant 28 June, 1816.
He was officially promoted 12 Feb. 1817, and has
not been since afloat.
One of his sons is married to the eldest dauchter
of Lieut. Chas. Hill, R.N.
SKINNER. (Commander, 1828. f-p n-
H-p., 15.) '
Arthur Macghegor Skinner, born 17 April,
1799, is son of the late Courtland Macgregor, of
Belfast, a veteran officer who entered the Army at
an early age and retired as Captain of the 70th
Regt. ; and grandson of Benj. Skinner, who was
Attorney-General and Speaker of the House of
Assembly in New Jersey when the war of inde-
pendence broke out in America, and who thereby
lost a large landed property, on which he had raised
three battalions and, having headed them in person
had been granted the rank and allowances of a
Brigadjer-Gencral. His maternal grandfather, Capt.
Macartney, R.N. (whose son, Jas. Macartney, was
afterwards lost with Sir Hyde Parker in the Cato
50), was killed in command of the Princess Amelia
80, in the action off the Doggerbank, 5 Aug. 1781.
One of his uncles, J. P. Skinner, was a Major-Gene-
ral in the Army ; and another, John Skinner, a
Commander, R.N. Most of his family have died in
the service of their country.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Jime, 1811, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hannibal 74, Capt.
Wm. King, bearing the flag off the Texel of the late
Sir Philip Chaa. Durham ; with whom (deducting a
short time passed in April, 1812, on board the
RovAL William at SpitheM) he continued em-
ployed in the Christian "VII. 80, and Bulwark and
Venerable 74's, until transferred, in July, 1814, to
the Baeeosa 36, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch. He was
stationed, in the Bulwark, in Basque Roads ; and
on his passage, in the Venerable, to the West In-
dies, be was present as Midshipman (a rating he
had attained on board the Bulwark) at the cap-
ture, with trifling loss on the part of the British, of
the French 40-gun frigates Iphigenie and Ahmine,
which surrendered (the former after considerable
resistance) on 16 and 20 Jan. 1814. On leaving the
Barrosa, in which ship he had assisted at the cap-
ture of five American schooners and one slaver, he
went back, in Jan. 1815, to the Venerable. He
returned to England shortly afterwards in the
Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, and on
his arrival in the ensuing April was paid off. In
Dec. of the same year he again joined the Pique,
still commanded by Capt. Maitland ; with whom he
removed, early in 1816, to the Glasgow 50. In that
ship, part of the force engaged at the bombardment
of Algiers, he served in the Mediterranean, with the
intermission of a year (between Oct. 1816 and Oct.
1817) until Oct. 1820. He was then (he had passed
his examination 2 June, 1819) received on board the
Roohfort 80, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore, but
came home in Feb. 1821 in the Glasgow, and was
afterwards, from the following April until March,
1824, when he invalided, employed on the Home
and East India stations in the Bulwark 74, bearing
the flag of Sir John Gore and Sir Benj. HaUowell,
Royal Sovereign yacht, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. K.
Owen and Sir Chas. Adam, Bulwark again, and
LiFFEY 50, Commodore Chas. Grant. Of the latter
ship, which he joined in Nov. 1821, he was confirmed
a Lieutenant, nearly eight months after he had been
ordered to act as such, 22 Oct. 1823. He served
subsequently from 24 Oct. 1826 until advanced to
his present rank, 9 Sept. 1828, in the Pyeamus 42,
Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius ; and from 7 July, 1840,
until 1847, as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast
Guard.
From Dec. 1833 until June, 1840, Commander
Skinner was a Police Magistrate at Belfast. While
serving in 1819 in the Glasgow his arm was badly
fractured by a man falling upon him from aloft. In
consideration of this he was allowed, until promoted,
to enjoy the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital.
Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.
SKIPSEY. (Rear-Admik.1L of the Red, 1837.)
William Skipsey died 18 March, 1846, at Brigh-
ton, in his 90th year.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Aug. 1769, on
board the Quebec frigate, Capt. Eras. Reynolds,
stationed in the West Indies, where, and on the
coast of AiKoa, he served from 1770 until 1773 in
the Lynx, Capt. Salter, and Weasel sloop, Capt.
Geo. Young. In 1774 he joined the Ramillies 74,
guard-ship at Chatham, Capt. Evans ; and, on 7
April, 1778, after having been for three years em-
ployed on the coast of North America as Midship-
man in the Senegal sloop, Capt. Wm. Duddingstone,
he was made Lieutenant into the Berwick 74, bear-
ing the broad pendant of Commodore K. Stewart.
In that ship he fought, 27 July following, in Kep-
pel s action with the Comte d'^Orvilliers, witnessed
the hurricane of 1780, and was wounded in the en-
gagement between Sir Hyde Parker and Admiral
Zoutman off the Doggerbank 5 Aug. 1781 His
next appointments were— 18 Nov. 1781, to the Go-
liath 74, Capt. Sir Hyde Parker, employed in the
SKIPWITH— SKYNNER— SLADE.
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Channel, West Indies, and North Sea — 2 April,
1782, to the Britannia 100, bearing the flag of
Hon. Sam. Barrington, whom he accompanied, under
Lord Howe, to the relief of Gibraltar — 20 March,
1783, to the Caunatic 74, which ship, we believe,
he never joined — in 1770, for a short time, to the
Impregnable and Hero, both commanded by Capt.
Pringle— 10 May, 1790, to the Kotal George 100,
fiag-shipof Admiral Barrington in the Channel, where
he remained until the following Dec. — and, in 1795,
to the Transport service in the West Indies. At the
ensuing reduction of Ste. Lucie he commanded a
division of flat-bottomed boats employed in landing
the troops, and was mentioned by Sir Hugh Cloberry
Christian, the Commander-in-Chief, for his assiduity
and exertions.* He was promoted, 6 Deo. 1796, to
the command of the Racehorse sloop ; was placed
in charge, for about six weeks in 1797, of the Gai/-
I.ANT gun-brig, for the purpose of acting against the
mutineers of the Nore ; and, in June, 1798, and in
Nov. 1799, was appointed to the Pheasant and Ter-
magant sloops, both on the North American station.
In the latter vessel, on proceeding to the Mediter-
ranean, he effected the capture, 1 and 4 Sept. 1800
of La CapricieiLse French national polacre of 6 guns
and 68 men, and General Holtz privateer, of 2 guns
and 26 men. He also, in 1801, assisted in the opera^
tions against the French in Egypt, and was pre-
sented in consequence with the Turkish gold medal.
He became Acting-Captain in June of the same
year of the Hector 74; was confirmed to that
ship 18 March, 1802 ; and, returning to England in
May, 1803, was subsequently appointed — 4 June,
1804, to the Impress service at Dublin — in April,
1805, for nearly five years, to the Shannon district
of Sea Fencibles — 17 May, 1813, to the Centurion
50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Edw. Griflith
in North America— 6 Aug. 1814, to the Maidstone
36, on the same station — 22 Aug. 1815, to the Lean-
der 50, in which ship he continued, on Home ser-
vice, until 1 May, 1816 — and, in 1827, to the chief
command at the Cape of Good Hope, where with
his broad pendant in the Maidstone 42, he remained
for about two years. He was nominated a Colonel
of Marines 22 July, 1830; and advanced to Flag-
rank 10 Jan. 1837.
At the period of his death Rear-Admiral Skipsey
had been longer in the Navy than any officer then
existing. He was for upwards of 30 years in active
service. He was married and has left issue.
SKIPWITH. (COMMANDEB, 1842.)
Grey Skipwith, born 10 April, 1811, is fourth
son of Sir Gray Skipwith, Bart., of Prestwould, co.
Lincoln, and of Newbold Hall, co. Warwick, by
Harriett, third daughter of Gore Townshend, Esq.,
of Honington Hall, co. Warwick. One of his bro-
thers, William, is a Captain in the Army ; and an-
other, Sldmouth Stowell, a Lieutenant R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in
Jan. 1823 ; and embarked, 25 Jan. 1825, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Jasper 10, Capt. Chas. Howe
Fremantle, stationed in the Channel. He served
subsequently in the Mediterranean and at home as
Midshipman in the Ariadne 26, Capt. Lord Adol-
phus FitzClarence, Chanticleer 10, Capt. Maxwell,
and Challenger 28 and Pallas 42, both com-
manded by Lord A. FitzClarence ; under whom we
find him, from 1830 (in May of which year he passed
his examination) until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 7 March, 1834, employed as Mate in the
Royal George yacht and Onyx and Pantaloon
tenders. His next appointments were — 16 May,
1834, and 10 May, 1837, totheCniLDERS 16, Capt. Hon.
Henry Keppel, and Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker,
both in the Mediterranean— 8 Aug. 1839, as First-
Lieutenant (after 17 months of half-pay), to the Phce-
Nix steamer, Capt. Robt. Spencer Robinson, on the
same station, whence he returned in March, 1840—
and, 5 April, 1841, as Second, to the Coenwallis
72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the East Indies.
For his services on the coast of China (where he
* riifeGaz. 1796, p. 593.
assisted at the taking of Chapoo, Woosung,* assisted
also at the capture of Shanghae and Chin-Kiang-
Foo, and was present at the signing of the treaty
of Nanking), he was promoted 23 Dec. 1842, to the
rank he now holds. f He left the Cornwallis in
March, 1843 ; and, since 2 Dec. 1847, has been in
command of the Hydra steam-sloop of 220 horse-
power, on the S.E. coast of America.
SKIPWITH. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
SiDMODTH Stowell Skipwith, bom 29 March,
1825, is tenth and youngest son of Sir Gray Skip-
with, Bart. ; and brother of Commander Grey Skip-
with, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 19 July, 1844 ;
served as Mate (from 23 Dec. following until pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant 9 Nov. 1846) in
the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts.
Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads ; and
from 6 Jan. 1847 until paid off in 1848, was em-
ployed in the Channel and Mediterranean in the
Trafalgar 120, Capts. John Neale Nott and Chas.
Hope.
SKYNNER. (Retired Commander, 1838.
F-p., 13; H-p., 38.)
John Skynner died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1795, as A.B., on
board the Bedford 74, Capt. Robt. Mann, attached
to the fleet in the Mediterranean; where, and on the
Lisbon and Home stations, he served, we believe,
from the following Dec. until April, 1801, the greater
part of the time as Midshipman and Master's Mate,
in the Egmont 74, Capt. John Sutton. In that ship
he was present at the evacuation of Corsica in 1796,
and in the action off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797.
After he had been for 11 months employed in the
Channel and Downs in the Ville de Paris 110,
flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, Isis 50, Capt.
Thos. Masterman Hardy, and, as Acting-Lieutenant,
in the Nemesis 28, Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen, he
was confirmed to the latter rank, 8 March, 1802, in
the Amazon 38, Capts. Sam. Sutton and Wm. Parker.
In her he brought the Duke of Kent home from
Gibraltar, and then returned to the Mediterranean ;
on which station he held command, from 19 June,
1804, until 14 Dec. 1807, of the Hirondelle gun-
brig. He was placed on the list of Retired Com-
manders 10 April, 1838.
SLADE. (Commander, 1841.)
Adolphds Slade is fifth (and second surviving)
son of General Sir John Slade, Bart., G.C.H., of
Maunsell House, co. Somerset, Colonel of the 5th
Dragoon Guards, and one of the Equerries to His
Majesty the King of Hanover, by Anna Eliza,
daughter of Jas. Dawson, Esq., Assistant-Barrister,
CO. Armagh. His eldest brother, John Henry, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel in the 1st Dragoon Guards, died 30
Oct. 1843 ; and his second, Charles George, Major
in the 3rd Light Dragoons, died on his passage home
from India in Feb. 1838. A third brother, Marcus
John, is Lieutenant-Colonel in the 30th Regt. ; a
fourth, Ernest-Augustus, is also an officer in the
Army ; and a fifth, Alfred Robert, Lieutenant R.N.,
died at sea. He is grandson of the late John Slade,
Esq., of Maunsell House, one of the Commissioners
of the Victualling Board ; and cousin of the late
Capt. Jas. Slade, B.N.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Aug. 1815; passed
his examination in 1822; obtained his first commis-
sion 27 Nov. 1827 ; served in the Mediterranean,
from 23 Jan. 1834 until 1837, as Additional-Lieute-
nant of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias
Rowley ; attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841 ;
and from 2 July, 1846, until paid ofi' at the close of
1847, commanded the Recruit 12, on particular ser-
vice. In 1844 he was a student at the Royal Naval
College.
• rWeGaz. 1842, pp. 3694, 3400. f f. Gaz. 1842, p.
3821.
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SLADE.
SLADE. (LlBUTENANT, 1841.)
Edgar Slade was born 28 July, 1806. He is
nephew of the late Capt. Jas. Slade, K.N. ; and
cousin of Commander Henry Slade, K.N., and Capt.
Andw. Drew, R.N. His brother, Ferguson Slade,
Mate of the Lynx brigantine, was lost in a prize on
the coast of Africa in 1841.
This ofBcer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1821, as
Clerk, on board the Snap 10, liieut.-Commanders
John Hose and Fred. Bullock, employed until paid
off in Jan. 1827, on surveying-service at Newfound-
land. In Feb. of the latter year he became Mid-
shipman (a rating he had attained in the Snap at
the commencement of 1825) of the Victory 104,
Capts. Chas. Inglis and Hon. Geo. Elliot, guard-
ship at Portsmouth ; and in the following Aug., two
months after he had passed his examination, he was
appointed Mate of the Warspite 76, Capts. Hon.
Rich. Saunders Dundas and Wm. Parker. In that
ship he was stationed at first off Lisbon, and next in
the Mediterranean, where we find him assisting at
the blockade of Navarin and conveying the Count
Capo d'Istria to Egeria on his election to the Presi-
dency of Greece. In Sept. 1828 he removed to the
Wellesley 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, also in
the Mediterranean ; and on his return to England in
Sept. 1830 he assumed command of the Jane Re-
venue tender; in which vessel he continued em-
ployed in the Irish Channel and on the coast of
Scotland until Feb. 1840. He was then appointed
to a station in the Coast Guard ; and from 27 May,
1841, until he again joined that service 30 Sept.
1843, he was engaged, under Capt. Chas. Jepp Ro-
binson, in surveying the river Clyde. While there
he was promoted, 14 Dec. 1841, to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, and appointed, 15 Deo. 1842 and 31 Jan.
1843, to the Gleaner and Shearwater steam-ves-
sels. Until he finally left the Coast Guard in 1848
he had not been one month out of employ since he
entered the Navy, a period of more than 26 years.
Lieut. Slade married, 24 March, 1833, Alicia,
daughter of Jas. Melville, Esq.
SLADE. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
Frederick Slade entered the Navy, 27 June,
1804, as L.M., on board the Cdlloden 74, Capt.
Christopher Cole, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw.
Pellew, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies,
where he attained the rating of Midshipman in
May, 1805, and assisted at the destruction, 27 Nov.
1806, of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs-of-war, and
about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels lying in
Batavia Roads. From Sept. 1807 until Aug. 1810
he was employed in the Baltic and Mediterranean,
as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Salsette
and Nereus frigates, Capts. Walter Bathurst and
Peter Heywood. He then joined the Christian
VII. 80, bearing the flag of Sir B. Pellew off the
Texel ; and after again serving with that officer in
the Mediterranean in the Caledonia 120, was nomi-
nated, 16 Aug. 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Cumberland 74, Capts. Robt. Waller Otway and
Thos. Baker. He was confirmed 26 Sept. following,
but invalided towards the close of the same year,
and was lastly, from March, 1812, until Jan. 1814,
employed, a second time in the Baltic, in the Zea-
lous 74, Capt. Thos. Boys. Agents — Hallett and
Robinson.
SLADE. (Commander, 1825. p-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 30.)
Henuy Slade is nephew of the late Capt. Jas.
Slade, R.N. ; and cousin of Lieut. Edgar Slade, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1800, as
Fst.-cl. Vol, on board the Spanker, lying at Sheer-
ness, where he remained until April, 1802. He
next, in May, 1803, joined the Princess Augusta
yacht; and in Aug. of the same year the Fisguard
42, Capts. Lord Mark Robt. Kerr and Wm. Bolton.
In the boats of the latter ship he took part, as Mid-
shipman, in an attack made in 1805 on a Greek
pirate off the Cape de Gata. After serving for
rather more than three years off Rochefort and
Lisbon, and again hi the Mediterranean, part of the
time as Master's Mate, in the Kent 74 and Canopus
80, flag-ships of Admirals Edw. Thombrough and
Geo. Martin, he was made Lieutenant, 12 Nov. 1808,
into the Philomel sloop, Capts. Geo. Crawley, Geo.
Downie, and Geo. Davies. Continuing in that vessel
until May, 1810, he commanded her boats at the
storming of the fort of Reggio, at the taking of
Zante, Cephalonia, and Ithaca, and at the capture
and destruction, on the nignt of 31 Oct. 1809, by
the boats of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour,
after a fearful struggle and a loss to the British of
15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the French store-
ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards
Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec Nomumde,
with a convoy of seven merchant- vessels, defended
by numerous strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas.
Between May, 1810, and May, 1815, he was em-
ployed on the Home, West India, and North Ame-
rican stations, in the Armide 38, Capts. Ferdinand
Lucius Hardyman and Rich. Bailing Dunn, Tre-
mendous 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, Aquilon 32,
Capts. Hon. Wm. Pakenham and Wm. Bowles,
Asia 74, Capt. Geo. Scott, and Bulwark 74, Capts.
David Milne and Farmery Predam Epworth. While
in the ship last mentioned he accompanied an ex-
pedition under Capt. Robt. Barrie up the Penobscot,
where he commanded a party of seamen on shore
at the capture of the towns of Hamden and Bangor,
3 Sept. 1814.* He was afterwards, from Dec. 1820
until paid off, 5 Feb. 1824, employed on particular
service in the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Sam. War-
ren ; and on 27 May, 1825, he was advanced to the
rank of Commander. He has since been on half-pay.
SLADE. (Captain, 1810.)
James Slade was born in 1768 at Childhay, Bur-
stock, CO. Dorset, and died 25 Oct. 1846. He was
uncle of Commander Henry, and Lieut. Edgar,
Slade, R.N., and cousin of Commander Adolphus
Slade, R.N.
This ofBcer entered the Navy, in 1781, as a Boy,
on board the Amphion frigate, Capt. John Bazely,
stationed on the coast of North America; where
and in the West Indies he served, from 1783 until
1786, as Midshipman, in the Cyrus, Lieut.-Com-
manders Turner, Davidson, Brovpn, and Johnson.
He then returned to England in the Unicorn 20,
Capt. Chas. Stirling, and during the remainder of
the peace was employed in the Edgar 74, flag-ship
of Rear- Admiral Leveson Gower, Endymion, Lieut-
Commander Dan. Woodriff, Dictator 64, Capt.
West, London 98, Royal Sovereign 100, and Vic-
tory 100, each bearing the flag of the late Lord
Hood, and Bomney 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
Sam. Cranston Goodall. In the Endtmion he made
a voyage to Quebec and back ; and in the Romney
(the other ships were on the Home station) he pro-
ceeded to the Mediterranean ; where he was nomi-
nated, 8 April, 1792, Acting-Lieutenant of the Fuey
14, Capts. Frank Sotheron and Henry Lidgbird
Ball. In that vessel, to which he was confirmed 8
April, 1793, we find him affording protection to the
trade between England and Portugal, accompanying
an expedition under Earl Moira and Rear-Admiral
M'Bride to the coasts of Normandy and Brittany,
and assisting, while attached to a squadron under
Sir John Borlase Warren, at the capture, 23 Jan.
1794, of La Vipcre national corvette. From May,
1795, imtil promoted, 2 Sept. 1799, to the command
of L'EspiteLE sloop, he again served with Capt.
Sotheron at Newfoundland and in the North Sea,
in the Romney 50, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Wal-
lace, and, as First-Lieutenant, in the Latona 38.
During his servitude in the latter ship he was
placed in charge of the Crash gun-brig, and sent,
13 Aug. 1799, with the Undaunted armed sohuyt
and the boats of a small squadron under his orders,
to attack the Vengeance schooner, of 6 guns and 70
men, and a row-boat, both moored under a battery
of 4 long 12-pounders and 2 brass 4-pounders, on
the island of Schiermonikoog. Although the Crash
grounded too far from the shore to be of much ser-
* Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 8027,
SLAUGHTER.
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vice, the enterprise was in every way successful.
The Vengeance was set on fire and destroyed by her
own crew ; the row-boat, with 12 schuyts lying near
her, was captured ; and the brass guns in the bat-
tery (the others were spiked) brought off. Two days
prior to this, Mr. Slade had been, in command of
the boats of the same squadron, in company with
the Courier cutter, commanded by the present
Kear- Admiral Searle (to whose memoir refer) when
that vessel made prize of the above-named Crash ;
on which occasion he drove on shore a large armed
schooner. His conduct was such as to obtain for
him very honourable mention, and afforded his Cap-
tain an opportunity of describing him as being at
all times a truly deserving and gallant officer. He
was shortly afterwards present at the capture of the
Helder and the surrender of the Dutch squadron
under Rear-Admiral Storey- As a tribute to the
professional character of Lieut. Slade, we must here
state that in six weeks he brought the crew of the
Latona from a state of insubordination bordering
on mutiny into the very highest discipline, without
the ordeal of a single court-martial and with the
exercise of very trifling punishment. He continued
in command of L'Espi^gle (already alluded to) in
the North Sea until 1802; and was subsequently em-
ployed— from 5 Oct. 1805 until he invalided in June,
1806, in the Duchess of Bedford of 12 guns, on
the Mediterranean station— in 1809-10, in the Sea
Fencibles in Ireland — from 31 Jan. 1810 until 1814,
in the Experiment receiving-ship at Falmouth —
and, for a few weeks in March and April, 1816, in
the Ordinary at Plymouth. His promotion to Post-
rank took place 21 Oct. 1810.
Capt. Slade married, 3 Dec. 1796, Cheney, young-
est daughter of Henry Koe, Esq., by whom he had
seven children. One of his sons, an officer in the
Navy, was drowned.
SLAUGHTER. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
John Slaughter entered the Navy 10 Aug. 1808 ;
served, as Master's Mate, in the boats of the
Tuscan 16 at the capture of a piratical vessel off
the island of Elba in 1815 ; passed his examina-
tion in 1817 ; and was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 22 July, 1830. His appointments have
since been in succession — 24 Aug. 1832 to the Coast
Guard — 15 June, 1838, to the command, which he
retained until Jan. 1840, of the Lion Revenue
cruizer— 26 Sept. in the latter year to the post of
Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steamer
—7 March, 1843, again to the Coast Guard— and, 2
Jan. 1846, to another mail-steamer, in which he is at
present employed.
SLAUGHTER, K.H. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 21 ;
H-P., 32.)
William Slaughter was born 11 Nov. 1787.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Dec. 1794, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Triumph 74, Capts.
Erasmus Gower, Wm. Essington, Thos. Seccombe,
Ehab Harvey, and Sir Robt. Barlow ; in which he
was for ten years employed (part of the time under
the flag of Rear-Admiral Collingwood) on the Home
and Mediterranean stations. He was in conse-
quence present in Cornwallis' celebrated retreat,
16 and 17 June, 1795, and in the action off Camper-
down 11 Oct. 1797. On leaving the Triumph he
became Midshipman (a rating he had attained in
Jan. 1800) of the Barfleuk 98, Capt. Geo. Martin,
lying at Spithead ; and on 29 Jan. 1805 he was nomi-
nated Sub-Lieutenant of the Bold gun-brig, Lieut. -
Commander Wm. Chivers. While in that vessel he
was constantly engaged with the enemy's flotilla on
the coast of France, and for his conduct in bringing
out a national cutter from vuider the strong bat-
teries of Calais, received the thanks of Commodore
Edw. W. C. R. Owen. On 18 Sept. 1806 he was made
full Lieutenant into the Lucifer, Capt. Robt. Elliot,
stationed at first in the Downs and next in the Me-
diterranean ; where, prior to his removal in Jan.
1809 to the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste, he
passed the Dardanells with Sir John Duckworth,
co-operated vrith the army in the attack upon
Rosetta, and obtained the thanks of Lord Cochrane
for his exertions during the defence of Trinidad
Castle, attached to the fortress of Rosas, as well as
of Rear- Admiral Sir Alex. John Ball for having in an
open boat conveyed important despatches to Capt.
Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, senior officer off Syra-
cuse. With the boats of the Amphion and of the
Spartan and Mercury frigates under his orders,
Lieut. Slaughter took possession, 27 Aug. 1809, of
six gun-boats and a convoy of merchant trabaccolos
anchored under the walls of the strong fortress of
Cortellazzo, near Trieste, which had just before
been stormed and carried by a body of seamen and
marines under the present Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney
Phillott.* On 29 Aug. 1810, a convoy having been
chased the day before into the harbour of Grade,
he landed at the head of a detachment of seamen
and marines from the Amphion and Cerberus a
little to the right of the town, which he at once pro-
ceeded to attack. On their march the British were
met, about the dawn of day, by a body of troops
and peasantry, who opened a very destructive fire
and obliged them to retire to the shelter of some
hillocks. Conceiving that they were retreating to
their boats, the French quitted a very advantage-
ous position which they had been occupying, and
charged with the bayonet. They were, however,
received with characteristic bravery and steadiness
— and a Lieutenant, a Serjeant, and 38 Privates of
the 81st Regt. of French Infantry were made pri-
soners. Lieut. Slaughter and his party then en-
tered the town and took possession of the vessels,
25 in number. At about 11 a.m. a detachment of
the 5th Regt. of French infantry, consisting of a
Lieutenant and 24 men, entered Grade from Ma-
ran, a village in the interior ; these were instantly
attacked by Lieut. Slaughter and the force that
was nearest to them, consisting of a division of sea-
men and marines belonging to the Amphion and
also to the Active frigate, whose boats had landed
just as the men of the Amphion and Cerberus had
achieved their exploit. The same intrepidity which
had ensured success on that occasion produced it
on this — the enemy, after two of their number had
been killed, throwing down their arms and surren-
dering. Every exertion was now made to get the
convoy out of the river, but, it being almost low
water, that object was not to be effected before
7 p.m., and then not without great labour and
fatigue, the men having to shift the cargoes of
the large vessels into small ones, in order to float
them over the ban The loss on the part of the
British in performing this very gallant service
amounted to 4 marines killed and 1 Lieutenant of
marines, 3 seamen, and 4 marines wounded ; that of
the French to 10 killed, 8 by bayonet wounds, a
proof of the nature of the conflict, and 8 wounded.
" I cannot," says Capt. Hoste In his official account
of the performance, addressed to Sir Chas. Cotton,
the Commander-in-Chief, "sufficiently express my
thanks to the Commanding Lieutenant, Slaughter,
who has on this, and on many frequent instances
before, given proofs of courage and conduct which
merit every encouragement ; and I beg leave to re-
commend him in the strongest terms to your consi-
deration." t Mr. Slaughter was in consequence re-
warded with a Commander's commission dated 21
Nov. 1810. Previously to quitting the Amphion he
appears to have been engaged in other attacks on
the enemy's towns and convoys. On one occasion,
while endeavouring to burn a Russian squadron at
Trieste, the boat he was in was upset, at night, by
a concussion of Congreve-rockets, and he and his
crew, exposed to a heavy fire, were only saved by
the timely assistance rendered by another boat.
Assuming command, 17 Dec. 1812, of the Archer
sloop, Capt. Slaughter, while stationed in April,
1814, off Dunkerque, received on board a deputation
from that town charged with an invitation to Louis
XVIII. to return and take possession of his throne
and kingdom. This deputation he presented in
person at the Admiralty and to His Majesty at his
• Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1906. + V.Grz. 1810, p. 1857.
1080
SLEIGH-SLIGHT-SLOAN-SLOLY— SLYMAN.
abode at Hartwell House, In Buckinghamshire. He
then conveyed it back to Dunkerque. Although
the event was considered of so much importance
that its announcement was accompanied by a dis-
charge from the Park and Tower guns, Capt.
Slaughter, contrary, we believe, to the custom pre-
valent on such occasions, was not promoted ; nor
was any part of the expense he had incurred
(amounting to 230Z.) restored to him. He afterwards
accompanied the expedition against New Orleans.
He paid off the Akcher in Sept. 1815 ; and was
lastly, from 2 July, 1829, until 1832, employed as
an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. He
was nominated a K.H. 1 Jan. 1837 ; and advanced,
10 of the same month, to Post-rank. Capt. Slaugh-
ter has been three times wounded. Agemts —
Messrs. Stilwell.
SLEIGH. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 22.)
John Sieigh was bom in Oct. 1796, and died
about the commencement of 1848.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1809, as
Third-cl. Boy, on board the Amsterdam 20, Capt.
Edw. Wallis Hoare, stationed on the coast of Ire-
land, where he attained the rating of Midshipman
in Feb. 1810, and removed, in the following Dec,
to the Helena sloop, Capt. Henry Haynes. He
served next, from May, 1811, until Aug. 1814, in
the Statira 38, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, in the
West Indies and North America ; and from March,
1815, until March, 1816, as Master's Mate, in the
Alceste and Weser troop-ships, commanded on the
station last named and at Portsmouth by Capt. Dan.
Lawrence. On 3 April, 1813, being then in the
Statiba, he assisted in the boats of a squadron
containing 105 men, under the orders of Lieut. Jas.
Polkinghorne, at the capture, 15 miles up the Kap-
pahannock river, of four schooners, carrying in the
whole 31 guns and 219 men — an exploit whose
achievement inflicted on the British a loss of 2 men
killed and 1 1, including himself, wounded, and on
the enemy of 6 killed and 10 wounded.* On leaving
the "Weser Mr. Sleigh, who had been on another
occasion wounded, took up a commission bearing
date 2 Nov. 1815. He was afterwards, from 16
Nov. 1832 until 1836, employed in the Coast Guard ;
and from 9 Oct. 1841 until 1847 in command of the
Semaphore at Haslemere, Haste Hill.
He married, in Oct. 1818, a daughter of Robt.
Swayne, Esq., of Bantyre, co. Cork, and cousin of
the late Earl of Listowell, by whom he has left
issue six children.
SLIGHT. (Lieutenant, 1842.).~
Jdman Foulston Slight entered the Navy 2
July, 1829 ; passed his examination 8 Feb. 1836 ;
and on the paying off of the Implacable 74, Capt.
Edw. Harvey, in which ship he had been serving in
the Mediterranean, was promoted, 7 Feb. 1842, to
the rank he now holds. His appointments have
since been — 10 March, 1842, to the Kesistance
troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Geo. Edw. Patey — 28 July
following, to the Daphne 18, Capt. John Jas.
Onslow, of which vessel, stationed in the Pacific, he
became First-Lieutenant— and 28 July, 1842, in the
latter capacity (shortly after the Daphne had been
put out of commission) to the Dragon steam-frigate
of 560 horse-power, Capt. Wm. Hutcheon Hall,
under whom he is now employed on particular ser-
vice.
Copenhagen ; where, on the surrender of the Danish
fleet, he assisted in fitting out the Little Belt 24.
On his return to England in the Sarpen 18, another
of the prizes, he assisted in dismantling the rest of
the captured ships. He was subsequently employed
—from 23 April, 1808, until 8 Oct. 1811, as Master's
Mate and Acting-Lieutenant (order dated 17 Nov.
1810) in the Amelia 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul
Irby, on the coast of France and Spain and among
the Western Islands— from 9 Oct. 1811 until 21
April, 1812, as a Supernumerary Midshipman, in
the Eoyal William, Capt. Robt. Hall, at Spithead
—from 22 April until 26 Aug. 1812, as Admiralty-
Midshipman, in the Montagu 74, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Manley Dixon in South America— and
from 26 Aug. in the latter year until 29 Aug. 1814,
as Acting-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission
dated 30 Dec. 1812) in the Bonne Citoyenne 20,
Capt. Pitt Bumaby Greene, on the same, the Home,
and West India stations. In the Amelia he con-
tributed to the destruction of three French frigates
under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, 24 Feb. 1809 ;
witnessed the capture of La Mouche corvette of 16
guns and 180 men. La Rejouie national brig of 8
guns and 51 men, a schooner of 1 gun and 25 men,
two armed luggers with cargoes (all taken on one
occasion, in company with the Statira 38) and Le
Charles privateer of 20 guns, 300 tons, and 170
men ; and aided in causing the self-destruction,
25 March, 1811, of L'Amazme, a French frigate
of the largest class, which had been driven into a
bay near Cape Barfleur. While Mr. Sloan was
acting as First-Lieutenant in the Bonne Citoyenne
that ship unfortunately took the ground, with nearly
half a million of money on board, and was in conse-
quence obliged to be hove down. The specie was
forthwith discharged into a Portuguese vessel, and
sent home under the care of himself and the Master,
the only ofiicers on board. Since Aug. 1814 the
Lieutenant, who had not until then been more than
six weeks on shore since he entered the Navy, has
been on half-pay.
SLOLY. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 34.)
James Slolt entered the Navy, in Oct. 1802, as
Third-ol. Boy, on board the Nimble cutter, Lieut.-
Commander Jeremiah Coghlan, stationed in the
Channel, where he removed, as Fst.-cl. Vol., in
Sept. 1803, to the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir Edw.
Pellew. He was afterwards, from 9 May, 1804,
until his return to England in Nov. 1812, employed
in the East Indies, as L.M. and Midshipman, on
board the Cdlloden 74, bearing the flag of the
officer last mentioned. Fox 32, Capts. Henry Hart
and Wm. Wells, Illdstriods 74, Commodore Wm.
Robt. Broughton, and Dokts 36, Capt. Wm. Jones
Lye ; and from 11 May until 6 Oct. 1815, again in
the Channel, in the Myrmidon 20, Capt. Bobt.
Gambler. In the Culloden he assisted at the cap-
ture and destruction, 27 Nov. 1806, of a Dutch
frigate, seven brigs-of-war, and about 20 armed and
other merchant-vessels lying in Batavia Roads ; and
at the annihilation at Griessee, 11 Dec. 1807, of the
dockyard and stores, and of all the men-of-war re-
maining to Holland in India. In the Illustrious
he co-operated in the reduction of the island of
Java. On leaving the Myrmidon in Oct. 1815 he
was presented with a commission dated 13 of the
preceding March. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Sloly married, 3l Jan. 1829, Emma, eldest
daughter of B. Gribble, Esq., of Walworth.
SLOAN. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
George Sloan was born about 1780.
This officer (who had previously been in the
merchant-service) entered the Navy, 4 July, 1803,
as A.B., on board the Gannet sloop, Capts. Edw.
Bass, Jas. Bobt. Philips, Chas. Philip Butler Bate-
man, and Jas. Stevenson ; in which vessel he was
for upwards of four years and a half chiefly em-
ployed in the Channel. In 1807 he accompanied,
in the capacity of Master-Mate (a rating he had
attained in April, 1805), the expedition against
* Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 995.
SLYMAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 31.)
Daniel Slyman was born 4 Oct. 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 May, 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Barfleur 98, Capt. Sir
Joseph Sydney Yorke ; in which ship and in the
Temeraire 98, Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, he served
in the Channel until May, 1808. He then became
Midshipman, also on the Home station, of the
Christian VH. 80, commanded at first by Sir J. S.
Yorke and next by Capt. Rich. Harward as Flag-
Captain to Sir Edw. PeUew ; and from Sept. 1810
SMAIL— SMART.
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until presented, in Nov. 1815, witli a commission
bearing date IG March in that year, was employed
at the Cape of Good Hope, in the Channel and
West Indies, and at Newfoundland, in the Galatea
42, Capt. Woodley Losack. While cruizing in the
latter ship off Madagascar, in company with the
AsTB^A and Ph<ebe (frigates ahout equal to the
Galatea in force), and 18-gun hrig Rac^hobse, he
took part, 20 May, 1811, in a long and trying action
with the French 40-gun frigates Menommee, Chrinde,
and Nereide^ in which the Renomrrtee was captured,
and the Galatea, besides being much damaged in
her hull, masts, and rigging, sustained a loss of 16
inen killed and 46 wounded. He has not been afloat
since his promotion.
He married, 24 Sept. 1829, Jane, eldest daughter
of W. Betensen, Esq., by whom he has issue five
children.
SMAIL. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
James Smail is brother of Lieut. Wm. A. Small,
R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 14 Nov. 1809;
passed his examination in 1815 ; and obtained his
commission 21 April, 1825. His appointments have
since been — 18 May, 1830, to the Donegal 78, Capt.
John Dick, employed on particular service — 2 Sept.
1831, to the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Wm. Parker off Lisbon, whence he returned
to England and was paid off in the early part of
1832 — 18 Dec. 1837, to the command, which he re-
tained until March, 1845, of the Zephyk steam-
packet, on the Holyhead station — and 21 March,
1848, to that of the Seagull schooner, of 6 guns, at
Falmouth.
He married, 5 April, 1832, Fanny, second daugh-
ter of E. Horton, Esq., of Baker Street, Portman
Square.
SMAIL. (LiEOT., 1812. r-p., 12; H-p., 29.)
William Archibald Smail (brother of the pre-
sent Lieut. Jas. Smail, R.N., and of Lieut. John
Smail, R.N., who died in 1804) is nephew of the
late Admirals Wm. Dickson and Sir Arch. Dickson,
Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 June, 1806, as
Sec.-ol. Boy, on board the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt.
Campbell ; under whom, after blockading the Texel
and accompanying the expedition against Copen-
hagen, we find him (on being extricated from a
mass of ice in which the Nassau had been blocked
up during the whole winter) assisting, 22 March,
1808, in company with the Stately 64, at the cap-
ture and destruction, on the coast of Zealand, of
the Danish 74 Prindts Christian Frederic— soi exploit
accomplished at the end of a running fight of great
length and obstinacy productive of a loss to the
Nassau of 2 men killed and 16 wounded. In Nov.
1809 Mr. Smail, who had attained the rating of
Midshipman in Sept. 1806, and had made a voyage
to St. Helena, removed to the Obion 74, Capt. Sir
Archibald CoUingwood Dickson. In that ship, in
which he continued until the summer of 1812, he
served at the blockade of Carlskrona and Danzig,
and visited the coast of Portugal. On leaving her
he was ordered to join, with the rank of Acting-
Lieutenant, the flotilla employed in the defence of
Riga. Before, however, he could reach that place
the siege was raised, and his services in conse-
quence were not required. He had become at-
tached in the mean time, as a Supernumerary, to
the Cbessv 74 and Hamadeyad 36, Capts. Chas.
Dudley Pater and Edw. Chetham ; in the boats of
which latter ship and the Clio 18, commanded by
Lieut. Horace Petley, he contributed, 14 Oct. 1812,
to the capture, off Hermeren, after a chase of 14
hours, of Le Pihtin French privateer, carrying 4 12-
pounder carronades and 31 men. On 15 Nov. in the
same year he was placed as Acting-Lieutenant on
board the Sweaboi-g, bearing the flag of the Russian
Commander-in-Chief, for the purpose of keeping up
a communication between the English and Russian
fleets on their passage to England. For the ser-
vices he performed on this occasion he was officially
promoted 17 Dec. following. His last appointments
■were— 23 May, 1813, to the Akbab 50, Capts. Archi-
bald Dickson and Chas. BuUen, employed on the
Brazilian, North Sea, and Halifax stations— and 8
April, 1817, after three months of half-pay, to the
RocHfOET 80, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir
A. C. Dickson, with whom he continued until paid
off in Aug. 1818.
SMART. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
John Nobval Smart died 8 Feb. 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1806, as
Ordinary, on board the Aeiel sloop, Capts. Joseph
Oliver and Thos. White, under whom he served for
nearly three years in the North Sea and Baltic.
He was next, from March, 1809, until promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant, 25 Nov. 1815, employed on
the Home, East India, Cape of Good Hope, Halifax,
and Cork stations, as Master's Mate, in La Fleche
16, Capt. Wm. Buchanan, Hecate sloop, Capts.
Joseph Drury, Thos. Graham, Geo. Henderson,
and Geo. Rennie, Baebadoes 24, Capts. Brian
Hodgson and Edw. Rushworth, St. Fiobenzo
troop-ship, Capt. Hon. Edm. Sexton Pery Knox,
Montagu 74, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, Laubes-
TiNUs 24, Capt. Thos. Graham, and Lightning 20,
Capt. G. Rennie. In Dec. 1810 he was present in
the Hecate at the reduction of the Isle of France ;
on 7 Sept. 1811 he was wounded in an attack made,
in company with the Goshawk 16, on seven French
gun-brigs, carrying 3 long 24-pounders and a mortar
each, and manned with 75 men ; and in 1813, in the
course of which year he took part in the Lauees-
TiNBS in a variety of operations in the Chesapeake,
and was again wounded, he commanded a boat in
the attack upon Crany Island and at the capture of
Hampton. The gun-brigs above alluded to were
chased into Calvados, and one of them driven on
shore. In March, 1821, Lieut. Smart obtained an
appointment to the Dobis 42, Capts. Thos. Graham
and Fred. Edw. Venables Vernon (now Harcourt),
fitting for South America; where he removed, 21
Sept. 1822, to the Alacrity sloop, Capt. Thos.
Porter.
He married, 23 Aug. 1830, Mary Eleanor Robins,
only daughter of the late Capt. Wm. Lyall, R.N.
SMART, K.H. (Capt., 1837. p-p., 23; h-p,, 14.)
Robert Smart was born in Sept. 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct, 1810, as
Fst.-cl, Vol,, on board the Adamant 50, Capt,
Matthew Buckle, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral
Wm. Albany Otway on the Leith station, where he
was lent for eight months to the Plover 18, Capt.
Colin Campbell, and for nine to the Rifleman 18,
Capt. Joseph Pearce. From March, 1813, until Oct.
1816, he served on the West India, Brazilian, and
Mediterranean stations, as Midshipman (a rating
he had attained 9 May, 1811) and as Master's Mate,
in the Pique 36 and Glasgow 50, both commanded
by Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, under whom he
assisted, in the latter ship, at the bombardment of
Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He was then received for a
few weeks on board the Queen Charlotte 100,
Capt. Edm. Boger, lying at Portsmouth. In Sept.
1817, nine months after he had passed his examina^
tion, he again joined Capt. Maitland in the Glas-
gow, on the Mediterranean station, where he was
nominated, 1 July, 1820, Acting-Lieutenant of the
Scout 18, Capt. Wm. Bamsden. He was confirmed
to that vessel 1 1 Sept. following, but left her in Oct.
1821, and was subsequently appointed, again in the
Mediterranean— 26 June, 1823, to the Cambbian 48,
Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton— 7 Dec. 1825, to the
Revenge 76, flag-ship of Sir Harry Burrard Neale
— 6 Aug. 1826, to the Abiadne 26, Capt. Adolphus
FitzClarence— and, in Oct. 1827, a second time to
the Cambbian, commanded, as before, by Capt.
G. W. Hamilton, under whom he fought at the
battle of Navarin, and was wrecked during an at-
tack on a nest of pirates at Carabusa 31 Jan. 1828.
He attained the rank of Commander 21 April, 1828 ;
served in that capacity in the Satellite 18, in the
North Sea and South America, from 16 Sept, 1832
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SMITH.
until Oct. 1834, and from Feb. 1835 until paid off
in Jan. 1836 ;* was advanced to his present rank
10 Jan. 1837 ; and was afterwards, from Aug. 1841
until June, 1843, employed in command of the
Impbegnable 104 and Howe 120, flag-ships of Sir
Fras. Mason in the Mediterranean, and, from 13
Aug. 1844 until 1848, of the Collingwood 80, hear-
ing the flag of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour in the Pacific.
In the Satellite he made prize, 15 Not. 1833 and
15 June, 1834, of the Paquete da Sol and Duquesa
da Braganza slavers — one of them laden with 577
negroes.
On 18 April, 1832, Capt. Smart was nominated a
K.H., and in the course of the same year he was
created by the King of Prussia a Knight of the
Order of the Red Eagle, in consideration of his
having been selected to accompany from the river
Thames to Germany a miniature frigate presented
to that monarch by King William IV. He mar-
ried, 14 Sept. 1848, Elizabeth Isabella, daughter of
the late B. Shaxpe, Esq., of Fleet-street, London,
Banker.
SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Alexandek John Smith is brother of Lieuts.
Henry Thos. and Wm. Kioh. Smith, R.N. ; and cousin
of Commander J. M. R. Ince, R.N.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 18 Dec. 1826, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thetis frigate, Capts.
Arthur Batt Bingham and Sam. Burgess, fitting for
South America. On that ship being wrecked off
Cape Frio 5 Dec. 1830, he returned to England in
the Deuid 46, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, and in
the ensuing March was discharged. In Jan. 1832
he became Midshipman (a rating he had before at-
tained) of the Hakbieb 18, Capt. Spencer fcambert
Henry Vassal], then equipping for the East Indies,
where he was actively employed in the suppression
of piracy in the Straits of Malacca, and took part in
two severe conflicts, which terminated in the de-
struction of the settlements at Poulo Arroa and
Poulo Sujee. The Habbieb having been paid off, he
next, in Dec. 1835 (he had passed his examination
5 Aug. preceding), joined, in the capacity of Mate,
the Cote sixth-rate, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross, with
whom, in the ensuing Jan., he left England for the
purpose of seeking out, and of conveying relief to,
some missing whalers who had been frozen up in
Baffin Bay. After serving for a few months on the
north coast of Spain in the Salamandee steamer,
Capt. Sidney Colpoys Dacres, and for two years
among the Orkneys, as extra Mate, in the Mastiff
surveying-vessel, Master-Commander Geo. Thomas,
he was again, in April, 1839, placed under the orders
of Capt. J. C. Ross, as Senior Mate, on board the
Erebus bomb, in which vessel he sailed, in Sept. of
the same year, in company with the Teeeoe, on a
voyage of discovery to the Antarctic seas. For his
services while so; employed he was promoted, 16
Aug. 1841, to the'^nk of Lieutenant. He came
home in Sept. 1843 ; and since 1844 has been in
charge of the observatory at Hobart Town.
SMITH. (Commander, 1841.)
Andbew Smith is second son of the late Andrew
Smith,i- Esq., Rear-Admiral of the Red, by Maria,
only child of Wm. Hulke, Esq.
* From Oct. 18S4 until Feb. 1835, he offldated as Second-
Captain of the Blonde 46, Capt. Francis Mason.
t Rear-Admiral Andrew Smith was born 20 Mar. 1763, in
Edinburgh, and entered the Navy in June, 1779, on board
the Princess of Wales hired armed ship. He was present
in the Victory 100, flag-ship of Admiral Geary, at the capture,
3 July, 1781 , of 12 sail of merchantmen, from Port-au-Pritice,
with cargoes on board valued at 91,000/. ; and in the Forti-
tude 74, Capt. Rich. BicUerlon, at the relief of Gibraltar by
Admiral Darby, in the action with Admiral Zoutman olf the
Doggerbanlt, at the capture of a French convoy by the fleet
under Vice-Admiral Barrington, at the relief of Gibraltar by
Lord Howe, and in the partial action with the combined
fleets of France and Spain off Cape Spartel, 20 Oct. 1762. He
wasmadeLieutenant, 10 Aug. 1790, into the Rattler sloop ;
was promoted to the rank of Commander, after having fought
in the Prince Gboroe 98, Capt. Jas. Gambier, in Lord Brid-
port's action ; and on 6 Jan. 17U7, previously to which he had
This officer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1812, as
Midshipman, onboard the Elizabeth, Lieut.-Com-
mander Robt. Morris, lying at Greenock. After
serving for a year and seven months at Leith in
the Latona 38, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. John-
stone Hope, and Daphne 22, Capt. Jas. Green, he
joined, in June, 1815, the Jbnon 38, Capts. Jas.
Haldane Tait and Arthur Fanshawe, on the Jamaica
station. He was next, from Aug. 1816 until he in-
valided in Oct. 1820, employed at Home and again
in the West Indies in the Chebokee 10, Capt. Wm.
Ramage, Ramillies 74 and Salisbdbt 58, flag-
ships of Rear-Admirals Sir W. J. Hope and Donald
Campbell, and Edktalus 42, Commodore Thos.
Huskinson. While attached to the Salisbdbt he
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 7 Aug.
1819, and was actively engaged in her boats in the
suppression of piracy. His appointments after he
left the EuETALDS were— between 1821 and 1830,
to the DovEE 28, Pbince Regent 120, and Bri-
tannia 120, flag-ships of Sir John Poo Beresford,
Sir Benj. Hallowell, and Sir Jas. Saumarez, at Leith,
Sheerness, and Plymouth, to the Meteok bomb,
commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Jas.
Scott, a second time to the Beitannia, and to the
HusSAE 46, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Ogle at
Halifax— in July, 1830, to the Victor 18, in the
West Indies— 4 Deo. following, to the acting-com-
mand, for six months, of the Falcon 10—4 July,
1831, to the WiNCHESTEB 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw.
Griffith Colpoys, again in the West Indies— next, to
the NoETH Stae 28, on the same station- and, 26
July, 1841, as Senior, to the Hastings 72, Capt.
John Lawrence, in the Mediterranean. He was
present in the Meteor in the demonstration made
by Sir Harry Burrard Neale before Algiers in 1824;
and on 27 Nov. in the same year he chanced to be
in the Partridge sloop when wrecked off the coast
of Holland. On that occasion, by remaining on
board until all had landed, he was the main instru-
ment of saving the lives of 27 of the crew. Since
his last promotion, which took place 23 Nov. 1841,
he has been on half-pay.
Commander Smith married, in 1836, Agnes Mary,
daughter of Thos. Rattray, Esq., by whom he has
issue a son and daughter.
SMITH. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 29.)
Andrew Smith (a) was born in Dec. 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Nov. 1807, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ccmeebland 74, Capt.
Hon. Philip Wodehouse, attached to the fleet in the
Mediterranean, where he attained the rating of
Midshipman in May, 1809, and continued to serve
in the Cephalds 18 and Topaze 36, both com-
manded by Capt. Edw. Harvey, until Jan. 1812.
He was next, until Dec. 1813, employed in the
North Sea and Channel in the Chatham 74 and, as
Master's Mate, in the Ville de Paris 110, flag-
ships of Admirals Matthew Henry Scott and Sir
Wm. Johnstone Hope ; and from the latter date
until April, 1815, in the capacity last mentioned
and as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Latona 38, bear-
ing the flag of Sir W. J. Hope, Apelles 14, Capt.
Alex. M'Vicar, Obeeon 14, Capt. Jas. Murray,
Stoek 18, Capt. Robt. Lisle Coulson, and Cherokee
10, Capt. Wm. Ramage— all on the Leith station.
He was officially promoted 28 Aug. 1815, and served
afterwards, from 4 Sept. in that year until 23 Oct.
1816, and from 17 Feb. 1817 until 24 June, 1819,
again at Leith, in the Cherokee, commanded, as
before, by Capt. Ramage, and in the Nimrod 18,
Capt. John Windham Dalling. He has not been
since afloat.
been serving in the Caltpso sloop, was advanced to Post-
rank. From 1605 until 1810 he held an appointment in tlie
Sea Fencibles at Lynn and at Berwick. During the next
three years he superintended the Impress service at Greenock,
and from Nov. 1813 until Sept. 1815 he commanded the
Latona 3s, flag-ship at Leith of Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope,
under whom he had served, when Lieutenant, in the Incen-
diary fireship. He attained Fla^rank 19 July, 1821, and
died suddenly, in Great King-street, Edinburgh, 89 Sept.
1831.
SMITH.
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SMITH. (Retired Commander, 1836.)
Benjamin Smith died about the commencement
of 1848.
This officer entered the Navy, previously to Aug.
1790 (at -which period he attained the rating of Mid-
shipman), on board the Hannibal 74, Capt. John
Colpoys, attached to the force on the Home station.
In March, 1792, he removed to the Hussar frigate,
Capt. Rupert George, at Halifax; and from the
close of that year until made Lieutenant, 6 Nov.
1795, into the Sylph sloop, Capt. John Chambers
White, he was employed in the Mediterranean and
Channel in the Thetis and Leda frigates, Capts.
Geo. Campbell, Hon. "Wm. Paget, and JohnWoodley,
Alcide 74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Philip Cosby,
and Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower. He
was present in the Leda in a rencontre with two
French frigates near Toulon, at the occupation of
that place and the siege of Bastia, and in another
action with two frigates off Cadiz ; and in the Tri-
umph, in Comwallis's retreat, 16 and 17 June, 1795.
In the Sylph he assisted at the capture, in May
and Sept. 1796, of the Mercury Dutch brig of 16
guns and Phania: French privateer of 4 guns and
32 men. He was on board the same vessel in July,
1797, when by a well-directed fire she prevented
the crew of the French 36-gun frigate Calliope, on
shore near the Penmarcks, from using any means
to save their ship or stores ; and in the following
month he was in her in an attack made upon a
French convoy at the entrance of Sable d'Olonne,
and at the capture of five coasting-vessels and the
destruction of Xc Petit Diable French cutter of 18
guns and 100 men. In the affair with the Calliope
the Sylph had 6 of her people wounded, and with
the convoy at Sable d'Olonne 2 killed and 4 wounded.
From March, 1798, until April, 1802, Mr. Smith
served on various parts of the Home station in the
Lion 64, Capt. Manley Dixon, Tigre 74, Capt. Sir
Wm. Sidney Smith, America 64, Capt. John Smith
(part of the force engaged in the expedition to
Holland in 1799), Royal George 100, Capt. Wm.
Domett, and Texel 64, Capts. Rich. Incledon and
Henry Garrett ; from July, 1803, until June, 1805,
he was employed in the Sea Fencibles; he then
joined the Audacious 74, Capt. John Lawford,
lying at Plymouth ; and from Aug. 1805 until July,
1811, and from Oct. 1813 until Dec. 1814, he had
charge of a Signal station in the counties of Denbigh
and Devon. He became a Retired Commander on
the Junior list 31 Dec. 1830, and on the Senior 24
March, 1836.
Commander Smith married, 4 Aug. 1841, Mrs.
Ann Nibbs, widow, formerly of Liverpool. His
only daughter, by a former marriage, is the wife of
Lieut. W. S. Bradley, R.N. Agent— J. Hinxman.
SMITH. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 1 9.)
Charles Smith is son of the late Charles Smith,
Esq., who died Surgeon of H.M.S. Hind in the
early part of 1794.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 Jan. 1806, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the C^sar 80, Capt. Chas.
Richardson, flag-ship of his patron, Sir Rich. John
Straohan, and also of Hon. Robt. Stopford. Under
the former he went in pursuit of a squadron which
had escaped from Brest, was employed off Rochefort,
and went to the Mediterranean in quest of another
French squadron under Rear-Admiral Allemand.
During the time he served with Hon. R. Stopford
he assisted at the destruction of three French fri-
gates beneath the batteries of Sable d'Olonne and
of the enemy's shipping in Aix Roads in Feb. and
April, 1809. In the summer of the latter year he
accompanied the expedition to the Scheldt, where
he co-operated, on board an armed transport, in the
attack upon Flushing, and remained until fever,
produced by fatigue and exposure, caused him to
invalid and be sent to the hospital at Deal. On his
restoration to health he was again, in Nov. 1809,
placed under the orders of Sir R. J. Strachan in
the San Domingo 74, flag-ship afterwards of Sir
John Borlase Warren on the coast of North America..
While on that station he contributed, 3 April, 1813,
in the boats of a squadron containing 105 men,
under the orders of Lieut. Jas. PoUdnghome, to the
capture, 15 miles 'up the Rappahannock river, of
four schooners, carrying in the whole 31 guns and
219 men — an exploit whose achievement inflicted
on the British a loss of 2 men killed and 11 wounded,
and on the enemy of 6 killed and 10 wounded. He
was made Lieutenant, 13 May following, into the
Cressy 74, but her he never joined. His subsequent
appointments were — 15 Oct. 1813, to the Chesa-
peake 38, Capts. Alex. Gordon, Geo. Burdett, and
Fras. Newcombe, in which ship, with the exception
of a few weeks passed in the summer of 1814 in the
Heerus 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer, he served at Halifax
and the Cape of Good Hope until Sept. 1815 — 9 Nov.
1821, for a short time, to the Shearwater 10, Capt.
John Walter Roberts— 11 March, 182.3, to the Ra-
MiLLiES 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, lying at Portsmouth
—31 May following, to the Ganges 84, Capts. E.
Brace and Patrick Campbell, with whom he served
in the West Indies and again at Portsmouth until
Feb. 1826— and, 8 March, 1827, as Senior, to the
Briton 46, Capts. Geo. Fras. Seymour and Hon.
Wm. Gordon. In that ship we find him, until paid
off in April, 1830, employed on various particular
services. He attained the rank of Commander 22
July following ; filled an appointment in the Coast
Guard from 6 June, 1833, until 5 July, 1836 ; and
from 26 Jan. 1839 until paid off 11 May, 1842,
officiated as Second-Captain of the President 50,
flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson
Ross, Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific. He has
since been on half-pay. His promotion to Post-rank
took place 23 Nov. 1841.
Capt. Smith married, first, in July, 1817, Jane,
daughter of Robt. Smith, Esq., merchant, of Glas-
gow ; and secondly, in Dec. 1830, Eliza, daughter
of John Slight, Esq., Naval officer and agent-victu-
aller at Gibraltar. By his first marriage he has
issue One son ; and by his second, six sons and one
daughter.
SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1821.)
Christopher Smith died 28 May, 1845, at Wood-
lands, near Wington, Somerset. He was son of the
late Leny Smith, Esq., of Tottenham, oo. Middlesex.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 May, 1811, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Laurestinds 24, Capt.
John Clavell, with whom, from the following June
until his return to England in 1819 in the Malabar
74, he served on the Mediterranean, North Ame-
rican, and East India stations, chiefly in the capacity
of Midshipman, in the Orlando 42, flag-ship for
some time of Sir Rich. King. After he had been
for a year and eight months employed, latterly as
Acting-Lieutenant, in the Vigo 74, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Robt. Lambert at St. Helena, he was con-
firmed, we believe, 9 Nov. 1821, into the Shear-
water 10, Capt. John Walter Roberts, in which
vessel he came home and was paid off in the early
part of 1822. From 6 July, 1825, until May, 1827,
he served in the Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, at
Home and in the West Indies ; he obtained an ap-
pointment in the Coast Guard 28 Aug. 1834; and
from 4 April, 1836, until July, 1841, he commanded
the Star Falmouth packet.
Lieut. Smith married, in 1839, Eliza, eldest
daughter of T. Cox, Esq., of Stockwell. Agents
Messrs. Halford and Co.
SMITH. (Commander, 1828.)
Edward Smith (a) entered the Navy, as A.B.
on board the Lively 38, Capts. Graham Eden Ha-
mond and Geo. M'Kinley. In that frigate, we are
informed, he assisted at the capture of three Spanish
frigates laden with treasure and the destruction of
a fourth, off Cape St. Mary, 5 Oct. 1804. He was sub-
sequently employed with great activity on the coasts
of Spain and Portugal, and took part, in 1809, in the
operations which led to the capture of Vigo and
Santiago. Removing, as Master's Mate, in Feb.
1810, to the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of
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SMITH.
Lord Gambler, he served in the launch belonging
to that ship at the bombardment of Fort Matagorda,
during the siege of Cadiz, and aided, in the course
of the same year, in cutting out a convoy near
Koohelle. After he had been for 10 months at-
tached to the Christian YII. 80 and Impeegnable
98, flag-ships of Admiral Wm. Toung in the North
Sea, he was made Lieutenant, 26 Feb. 1812, into
the Prometheus sloop. That vessel having sailed
for the West Indies before he could join, he was
next, 18 Aug. in the same year, appointed to the
DiOMEDE troop-ship, Capts. Chas. Montagu Fabian
and Sam. Malbon. In her, having first visited the
coasts of Spain and Portugal, and served in the
Chesapeake and on the coast of North America, he
proceeded to the West Indies, where, in Nov. 1814,
he followed Capt. Malbon, as First-Lieutenant, into
the Perdvian 16, commanded afterwards by Capt.
Jas. Kearney White at the Cape of Good Hope.
His last appointments were — 8 April, 1826, to the
Gloucester 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, em-
ployed on particular service— and, in March, 1827,
to the command of the Nightingale 8, on the
Plymouth station. He attained his present rank
30 Aug. 1828.
Commander Smith married, in 1815, Miss White,
of Bingham Town, near Gosport, co. Southampton.
Agent — J. Chippendale.
SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Edward Garrow Smith passed his examination
in 1817; obtained his commission 11 Oct. 1827;
and, since 3 June, 1833, has been employed in the
Coast Guard. On the occasion of the wreck of
H.M. brig Skylark off the Isle of Wight, 25 April,
1845, he rendered, at great personal risk, all the
assistance that gallantry and humanity could sug-
gest.
SMITH. (LlEnTENANT, 1820. F-p,, 13 ; h-p., 23.)
Frederick Abraham Smith, bom 7 Dec. 1797,
is second son of the Kev. Geo. Smith, Vicar of Ot-
tery St. Mary, Devon, and a Magistrate for that co.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Feb. 1811, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Edinburgh 74, Capt.
Robt. RoUes, with whom he continued to serve in
the Mediterranean in the Union 98, the last four
months in the capacity of Midshipman, until trans-
ferred, in July, 1814, to the Valiant 74, Capt.
Zachary Mudge. While attached to the Edinburgh
he assisted in cutting out some vessels near Toulon,
took part in the siege of Tai-ragona, and witnessed
the fall of Genoa. On his return in the Valiant
from a visit to the coast of Brazil, he joined, in
July, 1815, the Albion 74, Capts. Philip Somerville
and Jas. Walker, stationed in the Channel; and
next, in the course of the same and of the following
year, the St. George 98, Impregnable 104, Ber-
wick 74, and Impregnable again, flag-ships of Sir
John Thos. Duckworth -and Lord Exmouth at Ply-
mouth, where he wa« for some time employed in
the Quail Kevenue-tender. After serving for
nearly 18 months on the coast of Africa as Master's
Mate in the Tartar 42, bearing the broad pendant
of Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, he was there, 18 Jan.
1820, nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Myrmi-
don 20, Capt. Henry John Leeke, to which ship he
was confirmed 10 April ensuing. In the Tartar
he aided in taking several slave-vessels ; and while
in command of the Augusta, a tender belonging to
the Myrmidon, he effected other captures. In an
attack made by him, 20 May, 1820, on some slave-
towns in the Rio Pongo, Mr. Smith had the misfor-
tune to lose the sight of an eye. He was in conse-
quence reduced, in Feb. 1821, to the necessity of
invaliding. His next appointments were, 30 April,
1827, and 17 Sept. 1829, to the Britannia 120, flag-
ship of the Earl of Northesk, and Kent 78, Capt.
John Ferris Devonshire, both on the Plymouth sta-
tion. Severe and repeated inflammation of the eye
obliged him a second time, in 1830, to seek half-pay ;
and he has not been since afloat. He was granted,
5 Jan. 1831, a pension of 9\l. 5s. per annum.
He married, 16 June, 1840, Dorothea Louisa,
widow of Wm. Carew Hunt, Esq.
SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Frederick Wetherall Smith passed his exami-
nation 11 July, 1842 ; served from the close of that
year until the commencement of 1845 in the Ex-
cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir
Thos. Hastings ; then joined the Superb 80, Capt.
Armar Lowry Corry ; and, on 26 June, 1846, at
which period he had been for upwards of four
months employed in the Terrible steam-frigate, of
800-horse power, Capt. Wm. Ramsay, was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant. In March, 1847, he was
re-appointed, for a few months, to the Excellent,
then commanded by Capt. Henry Ducie Chads.
SMITH. (Captain, 1832.)
George Smith entered the Navy, 16 Sept. 1808,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Caroline
74, Capts. Chas. Dudley Pater and Hugh Downman ;
in which ship he served in the North Sea, Baltic,
and Channel, witnessed the destruction of the
French 40-gun frigate Amazone, near Cape Barfieur,
25 March, 1811, and escorted a fleet of Indiamen to
Madeira. Removing, in Feb. 1813 (he had attained
the rating of Midshipman), to the Undaunted 38,
Capt. Thos. Ussher, he took part in the boats of the
frigate and a small squadron in a very gallant at-
tack made, 18 Aug. 1813, on the batteries at Cassis,
where, after sustaining a loss of 4 men killed and 16
wounded, the British, in four hours, succeeded in
capturing three heavy gun-boats and 24 vessels
laden vrith merchandize. He was again, 9 Nov.
following, in the boats at the taking of a vigorously
defended tower at Port Nouvelle, and the destruc-
tion of seven French vessels, lying there under the
protection of several batteries ; and, in April, 1814,
he shared in the honour of conveying Napoleon
Buonaparte from Frejus to Elba. Previously to the
latter event he had aided, on different occasions, in
cutting out a Greek ship and a brig from under the
batteries of Marseilles. He left the Undaunted in
July, 1814; served from the following Sept. until
Aug. 1815 in the Duncan 74, commanded at first
by Capt. Ussher and next by Capt. Sam. Chambers,
as flag-ship to Sir John Poo Beresford on the coast
of Brazil ; obtained his first commission 20 Sept. in
the latter year ; and was subsequently appointed —
13 Sept. 1819, to the Alert sloop, Capt. Chas. Far-
well, in the Downs— 23 Jan. 1821 and 25 April, 1323,
to the Dispatch 18 and Cambrian 48,* Capts.
Wm. Clarke Jervoise and GawenWm. Hamilton, both
on the Mediterranean station, whence he returned
to England and was paid off in 1824— and, 2 Aug.
1826, to the Ganges 84, flag-ship in South America
of Sir Robt. Waller Otway, with whom he continued
until promoted to the rank of Commander 8 Sept.
1829. In 1830 he was ordered to superintend the
instruction of the officers and seamen in the art of
naval gunnery on board the Excellent at Ports-
mouth, where all -inventions connected therewith
were referred to his opinion. He was nominated,
16 Feb. and 2 Dec. 1831, Supernumerary-Com-
mander of the Spartiate 76 and Victory 104 ; and,
as a reward " for improvements in gunnery," was
advanced to his present rank 13 April, 1832. He
has since been on half-pay-
Capt. Smith is the inventor of very superior sights
for ships' guns, of a lever or moveable target, and of
paddle-box safety-boats for steam-ships. In 1833
he published a volume entitled ' A few Remarks on
the Siege of Antwerp; also, a Plan for the Sup-
pression of Piracy.' Agents — Hallett and Robin-
son.
SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
George Hamilton Smith died 23 Dec. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 4 July, 1808 ; passed
his examination in 1814; and obtained his commis-
sion 10 Jan. 1825.
* While belonging to thia ship he assisted in her boats at
the capture of a piratical vessel in the Grecian Arcllipela^o.
SMITH.
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At the period of his death he was holding the ap-
pointment of Landing-Surveyor in the Customs at
St. John's, New Brunswiclc.
SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
George Martyr Smith passed his examination
12 Aug. 1844 ; served as Mate in the Cyclops steam-
frigate, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, Trafalgar 120,
Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, Endtmion 44, Capt.
Geo.Robt. Lambert, and Hermes steam-sloop ,Lieut.-
Commander Washington Carr ; obtained his com-
mission 9 Nov. 1846 ; was ointed, 22 April, 1847,
for a few months, to the Recruit 12, Capt. Adol-
phus Slade, on the coast of Portugal ; and, since 22
June, 1848, has been in charge of a station in the
Coast Guard.
SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1842. f-p,, 1? ; h-p., 2.)
George Thomas Cleather Smith was born 18
May, 1815.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 Jan. 1828, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Britannia 120, Capts.
Edw. Hawker and Geo. Burdett, employed at home
and in the Mediterranean. On his return to Eng-
land with Capt. Burdett as Midshipman in the Asia
84, he was received as a Supernumerary, in June,
1830, on board the St. Vincent 120, Capt. Hyde
Parker, lying at Portsmouth ; and after again serv-
ing with him for a few weeks in the Ganges 84, he
joined, in the following Oct., the Racehorse 18,
Capts. Chas. Hamlyn Williams and Fras. Vere
Cotton, fitting for the North America and West
India station. He left that vessel at Halifax in Sept.
1832 ; he served next, from March, 1834, until April,
1842, off Lisbon and again in the Mediterranean,
six years and eight months of the time as Mate, in
the Revenge 78, Capt. Wm. Elliott, Beacon sur-
veying-vessel, Capts. Sackett Hope and Thos.
Graves, and Gorgon steamer, Capt. Wm. Honyman
Henderson; and, on 10 Nov. in the latter year, at
which period he had been for nearly three months
employed at Portsmouth and at Harwich in the
Orestes 18, Capt. Hon. Swynfen Thos. Carnegie,
and Shearwater steamer, Capt. John Washington,
he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His
appointments have since been — 13 Jan. 1843, to the
Hecla steam-sloop, Capt. John DnfflU, fitting at
Woolwich— 13 March, 1843, and 13 Feb. 1844, to the
Comet and Ldcifek steam surveying-vessels, com-
manded on the coast of Ireland by Capt. Geo. Alex.
Frazer — and, 29 Oct. 1847, to the command of the
Blazer steamer, of 136-horse power, on the coast of
Africa.
While belonging to the Racehorse Mr. Smith
was on several occasions employed on shore in Mon-
tego and Lucca Bays during the insurrection among
the negroes in 1831. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
SMITH. (Commander, 1841.)
George Woodberry Smith entered the Navy 4
Nov. 1812; passed his examination in 1819; and
was made Lieutenant, 27 July, 1826, into the Pan-
dora 18, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise, on the East
India station. His next appointments were — 15 Sept.
1830, to the Wellesley 74, Capt. Sam. Campbell
Rowley, employed on particular service— 6 July,
1832, and 8 Nov. 1833, as First, to the Dee steam-
vessel, Capts. Wm. Oliver and Edw. Stanley, and
Phcenix, another steamer, Capts. W. Oliver and
Hugh Nurse, both in the Channel— and 3 July, 1835,
and 2 Feb. 1838, to the command, in the West
Indies, of the Meteor and Tartarus steamers. He
continued in the latter vessel until some months
after his promotion to the rank he now holds, which
took place 23 Nov. 1841 ; and was afterwards, from
28 Sept. 1842 until Nov. 1846, employed as Addi-
tional-Commander of the William and Mary
yacht. Agents— Messrs. Chard.
SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Harky Smith passed his examination 20 Sept.
1838 ; served as Mate in the Vanguard 80 and Mo-
DESTE 18, Capts. Sir David Dunn and Thos. Baillie,
on the Mediterranean, Lisbon, and South American
stations, from 1840 until promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant 20 Jan. 1845 ; and, since 19 Nov. in the
latter year, has been employed in the Grampus 50,
Capt. Henry Byam Martin, in the Pacific.
SMITH, C.B. (Captain, 1829.)
Henry Smith (a) attained the rank of Lieutenant
19 July, 1821 ; and was appointed in that capacity —
25 April, 1823, to the Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos.
Livingstone, in which ship he continued for about
a year and a half— and, 7 May, 1827, as First, to the
Fairy 10, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, fit-
ting for the West Indies. He was there, 3 Feb.
1828, advanced to the command of the Ferret brig ;
from which vessel he removed, 14 April following,
to the Arachne 18. He was nominated, 8 Sept.
1829, Acting-Captain of the Magnificent receiving-
ship at Jamaica; and in 1831 he was officially pro-
moted by a commission bearing the same date. His
next appointments were, 27 Nov. 1837, and 30 June,
1840, to the VoLAGE 26 and Druid 44, on the East
India station, whence he returned in 1843. In the
VoLAGE he commanded a highly successful expe-
dition (consisting of that ship, the Cruizer 16,
Hon. E. I. Co.'s vessels Coote and Mah^;, and trans-
ports LowjEE Family, Ernaad, and Ann Crich-
ton) against the town of Aden, in Arabia, where
the fortifications were destroyed and the enemy
completely subdued ;* and in the Druid he distin-
guished himself by the active part he took in the
operations in China. On 19 Aug. 1840, with the
Larne 18, Hyacinth IS, Enterprise steamer, and
Louisa cutter under his orders, he made so prompt
and decisive an attack upon the works and barracks
erected close to the barrier at Macao, that the Chi-
nese were quickly put to flight, and their intentions
against that city frustrated. In 1841 he was present,
and was repeatedly thanked for his conduct, at the
reduction of Tycocktow, in the action with the
Bogue forts, and at the taking of Canton and
Amoy.f He has been in command, since 1 March,
1848, of the Ganges 84, at Sheerness.
Capt. Smith was nominated a C.B. 13 Aug. 1840.
He married, at Berne, in Switzerland, 18 Sept. 1844,
Anna, eldest daughter of the late Sylvester Costigin,
Esq., of Dublin. Agent — John P. Muspratt.
SMITH. (Captain, 1846.)
Henry Smith (6) entered the Navy, 20 May, 1810,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Courageux 74, Capt.
Wm. Butterfield, stationed in Basque'Roads ; and,
from the following Nov. until March, 1813, was em-
ployed in the East Indies in the Malacca 36, com-
manded by the latter officer and by Capts. Sam.
Leslie and Henry John Peachey, Sir Francis
Drake 32, Capt. H. J. Peachey, and Modeste 36,
Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford. He served next, until
Aug. 1815, on the Baltic and Home stations, as Mid-
shipman, in the Amphion 32, Capts. Jas. Pattison
Stewart and John Brett Purvis, and Northumber-
land 74, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn ; and, from
Nov. 1816 until Oct. 1821, in North and South Ame-
rica, the Mediterranean, and West Indies, as Mid-
shipman, Master's Mate, and Admiralty-Midship-
man, in the Leander 50, flag-ship of Sir David
Milne, Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and
Pybamos 42, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Wm.
Chas. Fahle. He then became Acting-Lieutenant
of the FoKTE 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane,
to which ship, employed at Halifax and in the West
Indies, he was confirmed 9 Jan. 1822. He was
placed on half-pay in 1823, and was subsequently
appointed— 10 Aug. 1826, as First, to the Pelican
18, Capt. Hon. Chas. Leonard Irby, fitting for the
Mediterranean, whence he returned in the summer
of 1827—15 Dec. 1828, in a similar capacity, to the
Champion 18, Capts. Geo. Scott and Fras. Vere
Cotton, with whom he served for about two years
and a half on the African and North America and
West India stations— 2 Sept. 1832, again as Senior,
* Vide Ga-/.. 1 S39, p. 669.
t I'- Gaz. 1841, pp. 1162, 1164, 1498„ and Gaz. 1842, p. ss.
1086
SMITH.
to the Tine 28, Capt. Geo. Hope, in South America
— and next, as a Supernumerary, to the Dublin 50
and President 52, flag-ships on that station of
Rear-Admirals Sir Graham Eden Hamond and Ohas.
Bayne Hodgson Ross. He was presented with a
second promotal commission 23 Kov. 1841 ; and,
from 12 Dec. 1844 until advanced to his present
ranlt 27 June, 1846, was employed on particular ser-
vice in the Rattler steam-vessel.
Capt. Smith is married and has issue.
SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1841. f-p., 18; h-p., 5.)
Henry Thomas Smith was horn 7 March, 1810,
at Greenwich, co. Kent. He is brother of Lieut.
A. J. Smith, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 March, 1824, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victory 104, Capt. Chas.
Inglis, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth.
From Sept. 1825 until Jan. 1829, he served as Mid-
shipman in the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sulli-
van, on the Channel, West India, Lisbon, and South
American stations, and also in the Mediterranean ;
where, from March, 1829, until April, 1832, he was
employed, the last two years as Mate, in the Mel-
ville 74 and Raleigh 18, Capts. Alex. Wilmot
Schomberg and Abraham Mills Hawkins. He then
joined the Donegal 78, Capts. John Dick and Ar-
thur Fanshawe, in the Channel; and next — in Nov.
1832, the Rhabamanthus steamer, Capt. Geo.
Evans, employed off" Lisbon and on the coast of Hol-
land—in March, 183-3, for about two months, the
San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Manley Dixon at
Plymouth — in April, 1834, the Hastings 74, Capt.
Henry Shifther, on the Lisbon station, where he re-
mained until Jan. 1836— in July, 1836, and June,
1839, the Firefly and Kite steamers, Lieut.-Com-
manders Joseph Pearse and Geo. SneU, in the Medi-
terranean and West Indies — in the course of 1840,
the Pluto steamer, Lieut. -Commander John Lunn,
and Winchester 60, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey,
both on the coast of North America— and, in Feb.
1841 (five months after he had left the Winchester),
the Mastiff surveying-vessel, Master-Commander
Geo. Thomas, stationed among the Orkney Islands.
He attained his present rank (eleven years and a
half after he had passed his examination) 23 Nov.
1841 ; was appointed, 15 Dec. following, Additional-
Lieutenant of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir
Graham Moore at Plymouth ; and, from 5 Jan. 1842
until he invalided in June, 1843, was employed in
the Ferret brig, Capt. Josiah Oake, on the coast of
Africa. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Smith married, 22 Feb. 1844, Jane Hardy,
of Tliorngumbald, Holderness, co. York.
list of Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on
the Senior 20 Aug. 1832.
SMITH. (Eetiked Commander, 1847. f-p., 19 ;
H-p., 35.)
John Smith entered the Navy, 22 Sept. 1793, as
Captain's Servant, on board the Impregnable 98,
Capts. Geo. Blagden Westcott, Sir Chas. Cotton,
Andrew Mitchell, and John Thomas ; under the
first-named of whom he shared in Lord Howe's vic-
tory 1 June, 1794. Removing as Midshipman, in
Aug. 1796, to the Martin sloop, he was present in
that vessel, under Capt. Sam. Sutton, at the capture,
14 Feb. 1797, of Le Buonaparte French privateer of
17 guns and 110 men, and, under Capt. Hon. Chas.
Paget, in the action ofi" Camperdown 11 Oct. follow-
ing. With Capt. Paget he served from Dec. 1798
until May, 1800, in the Penelope and Brilliant
frigates, the latter stationed at Newfoundland; and
from Nov. 1800 until officially promoted 14 Aug.
1801, he was employed in the Channel, part of the
time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Ville de Paris
110, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm.
Comwallis. His subsequent appointments were —
22 June, 1803, to the Ranger sloop, lying in the
Downs— in July, 1804, to the Clyde 38, Capt. John
Larmour, attached to the North Sea fleet — 16 Sept.
following, to the Lucifer bomb, Capt. Robt. Elliot,
in which vessel, on proceeding to the Mediterranean,
he accompanied Sir John Duckworth past the Dar-
danells— in Dec. 1807 to the Glatton 50, Capts.
Thos. Seccombe, John Clavell, Henry Hope, and
Geo. Miller Bligh, with whom he continued in the
Mediterranean until Nov. 1809—8 Feb. 1810, to the
Coukageux 74, Capts. Robt. Plampin, Wm. Butter-
field, and Philip Wilkinson, stationed in the Channel
and Baltic — and 23 Nov. 181 1 to the command of the
Cheerly gun-brig. In the latter vessel he was em-
ployed in the Downs, Baltic, and North Sea, until
Dec. 1814. He accepted his present rank 28 Jan,
1847.
SMITH. (Eetired Commander, 1832. r-p.,
22 ; H-p., 43.)
James Smith died, 5 Jan. 1848, at Deal, co.
Kent.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1782, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gibraltar 80, Capts.
Sir Rich. Bickerton and Thos. Hicks, stationed in
the East Indies, whence he returned, in the capacity
of Midshipman, about Oct. 1784. He was next, from
Oct. 1785 until Sept. 1791, employed at Portsmouth
in the Ardent 64, Capt. Francis John Hartwell,
Goliath 74, Capt. Arch. Dickson, and Bellona 74,
Capt. F. J. Hartwell. Rejoining the officer last
mentioned in Jan. 1793, on board the Thetis frigate,
he made a voyage with him to St. Helena ; on his
return whence he removed as Master's Mate, in Oct.
of the same year, to the Defence 74, Capt. Jas.
Gambler. In that ship he fought in Lord Howe's
actions, 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794. After
serving for a few months in the Raisonnable 64,
bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Wm. Parker in the
West Indies, he was promoted, 3 March, 1795, to the
rank of Lieutenant. From the following Nov. until
Feb. 1796, he served at Deptford in the Ph<enix 36,
Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted; and from 31 Oct.
1803 until 14 April, 1814, he had charge of a Signal
station near Blakeney. He was placed on the Junior
SMITH. (Lieut., 1802. f.p.,16; h-p., 39.)
John Smith (rf) died about the commencement
of 1848.
This ofiicer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1792, as
Servant, on board the Echo 16, Capts. Hon. Chas.
Jones and Peter Halkett, employed at Newfound-
land and in the Channel. In April, 1794, he re-
joined Capt. Jones, as Midshipman, in the Sibyl 28,
attached to the force in the North Sea, where he
removed, in July, 1795, to the Garland frigate,
Capt. John Erskine Douglas. He served next, from
Oct. 1795 until Jan. 1801, in the Doris 36, Capts.
Lord Viscount Ranelagh and John Halliday, on the
coast of Ireland and in the Channel ; he was then
transferred, as a Supernumerary, to the Thames 32 ;
and after he had been a second time employed, for
three months as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Doris
under Capt. Chas. Brisbane, he was received, in
Dec. 1801, on board the Satdrn 74, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral Thos. Totty in the West Indies;
where he was again, in Jan, and May, 1802, ordered
to act as Lieutenant in the Fairy sloop and Aima-
ble frigate, Capts. John Impey and Henry Raper.
He was confirmed 10 July, 1802 ; returned to Eng-
land in the following Sept. ; and was afterwards,
from April, 1803, until Oct. 1807, and from Oct.
1808 until April, 1810, employed, in the East Indies
and North Sea and Baltic, in the Grampus (50,
Capts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, Wm. Warden, and
Jas. Haldane Tait, and Princess Caroline 74,
Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater. He did not afterwards
go afloat.
SMITH. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 12; h-p., 39.)
John Smith (e) entered the Navy, 20 July, 1796,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98, flag-ship of
Sir Hyde Parker in the West Indies; where he was
employed as Midshipman, from June, 1797, until
Aug. 1800, in the Severn 44 and Aquilon 32, both
commanded by Capt. Thos. Boys. In Nov. of the
latter year, after having served for four months in
SMITH.
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the Discovert, Capt. Conn, he was again, In the
KoTAL George 100, placed under the orders of Sir
Hyde Parker ; with whom, on removing to the Lon-
don 98, he sailed in the famous expedition against
Copenhagen. From June to Oct. 1802, and from
June, 1804, until Feb. 1806, he was employed in the
North Sea in the Amazon 38, and Agincourt 64,
Capts. Sam. Sutton and Thos. Briggs. On 1 May
in the latter year he was there nominated Suh-Lieu-
tenant of the Carrier cutter, Lieut. -Commander
Kobt. Ramsay; he was made full Lieutenant, 21
May, 1807, into the Raleigh 18, Capt. John Ore
Masefield, attached to the force in the Channel;
and he was afterwards employed on that station, in
the Baltic, and at Sheemess— from Feb. 1809 until
Jan. 1810, in the DKEADNOUGnT 98, bearing the flag
of Rear- Admiral Thos. Sotheby — from April to Aug.
1811 in the Fly sloop, Capt. John Skekel— and from
Sept. 1812 until Jan. 1813, in the Pembroke 74,
Capt. Jas. Brisbane. He has since been on half-
pay.
SMITH. (Lieut., 1821. r-p., 13; h-p., 27.)
John Smith (/) entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1807,
as Midshipman, on board the Orestes of 16 guns and
95 men, Capt. John Richards Lapenotiere ; under
whom he served in the Channel and on the coasts of
Spain and Portugal, and assisted at the capture, 9
May and 27 Oct. 1810, of the privateers La Dorade
of 10 guns and 43 men, and Loup Gutou of 16 guns
and 100 men — the latter taken after a close and gal-
lant action of 30 minutes. From April, 1811, until
Oct. 1815, he was employed off Flushing and on the
North American, Lisbon, and Mediterranean sta-
tions, in the Monarch 74, Capt. Rich. Lee, La
HoGUE 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, MjEak-
der 38, Capt. John Bastard, and Tremendous 74,
Capt. Robt. Campbell. In the M.a:ANDER and Tre-
mendods he held the rating of Master's Mate. He
afterwards joined in succession — 3 Oct. 1815, and
4 March, 1816, the Soamander 36, Capts. Sir John
Louis and Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, and
MiEAKDEii again, lying at Sheerness and Woolwich
— 14 July, 1816, for about three months, the Hecla
bomb, Capt. Wm. Popham, in which vessel he fought
at the battle of Algiers — 13 March, 1817, the Queen
Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough
at Portsmouth, where he was for some time em-
ployed in the Linnet tender — 12 Dec. following,
the Semiramis frigate, bearing the broad pendant
of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on the coast of Africa— and,
1 Feb. 1819 (a few months after he had left the
Semiramis), the Severn 40, Coast Blockade ship,
Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch. Since his promotion to the
rank of Lieutenant, which took place 19 July, 1821,
he has been, we believe, on half-pay.
SMITH. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 32.)
John William Smith entered the Navy, 28 Nov.
1799, as A.B., on board the Assistance 50, Capts.
Robt. Hall and Rich. Lee ; in which ship he conti-
nued employed, as Midshipman, on the North Ame-
rican and Home stations, until wrecked between
Dunkerque and Gravelines 29 March, 1802. He
served next, from Dec. 1803 until Aug. 1808, in the
Conqueror 74, Capts. Thos. Louis, Israel Pellew,
and Edw. Fellowes, in the Channel and Mediterra-
nean and on the coast of Portugal ; from the latter
date until Jan. 1813, in thePLANTAGENET74, Capts.
Wm. Bradley, Thos. Eyies, and Robt. Lloyd, off
Lisbon and in the Channel, North Sea, and Baltic ;
and from July, 1813, imtilOct. 1814, in the Scei'TRE
and Albion 74's, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Geo.
Cockburn on the coast of North America. In the
Conqueror he was present, we believe, at the battle
of Trafalgar ; and in the Sceptre and Albion he
was actively employed in the Chesapeake. After
acting for about 13 months as Lieutenant in the
Goree 16, Capts. Fras. Truscott and Constantino
Rich. Moorsom, and Levant 20, Capt. John Sheri-
dan, he was presented, in Nov. 1815, with a com-
mission bearing date 13 of the preceding March.
He has since been on half-pay.
SMITH. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 16; h-p., 31.)
John Wyntek Smith died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1799, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Havick, Capt. Bartholo-
mew ; in which vessel and in the Diamond 38, Capt.
Edw. Grifath, he served in the Channel until April,
1802. He next, in March, 1805, joined the Texel
64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon at Leith ;
and in June, 1806, and Nov. 1808, he was received
as Midshipman on board the Shannon 38, Capt.
Philip Bowes Vere Broke, and Caledonia 120,
flag-ship of Lord Gambler, both on the Home sta-
tion ; where he acted from July, 1809, until Feb.
1810, as Lieutenant, in the Goldeinch and Devas-
tation sloops, Capts. Fitzherbert Geo. Skinner and
John Taylor. On 12 July in the latter year, at which
period he was serving in the Mediterranean, again
as Midshipman, in the Ville de Paris 110, Capt.
Rich. Thomas, he was made Lieutenant into the
TfeMERAiRE 98, Capt. Chamberlayne. He was subse-
quently employed off Cadiz, until April, 1811, in the
Hound, Capt. John Williams ; and from Feb. 1812
until Feb. 1813, a second time in the Mediterranean,
in the Nemesis 28, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude.
From 14 Oct. 1836 until 1843 he had charge of a
station in the Coast Guard. Agent — Joseph Wood-
head.
SMITH. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 14; h-p., 34.)
Marmaduke Smith entered the Navy, in June,
1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phcebb of 44
guns, Capt. Robt. Barlow, with whom he continued
employed as Midshipman and Master's Mate in the
Triumph 74, on the Irish and Mediterranean sta-
tions until transferred, in Dec. 1804, to the Dryad
36, Capt. Adam Drummond. In the Phcebe he as-
sisted at the capture, 19 Feb. 1801, of the Africairw
of 44 guns and 715 men, including troops and arti-
ficers— a frigate whose resistance was protracted
until, in the course of a desperate night-action of
two hours, she had sustained (although the Ph<ebe,
out of 239 men, had but 1 killed and 12 wounded)
the terrific loss of at least 200 killed and 143 wounded
— the greater part of them mortally. For his gal-
lantry in achieving this exploit Capt. Barlow was
rewarded with the honour of Knighthood. In the
Dryad Mr. Smith was again stationed on the coast
of Ireland, where he distinguished himself so much
in boarding a French letter-of-marque that he re-
ceived an order to act as Lieutenant, and was even-
tually, 27 Dec. 1808, confirmed in that rank. His
next and last appointments were— 31 March, 1809,
to the Nemesis 28, Capt. Wm. Ferris, employed for
two years in the Baltic and North Sea and on the
coast of Africa— and 10 April, 1812, and 27 Oct.
1813, to the Porcupine 24 and Sorveillante 38,
both commanded by Capt. Robt. Elliot, with whom
he served on the coasts of Brazil, France, and Spain
until May, 1814. While attached to the Ne:mesis he
commanded the barge in conjunction with the other
boats of that ship, and those of the Belvidera 36,
at the spirited capture, on the coast of Norway, of
two Danish gun-vessels, the Bolder and Tlior (carry-
ing 2 long 24's, 6 6-pounder howitzers, and 45 men),
and the destruction of a third, 23 July, 1810.* On
another occasion, having taken a Danish privateer
of 6 guns, he was sent in her with 25 men to attack
a small convoy protected by several gun-boats, in
face of whom he succeeded in making prize of a
large merchant-vessel laden with copper. During
the sojourn of the Nemesis on the coast of Africa,
Mr. Smith, in the early part of 1811, was wounded
at the cutting out by three of her boats of a 10-gun
schooner from under the fire of the Dutch fort of
St. Jago d'Elmina, on the coast of Guinea. In the
Sorveillante he was First-Lieutenant. Agents —
Messrs. Chard.
SMITH. (Commandek, 1846.)
Richard Sidney Smith entered the Navy 19
March, 1827; passed his examination 3 April, 1833;
and while serving on the North America and West
* ricie Gaz. 1810, p. 1:142.
1088
SMITH.
India station as Mate in the Crocodile 26, Capt.
Alex. Milne, was promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant 23 Nov. 1841. In Feb. 1842 he was appointed
Additional of the Alpeed 50, bearing the broad
pendant of Commodore John Brett Purvis in South
America, where he removed, 15 June following, to
the FantOiME 16, Capt. Philip Geo. Haymes, and
was further, from 1 Aug. 1843 until advanced to his
present rank 9 Nov. 1846, employed in the Gorgon
steam-ship, Capts. Sir Chas. Hotham and £dw.
Crouch. In 1845 he took part in all the services
performed under Sir C. Hotham in the river Parana,
where he commanded the boats at the cutting-out
of a schooner under a heavy fire from the enemy,
and was the latter part of the time First-Lieutenant.
Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co.
SMITH. (Commander, 1814.)
Robert Smith is son of the late Mr. Smith, Car-
penter R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1797, as Fst.-cl.
Vol., on board the Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Geo.
Grey, bearing the flag of Earl St. Vincent oflF Cadiz
and in the Channel, where he continued employed
for three or four years, the greater part of the time
in the capacity of Midshipman. He served next at
Plymouth and in the North Sea, until April, 1803,
in the Amethyst 36, Capt. John Cooke ; and, from
the following Sept. until 1806, in the Mediterranean
with his name on the books of the Excellent 74,
Capt. Frank Sotheron. During the latter period he
acted for three months as Lieutenant in the Intre-
pid 64, Capt. Hon. PhiUp "Wodehouse. After he
had again served for some months with Lord St.
Vincent in the Hibeenia 120, he was made Lieute-
nant, 24 Aug. 1807, into the Amaranthe 18, Capt.
Edw. Pelham Brenton, which vessel, however, he
never joined. His subsequent appointments were —
22 Jan. 1809, to the Magicienne 36, Capt. Lucius
Curtis— 8 Dec. 1810, to the acting- command of the
Astrea frigate, one of the prizes taken at the Isle
of France— 30 April, 1811, after nearly five months
of half-pay, to the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home
Popham, in the Channel — 23 April, 1812 (having
left the Venerable in the preceding Jan.), to the
Christian VII. 80, Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, in
the North Sea— and 24 May, 1813, as First, to the
Eurotas of 46 guns and 320 men, Capt. John Philli-
more. In the Magicienne he assisted at the reduc-
tion of the lie de Bourbon in July, 1810, and took
part in a variety of gallant but unfortunate opera-
tions, which, by 28 Aug. ensuing, terminated, after
a loss to the Magicienne of 8 killed and 20 wounded,
in the unavoidable self-destruction of that ship and
the SiRius, the capture of the Nereide, and the
surrender to a powerful French force of the Iphi-
GENiA, the last of a squadron of frigates originally
under the orders of Commodore Sam. Pym, at the
entrance of Port Sud-Est, Isle of France. Besides
witnessing, in the Eurotas, the capture of the
French frigate La Trave, Mr. Smith shared, 25 Feb.
1814, in a destructive action, which lasted for two
hours and ten minutes, with La Cloriiide, mounting
44 guns and 12 brass swivels, with a complement of
360 picked men, of whom 120 were killed and
wounded, with a loss to the British of 20 killed and
40 wounded. The enemy's ship then endeavoured
to effect her escape. " I was at this time," reports
Capt. Phillimore, " so much exhausted by loss of
blood, from wounds I had received in the early part
of the action from a grape-shot, that I found it im-
possible for me to remain any longer upon deck. I
was therefore under the painful necessity of desir-
ing Lieut. Smith to take command of the quarter-
deck, to clear the wreck of the foremast and main-
mast, which then lay nearly fore and aft the deck,
and to make sail after the enemy ; but, at the same
time, I had the satisfaction of reflecting that I had
left the command in the hands of a most active and
zealous officer." * On the following day, while the
EtiKOTAs was fast gaining on the chase, two sail, to
the mortification of every one on board, were per-
• yide Gaz. 1814, p. 481.
ceived on the lee-bow. These proved to be H.M.
ships Dryad and Achates, who, crossing the enemy
before the Eurotas could get up, deprived the latter
of the honour of having the colours hauled down to
her. For his gallant conduct Mr. Smith was ad-
vanced, 4 March, 1814, to the rank he now holds.
He has since been on half-pay.
The Commander married, 26 June, 1818, a daugh-
ter of Mr. Seeds, a medical practitioner. His third
son, Arthur, died 6 Oct. 1842, in his 20th year, on
board the Hon. E. I. Co.'s steamer Medusa, in the
Yang-tse-ICiang river.
SMITH. (Captain, 1825.)
Thomas Smith (a) died 19 Sept. 1847, at Louvain,
in Belgium.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1800, as Fst.-oI.
Vol., on board the Nemesis 28, Capt. Thos. Baker,
with whom, deducting some time passed during the
peace of Amiens in the Thunderer 74, Capt. Wm.
Bedford, he continued to serve in the Downs and
Channel as Midshipman in the Phcebe 36 and
Ph(enix of 42 guns and 245 men until about 1805.
He was present in the Nemesis, 25 July, 1800, in a
smart conflict of 25 minutes, which terminated in
the capture of the Danish frigate Freija ; and in
the Ph<ebe, prior to sharing in Sir Rich. Strachan's
action, he assisted, 10 Aug. 1605, at the capture,
after a memorable and furious conflict, in which the
British lost 12 killed and 28 wounded, and the enemy
27 killed and 44 wounded, of La Didan of 46 guns
and 330 men, a remarkably flue frigate, and the
fastest sailer in the French Navy. Becoming at-
tached, in Oct. 1806, to the Ajax 74, Capt. Hon.
Henry Blackwood, Mr. Smith was in that ship when
she took fire and was destroyed off' the island of
Tenedos 14 Feb. 1807. He was received in conse-
quence on board the PoMpfeE 74, bearing the flag of
Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, under whom during the en-
suing expedition to Constantinople he contributed
to the destruction of a Turkish squadron and a for-
midable redoubt at Point Pesquies. He was made
Lieutenant, 1 Sept. following, into the Hibernia
120, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg ; and was next,
in March and Sept. 1808, appointed, on the Home
station, to the "Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. H. Black-
wood, and Lyra sloop, Capt. "Wm. Bevians. On 12
April, 1809, while in command of a boat belonging
to the latter vessel and engaged in burning the ene-
my's ships in Aix Roads, he was captured by two
national luggers. He was detained a prisoner in
France during the remainder of the war. Soon
after his return to England he was advanced, 15
June, 1814, to the rank of Commander, and he was
subsequently, from 6 May until 12 Aug. 1815, and
from 1 Jan. 1817 until 1 March, 1819, employed in
that capacity in the Pincher and Cherokee sloops
on the Leith station. He did not afterwards go
afloat. He was promoted to Post-rank 16 Aug. 1825.
Agents — Holmes and Folkard.
SMITH. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 17; h-p., 31.)
Thomas Smith (6) was born 1 Feb. 1786, in Mid-
dlesex, and died 9 Jan. 1846, at Stoke, Plymouth.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1798, as
Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dragon 74, Capts. Geo.
Campbell and Fred. Lewis Maitland, employed in
the Channel, oflt" Cadiz, and in the Mediterranean,
where, from July, 1801, until Oct. 1802, he served as
Midshipman (he had attained that rating 2 March,
1800) in the Camelion sloop, Capts. Lord Edw.
O'Bryen and Jas. Hawes, and Carr&ke frigate,Capt.
F. L. Maitland. Joining next, in Aug. 1804, the
Adamant 50, Capt. Geo. Burlton, he assisted in
the boats in the ensuing Oct. in the celebrated
catamaran attack upon the Boulogne flotilla. After
serving with Capt. Burlton in the North Sea in the
same ship and in the Resolution 74, he was nomi-
nated, 1 Aug. 1807 and 13 May and 5 Nov. 1808,
Acting-Lieutenant of the Agincourt 64, Capt.
Henry Hill, Hound bomb, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer,
and Agincourt again, Capts. Kobt. Henderson and
Wm. Kent. Under Capt. Hill he escorted convoy
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to and from St. Helena ; and under Capt. Lockyer
he aided, in Aug. 1808, in embarking the Marquis
de la Romana and his patriot troops from the vi-
cinity of Nyeborg. He was confirmed to the Agin-
CODET 29 Nov. 1808, and was subsequently appointed
—7 Jan. and 9 Oct. 1809, to the Nymphen 36, Capt.
Keith Maxwell, and Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codring-
ton— 10 April, 1811, four months after he had left
the Blake, to the Beiseis 10, Capt. Edw. Thurlow
Smith, stationed in the North Sea— in 1812-13, to
the Veneeable and Bulwark 74's, Capts. Sir Home
Popham and David Milne, the latter of which ships
he left in Oct. 1814 for the purpose of attending a
trial— and 26 Oct. 1824, to the Genoa 74, Capts.
Wm. Cumberland, Walter Bathurst, and Hon.
Leonard Chas. Irby. In the Nymphen and Blake
he took part in the operations connected with the
expedition to the Walcheren— the Nymphen being
one of the frigates which, under Lord Wm. Stuart,
forced the passage between the batteries of Flush-
ing and Cadsand. During the time he continued
in the Blake Mr. Smith was also present at the
siege of Cadiz, and was actively employed on the
coast of Catalonia. At Cadiz he was intrusted with
the command of a Spanish gun-boat, in which he
came into almost daily collision with the enemy's
batteries. In the Veneeable he assisted at the
capture of Santander and Castro, and otherwise co-
operated with the patriots on the north coast of
Spain ; and, while stationed in the Bclwaek on the
coast of North America, he contributed to the cap-
ture of a great variety of the enemy's vessels, and
witnessed the surrender of the towns of Castine
and Machias. As a reward for his services as First
of the Genoa at the battle of Navarln, he was pro-
moted to the rank of Commander 22 Oct. 1827. He
afterwards, from 9 March, 1828, until 3 June, 1829,
commanded the Brisk 10 in the Mediterranean;
and, on 23 Nov. 1841, he was advanced to Post-
rank.
Capt. Smith married, 24 Oct. 1814, Agnes, young-
est daughter of the late Mr. Thos. Langdon, of
Devonport, formerly of Barnstaple.
In all the above vessels he was employed on ^rvey-
ing service. He continued in the Spaebow until
advanced to his present rank 20 June, 1846. He
was then re-appointed to her in the capacity of
Additional-Commander ; and, since 1 Jan. 1847, he
has been serving, still on the coast of Scotland, In
the Avon steam surveying-vessel.
SMITH. (Commander, 1844.)
Thomas Smith (c) entered the Navy, 14 Nov.
1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Driver sloop,
Capt. Kobt. Simpson, stationed at Halifax, where
he became Midshipman, in July, 1806, of the Indian
sloop, Capt. Chas. John Austen, and continued
almost uninterruptedly employed (until presented,
in May, 1815, with a commission bearing date 3
March in that year) in the Sylvia cutter, Lieut.-
Commander Crumpholtz, Obseevateue, Capts.
Bich. Smith, Fred. Hickey, John Lawrence, and
Henry Fane, Halifax, Capt. Alex. Fraser, Curlew,
Capt. Michael Head, Martin 18, Capt. Humphrey
Fleming Senhouse, Centurion 50, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Edw. Griffith, Cossack 22, Capt. Hon. Robt.
Rodney, and Pomone 38, Capt. John Rich. Lumley.
In the Observateus, Halifax, and Curlew he
held the rating of Master's Mate ; and in the Mar-
tin and Centurion he acted as Lieutenant from
29 Jan. 1814 until 27 Feb. 1815. From 22 May,
1840, until advanced to his present rank 22 Oct.
1844, he served in the Victory 104, guard-ship at
Portsmouth, Capts. Pras. Erskine Loch andiym.
Wilmott Henderson.
SMITH. (COMMANDKR, 1846.)
Thomas Smith (d) entered the Navy 17 Aug.
1816; passed his examination In 1823; and obtained
his first commission 25 March, 1833. His succeed-
ing appointments were — 30 March, 1833, as a Super-
numerary, to the Thunder, Capt. Rich. Owen, with
whom he continued for about four years in the
West Indies — 8 Sept. 1837, after a few months of
half-pay, again to the Thunder, Lieut.-Commander
Bird Allen, fitting at Portsmouth— 30 Nov. 1837, to
the command, which he retained until 1842, of the
Lark schooner, on the NorthAmerica and West India
station— and, 5 March, 1844, to the Sparrow ketch,
Capt. Henry Chas. Otter, on the coast of Scotland.
SMITH. (Ketihed Commander, 1845.)
Thomas Smith entered the Navy, in Jan. 1794,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Beunswick 74, Capt.
John Harvey. After sharing as Midshipman in
Lord Howe's action, he removed, in the following
July, to the Robust 74, Capt. Edw. Thombrough,
stationed in the Channel ; where he next, in the
course of 1797-8, joined the Intrepid 64, Capt.
Robt. Parker, and Royal Sovereign 100, flag-ship
of Sir Alan Gardner and Sir Henry Harvey ; to the
latter of whom he became Flag-Lieutenant 5 Sept.
1800, the date of his first commission. In 1802-3 he
served with Capt. Geo. Wolfe in the Galat£a and
AiGLE frigates ; in Aug. of the latter year he was
nominated Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. Graves in
the FouDROYANT 80 ; and in 1804-5 he was ap-
pointed to the Atlas 98, Capt. Wm. Johnstone
Hope, and Orpheus 32, Capts. Henry Hill and Thos.
Briggs. In the Orpheus he visited the West Indies,
He was subsequently employed at Spithead in the
Royal William, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle. He
was placed on the Junior List of Retired Com-
manders 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the Senior S March,
1845.
SMITH. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 24 ; h-P., 1 7.)
William Smith entered the Navy in July, 1806,
as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Shannon of 50 guns,
throwing a broadside weight of 538 lbs., and 306
men, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke. In that
frigate, after visiting the Greenland seas for the
protection of the whale fisheries, he witnessed the
surrender of Madeira, and assisted as Midshipman
in taking, among other vessels, Le Pommereuil
French cutter privateer of 14 guns and 60 men, the
Nautilus American brig of 14 guns and 106 men,
and the Thjom privateer of 18 guns and 140 men.
He was also, 1 June, 1813,'present at the memorable
capture of the American ship Chesapeake of 50 guns,
yielding a broadside weight of 590 lbs., and 376
men ; an exploit which was achieved after 15 mi-
nutes of intense combat, productive of a loss to the
British of 24 men killed and 59 wounded, and to the
enemy of 47 killed and 115 wounded. " The Chesa-
peake's maintop," says Mr. James in his account of
this action, " was stormed by Midshipman Wm.
Smith and his topmen, about five in number, who
either destroyed or drove on deck all the Americans
there stationed. This gallant young man had deli-
berately passed along the Shannon's iforeyard, which
was braced up to the Chesapeak^s mainyard, which
was nearly square, and thence into her top."* As a
reward for the valour he had displayed, Mr. Smith,
who had been particularly recommended by his
Captain, was promoted, 14 July following, to the
rank of Lieutenant. He continued in the Shannon
imtll Nov. 1813 ; and was subsequently appointed —
27 Oct. 1815, to the Tiber 38, Capt. JaS. Rich.
Dacres, with whom he served on the Irish, New-
foundland, and Channel stations until paid off 18
Sept. 1818- and, in May, 1822, and Dec. 1825, to the
Alligator 28, Capts. Thos. Alexander and Henry
Ducie Chads, and Boadicea 46, Commodore Sir
Jas. Brisbane, both in the East Indies, where he
was actively employed during the war in Ava.
While attached to the Alligator he commanded a
division of boats, in Feb. 1825, and had 2 men mor-
tally wounded, at the destruction of a stockade a
few miles above Thesit. He contrived about the
same period to render inefiective several of the
* Although described as Midshipman in the above extract,
Mr. Smith in the preceding Feb. had been rated Master's
Mate. In Capt. Broke's offlcial letter {Vide Gaz. 1813, p.
1329) he is represented as having stormed the enemy's
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enemy's powerful fire-rafts, and was in the strongest
manner eulogized by Brigadier-General Cotton for
the gallantry and judgment with which he conducted
the light division of boats in an attack made upon
an extensive stockade at Panlang. In the ensuing
April, after having further distinguished himself in
command of a breaching battery in the operations
against Donoobew, we find him mentioned for his
exertions in the boats in superintending the passage
across the river Irawady of Sir Archibald Campbell's
advanced guard, consisting of two European regi-
ments. In Sept. 1825 he was employed as a negoti-
ator at Meady, in conjunction with Lieut.-Colonel
Tidy ; on 2 Deo. following he contributed to the
capture of nearly 300 boats, laden with arms, ammu-
nition, grain, and military stores ; and, on 5 he
assisted in completing the discomfiture of the Bur-
mese army. On 26 he was again selected to act
in the character of a diplomatist. In command of
the launch belonging to the Boadicea, Mr. Smith
shared in the capture of Mellone 12 Jan. 1826. He
was subsequently, with the light division under his
orders, active in annoying the enemy's outposts.
Being advanced for his services to the rank of Com-
mander 22 July, 1826, he was employed in that ca-
pacity— from 14 April, 1831, until paid off 16 Sept.
1833, in the Philomel 10, in the Mediterranean —
from 26 June, 1835, until 1838, in the Coast Guard
— and, from 9 Aug. 1841 until the close of 1844, in
the Stren 16, in the East Indies. He attained his
present rank 13 March, 1846. Agents — Case and
Loudonsack.
SMITH. (Commander, 1826. r-p., 18 ; h-p., 34.;)
"William Smith, horn 22 Feb. 1785, is son of the
late Capt. John Sam. Smith, R.N. (1782), who saw
much service in the East Indies. His grandfather
went round the world with Lord Anson ; and his
brother, Lieut. John Sam. Smith, K.N. (1813), who
died in 1840, was wounded when Midshipman of the
MiNOTAUK 74 at Trafalgar.
This officer (whose name had been borne from
1792 until 1794 on the books of the Assistamce and
Statelv, flag-ships of Sir Rich. King at Newfound-
land, and ExCELLEKT 74, commanded hy his father,
Capt. J. S. Smith) embarked, in July, 1795, on
board the Floka 36, Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball,
then on the point of sailing for the Mediterranean,
where, from the following Aug. until Oct. 1796, he
served with Capt. Smith, as Midshipman, in the
Captain 74 and Agamemnon 64. Joining next, in
Jan. 1798, the SiRius 36, Capt. Rich. King, he as-
sisted in that ship, 24 Oct. following, at the capture,
off the Texel, of the Dutch frigates Waakzamheid
of 26, and Furie of 36 guns, with French troops,
arms, and ammunition on board, destined for the
use of the disaffected in Ireland — the latter vessel
after a running fight of half an hour. In the same
ship he participated in a chase of two days, which
terminated in the capture off Cape Finisterre, 28
Jan. 1801, of the French 36-gun frigate Dedaigneuse.
After serving for a few months in the Cambridge
74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Pasley at Plymouth, he was
made Lieutenant, 4 July, 1801, into the De Ruyter
64, Capts. Rich. Dacres and Volant Vashon Ballard,
fitting for the West Indies ; on which station we
find him, from Nov. 1803 until July, 1805, employed
in the Guachapin 14, Capt. Kenneth Mackenzie,
and Amsterdam 32, Capt. "Wm. Ferris. While in
the former vessel he served on shore at the capture
of Surinam in May, 1804, and commanded her boats
at the cutting-out of a variety of the enemy's ves-
sels. His appointments after he left the Amster-
dam were— 9 Aug. 1805, to the Foudroyant 80,
flag-ship of Sir Thos. Graves and Sir John Borlase
Warren, under the latter of whom he witnessed the
capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate
Belle Poule—7 May, 1807, to the vessel last men-
tioned, which had been added to the British Navy
and placed under the orders of Capt. Edw. Rotheram
m the Channel— and, 7 Nov. following, to the Eli-
zabeth 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon, in which ship
he served off Lisbon, escorted the Russian fleet to
England after the convention of Cintra, aided in
embarking Sir John Moore's army at Corunna, and
visited Brazil. He was subsequently employed —
from 20 Dec. 1809 until 30 Nov. 1812, in the Fou-
DHoyANT 80, flag-ship of Hon. M. De Couroy in
South America— from 8 March, 1813, until 24 June,
1815, in the Majestic 56, Capt. John Hayes, on the
coast of North America, where he was lent in 1813
to a prize, and was present at the surrender, in
1814-15, of the TerpsichoreFrencb frigate of 44 guns
(taken after a running action of two hours and a
half) and U.S. ship President— ani, from 4 Feb. 1826
until promoted to the rank of Commander 27 March
following, into the Perseus receiving-ship off the
Tower, Capt. Jas. Couch. He has since been on
half-pay.
SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1821. f-p., 12; h-p., 23.)
William Forsyth Smith entered the Navy, 29
June, 1812, as A.B., on hoard the Laurestinds 24,
Capt. Thos. Graham, stationed at Halifax, where
and at Home he served, from March, 1813, until Deo.
1818, a great part of the time as Midshipman, in the
Spartan 38, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, Levia-
than 74, Capt. Adam Drummond, Princess (guard-
ship at Liverpool), Capt. M'Leod, Leandek 50, Capt.
Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, Akgo 44, Capt. D. M'Leod,
Princess again, Capt. Wm. Simpson, and Dee 24,
Capt. Sam. Chambers. He was afterwards, from
11 Sept. 1819 until 20 May, 1823, employed in the
West Indies in the Tribune 36, Capt. Nesbit Josiah
Willoughby, Sapphire 26, Capt. Alex. Montgomerie,
and EsK 20, Capts. Edw. Lloyd and Arthur Lee
Warner; and, from 25 Feb. 1826 until 30 June,
1827, at the Cape of Good Hope, in the Sparrow-
hawk 18, Capt. Jas. Polkinghorne. He was made
Lieutenant while serving in the Esk 21 July, 1821.
Since he left the Spa.rrowhawk he has been on
half-pay.
SMITH. (Eetibed Commander, 1831. f-p., 17;
H-p., 36.)
William Harris Smith was bom 17 Feb. 1781,
and died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1794, as a
Boy, on board the Pegasus 28, Capt. Robt. Barlow,
with whom he "continued employed on the Home
station in the Aqoilon 32, and, as Midshipman, in
the Ph(Eee of 44 guns, until made Lieutenant, 10
Aug. 1801, into the Hunter sloop, Capt. Geo. Jones.
In the Pegasus he was present in Lord Howe's
battles 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794; in the
Aquilon he took part in Lord Bridport's action
with the French fleet off lie de Groix 23 June,
1795 ; and in the Phcebe he assisted at the capture
of UAtalante corvette of 16 guns. La Nereide of
36 guns and 330 men, L'Africaine of 44 guns and
715 men (including 400 troops and artificers),
L'Heureux corvette of 22 guns and 220 men, three
privateers carrying in the whole 58 guns and 455
men, and L'Hasard letter-of-marque of 10 guns
and 60 men, laden with spices, ivory, and gum, from
Senegal, valued at 10,000?. La Neteide did not sur-
render until after a close action of 45 minutes, pro-
ductive of a loss to herself of 20 killed and 55
wounded, and to the British, out of 261 men, of
3 killed and 10 wounded ; and the resistance of
L^Africalne was protracted until, in the course of a
desperate night-action of two hours, she had sus-
tained (although the Phcebe, out of 239 men, had
hut 1 killed and 12 wounded) the terrific loss of at
least 200 killed and 143 wounded, the greater part
of them mortally. For his gallantry in the latter
exploit, which was achieved 19 Feb. 1801, Capt.
Barlow was rewarded with the honour of Knight-
hood. While in charge in 1797 of a very small pri-
vateer, prize to the Phcebe, Mr. Smith had been
captured by La Zoe, a powerful privateer, of 18
guns and 150 men. In consequence of this misad-
venture he was detained for three months in a
French prison. He was then, however, released,
and enabled to rejoin the Phcebe. His appoint-
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